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WRAG 25-031
| 1. | FY26 Budget Workshop - Special BoD | WR General Agenda | Hold a workshop to review the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Fiscal Year 2025 - 26 Requested Budget and provide direction to staff:
· Introduction (Presenter: Ara Azhderian)
· FY26 Budget Approach & Overview (Presenter: Shaunna Murray)
· FY26 Budget Review (Presenter: Nan Kim)
· Groundwater Monitoring Program (Presenter: Amy Woodrow)
· Recycling Water Program Budget Needs (Presenter: Pete Vannerus)
· Fund 116 Dam Operations Budget Needs
o Funding Gap and Plans (Presenter: Ara Azhderian)
o Grant Funded Projects (Presenter: Elise Harden, Mark Foxworthy, Jason Demers)
· Recapitulation and Next Steps. (Presenter: Ara Azhderian) | | |
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WRAG 25-032
| 2. | Closed Session - March BoD | WR General Agenda | Closed Session under Government Code section 54950, relating to the following items:
a. Pursuant to Government Code section 54957(b)(1), the Board will provide a performance evaluation for the General Manager.
b. Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(2) and (d)(4), the Board will confer with legal counsel regarding one matter of significant exposure to litigation and the potential initiation of litigation.
c. Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(1), the Board will confer with legal counsel regarding existing litigation:
Pajaro River Cases: Mario Gonzalez, et al. v. State of California, et al., Monterey County Superior Court Case No. 23CV004194 (as lead coordinated case, including subordinate Monterey County cases: 24CV000215; 24CV000421; 24CVOOO428; 24CV000848; 24CV000904; 24CV001269; and Santa Cruz case: 23CV03022).
Note: Continuance of Closed Session to be held at the conclusion of the Board's Regular Agenda, or at any other time during the course of the meeting announced by the Chairperson of the Board. The public may comment on Closed Session | | |
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WRAG 25-033
| 3. | February Action Minutes - BOD | WR General Agenda | Approve the Action Minutes of February 18, 2025 and Special Board of Directors Meeting Action Minutes of February 18, 2025. | | |
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WRAG 25-034
| 4. | Amend No.3 Industrial Machine Shop - BoD | WR General Agenda | Approve Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement for Services with Industrial Machine Shop to increase the dollar amount by $250,000 for a new contract total not to exceed $790,000 to accommodate emergency equipment repairs and as-needed fabrication and repair services related to Agency facilities and equipment; and authorize the General Manager to execute Amendment No. 3.
(Staff: Jason Demers) | | |
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WRAG 25-035
| 5. | Amend No. 4 GEI - BoD | WR General Agenda | Ratify Amendment No.4 of the agreement for Professional Services with GEI Consultants, Inc., to extend the term length to June 30, 2027, for engineering design & project management services for storm damage repair design and implementation of the Nacimiento Dam Hydro-Plant’s South Access Road; and authorize the General Manager to execute the amendment.
(Staff: Guillermo Alvarez) | | |
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WRAG 25-036
| 6. | Amend No. 8 AECOM - BoD | WR General Agenda | Consider approving Amendment No. 8 to the Agreement for Professional Services with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. to increase the dollar amount by $1,254,464 for a new contract total not to exceed $2,900,153 to complete the Plunge Pool Erosion Protection Design at the Nacimiento Dam Spillway; and authorize the General Manager to execute the amendment.
(Staff Presenting: Mark Foxworthy) | | |
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WRAG 25-037
| 7. | Calendar Key Events - BoD | WR General Agenda | March, April, and May 2025 Calendars. | | |
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WRAG 25-038
| 8. | March GM Report - BoD | WR General Agenda | · Personnel
· Dam Safety Funding
· Monterey One Water Reconciliation Process
· Monterey Peninsula Water Management District PWMx Proposed Water Allocation
· Association of California Water Agencies
· Regulatory/Legislative Activities
· Other | | |
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WRAG 25-039
| 9. | BOD Training Brown Act/ COI regulation - BoD | WR General Agenda | Board of Director training concerning the Brown Act and conflict of interest regulations. (Presenter: Kelly Donlon, Chief Assistant County Counsel) | | |
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WRAG 25-040
| 10. | Committee Reports - BoD | WR General Agenda | Committee Agenda’s and Cancellation Notices for February and March 2025:
- Water Resources Agency Reservoir Operations Advisory Committee
- Water Resources Agency Basin Management
- Water Resources Agency Planning Committee Cancellation Notice
- Water Resources Agency Finance Committee
- Water Resources Personnel and Administration Advisory Committee
Cancellation Notice | | |
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WRAG 25-041
| 11. | Reservoir Storage Release Update - BoD | WR General Agenda | Reservoir Storage Release Update Report. (Staff: Peter Kwiek) | | |
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WRAG 25-042
| 12. | Correspondence - March BoD | WR General Agenda | 1. Letter dated February 18, 2025, to Honorable Jimmy Panetta, and Honorable Zoe Lofgren, from Chris Lopez, hair Monterey County Board of Supervisors RE: H.R. 338, the Every Drop Counts Act. - SUPPORT
2. Letter dated February 18, 2025, to Honorable Alex Padilla and Honorable Adam Schiff, from Chris Lopez, Chair Monterey County Board of Supervisors RE: H.R. 471, Fix our Forest Act. - SUPPORT
3. Letter dated February 18, 2025, to Honorable Jimmy Panetta, and Honorable Zoe Lofgren, from Chris Lopez, Chair Monterey County Board of Supervisors RE: H.R. 471, Fix our Forest Act. - SUPPORT
4. Letter dated February 15, 2025, to Honorable Alex Padilla, Honorable Adam Schiff, Honorable Jimmy Panetta and Honorable Zoe Lofgren, from Chris Lopez, Chair Monterey County Board of Supervisors RE: Impacts of Office Management and Budget Federal Funding Pause | | |
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