This is today’s action alert from North Delta Cares regarding the public workshop to receive comments on staff-prepared draft findings regarding appeals to the California WaterFix certification this Thursday and Friday in Sacramento:
What: Public workshop to receive comments on staff-prepared draft findings regarding appeals to WaterFix certification. Comments should be no longer than 3 minutes.
When: 9 a.m. on Thursday Nov. 15, 2018 and, if necessary, continuing at 9 a.m. on Friday Nov. 16, 2018.
Where: Ramada Inn, 1250 Halyard Drive, West Sacramento. Last week the Delta Stewardship Council released a draft staff report determining that CA WaterFix is not consistent with the Delta Plan, and recommending that the Council remand the plan back to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) for “reconsideration.”
DWR certified that Waterfix is consistent with the Delta Plan – no surprise there. Nine organizations, including North Delta CARES, appealed that certification with the Delta Stewardship Council. The Delta Protection Commission also recommended that the project be remanded to DWR because the WaterFix "presents an existential crisis" for the North Delta legacy towns that would be most affected by the project.
The Council’s staff recommends sustaining most of North Delta CARES' appeal, and parts of other appeals. The Council has not yet voted on whether to follow staff’s recommendations. On Thursday, November 15, the Council will hold a public workshop to hear comments on the staff-prepared draft findings regarding the appeals. If necessary, the workshop will continue on Friday.
We urge you to attend and make your comments! This is a victory for the Delta and we need to keep the momentum going. Below is some background information to help you with your comments. Please remember to thank the Council staff for their report.
Background information
Council staff draft report
Council workshop notice
The Delta Protection Commission's letter
Article by Dan Bacher: "Stewardship Council Staff Finds Delta Tunnels Inconsistent with Delta Plan!"
Article by Brentwood Press: "Future of WaterFix debated in public hearings"
We'll see you there!