DATE: February 25, 2020
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steve E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Memorandum of Understanding between the County of Fresno and Pleasant Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency for the Pleasant Valley Subbasin
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Authorize the Chairman to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Pleasant Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency for implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act in the Pleasant Valley Groundwater Subbasin.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action would authorize execution of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the County and Pleasant Valley Water District, also known as, for the purposes of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, the Pleasant Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency (PVWD or PVGSA). The recommended MOU will address sustainable groundwater management for the Pleasant Valley Groundwater Subbasin (Subbasin) within the County to achieve sustainable groundwater management within the Subbasin and establish coordinated development and implementation of a single Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP), and to avoid conflicts between the GSP and the County's exercise of its land use planning authority. This item pertains to locations in District 4.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may determine not to approve the recommended action; it would result in the County having to prepare a GSP for those portions of the Subbasin that are not within the jurisdictional boundaries of Pleasant Valley Water District (PVWD) and the City of Coalinga. Additionally, if not approved the County would be required to enter into a Coordination Agreement with the other Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSA's) within the Subbasin as required by Sustainability Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County cost associated with the recommended action. The recommended MOU provides that ...
Click here for full text