Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water District Approved Will-Serve Letters for 1,851 More Houses.
On October 12, 2016, the Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water District Board Approved Agenda Item 5: Continuation of Consideration of Request for a Second Extension of “Will-Serve Letter” for Ongoing Development within Pardee Homes-Sundance Master Planned Community
The Approval is for 1,851 houses in Sundance Area 8, west of Highland Springs.
Water Board General Manager Eric Fraser informed the Water Board that there is no water supply to meet the State Law requirements.
Pardee Homes’ Will-Serve Letters was Unanimously Approved by the Water Board.
Also on the BCVWD Agenda was Item 4: Water Acquisition Options Presentation by Jeff Davis of the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency.
Davis gave a presentation on the history of purchasing water and the water supplies of other Agencies, but did not have an definitive ways to acquire water for the Pass Area.
BCVWD voted in favor pending
A 90 day suspension-
Jeff Davis, General Manager of Pass Water Agency has 90 days to identify and secure a new water supply.
If no permanent water source can be found then state water code 350 will be invoked, which imposes a moratorium on new will serve letters.
None of Beaumont’s prospective Councilmen attended the Meeting. Only current Councilman Mark Orozco was there – supporting Pardee Homes.
Only Judy Bingham attended and spoke on behalf of the Pass Area Citizens.
California Government Code Section 66473.7:
“(2) “Sufficient water supply” means the total water supplies available during normal, single-dry, and multiple-dry years within a 20-year projection that will meet the projected demand associated with the proposed subdivision, in addition to existing and planned future uses, including, but not limited to, agricultural and
industrial uses. In determining “sufficient water supply,” all of the following factors shall be considered:
(A) The availability of water supplies over a historical record of at least 20 years.
(B) The applicability of an urban water shortage contingency analysis prepared pursuant to Section 10632 of the Water Code that includes actions to be undertaken by the public water system in response to water supply shortages.
(C) The reduction in water supply allocated to a specific water use sector pursuant to a resolution or ordinance adopted, or a contract entered into, by the public water system, as long as that resolution, ordinance, or contract does not conflict with Section 354 of the Water Code.
(D) The amount of water that the water supplier can reasonably rely on receiving from other water supply projects, such as conjunctive use, reclaimed water, water conservation, and water transfer, including programs identified under federal, state, and local water initiatives such as CALFED and Colorado River tentative agreements, to the extent that these water supplies meet the criteria of subdivision (d).