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Page 2 of 2 <br /> clear its sole effort is to"provide water service to land northwest of the City of Tracy"via <br /> irrigation and drainage facilities (www.nagleeburke.org/services). The Water Code further <br /> contemplates the possibility of controversies and thereby limits an irrigation district to <br /> 'commence and maintain any actions any proceedings to carry out its purposes or protect <br /> its interests" (§22650). The aforementioned sections of Naglee Burke's enabling statute <br /> demonstrate its interests to be protected are necessarily limited to its sole purpose of <br /> providing water service. <br /> Division 15 of the California Water Code specifies the powers granted to reclamation <br /> districts. Water Code section 50900 states "[a] district may do all things necessary or <br /> convenient for accomplishing the purposes for which it was formed," including <br /> construction and operation of irrigation works, diversion works, and levees (§50910, <br /> §50932). Reclamation District 1007's website makes clear its purpose is to "provide[] <br /> irrigation water service" and to "responsibly maintain [] non-project levees" <br /> (www.rdl007.org/services). As above, Reclamation District 1007's enabling statute <br /> demonstrates its interests are necessarily limited to the purpose for which it was formed <br /> — to provide irrigation water service and to maintain levees. <br /> After reviewing the enabling statutes for irrigation and reclamation districts the clear and <br /> obvious conclusion is that most if not all of the objections raised in the Districts' letters <br /> exceed the statutory authority granted by the relevant enabling statute of each District. <br /> Therefore these CEQA and land use claims are unavailable to the Districts. <br /> In fact, the use of District resources, in particular attorney and staff time, constitute a <br /> waste of public tax dollars. California Code of Civil Procedure section 526. <br /> By this letter we ask the Districts to provide the legal authorities to justify this expenditure <br /> of public money or to present these claims to the County. <br /> Very truly yours, <br /> 5%."A t_ ", <br /> STEVEN A. HERUM <br /> Attorney-at-Law <br /> SAH:sb <br /> cc: Board of Directors Naglee Burke Irrigation District <br /> Board of Directors Reclamation District Number 1007 <br /> Giuseppe Sanfilippo <br /> Megan Aguirre <br />