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BEAUMONT BASIN WATERMASTER

MEMORANDUM NO. 19-15

Date: June 25, 2019

From: Joseph Zoba, Treasurer

Subject: Consideration of Resolution No. 2019-02 Amending Section 7 of
the Rules and Regulations of the Beaumont Basin Watermaster

Recommendation: That the Watermaster Committee adopt Resolution No. 2019-02.

At the Watermaster meeting held on March 6, 2019, the members of the Watermaster
Committee discussed the process by which water rights can be transferred from an
Overlying Party to an Appropriator Party.

The Committee members Dan Jaggers and Joseph Zoba worked together with Legal
Counsel Thierry Montoya as members of the ad hoc committee. The ad hoc committee
members reviewed the Judgment in detail to ensure that Section 7 of the Rules and
Regulations as provided in the attached Resolution No. 2019-02 conforms to the
Judgment.

Resolution No. 2019-02 was presented at the Watermaster meeting held on June 5, 2019.
However, at this meeting Watermaster Committee member Dan Jaggers requested
clarification about Section III Declaration and Adjustment of Rights, 3. Adjustment of
Rights, Subsection D by Legal Counsel Thierry Montoya. The consideration of Resolution
No. 2019-02 was subsequently tabled by the Watermaster Committee members.

Mr. Montoya confirmed by email message on June 5, 2019 that “The proposed Resolution
No. 2019-02 is consistent with the Stipulated Judgment’s “Adjustment of Rights” provision
and should be recommended for approval”. Therefore a special meeting of the Beaumont
Watermaster was arranged for June 25, 2019 to consider the approval of Resolution No.
2019-02.

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