Title
SRP Data Licensing Agreement (Ordinance S-46150)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute a Data Licensing Agreement between the City of Phoenix and the Salt River Agricultural Improvement and Power District, and the Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association, collectively referred to as the Salt River Project (SRP), for a non-exclusive license to use SRP’s Service Area maps and related Geographical Information System (GIS) files. There is no cost to the City for these uses.
Report
Summary
SRP operates a federal Reclamation project constructed in the early 1900s to provide irrigation water and flood control for Phoenix-area agricultural users within a defined service area. As the area has urbanized however, SRP’s customer base has converted to mostly municipal and industrial users; to this end, the City has entered into a long-term Water Delivery and Use Agreement (WDUA) with SRP for delivery of raw water to specific Water Services Department (WSD) water treatment plants and other locations.
The WDUA requires both SRP and WSD to compile periodic data and reports and furnish these to each other. Moreover, the City is required to submit additional annual water supply- and storage-related reports to regulatory agencies. The ability to use SRP’s GIS and related data files and documents will assist WSD staff in preparing/receiving, understanding, filing and storing the relevant data and reports.
SRP's standard-form "SRP Data Licensing Agreement" includes an indemnification and hold harmless clause that is beyond the scope of Phoenix City Code, section 42-18; however, such clauses are currently common in data-sharing agreements. There is a low likelihood that any occurrence resulting from this Agreement would result in the City incurring liability beyond that as may be imposed as a matter of law upon the City.
Contract Term
The Agreement is effective upon execution by both parties, and will be in effect until terminated by either party.
Financial Impact
There is no cost to the City pursuant to this Agreement.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Karen Peters and the Water Services Department.