00;00;00;00 - 00;00;26;00 David French Good morning. This is the time and place for the public hearing on the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District's proposed 2025 Plan of Operation. 00;00;26;03 - 00;00;49;21 David French The audio from this meeting will be recorded and transcribed for the record. It is Friday, October 10th, 2025 and the time is 9:30 a.m.. We are at the office of the Department of Water Resources, 1110 West Washington. Phoenix, Arizona. My name is David French. I'm the Department of Water Resources, Active Management Areas Director of Operations. I will be the hearing officer today. 00;00;49;23 - 00;01;10;00 David French With me today from the department are Luke Erickson, deputy counsel. Sharon Scantlebury, docket supervisor. And here on behalf of the CAGRD is Laura Granato, manager Kate Moore and zoning planning analyst Andrew Craddock, senior policy analyst. 00;01;10;03 - 00;01;33;19 David French The purpose of this hearing is to provide the public an opportunity to comment on, or to present evidence pertaining to the information submitted in the proposed 2025 Plan of Operation. If you haven't already done so, please sign in. In the sign in sheet on the table located by the door of this conference room. If you would like to provide comments today, please fill out a speaker card also located on the table by the door of this room. 00;01;33;21 - 00;01;59;17 David French Please return them to Sharon Scantlebury who is sitting to my right. The Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District, or CAGRD, is responsible for replenishing groundwater used on member lands and within member service areas in order to guarantee consistency with the management goal for assured water supply purposes. The CAGRD serves member lands and member service areas in the Phoenix, Pinal, and Tucson AMAs. 00;01;59;20 - 00;02;23;03 David French Every ten years, the CAGRD is required to submit a ten year plan of operation to the Arizona Department of Water Resources and the director of the department must determine whether the plan is consistent with the management goals of the Phoenix panel in Tucson. AMAs. Last December, the CAGRD submitted its proposed ten year plan of operation, which I will refer to as the "plan" for review by the department and the public. 00;02;23;06 - 00;02;51;06 David French The plan was amended two times at the request of are to include more information necessary for directors review, and to incorporate recent legislative changes associated with SB 1611 "AG to urban". A copy of the latest amended plan provided by the CAGRD has been made available on the department's website. The director has determined that the CAGRD has provided sufficient information to determine whether the plan is consistent with achieving the management goals for the three aims. 00;02;51;08 - 00;03;21;00 David French The director must now determine whether the proposed plan is consistent with achieving the management goal for each AMA. The plan must meet four criteria in order for the director to find that it is consistent with achieving the AMA's management goals. First, the plan must identify sufficient water supplies to meet the replenishment obligations for current crew members during the next 20 calendar years, and additional water supplies potentially available for the projected replenishment obligations during the next 100 years. 00;03;21;08 - 00;04;00;26 David French For current members and potential members, based on reasonable projections of real property and service areas that could qualify for membership in the next ten years, to the plan must include a replenishment reserve target for each aim calculated according to statute, and demonstrate that the CAGRD is developing a replenishment reserve in each AMA, as required by statute. Three the plan must identify sufficient capacity and storage facilities and projects to be used for replenishment purposes during the next 20 years, and for the plan must reasonably estimate CAGRD projected replenishment obligations for the next 100 years. 00;04;00;28 - 00;04;12;01 David French Only comments that pertain to the information submitted in the plan will be received at this hearing. In addition to receiving comments during the hearing today, the Department will allow. 00;04;12;04 - 00;04;34;21 David French Excuse me. The department will keep the hearing record open until Friday, October 17th, 2025 at 5 p.m. to allow persons to submit written comments on the plan to the department. Until then, written comments may be submitted by mail, email or fax. Comments submitted by email or fax must be received by the department by 5 p.m. on Friday, October 17th, 2025. 00;04;34;23 - 00;05;16;17 David French All written comments should be sent to Sharon Scantlebury, Docket Supervisor, Arizona Department of Water Resources. Sharon's mailing address is 1110 West Washington, suite 310, Phoenix, Arizona 85007. Her email address is docketsupervisor@azwater.gov, and her fax number is (602) 771-8686. I will repeat that information at the end of this hearing. The CAGRD must respond in writing to all public comments on information submitted in the plan that are timely received by the Department, whether presented at this hearing or submitted in writing to the docket supervisor by November 18th, 2025. 00;05;16;20 - 00;05;40;04 David French The Department will post the hearing transcript, written comments, and the CAGRD responses to comments on its website. Upon receipt. The director must issue a decision on whether the plan of operation is consistent with achieving management goals of the three AMAs by December 31st, 2025. I will now begin calling the names of the persons who filled out speaker cards indicating that they wish to speak. 00;05;40;06 - 00;05;59;02 David French If you wish to speak but did not fill out a speaker card, please fill out a speaker card located on the table in the back. There's nobody present to provide any comments. Is there anyone who would like to submit written evidence? 00;05;59;04 - 00;06;22;19 David French Hearing none. Thank you very much. All to you for your participation in this process. Any comments received? And cards response to those comments will be considered by the director of the department. As I mentioned earlier, the record for this public hearing will remain open for the submittal of written comments on the plan of Operation until Friday, October 17th, 2025. 00;06;22;21 - 00;08;44;08 David French Comments should be submitted. Comments submitted must be received by 5 p.m. on October 17th. All comments should be addressed to Sharon Scantlebury Dockett, supervisor. Arizona Department of Water Resources. Again, Sharon's mailing address is 1110 West Washington, suite 310, Phoenix, Arizona 85007. Sharon's fax number is (602) 771-8686, and her email address is docketsupervisor@azwater.gov. This hearing is adjourned.