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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />OCTOBER 17, 2011 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL <br />SERVICES TO SANTA ANA SCHOOLS ON <br />WATER-RELATED ISSUES <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 1St Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached agreement with the <br />Municipal Water District of Orange County, subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by the City <br />Manager and City Attorney, to provide educational services to Santa Ana schools on water-related <br />issues, in an amount not to exceed $30,000. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City of Santa Ana is an original signatory to the California Urban Water Conservation Council's <br />(CUWCC) ten best management practices (BMPs) for water use efficiency. Public information <br />programs are identified by CUWCC as one of the important BMPs used to meet water use efficiency <br />objectives. School education programs are specifically identified within the BMPs as a tool to be <br />used to reach young water users at an early age and reinforce the need to engage in water <br />conservation as a life-long behavior. <br />The City has historically contracted with the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) to <br />provide water-related education services to Santa Ana schools. Educational services include <br />assembly presentations, student workbooks, teacher's guides, and other educational materials. <br />This has been a successful and popular educational program that the City has provided to the <br />students of Santa Ana for several years with the assistance of MWDOC. The program uses trained <br />education specialists through the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana to organize and conduct the <br />water education program. This unique program provides a high-quality product at a reasonable cost <br />per student instructed. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS <br />There is no environmental impact associated with this action. <br />25C-1