GOVERNING BOARD REGULAR MEETING EAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HABITAT Wednesday, March 17, 2010 CONSERVANCY 12:00 p.m. City of Oakley City of Brentwood City Council Chambers (in the room behind the dais) 3231 Main Street, Oakley, CA 94561 City of Clayton City of Oakley City of Pittsburg AGENDA Contra Costa County 1) Introductions. Welcome new member of the Governing Board. 2) Public Comment on items that are not on the agenda (public comment on items on the agenda will be taken with each agenda item). 3) Consider APPROVING the Meeting Record from the East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy (“Conservancy”) Governing Board Meeting of December 16, 2009. 4) Consider ACCEPTING update on the Souza II Wetland Restoration Project and recent field surveys. 5) Consider the following actions related to legislative matters: a) ACCEPT report on briefing booklet, “California Habitat Conservation Planning Coalition, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund: Fiscal Year 2011 Funding Request” b) ACCEPT report on Conservancy correspondence and meetings with Administration and Congressional representatives as part of continued efforts to pursue the Conservancy’s 2010 Legislative Platform in conjunction with the California Habitat Conservation Planning Coalition. c) AUTHORIZE letter of support to Contra Costa County for grant application to Caltrans Community-Based Transportation Planning (CBTP) to fund for the Knightsen/Byron Area Transportation Study. Page 1 of 2 6) Consider ACCEPTING report on 2010 Adjustment of Mitigation Fees. The Mitigation Fees have been adjusted pursuant to the indices and procedures set forth in East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservation Plan / Natural Community Conservation Plan (HCP/NCCP) 7) Consider APPROVING minor correction to the “Protocol for Covering Communication Towers Under the HCP/NCCP” previously approved by the Governing Board on December 17, 2008. 8) Consider AUTHORIZING staff to execute a Participating Special Entity Agreement with the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) to extend take coverage for the eBART Phase I project. 9) Consider AUTHORIZING staff to execute a Participating Special Entity Agreement with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to extend take coverage for the CC4 Median Buffer and Shoulder Widening Project. 10) Consider ACCEPTING report on the Draft East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservation Plan/Natural Community Conservation Plan 2008/2009 Annual Report. REVIEW the Draft, PROVIDE initial comments, REFER the Draft to the Public Advisory Committee (PAC) and the agencies signatory to the HCP/NCCP Implementing Agreement, and SCHEDULE consideration of approval of the document for the June 16, 2010 Governing Board meeting. 11) AUTHORIZE staff to execute contracts for on-call maintenance services with the following companies: Pacific OpenSpace: $25,000 with a term through December 31, 2010; Restoration Resources: $50,000 with a term through December 31, 2010; and Thunder Mountain Enterprises, Inc: $25,000 with a term through December 31, 2010. 12) Adjourn. (We expect to adjourn before 1:30 p.m.) If you have questions about this agenda or desire additional meeting materials, you may contact John Kopchik of the Contra Costa County Department of Conservation and Development at 925-335-1227. The Conservancy will provide reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities planning to participate in this meeting who contact staff at least 24 hours before the meeting. Page 2 of 2 MAP TO MEETING LOCATION City of Oakley, City Hall City Council Chambers Å NEW LOCATION! 3231 Main Street, Oakley, CA 94561 Directions from Pittsburg and Central County • Take Hwy 4 East toward Antioch/Stockton • Exit and turn RIGHT on Main St/Hwy 4 California Delta Highway • 3231 Main St is on your Right. Directions from Brentwood • Take Brentwood Blvd/ Hwy4/ California Delta Hwy toward Oakley • 3231 Main St is on your Left. Agenda Item 1 EAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HABITAT CONSERVANCY DATE: March 12, 2010 TO: Governing Board FROM: Conservancy Staff SUBJECT: Governing Board Roster and Officers for 2010 Attached please find the 2010 Conservancy Governing Board Roster. Pittsburg Mayor Salvatore Evola has been appointed as the City’s primary representative to the Governing Board. We welcome Mayor Evola to the Board. In January 2009, the Conservancy Governing Board established a protocol for rotating the Chair and Vice Chair positions. These positions rotate alphabetically by jurisdiction, starting in 2009 with County as Chair and Oakley as Vice Chair. For 2010, the Chair of the Governing Board is Oakley City Council Member Bruce Connelley and the Vice Chair is Pittsburg Mayor Salvatore Evola. In January 2011, the positions will rotate again with the City of Pittsburg representative as Chair and City of Brentwood representative as Vice Chair. Encl: Conservancy Governing Board Roster Page 1 of 1 Governing Board East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy March 12, 2010 Representative Agency/Organization Vice Mayor Erick Stonebarger City of Brentwood Council Member Brandon Richey* City of Brentwood Mayor Hank Stratford City of Clayton Vice Mayor David Shuey* City of Clayton Supervisor Federal Glover Contra Costa County Supervisor Mary Piepho* Contra Costa County Council Member Bruce Connelley City of Oakley Mayor Pat Anderson* City of Oakley Mayor Salvatore Evola City of Pittsburg Council Member Will Casey * City of Pittsburg * Alternate Agenda Item 3 EAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HABITAT CONSERVANCY DATE: March 12, 2010 TO: Governing Board FROM: Conservancy Staff SUBJECT: Meeting Record for December 16, 2009 Governing Board Meeting RECOMMENDATION APPROVE the Meeting Record from the East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy (“Conservancy”) Governing Board Meeting of December 16, 2009. DISCUSSION Please find the draft meeting record attached. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: Yes ACTION OF BOARD ON: March 17, 2010 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED:____________________ OTHER___________________________________________________________________________________ VOTE OF BOARD MEMBERS ___UNANIMOUS AYES:______________________________ I HEARBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE MEETING RECORD OF THE CONSERVANCY GOVERNING NOES:______________________________ BOARD ON THE DATE SHOWN. ABSENT:___________________________ ATTESTED ____________________________________________________________________ Catherine Kutsuris, SECRETARY OF THE EAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ABSTAIN:__________________________ HABITAT CONSERVANCY BY:____________________________________________________________, DEPUTY Page 1 of 1 Draft Meeting Record East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy Governing Board Meeting December 16, 2009 1) Introductions. Governing Board members in attendance were: Federal Glover Supervisor, Contra Costa County (Chair) Will Casey Councilman, City of Pittsburg Hank Stratford Councilman, City of Clayton Eric Stonebarger Vice Mayor, City of Brentwood Other Attendees: Joe Ciolek Agricultural/Natural Resource Trust of Contra Costa County Suzanne Gilmore California Department of Fish & Game Mark Muller Contra Costa County Water District Conservancy Staff members in attendance were: John Kopchik Conservancy Staff Abby Fateman Conservancy Staff Krystal Hinojosa Conservancy Staff 2) Public Comment. No public comments. 3) Consider APPROVING the Meeting Record from the East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy (“Conservancy”) Governing Board Special Meeting of September 16, 2009. The Board approved the Meeting Record. (3-0: Stonebarger, Stratford, Casey). 4) Consider DETERMINING Governing Board meeting time and locations in 2010. The Board set future meeting times to be 12:00 noon and authorized staff to provide a light lunch. (4- 0: Glover, Stonebarger, Stratford, Casey). 5) Consider DETERMINING representation on Public Advisory Committee (PAC) for 2010. The Board approved Item 5 as presented in the staff report. (4-0: Glover, Stonebarger, Stratford, Casey). 6) Consider ACCEPTING update on the Souza II Wetland Restoration Project. The Board accepted the update. Ms. Fateman provided a powerpoint presentation highlighting construction of the project to date. The presentation depicted the restoration design schematic, the wetlands and ponds created/enhanced onsite including water retention over the past several months. Ms. Fateman explained the site has been holding up fairly well during all the past several rain storms including the storm in October which was calculated as a 1000 year storm for Byron. However, a restored swale carrying runoff from Vasco Road is being damaged by erosion. In order to provide a temporary fix to the problem BMP’s where installed such as hay bales and waddles until the site can be repaired during the dry season. 15,000 plants grown by the Watershed nursery were planted in early December. (4-0: Glover, Stonebarger, Stratford, Casey). Page 1 of 4 7) Consider APPROVING the 2010 Conservancy Work Plan. The Board reviewed and approved the 2010 Conservancy Work Plan with modifications, as detailed below. Mr. Kopchik noted that there are several items added to the 2010 Work Plan. In the first two years of implementation, restoration was a key focus and the Conservancy is successfully ahead of impacts as a result of focused efforts. In 2010, due to continued slow pace of impacts, budget constraints, and limited easy-to-restore restoration sites, restoration efforts are proposed to slow. During 2010, staff will focus on riparian planting projects at existing Preserve