HomeMy WebLinkAbout6-11-20 UVBGSA Minutes - FinalNOTICE OF MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (“Agency”) Board of Directors (“Board”) will hold its regular Board Meeting at:
1:30 P.M. - Thursday, June 11, 2020
Mendocino County Board of Supervisors Chambers,
501 Low Gap Road, Room 1070, CA 95482
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 1:32 pm
Present: Chair Carre Brown, Director Douglas Crane, Director Zac Robinson, Director Ken Todd, Director Alfred White
Absent: Director Brandi Brown
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by: Director Zac Robinson
CONSENT ITEMS
Approval of Minutes from the March 12, 2020 Meeting
Presenter/s: Chair Brown
Public Comment: None.
Board Action: Upon motion by Director White, seconded by Director Robinson, and carried (6/11/2020); IT IS ORDERED that the minutes with corrections from the March 12, 2020, Ukiah Valley
Groundwater Sustainability Agency are hereby approved.
STAFF UPDATES
Presenter/s: Ms. Sarah Dukett, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Mendocino County
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
Presenter/s: None
Presenter/s: Ms. Laura Foglia, Senior Engineer, Larry Walker Associates; Mr. Amir Mani, Larry Walker Associates; and Ms. Sarah Dukett, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Mendocino County
Public Comment: Devon Jones, Mendocino County Farm Bureau
The Board received a presentation regarding the work completed for the integrated model including the PRMS rainfall runoff watershed model, MODFLOW groundwater model and the GSFLOW agriculture
model. The Board also received an updated on the Groundwater Sustainability Plan chapter development including the status of Chapter 2.1 and 2.2 and the additional information required
to complete those sections.
Board Action: None.
Presentation, Discussion, and Possible Action Regarding the Development of Sustainability Goals for Water Quality Degradation and Subsidence
Presenter/s: Ms. Laura Foglia, Senior Engineer, Larry Walker Associates; Mr. Amir Mani, Larry Walker Associates; and Ms. Sarah Dukett, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Mendocino County
Public Comment: Devon Jones, Mendocino County Farm Bureau
The Board received a presentation regarding Sustainable Management Criteria. Larry Walker Associates reviewed the six sustainability indicators and management criteria components. A
summary of the sustainability goal survey of the Technical Advisory Committee and Board of Directors was presented along with a working draft of a basin sustainability goal. Options
and recommendations regarding sustainable management criteria for water quality and subsidence were reviewed and feedback solicited from the Board of Directors.
Board Action: Direction to staff that the Board is in agreement with the general recommendations of the Technical Advisory Committee. The water quality section should highlight the different
types of water use and the naturally occurring constituents and integrate that information into the threshold and trigger development.
Discussion and Possible Adoption of the Proposed Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Budget
Presenter/s: Ms. Sarah Dukett, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Mendocino County
Public Comment: None.
The Board received a presentation regarding the proposed FY 2020-2021 UVBGSA budget.
Board Action: Upon motion by Director Crane, seconded by Director White, and carried (6/11/2020); IT IS ORDERED that the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 budget is hereby approved.
Absent: Director Brown
Abstain: Director Robinson
DIRECTOR REPORTS
Presenter/s: Chair Brown
Public Comment: None.
ADJOURNMENT
(3:09 pm)
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CARRE BROWN, Chair
Attest: Secretary
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