Item 18 - Agreement with the Municipal Water District of Orange County for Shared Programs

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Exhibit A July 23, 2025 16 Condition of Turf at Pre-Inspection If bare areas were included by the customer, the inspector must subtract those areas. In many cases, due to drought or season, dormant or dead brown grass is present. Dormant or dead brown grass that appears to have been maintained in the recent past is still eligible. However, sites where there is bare soil that appears compact and no turf was present in the recent past, are not eligible. In addition, moss areas where there is no turf or areas that have grown, or mowed weeds would be ineligible. A lawn with weeds would still remain eligible. Photo documentation of the turf is required in order to approve the site. For on-site inspections, photos of the entire area should be taken, including detailed photos showing turf and bare soil conditions. For large sites with multiple separated areas (or sub-areas), a site map must be submitted identifying the area measured for each separate sub-area. Multiple Applications under same Site Residential sites have a limit of one application per home per fiscal year. Commercial and Public Agency sites have a limit of one application per water meter per fiscal year. Modifications to Initial Project Area If a customer wants to add or remove area(s) from their designated project area, they are free to do so up until their pre-inspection. The customer will need to submit by email to MWDOC a new site plan detailing the area to be added or removed. If a customer wishes to add an area to the project after the pre-inspection has been completed, they are only free to do so if the area was measured in the pre-inspection. Any areas found to be converted during the post-inspection that were not included in pre-inspection measurements are not eligible for rebate. If a project area should fall below the minimum 250 square feet of project size, it may also be considered ineligible if it does not include the removal of all turf onsite. Post-Inspection Procedures – Turf Replacement Post-inspections will be conducted on 100 percent of total projects submitted. The Moasure device will be utilized for all inspections. For commercial or public agency applications, Metropolitan, via Metropolitan’s inspection contractor, will conduct the inspection at no cost to Participant Agency. For residential applications, Participant Agency or its inspector will conduct the pre-inspection. Entire (100%) project re-measurement should occur during the post-inspection. Negative deviations between the pre- and post-inspections area measurements, as well as swapped areas occurring without a proper pre- inspection and approval from MWDOC, will result in a reduction of the rebate eligible area (meaning the lesser area measurement will be the basis for the rebate). All projects must be inspected prior to Participant Agency approving payment or invoicing MWDOC. When establishing that areas are eligible, careful inspection with accurate and precise measurements, as described in Section V, is always required. For Turf Replacement, during the post- inspection the total converted area square footage must be measured. Any non-eligible square footage is deducted, such as remaining-turf areas, bare soil, or non-permeable area including hardscape and pools. Refer to specific program terms and conditions for eligibility criteria. While the initial project area square footage established during the pre-inspection is to be used as a reference, the final project area is to be based on the square footage as measured during the post- inspection. Once the final project area square footage has been determined, that number, if equal to or "!#