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WATER SUPPLY FORUM MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT 2021-2025 This MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT("Agreement") is made and entered into by and among the City of Seattle, Cascade Water Alliance, City of Everett, the City of Tacoma ("Tacoma"), each individually referred to as a "Party" and collectively referred to in this Agreement as the "Parties". RECITALS WHEREAS, regional drinking water suppliers, purveyors and association leaders in the Puget Sound region have been meeting as the Water Supply Forum ("Forum") since 1999, as an informal association, to coordinate and collaborate on current and future water supply and water resource items and projects of mutual interest and benefit, and this collaboration benefits residents of King, Snohomish and Pierce counties; and WHEREAS, since 1999, the Forum has engaged in projects and actions to collectively further the members' mutual interests on present and future drinking water issues such as, but not limited to, water supply planning, resiliency including seismic, water quality, water conservation, education and outreach; and WHEREAS, the Forum members previously entered Funding Agreements in 2011 and 2015 to cooperatively fund activities, including consultant assistance, consistent with their mutual interests in accordance with identified budgets, and these Funding Agreements had exhibits with Rules of Conduct for Business, Action Item and Budget Plan and Schedule of Funding Shares (Dues); and WHEREAS, the Water Supply Forum Funding Agreement (2016-2020) expires at the end of 2020 and the Forum members desire to be able to continue to engage in projects and actions to collectively further their mutual interests and to fund work plan activities consistent with their mutual interests and update the operating procedures; and WHEREAS, the Forum wants to be an effective size while being inclusive of representatives from utilities and organizations; 1