DATE: March 7, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Agreement to Establish the Central Delta-Mendota Multi-Agency Groundwater Sustainability Agency
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Authorize the Chairman to execute proposed agreement to establish the Central Delta-Mendota Multi-Agency Groundwater Sustainability Agency for a portion of the Delta-Mendota Region Groundwater Subbasin and designate a Board member and an alternate to serve as a member of the Steering Committee for the Central Delta-Mendota Multi-Agency Groundwater Sustainability Agency.
2. Authorize the Chairman to execute proposed Memorandum of Agreement with the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority to obtain coordinated access to the administrative and technical resources available through the Authority.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions would authorize the County's execution of an agreement between multiple agencies within a portion of the Delta-Mendota Groundwater Subbasin. The Agreement would establish a framework for cooperation between the participating local agencies, which would elect to form a single multi-agency Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) to become the exclusive GSA for a portion of the Delta-Mendota Subbasin. The GSA would then develop and implement a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) as required by the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
The Board may determine not to approve the recommended actions which will then require the County to assume the sole responsibility of forming a GSA to represent this area
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of the recommended action would result in a Net County Cost. The participating local agencies have established a budget which would reimburse the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority (Authority) for work performed relating to Groundwater Sustainability Agency formation from March 1, 2016 through February...
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