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Support the request to:
a) Receive Sustainable Groundwater Planning Grant from the California Department of Water Resources in the amount of $250,000 for the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin Study (SAP No. 4600011476); and
b) Authorize the Auditor-Controller to amend the budget for the Resource Management Agency (RMA001-001-3000-8172) for FY2016-17 by increasing appropriations and revenues in the amount of $220,100 where the funding sources is the Department of Water Resources Grant (SAP Contract No. 4600010476).
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Budget Committee support the request to:
a) Receive Sustainable Groundwater Planning Grant from the California Department of Water Resources in the amount of $250,000 for the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin Study (SAP No. 4600011476); and
b) Authorize the Auditor-Controller to amend the budget for the Resource Management Agency (RMA001-001-3000-8172) for FY2016-17 by increasing appropriations and revenues in the amount of $220,100 where the funding sources is the Department of Water Resources Grant (SAP Contract No. 4600010476).
SUMMARY:
A total of $799,766 is anticipated to be spent this third year (FY2016-17) on the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin Study. On June 1-2, 2016, during the budget hearings, the Board of Supervisors increased appropriations by $565,000 in the Resource Management Agency Planning budget (RMA001-001-3000-8172) to fund the Salinas Valley Basin Study. On September 20, 2016 a grant agreement was executed with the Department of Water Resources (DWR) for $250,000. In FY2016-17 $220,100 of the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin Study expenditures will be reimbursed with funds from the DWR grant.
DISCUSSION:
The County is conducting a five-year study of the water supply and groundwater quality in Zone 2C of the Salinas River Groundwater Basin (Study Area). As part of this investigation, a new groundwater model of the basin, the Salinas Valley Integrated Hydrologic Model (SVIHM)...
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