Consent Agenda:

• 4.1   Approve minutes for the July 15, 2021, Board Meeting.

• 4.2  Adopt resolution authorizing the application and acceptance of USDA-NRCS grant funds for the San Jose Community Composting Network project, a collaborative project with the San Jose Conservation Corps + Charter School and Valley Verde.  Resolution   Grant Application

• 4.3  Notice from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region; Notice of California Environmental Quality Act Scoping Meeting Basin Plan Amendment to Clarify Planning and Permitting Policies for Habitat Restoration and Multi-Benefit Climate Change Adaptation; received July 15, 2021.   Email   Notice

• 4.4  RCD Regional Carbon Farming Hubs Prospectus; Scaling Carbon Farming in California through Regional Hubs; received July 22, 2021.  

• 4.5  Correspondence from County of Santa Clara Office of Sustainability; Climate Roadmap 2030 Updates; dated July 27, 2021.

• 4.6  Correspondence from Valley Water; Fisheries and Aquatic Habitat Collaborative Effort Draft Environmental Impact Report Public Review Period Extension; dated July 29, 2021.

• 4.7  Response from United States Environmental Protection Agency to Thousand Oaks Neighborhood Association and Thousand Oaks Parks Conservancy Project; Re: Environmental Threat/Guadalupe River/San Jose; dated August 5, 2021.  Email Messages   EPA Letter

• 4.8  Correspondence from County of Santa Clara Finance Agency; FY21 Year End Investment Information; dated August 6, 2021.  Email   Letter   Spreadsheet

• 4.9  Correspondence from the State Water Resources Control Board; Notice: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nationwide Permits; dated August 18, 2021.  Email    Notice

• 4.10  Correspondence from County of Santa Clara Finance Agency; Release of June 2021 Excess ERAF Set Aside Fund; dated August 20 & August 23, 2021.

• 4.11  Correspondence from County of Santa Clara Department of Planning and Development; Updates on the County’s Proposed Overlay Zone for Unincorporated Coyote Valley; dated August 25, 2021.

• 4.12  Notice from State Water Resources Control Board; Update on Curtailment Status of Water Rights and Claims in the Delta Watershed and Reminder of Upcoming Deadlines; dated August 27, 2021.

• 4.13  Correspondence from McBain Associates; Recommendations for 2021 Reach 6 Gravel Augmentation; dated August 27, 2021.

• 4.14  Correspondence from County of Santa Clara Finance Agency; County of Santa Clara Treasury Investment Portfolio Status; dated August 30, 2021. 

• 4.15  Invitation from Our City Forest; Launch of Outdoor Education Classroom at Martial Cottle Park; dated September 3, 2021.

• 4.16  Correspondence from USDA-NRCS; Misinformation about USDA and Crop Destruction Letters; dated September 3, 2021.

• 4.17  Notice from the City of San Jose; Notice of Preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the San Jose Bo-Town Mixed-Use Project; received September 7, 2021.

Regular Agenda

• 5.1   Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Budget: Acceptance of public comments; discussion and adoption of the District budget. 
• 6.1   COVID-19 Response: Discussion and possible action regarding holding District meetings and conducting District business upon the expiration of Governor’s Executive Order N-08-21 on September 30, 2021.   AB-361 Open meetings: state and local agencies: teleconferences.