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CITY OF SAN BERtODINO - REQUEST OR COUNCIL ACTION
From:
Mayor Evlyn Wilcox
REC~~""..OI\ftiject:
1988 Al'R 23- AM Ii: 18
Resolution Supporting Congressional
Legislation Authorizing the Secretary
of the Interior to line the All American
Canal between Pilot Knob & Drop 4 and
the Coache11a Branch between Siphon 7
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Dept:
Mayor's Office
Date:
April 21, 1988
Synopsis of Previous Council action:
Recommended motion:
Adopt Resolution
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Contact panon:
Mayor Evlyn Wilcox
Phone:
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Supporting data attached:
Yes
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FUNDING REOUIREMENTS:
Amount:
Source: (ACCT, NO.)
(ACCT, DESCRIPTION)
Flnence:
Council Notel:
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Agenda Item NO.l~ (,
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RESOLUTION No.
2 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO SUPPORTING PROPOSED LEGISLATION
FOR CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION TO LINE PORTIONS OF THE ALL AMERICAN CANAL
3 AND THE COACHELLA BRANCH
4 WHEREAS, a s1gnificant amount of Colorado River water is now lost
5 in the process of delivering a major portion of California's apportion~ent
6 through the All American Canal and Coache11a Branch, and;
7 WrlEREAS, these canals, were originally constructed as unlined earthen
8 facilities, and have remained unlined for over 40 years, and;
9 WHEREAS, lining the canals will make better use of California's
10 4,4 million acre-foot annual apportionment of Colorado River water, and;
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WHEREAS, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has estimated that it is cost-
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effective to line portions of the unlined sections of the All American
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Canal and Coache1la Branch, and;
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WHEREAS, the Secretary of the Interior holds title to the All
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American Canal and Coachella Branch,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE
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Cl'fY Jf SAN I\F",NARDINO supports Congressional legislation authorizing
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the Secretary of the Interior to line the All American Canal between
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Pilot Knob and Drop 4, and the Coache11a Branch between Siphon 7 and
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Siphon 32,
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I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was uu1y auopt,,"
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by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a
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meeting, thereof, held on the
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. 1988 by the following vote, to wit:
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The foregoing resolution is hereby approved on this
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day of
Mayor of the City of San Bernardino
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To authorize the Secreta!)' of tbe Interior to provide water coRsen'ation opportu-
nities b~' lining the All-American Canal, Boulder Can)'on Project, and for
other purposes.
ll\ THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIYES
FEBRt:ARY 23, 1988
Mr, LHISE of California (for himself, Mr, MCCA'lDLESS, Mr, GALLEGLY, and
liT. MILLER of California) introduced the follo....-ing bill; .....hich .....as referred
to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide water
consel".ation opportunities by lining the All-American
Canal, Boulder Canyon Project, and for other purposes,
I Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress alsembled,
3 SECTlOl' 1. Al.1THORIZATION OF PROJECT,
4 (a) IN GENERAL,-In order to provide for water conser-
5 yation and other purpos('s, the Secretary is authorized-
6 (1) to construct a new lined canal or to line the
7 presently unlined portions of the All-American Canal
8 of the Boulder Canyon Project from the vicinit). of
9 Pilot Knob to Drop 4 and its Coachella Branch from
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1 Siphon 7 to Siphon 32, including measures to protect
2 public safet)'; and
3 (2) to implement measures to replace incidental
4 fish and "ildlife values foregone.
5 The Secretar)' may contract with participating contractors
6 for the construction and funding of all or any part of the
7 project.
8 (b) AVAILABILITY OF WATER,-
9 (1) The water conserved b)' the project shall be
10 made aYailable for beneficial consumptive use ,,;thin
11 the State of California. The types and places of such
12 uses by the participating contractors shall be the same
13 as those specified in their existing water delivery con-
14 tracts "ith the Secretary,
15 (2) The contracts for funding shall entitle the par-
16 ticipating contractors to a proportionate share of the
17 water conserved on a calendar )'ear basis expressed in
18 terms of a percentage of the funds contributed pursuant
19 to section 2, This quantity of water shall be in addition
20 to the quantity of water available to the participating
21 contractors 'llnder their existing contracts "ith the Sec-
22 retary, absent the lining projects, but shall be consid-
23 ered as part of California's Colorado River apportion-
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1 (c) CANAL OPERATIONs,-The Secretary' shall stud~'
2 the impact of the project on the operation and maintenance of
3 the existing All-American Canal and its Coachella Branch. If
4 the stud~' demonstrates that there are added costs of oper-
5 ation and maintenance which exceed the benefits to the 1m-
6 perial Irrigation District or the Coachella Valley Water Dis-
7 trict as a result of the project, the Secretary' shall include the
8 findings of his study and construction of necessar~' facilities in
9 his plan for the project. Such added costs shall be included in
10 the costs of the project pro,;ded for in section 2(b),
11 SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF COSTS,
12 (a) CONSTRUCTION SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF
13 Fmms.-The Secretary shall not begin construction of the
14 project until funds are available pursuant to the pro,;sions of
15 this section.
16 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FuNDs,-The contracts for fund-
Ii ing shall prO\;de that the cost of the project shall be paid
18 ' from funds advanced b)' the participating contractors under
19 the authority of the Contributed Funds Act .of March 4, 1921
20 (41 Stat, 1401), the Reclamation Act of 1902 (32 Stat. 888),
21 and Acts amendatop' thereof or supplementary thereto, and
22 in accordance v.;th tems and conditions acceptable to the
23 Secretary,
24 (c) TITLE TO FACILITIES CONSTRUCTED,-By ,.u-tue
25 of their financial participation in these projects, a participat-
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1 ing contractor ma~' not receive title to any facility construct-
2 ed. Title to all such facilities shall rest with the United
3 States, subject to disposal by the Secretary at his discretion,
4 as permitted under the tenns of existing repayment contracts
5 with Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valle)' Water
6 District, the city of San Diego, California, and other applica-
7 ble law,
8 SEe. 3, DEFlJliITIONS,
9 For the purposes of this Act-
IO (1) the tenn "participating contractor" means the
11 Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and
12 any other California agency who-
13 (A) is a signatory to the Seven Party Agree-
14 ment of August 18, 1931,
15 (B) is a contractor for delivery of Colorado
16 River water pursuant to section 5 of the Boulder
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Canyon Project Act (45 Stat. 1057), and
(C) elects to participate in the project de-
scribed in section 1;
(2) the tenn "project" means the project author-
ized under section 1(a) of this Act; and
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(3) the terln "Secretarv" means the Secretan' of
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, RICHARD T.ICllLOl5IIDG III, ",...", """ C1II(f~Of/Im
WIWAM P. THOMAS, &//,., tIIId e-tl1Irf Viti held.n,
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"ARRISON GRAY OTIS. /B82,/9/7
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JAMES D, IOSWELL, I'Itf held"", Emp/o",olld Public Rr/dr/olU
WIWAM A. NIESE, I'Itf held"., IJIId GrIImII COUIIS./
JAMES .. SIIAFFER. Viti ",..."" FiM_ onrI I'Ionn/n,
GEORGE J. COTUAR. MoflOll"l Ed/tot'
ANTHONY DAY. &//"" of Ih. Ed/IOrio/ Pqrs
JEAN SUARLEY TAYLOR, Msodolr Ed/tor
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": "Congress has an opportunity to ease consider-
"'ably the potential for future water shortages in
,Southern California, and at no cost to the federal
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~: go~ernment,
~.' ,';I'he, Metropolitan Water District of Southern
~:Calirornia has offered to pay the full cost of lining
..68 miles of the All-American and Coache1la canals
::iINmperial and Riverside counties in exchange for
'v(~ water that would be conserved-an estimated
T, 100,000 acre - feet a year, enough to supply the
'. residential needs of 800,000 JIf!OIlle, The project
. ; would' be authorized by legislation Introduced by
::Rep. Mel Levine (D-Santa Monica), Levine's bUl
~':,deserves speedy passage,
:'': : ;I'he' 68 miles of canals currently consist of earth
Z;'c!itc;he's; much water is lost through seepage. The
::All'~Ainerican CahaI takes Colorado River water to
, ~ the, Imperial Irrigation District. and the Coachella
..branch serves the Coachella Valley Water District
;....south and east of Palm Springs, .
..; The, idea is such a good one that it Is surprising
.;,that there is any opposition, But the Imperial
Jrrigation District is against the project, arguing
that Metropolitan's proposal constitutes "a repre- '
:hensible intrUSion" into the affairs of Imperial
County. The district would like to have its own
canal. lining project sometime in the future and sell
the conserved water for profit. But MetrOpolitan
contends that any water Dved goes to other
Colorado IIHrlI, and under the "Law of the River"
cannot be sold elsewhere,
, This is the same U'gwnent that has in part pre.
vented Imperial and Metropolitan from reaching
agreem~t on Metropolitar,'s financing of conser.
vation facUlties within Imperial in exchange for the
water DVed. Imperial's price is too high for Metro.
politano and is compounded by Imperial's demand
for an annual cost-of.livinl escalator on the cost
of the conservation facllities, In the canal.lining
project, Metropolitan would get the water in
perpetuity In exchange for the one-time outlay of
$150 million to $200 mUlion. '
eon,reu ahould lInore Imperlal's argumenL
Imperial does not own the AlI.American Canal.
The federallOvernment does. All California users
of Colorado water have a stake In ita efficient opere
ation. Imperial ahould be more concerned about
Impendinlltate ICtion apinIt the district for the
failure to Itop the 10as of hundreds of thousands
of acre.feet of precious Colorado water leaking
through Its Inefficient distribution system-the
system that Metropolitan has offered to fix.
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Welcome News
..From 1 he South
COJliCRESSMAN GEORGE MILLER, the
~ll1rlinez Democrat and a leadln, expert on
,,~illitornla waler problems, Is a cCHponsor of
'~ome legislation lought by the Metropolltan
Water DIStrict of Southern Callfornla which
lIeserves lupporl of all California Congres..
hllln,
.:. IiR 3988 wuuld provide federal approval for
lhe locally.financed modernlzation and 1m.
provemenl of some G8 miles of earth canals
whicb cury waters of the Colorado RIver to the
asricultural users of the Imperial and tbe Coa.
Ch.,Ull Valleys In tbe arid desens of Southeast.
ern California.
Tbe canals, wblch date back to the con.
~truction of Hoover (Boulder) DalD, were built
in the days when water aRenci.. beUeved that
llle waler supply of the Welt wu an Inexhaust.
Ible and cheap resource. Tbey are bl& lievea
,leaking Wiler wbere Ills DOl useful.
UnJer this proposal, lhe dirt and sand Irrl.
ga tlon ditches would be lined to reduce thillols
:whlcb is unacceptable today, The IIIving, aays
,~Iyron Holburl, aSlilstant lleneral manager of
the Metropolitlln Water District. would be
,',bout 100,000 acre feet of water annually, This
-ts a difficult amount to comprehend. abOUl 33
hillion galloIlli Dr enoui:h waler for all of the
lL'qulremenu each year for Just under one
;lIullion people.
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:. THE FEDERAL BUREAU ot Reclamation
'has estimated tbat this hUlle undertaking will
cost from $150 to ~OO million, Under the teder.
III legislation. the Metropolllan Water District
~'\o,'ilI finance the work In excbanie for the right
to dIvert the saved water to Its own Southern
Cahfornia re.ld~ntial :lnd business customl!T5,
. To its credit, t be Imperial-Coacbella project
.POIS been on Metropolitan Water District's prl.
orlty agenda tor lome time, But It haa been
IJnOlble to come to terms with the Irrigation
districts over finances and pricing oltbe water
which will be saved, NThe projecla cCiDtalned In
this legislation reflect new ideas about meeting
futurl! WlIlClr needs In California," laid Carl
Boronsky, Metropulltan's general manaier,
Metropuhtllll provides drinking water to 14 mi!.
lion reSidents of SIX uf the mon populous Coun.
ties in SOlJthl'rn COIllfornia, It has enormous
pulitical clout south oC the Tehac:pl1pls. Saving
j.\'i1ll!r to the south means less pressure to ex.
tort waler from the north; we cheer the effort,