Outreach + Engagement in the Cosumnes Subbasin Prepared by Julia Golomb, CBI July 2018 1
Topics 1. DWR Best Practices 2. Cosumnes Outreach To-Date What’s worked well? What could be improved? 3. How Are Other Subbasins Approaching Outreach + Engagement? 4. Developing a Roadmap for SGMA Engagement in the Cosumnes 2
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DWR Describes 7 Steps of Community Engagement 5
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Cosumnes Outreach To-Date March 2017 – First Public Workshop > Direct mailings to uncovered areas July 2017 – Launched Website (cosumnes.waterforum.org) October 2017 – Outreach and Public Engagement Plan October 2017 – Developed Fact Sheet + Press Release October 2017 – Three Public Workshops (Jackson, Wilson, Galt) > Range of attendance (1 to 80 attendees) > Powerful role of social media 13
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What’s Happening In Other Basins? Ø Media + Social Media Ø Public Workshops Ø Website Ø Fact Sheet Ø Advisory Committee [examples: Salinas Valley, Merced, ESJ] 16
Ad Advisory Committee Purpose: To incorporate community and stakeholder interests into consensus recommendations on SGMA implementation in the Salinas Valley Basin for the Board to consider in its decision-making process. To inform the Board’s decision-making, the Advisory Committee provides written recommendations on subjects that the Board assigns to the Advisory Committee. The recommendations identify areas of agreement and disagreement`. Criteria for Advisory Committee members : • Serve as a strong effective advocate • Work collaboratively with others • Commit time needed for ongoing discussions • Collectively reflect diversity of interests • Maintain Committee size to support focused deliberations There is no set limit on membership on the Committee, and the Agency Board of Directors may make appointments from time-to-time after receiving applications from interested parties. 17
Stakeholder Committee The Stakeholder Committee will serve as community representatives to review groundwater conditions, management issues and needs, and projects and management actions to improve sustainability in the basin. • Input + engagement from diverse stakeholders to guide plan development • Multi-disciplinary group composed of organizations that represent interested parties • 24-member forum for testing ideas and providing information • Responsible for providing feedback and communicating to their constituencies • Recommendations considered by Coordinating Committee and GSA Leadership • Periodic in-person meetings (every one to two months) open to the public 18
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St Stakeholder Co Committee Roster 2Q Farming The Wine Group • • Total number of Calaveras County Resource J.R. Simplot Co. • • Conservation District Lima Ranch • participants: 23 Catholic Charities of the Diocese of University of the Pacific • • Stockton Sequoia ForestKeeper • The Hartmann Law Firm/Advisory Ag Business – Farmer • • Water Commission The Environmental Justice Coalition • San Joaquin Audubon for Water • Sierra Club Spring Creek Golf & Country Club • • San Joaquin Farm Bureau Federation Machado Family Farms • • Trinchero Family Estates and Sutter California Sportfishing Protection • • Home Winery Alliance South Delta Water Agency Restore the Delta • • San Joaquin County Environmental PUENTES • • Health Department Manufacturers Council of the Central • Valley
CBI Recommendation: Assessment Interviews 25
Di Discussion - Ke Key Qu Questions: • Who are the core groups we need to be reaching out to? Who should be aware of or involved in the process who may not yet be? • What are important milestones needing outreach in the Cosumnes Subbasin (near-term, medium-term, longer-term)? • What are different options for engaging water users/uses? What are the strengths and drawbacks of the different approaches? • Consider the focus and timing for a rapid, focused stakeholder assessment beyond the white spaces? 26
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