DATE: August 21, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Second Amendment to Memorandum of Understanding with the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Groundwater Sustainability Agency
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Second Amendment to Agreement No. 16-112, Memorandum of Understanding with the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Groundwater Sustainability Agency, for implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act in a portion of the Delta-Mendota Groundwater Basin located within Fresno County.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action would specifically address inaccuracies in Exhibit A to the First Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Groundwater Sustainability Agency (Agency) to be superseded and replaced with Exhibit A of the recommended amendment. The MOU provides that the Agency will prepare the Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) for certain areas for which the County serves as the Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA). The recommended amendment includes four parcels, comprised of 368.46 acres that were inadvertently excluded due to an oversight from Exhibit A to the First Amendment approved by the Board on December 12, 2017. Upon your Board's approval of the recommended amendment, Exhibit A to the First Amendment shall have no further force or effect. This item pertains to locations in District 1.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may determine not to approve the recommended action in which case the County would be obligated to prepare the GSP for the areas that were inadvertently excluded from Exhibit A to the First Amendment.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of the recommended action would result in a Net County Cost. The MOU provides that each party shall bear all costs with respect to its activities under the MOU. To date, activities have b...
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