Salton Sea Authority Board of Directors Meeting 5/16/2024

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Salton Sea Authority May 16, 2024 Board Meeting Recording

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IV. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE BOARD ACTION

A. CONSENT CALENDAR – Approve, Receive, and File

1. 1. Minutes of Salton Sea Authority Board Meeting April 18, 2024
   2. Salton Sea Authority Warrant Register Ratification for April 30, 2024
   3. Salton Sea Authority Internal Financial Report for March 31, 2024

B. USACE Feasibility Study – Update and Next Steps

• • Press Release – USACE Workplan Funding for Salton Sea Feasibility Study (5/13/24)
  • USACE 2024 Work Plan hilighting $3.878 million Salton Sea Investment (5/13/24_
  • Senator Padilla Letter Requesting Funding and Time (5/7/24)
  • Congressman Ruiz Letter Requesting Funding and Time(5/9/24)
  • Authority Letter to Delegation Requesting Funding (4/29/24)
  • Authority Board Letter Requesting Funding and Time (4/1/24)

C. State of California Budget Update

D. Annual Emissions Estimate and Dust Control Plan presentation; Update on IID Projects – Jessica Humes, Environmental Project Manager, SR., IID

E. UCR work on Health, Safety, and mitigation strategies; Preview upcoming Salton Sea Summit – Will Porter, UCR (invited)

F. Project Updates

1. 1. North Lake Pilot Demonstration Project
   2. Desert Shores
   3. Bombay Beach

V. Reports

A. Federal

1. 1. Federal Activities – Lisa Moore Lehman, Partner, Cultivating Conservation
   2. US Bureau of Reclamation – Jeremy Brooks – No Report

B. State

1. 1. State Advocacy Report – Oracio Gonzalez, Principal, Ollin Strategies
   2. State of California – Miguel Hernandez, Public Affairs Officer, California Natural Resources Agency
   3. Salton Sea State Recreation Area Update on Activities – Cassandra Van Dyne, State Park Interpreter, California State Parks

C. Local

1. 1. Salton Sea Action Committee – Alan Pace, SSAC President

D. Executive Director’s Report and Comments

1. 1.  G. Patrick O’Dowd, Executive Director/GM, Salton Sea Authority

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