BOARD00381

• Board Meeting Date: 7/20/2004
• Description: Strategic Plan Revisions
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

. Reviewing RICO applications and making appropriate recommendations
. Engendering coordination and cooperation
. Federal re!!:ulatorv stabilitv by orovidine a oeroetual and beneficial alternative to
oermit conditions

Statewide Outreach and Edncation - Each Section shall perform outreach and education
including participating in public awareness and program advocacy activities to increase
public and organizational understanding of CWCB and develop opportunities for each
Section to achieve their goals.

Water Information - Make information accessible to CWCB's customers and the public
regarding stream and lake protection, instream water rights, and lake level protection, as
well as general information related to the Section, through publications, the Internet,
databases, and the imaging of documents.

Conservation and Drought Planning Section

Promote Water Conservation Planning U~e Efficiency Initiate, evaluate for aooroval,
and monitor water conservatiou use efficieney plans from water suppliers and state
entities, with an emphasis on those entities serving over 2,000 acre feet of water annually.
Provide assistance to water suppliers through meetings, workshops, and personal
contacts. Assure conservation cffieiency plans meet statutorY requirements to ensure thcy
are of high quality. Make by moldng recommendations and foster the develooment of
dcnloping model plans.

Promote Oroueht Plannin!!: - Assist water suopliers to develop drou!!:ht rcsponse and
mitieation plans. Provide assistance to water suopliers throueh meetines. workshops.
and oersonal contacts. Assure droueht plans meet statutorY requirements to eusure they
are of hi!!:h Qualitv. Encouraee communities to prepare and implement droueht olans.
Prepare and disseminate water conservation information and model droueht plans
includin!!: Best Mana!!:ement Practices for landscape apd turf manaeement for a wide
varietv of water users.

Conservation and Oroueht Plan nine Assistance - Develop and maintain an inventory of
communities with conservatiou and drought plaus. Provide technical and finaucial
assistance to water users and communities to evaluate their water supply facilities under
drought scenarios and to help communities develop conservation and drought. Contact
water users and communities to determine if status of conservation and drought olanuine
efforts plans !love been re'/ised and if technical or financial assistance is needed.
Encourage communities to prepare and implement drought plans. Prepare oRd
disseminate water conser'/otion information and model drought plaRs ineluding Best
MORogemeRt Practiecs for laRdseope aRd turf mORogement for a wide "niety of water
users. Administer erant proeram ruB 04-1365) for water conservation and droueht
plannin!!: assistance per statute and euidelines.

Serve Water Providers and the Public - Assist water providers and the public by
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