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Access Agreement with Roosevelt Irrigation District at Goodyear Airport (Ordinance S-45615)
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Access Agreement with Roosevelt Irrigation District at Goodyear Airport (Ordinance S-45615)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into an Access Agreement with the Roosevelt Irrigation District at Phoenix Goodyear Airport (GYR). There is no financial impact associated with this Access Agreement.
Report
Summary
The Roosevelt Irrigation District (RID), since 1927, has owned and operated the RID Main Water Canal, delivering irrigation water to various areas in the Avondale, Goodyear, and Buckeye areas of Arizona. GYR is located in the RID. Two private properties located on two sides of GYR are customers of RID and depend on a ditch cutting across and under the GYR for irrigation water.
GYR was built by the Navy during the 1940s and allowed RID’s continued use (easement) of the canal which existed prior to the presence of the Navy Base. The ownership of RID’s easement and all “rights of way, laterals, and ditches” was granted to the City of Phoenix (City), by the United States through an Indenture in 1968. The canal still exists and is made up of a combination of open ditch and concrete piping. The City entered into an Access Agreement with RID in 1997 allowing RID to enter GYR in order to use and maintain the canal.
In an effort to improve water drainage, improve airport safety, and reduce the presence of wildlife, the Aviation Department (AVN), along with assistance from the Arizona Department of Transportation, previously agreed to enclose the open ditch with piping; that project is scheduled to begin in fiscal year 2020. AVN has also agreed to assume responsibility for maintaining the canal once it is enclosed. RID will maintain everything located off GYR that connects to the system.
This Access Agreement with RID will allow RID to access GYR to:
Take water samples.
Monitor the AVN’s construction activities.
Check the operation of the tail water system.
Inform AVN of any equipment required for the continued operation of the tail water system.
Contract Term
The term will be 10 years with one, 10-year option to extend at the sole discretion of the Aviation Director.
Financial Impact
There is no financial impact associated with this Access Agreement.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
This item was recommended for approval at the Aviation and Transportation Subcommittee meeting on April 23, 2019, by a vote of 2-0.
Location
Phoenix Goodyear Airport, 1658 S. Litchfield Road, Goodyear, Ariz.
Council District: Out of City
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Deanna Jonovich and the Aviation Department.