REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
February 14, 2019
FROM: MICHAEL CARBAJAL, Director
Department of Public Utilities
SUBJECT
Title
Approve City participation in a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement to become a member of the Temperance Flat Reservoir Authority and authorize up to $250,000 in proportionate costs for three years.
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that City Council approve participation in a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement (JPA) to become a member of the Temperance Flat Reservoir Authority (TFR Authority), along with other San Joaquin Valley public water agencies for the purpose of implementing the Temperance Flat Reservoir (TFR) Project, and authorize contributing up to $250,000 in proportionate related costs in the first three years.
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, as the Temperance Flat Reservoir Project (TFR Project). The TFR Authority has been formed for the purpose of implementing the TFR Project, and staff recommends that the City Council approve the JPA to become a member of the TFR Authority.
BACKGROUND
The Friant Division of the Central Valley Project (CVP) provides water to over one million acres of irrigable land on the east side of the southern San Joaquin Valley. Principal features of the Friant Division of the CV...
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