REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT
AND RECORD OF ACTION
June 13, 2023
FROM
BRENDON BIGGS, Chief Flood Control Engineer, Flood Control District
SUBJECT
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Joint Groundwater Recharge and Facilities Planning Agreement with the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Acting as the governing body of the San Bernardino County Flood Control District, approve the Joint Groundwater Recharge and Facilities Planning Agreement with the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District to establish a framework under which flood control facilities may be evaluated for groundwater recharge purposes, for a 20-year term from June 27, 2023 through June 26, 2043, followed by 10 automatic one-year renewal terms.
(Presenter: Brendon Biggs, Chief Flood Control Engineer, 387-7906)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
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 proposed Joint Groundwater Recharge and Facilities Planning Agreement (Agreement) with the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (San Bernardino Valley) does not commit the San Bernardino County Flood Control District (District) to any expenditures, other than staff time, which will be reimbursed by San Bernardino Valley for contracted planned maintenance and/or construction activities performed by the District.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The District owns and operates a number of flood control facilities within San Bernardino Valley's operational boundaries. San Bernardino Valley seeks to construct certain recharge improvements to increase recharge of the underground aquifer(s) by spreading imported and recycled/reclaimed, and any other water supply that is not stormwater, in District facilities, with the understanding t...
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