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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 3, 2019 <br />urtlllllly <br />APPROVE THE REVISED AGREEMENT <br />WITH THE METROPOLITAN WATER <br />DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA <br />FOR FUTURE SUPPLY ACTIONS FUNDING <br />FOR THE RESTORATION FROM INVASIVE <br />DREISSENID MUSSELS STUDY <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5,2) <br />/s/Kristine Ridge <br />CITY MANAGER <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />,K•�►nl►tr».ic•� <br />FILE NUMBER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Authorize the City Manager to execute a revised agreement with the Metropolitan Water District of <br />Southern California for Future Supply Actions Funding for the Restoration of Local Recharge <br />Sources from Invasive Dreissenid Mussels Study, subject to non -substantive changes approved <br />by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On August 20, 2019, the City Council approved both the Metropolitan Water District of Southern <br />California (MWD) and Orange County Water District's Future Supply Actions Funding Program <br />Mussels Study agreements. Since then, MWD's legal team has made edits to their boilerplate <br />agreement (Exhibits 1 and 2). The edits include a clause that accepts costs for work performed <br />before the effective date of the agreement, January 8, 2019, which was the date MWD Board of <br />Directors gave final authorization to enter into Future Supply Actions Funding Program agreements. <br />The original agreement approved in August authorized charges on or after May 7, 2019. In addition, <br />MWD revised the progress report due dates. The City is now required to provide a summary of any <br />work conducted on or after January 8, 2019, through June 30, 2019. <br />STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT <br />Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet Strategic Plan Goal #5 - Community Health, <br />Livability, Engagement & Sustainability, Objective #2 (Expand opportunities for conservation and <br />environmental sustainability). <br />25B-1 <br />