Title
Consider recommendation from EAA staff to approve a one-year renewal of an interlocal cooperation contract with the City of San Antonio for services associated with the City’s Edwards Aquifer Protection Program, and associated reimbursement to the EAA totaling $246,141 over the term of the contract.
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RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move the board approve a one-year renewal of an interlocal cooperation contract between the EAA and the City of San Antonio for services associated with the City’s Edwards Aquifer Protection Program for the period October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2026.
SUMMARY:
The purpose of this agenda item is for the board to consider an EAA staff recommendation to approve a one-year renewal of an interlocal contract with the City of San Antonio (“City”) delineating the EAA’s role in support of the City’s Edwards Aquifer Protection Program (“EAPP”).
The City’s EAPP program began with San Antonio residents’ approval of a sales tax proposition in 2000, which funded the acquisition of land on the recharge zone in Bexar County to protect it from development. Voters approved similar measures in 2005, 2010, and in 2015, that authorized the City to purchase conservation easements (in addition to fee simple purchases) and expanded the purchase area to include the contributing and recharge zones outside of Bexar County. Though no longer funded through sales tax revenue, the City has committed to continue the EAPP program.
Since 2008, the City has relied on the EAA to perform certain functions associated with the EAPP. Specifically, the EAA provides annual monitoring for existing City of San Antonio held conservation easements under the City's Edwards Aquifer Protection Program and provides geologic assessment services for properties under evaluation for future protections under the program.
In 2021, the City and EAA executed a 5-year interlocal cooperation contract whereby the City reimbursed the EAA $246,141 annually to cover some of EAA's ...
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