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ORJGfN.r~l MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN CARLOS AND THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY FOR IMPROVEMENTS OF THE SAN CARLOS LEVEE THIS MEMORAN M OF UNDERSTANDING ("MOU") is made and entered into this ~ day of , 2009, by and between the CITY OF SAN CARLOS, a chartered municipal c r ration of the State of California (San Carlos'), and the CITY OF REDWOOD CITY, a chartered municipal corporation of the State of California ("Redwood City");" collectively, the "Parties"; RECITALS WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA") is implementing a Flood Map Modernization ("Map Mod") program to convert paper Flood Insurance Rate Maps ("FIRMs") to digital; and WHEREAS, as part of Map Mod, FEMA mandates all levees to be certified to meet the requirements of Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations section 65.10 of the National Flood Insurance Program before the Spring of 2010 publication date of the new digital FIRMs; and WHEREAS, Redwood City is undertaking a levee improvement and certification project (the "Project") to raise the height and certify the perimeter levees in the Redwood Shores area to protect the Redwood Shores Peninsula from flooding; and WHEREAS, FEMA has determined that a segment of levee bordering the Steinberger Slough near Highway 101, owned and maintained by San Carlos, must be improved and certified to complete the flood protection for the Redwood Shores Peninsula; and WHEREAS, it is mutually advantageous to the Parties for Redwood City to undertake the improvements to the San Carlos levee ("San Carlos Levee Project") , and to recover the portion of the Project cost attributable to the San Carlos Levee Project through cost reimbursement from San Carlos; and WHEREAS, the general location of the San Carlos Levee Project is depicted on the map attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference; and WHEREAS, the San Carlos Levee Project is subject to permitting from the United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, California San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, California Department of Fish and Game and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (collectively, Regulatory Agencies ); and WHEREAS, San Carlos is willing to reimburse Redwood City for construction of the San Carlos Levee Project; and