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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEmail from Paul Gosselin - Item 5.04 Resolution Supporting Proposed Boundary Modifications - SGMA Commitments Menchaca, Clarissa From: Gosselin:, Paul Sent: Monday,July 23, 2018 12:11 PM To: Clerk of the Board; BOS Cc: McCracken, Shari; Buck, Christina; Hatcher, Casey Subject: Agenda Item 5.04 Attachments: SGIVIA Commitments.docx Board of Supervisors As part of tomorrow's agenda item 5.04, Resolutions Supporting Basin Boundary Modifications, Susan Strachan and others have sought assurances from Butte County and other GSAs that we would commit to three principles (attached). Christina and I will discuss these as part of our presentation. I am forwarding the proposed commitments to you as requested. Thank you. Paul Taufgosse(it4 Director Butte County Department of Water and Resource Conservation 308 Nelson Avenue Oroville, CA 95965 Office: (530) 552-3590 Cell: (530)574-7443 From: Kirk, Maureen Sent: Monday,July 23, 2018 11:37 AM To: Gosselin, Paul <PGosseIin@buttecounty.net> Cc: Buck, Christina <CBuck@buttecounty.niet> Subject: Points to consider for the new Vina and Butte basins I just talked with Susan Strachan. She gave me the three points of commitment that your group talked about to make the subasins more open to the public, etc. Will you bring that tomorrow or email it to the BOS today? Thanks Maureen Commitment 1 All GSAs commit to 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. Commitment 2 All GSAs commit to using the same data, methodologies and assumptions for the four subbasins as currently defined for the following elements: (a) Groundwater elevation data. (b) Groundwater extraction data. (c) Surface water supply. (d) Total water use. (e) Change in groundwater storage; (f) Water budget. (g) Sustainable yield and (h) interbasin flow. These elements are required to be consistent when multiple plans are developed within a subbasin. Commitment 3 All GSAs commit to identifying, analyzing and including feasible recharge and water supply projects in their groundwater sustainability plans, without regard to the proposed subbasin boundaries, particularly the opportunities for utilizing supply from available surface water in the County.