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7.B. - Page 9 of 42 Chair, Vice -Chair and immediate past Chair. The Committee decided to develop a proposal for a water management agency that could be considered by the C/CAG Board of Directors and County Board of Supervisors. To achieve this goal, the Committee convened a Staff Advisory Team (SAT) comprised of 18 representatives (staff level) from C/CAG, the County, cities, and other water -related agencies and interests to help develop the draft proposal. The SAT Process The SAT convened in July 2018 (Roster - Attachment 2)) and met eight times, with numerous additional Executive Team calls to help shepherd the process. The SAT's focus has been evaluating options for a new entity, including reviewing different governance structures and the potential scope of the new entity, getting feedback from the cities on their needs related to a countywide integrated water agency, and regularly informing and receiving feedback from the Countywide Water Coordination Committee. The SAT, in coordination with the Committee, developed an overall Roadmap for the process that included developing a final proposal by the end of 2018) the C/CAG Board and the County Board of Supervisors considering its endorsement in January 2019, followed by outreach to all 20 city and town councils in early 2019. The SAT hosted a series of initial information gathering meetings with all 20 cities and towns in August and September 2018, the results of which informed the draft agency proposal. Two additional city meetings were hosted in November and December to present the draft agency proposal. At its December 13 meeting, the SAT endorsed a final version of the agency proposal (Proposal) for Committee consideration on December 20. At that meeting, the Committee recommended the C/CAG Board endorse the Proposal. The C/CAG Board unanimously endorsed the Proposal at its January 10, 2019 meeting. The County Board of Supervisors endorsed the Proposal at its January 29, 2019 meeting. 201