ITEM:		CONSENT CALENDAR
5.	CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE WATERMASTER MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT
Meeting Date:			August 16, 2021	Budgeted:	Yes
From:			David J. Stoldt,	Program/	N/A
			General Manager	Line Item No.:
Prepared By:			Jonathan Lear	Cost Estimate:	None
General Counsel Approval:  N/A
Committee Recommendation:  The Administrative Committee considered this item on August 9, 2021 and recommended approval.
CEQA Compliance:  This action does not constitute a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15378.

SUMMARY:   The Seaside Basin Watermaster has used the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District (District) for 12 years as a consultant to provide a number of services. Currently the District provides hydrologic monitoring and database/reporting services to provide compliance reporting to the Watermaster. The original Professional Agreement from 2009 was reviewed in 2020 and was found to contain a number of active cost recovery mechanisms that are not compatible with the District’s current Certificate of Transparency for small government operations. District staff worked with Watermaster staff to draft a new Master Services Agreement that is compatible with the Transparency Certificate so that the District can continue to provide services to the Watermaster. The District is currently under contract with the Watermaster through December 2021 under the old agreement. Moving forward any new contracts will be under the new agreement following approval by the MPWMD Board.

RECOMMENDATION:  The Administrative Committee recommends that the Board receive and approve the Master Services Agreement between MPWMD and the Watermaster for Hydrologic Monitoring and Database Services.

BACKGROUND:  In 2009 to assist the Watermaster in establishing its technical databases and hydrologic monitoring network, the District Board and Watermaster Board entered into a Professional Services Agreement for MPWMD to support the Watermaster. For the past 12 years, the District has provided a number of services including professional analysis, hydrologic monitoring, database services, and report tabulation. Now that the Watermaster has established a larger group of professional consultants, the Districts role has changed to support largely the hydrologic data collection and database services. The 2009 Professional Services Agreement was reviewed in 2020 and found to have a number active cost recovery mechanisms no longer practiced by the District and a new Master Service Agreement was drafted.

EXHIBIT

5-A Watermaster Master Service Agreement

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