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File #: 25-916    Version: 1
Type: Agreement Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/15/2025 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 6/3/2025 Final action:
Title: Approve and authorize Amendment No. 1 to Agreements No. 230107B, 230108B, and 230110B with Dr. Mathias Kondolf, Resource Conservation District, and Mr. Albert Filipelli, respectively, to serve on the Groundwater Technical Advisory Group for the Napa County Groundwater Sustainability Agency annually for three Fiscal Years. (Fiscal Impact: $106,663 Expense; General Fund; Budgeted; Discretionary)
Sponsors: Napa County Groundwater Sustainability Agency
Attachments: 1. Agreement - Dr. Mathias Kondolf, 2. Agreement - Resource Conservation District, 3. Agreement - Mr. Albert Filipelli
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TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Brian D. Bordona, Director of Planning Building and Environmental Services
REPORT BY: Jamison Crosby, Natural Resources Conservation Manager
SUBJECT: Amendment No. 1 to NCGSA Agreements 230107B, 230108B, and 230110B for the Groundwater Technical Advisory Group (TAG) members


RECOMMENDATION
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Approve and authorize Amendment No. 1 to Agreements No. 230107B, 230108B, and 230110B with Dr. Mathias Kondolf, Resource Conservation District, and Mr. Albert Filipelli, respectively, to serve on the Groundwater Technical Advisory Group for the Napa County Groundwater Sustainability Agency annually for three Fiscal Years. (Fiscal Impact: $106,663 Expense; General Fund; Budgeted; Discretionary)
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BACKGROUND
As indicated in the Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) adopted by the Napa County Groundwater Sustainability Agency (NCGSA) in January of 2022, the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) is an important part of implementation of the plans and meets regularly to track progress, synthesize available data, and inform participating agencies and the public through regular reporting of implementation activities and the status of Napa Valley Subbasin sustainability. The TAG has met almost monthly since August 2022 and has provided invaluable input to the NCGSA and its technical team on the direction and development of GSP implementation activities and workplans. The TAG has provided extensive direction and input in the development of three workplans resulting from Projects and Management Actions within the adopted GSP. These workplans represent efforts to achieve groundwater pumping reductions and water conservation efforts within the Subbasin as well as identify and study the interconnection between surface water and groundwater and its impact on groundwater dependent ecosystems.
The GSP Workplans include:
* Groundwater Pumping Reduction (GPR) Workplan: Napa Valley Subbasin;
* Napa County Water Conservation (WC) Workplan: A Guide for Vineyard...

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