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From:Clerk of the Board
To:Clerk of the Board; Connelly, Bill; Cook, Holly; Cook, Robin; Durfee, Peter; Jessee, Meegan; Kimmelshue, Tod;
Kitts, Melissa; Krater, Sharleen; Lee, Lewis; Little, Melissa; Pickett, Andy; Ritter, Tami; Stephens, Brad J.;
Sweeney, Kathleen; Teeter, Doug; Zepeda, Elizabeth; Loeser, Kamie
Cc:Nuzum, Danielle
Subject:Public Comment - 4.6 - FW: Ground Water Board - Jim Graydon
Date:Monday, December 15, 2025 10:36:28 AM
Attachments:Letter of Support Ground Water Board 2025.docx
Please see Public Comment for item 4.6 -
From: Lynne Elhardt <bratpeep@aol.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2025 8:33 AM
To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>
Subject: Ground Water Board - Jim Graydon
Please consider the attached letter as my support for appointing Mr. Jim Graydon to
the board for Non-Agricultural Domestic Well User.
Thank you,
~Lynne and Bryan Elhardt
2020 Bidwell Avenue
Chico, CA 95926
December 13, 2025
Honorable Board of Supervisors,
Thank you for considering qualified applicants for the Non-Agricultural Domestic Well User Board of
Director position, and thank you for the opportunity to express support for my preferred candidate. I am a
domestic well user in the Vina subbasin. I’m writing to express support for the appointment of Jim
Graydon. I believe he is the most qualified candidate for this role. There is growing concern among the
domestic well owners that our water rights will no longer belong to us.
Mr. Graydon has decades of technical consulting experience in water resources management,
groundwater remediation, and wastewater treatment. Mr. Graydon also holds a wealth of public service
experience as a Domestic Well User Representative on the Vina GSA Stakeholder Advisory Committee.
His past Board Member service with the CA Onsite Wastewater Association and the CA Association of
Sanitation Agencies lends him further relevant experience.
Mr. Graydon prioritizes trust-building between various stakeholder bodies and will address
communication barriers between them. He engages with a wide network of Domestic Groundwater Users
and acts as a trusted messenger for this community. Jim Graydon would be a great asset to thoughtful, fair
and evidence-based decision-making on the Vina GSA Board of Directors.
With respect, please appoint Mr. Graydon to sit on the Non-Agricultural Domestic Well User Board.
Sincerely,
Bryan and Lynne Elhardt
202 Bidwell Avenue
Chico, CA. 95926