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CITY OF LODI
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
AGENDA TITLE: Authorize the City Manager, or his Designee, to Execute a Memorandum
of Understanding between the Mokelumne River Forum and the California
Department of Water Resources
MEETING DATE: April 20,2005
PREPARED BY: Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council authorize the City Manager, or his designee,
to execute a Memorandum of Understanding between the
Mokelumne River Forum and the California Department of Water
Resources.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The City of Lodi has been participating in the Mokelumne River
Forum, a collaborative processwhere the status of Mokelumne River
water and mutually beneficial projects have been discussed. To
continue and expand this process, the California Department of Water
Resources has made funding available for administrative aspects of the process. To attain this funding,
participating party must enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
The City of Lodi has participated in the drafting of the attached MOU. The goals of the Forum are to
develop mutually beneficial and regionally focused solutions to meet the water supply and related needs
of the parties. Goals would be achieved by pursuing water supply availability, reliability, and quality that
are acceptable to all participants in the Mokelumne River Forum; developing solutions that resolve
conflicts among and between the parties and stakeholders; and assisting in meeting "up -country"
consumptive water and infrastructure needs (Amador, Calaveras, and Alpine), San Joaquin County water
supply needs (basin overdraft), dry -year drinking water needs of the parties, and water needs for
agriculture, the environment and recreation.
The Forum members plan to execute the agreement at their April 21, 2005 meeting
FISCAL IMPACT: Minor expenditures and staff time. From November 2002 through
December 2004, the City has contributed $7,000 in facilitator costs.
Continuation of the process with State support will save the City future
facilitator costs.
FUNDING AVAILABLE: Not applicable.
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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
TO COOPERATIVELY INCREASE WATER SUPPLY, IMPROVE WATER
SUPPLY RELIABILITY, AND IMPROVE WATER QUALITY IN THE SERVICE
AREAS OF THE PARTIES
This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is entered into this day of
, 2005, by and among the California Department of Water
Resources (DWR), Alpine County, Amador County, Amador Water Agency,
Calaveras County Water District, Calaveras Public Utilities District, City of Lodi,
City of Stockton, East Bay Municipal Utility District, Jackson Valley Irrigation
District, North San Joaquin Water Conservation District, San Joaquin County
Flood Control and Water Conservation District and Mokelumne River Water and
Power Authority, Stockton East Water District and/or Central San Joaquin Water
Conservation District, and Woodbridge Irrigation District, also referred to
collectively as "the Parties."
The Parties, and other organizations and interest groups (e.g., the San Joaquin
Farm Bureau Federation and others) that elect to participate in the collaborative
process herein referenced in Article 1, shall collectively constitute the
"Mokelumne River Forum."
RECITALS
A. The State Legislature has determined that the conjunctive management of
water resources is an effective way to improve the reliability of water
supplies for all regions of the State.
B. The Department of Water Resources seeks to facilitate and support water
resource management efforts, particularly those that could increase dry -
year water supplies, while providing management and protections for
groundwater resources.
C. Water resources originating from the Mokelumne River Watershed have
been and will remain a significant source of the water for people, the
environment, and agribusiness and provide an invaluable contribution to the
economy and public well-being.
D. The Parties recognize that there is potential for improvement in groundwater
management and for conjunctive management of ground and surface water
resources, and are willing to explore the possibility of increasing the
availability of water supplies through regional conjunctive use efforts and
new or enhanced water storage (ground and surface).
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ARTICLES
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties recognize that this MOU is a statement of
principles and objectives and not a binding agreement, and the Parties agree to
the following:
The Parties will work to resolve conflicting issues, develop an appropriate
collaborative process, and enter officially into the "Mokelumne River
Forum" to work cooperatively through stakeholder participation to examine
and enhance ongoing conjunctive water management activities, explore
new initiatives, and in identify potentially feasible solutions to meet the
outlined objectives of the Parties.
2. The Parties acknowledge that other water -related planning programs may
be ongoing concurrently with the Mokelumne River Forum effort, and the
Parties hereby commit to coordinate with those other programs to
minimize duplication and reconcile conflicts.
3. The Parties will endeavor to increase the availability and reliability of water
resources from the Mokelumne River watershed area through
cooperation, open communication, and consensus building among the
Parties in a forum process including a broad range of regional
stakeholders.
4. The Parties will share all technical data, analyses, conclusions, and
findings developed through the course of implementing this MOU.
5. The Parties will work cooperatively to accomplish the following objectives:
• Develop mutually beneficial and regionally focused solutions to meet
the water supply and related needs of the Parties by pursuing water
supply availability, reliability, and quality that are acceptable to all
participants in the Mokelumne River Forum.
• Develop solutions that resolve conflicts among and between the
Parties and stakeholders and assist in meeting:
o Up -country consumptive water and infrastructure needs
(Amador, Calaveras, and Alpine);
o San Joaquin County water supply needs (basin overdraft);
o Dry -year drinking water needs of the Parties; and
o Water needs for agriculture, the environment and recreation.
6. The Parties will engage in a collaborative process to accomplish the tasks
outlined in Appendix A ("Tasks") to facilitate regional consensus -based
planning efforts. The Parties envision a two-year process to accomplish
the tasks.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Memorandum of
Understanding as of the day and year first written above.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
By
ALPINE COUNTY
By
AMADOR COUNTY
By
AMADOR WATER AGENCY
By
CALAVERAS COUNTY WATER DISTRICT
By
CALAVERAS PUBLIC UTILITIES DISTRICT
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CITY OF LODI
CITY OF STOCKTON
By
EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT
By
JACKSON VALLEY IRRIGATION DISTRICT
By
NORTH SAN JOAQUIN WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
By
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION
DISTRICT AND MOKELUMNE RIVER WATER AND POWER AUTHORITY
By
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STOCKTON EAST WATER DISTRICT AND/OR CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN
WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
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WOODBRIDGE IRRIGATION DISTRICT
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Appendix A
TASKS
Task 1. Forum Budget and Stakeholder Outreach Plan:
A. Develop an outreach program that engages other interested
parties to participate in the forum process. The outreach
program will enhance stakeholder participation, encourage the
sharing and exchange of information, foster open and honest
communication, and build consensus and support for possible
courses of action.
B. Develop a budget and proposed cost -share funding agreement
to cover the cost associated with maintaining the Mokelumne
Forum, outreach efforts, and costs to perform anticipated
studies.
C. Review and apply for appropriate local, State, and Federal
funding and programs to provide additional resources for Forum
activities.
Task 2. Mokelumne River Forum Investigations
A. Identify future water resource needs of the Parties as described
in Article 5.
B. Review and identify the Mokelumne River allocated supply and
available supply.
C. Identify potential solutions that could be implemented to help
address the needs identified in Task 2A.
D. Using existing and appropriate new information, perform a
feasibility assessment to evaluate solutions that provide water
supply benefits to the Parties that are technically,
environmentally, economically, institutionally, socially and
legally feasible.
Task 3. Preferred Option and Action Plan Recommendations
A. From results developed in the Task 2 investigations, develop an
Action Plan and propose an Implementation Agreement. The
Implementation Agreement will include recommended
institutional arrangements for some or all of the Parties to join
together to further investigate, design, finance, construct, and
operate selected new water resource management alternatives
for the benefit of the Parties and stakeholders.
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