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56. TEMPORARY ACCESS LICENSE, INDEMNIFICATION AND HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF GOODYEAR AND CONSENT WITH TRES RIOS GOLF LLC AT ESTRELLA MOUNTAIN REGIONAL PARK Approve the Temporary Access License and Indemnification and Hold Harmless Agreement (“License”) between Maricopa County and the City of Goodyear and attached Consent to Temporary Access License and Indemnification and Hold Harmless Agreement (“Consent”) with Tres Rios Golf, LLC. The License allows for conducting site investigations and collection of data at Estrella Mountain Regional Park for development of a Design Concept Report for a potential wetlands project. The City of Goodyear (“City”), in cooperation with the United States Bureau of Reclamation (“BOR”), engaged in a pilot project using vertical flow wetlands to manage concentrate discharge from the City’s Bullard Water Campus Reverse Osmosis Facility. The City, in cooperation with BOR, conducted a study and identified Estrella Mountain Regional Park (including Tres Rios Golf Course) (“Park”) as potential locations that would be suitable for the development of wetlands and a blending pond for treatment of large quantities of the concentrate discharge. Both the Consent and License will provide the City of Goodyear and it’s consultant site access for purposes of conducting site investigations and data collection, among other things necessary to complete the scope of work in the License. It is expected that creating wetlands and a blending pond at the Park will provide a habitat for additional wildlife, provide interpretative and environmental education, and allow for additional passive recreational opportunities. It is also expected that the blending pond will return water back into the Gila River or El Rio project. The License will require administrative or operational action from time to time to carry out the spirit and intent of this License and Consent, and the County desires to delegate to the Director of Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Department, or his or her designee, the authority and responsibility for proper administration of this License and Consent. The activities for this concession will be located in Supervisory Districts 5. (C-30-16-006-M-00)

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