City council expected to pass $42.6 million for rights to drink river water

From City of Woodland, City Council:

SUBJECT: Installment Purchase Agreement between the City of Woodland and the Woodland Davis Clean Water Agency
DATE: December 21, 2010

Report in Brief: The Woodland Davis Clean Water Agency (Agency) has been negotiating with representatives of Reclamation District 2035 (RD 2035), Conaway Preservation Group (CPG), and the Cities of Davis and Woodland on a package of proposed agreements relating to the purchase and acquisition of water rights and real property interests and a joint river intake/diversion facility for the Davis-Woodland Water Supply Project (Project). CPG has been represented in these negotiations by Tri-City Water and Farm LLC (Tri-City), which is a new company formed by Angelo Tsakopoulos (AKT Development Corp.) to facilitate the acquisition of a controlling interest in CPG.

These negotiations have culminated in five proposed agreements, which are described in the Background Section below. Of the five agreements, one is an Installment Purchase Agreement (Agreement) between the City of Woodland and the Agency, which is the subject of this report. The Agreement is intended to back up and secure the City’s commitment (subject to compliance with Proposition 218) to fix and collect water rates sufficient to cover the purchase rights to 10,000 acre feet per year of Sacramento River surface water to be used in the project, when diversions under the Agency’s own water rights will not be available.

Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. _______ that will support the following actions:

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Marble releases statement on complicated WDCWA agreement

From Bill Marble, Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency chair:

“We are pleased to announce that the board of directors of the Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency met in closed session [on December 14] to review historic agreements paving the way for a high quality water supply for our cities at the most affordable price. We have been deliberate in our negotiations and are completely committed to transparency in this process. We expect to release the contracts and documents by tomorrow in order to give the public as much time as possible for review.

On Tuesday, December 21 the Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency will conduct a special meeting to consider public input and approval of a package of proposed agreements relating to the purchase and acquisition of water rights, a joint river intake/diversion facility, and necessary land easements for project piping and other needed facilities.

If approved by all parties, these historic agreements would lay the groundwork for one of the most important infrastructure projects in our region’s history.

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WDCWA board to consider permanent river water rights this afternoon

From the Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency:

The Board of the Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency (WDCWA) is considering agreements to purchase a water intake facility site on the Sacramento River, along with permanent rights to 10,000 acre-feet of surface water annually, starting in 2016. The proposed agreements with the Conaway Preservation Group (CPG) will be considered by WDCWA at 4 p.m., Tuesday, December 21, at Davis City Hall. If approved by WDCWA, the City Councils of Davis and Woodland will consider the agreements on Tuesday, December 21.

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