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Meeting Name: Water Resources Agency Board of Directors Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/17/2025 12:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Join Via Zoom at https://montereycty.zoom.us/j/99769079850
Board of Supervisor's Chambers 168 W. Alisal St., 1st Floor Salinas, Ca. 93901
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WRAG 25-184 1.Closed Session - NOV BODWR General AgendaClosed Session under Government Code section 54950, relating to the following items: a. 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. b. Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(1), the Board will confer with legal counsel regarding existing litigation: 1. Ed Borchard & Sons, LLC v. Monterey County Water Resources Agency, Monterey County Superior Court Case No. 25CV00461. 2. 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; 25CV004183; and Santa Cruz case: 23CV03022)   None None
WRAG 25-177 2.San Antonio Dam Update - NOV BODWR General AgendaSan Antonio Dam Safety Projects Update. (Presenter: Elise Harden)   None None
WRAG 25-178 3.Nacimiento Dam Update - NOV BODWR General AgendaNacimiento Dam Safety Projects and Status Update. (Presenter: Mark Foxworthy)   None None
WRAG 25-182 4.Monitoring Deep Aquifers Plan-NOV BODWR General AgendaOverview of the Monitoring Plan for the Deep Aquifers. (Presenter: Amy Woodrow)   None None
WRAG 25-171 5.Consent Calendar - NOV BODWR General AgendaApprove the Action Minutes of the Board of Directors meeting held on October 20, 2025.   None None
WRAG 25-183 6.WRA Financial FY 2025-26-NOV BODWR General AgendaReceive the Monterey County Water Resources Agency FY 2025-26 Financial Status Report through September 30, 2025. (Staff: Nan Kim)   None None
WRAG 25-188 7.Maggiora Bros Inc. Amend 4 - NOV BODWR General AgendaConsider recommending that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors authorize the General Manager to enter into Amendment Number 4 to the Agreement for Services with Maggiora Bros. Drilling, Inc. for the Protection of Domestic Drinking Water Supplies for the Lower Salinas Valley Well Destruction Project (Groups B and E) to extend the term to December 31, 2027. (Staff: Amy Woodrow)   None None
WRAG 25-189 8.Pacific Coast Inc. Amend 4 - NOV BODWR General AgendaConsider recommending that the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors authorize the General Manager to enter into Amendment Number 4 to the Agreement for Services with Pacific Coast Well Drilling, Inc. DBA Precision Hydro for the Protection of Domestic Drinking Water Supplies for the Lower Salinas Valley Well Destruction Project (Groups A, C, and D) to extend the term to December 31, 2027. (Staff: Amy Woodrow)   None None
WRAG 25-187 9.Ratify Sonoma County Agreement - NOV BODWR General AgendaRatify the Agreement for Services with Sonoma County Water Agency in the amount of $173,185 for work to be performed related to the Enhancing Predictive Tools and Operational Strategies for the Nacimiento and San Antonio Dams and Reservoirs Project (Project). (Staff: Peter Kwiek)   None None
WRAG 25-190 10.Agency's Bylaws -NOV BODWR General AgendaConsider recommendation from the Planning Committee to amend the Agency’s Bylaws. (Staff: Ara Azhderian)   None None
WRAG 25-191 11.Adopt Monitoring Plan Deep Aquifers-NOV BODWR General AgendaConsider recommendation from the Planning Committee to recommend the Agency’s Board of Supervisors adopt the Monitoring Plan for the Deep Aquifers and authorize execution of a Memorandum of Understanding to memorialize coordination among agencies toward implementing the Monitoring Plan for the Deep Aquifers. (Staff: Ara Azhderian)   None None
WRAG 25-192 12.2009 Cease and desist Order -NOV BODWR General AgendaConsider recommending the Agency's Board of Supervisors adopt a position regarding a request from the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District to the State Water Resources Control Board to consider modifying the 2009 Cease-and-Desist Order (Staff: Ara Azhderian)   None None
WRAG 25-181 13.Calendar Key Events - NOV BODWR General AgendaNovember, December 2025 and January 2026 Calendars.   None None
WRAG 25-185 14.Strategic Planning Save the date- NOV BODWR General AgendaSave the Date Strategic Planning Workshop   None None
WRAG 25-173  GM Report- NOV BODWR General Agenda1. Personnel Update 2. Dam Safety & Operations Financial Strategy 3. SGMA Implementation 4. 2026 Legislative Planning   None None
WRAG 25-175 15.Committee Reports - NOV BODWR General AgendaCommittee Agenda’s for October and November 2025: · Water Resources Agency Reservoir Operations Advisory Committee · Water Resources Agency Finance · Water Resources Personnel and Administration Committee Notice · Water Resources Agency Basin Management Advisory Committee · Water Resources Agency Planning Committee   None None
WRAG 25-186 16.Reservoir Release Update - NOV BODWR General AgendaReservoir Storage and Releases Update Report. (Staff: Joseph Klein)   None None
WRAG 25-179 17.Quarterly Salinas Water Report - NOV BODWR General AgendaQuarterly Salinas Valley Water Conditions Report for the Fourth Quarter of Water Year 2025. (Staff: Guillermo Diaz-Moreno)   None None
WRAG 25-180 18.2025 Salinas River Discharge -NOV BODWR General Agenda2025 Salinas River Discharge Measurement Series Report. (Staff: Ricardo Carmona)   None None
WRAG 25-174 19.Correspondence - NOV BODWR General Agenda1. Email Correspondence dated October 22, 2025 to Ara Azhderian, General Manager, Board of Directors, Monterey County Water Resources Agency from Nancy Isakson, President, Salinas Valley Water Coalition re: SVWC letter in response to misleading statements.   None None