BPC Expert Briefing: RMP Update and Dredger Fee Schedule for 2017-2019
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11:00 AM – 1:30 PM
1st Fl. Exhibit Room
530 Water Street
Oakland, CA 94612
In collaboration with Bay Planning Coalition (BPC), staff from the Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) and others will present and facilitate a discussion on the dredger fee schedule for 2017-2019. Read below for more information:
The RMP Dredger Fee Schedule expires after this year. A new fee schedule for 2017-2019 needs to be developed and presented to the RMP Steering Committee.
The fee schedule for 2014-2016 did not generate enough fees to cover the 17.5% of the RMP budget that is allocated to dredgers. The fees generated over three years were $0.41 million less than the $1.80 million owed. If the current fee formula is carried forward, the dredger fee payments will fall behind by another $0.78 million. Therefore, the fee schedule needs to be changed.
The desired outcome of the meeting is consensus among the dredging community on an updated RMP Dredger Fee Schedule for 2017-2019 that will cover 17.5% of the RMP budget.
AGENDA
1. | Introductions, Review Agenda, and Overview of Process | 11:00
BPC member |
2. | Information: Regulatory context of RMP fees
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11:10
Tom Mumley (Water Board) |
3. | Information: RMP products and fees related to dredging; options for revising the RMP Dredger Fee Schedule for 2017-2019 | 11:20
Philip Trowbridge (SFEI) |
4. | Decision: Agree on a RMP Dredger Fee Schedule for 2017-2019 to present to the RMP Steering Committee | 12:00
John Coleman (BPC) |
5. | Wrap up and review action items | 1:15
John Coleman (BPC) |
6. | Adjourn | 1:30 |
Expert Briefings are designed to be affordable and easy to attend over a long lunch break. They are excellent networking and educational opportunities. You bring the questions, we will provide the lunch!