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AGENDA TITLE: Adopt Resolution Declaring City Council's Support of the Mokelumne
Watershed Interregional Sustainability Evaluation Program
MEETING DATE: August 5, 2015
PREPARED BY: Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt resolution declaring City Council's support of the
Mokelumne Watershed Interregional Sustainability
Evaluation Program.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Mokelumne Watershed Interregional Sustainability
Evaluation (MokeWISE) Program was created to develop
and evaluate alternatives to optimize water resources
management within the upper and lower watersheds of the greater Mokelumne River
watershed. The MokeWISE Program offers a bi-regional approach to managing surface and
groundwater resources in the watershed to benefit the needs of both regions while maximizing
water resource opportunities.
The purpose of the MokeWISE Program is to provide interregional water supply, water quality,
and environmental benefits in Amador, Calaveras, and San Joaquin counties and within the
East Bay Municipal Utility District service area. Through the State Integrated Regional Water
Management (IRWM) Program, the Mokelumne-Amador-Calaveras and Eastern San Joaquin
IRWM regions have joined together to create a joint water resources plan for the Mokelumne
River watershed.
The MokeWISE Program was guided by the MokeWISE Planning Committee, comprised of the
representatives from the grant recipient agencies, including the Upper Mokelumne River
Watershed Authority and the Groundwater Basin Authority, and the technical and facilitation
consultants. The Planning Committee reached out to agencies, non-governmental
organizations, private entities, resource agencies, and local and state agencies to participate on
the Mokelumne Collaborative Group (MCG). The MCG was responsible for guiding the
development of the MokeWISE Program and the public outreach. A list of the MCG members is
provided in Attachment A.
The Executive Summary of the MokeWISE Program report is provided in Attachment B. A full
copy of the report is 140 pages in length and is available for review in the Public Works
Department.
A copy of the summary presentation provided to the MCG is provided in Attachment C for your
information and will be available for presentation to the City Council, if desired. Implementation
Project 2a: Municipal Recycled Wastewater Recharge Program is sponsored by the City of Lodi
APPROVED:
Manager
KAWP\C0UNCIL\2015\CMokeWISE Resolution of Support_ doc 6/24/2015
Adopt Resolution Declaring City Council's Support of the Mokelumne Watershed Interregional Sustainability Evaluation Program
August 5, 2015
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and is the subject of a Proposition 84 grant application previously approved this year by the City
Council.
FISCAL IMPACT: Not applicable.
FUNDING AVAILABLE: Not applicable.
F. Wally San lin
Public Works Director
Prepared by F. Wally Sandelin, Public Works Director
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Attachments
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Mokelumne Collaborative Group Members
Amador County
Amador Water Agency
Calaveras County
Calaveras County Water District
Calaveras Planning Coalition
Calaveras Public Utility District
California Sportfishing Protection Alliance
City of Lodi, Public Works
City of Stockton, Municipal Utilities
Delta Fly Fishers, Inc.
East Bay Municipal Utility District
Foothill Conservancy
Jackson Valley Irrigation District
MyValleySprings.com
North San Joaquin Water Conservation District
Pacific Gas and Electric
Restore the Delta
San Joaquin County
San Joaquin County Resource Conservation District
San Joaquin County, Public Works
San Joaquin Farm Bureau
Sierra Club California
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Stockton East Water District
Trout Unlimited (state level)
Woodbridge Irrigation District
Executive Summary
INTRODUCTION
Through the State of California's Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) program,
the Mokelumne-Amador-Calaveras (MAC) and Eastern San Joaquin (ESJ) IRWM Regions
have joined together to create a joint water resources plan for the Mokelumne River
watershed. The Mokelumne Watershed Interregional Sustainability Evaluation
(MokeWISE) Programwas created to develop and evaluate alternatives to optimize water
resources management withinthe upper and lower watersheds of the greater Mokelumne
River watershed. The MokeWISE Program offers a bi-regional approach to managing
surface and groundwater resources in the watershed to benefit the needs of both regions
while maximizing water resource opportunities.
As shown inFigure ES-, the eastern border of the ESJ region is the western border of the
MAC region. The two IRWM regions have remained separate because of the differing
water supply issues, with the ESJ region predominately focused on groundwater and the
MAC region on surface water. Although they are separate IRWM regions, some of the
participants of the MAC and ESJ regions have been engaged in regular coordination and
communication (through the Mokelumne River Forum and other groups) for many years
regarding their common interests and issues, with the goal of evaluating interregional
opportunities to enhance integrated water management efforts.
The purpose of the MokeWISE Program is to provide interregional water supply, water
quality, and environmental benefits in Amador, Calaveras, and San Joaquin counties, and
within the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) service area.In developing the
MokeWISE Program, the MAC and ESJ Regions have a comprehensive understanding of
opportunities and alternatives for enhanced integrated water resource management,
which will ultimately strengthen both IRWM Plans. Implementing the MokeWISE Program
will demonstrate the success of bi-regional consensus with respect to managing surface
water and groundwater resources in the watershed.
The following sections provide an overview of the MokeWISE program process, as well as
the project list and implementation plan that evolved out of this effort.
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Figure ES -1: MAC and ESJ IRWM Regional Boundaries
STAKEHOLDER AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
The MokeWISEProgram is guided by the MokeWISE Planning Committee, comprised of
representatives from the grant recipient agencies, including the Upper Mokelumne River
Watershed Authority (UMRWA) and the Groundwater Basin Authority (GBA), and technical
and facilitation consultants. The MokeWISE Planning Committee conducted outreach and
invited a group of water agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), private
entities, resource agencies, and local and state agencies with a direct and expressed
interest in the Mokelumne River watershed to participate on the Mokelumne Collaborative
Group (MCG). The MCG was responsible for guiding the development of the MokeWISE
Program and initiating public outreach. Other stakeholder groups were classified into five
tiers to target outreach efforts based on their anticipated level of interest and ability to
engage in program development. These tiers included Tier 2 stakeholders, interested
parties, general public, disadvantaged communities (DACs), and Native American Tribes.
The strategy for obtaining input from stakeholder interests and the public is outlined in a
Public and Disadvantaged Community Outreach Plan.
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PROGRAM OUTCOMES AND MEASURES
The development of the MokeWISE Program was guided by established priorities
identified by the MCG. The MokeWISE Program Objectives to be Achieved and
Consequences to be Avoided ("Program Objectives") were developed from the MCG's
initial collection of thoughts related to benefits and consequences, as well as potential
ways of measuring these outcomes, in order to gauge the success of the MokeWISE
Program. The Program Outcomes and Measures are summarized in TableES-1 andTable
ES -2 below.
CATEGORY
OBJECTIVE
SUMMARY
WS -1: Promote
The program should promote projects and policies that
demand-side
support demand-side management strategies including
management
conservation, water use efficiency, peak period
strategies
rationing and leak detection.
WS -2: Increase supply
The program should result in increased water supply
reliability
reliability for water purveyors.
WS -3: Increase amount
The program should result in an increase in the amount
of stored water
of water stored within the watershed and consider both
ground and surface options.
WS -4: Promote smart,
The program should promote projects and policies that
responsible
ensure that the water needs of new development are
development
met while limiting negative externalities and end use
Water Supply
harm.
WS -5: Reduce reliance
The program should result in a reduced reliance on
on groundwater for
groundwater for irrigation and explore surface water
irrigation
alternatives.
WS -6: Promote a long-
The program should promote projects and policies that
term groundwater
seek to contribute to a positive long-term groundwater
balance
balance.
WS -7: Maximize water
The program should promote projects and policies that
resource availability
allocate water to the full spectrum of beneficial uses
for all beneficial uses
based on full analysis of all potential sources of supply.
WS -8: Decrease the
The program should seek to implement state legislative
need to import water
goals to improve self-sufficiency and reduce the need to
import water
WDReview and
The MCG should review and come to a common
Water
understand existing
understanding of water demand estimates described in
Demands
agency demand
existing planning documents
estimates
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TABLE ES -1: MOKEWISE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES TO BE ACHIEVED
CATEGORY
Water
Quality
OBJECTIVE
WD -10: To identify
water demand issues
for timely
consideration by the
water agencies during
their next Urban Water
Management Plan
(UWMP) update.
WQ-11: Protect and
improve surface and
groundwater quality
WQ-12: Match
delivered water
quality to use
WQ-13: Use water
purification
technology as a tool to
maximize beneficial
uses
R- 14: Increase access
for water-based
recreation
SUMMARY
The program should identify issues and analyses for
water agencies to consider as they prepare demand and
population estimates.
The program should result in improved water quality
within the watershed for both surface water and
groundwater.
The program should try to avoid wasting high quality
water on uses that do not need it.
The program should seek to implement the state's
legislative goals to use water purification technology as
a tool to increase the beneficial uses of water.
The program should result in increased access to the
Mokelumne River from Highway 12 to the headwaters.
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R-15: Increase angling
The program should result in increased spawning
and other recreational
habitat, designating sections of the river for hatchery
opportunities
and wild species, and designating appropriate
environmental flows.
R-16: Increase angling
The program should result in the stocking of hatchery -
Recreation
and other recreational
raised trout in designated areas on the Upper
opportunities
Mokelumne and designating and managing wild trout
sections.
Increase angling
and
and other recreational
The program should result in the reintroduction of
opportunities
salmon in the Upper Mokelumne river.
R-18: Increase angling
and other recreational
The program should result in increased angling,
opportunities
harvesting, and other recreational opportunities.
WR -19: Resolve
The program should seek to resolve existing water
Water Rights
existing water rights
rights protests and to achieve a common understanding
conflicts in the
of the application of relevant water rights law in the
watershed
watershed.
F-20: Enhance flood
The program should result in multi -benefit projects
Flood
protection and
which provide flood protection for residents and
Management
management
businesses within the watershed and enhance
ecosystem function.
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TABLE ES -1: MOKEWISE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES TO BE ACHIEVED
CATEGORY OBJECTIVE
D-21: Use sound,
agreed-upon data to
evaluate program
alternatives
D-22: Use sound,
agreed-upon data to
Data evaluate program
alternatives
D-23: Promote the
contribution of sound
scientific data to
current body of
knowledge
0-24: Increase
investment in forest
management
0-25: Maximize socio-
economic, cultural,
Other Human recreational, public
Values health, and public
safety benefits with a
particular emphasis on
DACs
SUMMARY
The program should produce an agreed-upon
hydrology dataset and Water Availability Analysis
Program components should be described with
sufficient detail to allow for evaluation.
The program should generate and promote projects
with monitoring and reporting requirements to increase
water resources data
The program should promote forest management that
reduces the economic impact of wildfires and other
natural disasters, particularly on water supply.
The program should seek to design projects and
policies to improve socio-economic, cultural,
recreational, public health, and public safety benefits
with a particular emphasis on DACs.
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0-26: Achieve equity
The program should be designed to achieve equity
across regions, cultures, incomes, and time.
E-27: Protect and
The program should result in the protection and
enhance natural
enhancement of the natural environment of the
environment
Mokelumne watershed.
E-28: Protect and
The program should include support for wild and scenic
Environment
enhance natural
designation of the Mokelumne River down to the Pardee
environment
High Pool.
E-29: Protect and
The program should protect, restore, and enhance
restore fisheries
fisheries in the Mokelumne River downstream of
Woodbridge Dam.
A-30: Enhance or
Agricultural
maintain the water supply for beneficial
The project should increase the current agricultural
Benefits
use of agricultural
water supply
practices
C-31: Foster long-term
The program should foster long-term regional
Collaboration
regional relationships
relationships which will promote continued
and avoid unnecessary
collaboration on water management issues and reduce
conflict and litigation
unnecessary litigation.
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TABLE ES -1: MOKEWISE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES TO BE ACHIEVED
CATEGORY OBJECTIVE
SUMMARY
C-32: Promote
broadly -supported
The program should promote projects and policies that
outcomes that benefit
support outcomes benefiting a wide range of interests
a wide range of
within the watershed.
interests
C-33: Promote
broadly -supported
The program should promote the least controversial
outcomes that benefit
projects and policies.
a wide range of
interests
C-34: Promote
broadly -supported
outcomes that benefit
The program should result in agreements that reduce
a wide range of
conflict.
interests
C-35: Develop a
program consistent
The program should facilitate a common understanding
with all existing
of the requirements contained in all existing licenses,
licenses, permits, and
Permits, and agreements affecting the Mokelumne River
agreements affecting
and ensure that MCG proposals will not interfere with
the River
their implementation.
C-36: Develop a
program consistent
with all existing
The program should adhere to all California
licenses, permits, and
Environmental Quality Act and the National
agreements affecting
Environmental Policy Act (CEQA/NEPA) regulations.
the River
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TABLE ES -2: MOKEWISE PROGRAM CONSEQUENCES TO BE AVOIDED
CATEGORY
Data
Environment
Collaboration
Other Human
Values
CONSEQUENCE TO BE
AVOIDED
CA -37: Avoid basing
decisions on incomplete or
inaccurate information
CA -38: Avoid demand for
new or larger on -stream
dams
CA -39: Avoid harmful
impacts to fisheries and
other wildlife
CA -40: Avoid conversion of
agricultural lands to
developed uses
CA -41: Avoid shifting
environmental impacts
from one area to another
CA -42: No diminishment of
the benefits of existing
in -stream flow
CA -43: Avoid closing the
process to the public
SUMMARY
The program should avoid decision-making
based on incomplete or inaccurate information.
The program should avoid demand for new or
larger on -stream dams.
The program should avoid harming fisheries
and other aquatic and terrestrial wildlife.
The program should avoid urbanization of
agricultural lands.
The program should avoid shifting
environmental impacts from one sensitive area
to another.
The program should protect against any
decrease in benefits to public trust resources of
existing in -stream flows.
The program should avoid closing the process
to the public.
CA -44: Avoid dependency
The program should support projects and
on potentially unreliable
Policies that will prevent downstream users
supply
from becoming dependent on unreliable
laws.
supplies
CA -45: Minimize adverse
The program should promote projects and
socio-economic and public
policies that limit or appropriately mitigate
health and safety impacts
adverse socio-economic and public health and
safety impacts.
CA -46: Avoid end use
The program should seek to allocate water in
harm
ways that do the least end use harm.
CA -47: Avoid violating
procedural or substantive
The program should commit to completing
laws.
CEQA/NEPA analysis prior to the agencies
adopting and implementing the program.
CA -48: Avoid interregional
The program should provide parity or equity
inequity
among the regions.
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WATERSHED CONDITIONS
Three documents related to the Mokelumne River watershed, its current conditions, and
water availability were developed to provide an understanding of baseline conditions
through preparation of three documents: the Baseline Environmental Conditions report,
the Water Availability Analysis, and the Climate Change Memorandum.
Baseline Environmental Conditions Report
The Baseline Environmental Conditions report provided the MCG with an initial
background on watershed environmental conditions, including the geomorphic work and
fisheries benefits provided by the watershed and the Mokelumne River. This analysis
discusses the physical aspects of the watershed, along with the various facilities and
projects that may affect natural flow. There are a number of PG&E hydropower facilities in
the upper watershed, as shown below inFigure ES-. Pardee and Camanche Dams, both
owned and operated by East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), serve as the
boundary between the upper and lower watersheds. The large dams and reservoir
systems diminish flow and sediment between the upper and lower watershed and provide
habitat for a number of native and introduced fish species. The Mokelumne River
downstream of Camanche Dam supports a diverse assemblage of resident and migratory
fish species including fall -run Chinook salmon and steelhead.
Figure ES -2: PG&E Projects on the Upper Mokelumne River
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Water Availability Analysis
The Water Availability Analysis quantified potentially available supply from a variety of
sources, including the Mokelumne River, other surface water, groundwater, recycled water,
stormwater, agricultural drainage water, desalination, and conservation. This analysis was
performed at a feasibility level as part of the MokeWISE Program and was not designed to
serve as the basis for a water rights proceeding. Figure ES- shows components of
Mokelumne River flow in both wetter and drier years.
Figure ES -3: Mokelumne River Flow Components*
Wetter Year Drier Year
■ Required Instream Flow ■ Unallocated Flow Water Supply Flow
*This figure is provided as an example to show components of Mokelumne River flow and does not represent
actual modeling results.
Climate Change Memorandum
The Climate Change Memorandum summarizes information developed by groups in the
upper and lower watersheds related to climate change vulnerabilities and strategies for
addressing these vulnerabilities. The Mokelumne River watershed was found to be most
vulnerable to a combination of the three metrics that were studied: diversions for water
supply, diversions for hydropower generation, and disruptions in ecosystems. This result
indicates that the Mokelumne River watershed is less resilient to climate change than
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some of the other Sierra watersheds. As such, a review of climate change information
developed by the MAC and ESJ IRWM Regions and related subsequent publications was
conducted to determine how climate change may impact the upper and lower watersheds
in the future.
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
The MCG guided the development of the projects that were ultimately included in the
MokeWISE Implementation Plan. The MCG initially brainstormed, revised, and expanded
project concepts. To begin developing project concepts, MCG entities identified potential
projects and project ideas, referred to as "concepts," that could provide water
management, environmental, or other benefits to the region and be included in the
MokeWISE program. These concepts were placed on a master list, which were reviewed
and refined by a subgroup of the MCG. From this master list, nine categories or project
types were created including Ecosystem and Habitat Restoration, Recycled Water,
Desalination, Groundwater Management, Water Conservation, Stormwater Management
and Flood Control, Surface Water, Local Infrastructure, and Policies and Initiatives. The first
eight categories were comprised of project concepts, while the Policies and Initiatives
category included supportive policy statements and initiatives for implementation.
Each of the project concepts was further evaluated by undergoing three sequential
assessments in order to determine whether or not the concept would be included in the
MokeWISE Implementation Plan.
Assessment 1: Preliminary Screening Assessment The first assessment, Preliminary
Screening Assessment, consisted of four screening criteria to determine if the project
concepts were feasible, beneficial, attainable, and compatible. This assessment addressed
potential concept issues and ultimately removed any concepts which may have been
fatally flawed. The concepts were modified such that all concepts, as revised, passed all
four screening criteria and were carried forward for further analysis. The MCG -approved
Project Assessment Memorandum provides more information about this preliminary
screening assessment.
Assessment2: Fishery and Geomorphic Benefits and Impacts Assessment. The second
assessment was based on the potential fishery and geomorphic benefits and impacts the
project concepts provided. Each concept was assessed on a scale from 1 to 5, with 1
indicating less potential benefit or greater potential impact and 5 indicating greater
potential benefit or less potential impact. Since the Policies and Initiatives are not actual
projects and would generally not have quantifiable environmental benefits and/or
impacts, they did not undergo this assessment.
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Assessment 3: MokeWISE Program Objectives Assessment. The information provided was
then incorporated in the third assessment which assessed the project concepts against the
objectives and consequences to be avoided. Each project concept was identified as fully
addressing, partially addressing, or not addressing each of the MokeWISE program
objectives and consequences to be avoided.
Following these three assessments, the MCG reviewed alternative ways of grouping
projects for further development and evaluation. Each project concept was evaluated to
resolve any conflicts for MCG members and determine whether it would potentially
provide a high value to the region. For a number of projects, workgroups consisting of a
subset of MCG members were formed to review edits and work through outstanding
issues. A Policies and Initiatives Workgroup, a subgroup of the MCG, expanded the
descriptions of policies and initiatives. Once the workgroup reached consensus on a
policy and initiative, the revised descriptions were reviewed and approved by the full
MCG.
The MCG identified a series of 21 projects for inclusion in the MokeWISE implementation
plan, based on their potential value to the region and broad support among the MCG
member agencies. Implementation of these projects will depend on a variety of factors,
including available funding. In addition to identifying broadly -supported projects, the
MCG identified a series of Policies and Initiatives with broad support which should be
furthered as part of program implementation. The following list includes all projects
included in the Implementation Plan; Figure ES- and Figure ES- graphically show these
projects.Some of these projects are feasibility studies only and do not have
implementation components; these projects are marked with an asterisks.
MokeWISE Projects Included in the Implementation Plan
• la: Re -Introduction of Fall -Run Chinook Salmon Upstream of Pardee Reservoir
• lb: High Country Meadow Restoration Program
• lc: Mokelumne River Day Use Area Floodplain Habitat Restoration Project
• 1d: Fish Screens for Riparian Diversions in the Lower Mokelumne
• If: Riparian Restoration Program — Below Camanche
• Ig: Mokelumne Water Quality, Soil Erosion, & Sedimentation
Inventory/Monitoring
• 2a: Municipal Recycled Wastewater Recharge Program
• 2b: Constellation Winery Wastewater Reuse
• 2c: Amador County Regional Reuse
• 4a: Groundwater Banking Evaluation within the Eastern San Joaquin Groundwater
Basin*
• 4b: Amador and Calaveras Counties Hydrologic Assessment*
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• 4d: NSJWCD Infrastructure Improvements
• 5a: Regional Urban Water Conservation Program
• 5b: Regional Agriculture Conservation Programs
• 7a: PG&E Storage Recovery*
7b: Lower Bear Reservoir Feasibility Update and Preliminary Engineering*
• 7d: Re -operation of Existing Storage*
• 7f: Blue and Twin Lakes Dams Reliability and Replacement Assessment*
• 8b: Rehab of Transmission Main
• 8c: Barney Way Septic System Conversion
8d: Lake Camanche Village Recycled Water Project*
MokeWISE Policies and Initiatives Included in the Implementation Plan
• 9a: Land Use Coordination
• 9b: Sustainable Forest -Watershed Management Project
• 9c: Watershed Coordinator
• 9f: MokeWISE Project Public Involvement Initiative
* These projects are studies and do not have implementation components.
s This project was identified as having outstanding concerns. These concerns have been
characterized and appended to the project scope, which is included in Appendix N.
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IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
As described above, the MCG implemented a multi -step process to identify and develop
projects that have the potential to provide a significant range and magnitude of water
resources benefits to the upper and lower watersheds. The pathway to implement the
MokeWISE Program includes institutional arrangements, which must be identified to
further program implementation, and project implementation approach and
considerations.
Institutional capacities needed to ensure successful MokeWISE project implementation
include:
1. Legal ability to apply for and accept state and other grant funding
2. Authority and administrative capacity to; enter into contracts, account for receipt
and expenditure of funds, and implement water resource projects
3. Commitment to ensure continued opportunities for meaningful input from
stakeholders and the public
The MCG agreed on an implementation structure to advance project implementation
while providing for involvement by key stakeholders and interested parties, including two
main tiers of responsibility. The Implementation Tier would be responsible for pursuing
funding for and facilitating the implementation of projects and programs. The Stakeholder
and Public Involvement Tier would be responsible for providing input and serving in an
advisory capacity to the Implementation Tier.
Within the Implementation Tier, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the
GBA and UMRWA would be created specifying them as the lead agencies for soliciting,
securing, and administering funding for projects being implemented in each of their
regions. If funding were secured by UMRWA or the GBA for a project, a separate
contractual agreement would be developed between UMRWA or GBA and the project
sponsor, as appropriate, to clearly articulate the funding agreement terms, conditions, and
requirements.
The Stakeholder and Public Involvement Tier would be engaged at two levels of
MokeWISE implementation, the regional level and the inter -regional level. At the region
level, existing committees (the Regional Participants Committee in the MAC Region and
the GBA Coordinating Committee in the ESJ Region) would advise the Implementation Tier
on what projects to pursue funding for, changing needs for program implementation,
within each region. At the inter -regional level, a MCG legacy stakeholder group, which
will include current MCG members, potentially other members not currently involved in
the process, and the public, will be co -hosted annually by the GBA and UMRWA.
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The first step in implementing the institutional arrangement recommended by the MCG
involves drafting an MOU outlining the roles and responsibilities of the individual parties.
In order to implement some or all of the implementation projects, several steps must be
completed, including: securing funding, preliminary assessment and planning,
environmental documentation, design, construction contracting, permitting, land
acquisition, construction/project implementation, and post -construction monitoring and
reporting to relevant entities as deemed appropriate. Table ES -3 below indicates, for
each of the projects, which of these steps have been and remain to be completed.
The first step for many of these projects will be to secure funding for project
implementation. The Implementation Tier will work with the project sponsors and the
Stakeholder and Public Involvement Tier to identify appropriate funding mechanisms and
projects for funding pursuit. It is anticipated that a high degree of outside funding will be
necessary to implement the MokeWISE program, since many areas within the MAC and
ESJ Regions are severely disadvantaged as shown in the following figure.
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MOKEWISE IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT
la Re -Introduction of Fall -Run Chinook Salmon Upstream
of Pardee Reservoir
lb High Country Meadow Restoration Program
1c Mokelumne River Day Use Area Floodplain Habitat
Restoration Project
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if Riparian Restoration Program - Below Camanche
1g Mokelumne Water Quality, Soil Erosion, &
Sedimentation Inventory/Monitoring
2a Municipal Recycled Wastewater Recharge Program
2b Constellation Winery Wastewater Reuse
2c Amador County Regional Reuse
4a Groundwater Banking Evaluation within the Eastern
San Joaquin Groundwater Basin*
4b Amador and Calaveras Counties Hydrologic
Assessment*
4d NSJWCD Infrastructure Improvements
5a Regional Urban Water Conservation Program
5b Regional Agriculture Conservation Program'
7a PG&E Storage Recovery*
7b Raise Lower Bear Reservoir Feasibility Update and
Preliminary Engineering*
7d Re -operation of Existing Storage*
7f Blue and Twin Lakes Dams Reliability and
Replacement Assessment*
8b Rehab of Transmission Main
8c Barney Way Septic System Conversion
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
PROJECT STAGES COMPLETED
2 This project was identified as having outstanding concerns. These concerns have been
characterized and appended to the project scope, which is included in Appendix N.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
TABLE ES -3: STAGES REMAINING TO COMPLETE MOKEWISE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
PROJECT STAGES COMPLETED
MOKEWISE IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT
8d Lake Camanche Village Recycled Water Project* O O O O O O O O
0= no/limited work completed
1= some degree of work completed
•= project stage completed
* These projects are studies and do not have implementation components.
It will be necessary for the Implementation Tier to stay informed of the various funding
programs available and any specific requirements to receive funding. In particular, the
passage of Proposition 1 will result in an influx in State funding to support much-needed
water projects statewide. The categories within this funding cover the full range of project
types represented in the MokeWISE Program, and the funds could potentially offset a
significant portion of the cost to implement the recommended projects.
IRWM PLAN INTEGRATION
The MAC and ESJ IRWM Regions jointly developed this effort to functionally integrate this
program into each respective regional effort. The Integration section provides a pathway
for integrating MokeWISE into the respective regional plans.
NEXT STEPS
With MokeWISE Program development complete, MCG member entities will introduce the
MokeWISE Implementation Plan to their respective Boards and draft a resolution and/or
letter of support appropriate for their Board. The Board -approved resolutions will be
included in the final MokeWISE plan. In order to ensure MokeWISE projects are
implemented in the future, three major next steps are envisioned.
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It will be necessary for the Implementation Tier to stay informed of the various funding
programs available and any specific requirements to receive funding. In particular, the
passage of Proposition 1 will result in an influx in State funding to support much-needed
water projects statewide. The categories within this funding cover the full range of project
types represented in the MokeWISE Program, and the funds could potentially offset a
significant portion of the cost to implement the recommended projects.
IRWM PLAN INTEGRATION
The MAC and ESJ IRWM Regions jointly developed this effort to functionally integrate this
program into each respective regional effort. The Integration section provides a pathway
for integrating MokeWISE into the respective regional plans.
NEXT STEPS
With MokeWISE Program development complete, MCG member entities will introduce the
MokeWISE Implementation Plan to their respective Boards and draft a resolution and/or
letter of support appropriate for their Board. The Board -approved resolutions will be
included in the final MokeWISE plan. In order to ensure MokeWISE projects are
implemented in the future, three major next steps are envisioned.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Step 1: Form Structure for Implementation
The initial step in MokeWISE program implementation involves the GBA and UMRWA
working together to identify agencies, organizations, and other members of the public that
are interested in participating in the Implementation Group. An MOU will be executed
between UMRWA and the GBA that will provide guidance for the MokeWISE Program
implementation by specifying project sponsors responsible for implementing their
respective projects. Project sponsors may also sign the MOU, but this is not a prerequisite
for receiving funding.
Step 2: Develop and Formalize Stakeholder Group
The second step involves assembling a stakeholder group (agencies, organizations, and
members of the public) tasked with providing guidance during implementation of
projects. After this group is assembled, process protocols will be developed to guide the
Stakeholder and Public Involvement group.
Step 3: Identify and Secure Funding for Project Implementation
The third and final step includes identifying funding opportunities for each MokeWISE
project, compiling funding applications, and securing and administering funding for
project implementation. For each MokeWISE project, the Implementation Tier would
identify those funding opportunities providing the greatest potential. When appropriate,
the GBA and UMRWA, in coordination with project sponsors, the Implementation Tier, and
the Stakeholder and Public Involvement Tier, would pursue these funding opportunities.
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Agenda
Program Overview
■ Implementation Projects
■ Implementation Plan
Q&A
6/22/2015
The Mokelumne Watershed Interregional
Sustainability Evaluation (MokeWISE)
Program Improves Water Resources
Management
Brought together stakeholders
to encourage cooperative
water resources management
Identified
integrated, collaborative
projects with multiple benefits
for multiple stakeholders
■ Identified future management
actions and has positioned
projects for funding
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The Mokelumne-Amador-Calaveras (MAC)
and Eastern San Joaquin (ESJ) Regions Share a
Common Boundary
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The Mokelumne Collaborative Group
(MCG) Guided Program Development
■ Amador County
• Amador Water Agency
■ Calaveras County
• Calaveras County Water District
■ Calaveras Planning Coalition
• Calaveras Public Utility District
■ California Sportfishing Protection
Alliance
■ Delta Fly Fishers, Inc.
• East Bay Municipal Utility District
• Foothill Conservancy
• Jackson Valley Irrigation District
■ Lodi, City of
• MyValleySprings.com
Program Purpose
North San Joaquin Water Conservation
District
■ Pacific Gas & Electric
• Restore the Delta
■ San Joaquin County
■ San Joaquin County Resource
Conservation District
■ San Joaquin Farm Bureau
• Sierra Club
• Stockton, City of
■ Stockton East Water District
■ Upper Mokelumne River Watershed
Authority
■ Woodbridge Irrigation District
Develop a broadly -supported preferred water
resources program that meets both regions'
needs as well as the needs of regional
stakeholders and interest groups.
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Step 1: Form Structure for
Implementation
■ Form group (Implementation Tier) responsible for
furthering implementation of MokeWISE projects
Recommended that GBA and UMRWA sign an MOU
designating each as the lead agencies for
soliciting, securing, and administering project
funding
Step 2: Develop and Formalize
Stakeholder Group
Assemble stakeholder group (Stakeholder and Public
Involvement Tier) tasked with providing guidance, at
a programmatic level, during implementation of
projects
Protocols document, outlining decision-making
processes and organization, would be developed
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Step 3: Identify and Secure Funding for
Project Implementation
■ Implementation Tier, in coordination with
Stakeholder and Public Involvement Tier, track
funding opportunities appropriate for the various
MokeWISE projects
■ The GBA and UMRWA would pursue these funding
opportunities and any secured funding would be
used for project implementation
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Why We're Here
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What does Support mean?
■ The projects identified in the Implementation Plan are those
that are broadly supported by the MCG member agencies.
■ Adoption of this resolution implies support for the projects
within the Implementation Plan.
■ Implementation Plan Projects will, when and as applicable, be
subject to compliance with the California Environmental
Quality Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, federal
Endangered Species Act, California Endangered Species
Act, and other applicable regulatory and permitting
requirements.
■ Funding to implement MokeWISE Implementation Plan
Projects will be sought from available funding programs as
described in the Implementation Plan.
Questions
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RESOLUTION NO. 2015-131
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL DECLARING ITS
SUPPORT OF THE MOKELUMNE WATERSHED INTERREGIONAL
SUSTAINABILITY EVALUATION PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Upper Mokelumne River Watershed Authority and the Eastern San Joaquin
County Groundwater Basin Authority have joined together to pursue completion of the Mokelumne
Watershed Interregional Sustainability Evaluation (MokeWISE) Program, a Mokelumne River
watershed focused interregional water resources planning program; and
WHEREAS, the California Department of Water Resources has provided $878,605 in
Proposition 84 grant funding in support for developing the $1,258,770 MokeWISE Program; and
WHEREAS, stakeholder entities representing a diverse set of Upper and Lower Mokelumne
River watershed interests formed into the Mokelumne Collaborative Group (MCG) to guide the
development of a broadly -supported MokeWISE Program which includes projects, policies and other
initiatives to enhance groundwater management, water supply reliability, and Mokelumne River
natural resources; and
WHEREAS, support of the MokeWISE Program is exempt from the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15262 and §15306 because the MokeWISE
Program involves planning and assessment activities for possible future actions that project
sponsors and others have not yet approved and therefore would not result in the disturbance of any
environmental resource.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council hereby expresses its
support for the Mokelumne Watershed Interregional Sustainability Evaluation Program (as
expressed in the Implementation Plan), based on the following understandings:
• The projects identified in the Implementation Plan are those that are broadly supported by
the MCG member agencies.
• Adoption of this resolution implies support for the projects within the Implementation Plan.
• Implementation Plan Projects will, when and as applicable, be subject to compliance with the
CEQA, the National Environmental Policy Act, federal Endangered Species Act, California
Endangered Species Act, and other applicable regulatory and permitting requirements.
• Funding to implement MokeWISE Implementation Plan Projects will be sought from available
funding programs, as described in the Implementation Plan.
Dated: August 5, 2015
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2015-131 was passed and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held August 5, 2015, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Chandler, Kuehne, Mounce, and Nakanishi
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Mayor Johnson
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
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NIFER M. FERRAIOLO
City Clerk
2015-131