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The Committee approved the consent calendar and directed staff to price FY 2028 budget components, including its existing one-seventh JPA cost share and a proposed 20% operational reserve; no budget was adopted. The model ad hoc generally supported MODFLOW 6, pending two GSA confirmations. Combined model and annual-report data are due November 13; earlier well-registration, pumping and policy submissions remain due November 30. Late data could raise costs and delay review.
The Planning Committee recommended that the Board of Directors seek Board of Supervisors adoption of a regional water planning forum concept and creation of an ad hoc committee. Staff expects a draft 2026 Strategic Plan for review in November. Amid discussion of a possible super El Niño, the Agency plans to request about $107,000 on October 13 for monitoring-station replacements, portable debris-flow monitors and communications upgrades.
Staff outlined additional distribution-system PFAS sampling and plans to sample for microplastics at source wells and in the system. They discussed possible desalting and aquifer storage at Armstrong Ranch that could reduce reliance on agricultural groundwater wells. The district is also increasing seawater intrusion monitoring near Reservation Road and Imjin Parkway after observing possible movement of the intrusion front.
The committee approved the September 8 minutes 2–0 and reviewed the draft October 19 board agenda. Staff reported bills about a week late and an average $13 adjustment for two months of the July 1 rate increase; late fees for the delayed cycle will not be charged, and payment plans are available. The draft agenda includes a BRAC cleanup presentation with an opportunity for PFAS questions. Draft GSA policies are expected by year-end for later committee review.
At its October 6 meeting, Oakdale Irrigation District heard public comments on regional water supply and farm-water outreach, then recessed ahead of a scheduled labor-negotiations closed session. The agenda included a Proposition 218 hearing on proposed Improvement District 48 rates for 2027–2031, FY 2027 budget and agricultural water rate discussions, and possible canal-project awards involving proposed 2026 budget increases totaling $4.45 million.
