September 2020 Situation Report Is Attached

Board Meeting

September AGENDA NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING

Due to the rise in severity of COVID-19 and consistent with Executive Order N- 29-20 suspending provisions of the Brown Act to allow for public meetings to be conducted remotely, the North Kern Water Storage District will hold its regular Board of Directors meeting by teleconference. There will be no meeting site open to the public. Public participation is encouraged using the teleconference information referenced below.

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Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - 7:00 a.m.

CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMMENT

1. Board Meeting Minutes A. Approve Minutes of August 18, 2020 Regular Board Meeting

2. General Informational Items A. District Coronavirus/Covid-19 Operations* B. Kern River Watermaster Report C. District Groundwater Levels D. PGE Monthly Analysis E. District Exchange Balances F. Operations Report

3. Financial Matters A. Approve Treasurer's Report 1. NKWSD 2. RRID B. Monthly Financial Statements C. Water Sales D. Accounts Receivable E. Approve Accounts Payable

4. Consulting District Engineer A. High Speed Rail* B. Poso Creek RWMG* C. Status of Grants* D. Water Delivery Improvements*

5. Budget and Personnel Committee A. Update on Well Replacement Financing*

6. Engineering Committee A. Approve Resolution for Grant Application with the Bureau of Reclamation B. Approve Well Easement Exchange with Bidart Trust C. District Participation in Landowner Subsurface Groundwater Recharge Systems*

7. Groundwater Committee A. Kern Groundwater Authority*

8. Produced Water Ad Hoc Committee*

9. Negotiating Committee*

10. Counsel of District*

11. Rosedale Ranch Improvement District A. Approve Contract with Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group and Task Order with GEI Consultants for Proposition 218 Election

12. General Manager's Report*

OTHER BUSINESS

13. Closed Session Matters:

A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EXISTING LITIGATION (Govt. Code Section 54956.9(a))

(i) North Kern Water Storage District v. City of Bakersfield (VCSC #56-2011-00408712-CU-CO-VTA) (ii) Appeal of Regional Board General Order (R5-2013-0120) for Tulare Lake Basin to State Water Resources Control Board (re. Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program)

B. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Govt. Code Section 54956.9(b))

C. PERSONNEL MATTERS (Govt. Code Section 54957)

D. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Govt. Code Section 54956.8)—use of District and landowner facilities for various potential water management programs; negotiator, Richard Diamond

14. Adjournment

*Oral report to be provided at the meeting.

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Agenda Item 1A

BOARD OF DIRECTORS North Kern Water Storage District Minutes of the Meeting of August 18, 2020

A Meeting of the Board of Directors of North Kern Water Storage District was held via teleconference (due to the rise in severity of COVID-19 and consistent with Executive Order N- 29-20 suspending provisions of the Brown Act) starting at 7:00 a.m., on August 18, 2020.

President Andrew declared a quorum was present and called the meeting to order. The following Directors were present: Kevin Andrew, Carole Fornoff, Mike Mendes, Joel Ackerknecht and Winn Glende. Others present: Richard Diamond (General Manager), Ram Venkatesan (Deputy General Manager), Marinelle Duarosan (Controller), Heather Williams (Operations Superintendent), Angel Ventura (Staff Engineer), Erica Celedon (Accounting Clerk I), Christy Castaneda (Administrative Assistant) of North Kern Water Storage District, Alan Doud (District Counsel - Young Wooldridge), Stephanie Hearn (GEI – Consulting Engineer). Guests included: George Cappello (Grimmway) and Geoff King (BHK).

President Andrew called the meeting to order at 7:05 a.m. and opened the floor for public comments. At this time there were none.

Board of Directors – (20-70) Upon motion of Director Fornoff, seconded by Director Glende and unanimously carried, to approve the minutes from the July 21, 2020 Regular Board meeting. (Ayes: Andrew, Ackerknecht, Mendes, Glende & Fornoff, Noes: None, Absent: None, Abstain: None)

General Manager Diamond addressed the District operation amidst Coronavirus/Covid-19 situation. He and District managers indicated office employees are primarily working from home and operations and maintenance work continues with employees working independently and following mandated guidelines. The District has also provided all employees with the proper PPE, latest Covid-19 information and training.

Watermaster – General Manager Diamond briefly touched on the written monthly report that Watermaster Munn submitted.

Operations Report – Operations Superintendent Williams reported on District operations stating that the District’s share of Isabella storage is estimated at 33,100 AF. Kern River natural inflow and outflow are averaging 210 cfs and 645 cfs, respectively.

The District’s Kern River demand is 125 cfs. Well production is averaging 260 cfs daily. The District has returned an estimated 4,175 AF of previously banked water to Delano-Earlimart ID, 3,854 AF to Kern Tulare WD and 1,805 AF to Southern San Joaquin MUD. Shafter-Wasco ID also received return water totaling 853 AF.

12 cfs of CRC produced water continues to be diverted to the Lerdo Canal. Califia Farms also continues to pump into the Lerdo Canal.

Financial Matters – (20-71) Upon motion of Director Fornoff, seconded by Director Ackerknecht and unanimously carried, to receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for the North Kern Water Storage District for the month of July as presented. (Ayes: Andrew, Ackerknecht, Mendes, Glende & Fornoff, Noes: None, Absent: None, Abstain: None)

(RR20-72) Upon motion of Director Fornoff, seconded by Director Ackerknecht and unanimously carried, to receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for the Rosedale Ranch Improvement District for the month of July as presented. (Ayes: Andrew, Ackerknecht, Mendes, Glende & Fornoff, Noes: None, Absent: None, Abstain: None)

The Financial Statement, Summary of Water Sales, Deposits and the Accounts Receivable report for the month of July were reviewed and accepted as presented.

(20-73) Upon motion of Director Glende, seconded by Director Mendes and unanimously carried, to approve for payment the Accounts Payable for the North Kern Water Storage District for the month of July as presented. (Ayes: Andrew, Ackerknecht, Mendes, Glende & Fornoff, Noes: None, Absent: None, Abstain: None)

(RR20-74) Upon motion of Director Fornoff, seconded by Director Ackerknecht and unanimously carried, to approve for payment the Accounts Payable for the Rosedale Ranch Improvement District for the month of July as presented. (Ayes: Andrew, Ackerknecht, Mendes, Glende & Fornoff, Noes: None, Absent: None, Abstain: None)

Consulting District Engineer – Stephanie Hearn reported: A. High-Speed Rail Authority: Ms. Hearn stated that GEI provided support for requests for information regarding the cost estimates for the 9-22 and 9-26 Canals.

B. Poso Creek RWMG: Minimal activity for the month. North Kern’s share of the $3.8 million Prop 1 grant award is $838,818. NK’s grant award is to continue lining the Calloway Canal and implement Phase 3 of the WDI project. GEI is focusing on looking for more grant opportunities.

C. Grants for Projects: The District previously received notice that it was awarded an amount of $75,000 to fund the SCADA software and Land IQ ET improvements. The Bureau continues working on drafting a contract for this award. The District’s submittal of the $1.5 million grant proposal to the Bureau of Reclamation last March focused on additional lining of the Calloway Canal has also been awarded. The Bureau continues drafting a contract for this award.

D. Water Delivery Improvements: Ms. Hearn stated the Well Instrumentation project for SCADA has been broken down to three contracts: first, flow meters – procure and install; second, electrical – procure and install; third, plc’s. GEI continues to have weekly meetings with the District regarding this work (NK 613, 614 and 615). Budget and Personnel Committee –

Geoff King (District Auditor) addressed the board and gave a brief summary of the North Kern Water Storage District and Rosedale Ranch Improvement District Audited Financial Statements for 2019.

(20-75) Upon motion of Director Glende, seconded by Director Fornoff and unanimously carried, to approve the December 31, 2019 Audited Financial Statement of North Kern Water Storage District and Rosedale Ranch Improvement District and Independent Auditors Report as presented. (Ayes: Andrew, Ackerknecht, Mendes, Glende & Fornoff, Noes: None, Absent: None, Abstain: None)

Engineering Committee – (20-76) Upon motion of Director Ackerknecht, seconded by Director Mendes and unanimously carried, to approve the Second Amendment to Utility 1.0 with California Rail Builders for the High-Speed Rail CP-4 Project. (Ayes: Andrew, Ackerknecht, Mendes, Glende & Fornoff, Noes: None, Absent: None, Abstain: None)

(20-77) Upon motion of Director Glende, seconded by Director Ackerknecht and unanimously carried, to authorize the General Manager to execute Task order 20- 07 with GEI Consultants for the High Speed Rail CP-4 Project for a budget amount not-to-exceed $100,000. (Ayes: Andrew, Ackerknecht, Mendes, Glende & Fornoff, Noes: None, Absent: None, Abstain: None)

(20-79) Upon motion of Director Fornoff, seconded by Director Ackerknecht and unanimously carried, to approve Resolution No. 20-79 to authorize the General Manager or designee to execute grant related documents with the Department of Water Resources to concrete line the Calloway Canal and improve the District’s water delivery options. (Ayes: Andrew, Ackerknecht, Mendes, Glende & Fornoff, Noes: None, Absent: None, Abstain: None)

(20-78) Upon motion of Director Fornoff, seconded by Director Ackerknecht and unanimously carried, to authorize the General Manager to execute Task Order 20- 08 with GEI Consultants to prepare grant proposals to continue concrete lining the Calloway Canal for a budget amount not-to-exceed $10,000. (Ayes: Andrew, Ackerknecht, Mendes, Glende & Fornoff, Noes: None, Absent: None, Abstain: None)

Groundwater Ad Hoc Committee – General Manager Diamond gave a brief update on status.

Produced Water Ad Hoc Committee – General Manager Diamond stated Kennedy Jenks is doing work for the District and CRC regarding increased produced water flows to Rosedale spreading.

Negotiating Committee – No report at this time

Counsel of District – No Report at this time

Rosedale Ranch – No Report at this time

General Manager’s Report – No Report at this time

The President publicly stated that the legal authorities for holding Closed Session at today’s Board Meeting are the following sections of the California Government Code:

A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EXISTING LITIGATION (Govt. Code Section 54956.9(a))

B. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Govt. Code Section 54956.9(b))

C. PERSONNEL MATTERS (Govt. Code Section 54957)

D. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Govt. Code Section 54956.8)—use of District facilities for various potential water management programs; negotiator, Richard Diamond

The above legal grounds were determined to exist based on advice of counsel, and discussion of such matters in an Open Session would cause prejudice to the District. The Board went into Closed Session at 8:40 a.m. The Board reconvened back into open session at 9:30 a.m. and it was noted the following actions were taken in closed session.

(20-80) Upon motion of Director Mendes, seconded by Director Glende and unanimously carried to adjourn the meeting at 9:30 a.m. (Ayes: Andrew, Ackerknecht, Mendes, Glende & Fornoff, Noes: None, Absent: None, Abstain: None)

Respectfully Submitted,

Richard Diamond, General Manager

Approved by Board September 15, 2020

Kevin Andrew, President

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Agenda Item 2B

Kern River Watermaster

16294 Highway 43

P.O. Box 1168 Wasco, California 93280

Office: (661) 758-5153 Cell (661) 201-5527 Fax: (661) 758-6167

September 10, 2020

TO: Kern River Interests

FROM: Dana S. Munn @ Y'\.

RE: Report of Recent Activities

Isabella Dam Safety Modification Project- The September 2020 Situation Report is attached. The Phase II (dam) construction and blasting continues as an "essential project". They are continuing structural concrete work on the labyrinth weir spillway structure.

Runoff and Operations - I continue to be in discussions with DWR staff on getting the costs and what commitments are needed for the Kern River to participate in the Aerial Snow Observatory ("ASO") program. ASO aerially measures snow depth and uses algorithms from density measurements and remote sensors to estimate the volume of water in the basin. I have heard from other existing ASO measured watershed managers that DWR funding may not be available next year and Federal or local funding may be needed.

Attached are graphs of "March 1, 2020 to date Kern River Inflow, Outflow and Isabella Storage" and "Kern River Inflows and Chagoopa Plateau Sensor, Elevation: 10,300'. Absent unusual summer precipitation it appears that the peak runoff occurred on May 1 at 1,930 CFS and the reservoir storage peaked on May 31 at 227,876 acre-feet.

California Fires- There is a large fire, "SQF Complex" in the vicinity of the Forks of the Kern burning along the North Fork and Little Kern (map attached). This will impact the water quality of next year's runoff; however, given that it is upstream of Isabella It will not be as severe as water quality problem with fire scars downstream of Isabella. The US Forest Service has taken action to close all public access to national forests in California (notice attached).

Public Outreach -1 continue to respond to press and public inquiries during the month.

Kern River Watermaster Report of Recent Activities Page 1 of 2 Watermaster Records -I continue to review records and forecasted reservoir operations with City staff.

Attachments: September 2020 Situation Report

Graph of March 1, 2020 to date Kern River Inflow, Outflow and Isabella Storage

Graph of Kern River Inflows and Chagoopa Plateau Sensor, Elevation: 10,300', Minimum Temperature

Map of SQF complex fire

US Forest Service notice of forest closures. ISABEllA lAKl CA CONSTRUCTION U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS BUILDING STRONG.

Location & Description Isabella Lake Dam (consisting of a Main Dam, Auxiliary Dam and service spillway) is located about 40 miles northeast of Bakersfield in Kern County, California, and became fully operational in 1953. The Main Dam is located near the confluence of the north and south forks of the Kern River and the Auxiliary Dam is located about half a mile east of the Main Dam. The Main Dam is a 185-foot-high earth-fill dam, and the Auxiliary Dam is a 100-foot-high earth-fill dam. The service spillway is located between the two dams. The reservoir (Isabella Lake) has a gross storage capacity of 568,075 acre feet.

Advisory • USACE has established enhanced protocols to ensure the safety of our employees and our partners, and to take necessary precaution to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Due to the recent wildfires, USAGE is also monitoring the air quality and acting accordingly following the air quality index rating . • The Phase II Dams and Spillways contractor (Fiatiron/Dragados/Sukut Joint Venture, or FDS JV) continues construction activities. As a result, the site including Engineers Point is an active construction area and is off limits to the public. • Corps policy prohibits public operation of unmanned aircraft systems, such as drones, on or above federal lands and waters managed by USACE. The policy is intended to ensure critical infrastructure security and public safety.

Looking Ahead Next 30+ days) • Construction crews continue embanking on the Auxiliary Dam on the East and West sides of the Borel Canal. Structural concrete work continues on the labyrinth weir and emergency spillway. Blasting and excavation of the emergency spillway also continues as planned. • SR 155 continues to have one-lane traffic controlled by temporary traffic signals. There is a minor construction delay with this portion of the project and we now expect completion of SR155 by the end of the year. This does not, however, impact the overall DSMP project completion, which is still on schedule for 2022.

As a reminder, Highway Patrol officers continue to monitor the area for traffic violations. USACE will provide updates on any changes in traffic patterns or lane closures via public outreach, the monthly SITREP, and the Isabella Task Force engagements. Please help us ensure everyone's safety and obey all traffic signals and directions. • Site selection activities for the Visitor Center continue with an expected decision in the fall.

Current Lake Status (as of September 1, 2020) The current pool resides at 109,039 acre-feet, which is 30% of restricted pool, and an elevation of 2,549 feet-IPD . As part of our interim risk reduction measures, Isabella Lake has a restricted elevation of 2,589 feet·IPD (361 ,250 acre-feet). Current lake status can be viewed at https://go.usa.gov/xE2pX

Milestones Pre-Construction Engineering and Design Complete Construction of USFS Fire Station and Admin Facilities Complete U.S. Forest Service Visitor's Information Center In Planning Dams and Spillways Construction 2018-2022

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SEQUOIA COMPLEX 1:41,000 O.,IUnk NAQU CA-SQF-002622 ® 0 US I 2 J 5 a ~--...... ~·•' __,._ __;-'-=~ Mi:es • 09/10/ 2020 https:llinciweb.nwcg.gov/photos/CASQF/20 20-0B-21-1504-Castle-Fire/picts/2020_ 09_1 0-09.1 5.29.449-CDT.jpeg 1/1 U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region 1323 Club Drive Vallejo, CA 94591 Web: www.fs.usda.gov/r5 September 9, 2020 Media Contact: Jonathan Groveman (707) 562-8995 [email protected]

Forest Service Temporarily Closes All National Forests in California

VALLEJO, Calif., September 9, 2020- Due to unprecedented and historic fire conditions throughout the state, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region is announcing a temporary closure of an additional ten Nationa l Forests. meaning all eighteen National Forests in California are now closed. The closure of the additional ten forests will be effective at 5:00pm today. These additional forests include the Eldorado National Forest, Klamath National Forest, Lassen National Forest, Mendocino National Forest, Modoc National Forest, Six Rivers National Forest, Plumas National Forest, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Tahoe National Forest, and Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. This decision will be re-evaluated daily as conditions change.

We had closed eight National Forests on Monday evening, Sept. 7, 2020. Explosive growth of fires throughout California during the day and late evening of Sept. 8th led to this updated decision.

"The number of large fires and extreme fire behavior we are seeing across the State is historic," said Regional Forester Randy Moore. "These temporary closures are necessary to protect the public and our firefighters, and we will keep them in place until conditions improve and we are confident t hat National Forest visitors can recreate safely. I ask all Californians and visitors to take these closures and evacuations seriously for their own safety and to allow our firefighters to focus on the mission of safely suppressing these fires."

The Forest Service thanks our partners and the public for their cooperation and understanding of this monumental fire threat. It is critical that all Californians and national forest visitors follow these important closures and restrictions for their own safety and the safety of our firefighters. Citizens with specific questions within their area may call their local forests for more information.

The Forest Service manages 18 National Forests in the Pacific Southwest Region, which encompasses over 20 million acres across California, and assists forest landowners in California, Hawaii and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands. National forests supply 50 percent of the water in California and form the watershed of most major aqueducts and more than 2,400 reservoirs throughout the state. For more information, visit www.fs.usda.gov/RS.

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USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.

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Agenda Item 2C

NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRICT AVERAGE MONTHLY GROUNDWATER LEVELS BY TOWNSHIP

200

220

240

260

280

300 TOWNSHIP LEGEND

T 26 (North) Actual 320 T 26 (North) Interpolated T27 (Central) Actual 340 Depth of Water of in feet Depth T27 (Central) Interpolated

360 T28 (South) Actual T28 (South) Interpolated 380

400

420

440

460 Jul-07 Jul-08 Jul-09 Jul-10 Jul-11 Jul-12 Jul-13 Jul-14 Jul-15 Jul-16 Jul-17 Jul-18 Jul-19 Jul-20 Jan-07 Jan-08 Jan-09 Jan-10 Jan-11 Jan-12 Jan-13 Jan-14 Jan-15 Jan-16 Jan-17 Jan-18 Jan-19 Jan-20 Jan-21 Oct-07 Oct-08 Oct-09 Oct-10 Oct-11 Oct-12 Oct-13 Oct-14 Oct-15 Oct-16 Oct-17 Oct-18 Oct-19 Oct-20 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-09 Apr-10 Apr-11 Apr-12 Apr-13 Apr-14 Apr-15 Apr-16 Apr-17 Apr-18 Apr-19 Apr-20

DISTRICT DEEP WELL PRODUCTION Ac-Ft 25000

20000

15000

10000 Groundwater Pumped Ac-Ft

5000

0 Jul-07 Jul-08 Jul-09 Jul-10 Jul-11 Jul-12 Jul-13 Jul-14 Jul-15 Jul-16 Jul-17 Jul-18 Jul-19 Jul-20 Jan-07 Jan-08 Jan-09 Jan-10 Jan-11 Jan-12 Jan-13 Jan-14 Jan-15 Jan-16 Jan-17 Jan-18 Jan-19 Jan-20 Jan-21 Oct-07 Oct-08 Oct-09 Oct-10 Oct-11 Oct-12 Oct-13 Oct-14 Oct-15 Oct-16 Oct-17 Oct-18 Oct-19 Oct-20 Apr-07 Apr-08 Apr-09 Apr-10 Apr-11 Apr-12 Apr-13 Apr-14 Apr-15 Apr-16 Apr-17 Apr-18 Apr-19 Apr-20

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Agenda Item 2D

EXHIBIT "A" COMPARISON OF 2018 ACTUAL AND 2020 ACTUAL ENERGY COST PER ACRE FOOT

ESTIMATED PRODUCTION ACTUAL COST ESTIMATED ACTUAL PREVIOUS PUMPING YEAR 2020 AF 2020 $/AF Adj $/AF 2018 Actual $/AF Month see note 2 $ see note 3 see note 4 1 123 11,913 97 93 2 3,103 321,570 104 99 84 3 5,101 484,606 95 91 55 4 9,815 965,425 98 94 87 5 8,094 1,176,538 145 139 125 6 15,525 1,955,525 126 121 148 7 12,424 2,016,521 162 156 142 8 10,855 1,739,228 160 154 151 Est Ac.ft 65,038 8,671,327 113

Actual 67,827 118 / AF average

1 PG&E bill period is usually mid month to the following mid month. Estimated monthly Acft will vary because of the bill period. 2 Estimated Acft are calculated by multiplying estimated hours times deepwell production and may under estimate the acft. 3 The estimated average $/AF is calculated by dividing the total deepwell PG&E bills by the total estimated Acft and over may over estimate average $/AF. 4 The corrected average $/AF is calculated by multiplying the estimated average $/AF by the estimated total Acft and diving by the actual total Acft. EXHIBIT "B" Budgeted and Actual PG&E Costs for 2020 25,000 $2,500 YTD CUMULATIVE PG&E DEEPWELL COSTS Est.C2 Sales ESTIMATED : $ 9,200,000 ACTUAL : $ 8,750,000 Est.C1 Sales

Actual C1 Sales 20,000 $2,000

Actual C2 Sales

2020 Est. PG&E Cost

15,000 2020 Actual PG&E Cost $1,500 Year AF AF Year Per Thousands Dollars of

10,000 $1,000

5,000 $500

0 $0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2020 ACTUAL COST PER AF TO PUMP USING NATURAL GAS ENGINES

ACTUAL ACTUAL PRODUCTION COST ACTUAL ESTIMATED 2020 PGE 2020 2020 AF $/AF $/AF Month $ 1 0 50 93 2 22 1,700 77 99 3 505 15,560 31 91 4 296 8536 29 94 5 559 23,752 42 139 6 602 20,852 35 121 7 491 18,392 37 156 8 378 14,752 39 154 118

Actual 2,853 103,594 36 / AF average

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Agenda Item 2E

NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRICT EXCHANGE BALANCES AS OF AUGUST 31, 2020

Bob Neufeld NK to Others = 262,498 AF Pacific Ag. Resources 369 863 Delano Earlimart ID Others to NK = 54,029 AF 34,668 Buena Vista SSJMUD 18,117 Improvement 24,981 District 4 15,477

Suburban Land Kern Tulare WD 2,475 28,695 Cawelo WD Kern Delta 26,308 4,998 Premiere Ag. Homer LLC 12 8,895 City of West Kern WD Semitropic WSD Bakersfield 5,375 24,180 Wonderful Orchards 27,721 33,387

Shafter Wasco ID 60,005 NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRICT MONTHLY EXCHANGE QUANTITIES FOR 2020 (QUANTITIES IN AF) (INCLUDES LEAVE BEHIND)

9000

6000

Stored

3000

0 Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Oct-20 Nov-20 Dec-20 Acre-Feet

EXCHANGE PARTNER AUGUST YTD TO FROM TO FROM (3000) Shafter-Wasco ID 201 226 900 4,496 Homer LLC 1,127 4,624 4,958 Recovered Kern Tulare WD Buena Vista WSD 1,615 3,535 (6000) Wonderful 2,041 SSJMUD 401 4,370 DEID 290 Cawelo (9000) Suburban Neufeld Premier Ag TOTAL (12000) 3,634 226 15,470 9,454

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Agenda Item 2F

P.O. Box 81435 33380 Cawelo Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93380-1435 Bakersfield, CA 93308-9575 Administration Water Orders and Operations Telephone: 661-393-2696 Telephone: 661-393-3361 Facsimile: 661-393-6884 www.northkernwsd.com

NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRICT

September 15, 2020

TO: BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FROM: Heather Williams

RE: Operations Report

Operations

1. Lake Isabella storage is currently 104,000 AF. The Natural Inflow is averaging 180 CFS and the Regulated Outflow is 290 CFS. The District’s share of storage is estimated to be 25,900 AF and receiving zero Kern River entitlement. The District is withdrawing an average of 75 CFS daily of Kern River supplies and pumping 225 CFS from our D/Wells. 2. DEID and SSJMUD continue to receive return water via the Friant. Total monthly August deliveries to DEID totaled 290 AF, KTWD 1,127 AF and SSJMUD 401 AF. To date, the District has returned an estimated 4,449 AF to DEID and 2,180 AF to SSJMUD. Deliveries to KTWD have ended totaling 5,000 AF. Return water to SWID has also ended totaling 942 AF. 3. Deliveries of BVWSD Banked water to Cawelo’s Sta. B continue into September. August deliveries totaled 1,615 AF. To date, 3,535 AF has been delivered. 4. An estimated 13 CFS of CRC produced water is being diverted daily into the Lerdo Canal. Califia continues with 1 CFS into the Lerdo.

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Agenda Item 4

Monthly Consulting Engineers’ Report for North Kern Water Storage District

Summary of Project Activity in August 2020

Submitted by

GEI Consultants, Inc. 5001 California Avenue, Suite 120 Bakersfield, CA 93309 T: 661-327-7601 F: 661-327-0173

Summary of Project Activity in August 2020 North Kern Water Storage District

General Services (GEI Project No. 2000651) General Consulting activities in August included preparation for and attendance of the pre-Board meeting and Board meeting; and fulfilling general water quality analysis, data and mapping requests to support the District.

Upcoming Deliverables: Preparation for and participation in September Board meeting, as-requested services. Active Task Order No.: 20-01 Budget Status: $48,665 expended of $60,000 budget (81%)

Legal Counsel Support (GEI Project No. 1611225)

No activity in August.

Upcoming Deliverables: None at this time. Active Task Order No.: 20-02 Budget Status: $1,035 expended of $75,000 budget (1%)

NKWSD SGMA Implementation Support (GEI Project No. 2001435) Activities in August included: • Review of comment letters received through KGA from during DWR public comment period (which closed on June 3, 2020). Review of KGA’s responses to those comment letters and provide District-specific feedback/responses for those items pertaining to the District’s SGMA management areas. • Developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for water quality sampling for the district and for the cities. • Review of potential grant funding for SGMA implementation projects.

Upcoming Deliverables: Draft of Water Quality Sampling SOP for the district and cities. Active Task Order No.: 20-03 Budget Status: $23,248 expended of $40,000 budget (58%)

RRID GSP (GEI Project No. 1903905) Activities in August included: • Revising and reformatting report, based on senior review, to include potential revenue sources for future projects in Rosedale Ranch and rough preliminary estimates of same. Upcoming Deliverables: Draft RRID SGMA Report (July 2020 Revision) Active Task Order No.: NK 19-10 Budget Status: $29,979 expended of $30,000 budget (99%)

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Water Banking Project (GEI Project No. 1611224) Activity in August included coordination with team on an upcoming revised well list and finalizing memos for the District. Upcoming Deliverables: After receiving the final project well list, GEI will rerun modeled well capacities to prepare new water impacts modeling scenario, then run the Theis analytical model to evaluate water level impacts. Active Task Order No.: 19-02 Budget Status: $48,248 expended of $50,000 budget (96%)

High Speed Rail (GEI Project No. 1605740) A revision to the District’s agreement with HSR was recently completed. The revised agreement is to provide support through final design and construction management for the existing conflicts. In August, GEI continued providing design review support to the District on the 9-22 canal conflict by participating in status calls with the District and HSR. Additionally, GEI continued working with the District, YW, and ZC to prepare technical memorandums and exhibits as part of the 9-26 canal conflict. GEI also prepared and submitted reimbursement invoice package #34 on behalf of the District. Upcoming Deliverables: Invoice package #35 Active Task Order No.: 20-07 (Add-on to 19-07, 18-09, and 02-2017) Budget Status: $159,497 expended of $239,323 budget (66%)

CEQA for Expanded Water Banking Program (GEI Project No. 1800113) Activities in August included weekly GEI Team calls. Additionally, GEI discussed environmental compliance issues and timeline with North Kern regarding compliance for water quality standards. GEI attend the North Kern Pre-Board meeting. Upcoming Deliverables: TBD Active Task Order No.: 18-02 Budget Status: $207,473 expended of $277,985 budget (74%)

CEQA Compliance N. Kern River Region Water Conservation (GEI Project No. 1800123)

No activity in August.

Upcoming Deliverables: None Active Task Order No.: 18-01 Budget Status: $4,515 expended of $319,538 budget (1%)

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Environmental Documentation for Federal Funded Return Capacity Improvements (GEI Project No. 1804142) Activities in August included the weekly GEI Team calls. GEI continued to revise the water quality memorandum and investigate issues related to the water quality ledger program. Upcoming Deliverables: Revised Draft IS/MND, Revised Water Quality Memo Active Task Order No.: 18-13 Budget Status: $125,037 expended of $162,276 budget (77%)

NEPA for Calloway Canal Lining Project (GEI Project No. 1904937) Activities in August included the bimonthly coordination call with North Kern (which includes preparation of meeting agenda and notes). Upcoming Deliverables: Revised Draft Biological Assessment and Draft Cultural Resources Inventory Report Active Task Order No.: 19-11 Budget Status: $38,850 expended of $45,402 budget (86%)

Grant Application Support (GEI Project No. 2001514)

GEI provided support for the three awarded USBR grants in the review phase. Progress in August included: • 2019 Calloway Canal Lining and WDI, $1,500,000 o Correspondence with USBR about the agreement budget continued through most of August. At the end of the month, USBR sent the agreement to the District and GEI for review and signature. GEI reviewed the agreement and suggested several minor revisions. The final version of the agreement was signed by the District in early September and will be signed by USBR. The District is awaiting the Notice to Proceed from USBR before any ground disturbing work can take place. • 2020 Calloway Canal Lining and WDI, $1,500,000 o GEI continued to correspond with USBR regarding the budget review process. The agreement is expected to be ready for signature by mid-September. • 2020 Return Capacity Improvements, $750,000 o GEI continued to correspond with USBR regarding the budget review process. The agreement is expected to be ready for signature by mid-September. The DWR Prop 1 Poso Creek IRWM Grant is still in the review phase. NKWSD will serve as the Grantee, however costs are being incurred under a Poso Creek IRWM project number through Semitropic Water Storage District. In August, GEI continued to work with project sponsors to answer DWR’s questions and requests for documents. GEI is working with the District to submit an application to the funding opportunity under USBR’s Water and Energy Efficiency Grants (WEEG) Program. Applications are due September 17.

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Upcoming Deliverables: • Continued assistance with the review phase of the 2020 Canal Lining and WDI award, 2020 Return Capacity award, and 2020 DWR Poso Creek IRWM award. • WEEG application due September 17

Active Task Order No.: 20-08 (Task 2) & 20-05 (Task 1) Budget Status: $17,384 expended of $40,000 budget (43%)

Grant Implementation for Drought Resiliency (GEI Project No. 1804180)

There was no activity in August.

Upcoming Deliverables: None at this time. Active Task Order No.: 18-12 Budget Status: $19,260 expended of $70,000 budget (28%)

WDI Implementation Support (GEI Project No. 2001515)

Activities related to Administrative and Reporting work included: • Follw-up with USBR on submitted scope modifications for agreements R16AP00172 and R17AP00159 for Canal Lining and WDI projects. Activities related to WDI Contracting included: • Weekly meetings with District about NK 613, 614, and 615. • Coordination and correspondence on NK 613, 614, and 615. Activities related to Environmental included: • None. Activities related to Contract Management included: • Coordination and correspondence with NK 615, NK614, and NK 613 awarded contractors to close-out the contracts • Progress payments.

Upcoming Deliverables: • Quarterly DWR and Semi-Annual USBR Progress and Financial Reports are due in October. • Contract Management and coordination for NK 613, NK 614 and NK 615. All construction contracts are in the close-out stage. • Project close-out reports and grant close-out reports following completion of contract scope of work. Active Task Order No.: 20-04

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• Because the remaining grant funds will be used to reimburse construction costs, a minimal amount of GEI Task Order 20-04 will be reimbursed. The majority of GEI Task Order 20-04 will be cost match. Budget Status: $161,169 expended of $166,000 budget (97%)

SCADA Small Scale Grant Implementation Support (GEI Project 2002527)

GEI finalized the Summary of Expenses for the quarterly ASAP withdraw.

Upcoming Deliverables: Prepare Summary of Expenses for October ASAP withdraw Active Task Order No.: 20-06 Budget Status: $1,400 expended of $7,500 budget (19%)

Summary of Calloway Canal Lining and Water Delivery Improvements (WDI) Project 2016-2020

Projects funded under 2 DWR grants and 6 USBR grants from 2016 – 2020 will cover the following scope:

Concrete Lining 11,592 LF (2.2 miles) of the Calloway Canal from Olive Drive to 7th Standard Road Water Delivery Improvements implemented at 69 Production Wells 31 Remote Terminal Units (Canal Level Sensors) 2 Communication Towers

The estimated cost of the projects from 2016-2020 is:

Total Grants 2016-2020 $9,275,000 Estimated Cost of Projects $13,100,000 Estimated District's Cost Share $3,825,000 % District Contribution 29% % Grant Contribution 71%

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1. Ongoing Projects

Ongoing Projects

Agreement Funding Funding Project Name Agency Start Date Finish Date Status Number Program Amount

Calloway Canal Lining 1,600 LF + Ag Water Use WDI USBR 9/16/2016 $1,000,000 12/31/2020 Scope modification Efficiency Grants *Canal Lining completed 11/2018 pending

Reimbursement Requests Reimbursement Received by Grant Share Cost Share Total R16AP00172 Grant Share Cost Share (South NKWSD Budget Budget Expenditures Semi-Annual Report due Portion) 10/30/2020 5/4/2017 $ 37,789.80 $ 37,789.79 $ 75,579.59 7/30/2018 $ 30,036.40 $ 42,599.90 $ 72,636.29 7/30/2018 $ 27,704.60 $ 27,704.60 $ 55,409.20 12/14/2018 $ 295,727.29 $ 1,000,000.00 $ 283,163.80 $ 1,174,161.00 $ 578,891.09 5/31/2019 $ 452,500.58 $ 641,673.99 $ 1,094,174.57 12/11/2019 $ 17,715.19 $ 101,013.31 $ 118,728.50 6/5/2020 $ 16,878.37 $ 519,362.72 $ 536,241.09 $ 878,352.23 $ 1,653,308.11 $ 2,531,660.33 North Kern Water Storage District Grant Funded Projects September 2020

Agreement Funding Funding Project Name Agency Start Date Finish Date Status Number Program Amount

Calloway Canal Lining 2,631 LF + Ag Water Use Scope modification WDI USBR 9/19/2017 $1,000,000 12/31/2020 Efficiency Grants pending *Canal Lining completed 11/2018

Reimbursement Requests R17AP00159 Reimbursement Received by Grant Share Cost Share Total Semi-Annual Report due (Mid Portion) Grant Share Cost Share NKWSD Budget Budget Expenditures 10/30/2020 12/14/2018 $ 426,540.59 $ 426,540.60 $ 853,081.19 5/31/2019 $ 426,922.72 $ 616,096.13 $ 1,043,018.85 12/11/2019 $ 17,715.19 $ 101,013.31 $ 118,728.50 $ 1,000,000.00 $ 1,829,094.00 6/5/2020 $ 16,878.37 $ 519,362.72 $ 536,241.09

$ 888,056.87 $ 1,663,012.76 $ 2,551,069.63

Agreement Funding Funding Project Name Agency Start Date Finish Date Status Number Program Amount Calloway Canal Lining 5,551 LF + Prop 1 Water Use Scope modification WDI DWR 9/16/2016 $2,856,755 12/31/2020 Efficiency Grants approved 4/2/2020 *Canal Lining completed 11/2018

Reimbursement Requests Quarterly Report Reimbursement Received by Grant Share Cost Share Total Grant Share* Cost Share submitted 8/4/2020 NKWSD Budget Budget Expenditures N/A $ - $ 36,938.50 $ 36,938.50 3/14/2019 $ 26,871.36 $ 60,634.35 $ 87,505.71 As of the most recent 4600011921 3/14/2019 $ 804,449.90 $ 992,888.06 $ 1,797,337.96 reporting period, the 5/24/2019 $ 649,414.05 $ 1,444,231.63 $ 2,093,645.68 Grant Share obligations 3/31/2020 $ 11,315.25 $ 135,751.12 $ 147,066.37 and Cost Share 3/31/2020 $ 37,700.23 $ 2,856,755.00 $ 140,228.96 $ 2,856,755.00 $ 177,929.19 obligations have been met. Following 8/14/2020 $ 39,138.60 $ 103,206.12 $ 142,344.72 completion of the n/a $ - $ 153,464.15 $ 153,464.15 construction contracts, a 6/23/2020 $ 759,331.26 $ 159,686.77 $ 919,018.03 Final Report will be submitted 8/4/2020 $ 528,534.35 $ 514,654.35 $ 1,043,188.70 prepared. $ 2,856,755.00 $ 3,741,684.01 $ 6,598,439.01 * %10 retention of submitted reimbursements until project completion. Amounts shows in Grant Share column are total submitted amounts, not minus 10% North Kern Water Storage District Grant Funded Projects September 2020

Agreement Funding Funding Project Name Agency Start Date Finish Date Status Number Program Amount WaterSMART Well Recovery and Return Capacity Drought USBR 9/12/2019 $750,000 12/31/2021 Improvements Resiliency Grant Program Reimbursement Requests Semi-Annual Report due R18AP00088 Reimbursement Received by Grant Share Cost Share Total Grant Share Cost Share 10/30/2020 NKWSD Budget Budget Expenditures 5/29/2020 $ 5,213.66 $ 7,199.98 $ 12,413.64 5/29/2020 $ 11,310.05 $ 722,258.00 $ 15,618.65 $ 1,043,650.00 $ 26,928.70 $ 16,523.71 $ 22,818.63 $ 12,413.64

Agreement Funding Funding Project Name Agency Start Date Finish Date Status Number Program Amount

WaterSMART Small Scale SCADA Improvements USBR 3/31/2020 $75,000 3/31/2021 Water Efficiency Program (SWEP)

Summary of Expenses for third ASAP payment R18AP00244 Reimbursement Requests will be prepared in October Reimbursement Received by Grant Share Cost Share Total Grant Share Cost Share NKWSD Budget Budget Expenditures

5/29/2020 $ 41,720.23 $ 48,975.93 $ 90,696.16 8/28/2020 $ 17,535.08 $67,000 $ 20,584.67 $87,560 $ 38,119.75 $ 59,255.31 $ 69,560.60 $ 128,815.91 North Kern Water Storage District Grant Funded Projects August 2020 2. Cost Share

Calloway Canal Lining and WDI Project Cost Share Detail as of July 2020 USBR R17AP00119 (North) USBR R17AP00159 (Middle) USBR R16AP00172 (South)

USBR DWR USBR DWR USBR DWR R17AP00119 4600011921 NKWSD R17AP00159 4600011921 NKWSD R16AP00172 4600011921 NKWSD

Cost Share Amounts $ 278,195.00 $ 241,161.48 $ 37,033.53 $ 919,999.22 $ 1,376,344.29 $ 576,539.29 $ 910,297.56 $ 1,239,249.23 $ 703,929.68

The District's Share is a portion of the overall project costs not covered by the eligible State and Federal Grant Share; as much as possible, the Federal Grants are used as cost share for the State Grant and vice versa.

Combined Total DWR Grant of 3 USBR Grants

NKWSD Cost Share Obligation $2,249,050.00 $2,856,755.00 Cost Share Expended (District + other grants) $ 4,174,257.49 $ 3,425,994.28

The District’s current out of pocket expenditure is $1,317,503 North Kern Water Storage District Grant Funded Projects September 2020

3. Pending Projects

Pending Projects

Awarded Sept Fully executed agreement received Calloway Canal Lining and WDI WaterSMART: WEEG FY 2019 $ 1,500,000.00 2019 9/10/2020. Notice to Proceed pending.

Awarded February 2020. DAC Funding: $1,521,692. General 12019 IRWMP Implementation Proposal DWR IRWM Implementation Grant $838,818 Funding: $3,889,962. NKWSD funding estimated at $838,818. Agreement review process in progress. Agreement received from USBR in early September. GEI Calloway Canal Lining and WDI WaterSMART: WEEG FY 2020 $1,500,000 will review and provide recommendations to District. WaterSMART: Drought Response Agreement received from USBR in early September. GEI Well Return Capacity Improvements $750,000 Program FY 2020 will review and provide recommendations to District. NK-SSJMUD Intertie USBR WaterSMART Drought Application re-submitted August 2020 (Application $1,500,000 (SSJMUD is applicant) Response Program FY 2021 submitted in October 2019 was not awarded).

Calloway Canal Lining from 7th Standard to 8-1 USBR WaterSMART WEEG FY $500,000 - Application due on September 17, 2020 Weir 2021 $2,000,000

1 NKWSD will be the DWR Grantee Administrator for the Prop 1 Funding Agreement and will coordinate grant management with the Poso Creek IRWM Group through Semitropic WSD. Application included projects from LHUD, City of Delano, SSJMUD, DEID, NKWSD, SWSD, and SWID. NKWSD total project budget is $5,941,032 ($3,464,393 of which was proposed local share, $2,476,639 of which was proposed grant share). North Kern Water Storage District Grant Funded Projects September 2020

4. Completed Projects

Completed Projects

Closed out 3 of 3 Post Completion Performance Cross Valley Canal to Calloway Intertie January 2015 Reports submitted to DWR

Closed out June 2 of 3 Post Completion Performance CRC Pipeline 2017 Reports submitted to DWR. Due annually.

Closed out Calloway Canal Lining (R17AP00119) N/A February 2020

Closed out Post Completion Performance Reports due Poso Creek IRWM Group Plan Update February 2020 annually

Memo

To: North Kern Water Storage District From: Michelle Ricker, GEI c: Stephanie Hearn, GEI Date: September 4, 2020 Re: SGMA Implementation Progress Report NKWSD SGMA Implementation Support Bakersfield, CA GEI Project No. 2001435

In December 2019, North Kern Water Storage District (North Kern) and Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District (SWID) jointly adopted their Management Area Plan (MAP) for inclusion in the Kern Groundwater Authority’s Groundwater Sustainability Plan (KGA GSP) to comply with California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). The KGA GSP and the MAPs for all its member agencies were submitted to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) in January 2020. Upon adoption and submittal of their respective plans, KGA and its member agencies have begun implementing these plans. This memo provides a review of SGMA implementation activities performed by and on behalf of North Kern for implementation during the period of May 2020 through August 2020.

Ongoing Communications and Coordination

As a member agency of KGA, North Kern participates in the KGA board meetings and stakeholder outreach meetings. These meetings, after the adoption and submittal of the GSP, were reduced from monthly to bi-monthly. As needed, the KGA convenes meetings with the managers of its member agencies.

Due to the state and county’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, standing meetings have been cancelled, rescheduled as conference calls or video conferences, or reduced in frequency. North Kern held a Landowner Advisory Committee video conference in June 2020 as part of what was intended to be quarterly meetings with the stakeholder group. In this video conference, the District provided landowners an update on coordination activities within KGA, such as the first annual SGMA report and the KGA’s ongoing coordination with DWR on monitoring of land subsidence in the subbasin. Upcoming discussions within the KGA and the other Kern County GSAs will include the development of a coordinated Data Management System (DMS) for the entire subbasin’s use in housing and maintaining datasets required for analysis and reporting on performance in meeting SGMA sustainability goals.

Additional discussions and coordination have taken place between the districts with respect to monitoring and development of data to satisfy the reporting requirements of SGMA.

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Semi-Annual Groundwater Conditions Reporting

As was confirmed in the first Annual SGMA Report, submitted April 1, 2020 by Todd Groundwater on behalf of the Kern County Subbasin, some of the Representative Monitoring Sites identified in the KGA GSP and its MAPs were changed. These changes were due to producing wells being destroyed and replaced, particularly wells identified as municipal supply wells. GEI coordinated with staff from the cities of Shafter and Wasco to select new Representative Monitoring Sites to replace those which were destroyed and replaced. This information was provided to KGA and Todd Groundwater to perform a “batch” upload of all new site information to DWR.

North Kern also provided data to KGA for inclusion in the Kern County Subbasin’s semi-annual groundwater conditions reporting. One of the requirements of SGMA is that by July 1st of each year, each basin provide updated information obtained from the monitoring of Representative Monitoring Sites described in the GSP(s) for the basin. In addition to data collected from District-owned and operated wells, GEI gathered data from the cities of Shafter and Wasco for submittal to DWR.

Groundwater Monitoring and Data Gaps

As identified and described in the Basin Setting section of the North Kern – SWID MAP, and in the Basin Setting of the KGA GSP, the continued monitoring of groundwater levels, water quality, and land subsidence are essential to quantifying the Kern County Subbasin’s performance in complying with SGMA. Data gaps identified in the Basin Setting and Monitoring Network sections of the KGA GSP are to be addressed by each district as specified in their MAPs.

North Kern and SWID jointly identified potential sites for dedicated groundwater monitoring wells. Two of these sites are in SWID and are currently being developed. One of these sites is in North Kern, in proximity to Rosedale Ranch. SWID is in the process of obtaining landowner access agreements for two new SGMA-compliant monitoring well sites.

Along with monitoring groundwater levels, the districts and the cities are also to collect and report on water quality for the constituents of concern identified in the MAP. For the North Kern – SWID MAP, the constituents of concern are TCP, nitrate, sodium, and chloride. The cities currently collect the data for their representative monitoring sites. However, in the interest of ensure that good standard practices are followed and that representative samples are collected, Standard Operating Procedures are being developed for the cities and the districts to use in gathering water quality data. A draft of these water quality sampling SOPs are available for District and city review, ahead of the groundwater level readings for fall 2020.

Implementation of Projects & Management Actions

The following tables summarize the status of North Kern’s projects and management actions, as described in the MAP. North Kern Water Storage District -3- September 4, 2020

Table 1: North Kern Projects Summary

Timetable Project Project Name Summary Description Status for Comments No. Completion Lining of Calloway Canal is an ongoing activity for NKWSD which predates the implementation of SGMA. The District signed the agreement for the 2019 Award, Canal Lining from Snow to 2200 LF north of Snow, on 9/4/2020. The District is waiting for USBR to sign before it is completely executed.

North Kern also received a 2020 Award Calloway Canal Lining of canal to increase (announced in February), for 2200 LF to 7th 1 Improvements: Lining Snow surface water reliability and Ongoing 2021 Standard. Awaiting finalized grant Rd. to 7th Standard Rd. prevent loss from seepage. agreement. Design and construction documents will be developed after the finalization of the grant agreement.

Current canal lining projects and funding are for north 7th Standard Rd. The District is currently applying for a grant to line the Calloway Canal from 7th Standard Rd to the 8-1 backup weir.

NKWSD continues to work with its banking Increased use of existing partners to make optimal use of available Expanded Water Banking facilities and development of 2 Ongoing TBD water and capacity. Additional facilities are Program additional recharge and being planned and designed for recovery facilities development.

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Timetable Project Project Name Summary Description Status for Comments No. Completion NKWSD is working with adjacent districts/ banking partners to design and develop Groundwater Banking Improvements to existing return capacity. NKWSD. SSJMUD is Conveyance Improvements well network for return 3 Initiated 2021 currently designing an intertie pipeline to to NKWSD Recharge and capacity of recharged water develop direct return capacity, without use Recovery for District's neighbors. of Friant-Kern Canal.

Oilfield produced water of Prior to the implementation of SGMA, sufficient quality for NKWSD used oilfield produced water as a Beneficial Reuse of Oilfield 4 beneficial reuse used as Ongoing TBD source of water for recharge. The district Produced Water source water for continues to utilize this source of water as it groundwater recharge. is available.

Develop automation and SCADA Automation and remote sensing for ET The district is working with Land IQ for the 5 Evapotranspiration monitoring and improved Initiated 2021 development of remote data acquisition for Measurement Improvements management of surface ET measurements. water conveyance Installation of a concrete This project is in the conceptual phase of weir on Poso Creek to 6 Poso Creek Weir Conceptual TBD design and anticipated to progress through replace the earthen 2020. structure The district is working with landowners in Expansion of recharge the RRID area to identify potential sites for program to include on-farm expanded recharge. A proposed 7 Expanded Recharge (RRID) Conceptual 2022 spreading to maximize information study would assist in the recharge capability. identification of sites optimal for groundwater recharge.

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Table 2: North Kern Management Actions Summary

Management Management Action Timetable for Summary Description Status Comments Action No. Name Completion

Allocation of oilfield produced water from Allocation of Available 8 NKWSD to Rosedale Ongoing TBD District/ Landowners NKWSD Supplies (RRID) Spreading Basin for RRID benefit.

Implementation of fees The district will begin to work on the In-Lieu Recharge for groundwater use development of a formal in-lieu recharge 9 Conceptual 2020 Program when surface water is program to incentivize its customers to use available. available surface water first.

Improvements to individual farming On-Farm The district continues to work with growers operations that address Efficiency/Deficit Irrigation and discuss methods and policies which 10 water use efficiency Ongoing 2025 Practices Incentive would encourage on-farm efficiency and/or groundwater Program improvements. protection through incentive programs.

Implementation of a program which would Based on preliminary results from adjacent Subsurface Recharge supply water to districts, NKWSD is engaged with growers 11 Conceptual 2022 Feasibility Study landowners for use in on the development of its own subsurface subsurface recharge recharge program. practices. North Kern Water Storage District -6- September 4, 2020

Management Management Action Timetable for Summary Description Status Comments Action No. Name Completion

Improvement of monitoring and measurements to refine In addition to utilizing the data being the accuracy of developed through the district's work with measurement or Refinement of Water Land IQ, the district will work with adjacent 12 calculation of inflow and Ongoing TBD Budget Components districts to coordinate the development of outflow components of datasets to be used for the refinement of district-level water water budget components. budget. Will also refine Subbasin Model and water budget. Conversion of agricultural land to As the cities continue to grow, the urban use within the Conversion of Agricultural conversion of ag land to urban use is 13 limits of each city to Ongoing TBD Land to Urban Use anticipated to continue as projected in the reduce groundwater use GSP. due to the decreased demand. Implementation of urban The cities are currently working to develop indoor and outdoor Urban Water the methods by which they will estimate 14 usage caps as required Ongoing 2030 Conservation Program indoor usage and enforce the limits by SB 606 and AB required by SB 606 and AB 1668. 1668. North Kern Water Storage District -7- September 4, 2020

Management Management Action Timetable for Summary Description Status Comments Action No. Name Completion

In coordination with other KGA members, develop a mitigation program to offer financial assistance for the replacement of Mitigation Program for domestic wells which The district will begin to work with other 15 Potential Impacts to are impacted by Conceptual TBD districts in the KGA on the development of Domestic Wells groundwater a mitigation program. management to the proposed SMCs. Coordinate development of eligibility criteria for participation in mitigation program. Implementation of an allocation structure that At this time, an in-district allocation In-District Allocation would allow for the 16 Conceptual TBD structure has not been developed. This is Structure transfer of groundwater in the conceptual stage. pumping credits within the district's jurisdiction. Development and implementation of a At this time, an in-district land 17 Voluntary Land Fallowing voluntary land fallowing Conceptual TBD buyback/fallowing program has not been program to reduce developed. This is in the conceptual stage. water demand.

Limit use of At this time, an in-district pumping 18 Pumping Restrictions groundwater through Conceptual TBD restriction program has not been pumping restrictions developed. This is in the conceptual stage.

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NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRCT Board Meeting

Agenda Item 6A

NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRICT

September 15, 2020

TO: ENGINEERING COMMITTEE Directors Mendes and Andrew, Alternate Ackerknecht

FROM: Ram Venkatesan

RE: Approve Resolution for Grant Application with the Bureau of Reclamation

RECOMMENDED MOTION:

“Adopt Resolution 20-xx to authorize the General Manager to submit a grant application and enter into agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation for grant funding under the Water and Energy Efficiency Grants for Fiscal Year 2021 to concrete line the Calloway Canal.”

DISCUSSION:

At the August 18, 2020 meeting the Board authorized GEI Consultants (GEI) to prepare a grant application to the Bureau of Reclamation (“Bureau”) under the Water and Energy Efficiency Grants for Fiscal Year 2021 to concrete line the Calloway canal from 7th Standard Road to the 8-1 back up weir.

Exhibit “A” is the required resolution authorizing the General Manager to submit a grant application and enter into an agreement (if approved) with the Bureau of Reclamation for grant funding.

Attachments:

Exhibit “A” – Resolution of North Kern Water Storage District to File an Application with the Bureau of Reclamation for a Grant under the Water and Energy Efficiency Grants for Fiscal Year 2021

BEFORE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRICT

ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ROSEDALE RANCH IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

IN THE MATTER OF: RESOLUTION NO.______

RESOLUTION OF INTENTION OF NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRICT TO FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION FOR A GRANT UNDER THE WATERSMART GRANTS: WATER AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRANTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 BOR-DO-21-F001

WHEREAS, North Kern Water Storage District partnered with several neighboring water districts and formulated the Poso Creek Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (Plan), adopted in July 2007 and updated in 2014 and 2019 by each of the districts for their collective area; and

WHEREAS, District staff, in conjunction with surrounding water districts, communities, and stakeholders, has formulated a plan of improvements; and

WHEREAS, the Plan identified regional projects that, once implemented, would improve the water management of the Region and the ability for North Kern to regulate water supplies available to the district; and

WHEREAS, the Plan promotes a regional recharge, reduction of overdraft, and operation changes in responding to reductions in water supply reliability to the region; and

WHEREAS, District staff has formulated a project improvement, referred to as Calloway Canal Lining: 7th Standard Road to 8-1Backup Weir, which has the support of surrounding water districts and communities; and would be funded by a combination of North Kern Water Storage District funds and grant funds; and

WHERAS, water will be conserved by lining improvements made to the Calloway Canal; and

WHEREAS, the United States Bureau of Reclamation is currently soliciting proposals for grant funding assistance under their WaterSMART Grants: Water and Energy Efficiency Grants for Fiscal Year 2021 (Funding Opportunity No BOR-DO-21-F001); and

WHEREAS, District staff has formulated a grant proposal to line a portion of the Calloway Canal.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the North Kern Water Storage District as follows: a. The District’s Manager, Richard Diamond, and Deputy General Manager, Ram Venkatesan, are hereby authorized and directed to submit the grant application and are authorized to enter into an agreement with Reclamation on behalf of North Kern Water Storage District for grant funding under Reclamation’s WaterSMART Grants: Water and Energy Efficiency Grants.

b. The District’s Board of Directors has reviewed and supports the submission of a grant application to Reclamation entitled Calloway Canal Lining: 7th Standard to 8-1Backup Weir.

c. The Applicant is capable of providing the amount of funding specified in the application.

d. The Applicant will work with Reclamation to meet established deadlines for entering into a grant or cooperative agreement.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on this ______day of ______, 20 ___ by the following roll-call vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:

NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRICT

______President/Board of Directors

ATTEST:

______Board of Directors

NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRCT Board Meeting

Agenda Item 6B

NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRICT

September 15, 2020

TO: ENGINEERING COMMITTEE Directors Mendes and Andrew, Alternate Ackerknecht

FROM: Ram Venkatesan

RE: Approve Well Easement Exchange with Bidart Trust

RECOMMENDED MOTION:

1. Accept replacement well easement from Bidart Trust to North Kern for well 88-00-47

2. Approve Quitclaim of the old well easement to Bidart Trust from North Kern for well 88- 00-47

DISCUSSION:

As indicated at prior Board meetings, about a third of District’s existing well field consists of wells that were constructed in the 1950’s. Staff presented a well replacement plan to the Board earlier this year that involves replacement of 16 of those 1950 vintage wells over the next few years.

One of the wells that is planned to be replaced this year is well 88-00-47. The District currently has 20’x50’ easement for the existing well and staff requested Bidart Trust (“Bidart”) (the landowner adjacent to well 88-00-47) provide an easement (20’x50’) to construct the replacement well about 100’ away from the old well (See Exhibit “A”).

Bidart agreed to provide well easement for the replacement well and in exchange asked the District quitclaim the easement for the old well location. Exhibit B is the easement for the replacement well from Bidart to North Kern and Exhibit C is the quitclaim of the old well easement to Bidart from North Kern.

Staff requests Board approval to execute the above-mentioned documents.

Attachments:

Exhibit “A” – Well 88-00-47 map Exhibit “B” – Well Easement from Bidart to North Kern Exhibit “C” – Old Well Quitclaim to Bidart from North Kern

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Robert L. Sullivan, Jr. Sullivan McGregor & Doerr LLP 5200 N. Palm Avenue, Ste. 404 Fresno, CA 93704

WELL EASEMENT

.QAIE: July 6, 2020

GRANTOR: LEONARD A. BIDART, TRUSTEE OF THE BETSY ANN BIDART PRESENT INTEREST TRUST; LEONARD A. BIDART, TRUSTEE OF THE PATRICIA JULIANNE BIDART PRESENT INTEREST TRUST; LEONARD A. BIDART, TRUSTEE OF THE MARIANNE LOUISE BIDART PRESENT INTEREST TRUST; LEONARD A. BIDART, TRUSTEE OF THE LEONARD ANTON BIDART PRESENT INTEREST TRUST; JOHN A. BIDART JR., TRUSTEE OF THE JOHN ANTON BIDART PRESENT INTEREST TRUST

GRANTEE: NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRICT, A California Water Storage District

RECITALS:

A. Grantor is the owner of that certain parcel of real property situate in the County of Kern, State of California, and more particularly described as follows:

The Southwest quarter of Section 5, Township 28 South, Range 26 East, M.D.&M.

The foregoing parcel is hereinafter referred to as the "Property".

B. Grantee desires to drill, install and thereafter operate a water well on the portion of the Property described below as the "Well Easement".

EASEMENT:

1. Grant of Easements. Grantor hereby grants to Grantee the following Well Easement and rights-of-way:

A permanent non-exclusive easement for the purpose of constructing, installing, reconstructing and thereafter operating and maintaining a water well and pump equipment on the portion of the Property described in Exhibit "A", together with the right of ingress and egress over and across

-1- 01624/00000·1805383.v1 the remainder of the Property for such purposes and thereafter operating and maintaining the above-described well.

The foregoing Well Easement is depicted on Exhibit "B".

2. Covenants of Grantee. With respect to the easements herein granted (hereinafter sometimes referred to individually and collectively as "Easement"), it is agreed as follows:

(a) Grantee shall install the above-described well and related pump equipment (collectively the "Facilities") in a good and workmanlike manner, and in so doing shall comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.

(b) All buried Facilities shall be installed at a minimum depth of 24 inches. Grantee shall promptly and properly backfill all excavations made by or for Grantee on the Property.

(c) All Facilities as installed shall include all appropriate safety measures and safety devices, both at the time of installation and at such future times as normal safety precautions and applicable laws, rules and regulations may require.

(d) Grantee shall promptly pay any and all taxes, assessments, or other charges of any kind which may be levied upon or related to the Easement, the Facilities, or the exercise of any of the rights and privileges herein granted.

(e) Grantee shall reimburse Grantor for any and all damages sustained to Grantor's crops, fences, buildings, or other property which may be caused by or in any way related to the exercise of any of the rights herein granted.

(f) Grantee shall from time to time and at its own cost and expense install such safety devices and make such other improvements to the Facilities as shall be reasonably necessary to keep the Facilities at all times safe and in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.

(g) Grantee, at its sole cost and expense, shall maintain the Facilities in good condition and repair and shall at all times keep such Facilities in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, all laws, rules and regulations relating to hazardous substances and environmental protection.

(h) Grantee shall indemnify and hold harmless Grantor from and against any and all liability, loss, damage, cost or expense, including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and costs which arise in connection with or are in any way related to the exercise of any of Grantee's rights or

.2- 01 624100000·1 805383.v1 privileges under the Easement or otherwise while in, on or about the Property, including, without limitation:

(1) Liability for personal injury or property damage; and

(2) Any liability imposed by any governmental entity or otherwise by reason of the existence or utilization of the Facilities, including, without limitation, any liability under any environmental or hazardous substance law, rule, regulation or ruling, including remedial, clean-up and similar costs.

GRANTOR:

BY: a~~ LEONARD A. BIDART, TRUSTEE OF THE BETSY ANN BIDART PRESENT INTEREST TRUST; LEONARD A. BIDART, TRUSTEE OF THE PATRICIA JULIANNE BIDART PRESENT INTEREST TRUST; LEONARD A. BIDART, TRUSTEE OF THE MARIANNE LOUISE BIDART PRESENT INTEREST TRUST; LEONARD A. BIDART, TRUSTEE OF THE LEONARD ANTON BIDART PRESENT INTEREST TRUST

BY:_~~~~~~:L_...:,;:.______JOHN A. !DART, JR., TRUSTEE THE JOHN ANTON BIDART PRESENT INTEREST TRUST

GRANTEE:

NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRICT, A California Water Storage District

BY:______

-3- 01 624/00000-1805383.v1 A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verlfles only the Identity of the Individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss. COUNTY OF }Lf~ y) ) On 8t J4U\~ t 2.D ' 2020, before me, S· wn I Cl t1 ______/______, a Notary Public, person/lily appeared LEONARD A. BIDART, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his authorized capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument. I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my

A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate Is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss. COUNTY OF ~. V V) ) on .AvgvJt 11 , 2020, before me, c:fj · TYf VI V) 0 a Notary Public, personally appeared JOHN A. BIDART, JR., who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his authorized capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument. I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal. ~ - twNAf) Signatu4. s .

4- 01624/00000-1805383 . v1 A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which thfs certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss. COUNTY OF ______)

On 2020, before me, ....,...,,...------::---,_, a Notary Public, personally appeared who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s}, or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. I certify under PENALTV OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal.

Signature.______

A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the Identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate Is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss. COUNTY OF ______)

On , 2020, before me, ...,.-,,...-----;:---,_, a Notary Public, personally appeared who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. I certify under PENAL TV OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal.

Signature. ______

-5- 01 624/00000·1805383. v1 EXHIBIT'A' LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPLACEMENT WELL 88-00-047

ALL THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 28 SOUTH, RANGE 26 EAST, M.D.M., COUNTY OF KERN, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

COMMENCING AT THE CENTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 5 FROM WHICH THE WEST ONE QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION BEARS NORTH 89'26'20" WEST; THENCE SOUTH 02'09'09" WEST ON AND ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST ONE QUARTER, A DISTANCE OF 943.55 FEET; THENCE DEPARTING FROM SAID EAST LINE NORTH 89'50'51" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 112.41 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING;

THENCE (1) SOUTH 45'34'41' WEST, A DISTANCE OF 20.00 FEET;

THENCE (2) NORTH 44'25'19' WEST, A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET;

THENCE (3) NORTH 45"34'41' EAST, A DISTANCE OF 20.00 FEET;

THENCE (4) SOUTH 44'25'19" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.

CONTAINING 1000 SQ. FT. ~i?-~ GREGORY G. OWENS, PLS 4857 J:XPIRES 9/30121 PREPARED 07-01-2020 EXHIBIT '8' CENTER CORNER ~.. ' ""'' ~

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N 67'50'51' W 112.41

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ABANDONED WELL --fJ)j 88-00-047 APN 091-040-54 BEARINGS AND DISTANCES ON THIS PLAT ARE BASED ON THE CALIFORNIA COORDINATE SYSTEM (CCS83), NADBJ DATUM, USING CPS TIES TO LOCAL NGS HPGN ELEVATIONS ARE BASED ON THE NAVD88 DATUM USING GPS TIES TO LOCAL NGS BENCH MARKS. CONVERSIONS TO NAD27 AND NGVD29 PERFORMED BY CORPSCON FOR WINDOWS, VERSION 5.11.05 E'c..n·f1'~ 8 DRAWN BY: GGO NORTH KERN CHECKED BY: GGO &~dl-lJ1c~ WATER STRORAGE DISTRICT JOB NO.: 15036 WELL EASEMENT DWG.: 15036T 5401 8USIN(55 FAilK SOUTH REPLACEMENT 1\UL NO. 88-00-047 PLA r NO.: WELL-88-00-047 SUITE 114 SECTION 5, T 28 5., R. 26 £., lii.O.M, DATE: 07/01/20 EJAKf.RSFlEl.D, CA 9JJD9 061 325-1235 Kffitl COUI~ rY, CALIFORNIA SHEET 1 OF 1 Recording requested by and return to: Bidart Bros. 4813 Calloway Drive, Ste. !OJ Bakersfield, CA 93312

Mail tax statements to: Bidart Bros. 4813 Calloway Drive, Ste. 101 Bakersfield, CA 93312

Documentary Transfer Tax$~--:----:;----..,.- -Computed on the consideration or value of property conveyed; Or _ Computed on the consideration or value less liens or encumbrances remaining at time of sale

Signatw'e ofDeclarant. or Agent detennining UX -Finn Name

QUITCLAIM DEED FOR WELL 88-00-47 (OLD)

NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRICT, a California water storage district, hereinafter called "Grantor", hereby quitclaims to LEONARD A. BIDART, TRUSTEE OF THE BETSY ANN BID ART PRESENT INTEREST TRUST; LEONARD A. BIDART, TRUSTEE OF THE PATRICIA JULIANNE BIDART PRESENT INTEREST TRUST; LEONARD A. BIDART, TRUSTEE OF THE MARIANNE LOUISE BIDART PRESENT INTEREST TRUST; LEONARD A. BID ART, TRUSTEE OF THE LEONARD ANTON BID ART PRESENT INTEREST TRUST; JOHN A. BIDART JR., TRUSTEE OF THE JOHN ANTON BIDART PRESENT INTEREST TRUST, "Grantee", all interest in that real property situated in Kern County, California, described in Exhibit A" attached hereto and as shown on the map attached on Exhibit B" both made a part hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Grantor has executed this Quitclaim Deed this ___ day of , 2020.

NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRICT

By: ____~--~------President

By: ______~------Secretary A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss. COUNTY OF _____ )

On , 2020, before me, -.,,.------,,------, ------~ a Notary Public, personally appeared who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal.

Signature'------

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss. COUNTY OF _____ }

On , 2020, before me, ------a Notary Public, personally appeared who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal.

Signature.______

-5- 01624/00000-1 805383.v1 EXHIBIT'A' LEGAL DESCRIPTION QUITCLAIM FOR WELL 88-00-047

COMMENCING AT THE CENTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 5 FROM WHICH THE WEST ONE QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION BEARS NORTH 89"26'20" WEST; THENCE SOUTH 02•09'09" WEST ON AND ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST ONE QUARTER, A DISTANCE OF 1029.82 FEET: THENCE DEPARTING FROM SAID EAST LINE NORTH 89"50'51' WEST, A DISTANCE OF 56.30 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING;

THENCE (1) SOUTH 45"34'41' WEST, A DISTANCE OF 20.00 FEET;

THENCE (2) NORTH 44•25'19" WEST, A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET;

THENCE (3) NORTH 45"34'41" EAST, A DISTANCE OF 20.00 FEET;

THENCE (4) SOUTH 44"25'19' EAST, A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.

CONTAINING 1000 SQ. FT.

GREGORY . OWENS, PLS 4657 EXPIRES 9/30/21 PREPARED 07-22·2020 EXHIBIT

SCALE: 1•,. 50'

APN 091-040-86

ABANDONED WELL 88-00-047 APN 091-040-54

BEARINGS AND DISTANCES ON THIS PLAT ARE BASED THIS PLAT CORRECTLY REPRESENTS A ON THE CAUFORNIA COORDINATE SYSTEM (CCS83), SURVEY MADE BY ME OR UNDER MY DIRECT NA083 DATUM, USING GPS TIES TO LOCAL NGS HPGN SUPERVISION DURING JULY 2020 ELEVATIONS ARE BASED ON THE NAVD88 DATUM USING GPS llES TO LOCAL NGS BENCH MARKS. CONVERSIONS TO NA027 AND NGV029 PERFORMED BY CDRPSCON FOR \\INOOWS, VERSION 5.11.05 GREGORY G. OWENS LS 4657 DRAWN BY: GGO NORTH KERN CHECKED BY: GGO WATER STRORAGE DISTRICT JOB NO.: 15036 WELL EASEMENT DWG.: 15036T 5401 BUSINESS PARK SOUTH WELL NO. 88-00-047 TO BE QUITCLAIMED PLAT NO.: WELL-88-00-047 SlATE 114- SECllON 5, T. 28 S., R. 28 E., M.O.IJ. DATE: 07/22/20 BAKERS_fiELO, CA. 9~309 661 3:!5-1235 KERN COUNTY, CAUFORNIA. SHEET 1 OF 1

NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRCT Board Meeting

Agenda Item 11A

NORTH KERN WATER STORAGE DISTRICT

September 15, 2020

TO: ROSEDALE RANCH IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT COMMITTEE Directors Mendes and Ackerknecht, Alternate Andrew

FROM: Richard Diamond and Ram Venkatesan

RE: Approve Contract with Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group and Task Order with GEI Consultants for Proposition 218 Election

RECOMMENDED MOTION:

“Approve an agreement with Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group and Task Order 20-09 with GEI Consultants for the preparation of information and materials and facilitation of a Proposition 218 Election for Rosedale Ranch Improvement District in the respective amounts of $85,000 and $20,000.”

DISCUSSION:

The Rosedale Ranch ID (RRID) Management Area of the North Kern WSD–Shafter Wasco ID (SWID) “Management Area Plan” (MAP) under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act describes various “projects” and “management actions” to achieve sustainability in RRID. Current financing authority for RRID is not sufficient to fund the proposed projects and actions, and an election under “Proposition 218” is necessary to provide additional necessary funding authority. In parallel with completing the “SGMA Planning Report” for RRID, staff has been in discussions with both GEI Consultants and Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group (P&P) regarding the Prop 218 process for RRID. This process will require the refinement of proposed projects as a basis for developing more precise cost estimates (the basis for necessary financing authority), and facilitating the Prop 218 election process. P&P manages the “7th Standard Annex Area” for SWID, has delineated projects to assist the annex area in reaching sustainability, and last year facilitated a successful Prop 218 election to provide project funding. Based on this work/expertise staff requested a proposal from P&P to assist North Kern with the RRID Prop 218 election (Exhibit “A”). The proposal includes facilitation of the Prop 218 process and assistance with project and cost refinement tasks (Feasibility Level Analysis). GEI has previously evaluated potential sites for the expansion of groundwater recharge in the “old District” of North Kern, and based on this work/expertise, staff has instructed GEI to initiate the evaluation of potential recharge sites in RRID, including the evaluation of required canal capacity Rosedale Ranch Improvement District Committee Approve Contract with Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group and Task Order with GEI Consultants for Proposition 218 Election September 15, 2020 Page 2 of 2

(development of recharge capacity is one of the identified projects for the RRID management area). Exhibit “B” is the task order from GEI for the above-mentioned work. Staff recommends Board approval to enter into agreements with P&P for a budget amount not-to-exceed $85,000 and with GEI for a budget amount not-to-exceed $20,000 for their respective work.

Attachments:

Exhibit “A”: Proposal from Provost and Pritchard Consulting Group

Exhibit “B”: Proposal from GEI Consultants 1800 30th Street, Suite 280 Bakersfield, CA 93301-1930 Tel: (661) 616-5900 Fax: (661) 616-5890 www.provostandpritchard.com

September 11, 2020

Richard Diamond North Kern Water Storage District 33380 Cawelo Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93308

Subject: Feasibility Level Analysis of Capital Improvements and Yield, North Kern WSD, Rosedale Ranch Improvement District -Task Order 20-01

Dear Richard:

Thank you for the opportunity to submit this proposal to provide engineering services for the subject project. This proposal discusses our understanding of the project, recommends a scope of services together with associated fees, deliverables and approximate schedules, sets forth our assumptions and discusses other services that may be of interest as the project proceeds.

Project Understanding We understand that the North Kern Water Storage District (District) is requesting a review of current District assessment rates for Rosedale Ranch Improvement District (RRID). The District is also requesting recommendations for future assessments for administration, operations, maintenance, and water tolls to meet the needs of the District. Additionally, the District is requesting assistance with finalizing the District’s capital improvement program for RRID. P&P will utilize District reports such as past operation budgets, financial audits, capital improvement budgets, and engineering studies to prepare an Engineering Report consistent with Proposition 218 standards that will make a recommendation for future per-acre basis assessments. In addition, new analyses of capital improvements, capacities and water availability will be performed by others for P&P to review and include in the Prop 218 Engineer’s Report.

Scope of Services Our proposed scope of work for this project is described below:

Feasibility Level Analysis (FEAS) • Review budgets, audits, reports, and studies including the RRID Management Area of the North Kern County Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) Chapter of Kern Groundwater Authority (KGA) GSP. • Review, coordinate and refine cost estimates and benefits from studies underway by GEI for Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) Projects and Management Actions. • Investigate and develop water supply and conveyance programs internally and with neighboring Districts. • Assist GEI in preparing report for recommended capital improvement plan.

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Engineering  Surveying  Planning  Environmental  GIS  Construction Services  Hydrogeology  Consulting Fresno  Bakersfield  Visalia  Clovis  Modesto  Los Banos  Chico  Merced  Sacramento North Kern Water Storage District September 11, 2020 218 Engineers Report Page 2 of 3 Proposal No. 20-070

• Review and refine evaluation of availability of water of recharge. • Prepare high level mapping of lands to be detached. • Review and refine report for recommended capital improvement plan and management actions.

Detachment Plan (DETP) • Develop plan with City of Bakersfield for detachment of lands from North Kern that have undergone conversion of Ag land to urban residential. • Prepare high level mapping of lands to be detached.

Prop 218 Engineers Report and Election Assistance (ER) • Prepare forecast of RRID costs and revenue requirements, analyze assessment rates, and obtain input from District Staff and possible advisory committee regarding proposed rates. • Prepare draft of Prop. 218 Engineer’s Report and review with District staff and legal counsel. • Prepare final Report and present to advisory committee and board. • Prepare ballots, notice, and assessment roll. • Mail ballots to landowners. • Conduct public hearing, count ballots and certify election.

Professional Fees Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group will perform the services on a time and materials basis, in accordance with our Standard Fee Schedule in effect at the time services are rendered. These fees will be invoiced monthly as they are accrued, and our total fees, including reimbursable expenses, will not exceed our estimate of $85,000 without additional authorization.

Proposed Fee Phase Estimated Fee Phase FEAS: Feasibility Level Analysis $45,000 Phase DETP: Detachment $5,000 Phase ER: Prop 218 Engineers Report & Election Assistance $35,000 Total Estimated Fee: $85,000

Schedule Once we receive an executed copy of this Proposal together with the signed Consultant Services Agreement, and are authorized to proceed, we can coordinate the Feasibility level analysis immediately. In contemplation of completing the Prop 218 process for the 2022 tax year, the County would require the assessment roles and rates be provided by June 2021. This drives the overall schedule leaving approximately 8 months to complete all tasks. It is anticipated that within the first three months that the District, GEI, and P&P, will complete the Capital Improvement Plan and water supply availability analysis Once the District accepts the Capital Improvement Plan, the Prop 218 Engineer’s Report will take approximately 6 to 8 weeks for initial submittal. Some overlap may be needed to meet the target date. Once the District accepts the Engineer’s Report the ballot mailing, public hearing, and certification of the election will take approximately 3 months.

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North Kern Water Storage District September 11, 2020 218 Engineers Report Page 3 of 3 Proposal No. 20-070

Assumptions Items to be provided by the Client: a. Previous eight year’s operating budgets b. Previous eight year’s financial audits c. Previous eight year’s water deliveries d. Recent Proposition 218 Engineer Reports e. KGA GSP chapters and appendices related to RRID P&MAs f. GEI work product on design, cost estimates and benefits for RRID P&MAs. Additional Services • Develop severance plan with COB • Prepare action plan for LAFCO to process detachment, conduct filings, and hearings as required for severance. • Investigate and develop water supply and conveyance programs internally and with neighboring Districts.

Terms and Conditions NKWSD will be invoiced on a time and materials basis, in accordance with P&P's current fee schedule and the Service Contract between said parties dated January 12, 2015. If this proposal is acceptable, please sign this proposal and return a copy to our office. These documents will serve as our Notice to Proceed. This proposal is valid for 30 days from the date above.

Sincerely Yours, Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group

Ken Bonesteel, RCE 43813 Jeff Eklund, RCE 75680 Principal Engineer Vice President

Terms and Conditions Accepted By North Kern Water Storage District

Signature

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September 10, 2020 Consulting Engineers and Richard Diamond Scientists General Manager North Kern Water Storage District 33380 Cawelo Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93308

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT EXHIBIT A – SCOPE OF WORK FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES

TASK ORDER NO. 09-2020 ROSEDALE RANCH GROUNDWATER RECHARGE INFORMATION STUDY

This Task Order defines a Scope of Services, Schedule, and Budget for work to be completed by GEI Consultants, Inc., (GEI) for North Kern Water Storage District (NKWSD, North Kern, District) per the terms and conditions of the Professional Services Agreement dated November 16, 2017, except as amended herein.

As defined in the District’s joint Management Area Plan and the KGA GSP, North Kern is considering direct groundwater recharge opportunities within a portion of Rosedale Ranch. In this regard, there is a potential funding partnership opportunity through the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) which may assist with project development and implementation. This particular funding opportunity includes direct recharge and conveyance infrastructure. While this is not a grant program, any capital investment the District makes as a lead partner funding commitment, can be leveraged for future NRCS funds to your growers and other beneficiaries in the area to apply for an EQIP funding grant. Accordingly, this Task Order is focused on identification of potential sites for the development of spreading basins and on improvements to the Rosedale Ranch distribution system which may be necessary to convey water to the spreading basins.

SCOPE OF SERVICES

A prefeasibility-level study is proposed, conducted as a desktop analysis of existing data, with the following objectives: identify potential recharge sites; and identify distribution system improvements that may be necessary to convey recharge water to those sites. It is noted that field investigations, which would be included in a feasibility-level study, are not included in this initial scope of work. The proposed scope of work is set forth following in three generalized tasks.

www.geiconsultants.com 5001 California Avenue, Suite 120 | Bakersfield, CA 93309 T: 661.327.7601 | F: 661.327.0173 Task 1: Project Management

Project management services will include conducting a project kick-off meeting to align the project team with their tasks, budgets and due dates. Throughout the project, PM activities will include routine project communication to keep the project on-track with requirements and expectations; monitoring schedule and budget; reviewing and issuing monthly invoices; and preparing progress summaries for the board report. As requested, updates will also be provided during routinely scheduled meetings with District Management.

Task 2: Data Analysis and Interpretation

Compile available data and identify potential recharge sites using a tiered ranking system. Tier 1 sites will have the highest potential for recharge whereas Tier 4 sites are not recommended for further study. Using GIS, soil rating indexes will be overlain with land uses to refine the study area(s) and identify locations that would most feasibly support/be available for a recharge project. Lastly, proximity to existing district infrastructure will be evaluated to select up to six recommended sites. The project approach is defined by three subtasks: data collection and literature review; geohydrologic evaluation; and engineering evaluation.

Data Collection and Literature Review

Information and data to be used to identify potential recharge sites will be collected from various public sources, as defined in the following bullet points.

• NRCS, Soil Agricultural Groundwater Banking Index (SAGBI), and Land IQ’s Groundwater Recharge Suitability Index datasets.

• Existing published studies and reports on subsurface geology.

• Groundwater contours, gradient (upgradient or downgradient to the majority of the District), and topographic maps of the study area.

• Land use GIS files.

• Infiltration rates from relevant, existing groundwater recharge projects.

Geohydrologic Evaluation

A GIS-based analysis will be performed to aid in the initial screening of collected data. Figures will be created based on the various soil indices datasets to show the areas with highest potential infiltration rates and segregated into a tiered ranking system. Land uses, topography, and groundwater contours will then be overlain to further refine the potential suitability of sites for recharge projects. Regional infiltration data will be used to support a

2 preliminary estimate of infiltration rates. Based on this analysis, up to six sites will be recommended for further study with preference given to sites proximate to district infrastructure and having a suitable depth to water, relatively flat topography, and apparent permeable soils. The selected sites will be compared with existing infrastructure to identify necessary extensions and potential alignments.

Engineering Evaluation:

In addition to the evaluation of potential recharge capacity, data provided by the District will be used to determine the total conveyance capacities and average use, as well as evaluate potential available capacity to deliver water to the potential recharge sites. The results of the engineering evaluation will provide the District with sufficient information to identify potential infrastructure improvement projects and estimate the scope of improvements at a reconnaissance level.

Task 3: Technical Memorandum and Presentation

The principal deliverable of this study will be a summary of findings and recommendations. At a minimum, the summary will address locations of potential groundwater recharge sites, distribution system improvements, and applicability of the NRCS funding program. The purpose of this prefeasibility-level analysis is to provide direction for future studies; accordingly, recommendations will be included in this regard.

If requested, the study results and recommendations will be presented to the District and Board of Directors.

Assumptions:

The District will provide all information on existing infrastructure, including total capacity and average capacity used. This study is strictly a desktop analysis using available data.

SCHEDULE

GEI’s staff are available to begin the study upon notification to proceed from the District. Our anticipated completion date for a draft report for District review is October 16, 2020. The presentation of study results and recommendations is anticipated for the regularly scheduled Board of Directors meeting on November 17, 2020. Final draft of the Report is anticipated by November 30, 2020. This Task Order will terminate on December 31, 2021, unless extended by amendment.

BUDGET

Billing for all work completed under this Task Order will be in accordance with the terms of the Professional Services Agreement, dated November 16, 2017, with labor billed at 3.05 times labor rate, and expenses billed at 5% above cost. Based on the Scope of Work

3 previously described, we suggest authorizing $20,000 budget.

AUTHORIZATION

This Task Order is authorized and made an attachment to the above-identified Professional Services Agreement through the signatures below.

Authorized by: Accepted by: NORTH KERN WATER GEI CONSULTANTS, INC. STORAGE DISTRICT

By: By:

Erik Gaiser, Project Manager

Date: Date: September 10, 2020

By:

Stephanie Hearn, Branch Manager

Date: September 10, 2020

ACCOUNTING CODES

All work for this scope will be billed under a new GEI Project No will be assigned.

4 North Kern Water Storage District Site Evaluations for Groundwater Recharge Project Budget Estimate

Project Staffing Labor Costs Sean Erik Michael Michelle Arjun Storey/Pauline Steve Grace Task Number/Name Gaiser Conant Ricker Bharadwaj Espinoza Irving Martin PM/Project Staff Staff Word TOTAL Engineer SGMA GIS Hydrogeologist Engineer Geologist Processing LABOR $242 $200 $173 $135 $103 $160 $86 COST Task 1 Project Management 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 $1,095 1.1 Kick-Off Meeting 1 1 1 1 1 $853 1.2 Progress Updates 1 $242

Task 2 Data Analysis and Interpretation 6 20 2 36 24 8 0 $14,414 2.1 Data Collection 2 4 2 10 20 $5,040 2.2 Geohydraulic Evaluation 2 2 4 6 $2,128 2.3 Engineering Evaluation 2 16 24 2 $7,246

Task 3 Deliverables 8 4 0 6 4 2 2 $4,450 3.1 Technical Memorandum 6 4 4 4 2 2 $3,696 3.2 Presentation 2 2 $754

TOTALS 16 25 3 43 29 10 2 $19,959