Master Plan Science Advisory Team for the South Coast Study Region
Administrative Meeting Agenda: September 10, 2008

(revised September 8, 2008)

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
via teleconference 11:00 a.m.

Toll free phone number for audio: 800.974.2163 (passcode is 8127186#)
Presentations via GoToWebinar: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/906846273

For in-person teleconference and webinar access the public may join staff at:

Resources Building * 1416 Ninth Street, Room 1206 Sacramento, CA 95814

California Department of Fish and Game * 4665 Lampson Avenue, Suite C Los Alamitos, CA 90720

* These facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodations for a disability, please contact California Relay Service (at least two days prior to the meeting) at 800.735.2929 (TT) or 800.735.2922 (voice) and ask them to contact the California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative at 916.654.1885.

Members of the public are invited to listen to the meeting using the toll-free phone number and passcode, or may use the MLPA offices listed above for access. This agenda may be found on the MLPA website at www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/meetings_sc.asp.

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Meeting Objectives

• Welcome new MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team (SAT) members
• Receive an introduction to the MLPA Initiative process and players
• Receive an introduction to open meeting requirements and how they apply to the SAT
• Review SAT charter, operating guidelines and meeting timeline
• Receive briefing on the science guidance adopted in the California Marine Life Protection Act Master Plan for Marine Protected Areas
• Receive briefing on the marine protected area (MPA) evaluation methods developed in the central coast and north central coast processes of the MLPA Initiative

 

Meeting Agenda

1. Welcome, introductions and review of agenda

2. Marine Life Protection Act Initiative process and players

3. Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act [Handout 1]

4. SAT operations [Handouts 2-3]

5. Science guidance in the California Marine Life Protection Act Master Plan for Marine Protected Areas [Handout 4]

6. MLPA North Central Coast MPA evaluation methods [Handout 5]

7. Public comment (public comment will be taken at approximately 1:00 p.m.)

Attachments

1. Summary of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act
2. Charter of the 2008-2010 MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team
3. Draft operating principles for the MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team
4. Excerpts from guiding documents for designing marine protected areas
5. Methods Used to Evaluate MPA Proposals in the North Central Coast Study Region (May 30, 2008 Draft)