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Wheeler Ridge Maricopa Water Storage District Regular Board Meeting

Wednesday, May 13, 2020 @ 8:00 A.M. GoToMeeting

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NOTICE: Pursuant to Executive Order N-29-20, issued by Governor Newsom on March 17, 2020, and guidance by the California Department of Public Health dated March 16, 2020, this meeting will be conducted by teleconference.

The public may attend the Open Session portion of this meeting and offer public comments by phone, using the call-in number above, as well as view certain materials discussed at the meeting though the following link.

A G E N D A 8:00 1. Call to Order

2. Closed SessionConference with Legal Counsel Re: Existing Litigation (Govt. Code § 54956.9(a)):1. Central Delta Water Agency #1 et al v. DWR, et al Re: Monterey Plus EIR/Reverse Validation (DWR)2. Central Delta Water Agency #2 et al v. KCWA et al Re: KFE Transfer Reverse Validation KCWA)3. Center for Food Safety v. California Department of Water Resources Re: Kern Water Bank Revised EIR4. Golden Gate Salmon Association et al v. Ross (National Marine Fisheries Service) Re: California Water Fix

Salmon Biological Opinion5. Bay Institute et al v. Zinke (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Re: California Water Fix Delta Smelt Biological

Opinion6. California Department of Water Resources v. All Persons Interested, etc. “Complaint for Validation” Re:

SWP Contract Extension Amendment (Case 34-2018-00246183)7. California Department of Water Resources v. All Persons Interested, etc. “Complaint for Validation: Re:

WaterFix Bond Validation Action (JCCP 4942)8. Buena Vista Water Storage District v. Kern Water Bank Authority, et al. Re: KWBA Kern River EIR

(Case No. BCV-19-100122)Conference with Real Property Negotiator (Govt. Code § 54956.8) 9. District’s Designated Representative: Engineer-Manager

1) Property: Water Suppliesa. Negotiation With: California Department of Water Resources, Kern County Water

Agency and its Member Units, And State Water ContractorsConference with Legal Counsel Re: Potential Litigation (Govt. Code § 54956.9(d)(2) and/or (d)(4)): 10. Two Potential Suits

9:00 Open Session Pledge of Allegiance

3. Attorney’s Report Torigiani (2 mins)

4. Minutes* 1. Approval of Regular Board Meeting of April 8, 2020 Atkinson (2 mins) * 2. Approval of Special Board Meeting of April 28, 2020 Atkinson (2 mins)

5. Financial Reports* 1. Filing of Treasurer’s Report Mettler (5 mins) * 2. Approve Payment of Accounts Payable Mettler (5 mins)



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* 2.1 Director Compensation and Expense Mettler (2 mins)

6. Controller’s Report1. Delinquent Accounts Report for April 2020 Smith (2 mins)

* a. Consider Blue River Request to Waive February 2020 Penalty Smith (2 mins) 2. Budget Expenditures Report for March 2020 Mielke (5 mins)

* 3. Intent to Fix Special Service Charges 2020 - Resolution Required Smith (5 mins) 4. Audit Status Smith (2 mins)

7. President’s Report Atkinson (2 mins)

8. Engineer-Manager’s Report1. Filing of the Monthly Report Nicholas (5 mins) 2. Water Supply – 2020 SWP Allocation of 15% Jones (15 mins)

a. 2020 Water Supply/Demand Estimateb. Other Purchases/Exchanges

3. 2020 Budget Water Rate Revisions and Set District Allocation Jones (15 mins) a. Fixed Obligation Equivalent – SWP and Supplementalb. User Input Administration Chargec. Supplemental Water Agreementsd. Miscellaneous Water Rates (Budget Table 17)

4. Delta Conveyance Project Kunde (10 mins) 5. State Water Project / Incidental Intake Permit Nicholas (5 mins)

9. Reports1. Director’s Reports on Meetings Attended2. Kern County Water Agency Jones (5 mins) 3. Kern Water Bank Nicholas (5 mins) 4. Kern Groundwater Authority Blaine (5 mins) 5. White Wolf Groundwater Sustainability Agency Nicholas (2 mins) 6. Kern River Watershed Coalition Authority Blaine (5 mins) 7. Committee for Delta Reliability Nicholas (2 mins) 8. South Valley Water Resource Authority Nicholas (5 mins)

10. Unfinished and New Business1. Form 700’s Extension - Due June 1, 2020 Ruth (2 mins)

11. Public Comments

12. Adjournment

*These items may require Board action and may be moved to earlier in the meeting to ensure the maximum number of Directors are present.Posted pursuant to Government Code § 54954.2(a) at least 72 hours prior to said meeting. By: Danyel Ruth May 8, 2020 Notice: Pursuant to Executive Order N-29-20, issued by Governor Newsom on March 17, 2020, and guidance by the California Department of Public Health dated March 16, 2020, this meeting will be conducted by teleconference. The public may attend the meeting and offer public comments by phone, using the call-in number above. Per Govt. Code § 54953.2 and § 54961, requests for a disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, in order to attend or participate in this meeting should be made to the Administrative Assistant (phone 661-527-6068) in advance of the meeting to ensure availability of the requested service or accommodation. **Per Govt. Code § 54954.3(a), A member of the public may comment on any matter on the agenda, before or during the Board's consideration of the matter (and in the case of a closed session matter immediately before the Board goes into closed session) upon being recognized by the President and subject to any time constraints the President may impose from time to time.

Minutes of the Regular Board Meetingof the Board of Directors of the

Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage DistrictConvened at 8:30 A.M., April 8, 2020

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District was heldvia GoToMeeting teleconference on Wednesday April 8, 2020 at the hour of 8:30 A.M. President Atkinsondeclared a quorum was present and called the meeting to order.

Directors Present via teleconference. Atkinson, Blaine, Fry, Lyda, Marin, Mettler, Reiter, Richardson, Valpredo.

Directors Absent. None.

Others Present at 8:30 A.M.via teleconference. Engineer-Manager Sheridan Nicholas, Retired Annuitant RobKunde and Attorney for the District Steve Torigiani.

Others Present at 9:04 A.M. Water Resources Manager Wendy Jones, Staff Engineer Tom Suggs, Controller JimSmith, Staff Account Kelly Mielke, Contract Administrator Eric McDaris and Administrative Assistant DanyelRuth. The meeting was held via teleconference and there was no sign in sheet for members of the public due toDistrict office closure effective March 23, 2020.

8:30 A.M. Closed Session. The Board convened in Closed Session to consider the following matters:

Conference with Legal Counsel Re: Existing Litigation (Govt. Code § 54956.9(a)):1. Central Delta Water Agency #1 et al v. DWR, et al Re: Monterey Plus EIR/Reverse Validation (DWR)2. Central Delta Water Agency #2 et al v. KCWA et al Re: KFE Transfer Reverse Validation KCWA)3. Center for Food Safety v. California Department of Water Resources Re: Kern Water Bank Revised EIR4. Golden Gate Salmon Association et al v. Ross (National Marine Fisheries Service) Re: California Water Fix SalmonBiological Opinion5. Bay Institute et al v. Zinke (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Re: California Water Fix Delta Smelt Biological Opinion6. California Department of Water Resources v. All Persons Interested, etc. “Complaint for Validation” Re: SWPContract Extension Amendment (Case 34-2018-00246183)7. California Department of Water Resources v. All Persons Interested, etc. “Complaint for Validation: Re: WaterFixBond Validation Action (JCCP 4942)8. Buena Vista Water Storage District v. Kern Water Bank Authority, et al. Re: KWBA Kern River EIR (Case No. BCV-19-100122)Conference with Real Property Negotiator (Govt. Code § 54956.8):

9. District’s Designated Representative: Engineer-Manager1) Property: Water Supplies

a. Negotiation With: California Department of Water Resources, Kern County Water Agencyand its Member Units, And State Water Contractors

Conference with Legal Counsel Re: Potential Litigation (Govt. Code § 54956.9(d)(2) and/or (d)(4)): 10. One Potential Suit

9:04 A.M. Open Session. The Board convened in open session. Mr. Torigiani stated there was no reportableaction taken in closed session.

Attorney’s Report. Mr. Torigiani reported on the latest regarding (1) COVID-19 executive orders and mattersrelevant to the District’s operations, (2) revised legislative priorities for the budget in light of COVID -19, and (3)State Water Project related regulatory and judicial matters including the recently approved final EIR andIncidental Take Permit for the State Water Project (SWP) and the State of California’s lawsuit challenging thefederal BiOps for coordinated operation of the SWP and Central Valley Project (CVP) including the State WaterContractor’s intervention into the case in support of the federal BiOps.

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Minutes. Upon motion from Director Fry, seconded by Director Mettler and unanimously carried with noabstentions, The Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting of Directors ... Convened March 11, 2020 were approvedand filed.

Filing of the Treasurer’s Report. Treasurer Mettler presented and reviewed the Treasurer’s Report for the monthof March 2020. Upon motion from Director Mettler, seconded by Director Fry and unanimously carried with noabstentions, the Treasurer’s Report for the month of March 2020 was approved and filed.

Approve Payment of Accounts Payable. Treasurer Mettler presented and reviewed the Accounts Payable - March2020, and the Reimbursements and Transfers - March 2020. Upon motion from Director Mettler, seconded byDirector Richardson and unanimously carried with no abstentions, the Accounts Payable - March 2020 wasapproved and filed.

Delinquent Accounts Report for March 2020. Mr. Smith reported there were no delinquent accounts.

Consider Blue River Request to Waive February 2020 Penalty. Mr. Smith reviewed his April 8, 2020 memorandum to the Board entitled Blue River Farms Request for Penalty Waiver. After some discussion, theBoard, by consensus, decided to table this matter until the May Board meeting.

Budget Expenditures Report for February 2020. Ms. Mielke reviewed the Budget Expenditures Report forFebruary 2020.

Authorization to Approve Monthly Payment of Bills. Mr. Smith reviewed his April 8, 2020 memorandum tothe Board entitled Alternate Authorization to Approve Payment of Accounts Payable with the Board. No actionwas taken.

President’s Report. Nothing to report.

Engineer-Manager’s Report. Mr. Nicholas reviewed the District’s procedure and policies that had beenimplemented COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Water Supply/Demand Estimate. Mrs. Jones reviewed the 2020 Water Supply/Demand Estimate with theBoard and asked for direction for banking project recovery quantities. After a lengthy discussion regardingvarying options, President Atkinson recommended an Ad-Hoc committee be formed to further review and makerecommendations to the Board regarding recovery quantities and melding vs. subscription of District supplies.This will assist District staff, as well as the Board, in recommending the 2020 District allocation and rates to beapproved at the May Board meeting.

Dry Year Transfer Program and Yuba Water Program. Mrs. Jones reviewed her April 2, 2020 memorandum tothe Board entitled 2020 Dry Year Transfer Program and Yuba Water Program - Updates in Italics.

Other Purchases and Exchanges. Mrs. Jones reported there were no updates to provide at this time.

KGA Annual Report Update. EKI representative Anona Dutton gave a presentation covering the followingtopics in regards to the District and the Kern Groundwater Authority: 1) Basin-wide Coordination Updates; 2)Water Year 2019 Annual Report; and 3) Update on Local Conditions.

Consider Revisions to Employee Handbook. Mr. Nicholas reviewed the Personnel Committee’s April 7, 2020memorandum to the Board entitled Consider Revisions to Employee Handbook. Upon motion from DirectorValpredo, seconded by Director Reiter and unanimously carried with no abstentions the Board approved revisingthe March 2019 Employee Handbook to reflect the modifications as included within the April 7, 2020memorandum to the Board of Directors from the Personnel Committee entitled Consider Revisions to EmployeeHandbook upon final approval of District Counsel and Engineer-Manager.

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Modifications to HealthEdge Dental Plan. Mr. Nicholas reviewed the Personnel Committee’s April 1, 2020memorandum to the Board entitled Modifications to HealthEdge Dental Plan. Upon motion from DirectorValpredo, seconded by Director Lyda and unanimously carried with no abstentions the Board authorized theEngineer-Manager to modify the District’s existing Dental Plan by adding First Dental Health, and increase theper-person maximum coverage to to $2,000 for 2020, and $2,500 in 2021 so long as the District continues to seeoverall savings as compared to prior years.

State Water Project/Delta Conveyance Project. Mr. Nicholas gave a brief report to the Board regarding therecently approved Incidental Take Permits,(ITP)s and how the SWP and CVP projects are now operating in anuncoordinated fashion as the SWP is operating under the ITP and the CVP is operating under the recentlyapproved Biological Opinions. He further noted the following included within the Board packet regarding theITP: 1) a press release from the KCWA; 2) press release from U.S. Representative Kevin McCarthy; 3) a letter tothe Governor from members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California; and 4) a letter to the Governor from members of the California State Senate and State Assembly.

Director’s Meeting Attended. Nothing to report.

Kern County Water Agency. Mrs. Jones reported that the Agency’s new General Manager, Tom McCarthy hadstarted his tenure on April 1, 2020. She also reported that, due to COVID-19, effective March 23, 2020, KCWAclosed their doors to the public and Agency staff were working remotely.

Mr. Nicholas further advised the Board regarding the discussion at the Agency board meeting concerning thepotential fee the District may incur due to the District’s late payment to the Agency for its initial State WaterProject payment.

Kern Water Bank. Mr. Nicholas reported that recovery operations for multiple participants have begun and anumber of repair and construction activities are ongoing.

Kern Groundwater Authority. Director Blaine reported the KGA Annual Report had been submitted.

White Wolf Groundwater Sustainability Agency. Mr. Nicholas reported that Prop. 68 awards were finalized andthe White Wolf GSA was fully funded.

Kern River Watershed Coalition Authority. No meeting was held in March.

Committee for Delta Reliability. No meeting was held in March.

Cross Valley Canal. No meeting was held in March.

Unfinished and New Business. Administrative Assistant Danyel Ruth reported that, due to COVID-19, anextension to file 700 forms was granted until June 1st.

Public Comments. None.

Adjournment. With no further business the meeting was adjourned at 10:38 a.m.

Respectfully submitted:

[Seal] ______________________________Secretary of the Board

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List of Abbreviations:

ACWA Association of California Water AgenciesADM SSC Administrative Service Charge, for basic administrative costs, non-project in nature, benefitting both SWSA and groundwater service areaAECA Agricultural Energy Consumers AssociationAgency Kern County Water AgencyAWMP Agricultural Water Management PlanBDCP Bay Delta Conservation PlanBDS Bond Debt ServiceCAW Contract Amount of Water totaling 200,818 acre-feet between the District & Water UsersCEQA California Environmental Quality ActCFWC California Farm Water CoalitionCOBRA Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation ActCVC Cross Valley CanalCVP Central Valley Project (operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation)CWF California WaterFix delta conveyance program (previously DHCCP)DFW California Department of Fish and WildlifeDHCCP Delta Habitat Conservation and Conveyance Program - the conveyance element of the BDCP - renamed the CaliforniaDistrict Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage DistrictDOG California Division of Oil & GasDWR California Department of Water ResourcesDYTP Dry Year Transfer ProgramEIR Environmental Impact ReportFAA Final Accounting AdjustmentFO Fixed Obligation water rateFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceGEN SSC General Service charge, for recovery of Bond Debt for general purposes in the DistrictGL General LedgerGSA Groundwater Sustainability AgencyGSP Groundwater Sustainability PlanILRP Irrigated Lands Regulatory ProgramIRWMP Integrated Regional Water Management PlanJPIA Joint Powers Insurance AuthorityKCWA Kern County Water Agency or AgencyKFMC Kern Fan Monitoring CommitteeKGA Kern Groundwater AuthorityKRGSA Kern River Groundwater Sustainability AgencyKRWCA Kern River Watershed Coalition AuthorityKWB Kern Water BankKWBA Kern Water Bank AuthorityITP Incidental Take PermitMOU Memorandum of UnderstandingMWD Metropolitan Water DistrictNoD North of the DeltaNonC Non-Contract ChargesOMR Operations, Maintenance and Repair, not to be confused with OMR of Old Middle RiversOMR Old and Middle Rivers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin DeltaOSHA Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationPEF Pastoria Energy FacilityPoE Probability of ExceedancePROJ SSC Project Service Charge, for project costs related to, but not specific to a particular systemRWQCB Regional Water Quality Control BoardSGMA Sustainable Groundwater Management ActSLR San Luis ReservoirSoD South of the DeltaSSC Special Service Charge, consists of ADM SSC, GEN SSC and PRO SSCSSJVWQC Southern San Joaquin Valley Water Quality CoalitionSVWRA South Valley Water Resources AuthoritySWC State Water ContractorsSWP State Water Project (operated by DWR)SWRCB State Water Resources Control BoardSWSA Surface Water Service Area or contracted acreagesWAC Water Availability Charge, consists of BDS, OMR & FOWater User A landowner holding a Water Service Contract with the DistrictWD Water DistrictWRMWSD Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage DistrictWS5 Westside 5 Water Districts - Belridge, Berrenda Mesa, Dudley Ridge, Lost Hills & Wheeler RidgeWSC Water Service ContractWSD Water Storage DistrictWUC Water Use Charge, consists of State Pumping/Variable and District Pumping/VariableWWGSA White Wolf Groundwater Sustainability Agency

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Minutes of the Special Board Meetingof the Board of Directors of the

Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage DistrictConvened at 10:00 A.M., April 28, 2020

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District was heldvia GoToMeeting teleconference on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at the hour of 10:00 A.M. President Atkinsondeclared a quorum was present and called the meeting to order.

Directors Present via teleconference. Atkinson, Blaine, Fry, Lyda, Marin, Mettler, Reiter, Richardson, Valpredo.

Directors Absent. None.

Others Present at 8:30 A.M. via teleconference. Engineer-Manager Sheridan Nicholas, Retired Annuitant RobKunde and Attorney for the District Steve Torigiani.

10:01 A.M. Closed Session. The Board convened in Closed Session to consider the following matters:

Conference with Real Property Negotiator (Govt. Code § 54956.8):1. District’s Designated Representative: Engineer-Manager

1) Property: Water Suppliesa. Negotiation With: California Department of Water Resources, Kern County Water

Agency and its Member Units, And State Water Contractors

Conference with Legal Counsel Re: Potential Litigation (Govt. Code § 54956.9(d)(2) and/or (d)(4)): 2. One Potential Suit

11:31 A.M. Open Session. The Board convened in open session. Mr. Torigiani stated there was no reportableaction taken in closed session.

Unfinished and New Business. None.

Public Comments. None.

Adjournment. With no further business the meeting was adjourned at 11:32 a.m.

Respectfully submitted:

[Seal] ______________________________Secretary of the Board

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List of Abbreviations:

ACWA Association of California Water AgenciesADM SSC Administrative Service Charge, for basic administrative costs, non-project in nature, benefitting both SWSA and groundwater service areaAECA Agricultural Energy Consumers AssociationAgency Kern County Water AgencyAWMP Agricultural Water Management PlanBDCP Bay Delta Conservation PlanBDS Bond Debt ServiceCAW Contract Amount of Water totaling 200,818 acre-feet between the District & Water UsersCEQA California Environmental Quality ActCFWC California Farm Water CoalitionCOBRA Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation ActCVC Cross Valley CanalCVP Central Valley Project (operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation)CWF California WaterFix delta conveyance program (previously DHCCP)DFW California Department of Fish and WildlifeDHCCP Delta Habitat Conservation and Conveyance Program - the conveyance element of the BDCP - renamed the CaliforniaDistrict Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage DistrictDOG California Division of Oil & GasDWR California Department of Water ResourcesDYTP Dry Year Transfer ProgramEIR Environmental Impact ReportFAA Final Accounting AdjustmentFO Fixed Obligation water rateFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceGEN SSC General Service charge, for recovery of Bond Debt for general purposes in the DistrictGL General LedgerGSA Groundwater Sustainability AgencyGSP Groundwater Sustainability PlanILRP Irrigated Lands Regulatory ProgramIRWMP Integrated Regional Water Management PlanJPIA Joint Powers Insurance AuthorityKCWA Kern County Water Agency or AgencyKFMC Kern Fan Monitoring CommitteeKGA Kern Groundwater AuthorityKRGSA Kern River Groundwater Sustainability AgencyKRWCA Kern River Watershed Coalition AuthorityKWB Kern Water BankKWBA Kern Water Bank AuthorityITP Incidental Take PermitMOU Memorandum of UnderstandingMWD Metropolitan Water DistrictNoD North of the DeltaNonC Non-Contract ChargesOMR Operations, Maintenance and Repair, not to be confused with OMR of Old Middle RiversOMR Old and Middle Rivers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin DeltaOSHA Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationPEF Pastoria Energy FacilityPoE Probability of ExceedancePROJ SSC Project Service Charge, for project costs related to, but not specific to a particular systemRWQCB Regional Water Quality Control BoardSGMA Sustainable Groundwater Management ActSLR San Luis ReservoirSoD South of the DeltaSSC Special Service Charge, consists of ADM SSC, GEN SSC and PRO SSCSSJVWQC Southern San Joaquin Valley Water Quality CoalitionSVWRA South Valley Water Resources AuthoritySWC State Water ContractorsSWP State Water Project (operated by DWR)SWRCB State Water Resources Control BoardSWSA Surface Water Service Area or contracted acreagesWAC Water Availability Charge, consists of BDS, OMR & FOWater User A landowner holding a Water Service Contract with the DistrictWD Water DistrictWRMWSD Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage DistrictWS5 Westside 5 Water Districts - Belridge, Berrenda Mesa, Dudley Ridge, Lost Hills & Wheeler RidgeWSC Water Service ContractWSD Water Storage DistrictWUC Water Use Charge, consists of State Pumping/Variable and District Pumping/VariableWWGSA White Wolf Groundwater Sustainability Agency

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5/13/2020 - packet

FUNDS ON DEPOSIT: GENERAL FUND

BALANCE AS OF: 3/31/2020 41,842,349.42

PLUS CASH RECEIVED (SEE BELOW) FOR: 04/2020 8,966,712.34

PLUS CASH RECEIVED FOR: laif interest in transit 04/2020 9.43

PLUS CASH RECEIVED FOR: payroll deposit in transit 05/2020 (267,000.00)

LESS CASH EXPENDED DURING MONTH FOR: 04/2020 (5,100,488.09)

(mar pr ap, cdr, mnl, fees - apr pr burdens, ee net, taxes, inv)

FUNDS ON RECONCILED DEPOSIT AT END OF MONTH: 45,441,583.10

THE ABOVE FUNDS ARE ON DEPOSIT AS FOLLOWS:

WELLS FARGO BANK NA - (GL) CASH BALANCE 241,773.39

KCT-POOLED INVESTMENTS - (G/L) CASH BALANCE 45,197,926.33

LAIF-POOLED INVESTMENTS - (GL) CASH BALANCE 1,883.38

45,441,583.10

INTEREST APPORTIONMENT PERCENTAGE (ANNUALIZED)

QUARTER ENDING DEC 31, 2019 --------- 2.125%

QUARTER ENDING SEP 30, 2019 --------- 2.029%

QUARTER ENDING JUN 30, 2019 --------- 2.030%

QUARTER ENDING MAR 31, 2019 --------- 2.122%

ALL FUNDS ARE PLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DISTRICT'S INVESTMENT

POLICY AND GUIDELINES. SUFFICIENT CASH FLOW EXISTS TO MEET BUDGETED

OBLIGATIONS FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.

CASH RECEIVED (KERN COUNTY TREASURER/WELLS FARGO) DURING MONTH AS FOLLOWS:

Inv. 2019-108, 2020-08, 14, 20-21-hampire, watson, moc, tejon 14170 12,788.15

WSC - installment 3 of 8 14171 8,566,467.73

NONC WSC - installment 2 of 6 14172 146,021.91

Cobra - Medical, Vision, Dental Insurance Premium 14179 1,068.94

Special Service Charges Administrative-kc auditor/controller 43043 69,516.07

Special Service Charges General-kc auditor/controller 43044 5,016.62

Tower Lease - american tower 46200 772.99

Interest 2nd Qtr 2nd Apportionment - kc auditor/controller 47850 165,059.93

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

$$ Receipts Summary 13150 8,966,712.34

OPERATING RESERVE FUND BALANCE: audited 12/31/2018 15,480,231.00

WHEELER RIDGE - MARICOPA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT

TREASURER'S REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2020

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5/13/2020 Board Packet

Audited 2019/2020 Adjusted

INTERNALLY CONSTRAINED RESERVES 12/31/2018 Adjustments 4/30/2020

OPERATING RESERVE FUND 15,480,231 323,958 (6) 15,804,189

EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT RESERVE FUND 2,342,804 (180,526) (4) 2,391,832

180,526 (4.1)

(61,578) (5)

61,578 (5.1)

49,028 (6)

GROUND WATER REPLENISHMENT RESERVE FUND 9,301,008 194,644 (6) 9,495,652

CONTINGENCY RESERVE FUND 6,494,963 154,223 (1) 6,543,147

(43,103) (2)

(197,088) (3)

134,152 (6)

WATER BANKING CAPITAL RESERVE FUND 2,562,813 53,633 (6) 2,782,814

166,368 (7)

KWBA EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT RESERVE FUND 216,476 5,557 (6) 222,033

1998 PREPAID O&M RESERVE 0 0

TOTAL RESERVE FUNDS INTERNALLY CONSTRAINED 36,398,295 841,372 37,239,667

THIS AMOUNT IS SHOWN AS AN UNCONSTRAINED RESERVE. 33,036,949 (841,372) 32,195,577

THIS IS MISLEADING AS THE BOARD HAS NOT DESIGNATED

SUCH A RESERVE, AND IT IS NOT A CASH ASSET (COMPARE THE

$69.4 MILLION OF TOTAL RESERVES TO THE $42.7 MILLION OF

CASH EQUIVALENTS ON PAGE 9 OF THE 2018 AUDIT.

UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS 69,435,244 0 69,435,244

(1) Refund of Sites Reservoir Funding for Phase 1

(2) California Water Fix - Legal Expenses

(3) Committee for Delta Reliability - Membership Assessment 2019

(4) Peterbilt Dump Truck - purchased in 2019 and budgeted as a Capital Expenditure in 2020

Approved and authorized by the Board of Directors on 2/13/2019

(4.1) Funded in 2020 Capital Expenditures and Reserves replenished

(5) Ford F-450 Utility Truck - purchased in 2019 and budgeted as a Capital Expenditure in 2020

Approved and authorized by the Board of Directors on 4/10/2019

(5.1) Funded in 2020 Capital Expenditures and Reserves replenished

(6) Accrued Interest for 2019

(7) Water Bank Facility Expenses and Refunds for 2019

WHEELER RIDGE - MARICOPA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT

AUDITED RESERVE FUND BALANCES AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2018 PLUS ESTIMATED ADJUSTMENTS

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WHEELER RIDGE-MARICOPA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

APRIL 2020

5.2ID NAME DATE INVOICE AMOUNT DESCRIPTION 5,000+

B120 JOHN BOOKOUT 4/30/2020 04302020 25.00 MONITOR WATER - APRIL 2020

B121 CHRIS BROOKS 4/30/2020 04302020 40.00 AT HOME EXPENSE - COVID-19

B125 ROBERT CLAFFY 5/7/2020 05072020 139.41 BOOTS

B125 ROBERT CLAFFY 4/30/2020 04302020 25.00 APRIL WATER TREATMENT

B128 ROSALYNN CASTILLO 4/30/2020 04302020 40.00 AT HOME EXPENSE - COVID-19

B135 NEIL DURHAM 4/30/2020 0432020 40.00 AT HOME EXPENSE - COVID-19

B170 PHILLIP HIGHT 4/30/2020 04302020 40.00 AT HOME EXPENSE - COVID-19

B175 DOUGLAS HARE 4/30/2020 04302020 379.50 TRANSPORTATION

B180 WENDY JONES 4/30/2020 04302020 40.00 AT HOME EXPENSE - COVID-19

B208 SHAWN MEADOWS 4/30/2020 04302020 40.00 AT HOME EXPENSE - COVID-19

B211 ADRIAN MARTINEZ 4/30/2020 04302020 345.00 TRANSPORTATION

B212 ERIC MCDARIS 4/30/2020 04302020-1 86.25 TRANSPORTATION

B212 ERIC MCDARIS 4/30/2020 04302020 40.00 AT HOME EXPENSE - COVID-19

B214 KELLY MIELKE 4/30/2020 04302020 138.00 TRANSPORTATION

B214 KELLY MIELKE 4/30/2020 04302020-1 40.00 AT HOME EXPENSE - COVID-19

B216 RICHARD LONG 4/30/2020 04302020 51.75 TRANSPORTATION

B216 RICHARD LONG 4/30/2020 04302020-1 40.00 AT HOME EXPENSE - COVID-19

B217 LOVELESS, GREGORY 4/30/2020 04302020 40.00 AT HOME EXPENSE - COVID-19

B222 ANGIE MONTES 4/30/2020 04302020 40.00 AT HOME EXPENSE - COVID-19

B224 JIM SMITH 4/30/2020 04302020 40.00 AT HOME EXPENSE - COVID-19

B225 MICHAEL PILATTI 4/30/2020 04302020 25.00 SAFETY MEETING - APRIL 2020

B259 JUAN RAMIREZ 4/30/2020 04302020 379.50 TRANSPORTATION

B280 DANYEL RUTH 4/30/2020 04302020 40.00 AT HOME EXPENSE - COVID-19

B280 DANYEL RUTH 4/30/2020 04302020-1 120.75 TRANSPORTATION

B288 THOMAS SUGGS 4/30/2020 04302020 40.00 AT HOME EXPENSE - COVID-19

B305 RUSSELL WHITBEY 4/30/2020 04302020 40.00 AT HOME EXPENSE - COVID-19

C0930 661 COMMUNICATIONS 4/5/2020 1505 309.64 INSTALL 2 RADIOS #033/#145

C0930 661 COMMUNICATIONS 4/5/2020 1504 799.03 INSTALL CAMERAS #385/#386

C0930 661 COMMUNICATIONS 4/24/2020 1507 188.56 INSTALL RADIO #143

C1116 APEX INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY INC. 5/7/2020 3311 685.18 GLOVES/FIRST AID KIT

C1130 APPLIED TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC 3/31/2020 INV000019349 2,347.94 TRANSCEIVER/TRANSNET

C1247 BAKERSFIELD ICE 3/31/2020 3885 178.70 RENTAL/ ICE

C1247 BAKERSFIELD ICE 4/30/2020 3993 487.58 RENTAL/ICE

C1272 B & B SURPLUS INC 3/9/2020 39894 311.94 21' - GALVANIZED PIPE

C1272 B & B SURPLUS INC 4/10/2020 49079 1,416.34 PIPE/FLANGES/NIPPLES

C1277 B & R SUPPLY, INC. 4/8/2020 1900944266 923.06 IMPACT WRENCHES #372

C1286 BARBICH HOOPER KING DILL HOFFMAN 3/31/2020 130106 8,200.00 AUDIT 2019 8,200.00

C1315 BC LABORATORIES, INC. 4/8/2020 B376704 1,349.00 2020 USER INPUT - WELL SAMPLE





C1315 BC LABORATORIES, INC. 4/13/2020 B377037 27.00 2020 USER INPUT - QUARTERLY SAMPLE









C1315 BC LABORATORIES, INC. 5/1/2020 B378277 300.00 2020 USER INPUT - QUARTERLY SAMPLE 11,837.00

C1345 BLACKBURN MANUFACTURING CO 5/4/2020 C08669-IN 842.15 10 BOXES - WIRE MARKING FLAGS

C1358 BOOT BARN INC. 4/22/2020 04222020 134.22 BOOTS - AGUIRRE

C1370 BRANDCO 4/16/2020 145108 2,026.28 ANNUAL DRY CHEMICAL/RECHARGE

C1390 JIM BURKE FORD 4/15/2020 1378034 126.65 FLOOR MATS #143

C1390 JIM BURKE FORD 4/8/2020 1376378 141.14 FLOOR MATS #148

C1390 JIM BURKE FORD 4/14/2020 198921 17,536.60 202O FORD F250 #143 17,804.39

C1433 CAL STATE COMMUNICATIONS 4/10/2020 1451 1,167.27 POINT 2 POINT PROJECT

C1520 CLEROU TIRE COMPANY 4/14/2020 T85601 2,249.86 2 TIRES - 699B/LABOR

C1530 COASTLINE EQUIPMENT 4/8/2020 682147 352.85 DRILL BITS/ BOLTS

C1530 COASTLINE EQUIPMENT 4/15/2020 683927 (330.01) CREDIT - DRILL BITS

C1530 COASTLINE EQUIPMENT 4/15/2020 683930 428.40 2 - CUTTING EDGES

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ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

APRIL 2020


C1530 COASTLINE EQUIPMENT 5/1/2020 689445 7.73 1 TUBE - ADHESIVE

C1540 COLES ENVIRONMENTAL 4/10/2020 100785 225.00 REMOVE USED OIL

C1576 CONEXUS SG 4/20/2020 2000420WHEERE 1,240.20 DYNAMICS GP ADVANTAGE PLAN

C1599 COVERALL NORTH AMERICA, INC. 4/1/2020 1545149901 978.00 WEEKLY CLEANING SERVICE

C1625 DANIELS TIRE SERVICE 1/7/2020 240125010 731.24 4 TIRES #127

C1686 DUDLEY RIDGE WATER DISTRICT 4/8/2020 40040MID 40,445.00 INITIAL PAYMENT - MID WATER 40,445.00

C1692 EKI ENVIRONMENT & WATER, INC. 4/8/2020 B70103-02-01 5,549.96 CONSULTING/SGMA

C1692 EKI ENVIRONMENT & WATER, INC. 5/7/2020 B70103.02-02 5,200.78 CONSULTING/SGMA 10,750.74

C1755 FASTENAL 3/19/2020 CABA231141 109.54 SOCKET SET #136

C1775 FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC. 4/13/2020 1538638 830.12 1 - 14" VALVE

C1775 FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC. 4/9/2020 1537668 1,781.47 2 - 14" COUPLERS

C1775 FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC. 4/9/2020 1537757 355.89 2 - LOCKING SECURITY CAPS

C1775 FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC. 4/7/2020 1535280 124.71 PIPE WRAP TAPE

C1775 FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC. 4/1/2020 1536848 1,701.14 1 - CENTRIFUGAL PUMP

C1775 FERGUSON ENTERPRISES, INC. 3/5/2020 1531228 520.77 20 - VALVES 5,314.10

C1815 FLYERS ENERGY, LLC 4/6/2020 20-099883 12,064.05 FUEL 12,064.05

C1960 GRAINGER 4/20/2020 9509074895 115.87 1 SET - PIPE HOOKS

C1960 GRAINGER 4/22/2020 9511806482 115.87 1 SET - PIPE HOOKS

C1960 GRAINGER 4/29/2020 9518066940 55.94 BULB EXTRACTORS/LAMP REMOVAL

C1969 GRAPEVINE MSP 4/15/2020 22118 3,251.00 IT SERVICE/BACKUP/SECURITY

C1980 GRAYBAR ELECTRIC CO, INC 4/3/2020 9315376161 852.59 CONNECTORS - C-1 WELL

C1980 GRAYBAR ELECTRIC CO, INC 4/9/2020 9315452821 424.24 2 LIGHT SWITCHES - OFFICE

C2075 HOWARD SUPPLY CO 4/22/2020 50923502 370.09 SHACKLES/SLINGS

C2075 HOWARD SUPPLY CO 4/23/2020 50923687 171.07 SHACKLES/SLINGS

C2083 HUB CONSTRUCTION SPECIALTIES, INC 4/23/2020 4644646 38.61 1 BOX - NAILS

C2106 IGS SOLAR 4/10/2020 201010003656181 26,465.84 SOLAR SUPPLY CHARGE 26,465.84

C2114 INSTRUMENT CONTROL SERVICES 4/8/2020 WHR031020R 4,819.95 3 TRANSMITTERS - WRM 3/6 &5PP3

C2126 INTERSTATE TRAILERS, INC. 4/27/2020 086161 347.00 DECALS #368

C2150 JERRY & KEITH'S INC 10/1/2019 01 041937 (30.63) RETURN - GROMMETT MOUNTS

C2150 JERRY & KEITH'S INC 4/29/2020 01 334437 117.03 GROMMETS/ LED LIGHTS/GUARDS

C2150 JERRY & KEITH'S INC 5/1/2020 01 334613 23.42 10 - GROMMETS

C2158 JIM'S STEEL SUPPLY 4/30/2020 164258 2,473.51 GALVANIZED PIPE

C2250 KERN COUNTY WATER AGENCY 4/16/2020 36268 3,700.00 SET UP FEE TRF #20-007

C2250 KERN COUNTY WATER AGENCY 5/8/2020 36343 49,718.00 LATE PAYMENT INTEREST 53,418.00

C2260 KERN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTORS 4/2/2020 578043 1,631.36 CONNECTORS/CONDUITS- C-1 WELL

C2260 KERN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTORS 4/14/2020 578204 282.05 CONDUITS/REDUCERS

C2310 KERN WATER BANK AUTHORITY 4/27/2020 RCVR 2020-03 103,075.00 MARCH 2020 RECOVERY 103,075.00

C2315 KING DOOR CO. 5/1/2020 106223 4,848.44 WAREHOUSE DOOR

C2330 KNIGHTS PUMPING SERVICE 4/10/2020 47313 176.38 PORTABLE TOILET/SERVICE

C2330 KNIGHTS PUMPING SERVICE 4/17/2020 47956 88.19 MONTHLY SERVICE

C2330 KNIGHTS PUMPING SERVICE 4/24/2020 48827 88.19 MONTHLY SERVICE

C2449 THE MARCOM GROUP 4/23/2020 51758 400.00 MONTHLY RETAINER - WEBSITE

C2450 MC CALL'S METER SALES AND SERVICE 4/8/2020 32678 206.13 2 COUPLING KITS

C2450 MC CALL'S METER SALES AND SERVICE 4/21/2020 32708 5,793.99 3-10" TOP PLATE ASSEMBLY 6,000.12

C2460 MC MASTER-CARR SUPPLY CO 4/27/2020 38696543 252.24 1 FLOW ADJUSTMENT VALVE

C2505 MSC INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO. 4/9/2020 41216652 862.41 1 CABINET - PUMP

C2505 MSC INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO. 4/29/2020 46982112 153.06 4 - WATER JUGS

C2540 N B SALES & SERVICES 3/10/2020 78432 2,516.81 1 - AIR COMPRESSOR

C2552 NAPA AUTO PARTS-GENUINE PARTS CO. 4/8/2020 601086 77.14 FILTERS/CLEANERS

C2552 NAPA AUTO PARTS-GENUINE PARTS CO. 5/6/2020 602836 193.82 OIL & AIR FILTERS

C2552 NAPA AUTO PARTS-GENUINE PARTS CO. 5/7/2020 602928 37.53 FLOOR MATS #383

C2552 NAPA AUTO PARTS-GENUINE PARTS CO. 4/15/2020 601460 198.58 ANTIFREEZE/BUG WASH

C2552 NAPA AUTO PARTS-GENUINE PARTS CO. 4/16/2020 601579 11.79 ACETONE

C2552 NAPA AUTO PARTS-GENUINE PARTS CO. 4/29/2020 602406 60.83 LED LENSES/GROMMET

C2552 NAPA AUTO PARTS-GENUINE PARTS CO. 4/16/2020 601573 838.57 PAINT/PRIMER/WEATHER REDUCER

C2678 P.A.S. ASSOCIATES 4/29/2020 5015-2020 B 640.20 HR HOTLINE

C2678 P.A.S. ASSOCIATES 4/29/2020 5015-2020 A 4,500.00 SUPPORT SERVICE JUNE 2020-2021 5,140.20

C2690 P G & E #1 4/30/2020 04302020 161,658.05 APRIL POWER

C2691 P G & E #2 4/30/2020 04302020 115,132.10 APRIL POWER

C2692 P G & E #3 4/30/2020 04302020 2,995.62 APRIL POWER

C2693 P G & E #4 4/30/2020 04302020 26,442.81 APRIL POWER

C2694 P G & E #5 4/30/2020 04302020 1,924.78 APRIL POWER 308,153.36

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ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

APRIL 2020


C2800 PRAXAIR 4/22/2020 96190830 876.58 DEMURRAGE

C2808 PRICE DISPOSAL INC 4/10/2020 576027 737.37 40 YD ROLL OFF

C2829 QUALITY POWDER COATING 4/17/2020 5522 1,850.00 PARTS SANDBLASTED/COATED

C2841 QUINN RENTAL SERVICES 4/15/2020 PCN60008589 477.99 VARIOUS FILTERS

C2898 READY REFRESH by NESTLE 4/29/2020 10D0028964179 246.55 DRINKING WATER

C3020 SAN JOAQUIN SAFETY SHOES 4/16/2020 I100-1225163 175.00 BOOTS - GILKISON

C3082 SPARKLE UNIFORM & LINEN SERVICE 4/9/2020 0785713 519.20 UNIFORMS




C3086 SIERRA PRINTERS, INC 4/6/2020 66218 305.15 GENERAL ACCOUNT CHECKS

C3100 SMART & FINAL 5/8/2020 018270 79.56 SUPPLIES

C3100 SMART & FINAL 5/6/2020 015560 6.69 SUPPLIES

C3189 SSD ALARM 4/1/2020 5847403 126.00 ALARM MONITORING SERVICES

C3200 STINSON'S 4/28/2020 930874-0 333.32 SUPPLIES



C3213 STRIA, LLC 3/31/2020 13753 14,126.92 DOCUMENT CONVERSION 14,126.92

C3267 THE HOME DEPOT PRO 4/17/2020 546887381 100.06 HAND SANITIZER PUMP

C3267 THE HOME DEPOT PRO 4/24/2020 547981498 149.97 2 CASES - BATH TISSUE

C3417 UNWIRED BROADBAND, INC. 4/26/2020 INV00823568 899.99 WIRELESS SERVICE

C3440 VALLEY INSTRUMENT SERVICE 3/27/2020 320368 359.29 PRESSURE TRANSMITTER

C3470 VULCAN MATERIALS 3/31/2020 72541644 829.61 43.27 TONS ROCK - WRM 5

C3470 VULCAN MATERIALS 4/22/2020 72556035 299.69 14.81 TONS ROCK - 5PP3

C3571 WESTERN HILLS WATER DISTRICT 4/30/2020 14448 12,134.34 WATER RECON. 2018-2020 12,134.34

C3588 WESTERN EXTERMINATOR COMPANY 3/31/2020 7995926 165.00 PEST CONTROL

C3670 YOUNG WOOLDRIDGE 4/30/2020 04302020 6,515.42 LEGAL SERVICES 6,515.42

SUBTOTAL 697,979.34

6,756.91 MANUAL CHECKS ATTACHED

423.02 WELLS FARGO ANALYSIS FEES

VOUCHER TOTAL 705,159.27

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ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

APRIL 2020

5.24/16

ID NAME DATE INVOICE AMOUNT DESCRIPTION 5,000+

C3606 Westside Water Authority 4/16/2020 21195 4,045,800.00 2020 Buena Vista 600 Water 4,045,800.00

TOTAL 4,045,800.00

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MANUAL CHECKS

APRIL 2020

4/1

ID NAME DATE CHECK # AMOUNT DESCRIPTION 5,000+

C2316 KINGS COUNTY CLERK 4/1/2020 21109 105.00 NOE 2020 WATER FROM MID

C2469 MERCED COUNTY RECORDER 4/1/2020 21110 50.00 NOE 2020 WATER FROM MID

C1607 COUNTY OF KERN 4/1/2020 21111 50.00 NOE 2020 WATER FROM MID

TOTAL 205.00

4/21


C1187 AT&T 4/8/2020 21196 294.32 ANALOG LINES

C1187 AT&T 4/8/2020 21196 171.33 FIRE ALARM LINES

C2582 QUADIENT FINANCE USA, INC. 4/21/2020 21197 289.00 POSTAGE

C3283 TIAA COMMERICAL FINANCE, INC. 4/21/2020 21198 671.37 LEASE OF 2 KYOCERA COPIERS

C3461 VERIZON WIRELESS 4/9/2020 21199 247.16 IPAD DATA

C3461 VERIZON WIRELESS 4/9/2020 21199 148.82 CELL PHONE

C3548 WELLS FARGO - JONES 4/21/2020 21200 1,182.69 SUPPLIES/LODGING

C3552 WELLS FARGO - OFFICE 4/21/2020 21201 79.55 SUBSCRIPTIONS

C3555 WELLS FARGO - SUGGS 4/21/2020 21202 286.59 MEMBERSHIP/REGISTRATION

C3558 WELLS FARGO - OFFICE #2 4/21/2020 21203 1,117.04 SUPPLIES

C3559 WELLS FARGO - NICHOLAS 4/21/2020 21204 15.96 SUBSCRIPTION

C3562 WELLS FARGO - SMITH 4/21/2020 21205 139.85 SUPPLIES/FUEL

C2412 LOWE'S BUSINESS ACCOUNT 4/21/2020 21206 891.81 SUPPLIES

TOTAL 5,535.49

4/29


C1187 AT&T 4/29/2020 21210 592.66 WRM/HQ PHONES

C1607 COUNTY OF KERN 4/29/2020 21208 220.00 KERN COUNTY ASSESSMENT ROLL

C3170 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY 4/29/2020 21211 203.76 NATURAL GAS

TOTAL 1,016.42

grand total 6,756.91

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5.2

NAME INVOICE NUMBER DESCRIPTION AMOUNT

TRANSFERS AUTHORIZED BY WRMWSD BOARD

APRIL 8, 2020 BOARD MEETING APRIL VOUCHER 129,443.47

VOUCHER TOTAL REQUESTED 129,443.47

EXPENDITURES AUTHORIZED BY COMMITTEE AND PAID BY WRMWSD MANUAL CHECK

Center for CA Water Resources 244 Cramer - Hydrodynamics Manuscript 4,144.00

Center for CA Water Resources 245 Murphy Nov-Dec 19 / Hamilton Feb 20 41,013.50

Cramer Fish Sciences SIN004670 Science Program - Mar 2020 4,389.25

Cramer Fish Sciences SIN004671 Predation - Mar 2020 176.25

Cramer Fish Sciences SIN004672 Silversides Predation - Mar 2020 3,347.00

Nossaman 506654 ESA/Water Quality Counseling-Feb 2020 71,177.32

West Coast Advisors 12703 Consulting - Apr 2020 5,000.00

West Coast Advisors 12696 Expenses - Feb 2020 196.15

TOTAL PAID 129,443.47

INVOICES AWAITING COMMITTEE APPROVAL INVOICES APPROVED BY WRMWSD BOARD @ MAY 13, 2020 BOARD MEETING (VOUCHER)

Center for CA Water Resources 246 Murphy Jan-Feb 2020 29,575.00

Cramer Fish Sciences SIN004739 Science Program - Apr 2020 293.75

Cramer Fish Sciences SIN004740 Predation - Apr 2020 117.50

Cramer Fish Sciences SIN004741 Silversides Predation - Apr 2020 750.00

Nossaman 507911 ESA/Water Quality Counseling-Mar 2020 27,410.00

West Coast Advisors 12723 Consulting - May 2020 5,000.00

VOUCHER TOTAL REQUEST 63,146.25

WHEELER RIDGE-MARICOPA WSD

FISCAL AGENT FOR COMMITTEE FOR DELTA RELIABILITY

CUSTODIAL FUNDS-REPORT OF EXPENDITURES AND TRANSFERS

APRIL 2020 FOR THE MAY 13, 2020 BOARD MEETING

Page 8 of 1416

5.2

Check Date Payee Amount DescriptionBALANCE AS OF 3/31/2020 7,000.00

REPLENISH 0.00

7,000.00

Total Checks Issued 0.00

Ending Balance 7,000.00

Balance Limit 7,000.00

Replenish Amount 0.00

Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District

Revolving Account Check Listing

April 2020

NO ACTIVITY FOR APRIL 2020

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WHEELER RIDGE-MARICOPA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT 5.2.1BOARD OF DIRECTORS/MANAGEMENT BENEFITS BREAKDOWN

April 2020 FOR THE May 13, 2020 BOARD MEETING

ACWA BLUE CROSS OF CA HARTFORD

NAME MED VISION LIFE/AD &D CLAIMS ADM DISABILITY TOTAL

ATKINSON 1,721.25 17.21 8.40 *** 16.50 0.00 ***

BLAINE 2,280.66 17.21 2.60 *** 16.50 0.00 ***

FRY 2,280.66 17.21 1.80 *** 16.50 0.00 ***

LYDA 1,721.25 17.21 5.70 *** 16.50 0.00 ***

MARIN 2,280.66 17.21 2.60 *** 16.50 0.00 ***

METTLER 1,721.25 17.21 3.90 *** 16.50 0.00 ***

REITER 860.63 17.21 1.80 *** 16.50 0.00 ***

RICHARDSON 2,280.66 17.21 0.90 *** 16.50 0.00 ***

VALPREDO 2,280.66 17.21 2.60 *** 16.50 0.00 ***

JONES 1,721.25 17.21 85.50 *** 16.50 65.52 ***

LOVELESS 2,280.66 17.21 27.00 *** 16.50 65.52 ***

NICHOLAS 2,280.66 17.21 27.00 *** 16.50 65.52 ***

SMITH J 2,280.66 17.21 58.50 *** 16.50 65.52 ***

SUGGS 2,280.66 17.21 58.50 *** 16.50 65.52 ***

28,271.57 240.94 286.80 297.24 231.00 327.60

TOTAL BENEFITS 29,655.15

*** INDIVIDUAL CLAIM AMOUNTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL PER THE HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY

ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPAA)

DENTAL-HEALTHEDGE

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5.2.1WHEELER RIDGE-MARICOPA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS/MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION & EXPENSE BREAKDOWN

APRIL 2020 for the MAY 13, 2020 BOARD

NAME DATE TOTAL PAYEE MEMO

Atkinson 4/8/2020 125.00 Atkinson Regular Board Meeting/mileage - wed

Atkinson 4/10/2020 125.00 Atkinson Wrm Call - fri

Atkinson 4/13/2020 125.00 Atkinson Ad Hoc Call - mon

Atkinson 4/28/2020 125.00 Atkinson Special Board Meeting - tue

Blaine 4/8/2020 125.00 Blaine Regular Board Meeting/mileage - wed

Blaine 4/15/2020 125.00 Blaine KGA Executive Committee - wed

Blaine 4/22/2020 125.00 Blaine KGA Board Meeting - wed

Blaine 4/28/2020 125.00 Blaine Special Board Meeting - tue

Fry 4/8/2020 125.00 Fry Regular Board Meeting/mileage - wed

Fry 4/13/2020 125.00 Fry Ad Hoc Call - mon

Fry 4/28/2020 125.00 Fry Special Board Meeting - tue

Lyda 4/8/2020 125.00 Lyda Regular Board Meeting/mileage - wed

Lyda 4/28/2020 125.00 Lyda Special Board Meeting - tue

Marin 4/8/2020 125.00 Marin Regular Board Meeting/mileage - wed

Marin 4/28/2020 125.00 Marin Special Board Meeting - tue

Mettler 4/8/2020 125.00 Mettler Regular Board Meeting/mileage - wed

Mettler 4/28/2020 125.00 Mettler Special Board Meeting - tue

Reiter 4/8/2020 125.00 Reiter Regular Board Meeting/mileage - wed

Reiter 4/9/2020 125.00 Reiter KCWA Member Unit Call - thu

Reiter 4/13/2020 125.00 Reiter Ad Hoc Call - mon

Reiter 4/23/2020 125.00 Reiter KCWA Call re: WRM Billing Issue - thu

Reiter 4/28/2020 125.00 Reiter Special Board Meeting - tue

Richardson 4/8/2020 125.00 Richardson Regular Board Meeting/mileage - wed

Richardson 4/28/2020 125.00 Richardson Special Board Meeting - tue

Valpredo 4/8/2020 125.00 Valpredo Regular Board Meeting/mileage - wed

Valpredo 4/13/2020 125.00 Valpredo Ad Hoc Call - mon

Valpredo 4/28/2020 125.00 Valpredo Special Board Meeting - tue

DIRECTORS 3,375.00

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS/MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION & EXPENSE BREAKDOWN

APRIL 2020 for the MAY 13, 2020 BOARD

NAME DATE TOTAL PAYEE MEMO

Jones

Loveless 3/2/2020 15.21 Wells Fargo Meeting with Meadows - meal

Nicholas 3/9/2020 109.08 Verizon Communication - Cell

Smith 3/5/2020 20.01 Wells Fargo Fuel

Suggs 3/16/2020 125.00 Wells Fargo Groundwater Resources Association of Caifornia - membership

MANAGEMENT 269.30

Kunde

RETIRED ANNUITANT 0.00

Board 3/11/2020 37.67 Wells Fargo Board Meetings - activia strawberry, fruti salad bowl, etc…

BOARD 37.67

TOTAL EXPENSE 3,681.97

*** note: retired annuitant costs are expense reimbursements not compensation

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5.2.1WHEELER RIDGE - MARICOPA WSD

PAYROLL FUND

APRIL 2020

MAY 13, 2020 BOARD MEETING

EMPLOYEES DIRECTORS RETIREES COBRA SUPPLEMENTAL TOTALS

SALARIES 76,576.21 1,623.26 78,199.47

Pay Period Ended: (Apr 04, 2020/ee)-(Mar 31,2020/dir)

SALARIES 0.00 0.00

Pay Period Ended:

SALARIES 79,366.19 79,366.19Pay Period Ended: (Apr 18, 2020)

PAYROLL PEOPLE 53,046.32 271.94 53,318.26

Federal, SSI, Medicare Taxes

PAYROLL PEOPLE 9,142.86 47.99 9,190.85

State Tax / SDI / SUI

PERS (EMPLOYEE PORTION) 16,722.71 16,722.71

RETIREMENT

PERS (EMPLOYER PORTION) 27,735.74 27,735.74

RETIREMENT

PERS (UAL,GASB 68 reports, SSSA fees) 0.00 0.00RETIREMENT - classic & pepra

NATIONWIDE DEFERRED COMPENSATION 620.00 620.00

Deferred Compensation #1 Deductions

LINCOLN LIFE 3,250.00 3,250.00

Deferred Compensation #2 Deductions

WRM WSD EMPLOYEES' FUND 252.00 252.00

Employees' Fund Deductions

ACWA-HEALTH BENEFITS 80,175.84 17,582.57 28,668.31 895.05 127,321.77

Medical/Vision Insurance Premium (+cobra)

ACWA-LIFE/AD&D 1,375.20 50.94 70.18 1,496.32

Life/supplemental Insurance Premium

HEALTH EDGE ADMINISTRATORS INC 780.45 163.35 457.05 36.30 1,437.15

Dental Insurance Administrative Fees (+cobra)

HEALTH EDGE ADMINISTRATORS INC 415.20 297.24 393.27 158.10 1,263.81

Dental Insurance Claims

THE HARTFORD GROUP 2,817.41 2,817.41

Long Term Disability Insurance

CA STATE DISBURSEMENT - FRANCHISE TAX BOARD 384.60 384.60

IWO (income withholding orders)

PAYROLL PEOPLE 356.50 221.83 578.33

P/R Processing Fees

TOTAL PAYROLL FUND: 353,017.23 20,259.12 29,518.63 1,089.45 70.18 403,954.61

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REIMBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS

MAY 13, 2020 BOARD MEETING

APRIL 2020

GENERAL/REVOLVING ACCOUNT:

FUND #

60710 WRM-WSD WELLS FARGO BANK GENERAL ACCOUNT #4121027197

TRANSFER TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR: APRIL 2020 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE 1 $ 705,159.27


TRANSFER TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR: 1.1 $

60710 WRM-WSD WELLS FARGO BANK GENERAL ACCOUNT #4121027197TRANSFER TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR: APRIL 2020 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE 705,159.27 $


TRANSFER TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR: Committee for Delta Reliability 2 $ 63,146.25

60710 WRM-WSD WELLS FARGO BANK REVOLVING ACCOUNT #4121027205

TRANSFER TO REIMBURSE FUNDS FOR: APRIL 2020 REVOLVING 3 $ 0.00

TOTAL GENERAL/REVOLVING ACCOUNT: $ 768,305.52

PAYROLL ACCOUNT:

FUND #

60710 WRM-WSD WELLS FARGO BANK PAYROLL ACCOUNT #4121027221

TRANSFER TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR PPE: MAY 16, 2020 4 134,000.00


TRANSFER TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR PPE: MAY 30, 2020 5 255,000.00


TRANSFER TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR PPE: JUN 13, 2020 6 0.00

TOTAL PAYROLL ACCOUNT: $ 389,000.00 389,000.00

TOTAL REIMBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS: $ 1,157,305.52

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W H E E L E R R I D G E-M A R I C O P A W A T E R S T O R A G E D I S T R I C T

MEMORANDUM

TO: Board of Directors

FROM: Jim Smith

DATE: April 8, 2020

SUBJECT: Blue River Farms Request for Penalty Waiver

Blue River Farms, et al. incurred a 10% penalty for nonpayment of installment 1 of 8 on March 10 and the water service was terminated at that time. On March 20, payment was received for the first water installment minus the penalty. The District restored water service even though the penalty is still outstanding.

Installment 1 of 8

Installment Penalty Paid Outstanding $312,063.83 $31,206.37 $312,063.83 $31,206.37

The landowner is an almond grower and stated that COVID-19 has caused disruptions with his primary customers in China, India, and Europe (see attached).

The District’s water contracts specify how penalties and interest are applied. It does not provide guidance on the forgiveness of the same. The Engineer-Manager’s initial response was to deny the appeal. The District’s Rules and Regulations state:

"25. APPEAL OF DECISION OF ENGINEER-MANAGER In the event a Water User disagrees with a decision made by the Engineer-Manager in carrying out the enforcement of these Rules and Regulations, he shall have the right of appeal to the Board of Directors. Appeals shall be submitted in writing no less than five (5) days prior to a regular meeting of the Board in order to be considered at that meeting, shall specifically set forth the decision being appealed and shall give the reasons for said appeal. Decisions of the Board of Directors shall be final and conclusive.”

Blue River Farms is appealing the Engineer-Manager’s decision to the Board of Directors (see attached). Also, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Newsome issued Executive Order N-28-20. ACWA is recommending customer service protections, including the temporary suspension of water service shutoffs or other protective actions as a result of the coronavirus. The recommendations are directed more to Municipal agencies but are included here for discussion. In addition, Governor Newsome recently issued Executive Order N-42-20 which states in part: Water systems shall not discontinue service to any business in the critical infrastructure sectors designated by the State Public Health Officer as critical to protect the health and well-being of all

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Agenda Item 6.1.a

From: SANJAY BHATNAGAR <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2020 9:53 AM To: Jim Smith <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Penalties Jim, As you know that our almonds are exported to India, Europe and china. All these countries stopped taking our product for the last 45 days and three clients of ours are not even making the payment. Our cash flow position is very bad, since we have to pay to our labor on top priority. We will appreciate if you can please waive off the penalty for the previous months water bill. Your help on this issue will be highly appreciated. Thanks Sanjay Controller

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From: Jim Smith <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2020 6:43 AM To: SANJAY BHATNAGAR <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Penalties The District's next scheduled Board meeting is April 8. If you wish to appeal, send the appeal in writing to me via email no later than April 2. From the District's Rules and Regulations: "25. APPEAL OF DECISION OF ENGINEER-MANAGER In the event a Water User disagrees with a decision made by the Engineer-Manager in carrying out the enforcement of these Rules and Regulations, he shall have the right of appeal to the Board of Direc¬tors. Appeals shall be submitted in writing no less than five (5) days prior to a regular meeting of the Board in order to be considered at that meeting, shall specifically set forth the decision being appealed and shall give the reasons for said appeal. Decisions of the Board of Directors shall be final and conclusive.” James Smith, CPA Controller Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa WSD Direct: 661-527-6063 Fax: 661-858-2643

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From: SANJAY BHATNAGAR <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 2:36 PM To: Jim Smith <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Penalties how do we do that

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From: Jim Smith <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 1:51 PM To: Sanjay <[email protected]> Subject: Penalties Sanjay, Thank you for the water installment payment on Friday. As we discussed on the phone, if you wish to appeal staff’s decision not to waive the penalty, you would need to appeal the decision to the District’s board of directors. Let me know if you have further questions. James Smith, CPA Controller Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa WSD Direct: 661-527-6063 Fax: 661-858-2643

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AGENDA ITEM 6.2 (page 1)

UNDER/(OVER)BUDGET TO % OF

ANNUAL ANTICIPATED ACTUAL SPENT ACTUAL ANTICIPATEDBUDGET CLASS BUDGET TO DATE TO DATE DIFFERENCE TO DATE

PAYROLL SALARIES 3,120,261 720,060 694,426 25,635 96.44%PAYROLL TAX 239,441 55,256 59,324 (4,069) 107.36%PAYROLL PERS 439,815 (1) 89,957 82,675 7,282 91.90%PAYROLL HEALTH 1,056,726 264,182 253,875 (a) 10,306 96.10%TOTAL PAYROLL & BENEFITS 4,856,243 1,129,455 1,090,300 39,154 96.53%

FUEL & OIL 284,300 71,075 52,616 18,459 74.03%MATERIALS & SUPPLIES 957,904 239,476 181,900 57,576 75.96%SMALL TOOLS & INSTRUMENTS 48,225 12,056 9,907 2,149 82.17%WELL MAINT. STANDBY POWER 0 0 0.00%COMMUNICATIONS 60,320 15,080 7,115 7,965 47.18%DIRECTORS FEES & EXPENSES 36,000 9,000 5,941 3,059 66.01%DIRECTORS HEALTH 240,000 60,000 45,896 (a) 14,104 76.49%INSURANCE & BONDS 211,911 52,978 54,720 (1,742) 103.29%RETIREES-OPEB 355,000 88,750 90,024 (a) (1,274) 101.44%MEMBERSHIPS 96,425 32,278 32,278 0 100.00%MISC SERVICES & SUPPLIES 62,950 15,738 7,836 7,902 49.79%OFFICE SERVICES & SUPPLIES 54,143 13,536 11,799 1,736 87.17%COMPUTER SUPPLIES 30,380 7,595 1,803 5,792 23.74%MAINT. & REPAIR BY OTHERS 294,680 73,670 52,799 20,871 71.67%PROFESSIONAL & SPECIALIZED-LEGAL 90,000 22,500 19,270 3,230 85.64%PROFESSIONAL & SPECIALIZED-ACCT: AUDIT 45,000 10,495 10,495 0 100.00% WELLS FARGO FEES 4,000 1,000 1,301 (301) 130.10%PROFESSIONAL & SPECIALIZED-OTHER 122,150 30,538 21,435 9,102 70.19%SGMA - KERN GW AUTHORITY 350,000 87,500 41,833 45,667 47.81%SGMA - WHITE WOLF GSA 75,000 18,750 10,425 8,325 55.60%LEGAL NOTICES & PUBLICATIONS 14,820 3,705 0 3,705 0.00%RENTED EQUIPMENT 41,575 17,402 17,402 0 100.00%SPECIAL DEPARTMENT EXPENSE 30,900 7,725 3,554 4,171 46.01%TRANSP & TRAVEL EXPENSE 44,420 11,105 5,106 5,999 45.98%UTILITIES 91,500 22,875 17,663 5,212 77.22%JUDGEMENTS & CLAIMS EXPENSE 6,600 0 0 0 0.00%CURRENTLY FUNDED ASSETS 984,400 375,329 375,329 0 100.00%RESERVE FUNDED ASSETS 850,000 0 0 0 0.00%TOTAL SERVICES AND SUPPLIES 5,482,603 1,300,155 1,078,448 221,707 82.95%

KCWA F.O. 45,000,000 45,000,000 45,000,000 0 100.00%KCWA VARIABLE 8,468,026 8,468,026 8,468,026 0 100.00%DISTRICT POWER-PUMPS 12,645,146 12,645,146 12,645,146 0 100.00%TOTAL WATER COSTS 66,113,172 66,113,172 66,113,172 0 100.00%

GRAND TOTAL 76,452,018 68,542,781 68,281,920 260,861 99.62%

(a) Health Insurance combined 1,651,726 412,932 389,795 23,137 94.40%

(1) Includes $50,000 CalPers Pepra UAL

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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES BUDGET - PERIOD ENDING MARCH 2020# of ITEMS

BGT COST TOTAL CURRENT RESERVE (net of CURRENT RESERVE % PURCH ofQTY DESCRIPTION PER ITEM BUDGET FUNDED FUNDED trade) FUNDED FUNDED OF BGT. BUDGET

ADMINISTRATION:

SUBTOTAL - - - - - -

ENGINEERING:1 850 SYSTEM - POWER COST REDUCTION FACILITIES 500,000 500,000 500,000 2 RECTIFIERS 3,500 7,000 7,000

SUBTOTAL 507,000 7,000 500,000 - - -

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE:1 Engineer Manager Vehicle 45,000 45,000 45,000 38,760 38,760 86% 1 of 11 1/2 Ton Crew Cab Pickup (with trade-in) 28,000 28,000 28,000 1 1/2 Ton Crew Cab Pickup (without trade-in) 30,000 30,000 30,000 1 1/2 Ton Standard Cab Pickup 25,000 25,000 25,000 14,091 14,091 56% 1 of 11 1/2 Ton Crew Cab 4x4 Pickup 35,000 35,000 35,000 1 3/4 Ton Extended Cab Pickup 30,000 30,000 30,000 17,537 17,537 58% 1 of 11 Skid Steer Compact Track Loader 70,000 70,000 70,000 64,273 64,273 92% 1 of 11 8' Angle Broom Sweeper attachment for equipment 20,000 20,000 20,000 1 Hot High Pressure Washer with Trailer 10,000 10,000 10,000 8,046 8,046 80% 1 of 11 Enclose Metal Pump Building 75,000 75,000 75,000 1 Paint-Maintenance Bldg, Warehouse, Welding Shop, Pump Bldg 58,000 58,000 58,000 1 10' x 9' Metal Shop Door 5,200 5,200 5,200 4,848 4,848 93% 1 of 11 Touchless Tire Changer 8,200 8,200 8,200 1 (Lot) High Efficiency Electric Motor Replacement 200,000 200,000 200,000 1 WRM-9A Traveling Water Screen (a) 150,000 150,000 150,000 1 Super 10 Dump Truck (purchased in 2019 with reserve funds) 200,000 200,000 200,000 180,526 180,526 90% 1 of 11 1 1/2 Ton Utility Truck (purchased in 2019 with reserve funds) 48,000 48,000 48,000 47,248 47,248 98% 1 of 11 Emergency Backup Generator 290,000 290,000 290,000

SUBTOTAL 1,327,400 977,400 350,000 375,329 375,329 -

TOTAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES 1,834,400 984,400 850,000 375,329 375,329 -

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BEFORE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THEWHEELER RIDGE-MARICOPA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT

IN THE MATTER OF: RESOLUTION NO. 2020-XX

DECLARING INTENTION TO FIX CHARGES AUTHORIZED BY WATER CODE SECTIONS 43006 AND47180 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE, GENERAL SERVICE, AND PROJECT SERVICE RENDERED BYTHE WHEELER RIDGE-MARICOPA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT AND TO ORDER THAT THE SAME

BE COLLECTED FROM ALL PERSONS RECEIVING THE BENEFIT OF SUCH SERVICES (CALENDAR YEAR 2021)

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the District has determined that it will be necessary, in order to obtain funds tomeet expenses of the District, incurred by reason of Administrative Service, General Service, and Project Service renderedby the District, to fix charges and order collection thereof for all persons receiving the benefit of such services, or any ofthem, all as provided in Sections 43006 and 47180 of the Water Code of the State of California.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by this Board of Directors as follows:1. Said Board does hereby declare its intention to fix charges to obtain funds in an amount sufficient to meet

expenses of the District, incurred by reason of Administrative Service, General Service and Project Servicerendered by the District and order that such charges be collected from all persons receiving the benefits of suchservices, which charges shall be proportional, as nearly as practicable, to the services rendered, all as provided inSections 43006 and 47180 of the Water Code of the State of California.

2. That the hour of 9:15 A.M., June 10, 2020 at the office of the District on Maricopa Highway approximately sixmiles west of Mettler, California, is the time and place when the matter of fixing such charges will be consideredin open meeting of the Board. Pursuant to Executive Order N-29-20, issued by Governor Newsom on March 17,2020, and in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, said public meeting and hearing may be conducted byteleconference. In the event the public meeting and hearing are conducted by teleconference, and the DistrictOffice is closed, the public may attend the meeting and offer objections and public comments using the call-innumber and/or GoToMeeting link provided on the agenda posted for the meeting and hearing.

3. That a copy of this Resolution of Intention shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in theBakersfield Californian, a newspaper of general circulation in Kern County, California.

4. That at the time and place so appointed, the Board shall meet in an open meeting and shall consider the matter offixing such charges and ordering the collection thereof from all those persons receiving the benefits of saidservices, or any of them, and hear any objections thereto.

5. That the foregoing resolution is in compliance with the Rules and Regulations of the District establishing aprocedure for fixing such charges.

ALL THE FOREGOING BEING on motion of Director____ __ seconded by Director _______, was authorized by thefollowing vote:

AYES:NOES:ABSENT:ABSTAINING:

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution is the resolution of this District as duly passed and adopted by saidBoard of Directors on the 13th day of May 2020.

WITNESS my hand and seal of said Board of Directors this 13th day of May 2020.

(Seal) ____________________________________ Treasurer of the Board of Directors

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WHEELER RIDGE – MARICOPA

WATER STORAGE DISTRICT 12109 Highway 166, Bakersfield, CA 93313-9630, 661-858-2281

MEMORANDUM

TO: BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FROM: SHERIDAN NICHOLAS

DATE: MAY 13, 2020

SUBJECT: ENGINEER-MANAGER’S MONTHLY REPORT FOR APRIL 2020

During the month of April, the District delivered 7,084 acre-feet of water consisting of the five

water types described below. This compares to projected deliveries of 12,000 acre-feet estimated

in September 2019. Of the total quantity delivered, 121 acre-feet were delivered for industrial use,

and the remaining were delivered for agricultural use. The total quantities of water delivered

during the month as well as the year-to-date water supply by source and type of water delivery are

summarized in the following tabulation:

(a) 2020 updated allocation of 29,563 acre-feet (15%)

(b) At 1/1/20, an estimated 12,755 acre-feet of 2019 Carryover was available; 7,148 acre-feet represents

Water User Carryover and 3,607 acre-feet represents District Carryover. These amounts are unaudited

and subject to further reconciliation as additional information becomes available.

(d) As per WRM / Pastoria and WRM / Granite / TCCWD Agreements

Source of Supply JAN-MAR APR YTD

2020 SWP Entitlement (a) 0 0 0

2019 Carryover (b) 6,229 919 7,148

Kern Water Bank/Pastoria (d) 541 117 659

TCCWD/Granite (d) 3 0 3

Kern Water Bank Recovery 1,106 5,845 6,951

Pumpback into SLR 0 -2,682 -2,682

Pioneer Project Recovery 0 743 743

User Input-District Wells 502 391 893

User Input-Private 2,816 1,750 4,567

Total 11,197 7,084 18,282

Type of Delivery

Irrigation 10,647 6,963 17,610

Industrial Contract 544 118 662

Other Industrial 6 3 10

Total 11,197 7,084 18,282

Quantities (Acre- Feet)

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MEETINGS ATTENDED DURING APRIL

Engineer-Manager Sheridan Nicholas attended the following meetings.

April 02 KCWA Meeting w/Agency DCF Ad Hoc & Member Unit Managers April 07 Kern Water Kern Water Bank Board Meeting April 09 Member Unit Managers Meeting April 10 Member Unit Dry Year Transfer Program Update April 15 West Kern County Special District Legislative Roundtable April 16 State Water Contractors Board Meeting April 20 CVC Hydraulic Improvement Project Ad Hoc meeting April 21 Member Unit Dry Year Transfer Program Update April 22 Kern Groundwater Authority Board meeting April 22 CVC Advisory Committee April 23 South Valley Water Resources Authority April 23 KCWA Board Meeting April 24 SGMA Strategic Planning meeting w/EKI April 27 California Farm Water Coalition Board Meeting April 29 GSA Boundary Discussion Weekly Member unit and Westside 5 calls Retired Annuitant Rob Kunde attended the following meetings. April 01 Delta Conveyance Project - Public Negotiation #12 - Conference Call April 02 Delta Conveyance Project - KCWA Ad Hoc Committee - Conference Call April 07 Delta Conveyance Project - Policy Update - Conference Call April 08 Delta Conveyance Project - Public Negotiation #13 - Conference Call April 09 Delta Conveyance Project - Policy Briefing - Conference Call April 09 Sites Reservoir - Reservoir Operations and Engineering Work Group - Conference Call April 13 Sites Reservoir - Ad Hoc Coordination Committee - Conference Call April 15 Delta Conveyance Project - Public Negotiation #14 - Conference Call April 15 State Water Contractors Committee - Conference Call April 16 State Water Contractors Board of Directors - Conference Call April 17 Sites Reservoir - Reservoir Project Committee - Conference Call April 21 Delta Conveyance Project - Policy Update Conference Call April 27 Sites Reservoir - Ad Hoc Coordination Work Group Conference Call April 28 District Special Board Meeting - Closed Session - GoToMeeting April 28 Delta Conveyance Project - Policy Update - GoToMeeting April 29 Delta Conveyance Project - Public Negotiation #15 - Adobe Connect April 30 Delta Conveyance Project - Public Negotiation #15 - Adobe Connect

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ENGINEER-MANAGER’S ACTIVITIES (S. NICHOLAS)

COVID-19 Response: Because of the global pandemic that is currently affecting us all, theDistrict put into place a number of procedures and policies to hopefully mitigate effects bymaximizing social distance as much as possible, beginning on March 27 (a list of these are morefully explained in the Engineer-Manager’s Report for March 2020). Staff is continuing toperform their essential functions in this new operating regime. Staff is continually monitoringnews and governmental updates to determine when the District can return to a more normaloperating manner.

Late January Payment to KCWA: Because of an error on the part of the County, the District’sbiannual payment to the Kern County Water Agency for its share of State Water Project costswas considered late, as the County did not process the $22.2 million voucher which wassubmitted to the County on time (the invoice was due Jan 6, the payment was not processed untilmid-February once the District notified the County). As per Article 19 of the District/Agencycontract, any late payments are subject to a late fee of one-half percent per month. In this case,the late fee to the Agency would be approximately $130,000.

I requested the late fee be waived as the District is not at fault in this instance, and therefore ourlandowners and Water Users should not be subject to an expense caused by a mistake outside ourcontrol. Jim Smith and I met with an Ad Hoc committee of the Agency (Ted Page, Royce Fastand Bill Wulff) in March to discuss waiving the late fee. A possible compromise was discussedin the committee meeting.

At the March Agency Board meeting, attended by myself and Director Reiter, the late paymentwas discussed in depth. Based on the discussion, it appeared the recommendation of the Ad Hoccommittee is to invoice the District for the late fees, while other members of the Board seemed sympathetic to the District. The Agency Board referred the item back to the Ad Hoc committeefor further discussion.

At the April Agency meeting, the Agency Board approved by a 5-2 vote (Directors Page andWulff voting no) the following:

Waive Article 19 of the Contract Between Kern County Water Agency andWheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District and Article 8 of the Contract fora Portion of Kern County Water Agency Kern River Lower River Water Rights forinvoices dated December 2, 2019 and to charge Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa WaterStorage District for the Agency’s lost interest at the County’s third quarterinterest rate, as outlined in the April 23, 2020 staff memorandum to the WaterResources Committee, Agenda Item No. 5.

With that, the District will only be invoiced the interest amount (approximately $50,000), insteadof the total late fee of approximately $129,000. At this time we have still not received an invoicefrom the Agency for this amount.

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RETIRED ANNUITANT ACTIVITIES (R. KUNDE) - APRIL 2020

The Retired Annuitant (RA) activities are described below.

Delta Conveyance Project (DCP) - Status of Contract Amendment Negotiations. The DCPContract Amendment Public Negotiations #12, #13, #14 and #15 occurred via virtual meetingson April 1, 8, 15, 29 and 30. These negotiations concluded April 30 with agreement betweenDWR and the Public Water Agencies (PWAs) on language for the binding Agreement inPrinciple (AIP) and non-binding White Paper.

The AIP describes principles for the allocation of costs and benefits to PWAs including theexplicit requirement to either Opt-In or Opt-Out of receipt of and payment for DCP benefits. TheAIP will form part of the basis for analyzing the impacts of the DCP in an Environmental ImpactReport (EIR) currently due to be completed in March 2022. The AIP will also be translated intoa formal State Water Project Contract Amendment for execution by the PWAs after completionof the EIR. PWAs may change their level of participation after consideration of the contents ofthe EIR.

The White Paper “.. describes current understanding of how the Department of Water Resources(DWR) would account for and administer the Delta Conveyance Facility (DCF) Benefits. DWRwill include information regarding the accounting and administration of water attributable toDCF in relevant Notice(s) to State Water Project Contractors consistent with prior practice. Nolegally binding obligations are created by this white paper.” The Public Negotiations did not formally end. The remaining tasks over the next few months areto determine the projected participation level for each PWA for completion of the AIP AllocationFactors Table, and determine if a "critical mass" of PWAs will find the AIP acceptable.

DCP water supply modeling to reflect the new state Incidental Take Permit is still in progress andmay be available by month’s end.

New cost estimates for the DCP are expected to be released this month by the Delta ConveyanceDesign and Construction Authority.

The RA spent 29 hours on these efforts.

Sites Reservoir Project. The Sites Work Groups were re-organized. The RA was appointed toChair the combined Reservoir Operations and Engineering Work Group. He was also re-appointed as a member to the Budget and Finance Work Group, the Coordination Work Groupand the Environmental Planning and Permitting Work Group.

Per feedback from the District’s landowner investors in January, the RA submitted a proposal forthe Project to adopt a policy in support of a broad Place of Use for Sites Project Water extendingbeyond the combined SWP/CVP Place of Use. Discussions were held on the matter with leadSites staff, the Coordination Work Group, the Reservoir Operations Work Group, and at the

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April 17 Reservoir Project Committee. No formal action was taken, but discussions havecontinued on the matter.

At the April 17 Reservoir Project Committee meeting, the following matters, among others, wereapproved.1. A consulting agreement with CH2M Hill Engineers to start engineering work for Sites

conveyance facilities for a not to exceed amount of $597,023 for services through August31, 2020.

2. A consulting agreement with AECOM to start engineering work for Sites Reservoirfacilities for a not to exceed amount of $599,381 for services through August 31, 2020.

3. The final “Sites Project Value Planning Alternatives Appraisal Report, dated April 13,2020".

4. The draft Second Amendment to the 2019 Reservoir Project Agreement which wouldextend the funded project through Phase 2B if executed by enough Members.

5. The work plan for Phase 2B (the period of September 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021) forthe purposes of planning cash call timing, producing an Exhibit A to the SecondAmendment, and developing consultant task orders.

6. Direct staff to revise and recirculate the Draft Environmental Impact Report to reflect the“Sites Project Value Planning Alternatives Appraisal Report, dated April 13, 2020". This will be part of Phase 2B although some work will commence immediately.

Much of the above will be part of the “Home Board Package” of information for investorMembers to be distributed in May. The Package is intended to provide the necessary informationto investor Members to decide whether to continue funding for Phase 2B. Funding decisions aredue by mid-July although discussions are underway to extend this deadline. An extension maybe necessary for many members to assess their near term financial condition and their financialability to participate in Phase 2B.

The next Reservoir Project Committee meeting is scheduled for May 21.

A workshop for District investors is anticipated for June.

The RA spent 16 hours on these efforts.

Sites Reservoir - Change in Leadership. Effective March 31, the Sites Project hired JerryBrown as its new Executive Director. Mr. Brown’s prior experience included as GeneralManager for Contra Costa Water District while that district was enlarging Los VaquerosReservoir. The existing General Manager Jim Watson was offered the open position ofEngineering and Procurement Manager but the parties were unable to agree on compensation. An amicable separation was agreed to, and Mr. Watson’s last day with the Sites Project will beMay 22.

Other Activities. The RA spend 5 hours on State Water Contractor activities and 2 hours onpreparation of a portion of the monthly Engineer-Manager’s Report.

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WATER RESOURCES MANAGER REPORT (W. JONES) 2020 State Water Project Allocation. The 2020 State Water Project allocation is 15% as reported by the Department of Water Resources on January 24, 2020. The 15% allocation is consistent with the 90% probability of exceedance study with moderate Old and Middle River (OMR) restrictions in DWR’s April 1, 2020 “Allocation Analysis for 2020” (Analysis). The Analysis includes different ranges of impacts from the 2019 USFWS Delta Smelt BiOp and NMFS Salmon BiOp as well as the 2020 DFW Incidental Take Permit. Key points of the Analysis include: 1. Under median conditions (50% probability of exceedance = median conditions) the allocation

range would be 19% - 20%. Under these allocations, there are is some capacity to transfer non-Project water across the Delta; no Article 21 would be available.

2. Without the Biological Opinions, the 50% POE forecast would call for a 31% allocation and 249,000 acre-feet of Article 21 water would be available.

3. Water supply reductions under median conditions from the Biological Opinions could range from 454,000 acre-feet to 501,000 acre-feet depending on how restrictive the fishery agencies are with OMR flows.

4. Under no allocation scenarios will San Luis Reservoir near dead storage during 2020.

The April 2020 DWR Analysis results are as follows (values in acre-feet). Source/Hydrology Critical Dry Dry Dry Dry SWP Allocation 16%

16% 16% 20%

24%

OMR Restriction [a] Moderate M

Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Prob. of Exceedance [b] 99% 9

90% 75% 50% 25% District Supply (af) 31,534 31,534

31,534

39,418

47,301 [a] Average Old and Middle River reverse flow restrictions (cfs) from December 2019 to June

2020. Least OMR Restrictions would add approximately 4% to the Allocation. [b] Example: a 90% Probability of Exceedance means there is a 9 in 10 chance conditions will

be wetter than assumed, and 1 in 10 chance conditions will be conditions will be drier than assumed.

Water and Snowpack Conditions. The “Northern Sierra 8-Station Precipitation Tabulation” index of rain and snow water content for the Sacramento, Feather, Yuba and American River Basins in March was 6.2 inches of the monthly average of 7.6 inches. Accumulation for the season is as follows:

Current Amount – October 1, 2019 – September 30, 2020 12.8” Average (historic) to Date 18.7” Average (historic) for the entire Water Year (Oct. 1 through Sep. 30) 51.80” Percent of Average to Date through Oct. 31, 2019 3.5% Percent of Average to Date through Nov. 30, 2019 31.6% Percent of Average to Date through Dec. 31, 2019 68.5% Percent of Average to Date through Jan. 31, 2020 63.8% Percent of Average to Date through Feb. 29, 2020 50.3% Percent of Average to Date through Mar. 31, 2020 55.8% Percent of Average to Date through Apr. 30, 2020 57.2%

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Note that precipitation is not runoff, and runoff is not Delta export pumping for the District. Under normal conditions, an average precipitation year equates to a 65% to 75% SWP allocation depending on timing and proportions of snow and rain. The April 30, 2020 “San Joaquin 5-Station Precipitation Tabulation” index was 4.4 inches, which is 61% of historical average. Carryover and Spill Conditions. The District continually reviews current San Luis Reservoir (SLR) storage levels (April 30th - 74% capacity, 83% of average) to determine optimum carryover amounts. End of month San Luis Reservoir conditions were as follows:

Description Million Acre-feet (MAF)

SLR Capacity SWP Share 1.062 CVP Share 0.966 SWP + CVP subtotal 2.028 Actual December 31, 2011 storage 1.928 Actual December 31, 2012 storage 1.098 Actual December 31, 2013 storage 0.604 Actual December 31, 2014 storage 0.820 Actual December 31, 2015 storage 0.436 Actual December 31, 2016 storage 1.259 Actual December 31, 2017 storage 1.638 Actual December 31, 2018 storage 1.503 Actual December 31, 2019 storage 1.286 Actual April 30, 2020 storage SWP Share 0.952 CVP Share 0.560 SWP + CVP subtotal 1.512

The amount of State Water Project water stored during the month of April decreased approximately 23,000 acre-feet going from 975,000 acre-feet at the end of March to 952,000 acre-feet at the end of April. SLR is approximately 110,000 acre-feet from full at the end of April. Kern Fan Recovery Operations. The District began recovery operations from Kern Water Bank on March 27, 2020 with an initial request of 25,000 acre-feet. After our Ad-Hoc committee met on April 13, 2020, we increased the KWB recovery to 30,000 acre-feet and began our Pioneer recovery for 10,000 acre-feet. At April month-end, the District has recovered 7,700 acre-feet from the Kern Fan. Among other issues, an Aqueduct outage and low demands downstream have affected both recovery and District pump-in operations for our Water Users during April. As warmer weather occurs, demands should increase and likewise, it is anticipated DWR restrictions will subside. 2020 Federal Allocation. On February 25, 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced the initial 2020 water supply allocation for CVP contractors. Agricultural water service contractors South-of-Delta are allocated

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15 percent of contract supplies. On April 6, 2020, the Friant Division allocation was increased to 40 percent of Class 1 supplies. The Federal allocation information is important to the District because periodically, a portion of our supplies for the benefit of all Water Users are garnered from Districts having Federal and CVP Friant supplies. Meetings. The Water Resources Manager attended the following meetings in person and remotely during the month: Dry Year Transfer Program Conference Calls (4/10, 4/21) Water Allocation Ad-Hoc Committee 4/13 State Water Contractors Water Operations Committee Meeting 4/21 KCWA Board Meeting 4/23 SGMA Strategic Planning Session 4/24 Multiple WRM EA / CPOU Phone Meetings Weekly Management Meetings Weekly KCWA Ops Conference Calls Weekly Westside Managers Conference Calls

THE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR’S WORK INCLUDED: Contract/Water Allocation Work. - Contract work for 2.01A—obtained Board signatures and prepared for submission to County

Recorder’s Office (pending COVID-19 shutdown). - Contract work for 69T and 48B1—received landowner signatures and prepared for Board

signatures (pending COVID-19 shutdown). - Contract work for 124A06A, 124A23, 55A, 12109, 69.14, 2, 135, 20F, 20J, 20H, 54, 20E1—

Drafted Assumption Agreements following land sales or lease Purchase Upon Termination executions. Assumption Agreements were mailed for Landowner signature.

- Contract work for 69.11, and 124A06—Drafted Assumption Agreements requiring amendments to CAW and Contract Acres following proposed Lot Line Adjustments.

- Added new well to one Users’ User Input Agreement. - Notified pertinent User Input participants that Direct-to-System wells will require testing every

three years. This task was performed on behalf of the Engineering Department. - Finalized the District KWB Second Priority Request Form with the District Water Resources

Manager and Engineer Manager. - Drafted a brief memorandum identifying signature changes during the COVID19 period. This

was done to facilitate continuity in the event the of large gaps in the record between land sale and contract signature.

Landowner Assistance. - Assisted Water Users with information regarding water ledger—2020 allocation, YTD use,

acre feet remaining, etc. - Assisted 1 Water Users with billing questions regarding costs of water (FO and pumping). - Assisted 3 Water Users with historical User Input data. - Assisted 1 Water User with new well User Input questions:

- Helped to ensure testing was scheduled in conjunction with Engineering Department. - Processed 3 title demands from various title companies—2 involved contract lands, 1 non-

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- Provided historical cost data to 2 Water Users in preparation for 2020 farming operations. - Both involved a 10-year history of User usage and cost, as well as historical District

allocation. - Provided 1 Water User with historical usage from select years as requested by User. Other Tasks. - Completed weekly water schedule updates, reconciling variances with Dispatch & Controller.

- Worked with Avadine to identify issues after discrepancies were found on the 4/14 Latis report.

- Worked with Engineering Department to identify new workflows in regarding the updating and maintenance of District Landowner Map.

- Attended the SGMA Strategic Planning Meeting. - Reviewed the monthly Accounts Payable and distributed Board and Annuitant payables. - Managed and reconciled petty cash fund. Managed EC stamp cash fund. - Prepared April monthly report for Board Meeting packet.

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ACCOUNTING ACTIVITIES (J.SMITH) Controller’s Report: 2020 Water Allocations, Deliveries, and Billings. The April Water Reports were mailed May 1. The initial SWP allocation is 100% of the Contract Amount of Water. This allocation is subject to change. Other allocations were:

• User Carryover (2019) 8,148.01 acre-feet • User Input 4,565.95 acre-feet • Returns -4,499.41 acre-feet • Deliveries (Jan-Apr) 17,631.60 acre-feet

• Contract billing statement 4 of 8 was mailed on April 26 • Non-Contract billing statement 3of 6 was mailed on April 26.

The Controller’s activities included:

• Due to COVID 19, the accounting department continued a rotating work schedule with one staff member in the office each work day and the remainder of staff working at home. One member of management is at the District, Monday through Friday with the Controller on Tuesday.

• Continued remote field work with BHK for the 2019 audit. BHK anticipates presenting the audit at the June board meeting.

• Researched stipend payments for staff working at home. The Staff Accountant’s activities included:

• Continued working from home as scheduled, due to COVID-19 • Prepared multiple 2019 year end Journal Entries • Responded to questions from CPAs for additional information related to the audit • Provided backup to accounting staff as needed, while rotating days in the office • Provided training to Accountant for bank reconciliations, closing work orders, preparing

journal entries, and miscellaneous accounts receivable invoicing. • Reviewed month end journal entries, prior to Accountant making entries into our

accounting software • Reviewed bank reconciliations prepared by Accountant • Completed one vendor credit application • Begin Special Service Charge process for current year • Research historical Final Accounting rates for Contract Administrator • Provide figures needed for liability insurance renewal application • Continued training to set up and calculate Final Accounting • Recapped YTD work order expenses and compiled backup invoices • Provided information to Stria to assist in the electronic document storage project • Completed the Budget, Capital Expenditure, and Reserve Reports • Attended the WRMWSD Board Meeting via Go To Meeting • Prepared financial reports and Accounts Payable checks for Committee for Delta

Reliability and South Valley Water Resource Authority • Attended the South Valley Water Resource Authority meeting via Zoom • Continued to assist Kern River Watershed Coalition Authority manager with information

to transition accounting duties • Prepared Industrial Water invoicing

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• Calculated and prepared Pastoria FAA 2018 invoice • Communicated with multiple parties re: Cattle Water invoicing • Followed up on past due miscellaneous Accounts Receivable • Collected Employee Committee snack money weekly. Prepared Employee Committee

monthly financial statement and bank deposit.

The Accountant’s activities included: • Assisted employees with Worker’s Compensation questions/filing as needed • Reviewed CalPERS correspondence. • Prepared Treasurer’s Report. • Prepared month end journal entries. • Prepared monthly bank reconciliations • Reconcile miscellaneous and employee accounts receivables. • Provided notary services for staff, customers and District. • Continued employee-benefit summary tracking by employee. • Prepared and filed governmental compliance reports as required • Maintained Salary/CalPERS/Tax/Health worksheet for the budget expenditure report • Assisted employees with travel expense reports • Assisted employees with CalPERS policies. • Maintained District’s accounts payable “SafePay” • Reviewed Wells Fargo Client Analysis Statements for validity of charges • Assisted employees with disability claims as needed • Trained with Account Clerk II for biweekly payroll to provide backup if needed

The Account Clerk II’s activities included:

• Accounts Payable: code, obtain approvals and post all invoices to the District’s account program

• Prepared payroll and related burden payments • Prepared Directors payroll • Added interest to account program • Daily desktop deposits of cash receipts • Cash receipts summary report for April • Manual checks report for April • Filed and made new vendor folders for accounts payable

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ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES (T. SUGGS)

April 2020 User Input Program: The following items relate to the 2020 User Input Program:

• On April 8th, per request of the DWR, the Kern Fan projects reduced recovery by more than half (to 330 CFS), because several South State reservoirs were nearing full levels. By April 21st, Kern Fan recovery had ramped back up to 550 CFS, but the District was obliged to keep Aqueduct input rates in balance with in-District demands through the end of the month. This required some local User Input Program participants to scale back well production temporarily.

• District wells produced 391 acre-feet for the benefit of all Water Users. • Landowner wells produced approximately 1,750 acre-feet for private accounts. • A Title 22 water quality sample was collected at a private well located in the 850B Service

Area pursuant to the landowner’s request. The Pump-in Facilitation Group (including the DWR and downstream users) will be notified that the District intends to include the well in its Aqueduct pump-in program.

• Blended water samples were collected at 11 Aqueduct input locations during April and delivered to a laboratory for analysis of contaminants of concern including PFAS. Analytical results will be provided to the Pump-in Facilitation.

• Tabulations of laboratory analytical results were updated, requiring about one day of effort.

• Pumping water levels and sand production were observed at all District wells where air lines and sand testing ports are present. All were found to produce less than 2 ppm sand, which is below the commonly accepted threshold for concern (5-15 ppm).

WRM 9A Traveling Water Screen: The following items relate to the District’s efforts to install a traveling water screen in the existing vault at the WRM 9A Pumping Plant:

• On April 15th, SWPAO’s coordinator for this project indicated that DWR staff were in the process of affixing approval stamps to the plans and specifications but were slowed by the need to work remotely.

• Electronic copies of the plans and CEQA documentation were retransmitted per the DWR’s request.

District Well Repairs:

• On April 27th, a purchase order was issued to S.A. Camp Pump & Drilling Co. for furnishing and installing a Goulds-made 12CMC-11 pump assembly in the District’s #C2 Well and inspecting the line shaft ($36,295).

• On April 29th, a purchase order was issued to L.O. Lynch Quality Wells & Pumps to clean out 46 feet of sand fill from the bottom of the #C2 Well ($15,100).

• On April 30th, a purchase order was issued to Bakersfield Well & Pump Co. for 1,680 linear feet of 8”-diameter column pipe ($47,742); some of this material is required for the #C2 Well project and some is intended for the 6P-P2 Well.

• On April 30th, purchase orders were issued to Farm Pump & Irrigation Co. for three new pump discharge heads ($21,377) plus 150 tube centralizers ($2,128). Two of the discharge heads are needed for the upcoming #C2 and 6P-P2 well projects and one will be left over for inventory.

• On April 16th, the #C1 Well was successfully tested and found to produce 1,800 gpm with acceptable vibration and power draw. The unit was returned to service.

• Planning continued for re-installing pump equipment in the 6P-P2 Well.

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SGMA: All 14 KGA GSA network monitoring wells were visited during the month and were successfully sounded for level. Requests for Information and Other Direct Landowner Services: The following assistance was provided to landowners or members of the general public:

• A landowner was provided with a map showing his owned parcels in relation to the White Wolf Basin boundary.

Underground Facilities and Turnouts: The following field activities and/or research was conducted related to underground facilities:

• Engineering Department staff responded to 118 underground services alerts (USAs) during April.

• A total of 2.3 miles of District pipelines were marked. Maps, Records, and Easements: Engineering Department staff carried out the following work related to maps and records:

• A field meeting was held with a landowner to discuss potential conflicts with 21 planned power poles in the 850D Service Area.

• A field meeting was held with an oil company contractor to evaluate the need to protect the District’s 4G-1 Lateral during planned repairs where an existing 8” diameter oil pipeline crosses below the 4G-1 Lateral.

• The Engineering Technician continued work on a project to fill in missing polygons in the District’s crop survey base map in ArcGIS.

Hydrology and Hydraulics: Daily and weekly data were collected on evaporation, wind, temperature, and rainfall at District weather stations. Surface Water or Groundwater Quality: Each Thursday morning, Aqueduct raw water samples were collected at the District’s maintenance shop building and delivered to the ID4 Laboratory for e. coli analysis. Corrosion Protection: There was no field work conducted in April related to cathodic protection, but the Corrosion Technician continued to work from home on two projects related to record keeping and reporting:

• Drafting a memorandum report on the status of District corrosion control • Tabulating rectifier station field readings

Energy: Work focusing on energy consumption and electrical accounts included the following:

• Forty-eight PG&E bills were received and processed for payment in the May A/P. • The Corrosion Technician continued to work from home on several projects related to

energy usage: o Tabulating pumping plant hours meter readings for 2019 o Updating a spreadsheet containing PG&E rates and tariffs

Meetings: Engineering Department staff attended the following meetings during the month:

April 7 KCWA Operations Conference Call April 14 KCWA Operations Conference Call April 21 KCWA Operations Conference Call April 24 SGMA Strategic Planning Session April 28 KCWA Operations Conference Call

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District Well Status Summary

May 8, 2020

Well Name Status / Description of the Problem Most Recent Activity Next Planned Activity Approvals Needed

Not Operating - Repairs in Progress

Experienced a broken head shaft in May 2018; repaired and returned to

service 6/5/2018; went off again 9/21/2018 with a frozen line shaft; pump

assembly removed 1/9/2019. Inspection showed worn impellers and

honeycomb corrosion of bowl castings. Video logged 11/14/2018; casing

was intact; biological growth was moderate. SWL was 560' on 04/23/2020.

PO issued to S.A. Camp 4/27/2020 for

furnishing and installing an 11-stage

Goulds 12CMC pump assembly ($36,295);

PO issued to BWPC for 8"-dia column

pipe; PO issued to L.O. Lynch for cleaning

out sand fill.

Pump assembly will be

ready in early May, but a

pump head may not be

available unitl early June.

Est. cost of repairs is

within E-M's purchasing

authority.

Redeveloped in 2015 and returned to service. By July 2018, produced less

than 400 gpm with a distinct down-hole vibration; pump equipment

removed 11/1/2018. Upon inspection, severe metal loss was seen in the

impellers and pump shaft; possible causes include sand pumping and

cavitation. SWL was 460.4' on 04/28/2020.

Quotes have been solicited to install an

800-gpm pump at from inventory at 1,000'

setting.

All needed parts will be on

hand in early June. The

intention is to install

equipment immediately

thereafter.

Est. cost to reinstall

equipment is within E-M's

purchasing authority.

Shut down on 7/9/2018 for vibration combined with a sudden 50% loss of

flow rate. S.A. Camp Pump Co. completed removing the equipment on

8/13/208. Upon inspection, clear signs of cavitation were seen, possibly

caused by falling water and entrained air. PWL was 926' on 7/9/2018;

SWL was 597' on 04/28/2020.

Listed in District's GSP as a water level

monitoring well.

Should probably remain

unequipped until a

substitute monitoring well

can be found.

Currently in Running Condition

Appears to suffer from a combination of clogging and dewatering of the

formation. Currently off for motor bearing vibration. SWL was 685' on

04/23/20.

Ran briefly for testing on 1/18/2018.

Found to break suction at 300 gpm. Shut

down for motor bearing vibration.

When practical, the well

should be redeveloped

and fitted with deeper

bowls at lower gpm.

Motor should be repaired

at the same time.

Currently running; PWL unknown. SWL was 523 on 4/23/2020.

Running at 1500 gpm. PWL was 778' with <2 ppm sand on 4/23/2020. Pump efficiency test conducted 1/18/2018.

PWL was 781' and flow rate was 1510

gpm.

PB-1

WRM7

PA-1

7P-P2

6P-P2

#C1#C2

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District Well Status Summary

May 8, 2020

Well Name Status / Description of the Problem Most Recent Activity Next Planned Activity Approvals Needed

Currently in Running Condition

Running at 1500 gpm. PWL was 745' with <2 ppm sand on 4/23/2020.

Currently off pending inpection of wobble in the motor head shaft or line

shaft. SWL was 635' on 4/23/2020.

New 15-stage Flowserve pump rated at

1,100 gpm installed 2/14/2019. FPI

adjusted impellers on 2/7/2019 and

checked amperage. Returned to service

2/7/2019.

Currently off due to loud bearing noise in the top of the motor. SWL was

582' on 4/23/2020.

Pump efficiency test conducted 1/18/2018.

PWL was 608' and flow rate was 880 gpm.

Running at 825 gpm. Cannot operate when 850 Canal is in reverse flow,

because arsenic is high and 1,2,3 TCP is present. PWL was 745' with <2

ppm sand on 04/23/2020.


PWL was 728' at 1,110 gpm.

Running at 990 gpm. Sand production is <2 ppm on 4/23/20. SWL cannot

be observed.


PWL was 832' at 950 gpm. Well was shut

off on 10/1/18 due to low pumping water

level.

Currently running at 1800 GPM. New Flowserve 14MM-10 bowls installed

3/18/2019; Nidec-made 500-hp motor set in place 3/30/2020; lead wires

repaired 4/2/2020; impellers adjusted 4/16/2020. PWL was 643' and <2

ppm of sand on 4/23/2020.

Pump and motor successfully tested

4/16/2020; found to produce 1,800 gpm at

acceptable vibration and returned to

service.

Aperage is to be checked

each week for first month;

regular chlorine

treatments are sched. to

occur each month.

Currently running; PWL is unknown. SWL was 604' on 4/23/20. Placed back in service on 3/12/2013.

Currently running; PW: is unknown. SWL was 547' on 4/23/20. Motor burned out on approx. 6/14/2018.

Motor was rewound by Electric Motor

Works and re-installed on 8/21/2018.

Returned to service 8/21/2018.

Running at 1625 gpm. PWL was 816' with <2 ppm sand on 4/23/20. Pump efficiency test conducted 1/18/2018;

PWL was 815' and flow rate was 1,760

gpm at that time.

#B2

#A4

#C3

#C5#C6

#B1

#A2

#A1

#C5

#C1

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Parameter April 2020 Since 10/01/2019Days Occurred in

April

Maximum Temperature 84⁰ 92⁰ 17th, 28th

Minimum Temperature 40⁰ 28⁰ 3rd

No. Days at or over 100° F 0 0 ----

No. Days at or under 32° F 0 7 ----

Precipitation 2.33 5.94 6th, 8th, 10th

Evaporation (inches) 2.55 16.50 ----

Maximum Wind Gust (c) (c) NA

Wind Run 1,715 12,631 ----

2019 2020

Shasta 4,552,000 2,911,539 3,687,155

Oroville 3,538,000 1,403,938 2,490,001

San Luis (Total) 2,028,000 1,749,640 1,511,583

San Luis (State Share) 1,062,000(a) 936,142 951,599

Folsom 977,000 522,524 696,789

Isabella 361,250 (b) 76,039 200,249

Millerton 520,000 318,181 338,738

TOTALS 11,976,250 6,981,861 8,924,515

(b) US Army Corps Of Engineers restricted pool = 361,250AF; normal authorized capacity = 568,000AF

(a) Included in the San Luis (Total); not included in the TOTALS for CAPACITY and STORAGE.

(c) Wind speed gage inoperable.

NR Not reported as of this publication

CLIMATALOGICAL DATA FOR GREENLEE'S PASTURE

Reservoir Capacity Storage at End of April

STORAGE IN MAJOR RESERVOIRS

(Acre-Feet)

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OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES (G. LOVELESS)

Safety Training Tailgate safety meeting on Heat Stress Prevention. Field/System Maintenance

• Repaired broken air valve on 7GE lateral. • Sand blasted and painted 2nd backhoe trailer. • Three aquatic treatments in 850 canal. • Hauled well casings from C2W and 6PP2W to District yard. • Trouble reports. • Replaced Compressor WRM-7.

Power Outage • April 16, 1500 hours - Power outage at WRM-9 pumping plant. PG&E was notified, power restored by

2200 hours Other Interruptions in Service

• April 1, 0715 hours – SCADA communication failure resulted in shutdown at 5P-P2, 5P-P3, and 5P-P4 pumping plants. Communication was restored and service resumed at 1400 hours.

• April 22, 0930 hours – SCADA communication failure resulted in shutdown at 5P-P2 and 5P-P3 pumping plants. Communication was restored and service resumed at 1050 hours.

• April 25, 0755 hours - SCADA communication failure resulted in shutdown at WRM-6 and 6P-P2 pumping plants. Communication was restored and service resumed by 0930 hours.

• April 29, 1600 hours – WRM-9A gravity slide gate closed for scheduled dive to inspect panels in California Aqueduct.

Pump and Electrical • Plotted out buried conduits from the transducer installs at pumping plants on west end of District. • Installed Transducer on HP tank at 5P-P3. • Tesco technician was called out to program internal SCADA adjustments to tank alarm setpoints. • Electrical short detected at 5P-P4 HP tank causing a High Air Alarm. A float switch and 24’ (+-) wire

were replaced. • Burnt resistor was detected in transducer at 5P-P4. Burnt resistor later detected on the Input / Output (I/O)

Card. The transducer and the I/O Card were replaced. • Installed transducer on HP tank at WRM-6. • Flushed air relief canisters on the HP tank at WRM-8 to clear High Air Alarms. • WRM-9A was locked and tagged out for DWR underwater divers. • Replaced the batteries in the thermostat at 5P-P3 for the Air Conditioning unit. • Replaced Low Suction switch at PA-1. • At C-1 well, repaired 2- 4” underground conduits, replaced 4- 4”- 45° seal tight ends and 12’ (+-) of 4”

seal tight flex conduit and connected the flex to new electric motor. Then checked rotation and gathered data which included Volts, Amps, Power Factor, and Kilowatts. A vibration check was then conducted on the well head and new motor.

• Removed and replaced all UHMW clips from the fights on the water screen at PC-1. Equipment Maintenance. 4 Regular services

• Annual Fire Extinguisher Service Current gasoline bulk purchase prices for the District are $1.61 per gallon for gasoline and $2.71 per gallon for diesel.

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WATER DELIVERIES SUMMARYThrough April 2020

ESTIMATE ACTUAL

7,084 ac-ft.in March;

18,282 ac-ft.year to date

*Based on 15% SWP Allocation & Total Deliveries of 182,000 ac‐ft.

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Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District(Includes water from the State Water Project, banking projects, District wells, and User input.)

Monthly Deliveries in Acre-Feet

Month 20062007

20082009

20102011

20122013

20142015

20162017

*2018

20192020

January 1,962 5,258 1,615 1,265 894 1,613 6,108 2,213 3,367 2,210 1,223 2,425 1,785 3,055 1,386February 7,588 7,269 6,933 2,952 3,440 5,333 8,128 6,387 6,380 4,666 3,077 1,454 7,704 1,667 4,641March 9,315 12,557 12,392 10,151 8,440 7,938 10,696 10,695 9,627 10,157 10,218 8,184 3,174 5,494 5,170April 10,572 15,665 17,770 17,717 12,966 13,935 10,521 16,999 13,994 17,102 13,133 14,731 13,500 14,824 7,084May 20,700 25,488 24,384 24,151 20,664 21,545 23,320 25,754 23,317 20,936 21,496 25,759 21,858 16,441June 26,542 29,940 27,348 26,379 29,411 27,534 29,261 29,894 25,128 24,540 29,390 32,629 28,802 27,146July 29,107 28,394 29,661 30,156 32,124 29,719 28,259 28,599 23,476 21,401 29,546 33,290 28,233 30,633August 25,078 21,817 22,680 22,153 23,873 24,461 25,027 24,554 17,490 18,220 26,948 26,639 26,029 27,793September 16,897 13,924 16,050 17,453 18,335 17,923 16,678 17,090 15,244 14,908 15,452 17,376 17,705 18,343October 9,033 9,385 10,797 11,953 8,156 12,343 13,075 13,440 13,394 10,715 11,135 14,974 13,896 12,444November 5,438 5,609 6,093 5,669 5,872 4,699 4,895 6,485 5,412 4,862 4,957 5,351 5,867 6,300December 4,788 7,424 3,245 2,739 2,515 6,315 3,354 6,615 4,231 3,055 2,520 4,449 4,626 5,266

Accumulated Monthly Deliveries in Acre-Feet

Month 20062007

20082009

20102011

20122013

20142015

20162017

20182019

2020

January 1,962 5,258 1,615 1,265 894 1,613 6,108 2,213 3,367 2,210 1,223 2,534 1,785 3,055 1,386February 9,550 12,527 8,548 4,217 4,334 6,946 14,236 8,600 9,747 6,876 4,300 3,879 9,489 4,722 6,027March 18,865 25,084 20,940 14,368 12,774 14,884 24,932 19,295 19,373 18,191 14,518 12,063 12,663 10,216 11,197April 29,437 40,749 38,710 32,085 25,740 28,819 35,453 36,294 33,367 35,293 27,651 26,794 26,163 25,040 18,281May 50,137 66,237 63,094 56,236 46,404 50,364 58,773 62,048 56,684 55,071 49,147 52,553 48,021 41,481June 76,679 96,177 90,442 82,615 75,815 63,014 88,034 91,942 81,812 79,611 78,537 85,182 76,823 68,627July 105,786 124,571 120,103 112,771 107,939 107,617 116,293 120,541 105,288 101,012 108,082 118,472 105,056 99,260August 130,864 146,388 142,783 134,924 131,812 132,078 141,320 145,096 122,778 119,232 135,030 145,111 131,085 127,053September 147,761 160,312 158,833 152,377 150,147 150,001 157,998 162,186 138,022 134,140 150,482 162,487 148,790 145,396October 156,794 169,697 169,630 164,330 158,303 162,344 171,073 175,626 151,416 144,855 161,617 177,461 162,686 157,840November 162,232 175,306 175,723 169,999 164,175 167,043 175,968 182,111 156,828 149,717 166,574 182,812 168,553 164,140

December 167,020 182,730 178,968 172,738 166,690 173,358 179,322 188,726 161,059 152,772 169,094 187,261 173,179 169,406SWP Allocation% 100% 60% 35% 40% 50% 80% 65% 35% 5% 20% 60% 85% 35% 75% 15%SWP Allocation (AF) 197,088 118,253 68,981 78,835 98,544 157,670 128,107 68,981 9,854 39,418 118,253 167,525 68,981 147,816 29,563

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California Snow Water Content, April 30, 2020, Percent of April 1 Average

Statewide Percent of April 1: 29% Statewide Percent of Average for Date: 37%

Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul

0

5 0

1 0 0

1 5 0

2 0 0

2 5 0

Average1 9 7 6 - 1 9 7 7

1982-1983 (max)

2014-2015 (min)

2 0 1 6 - 2 0 1 7

2 0 1 7 - 2 0 1 8

2 0 1 8 - 2 0 1 9

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Percent of Average for this Date: 27%North

0

5 0

1 0 0

1 5 0

2 0 0

2 5 0

Average1 9 7 6 - 1 9 7 7

1982-1983 (max)

2014-2015 (min)

2 0 1 6 - 2 0 1 7

2 0 1 7 - 2 0 1 8

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Percent of Average for this Date: 41%Central

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1 9 7 6 - 1 9 7 7

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2 0 1 6 - 2 0 1 7

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2 0 1 8 - 2 0 1 9

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Percent of Average for this Date: 41%South

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Northern Sierra Precipitation: 8-Station Index, April 30, 2020

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88.51982-1983 (2nd wettest)

82.41 9 9 7 - 1 9 9 8

37.22014-2015 Daily Precip

94.72016-2017 Daily Precip (wettest)



Current: 27.0

Percent of Average for this Date: 57%Mount Shasta CityShasta DamMineral

QuincyBrush Creek

Sierraville RSBlue Canyon

Pacific House

50

contains hidden rows

as of Apr. 30, 2020 based on Jan. 24, 2020 15% SWP allocation

Values in acre-feet 01/24/2020 DWR

Capacity Supply Shortage Supply Shortageor (Excess) or (Excess)

Sacramento Valley Water Year Index (40-30-30)Probability of Exceedance (a) 90% POESWP Allocation (a) 15% Alloc 25% AllocAssumptionsEstimated Demand -- WRMWSD in-District deliveries (b) 182,000 182,000 -- less demands over the CAW 0 0 – less Pastoria Energy Facility demands from KWB -3,500 -3,500Total Estimated Demand 178,500 178,500Surface SuppliesSWP Table A Entitlement 197,088 29,563 148,937 49,272 129,228SWP Supply 29,563 14.7% 49,272 24.5%Western Hills Water District 8,000 0 148,937 54 128,674

148,937 128,674Supplemental 1 Supplies - DistrictDistrict Carryover estimate 3,607 3,607 145,330 3,607 125,067 WATER IN STORAGE @ 02/29/2020

Browns Valley ID 836 543 144,786 836 124,231 LOCATION AFButte County 0 0 144,786 0 124,231 Kern WB District 175,781*Dry Year Transfer Program 20,683 13,444 131,342 13,444 110,787 Water User Second Priority 20,831*Yuba C2/C3 - Surface supply 3,768 2,449 128,893 2,449 108,338 Kern WB TTL 196,612*Yuba C4 - Groundwater supply 3,532 2,296 126,597 2,296 106,042 KCWA 55,738MWA - SWP est. 12,470 AF (WS5) 3,525 3,525 123,072 3,525 102,517 North Kern 0Solano County WA est 7164 SWP (WS5) 1,932 1,932 121,140 1,932 100,585 SemiTropic 7,500*MID - LAKE McCLURE est 30 TAF (WS5) 24% CL 5,394 4,099 118,973 4,099 98,418 TOTAL KERN FAN 259,850SLWD - CVP est. 10 TAF (WS5) 0 0 118,973 0 98,418 PRELIMINARYSCVWD - SWP (WS5) only available @ >40% SWP Alloc 0 0 118,973 0 98,418 SUBJECT TO REVISIONBUENA VISTA WD (FROM WS3) 6,743 6,743 112,230 6,743 91,675Kern Water Bank - actual 6,951 6,951 105,279 6,951 84,724Kern Water Bank - estimated through end of year (d) 23,049 23,049 82,230 23,049 61,675Pioneer Project - actual 743 743 81,487 743 60,932Pioneer Project - estimated through end of year (d) 9,257 9,257 72,230 9,257 51,675District & BRID Wells - actual 893 893 71,337 893 50,782District & BRID Wells - estimated through EOY (d) 9,107 9,107 62,230 9,107 41,675

Supplemental 1 Water Available 100,020DISTRICT ALLOCATION 118,202 58.9% 138,757 69.1%

1.66 AF/Alloc Ac 1.95 AF/Alloc Ac

Supplemental 2 Supplies0 0 62,230 0 41,6750 0 62,230 0 41,6750 0 62,230 0 41,675

Supplemental Supplies - Water UserWater User - Carryover from 2019 (estimate) 7,148 7,148 55,082 7,148 34,527User Input - actual 4,566 4,566 50,516 4,566 29,961User Input - estimated through EOY 15,434 15,434 35,082 15,434 14,527Landowner Transfer 0 0 35,082 0 14,527

Available Supply 340,256 145,351 165,907Estimated Demand 178,500 178,500Shortage (Excess) 33,149 12,593

* quantities in allocation columns to include estimated 35% carriage loss(a) Per 01/24/2020 SWP 15% allocation(b) Based upon estimated average deliveries. Lyndal Water not yet calculated.Estimates for Banking Project recovery and District Well productions follow 2017 Rationing policy.

Item 8.2.a.WHEELER RIDGE-MARICOPA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT

2020 WATER SUPPLY/DEMAND ESTIMATE

25% SWP

DRY

ALLOCATION ALLOCATION

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MEMORANDUM


FROM: Wendy Jones

DATE: May 8, 2020

SUBJECT: Other Purchases / Exchanges

Additions

Browns Valley ID

Browns Valley Irrigation District (BVID) is located in Yuba County, holds surface water rights from the Yuba drainage and has been a long-term seller of North of Delta (NOD) supplies to the Westside group. In April 2020, BVID offered 3,100 acre-feet of NOD supplies to the Westside group at $350/acre-foot NOD and an agreement was secured. This provides approximately 540 acre-feet South of Delta (SOD) to the District at $538 per acre-foot SOD. BVID-Dudley Ridge WD (DRWD) 2020 Agreement is attached. Solano County WA

Dudley Ridge Water District (DRWD), on behalf of the Westside 5, has negotiated a 4:1 exchange at $250 per acre-foot for up to 7,200 acre-feet of State Water Project Table A water supplies for delivery to DRWD. SCWA must notice DRWD of the exact quantity they have available not later than May 15, 2020. The future year return obligation has a 9 month return notice qualifier. Further distribution to all Westside 5 participants in their applicable share percentage will occur once supplies are received. Request for DWR approval was submitted on April 22, 2020. Term sheet copy attached.

Kern Fan Recovery

The District began recovery operations from Kern Water Bank on March 27, 2020 with an initial request of 25,000 acre-feet. After our Ad-Hoc committee met on April 13, 2020, we increased the KWB recovery to 30,000 acre-feet and began our Pioneer recovery for 10,000 acre-feet on April 15, 2020. At April month-end, the District had recovered 7,700 acre-feet from the Kern Fan. Among other issues, an Aqueduct outage and low demands downstream have affected both recovery and District pump-in operations for our Water Users during April. As warmer weather occurs, demands should increase and likewise, it is anticipated DWR restrictions will subside.

Updates

Mojave Water Agency

Requests for approvals were submitted to DWR and KCWA on February 12, 2020. MWA received DWR’s approval on April 29, 2020. We are anticipating that KCWA will provide their Board’s approval at their Board Meeting on May 28, 2020. If the SWP allocation remains 15% at May 15, 2020, WRM’s share of the supply offering will be approximately 3,500 acre-feet.

Merced Irrigation District

WS5 is awaiting approval of MID’s State Water Resources Control Board application that was submitted March 23, 2020 Once that is received, DWR and KCWA approvals should follow. WRM’s share of this

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supply will be approximately 4,100 acre-feet. This one-year water supply was secured by agreement in June 2019 by the Westside Group but due to conveyance restrictions, terms were negotiated to take delivery of the 20,000 acre-feet by or before December 31, 2021. This Merced River water supply is stored in Lake McClure on the Merced River.

Western Hills WD

Due to the low 15% SWP allocation, Western Hills Water District will not be offering any supplies in 2020 under our long-term agreement. Butte County

The WS5 enjoys a long-term agreement with Butte County WD. Butte is currently discussing with DWR the rules in a ‘conference year’ (a year with a less than 20% allocation). Butte’s interpretation would provide approximately 2,100 acre-feet of water in 2020. WS5 continues to follow up on this progress.

Other These negotiations are on-going, none are solid enough to provide details at this writing.

1. A Water District has a supply of pre-1914 water rights available and the WS5 has been approached for their interest. Pricing at $350 per acre-foot NOD; July – November non-project transfer window may avail approximately 2,000 acre-feet if deal is consummated.

2. The WS5 participants are on a list of interested buyers for a northern District’s South of Delta

water supply, approximately 10,000 acre-feet. The northern District has formed an Ad-Hoc committee to negotiate terms with interested parties; their first meeting to take place Friday, May 8, 2020. The WS5 have heard initial pricing may be greater than $550 per acre-foot.

3. A water developer has varied supply types in varied locations at varied quantities available for purchase. In early March, the WS5 offered to purchase all quantities available, some 37,000 acre-feet in total then, at two price points with the Point of Delivery in the Aqueduct subject to 1) summer scheduling, and 2) no CVP Place of Use restrictions. Our offer was rejected but as of April month end, dialogue has continued with a counteroffer from the water developer and available quantities have increased.

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ÏERM SHEET FOR A WATER EXCHANGE BETWEEN SOLANO COUNTYWATER AGENCY AND DUDLEY RIDGE WATER DISTRICi---

4t16t2020

Recitals:1' Wth the 2020 State Water Project ("SWP') allocation of 1lo/oto Dudley Ridge

Water District ("DRWD'), DRWD is in need of additional surface water in 202A bmeet its current demands.

2' Subject to local hydrology and the final SWP allocation to Solano County WaterAgency ("scwA'), scwA may have up to 7,164 acre-feet (,,af') of swp rable Awater available for delivery to DRWD in2020"

3' DRWD is willing to return in future year(s) 1 af of water to SCWA for every 4 afscwA can deliver to DRWD in 2020 (,,4:1 Exchange,,) as allowed by DWR,sNotice to Contractors No. 17-11.

Principles for Agreement:1' By May 15, 2020, SCWA shall notify DRWD of the finat quantity of SWp Tabte A

to be made avaílable to DRWD for delivery in 202A.2' No later than June 1, DRWD shall notífy SCWA of the quantity of the offered

water that DRWD intends to deliver.3' Unless mutually agreed to otherwise, DRWD wiltprovide SCWA at least nine

months notice before returning water pursuant to the 4to l exchange.4. Basic terms of the unbalanced exchange are:a' DRWD shall return 1 af to SCWA for every 4 af that SCWA delivers to

DRWD;b. DRWD shail pay SCWA $250/af for water delivered from SCWA to offset

scwA's costs; payment would be made within 45 days of obtainingDWR's approvalof the exchange;

c. DRWD can return the water to scwA in a future year(s) at DRWD,schoosing, but in conformance with DWR's then-current policy onexchanges; and

d' DRWD shall be responsible for the SWP delivery costs for the waterdelivered to DRWD. scwA shall be responsible forthe swp deliverycosts for the return water delivered to SCWA.

5' DRWD will assist SCWA with the request to DWR approval of the exchange anda Notice of Exemption for CEQA compliance.

6' SCWA and DRWD shall each be responsible for their own internal and/ortransaction costs.

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Solano CounÇ Water Agency

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Dudley Ridge Water District

Manager Dale K. Melville, Manager-Engineer

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◖ W H E E L E R R I D G E - M A R I C O P A W A T E R S T O R A G E D I S T R I C T ◗

MEMORANDUM

TO: Board of Directors FROM: James Smith, Controller DATE: May 13, 2020 SUBJECT: 2020 Revised Allocation and Budget Background. In both 2013 and 2018, State water shortages caused a significant increase in budgeted water rates. Had staff used the normal billing method, this increase would have caused a significant spike in the billing statement number 5 of 8. Current. For 2020, due to a lower State allocation and the inclusion of supplemental water supplies, it is estimated that the water supply will decrease by over 40% and the total budget will increase by over $8 million. If staff uses the normal billing method, the June installment, number 5 of 8 will increase by 55%. Installments 6 through 8 will increase by 11%. If staff uses the smoothing method utilized in 2013 and 2018, the remaining four installments will each increase by 22% as compared to the first four installments. Recommendation. Staff recommends that the final four installments be billed using the smoothing method to avoid the spike in installment 5 of 8. (see attached “2020 WSC BUDGET ANALYSIS”)

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2020 WSC BUDGET ANALYSIS(estimate) (estimate)

% of CAW AF FO OMR DVAR SVAR SSC Total Cost Avg $/AFInitial 100% 200,818 45,000,000.37 7,074,596.61 12,528,133.00 8,468,026.00 748,758.52 73,819,514.50 367.59 Revised 57% 114,887 62,156,946.00 7,074,596.61 7,167,296.37 4,844,524.88 748,758.52 81,992,122.37 713.67 Change -43% (85,931) 17,156,945.63 - (5,360,836.63) (3,623,501.12) - 8,172,607.87 346.08 % Change -43% 38% 0% -43% -43% 0% 11% 94%

Installment Monthly Cumulative % increase 4 to Installment Monthly Cumulative % increase 4 to1 9,227,439.31 9,227,439.31 1 9,227,439.31 9,227,439.31 2 9,227,439.31 18,454,878.63 2 9,227,439.31 18,454,878.63 3 9,227,439.31 27,682,317.94 3 9,227,439.31 27,682,317.94 4 9,227,439.31 36,909,757.25 4 9,227,439.31 36,909,757.25 5 14,335,319.23 51,245,076.48 55% 5 11,270,591.28 48,180,348.53 22%6 10,249,015.30 61,494,091.78 11% 6 11,270,591.28 59,450,939.81 22%7 10,249,015.30 71,743,107.08 11% 7 11,270,591.28 70,721,531.09 22%8 10,249,015.30 81,992,122.37 11% 8 11,270,591.28 81,992,122.37 22%

Adjusted billing-SmoothingNormal billing

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W H E AND L E R R I D G E-M A R I C O P A W A T E R S T O R A G E D I S T R I C T

MEMORANDUM TO: Board of Directors FROM: Wendy Jones DATE: May 13, 2020 SUBJECT: Allocation of Water Supplies 2020 SWP and Supplemental Water Program – F.O Equivalent SWP and Supplemental Water Rates – User Input Administration Charge – Supplemental Water Agreements Rules and Regulations. Rule 3.h. of the District Rules and Regulations provides as follows:

“Supplemental Water: Supplemental water means the water supplies acquired in addition to the water supply available under the Agency contract and includes district wells, Banking programs and water purchases. Supplemental water will be allocated pursuant to these Rules and Regulations up to the Contract Amount of Water in Water Users Water Service Contract. The quantities of Supplemental Water allocated to Water User shall only be available after Water User has submitted a signed order in a form provided by the District for such purposes in which the Water User agrees to the terms and conditions of delivery and payment for Supplemental Water.”

Rule 5.e. of the District Rules and Regulations provides in part as follows:

“Supplemental Water: Payments for Supplemental Water shall be made at the rate or rates established therefore by the Board. Payment for Supplemental Water, either allocated as part of the Contract Amount of Water or in addition thereto, for Water User and ordered by Water User shall be spread over the remaining regular monthly payments set forth in the Water Service Contract. Payment for Supplemental Water shall be subject to and a part of a final accounting of costs in the same manner as set forth in paragraph 5(a) of these Rules and Regulations. Water User shall be entitled to any credit due for overpayment and shall be responsible for any additional payment obligation as a result of underpayment identified in said final accounting adjustment.”

Revised SWP Fixed Obligation. The current budgeted SWP F.O. rate is $162.66 per acre-foot. This budget rate was based on a 100% SWP allocation. When the revised 100% budget rate of $162.66 per acre-foot is adjusted for the anticipated SWP allocation of 14.7%, the new SWP F.O. budget rate is $1084.43 per acre-foot. Rate Stabilization Reserve Fund. There are currently no funds within this reserve as they were previously exhausted in 2013. Supplemental Fixed Obligation. Attached find “Table 1 - Melded Cost of 2020 SWP and Supplemental Water” that summarizes the estimated cost and quantity of 2020 Supplemental Water

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supplies from various non-SWP sources and shows the melded Fixed Obligation (F.O.) for SWP and combined SWP + Supplemental water supplies at the 58.9% allocation. If the SWP F.O. is lower than the Supplemental F.O., which is not the case for 2020, then the Water Service Contracts require the SWP allocation and F.O. to stand alone, i.e. not be melded with other supplies. However, if the Supplemental F.O. is lower than the SWP F.O., the effect of melding Supplemental supplies with the SWP supplies lowers the melded F.O. to the benefit of all Water Users. Table 1 estimates the cost of 2020 Supplemental Water from all sources melded into a single Supplemental F.O. equivalent rate of $355.93 per acre-foot (line 33 column 14). F.O. equivalent means the water is priced as though it is available in the Delta, and SWP firm variable charges are assessed to deliver it into the District. This provides a common base of reference and billing with SWP water. Table 1 evaluates whether the SWP and Supplemental F.O. rates should be combined or separated. Because the estimated Supplemental F.O. rate is lower than the SWP F.O. rate of $1084.43, Table 1 supports the combination of these supplies. Under the combined scenario, the melded SWP F.O. and the Supplemental Water F.O. rate would be $538.13 per acre-foot (line 37, column 14). Table 1 does not show sufficient Supplemental Water from the various sources listed to meet Water User demands over the Contract Amount of Water. As identified in Rule 3.h. however, Supplemental Water “...will be allocated... up to the Contract Amount of Water...” (emphasis added). Table 1 estimates the available supplies for allocation are: Initial SWP Allocation 14.7% of CAW Initial Supplemental Allocation 44.2% of CAW Total Initial Allocation 58.9% of CAW Water Allocation. The District allocation of SWP and Supplemental water supplies to Water Users will be made in accordance with the provisions of the Rules and Regulations and as authorized by the Board today through previous board action. Allocations will be made in time for the June water contract installment charge in quantities as authorized. Staff may adjust the quantities for allocation prior to that time if justified by credible new information. For example, if the SWP allocation were increased, the District water allocation for both SWP and Supplemental water may be adjusted as explained above. User Input Administration Charge. See attached Memorandum from Thomas Suggs wherein he outlines, with details, the recommended adjustments to the User Input related Budget Rates, including the O&M Component. These rates are included within Table 1 and therefore, appropriately, related Recommendations to the Board are within this memorandum, specifically items f., g. and h. Supplemental Water Agreements. Attached find the “2019 Supplemental Water Service Agreement” between the District and Water Users describing the terms and conditions for delivery and payment of Supplemental Water.

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It is proposed the Agreement used for 2020 will be substantially similar. The Water Rates and amounts therein will be updated to conform to the 2020 budget rates adopted by the Board, any reference to the District Rules and Regulations will be updated as necessary and the Exhibit A will be revised to allow orders under the Supplemental allocation. Recommendation. It is recommended the Board authorize the following: a. Amend the 2020 budget SWP Fixed Obligation, recognizing a 14.7% SWP Allocation

resulting in a SWP F.O. rate of $1084.43 per acre foot. b. Establish a District allocation of 58.9% supplementing the SWP Allocation with a 44.2%

Supplemental water supply. c. Establish the 2020 Supplemental Fixed Obligation Equivalent at $355.93 per acre-foot per

Table 1. d. Establish the 2020 melded SWP F.O. and the Supplemental Water F.O. at $538.13 per acre-

foot per Table 1. e. Finalize 2020 Supplemental Water Service Agreements accommodating multiple

supplemental water types and rates as applicable and, upon approval as to form and content by Counsel, provide to Water Users for completion and return to enable participation in the 2020 Supplemental Water Service Program.

f. Set the 2020 budget User Input Administration rate at $18.00 per acre-foot, subject to adjustment in Final Accounting, and collect said charges in Final Accounting rather than through the regular water charges installments.

g. Set the 2020 budget pumping energy rate at $195 per acre-foot at the well head, subject to adjustment in Final Accounting.

h. Set the 2020 District wells O&M component at $40 per acre-foot. Attachments: 2020 Budget Water Rate Revisions – District Wells Memorandum Table 1 2019 Supplemental Water Service Agreement

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MEMORANDUM

TO: Wendy Jones

CC: Sheridan Nicholas

FROM: Thomas Suggs

DATE: May 6, 2020 (Revised May 8, 2020)

SUBJECT: 2020 Budget Water Rate Revisions – District Wells

- User Input Administration Charge

- Pumping Energy Component

- O&M Component

The purpose of this memorandum is to review the cost components that apply when District well water

is utilized as a Supplemental Water source. The values developed herein typically feed into Table 1,

Melded Cost of 2020 Supplemental and SWP Water.

Charges for pumping District wells together with well maintenance are sometimes referred to as the

“District well variable” portion of the Supplemental Water Charges (not to be confused with the

District Variable component of the Water Use Charge).

User Input Administration Charge: In any year that there is a User Input program, there will be

costs associated with administering the program, whether the water is produced by Water Users for

their own accounts or whether the water is produced by District wells for the benefit of all Water

Users. In 2018, the latest year for which there is a final adjusted figure, the User Input administration

charge was $17.27 per acre-foot, including WRM10 Pumping Plant power to reregulate 850 Canal area

well input for delivery at a different time of day or different time of year. In this memo, it will be

assumed that the amount of User Input water produced in 2020 will be similar to 2018. It will also be

assumed that the KCWA will assess a charge of $500,000 for “extraordinary seepage losses in the

KWB Canal associated with prolonging Kern Fan recovery” as in 2018, and that the District will pass

that charge on to all User Input Water Users. On that basis, 2020 User Input Admin charges are

expected to be approximately $18.00 per acre-foot.

Pumping Energy Component: Based on the latest PG&E rates, it is estimated that the average cost

of power for pumping District wells in 2019 will be $195 per acre-foot at the well head.

O&M Component: The wells O&M component of the water rates is intended to recover all

maintenance and repair costs of the facilities that produce the water. In its May 2011 meeting, the

Board directed staff to spread the cost of well repairs over three years for purposes of setting the

budget O&M component of the water rates and adjust the rate from year to year to maintain a rough

balance between expenses and collections. However, two of the last three years have been wet with

virtually no District wells pumping, leading to an average O&M rate of $70.31/acre-foot ($741,444

expenses/10,546 acre-feet produced). It is believed that a rate of $40.00 per acre-foot is more

representative of average current maintenance and repair costs.

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Summary: The following rates should be applied District well water in Table 1, Melded Cost of 2020

Supplemental and SWP Water:

Cost to Recover Water ($/AF) - District Wells

Pumping energy $195.00 per acre-foot

O&M $40.00 per acre-foot

Administration $18.00 per acre-foot

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Subtotal $253.00 per acre-foot

Less SWP Variable (O-A in min) to R14 <$35.00> per acre-foot

Less District Variable (typical) <$42.00> per acre-foot

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F.O. Equivalent Cost of Water in the Delta $176.00 per acre-foot

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Table contains hidden rows and columns-1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -10 -11 -12 -13 -14

State Carryover District Kern Solano Pioneer Yuba Browns Merced Yuba Dry Year Mojave BuenaDescription Water Wells Water County Project C1/C3 Valley ID C4 Transfer WA Vista WD

Project Bank WA Surface Wtr ID Lake McClure GW Program1 Delivery Location Delta Delta R15 R12 Delta R12 Delta Delta Delta Delta Delta Delta R12

23 Equivalent Fixed Obligation (F.O.-Equiv)24 Cost of Water in the Delta $ 162.66 $ 163.95 $ 176.00 $ 278.75 $ 259.25 $ 329.00 $ 309.00 $ 539.00 $ 406.00 $ 539.00 $ 539.00 $ 551.00 $ 579.00

25 Production & Cost 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 126 Total Available after conveyance losses 197,088 3,607 10,000 30,000 7,164 10,000 2,449 2,015 15,200 2,296 13,444 13,070 25,00027 WRM Share 15.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 26.97% 100.00% 100.00% 26.97% 26.97% 100.00% 100.00% 26.97% 26.97%28 Quantity Produced (preliminary) (AF) 29,563 3,607 10,000 30,000 1,932 10,000 2,449 543 4,099 2,296 13,444 3,525 6,74329 Total Cost $ 32,059,162 $ 591,369 $ 1,760,000 $ 8,362,500 $ 500,905 $ 3,290,000 $ 756,803 $ 292,917 $ 1,664,373 $ 1,237,436 $ 7,246,289 $ 1,942,263 $ 3,903,908

30 Melded Costs: Supplemental31 Accum Cost of Water in the Delta ($) $591,369 $2,351,369 $10,713,869 $11,214,774 $14,504,774 $15,261,576 $15,554,494 $17,218,866 $18,456,302 $25,702,591 $27,644,855 $31,548,76232 Accum Quantity (AF) 3,607 13,607 43,607 45,539 55,539 57,988 58,532 62,631 64,927 78,371 81,896 88,63833 Accum Unit Cost ($/AF) $ 163.95 $ 172.81 $ 245.69 $ 246.27 $ 261.16 $ 263.18 $ 265.74 $ 274.92 $ 284.26 $ 327.96 $ 337.56 $ 355.93

34 Melded Costs: SWP + Supplemental35 Accum Cost of Water in the Delta ($) $32,059,162 $32,650,531 $34,410,531 $42,773,031 $43,273,935 $46,563,935 $47,320,738 $47,613,655 $49,278,028 $50,515,464 $57,761,753 $59,704,017 $63,607,92436 Accum Quantity (AF) 29,563 33,170 43,170 73,170 75,102 85,102 87,552 88,095 92,194 94,490 107,934 111,459 118,20237 Accum Unit Cost ($/AF) $ 1,084.43 $ 984.33 $ 797.09 $ 584.57 $ 576.20 $ 547.15 $ 540.49 $ 540.48 $ 534.50 $ 534.61 $ 535.16 $ 535.66 $ 538.13

38 Allocation39 SWP Allocation (f) 29,563 29,563 29,563 29,563 29,563 29,563 29,563 29,563 29,563 29,563 29,563 29,563 29,56340 Supplemental Allocation 3,607 13,607 43,607 45,539 55,539 57,988 58,532 62,631 64,927 78,371 81,896 88,63841 Total Initial Allocation 29,563 33,170 43,170 73,170 75,102 85,102 87,552 88,095 92,194 94,490 107,934 111,459 118,20242 Overall % of CAW 14.7% 16.5% 21.5% 36.4% 37.4% 42.4% 43.6% 43.9% 45.9% 47.1% 53.7% 55.5% 58.9%43 Allocation, acre-feet per allocation acre 0.42 0.47 0.61 1.03 1.06 1.20 1.23 1.24 1.30 1.33 1.52 1.57 1.66

(e) District wells subject to the same User Input Administration Charge as Water Users; assume $8.50/AF (not yet set by Board).(f) 15% SWP allocation is assumed, based on Jan. 24, 2020 DWR Allocation

TABLE 1Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District

Melded Cost of 2020 Supplemental and SWP Waterby Source of Water Supply

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2019 SUPPLEMENTAL WATER SERVICE AGREEMENT

This 2019 Supplemental Water Service Agreement (“Agreement”) is made for the 2019 Supplemental Water Program of the District. The quantities of supplemental water applied for are as shown on submitted and accepted District authorized forms entitled ‘2019 Supplemental Water Order Form’ (“Order Form”) as shown in Exhibit A of this Agreement. The Exhibit A Order Form contents will be amended from time to time, if additional supplemental supplies become available, indicating the budgeted unit F.O. rate and any special terms and conditions for each type of Supplemental Water supply. The Exhibit A Order Form for the Initial Estimate as well as all subsequent Exhibit A Order Forms for varying F.O. rates and water types, completed by Water User and accepted by District, are herewith deemed included and incorporated into this Agreement. A completed Exhibit A Order Form will be necessary for each type and quantity of supplemental water ordered by Water User and shall be timely delivered to the District prior to delivery of any supplemental water to Water User. Water User understands and agrees that:

a. the current State Water Project Contract Allocation of Water (SWP) is 70% (seventypercent) for 2019. It is possible, but not certain, that the SWP Allocation will be increasedor decreased as 2019 develops.

b. Water User will be responsible for the payment of all costs associated with the productionand delivery of Supplemental Water ordered by Water User;

c. delivery of Supplemental Water is subject to the additional “Conditions of 2019Supplemental Water Service” which is attached and hereby made part of this Agreement;

d. to the extent that current or subsequent allocations of Supplemental Water exceed theactual quantities of water ordered, or deemed to be ordered by Water User, such excesseswill be IRREVOCABLY removed and no longer available to Water User;

e. all activities and agreements necessary to obtain Supplemental Water have not beencompleted, and by accepting this Agreement, the District makes no guarantee as to itsavailability, cost, or condition of delivery;

f. the District reserves the right to change the total quantity, monthly or seasonal quantity,and cost of Supplemental Water available; and

g. Water User holds District and its Directors, employees and consultants harmless in theevent the District changes the quantities and/or costs of Supplemental Water providedhereunder.

WATER USER WHEELER RIDGE-MARICOPA WATER STORAGE DISTRICT

______________________________

_______________________________ _ _______________ ____________________ (Date Submitted) (Date Accepted By District)

__________________________ ______________________ (Signature) (Signature)

___________________________________ ___________________________________ (Printed Name & Title) (Printed Name & Title)

AgendA Agenda Item 8.3.c.

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CONDITIONS OF 2019 SUPPLEMENTAL WATER SERVICE

Supplemental Water supplied by Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District (“District”) to the Water User requesting service pursuant to the 2019 Supplemental Water Service Agreement (“Agreement”) shall be subject to the following terms and conditions: 1. The total amount of supplemental water to be made available to Water User in 2019 by the

District from the Supplemental Water program is currently unknown.

2. The quantity to be delivered shall not exceed the quantity which Water User has ordered as shown on submitted and accepted Exhibit A Order Forms supplied by the District or as otherwise deemed to be ordered by default. The quantities of water allocated to Water User are District’s best estimate of the quantities which can be produced by District for Water User and, in the event of shortage, the District will reapportion the quantities of water among water users in the manner set forth in the water service contracts.

3. Water Users who do not timely return their signed 2019 Supplemental Water Agreement and their signed 2019 Supplemental Water Exhibit A Order Form(s) or otherwise do not notify the District in a timely manner accepted by the District of their intended 2019 Supplemental Water requests, the quantity of Supplemental Water will be deemed DECLINED, by default. Further, such declination of the Initial Estimate of supplemental water allows the District to otherwise allocate your supply. In this likelihood, there is no guarantee of water availability from District sources for the 2019 water year.

4. 2019 Supplemental Water Exhibit A Order Form submissions received at the District after the final acceptance date may or may not be accepted depending on the then current circumstances which may cause the District to cease, or continue to allow, water order adjustments. Adjustments, if accepted, will be made to both the Annual Charges Bills as well as the Statements for the remaining unpaid installments.

5. Water User shall pay for Supplemental Water in installments, together with the Contract water charges, as provided in Rule 5e. of the District Rules and Regulations for the Distribution of Water, to wit:

“Payments for Water - Supplemental Water: Payments for Supplemental Water shall be made at the rate or rates established therefore by the Board. Payment for Supplemental Water, either allocated as part of the Contract Amount of Water or in addition thereto, for Water User and ordered by Water User shall be spread over the remaining regular monthly payments set forth in the Water Service Contract. Payment for Supplemental Water shall be subject to and a part of a final accounting of costs in the same manner as set forth in paragraph 5(a) of these Rules and Regulations. Water User shall be entitled to any credit due for overpayment and shall be responsible for any additional payment obligation as a result of underpayment identified in said final accounting adjustment.”

6. Water User shall be responsible to pay the District for the quantity ordered as shown on the 2019 Supplemental Water Exhibit A Order Form, even if Water User does not take delivery of the full quantity ordered or deemed to be ordered.

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7. Supplemental Water is available for delivery only to Contract lands, and to Non Contract lands in a current Farming Unit Operation provided Eligibility Agreements are in place. However, all water delivered to Non Contract land in a farming unit operation is subject to the District’s Non-Contract Land OM&R Rates as listed in columns (1) and (2) of Table 17 of the District’s “Budget, Water Rates and Cash Forecast for 2019" as adopted by the District Board and as it may be amended from time to time.

8. The water to be supplied pursuant to the Agreement and these terms and conditions is

provided in accordance with applicable provisions within the applicable Water Service Contract for the lands to be served within the District’s Surface Water Service Area. Provided, however, all the terms and conditions of service, which are set forth in such applicable Water Service Contract describing the land for which this Supplemental Water supply is provided, shall be applicable to the delivery of this Supplemental Water supply, except to the extent inconsistent with these conditions and the Agreement, and to that extent are incorporated by this reference. Such provisions shall include, but are not limited to, initiating a suit for collection, sale of the property to which the water was supplied, and termination of service. Additionally, the obligation to pay for water requested under the Agreement, which the District can make available for delivery, shall constitute a charge pursuant to Water Code sections 43006 and 47180, and the District shall have all remedies provided under the Water Code to collect such charges.

9. The District reserves the right to adjust variable charges for water transferred if and to the extent such transfer would otherwise increase the cost of water delivered to other Water Users. 10. Supplemental Water shall be subject to all provisions of the District’s Rules and Regulations for Distribution of Water and applicable policies, except to the extent those Rules and policies are in conflict with these conditions. 11. District reserves the right to terminate water service if Water User is in breach of any of the foregoing terms and conditions.

These conditions are expressly made a part of the Agreement and shall constitute a contract for which the water requested pursuant to the Agreement shall be supplied. / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

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EXHIBIT A


2019 SUPPLEMENTAL WATER SERVICE AGREEMENT

2019 SUPPLEMENTAL WATER ORDER FORM

In order to receive all or part of your Supplemental Water, including your initial estimated allocation and/or subsequent supplemental supplies if made available by the District, you must order your total requested amount on an Order Form. If you do not order this supplemental water on this Order Form, it will be removed from your account and there is no guarantee of water availability from District sources for the 2019 water year.

THE BUDGET F.O. RATE IS $183.04/AF

FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL WATER TYPE “SUPP 1”

Please check one of the following choices and complete the AF quantity below:

□ LESS THAN my maximum CAW

□ EQUAL TO my maximum CAW of 80.2%

□ GREATER THAN my maximum CAW, if available

_ _ Contract Water User (Landowner Entity Name) Date

BY: _______________________________ ______________________ __ Signature Printed Name & Title

District Acceptance and Date For District Use Only:

Turnout: Chg Code: Rate:$ Amount: $________________






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The undersigned Water User hereby ORDERS

Acre-Feet of "SUPP 1" Water

@ an F.O. Rate of $183.04/AF

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MEMORANDUM

TO: Board of Directors FROM: Wendy Jones DATE: May 7, 2020 SUBJECT: 2020 Budget – Table 17 – Adopt Miscellaneous Water Rates

By separate memo, under 8.3.a., it is recommended the Board adopt revised Fixed Obligation (F.O.) rates to reflect the 14.7% SWP allocation and cost quantities of available Supplemental Water supplies. The current SWP F.O. rate $162.66 per acre-foot (original 2020 budget) and the proposed melded F.O. rate is $538.13 per acre-foot based on a 14.7% SWP allocation and a 44.2% Supplemental allocation. Table 17 of the Budget sets rates for various miscellaneous water types. With the increase in the budget F.O., it would be appropriate for the Board to also revise the rates in Table 17. For Unscheduled Water (District Pool water rate which does not apply in water short years) and Temporary Water (Miscellaneous non-contract agricultural water sales such as water for cattle), the water rates are mathematically linked to the F.O. rate as described in Table 17 notes. For Non-Contract Industrial water, the rate is not directly linked to the F.O. rate and is set by the Board as appropriate from time to time. Industrial deliveries are typically small quantities that require operational, metering and accounting effort to deliver, track and bill. This usually results in the application of a daily rate rather than an acre-foot rate. The history is:

Year SWP Alloc Budget

2010 50% $600/AF

2011 80% $600/AF

2012 65% $600/AF

2013 original 100% $600/AF

2013 May revision 35% $600/AF

2014 original 40% $600/AF

2014 Feb revision 5% $1500/AF

2015 20% $1500/AF

2016 original 60% $1500/AF

2016 May revision 60% $600/AF

2017 85% $600/AF

2018 35% $1400/AF

2019 70% $600/AF

2020 Proposed 15% $1500/AF

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Industrial water is charged at the higher of the (a) acre-foot rate, or (b) daily rate, which is ¼ the acre-foot rate for the first day of service and ⅛ the acre-foot rate for subsequent, consecutive days of service.

Given the current 15% SWP allocation, it would be appropriate for the Board to return the Industrial Rate to $1,500 per acre-foot with the daily rates determined as described above.

Recommendation. It is recommended the Board approve the revised 2020 Budget Table 17 water rates as described herein and revise the rate accordingly shown in the attached Table 17.

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WHEELER RIDGE-MARICOPA WATER STORAGE DISTRICTTABLE 17

MISCELLANEOUS WATER RATESFOR NON-CONTRACT LAND, UNSCHEDULED, TEMPORARY, AND INDUSTRIAL USES

2020 BUDGET

(1) (2) (3) (4)ADDED OR

CHARGE CHARGE NON-CONTRACT LAND UNSCHEDULED TEMPORARY CHARGECODE ZONE OM&R RATES WATER RATE WATER RATE CODE

($/acre) ($/AF) ($/AF) ($/AF)1401 BUENA VISTA DOWNHILL 94.5860 31.53 288.08 319.61 14011402 SAN EMIDIO - ZONE I 94.5860 31.53 312.08 343.61 14021403 SAN EMIDIO - ZONE I I 94.5860 31.53 356.08 387.61 14031501 WHEELER RIDGE DOWNHILL 94.5860 31.53 302.08 333.61 15011508 850 - ZONE I 94.5860 31.53 327.08 358.61 15081509 850 - ZONE I I 94.5860 31.53 366.08 397.61 15091510 850 - ZONE I I I 94.5860 31.53 440.08 471.61 15101600 RANCH HQ - GRAVITY 94.5860 31.53 305.08 336.61 16001605 RANCH HQ - ZONE I 94.5860 31.53 382.08 413.61 16051606 RANCH HQ - ZONE I I 94.5860 31.53 413.08 444.61 16062401 SOUTH LAKE 94.5860 31.53 288.08 319.61 24013402 NS-1972 - ZONE I 112.7621 37.59 312.08 349.67 34023403 NS-1972 - ZONE I I 112.7621 37.59 356.08 393.67 34033404 NS-1972 - ZONE I I I 112.7621 37.59 411.08 448.67 34044407 LATERAL 5P EXTENSION 145.2659 48.42 497.08 545.51 44075401 SANTIAGO - DOWNHILL 110.5270 36.84 288.08 324.93 54015411 SANTIAGO - ZONE I 110.5270 36.84 308.08 344.93 54115412 SANTIAGO - ZONE I I 110.5270 36.84 363.08 399.93 54126402 LATERAL 6P (EXC SPECIAL) ZONE I 112.7621 37.59 312.08 349.67 6402

6402A LATERAL 6P (SPECIAL) ZONE I 112.7621 37.59 312.08 349.67 6402A6403 LATERAL 6P - ZONE I I 112.7621 37.59 356.08 393.67 64037402 N.A.L. 94.0663 31.36 312.08 343.44 74027403 N.A.L. 94.0663 31.36 356.08 387.44 74037600 N.A.L. 94.0663 31.36 305.08 336.44 76008600 NS-1978 79.1053 26.37 305.08 331.45 8600

9600A LATERAL 13G-A 79.1055 26.37 305.08 331.45 9600A9600B LATERAL 13G-B 79.1055 26.37 305.08 331.45 9600B

INDUSTRIAL WATER RATES ARE THE HIGHER OF:(A) $150 FOR FIRST DAY OF SERVICE, PLUS $75.00 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL CONTINUOUS DAY OF SERVICE; OR

(B) $600 PER ACRE-FOOT.

ALL WATER TYPES IN THIS TABLE ARE SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY, AND DELIVERIES ARE MADE ON ANINTERRUPTIBLE, NON-DEPENDABLE BASIS.

(1) 100% OF CONTRACT LAND O M & R RATE. APPLIES TO CROPPED NON-CONTRACT LAND INSIDEA FARMING UNIT OPERATION.

(2) NON-CONTRACT LAND O M & R RATE DIVIDED BY 3.

(3) FIXED OBLIGATION + STATE VARIABLE + DISTRICT VARIABLE = COST OF DISTRICT POOL WATERTO CONTRACT LANDS.

(4) COL (2) + COL (3) = COST OF DISTRICT POOL WATER PURCHASED BY A LANDOWNERAT 100% OF THE F.O. RATE.

See Table 14 for the rates used

ADDED OR UNSCHEDULED vs. TEMPORARY?ADDED OR UNSCHEDULED = Pool Water purchased by a contract landowner

TEMPORARY = Pool Water purchased by a non-contract landowner

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MEMORANDUM


FROM: Robert Kunde, Retired Annuitant

DATE: May 7, 2020

SUBJECT: Delta Conveyance Project (DCP)-- Status of Contract Amendment Negotiations

The DCP Contract Amendment Public Negotiations #12, #13, #14 and #15 occurred via virtualmeetings on April 1, 8, 15, 29 and 30. These negotiations concluded April 30 with agreementbetween DWR and the Public Water Agencies (PWAs) on language for the binding Agreementin Principle (AIP) and non-binding White Paper.

The AIP describes principles for the allocation of costs and benefits to PWAs including theexplicit requirement to either Opt-In or Opt-Out of receipt of and payment for DCP benefits. TheDCP will be an integral part of the State Water Project. The AIP will form part of the basis foranalyzing the impacts of the DCP in an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) currently due to becompleted in March 2022. The AIP will also be translated into a formal State Water ProjectContract Amendment for execution by the PWAs after completion of the EIR. PWAs maychange their level of participation after consideration of the contents of the EIR.

The White Paper “.. describes current understanding of how the Department of Water Resources(DWR) would account for and administer the Delta Conveyance Facility (DCF) Benefits. DWRwill include information regarding the accounting and administration of water attributable toDCF in relevant Notice(s) to State Water Project Contractors consistent with prior practice. Nolegally binding obligations are created by this white paper.”

The “final” versions of these documents are attached. There were a few substantive changes to the AIP and White Paper since the prior Offers.1. All references to “Fair Compensation” for use of the DCP to deliver Health and Safety waterto Opt-Out Participants under Article 18(a) were removed. This leaves the matter of suchcompensation, if any, entirely at the discretion of DWR. Article 18(a) has not been invokedsince before 1987.2. The more detailed DCP Article 21 water allocation language and carryover spill mitigationwas removed from the AIP in favor of more generalized language. The detailed allocationprocedure remains in the (non-binding) White Paper.3. The PWAs proposed AIP language clarifying that a DCP water exchange between a

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Participant and Non-Participant would not trigger “Fair Compensation” for the exchange. DWRobjected and the language was moved to the White Paper. The Public Negotiations did not formally end. The remaining task is to populate the AIPAllocation Factors Table. The PWAs will define a process for each PWA to identify theirexpected participation level. Completion of this process will take at least three months sinceMetropolitan WD is not expected to take the AIP to its Board until at least July. The next PublicNegotiation is intended as a formality in filling out the Allocation Factors Table. Closing statements were made as follows:4. DWR (Tripp Mizell, lead negotiator) - The AIP is a good document from which to build aContract Amendment that is in the best interests of the State Water Project.5. PWA (Tom McCarthy, lead negotiator) - The AIP is the best we can do to meet most PWAsneeds, but will not meet needs for all 29 PWAs.6. Tulare Lake Basin (Mark Gilkey, General Manager) - The three PWAs he represents do notsupport the AIP and White Paper due to continued concerns regarding DCP impacts on thoseagencies. It remains to be seen if a "critical mass" of PWAs will find the AIP acceptable. DWR wasunwilling to proceed with a Contract Amendment in December 2019 when 13 of the 29 PWAsindicated they would not accept it. It is rumored DWR's position on this may now lean toward awillingness to proceed. The fundamental issue of loss of carryover due to DCP operations hasnot materially changed since December, but has been more formally described in the White Paperincluding partial mitigation. The updated AIP also describes a more explicit guarantee that"opt-out" parties will not be charged for DCP costs (no cramdown). In related matters, KCWA expects to continue discussions with Metropolitan WD regarding apartial transfer of DCP costs and benefits. DCP water supply modeling to reflect the new stateIncidental Take Permit is still in progress and may be available by month’s end. New costestimates for the DCP are expected to be released this month by the Delta Conveyance Designand Construction Authority.

It is anticipated KCWA will continue discussions with Member Units on preliminaryparticipation levels and future implementation of the AIP within KCWA.

Recommendation. No District action is needed or recommended at this time.

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Final AIP April 30, 2020

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AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE

April 30, 2020

This Agreement in Principle has been developed from the State Water Contractor Public Water

Agencies’ offers presented from July 24, 2019 to present, Department of Water Resources’ offers

presented from July 31, 2019 to present, and information discussed and presented by the technical and

legal work groups.

Agreement in Principle for the State Water Project Water Supply Contract Amendment

on a

Delta Conveyance Project

This Agreement in Principle (AIP) is by and between certain State Water Project Public Water Agencies

(PWAs) and the State of California through the Department of Water Resources (DWR) for the purpose

of amending the State Water Project Water Supply Contracts.

AIP Objective:

1. Develop an agreement between the State Water Project Contractor Public Water Agencies and Department of Water Resources to equitably allocate costs and benefits of a potential Delta Conveyance Facility that preserves operational flexibility such that the Department of Water Resources can manage the State Water Project to meet regulatory requirements, contractual responsibilities, and State Water Project purposes.

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AIP Outline:

I. Definitions

II. Objective 1 - Availability of an option to opt out of costs and benefits of Delta Conveyance

Facilities of the State Water Project

III. Objective 2 - Availability of an option to assume, or partially assume, costs and benefits of

Delta Conveyance Facilities of the State Water Project

IV. Objective 3 - Pursuit of State Water Project Delta Conveyance Facilities under the State

Water Project Water Supply Contracts

V. Objective 4 - Delta Conveyance Facility billing

VI. Objective 5 - Delta Conveyance Facility benefits allocation

VII. Objective 6 - Affect upon other Water Supply Contract provisions

VIII. Other Provisions

IX. Environmental Review Process

X. Authorized Representative Signatures

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I. Definitions

a. Clifton Court Forebay shall mean the existing State Water Project diversion at Clifton Court

Forebay facility through its intake located on Old River in the southern Delta and the associated

Skinner Fish Facility.

b. Delta shall mean the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as defined in Section 12220 of the California

Water Code on the date of approval of the Bond Act by the votes of the State of California.

c. Delta Conveyance Facility (DCF) shall mean those facilities of the State Water Project consisting

of a water diversion intake structure, or structures, located on the Sacramento River and

connected by facilities to Banks Pumping Plant in the southern Delta with a single tunnel that

will serve the water supply purposes of the State Water Project.

d. DCF Benefits shall mean those water supply and capacity benefits attributable to the DCF

including but not limited to: (1) Table A water supplies; (2) Article 21 water supplies; (3) carriage

water savings; (4) reliable water supply and use of DCF available capacity in the event of a

temporary or permanent physical, regulatory, or contractual disruption of southern Delta

diversions; and (5) use of DCF available capacity to move non-project water through the

proposed DCF.

e. Fair Compensation shall include but is not limited to capital recovery, operations and

maintenance, replacement, and variable charges associated with the use of the DCF capacity.

f. State Water Project (SWP) shall mean the State Water Resources Development System as

described in California Water Code section 12931.

g. State Water Project Contractor Public Water Agencies (PWAs) shall include the 29 entities

holding State Water Project Water Supply Contracts with the Department of Water Resources.

II. Objective 1 - Availability of an option to opt out of costs and DCF Benefits

a. This AIP makes available to each PWA an option to opt out of the costs and benefits of the DCF

through a contract amendment that establishes a Statement of Charges (SOC) percentage of

DCF Benefits based on the percentages in the Delta Conveyance Allocation Factors table to

water attributable to the DCF, as described in Section VI of this AIP.

b. PWAs indicating an intent to opt out of costs and benefits of the DCF shall be described in

Section VI(a) of this AIP.

c. An option to opt out of DCF costs and benefits are limited such that a PWA must opt out of at

least a minimum 100% of its Municipal and Industrial Table A or 100% of its Agricultural Table A.

This provision doesn’t prohibit a PWA from taking more than their Table A share, if available, in

the Delta Facilities Allocation Factor table.

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III. Objective 2 - Availability of an option to assume additional costs and benefits of the DCF

a. This AIP makes available to each PWA an option to assume additional costs and benefits of the

DCF through a contract amendment that establishes additional costs on the SOC in exchange for

DCF Benefits based on the percentages in the Delta Conveyance Allocation Factors table to

water attributable to the DCF, as described in Section VI of this AIP.

b. PWAs indicating an intent to assume DCF costs and benefits shall be described in Section VI(b) of

this AIP.

IV. Objective 3 - Pursuit of State Water Project Delta Conveyance Facilities under the State Water

Project Water Supply Contracts

a. The DCF shall be constructed and operated as an integrated component of the State Water

Project, and DWR will continue to operate the State Water Project at its sole discretion.

b. The DCF is an authorized component of the State Water Project pursuant to California Water

Code sections 11100 et seq. and 12930 et seq.

c. Effective Date: A contract amendment pursuant to this AIP shall have an effective date no

sooner than the billing transition date set forth in State Water Project Water Supply Contract

Amendment known as The Contract Extension Amendment.

d. Administration of DCF: DWR will forecast and account for Project Water attributable to the DCF

and DWR will determine whether or not that Project Water would not have been available at

Clifton Court Forebay. A whitepaper describing the DWR’s and the PWAs’ current understanding

of the approach on forecasting, administration, and accounting is contained in Attachment 1.

Attachment 1 will not be incorporated into contract language.

V. Objective 4 - Delta Conveyance Facility billing

a. These costs would be billed to and collected from SWP PWAs consistent with the Delta Facilities Allocation Factor table below through their annual SOC.

b. Delta Conveyance Facilities Charge Components: All capital and minimum operations, maintenance, power and replacement (OMP&R) costs associated with the DCF are 100% reimbursable and shall be recovered by DWR from PWAs through their annual SOCs consistent with the Delta Facilities Allocation Factor table. These costs shall be allocated to and billed under two new charges as follows:

(1) Delta Conveyance Facilities Capital Charge Component.

(2) Delta Conveyance Facilities Minimum OMP&R Component.

c. Delta Conveyance Facilities Capital Charge Component Method of Computation

1. This computation will recover actual annual debt service created by financing activities

(Financing Method) for DCF.

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2. Each Financing Method shall provide an annual repayment schedule, which includes all

Financing Costs.

3. Financing Costs shall mean the following: Principal of and interest on Revenue Bonds,

debt service coverage required by the applicable bond resolution or indenture in

relation to such principal and interest, deposits to reserves required by the bond

resolution or indenture in relation to such Revenue Bonds, and premiums for insurance

or other security obtained in relation to such Revenue Bonds.

d. Financing Method shall be divided into four categories: DCF Capital Costs paid with the

proceeds of Revenue Bonds; DCF Capital Costs paid with amounts in the State Water

Resources Development System Reinvestment Account; DCF Capital Costs paid annually for

assets that will have a short Economic Useful Life or the costs of which are not substantial,

and DCF Capital Costs prepaid by the PWAs consistent with the Delta Facilities Allocation

table.

e. DCF Capital Charge Component should be allocated to the PWAs in proportion to the Delta

Conveyance Facilities Allocation Factors for each calendar year and consistent with the

Delta Facilities Allocation Factor table.

f. Delta Conveyance Facilities Minimum OMP&R Charge Component Method of Computation

1. Recovery will be estimated and/or actual annual OMP&R costs determined for the DCF

each year.

2. DCF Minimum OMP&R Charge Component shall be allocated to the PWAs in proportion

to the Delta Conveyance Facilities Allocation Factors for each calendar year.

g. Delta Conveyance Facilities Energy Charges: The DCF energy costs are 100% reimbursable by the PWAs and the methodology will be determined by DWR, reviewed in the SWRDS Finance Committee, and approved by the Director.

h. Redetermination: These charges shall be subject to redetermination.

i. Step-up: PWAs that execute a contract amendment to opt out will not be allocated any portion of a step-up required in the event of a default on a DCF Capital Charge.

j. Delta Conveyance Facilities Allocation Factors: The following table is a preliminary allocation of DCF participation percentages. Only PWAs with a greater than 0 percentage would be billed for DCF Charge Components through their annual SOC, using the Delta Conveyance Facility Allocation Factors described in the table. PWAs with a zero allocation factor would not be billed for repayment of costs for construction, operation and maintenance of facilities associated with DCF, except to the extent there is a permanent transfer of Table A which would increase a PWA from a greater than zero allocation factor through a subsequent contract amendment.

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Public Water Agency Delta Conveyance Facilities Allocation Factors

City of Yuba City 0

County of Butte 0

Plumas County FC&WCD 0

Napa County FC&WCD 0

Solano County Water Agency 0

Alameda County FC&WCD, Zone 7

Alameda County Water District

Santa Clara Valley Water District

Dudley Ridge Water District

Empire-West Side Irrigation District 0

Kern County Water Agency-Total

County of Kings 0

Oak Flat Water District 0

Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District 0

San Luis Obispo County FC&WCD

Santa Barbara County FC&WCD 0

Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency

Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency

Coachella Valley Water District

Crestline-Lake Arrowhead Water Agency

Desert Water Agency

Littlerock Creek Irrigation District 0

Mojave Water Agency

Palmdale Water District

San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District

San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District

San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Ventura County Watershed Protection District

Total 100.000%

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VI. Objective 5 - Delta Conveyance Facility Benefits Allocation

a. PWAs that execute a contract amendment to opt out of DCF costs and benefits will agree, within

that amendment, to the following:

i. Charges as set forth in Section V of this AIP will not appear on its SOC.

ii. Forego and waive any contractual rights to the following:

a. Right to or delivery of Project Water attributable to the DCF, provided that DWR

determines that such water would not have been available for diversion at Clifton

Court Forebay. This AIP will not modify the amounts within Table A but will

memorialize this limited reduction for DCF Benefits by adding a footnote to the

PWA’s Table A to reflect their zero allocation for DCF Benefits.

b. Any contractual rights to or delivery of Article 21 Interruptible Water prior to the

point(s) in time each year DWR determines that a volume of water equal to the

volume of current year Project Water for Table A in San Luis Reservoir attributable

to DCF in the SWP share of San Luis Reservoir storage will be displaced or evacuated

by a quantity of exports equal to the quantity of exports from Clifton Court Forebay

that would have been stored in San Luis Reservoir absent the DCF. Provided that,

when Article 21 Interruptible Water supply is greater than demand from PWAs with

a greater than zero Delta Conveyance Facility Allocation factor, Article 21

Interruptible Water will be made available to all PWAs based on Table A percentage.

c. Any contractual rights to or delivery of Article 21 Interruptible Water attributable to

the DCF after a volume of water equal to the volume of current year Project Water

for Table A in San Luis Reservoir attributable to DCF has been evacuated or

displaced by the exports from Clifton Court Forebay that would have been stored in

San Luis Reservoir absent DCF. Provided that, when Article 21 Interruptible Water

supply is greater than demand from PWAs with a greater than zero Delta

Conveyance Facility Allocation Factor, Article 21 Interruptible Water will be made

available to all PWAs based on Table A percentage.

d. Right to use DCF conveyance capacity unused by DWR for SWP purposes to convey

non-project water, except as provided in subsection h.

e. Right to use available DCF conveyance capacity to convey Project Water in the event

that pumping directly from the south Delta is prevented or impaired by a physical,

regulatory or contractual disruption, including but not limited to sea level rise,

seismic events, flooding, or other uncontrollable event.

f. Right to carriage water savings that DWR determines are realized during its

operation of any DCF for purposes of conveying Project Water.

g. Right to any credit from Fair Compensation collected by DWR for use of available

DCF conveyance capacity.

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h. Rights to use of the DCF, unless a subsequent contract with DWR is entered that

provides for payment of Fair Compensation associated with such use.

iii. For the North of Delta PWAs, DWR will not change the current administrative process for

determining the availability of Article 21 due to the DCF. This process will be documented in

the Article 21 administration that is distributed via a Notice to Contractors.

b. PWAs that execute a contract amendment to assume costs and benefits of the DCF will agree,

within that amendment, to the following:

i. Charges will appear on the SOC as set forth in the table in the percentages shown in Section

V of this AIP.

ii. DCF Benefits in proportion to the percentage table in Section V of this AIP, including but not

limited to:

a) Delivery of Table A amounts diverted at and conveyed through the DCF. This AIP

will not modify the amounts within Table A but will memorialize this DCF

Benefits by amending the PWA’s Table A with a footnote. The footnote will

recognize each PWA’s DCF Benefits consistent with the Delta Conveyance

Facilities Allocation Factors.

b) Article 21 Interruptible Water attributable to DCF.

c) Available DCF conveyance capacity unused by DWR for SWP purposes, to convey

non-project water for ultimate use within that PWA’s service area.

d) Carriage water savings that DWR determines are realized during its operation of

any DCF for purposes of conveying Project Water.

e) Available DCF conveyance capacity to convey Project Water in the event that

pumping in the south Delta is prevented or impaired by a physical, regulatory or

contractual disruption, including but not limited to sea level rise, seismic events,

flooding, or other uncontrollable event.

f) A credit from Fair Compensation collected by DWR for use of available DCF

conveyance capacity.

c. Nothing in this AIP changes Article 18(a) in the existing State Water Project Water Supply

Contracts.

VII. Objective 6 - Affect Upon Other Water Supply Contract Provisions

a. Unless specifically stated in this AIP and incorporated into a subsequent contract amendment,

there are no changes to the PWAs’ rights and obligations under the existing State Water Project

Water Supply Contracts.

b. Transfers and exchanges are not intended to be modified under this AIP and shall be subject to

the provisions of the then existing State Water Project Water Supply Contracts.

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VIII. Other Provisions

a. Clifton Court Forebay Diversion Priority: In the event that DWR uses its discretion to move

Project Water through the DCF that could have been moved through Clifton Court Forebay

Intake, PWAs with a greater than zero Delta Conveyance Facilities Allocation Factor will be given

a first priority of available capacity, as determined by DWR, based on their percentage in section

V to move up to that same amount of non-project water at Clifton Court Forebay Intake.

IX. Environmental Review Process

DWR and the PWAs agree that this AIP is intended to be used during the environmental review process

for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), to define the proposed project description for the

purposes of CEQA, and to permit the next steps of the SWP water supply contract amendment process,

including scoping and the preparation of the EIR. The AIP principles are not final contract language and

do not represent a contractual commitment by either DWR or the PWAs to approve any proposed

project or to sign contract amendments. By concurring with the AIP, DWR and the PWAs express their

intent to move forward with the CEQA process with DWR as lead agency and the PWAs as responsible

agencies, and ultimately develop a proposed project consisting of contractual amendments consistent

with the AIP principles and prepare the EIR for consideration by DWR and the PWAs.

At the end of the CEQA process and in compliance with CEQA, DWR and the PWAs will each individually

evaluate the EIR and Contract Amendment, exercise their independent judgment, and determine

whether or not to certify the EIR, approve the proposed project and sign the contract amendment or to

approve an alternative project. Consequently, even though DWR and the PWAs have agreed to the AIP

for the purposes described in the preceding paragraphs, DWR and each PWA retain their full discretion

under CEQA to consider and adopt mitigation measures and alternatives, including the alternative of not

going forward with the proposed project.

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Attachment 1: Final White Paper

I. Background

This white paper describes current understanding of how the Department of Water Resources (DWR)

would account for and administer the Delta Conveyance Facility (DCF) Benefits. DWR will include

information regarding the accounting and administration of water attributable to DCF in relevant

Notice(s) to State Water Project Contractors consistent with prior practice. No legally binding obligations

are created by this white paper. This white paper may be updated from time to time by DWR, in

consultation with the Public Water Agencies (PWAs), in response to factors including, but not limited to,

changes in laws, regulations or permits applicable to DWR and/or the State Water Project

(SWP). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the DCF

Agreement in Principle (AIP).

II. Draft Delta Conveyance Accounting and Administration Concepts

The DCF will be integrated into the State Water Project and operated to provide maximum flexibility to

meet water supply, regulatory requirements and contractual obligations. There are some PWAs that

may opt out of the DCF Benefits and charges. For this reason, it will be necessary to account for DCF

Benefits. DCF Benefits are described in the AIP and are “those water supply and capacity benefits

attributable to the DCF including but not limited to: (1) Table A water supplies; (2) Article 21 water

supplies; (3) carriage water savings; (4) reliable water supply and use of DCF available capacity in the

event of a temporary or permanent physical, regulatory, or contractual disruption of southern Delta

diversions; and (5) use of DCF available capacity to move non-Project Water through the proposed DCF.”

To account for DCF Benefits, DWR will need to determine the amount of water attributable to the DCF.

DWR will primarily use two tools: 1) forecasting Project Water attributable to the DCF for the coming

year; and, 2) accounting for Project Water attributable to the DCF in a timely manner. Both are

described below.

A. Forecasting- DWR will forecast, as shown below, to quantify the amount of Project Water

attributable to DCF.

1. DWR anticipates that it will provide three water supply allocation forecasts:

a. North of Delta allocation that includes water attributable to the south Delta

diversions (similar to current practice).

b. South of Delta allocation that includes water attributable to the south Delta

diversions (similar to current practice).

c. Allocation of water attributable to the DCF.

2. The allocation forecasts will continue to be updated monthly and each forecast will

include updated information on hydrology including runoff projections, SWP storage conditions,

PWA demands, regulatory requirements, and actual exports attributable to the south Delta

diversions and the DCF.

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3. DWR will continue to include in the allocation forecasts any potential DCF capacity

available for conveyance of non-Project Water.

4. Seasonal Forecast: Should conditions warrant additional forecasts, (i.e. wet hydrological

conditions and/or DWR determines that San Luis Reservoir is likely to fill) DWR will provide more

frequent forecasts on one or more of the following:

a. San Luis Reservoir fill projection.

b. Potential Article 21 availability.

B. Accounting

1. DWR will continue to create operational schedules for the south Delta and the DCF which will

include any operational constraints and in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements

and contractual obligations in order to account for water attributable to the DCF.

2. DWR will reconcile water exports attributable to DCF and the south Delta facilities in a timely

manner.

3. If there is a difference in the amount of water conveyed through the south Delta facilities

between the planned operations and actual operations there will be a determination about the

cause of any identified differences. If the difference is due to a physical, regulatory, or

contractual disruption of south Delta diversions or other south Delta restrictions, then water

conveyed through the DCF will be considered water attributable to DCF. If the difference is the

result of DWR’s discretionary decision to convey Table A water through the DCF instead of south

Delta, no charge/credit will occur. However, DWR will estimate the carriage water savings

associated with the discretionary use of DCF and carriage water savings will be considered water

attributable to DCF.

4. Carriage water savings that DWR determines are realized by conveying Project Water through

the DCF that would have otherwise been moved through the south Delta facilities, will be

credited to Participants. PWAs with a zero Delta Conveyance Allocation Factor that make

arrangements with DWR to pay for use of available capacity in the DCF for non-Project Water

may be credited carriage water savings associated with this use.

5. Available DCF capacity, as determined by DWR, to convey transfers and exchanges of Project

Water between PWAs with a Delta Conveyance Facility Allocation Factor of zero and PWAs with

a greater than zero Delta Conveyance Facility Allocation Factor is interpreted as capacity in the

DCF attributed to the PWAs with a greater than zero Delta Conveyance Facility Allocation Factor

and no additional capital or minimum operations, maintenance, power and replacement

(OMP&R) charges for use of DCF capacity will apply notwithstanding any PWA’s interpretation of

existing contract language to the contrary. Nothing in this provision shall be construed as

altering any party’s position regarding the application for use of facility charges in other

contexts.

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6. Article 21 attributable to DCF for South of Delta PWAs: As set forth in the AIP, PWAs opting out

of the DCF will influence the administration of water made available pursuant to Article 21. To

determine the quantity of Article 21 water that PWAs with a zero Delta Conveyance Facilities

Allocation Factor will initially forego and the quantity of Article 21 water those PWAs with a

Delta Conveyance Facilities Allocation Factor greater than zero will receive, it is necessary to

determine the amount of water attributable to the DCF in the San Luis Reservoir at Point A.

Determining this water quantity will provide the basis upon which DWR can administer the DCF

Benefits contained in the contract amendment that results from the AIP.

a. Process (See Table 1):

i. Point A: The point at which DWR determines Article 21 water attributable to

DCF will be available. DWR will determine volume of Project Water for Table A

attributable to the DCF in San Luis Reservoir.

ii. DWR will work with PWAs to develop an accounting methodology that considers

exports attributed to DCF, exports from south Delta facilities, deliveries to

PWAs, San Luis Reservoir fill point and the PWAs DCF allocation factors to

determine the volume of Project Water for Table A in San Luis Reservoir

attributable to DCF at Point A.

iii. Point B: The point at which DWR determines Article 21 water would have been

made available absent Project Water for Table A attributable to DCF in San Luis

Reservoir, and/or DWR determines through the accounting process that San Luis

Reservoir would have filled absent current year Project Water attributable to DCF.

This point is reached when a volume of water equal to the volume of current year

Project Water for Table A in San Luis Reservoir attributable to DCF at Point A has

been displaced or evacuated by the quantity that would have been exported from

Clifton Court Forebay and stored in San Luis Reservoir absent the DCF.

b. Deliveries of Article 21 water attributable to DCF Between Point A and Point B:

i. PWAs may submit Article 21 requests to DWR prior to point A. DWR will satisfy

those requests according to the following priority:

1. PWAs up to their Delta Conveyance Facility Allocation Factor;

2. All PWAs based on Table A percentage. Only Variable and DCF Energy

charges will apply for those PWAs with a greater than zero Delta

Conveyance Facility Allocation Factor. For those PWAs with a zero Delta

Conveyance Facility Allocation Factor, Article 21 water will be made

available at the following charges:

a. the Variable and DCF Energy charges for the amount up to

Article 56(c)(1) and Article 56(c)(2) water spilled within the

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PWAs proportionate share of San Luis Reservoir storage at Point

A;

b. Fair Compensation for any additional amounts.

c. Deliveries of Article 21 water attributable to DCF After Point B:

i. PWAs may submit requests to DWR. DWR will satisfy those requests according

to the following priority:

1. PWAs’ proportion based upon the Delta Conveyance Facility Allocation

Factors;

2. All PWAs based on Table A percentage. Only Variable and DCF Energy

charges will apply for those PWAs with a greater than zero Delta

Conveyance Allocation Factor. For those PWAs with a zero Delta

Conveyance Facility Allocation Factor, this water will be provided at Fair

Compensation.

TABLE 1: Article 21 Interruptible Water Attributable to the Delta Conveyance Facilities

PWA Point A - Point B At/After Point B

FIRST PRIORITY: PWAs participating in DCF (PWAs with a greater than zero DCF Allocation Factor %)

• Quantity (AF): Up to DCF Allocation Factor %

• Charge ($): Variable and DCF Energy Charges

• Quantity (AF): Up to DCF Allocation Factor %

• Charge ($): Variable and DCF Energy Charges

SECOND PRIORITY: All PWAs

• Quantity (AF): Based on Table A %

• Charge to DCF Participant ($): Variable and DCF Energy Charges

• Charge to DCF Non-Participant for AF <= to spilled carryover water ($): Variable and DCF Energy Charges

• Charge to DCF Non-Participant for AF > spilled carryover water ($): Fair Compensation

• Quantity (AF): Based on Table A %

• Charge to DCF Participant ($): Variable and DCF Energy Charges

• Charge to DCF Non-Participant ($): Fair Compensation

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C. Collaborative Development of Administrative Procedures

As a subset to the Water Operations Committee, a DCF workgroup will be created similar to the current

San Luis Reservoir Workgroup. This group will meet and confer as needed, and may discuss items such

as forecasting, operations, accounting, and administration of the DCF. Members may include

representatives from DWR (SWPAO and OCO) and PWAs and will report back to the PWA Water

Operations Committee.

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Delta Conveyance Planning and Permitting Timeline

2020

April 23, 2020

Today

Jun Jul

DCA Delivers “Footprint” to DWR

CEQA

ESA/CESA

Oct Nov DecAug SepMayApr

Identification and design of Alternatives

Impact Analysis Draft EIR

Draft BA and ITP Application

Final BA and ITP Application

ESA/CESAJan to Apr 2021 - Public Review

Apr to Oct 2021 – Comment Responses

Oct 2021 to Feb 2022 Final EIR

Mar 2022 - NoD

Biological Opinion

Incidental Take Permit

Water Rights (SWRCB – CPOD)

Delta Plan Consistency (DSC)

Other Environmental Permits (404, 408, etc)

CEQA

Other Permits and Processes

Cost Estimates

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April 15, 2020

The Honorable Gavin Newsom

Governor of California

State Capitol, Suite 1173

Sacramento, CA 95814

Dear Governor Newsom,

California is facing a real risk of a fundamental breakdown of our water delivery system.

We urge you to take what likely is the last remaining opportunity over the next few weeks to

help preserve the longstanding tradition of successfully coordinating the operation of the State

Water Project and federal Central Valley Project. We believe the most plausible path forward is

through continued negotiation and the voluntary agreement process.

We understand that an agreement between the necessary parties was close but has not yet

been reached. Early implementation of such a voluntary agreement when fully negotiated could

provide a framework to allow the State to settle its lawsuit with the federal government and

resolve the differences between the federal biological opinions and the State’s incidental take

permit for the long-term operation of the State Water Project. Early implementation will also

help to restore threatened and endangered fish populations. We fear if an agreement is not

reached, all parties will enter prolonged litigation which will set us back for years to come.

We know you agree that continued coordinated operation of the state and federal water

projects is necessary to ensure a reliable water supply for diverse uses throughout California,

including urban, agricultural and environmental uses. Together, these two projects provide water for

an estimated 30 million Californians, nearly 4 million acres of the most productive agricultural land

in the world, and many ecosystems—including managed wetlands—on which fish, waterfowl, and

other wildlife rely. Historically, these projects have operated in a coordinated manner, with each

project meeting its individual purpose while operating within a framework that enables both projects

to jointly meet water supply and environmental obligations.

The longstanding coordinated operation of the two projects is threatened by the conflict

between the federal biological opinions and the State’s recently issued incidental take permit.

This conflict, if allowed to continue, will not only reduce water deliveries just as drought may

be returning to California, but also block the successful negotiation of voluntary agreements to

meet Delta water quality requirements, which we support. To this end, you and your team have

made substantial efforts, yet we have heard significant frustration that the lawsuit and the

incidental take permit have complicated finding a needed solution.

Fortunately, we believe early implementation of voluntary agreements would provide an

important foundation to avoid further conflict. To date, state and federal agencies simply do not

agree on the level of Delta outflow required to adequately protect smelt, salmon, and other listed

species. However, these issues do not need to be resolved through litigation if a framework for

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voluntary agreements can be reached with the necessary parties, and early implementation

provides interim protections for listed fish species acceptable to the state.

The State’s incidental take permit already includes a provision allowing its modification to

allow reliance on voluntary agreements, if approved by the State Water Resources Control Board.

We urge you to refine this provision to also allow reliance on early implementation of voluntary

agreements when fully negotiated, prior to approval by the State Water Board, to meet Delta

outflow needs as well as to continue necessary coordinated operations of the two projects. We are

confident that public water districts and users will commit to work with your administration on

such an approach. Securing additional outflow and implementing adaptive management will not

only achieve environmental benefits in the near term, it will also provide a foundation to bring all

interested parties back to the table so that a long-term comprehensive agreement on Delta water

quality protections can be achieved with reduced litigation.

California water policy is at a critical juncture. Without forceful leadership by state and

federal political leaders, our state will slip back into the “old binaries” referenced in your original

State of the State address. We look to your leadership to help resolve these critical issues and

ensure coordinated water supply for all Californians. We stand ready to help achieve that

outcome in any way we can. Thank you for considering our views.

Sincerely,

Dianne Feinstein Jim Costa John Garamendi

United States Senator Member of Congress Member of Congress

Josh Harder TJ Cox

Member of Congress Member of Congress

CC: The Honorable Xavier Becerra, Attorney General

The Honorable Wade Crowfoot, Secretary for Natural Resources

The Honorable Jared Blumenfeld, Secretary for Environmental Protection

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May 1, 2020

The Honorable Gavin Newsom Governor State of California 1303 10th Street, Suite 1173 Sacramento, California 95814

Dear Governor Newsom:

Thank you for your clear and decisive leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your administration’s response to this crisis reflects California’s spirit of community, motivated by the innovation and individualism that makes California stronger, safer and a partner its neighbors and the nation can count on in the fight against COVID-19.

California’s agricultural community embodies that same California spirit. Its farmers responded to COVID-19 by developing new ways to grow the nation’s food supply while protecting workers on the frontlines, keeping the state and nation fed. California’s packing houses and distribution networks safely deliver food to every grocery store in the nation and will continue to meet the demand for abundant, nutritious food for the American people. But as it has for all industries, the COVID-19 crisis has revealed weaknesses in agriculture that must be addressed.

California’s essential workers deserve our highest praise for helping to ensure the nation’s food supply is processed, shipped and stocked on local grocery store shelves everywhere. Their essential work starts with the farmer and rancher, who produce the food and fiber that form the first critical link in the long and essential supply chain that ends on the grocery store shelf. The importance of a resilient food supply was highlighted in the April 24, 2020 letter from 20 members of the Legislature who wrote to Ms. O’Leary and Mr. Steyer asking that food supply be one of the highest priorities for the Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery as they work to recreate a resilient California economy.

Unlike other essential industries, farmers and ranchers work on nature’s schedule. They must start planning production operations a year in advance. Farmers’ crops must be planted, watered, tended, and harvested based on the seasons. Farmers cannot speed up the growth of lettuce, tomatoes, corn, or oranges. There is no way to “catch-up” if fewer crops are planted this year. What is planted this spring is the food supply this fall and next year.

To ensure next year’s food supply keeps grocery store shelves full it is essential that California’s farmers have all the tools they need to grow the crops they are planting now. Unfortunately, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has failed to consider the importance of these necessary tools.

A reliable water supply is at the top of this list of tools farmers need to grow the food that will appear in grocery stores later this summer, this fall and next year. Making sure farmers have the

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water to grow next year’s food supply is as important as making sure grocery store shelves are stocked today.

California’s farmers need access to as much water as the state can provide this year. Unfortunately, the current water year has been dry, with very little rain and limited snowpack in the upper watersheds. This discouraging hydrology is compounded by restrictions on use of groundwater and surface water supplies. Our farmers are left with few options. Unfortunately, the dry hydrology cannot be changed. However, government-imposed restrictions can accommodate farmers’ needs. We urge you to direct state agencies to find creative and balanced means to maximize water supplies for farmers. Where possible, rules that limit farm water supplies should be suspended, modified, or postponed during this critical time.

We reiterate the message conveyed in recent letters from members of the California Congressional delegation and urge your administration to work cooperatively with the federal administration on water management. A cooperative federal-state management scheme should be applied in all those critical watersheds where the federal government has made significant investments, from the Klamath River, to the Bay-Delta and the Colorado River. In this way, we can be assured that state and federal water management coordination is maximizing water supplies while respecting our state’s commitment to the environment. As your administration has recognized in other areas, cooperation between the state and federal administrations is the best way to solve the new and unprecedented challenges we face. Improved state-federal coordination on water issues also will help ensure California’s farmers are efficiently and responsibly using the state’s limited resources to maximize the crops they grow this year.

The undersigned respectfully request that you take the necessary steps to help secure next year’s food supply. We urge you to direct your agencies and departments to find ways to maximize water supplies for farmers this year, until such time that we can normalize the food supply chain from farmer to grocery store shelf.

California also needs to ensure that its farmers continue producing a safe, healthy and abundant food supply into the future. We recommend the following outline for state and federal stimulus efforts to ensure they address the water supply infrastructure that serves California’s farmers and supports the future of our state and national food supply.

Repair and modernize existing water supply and conveyance infrastructure –Climate change, drought and regulation have reduced the water supply once available to farmers. And, when excess water is available, we are missing opportunities to capture and move it simply because our water delivery infrastructure is broken. Subsidence on the state’s major water delivery canals is one example.

Subsidence along segments of the California Aqueduct, Delta-Mendota Canal and Friant-Kern Canal has significantly reduced the amount of water that can get to our farmers. Repairing these three canals will improve water supplies to more than two million acres of agricultural land growing more than 200 different crops that create jobs for more than 131,000 people in the underserved Central Valley. In addition, downstream jobs in other parts of the state associated with these same two million acres employ another 39,000 people. These repair projects are “shovel

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ready” and construction can begin immediately. They simply require funding support. Local agricultural water agencies are ready to pay their share, but the costs are high and state and federal funding assistance is critically needed. Funding these shovel-ready projects will create jobs, protect our food supply and provide value back to the state for generations.

Accelerate and Support Existing Programs - Researchers at Columbia University recently identified the current dry period facing California as one of the worst in a millennium. This historic drought period is compounded by state-driven institutional actions, including: 1) regulatory programs which seek to reduce groundwater use under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA); 2) a state lawsuit against the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Commerce; and 3) a new permit issued to the State Water Project that reduces water supplies beyond what is necessary to protect species under the Endangered Species Act. We believe California can find ways to turn these negative impacts on farming into positives by: 1) reconsidering the state’s legal action against biological opinions that protect endangered fish; 2) providing funding to build water projects capable of replacing groundwater supplies lost to SGMA; and 3) reconsidering the scientific foundation of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s recently issued Incidental Take Permit for the State Water Project (SWP).

The State of California also has an important role to play in the future of farming in the Klamath Basin, which straddles the state border with Oregon. Thanks to the formal request made by you and Oregon Governor Kate Brown, the Department of Interior will provide some welcome emergency drought assistance in 2020 that will benefit wildlife and mitigate many individuals’ conditions. But the situation is very unstable and the community is ridden by uncertainty and anxiety. In the immediate term, California could provide funding for the California portion (Tulelake Irrigation District) of Klamath Project-wide infrastructure assessments for modernization and optimization, as the Oregon Energy Trust has done in the Oregon portions of the Project.

Current water conservation programs are periodically funded through water bonds and can improve agricultural water supplies by making water conservation measures more affordable for farmers. While these types of demand management programs do not make new water available, they can help stretch existing water supplies. Any new infrastructure stimulus bill should include significant funding that incentivizes farmers to further employ state-of-the-art on-farm water conservation technology that would otherwise be unaffordable.

Expand Current Water Supply Infrastructure – California has several options for expanding the capacity of existing water supply infrastructure. These modernization and expansion projects can create jobs in the near term and support rural agricultural economies over the long-term. For example, repair and enlargement of B.F. Sisk Dam and enlargement of Shasta Dam can increase surface water storage without adding new dams on any river. The impacts of these expanded reservoirs can be mitigated in ways that increase protections for endangered species by providing additional cold water and creating more flexible pumping operations that can be modified to protect fish at sensitive times. New storage facilities such as Sites Reservoir and Temperance Flat Reservoir can provide significant new water supplies for rural economies while adding benefits for native species in the Sacramento River, the San Joaquin River, and the Delta.

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On the Klamath River, Oregon and California have led an unprecedented effort to remove water infrastructure considered to be outdated (four private hydroelectric dams). A return to an equivalent focus on irrigation infrastructure, groundwater recharge opportunities, strategic storage, and facilities upgrades is equally important, and there are willing partners in the Klamath Project and elsewhere in the Klamath watershed.

Our state stands at a historic crossroads. We believe that the California spirit is evident in the leadership shown by your office and the willingness of Californians to change their way of life for the good of all. We are honored to be part of that effort and proud to produce the food that feeds the state, our nation, and many other countries. Now is the time to take a second step in our response to COVID-19 by protecting the ability of the state’s farmers to keep grocery store shelves stocked with safe, healthy food grown in California. We respectfully request that your administration look for every possible way to increase water supplies to farmers to ensure this year’s crop meets next year’s need. Sincerely, African American Farmers of California Ag Council of California Alameda County Farm Bureau Amador County Farm Bureau Bob Amarel, Yuba City American Pistachio Growers Association of California Egg Farmers Mark Borba, Borba Farms, Riverdale William Bourdeau Butte County Farm Bureau Chairman, California Water Alliance California Agricultural Irrigation California Alfalfa and Forage Association Association California Apple Commission California Association of Wheat Growers California Bean Shippers Association California Blueberry Commission California Citrus Mutual California Cotton Ginners and Growers California Farm Bureau Federation Association California League of Food Processors California Safflowers Growers California Tomato Growers Association California Warehouse Association California Wild Rice Advisory Board California Women for Agriculture Central Valley Project Water Association Colusa County Farm Bureau Contra Costa County Farm Bureau Joe Del Bosque, Del Bosque Farms, Firebaugh Del Norte County Farm Bureau Del Puerto Water District Bill Diedrich, Diedrich Farms, Firebaugh El Dorado County Farm Bureau Elephant Butte Irrigation District Family Farm Alliance Family Water Alliance Far West Equipment Dealers Association Fresno County Farm Bureau Glenn County Farm Bureau Liz Hudson, Hudson Farms, Sanger Neil Jones Food Company Kern County Farm Bureau Kings County Farm Bureau Klamath Water Users Association Lassen County Farm Bureau Stan Lester, Lester Farms, Winters Madera County Farm Bureau Mark McKean, Riverdale Merced County Farm Bureau Milk Producers Council Modoc County Farm Bureau Nevada County Farm Bureau

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Nisei Farmers League Olive Growers Council of California Orange County Farm Bureau Placer County Farm Bureau Plumas-Sierra County Farm Bureau Riverside County Farm Bureau Sacramento County Farm Bureau San Diego County Farm Bureau San Joaquin County Farm Bureau San Luis Obispo County Farm Bureau Santa Barbara County Farm Bureau Shasta County Farm Bureau Siskiyou County Farm Bureau Sonoma County Farm Bureau Stanislaus Irrigation District Tehama County Farm Bureau Trinity County Farm Bureau Tulare County Farm Bureau Tulelake Irrigation District Western Agricultural Processors Association Wayne Western, Clovis Western Canal Water District Western Growers Association Yolo County Farm Bureau For questions about this letter, please contact: Danny Merkley California Farm Bureau Federation [email protected] Mike Wade California Farm Water Coalition [email protected] Dan Keppen Family Farm Alliance [email protected] Cc: Hon. Eleni Kounalakis Honorable Members of the Legislature Hon. Karen Ross Hon. Jared Blumenfeld Hon. Wade Crowfoot Ms. Ann O’Leary Ms. Ana Matosantos Ms. Rachel Machi Wagoner Ms. Christine Hironaka Mr. Chris Dombrowski Mr. Ben Chida Ms. Jacque Roberts

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May 6, 2020

The Honorable Gavin Newsom

Governor

State of California

1303 10th Street, Suite 1173

Sacramento, California 95814

Dear Governor Newsom:

On April 7, 2020, we sent you a letter requesting that your Administration withdraw its

lawsuit against the recently finalized Federal biological opinions and issue a consistency

determination under the California Endangered Species Act so the State Water Project (SWP)

and Federal Central Valley Project (CVP) can be operated in a coordinated manner, as they have

for decades prior. Unfortunately, not only have we not received a response to our letter, but your

Administration is now doubling down on its ill-conceived course of action by seeking a

preliminary injunction to halt implementation of the new Federal biological opinions and to

apply the California Endangered Species Act to operations of the CVP.

The preliminary injunction that your Administration is pursuing, if successful, will deny

tens of millions of Californians, including those who live in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los

Angeles, the Inland Empire, and San Diego, the water they depend on to live and thrive. If

successful it will also deny the water needed to keep the fertile San Joaquin Valley producing the

agricultural products that we all eat, ultimately jeopardizing a keystone in our nation’s food

supply. While our constituents battle the novel coronavirus and psychological strain of the stay

at home order, the last thing they should be worried about is not receiving the water they contract

and pay for because of your Administration’s actions.

In your February letter to U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, you recognize that our

constituents “face major water constraints” and to find solutions “our water users rely on us to

work together to reliably provide water.” You conclude by sharing your “commitment to staying

engaged and working to find a shared path forward.” Yet, it is our understanding that your

Administration ignored proposals from SWP contractors designed to address the State’s concerns

with the new Federal biological opinions and that there has been no substantive dialogue with the

Federal government since mid-February, when your Administration filed suit against the United

States, regarding the State’s concerns with the new biological opinions.

On the one hand, you pledge to work with the Federal government to find commonsense

solutions to California water issues. Yet on the other hand, you allow your Administration to

immediately file litigation against the very entity you have pledged to work with to find common

ground. Make no mistake – if your Administration is successful with its motion for a

preliminary injunction this week, it will have singlehandedly undone years of work – started by

the Obama Administration – to bring new science and data to bear on California water policy

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decision-making that will directly adversely impact the Californians we all represent by denying

them the water they need.

It is not too late to stop this ill-advised course of action. It is not too late to protect the

water supply and economic vitality of our State. It is not too late to base actions to protect fish

on the best scientific data available. It is not too late to fulfill your pledge to work together with

the Federal government on water policy for the benefit of all Californians, including cities,

farms, and the environment.

Accordingly, we again call on you to drop your Administration’s pending litigation,

including the motion for a preliminary injunction, against the new Federal biological opinions in

order to “turn the page on old binaries,” as two of your cabinet members said last November, and

to issue a consistency determination for the SWP so the SWP and CVP can once against be

operated in harmony to fulfill our State’s water needs. Without changing course, your

Administration’s actions will ensure years of litigation and water supply uncertainty.

Thank you for your attention to this important and timely issue.

Sincerely,

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Assemblymember Vince Fong Senator Melissa Hurtado 34th Assembly District 14th Senate District

Senator Shannon Grove Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham 16th Senate District 35th Assembly District

Assemblymember James Gallagher Assemblymemeber Jim Patterson 3rd Assembly District 23rd Assembly District

Assemblymember Devon Mathis 26th Assembly District

Dear Minority Leader Grove, Senators, and Assemblymembers,

We write in response to your letter to Governor Newsom dated April 3, 2020. First, thank you for taking time to share your perspective and concerns regarding California water operations during this extraordinary time. We appreciate your patience regarding this response given the COVID-19 crisis and hope that your families and employees remain safe and healthy as our state and federal governments collaborate to respond to this unprecedented challenge.

We agree with you on the importance of operating our water infrastructure in California to provide reliable water supplies to our communities and economy while protecting the environment. Achieving this balance is a complex, ongoing process that requires both engagement across our state agencies and cooperation from the federal government. We are focused on operating state water infrastructure to capture and convey water supplies in a manner that complies with California’s Endangered Species Act (CESA) and other state and federal laws and regulations, which requires thoughtful operational rules and adequate environmental protections. Our iconic salmon are highly imperiled and facing extinction. These species, along with Delta and longfin smelt have recently been surveyed at the lowest population levels ever recorded.

Unfortunately, the Biological Opinions (Opinions) issued by the federal fisheries agencies and adopted by the Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau) in February, have put several endangered species in the Delta watershed at immediate risk of extinction. In fact, actions already taken by the Bureau under the new Opinions caused such alarming impacts to longfin smelt populations in April that we filed a motion to enjoin the Bureau’s operations in May in order to stop the harm from continuing.

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We recognize that the state and federal projects need to coordinate closely given their joint responsibilities for water supply delivery and environmental protection. Historically, California relied on the federal process to protect endangered species. This option was effectively eliminated by the President’s 2018 memorandum that both shaped and accelerated the updating of earlier biological opinions. In recognition of this extraordinary situation, state agencies pursued a separate state permit for the first time to ensure that the Department of Water Resources (DWR) water operations can comply with state law. Following the finalization of the Trump Administration’s Opinions on February 20, 2020, the Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) issued a new state permit for the long-term operations of the State Water Project (SWP) under CESA. This permit, which was issued on March 31, 2020, enables DWR to continue to provide reliable water to 27 million Californians and our agricultural economy while protecting four species of fish at risk of extinction. The permit carefully analyzed operations of our state water infrastructure, drawing on a decade of science to develop a permit that strengthens safeguards for fish while improving real-time management of state water operations. It contains a robust set of protective measures, and makes several improvements to waterways, including a new barrier in the south Delta to improve survival of migrating juvenile salmon and better use of salinity gates in the Suisun Marsh to expand the habitat for Delta Smelt. Lastly, the permit includes new funding for a comprehensive adaptive management program that includes updated modeling, monitoring, and analyses to inform real-time operations. This operational flexibility in the state permit will facilitate more exports during large storm events and hydrology wet years while protecting endangered species. The state permit includes important safeguards for endangered species that are not specifically protected by the federal Biological Opinions. This distinction is increasingly critical as negative effects already are being observed by operations under the new Opinions, especially for longfin smelt. The federal and state water projects have a long history of shared responsibilities for meeting environmental needs. The State Water Project cannot be forced to absorb the burden of environmental compliance that belongs to others.

This new approach strengthens water security for Californians by ensuring the continued lawful operation of the SWP for the next 10 years, regardless of federal actions. The regulatory certainty provided by this permit will support continued smart water management, including groundwater recharge, expanded water recycling, and modernized Delta conveyance – all of which are critical to supporting our capacity to prepare for dry years like this one. We remain committed to working with federal agencies to navigate and resolve differences between the federal and state permits to ensure necessary protections for endangered fish. We also remain equally committed to pursuing voluntary agreements as a pathway to create a comprehensive solution. We continue to pursue these agreements and have included flexibility in the state permit to sync with this effort, but we need the federal government to work towards meaningful compromises to be successful.

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We look forward to continuing our efforts to align and advance both federal and state priorities, in order to establish clear rules that protect endangered species, provide regulatory certainty, and meet the water supply needs of California’s diverse communities. Sincerely,

______________________________ ______________________________ Wade Crowfoot Jared Blumenfeld Secretary for Natural Resources Secretary for Environmental Protection

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May 6, 2020

The Honorable Dianne Feinstein The Honorable Jim Costa United States Senate United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20515

The Honorable John Garamendi The Honorable Josh Harder United States House of Representatives United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 20515

The Honorable T.J. Cox United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515

Dear Senator Feinstein, Representative Costa, Representative Garamendi, Representative Harder and Representative Cox:

We write in response to your letter to Governor Newsom dated April 15, 2020. First, thank you for taking time to share your perspective and concerns regarding California water operations during this extraordinary time. We appreciate your patience regarding this response given the COVID-19 crisis and hope that your families and employees remain safe and healthy as our state and federal governments collaborate to respond to this unprecedented challenge.

We agree with you on the importance of operating our water infrastructure in California to provide reliable water supplies to our communities and economy while protecting the environment. Achieving this balance is a complex, ongoing process that requires both engagement across our state agencies and cooperation from the federal government. We are focused on operating state water infrastructure to capture and convey water supplies in a manner that complies with California’s Endangered Species Act (CESA) and other state and federal laws and regulations, which requires thoughtful operational rules and adequate environmental protections. Our iconic salmon are highly imperiled and facing extinction. These species, along with Delta and longfin smelt have recently been surveyed at the lowest population levels ever recorded.

Unfortunately, the Biological Opinions (Opinions) issued by the federal fisheries agencies and adopted by the Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau) in February, have put several endangered species in the Delta watershed at immediate risk of extinction. In fact, actions already taken by the Bureau under the new Opinions caused such alarming

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impacts to longfin smelt populations in April that we filed a motion to enjoin the Bureau’s operations in May in order to stop the harm from continuing. We recognize that the state and federal projects need to coordinate closely given their joint responsibilities for water supply delivery and environmental protection. Historically, California relied on the federal process to protect endangered species. This option was effectively eliminated by the President’s 2018 memorandum that both shaped and accelerated the updating of earlier biological opinions. In recognition of this extraordinary situation, state agencies pursued a separate state permit for the first time to ensure that the Department of Water Resources (DWR) water operations can comply with state law. Following the finalization of the Trump Administration’s Opinions on February 20, 2020, the Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) issued a new state permit for the long-term operations of the State Water Project (SWP) under CESA. This permit, which was issued on March 31, 2020, enables DWR to continue to provide reliable water to 27 million Californians and our agricultural economy while protecting four species of fish at risk of extinction. The permit carefully analyzed operations of our state water infrastructure, drawing on a decade of science to develop a permit that strengthens safeguards for fish while improving real-time management of state water operations. It contains a robust set of protective measures, and makes several improvements to waterways, including a new barrier in the south Delta to improve survival of migrating juvenile salmon and better use of salinity gates in the Suisun Marsh to expand the habitat for Delta Smelt. Lastly, the permit includes new funding for a comprehensive adaptive management program that includes updated modeling, monitoring, and analyses to inform real-time operations. This operational flexibility in the state permit will facilitate more exports during large storm events and hydrology wet years while protecting endangered species. The state permit includes important safeguards for endangered species that are not specifically protected by the federal Biological Opinions. This distinction is increasingly critical as negative effects already are being observed by operations under the new Opinions, especially for longfin smelt. The federal and state water projects have a long history of shared responsibilities for meeting environmental needs. The State Water Project cannot be forced to absorb the burden of environmental compliance that belongs to others.

This new approach strengthens water security for Californians by ensuring the continued lawful operation of the SWP for the next 10 years, regardless of federal actions. The regulatory certainty provided by this permit will support continued smart water management, including groundwater recharge, expanded water recycling, and modernized Delta conveyance – all of which are critical to supporting our capacity to prepare for dry years like this one. We remain committed to working with federal agencies to navigate and resolve differences between the federal and state permits to ensure necessary protections for endangered fish. We also remain equally committed to pursuing voluntary agreements as a pathway to create a comprehensive solution. We continue to pursue these agreements and have included flexibility in the state permit to sync with this effort, but

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we need the federal government to work towards meaningful compromises to be successful.

We look forward to continuing our efforts to align and advance both federal and state priorities, in order to establish clear rules that protect endangered species, provide regulatory certainty, and meet the water supply needs of California’s diverse communities. Sincerely,

______________________________ ______________________________ Wade Crowfoot Jared Blumenfeld Secretary for Natural Resources Secretary for Environmental Protection

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