R22-97

RESOLUTION NO. R22-97 
 
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
GLENDALE, 
MARICOPA 
COUNTY, 
ARIZONA, 
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE ENTERING INTO OF 
A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO SUPPORT 
THE PLANNING, DESIGN, PERMITTING, CONSTRUCTION, 
AND OPERATION OF THE SRP-CAP INTERCONNECTION 
FACILITY AMONG SALT RIVER VALLEY WATER USERS’ 
ASSOCIATION, SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL 
IMPROVEMENT AND POWER DISTRICT (SRP), CENTRAL 
ARIZONA WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT (CAWCD), 
AND PARTICIPATING ENTITIES.  
 
WHEREAS, the CAWCD is responsible for the care, operation, maintenance, and 
replacement of the Central Arizona Project (CAP), including the water delivery works of the 
CAP; and  
 
WHEREAS, SRP is responsible for the care, operation, and maintenance of the Salt River 
Federal Reclamation Project, including the SRP water delivery system and the CAP/SRP 
Interconnection Facility (CSIF) located adjacent to the Granite Reef Diversion Dam, which 
provides SRP and CAWCD the ability to transport water from the CAP Canal to the SRP water 
delivery system; and  
 
WHEREAS, SRP, in collaboration with CAWCD, has begun planning to design, permit, 
and construct the SRP-CAP Interconnection Facility (SCIF), which would connect the SRP 
water delivery system to the CAP Canal and provide the infrastructure to facilitate the 
transportation of water from the SRP water delivery system to the CAP Canal; and  
 
WHEREAS, the City of Glendale is considering participating in the planning, design, 
permitting, construction, and operation of the SCIF and potentially obtaining capacity in the 
SCIF to assist in managing water resources. 
 
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 nonbinding Memorandum of 
Understanding with SRP, CAWCD, and Arizona cities of Chandler, Mesa, Peoria, Phoenix, 
Scottsdale, Tempe, towns of Gilbert, Queen Creek, EPCOR, Carefree Water Company, and 
Water Utilities Community Facilities District Apache Junction to support the planning, design, 
permitting, construction, and operation of the SCIF. 
 
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 MOU 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 27th day of September, 2022. 
 
 
 
                                                    
 
 
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