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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Water Committee ClJl ltra,
Costa
DATE: February 1, 1988 )U*
SUBJECT: Amendment to Legal Services Agreement with
Cressey Nakagawa and Funding for Committee
for Water Policy Consensus
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
i. Approve as governing board of the Contra Costa County Water
Agency, Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for Legal Services
with Cressy H. Nakagawa, and authorize the Chair to execute
the agreement ( increase in contract of $40 , 000 ) .
2. State the Board' s intent to appropriate up to $19,000 in
fiscal year 1988-89 from the Water Agency budget to the
Committee for Water Policy Consensus.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The $40 ,000 contract amendment for Cressey Nakagawa is within the
budget for Professional/Specialized Services in the Contra Costa
County Water Agency budget. The Water Agency is funded by prop-
erty taxes dedicated to the Water Agency which cannot be spent
for other purposes.
Water Agency budget for fiscal year 1988-89 is being prepared by
the County Community Development Department. The $19 , 000 alloca-
tion to the Committee for Water Policy Consensus will be included
in the Water Agency' s budget request.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND
The. Board of Supervisors, as governing board of the Contra Costa
County Water Agency, has designated Cressey Nakagawa as Special
Water. Counsel to the Agency. An existing agreement effective
July 1 , 1987 , through June :30 , 1988 , exists with a payment limit
of $50,000 . The payment limit needs to be increased by $40,000
to $90 , 000 in order to continue Mr. Nakagawa' s efforts represent-
ing the Agency at the State Water Resources Control Board Bay-
Delta hearing. At the time of execution of the original
agreement, it was unknown what level of participation at the
Bay-Delta hearings would be necessary through the.. f1scai.. year.
The initial estimate of $50,000 was low. Mr. Nakagawa will
require an additional $40,000 to complete County representation
through the end of the fiscal year.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
_ APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE s : Supervisor Tom Torlakson Supervisor Sunne W. McPeak
v
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED
OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TARN
AYES: NOES. AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
prig. Dept. Community Develop. FEB 23 1988
cc: County Administrator ATTESTED
Auditor/Controller PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Cressey Nakagawa via CDD SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Committee for Water Policy
Consensus via CDD
M382/7-83 BY� .! ,DEPUTY`
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February 1 , 1988 Page 2
Each year, the County allocates funding for the Committee for
Water Policy Consensus from the Water Agency budget. For fiscal
year 1987-88 , $17 ,000 was allocated. The County Community Devel-
opment Department is currently preparing the Water Agency budget
for fiscal year 1988-89. The Water Committee requests a commit-
ment from the Board to fund the Committee for Water Policy
Consensus for $19 , 000 for fiscal year 1988-89 . The Committee
felt that it is appropriate to reserve funding for the Committee
for Water Policy Consensus at the same time additional funds are
being sought for legal services. The public policy and public
education benefits from the Committee for Water Policy Consensus
will enhance the work of the Special Water Counsel on legal
matters.
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