HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2017-032 - Enterprise-Anderson Groundwater RESOLUTION NO.2017-032
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING FORMING THE ENTERPRISE-ANDERSON
GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY
WHEREAS, on September 16, 2014, Governor Brown signed three bills (SB 1168, SB 1319, and AB
1739) into law creating the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 (SGMA) codified at
Water Code section 10720 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, SGMA requires the formation of a Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) that will be
responsible for implementing provisions of SGMA as to medium and high priority groundwater basins, as
identified by the State of California Department of Water Resources (DWR); and
WHEREAS,under SGMA,each GSA is responsible for assuming its regulatory role by July 1, 2017,and
for submitting a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) to the California State Water Resources Control
Board (SWRCB) by either January 31, 2020, or January 31, 2022, depending on criteria specified in
SGMA; and
WHEREAS, the Enterprise Sub-basin and the Anderson Sub-basin of the Redding Basin have been
identified by the DWR as medium priority basins thereby making both subject to the provisions of
SGMA; and
WHEREAS, Water Code Section 10723.6 authorizes a combination of local agencies overlying a
groundwater basin to elect to become a Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) by using a
memorandum of agreement or other legal agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City of Anderson (Anderson), the Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District (ACID),
Bella Vista Water District (BVWD), the Clear Creek Community Services District (CCCSD), the City of
Redding (Redding) and the County of Shasta (County), (collectively the "Members") overlie the
Enterprise Sub-basin and/or the Anderson Sub-basin; and
WHEREAS, the Members have developed a Memorandum of Understanding(MOU)with the purpose of
complying with SGMA requirements to form a GSA and to cooperatively develop, adopt, implement and
manage a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) for the Enterprise and Anderson Sub-basins of the
Redding Basin in accordance with SGMA; and
WHEREAS, Water Code Section 10723 requires the Members to hold a public hearing to receive public
comment on the formation of a GSA;and
WHEREAS, each of the Members are holding public hearings, and it is anticipated the governing bodies
of each of the Member local agencies will authorize the adoption of similar resolutions and the execution
of the attached MOU forming the Enterprise-Anderson Groundwater Sustainability Agency(EAGSA).
NOW THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED THAT
1. The City Council of the City of Redding finds that the recitals set forth above are true and
correct.
2. The public interest is best met by compliance with SGMA and City of Redding participation
in the EAGSA.
3. The City Council of the City of Redding authorizes the Mayor to execute the EAGSA MOU
on behalf of the City.
4. The City Council of the City of Redding authorizes the Director of Public Works to represent
the City in preparation and submittal to the Department of Water Resources of the required
notice of formation and intent to undertake sustainable groundwater management of the
Enterprise and Anderson Sub-Basins of the Redding Basin in accordance with Water Code
Section 10723.8.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced, read, and adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council on the 18th day of April, 2017, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: McElvain, Schreder, Sullivan, Winter, & Weaver
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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BRENT WEAVER, Mayor
ATTEST: FORM APPROVED:
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PAMELA MIZ Pity Clerk BARRY E. DeWALT, City Attorney