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8 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | NOVEMBER 2019 By Len Tavernetti This is the final segment of a three-part series, describing our conservation area and its associated conservation easement. Prior articles included how the conservation area came to be and what it means to our association. This last component will cover our responsibilities. The HOA responsibilities will be to safeguard and maintain the conservation area and easement as documented in the Long Term Management Plan. As the Land Manager, the Inland Empire Resource Conservation District (IERCD) will have oversight and conduct periodic inspections of the wildlife and plant conditions within the conservation area and easement. The HOA will conduct quarterly inspections by a qualified representative or biologist familiar with sensitive habitat areas. Irrigation has been turned off at all mitigation sites since 2009 and the vegetation has remained self- sustaining with no indication of decline with minimal weeding. Irrigation in the irrigated buffer zone has been greatly reduced to prevent the discharge of irrigation waters into Potrero Creek. The conservation area also includes 10.73 acres of Additional Maintenance Areas such as gabions (caged boxes filled with rocks), retaining walls and non- quality water drains. The HOA will be responsible to maintain these features. The HOA will not be responsible for any damage due to Acts of God. Monitoring status and changes in the conservation area and easement will be a joint Land Manager and HOA responsibility. Conditions of weed/invasive species invasion, presence of animal pests, presence of plant pests and disease, trash accumulation, fire hazards, excessive erosion or sedimentation, water quality, and condition of fencing will be evaluated. An adaptive management approach will be employed to rectify negative impacts to the conservation area and easement. K. Hovnanian representatives report the monthly costs for maintenance have been $10,000. The HOA has been budgeting for this expense since 2016 as turnover of the conservation area and easement were scheduled for that year. The Four Seasons at Beaumont Conservation Area

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