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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Rick Hixson, City Engineer
Chris Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT: Water Rights Acquisition Contract
MEETING DATE: July 24, 2006
BACKGROUND: The need to acquire new water rights whenever available and convert
existing water rights so that they are more useful to the City was identified as an urgent need in
the recently completed Water Facility Plan. The best way to accomplish that goal is to retain the
services of a water rights professional to constantly monitor the availability of any new rights
and assist us in acquiring them, and to work on improving/converting any rights we already have
to make them more useful. To that end, the City solicited proposals to provide water rights
acquisition services from qualified firms. Based on those proposals it was determined that Water
Right Solutions, Inc. was the most qualified to provide those services to the City. The attached
Professional Services Agreement formalizes our contract with Water Right Solutions, Inc. The
fees for the work are based on the actual hours the consultant spends working on acquisition
services for the City.
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the City Manager to sign the Professional Services
Agreement to provide Water Rights Acquisition Services.
FISCAL EFFECTS: The cost of the services is based on the hours that the consultant actually
works on water rights issues for the City. The funding source for these efforts is the Cash-in Lieu
of Water Rights money which the City has collected (and will continue to collect) over the years.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
Respectfully submitted,
_________________________________ ____________________________
Rick Hixson, City Engineer Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
Attachments: Professional Services
Agreements (3 original copies)
Report compiled on July 18, 2006