Title:
Title
Agreement: Groundwater Facilitation and Technical Assistance
End
FileID
File ID: 2018-01599
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Pass a Motion authorizing the City Manager, or City Manager's designee, to execute an agreement with John M. Lowrie in an amount not-to-exceed $350,000 from January 2, 2019, through June 30, 2022.
Contact: Tom Gohring, Executive Director, (916) 808-1998; Virginia Smith, Program Specialist, (916) 808-1995, City-County Office of Metropolitan Water Planning (CCOMWP)
Body
Presenter: None.
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Agreement
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The Water Forum was formed in April 2000 to facilitate discussions regarding water use on the American River as well as groundwater use. The State of California passed the Groundwater Sustainability Management Act (SGMA) in September 2014, which significantly expanded State rules for managing groundwater supplies.
The Water Forum Agreement directs the Water Forum to provide facilitation for creation of local groundwater management plans and local groundwater governance. However, the Water Forum does not have adequate staffing or expertise in this area.
On January 10, 2017, the City-County Office of Metropolitan Water Planning (CCOMWP, also known as the Water Forum) entered into an agreement with the State of California, Department of Conservation to reimburse the state for the services of John Lowrie, who was temporarily assigned to the Water Forum as a groundwater technical consultant under the direction of Tom Gohring, Executive Director, CCOMWP. This agreement expires December 31, 2018.
John Lowrie will be leaving state employment at the end of the year and the Water Form wishes to retain his services to provide technical support and facilitation services to the local groundwater services officials. Mr. Lowrie has spent two years building relationships and trust within this group and it is vital that the work co...
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