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Support recommending that the Board of Directors of the Monterey County Water Resources Agency recommend that the Board of Supervisors of the Monterey County Water Resources Agency approve and execute an Operations, Maintenance, Repair, Replacement, and Rehabilitation Assignment Agreement with the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency for the Pajaro River Federal Flood Control Project.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Finance Committee:
Support recommending that the Board of Directors of the Monterey County Water Resources Agency recommend that the Board of Supervisors of the Monterey County Water Resources Agency approve and execute an Operations, Maintenance, Repair, Replacement, and Rehabilitation Assignment Agreement with the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency for the Pajaro River Federal Flood Control Project ("Project").
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency ("PRFMA") was formed under the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, Government Code section 6500 et seq., pursuant to a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement ("JPA Agreement") dated July 21, 2021 in order to coordinate, finance, acquire, construct, improve, operate or maintain flood management infrastructure on the Pajaro River in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties.
The Member Agencies of the PRFMA are County of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, Zone 7 ("Zone 7"), County of Monterey ("County"), City of Watsonville, and the Monterey County Water Resources Agency ("MCWRA" or "Agency"). The PRFMA will be the lead local agency to work with the United States Army Corps of Engineers in continuing the Project, which is currently maintained jointly by Zone 7 and MCWRA, as non-federal sponsors.
An Operations, Maintenance, Repair, Replacement, and Rehabilitation Assignment Agreement ("OMRR&R Agreement") was proposed by PRFMA to transfer the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation of the Project ...
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