Wyandotte Creek Su Subbasin in Publi lic Meetin ing Ju July ly 24, , 2018 Sou outhside Orovil ille le Com Community Ce Center Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) Implementation Presentation by: Tania Carlone Senior Associate Consensus Building Institute (CBI)
Meeti ting Overview • Welcoming Remarks- Paul Gosselin, Butte County • Agenda Overview & Introductions • Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) Background • Wyandotte Creek Governance Proposal • Public Input • Next Steps 2
SGMA Back ckground • SGMA is a package of three bills (AB 1739, SB 1168, SB 1319) • Local control is a hallmark of SGMA • Sustainability must be achieved within 20 years • Requirement to manage groundwater under a Groundwater Sustainability Defined Sustainability Plan (GSP) The management and use of • 127 groundwater basins statewide groundwater in a manner that can must comply be maintained during the planning and implementation horizon (50 years) without causing undesirable results. 3
SGMA Back ckground Bu Butte e County and Adja jacent t Gro roundwater Ba Basins 4
SGMA Back ckground Wyandotte Cre reek Su Subbasin in 5
SGMA Back ckground Roles les and Res esponsibil ilit ities 6
SGMA Back ckground Gro roundwater Su Sustain inabili lity Agen ency (G (GSA) Eligib ligibili lity • Any agency with water supply, water management or land use responsibilities • Single local public agency or combination of local agencies can form a GSA using a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) or other legal agreement • Only public agencies can become or form a GSA but other stakeholders can participate through a legal agreement with participating agencies. • GSA(s) must develop and implement a GSP to meet the locally defined sustainability goal and to engage stakeholders. 7
SGMA Background SGMA Implementation Phases Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 GSA Development Early Formation and Adoption Implementing Sustainable and of of GSPs Groundwater Coordination Groundwater thru Water Management Sustainability Budgets & Plans (GSPs) Outcome Based Metrics (Oct 2014 (2017 to (Jan 2022) (20 years from through July 2017) Jan 2022) 2022) 8
SGMA Back ckground Achi chievin ing Su Sustainabil ilit ity and Avoiding Undes esirable e Res esult lts 9
SGMA Background GSP Contents • • 1. Administrative Information 3. Sustainable Management Criteria – – §354.4. General Information §354.24. Sustainability Goal – – §354.6. Agency Information §354.26. Undesirable Results – – §354.8. Description of Plan Area §354.28. Minimum Thresholds – – §354.10. Notice & Communication §354.30. Measurable Objectives • • 2. Basin Setting 4. Monitoring Networks – – §354.14. Hydrogeologic Conceptual §354.34. Monitoring Network Model – §354.36. Representative Monitoring – §354.16. Groundwater Conditions – §354.38. Assessment & Improvement – §354.18. Water Budget – §354.40. Reporting Monitoring Data – §354.20. Management Areas to the Department • 5. Projects and Management Actions – §354.44. Projects & Management Actions 10
SGMA Back ckground Q &A Questions? 11
Wyandotte Creek Subbasin Governance Proposal Curr rrent GSAs in in Wyandotte Cre reek 12
Wyandotte Creek Subbasin Governance Proposal Community Fee eedback “Governance” – the organization and decision making rules for the three GSAs to prepare and implement one GSP What we heard on May 3 rd • Account for differences in hydrogeology • Give non-agricultural areas more of a voice We are presenting a governance structure based on your comments 13
Wyandotte Creek Subbasin Governance Proposal Agen ency Purp rpose • Create a new agency through a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) • The JPA would become the exclusive, single GSA for the entire Wyandotte Creek subbasin • The purpose of the JPA is to develop, adopt, and implement a GSP for the Basin and to involve the public and area stakeholders in developing and implementing the GSP 14
Wyandotte Creek Subbasin Governance Proposal Agen ency Bo Board of f Dir Directors rs • Create a new agency through a Joint Powers Authority • 5 seats on the JPA Board of Directors (each seat will have an alternate) • 3 Agencies (Butte County, City of Oroville, Thermalito Water and Sewer District) • 2 Stakeholder seats (1 agricultural seat, 1 rural residential/domestic well owner) 15
Wyandotte Creek Subbasin Governance Proposal Agen ency Bo Board Member Eligi ligibili lity • Each public agency will appoint one representative • Public agency directors must be elected officials on the public agency’s governing body (i.e., a member of the Butte County Board of Supervisors, city council member of the City of Oroville, member of the board of directors of Thermalito Water and Sewer District) 16
Wyandotte Creek Subbasin Governance Proposal Agri ricultural l St Stakeholder er Bo Board rd Mem ember Eligib ligibilit ity • One agricultural stakeholder seat and one alternate • Must own or lease property in active commercial agricultural operation overlying the subbasin OR be an employee of a commercial agricultural operation overlying the subbasin • Cannot be party to any pending litigation against the JPA or any of its member public agencies (Butte County, City of Oroville, Thermalito Water and Sewer District) 17
Wyandotte Creek Subbasin Governance Proposal Do Domestic Well ell User er St Stakeh ehold lder Bo Board Mem ember Eligib ligibili lity • One domestic well user stakeholder seat and one alternate • Own or lease residential property overlying the subbasin that is the stakeholder’s primary residence • Must extract groundwater from the subbasin for domestic use 18
Wyandotte Creek Subbasin Governance Proposal Appointment & Rem emoval of f St Stakeholder er Bo Board rd Mem embers • Stakeholder Board Members and alternates will be appointed by the JPA Board through an open application process • Stakeholder Board Members may only be removed from the JPA Board of Directors if they fail to attend three consecutive meetings or no longer meet the criteria 19
Wyandotte Creek Subbasin Governance Proposal De Decision-makin ing • Each Board Member shall have one vote • For weighty decisions, there is a four-fifths supermajority voting requirement. Example topics: • GSP adoption or modification • Assessment, charges, fees • Regulations or ordinances • Adoption of annual budget • Selection or removal of Advisory Committee members • Others, as stipulated in legal agreement 20
Wyandotte Creek Subbasin Governance Proposal St Stakehold lder r Advi visory ry Committee • Represents diverse stakeholder interests • Provides input and recommendations to the JPA Board on GSP development and implementation • Subject to Ralph M. Brown Act • Appointed by the JPA Board via an open application process 21
Wyandotte Creek Subbasin Governance Proposal St Stakehold lder r Advi visory ry Committee Composit ition • South Feather Water and Power (1) • California Water Service- Oroville (1) • Tribal Representative (1+) • At-large agricultural water users (3) • At-large domestic well users (2) • At-large environmental (1) • At-large business association (1) The JPA Board of Directors may appoint other groundwater user representatives. 22
Wyandotte Creek Subbasin Governance Proposal Role le of f St Stakehold lder Advi visory ry Commit ittee Review and Provide Recommendations to the Agency on: • Development, adoption, amendment of the GSP • Sustainability goals • Annual work plans and reports • Monitoring programs • Modeling scenarios • Community outreach • Fee proposals • Projects and management actions 23
Wyandotte Creek Subbasin Governance Proposal Management Committee • The JPA will not have any employees • Each public agency who is a member of the JPA will appoint at least one staff member to a management committee • Receives direction from the JPA Board • Generates staff reports and proposals for the JPA Board’s consideration • Staffs the stakeholder advisory committee • Assures staff and other necessary resources are provided to prepare and implement the GSP 24
Wyandotte Creek Subbasin Governance Proposal Management Are reas • Management Areas refer to an area within a basin for which a GSP may identify different objectives, monitoring, and projects based on unique local conditions. • There will be two Management Areas in the Wyandotte Creek subbasin: • Management Area 1: non-agricultural areas within and directly adjacent to the City of Oroville • Management Area 2: The rural areas within the subbasin 25
Wyandotte Creek Subbasin Governance Proposal Management Are rea Chapters • The Management Areas would have distinct “chapters” in the GSP establishing different minimum thresholds, measurable objectives, monitoring, and projects, etc. • All “chapters” must be consistent with the basin -wide sustainability goals 26
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