REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT
AND RECORD OF ACTION
June 18, 2025
FROM
NOEL CASTILLO, Chief Flood Control Engineer, Flood Control District
TERRY W. THOMPSON, Director, Real Estate Services Department
SUBJECT
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Declaration of Environmental Restrictions and Covenants Over Etiwanda Disposal Site in Fontana
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Acting as the governing body of the San Bernardino County Flood Control District:
1. Find that authorizing a Declaration of Environmental Restrictions and Covenants to be executed and recorded over approximately 11.64 acres of land located at the southeast corner of Victoria Street and Interstate 15, in the City of Fontana (portion of Assessor’s Parcel Number 0228-091-45-0000), is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines.
2. Approve a Declaration of Environmental Restrictions and Covenants over approximately 11.64 acres of land located at the southeast corner of Victoria Street and Interstate 15, in the City of Fontana (portion of Assessor’s Parcel Number 0228-091-45-0000).
3. Authorize the Real Estate Services Department to record the Declaration of Environmental Restrictions and Covenants over approximately 11.64 acres of land located at the southeast corner of Victoria Street and Interstate 15, in the City of Fontana (portion of Assessor’s Parcel Number 0228-091-45-0000).
4. Authorize the Director of the Real Estate Services Department to execute any other non-substantive documents necessary to complete this transaction, subject to County Counsel review.
(Presenter: Terry W. Thompson, Director, 387-5000)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Provide for the Safety, Health, and Social Services Needs of County Residents.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The San Bernardino County Flood Control District (District) is funded by property tax revenue, fee revenue, and other local, state and federal funding. There is no cost associated with the execution and recording of a Declaration of Environmental Restrictions and Covenants (Deed Restriction) over a portion of District-owned property located at the southeast corner of Interstate 15 Freeway and Victoria Street, in the City of Fontana, commonly known as a portion of Assessor’s Parcel Number 0228-091-45-0000 (Property).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The District owns the Property on which a closed solid waste landfill disposal and burn dump site, commonly known as the Etiwanda Disposal Site (Disposal Site), is situated. The County Local Enforcement Agency (LEA) regulates the Disposal Site, and this item fulfills the LEA’s requirement that a Deed Restriction be recorded with the County Recorder’s Office to provide notice of the existence of the Disposal Site on the Property regarding future land use on the Property in accordance with Public Resources Code Section 48022.5(h).
Approval of this item will also authorize the Real Estate Services Department (RESD) to record the Deed Restriction against the Property and permit the RESD Director to execute any other non-substantive documents necessary to complete this transaction, subject to County Counsel review.
The authorization to execute and record the Deed Restriction was reviewed pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and determined to not be a project, as defined by CEQA. If future action is taken regarding the Property, CEQA will be reviewed at the time.
PROCUREMENT
Not applicable.
REVIEW BY OTHERS
This item has been reviewed by County Counsel (Agnes Cheng, and Sophie A. Curtis, Deputies County Counsel, 387-5455) on May 29, 2025; Flood Control District (Noel Castillo, Director, 387-7906) on May 29, 2025; Purchasing (Dylan Newton, Buyer III, 387-3377) on May 29, 2025; Finance (Kathleen Gonzalez, 387-5412 and Eduardo Mora, 387-4376, Administrative Analysts) on May 30, 2025; and County Finance and Administration (Paloma Hernandez-Barker, Deputy Executive Officer, 387-5423) on June 2, 2025.
(NA 501-6726)