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Discussion took place with regard to Mayor Fulp's question of the warrant to Black & Veatch. Director Clarke explained the warrant to Black & Veatch is partial payment of the City's contract with them for the design and consulting work for the substation transmission project to be located in the west portion of the City. The substation will serve the RIX project, County Medical Facility and Agua Mansa corridor as it develops. Mayor Fulp stated the City does not have a signed MOU with the County and as Mayor, he does not want to see one penney of the City's money spent on a project for which there is no contract. There is no legitimate reason to spend this money. Council discussed obligations to provide service to the RIX facility through a signed agreement with SAWPA. Director Clarke reported there are signed contracts with Black & Veatch approved by the prior Council. Director Clark informed under the current construction plans, 20% of the substation would serve the County Hospital. Councilmember Sanders felt the City Council could not stop development of other projects based on an MOU for the hospital not being in place. Director Clarke reported the Black & Veatch contract cost for design engineering and project management for construction is $800,000. Councilmember Sanders asked if part of the $800,000 cost is to be reimbursed by the County as part of their share for service to the hospital. Attorney Biggs replied that the construction of the substation has been approved by the City Council. The contracts that are coming forward for payment were approved by the Council. The contract to provide electrical service to the RIX facility has been approved and entered into by the City independent of the County Hospital. With regard to the hospital MOU, which has not been executed and will be addressed later, the MOU goes solely to the obligation of the County to fund its share of development infrastructure in the City in order to mitigate the negative environmental affects of the hospital. That fair share was determined by an independent consultant. The monies coming from the County offset the cost to the City of this expansion. The expansion was approved independent of the MOU. Councilmember Beltran spoke about the need of the City to strengthen the electrical system in the Agua Mansa area. The Council needs to separate the hospital from the improvements that are ongoing at present. After some understanding is reached with the County, then the Council can address the substation. The improvement is needed to serve the area and in the event of a power outage, the load could be transferred to the west side of the City. Councilmember Hutton seconded Councilmember Sandoval's motion to approve the warrants. Attorney Biggs stated whatever the clerical errors are with regard to the Agenda, the warrants are before all the Councilmembers and 4 DEC 7 1994