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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
Integrated Regional Water Management Plan
(IRWMP)
Background and Process
Cooperating Partners Presentation
September 28, 2006
Overview of Presentation
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Background and Organization
Why Prepare an IRWMP
State IRWMP Requirements
Scope of Work
Public Outreach
Cooperating Partners’ Responsibilities
Keys to Success
The Santa Barbara Region
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History of IRWMP Process
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Water resource planning traditionally a
“top-down” process
SB 1672 (Costa) put regional planning into the
grant selection process
Move to regionalism reflected in State Water
Plan, CALFED, Water 2050, Props 40 and 50
Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
What is Regionalism?
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Connects local goals with state goals
Identifies shared interests and opportunities
Relies on collaboration
Views the whole water resource system and how
it functions
Moves away from single-purpose planning
Delegates decision-making from state to regional
level
Who is Involved in Preparing Our IRWMP?
Santa Barbara
County
Cooperating Partners
Steering Committee
Stakeholders
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Cooperating Partners
Cachuma Conservation and Release
Board
Carpinteria Sanitary District
Carpinteria Valley Water Dist.
Casmalia CSD
Central Coast Water Authority
City of Buellton
City of Carpinteria
City of Guadalupe
City of Lompoc
City of Santa Barbara
City of Santa Maria
City of Solvang
Cuyama CSD
Golden State Water Company
Goleta Sanitary District
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Goleta Water District
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Goleta West Sanitary District
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La Cumbre Mutual Water Co.
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Los Alamos CSD
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Mission Hills CSD
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Montecito Water District
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Santa Barbara County
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Santa Maria Valley Water
Conservation District
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Santa Ynez River WCD
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Santa Ynez WCD ID #1
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Summerland Sanitary District
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Vandenberg Village CSD
IRWMP Scope of Work
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Hold public meetings
Identify regional objectives
Refine water management strategies
Prioritize water management strategies and projects
Integrate water management strategies and projects
Prepare an IRWMP
Document impacts and benefits of the plan
Adoption of the plan
Why Prepare an IRWMP
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Position for Prop 50 ($220 M available for second
round) and other funding opportunities in 2007
Retain local control over water management decisions
Build and strengthen long-term working relationships
(in-region and adjacent partners)
Forum to build new alliances and discuss planning for
future challenges
Opportunity to “tell your story”
Inform state/federal agencies/legislators of regional
needs and required projects
State IRWMP Requirements
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Leadership by regional management group
Identify regional water related objectives
Document range of water management strategies
Show “integration” - how water management strategies
work together to achieve objectives
Implementation strategy, impacts and benefits, data
management, relationship to local planning, stakeholder
involvement
Potential Regional Objectives
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Water supply reliability
Groundwater management
Flood control and stormwater management
Water quality protection and improvement
State-Mandated Water Management
Strategies
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Flood and storm water management
Water quality protection and improvement
Water supply reliability
Groundwater management and conjunctive use
Water recycling and conservation
Ecosystem restoration
Recreation opportunities and public access
Wetland enhancement and habitat protection
What is Integration?
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Required by the State
“Select a mix of strategies… and discuss how these
strategies work together to… achieve objectives.” DWR
Guidelines
Coordinated approach to planning multi-benefit projects
to achieve common objectives
Public Involvement
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Cooperating Partners input to build stakeholder list (10/21
meeting)
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Communications by letter, email, and website encouraging
participation in planning process and public meetings
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Three sets of public meetings (north and south)
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Meeting agendas posted on SB County website in advance
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Draft of the IRWMP made available for public comment
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Meetings with key officials for input on process and draft plan
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Adoption of final plan by MOU agency signatories
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Evaluation of Projects
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Multi-criteria decision making tool
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Alternative approach
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Formal decision process for prioritizing projects
Documents development of agreed-upon criteria,
weighting, and prioritizing
Evaluation of projects based on meeting agreed-upon
regional objectives and general criteria
Grouping (not ranking) of projects according to types
of projects
Cooperating Partners Responsibilities
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Actively participate in process
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Provide planning documents
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Complete Project Information Forms
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Attend meetings to extent possible
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Timely review of document iterations (turn-around
time may be short due to holidays)
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Outreach to constituents and decision-makers
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Assistance in garnering key officials’ approval of
Final IRWMP
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Important Dates
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Cooperating Partners’ Deliverables/Actions
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September 28, 2006 Planning Documents Due
October 10, 2006
Project Information Forms Due
January 5, 2007
Comments due on Internal Review
Preliminary Draft IRWMP
January 23, 2007
Comments due on Draft IRWMP
February 15, 2007
Public comments due on Draft IRWMP
March 13, 2007
Cooperating Partners approve Final
IRWMP
March 19-29, 2007 Facilitate adoption of Final IRWMP by MOU
signatories
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Meetings (see handout for list of dates)
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Stakeholder Meetings
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October 23 & 24, 2006
December 5 & 6, 2006
February 12 & 13, 2007
Keys to Success
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Commitment to and understanding of IRWMP process
High level of participation from Cooperating Partners
Cooperative approach – share ideas and concerns
Timely submittal of planning documents and project
information
Recognition that IRWMP will have several iterations
Adherence to tight timeline
Broad stakeholder participation
For Further Information
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IRWMP Contact: Shruti Chandra at (805) 963-0651 or
[email protected]
Website address:
www.countyofsb.org/pwd/water/irwmp.htm
FTP site: ftp://ftp.ch2m.com/SBIRWMP/
FTP questions: John Schoonover at (530) 243-5886 or
[email protected]
Questions/Answers
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