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Napa Green announced a $3 million grant, including more than $2 million for direct grower payments subject to federal requirements. The board unanimously approved a motion of intention to adopt a winery wastewater oversight ordinance and consent items increasing a Lake Berryessa wastewater contract by $299,132 and authorizing a $3 million Napa Sanitation District reimbursement agreement. A presentation on 2026 Water Availability Analysis guidance was scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
South San Joaquin ID's board approved up to $240,000 for security, staffing and other needs as public recreation at Woodward Reservoir is set to close October 16. The district aims to restore recreation through a concessionaire after resolving county property-access issues. Directors voted to return to 9:00 a.m. meetings after irrigation season and discussed a conceptual Don Pedro–New Melones intertie without committing funds.
Staff outlined pumping-based groundwater accounting for October 2027 and a possible January 2027 subsidence order; no 2027 allocation change was approved. Canal urgency-plan talks remained unresolved, with a state two-mile moratorium still only proposed. The board tabled the fallowing-policy change, approved the 2027 budget and authorized up to $500,000 in emergency channel work.
Board members backed a possible October 30 irrigation-season end date, subject to staff’s determination; Don Pedro Reservoir was at 75% capacity. The board adopted the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. Its draft was approved in September, but grant eligibility awaits final-plan approval. After closed session, the board reported a unanimous direction to staff to reject the claim by Farmland LLC and Paramont Homes, Inc.
The board approved a 2027 assessment rate of $100 per acre, up from $95. Friant-Kern Canal maintenance dewatering is scheduled from late October to about February 1, with canal users preparing to exit on short notice. McKay Point tests suggest mining fines could replace a slurry wall, potentially avoiding more than $6 million in costs. Greater Kaweah GSA directed staff to eliminate a disputed paper-water accounting practice; the change has not yet been implemented.
