Santa Barbara County IRWM Plan 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

Water and the Environment

July 30, 2013

Agenda

• SB County Update

• Rd. 2 Prop 1E/84 Awards and Round 3 Prop 84 Schedule

• SB IRWM Plan 2013

• Review of Comments on Ch 3 Regional Description

• Finalize Targets

• Input on Future Financing

• Land Use and the IRWM Plan 2013

• Set September Meeting Date

IRWM Grant Award Schedule

• Prop 1E Round 2 (Stormwater/Flood Management) SB Flood –re-evaluation Lower Mission Creek and Las

Vegas/San Pedro Creeks grant applications

August – final award announcement

• Prop 84 Round 2 (Implementation) ($7,569,000 available) Central Coast Funding Area Applications Received by DWR

• Santa Barbara County - $6 M (Total Project Cost - $13 M)

• Greater Monterey County - $7.6 M (Total Project Cost - $12.6 M)

• Pajaro River Watershed - $7.6 M (Total Project Cost - $40 M)

• SLO - $7.6 M (Total Project Cost - $22 M)

August 2013 – draft recommendations

October 2013 - final award announced

IRWM Grant Info – Round 3 Implementation

• Six months behind schedule because Legislature did not fund Round 3 for FY 2013/2014

• Schedule for Prop 84 Round 3 April - June 2014 – SB conduct project selection process

July 2014 – Draft Guidelines/PSP; October 2014 Final Guidelines/PSP

Jan/Feb 2015 – Implementation grant applications due

• Funding available $472.5 M for the State

~ $20 M for Central Coast Region

Prop 84 Round 3 Information

• Two step process (similar to Proposition 50)

• Step 1 - review of the IRWM Plans to ensure consistency

with Guidelines

• Step 2 - If IRWM Plans are found to be consistent,

applicants asked to apply for funding in Step 2

• DWR will release information about how this review

process will occur in the new Guidelines (July 2014)

Roundtable of Regions Summit– September 18, 2013; CalEPA Building, Sac

• Morning Session - Funding Prop 84 Implementation Grants

• Round 2 Results and Debrief

• Round 3 Timing, Funding, and Process

DAC Funding – AB 37

Tribal Involvement

Future Water Bond • Process and Inclusion of IRWM Funding

• Key Principles

• Importance of Coordination with Legislators

• Afternoon Session - Planning IRWM Plans - DWR Plan Review Process and Guidelines

DWR Plans • DWR Organization – IRWM Coordination

• IRWM Strategic Plan

• California Water Plan Update 2013

SB IRWM Plan 2013 - Schedule

Task May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan ‘14

Chapters 1,

2, and 3

Chapter 4, 5,

and 6

Chapters 7*

and 8

Incorporate

Steering Cm.

Comments

Steering Cm.

Review Draft

Public

Review &

Workshop

Incorporate

Public

Comments

Steering Cm.

Review Final

Adopt Plan

* May be delayed to mid-September

Chapters Under Review or Review Completed

• Santa Maria Valley Groundwater Assessment

• South Coast Recycled Water Development Plan

• Chapter 1 Introduction

• Chapter 2 Governance and Participation

• Chapter 3 Regional Description

Chapters to be Reviewed by Steering Committee

• Ch. 4 - Objectives and Targets

• Ch. 5 - Regional Water Management (RMS and Integration)

• Ch. 6 - Integrated Regional Projects (project list, project

review and selection, integration)

• Ch. 7 - Benefits and Impacts

• Ch. 8 - Implementation (implementation issues, obstacles,

coordination, financing, CEQA, data management, water

and land use planning coordination)

Review of Ch. 3 – Regional Description

• Land Use, Major

Watersheds, and Water

Systems

• Ecological Processes

• Climate Change

• Regional Water

Management History

• Water Supplies and

Demand

• Projected Water Demand

and Supply

• Water Quality

• Natural Hazards Requiring

Emergency Planning

• Social and Cultural

Makeup

• DAC and Tribal Outreach

• Neighboring IRWM Efforts

Approve Final Targets

• Water Supplies Restore 200 AF of surface storage capacity

Recycle and reuse 6,714 AFY

Create 50 facilities that will augment and expand water supply

Conserve 5,000 AFY (demand mgmt)

Increase Groundwater Storage - 2,500 AFY

• Habitat Conservation Conserve 1000 acres of natural habitat,

rangeland, and production agriculture

Protect/restore 30 linear miles of habitat

• Water Quality Meet Basin Plan Objectives

Comply with TMDL Requirements

Achieve salt/nutrient requirements in future Basin Plan amendments

• Flood Management Increase land protected by 200 acres

• Emergency Preparedness Increase protected area for fire/flood by

1000 acres

Implement emergency plans, when feasible

• Maintain/Enhance Infrastructure Improvement to 30% of customers

• Climate Change Achieve targets for water supply, resource

stewardship, water quality, and infrastructure objectives

Implement “no regret” adaptation strategies

Implement mitigation strategies that decrease emissions of GHGs

• Equitable Distribution of Benefits • 10% of future funding from IRWM grants

to benefit DACs

New

New

Future Financing of IRWM Program

• Finance Standard

Consider financing at programmatic level

Snapshot of financing

• Cost of developing, maintaining, and implementing Plan

Most of the costs borne by local entities

State grant funding e.g. Prop 84 Planning Grant

• Potential sources for on-going funding to implement Plan

and for project O&M

Relation to Local Water Planning &

Relation to Local Land Use Planning

Relation to Local Water Planning & Relation to Local Land Use Planning

• Regions must have a section of the Plan that discusses IRWM’s relation to local water & land use planning.

• Discussion of how IRWMP relates to planning documents, programs, land & water issues as well as land & water use goals & objectives in the region.

• Description of the dynamics between IRWMP, local land & water planning documents.

• Discussion of future plans to further collaboration & productive relationship between land use planners &

water managers.

Focus of Coordination Between Water & Land Use Planning • Existing & proposed policies, regulations, programs,

ordinances;

• Existing & proposed plans, i.e. General Plans, Landscape

Ordinances/Design Guidelines, LID measures, BMPs,

Development Standards, Urban Water Management Plans

(UWMP), Water Master Plans, CEQA Review

Interregional Coordination on Land Use Planning Issue

San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura IRWM Regions are coordinating on the nexus between IRWM & Water Planning & Land Use Land Use Issues

• Interregional Presentation to the Channel Counties AEP (Association of Environmental Planners) Board, May 28th 2013

• Interregional IRWM, Water & Land Use Planning Workshop – November 2013 to highlight common issues, exchange ideas on projects and discuss the application of IRWM principles in Water & Land Use Planning

IRWM Planning - SLO Region Water Resources Issues

• Flood and stormwater management

• Need to manage wastewater as a potential supply source

• Lack of diversified local water supplies

• Declining groundwater levels

• Habitat/ecosystem restoration

• Groundwater contamination (e.g. nitrates, geothermal, seawater intrusion)

• Lack on storage capacity

• Dependence on and reliability of SWP water

• Localized (vs. watershed) management

• Sediment management

• Variability of rainfall

• Source water quality (creeks, rivers, etc.)

• Invasive species prevention

• Lack of public awareness

• Competing water uses (e.g. ag, urban, rural)

SLO IRWM Planning Studies Funded

• Prop 50 • Data Management Plan

• Flood Management Plan

• Groundwater Banking Plan

• Regional Permitting Plan

• Prop 84 • Watershed Management Planning

• Salt & Nutrient Management Plan

• Recycled Water Planning

• Groundwater Basin Characterization

SLO IRWM Implementation Projects

• Example projects… • 900 acre Conservation Easement

• Waterway Management Program

• Livestock & Land Program – BMPs to

Protect Source Waters

Watersheds Coalition of Ventura County IRWM Region

IRWM Planning - WCVC Region Key Water Resources Issues

• Flood and stormwater management

• Declining groundwater levels

• Habitat/ecosystem needs – protect, preserve and restore

• Groundwater contamination (e.g. nitrates, seawater intrusion, other salts)

• Dependence on SWP water

• Water supply reliability

• Invasive species removal and prevention

• Competing water uses (e.g. ag, urban, rural)

• Recreation and access priorities in the watersheds

• Need to expand use of recycled water

and stormwater capture

WCVC IRWM Planning Studies Funded

Prop 84 Planning Grants

• Bio-digester Feasibility Study – Ventura River Watershed

• Groundwater Flow Model Update – Lower Santa Clara River Watershed

• Salt & Nutrient Management Plan – Lower Santa Clara River Watershed

• Las Posas Basin Groundwater Study – Calleguas Creek Watershed

WCVC IRWM Implementation Project Example Natural Floodplain Management Project Lower Santa Clara River Watershed – Prop. 84 Round One

• Project Proponent: The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

• Project Goal: to preserve a critical section of the remaining floodplain in the Santa Clara River Watershed

• Project Details: Establishing a Floodplain Conservation Zone (FCZ); private property easements will be acquired to prevent future development

• Target Acquisition: 225 acres of easements within the 500-year floodplain (4,100 acres)

• Benefit to the Watershed: Reduce flooding impacts and minimize the need for hard structures to prevent flood damage

Location: Santa Clara River

Future Funding

• Water Bond - AB 1331 (Committee Bill)/ SB 40 (Pavley) No action until after the budget passes

Working group established by Assembly Speaker Perez to reach out to labor, water, business, and new members

Sen. Pres pro Tem Darrell Steinberg wants discussion in 2013

Could be 2 General Obligation bills ($3 B BDCP and $X B for local actions)

• Safe Drinking Water Acts Powers - AB 145 (Perea) – to SWRCB various duties and responsibilities from DPH re: (research, studies, and demonstration projects)

• WRDA – Senate passed (more policy oriented and reauthorizes projects; gives project authority to Executive Branch not Congress) New Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Authority (WIFIA)

Santa Barbara IRWM Relation to Legislators

State and Federal Elected Officials and their Staff are on our Stakeholder list including:

• Helene Schneider, Mayor, City of Santa Barbara

• Congresswoman Lois Capps

• US Senator Barbara Boxer

• State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson

• Assemblymember Das Williams

• Assemblymember Katcho Achadijian

Assemblymember Das Williams and his staff received a personal tour of Prop 50 Projects in 2011.

Legislators Need to Hear from You

The next bond proposition hangs in the balance for 2014.

It is imperative that our legislators are fully aware of the

tremendous benefits of the overall program and just how much

our County has received and benefitted from these projects, i.e.

water benefits, employment, etc.

Can you contact your legislator and let them know?

Contact Information for Legislators

Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson – 19th Senate District, State Capitol – Room 5080, Sacramento, CA 95814

Anne.Stieg@sen.ca.gov

Assemblymember Katcho Achadijian – 35th District, State Capitol-Room 2016, Sacramento, CA 94249; assemblymemberachadjian@assembly.ca.gov

Assemblymember Das Williams – 37th District, State Capitol – Room 6011, Sacramento, CA 94249

Das.Williams@asm.ca.gov

Select September Meeting Date

• Monday, Sept 23

• Tuesday, Sept. 24

• Friday, Sept 27

• Location – Buellton or GotoMeeting

• Encourage DWR Contract – Mike Weil to attend

• Agenda

Review of Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Contact Information

Water and the Environment

Kathy Caldwell – 310.566.6460

kcaldwell@rmcwater.com

Jane Gray - 805.963.0651 x 3531, jgray@dudek.com

Rob Almy - 805 448.6815, ralmy3@yahoo.com http://www.countyofsb.org/pwd/pwwater.aspx?id=16852