Technical Committee Meeting Thursday, January 9, 2014, 8:30 – 10:30 am

Yolo County Flood Control & Water Conservation District 34274 State Highway 16, Woodland, CA, Board Room

AGENDA

1. Call to Order

2. Approve Agenda and Adding Items to the Posted Agenda: In order to add an item to the agenda, it

must fit into one of the following categories: a) A majority determination that an emergency (as defined by the Brown Act) exists; or b) A 4/5ths determination that the need to take action that arose subsequent to the agenda being posted.

3. Approval of Minutes from Previous Committee Meeting: Minutes (attached) will be approved by

consensus through email communications. Previous meeting: 11/7/13. Please comment by 1/10/14. Pages 3-11 4. Public Comment: The public may address the Committee relating to matters within the WRA’s jurisdiction.

5. DWR Update: (Kristin Honeycutt, DWR Staff) - Update on topics of interest to Technical Committee

6. Funding Updates: Discuss available funding opportunities and updates on grants awarded.

a) Water & Energy Efficiency Grants WaterSMART Program - USBR 7. Water Legislation & Regulatory Issues Update (Tim O’Halloran, Cindy Tuttle, NCWA)

a) Delta Updates b) FloodProtect Update (www.floodprotectplan.com) c) State Water Resources Control Board Groundwater concept paper

8. Water Bond 2014: On-going discussions and updates

• AB1331 http://awpw.assembly.ca.gov/waterbond • SB42 http://sd03.senate.ca.gov/legislation/2013-2014 Bill amended 8/15/13

9. Technical Committee Representation Discussion (Tim O’Halloran) Discuss and provide recommendations to the WRA Nominating Committee for:

a) Technical Committee Chair b) Westside IRWMP Representative for WRA/Yolo County.

10. Yolo County IRWMP Foundational Actions Update and Review Process

Discuss and review the current list of foundational actions from the 2007 IRWMP, pages 12-15 • Yolo County Groundwater Monitoring Program (FA1) • Yolo County Surface Water Monitoring Program (FA2) • Yolo County Subsidence Monitoring Program (FA3) • Groundwater Model Enhancement Program (FA4) • Aquatic Habitat and Fish Opportunities Assessment (FA6) • Water Resources Infrastructure Database (WRID) Enhancement Program (FA7) • SCADA Network Enhancement Program (FA8) • Topographic Mapping (LiDAR Project) (FA11) • Development of Yolo County Habitat Conservation Plan/Natural Communities Conservation Plan (FA14) • Lower Cache Creek Aerial Photography Project (FA16)

WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION OF YOLO COUNTY

P.O. Box 8624, Woodland, CA 95776 Phone: (530) 666-2733 Fax: (530) 666-4257

Website: www.yolowra.org Email: info@yolowra.org

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11. WRA Project Fund Activities:

a) Receive update/discuss status of FY2013-14 Projects: • Westside IRWMP Implementation, Year 1 ($20,000) – Invoiced in full & paid • Yolo Bypass Integrated Action, Yolo Basin Foundation ($20,000) - 1st Quarter Invoiced • Mercury TMDL Impacts & Implementation Assessment, MEI ($16,000) - 1st Quarter Invoiced • Cache Creek Nature Preserve Building Stabilization, CC Conservancy ($12,000) - Invoiced in full & paid • Salmon in the Classroom/Bypass, Putah Creek Council ($10,920) • ATV Weed Sprayer & Trailer, Lower Putah Creek Coord. Comm. ($10,000) - 1st Quarter Invoiced • Water Rights Legislation & Regulatory Consulting, NCWA ($4,000) – June to Dec 2013 invoice pending • Yolo County Groundwater Monitoring Program ($89,000 contributions independent of WRA budget)

12. Draft 2013 WRA Annual Newsletter: TC review and comment by January 13th, pages 16-19 13. Discuss and Approve Location(s) for 2014 Technical Committee Meetings 14. Member Information & Future Agenda Items: Committee members are invited to recommend topics or

future meetings and report on current issues/events.

Future agenda items discussed: IGSM Foundational Action Update - Groundwater Modeling, Tim O’Halloran IRWM Strategic Plan Update, DWR staff Update on Lower Cache Creek Feasibility Study Future of groundwater issues – Dan McManus, DWR

15. Next TC Meeting Date: Thursday, February 6, 2014, Yolo County Flood Control & WCD Board

Room, 34274 State Highway 16, Woodland. (Note: The TC reserves the 3rd Thursday of the month for an additional meeting as needed.) 16. Adjourn

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing agenda for the January 9, 2014 meeting of the Technical Committee for the Water Resources Association of Yolo County was posted by January 3, 2014 at the office located at 34274 State Highway 16, Woodland, CA and was available to the public during normal business hours.

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ID Title Related

Categories* Description Geographic

Area FA1 Yolo County

Groundwater Monitoring Program

WS, WQ YCFCWCD, in cooperation with other local, county, state, or federal water resource agencies, developed the framework and guidelines for an ongoing, countywide Groundwater Monitoring Program. While future funding contributions need to be established, this program and its associated database, serve as the basis and clearing house for countywide groundwater monitoring coordination and information dissemination.

Countywide

FA1.1 Dunnigan Area Groundwater Monitoring Enhancement Program

WS, WQ The Dunnigan Water District, through its Groundwater Management Investigation (October 2005) determined the need for construction of dedicated multiple completion monitoring wells to facilitate obtaining water level and water quality data for specific aquifers. The existing monitoring program is based on production wells that are screened over multiple aquifers. Additionally, the deep aquifer in the Dunnigan area has not been utilized and may offer potential for additional water supply depending upon the quality. Construction of new multiple completion monitoring wells would enable the District to assess the potential of the deep aquifer.

Colusa Basin Drain

FA1.2 UC Davis Groundwater Enhancement Program

WS, WQ UC Davis is improving its understanding of its use of groundwater, by conducting groundwater investigations such as assessment of long-term yield and sustainability of the deep aquifer, development of a groundwater model to evaluate the impact of pumping at current and higher levels, and considering the joint impact of pumping by the City of Davis. UC Davis is also monitoring groundwater and will be replacing existing groundwater capacity (replacing wells) as the existing wells age.

Davis

FA1.3 City of Woodland Groundwater Enhancement Program

WS, WQ Demands on the City of Woodland's groundwater supply are increasing while water quality issues are affecting some groundwater wells. Woodland has the potential to divert Sacramento River water under the joint water rights filing and put it to beneficial use. The primary concept behind this action is to divert Sacramento River water, perhaps through an agreement with RD 2035, and convey it to lands adjacent to the city for irrigation use in lieu of groundwater. This would leave additional water in groundwater storage for the City's wells. A secondary part of this action is additional investigation and possible utilization of the deep aquifer in the Woodland area to provide higher quality water and supplement the intermediate aquifer currently tapped by the City's wells.

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Area FA2 Yolo County Surface

Water Monitoring Program

WS, WQ, FM, AR

As part of the development of the Groundwater Monitoring Program, the Water Resources Information Database (WRID), includes a module for surface water monitoring data. A comprehensive program should be established to collect, input, quality control and report on all of the various surface water flow and quality parameters that are being collected by the various local, county, state, or federal water resource entities. The County's program of monitoring turbidity and suspended sediment needs to be incorporated into the monitoring program. The program would also identify data needs and promote ongoing regular monitoring by participating agencies.

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FA3 Yolo County Subsidence Monitoring Program

WS, WQ, FM The Yolo County GPS Subsidence Monitoring Program recently completed its third triennial countywide survey of land surface elevations. The survey results are indicating that significant subsidence continues to occur in many areas of the county. The subsidence seems to be generally correlated with areas of groundwater pumping. However, there are questions with regards to other causes of subsidence and data interpretation. The 2005 subsidence results report contained a summary of 14 recommendations and their implementation status. Because of the importance of subsidence effects on groundwater use planning, the programs should be continued and implementation of key recommendations should be accelerated.

Countywide

FA4 Yolo County Groundwater Modeling Program

WS, WQ YCFCWCD is developing a countywide Integrated Ground and Surface Water Model using IGSM. This modeling tool is available for use by qualified agencies and individuals to assist them in validating water management planning scenarios.

Countywide

FA4.1 City of Davis/UC Davis Groundwater Model Enhancement Program

WS, WQ Davis and UC Davis have participated in joint groundwater management activities for several years and are in the process of developing a groundwater management plan (GWMP) for their service areas. YCFCWCD is also developing a GWMP for areas within its jurisdiction, including Davis and UC Davis. Under mutual agreement between the parties, the Davis-UC Davis GWMP addresses groundwater management needs specific to the Davis-UC Davis service areas. These service areas are not directly included or managed under YCFCWCD’s GWMP. YCFCWCD is also developing a

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Area countywide Integrated Ground and Surface Water Model using IGSM. This model

includes the Davis area. The purpose of the Davis Area Groundwater Model is to support implementation of the Davis-UC Davis GWMP by providing a much higher modeling resolution than the IGSM model within the Davis-UC Davis service areas. The Davis Area Groundwater Model will be developed to be consistent with the countywide IGSM, but will have a more detailed representation of the Davis and UC Davis production wells and aquifer conditions around the wells.

FA4.2 City of Woodland Groundwater Model Enhancement Program

WS, WQ As part of the 1997 Water Master Plan, a Yolo Woodland Aquifer Model (YWAM) was developed. The YWAM was a refinement of the 1996 model developed for YCFCWCD for use in planning the proposed Cache Creek Recharge and Recovery Project. Geotrans later updated the model to provide greater detail and used the updated model to evaluate remote well field alternatives. Woodland now needs to extend the model into deeper zones and use the model to accomplish the following tasks: • Predict the effects of new surface water for in-lieu recharge and direct municipal use • Model the effects of planned new wells • Evaluate how to minimize drawdown, energy costs, and subsidence • Model the transport of dissolved minerals, especially nitrate

Woodland

FA6 Aquatic Habitat and Fish Opportunity Assessment

WS, WQ, FM, AR, R

To provide baseline and ongoing data related to aquatic habitat and fisheries in the region, a comprehensive monitoring program should be established. Similar to the groundwater and subsidence programs, it is envisioned that this would be a multi-agency program. Initial objectives of the program would be to identify and report on what is known and/or currently being monitored, as well as what critical data gaps exist. This information (data) is foundational to all five categories of the IRWMP.

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FA7 Water Resources Information Database Enhancement Program

WQ, AR In 2004, YCFCWCD, in cooperation with other local, county, state, and federal water resource agencies, completed the development of a Water Resources Data Management System (WRID). While currently used primarily for groundwater level and quality data, it includes a surface water data module. The WRID needs to be populated, on an on-going basis, with new data, be quality controlled, and distributed to other agencies and the public.

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Area FA8 SCADA Network

Enhancement Program WQ, FM, AR YCFCWCD is developing a region-wide (Lake and Yolo Counties) broadband based

SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) network. While its primary purpose is to monitor and control the District's "transmission and delivery" system, it is flexible enough and has the capacity to serve flood control, water quality and environmental monitoring purposes. This program requires ongoing maintenance and modernization.

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FA11 Topographic Mapping (LiDAR) Project

Development within Yolo County has substantially altered the land form from what is represented on quadrangle maps prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey. This is the consequence of the construction of infrastructure, leveling of land for agricultural production, the relocation of waterways, and land subsidence. Good topographic information is essential for sound planning thus topographic mapping of the Valley portion of Yolo County is needed. This can be accomplished in a cost effective manner using LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology to create a Digital Surface Model or topographic map.

Countywide

FA14 Development of HCP/NCCP

AR The Yolo County Habitat Conservation Plan/Natural Communities Conservation Plan needs additional funding to be completed in the next 2-4 years. The HCP/NCCP will identify priority areas for protection of endangered species habitat.

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FA16 Lower Cache Creek Aerial Photography Project

AR Yolo County contracts for aerial photography of the lower Cache Creek watershed every year.

Cache Creek

Note: * FA = Foundational Action, AR = Aquatic and Riparian Ecosystem Enhancement, FM = Flood Management and Storm Drainage, R = Recreation, WQ = Water Quality, WS = Water Supply and Drought Preparedness

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Water Resources Planning and Implementation

The WRA Board received many presentations on key topics to stay informed and make decisions about regional issues in 2013.

Perspective on California Water Issues (Tim Quinn, ACWA Executive Director and Stuart Leaven-worth, Sacramento Bee Editorial Page Editor)

Current Water Issues and Possible Statewide Water

Bond (Senator Lois Wolk, Senate District 3)

2013 Water Conditions Update (Tim O’Halloran, Yolo County Flood Control & Water Conservation District)

Update on Set t lement Contracts Li t igat ion (Lewis Bair, Reclamation District 108)

Proposed State Water Bond 2014 Discussion (Tim Quinn, ACWA and David Guy, NCWA)

Woodland Davis Surface Water Supply Project Update (Dennis Diemer, WDCWA)

Westside Integrated Regional Water Management Plan Adoption July 2013

Putah Creek Restoration and Fish Video Project (Ken Davis, The Creekman)

Regular Delta planning and legislative/regulatory updates

Regular WRA Technical Committee updates on local project activities and available funding opportunities

January 2014

The Year in Review: 2013 DRAFT#2

The Water Resources Association of Yolo County (WRA) reached a organizational mile-stone in 2013. WRA members celebrated the 20th anniversary of the association, which was created in 1993. Past and present board mem-bers attended to acknowledge the WRA’s ongo-ing commitment to the protection and steward-ship of Yolo County’s water resources.

“Water has become one of the most critical issues of our generation”, said WRA Chair, Wil-liam Marble. “Water shortages are a California reality and key discussions are taking place about a statewide water plan. It is increasingly more important that our member agencies work together to be at the table in order to add our collective voice to the debate.” Here are a few examples of how WRA members strive to work together.

The Westside Regional Water Management IRWMP is a four county collaboration to implement regional priorities. The final Plan was adopted in July 2013. State imple-

mentation grant funding will be sought in winter 2014-15. For more information visit: www.westsideirwm.com.

FloodProtect is a regional planning effort established to reduce flood risks to the great-er Sacramento, Solano, Sutter and Yolo county areas. Funding has been secured from the State of California to develop a sustainable action plan that will identify a list of prioritized flood management solu-tions. For more details on the process visit: www.floodprojectplan.com

The Woodland Davis Clean Water Agency and Reclamation District 2035 have secured State and Federal funding for a new surface water intake facility on the Sacramento Riv-er. This project is a team effort for an afford-able water management solution that also has strong support from local and regional officials. Visit www.wdcwa.com for details.

Read more about all of these projects on page 3

Irrigated land north of Sacramento Metropolitan Airport

Partnering on Regional Water Issues

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WRA Funded Projects and Programs in 2013

Page 2 The Year in Review: 2013 DRAFT#2

The WRA Technical Committee focused on im-plementing regional IRWMP projects and funding opportunities for the benefit of its member agencies. The WRA contributed funding toward the following IRWMP project priorities in FY2012-13:

Surface Water Monitoring Plan ($35,000): This project is an IRWMP Foundational Action and an important component in man-aging Yolo County water resources. The Water Resources Infor-mation Database (WRID) was expanded to include existing surface water quality monitoring data from the Cache Creek Resources Man-agement Plan. Authorized users can gain access to the WRID to upload/edit data and analyze groundwater and surface water level and quality well data.

Yolo Bypass Integrated Project ($20,000): The Yolo Basin Foun-dation is a longstanding leader and convener for stakeholder interests in the Yolo Bypass. WRA project funds support their participation in numerous Yolo Bypass and Delta-related planning processes and studies that have an impact on water resources in Yolo County.

Westside IRWMP ($23,864): The WRA’s participation as a re-gional partner helped to fund the Westside IRWMP. In 2013, an extensive public outreach process culminated in the creation and

adoption of the Westside IRWMP. Plan implementation will be the focus during the next fiscal year of this multi-county effort.

Pilot Study-Groundwater Co-removal of Chromium 6/Nitrate ($19,358): The 4-month long study conducted by the City of Davis, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants and Envirogen Technologies investigated a biological treatment process in response to state legis-lated establishment of a new Cr6 drinking water standard.

Aquifer Storage & Recovery (ASR) Project ($24,358): City of Woodland’s ASR Well 28 project is part of their Groundwater Man-agement Plan Implementation. The project goal is to provide high quality groundwater to the City and help replace supplies from aging wells. WRA’s funding purchased 7 data loggers for designated moni-toring wells within the City of Woodland.

Mercury TMDL Impacts & Implementation Assessment ($19,080): McCord Environmental, Inc. (MEI) and the Mercury Subcommittee assess, monitor and inventory mercury TMDL-related activities and recommends any actions to the WRA. MEI provides regulatory consulting services to the WRA related to Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board policies impacting Yolo County watersheds.

WRA Funded Projects & Programs (Continued on page 4)

Grant Funding - WRA Agencies (selected list 2012-13)

Agency Project Funding Source Amount Status

Woodland Davis Clean Water Agency & Recla-mation Dist. 2035

Sacramento River Joint Intake Facility California Proposition 40; US Bureau of Reclamation

$10 million; $14.15 million

Approved; Approved

Yolo Basin Foundation Putah Creek Restoration Grant (Putah Creek Diversion Dam to Yolo Bypass Toe Drain)

CDFW Ecosystem Restoration Program

$2.26 million Awarded in 2012 Amended in 2013

YCFC&WCD Winters Main Canal Modernization: Integrated Precision Water Mgmt.

Agricultural Water Use Efficiency Grant (Prop. 50)

$1.4 million Awarded

Yolo Habitat JPA Yolo County Habitat Conservation Plan/NCCP

US Fish & Wildlife Service $999,000 Awarded

Dunnigan Water Dis-trict

Water Delivery System Remote Control & Monitoring

CalFed Water Use Efficiency $80,000 Awarded

FloodProtect Lower Sacramento North Delta Region-al Flood Management Plan & Govern-ance Study

CA Department of Water Re-sources

$1.6 million Awarded

Financial Summary

July 2012 - June 2013 Income

WRA Membership Dues: Baseline Budget Administrative Fund: $88,828

Project Fund: $99,377 Supplemental Income: Special Projects Budget

Yolo County Groundwater Monitoring Program: $89,000 Develop Surface Water

Monitoring Program, $35,000 Yolo Bypass Integrated

Action - IRWMP, $20,000

Westside IRWMP Cost Share (Prop. 84),

$23,864

City of Davis, Co-Removal Pilot Study

(C6/Nitrate), $19,358

City of Woodland, Groundwater well ASR

Project, $24,358

Mercury TMDL Impacts & Implem. Assess.,

$19,080

Water Rights & Regulatory Consulting,

$4,000 Yolo County Groundwater Monitoring

Program, $89,000

July 2012 - June 2013 Budgeted Project Expenses

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City of West Sacramento Levee Improvement Project

at the I Street Bridge

The WRA’s member agencies were involved in many projects throughout the year to implement actions in the 2007 Yolo County Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP). The IRWMP is considered the guiding doc-ument for water resources planning in Yolo County. The status of IRWMP priority projects will be reviewed every 5 years (first review in 2011). New projects continue to be identified by the WRA Technical Committee for future in-clusion in the IRWMP. www.yolowra.org/irwmp.html

The Westside Regional Water Management Group devel-oped and adopted the Westside IRWMP in July 2013. The IRWMP was funded by a $1 million Proposition 84 planning grant from the Dept. of Water Resources (DWR) plus a $500,000 cost share from a consortium of agencies represent-ing a 5-county region (Cache and Putah Creek watersheds). An extensive public outreach process assisted with the evalu-ation and prioritization of projects from Napa, Solano, Lake, Yolo and Colusa counties. Although a Prop. 84 Implementa-tion Round 2 grant proposal was not funded in 2013, they plan to apply for future implementation funding in FY2014-15. The Westside Group is moving forward with IRWMP implementation. The Yolo County Resource Conservation District was selected to provide administrative support to track the progress of projects, objectives and facilitate public outreach meetings.

Several studies were conducted under the direction of Yolo County with assistance from the Yolo Basin Founda-tion (YBF) to provide technical information into the develop-ment of a series of actions that would comprise the Yolo Bypass Conservation Measure in the draft Bay Delta Conser-vation Plan. These studies can be accessed on the County’s website: www.yolocounty.org, Hot Topics, Delta elibrary.

A scope of work is being prepared to submit to DWR to develop a Yolo Bypass Corridor Plan. This would be funded under the FloodProtect Regional Flood Management Plan. The Corridor Plan would include studies conducted by Yolo agencies and outline best strategies identified to specifically benefit the Bypass and agricultural sustainability.

FloodProtect is one of six regional flood management plans under development in California. Through collabora-

tive planning, FloodProtect aims to reduce flood risks in the Lower Sacramento Delta North region, which includes Yolo County. This planning effort includes diverse interest groups and will prioritize potential flood solutions based on need and regional benefit. The FloodProtect Planning Team has vetted the draft Problem Definition report in public work-shops and is now working on the solution sets by gathering information from urban, small and rural community stake-holders with working knowledge of the issues. The Plan will identify potential regional improvements and alternatives to address regional flood risk problems. The Team anticipates that the FloodProtect Plan will influence the 2017 Central Valley Flood Protection Plan update.

In October 2013, the Woodland Davis Clean Water Agency (WDCWA) Board awarded a $141.2 million service contract to CH2M Hill for the design, construction and long-term operation of a new surface water treatment system. This project will improve water supply reliability and water quali-ty for more than two-thirds of Yolo County residents. The cities of Davis and Woodland will receive the majority of their water from the Sacramento River by mid-2016 based on the current project schedule. This is a significant milestone in Yolo County history after two decades of planning and collaboration by local agencies.

A related Yolo IRWMP priority project is the Sacramen-to River Surface Water Joint Intake Facility. Reclamation District 2035 and WDCWA have successfully leveraged over $33 million in state and federal funding for this project. The intake will be jointly constructed and operated by WDCWA and RD 2035 and is the cornerstone of WDCWA’s regional surface water project. The intake facility will be replacing the largest unscreened surface water intake on the Sacramen-to River north of the Delta.

The YCFC&WCD was awarded a Proposition 50 Ag-ricultural Water Use Efficiency grant for the Winters Main Canal Modernization Project. The project will modernize 16 miles of its main canal by installing automatic water con-trol gates and pump flow meters. This will allow the District and its water customers to manage their irrigations more efficiently while achieving water conservation benefits. En-hancing the system will also help mitigate the drought effects of climate change. The project is also consistent with the Westside IRWMP’s objectives and should be completed mid-2016.

The City of West Sacramento and the West Sacramen-to Area Flood Control Agency are fully committed to the West Sacramento Levee Improvement Program. Two public meetings to review the draft Southport Sacramento River Early Implementation Project EIR/EIS were held in Decem-ber 2013. The project would bring the 5.6 mile South Levee up to standard with Federal and state flood risk reduction criteria. For more information about the project, visit http://www.cityofwestsacramento.org/city/flood/southport_eip/

IRWMP Integrated Projects & Ongoing Member Agency Activities

The Yolo Bypass (new photo pending)

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William Marble, City of Woodland, Chair

Sid England, University of CA Davis, Vice-Chair

Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, City of Winters, Treasurer

Jacques DeBra, City of Davis, Technical Committee

Chair and Alternate Board Member

Donna Gentile, Administrative Coordinator

Perry, Bunch & Johnston, Auditor

Brett Lee, City of Davis

Christopher Ledesma, City of West Sacramento

Gary Schaad, Dunnigan Water District

Fritz Durst, Reclamation District 108

Robert Thomas, Reclamation District 2035

Matt Rexroad, Yolo County

Jim Mayer, Yolo County Flood Control & WCD

2013 WRA Board of Directors & Officers

The WRA is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of representatives appointed by each member agency. The WRA Technical Committee, composed of senior staff of the participating agencies, performs much of the work for the WRA. The WRA Executive Committee handles administrative and oversight functions for the association. The Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer and Technical Chair are committee members.

The WRA Board of Directors meets a minimum of five times per year on a Monday from 3-5 p.m. in Woodland. The Technical and Executive Committees meet on a monthly basis. Additional meetings of the Board and Committees are arranged on an as-need basis depending on issues that require timely attention.

The public is invited to attend and participate at WRA meetings. Meeting minutes and future meeting announce-ments are available on our website at www.yolowra.org.

Board Profile and Meeting Information

Best Wishes to a Retiring WRA Board Member

Jacques DeBra has been an active member of the WRA on behalf of the City of Davis since the WRA’s in-ception in 1994. He has played an instrumental leadership role on the WRA Board of Directors and has been the Chair of the WRA’s Technical Committee since 2005. His val-uable insight guided the WRA’s development as a recognized regional association of water resource management for Yolo County. He was a key figure overseeing the long development of the Yolo County Integrated Regional Water Management Plan that is a guiding document for local planning efforts. In 2009, he once again continued his involvement in the creation of the Westside IRWMP, a 5-county regional plan. Jacques persistently pursued grant and funding opportunities for the benefit of WRA member agencies and for the enhancement of the Yolo County region. Jacques retired in December 2013 after 24 years with the City of Davis.

Sid and Jacques, pictured to the right, are original mem-bers of the 1992 Interagency Water Management Coordinating Group (ICOR) that updated the 1984 Yolo County Water Plan. Sid England and Jacques DeBra, November 2013

WRA Funded Projects and Programs in 2013 (Continued from page 2) Water Rights Legislative & Regulatory Consulting ($4,000): Northern California Water Association (NCWA) advises the

WRA membership on legislative and regulatory issues that may affect water rights and supplies in Yolo County. NCWA staff provides regular updates at WRA Board and Technical Committee meetings. The focus in 2013 has been on Bay-Delta issues and the proposed 2014 Water Bond.

Yolo County Groundwater Monitoring Program ($89,000): Since 2006 WRA members contribute ongoing support for this important IRWMP Foundational Action managed by the YCFC&WCD. The program is championed by DWR as one of the premier non-urban monitoring programs in the State. Many plans, projects and stakeholders have used and continue to use Pro-gram data. Monitoring data is provided to California Statewide Groundwater Elevation Monitoring (CASGEM) program.

To view information detailed project information and access project reports, please visit to www.yolowra.org/projects.html

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