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Initiated or Requested by: Staff 
Action Requested: Motion
Attachment: Yes

background

a. Adopt 2024 Board of Directors Meeting Dates: 1/22, 3/18, 5/20, 7/15, 9/16, and 11/18/24:  The suggested dates increase the meeting frequency from 5 meetings annually to 6 meetings annually.

b. Approve the September 18, 2023 Regular and October 27, 2023 Special YSGA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes:  Pursuant to Section 54957.5 of the Brown Act, copies of the draft minutes are available to the public at the Board meetings prior to their approval.

c. Receive Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Financial Statements: September 16 - November 17, 2023:  Receive financial statements for September 16, 2023-November 17, 2023 

d.  Receive Minutes of YSGA Executive Committee: Receive YSGA Executive Committee meeting minutes for August 21, September 28, and October 23, 2023.

recommendation

a.  Recommend adoption of the 2024 Board of Directors Meeting Dates: 1/22, 3/18, 5/20, 7/15, 9/16, and 11/18/24.

b. Recommend adoption of September 18, 2023 Regular and October 27, 2023 Special Board meeting minutes with any corrections.

c. This agenda item is for informational purposes only.  No Board action is required.

d. This agenda item is for informational purposes only.  No Board action is required.

Initiated or Requested by: Staff 
Action Requested: None - Information Only
Attachment: Yes

background

The YSGA Chair and Executive Officer will provide either an oral or written report on recent activities. A written report from the YSGA Executive Officer is attached.

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recommendation

This agenda item is for informational purposes only.  No Board action is required.

Initiated or Requested by: Staff 
Action Requested: Motion
Attachment: Yes

background

a.  Adopt Fiscal Year 2023/2024 Budget Amendment #1: YSGA staff are requesting an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2023/2024 Budget, and will provide additional details relating to the two items summarized below:

•  To properly book Audit expenses for Fiscal Year 2022/2023, which were accidentally applied to Fiscal Year 2023/2024 Budget, the Audit expenses line item is now $7,800.
• To account for the Westside IRWM annual membership dues that are now the responsibility of the YSGA, which were inadvertently absent from the Fiscal Year 2023/2024 Budget, the Membership expenses line item is now $25,000.  In 2021, prior to WRA dissolution, the WRA pre-paid Westside IRWM membership dues for two consecutive years, and there are approximately $7,157 remaining in the WRA accounts to assist in paying this year’s IRWM dues.

b.  Approve Payment of Bills

• YCFC&WCD Labor and Benefit Reimbursement (July – September 2023): Requesting approval to reimburse the YCFC&WCD for Administrative and Technical Support Services provided during July 1 and September 30, 2023.
• Westside IRWM Membership Invoice for 2023/24: As discussed above, prior to WRA, the YSGA agreed to resume Integrated Regional Water Management planning responsibilities and entered into the Westside IRWM MOU.
•  West Yost Invoice for Professional Services (July – September 2023)

c. Authorize Project Initiation and Private Job Work Orders for Instrumentation of Multi-Completion Monitoring Wells:  Authorization of the attached Private Job Work Orders will authorize the Executive Officer to reimburse YCFC&WCD up to $31,685 for labor and equipment to complete instrumentation of the well sites. If authorized, funds will be expended from the YSGA Groundwater Monitoring Program budget line item; as of September 30, 2023, $8,230 of the budgeted $90,000 in the adopted Fiscal Year 2023/2024 Budget has been expended.

 d. Authorize Entering into Contract with Stockholm Environment Institute for Updating the YSGA Model:  The YSGA received funding through DWR’s SGMA Implementation Grant to improve the YSGA’s groundwater model. Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) developed the YSGA Model, and staff have been in communication with SEI regarding model updates funded through the DWR grant. Activities to be completed under this contract include preparation of 2023, 2024, and 2025 Annual Reports; development of future land use change scenarios; modeling of projects and management actions; and development of a Hungry Hollow area water budget. Work under the contract will not exceed $474,000, which will be fully funded by the SGMA Implementation Grant.

recommendation

This agenda item is for informational purposes only.  No Board action is required.