REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
June 25, 2024
FROM
LUTHER SNOKE, Chief Executive Officer, County Administrative Office
SUBJECT
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Appointment of Pool Committee Member to the Chino Basin Watermaster
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve appointment of Greg Zarco, Chino Airport Manager, to act as San Bernardino County's 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 this appointment will not result in the use of additional Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
On December 5, 2023 (Item No. 23), the Board of Supervisors appointed Kyle Benoit, Chino Airport Manager, to act as San Bernardino County's (County) representative and Maureen Snelgrove, Assistant Director of Airports, to act as the alternative representative on the Non-Agricultural and Appropriative Pool Committees of the Chino Basin Watermaster (Watermaster). A replacement representative is being recommended as Kyle Benoit is no longer an employee of the County. No change is being made to Ms. Snelgrove as the alternative representative.
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 Watermaster to 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-A...
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