UPDATE: The May 16,
2012 City of Pacific Grove City
Council 300 Forest Avenue , Pacific Grove Pacific
Grove and the Monterey
Peninsula
Reference: Thomas Frutchey, City Manager
Recommended Action:
1. Receive an update on the agreement to initiate and provide funding to establish a public/private partner relationship between Nader Agha/Moss Landing Commercial Park, LLC and the City ofPacific Grove
2. Provide direction on any remaining outstanding issues related to the agreement. This preliminary agreement establishes the parameters and payment provisions for the completion of the second agreement. 3. Direct staff to file application with the CPUC by May 25, 2012 with fees paid by Nader Agha.
ABSTRACT: On Wednesday, May 16 2012 at 6:00 P.M., the City of Pacific Grove City Council will conduct a Regular Meeting; the REGULAR MEETING AGENDA includes an agenda item UNFINISHED BUSINESS, Agreement initiating a relationship with Nader Agha to develop a water project able to meet the needs ofPacific Grove and the Monterey Peninsula Pacific Grove
and Provide direction on any remaining outstanding issues related to the
agreement. This preliminary
agreement establishes the parameters and payment provisions for the completion
of the second agreement. Importantly, the DISCUSSION states, as follows:
Reference: Thomas Frutchey, City Manager
Recommended Action:
1. Receive an update on the agreement to initiate and provide funding to establish a public/private partner relationship between Nader Agha/Moss Landing Commercial Park, LLC and the City of
2. Provide direction on any remaining outstanding issues related to the agreement. This preliminary agreement establishes the parameters and payment provisions for the completion of the second agreement. 3. Direct staff to file application with the CPUC by May 25, 2012 with fees paid by Nader Agha.
ABSTRACT: On Wednesday, May 16 2012 at 6:00 P.M., the City of Pacific Grove City Council will conduct a Regular Meeting; the REGULAR MEETING AGENDA includes an agenda item UNFINISHED BUSINESS, Agreement initiating a relationship with Nader Agha to develop a water project able to meet the needs of
To
qualify for the bond funding necessary for the People’s Project, the City and
Mr. Agha must ensure that the CPUC directs Cal-Am to purchase the water
produced by the People’s Project for conveyance to the ratepayers...
To
appear in the CPUC proceeding, the City and Mr. Agha must obtain qualified
legal counsel, bring that counsel fully up to speed, and ensure counsel has
adequate time to develop well reasoned and persuasive pleadings.
One
of the primary underlying principles required by the Council in the formation
of the relationship
with Mr. Agha is that the City’s General Fund and overall fiscal health not be
placed at any risk. As of the completion of preparation of this agenda packet,
on Friday, May 11, 2012, the proposed initial agreement is still being
negotiated in two areas to ensure consistency with that principle:
• Assurance
that the $600,000 Mr. Agha is committing to the development of the People Project’s
EIR, permit applications, and other efforts will be available when needed; and
• Indemnification
of the City, to protect the City in the event of lawsuits, regulatory requirements
of the CPUC, Coastal Commission, or other permitting bodies, or any other unintended
sources of expenses resulting from the City’s participation in the Project.
Relevant
sections of the REGULAR MEETING AGENDA are reproduced and the AGENDA REPORT is
embedded, including the FORMATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PACIFIC GROVE
AND MOSS LANDING COMMERCIAL PARK, LLC.
CITY OF PACIFIC GROVE
CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL AND REGULAR
MEETING AGENDAS
Wednesday, May 16,
2012
Council Chambers – City Hall – 300 Forest Avenue , Pacific Grove , CA
REGULAR
MEETING AGENDA
6:00 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Garcia, Councilmembers Kampe, Cohen, Cuneo , Fischer, Huitt and Miller
14. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Reference: Thomas Frutchey, City Manager
Recommended Action:
- Receive
an update on the agreement to initiate and provide funding to establish a
public/private partner relationship between Nader Agha/Moss Landing
Commercial Park, LLC and the City of
- Provide direction on any remaining outstanding issues related to the agreement. This preliminary agreement establishes the parameters and payment provisions for the completion of the second agreement
1 comment:
Carmel has not provided leadership or made a positive contribution to finding a solution for the peninsula water crisis. In fact, quite the opposite is true. The previous mayor and city councils have spent taxpayer monies hiring attorneys to fight the cease and desist order. It has been at the eleventh hour that the peninsula mayors formed the JPA and held public meetings, but they have not moved beyond talk despite all the rhetoric from then Mayor Sue McCloud on the need to front-load the process with action. It remains to be seen whether or not the new mayor and city council understands that leadership means taking a risk with the unknown and moving beyond talk and providing results in the form of a new water supply by 2017.
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