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The committee recommended a $435,000 Phase 2 monitoring-well contract, with total costs estimated near $560,000 against a $750,000 budget. A clean audit found net position up about 75%, with no debt. Staff noted a $14,850 revenue shortfall caused by billing from an older spreadsheet. Draft SGMA grant guidelines outline $386 million statewide; concept proposals may be due in March 2027.
Directors unanimously adopted an immediately effective update to the district’s year-round water-waste ordinance, including phased nonfunctional-turf restrictions. Staff forecast a 100% chance of a very strong El Niño from October through December and a greater than 83% chance of a record Pacific temperature anomaly—not record rainfall—and outlined flood preparations. A groundwater-management update is due December 29, with no operating changes expected and a possible December 10 hearing.
DWR identified one subsidence deficiency in the amended groundwater plan; the basin GSAs have 180 days to respond. The board approved a $258,000 EKI technical-support amendment and authorized the chair to sign a forthcoming grant amendment that would extend the multi-benefit land repurposing grant through March 2028. It extended project contracts through January 2028, excluding Nevada Ranch, and waived the local land repurposing program’s minimum water-use value for year four.
Five draft groundwater plan amendments are open for comment; Monterey’s is expected October 20. Comments received by November 18 will be included in December board materials; later comments may enter the January hearing record. The board approved an OceanWell study MOU requiring no direct GSA funding and bylaws limiting the chair to three consecutive years, and advanced proposed JPA revisions. Staff discussed deep-aquifer allocation planning and county well policies; no allocations or moratorium were adopted.
The board unanimously adopted Resolution No. 2026-02, conditionally accepting the Mainstem Management Entity role if the court enters a substantially similar physical solution. The proposal preserves the agency’s independent authority under SGMA. Comments on the draft GSP Periodic Evaluation close October 26; its projection of 20% less future pumping than the original plan was presented at a September workshop.
