HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 9113Resolution No. 9113
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Authorizing
the City Manager to Sign Up To Four Successive One-Year
Term Extensions of the Letter of Agreement 07-SNR-OI080 to
Facilitate the Provision of Hydroelectric Consulting Services by
Palo Alto Utilities Staff Members to the Western Area Power
Administration and the United States Bureau of Reclamation
WHEREAS, the City of Palo Alto (the "City"), a municipal utility and a chartered
city, is a customer of the Western Area Power Administration ("Western") for hydroelectric
output marketed from the federal Central V alley Proj ect (the "CVP") that is operated by the U. S.
Bureau of Reclamation ("Reclamation"); and
WHEREAS, the City's staff have developed considerable experience, specialized
knowledge, resource modeling tools and techniques that are helpful to Western and Reclamation
in modeling, forecasting, and optimizing the operation of the CVP for the benefit of power
customers, including the City; and
WHEREAS, in 2007, Western (on behalf of itself and Reclamation) and the City
executed a one-year agreement, entitled Letter of Agreement 07-SNR-01080 (the "LOA"), to
facilitate the provision of various hydroelectric consulting services by Palo Alto Utilities staff
members to Western and Reclamation; and
WHEREAS, Palo Alto Municipal Code section 2.30.210(i} grants the City Manager
authority to sign contracts for the City to provide municipal services to other: public entities for a
term or terms not exceeding three years; and
WHEREAS, in 2007, the City Manager signed the LOA for a term of one year, and
the term has been extended for two successive one-year terms, consistent with his aUiliority
under the Palo Alto Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, Western, Reclamation and the City desire to extend the term of the
LOA for up to four additional one-year terms;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does hereby RESOL VB
as follows:
SECTION 1. The Council hereby authorizes the City Manager or his designee to
sign up to four one-year term extensions to the Letter of Agreement 07-SNR-01080, which terms
will commence in 2010,2011,2012 and 2013, respectively.
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