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CITY OF COLTON COLTON UTILITY AUTHORITY AGENDA REPORT FOR COUNCIL MEETING OF OCTOBER 7,2003 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: ERIC FRASER, WATERfWASTEWATER UTILITY DIRECTOR SUBJECT: AUTHORIZATION TO SEEK DETERMINATION OF EXEMPTION FROM JURISDICTION OF LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSIONS REGARDING AGREEMENT TO TREAT WASTEWATER FROM UNINCORPORATED COUNTY AREAS DATE: SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 Item #16 BACKGROUND: City staff is seeking authorization from the Colton Utility Authority to send letters to the Local Agency Formation Commissions ("LAFCO") of San Bernardino County and Riverside County requesting a determination that the City is exempt from LAFCO jurisdiction regarding entering into an agreement to accept for treatment wastewater from two developments in unincorporated county areas. The City has yet to enter into such an agreement. However, concurrence from both the San Bernardino and Riverside LAFCO is the first step in consideration of such an agreement. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: The City is considering entering into an agreement to accept for treatment wastewater from the currently unincorporated Highgrove area, including the Spring Mountain Ranch project ("Spring Mountain") and the Springbrook Estates project ("Spring brook"). The owner of Spring Mountain, Eastbridge Partners, will contract with either Riverside County Service Area 152-C or with Riverside Highland Water Company to provide the distribution system that will collect and remove wastewater from Spring Mountain. The provider of the distribution system will, in turn, contract with the City to receive the wastewater and treat it at the City's wastewater treatment plant. Eastbridge Partners has asked the City to send letters to both the Riverside LAFCO and San Bernardino LAFCO seeking a determination from each entity that the transaction is exempt from LAFCO jurisdiction and requesting that both entities consider this issue at their October and November meetings, respectively. Once the opinions have been provided, staff and Eastbridge Partners will negotiate and prepare a wastewater treatment agreement for consideration by the City Council at a future meeting. In the meantime, the City must submit its requests to both of these entities as soon as possible in order to have the City's request placed on the October and November agendas for Riverside and San Bernardino LAFCO. FINANCIAL IMPACT: No financial impact is anticipated. The City is under no obligation to pursue the wastewater agreement even if there is a favorable decision from the LAFCO's. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: No environmental impact is anticipated.