1. Technical Capability, Financial Commitments, Implementation Prepared For: House Capital Budget Committee Work Session December 5, 2014 Olympia, WA CSRIA-11-5-2014 Darryll Olsen, Ph.D. Regional Planner/Resource Economist CSRIA Board Representative Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association Odessa Subarea Systems 1, 2, and 4 Review Private Sector Financing-Development for Surface Water Delivery

2. State-USBR Project: Modified Partial Replacement Alternative 70,000 acres N/S-I-90 CSRIA Objective: 1)Protect Economic Benefits of Irrigated Ag. 2)Optimize Water Use. 3)Provide a Private Sector Financing Structure for Off-Canal Development. Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association Odessa Subarea Systems 1, 2, and 4 Review Private Sector Financing-Development for Surface Water Delivery Moses Lake East Low Canal System USBR EIS

3. Phase II Analysis: Systems 1 and 2 Detailed Preconstruction Analysis and Economic Costs (CSRIA.org ) System 4 Analysis Detailed Preconstruction Analysis and Economic Costs (CSRIA.org) Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association Odessa Subarea Systems 1, 2, and 4 Review Private Sector Financing-Development for Surface Water Delivery CSRIA-11-5-2014

4. N-I-90 Systems 1 (2 and 4) Private Sector Package Development: Participants’ Water System Agreement (WSA). Financial and Development “Instrument” for System Participants. Legal Construction Contract and Development Management. Legally Binds Land Owners-Lease Holders to System Financial Obligation. Structures Post Development OM&R Obligations. Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association Odessa Subarea Systems 1, 2, and 4 Review Private Sector Financing-Development for Surface Water Delivery CSRIA-11-5-2014

5. It’s the Water—New State Conditional Water Use Permit Issued to USBR: New State Secondary Water Use Permit Issued to USBR. Office of Columbia River (OCR) and Eastern Region Office, Ecology, Working with CSRIA to Verify System 1 Groundwater Rights with System 1 Lands—On the Ground Water Determination. Water Right Verification and Application to New Lands. Use of Nameplate Acres without Relinquishment. RCW 90.03.380 Water Spreading to Include Extension-Seasonal Transfer Lands. Economic-Financial Viability of ALL System Projects. Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association Odessa Subarea Systems 1, 2, and 4 Review Private Sector Financing-Development for Surface Water Delivery CSRIA-11-5-2014

6. Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association Odessa Subarea Systems 1, 2, and 4 Review Private Sector Financing-Development for Surface Water Delivery Draft Water Service Contract Submittal: Bringing 21 st Century Irrigation Development to Subarea. Engineering for On-the-Ground Irrigation Efficiency and Water Use. Optimize the Environmental Regulations (EIS), State Water Code. Private Sector Economics-Financial Model—There Are No State$-Federal$. Respecting the “Invisible Hand” of Private Sector Economics. For System(s) development, Allow the Irrigators to Make the Decision for Willingness-to-Pay; “Let Them Do as They Will...” Let the Irrigators Determine Payment Structure—Multiple Zones with Marginal Costs. Optimized Private Sector Financial Capability with Water Spreading. CSRIA-11-5-2014

7. Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association Odessa Subarea Systems 1, 2, and 4 Review Private Sector Financing-Development for Surface Water Delivery Private Sector Irrigators vs. ECBID Public Sector Financial Models: Development Factors Private Sector Econ/Financing ECBID Nov. Public Model Engineering Status Pre-Construction Completed On-Going Design? System Cost Allocation By System/Zone, (Marginal Costs) “Normalized” Zone One Ave. Cost/Acre FinancingDirect Ag. LendingLID-Rev. Bonds Cost of Capital- Time Period- Total Debt Serv.- 4-4.5% 20-Years 5.5-6.0%(?) 30-Years >20% of Private Total Capital & OM&R/Acre $250-500 (Annual $/Acre) $350-400* (Annual $/Acre) Acres Secured Participants Syst.1: 14,500 Syst. 2&4: 17,000 Unknown (Costs)? Timing2016-20172018? CSRIA-11-5-2014 *CSRIA Modified Estimate.

8. Water System Contract Review Issues? Impeding Action? Water Spreading. State Water Code Prevails. Required for Financial Viability. EIS Configuration: All Systems Must Be Within 87,000 Acres. Within Allocated Water Supply. Real Issue Is Actually Getting All the Acres. USBR NED-B/C Analysis. Direct Net Value Must Be Positive Per Acre. Yes, It Is…Market Value Exceeds USBR Production Budget Estimates. Direct Service Contract with Private Irrigators. Turn Key Operations Conveyed to ECBID. Wait for Master Water Service Contract? Time and Money Indifference? Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association Odessa Subarea Systems 1, 2, and 4 Review Private Sector Financing-Development for Surface Water Delivery CSRIA-11-5-2014

9. Further Perspectives—Development Picture: Move Now to Get Water on the Ground—Success Breeds Success. Get System 1 Operational by 2017; Systems 2, 3, and 4 by 2017-2018. Further State/Federal Dollars for Canal? Show Some Results First! Financial Reality—Take Advantage of the POWER of Private Sector Financing and Construction. The “Normalized” Model Does Not Add Acres, It Further Disperses Acres and Can Increase Costs—Discouraging Irrigator/Lender Participation. ECBID: Focus on Canal Expansion to Lind Coulee and South. Should the ECBID Receive More State/Federal Funds, When They Are Not Accepting the Irrigators’ Private Sector Financing for System 1 or the Other Systems ($40-100 Million of Active Private Sector Capital). CSRIA-11-5-2014 Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association Odessa Subarea Systems 1, 2, and 4 Review Private Sector Financing-Development for Surface Water Delivery