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Resolution No. 8677 " 1 2 3 4 5 6 RESOLUTION NO. 8677 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AMENDMENT NO. ONE TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF VERNON AND CENTRAL BASIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT REGARDING THE BUYING AND -SELLING OF RECYCLED WATER AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 8420 7 8 WHEREAS, the City of Vernon ("City") is proceeding at this 9 time to develop a 134 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant officially named 10 the Malburg Generating Station (the "Malburg Project") for the purpose 11 of installing additional generating capacity that will yield an 12 efficient, cost-effective, and reliable source of electric generation 13 to the City of Vernon; and 14 WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the cooling water 15 supply for the Malburg Project must be provided by reclaimed water that 16 will require the construction of a pipeline extension as well as a pump 17 station and associated pressure reducing facilities on the Central 18 Basin Municipal Water District ("CBMWD") system; and 19 WHEREAS, on May 22, 2002, the City Council of the City of 20 Vernon adopted Resolution No. 7973 approving an Agreement Between the 21 City and CBMWD Regarding the Buying and Selling of Recycled Water to 22 the Malburg Project (the "Agreement"); and 23 WHEREAS, the City and CBMWD desire to amend the Agreement to 24 clarify the intent of the parties with respect to the Hollydale Pump 25 Station and to clarify the amount of r~claimed water the CBMWD provides 26 to the City; and 27 WHEREAS, on April 7, 2004, the City Council of the City of 28 Vernon adopted Resolution No. 8420 approving Amendment No. One to the ~ 1 Agreement, in form, (the ~Draft Amendment") with CBMWD; and 2 WHEREAS, following the City Council's approval of the Draft 3 Amendment, but before an actual Agreement was signed by the parties, 4 various issues arose regarding indemnification and cost sharing; and 5 WHEREAS, substantial modifications to the Draft Amendment 6 have been made; and 7 WHEREAS, by letter dated February 24, 2005, Bruce V. 8 Malkenhorst, City Administrator/City Clerk, recommended that an 9 amendment to the Agreement with CBMWD be approved and executed; and 10 WHEREAS, on February 28, 2005, the CBMWD Board approved for 11 execution the revised amendment. 12 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE 13 CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS: 14 SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 15 finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true 16 and correct. 17 SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 18 repeals Resolution No. 8420 and specifically rescinds the Draft 19 Amendment, it being the intent of the City Council that the revised 20 Amendment No. One to the Agreement with CBMWD supersede the Draft 21 Amendment. 22 SECTION 3: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 23 approves the revised Amendment No. One to the Agreement Between the 24 City of Vernon and Central Basin Municipal Water District Regarding 25 the Buying and Selling of Recycled Water in substantially the same 26. form as the copy which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and 27 incorporated by reference. 28 / / / - 2 - 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 SECTION 4: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby 2 authorizes the Mayor to execute the revised Amendment for, and on 3 behalf of, the City of Vernon and the City Clerk is hereby authorized 4 to attest thereto. 5 6 7 8 9 10 SECTION 5: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby directs the City Clerk, or his designee, to send one fully executed revised Amendment to: Central Basin Municipal Water District Attn. General Manager 17140 S. Avalon Blvd., Ste. 210 Carson, CA 90746-1296 11 SECTION 6: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall 12 certify to the passage of this resolution, and thereupon and 13 thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect. 14 APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of March, 2005. 17 AT~ p; BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk ~~~~. /~ LEONIS C. MA URG, ayor '-- - 3 - 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 2 ss COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 3 4 I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 8677, was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon at a regular meeting of the City Council duly held on Wednesday, March 2, 2005, and thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor of the City of 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Vernon. ~~~ BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk 12 13 (SEAL) 14 15 16 17 - 4 - , . EXHIBIT A . . 1 2 3 AMENDMENT NO. ONE TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CiTY OF VERNO AND CENTRAL BASiN MUNiCiPAL ~TER DiSTRiCT REGARDiNG THE BUYiNG AND SELLiNG OF RECYCLED ~TER 4 5 THIS AMENDMENT is made, entered into and executed in 6 duplicate originals, either copy of which may be considered and used as 7 the original hereof for all purposes, as of this day of March, 8 2005, in the City of Vernon, County of Los Angeles, California 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 RECITALS BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF VERNON, a municipal corporation (hereinafter referred to as "City") 4305 Santa Fe Avenue Vernon, CA 90058 AND CENTRAL BASIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT (hereinafter referred to as "District" ) 17140 S. Avalon Blvd., Ste. 210 Carson, CA 90746-1296 17 City and District enter into this Amendment No. One to the 18 Agreement between the City of Vernon and Central Basin Municipal Water 19 District Regarding the Buying and Selling of Recycled Water (the 20 "Amendment") in recognition of the following: 21 A. On July 15, 2002, City and District entered into an 22 Agreement Regarding the Buying and Selling of Recycled Water (the 23 "Agreement"). 24 B. The Agreement was entered into in order to 1) establish 25 the terms and conditions under which recycled water would be provided by 26 District and purchased by City for operation of the Malburg Generating 27 Station (the "Project"), being constructed by City; and 2) to establish 28 a framework for future recycled water sales within the City. 1 C. The Agreement provided that District would be 2 responsible for construction management and inspection for the 3 Hollydale Pump Station, including retaining a firm to provide 4 construction management services. 5 D. City and District want to clarify that their 6 intent in the Agreement is that, although District is responsible 7 for the construction management and inspection services for the 8 Hollydale Pump Station, City shall pay for such capital costs and 9 be reimbursed by District pursuant to the Agreement. 10 E. The Agreement requires City to pay for the cost of 11 power for the booster pump station that needed to be constructed in 12 order to serve City with Reclaimed water. 13 F. City and District want to make clear their intent 14 that City shall not be required to pay for the Hollydale Pump 15 Station power costs that are incurred for serving new customers to 16 the District system beyond the Point-of-Connection as defined in 17 the Agreement. 18 G. The Agreement provides that District will be 19 required to provide City with reclaimed water to meet a peak demand 20 of 1,000 gallons per minute at a minimum pressure of thirty (30) 21 pounds per square inch (PSI). 22 H. City and District desire to amend the agreement to 23 provide that District will be required to provide City with 24 reclaimed water to meet a peak demand of 1,000 gallons per minute 25 at a minimum pressure of forty (40) pounds per square inch (PSI). 26 / / / 27 / / / 28 / / / - 2 - 1 NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HERETO DO MUTUALLY AGREE AS SET 2 FORTH HEREIN: 3 SECTION 1: Section 3.B. of the Agreement shall be amended to 4 read as follows: 5 Design, construct, own, operate, and maintain the 6 recycled water distribution system within CITY water 7 department boundaries as shown on the revised Exhibit 8 A, dated July 31, 2003, which is attached hereto and 9 made a part hereof as though fully set forth at 10 length, and in compliance with applicable State 11 guidelines. The boundary for operation and maintenance 12 purposes of the recycled water pipeline shall be at Sta. 13 57+95.768 on Drawing PP-6 of the Recycled Water Pipeline 14 Extension Project as depicted on the revised Exhibit A, 15 dated July 31, 2003. The recycled water pipeline north 16 of this point will be operated and maintained by City 17 and south of this point by District as depicted on the 18 revised Exhibit A. 19 SECTION 2: Section 3.C. of the Agreement shall be amended to 20 read as follows: 21 Design and construct a recycled water distribution 22 pipeline extension as shown on revised Exhibit A, 23 dated July 31, 2003, a booster pump station and the 24 pressure reducing facilities that are outside of CITY 25 water department's service area in compliance with 26 applicable State guidelines. City will be the 27 contracting agency for the construction of the 28 Hollydale Pump Station and will pay for the costs of - 3 - 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 2 construction pursuant to the Agreement. SECTION 3: Section 3.E. of the Agreement shall be amended to 3 read as follows: 4 Pay for power at the booster pump station identified 5 in Section 3.C. until the construction and operation 6 of DISTRICT'S potential recycled water pipeline from 7 the City of Pico Rivera connects to the pipeline in 8 CITY identified in Section 3.C., also referred to as 9 10 the Montebello Loop. If DISTRICT adds new customers to its system beyond the Point-of-Connection which will utilize the new Hollydale P~mp Station, the City shall only be required to pay for its proportionate share of the Hollydale Pump Station monthly power 11 costs in accordance with following formula: City Share = Project Units + (Project Units + New Customer Units) [Each "Unit" is defined as 100 cubic feet, or 1 ccf.] The power charges for new booster pump station specified in Section 4.1.2 of the Agreement will be replaced by the City Share in the event new customers are added beyond the Point-of-Connection. SECTION 4: Section 3.F. of the Agreement shall be amended to change all references to "Newell Street" to "Hollenbeck Street". SECTION 5: Section 4.C. of the Agreement shall be amended to read as follows: Provide recycled water, except during circumstances beyond its control, to CITY at the PROJECT site to meet a peak demand of one-thousand (1,000) gallons per - 4 - 1 minute and at a minimum pressure of forty (40) pounds 2 per square inch (PSI). The normal flow is expected to 3 be from eight-hundred (800) to nine-hundred (900) 4 gallons per minute. The actual flow will depend upon 5 the operation of the PROJECT. 6 SECTION 6: Section 4.F. of the Agreement shall be amended to 7 read as follows: 8 District will be responsible for the construction 9 management and inspection for the Hollydale Pump 10 Station, including retaining a firm to provide 11 construction management services for the 12 construction activities of the contractor 13 performing the work. 14 SECTION 7: Section 15.B. of the Agreement shall be amended 15 to read as follows: 16 CITY shall indemnify, defend, protect and hold 17 DISTRICT and METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF 18 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA and its officers, agents and 19 employees free and harmless from and against any 20 and all claims, demands, losses, damages, 21 liabilities, fines, charges, penalties, orders, 22 judgments and all costs and expenses incurred in 23 connection therewith, including reasonable 24 attorney's fees and costs of defense arising out of 25 the negligent acts by CITY, its contractors or 26 agents, in the performance of this Agreement, 27 except to the extent arising from or caused by the 28 negligence or willful misconduct of DISTRICT, - 5 - .' .4IIi '" 1 METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 2 and its officers, agents or employees. 3 SECTION 8: All of the terms and conditions of the Agreement 4 that are in conflict with this Amendment are hereby repealed. All 5 other provisions of the Agreement and the MOU shall remain' in full 6 force and effect. 7 SECTION 9: This Amendment shall be governed by the laws of 8 the State of California. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / - 6 - .. .. . . 1 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to 2 be executed by and through their authorized officers on the date, month 3 and year first written above. 4 CITY OF VERNON 5 6 7 8 9 10 By: tf~r~~u~ < ~ LEONIS C. BUR , Mayor Date: ATTEST: 11 BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk 12 13 14 15 16 APPROVED AS TO FORM: ERIC T. FRESCH, City Attorney CENTRAL BASIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT 17 Dated: , 2005 18 By: 19 Dated: 2'0 21 RICH NAGEL, Co General Manager , 2005 By: ART AGUILAR, Co General Manager 22 Dated: , 2005 By: 23 ROBERT APODACA, President 24 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CONTENT: 25 26 BY: 27 28 STEVEN P. O'NEILL Lemieux & O'Neill Attorneys for Central Basin Municipal Water District - 7 - SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS " 1 AMENDMENT NO. ONE TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF VERNO AND CENTRAL BASIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT REGARDING THE BUYING AND SELLING OF RECYCLED WATER 2 3 4 5 THIS AMENDMENT is made, entered into and executed in 6 duplicate originals, either copy of which may be considered and used as 7 the original hereof for all purposes, as of this ot~ day of March, 8 2005, in the City of Vernon, County of Los Angeles, California 9 10 11 12 13 BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF VERNON, a municipal corporation (hereinafter referred to as "City") 4305 Santa Fe Avenue Vernon, CA 90058 AND CENTRAL BASIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT (hereinafter referred to as "District" ) 17140 S. Avalon Blvd., Ste. 210 Carson, CA90746-1296 14 15 16 RECITALS 17 City and District enter into this Amendment No. One to the 18 Agreement between the City of Vernon and Central Basin Municipal Water 19 District Regarding the Buying and Selling of Recycled Water (the 20 "Amendment") in recognition of the following: 21 A. On July 15, 2002, City and District entered into an 22 Agreement Regarding the Buying and Selling of Recycled Water (the 23 "Agreement"). 24 B. The Agreement was entered into in order to 1) establish 25 the terms and conditions under which recycled water would be provided by 26 District and purchased by City for operation of the Malburg Generating 27 Station (the "Project"), being constructed by City; and 2) to establish 28 a framework for future recycled water sales within the City. 1 C. The Agreement provided that District would be 2 responsible for construction management and inspection ~or the 3 Hollydale Pump Station, including retaining a firm to provide 4 construction management services. 5 D. City and District want to clarify that their 6 intent in the Agreement is that, although District is responsible 7 for the construction management and inspection services for the 8 Hol~ydale Pump Station, City shall pay for such capital costs and 9 be reimbursed by District pursuant to the Agreement. 10 E. The Agreement requires City to pay for the cost of 11 power for the booster pump station that needed to be constructed in 12 order to serve City with Reclaimed water. 13 F. City and District want to make clear their intent 14 that City shall not be required to pay for the Hollydale Pump 15 Station power costs that are incurred for serving new customers to 16 the District system beyond the Point-of-Connection as defined in 17 the Agreement. 18 G. The Agreement provides that District will be 19 required to provide City with reclaimed water to meet a peak demand 20 of 1,000 gallons per minute at a minimum pressure of thirty (30) 21 pounds per square inch (PSI). 22 H. City and District desire to amend the agreement to 23 provide that District will be required to provide City with 24 reclaimed water to meet a peak demand of 1,000 gallons per minute 25 at a minimum pressure of forty (40) pounds per square inch (PSI). 26 / / / 27 / / / 28 / / / - 2 - 1 NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HERETO DO MUTUALLY AGREE AS SET 2 FORTH HEREIN: 3 SECTION 1: Section 3.B. of the Agreement shall be amended to 4 read as follows: 5 Design, construct, own, operate, and maintain the 6 recycled water distribution system within CITY water 7 department boundaries as shown on the revised Exhibit 8 A, dated July 31, 2003, which is attached hereto and 9 made a part hereof as though fully set forth at 10 length, and in compliance with applicable State 11 guidelines. The boundary for operation and maintenance 12 purposes of the recycled water pipeline shall be at Sta. 13 57+95.768 on Drawing PP-6 of the Recycle9 Water Pipeline 14 Extension Project as depicted on the revised Exhibit A, 15 dated July 31, 2003. The recycled water pipeline north 16 of this point will be operated and maintained by City 17 and south of this point by District as depicted on the 18 revised Exhibit A. 19 SECTION 2: Section 3.C. of the Agreement shall be amended to 20 read as follows: 21 Design and construct a recycled water distribution 22 pipeline extension as shown on revised Exhibit A, 23 dated July 31, 2003, a booster pump station and the 24 pressure reducing facilities that are outside of CITY 25 water department's service area in compliance with 26 applicable State guidelines. City will be the 27 contracting agency for the construction of the 28 Hollydale Pump Station and will pay for the costs of - 3 - 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 2. construction pursuant to the Agreement. SECTION 3: Section 3.E. of the Agreement shall be amended to 3 read as follows: 4 Pay for power at the booster pump station identified 5 in Section 3.C. until the construction and operation 6 of DISTRICT'S potential recycled water pipeline from 7 the City of Pico Rivera connects to the pipeline in 8 CITY identified in Section 3.C., also referred to as the Montebello Loop. If DISTRICT adds new customers to its system beyond the Point-of-Connection which will utilize the new Hollydale Pump Station, the City shall only be required to pay for its proportionate share of the Hollydale Pump Station monthly power costs in accordance with following formula: City Share = Project Units + (Project Units + New Customer Units) [Each "Unit" is defined as 100 cubic feet, or 1 ccf.] The power charges for new booster pump station specified in Section 4.1.2 of the Agreement will be replaced by the City Share in the event new customers are added beyond the Point-of-Connection. SECTION 4: Section 3.F. of the Agreement shall be amended to change all references to "Newell Street" to "Hollenbeck Street". SECTION 5: Section 4.C. of the Agreement shall be amended to read as follows: Provide recycled water, except during circumstances beyond its control, to CITY at the PROJECT site to meet a peak demand of one-thousand (1,000) gallons per - 4 - : 1 minute and at a minimum pressure of forty (40) pounds 2 per square inch (PSI). The normal flow is expected to 3be from eight-hundred (800) to nine-hundred (900) 4 gallons per minute. The actual flow will depend upon 5 the operation of the PROJECT. 6 SECTION 6: Section 4.F. of the Agreement shall be amended to 7 read as follows: 8 District will be responsible for the construction 9 management and inspection for the Hollydale Pump 10 Station, including retaining a firm to provide 11 construction management services for the 12 construction activities of the contractor 13 performing the work. 14 SECTION 7: Section 15.B. of the Agreement shall be amended 15 to read as follows: 16 CITY shall indemnify, defend, protect and hold 17 DISTRICT and METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF 18 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA and its officers, agents and 19 employees free and harmless from and against any 20 and all claims, demands, losses, damages, 21 liabilities, fines, charges, penalties, orders, 22 judgments and all costs and expenses incurred in 23 connection therewith, including reasonable 24 attorney's fees and costs of defense arising out of 25 the negligent acts by CITY, its contractors or 26 agents, in the performance of this Agreement, 27 except to the extent arising from or caused by the 28 negligence or willful misconduct of DISTRICT, - 5 - '" ' 1 METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 2 and its officers, agents or employees. 3 SECTION 8: All of the terms and conditions of the Agreement 4 that are in conflict with this Amendment are hereby repealed. All 5 other provisions of the Agreement and the MOU shall remain in full 6 force and effect. 7 SECTION 9: This Amendment shall be governed by the laws of 8 the State of California. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / - 6 - ;,8 1 1 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to 2 be executed by and through their authorized officers on the date, month 3 and year first written above. 4 CITY OF VERNON 5 6 7 8 9 10 ~. ATTEST: ~ By: '. . ~ ,- LEONIS C. MAL URG, M yor Da te : 1fj (tit J / -$j 6L-I/'O 0- 11 BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk 12 '13 14 APPROVE~ ~~ ERIC T. FRE H, City Attorney 15 16 17 Dated: mAt.-e-A L, 2005 18 19 Dated: /JJtfllcA 1, 2005 20 21 CENTRAL BASIN MUNICIPAL WATER ~~rr;/J_ ,() BY:,-~~ RICH NAGEL, Co General Manager 22 23 24 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND By: Dated: fJ1tiv reA L, 2005 By: 25 --.-')) dfr STEVEN P~ILL . Lemieux & O'Neill Attorneys for Central Basin Municipal Water District 26 27 28 BY: - 7 -