REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BROCK D. BUCHE, PE, PLS, Director
Department of Public Utilities
BY: CHERYL BURNS, MPA, Senior Management Analyst
Department of Public Utilities - Administration
SUBJECT
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Approve a Cost Share Agreement with the Fresno Irrigation District, the City of Clovis, and the County of Fresno, for Consultant Services Related to Legislative Support for Big Dry Creek Reservoir Operational Changes in the amount of $15,000 for the time period from January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022, with three optional one-year extensions in the amount of $15,000 per year, for a total of $60,000.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council approve a Cost Share Agreement by and between the Fresno Irrigation District (FID), the City of Clovis (Clovis), the City of Fresno (Fresno), and the County of Fresno (County) to reimburse FID for consultant services related to legislative support for Big Dry Creek Reservoir operational changes in the amount of $15,000 for the time period from January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022, with three optional one-year extensions.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
FID, Clovis, Fresno, the County, (collectively, the Parties) and the Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District (FMFCD) desire to reevaluate the operational requirements of Big Dry Creek Dam and Reservoir to allow for increased conservation storage. On July 13, 2021, the Parties executed a Cost Share Agreement for Consultant Services Related to Legislative Support for Big Dry Creek Reservoir Operational Changes to hire Austin Ewell (Consultant) to assist with gaining legislative support for the reoperation of Big Dry Creek Reservoir, through a period not extending beyond December 31, 2021, and that agreement has now expired. The Parties desire to continue sharing in the cost for FID to retain the Consultant, retroactively to January 1, 2022, to continue to assist with gaining legislative support for the reoperation of Big Dry Creek Reservoir through Decem...
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