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DES:djk (''''/16/94 (050/37) allocation based on current usage over successive three-year periods; and WHEREAS, the first such triennial allocation occurred in 1988, based on usage during Fiscal Year 1984-1985 through Fiscal Year 1986-1987, and thereafter, the Suburban Purchasers have suspended the operation of the triennial vesting process in order to support the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's ("SFPUC") mandatory water rationing program which had been initiated in response to drought conditions; and WHEREAS, even though the drought and mandatory rationing have ended, the need for conservation continues; and WHEREAS, the triennial vesting formula in the Master Agreement will continue to act as a disincentive to Suburban Purchasers to limit use of SFWD water since long-term entitlements to such water would be based on each water purchaser's current, continuing use thereof; and WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Area Water Users Association ("Association") , of which this City is a member, has through a committee with representatives from differently situated agencies, studied how this disincentive can be overcome; and WHEREAS, the committee has recommended that the Suburban Purchasers agree now on the final allocation of the remaining portion of the Supply Assurance thus removing the disincentive to conservation of SFWD water and to the development of alternative water sources inherent in the triennial vesting process; and WHEREAS, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has adopted a policy encouraging the SFPUC to pursue conservation efforts in 2 12147 _.. "_.....,~,_.____»."__,~"__,_"_"...,._.____"_,.."_..>...._._,_ "" ·_.u_.__·~,__~.··