HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-21 CC Reso - Appointing a Director and Alternate to Groundwater Sustainability Agency1
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RESOLUTION NO. 2017-21
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH APPOINTING A DIRECTOR
AND AN ALTERNATE TO THE UKIAH GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY
WHEREAS, the California legislature has adopted, and the Governor has signed into law, the
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 ("SGMA"). which authorizes local agencies
to manage groundwater in a sustainable fashion; and
WHEREAS, the legislative intent is to provide for sustainable management of groundwater
basins, to enhance local management of groundwater, to establish minimum standards for
sustainable groundwater management; and
WHEREAS, in order to exercise the authority granted in SGMA, a local agency or combination
of local agencies must elect to form a Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA); and
WHEREAS, the City of Ukiah (the City) is a local agency, as SGMA defines that term, and
WHEREAS, the City is committed to sustainable groundwater management of its groundwater
resources, as shown by, among other actions, its conservation efforts and substantial
community investment in conjunctive use infrastructure to establish groundwater sustainability;
and
WHEREAS, the City overlies the Ukiah Valley Groundwater Basin (UVGB), (designated basin
number 1-052) in the California Department of Water Resources' (DWR) groundwater basin
system; and
WHEREAS, the Ukiah Valley groundwater basin has been designated by DWR as a medium -
priority basin; and
WHEREAS, California Water Code Section 10723.2, as enacted by SGMA, requires that a
GSA consider the interests of all beneficial users of groundwater, as well as, those responsible
for implementing groundwater sustainability plans; and
WHEREAS, Water Code Section 10723.8 requires that a local public agency or combination of
local agencies electing to form a GSA notify the DWR of their election and intention to
undertake sustainable groundwater management within designated jurisdictional boundaries;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code 6066, notice of a public hearing on the City's
election to join in the formation of a GSA for the Ukiah Valley Groundwater Basin has been
published as required by law; and
WHEREAS, on April 19, 2017, the City Council Authorized the Mayor and City Manager to
execute a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) Forming the Ukiah Valley Groundwater Sustainability
Agency (GSA).
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Ukiah:
1. Hereby appoints the following as the City's designated director and alternate director of the
Ukiah Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency to serve in accordance with the Section 7.5 of
the JPA.
Director: Councilmember Douglas F. Crane
Alternate Director: vice Mayor Kevin Doble
2. The City Clerk is hereby directed to submit a copy of this Resolution to the Secretary of the
GSA in accordance with Section 7.3.1 of the JPA.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of April 2017, by the following roll call vote.
AYES: Councilmembers Scalmanini, Crane, Mulheren, Doble, and Mayor Brown
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
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Kristine Lawler, City Clerk
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Brown, Mayor
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