BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Purified Water Project - City of San Jos? Partnership Update.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Receive information on the status of partnership with City of San Jos? on the Purified Water Project;
B. Direct staff to identify a mutually agreeable facilitator to support discussions with the City of San Jos? on partnership options on the Purified Water Project;
C. Authorize Chief Executive Officer to develop and provide City of San Jos? a draft term sheet for potential partnership for the Purified Water Project; and
D. Authorize Chief Executive Officer to explore compensating City of San Jos? for staff time to participate through December 31, 2021, in facilitated discussions and development of a partnership agreement.
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SUMMARY:
At the July 13, 2021, Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) Board meeting, San Jos? Vice Mayor Chappie Jones offered to meet informally with select Valley Water Board members to discuss Purified Water Project partnership opportunities with the City of San Jos?. Subsequently, Chairperson Estremera and Directors Hsueh and LeZotte held an initial meeting with the Vice Mayor, the Mayor's office, and select San Jos? Councilmembers and their staffs on August 11, 2021.
During a follow-up meeting on August 25, 2021, San Jos? Vice Mayor Jones offered a comprehensive set of guiding principles to move these discussions forward:
* Identify a mutually agreeable facilitator to assist with development of terms for securing wastewater, land lease, Reverse Osmosis Concentrate management, and amending the integration agreement;
* Both parties are to provide draft "term sheets" with expected outcomes for use in the facilitated discussions;
* Verbal commitment from Valley Water to explore compensation for City of San Jos? staff participation;
* Establish regular updates and consultation with the Board and City Council; and
* Consensus to have an agreement in place by the end of the 2021 c...
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