HomeMy WebLinkAbout22-167Resolution No. 22-167
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE WYANDOTTE CREEK GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY( AGENC'Y'S APPLICATION
FOR A SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GRANT ROUND 2 APPLICATION
WHEREAS, Butte County is a Member Agency of the 'Wyandotte Creek Groundwater Sustainabillity Agency
("Wyandotte Creek GSA"); and
WHEREAS, the 'Wyandotte Creek Groundwater Sustainability Agency ("Wyandotte Creek GSA") is the GSA in the
Wyandotte Creek Subbasin; and
WHEREAS, the Wyandotte Creek Subbasin has adopted one Groundwater Sustainability Plan for the subbasin
pursuant to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act ("SGMA") and pursuant to a Joint Powers Agreement agreed
to and executed) by the Wyandotte Creek GSA Member Agencies; and
WHEREAS, the Wyandotte Creek 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, § 80000, 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
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WHEREAS, it is the intention of Butte County that one grant application be submitted on behalf of the entire
Wyandotte Creek Subbasin for the Round 2 Solicitation; and
WHEREAS, Butte County desires to work cooperatively with the Wyandotte Creek GSA Member Agencies and
other project proponents in the submission of an application to DWR and in developing and undertaking projects and
other activities pursuant to the Wyandotte Creek GSA's application to DWR; and
WHEREAS, the Wyandotte Creek GSA's application includes projects and management actions that are consistent
with the Wyandotte Creek 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 Wyandotte Creek 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 Wyandotte Creek GSA, acknowledges that
the Wyandotte Creek 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 Wyandotte Creek Subbasin.
vote:
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 8t" day of November, 2022 by the following
AYES: Supervisors Ritter, Kimmelshue, Teeter and Chair Connelly
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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Andy Pickett, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clnrk of the Boar Supervisors
By:
"beputy
'Bill Connelly, Chair
Butte County Board of Supervisors