To:      Lake Davis Steering Committee 

From: Julie Cunningham 

Date:  February 8, 2005

Re:     Draft Notes from the February 7, 2005 Lake Davis Steering Committee meeting held at Portola City Hall

Present:        Curtis Levine (California Department of Water Resources), Steve Clifton (Leonard’s Market), John Ball (Rotary), Fran Roudebush (Lake Davis Coalition), Kent Petersmeyer (Grizzly Ranch), Colleen Marsh (Lake Davis Coalition), Julie Cunningham (California Department of Fish and Game), Bill Mainland, Terry Daoust (Portola Reporter).  By Phone:  Ralph Hinton (CDWR), Doug Rischbieter (CDWR), Dave Spath (California Department of Health Services), John Heavin (U.S. Forest Service) 

Note:  No agenda was provided for the meeting – the subjects below were covered.  Fran Roudebush chaired the meeting since new chair Bill Powers was absent. 

Introductions:  Fran welcomed the three new Steering Committee members:  Steve Clifton (Leonard’s Market), John Ball (Rotary) and Kent Petersmeyer (Grizzly Ranch) 

Lake Davis water levels:  Curtis reported the February 3, 2005 water level was 5,762.80 (42,974 acre-feet of water).  The reservoir at the same time last year was at 5,764.17, and held about 4,000 more acre-feet of water.  The current snow-pack calculations indicate that there is currently room in the reservoir to hold the water stored in the watershed.  The manual measurement at Grizzly Ridge indicated that the snow-pack is about 111% of average, and the automatic sensor indicates a snow-pack about 125% of average. 

Curtis also reported that DWR Division of Dam Safety engineers are looking at the Gunderboom idea for containing pike.  A Gunderboom is a porous plastic curtain that could possibly be placed above Grizzly Valley Dam to contain pike (including eggs and larvae) if the reservoir was drawn down.  Julie noted that it is one of several options being looked at to contain pike, pike eggs, and pike larvae within the reservoir. 

Director’s Visit:  Julie reported that California Department of Fish and Game Director Ryan Broddrick, Chief Deputy Director Paul Stein and Deputy Director Diana Jacobs are confirmed for a meeting with the Steering Committee on February 28th at 1:00 p.m.  [Note:  Educational Center at Hospital has been reserved]  The items that the Steering Committee would like on the agenda are (1) Where is DFG in terms of proposing a project?  (2)  How does DFG plan to address concern’s regarding any links between exposure to rotenone and Parkinson’s Disease; (3) What are DFG’s plans for preventing illegal movement of pike from Lake Davis? (4)  What are DFG’s plans for an economic study of a proposed project – what would be the cost and who would pay for it.   Julie will also look at the notes from the previous meeting and talk to Bill Powers for additional agenda items [Additional agenda ideas from 12/5 and 1/24:  What are DFG’s expectations of Steering Committee during the CEQA process?; What role does Steering Committee see itself playing;   Having business community members address Director regarding their concerns on economic issues; Possibly having a rotenone manufacturing company representative on hand to discus formula constituents]. 

Purpose of Steering Committee/Decision Making Process:  There was a discussion about the adequacy of Steering Committee meeting notes and whether there should be official minutes and if the Committee should follow the Robert’s Rules of Order.   Meeting notes have typically been written by DFG staff and shared via the Department’s northern pike web page.  The Committee requested that DFG staff start sending them out for Steering Committee review prior to posting on the web, but the group did not make a final decision on record-keeping or the meeting protocol issue. 

Members also shared their views on what the purpose of the Steering Committee is.  Viewpoints on purpose included: 

 The group did not come to agreement as to Steering Committee purpose, but will discuss further.  Julie will prepare a summary of Steering Committee efforts for the next meeting.

 The Next Steering Committee meeting will be held in conjunction with the visit of DFG Director Ryan Broddrick on Monday February 28th at 1:00 p.m.  [Note:  meeting will be held at the Educational Center at the Hospital]