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Committee gave consensus direction for the second cash call to exclude the $75,000 annual-report line item and use one combined invoice. Staff will draft reserve and surplus-handling policies for September. The committee asked its representative to support collecting the full DMJPA budget and to support basin-level grant readiness, with GSA-specific costs borne by project sponsors.
Water quality at all seven North Delta monitoring stations remains well below 1981 contract limits this summer. The Delta Conveyance Project water rights hearing is nearing the end of its evidentiary phase, with final hearing dates set for August and September before closing briefs are filed. Directors raised concerns about spreading submerged aquatic weeds (often called Brazilian waterweed/hydrilla) and golden mussels amid limited control options and insufficient state funding.
Four priority projects were selected under the Multi-Benefit Land Repurposing Program — three recharge projects and one community solar/battery project — with construction expected to begin September 2026. Regional goals are being refined based on community input, with plan adoption targeted for December 2026. Concept forms are available in English and Spanish via the program website.
The committee reviewed plans for a ~4,000-acre annexation of parcels inadvertently excluded in 2018, set for formal board action August 17. Three property matters — involving the Semic property, a hospital parcel, and a City of Marina land swap — were discussed for closed session, with counsel advising they be separately noticed. Staff said AI and cybersecurity policies are being drafted, with discussion of closed-session review as early as September (or later).
Final EIS for post-2026 Colorado River ops affirms applicable laws (Law of the River/priority absent voluntary deals), favorable to IID/California; Record of Decision expected within weeks. Deficit irrigation peaks in ~2 weeks; first payments mid-month. 2025 on-farm program ~99% contracted; water-use underrun continues increasing.
