* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] OKAY, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE [1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL] MEETING TO ORDER. UM, YEAH. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? BOARD MEMBER GALLO. HERE. BOARD MEMBER PARK HERE. BOARD MEMBER GIAN POLLY. HERE. BOARD MEMBER KELLY? HERE. HERE. VICE CHAIRMAN MARTINI HERE. AND MR. UH, PEREIRA WILL BE JOINING YOU IN CLOSED SESSION. OKAY. HE'S TARDY, BUT EXCUSED. OKAY. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. UM, GEORGE, YOU LIKE TO LEAD US, PLEASE? I PLEDGE OF ALL TO THE FLAG. THE UNITED STATES AMERICA ONE NATION UNDER GOD. JUST FOR ALL. OKAY. WE'LL JOIN THE CLOSED SESSION. [3. CLOSED SESSION] OKAY. LOOKS LIKE WE GOT EVERYONE. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA RECONVENE THE MEETING OF THE, UH, APRIL 10TH VERSUS SALVATION. DSA, UH, BOARD MEETING. WE JUST CAME IN A CLOSED SESSION. THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT. NOW WE'RE [4. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD] GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR. THIS IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. THIS IS THE PUBLIC'S OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER OF PUBLIC INTEREST WITHIN THE BOARD'S JURISDICTION, INCLUDING ITEMS ON THE BOARD'S AGENDA. TESTIMONY IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NONE. ANY ONLINE? NONE. ONLINE. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I'M GONNA CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT NUMBER FIVE, CONSENT [5. CONSENT CALENDAR] CALENDAR. AND THIS IS INCLUDING ADDITIONAL INVOICE RECEIVED AFTER AGENDA WAS PUBLISHED. SURE. LOOKING FOR A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. SECOND? YEAH. A MOTION A SECOND. DO WE NEED TO OPEN THIS? THE PUBLIC COMMENT? LACEY, THIS ITEM? SURE. OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT. HEARING NONE. CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. I GOT A MOTION. A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSED. WE'RE DOING GOOD. I GOTTA LEAVE BY THREE 30 ANYWAY, SO WE'RE GONNA GET OUTTA HERE. THIS IS PERFECT. THIS IS GREAT. YOU KNOW. YEAH. I RUN A MUCH SPEEDIER MEETING. THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. NUMBER, WE'RE ON TO NUMBER SIX, RIGHT? [6. MULTIBENEFIT LAND REPURPOSING PROGRAM] MULTI LAND BENEFIT. MULTI-BENEFIT LAND REPURPOSING PROGRAM. WE GOT A PRESENTATION BY CORINA MUD. WELCOME. WELCOME. THANK YOU. LET ME, UH, HOLD ON. YEP, I DO. GOOD. CHECK THAT MIC FOR ME. CORINA, YELL REALLY LOUD. YEAH. NOW? NO, NOW. YEP. YEAH. GREAT. I'M SO SORRY. I MADE DERAIL YOUR VERY FAST. OH GOSH. JUST FOR A MINUTE. OH GOD. I WAS DOING SO GOOD. UM, I AM HERE IN, IN RED STEAD TODAY. UM, I'M WITH VALLEY ECO DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND PARTNERSHIPS. MY NAME IS CORINA MUD TO TALK ABOUT THE MLRP MULTI-BENEFIT LAND REPURPOSING PROGRAM. WE HAVE SOME UPDATES AND ALSO A BOARD ACTION TODAY. UM, I HAVE QUITE A BIT OF CONTENT TO GET THROUGH. I'M GONNA BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE. I'LL MOVE THROUGH IT ALL, AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AT THE END. SO I'LL ACTUALLY START OFF WITH A POSITIVE UPDATE. UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION, WHICH I'M GONNA REFER TO AS DOC, PROVIDED AN UPDATE TO THEIR DRAFT GUIDELINES, UM, ON THE DEFINITION OF FOR AND FORFEITURE OF GROUNDWATER UNDER THE PROGRAM. SO THE UPDATED LANGUAGE ADDRESSES THE PRIOR CONCERNS THAT WE HAD BROUGHT UP, AND IT DRAWS A LINE BETWEEN RECHARGE AND WHAT THEY'RE CALLING TEMPORARY WATER STORAGE. SO THIS ALLOWS THE PROGRAM TO FUND PROJECTS, UH, THAT OPERATE IN THAT GROUNDWATER CREDITING SYSTEM WITHOUT REQUIRING THE WATER FORFEITURE FROM LANDOWNERS. SO, JUST TO BE REALLY CLEAR WHAT THIS MEANS. SO THE PROGRAMS CAN FUND PERMANENT RECHARGE. IT CAN ALSO FUND PROJECTS WHERE THE GROWER RETAINS THEIR ALLOCATION. UH, A RECHARGE BASIN IN THAT INSTANCE WOULD BE CONSIDERED INFILTRATION AND TEMPORARY STORAGE. THAT TYPE OF PROJECT DOES STILL NEED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS, UM, SINCE THERE WON'T BE A SIGNIFICANT NET WATER SAVING IN THAT TYPE OF PROJECT. SO THE DEPARTMENT HERE, REALLY THIS CHANGE IS A REFLECTION OF THEIR RESPONSE TO GRANTEE, UH, CONCERNS ACROSS SUBBASINS. AND I JUST WANNA SAY WE HAD A REALLY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THEM, UH, AND BELIEVE THAT THE END RESULT WILL ENABLE THIS PROGRAM TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE POSITIVE WAY WE HAD HOPED. UM, SO THAT IS JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON WHERE THINGS STAND THERE. THE LANGUAGE IS SLATED TO BE FINALIZED APRIL 21ST, AND IT WILL GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. I AM NOW GONNA MOVE INTO AN UPDATE, AND THIS IS WHERE THE BOARD ACTION COMES IN. UH, WE HAD A SOLICITATION OUT FOR IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS UNDER THE MLRP, THAT SOLICITATION CLOSED ON MARCH 14TH. WE RECEIVED SEVEN APPLICATIONS, ALL OF WHICH WERE ELIGIBLE, [00:05:01] AND FOUR PROJECTS ARE BEING RECOMMENDED TO BE SUBMITTED TO DOC FOR APPROVAL. TOTALS $4,089,000. THIS IS THE BOARD ACTION TODAY. I DO WANNA CLARIFY THAT THIS IS JUST APPROVING THE SUBMITTAL TO DOC. AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH APPLICANTS TO WORK OUT DETAILS, UM, THAT WILL BE IN THEIR CONTRACTS. WE'LL BE ADDRESSING, UH, PROJECT MODIFICATIONS OR REQUESTS OR CONCERNS THAT CAME THROUGH BOTH OF THE SCORING COMMITTEES AS WELL AS THE STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UH, SO THIS IS NOT APPROVING PROJECT CONTRACTS TODAY. THIS IS SIMPLY APPROVING MOVING THEM TO DOC FOR APPROVAL. UM, AND THEN I ALSO MENTION, I'LL COME BACK THIS TO THIS AT THE END, BUT, UM, PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE MLRP PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL BENEFITS TO DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. WE WILL BE RECOMMENDING THAT WE'RE OPENING A TARGETED SOLICITATION ON A ROLLING BASIS FOR A COMMUNITY PROJECT. UM, AND WE'LL HAVE $1.2 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR THAT. I WILL COME BACK TO THAT AT THE END. UM, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SAY THERE. SO JUST A REMINDER AS TO WHERE WE ARE IN THIS PROCESS. UM, WHEN WE RECEIVED THE APPLICATIONS, THE VALLEY ECO TEAM DID AN ELIGIBILITY SCREENING. THERE WERE TWO PHASES OF PROJECT REVIEW AND SELECTION. WE HAVE A TECHNICAL COMMITTEE WHO FIRST SCORED THE PROJECTS. THAT'S FOUR FOLKS WITH EXPERTISE IN, UH, RELEVANT, UH, TOPICS, WATER AND QUALITY SUPPLY, UM, DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, UH, REGIONAL ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS, AND AGRICULTURAL AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCY. THE SECOND STAGE OF SCORING WAS, UH, THREE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD, UH, COMMITTEE. AND SO IN TOTAL, THERE WERE SEVEN SCORES PER PROJECT. WE TOOK THOSE SEVEN SCORES AND AVERAGED THEM. AND TODAY WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ARE THE TOP SCORING PROJECTS FROM THAT PROCESS. WE DID JUST THIS LAST TUESDAY, GET COMMENTS, UH, AND ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM THE STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UH, AND TODAY, AS YOU CAN, AS WE KNOW, THIS IS WHERE WE, UH, WOULD BE ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO MOVE THESE PROJECTS TO DOC. AGAIN, AFTER THAT POINT, ANY, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE APPROVED BY DOC COME BACK HERE TO THE BOARD ONCE THOSE PROJECTS HAVE AN ACTUAL CONTRACT, AND THEN THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL APPROVAL PROCESS THERE. OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE PROJECTS NOW, UM, YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP, AND THESE ARE JUST NUMBERED BY THE ORDER, THEY CAME INTO THE, TO OUR SYSTEM. SO YOU SEE PROJECTS 1, 3, 6, AND SEVEN, AND THAT GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED. AND THEN I'M GONNA GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF EACH PROJECT. FIRST IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE FUNDING REQUESTS FOR EACH PROJECT. SO YOU CAN SEE ONE, SEVEN, AND SIX ALL, UM, REQUESTED NEAR TO 1.2 MILLION ALMOST. AND THEN THE PROJECT THREE IS A LOWER AMOUNT OF 539,000. YOU SEE THAT UNIDENTIFIED TO BE PROJECT, UM, FOR AT 1.2 MILLION AND COMING IN JUST OVER 5 MILLION. SO, UM, THAT'S JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE OVERALL BUDGET FOR THIS PORTFOLIO. OKAY. PROJECT ONE. OKAY. SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, I'LL JUST TALK THROUGH THIS QUICKLY. UM, THE APPLICANT IS A NONPROFIT WITH A NUMBER OF PARTNERS, INCLUDING US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND WETLANDS AMERICAN TRUST. THE FUNDING REQUEST IS 1.15 MILLION AGAINST A TOTAL PROJECT COST OF 4.3 MILLION. THERE IS MATCH FUNDING IN THIS INSTANCE. THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE HAS COMMITTED 1 MILLION, AND THERE IS AN ANTICIPATED 2.15 MILLION COMING FROM THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD THAT IS NOT YET SECURED. THEY'RE ACCEPTING PRE-APPLICATION STARTING ON APRIL 22ND. UM, THIS IS A LAND ACQUISITION AND PERMANENT RETIREMENT OF IRRIGATED CROPLAND OF 316 ACRES, AND IT WILL BE A PROJECT IN PERPETUITY. THE LOCATION, AS YOU SAW ON THE LAP, THE MAP IS JUST ADJACENT TO THE MERCED WILDLIFE REFUGE. UM, AND ON, UH, AND SANDY, SANDY MUSH ROAD. UM, SO AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS THE SALE OF THE 316 ACRES TO THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE MERCED WILDLIFE REFUGE. AND THERE, IN, IN THAT PROCESS, 308 ACRES OF CROP LAND WILL BE RETIRE, RETIRED, EXCUSE ME. UM, ON CONDITION OF THAT LAND TRANSFER, THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE IS TO EXECUTE AN MOU TO PERMANENTLY TERMINATE THE USE OF GROUNDWATER ON THE PROPERTY. AND THEN THE STATED FUTURE USE IS REALLY TO RESTORE THIS LAND BACK TO NATIVE HABITATS WITH SOME ADDITIONAL DRY LAND RANGE AND WINTER WHEAT COVER CROPPING. THIS LAST SECTION, UM, YOU'LL SEE THIS FOR EACH PROJECT, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ESSENTIALLY CONTINGENCIES. UM, THE, THESE [00:10:01] REQUESTS CAME, CAME FROM . THESE REQUESTS CAME FROM ONE OR BOTH OF THE SCORING COMMITTEES AND ALSO FROM THE STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UM, SO, AND THEN IF YOU SEE AN ASTERISK THAT IS, UH, SPECIFICALLY SOMETHING THAT HAS COME FROM THE STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SO BRIEFLY ON THIS PROJECT, UM, WHAT'S, WHAT'S CRITICAL HERE IS THAT ADDITION OF A PERMANENT MECHANISM FOR GUARANTEEING THE REMOVAL OF THE GROUNDWATER USE ON THE PROPERTY. AND THEN TIMELINE IS, UM, THE OTHER MAIN FOCUS HERE, JUST CONFIRMING IT'S A VIABLE TIMELINE UNDER THE MLRP GRANT AND MAKING SURE THERE'S A DEADLINE FOR SECURING THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING. UH, SO THAT IS, AND, AND THOSE CONDITIONAL POINTS, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE PROJECT APPLICANTS TO, UM, ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE BEFORE GOING INTO CONTRACTING. I AM GOING TO MOVE US ONTO THE NEXT PROJECT. WE'LL DO QUESTIONS AT THE END. UM, HOPEFULLY, OH, LACEY, CAN YOU, OH, WE GOT IT. OKAY. PROJECT SEVEN. UM, SO THIS IS A MUTUAL WATER COMPANY WHO SUBMITTED THIS APPLICATION. THERE ARE QUITE A NUMBER OF PARTNERS. I WON'T READ THEM ALL. UM, THE FUNDING REQUEST FROM THE MLRP PROGRAM IS 1.2 MILLION AGAINST A PROJECT COST OF ABOUT 1.3 PLUS , UH, WITH SOME MATCH FUNDING AROUND 170,000. THIS IS A NATIVE GRASSLAND RESTORATION ON OVER A THOUSAND ACRES. THIS IS ALSO A PROJECT IN PERPETUITY. AND THE PROJECT LOCATION, I THINK IN YOUR PACKETS, YOU HAVE THE MAP IF YOU WANNA REFER BACK, BUT IT'S SOUTHEAST OF STEVENSON AND ADJACENT TO THE SAN LUIS WILDLIFE REFUGE. SO IN SUMMARY, THIS PROJECT IS TRANSITIONING CROPLAND TO NATIVE GRASSLAND RESTORATION, UH, WITH SOME COVER CROPPING ACTIONS ON THAT ONE, JUST OVER A THOUSAND ACRES. THIS IS PART OF A MUCH LARGER PROJECT, AND THE MLRP FUNDING IS REQUESTED FOR SEEDING ACTIONS AND THE SORT OF RELATED ACTIVITIES. AS PART OF THAT, THAT TRANSITION TO HELP TRANSITION THE LAND TO RESTORATION, THERE'S FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION AND GROUNDWATER RECHARGE ELEMENTS THAT ARE FUNDED FROM OTHER SOURCES, NOT THE MLRP. AND THE ANTICIPATED TOTAL ANNUAL WATER SAVINGS IS APPROXIMATELY 2,860 ACRE FEET OF WATER. ONCE THE FULL SITE IS COMPLETELY RESTORED, UM, THE APPLICANT DOES NOT PLAN TO FORFEIT THAT ALLOCATION. UH, THE KIND OF CONTINGENCY, THE ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS HERE ARE JUST A REQUEST FOR MORE, UH, BUDGET DETAIL AND THEN ALSO, UH, FROM THE STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE, A REQUEST FOR SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR SORT OF TARGETED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, UH, MAYBE BRINGING CLASSES OUT FOR SOME LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES OR COMMUNITY ACCESS AS POSSIBLE. NEXT PROJECT WE'RE GETTING THERE, NICK. WE'RE GOING, UM, . SO THIS APPLICANT IS A FARMLAND REAL ESTATE COMPANY. UM, THEIR PARTNER IS VOLMER NATURAL LAND CONSULTING. THIS IS ANOTHER $1.2 MILLION REQUEST AGAINST A PROJECT TOTAL OF 202.8 MILLION ISH, UM, WITH MATCH FUNDING AT AROUND 1.7 MILLION. SO, UM, THIS IS A HABITAT RESTORATION AND, AND TRANSITION OF, OF ALMOND TREES TO GRAZING PASTURE ON 150 ACRES. THE INITIAL APPLICATION WAS FOR A 10 YEAR DURATION. I'LL COME BACK TO THAT IN A MOMENT. THE LOCATION IS IN LA GRANDE, UM, EAST OF SOUTH SANTA FE AVENUE. SO THIS TRANSITION TO GRAZING, UM, INCLUDES A POSSIBLE VERNAL POOL RESTORATION, AN ASSESSMENT OF THAT. THIS PROPERTY WAS FORMALLY GRASSLAND AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN AREA OF HIGH CONSERVATION VALUE FOR VERNAL POOL RESTORATION. IN PARTICULAR, UH, THERE'S AN ANTICIPATED 500 ACRE FEET PER YEAR IN GROUNDWATER USE REDUCTION. UH, AND THE APPLICANT DOES NOT PLAN TO FORFEIT THAT ALLOCATION. UH, ADDITIONAL SORT OF CONTINGENCIES HERE. UM, THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL. IN ADDITION OF AN EASEMENT OR A PERMANENT LAND PROTECTION MECHANISM, UM, THAT INCLUDES STIPULATION FOR SUSTAINABLE GRAZING PRACTICES. THERE'S A CONCERN, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA, UM, IF THERE'S A RESTORATION ACTION, AND THEN 10 YEARS LATER THERE MAY BE A FAIR AMOUNT OF RECRUITMENT OF THREATENED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES BACK ONTO THIS PROPERTY. AND SO THAT IN 10 YEARS, THERE'S A CONCERN THERE, UM, AS TO IT'S, YEAH, PROBABLY THERE'S A LOT OF LIABILITY INVOLVED, ET CETERA. UM, THERE'S ALSO A REQUEST TO USE NATIVE GRASSES TO THE DEGREE POSSIBLE IN THIS PROCESS. UM, AND THEN SOME SLIGHT BUDGET MODIFICATIONS JUST TO ENSURE ALL OF THE COSTS IN THE BUDGET ARE ELIGIBLE THROUGH THE MLRP ONE MORE PROJECT . THIS IS SUBMITTED BY AN INDIVIDUAL LANDOWNER. THE PARTNER IS [00:15:01] WATER AND LAND SOLUTIONS FOR A TOTAL OF 500 3900, SORRY, THOUSAND. UM, NO MATCH FUNDING ON THIS ONE. WILDLIFE FRIENDLY RECHARGE BASIN IS THE PROJECT TYPE ON 15 ACRES. THIS IS A PROJECT IN PERPETUITY, AND IT IS JUST NORTH OF MERCED. SO THAT'S ON THE MAP. THE ONE THAT WAS UP, UP SORT OF THE BORDER OF THE SUB-BASIN. SO THIS PROJECT IS REMOVING 15 ACRES OF ALMOND TREES TO CREATE A 10 ACRE GROUNDWATER RECHARGE BASIN WITH POLLINATOR AND OTHER WILDLIFE BENEFITS. UM, THERE IS AN ESTIMATED POTENTIAL TO SAVE 60 ACRE FEET OF GROUNDWATER ANNUALLY BY REMOVING THE TREES. THE APPLICANT HERE, AGAIN, IS NOT PLANNING TO FORFEIT THE ALLOCATION. AND THEN THERE'S ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL TO RECHARGE UP TO 1500 ACRE FEET PER YEAR FROM CANAL CREEK. UH, THIS PROJECT WAS SUBMITTED WITH AN ENGINEERING REPORT THAT, UM, INDICATED THAT THIS SITE, IN PARTICULAR HAD VERY HIGH POTENTIAL FOR RECHARGE. THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE LOCATION OF THE SITE. AND, UM, THE KIND OF CONTINGENCIES OR ADDITIONAL REQUESTS WE'RE GONNA BE GOING BACK TO THE APPLICANT WITH REGARD THE DESIGN TO KIND OF INCREASE, UH, HABITAT CONNECTIVITY OR WILDLIFE BENEFITS. UH, THERE'S ALSO A REQUEST TO JUST CONFIRM THE WATER QUALITY FOR THE RECHARGE BASIN. UH, ALSO THINKING ABOUT WILDLIFE AND OTHER IMPACTS, UM, AS WELL AS ANY IMPACTS ON DOWNSTREAM RIPARIAN AREAS. AND THEN JUST CONFIRMATION THAT THE LANDOWNER WILL BE COVERING ANY COST OVERRUNS. SO THOSE ARE THE FOUR, OOPS, THOSE ARE THE FOUR PROJECTS. UM, LIKE I MENTIONED, THESE FOUR WERE THE HIGHEST SCORING. THE OTHER PROJECTS, UM, WERE SORT OF IN A TIER, MUCH LOWER SCORING. UM, SO NO HIGH SCORING PROJECTS ARE BEING SORT OF TURNED AWAY IN THIS INSTANCE. JUST FOR CLARITY THERE. AND FINALLY, OKAY. SO, AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE MLRP PROGRAM DOES HAVE A REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL BENEFITS TO DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE PROJECT PORTFOLIO. AND DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THESE PROJECTS AND THE NATURE OF THESE PROJECTS, BOTH OF THE SCORING COMMITTEES DETERMINED, UM, THAT THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT COMMUNITY BENEFITS BUILT INTO THESE PROJECTS AS IS. SO THE PROGRAM IS RECOMMENDING OPENING A TARGETED SOLICITATION WITH $1.2 MILLION FOR A COMMUNITY PROJECT. UM, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE HAVE A FOLLOW-UP MEETING TO DO SOME BRAINSTORMING THERE. WE WILL BE REACHING BACK OUT TO THE M-S-G-S-A COMMITTEE, UM, AND INVITE, UM, IDEAS AND, UM, ESPECIALLY ALSO INTERESTED LANDOWNERS, UM, NEAR THESE CITIES LISTED. BUT REALLY ANYWHERE WE'RE, UM, EAGER TO WORK WITH FOLKS AND WANNA MAKE SURE THE PROGRAM DELIVERS ON THIS ASPECT. I THINK I'M GONNA STOP THERE. THAT WAS ENOUGH. . THAT WAS GREAT. OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY. WE'LL START UP HERE ON THE D DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I, I HAVE A QUESTION WITH, WITH RESPECT TO, TO, UM, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. THE, THE MAPPING THAT IS PROVIDED IS PRETTY, UM, IT, IT'S NOT REALLY CLEAR EXACTLY WHERE IT'S, WHERE, WHERE IT'S RUNNING. I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A, A, A MUCH CLEARER IDEA OF WHERE THESE, THESE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, LANDS THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, IN PERPETUITY TAKEN OUT. UH, I'D, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE BETTER THE, THE, THE MAP HERE. I MEAN, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A LOT MORE THAN A THOUSAND ACRES IS ON PROJECT SEVEN. IT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM, FROM THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER TO HIGHWAY 99. I'M, I'M, I'M CONFUSED THERE. I MEAN, THAT'S A LOT MORE THAN A THOUSAND ACRES. ARE YOU LOOKING AT THAT YELLOW LOOK AT THE, YEAH, THE YELLOW IS, UM, LOOK AT THE, THERE'S A BOX DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, I BELIEVE IT SAYS THAT'S, UM, EASEMENT. UH, YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT, I GUESS. YEAH. SO, UM, THE PROJECT IS JUST THE, THE POINT ON THE MAP, THE YELLOW YOU'RE SEEING THERE IS THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE ACQUISITION BOUNDARY. SO ANYTHING IN THAT BOUNDARY, THEY'RE CONGRESSIONALLY APPROVED TO PURCHASE. UM, SO IT'S JUST THE POINT ON THE MAP. AND, UM, I HAD MORE DETAILED MAPS THAT I HID, BUT, UM, SO I, EMMA, ADA, IF YOU'RE ONLINE, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY TRY TO SEND LACEY THE, UM, MORE DETAILED MAPS. BUT, UM, WE CAN SEND, WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE SLIGHTLY MORE ZOOMED IN MAPS, UM, OF EACH PROJECT. AND I KNOW NICK, YOU'RE RELATIVELY FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS TOO, IF YOU YEAH. ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY COLOR. YEAH. DO YOU WANNA KNOW WHERE IT'S AT OR, UH, JUST MORE, YEAH. UH, A LITTLE MORE GEOGRAPHIC DETAIL AS [00:20:01] TO WHERE THE LOCATION IS. UH, ALSO QUESTION MY UNDERSTANDING, IF, IF IT'S, UM, US FISH AND WILDLIFE REFUGE, UH, ANY GROUNDWATER THAT'S BEING USED IS WITH, IS OUTSIDE OF THE, UH, REGULATORY E EFFORTS OF SIGMA. SO, UM, THE, THESE, THESE ADDITIONAL LANDS THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, MOVED INTO THE REFUGE SYSTEM, THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO A ACCESS, UH, ACCESS GROUNDWATER AND, AND HAVE IT OUTSIDE, UH, OUR REGULATORY PROCESS. NO. SO, UM, IN THIS CASE THAT, THAT MOU AND THE KIND OF CONTINGENCY FOR THAT PROJECT IN PARTICULAR IS THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE ANY GROUNDWATER ON THE PROPERTY, UM, INCLUDING FOR, YOU KNOW, LIKE WETLANDS RESTORATION OR ANYTHING. SO FOR THE, ON THOSE 316 ACRES, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? THAT MAKE SENSE, BOB, ON, ON JUST THE PROJECT SIZE 1,090 ACRES IN, IN THE CASE OF SEVEN, THAT'S DIFFERENT. THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROJECT. ONLY NUMBER ONE, ONLY NUMBER ONE PROJECT ONLY, THE ONLY THE NUMBER ONE PROJECT. ONE, YEAH. IT IS, UH, ADJOINING THE, THE FEDERAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM SIGMA. THAT IS TRUE. BUT ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS TO PUT A PERMANENT MECHANISM GUARANTEE THE REMOVAL OF GROUNDWATER USE ON THE PROPERTY. SO FOR PROJECT 1 0 1? FOR PROJECT ONE, YEAH, PROJECT PROJECT SEVEN. THAT WAS THE QUESTION I WAS GONNA ASK. I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE ALL SOME OF THE OTHER APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED PERMANENCE OF GROUNDWATER USE, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE. UM, WOULD WE REQUIRE THE SAME OF SEVEN? THAT WASN'T MEAN, MY QUESTION. UM, BUT AS IT STANDS, PROJECT ONE IS THE, THE ONLY PROJECT THAT IS FULLY FORFEITING, RIGHT? SO THERE IS THAT NET WATER SAVING. THE OTHER THREE PROJECTS ARE NOT FORFEITING THE ALLOCATION, SO IT'S WORKING TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY. RIGHT. BUT WITH PROJECT SIX, WHAT IS THE, UH, THEY'RE NOT FORFEITING ALLOCATION, THAT'S THE ONE IN THE EAST, BUT THERE'S POTENTIALLY GONNA BE AN EASEMENT OR PERMANENT LAND PROTECTION MECHANISM, RIGHT. WITH THAT PROJECT. A REQUIREMENT ACTUALLY REQUIREMENT YEAH. TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. COULD WE DO THE SAME WITH PROJECT SEVEN AS WELL, OR NO? COULD BE A REQUIREMENT. I MEAN, I, I GUESS THEY'RE KIND OF SIMILAR SITUATIONS ON 2D SEPARATE SIDES OF THE COUNTY. UM, JUST A THOUGHT. IT JUST, I DIDN'T CATCH THAT BEFORE. SO THAT CAN BE IF THE BOARD, THE LIST OF OKAY. CONTINGENCIES TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT ON. OKAY. WE'LL SEE WHAT THE BOARD SAYS ABOUT THAT. BUT ON PROJECT SIX, IT DOESN'T STATE THE, WHERE THE MATCHING FUNDING IS COMING FROM. NOT THAT IT NEEDS TO BE KNOWN. I THINK IT'S FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER. OH, OKAY. FROM THE FARMLAND REAL ESTATE COMPANY THAT SUBMITTED ON THAT ONE. YEAH. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS UP HERE ON THE DICE? OKAY, I'M GONNA OPEN UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? THERE'S GOTTA BE AT LEAST ONE. NO. SURE. YOU WANNA ADD A QUESTION OF THE PUBLIC? JUST TO STATE, UM, ACTUALLY WHERE WITH VALLEY EGO COWORKER. UM, OKAY, GOOD. JUST TO NOTE THAT I SENT, UH, PDF PACKET, UM, TO THE, THE BOARDROOM HOST HERE OF ADDITIONAL MAPS, UM, FOR YOUR REFERENCE. OH, AWESOME. THANK YOU. SO IF WE REALLY WANNA SEE 'EM, WE CAN HAVE LACEY PULL UP UP. RIGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. PUBLIC COMMENT, DAVE, PLEASE NEED ONE AT LEAST. SURE. A LOT OF MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO LET'S, LET'S GET IT RIGHT. UH, DAVE NINO FROM STEVENSON MER QUINN, UM, ON PROJECT ONE. OKAY. THEY'RE NOT GONNA USE ANY GROUNDWATER EXTRACT IT ON THE PROPERTY, BUT CAN THEY IMPORT GROUNDWATER? LIKE BOB'S TALKING, UM, FROM OTHER AREAS IN OUR BASIN? UM, SO WE'LL BE EXTRACTING GROUNDWATER SOMEWHERE TO SUPPLY GROUNDWATER TO THIS LOCATION. UM, BECAUSE IT'S FEDERAL, IT'S OUTSIDE SIGMA, RIGHT? AND, UH, I THOUGHT THE, UH, MLRP WAS ALL ABOUT SAVING WATER AND MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE HOLDING THEIR ALLOCATIONS, SO THEY'RE GONNA JUST TRANSFER AND USE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT'S ALL. THANKS. THANK YOU, DAVE. YEAH. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY, IS THERE ANY COMMENTS ONLINE? NOT SEEING ANY ONLINE? UM, SO AS A QUESTION FOR MYSELF, I GUESS TO EITHER GREEN OR LACEY. SO BY THE BOARD'S ACT, IF THE BOARD DOES TAKE ACTION TODAY TO APPROVE, IS THERE ANY, IS THERE GOING TO BE A SECONDARY ACTION ONCE THEY GET APPROVED FROM DOC AT THE END? EXACTLY. SO THIS IS NOT CONTRACT APPROVAL FOR THESE PROJECTS. ALL THIS IS DOING TODAY IS ALLOWING THESE PROJECTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO APPROVE THEM, TO MOVE ON IN THE PROCESS. THEN WE GO INTO [00:25:01] A WHOLE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE APPLICANTS, AND AT THE END OF THAT PERIOD, THE CONTRACTS THEMSELVES COME BEFORE THE BOARD, UH, BEFORE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE FUNDING IS REALLY APPROVED. SO THE DOC COULD MAKE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ON THESE PROJECTS, CORRECT. BECOME MORE STRINGENT OR, YES, THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. AND I, I JUST NOTE THAT, UM, IT, IT PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION WHEN THEY COME BACK TO YOU TO DECIDE NOT TO FUND ONE OF THOSE AFTER IT GOT APPROVED, UM, TO SEND TO DOC AND THEN APPROVED BY DOC. THEN WHEN IT COMES BACK AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE REAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROJECTS, WE PROBABLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S PUBLIC RIGHT NOW AND THAT THE, THE APPLICANTS AS WELL KNOW, RATHER THAN BE SURPRISED BY, UM, NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH A CONTRACT AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING. I MEAN, COULD WE BE, UM, I DON'T KNOW THESE AGREEMENTS AND STUFF, BUT COULD THIS BOARD DECIDE WHAT PART OF THE ALLOCATION COULD BE MOVED? I KNOW THEY ALL INTEND TO KEEP IT, BUT COULD YOU SAY YOU FORFEIT YOUR A PA AND IT'S JUST YOU COULD ONLY MOVE SUSTAINABLE YIELD POTENTIALLY. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT HOW DO YOU, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WRITE THAT IN A PERMANENCE THING. I MEAN, MAYBE GREG CAN CHIME INTO THIS, OR MAYBE I'M MAKING IT WAY MORE THAN WHAT IT IS. I DON'T KNOW. BUT I'LL MAKE JUST A, A GENERAL STATEMENT ABOUT THE FORFEITURE AND THEN I'D YEAH, BE HAPPY FOR GREG, WHO WAS ON THE TECHNICAL SCORING COMMITTEE TO COME UP AS WELL, JUST IN GENERAL WITH THIS PROGRAM. UM, RIGHT. IT'S AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND SORT OF TO HELP ACCELERATE LAND CHANGE THAT IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF HAPPENING ANYWAY. AND SO IN A WAY, UM, ENSURING THAT IF A FARMER IS GOING TO NEED TO TAKE, UH, LAND OUT OF PRODUCTION, UM, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ADD THESE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS, RIGHT. SO RESTORATION OR OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS. UM, AND I ALSO JUST, I'M GONNA PASS THE MIC. UM, WELL GO AHEAD GREG. LET'S DO THAT FIRST. , I HONESTLY WOULDN'T HAVE TOO MUCH MORE TO ADD TO THE, THE ASPECT OF ACCELERATION THAT REALLY MLRP IS ABOUT TRYING TO ACCELERATE A REPURPOSING OF GROUND THAT IS GOING TO LIKELY HAPPEN AND THAT OTHER PEOPLE WILL SEE, OKAY, THAT CAN BE SUCCESSFUL. I CAN ALSO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. UM, AND SO I THINK ONE OF THE INTERESTING ASPECTS ABOUT PROJECT THREE AND HAVING IT, UH, RECHARGE BASIN THAT'S REALLY WILDLIFE FRIENDLY, MAYBE MORE SO THAN YOUR TRADITIONAL RECHARGE BASIN, OTHER PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN MAYBE, UH, FIND OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO ALSO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR, WHICH IS A GOOD REPURPOSING OF THE GROUND. SO IT'S REALLY HAVING SOMEBODY TAKE THAT FIRST STEP. UM, I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE PERMANENCE REQUIREMENT ON SIX IS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT PERPETUITY WHERE THE OTHERS ALL DID, LIKE EVEN SEVEN, UM, SAID IT'S PERPETUAL. OH, I SEE. UM, AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRYING TO, TO FORCE SOMETHING ELSE ON THERE, BUT I DO, I, YOU KNOW, GO BACK TO CORINA'S POINT ON THIS IS ABOUT ACCELERATING CHANGE AND TRYING TO GET SOME PEOPLE TO TAKE THOSE FIRST STEPS SO THAT OTHERS CAN HELP FOLLOW THAT. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST, ONE MORE QUESTION JUST TO, I UNDERSTAND IN THE MAP PROVIDED, UM, A US FISH AND WILDLIFE ACQUISITION BOUNDARY, NOW E EXPLAIN THAT TO ME. I MEAN, IT, THERE CERTAINLY APPEARS TO BE QUITE A FEW, QUITE A BIT OF FEE INTEREST TO PRIVATE LANDOWNERS WITHIN THAT WHOLE BIG BOUNDARY AREA. SO I, I'M, I'M CONFUSED BY IT. I MEAN, I, I KNOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRIVATE LANDOWNERS THAT IT APPEARS THAT THERE, THAT THIS ACQUISITION BOUNDARY IS, IS, IS, UH, COVERING. SO BECAUSE THIS IS AN AREA OF HIGH VALUE IN TERMS OF HABITAT RESTORATION OR CONSERVATION INTEREST, UM, ANY POTENTIAL LAND ACQUISITIONS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. AND THAT'S INCLUDING WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS, THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE IS CONGRESSIONALLY APPROVED BECAUSE, UH, LIKE IN THAT REGION. SO IT'S NOT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT THOSE ACTIONS ARE HAPPENING NECESSARILY, BUT THAT'S JUST THE BORDER INDICATING THAT AREA OF HABITAT RESTORATION INTEREST. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? OH YEAH, GO AHEAD BOB. JUST TO ADD, ADD SOME MORE COLOR ON THAT. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, THAT THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE PURSUED WITH CONGRESS AND GOT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF A DECADE AGO. I MEAN, SOMETIME IN THE WELL PASS THAT SAID, THEY CAN ACQUIRE LAND ASSOCIATED WITH THIS UP TO HIGHWAY 99. IF THEY SO CHOOSE ONLY PROJECT ONE IS GOING TO CONVERT TO FEDERAL FEE OWNERSHIP, THE OTHERS ARE STILL PRIVATE OWNERSHIP. UM, THEY ARE NOT PROPOSING JUST TO HAND THEIR LAND OVER TO FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, BUT CONGRESS APPROVED THE SERVICES' ABILITY TO OWN ANY LAND IN THAT AREA. THAT'S WHY IT'S JUST SHOWN THERE, BUT IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A DECADE OR SO AT LEAST. [00:30:02] OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I I JUST, THERE'S A COMMENT BECAUSE I SIT ON A LOWER SAN JOAQUIN LEVEE DISTRICT BOARD AND OUR, UH, UH, UH, FEE ASSESSMENTS FOR THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE BENEFITED BY THE, THE LEVEE DISTRICT, UH, COME FROM THE LANDOWNERS WHEN THE, UM, US FISH AND WILDLIFE ACQUIRES THE PROPERTY, WE LOSE ALL THAT TAX MONEY AND ALL THAT TAX BASE. AND SO, UM, WE, WE STRUGGLE TO, UM, UH, UM, MAKE OUR, UH, ANNUAL, UH, BUDGET AND WE DON'T REALLY LIKE TO BE LOSING, UM, UH, REVENUE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE, THE FLOOD PROTECTION THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE. THAT'S JUST A, A SEPARATE ASIDE. UH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT. THANK YOU, BOB. THANK YOU. I KNOW LLOYD, YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE, UM, PROJECT SCORING SESSION. THE LAST COMMENT I'LL MAKE ON TIMELINE HERE, SO PART OF THE REASON FOR THIS SORT OF ACCELERATED TIMELINE TO MOVE TO DOC APPROVAL ON THESE PROJECTS AND THEN BUYING US A MONTH OR SO TO DO GO INTO PROJECT NEGOTIATIONS WITH APPLICANTS IS BECAUSE, UM, THIS WHOLE GRANT, RIGHT, ALL THE, THE MONEY NEEDS TO BE EXPENDED WITHIN TWO YEARS. REALLY, WE'RE UP AGAINST KIND OF THE END OF 2026 AND THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, MOVING DIRT IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS. AND SO WE WANNA BE SURE THESE PROJECTS HAVE TIME TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING THIS SEASON, UM, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. SO AS YOU'RE, UM, WEIGHING NEXT STEPS HERE, I JUST, THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE KIND OF TIMELINE INVOLVED. ALRIGHT. OKAY. OH, GOOD. I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. PLEASE COME UP. GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD. UH, I WOULD JUST, I'VE WORKED WITH A COUPLE OF THESE APPLICATIONS AND I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT ANY CONDITIONS BEYOND WHAT YOU SEE HERE, DEFINITELY, ESPECIALLY REGARDING ALLOCATION, PUTS THE TWO YEAR TIMELINE AT RISK. IT'S GONNA CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DELAYS AS FAR AS GETTING CONTRACTS SIGNED. SO, I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE SEEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS. ALL THOSE I THINK ARE DOABLE, BUT ANYTHING BEYOND I WOULD CAUSE ISSUES. SO WE, ANYTHING SHOULD BE DISCUSSED QUICKLY, . OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS ONLINE? NOT SEEING ANY ONLINE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? CAN WE GET SOME CLARIFICATION WHEN IT COMES BACK AROUND? WE HAVE, WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER SHOT AT IT OR, OR IS IT A DONE DEAL? I KNOW IT MAKES IT HARDER, BUT WHEN IT COMES BACK AROUND, IT WILL BE FOR APPROVING CONTRACTS WITH THESE. OKAY. UM, YOU, YOU CAN CHOOSE NOT TO APPROVE A CONTRACT, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD COME AS A VERY BIG SURPRISE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND TO THE APPLICANT. IF AT THAT TIME YOU, YOU DECIDED NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ONE OF THESE CONTRACTS THAT, UM, THAT YOU HAVE TODAY. I, I THINK IF, IF YOU DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS, MAYBE THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO, UH, MAKE IT PUBLIC THAT YOU HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH SOME OF THESE CONTRACTS, BUT STILL GO THROUGH THE DOC APPROVAL PROCESS JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA DELAY THAT PROCESS. BUT, UM, AT, AT LEAST IT WOULD BE KNOWN MM-HMM . AND THEN IN, IN OVER THE NEXT MONTH, UM, WHILE WE'RE WORKING WITH APPLICANTS TO GO THROUGH THESE CONTINGENCIES, WE WOULD INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, ANY CONCERNS YOU HAD. UM, AND WE'LL BE AVAILABLE ALSO TO, YOU KNOW, MEET WITH YOU AFTER TO TALK THROUGH MORE PROJECT DETAILS, ET CETERA. IF, IF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. YEAH. OKAY. NO, I DON'T, WELL, EVEN ORIGINALLY, I DON'T THINK THEY WERE ALWAYS GOING TO LOSE THEIR WATER ALLOCATION IF A SOLAR FARM WENT ON OR WHAT. THAT'S TRUE. RECHARGE, SO. THAT'S TRUE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. OKAY. IF THERE'S NO MORE COMMENTS, FEEL FREE. IF YOU HAVE ANY, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF ANYONE'S UP FOR IT. AND WE ARE TO MOVE THE PROCESS FORWARD, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED MLRP APPLICATION IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS FROM THE PROJECT SELECTION PROCESS TO SUBMIT TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. THAT WILL BE THE MOTION AND WHAT SO CHOOSES I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION, BUT I WILL COMMENT THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BEEN ABLE TO RESTRICT THE, UH, A PA PORTION OF THE ALLOCATION, UH OKAY. TO NOT FOR THEM NOT TO GET TO CON TO KEEP THAT. UM, BUT I KNOW THAT THIS PRO, THIS WHOLE PROJECT SCORING, THERE WERE MANY FACTORS [00:35:01] ON IT AND IT, IT'S NOT A PURE WATER THING. YEAH. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? THAT'S MY MOTION. OKAY. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALRIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION? A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. ANY ABSTENTIONS? WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES FOR 4, 2, 3, 5, 0. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ARE YOU DONE? ARE YOU GOT, IS THAT EVERYTHING? ONE LAST SLIDE HERE. OKAY. WE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING FOR A GROWER PARTNER, UM, TO HELP WITH NATIVE SEED GROW OUTS. UH, I'LL JUST NOT READ THROUGH THIS LIST, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR, UM, SOMEONE WHO'S SET UP FOR VEGETABLE CROP PRODUCTION AND CAN DO SMALL PLOTS AND IT'S, WE'RE FLEXIBLE ON LOCATION, UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT. I ALSO HAVE SOME OF RE'S BUSINESS CARDS TODAY, UM, IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS INTERESTED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OH, VERY GOOD. UM, BACK TO THE, UH, ACTUALLY, SORRY, BACK TO THE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY. YES. WHERE ELSE WILL WE BE POSTING IF WE WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT? UM, I MEAN, I'LL SPREAD IT AROUND AS BEST I CAN TO THE GRAND AND PLANADA AND STUFF. AND, UH, WE'RE IN, IN , BUT I DON'T, JUST ON THE WEBSITE, I SEE THE EMAIL THERE. YEAH. THE WEBSITE WILL BE LEANING ON OUR PARTNERS. UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH SAN HARROW AND THE SEEDS TEAM AND EAST MERCED, RCD. SO WE'LL BE DOING SOME E E-BLASTS AND PROBABLY SOME POSTCARD MAILERS. AND, UM, WE'RE VERY OPEN TO IDEAS. IF FOLKS HAVE CONTACTS, PLEASE REACH OUT. UM, BUT THEY'LL BE, AND THE FARM BUREAU WILL BE, WILL BE DOING SOME OUTREACH. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. RIGHT. MOVING ON TO, UH, NUMBER [7. WATER YEAR 2024 USAGE STATEMENT EXAMPLE] SEVEN, THE WATER AIR USAGE STATEMENT EXAMPLE, LACEY AND GREGOR TO PROVIDE A, THIS ONE SHOULD BE FUN. LACEY'S DOING IT. OKAY. I WILL START AND THEN INVITE GREG TO ADD ANYTHING, UH, ANYTHING I MISS HERE. SO, AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, THE MERCED AND GSA HAS BEEN COLLABORATING WITH THE GROUNDWATER ACCOUNTING PLATFORM AS A PILOT PROJECT SINCE 2023. IN 2024, THE GSA ROLLED OUT THE PLATFORM TO GROWERS SENDING OUT MAILINGS LIKE PHYSICAL MAILINGS AND, UM, HOLDING INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS FOR GROWERS TO LOG ONTO THE PLATFORM, CREATE AN ACCOUNT, AND CLAIM THEIR PARCELS. THE GROUNDWATER ACCOUNTING PLATFORM WILL PROVIDE CONSUMPTION DATA USING OPEN ET THAT GROWERS CAN USE TO TRACK AGAINST THE GSA ALLOCATION, WHICH WILL START IN 2026. UM, IN ORDER TO HELP GROWERS HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR GROUNDWATER, USE THE PLATFORM'S CAPABILITIES, AND TO START PLANNING FOR THE UPCOMING ALLOCATION STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE GSA SEND TWO USAGE STATEMENTS TO GROWERS THIS YEAR. SO THE FIRST PROPOSED STATEMENT WOULD BE SENT OUT IN THE APRIL AND MAY TIME TIMEFRAME, SO LATER THIS MONTH IT'LL BE A USAGE STATEMENT FOR WATER YEAR 2024 FOR LA ALL OF LAST YEAR'S USE, THIS WILL BE AN EXAMPLE STATEMENT. AND SO IT'S, UM, IT WILL BE THEIR ACTUAL USE, BUT IT WILL BE A MOCKUP AGAINST THE WATER ALLOCATION AS IF THE 2026 ALLOCATION WERE IN PLACE IN 2024. AND SO THIS INTRODUCT IS A, THIS WILL BE AN INTRODUCTION TO USE OF STATEMENTS. IT'S INTENDED TO INTRODUCE THE PLATFORM TO GROWERS WHO HAVE NOT YET LOGGED ON AND HELP GROWERS WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE UPCOMING ALLOCATION TO, UH, LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE AND TO REACH OUT TO THE GSA TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE. THE SECOND PROPOSED USAGE STATEMENT WOULD BE MAILED TO GROWERS AT THE END OF THE 2025 WATER YEAR. SO PROBABLY AROUND LATE FALL OF THIS YEAR. AND IT WILL COVER CONSUMPTION DURING THIS TEST RUN WATER YEAR 2025. SO THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM WITH THE GROUNDWATER ACCOUNTING PLATFORM, THEY'VE BEEN DEVELOPING A USAGE STATEMENT THAT MANY GSAS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE PLATFORM MAY USE. AND SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A GENERIC STATEMENT SINCE THE MEA BASED IN GSAS ALLOCATION PROGRAM HAS SEVERAL UNIQUE ELEMENTS. WE ARE COORDINATING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO CUSTOMIZE SOME OF THE SECTIONS TO REFLECT THE UNIQUE ALLOCATION POLICY WITHIN THIS GSA. SO THE USAGE STATEMENT SEEN HERE, AND THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKET, IS, UH, PRE CUSTOMIZATION, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU THE DETAIL OF WHAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN A STATEMENT. IT INCLUDES THE ACCOUNTING OF THE WATER USE AND BALANCE, A MAP OF THE WATER ACCOUNT PARCELS, A TREND GRAPHIC AND NARRATIVE ABOUT THE WATER USAGE STATEMENT. WHAT MAKES THE MEA BASIN GSAS ALLOCATION A LITTLE BIT MORE TRICKIER IS THAT YOU HAVE THAT FIVE YEAR ROLLING BUCKET. AND SO YOUR WATER USAGE IN ONE YEAR, UM, DOESN'T COMPARE TO YOUR ALLOCATION IN ONE YEAR. IT COMPARES TO YOUR ALLOCATION OVER FIVE YEARS. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO MAKE IT, UM, VERY CLEAR [00:40:01] TO ANYBODY LOOKING AT THE USAGE STATEMENT THAT THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT IT, THINKING THAT THEY'RE IN A VERY GOOD SPOT BECAUSE THEY'RE ONE YEAR ALLOCATION IS, IS ACTUALLY A FIVE YEAR ALLOCATION THAT HAS TO LAST OVER FIVE YEARS. SO FOR TODAY, THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM. UH, WE'D BE INTERESTED IN ANY SPECIFIC ELEMENTS YOU THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE IN THE USAGE STATEMENT. AND IF GREG HAS ANY ADDITIONS THAT I MISSED. OH, AND HE SAYS NO. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE. YEAH, I I HAVE A QUESTION. CAN WE REMOVE THAT THIS IS NOT A BILL OR SOMEHOW TO GET MORE ENGAGEMENT? I KNOW THAT REALLY WORKS IF IT'S, I'M JUST KIDDING FOR THIS FIRST ONE, BUT I MEAN, FOR THE SECOND ONE, IF IT'S A BILL, A FAKE BILL LIKE OTHER GSA SEND OUT REALLY WORKS WELL. UM, BUT, UH, ANOTHER MORE TECHNICAL QUESTION I SEE IN THIS ONE, IT LOOKS VERY NICE. UM, IT LISTS SEVEN PARCELS ALTOGETHER, IS THE ONLY WAY IT'S GONNA COME OUT LIKE THIS IS IF A GROWER'S LOGGED ONTO THE PLATFORM AND GROUP PARCELS TOGETHER, GREG AND LACEY, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE. YEAH. IF YOU HAVE, UM, IN, IN THE EVENT YOU HAVE NOT LOGGED IN AND YOU MAY HAVE MULTIPLE PARCELS UNDER YOUR NAME AND MULTIPLE PINS AND YOU HAVEN'T GROUPED THOSE, YOU WOULD GET A SEPARATE ONE OF THESE FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE PARCELS. BUT IF YOU HAVE LOGGED IN AND YOU HAVE GROUPED THEM, THEN YOU SHOULD GET ONE WITH A LIST OF THE PARCELS AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA LIST EVERY PART. LIKE THERE'S SOME PLACE, SOME INSTANCES WITH MORE PARCELS THAN YOU COULD LIST AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA LIST THEM ALL, BUT THE MAP WILL BE KIND OF REALLY ZOOMED OUT. YEAH. GOTCHA. OKAY. AND THEN TO ANSWER OR TO LOOK FOR A CREATIVE WAY TO SHOW PEOPLE HOW THEY'RE DOING ANNUALLY, IS THERE ANY WAY TO LIST ON HERE THAT, LIKE THE CALENDAR YEAR ALLOCATION, SAY, YOU KNOW, 2026, IT'S A 24 INCH, YOU KNOW, AND JUST KINDA, HEY, BREAK IT. I DON'T KNOW SOMEHOW, BECAUSE I AGREE, YOU GET THIS FOR FIRST TIME, YOU THINK YOU'RE IN GOOD SHAPE, RIGHT? IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE FIRE ROLLING BUCKET AND WHATNOT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM ABOUT IS THAT WE'LL HAVE UP AT THE TOP ON THAT PAGE ON THE LEFT, THAT IT'LL BE A FIVE YEAR BALANCE AND SHOW A TIMEFRAME THAT WOULD, UM, HELP YOU SEE THAT, OH, I HAVE THIS THROUGH 25 THROUGH 29 AND I'VE ALREADY USED THIS MUCH, UM, FOR THIS YEAR. AND SO YOU COULD DO SOME MATH, THE BIG BOX IN THE MIDDLE, THAT'S ALL IN LATIN RIGHT NOW. WE ACTUALLY WOULD PUT LANGUAGE, YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY THIS, THIS NOT NONE OF THIS IS IN ENGLISH. . YEAH, PART OF THE FUN. UM, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, UH, INSTEAD OF REALLY WORD HEAVY, THERE SHOULD BE SOME NICE WELL SPACED THINGS THAT WOULD SAY LIKE, HERE'S YOUR USE, HERE'S YOUR ALLOCATION OF SUSTAINABLE YIELD IS GONNA BE 13 INCHES IN A PA, IT'S GONNA START HERE. SO SOME, AN OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM WITHIN THAT BIG BOX SOME OF THAT INFORMATION ALSO, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS FIRST ONE. YEAH, YOU WEREN'T LYING. IT REALLY IS IN LATIN. IT IS. YOU WEREN'T LYING. IT LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER. IT IS IN LATIN. OKAY. RIGHT. OKAY. SO I'M, I'M CURIOUS, THE 24 FOR THE 24, ARE YOU GONNA SHOW FIVE YEARS OF ALLOCATION FOR THAT IN THAT TWO? SO WE'RE, WE'RE PRETENDING THAT THE 20, THE, THIS WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE AS IF YOU'RE AT THE END OF 2026, YOU'D BE GETTING THIS, WE'RE STARTING IN 2026 WITH THE ALLOCATIONS AT THE END OF 26. YOU'D GET A REPRESENTATION OF WHAT YOU USED, BUT WE'RE GONNA PRETEND IT ALL WAS STARTING IN 24. AND SO WE'RE SENDING OUT LIKE THREE MONTHS TOO LATE, YOUR 24 END OF YEAR REPORT. SO IT WOULD SAY YOU USE THIS MUCH IN 24, YOUR BUCKET OF ALLOCATION FOR 25, 26, 27, 28, AND 29 WOULD BE THIS MUCH. SO YOU KIND OF SEE, WELL, WHAT DID I JUST USE? HOW MUCH DO I HAVE AVAILABLE GOING FORWARD NOW FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND GET A SENSE OF THAT? UM, BUT THAT, THAT ALLOCATION HASN'T REALLY STARTED. SO IT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, IT'S MAKE BELIEVE, BUT IT'S GONNA USE THE ALLOCATION YOU'VE ADOPTED. I JUST THINK IT NEEDS TO BE REALLY, REALLY CLEAR THAT, THAT THAT'S ALL FIVE YEARS OF IT. OTHERWISE IT PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE REALLY MISLED AND IT'D BE ALMOST MORE BENEFICIAL JUST TO SHOW 'EM THE YEAR ON YEAR NUMBER RIGHT. QUESTION. RIGHT. AND, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE UP AT THE TOP THERE. THERE'LL BE YOUR SUPPLY FOR THAT YEAR, YOUR USAGE FOR THAT YEAR, AND YOUR AVAILABILITY FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO IT SHOULD, AND AND THIS IS PART OF WHAT LACEY AND I WERE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE, THE, UM, GROUNDWATER ACCOUNTING PLATFORM TEAM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IT EXTRACT. 'CAUSE THE OTHER THING IS WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO JUST PULL OUT OF THE DATA, AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE THESE, OTHERWISE YOU'RE GONNA HAND ENTER STUFF IN 900 ACCOUNTS ON SEPARATE THINGS. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT. SO THIS HAS TO BE ABLE TO BE AUTOMATICALLY PULLING. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE RIGHT STUFF, THE RIGHT MESSAGE FOR YOUR EXACT, UM, POINT THERE SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T, HEY, I GOT 20,000 ACRE FEET. WOO-HOO, I'M GOOD. NO, THAT 20,000 HAS TO LAST YOU FIVE YEARS ESSENTIALLY. AND IF YOU USED 6,000 LAST YEAR, YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO FIVE MORE YEARS AT 6,000 ACRE FEET. [00:45:01] OKAY. SO, WE'LL, I I BELIEVE THE INTENT WOULD BE, WE'LL TRY AND DRAFT ONE UP HERE AND SINCE WE'RE PROBABLY BETWEEN BOARD MEETINGS, WE'LL SEND IT AROUND TO YOU INDIVIDUALLY FOR, UM, INPUT, EDITS, COMMENTS ON THE, ON THE TEXT AND WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE IF THERE'S SOME OTHER REFINEMENTS. SO WE HAVE A MODIFIED VERSION OF THIS ALREADY. WE JUST TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT MONDAY I THINK, OR TUESDAY. UH, IT JUST WAS TOO LATE TO GET BROUGHT FORWARD INTO THE PACKET. ONE OTHER COMMENT ON THIS, THIS EXAMPLE, UM, I I SEE THIS AS JUST A GROUNDWATER USAGE SUMMARY. THERE'S NO, UM, NET UM, UH, WHAT'S OUR WORD FOR APPLIED WATER? SURFACE WATER. THERE'S NO EFFECTIVE PARTICIPANT, UH, PRECIPITATION IN THIS EXAMPLE. I, I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA SEND OUT AN EXAMPLE, LET'S, LET'S RECOGNIZE THAT, THAT THERE'S OTHER WATER, RIGHT, UH, AFFECTING CONSUMPTIVE USE OTHER THAN JUST GROUNDWATER. BOB, YOU'RE REACTING EXACTLY LIKE LACEY AND I WERE DOING TO THIS FIRST EXAMPLE THEY GAVE US, WHICH WAS WE NEED SOME OTHER THINGS. AND IN THAT RIGHT HAND SIDE ON IN THE MIDDLE THERE, THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE ROWS IN THE VERSION THEY SHOWED US THE OTHER DAY, WHICH INCLUDES THE AMOUNT OF PRECIP WE'RE GONNA COUNT FOR YOU THE YEAR. YOU MAY HAVE A LINE ITEM FOR OTHER SOURCES OF WATER. UM, AND SO THERE WON'T BE ANY NUMBERS IN THERE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A ROW THERE THAT RECOGNIZES THOSE OTHER SOURCES. YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT WHEN YOU SHOW THE PUBLIC THAT THAT, UH, YOU ARE GOING TO, IT, IT, IT'S GOING TO BE A NET CONSUMPTIVE USE OF GROUNDWATER STATEMENT, RIGHT? AND THE NET MEANS NET OF ANY OTHER SOURCE OF WATER, RIGHT? WE, WE FULLY AGREE WITH THAT AND WE'RE, THAT'S THE, THOSE ARE THE, THE CUSTOMIZATION ISSUES WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON SO THAT IT CAN EASILY BE EXTRACTED. AND SO THE VERSION, UM, THAT WE HAVE, AND LACEY, I DON'T KNOW, DID THEY SEND YOU A VERSION THAT, UM, THEY WERE GONNA TRY AND SEND ONE AND WE DIDN'T GET ANYTHING SENT TO US, BUT THERE, THE VERSION THEY SHARED ONLINE ON WHENEVER IT WAS MONDAY OR TUESDAY ALREADY HAS SEVERAL OF THOSE PIECES IN IT REFLECTING MORE WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IF YOU ACTUALLY LOGGED ON. THERE'S SOME VIEWS WHEN YOU'RE LOGGING ONTO THE PLATFORM AND YOU SEE SEVERAL OF THOSE ROWS. WE'RE TRYING TO REPLICATE MORE OF THAT INTO THIS REPORT. SO BOB, TOTALLY, YEAH. OKAY. I THANK YOU. I I THINK, I THINK HAVING THIS EXAMPLE TO BE ABLE TO SEND OUT OR OR TAKE THE INDIVIDUAL GROWERS WILL MAKE THEM REALIZE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO, IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY, UM, UH, ON THE GROUNDWATER COUNTING PLATFORM, THEY NEED TO GET THERE. SO, UM, YEAH, I, I SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT OF, OF DEVELOPING EXAMPLE BOTH FOR 2024 AND, AND IN 2025. SO, UM, UH, THE PUBLIC, UH, START TO GET EDUCATED ABOUT THE GROUNDWATER ACCOUNTING PLATFORM. OKAY, I'M GONNA TRY TO FIX THE MICS UP HERE REAL FAST, SO BEAR WITH ME. THAT WORKS. OKAY. MIKE, DOES YOURS WORK NOW TOO GOOD? YEP. GETTING A VERY LITTLE PRO AT THIS. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I, LET ME OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS ITEM? NONE SIMPLE ENOUGH. ANY ONLINE? NONE ONLINE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? WE GOOD TO MOVE ON? GOOD WORK. GOOD LUCK. THINK ABOUT THE NOT BILL THING THOUGH. I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT. OKAY. NUMBER EIGHT, OPT [8. OPT-IN AND MISCLASSIFIED LAND USE FEES FORMS] IN AND MISCLASSIFIED LAND USE FEES FORMS. LACEY, YOU'RE UP AGAIN IN. OKAY, SO THIS ITEM IS, UM, CONTINUED FOR, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT'S CONTINUED FROM THE MARCH MEETING. THE GROUNDWATER ALLOCATION RULE INCLUDES TWO SECTIONS IN 1.9 AND 1.11 FOR ONE POINT 11 FOR LANDOWNERS TO SUBMIT A REQUEST TO THE GSA TO EITHER OPT IN ON IRRIGATED LAND FOR A GROUNDWATER ALLOCATION OR TO CORRECT MISCATEGORIZED LAND USE. THE FORMS PROVIDED IN THE AGENDA PACKET HAVE BEEN POSTED ONLINE SINCE THE MONDAY FOLLOWING MARCH, THE MARCH MEETING, AND INCLUDE THE SUGGESTED EDITS FROM THAT MEETING. IF YOU RECALL, FROM MARCH, UM, JEANNIE LESI, YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL PRESENTED TWO NEW FORMS RATHER THAN CONTRACTS FOR GROWERS TO ENTER INTO WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO, UM, COMPLY WITH 1.9 AND ONE POINT 11 IN THE GROUNDWATER ALLOCATION RULE. THE DEADLINE FOR LANDOWNERS TO SUBMIT THESE FORMS IN ADVANCE OF THE WATER YEAR 2026 ALLOCATION IS OCTOBER ONE FOR, UM, OPTING IN PARCELS AND DECEMBER 31ST FOR MISCLASSIFIED PARCELS, OR I SHOULD SAY JANUARY 1ST FOR MISCLASSIFIED PARCELS TO RECEIVE AN ALLOCATION. AND [00:50:01] THE ACTION FOR TODAY IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FORMS, WHICH WOULD MAKE THEM AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO START SUBMITTING THEM. AND THE FORMS MAY BE SUBMITTED TO A FORMS AT MERCED SUB BASIN GSA.ORG WEBSITE, UH, EMAIL ADDRESS. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND ALSO, WE HAVE LEGAL COUNSEL HERE AS WELL WHO COULD ANSWER QUESTIONS. OKAY. AND WHAT'S THE EASIEST WAY FOR A LANDLORD TO KNOW IF THEY'VE BEEN MISCLASSIFIED? SO THE EASIEST WAY WOULD BE TO GO TO THE GROUNDWATER ACCOUNTING PLATFORM. OKAY. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD IRRIGATED PARCELS IN THE GROUNDWATER ACCOUNTING PLATFORM. AND IF THEY, IF THE PARCEL THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS NOT IN THERE, IT'S LIKELY TO BE CLASSIFIED AS GRAZING. 'CAUSE YOUR GRAZING PARCELS ARE NOT IN THE GROUNDWATER ACCOUNTING PLATFORM. OKAY. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? WE'RE DOING SO GOOD ON TIME. ANY QUESTIONS TO THE PUBLIC? DAVE? COME ON DOWN. DAVE NINO FROM STEVENSON. UH, JUST QUICKLY, WE DID COME UP WITH A NUMBER FOR THESE BACK FEES, DIDN'T WE? COULD YOU HAVE PUT THIS ON THERE SO PEOPLE WOULD KNOW WHAT THEY SORT OF OWED WITH THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS? UM, I BELIEVE IF YOU LOOK AT THE FEES THAT ARE IN THE, UM, AGENDA PACKET, THE SECOND PAGE OF BOTH OF THE, THE SECOND PAGE OF BOTH OF THE FORMS DOES INCLUDE ALL OF THE BACK FEES. IT, IT SAYS THIS TABLE IS FOR M-S-G-S-A STAFF ONLY, BUT IT HAS THE NUMBER OF THE RATES OF ALL OF THE FEES THAT WOULD BE APPLIED TO THOSE PARCEL, THOSE ACRES IN THOSE PARCELS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS ONLINE? NONE ONLINE. OKAY. SO THEY'RE ALLOWED TO OPT IN UNTIL OCTOBER 20. OCTOBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR. OKAY. AND THE IN AND LAND USE CODES BY JANUARY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? WE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS. THAT WAS GREAT. MR. CHAIR, MOVE TO APPROVE THE OPT-IN AND MISCLASSIFIED LAND USE P FORMS. WE GOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES 5 0 1 2 3. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT, NUMBER NINE. [9. GROUNDWATER ALLOCATION RULE SECTION ADOPTION] GROUNDWATER ALLOCATION RULES SECTION ADOPTION. I'M LACEY, YOU'RE UP AGAIN. AND I I WOULD ALSO INVITE GREG TO ADD ANYTHING IF, UH, IF I MISS SOMETHING HERE. SO THIS ITEM IS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING THREE, UM, UH, UH, THREE BIG CHUNKS OF THE ADDITIONAL SECTION OF THE GROUNDWATER ALLOCATION RULE. SO THESE SECTIONS WERE IDENTIFIED AS SECTIONS THAT WERE TO BE DRAFTED BY APRIL 1ST, 2025 IN THE RULE THAT WAS ADOPTED ON OCTOBER 10TH, 2024. THE SECTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION ARE UNDER THE 1.8 MONITORING TITLE AND THEY INCLUDE THE TRACKING OF CONSUMPTION ACCOUNTING FOR EFFECTIVE PRECIPITATION, ACCOUNTING FOR ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF WATER. AND UNDER THAT ACCOUNTING FOR ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF WATER, IT INCLUDES, UM, GENERATING ALTERNATIVE SOURCE CREDIT BY RECHARGE, REGISTRATION OF A RECHARGE FACILITY, DETERMINING ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF CREDIT, DETERMINING LEAVE BEHIND ACCOUNTING OF ALTERNATIVE SOURCE CREDIT RECOGNITION AND USE OF ALTERNATIVE SOURCE CREDITS GENERATED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1ST, 2026, AND USE OF ALTERNATIVE SOURCES AND ALTERNATIVE SOURCE CREDITS. PREVIOUSLY, THESE SECTIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AND REVIEWED BY THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE, THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THEY WERE THE SUBJECT OF LAST MONTH'S PUBLIC WORKSHOP PORTION OF THE BOARD MEETING. UM, HERE, THESE SECTIONS MAY BE ADOPTED BY AT THIS TIME OR IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR EDITS THAT THE BOARD WANTS TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THESE SECTIONS MAY BE DELAYED UNTIL A FUTURE MEETING. THE SECTIONS WERE AVAILABLE IN THE AGENDA PACKET AND THEY ALSO WERE AVAILABLE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM HERE TODAY. OKAY, THANK YOU LACEY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? [00:55:11] I MORNING OR SORRY? GOOD AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON. UM, I AM ON THE TAC COMMITTEE AND I ONLY DE READ THESE, UH, THOROUGHLY THIS LAST WEEK AND SUBMITTED DETAIL, DETAILED NOTES TO MY TAC COLLEAGUES AND GREG AND LACEY. SO I DON'T THINK THEY'VE REALLY, MY COMMENTS HAVE REALLY HAD A TIME TO BE DIGESTED AND THEY'RE PRETTY THOROUGH. SO I'D APPRECIATE THE BOARD DELAYING IN LETTING STRATEGIC STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE AND THEN ALSO THE TECH COMMITTEE CONSIDER AT LEAST COMMENTS THAT I'VE PUT IN. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? I'LL SECOND THAT COMMENT. SORRY LOU, I SECOND THAT COMMENT. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTION? ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT OR ANY ONLINE? NONE ONLINE. OKAY. BACK TO THE BOARD. WHAT'S THE BOARD'S FEELING? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR MOTIONS OR, I'D MOVE THAT WE RESUBMIT THIS TO THE COMMITTEES TO, TO REVIEW THIS LANGUAGE SOME MORE, BUT WE'RE NOT READY FOR IT YET. OKAY. MOTION TO TABLE. AND IT IS JUST FOR BOTH TO THE TAC COMMITTEE AND THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. I BELIEVE SO. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION TO TABLE. ALRIGHT. ALL. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP. APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK AND THE TAX COMMITTEES. APPRECIATE IT. YEAH, BECAUSE THAT WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND. OH. OH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN PASS. FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU LACEY. MAKING A GREAT CLERK. HERE WE GO. EFFECTIVE PRECEPT [10. EFFECTIVE PRECIPITATION FOR WATER YEAR 2025] PRECIPITATION FOR WATER. YEAR 2025. ALRIGHT, I'LL TAKE THIS ONE. UM, IN THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU ARE NOW TABLING UNTIL FURTHER DISCUSSION, THERE IS A SECTION ABOUT TALKING ABOUT EFFECTIVE PRECIP AND WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE INCHES OF RAIN. DID TO MAKE A DETERMINATION AFTER APRIL ONE OF EACH YEAR WITH THE POTENTIAL TO ADD ON SOME MORE, UM, ELIGIBLE INCHES OF RAIN QUANTITY DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS IN APRIL AND MAY. 'CAUSE WE, WE GENERALLY, NOT GENERALLY, WE SOMETIMES HAVE ADDITIONAL WATER THAT HAPPENS IN APRIL AND MAY AS FAR AS RAIN, BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS BOARD MAKE A DETERMINATION BY THE 1ST OF APRIL OR THE FIRST BOARD MEETING OF APRIL FOR THE AMOUNT OF EFFECTIVE PRECI THAT FOLKS WOULD EXPECT TO BE HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM GOING INTO THIS, UM, CURRENT YEAR. SO IF WE WERE OPERATING, AGAIN, WE'RE IN A PILOT PERIOD HERE THAT IF WE ARE OPERATING IN 2025, THIS WOULD BE THE RAINFALL THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN WOULD BE THE NUMBER THAT YOU WOULD ADOPT, UM, AS ELIGIBLE INCHES OF RAIN. AND YOU, YOU CAN SEE ON HERE FROM OCTOBER, AND THIS IS PULLED FROM THE MERCED COUNTY, OR SORRY, THE MERCED AIRPORT GAUGE, WHICH IS A RECOGNIZED GAUGE THAT'S GOT A LONG HISTORY OF DATA WITH IT. UM, AND IT RE WHILE IT RECORDS CONSTANTLY, THEY REPORT A VALUE AT THE END OF EACH MONTH. SO AFTER THE END OF A COUPLE DAYS INTO APRIL, THERE WAS A VALUE FOR MARCH THAT WAS PRESENTED. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OCTOBER THROUGH MARCH, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE POLICY HAD SET UP, THE TOTAL VALUE WAS 7.8 INCHES OF, UM, RAINFALL. AND WHEN OUR POLICY THAT YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM HERE, WE HAVE THESE RULES. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM, THE VERY BOTTOM RULE, IF THE TOTAL INCH RAINFALL ON MARCH 31ST IS LESS THAN NINE INCHES, THE ELIGIBLE INCHES OF RAIN FOR OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH MARCH 31ST WILL EQUAL THE TOTAL THAT WAS AVAILABLE. SO YOU ROUND UP THE 7.82 INCHES AND YOU SAY ELIGIBLE INCHES OF RAIN WOULD BE EIGHT INCHES PER ACRE, GIS ACRE PEOPLE WOULD GET CREDIT FOR ON THEIR PARCELS THAT WOULD COUNT. SO ET WOULD BE DETERMINED BY REMOTE SENSING, YOU WOULD SUBTRACT EIGHT INCHES. THAT WOULD BE YOUR ET OF APPLIED WATER THAT WOULD BE PRESUMED TO BE CONSUMPTION. AS, UM, A POINT OF CONTRAST IN THE REPORTS WE'RE GONNA DO AS THESE EXAMPLE REPORTS, THE EFFECT OF PRECIP BASED ON THE ELIGIBLE INCHES DETERMINATION FOR 2024 WAS 14 INCHES. SO THAT JUST SHOWS THE KIND OF FLEXIBILITY WE HAVE IN THAT 14 INCH DETERMINATION WOULD'VE RESULTED OUT OF THE FIRST RULE THERE THAT YOU SEE AT THE TOP OF THAT, UM, TABLE ON THE BOTTOM RAINFALL WAS ABOVE 12 INCHES, AND THEN YOU GOT 50% OF ANY DELTA THAT'S ABOVE 12 INCHES. SO THERE ACTUALLY WAS [01:00:01] 16 INCHES TOTAL. SO YOU GOT 12 PLUS 50% OF FOUR WAS TWO MORE INCHES. SO 14 INCHES WAS THE NUMBER YOU HAVE FOR 2024. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS RULE APPLIES. THIS IS REPRESENTING WHAT YOU WOULD PUT FORWARD FOR THIS YEAR. SHOULD WE HAVE, SHOULD WE BE OPERATING UNDER THE ALLOCATION POLICY? SO THOSE REPORTS THAT WE'LL PROVIDE AT THE END OF 2025 WOULD SAY ELIGIBLE INCHES OF RAIN WERE EIGHT INCHES MULTIPLIED BY YOUR GIS PARCEL ACRES, WOULD GIVE YOU SOME VOLUME OF WATER THAT WAS OF COUNTED AS EFFECTIVE PRECIP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THEN, SO SINCE THERE WAS RAIN REGISTERED IN APRIL, THAT WOULD BE HANDLED NEXT MONTH. SO YOUR, THE, THE RULE THAT ALSO GOES WITH THIS STATES, UM, SHOULD YOU ADOPT IT THIS WAY THAT IF THERE'S MORE THAN AN INCH IN APRIL, YOU CAN ADD AN INCH IF THERE'S MORE THAN AN INCH AND A HALF BETWEEN APRIL AND MAY. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT HAVE THREE QUARTERS IN APRIL AND THEN ANOTHER HALF AN INCH IN MAY. UM, NEITHER OF THOSE WOULD BE AN INCH ON THEIR OWN. BUT COMBINED, THEY WOULD ALLOW YOU TO THEN ADD MORE AT THE END OF THAT. SO YOU WOULD MAKE A CONSIDERATION AFTER THE END OF MAY AS TO WHETHER YOU WOULD ADD A, AN ADDITIONAL INCREMENT. OKAY. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? UH, I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, UH, BECAUSE THIS PERTAINS TO SECTION 1.8, 0.3, HAS THAT BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD? THAT'S PART OF WHAT YOU HAVE JUST TABLED, RIGHT? SO I GUESS MY, I'M WONDERING WHETHER WE OUGHT TO WAIT UNTIL APPROVAL OF 1.8 0.3 TO THEN VOTE ON THIS. YOU, YOU COULD JUST USE THIS AS A, A NOTIFICATION RIGHT NOW FOR THE TEST RUN YEAR, IF IT WERE TO GO AND BE APPROVED AT A FUTURE MEETING AS DRAFTED RIGHT NOW, THE ELIGIBLE INCHES OF RAIN WOULD BE EIGHT INCHES. I THINK THAT'LL BE HELPFUL FOR ANYBODY USING THE PLATFORM TO TRACK THEIR CONSUMPTION. SO NO, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO APPROVE IT TODAY. I THINK JUST MAKING IT KNOWN THAT 2025, ACCORDING TO THE DRAFTED POLICY WOULD BE EIGHT INCHES. I THINK THAT ALONE IS REALLY HELPFUL. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? JUST A LITTLE, UH, POINT OF CLARIFICATION. SO A, ASSUMING THAT THAT WELL, NOT ASSUMING YOU, YOU DO HAVE A NUMBER OF, OF, UH, UH, EIGHT INCHES. I'M JUST TRYING TO THROUGH MY HEAD UNDERSTAND IT. SO THE CONSUMPTIVE USE IS DETERMINED. LET'S, LET'S SAY FOR AN EXAMPLE THAT THE CONSUMPTIVE USE OF, OF A PARTICULAR CROP ON A, A PARCEL THAT A PARTY HAS IS, IS A THREE ACRE FEET PER ACRE. UM, AMONG THAT THREE ACRE FEET PER ACRE, UM, UH, EIGHT INCHES WOULD BE RE REDUCED. SO YOU WOULD HAVE, UH, UH, TWO POINT 28, 4 28 OR UH, TWO FEET, UH, FOUR INCHES OF, OF CONSUMPTIVE USE. THAT IS GONNA BE A NET, UM, OF, UH, A NET, UH, NUMBER FOR, FOR EVALUATION OF CONSUMPTIVE USE FROM THAT NUMBER, ANY SURFACE WATER, UM, WOULD, WOULD BE DEDUCTED. AND THAT IS WHERE YOU WOULD COME OUT IN ANY PARTICULAR YEAR. OF COURSE, IT'S IF THIS IS A FIVE YEAR ROLLING BUCKET. SO I'M JUST, I'M TRYING TO, I'M JUST FOLLOWING THROUGH THE RIGHT FEEBLE BRAINS IN THE AUDIENCE, WHICH I'M ONE OF THEM. . LET, LET'S, LET'S USE, UM, A ONE ACRE PARCEL AS AN EXAMPLE. YOUR ALLOCATION OF GROUNDWATER RIGHT NOW IS 13 INCHES OF SUSTAINABLE YIELD AND 11 INCHES OF A PA AT THIS FOR THE YEAR, YOU WOULD GET AN ET VALUE IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE DEFERRING TO THE REMOTE SENSING YOU WOULD HAVE AN ET VALUE. IF YOU'RE GONNA USE METERS, THIS DOESN'T APPLY. THAT'S THOSE, THOSE OTHER FACTORS, THE EFFICIENCY FACTORS COME IN THERE. SO IF YOU, UM, HAVE YOUR REMOTE SENSING AND THE REMOTE SENSING ET SAID YOU WERE USING 36 INCHES, YOU WOULD SUBTRACT EIGHT, YOU'D HAVE 28 INCHES LEFT. SAY I ONLY HAD 24, SO I FULLY USED MY 24 INCHES I HAD ON THIS ACRE AND I'M FOUR INCHES DEFICIT INTO MY NEXT YEAR'S BUCKET ALREADY. OKAY. AND IF YOU HAD A ALTERNATIVE SOURCE, YOU MIGHT SAY, I AM USING THAT ALTERNATIVE SOURCE AND IT COVERED 12 INCHES OF THAT 28 AS AN EXAMPLE, AND NOW YOU'RE DOWN AT [01:05:01] 14. WAS IT GOING TO USE AGAINST YOUR ALLOCATION? SO NOW YOU HAD 24 EXTRACT, 14, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE 10 INCHES GOING FORWARD AND CARRYING FORWARD WITH YOU INTO NEXT YEAR ON YOUR GROUNDWATER SIDE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC? COME ON, DAN. ONE THING THAT I THINK SHOULD BE MADE CLEAR, I THINK I AGREE WITH HOW SIMPLE IT IS AND THAT IT'S ONE PRECIPITATION VOLUME FOR THE WHOLE SUB-BASIN, BUT IT SHOULD BE MADE CLEAR TO THE LANDOWNERS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN RAIN GAUGES AND THE VARIABILITY ACROSS THE SUB-BASIN IS, AS YOU YOU GUYS KNOW, IT'S WIDE, THERE COULD BE TWO INCHES IN ONE STORM DIFFERENCE FROM THE EAST SIDE AND THE WEST SIDE OF THE BASIN. MM-HMM . ROWERS NEED TO KNOW THAT. YEAH. I'M AT 10 INCHES ALREADY IN THE GRAND, I DUNNO WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT ANYWAYS, UM, THANK YOU BRAD. ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT OKAY. LINE THEN ONLINE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD. WHAT'S THE PLEASURE TO MIKE'S COMMENTS? OR MIKE, DO YOU WANNA, SO IT DOES SAY JUST FOR THE TEST RUN ON THE ACTION ITEM, RIGHT? YEAH, IT DOES. YEAH. SO IS THERE ANY REASON NOT TO GO FORWARD? NO. JUST LEAST FOR THE TEST RUN? YEAH, I THINK IT'S FINE. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THEN TO GO FORWARD FOR THE TEST RUN ON THE EFFECTIVE PRECIPITATION FOR 25. OKAY. I EIGHT INCHES. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE DOING GREAT. ALRIGHT. STAFF REPORTS. [11. STAFF REPORT] JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS FOR YOU. UM, ONE, I WANTED TO LET YOU AND THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THERE IS AN APRIL 8TH, 2025 RED LINE VERSION OF THE GROUNDWATER ALLOCATION RULE THAT HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE WEBSITE UNDER THE ALLOCATION TAB. UM, THIS INCLUDES SECTIONS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN DISCUSSED, UH, YET. THEY'VE BEEN DISCUSSED AT THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, ALREADY THOUGH. AND SO FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO GET AHEAD OF SOME SECTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSED IN A MAY BOARD MEETING, THAT VERSION, IT'S A FULL VERSION RED LINE VERSION OF THE ALLOCATION RULE HAS BEEN POSTED TO THE WEBSITE. UM, ALSO A, JUST A NOTICE FOR YOU THAT DWR HAS ESTABLISHED A NEW PORTAL FOR POSTING GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY PLANS FOR THOSE BASINS THAT WERE, UM, INCOMPLETE AND SENT OVER TO THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD. TWO OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE POSTED GSPS AMENDED GSPS THROUGH THAT PORTAL, AND ONE IS CILLA AND ONE IS DELTA MENDOTA, AND THEY ARE BOTH IN THE MIDDLE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS FOR THEIR NEW GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY PLANS. AND SO PERHAPS THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT YOU'D LIKE YOUR, ONE OF YOUR COMMITTEES TO LOOK INTO IF THE MERCED BASIN WANTS TO REVIEW THOSE TWO PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED BY NEIGHBORS AND MAKE COMMENTS TO THAT, AND THAT'S DIRECTION THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE TO PERHAPS YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE. THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO, UH, COMMENTS I HAVE. OKAY. WHAT WAS THE BOARD THING ABOUT THAT? THINK SO. OKAY. THAT BOARD DIRECTION. THAT GOOD ENOUGH? YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER STAFF REPORT? THAT'S IT. OKAY. BOARD REPORTS. [12. BOARD REPORTS] START HERE. YOU HAVE ANYTHING? BOB? OH, OTHER BOB, GEORGE, MIKE. THIS IS NOT A REPORT, BUT UM, I'D LIKE TO CHANGE MY VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER SIX. OKAY. TO, I ABSTAIN. OKAY. ALRIGHT. VERY GOOD. OKAY. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT FOR THE BOARD REPORT. I DON'T KNOW HOW RELEVANT IT IS AT THIS POINT, BUT, UH, IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT WE'RE IN DESPERATE NEED OF A SIM STATION IN THIS BASIN. UM, THE ONE WE HAD GOT REMOVED, UM, WITH ALL THIS, ALL THE THING, EVERYTHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS GSA CAN DO TO INCENTIVIZE SOMEONE. 'CAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IT TAKES IRRIGATED PASTURE TO QUALIFY. THERE'S NO [01:10:01] ALFALFA. IT HAS TO BE IRRIGATED PASTURE AND I THINK THE MINIMUM SIZE IS EIGHT ACRES, BUT THEY LACK A 30 OR 40. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IF THIS BOARD, IF IT'S IN OUR POWER TO GIVE EXTRA ALLOCATION TO THAT PART. YOU KNOW, SOMEONE HAD A IRRIGATED PASTURE AND THEY WERE WILLING TO PUT A SEMI STATION, GIVE 'EM EXTRA ALLOCATION OR SOMETHING. BUT IT, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE REMOTE SENSING AND RAINFALL AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF, WE COULD PROBABLY EVEN USE TWO OF THEM. SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT LATER, BUT IF SOMEONE HAS SOME IRRIGATED PASSION, THEY WANT TO KEEP IT GREEN, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A ATION. SO THAT'S MY COMMENT. OKAY. FUTURE MEETINGS. WE GOT [13. FUTURE MEETINGS] A TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING APRIL 22ND, AND OUR NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING IS MAY 8TH. AND WITH THAT, ARE WE DONE RIGHT ON TIME? THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.