AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AND
CORONA UTILITY AUTHORITY ACTION
DATE: 11/20/2019
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 a First Amendment to the Cooperative Agreement to Protect Water Quality and Encourage the Conjunctive Uses of Imported Water in the Santa Ana River Basin.
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the:
1. City Council authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute the First Amendment to the Cooperative Agreement to Protect Water Quality and Encourage the Conjunctive Uses of Imported Water in the Santa Ana River Basin.
2. 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:
On August 15, 2007, the Corona City Council approved the Cooperative Agreement to Protect Water Quality and Encourage the Conjunctive Uses of Imported Water (Cooperative Agreement) in the Santa Ana River Basin. This agreement was drafted between the following agencies:
? Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board
? City of Corona
? City of Riverside
? City of San Bernardino
? Eastern Municipal Water District
? Orange County Water District
? San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District
? San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency
? Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District
The agreement was passed by all agencies and executed on January 18, 2008. The agreement had an initial term of 10 years and automatically renews for a 10-year period. Currently, the agreement is in its second 10-year term.
The agreement regulates conjunctive uses of imported water for intentional groundwater recharge. This agreement established requirements for testing and reporting to the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board for agencies that recharge water within the Santa Ana River Basin. T...
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