Discussion and possible action re: enforcement of GCGCD Rule 6.2: Mr. Starcke explained that this agenda item has been included to bring to the attention of the full board and the public the status of processing the intent to drill forms and recent discoveries learned from implementing the new procedures. Mr. Starcke expressed the many benefits of this new rule for landowners, drillers, and water rights holders. Ms. Cochran added that utilizing GCGCD’s new groundwater layer in our internal app, the District was able to identify a water lease agreement between the landowner and CRWA, resulting in deferring to CRWA for approval to drill the requested exempt use well. The timeframe for approval from CRWA took seven weeks to complete. CRWA has now published on their website a form for landowners to complete and submit directly to CRWA should this issue arise again. Additionally, the District just turned over another intent to drill request to CCSUD for a proposed well on parcels leased by CCSUD and permitted with GCGCD. The District continues to refine our intent to drill form and inhouse reviewing to streamline the process to provide the applicant with a quick turnaround time. However, when the parcel has been identified as having the water rights under contract, the timeline for reviewing gets turned over to the lease holder and is no longer under our control. We are adjusting the form to remove the confirmation code previously supplied by

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.3/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.