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Findings and Recommendations
3 findings
The City of Rohnert Park approved the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement Creating the Santa Rosa Plain Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) on April 25, 2017. The GSA Board met for the first time on June 1, 2017 and filed with the Department of Water Resources
Related Recommendations (1)
The Joint Powers Agreement to which the City is a signatory contains the following operative provision regarding coordination: Section 4.05 – Coordination between Basins. In order to maintain consistency and the efficient use of resources, to the extent feasible, the Agency shall endeavor to coordinate between and among the other Sonoma County GSAs for administration, matters involving public communication and outreach, and for developing frameworks to support groundwater management, which may include agreement to certain areas of coordination, provided that the Agency retain its own authority and that such recommendations are ratified by the Board. The Agency may clarify and acknowledge coordination among the other GSAs through a document or agreement if deemed appropriate." As the GSA begins its work, technical, grant writing and outreach services are being conducted by the same staff for each of the basins to ensure efficiency and consistency. In support of this, a single data management system is being created for all three basins, utilizing State grant funding. In addition, the three interim administrators are meeting regularly to coordinate work and share information. City of Rohnert Park Response to Grand Jury Report on Groundwater Sustainability 2
in addition to the two time periods listed, there will be a review of each Basin's JPA following submission of its Groundwater Sustainability Plan to the Department of Water Resources.
No recommendations for this finding
The City agrees the groundwater sustainability agency will need to have independence and maintain transparency when implementing their authority. The City is not commenting on the finding that "Influence by groundwater users, both large and small, may impede the goal of developing an accountability system on an aquifer's many users". Implementing Actions
No recommendations for this finding
