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December 16, 2008
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION 1401 K STREET, NW, SUITE 200 y WASHINGTON, DC 20005 T 202.772.5600 y F 202.772.5602 y WWW.DEMOCRATICGOVERNORS.ORG Gov. Jack Markell Mr. Roger Ailes Delaware Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President Chair Fox News Channel Gov. Martin O’Malley 1211 Avenue of the Americas Maryland Vice Chair New York, NY 10036 and VIA EMAIL Nathan Daschle Executive Director Dear Mr. Ailes, For the first time in history, your organization is openly and proudly supporting the defeat of Democratic governors with an unprecedented political contribution of $1 million to the Republican Governors Association. In fact, your company provided the single largest corporate contribution to our opposition. In the interest of some fairness and balance, I request that you add a formal disclaimer to your news coverage any time any of your programs cover governors or gubernatorial races between now and Election Day. I suggest that the disclaimer say: “News Corp., parent company of Fox News, provided $1 million to defeat Democratic governors in November.” If you do not add a disclaimer, I request that you and your staff members on the “fair and balanced” side of the network demand that the contribution be returned. As you are well aware, the stakes could not be higher in the 37 gubernatorial races this election cycle. Your corporation and your allies know well that these races have grave and substantial implications for Congressional redistricting. In fact, your allies in the GOP hope to change our election map for decades by electing governors who will redraw 30 seats into Republican territory. -
Lepidoptera of Albany Hill, Alameda Co., California
LEPIDOPTERA OF ALBANY HILL, ALAMEDA CO., CALIFORNIA Jerry A. Powell Essig Museum of Entomology University of California, Berkeley and Robert L. Langston Kensington, CA November 1999; edited 2009 The following list summarizes observations of Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) at Albany Hill, Alameda Co., California, during 1995-1999. Data originate from about 75 daytime and crepuscular visits of 0.5 to 3.5 hrs, in all months of the year. All of the butterfly species and some of the moths were recorded by RLL, most of the moth species and their larval host plants by JAP. A total of 145 species is recorded (30 butterflies, 115 moths), a modest number considering the extent and diversity of the flora. However, many of the potential larval host plants may be present in too small patches to support populations of larger moths or butterflies. Nonetheless, we were surprised that colonies of some of the species survive in a small area that has been surrounded by urban development for many decades, including some rare ones in the East Bay region, as annotated below. Moreover, the inventory is incomplete. A more comprehensive census would be accomplished by trapping moths attracted to ultraviolet lights. In a habitat of this size, however, such survey would attract an unknown proportion of species from surrounding areas. Larval collections are indicated by date-based JAP lot numbers (e.g. 95C37 = 1995, March, 37th collection). Larval foods of most of the other species are documented in other populations. Host plants are recorded at Albany Hill for 75 species (65% of the moths, 52% of the total); the rest were observed as adults only. -
Pinolecreeksedimentfinal
Pinole Creek Watershed Sediment Source Assessment January 2005 Prepared by the San Francisco Estuary Institute for USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and Contra Costa Resource Conservation District San Francisco Estuary Institute The Regional Watershed Program was founded in 1998 to assist local and regional environmental management and the public to understand, characterize and manage environmental resources in the watersheds of the Bay Area. Our intent is to help develop a regional picture of watershed condition and downstream effects through a solid foundation of literature review and peer- review, and the application of a range of science methodologies, empirical data collection and interpretation in watersheds around the Bay Area. Over this time period, the Regional Watershed Program has worked with Bay Area local government bodies, universities, government research organizations, Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs) and local community and environmental groups in the Counties of Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo, and San Francisco. We have also fulfilled technical advisory roles for groups doing similar work outside the Bay Area. This report should be referenced as: Pearce, S., McKee, L., and Shonkoff, S., 2005. Pinole Creek Watershed Sediment Source Assessment. A technical report of the Regional Watershed Program, San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI), Oakland, California. SFEI Contribution no. 316, 102 pp. ii San Francisco Estuary Institute ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors gratefully -
Tilden Regional Park a O 12
A Preserve Reg Ridge Sobrante RICHMOND R L I Welcome to Tilden 0 N PABLO . G T O CUTTING N Pa Regional Canyon Wildcat rk tively non-strenuous walk compared to Tilden’s more TRAIN RIDES Since 1952, the Redwood Valley 580 Area Recreation Reg Grove Kennedy 1 Tilden Year opened: 1936. Acres: 2,079 Preserve Regional Island Brooks BL. demanding trails. Railway has been offering scenic rides aboard min- . 80 A Shoreline Regional Isabel Point V Highlights: hiking, bicycling, equestrian, picnicking, EL CERRITO The Regional Parks Botanic iature steam trains through the redwoods of Tilden E BOTANIC GARDEN N U DA Regional Park E group camping; public golf course, lake swimming, 2 S M Garden specializes in the propagation of California Regional Park. For information, operating hours, and a n historic merry-go-round, steam trains, botanic Area Nature Tilden native trees, shrubs, and flowers. Plants are segregated ticket prices, call (510) 548-6100. The Golden Gate P a North b Berkeley, Oakland, Orinda garden, Little Farm, Brazil Building. BART l o into 12 geographic ranges, from desert to Pacific rain Live Steamers (free) is open Sundays, noon-3 p.m. See 3 Did you know? Boxing champion Joe Lewis played R forest. Garden hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily www.goldengatels.org. SOLANO AV. W e s I Pa Regional Tilden L e D r on Tilden’s golf course in the Annual Regional rk C v ROAD June-Sept., 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily Oct.-May. Phone OTHER PARK FEATURES Tilden Regional Park A o 12 45 T i r C Golf Championship in 1945. -
Contra Costa County
Historical Distribution and Current Status of Steelhead/Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Streams of the San Francisco Estuary, California Robert A. Leidy, Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, CA Gordon S. Becker, Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration, Oakland, CA Brett N. Harvey, John Muir Institute of the Environment, University of California, Davis, CA This report should be cited as: Leidy, R.A., G.S. Becker, B.N. Harvey. 2005. Historical distribution and current status of steelhead/rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in streams of the San Francisco Estuary, California. Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration, Oakland, CA. Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Marsh Creek Watershed Marsh Creek flows approximately 30 miles from the eastern slopes of Mt. Diablo to Suisun Bay in the northern San Francisco Estuary. Its watershed consists of about 100 square miles. The headwaters of Marsh Creek consist of numerous small, intermittent and perennial tributaries within the Black Hills. The creek drains to the northwest before abruptly turning east near Marsh Creek Springs. From Marsh Creek Springs, Marsh Creek flows in an easterly direction entering Marsh Creek Reservoir, constructed in the 1960s. The creek is largely channelized in the lower watershed, and includes a drop structure near the city of Brentwood that appears to be a complete passage barrier. Marsh Creek enters the Big Break area of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta northeast of the city of Oakley. Marsh Creek No salmonids were observed by DFG during an April 1942 visual survey of Marsh Creek at two locations: 0.25 miles upstream from the mouth in a tidal reach, and in close proximity to a bridge four miles east of Byron (Curtis 1942). -
Parks and Waterfront Commission
PARKS AND WATERFRONT COMMISSION Regular Meeting Wednesday, October 10, 2018, 7:00 P.M. Frances Albrier Community Center 2800 Park Street, Berkeley, CA Parks and Waterfront Commission Agenda The Commissions may discuss any items listed on the agenda, but may take action only on items identified as Action. Preliminary Matters 1. Call to Order (Chair). 2. Roll Call (Secretary). 3. Announcements (Chair). 4. Approval of Agenda (Chair). 5. Approval Minutes for September 12, 2018 * (Chair). 6. Public Comment 7. Director’s Report (Ferris): Parks CIP Project List; Special Events; Waterfront Leases; 7:30 Berkeley Marina Area Specific Plan (BMASP); Parks Division; Waterfront Division. Discussion 8. Discussion Item: East Bay Regional Park District – presentation on the upcoming 7:45 November 6, 2018 general election Measure FF to extend the existing Measure CC $12 per year parcel tax to fund parks projects within the Measure CC zone which includes Berkeley * (EBRPD staff). 9. Discussion item: Update on the Parking Study at the Marina – next steps * (Ferris). 8:00 Action 10. Action Item: Update on marina fiscal issues, and send a communication to Council 8:15 in support of a one-time funding request for the Berkeley Waterfront * (Ferris/Lee). 11. Action Item: Update from Urban Pollinator Habitat subcommittee and authorize the 8:45 chair to share update at next Community Environmental Advisory Commission (CEAC) meeting (Diehm). Discussion 12. Discussion Item: Update on Traffic Circle Vegetation Policy * (Diehm). 9:00 13. Discussion Item: Presentation on existing City Tree Planting Program and existing 9:10 Parks Donation Policy (Ferris). 14. Future Agenda Items: Commemorative Tree Donation Policy; Marina Parking Study and 9:30 Community feedback, public meetings on Oct 9 and Oct 23, 2018; Traffic Circle Vegetation Maintenance Policy. -
Contra Costa County Fish and Wildlife Committee (FWC) Date: February 17, 2016 Time: 3:00 P.M
Contra Costa County Fish and Wildlife Committee (FWC) Date: February 17, 2016 Time: 3:00 p.m. Location: County Public Works Department Road Maintenance Division lunch room (squad room) 2475 Waterbird Way, Martinez CA 94553 (Map is attached.) AGENDA 3:00 p.m. Convene meeting. 1) Introductions. 2) Review/Approve minutes from the January 20, 2016 meeting. 3) Public comment. Includes public comment on topics on the agenda and items not listed on the agenda. The FWC shall also accept public comment on agenda items at the time they are discussed. 4) Updates and announcements from staff and FWC members. Includes discussion on implementation of actions authorized previously, on correspondence received, and on upcoming meetings of interest to the FWC. 5) Review and accept the final report from East Bay Regional Parks Foundation on their “Contra Costa County Youth Environmental Education Camperships” project. 6) Review and accept the final report from SPAWNERS on their “Teaching Volunteers to Monitor the Aquatic Invertebrates Present in San Pablo Creeks an Indicator of Stream Health” project. 7) Continue to consider the 16 Fish and Wildlife Propagation Fund applications submitted by January 6, 2016. Consider making a recommendation to the Internal Operations Committee of the Board of Supervisors on this matter. 8) Determine the agenda for the next meeting. The next regular meeting date is March 16, 2016. Possible agenda items for upcoming meetings include: • Presentation on problem weeds • Election of Officers - April Adjourn The Committee Chair may alter the order of agenda items at the meeting. Please contact Maureen Parkes at 925-674-7831 / [email protected] (or Abigail Fateman at 925-674-7820 / [email protected]) at the CCC Department of Conservation and Development if you have questions about the Fish & Wildlife Committee or desire materials related to this agenda. -
East Bay Regional Park District 2005 Budget
EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT 2005 BUDGET January 1 to December 31, 2005 2005 Adopted Budget Page 1 East Bay Regional Park District Page Intentionally Left Blank 2005 Adopted Budget Page 2 East Bay Regional Park District TABLE OF CONTENTS VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS .......................................................................... 7 EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT MAP .............................................................. 9 HOW TO USE THIS BOOK............................................................................................ 11 SECTION A – GENERAL MANAGER’S MESSAGE..................................................... 13 SECTION B – BUDGET OVERVIEW ............................................................................ 21 BUDGET AT-A-GLANCE .................................................................................... 29 TOTAL RESOURCES BY CATEGORY AND MAJOR CHANGES ..................... 30 TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS BY CATEGORY AND MAJOR CHANGES ............ 34 BUDGET BY FUND ............................................................................................ 37 BUDGET BY DIVISION AND DEPARTMENT .................................................... 38 AUTHORIZATION POSITIONS BY DIVISION AND DEPARTMENT ................. 40 GENERAL FUND ................................................................................................ 41 SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS ............................................................................. 47 DEBT SERVICE FUNDS ................................................................................... -
San Francisco Bay Plan
San Francisco Bay Plan San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission In memory of Senator J. Eugene McAteer, a leader in efforts to plan for the conservation of San Francisco Bay and the development of its shoreline. Photo Credits: Michael Bry: Inside front cover, facing Part I, facing Part II Richard Persoff: Facing Part III Rondal Partridge: Facing Part V, Inside back cover Mike Schweizer: Page 34 Port of Oakland: Page 11 Port of San Francisco: Page 68 Commission Staff: Facing Part IV, Page 59 Map Source: Tidal features, salt ponds, and other diked areas, derived from the EcoAtlas Version 1.0bc, 1996, San Francisco Estuary Institute. STATE OF CALIFORNIA GRAY DAVIS, Governor SAN FRANCISCO BAY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 50 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 2600 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111 PHONE: (415) 352-3600 January 2008 To the Citizens of the San Francisco Bay Region and Friends of San Francisco Bay Everywhere: The San Francisco Bay Plan was completed and adopted by the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission in 1968 and submitted to the California Legislature and Governor in January 1969. The Bay Plan was prepared by the Commission over a three-year period pursuant to the McAteer-Petris Act of 1965 which established the Commission as a temporary agency to prepare an enforceable plan to guide the future protection and use of San Francisco Bay and its shoreline. In 1969, the Legislature acted upon the Commission’s recommendations in the Bay Plan and revised the McAteer-Petris Act by designating the Commission as the agency responsible for maintaining and carrying out the provisions of the Act and the Bay Plan for the protection of the Bay and its great natural resources and the development of the Bay and shore- line to their highest potential with a minimum of Bay fill. -
Wildcat Creek Restoration Action Plan Version 1.3 April 26, 2010 Prepared by the URBAN CREEKS COUNCIL for the WILDCAT-SAN PABLO WATERSHED COUNCIL
wildcat creek restoration action plan version 1.3 April 26, 2010 prepared by THE URBAN CREEKS COUNCIL for the WILDCAT-SAN PABLO WATERSHED COUNCIL Adopted by the City of San Pablo on August 3, 2010 wildcat creek restoration action plan table of contents 1. INTRODUCTION 5 1.1 plan obJectives 5 1.2 scope 6 Urban Urban 1.5 Methods 8 1.5 Metadata c 10 reeks 2. WATERSHED OVERVIEW 12 c 2.1 introdUction o 12 U 2.2 watershed land Use ncil 13 2.3 iMpacts of Urbanized watersheds 17 april 2.4 hydrology 19 2.5 sediMent transport 22 2010 2.6 water qUality 24 2.7 habitat 26 2.8 flood ManageMent on lower wildcat creek 29 2.9 coMMUnity 32 3. PROJECT AREA ANALYSIS 37 3.1 overview 37 3.2 flooding 37 3.4 in-streaM conditions 51 3.5 sUMMer fish habitat 53 3.6 bioassessMent 57 4. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS 58 4.1 obJectives, findings and strategies 58 4.2 recoMMended actions according to strategy 61 4.3 streaM restoration recoMMendations by reach 69 4.4 recoMMended actions for phase one reaches 73 t 4.5 phase one flood daMage redUction reach 73 able of 4.6 recoMMended actions for watershed coUncil 74 c ontents version 1.3 april 26, 2010 2 wildcat creek restoration action plan Urban creeks coUncil april 2010 table of contents 3 figUre 1-1: wildcat watershed overview to Point Pinole Regional Shoreline wildcat watershed existing trail wildcat creek highway railroad city of san pablo planned trail other creek arterial road bart Parkway SAN PABLO Richmond BAY Avenue San Pablo Point UP RR San Pablo WEST COUNTY BNSF RR CITY OF LANDFILL NORTH SAN PABLO RICHMOND San Pablo -
(Oncorhynchus Mykiss) in Streams of the San Francisco Estuary, California
Historical Distribution and Current Status of Steelhead/Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Streams of the San Francisco Estuary, California Robert A. Leidy, Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, CA Gordon S. Becker, Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration, Oakland, CA Brett N. Harvey, John Muir Institute of the Environment, University of California, Davis, CA This report should be cited as: Leidy, R.A., G.S. Becker, B.N. Harvey. 2005. Historical distribution and current status of steelhead/rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in streams of the San Francisco Estuary, California. Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration, Oakland, CA. Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration TABLE OF CONTENTS Forward p. 3 Introduction p. 5 Methods p. 7 Determining Historical Distribution and Current Status; Information Presented in the Report; Table Headings and Terms Defined; Mapping Methods Contra Costa County p. 13 Marsh Creek Watershed; Mt. Diablo Creek Watershed; Walnut Creek Watershed; Rodeo Creek Watershed; Refugio Creek Watershed; Pinole Creek Watershed; Garrity Creek Watershed; San Pablo Creek Watershed; Wildcat Creek Watershed; Cerrito Creek Watershed Contra Costa County Maps: Historical Status, Current Status p. 39 Alameda County p. 45 Codornices Creek Watershed; Strawberry Creek Watershed; Temescal Creek Watershed; Glen Echo Creek Watershed; Sausal Creek Watershed; Peralta Creek Watershed; Lion Creek Watershed; Arroyo Viejo Watershed; San Leandro Creek Watershed; San Lorenzo Creek Watershed; Alameda Creek Watershed; Laguna Creek (Arroyo de la Laguna) Watershed Alameda County Maps: Historical Status, Current Status p. 91 Santa Clara County p. 97 Coyote Creek Watershed; Guadalupe River Watershed; San Tomas Aquino Creek/Saratoga Creek Watershed; Calabazas Creek Watershed; Stevens Creek Watershed; Permanente Creek Watershed; Adobe Creek Watershed; Matadero Creek/Barron Creek Watershed Santa Clara County Maps: Historical Status, Current Status p. -
Pt. Isabel-Stege Area
Tales of the Bay Shore -- Pt. Isabel-Stege area Geology: The “bones” of the shoreline from Albany to Richmond are a sliver of ancient, alien sea floor, caught on the edge of North America as it overrode the Pacific. Fleming Point (site of today’s racetrack), Albany Hill, Pt. Isabel, Brooks Island, scattered hillocks inland, the hills at Pt Richmond, and the hills across the San Pablo Strait (spanned by the Richmond Bridge) all are part of this Novato Terrane. Erosion and uplift eventually left their hard rock as hilltops in a valley. Still later – only about 5000 years ago -- rising seas from the melting glaciers of our last Ice Age flooded the valley, forming today’s San Francisco Bay. The “alien” hilltops became islands, peninsulas linked to shore by marsh, or isolated dome-like “turtlebacks.” Left: Portion of 1911 map of SF Bay showing many Native American sites near Pt. Isabel and Stege. Right: 1853 U.S. Coastal Survey map showing N. end of Albany Hill, Cerrito Creek, Pt. Isabel, and marshes/ to North. Native Americans: Native Americans would have watched the slow rise of today’s Bay. When Europeans reached North America, the East Bay was the home of Huchiun Ohlone peoples. Living in groups generally of fewer than 100 people, they moved seasonally amid rich and varied resources, gathering, hunting, fishing, and encouraging useful plants with pruning and burning. They made reed boats, baskets, nets, traps, mortars, and a wide variety of implements and decorations. Along the shellfish-rich shoreline they gradually built up substantial hills of debris – shell mounds -- that kept them above floods and served as multipurpose homesites, burial sites, refuse dumps, and more.