Los Angeles

City Council

March 10, 2023 Item #20

Agenda Item 20

(20) 21-1015-S2 MOTION (YAROSLAVSKY - BLUMENFIELD) and RESOLUTION relative to authorizing the Bureau of Sanitation to prepare and apply for the federal Reclamation WaterSMART grant. Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: AUTHORIZE the Bureau of Sanitation (BOS), or designee, to negotiate, accept, execute, and submit all documents, including, but not limited to, applications, agreements, amendments, and payment requests etc., by the deadlines established by the grantor, subject to the approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality, which may be necessary to secure an award of WaterSMART Water Recycling and Desalination Planning Grant Program funding, through the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, in an amount not to exceed $5 million each, for the implementation of the Hyperion 2035 Phase 1 and D.C. Tillman Advanced Water Purification Projects. ADOPT the accompanying  RESOLUTION as required by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, authorizing the Director and General Manager, BOS, or designee, to negotiate, accept, execute, and submit all documents, including, but not limited to, applications, agreements, amendments, and payment requests as associated with the City of Los Angeles WaterSMART Water Recycling and Desalination Planning Grant proposal. Motion (Yaroslavsky - Blumenfield) dated 3-03-23