Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency Board of Directors Hybrid Regular Meeting

Agenda — 16 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. 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 FCGMA Budget to Actual Report for May 2025 – (New Item) RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file the monthly financial report.
8. 9 LPV Watermaster Budget to Actual Report for May 2025 – (New Item) RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file the monthly financial report.
9. 10 Adopt Proposed Resolution No. 2025-03 to Establish the Amount of the Las Posas Valley Overuse Assessment on the Use of Groundwater in Excess of What the Las Posas Valley Adjudication Judgment Allows – (New Item) RECOMMENDATIONS: ( 1) Receive an Agency staff presentation on the Las Posas Valley (LPV) Overuse Assessment establishing the amount (or rate) of the Overuse Assessment; and (2) Adopt Resolution No. 2025-03 establishing the amount of the Overuse Assessment on groundwater use in excess of what's allowed under the LPV Adjudication Judgment equal to the prevailing Calleguas Municipal Water
10. 11 Adopt the 2025 Las Posas Valley Basin Optimization Plan and Related Response Reports – (Returning Item) RECOMMENDATIONS: (1) Receive an Agency staff presentation on the Las Posas Valley Basin Optimization Plan and related Recommendation and Response Reports; (2) Approve the Response Reports to the Policy Advisory and Technical Advisory Committees' Recommendation Reports; and (3) Adopt the Las Posas Valley Basin Optimization Plan.
11. 12 Approve and Authorize the Interim Executive Officer to Execute a Professional Services Contract Modification with Dudek to Prepare the Las Posas Valley Basin 2025 Optimization Yield Study – (Returning Item) RECOMMENDATIONS: (1) Receive a presentation from Agency Staff; and (2) Approve and authorize the Interim Executive Officer to execute a professional services contract modification with Dudek for the development of the 2025 Basin Optimization Yield Study for the Las Posas Valley Basin.
12. 13 Las Posas Valley Basin Optimization Yield Study Preferred Modeling Alternative Approach – (Returning Item) RECOMMENDATIONS: (1) Receive a presentation from Agency staff on the Las Posas Valley Basin Optimization Yield Study preferred modeling alternative, preparation schedule, related Committee Recommendation Reports, and related Watermaster Response Reports; and (2) Provide direction to staff on preferred modeling alternative, schedule, and response reports.
13. 14 Del Norte Water Company (WMID 3500) and Vanoni Group (WMIDs 1095, 1120, 1121) Protests and Requests for Refund of WY2023 Basin Assessment – (Returning Item) RECOMMENDATIONS: (1) Receive a presentation from Agency staff on the protests and requests for refund of Water Year 2023 Las Posas Valley Watermaster Basin Assessments submitted by Del Norte Water Company [WMID 3500] (DNWC) and Mary Vanoni on behalf of WMIDs 1095, 1120, 1121 (collectively, the Vanoni Group); and (2) Deny the DNWC and the Vanoni Group protests and requests for refund.
14. 15 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
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