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Fox Canyon proposes new framework for backlog of variance requests, recommends disbanding variance review committee
Summary
John Demers, executive officer, told the board the agency faces a backlog of more than 150 variance requests and proposed a clearer framework to resume evaluations and disband the variance review committee.
John Demers, executive officer for the Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency, told the board the agency received more than 150 variance requests after adoption of a new allocation system for the Oxnard and Pleasant Valley basins and that the variance review committee became unable to keep up.
Demers said the committee was able to complete only a “tiny fraction” of requests, often processing roughly one request per meeting. Staff found the written criteria difficult to operationalize and the review process too burdensome given concurrent workload increases and decreased staff availability.
Demers reported the backlog included a category of 38…
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