[ITEM 100] BOULDER CANYON PROJECT MEMORANDUM OF ALLOCATION THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY MARCH 20, 1930 RESOLVED, That we recommend to the Secretary of the Interior that the 64 percent of total firm power from the Boulder Canyon project available to California interests under his allocation, be divided upon terms hereinafter set forth, as follows: To the Metropolitan Water District To the City of Los Angeles and other municipalities which have filed application To the Southern California Edison Co. Total (exclusive of unused firm power) and FURTHER RESOLVED, That we recommend to the Secretary that the Metropolitan Water District be given the first call upon all unused firm power and all unused secondary power up to their total requirements for pumping into and in the aqueduct, and that any unused power of the municipalities be allocated to the City of Los Angeles, and that any remaining unused firm power or unused secondary power be divided one-half to the City of Los Angeles and one-half to the Southern California Edison Co.; and FURTHER RESOLVED, That all parties hereto agree to cooperate to the fullest extent to make the Boulder Canyon project a success in all its phases; and FURTHER RESOLVED, That this agreement is based upon the resolution already passed by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and accepted by the Board of Water and Power Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles whereby that district requests the City of Los Angeles at cost to generate its power requirements and to operate its transmission lines, which lines are to be paid for and owned by the Metropolitan Water District. The above resolution was approved March 20, 1930, by representatives ofTHE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE BOARD Of Water and POWER COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO. [ITEM 101] BOULDER CANYON PROJECT AGREEMENT AMONG MUNICIPALITIES OF APRIL 7, 1930 At a meeting of representatives of the municipalities of Anaheim, Beverly Hills, Burbank, Colton, Fullerton, Glendale, Newport, Pasadena, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Santa Ana, with Northcutt Ely, Executive Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior, on April 7, 1930, at 10 a. m., in the offices of the Metropolitan Water District, the following action was taken: 1. Pursuant to resolution unanimously adopted March 31, 1930, which allocated Boulder Dam primary energy available to the above municipalities (6 percent of the total generated) among them in proportion to their 1929 consumption, and which directed a committee consisting of representatives of Pasadena, Beverly Hills, and San Bernardino to determine the respective figures for the eleven municipalities 1929 consumption, this committee, under the chairmanship of B. F. DeLanty, of Pasadena, reported as follows: BOULDER DAM POWER — SMALLER CITIES The committee explained that the last column, referring to pro rata of cost of the City of Los Angeles transmission line, was a rough estimate. 833942-50-74 1157 It was moved, seconded, and unanimously carried that the proposed alloca tion as presented by this committee be approved. 2. The following resolution was unanimously adopted: RESOLVED, That the allocation reported (full text attached hereto) be adopted; that is, of the power allocated to the 11 municipalities, each receive as follows: FURTHER RESOLVED, That generation of Boulder Canyon power for the municipalities be performed by the City of Los Angeles, and that the municipalities designate the City of Los Angeles as the agent for transmitting any Boulder Canyon power for which they contract over the main transmission lines constructed by the City for carrying Boulder Canyon power, subject to the understanding that, if on further investigation before April 15, 1932, it shall prove to be materially more economical for any municipality to make a different arrangement, it may do so; and Further resolved, That in case of any disagreement over the question of cost of transmission of Boulder Canyon power, such disagreement will be adjusted by the Secretary of the Interior; and FURTHER RESOLVED, That any municipality desiring to reserve the right to contract with the United States for power, in accordance with the allocation approved April 7, shall take formal action indicating such desire on or before May 15, 1930, and shall transmit advice of such desire to the Secretary and to a committee consisting of the general manager of the light department of the City of Pasadena, who shall transmit such advice to the other municipalities. Thereafter, on or before April 15, 1931, such municipality shall enter into a final contract with the Government. Any power allocated to a municipality, but not reserved or contracted for under the two foregoing time limitations, shall be included in the allocations to those municipalities who do make such reservation and contract, in the ratio that their present allocations bear to each other; and FURTHER RESOLVED, That these municipalities pledge their cooperation to make the Boulder Canyon project a success in all its phases. |