HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024 -04 2 Resolution No. 24-04 Regulating de Minimis Extractors RESOLUTION NO. 24-04
RESOLUTION NO. 24-04 OF THE UKIAH VALLEY BASIN GROUNDWATER
SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY REGULATING DE MINIMIS EXTRACTORS
WHEREAS, the State of California enacted the Sustainable Groundwater Management
Act(SGMA)in 2014 to provide for the sustainable management of groundwater basins,to enhance
local management of groundwater consistent with rights to use or store groundwater, to provide
local groundwater agencies with the authority and the technical and financial assistance necessary
to sustainably manage groundwater,and to manage groundwater basins through the actions of local
governmental agencies to the greatest extent feasible (Wat. Code § 10720.1 et seq.); and
WHEREAS,the stated purpose of SGMA is to provide for the sustainable management of
groundwater basins by providing groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) with the authority, and
technical and financial assistance necessary to sustainably manage groundwater resources; and
WHEREAS, said powers and authorities include, but are not limited to the imposition and
collection of fees on all applicable properties to fund regulatory activities within the GSAs'
jurisdictional boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has designated the
Ukiah Valley Basin (DWR Bulletin 118 Basin Number 1-052) as a medium priority basin under
SGMA; and
WHEREAS, in 2017, the County of Mendocino, the City of Ukiah, the Russian River
Flood Control and Water Conservation Improvement District, and the Upper Russian River Water
Agency created the Ukiah Valley Basin GSA through the execution of a Joint Powers Agreement
for the purpose of collectively managing the entirety of the Ukiah Valley Basin; and
WHEREAS, the Ukiah Valley GSA developed a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP)
covering the entire basin as part of their effort to maintain local control of groundwater
management (Water Code, §10725 et seq.), and DWR approved the Ukiah Valley Basin GSP on
July 27, 2023; and
WHEREAS,the implementation of the GSP requires exercising the regulatory powers and
authorities provided in SGMA for all applicable parcels within its boundaries, of which, include de
minimis extractors (e.g., a person who extracts, for domestic purposes, two acre-feet or less per
year).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Directors of the Ukiah
Valley Basin GSA, that:
1. The Ukiah Valley Basin GSA will regulate de minimis extractors by this Resolution,
pursuant to Water Code section 10730(a).
2. While regulated, de minimis extractors will not be required to be metered.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED on this 1811 day of June 2024 by the following vote:
Chair McGourty: &I
Vice-Chair Crane: A
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Director McNerlin:
Director Nevarez: 11 '
Director Gaska:
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By:
Chair Glenn McGourty
CERTIFICATION
I certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted at a regular
meeting of the Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency held on the 10, day of
June 2024, of which meeting all Directors were notified and at which meeting a quorum was
present at all times and acting.
By: Date:
_14Mo, Nkc ODcA'Wk , Clerk/Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Ukiah Valley Basin
Groundwater Sustainability Agency, County of Mendocino, State of California
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