Independent Review of the Delta Protection Commission Economic Sustainability Plan

• Independent Panel Review of the Economic Sustainability Plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (December 2,2011)
• Transmittal Letter from Dr. Cliff Dahm to the Delta Stewardship Council and Delta Protection Commission
• Response from Delta Protection Commission Chair Michael Machado and Dr. Jeffrey A. Michael, Principal Investigator, Economic Sustainability Plan
• Presentation of Panel's Final Report (December 15, 2011)

• Meeting Notice - November 1-2, 2011
  
• Presentation of Panel's Initial Findings

• Final Charge to the Independent Review Panel
  
• Review Panel Members Biographies

Supporting Information:
• California Department of Water Resources, FloodSAFE. February 2011. A Framework for Department of Water Resources Investments in Delta Integrated Flood Management
• California Department of Water Resources, FloodSAFE. October 2011. Draft Background/Reference memorandum: Delta Region, Integrated Flood Management, Key Considerations, and Statewide Implications
• Suddeth, Robyn; Mount, Jeff; and Lund, Jay R. 2010. Levee Decision and Sustainability for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, 8(2)
• Lund, Jay; Hanak, Ellen; Fleenor, William; Howitt, Richard; Mount, Jeffrey; and Moyle, Peter. 2007. Envisioning Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. 324pp. Public Policy Institute of California. Chapters 7 and 8, and Appendix E (Appendix D optional)
• California Department of Water Resources, Delta Risk Management Strategy (DRMS) Phase 1 (2009) and Phase 2 (2011) Executive Summaries and Section 18 of DRMS Phase 2
• Sumner, Daniel A. and Rosen-Molina, John Thomas. February 2011. Evaluations of Policy Alternatives to Benefit Agriculture in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta of California. Report prepared for the California Department of Food and Agriculture.

• Hoffman, Glenn. 2010. Salt Tolerance of Crops in the Southern Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Report prepared for the California Environmental Protection Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Right
• Delta Stewardship Council. 2010. Delta as a Place: Agriculture White Paper
• Delta Stewardship Council. 2010. Flood Risk White Paper

The following background materials were provided to the Review Panel during and subsequent to the review:

• Request for Proposal for Economic Sustainability Plan for the Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta
• Contra Costa Water District. February 2010. Historical Fresh Water and Salinity Conditions in the Western Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Bay: A summary of historical reviews, reports, analyses and measurements (full report); Report Highlights; and Historical Salinity Variability Summary
• Requested response from ESP authors on weakness #4 identified by review panel in their Initial Findings. (Referenced files: Reclamation District 2026 Webb Tract Perimeter Levee Contract No. 2026-04-08-1 Details, Sheet C4; Public Draft: Economic Sustainability Plan, Chapter 5 October 10, 2011 WeaknessNo 4; Sample Summary Table; and Webb Tract - Historical Construction Costs)
• Requested response from ESP authors on weakness #5 identified by review panel in their Initial Findings. (Referenced files: Public Draft: Economic Sustainability Plan, Chapter 5 October 10, 2011 v4 (2) - rmp; Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta REgional Flood Response Project - Regional Project Background and Proposed Projects, Revised November 1, 2011; and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Multi-Hazard Coordination Task Force Report)

• Revised Economic Sustainability Plan adopted by Delta Protection Commission October 25, 2011
• Full Revised Public Draft Delta Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP)
• Revised ESP Executive Summary
• o Revised ESP section of chapter 7
• Revised ESP section of chapter 12
• October 10, 2011 Public Draft Economic Sustainability Plan
• Appendices
• Appendix A: Review of Economics in Influential Delta Studies (Part One)
• Appendix B: Overview of the People and Economy of the Delta (Chapter 2)
• Appendix C: Photographs of Delta Levees (Chapter 5)
• Appendix D: Other Special Levees (Chapter 5)
• Appendix E: Clarification of Some Basic Issues with Regard to Delta Levees (Chapter 5)
• Appendix F: Economic Impact Analysis (Part Two)
• Appendix G: Crop and Salinity Data (Chapter 7) - Revised
• Appendix H: Recreation and Tourism (Chapter 8)
• Appendix I: Select Delta Recreation Facilities (Chapter 8)
• Appendix J: Infrastructure (Chapter 8)
• Appendix K: Legacy Communities (Chapter 10)
• Appendix L: Local Government Services in the Delta (Part Three)