From left to right, G. Patrick O’Dowd, executive director, Salton Sea Authority; Col. Julie Balten, commander of the Corps’ LA District; and Cindy Messer, chief deputy director, California Department of Water Resources, sign a cost-share agreement for the Imperial Streams Salton Sea Feasibility Study during a Dec. 16 signing ceremony near the shores of the Salton Sea in Mecca, California.