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Barry
01-24-2019, 12:51 PM
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Santa Rosa Plain Public Meeting on Fee Option


Mark your calendar! Well owners and other stakeholders in the Santa Rosa Plain are invited to attend a public meeting to learn about a proposed groundwater sustainability fee on Wednesday, January 30, 6-8 p.m., at the Finley Community Center Auditorium, 2060 West College Avenue, Santa Rosa. A meeting agenda and additional details will be posted soon at https://santarosaplaingroundwater.org/

Please share this information with well owners and others in the Santa Rosa Plain area.

The January 30th public meeting is in follow-up to a Study Session (https://sonomacountygroundwater.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a4f0fa78804885520a6bc1810&id=6907637e7d&e=cd0af091a0) hosted by the Santa Rosa Plain GSA Board on December 13, regarding fee options for funding the GSA through 2022. During the two-hour session, the Board reviewed decisions made to-date in the year-long rate and fee study, and learned that proposed fee amounts could range from $1- $3 annually for a well owner with a small irrigation well (but whose main water supply is from a city) to $8-$11 annually for rural residents who rely solely on a well. Larger groundwater users, like cities, towns, farmers and golf courses could pay between $16-$22 per acre foot of estimated or actual groundwater pumped annually. (An acre foot of water is equivalent to 325,851 gallons.)

The Board and public provided input to staff and consultants on four key issues (which can be reviewed in a detailed presentation (https://sonomacountygroundwater.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a4f0fa78804885520a6bc1810&id=31c86deac3&e=cd0af091a0)):

A well registration program
How properties that are partially in the Santa Rosa Plain Basin should be considered in regard to a fee
Whether the member agencies that created the GSA should be reimbursed within the next three years or further into the future
Opportunities to reduce the potential economic impact of the fee

The Board expressed the strong desire for staff to reach out to all well owners in the Santa Rosa Plain basin to let them know about the need for a well registration program and fee. Board members asked staff and a Board ad hoc committee to pursue options for softening the fee on those groundwater users who might be heavily impacted. They also discussed a schedule that includes the January community meeting, possible consideration of a fee methodology at its February 14, 2019 meeting, and possible adoption of a fee and well registration program in April.




Upcoming Meetings

At upcoming meetings, the Advisory Committees will continue discussion of the Groundwater Sustainability Plans, focusing on Plan Area and Basin Settings. The January Sonoma Valley Board of Directors meeting will focus on stormwater capture and groundwater recharge in Sonoma Valley. (The Petaluma and Santa Rosa Plain boards next meet in February.)


Petaluma Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency
Board of Directors
February 28, 2019, 4 p.m.
Petaluma Community Center
320 N. McDowell Blvd, Petaluma

Petaluma Valley GSA Meeting Calendar

(https://sonomacountygroundwater.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a4f0fa78804885520a6bc1810&id=154b676f2b&e=cd0af091a0)


Santa Rosa Plain Groundwater Sustainability Agency
Board of Directors
February 14, 2019, 1:00 p.m.
City of Santa Rosa,
Utilities Field Office
35 Stony Point Rd, Santa Rosa


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Barry
01-27-2019, 12:34 PM
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Well owners looking at fees for their groundwater usage
By Frank Robertson, Staff Writer
Jan 25, 2019

Water well owners in Sonoma County may get billed for their annual water usage under a proposed water-conservation plan up for discussion next week at a community meeting in Santa Rosa.

The Santa Rosa Plain Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) is hosting the Jan. 30 meeting to hear feedback on its proposed “groundwater sustainability fee,” which would provide funding to support the new agency.

“If you get your water from a groundwater well located in the Santa Rosa Plain, the proposed groundwater sustainability fee could affect you,” said the GSA’s website announcing the meeting. The Santa Rosa Plain generally includes the valley floor stretching from Cotati to Windsor and from Sonoma Mountain to Sebastopol and includes the Laguna de Santa Rosa and Mark West Creek watersheds.

Continues here
(https://www.sonomawest.com/sonoma_west_times_and_news/news/well-owners-looking-at-fees-for-their-groundwater-usage/article_54433e8a-20d5-11e9-9881-17198f3cc584.html)