1 Irrigation and/or M&I 

2 Contract No. 14-06-200-495A-IR2 

3 UNITED STATES 

4 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

5 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 

6 Central Valley Project, California 

7 INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES

8 AND

9 WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT 

10 PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER SERVICE

11 THIS CONTRACT, made this ______ day of ___________________, 2010, 

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), 

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

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

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

19 DISTRICT, hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, a public agency of the State of California, 

20 duly organized, existing, and acting pursuant to the laws thereof; 

21 WITNESSETH, That: 

22 EXPLANATORY RECITALS

23 WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractor entered into an interim 

24 renewal contract identified as Contract No. 14-06-200-495A-IR1, hereinafter referred to as 

25 the Interim Renewal Contract, which provided for the continued water service to the 

26 Contractor; and 
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27 WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractor have entered into only one 

28 Interim Renewal Contract, Contract No. 14-06-200-495A-IR1, hereinafter referred to as the 

29 Existing Interim Renewal Contract, from January 1, 2008, through February 28, 2010; and 

30 WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractor have made significant progress 

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

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

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

34 execution of any long-term renewal contract will be delayed until March 2011, and may be 

35 delayed further for reasons beyond the control of the parties; and 

36 WHEREAS, the Contractor has requested a subsequent interim renewal contract 

37 pursuant to subdivision (b) of Article 2 of the Interim Renewal Contract; and 

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

39 fulfilled all of its obligations under the Existing Interim Renewal Contract; and 

40 WHEREAS, the United States is willing to renew the Existing Interim Renewal 

41 Contract pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth below; 

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

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

44 INCORPORATION AND REVISION OF

45 EXISTING INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT

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

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

48 included in full text with the exception of Article 2 thereof, which is revised as follows: 
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49 (a) The first sentence in subdivision (a) of Article 2 of the Existing Interim 

50 Renewal Contract is modified as follows: “This Contract shall be effective from March 1, 2010 

51 and shall remain in effect through February 29, 2012 and thereafter will be renewed as described 

52 in subdivision (a) of Article 2 of the Interim Renewal Contract if a long-term renewal contract 

53 has not been executed with an effective commencement date of March 1, 2012.” 

54 (b) Subdivision (b) of Article 2 of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract is 

55 amended by deleting the date “February 28, 2010,” and replacing same with the date 

56 “February 29, 2012.” 
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57 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Contract as of 

58 the day and year first above written. 

59 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

60 By: _____________________________________ 

61 Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region 

62 Bureau of Reclamation 

63 (SEAL) WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT 

64 By: _____________________________________ 

65 President 

66 Attest: 

67 __________________________________ 

Secretary