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Staff relayed DWR concerns that subsidence monitoring triggers are too reactive and urged more continuous monitoring. Auditor Ryan Jolly gave a clean audit for YE 12/31/2020 (agenda listed 2025), citing ~$66.6M net position and ~$20.4M cash/investments and payoff of the 2010 contract. Water update showed ~613 AF carryover and ~900 AF at San Luis; directors said to hold it.
Technical consultants presented analysis showing that historical groundwater pumping in the Modesto Subbasin causes approximately 60,000 acre-feet per year of stream depletions and recommended continuing to use existing groundwater level thresholds (~57 feet) as protective; no board action was taken. The county reported its Board of Supervisors approved a Geosyntec contract to develop the NDE action plan and accounting platform, with launch planned for February 2027.
The board discussed continuing surface water deliveries at approximately 50 CFS through September 30, drawing down roughly 8,700 acre-feet of available Lone Tree storage after reserving about 5,000 acre-feet for Exhibit C through December. No land purchases for recharge basins. The board approved a resolution to support a Water Smart grant application to replace eight monitoring wells at a total project cost just under $1 million with a required 50% local match.
The board approved a $5,499,199 construction contract to Ford Construction for the Lake Tulloch Intertie Project, installing 12,700 feet of new pipe to eliminate reliance on an aging underwater crossing. A water transfer agreement with East Bay MUD was approved, allowing East Bay MUD to receive up to 150 acre-feet annually of CCWD pre-1914 water for about $30,000/year in revenue to CCWD.
The board approved a standardized landowner recharge agreement formalizing an 80/20 water credit split for landowner recharge facilities. Staff discussed substantial fall recharge interest, with firm requests discussed as roughly 35,000–41,500 acres and additional interest also mentioned, while improved State Water Project modeling signaled a stronger water supply outlook. A canal-wide golden mussel treatment proposal is being evaluated, with a board vote expected in September.
