HomeMy WebLinkAboutOCSD 15-08RESOLUTION NO. OCSD 15-08
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT
APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION
FOR THE WATERSMART TITLE XVI WATER
RECLAMATION AND REUSE FEASIBILITY STUDIES
PROGRAM GRANT FUNDS AND THE EXECUTION OF
GRANT DOCUMENTS WITH THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF
RECLAMATION.
WHEREAS, The Board of Directors approved a five year Strategic Plan in
November 2013 establishing future water recycling as a strategic goal; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Strategic Plan, the District is conducting an
Effluent Reuse Study (SP-173) to assess the feasibility of water recycling at Plant 2 and
to evaluate options to improve the region's local water supply reliability by substituting
recycled water for existing potable water demands; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, has
announced grant funding through a program entitled 'WaterSMART: Title XVI -Water
Reclamation & Reuse Program" ("Grant") established under Title XVI of Public Law No.
102-575 to assist in identifying and investigating opportunities to reclaim and reuse
wastewater and promote the availability of new sources of clean water while promoting
water and energy efficiency and environmental stewardship; and
WHEREAS, this resolution certifies the Board of Directors' approval of the
District's application for grant funding for the Grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of Orange County Sanitation District
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER:
Section 1: The Board of Directors hereby approves the District's application for
a Grant in the amount of $450,000 to the United States Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation, for Fiscal Year 2015-2016 to support SP-173, support water
reclamation and reuse, and promote water efficiency, sustainable water management,
and environmental stewardship.
Section 2: The Board of Directors authorizes the General Manager or his
designee to submit an application for the Grant and to negotiate and execute any
documents related to this Grant, including a grant application and cooperative
agreement, to accept financial assistance from the U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation.
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Section 3. If the application for the Grant is approved, the District has the
capability to provide matching grant fun d s and/or in-kind contributions specified in the
grant requirements.
Section 4. The District will work with the U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation, to meet established deadlines for entering into a cooperative
agreement.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors held
March 25, 2015.
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Tom Beamish
Chairman of the Board
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COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, Kelly A. Lore, Acting Clerk of the Board of Directors of the Orange County
Sanitation District, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. OCSD 15-08 was
passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said Board on the 25th day of March 2015,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Bartlett; Beamish; Choi; Curry; Ferryman; Jones; Katapodis;
Kiley; Kim; Kring; Massa-Lavitt (Alternate) Mills; R. Murphy;
Nagel; Neugebauer (Alternate); Nielsen; Parker; Sebourn;
Shawver; F . Smith; T. Smith; Tinajero; Wanke; Withers; and
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NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of Orange County Sanitation District this 25th day of March 2015.
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Kelly f'· ~ofe
Actin m C ~k of the Board of Directors
Orange County Sanitation District
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