July 30, 2013 Water and the Environment Agenda SB County Update - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Santa Barbara County IRWM Plan 2013 Steering Committee Meeting July 30, 2013 Water and the Environment

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 • Projected Water Demand Watersheds, and Water and Supply Systems • Water Quality • Ecological Processes • Natural Hazards Requiring • Climate Change Emergency Planning • Regional Water • Social and Cultural Management History Makeup • Water Supplies and • DAC and Tribal Outreach Demand • Neighboring IRWM Efforts

Approve Final Targets • Water Supplies • Emergency Preparedness Restore 200 AF of surface storage capacity Increase protected area for fire/flood by   1000 acres Recycle and reuse 6,714 AFY  Implement emergency plans, when feasible  Create 50 facilities that will augment and  expand water supply • Maintain/Enhance Infrastructure Conserve 5,000 AFY (demand mgmt)  Improvement to 30% of customers  Increase Groundwater Storage - 2,500 AFY  Climate Change • • Habitat Conservation  Achieve targets for water supply, resource Conserve 1000 acres of natural habitat, stewardship, water quality, and infrastructure  rangeland, and production agriculture objectives New Protect/restore 30 linear miles of habitat Implement “no regret” adaptation strategies   Implement mitigation strategies that • Water Quality  decrease emissions of GHGs Meet Basin Plan Objectives  New Equitable Distribution of Benefits • Comply with TMDL Requirements  • 10% of future funding from IRWM grants Achieve salt/nutrient requirements in future  to benefit DACs Basin Plan amendments • Flood Management Increase land protected by 200 acres 

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 28 th 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