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14-06-200-3365A-IR8-B 

6 UNITED STATES 

7 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

8 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 

9 Central Valley Project, California 

INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES 

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12 PAJARO VALLEY WATER MANAGEMENT AGENCY, SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER 

13 DISTRICT, AND WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT NO. 1 

14 PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER SERVICE 

THIS CONTRACT, made this 2nd day of March , 2004, in 

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

17 thereto, including, but not limited to, the acts of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 844), as amended and 

18 supplemented, August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1187), as amended and supplemented, July 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 

19 483), June 21, 1963 (77 Stat. 68), October 12, 1982 (96 Stat. 1263), as amended and Title XXXIV of the 

Act of October 30, 1992 (106 Stat. 4706), all collectively hereinafter referred to as Federal Reclamation 

21 law, between THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, hereinafter referred to as the United States, and 

22 PAJARO VALLEY WATER MANAGEMENT AGENCY, SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER 

23 DISTRICT, AND WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT NO. 1, hereinafter 

24 referred to as the Contractors, public agencies of the State of California, duly organized, existing, and 

acting pursuant to the laws thereof; 

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WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractors entered into an interim renewal 

contract identified as Contract No. 14-06-200-3365A-IR5-B, hereinafter referred to as the Interim 

Renewal Contract, which provided for the continued water service to the Contractors following 

expiration of Contract No. 14-06-200-3365A-B; and 

WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractors have entered into successive 

renewals of the Interim Renewal Contract, the most recent of which is Contract No. 14-06-200-

3365A-IR7-B, hereinafter referred to as the Existing Interim Renewal Contract from March 1, 2003, 

through February 29, 2004; and 

WHEREAS, the United States and the Contractors have made significant progress in 

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

renewal contract would be beneficial, and mutually commit to continue to negotiate to seek to reach 

agreement, but anticipate that the environmental documentation necessary for execution of any longterm renewal contract will be delayed at least an additional 7 months, and may be delayed further for 

reasons beyond the control of the parties; and 

WHEREAS, the Contractors have requested a subsequent interim renewal contract 

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

Existing Interim Renewal Contract; and 

WHEREAS, the United States has determined that the Contractors have to date 

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

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

Contract pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth below; 

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

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

INCORPORATION AND REVISION OF EXISTING INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT 

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

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

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

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

Renewal Contract is modified as follows: AThis interim renewal contract shall be effective from March 

1, 2004, and shall remain in effect through February 28, 2006, and thereafter will be renewed as 

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

has not been executed with an effective commencement date of March 1, 2006; Provided, that if a longterm renewal contract has been executed with an effective commencement date of March 1, 2005, this 

interim renewal contract shall expire on February 28, 2005." 

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

amended by deleting the date AFebruary 15, 2004,@ and replacing same with the date 

AFebruary 15, 2006.@

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

amended by deleting the dates AFebruary 1, 2004,@ AFebruary 15, 2004,@ and AFebruary 29, 2004,@ and 

replacing same with the dates AFebruary 1, 2006,@ AFebruary 15, 2006,@ and AFebruary 28, 2006,@

respectively. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this interim renewal contract 

as of the day and year first above written. 

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Secretary 

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

By: /s/ Kirk C. Rodgers 

Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region 

Bureau of Reclamation 

PAJARO VALLEY WATER 

MANAGEMENT AGENCY 

By: /s/ Charles McNiesh 

 General Manager 

SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT 

By: /s/ Stanley M. Williams 

 Chief Executive Officer 

WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT 

DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT NO. 1 

By: /s/ Daniel Errotabere 

President 

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