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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 BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES 

6 AND

7 WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT NO. 1 

8 PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER SERVICE 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT NO. 1, hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, a public agency of 

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

19 WITNESSETH, That: 

20 EXPLANATORY RECITALS 

21 WHEREAS, the United States and the Broadview Water District (Broadview) 

22 entered into interim renewal Contract (long-form interim renewal contract) 

23 No. 14-06-200-8092-IR1 which provided for the continued water service to Broadview 

24 following expiration of Contract No. 14-06-200-8092; and 
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25 WHEREAS, the last long-form interim renewal contract between the United 

26 States and Broadview is Contract No. 14-06-200-8092-IR5, hereinafter referred to as IR5; and 

27 WHEREAS, the United States and Broadview entered into successive renewals of 

28 IR5, of which the last was Contract No. 14-06-200-8092-IR9, hereinafter referred to as IR9; and 

29 WHEREAS, on March 1, 2007, the Contractor, Broadview, and the United 

30 States executed an assignment agreement, “Assignment of Broadview Water District’s Water 

31 Service Contract to Westlands Water District Distribution District No. 1”, which assigned to 

32 the Contractor all rights, duties, and obligations of Broadview in IR9; and 

33 WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractor entered into the first interim 

34 renewal contract identified as Contract No.14-06-200-8092-IR10, hereinafter referred to as 

35 IR10; and 

36 WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractor have entered into successive 

37 renewals of IR10, the most recent of which is Contract No. 14-06-200-8092-IR14, hereinafter 

38 referred to as IR14, effective March 1, 2014, through February 29, 2016; and 

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

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

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

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

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

44 the parties; and 

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

46 pursuant to IR14; and 
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47 WHEREAS, the United States has determined that the Contractor has to date 

48 fulfilled all of its obligations under IR14; and 

49 WHEREAS, the United States is willing to renew IR14 pursuant to the terms and 

50 conditions set forth below; 

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

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

53 RENEWAL AND REVISION OF 

54 CONTRACT NO. 14-06-200-8092-IR14 

55 1. Except as specifically modified by this Contract, all provisions of IR14 are 

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

57 Article 1 of IR14 thereof, which is revised as follows: 

58 (a) The first sentence in subdivision (a) of Article 1 of IR14 is replaced with 

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

60 in effect through February 28, 2018, and thereafter will be renewed as described in Article 2 of 

61 IR5 if a long-term renewal contract has not been executed with an effective commencement date 

62 of March 1, 2018.”

63 (b) Subdivision (b) of Article 1 of IR14 is amended by deleting the date 

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

65 (c) Subdivision (c) of Article 1 of IR14 is amended by deleting the dates 

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

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

69 the day and year first above written. 

70 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

71 By: _____________________________________ 

72 Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region 

73 Bureau of Reclamation 

74 (SEAL) 

75 WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT 

76 DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT NO. 1 

77 By: _____________________________________ 

78 President of the Board of Directors 

79 Attest: 

80 By: _____________________________ 

81 Secretary of the Board of Directors