R23-45

RESOLUTION NO. R23-45 
 
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
GLENDALE, 
MARICOPA 
COUNTY, 
ARIZONA, 
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE ENTERING INTO OF 
AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT TO SHARE 
COSTS FOR THE TECHNICAL REVIEW OF THE SRP-CAP 
INTERCONNECTION FACILITY AMONG COST-SHARE 
PARTNERS AND SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL 
IMPROVEMENT AND POWER DISTRICT (SRP).  
 
WHEREAS, the Central Arizona Water Conservation District (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; and 
 
WHEREAS, SRP will initiate a technical review and concurrent discussions and planning 
with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) to frame and outline the necessary 
environmental reviews required by Reclamation for the SCIF. 
 
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 Intergovernmental Agreement with 
SRP, CAWCD, and Arizona cities of Apache Junction, Chandler, Mesa, Peoria, Phoenix, 
Scottsdale, towns of Gilbert, Queen Creek, and Carefree Water Company 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 
Intergovernmental 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 13th day of June, 2023. 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                    
 
 
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