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FINAL 7- 11 -1.6 <br />response, WEROC works with member agencies, Metropolitan Water District of Southern <br />California, the County Operational Area, the State Office of Emergency Services and other <br />emergency response partners throughout the year to educate, network and train together. <br />WEROC staff works with its member agencies (including the City) on emergency plans <br />and standard operating procedure development, review of state and federal required <br />trainings for grant eligibility, disaster readiness, disaster exercise development, grant <br />identification and applications and response and recovery coordination. Lastly, WEROC <br />staff maintains two emergency operation centers, its own response plans and the <br />backbone of the WEROC radio communications system. In providing these services <br />WEROC continues to lead the nation as a model for water and wastewater emergency <br />coordination and response. <br />b) MWDOC will charge a percentage of WEROC's annual budget to the City to fund WEROC <br />operations. The historical percentage allocated is 3.80% and is based on historical <br />negotiations among the WEROC funding partners. The proposed program budget and <br />funding agency charges will be submitted to City for budgetary consideration annually. <br />8. SHARED CONSULTING SERVICES <br />a) The Parties may participate, without the need for an additional agreement, in the planning, <br />research, policy development, water resources planning, strategic processes and other <br />activities that require engagement of an outside consultant. MWDOC shall provide the City <br />a copy of each consultant's proposal for review and comments. For each consultant so <br />engaged, the City will notify MWDOC if it elects to participate in the consulting services <br />and the limit of its financial participation. These and otherjoint activities and studies related <br />to water resources planning are basic and recurring functions for both MWDOC and the <br />City, and the City's Water Resources Manager shall have discretion to authorize <br />participation by the City in consulting contracts administered by MWDOC by giving written <br />notice to MWDOC, provided the Agreement Limit (defined below) has not been reached. <br />b) The City shall not have any obligation to pay for this consultant unless the City agrees to <br />participate in the consultant's proposed costs. <br />9. AWARD AND ADMINISTRATION OF CONSULTANT AGREEMENTS <br />a) When programs or services desired by the City and administered by MWDOC require <br />MWDOC to engage a consultant, MWDOC will use its standardized professional services <br />agreement as a form and will modify it as required for each particular engagement. <br />MWDOC will award the agreement pursuant to its own Administrative Code and <br />procedures, except as noted in this Agreement. <br />b) For each professional services agreement, MWDOC will determine appropriate insurance <br />requirements. When MWDOC requires a consultant's insurer to name MWDOC, its <br />directors, officers, agents, employees, attorneys, consultants and volunteers as additional <br />Page 6 of 11 <br />25J -10 <br />