HomeMy WebLinkAboutGSA Reso 2025-05 - Setting Groundwater Sustainability Fees for FY 25-26 - signedRESOLUTION NO. 2025-05
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE UKIAH VALLEY BASIN
GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY (UVBGSA/GSA) SETTING GROUNDWATER
SUSTAINABILITY FEES FOR FY25-26.
WHEREAS, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) of 2014 provides
groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) with the authority to impose and collect fees on all
applicable properties to fund regulatory activities within the GSAs' jurisdictional boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the Ukiah Valley Basin GSA is the exclusive GSA over the Ukiah Valley Basin and
developed a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) covering the entire basin, which the
Department of Water Resources approved on July 27, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Ukiah Valley Basin GSA approved a groundwater
sustainability fee on June 18, 2024, as authorized by Water Code section 10730 to fund the costs
of a groundwater sustainability program, including implementation of the Ukiah Valley Basin GSP;
and
WHEREAS, the fee resolution (No. 005-2024) authorized the Board of Directors to adjust the
maximum fee rate to be levied in future fiscal years based on the annual change in the West
Region Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers ("CPI" or "CPI-U"), measured each March
of the
preceding calendar year, with an annual adjustment not to exceed 4% per year based on increased
cost projections for each upcoming fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the prepared annual budget for the agency includes increased costs due to inflation;
and
WHEREAS, the West Region Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers ("CPI" or "CPI-U")
from March 2024 to March 2025 was 2.24%; and
WHEREAS, a 2.24 % increase of the groundwater sustainability fee would result in the rates set
forth in Attachment A; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors reviewed and considered the UVBGSA's Annual Budget for the
period July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, attached hereto, and has determined that a 2.24% increase
to the Groundwater Sustainability Fee is necessary to account for inflationary cost increases in the
upcoming fiscal year.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF UKIAH VALLEY BASIN GSA DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
1.The Groundwater Sustainability Fee for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 is set at the rates identified in
Attachment A on the terms and conditions set in Resolution No. 005-2024; and
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2. The Agency Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to file a certified copy of this
resolution with the Auditor-Controller of the County of Mendocino. Upon such filing, the County
Auditor-Controller shall enter on the County assessment roll opposite each lot or parcel of land
the amount of fee thereupon as shown in the levy roll. The fees shall continue to be collected at
the same time and in the same manner as County taxes are collected and all the laws
providing for collection and enforcement shall apply to the collection and enforcement of the
assessments. After collection by the County, the net amount of the assessments, after
deduction of any compensation due the County for collection, shall be paid to the Agency; and
3. The Agency General Manager is hereby authorized and directed to cause the direct billing of
the fee for entities that do not receive a tax bill; and
4. The Agency General Manager and Agency Counsel are hereby authorized and directed to take
such other and further steps as may be necessary or appropriate to implement the intent and
purpose of this resolution.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of Ukiah Valley Groundwater Sustainability
Agency, this 12th day of June 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: Directors Gaska, Bailey, Crane, and Chair Cline
NOES: None
ABSENT: Directors McNerlin and Nevarez
ABSTAIN: None
Madeline Cline, UVBGSA Chair
ATTEST:
Kristine Lawler, UVBGSA Clerk
Madeline Cline (Jun 23, 2025 15:58 PDT)
Madeline Cline
Kristine Lawler (Jun 23, 2025 16:14 PDT)
Kristine Lawler
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ATTACHMENT A
Fee Component FY 2025 Fee
FY 2026
Fee
PART 1 FEE: BASE FEE 4.07 4.16 Per Acre in GSA Boundary
Every parcel is charged the base fee plus the group fee for the group the parcel is classified as [1]
PART 2 FEES
GROUP 1 PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS $0.1352 $0.1382 Per 1,000 gallons extracted
GROUP 2 CROP LAND $32.75 $33.48 Per Cropped Acre [2]
GROUP 3 IMPROVED PROPERTIES [4] $34.67 $35.44 Per Acre of Entire Parcel [3]
GROUP 4 ALL OTHER $0.00 $0.00
1] Federal properties and tribal properties held in trust by the Federal government are exempt.
2] Properties classified group 2 because of a medium, large, or nursery cannabis license capped at 1.0
acre.
3] Residential group 3 properties capped at 0.5 acres.
4] Improved properties not in groups 1 or 2.
Note: The fee is automatically increased by the March to March change in the West Region Consumer
Price
Index for All Urban Consumers, as shown below.
Mar-24 332.202
Mar-25 339.627
Change 7.425
Percentage
Change 2.24%