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MINUTES
MEETING OF JUNE 2, 2016
Conference Room A, City Hall North, 1600 Truxtun Avenue
ACTION TAKEN
1. CALL TO ORDER REGULAR MEETING - 10:03a.m.
2.. ROLL CALL
Present: Chairman Pala, Chair Members Hanson
and Lundquist
Absent: None
3. PUBLIC STATEMENTS
None.
4. APPROVAL OF APRIL 14, 2016 MINUTES
Motion by Chair Member Hanson, seconded by APPROVED
Chair Member Lundquist, for approval of the
minutes.
5. NEW BUSINESS
A. Correspondence Received From Post Office
City Clerk Roberta Gafford and City Water
Resources Manager Art Chianello made staff
comments.
B. Review and Approval of KRGSA Bylaws
City Attorney Ginny Gennaro made staff
comments.
Motion by Chair Member Hanson, seconded by APPROVED
Chair Member Lundquist, to adopt The Kern
River Groundwater Sustainability Agency's
Bylaws, with an amendment to Page 3. Section
I to read that regular meetings will be held on
the first Thursday of each month.
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5. NEW BUSINESS continued ACTION TAKEN
C. Update from Management Group
i. Meeting with Jim Nickel
General Manager of Kern Delta Water
District Mark Mulkay gave an update.
ii. RFP Progress
City Water Resources Manager
Art Chianello made staff comments.
Chair Member Hanson announced
that this item will be continued to the
next meeting.
iii. White Paper Review
ID4 Manager David Beard gave a
report and recommended that the
KRGSA develop its own set of white
papers.
V. Update on ITRC Study and KGA
Activities
ID4 Manager David Beard gave an
update and referenced a map that
was placed on file.
V. Cost Sharing and Consultant
Agreements
City Attorney Ginny Gennaro made
staff comments.
General Manager of Kern Delta Water
District Mark Mulkay announced that
the staff and attorneys from the three
agencies will meet to discuss cost
sharing and agreements in order to
develop a recommendation for the
next KRGSA meeting.
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S. NEW BUSINESS continued ACTION TAKEN
vi. Website Address
City Water Resources Manager Art
Chionello made staff comments and
provided two possible website
addresses.
Chairman Polla recommended that
staff secure both addresses for future
use.
D. Approval of City Finance Director as Fiscal
Agent
Motion by Chair Member Lundquist, seconded APPROVED
by Chair Member Hanson, to appoint City of
Bakersfield Finance Director Nelson Smith as the
agency's Fiscal Agent.
E. Update on GSA Status
City of Bakersfield Assistant City Manager Steve
Teglia gave an update and referenced the
GSA formation table from the State Water
Resources Department website.
City Attorney Ginny Gennaro submitted a draft
letter addressed to the County of Kern for
Agency approval.
Motion by Chair Member Lundquist, seconded APPROVED
by Chair Member Hanson, to approve the
distribution of this letter to the County of Kern.
F. Berrenda Mesa Banking Project Response
General Manager of Kern Delta Water
District Mark Mulkay stated that no information
has been received from Berrenda Mesa and
that staff has no report at this time.
6. COMMITTEE COMMENTS
7. ADJOURNMENT
{' Chairman Pallo adjourned the me fr g 11:28a.m.
CHAIR of the Kern River
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