BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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Consider the June 17, 2022, Recommendation from the Water Storage Exploratory Committee to Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to Send a Letter Expressing Valley Water's Potential Interest in Increasing Participation Level in the Planning Phase of the Sites Reservoir Project if Space in the Project Becomes Available and is Supported by Future Analysis.
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RECOMMENDATION:Recommendation
A. Receive and Discuss Update on the Sites Reservoir Project; and
B. Consider the June 17, 2022, recommendation from the Water Storage Exploratory Committee to authorize the Chief Executive Officer to send a letter expressing Valley Water's potential interest in increasing participation level in the planning phase of the Sites Reservoir Project if space in the project becomes available and is supported by future analysis.
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SUMMARY:
During the March 7, 2022, Water Storage Exploratory Committee (Committee) meeting, staff informed the Committee that the Sites Reservoir Project (Project) is fully subscribed, even as the U.S, Bureau of Reclamation is requesting greater participation, and several non-participating agencies expressed interest in joining the Project. Since that time, several participants have indicated willingness to reduce their participation level, making space for Reclamation and other agencies to increase participation. The Sites Joint Project Authority (Sites JPA) will begin rebalancing participation levels and potentially invite new participants into the Project during the Fall of 2022. The Project is also evaluating the feasibility of reducing the reservoir dead pool to create additional usable reservoir storage space which could be allocated during the rebalancing efforts.
Sites JPA has requested that Participants interested in increasing their Participation level, as well as non-participants that are interested in joining the project, provide a letter requesting to be placed on the waiting list and committin...
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