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COUNTY OF BUTTE, STATE OF C/~LIFORNIA
Resolution No.
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF
BUTTE TO RECEIVE A TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE WESTERN
CANAL WATER DISTRICT FROM A DESIGNATED PORTION OF THE
2003 CROP IDLING PROGRAM FUNDS
WHEREAS, the Western Canal Water District {District) is a public agency
formed and operating pursuant to Division 13 of the California Water Code; and
WHEREAS, during the 2003 irrigation season the District entered into an
agreement to sell conserved water derived from idled acreage to Metropolitan Water
District (MWD) per the OPTION AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR WATER
TRANSFER BETWEEN RICHVALE IRRIGATION DISTRICT AND
METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; and
WHEREAS, MWD is a public agency formed and operating under the
Metropolitan Water District Act, 1969 Ca1.Stat. 492, Ch. 209 e'! seq. as amended, and is
empowered to purchase water from District as provided for in that agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement allowed for MWD, a willing purchaser, to acquire
from District water supplies that MWD had determined were needed for use in MWD's
service area, and that water supplies transferred under that agreement were a portion of
the water available to District under its diversion agreement with the State of California,
acting by and through its Department of Water Resources; and
WHEREAS, the water made available for transfer under the Agreement resulted
from crop idling undertaken by landowners and growers within District's boundaries
lying within Butte and Glenn Counties; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with amended Paragraph 4 (d) of the Agreement,
MWD was obligated to pay to District an additional amount of $16.50 per acre as a fund
to assist the County, in its discretion, in the management and monitoring of water
resources; and
WHEREAS, District, in turn, agreed to turn over the amount of said funds
derived from crop idling within Butte County to the County of Butte based on the amount
of participating acres within Butte County; and
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WHEREAS, District and MWD amended this Agreement in September 2003 to
address the transfer of funds for the County's discretionary use in the management and
monitoring of water resources; and
WHEREAS, District reports that 4,480.1 acres of land within Butte County
participated in the 2003 crop idling program; and
WHEREAS, District and County agree that the total maximum amount of
compensation arising under the 2003 crop idling program for the water transfer payable
under this Agreement from District to Butte County is $73,921.65.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Butte hereby agree to
Sign the Agreement between the Western Canal Water District and Butte
County Department of Water Conservation (Department) for Transfer of a
Designated Portion of the 2003 Idling Program Funds.
2. Direct the Department to set up the necessary funding account to receive
funds (unanticipated revenue) in the total maximum amount of
$73,921.65.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 11th day
of January 2005 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Dolan, Houx, Josiassen and Chair Yamaguchi
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
Kim K. Yamaguchi, Chair
ATTEST:
PAUL E. McINTOSH
Chief Administrative Officer
And Clerk of the Board
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