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HomeMy WebLinkAbout22-166A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE VINA GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY'S APPLICATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GRANT ROUND 2 APPLICATION WHEREAS, Butte County is a Member Agency of the Vina Groundwater Sustainability Agency ("Vina GSA"); and WHEREAS, the Vina Groundwater Sustainability Agency ("Vina GSA") is a GSA in the Vina Subbasin; and WHEREAS, the two GSAs in the Vina Subbasin have adopted one Groundwater Sustainability Plan for the subbasin pursuant to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act ("SGMA") and pursuant to a Cooperation Agreement agreed to and executed by the Vina Subbasin GSAs; and WHEREAS, the Vina GSA is preparing an application to the California Department of Water Resources ("DWR") to obtain a grant under the Sustainable Groundwater Management (SGM) Grant Program SGMA Implementation Grant pursuant to the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All! Act of 2018 (Pub. Resources Code, § 80,000, et seq.) and the Budget Acts of 2021 and 2022; and WHEREAS, DWR will accept one application, per subbasin during the SGM Grant Program's SGMA implementation, Round 2; and WHEREAS, it is the intention, of Butte County that one grant application be submitted on behalf of the entire Vina Subbasin for the Round 2 Solicitation; and WHEREAS, Butte County desires to work cooperatively with the Vina GSA Member Agencies, the Rock Creek Reclamation District GSA, and other project proponents in the submission of an application to DWR and in developing and undertaking projects and other activities pursuant to the Vina GSA's application to DWR; and WHEREAS, the Vina GSA's application includes projects and management actions that are consistent with the Vina Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan; these projects are of interest and of benefit to Butte County, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte that the County supports the Vina GSA's application to DWR to obtain a grant under the SGM Grant Program SGMA Implementation Grant pursuant to the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of 2018 (Pub. Resources Code, § 80000, et seq.) and the Budget Acts of 2021 and 2022. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Butte County, a Member Agency of the Vina GSA, acknowledges that the Vina GSA has the authority and shall enter into a funding agreement with DWR to receive a grant benefitting one or more SGMA projects in the Vina Subbasin. vote: �PASSED AND ADOPTED by the (Butte County Board of Supervisors this 8th day of November, 2022 by the following AYES: Supervisors Ritter, Kimmelshue, Teeter and Chair Connelly NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None F-11 I MM Andy Pickett, Chief Administrative Officer and Cl rk of the Board Supervisors Cl By: Deputy Bill Connellly, Chair Butte County Board of Supervisors