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Workshop Memorandum 17-071
Date: May 30, 2017
From: Joseph Zoba, General Manager
Subject: Overview of a Draft Resolution Setting the Methodology for Calculating a Facility
Capacity Charge Component Related to the Purchase of Supplemental Water from
the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency
On July 27, 2015, the Board of Directors of the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency (“SGPWA”)
adopted Resolution No. 2015-05 adopting facility capacity fees for new infrastructure and
additional water resources (see page 3 of 30). The adoption of this resolution was deemed
necessary byt the SGPWA to “…meet future increasing demands for SGPWA supplemental water
to the SGPWA service area which will require additional water facilities to be constructed to
distribute water and to acquire additional water rights to meet future increasing demands.”
At the regular meeting of the City of Calimesa on May 2, 2016, the Calimesa council members
reviewed a Cooperative Agreement for the Collection of Facility Capacity Fees by and Between
San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency and [City] (see page 6 of 30). Following a discussion about
the draft cooperative agreement with the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency, the Calimesa council
members voted to "defer action and direct staff to continue working with all parties regarding a
regional resolution on water supply".
In summer 2016, a collaborative effort was put forth to draft an agreement that expressly achieved
the goals of municipal agencies represented by:
• Bonnie Johnson, City Manager, City of Calimesa;
• Jeff Davis, General Manager, San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency; and
• Joseph Zoba, General Manager, Yucaipa Valley Water District.
After several months of discussions and negotiations, the group of managers developed the latest
version of the Water Rights, Water Supply, and Facility Capacity Fee Collection Agreement (see
page 13 of 30). This agreement sets forth the process, conditions, and requirements needed to
ensure development fees paid to the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency result in water rights
dedicated to Yucaipa Valley Water District prior to the City of Calimesa issues buiding permits.
San Gorgonio Yucaipa Valley Water District City of Calimesa
Pass Water Agency •Purchase of permanent secured water •Issuance of building permits based on
•Receipt of Capacity Fees from property rights dedicated by SGPWA to YVWD secured and dedicated water supply to
owners for new development for new development YVWD for new development
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