Bay Area Greenprint Launch and Workshop Introduction to and Demonstration of the Bay Area Greenprint The Bay Area Greenprint Team speakers were: - Dick Cameron, Lead Scientist, The Nature Conservancy - Liz O’Donoghue, Director, Infrastructure and Land Use, The Nature Conservancy - Adam Garcia, Planning and Research Manager, Greenbelt Alliance - Dan Rademacher, Executive Director, GreenInfo Network - Tom Robinson, Director of Conservation, Science, and Innovation, Bay Area Open Space Council - Carrie Schloss, Spatial Data Scientist, The Nature Conservancy These speakers addressed the Bay Area Greenprint Launch Event on June 21, 2017 at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA. More info on the Bay Area Open Space Council's blog: http://openspacecouncil.org/the-bay-area-greenprint-has-launched/

1. Launch and Workshop
June 21, 2017

2. Agenda for the day
10:05 - 10:15am Welcome Remarks
10:15 - 11:00am Introduction to and Demonstration of the Bay Area Greenprint
11:00am - 12:00pm
12:00pm
Panel discussion: Bay Area Greenprint in Action Across the
12:00 - 1:00pm Lunch and Networking
1:00 - 3:20pm Workshop Sessions
3:20 - 3:30pm Break
3:30 - 4:00pm Closing Remarks, Town Hall Feedback, Raffle Prizes

3. #BAGREENPRI
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4. In appreciation

6. Strategic Advisors Group
Terrell Watt Planning Consultants
Nichols · Berman
Environmental Planning

7. Science & Methods Committee

13. AmericanFarmlandTrust

15. Risk
Biodiversity
Mitigation
Supply
Multi-benefit
Reporting
Multi-benefit
Reporting
Multi-benefit
Conservation
Assessment
Policy
Protection
Bay Area At
Risk Report
and GIS
Conservation
Lands
Network
Greenprint
Regional
Advance
Mitigation
Program
EcoAtlas
Our Coast
Our Future
Climate
Commons

17. What information is in the Greenprint?

18. Natural Resource
Dashboard
Webmap & Data Download Multi-benefit Reporting Conservation Assessment
How can I access information in the
Greenprint?

19. Did you know?
There are observations of rare or protected species
in your area of interest
The value of crops in this area are worth as much as $55,0
Your area is part of a municipal drinking water supply
watershed Your area contains 303d listed streams and waterbodies
Your area has higher than average water quality
The groundwater recharge potential in this area is equivalent to
the annual water use for 36,368 households
There is one fish passage barrier in your area

20. What opportunities exist to protect these
resources given a changing climate?
How will climate change impact natures
values and benefits?
Opportunity
Threat
How is each resource
threatened by climate
change?

21. What policies protect areas important for
our natural values and benefits?

22. Knowing the natural relationships of the
landscape’s values and benefits can
inform better planning decisions for their
protection.
Conservation Opportunity
Development Pressure – At Risk
Urbanized development on open space can induce
environmental disruption to the natural values and
benefits.
What policies protect areas important
for our natural values and benefits?

24.  Santa Clara Valley
 Santa Cruz Mountains,
Diablo Mountain
Range
 15 Cities in County.
 Cities adjacent to
Valley Floor
Agriculture –
San Jose, Morgan Hill,
Gilroy
 24,000 acres in
agriculture
24
Santa Clara County & Agriculture

25.  $830 million annual contribution to SCC Economy
 8,100 workers
 Over 1,000 farms
25
Santa Clara Valley Agriculture Today

26. Mary and Chris
Borello
3rd Generation Farmer
Borello Farms

27. 27
Ongoing Agricultural Land
Conversion

28. Afternoon Greenprint Workshops
Time Workshop Instructor Room
1:00-1:40 Learning: Computer Lab and Reporting Dan Rademacher,
Executive Director, GreenInfo Network
Tamalpais
1:00-1:40 Case Study: Infrastructure: Transportation
and Water
Elizabeth O’Donoghue,
Director, Infrastructure and Land Use,
Nature Conservancy
Kinzie
1:50-
2:30
Learning: Natural Resources, Climate
Change, and Policies
Tom Robinson,
Director of Conservation, Science, and
Innovation, Bay Area Open Space Council
Tamalpais
1:50-
2:30
Case Study: Conservation and Priority
Conservation Areas (PCAs)
Adam Garcia,
Planning & Research Manager, Greenbelt
Alliance
Kinzie
2:40-
3:20
Learning: Computer Lab and Reporting Dan Rademacher,
Executive Director, GreenInfo Network
Tamalpais
2:40-
3:20
Case Study: Land Use: General Plan,
Boundaries, and Community Separators
Adam Garcia,
Planning & Research Manager, Greenbelt
Alliance
Kinzie