HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGRMT NO KRGSA 16-003(A)June 14, 2019
Mr. Alan Christensen
Chief Deputy CAO
County Administrative Office
1115 Truxtun Avenue, Fifth Floor
Bakersfield CA, 93301-4639
Dear Mr. Christensen:
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Rodney J. Polla, Chair
Bob Smith
Gene Lundquist
This letter is in response to your June 4, 2019 letter (enclosed) to the Kern River
Groundwater sustainability Agency (KRGSA), in which you requested the KRGSA manage
certain non -districted areas (white lands) within the current boundaries of the KRGSA.
As you referenced in your letter, the December 6, 2016 Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) between the County of Kern and the KRGSA (enclosed) includes the following
language:
2. County has jurisdiction over certain lands within the Kern County Sub -
basin which the County may wish to designate for inclusion within the
boundaries of the KRGSA. The KRGSA will consider inclusion within the
boundaries of the KRGSA of the lands designated by the County and, if
included, such lands shall be subject to the MOU, the KRGSA Bylaws, and
any rules or regulations or the KRGSA heretofore or hereafter adopted or
amended.
3c. White Lands: The KRGSA will manage "white lands" included within its
boundaries if requested to do so by the County.
The KRGSA Board of Directors recently approved the County's request and this letter
serves as confirmation that the KRGSA will manage and monitor the "whi*e land" areas
within the boundaries of the KRGSA (see areas outlined in red on the enclosed map),
pursuant to the MOU. It is the view of the KRGSA that the existing MOU w th the County
provides for this inclusion and management activity and no further agreement is
necessary. Please provide the County's concurrence by returning a signed copy of this
letter to the KRGSA so we may proceed accordingly.
Sincerely,'
Rodney Palla Chair
Kern River Groundwater Sustainability Agency
Enclosures
On Behalf of the County of Kern