BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Annual Report on the Protection and Augmentation of Water Supplies - February 2020 and Recommended Groundwater Production and Other Water Charges for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 (FY 2020-21).
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Conduct a public hearing pursuant to Section 26.6 of the District Act to consider the District FY 2020-21 Annual Report on the Protection and Augmentation of Water Supplies;
B. Hear public comments from groundwater producers and any interested persons regarding such report; and
C. Close the public hearing.
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SUMMARY:
Section 26.6 of the District Act requires a public hearing regarding the Protection and Augmentation of Water Supplies report be held on or before the fourth Tuesday of April. This public hearing is conducted to inform the community of the activities performed by Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) to ensure reliable water supply and the recommended groundwater production and other water charges to pay for those activities. The hearing provides opportunity for any interested person to submit comments to the Board. This year's groundwater production charge setting process is being conducted consistent with the District Act, and Board Resolution 99-21. The raw surface water charge setting process includes a formal protest procedure consistent with Board Resolution 12-10 (See attachment 3). If written protests are filed by a majority of surface water operators, the surface water charge cannot be increased.
On October 8, 2019 the Board directed staff to pursue modifying the existing groundwater benefit zones W-2 and W-5, and to create two new zones W-7 (Coyote Valley) and W-8 (below Uvas and Chesbro Reservoirs), which if approved by the Board, would go into effect July 1, 2020. The Annual Report on the Protection and Augmentation of Water Supplies (PAWS) assumes that Valley Water's Board will adopt the proposed changes to the groundwater benefit zones. Should the ...
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