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Resolution No. 2025-02
Notice of Intent to Update the Current Martis Valley Groundwater
Management Plan
WHEREAS, in 2013, the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public Utility District (District) duly
adopted the 2013 Martis Valley Groundwater Management Plan (GMP) in collaboration with Northstar
Community Services District (NCSD) and Placer County Water Agency (PCWA); and
WHEREAS, In 2014, the State of California implemented the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
(SGMA) which applied to Medium and High Priority basins of which the Martis Valley Groundwater Basin
was categorized as Medium Priority by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR); and
WHEREAS, in 2014 the District, NCSD, and PCWA agreed to stop the implementation of the GMP and take
the steps necessary to comply with SGMA; and
WHEREAS, in 2019, DWR conducted the five-year review of basin status, and the Martis Valley
Groundwater Basin was reprioritized to Very Low and was no longer required to comply with SGMA; and
WHEREAS, in 2019, the District, NCSD, and PCWA agreed that the GMP was a good framework for local
watershed stewardship and basin management and voluntarily restarted implementation of the GMP; and
WHEREAS, in 2024, the District, NCSD, and PCWA agreed to conduct a 5 -year update of the GMP and
follow the public process and notification required by DWR when updating a GMP which includes notification
when intending to update a GMP and notification when intending to adopt an updated GMP; and
WHEREAS, on January 15, 2025, the Board of Directors of the District took action to set a public hearing for
February 5, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. or soon thereafter at the District's regularly scheduled board meeting for the
intent to update the current Martis Valley Groundwater Management Plan; and
WHEREAS, on January 17, 2025 and January 24, 2025, the District advertised the public hearing in the
Sierra Sun.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public Utility
District as follows:
1. The District intends to update the current Martis Valley Groundwater Management Plan.
2. The District shall publish the notice of intent Resolution 2025-01 twice in the Sierra Sun and shall have
one meeting with the existing Martis Valley Groundwater Management Plan stakeholder working group
and one meeting with the public during the update of the current Martis Valley Groundwater
Management Plan.
3. Certified copies of this Resolution are to be forwarded to the California Department of Water Resources
within 30 days of adoption.
Docusign Envelope ID: D64B14EA-89C4-4885-9BA4-FCD89780A82C
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public Utility District at a meeting
held within the District on February 5, 2025 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Murrell, Randall, Laliotis, Finn
NOES: None
ABSENT: Bender
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Christa Finn, President
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Martina Rochefort, District Clerk