2010 Chesapeake Executive Council Meeting
This meeting is open to the public. Unless otherwise noted, it may be recorded for internal use.
Date and Time
Thursday, June 3, 2010 (all day)
Purpose
The Chesapeake Executive Council held its annual meeting on Thursday, June 3, 2010, at the Living Classrooms Foundation in Baltimore, Maryland. At the meeting, the Executive Council launched ChesapeakeStat, an online tool to increase accountability and improve coordination of Bay Program restoration activities. ChesapeakeStat:
- Presents comprehensive information about Bay Program activities, funding and progress toward goals.
- Allows Bay Program leaders, federal and state agencies, local governments, non-governmental organizations and members of the public to use the same information to track and plan restoration efforts.
- Highlights local restoration activities by allowing people to upload photos and videos to a map.
In addition to launching ChesapeakeStat, Executive Council members discussed restoration work done since the last Executive Council meeting in May 2009 and progress on the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL).
Executive Council members spent part of the afternoon with Baltimore students restoring a wetland.
Attendees:
- Robert Perciasepe, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Martin O’Malley, Governor, Maryland
- Robert McDonnell, Governor, Virginia
- Adrian Fenty, Mayor, Washington, D.C.
- Thomas “Mac” McLain Middleton, Chair, Chesapeake Bay Commission
Related Files
Meeting materials will be posted as they become available.
Supporting Documents
- News Release: Chesapeake Executive Council Increases Government Accountability and Improves Coordination By Launching ChesapeakeStat [PDF, 55.8 KB]
- 2010 State of the Program [PDF, 461.3 KB]
- 2010 Chesapeake Bay Commission Briefing for the Executive Council [PDF, 444.5 KB]
- Backgrounder: ChesapeakeStat [PDF, 33.8 KB]