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Greater Kaweah GSA sets Allocations
At the Greater Kaweah GSA’s September 27th Special Board meeting the Board went into its typical closed session to discuss any important decisions. After nearly 2 hours, open session was called and due to some technical mix ups several folks that normally try to attend via zoom were unable to connect. In the meantime Agenda Item 9A - 2023 Water Year Allocations were announced moved seconded and approved.
- Sustainable Yield Allocation - 0.83 acre-feet/acre
- Tier 1 Penalty Allocation - 0.83 acre- feet/acre
- Tier 2 Penalty Allocation - 1.04 acre-feet/acre
These amounts total 2.70 acre feet per acre, 0.05 less that what had been previously discussed and what had been posted to the Water Dashboard. Aaron Fukuda, manager of Tulare Irrigation District and Mid Kaweah GSA, protested that the Pumping Cap of 2.7 AF/Acre was too high. What he failed to mention was that Mid Kaweah GSA has set their emergency Pumping Cap at 3.5 AF/Acre
Next Item was Item 9b to adopt a Resolution setting rates for Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 penalty allocations. With little discussion it was moved seconded and passed to set the rates as follows:
- Tier 1 Penalty Rate - $125 per Acre Foot
- Tier 2 Penalty Rate - $250 per Acre Foot
- Tier 3 Penalty Rate - $500 per Acre Foot + loss of following year allocation
These rates came as a bit of a surprise, as throughout all of the previous presentations and even on the dashboard they had been labeled as Tier 1 - $75, and Tier 2 - $125. By the time all of this was said and done along with a minor rules and regulations amendment open session lasted a total of 12 minutes. Meeting Adjourned.
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