Mother Lode Chapter Meetings
Sunday August 2, 2015 at 10 am
Sierra Club CA Conference Room 2nd Floor
909 12th Street (12th & I) Sacramento
Entry: Ring buzzer for Sierra Club California
Emergency phone: 530 210-3600
Office wireless: wilderness4ever
Make prior arrangements to call-in
AGENDA
August 1 Revision
CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
I. Announcements & Introductions (Barb Williams, Acting Chair)
II. Conservation Chair’s Report
III. Approval of Minutes of March 29, 2015
IV. New Conservation Issues: Reports & Action Items
2. Englebright Dam: Position on Trap-and-Haul (Allan Eberhart) Sac Bee article, Sac Bee 2
3. Tahoe Group Request for $250 from MLC (Cindy Ochoa)
4. Tahoe Group Ridgeline Protection Resolution (Ann Nichols)
6. Granite Chief Wilderness & Squaw-Alpine Ski Lift (John Moore) Memo, SW Release
7. Stop Clearcutting Resolution Reconsideration (Terry Davis) Email Voting Policy
9. Placer County Revised Winery Ordinance (Marilyn Jasper)
V. Ongoing Campaigns & Issues (Updates as needed)
2. Renewable Energy (Grace Anderson)
3. OWA Forest Delivery Team (Terry Davis) Forest Biomass Guidelines, Fire MOU
4. Forest Service Issues in MLC (Terry Davis) Report
5. Delta Tunnels Update (Eric Parfrey)
6. Shasta Dam Raise (Allan Eberhart, Ron Stork)
7. Sites Reservoir (Allan Eberhart, Ron Stork)
8. Other Water Issues: FERC/FWN, Water Forum, etc. (Allan Eberhart, Ron Stork)
9. Medicine Lakes Geothermal (John Livingston)
10. Wildlife Issues (Marilyn Jasper)
11. Klamath River Agreements (Ron Stork)
12. SACOG “Greenprint”
13. Committee for Sustainable World Population (Karen Pitts) Report
14. Habitat Conservation Plans: Placer, Sacramento, Yuba-Sutter, Yolo, Butte
15. Climate Change Committee (Steve Elias)
16. Stop Clearcutting Campaign Report
VI. Existing & Potential Legal Action (Updates as needed)
1. Cordova Hills Litigation
2. Tahoe Regional Plan Update Litigation (Ann Nichols, Cindy Ochoa)
3. Washoe Meadows State Park Litigation (Ann Nichols, Cindy Ochoa)
4. Tahoe NF Travel Management Plan Appeal (Barbara Rivenes)
5. Grasslands Solar Project Settlement Negotiations (Alan Pryor)
6. Air Quality Litigations (Andy Sawyer)
VII. Adjourn and Reconvene as the Executive Committee
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
I. Welcome & Introductions (Barb Williams, Chair)
II. Approval of Minutes: March 29, 2015
III. Chapter Chair's Report (Barb Williams)
V. Fundraising Report (Terry Davis) Group Solar Participation
VI. Outings Program Issues Discussion (Barb Williams) Chair Report, Outings Donations
VII. Proposed Independent Contractor Standing Rule (Terry Davis)
VIII. Status: Tahoe Group Guidance & Monitoring, Proposed TRPA Facilitation (Terry Davis)
IX. Recommendations from the Conservation Committee Subject to ExCom Approval
X. Appointment of ExCom Nominating Committee (Barb Williams) ExCom Election Report
XI. Political Report (Andy Sawyer, Nick Lapis)
XII. Council of Club Leaders Report (Andy Sawyer)
XIII. Confidential Legal Committee Report – Circulated to ExCom (Andy Sawyer)
XIV. Communications Committee Report (as needed)
XV. Calendar Review – Next Meeting: November 15, 2015
XVI. Adjourn
GROUP REPORTS
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