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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-12-15 UVBGSA MinutesPage 1 of 3 UKIAH VALLEY BASIN GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY Special Meeting Mendocino County Board of Supervisors Chamber 501 Low Gap Road, Ukiah, CA 95482 Virtual Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86074412428 Ukiah, CA 95482 December 15, 2025 3:00 p.m. 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The Ukiah Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (UVBGSA/GSA) met at a Special Meeting on December 15, 2025, having been legally noticed on December 11, 2025. The meeting was held in person and virtually at the following link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86074412428. Chair Cline called the meeting to order at 3:10 p.m. Roll was taken with the following Directors Present: Adam Gaska, Ag Representative; John Bailey, Russian River Flood Control (RRFC) District; Douglas F. Crane, City of Ukiah; and Madeline Cline, County of Mendocino. Director Absent: Eddie Nevarez, Tribal Representative. Staff Present: Blake Adams, GSA General Manager and Kristine Lawler, Ukiah City Clerk. Also Present: Jonathan Weldon, GSA Legal Counsel - Kronick Moskovitz Tiedmann & Girard (KMTG). CHAIR CLINE PRESIDING. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Director Blake Adams, General Manager. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Presenter: Chair Cline. Motion/Second: Crane/Gaska to approve the agenda. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Gaska, Bailey, Crane, and Cline. NOES: None. ABSENT: Nevarez. ABSTAN: None. 3. AUDIENCE COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS No public comments were received. 4. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS a. Technical Program Updates. Presenter: Audra Bardsley, Larry Walker Associates. A PowerPoint presentation was given. Public Comment: Javier Silva (submitting comments via Zoom chat). Update was received. Groundwater Sustainability Agency Minutes for December 15, 2025, Continued: Page 2 of 3 b. Discussion of Well Inventory Phase II Activities and Fiscal Impact. Presenter: Blake Adams, General Manager. A PowerPoint presentation was given. No public comment was received. Motion/Second: Gaska/Bailey to amend the On-call technical support agreement with Larry Walker Associates to enable Well Inventory Phase II activities. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Gaska, Bailey, Crane, and Cline. NOES: None. ABSENT: Nevarez. ABSTAN: None. c. Discussion of Periodic Evaluation or Periodic Evaluation & Plan Amendment activities and Fiscal Impact. Presenter: Blake Adams, General Manager. A PowerPoint presentation was given. No public comment was received. Motion/Second: Gaska/Bailey to conduct a Periodic Evaluation (PE) of the agency’s Groundwater Sustainability Plan (Option 1:PE) and forgo the combined option to conduct a Period Evaluation and Plan Amendment (Option 2:PE + PA), and authorize the General Manager to amend the on-call technical contract with Larry Walker Associations to enable that work. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Gaska, Bailey, Crane, and Cline. NOES: None. ABSENT: Nevarez. ABSTAN: None. d. Possible Approval of Cost-Sharing Agreement with the Small Groundwater Sustainability Agency Coalition. Presenter: Blake Adams, General Manager. No public comment was received. Motion/Second: Crane/Gaska to enter a cost-sharing agreement with the Small Groundwater Sustainability Agency Coalition. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Gaska, Bailey, Crane, and Cline. NOES: None. ABSENT: Nevarez. ABSTAN: None. 5. CONSENT CALENDAR a. Approval of the Minutes for the August 28, 2025, Regular Meeting. Motion/Second: Crane/Bailey to approve the Consent Calendar item 5a, as submitted. Motion carried by the following roll call votes: AYES: Bailey, Crane, and Cline. NOES: None. ABSENT: Nevarez. ABSTAN: Gaska. 6. STAFF AND PARTNER UPDATES a. Updates from General Manager. Presenter: Blake Adams, UVBGSA General Manager. A PowerPoint presentation was given. Public Comment – Javier Silva, Dakota Perez, and Javier Silva (speaking a second time). Groundwater Sustainability Agency Minutes for December 15, 2025, Continued: Page 3 of 3 Member Consensus to direct Staff to bring back to the next meeting all quarterly reports including the City of Ukiah’s cost to administer the agreement. Updates were received. b. Updates from GSA Legal Counsel. Presenter: Jonathan Weldon, GSA Legal Counsel - Kronick Moskovitz Tiedmann & Girard (KMTG). No public comment was received. Updates were received. 7. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND SET NEXT MEETING DATE a. Discussion and Consideration of Future Agenda Items and Scheduling of Next Meeting Date with Meeting to be Held at the County of Mendocino, Board of Supervisors Chamber, 501 Low Gap Rd., Ukiah, CA 95482, at 1:00 p.m. Presenter: Chair Cline No public comment was received. Member Consensus to direct Staff to:  Add the item discussed under the Director’s Report to the next agenda.  Agendize an update on the process for the agency operations and strategic plan development.  Hold the next regular meeting on the scheduled date of March 12, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. 8. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:13 p.m. _______________________________ Madeline Cline, Chair ATTEST: ________________________________ Kristine Lawler, Clerk Madeline Cline (Mar 16, 2026 13:49:26 PDT) Madeline Cline