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(1) Approval of the Santa Monica Basin Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP); and (2) Appointment of the City Manager or their Designee to be the City's Representative to the Santa Monica Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency Board of Directors.
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Meeting Date: December 10, 2021
Contact Person/Dept: Sean Singletary/Public Works - EPO
Phone Number: 310-253-6457
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [x General Fund: Yes [] No [x]
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [] Attachments: []
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [] Date:
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (12/07/2021)
Department Approval: Yanni Demitri, Public Works Director/City Engineer (11/09/2021)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council (1) approve the Santa Monica Basin Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP); and (2) appoint the City Manager or their designee to be the City's representative to the Santa Monica Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency Board of Directors.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
In September 2014 Governor Brown signed three bills (AB 1793, SB 1319, and SB 1168) designed to advance groundwater management in California. The legislation, together known as the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), provides for improved management of groundwater in unadjudicated basins by local authorities. SGMA is one component of an integrated state policy that includes conservation, recycling, safe drinking water, storage, and watershed restoration. Sustainable management addresses management and use of groundwater in a way that can be maintained without chronic lowering of groundwater levels, and significant and unreasonable reduction in groundwater storage, seawater intrusion, degradation of groundwater quality, land subsidence, and surface water depletion. Good groundwater management will provide a buffer against drought and ...
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