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HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program 3. Make recommendations to the Steering Committee as to how to calculate the amount of additional water that is made available for use from a recharge project including during times of critical period reductions. 4. Maximize available federal funding for the Authority or any other entity to own, finance, design, construct, operate, or maintain recharge facilities. 5. Evaluate the financing of recharge facilities, including the use of management fees or special fees to be used for purchasing or operating the facilities. attached as Appendix F. 1.7.1.4 Public Outreach Subcommittee SB 3 authorized, but did not require, the EARIP Steering Committee to create other subcommittees, as necessary. The bill suggests several possible subcommittees, including a community outreach and education subcommittee. The Steering Committee created the Public Outreach Subcommittee (POS) to inform and educate the public, public officials, and the media about EARIP activities. The POS disseminates press releases, and reports its actions to the Steering Committee. The subcommittee is charged with reflecting the interest of the EARIP as a whole and not representing any single stakeholder position. 1.7.1.5 Ecosystem Restoration Subcommittee The Steering Committee created the Ecosystem Restoration Subcommittee with the following four charges: To report to the EARIP at its July 9, 2009 meeting regarding the identified opportunities to date for the development of options or potential implementation of the Comal River restoration work by or through cooperation with the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). To assess existing conditions and restoration needs for the Comal River, including identification evaluation of restoration actions for the Comal River with an estimate of the ecological effectiveness and cost of each option. To consider opportunities for coordination with and eventual integration of the EARIP process with restoration options currently proposed for the San Marcos River. To submit its report on restoration options for the Comal and San Marcos rivers to the Steering Committee and EARIP as soon as possible but no later than March 1, 2010. Potential restoration actions were evaluated based on potential benefit to the listed species, contribution to improved water quality, limited negative impacts, estimated cost, potential to provide increased ecosystem resilience during critical periods, and other related criteria. 1-22