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Resolution No. 15-0$4
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC GROUNDWATER USER REPRESENTATION ON
GOVERNING BOARDS TO IMPLEMENT THE SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ACT
WHEREAS, on January 1, 2015, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) went into effect,
which requires local agencies with land use and or water management or water supply authority to do certain tasks
to reach sustainability of medium and high priority groundwater subbasins as designated by the State of California
Department of Water Resources; and
WHEREAS, there are four high and/or medium priority subbasins with the County of Butte, namely Vina,
West Butte, East Butte, and Wyandotte Creek; and
WHEREAS, SGMA authorizes local public agencies with land use, water management, or water supply
responsibilities to designate themselves as a Groundwater Sustainability Agency(GSA)for the purpose of developing
and implementing a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP); and
WHEREAS, Butte County has elected to be a Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) in each subbasin for
areas not covered by another GSA; and
WHEREAS, Butte County and the other GSAs support developing and implementing one GSP in each subbasin;
and
WHEREAS, Butte County and the other GSAs are working to develop mutually agreeable governance
structures that may include forming a Joint Powers Agency, entering into a memorandum of understand and forming
advisory committees; and
WHEREAS, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act requires that GSAs consider the interests of the
beneficial users of groundwater including agriculture and domestic groundwater users; and
WHEREAS,on October 10,2016,the Butte County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 16-151 which
created the Groundwater Pumpers Advisory Committee; and
WHEREAS, the Groundwater Pumpers Advisory Committee is charged with providing the Board of
Supervisors with recommendations on the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act; and
WHEREAS, on April 17, 2015, the Groundwater Pumpers Advisory Committee passed a motion (6-1)
recommending that the Board of Supervisors support two agricultural groundwater pumpers and one domestic well
user be part of the governing board in each subbasin.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Butte County Boardl of Supervisors hereby supports having two
agricultural groundwater pumpers and one domestic well user be part of the governing board in:the West Butte and
East Butte subbasins.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 22nd day of May, 2018, by the following
vote:
AYES:Supervisors Connelly, Wahl, Kirk, Teeter, and Chair Lambert
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
Steve Lambe d/, Chair
Butte County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
EST:
Shari McCracken, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By:
Deputy,