Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency Board of Directors Regular Meeting

Agenda — 25 items

1. 1 Board Chair will call the meeting to order.
2. 3 Attending Board members, alternates, and staff will be recorded by the Board Clerk.
3. 4 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. 5 Audience members may speak about Agency-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. The Board reserves the right to limit each speaker to five (5) minutes per subject or topic if necessary. Please come to the podium and state your name and affiliation for the record before commenting on any particular subject.
5. 6 Executive Officer's Comments
6. 7 An opportunity for Board members to make comments or to communicate with other Directors, staff, and/or the public regarding non-agenda topics.
7. 8 Item 8 - 09-25-2024 Draft Meeting Minutes
8. 9 FCGMA Budget to Actual Report for September 2024 – (New Item) RECOMMENDATION: Receive and File the Monthly Report.
9. 10 Adoption of the 2024 FCGMA Conflict of Interest Code – (New Item) RECOMMENDATIONS: (1) Adopt the 2024 Conflict of Interest Code (COIC) for the Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency; and (2) Approve the Chair to sign the amended 2024 FCGMA COIC documents.
10. 11 Ratify Contract Change Orders Numbers 1 and 2 for Nested Multi-Depth and Shallow Single Completion Monitoring Wells Drilling, Construction and Development Project with WildRose Drilling, LLC dba WildHeron Drilling of Rocklin, California for Construction of the Project to Decrease Total Contract Amount From $4,989,069.37 to $2,725,019.37; Specification No. FOX24-01 – (Returning Item) RECOMMENDATIONS: (1) Ratify Contract Change Order No. 1 decreasing total contract amount by $269,000, and (2) Ratify Contract Change Order No. 2 decreasing total contract amount by $1,995,050.
11. 12 LPV Watermaster Budget to Actual Report for September 2024 – (New Item) RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file the monthly report.
12. 13 Receive and File Correspondence from the Las Posas Valley Basin Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), Dated August 27, 2024, Regarding the Committee Consultation Schedule for the Draft LPV 5-Year Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) Evaluation.
13. 14 Receive and File Correspondence from Eugene West, Chair of the Board of Directors, dated October 2, 2024, Regarding the LPV TAC Correspondence on the Committee Consultation Schedule for the Draft LPV 5-Year GSP Evaluation.
14. 15 Receive and File Correspondence from LPV TAC, Dated October 4, 2024, Regarding the Revised Draft Scope of Work to Prepare the 2025 Las Posas Valley Basin Optimization Yield Study.
15. 16 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
16. 17 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION (Gov. Code, §54956.9) PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9, SUBDIVISION (d), PARAGRAPH (1): NAME OF CASE: OPV Coalition et al v. Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency, Santa Barbara County Superior Court Case No. VENCI00555357
17. 18 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
18. 19 Update on Groundwater Sustainability Plan Five-Year Evaluations, Workshops, and Timeline – ( Returning Item ) RECOMMENDATIONS: (1) Receive an update and a presentation on Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) Five-Year Evaluations, and (2) Provide input and direction if desired.
19. 20 Approve Proposal and Authorize the Interim Executive Officer to Execute a Professional Services Contract for Professional Auditing Services – (New Item) RECOMMENDATIONS: (1) Approve the proposal for Professional Auditing Services from Rogers, Anderson, Malody & Scott (RAMS), LLP, for the two-year fiscal cycle (July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023, and July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024) at a fee of $42,718; (2) Authorize the Interim Executive Officer to execute a Professional Services Contract with RAMS, and (3) Allocate $22,718 of Contingency Funds from the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget for the Biennial Audit
20. 21 Update on Implementation of Department of Water Resources (DWR) Sustainable Groundwater Management (SGM) Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) Implementation Grant – (New Item) RECOMMENDATION: Receive a presentation on the implementation of DWR's SGM Grant Program SGMA Implementation Grant Round 1 Solicitation for Critically Overdrafted Basins , which provided $7.6 million each for the Oxnard Subbasin and Pleasant Valley Basin.
21. 22 DEFERRED BY BOARD TO A FUTURE MEETING – Rescind Resolution 2005-08 and Adopt Resolution 2024-06 – (New Item) RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution 2024-06, rescinding Resolution 2005-08 and defining the function of the position of Agency Executive Officer.
22. 23 DEFERRED BY BOARD TO A FUTURE MEETING – Agency Executive Officer Position Duties and Qualifications – (New Item) RECOMMENDATION: Receive and discuss a draft position description of duties and qualifications of the Agency Executive Officer.
23. 24 Approve and Authorize the Interim Executive Officer to Execute a Professional Services Contract with Dudek to Prepare the Las Posas Valley Basin 2025 Optimization Yield Study – (New Item) RECOMMENDATIONS: (1) Receive a presentation from Agency staff; and (2) Approve and authorize the Interim Executive Officer to execute a Professional Services Contract with Dudek for the development of the 2025 Las Posas Valley Basin Optimization Yield Study.
24. 25 DEFERRED BY BOARD TO A FUTURE MEETING – Approve and Authorize the Interim Executive Officer to Execute a Professional Services Contract with United Water Conservation District to Perform Modeling with the Coastal Plain Model in Support of the 2025 Las Posas Basin Optimization Yield Study – (New Item) RECOMMENDATIONS: (1) Receive a presentation from Agency staff; and (2) Approve and authorize the Interim Executive Officer to execute a Professional Services Contract with United Water Conservation District to perform modeling with the Coastal Plain Model in support of the 2025 Las Posas Basin Opt
25. 26 Policy Advisory Committee Request for Technical Advisory Committee Consultation on Del Norte Mutual Water Company (WMID 3500) Basin Assessment Protest. – (New Item) RECOMMENDATIONS: ( 1) Receive a presentation from Agency staff on the Las Posas Valley (LPV) Watermaster Policy Advisory Committee (collectively, the PAC) request for LPV Watermaster Technical Advisory Committee (collectively, the TAC) consultation on Del Norte Mutual Water Company's protest to payment of Water Year (WY) 2023 LPV Adjudication Basin Assessment; and (2) Deny the PAC request for TAC consultation and refer the matter b