Susana Alcala Wood, City Attorney Jorge Oseg uera, City Auditor Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk Howard Chan, City Manager John Colville, City Treasurer City Council Report
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File ID: 2022-00741 April 19, 2022 Consent Item 13
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itle: Appointment: Sacramento Groundwater Authority Board of Directors Loc
ation: Citywide
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ecommendation: Pass a Motion appointing the following alternate representative of Del Paso Manor Water District to the Sacramento Groundwater Authority Board of Directors:
Gwynne Pratt, retired attorney.
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ontact: Anne Sanger, Government Affairs Manager, (916) 808-1635, [email protected], William O. Busath, Director, (916) 808-1434 , [email protected], Department of Utilities
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resenter: None
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ttachments:
1-Description/Analysis
Description/Analysis
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ssue Detail: The City Council appoints specified representatives to the Sacramento Groundwater Authority (SGA) Board of Directors in accordance with the SGA Joint Powers Agreement (JPA). Staff recommends Council appointment of a new alternate representative to the SGA Board.
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olicy Considerations: The proposed action is consistent with the SGA JPA approved by the City Council, which requires that City Council appoint board representatives from various organizations.
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conomic Impacts: None
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nvironmental Considerations:
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alifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): The Community Development Department, Environmental Planning Services has reviewed the proposed activity and has determined that the action of filling vacant positions is not considered a project under the CEQA Guidelines, Section 15378(b)(2) and (5). Filling the vacancies to the SGA Board of Directors is a continuing administrative activity and is an organizational activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes to the environment and is not subject to CEQA (CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3)).
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ustainability: Not Applicable
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ommission/Committee Action: Not Applicable
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ationale for Recommendation: The JPA that created the SGA requires the City Council to appoint specified representatives to the SGA Board of Directors from adjacent water districts, water companies, and self-supplied pumpers.
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nancial Considerations: The proposed action will have no financial impact to the City.
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ocal Business Enterprise (LBE): No goods or services are being purchased.
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ackground: On August 11, 1998, the City Council approved a JPA that created the Sacramento North Area Groundwater Management Authority, subsequently renamed the SGA.
The boundaries of the SGA are as follows: north of the American River to the Sacramento County line; bounded on the south by the American River; on the west by the Sacramento River; on the north and east by the Sacramento County line; and including the City of Folsom.
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he SGA was established: (a) to maintain the long-term sustainable yield of the North Area Basin; (b) to manage the use of groundwater in the North Area Basin and facilitate implementation of an appropriate conjunctive use program by water purveyors; (c) to coordinate efforts among those entities represented on the governing body of the joint powers authority to devise and implement strategies to safeguard groundwater quality; and (d) to work collaboratively with other entities, including groundwater management authorities that may be formed in other areas of the County of Sacramento and adjacent political jurisdictions, to promote coordination of policies and activities through the region.
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ignatories to the JPA are the City of Sacramento, the County of Sacramento, and the cities of Citrus Heights and Folsom. The JPA requires the City of Sacramento, the County of Sacramento, and the cities of Citrus Heights and Folsom to appoint specified representatives to the SGA Board of Directors.
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he JPA requires that the City Council appoint the Board of Director representatives from the City of Sacramento, California American Water, Del Paso Manor Water District, Golden State Water Company, Natomas Central Mutual Water Company, Sacramento Suburban Water District, and local Commercial/Industrial Self-Supplied Water Users. Under the JPA, the representatives the City of Sacramento appoints from other entities are recommended by those entities, but the City Council retains discretion to make the appointments.
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acancies in some of these positions require that new appointments be made.
Organization Name/Designation
Del Paso Manor Water District Gwynne Pratt, Alternate Representative B
iographical Information:
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wynne Pratt
Director Pratt has lived in the district since 2014 and in Sacramento County since 2000. She is a retired attorney, currently serving as a member of the Board of the Del Paso Manor Water District, previously having worked as Deputy County Counsel in El Dorado County and Placer County and as Staff Counsel III for the State of California, Department of Rehabilitation. Her goal is to serve the ratepayers by ensuring that the district provides safe drinking water and has sufficient water to deal with fires. Her activities include equine rescue, kayaking, hiking, and cycling.