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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding Santa Ynez River Valley Groundwater Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency Formation, Third and Fifth Districts, as follows: (EST. TIME: 1 HR.)
Acting as the Board of Directors, Water Agency:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the “Memorandum of Agreement for the Formation of a Groundwater Sustainability Agency for the Eastern 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 Eastern Management Area;
b) Adopt the Resolution entitled “Resolution to Participate in the Formation of a Groundwater Sustainability Agency Pursuant to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act for the Eastern Management Area for the Santa Ynez Valley Groundwater Basin”; and
c) 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: APPROVE