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<br />~ <br />DISTRICT <br />~~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Inside l11g;erial Irrigation District <br /> <br /> <br />..\-:~~! ::::I:~:i!!, <br /> <br />G~~!Y.:. _...:..P:.~;~~ <br />.; <br /> <br />Tt.e Imperial If:":g2.:ic~ D:s::-ict arid the Sen Diego COUTIL)-' \\"ater ..~ut~or:ty have <br />ofEici2.Ily anr;.cunce~ p!z:.r1S to ~egotiate a \V2.ter cOf!servatlon ar:.d ~rans:er agree~e:it <br />~et\v~en ite nV;J agei:cies. 30th agencies have apPi"oved a I:!emorand~m 0: U:icer5!a!1di~g <br />si:ai:ing :hat O'-1r s:a:ts \\."i;\ ceve!op. for considerai:icn by our :-espe~ti\"e c0~li1i.mi:ies and <br />Boards ofDire~tors, an ag:eeme::.t u::de:- \vhich lID \""ould make a\"aila~le conserved wcter, <br />a::.d Sar. Diego "';ou!d ag:-ee :0 p~rchase the use oft~e cense~\"ed water o~ rm:tualiy acceptable <br />terms. T:e agreer::em wiE address, among otherthings. the followi:1g: <br /> <br />. The amc~n 0: wate:-that San Diego woule :-eceive, <br /> <br />. The leng:h of time ~overed by the agreement (Term). <br /> <br />. The price:o be paid to lID. <br />. The legal means r:e~essa:;: La assure San Diego thai: the amount of <br />conserve': wate:- ii: buys \vil! be availabie fo, the :ern: of.he ag:-eement, <br /> <br />. Compliance with all applicable s:ate and federal laws. <br /> <br />The memorandum provides for a six-mo~ta negotiation peria.:, which could be <br /> <br />extenaea 11 necessaf}-.~ <br /> <br />Here in the Valley, meanwhile, we will be seeking input even Dore aggressively than <br />v\;e have ia the past- As both eu: Board Presidem Biil Conriit and San Diego's Board Chair <br />~..fark Wanon have said, a transfer agreement can only succeed if both Imperial Valley and <br />San Diego find that it wiii benefit their citizens, <br /> <br />We are :aki:lg this process ....ery seriously. Already, we have he~d t:-:ree focus group <br />meeti~gs en Mondays at noer:, They ha\'e all becn productive for our Boare Sn:dy Gro:;p, <br />Ted Lyon ar.d Liayd AUe~, and ha....e included people from city government, chambers <br />or comnerce and the 5L-m co~munity. \\"e still ha....e a lot of ';.';ark to do and \>...ill ~ominue <br />holcing these sessions every ~..fonday a: !ioon in our Imperial Offices, ?iease call ;;s at <br />339-90~4 if you want to visit \,..ith the Smdy Group. <br /> <br />The ~-1onday foc~s group meetings will help us develop our local program for con- <br />sen'ing water and purring \Vater transfer funds to work for Imperial Valley. Some of the <br />conserva!ioTi program could include improvements to IID's delivery system. such as addi- <br />Lional lateral i:nercepwr projects, Some oftne conservatio;1 program will likely be on-farm <br />programs, :ha! gro\"-ers and lanao\'I,T:ers \>;ould vo;umariiy enter i:1:o \\;it:: lID. The other part <br />cfIne progra~ we are deve~opi:1g is ho..,' the comm~niry can benefit tor:: a watertransfer. <br /> <br />IV ?~SS <br /> <br />SU:1;::2.:,,-. Se;=:e:7.Sei 24 & \.10r:~2Y~ Se?tei:lbei 25 ~ 1995 <br />3 c,Jiu::::1s x 9 inc::es <br />