1 Irrigation and/or M&I 

2 Contract No. 14-06-200-3365A-IR12-C

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 DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT NO. 2 

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 DISTRICT 

19 DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT NO. 2, hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, a public agency of 

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

21 WITNESSETH, That: 

22 EXPLANATORY RECITALS

23 WHEREAS, Mercy Springs Water District (District) and the Contractor 

24 executed an agreement on March 1, 2003, to provide for the assignment to the Contractor of 

25 4,198 acre-feet of project water under the District’s interim renewal contract identified as 

26 Contract No. 14-06-200-3365-IR8-C; and 
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27 WHEREAS, the Contractor entered into an interim renewal contract identified as 

28 Contract No. 14-06-200-3365A-IR11-C, hereinafter referred to as the Existing Interim Renewal 

29 Contract, which provided for continued water service to the Contractor from March 1, 2008, 

30 through February 28, 2010; and 

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

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

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

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

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

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

37 WHEREAS, the Contractors have requested a subsequent interim renewal 

38 contract pursuant to subdivision (b)(1) of Article 2 of the Existing Interim Renewal 

39 Contract; and 

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

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

42 WHEREAS, the United States is willing to renew the Existing Interim 

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

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

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

46 INCORPORATION AND REVISION OF

47 EXISTING INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT

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

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

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

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

54 March 1, 2010, and shall remain in effect through February 29, 2012, and thereafter will be 

55 renewed as described in subdivision (a) of Article 2 if a long-term renewal contract has not been 

56 executed with an effective commencement date of March 1, 2012.” 

57 (b) Subdivision (b)(1) of Article 2 of the Existing Interim Renewal Contract is 

58 amended by deleting the date “February 15, 2010,” and replacing same with the date 

59 “February 15, 2012.” 

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

61 amended by deleting the dates “February 1, 2010,” “February 15, 2010,” and “February 28, 

62 2010,” and replacing same with the dates “February 1, 2012,” “February 15, 2012,” and 

63 “February 29, 2012,” respectively. 
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64 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Contract as of 

65 the day and year first above written. 

66 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

67 By: _____________________________________ 

68 Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region 

69 Bureau of Reclamation 

70 (SEAL) WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT 

71 DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT NO. 2 

72 By: _____________________________________ 

73 President 

74 Attest: 

75 __________________________________ 

76 Secretary