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Commission urged to seek peer review as staff prepares resolution on Tuolumne voluntary agreement
Summary
Staff previewed a draft resolution on the Bay‑Delta voluntary agreement for the Tuolumne River and related basins and said the VA was published Feb. 7; commissioners and public speakers pressed for independent peer review, clearer biological objectives and transparency of modeling assumptions.
Steve Ritchie, assistant general manager for water, briefed the commission on the State Water Board’s Bay‑Delta Plan amendments and ongoing negotiations over voluntary agreements (VAs). He summarized a proposed 15‑year Tuolumne River VA that couples functional flows with $76 million in capital investments and other non‑flow habitat measures, and said the draft TUO‑VA was made available to the public on Feb. 7.
Ritchie told commissioners staff is preparing a resolution for the commission to consider on Feb. 26 to state policy‑level direction on the voluntary agreement process. He emphasized the need for…
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