Res 18-065RESOLUTION NO. 18-065
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
POWAY, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE AMENDED AND
RESTATED REGIONAL WASTEWATER DISPOSAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF POWAY AND THE CITY
OF SAN DIEGO
WHEREAS, the City of San Diego owns, operates and maintains the Metropolitan
Sewerage System for the purpose of treating and disposing of sewage for San Diego and certain
other municipalities and districts including Participating Agencies within the San Diego region
under the terms and conditions of the Regional Wastewater Disposal Agreement;
WHEREAS, Poway owns, operates, and maintains the City of Poway Municipal Sewerage
System for the purpose of collecting and transporting sewage within Poway to the San Diego
Municipal Sewerage System for transportation to the Metropolitan Sewerage System;
WHEREAS, due to the location of Poway's sewerage system it is necessary that Poway
use the Metropolitan Sewerage System;
WHEREAS, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for the
Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant submitted in 2015 included a goal of offloading 83 million
gallons a day of wastewater and turning it into potable drinking water by 2035. This project is titled
Pure Water San Diego;
WHEREAS, the 1998 Regional Wastewater Disposal Agreement between the City of
San Diego and the participating agencies governs the planning, capacity rights and cost allocation
of wastewater facilities in the Metropolitan Wastewater System;
WHEREAS, the 1998 Agreement did not contemplate the complexities of the Pure Water
program and needs to be amended to adequately address the proposed facilities, allocation of
costs and long-term financial protection of wastewater rate payers;
WHEREAS, staff from the City of San Diego and the participating agencies have been
working since 2014 on deal points for the Pure Water program and those deal points have been
incorporated into an Amended and Restated Wastewater Disposal Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Wastewater Disposal Agreement fairly and
equitably allocates the capital costs of Pure Water San Diego, incorporates the sharing of future
revenues, and limits the long-term exposure of wastewater ratepayers.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Poway that the
City Manager or, in the absence of the City Manager, the Assistant City Manager is hereby
authorized to execute the Amended and Restated Regional Wastewater Disposal Agreement
between the City of Poway and the City of San Diego, substantially in the form as presented at
this meeting, with such changes as may be approved by the City Manager and City Attorney.
Resolution No. 18-065
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PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Poway,
California, at a regular meeting this 18th day of September 2018.
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Steve Vaus, Mayor
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I, Nancy Neufeld, City Clerk of the City of Poway, California, do hereby certify under
penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No. 18-065 was duly adopted by the City Council
at a meeting of said City Council held on the 18th day of September 2018, and that it was so
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: LEONARD, FRANK, GROSCH, MULLIN, VAUS
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
DISQUALIFIED: NONE
Na�cy,14e fed, WC, City Clerk
City of Poway