TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Neha Hoskins, Clerk of the Board
REPORT BY: Paulette Cooper, Deputy Clerk of the Board II
SUBJECT: Reappointments to the Napa County Technical Advisory Group
RECOMMENDATION
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Reappoint Julie Chambon, Monica Cooper, Albert Filipelli, Miguel Garcia, and Mathias Kondolf for a third term, to the Napa County Technical Advisory Group. The terms of office shall commence immediately and expire on June 30, 2028. (No Fiscal Impact)
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BACKGROUND
There are currently five openings due to term expirations on the Napa County Technical Advisory Group (TAG). The County Executive Office advertised the vacancies and received five reappointment requests from Julie Chambon, Monica Cooper, Albert Filipelli, Miguel Garcia, and Mathias Kondolf
On June 21, 2022 the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 2022-04 (GSA) creating the Napa County Technical Advisory Group (TAG).
The core charge of the TAG is to provide well-informed, practical recommendations to the NCGSA as they carry out Napa Valley Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) implementation, taking into account the best available scientific information and best practices in groundwater management.
Members of the TAG have technical expertise relevant to the GSP, as well as experience working in a collaborative setting on public policy implementation. The TAG has both the responsibility and the timely opportunity to advise the NCGSA and will be involved with implementation of the GSP, including a focus on data gaps and adaptive management as described in GSP Section 11 Projects and Management Actions (PMAs).
Activities of the TAG include:
1. Providing input on water resources information and monitoring data collected during GSP implementation;
2. Vetting data analyses particularly pertaining to data collected at representative monitoring sites, including assessing when sustainable management criteria (SMC) may approach or exceed triggers and/or SMC as outline in the GSP;
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