REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT
AND RECORD OF ACTION
August 25, 2020
FROM
LUTHER SNOKE, Interim Director, Flood Control District
SUBJECT
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Agreements for Purchase of Credits for First Line of Defense Basins Project
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Acting as the governing body of the San Bernardino County Flood Control District:
1. Approve Agreement for the purchase of credits with the Land Veritas Corporation dba Soquel Canyon Mitigation Bank, in the amount of $2,085,000 for the mitigation of impacts from the First Line of Defense Basins Project.
2. Approve Agreement for the purchase of credits with the CALMAT CO. dba Vulcan Materials Company, Wester Division, in the amount of $1,800,000 for the mitigation of impacts from the First Line of Defense Basins Project.
3. Approve Agreement for the purchase of credits with the Santa Ana River Watershed In-Lieu Fee Program, in the amount of $963,000 for the mitigation of impacts from the First Line of Defense Basins Project.
(Presenter: David Doublet, Deputy Director, 387-7906)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES.
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The total cost of these three agreements is $4,848,000, which will be funded by existing property tax revenue. Sufficient appropriation has been included in the San Bernardino County Flood Control District's (District) 2020-21 budget (1910002518, 1920002522, and 1930002526) and will be included in future recommended budgets.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The First Line of Defense Basins Project (Project) consists of 39 regional flood control basins distributed along the foothills of the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains from the City of Upland east to the City of Yucaipa, in the County of San Bernardin...
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