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RESOLUTION NO. KRGSA 001-18
A RESOLUTION BY THE KERN RIVER GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY
AGENCY (KRGSA) THAT APPLICATION BE MADE TO THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES TO OBTAIN A GRANT UNDER THE
2017 SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is
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
WHEREAS, DWR will award at least $15 million for critically overdrafted
groundwater basins on a competitive basis of which a maximum grant amount
up to $1.5 million per basin is available; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 1 requires a minimum cost share of 50% of the total
project cost; and
WHEREAS, only one grant well be awarded per basin; and
WHEREAS, the KRGSA represents all potential applicants in the kern
subbasin, and
WHEREAS, on November 2, 2017, KRGSA adopted Resolution No. 001-17
designating staff as the authorized representative to submit an application and
enter into an agreement for an application and execute and agreement with
the State of California for a 2017 SGWP Grant; and
WHEREAS, DWR requires a new resolution to be adopted by the
applicant's governing body designating specific positions as the authorized
representative to submit the application and execute and agreement with the
State of California for a 2017 SGWP Grant; and
WHEREAS, KRGSA desires to rescind Resolution KRGSA 001-17 and adopt
this Resolution to comply with the requirements of DWR.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the KRGSA as follows:
The above recitals and findings are true and correct and are
incorporated herein by reference.
2. That application be made to the California Department of Water
Resources to obtain a grant under the 2017 Sustainable
Groundwater Planning Grant Program pursuant to the Water
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Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014
(Proposition 1) (Water Code Section 79700 et seq.).
That either the Board Chair or the Fiscal Agent hereby is authorized
and directed to prepare the necessary data, conduct
investigations, file such application, and execute a grant
agreement with the California Department of Water Resources and
make amendments or changes thereto.
4. That KRGSA hereby rescinds and declares void Resolution KRGSA
001-17, and will instead use this Resolution for purposes of applying
for the SGWP grant.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted
by the Kern River Groundwater Sustainability Agency on December 6, 2018.
Rodney S. Palla, Chairman
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