File #: 24-2065   
Type: Payment Ordinance Status: Adopted
Meeting Body: City Council Formal Meeting
On agenda: 10/30/2024 Final action: 10/30/2024
Title: Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District doing business as Salt River Project

Title

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District doing business as Salt River Project

 

Description

For $160,000 in additional payment authority for Contract 63846 for Fiscal Year 2024-25 Granite Reef Underground Storage Project (GRUSP) for the Water Department. The high flow events of 2023 caused severe damage and the estimated cost of repair for the project was $874,000. Some of this amount will be covered by the existing payment ordinance. The GRUSP operates under an Intergovernmental Agreement between Salt River Project and the cities of Chandler, Gilbert, Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale, and Tempe. Phoenix owns 25.755 percent of the underground water storage capacity of GRUSP and pays its proportional share of costs.