HomeMy WebLinkAboutGSA Reso 2025-01 Threshold for Direct Billing of GW Sustainability Fee Agenda Item: 4B, Attachment 1
Meeting Date:January 9, 2025
RESOLUTION NO.: 001-2025
Dated:January 9, 2025
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE UKIAH VALLEY BASIN GROUNDWATER
SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY ESTABLISHING A THRESHOLD FOR MINIMUM TOTAL BILLS TO BE
ISSUED THROUGH THE DIRECT BILLING OF THE GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY FEE.
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 majority of groundwater sustainability fees are collected by the Auditor-Controller
of the County of Mendocino and included in property tax bills; and
WHEREAS, the General Manager of the Ukiah Valley Basin GSA is authorized to issue and collect
direct bills of the groundwater sustainability fee for entities that do not receive a tax bill; and
WHEREAS, the costs of collection of some direct bills exceeds the potential income generated
from those direct bills.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF UKIAH VALLEY BASIN GSA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
1. That the General Manager of the Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater sustainability Agency, or
the Board's designee, is hereby authorized and directed to abstain from issuing direct bills of
the groundwater sustainability fee where the total bill is less than or equal to $20.00.
2. That should the Board of Directors of the Ukiah Valley Basin GSA adopt an annual fee increase
of 4% or the 12-month change (March to March) in the West Region Consumer Price Index
for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, as described in Resolution 24-05, then the direct bill total fee threshold of$20.00
should increase by an equal percentage or amount.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of Ukiah Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency,this
9tn day of January 2025, by the following vote:
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Agenda Item:4B, Attachment 1
Meeting Date:January 9, 2025
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AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN:
SO ORDERED
The within instrument is a correct copy of the original on file with this office.
ATTEST: DATE:January 9, 2025
Theresa McNerlin
Secretary/Clerk of the Board of Directors of the Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency,
County of Mendocino, State of California
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