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UKIAH VALLEY BASIN GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY
340 Lake Mendocino Dr. • Ukiah • California 95482 • (707)463-4363 • fax (707)463-5474
GSA Administration Staff Report
Item No. 4b
Date 12/08/2022
From UVBGSA General Manager (Erik Cadaret, West Yost)
To Board of Directors
Subject Resolution for DWR Round 2 SGM Implementation Grant Application
Consent Agenda ☐ Regular Agenda ☒ Notice of Public Hearing ☐
Recommended Action
Board will discuss and consider adoption of resolution that’s required for the DWR Round 2 SGM
Implementation Grant Application that the GSA will be submitting in December. Board adopt resolution
22-05.
Background
On September 8th, 2022, the UVBGSA Board directed GSA Staff to prepare a letter proposal for West
Yost, in cooperation with Larry Walker Associates (LWA) through their existing on-call contract with the
GSA to provide technical support, to prepare and submit a GSA grant application for the California
Department of Water Resources (DWR_ Round 2 SGM Implementation Grant, and for the Board Chair to
appoint an Ad-Hoc to guide the proposal and application process. The grant application was originally
due on November 30, 2022, but the grant deadline was moved to December 16th. The Board Chair has
since formed a Grant Ad-Hoc Committee (Committee) consisting of two Board members, two TAC
members, GSA Staff, and LWA staff. The Committee approved West Yost’s proposal in October 2022 and
since then, West Yost and LWA have worked with the Committee to develop the grant application.
The grant application requires a specific resolution be adopted by the GSA Board to complete the grant
application. The resolution’s purpose is to formally document that the GSA’s has prepared and
submitted an application to DWR, has the authority and shall enter into a funding agreement with DWR
to receive a grant for the Ukiah Valley Basin Sustainability and Recharge Planning Program, and has
designated the GSA General Manager to prepare the necessary data, conduct investigations, file such
application, execute a funding agreement and any future amendments thereto, submit invoices, and
submit any reporting requirements with DWR. This grant resolution was prepared as UVBGSA Resolution
22-05 (Attachment 1).
UKIAH VALLEY BASIN GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY
340 Lake Mendocino Dr. • Ukiah • California 95482 • (707)463-4363 • fax (707)463-5474
Fiscal Impact
If the grant is fully awarded, it will provide the GSA up to $5,849,140 to implement the Ukiah Valley
Basin Sustainability and Recharge Planning Program. It’s anticipated that 90% of these funds will be
provided to the GSA upon execution of the grant agreement per communications from DWR staff and
that the remaining 10% of the funds that are withheld will be fully reimbursed at the end of the grant
contract on April 30, 2026.