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BEAUMONT BASIN WATERMASTER

MEMORANDUM NO. 17-22

Date: August 30, 2017

From: Joseph Zoba, Treasurer

Subject: Consideration of Resolution No. 2017-02 Approving the Transfer
of Overlying Water Rights to Specific Parcels - Oak Valley
Partners

Recommendation: That the Watermaster Committee approves Resolution No. 2017-
02.

On July 5, 2017, the Secretary of the Beaumont Basin Watermaster received a request
to transfer overlying water rights from representatives of Oak Valley Partners. This
request, together with supporting documentation, was considered at the Watermaster
meeting held on August 2, 2017, and continued for further analysis by the Watermaster
Committee until this special meeting.

While the Watermaster Committee members discussed the consistency of this request
with prior actions taken by the Watermaster, such as Resolution Nos. 2006-05, 06, 07,
and 08, other questions remained. To address the questions asked by the Watermaster
Committee, the following attachments are provided for review and discussion at the
Special Meeting:
• Judgment Pursuant to Stipulation Adjudicating Groundwater Rights in the
Beaumont Basin, Exhibit E dated February 4, 2004 (Memorandum Page 4 of 20);
• Revised correspondence regarding the Transfer of Overlying Water Rights from
Oak Valley Partners to Summerwind Ranch Project provided by Oak Valley
Partners dated August 4, 2017 (Memorandum Page 5 of 20);
• Development Parcels Map, Figure 1 provided by Thomas Harder & Company in
association with Alda, Inc. from Oak Valley Partners dated August 25, 2017
(Memorandum Page 13 of 20);
• Oak Valley Partners Parcels Map, Figure 2 provided by Thomas Harder &
Company in association with Alda, Inc. from Oak Valley Partners dated August 25,
2017 (Memorandum Page 14 of 20);
• Memorandum from Alvarado Smith regarding the Production Rights Under
Redetermined Safe Yield of Basin, dated August 24, 2017 (Memorandum Page 15
of 20); and
• Resolution No. 2017-02 A Resolution of the Beaumont Basin Watermaster
Approving the Transfer of Overlying Water Rights to Specific Parcels
(Memorandum Page 17 of 20).

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