San Francisco Bay Area Integrated Regional Water Management Plan October 2019 Table of Contents List of Tables ............................................................................................................................... ii List of Figures.............................................................................................................................. ii Chapter 1: Governance ............................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Background ....................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Governance Team and Structure ...................................................... 1-1 1.2.1 Coordinating Committee ......................................................... 1-2 1.2.2 Stakeholders .......................................................................... 1-3 1.2.2.1 Identification of Stakeholder Types ....................... 1-4 1.2.3 Letter of Mutual Understandings Signatories .......................... 1-6 1.2.3.1 Alameda County Water District ............................. 1-6 1.2.3.2 Association of Bay Area Governments ................. 1-6 1.2.3.3 Bay Area Clean Water Agencies .......................... 1-6 1.2.3.4 Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency ................................................................. 1-8 1.2.3.5 Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District .................................. 1-8 1.2.3.6 Contra Costa Water District .................................. 1-9 1.2.3.7 East Bay Municipal Utility District ......................... 1-9 1.2.3.8 Marin Municipal Water District .............................. 1-9 1.2.3.9 City of Napa ......................................................... 1-9 1.2.3.10 North Bay Watershed Association ...................... 1-10 1.2.3.11 City of Palo Alto .................................................. 1-10 1.2.3.12 San Francisco Public Utilities Commission ......... 1-10 1.2.3.13 City of San Jose ................................................. 1-11 1.2.3.14 Santa Clara Basin Watershed Management Initiative .............................................................. 1-11 1.2.3.15 Santa Clara Valley Water District ....................... 1-12 1.2.3.16 Solano County Water Agency ............................ 1-13 1.2.3.17 Sonoma County Water Agency .......................... 1-13 1.2.3.18 State Coastal Conservancy ................................ 1-13 1.2.3.19 Zone 7 Water Agency ......................................... 1-14 1.2.4 Functional Areas .................................................................. 1-14 1.2.5 Subregions ........................................................................... 1-15 1.2.5.1 North Subregion ................................................. 1-18 1.2.5.2 East Subregion ................................................... 1-18 1.2.5.3 South Subregion ................................................ 1-18 1.2.5.4 West Subregion .................................................. 1-19 1.2.6 Other Stakeholders .............................................................. 1-19 1.2.7 Subcommittees .................................................................... 1-20 1.3 Procedures for IRWMP Development .............................................. 1-21 1.3.1 Public Outreach and Involvement Process ........................... 1-21 1.3.2 Decision-Making Process ..................................................... 1-24 2019 Bay Area Integrated Regional Water Management Plan i Governance Table of Contents (cont’d) 1.3.3 Document Review Process .................................................. 1-24 1.4 Balanced Access and Opportunities ................................................ 1-26 1.4.1 Effective Communication with Stakeholders and the Public .................................................................................. 1-26 1.4.2 Outreach to Disadvantaged Communities and Native American Tribes .................................................................. 1-28 1.4.3 Coordination with Neighboring IRWM Efforts and State and Federal Agencies .......................................................... 1-28 1.5 Collaboration Process Used to Establish Plan Objectives ............... 1-29 1.6 Long-term implementation of the Plan ............................................. 1-30 1.7 Interim and Formal Changes to the Plan and Plan Updates ............ 1-31 1.8 Plan Adoption .................................................................................. 1-32 List of Tables Table 1-1: Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA) Members ........................................... 1-7 Table 1-2: Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA) Members .............. 1-8 Table 1-3: North Bay Watershed Association (NBWA) Agencies .......................................... 1-10 Table 1-4: Santa Clara Basin Watershed Management Initiative (SCBWMI) Signatories ..... 1-12 List of Figures Figure 1-1: IRWMP Governance Structure ............................................................................. 1-2 Figure 1-2: IRWM Subregions .............................................................................................. 1-17 Figure 1-3: Development of Regional Goals, Objectives and Suggested Measures ............. 1-30 2019 Bay Area Integrated Regional Water Management Plan ii Governance Chapter 1: Governance This chapter of the 2019 San Francisco Bay Area Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP or Plan) Update describes the Regional Water Management Group (RWMG), stakeholders, and the IRWMP governance structure. This chapter also covers the evolution of the structure and function of the governance since 2004 through the current Plan update process. 1.1 Background The IRWMP is an outgrowth of a collaborative process that began in 2004, when regional and local associations, agencies, groups, and organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area signed a Letter of Mutual Understandings (LOMU) to develop an IRWMP for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. To facilitate development of the 2006 Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (2006 Plan), the participants agreed to organize into four Functional Areas (FA): ● Water Supply & Water Quality, ● Wastewater & Recycled Water, ● Flood Protection & Stormwater Management, and ● Watershed Management & Habitat Protection and Restoration. Representatives from agencies that represented the FAs formed a Technical Coordinating Committee which served as the original governing body and provided oversight for the IRWMP process. In January 2007, following completion of 2006 Plan, this group became known as the San Francisco Bay Area IRWMP Coordinating Committee (CC). During the development of the Region Acceptance Process (RAP) in 2009, the CC developed an additional organizational structure based on demographic and geographic divisions in order to address the challenges of integrated management at the scale of the San Francisco Bay Area IRWM Region (Bay Area Region or Region). Four Subregions were defined: East, West, South, and North. The Subregions have subsequently become the focal points for outreach and project solicitation and integration in the IRWMP. The CC still includes representatives from the FAs and the FAs continue to address IRWM issues as needed. 1.2 Governance Team and Structure This section describes roles and responsibilities of the IRWMP participants. As Figure 1 illustrates, regulatory agencies, non-governmental organizations, environmental groups, business groups, the public and other interested parties participated in the development of the IRWMP, serving in an advisory role at the CC and Subregion levels. The participants and their roles are described in the following sections. 2019 Bay Area Integrated Regional Water Management Plan Page 1-1 Governance Figure 1-1: IRWMP Governance Structure 1.2.1 Coordinating Committee The CC is the “RWMG” for the IRWMP. The role of the CC is to provide leadership, oversight and administrative support for the San Francisco Bay Area IRWM process. The CC is composed of representatives from Bay Area water supply agencies, wastewater agencies, flood control agencies, ecosystem management and restoration agencies, regulatory agencies, non- governmental organizations (NGOs), and members of the public. Any interested person may participate on the CC. The CC is responsible, directly or through participating agencies, for decision-making and actions including, but not limited to, establishing IRWMP goals and objectives, prioritizing projects, identifying financing for CC and IRWMP activities, implementing Plan activities, making future revisions to the IRWMP, hiring and managing consultants, coordinating, authorizing and/or approving grant proposals and managing funding agreements. The CC has no independent fiscal responsibility or capability except via the participating organizations. Legal actions such as contracting and submitting grant funding applications are carried out by individual participating agencies on behalf of the CC, and cost sharing agreements are developed on a case-by-case basis as necessary. Costs associated with administrative functions of the CC, IRWMP development, and Plan implementation are covered in a variety of ways, including grants, multi-agency contributions through FA associations, funds from individual project proponents, and in-kind contributions of staff time from participating entities. 2019 Bay Area Integrated Regional Water Management Plan Page 1-2