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Acting as the Board of Directors, Water Agency:
Consider recommendations regarding the San Antonio Groundwater Basin Study, Third, Fourth and Fifth Districts, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Joint Funding Agreement No. 13WSCA600081610 with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to initiate a comprehensive five-year study (project period being October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2018) of the San Antonio Groundwater Basin in order to assess current and future water availability in the amount of $778,928.00 for the first phase of the project in which $673,950.00 to be funded by the County Water Agency and $104,978.00 to be funded by the USGS; and
b) Find that the San Antonio Groundwater Study is exempt under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines, Section 15262; Feasibility and Planning Studies and Section 15306 (Class 6) Basic data collection, research, experimental management, and resource evaluation activities, and direct the Clerk of the Board to file the attached CEQA Notice of Exemption.