Title
Adopt Resolution to:
a. Approve a grant application being submitted to the California Department of Water Resources to obtain a 'Counties With Stressed Basins Grant' under the Sustainable Groundwater Planning (SGWP) Grant Program for work to be done on the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin Assessment and Modeling project.
b. Authorize the Director of the Resource Management Agency to prepare the necessary data, conduct investigations, file such application, and execute a grant agreement with the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). (ADDED VIA ADDENDUM)
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution (Attachment 1):
a) Approving a grant application being submitted to the California Department of Water Resources to obtain a 'Counties With Stressed Basins Grant' under the Sustainable Groundwater Planning (SGWP) Grant Program for work to be done on the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin Assessment and Modeling project.
b) Authorizing the Director of the Resource Management Agency to prepare the necessary data, conduct investigations, file such application, and execute a grant agreement with the California Department of Water Resources (DWR).
SUMMARY:
In July of 2014, the Monterey County Water Resources Agency (WRA), in cooperation with the Monterey County Resource Management Agency (RMA) began Phase 1 of the Salinas River Groundwater Basin Investigation Project to assess the water resources of Zone 2C of the Salinas River Groundwater Basin. Phase 1 consisted of conducting a short term assessment of the health and status of Zone 2C of the Salinas River Groundwater Basin. The primary objective of Phase 1 was to generate a baseline and to evaluate if immediate steps were required to address current water supply conditions due to the continuing drought conditions in the Central Coast. The report, prepared by the firm Brown and Caldwell, was presented to the Monterey County Board of Superviso...
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