HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-09-15; Municipal Water District; Resolution 1375EXHIBIT 1
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RESOLUTION NO. 1375
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A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
3 CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT (CMWD),
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE
4 METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT AGREEMENT NO. 70025 -
CARLSBAD SEAWATER DESALINATION PROJECT
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6 WHEREAS, on September 28, 2004, by Resolution No. 1226, the Board approved a
7 Water Purchase Agreement (WPA) between the Carlsbad Municipal Water District (CMWD) and
8 Poseidon for the purchase of up to 25 MGD of desalinated water from the proposed seawater
9 desalination facility; and
10 WHEREAS, Section 3.1 of the WPA stipulates that the Parties shall use commercially
1 1 reasonable efforts to obtain a subsidy from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
12 under its Seawater Desalination Program in an amount not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars
13 ($250.00) per acre foot for the purchase of product water under the agreement; and
^ WHEREAS, CMWD staff has been working with the other water agencies that comprise
15 the Desal Partners Group, Poseidon Resources (Poseidon), and the San Diego County Water
16 Authority (SDCWA) to secure the MWD financial incentives; and
17 WHEREAS, MWD staff has provided each of the Desal Partners with a draft of their
18 standard form which has been modified slightly as a result of review by SDCWA and the Desal
19 Partners creating a Seawater Desalination Program (SDP) agreement for the Carlsbad
20 Desalination Project which has addressed many of the comments provided on prior versions of
21 the agreement and clarified the roles and responsibilities of the parties; and
22 WHEREAS, MWD has targeted an October 2009 approval of the agreement that requires
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all other agencies to approve it prior to the MWD October Board meeting.
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1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Carlsbad Municipal Water District Board
2 of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:
2 1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the Carlsbad Municipal Water District Board of Directors authorizes the4
_ Executive Manager to execute the Metropolitan Water District Agreement No. 70025 for the5
. Carlsbad Seawater Desalination Project, subject to the inclusion of changes approved by theb
Carlsbad Municipal Water District Board of Directors, and review and approval by General
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Special Meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Carlsbad Municipal Water District of the City of Carlsbad on the 15th
day of September, 2009, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Board Members Lewis, Kulchin, Hall, Packard, Blackburn
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
£l_A'UDE A LEWIS, President
ATTEST:
L0RRAME M.
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OD, Secretary O
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