Fox Canyon GMA Board Regular Meeting

Agenda — 18 items

1. A Board Chair will call the meeting to order.
2. C Attending Board members, alternates, and staff will be recorded by the Board Clerk.
3. D Consider and approve by majority vote, any minor revisions to Board Agenda items and/or attachments and any item(s) added or removed from this Agenda.
4. E Audience members may speak about FCGMA-related matters not on today's Agenda. California State law does not allow any response or action from the Board concerning non-agenda topics at this time; however, topics can be placed on future agendas or referred to staff. Please come to the podium, and state you name and affiliation for the record before commenting on any particular subject.
5. F An opportunity for Board members to make comments or to communicate with other Directors, staff, and/or the public regarding non-agenda topics.
6. 1 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION (Gov. Code, §54956.9) PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9, SUBDIVISION (d), PARAGRAPH (1): NAME OF CASE: City of Oxnard v. Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency, Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. 20STCP00929
7. 2 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION (Gov. Code, §54956.9) PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9, SUBDIVISION (d), PARAGRAPH (1): NAME OF CASE: Las Posas Valley Water Rights Coalition v. Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency, Santa Barbara County Superior Court Case No. VENCI0059700
8. 3 Approve minutes of the December 1, 2023, Board special meeting.
9. 4 Approve minutes of the December 6, 2023, Board regular meeting.
10. 5 Approve minutes of the December 15, 2023, Board special meeting.
11. 6 Approve minutes of the January 12, 2024, Board special meeting.
12. 7 Authorization for Executive Officer to Continue Temporary Variances Pending Decisions on Variance Applications for Operators in the Oxnard and Pleasant Valley Basins in Water Year 2023-24
13. 8 Management Agency Nested Multi-Depth and Shallow Single Completion Monitoring Wells Drilling, Construction and Development Project (Project); Waiver of Minor Bid Irregularities; Award of, and Authorization for the Executive Officer or Designee to Execute, a Contract to WildRose Drilling, LLC dba WildHeron Drilling of Rocklin, California for Construction of the Project in the Amount of $4,989,069.37; Specification No. FOX24-01
14. 9 Approve and Authorize the Executive Officer to Execute an Amendment to the Professional Services Contract with Dudek to Include Preparing Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) Amendments for the Oxnard Subbasin, Pleasant Valley Basin, and Las Posas Valley Basin
15. 10 Las Posas Valley Basin Adjudication Judgment Water Year 2023 (October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024) Groundwater Annual Allocations and initial Basin Assessments [LPV Watermaster]
16. 11 Las Posas Valley Basin Adjudication Judgement Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) Nominee Appointments [LPV Watermaster]
17. 12 Presentation on Amending the Ordinance to Establish an Allocation System for the Oxnard and Pleasant Valley Groundwater Basins to Comply with the Decision and Order in City of Oxnard v. Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 20STCP00929
18. 13 a) Executive Committee Meeting – An Executive Committee meeting was held December 21, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. in the MultiPurpose Room, Third Floor, 800 S. Victoria Ave, Ventura, 93009.