1. GSA staff reported groundwater fees will appear on property tax bills, with rates reduced ~55% thanks to GSA funding. The GSA allocated an additional $750,000 from the prior-year fund balance, effectively cutting groundwater fee rates by approximately 55% for all three user classes (agricultural, public water systems, and self-supplied users). The final levy roll and revised rates were approved on August 11, and bills should arrive in the coming weeks with the first payment due in December. Staff fielded over 1,000 emails and 160 phone calls representing roughly 10,000 acres in the Napa Valley subbasin with questions about the fee, and over 100 hours of dry-farm verifications were completed by RCD staff. The process is expected to be much simpler next year.
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