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WHEREAS prior to entering into this Agreement, the County of Orange submitted an application to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), to be recognized as a separate region in the Santa Ana Funding Area, to operate independently of SAWPA for purposes of project identification, prioritization, proposal, and grant funding allocation, with respect to projects in the OC Plan; WHEREAS this Agreement serves to memorialize an agreement between the Parties whereby, in exchange for the Orange County Parties agreeing to forego efforts to form a separate region in the Santa Ana Funding Area for the OC Plan, and, instead, remain a part of the Santa Ana Funding Area covered by the OWOW Plan, SAWPA agrees to abide by the terms and conditions stated herein, in all rounds of grant funding administered by the State of California under Proposition 1 and any subsequent IRWM grant programs. NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is acknowledged by all Parties, and in light of the foregoing recitals, the Parties hereby agree as follows: 1. INTEGRATION OF THE OC PLAN AND OWOW: a. SAWPA has incorporated the OC Plan by reference in an appendix of the OWOW Plan. SAWPA has made other revisions to the OWOW Plan before its adoption reflecting the existence of the OC Plan and its interaction with the OWOW Plan. SAWPA will make other amendments to the OWOW Plan in future updates or as required by DWR. b. This Agreement determines how State grant funds for IRWM will be allocated for projects in the OWOW Plan, which includes the OC Plan. Projects allocated funds pursuant to Section 2a and 2b.i. below will not be rated/ranked by the OWOW Steering Committee and will be reviewed by the Committee only for compliance with the requirements of the applicable DWR project solicitation. 2. PROJECT IDENTIFICATION, RATING/RANKING, SELECTION, GRANT FUNDS ALLOCATION AND ADNIINISTRATION: a. Projects in North and Central Orange County proposed for general implementation IRWM grant funding will be rated, ranked and selected for funding by the processes in the OC Plan and not by those in the OWOW Plan. b. IRWM grant funds for the Santa Ana Funding Area will be distributed as follows: i. Thirty percent (30%) of the IRWM general implementation grant funds will be allocated to projects in the OC Plan selected pursuant to Section 2.a. In the event that a portion of an allocation is not expended ill one funding round of a multi - round process, any unexpended funds shall be rolled over and added to the thirty percent allocation for the next round. 55A-12