REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
March 11, 2025
FROM
LUTHER SNOKE, Chief Executive Officer, County Administrative Office
BRETT J. GODOWN, Director, Department of Airports
SUBJECT
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Delegation of Authority to the Chief Executive Officer to Execute Chino Basin Watermaster Forms
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
1. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute non-financial Chino Basin Watermaster Forms.
2. Authorize the Deputy Executive Officer or the Director of Airports to submit non-financial Chino Basin Watermaster forms to the Chino Basin Watermaster.
(Presenter: Luther Snoke, Chief Executive Officer, 387-4811)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Improve County Government Operations.
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost) as this item is non-financial in nature.
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 County 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, State of California);
* Overlying Non-Agricultural Pool Committee (area industries); and
* Appropriative Pool Committee (local cities, public water districts, and private water companies).
Each Pool Committee is responsible for the administration of its particular Pool.
The Judgment identifies the County as having specific water rights as follows:
1. Overlying Non-Agricultural Rights associated currently with the water used for the Chino Airport; and
2. Agric...
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