HomeMy WebLinkAbout20826 - RESOLUTIONS - 2/4/2004 ' RESOLUTION NO. 20826
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA,
APPROVING A LEASE AGREEMENT
WITH UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION FOR USE
OF CERTAIN MUNICIPALLY OWNED
REAL PROPERTY TO INSTALL A
TEMPORARY WEATHER STATION FOR A
PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. A04826
WHEREAS, the California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS) is
a statewide network of weather stations operated by the University of California
Cooperative Extension; and
WHEREAS, CIMIS stations collect hourly solar radiation, wind speed, relative
humidity and air temperature; and
WHEREAS, information collected through the CIMIS network helps agricultural
growers and turf managers administering parks, golf courses and other
landscapes to develop water budgets for determining when to irrigate and how
much water to apply; and
WHEREAS, the University of California Cooperative Extension has submitted a
request to install a CIMIS Weather Station at the City's Wastewater Treatment
Plant for a period of one (1) year; and
WHEREAS, the University of California Cooperative Extension is not able to pay
fair market value to lease the site from the City; and
WHEREAS, City wishes to make this site available to the University of California
Cooperative Extension at a lease rate less than fair market value for a period not
to exceed one (1) year; and
WHEREAS, the parties recognize that, through a cooperative lease between the
City and the California Cooperative Extension for use of the site under the terms
herein, valuable metrological information will be collected that will result in
improved water management and conservation.
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City Council of the City of Palm
Springs, California, does hereby approve the following:
SECTION 1, The City Council finds that the University of California Cooperative
' Extension, which is part of the University of California system,
delivers research and educational programs in each of the State's
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58 counties ranging from farm assistance to resource and nutrition
education. '
SECTION 2. The parties acknowledge that the CIMIS network is a valuable
scientific and educational resource and that the information
collected through CIMIS provides a wide range of benefits including
crop yield and quality improvements, applied water reduction, and
improved environmental quality management.
SECTION 3. The City Council has determined that a lease of certain municipally
owned real property to the University of California Cooperative
Extension is appropriate and serves as a direct benefit to the
greater community which provides proper consideration for a less
than market lease.
SECTION 4. The City Manager is authorized to execute a lease agreement with
the University of California Cooperative Extension to install a CIMIS
Weather Station at the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant at an
annual lease payment of$1.00 for a period of one (1) year.
ADOPTED this 4" day of February, 2004 '
AYES: Members Foat, McCulloch, Mills, Pougnet and Mayor Oden
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
City Clerk City Manager
Reviewed and approved: