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�I Resolution No. 15-039
RESOLUTION GIS" INTENT TO BE A GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY
WHEREAS, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 went into effect on January 1,
2015; and
WHEREAS, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 enables the State Water Resources
Control Board to intervene in groundwater basins unless a local public agency or combination of local public
agencies form a Groundwater Sustainability Agency or Agencies (GSA) by June 30, 2017 (Water Code
§10735); and
WHEREAS, retaining local jurisdiction over water management and land use is essential to sustainably
manage groundwater and to the vitality of Butte County's economy, communities and environment, and
WHEREAS, any local public agency that has water supply, water management or land use
responsibilities within a subbasin may elect to be a Groundwater Sustainability Agency (Water Code §10721);
and
WHEREAS, counties are presumed to be the Groundwater Sustainability Agency for areas within a
basin that is not within the management area of another Groundwater Sustainability Agency (Water Code
§10724); and
WHEREAS, Butte County is eligible and presumed to be a Groundwater Sustainability Agency for the
portions of the Vina, West Butte, East Butte and North Yuba subbasins in Butte County; and
WHEREAS, other local public agencies are eligible and may elect to be a Groundwater Sustainability
Agency; and
WHEREAS, local public agencies may request that the Department of Water Resource adjust basin
boundaries in order to improve the ability of achieving sustainable groundwater management(Water Code §
10722,2); and
WHEREAS, Butte County and other local public agencies have a long history of coordination and
cooperation on water management; and
WHEREAS, successful implementation and sustainable groundwater management must be built upon
coordination and cooperation among local public agencies; and
W,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte hereby
declares that Butte County intends to be Groundwater Sustainability Agency for the portions of the County that
overlie the Vina, West Butte, East Butte and North Yuba subbasins and authorizes and directs the Department
of Water and Resource Conservation to:
1. Evaluate whether basin boundaries should be adjusted in a manner that will improve the likelihood of
achieving sustainable groundwater management.
2. Pursue the development of an implementation strategy with other local public agencies.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 24th day of March, 2015 by
the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Wahl, Kirk, Lambert and Chair'teeter
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING- None
Doug'teeter, Chair
Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the ® d of Supervisors