File #: 21-1417   
Type: Payment Ordinance Status: Adopted
Meeting Body: City Council Formal Meeting
On agenda: 6/16/2021 Final action: 6/16/2021
Title: Roosevelt Irrigation District

Title

Roosevelt Irrigation District

 

Description

For $1,100,000.00 in annual payment authority for Contract 54170 for Fiscal Year 2021-22 water rights settlement claim costs for the Water Services Department. In 1998, the City of Phoenix entered into a comprehensive settlement agreement with Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community, and others, to settle Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community water rights claims. Part of that settlement included an ongoing three-way water exchange among the City of Phoenix, Salt River Project and the Roosevelt Irrigation District. The City of Phoenix is responsible to pay a portion of costs associated with the ongoing annual exchange.