HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-10-21 UVBGSA Draft MinutesAction Minutes – October 21, 2021
Agenda Item No. 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL (1:31 P.M.)
Present: Directors Glen McGourty, Alfred White, Ross LaRue, and Zachary Robinson. Chair McGourty presiding.
Absent: Director Douglas Crane and Director Eddie Nevarez.
Mendocino County Staff Present: Howard Dashiell, Director of Transportation; Amber Fisette, Deputy Director of Transportation; James Linderman, Senior Environmental Compliance Specialist;
Michael Harrigan, Environmental Compliance Specialist; and Nicole French, Department Analyst II.
Public Attendees: Devon Jones, Laura Foglia, M. Katy Janes, Marisa Perez-Reyes, Michael Webster, Paul Z., Alternate Director Mo Mulheren, Amir Mani, Jared Walker, Sean White, Deborah
Edelman, and Elizabeth Salomone.
Agenda Item No. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was lead by: Chair McGourty.
Agenda Item No. 3. CONSENT ITEMS
Presenter: Chair McGourty.
Public Comment: Elizabeth Salomone.
Board Action: Upon motion by Director White, seconded by Director Robinson, and carried unanimously (4/2, with Directors Crane and Nevarez absent); IT IS ORDERED that Consent Calendar
item 4(a) is hereby approved as follows:
Authorization to Staff to Draft Letters of Support on behalf of Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater Basin Sustainability Agency for Grant Proposals which Promote Drought Relief or Water Resiliency
in the Ukiah Valley Basin.
Agenda Item No. 4a. Authorize Staff to Prepare and Issue a Request for Proposals for a Consultant to Perform Administrative Duties for the Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability
Agency
Presenter: Amber Fisette.
Public Comment: Elizabeth Salomone.
Board Action: Upon motion by Director LaRue, seconded by Director Robinson, and carried unanimously (4/2, with Directors Crane and Nevarez absent); IT IS ORDERED that Authorize staff
to prepare and issue a Request for Proposals for a consultant to perform administrative duties for the Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency.
Agenda Item No. 4b. Receive Reports from Directors and have Further Discussion on Member Agency Contribution Commitments and Funding Mechanisms
Presenters: Amber Fisette, Director White, and Director LaRue.
Public Comment: Elizabeth Salomone, Jared Walker, and Sean White
General Consensus of the Board: Mendocino County staff is directed to send invoices to member agencies.
Agenda Item No. 4c. Direct Staff to Request a Proposal from Larry Walker and Associates for Preparation of the First Annual Report and Return to the Board at a Future Meeting for the
Board to Consider Recommending to the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors an Amendment to the Existing Agreement with Larry Walker and Associates to Prepare the Report
Presenter: Amber Fisette.
Public Comment: Laura Foglia.
Board Action: Upon motion by Director White, seconded by Director LaRue, and carried unanimously (4/2, with Directors Crane and Nevarez absent); IT IS ORDERED that staff is directed
to request a proposal from Larry Walker and Associates (LWA) for preparation of the first annual report and return to the Board at a future meeting for the Board to consider recommending
to BOS an amendment to the existing Agreement with LWA to prepare the report.
Agenda Item No. 4d. Authorization of Budget Adjustment, in the amount of $13,000, to Reimburse Mendocino County for Spring 2022 Groundwater Monitoring and Discussion and Possible Direction
Regarding Contracting an Entity to Conduct Groundwater Monitoring Beginning July 2022
Presenters: Amber Fisette and Deborah Edelman.
Public Comment: Elizabeth Salomone.
Board Action: Upon motion by Director LaRue, seconded by Director Robinson, and carried unanimously (4/2, with Directors Crane and Nevarez absent); IT IS ORDERED that authorization
of a budget adjustment, in the amount of $13,000, to Reimburse Mendocino County for Spring 2022 Groundwater Monitoring is hereby approved.
General Consensus of the Board: Direct Mendocino County Resource Conservation district staff to provide quotes for groundwater monitoring regiments.
Agenda Item No. 4e. Presentation from Larry Walker Associates on the Initial Review of the Public Comments on the Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency Groundwater Sustainability
Plan
Presenters: Laura Foglia and Amir Mani.
Public Comment: None.
Board Action: No action taken.
Agenda Item No. 4f. Discussion and Appointment of a Secretary of the Ukiah Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency
Presenter: Amber Fisette.
Public Comment: Elizabeth Salomone.
Board Action: Upon motion by Director Robinson, seconded by Director LaRue, and carried unanimously (4/2, with Directors Crane and Nevarez absent); IT IS ORDERED that Director
White is hereby appointed as Secretary of the Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency.
Agenda Item No. 5. DIRECTORS REPORTS
Presenters: Chair McGourty and Director Robinson.
Public Comment: Elizabeth Salomone.
Board Action: No action taken.
Agenda Item No. 6. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
Presenter: Amber Fisette.
Public Comment: Elizabeth Salomone and Laura Foglia.
Board Action: No action taken.
Agenda Item No. 7. ADJOURNMENT (3:02 P.M.)
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Glenn McGourty, Chair
Attest: Secretary
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