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Board Meeting
AUGUST 13, 2020
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Virtual MeetingProtocol1. Please note that the meeting
is being recorded
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3. For each agenda item, afterthe staff report the Chair willask for comments from theBoard and then the public
4. If you have a question beforethe staff report is complete,please use the “chat” or“raise your hand”
Roll Call
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Member Agency Directors AlternatesCity of Cotati Susan Harvey Mark Landman
City of Rohnert Park Pam Stafford Susan Adams
City of Santa Rosa Tom Schwedhelm Vice-Chair Dick Dowd
City of Sebastopol Michael Carnacchi Neysa Hinton
County of Sonoma Shirlee Zane Susan Gorin
Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District Joe Dutton Mel Sanchietti
Independent Water Systems Evan Jacobs Michael Spielman
Sonoma County Water Agency Lynda Hopkins Chair Susan Gorin
Sonoma Resource Conservation District John Nagle Walt Ryan
Town of Windsor Debora Fudge Dominic Foppoli
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Agenda
1. Call to Order and Roll Call
2. Public comment on matters not listed on the agenda but within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board
3. Consent Calendara. Approve Minutes of June 11, 2020 Board Meetingb. Approve Year-to-Date Financial Report
4. Directors/Subcommittee Report
5. Advisory Committee Report
6. Information Itemsa. Groundwater Sustainability Plan and Sustainable
Management Criteria updates b. Groundwater User Registration Program
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Agenda (continued)
7. Action Items
a. Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Budget Adjustments
b. Rural Community Engagement Outreach Contract:
Authorize the Administrator to negotiate a contract
with SCI Consulting to provide outreach services
8. Administrator, Plan Manager and Legal Counsel Report
9. Adjournment
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Public comment on matters not listed on the agenda but within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board
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Consent Calendar
a. Approve Minutes of June 11,2020 Board Meeting
b. Approve Year-to-Date Financial Report
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Directors/Subcommittee Report
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Advisory Committee Report
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Information Items
a. Groundwater Sustainability Plan and Sustainable Management Criteria update
b. Groundwater User Registration Program
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a. Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) and Sustainable Management Criteria (SMC) update
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Status of Groundwater Sustainability Plan ActivitiesSanta Rosa Plain Subbasin
Groundwater Flow Model & Water Budgets
Development of Monitoring Networks
Sustainable Management Criteria• Chronic Decline of Groundwater Levels (In progress – pending outcome of 50 year
forecast)• Land Subsidence (In progress)• Water Quality (In progress)• Depletion of Interconnected Surface Water (Initial planning)• Reduction of Groundwater Storage (Initial Planning – additional work pending
completion of water budgets)
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Santa Rosa Plain Hydrologic Model and Water Budgets
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Presentation Overview
• General Water Budget Components and SGMA Requirements• Overview of Santa Rosa Plain Hydrologic Model (SRPHM)
o Summary of model revisionso Application of SRPHM for GSP development
• Overview of results of historical and current water budgets• Next steps for projected water budgets
Water Budget and Model updates presented in six AC Meetings and one Board presentation. Model reflects input received at meetings where possible and applicable.
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Water budget requirements and definitions
In accordance with the GSP Regulations §354.18, the water budget provides an accounting and assessment of:
• the total annual volume of surface water and groundwater entering and leaving the basin
• change in the volume of groundwater in storage
Water budget must include:◦ Inventory of all inflows (supply) and outflows (demand)◦ Summary of both surface water and groundwater budgets◦ Evaluation of changes of groundwater in storage◦ Estimation of groundwater overdraft (if applicable)◦ Estimation of sustainable yield
Three water budgets for GSP:1. Historical conditions 2. Current conditions3. Projected conditions over the 50-year planning and
implementation horizon
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From: Water Budget BMP, California Department of Water Resources, 2016
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Water Budgets – Time Periods
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Time Period
Proposed Date Range Water Year Types Represented in Time Period
Historical water years 1976 to 2018 Very dry: 1Dry: 7Normal: 20Wet: 13Very wet: 2
Current water years 2012 to 2018 Very dry: 0Dry: 2Normal: 4Wet: 1Very wet: 0
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Groundwater Modeling Overview• Physically-based representation of groundwater and surface-water.• Include important processes such as groundwater pumping,
precipitation and recharge, aquifer properties, and groundwater-surface water interaction.
• Primary tool to understand and quantify the movement of water through the subsurface, and how, for example, groundwater pumping impacts the storage of groundwater in an aquifer.
Santa Rosa Plain Hydrologic Model (SRPHM) Updates •Model developed by USGS: SRPHM V1.0•Model being updated here: SRPHM V1.0+
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Now Finished Up Next Future Work
Update Model1. Incorporate new Ag Package
to estimate agricultural groundwater pumping
2. Refine rural residential demands
3. Update model through 2018A. ClimateB. Land Use Changes C. Pumping
4. Check overall model calibration, recalibrate if needed
Calculate Water Budget from Model Output1. Summarize historical and
current water budgets
Prepare future model 1. Develop climate change
inputs 2. Develop estimates of
projected land-use change, including rural domestic and agricultural growth
3. Develop projected model
Run Future Scenarios to Iteratively Evaluate: 1. Sustainable Management
Criteria 2. Projects and Actions
1. Finalize Future Scenarios for Sustainable Management Criteria and Projects and Actions
2. Start implementing SRPHM 2.0 for GSP 5-yr update (this will likely start following completion of GSP, likely early 2022)
2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022
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Model updates
Diffe
rent
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rs
Update Municipal and Industrial Pumping
*entire model area
Imperviousness
Update Climate inputs
Crop Coverage
Rural domestic parcels with groundwater pumping
SRPHM Integrated Simulated Processes Provide Detailed Water Budget Estimates
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SRPHM Simulation BoundaryModel footprint covers the Santa Rosa Plain Subbasin and the surrounding Laguna de Santa Rosa watershed
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SRPHM Calibration Assessment –Simulated Groundwater Hydrographs
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Surface Water BudgetInflows, outflows, and net streambed exchangeDuring the historic period, from Water Year 1976 to 2018, on average the groundwater system discharges 300 acre-feet/year to streams. During the current period, from Water Year 2012 to 2018, streams are losing 1,300 acre-feet/year to the groundwater system.
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outflow from streambed to groundwater
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Groundwater Budget - Inflows
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Current (WY 2012 to 2018) Groundwater Inflows Budget Summary (acre-feet/year)
Deep Percolation of Precipitation and Applied Water
Streambed Recharge to Groundwater
Septic Return Flows
Subsurface Inflow from Surrounding Watershed
Subsurface Inflow from Neighboring Basins
Mean 25,200 14,900 1,200 2,000 7,400
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Groundwater Budget - Outflows
Agricultural Pumping
Groundwater ET
Subsurface Outflow to Adjacent Basins
Discharge to Streams
Surface Leakage
M&I + Rural Domestic
Mean 10,400 9,500 4,700 13,700 5,200 9,500
Current (WY 2012 to 2018) Groundwater Outflows Budget Summary (acre-feet/year)
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Groundwater storage has declined an average of 600 acre-feet/year during historical period. Variations in groundwater pumpageand climate are main determinants of storage decline. Current period shows increased rate of decline, driven by the drought conditions in this period.
Historical (WY 1976 to 2018)
Current (WY 2012 to 2018)
Mean -600 -2,100Minimum -22,000 -12,900Maximum 20,000 20,000Median -3,000 -4,500
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In general, total groundwater pumpage has remained relatively constant since 2000, with perhaps some shifting between components of the pumping over the years.
Historical (WY 1976 to 2018) Groundwater Pumpage
M&I Rural Domestic
Agricultural Pumping
Mean 7,900 2,600 9,100Minimum 4,800 2,000 5,700Maximum 11,100 2,900 13,900Median 8,000 2,600 9,000
Current (WY 2012 to 2018) Groundwater Pumpage
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M&I Rural Domestic
Agricultural Pumping
Mean 7,000 2,900 10,400Minimum 4,800 2,900 8,700Maximum 8,800 2,900 11,400Median 7,300 2,900 10,400
Next Steps –Projected Water Budgets Development
SGMA Requirements and Model UseComparison of simulated versus observed groundwater levels and trends, and other hydrologic outputs, indicate that the model reasonably well calibrated. Overall, the model is well-suited for satisfying SGMA requirements and conducting the analyses required in developing a Groundwater Sustainability Plan.
Next Steps for Developing Future ScenariosGroundwater conditions 50-years into the future
Incorporate projections of land use change, climate change, and other changes in groundwater demands (such as population increase). Land Use Change and Projected Water Demands Workgroups
The results of the simulation will be used to assess how the Sustainability Indicators respond to the changing climate and groundwater demands in the future.
If undesirable results are simulated to occur, the GSP will need to plan for projects and management actions that respond to the undesirable results.
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Discussion/Questions?
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b. Groundwater User Registration Program
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Groundwater User Registration Program (GRP) – Key Elements of Implementation
◦ Working group • Program development and implementation• Beta test design
◦ Dedicated Registration Program webpage• Interactive map, survey form, program information
◦ Customized GSA groundwater database• Accommodate updates and new data fields
◦ Interactive engagement• Staff, Advisory Committee, Board, and other Sonoma County GSA’s
◦ Enhanced outreach by GSA and members• Clear and informative notification mailer for parcel owners in the SRP• Grant funded focused outreach
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Groundwater User Registration Program (GRP) – Beta Test – Coming Soon!Participants include Advisory Committee members from all 3 GSAs, plus additional groundwater users new to the GSA.
Beta testers will be provided:• Secure link to the beta Groundwater User Registration Program webpage
− Describes program and provides framework and links to program tools and information• Interactive map
− Determine if a user parcel is in/out of the basin
− Review known and/or assumed groundwater use information maintained by GSA for parcels in basin • Auto-populated information exchange form
− Allows review of parcel groundwater use info and opportunity to provide corrected and additional info• Groundwater User Registration Program Glossary • A form to provide organized comments and feedback on each section of the program
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Groundwater User Registration Program (GRP) – 2020 Development Schedule
January 13 – Advisory Committee meeting
◦ Input on registration program elements and plan
February 13 – Board meeting◦ Input on registration program progress and plan
March 9 Advisory Committee meeting◦ Input on registration program beta testing
April 9 – Board meeting◦ Delayed registration program beta testing due to
COVID-19
May 11 – Advisory Committee meeting June 11 – Board meeting
June 22 – Added Advisory Committee meeting
July 13 – Advisory Committee meeting
August 13 – Board meeting
September –Launch of beta test
September 14 – Advisory Committee meeting
October 8 – Board meeting
Oct 19 – Added Advisory Committee meeting
Oct/Nov – Anticipated launch of Groundwater User Registration Program
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Groundwater User Registration Program (GRP)– Next StepsProvide feedback to staff regarding the schedule, beta test, and any aspect of the Groundwater User Registration Program.
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Action Items
a. Fiscal Year 2020-2021 BudgetAdjustments
b. Rural Community Engagement OutreachContract: Authorize the Administrator tonegotiate a contract with SCI Consultingto provide outreach services
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a. Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Budget AdjustmentsTo properly account for the increased spending and income associated with the Proposition 68 grant, staff proposes the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Budget be adjusted.
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Background Budget adjusts for the GSA entering into an agreement with the California Department of Water Resources for an additional $1 million in grant funding from Proposition 68. These grant funds must be spent by summer 2022.
In FY 2020-21, Proposition 68 grant funding and expenditures will total $533,000 as follows:
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Staff RecommendationStaff recommends the Board adopt Santa Rosa Plain GSA Resolution No. 2020-002 approving the Fiscal Year 2020-21 budget adjustment and authorize the Administrator to sign the budgetary adjustment form.
The proposed changes would result in no net increase in FY 2019-20 budget.
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b. Rural Community Engagement Outreach Contract: Authorize theAdministrator to negotiate a contract with SCI Consulting toprovide outreach services
The $1 million Proposition 68 grant includes funding for Rural Community Engagement. Through a competitive process, a consulting team led by SCI, Inc., has recommended by a selection panel to conduct the project. This item would authorize staff to negotiate on behalf of the Agency for community engagement consulting services.
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History◦ The GSA received Proposition 68 grant funding for Rural
Community Engagement program◦ Five consulting teams responded to request for proposals◦ Panel unanimously recommended SCI Consulting Group
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Project ProposalProject includes the following elements:◦ Research: Focus groups and a mailed survey to all potential well
owners in basin◦ Funding options analysis◦ Development and execution of an engagement plan
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Consultant Contract◦ The Consultant would be engaged by all three basins◦ Non-direct costs would be shared equally among basins; direct
costs would be basin specific◦ Proposed contract for Santa Rosa Plain is a not-to exceed
amount of $47,000
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Staff RecommendationAuthorize the Administrator to negotiate a contract for community engagement services with SCI Consulting Services for an amount not-to-exceed $47,000. The project is funded through Proposition 68 grant-funded services and is included in the FY 2020-21 budget adjustments.
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Administrator, Plan Manager and Legal Counsel Report
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Adjournment
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