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Home My WebLink About11/02/17 KRGSA AGENDA PACKET Chair Members: Rodney Palla, Chair Gene Lundquist Bob Smith KERN RIVER GSA Thursday, November 2, 2017 10:00 a.m. City Hall North 1600 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield CA 93301 First Floor, Conference Room A AGENDA 1.CALL TO ORDER 2.ROLL CALL 3.PUBLIC STATEMENTS of the October 5, 2017, Regular Meeting 4.APPROVAL OF MINUTES 5.NEW BUSINESS A.Correspondence Received (City Clerk) B. Finance Report (Nelson Smith) i. Receive and File Financial Report C. Update from ManagementGroup (Beard/Chianello/Mulkay) i.Coordination and Outreach Activities(A. Chianello) ii.Resolution authorizing KRGSA to submit application to California Department of Water Resources to obtain a grant under the 2017 Sustainable Groundwater Planning Grant Program.(A. Chianello) iii.KRGSA Boundary Adjustments (M. Mulkay) iv.Groundwater Sustainability Plan Development(D. Beard) v.Kern SubbasinGroundwater Model(D. Beard) D.Other GSA Activities 6.COMMITTEE COMMENTS 7.ADJOURNMENT KERN RIVER GSA MINUTES MEETING OFOCTOBER 5, 2017 Conference Room A, City HallNorth, 1600 Truxtun Avenue ACTION TAKEN -10:00a.m. 1.CALL TO ORDER REGULAR MEETING 2..ROLL CALL Present:Chairman Palla, BoardMemberLundquist Absent:BoardMember Smith 3.PUBLIC STATEMENTS None. 4. –Of the September 7, 2017 APPROVAL OF MINUTES APPROVED RegularMeeting and September 14, 2017 Special Meeting Motion by Board Member Lundquist,seconded by Chairman Palla, for approval of both sets of minutes. 5.NEW BUSINESS A.Correspondence Received Clerk Typist Katharine Dye announced that correspondence was received from: 1.President of the Kern Groundwater Authority, Joe Macllvaine, regarding the revisions to their “LegalIssues Analysis Project.” B.Finance Report i.Receive and File Financial Report Finance Director Nelson Smith made staff comments. APPROVED Motion by Board Member Lundquist, seconded by Chairman Palla,to approve and file the financial report. Bakersfield, California, October 5,2017–Page 2 ACTION TAKEN continued 5. NEW BUSINESS ii.Approval of Outstanding Invoice for Horizon Water and Environment, Todd Groundwater (2) Finance Director Nelson Smith made staff comments. APPROVED Motion by Board Member Lundquist, seconded by Chairman Palla,to approve the payments. C.Update from Management Group i.Recap of September 14 Public Outreach Workshop Founding Principal of Horizon Water and Environment, Ken Schwarz, gave an update. D.Other GSA Activities i.KRGSA Federal Tax ID Number Attorney Ginny Gennaro made comments. APPROVED Motion by Board Member Lundquist, seconded by Chairman Palla,to designate the City of Bakersfield as lead agency regarding a Federal Tax ID Number. ii.Update on Proposition 1 Grant Application for Kern Subbasin Founding Principal of Horizon Water and Environment, Ken Schwarz, gave an update. iii.Coordination Agreement Update Attorney Gene McMurtrey made comments. Bakersfield, California, October 5,2017–Page 3 ACTION TAKEN continued 5. NEW BUSINESS iv.Coordinating Committee Report General Manager of Kern Delta Water District Mark Mulkay made staff comments. 6. COMMITTEE COMMENTS General Manager of Kern Delta Water District Mark Mulkay made staff comments. 7.ADJOURNMENT Chairman Palla adjourned the meeting at 10:43a.m. ___________________________________ CHAIRof the Kern River Groundwater Sustainability Agency ATTEST: ___________________________________ SECRETARY of the Kern River Groundwater Sustainability Agency RESOLUTION NO. _____ A RESOLUTION BY THE KERN RIVER GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY(KRGSA)THAT APPLICATION BE MADE TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES TO OBTAIN AGRANT UNDER THE 2017 SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is WHEREAS, administering the Sustainable Groundwater Planning (SGWP) Grant Program using the funds authorized by the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 (Proposition 1); and DWR will award at least $15 million for critically overdrafted WHEREAS, groundwater basins on a competitive basis of which a maximum grant amount up to $1.5 million per basin is available; and Proposition 1 requires a minimum cost share of 50% of the total WHEREAS, project cost; and only one grant well be awarded per basin; and WHEREAS, the KRGSA has been authorized and designated to represent WHEREAS, all potential applicants in the kern subbasin,and ,DWR requires a resolution adopted by the applicant’s WHEREAS governing body designating an authorized representative to submit the application and execute an agreement with the State of California for a 2017 SGWP Grant. , by the KRGSA as follows: NOW, THEREFORE, BE ITRESOLVED 1.That the above recitals and findings are true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference. 2.That application be made to DWRto obtain a grant under the SGWPGrant Program pursuant to the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 (Proposition 1)(Water Code Section 79700 et seq.). 3.That staffishereby authorized and directed to prepare the necessary data, conduct investigations, file such application, and execute a grant agreement with DWR. --------oo000oo-------- ____________________________________________________________________ G:\Clk\Shared\Kern River GSA\Meeting Backup Material\Nov 2Resolution.Docx --Page 1of 2Pages -- that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted I HEREBY CERTIFY by the Kern River Groundwater Sustainability Agency on November 2, 2017. ______________________________________ Rodney S. 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