HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-02-14; Municipal Water District; Resolution 14351 RESOLUTION NO. 1435
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WHEREAS, the SDCWA purchases neariy 50 percent of the region's water
supply from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) and pays
MWD a transportation charge to transport another 25 percent of the region's water
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER
DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CARLSBAD,
3 CALIFORNIA, TO SUPPORT THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY
WATER AUTHORITY'S LAWSUIT AGAINST THE
4 METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
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^ WHEREAS, San Diego County's $186 billion economy and 3.1 million people
depend upon the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) for approximately 75
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g percent of all water used in the region; and
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.(4 supply the SDCWA obtained through water conservation achieved through a historic
15 water transfer agreement with the Imperial Irrigation District (HD) and by lining the All
16 American & Coachella canals; and
17 WHEREAS, MWD has approved water rate increases totaling 75 percent since
2006; and
WHEREAS, MWD's water rate structure misallocates the vast majority of its own
water supply costs to the water transportation rates charged to the SCWA to transport
the IID and canal lining supplies, resulting in an overcharge of $31 million to San Diego
County ratepayers in 2011 and illegal subsidies to each of the 25 other member
agencies of MWD; and
25 WHEREAS, these overcharges are estimated to reach as much as $230 million
26 annually by the year 2021, and amount to as much as $2.1 billion over 45 years; and 27
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1 WHEREAS, on June 11, 2010, the SDCWA filed a lawsuit against MWD,
2 challenging MWD's 2011 and 2012 water rates, which is currently pending in the San
^ Francisco Superior Count as Case No. CPF-10-510830; and
WHEREAS, on October 27, 2011, the SDCWA successfully amended its lawsuit
to assert additional claims against MWD alleging that MWD took additional unfair and
punitive actions that negatively impact the SDCWA and San Diego County ratepayers;
and
WHEREAS, the Carisbad Municipal Water District and SDCWA require MWD
10 board policies that make water available at an affordable cost, fairiy and lawfully
11 apportioned among its rate categories and among the member agencies of MWD.
12 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Carisbad Municipal Water
'^'^ District Board of Directors of the City of Carisbad, California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the Carisbad Municipal Water District Board of Directors supports the
SDCWA's lawsuit and the SDCWA's ongoing efforts to secure a reliable water supply
and transportation rates from MWD at affordable, lawful and equitable prices.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Special Meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Cartsbad Municipal Water District of the City of Cartsbad on the 14*^ day
of February 2012, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Board Members Hall, Kulchin, Blackburn, Douglas, Packard.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
MATTtHALL, President
ATTEST:
MA.
XORRAINE M. J/XOPD. Secretary
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