Agenda Item Wording:
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Accept and authorize the appropriation of $2,000,000 from the Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Program for the Cameron Creek Linear Recharge Project and appropriate $60,000 for staff indirect costs from the Ground Water Recharge Fund (224).
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Deadline for Action: None
Submitting Department: Administration - CIP Engineering
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Vikram Manke, Assistant Engineer, Vikram.Manke@visalia.city, (559) 713-4491
Dolores Verduzco, Financial Analyst, Dolores.Verduzco@visalia.city, (559) 713-4540
Frank Senteno, City Engineer, Frank.Senteno@visalia.city, (559) 713-4331
Nick Mascia, Assistant City Manager, Nick.Mascia@visalia.city, (559) 713-4323
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council accept and authorize the appropriation of $2,000,000 from the Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Program for the Cameron Creek Linear Recharge (Check Structures) Project and appropriate $60,000 for staff indirect costs from the Ground Water Recharge Fund (224).
Background Discussion:
On February 7, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution 2022-06 authorizing the Greater Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency to submit an application for a grant on behalf of the City of Visalia for the Cameron Creek Check Structure project. The Department of Water Resources (DWR) administers the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) grant program, with funds authorized under the California Budget Act of 2021 and Proposition 68, for projects that address groundwater investments and drought to achieve regional sustainability, for investments in groundwater recharge projects and other conjunctive use projects.
The eligible applicants for the SGMA grant program were Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs), member agencies of GSAs, and entities that represent GSAs.
In the Kaweah subbasin, there are three GSAs: the Greater Kaweah GSA, the Mid-Kaweah GSA, and the East Kaweah GSA. City of Visalia i...
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