HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter from Ann Schwab of Northern Sacramento Valley Integrated Regional Water Management Board regarding Board Meeting attendanceDM Nl COUNTY x
Northern Sacramento Valley
Integrated Regional Water Management Board
308 Nelson Avenue
OROVIt.LF•• CAllFORNtA
August 4, 2014
Oroville, CA 95965
Doug Teeter, Chair
Butte County Board of Supervisors
In Re: Northern Sacramento Valley Integrated Regional Water
Management Board Meeting Attendance
Dear Board Members:
We are pleased to inform you we have completed the development of the Northern
Sacramento Valley Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (NSVIRWMP). After
review by the Department of Water Resources (DWR), the NSVIRWMP has been found
to be consistent with all aspects of the IRWM Planning Act and related IRWM Plan
Standards contained in the 2012 IRWM Grant Program Guidelines. In short, this
approval qualifies all projects contained in the NSVIRWMP as eligible to receive grant
funding under various State programs. The final NSVIRWMP was approved by the NSV
Board on June 9, 2014, after revisions to the final draft plan, which were discussed at the
April 14, 2014 NSV Board meeting,
We are very pleased with the interaction and discussion that takes place at the Board
meetings, but we are also concerned that chronic absences to the NSV Board meetings by
Board members may stifle the conversation and at times have prevented action being
taken by the Board on important matters. Per the NSV By -Laws, any NSV Board
member who misses three consecutive regular meetings without good cause may be
removed from the NSV Board by their appointing Board of Supervisors. We currently
have Board members who have exceeded the absences limit. I have enclosed the Board
meeting attendance records for your reference.
With this in mind, we encourage individual Boards of Supervisors to evaluate their
current NSV Board appointments and assess their commitment to this regional planning
process. Implementation of the NSVIRWMP will only be successful with an engaged
Board and staff.
The NSV Board is also currently reviewing the structure of the NSV TAC. This review
is being conducted through the Governance Subcommittee, which consists of one Board
member from each county. The Governance Subcommittee plans to bring a
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recommendation back to the full NSV Board at their September 8, 2014 meeting. In
accordance with the NSV Board By -Laws, TAC appointments should be reconsidered
every two years or as positions are vacated.
Although the NSVIWRMP has been finalized and approved, and we are entering into the
implementation phase of this regional planning effort, there is much work still to be done.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter. If you have any questions in this regard,
please feel free to contact me at (530) 518-7383 or Vickie Newlin, TAC Chair at (530)
538-2179.
Sincerely, /
C Ck-
Ann Schwab, Chair
NSV Board
Enc.
IRWM Board Meeting
Attendance Record
County
Name
8/1/2011
10/3/2011 12/5/2011
3/5/2012
5/7/2012
6/4/2012
9/10/20:
Butte
Bill Connelly
x
x
x
Butte
Ann Schwab
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Butte
Greg Johnson
x
x
x
x
Colusa
Lewis Bair
x
x
x
Colusa
Gary Evans
x
x
x
Colusa
Ashley Indrieri (+ 9/13)
x
Colusa
Robert Harper (- 9/13)
Colusa
Denise Carter
Glenn
Leigh McDaniel
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Glenn
John Erickson
x
x
Glenn
John Amaro (+9/13)
x
Glenn
Gary Enos (- 9/13)
x
x
Shasta
Larry Farr
x
x
x
Shasta
Leonard Moty
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Shasta
Stan Wangberg
x
x
x
x
Shasta
Les Baugh (- 3113)
x
x
Shasta
Missy McArthur
Sutter
Michael Cole
x
x
x
Sutter
Stan Cleveland
x
x
x
Sutter
John Dukes (+4/14)
x
x
Sutter
Kash Gill (+ 12/13, - 4/14)
Sutter
Tej Maan (- 4/13)
Sutter
Lynn Philips
x '
Sutter
James Gallagher
x
x
x
Tehama
Bob Williams
x
x
x
Tehama
Ryan Sale
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Tehama
Dean Sherrill (+ 12/12)
Tehama
John Brewer (-12/12)
x
x
x
F
nateseadded to the board
removed from the board