Resolution No. 5697

RESOLUTION NO. 5697 
 
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, 
ARIZONA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CHANDLER TO ENTER INTO AN 
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. 
 
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, the Salt River Agricultural Improvement and Power District (Salt River Project or 
“SRP”) is responsible for the care, operation, and maintenance of the Salt River Federal 
Reclamation Project, including 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 Chandler wishes to participate in the planning, design, permitting, 
construction, and operation of the SCIF; and 
 
WHEREAS, the City of Chandler entered into the SRP-Participating Entities Memorandum of 
Understanding on October 6, 2022; and 
 
WHEREAS, SRP will sign an Advance Funding Agreement as a mechanism for SRP to provide 
the non-federal funding for a technical review by the United States Department of Interior’s Bureau 
of Reclamation for the SCIF; and 
 
WHEREAS, Chandler, along with the cities of Phoenix, Apache Junction, Carefree, Glendale, 
Mesa, Peoria, Scottsdale, the Town of Gilbert, and the Central Arizona Project (the “Participating 
Entities”) has been asked to enter into a cost sharing agreement with SRP to cover the estimated 
$951,960, plus a 20% contingency, nonfederal cost share for the technical review; and  
 
WHEREAS, Chandler’s share of the cost of the study would be $46,503, plus a 20% contingency, 
which may enable Chandler to benefit from the SCIF to assist in managing the City’s water 
resources. 
  
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, 
as follows: 
 
Section 1. 
Authorizes the City of Chandler to enter into the Agreement to Share Costs for the 
Technical Review of the SRP-CAP Interconnection Facility Among Cost-Share

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Partners and Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District in the 
form attached hereto as Exhibit “A” (the “Agreement”).   
Section 2. 
Authorizes the Mayor to sign this resolution and directs the Director of Public 
Works & Utilities to execute the Agreement on behalf of the City of Chandler. 
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, this ____ day 
of June, 2023. 
ATTEST: 
___________________________________ 
____________________________________ 
CITY CLERK  
MAYOR 
CERTIFICATION 
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 5697 was duly passed and 
adopted by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, at a regular meeting held on the 
____ day of June, 2023 and that a quorum was present thereat. 
____________________________________ 
CITY CLERK 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
__________________________________ 
CITY ATTORNEY

Exhibit “A” 
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