2021/02/24 Council Agenda Packet

Budget The initial source of funding will be the Tacoma Environmental Services wastewater utility. It is expected that other entities (wastewater utilities and other interested entities) will contribute funding as the research expands and progresses. The duration of the initial phase of the project will be two years and funding will be as outlined in the budget below. The budget shall include funding for the creation of the computer resources to effectively run and refine the Salish Sea model and resources to operate and maintain the equipment. Initial dues will cover the majority of the capital cost of setting up the Salish Sea Modelling Center. The annual dues will cover the operating cost of the modelling Center. Deliverables The following deliverables will be required from the Institute: • Monthly narrative progress reports to support invoices. • Annual review meeting including project presentations. Modelling Center and Program ILA Secure computing hardware to allow access to the SSM through UW Hyak computing cluster. • Install, compile and test the parallelization performance of the Salish Sea Model on the UW Hyak supercomputer. • Organize a technical workshop to reach consensus on how to conduct a model uncertainty analysis. Report identifying uncertainties in model outputs • Minimum of 3 scenario runs identified and described by the City of Tacoma as part of the larger consortium -led effort • Annual summary of research program progress and accomplishments. Puget Sound Clean Water Alliance Funding Agreement, February 2021 Page 10 of 13