1 Irrigation and M&I 

2 Contract No. 14-06-200-8293A-IR13 

3 UNITED STATES 

4 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

5 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 

6 Central Valley Project, California 

7 INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT AMONG THE UNITED STATES,

8 DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES

9 OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

10 AND

11 COUNTY OF TULARE

12 PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER SERVICE

13 THIS CONTRACT, made this _____ day of ___________________, 2010, 

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

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

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

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

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

19 hereinafter referred to as Federal Reclamation law, among the UNITED STATES OF 

20 AMERICA, hereinafter referred to as the United States, DEPARTMENT OF WATER 

21 RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, hereinafter referred to as DWR, and the 

22 COUNTY OF TULARE, hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, a public agency of the State of 

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

24 WITNESSETH, That: 

25 EXPLANATORY RECITALS

26 WHEREAS, the United States, DWR, and the Contractor entered into an interim 

27 renewal contract identified as Contract No. 14-06-200-8293A-IR5, hereinafter referred to as the 
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28 Interim Renewal Contract, which provided for the continued water service to the Contractor 

29 following expiration of Contract No. 14-06-200-8293A; and 

30 WHEREAS, the United States, DWR, and the Contractor have entered into 

31 successive renewals of the Interim Renewal Contract, the most recent of which is Contract 

32 No. 14-06-200-8293A-IR12, hereinafter referred to as the Existing Interim Renewal Contract, 

33 from March 1, 2008, through February 28, 2010; and 

34 WHEREAS, the United States, DWR, and the Contractor have made significant 

35 progress in their negotiations of a long-term renewal contract, believe that further negotiations on 

36 the long-term renewal contract would be beneficial, and mutually commit to continue to 

37 negotiate to seek to reach agreement, but anticipate that the environmental documentation 

38 necessary for execution of any long-term renewal contract will be delayed until March 2011, and 

39 may be delayed further for reasons beyond the control of the parties; and 

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

41 pursuant to subdivision (b)(1) of Article 2 of the Interim Renewal Contract and Article 1 of the 

42 Existing Interim Renewal Contract; and 

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

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

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

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

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

48 herein contained, it is hereby mutually agreed by the parties hereto as follows: 
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49 INCORPORATION AND REVISION OF 

50 EXISTING INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT

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

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

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

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

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

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

57 renewed as described in subdivision (a) of Article 2 of the Interim Renewal Contract, if a 

58 long-term renewal contract has not been executed with an effective commencement date of 

59 March 1, 2012.” 

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

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

62 “February 15, 2012.” 

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

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

65 2010,” and replacing same with the dates “February 1, 2012,” “February 15, 2012,” and 

66 “February 29, 2012,” respectively. 
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67 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this contract as of the 

68 day and year first above written. 

69 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

70 By: ______________________________________ 

71 Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region 

72 Bureau of Reclamation 

73 Approved as to Legal Form and DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES 

74 Sufficiency: OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

75 __________________________ By: ______________________________________ 

76 Chief Counsel Director 

77 Department of Water Resources Department of Water Resources 

78 (SEAL) COUNTY OF TULARE 

79 By: ______________________________________ 

80 Chairman, Board of Supervisors 

81 Attest: 

82 __________________________ By: ______________________________________ 

83 Clerk, Board of Supervisors County Counsel