KERN GROUNDWATER AUTHORITY Regular Meeting of Board of Directors August 28, 2019, 8:00 a.m. Klein, DeNatale, Goldner Law Offices 4550 California Ave, 2nd Floor Kern Groundwater Authority Board of Directors Agenda This meeting is held in accordance with the Brown Act pursuant to Section 54956 of the California Government Code and the Kern Fan Authority Joint Powers Agreement. 1. Roll Call - Quorum Determination In the absence of a quorum of the Board the meeting will be adjourned. 2. Public Input This portion of the meeting is set aside to provide the public an opportunity to bring to the attention of the Board matters of which the Board may not be aware and which are not on the current agenda. No action can be taken on any matter raised during this portion of the meeting; however, a Board member may request that the matter be placed on any future agenda for further review and possible action. Members of the public may directly address the Board of Directors on any item of interest within the Board’s subject matter jurisdiction, before or during the Board’s consideration of the item. The President may limit the time allowed for comment. 3. Approval of Minutes a. July 24, 2019 Regular Board Meeting Minutes* 4. Treasurer’s Report a. Accounts Payable/Receivable* 5. Attorneys Report a. Recommendation to revise the landowner/district template & the district/KGA template* b. Recommendation to establish native yield & precipitation policy for the Kern subbasin for the Coordination Agreement* 6. Basin Coordinator/Planning Manager Report a. Poso Creek IRWM Region – Support Letters* • Semitropic and Shafter-Wasco Leonard System Intertie • North Kern Calloway Canal lining & Water Delivery Improvements • Southern San Joaquin City of Delano Recharge Facility • Southern San Joaquin In-District Recharge Facility Kern IRWM Project – Support Letter* • Kern Water Bank Recharge Enhancement Project • Denotes Action Item • Arvin-Edison Water Storage Interconnect Intake Canal Project b. Presentation of members’ Management Area Plans • Arvin-Edison & Arvin Community Service District • Cawelo Water District • Kern-Tulare Water District • North Kern Water District, Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District & City of Shafter • Rosedale Rio-Bravo Water Storage District • Semitropic Water Storage District • Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District – 7th Standard Road Annexation Area • Southern San Joaquin Municipal Utility District • Tejon-Castac Water District • West Kern Water District • Westside District Water Authority • Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District • Kern County Water Agency • Kern Water Bank Authority c. Release of the draft KGA Umbrella and members’ Management Area Plans for 90-day public comment period on August 30th* d. Notice of Intent to Adopt & Release* e. Update on non-districted lands f. Kern GSAs Coordination Meeting g. Accomplishments h. Forward Work Plan 7. New Business This Portion of the Meeting is set aside to provide each Board member an opportunity to bring to the attention of other Board members and the public matters which have come to their attention and/or which may be appropriate for future consideration. No action can be taken on any matter raised during this portion of the meeting; however, a Board member may request that the matter be placed on any future agenda for further review and possible action. 8. Correspondence 9. Adjournment A person with a qualifying disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 may request the Authority provide disability-related modification or accommodation in order to participate in any public meeting of the Authority. Such assistance includes appropriate alternative formats for the agendas and agenda packets. Requests should be made in person, by telephone, facsimile and/or written correspondence to the Authority office, at least 48 hours before a public Authority meeting. Written materials related to an item on this agenda to be considered in open session that are public documents and that are distributed to board members after the posting of the agenda, will be made available for public inspection when they are so distribution at the office of the Authority located at 1800 30th Street, Ste #280, Bakersfield, California during normal business hours. Documents that are public documents provided by others during a meeting will be available at the same location during business hours after the meeting. • Denotes Action Item JPA Board Meeting Minutes Kern Groundwater Authority Wednesday, July 24, 2019 JPA DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES AND ALTERNATES PRESENT Bob Rodriguez, Arvin Community Services District Kevin Pascoe, Arvin-Edison WSD John Gaugel, Cawelo WD Chad Givens, City of Shafter Royce Fast, Kern County Water Agency Andrew Pandol, Kern-Tulare WD Bill Taube, Kern Water Bank Authority Jason Selvidge, Rosedale-Rio Bravo WSD Jim Regan, SSJMUD Mark Franz, Shafter-Wasco ID Ryan Fachin, Tejon-Castac WD Gary Morris, West Kern WD Rob Goff, Westside District Water Authority Michael Blaine, Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa WSD JPA DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES ABSENT Chad Hathaway, Eastside Water Management Area (non-voting member) Kevin Andrew, North Kern Water Storage District Rick Wegis, Semitropic WSD Dennis Mullins, Wheeler Ridge WSD OTHERS PRESENT Raul Barraza Jr, Arvin Community Services District Jeevan Muhar, Arvin-Edison WSD Steve Collup, Arvin-Edison WSD Dan Raytis, Belden Blaine Raytis, LLP Doug Gosling, Braun Gosling Brad DeBranch, Bolthouse Properties Dave Ansolabehere, Cawelo WD Dave Hampton, Cawelo WD Michael James, City of Shafter Max Bricker, Henry Miller Florn Core, Kern County Administration Office Marty Milobar, Kern County Water Agency Holly Melton, Kern County Water Agency Gene Lundquist, KCWA ID4 Dave Beard, KCWA ID4 Mark Mulkay, Kern Delta WD Rich Tillema, Kern Delta WD Kevin Antongiovanni, Kern Delta WD 1 Robert Kuhs, Kuhs Parker Law Robert Hotsock, McMurtrey, Hartsock & Worth Dick Diamond, North Kern WSD Doug Nunneley, Oildale Water Eric Averett, Rosedale-Rio Bravo WSD Gary Unruh, Rosedale-Rio Bravo WSD Valerie Kincaid, O’Laughlin Paris, LLC (via conference call) Pres Brittan, Pacific Resources Rebecca Gomez, Provost & Pritchard Patty Poire, Kern Groundwater Authority Jason Gianquinto, Semitropic WSD Dana Munn, Shafter-Wasco ID Roland Gross, SSJMUD Todd Turley, South Valley Farms Greg Hammett, West Kern WD Phil Nixon, Westside District Water Authority Sunny Kapoor, West Kern WD Wendy Adams-Rosenburger George Cappello, Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa WSD Sheridan Nicholas, Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa WSD Alan Doud, Young Wooldridge Craig Lynch, Lynch & Lynch, LLP Jasmene Del Aguila – LCJA John Ocana - CRC Randy Womble – City of Los Angeles Melissa Ballard – Hallmark Group Janie Moehnke, Chevron Elizabeth Prez, Windwolves Preserve Geoff Vander Heurel, Milk Producers Council 1. Call to Order – Vice Chairman Selvidge called the meeting to order at 8:02 a.m. after it was confirmed there was a quorum. The Board met the threshold for a quorum under the JPA and operated under it. 2. Public Comments – None 3. Approval of Minutes a. June 26, 2019 Regular Board Meeting Minutes A motion was made by Director Blaine and seconded by Director Taube to approve the June 26, 2019 Regular Board Meeting Minutes with recommended corrections. The motion was unanimously carried. 4. Treasurer’s Report a. Accounts Payable/Receivable – Mr. Diamond presented the Treasurer’s Report Memo for the period from June 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019. Exhibit A of the Treasurer’s Report showed the beginning cash balance of $260,663.12. Deposits through July 18th, in the amount of $33,267.75. Disbursements for the month of 2 June totaled $148,207.93. The ending cash balance as of June 30, 2019 was $145,722.94. Exhibit B reflects cash received and deposited from July 1, 2019 through July 18, 2019 totaling $57,431.81. Accounts receivable totaling $17,690.46 are summarized in Exhibit C. Exhibit D reflects grant details totaling $767,580.04 accrual balance. Accounts payable as of June 30, 2019 are detailed in Exhibit E, totaling $175,646.44. Requested amount for payment approval was $65,549.15 with invoices totaling $110,097.29 to remain on hold pending further review. A motion to approve the treasurer’s report and payables was made by Director Taube and seconded by Director Pascoe. The motion was unanimously carried. 5. Basin Coordinator/ Planning Manager Report a. KGA Schedule Summary & Next Steps – Ms. Poire announced all admin GSP chapters were due to her by the end of business day on July 23rd. Ms. Poire advised the board of the admin drafts that she has received. Ms. Poire proceeded with the process that will occur at the August 28th board meeting concerning the review/release of the GSP scheduled for August 30th. Ms. Poire suggested 10-15-minute presentations for each members’ management area plan. Ms. Poire reported that 75% approval is needed for the chapter to be officially adopted per the JPA. Legal Counsel Ms. Kincaid went over the JPA concerning the approval process for each members’ plan. The KGA website will be updated Friday, July 26th with a calendar of dates that each District will present their chapter to their board for approval for the public to have an opportunity to provide comments on specific member’s plans. Ms. Poire discussed the GSP schedule and announced that an Open House that all the GSAs will be participating is scheduled for September 26, 2019 at the AG Pavilion from 5:30 to 7pm. b. Kern GSAs Coordination Meeting – Ms. Poire reported that the committee was not able to reach an agreement/consensus on the action items of the draft future water projection modeling results and the Coordination Agreement due to limited attendance by GSAs. Ms. Poire advised that discussion on those items did occur. c. Presentation of GSP schedule - GEI –Ms. Poire reported that GEI is not present and the GSP schedule has already been discussed. d. Accomplishments – Ms. Poire announced that she has a meeting scheduled with the State to discuss the non-districted lands in two weeks. Ms.