DATE:
June 10, 2026 and June 24, 2026
FL01
TO:
Flood Control Board of Directors
SUBJECT
Title
ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO DELEGATE SIGNATORY AUTHORITIES FOR ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENTS AND RELATED CEQA EXEMPTION (DISTRICTS: ALL)
Body
OVERVIEW
The San Diego County Flood Control District (District) owns and maintains real property across the unincorporated areas of the County. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors acts as the Board of Directors for the District. The District also works with the City of Chula Vista and National City to maintain part of the Sweetwater River Channel for flood control and protection. District real property includes land; structures such as linear storm drain pipes and channels; and other real property interests, including drainage and flowage easements. These easements can extend for hundreds of feet through developed areas. They may support underground pipes, open channels, and other flood control facilities, and often include surrounding areas that are only occasionally needed for access or maintenance. In some cases, easements simply provide open space for surface water drainage. When appropriate, District property can also be used productively by other property owners, utilities, and organizations, as long as that use does not interfere with the drainage purposes for which the District acquired the property.
A current section of the San Diego County Flood Control District Act (The Act) authorizes the District's Board of Directors (Board) to permit the use of District property when the Board determines that the use serves the public interest and does not interfere with the purposes for which the property was originally acquired. The Act grants the Board broad authority to carry out its responsibilities, including adopting ordinances and resolutions. These ordinances may be enacted using the same procedures the County of San Diego follows to enact its ordinances. When the District has not taken specific action on a matter, th...
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