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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and Groundwater Sustainability Agency Formation, as follows: (EST. TIME: 2 HRS.)
a) Receive and file a report on activities and progress to date related to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 and the formation of Sustainable Groundwater Agencies;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the "Memorandum of Agreement for the Formation of a Groundwater Sustainability Agency for the Western Management Area in the Santa Ynez River Valley Groundwater Basin under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act" to form a Groundwater Sustainability Agency in the Santa Ynez Valley Groundwater Basin Western Management Area;
c) Adopt the Resolution entitled "Resolution to Participate in the Formation of a Groundwater Sustainability Agency Pursuant to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act for the Western Management Area for the Santa Ynez Valley Groundwater Basin";
d) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the "Memorandum of Agreement for the Formation of a Groundwater Sustainability Agency for the Central Management Area in the Santa Ynez River Valley Groundwater Basin under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act" to form a Groundwater Sustainability Agency in the Santa Ynez Valley Groundwater Basin Central Management Area;
e) Adopt the Resolution entitled "Resolution to Participate in the Formation of a Groundwater Sustainability Agency Pursuant to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act for the Central Management Area for the Santa Ynez Valley Groundwater Basin";
f) Direct staff to proceed with formation of a Groundwater Sustainability Agency in the San Antonio Creek Groundwater Basin, with one voting member per agency;
g) Direct staff to proceed with Groundwater Sustainability Agency formation in the non-adjudicated fringe portion of the Santa Maria Groundwater Basin (option A); and
h) Determine that the proposed actions are not a project un...
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