
Delta Protection Advisory Committee
PUBLIC NOTICE AND MEETING AGENDA
Delta Protection Advisory Committee
Tuesday, August 5, 2025, 5:30 p.m.
Staten Island, 20250 N. Staten Island Rd., Thornton, CA 95686
Agenda packet – agenda, staff reports, attachments (PDF)
Agenda
- Call to Order/Flag Salute – Anna Swenson, DPAC Chair
- Welcome New Member and Roll Call
- Public Comment – An opportunity for members of the public to address the Committee regarding items not on the agenda.
- Approval of June 3, 2025, Meeting Minutes
- Update on Delta Protection Commission activities – Dan Ray
- Consider Waterways Cleanup Task Group – The Committee
- Consider Task Groups on Agriculture, Delta Conveyance, and Rivers and Levees – The Committee
- Report on Delta Tunnel National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 Programmatic Agreement – Virginia Gardiner
- Update on State Water Resources Control Board Actions in the Delta– Jay Ziegler, Delta Watermaster, State Water Resources Control Board
- Update on South Delta Sediment Remediation – Russ Ryan
- Member Announcements and Next Meeting
- Adjourn
The agenda items listed above may be considered in a different order at the Committee meeting, subject to the discretion of the Chair. At the discretion of the Committee, all items appearing on this agenda, whether or not expressly listed for action, may be deliberated upon and may be subject to action. The Committee welcomes and encourages participation in its meetings. The Committee limits testimony to not more than three minutes per person, or more time at the discretion of the Chair.
Questions, Comments, and Requests
If you have any questions or have a request for reasonable modification or accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Delta Protection Commission at dpc@delta.ca.gov or (916) 375-4800.
Comments submitted to submit@delta.ca.gov by noon on August 4, 2025, will be shared with Commissioners prior to the meeting to the extent possible. Public comments on each agenda item will follow the order of: 1) emailed comments, 2) those verbally requesting to make comments after notice offered by Chair during meeting.
Delta Protection Advisory Committee Members
Chair Anna Swenson and Katherine Wiley (Delta General Public Gerry Goodie Memorial Seat) | Vice Chair Russ Ryan (Delta Water Exporter) | Arron Pellarin and Emily Pappalardo (Delta Business) | Craig Watanabe and Jeff Iniguez (Delta Agriculture) | Todd Bruce and Morris Lum (Delta Recreation) | Edward Hard and Erin Chappell (State Agency) | Jeffrey Twitchell (Delta Flood Entity) | Mariah Looney (Delta Organization) | Jerred Dixon (Delta Conservation/Habitat Non-governmental Organization) | Sam Garcia (Delta Utility/Infrastructure) | Douglas Hsia (Delta Cultural Preservation) | Steven Hutchason (Delta Tribe).
EX OFFICIO MEMBERS: Representatives of the California Department of Water Resources, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Delta Stewardship Council, and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy.