Resolution No.
STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION APPROVING A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE MOKELUMNE RIVER INTEGRATED CONJUNCTIVE USE PROGRAM AND WATER RIGHT APPLICATION FOR MOKELUMNE RIVER WATER WITH THE NORTH SAN JOAQUIN WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, STOCKTON EAST WATER DISTRICT, MOKELUMNE RIVER WATER AND POWER AUTHORITY, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, AND THE COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN The Mokelumne River Water and Power Authority (MRWPA) has a pending Water Right Application 29835 (Application), to appropriate water from the Mokelumne River; and The Mokelumne River Integrated Conjunctive Use Program (MICUP) is a regionally coordinated effort to advance Application and to identify and implement projects that will place the available water to beneficial use, thereby improving groundwater sustainability in the Eastern San Joaquin Groundwater Subbasin (ESJ); and In November 2022, the ESJ was awarded grant funding by the California Department of Water Resources under the 2021 Sustainable Groundwater Management Round 1 Implementation Program, which included $3.3 million for MICUP; and All grant funds allocated to MICUP have now been fully expended, and additional work is required to complete certain grant deliverables; and The City of Stockton, in coordination with San Joaquin County, the North San Joaquin Water Conservation District, and the Stockton East Water District (Participation Agencies), has developed a proposed Cooperative Agreement that defines roles and responsibilities, outlines cost-sharing for petition activities and protest dismissals; establishes water allocations; and adds the Participating Agencies as co-applicants to Application; and The Cooperative Agreement proposes that the City of Stockton’s cost share and water allocation be set at 40%. The MICUP Cooperative Agreement Budget also identifies City contributions of $59,200 for Fiscal Year Ending 2026 and $100,000 for Fiscal Year Ending 2027 to complete MICUP petition activities; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON, AS FOLLOWS:
The Mokelumne River Integrated Conjunctive Use Program Cooperative Agreement attached as Exhibit 1 is hereby accepted and incorporated herein by this reference.
The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized to take appropriate and necessary actions to carry out the purpose and intent of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED June 23, 2026 .
CHRISTINA FUGAZI
Mayor of the City of Stockton
ATTEST:
KATHERINE ROLAND, CMC, CPMC
City Clerk of the City of Stockton