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BEAUMONT BASIN WATERMASTER

MEMORANDUM NO. 19-05

Date: March 6, 2019

From: Thierry Montoya, Legal Counsel

Subject: Discussion Regarding Draft Resolution No. 2019-01 Amending
the Judgment at the Riverside Superior Court’s Request to Correct
a Clerical Error - An Incorrect Reference to “8,610 Acre Feet” on
Judgment, Page 7, Line 26 - Correcting Such to “8,650 Acre Feet”

Recommendation: That the Watermaster Committee adopt Resolution No. 2019-01.

The Riverside Superior Court maintains jurisdiction over the Beaumont Basin via the
Stipulation for Judgment and the Stipulated Judgment on file with the Court. At a recent
status conference hearing, the Hon. Judge Reimer of Department 5, which is assigned to
the Judgment, noted a clerical error in our Judgment denominating the total amount of
overlying rights at 8210 acre-feet which is incorrect, and a handwritten strike-out and
handwritten reference to the correct amount of overlying rights: 8650 acre-feet. The
handwritten note is not initialed or affirmed in any way.

His Honor requests that the Judgment be “amended” to correct this clerical error and to
maintain the integrity of the pleadings.

Attached for the Board’s review is the Resolution with the order to correct and the draft
Amended Judgment making the correction.

This item was intended to be included in the February 6, 2019 packet, but was
unintentionally omitted from the prior meeting packet.

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