South Coast Regional Stakeholder Group, Proposed Draft Meeting Agenda
October 6-7, 2008

(revised October 8, 2008)

Monday, October 6, 2008
9:30 a.m.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
8:30 a.m.
Embassy Suites*
1440 East Imperial Avenue
El Segundo, CA 90245

* This facility is 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.

Public participation: Members of the public are invited to attend the meeting in person or view and listen to the meeting via simultaneous webcasting on the Internet; an archived version will be available approximately two days after the meeting. Please visit the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) website at www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/meetings_sc.asp for more information. The public will be invited to offer comments on the work of the MLPA South Coast Regional Stakeholder Group (SCRSG) at approximately 1:15 p.m. on Monday, October 6 and at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 7. Note that the public comment period is for comments specific to the MLPA South Coast Regional Stakeholder Group; comments related to other MLPA Initiative activities or groups should be directed to those bodies or MLPA staff.

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Meeting Objectives

• Review project goals, charge of the SCRSG, and work plan
• Review and adopt proposed SCRSG ground rules
• Review key findings of stakeholder assessment and implications for south coast process
• Initiate review of draft regional profile
• Initiate discussion of draft regional goals and objectives
• Outline preparations for second SCRSG meeting

 

Meeting Agenda - Monday, October 6, 2008

Note: The SCRSG will break for lunch at approximately 12:15 p.m. and public comment will be taken at approximately 1:15 p.m.

1. Welcome, agenda review, and brief introductions (Attachment 1, Handout Q)

2. Project goals, roles, responsibilities and timeline (Attachments 2-7, Handouts A-B)

• MLPA and MLPA Initiative
• What are MPAs?
• MLPA Initiative participants -- roles and responsibilities
• South Coast RSG charter - project goals and RSG charge
• Project deliverables and overview of work plan and timeline
• Roles and responsibilities including outreach to constituents
• Logistics (communications, travel reimbursement)

3. Lessons learned from past marine protected area (MPA) processes (Attachment 9, Handouts C-D)

• Past MLPA processes and study regions
• Channel Islands MPA process
• Commitment to fold in lessons learned

4. SCRSG charge, ground rules and decision process (Attachment 10, Handout E)

5. Stakeholder assessment and implications for the MLPA South Coast Study Region (Handouts F-G)

6. Stakeholder interests, areas of expertise, affiliations and collaborative efforts (Handout H)

• Breakout activity:
  • What are your interests in and uses of the ocean in the study region?
  • What primary and secondary affiliations do you hold?
  • What geographic areas of the study region are you most familiar with?
• Summary of SCRSG member interests, affiliations and collaborative efforts

Recess to Tuesday, October 7

 

Meeting Agenda - Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Note: The SCRSG will break for lunch at approximately 12:00 noon and public comment will be taken at approximately 1:00 p.m.

7. Revisions to ground rules (review selected revisions, if needed, and adopt)

8. Draft regional profile for the MLPA South Coast Study Region (Handouts I-J)

• Presentation of draft regional profile
• Overview of process for joint fact-finding by SCRSG members, MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team, and other experts
• Focused feedback on regional profile - comments due by October 31, 2008
• Other planning tools - Doris / Marinemap

9. Evaluating existing MPAs and the iterative MPA planning process (Handouts K-L)

10. SCRSG role in creating alternative MPA proposals (Handouts M-O)

• Expectations of final work products
• Iterative process and input of other groups in developing products

11. Aspirations, hopes, and challenges

• Breakout activity:
  • What are your greatest hopes regarding the project? What potential challenges do you see?
  • What will you do to address the challenges and make the project a success?
  • What can MLPA staff do to make the project a success?
• Summary of SCRSG member aspirations, hopes and challenges

12. Initiate consideration of regional goals and objectives (Handout P)

13. Next steps and preparations for the second SCRSG meeting (November 18-19, 2008 in the Santa Barbara area)

Adjourn

 

Attachments

1. MLPA news release announcing members of the MLPA South Coast Regional Stakeholder Group
2. California Marine Life Protection Act
3. California Marine Managed Areas Improvement Act
4. MOU for the California MLPA Initiative
5. Overview of the California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative (workshop/open house materials)
6. Charters for the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force, Master Plan Science Advisory Team, and South Coast Regional Stakeholder Group
7. MLPA group rosters (MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force, Master Plan Science Advisory Team, South Coast Regional Stakeholder Group, and MLPA staff)
8. Strategy for Stakeholder and Interested Public Participation in the MLPA South Coast Study Region (revised September 4, 2008)
9. PowerPoint presentation: Lessons Learned for the MLPA North Central Coast Study Region (J. Michael Harty presentation to the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force, September 2008)
10. Draft Charge, Ground Rules & Decision Process for the MLPA South Coast Regional Stakeholder Group (September 29, 2008)
11. Definition of key working terms (Appendix J of the California Marine Life Protection Act Master Plan for Marine Protected Areas, January 2008)
12. Outline of information required for proposals for networks of MPAs (Appendix F of the California Marine Life Protection Act Master Plan for Marine Protected Areas, January 2008)

 

Handouts

1. PowerPoint presentation: Overview of the MLPA Initiative and South Coast Project
   (Melissa Miller-Henson, Program Manager, MLPA Initiative)
   Slides | Handouts
2. Calendar of upcoming MLPA Initiative meetings (updated October 6, 2008)
3. Marine Protected Areas Past Processes Overview and Summary of the First (2004-2007) and Second (2007-2008) Phases of the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative
4. PowerPoint presentation: Applying Lessons Learned from Past Marine Protected Area Processes
   (Scott McCreary, Facilitator, MLPA Initiative; Satie Aramié, Science and Planning Advisor, MLPA Initiative; Sean Hastings, Policy Coordinator, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary)
   Slides | Handouts
5. PowerPoint presentation: Charge, Ground Rules & Decision Process for the South Coast Regional Stakeholder Group
   (draft for review, revision, adoption) (Becky Tuden, Facilitator, MLPA Initiative)
   Slides | Handouts
6. CONCUR, Inc. memorandum regarding a stakeholder assessment for the SCRSG process
7. PowerPoint presentation: Stakeholder Assessment for the South Coast Study Region
   (Becky Tuden, Facilitator, MLPA Initiative)
   Slides | Handouts
8. Breakout activity questionnaire: Interests and areas of expertise
9. Draft Regional Profile for the MLPA South Coast Study Region (Point Conception to the California/Mexico border) (September 15, 2008 draft) – note that this document is a separate book from your meeting materials
10. PowerPoint presentation: Information Available for MPA Planning in the South Coast Study Region
    (Evan Fox, Principal Planner, MLPA Initiative)
    Slides | Handouts
11. Staff summaries and area charts (by designation type and level of protection) for the northern Channel Islands, southern Channel Islands and entire study region
12. PowerPoint presentation: Evaluation of Existing MPAs in the MLPA South Coast Study Region
    (Evan Fox, Principal Planner, MLPA Initiative)
    Slides | Handouts
13. PowerPoint presentation: Iterative MPA Planning Process and Final Work Products
    (Dr. Mary Gleason, Senior Science Advisor, MLPA Initiative)
    Slides | Handouts
14. PowerPoint presentation: Science Advisory Team and Regional Stakeholder Group: Working Together
    (Dr. Satie Airamé, Science and Planning Advisor, MLPA Initiative)
    Slides | Handouts
15. Science Questions Under Consideration by the Master Plan Science Advisory Team for the MLPA South Coast Study Region (revised October 1, 2008)
16. PowerPoint presentation: Developing and Using Regional Goals and Objectives
    (Evan Fox, Principal Planner, MLPA Initiative)
    Slides | Handouts
17. Members of the MLPA South Coast Regional Stakeholder Group