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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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