BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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Agricultural Water Advisory Committee's (AWAC) Recommendations and Associated Staff Analysis from the Committee's special February 26, 2018 and regular April 2, 2018, Meetings.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Consider and act on the following recommendations by the Agricultural Water Advisory Committee:
A. Strongly recommend that the Open Space Credit Policy be maintained as is;
B. Direct staff to provide an in-depth analysis and response on the Open Space Authority's letter and Mr. Dhruv Khanna's memo, and report back to the Committee for their response and action;
C. Direct staff to provide a more equitable analysis of the impacts of development throughout the county consisting of the ecosystem's benefit of agriculture;
D. Direct staff to review the audio of the February 26, 2018 meeting and capture those key comments that were discussed, and prepare a response and report back to the Committee; and
E. Recommend limiting the increase of the Agricultural Groundwater Production Charge not to exceed 7%.
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SUMMARY:
Recommendations:
The AWAC unanimously approved the below items for the Board of Directors' consideration at their February 26, 2018, and April 2, 2018, meetings:
1. Strongly recommend that the Open Space Credit Policy be maintained as is;
2. Direct staff to provide an in-depth analysis and response on the Open Space Authority's letter and Mr. Dhruv Khanna's memo, and report back to the Committee for their response and action;
3. Direct staff to provide a more equitable analysis of the impacts of development throughout the county consisting of the ecosystem's benefit of agriculture;
4. Direct staff to review the audio of the February 26, 2018 meeting and capture those key comments that were discussed, and prepare a response and report back to the Committee; and
5. Recommend limiting the increase of the Agricultural Groundwater Production Charge not to exceed 7%.
Staff Analysis:
1. Staff has m...
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