Blue Ribbon Task Force, Meeting Agenda and Materials: May 25, 2006

May 25, 2006
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
California Resources Agency
1416 Ninth Street, First Floor Auditorium
Sacramento, CA 95814

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Meeting Objectives

• Receive update on the MLPA Central Coast Project and discuss joint meeting with California Fish and Game Commission to start at 1:00 p.m.
• Receive public comment and act upon the Final Draft Guide to Developing a Management Plan under the California Marine Life Protection Act
• Receive public comment and act upon the Final Draft Adaptive Management and Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
• Receive public comment and act upon suggested revisions to the MLPA Master Plan Framework adopted by the California Fish and Game Commission
• Receive update on administrative items related to the MLPA Initiative
• Receive public comment on items not on the agenda

 

Agenda

1. Introduction and welcome: 9:00 a.m.
Phil Isenberg, Chair, MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force

Central Coast Project

2. Update on transmittal of recommended central coast MPA packages to the California Department of Fish and Game [See documents 2e and 3a through 3h of the joint BRTF / California Fish and Game Commission meeting briefing binder]
John J. Kirlin, Executive Director, MLPA Initiative

Framework Documents

3. Final Draft Guide to Developing a Management Plan under the California Marine Life Protection Act [Briefing document 1]
Amy Boone, Policy Analyst, MLPA Initiative

1. Presentation
2. Public comment
3. TASK FORCE ACTION: Approve final document

4. Final Draft Adaptive Management and Monitoring and Evaluation Framework [Briefing document 2]
Dr. Tegan Hoffmann, Principal, T.C. Hoffmann and Associates

1. Presentation
2. Public comment
3. TASK FORCE ACTION: Approve final document

5. Suggested revisions to the MLPA Master Plan Framework adopted by the California Fish and Game Commission [Briefing document 3]
Paul Reilly, MLPA Central Coast Coordinator, California Department of Fish and Game

1. Presentation
2. Public comment
3. TASK FORCE ACTION: Approve forwarding suggested revisions to the California Department of Fish and Game

Initiative Activity

6. Administrative report
John Kirlin

1. Update on the lessons learned project
2. Update on the MLPA Initiative budget [Briefing document 4a]
3. Update on tasks related to additional MLPA study regions
4. TASK FORCE ACTION: Approve funding request for additional activities related to MLPA study regions [Briefing document 4d]
5. Cost estimates for the long-term funding of MLPA implementation [Briefing document 4b]
6. May 2006 MOU Report [Briefing document 4c]
7. Other items

7. MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team
John Ugoretz, MLPA Policy Advisor, California Department of Fish and Game

8. MLPA Statewide Interests Group
Melissa Miller-Henson, Operations & Communications Manager, MLPA Initiative

9. While a precise time cannot be guaranteed, at approximately 11:30 a.m. public comment will be taken on the task force meeting and items for future consideration. Public comments on specific agenda items should be made during that agenda item.

10. TASK FORCE ACTION: Set the time and place for next meeting
Phil Isenberg

Adjourn

 

Briefing Document

1. Final Revised Guide to Developing a Management Plan under the California Marine Life Protection Act
2. Final Revised Adaptive Management and Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
3. Suggested revisions to the MLPA Master Plan Framework adopted by the California Fish and Game Commission
4. Administrative report
   1. MLPA Initiative budget update
   2. Cost estimates for the long-term funding of MLPA implementation
   3. May 2006 MOU report
   4. John J. Kirlin memo regarding funding request for additional activities related to MLPA study regions