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(Partial Assignment from The West Side) 

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 THE CITY OF TRACY 

8 PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER SERVICE 

9 THIS CONTRACT, made this _______ day of ___________________, 2014, 

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 the CITY OF TRACY, hereinafter 

17 referred to as the Contractor, a public agency of the State of California, duly organized, existing, 

18 and acting pursuant to the laws thereof; 

19 WITNESSETH, That: 

20 EXPLANATORY RECITALS 

21 WHEREAS, the United States and The West Side Irrigation District (The West 

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

23 No. 7-07-20-W0045-IR1, which provided for the continued water service of 7,500 acre-feet 
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24 of Central Valley Project (CVP) water to The West Side following expiration of Contract 

25 No. 7-07-20-W0045; and 

26 WHEREAS, the United States and The West Side entered into successive 

27 renewals, of which the last long-form interim renewal contract was Contract 

28 No. 7-07-20-W0045-IR5, hereinafter referred to as IR5; and 

29 WHEREAS, on February 7, 2004, the Contractor, The West Side, and the United 

30 States executed a partial assignment agreement, “Agreement for Assignment of Portion of Water 

31 Service Contract”, which assigned to the Contractor the rights, duties, and obligations of The West 

32 Side in Contract No. 7-07-20-W0045-IR7 for 2,500 acre-feet with an exclusive option for the 

33 Contractor to acquire the contract right to an additional 2,500 acre-feet; and 

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

35 renewal contract identified as Contract No. 7-07-20-W0045-IR9-B, hereinafter referred to as 

36 IR9-B; and 

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

38 renewals of IR9-B, the most recent of which is Contract No. 7-07-20-W0045-IR13-B, hereinafter 

39 referred to as IR13-B effective March 1, 2012, through February 28, 2014; and 

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

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

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

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

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

45 the parties; and 
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46 WHEREAS, the Contractor has requested a subsequent interim renewal contract 

47 pursuant to IR13-B; and 

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

49 fulfilled all of its obligations under IR13-B; and 

50 WHEREAS, the United States is willing to renew IR13-B pursuant to the terms 

51 and conditions set forth below; 

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

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

54 RENEWAL AND REVISION OF 

55 CONTRACT NO. 7-07-20-W0045-IR13-B 

56 1. Except as specifically modified by this Contract, all provisions of IR13-B are 

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

58 Article 1 of IR13-B thereof, which is revised as follows: 

59 (a) The first sentence in subdivision (a) of Article 1 of IR13-B is replaced 

60 with the following language: “This Contract shall be effective from March 1, 2014, and shall 

61 remain in effect through February 29, 2016, and thereafter will be renewed as described in 

62 Article 2 of IR5 if a long-term renewal contract has not been executed with an effective 

63 commencement date of March 1, 2016.” 

64 (b) Subdivision (b) of Article 1 of IR13-B is amended by deleting the date 

65 “February 15, 2014,” and replacing same with the date “February 15, 2016.” 

66 (c) Subdivision (c) of Article 1 of IR13-B is amended by deleting the dates 

67 “February 1, 2014,” “February 15, 2014,” and “February 28, 2014,” and replacing same with 

68 the dates “February 1, 2016,” “February 15, 2016,” and “February 29, 2016,” respectively. 
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69 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Contract as of 

70 the day and year first above written. 

71 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

72 By: _____________________________________ 

73 Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region 

74 Bureau of Reclamation 

75 (SEAL) 

76 CITY OF TRACY 

77 By: _____________________________________ 

78 City Manager 

79 Attest: 

80 By: _____________________________ 

81 Secretary