Hi all! I hope you are all doing well and I am looking forward to seeing you at our next Council meeting on Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 9am! 

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September 6, 2018 – Ventura River Watershed Council meeting

9:00-11:30am
Oak View Park and Resource Center (Auditorium)
555 Mahoney Ave. Oak View, CA 93022

Agenda is here. I think we have a very interesting and informative agenda and I hope you’ll attend! 

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Soliciting Comments on Draft Geologic Analysis of Ventura River Watershed in Support of Development of Groundwater-Surface Water and Nutrient Transport Models
State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) staff are soliciting technical comments on a Draft Geologic Analysis of the Ventura River Watershed. The geologic analysis is a component in the ongoing development of groundwater-surface water and nutrient transport models of the Ventura River Watershed. You can download the draft geologic analysis from our website at:
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/instream_flows/cwap_enhancing
 
Please submit technical comments to Kevin DeLano (Geologist) via email (Kevin.DeLano@waterboards.ca.gov) by Friday, September 28, 2018. 
 
For additional information on the State Water Board, Instream Flow Unit’s work under the California Water Action Plan and related efforts please visit the following webpage:
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/instream_flows/cwap_enhancing/
 
If you are receiving this notice in a forwarded message and would like to receive future emails, please subscribe to the Division of Water Rights “California Water Action Plan/Statewide Instream Flows” email subscription list, which is available online at:
http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/resources/email_subscriptions/swrcb_subscribe.shtml
If you have questions regarding this email, please contact Kevin DeLano at 916‐319‐0631.

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WCVC IRWM Plan Amendment – 2018 Call for Projects and Programs – DUE DATE = October 1!!!
WCVC Call for Projects/Programs – Guidance – here 
WCVC 2018 Project/Program Submission Forms – here
DEADLINE: Please submit your Project/Program submission forms to me Lynn Rodriguez no later than Monday, October 1, 2018.

From WCVC: Implementation of projects and programs are the means by which we achieve the goals of the Plan and enhance management of water resources in the region.  The projects/programs submitted through this process do not need to be ready for implementation, and do not need to be eligible for, or comply with, the requirements of Prop. 1 IRWM Implementation Grant criteria.  The resulting list of projects and concepts will be part of the IRWM Plan until it is subsequently updated. The projects/programs may qualify for funding from a variety of funding sources. 
 
However, the 2018 IRWM Plan Amendment is a necessary step in order for WCVC to apply for the first round of Proposition 1 IRWM Implementation Grant funding when it becomes available in early 2019 – so if you have a project or program you’d like to submit in the first round, please submit a form now and indicate as such.  We will be following up later this year to identify which of the projects submitted in this first call for projects are ready for inclusion in the first round funding solicitation. ** Projects or programs included in a grant application to the state must be included in an IRWM Plan; to get your project in the Plan, you need to submit a project submission form for each project you’d like considered**

Once DWR releases the final Proposal Solicitation Package (PSP), and if your project(s) or program (s) is selected by WCVC for inclusion in the suite of projects in the first round of Prop. 1 IRWM Implementation Grant funding, we will follow up with you to complete additional items on the Project Submission Form that will be required as part of the grant application.