HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2020-092 Authorizing an Agreement with B.K.W. Farms for in Lieu Water Deliveries and Storage MARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2020-092
RELATING TO UTILITIES; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO
SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH B.K.W. FARMS, INC. FOR IN LIEU WATER
DELIVERIES AND STORAGE
WHEREAS B.K.W. Farms, Inc. ("BKW") possesses a Groundwater Savings
Facility Permit from the Arizona Department of Water Resources authorizing the
storage of 14,351 acre feet per year of Central Arizona Project ("CAP") water; and
WHEREAS the Town has a contract with the Central Arizona Water
Conservation District (CAWCD) for the purchase of CAP water; and
WHEREAS the Town desires to maximize the use of its CAP water to reduce or
offset the Town's use of groundwater within the Tucson Active Management Area; and
WHEREAS the proposed agreement with BKW for in lieu water deliveries and
storage would allow the Town to receive in-lieu credit for CAP water delivered to BKW
at its Groundwater Savings Facility, and allows BKW to use CAP water for its irrigation
needs in order to reduce its groundwater use, in accordance with its Groundwater
Savings Facility Permit; and
WHEREAS the Town and BKW have just completed a mutually beneficial five-
year agreement for in lieu water deliveries and storage, approved by the adoption of
Marana Resolution No. 2015-076, and the Mayor and Council find that entering into a
new five-year agreement is in the best interests of the Town and its citizens and
businesses.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE TOWN OF MARANA, that the agreement with B.K.W. Farms, Inc. for in lieu
water deliveries and storage in substantially the form included in the agenda materials
accompanying this resolution is hereby approved, and the Mayor is authorized to
execute it for and on behalf of the Town of Marana.
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Manager and staff are hereby
directed and authorized to undertake all other and further tasks required or beneficial
to carry out the terms, obligations, conditions and objectives of the agreement.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana,
Arizona, this 1st day of September, 2020.
Mayor Ed H nea
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Cherry L. Dawson,Town Clerk Or C.7; idy, Town.- "y'•rney
MARANA AZ
ESTABLISHEr::: 1977
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