00;00;00;00 - 00;00;28;19 David French Good afternoon. This is the time and place for the public hearing on the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District's proposed 2025 plan of operation. The audio from this meeting will be recorded in transpose. Transcribed. For the record, it is Thursday, October 9th, 2025 and the time is 1:01 p.m.. We are at the 1891 Pinal County Courthouse, 135 North Canal Street, Florence, Arizona. 00;00;28;19 - 00;00;57;04 David French 85132. My name is David French. I am the Department of Water Resources, active management areas director of operations. I will be the hearing officer today. With me today from the department are Luke Erickson, deputy counsel, Sharon Scantlebury, Duckett, supervisor, and Shauna Evans, public information officer. Here on behalf of the CARGD is Laura Guarino, manager, Kate Marin Zeno. My apologies. 00;00;57;04 - 00;01;23;19 David French Kate Morton, zoning planning analyst. Andrew Craddock, senior policy analyst. And Landon Loveland, senior attorney. 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 on the sign in sheet located on the table by the door of this conference room. 00;01;23;22 - 00;01;35;08 David French If you'd like to provide oral comments today, please fill out a speaker card also located on the table by the door of the conference room. Please return them to Sharon Scantlebury who is sitting to my left. 00;01;35;11 - 00;02;08;28 David French The Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District, or CARGD, is responsible for replenishing groundwater used on member lands and within member service areas. In order to guarantee some consistency with the management goal for assured water supply purposes. The CARGD serves a member lands and member service areas in the Phoenix, Pinal, and Tucson AMA. Every ten years, the CARGD 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, Pinal and Tucson AMAs. Last December, the CARGD submitted its proposed ten year plan of operation, which I will refer to as the plan for review by the Department and the public. The plan was amended two times at the request of eight, are to include more information necessary for director's review, and to incorporate recent legislative changes associated with SB 1611 AG urban. 00;02;32;18 - 00;02;55;13 David French A copy of the latest amended plan provided by the CARGD has been made available on the department's website. The director is determined that the CARGD has provided sufficient information to determine whether the plan is consistent with achieving the management goals for the three aims. The director must now determine whether the proposed plan is consistent with achieving the management goal for each AMA. 00;02;55;15 - 00;03;39;12 David French The plan must meet four criteria in order for the director to find that it is consistent with achieving the aims, management goals one. The plan must identify sufficient water supplies to meet the replenishment obligations for current CARGD members during the next 20 calendar years, and additional water supplies potentially available for the projected replenishment obligations during the next 100 years 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 AMA, calculated according to statute, and demonstrate that the CARGD is developing a replenishment reserve in each AMA, as required by 00;03;39;12 - 00;04;16;09 David French statute three. The plan must identify sufficient capacity at storage facilities and projects to be used for replenishment purposes during the next 20 years, and for the plan must reasonably estimate these projected replenishment obligations for the next 100 years. 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 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. 00;04;16;11 - 00;04;49;07 David French Written comments may be submitted by mail, email or by fax. Comments submitted by email or fax must be received by the department by 5 p.m. on Friday, October 17th, 2025. 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 docket supervisor@azwater.Gov. 00;04;49;09 - 00;05;19;10 David French And her fax number is (602) 771-8686. I will repeat that information at the end of this hearing. The CARGD 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, the Department will post the hearing transcript, written comments, and the response to comments on its website. 00;05;19;10 - 00;05;41;15 David French Upon receipt, the director must issue a decision on whether the plan of operation is consistent with achieving the 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. If you wish to speak, but did not fill out a speaker card, please fill out a speaker card located on the table. 00;05;41;18 - 00;05;50;02 David French When I call your name, please come to the microphone and clearly state your name and the name of any party that you represent before providing comments. 00;05;50;05 - 00;06;01;27 David French Does anyone wish to make any comments? 00;06;01;29 - 00;06;19;09 David French Thank you all very much for participating in this process. Any comments received and response to those comments will be reconsidered by the director of the Department. Is there anyone else who would like to submit written evidence? 00;06;19;12 - 00;06;41;25 David French As I mentioned earlier, for 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. Comments submitted must be received by 5 p.m. on October 17th. All comments should be addressed to Sharon Scantlebury, Docket Supervisor, Arizona Department of Water Resources. The mailing address is 1110. 00;06;41;25 - 00;07;01;26 David French 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.