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1 UNITED STATES 

2 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

3 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 

4 Central Valley Project, California 

5 INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT AMONG THE UNITED STATES 

6 AND

7 PAJARO VALLEY WATER MANAGEMENT AGENCY, 

8 SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, AND

9 WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT NO. 1 

10 PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER SERVICE 

11 THIS CONTRACT, made this _______ day of ___________________, 2016, 

12 in pursuance generally of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and acts amendatory or 

13 supplementary thereto, including, but not limited to, the acts of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 844), 

14 as amended and supplemented, August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1187), as amended and supplemented, 

15 July 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 483), June 21, 1963 (77 Stat. 68), October 12, 1982 (96 Stat. 1263), as 

16 amended, and Title XXXIV of the Act of October 30, 1992 (106 Stat. 4706), all collectively 

17 hereinafter referred to as Federal Reclamation law, among the UNITED STATES OF 

18 AMERICA, hereinafter referred to as the United States, and PAJARO VALLEY WATER 

19 MANAGEMENT AGENCY, SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, and 

20 WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT NO. 1, hereinafter referred to 

21 as the Contractors, public agencies of the State of California, duly organized, existing, and acting 

22 pursuant to the laws thereof; 
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23 WITNESSETH, That: 

24 EXPLANATORY RECITALS 

25 WHEREAS, the United States and the Mercy Springs Water District (Mercy 

26 Springs) entered into interim renewal Contract (long-form interim renewal contract) 

27 No. 14-06-200-3365A-IR1 which provided for the continued water service of 13,300 acre-feet of 

28 Central Valley Project (CVP) water to Mercy Springs following expiration of Contract 

29 No. 14-06-200-3365A; and 

30 WHEREAS, the United States and Mercy Springs entered into successive 

31 long-form interim renewal Contract No. 14-06-200-3365A-IR2-A; and 

32 WHEREAS, on May 14, 1999, the Contractors, Mercy Springs, and the United 

33 States executed a partial assignment agreement, “Agreement for Partial Assignment of Water 

34 Service”, which assigned to the Contractors the rights, duties, and obligations of Mercy 

35 Springs in Contract No. 14-06-200-3365A-IR2-A for 6,260 acre-feet; and 

36 WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractors entered into interim 

37 renewal contracts identified as Contract No. 14-06-200-3365A-IR3-B and Contract 

38 No. 14-06-200-3365A-IR4-B; and 

39 WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractors entered into long-form interim 

40 renewal Contract No. 14-06-200-3365A-IR5-B, hereinafter referred to as IR5-B; and 

41 WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractors have entered into successive 

42 renewals of IR5-B, the most recent of which is Contract No. 14-06-200-3365A-IR14-B, hereinafter 

43 referred to as IR14-B, effective March 1, 2014, through February 29, 2016; and 
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44 WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractors have made significant progress 

45 in their negotiations of a long-term renewal contract, believe that further negotiations on the 

46 long-term renewal contract would be beneficial, and mutually commit to continue to negotiate to 

47 seek to reach agreement, but anticipate that the environmental documentation necessary for 

48 execution of any long-term renewal contract may be delayed for reasons beyond the control of 

49 the parties; and 

50 WHEREAS, the Contractors have requested a subsequent interim renewal 

51 contract pursuant to IR14-B; and 

52 WHEREAS, the United States has determined that the Contractors have to date 

53 fulfilled all of its obligations under IR14-B; and 

54 WHEREAS, the United States is willing to renew IR14-B pursuant to the terms 

55 and conditions set forth below; 

56 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual and dependent covenants 

57 herein contained, it is hereby mutually agreed by the parties hereto as follows: 

58 RENEWAL AND REVISION OF 

59 CONTRACT NO. 14-06-200-3365A-IR14-B 

60 1. Except as specifically modified by this Contract, all provisions of IR14-B are 

61 renewed with the same force and effect as if they were included in full text with the exception of 

62 Article 1 of IR14-B thereof, which is revised as follows: 

63 (a) The first sentence in subdivision (a) of Article 1 of IR14-B is replaced 

64 with the following language: “This Contract shall be effective from March 1, 2016, and shall 

65 remain in effect through February 28, 2018, and thereafter will be renewed as described in 
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66 Article 2 of IR5-B, if a long-term renewal contract has not been executed with an effective 

67 commencement date of March 1, 2018.”

68 (b) Subdivision (b) of Article 1 of IR14-B is amended by deleting the date 

69 “February 15, 2016,” and replacing same with the date “February 15, 2018.”

70 (c) Subdivision (c) of Article 1 of IR14-B is amended by deleting the dates 

71 “February 1, 2016,” “February 15, 2016,” and “February 29, 2016,” and replacing same with 

72 the dates “February 1, 2018,” “February 15, 2018,” and “February 28, 2018,” respectively.
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73 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Contract as of 

74 the day and year first above written. 

75 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

76 By: _____________________________________ 

77 Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region 

78 Bureau of Reclamation 

79 (SEAL) PAJARO VALLEY WATER MANAGEMENT 

80 AGENCY 

81 Attest: By: ____________________________________ 

82 General Manager 

83 By: _____________________________ 

84 Secretary 

85 (SEAL) SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT 

86 Attest: By: ____________________________________ 

87 Chief Executive Officer 

88 By: _____________________________ 

89 Secretary 

90 (SEAL) WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT 

91 DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT NO. 1 

92 Attest: By: ___________________________________ 

93 President of the Board of Directors 

94 By: ____________________________ 

95 Secretary of the Board of Directors