SORRY FOR STARTING A FEW MINUTES LATE. [1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL] [00:00:04] I'LL CALL TO ORDER THE OCTOBER 13TH MEETING OF THE MERCED SUBBASIN GSA. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? OKAY. MR. GALLO HERE. MR. PEDRETTI HERE. MR. UPTON HERE. MR. SWENSON HERE. VICE CHAIRMAN MARCHINI HERE. AND CHAIRMAN PAREIRA HERE. SO YOU HAVE FULL QUORUM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW. LACEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? READY SALUTE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE PUBLIC'S OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER OF PUBLIC INTEREST WITHIN THE BOARD'S JURISDICTION THAT IS NOT ON THE [3. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD] AGENDA. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. OH, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU MIND, IF I COULD JUST MAKE ONE LITTLE ANNOUNCEMENT, AS WE ALWAYS DO PRIOR TO PUBLIC COMMENT. AGAIN, DUE TO THE THE ONGOING COVID 19 CRISIS AND AS AGAIN AUTHORIZED BY ASSEMBLY BILL 361. THIS MEETING IS BEING BROADCAST VIA CONFERENCE CALL, VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL IN ADDITION TO THE MEETING'S PHYSICAL LOCATION. SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO PROVIDE, COMMENT OR OBSERVE THE MEETING MAY ALSO DO SO NOT ONLY IN PERSON BUT ON ON VIDEO AS WELL. AND SHOULD YOU SO CHOOSE TO PROVIDE COMMENT ON ANY ITEM, PLEASE DO US A FAVOR AND USE THE RAISE YOUR HAND FEATURE ON ZOOM. AND WE HAVE STAFF THAT'S MONITORING THAT AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE CHAIRMAN RECOGNIZES YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT'S JUST ALL I GOT. THANKS FOR THE HOUSEKEEPING. AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANY ONLINE? NONE ONLINE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE HERE. OH, YES, MA'AM. COME ON UP. AND THERE'LL BE TIME AT THAT. EACH ITEM WILL HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY, CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT ITEM IS OUR CONSENT CALENDAR, WHICH HAS OUR STATE OF EMERGENCY FINDINGS, THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 8TH, AND [4. CONSENT CALENDAR] APPROVAL TO PAY THE BILLS. WERE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THE MINUTES? YES, CHAIRMAN. I HAD ONE CORRECTION FROM LAST BOARD MEETING. THE ROLL CALL. GEORGE PARKS WITH LONE TREE MUTUAL WATER COMPANY, NOT SANDY MUTUAL WATER COMPANY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHERS. THEN IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. I HAVE A MOTION BY DIRECTOR GALLO AND A SECOND BY DIRECTOR SWENSON. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY COMMENT ONLINE? NONE ONLINE. THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. [INAUDIBLE] DO WE HAVE TO DO ROLL OR NO. [INAUDIBLE] ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS THE PHASE ONE FUNDING MECHANISMS APPEAL PROCESS, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO LACEY MCBRIDE FOR A SUMMARY. [4. PHASE 1 FUNDING MECHANISM APPEAL PROCESS] THANK YOU. SO THIS ITEM BEFORE THE BOARD IS AN APPEAL PROCESS FOR THE PHASE ONE FUNDING MECHANISM. THE PHASE ONE FUNDING MECHANISM IS THE FEE THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THIS BOARD IN JULY AND WILL LAST FOR FOUR FUNDING CYCLES. THE PURPOSE OF THIS APPEAL PROCESS IS TO ALLOW IRRIGATED LANDOWNERS TO REDUCE THEIR PHASE ONE FUNDING MECHANISM FEE OF LESS THAN 75% OF THEIR PARCEL IS IRRIGATED OR TO REMOVE THEIR PHASE ONE FUNDING MECHANISM FEE IF THEIR PARCEL WAS MIS CATEGORIZED AS IRRIGATED WHEN IT'S NOT. THE PHASE ONE FUNDING MECHANISM USED THE BEST DATA ON LAND USE AVAILABLE TO THE GHSA, WHICH IS THE MERCED COUNTY ASSESSOR'S DATA. WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME MIS CATEGORIZATIONS OF LAND USE THAT WILL BE ADJUSTED THROUGH THIS APPEAL PROCESS. THE APPEAL PROCESS WAS DISCUSSED BY THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE. SO I KNOW THE SLIDES HAVE A LOT OF TEXT ON THEM THAT MIGHT BE HARD TO SEE FOR THOSE ON ZOOM. HOWEVER, THIS WHAT'S ON THE SLIDES IS THE APPEAL PROCESS THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKET. AND SO THAT'S ALL AVAILABLE ONLINE AS WELL. [00:05:03] ACCORDING TO THE PROPOSED PROCESS, A LANDOWNER WOULD COMPLETE THE APPEAL FORM AND PROVIDE MAPS AND OTHER DATA AS NECESSARY TO DOCUMENT THE APPROPRIATE LAND USE. STAFF WILL REVIEW THE SUBMITTED FORM AND DOCUMENTATION AND WOULD BE AUTHORIZED TO RENDER A DECISION EITHER REMOVING THE FEE OR ADJUSTING THE FEE TO REFLECT FEWER IRRIGATED ACRES. IF THE FEE IS ADJUSTED FOR REDUCED IRRIGATED ACRES ON THE PARCEL, THE IRRIGATED ACRES WOULD BE ROUNDED UP TO THE NEAREST CLOSEST 5% INCREMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALCULATING THE FEE. THERE WILL BE CONDITIONS IN THIS PROCESS. SO WHILE THE APPEAL PROCESS IS ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADJUSTING THE FEE, PROPERTY OWNERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT CONDITIONS MAY BE PLACED THAT THE PARCEL WITH A MIS CATEGORIZED LAND USE MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE GROUNDWATER ALLOCATION THAT'S EXPECTED TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE END OF WATER YEAR 2025. AND THEY SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT FUTURE ALLOCATION POLICY MAY OR MAY NOT INCLUDE OPPORTUNITIES TO OPT IN NON IRRIGATED ACREAGE. CONDITIONS ON PARCELS WITH THE REDUCED IRRIGATED ACRES MAY INCLUDE THAT THOSE ACRES MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR A PORTION OF THE GROUNDWATER ALLOCATION. AGAIN, THAT'S EXPECTED BY THE END OF WATER YEAR 2025, AND THAT FUTURE ALLOCATION POLICY MAY INCLUDE OPPORTUNITIES TO REESTABLISH IRRIGATED ACREAGE QUANTITIES. HOWEVER, THESE ALLOCATION RELATED POLICY DECISIONS HAVE NOT YET BEEN MADE BY THE BOARD. ONCE AN APPEAL IS APPROVED. HERE'S THE SECOND PART. ONCE AN APPEAL IS APPROVED, STAFF WOULD NOTIFY THE LANDOWNER OF THE APPROVAL AND REQUIRE A SIGNATURE ATTESTING TO THE CHANGE, THE IMPOSED CONDITIONS AND PROCESS THE REFUND AND THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT, REFLECTING EITHER THE REDUCED PHASE ONE FUNDING MECHANISM FEE OR A REMOVED PHASE ONE FUNDING MECHANISM FEE. NOTE THAT THERE MAY STILL BE A SMALLER SIGMA FEE REMAINING ON THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILL, WHICH REFLECTS THE 2019 SIGMA COMPLIANCE LANDOWNER FEE, WHICH APPLIES TO ALL ACRES IN THE GSA. SINCE THESE FEES WERE PLACED ON THE PROPERTY TAX BILL AND THE TAX COLLECTOR DOES NOT ACCEPT PARTIAL PAYMENTS, THE FULL AMOUNT ON THE PROPERTY TAX BILL OR EACH INSTALLMENT THAT AN OWNER PAYS MUST BE PAID. THE GSA WILL PROCESS REFUNDS IN THE APPEALED AMOUNT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE APPEAL IS APPROVED AND THE PAYMENT IS DOCUMENTED WITH A RECEIPT FROM THE TAX COLLECTOR. PROPERTY OWNERS MAY GET THEIR REFUND AFTER EACH INSTALLMENT IS PAID RATHER THAN WAITING UNTIL THE FULL PROPERTY TAX HAS BEEN PAID. IF AN APPEAL IS DENIED, STAFF WOULD NOTIFY THE LANDOWNER AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY MAY APPEAL THE DECISION TO THE TO THIS BOARD IN WRITING. THESE APPEALS THAT ARE APPROVED WILL BE TRACKED FOR THE REMAINING THE REMAINING YEARS OF THIS FEE. AND ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL SHARE THEM WITH THE MERCED COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. THE APPEAL PROCESS AND THE FORM WERE BOTH INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKET. THERE WERE SOME MINOR, NON SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO THE VERSION IN THE AGENDA PACKET, AND SO THE NEWEST IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE AND THEN THE PUBLIC HERE TODAY AND ONCE APPROVED, THE PROCESS IN THE FORM WILL BE POSTED ONLINE AND WE'LL ALSO EMAIL IT TO THE DISTRIBUTION LIST SO PEOPLE CAN HAVE EASY ACCESS TO IT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROPOSED APPEAL PROCESS. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SEEING NONE. IS THERE ANY ONLINE? NONE ONLINE. ALL RIGHT. I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A LITTLE CLARIFICATION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. SURE. THIS APPEAL PROCESS IS FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF ADDRESSING FEES APPLIED TO PARCELS MIS CATEGORIZED AS IRRIGATED, WHERE THE IRRIGATED PORTION OF THE PARCEL IS LESS THAN 75% OF THE TOTAL PARCEL SIZE IN LAND USE. THIS ALLOWS IRRIGATED LANDOWNERS TO REDUCE THEIR PHASE ONE FEE DUE TO LIMITED IRRIGATED ACRES ON A PARCEL. AND FOR NON IRRIGATED LANDOWNERS WHOSE PARCEL IS MIS CATEGORIZED AS IRRIGATED TO REMOVE THE CHARGE. THIS APPEAL PROCESS DOES NOT ESTABLISH POLICY DECISIONS FOR AN ANTICIPATED FUTURE ALLOCATION PROGRAM, LIKE AN OPT IN FOR PARCELS WHOSE LAND USES CHANGED FROM IRRIGATED LAND USE CATEGORIES TO NON IRRIGATED PROPERTY. OWNERS SHOULD RECOGNIZE THERE COULD BE IMPLICATIONS TO CHANGING THE CATEGORIZATION OF LAND USE FOR THIS FEE. BUT THOSE POLICY DECISIONS HAVE NOT YET BEEN MADE BY THIS BOARD. [00:10:04] SO AS YOU LOOK OR CONSIDER OPTING OUT OR CHANGING YOUR ACREAGE, YOU JUST HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE SOME DOWNSTREAM IMPLICATIONS OF DOING THAT AT A LATER DATE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? I MOVE TO ADOPT THE APPEAL PROCESS AS STATED. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND THAT. THEY'VE BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR SWENSON AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR MARCHINI . ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. MR. CHAIR? YES. I BELIEVE WE MISSED [INAUDIBLE]. I THINK IT'S A NEW AGENDA ITEM EVERY YEAR, EVERY MONTH WITH THE PAYMENT OF THE BILLS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO APPROVE THEM OR NOT. WE DID IT WAS IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WAS THAT PART OF THE MOTION, THE FIRST MOTION? YES TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR, THE MINUTES AND THE MOTION AND THE BILLS. I DIDN'T HEAR THEM. I DIDN'T HEAR THE BILLS PART. GOOD. I MEAN, DO I NEED TO RESTATE IT? DID ANYBODY ELSE MISS THAT? WHY IS IT. NO, I DIDN'T. I DON'T I DON'T RECALL HEARING IT IN THE FIRST MOTION, BUT IT'S FINE. AND I AND I SAID IN MY I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MISSED IT. SO IT'S NO PROBLEM. YEAH. IT. YEAH, I LIKE THAT WE HAVE THE BILLS IN THE AGENDA NOW. YEAH. VERY NICE ADDITION. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS NUMBER FIVE, AND THAT IS GUIDING PRINCIPLES. [5. GUIDING PRINCIPLES] GREG YOUNG WITH [INAUDIBLE] WILL PRESENT DRAFT GUIDING PRINCIPLES. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. OH, SORRY. I THOUGHT I HAD JOAN. YOU'RE TRYING TO SILENCE ME AGAIN, I KNOW. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. WHAT ON THE SCREEN IS A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT I WANT TO GO THROUGH. THESE WERE DISCUSSED BY THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND AD HOC COMMITTEE, AND WE'RE BRINGING THESE BEFORE THE BOARD AT THIS POINT. THE INTENT OF THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES IS THAT THEY WOULD GUIDE THE GSA'S DEVELOPMENT OF BOTH A PROBABLE GROUNDWATER ALLOCATION APPROACH AND RECHARGE CREDIT FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS ANOTHER TOPIC WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. DECISIONS ABOUT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WILL UTILIZE THESE PRINCIPLES TO IMPLEMENT THE GSP PROJECTS AND MANAGEMENT ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES, INCLUDING INCREASING GROUNDWATER LEVELS, MAINTAINING OR IMPROVING RECENT HISTORICAL WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS AND ELIMINATING SUBSIDENCE. SO WHAT THE REASON I WANTED TO PUT THAT CONTEXT WITH IT IS I THINK AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH WHAT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGING PROCESS TO DEVELOP A ALLOCATION APPROACH, WHICH IS WHAT THIS BOARD HAS STATED IN ITS TWO PHASE, BROADER TWO PHASE APPROACH, WHICH LOOKS TO HAVE AN ALLOCATION APPROACH IN PLACE PRIOR TO THE WATER YEAR 2026. THERE THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS. AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IS HAVE SOME PRINCIPLES THAT WE CAN ALWAYS FALL BACK ON AND TEST SOME OF THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OR DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE AGAINST THESE POLICIES SORRY, THESE PRINCIPLES. SO THEY THEY BECOME KIND OF FOUNDATIONAL. AND I WANT I WANT US TO KEEP THOSE IN MIND. AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT INITIAL RESOLUTIONS IMPLEMENTING ANYTHING LIKE EITHER A RECHARGE CONDITIONS OR AN ALLOCATION APPROACH WOULD INCLUDE THESE AS PART OF THE THE STATEMENTS IN A RESOLUTION THAT WILL HELP DEFINE AND CLARIFY WHY CERTAIN THINGS ARE BEING PUT FORWARD. SO FOR EACH OF THESE, JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER EXPLANATION, STRIVE FOR CERTAINTY. THIS WOULD BE TO SUPPORT LONG TERM PLANNING AND BUSINESS DECISIONS BY MINIMIZING THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THERE WILL BE CHANGE, WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND MAKE THINGS AS CERTAIN AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THAT DOES AFFECT BUSINESS DECISIONS BY ESPECIALLY BY THE IRRIGATED AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY. AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTING THINGS OVER THE NEXT 15 TO 18 YEARS TO MEET OUR 2040 OBJECTIVES. NEXT, SUPPORT FLEXIBILITY, DESIGN POLICIES TO ENABLE WATER USERS TO ADAPT THEIR OPERATIONS AS BEST FUNCTIONS FOR THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES. [00:15:07] WE KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPERATIONS, AND WHETHER IT'S SMALL FARMS WITH A SINGLE PARCEL TO MULTI PARCEL OPERATIONS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO MULTI PARCEL OPERATIONS THAT MIGHT BE SPREAD ACROSS LARGER SPATIAL DISTANCES WITHIN OUR GSA. WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN RIGHT THINGS AND CREATE POLICIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE TO GIVE THOSE THOSE BUSINESSES OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST AND ADAPT AS WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO A DIFFERENT PARADIGM AS FAR AS TOTAL CONSUMPTIVE GROUNDWATER USE . ALLOW FOR ADAPTABILITY, WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PERIODIC ADJUSTMENTS. SO IF WE SET FORWARD AN ALLOCATION APPROACH, THAT ALLOCATION APPROACH MIGHT SAY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ENVISIONING FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. HERE'S SOME NUMBERS. MAYBE THERE'S MAIN ELEMENTS OF IT THAT WON'T CHANGE, BUT THE QUANTITIES OR SOME OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS MIGHT NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE ADAPTED AS WE LEARN MORE, AS WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THINGS AS THEY START TO BE IMPLEMENTED. SO ADAPTABILITY IS IMPORTANT FOR UNDERSTANDING THOSE CHANGING CONDITIONS. HOW IS THE GROUNDWATER REACTING? HOW IS SUBSIDENCE REACTING TO CERTAIN ACTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING? THOSE WILL BE IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS AND WE NEED TO ALLOW FOR ADAPTABILITY. PROMOTE EQUALITY, ENSURE OUR POLICIES, MAINTAIN CONSISTENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL WATER USERS WHILE RECOGNIZING UNIQUE HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE SERVICE AREA. WE KNOW WE ARE VERY THERE'S A LOT OF VARIATION ACROSS THIS GSA'S SERVICE AREA FROM THE EAST SIDE ON THE NORTHERN END OF THE EAST SIDE OF THE SOUTHERN END, ALL THE WAY ACROSS, DOWN TO THE WESTERN EDGES. AND THEN THERE'S MULTIPLE USERS FROM USERS FOR MANAGED WETLANDS TO IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE TO DOMESTIC TO MUNICIPAL TO INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL TYPE USES. SO THERE'S MULTIPLE USERS WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TO ALLOW THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL HAVE SOME CONSISTENCY THERE. TARGET SIMPLICITY. THIS CAN BE CHALLENGING AND KEEPING IN MIND SOME OF THESE OTHER ELEMENTS ABOUT FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTABILITY. TRYING TO TARGET SIMPLICITY IS IMPORTANT. SO CREATE POLICIES THAT ARE EASY FOR USERS TO UNDERSTAND AND IMPLEMENT. AND FOR THIS GSA TO ADMINISTER. WE RECOGNIZE THERE'S WE COULD GET REALLY NUANCED AND YOU COULD GET ALL SORTS OF RULES AND ALL SORTS OF COMBINATIONS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO ALL THIS FOR IS TO WATCH GROUNDWATER LEVELS STABILIZE AND HOPEFULLY START TO COME BACK UP AGAIN. AND OUR JSP IS STATING THE OBJECTIVES OF 2015 GROUNDWATER LEVELS AS A MINIMUM THRESHOLD. SO WE NEED TO BE BRINGING NUMBERS BACK UP. SO WE WANT THINGS TO BE AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE. CONSIDERING THAT'S OUR END GOAL. IT'S NOT TRYING TO TO MICROMANAGE EVERY ACRE OF LAND. RECOGNIZE SPATIAL DISPARITY, ALLOW FOR VARIANCES AND POLICIES THAT REFLECT DIFFERING HYDROGEOLOGICAL AND OTHER BASELINE CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE GSA SERVICE AREA TO ENSURE PROJECTS AND MANAGEMENT ACTIONS ACHIEVE THE TANGIBLE BENEFITS TOWARDS THE GSP SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES. WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENCES IN BOTH. WHAT GETS GROWN, THERE'S CORCORAN CLAY LAYERS, THERE'S HIGHER GROUNDWATER IN SOME PLACES, MORE SEVERE OVERDRAFT IN OTHER PLACES THERE'S ANY NUMBER OF CONDITIONS GOING ON. SO WE JUST NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT SPATIAL DISPARITY AS WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. PROTECT DOMESTIC WATER AVAILABILITY. SO WE WANT TO DESIGN POLICIES TO ASSURE PROJECTS AND MANAGEMENT ACTIONS EITHER DO NOT INCREASE OR THAT OTHERWISE MITIGATE RISKS TO DOMESTIC WELL WATER SUPPLIES. THAT WOULD BE BOTH QUANTITY AND QUALITY. WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO EXACERBATE SITUATIONS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE SITUATIONS. THERE'S WATER QUALITY AND OTHER CHALLENGES THAT ARE THAT EXIST. AND WE WE AREN'T TRYING TO HAVE THE GSP FIX ALL OF THOSE, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE POLICIES THAT EXACERBATE PROBLEMS, THAT CREATE HOTSPOTS AND MORE DOMESTIC WELL ISSUES WHEN THEY MAY NOT NEED TO. SO LET'S ALWAYS KEEP THAT IN MIND AS A PRINCIPLE, FACILITATE ECONOMIC STABILITY. AND I THINK THIS IS KEY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE GSA PARTNERING WITH THE OTHER GSA'S TO ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND AND OPTIMIZE THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE TO THE CITIZENS OF MERCED COUNTY DURING THE TRANSITION TO LOWER GROUNDWATER USE. IT'S IMPORTANT WE AREN'T LOOKING TO JUST SWITCH EVERYTHING OVER TO GRAZING, NOT GRAZING, BUT NATIVE VEGETATION THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO THIS COUNTY AND A VARIETY OF WAYS. SO LET'S ALWAYS TRY AND KEEP THAT PRINCIPLE IN MIND ALSO. SO THAT'S OUR THAT'S THE SET OF PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE BEEN COME UP, THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD WITH A LITTLE BIT OF EXPLANATION BEHIND EACH OF THOSE. [00:20:02] OPEN TO ANY THOUGHTS, COMMENTS, EDITS, ADDED ADDITIONS. ANY COMMENTS? YEAH, I GOT A QUESTION. SOME OF US HAVE RECHARGED FOR YEARS. YOU KNOW, WHEN THE FLOODS COME DOWN, DUTCHMAN AND DEAD MAN WE HAVE PUMPS IN THERE, WE HAVE RECHARGE FACILITIES. AND WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE IS COME UP HERE WITH A BUNCH OF RULES THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO DO WHAT WE'VE DONE HISTORICALLY. SO WHEN IT SAYS THAT LANDOWNER MUST PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION, DOCUMENTATION OF A RECOGNIZED WATER, WRITE A CONTRACT WITH SUPPLIER OR DOCUMENTED DIVERSION OF NUISANCE WATER, YOU'RE JUMPING ON THE RECHARGE. SO AGAIN, YOU'RE AN AGENDA ITEM AHEAD OF US RIGHT NOW. OKAY, WELL, GOOD. YOU CAN BE THINKING ABOUT IT. NO, NO, I'M THINKING ABOUT YOUR QUESTION ALREADY. THAT WAS PREEMPTIVE, HUH? WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT YOUR NEXT PRESENTATION. [INAUDIBLE] I'LL MAKE SURE I ADDRESS THAT UP FRONT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. LOOKS LIKE THAT'S I BELIEVE THERE'S A REQUEST IN FRONT OF YOUR BOARD HERE FOR. WELL, NO. IT SAYS DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED GUIDELINES. SO YOU CAN CONSIDER WHAT? OH, CONSIDER ADOPTION. YEAH. OKAY, I WILL. YEAH. YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT FIRST? OKAY. YEP. ALL RIGHT, SO AT THIS TIME, THEN I'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYBODY HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? IS THERE ANY ONLINE? NONE ONLINE. OKAY, I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE DAIS. I'D MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE PRINCIPLES. A MOTION MADE BY DIRECTOR SWENSON AND A SECOND BY DIRECTOR GALLO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM SIX RECHARGE FRAMEWORK. [6. RECHARGE FRAMEWORK] AND AGAIN, GREG YOUNG FROM [INAUDIBLE]. AND NOW WE CAN GET TO KOLE'S BURNING QUESTION. AND MAYBE MAKE THAT BIGGER. WE'LL JUST KIND OF HIT IT PARAGRAPH AT A TIME LACEY SO IT CAN BE EASIER TO READ THIS FRAMEWORK. IT'S A 2023 DRAFT FRAMEWORK FOR LANDOWNER INITIATED INTENTIONAL SURFACE WATER RECHARGE OPERATIONS. THE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S COME OUT OF THE STRATEGIC AD HOC COMMITTEE DISCUSSIONS AND REFLECTS A LOT OF THEIR INPUT AND IS COMING BEFORE THE BOARD FOR SOME CONSIDERATION AND ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. I THINK WHEN THIS TOPIC WAS FIRST RAISED, THE INTENT IS TO HAVE SOMETHING ADOPTED BY DECEMBER TIMEFRAME. SO THIS IS A KIND OF A FIRST LOOK. WE WANT TO GET SOME FEEDBACK. WE WANT TO MAKE FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS, REFINEMENTS, ADDITIONAL DETAIL, OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY MOVING FORWARD. AND SO I'M GOING TO READ KIND OF THE INTRO PART HERE BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SET THE STAGE, THE CONTEXT. SO THE GSA RECOGNIZES A KEY COMPONENT OF MEETING THE GSP OBJECTIVES WHILE STRIVING FOR CONTINUED VIABILITY OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IN THE SERVICE AREA IS TO INCREASE THE USE OF AVAILABLE SURFACE WATER AS WE REDUCE THE USE OF GROUNDWATER. ONE KEY MECHANISM TO INCREASE SURFACE WATER USE IS THROUGH CAPTURING SURFACE WATER WHEN AVAILABLE AND STORING IT UNDERGROUND THROUGH ACTIVE RECHARGE PROJECTS, OFTEN INVOLVING DIVERSION DURING WINTER AND SPRING MONTHS FOR USE LATER IN THE SAME YEAR OR SUBSEQUENT YEARS. TO ENCOURAGE LANDOWNERS TO PURSUE SURFACE WATER RECHARGE PROJECTS. THE GSA HAS PREPARED THIS INITIAL RECHARGE FRAMEWORK TO IDENTIFY KEY REQUIREMENTS, PROCESSES AND CONSIDERATIONS. WHILE SEVERAL OF THESE ELEMENTS ARE STILL ONLY QUALITATIVE, THE GSA ANTICIPATES BEING ABLE TO RECOGNIZE AN APPROXIMATE RECHARGE CREDIT FOR COMPLIANT RECHARGE OPERATIONS DURING 2023. SO AGAIN, IN ANTICIPATION THAT WE MAY HAVE SOME HEALTHY STORM EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES COMING UP THIS IN THE NEXT 4 TO 6 MONTHS, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY, LOOK, THERE ARE THINGS, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES HERE. WE WANT TO LOOK FOR AND ENCOURAGE OPPORTUNITIES AND ULTIMATELY INVESTMENT, BUT WE'RE TO IT. SO THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THESE THIS FRAMEWORK IS FOR. SO THIS IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS. [00:25:03] FIRST, THERE'S A LANDOWNER MUST SECTION AND THERE'S FOUR POINTS UNDER THAT, AND THEN THERE'S THE GSA WILL SECTION. SO THIS KIND OF SEPARATES SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITY AND RECOGNIZES WHAT IS HAS TO HAS TO OCCUR. SO AGAIN, THIS IS FOR A LANDOWNER INITIATED INTENTIONAL SURFACE WATER RECHARGE OPERATION. SO POINT ONE FOR THE LANDOWNER, THEY MUST PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF CONTROL OF THE SURFACE WATER ASSETS BEING USED FOR RECHARGE, LIMITED TO AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING. A STATE BOARD RECOGNIZED WATER RIGHT. AND LET ME LET ME FRAME WITH THIS FIRST THAT ANY OF THE WATER SUPPLY YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO TRY AND GET RECOGNIZED FOR A CREDIT TO GET SOMETHING THAT'S ASSIGNED TO YOU THAT MIGHT PLAY INTO AN ALLOCATION IN THE FUTURE IS GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE TIED TO IT THE THE ALLOWANCE THAT THAT WATER RIGHT CAN BE STORED UNDERGROUND OR THAT WATER SOURCE CAN BE STORED UNDERGROUND. STATE WATER BOARD HAS AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE REQUIREMENT TIED THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY TIE TO EVERY EXISTING WATER RIGHT. AND SO THEY WANT THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A WATER RIGHT, YOU MAY NOT ACTUALLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO STORE IT UNDERGROUND. YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE SUPPLEMENT. AND OUR LEGAL EXPERTISE HERE IN THE ROOM CAN EXPAND ON THAT IF WE NEED TO WHEN WE GET INTO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STATE RECOGNIZED WATER RIGHT, OR A CONTRACT WITH A WATER SUPPLIER OR WATER RIGHT HOLDER OR OTHER RECOGNIZED HOLDER OF WATER ASSETS SUCH AS A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DISCHARGE, THERE NEEDS TO BE A TIE ALSO THAT THAT WATER SUPPLY IS ALLOWED TO BE STORED UNDERGROUND. AND THERE'S SOME DOCUMENTATION OF IT. THAT'S THE DIRECTION ALL OF THIS IS GOING. AND FOR THE GSA, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SAY YOU PERSON X HAS CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CREDIT AVAILABLE TO YOU FROM YOUR ACTION, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FALLING WITHIN THE LEGAL BOUNDS OF THE WATER CODE. SO WE HAVE A STATE RECOGNIZED WATER RIGHT. WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH WATER SUPPLY, OUR WATER RIGHT HOLDER AND THEN THIS LAST ONE IS A IS IT KIND OF GETS TO KOLE'S POINT A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS DOCUMENTED DIVERSION OF NUISANCE WATER. THIS IS A REALLY A BIT OF A GRAY AREA STILL RIGHT NOW AS TO HOW THE BOARD IS THE STATE WATER BOARD RECOGNIZES THIS AND WHAT KIND OF ELEMENTS HAVE TO GO WITH THIS. FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU IF THE SITUATION OF DEFINED NUISANCE WATER, WHICH THERE'S A QUOTE THERE FROM THE STATE BOARD IN THE PARENTHETICAL, IF THAT IS OCCURRING AND YOU ARE DIVERTING WATER AT THAT POINT IN TIME AND YOU WANT CREDIT, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING FROM THE STATE BOARD THAT RECOGNIZES YOUR DIVERSION OF THAT NUISANCE IS SEEN AS ALLOWED TO BE STORED UNDERGROUND. YOU COULD DIVERT THE NUISANCE WATER, BUT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO, AS A GSA, GIVE YOU INDIVIDUALLY CREDIT FOR THAT. IT'S TO THE GOOD OF THE BASIN, IT'S BENEFICIAL TO THE BASIN MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL LOCALLY TO GROUNDWATER LEVELS FOR YOURSELF, FOR PUMPING AND OTHER THINGS. BUT TO ASSIGN A QUANTITATIVE CREDIT WITHOUT THOSE OTHER ELEMENTS, SOME OF THESE THINGS MAY NOT WORK UNDER THIS FRAMEWORK DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT USEFUL. THERE'S TO THE BENEFIT OF THE BASIN, I THINK. SO THEN WE GET TO POINT TO POINT ONE IS YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF DEMONSTRATED CONTROL OF THE OF THE WATER ASSET, THE SURFACE WATER ASSET THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN GROUND STATE AS PART TWO PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING THE INTENDED RECHARGE METHOD OR FACILITY, INCLUDING THE LOCATION, THE PLANNED ACTIONS, ETC., USING EITHER ONE OF TWO POTENTIAL METHODS DIRECT RECHARGE OR PLANNED. SORRY DIRECT RECHARGE USING. I MAY HAVE INDENTED SOMETHING WRONG THERE. I MIGHT HAVE DONE THAT. DIRECT RECHARGE USING DEDICATED INFILTRATION BASIN OR FLOODMAR. FLOODMAR IS IN QUOTES. THAT'S A TERM OF ART THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES HAS BEEN PURSUING. IT INTENDS TO MEAN PUTTING EXTRA WATER ON ACTIVELY FARMED PARCELS SO THAT THAT EXTRA WATER IS GOING TO SOAK BELOW THE ROOT ZONE. THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN A DEDICATED BASIN WHERE THERE'S NOT ACTIVE IRRIGATION GOING ON. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DEDICATED INFILTRATION BASINS, THEY MAY BE WHEN WE SAY WITH OR WITHOUT A DRY WELL, THE CONCEPT OF USING DRY WELLS IS STARTING TO TAKE ON SEVERAL PLACES IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY. I THINK THERE'S ONE OR TWO BEING PUT OUT IN [INAUDIBLE] RIGHT NOW AS PART OF AN MID EFFORT. THERE'S BEEN SOME PUT IN DOWN BY FIREBAUGH, BY A FEW FOLKS AND A COUPLE OTHER SPOTS THAT ARE LIKE 100 FOOT DEEP WIDE WELLS WITH PASSIVE RECHARGE ACTIONS THAT ESSENTIALLY IT COULD BE ARGUED IT'S A VERTICAL BASIN INSTEAD OF A HORIZONTAL BASIN. SO IT CAN USE LESS SPACE AND PUNCH BELOW WHAT MIGHT BE PARCHED SOIL CONDITIONS WHERE YOU CAN MORE READILY GET WATER DOWN INTO THE [00:30:06] USABLE AQUIFERS. SO THE RECHARGE BASIN, IF WE HAVE A RECHARGE BASIN, SHOULD BE LOCATED OR CONSTRUCTED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE RECHARGE DOES NOT MIGRATE LATERALLY INTO ANY SURFACE WATER CONVEYANCE FACILITY, OR IF THAT DOES OCCUR, THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND WE ARE PROPERLY REMOVING THAT FROM A CREDIT. SO IF YOU GO BUILD A RECHARGE BASIN RIGHT NEXT TO A BIG DRAIN THAT'S JUST TAKING WATER BACK OUT AND OUT OF THE BASIN, WELL, ALL WE'RE DOING IS CREATING A BIG LOOP. THE THE OTHER ACTION THAT IS NEEDED IS THAT THE PLANT EXTRACTION INFORMATION IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE PROVIDED BY THE LANDOWNER. SO HOW ARE THEY GOING TO EXTRACT THE WATER? WHERE ARE THE WELL LOCATIONS AND THE PURPOSE IN PLACE OF USE OF THE EXTRACTED WATER. SO FOR INSTANCE, WE WOULD WANT THE LANDOWNER TO SAY, HERE'S A RECHARGE FACILITY I'M PUTTING IN, IT'S MAYBE A PORTION OF AN EXISTING PARCEL AND I PLAN TO EXTRACT FROM SOME WELLS THAT ARE WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE LATER WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT CREDITS, WE ARE NOT IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LET SOMEBODY RECHARGE AND LIKE 20 MILES AWAY FROM WHERE THEY PLAN TO EXTRACT IT. THAT'S NOT IN A WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO DEFINE THAT YET. SO WE DO WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED, WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE EXTRACTED AND WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE USED ON. THE, LET'S SEE, GO INTO POINT THREE, PROVIDE ACCURATE MEASUREMENT INTO THE FACILITY USING A DEDICATED AND CALIBRATED METER? THERE ARE SOME REQUIREMENTS IN ONE OF YOUR OTHER POLICIES FOR THE WELL CONSISTENCY DETERMINATION THAT THE ANY KIND OF REPLACEMENT WELL HAS TO HAVE A METER OF CERTAIN TYPES AND CONDITIONS. I WOULD WE WOULD SEE THAT SAME SORT OF INFORMATION COMING FORWARD HERE THAT WOULD SAY IT NEEDS TO BE CALIBRATED, CERTIFIED, INSTALLED PROPERLY METER AND WE WOULD. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AT THE MEASURE, THE MEASUREMENT AT THE POINT OF DIVERSION USING A TOTALIZING FLOW METER. AND WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE THAT THERE'S SOME SORT OF ANTI TAMPERING PROCEDURES REGARDING HARDWARE OR REMOVAL. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE HONEST CREDIT AND WE'RE TRYING TO LIMIT OPPORTUNITIES FOR POOR ACTORS, I GUESS IS THE BETTER WAY TO SAY THAT. VERIFY MEASUREMENT WITH REPORTING TO THE STATE BOARD OR REPORTING ASSOCIATED WITH A CONTRACTED SUPPLIER. SO, FOR INSTANCE, SOME OF FOLKS IN THIS GSA HAVE A CONTRACT WITH MID UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO RECEIVE MID SERVICE WATER. WELL, THEY MAY TAKE SOME OF THAT AND LOOK TO RECHARGE IT, NOT ACTUALLY LOOK TO USE IT IN THAT SAME YEAR. IF SO, WE WOULD WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE PROVIDED WITH THE INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CONTRACTED SUPPLY. GOING BACK UP TO THE INITIAL POINT, WE'D ALSO WANT TO KNOW THAT THAT CONTRACT DID SUPPLY THE UNDERLYING WATER RIGHT IS ALLOWED TO BE STORED UNDERGROUND BECAUSE THE STATE BOARD WANTS TO KNOW THAT THAT WATER RIGHT IS PHYSICALLY ALLOWED TO BE STORED UNDERGROUND AND TRACKED. VERIFY. SO THAT'S VERIFYING THE MEASUREMENT, PROVIDE, ESTIMATE AND BASIS FOR POTENTIAL LOSSES DURING DELIVERY TO THE FACILITY. IN SOME CASES, THERE MAY BE A SEVERAL THERE MAY BE A DISTANCE BETWEEN WHERE IT'S DIVERTED OFF OF A CONVEYANCE COURSE TO WHERE YOUR RECHARGE FACILITY IS IS AND YOU MIGHT BE HAVING SEEPAGE OR EVAPORATION OR OTHER THINGS. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE SO WE CAN PROPERLY RECOGNIZE IF THEY SHOULD BE PART OF CREDITS OR NOT, OR THEY SHOULD BE SUBTRACTED. QUANTIFY THE TOTAL WATER INTO THE RECHARGE FACILITY SO AN ESTIMATE AND BASIS FOR THE LOSS OF THE FACILITY. SO YOU GET A BIG POND THAT'S STORING WATER. IT IF YOU'RE ACTUALLY STORING WATER INTO THE SUMMER SEASON, YOU'RE GOING TO GET EVAPORATION. IF THE SOIL OR IF THE BASIN HAS A LOT OF PLANTS AROUND IT TOO, YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME USE. YOU ALSO ON THE FLOODMAR SIDE, THERE IS A WEDDING OF THE ROOT ZONE. THOSE CROPS ARE GOING TO START USING THAT WATER. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT ELEMENT. SO IF YOU PUT A FOOT OF EXTRA WATER ON AND THAT REALLY PRE WETS THE ROOT ZONE AND THEN THE TREES OR VINES START PULLING THAT BACK UP, YOU MAY NOT GET CREDIT FOR ALL OF THAT. SO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS AND WE'RE ASKING FOR THE LANDOWNER TO PROVIDE A BUNCH OF THIS INFORMATION AS BEST THEY UNDERSTAND IT. THEN A POINT FOUR IS PROVIDE ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF EXTRACTION AND USE. SO WE'RE GOING TO WANT YOU, THE LANDOWNER, TO BE PROVIDING MONTHLY FLOW INFORMATION TO THE GSA. WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE AN ONLINE PLATFORM IN SOME MANNER THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO KNOW HOW MUCH IS COMING OUT OF THE GROUND ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CREDIT. SO IF, FOR INSTANCE, YOU GO GET A CREDIT AND IT'S GRANTED AND YOU'VE GOT 1,000 ACRE FEET OF CREDIT IN THE GROUND AND YOU START USING NEXT YEAR AND YOU PULL OUT 600 OF IT, AND WE [00:35:06] HAVE RECOGNIZED DOCUMENTED MATERIALS THAT SAY, I PULLED OUT 600. WELL, YOU NOW HAVE 400 STILL IN THAT ACCOUNT, RIGHT? SO THIS IS ALL ABOUT TRYING TO TRACK AND ACCOMMODATE THE CREDITS APPROPRIATELY FOR FOLKS WHO WANT TO DO THIS. SO NOW WE GO TO THE GSA SIDE. AND FIRST OFF POINT ONE HERE IS THIS GSA IS GOING TO NEED TO PREPARE THE POLICIES THAT DICTATE THE GENERATION AND USE OF CREDIT. SO WHAT IS THE QUANTIFICATION METHOD? WHAT ARE THE LIMITATIONS ON QUANTITY AND USE THE TRACKING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND THE APPEAL PROCESS? THE ABOVE POINTS FOR THE LANDOWNER ARE KIND OF WHAT'S ALL INVOLVED, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DETAIL THOSE OUT IN A POLICY THIS BOARD WILL HAVE TO ADOPT AT SOME POINT IN TIME. THEN POINT TWO THE GSA WILL CALCULATE THE CREDITS GENERATED FOR EACH LANDOWNER, AND THERE'S LIKELY GOING TO BE A STANDARD LOSS TO THE BASIN. THIS IS A TYPICAL PRACTICE THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING THROUGHOUT GROUNDWATER STORAGE FACILITIES UP AND DOWN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND IN DOWN SOUTH IN MOJAVE BASIN AND OTHER PLACES. THERE'S WHAT'S CONSIDERED KIND OF A LEAVE BEHIND OR A MINIMUM LOSS OF WATER YOU PUT INTO THE GROUND IS IS GOING TO THE GOOD. IT'S MIGRATING, IT'S ESSENTIALLY GOING TO THE GOOD OF THE BASIN. THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL LOSSES FOR THE RECHARGE OPERATIONS CONSIDERING THE HYDRO GEOLOGY, WHETHER THERE'S CORCORAN CLAY OR WHETHER IT IS EXISTING HIGH LEVELS, HIGH WATER LEVELS, THE CONVEYANCE SEEPAGE THAT MIGHT BE OCCURRING, SOIL TYPES, ANY NUMBER OF THINGS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE UNDERSTANDING AND WHAT'S THE FACILITY AND METHOD THAT'S BEING USED TO GET THE WATER IN THE GROUND. SO IF YOU'RE DOING FLOODMAR VERSUS A DEEP DRY WELL, YOU MIGHT GET MORE CREDIT UNDER A DEEP DRY WELL THAN YOU WOULD UNDER FLOODMAR JUST BECAUSE OF A VARIETY OF OF ELEMENTS PLAYING IN THERE UNDER POINT. LET'S SEE C ESTABLISH RECHARGE OPERATIONS SPECIFIC CREDIT DERIVED. SO ESSENTIALLY A LANDOWNER WILL SAY, HERE'S MY PROJECT, HERE'S MY OPERATION, HERE'S MY PLAN. THE GSA WILL SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'LL RECOGNIZE AS CREDIT. SO FOR EVERY ONE UNIT IN, HERE'S THE CREDIT THAT HAPPENS AND HERE'S THE DEFINED POTENTIAL DEFINED DECAY OVER TIME. SO IF YOU PUT IT IN THIS YEAR, IT MAY NOT BE THERE AFTER FIVE OR SIX YEARS IF YOU HAVEN'T USED IT OR THERE'S ULTIMATELY GOING TO BE SOME LIMITS. OTHER PLACES IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY HAVE SET A FIVE YEAR CAP THAT IF YOU DON'T USE YOUR RECHARGE WATER WITHIN FIVE YEARS, IT'S GONE COMPLETELY AND IT ACTUALLY HAS A DECAY THAT KIND OF BUILDS IN OVER TIME. THESE ARE CONSIDERATIONS. WE DON'T KNOW THIS YET, AND THAT'S WHY THAT OPENING STATEMENT SAYS SOME OF THIS IS QUALITATIVE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT OUT THERE. THESE ARE THE FACTORS THAT PLAY IN. SO IT ISN'T JUST ONE ACRE FOOT I DIVERTED OUT OF THE GROUND. I GET ONE ACRE FOOT OF CREDIT. THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT OF NUANCE TO THIS. CREDITS RECOGNIZED BY THE GSA CANNOT BE USED UNTIL THERE IS A GROUNDWATER ALLOCATION. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THINGS AND WE WANT TO HOPEFULLY, IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO GET WATER IN THE GROUND THIS YEAR, WE WANT TO GET THAT WATER IN THE GROUND. WE WANT TO TRY AND RECOGNIZE THAT WATER CAME IN THE GROUND IN 23. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ALLOCATION STARTING IN 26, THAT YOU CAN START USING THIS CREDIT IN COMBINATION WITH THAT ALLOCATION AT THAT POINT. BUT PRIOR TO THAT, IT KIND OF DOESN'T MATTER IF WE DON'T HAVE AN ALLOCATION. IT'S IT'S JUST ON PAPER AND PRACTICE. RIGHT. AND I GUESS IT'S KIND OF HOW WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. WE NEED TO THEN TRACK CREDIT GENERATION AND ANNUAL USE FOR EACH RECHARGE PROJECT. SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY THERE'S GOING TO BE A INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTING MECHANISM FOR EVERYBODY THAT WANTS TO DO A PROJECT, A RECHARGE PROJECT. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THE TOOLS AND THE DATA SET TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT SO THAT WE ARE APPROPRIATELY RECOGNIZING THIS PERSON TOOK THIS ACTION AND THAT'S WATER THEY'RE GOING TO USE THAT MAY BE ON TOP OF THEIR ALLOCATION IN ORDER TO DO A CERTAIN OPERATION AND GROW WHATEVER THEY'RE WANTING TO GROW. FINALLY, THE ANNUAL USE ASPECT OF THAT ON TRACKING THE LOCATION LIMITATIONS, WHERE WE MAY SAY THAT YOU'RE LIMITED CURRENTLY THE THINKING IS YOU'RE GOING TO BE LIMITED TO THE SUSTAINABILITY ZONE THAT YOU PUT WATER INTO. THAT WAS A CONVERSATION SORRY, THOSE ZONES WERE INITIALLY ESTABLISHED A YEAR OR SO AGO. WE KNOW THEY NEED TO BE REFINED. THEY'RE APPROXIMATIONS OF SIGNIFICANT VARIANCES THROUGHOUT THE BASIN. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE SOMEBODY MIGHT BE RIGHT ON AN EDGE OF A SUSTAINABILITY ZONE, SO IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE THAT IT'S WITHIN A CERTAIN RADIUS. SO WE STILL NEED TO KIND OF FIGURE THAT OUT. BUT THAT'S THE INTENT, IS THAT YOU KIND OF LIMITED TO THE ZONE YOU'RE PUTTING WATER INTO. SO WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE LOCATION IS AND MAKE SURE THE USER KNOWS THAT THERE'S LIMITATIONS. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO USE THAT WATER FOR? AND WE'RE TRACKING THAT. AND FINALLY GETTING DOWN INTO POINT FOUR, PROVIDE ANNUAL REPORTING TO THE LANDOWNER AND CUMULATIVE WITH ALL THE OTHER RECHARGE PROJECTS NECESSARY FOR THE GSP ANNUAL REPORTING. [00:40:03] SO IT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THIS GSA TO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE TO OUR FELLOW GSA'S IN THIS BASIN AND ULTIMATELY TO THE STATE THAT AS WE'RE REDUCING THE CONSUMPTIVE USE OF GROUNDWATER, WHILE WE MAY NOT BE REDUCING OVERALL CONSUMPTIVE USE THE SAME AMOUNT, IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE TRACT RECHARGE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED TO HELP BRING THAT NUMBER BACK UP. SO ALL OF THIS REPORTING BOTH TO THE LANDOWNER AND THEN ALSO TO THE GSP AND THE OTHER GSA'S IS IMPORTANT. SO THAT WAS A LOT OF ME TALKING AND LET'S HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS. GREG I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. ONE, I JUST WANT TO TELL KOLE THAT WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS WE'VE CHANGED SOME OF THE LANGUAGE TO BE MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE UNDERSTANDING THERE ARE EXISTING RECHARGE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN ONGOING AND WE'VE MODIFIED SOME OF THE LANGUAGE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT ALL NEW PROJECTS. THERE ARE PROJECTS OUT THERE THAT EXIST THAT WE'RE REALLY JUST TRYING TO DOCUMENT THOSE QUANTITIES OF WATER BEING RECHARGED FOR CREDIT. THE OTHER THING IS I DO THINK THERE'S ONE ITEM THAT CHANGED FROM OUR TUESDAY MEETING OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE, AND I THINK FORMALLY WE HAD ITEM SIX A UNDER WHAT THE LANDOWNER WOULD DO, WHICH HAS BECOME FOUR A AND I THINK THE INTENT THERE WAS NOT FOR LANDOWNERS TO REPORT THEIR EXTRACTED WATER ON A MONTHLY BASIS. IT WAS FOR THEM TO REPORT THEIR RECHARGED WATER ON A MONTHLY BASIS. SO I THINK WE HAD NO INTENT OF THEM TRYING TO TRACK WATER THAT THEY WERE EXTRACTING THAT HAD BEEN RECHARGED AND HOW YOU TAG THAT TO KNOW. BUT WE WERE INTERESTED IN GETTING MONTHLY DATA SO WE COULD CORRELATE RECHARGE AMOUNTS WITH STORM EVENTS SO THAT WE COULD SEE THAT MAJOR FLOWS AND STREAMS AND CREEKS AND THINGS THAT WOULD BE DIVERTED. WE COULD CORRELATE THOSE WITH WITH RECHARGED WATER TO GROUND IF THAT WAS THE SOURCE. YEAH. SO WE DO HAVE THAT IS IN THE MEASUREMENT UNDER THREE A MEASUREMENT OF POINT OF DIVERSION THAT'S IMPORTANT. WE MAY HAVE NEEDED TO DETAIL THAT. THAT WOULD BE MONTHLY REPORTING, BUT WE ALSO LET'S PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION. AND I THOUGHT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH THE AD HOC. SO APOLOGIZE IF THIS DOESN'T REFLECT ALL THE CONVERSATIONS. THIS IS WHY IT'S DRAFT AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT. IF YOU WERE SITTING, LET'S SAY WE'RE IN 2030 AND WE HAVE AN ALLOCATION IN PLACE OF SO MUCH NATIVE YIELD OF WATER OF GROUNDWATER YOU HAVE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SOME OTHER STACK ON TOP OF THAT. IF I'M A LANDOWNER AND THE GSA IS SAYING, HEY, I SEE THAT YOU USED THE LET'S SAY YOUR PARCEL CONSUMED 500 ACRE FEET AND YOUR ALLOCATION ONLY GAVE YOU 300 ACRE FEET. SO YOU SEEM TO HAVE BEEN OVERUSING WE WANT TO KNOW THAT HERE'S MY RECORDS FOR THE RECHARGE I PUT IN BEFORE THAT WE QUANTIFIED I USED THAT THIS YEAR AND I'M APPLYING THAT AGAINST THAT DIFFERENTIAL AND THAT'S HOW I'M USING IT. SO THERE IS GOING TO NEED TO BE SOME METHOD OF REPORTING OF WHERE THAT WATER IS COMING OUT AND WHEN IT'S COMING OUT. AND I RECOGNIZE THERE'S THERE'S CHALLENGES THERE IF YOU'RE PUMPING, YOU'RE JUST PUMPING WATER. AND IT MIGHT HAVE TWO COMPONENTS TO THAT. EACH MOLECULE THAT'S COMING UP DURING THE COURSE OF A YEAR. I THINK THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS DOCUMENT IS PRIMARILY TO FOCUS AT THE 2023 WATER YEAR. AND I REALLY THINK WE'RE NOT AT THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL YET. THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION. ERIC, I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT I WAS GOING TO REPORT ON THIS LATER. BUT WEDNESDAY THERE WAS AN INTERAGENCY WEBINAR, CALIFORNIA WATER, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE WAS ON THAT, BUT WHAT THEY SUGGESTED IS BECAUSE OF HIGHER TEMPERATURES THIS SUMMER AND CONCERNED THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER DRY WINTER, THEY WANT TO CAPTURE ALL THE WATER, ALL THE EXCESS WATER THAT'S COMING AND THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE CREATING A STRIKE FORCE OR STRIKE TEAM THAT THEY SAID ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD PERMIT SO THAT THOSE PERMITS ARE AVAILABLE THIS DECEMBER. [00:45:03] SO WE'RE NO LONGER LOOKING AT SOMETHING MAYBE NEXT YEAR. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS DECEMBER. AND AND THE EMPHASIS AS USUAL, IS ON GROUNDWATER RECHARGE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD ANY DAMS BY THIS DECEMBER. SO, YOU KNOW, LISTENING TO WHAT KOLE'S SAYING, YOU KNOW, AND KIND OF REPEATING WHAT I THOUGHT THE OTHER DAY IS WE NEED TO MAKE THIS AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE, AS SIMPLE AND DOABLE AS POSSIBLE. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED WITH THE REGULATIONS OF WHAT THE STATE'S GOING TO CONSIDER AS GROUNDWATER RECHARGE. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT MEASUREMENT IN AND OUT. AND SO WE HAVE TO WORK ON THAT. BUT THESE REGULATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FORM, WE'RE ON A LOT FASTER TIME FRAME THAN I THOUGHT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THIS READY BY THE 1ST OF DECEMBER BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO RAIN OR IF IT'S GOING TO RAIN OR WHEN AND IF THIS WATER IS AVAILABLE. THEY ALSO, OF COURSE ARE INTERESTED IN STORING ANY BEYOND THE STREAM WATER, ANY STORM WATER THAT MAY BE COMING FROM THE CITIES, WHEREVER. WELL TOWARDS THAT END MIKE, DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE MOVE THIS UP FOR ADOPTION TO THE NOVEMBER MEETING? YEAH, I THINK I THINK WE NEED TO. AND ONCE AGAIN, IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT, BUT WE NEED TO START IT OUT AS LOOSELY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT PEOPLE START, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THIS WATER IN THE GROUND. I MEAN, IT'S AS GREG SAID, I MEAN, BEYOND BEYOND THE VALUE OF HAVING THAT WATER THAT YOU CAN PUMP OUT LATER POLITICALLY, PUTTING THIS WATER IN THE GROUND, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE GSA LOOK BETTER TO THE STATE BECAUSE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING. I GUESS TOWARDS THAT END, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT MIKE IS PROVIDING A MECHANISM SINCE WE'RE RELEASING THESE GUIDELINES TODAY AND WE MIGHT POTENTIALLY ADOPT THEM IN NOVEMBER OF PROVIDING SOME MECHANISM FOR INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE EITHER EXISTING OR PLANNED RECHARGE FACILITIES THAT THEY THINK THESE REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE A PROBLEM FOR PROVIDING THEM A WAY TO CONTACT US AND GET THAT INFORMATION TO US. SO I WONDER IF AN EMAIL TO STAFF OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY OF PEOPLE HAVE COMMENTS THEY WANT TO MAKE ABOUT THIS POLICY. THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE, WHICH IS WORKING ON DEVELOPING THESE, IS MEETING CURRENTLY ABOUT TWICE A MONTH. SO THERE WOULD LIKELY BE A COUPLE OF MORE MEETINGS BEFORE THE NOVEMBER MEETING, BUT PERHAPS THERE'S AN EMAIL THAT CAN BE PROVIDED OR AN ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER IF PEOPLE WANT TO PROVIDE SOME INPUT ON THIS POLICY. MR. CHAIRMAN. YES, WELL, I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPLEMENTING IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE ALL THIS AND DISCUSS IT. AND THIS MAY COME AS A SHOCK TO THE STATE BOARD AND MAYBE SOME OF THE CONSULTANTS. BUT SOME OF US HAVE BEEN DOING THIS STUFF FOR 50 YEARS, TAKING FLOODWATERS, PRE IRRIGATING WITH IT, PUTTING IT ON ALFALFA AND GETTING THE DEEP MOISTURE IN. AND IT WORKS. AND THE LAST THING I WANT IS TO PUT A BUNCH OF SILLY RULES IN HERE THAT IS GOING TO MAKE THAT IMPOSSIBLE TO DO. SO WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THOSE EIGHT OR NINE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE THAT RECOGNIZES THE CURRENT PROGRAMS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED AS FARMERS AND NOT JEOPARDIZE THAT BY SOME SOMETHING THAT SAYS, WELL, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THIS. I MEAN, I'VE SEEN WHERE WATER IS RUNNING OVER FROM DEAD DUTCHMAN OR IN INTO DEAD MAN, AND SOMEBODY'S GOING TO TELL ME, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WE DON'T WANT TO PUMP THAT OUT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT PERMIT. THE HECK WITH THAT. I MEAN, YOU JUST START PUMPING IT AND PUT IT IN YOUR RECHARGE AND IT'S USEFUL. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT THIS IS I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU DO SOMETHING'S GOING TO HINDER WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW. [00:50:03] WE'RE ALL WE WANT, ALL WANT TO DO THIS AND I GET THAT. BUT LET'S WORK WITH US INSTEAD OF JUST ONE COMMITTEE, A BUNCH OF RULES, AND WE OUGHT TO WE ALL GOT TO GO BY IT. SO TO RESPOND TO THAT, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ON IS WE [INAUDIBLE] ABSOLUTELY SHOULDN'T. AND WE SHOULD PROBABLY PUT IT IN THE PRETEXT HERE, DISCOURAGE ANY EXISTING OPERATIONS LIKE THAT. THE CHALLENGE BECOMES IF KOLE YOU NOW SAY, I WANT CREDIT OF X ACRE FEET AGAINST AN ALLOCATION, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY DOCUMENTATION. I DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT. WELL, THAT'S WHERE THE GSA NOW PUTS ITSELF IN A LEGAL JEOPARDY IF IT GETS CHALLENGED ON SUPPORTING AN ILLEGAL DIVERSION OR POTENTIAL. WHAT IF I DON'T I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE BUREAUCRATIC BOLOGNA ON IT. THE WATER IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT, OKAY. AND AS LONG AS NOBODY'S TELLING ME I CAN'T TAKE FLOOD WATER THAT'S HARMING PEOPLE AND USE IT PRODUCTIVELY ON MY LAND, I'M OKAY WITH THAT. WE'RE NOT. YEAH. AND I THINK THIS FRAMEWORK AND WE SHOULD JUST CLARIFY, IS NOT TRYING TO STOP THAT WHATSOEVER. BUT IF AT SOME POINT YOU WANT TO CLAIM A UNIQUE QUANTITY RECOGNIZED FOR THAT, WE'RE GOING TO WE MAY HAVE TO EXTEND STEP OVER INTO THIS OTHER LANE. BUT UNTIL THAT POINT IN TIME, HOW MUCH OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING CAN ENCOURAGE CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE. I THINK WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE AS THIS BOARD UP HERE AND I'M GOING TO THROW OUT A CRAZY HYPOTHETICAL, SO JUST BEAR WITH ME ON THIS. BUT LET'S SAY YOU'RE YOUR DIVERSIONS, IN YOUR OPINION, ARE DIVERTING FLOOD NUISANCE WATER. BUT THERE'S SOMEBODY DOWNSTREAM WITH THE WATER RIGHT, WHO'S LIKE, WHY AM I NOT GETTING MY WATER? AND THEY SEE YOUR DIVERSION. AND NOW THERE'S SOME SORT OF CHALLENGE ABOUT AN ILLEGAL DIVERSION THAT'S INJURING THEM AS A LEGAL USER. AND IF THE GSA IS LIKE, WELL, WE GAVE KOLE SUCH A CREDIT FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S FIT IN OUR POLICY, WE'RE NOW, AS IS THE GSA RUNNING INTO THAT SITUATION. SO WE I WANT TO TRY AND SEPARATE THOSE TWO. KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND ENCOURAGE THAT. BUT AS SOON AS YOU WANT TO START GETTING A RECOGNIZED NUMBER IN A FUTURE ALLOCATION TRACKING, WE MAY HAVE TO HAVE THESE OTHER THINGS IN PLACE. DOES THAT. AND I GET THAT. BUT THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THE WATER IF IT IF IT STARTS SINKING IN THE GROUND WHERE THE WATER WATER'S GOING THROUGH, WHICH MEAN I'M GOING TO PUMP LESS THAN I WOULD OTHERWISE. OKAY. NOW, IF YOU'RE SAYING, WELL, WE WANT TO TAKE THAT WATER THAT'S SEEPING ON YOUR LAND AND WE WANT TO SELL IT TO LA OR SOMETHING, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM. WELL, YEAH, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK THAT'S THE POINT. YOU DO THAT. AND I THINK THE IDEA THAT LET'S JUST SAY THAT IT RAISES WATER LEVELS SO YOU'RE PUMPING FROM 200 FEET INSTEAD OF 400 FEET. SO YOUR COST IS LESS. WHETHER OR NOT IT AFFECTED HOW MUCH EXTRA WATER YOU MAY HAVE PUMPED. WELL, JUST THAT AND IS A BENEFIT TO YOURSELF WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANTED TO TRY AND CLAIM. YEAH, YEAH. ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING TO THE SOUTH IN [INAUDIBLE] WATER DISTRICT. WE WENT TO TEXAS AND WE BOUGHT ONE OF THESE THINGS THAT DOES DRY WELLS AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING DRY WELLS AND THEN PUTTING ROCK IN IT SO THEY CAN SO THE WATER CAN DUMP. AND WE'VE GOT ABOUT 25 TON NOW AND WE WANT TO KEEP GOING. AND WE REACHED OUT TO LE GRAND-ATHLONE. WE WANT TO DO IT DUE TO THOSE THINGS WORK BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THEM BEFORE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AS INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS AND FARMERS TO HELP THE SITUATION. WE DON'T NEED TO SIT AROUND AND WAIT FOR THE STATE BOARD TO COME UP WITH SOME SOME IDEA TO TO HELP US. WHAT WE NEED FOR THEM TO DO IS GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY SO WE CAN DO THIS STUFF. ABSOLUTELY. I AGREE. I AGREE. AND I THINK WHAT WHAT YOU'RE POINTING OUT IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS FRAMEWORK ISN'T SEEN AS ANY LIMITATION ON EXISTING ACTIVITIES AND THAT IT'S CLEARLY RECOGNIZING THAT IF YOU WANT TO TRY AND START SAYING THIS IS A WATER SUPPLY THAT I WANT TO HOLD AS MY OWN FOR MY OWN PURPOSE, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FALL INTO THESE THESE POINTS. AND SO IF WE CAN GET THAT CLARITY AND UNDERSTANDING, I THINK WE GET THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS MOVING FORWARD AND WE ENCOURAGE AS MUCH AS WE CAN. AND THERE ARE A VARIETY OF APPLICATIONS FOR TEMPORARY EMERGENCY PETITIONS IN FRONT OF THE BOARD RIGHT NOW UP AND DOWN THE VALLEY, TRYING TO PURSUE SOME WATER OPPORTUNITIES. THE WAY THE STATE IS LOOKING AT THOSE IS THOSE WILL HAVE REQUIREMENTS ABOUT MEASURING AND MEASURING OUT WHERE THE WATER IS GETTING USED. ALL THIS STUFF KIND OF FALLS IN WITH THAT. SO THE THE INTERAGENCY PROCESS, I'M SURE, IS TRYING TO PUT A LITTLE BIT OF FIRE UNDER THE FEET OF THE STATE BOARD STAFF WORKING ON THOSE PETITIONS BECAUSE THEY HAVE DRUG THEIR FEET ON SEVERAL OF THOSE FOR A LONG TIME. BUT THOSE, AGAIN, ARE VERY SPECIFIC PETITIONS THAT ARE DOING THESE SAME THINGS THAT ARE IN THIS FRAMEWORK. WHAT WHAT I'M HEARING KOLE SAYING AND WHAT WE SHOULD MAKE SURE IS THAT THERE'S CLARITY OF DO WHATEVER. [00:55:04] IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING AND LET'S ENCOURAGE THAT, LET'S JUST RECOGNIZE THAT AS SOON AS YOU WANT TO HAVE NUMBERS TIED TO IT AND CREDIT HELD TO YOUR ACCOUNT, THAT MIGHT PLAY INTO THE FUTURE, THEN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FOLLOW THESE OTHER STEPS. GREG, I GOT A QUESTION. WHAT IS NUISANCE WATER? WHAT DOES I MEAN TO KOLE'S POINT, I BET MOST OF THE TIME YOU'RE DOING WHAT I KNOW YOU'RE DOING IS NUISANCE WATER, RIGHT? I MEAN, GENERALLY SPEAKING, BUT NOT TO ME, IT'S NOT NUISANCE WATER. WELL, I KNOW YOU LOVE IT AND I LOVE IT. WE ALL LOVE IT, RIGHT. BUT YEAH, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND HIGHWAY 59, IT'S NUISANCE WATER. RIGHT. SO I HAVE THE QUOTE HERE FROM THE STATE BOARD UNDER ONE C DIVERSIONS, ONLY ONE FLOW IN THE SOURCE, WATER BY BODY AT OR NEAR THE POINT OF DIVERSION EXCEED THRESHOLDS THAT TRIGGER FLOOD CONTROL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO MITIGATE THREATS TO HUMAN HEALTH OR SAFETY. ACCORDING TO ESTABLISHED WRITTEN FLOOD MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS ADOPTED BY A FLOOD CONTROL AGENCY. WHAT THE HECK DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, BECAUSE WHEN IT'S FLOODING BETWEEN DEAD MEN AND DUTCH IN LA GRAND. BUT BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE DOING ANYTHING ELSE. THE FLOOD CONTROL AGENCY PROBABLY HAS NO NOTHING WRITTEN ABOUT THAT. THEY HAVE NO CLUE THAT'S EVEN HAPPENING. SO CAN WE DO IT? JUST CALL IT NUISANCE WATER. SO, YEAH, EXACTLY. MY POINT IS, IS THERE IT'S THIS IS GRAY AREA. THAT NUISANCE WATER IS GRAY. AND AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE IS THAT AS SOON AS THE GSA GETS INVOLVED WITH QUANTIFYING SOMETHING AND GIVING YOU A RECOGNIZED CREDIT AN ASSET, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FALLING IN LINE WITH ALL THE STATE LEGAL STANDARDS. RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THIS KIND OF DROPS OFF. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT FALLS. THAT'S FINE. SO FAST FORWARDING TO THIS YEAR AND THEN BEYOND. RIGHT? SO THIS YEAR, THE STATE IS GOING TO GRANT MERCED COUNTY A TEMPORARY DIVERSIONS OFF OF MARIPOSA CREEK. RIGHT. IT'S A TRIAL FLOODMAR PROGRAM. SO ASSUME THAT GETS APPROVED AND WE GET FLOOD WATERS OFF OF MARIPOSA CREEK. ANYTHING WE RECHARGE. FOLLOWING THESE RULES COULD GET KEPT TRACK OF, CORRECT? I WOULD IMAGINE, SINCE IT IS GRANTED THROUGH THE STATE WATER BOARD. RIGHT. AND I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHATEVER IS BEING PUT FORWARD IN THAT TP ABOUT THE TRACKING IN AND OUT. AND THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THE STATE BOARD'S GOT ITS REQUIREMENTS AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THE TP DETAILS ON THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABSOLUTELY THERE'S IF THERE'S A PETITION APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND I THINK THAT'S LIKE A FIVE YEAR TP, IF IT'S DONE CORRECT UNDER THESE NEW THESE NEW POLICIES, IT CAN BE IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. IT WILL ALLOW YOU TO DIVERT. AND SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO DIVERT AT MAYBE LA GRAND, I THINK MIGHT BE ONE OF THE POINTS OFF ON MARIPOSA. IF YOU'RE DIVERTING THERE AND YOU'RE TAKING WATER OUT SOMEWHERE AND THERE'S SOMETHING IN THAT PETITION THAT SAYS, HERE'S HOW THINGS ARE QUANTIFIED, THEN WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S FALLING WITHIN HERE. AND THAT IS RECOGNIZED AS A AS A CREDIT AND SUM. AND THEN SO GOING INTO THE FUTURE. RIGHT. TO HELP MAYBE PUT SOME OF KOLE'S CONCERNS AT EASE. RIGHT. I MEAN, WE DID APPLY FOR THE FOR THE PERMIT, RIGHT, FOR THE BIG PERMIT. SO IF THAT EVER GETS GRANTED ANY SORT OF DIVERSION THAT ANYONE DOES IN THIS BASIN, ASSUMING THEY FOLLOW ANY SORT OF RULES, WILL BE JUSTIFIED. RIGHT. THERE'LL BE A WATER RIGHT ATTACHED TO IT AND YEAH, HOPEFULLY PROBLEM SOLVED. RIGHT. SO AND THERE MAY NOT BE ANY NUISANCE WATER AT DEAD MEN FLOWING INTO DUTCH AT THAT POINT. NOW IT ALL BE AWESOME WATER, REAL WET WATER. SO IT'S ALL CONTROLLED AND DIVERTED UNDER RECOGNIZED RIGHTS AND NOBODY CAN SAY ANYTHING. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE KOLE? NO, YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, GREG. WHAT'S THE POTENTIAL FOR US TO RESEARCH FROM WHAT DIRECTOR GALLO WAS SAYING, WHETHER THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A TEMPORARY USE PERMIT FOR ALL THE DIVERSIONS LISTED IN THE BIG APPLICATION THAT MERCEDES SUBMITTED TO THE STATE BOARD FOR THIS WATER YEAR. THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THAT. ARE THEY DOING IT FOR EVERY POINT OF DIVERSION IN THAT MASTER EDITION? AS FAR AS I UNDERSTOOD, THE STATE DIDN'T WANT EVERY POINT, SO THEY PICKED THE ONE OFF, THEY WANTED ONE STREAM AT A TIME. SO THEY PICKED THE STREAM THEY THOUGHT WOULD HAVE THE MOST BANG FOR THE BUCK. BUT THE DECISION WAS MARIPOSA. THEY TRIED TO TURN IN A PERMIT, MIRRORING THE LARGER ONE, THE PERMANENT ONE. AND THE STATE WATER BOARD SAID THAT. AND WORKING WITH DWR, THEY SAID THEY DID NOT WANT TO TACKLE THE WHOLE THING AT ONE TIME, THAT IT HAD TO BE ONE STREAM TO DO THE POINT OF DIVERSIONS OFF OF AT A TIME. IS THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT, THAT'S BEING WORKED ON RIGHT NOW. WHO'S LEADING THAT EFFORT? MID IS RIGHT STILL I THINK ON THAT. AND MOST OF THOSE DIVERSIONS ON MARIPOSA ARE. MARIPOSA DOES NOT ALLOW AN MID, IT'S JUST HOW IT WORKED OUT TO GET MORE RECHARGED IN THE AREA. [01:00:03] MOST OF THEM ARE IN OUR JURISDICTION [INAUDIBLE]. SO LACEY, IF PEOPLE DO HAVE COMMENTS ON THIS DRAFT AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE MOVING UP THE ADOPTION, WHERE COULD THEY SEND THOSE COMMENTS TO? SO THEY CAN SEND IN INTO EITHER MYSELF AND MY EMAIL IS LISTED ON THE MERCED SUBBASIN GSA DOT ORG WEBSITE OR WE ALSO HAVE A CONTACT AT MERCED SUBBASIN GSA DOT ORG EMAIL ADDRESS THAT THEY CAN EMAIL THAT INTO AND THAT WILL GO TO MYSELF AND ADRIEL. AND THAT EMAIL IS ALSO ON THE WEBSITE, CORRECT? OKAY, GOOD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I MEAN, I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT ON THE ARE WE ONLY LISTING TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF RECHARGE ESSENTIALLY IN HERE? I MEAN, ARE WE LIMITED TO, I GUESS, THOSE TYPES THERE OR COULD IT COULD THERE BE OTHER TYPES? BUT YOU SEE WE HAVE A DEDICATED INFILTRATION BASIN FLOODMAR, FLOODMAR WHICH IS. YEAH. SO IS THERE ANOTHER TYPE THAT YOU'RE THINKING? I MEAN, I'VE HEARD OF OTHER GUYS PROPOSE SOME OTHER CRAZY IDEAS, YOU KNOW, LIKE REVERSE LEACH SYSTEMS, ESSENTIALLY PUTTING A GIANT LEACH FIELD BENEATH THE FIELD. I MEAN, 10, 12 FEET DOWN. SO OTHER WAYS, I MEAN, I'D HATE TO JUST MAYBE SOMEONE INVENT SOMETHING AWESOME, RIGHT? WHICH IS YEAH, THAT'S IN MY OPINION, THAT'S A FORM OF A DEDICATED BASIN. IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF TUBES UNDER. THAT'S FINE. BUT WE WOULD I THINK WE THAT ABSOLUTELY WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE WHATEVER'S CREATIVE OUT THERE. THE THING THAT'S NOT ON HERE AND I THINK PURPOSEFULLY NOT ON HERE AT THIS POINT IS IN LIEU CREDIT RECHARGE BECAUSE AS WE MOVE TO AN ALLOCATION NOW IF YOU'RE USING, HOW ARE WE HOW ARE WE BALANCING AN ALLOCATION THAT MIGHT CARRY FORWARD IF YOU'RE USING SURFACE WATER IN A PARTICULAR YEAR, WHAT'S WHICH IS RECHARGE VERSUS WHICH IS THERE AN ALLOCATION OF NATIVE YIELD THAT MIGHT CARRY. SO IN LIEU IS NOT ON HERE PURPOSEFULLY. WHAT'S LIEU'S LAST NAME? OH, JUST MAKING SURE HE'LL PAY ATTENTION. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS? I LIKE THE STARTING BLOCK I'LL SAY THAT. YEAH, IT'S A GOOD STARTING BLOCK I'LL SAY THAT. OKAY. I GUESS. ONE, MR. CHAIRMAN, ONE THING I WOULD ASK IS, IS IT THE CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD TO PUSH THIS UP AND PUT IT ON THE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR ADOPTION? AND I GUESS ALSO THAT WOULD BE IN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE NEEDS TO FINISH WHATEVER INPUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE BY THE NOVEMBER GSA BOARD MEETING. YEAH. ANYBODY AGAINST THAT TRYING TO GET IT DONE [INAUDIBLE]. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING BEFORE WE ASK TO VOTE ON IT? GET IT TO YOU SOONER? YEAH. GET IT TO US. [INAUDIBLE] GET AHEAD OF TIME BE ENOUGH KOLE. ENOUGH FOR ME. YOU SEND IT TO ME. CAN WE REQUEST A COPY OF THE TP THAT'S BEING SUBMITTED AND THE DETAILS ON THAT? YEAH, WE CAN GET THAT. WE CAN GET ONE. I WOULD IMAGINE IT'S GOT SOME DETAILS ABOUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TRACK AND QUANTIFY AND HAVE CERTAIN THINGS. AND SO I'D LIKE TO BE CONSISTENT. IF WE'RE STARTING DOWN A PATH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS, BUT I CAN ASK A COUPLE OF PEOPLE AND I'LL MAKE SURE THEY GET IT TO YOU. HE KNOWS THE GUY. [INAUDIBLE] SO ALL RIGHT. SO I'D SAY I DIDN'T HEAR ANY OBJECTION TO GETTING IT DONE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. SO WE'RE ALL ALL ON THE SAME PAGE THERE. IS THERE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM? GEORGE PARK. LONE TREE MUTUAL WATER COMPANY. ONLY THAT ALSO, IF YOU COULD HAVE THAT SAME DRAFT POLICY THAT'S GOING TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC TO ALSO COMMENT ON OR HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW. WOULD IT BE SOMETHING YOU COULD HAVE ON THE WEBSITE LACEY? BUT LET'S ASK OUR ATTORNEY. SO AS THE AS THE COMMITTEES WORKING ON THE FRAMEWORK, CAN THE DRAFT BE UPLOADED TO THE WEBSITE SO THAT EVERYBODY. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AS LONG AS IT'S MARKED DRAFT. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEP. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, IS THERE? YES, MA'AM. BUT GIVE ME JUST A. YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS? [01:05:02] COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU PLEASE. JUST ASK FOR A COPY OF WHATEVER YOU WANT. A COPY OF THIS FRAMEWORK. IT SHOULD BE A COPY OF THIS. IT SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE OUT FRONT. YES. IF NOT, IF IT'S NOT THERE, THEN AFTER THE MEETING, COME UP AND WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET ONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WAS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE? NONE ONLINE. I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS PHASE ONE LAND REPURPOSING [7. PHASE 1 LAND REPURPOSING PROGRAM UPDATE] PROGRAM UPDATE. AND, ADRIEL ARE YOU GIVING US THAT ONE? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. SO SINCE COMMENCEMENT OF THE LAND REPURPOSING APPLICATION SOLICITATION PERIOD, THE GSA HAS RECEIVED ONE APPLICATION. HOWEVER, STAFF HAVE ENGAGED SEVERAL OWNERS WHO HAVE STATED THEY FULLY INTEND TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION BEFORE THE OCTOBER 31ST DEADLINE. SO THEREFORE, WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE A GOOD INFLUX OF APPLICATIONS AS WE APPROACH THE OCTOBER 31ST DEADLINE, AS WELL AS THE END OF HARVEST SEASON. AND IF YOU'LL RECALL, WE HOSTED AN INFORMATIONAL WORKSHOP MEETING AFTER OUR LAST GSA MEETING, WHICH IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, AND WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER WORKSHOP THAT WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY. WE DID HAVE A LOT OF ATTENDANCE VIRTUALLY AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETINGS OR AT OUR LAST INFORMATIONAL WORKSHOP, SO WE ELECTED TO MEET VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM AND THAT WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 18TH FROM 5:30 TO 7:00 PM. THE ZOOM INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED ON THE MSGSA WEBSITE AND HAS ALREADY BEEN ADVERTISED TO OUR DISTRIBUTION LIST. THE LAST UPDATE I HAVE FOR YOU IS THAT STAFF HAVE MAILED OUT AN INFORMATIONAL FLIER. I BELIEVE IT WENT OUT LAST WEEK TO ALL ELIGIBLE LAND REPURPOSING GROWERS OR GROWERS THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE LAND REPURPOSING PROGRAM. WE'VE ALSO HANDED OUT, I BELIEVE, TEN OF THOSE TO EACH OF YOU ALL A HAND OUT. WE'VE ALSO SENT OUT NUMEROUS EMAILS TO OUR DISTRIBUTION LIST, AND EMAILS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT BY OUR MEMBER AGENCIES ADVERTISING PROGRAM AND STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THIS MEETING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT GROWERS MAY HAVE. QUESTION OR COMMENT? YEAH, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF STAFFS REACHED OUT TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT COMING TO THEIR MEETINGS, AND I KNOW SOME OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE IN NOVEMBER IF THE BOARD WOULD WANT TO BACK OFF THE FINAL DUE DATE TO THE MIDDLE OR END OF NOVEMBER. SO STAFF MIGHT HAVE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO GROWERS IN PERSON. THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE BOARD DOES. IT DOESN'T STATE THAT THE CUT OFF PERIOD HAS TO BE THE 31ST. SO THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE. I JUST IDEA I DON'T KNOW. YEAH, BUT IT DOES DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE HAVE TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS SHOULD WE RECEIVE A LARGE INFLUX. [INAUDIBLE] YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING ON GOING TO THE SANDY BUSH ANNUAL MEETING, BUT THAT'S THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER. YOU GET A GOOD FACE TIME THERE WITH PEOPLE AND YOU MENTIONED OTHER STUFF YOU'RE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO AT THIS TIME. I JUST WANT TO ADD TO ADRIEL'S POINT THERE ABOUT THE TIMING. I KNOW EKI WE MAY WANT TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME THEY'RE ANTICIPATING THEY NEED BETWEEN THE CLOSING OF THE APPLICATION PERIOD AND IN TIME TO SCORE AND EVALUATE. AND I BELIEVE THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS ADOPTED STAFF MAKES THE DETERMINATION BASED ON THE SCORING AND JUST PRESENTS BACK TO YOU. BUT WE WERE TRYING TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT WHAT ALL WAS SELECTED AT YOUR DECEMBER 8TH. I THINK THAT'S THE BOARD MEETING DATE. SO WE JUST START TO SQUEEZE A LITTLE BIT THERE. SO WE'RE JUST WE WHILE WE DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE AS MUCH FACE TIME [INAUDIBLE]. I'M SURE THEY I'M SURE THEY CAN. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T END UP WAITING UNTIL DECEMBER 2ND TO TRY AND THEN HAVE SOMETHING TO REPORT BACK TO YOU GUYS WITH A DECISION ON THE 8TH. YEAH. SO YOUR MEETING IS ON THE 9TH? 9TH. SO A CONSIDERATION MAYBE OF JUST WE CAN THE 10TH THAT MAYBE WE WE LOOK TO CLOSING BY THE 15TH OF NOVEMBER INSTEAD OF THE 31ST OF OCTOBER. BUT WE STILL PUT THE BOARD STILL MAYBE CONSIDER SOME HARD DATE INSTEAD OF JUST KIND OF CONTINUING TO KEEP IT OPEN. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ANNOUNCE SOME HARD. NO, I THINK WE NEED A HARD DATE. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE BACK IT OFF A COUPLE OF WEEKS. DOES OUR RESOLUTION ALLOW US TO HAVE A HARD DATE OF OCTOBER 31ST AND THEN EXTEND IT? [01:10:02] I TOOK A LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION BEFORE THIS, AND IT ESTABLISHES THE IT ESTABLISHED THE PROGRAM IN THE RESOLUTION AT A CERTAIN DATE, BUT DOES NOT HAVE A CAP AS TO WHEN THE SOLICITATION PERIOD ENDS. SO THEREFORE, YOU COULD MAKE THAT DECISION HERE TODAY. OKAY. AND THEN. AND THEN. AND THEN. I MEAN, IF WE GET APPLICATION OR MORE APPLICATIONS BY OCTOBER 31ST, NIC AND I CAN START ON THOSE AND HAVE THAT PART DONE. SO, YEAH, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CUTOFF DATE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WHEN WE WENT THE CUTOFF DATE [INAUDIBLE]. USUALLY YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF GROWERS THERE. I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A THAT'D BE A GOOD ONE. LET'S HAVE TACOS. PEOPLE USUALLY SHOW UP. I DO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DO WE NEED A FORMAL ACTION? YEAH, WELL, I KNOW, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE A DATE, DO WE NEED A MOTION? QUESTION. YEAH, SURE. [INAUDIBLE] OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM WITH NO ACTION THAT'S ACTUALLY ANTICIPATED. DOES THAT POSE AN ISSUE FOR THE GOVERNING BOARD SO AS TO TAKE AN ACTION ON AN ITEM THAT WAS NOT PUBLISHED WITH ANY CONSIDERATION OF MODIFYING A DATE? ONE THING I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SET THE ORIGINAL DEADLINE, WAS IT STAFF OR THE BOARD? IT WAS STAFF THEN I WOULD THINK STAFF COULD EXTEND IT AS LONG AS THERE'S NO BOARD OBJECTION. THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES STAFF TO ESSENTIALLY ONCE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE AND RUN THE PROGRAM THAT I WOULD THINK IT'S SOMETHING STAFF COULD DO AT YOUR DIRECTION. OKAY. SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, I THINK AS LONG AS WE'RE SEEING A BUNCH OF HAPPY FACES AND THUMBS UP, I THINK STAFF IS HAS GOT THE MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR. OKAY. SO LET ME JUST ASK FROM THE BOARD, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? NONE HERE? OK. WE'RE COVERED. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER [INAUDIBLE] THEN I'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. MA'AM, DID YOU HAVE SOME COMMENT ON THIS OR NO. OKAY. CAN YOU COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE? YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL VOICE, BUT IT'S VERY QUIET. [INAUDIBLE] WHEN I RECEIVED THIS FLIER. YES. REGARDING THE REPURPOSING OF LAND THAT'S COMING UP FOR APPLICATIONS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1ST AND OCTOBER 31ST, I CAME TO THE MEETING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS. AND BUT THEN I HAVE RECEIVED A LOT MORE INFORMATION HERE ADDITIONALLY THAT I THAT I THINK IS VERY USEFUL SO THAT THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WILL DO BEFORE THE MEETING IS OVER OR YOU'RE NOT ADDRESSING THIS PARTICULAR THING. SO WE'RE NOT SPECIFICALLY GOING TO ADDRESS IT. I MEAN, WE'RE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT IT IN GENERALITIES. AND SO IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, IT'S PROBABLY BETTER THAT YOU WOULD SIT DOWN WITH THE STAFF MEMBER AND SHARE YOUR EXAMPLE, AND THEN AND THEN YOU COULD GET TO DISCUSS IT AT THAT POINT. OKAY. YOU MEAN SITTING DOWN WITH A STAFF MEMBER? YOU MEAN. OH, OKAY. SO AFTER THE MEETING, WE'LL BE HERE. SO YEAH. SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, YOU JUST COME UP AND WE'LL TRY TO HELP YOU THE BEST WE CAN. OKAY? VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE? NO, NONE ONLINE. OKAY. I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT STRATEGIC PLANNING AD [8. STRATEGIC PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORT] HOC COMMITTEE. JUST IF ANY OF THE MEMBERS WANTED TO GIVE A REPORT, DON'T HAVE TO BUT IF THERE WAS JUST SOMETHING. WELL, MY OPINION IS THE THREE STUFF WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, YOU GUYS, WE ALL WENT OVER IT TODAY. SO WHAT WE. TODAY'S BOARD MEETING IS PRETTY WELL REPORT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. YEAH. THE THREE MAIN TOPICS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DIVING INTO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER NINE STAFF REPORT. [9. STAFF REPORT] LACEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR US? I DO, I HAVE FOUR ITEMS FOR YOU. [01:15:03] THE FIRST IS A PROPERTY TAX BILL CORRECTION. SO I WANTED TO INFORM THE BOARD THAT THROUGH AN INADVERTENT ERROR, SOME PARCEL FEES FOR THE 2019 SIGMA COMPLIANCE LANDOWNER FEE WERE INCLUDED ON THE PROPERTY TAX BILLS FOR LE GRAND-ATHLONE WATER DISTRICT PROPERTY OWNERS LE GRAND-ATHLONE WATER DISTRICT WAS NOT A PART OF THE 2019 PROPOSITION 218 PROCEEDING, AND THESE PARCELS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED ON THE PROPERTY TAX BILL. THESE FEES SHOULD NOT BEEN INCLUDED ON THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILLS. WE DID CATCH THIS ERROR, BUT DUE TO THE TIMING WE ARE NOT ABLE TO. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO STOP THE FIRST PROPERTY TAX BILL WHICH HAS DISCLOSURES ON IT THAT STILL HAD TO GO OUT. AND SO A SECOND CORRECTED PROPERTY TAX BILL IS GOING TO GO OUT OR HAS ALREADY IS GOING TO OR HAS ALREADY GONE OUT TO THOSE LANDOWNERS. THERE IS A FEE THAT'S CHARGED TO THE GSA FOR CORRECTING THESE BILLS. IT'S $15 PER PARCEL AT 260 PARCELS. IT'S A TOTAL OF $3,900. AND WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PAY THIS BUDGETED IN THE OFFICE EXPENSES ACCOUNT. IN ORDER TO PREVENT ANY CONFUSION WITH THE OWNERS IN THE LE GRAND-ATHLONE WATER DISTRICT. WE DID SEND A LETTER TO ALL OF THE AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS INFORMING THEM TO EXPECT A SECOND CORRECTED PROPERTY TAX BILL THAT WILL INCLUDE A REDUCED OR REMOVED SIGMA FEE. THE PHASE ONE FEE FOR THE PHASE ONE FUNDING MECHANISM APPROVED IN JULY WILL STILL BE INCLUDED ON THESE TAX BILLS. AND SO WHILE THE FEE MAY BE REDUCED ON IRRIGATED ACRES, THERE MAY BE A REMAINING AMOUNT FOR THE PHASE ONE FEE THAT WILL STAY ON THE BILL AND THAT THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE LE GRAND-ATHLONE PROPERTY WATER DISTRICT PROPERTY OWNERS WILL SEE THAT SIGMA FEE ON THAT BILL. SO THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION THERE. THE POSITIVE THING IS THAT THERE IS NO DUPLICATE BILLING AND WE DID CORRECT IT. WE JUST HAVE TO SEND A SECOND BILL. LACEY WHEN YOU'RE SENDING THIS OUT, ARE YOU PUTTING YOURS OR ADRIEL'S PHONE NUMBER DOWN TO TAKE CALLS SO THEY DON'T CALL DIRECTORS. IN THE IN THE LETTERS? THERE IS, YEAH. THERE IS CONTACT INFORMATION IN THE LETTER YEAH. BUT WE ALSO DID LET THE DIRECTORS KNOW FOR LE GRAND-ATHLONE WATER DISTRICT THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING. TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT TO LANDLORDS. YEAH. YEAH, THEY CAN CALL US. WE'LL ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. SECOND ITEM IS A WHITE AREA OUTREACH TO HELP BUILD OUR DISTRIBUTION LIST. SO AS THE GSA CONTINUES TO WORK ON THE LAND REPURPOSING PROGRAM AND DEVELOPING ALLOCATION AND RECHARGE PROGRAMS, IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT TO REACH PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE WHITE AREAS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE ORGANIZED WATER DISTRICTS OR THE MUTUAL WATER COMPANIES CONTINUE TO BE A CHALLENGE TO REACH. THE GSA ONLY HAS MAILING ADDRESSES FOR THESE LANDOWNERS. SO WE ARE DRAFTING A POSTCARD THAT WE CAN EMAIL, THAT WE CAN MAIL TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHITE AREA LANDOWNERS, ENCOURAGING THEM TO EMAIL THE GSA WITH THEIR NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO REACH OUT TO THEM WITH UPDATES, NEWS AND TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM THEM VIA EMAIL. SINCE MERCED COUNTY REPRESENTS THE WHITE AREAS IN THIS GSA, THE COUNTY WILL FUND THE PRINTING AND THE MAILING OF THE POSTCARDS. BUT I DID WANT TO LET YOU GUYS AS A BOARD KNOW, SINCE THEY'LL BE FROM THE GSA AND THEY WILL BUILD THE GSA'S MAILING LIST. A COUPLE OF ITEMS ABOUT GRANT FUNDING. ONE IS THE MULTI BENEFIT LAND REPURPOSING PROGRAM. GOVERNOR NEWSOM SIGNED LEGISLATION AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER TO FUND THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION'S MULTI BENEFIT LAND REPURPOSING PROGRAM WITH ANOTHER $40 MILLION. THIS IS THE COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM THAT THE GSA APPLIED FOR EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR LONG TERM LAND REPURPOSING. WE WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR. I BELIEVE ONLY FOUR APPLICATIONS WERE FUNDED. IT WAS A VERY COMPETITIVE PROCESS. BUT WE WILL RETURN TO THIS BOARD AT A FUTURE MEETING WHEN THAT GRANT OPPORTUNITY OPENS AGAIN SINCE IT IS BEING FUNDED AND WE DO THINK WE HAVE A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION FOR THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, THE SIGMA IMPLEMENTATION GRANT ROUND TWO IS OPEN THE SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GRANT PROGRAMS, SIGMA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND TWO OPENED JUST A FEW DAYS AGO. THE GRANT IS OPEN TO ALL HIGH AND MEDIUM PRIORITY BASINS, WHICH INCLUDES THE CRITICALLY OVERDRAFT BASINS. IF YOU RECALL THIS, GSA RECEIVED $7 MILLION IN ROUND ONE OF THIS GRANT EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS OPEN TO ONLY THE CRITICALLY OVERDRAFT BASINS. THE SAME GUIDELINES AS ROUND ONE WILL BE USED IN ROUND TWO. ROUND ONE WAS A NON COMPETITIVE GRANT, SO WE RECEIVED $7 MILLION AND DID NOT HAVE TO COMPETE FOR IT. [01:20:03] THERE'S APPROXIMATELY $230 MILLION AVAILABLE IN ROUND TWO, WHICH WILL BE A COMPETITIVE AROUND THE MINIMUM GRANT AWARD IS $1,000,000 PER BASIN. THE MAXIMUM GRANT AWARD IS $20 MILLION PER BASIN, AND IT'S EXPECTED TO BE ESPECIALLY COMPETITIVE SINCE THOSE BASINS THAT WEREN'T ELIGIBLE IN ROUND ONE ARE NOW GOING TO BE COMPETING FOR THIS FUNDING IN ROUND TWO. AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, THE SAME PROGRAM SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS USED. AND SO THE ELIGIBLE PROJECT TYPES AND ACTIVITIES IN THIS ROUND ARE THE SAME AS WERE IN ROUND ONE. THE TIMELINE IS VERY SHORT. THE APPLICATION PROCESS HAS BEEN STREAMLINED AND DWR HAS GIVEN EXAMPLES TO HELP STREAMLINE THE APPLICATION. BUT THE DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 30TH. SO IN ROUND ONE THIS GSA SOLICITED PROJECTS FROM MEMBER AGENCIES. WITH SUCH A SHORT TIMELINE, PROJECTS FOR THIS ROUND WILL HAVE TO BE ALREADY VETTED AND READY TO GO. AND SO SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD WOULD BE GREAT. ON HOW DOES THE BOARD WANT TO APPROACH PROJECTS FOR THIS FUNDING ROUND? DO YOU WANT TO SOLICIT VETTED PROJECTS FROM MEMBER AGENCIES LIKE BEFORE? ARE YOU INTERESTED IN FOCUSING ON ONE OR TWO BIG GSA FOCUSED PROJECTS, MAYBE TRYING TO FUND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING ON? MAYBE A COMBINATION OF THE BOTH. THIS ITEM OF THE ROUND TWO GRANT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION AT THE COORDINATION COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK. AND SO I THINK AT THAT TIME WE'LL GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE OTHER GSA'S ARE IN THE BASIN ARE THINKING. BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO HEAR SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD. IF YOU HAD THOUGHTS ON A SHORT TERM GRANT OPPORTUNITY LACEY WILL THIS BE THE SAME SITUATION WHERE MID WILL BE THE LEAD APPLYING AND ALL THREE GSA'S WILL FEED IN OR WILL WE APPLYING DIRECTLY AS AN MERCED SUBBASIN. SO AS THE MERCED SUB BASIN, THERE WILL ONLY BE ONE APPLICATION COMING FROM THE WHOLE SUB BASIN. SO ALL THREE GSA'S HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER ON A SINGLE GRANT APPLICATION. IN THE PAST MID HAS BEEN THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THAT GRANT APPLICATION. IT'S GENERALLY JUST BEEN AMENDMENTS TO SOME OF THE EARLIER GRANTS THAT CONTRACTS THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE MERCED BASIN. BUT THE DECISION FOR MID OR [INAUDIBLE] TO BE THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR ADMINISTRATOR FOR THIS GRANT HASN'T BEEN MADE. I GUESS THE FIRST THING I WOULD LOOK AT IS THERE WERE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF NOT FULLY FUNDED ITEMS IN THE FIRST ROUND. THERE'S PROBABLY $10 MILLION OF PROJECT THAT WEREN'T FUNDED, THAT WERE DESCRIBED AND FULLY EXPLAINED AND MET ALL THE DIFFERENT BOXES THAT YOU HAD TO IN. SO I GUESS THE FIRST STEP I WOULD DO IS LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE THAT WERE FUNDED AT LESS THAN 100% OR NOT FUNDED AT ALL. AND SEE WHICH OF THOSE PROJECTS WOULD MAKE SENSE TO MAYBE APPLY AGAIN, SINCE ALL OF THE WORK PRETTY MUCH FOR THOSE IS DONE JUST A MATTER OF REPACKAGING THEM. YEAH, I WOULD. I ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO LOBBYISTS AND THAT KIND OF THING. FIND OUT WHAT THE RULES ARE GOING TO BE AND THEN TRY TO FASHION WHATEVER GRANTS YOU GET FOR THE BEST CHANCE OF GETTING APPROVED. DO YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION? WHEN WHEN IS WHEN IS WHEN WHEN THEY START SOLICITING APPLICATIONS? OR DOES DID IT SAY, I THINK THIS HAPPENED LAST WEEK, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE. THE CLOSE IS NOVEMBER 30TH. IT WASN'T A FULL TWO MONTHS. IT'S A VERY SHORT TIMELINE. AND SO I THINK THAT DOES REQUIRE THAT ANY PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO PUT FORWARD, THEY NEED TO BE I DON'T THINK THEY NEED TO BE SHOVEL READY IS IS WHAT YOU HEAR A LOT. BUT I THINK THEY NEED TO BE VETTED AND WELL THOUGHT OUT AND HAVE A LOT OF THAT DOCUMENTATION ALREADY DONE. SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE SUGGESTED FOR ROUND ONE BUT DIDN'T MAKE IT PAST KIND OF THAT CUT OFF. THEY DIDN'T GET TO THAT POINT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO THEY DIDN'T MAKE THAT PASS, THAT CUT OFF. AND SO IF IT'S THE DESIRE OF THE BOARD TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT TO ROUND ONE, WE CAN DO THAT OR WE CAN, YOU KNOW, IN ROUND ONE, ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORING GSA'S DID DID GET SOME FUNDING FOR SOME PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING INTO PLACE FOR THEIR, YOU KNOW, EITHER METERING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO WE COULD LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THIS GSA FOR PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING ON AND FUNDING LOCALLY PERHAPS THERE COULD BE SOME GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR [01:25:04] THAT. AND THIS GRANT IS FOR UP TO HOW MUCH? THE MAXIMUM AWARD IS 20 MILLION. BUT EVERY BASIN IS AVAILABLE AS ELIGIBLE. DON'T ASK FOR IT YOU'LL NEVER GET IT. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A MAXIMUM FOR EVERYBODY. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH. WELL, I THINK WE NEED TO CHECK WITH OUR OTHER THE OTHER GSA'S IN THE BASIN, BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE BEEN TO MEETINGS FOR THEM. THEY'RE ALREADY PLANNING ON APPLYING FOR STUFF TOO, AND IT'S GOING TO BE LIMITED A MORE COMPETITIVE ROUND THIS TIME, AS YOU'RE SAYING. SO WE PROBABLY DEFINITELY NEED TO WORK WITH THEM ON SOMETHING AND HAVE A COHESIVE APPLICATION. THE COORDINATION COMMITTEE COORDINATION COMMITTEE IS MEETING NEXT WEEK. RIGHT. AND THIS IS THIS IS THE TOPIC ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT MEETING NEXT WEEK. SO WE'LL WE'LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE NEIGHBORING GSA'S ARE LOOKING FOR. BUT I THINK THIS DISCUSSION WILL HELP GUIDE THE COORDINATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON WHAT THIS GSA MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR IN THAT GRANT APPLICATION. I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO GET THE STRATEGIC AD HOC COMMITTEE ANY MORE WORK TO DO, BUT I DO LIKE TELLING PEOPLE WHAT TO DO. YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, I KNOW [INAUDIBLE] IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR THEIR PLATFORM. RIGHT. AND IT PROBABLY WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO LOOK AT IT. I MEAN, MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'LL WORK FOR US, MAYBE IT'S NOT. I MEAN, THE MORE CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE BASIN FOR ME, THE BETTER. IF THE STRATEGIC COMMITTEE DOES WANT TO DO IT, WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE A ANOTHER COMMITTEE THAT DOES THAT, WHICH I DON'T WANT TO BE ON IT. YEAH. NO, I'M OKAY. BUT I DON'T KNOW. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO YEAH. IF WE CAN GET PART OF THAT PAID FOR, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. YOU KNOW, THE CLOCK'S TICKING. SO YEAH, I AGREE. I MEAN, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PLATFORM, SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO, WE'LL. IF WE CAN GET IT FUNDED. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE? OK? WELL, THANK YOU. WAS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU HAD? THAT'S IT. THAT'S FOR. ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM TEN, WHICH IS BOARD REPORTS. [10. BOARD REPORTS] START TO MY LEFT. ANYTHING? NO. I JUST WANT TO BRING UP THE TEMPORARY WATER PERMIT THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS ALLOWED FOR MERCED COUNTY, WHICH IS OFF THE RIVER. BUT WE TOUCHED ON IT TODAY ABOUT WITH MARIPOSA CREEK. SO HOPEFULLY IT RAINS AND WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN. I THINK IT'S A IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THE GOVERNOR IS ALMOST TESTING AND ACTUALLY WE NEED TO PROVE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE THIS FLOOD WATER. OUR APPLICATION WAS BIG AND I DON'T THINK THEY THINK WE CAN EVEN DO IT RIGHT. SO I THINK THEY'RE KIND OF TEASING. SO IF ANYONE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SURFACE AREA OF THIS PERMIT, I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO DO IT TAKE WATER. OKAY. SO, NICK, MAYBE YOU SHOULD BRING A MAP TO THE NEXT MEETING OR HAVE LACEY PRESENT A MAP SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHO WHO THAT WOULD BE THOSE. THAT'D BE GOOD FOR THE BOARD. BUT I KNOW THE PEOPLE ON THOSE DIVERSION POINTS THAT ARE ON THE APPLICATION, KNOW THEY'RE ON THOSE DIVERSION POINTS THEY'VE BEEN REACHED OUT TO. BUT THAT'D BE GOOD. YEAH. TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY WHERE THEY'RE AT. GOOD GALLO. WELL, REFER BACK TO THIS WEBINAR, INTERAGENCY STAKEHOLDER WEBINAR. SOMETIME BACK I SAID THAT IT WAS SAID BY SOMEONE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES THAT THERE WERE FUNDS AVAILABLE. AND THEN WHEN I TALKED TO STAFF, THEY SAID THERE WASN'T ANY MONEY AVAILABLE. AND OF COURSE THERE WERE THERE WAS AN APOLOGY FROM THE PERSON THAT SAID IT. WELL, THIS PERSON SAID AT THIS LAST INTERAGENCY WEBINAR THAT NOW THERE IS MONEY AVAILABLE AND IT'S $50 MILLION, AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY SPECIFICALLY FOR TEMPORARY FALLOWING OF LAND. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, THESE AGENCIES HAVE GONE TO THE NEXT LEVEL THERE. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HIGHER AND DRIER. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN EXPECT TOUGHER REGULATIONS, CURTAILMENTS, YOU NAME IT. BUT THIS MONEY IS AVAILABLE. AND THEY SAID THAT IF THERE WAS A GSA, THAT WITHIN THE GSA, THERE WERE SOME TOWNS OR DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES THAT HAD PROBLEMS WITH WELLS AND THAT SORT OF THING, THAT THEY WOULD MAKE SURE THEY GOT SOME MONEY FOR THIS PURPOSE, WHICH IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. I THINK WE'RE IN THAT CATEGORY. [01:30:07] ALSO, THEY SAID THAT IF THE GSA, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE IN OUR CASE, IF WE WEREN'T READY TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FOLLOW THE LAND, THAT THEY WOULD ADVANCE THE MONEY. AND ONLY THE GSA CAN APPLY? CORRECT. OK MIKE, IS THIS A DWR GRANT? [INAUDIBLE] BUT IT'S JUST FOR THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PURPOSE. THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW. THEY DON'T WANT TO WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR. [INAUDIBLE] THEY WANT A TEMPORARY. YOU KNOW WHAT THE NEXT QUESTION WAS, IS IT A DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MATCH OR IS IT JUST STRAIGHT UP MONEY? STRAIGHT UP MONEY. OKAY. SO DO WE NOT QUALIFY? NOW THAT WE'VE ALREADY RAISED MONEY FOR IT, I GUESS? NO, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY YET. WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, RIGHT. I MEAN, WE'RE SAYING THEY'RE ADVANCING IT RIGHT. AND THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT, INDIVIDUAL LANDOWNERS COULD APPLY [INAUDIBLE]. MIKE, I COULD BE WRONG ON THAT. BUT THAT THAT PORTAL IS GOING TO HAVE WHERE INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE CAN APPLY. YEAH, BUT I'M SURE AS A GSA, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE CLOUT, JUST LIKE THE WATER THING. I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING FOR THE BIG. YEAH, I WOULDN'T DISCOURAGE INDIVIDUAL LANDOWNERS FROM APPLYING, BUT I THINK THAT AS A GSA, WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THIS, GREG? NOPE. YOU'LL TAKE A PEEK, WOULD YOU? COOL. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE, MIKE? WELL, THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT WAS MENTIONED THERE WAS A DARREN [INAUDIBLE]. I DON'T KNOW WHICH AGENCY HE'S WITH, TO BE HONEST, BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVERAL AGENCIES THERE. BUT HE WAS ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT DRILLING NEW WELLS, ABOUT DOMESTIC WELLS SPECIFICALLY. AND. AND WHAT HE SAID WAS, YEAH, I MEAN, YOU'RE YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DRILL DOMESTIC WELLS, BUT THEY ARE NOW SAYING THAT THEY WANT SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS, LET'S SAY RURAL DEVELOPMENT, TO HOOK UP TO MORE ROBUST WATER SYSTEMS OR DEVELOP MORE ROBUST WATER SYSTEMS SO THEY HAVE SOME CONTROL. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT IS IN THE CITIES LIMITING HOW MUCH WATER EACH HOUSEHOLD CAN USE. AND WHEN THEY GET DOWN TO THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO GET DOWN TO THAT FOR THESE DOMESTIC WELLS ALSO. SO IT'S COMING. SURE. MR. UPTON. OK. MR. SWENSON. MR. PEDRETTI. MR. HENDRICKSON. ACTUALLY, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING MYSELF, BUT AT LEAST YOU HAVE ONE MORE MAYBE ADDITIONAL QUESTION [INAUDIBLE] YOU WANT TO POSE JUST AS A AS AN IDEA. I THOUGHT YOUR EYEBROW WAS JUST FUNNY NOW I KNOW THE LOOK. REGARDING THE TEMPORARY WATER RIGHT. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT, WHICH I THINK IS EITHER [INAUDIBLE] OR MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT FOR A LETTER OF SUPPORT. HOWEVER, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN SENDING A LETTER OF SUPPORT SINCE THE MAJORITY OF THE DIVERSIONS IN THAT AND THE BENEFIT AREA IN THAT WATER RIGHT PERMIT ARE IN THIS GSA? YES, IT'S ALREADY BEEN. HAS IT ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED? YEAH, I THINK SO. BETTY WAS HERE. SHE JUST LEFT. SHE WOULD KNOW THE BEST. BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, BUT. ACTUALLY, MR. CHAIRMAN, I DO HAVE ONE MORE THING. I WAS NOT AT THE THE LAST BOARD MEETING WHEN LACEY RETURNED, AND I DID WANT TO TAKE A JUST A QUICK SECOND TO ACKNOWLEDGE ADRIEL, YOU KNOW, LACEY'S SKILL SET IS, YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID MANY TIMES OVER IS UNMATCHED IN THE VALLEY. I AM BLESSED TO WORK WITH HER EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND SHE HAD OBVIOUSLY A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE EVENT WITH WITH WITH THE BIRTH OF A LITTLE ONE. AND I WANT TO JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE, ADRIEL, WHO DID THE BEST THAT HE COULD FOR SEVERAL MONTHS TO TO STEP INTO SOME REALLY BIG SHOES. [01:35:05] AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU. IT KIND OF STRETCHED YOU. I THINK YOU LEARNED A LOT. AND I THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE BETTER THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER FOR IT. WOULD ALSO REPORT THAT [INAUDIBLE] WE'VE GOT HIM DOING WEST SIDE ISSUES AS WE SPEAK. HE'S HE'S ON A CONFERENCE CALL RIGHT NOW. AND OF COURSE, I'M JOKING. BUT WE ARE VERY PROUD TO OBVIOUSLY SEE THE WORK THAT ADRIEL DID AND THEN CERTAINLY FEEL VERY LUCKY TO HAVE LACEY BACK SO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF WHEN WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT LACEY WAS PREGNANT, WOULD BE TAKING A LEAVE. AND I KNEW IT WOULDN'T BE JUST A WEEK OR A COUPLE OF DAYS. YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY NERVOUS. AND ADRIEL DID STEP UP, AND WE DISCUSSED THAT LAST MEETING. AND HE DID NOT JUST THE BEST OF IT, HIS ABILITIES, BECAUSE THAT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE LIMITED. AND I FELT LIKE, WELL, YOU GOT PRETTY BIG ABILITIES, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. SO WITH THAT, I WILL REMIND EVERYBODY THAT OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS NOVEMBER 10TH, SAME PLACE, SAME TIME. [11. NEXT REGULAR MEETING] AND WITH THAT, I'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING. THANKS. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.