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Adopt a resolution to authorize and direct the Auditor-Controller to amend the Resource Management Agency Fiscal Year 2020-21 Adopted Budget, General Fund 001, Planning Unit 8529, Appropriation Unit RMA110, increasing appropriations by $182,262, financed by General Fund Assigned Fund Balance, Fund 001, Balance Sheet Account 3134-SVGB to complete the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin Investigation (4/5th vote required).
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution to authorize and direct the Auditor-Controller to amend the Resource Management Agency Fiscal Year 2020-21 Adopted Budget, General Fund 001, Planning Unit 8529, Appropriation Unit RMA110, increasing appropriations by $182,262, financed by General Fund Assigned Fund Balance, Fund 001, Balance Sheet Account 3134-SVGB, to complete the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin Investigation (4/5th vote required).
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Resource Management Agency (RMA) is responsible for the administration of the Salinas Valley Groundwater Basin (SVBG) Investigation. In June 2020, at the recommendation of the RMA and with the support of the Budget Committee, the Board of Supervisors authorized and directed the Auditor-Controller to assign the remaining funds in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-20 for the SVGB Investigation, in an amount not to exceed $182,262, to the General Fund Assigned Fund Balance Account. On June 23, 2020, the Board of Supervisors adopted the FY 2020-21 Recommended Budget, along with modifications which included $75,998 for SVGB, financed by General Fund Cannabis Assigned Fund Balance.
New policies implemented with the adoption of the 2010 General Plan for Monterey County to address groundwater overdraft resulted in litigation. As part of a settlement agreement reached in 2012 in one lawsuit (Salinas Valley Water Coalition et al v. County (Monterey Superior Court Case No. M109451), the County considered and adopted an amendment to Policy PS-3.1 o...
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