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City °JArts &Innovation City Council Memorandum IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII TO: FROM: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DATE: JANUARY 11, 2022 WARD: ALL SUBJECT: UPDATE ON THE PARTICIPATION OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES (RPU) DEPARTMENT IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC POWER AUTHORITY ISSUE: Receive an update on the participation of the Public Utilities Department in the Southern California Public Power Authority and provide direction on several items related to the City's involvement with the Southern California Public Power Authority. RECOMMENDATIONS: That the City Council: 1. Receive an update on the Public Utilities Department participation in the Southern California Public Power Authority; 2. Determine whether to retain outside counsel and an investigator, reporting directly to City Council, to investigate all professional service contracts with the Public Utilities Department within a date range as determined by City Council for potential contract steering, potential conflicts of interest; or other matters as determined by the City Council and 3. Provide direction to the City Attorney, City Clerk and City Manager on several Inquiry Options identified in the report. BACKGROUND: The Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA), headquartered in Glendora, California, is a joint powers agency governed by the Joint Exercise of Power Act (aka, JPA, and per Gov. Code sections 6500) and comprised of 11 municipal utilities and one irrigation district. Formed in 1980, SCPPA was created for the purpose of undertaking the planning, financing, development, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, betterment, operation or maintenance of one or more projects defined in the Joint Powers Agreement. SCPPA members leverage economies of scale pricing due to the aggregated buying power of the Joint Powers Agency related to these projects.