12-081 - Cascade Water Alliance - Joint Municipal Utility Services

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b. develop, contract for, manage, acquire, own, maintain and operate Water Supply Assets, including without limitation, surface water supplies, groundwater supplies, reclaimed water supplies, and other water supply resources as determined by the Board; c. purchase and provide water supply, transmission services, treatment facilities and other related services; d. provide conservation programs to promote the wise and efficient use of resources; e. carry out emergency water supply and shortage management programs for its Members when demands exceed available supply; f. coordinate and plan cooperatively with other regional or local water utilities and other entities to maximize supply availability and to minimize system costs; g. develop a Water Supply Plan addressing the needs of Cascade and its Members and Cascade itself and develop a regional water supply plan with other water providers as Cascade may find convenient or necessary to meet regional, state and federal planning requirements, and to take a leadership role in developing and coordinating those supply plans; h. share costs and risks among Members commensurate with benefits received; and i. carry out, or to further other water supply purposes that the Members determine, consistent with the provisions of this Agreement. Section 3.4 Powers. To further its purposes, Cascade has the full power and authority to exercise all powers authorized or permitted under the Act and any other laws that are now, or in the future may be, applicable or available to Cascade and to engage in all activities incidental or conducive to fulfill the purposes set forth in Section 3.3 of this Agreement, including but not limited to the authority to: a. acquire, construct, receive, own, manage, lease and sell real property, personal property, intangible property and other Water Supply Assets; b. operate and maintain facilities; c. enter into contracts; d. administer personnel matters in a manner generally consistent with the laws applicable to a code city (population over 20,000), to the extent applicable and with discretion left to the Authority, to the fullest extent otherwise permitted by law, related to the appointment, removal and/or compensation of officers, the establishment and/or administration of employee health and welfare benefit programs, and/or the establishment and/or administration of civil service/merit systems, retirement benefits /systems, and/or pension benefits /systems; e. sue and be sued; f. exercise all powers of eminent domain granted under Chapter 8.12 RCW and other applicable statutes (e.g. Chapter 8.25) , now or as hereafter amended; Joint Municipal Utility Services Agreement 7 March 28, 2012