Irrigation and M&I 

Contract No. 14-06-200-8367A-IR16A 

1 UNITED STATES 

2 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

3 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 

4 Central Valley Project, California 

5 INTERIM RENEWAL CONTRACT AMONG THE UNITED STATES,

6 THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES 

7 OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 

8 AND

9 KERN-TULARE WATER DISTRICT 

10 PROVIDING FOR PROJECT WATER SERVICE 

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

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), as 

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

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

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

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

20 KERN-TULARE WATER DISTRICT, hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, a public agency 

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

22 WITNESSETH, That: 

23 EXPLANATORY RECITALS 

24 WHEREAS, the United States, DWR, and Rag Gulch Water District (Rag Gulch) 

25 entered into interim renewal Contract (long-form interim renewal contract)No. 14-06-200-8367A-IR1, 

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26 which provided for the continued water service to Rag Gulch following expiration of 

27 Contract No. 14-06-200-8367A; and 

28 WHEREAS, the last long-form interim renewal contract between the United 

29 States, DWR, and Rag Gulch is Contract No. 14-06-200-8367A-IR5, hereinafter referred to as 

30 IR5; and 

31 WHEREAS, the United States, DWR, and Rag Gulch have entered into 

32 successive renewals of IR5, the most recent of which is Contract No.14-06-200-8367A-IR12, 

33 hereinafter referred to as IR12, effective March 1, 2008, through February 28, 2010; and 

34 WHEREAS, the Contractor and the United States executed an agreement entitled 

35 “Agreement For Assignment of Rag Gulch Water District’s Water Service Contract to 

36 Kern-Tulare Water District” effective January 1, 2009, which assigned to the Contractor all 

37 rights, duties, and obligations of Rag Gulch in IR12; and 

38 WHEREAS, the United States, DWR, and the Contractor have entered into a 

39 successive renewal of IR12, the most recent of which is Contract No.14-06-200-8367A-IR15A, 

40 hereinafter referred to as IR15, effective March 1, 2014, through February 29, 2016; and

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

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

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

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

45 necessary for execution of any long-term renewal contract may be delayed for reasons beyond 

46 the control of the parties; and

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

48 pursuant to IR15; and 

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

50 fulfilled all of its obligations under IR15; and 

51 WHEREAS, the United States and DWR are willing to renew IR15 pursuant to 

52 the terms and conditions set forth below; 

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

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

55 RENEWAL AND REVISION OF 

56 CONTRACT NO. 14-06-200-8367A-IR15A 

57 1. Except as specifically modified by this Contract, all provisions of IR15 are 

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

59 Article 1 of IR15 thereof, which is revised as follows: 

60 (a) The first sentence in subdivision (a) of Article 1 of IR15 is replaced with 

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

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

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

64 of March 1, 2018.”

65 (b) Subdivision (b) of Article 1 of IR15 is amended by deleting the date 

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

67 (c) Subdivision (c) of Article 1 of IR15 is amended by deleting the dates 

68 “February 1, 2016”, “February 15, 2016”, and “February 29, 2016”, respectively, and 

69 replacing same with the dates “February 1, 2018”, “February 15, 2018”, and 

70 “February 28, 2018”, respectively.

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71 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Contract as of 

72 the day and year first above written. 

73 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

74 By: _____________________________________ 

75 Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region 

76 Bureau of Reclamation 

77 Approved as to Legal Form and DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES 

78 Sufficiency: OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

79 __________________________ By: _____________________________________ 

80 Chief Counsel Director 

81 Department of Water Resources Department of Water Resources 

82 (SEAL) 

83 KERN-TULARE WATER DISTRICT 

84 By: _____________________________________ 

85 President, Board of Directors 

86 Attest: 

87 __________________________ 

88 Clerk, Board of Supervisors 

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