NOAA PUBLIC MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

PUBLIC MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
GULF OF THE FARALLONES NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
ADVISORY COUNCIL

Headlands Institute, Sunset Building
Sausalito, CA
9:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 11, 2008

***OPEN TO THE PUBLIC***
The public is invited to attend a meeting of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council. For more information on the Sanctuary Advisory Council, please visit the website: http://farallones.noaa.gov/manage/sac.html.
For more information on the National Marine Sanctuary, please visit the website: http://farallones.noaa.gov/.
For a map of the meeting location, visit http://www.yni.org/hi/conference/location/index.php
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AGENDA
GULF OF THE FARALLONES NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING
Headlands Institute, Sunset Building
Sausalito, CA
9:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Time / Topic / Lead
9:00 Members Arrive and Light Refreshments
9:15 Call to Order/Roll Call
- Review Agenda
- Approval of Minutes (July 2008) Richard Charter, Chair
9:25 Member and Liaison Reports Richard Charter, Chair
10:10 Superintendents Report
- MLPA
- Facilities Master Plan
- Bolinas Lagoon
- State of the Sanctuary
- Seabird Protection Network
- Permitting Update Maria Brown, Superintendent
10:35 Update from NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement Dayna Matthews, NOAA OLE
10:50 BREAK
11:00 Final Joint Management Plan Release Maria Brown, Superintendent
11:45 Climate Solutions Initiative (Council Action)
- Update on joint site scenario document
- Request for joint working group
- CINMS ocean acidification report Kelley Higgason, Initiative Coordinator, GFNMS
12:15 LUNCH
1:15 Public Comment
1:30 Eelgrass: Critical Sanctuary Habitat Kathy Boyer, Assistant Professor, Romberg Tiburon Center
2:00 Tomales Bay Vessel Management Plan Working Group Report (Council Action)
- Mooring Criteria Brad Damitz, Ecosystem Protection Specialist, GFNMS and Dominique Richard, Council Member
2:45 Tomales Bay Vessel Management Plan cont. (Council Action)
- Sewage and Oil Services
- Education and Outreach
- Implementation Brad Damitz, Ecosystem Protection Specialist, GFNMS and Dominique Richard, Council Member
3:30 BREAK
3:40 Offshore Oil Drilling (Council Action) Richard Charter, Chair
3:55 Advisory Council Business (Council Action)
- Dan Basta’s request to councils (national forums)
- Adopt Advisory Council Work Plan
- Working Group Guidance
- Determine 2009 meeting locations Kelley Higgason, Advisory Council Coordinator, GFNMS
4:30 Adjourn
The Advisory Council may take action on any of the above items on the agenda. Times of agenda items are subject to change. Public comment period will remain as advertised.
Upcoming Meetings
• February 12, 2009- joint GF/MB meeting, Half Moon Bay
• April 16, 2009, location TBD
• August 13, 2009, location TBD
• October 8, 2009- Council Retreat, location TBD
• December 10, 2009, location TBD