DATE: February 22, 2022
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Groundwater Sustainability Plan for the Pleasant Valley Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Agency
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve Resolution adopting the Pleasant Valley Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan for portions of Fresno County in the Pleasant Valley Groundwater Subbasin where the County serves as Groundwater Sustainability Agency.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will adopt the Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) for the Pleasant Valley Subbasin (PV Subbasin). The GSP covers the entire PV Subbasin, but the County's approval only covers those portions where the County serves as the Groundwater Sustainability Area (GSA).
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may determine not to approve the recommended action; however, it would result in delay of submitting the required GSP by the February 28, 2022 deadline, as the County would be obligated to prepare a separate GSP for the portion of County lands that have been included in the GSP. If the GSP is not submitted by the deadline, intervention from the State Water Resources Control Board (State) could occur, which would result in the State managing local groundwater resources in the Subbasin.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of the recommended action may result in an increase in Net County Cost. The Board approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) No. 20-081 between the County and Pleasant Valley Water District on February 25, 2020. The MOU provides that each party shall bear all costs with respect to its activities. To date, activities have been limited to Department of Public Works and Planning staff participation at various implementation meetings resulting in a cost of approximately $4,000. The costs associated with the GSP were funded through Proposition 1 grant for GSP development and monitoring facilities within the Subbasin. Department s...
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