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The board approved a $129,670 HydroScience amendment for Copper Cove tertiary treatment design work. Staff said a dam raise may not be the most effective approach and is evaluating alternatives pending a water-balance study. In discussion, the GM said staff are preparing for a potentially wet El Niño winter, including drawing down wastewater ponds.
The Salinas Valley Basin GSA board approved Portfolio 3A, but long-term funding and cost allocations remain undecided; preliminary work is funded. Corral de Tierra groundwater levels have declined for roughly two decades, and the Monterey Subbasin had groundwater-level and storage undesirable results in each of the first five SGMA implementation years. Staff reported a recent seawater intrusion advance near Fort Ord; modeling projects further intrusion without new measures.
Staff shared a draft Water Plan 2028 outline to catalog statewide strategies and compare cumulative strategy capacities to the 9 million acre-foot target. DWR selected part of the San Joaquin Valley as a pilot area to test regional planning and modeling before statewide rollout. A 34-member recharge working group kicks off Oct. 1, with a call for recharge readiness ahead of a potentially wet winter.
The board approved a Resolution of Necessity to acquire property interests at 463 Worcester Avenue (San Jose) for the Coyote Creek Flood Protection Project, a nine-mile effort designed to guard against flooding at the February 2017 level. The board also approved a $5,963,750 Berryessa Creek Off-Site Mitigation construction contract despite a sole bid above estimate. Staff noted the Anderson Dam Seismic Retrofit Project's Stage 2 diversion is expected to be operational in 2028.
Water accounting summaries were discussed as likely moving into the printing/mailing process ahead of September 2–3 community workshops. The demand management framework is largely complete, but funding remains unresolved; the board asked to agendize a funding and legal policy discussion for the September 18 joint CGA/GGA meeting. The board approved continued participation in the seven-subbasin interconnected surface waters effort, with Proposition 4 grant funding to be pursued.
