Planning is an unnatural process it is much more fun to DO something' The nicest thing about not pla

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Planning is an unnatural process it is much more
fun to DO something.The nicest thing about not
planning is that failure comes as a complete
surprise, rather than being preceded by a period
of worry and depression.Sir John Harvey-Jones,
former Chairman, Imperial Chemical Industries
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Critical Coastal Areas Program

• James Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
• Pilot CCA Workshop
• February 7, 2007

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Yet Another State Program?Yet More Meetings?
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Program and Acronym Soup
Municipal Stormwater
NPS
CZMA
TMDLs
WDRs
Ag Waiver Program
NPDES
EQUIP
Fish-Friendly Farming
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What are the CCA Program Goals?

• Foster collaboration among local stakeholders and
  government agencies
• Coordinate resources and focus efforts on coastal
  watersheds in critical need of protection from
  polluted runoff
• Help develop tools and information useful for
  developing and implementing Action Plans to
  reduce and prevent pollution and recover and
  protect valued resources

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The Prize

• All relevant program activities are coordinated
  under ONE umbrella
• Public and private funding is leveraged to
  benefit environmental outcomes
• A powerful magnet for new funding is put in place
• Champions are found that can help break through
  bottlenecks

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How could the program make a difference?

• Currently, actions to protect and restore water
  quality and associated resources are rarely
  following a systematic line of inquiry and
  applied mostly randomly by trial and error
• Agency cultures make it difficult to break out of
  Silo Phenomenon
• Basic data are often lacking at the sufficient
  scale to identify opportunities
• Frequently, land use planning and WQ protection
  are disconnected

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Why Do We Need Tools and Information?

• Similar to tracking performance of our retirement
  investments, we want to track environmental
  performance of public and private investments in
  pollution reduction, and resource protection
• Information is required to communicate, learn,
  and adjust actions and policies

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The Program is Non-Regulatory

• A mechanism to obtain resources to effectively
  implement part of the state's Nonpoint Source
  Pollution Control Plan
• CCA identification supports the acquisition of
  grant funding by prioritizing protection efforts.

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Focus Is on Five Pilot Areas

• Trinidad Head
• Sonoma Creek Watershed
• Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
• Watsonville Sloughs
• Newport Beach/Bay, Irvine Coast

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Role of the Stakeholder Groups

• Inform Project Team about specific needs for
  technical assistance, training, monitoring and
  assessment guidance
• Identify restoration, protection, and pollutant
  load reduction opportunities in a watershed
  context
• Help draft conceptual designs of candidate
  implementation projects and leverage funding

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Outcomes for Phase I (319(h) Grant)

• Inventory Management Measures and Available Data
  to Estimate Load Reductions already Achieved
• Identify Institutional Hurdles and Resource
  Constraints
• Compare Management Measures and Evaluate
  Applicability
• Identify Additional Pollutant Load Reduction and
  Resource Protection Opportunities
• Estimate Imperviousness

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Anticipated Outcomes for Phase II(Proposition 50)

• User-Friendly Scenario-Planning Tools
• Data Gaps Monitoring and Assessment Guidance
• Assemble Historical and Current Conditions to
  Develop Understanding of Change and Opportunities
  for Restoration and Load Reduction
• Conceptual Designs for Implementation Projects

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Critical Coastal Areas, Phase I

• Subcommittee and Technical Team Update

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Progress to date

• Summer, 2006
• Area delineation, collection of baseline data,
  identify and obtain key data sources
• Review of other watershed planning and
  engineering proposals to coordinate
• Kick off meetings to help determine watershed and
  planning needs
• Initiate design of GIS watershed/BMP planning
  tool
• Fall/Winter 2006
• Survey of local govts to document existing and
  proposed BMPs
• Literature review Impervious surface modeling
  techniques
• Follow up meetings to check on progress/redirect
  where necessary

• Spring/2007
• Stakeholder workshop
• Framework for GIS Mapping Tool available for
  comment
• Draft watershed model (testing key BMPs)
  available for comment
• Survey results available
• Draft project report available for comment
• Final project report issued
• In Fall 2007

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Existing and New Data Sources

• Matrix Coastal Comm. and consultant team
• Empirical observations
• Local water quality surveys
• Coastal water quality data
• Plans and project details
• Existing maps
• Customized GIS maps

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Useful Tool Predictive Modeling

• Key aspects
• Good baseline data
• Ground truth maps
• Fine-grained historical watershed data
• Management factors analysis (not inclusive)
• Impervious surface
• Slide prone areas sediment deposition
• Flooding control programs
• Water quality impacts associated with land uses
• Coastal influences on the watershed

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Useful Tool Interactive GIS for staff and
decision makers

• Spatial information survey nearing completion
• Report to follow at winter workshop
• Report will form the basis for GIS work during
  Phase II
• Training program will be incorporated into Ph. II

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Site Specific Improvements Tied to a Watershed
Action Plan

• Workshop function develop priorities
• Identifying key areas in the watersheds
• Where major remediation is needed
• Where conditions could change and significantly
  weaken protections
• Where work is already underway
• Where non point source information needs more
  documentation

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Nonpoint Source Pollution Issues
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Potential/Known Nonpoint Source Pollution (NPS)
Issues/Sources

• Bacteria
• Excessive Nutrients, Nitrates
• Sedimentation/Erosion
• Pesticides, Herbicides
• Stream Flow, Groundwater
• Urban Runoff (Development, Storm Drains,
  Inadequate Setbacks)
• Invasive/Non-native Species
• Degraded Wetlands or Riparian Areas
• Trash