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WATER I ENERGY L I F E RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: NOVEMBER 7, 2014 ITEM NO: 6 SUBJECT: ACCEPTANCE OF METROPOLITIAN WATER DISTRICT MEMBER AGENCY FUNDING THROUGH WESTERN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT MEMBER AGENCY ADMINISTERED INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR INCREASED WATER CONSERVATION BUDGET FOR TURF REMOVAL — SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION. ISSUE: The issue for Board of Public Utilities consideration is to accept Metropolitan Water District (MWD) Member Agency Funding to augment and reimburse Riverside Public Utilities' turf removal programs. RECOMMENDATIONS: That the Board of Public Utilities recommend that the City Council: Authorize the Finance Director/Treasurer to accept reimbursement for funds up to $3.1 million deposited to the Water Conservation Fund (521) from the Member Agency Administered Incentive Program; 2. Approve a supplemental appropriation of up to $3.1 million for the un- programmed account 6220200 - 453001 and reimbursement other agencies -WMWD account 0000521 - 345456 in Water Conservation Fund from the Western Municipal Water District through the Member Agency Administered Incentive Program for turf removal programs; 3. Authorize a fund transfer in the amount of $1 million from the 520 Water Fund Balance account 0000520 - 298000 to the 521 Water Conservation Fund Balance Account 0000521 - 298000; 4. Authorize a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $1 million to the Commercial Waterwise Landscape Account 6220200- 457024 in the 521 Water Conservation Fund; 5. Authorize the City Manager or his designee to implement the Program modification and to make any minor non - substantive changes necessary to implement the Program modification; 6. Authorize the City Manager or his designee to award all rebates within turf removal incentive levels in excess of $50,000 directly to participating customers; and 7. Authorize the City Manager or his designee to extend this program through Fiscal Year 2019/2020. BACKGROUND: California is currently in the third year of a significant drought that has severely impacted California's water supply and its ability to meet all of the demands for water in the State. On January 17, 2014 Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. declared a state of emergency due to the impact of the statewide drought. In March 2014, Governor Brown signed SB 104, a drought relief package, which expanded the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) authority to adopt emergency regulations as it deems