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Beaumont Basin Watermaster Memorandum No. 17-16 Page 3 of 177

Committee Member Zoba provided an overview of a meeting with SGPWA General Manager Jeff
Davis along with a suggestion that there was a fundamental consensus of the following issues:

• The storage account authorized to the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency shall not
negatively impact, impede, reduce or obstruct the purchase and delivery of supplemental
water from the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency to any water retailer of the Watermaster
Committee at any location or time.

• When the quantity of supplemental water available on an annual basis exceeds all
demands and/or requests for supplemental water by the Watermaster Committee
members, the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency may recharge the excess supplemental
water in the Beaumont Avenue Recharge Facility or any other location approved by the
Beaumont Basin Watermaster.

• Supplemental water stored by the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency pursuant to the
conditions herein and the approved Storage Agreement will be made available at any time
to the members of the Watermaster without restrictions

• Any member or members of the Watermaster shall maintain the first right of refusal to
purchase the supplemental water placed in storage by the San Gorgonio Pass Water
Agency. All Watermaster members shall be notified in writing a minimum of 60 calendar
days prior to any sale, transfer, distribution, or exchange of any supplemental water in the
storage account of the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency. The Watermaster maintains
an opportunity to individually or collectively purchase the water in the storage account of
the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency under the same terms and conditions offered to a
member of the Watermaster, non-member of the Watermaster, or any other entity.

• Any future condition, issue, or operational constraint that conflicts with the ability of any
Watermaster member to administer and fulfill their obligation(s) pursuant to the Stipulated
Judgment shall be immediate cause for rescinding the storage agreement to the San
Gorgonio Pass Water Agency.

Since the specific written conditions were drafted for review by the Watermaster Committee
members, the Watermaster Memorandum stated that the text was in draft form and not shared
with representatives of the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency or any Watermaster Committee
member. An excerpt from the minutes from the October 5, 2016 Watermaster meeting for this
agenda item provides the following issues and discussions:

E. Application by the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency (SGPWA) for a
Groundwater Storage Agreement in the Beaumont Basin [Memorandum
No. 16-18, Page 28 of 97]

Recommendation: Pending

Member Zoba reported that he had met with the General Manager of
the SGPWA since the most recent Watermaster Committee meeting to
discuss the Agency’s application for a groundwater storage agreement.
As a result of that meeting, Member Zoba stated that he devised five
stipulations or conditions to a potential agreement. He noted that these