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GS:SES:FJS:JSH:srmwdwb.genserv c l'~ ,9 1991
Council Meeting: July 9, 1991 Santa Monica, a 1. nla
'1'0: Mayor and City Council
From: City Staff
Subject: Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to
Negotiate and Execute a Contract with the Metropolitan
Water District and the West Basin Metropolitan Water
District for a Joint Groundwater Study of the Santa
Monica Sub-basin
Introduction
This report requests that City Council authorize the city Manager
to negotiate and execute a contract with the West Basin
Metropolitan Water District and the Metropolitan Water District
for funding of the joint groundwater study of the Santa Monica
Sub-basin.
Background
Local groundwater currently provides approximately 40 percent of
the City's water supply and the remaining 60 percent is purchased
from the Metropolitan Water District (11HD) . The Santa Monica
Sub-basin provides approximately 10% of the City's local
groundwater.
On January 22, 1991, staff recommended that the city proceed to
immediately with a groundwater study of Santa Monica sub-basin to
determine the level of contamination and the safe annual yield
since several other agencies were investigating drilling wells
and the water rights to the Sub-basin have not been legally
established. Staff recommended that Kennedy/Jenks/Chilton be
retained to perform the Santa Monica Sub-basin study. Based on
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staff's recommendations, city council authorized the city Manager
to negotiate and execute a professional services contract with
Kennedy/Jenks/Chilton and appropriated $100,000 to Account No.
25-760-671-24590-8927-99205 for the Santa Monica Sub-basin study.
Both MWD and WBMl'iTD indicated that they \vished to participate
financially in the Santa Monica Sub-basin project but were unable
to commit funds at that time.
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MWD and WBMWD are now ready to proceed with their funding support
for the joint groundwater study. ffi'iTD will fund 50 percent of the
project ($50,000) with WBffi1D and Santa Monica funding 25 percent
each ($25,000) .
BUdget/Financial Impact
The cost of the study is estimated to be $100,000. MWD will fund
50 percent. The city of Santa Monica and WBMWD, as member
agencies of ffivD, will fund 25 percent each. The breakdown is as
follovlS:
Metropolitan Water District $ 50,000
West Basin Metropolitan Water District 25,000
City of Santa Monica 25,000
TOTAL $100,000
The City currently has $100,000 budgeted at Account No.
25-760-671-24590-8927-99205 for this project. mvD's and WBMWD's
contributions for a total of $75,000 will be received as revenue
in Account No. 25-500-671-00000-0467-10000 in FY 1991-92.
Recommendation
This report requests that City Council authorize the City Manager
to negotiate and execute a contract for a joint groundwater study
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of the Santa Monica Sub-basin \V'i th the West Basin Metropolitan
Water District and the Metropolitan Water District to recover 75
percent of the cost of this study and increase the revenue budget
in Account No. 25-500-671-00000-0467-10000 by $75,000.
prepared by: stan Scholl, Director of General services
F. J. Schroeder, Interim utilities Manager
Jean S. Higbee, Sr. Administrative Analyst
(srmwdwb)
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