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Adopt a resolution to authorize and direct the Auditor-Controller to assign the remaining funds available at the close of Fiscal Year 2019-20 appropriated in the General Fund, Fund 001, Appropriation Unit RMA001, for the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin Investigation, in an amount not to exceed $182,262, to the General Fund, Fund 001, Assigned Fund Balance Account (4/5th vote required).
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RECOMMENDATION:
The Resource Management Agency requests the Board of Supervisors to adopt a resolution to authorize and direct the Auditor-Controller to assign the remaining funds available at the close of Fiscal Year 2019-20 appropriated in the General Fund, Fund 001, Appropriation Unit RMA001, for the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin Investigation, in an amount not to exceed $182,262, to the General Fund, Fund 001, Assigned Fund Balance Account (4/5th vote required).
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
New policies implemented with the adoption of the 2010 General Plan for Monterey County to address groundwater overdraft resulted in litigation. As part of a settlement agreement reached in 2012 in one of the lawsuits (Salinas Valley Water Coalition et al. v. County (Monterey Superior Court Case No. M109451)), the County considered and adopted an amendment to Policy PS-3.1 of the Public Services Element of the General Plan. Per the amended policy, the County is conducting a five-year study to assess the general health of the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin (SVBG) with regard to its ability to provide a sustainable supply of water for land-use activities projected through Year 2030 to meet the County General Plan projected development (Investigation).
The County entered into a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to configure and calibrate an integrated comprehensive hydrogeologic model to assess the general health of the SVGB. The Resource Management Agency (RMA) is responsible to oversee the administration of the SVGB Investigation. Accordingly, t...
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