DATE: December 6, 2022
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Supporting East Bay Municipal Utility District's (EBMUD) Grant Funding Application for the Implementation of Management Actions and Projects in the City/EBMUD Jointly Prepared East Bay Plain Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) supporting EBMUD's Grant Funding Application to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) for Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Program - Implementation Round 2 funds to assist with implementation of management actions and projects in the City/EBMUD jointly Prepared East Bay Plain Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP).
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SUMMARY
In June 2017, the State formally designated Hayward as the Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) for the portion of the East Bay Plain Groundwater Subbasin (EBP Subbasin) that underlies the City. EBMUD is the GSA for the remaining portion of the Subbasin that underlies the agency's service area. As a GSA, Hayward is responsible for developing and implementing a GSP to manage groundwater within its management area. Hayward and EBMUD worked together to prepare a single GSP for the EBP Subbasin, under the terms of a Cooperating Agreement.
The governing bodies of each entity approved the GSP in December 2021, and it was submitted to the State in January 2022. In addition, in September 2022, Hayward's City Council approved entering into an Implementation Agreement to work cooperatively with EBMUD to implement the GSP management actions necessary to ensure groundwater sustainability. EBMUD staff intends to submit a grant application to DWR for the Sustainable Groundwater Management Grant Program - Implementation Round 2 on behalf of EBMUD and Hayward for funding assistance to implement actions to fill groundwater basin data gaps, advance sustainable g...
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