WHEREAS:

1. The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), on February 16, 1995, adopted the "Policy for Implementing the State Revolving Fund (SRF) for Construction of Wastewater Treatment Facilities (SRF Policy)" and amended it on January 18, 1996;

2. The SWRCB, on September 19, 1996, approved a $2.5 million loan to the Pump Station "B" Upgrade project, East Bay Municipal Utility District (District);

3. The preliminary loan commitment specified that the expiration date for the preliminary loan commitment was February 1, 1997;

4. The District is redesigning the Pump Station and has been unable to submit the plans and specifications to the Division for approval; and

5. The District is requesting a recommitment of loan funding for this project.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

The State Water Resources Control Board

1. Recommits SRF loan funding of $2.5 million to the East Bay Municipal Utility District for construc-tion of the Pump Station "B" Upgrade, with a repayment period of twenty (20) years, and the first repayment due one (1) year after completion of construction; and

2. Will withdraw this preliminary SRF loan commitment if biddable plans and specifications are not submitted to the Division by January 30, 1998.

CERTIFICATION

The undersigned, Administrative Assistant to the Board, does hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of a resolution duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board held on July 17, 1997.

/s/_________________________________

Maureen Marché

Administrative Assistant to the Board