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The McMullen Area GSA board held a public hearing and adopted a resolution of necessity, an initial step in the eminent domain process for proposed canal-expansion easements involving five current or former Raisin City board members. The general manager said expansion design details are coming together and characterized the agency’s condition as excellent. The board also approved October 15 minutes and ratified checks.
At its November 10 meeting, the TAC learned that the reporting period closed October 31; self-reporting continues through November before true-up invoices are prepared. Staff is registering 22 recharge facilities. The TAC recommended electronic fund transfers for fee payments and a DWR-funded accounting pilot for board consideration. A full draft land repurposing plan is expected in December, with board adoption targeted for March 2027.
Golden mussels were found in every system opened for winter maintenance, including a clogged 5P lateral bypass; deliveries were not disrupted. Staff presented 2027 budget revisions retaining $1 million for mussel mitigation and plans to inspect the treated 850 Canal in January. The board kept its 2026 water-return schedule, with no FO credit for returns after September 15, and will revisit the policy for 2027.
The Tulare Irrigation District board called its November 10 meeting to order, noted no agenda changes and received no public comments before moving toward closed session. The closed-session agenda listed property, litigation, labor, public-employee and liability matters. Open-session items included water operations, engineering proposals and a Water Year 2027 out-of-district pilot program; no action on those items occurred before the move toward closed session.
At its November 10 meeting, the board heard a request for seasonal access to Woodward Reservoir, discussed potential effects of the State Water Board’s Phase Two plan on senior water rights, and noted that a watershed resolution could support a $2 million funding application. It approved a $41,256.85 Tracy valve repair project, conditionally approved the Fields Farms agreement amendment, and revised its lockout-tagout policy.
