June 29 Public Advisory Committee (AC)

Group Discussion Questions

Following are the discussion questions for today:

Public Advisory Committee Meeting, June 29, 20111

Time / DISCUSSION ITEM
9:35
AM / TOTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT & ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
  1. Please describe your initial thoughts regarding total resources management and a stronger emphasis on this in Update 2013:
  1. Thinking about the Ecosystem Services valuation approach, what types of questions should the team anticipate from policy makers about the approach and analysis? What other factors and approaches should the team be considering?

10:30 / WATER QUALITY CAUCUS
  1. Based on the Charter and Work Plan, what advice would you like to offer the Water Quality Caucus when they convene?
  1. What deliverables should the Caucus aim to bring back to the Public AC?

12:55 / APPROACH FOR THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY (RMS) UPDATES
Knowing that Update 2009 RMSs are the foundation for Update 2013…
  1. What would you add, subtract or change to the list of RMS strategies?
  • Are there strategies that need more work?
  • Any new strategies?
  1. Please describe any suggested improvements to the RMS strategy outline.
  1. Please list the RMSs that you would be willing to review as a team member in early 2012.

2:00 / SCENARIOS AND WATER PLAN RESPONSE PACKAGES
In update 2013 the team plans to work with modelers and stakeholders to create a shared understanding of :
  • The existing state (of water) in the regions
  • A range of multiple, plausible future conditions
  • What the options are to manage current and future conditions
  • The options that seem to make the most sense to invest in, in different regions
  1. Please describe the 3 most important target audiences for the scenarios and response packages.
  1. For each of those audiences describe the questions they will want the scenario models to answer.

3:00 / FINANCE PLAN NEXT STEPS
[As time permits …]
Given the uncertainty of (and opportunity to inform) future financing of State government Integrated Water Management (IWM) activities and services…
  1. What types and magnitude of IWM activities and services should State government provide?
  2. What might the range of costs be for State government IWM activities and services?
  3. How (and by whom) could State government IWM activities and services be funded?
  4. How should the Update 2013 IWM Finance Plan frame/recognize regional and local IWM investments?

Public Advisory Committee Meeting, June 29, 20111