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Irrigation and M&I 

R.O. 10/31-2001 

Rev. R.O. 11/01-2001 

Rev. R.O. 11/12-2002 

Contract No. 

 14-06-200-8310X-IR1 

UNITED STATES 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 

Central Valley Project, California 

INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES 

AND 

WESTSIDE WATER DISTRICT 

PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER SERVICE 

THIS CONTRACT, made this 21st day of February , 2003, in 

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

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

amended and supplemented, August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1187), as amended and supplemented, July 2, 

1956 (70 Stat. 483), June 21, 1963 (77 Stat. 68), October 12, 1982 (96 Stat. 1263), as amended and 

Title XXXIV of the Act of October 30, 1992 (106 Stat. 4706), all collectively hereinafter referred to 

as Federal Reclamation law, between THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, hereinafter referred 

to as the United States, and WESTSIDE WATER DISTRICT, hereinafter referred to as the 

Contractor, a public agency of the State of California, duly organized, existing, and acting pursuant 

to the laws thereof, with its principal place of business in Williams, California; 

WITNESSETH, That: 

EXPLANATORY RECITALS 

WHEREAS, the United States and the County of Colusa entered into an interim 

renewal contract identified as Contract No. 14-06-200-8310A-IR6, hereinafter referred to as the 
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Existing Interim Renewal Contract, which provided for the continued water service to the County of 

Colusa from March 1, 2002, through February 28, 2003; and 

WHEREAS, the County of Colusa and the Contractor entered into a partial 

assignment on March 27, 2002, to permanently assign to the Contractor 40,000 acre-feet of the CVP 

water made available to the County of Colusa pursuant to the Existing Interim Renewal Contract; 

and 

WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractor believe that further negotiations on 

a long-term renewal contract for the 40,000 acre-feet of CVP water assigned to the Contractor 

would be beneficial and mutually commit to continue to negotiate to seek to reach agreement, and 

the Contractor has requested an interim renewal of its assigned share of the Existing Interim 

Renewal Contract pursuant to Article 2 (b)(1) of Interim Renewal Contract No. 14-06-200-8310AIR5 in order to continue to receive 40,000 acre-feet of CVP water assigned to the Contractor by the 

County of Colusa; and 

WHEREAS, the United States has determined that the Contractor has to date 

fulfilled all of its obligations assigned to it under the Existing Interim Renewal Contract; and 

WHEREAS, the United States is willing to renew the Contractor’s assigned share of 

the Existing Interim Renewal Contract pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth below; 

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

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

INCORPORATION AND REVISION OF EXISTING INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT 

1. The terms and conditions of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract are hereby 

incorporated by reference into this Contract with the same force and effect as if they were included 

in full text with the exception of Article 1 thereof, which is revised as follows: 

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(a) The first sentence in Subdivision (a) of Article 1 of the Existing Interim 

Renewal Contract is modified as follows: “This interim renewal contract shall be effective from 

March 1, 2003, and shall remain in effect through February 29, 2004, and thereafter will be renewed 

as described in Article 2(a) of Interim Renewal Contract No. 14-06-200-8310A-IR5 if a long-term 

renewal contract has not been executed with an effective commencement date of March 1, 2004.” 

(b) Subdivision (b) of Article 1 of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract is amended by 

deleting the date “February 15, 2003,” and replacing same with the date “February 15, 2004.” 

(c) Subdivision (c) of Article 1 of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract is amended by 

deleting the dates “February 1, 2003,” “February 15, 2003,” and “February 28, 2003,” and replacing 

same with the dates “February 1, 2004,” “February 15, 2004,” and “February 29, 2004,” 

respectively. 

(d) Article 34 of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract is deleted in its entirety, and 

replaced with the following: 

Any notice, demand, or request authorized or required by this Contract shall be deemed to have been 

given, on behalf of the Contractor, when mailed, postage prepaid, or delivered to the Area Manager, 

Northern California Area Office, Bureau of Reclamation, 16349 Shasta Dam Boulevard, Shasta 

Lake, California 96019-8400 and on behalf of the United States, when mailed, postage prepaid, or 

delivered to the Board of Directors of the Westside Water District, 5005 Highway 20, Williams, 

California 95987. The designation of the addressee or the address may be changed by notice given 

in the same manner as provided in this Article for other notices. 

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72 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this interim renewal 

73 contract as of the day and year first above written. 

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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

By: /s/ Kirk C. Rodgers 

Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region 

Bureau of Reclamation 

78 (SEAL) WESTSIDE WATER DISTRICT 

79 By: /s/ Robert Harper 

80 President of the Board of Directors 

81 Attest: 

82 /s/ Lisa Weber 

83 Secretary 

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