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<br />002413. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Quarlerly Sialus of Pending Contract Actions <br /> <br />Included in the Board folder is a copy of the quarterly status report of pending contract actions, <br />dated October 4, 200 I, prepared by Reclamation. This is presented as an information item. The Board <br />staff will follow Item 3 in changed actions, which is for Brooke Water Company in Arizona to receive <br />up to 120 acre-feet per year of water. <br /> <br />Lower Colorado River Accounting System (LeRAS) <br /> <br />On October 30,200 I, Reclamation issued its report entitled "Lower Colorado River Accounting <br />System (LCRAS) Demonstration of Technology" for calendar year 2000. The report presents the <br />results, asswnptions, processes, and data used in the application ofLCRAS for calendar year 2000. The <br />report also presents a comparison of the conswnptive use values produced by LCRAS with those values <br />reported in "Compilation of Records in Accordance with Article V of the Decree of the Supreme Court <br />of the United States in Arizona v. California dated March 9, 1964 (Decree Accounting Report)." <br />Reclamation will discuss improvements to LCRAS, and alternatives for calculation of the riparian <br />consumptive use in the next consultation meeting tentatively scheduled for early March 2002. <br /> <br />California's Colorado River Water Use Plan <br /> <br />Slale Water Resources COn/rol Board (SWRCB) <br /> <br />Following the Board meeting, I will participate in a public workshop being held by the <br />California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB). The purpose of the workshop is to receive <br />additional information regarding the current status of California's Colorado River Water Use Plan, as <br />well as other issues concerning the water supply in the Imperial Valley and coastal southern California. <br />The workshop is intended to be informal, and will not have sworn testimony, but will allow SWRCB <br />staff to ask clarifYing questions. The meeting will be held at the Ontario Double Tree Hotel, 222 North <br />Vineyard Avenue, Ontario, California. The meeting is scheduled to begin at I :00 p.m. local time. A <br />notice of the public workshop has been included in your Board folder. <br /> <br />Cadiz Groundwater Storage and Dry- Year Supply Project <br /> <br />The Board at its October 10, 200 I, meeting approved a motion, by a majority vote, expressing <br />its support for the Cadiz Project and authorized me to write a letter to BLM requesting its timely release <br />of the Record of Decision (ROD). The Cadiz project is one of the resource management programs the <br />MWD is pursuing to enhance southern California's supply reliability from the Colorado River and has <br />been identified in California's Colorado River Water Use Plan. For your information, included in the <br />Board folder is a copy of Board's letter dated October 23,2001, addressed to Mr. Mike Pool, State <br />Director ofBLM requesting that BLM expedite its preparation of the ROD for the Cadiz Project Final <br />Environmental Impact Statement which is necessary for project implementation to proceed. <br /> <br />Hayfield Groundwaler Storage Projecl <br /> <br />Included in the Board folder is a copy of a recent resolution (Resolution 8764, dated August 20, <br />2001) from MWD's Board of Directors regarding acceptance of$35 million in reimbursable funding <br /> <br />3 <br />