Subgroup
Mission & Work Statement |
Status/Meeting Frequency |
Chair/Agency |
Communications (COS)
- Oversee administrative and personnel matters of the WMI. Ensure
that the WMI has a comprehensive, overall work plan and the resources
to implement the plan
- Provide guidance to Project Coordinator
- Evaluate structure, functions, and effectiveness of the WMI
and propose appropriate changes
- Ensure effective communication across all stakeholders, core
group, subgroups and key decision-makers
- Identify, coordinate and initiate effective outreach programs
- Create and disseminate public outreach materials for the WMI.
Establish, track, and document WMI expenditures
- Establish work priorities and recommend expenditures to conduct
that work
|
Active
Meets selected Fridays, approximately once per month |
Phil Bobel
City of Palo Alto |
Land Use (LUS)
- Identify and address land use planning interests and issues
that need to be considered within the Watershed Action Plan.
|
Active
Meets Monthly |
Anastazia Aziz
City of San Jose Environmental Services |
Sustainable Water Supply (SWS)
- Identify and recommend sustainable water resource management
opportunities that protect beneficial uses within the pilot watersheds
and the Santa Clara Basin.
|
Inactive |
|
Watershed Assessment & Monitoring (WAMS)
- Foster, encourage, and support the development of a solid scientific foundation for watershed planning and land use decisions.
- Provide a forum to support and discuss watershed and sub-watershed assessment and monitoring activities in the Santa Clara Basin.
- Assist with periodic updates of the Stream Studies Inventory, the data tracking/management function necessary for assessment, and monitoring activities.
- Track, review, and comment on monitoring and assessment activities of the Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program and other groups or agencies performing these actions in the Santa Clara Basin.
|
Active
Meets Monthly |
Kristy McCumby-Hyland
City of Sunnyvale |
Wetlands Advisory Group (WAG)
- Promote the integration of wetland management actions into the
overall Watershed Management Plan.
- Provide technical assistance on wetlands in an advisory function
to the Subgroups and the Core Group for all WMI products.
|
On Call - meets as issues arise |
Luisa Valiela
US EPA, Region 9 |
Permits Subgroup
- Serve as a stakeholder group for development of NPDES permits
for the Basin’s three wastewater treatment plants
- Review issues associated with NPDES permit issuance and work
toward consensus issuance of those permits
|
Inactive
Meets when NPDES Permits are being developed |
|
Emerging Contaminants Subgroup (ECS)
- Develop information and recommendations on issues associated
with pollutants just being recognized as potentially problematic.
Such pollutants can include pharmaceuticals, anti-bacterial agents,
personal care products, and other low-level contaminants now being
found in surface waters.
|
Active
Meeting times vary |
Karin North
City of Palo Alto
Jessie Denver
City of San José Environmental Services |
Guadalupe Mercury TMDL Subgroup
- Serves as a stakeholder group developing information and input
to the Regional Board on the Mercury TMDL being developed for
the Guadalupe River system.
|
Active
Meeting times vary |
Dave Drury
Santa Clara Valley Water District |
Watershed Education & Outreach (WE&O)
- Identify and change behaviors that adversely affect water quality.
- Increase the understanding and appreciation of streams and the
San Francisco Bay.
- Promote public involvement in watershed stewardship activities.
- Administer the award-winning Watershed Watch campaign (www.MyWatershedWatch.org)
- WE&O is a partnership between WMI and Santa Clara Valley
Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program’s Public Information
and Participation (PIP) Ad Hoc Task Group.
|
Active
Meeting times vary |
Mary Morse
City of San José Environmental Services |
Outreach
- Convenes on an as needed basis to produce WMI specific outreach
pieces.
- Group makeup changes depending on the focus of the project.
- Takes direction from and receives work-product approval from
the Communication and Outreach Subgroup.
- A representative from this group sits on the Watershed Education
and Outreach Ad Hoc Task Group.
|
On Call - meets as needed |
Bruce Frisbey
City of San José Environmental Services |
