Title
Adopt a Resolution issuing report pursuant to Government Code 65858(d) regarding measures taken to alleviate conditions that led to the enactment of Interim Urgency Ordinance No. 5302 prohibiting, on a temporary basis and pending the development of new regulations, new wells in a defined "Area of Impact" where seawater intrusion is evident and in the Deep Aquifers in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin, with specified exemptions.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Adopt a Resolution issuing report pursuant to Government Code 65858(d) regarding measures taken to alleviate conditions that led to the enactment of Interim Urgency Ordinance No. 5302 prohibiting, on a temporary basis and pending the development of new regulations, new wells in a defined "Area of Impact" where seawater intrusion is evident and in the Deep Aquifers in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin, with specified exemptions.
SUMMARY:
The Board of Supervisors adopted Interim Ordinance No. 5302 on May 22, 2018, temporarily prohibiting new wells in seawater-intruded aquifers, with specified exceptions. The ordinance expires on July 5, 2018, unless extended. The Monterey County Board of Supervisors will consider, at a noticed public hearing on June 26, 2018, extension of Ordinance No. 5302. Pursuant to Government Code Section 65858, the Board is required to issue a report, as identified in the attached Resolution, prior to expiration of Ordinance No. 5302.
DISCUSSION:
Government Code 65858(d) requires that ten days prior to the expiration of an interim ordinance or any extensions thereof, the Board must issue a report describing measures taken to alleviate conditions that led to the adoption of the ordinance. Adoption of the attached Resolution issuing the Board's report complies with the statutory requirement.
The attached Resolution indicates the steps and measures taken to reduce the impact to seawater intruded aquifers in the Salinas Valle...
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