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County to use cost-share agreement to continue subsidence monitoring after federal data cutbacks
Summary
Madera County staff proposed using an existing cost-share MOU and contracting Provost & Pritchard through Chowchilla Water District to continue subsidence monitoring the Bureau of Reclamation stopped collecting; county share not to exceed $21,216.67, split among four GSAs in the Chowchilla Subbasin.
Stephanie Magnusson, Director of Water and Natural Resources, told the board that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has stopped collecting subsidence data along the river and the Department of Water Resources declined to take it on. The county proposed using an existing cost-share memorandum of understanding and contracting Provost & Pritchard via Chowchilla Water District to continue the dataset.
"We have our proposal. It's from Provost & Pritchard," Magnusson said, and explained the county's portion would be included in a cost share not to exceed $21,216.67, divided equally among the four GSAs in the Chowchilla Subbasin. Magnusson said the dataset is a primary source of subsidence data used by six subbasins and that collecting it locally ensures continuity and quality.
Supervisors asked whether federal funding could be reinstated; Magnusson said staff would pursue that avenue but had been told the funding was no longer available and welcomed board direction to follow up with regional partners.
Ending: Board received the report and staff will proceed with contracting options and outreach to partners; no separate long-term funding decision was adopted at the meeting.
