County of Fresno - File #: 18-0971

• File #: 18-0971
• Name: Second Amendment to Central Delta-Mendota
• In control: Public Works & Planning
• On agenda: 10/23/2018
• Final action: 10/23/2018
• Enactment #: Agreement No. 17-075-1, Agreement No. 17-075-2
• Title: 1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Second Amendment to Central Delta-Mendota Region Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Services Activity Agreement and Consent of SS-MOA Participants for the Central Delta-Mendota Region Sustainable Groundwater Agency; and 2. Approve and authorize the Chairman to ratify prior execution of First Amendment to Central Delta-Mendota Region Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Services Activity Agreement and consent of SS-MOA Participants; and 3. Authorize the Chairman to designate Bernard Jimenez, Assistant Director of Department of Public Works and Planning, along with Glenn Allen, Division Manager of Water and Natural Resources, as additional alternates to serve as a member of the Steering Committee for Central Delta-Mendota Multi-Agency Groundwater Sustainability Agency.

Date	Action By	Action	Result
10/23/2018	Board of Supervisors	Conducted Hearings	Pass

DATE: October 23, 2018

TO: Board of Supervisors

SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning

SUBJECT: Amendments to the Central Delta-Mendota Region Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Services Activity Agreement and Consent of SS-MOA Participants

RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Second Amendment to Central Delta-Mendota Region Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Services Activity Agreement and Consent of SS-MOA Participants for the Central Delta-Mendota Region Sustainable Groundwater Agency; and

2. Approve and authorize the Chairman to ratify prior execution of First Amendment to Central Delta-Mendota Region Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Services Activity Agreement and consent of SS-MOA Participants; and

3. Authorize the Chairman to designate Bernard Jimenez, Assistant Director of Department of Public Works and Planning, along with Glenn Allen, Division Manager of Water and Natural Resources, as additional alternates to serve as a member of the Steering Committee for Central Delta-Mendota Multi-Agency Groundwater Sustainability Agency.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions will authorize Oro Loma Water District located within Fresno County as a new member of the Central Delta-Mendota Region Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Services - Memorandum of Agreement (SS-MOA). Ratification of the proposed first amendment and approval of the proposed second amendment would further the cooperation between the participating local agencies responsible for the implementation of a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) as required by the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). This item pertains to locations in District 1.

ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):

Your Board may choose not to approve the recommended actions; however, it would likely result in increased costs and a delay in the preparation of the State Water Resources Control Board (State) required GSP by th...