HomeMy WebLinkAbout32746FIRST AMENDMENT TO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF FRESNO AND THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER
EXCHANGE CONTRACTORS WATER AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT
ACT IN A PORTION OF THE DELTA -MENDOTA SUBBASIN
This First Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding Between the County of
Fresno and the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority ("Authority") With
Respect to Implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act in a Portion of the
Delta -Mendota Subbasin ("First Amendment") is entered by and among the County of Fresno
("County") and the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Groundwater Sustainability Agency
("Agency"), and is made with reference to the following:
RECITALS:
A.On March 15, 2016, the County and Authority entered into the Memorandum of
Understanding Between the County of Fresno and the San Joaquin River Exchange
Contractors Water Authority with Respect to Implementation of the Sustainable
Groundwater Management Act in a Portion of the Delta-Mendota Subbasin ("MOU") for
the purpose of coordinating operations with respect to implementing the Sustainable
Groundwater Management Act ("SGMA") in order to achieve sustainable groundwater
management and avoid conflicts between the Authority's implementation of SGMA and
the County's land use planning authorities.
B.On September 28, 2017, the Governor signed into law SB 372, creating the San Joaquin
River Exchange Contractors Groundwater Sustainability Agency ("Agency"). Pursuant to
SB-372, the Agency is the successor in interest to the Authority for all purposes related to
SGMA, including the rights and responsibilities of the MOU, and is the exclusive
Groundwater Sustainability Agency ("GSA") empowered to implement and enforce
SGMA within the Agency's GSA boundary. The Agency's SGMA GSA boundary is
designated in the interactive GSA map maintained by the California Department of Water
Resources.
C.Within the exterior boundary of the Agency there exist islands of areas managed by Fresno
County GSA Management Area "B". For purposes of this First Amendment, such areas
shall be referred to as the "County Islands."
D.The purpose of this First Amendment is to coordinate SGMA implementation and
enforcement, including without limitation, the establishment of monitoring protocols and
data exchange, fee recovery and enforcement mechanisms, applicable to the County
Islands.
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10. The Agency is the successor in interest to the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors
Water Aµthority for SOMA related purposes, and assumes the tights and responsibilities .of the
original Memorandum of Understanding and this First Amendment.
11. Each party represents and warrants to the other that the person who signs this First
Amendment on its behalf is duly authorized to execute this First Amendment and to legally bind
the party on whose behalf he or she signs.
The parties are signing this First Amendment on the dates wri~en below their respective signatures.
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