Title
Receive a status report on progress and preliminary recommendations from the Ninety-Day Working Group relating seawater intrusion into the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Monterey and Monterey County Water Resources Agency:
Receive a status report on progress and preliminary recommendations from the Ninety-Day Working Group relating to seawater intrusion into the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin.
SUMMARY:
In October 2017, the Monterey County Water Resources Agency (Agency) released a report titled Recommendations to Address the Expansion of Seawater Intrusion in the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin (Report). On December 12, 2017, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Monterey and Monterey County Water Resources Agency (Board) directed County and Agency staff to coordinate with the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA) and report back to the Board with a strategy for implementation of these, or other, recommendations at forty-five and ninety day intervals.
In response, the Ninety-Day Working Group (Working Group) was formed, a nine-member group which includes staff from the County (Health Department) and Agency, and staff and Board members from the SVBGSA. The Working Group also includes a facilitator from the Consensus Building Institute. The Working Group has met three times, on January 11, February 9, and February 16, 2018. The Working Group is considering the recommendations in the Report and discussions are ongoing to formulate recommendations that will be brought to this Board for consideration, as well as to stakeholders, the Agency Board of Directors, and the SVBGSA Board of Directors. The Working Group requests that the Board receive this update on the group's discussions and preliminary recommendations.
DISCUSSION:
The Working Group used the recommendations in the Report as a starting point and has moved forward with the go...
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