R21-83

RESOLUTION NO. R21-83 
 
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
GLENDALE, 
MARICOPA 
COUNTY, 
ARIZONA, 
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE ENTERING INTO OF 
AN AGREEMENT TO SHARE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH 
SEEKING TO OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR OPERATION OF THE 
FLOOD CONTROL SPACE IN THE MODIFIED ROOSEVELT 
DAM UNDER A TEMPORARY DEVIATION TO THE WATER 
CONTROL 
PLAN 
AMONG 
VARIOUS 
PARTICIPATING 
ENTITIES AND SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL 
IMPROVEMENT AND POWER DISTRICT (SRP) IN AN 
AMOUNT NOT EXCEED $61,347.  
 
WHEREAS, SRP has an agreement with the City of Glendale to transport and deliver its 
allocation of waters of the Salt and Verde Rivers; and  
 
WHEREAS, the Roosevelt Dam creates Roosevelt Lake, the largest Reservoir of the SRP 
system; and  
 
WHEREAS, the Flood Control Space of the Roosevelt Lake is controlled by the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers; and  
 
WHEREAS, the City seeks to enter into an agreement to seek and obtain permission to allow 
SRP to operate under a Temporary Deviation of the Water Control Plan for the first five (5) feet of the 
Flood Control Space of the Dam, increase the period to evacuate water from 20 to 120 days, and 
obtain up to 5,500 acre feet of water that fills this space during periods of high precipitation once a year 
for a maximum of three (3) out of a five (5) year period; and 
 
WHEREAS, the City will share costs associated with obtaining approval of the Temporary 
Deviation of the Water Control Plan in an amount not to exceed $61,347. 
 
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE as follows: 
 
SECTION 1.  That it is deemed in the best interest of the City of Glendale and the citizens 
thereof for the City of Glendale to enter into the Agreement with SRP and Arizona cities of Avondale, 
Chandler, Mesa, Peoria, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Town of Gilbert, Roosevelt Conservation District, 
Buckeye Water Conservation and Drainage District, Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community, 
Roosevelt Irrigation District and Freeport Minerals Corporation to share costs associated with seeking 
to obtain approval of the Flood Control Space of the Modified Roosevelt Dam under a temporary 
deviation to the water control plan from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of 
Reclamation.  The City of Glendale’s portion is in an amount not to exceed $61,347.

SECTION 2.  That the City Manager or designee and the City Clerk are authorized and 
directed to execute and deliver any and all documents necessary to effectuate said Agreement on behalf 
of the City of Glendale.   
 
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Glendale, 
Maricopa County, Arizona, this 24th day of August, 2021. 
 
 
 
                                                    
 
 
Mayor Jerry P. Weiers 
ATTEST: 
 
                                                              
Julie K. Bower, City Clerk             (SEAL) 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
 
                                                              
Michael D. Bailey, City Attorney 
 
REVIEWED BY: 
 
                                                              
Kevin R. Phelps, City Manager