REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT
AND RECORD OF ACTION
January 9, 2024
FROM
TREVOR LEJA, Assistant Executive Officer, Department of Public Works - Flood Control District
SUBJECT
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Amendment to Common Use Agreement with the City of Rancho Cucamonga for a Recreational Multi-Use Community Trail Along Day Creek Channel
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Acting as the governing body of the San Bernadino County Flood Control District, approve Amendment No. 6 to Common Use Agreement No. 10-53 with the City of Rancho Cucamonga to extend the recreational multi-use community trails system along the west side of the Day Creek Channel, with no change to the term of January 26, 2010 through January 26, 2030.
(Presenter: Noel Castillo, Assistant Director, 387-7906)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Improve County Government Operations.
Pursue County Goals and Objectives by Working with Other Agencies and Stakeholders.
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) costs associated with this amendment are limited to administrative costs related to the approval of this amendment. Improvements to District land for the development, operation, and maintenance of the recreational multi-use community trails system (Trail Segment) will be financed solely by the City of Rancho Cucamonga (City). Although the District will not receive reimbursement from the City for the proposed Amendment No. 6, the District will benefit from improved access roads and reduced maintenance costs in the District’s right-of-way, defined as the Area of Common Use. Sufficient appropriation is included in the District’s 2023-24 budget (1910002518).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
On January 26, 2010 (Item No. 67) the Board of Supervisors (Board) approved Common Use Agreement No. 10-53 (CUA) between the District and the City under which the City was granted authorization to use portions of the Area of Common Use, for Day Creek Channel and Deer Creek Channel for recreational multi-use community trails.
The City’s recreational multi-use community trail system has enhanced the Area of Common Use with features such as paved channel access roads, slurry sealing of existing asphalt concrete channel access roads, lockable access gates, step-throughs and signing and striping, thereby making District’s right-of-way aesthetically pleasing to the community. In accordance with the CUA, development and operation of this trail system is at the City’s sole expense and responsibility, will not interfere or conflict with any structures, facilities, operations or uses which the District has, or intends to have, for this land. The City and the District have been adding to the trail system subject to the CUA via amendments as follows:
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Board Date |
Item No. |
Length Added |
Amendment No. |
Facility |
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June 28, 2011 |
130 |
Southern Pacific Railroad to red Hill Country Club Drive |
1 |
Cucamonga Creek Channel |
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May 21, 2013 |
64 |
Foothill Boulevard to Baseline Road |
2 |
Cucamonga Creek Channel |
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November 4, 2014 |
58 |
Church Street to Baseline Road |
3 |
Deer Creek Channel |
|
December 10, 2019 |
44 |
Church Street to 4th Street |
4 |
Deer Creek Channel |
|
December 10, 2019 |
44 |
Foothill Boulevard to 4th Street |
4 |
Cucamonga Creek Channel |
|
April 6, 2021 |
46 |
Underneath I-15 Freeway to Banyan Street |
5 |
Day Creek Channel |
The District and City desire to amend the CUA, to add an additional stretch of multi-use trail to Day Creek Channel. Amendment No. 6 will add a segment to the City’s Trail Segment along the west side of the District’s Day Creek Channel, from Baseline Road to Jack Benny Drive. The Trail Segment is labeled “Area of Common Use No. 8” and will be an extension to the existing trail between Highland Avenue and Baseline Road, along Day Creek Channel. The addition of the Trail Segment to the City’s trail system will benefit the District by improving the District’s access roads and reducing the District’s maintenance costs in the Area of Common Use.
Accommodating the Trail Segment within the District’s right-of-way will support the County and the Chief Executive Officer’s goals and objectives to improve government operations by working with other agencies to enhance trails for recreational purposes.
The term of the CUA remains unchanged from January 26, 2010 through January 26, 2030. Either party may terminate the CUA at any time with one-year prior notice.
PROCUREMENT
Not applicable.
REVIEW BY OTHERS
This item has been reviewed by County Counsel (Sophie A. Curtis, Deputy County Counsel, 387-5455) on September 19, 2023; Finance (Carl Lofton, Administrative Analyst, 387-5404) on December 18, 2023; and County Finance and Administration (Paloma Hernandez-Barker, Deputy Executive Officer, 387-5423) on December 18, 2023.