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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-10-15 TAC MinutesPage 1 of 2 UKIAH VALLEY BASIN GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY (UVBGSA) TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC) Regular Meeting AGENDA County of Mendocino Conference Room B 501 Low Gap Road ♦ Ukiah, CA 95482 Virtual Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89520774769 October 15, 2025 1:00 p.m. 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) to the Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) met at a Regular Meeting on October 15, 2025, having been legally noticed on October 10, 2025. The meeting was held in person and virtually at the following link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89520774769. A quorum was not established and Blake Adams, TAC General Manager, spoke to the TAC’s legal counsel, Johnathan Weldon, who determined that the TAC could proceed with the presentation and discussion but could not take any action. Therefore, without an established Chair or Vice Chair, Blake Adams called the meeting to order at 1:23 p.m. Roll was taken with the following Members Present: Amber Fisette, County of Mendocino; Adam Gaska, Agricultural Representative; Stephen Maples, Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA) (RCD); and Chris Watt, Russian River Flood Control (RRFC). Members Absent: Laurel Marcus, California Land Steward Institute (CLSI – who participated virtually as a public member) Joe Scriven, Mendocino County Resource Conservation District (MCRCD); Javier Silva, Tribal Representative; and Sean White, City of Ukiah. Staff Present: Blake Adams, General Manager and Kristine Lawler, Clerk. Also Present: Chelsea Spier, Department of Water Resources (DWR); Dakota Perez, Pinoleville Pomo Nation (PPN) Water Resources; Dominic Blum-Gutierrez, Department of Water Resources; Audra Bardsley, Ethan Brown, and Laura Foglia, Larry Walker Associates; Laura Garza, University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE); Madeline Cline, Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (UVBGSA); Russian River Flood Control (RRFC); and Terri McCartney, Pinoleville Environmental Director. GENERAL MANAGER ADAMS PRESIDING. 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Due to lack of a quorum, this item was not presented. 2. AUDIENCE COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS Public Comment: Dominic Blu-Gutierrez, Department of Water Resources. 4. BUSINESS ITEMS a. Discussion and Possible Nomination and Appointment of a Chair and Vice Chair of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for the Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (UVBGSA) for the 2025-26 Fiscal Year. Due to lack of a quorum, this item was not presented. Technical Advisory Committee Minutes for October 15, 2025, Continued: Page 2 of 2 5. PARTNER UPDATES a.Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (UVBGSA/GSA) Staff Updates. Presenters: Audra Bardsley, Larry Walker Associates and Blake Adams, General Manager. Public Comment: Dakota Perez, Pinoleville Pomo Nation (PPN) Water Resources; Laurel Marcus, California Land Steward Institute (CLSI); and Chelsea Spier, Department of Water Resources (DWR). Member Consensus to recommend proceeding with the Phase 2 inventory. Members expressed their preference to make a recommendation to the GSA to move forward with a Periodic Evaluation (PE). Report was received. Additional Updates presented: Dakota Perez, Pinoleville Pomo Nation (PPN) Water Resources. RECESS: 3:03 – 3:07 P.M. 6. GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT a.Update from the General Manager. Presenter: Blake Adams, General Manager. Report was received. 7. CONSENT CALENDAR a.Approval of the Minutes for the May 7, 2025, TAC Regular Meeting. Due to lack of a quorum, this item was not presented. 8. SET NEXT MEETING DATE a.Discussion to Establishing a Regular Meeting Date, Time, and Location Presenter: Blake Adams, General Manager. General Manager Adams announced that the next regular meeting on February 11, 2026, [at the County of Mendocino, Conference Room B, located at 501 Low Gap Road in Ukiah]. Member request to Staff to give background information on the various items prior to meetings so that members know what is being asked of them. 9.ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:27 p.m. ________________________________ Kristine Lawler, CMC/CPMC Note: The clerk took these minutes under duress with the opinion that a Brown Act group – even an advisory committee - should not meet when a quorum has not been established even for discussion and non-actionable items.