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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/08/24 KERN RIVER GSAKERN RIVER GSA MINUTES SPECIAL MEETING OF March 8, 2024 Large Conference Room, Water Resources, 1000 Buena Vista Road 1. CALL TO ORDER SPECIAL MEETING - 10:00 a.m. ACTION TAKEN 2. ROLL CALL Present: Chairman Palla, Board Members Lundquist and Smith 3. PUBLIC STATEMENTS None. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES of the January 4, 2024, Regular Meeting Motion by Board Member Smith, seconded by Board APPROVED Member Lundquist, for approval of minutes. 5. NEW BUSINESS A. Correspondence Received (City Clerk, Maldonado) None. B. Finance Updates (McKeegan, Beard) i. Receive and File Financial Report Randy McKeegan, Finance Director, made staff comments. Motion by Board Member Lundquist, seconded by APPROVED Board Member Smith, to receive and file the financial report. ii. Approval of 2023 invoices to landowner Participants and other entities covered by KRGSA's GSP Dave Beard, ID4 Manager, made staff comments. Motion by Board Member Smith, seconded by Board APPROVED Member Lundquist, to approve 2023 invoices to the participants covered by KRGSA's GSP. Bakersfield, California, March 8, 2024 - Page 2 5. ACTION TAKEN NEW BUSINESS continued C. Management Group Updates (Beard, Maldonado, Teglia) Basin Coordination Committee Updates: a. Update on SWRCB Meetings Steve Teglia, General Manager of Kern Delta Water District, made staff comments. Dave Beard, ID4 Manager, made staff additional comments. Daniel Maldonado, Assistant Water Resources Director, made additional staff comments. b. Prop. 1 /68 Grant Close -Out Update Daniel Maldonado, Assistant Water Resources Director, made staff comments. Debra Lilly, Montrose Environmental Group, made additional comments. D. Approval of Intera Scope of Work related to data collection and modeling to support subsidence mitigation cost analysis for the Friant Kern Canal. Steve Teglia, General Manager, Kern Delta Water District, made staff comments and recommends approval of the agreement. Dave Beard, ID4 Manager, made additional comments. Motion by Board Member Lundquist, seconded by APPROVED Board Member Smith, for approval of the agreement. E. Authorization of GEI Consultants Task Order related to Kern Subbasin Data Management System Development Budget Overrun. 1 Bakersfield, California, March 8, 2024 - Page 3 5. NEW BUSINESS continued ACTION TAKEN Item 5.E. continued Steve Teglia, General Manager, Kern Delta Water District, made staff comments and recommends authorization of participation payment of settlement amount and agree to utilize funds that have been paid. Dave Beard, ID4 Manager, made additional comments. Daniel Maldonado, Assistant Water Resources Director, made staff comments. Motion by Board Member Lundquist, seconded by APPROVED Board Member Smith for approval of staff's recommendation. 6. CLOSED SESSION A. Conference with Legal Counsel - Potential Litigation; Closed Session pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (d) (2), (e) (1); (two matters) Motion by Chairman Palla to adjourn to Closed Session at 11:07 a.m. Closed Session was adjourned by Chairman Palla at 12:36 p.m. 7. CLOSED SESSION ACTION A. Conference with Legal Counsel - Potential NO REPORTABLE Litigation; Closed Session pursuant to ACTION ON THE TWO Government Code Section 54956.9 (d) (2), (e) (1) MATTERS (two matters) 8. COMMITTEE COMMENTS None. Bakersfield, California, March 8, 2024 — Page 4 9. ADJOURNMENT Chairman Palla adjourned the meeting at 12:37 p.m. Chair of the Kern River Groundwater Sustainability Agency ATTEST: - kMI SEC ETARY of the Kern River Groundwater Sustainability Agency 1