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Resolution No. 29 of 2016
Authorizing Salt Lake City
To Apply for a Grant Award From
The United States Bureau of Reclamation
For Drought Contingency Planning
WHEREAS, the United States Bureau of Reclamation (the “Bureau”) offers grants under its WaterSMART Drought Response Program; and
WHEREAS, the City adopted the 2003 Water Shortage Contingency Plan, contained within the adopted 2014 Water Conservation Master Plan, which guides Public Utilities and the community in times of water shortage and drought; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Utilities has adequate capability within its staffing resources to meet the in-kind contribution match specified in the funding plan for the update of a water shortage contingency plan; and
WHEREAS, through the Bureau’s WaterSMART: Drought Contingency Planning Grant for Fiscal Year 2016, the full cost of hiring an outside consultant to assist with certain key tasks can be funded, thereby reducing the expenditure for the project, making funds available for other water conservation and drought contingency projects throughout the City.
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, as follows:
1. That the Director of the Department of Public Utilities should submit the grant application (attached as Exhibit A) with the Bureau to fund the drought contingency plan update project and to work with the Bureau to meet established deadlines for the City to enter into a cooperative financial assistance agreement to accept a grant from the Bureau.
2. Jacqueline M. Biskupski, Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, or her designee, shall have the authority to enter into a cooperative financial assistance agreement with the Bureau, upon appropriate review and approval of the City Council.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this 20th day of September, 2016.