For Cable Advisory and Utilities Commission Meeting February 17, 2026
TO: Honorable Chair and Commission
FROM: Sachin Chawla, Director of Utilities
Title
Request Cable Advisory and Utilities Commission to Recommend that the City Council/RUA Board: (1) Adopt Resolutions Amending its 2025-2026 Wastewater Fiscal Year Budget for an Amount of $120,000; (2) Authorize a Professional Service Agreement Amendment No. 5 With Soto Resources in the Amount of $200,000 to Provide Additional As-Needed Grant Writing Assistance; and (3) Authorize the City Manager/Executive Director or Their Designee to Execute all Related Documents
(ACTION)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Cable Advisory and Utilities Commission recommend that the City Council/RUA Board
1) Adopt resolutions amending its 2025-2026 Wastewater fiscal year budget for an amount of $120,000;
2) Authorize Professional Service Agreement Amendment No. 5 with Soto Resources in the amount of $200,000 to provide additional as-needed grant writing assistance; and
3) Authorize the City Manager/Executive Director or their designee to execute all related documents.
BACKGROUND
Soto Resources was awarded a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) on July 13, 2021, in the amount of $50,250 to provide funding research, strategy support, and as-needed grant writing assistance for the Dr. June Hayes and Deborah Robertson Nature Center (Nature Center) project and other RUA needs.
The PSA has since been amended four times: (1) October 26, 2021, $150,250; (2) December 13, 2022, $100,000; (3) May 28, 2024, $100,000; and (4) August 12, 2025, $62,100.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
Since July 2021, Soto Resources has brought in $18.2 million in grant funding for the projects listed in Table 1: Soto Resources Grants Awarded and Managed.
Table 1: Soto Resources Grants Awarded and Managed
Soto Resources supports grant success through weekly coordination meetings with staff to identify upcoming capital improvement projects and pur...
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