HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2008-53RESOLUTION NO. 2008-53
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTEA
PROTEST DISMISSAL AGREEMENT WITH THE EAST
BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITIES DISTRICT
WHEREAS, in 2007, the City of Lodi filed a protest with the State Water
Resources Control Board over the proposed extension of one of the East Bay Municipal
Utilities District's Mokelumne River rights; and
WHEREAS, the protest process includes a time period in which the parties are
expected to attempt to negotiate a resolution of the protest; and
WHEREAS, City Council directed staff to seek to resolve the protest in a way that
would allow the City of Lodi to utilize its purchased water from Woodbridge Irrigation
District year-round rather than during the currently allowed March through October
season; and
WHEREAS, the East Bay Municipal Utilities District has offered to allow up to
1,000 acre-feet of water to be delivered to the City of Lodi during the winter season; and
WHEREAS, this agreement would be memorialized in an agreement between the
East Bay Municipal Utilities District and the Woodbridge Irrigation District and a protest
dismissal agreement between the City of Lodi and the East Bay Municipal Utilities
District.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby
authorize the City Manager to execute a Protest Dismissal Agreement with the East Bay
Municipal Utilities District that includes provisions for winter season water for the City of
Lodi.
Dated: April 2, 2008
hereby certify that Resolution No. 2008-53 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held April 2, 2008, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS —Hansen, Hitchcock, Johnson, Katzakian,
and Mayor Mounce
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS— None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
NNIFE M PERAlN
Deputy City Clerk
2008-53