FROM: Robert Thompson, General Manager
Originator: Lorenzo Tyner, Assistant General Manager
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AMENDMENT TO JOINT AGREEMENT WITH ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT FOR GWRS
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GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION
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RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the Third Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for the Development, Operation, and Maintenance of the Groundwater Replenishment System and Green Acres Project between Orange County Sanitation District and Orange County Water District, in a form approved by General Counsel.
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BACKGROUND
Orange County Sanitation District (OC San) and the OCWD have a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for the Final Expansion of the GWRS. The GWRS Final Expansion increased the production capacity from 100 million gallons per day (mgd) to 130 mgd.
To support the Final Expansion of the GWRS, all reclaimable flow from Plant No. 2 in Huntington Beach needs to be pumped to the GWRS. Five major construction projects on OC San property were necessary to make this possible. OC San designed and constructed two of the five projects, the Headworks Modifications at Plant No. 2 for GWRS Final Expansion and the Plant Water Pump Station Relocation at Plant No. 2. OCWD is reimbursing OC San for the costs of the design and construction of these two projects.
The First Amendment provides authorization to the existing Joint Powers Agreement that OC San intends to reduce OCWD's required reimbursement by the amount of any grant funding obtained by OC San applicable to Headworks Modifications at Plant No. 2 for GWRS Final Expansion.
The Second Amendment provides for clarification on grant funding disbursements, establishes a not-to-exceed amount for reimbursement of OC San managed projects and addresses emergency operational issues.
The proposed Third Amendment will revise the repayment plan for the reimbursements from OCWD to OC San.
RELEVANT STANDARDS
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