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ITEM NO. -7 STAFF REPORT oft TED DATE: AUGUST 3, 2010 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: ROD FOSTER, CITY MANAGER PREPARED BY: DEAN DERLETH, CITY ATTORNEY PIERO DALLARDA, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY SUBJECT: INSTITUTIONAL CONTROLS GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AGREEMENT (ICGMPA) RECOMMENDED ACTION It is recommended that the City Council approve the Institutional Controls Groundwater Management Program Agreement (ICGMPA), and as part of that approval consent to the extension of the interim Agreement to Develop and Adopt an Institutional Controls Groundwater Management Program until the effective date of the ICGMPA. GOAL STATEMENT The proposed action will support the City's goal of managing its water supply in an efficient and effective manner, partly through the cooperative efforts of other regional entities. DISCUSSION The following is some background information regarding the proposed ICGMPA. In or about 2003, the City of San Bernardino and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control filed two separate lawsuits in federal court against the United States. The lawsuits involved two plumes (Muscoy and Newmark) that carried TCE (trichloroethylene) and PCE (tetrachlorethylene), and contaminated the water supply in the Bunker Hill Basin (the 'Basin"). Although the source of contamination has not been conclusively identified, there is strong evidence that the plumes were the result of activities by the U.S. Army during WWII. Many public and private entities rely on the Bunker Hill Basin as a source of water supply, including the City of Colton ("City"), which operates wells in the area. The Basin is also used for recharge/storage by a series of public entities. The Basin has been the subject of water rights adjudication cases in state court, and the City has certain water rights pursuant to a judgment in one of the cases. The judgment is typically RV LIT\PDALLARDA\762141.7