TO: LINDA REICH, CITY MANAGER
FROM: HYE JIN LEE, PE, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
SUBJECT
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Settlement Agreement between the City of Chino and the Appropriative Pool.
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RECOMMENDATION
1) Approve ratification of the Settlement Agreement between the City of Chino and the Appropriative Pool; 2) approve to pay the settlement amount of $67,701.53; and 3) authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents on behalf of the City.
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FISCAL IMPACT
There are sufficient funds included in the FY2024-25 Water Services Program budget to pay the settlement amount of $67.701.53
CITY OF CHINO MISSION / VISION / VALUES / STRATEGIC ISSUES
The recommendation detailed above further the City's values and strategic issues that serve as key pillars on which identified priorities, goals, and action plans are built, by fostering:
* Public Service Excellence through Internal and External Partnerships
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Expenditure: 5207300 - 43605
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BACKGROUND
In 1978, the Chino Basin Watermaster was created by a court decree to oversee the groundwater production and replenishment of the Chino Groundwater Basin. The City of Chino is a stakeholder in the groundwater basin as an Appropriative Pool member. Currently, approximately 1/3 of the City's drinking water comes from pumping from the Chino Groundwater Basin.
The June 2000 Peace Agreement between Chino Groundwater Basin stakeholders provides for members of the Appropriative Pool (retail water agencies, including the City of Chino) to pay the Watermaster - imposed annual assessments on groundwater produced by the Overlying Agricultural Pool (farms and dairies) in return for an early annual re-allocation of the Agricultural Pool's under-utilized groundwater production rights. The Watermaster annual assessments cover the costs of Watermaster operations and Agricultural Pool special project costs ...
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