ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
7.	CONSIDER RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE WATERMASTER MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT
Meeting Date:		October 11, 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 reviewed this item on October 11, 2021 and recommended ____________________.
CEQA Compliance:  This action does not constitute a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15378.

SUMMARY: On August 9, 2021, the Administrative Committee recommended to the Board to approve the Draft Master Services Agreement between the District and the Watermaster to provide Hydrologic Monitoring and Database Services. The Board approved this item under the Consent Calendar at the August 16, 2021 Board Meeting. District staff transmitted the approved Master Service Agreement to Watermaster staff. At the September 1, 2021 Watermaster Board Meeting, a modified version of the Master Services Agreement was approved on Consent Calendar. District staff was informed by District Counsel that the General Manager could not execute a modified Agreement that was not Board authorized. Exhibit 7-A is the Watermaster amended version of the Master Services Agreement for consideration. The new version has been reviewed and approved by the Administrative Services Division and District Counsel.

RECOMMENDATION:  Receive the Watermaster Amended Master Services Agreement between MPWMD and the Watermaster for Hydrologic Monitoring and Database Services and recommend approval of agreement to the MPWMD Board.

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 of active cost recovery mechanisms no longer practiced by the District and a new Master Service Agreement was drafted.

EXHIBIT

7-A Amended Watermaster Master Service Agreement

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