BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Resolution Setting Time and Place of Public Hearing on the Report on Activities in Protection and Augmentation of Water Supplies of the District, Fiscal Year 2021-2022 to begin starting on April 13, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Adopt Resolution CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON THE REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES IN THE PROTECTION AND AUGMENTATION OF THE WATER SUPPLIES OF THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, FY 2021-2022; and
B. Set time and place for public hearing to begin starting on April 13, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. and continuing on April 15, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. and concluding on April 27, 2021, starting at 6:00 p.m. via Zoom at: https://valleywater.zoom.us/j/95060012118.
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SUMMARY:
Section 26.5 of Valley Water's District Act requires the District to annually prepare a written report upon the District's activities in the protection and augmentation of the water supplies of the District (PAWS Report). District Act Section 26.6 requires a public hearing to be held that allows any well owner/user and surface water permittee within the District, or any person interested in the District's activities in the protection and augmentation of the water supplies, to appear and submit evidence concerning the subject of the PAWS Report. This public hearing must be held on or before the fourth Tuesday of April of each year, in the chambers of the Board. The District must provide advance notice of the public hearing to well owners/users and surface water users. Staff recommends that the Board, in accordance with this year's budget and groundwater production charge setting schedule, set Tuesday, April 13, 2021 for the start of this public hearing, with the hearing continuing on April 15, 2021 (with a focus on South County) and concluding on April 27, 2021.
Section 26.6 requires the PAWS Report be filed with the Clerk of the Board on or before the first Tuesday in A...
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