HomeMy WebLinkAboutE-4.1. Approve SGVMWD Grant FundingCONSENT CALENDAR E-4
TO: HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE AZUSA UTILITY
BOARD
FROM: TIKAN SINGH, GENERAL MANAGER
DATE: JULY 25, 2022
SUBJECT: APPROVE THE GRANT FUNDING FROM SAN GABRIEL VALLEY
MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT FOR THE ARROW HWY MEDIAN WATER
CONSERVATION PROJECT
BACKGROUND:
Azusa Light & Water has applied for and received grant funding from San Gabriel Valley
Municipal Water District for the Arrow Hwy Median Water Conservation Project in the amount
of $50,000.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the Utility Board take the following action:
1)Approve the allocation of grant funding received from the San Gabriel Valley
Municipal Water District for the Arrow Hwy Median Water Conservation Project; and
2) Authorize the Mayor to execute the Grant Agreement on behalf of the City.
ANALYSIS:
In May 2022, Azusa Light & Water requested grant funding for the City of Azusa Arrow Hwy
Landscape Median Capital Improvement Project. The project will be implementing drought
tolerant landscaping, raised medians along the Arrow Hwy corridor as well as drip irrigation.
Funding for this project would support construction efforts for the drought tolerant landscape. The
project is estimated at $5.5 million. The project currently is in the Public advertisement stage with
a formal construction bid opening on July 24, 2022.
Staff met with San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District to discuss the project and formally
met at their June 13, 2022 Board meeting to go over the Arrow Hwy CIP project and directly
Approved
Utility Board
07/25/2022
SGVMWD Grant Funding
July 25, 2022
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request for water conservation grant funding. The San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District
Board approved the grant to the City of Azusa at their July 11, 2022 Board meeting in the amount
of $50,000.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The fiscal impact of accepting the $50,000 grant funding will aid with the overall cost of the Arrow
Hwy Capital Improvement Project. The funds will be utilized by the City of Azusa Public Works
Department.
Prepared by: Reviewed and Approved:
Melissa Barbosa, P.E. Tikan Singh
Interim Assistant General Manager General Manager
Water Operations
Reviewed and Approved:
Sergio Gonzalez
City Manager
Attachment:
1) SGVMWD Grant Agreement
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GRANT AGREEMENT
As of July 15, 2022, San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District, herein “Water
District,” and City of Azusa, herein “City” agree as follows:
1. Purpose.
This Agreement sets forth the terms under which the Water District shall grant money to
the City and under which the City shall spend the grant.
2. Project Identification.
The grant money shall be used by the City for its Arrow Highway Landscape Median
Capital Improvement Project, including the installation of drought tolerant landscaping in the
medians to be improved (the “Project”).
3. Grant Amount.
The Water District shall grant the City the sum of $50,000.00 (the “Grant Amount”). The
money shall be disbursed to the City by the Water District within thirty days after the City
presents an invoice to the Water District for work on the Project in an amount up to the Grant
Amount. The Grant Amount shall not be increased if the associated Project costs exceed the
above amount.
4. Division of Responsibility.
(a) Water District is only responsible for providing the City with the grant in
accordance with this Agreement. The Water District is not responsible for the design,
construction, operation or maintenance of the Project.
5. Warranties.
(a) The Water District makes no warrantee with respect to the efficacy of the
Project.
(b) The City warrants the grant shall be used exclusively to pay for portions of
the Project.
6. Time for Performance.
Time for performance shall begin after the date first above written and the City shall use
its best efforts to complete the Project by June 30, 2023.
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7. Indemnity.
The City shall save and hold the Water District, its officers, agents and employees, free
and harmless from any and all costs, liability or damages arising out of any act or omission to
act, including any negligent act or omission to act (where there is a duty to act) by the City, its
officers, agents or employees in connection with this Agreement, except to the extent caused by
the sole negligence or willful misconduct of Water District, its officers, agents or employees.
8. Miscellaneous.
(a) In an action brought to enforce this Agreement, the prevailing party shall
be entitled to recover from the other reasonable costs of suit and attorney fees. Both parties
agree to arbitration of disputes concerning this Agreement as an alternative to court action.
(b) Notices given pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, or necessary
to carry out its provisions, shall be in writing and delivered personally to the person to whom the
notice is to be given; mailed postage prepaid, addressed to such person; sent by overnight
delivery by a nationally-recognized overnight courier; or sent by e-mail, with receipt confirmed
in writing or telephonically. Addresses for this purpose shall be:
Water District: San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District
Attn: Darin Kasamoto, General Manager
1402 N. Vosburg Drive (P.O. Box 1299)
Azusa, CA 91702-1299
dkasamoto@sgvmwd.com
(626) 969-7911
City: City of Azusa
Attn: Melissa Barbosa,
Assistant General Manager of Water Operations
729 North Azusa Avenue
Azusa, CA 91702
Care of: mbarbosa@azusaca.gov
(626) 812-5225
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereby have caused this Agreement to be
executed the date first above written.
APPROVED: APPROVED:
San Gabriel Valley City of Azusa
Municipal Water District
By: By:
Thomas Wong, President Robert Gonzales, Mayor
Attest: Attest:
By:
Steven T. Placido, Secretary Jeffrey Lawrence Cornejo, Jr., City Clerk
[Seal] [Seal]
Approved as to Form: Approved as to Form:
Best Best & Krieger LLP
By:
James D. Ciampa, District Counsel Marco A. Martinez, City Attorney