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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-091••~ O~ sUp~'•••i • o. . ~, ' ~~'°' BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ~ s ~'/w~~ • i W ^ ~t ~ ~ *~ COUNTY OF BUTTE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA •~ r' ~'y• • ~ (,- V ~` • ~~~solufi~,n ~ic~. 07-091 RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN WHEREAS, the Sacramento Valley IRWMP is designed to protect Northern California water rights and supplies and to help provide reliable and affordable water for farms, cities, refuges and managed wetlands, fish, the environment and recreation; and WHEREAS, the Sacramento Valley IRWMP is intended to improve coordination and the sharing of information across the region to allow for improved water management at the local, regional, and state level; and WHEREAS, Butte County Department of Water and Resource Conservation staff has worked with the Northern California Joint Exercise of Power to establish the guiding principles and objectives of the Sacramento Valley IRWMP and have been assured that it will be rolled out in such a manner to be compatible with the Butte County Integrated Water Resources Plan; and WHEREAS, the five objectives of the Sacramento Valley IRWMP are to improve the economic health of the region; improve regional water supply reliability for local water users, the region, and California; improve flood protection and floodplain management; improve and enhance water quality; and protect and enhance the environment; and WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors approved the Integrated Water Resources Plan developed by the Department of Water & Resource Conservation in Resolution No. OS-067, and WHEREAS, the Butte County Integrated Water Resources Plan will remain independent from the Sacramento Valley Integrated Regional Water Management Plan; and WHEREAS, the Sacramento Valley IRWMP builds upon many years of ongoing regional and sub-regional planning including the Butte County Integrated Water Resources Plan; and WHEREAS, the IRWMP states that operation of production wells will be adjusted or modified based on monitoring and assessment to ensure groundwater is used in a sustainable manner; and WHEREAS, the Sacramento Valley IRWMP includes verbiage indicating that all actions will be coordinated with local agencies to ensure compliance with applicable local policies and ordinances, and BMOs and NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte support the Sacramento Valley Integrated Regional Water Management Plan presented by the Northern California Joint Exercise of Power with the following understanding: 1. The County's primary goal is to conserve the groundwater and surface water resources. 2. The County will retain its power and authority it presently exercises which will not be diminished by the support of the Sacramento Valley IRMWP 3. Grant funded projects proposed by the County under the Proposition 50 funding opportunity shall be managed and administered by the County. 4. There is recognition that a recharge investigation project included in the Proposition 50 Step II application needs to be completed prior to the implementation of the Sacramento Valley Water Management Agreement. This proposed project also includes an investigation of potential impacts to creeks and rivers through the installation of stream gauges to determine the net gain and loss factor through an aquifer/stream interaction analysis. 5. That scientific investigation into aquifer dynamics will be undertaken by an independent, credible group that is not in an advocacy role regarding the plausibility of transferring water throughout the state. 6. Programmatic environmental review will be completed prior to implementation of the Sacramento Valley Water Management Agreement. Each project must undergo an independent environmental review as currently stated in the IRWMP. Review notice will be made available in a timely manner on the Four-County MOU and IRWMP website. 7. Implementation projects under the Sacramento Valley IRWMP must adhere to all local groundwater ordinances and policies such as Basin Management Objectives. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte: 1. Appreciates the value of regional planning with regard to water and other natural resources that do not recognize political boundaries; 2. Understands that the Sacramento Valley IRWMP is a living document and has been designed to be updated periodically to reflect input and changing circumstances throughout the region; 3. Recognizes that their support of the Sacramento Valley IRWMP does not dilute the County's police powers with regard to management of water and other natural resources; 4. Understands that this planning document does not in any way further empower local and regional water and other special districts with regard to the management of water and other natural resources. 5. Hereby supports the Sacramento Valley Integrated Regional Water Management Plan developed in cooperation with the Northern California Joint Exercise of Power; 6. Determines that the County of Butte desires to be a participant in the development of the governance structure for the implementation of the Sacramento Valley IRWMP; 7. Directs that the County of Butte petition the appropriate bodies to ensure that Butte County, regional watershed groups, environmental non-governmental organizations, groundwater dependent agriculturalists, municipalities and counties are voting members of an inclusive governance structure (such as the CABY - Consumnes, American, Bear, and Yuba -model), for the implementation of the Sacramento Valley IRMWP. 8. That through this stakeholder representation on the governance associated with the implementation of the Sacramento Valley IRWMP discussions determining project development will help ensure that the lofty goals in the Sacramento Valley IRWMP are implemented. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 22nd day of May, 2007 by the following vote: AYES: Connelly, Josiassen, Kirk, Yamaguchi, Dolan NOES: None ABSENT: None NOT VOTING: None ..__ r ~- Jane Dolan, Chair of the Butte County Board of Supervisors ATTEST: ~ r PAUL E cIlwT H Clerk oft e . r o upervisors i By a G~ ~~',1~~,, _ f enu '