TO: Technical Advisory Group for the Napa County Groundwater Sustainability Agency
FROM: Brian Bordona - Director of Planning, Building and Environmental Services
REPORT BY: Jamison Crosby, Natural Resources Conservation Manager
SUBJECT: Debrief from and continuation of the discussion held at the Joint meeting of the NCGSA and TAG on August 22, 2023
RECOMMENDATION
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TAG will receive a debrief from the Joint meeting of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) and Napa County Groundwater Sustainability Agency (NCGSA) on August 22, 2023, including direction received from the NCGSA summarized within this report. TAG will then continue the discussion and consider additional management questions it would like to define and work on during the next six-months to one-year period.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NCGSA formed the TAG to advise the NCGSA and aid in the implementation of the Napa Valley Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP), including responding to changing groundwater conditions. The five-member TAG was first convened on August 11, 2022. During the TAG's monthly meetings, staff posed Framing Questions to the TAG which they considered and responded to, bringing their individual expertise to bear on topics related to groundwater conditions, GSP implementation, and development of four workplans. A summary of Framing Questions considered by the TAG during October through December 2022 was provided to the NCGSA at the NCGSA's March 28, 2023 meeting.
From January through July 2023, the TAG continued to consider and provide feedback related to Framing Questions presented in monthly TAG meetings. A compilation of the Framing Questions and a summary of the TAG's 2023 input and recommendations were presented at the Joint NCGSA/TAG meeting on August 22, 2023. All five TAG members attended the meeting.
The purpose of the Joint NCGSA/TAG meeting was to provide an opportunity for the NCGSA to receive, discuss, and question the TAG about their findings and provid...
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