February 18, 2026
Andrew Firestine
City Manager
City of Cathedral City
68-700 Avenue Lalo Guerro
Cathedral City, CA 92234
Dear Mr. Firestine:
Subject: Reimbursement Agreement with the City of Cathedral City for The Whitewater Neighborhood: Street Reconstruction Project
The City of Cathedral City (City) intends to construct a project commonly referred to as the Whitewater Neighborhood: Street Reconstruction Project (Project) from Cathedral Canyon Drive to Shifting Sands Trail through Ortega Road, and 33rd Avenue to Dinah Shore through Navajo Trail and Pueblo Trail in Cathedral City. Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) has certain facilities which will be affected by the Project, including fifteen (15) water valves, fourteen (14) sewer manhole covers (CVWD Facilities).
The Project will require: (i) the CVWD Facilities to be lowered so the City may pulverize, or cause to be pulverized, the existing asphalt street(s), (ii) the City to install, or cause to be installed, new asphalt in the street(s) and (iii) raise or cause the CVWD Facilities to be raised to grade.
CVWD is responsible for items (i) and (iii) above (CVWD Portion of the Project). City has offered to cause City’s contractor (Contractor) to complete the CVWD Portion of the Project in exchange for the payment provided herein.
City shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, construction plans and specifications (Plans) for the Project, including the CVWD Portion of the Project. The CVWD Portion of the Project shall be completed in accordance with CVWD’s design criteria and standards (Standards), including but not limited to, CVWD’s Development Design Manual. City shall provide CVWD the opportunity to review and approve the Plans, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
City shall cause Contractor to complete the CVWD Portion of the Project in accordance with the approved Plans and Standards.
CVWD shall have the right to (i) inspect the installation of the CVWD Portion of the Project, and (ii) enforce the Plans and Standards for the CVWD Portion of the Project, including
Andrew Firestine
City of Cathedral City
February 18, 2026
requiring that all unacceptable material, workmanship and/or installation be repaired, replaced or corrected by Contractor. Upon completion of the Project, CVWD shall have the right to complete a final inspection of the CVWD Portion of the Project and provide notice to City either confirming that the CVWD Portion of the Project is complete or setting forth a punch list of items that need to be completed or corrected.
CVWD shall receive the same benefit as the City in its contract with Contractor as to insurance, indemnities, bonds, warranties, etc., as such applies to the CVWD Portion of the Project.
Upon completion and acceptance of the CVWD Portion of the Project by CVWD, CVWD shall remit to City the sum of forty-four thousand nine hundred dollars ($44,900.00) in full payment for the planning, design and construction of the CVWD Portion of the Project.
COACHELLA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT,
a public agency of the State of California
By
J. M. Barrett
General Manager
CITY HAS READ THE FOREGOING LETTER AND ACCEPTS THE TERMS SET FORTH THEREIN.
CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY,
a municipal corporation
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