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Date: December 2, 2025
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Aram Chaparyan, City Manager
By: Eirenne O'Neill, Staff Assistant | [email protected] Subject: City Manager – Approve Second Amendment to Property Use Agreement (C2006-232) Between the City of Torrance and the West Basin Municipal Water District. Expenditure: None.
RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation of the City Manager that City Council approve a second amendment to Property Use Agreement (C2006-232) between the City of Torrance and West Basin Municipal District, extending the agreement through December 11, 2035.
FUNDING
None required.
DISCUSSION
On December 12, 2006, the City and West Basin Municipal Water District (“West Basin”) entered a ten (10) year Property Use Agreement (“Agreement”) for the sole purpose of developing and operating a recycle water disinfection station on vacant city-owned property located on the northeast corner of Del Amo Boulevard and Crenshaw Boulevard.
The disinfection station was constructed by West Basin to address water quality issues within the recycled water distribution system. The facility exclusively serves the City of Torrance and its customers, including American Honda Motor Co. Inc.
On September 1, 2015, the City and West Basin entered into a First Amendment of the Agreement to extend the term by an additional ten years through December 12, 2025.
West Basin has expressed interest in extending the agreement by an additional ten (10) years for no fee. Under the proposed extension, West Basin would continue to operate the disinfectant station and provide landscape maintenance services at the property and has indicated a willingness to coordinate with City staff to address any additional reasonable landscaping needs that may arise.
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West Basin has also emphasized the long-term value of this partnership and its alignment with regional water sustainability initiatives. Both West Basin and the City continue to collaborate with the Metropolitan Water District on the Pure Water Southern California (“PWSC”) program. This project represents a significant regional effort to advance indirect potable reuse (IPR) and maximize the availability of high-quality recycled water. West Basin believes that extending the agreement will strengthen cooperative efforts toward achieving the objectives of PWSC, with the goal of realizing full program implementation by 2035.
Your Honorable Body is being requested to approve the second amendment to Property Use Agreement (C2006-232), which would extend the agreement through December 11, 2035.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Second Amendment to Property Use Agreement (C2006-232)
2. First Amendment to Property Use Agreement (C2006-232)
3. Original Property Use Agreement (C2006-232)
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SECOND AMENDMENT TO
PROPERTY USE AGREEMENT
AMERICAN HONDA DISINFECTION STATION
between
CITY OF TORRANCE
and
WEST BASIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT
(C2006-232)
This Second Amendment to Property Use Agreement the "Second Amendment") is made effective as of October 21, 2025 (the "Amendment Effective Date"), by and between the CITY OF TORRANCE, a municipal corporation ("CITY"), and West Basin Municipal Water District, a California public agency (“PERMITEE”) (collectively, the “Parties”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Parties are party to that certain Property Use Agreement made and entered into December 12, 2006 (“Original Agreement”), as modified by instrument entered into September 1, 2015 (“First Amendment”), which is collectively referred to herein as the “Existing Agreement”.
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to modify the Existing Agreement as set forth in this Second Amendment.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
1. Section 2.01, entitled Commencement, is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
2.01 Commencement. The term of this Agreement shall be for a period commencing on December 12, 2006, and terminating at midnight December 11, 2035.
2. In all other respects, the Agreement between CITY and PERMITTEE is ratified and reaffirmed and remains in full force and effect.
IN WITHNESS WHEREOF, the City of Torrance and the West Basin Municipal Water District have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
[Signatures on the following page]
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City of Torrance, West Basin Municipal Water District a municipal corporation a California public agency
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George K. Chen E.J. Caldwell
Mayor General Manager
ATTEST:
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Rebecca Poirier, MMC
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
PATRICK Q. SULLIVAN
CITY ATTORNEY
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Tatia Y. Strader
Assistant City Attorney
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