Butte County Water Commission August 4, 2021 - Vina GSA
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Butte County Water Commission
August 4, 20211. Welcome
2. Tuscan Water District
• The Challenge
• What It Is & Why It’s Important
• Support for Tuscan Water District
• Process to Approval
3. Maps
Agenda 4. Questions & Answers
• District Overlay
• What’s the Plan?
• How much will it cost?
• Domestic Well User Representation
• Special Districts: Are they Democratic?
• Special Districts: Who Votes?
• Special Districts: Benefits & Burdens• The 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
(SGMA) requires:
• That local plans be created by January 2022.
• That subbasins throughout California achieve
The
groundwater sustainability by 2040.
• Local participation.
Challenge • The Vina Subbasin comprises mostly groundwater
dependent lands
• Overdraft exists in the Vina Subbasin.
• For many years, Butte County has encouraged
agricultural groundwater users to organize. (p5)• Currently, the Vina GSA is developing a Plan to address
overdraft through a combination of Projects and
Management Actions (PMAs). (p6)
What it is • Potential projects or programs would all benefit from
or in some cases require an agency with the authority
and ability to conduct project operations. (p6)
and • Butte County is not prepared to fill this roll and this
Why it’s type of agency does not currently exist in the Vina
Subbasin. (p6)
important • To accomplish or even pursue any of the potential
solutions to Vina’s groundwater deficit, an organization
is needed that can conduct physical “operations” to
manage or maintain any type of required
infrastructure. (p6)• The 102,327-acre Tuscan Water District is being formed
What it is to serve this function and fill this gap.
• More specifically, TWD will:
and • Plan for and implement programs to help the sub-basin
Why it’s achieve sustainability, and
• Work in concert with Butte County and Butte County
important Groundwater Sustainability Agencies to develop and
implement the Groundwater Sustainability Plans for the
currently un-served areas.Petitioners: by Farm Size
6%
TWD Snapshot 4 Larger Farms
67 Smaller Farms
94%Petitioners: by Farm Size
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67 smaller farms
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4 larger farms
1,275
1,287
1,337
2,475
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9,079
12,041
0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0%Applicant Land — Tuscan Water District
Support for Tuscan
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California Farm Bureau
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Llano Seco Ranch W.D.
Butte County Farm Bureau M&T Ranch C&C Ranches
(Overlaps RD 2106)
Assemblyman James Gallagher C.F. Koehnen & Sons, Inc Merlo Farms Applicant Land – 58,120 Acres
Congressman Doug LaMalfa Slightom Orchards
Western Canal W.D.
Sanders Family Trust TWD Boundary – 102,327 Acres
Western Canal W.D. SOI
Durham Irrigation District Dog Creek Cellars 2DSD LLC Durham I.D. Pending SOI
Carrier Farms S&S Enterprises
Rock Creek R.D. SOI 99
Western Canal Water District
162
CSU Chico Farm
Ginochio Associates Meline Orchards City of Chico
Rock Creek Reclamation District A&G Orchards Fortier & Sons, Inc
County Boundary 0 1 2 4162
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Paradise Irrigation District Hengst Orchards, Inc Sohnrey and Son Family Farms Map date 5/14/2021 Judy Stolen
Richvale Irrigation District Almont Orchards, Inc Amator Orchards
Monroeville Water District Willadsen Orchards, Inc Rice & Sons, Inc
Northern California Water Alliance Parsley Farms Livingston Farms
Family Water Alliance
* Partial List• Phase 1 (2016 to 2020)
• Dialogue with Butte County and landowners
• Building the Team
• 1st Petitions / Application
Process to • Phase 2 (Q3 2020 to Q4 2021)
Approval • 2nd Petitions / Application
• LAFCO Process & Approval
• Phase 3 (Q4 2021 to Q2 2022)
• Landowner VoteTuscan Water District
Applicant Land — Tuscan Water District TEHAMA Vicinity TEHAMA
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Reclamation
District 2106
Applicant Land – 58,120 Acres TWD Boundary
Western Canal W.D.
TWD Boundary – 102,327 Acres Western Canal W. D. SOI Western Canal W.D.
Western Canal W.D. SOI Durham I.D. Pending SOI
Durham I.D. Pending SOI Rock Creek R.D. SOI
Rock Creek R.D. SOI 99 CSU Chico Farm
162 162
CSU Chico Farm State and Federal Lands
City of Chico City of Chico
County Boundary 0 1 2 4162 County Boundary 0 1 2 4162
Miles Miles
Map date 5/14/2021 Judy Stolen Map date 4/25/2021 Judy StolenQuestions & Answers
District Agencies within service area that have
submitted support letters to LAFCO:
• Durham Irrigation District
• Rock Creek Reclamation District
• Western Canal Water District
District Overlay Neighbor Districts that have submitted support
letters to LAFCO:
• Richvale Irrigation District
• Paradise Irrigation District
• Monroeville Water District• Year 1:
• Adopt an annual budget
• First year priorities for the District:
• Staffing
• Level of participation in SGMA
• Initial projects to be undertaken
What’s the
• Operating procedures
• Bylaws
Plan? • Board organization and other start up activities
• Over time, TWD will:
• Plan for and implement programs to help the sub-
basin achieve sustainability, and
• Work in concert with Butte County and Butte County
Groundwater Sustainability Agencies to develop and
implement the Groundwater Sustainability Plans for
the currently un-served areas.• The initial annual assessment will not exceed
$10 per acre for all District land.
How much • Future project or program assessments will be
subject to Proposition 218, and include:
will it cost? •
•
Engineer’s Report
Capital Improvement Needs Assessment
• Facilities Financing Plan
• Environmental Review
• Approval of landowners• Domestic Well Users (“DWU”) are landowners
on parcels of 10 acres or less with a domestic
well.
• In total, DWU landowners own roughly 5,956
acres, or 5.82% of the proposed district.
Domestic • The interests of agricultural and domestic users
in the proposed District are intertwined.
Well User • TWD has proposed to designate 1 board seat
Representation (14%) for a domestic well user representative.
• TWD proponents are unaware of any other
public water district in California that designates
a specific seat on their board of directors for a
domestic well user representative.• Special Districts are local governments.
• They deliver specialized services.
• 30,000+ special districts in the United States.
• Hundreds of water special districts in California.
• Formed through a public process.
Special Districts: • Governed by a public board of directors.
• Subject to the Brown Act, audits and regulatory
Are they compliance.
Democratic?
• Date back to the 18th century with parks; toll
roads and irrigation in the 19th century.
For more info:
https://www.csda.net/special-districts/learn-about
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/water_districts/special_water_districts.html
Informational PDF - https://bit.ly/3BgI4YP• A California water district is a landowner-voter
district.
• The one-acre, one-vote system is consistent with
precedent and authorized by the California
Water Code.
Special Districts: • There is a long-line of legal authority upholding
the constitutionality of landowner voting for
Who Votes? special land-serving districts of limited purposes
and powers.
• More than 300 water special districts exist in
California.
• More than 30,000 special districts exist in the U.S.Forming the 102,327-acre TWD will create
the necessary financing vehicle to
implement GSA approved projects to solve
overdraft in the service area.
Special Districts: • DWU landowners (~5,956 acres)
Benefits & • Receive roughly 6% of the benefit
Burdens – • Will bear roughly 6% of the annual cost
burden.
the big picture • 10+ Acre landowners (~96,371 acres)
• Receive roughly 94% of the benefit
• Will bear roughly 94% of the annual cost
burden.Thank you!
Petitioners:
Number of Farms
6%
TWD Snapshot 4 Large Farms
32 Medium Farms
49%
45% 35 Small FarmsTWD:
Acreage
TWD Snapshot
54% 46% Large Farms
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