4^" Chesapeake Bay Program A Watershed Partnership Conference Call Summary for the Chesapeake Bay Program's Implementation Committee October 18, 2007 All handouts for this meeting can be found at: http://www.chesapeakebav.net/calendar.cfm?EventDetails=8298&DefaultView=2 I. Welcome, Introductions, & Announcements Action Items: Reorganization Update ¦ Draft minutes from the October 5th, 2007 Principals' Staff Committee (PSC) ad hoc Chesapeake Bay Program Reorganization Meeting will be sent out on Friday, October 19th. The minutes will include the organizational structure proposed by the workgroup. ¦ Members from the ad hoc Reorganization Workgroup and the Implementation Committee (IC) will provide comments on the minutes by November, 2nd. ¦ The IC will discuss the organizational structure at the November IC meeting. ¦ The Reorganization Workgroup will draft a set of operating principles for the recommended organizational structure and forward them to the IC for discussion. Budget Steering Committee (BSC) Update ¦ Diana Esher will attempt to reconcile the outcomes of the BSC and EPA staff budget reviews and will reconvene the BSC in early December to discuss the reconciliation proposal. The product of that discussion will be discussed at the IC in January. ¦ Jeff Lape will present a proposal for reinvestment of EPA CBP funds for IC discussion at a future IC meeting. ------- II. Forest Conservation A1 Todd (USFS) and James Remuzzi (Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay) described the Forestry for the Bay program which is prepared to be publicly launched. Mike Fritz (EPA) gave a run through on the current status of the draft Forest Conservation goals. Action Items: Forestry for the Bay ¦ The IC has no objection to CBP endorsement of Forestry for the Bay. ¦ IC members may provide further comments to James Remuzzi. ¦ The USFS, EPA, and ACB staff will revise content of Forestry for the Bay the backgrounder and press release to respond to comments raised by IC members. ¦ James Remuzzi will give a final presentation on Forestry for the Bay at Nov. 15th IC meeting. ¦ Jane Ballentine and CBP Communications Office will draft a communications strategy for Forestry for the Bay. Forest Conservation Goals ¦ Jane Ballentine and Sally Claggett will draft a press release on the Forest Conservation goals. ¦ Mike Fritz will give a final update on the Forest Conservation Goals at the Nov. 15th, IC meeting. ¦ The IC will decide the communications (roll-out) strategy for Forestry for the Bay and forest conservation goals when the Executive Council meeting agenda is more clear. III. Responding to Population Growth and Development Jeff Lape (EPA) & Norm Goulet (New Development Task Force/No. Va Regional Commission) Jeff Lape and Norm Goulet provided a Powerpoint presentation on the challenges of growth and development, and a proposal on how CBP can counteract threats. Action Items: • CBPO staff and Jeff Lape will continue to revise the Powerpoint presentation used at this IC meeting using input from IC members and others to further refine the framework of a strategy to address development growth. • By the Nov. 15th IC meeting, CBPO staff will draft a strategy on how the partnership could respond to recommendations from the EPA Inspector General's report, "Development Growth Outpacing Progress in Watershed Efforts to Restore the Chesapeake Bay." ¦ IC members may contribute digital images of model examples of environmental site design implementation to Reggie Parrish (EPA. E-mail Reggie at: parrish.reginald@epa.gov. ¦ TetraTech will provide a draft final report on principles for environmental site design two weeks prior to the Dec. IC meeting. Simultaneously, Tetra Tech and CBPO staff will also be seeking comments on the Tetra Tech draft report from New Development Task Group members, the Urban Stormwater Workgroup, and the Nutrient Subcommittee. ------- IV. Planning the Chesapeake Executive Council Meeting Matt Fleming, MD Dept of Natural Resources Matt Fleming outlined the December 5, 2007 EC meeting. A discussion followed focused on providing comments for planning the meeting. Action Items: ¦ CBPO staff will work with USD A staff to put together invitations for USD A representatives to the EC. ¦ Copies of invitations to all Executive Council invitees will be provided to the IC. ¦ MD DNR and CBPO staff will continue to work with CBP partners to plan the EC meeting. ¦ The IC will continue to coordinate on EC meeting planning at the Nov. 15th IC meeting. ¦ Norm Goulet and Penny Gross will work to find local representatives from states to speak about growth at the EC meeting. ¦ CBP partners will use the IC as forum to frame out ideas for regional PSC meetings in 2008. ------- Planning Future Implementation Committee Meetings The next IC meeting will take place on Nov. 15th, 2007 from 10:30am-3pm at the USFWS Chesapeake Bay Field Office in Annapolis. This will be a face-to-face meeting. Attendance List ------- Name Organization E-mail Phone Ann Swanson Chesapeake Bay Commission annswanson@covad.net (410)263-3420 Peter Freehafer NY Dept of Env Conservation Dbfreeha@aw.dec.state.nv.us (518)402-8272 Fran Sheehan NY Dept of Env Conservation Pat Buckley PA Dept of Env Protection pbucklev(®.state.pa.us (717) 772-1675 Nanci Imler PA Dept of Env Protection nimler(3).state.pa.us (717)772-0658 John Schneider DE Dept of Natural Resources & Env. Control ischneider(®state.de.us (302)739-9939 Diane Davis DC Dept of Environment diane.davis2@dc.gov (202)741-0847 Jeff Corbin VA Office of the Secretary of Natural Resources ieff.corbin(®aovernor.virainia.aov (804)786-0044 Jack Frye VA Dept of Conservation and Recreation iack.frve@dcr.virainia.aov (804) 786-6523 Brad Williams VA Dept of Agriculture & Forestry brad.williams@dof.virainia.aov (434) 220-9034 Rich Eskin MD Dept of the Environment reskin@mde.state.md.us (410)537-3000 Ann MD DNR Hairston-Strang Matt Fleming MD DNR mflemina@dnr.state.md.us (410)260-8719 Matt Robinson Chesapeake Research Consortium robinson.matt@eDa.aov (410)267-5737 Jeff Lape EPA laDe.ieff@eDa.aov (410)267-5709 Sally Claggett USFS claaaett.sallv@eDa.aov (410)267-5706 Mike Fritz EPA fritz.mike@eDa.aov (410)267-5721 Jennifer Greiner USFWS areiner.iennifer@eDa.aov (410)267-5783 Carin Bisland EPA bisland.carin@eDa.aov (410)267-5732 Julie Winters EPA winters.iulie@eDa.aov (410)267-5754 Rich Batiuk EPA batiuk. richard@eDa.aov (410)267-5731 Reggie Parrish EPA Darrish.reainald@eDa.aov (410)267-5772 Robert Pace US Army Corps of Engineers robert.s.Dace@nab02.usace.armv.mil (410) 962-4900 Diana Esher EPA esher.diana@eDa.aov (215)814-2706 Charles Wilson US Navy charles. h. wilson 1 ©navv.mil Danielle Algazi EPA alaazi.danielle(®eDa.aov (215)814-2722 Maggie Kerchner NOAA kerchner. maraaret(®eDa.aov (410)267-5670 Peter Marx EPA marx.Deter(®eDa.aov (410)267-5713 Jessica Blackburn Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay iblackburn(®acb-online.ora (804) 775-0951 Phil Robbins Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Drobbins(®acb-online.ora (717)737-8622 Liz Van Dolah Chesapeake Research Consortium vandolahe@si.edu (410)798-1283 Ted Graham Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments ta ra h a m@ mwcoa. o ra (202)962-3352 Tom Simpson Mid-Atlantic Water Program tsimDson@umd.edu (301)405-5696 Carlton Haywood Interstate Commission for the Potomac River Basin chavwood@icDrb.ora (301)984- 1908X.105 Hannah Bracken Chesapeake Research Consortium bracken. hannah@eDa.aov (410)267-5860 Jane Ballentine Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay iballent@chesaDeakebav.net (410)267-5758 Norm Goulet Northern VA Regional Commission naoulet@novareaion.ora (703) 642-4634 Katherine Dowell EPA dowell.katherine@eDa.aov (410)267-5751 David Bancroft Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay davebancroft ©.erols. com (410) 377-6270 James Remuzzi Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay iremuzzi@chesaDeakebav.net (410) 267-5723 Eileen McClellan Environmental Defense Eric Sprague Pinchot Institute esprague@chesapeakebay.net (410) 267-5734 ------- |