NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF MANTECA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 15, 2025 at or after 6:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 1001 W. Center Street, Manteca, California, a Public Hearing will be conducted by the City Council of the City of Manteca at which time and place all persons may attend and be heard upon: PROJECT: First Periodic Evaluation to the 2024 Amended Eastern San Joaquin Groundwater Sustainability Plan (2024 Amended GSP) for the Eastern San Joaquin Subbasin DESCRIPTION: City of Manteca City Council will consider the adoption of the First Periodic Evaluation to the 2024 Amended GSP LOCATION: City of Manteca City Limits APPLICANT: City of Manteca 1001 W. Center Street Manteca, CA 95337 The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), which became effective January 1, 2015, established a framework of priorities and requirements to help local agencies manage groundwater within a basin or subbasin (basin) via the development of a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP). SGMA gives local agencies the choice to manage groundwater within their boundaries by becoming a Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA). The City of Manteca elected to become the City of Manteca Groundwater Sustainability Agency (City of Manteca GSA), within its City boundaries, on December 2016. The City of Manteca GSA, along with 15 other GSAs like the Cities of Lodi GSA and Stockton GSA, formed the Eastern San Joaquin Groundwater Authority (Authority) for the purpose of developing a Groundwater Sustainability Plan and coordinating sustainable groundwater management in the Eastern San Joaquin Subbasin. The City of Manteca GSA, including the 15 member GSAs, are all located within the Eastern San Joaquin Subbasin (Designated Basin Number 5-22.01). The initial 2020 GSP, having been adopted by all GSA members of the Authority (including the City of Manteca GSA), was submitted to DWR on January 29, 2020 in compliance with SGMA. DWR completed its two-year review and by letter dated January 28, 2022, determined the GSP to be incomplete, and identified deficiencies that required addressing within 180 days of the determination and submitted to DWR by July 27, 2022. The 2022 Revised GSP and its Appendices were adopted by all GSA members of the Authority (including the City of Manteca GSA) and submitted to DWR on July 27, 2022. On March 2, 2023, DWR approved the 2022 Revised GSP and included a list of eight Recommended Corrective Actions that should be considered for the first Periodic Evaluation due January 2025. The City of Manteca GSA coordinated with the Authority and all other GSAs overlying the Eastern San Joaquin Subbasin to prepare a 2024 Amended GSP to address the Recommended Corrective Actions and prepare the first Periodic Evaluation to be submitted to DWR by January 29, 2025. On July 24, 2024, on behalf of all of its member GSAs (including the City of Manteca GSA),the Authority noticed the intent to adopt an amended GSP pursuant to California Water Code Section 10728.4, noting that each of the GSAs intend to hold separate noticed public hearings to consider adoption of the amended GSP no earlier than ninety (90) days from the date of the Notice of Intent. From October 1 through October 31, 2024 a public review period was held to solicit comments on the 2024 Amended GSP. The City of Manteca City Council will consider the adoption of the 2024 Amended GSP during the April 15, 2025 Council Meeting. A copy of the first Periodic Evaluation can be obtained via the following website: https://www.esjgroundwater.org/Documents/GSP. Written comments should be directed to the City Council through the City Clerk at 1001 W. Center Street, Suite B, Manteca, CA 95337 or at mayorcouncilclerk@manteca.gov. PLEASE NOTE: Any person challenging any of the above actions in Court may be limited to raising only those issues that they or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Manteca at, or prior to, the public hearing. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please call (209) 456-8017. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility. For TTY/Speech-to-Speech users, dial 7-1-1 for the California Relay Service, offering free text-to-speech, speech-to-speech, and Spanish-language services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You may also contact the City Clerk at mayorcouncilclerk@manteca.gov for more information. Date: April 4, 2025 /s/ Cassandra Candini-Tilton Cassandra Candini-Tilton, City Clerk Publication Date: 04/04/2025 MB#04-15