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Section 3
Status of the Basin and Administration of the Judgment
Resolution as drafted before several representatives of SGPWA including their legal
counsel indicated that they could not agree to the conditions set forth in the Draft
Resolution. After much discussion between members of the Board, legal counsel, and
representatives of the SGPWA, the original motion was approved on a 3-2 vote. A copy
of the approved Resolution 17-01 is included under Appendix A of this report.
Items Discussed During the August 2, 2017 Regular Watermaster Committee Meeting
Approval of Watermaster Budget for Fiscal Year 2017-18 [Memorandum 17-17].
Member Zoba gave a presentation of the proposed budget prior to the Committee
approving it as presented.
Consideration of Resolution 17-02 Approving the Transfer of Overlying Water Rights to
Specific Parcels – Oak Valley Partners [Memorandum 17-18]. Legal Counsel
McCullough provided background information on the agenda item. A discussion ensued
on this issue with some members in favor a deferring any action until some issues be
addressed while other members supported the approval of the resolution as presented.
Additional input was provided by representatives from Oak Valley Partners and
Summerwind Ranch, the developing company. After much discussion, the Watermaster
Committee voted to further consider this matter at as special meeting to be held on
August 30, 2017.
2016 Consolidated Annual Report and Engineering Report – Presentation of Draft Report
[Memorandum 17-19]. Engineer Blandon presented the draft 2016 Annual Report which
included discussions on groundwater conditions, groundwater production and recharge,
transfer and adjustment of rights, and accounting of storage. Mr. Harder presented the
operating Safe Yield for the basin for 2016. Engineer Blandon concluded the
presentation with a discussion of water quality in the basin and provided
recommendations to be considered by the Watermaster in the future.
Status Report on Water Level Monitoring throughout the Beaumont Basin through July
24, 2017 [Memorandum No. 17-20]. Engineer Blandon gave a status report of the water
level monitoring program being done at 13 locations throughout the basin.
Consideration of Task Order No. 14 with ALDA Inc. for the preparation of a Methodology
to Estimate Storage Losses from the Beaumont Groundwater Basin at Selected
Locations [Memorandum 17-21]. Mr. Harder provided an overview of the scope of
services included in the proposed task order. After questions and discussions regarding
the project timeline, Member Warsinski indicated that this should be a special project and
the City of Beaumont should not be required to share on the cost of the study. In
response, Member Zoba motioned that the report be funded by four of the five members;
task order was approved.
Beaumont Basin Watermaster 2017 Annual Report – DRAFT – February 2018 2-5
