La Grande Water District SOI

LaGrande Water District SPHERE OF INFLUENCE Colusa LAFCO http://www.ca.nrcs.usda.gov/mlra02/colusa/manorslo_qd.html ADOPTED Resolution 2009-0004 MARCH 5, 2009 Colusa LAFCO John Benoit, Executive Officer PO Box 2694, Granite Bay CA 95746 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 LAFCO's Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 Sphere of Influence Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.3 LAFCO Policies and Procedures Related to Spheres of Influence . . 1 1.4 Description of Public Participation Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.5 Possible Approaches to Spheres of Influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.6 SOI Update Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.7 SOI Amendments and CEQA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 SETTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.1 Colusa County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2 Central Valley Project and Tehama-Colusa Canal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.1 LaGrande Water District Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.2 LaGrande Water District Crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.3 LaGrande Water District Soils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.4 Service Provision and Water Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.5 LaGrande Water District Finances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4 SPHERE OF INFLUENCE FOR LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT . . . . . . 10 4.1 Land Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4.1.1 Present and Planned Land Uses in the Area, Including Agricultural and Open Space Lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4.1.2 SOI Determinations Present and Planned Land Use for LaGrande Water District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4.2. Municipal Services: Present Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4.2.1 Service Need for LaGrande Water District. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4.2.2 SOI Determinations for Facilities and Services Probable Need for LaGrande Water District . . . . . . 12 4.3 Public Facilities Future Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4.3.1 Facilities and Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4.3.2 SOI Determinations for Public Facilities Present and Future Capacity for LaGrande Water District . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4.4 Social or Economic Communities of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.4.1 LaGrande Water District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.4.2 SOI Determinations for Social or Economic Communities of Interest for LaGrande Water District . . . . . . . . . . 13 ABBREVIATIONS 14 DEFINITIONS 15 REFERENCES 17 PREPARERS 17 MAPS 18 APPENDIX A SOIL INFORMATION 21 i COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 1 INTRODUCTION 1.2 Sphere of Influence Requirements 1.1 LAFCO's Responsibilities In determining the Sphere of Influence This Municipal Service Review (MSR) for each local agency, LAFCO must and Sphere of Influence (SOI) have consider and prepare a written been prepared for the Colusa Local statement of determinations with respect Agency Formation Commission (Colusa to each of the following: LAFCO). Local Agency Formation Commissions are quasi-legislative local 1. The present and planned land agencies created in 1963 to assist the uses in the area, including State in encouraging the orderly agricultural and open space development and formation of local lands; agencies. This MSR consists of a review of water service as provided by the La 2. The present and probable need Grande Water District. for public facilities and services in the area; The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 3. The present capacity of public (Government Code §56000 et seq.) is facilities and adequacy of public the statutory authority for the services which the agency preparation of an MSR, and periodic provides, or is authorized to updates of the Sphere of Influence of provide; and each local agency. 4. The existence of any social or The Governor’s Office of Planning and economic communities of interest Research has issued Guidelines for the in the area if the commission preparation of an MSR. This MSR determines that they are relevant adheres to the procedures set forth in to the agency. the MSR Guidelines. 1.3 LAFCO Policies and A Sphere of Influence is a plan for the Procedures Related to Spheres probable physical boundaries and of Influence service area of a local agency, as determined by the affected Local The Colusa LAFCO adopted policies Agency Formation Commission and procedures related to Spheres of (Government Code §56076). Influence on February 5, 2004. Government Code §56425(f) requires that each Sphere of Influence be updated not less than every five years, and §56430 provides that a Municipal Service Review shall be conducted in advance of the Sphere of Influence update. 1 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 1.4 Description of Public State, various conceptual approaches Participation Process have been identified from which to choose in designating an SOI. These Colusa LAFCO is a legislative body seven approaches are explained below: authorized by the California Legislature and delegated powers as stated in the 1) Coterminous Sphere: Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 The Sphere of Influence for a city (the Act). The LAFCO proceedings are or special district that is the same subject to the provisions of California’s as its existing boundaries. (This open meeting law, the Ralph M. Brown is the recommendation for the Act (Government Code Sections 54950 LaGrande Water District.) et seq.) 2) Annexable Sphere: The Brown Act requires advance posting of meeting agendas and A sphere larger than the contains various other provisions agency’s boundaries identifies designed to ensure that the public has areas the agency is expected to adequate access to information annex. The annexable area is regarding the proceedings of public outside its boundaries and inside boards and commissions. Colusa the sphere. LAFCO complies with the requirements of the Brown Act. 3) Detachable Sphere: SOI policies have been adopted by the A sphere that is smaller than the Colusa LAFCO. Colusa LAFCO has agency’s boundaries identifies discussed and considered the SOI areas the agency is expected to process in open session, and has detach. The detachable area is adopted a schedule for completing the the area within the agency various municipal service reviews and bounds but not within its sphere. sphere of influence updates for Colusa County. Each Sphere of Influence will 4) Zero Sphere: be prepared as a draft, and will be subject to public and agency comment A zero sphere indicates the prior to final consideration by the Colusa affected agency’s public service LAFCO. functions should be reassigned to another agency and the 1.5 Possible Approaches to the agency should be dissolved or Sphere of Influence combined with one or more other agencies. LAFCO may recommend government reorganizations to particular agencies in the county, using the SOIs as the basis for those recommendations. Based on review of the guidelines of Colusa LAFCO as well as other LAFCOs in the 2 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 5) Consolidated Sphere: purpose agencies are better able to provide efficient services to an area A consolidated sphere includes rather than one service district. two or more local agencies and indicates the agencies should be Moreover, Government Code Section consolidated into one agency. §56425(i), governing sphere determinations, also authorizes a 6) Limited Service Sphere: sphere for less than all of the services provided by a district by requiring a A limited service sphere is the district affected by a sphere action to territory included within the SOI “establish the nature, location, and of a multi-service provider extent of any functions of classes of agency that is also within the services provided by existing districts” boundary of a limited purpose recognizing that more than one district district which provides the same may serve an area and that a given service (e.g., fire protection), but district may provide less than its full not all needed services. Territory range of services in an area. designated as a limited service SOI may be considered for 7) Sphere Planning Area: annexation to the limited purpose agency without detachment from LAFCO may choose to designate the multi-service provider. a sphere planning area to signal that it anticipates expanding an This type of SOI is generally adopted agency’s SOI in the future to when the following conditions exist: include territory not yet within its official SOI. a) the limited service provider is providing adequate, cost effective 1.6 SOI Update Process and efficient services, LAFCO is required to establish SOIs for b) the multi-service agency is the most all local agencies and enact policies to logical provider of the other services, promote the logical and orderly development of areas within the SOIs. c) there is no feasible or logical SOI Furthermore, LAFCO must update those alternative, and SOIs every five years. In updating the SOI, LAFCO is required to conduct a d) inclusion of the territory is in the best municipal service review (MSR) and interests of local government adopt related determinations. organization and structure in the area. This report identifies preliminary SOI policy alternatives and recommends the Government Code §56001 specifically SOI option for the LaGrande Water recognizes that in rural areas it may be District. Development of actual SOI appropriate to establish limited purpose updates will involve additional steps, agencies to serve an area rather than a including opportunity for public input at a single service provider, if multiple limited LAFCo public hearing, and 3 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 consideration and changes made by Certain types of SOI amendments are Commissioners. likely exempt from CEQA review. Examples are SOI expansions that LAFCO must notify affected agencies 21 include territory already within the days before holding a public hearing to bounds or service area of an agency, consider the SOI and may not update SOI reductions, and zero SOIs. SOI the SOI until after that hearing. The expansions for limited purpose agencies LAFCO Executive Officer must issue a that provide services (e.g., fire report including recommendations on protection, levee protection, cemetery, the SOI amendments and updates and resource conservation) needed by under consideration at least five days both rural and urban areas are typically before the public hearing. not considered growth-inducing and are likely exempt from CEQA. Similarly, SOI 1.7 SOI Amendments and CEQA expansions for districts serving rural areas (e.g., irrigation water) are typically LAFCO has the discretion to limit SOI not considered growth-inducing. updates to those that it may process without unnecessarily delaying the SOI Remy et al. write update process or without requiring its funding agencies to bear the costs of In City of Agoura Hills v. Local environmental studies associated with Agency Formation Commission SOI expansions. Any local agency or (2d Dist.1988) 198 individual may file a request for an SOI Cal.App.3d480, 493-496 [243 amendment. The request must state the Cal.Rptr.740] (City of Agoura nature of and reasons for the proposed Hills), the court held that a amendment, and provide a map LAFCO’s decision to approve a depicting the proposal. city’s sphere of influence that in most respects was coterminous LAFCO may require the requester to with the city’s existing municipal pay a fee to cover LAFCO costs, boundaries was not a “project” including the costs of appropriate because such action did not environmental review under CEQA. entail any potential effects on the LAFCO may elect to serve as lead physical environment.1 agency for such a review, may designate the proposing agency as lead Since the recommendation is to expand agency, or both the local agency and the Sphere of Influence for the LAFCO may serve as co-lead agencies LaGrande Water District to allow 77.2 for purposes of an SOI amendment. acres of agricultural land to be annexed in the future, there will be no Local agencies are encouraged to environmental impacts from the consult with LAFCO staff early in the adoption of the Sphere and no process regarding the most appropriate environmental document is required. approach for the particular SOI amendment under consideration. 1 Remy, Michael H., Tina A. Thomas, James G. Moose, Whitman F. Manley, Guide to CEQA, Solano Press Books, Point Arena, CA, February 2007, page 111. 4 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 2 SETTING Disregarding the agriculture employment for Colusa County, the 2.1 Colusa County seasonal variation remains because of the impact agriculture has on the rest of Colusa County is one of the original the employment sectors. Non-farm counties of California, created in 1850 at Employment growth in Colusa County the time of statehood. Parts of the grew in 2007 with a 3.1% (170 jobs) county's territory were given to Tehama increase. The forecast for 2008, based County in 1856 and to Glenn County in on actual data through December, is for 1891. a slower increase of 0.3% (20 jobs). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, The annual Unemployment Rate for the County has a total area of 1,156 Colusa County in 2007 increased a half square miles including 6 square miles of of a percentage point to 13.1%, up from water. A large number of streams drain the 12.6% rate in 2006. The forecast for the County including Elk Creek and Salt 2008, based on actual data through Creek. December, is a slightly higher 13.2%.4 The County's eastern boundary is The total value of agricultural crops formed, in part, by the Sacramento produced in Colusa County in 2007 was River. There are two incorporated cities $484,525,000, up from $422,729,000 in in Colusa County: Colusa and Williams. 2006. The value of rice, the County’s There is one census-designated place: largest crop was $188,027,000 in 2007.5 Arbuckle. 2 Colusa County Population3 Year 1980 1990 2000 2005 2006 Population 12,738 16,275 18,804 21,095 21,272 Colusa County is an agricultural based county, and with around 24% of the 2007 workforce classified as agricultural, the employment/unemployment patterns directly reflect that condition. The number of jobs in all industries had a decrease of 5.3% (-410 jobs) in 2007. The forecast for 2008, based on actual data through December, is for a slight turnaround with an increase of 0.1%. 4 http://www.csus.edu/indiv/j/jensena/sfp/sa11/yol 2/col/colusa.htm 5 Colusa County Department of Agriculture, Harry A. Krug, Agricultural Commissioner, 100 Sunrise Blvd. Suite F, Colusa CA 95932, Phone: 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colusa_County,_California 530-458-0580, “2007 Colusa County Crop 3 http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06011.html Report.” 5 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 2.2 Central Valley Project and Stony Creek allows for some water Tehama-Colusa Canal delivery even when the gates are out. The Sacramento Canals Unit of the To overcome this limitation and provide Central Valley Project, which includes water to irrigators, the Bureau of the Tehama-Colusa and Corning Reclamation installed three pumps in Canals, was designed to provide the latter half of the 1990's, each with a irrigation water in the Sacramento capacity of between 80 and 100 cfs Valley, principally in Tehama, Glenn, (cubic feet per second), with provisions Colusa and Yolo Counties. Authorized in for the placement of a fourth pump. The 1950, the unit consists of Red Bluff installation of the fourth pump occurred Diversion Dam, Funks Dam, Corning in 2006. Current temporary and Pumping Plant, Tehama-Colusa Canal research pumping capacity is 465 cfs. (TCC), and Corning Canal. Full and However, irrigation demand can reach supplemental irrigation service is between 800 and a 1000 cfs before May provided to about 140,000 acres.6 15th, when the Dam becomes operational. Water for the La Grande Water District is available from the Central Valley Current practice is to dam up Stony Project. The water is diverted from the Creek in Orland and back flow water Sacramento River into the TCC and through canal gates that were actually thence conveyed to the District. intended to let water out of the canal into Stony Creek. Between the pumps The system was designed to divert on the Sacramento River at Red Bluff, water from the Sacramento River into and the reverse flow diversion at Stony the TCC by virtue of the Red Bluff Creek, the demands of irrigators have Diversion Dam across the Sacramento been met, but generally without any River located in Red Bluff, California. reserve.8 Although the system operated in this manner for some years, environmental The District’s CVP water supply is concerns and regulatory requirements available under two water service have altered the operational practices of contracts with the Bureau of the Dam. Reclamation. The District contracts with the Bureau to purchase up to 7,200 acre Where, at one time, the Red Bluff feet of water per year from the CVP. If Diversion Dam was operated to divert there is not sufficient CVP water water essentially year round, current available (due to lack of precipitation or regulations generally prevent the dam regulatory restrictions), the District's gates from being lowered until May supply can be reduced by up to 100%. 15th.7 This restricts water diversions, although a system of temporary and research pumps, and a diversion at 6 http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/sacramento.h tml#general 7 http://www.tccanal.com/ 8 http://www.tccanal.com/ 6 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 3 LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Larry LaGrande, Director/ 12/2/2005-12/4/2009 3.1 LaGrande Water District Phone: 530-473-2184 Description Zachary Dennis, Director/ The LaGrande Water District includes 12/2/2005-12/4/2009 1,448 acres9 in central Colusa County, west of Interstate 5, northwest of Mike LaGrande, Director/ Williams between the Glenn-Colusa 12/7/2007-12/2/2011 Irrigation District Canal and the Phone: 530-473-2227 Tehama-Colusa Canal. The US Bureau of Reclamation breaks down the Contact information for the LaGrande acreage as follows: Water District is as follows: LaGrande Water District Acreage10 LaGrande Water District, PO Box 756, Williams CA 95987 Gross Acres = 1,470 Phone: 530-473-3433 (Doris Pearson, Arable Acres = 1,465 Secretary) Irrigable acres = 1,392 Productive acres = 1,322 3.2 LaGrande Water District Crops The District gets water from the The following crops are grown in the Sacramento River through the Tehama- LaGrande Water District:12 Colusa Canal. Crop Acres The Board of Directors of the LaGrande Rice 1182 Water District is as follows:11 Wheat 22 Irrigated pasture 86 Director/ Non-agricultural 35 Term Fallow/Idle 123 Total 1448 Ron LaGrande, President/ 12/2/2005-12/4/2009 Phone: 530-473-5923 Ken LaGrande, Vice-President/ 12/7/2007-12/2/2011 Phone: 530-458-4744 9 Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority, Jeff Sutton, General Manager, PO Box 1025, Willows CA 95988, Phone 530- 934-2125, Fax 530-934-2355, Fax August 15, 2008. 10 USBR, Jacob Berens, jberens@mp.usbr.gov, April 30, 2008. 11 LaGrande Water District, Doris Pearson, Secretary, PO 12 Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority, Jeff Sutton, General Box 756, Williams, CA 95987, Phone 530-473-3433, Fax Manager, PO Box 1025, Willows CA 95988, Phone 530- October 7, 2008. 934-2125, Fax 530-934-2355, Fax August 15, 2008. 7 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 3.3 LaGrande Water District Soils foot.16 The water cost is paid dire ctly to the Bureau of Reclamation and the The following soils are found in the Canal Maintenance cost ($8.42 per LaGrande Water District. Each soil is acre-foot) is paid to the T-C Canal described in detail in Appendix A at the Authority.17 end of this report.13 The “Colusa County Groundwater 102—Capay clay loam, 0 to 1 percent Management Plan” shows the LaGrande slopes Water District getting 99 percent of the irrigation water from surface water and 127—Mallard clay loam, 0 to 1 percent one percent of the irrigation water from slopes groundwater in 2003.18 144—Hillgate clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes 145—Hillgate loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes 155—Alcapay clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes 215—Altamont-Sehorn complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes 3.4 Service Provision and Water Supply The 2008 water contract for the LaGrande Water District from the Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority was 7,200 acre-feet.14 However, the District received approximately 45% of this water due to low rainfall.15 In 2007 the LaGrande Water District received 5,423 acre-feet which cost $17.90 per acre- 13 USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service http://www.ca.nrcs.usda.gov/mlra02/colusa/manorslo_qd.ht 16 USBR, Jacob Berens, jberens@mp.usbr.gov, ml August 14, 2008. 14 Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority, Jeff Sutton, 17 Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority, Jeff Sutton, General Manager, PO Box 1025, Willows CA General Manager, PO Box 1025, Willows CA 95988, Phone 530-934-2125, Fax 530-934- 95988, Phone 530-934-2125, Fax 530-934- 2355, August 14, 2008. 2355, August 14, 2008. 15 LaGrande Water District, Doris Pearson, 18 Colusa County, “Colusa County Groundwater Secretary, PO Box 756, Williams, CA 95987, Management Plan”, September 2008, by Wood Rodgers Phone 530-473-3433 Inc., Table II.5 8 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 3.5 LaGrande Water District Finances 2008 LaGrande Water District Budget19 Income Interest $500 Refunds and Reimbursements 0 Water Charges 0 Total Income $500 Expenses Bank Charges 200.00 Bookkeeping 3900.00 Custom Work 3400.00 Dues/Donations 200.00 Fees (SWRCB) 5000.00 Insurance 6000.00 Legal & Professional 4000.00 Meeting Expense 325.00 Misc 500.00 O&M-TCCA --$4451.81/month 53,421.72 Office Supplies 300.00 Postage 50.00 Repairs & Maintenance 4000.00 Utilities 7500.00 Water 51,224.40 Water Order Service 1,225.00 Total Expenses $141,246.12 Water Cost Total Per Acre-Foot Water Purchases (Assuming 3240 A-F) $51,224.40 $15.81 TCCA O&M $53,421.72 $16.49 District O&M $38,475.00 $11.25 Total $143,121.12 $43.55 19 LaGrande Water District, Doris Pearson, Secretary, PO Box 756, Williams, CA 95987, Phone 530-473- 3433, Fax October 7, 2008. 9 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 4 SPHERE OF INFLUENCE FOR LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Information contained in this Sphere of Influence is only current as of the date of adoption. LAFCo Policy 3.3 (e) calls for an updated Master Services Element at the time a proposal is made. Policy 2.14 essentially requires an updated Master Services Element anytime conversion of agricultural land meeting the definition contained in the California Government Code Section 56064 is proposed. The Sphere of Influence for the LaGrande Water District in Colusa County will allow the annexation of 77.2 acres to the District. This land is used for agriculture and will still be used for agriculture after annexation to the District. The current and planned development of properties within the proposed Spheres of Influence will continue to require irrigation water from the Tehama-Colusa Canal. 10 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 4.1 Land Use 4.1.2 SOI Determinations on Present 4.1.1 Present and Planned Land and Planned Land Use for the Uses in the Area, Including LaGrande Water District Agricultural and Open Space Lands 1-1] The Sphere of Influence for the LaGrande Water District will The 1989 Colusa County General Plan allow the annexation of 77.2 states the following: acres. The Colusa County General Plan 1-2] There are no conflicts with the provides the basis for decisions LaGrande Water District and regarding growth and land existing or proposed land uses in development. It is the County's the area because the Colusa official statement of public policy County General Plan designates for the use of private and public the area for agricultural land use. land. 1-3] The LaGrande Water District has The Plan provides a framework water to serve the land within the for encouraging economic present boundary and has limited development while managing capacity to expand. growth, conserving agricultural lands, protecting the 1-4] There is only one logical area for environment, and preserving the expansion of the LaGrande qualities that make Colusa Water District since other districts County unique. serve most of the surrounding land. It reflects the aspirations and values of Colusa County residents regarding the future character and form of their communities.20 The land use in the area is agricultural. The General Plan and the zoning of Colusa County support the agricultural use of this land. There is no conflict with the LaGrande Water District and the Colusa County General Plan and Zoning. 20http://library.ceres.ca.gov/docs/data/1900/1951/HYPERO CR/hyperocr.html 11 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 4.2. Municipal Services: Present 4.3 Public Facilities Future Need Capacity 4.2.1 Service Need for LaGrande 4.3.1 Facilities and Capacity Water District The LaGrande Water District would be The lands within the LWD need the able to serve and additional 77.2 acres services that are provided. There is so this area is included in the Sphere of limited additional water to provide Influence. service for more land. The Sphere of Influence for the LWD will allow the annexation of 77.2 acres. 4.3.2 SOI Determinations for Public Facilities Present and Future Capacity for LaGrande Water District 4.2.2 SOI Determinations for 3-1] The LaGrande Water District has Facilities and Services adequate water supplies to Probable Need for the provide irrigation water to the LaGrande Water District landowners as it is available from the USBR for the foreseeable 2-1] The land within the LaGrande future. Water District will need irrigation water as long as agriculture is a 3-2] The District promotes water profitable business in Northern conservation and the use of California. technology to prevent waste. 2-2] The LaGrande Water District makes a valuable contribution to the local economy for Colusa County by providing water for agriculture. This generates many jobs. 2-3] The proposed addition to the Sphere of Influence for the LaGrande Water District also needs the services of the District. 12 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 4.4 Social or Economic Communities of Interest 4.4.1 LaGrande Water District The LaGrande Water District does not serve a community in the traditional sense of the word because there are no residents within the District. There is an economic community of landowners who formed the District and who benefit from the agricultural water service provided. Although the landowners are part of the larger community of agricultural landowners in Colusa County it would not be feasible or economical to combine this Water District with other Water Districts in the County because each district has different enabling acts, different contracts with the Bureau of Reclamation, and different means of financing their water conveyance infrastructure.21 4.4.2 SOI Determinations for Social or Economic Communities of Interest for LaGrande Water District 4-1] The landowners for the LaGrande Water District live within the surrounding communities. 21 Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority, J. Mark Atlas, Attorney, 134 West Sycamore Street, Willows, CA 95988, 530-934-5416, jma@jmatlaslaw.com, E-Mail: January 9, 2009. 13 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 ABBREVIATIONS AB Assembly Bill AF Acre-foot (of water) CKH Act Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 CEQA California Environmental Quality Act cfs cubic feet per second CVP Central Valley Project District LaGrande Water District EIR Environmental Impact Report (California) EIS Environmental Impact Statement (US) FWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service I-5 Interstate 5 LAFCO Local Agency Formation Commission LWD LaGrande Water District MSR Municipal Service Review NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service SOI Sphere of Influence TCC Tehama-Colusa Canal TCCA Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority USBR United States Bureau of Reclamation 14 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 DEFINITIONS Acre foot: The volume of water that will cover one acre to a depth of one foot, 325,850 U.S. Gallons or 1,233,342 liters (approximately). Bureau of Reclamation: (USBR, Reclamation, BOR). The mission of the Bureau of Reclamation is to manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public.22 Central Valley Project: The Central Valley Project, one of the Nation's major water conservation developments, extends from the Cascade Range in the north to the semi- arid but fertile plains along the Kern River in the south. Initial features of the project were built primarily to protect the Central Valley from crippling water shortages and menacing floods, but the CVP also improves Sacramento River navigation, supplies domestic and industrial water, generates electric power, conserves fish and wildlife, creates opportunities for recreation, and enhances water quality.23 Drip irrigation: Drip irrigation, also known as trickle irrigation or micro-irrigation is an irrigation method that minimizes the use of water and fertilizer by allowing water to drip slowly to the roots of plants, either onto the soil surface or directly onto the root zone, through a network of valves, pipes, tubing, and emitters. Modern drip irrigation has arguably become the most important innovation in agriculture since the invention of the impact sprinkler in the1930s, which replaced wasteful flood irrigation. Drip irrigation may also use devices called micro-spray heads, which spray water in a small area, instead of dripping emitters. These are generally used on tree and vine crops with wider root zones.24 Exempt land: Irrigation land in a district to which the acreage limitation and pricing provisions of Reclamation law do not apply.25 Gravity flow: flow of water in a pipe on a descending path. Irrigate: To supply (dry land) with water by means of ditches, pipes, or streams; water artificially. Irrigation system: a complete set of system components including the water source, the water distribution network, and the general irrigation equipment. Lateral: a pipe line other than the main water pressure line used to move water to the various delivery devices. 22 http://www.usbr.gov/library/glossary/#hmr 23 http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/cvp.html 24 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drip_irrigation 25 http://www.usbr.gov/library/glossary/#hmr 15 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 Operations and maintenance costs: The ongoing, repetitive costs of operating and maintaining a water system. Pumping plant: Facility that lifts water up and over hills. Pumplift (pumping lift): The vertical distance that a pump will raise waters. Distance water must be lifted in a well from the pumping level to the ground surface. Tehama-Colusa Canal: The Tehama Colusa Canal is 110 miles long and serves 14 water districts. The system was designed to divert water from the Sacramento River into the settling basin by virtue of a dam across the Sacramento River located in Red Bluff, California. Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority: The Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority (TCCA) is a Joint Powers Authority of water agencies which operates and maintains the Tehama- Colusa and Corning Canals of the federal Central Valley Project (CVP) under a long- term contract with the Department of the Interior. Through these canals, the TCCA delivers CVP water to 17 districts which serve approximately 140,000 acres of farmland in Tehama, Glenn, Colusa and Yolo Counties.26 Water transfers: Selling or exchanging water or water rights among individuals or agencies. Artificial conveyance of water from one area to another. Water user: Any individual, district, association, government agency, or other entity that uses water supplied from a Reclamation project. Water year (WY): Period of time beginning October 1 of one year and ending September 30 of the following year and designated by the calendar year in which it ends. A calendar year used for water calculations. (Note: CVP water service contracts define the water year as March 1 to the last day of the following February.) 26 http://www.delta.dfg.ca.gov/afrp/acronym_template.asp?code=371 16 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 REFERENCES Colusa County, Colusa County General Plan Final, January 13, 1989. Colusa County, “Colusa County Groundwater Management Plan”, September 2008, by Wood Rodgers Inc. Colusa County Department of Agriculture, Harry A. Krug, Agricultural Commissioner, 100 Sunrise Blvd. Suite F, Colusa CA 95932, Phone: 530-458-0580, “2007 Colusa County Crop Report.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drip_irrigation http://www.colusa-sun herald.com/news/corning_1705___article.html/issue_canal.html LaGrande Water District, Doris Pearson, Secretary, PO Box 756, Williams, CA 95987, Phone 530-473-3433, Fax October 7, 2008. Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority, Jeff Sutton, General Manager, PO Box 1025, Willows CA 95988, Phone 530-934-2125, Fax 530-934-2355, Fax August 15, 2008. Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority, J. Mark Atlas, Attorney, 134 West Sycamore Street, Willows, CA 95988, 530-934-5416, jma@jmatlaslaw.com, E-Mail: January 9, 2009. USBR, Jacob Berens, jberens@mp.usbr.gov, http://www.usbr.gov/library/glossary/#hmr http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/cvp.html USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service http://www.ca.nrcs.usda.gov/mlra02/colusa/manorslo_qd.html PREPARERS 1. John Benoit, Executive Officer COLUSA LAFCO PO Box 2694, Granite Bay CA 95746 Phone: 916-797-6003 johnbenoit@surewest.net 2. Christy Leighton, Planning Consultant 555 East Willow Street, Willows CA 95988 Phone: 530-934-4597 christyleighton@sbcglobal.net 17 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 MAPS Figure 1 USBR Map LaGrande Water District 18 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 Figure 2 Location Map LaGrande Water District 19 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 Figure 3 LaGrande Water District Sphere of Influence 20 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 APPENDIX A SOIL INFORMATION 102—Capay clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes Map Unit Setting General location: On the west side of the Colusa Basin near the towns of Williams and Maxwell Map unit geomorphic setting: Basin floor Elevation: 25 to 140 feet (9 to 43 meters) Mean annual precipitation: 14 to 16 inches (355 to 405 millimeters) Mean annual air temperature: 61 to 63 degrees F. (16 to 17 degrees C.) Frost-free period: 225 to 250 days Capay clay loam—90 percent Minor components: 10 percent Major Component Description Capay clay loam Component geomorphic setting: Basin floor Parent material: Alluvium Typical vegetation: Irrigated cropland Component Properties and Qualities Slope: 0 to 1 percent Runoff: Very low Surface features: None noted. Percent area covered by surface coarse fragments: None noted. Depth to restrictive feature: None noted Slowest permeability class: Very slow Salinity: Not saline Sodicity: Not sodic Available water capacity: About 9.9 inches (High) Component Hydrologic Properties Present flooding: Rare Present ponding: None Current water table: Present Natural drainage class: Moderately well drained Altered hydrology: Water tables have been lowered by rice drainage ditches. Most of these areas were rarely or occasionally flooded under natural conditions. There are no soil redoximorphic features above 36 inches. Interpretive Groups: Land capability irrigated: 2s-5 Land capability nonirrigated: 4s-5 21 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 127—Mallard clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes Map Unit Setting General location: Near the towns of Arbuckle and Williams Map unit geomorphic setting: Alluvial fan Elevation: 45 to 140 feet (15 to 43 meters) Mean annual precipitation: 14 to 16 inches (355 to 405 millimeters) Mean annual air temperature: 61 to 63 degrees F. (16 to 17 degrees C.) Frost-free period: 225 to 250 days Mallard clay loam—85 percent Minor components: 15 percent Major Component Description Mallard clay loam Component geomorphic setting: Lower alluvial fan Parent material: Alluvium Typical vegetation: Irrigated cropland Component Properties and Qualities Slope: 0 to 1 percent Runoff: Very low Surface features: None noted. Percent area covered by surface coarse fragments: None noted. Depth to restrictive feature: None noted Slowest permeability class: Slow Salinity: Not saline Sodicity: Not sodic Available water capacity: About 10.4 inches (Very high) Component Hydrologic Properties Present flooding: Rare Present ponding: None Current water table: Present Natural drainage class: Somewhat poorly drained Altered hydrology: Water tables have been lowered by rice drainage ditches. Interpretive Groups Land capability irrigated: 2w-3 Land capability nonirrigated: 4w-3 22 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 144—Hillgate clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes Map Unit Setting General location: Western margins of the Sacramento Valley, west of Williams and north to the Glenn County boundary Map unit geomorphic setting: Terrace Elevation: 130 to 450 feet (40 to 138 meters) Mean annual precipitation: 14 to 16 inches (355 to 405 millimeters) Mean annual air temperature: 61 to 63 degrees F. (16 to 17 degrees C.) Frost-free period: 225 to 250 days Hillgate clay loam—85 percent Minor components: 15 percent Major Component Description Hillgate clay loam Component geomorphic setting: Terrace Parent material: Alluvium Typical vegetation: Irrigated cropland Component Properties and Qualities Slope: 0 to 2 percent Runoff: Very low Surface features: None noted. Percent area covered by surface coarse fragments: None noted. Depth to restrictive feature: Abrupt textural change— 19 inches Slowest permeability class: Slow Salinity: Not saline Sodicity: Not sodic Available water capacity: About 3.6 inches (Low) Component Hydrologic Properties Present flooding: None Present ponding: None Current water table: None noted. Natural drainage class: Well drained Interpretive Groups: Land capability irrigated: 2s-3 Land capability nonirrigated: 4s-3 23 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 145—Hillgate loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes General location: West of Williams and Maxwell in the Sacramento Valley and in the foothill valleys. Map unit geomorphic setting: Terrace Elevation: 130 to 450 feet (40 to 138 meters) Mean annual precipitation: 14 to 16 inches (355 to 405 millimeters) Mean annual air temperature: 61 to 63 degrees F. (16 to 17 degrees C.) Frost-free period: 225 to 250 days Hillgate loam—90 percent Minor components: 10 percent Major Component Description Hillgate loam Component geomorphic setting: Terrace Parent material: Alluvium Typical vegetation: Annual grasses and forbs Component Properties and Qualities Slope: 0 to 2 percent Runoff: Very low Surface features: None noted. Percent area covered by surface coarse fragments: None noted. Depth to restrictive feature: Abrupt textural change—19 inches Slowest permeability class: Slow Salinity: Not saline Sodicity: Not sodic Available water capacity: About 3.0 inches (Low) Component Hydrologic Properties Present flooding: None Present ponding: None Current water table: None noted. Natural drainage class: Well drained Interpretive Groups Land capability irrigated: 2s-3 Land capability nonirrigated: 4s-3 24 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 155—Alcapay clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes General location: North of Maxwell, near Bagley Road and east of Williams Map unit geomorphic setting: Basin floor Elevation: 45 to 110 feet (14 to 35 meters) Mean annual precipitation: 14 to 16 inches (355 to 405 millimeters) Mean annual air temperature: 61 to 63 degrees F. (16 to 17 degrees C.) Frost-free period: 225 to 250 days Alcapay clay—90 percent Minor components: 10 percent Major Component Description--Alcapay clay Component geomorphic setting: Basin floor Parent material: Alluvium Typical vegetation: Irrigated Cropland Wheat, La Grande Ranch Old Antone Soils, Alcapay Series Component Properties and Qualities Slope: 0 to 1 percent Runoff: Very low Surface features: None noted. Percent area covered by surface coarse fragments: None noted. Depth to restrictive feature: None noted Slowest permeability class: Slow Salinity: Saline within 40 inches Sodicity: Sodic within 40 inches Available water capacity: About 8.9 inches (High) Component Hydrologic Properties Present flooding: Rare Present ponding: None Current water table: Present Natural drainage class: Somewhat poorly drained Altered hydrology: Water tables have been lowered by rice drainage ditches. Interpretive Groups Land capability irrigated: 3w-5 Land capability nonirrigated: 4w-5 25 COLUSA LAFCO-SOI Adopted LAGRANDE WATER DISTRICT Resolution 2009-0004; March 5, 2009 215—Altamont-Sehorn complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes General location: Lower Coast Range foothills on steep ridges Map unit geomorphic setting: Hill Elevation: 200 to 800 feet (61 to 244 meters) Mean annual precipitation: 14 to 18 inches (355 to 458 millimeters) Mean annual air temperature: 61 to 63 degrees F. (16 to 17 degrees C.) Frost-free period: 225 to 250 days Altamont silty clay—45 percent Sehorn silty clay—35 percent Minor components: 20 percent Major Component Description--Altamont silty clay Component geomorphic setting: Lower sideslopes and north slopes of hill Parent material: Residuum weathered from sandstone-shale Typical vegetation: Annual grasses with scattered blue oak Component Properties and Qualities Slope: 15 to 30 percent Runoff: Medium Surface features: Polygonal cracking pattern, approximately 24 inches in diameter. Percent area covered by surface coarse fragments: None noted. Depth to restrictive feature: Bedrock (paralithic)—40 to 60 inches Slowest permeability class: Slow above the bedrock Salinity: Not saline Sodicity: Not sodic Available water capacity: About 7.9 inches (High) Component Hydrologic Properties Present flooding: None Present ponding: None Current water table: None noted. Natural drainage class: Well drained Interpretive Groups Land capability irrigated: Not calculated Land capability nonirrigated: 4e-5 26