We value our community and the input from all the users of our basin, both water agency customers and private well owners.
The MGA has initiated a community conversation with private well pumpers and other community stakeholders within the Santa Cruz Mid-County Basin. Several community meetings have been held since May 2014 that have covered a broad spectrum of issues including local groundwater management activities and studies, the new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, and next steps in locally implementing the new statewide law with community involvement.
Meeting Materials
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Thursday, June 14, 2018 7-9pm |
Congregational Church of Soquel | Groundwater Sustainability Plan process update | Agenda |
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Thursday, June 29, 2017 7-9pm |
Congregational Church of Soquel | Groundwater Sustainability Plan Advisory Committee process and applications | Agenda |
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017 7-9pm |
Congregational Church Soquel | Information for Commercial and Agricultural private well users | |
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Thursday, December 10, 2015 7-9 PM |
Live Oak Grange |
Establishing Boundaries and Beginning the Groundwater Sustainability Plan Establishing a Sustainable Groundwater Supply in Mid-County Area including formation of a Groundwater Sustainability Agency. |
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 7-9 PM |
Soquel Congregational Church |
Update on State Mandated Water Restrictions and Local Activities to Forming a Groundwater Sustainability Agency The purpose of these meetings is to meet with mid-county groundwater basin users, share information about groundwater hydrology, protection against seawater intrusion, , data collection and monitoring, water use efficiency, basin sustainability, and – most recently - how we are working towards locally meeting the requirements of the new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act that went into effect January 1, 2015. |
Combined Presentation by John Ricker, Ron Duncan, Jon Kennedy, and Marci DuPraw Handout - John Ricker Handout - Marci DuPraw |
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015 7-9 PM |
Soquel Congregational Church (4951 Soquel Drive, Soquel) |
Towards Sustainability...Where Do We Go From Here? This meeting will include a brief overview of the previous groundwater stakeholder meetings, finish our interactive exercise from the December meeting, and provide an update on the state requirements of the local formation of a groundwater sustainability agency. It will also focus on furthering public engagement and how basin users can collaboratively meet the new state laws of groundwater sustainability. |
Presentation by John Ricker Presentation by Jon Kennedy Presentation by Kim Adamson |
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Thursday, December 18, 2014 7-9 PM |
Capitola Council Chambers (420 Capitola Ave, Capitola) |
How to Locally Address the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Panel Discussion about new CA Groundwater Legislation and Community Engagement Presenters include John Ricker (County of SC) , David Ceppos (Center of Collaborative Policy, CSU Sacramento), and Jon Kennedy (community member who has been attending these stakeholder meetings) |
Presentation by John Ricker Presentation by Jon Kennedy Presentation by David Ceppos |
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014 7-9 PM |
Soquel Congregational Church (4951 Soquel Drive, Soquel) |
California Groundwater Law Presentation by Russ McGlothlin from Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on the pending CA Groundwater Legislation |
Presentation by Russ McGlothlin |
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014 7-9 PM |
Soquel Congregational Church (4951 Soquel Drive, Soquel) |
Question and Answers Session with: John Ricker (SC County), Kim Adamson (General Manager, Soquel Creek Water District), and Ralph Bracamonte (Manager, Central Water District) |
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014 7-9 PM |
Soquel Congregational Church (4951 Soquel Drive, Soquel) |
Who are we and what do we do? Presentations from John Ricker (SC County), Cameron Tana (HydroMetrics WRI) on Groundwater Hydrology and Management in the Mid-County area, and Angie Gruys (Resource Conservation District of SC County) on Private Weill Pilot Project |
Presentation by John Ricker Presentation by Cameron Tana Presenation by Angie Gruys Handout- Agenda Meeting Schedule |
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014 7-9 PM |
Seacliff Inn (7500 Old Dominion Court, Aptos) |
Kick Off Meeting Purpose & Intent of Advisory Committee, Meeting ground rules, Background on the mid-county water problem, scope and schedule for future committee meetings and opening the conversation to the public on what they’d like this group to do |
Presentation Handout- Meeting Schedule Handout- State Leg Update |
This is a recording of the December 10, 2015 community meeting in its entirety