File #: 24-0763   
Type: Payment Ordinance Status: Adopted
Meeting Body: City Council Formal Meeting
On agenda: 5/15/2024 Final action: 5/15/2024
Title: Roosevelt Irrigation District

Title

Roosevelt Irrigation District

 

Description

For $1,300,000 in payment authority for Fiscal Year 2024-25 water rights settlement claim costs for Contract 54170, for the Water Services Department. In 1998, the City of Phoenix entered into a comprehensive settlement agreement with Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC), and others, to settle SRPMIC water rights claims. Part of that settlement included an ongoing three-way water exchange among the City, Salt River Project and the Roosevelt Irrigation District. The City is responsible to pay a portion of costs associated with the ongoing annual exchange.