CONTRA COSTA CLEAN WATER PROGRAM

Management Committee Meeting March 16, 2011 Minutes

Attendance:

MUNICIPALITY ATTENDED ABSENT

City of Antioch Phil Hoffmeister City of Brentwood Jack Dhaliwal City of Clayton Laura Hoffmeister City of Concord Frank Kennedy Town of Danville Chris McCann City of El Cerrito Jerry Bradshaw City of Hercules Jose Pacheco City of Lafayette Donna Feehan City of Martinez Alex Stroup Town of Moraga John Sherbert City of Oakley Frank Kennedy City of Orinda Cathy Terentieff City of Pinole Dean Allison City of Pittsburg Jolan Longway City of Pleasant Hill Rod Wui City of Richmond Lynne Scarpa City of San Pablo Adele Ho City of San Ramon (Vice-chairperson) Steven Spedowfski City of Walnut Creek (Chairperson) Rinta Perkins Contra Costa County Rich Lierly Contra Costa County Flood Control & Water Conservation District

Paul Detjens

OTHERS/GUESTS: I. Introductions: Perkins began the meeting at 1:30 pm with self introductions. II. Regional Board Staff Comments/Reports:

San Francisco Bay RWQCB – Selina Louie – Louie conducted a quick overview of

Annual Report deficiencies in MRP Provisions C.3, 4, 5, and 6. Some of the highlights from her presentation follow:

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Contra Costa Permittee’s reports were the most complete Bay Area wide. Twenty (20) NOVs were issued across all MRP co-permittees for major

infractions.

Footnotes should only pertain to data entered, not form instructions. Level of completeness varied, lots of unfilled spaces. All spaces should

contain a response, even if it is just with an “N/A” or “0”.

All violations should be corrected and enforced. No “pass” should be given if the violation is rectified by end of day or within ten (10) days.

Count each discharge point for an actual discharge as a violation, but count all potential discharges discovered during an inspection collectively as one violation.

Any business not addressed in C.4 or C.6 should be covered under C.5. Inspection tabular data should be sorted by site first, then inspection date.

Staff would provide an electronic version of Louie’s report following the meeting.

Central Valley RWQCB – Kim Schwab – not in attendance

III. Presentations:

A. Walnut Creek Construction Site Inspection Tracking Database – Rinta Perkins presented the Microsoft Access database the City of Walnut Creek developed to track construction (C.6) inspections. She illustrated the foolproof entry page and showed how data could easily be compiled into a report or downloaded into Excel. Perkins stated she could provide the database to staff to modify for other municipalities to use. Michelle McCauley asked co-permittees how many of them had worked in Access, and if they were interested in the database. There was a robust interest and it was agreed it would be best to provide training for all in using Access and the database. Tom Dalziel took a few minutes to explain that the BASMAA Managers disagreed with some of the comments contained in the “Expectation Memos.” They requested Tom Mumley attend their February 24, 2011 meeting where they would review these concerns with him. Mumley was not able to attend the meeting so it will be discussed in April. Dalziel was fearful the BASMAA Managers would now have to meet with Mumley and negotiate each of the Expectation Memos to a reasonable level of compliance. Questions were asked and answered.

B. Administrative Committee’s Proposed Final Draft Fiscal Year 2011/2012 Program Budget – Dalziel quickly reviewed the changes that occurred since the last draft budget was presented to the Management Committee and the policy direction that was provided. As a result of cost savings due to

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regional collaboration and a focus on costs as implementation is underway and estimates are more accurate, the budget was able to be reduced by nearly $200,000 from the last draft. Dalziel explained the $350,502 reserve cited in the Three Year Budget Forecast came from PIP/$96,502 reserves + $50,000 encumbrance and MRP/$204,000 reserves). Total Program Budget Costs were $3,748,358, offset by reserve reductions of $350,502 plus $900,000 for the SQFI, for a cost to cities of $2,497,856. Laura Hoffmeister requested Perkins direct the agenda to Action Item A to approve the budget. Perkins complied. Laura Hoffmeister moved/Steven Spedowfski seconded/To APPROVE the budget as submitted. Passed unanimously.

C. “A Creek Without A Voice” Video – McCauley played a 90 second video provided by the City of Martinez called “A Creek Without a Voice.” McCauley suggested anyone wanting a copy of the video for broadcast on their local channel should let her know.

IV. Consent Calendar:

A. January 26, 2011 Development Committee Meeting Minutes

B. February 16, 2011 Management Committee Meeting Minutes

C. February 22, 2011 Monitoring Committee Meeting Minutes

D. February 23, 2011 Public Information/Participation Committee Meeting Minutes

E. February 23, 2011 Development Committee Meeting Minutes

F. March 3, 2011 Administrative Committee Meeting Minutes Laura Hoffmeister moved/Steven Spedowfski seconded/To APPROVE the Consent Items as submitted. Passed unanimously.

V. Actions:

A. APPROVE the Administrative Committee’s Final Draft Fiscal Year 2011/12 Group Program Budget for a Cost Not to Exceed $3,745,358 – See Presentation Item B above.

B. APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Program to Negotiate and Execute Contracts

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as follows: 1. Three (3) Year Consulting Services Agreement with Brown & Caldwell

Consultants for a Cost Not to Exceed $420,000 2. Fiscal Year 2011/12 with O’Rorke Consulting for Public Information /

Participation Services for a Cost Not to Exceed $265,500 3. Fiscal Year 2011/12 with Dan Cloak Environmental Consulting for C.3

Technical Support Services for a Cost Not to Exceed $100,000 4. Fiscal Year 2011/12 with Matt Bolender for a Cost Not to Exceed $56,000

Dalziel asked Management Committee members to authorize staff to negotiate the contracts listed above. Daziel reminded co-permittees the Matt Bolender contract was funded by CalRecylcle grant funds and would be no cost to the Program. Jamison Crosby commented the Brown and Caldwell contract was particularly attractive because they proposed a 5% rate reduction for a one-year contract, 6% reduction for a two-year contract and a 7% reduction for a three-year contract. The rate reductions would be subject to any potential Consumer Price Index increases. Laura Hoffmeister moved/Steven Spedowfski seconded/To APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Program to negotiate and execute the contracts listed above. Passed unanimously.

C. APPROVE the Public Information Participation Committee’s Recommendation to not Participate in the Trash Regional Advertising Campaign - McCauley reminded co-permittees for the last two (2) months she has been updating them on the status and costs of the draft Regional Advertising Campaign. PIP committee members and staff agree the Program has already met its Litter Campaign requirements and has told BASMAA members it would not be participating in the Regional Advertising Litter Campaign. McCauley asked Management Committee members to affirm that decision. Frank Kennedy moved/Steven Spedowfski seconded/To APPROVE the Public Information Committee’s recommendation to not participate in the Trash Regional Advertising Campaign. Passed unanimously.

D. AFFIRM the Administrative Committee’s Approval to Send a Program Letter of Support for SB 515 – Elisa Wilfong explained SB 515 is a new bill being proposed to require producers of household batteries to create and implement a stewardship plan for end-of-life management of household batteries. Time was critical and the Administrative Committee authorized the Program to send a letter of support. Wilfong also urged municipalities to

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send a letter of support. Wilfong asked co-permittees to affirm the Adminsitrative Committee’s approval. Laura Hoffmeister moved/Steven Spedowfski seconded/To AFFIRM the Administrative Committee’s approval to send a Program letter of support for SB 515. Passed unanimously.

VI. Staff Reports:

A. Distribute Executed 2010-2025 Program Agreement – Dalziel stated the

Program Agreement is at last executed and a copy was contained in the packet for their use. Co-permittees asked staff to provide a copy electronically.

B. Anti-Litter Outreach – McCauley referred to the update information provided in the Staff Report and added she was soliciting volunteers to work a table at the March 26, 2011 Delta Baseball League’s opening day. She shared her opinion that a representative from any municipality could work it and get credit for a public outreach event. She also informed them of an email received that morning from a Middle College High School student who was looking for a partner/support for an Earth Day event his school was sponsoring on April 14, 2011. McCauley would provide more information electronically as it became available.

C. February 24, 2011 Annual Inspector Training Workshop – Wilfong stated the attendance and evaluation responses to the Inspector Training was the best ever. The attendee list for the training was included with the packet. Wilfong reminded co-permittees to claim credit for the training in their Annual Report. The PowerPoint presentations from the training were posted on the Program website.

D. BASMAA Committee Activities – Perkins directed co-permittees to their packet for updates on recent BASMAA committee activities.

VII. Information Items:

None

VIII. Old/New Business: None

IX. Adjournment:

Perkins adjourned the meeting at 3:30 pm.

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CONTRA COSTA CLEAN WATER PROGRAM Monitoring Committee

March 22, 2011 Meeting Minutes

Attendance: MUNICIPALITY ATTENDED ABSENT City of Antioch – Vice-Chairperson Phil Hoffmeister Contra Costa County Charmaine Bernard City of Richmond Lynne Scarpa City of Pittsburg – Chairperson Alfredo Hurtado City of Walnut Creek Rinta Perkins Program Staff: Jamison Crosby Michelle McCauley

I. Introductory Remarks and Announcements: At 9:35 a.m. Jamison Crosby began

the meeting and asked for any announcements. Crosby announced Volunteer Monitoring training would be held on April 2, 2011; untrained volunteers in the a.m., experienced volunteers in a p.m. session. Crosby recounted the creeks that would be sampled are: Alhambra, Kirker, Grayson, Murderer’s, Marsh, Mitchell, Pinole and San Ramon. SPAWNERS would be sampling sites in the San Pablo watershed out of their own funding.

II. Approve the February 22, 2011 MOC Minutes – Rinta Perkins moved/Phil

Hoffmeister seconded/To APPROVE the February 22, 2011 MOC minutes as submitted. Passed unanimously.

III. BASMAA Monitoring/POCs Committee:

Update on Clean Water for a Clean Bay Cost Sharing Arrangement – Crosby explained the project met various subprovisions of MRP C.11 and C.12 and was funded by an EPA grant for five (5) million dollars. Crosby reviewed a spreadsheet that documented the seven (7) tasks and the budget for the project. The Program’s match to the grant is $285,000, $140,000 of which was budgeted in the FY 2011/12 budget. She explained Lynne Scarpa, City of Richmond, would be conducting much of the work on the Program’s behalf and would require support from consultants and staff. Crosby stated that the CW4CB management team recently decided to scale

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back the number of project meetings. This is a positive step in terms of preserving as much grant funding as possible to perform actual grant tasks. On April 11, 2011 a meeting will be held to discuss the contractor selection process.

Update of Pump Station Diversion Projects – A status report for the project was submitted on time on Feb. 28, 2010 to the SFRWQCB. B&C will remain on the project through FY10/11 but will not be leading the project team in FY11/12 in order to preserve their role as advisors to the Program. The Program currently plans to satisfy this portion of the permit with the diversion project at the North Richmond Pump Station funded by a grant obtained by the County’s Watershed Program. Dan Jordan is heading the project now in the absence of Nancy Stein. Crosby will request updates from Dan periodically.

Creek Status Monitoring Design – This project is to develop a probabilistic design for the parameters required under C.8.c of the MRP. EOA is in charge of the project with some support from Armand Ruby. Issues currently being discussed are: whether to include non-urban sites in the sample draw (the MRP requires samples from urban sites only); whether to include Napa and Sonoma Counties in the design; and whether the design would require additional sites to be collected beyond what is required in the MRP. Crosby pointed out the MRP was not necessarily rooted in good science but to design a program that is more scientifically robust may have cost implications. These issues will continue to be discussed in future meetings.

Creek Status Monitoring Information Management System – EOA is in charge of this project to develop a database and information management system to centrally store the data collected under the MRP. A draft Roles and Responsibilities Memo describing the roles of various project participants is due shortly.

IV. Options for Contracting for Long Term and Status Monitoring (potential for

partnering with Fairfield/Suisun?) – Crosby reminded co-permittees that at least one Long Term/POC monitoring station is required to be in place by October 2011 and commencing data collection. At the present time, the Program intends to establish a station at Marsh Creek as its first Long Term/POC station. The main hurdle to cross in planning for this event is the development of a final Small Tributaries Loading Strategy (STLS) which BASMAA is writing with SFEI. Since this plan may not be ready until early summer, Crosby believes it may be prudent to try to hire SFEI as a consultant to carry out this work since they are already familiar with the sampling methods involved. In the absence of a finalized STLS, it will be difficult if not impossible to seek bids from consultants for such work. There was a discussion about who else could provide the service. EOA, Applied

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Marine Science and ADH were suggested by Crosby. Co-permittees directed Crosby to solicit bids for the project from the aforementioned firms. Co-permittees approved of a potential partnering with Fairfield/Suisun and Vallejo too.

V. Community Watershed Stewardship Program – Options for Volunteer Involvement

– Tom Dalziel and Crosby recently met with Abby Fateman and John Kopchik of Department of Conservation and Development who made a case that the Program continue to fund DCD at the $65,000 level as in the past. Dalziel explained the direction to the subcommittees from Management Committee that costs be cut everywhere possible due to the increased costs that were hitting the Program hard under the MRP. Crosby explained to the MonCom that DCD and the volunteers can still effectively be leveraged to carry out the Stream Survey provision in the MRP and co-permittees should consider this. Discussion ensued among cites about what level of funding to provide and by what vehicle. In the final motion, Charmaine Bernard moved/Lynne Scarpa seconded/ To approve $20,000 for DCD for stream surveys and $20,000 for the County’s Community Watershed Stewardship Program, maintaining a reserve of $20,000 which could be used if co-permittees are happy with the results of either effort and funding was deficient to achieve the goal. Passed unanimously.

VI. Summary of Action and Agenda Items for Next Meeting: Charmaine Bernard would

have Dan Jordan provide a summary of CW4CB activities. April 26 and May 24th meetings are cancelled. Instead, MonCom will meet again on May 10th at 9:30.

VII. Adjournment: Crosby adjourned the meeting at 11:30 a.m.

Next Monitoring Committee Meeting: May 10, 2011

9:30 a.m. Conference Room “B”

255 Glacier Drive Martinez, CA 94553

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CONTRA COSTA CLEAN WATER PROGRAM PIP MEETING

SUMMARY

ATTENDEES

Members: Julie Haas-Wajdowicz, City of Antioch

Steven Spedowfski, City of San Ramon

Lynne Scarpa, City of Richmond

David Schwartz, Contra Costa County

Rod Wui, City of Pleasant Hill

Laura Wright, City of Pittsburg

Staff: Michelle McCauley, Administrative Analyst

Consultant: O’Rorke, Inc., Tracy Keough, Emiko Hashisaki

MEETING DATE: March 23, 2011

NOTES BY: Emiko Hashisaki

SUBJECT: PIP Meeting #7

I. Introductions. Meeting commenced at 10:09 AM.

II. Spring 2011 Campaign Presentation. Emiko Hashisaki first presented the

Google Analytics results for the second month of the spring 2011 campaign.

As in the first month of the campaign, more new users have been typing the

full name of the program into search engines to find the program website,

suggesting outreach is having a positive result. One co-permittee made the

point that some of the supposedly new traffic was actually C.3 traffic. All

parties conceded there was likely a nominal amount of C.3 traffic hidden in

the direct traffic.

Hashisaki then reminded the Committee that TV, transit ads, online, print,

outdoor and bicycle promotions are all currently running. O’Rorke will

continue to monitor the traffic to the Program website.

Tracy Keough next reminded the committee that mail in surveys and online

surveys will begin running following the completion of the spring campaign at

the end of April. She presented the proposed survey questions, and requested

that the Committee review and provide comments via email.

III. Martinez PSA. Michelle McCauley introduced the opportunity to use the

Martinez PSA, and the Committee requested she convert it to a web friendly

format for municipalities to post on their website.

IV. Committee Roundtable: Keough gave the Committee a preview of the new

Baywise.org website, and suggested that it could serve as a resource for

Contra Costa County residents as well. McCauley will review it and will

update the Program website to include relevant links.

McCauley then provided an update on her efforts to supplement the youth

outreach component of the Spring Campaign. Several contacts throughout the

County have provided leads in schools and sports leagues. McCauley will also

be attending the Pleasant Hill Rebels board meeting to see how best to

promote the anti-litter campaign with the Rebels and to see if this effort could

provide access to the Board that oversees the regional youth football leagues.

McCauley next requested feedback on a youth educational program from

Fresno that the Committee had previously discussed. Now that budget issues

are settled, Laura Wright will follow up with her teacher contact in the

Pittsburg School District to get further information about the new science

curriculum and whether it could be incorporated into the Fresno curriculum.

Lynne Scarpa requested that Hashisaki follow up with the West Contra Costa

Unified School District again regarding flyer distribution.

McCauley requested feedback from the Committee on the prize wheel

produced for Julie Haas-Wajdowicz by Allied Waste. The Committee

decided that Haas-Wajdowicz and Scarpa will work on a presentation on the

success of prize wheels at outreach events for the May Management

Committee meeting. Following the meeting, if interest is expressed in these

wheels, McCauley will work with Haas-Wajdowicz to obtain pricing from

Allied Waste and other manufacturers.

V. Next Steps: Meeting adjourned at 10:55 AM.

Next Meeting:

Wednesday April 27th

2011

10:00 – 12:00PM

255 Glacier Drive, Martinez, CA

Development Committee

March 23, 2011 Meeting Minutes

Attendance:

MUNICIPALITY ATTENDED ABSENT

City of Antioch Phil Hoffmeister

City of Brentwood Jeff Cowling

City of Clayton Laura Hoffmeister

City of Concord Frank Kennedy

Contra Costa County David Swartz

City of El Cerrito Yvetteh Ortiz

City of Hercules Jeff Brown

City of Lafayette Christine Sinnette

City of Martinez Khalil Yowakim

Town of Moraga John Sherbert

City of Oakley Frank Kennedy

City of Orinda Cathleen Terentieff

City of Pittsburg Majeed Bahri

Non-Voting Members

Town of Danville Chris McCann (by phone)

City of Pleasant Hill Rod Wui

City of Richmond Lynne Scarpa (by phone)

City of San Pablo Karineh Samkian

City of San Ramon Chris Low

City of Walnut Creek Carlton Thompson (by phone)

Program Staff: Tom Dalziel

Dan Cloak (Consultant)

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Introductions, Announcements, and Changes to Agenda

David Swartz called the meeting to order. Introductions were made so that those participating by phone would know who was present.

There were no announcements or changes to the agenda.

Consent Calendar

A. Approve the February 23, 2011 Development Committee Minutes

No changes to the minutes were offered. John Sherbert moved to approve the minutes, and Frank Kennedy seconded. There were none opposed.

Reports/Discussion

A. Future C.3 Training

Tom Dalziel reported he had reserved a meeting room at the Concord Centre for Thursday, May 12. He noted this location was preferred as it has good access to restaurants where participants can get lunch on their own. The Program will provide continental breakfast. The room can accommodate about 150.

Chris McCann observed this date conflicts with a mandatory training scheduled for all Town of Danville employees. In response, Tom said he will poll the Development Committee via email regarding one or two alternate dates (probably during the week following). Lynne noted the CCCWP Monitoring Committee recently changed its regular meeting date; the May meeting will on May 10.

The participants discussed promotion of the training, and Tom said he would get a flyer out as soon as possible. The need for additional speakers was noted (Scott Wikstrom has volunteered, but we need others.)

Dan Cloak said he would provide draft presentation materials for review ahead of the April 27 Development Committee meeting.

B. Vector Control Notification per Provision C.3.h.iv.(2)

Tom Dalziel reported a telephone conversation with Selena Louie of Water Board staff regarding implementation of this requirement. The permittees must each submit a list of stormwater treatment systems and HM controls installed during the reporting period. It is planned to coordinate this submittal as part of the Annual Report. It was noted permittees must maintain a database or equivalent tabular format of all Regulated Projects that have installed stormwater treatment systems, including specified information regarding each of the treatment systems; the requirement to submit list of newly installed treatment systems should require simply extracting the appropriate set from that database.

C. Model Stormwater Ordinance

Tom Dalziel reported this effort is still in progress. Revised language is to be drafted by a workgroup of the Development Committee for review by the C.3 Legal Work Group. It was noted that the review will include the adequacy of support for the Enforcement Response Plans required by the MRP.

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D. BASMAA Development Committee Update

Dan Cloak summarized BASMAA Development Committee activities, and the participants discussed each in turn:

LID Treatment Credits for Special Projects—After considerable delay, Tom Mumley of Water Board staff has agreed to meet April 5 with BASMAA representatives regarding BASMAA’s December 1, 2010 proposal. The participants concurred with concerns that further negotiations and compromises on the proposal should hold fast to allowing additional treatment options for Categories A (lot-line-to-lot-line projects an acre and smaller) and D (portions of projects subject to the 50% rule that must be retrofit). It was noted that based on retrospective data these categories include very few projects and less than 1% of the total impervious area created by Regulated Projects. Other BASMAA permittees’ insistence that the proposal include a broader range of projects (including projects of any size that could be categorized as Transit Oriented Development) has tended to undercut the argument that the proposed exceptions are de minimis.

David Swartz said he thought there should be more detailed justification provided for Category D. He and Dan will work on this together. The example of North Creek Church may be used.

Infiltration and Reuse Feasibility—Dan prepared extensive comments and proposed revisions to Geosyntec’s March 1 draft of the report, which is due May 1. The comments were reviewed in a May 15 meeting; most were accepted and Geosyntec was directed to redraft the report accordingly. As a result, the redrafted report will include a sequential process for consideration of LID options that closely follows the definitions and design process in Chapter 4 of the Stormwater C.3 Guidebook, 5th Edition. The redrafted report also will recommend a standard bioretention cross-section (6-inch-deep surface ponding, 18 inches of soil mix, and a 12-inch-deep gravel drainage layer, and a technical justification showing that using a deeper gravel layer (more storage) would only marginally increase the proportion of future development sites that would be able to meet the criterion of infiltrating 80% of average annual runoff.

Green Roof Minimum Specifications—Dan redrafted the May 2010 version of the Green Roofs submittal, which is due to the Water Board on May 1, 2011. The changes were to incorporate some additional information developed by BASMAA permittees in the past year; however, the redrafted version still advocates that green roofs be credited as self-retaining areas without regard to the specific means and methods of construction used. Tom Dalziel explained that Dan’s time to draft the BASMAA proposal back in 2010 was contributed by CCCWP without formal credit; the cost of the 2011 revisions (not to exceed of $5,000), however, will be explicitly tracked and credited as part of CCCWP’s contribution to MRP implementation.

Discussion of C.3 and C.6 Projects and Issues

David Swartz noted Water Board staff member Selena Louie presented 66 slides in a 30 -minute presentation at the March 16 Management Committee meeting. The presentation focused on enforcement and reporting requirements. Tom Dalziel said he believes the response should be discussed at the BASMAA Board, as permittees throughout the Bay Area are getting similar feedback from Board staff. Frank Kennedy and Jeff Cowling noted the

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amount of effort required to update systems municipalities use to track compliance with development and construction permits.

Meeting participants discussed their experiences with property owner/manager self-inspections of stormwater treatment facilities for operation and maintenance. Some municipalities have sent packets and forms for self-inspection but received no response, and have subsequently sent staff to inspect. It was noted the MRP has no provision for self-inspection but rather requires municipalities to inspect each facility at least once every five years. It was noted this should include all facilities installed under the previous permit as well as under the MRP.

Agenda Items/Topics for the April 27, 2011 Development Committee Meeting

Committee members identified the following items/topics for the April meeting:

May C.3 Training

Vector Control Reporting Requirement

Model Ordinance Update

BASMAA Update

NEXT NEW DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION CONTROLS COMMITTEE MEETING:

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

1:00 to 4:00

Conference Room “A”

Contra Costa County Public Works Department

255 Glacier Drive

Martinez, CA 94553

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CONTRA COSTA CLEAN WATER PROGRAM Municipal Operations Committee (MOC)

March 24, 2011 Minutes

Attendance:

MUNICIPALITY ATTENDED ABSENT

City of Antioch Roger Clarke

City of Brentwood Kelly Martinez

City of Concord Frank Kennedy

County Watershed Program (Chair) Charmaine Bernard

Town of Danville Chris McCann

City of El Cerrito Garth Schultz

City of Hercules Glen Moniz

City of Lafayette David Terhune

City of Pinole Tim Harless

City of Pittsburg Ramona Anderson

City of San Pablo John Medlock

City of Walnut Creek Rinta Perkins

NON-VOTING

City of Clayton

Town of Moraga John Sherbert

City of Oakley AJ Kennedy

City of Orinda

City of Pleasant Hill Rod Wui

City of Richmond Lynne Scarpa

City of San Ramon Steven Spedowfski

GUESTS

West Coast Storm Brian Martello

PROGRAM STAFF Elisa Wilfong

Michelle McCauley

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I. Introductions/Announcements – Charmaine Bernard began the meeting at 10:05

a.m. with self-introductions. Co-permittees extended kudos to Elisa Wilfong for an exceptional February 24, 2011 Stormwater Inspector Workshop; the presentations were particularly interesting. Wilfong responded it was the largest audience to ever attend.

II. Approve the Minutes – Wilfong explained there were no minutes to approve because the February meeting was the Stormwater Inspector Workshop.

III. BASMAA Committee Update – Wilfong relayed a discussion of the pros and cons

of penalizing mobile washers for violations. One of the main issues was who was actually certified (company? employee?) and who bore responsibility for a violation. Pool discharges in the MRP were changed to conditionally exempt. BASMAA is updating model ordinance for municipalities. Wilfong informed co-permittees the Program would be conducting training in collaboration with Bay Friendly Landscape and Eco-Wise in FY 2011/12. Rinta Perkins was working with BFL to compress the classes to enable more potential attendees to fit the training in their schedules.

IV. C.10 Trash Provision Agenda: a. Trash Device Purchasing Decision – BASMAA was developing a trash baseline

that included consideration for street sweeping and full/partial trash capture devices.

b. ABAG Trash Grant Update – Wilfong stated a handful of cities already submitted their contracts to ABAG. She urged cities to submit theirs as soon as possible. If city officials changed their minds and do not want to participate then there was no obligation to complete a contract.

c. West Coast Storm Trash Device Presentation – Brian Martello of West Coast Storm (WCS) informed co-permittees his company was a recognized leader in the field of trash capture devices and had been working with the City of Los Angeles where their trash has been reduced by 86%. WCS recently completed some installations in the East Bay for ABAG. All installations are a custom fit, manufactured for the individual site. In response to a question, Marello expressed the opinion that CDS units were good for new construction but too costly to use for retrofitting. GPS units were available for $575, ARS units for $327, installed. This price was for twenty-four or less units with a significant reduction for a purchase of more than twenty-four units. Wilfong urged co-permittees to continue to work together and coordinate their trash capture device purchases to obtain the largest savings. Wilfong will generate a sign-up sheet for all permittees to log what devices they plan on purchasing so that bulk discounts can be used if possible. Wilfong will keep the Committee informed of that sign-up sheet.

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V. C.4 Industrial and Commercial Site Controls and C.5 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Agenda: a. Review of Draft Inspector Training Workshop – As touched on in III. above, there

was some discussion among BASMAA members about the appropriate level of enforcement for violations. More discussion would be need before the subject is thoroughly vetted and agreement is reached.

b. Overview/Update Model Business Inspection Plan and Model ERP – Wilfong distributed draft Model Business Inspection Plans and Model ERPs, both of which had been previously provided. She asked co-permittees to review and provide her with any comments. Wilfong would put approval of the documents on the April Management Committee.

c. Review of TIPS Brochure BMPs – Wilfong distributed copies of the text she was working on for a new TIPS Brochure prior the commencement of her maternity leave in June. All parties worked together to reduce the text to the essentials to allow more room for photos and to fit on a tri-fold. Wilfong will follow with the next draft at the April MOC meeting.

VI. Old/New Business - None

VII. Adjournment - Bernard adjourned the meeting at 11:35 a.m. The next MOC

meeting will be January 27, 2011.

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