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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-02
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PATTERSON
ADOPTING THE SPECIAL PROJECT AGREEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A
SINGLE GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY PLAN FOR THE DELTA-MENDOTA
SUBBASIN AND AUTHORIZING SIGNATURE THEREON
A. WHEREAS, in August 2014, the California Legislature passed, and in September 2014 the Governor signed, legislation creating the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (“SGMA”) “to provide local groundwater sustainability agencies with the authority and technical and financial assistance necessary to sustainably manage groundwater” (Wat. Code, § 10720, (d)); and
B. WHEREAS, SGMA requires sustainable management through the development and implementation of a single or multiple coordinated groundwater sustainability plans (“GSPs”) covering a groundwater basin designated by the Department of Water Resources (“DWR”) as medium or high priority (Wat. Code, § 10727); and C. WHEREAS, the Delta-Mendota Subbasin (Basin Number 5-22.07, DWR Bulletin 118), within the San Joaquin Valley Groundwater Basin (“Subbasin”), has been designated as a high-priority, critically overdrafted basin by DWR; and D. WHEREAS, the Subbasin includes multiple groundwater sustainability agencies (each a “GSA” and collectively, the “GSAs”) that initially managed the Subbasin through the development and implementation of six different GSPs covering different portions of the Subbasin (each, a “GSP Group” and collectively the “GSP Groups”); and E. WHEREAS, the GSAs in the Subbasin now desire to develop and adopt one single GSP for the Subbasin to support sustainable management of the Subbasin in compliance with SGMA; and
F. WHEREAS, the City of Patterson GSA was formed to be an exclusive GSA for a portion of the Subbasin, and is part of the Northern GSP Group composed of the following GSAs: Patterson Irrigation District GSA; West Stanislaus Irrigation District GSA; DM-II GSA; and the North-Western GSA; and
G. WHEREAS, the City of Patterson GSA and the Northern GSP Group have agreed to obtain the coordinated access to the administrative and technical resources and services available through the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority (“SLDMWA”) to provide SGMA coordination services to said Members, and to provide the mechanisms to share the benefits and expenses of obtaining SLDMWA’s resources and services; and H. WHEREAS, Section 16 of the Activity Agreement provides that Activity Participants may enter into a Special Project Agreement to achieve any of the purposes or activities authorized by the Activity Agreement and to share in the expenses and costs of such activity; and
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I. WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Delta-Mendota Subbasin Coordination Agreement effective December 12, 2018, entered into by all of the GSAs in the Subbasin, Members that are not Activity Participants, such as SS-MOA Participants, may enter into a cost sharing agreement with the SLDMWA for the performance of designated functions; and J. WHEREAS, the City of Patterson GSA, now desires to enter into that certain Special Project Agreement for Development of a Single Groundwater Sustainability Plan for the Delta-Mendota Subbasin (“SPA”) with the SLDMWA for the purposes of identifying a methodology for sharing single GSP development expenses from outside consultants, legal counsel, and SLDMWA staff, as described more particularly in the SPA.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council for the City of Patterson finds as follows:
1. The facts stated in the recitals above are true and correct, and the City Council so finds and determines.
2. The City of Patterson and the City of Patterson GSA, hereby approve and adopt the Special Project Agreement for Development of a Single Groundwater Sustainability Plan for the Delta-Mendota Subbasin, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and authorizes the executing officer and/or his designee to execute said SPA.
3. The City of Patterson and the City of Patterson GSA authorizes the executing officer and/or his designee and its legal counsel to take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to deliver the signed SPA to the SLDMWA and implement the purpose of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 16th day of January 2024, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
EXCUSED:
APPROVED:
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Michael Clauzel
Mayor of the City of Patterson
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ATTEST:
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Aracely Alegre
City Clerk of the City of Patterson
I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, correct, and true copy of a resolution passed by the City Council of said City of Paterson, and Municipal Corporation of the County of Stanislaus, State of California, at a regular meeting held on the 16th day of January 2024 and further certified that the resolution is in full force and effect and has never been rescinded or modified.
DATED:
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City Clerk of the City of Patterson