HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2004-081 - Central Valley Project
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RESOLUTION NO. 2004-81
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDDING APPROVING DRAFT CONTRACT WITH THE
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION CONTRACT NO. 14-06-200-
5272A-L TRl (BUCKEYE CONTRACT) FOR PURCHASE OF
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT WATER AND
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO APPROVE AS TO FORM.
WHEREAS, the City has two Municipal and Industrial Contracts with the Bureau of
Reclamation (Bureau) for wate:r, with the "Buckeye Contract" having an expiration date of
December 31, 2009; and
WHEREAS, The Buckeye Contract is a Central Valley Project contract for 6,140 acre-feet
of water; and
WHEREAS, the Bureau and the City entered into Contract No. 14-06-200-5272A, as
amended, which established terms of delivery to the City of Project Water from the project facilities
of the Bureau from February 22,1971, through December 31,2009; and
WHEREAS, the Bureau and the City have, pursuant to subsection 3404( c )(3) of the Central
Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA), subsequently entered into a binding agreement contract
identified as contract No. 14-06-200-5272A-BA, which sets outtheterms pursuant to which the City
agreed to renew the existing Contract before its expiration date after the completion of a
programmatic environmental impact statement and other environmental documentation and
negotiation of a renewal contract; and
WHEREAS, the amount of water available to the City of Redding is a maximum of 6, 140
acre- feet of water per year. The City currently uses approximately 78 percent of the 6,140 acre-feet;
and
WHEREAS, the City has requested the long-term contract renewal of the existing Contract,
pursuant to the terms of the existing Contract, Federal Reclamation law, and laws of the State of
California, for water service from the Central Valley Project; and
WHEREAS, City staff has been in contract negotiations with the Bureau since December
15, 1999, and has completed the negotiation process for the new Contract, which incorporates all the
agreed upon terms and conditions between the Bureau of Reclamation and the City of Redding; and
WHEREAS, the new Contract term would be for 40 years and will expire in the year 2044,
and provides for provisions for annual rate increases, new shortage provisions, and increased water
conservation programs.
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED by the City Council to approve the Draft
Contract as to form between the Bureau of Reclamation and the City of Redding, which will allow
the Bureau to post the Draft Contract for public review and comment before execution of the
contract.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced, read, and adopted at
a regular meeting of the City cotmcil on the 18th day of May 2004, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Cibula, Mathena, Stegall and Pohlmeyer
None
Kight
No
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MICHA~L J. (JiILMEY
Attest:
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Form Approved:
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Con'nie-Strohmayer, 'Cit)J 'Clerk
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Brad L. Fuller, City Attorney
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