Action 3.
Flood Control District Meeting - 10:00 am
Engineering & Natural Resources
- Meeting Date:
- 11/14/2023
- Title:
- Approve Annual Joint Funding Agreement No. 24ZFJFA00080100 between the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Cochise County in the amount of $97,265 for the period of October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024, to conduct hydrologic investigations and data collection.
- Submitted By:
- Mayra Moreno, Engineering & Natural Resources
- Department:
- Engineering & Natural Resources
Presentation:
No A/V Presentation
Recommendation:
Approve
Document Signatures:
BOS Signature Required
# of ORIGINALS
Submitted for Signature:
Submitted for Signature:
1
NAME
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Mark Apel
TITLE
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Environmental Projects Coordinator
Docket Number (If applicable):
Mandated Function?:
Local Mandate or Policy
Source of Mandate
or Basis for Support?:
or Basis for Support?:
Per SPRNCA MOU Section 5, Responsibilities include monitoring to support the objectives of the MOU.
Information
Agenda Item Text:
Approve Annual Joint Funding Agreement 24ZFJFA00080100 between the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Cochise County, to conduct hydrologic investigations and data collection, in the amount of $97,265, effective October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024.
Background:
The USGS and Cochise County have had monitoring agreements for 19 years, to support the ongoing efforts of the Upper San Pedro Partnership. For Federal fiscal year 2024 (FY24) the funds from this agreement will cover ongoing hydrologic monitoring in the Sierra Vista Subwatershed of the Upper San Pedro Basin. This work has specific bearing on monitoring the hydrologic system with respect to attaining a sustainable yield of groundwater withdrawals in accordance with the goals of the Upper San Pedro Partnership. In addition, the information obtained through this basic monitoring is critical to verifying the predictive performance of groundwater modeling of the Sierra Vista Subwatershed. This agreement covers the ongoing monitoring of certain wells and stream gages throughout the Sierra Vista Subwatershed including the Lewis Springs, Charleston, Ramsey, Banning Creek and Babocomari gages. Monitoring like this leads to better decision making with regard to CCRN and County recharge projects. It also supports the goals of the MOU between Fort Huachuca, the County, BLM and City of Sierra Vista with regard to developing an integrated predictive groundwater model.
Department's Next Steps (if approved):
USGS will initiate its annual schedule of monitoring.
Impact of NOT Approving/Alternatives:
Not approving this funding would result in the inability of USGS to collect critical data that supports the sustainability goals of the Upper San Pedro Partnership, the SPRNCA MOU, water conservation and recharge efforts of the CCRN, the County and Fort Huachuca.
To BOS Staff: Document Disposition/Follow-Up:
Please forward signed copies of the agreements to the Director of Engineering and Natural Resources Jackie Watkins, Environmental Projects Coordinator Mark Apel, FCD Administrative Manager Mayra Moreno and Rudy Richard of USGS per cover letter.