IRWMP Planning Meeting

The next Inyo-Mono Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP) Planning Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 25, from 9 a.m. until noon in the Bishop Paiute Tribal Council Chambers
Paiute Professional Building, 50 Tu Su Lane, in Bishop. (Enter main doors on left side of building from parking lot; Tribal Council Chambers will be directly in front of you.)

On the agenda this week:

Agenda (Items that will require actions/decisions are in BOLD)

1.  Standing Items

• Welcome and Introductions
• Announcements
• Process “gut” check
• Approval of July 27 Planning Committee meeting summary
• Public comment period

2.  MOU (final version attached)

• Please bring any signed MOUs to the August 25 meeting
  
• Action Item: Approval and adoption  of planning/implementation MOU
• Discuss timeline and process of new MOU taking effect

3.  Policy statement pertaining to the Brown Act

• Language to be included in the policy statement:
• Agendas for both Planning Committee and Coordinating Committee meetings will be posted to the Inyo-Mono IRWMP website (www.inyomonowater.org) at least 72 hours prior to the meeting
• A public comment period will be added to the agenda
• Planning Committee meeting agendas will be included in both Inyo and Mono County Board of Supervisors agendas
• Action Item: Discuss proposed changes to policy statement and develop recommendation to adopt statement at September PC meeting

4.  Fiscal agent

• Entities interested in pursuing fiscal agency should be prepared to state and discuss their interests at the Aug. 25 meeting
• Action Item: Develop recommendation for fiscal agent to be decided upon at the September Planning Committee meeting
• If no stakeholder submits an application, CalTrout, by default, will remain the fiscal sponsor for the Planning Grant.

5.  Strategies/Objectives and Project Ranking Criteria Development

• Present results of the work group and determine next steps

6.  Planning Grant Application

• Review requirements for writing the proposal
• Review the information needed and request help in information gathering and writing (or reviewing)
• Determine immediate next steps to write application

The Planning Committee’s next meeting is scheduled for Sept. 22. Location and times TBD. –Press Release