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RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF THE COUNTY OF BUTTE
NOTICING THEIR INTENT TO PREPARE A GROUNDWATER
MANAGEMENT PLAN UNDER WATER CODE §10750 et seq. (AB 3030, STATS
1992} FOR THE AREAS OF BUTTE COUNTY NOT COVERED BY ANOTHER
GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN UNDER THIS AUTHORITY OR
ANY OTHER AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, the Legislature finds and declares that groundwater is a valuable
natural resource in California and should be managed to ensure both its safe production
and its quality; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Legislature through the passage of AB3030
(Stats 1992} codified as Water Code X10750 ei s~.~y. to encourage local agencies to work
cooperatively to manage groundwater resources within their jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature also finds and declares that the additional study of
groundwater resources is necessary to better understand how to manage groundwater
effectively to ensure the safe production, quality, and proper storage on groundwater in
this state; and
WHEREAS, the adoption of a Groundwater Management Plan is encouraged, but
not required by law; and
WHEREAS, any local agency, whose service area includes a groundwater basin,
or a portion of a groundwater basin, that is not subject to groundwater management
pursuant to other provisions of law or a court order, judgment, or decree, may, by
ordinance, or by resolution if the local agency is not authorized to act by ordinance, adopt
and implement a groundwater management plan pursuant to this part within all or a
portion of its service area not served by a local agency or served by a local agency whose
governing body, by a majority vote, declines to exercise the authority to implement a
groundwater management plan and enters into an agreement with the local public agency
pursuant to Water Code ~ 10750.7 and § 10750.8; and
WHEREAS, the County of Butte is interested in the development of a
Groundwater Management Plan as defined under Water Code Section 1.0750, et seq. for
the areas of the County not covered by another groundwater management plan; and
WHEREAS, prior to adopting a resolution of intention to draft a groundwater
management plan, Water Code § 10753.2 requires a local agency to hold a hearing, after
publication of notice pursuant to Government Code §6066, on whether or not to adopt a
resolution of intention to draft a Groundwater Management Plan pursuant to this part for
the purposes of implementing the plan and establishing a groundwater management
program; and
WHEREAS, such hearing was noticed pursuant to Government Code §6066 and
held on August 26, 2003 at 1.1:30 am in the Board of Supervisors Chambers, 25 County
Center Drive in Oroville, California.
WHEREAS, at the conclusion of the hearing, the local agency may draft a
resolution of intention to adapt a groundwater management plan pursuant to this part for
the purposes of implementing the plan and establishing a groundwater management plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Butte hereby agree to:
1. Adopt a Resolution of Intention to Draft a Groundwater Management Plan
pursuant to Water Code § 10750 et seq. for the purposes of implementing the
plan and establishing a groundwater management program.
2. Direct the Clerk of the Board to publish the Resolution of Intention under
Government Code X6066 pursuant to Water Code ~10753.3(a}.
3. Direct the Department of Water and Resource Conservation to prepare the
groundwater management plan under Water Code §10750 et seq.
4. Direct the Department of Water and Resource Conservation to prepare the
groundwater management plan within two years of the date of the Resolution
of Intention pursuant to Water Cade § 10753.4.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 26th day
of August by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Dolan, Houx, Josiassen, Yamaguchi and Chair Beeler
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
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R.J. Beeler, Chair of the
Butte County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
PAUL E. 1VIcINTOSH
Chief Administrative Officer
And Clevk of the Board
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