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<br />. <br /> <br />Board ofDiJeelorS <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br />Janllll1Y 6. 1999 <br /> <br />,.... <br /> <br />lD Spring 19911, the coUDSClor to the SecretarY of the lntcior, David Hayes, iuiWs1cd discumOllll <br />between lID and CVWD regarding quantification of the agricultmal CDlitlemcnt of Colorado <br />River water within Califomi&. 1bi81e4 to an MOU ~ IID and CNWD which spelled out <br />how the not to exceed 3.85 million aCIe-fcet of ~ c:Dtit\c:mellt would be allocated and <br />al..o adchesscd how COllBUVed water fro!n the All American lIIld Co.~ltp.lllI Canals would be <br />entitled. The followmg summllri:res the ~or dcmcolS of that MOU: <br /> <br />Cl lID would be: "capped" at 3.1 million lIOle-feet, while CVWD would r<:ecive 330 thousaod <br />acre.feet ofbase entitlement. but ultlmardy 11.; "capped" at 468 th01l8llDli _feet. (I'be <br />difference, 138 kat'. would be frolD TIn conserved water.). <br /> <br />C Agricultural agencies would get a 100/0 =ulstive overrun 8Ct(lllDt for "inadvcrtcDt" use <br />above tbcir caps. gc:w:rally to be paid bul;k o"=' several yelft. The teml "iftAdverlel1t" has <br />DOt been defined. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Cl Of the 92,000 acre-feet ofsavinis from ~ ofthc All American and C08CbelJa C-"",,Io, <br />16,000 ~fcct would be used to meet the Slm Luis Rey buiiao WlJter rights 5e1tlement. <br />During nomllllmd dIy YCl1l1S, MdI:opolitlln ""Oulcl hAve _ to tb& xemainjlll! ~~ of <br />76,000 acre-feet; while during wet years, CVWD would have ac.ccss to the 76,000 acre-feet. <br />lID h... n..nanded that it be able to "call" UIl to 351caf ofMctropoliu's 76,000 ~fcct, but <br />tcm1lIllDll tUniJlg is "nq.ftftM <br /> <br />.~. <br /> <br />o Mmopoli1al1 would 1bIJo ..w.nqiDg ~l" and bcDeficia1 uae afwater by agriaxltural <br />agencies and ....rn,g other water claims in retum for tb; agricultw-al agcnGies support ofriver re-opera!iOIlS, intended to keep the CRA full until 2015. <br /> <br />CJ Up to 50,000 af of the water being collSelWd tbrough the IID/Metropolitan conservation <br />project would be made Ilvdlabl" 10 CVWD i",_~";.t..\y and in /1"'- not CQIl,"_ with <br />the existing tc:ImS IDld conditions of 1bat agrcc:mCllt. In additiOJl, lIl1 of 1he water would go to <br />CVWDno later than 2050. <br /> <br />C Mctropolitall would ~ to pay for CVWD off streazn storage facilities, which could cost <br />$50 milliOD or more. 'Ibis would iIIclude $3S million provided by the States. <br /> <br />o The pJm docs not address key Metropolitan lssues such as alloc:aliOll. Ot'IeSpOIISibiliLy for <br />PPRs (49 1ca1:). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />These bullc:;t points briefly summmiz.c what bMo been very COlDplex negotiations involving a <br />very wide range oflong.~Tlr't;ng issues on !he ColoIlldo River. In 1bc desire to qllarltify <br />Califomia's agriculture entitlements, tb; Secretary would place UIl!e8SOnably \zrgt: water and <br />monewy bunlens on mban Southcm Califomia's ~ycrn. Metropolitan aDd its: m.......... <br />agcncil:ll will position themselves to tIIDS1 effectively protect urban Southem Califomia by <br />pursuing the ~on ou1liDcd in 1he -""nM Poliey Posilion Peper for Colomdo Riwr supplieR_ <br /> <br />,-, <br />