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<br />~ <br />DISTRICT <br />~ <br /> <br />Inside Ing'erial Irrigation District <br /> <br /> <br />. . . . <br />:;": ~\:~~~ :::i:::~~.. i::) ;;!~e"'.:~ ,,\~.:~;~;'~~ <br /> <br />\Yrapping up 1995 <br /> <br />,. d . B . . -- h D'" ,. <br />As .ne yea!" C~2.WS to a1: en ,me . oard and staU aT t.e ~S!~l~t a;-e pullIng <br />;:ogelher aL of our loose ends. At Tuesday's Board meeting, the Di~ectOrs dealt <br />",,"ith a full agenda of significant action items. <br /> <br />The 1996 o::dget was approyec, with 5216.5 million to opeate .:he Po\ver <br />Deparrmer..c and 540,1 to operate the \Vater Department. Funded separately are <br />projects :for ;lower systeo !eliability improvements, Salton Sea prog!"ams, <br />,"'ater quaE:y programs, IID/1Vl\VD water conservation p;-ojects and pipe lining <br />of '-lrban c2.ilais. <br /> <br />The Board acted to ~ncrease the \"'ater availability charge to !:elp repay Saiton <br />Sea tloodi:cg money that has been borrowed this year from a.llndirect F una <br />set up uncer ~he IInf~vfetropolitan \Vater District Conservation Ag:eement. <br />The water a;:aiiability charge is charged to landowners who o\vn six acres or <br />more a:r;.d :s used to keep the water delivery system operatio:1al for all our <br />farmland, Tnis charge is levied whether or not water is ordered during the <br />year. <br /> <br />The rising k',ei or t~e Sea h2.s resd-;:ed in abom 59 million i:1 ciai:ns for dam- <br />age and for propeny purchases by the Disuic! this year. SOI7le 512 :nilEoa in <br />d2Iage cla:I7ls ~ om ine same pe~ioc are ?ending. i\lso~ addiriorial lands are <br />likely to be i!lundared during 1996, Board members will be meeting ....,:ith water <br />users dur~ng Ihe nex: six weeks cO identify ways to address tiese ;:eeds, <br /> <br />\\-ater cO::1sen-alion and ma:1agemem of Colorado River ,V2.ter are other ongo- <br />ing issues for our Board. One of the Board's latesl decisioas ,':as to let the All- <br />_~-nerican Ca~ai Lini~g Agreement ",,-ith yl\vTI expire or.. Dece:nber 31 instead <br />of re:J.e,"" in 2: :he 2.Qree::lem as ~f\VD had requested. \Ve .were expecting to <br />- - .. - <br />con:inue our parmers::ip with rvlWD for that project until i\tf\VD made a sur- <br />crise armour:;:emem in ?\:"oyerr:.ber that they intended to neQotiate an agreement <br />~ ~ - - <br /> <br />:0 share the p:-oject costs and the conserved water with ~e\-ad~L <br /> <br />So fur "\\-e'ye had a ~osi~ive reSDo::se from peoDle like Senator David Kellev <br />... ,I,. .... ... . <br /> <br />.who wrOi:e in a Ie:rer to us laat ?V1\VD has crea!ed tremendous neg2.live fee~- <br />ings wiIh its recent acrions and proposals t~oughout the S:are. and asked that <br />the TID B02.rd let the ag:-eeI:lent expire_ Of panicular concern, ~e said, was <br />:vl\\-D's to:al d:sregard for the many o:her interesls which comprise our State, <br /> <br />Althoug~ :he District declined :0 extend the canal lining agreement, IID is still <br />cO::1mi:ted to helping S.ne sO!l.:Iio::s to the \vater supply needs of Southern <br />CaEfosia_ tne San Llis Rey bdiaTIs and the growing water requiremems in <br />SO:lIhem ):"e\'ada. \Ve "\',.'ill be m.eeting through the end of January Wilh the five <br />other Califo:nia v..'ater agenc:es (?v1\VD, Coachella Valley \"-ater Distr:c~, Palo <br />Verde Irrigz:rion Distr~c"[, San Diego COl1nty \Vater AuthorilY and L.A, Depart- <br />ille:lt 0: \\-2.:er & Power) to "\,-ark IOv,:ard a consensi.:S on !..o\...:er Colorado <br /> <br />Ri'-e~ ",;a:e:- nanageme:i! s:rareg:es. <br /> <br />r\/ p~ss <br /> <br />S:"::id~y: De~. :~ & T:.!esday. Dec. 25~ 1995 <br />3 ~~~t.:.~:1S x : 1. ir:~~es <br />