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The board approved a Confluence Engineering technical support contract for up to $167,798, covering state reporting and evaluation of possible monitoring-network expansion. Directors discussed seven proposed groundwater priorities through 2029 but did not adopt a plan. Staff identified three potential grant programs and expects to bring grant-consultant recommendations to the board in November.
Staff recommended against the proposed one-time golden mussel treatment in 2026, favoring a broader 2027 approach; no treatment vote was taken. The committee approved $25,000 for Pool 3 repairs without scheduling the roughly two-week outage and increased the membership-fees budget by $10,400. Staff will circulate revised A/B power-cost allocations for review before issuing invoices or refunds; the agency holds about $800,000 in participant funds.
Woodard & Curran modeled eight supply and recharge projects yielding about 65,000 acre-feet per year under assumed full buildout around 2042. The projects nearly eliminate modeled groundwater-level undesirable results; adding roughly 2,000 acre-feet per year of demand reduction in Non-District East eliminates the remaining ones. The GSA must also demonstrate sustainability through management actions alone. Full project benefits depend on implementation.
The board approved automatic reductions for eligible late-reporting penalties in the backlog, including a one-time first-violation waiver, even without written requests. Staff reported $11.5 million assessed in its late-reporting review, $1.3 million waived and $280,000 paid. Las Posas Valley Water Year 2026 allocations were adopted at about 40,000 acre-feet overall, with individual changes reflecting transfers and ownership changes. Future penalty rules and owner-operator reforms remain under consideration.
SHAC approved its July 22 minutes. Draft groundwater plan documents are open for comment through October 26 and find the sub-basin on track for its 2042 sustainability goals. On October 14, the Vina GSA board will discuss a proposed minimum-threshold alternative and the non-dry-year clause; any further SHAC review depends on board direction. SHAC is scheduled to review proposed local management levels October 28.
