AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AND
CORONA UTILITY AUTHORITY ACTION
DATE: 4/17/2019
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
Honorable President and Board Members
FROM: Department of Water and Power
SUBJECT:
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City Council and Corona Utility Authority consideration of the City of Corona and Home Gardens Sanitary District Capacity Transfer Agreement.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the:
1. City Council authorize the City Manager, or their designee, to execute the City of Corona and Home Gardens Sanitary District Capacity Transfer Agreement.
2. City Council authorize the City Manager, or their designee, and the City Attorney to negotiate and execute any extensions and/or amendments to the agreement which are either non-substantive or otherwise in compliance with the City Council's actions hereunder.
3. Corona Utility Authority (CUA) review, ratify and to the extent necessary direct that the City Council take the above actions.
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ANALYSIS:
The City of Corona is a member agency of the Western Riverside County Regional Wastewater Authority (WRCRWA), a regional Joint Powers Authority which operates a regional wastewater conveyance, treatment and disposal system in western Riverside County. WRCRWA operates a wastewater treatment plant on River Road in Eastvale, CA. The City currently owns 2.37 million gallons per day (MGD) of treatment capacity in the plant. Home Gardens Sanitary District (HGSD) is a member agency for WRCRWA and owns 1.0 MGD of capacity in the treatment plant.
The WRCRWA plant recently underwent an expansion project to increase existing capacity in the plant from 8.0 MGD to 14.0 MGD. WRCRWA applied for and received a State Revolving Fund (SRF) loan for funding the capital costs of the project. The debt service on the loan is repaid by the member agencies proportionally based on the percentage of the expanded capacity (i.e. the additional 6.0 MGD achieved through the expan...
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