Title
Revised Flint Master Agreement
Body
Agenda of: November 3, 2017
Item No.: 2017- 433
Amount: N/A
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Sue F. McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: November 1, 2017
RE: Revised Flint Master Agreement
MOTION
Upon recommendation of William M. Wolfson, Chief Administrative and Compliance Officer, The Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA):
1) Approves the attached amendments to the Master Agreement (Master Agreement) between and among the City of Flint. The Department of Environmental Quality of the State of Michigan (DEQ), the Genesee County Drain Commissioner (GCDC), and the Karegnondi Water Authority (KWA) for the purposes of effectuating the overall agreement described in the Statement of Principles for Long Term Water Delivery to the City of Flint signed by the parties and dated 18 April, 2017; and
2) Approves the attached amendments to Exhibit A of the Master Agreement
3) Authorizes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and counsel for GLWA to finalize and execute on behalf of the GLWA the Master Agreement including Exhibits.
4) Authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
On April 18, 2017, representatives of the GLWA, MDEQ, GCDC, KWA, and Flint (Collectively the Parties) entered into a Statement of Principles for Long Term Water Delivery to the City of Flint. The Principles would provide benefits to all parties and represented a regional approach to water planning. Perhaps more importantly the Principles, if effectuated, represented another tool Flint could bring to bear in its efforts to address its ongoing water crisis.
Immediately after signing the Statement of Principles, the Parties began work on a Master Agreement to effectuate and codify their common understanding. While there were many agreements between var...
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