Board Meeting Materials and Audio

The calendar of upcoming Board and Program and Policy Subcommittee meeting can be found here. Recordings of past Board Meetings can be found here.

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – March 28, 2018

Find the complete Board Packet as one document here: Complete Board Packet

• Agenda
• Consent Calendar
  • January 24, 2018 Meeting Summary
• Executive Officer’s Report
  • Program Update
  • Expenditure Report
  • Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix
• Proposition 1 Grant Program Update
• Request for Approval – Staff recommendations for the Third Solicitation Cycle of the Proposition 1 Ecosystem Restoration and Water Quality Grant Program
  • Staff Report with all recommendations
    • Staff Report
    • Proposition 1 Grant Program Project Map with Current Recommendations
    • Staff Recommendations:
      • Bay Point Habitat Restoration Project
        • Resolution 
        • Responsible Agency Notice of Determination
        • Lead Agency CEQA Determination Resolution #330 (Attachment updated 3/23/18)
        • Lead Agency CEQA Determination Resolution #43
      • Mitchell Trust Farm Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Easement Acquisition
      • Stone Lakes Restoration Project
      • Three Creeks Parkway Restoration Project #2
      • Restoration Planning at River Gardens Farms
      • Grizzly Slough Floodplain Restoration Project at the Cosumnes River Preserve
      • Nutria Eradication Project
      • Knightsen Wetland Restoration and Flood Protection Project
      • Bees Lakes Habitat Restoration Plan
• Request for Approval – Funding not to exceed $143,000 to Support the Rapid Assessment of Aquatic Habitat Restoration Opportunities for Juvenile Salmonids in the Delta
  • Staff Report
  • Scope of Work
• Program and Policy Subcommittee Update
  • Staff Report
  • Project Reports Policy
• Potential Agenda Items – May 23, 2018

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – January 24, 2018

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• Agenda
• Consent Calendar
  • November 20, 2017 Meeting Summary
  • September 27, 2017 Revised Meeting Summary
• Executive Officer’s Report
  • Program Update
  • Expenditure Report
  • Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix
• Proposition 1 Grant Program Update
• Request for Approval – California Environmental Quality Act Responsible Agency Findings and Grant Award for the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Habitat and Drainage Improvement Project
  • Staff Report
  • Resolution
  • Notice of Determination
• Request for Approval – Contract to Support the Central Delta Corridor Partnership Regional Planning Process
  • Staff Report
  • Delta Conservancy Draft Scope of Work
  • Aquatic Science Center Scope of Work
• Delta Sign Plan Update
  • Staff Report
  • Community Meeting Flyer
• Potential Agenda Items, March 28, 2018

Presentations to the Board:

• Delta Plan Ecosystem Amendment

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – November 20, 2017

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• Agenda
• Consent Calendar
  • September 27, 2017 Meeting Summary
• Executive Officer’s Report
  • Program Update
    • Delta Conservancy Climate Change Policy – 2017 Update
  • Expenditure Report
  • Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix
• Proposition 1 Grant Program Update
• Request for Approval – Resolution to Enter into Interagency Agreement with the State Water Board to Support Delta MERP
  • Staff Report
  • Resolution
• Request for Approval – Delta Conservancy Implementation Plan
  • Staff Report
  • Draft Implementation Plan
• Cache Slough Regional Planning Effort Phase 1 Update
  • Staff Report
• Potential Agenda Items, January 24, 2017 and 2018 Board Meeting Calendar

Presentations to the Board:

• California Eco Restore

Requested information by the Board:

• Information on the North Delta Habitat Arc

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – September 27, 2017

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• Agenda
• Consent Calendar
  • July 26, 2017 Meeting Summary
• Executive Officer’s Report
  • Program Update
  • Expenditure Report
  • Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix
• Proposition 1 Grant Program Update
• Request for Approval – California Environmental Quality Act Responsible Agency Findings and Grant Award for the Restoration of Priority Wetlands for Endangered Species at the Consumnes River Preserve Project
  • Staff Report
  • Resolution
  • Notice of Determination
  • Mitigated Negative Declaration
• Request for Approval – Agreement totaling $57,750 in Support of Regional Restoration Planning in the Suisun Marsh
  • Staff Report
  • Statement of Work
  • Regional Restoration Planning Budget
• Mercury Exposure Reduction Program Update
  • Staff Report
• Request for Approval – Enter into a Contract to Receive $300,000 from the U.S. EPA and Subsequently Enter into a $264,000 Contract with the Aquatic Science Center to Develop a Delta Aquatic Resource Inventory
  • Staff Report
  • Statement of Work
• Presentation of the Draft 2018 Delta Conservancy Implementation Plan
  • Staff Report
  • Draft Implementation Plan
• Request for Approval – Update of the Delta Conservancy’s Climate Change Policy
  • Staff Report
  • Resolution
  • Draft Delta Conservancy Climate Change Policy
• Potential Agenda Items, November 20, 2017

Tour Handouts

Dutch Slough Tidal Marsh Restoration – Phase 2 Revegetation Project

Three Creeks Parkway Restoration Project

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – July 26, 2017

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• Agenda
• Consent Calendar
  • May 24, 2017 Meeting Summary
  • Amendment to the Paradise Cut Conservation and Flood Management Plan
    • Amendment Request for Board Review
    • Approved Routing Sheet
    • Amendment Request from Grantee
    • Amendment Request from Grantee – Attachment A
• Executive Officer’s Report
  • Program Update
  • Expenditure Report
  • Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix
• Proposition 1 Grant Program Update
• Request for Approval – Extend the Deadline to Complete the CEQA Process for the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Habitat and Drainage Improvement Project
  • Staff Report
• Request for Approval – 2017/2018 Proposition 1 Grant Guidelines
  • Staff Report
  • 2017/2018 Proposition 1 Grant Guidelines
• Request for Approval – 2017-2022 Delta Conservancy Strategic Plan
  • Staff Report
  • 2017-2022 Delta Conservancy Strategic Plan
• Potential Agenda Items, September 27, 2017

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – May 24, 2017

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• Agenda
• April 26, 2017 Meeting Summary
• Executive Officer’s Report
  • Program Update
  • Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix
• Proposition 1 Grant Update
• Request for Approval – Post Draft of the 2017/2018 Proposition 1 Grant Guidelines
  • Staff Report
  • Draft Grant Guidelines – best printed in color
  • Agricultural Sustainability Proposed Language – Yolo County
  • Redline Version of  Agricultural Sustainability Proposed Language
  • Memo from Yolo County regarding Proposition 1 Project Eligibility
• Delta Watershed Initiative Network and Mercury Exposure Reduction Program Update
  • Staff Report
• FY 2016/2017 Expenditure Report
  • Staff Report
  • Expenditure Report
• Potential Agenda Items, July 26, 2017

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – April 26, 2017

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• Agenda
• March 22, 2017 Meeting Summary
• Executive Officer’s Report
  • Program Update
  • Expenditure Report
  • Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix
• Proposition 1 Grant Program Approved Project and Current Solicitation Update
  • Staff Report
  • Project Tracking Matrix
• Request for Approval – Staff Recommendations for the Second Solicitation Cycle of the Proposition 1 Grant Program
  • Staff Report
  • Project Map (prints best on 11×17)
  • Complete Staff Recommendation Packet
  • Links for Individual Recommendations:
    • Dutch Slough Revegetation
      • Resolution
      • Notice of Determination
    • Petersen Ranch: Working Waterway Habitat Enhancement Project
    • Investigation of Restoration Techniques that Limit Invasion of Tidal Wetlands
    • Restoration of Priority Freshwater Wetlands for Endangered Species at the Cosumnes River Preserve
• Request for Approval – Post Public Draft of the 2017 Delta Conservancy Strategic Plan
  • Staff Report
  • Discussion Draft of the 2017 Strategic Plan
• Potential Agenda Items, May 24, 2017

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – March 22, 2017

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• Agenda
• January 25, 2017 Meeting Summary
• Executive Officer’s Report
  • Program Update
  • Expenditure Report
  • Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix
  • Correspondence
• Program and Policy Subcommittee Update
• Proposition 1 Grant Program Approved Projects and Current Solicitation Update
  • Staff Report
  • Project Tracking Matrix
• Initial Concepts and Timeline for the 2017/2018 Proposition 1 Grant Guidelines
  • Staff Report
• Request for Approval – Paradise Cut Flood and Conservation Easement Acquisition Project
  • Staff Report
  • Submitted Required Materials
• Delta Marketing Project Update
  • Staff Report
  • Delta Tourism Awareness 5-Year Marketing Plan
• Potential Agenda Items, April 26, 2017

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – January 25, 2017

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• Agenda
• November 21, 2016 Meeting Summary
• Executive Officer’s Report
  • Program Update
  • Expenditure Report
  • Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix
• Yolo Bypass Regional Restoration Strategy Concept
  • Staff Report
• Proposition 1 Grant Program Approved Project and Current Solicitation Updates
  • Staff Report
  • Project Tracking Matrix
• Delta Conservancy Strategic Plan Update Work Session
  • Supplemental Materials
• Potential Agenda Items, March 22, 2017 and 2017 Calendar

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – November 21, 2016

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• Agenda
• September 28, 2016 Meeting Summary
• Executive Officer’s Report
  • Program Update
  • Expenditure Report
  • Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix
  • Correspondence
• Program and Policy Subcommittee Update
• Request for Approval – Proposition 1 Grant Program Project Amendment Process
  • Staff Report
• Proposition 1 Grant Program Approved Project Update
  • Staff Report
  • Project Tracking Matrix (print on 11×17 for best results)
• Request for Approval – Three Creeks Parkway Restoration Project
  • Staff Report
  • Resolution
  • Notice of Determination
  • CEQA Lead Agency Findings
  • Notice of Public Review and Intent
  • Response to Comments
• Request for Approval – Recommended Proposition 1 Grant Program Concept Proposals
  • Staff Report
  • Complete Staff Recommendation Packet
  • Links for Individual Recommendations:
    • Dutch Slough Revegetation
    • Elliot Ranch Conservation Easement
    • Mello Conservation Easement
    • Petersen Ranch: Working Waterway Habitat Enhancement Project
    • San Joaquin River Setback Levee
    • Investigations of Restoration Techniques that Limit Invasion of Tidal Wetlands
    • Restoration of Priority Freshwater Wetlands for Endangered Species at the Consumes River Preserve
    • Implementation of Rice on Staten Island for Sustainability, Ecosystem, and Water Quality Benefits
    • Agricultural Crossings in the Yolo Bypass
    • Bay Point Restoration and Public Access Project
    • Grizzly Island Wildfire Area Habitat Improvement Project
    • Headwater Mercury Source Reduction Strategy
    • Plant and Microbial Interactions and Their Effects on the Ecosystem Restoration and Water Quality
• Delta Conservancy Strategic Plan Update
• Delta Marketing Project Update
• Potential Agenda Items, January 25, 2016

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – September 28, 2016

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For each individual agenda item and attachments, see individual links below

• Agenda
• August 24, 2016 Meeting Summary
• Executive Officer’s Report
  • Program Update
  • Expenditure Report (Will be available at Board Meeting)
  • Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix
  • Correspondence
• Proposition 1 Grant Program Approved Project Update
  • Staff Report
  • Project Tracking Matrix (print on 11×17 for best results)
• Potential Agenda Items – November 21, 2016

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – August 24, 2016

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For each individual agenda item and attachments, see individual links below

• Agenda
• July 27, 2016 Meeting Summary
• Executive Officer’s Report
  • Program Update
  • Expenditure Report
  • Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix
  • Correspondence
• Program and Policy Subcommittee Update
• Proposition 1 Grant Program Approve Project Update
  • Staff Report
  • Project Tracking Matrix (prints on legal size)
• Request for Approval – 2016-2017 Proposition 1 Grant Program Grant Guidelines
  • Staff Report
  • Draft Grant Guidelines (Track Change Version)
  • Draft Grant Guidelines (Annotated Version)
  • Draft Grant Guidelines (Clean Version)
• Revision of the 2012 Strategic Plan Process Update
  • Staff Report
  • Draft Toolkit
• Potential Agenda Items – September 28, 2016

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – July 27, 2016

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For each individual agenda item and attachments, see individual links below

• Agenda
• June 27, 2016 Meeting Summary
• Executive Officer’s Report
  • Program Update
  • Expenditure Report
  • Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix
  • Correspondence
• Proposition 1 Grant Program Approve Project Update
  • Staff Report
  • Project Tracking Matrix (prints on legal size)
• Request for Approval – Revised Land Tenure and Water Rights Information Requirements
  • Staff Report
  • Sample Private Landowner Agreement
• Update to the 2012 Strategic Plan, Process Overview
• Potential Agenda Items August 24, 2016

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – June 27, 2016

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For each individual agenda item and attachments, see individual links below:

• Agenda
• May 25, 2016 Meeting Summary
• Executive Officer’s Report
  • Program Update
  • Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix
  • Correspondence
    • Letter from the Audubon Society and others
    • Letter from Yolo County 
• Program and Policy Subcommittee Report
• Request for Approval – Proposition 1 Swainson’s Hawk Proposal
  • Staff Report
• Request for Approval – Public Draft of Proposition 1 Grant Program Grant Guidelines
  • Staff Report
  • 2016-2017 Proposition 1 Grant Solicitation Timeframe
  • Draft Grant Guidelines with track changes
  • Draft Grant Guidelines – Clean
• Request for Approval – Initiate Regional Planning in the Cache Slough Region
  • Staff Report
  • Cache Slough Regional Planning Statement of Work
  • Support Letter from Solano County Water Agency
• Request for Approval – Strategic Planning Consulting Services
  • Staff Report
  • Strategic Planning Services Statement of Work
• Future Board Meeting Schedule and Format
• Potential Agenda Items July 27, 2016

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – May 25, 2016

Find the complete Board packet as one document here: Complete Board Packet

For each individual agenda item and attachments, see individual links below:

• Agenda
• March 23, 2016 Meeting Summary
• Proposition 1 Grant Agreement Policy and Template
• Conflict of Interest Policy
• Executive Officer’s Report
  • Program Update
  • FY 2015-16 Expenditure Report
  • Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix
  • Correspondence
• Program and Policy Subcommittee Report
• Request for Approval – Proposition 1 Proposals
  • Staff Report
  • Complete Staff Recommendation Packet
  • Links for Individual Recommendations:
    • Yolo Bypass Corridors for Flood Escape on the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area
    • Three Creeks Parkway Restoration Project
    • Lower Marsh Creek and Sand Creek Watershed Riparian Restoration Planning
    • Paradise Cut Conservation and Flood Management Plan
    • Paradise Cut Flood and Conservation Easement Acquisition
    • Habitat Enhancement for Swainson’s Hawk at Elliott Ranch
    • Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Habitat and Drainage Improvement Project
    • Fish Friendly Farming Certification Program for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
    • Sherman Island Wetland Restoration Project, Phase III
• Potential Agenda Items July 27, 2016

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – March 23, 2016

• Agenda
• January 27, 2016 Meeting Summary
• Executive Officer’s Report
  • Program Update
  • FY 2015-16 Expenditure Report
  • Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix
  • Correspondence
• Program and Policy Subcommittee Report
• Proposition 1 Grant Program Administrative Update
• Potential Agenda Items May 25 2016
• Complete Board Packet

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – January 27, 2016

• Agenda
• November 20, 2015 Meeting Summary
• Program Update
• Budget Update
• Meeting Matrix
• Program and Policy Subcommittee Update
• Proposition 1 Grant Program Administrative Update
• Request for ratification of revisions to the Proposition 1 Grant Guidelines and Grant Application Packet
• Request for Approval – Proposition 1 Concept Proposals
• Request for Approval – US EPA and SFEI/ASC
  • Staff Report
  • Summary
  • US EPA Grant Agreement
  • Draft Contract with SFEI/ASC
• Potential Agenda Items for March 23, 2016 Board Meeting
• Complete Board Packet

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – November 20, 2015

• Agenda
• November 4, 2015 Meeting Summary
• Request for Approval – Bureau of Reclamation and Water Education Foundation
  • Staff Report
  • Summary
  • Draft Bureau of Reclamation Grant Agreement
  • Draft Contract with the Water Education Foundation
• Potential Agenda Items for January 27, 2015
  

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – November 4, 2015

• Agenda
• September 23, 2015 Meeting Summary
• Program Update
• Budget Update
• Meeting Matrix
• Program and Policy Subcommittee Update
• Request for approval – Proposition 1
• Request for Approval – Bureau of Reclamation and Water Education Foundation
• Request for Approval – Environmental Protection Agency
• Request for Approval – NE Delta
• Request for Approval – Cache Slough
• Request for Approval – Agricultural Sustainability Strategy
• Potential Agenda Items for January 27, 2016 Meeting
  

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – September 23, 2015

• Agenda
• June 25, 2015 Meeting Summary
• June 25, 2015 Joint Meeting Summary
• September 2, 2015 Meeting Summary
• Program Update
• Budget Update
• Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix
• Program and Policy Subcommittee Meeting Summary
• Proposition 1 Grant Program Update
• Request for Approval
• Potential Agenda Items for November 4, 2015 Board Meeting
• Complete Board Packet
  

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – September 2, 2015

• September 2, 2015 Delta Conservancy Board Meeting Agenda
• Staff Report and Supporting Documents
• Resolution

Conservancy Board Meeting and Joint Board Meeting with California Coastal Conservancy – June 25, 2015

• Meeting Summary and Action Items – June 25th Conservancy Board Meeting
• Budget Update – Delta Conservancy Board Materials
• Draft FY 15-16 Implementation Plan – June 25 Delta Conservancy Board Meeting
• Potential Agenda Items for September Meeting – June 25 Delta Conservancy Board Meeting
• Joint Board Meeting Agenda – June 25
• Joint Resolution – June 25th Joint Board Meeting
• Agenda-June 25 Delta Conservancy Board Meeting (1333) Update
• Proposition 1 Grant Program Grant Guidelines
• Proposition 1 Grant Program Grant Application Packet
  

Delta Conservancy Board Meeting – May 27, 2015

• May 27, 2015 Delta Conservancy Board Meeting Agenda
• May 27, 2015 Delta Conservancy Board Materials – March Board Meeting Summary and Action Items
• May 27, 2015 Delta Conservancy Board Materials – Program Update
• May 27, 2015 Delta Conservancy Board Materials – Budget Update
• May 27, 2015 Delta Conservancy Board Materials – Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix
• May 27, 2015 Delta Conservancy Board Materials – Program and Policy Subcommittee Meeting Summary Report
• May 27, 2015 Delta Conservancy Board Materials – Grant Program Update
• May 27, 2015 Delta Conservancy Board Materials – Potential Agenda Items for June 25, 2015
  

March 25, 2015 Board Meeting

• Agenda–March 25, 2015 Board Meeting
• Meeting Summary and Action Items, January 28, 2015 Board Meeting
• Program Update, March 25, 2015 Board Meeting
• Budget Update, March 25, 2015 Board Meeting
• Meeting Matrix, March 25, 2015 Board Meeting
• Program and Policy Subcommittee Update, March 25, 2015 Board Meeting
• Grant Guidelines, Revised Draft, March 25, 2015 Board Meeting
• Grant Application Packet, Revised Draft, March 25, 2015 Board Meeting
• Potential Agenda Items for May 27, 2015
  

January 28, 2015 Board Meeting

• Agenda, January 28, 2015
• Meeting Summary and Action Items, December 3, 2014
• Executive Officer’s Report, January 28, 2015
• Spanish Translation for Website Report, January 28, 2015
• Conservancy Budget Update, January 28, 2015
• Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix, January 28, 2015
• Program and Policy Subcommittee Meeting Report, December 2014
• Grant Guidelines Staff Report, January 28, 2015
• Grant Guidelines_January 2015 Draft, January 28, 2015
• Grant Application Package (GAP), January 28, 2015
• Grant Guidelines Comment Tracking, January 28, 2015
• Potential Agenda Items for March 2015, January 28, 2015

December 3, 2014 Board Meeting

• Agenda, December 3, 2014
• Executive Officer’s Report, December 3, 2014
• Delta Conservancy Budget Update, December 3, 2014
• Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix, December 3, 2014
• Program and Policy Subcommittee Update, December 3, 2014

 September 24, 2014 Board Meeting

• Agenda, September 24, 2014
• Meeting Summary and Action Items, July 23, 2014
• Executive Officer’s Report, September 24, 2014
• Delta Conservancy Budget Update, September 24, 2014
• Draft Annual Project Summary for FY 2013-14 and FY 2014-15
• Correspondence, September 24, 2014
• Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix, September 24, 2014
• Program and Policy Subcommittee Update, September 24, 2014
• Update on 2014-2015 Implementation Plan
• Request for approval to enter into a contract to receive funds from the US EPA in the amount of $300,000 and subsequently enter into a $300,000 contract with the SFEI/ASC
• Request for approval to enter into a contract to receive funds from the US EPA in the amount of $250,000 and subsequently enter into a $250,000 contract with the SFEI/ASC
• Potential Agenda Items for November 26, 2014

 July 23, 2014 Board Meeting

• Agenda, July 23, 2014
• Meeting Summary and Action Items, May 28, 2014
• Executive Officer’s Report, July 23, 2014
• Correspondence, July 23, 2014
• Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix, July 23, 2014
• Revisions to the BDCP Comment Letter
• Program and Policy Subcommittee Report, July 23, 2014
• Delta Restoration Network, Restoration Hub Overview
• Delta Land Management and Acquisition Workgroup Report
• Proposed Economic Indicators Report Overview
• Delta Branding and Marketing Overview, July 23, 2014
• Potential Agenda Items for September 24, 2014
• Delta Conservancy Budget Update, July 23, 2014
• Delta Restoration Hub Overview
• Handout – Proposed Delta Branding Logos and Taglines

 May 28, 2014 Board Meeting

• 0514. 1 Agenda
• 0514.2 Meeting Summary and Action Items, Regular Board Meeting: March 12, 2014
• 0514.3 Meeting Summary and Action Items, Joint Board Meeting, March 12, 2014
• 0514.4 Executive Officers Report
• 0514.5 Delta Conservancy Budget Update
• 0514.6 Correspondence
• 0514.7 Outreach-Delta Meeting Matrix