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FINAL 4.12 -16 the City including the following: • Water Use Efficiency (WUE) Programs • School Education Programs (Elementary and High School) • Water Emergency Preparedness Activities including annual support of the Water Emergency Response Organization of Orange County (WEROC) • Shared Consulting Agreements • Water Resources Planning • Strategic Services • Water Loss Control Services • Urban Water Management Plans b) The provisions as described below shall apply to the above services, 2. WATER USE EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS ( "WUE PROGRAMS ") a) Subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 2 - 5, the Parties shall work together to make WUE Programs available to water users throughout the City's water service area. In general, the City will have access to the same "Choice" WUE Programs that are available to MWDOC's member agencies. Each year, as MWDOC's budget is developed, MWDOC shall provide notice to the City by submitting the WUE Program Participation cost estimate (budget) for the subsequent fiscal year (same as it provides to all of its member agencies) to allow the City to consider participation. City has the sole discretion to participate. MWDOC shall also provide City with any other information or documents which are required for participation in WUE Programs or reasonably requested by the City in connection with WUE Programs. For each fiscal year, the City shall review the WUE Program Participation cost estimate and choose the WUE Programs, the level of its participation, and funding levels that the City deems beneficial. In connection with the foregoing, the City will notify MWDOC via email regarding the City's financial participation in the upcoming fiscal year. Whenever NEW opportunities for WUE programs shall become available, MWDOC shall notify the City Staff and provide sufficient details and requirements for each, and estimated costs for City's review and decision regarding participation. The City Staff shall provide MWDOC an email confirmation regarding whether it intends to participate in the NEW opportunities and its level of participation. b) Except to the extent of the elections made in the WUE Participation Notification, the City shall have no obligation to participate in any WUE Program, including, but not limited to, any obligation to provide financial contribution to such program, unless elected to by the City Staff as outlined in Sections 2 - 5. 3. WUE PROGRAMS WITH NO MATCHING CONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT a) Subject to the limitations set forth herein, the Parties agree that the WUE Programs chosen by the City for participation, with the exception of any WUE program that requires City funding, shall be made available throughout the City's water service area Page 2 of 11 25H -6