REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
December 5, 2023
FROM
LUTHER SNOKE, Chief Executive Officer, County Administrative Office
SUBJECT
Title
Appointment of Pool Committees Members and Alternatives to the Chino Basin Watermaster
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
1. Approve appointment of Christen Mitchell (Principal Administrative Analyst) to act as San Bernardino County's representative and Trevor Leja (Assistant Executive Officer) to act as San Bernardino County's alternative representative on the Agricultural Pool Committee of the Chino Basin Watermaster.
2. Approve appointment of Kyle Benoit (Chino Airport Manager) to act as San Bernardino County's representative and Maureen Snelgrove (Assistant Director of Airports) to act as San Bernardino County's alternative representative on the Non-Agricultural and Appropriative Pool Committees of the Chino Basin Watermaster.
(Presenter: Luther Snoke, Chief Executive Officer, 387-4811)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Ensure Development of a Well-Planned, Balanced, and Sustainable County.
Pursue County Goals and Objectives by Working with Other Agencies.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of these appointments will not result in the use of additional Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Management of the Chino Basin aquifer is subject to the judgment entered in the case of Chino Basin Municipal Water District v. City of Chino, et. al., San Bernardino Superior Court case No. 164327 effective as of July 1, 1977 (Judgment). The Judgment established the Chino Basin Watermaster (Watermaster) be comprised of three stakeholder groups, called Pools. Corresponding separate Pool Committees were formed as:
* Overlying Agricultural Pool Committee (dairymen, farmers, and the State of California);
* Overlying Non-Agricultural Pool Committee (area industries); and
* Appropriative Pool Commi...
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