in the turlock $23 an acre foot around $20 range. in the bay area, water costs $2,000. there is about 1% of the cost here. the problem is they don't have revenue coming in for the infrastructure improvements they need that is an opportunity for sfpuc to help out the low hanging fruit and share in savings. i don't think you need that for a long time but i know you are concerned about lengthy drought and that is the backup plan in the worse case scenario. second thing. the tid agricultural plan with the climate change and they are projecting there is going to be a shift of runoff from the april to july time period into closer to the winter. as you know. that could benefit the sfpuc. the entitlements are 4,000 for the irrigation district after april 15th. >> thank you. your time has expired. there are no more callers in the queue. >> that closes public comment on item 4. general public comment. next item, please. >> next item is 5. communications. >> any discussions? >> yes. >> commissioner moran. >> on the advance caller i want to comment about the workshop this friday. y

general mother to execute a memorandum of understanding with the modesto irrigation district and the turlock irrigation district and the fish and wildlife service. and to have a separate agreement to not exceed $1,500 to fund the planning and design only of potential habitat improvement projects and return to the commission following completion of environmental review for potential authorization to construct any such projects. >> i call on ellen to present this item. >> good afternoon, commissioners. the deputy manager for water. so this is a memorandum of understanding with the irrigation district and the u.s. fish and wildlife service that essentially do early implementation of habitat improvement projects on the river prior to the issuance of the ferc relicense and the ferc license for la grange. and i'm happy to take any questions. >> president maxwell: commissioner paulson? no? commissioner annson. >> three questions and then i have some -- two results that i'd like to move. the questions are -- this is an m.o.u. stating the intention to cooperate. and i guess that my first question is,

general mother to execute a memorandum of understanding with the modesto irrigation district and the turlockistrict and the fish and wildlife service. and to have a separate agreement to not exceed $1,500 to fund the planning and design only of potential habitat improvement projects and return to the commission following completion of environmental review for potential authorization to construct any such projects. >> i call on ellen to present this item. >> good afternoon, commissioners. the deputy manager for water. so this is a memorandum of understanding with the irrigation district and the u.s. fish and wildlife service that essentially do early implementation of habitat improvement projects on the river prior to the issuance of the ferc relicense and the ferc license for la grange. and i'm happy to take any questions. >> president maxwell: commissioner paulson? no? commissioner annson. >> three questions and then i have some -- two results that i'd like to move. the questions are -- this is an m.o.u. stating the intention to cooperate. and i guess that my first question is, what do we a

than anything else which is a water transfer, a water transfer, if we could effectuate it with the turlocke mow desto irrigation -- modesto districts and we tried to negotiate one back in negotiations that failed in 2012. those are -- that has been the best possible water for us because it coming through our existing plumbing. the challenge is for an irrigation district to, you know, to transfer water to an urban area. it's hard. incredibly hard. but if you get it done, it could happen tomorrow. >> president maxwell: well, that was 10 years ago almost. so maybe something has changed, who knows. >> i want to add when those negotiations fell apart, the general manager lost his job. so it's a little hard -- >> the general manager. [laughter] >> i kept my job. he didn't. >> so it's a little hard to get their attention, but, you're right, there are new board members and there is new staff there. and we continue to talk to them >> president maxwell: great. okay, then thank you very much. public comment on this item. >> clerk: members of the public who wish to make two minutes of public comment s