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OK, WE'RE, TO THE HUGE CROWD THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY, WE HOPE YOU ENJOY ALL THE ENTERTAINMENT WE GOT PLANNED FOR YOU.
[1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL]
ANYWAY, WE PASS THE TIME TO CALL THE MERCED GSA BOARD MEETING TOGETHER.SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE SECRETARY CALL THE ROLL.
SURE. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF ALTERNATES TODAY.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA AND MR. R. FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE TO ENSURE THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
THANK YOU. OK, NEXT ITEM IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
MR. R., WOULD YOU JUST PLEASE.
OF ALLEGIANCE] MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU WOULD, AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF JUST THE RECORD, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. [INAUDIBLE].
THIS IS BEING LIVE STREAMED AS WE SPEAK.
LAST TIME WAS AS WELL. BUT WE DID AFFORD A LITTLE BIT OF A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY CONSISTENT WITH BOARD PRACTICES, PLANNING COMMISSION PRACTICES AS WELL, TO AFFORD THE PUBLIC WITH AN OPPORTUNITY UP UNTIL ABOUT FIVE O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT TO SUBMIT ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND I BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY.
IS THAT CORRECT? WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
JUST SO AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR AGENDA, OBVIOUSLY THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE ARE WILL BE FROM THE THREE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE.
SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, AGAIN, WE DID AGENDIZE THAT PROPERLY AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT PROSPECTIVELY, ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE CONTINUING TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH COVID. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR UPDATING US ON THE PROCEDURAL THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO FOR BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE OUR BUSINESS IN LIGHT OF THE CHALLENGES WITH COVID-19 AND STILL MAINTAINING OUR OUR PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY.
THE NEXT ITEM IS A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
THIS IS THE PUBLIC'S OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER OF PUBLIC INTEREST WITHIN THE BOARD'S JURISDICTION.
SO I'LL OPEN THAT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD UP.
OK, SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.WE HAVE ACTUALLY TWO MINUTES SUBMITTED HERE, OUR JULY 9TH MEETING AND THE SEPTEMBER 22ND MEETING.
SO IT'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
SEEING NONE DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC WITH RESPECT TO THE MINUTES FROM JULY AND FROM SEPTEMBER.
OK, SEEING NONE, I WILL ASK FOR THE QUESTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME, THAT'S FINE.
MR. CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM JULY 9TH AND SEPTEMBER 22ND.
WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
OPPOSED? SO CARRIED. THANK YOU.
[5. 2021 GOVERNING BOARD REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE]
THE NEXT ITEM IS A GOVERNING BOARD, REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TWENTY TWENTY ONE. THIS SCHEDULE IS IS HERE FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW AND AND FORMALLY [INAUDIBLE] IT GOING FORWARD.SO ANY DISCUSSION WITH RESPECT TO THE 20-21 MEETING SCHEDULE? MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD ONLY ADD THAT THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH OBVIOUSLY PAST PRACTICES THAT, YOU KNOW, CONTINUES THE SAME MEETING DAY OF THE MONTH AND TIME, SAME LOCATION HAS BEEN HISTORIC. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOUR STAFF IS OBVIOUSLY PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD TO THIS
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BOARD, BE SO INCLINED. AND IT IS A SECOND THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETINGS ARE SECOND THURSDAY OF EACH QUARTER AT 2:00 P.M.HERE AT THE COUNTY ADMIN BUILDING.
MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY, AS I SIT ON DIFFERENT BOARDS, INCLUDING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, I'M ALWAYS PUSHING FOR, YOU KNOW, MORE LATER TIMES.
SO THAT WAY MORE CITIZENS COME IN AND SPEAK AS TWO O'CLOCK, YOU KNOW, I'M MCAG [INAUDIBLE] THREE I WAS PUSHING FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER THAT WITH MORE CITIZEN SPEAK AND AS WELL AS THE SUPERVISORS, I'M ASKING THEM FOR LATER TIMES OR, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE MEETINGS AROUND OUR COUNTY.
THAT WAY MORE CITIZENS CAN PARTICIPATE.
SO AS WITH THIS ONE, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU KNOW, RECOMMEND THE BOARD, BUT OF COURSE, THE BOARD CAN ACT AS YOU WISH.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD RECOMMEND THREE O'CLOCK, I THINK THREE O'CLOCK GIVING THE CITIZENS A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO COME AND SPEAK.
WE'VE GOT FARMERS THAT FARM AND SOMETIMES THEY CAN GET OFF OF WORK DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, THE SEASON.
SO, YOU KNOW, THESE MEETINGS GO AROUND.
SO WHICH IS RECOMMENDED TO THE BOARD THAT WE CHANGE IT TO THREE O'CLOCK AT LEAST NOW, NOT TOO LATE, AT LEAST THREE O'CLOCK.
SO BUT THAT'S UP TO THE REST OF THE BOARD.
THANK YOU. AND MR. CHAIRMAN, ONE OTHER ADDITIONAL POINT FOR YOU AND THE BOARD ALSO JUST TO BE MINDFUL OF, AS HAS BEEN ALSO CUSTOMARY, IT'S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT IN ADDITION TO THESE MEETINGS, THAT THERE WILL BE SPECIAL MEETINGS ALONG THE WAY.
AND SO, AGAIN, THOSE ARE ALWAYS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS, ESPECIALLY AS THINGS CONTINUE TO RAMP UP. OBVIOUSLY, WE JUST HAD A SPECIAL MEETING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
SO, AGAIN, JUST BE MINDFUL THAT THOSE ARE OBVIOUSLY IN ADDITION TO THESE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETINGS. SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA RAISES A GOOD OBVIOUSLY A GOOD QUESTION.
AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S ENTIRELY UP TO THIS BOARD.
YOUR STAFF WILL BE INDIFFERENT.
SO IT'S ENTIRELY YOUR YOUR PURVIEW TO, UH, TO DELIBERATE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM A BOARD MEMBER? I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION.
THERE WE GO. YEAH, THE QUESTION IS, I GUESS AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD, I KNOW THE MEETINGS SO FAR HAVE BEEN SHORTER.
THE QUESTION IS, DO WE EXPECT THE MEETINGS TO GO ON LONGER GOING FORWARD THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST? AND THAT WOULD HELP TO UNDERSTAND THE TIMING.
YOU KNOW, I'LL GIVE YOU MY QUICK TWO CENTS.
I THINK THAT THERE'S CLEARLY SOME FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT ITEMS OF DISCUSSION, OBVIOUSLY, IN THE FUTURE. AND SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
IN ALL HONESTY, I'LL PROBABLY DEFER THAT.
HOPEFULLY, MR. YOUNG CAN CAN HEAR US OK.
BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME DECISION POINTS PROSPECTIVELY THAT'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
BUT YET YOU WILL HAVE MEETINGS LIKE TODAY THAT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE SHORTER AS WELL, JUST A LITTLE BIT HIT AND MISS.
I DO THINK THAT TO SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA'S POINT, AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S 2:00, 3:00 O'CLOCK OR WHATEVER IT ENDS UP BEING, WE NEED TO MAINTAIN SOME CONSISTENCY JUST SO THAT OBVIOUSLY THE PUBLIC HAS THAT EXPECTATION.
AND GREG CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK TO MAYBE SOME OF THE SUBSTANTIVE ITEMS THAT COULD RESULT IN LENGTHIER BOARD MEETINGS. IF WE CAN MAINTAIN SOME ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION, ESPECIALLY AS WE START TO TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO IMPLEMENT REDUCTIONS, THAT HAVING THAT ONLINE OPPORTUNITY MIGHT AFFORD MORE PARTICIPATION WITHOUT NEEDING TO NECESSARILY SHOW UP AT THE COUNTY BUILDING.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING, EVEN IF WE'RE ABLE TO COME BACK FULLY, THAT WE MAY STILL WANT TO ACCOMMODATE THAT KIND OF THING, BECAUSE I THINK THAT CAN ALLOW FOR MORE PARTICIPATION [INAUDIBLE] WAS COMMENTED JUST A MINUTE AGO, ABOUT A LATER TIME, AND ALSO ALLOW FOR MORE FREQUENT MEETINGS TO BE ADDED AS NECESSARY.
THANK YOU. OTHER COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? YEAH, I MEAN, I APPRECIATE SUPERVISOR'S COMMENTS, BUT I THINK AS RELATES TO THIS BOARD, I
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DON'T KNOW, MOVING AN HOUR IS GOING TO HELP.I CAN SEE ON OTHER BOARDS AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTY COULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO HAVE A LATER EVENING MEETINGS.
BUT AS RELATES TO THIS BOARD, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO RUN INTO MEETINGS THAT GO INTO TWO OR THREE HOURS. IT WASN'T BUT A MEETING TWO MEETINGS AGO WENT ALMOST THREE HOURS.
SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION.
THEN WE KEEP IT TO THE SAME REGULAR MEETINGS SCHEDULED, THE SAME TIME, SAME PLACE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? BUT PERSONALLY, I'M IN FAVOR OF KEEPING IT AT TWO AT LEAST AT THE CURRENT IF THERE COMES A POINT IN TIME WHERE WE GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THEY WOULD REALLY ATTEND MORE IF WE HAVE HAD IT AT A LATER TIME, THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY ADDRESS THAT.
BUT I'M IN FAVOR OF KEEPING IT AT TWO.
OK, SO WE HAVE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION ON IT, WHICH IS MORE OF A CONSENSUS.
ACTUALLY IF YOU WOULD, I DO APPRECIATE THE MOTION.
THE SECOND. THIS ACTUALLY IS AN ACTION ITEM.
I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT WAY WE [INAUDIBLE] BUT I DO WANT TO, TO SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA'S POINT, WHICH IS A GOOD ONE. AND I THINK MR. MARCHINI SPOKE ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
WE COULD BE FLEXIBLE AND NIMBLE.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE TIMES WHERE IT'S GOING TO PERHAPS REQUIRE US TO, WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE OF COVID OR WHATNOT, OUTREACH HAS BEEN CRITICAL TO THIS BOARD HAS BEEN A FOCUS OF THIS BOARD FROM DAY ONE.
WE'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF THAT HISTORICALLY.
SO, AGAIN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE FLEXIBLE AND NIMBLE AS ISSUES ARISE.
AGAIN, YOUR STAFF IS INDIFFERENT.
WE'RE HERE TO SERVE. SO, AGAIN, YOU DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND A SECOND.
AND SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, IT'S AT THIS POINT WHERE YOU CAN CALL THE QUESTION.
CAN I SAY ONE MORE COMMENT? I THINK IT WAS ADDRESSED ALREADY THAT, UM, YEAH, I'M NOT I'M OK WITH 2:00, BUT I WAS JUST REQUESTING SOMETIMES FOR THE CITIZENS THAT DO, AS YOU KNOW, ASK ME TO EXTEND SOME MEETINGS.
BUT I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS PANDEMIC, I KNOW ZOOM AND, YOU KNOW LIVE STREAMING AND I THINK PEOPLE CAN ASSESS THERE'S [INAUDIBLE] IN THE FUTURE AFTER THIS PANDEMIC IS OVER. I THINK THAT IF WE CONTINUE THIS STREAMING, I THINK PEOPLE WILL HAVE MORE OF A BETTER ACCESS. SO I APPRECIATE THAT ANYWAY.
SO THANK YOU. OK, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE QUESTION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF KEEPING IT AT THE TWO O'CLOCK HOUR? AYE OPPOSED? SO CARRIED. THANK YOU.
BACK TO THE REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE.
WE ARE WE HAVE THAT QUESTION AS WELL TO HAVE IT QUARTERLY ON THE SECOND THURSDAY OR THURSDAY.
ACTUALLY, MR. CHAIRMAN, I THINK WE'RE BEYOND THAT ITEM.
I THINK, MR. MARCHINI, THE MOTION WAS FOR BOTH, OBVIOUSLY, TO SET THE DAY AS PER THE ITEM AS WELL AS THE TIME. SO I THINK WE'VE COVERED THAT ADEQUATELY.
I THINK HOPEFULLY THE BOARD WILL AGREES.
SO I THINK YOU CAN MOVE ON TO--.
THAT WAS INCLUDED IN--. YES, SIR.
OKAY, WE'LL HAVE THE MINUTES REFLECT THAT.
[6. STAFF REPORT]
CHAIRMAN, JUST VERY, VERY BRIEFLY, YOU JUST KIND OF TEED UP FOR MR. YOUNG IS JUST FOR YOU TO TO RECEIVE A GOOD STAFF REPORT.I WILL TELL YOU FIRSTHAND, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, LACY MCBRIDE IS OBVIOUSLY STILL STILL NOT WITH US. WE MISS HER; THINKING ABOUT HER.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU, WE HAVE TRIED INCREDIBLY HARD TO NOT SKIP A BEAT.
INCREDIBLY PROUD OF ANNA, WHO IS HERE WITH US TODAY DOING OUTSTANDING WORK, INCREDIBLY PROUD OF MR. YOUNG, WHO IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE TALENT.
AND SO. WELL, HE'S PREPARED TO GIVE EACH OF YOU A QUICK RUNDOWN, PROBABLY MAYBE NOT SO QUICK, BUT A RUNDOWN OF SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT THIS GSA IS WORKING ON AND CONTEMPLATING AND WILL NEED TO CONTEMPLATE PROSPECTIVELY.
THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION STAFF REPORT FROM GREG YOUNG.
YEAH, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THERE'S JUST A FEW ITEMS I WANT TO GO OVER HERE REALLY QUICK . DOES EVERYBODY HEAR ME OK? I KNOW THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND NOISE, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
AND I ALSO DO APPRECIATE THE ACCOMMODATIONS.
I'M ACTUALLY ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF NASHVILLE RIGHT NOW.
SO HI, FROM THE, WHAT IS THIS, I GUESS THE SOUTH SOMEWHERE? ITEMS I WANTED TO TOUCH BASE ON.
FIRST OFF, THE AMSTERDAM WATER DISTRICT HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT FOR JUST PARTICIPATING IN THE JPA. THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS WE HAD ON OUR LAST SPECIAL MEETING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. I BELIEVE THAT SIGN DOCUMENT IS NOW IN POSSESSION, IN THE COUNTY'S POSSESSION.
AND WE'LL GET OUR BOARD'S CHAIR'S SIGNATURE ON THAT.
AND WE'LL PROBABLY WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME UPDATES MATERIALS IN ORDER TO RECOGNIZE
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AMSTERDAM AS BEING PART OF THE JPA AS A NON-VOTING NONPAYING MEMBER.NEXT, I WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON THE COST SHARING AGREEMENT THAT WE APPROVED LAST SPECIAL MEETING ALSO, AND THAT COST SHARE AGREEMENT IS RELATED TO THE PAYMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING WITH MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT IN THE GROUND OR IN THE WATER.
OR I MEAN, AT THE LAST MEETING WE WILL BE SIGNING THAT THERE AS A TOTAL OF SEVEN AGENCIES ON THAT COST SHARING AGREEMENT THAT ARE ALL SIGNING.
WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THOSE SIGNATURES, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM YET.
SO ANNA AND I ARE WORKING THROUGH GETTING THOSE SIGNATURES.
AND ONCE WE DO, WE'LL HAVE A COMPLETE SIGNED AGREEMENT AVAILABLE TO SEND BACK TO ALL PARTIES SIGNING AND ALSO TO FORWARD TO MID FOR THEIR THEIR RECORDS.
AND JUST ANOTHER NOTE THAT UPON THAT SUBMITTED TO MID, THEY WILL PROBABLY INVOICE THIS BODY FOR THAT FIRST INSTALLMENT THAT'S RECOGNIZED IN THAT AGREEMENT.
NEXT, ITEM I WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON THE SUSTAINABILITY ZONE EFFORT THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST MEETING. WE ARE WORKING ON DRAFTING A SCOPE OF WORK FOR [INAUDIBLE] TO UNDERTAKE THAT WORK. IT LIKELY WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'LL TARGET TO BRING BACK AS AN ADVISORY PIECE AT THE NOW SCHEDULED JANUARY 14TH GSA BOARD MEETING.
THAT PROBABLY WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE.
WE WOULD INTEND TO HAVE A BRING THAT FORWARD TO THE TECHNICAL AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT SOME POINT PRIOR TO THAT 14TH MEETING.
SO WE WILL BE NEEDING TO SCHEDULE A TECHNICAL ADVISORY MEETING TO SHARE THAT INITIAL INFORMATION. SINCE OUR LAST CONVERSATION ON THIS, I DID HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH MR. SWENSON, WHO HAD BROUGHT UP SOME POINTS ON THIS AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, AND HE HAS SHARED SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE ABOUT THE PROJECT TO EXPAND OUR MONITORING WELL NETWORK.
AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL DATA THAT HAS BEEN COLLECTED THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK, TO TRY AND BRING AND INCORPORATE INTO THE MONITORING THAT THIS GSA WANTS TO DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND PORTIONS OF THAT WILL ALSO BE ROLLED UP INTO THE GSP MONITORING AND REPORTING.
IN ADDITION, BESIDES SOME OF THAT NEW REPORTING OR NEW MONITORING THAT'S ONGOING, WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO IDENTIFY SOME ADDITIONAL PLACES TO ADD SOME MORE WELLS.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON A SCOPE THAT WOULD LOOK FOR SOMEONE TO ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING THOSE WELLS, ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND VISITING WITH THE OWNERS OF THOSE WELLS AND DISCUSSING THE OPTIONS OR USING THEIR WELLS AS A MONITORING LOCATION.
THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WAS HELD RECENTLY WITH THE [INAUDIBLE].
SO THIS GSA'S AD HOC COMMITTEE MET WITH [INAUDIBLE] AND TURNER ISLAND'S AD HOC COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO FURTHER DISCUSS ELEMENTS OF COMMONALITY WE'RE PURSUING FOR PURPOSES OF IMPLEMENTING THE GSP ACTIONS.
AND WE ARE TARGETING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD ALL SIGN THAT INCLUDED IN THAT MOU, YOU WOULD BE THINGS LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, IDENTIFYING KIND OF A FIVE YEAR TARGET FOR A DEMAND REDUCTION THAT THIS GSA IS GOING TO TRY AND ACHIEVE.
AND SO WITHIN THAT DISCUSSION WITH THAT, THE OTHER GSA IS WITHIN THOSE AD HOC.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE BASELINES, ESTABLISHMENT.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT METHODOLOGIES FOR MEASURING, TALKING ABOUT HOW TO DETERMINE THINGS ABOUT DELIVERABLE WATER VERSUS NATURAL WATER SO WE CAN COME TO A CONCLUSION ON WHAT ARE THE RESPECTIVE NUMBERS THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT INTO THE CALCULUS THAT'S IN THE GSP RIGHT NOW TO DETERMINE SUSTAINABLE YIELD OF NATIVE GROUNDWATER.
SO THAT'S AN ONGOING CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FAIRLY FREQUENTLY ON A REGULAR BASIS GOING FORWARD WITH MID AND TURNER.
AND THAT BRINGS ME TO THE NEXT POINT IS WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE SOME FORTHCOMING DISCUSSIONS WITHIN OUR AD HOC GROUP AS IT RELATES TO DETAILS THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING WITH [INAUDIBLE] AND TURNER.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO CONVENE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS IN THE NEAR TERM TO TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE CONSUMPTIVE USE, MEASURING CONSUMPTIVE USE, HOW TO DETERMINE WHAT MIGHT BE THE RIGHT BASELINE WE WOULD WANT TO USE FOR AGRICULTURAL USERS IN OUR AREA HOW TO START MOVING FORWARD ON DEMAND REDUCTIONS THAT WE ARE TARGETING AND SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT WE'LL WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON WITH THE AD HOC, WHERE THAT GROUP CAN THEN BRING MATERIALS BACK FORWARD TO THIS BODY FOR CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS AND DISCUSSION.
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THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE JUST A NOTE THAT THE COORDINATION COMMITTEE, THE GROUP COORDINATION COMMITTEE, IS SCHEDULED TO MEET EITHER ON OCTOBER TWENTY SEVEN, NOVEMBER 2ND OR NOVEMBER 3RD.THEY'RE WORKING ON SCHEDULING THAT MEETING.
[INAUDIBLE] IS GOING TO FACILITATE THAT MEETING.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE OF THOSE SINCE PRIOR TO ADOPTION OF THE GSP.
SO THIS WOULD BE A CONTINUATION OF THE PRIOR COORDINATION COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WHICH INCLUDES MEMBERS OF THIS GSA ON THAT BOARD.
AND THEN FINALLY, AS I NOTED, IN RELATION TO THE SUSTAINABILITY ZONE EFFORT, WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO CONVENE THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY MEETING PRIOR TO THAT JANUARY 14TH GSA BOARD MEETING TO GET INPUT ON THE SUSTAINABILITY ZONES AND LIKELY INPUT ON SOME MONITORING WELL STEPS AND WHERE WE MAY WANT TO TRY AND HELP FILL SOME OF THE DATA GAPS WITHIN OUR GSA.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY STAFF REPORT.
SO WOULD BE OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND DISCUSSION.
QUICK QUESTION I HAVE, AND PERHAPS YOU DON'T HAVE IT, MAYBE IT'LL COME TO THE NEXT MEETING. WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE PROP 68 FUNDING OR ARE WE STILL WAITING FOR INFORMATION FROM THE STATE FOR ACTUALLY FUNDING? BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A MONITORING WELL, CONSTRUCTION MONEY IN THAT IN THAT AS WELL AS OTHER ITEMS. DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW, GREG? I DO NOT HAVE THE DETAILS OF THAT, BUT I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS, I THINK, THAT WERE APPROVED UNDER PROP 68 FUNDS AMONG THE GSAS COLLECTIVELY.
AND SO I THINK THERE WERE SOME MONITORING WELLS.
THERE'S ALSO SOME OTHER WORK ONGOING.
AND SO LET'S TRY AND CIRCLE BACK AND FIND OUT WHAT WAS APPROVED AND MAKE SURE WE'RE UNDERSTANDING THAT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S MORE THAN JUST THOSE MONITORING WELLS.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY WERE GOING TO BE WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO BE LOCATED OR IF THAT'S PART OF THE INITIAL EFFORT IS TO DETERMINE A PROPER LOCATION FOR GRANT MONEYS TO BE USED TO ESTABLISH NEW MONITORING RULES.
AND TO ADD TO THAT POINT, SORRY, JUST ONE MORE ITEM THAT PROBABLY IS GOING TO BE USEFUL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHERE IF WE HAVE DATA GAPS, WHERE THERE MIGHT NOT BE EXISTING WELLS THAT WE COULD USE, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD LOCATION FOR A NEW MONITORING WELL, BUT IT WOULD BE SILLY TO PUT A NEW MONITORING WELL, IF WE HAVE AN EXISTING WELL THAT MAYBE IS ACCESSIBLE FOR PURPOSES OF MONITORING.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CIRCLE UP ON THAT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE PROPERTIES ARE GOING TO BE USED FOR.
OK, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE BOARD FOR GREG.
IS THERE IS THERE A SPECIFICATION ON THE MONITORING WELL, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, NOTHING COMPLICATED BUT THREE OR FOUR PAGES ON WHAT ACTUALLY MONITORING WELL IS? IS IT [INAUDIBLE], YOU KNOW, HOW IS IT INSTALLED? IS IT A...
TO THAT POINT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING IT FOR.
THE STATE RECOMMENDS THAT THE WELLS INCLUDED OFFICIALLY AS REPRESENTATIVE OF MONITORING WELLS, BE PART OF THE [INAUDIBLE] NETWORK, WHAT THEY QUALIFY AS [INAUDIBLE], WHICH HAS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.
BUT I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT WE'LL WANT TO HAVE THE WELLS WE DO USE, WHETHER THEY'RE EXISTING WELLS THAT WE WE GET INFORMATION ON, WHETHER THEY'RE NEW WELLS SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE SCREENED, WHAT THEIR DEPTHS ARE, MAKE SURE IF THEY'RE FLOWING FROM A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AQUIFERS.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT. ANY OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR USE.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE DETAILS, BUT IT MAY NOT NEED TO BE TO THE FULL DEGREE OF [INAUDIBLE], JUST FOR SOME OF OUR GROUNDWATER LEVEL MONITORING.
SO IT'S KIND OF YES AND NO, I GUESS WE WANT ENOUGH DETAIL THAT WE KNOW THAT THE DATA WE'RE GOING TO BE PULLING FROM THERE IS USEFUL AND WE UNDERSTAND ITS VALUE INTO THE REST OF THE MONITORING NETWORK. THANK YOU.
THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, I THINK SO. SOUNDS LIKE YOU WANT STANDING WATER LEVEL.
RIGHT? YEAH, BASICALLY WHEN THE WHEN THE MODELING WAS DONE TO TRY AND DETERMINE WHAT WERE THE GSP ACTIONS AND THE MANAGEMENT ACTIONS AND PROJECTS THAT WOULD HELP THE BASIN GET TO SUSTAINABILITY, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF WELLS THAT WERE USED TO HELP FEED THAT MODEL AND CALIBRATE THAT MODEL.
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WE REALIZED THAT THERE ARE AREAS WHERE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF GOOD GROUNDWATER LEVEL INFORMATION, STANDING WATER LEVEL INFORMATION OR TRENDING INFORMATION.SO WE'D LIKE TO EXPAND IN THOSE AREAS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE GSP AS DATA GAPS.
AND SO THAT'S YES, WE'RE LOOKING FOR STANDING LEVEL.
BUT IF WE DON'T KNOW WHERE A WELL IS SCREENED, IF IT'S LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S OUT IN THE [INAUDIBLE] CLAY LAYER AND IT'S SCREENED ABOVE AND BELOW THE LAYER, WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOME EFFECT OF THE LOWER ZONE AFFECTING THE WATER TABLE YOU MIGHT BE MEASURING IN THE UPPER ZONE, ET CETERA.
SO THERE ARE DETAILS WE'LL WANT TO KNOW TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND USE THE STANDING WATER LEVEL DATA APPROPRIATELY.
OK, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ON STAFF REPORT? OK, THANK YOU.
MOVING ON IS THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MEETING, THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE JANUARY
[8. NEXT REGULAR MEETING]
14TH. AND AS INDICATED BEFORE, THERE WILL BE SOME INTERNAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND OTHER MEETINGS. SO I'M SURE WE WILL BE GATHERING BEFORE JANUARY.BUT OUR NEXT SCHEDULED REGULAR MEETING WILL BE JANUARY 14TH.
AND I'LL THEN GO AHEAD AND CLOSE MEETING.
THANKS, GREG. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.