REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
July 26, 2018
FROM: MICHAEL CARBAJAL, Interim Assistant Director
Department of Public Utilities
SUBJECT
Title
Approve City participation in a Memorandum of Agreement Regarding Coordination on the Establishment of an Implementing Agency for the Temperance Flat Reservoir Project and Preconstruction Project Activities
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that City Council approve a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Regarding Coordination on the Establishment of an Implementing Agency for the Temperance Flat Reservoir (TFR) Project and Preconstruction Project Activities, to be entered into by other San Joaquin Valley public water agencies to serve as the lead non-federal group representing the TFR Project until the Project Joint Powers Agency (JPA) or other implementing entity is formed.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The United States Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) as part of the Central Valley Project (CVP) constructed the Friant Dam located northeast of the City of Fresno in Fresno and Madera Counties to store water from the San Joaquin River and its tributaries. The water stored behind Friant Dam is known as Millerton Lake. Reclamation and other public agencies have for a number of years investigated the feasibility of constructing a second dam along the San Joaquin River upstream of Friant Dam to increase water storage capacity on the San Joaquin River for increasing available water supplies and operational flexibility. The location of the proposed second dam and reservoir is in an area commonly known as Temperance Flat. To provide a mechanism for collaborating on preconstruction activities related to the TFR Project, staff recommends that the City Council approve an MOA Regarding Coordination on the Establishment of an Implementing Agency for the TFR Project and Preconstruction Project Activities.
BACKGROUND
The Friant Division of the Central Valley Project (CVP) provides water to over one million acres of irrigable land on...
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