Staff Reports - East Bay Municipal Utility District
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Yuba Accord - Freeport Point of Rediversion Project Agreements<br />
January 22, 2013<br />
Page 2<br />
YCWA's water rights permits to facilitate future transfers to EBMUD. EBMUD would have the option<br />
to purchase water made available under the Yuba Accord that cannot be delivered to existing buyers<br />
south of the Delta due to Delta pumping restrictions.<br />
The parties have negotiated two agreements to implement the project:<br />
1. Cost-sharing Agreement: The cost-sharing agreement outlines the roles, responsibilities, and costsharing<br />
commitments for the parties to complete technical and environmental work needed to<br />
obtain the approvals necessary to implement the project. Each party would be responsible for its<br />
own legal, administrative, management and certain engineering costs to implement the project. The<br />
<strong>District</strong> would reimburse YCWA up to $160,000 for outside environmental and technical support<br />
and 50% of the filing fee to the State Water Resources Control Board for the change petition to add<br />
the FRWA intake to YCWA's water rights permits, not to exceed $8,000.<br />
2. Term Sheet: The term sheet establishes the point of water delivery and re-diversion and<br />
notification date. It identifies several provisions to be negotiated in a long-term water transfer<br />
option agreement including delivery volume, price and schedule. The maximum quantity of water<br />
transferred in any given year is not expected to exceed 20,000 acre-feet.<br />
An opportunity for discussion of these principles will be provided during the January 22, 2013 Water<br />
Supply Workshop.<br />
FISCAL IMPACT<br />
Funds for this project are included in the FY13 CIP.<br />
ALTERNATIVES<br />
Do not proceed with the project. - Not recommended. The project would facilitate future transfers<br />
from YCWA to EBMUD to meet dry year needs. It requires no cost commitment to the <strong>District</strong> beyond<br />
the cost to develop and implement the project that is already included in the FY13 budget.<br />
Re-aegotiate agreements. - Not recommended. Since 2011, YCWA and EBMUD have been working<br />
to develop a mutually agreeable, low-cost strategy for implementing the project. The proposed<br />
agreements and cost-share commitments reflect a substantial amount of work already performed by<br />
both parties.<br />
RGS:MTT:jrl<br />
Attachment: Project Location Map
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