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RESOLUTION AFFIRMING BUTTE COUNTY'S COMMITMENT
TO IMPLEMENT KEY PROVISIONS OF THE SUSTAINABLE GROUDNWATER MANAGEMENT ACT
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 §10723(a)); 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 a Groundwater Sustainability Agency for portions of the V'ina, West Butte, East Butte,
and Wyandotte Creek subbasins in Butte County, and
WHEREAS, Butte County and the other Groundwater Sustainability Agencies have committed to develop one
groundwater sustainability plan in each suibbasin and are working toward mutually agreeable governance structures; and
WHEREAS, SGMA places certain responsibilities upon Groundwater Sustainability Agencies to engage the public,
utilize the same data and methodologies, and identify projects that will sustain groundwater resources; and
WHEREAS, Butte County has committed throughout the SGMA process to compliance, public participation, data
sharing, and identification of viable and sustainable water management solutions; and
WHEREAS, reaffirming Butte County's commitment to key provisions of SGMA will provide a foundation for the
development of governance structures and groundwater sustainability plan development.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Butte County Board of Supervisors hereby commitments to:.
1. Use an inclusive and transparent public process that provides the opportunity for stakeholders to review. This
process will provide the public with the opportunity to provide substantive input on draft elements of governance
structures formed for the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and on the groundwater sustainability plans
developed pursuant to that act. The process will be formal, with a proper notification process for all interested
parties and will include adequate public notice and meetings held in the very late afternoon or evenings so that.
members of the public can attend. Where input is not incorporated into revisions of proposed elements, the
revised documents will include the reasoning and support for the direction chosen;
3. Use the same data, methodologies and assumptions for the fowroubbasins as currently defined for the fnU|ovving
elements: (a) Groundwater elevation data; (b) Groundwater extraction data; (c) Surface water supply; (d) Total
water use; (e) Change |mgroundwater storage; (f) Water budget; (g) Sustainable yield; and (h) ioterbasinflow.
These elements are required to be consistent when mwltip|e groundwater sustainability plans are developed
within asubbas[n; and
3. Identify, analyze and include feasible recharge and water supply projects inthegrVundvvatersustainahiNtyp|ans,
without regard to the proposed suhbasin boundaries, particularly the opportunities for utilizing supply from
available surface water inthe County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED bythe Butte County Board ofSupervisors this, 14Po day ofAugust, 201O, bvthe following
vote:
AYES:Supervisors Connelly, Wahl, Kirk,Teeter, and Chair Lambert
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
Steve .
Chair
Butte County Board ofSupervisors
ATTEST:
Shari McCracken,Chief Administrative Officer