File #: 16-00915    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 12/6/2016 Final action: 12/6/2016
Title: 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 authoriz...
Sponsors: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WATER AGENCY
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A - SYRV Groundwater Basin Map, 3. Attachment B- Memorandum of Understanding SYRV groundwater Basin Western Management Area, 4. Attachment C- Resolution SYRV, 5. Attachment D- Memorandum of Understanding SYRV Ground Water Basin Central Managment Area, 6. Attachment E- Resoultion SYRV Groundwater Basin Cental Management Area, 7. Attachment F- SMRV Ground Water Basin Fringe Area Map, 8. Attachment G- State Water Resources Contrtol Board Draft Fee Schedule, 9. Attachment H SMGA PPT, 10. Item #4 - Public Comment - Group 1 - 12.5.16

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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 under the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), organization or administrative activities that will not result in a direct or indirect physical change in the environment.

 

COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY