BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Proposed Cost Share Distribution Between the Santa Clara Valley Water District and the City of Palo Alto for the Northwest County Recycled Water Strategic Plan, Not to Exceed $1.8 Million, for the Cities of Palo Alto and Mountain View, Project No. 91101004, (District 7) (Continued from July 26, 2016).
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
A. Review information regarding proposed contributions from the City of Palo Alto for the Northwest County Recycled and Purified Water expansion efforts; and
B. Approve the District's contribution of up to 90 percent of the cost, (not-to-exceed $1.8 million) of a consultant contract the City of Palo Alto will enter into for the development of the Northwest County Recycled Water Strategic Plan.
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SUMMARY:
This memorandum presents detailed information requested by the District's Recycled Water Committee at its meeting held on May 12, 2016. Staff is recommending Board approval of a cost share arrangement between the District and the City of Palo Alto whereby the District funds (90) percent (not-to-exceed $1.8 million) and the City of Palo Alto funds ten (10) percent of the cost, to retain a consultant to develop the Northwest County Recycled Water Strategic Plan. This plan supports Board Governance policy and objective E-2.1.4 to protect, maintain and develop recycled water and corresponding proposed CEO outcome measure OM 2.1.4a to use at least 10 percent of annual recycled water as a percentage of total Santa Clara County water demands by 2025.
Background
Northwest County, as defined by the entities collaborating on the efforts further described below, entails the jurisdictions of the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (PARWQCP) member agencies including East Palo Alto Sanitary District, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Stanford University. The initial entities collaborating on the efforts described below are the Cities of Palo Alto and...
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