Title
Receive a report on final recommendations from the Ninety-Day Working Group to address seawater intrusion in the coastal Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin; and, provide direction to Staff regarding implementation of the recommendations.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Monterey, Board of Supervisors of the Monterey County Water Resources Agency, and Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors:
a. Receive a report on final recommendations from the Ninety-Day Working Group to address seawater intrusion in the coastal Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin; and
b. Provide direction to Staff regarding implementation of the recommendations.
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 Board of Supervisors of the 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 six times between January 11 and April 5, 2018 to consider the recommendations in the Report and formulate the recommendations presented herein.
The Working Group's preliminary recommendations were presented at a number of public meetings and to stakeholder groups during the development process, including the: Board of Supervisors...
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