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[Contract] Water Forum 2050 Agreement
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FileID
File ID: 2026-00588
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Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Pass a Motion: 1) authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute the Water Forum 2050 Agreement, including the City of Sacramento's Purveyor Specific Agreement; and 2) execute the Third Interagency Agreement for the Administration and Management of the Water Forum to support water reliability for the City of Sacramento.
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Contact
Contact: Brett Ewart, Supervising Engineer, (916) 808-1725, bewart@cityofsacramento.org; Anne Sanger, Government Affairs Manager, (916) 808-5378, asanger@cityofsacramento.org; Dalia Fadl, Director, (916) 808-3765, dfadl@cityofsacramento.org; Department of Utilities
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Presenter
Presenter: Brett Ewart, Supervising Engineer, (916) 808-1725, bewart@cityofsacramento.org, Department of Utilities
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Water Forum 2050 Agreement
3-Third Interagency Agreement for the Administration and Management of the Water Forum
4-WF2050 Executive Summary
5-WF2050 Fact Sheet
6-ARCAP Fact Sheet
7-PowerPoint Presentation & Support Video
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: Staff recommends that Council approve the Water Forum 2050 Agreement and the Third Interagency Agreement.
The original Water Forum Agreement was signed in 2000 and expires in 2030. Conditions affecting water management have changed significantly during this time with climate change being the most substantial new challenge. These changes affect not only snowpack as well as runoff that results in less surface water reliability, but also hotter temperatures and increased stress on fish and water quality, more frequent and severe droughts and floods, and increased competition and regulatory pressure. Water Forum 2050 modernizes the original agreement while retaining its proven collaborative framework.
Water Forum 2050 reaffirms the two coequal...
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