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W A T E R I ENERGY L I f E RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES WI& Board Memorandum PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: JUNE 10, 2019 ITEM NO: 15 SUBJECT: COVENANT AND AGREEMENT FOR PAYMENT FOR WATER SERVICE FOR IRRIGATION USE IN THE AMOUT OF $239,984 TO BE PAID IN 72 MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS ISSUE: Recommend that the City Council approve the Covenant and Agreement for Payment for Water Service for Irrigation Use to provide a structured payment plan for the payment of water fees to 66 acres inside Riverside's city limits and water service area boundary, currently developed as Crestlawn Memorial Park (Cemetery). RECOMMENDATIONS: That the Board of Public Utilities recommend that the City Council: 1. Approve the Covenant and Agreement for Payment for Water Service for Irrigation Use to provide a structured payment plan for the payment of water fees to 66 acres inside Riverside's city limits and water service area boundary; and 2. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute the Covenant and Agreement. BACKGROUND: The City of Riverside Public Utilities Department (Riverside) provides retail water service within its City limits as well as some parts of Grand Terrace and Riverside County, with the exception of the Orangecrest and Mission Grove neighborhoods south of Canyon Crest Drive. Crestlawn Memorial Park (Cemetery), located at 11500 Arlington Avenue, is within Riverside's water service area but has historically been provided retail water service from The City of Norco (Norco) on an interim basis because Riverside did not have the necessary water infrastructure in Arlington Avenue to provide service. Subsequent to the completion of the Arlington Avenue 16" Water Main Extension Project (Project) in July of 2017, Riverside has sufficient infrastructure in place to offer water service to the Cemetery, the neighboring Color Green Nursery (Nursery), and a proposed emergency intertie with Norco. Norco has acknowledged Riverside's intention to take over service to the Cemetery and approved the transition at their City Council meeting on November 21, 2018.