Raisin City Water District Reorganization

The Raisin City Water District Reorganization project entails the annexation of approximately 55,543 acres of primarily agricultural land in Fresno County, California, into the service area of the Raisin City Water District. This expansion, managed by the Fresno County Local Agency Formation Commission, enables the district to provide advocacy, representation, and informational services related to statewide water policy, water rights, legislation, and agricultural irrigation practices to the newly incorporated territory. The project is administratively and environmentally classified under a categorical exemption under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), specifically Section 15319(a), as it involves minor land alterations with no significant environmental impact, eliminating the need for an environmental impact report. Key administrative steps include the filing of a Notice of Exemption with the California Office of Planning and Research and payment of a $50 county documentary handling fee, with no other financial obligations or pricing structures formalized in the submission, which is marked as a forecast and not a committed contract. The project lacks traditional federal procurement elements; there are no contract line items, performance periods, delivery schedules, payment offices, accounting codes, or federal contract clauses such as those from the Federal Acquisition Regulation. No evaluation factors, award methodology, or formal inspection criteria are defined, and no contracting officer, contracting officer’s representative, or technical representative has been designated. The submission process is paper-based with a deadline of August 15, 2025, and requires physical filings with the Fresno County Clerk’s Office and the state Office of Planning and Research. Neither Unique Entity IDs nor socioeconomic certifications are required or provided, and no special requirements for security, key personnel, or organizational conflicts exist. The effort is fundamentally a local government reorganization proceeding governed by California statutory authority and procedural exemptions, focused entirely on administrative boundary expansion and compliance with CEQA, rather than a federally regulated acquisition involving goods, services, or detailed performance obligations.