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W AT E R E R E R G Y 1. 3. F E RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum PUBLIC UTItITIE5 BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: April B, 2012 ITEM NO: 18 SUBJECT: WESTERN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT — WATER SERVICE PROVISIONAL BOUNDARY MODIFICATION MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ISSUE: That the Board of Public Utilities consider approval of the Water Service Provisional Boundary Modification Memorandum of Understanding with Western Municipal Water District (WMWD). RECOMMENDATIONS: That the Board of Public Utilities recommend that the City Council: 1. Approve the Water Service Provisional Boundary modification Memorandum of Understanding with Western Municipal Water District; and 2. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute any and all future Water Service Provisional Boundary Modifications. BACKGROUND: The City of Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) provides retail water service within most of the corporate boundary of Riverside, except for the Orangecrest and Mission Grove neighborhoods southerly of Canyon Crest. On March 11, 2004, the City Council Utility Services/Land Use/Energy Development Committee and WMWD Board of Directors established an Ad-Hoc committee to address issues of mutual concern between the agencies, with the primary objective of continuing discussions of the retail service boundary debate in the City's southern neighborhoods and sphere of influence. The Ad-Hoc Committee formalized their recommendations which were approved by City Council on May 24, 2445 (Attachment 3). The City Council action approved the establishment of a Water Service Provisional Boundary with WMWD as depicted on Exhibits 1 and Al through Al2 of Attachment 3. The City Council further authorized the Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) General Manager to make minor modifications to the Water Service Provisional Boundary where fewer than five services and 25 acres were affected. In 2006, staff reviewed a tentative tract map to subdivide approximately 255 acres into 50, five acre minimum residential lots. The proposed project is located within the City limits; however, it is bisected by RPU and WMWD's service area boundary. RPU staff evaluated the project area and determined that hydraulically, WMWD's water infrastructure would be more suitable to serve the project. Staff from both agencies met in 2411 and collectively agreed that WMWD would be more suitable to serve the project. As such, the Water Service Provisional Boundary as depicted on Exhibit A5 of Attachment 3 requires modification. Exhibit A5 generally depicts an area along the southeasterly limits of the Arlington Heights neighborhood of Ward 4. The adjustment area is approximately 128 acres and is proposed to be subdivided into roughly 23 lots. The number of potential services and the adjustment area exceeds the General Manager's authority and, therefore, the modification is being recommended to Board of Public Utilities for City Council's approval.