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This meeting of the Texas Water Development Board
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is hereby called to order.
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The time is 9:34 a.m.
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For the record, my name is Peter Lake
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and with my today at the dais are
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Kathleen Jackson and Brooke Paup.
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Todd, first item please.
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Discussion regarding outreach efforts
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and activities by the board.
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Director Jackson.
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Well thank you Mr. Chairman.
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Since out last meeting, I had the opportunity
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to visit with the Sabine River Authority,
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Board of Directors at the Capitol.
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Great to hear the good work they're doing
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and the projects, they're moving forward
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to support the water needs in southeast Texas.
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I also traveled to Corpus Christi to speak
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at the Texas Water Utilities Association Annual School.
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I had the opportunity to touch base
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with some water utility operators
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and hear about the important role
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that they play in maintaining water quality
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and system operational integrity.
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Met with Representative Dominguez
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from The Valley and I also met
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with Representative Faro from El Paso.
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I spoke at TWCA's annual convention in Bastrop
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and enjoyed celebrating their 75th anniversary.
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I also spoke at Texas Water Day at the capitol,
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which was hosted by the Texas Water Foundation
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and presented the Blue Legacy award winners
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and congratulations to the city of Amarillo,
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to their water utilities department,
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Texas Living Waters Project, New Braunfels Utilities,
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The Brazos Valley WaterSmart, Hodges Farms
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who had three generations there to accept the award,
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Chewy Reyez with El Paso County Water Improvement
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District number one, and Sam Jackson is the company
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that manufactures moisture control and drying equipment
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and they're able to sustain their entire plant
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operations on only six inches of rain.
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So, it was great to hear about those projects
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and also to be able to pass out those awards.
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I visited some of the recipients of
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last years Rain Catcher Award.
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Sycamore Springs Elementary and Middle School
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and Dripping Springs, wonderful campus and great work there,
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not just in utilizing the rain water capture
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but also their educational outreach.
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BAE Systems, here in Austin, which has
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a 140-acre campus and great example
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of reusing landscape irrigation.
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The Hinnegan residents in San Antonio,
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they collect not only their rooftop
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and storm water runoff but treat their potable water
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and use it for irrigation and this system
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decreases their overall water demand by 89%.
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Met with Senator Kip Averitt and I'm reaching out
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to the six communities that selected
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their engineering contractors to participate
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in our asset management program
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for small systems, last week.
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I met with the city of Pittsburg,
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the city of Blanco, and the city of Holland.
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They're all moving forward and great progress
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on working to help small communities kind of,
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get their asset management plans together
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and also to kind of, create that template
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for other communities to follow.
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Traveled to Granbury for their
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ribbon cutting for their water treatment plant.
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Great participation there from the community.
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They invited, not only their existing
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city council but also the city council
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that had been there when they started the project so,
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great support from that community.
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And their water treatment plant looks like a library,
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a beautiful facility and two-and-a-half
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million gallons a day, great capacity.
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Then, yesterday Jeff and I were in College Station,
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we had a great meeting with Billy Hamilton
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with the A&M System and also enjoyed speaking
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at their Water Days Program.
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I'm thrilled you're so engaged
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with the AMP's Program and enhancing
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the human capitol in these small communities.
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Engineer doing engineering things.
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Well, I think you put that so well
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and I quote you often talkin' about,
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it's not just about the steel and the structure
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but it's about that human capitol,
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which is what the program really bears.
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Absolutely.
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Newly confirmed and sworn, Director Paup.
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Thank you.
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Well, Howdy y'all, good morning.
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Since the last board meeting I attended
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Sabine River Authority Day, the TWCA annual conference,
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and Texas Water Day.
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I also attended a wonderful dinner
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with our friends at the Texas Water Foundation
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and the Texas is Real Alliance.
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In addition, I met with the folks
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at the Texas Safe Keeping Trust Company,
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because we believe in active management,
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and the folks at North Texas Regional Water District.
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And as always during this time of year,
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I had far to many very productive beatings at the capitol.
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(laughs)
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I too, have had many, many productive meetings.
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The primary outreach for me was participating
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in our SRF Bond sale in New York a few weeks ago.
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Had a tremendous transaction, great job
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by our team Georgia, Becca, David, Josh.
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Great transaction to support our newly combined
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drinking water nest and clean water SRF Programs.
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Doin' our best to get the highest return
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on our tax payer dollars.
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No formal action required on this item.
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Next item, please.
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Consider authorizing the Executive Administrator,
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Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel,
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and Development Fund Manager to take
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all necessary actions for the issuance,
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sale, and delivery of State of Texas,
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Water Financial Assistance refunding bonds
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in one or more series and approving
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the selection of Financial Advisor,
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Bond Council, Disclosure Counsel,
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Senior Managing Underwriter,
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and Code Managing Underwriter's,
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for the negotiation of the bond issue.
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Georgia Sanchez is here to present.
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Good morning Chairman Lake,
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Director Jackson, and Director Paup.
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I'm Georgia Sanchez of the Executive Administrators Staff.
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This item seeks approval to initiate the process
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for general obligation bond sale,
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specifically a refunding for savings
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of currently callable debt.
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Hilltop has proposed to serve as Financial Advisor,
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Norton Rose Fulbright as Bond Counsel,
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and Bracewell as Disclosure Counsel.
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For the underwriting team we recommend
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Senior Manager: Wells Fargo Securities
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and Co-Managers: Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley and Company,
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J.P. Morgan, Mesirow Financial, and Ramirez and Company.
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If approved, we will finalize the timelines,
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engage these service providers
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and undertake the initial debt issuance process
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to prepare the bonds for sale.
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The executive administrator would return to the board
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on April 23rd, for a formal approval
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of the bond sale and associated documents
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for any series to be issued under this authorization,
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for possible a mid-May pricing and June close.
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Thank you, Georgia.
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Questions, comments Director Jackson?
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Paup?
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I thank you for all the preparation on this
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and I only wanna highlight that this refunding
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is going to save money on existing projects,
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existing financing structures,
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and is just one of the many things
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that you and your team do.
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And constant vigilance to ensure
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that we are optimizing our capitol structure,
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capturing any savings we can,
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and really get the most utility
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out of each dollar under our management.
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Thank you for your work on this.
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Is there a motion?
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Chairman, I move we authorize
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the Executive Administrator, Chief Financial Officer,
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General Counsel, and Development Fund Manager
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to take all necessary actions for the issuance,
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sale and delivery of State of Texas
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Water Financial Assistance refunding bonds,
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in one or more series and approve the selection
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of Financial Advisor, Bond Counsel,
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Disclosure Counsel, Senior Managing Underwirter,
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and Co-Managing Underwriter's for the negotiation
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of the bond issue as recommended by Executive Administrator.
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Is there a second?
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I second.
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All in favor say aye.
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Aye.
Aye.
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Motion passes.
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Thank you, Georgia.
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Next item, please.
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Consider authorizing the Executive Administrator
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to execute a Memorandum of Understanding
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with the Texas Department of Transportation,
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regarding placement of climate data collection systems
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on TxDOT property.
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Kay Schultz is here to present.
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Good morning Chairman Lake,
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Director Jackson, Director Paup.
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I'm Kay Schultz, Assistant General Counsel.
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This item requests approval for the Executive Administrator
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to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding
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with the Texas Department of Transportation
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to allow placement of climate data collection stations
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on TxDOT properties.
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The system is called Texas Mesonet
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and it is a virtual network of earth observation stations,
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spearheaded by the Water Development Board,
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that incorporates data from other local
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and regional networks including:
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river and aquifer authorities,
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The National Weather Service,
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the US Forest Service, and the West Texas Mesonet.
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Texans can access and use the Mesonet data
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to plan for and respond to the state
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ever changing weather patterns
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and extreme weather events.
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The data is downloadable and it is stored in perpetuity.
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In 2016, the Water Development Board installed
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it's first five stations.
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Today, the Texas Mesonet sites that are operated
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by the Water Development Board
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are about 45 but the whole network
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around the state has more then 3,000 sites.
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And since TxDOT has 89 rest areas
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around the state, this Memorandum of Understanding,
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would allow for expansion of this system
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into areas that aren't currently covered
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and also provide higher visibility for the project.
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Water Development Board staff members
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Leon Green, Maurine Sanders, and Daniel Reyez,
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under the direction on Manager, Nathan Leeber,
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travel the state to find new Mesonet locations
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and to do the installations.
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So, I'm gonna show you
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a couple of their recent installations.
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This is the logo for TexMesonet.
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This is a location on the Burkeley Ranch,
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near Forestburg and Southern Montague County.
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So, this is what's called a primary installation.
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That has a 30-foot tower and it measures
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wind speed and direction, temperature,
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humidity, rain fall, soil moisture and temperature,
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solar radiation, and barometric pressure.
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This site is on the LaDrew Arrott Ranch
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in Bronte in Coke County.
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And this is called a secondary installation.
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It's got a smaller tower, two meters.
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It measures wind speed and direction,
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temperature, humidity, rain fall,
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soil moisture and soil temperature.
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Alright, now I'm going to show you the Texas Mesonet site.
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If I can get my mouse to work.
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There it goes.
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First thing you'll see is all those sites,
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all over the state but there's a great tool
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where you can just say, just show us our sites.
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And there's an even greater tool
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where I can say take me to Montague County.
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And there's the Berkeley Ranch,
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that was the first slide you saw.
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We've had no rain but it shows
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their humidity, wind, et cetera.
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She's gonna give 'em
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to me rain catcher--
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And we'll go to Coke County.
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And that is the LaDrew Arrott
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that you saw in the second slide.
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And now...
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The first site proposed for installation on TxDOT land,
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and I'm gonna go to the topgraphic view
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'cause it's easier to see,
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is on the southbound I-35.
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Right of way, it's a rest area
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and it's just south of Salado.
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I'm trying to locate Salado here,
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it's hard to read.
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If it's on I-35, they better leave now.
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(laughing)
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I believe it's somewhere in this area right here.
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It shows up clearly if I can find Salado
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but I'm havin' a little trouble seeing Salado
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on the map right now.
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At any rate, it's on the southbound
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I-35 rest area, just south of Salado.
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And our statute requires us to put into rule
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in the Memorandum of Understanding
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that we enter into and we will come before you
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at a later to do that.
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It will still take effect as soon as it's signed
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by both parties, it doesn't have to be
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in the rule to take effect so, it'll take effect.
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And the staff is anticipating that once that gets signed
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and the underlying site access agreement is signed,
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they hope to get this installed sometime this summer.
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And then go from there with the other rest areas.
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Fantastic.
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The Executive Administrator recommends
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that the board authorize entering into
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this MIU with the Texas Department of Transportation
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for the location of additional
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climate monitoring stations for the Mesonet network
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and that concludes my presentation.
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Thank you, Kay.
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Questions, comments?
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Well, I think we all know how important
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that TexMesonet is and I absolutely believe
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we have the best legal staff of any agency.
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Somebody who can stand up and talk
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to the technical aspects of a
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Memorandum of Understanding and then explain
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all of the various benefits and kind of show
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where all the areas are and talk about
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the overall benefits of the project
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as a whole, I think is just amazing
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and I think so indicative of the talent
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that we have here at the board.
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So, thanks for working on this
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and thanks for the presentation so that everybody,
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it was more than just a document,
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more than just a Memorandum of Understanding,
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it really kind of, clearly showed the benefit and the need
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that we have moving forward for this project.
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So, thanks for doing that.
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Director Paup?
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Kay, that was great.
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I'm really glad that you actually
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showed the website, www.texmesonet.org,
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if y'all wanna go and check it out again.
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This is another great step in expanding
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this very important program and thanks to our friends
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at TxDOT for partnering with us.
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Yeah, absolutely appreciate that inner agency cooperation.
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One thing I will highlight, as well,
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this collects all sorts of weather data.
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This is a key element of flood management and mitigation,
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in terms both of rainfall but also soil moisture.
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The data collected by these mesonet stations
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are a key input in helping predict
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flood events and mitigate them so,
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this fits into, it's a great program on it's own
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but it fits into the bigger picture
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of addressing flood in Texas.
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Is there a motion?
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Mr. Chairman, I move we authorize
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the Executive Administrator to execute
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a Memorandum of Understanding
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with the Texas Department of Transportation
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as recommended by the Executive Administrator.
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Is there a second?
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I second.
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All in favor say aye.
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Aye.
Aye.
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Aye, motion passes.
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Thanks, Kay.
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Next item, please.
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Consider designating brackish ground water
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production zones in the Blossom, Lipan, Nacatoch,
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and Northern Trinity Aquifers.
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We have Erica Muncha here to present.
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Good morning Chairman Lake,
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Director Jackson, Director Paup.
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For the record, my name is Erica Muncha,
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the Executor Administer to Staff.
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Agenda item four is to request
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to consider designated brackish ground water
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production zones in the Blossom,
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Lipan, Nacatoch, and Northern Trinity Aquifers.
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In 2015, the 84 Texas Legislature passed House Bill 30,
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directing the Texas Water Development Board
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to identify and designate brackish ground water
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production zones in four specific aquifers
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by December first, 2016 and then
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the remaining aquifers in the state
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by December first, 2022.
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For each zone designation, the Texas Water Development Board
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is required to determine the volumes
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of ground water that a brackish ground water
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production zone can produce over 30 and 50 year periods
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without causing significant impact
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to water availability or water quality.
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Two, make recommendations on reasonable monitoring
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to observe the effects of
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brackish ground water production within the zone.
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Three, work with ground water conservation
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districts and stakeholders in general.
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And four, provide a summary of the brackish ground water
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production designations in the bi-annual report
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due December first of each even-numbered year.
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To date, the board has designated in total,
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eight brackish ground water production zones
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in the following aquifers: no zones in the Blaine,
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one zone in the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer
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south of the Colorado River, four zones
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in the Gulf Coast Aquifer and bordering sediments,
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and three zones in the Rustler Aquifer.
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Stakeholders formed an integral part of the mapping studies.
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In total, TWB staff presented at seven
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aquifer specific stakeholder meetings
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to request data, show results, and solicit feedback.
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The meetings were held locally
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within the vicinity of each aquifer
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at Mt. Pleasant Commerce in Angelo and Waco.
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Throughout the process, stakeholders were notified
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in advance via email, of all the meetings
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and information was posted on the TWD website.
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Including meeting announcements, presentations,
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contractors, draft and final reports,
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and the draft fort memo.
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As of this morning, we have not received
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any public comments on the zone designations.
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TWD staff early reviewed final reports
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and data SIDs from contractors
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and augmented the analysis as necessary.
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TW staff evaluated the aquifers
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and developed zone designations
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in areas with moderate to high availability
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and productivity that are separated
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by hydrological barriers sufficient
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to prevent significant impacts
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to water availability or water quality
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in geological strata that have
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an average total dissolve solids concentration
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of a thousand milligrams per liter
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or less, as required by House Bill 30.
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Expressly excluded areas from these zones
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were aquifers, subdivisions of aquifers,
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or geological strata that have an average total
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dissolve solids concentration
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of more than a thousand milligrams per liter,
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which serve as significant source
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of water supply for municipal,
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domestic, or agriculture purposes.
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Also, geological formations that are designated
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or used for waste water injection
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through the use of injection or disposal wells
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permitted under Texas Water Code, Chapter 27.
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In the next few minutes, I will discuss the areas
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recommended for designation as brackish ground water
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production zones in the four aquifers.
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The recommended zones to the board
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are representative of the aquifers
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and do not include every possible area
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that might qualify for designation.
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Lack of designation of such areas
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at this time does not preclude
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designation of zones in these areas in the future
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or development of the brackish resource in the area.
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If an entity would like to develop
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brackish groundwater outside of a recommended zone,
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they are still able to use our data
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and report findings from the TWD mapping studies,
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since water resources in the whole aquifer
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are mapped and characterized.
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In the Blossom we recommend three areas
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for designation as brackish groundwater production zones
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as shown in the figure.
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The majority of these areas contain
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moderately saline groundwater and the inter lake clays,
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marrows, and chalk that overlie the Blossom's sand
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act as a significant hydrological barrier.
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In the Lipan Aquifer we are not recommending
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an area for designation as brackish groundwater
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production zone because there are no hydrological barriers
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separating fresh and brackish groundwater
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and brackish groundwater is a significant source
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of existing wells.
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In the Nacatoch Aquifer, we recommend five areas
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for designation as brackish groundwater production zones.
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As shown in the figure, the majority of these areas
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contain moderately saline groundwater
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and the interpreted sand and clay
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that overlie and underlie the Nacatoch sand
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act as a significant hydrological barrier.
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Now, the Northern Trinity Aquifer
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consist of five stacked formations.
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In the Northern Trinity Aquifer
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we recommend 15 areas for designation
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as brackish groundwater production zones.
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For the Paluxy Formation there are two areas,
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for the Glen Rose Formation there are four areas,
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in the Hensell unit there are three areas,
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and for the Pearsall Formation there are two areas,
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and lastly, for the Hosston Formation
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there are four areas that we recommend for zone designation.
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These areas contain groundwater that is slightly
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to moderately saline groundwater
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and the shell that overlie the geological formations
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act as a significant hydrological barrier.
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Now, in the Blossom Aquifer,
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the volume of brackish groundwater
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that could be potentially produced from the three zones
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is 9-thousand acre-feet over a 30-year period,
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15-thousand acre-feet over the 50-year period.
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In the Nacatoch Aquifer the volume
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of brackish groundwater that could be
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potentially produced from five zones
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is 35-thousand acre-feet over the 30-year period
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and 58-thousand acre-feet over the 50-year period.
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In the Northern Trinity Aquifer
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the volume of brackish groundwater
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that can be potentially produced from 15 zones
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is 518-thousand acre-feet over the 30-year period
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and 864-thousand over the 50-year period.
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For groundwater in general, for the three aquifers
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which have zones, we recommend monitoring
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the formations above, formations laterally adjacent,
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and the hydrological barriers, to observe any effects.
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We also recommend installing monitor walls
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to track water levels and water quality during production.
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Our next step is to include the results
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of the mapping study's in the 2020 bi-annual report
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on sea water and groundwater desalination.
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TW staff will resume work on the Upper Coaster Plain
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and the Hill Country-Trinity Aquifer
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and then they will move west to
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the Edwards-Trinity Plateau and Docom Aquifers.
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This concludes my presentation
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but I want to take a moment to thank
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my entire brack staff for their tremendous effort
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they put into the studies and for making sure
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we completed studies with the best data available.
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So, I want to thank John Meyer,
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Undera Crovsky, Mark Robinson, and Alyssa Sudahm.
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The Executive Administrator recommends approval
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of this item and I am available
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to answer any questions you may have.
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Thank you very much, Erica.
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Questions, comments?
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Great work effort by the team
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and of course we know how important it is in the future
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of being able to utilize brackish water across Texas.
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I think a couple of points that you brought out
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in your presentation, these are not exclusive areas.
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There are other areas that if, in the future
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there might be some potential development
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of brackish groundwater, it's not exclusive
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to these production zones that we've designated here.
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All of the information, all of the data,
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is available to the public so,
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I mean, that's a huge deliverable for this project
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because as we know, that is the information
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that communities can access or people
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looking at new technology can access
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and it's all in it's raw format.
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Giving us kind of, overall, not just the ability
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through the requirements of House Bill 30
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to designate the zones but also to get
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a better understanding of the aquifer as a whole.
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So, it's good to see this work.
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It's good to see we had stakeholder engagement
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throughout the process.
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There were many that contributed data
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but I know on this particular work effort
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the Railroad Commission provided
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their Q-log collection so I did want
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to recognize them and thank them
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for that effort as well as the others
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who have participated with us
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in the data sharing initiative.
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It's great that we've got this,
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that we're moving forward, that we're ongoing,
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that the data is available for everybody to use
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and that we've got such a great team
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that's not only working on what we've done in the past
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but just moving forward and eventually
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we'll get all of the areas kind of looked at,
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throughout Texas, and have that information
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out there, available to the public.
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So, thank you.
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Thank you.
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Director Paup.
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Yeah, Erica, your team did a fantastic job.
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This is incredibly important research
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to the state so, thank you.
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This work will play a tremendous role
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in the future of Texas water and I very much
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appreciate you recognizing your team.
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Huge project, tremendous work,
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everything we do at this agency
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is a team effort and so, I appreciate all of that.
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Is there a motion?
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Chairman, I move we approve the designation
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of brackish groundwater production zones
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in the Blossom, Lipan, Nacatoch,
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and Northern Trinity Aquifers as recommended
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by our Executive Administrator.
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Is there a second?
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I second.
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All in favor say aye.
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Aye.
Aye.
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Aye, motion passes.
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Next item, please.
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Consider approval of requested changes
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submitted by Region J and Region L
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to amend the board adopted population
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and water demand projections for use
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in the 2021 regional water plans
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and the 2022 state water plan.
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We have Yoon Cho here to present.
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Good morning Chairman Lake,
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Directory Jackson, and Director Paup.
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For the record, my name is Yoon Cho,
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Executive Administrator of Staff.
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This item is to ask for your consideration
00:27:34.090 --> 00:27:36.500
of approving the request changes
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submitted by Region J and Region L
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to amend the board adopted population order
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demand projections for use in the
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2021 region water plans and 2022 state water plan.
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Region J submitted a request to remove
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steam electric water demand for Kerr County.
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This demand was estimated based on
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the future planned power facility
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for Calhoun County but incorrectly associated Kerr County.
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However, it was confirmed by Region L
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that no additional power plant is expected
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to be coming on line in Calhoun County
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so this demand will be removed.
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Region L requests increased steam electric,
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power water demand for Guadalupe County
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based on more recent water use data
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provided by CPS Energy.
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Region L's request also include
00:28:30.630 --> 00:28:35.223
changes submitted by five municipal entities.
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City of Cibolo, Green Valley Sod,
00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:41.260
and San Antonio Water System
00:28:41.260 --> 00:28:43.050
submitted request to reallocate
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existing population among entities
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reflecting the correct service area.
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The Green Valley Sod currently serves
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part of Cibolo in Guadalupe County.
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And San Antonio Water Systems serves
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a small portion of Atascosa County Road area.
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This change will resorting no net changes
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in county total populations.
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Lastly, Canyon Lake Water Service
00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:15.010
and the New Braunfels Utility,
00:29:15.010 --> 00:29:17.650
have requested to increase their population projects
00:29:18.520 --> 00:29:21.680
based on more recent population growth data
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through the Census and the utility mesa plan.
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To account faster growth for both entities,
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Region L requested to increase Comal County
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total population by 8.29%,
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for all decades and then decrease Comal County
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other population to offset the increase for both entities.
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The municipal demand that productions
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were also recalculated for all associate entities
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reflecting the request changes
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in their population projections.
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With the request changes, the revised total
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population order demand projections for the state
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will show a slight increase for each decade
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by less than .5% compared to the board adopted projection.
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The TWDB staff and the three other coordinating agency staff
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of Texas Park and Wildlife Department,
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TCQ, and Texas Department Agriculture
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have reviewed the request changes
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along with the supporting data submitted
00:30:31.300 --> 00:30:34.090
and developed a consensus that the changes
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are valid and consistent with criteria specified
00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:40.010
in the general guidelines
00:30:40.010 --> 00:30:43.003
for the fifth cycle region order planning.
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The recommended changes were submitted
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by four agencies staff, two hour EA on February 27th.
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The Executive Administrator
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recommends approval of this item.
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This concludes my presentation
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and I'm available to answer any questions.
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Thank you, very much, Yoon.
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Questions, comments?
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Well, in our regional water planning process
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and our state water planning process
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we talk about the strength of it is the data
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and the science and this, to me,
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clealy represents the work effort
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of the local, regional planning groups
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even though there is just a very tiny increase
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and impact overall for the state,
00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:24.680
the work effort that goes behind the scenes
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for communities, individual communities,
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in one case, kind of, tweak and shift
00:31:30.470 --> 00:31:33.210
the water demands so that it's in
00:31:33.210 --> 00:31:35.057
the proper category so they can make,
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if you will, the best decisions they can,
00:31:37.070 --> 00:31:38.670
moving forward with the projects they need.
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And then also, another community's kind of,
00:31:40.570 --> 00:31:43.340
looking at it from a population growth stand point
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in making sure that they incorporate
00:31:45.320 --> 00:31:48.330
those population changes within the plan
00:31:48.330 --> 00:31:51.370
and then further reinforces that it's an adaptive process
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and that as we move forward, we have
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that continuous improvement and that as we get more data,
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we're able to adjust the plan.
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So, a great example of the process working,
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the rigor of the process and the staff
00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:06.310
and the regional water planning groups
00:32:06.310 --> 00:32:08.600
are kind of, executing to that process.
00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:10.270
Thank you for your work on this
00:32:10.270 --> 00:32:11.980
and staying on top of things.
00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:13.544
Thank you.
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Director Paup.
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I'll just echo Mrs. Jackson's sentiments,
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a lot of work and effort goes into
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even making these small changes
00:32:21.430 --> 00:32:23.640
and a lot of cooperation, including working
00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:27.941
with our fellow agencies so, thank you.
00:32:27.941 --> 00:32:28.774
Thank you.
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Lot of tremendous work at the local level,
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state water plans driven from the ground up
00:32:33.950 --> 00:32:36.053
by the locals but there's also a lot of work
00:32:36.053 --> 00:32:38.280
in your office with your team
00:32:38.280 --> 00:32:39.830
that goes into supporting that.
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Thank you.
00:32:41.060 --> 00:32:42.510
Is there a motion?
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Mr. Chairman, I move we approve
00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:46.350
the requested changes by Region J
00:32:46.350 --> 00:32:48.610
and Region L to amend the board adopted
00:32:48.610 --> 00:32:51.230
population and water demand projections
00:32:51.230 --> 00:32:53.960
for use in the 2021 regional water plans
00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:57.210
and 2022 state water plan as recommended
00:32:57.210 --> 00:32:58.830
by the Executive Administrator.
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Is there a second?
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I second.
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All in favor say aye.
00:33:01.329 --> 00:33:02.162
Aye.
Aye.
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Aye, motion passes.
00:33:02.995 --> 00:33:03.828
Thanks, Yoon.
00:33:03.828 --> 00:33:05.050
Nest item, please.
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Consider approving a request
00:33:06.770 --> 00:33:09.310
from Parker County Special Utility District
00:33:09.310 --> 00:33:11.040
for financing from the drinking water,
00:33:11.040 --> 00:33:13.970
state revolving fund for planning acquisition design
00:33:13.970 --> 00:33:17.250
and construction for a water system improvement project.
00:33:17.250 --> 00:33:19.380
Luis Farias is here to present.
00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:20.290
Good morning, Chairman Lake,
00:33:20.290 --> 00:33:21.810
Director Jackson, Director Paup.
00:33:21.810 --> 00:33:22.980
For the record, I am Luis Farias
00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:25.130
of the Executive Administrators Staff.
00:33:25.130 --> 00:33:26.950
Parker County Special Utility District
00:33:26.950 --> 00:33:28.720
is located in Millsap, Texas,
00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:31.510
approximately 50 miles west of Fort Worth.
00:33:31.510 --> 00:33:34.270
The district serves approximately 5,200 customers
00:33:34.270 --> 00:33:38.170
and about 1,563 water connections throughout parts
00:33:38.170 --> 00:33:41.140
of Palo Pinto and Parker County's.
00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:43.690
The district does not provide waste water services.
00:33:44.830 --> 00:33:47.760
They're requesting approximately 15-million dollars
00:33:47.760 --> 00:33:50.950
for financing from the drinking water, state revolving fund
00:33:50.950 --> 00:33:53.220
for planning aquistion design and construciton
00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:55.840
to make improvements to it's 1-million-gallon per-day
00:33:55.840 --> 00:33:58.270
membrane filtration, reverse osmosis
00:33:58.270 --> 00:34:00.960
brackish desal treatment plant.
00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:03.340
The district has been having operational issues
00:34:03.340 --> 00:34:07.990
with the plant since the initial construction in 2014.
00:34:07.990 --> 00:34:09.923
The plant has had significant fowling,
00:34:09.923 --> 00:34:12.940
basically plugging effects, on it's micro filtration
00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:16.310
and reverse osmosis treatment processes.
00:34:16.310 --> 00:34:19.130
As well as challenges with internal build up
00:34:19.130 --> 00:34:20.810
of Manganese and organics from
00:34:20.810 --> 00:34:22.950
the water in the Brazos River.
00:34:22.950 --> 00:34:24.670
The problem with the original plant design
00:34:24.670 --> 00:34:26.530
did not include and pre-treatment
00:34:26.530 --> 00:34:28.680
ahead of the membrane filtration
00:34:28.680 --> 00:34:30.803
or reverse osmosis processes.
00:34:31.750 --> 00:34:33.930
Also, the plant did not include any provisions
00:34:33.930 --> 00:34:36.380
for waste disposal other than off site
00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:39.490
disposal of the RO concentrate.
00:34:39.490 --> 00:34:41.190
After several years of operation,
00:34:41.190 --> 00:34:43.210
the filters as well as the RO membranes,
00:34:43.210 --> 00:34:46.360
have become so fowled that effective capacity of the plant
00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:50.140
has been reduced by 30% to 40% of it's capacity.
00:34:50.140 --> 00:34:51.460
Additionally, on going development
00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:53.300
within the district's service area has continued
00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:55.530
to stress out the water supply's which has caused
00:34:55.530 --> 00:34:59.230
additional operational challenges at the plant.
00:34:59.230 --> 00:35:00.870
The district proposes improvements
00:35:00.870 --> 00:35:02.960
to the treatment plant including modifications
00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:04.710
to make intake structure expansion
00:35:05.663 --> 00:35:07.560
to the raw water pump station,
00:35:07.560 --> 00:35:10.020
installation of preliminary treatment,
00:35:10.020 --> 00:35:12.800
a micro filtration and reverse osmosis
00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:15.260
system improvements, and high service pump
00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:18.400
station expansion at the treatment plant site.
00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:20.750
A large portion of the plant improvements in this phase
00:35:20.750 --> 00:35:22.920
of the project, focus on being able
00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:26.400
to get the original 1-million-gallon per-day plant
00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:28.240
to operate at it's capacity
00:35:28.240 --> 00:35:30.720
on the continued basis, if needed.
00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:32.180
The Executive Administrator recommends
00:35:32.180 --> 00:35:34.810
approval of this request and this concludes my presentation.
00:35:34.810 --> 00:35:36.628
I'd be happy to answer any questions.
00:35:36.628 --> 00:35:37.961
Thank you, Luis.
00:35:37.961 --> 00:35:39.236
Questions, comments?
00:35:39.236 --> 00:35:40.653
Well, I project for a small community
00:35:40.653 --> 00:35:43.450
and good to see that we're able to go in there
00:35:43.450 --> 00:35:47.030
and help them address some issues that surfaced after
00:35:47.030 --> 00:35:49.190
the original design and also,
00:35:49.190 --> 00:35:51.480
I think you shared with me, that the district
00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:54.880
has employed an engineering firm
00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:56.500
that will develop a long range,
00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:59.210
capitol improvement plan and also
00:35:59.210 --> 00:36:00.800
be looking at, kind of like,
00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:03.920
the operational integrity moving forward
00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:08.270
so that the plant expansion, kind of,
00:36:08.270 --> 00:36:11.000
move forward and the improvements
00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:13.520
can be done to meet the needs of the community
00:36:13.520 --> 00:36:16.360
and also the standards that need to be met.
00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:17.990
Appreciate you workin' on this project
00:36:17.990 --> 00:36:20.830
and again, a good example of a project
00:36:20.830 --> 00:36:22.840
that helps a small community and utilizes
00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:25.940
our revolving funds so, thank you.
00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:27.676
Director Paup.
00:36:27.676 --> 00:36:29.470
Have a very, very important project
00:36:29.470 --> 00:36:30.840
and I believe it was Parker County day
00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:32.960
at the legislature, I think on Wednesday,
00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:34.950
so this is a great gift to them.
00:36:34.950 --> 00:36:36.373
Yeah, absolutely.
00:36:37.443 --> 00:36:39.170
Is there a motion?
00:36:39.170 --> 00:36:41.280
Chairman, I move we adopt the proposed resolution
00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:44.140
providing the Parker County Special Utility District
00:36:44.140 --> 00:36:47.100
with financing from the drinking water, state revolving fund
00:36:47.100 --> 00:36:49.510
for planning, acquisition, design, and construction
00:36:49.510 --> 00:36:51.640
of water system improvements as recommended
00:36:51.640 --> 00:36:53.250
by our Executive Administrator.
00:36:53.250 --> 00:36:54.102
Is there a second?
00:36:54.102 --> 00:36:54.935
I second.
00:36:54.935 --> 00:36:55.768
All in favor, say aye.
00:36:55.768 --> 00:36:56.601
Aye.
Aye.
00:36:56.601 --> 00:36:57.434
Aye, motion passes.
00:36:57.434 --> 00:36:58.430
Thanks, Luis.
00:36:58.430 --> 00:36:59.630
Next item, please.
00:36:59.630 --> 00:37:01.300
Consider approving a request
00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:03.650
from the city of Nassau Bay for financing
00:37:03.650 --> 00:37:05.530
from the Texas Water Development fund
00:37:05.530 --> 00:37:07.620
for planning, design, and construction
00:37:07.620 --> 00:37:10.760
to rehabilitate existing water and sewer utilities.
00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:13.532
Nancy Richards is here to present.
00:37:13.532 --> 00:37:14.909
Good morning, Chairman Lake,
00:37:14.909 --> 00:37:16.397
Director Jackson, Director Paup.
00:37:16.397 --> 00:37:17.987
For the record, my name is Nancy Richards
00:37:17.987 --> 00:37:21.051
of the Executive Administrators staff.
00:37:21.051 --> 00:37:23.832
This city of Nassau Bay is located in Harris County,
00:37:23.832 --> 00:37:27.488
about 30 miles southeast of the city of Houston
00:37:27.488 --> 00:37:31.280
and adjacent to the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.
00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:33.675
This city provides water and waste water services
00:37:33.675 --> 00:37:36.652
to approximately 1,510 connections
00:37:36.652 --> 00:37:39.985
with a population of about 4,100 people.
00:37:41.114 --> 00:37:44.676
The city is requesting 3-million-dollars in financing
00:37:44.676 --> 00:37:46.648
from the Texas Water Development Fund
00:37:46.648 --> 00:37:49.581
to replace aging water and waste water lines
00:37:49.581 --> 00:37:52.224
to maintain service to existing customers
00:37:52.224 --> 00:37:54.239
and avoid compliance issues.
00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:56.558
The city proposes to rehabilitate
00:37:56.558 --> 00:37:59.364
approximately 4 miles of 40 to 50-year-old
00:37:59.364 --> 00:38:01.914
water distribution lines and two miles
00:38:01.914 --> 00:38:04.047
of concrete waste water lines.
00:38:04.047 --> 00:38:06.155
The Executive Administrator recommends approval
00:38:06.155 --> 00:38:09.675
of the request and I'm available for any questions.
00:38:09.675 --> 00:38:10.922
Thank you, Nancy.
00:38:10.922 --> 00:38:12.096
Questions, comments?
00:38:12.096 --> 00:38:13.966
Good example of a small community coming in
00:38:13.966 --> 00:38:17.196
and being able to upgrade their existing,
00:38:17.196 --> 00:38:20.654
aging infrastructure and utilizing Dfunds.
00:38:20.654 --> 00:38:22.469
Often times we kind of forget that there're
00:38:22.469 --> 00:38:24.901
multiple funding sources and I guess Dfund
00:38:24.901 --> 00:38:26.379
was something that appealed to them
00:38:26.379 --> 00:38:29.133
so they're moving forward with it so, thank you.
00:38:29.133 --> 00:38:31.300
Director Paup.
00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:33.782
Dfund is, in this case, another example
00:38:33.782 --> 00:38:37.115
of staff really customizing and creating
00:38:38.329 --> 00:38:40.123
the bespoke financing package
00:38:40.123 --> 00:38:43.290
that best suites this unique projects.
00:38:46.040 --> 00:38:47.619
Is there a motion?
00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:50.390
Mr. Chairman, I move we adopted the proposed resolution
00:38:50.390 --> 00:38:52.142
providing the city of Nassau Bay
00:38:52.142 --> 00:38:54.778
with financing from the Texas Water Development Fund
00:38:54.778 --> 00:38:56.979
for planning, design, and construction
00:38:56.979 --> 00:39:00.329
to rehabilitate existing water and sewer utilities
00:39:00.329 --> 00:39:02.716
as recommended by the Executive Administrator.
00:39:02.716 --> 00:39:03.549
Is there a second.
00:39:03.549 --> 00:39:04.382
I second.
00:39:04.382 --> 00:39:05.215
All in favor say aye.
00:39:05.215 --> 00:39:06.048
Aye.
Aye.
00:39:06.048 --> 00:39:06.881
Aye, motion passes.
00:39:06.881 --> 00:39:07.714
Thank you, Nancy.
00:39:07.714 --> 00:39:08.990
Next item, please.
00:39:08.990 --> 00:39:10.944
Consider approving a request
00:39:10.944 --> 00:39:13.921
from Study Butte Water Supply Corporation
00:39:13.921 --> 00:39:17.015
for financing from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
00:39:17.015 --> 00:39:18.697
for planning, design, and construction
00:39:18.697 --> 00:39:20.270
of water system improvements.
00:39:20.270 --> 00:39:22.437
Leigh Huntoon is here to present.
00:39:22.437 --> 00:39:23.568
Good morning, Chairman Lake,
00:39:23.568 --> 00:39:25.750
Director Jackson, Director Paup.
00:39:25.750 --> 00:39:27.010
For the record, I'm Leigh Huntoon,
00:39:27.010 --> 00:39:31.090
of the Executive Administrators Staff.
00:39:31.090 --> 00:39:33.030
The Study Butte Water Supply Corporation
00:39:33.030 --> 00:39:34.610
is located in Brewster County,
00:39:34.610 --> 00:39:37.150
about 80 miles south of Alpine.
00:39:37.150 --> 00:39:39.830
The corporation is next to Big Ben National Park
00:39:39.830 --> 00:39:41.690
and has been serving the Study Butte,
00:39:41.690 --> 00:39:44.270
Terlingua area since 2000.
00:39:44.270 --> 00:39:47.660
The corporation serves a population of 482 people
00:39:47.660 --> 00:39:52.000
with 250 water connections and no waste water connections.
00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:54.840
The corporations water system is in an isolated area,
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as I mentioned, with limited personnel.
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Existing manual read meters are over 15 years old
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and have no production meter to monitor
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and log flow and usage.
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Radio read meters would allow the corporation
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to better track water usage, identify
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and reduce water loss in addition
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to improve water pressure, increase capacity,
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and provide redundancy within the water system.
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The corporation purposes to install
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a four inch water line along the east side
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of Highway 118 as remaining funds allow
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after the installation of meters.
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The corporation is requesting 300-thousand
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in funding assistance from the
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Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program
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as a very small system for the planning,
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and design and construction of these improvements.
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The Executive Administrator recommends
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approval of this request.
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This concludes my presentation.
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If you have any questions, I would be delighted
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to answer them at this time.
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Great. Thanks, Leigh.
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Questions, Comments?
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Well, thank you, Leigh.
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It's always good to see a small community
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moving forward, taking the inniative to put in meters
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and to get a better handle on water usage
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and for all the benefits that you outlined.
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Being able to use that to help them,
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in the future, maybe improve water pressure,
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increase capacity, and provide redundancy
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through the new water lines so, thank you
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for this project and kinda neat
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that it's right there by Big Ben National Park.
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Beautiful area.
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Director Paup.
00:41:17.104 --> 00:41:18.210
Yeah, this is great project,
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first time applicant, and we are upgrading
00:41:20.390 --> 00:41:22.250
their technology, it's a win, win.
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Thank you.
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Yeah, leveraging technology to get
00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:27.690
more productivity out of the same assets.
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Is there a motion?
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Chairman, I move we adopt the proposed resolution
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providing the Study Butte Water Supply Corporation
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with financing from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:39.030
for planning, design, and construction
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of water system improvements as recommended
00:41:41.120 --> 00:41:42.520
by our Executive Administrator.
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Is there a second?
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I second.
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All in favor, say aye.
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Aye.
Aye.
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Aye, your motion passes.
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Thank you, Leigh.
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Next item, please.
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Consider approving a request from
00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:53.410
the Tom Green Fresh Water Supply District number two
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for financing from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
00:41:56.020 --> 00:41:57.920
for planning, design, and construction
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of water system improvements.
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Leigh Huntoon is, again here to present.
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Again, for the record, I'm Leigh Huntoon
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of the Executive Administrators Staff.
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The Tom Green County Fresh Water Supply District number two
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is located in the Cristoval Community
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on the Edwards Plateau and it is included
00:42:14.530 --> 00:42:18.250
in the Santa Angelo Metropolitan Statistical area.
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The district serves 315 customers with 233 water connections
00:42:23.150 --> 00:42:25.830
and does not provide any waste water services.
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The district proposes to construct
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irrigation system on the water treatment plant
00:42:30.280 --> 00:42:32.010
and elevated storage tank property
00:42:32.010 --> 00:42:36.457
to dispose of approximately 5,500-gallons
00:42:37.910 --> 00:42:39.611
per-month of waste water discharge
00:42:39.611 --> 00:42:41.670
from the water treatment plant
00:42:41.670 --> 00:42:43.610
and to construct a storage building
00:42:43.610 --> 00:42:46.700
for chemical storage and replace customer meters
00:42:46.700 --> 00:42:48.670
with automated meter reading meters
00:42:48.670 --> 00:42:51.100
and install software and billing programs.
00:42:51.100 --> 00:42:54.453
This will bring them into compliance with TCQ rules.
00:42:57.710 --> 00:42:59.870
In addition, they propose to install
00:42:59.870 --> 00:43:01.252
a new water line that will provide a loop
00:43:01.252 --> 00:43:03.950
in the system to improve water pressure
00:43:03.950 --> 00:43:08.390
and to provide sufficient flow for fire protection.
00:43:08.390 --> 00:43:11.390
This city is requesting 300-thousand in funding assistance
00:43:11.390 --> 00:43:13.788
from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program
00:43:13.788 --> 00:43:15.890
as a very small system for the planning,
00:43:15.890 --> 00:43:17.780
design, and construction of these improvements
00:43:17.780 --> 00:43:19.970
the Executive Administrator recommends approval
00:43:19.970 --> 00:43:20.803
of this request.
00:43:20.803 --> 00:43:22.160
This concludes my presentation.
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I'm happy to answer any questions.
00:43:24.270 --> 00:43:25.370
Questions, comments?
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Good to see a small community,
00:43:27.806 --> 00:43:29.520
a service population, as you said,
00:43:29.520 --> 00:43:32.930
of about 300 again, implementing meters,
00:43:32.930 --> 00:43:35.460
which you know, appropriate technology
00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:37.180
that we can utilize those benefits
00:43:37.180 --> 00:43:39.840
as well as the loop, which as you stated
00:43:39.840 --> 00:43:41.290
would help with their pressure
00:43:41.290 --> 00:43:42.500
and always, it's good to have that
00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:44.024
from a redundancy stand point.
00:43:44.024 --> 00:43:46.801
Good project, thanks for working on this.
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Director Paup.
00:43:48.380 --> 00:43:49.850
Yeah, another first time applicant
00:43:49.850 --> 00:43:51.900
and this project will make a huge impact
00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:53.500
on this community so, thank you.
00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:56.590
Is there a motion?
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Mr. Chairman, I move we adopt
00:43:58.170 --> 00:43:59.770
the proposed resolution providing
00:43:59.770 --> 00:44:02.866
the Tom Green County Fresh Water Supply District number two
00:44:02.866 --> 00:44:04.960
with financing from the Drinking Water
00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:06.440
State Revolving Fund for planning,
00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:09.270
design, and construction of water system improvements
00:44:09.270 --> 00:44:11.700
as recommended by the Executive Administrator.
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Is there a second?
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I second.
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All in favor, say aye.
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Aye.
Aye.
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Aye, you motion passes.
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Thank you, Leigh.
00:44:16.830 --> 00:44:18.200
Next item, please.
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Consider approving the 2018 Texas Rain Catcher Awards.
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I do have a card from Mr. Ray Buck
00:44:24.880 --> 00:44:26.880
from the upper Guadalupe River Authority
00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:28.200
who would like to address the board
00:44:28.200 --> 00:44:30.650
at the appropriate time and Kevin Clueggey
00:44:30.650 --> 00:44:32.383
is here to present from staff.
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Morning Chairman Lake, Director Paup, Director Jackson.
00:44:37.700 --> 00:44:38.960
For the record, my name is Kevin Clueggey
00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:41.410
of the Executive Administrators staff.
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This is an action item seeking your approval
00:44:43.680 --> 00:44:46.440
to present the 2018 Texas Rain Catcher Awards
00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:48.300
to four nominees.
00:44:48.300 --> 00:44:51.040
Since the program began in 2007
00:44:51.040 --> 00:44:55.520
the TWDB had recognized 46 entities and two individuals
00:44:55.520 --> 00:44:57.720
across the state, with this award.
00:44:57.720 --> 00:45:00.410
The award recognizes excellence
00:45:00.410 --> 00:45:03.020
in the application of rain water harvesting,
00:45:03.020 --> 00:45:07.823
promotes water conservation, and highlights new technology.
00:45:08.830 --> 00:45:11.290
Nominated projects ar ranked based upon
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the demonstartion of five criteria including:
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saving money, saving water, originality and innovation,
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environmental benefit, and uniqueness of the system.
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Staff are recommending that four
00:45:24.340 --> 00:45:27.190
of the submitted nominations be given the award.
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However, I would like to thank all those
00:45:29.670 --> 00:45:33.223
that submitted nominations for this award this year.
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The first recommended nominee
00:45:36.560 --> 00:45:38.993
is First Bank, Southwest Amarillo.
00:45:39.870 --> 00:45:42.480
When a new building for First Southwest Bank in Amarillo
00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:45.690
was being designed in 2012, bank officials
00:45:45.690 --> 00:45:47.380
and landscape architects agreed
00:45:47.380 --> 00:45:49.530
that they could do more to conserve water
00:45:49.530 --> 00:45:52.400
besides just a zeroscape landscape.
00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:53.740
As part of the site development,
00:45:53.740 --> 00:45:57.490
an alternative rainwater collection system was envisioned.
00:45:57.490 --> 00:45:58.770
Rather than collecting rainwater
00:45:58.770 --> 00:46:01.033
from the roof and putting it into a tank,
00:46:02.770 --> 00:46:06.070
the banks collection system was the lot itself.
00:46:06.070 --> 00:46:07.640
Lessening storm water run-off
00:46:07.640 --> 00:46:11.440
and potable water use for the landscaping.
00:46:11.440 --> 00:46:16.150
Rain falls upon the buildings roof and is then directed
00:46:16.150 --> 00:46:19.870
into permeable pavers in the parking lot.
00:46:19.870 --> 00:46:24.070
From there, the water flows through gravel backfill
00:46:24.070 --> 00:46:25.750
into perforated pipes and then
00:46:25.750 --> 00:46:27.683
into an underground storage tank.
00:46:28.540 --> 00:46:30.000
The pavers and underground tank
00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:32.571
have a capacity of 26,600-gallons
00:46:32.571 --> 00:46:36.950
which can be used to water the water efficient landscape.
00:46:36.950 --> 00:46:39.930
With us today from First Bank, Southwest Amarillo,
00:46:39.930 --> 00:46:42.520
we have Smith Ellis, Chairman of the Board,
00:46:42.520 --> 00:46:45.570
Barbara Ellis, his wife, and Will Miller,
00:46:45.570 --> 00:46:49.023
the Chief Lending Officer and Amarillo Market President.
00:46:50.100 --> 00:46:52.020
The second recommended nominee
00:46:52.020 --> 00:46:55.140
is the Do-Peters-Do residents.
00:46:55.140 --> 00:46:58.130
The Do-Peters-Do family residence
00:46:58.130 --> 00:47:00.610
is located just south of Austin
00:47:00.610 --> 00:47:03.510
in an area with marginal ground water supplies.
00:47:03.510 --> 00:47:05.520
Due to the pour quality of the ground water
00:47:05.520 --> 00:47:07.710
that supplied their homes and with the goal
00:47:07.710 --> 00:47:11.060
of long term water security, the family decided
00:47:11.060 --> 00:47:13.462
to invest in a rain water harvesting system
00:47:13.462 --> 00:47:17.030
as their primary water supply for their home.
00:47:17.030 --> 00:47:19.620
The utilization of harvested rain water
00:47:19.620 --> 00:47:22.350
as the primary potable water supply
00:47:22.350 --> 00:47:24.460
makes this residence unique.
00:47:24.460 --> 00:47:27.000
Also unique, is the structure itself.
00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:29.930
The exterior walls are 24-inches thick,
00:47:29.930 --> 00:47:33.660
using over 160-tons of Adobe cob mixture
00:47:33.660 --> 00:47:37.550
to minimize the homes energy use.
00:47:37.550 --> 00:47:40.210
With us today from this project
00:47:40.210 --> 00:47:45.210
is Glenda Jean Petersdo to do, Kendra Welch,
00:47:45.530 --> 00:47:50.530
and John Curry of the Clay, Sand, Straw Company,
00:47:50.540 --> 00:47:52.720
that were the architect and builders,
00:47:52.720 --> 00:47:54.350
as well as Chris Maxwell Gaines
00:47:54.350 --> 00:47:56.990
of Innovative Water Solutions.
00:47:56.990 --> 00:47:59.140
The third recommended nominee is
00:47:59.140 --> 00:48:03.270
the Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex.
00:48:03.270 --> 00:48:06.400
Developed in 2017, the rain water harvesting system
00:48:06.400 --> 00:48:08.980
collects percipitation that is used
00:48:08.980 --> 00:48:10.770
during vehicle wash operations
00:48:10.770 --> 00:48:14.870
at the complexes main vehicle maintenance shops.
00:48:14.870 --> 00:48:16.830
The project stemmed from a larger
00:48:16.830 --> 00:48:20.420
Army Reserve Strategic Plan to reduce
00:48:20.420 --> 00:48:25.110
dependency on potable water in their operations.
00:48:25.110 --> 00:48:28.050
Using geospatial as well as water security data,
00:48:28.050 --> 00:48:32.070
the Army Reserve and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
00:48:32.070 --> 00:48:33.420
determined the best locations
00:48:33.420 --> 00:48:37.320
for using rainwater harvesting for vehicle washing.
00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:40.210
Grand Prairie was one of two pilot sites
00:48:40.210 --> 00:48:42.500
chosen nationwide to test the effectiveness
00:48:42.500 --> 00:48:46.720
of rainwater harvesting for these operations.
00:48:46.720 --> 00:48:49.470
This pilot has been extremely successful
00:48:49.470 --> 00:48:52.590
as demonstrated in potable water demand reductions
00:48:52.590 --> 00:48:54.250
and the glowing reserve of the
00:48:54.250 --> 00:48:57.740
operations staff who use the system.
00:48:57.740 --> 00:48:59.120
Not only has it been beneficial
00:48:59.120 --> 00:49:02.270
to the Army Reserves Operation in Grand Prairie
00:49:02.270 --> 00:49:05.120
but the pilot has provided another valuable tool
00:49:05.120 --> 00:49:07.420
in the mission to ensure water security
00:49:07.420 --> 00:49:10.923
at Army Reserve bases across the country.
00:49:12.130 --> 00:49:15.710
Additional rainwater harvesting systems
00:49:15.710 --> 00:49:19.070
across the country are on the future funding list
00:49:19.070 --> 00:49:21.170
and a potable rainwater harvesting system
00:49:21.170 --> 00:49:22.780
has been successfully added to
00:49:22.780 --> 00:49:25.720
Fort Bucchanan in Puerto Rico.
00:49:25.720 --> 00:49:28.520
With us today from the Grand Prairie Army Reserve Complex
00:49:28.520 --> 00:49:30.940
is Robert King, the Regional Facility
00:49:30.940 --> 00:49:33.453
Operations Specialist for the complex.
00:49:34.740 --> 00:49:36.280
The final recommended nominee
00:49:36.280 --> 00:49:40.330
is the Upper Guadalupe River Authorities Edge Escape.
00:49:40.330 --> 00:49:42.050
The Upper Guadalupe River Authority,
00:49:42.050 --> 00:49:46.100
or UGRA's Edge Escape is located in Currville, Texas.
00:49:46.100 --> 00:49:50.040
The Edge Escape consists of 33-thousand square-feet
00:49:50.040 --> 00:49:52.140
of water conserving landscape,
00:49:52.140 --> 00:49:56.460
which was converted from traditional terf grass.
00:49:56.460 --> 00:49:58.690
Beyond landscaping, the Edge Escape project
00:49:58.690 --> 00:50:01.490
is complete with interpretive signs,
00:50:01.490 --> 00:50:04.510
rain-top rainwater collection,
00:50:04.510 --> 00:50:07.500
A/C air conditioning condensate collection,
00:50:07.500 --> 00:50:11.110
and managed storm water collection retention areas.
00:50:11.110 --> 00:50:14.290
The Edge Escape includes 15 water saving features
00:50:14.290 --> 00:50:16.040
in addition to 30 interpretive
00:50:16.040 --> 00:50:18.690
in water conservation tip signs.
00:50:18.690 --> 00:50:21.240
A quarter mile walking trail meanders
00:50:21.240 --> 00:50:23.490
along several different plant zones,
00:50:23.490 --> 00:50:27.140
highlighting a simulated hill country spring area,
00:50:27.140 --> 00:50:30.910
terraces, rain gardens, and a dry creek bed.
00:50:30.910 --> 00:50:33.230
A unique feature of the UGRA Edge Escape
00:50:33.230 --> 00:50:34.730
is that is a project developed
00:50:34.730 --> 00:50:37.030
by the community, for the community.
00:50:37.030 --> 00:50:39.520
Included in the design maintenance and outreach
00:50:39.520 --> 00:50:41.900
of the Edge Escape project has been
00:50:41.900 --> 00:50:44.090
the Hill Country Master Gardeners,
00:50:44.090 --> 00:50:46.710
the Texas Agrilife Extension Service,
00:50:46.710 --> 00:50:51.553
the Hill Country chapter of the Texas Master Naturalists,
00:50:52.560 --> 00:50:55.330
and the Riverside Nature Area.
00:50:55.330 --> 00:50:56.930
Nature Center.
00:50:56.930 --> 00:50:59.360
The project and the Rain Catcher Award nomination
00:50:59.360 --> 00:51:01.360
received support from a broad range
00:51:01.360 --> 00:51:04.070
of local and state officials.
00:51:04.070 --> 00:51:06.560
With us today from the UGRA Edge Escape
00:51:06.560 --> 00:51:09.940
is Ray Buck, the UGRA General Manager,
00:51:09.940 --> 00:51:13.230
Tammy Thompson, the UGRA Assistant General Manager,
00:51:13.230 --> 00:51:15.520
and Diana McMann, the Secretary
00:51:15.520 --> 00:51:17.713
of the UGRA Board of Directors.
00:51:18.760 --> 00:51:20.720
This concludes my presentation.
00:51:20.720 --> 00:51:23.730
The Executive Administrator recommends approval of the item
00:51:23.730 --> 00:51:26.029
and I am available for any questions.
00:51:26.029 --> 00:51:27.219
Thank you, Kevin.
00:51:27.219 --> 00:51:28.588
Questions, comments?
00:51:28.588 --> 00:51:30.110
Well, it's great to see the diversity
00:51:30.110 --> 00:51:32.730
of the Rain Water Harvesting Award winners
00:51:32.730 --> 00:51:36.380
and if we just look at it from a business category,
00:51:36.380 --> 00:51:40.250
something that was innovative in their design,
00:51:40.250 --> 00:51:41.880
course the residential, not just looking
00:51:41.880 --> 00:51:45.820
at rainwater harvesting but also energy conservation,
00:51:45.820 --> 00:51:48.740
the great work by the Reserve complex,
00:51:48.740 --> 00:51:51.590
not only providing the harvesting
00:51:51.590 --> 00:51:53.476
for their particular unit but also now,
00:51:53.476 --> 00:51:56.980
being a kind of model for other facilities
00:51:56.980 --> 00:51:58.710
to do it across the country.
00:51:58.710 --> 00:52:00.330
And then, of course, the great work
00:52:00.330 --> 00:52:02.810
with the Edge Escape project
00:52:02.810 --> 00:52:04.410
where it was education focused
00:52:04.410 --> 00:52:07.090
and also that great collaborative effort so,
00:52:07.090 --> 00:52:09.300
I think you said initially, the objective,
00:52:09.300 --> 00:52:11.420
at least the first two were to save water
00:52:11.420 --> 00:52:15.480
and to save money and also to share best practices
00:52:15.480 --> 00:52:19.220
so, it's good that we've got such great participation.
00:52:19.220 --> 00:52:22.040
That the leadership has taken the time
00:52:22.040 --> 00:52:24.810
to come here today and kind of support this effort
00:52:24.810 --> 00:52:26.770
and that we've got great examples
00:52:26.770 --> 00:52:29.160
that we can share throughout the year
00:52:29.160 --> 00:52:31.530
with communities across Texas and hope
00:52:31.530 --> 00:52:34.113
to further promote rainwater harvesting.
00:52:35.033 --> 00:52:37.060
You always learn something when you go
00:52:37.060 --> 00:52:39.420
and you visit folks one-on-one
00:52:39.420 --> 00:52:42.887
and talk with them and so, I'd like to be able to,
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in the coming year, visit each one of these
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and talk with them some more.
00:52:46.458 --> 00:52:49.380
It's great that you're doing this work on this project
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and I think a great work effort by the board
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and also for the participants on the award so, thank you.
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Director Paup.
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Yeah, I never thought I would wanna go visit a bank
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to see a great conservation project
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but I'm really excited to go to Amarillo
00:53:03.915 --> 00:53:07.630
to see this really innovative bank.
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I think this is a great way to say thank you.
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Thank you to individuals and entities
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that are doing the right thing,
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that are really making conservation a number one priority.
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So, thank you.
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Pretty rich havin' the lawyer say she doesn't like banks.
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(laughs)
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I believe we have a member of the public
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who would like to address the board.
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That's correct, Mr. Buck from UGRA.
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Thank you and respect for your time, I'll be brief.
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I just wanna say thank you for recognizing our efforts.
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We serve as a political entity for Region J
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and so, knowing that there's grassroots process,
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I agree with your statement
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that it may seem insignificant in the state level
00:53:48.630 --> 00:53:51.010
but it's very significant at the water service level.
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So, thank you.
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We're proud to be leaders in water conservation.
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Thank you for your recognition today
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but I'm up here, maybe takin' the honor away
00:53:58.550 --> 00:54:00.350
from those that did the work and the ladies
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that are with me today, our board member Diane McMann,
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who is the Outreach and Education Chair,
00:54:07.230 --> 00:54:10.140
took this project from conception to completion.
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And most of our heavy lifting was done
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by my Assistant Manager, Tammy Thompson,
00:54:14.240 --> 00:54:16.980
who day in, day out dealt with the contractors
00:54:16.980 --> 00:54:18.310
who sometimes didn't understand
00:54:18.310 --> 00:54:20.800
some of the innovative things we were tryin' to do.
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So, I'll close with just offering,
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an open invitation to visit us any time, we welcome you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
Thanks for coming.
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Thank you and thank you all.
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Is there a motion?
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Chairman, I move we approve the 2018
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Texas Rain Catcher Awards,
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as recommended by our Executive Administrator.
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Is there a second?
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I second.
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All in favor, say aye.
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Aye.
Aye.
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Aye, motion passes.
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Thank you.
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Thank you, Kevin.
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This time, would you care to take the pictures with the--
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Absolutely.
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The board will go into recess to take pictures
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with the award recipients.
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We will reconvene at 10:40 a.m.
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(gavel pounds)
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(gavel pounds)
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This meeting of the Texas Water Development Board
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will now reconvene.
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The time is 10:43 a.m.
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Next item, please.
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Consider approving a request
00:55:16.660 --> 00:55:18.465
from the city of Wimberley to amend
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Texas Water Development Board Resolution number 16-032,
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to change the constructed project components.
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Jeff Walker is here to present, I also have seven cards
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from members of the public who would like
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to speak to the board at the appropriate time.
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Morning.
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Good morning, good morning Mr. Chairman,
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Directors Jackson, Directors Paup.
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For the record, my name's Jeff Walker,
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your Executive Administrator.
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The city of Wimberley's requesting
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to be aloud to change the scope
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of their project to provide waste water service
00:55:49.880 --> 00:55:51.410
to the central city.
00:55:51.410 --> 00:55:53.100
Their project currently includes construction
00:55:53.100 --> 00:55:54.420
of both the waste water treatment plant
00:55:54.420 --> 00:55:55.950
and collection system.
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The existing bond documents allow
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only construction of waste water treatment plant.
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The city has asked to be aloud to add construction
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of a connection to Aqua Texas
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to provide treatment services for their collection system.
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This request came to us after construction started
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on both components of the project
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and has required significant staff time
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to determine the feasibility.
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Staff has worked diligently with the city
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to identify concerns and document our findings.
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To summarize where we are today,
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the total project cost for the connection dock with Texas
00:56:23.410 --> 00:56:26.520
is estimated to be approximately 2.5-million-dollars
00:56:26.520 --> 00:56:28.690
less than the original project however,
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the proposed change would result
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in the loss of 2-million-dollars
00:56:31.530 --> 00:56:34.263
in additional grant funding from other sources.
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The proposed change doesn't allow for the city
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to provide reuse water, which is an important component
00:56:41.670 --> 00:56:44.390
of the cities original pledge of revenues.
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Both delays in the project and changes
00:56:46.310 --> 00:56:48.190
in the pledge revenues lead us to conclude
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that it is prudent to request additional security
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on the financing of this project.
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At the last meeting, I recommended no action,
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pending adequate responses on the amended
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environmental review including the cities responses
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to public meetings and their responses
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to the coordinating agencies such as
00:57:03.080 --> 00:57:04.363
Texas Parks and Wildlife.
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Since the February 25th board meeting
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the city's admitted nearly a thousand pages
00:57:09.980 --> 00:57:11.540
of documentation related to
00:57:11.540 --> 00:57:13.210
the environmental review process.
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The city's been responsive and staff
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has reviewed all these submittals.
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We received all requested documents
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related to the public hearing
00:57:20.080 --> 00:57:22.160
and related public comments including
00:57:22.160 --> 00:57:24.450
the city's responses to those comments
00:57:24.450 --> 00:57:26.340
as well as completed agency coordination
00:57:26.340 --> 00:57:29.460
with Parks and Wildlife, Historical Commission,
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Flood Plain Administrator, TCQ's Edwards
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Aquifer Protection Program, and EPA
00:57:34.270 --> 00:57:36.980
regarding the soul source aquifer coordination.
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In addition, we've received an updated alternative analysis
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addressing the environmental impacts
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of the no action alternative
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for rejected treatment plan construction.
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Map showing detailed creek crossing alignments,
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a proposed plan for handling the former
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treatment plant pad site, and a copy
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of Aqua's utilities permits for discharge.
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There are still some items that will have to occur
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before construction can begin.
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These items are relatively standard
00:58:01.750 --> 00:58:03.490
for any project we finance.
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We must issue a statement of findings
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to complete the amended environmental determination.
00:58:08.610 --> 00:58:10.200
Before that statement can be made,
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a qualified Biologist must perform
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a Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat assessment
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within 300-feet of Cypress Creek.
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In addition, the city must coordinate
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with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
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The statement of findings will document
00:58:21.720 --> 00:58:23.117
the proposed project changes
00:58:23.117 --> 00:58:25.140
and updated environmental review process
00:58:25.140 --> 00:58:27.300
and will include any conditions required
00:58:27.300 --> 00:58:29.050
as a result of agency coordination.
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Once issued, there will be a 30-day public reading period
00:58:36.000 --> 00:58:38.150
in the statement of findings.
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The city had been responsive to your request
00:58:39.800 --> 00:58:41.420
and met all requirements.
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It appears that the city has sufficient funds
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to complete the proposed project
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in change and scope and the proposed project
00:58:47.430 --> 00:58:49.660
will solve the water quality issue.
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However, because of previous delays
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and potential for additional delays
00:58:52.850 --> 00:58:54.400
that could effect the ability of the city
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to generate sufficient revenues
00:58:55.680 --> 00:58:57.440
to repay the debt, I'm recommending additional
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security for the debt.
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Before I make the formal recommendation
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I wanna commend staff for their work
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and dedication on this project.
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Dane Larson, Hector Estrada, Kristen Miller,
00:59:06.810 --> 00:59:08.300
Jesse Malanovich, and Clay Schultz
00:59:08.300 --> 00:59:10.720
have put in untold hours on this project.
00:59:10.720 --> 00:59:12.560
They've been responsive and truly professional
00:59:12.560 --> 00:59:15.100
throughout this difficult and contensious process.
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They've exemplified what it is to be a true public servant
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and I want thank them for their service.
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My recommendation before you today
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is to allow the change in scope,
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condition on additional security from the city.
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The recommendation is to require
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in exchange refunding of the city's outstanding bond's
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in order to add ad valorem taxes
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to the pledge revenue's for the project.
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That concludes my presentation.
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I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have.
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Thank you.
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Before we get into questions, comments from the board,
00:59:40.910 --> 00:59:42.140
I think we'd be prudent to go ahead
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and hear public comment.
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So, as I said, I've got seven cards.
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First, elected officials, Susan Jaggers,
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Mayor of City of Wimberley.
00:59:57.670 --> 00:59:59.560
I would remind folks testifying
00:59:59.560 --> 01:00:01.630
that in keeping with the boards policy,
01:00:01.630 --> 01:00:04.170
we're limiting folks to three minutes.
01:00:04.170 --> 01:00:07.140
Please keep your remarks confined to that time.
01:00:07.140 --> 01:00:07.973
Good morning.
01:00:07.973 --> 01:00:09.310
Good morning, Mayor.
01:00:09.310 --> 01:00:10.143
As you stated, I'm Susan Jaggers,
01:00:10.143 --> 01:00:12.130
Mayor of City of Wimberley.
01:00:12.130 --> 01:00:13.027
Back again, in front of you.
01:00:13.027 --> 01:00:15.093
Hopefully the third times a charm.
01:00:16.090 --> 01:00:18.380
Yes, we would also like to thank your staff
01:00:18.380 --> 01:00:21.290
and your board for putting together Mr. Walkers,
01:00:21.290 --> 01:00:24.200
was a great leader on making this all come together
01:00:24.200 --> 01:00:27.483
in a timely matter and Mr. Schultz and Mr. Dane.
01:00:29.800 --> 01:00:34.300
The purpose I'm here for is that this has drug out
01:00:34.300 --> 01:00:36.250
a long time and we really don't need it
01:00:36.250 --> 01:00:37.710
to drag out any longer.
01:00:37.710 --> 01:00:40.640
Every day that goes by, we're accruing interest,
01:00:40.640 --> 01:00:42.740
we're not collecting any revenues.
01:00:42.740 --> 01:00:45.220
We are at a delay in our project
01:00:45.220 --> 01:00:48.800
and it hopefully won't delay much longer than that.
01:00:48.800 --> 01:00:51.230
I believe we will now have enough revenue
01:00:51.230 --> 01:00:53.690
to be able to support this collection system
01:00:53.690 --> 01:00:55.453
without the operation of a plant.
01:00:56.890 --> 01:00:58.030
I believe we're gonna be able to have
01:00:58.030 --> 01:01:00.940
a contract with Aqua that will be very enforceable
01:01:00.940 --> 01:01:02.710
and will benefit the city, more so
01:01:02.710 --> 01:01:04.980
than having a risk of a plant.
01:01:04.980 --> 01:01:09.450
And I would hope that you would consider
01:01:09.450 --> 01:01:11.773
expediting this process for us.
01:01:12.610 --> 01:01:13.780
That's all.
01:01:13.780 --> 01:01:14.723
Thank you.
01:01:15.663 --> 01:01:17.493
Next we have Andrew Weber.
01:01:23.540 --> 01:01:26.470
Morning Mr. Chair, Directors Paup and Jackson.
01:01:26.470 --> 01:01:28.530
My name is Andrew Weber, I am the President
01:01:28.530 --> 01:01:31.770
of the Friends of Blue Hole and a land owner in Wimberley.
01:01:31.770 --> 01:01:34.750
I assume to my chagrin that you didn't post this again
01:01:34.750 --> 01:01:37.320
to table it today so, I'm hanging my hopes
01:01:37.320 --> 01:01:40.180
on the conditions precedent to any order
01:01:40.180 --> 01:01:42.080
approving the change.
01:01:42.080 --> 01:01:46.470
One month ago, you allowed the Mayor extra rebuttal time.
01:01:46.470 --> 01:01:49.260
We had pointed out her public comments
01:01:49.260 --> 01:01:51.050
that they were going to disregard
01:01:51.050 --> 01:01:54.420
the recommendations of the Parks and Wildlife Department.
01:01:54.420 --> 01:01:56.810
On Rebuttal, the Mayor told you
01:01:56.810 --> 01:01:58.480
that the city would comply with those,
01:01:58.480 --> 01:02:00.460
of course they would but then added
01:02:00.460 --> 01:02:02.617
the caveat, "as best we can."
01:02:03.500 --> 01:02:05.280
It turns out we now know why she had
01:02:05.280 --> 01:02:07.990
to make that qualification because four days before that
01:02:07.990 --> 01:02:10.620
her engineer had submitted documents to you
01:02:10.620 --> 01:02:13.533
with their responses to Parks and Wildlife.
01:02:15.540 --> 01:02:19.670
I want to address the two most critical of those responses.
01:02:19.670 --> 01:02:21.490
And in the limited time I have,
01:02:21.490 --> 01:02:24.170
I may not finish my remarks and another citizen
01:02:24.170 --> 01:02:25.500
may touch on one of the points
01:02:25.500 --> 01:02:26.750
that I had hoped to make.
01:02:27.810 --> 01:02:29.600
So, I don't have time to beg you again
01:02:29.600 --> 01:02:32.790
to stop requiring a signed contract with Aqua Texas
01:02:32.790 --> 01:02:35.060
as a condition and I can't beg you
01:02:35.060 --> 01:02:36.670
too scrub the Mayors financials
01:02:36.670 --> 01:02:38.070
'cause we've wasted a lot of ink
01:02:38.070 --> 01:02:40.023
and breath on asking you to do that,
01:02:42.040 --> 01:02:43.630
but what I do wanna talk about
01:02:43.630 --> 01:02:45.530
or at least I think someone else will talk about
01:02:45.530 --> 01:02:47.260
the swapping of the revenue bonds
01:02:47.260 --> 01:02:48.920
for the general obligation bonds
01:02:48.920 --> 01:02:51.730
and the incumbent property tax that would go with that.
01:02:51.730 --> 01:02:53.270
And I'm gonna spend a minute talking
01:02:53.270 --> 01:02:57.940
about the condition of a favorable environmental report.
01:02:57.940 --> 01:03:00.670
Instead of inflamitory words, I'll say that the Mayor
01:03:00.670 --> 01:03:04.090
and her agents show contempt for the truth in their response
01:03:04.090 --> 01:03:06.790
about the proposed 500-foot set back
01:03:06.790 --> 01:03:11.413
for the pit boars as opposed to their 150-foot set back.
01:03:13.050 --> 01:03:16.360
I've given you a hand out and the cover page
01:03:16.360 --> 01:03:20.260
of that hand out has four white dots on it.
01:03:20.260 --> 01:03:23.670
The two inner white dots or the center white dot
01:03:23.670 --> 01:03:25.260
is the center of the creek.
01:03:25.260 --> 01:03:28.870
The two next to that are the 150-foot set backs
01:03:28.870 --> 01:03:32.310
the city has surveyed and the two outside dots
01:03:32.310 --> 01:03:33.940
show where the boars would be
01:03:33.940 --> 01:03:36.700
if they were the purposed 500 feet
01:03:36.700 --> 01:03:38.650
from the Parks and Wildlife Department.
01:03:39.950 --> 01:03:44.367
The city's response on page 73 says,
01:03:44.367 --> 01:03:46.897
"we can't move it back 500-feet
01:03:46.897 --> 01:03:50.067
"for two reasons: the size of the creek
01:03:50.067 --> 01:03:52.760
"and existing improvements."
01:03:52.760 --> 01:03:56.390
Now go back to the cover, see on the un-treed side
01:03:56.390 --> 01:03:58.930
of the creek, there are no improvements
01:03:58.930 --> 01:04:01.210
on that side so it can't be improvements
01:04:01.210 --> 01:04:02.810
on that side that would impede
01:04:02.810 --> 01:04:05.000
going 500-feet away form the edge.
01:04:05.000 --> 01:04:07.210
And if you go back on the treed side,
01:04:07.210 --> 01:04:11.860
on the city's side, there are no improvements.
01:04:11.860 --> 01:04:14.540
There are cedar trees and the line
01:04:14.540 --> 01:04:18.930
gets right up to the edge of the drive coming into the park.
01:04:18.930 --> 01:04:21.830
So, if the issue is that the road is the improvement
01:04:21.830 --> 01:04:24.380
they can easily change it a degree or so
01:04:24.380 --> 01:04:26.720
and miss the road, or you know what,
01:04:26.720 --> 01:04:31.580
go 450-feet and at least take a good faith shot
01:04:31.580 --> 01:04:34.270
at complying with Parks and Wildlife's recommendation
01:04:34.270 --> 01:04:36.790
instead of thumbing your nose at it and saying,
01:04:36.790 --> 01:04:38.210
can't do it.
01:04:38.210 --> 01:04:40.530
And what on earth could the width of the creek
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have to do with how far set back you are?
01:04:44.070 --> 01:04:46.053
So, you know, at the end of the day,
01:04:46.890 --> 01:04:50.070
it's really not contempt with the truth,
01:04:50.070 --> 01:04:52.133
it's just a fabricated statement.
01:04:53.420 --> 01:04:56.370
And if that's the best you can do,
01:04:56.370 --> 01:04:58.913
then sometimes your best isn't good enough.
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Oh, and Parks and Wildlife said
01:05:01.360 --> 01:05:05.540
you should double sleeve the poop pipe under the creek.
01:05:05.540 --> 01:05:07.397
The Engineers response is,
01:05:07.397 --> 01:05:10.770
"No, what we're doing is sufficient."
01:05:10.770 --> 01:05:14.257
and see multiple instances where Park and Wildlife said,
01:05:14.257 --> 01:05:15.892
"Do this," and the city said,
01:05:15.892 --> 01:05:18.760
"We'll instruct the contractor,"
01:05:18.760 --> 01:05:20.660
not we'll put it in the contract,
01:05:20.660 --> 01:05:22.750
we'll tell 'em what to do.
01:05:22.750 --> 01:05:24.490
So, whatever you meant by painting
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a favorable environmental report,
01:05:26.940 --> 01:05:30.110
please tell us and the city that these responses
01:05:30.110 --> 01:05:33.270
won't get them there and scrub everything they've told you
01:05:33.270 --> 01:05:35.580
because they are equally false.
01:05:35.580 --> 01:05:36.413
Thank you.
01:05:36.413 --> 01:05:37.483
Thank you, Mr. Weber.
01:05:41.639 --> 01:05:44.563
Next we have Phil Van Ostrand.
01:05:55.470 --> 01:05:58.850
Good morning Mr. Chairman, member Jackson, member Paup.
01:05:58.850 --> 01:06:00.980
It's always a pleasure to come to Austin
01:06:00.980 --> 01:06:03.050
on a week day morning and come to the Capitol Complex,
01:06:03.050 --> 01:06:04.063
it's a lovely drive.
01:06:05.310 --> 01:06:06.590
First of all, before I do anything else,
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I want to say thank you both to the board
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and the professional staff for their diligent work
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and wading through that weighty tone
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to get us to this point to be able to make
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some kind of definitive progress.
01:06:19.070 --> 01:06:20.223
Thank you, very much.
01:06:21.350 --> 01:06:26.230
We have seen this project drag on and on and on.
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And now, we seem to be down to two critical points.
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One, affordability.
01:06:32.070 --> 01:06:34.063
Second, environmental stewardship.
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That's talk about environmental stewardship
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for just one second.
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As has been pointed out, there are challenges
01:06:39.590 --> 01:06:42.980
in this situation but the city has responded
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in great detail to the questions
01:06:46.240 --> 01:06:48.090
that were raised by Parks and Wildlife.
01:06:48.090 --> 01:06:50.990
The set back issue, is one for the engineers to argue about
01:06:50.990 --> 01:06:53.573
and the wisdom of the board to decide on.
01:06:54.610 --> 01:06:58.020
On the affordibility issue, the program
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as it was originally constructed, was unaffordable.
01:07:02.320 --> 01:07:04.940
There was a lot of conversation in the public record
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about it's affordability and yet we pressed forward.
01:07:08.020 --> 01:07:10.130
So now, we have a situation where we
01:07:10.130 --> 01:07:14.620
have pipe in the ground, tax money obligated,
01:07:14.620 --> 01:07:17.310
more tax money in the pipeline,
01:07:17.310 --> 01:07:19.673
professional disagreement about where to go,
01:07:20.760 --> 01:07:24.920
and as a property owner on the square in Wimberley, Texas,
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without a political solution, I only have
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a solution with you, to come up
01:07:30.050 --> 01:07:32.070
with an effective means of putting in
01:07:32.070 --> 01:07:34.800
a system that meets the needs and is affordable.
01:07:34.800 --> 01:07:36.310
The system that's been proposed now,
01:07:36.310 --> 01:07:38.720
the change of scope, is affordable.
01:07:38.720 --> 01:07:40.760
There's sufficiency of funds letter,
01:07:40.760 --> 01:07:43.680
and the conversation that has been put forward,
01:07:43.680 --> 01:07:46.150
the presentation that put forward to us
01:07:46.150 --> 01:07:47.880
as property owners and to the adhawk
01:07:47.880 --> 01:07:50.230
waste water committee is that this system
01:07:50.230 --> 01:07:52.960
will be affordable for the users to use.
01:07:52.960 --> 01:07:55.515
And at the end of the day, as Board Member Jackson
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has brought up on numerous occasions,
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this is an opertunity to take care of a problem
01:08:03.710 --> 01:08:06.430
in an affordable, manageable way.
01:08:06.430 --> 01:08:09.410
And have it be affordable from a construction stand point
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and more to the point, one of the things
01:08:10.880 --> 01:08:13.550
that has not been discussed in great detail
01:08:13.550 --> 01:08:17.543
about affordability, is the ongoing O&M.
01:08:19.670 --> 01:08:23.500
This system, which goes to a regional,
01:08:23.500 --> 01:08:26.750
highly capitolized processor that can comply
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with any changes and rules, regulations
01:08:29.430 --> 01:08:31.350
and so forth, and you can go on,
01:08:31.350 --> 01:08:35.460
as opposed to a local entity with barely sufficient
01:08:35.460 --> 01:08:36.430
capitol to build the darn system
01:08:36.430 --> 01:08:38.357
in the first place, much less continue
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top operate it.
01:08:39.450 --> 01:08:40.810
I look forward to your findings.
01:08:40.810 --> 01:08:42.410
I thank you very much for your consideration.
01:08:42.410 --> 01:08:44.500
I also thank, again, Mr. Walker and his staff
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for the work they've done.
01:08:45.580 --> 01:08:47.750
I appreciate your time, have a great day.
01:08:47.750 --> 01:08:48.750
Thank you.
01:08:49.610 --> 01:08:52.870
Next we have Susan Ninney,
01:08:52.870 --> 01:08:54.913
Executive Director Friends of Blue Hole.
01:08:59.767 --> 01:09:00.626
Good morning.
01:09:00.626 --> 01:09:01.553
Good morning.
01:09:02.690 --> 01:09:04.350
Chairman Lake, Board Member Jackson,
01:09:04.350 --> 01:09:05.450
and Board Member Paup.
01:09:06.420 --> 01:09:08.813
Thank you for your time and your patience.
01:09:12.490 --> 01:09:15.030
I am Executive Director of Friends of Blue Hole.
01:09:15.030 --> 01:09:16.840
Our mission includes development
01:09:16.840 --> 01:09:19.200
and restoration of the Blue Hole Regional Park
01:09:19.200 --> 01:09:21.570
which has been ongoing for 15 years
01:09:21.570 --> 01:09:24.853
and advocacy for preservation of it's resources.
01:09:25.900 --> 01:09:27.990
We now have, as of this morning,
01:09:27.990 --> 01:09:30.770
not three but four confirmed indentifications
01:09:30.770 --> 01:09:34.000
of a singing endangered male Golden-cheek Warbler
01:09:34.000 --> 01:09:36.560
and a possible, not yet confirmed,
01:09:36.560 --> 01:09:40.090
sighting of a female in Blue Hole Regional Park.
01:09:40.090 --> 01:09:41.910
As you may know, the Golden-cheek Warbler
01:09:41.910 --> 01:09:44.793
arrives in mid-March and departs in about July.
01:09:45.810 --> 01:09:47.420
Who will ensure that their habitat
01:09:47.420 --> 01:09:49.210
is protected and undesturbed?
01:09:49.210 --> 01:09:53.780
We see no way the protection can be reliebly made
01:09:53.780 --> 01:09:56.210
except by the delay of the drilling in the park
01:09:56.210 --> 01:09:58.770
until a bird has completed it's breeding season.
01:09:58.770 --> 01:10:01.270
Here's why we have that concern,
01:10:01.270 --> 01:10:04.990
we do not trust the process, we do not trust our current
01:10:04.990 --> 01:10:07.650
city council and engineering firms
01:10:07.650 --> 01:10:10.200
to really stick with the letter
01:10:10.200 --> 01:10:12.640
of what is intended and the recommendations
01:10:12.640 --> 01:10:13.840
from Parks and Wildlife.
01:10:17.060 --> 01:10:20.280
The Mayor has made continued conflicting statements
01:10:20.280 --> 01:10:22.390
about the councils intention to fully comply
01:10:22.390 --> 01:10:24.340
with Parks and Wildlife recommendations
01:10:26.165 --> 01:10:29.210
and the drill site set back and habitat.
01:10:29.210 --> 01:10:32.490
In their February 21st response
01:10:32.490 --> 01:10:34.610
to the Water Development Board,
01:10:34.610 --> 01:10:37.717
they said quote, "The city will make every effort
01:10:37.717 --> 01:10:41.087
"to tell the contractor to perform vegetative clearing
01:10:41.087 --> 01:10:42.640
"during October to February."
01:10:42.640 --> 01:10:45.037
That is not a promise to do that.
01:10:45.037 --> 01:10:48.177
"However," she continues, "Dictating schedules
01:10:48.177 --> 01:10:49.577
"to a contractor can result
01:10:49.577 --> 01:10:52.287
"in significantly higher construction costs."
01:10:53.620 --> 01:10:55.810
In that light of particular concern,
01:10:55.810 --> 01:10:57.140
is the Mayor assertion that she
01:10:57.140 --> 01:10:58.740
would protect the Golden-cheeked Warbler
01:10:58.740 --> 01:11:02.380
and obtain a favorable environmental determination.
01:11:02.380 --> 01:11:04.403
You ask for the issue dated
01:11:04.403 --> 01:11:07.350
favorable environmental determination,
01:11:07.350 --> 01:11:10.450
here's what we wanna know, what are the criteria
01:11:10.450 --> 01:11:12.820
for favorable determination?
01:11:12.820 --> 01:11:15.020
We urge you to provide for the city
01:11:15.020 --> 01:11:17.800
a clear definition of what that means
01:11:17.800 --> 01:11:20.290
and the professional qualifications needed
01:11:20.290 --> 01:11:23.390
to provide an accurate, thorough, trustworthy,
01:11:23.390 --> 01:11:26.440
and transparent assessment of environmental concerns.
01:11:26.440 --> 01:11:28.760
I can not stress enough the importance
01:11:28.760 --> 01:11:31.460
of having a genuine, professional assessment.
01:11:31.460 --> 01:11:34.300
Until that incurs, we encourage you to delay
01:11:34.300 --> 01:11:36.530
project work within the park.
01:11:36.530 --> 01:11:37.880
Thank you very much.
01:11:37.880 --> 01:11:38.880
Thank you.
01:11:40.780 --> 01:11:43.253
Next we have Christine Middleton.
01:11:51.630 --> 01:11:54.320
Chiarman Lake, member Jackson, member Paup.
01:11:54.320 --> 01:11:57.890
I'm gonna be reading the rest of Andrew's remarks,
01:11:57.890 --> 01:11:59.613
the part about the revenue bonds.
01:12:00.620 --> 01:12:03.520
The city will have to impose a property tax
01:12:03.520 --> 01:12:08.010
on all land in the city to pay general obligation bonds.
01:12:08.010 --> 01:12:10.290
Are you not just a little ticked off
01:12:10.290 --> 01:12:13.770
that a week ago, with the Mayor breaking the tie,
01:12:13.770 --> 01:12:17.080
the city de-annexed 2% of that collateral
01:12:18.410 --> 01:12:21.090
and they did so on it's face, simply
01:12:21.090 --> 01:12:23.053
because the land owner asked them to.
01:12:23.890 --> 01:12:27.640
You know, other land owners are cued up as we speak.
01:12:27.640 --> 01:12:30.267
As Councilmen Bargfeld likes to say,
01:12:30.267 --> 01:12:34.740
"Well that's our precedent, gotta treat everyone the same."
01:12:34.740 --> 01:12:37.520
It is at least likely that by the time the city
01:12:37.520 --> 01:12:41.220
can exchange the bonds and impose the property tax
01:12:41.220 --> 01:12:44.623
5 to 10% of your collateral will have disappeared.
01:12:45.490 --> 01:12:50.260
So, you have to wonder why, on the cusp of this meeting,
01:12:50.260 --> 01:12:52.960
with their fate in your hands,
01:12:52.960 --> 01:12:55.643
would they give away that tax space?
01:12:57.616 --> 01:13:02.616
I'm not big on conspiracy theories and neither is Andrew,
01:13:02.950 --> 01:13:06.840
this is Andrew's words, but I'm not either,
01:13:06.840 --> 01:13:09.720
but you can simply ask the Mayor,
01:13:09.720 --> 01:13:12.070
did they trade the de-annexation
01:13:12.070 --> 01:13:14.220
to satisfy another condition.
01:13:14.220 --> 01:13:16.840
To get the easement, to get the sewage pipe
01:13:16.840 --> 01:13:19.473
from the city property to Aqua Texas line.
01:13:23.009 --> 01:13:27.090
Back to my cover page, the other side of the creek
01:13:27.090 --> 01:13:31.020
where the pipe comes up, that's the 92-acres
01:13:31.020 --> 01:13:35.030
that they just de-annexed and we know
01:13:35.030 --> 01:13:38.200
from open records documents, a couple of months ago,
01:13:38.200 --> 01:13:41.970
that that land owners lawyers had informed Aqua Texas,
01:13:41.970 --> 01:13:44.100
who had informed the city, he didn't want
01:13:44.100 --> 01:13:47.190
the easement or the pipe on his property.
01:13:47.190 --> 01:13:49.730
The city would have a pipe of poop
01:13:49.730 --> 01:13:51.313
that was going nowhere.
01:13:52.530 --> 01:13:55.350
Ask the Mayor if she made that trade
01:13:55.350 --> 01:13:58.720
because if she did, she sure didn't post it
01:13:58.720 --> 01:14:01.213
or discuss it before the voting to do it.
01:14:02.920 --> 01:14:05.720
So, here we are again, we have a contract partner
01:14:05.720 --> 01:14:09.570
who misled you and the people of the Wimberley for months.
01:14:09.570 --> 01:14:13.730
You should tell the Mayor and the Council majority, no.
01:14:13.730 --> 01:14:16.070
And if not no, please hold them
01:14:16.070 --> 01:14:18.940
to all the conditions your considering,
01:14:18.940 --> 01:14:21.440
per the agenda, including strict compliance
01:14:21.440 --> 01:14:24.890
with all Texas Water Development Board recommendations.
01:14:24.890 --> 01:14:27.210
And ask why they gave away
01:14:27.210 --> 01:14:29.710
some of your collateral at the 11th hour.
01:14:29.710 --> 01:14:31.220
Thank you.
01:14:31.220 --> 01:14:32.220
Thank you.
01:14:33.700 --> 01:14:35.693
Next we have Lewis Parks.
01:14:45.150 --> 01:14:46.520
Good morning Chairman Lake,
01:14:46.520 --> 01:14:48.940
Board Member Jackson, and Board Member Paup.
01:14:48.940 --> 01:14:50.470
Thanks for your time and again,
01:14:50.470 --> 01:14:54.223
thanks to the staff for all their hard work on this issue.
01:14:55.100 --> 01:14:58.610
My name's Lewis Parks, I'm a Wimberley area resident.
01:14:58.610 --> 01:15:00.840
I respectfully request that before
01:15:00.840 --> 01:15:03.550
you give any approval to this change of scope,
01:15:03.550 --> 01:15:07.970
the board ask our Mayor how she plans to get voting
01:15:07.970 --> 01:15:10.640
to approve general obligation bonds
01:15:12.270 --> 01:15:14.800
to impose a property tax.
01:15:14.800 --> 01:15:17.180
We're all eager to know how she will make this happen,
01:15:17.180 --> 01:15:20.430
especially after she ran heavily
01:15:20.430 --> 01:15:24.460
on a no property tax platform and there's no feeling
01:15:24.460 --> 01:15:26.970
for wanting a property tax on this in Wimberley.
01:15:26.970 --> 01:15:29.260
Every city council member and Mayor
01:15:29.260 --> 01:15:30.653
runs on that platform.
01:15:31.520 --> 01:15:33.730
I'd also just like to add, in regards
01:15:33.730 --> 01:15:35.701
to the delays, that the council
01:15:35.701 --> 01:15:38.370
and the Mayor keep mentioning,
01:15:38.370 --> 01:15:39.980
the only reason the plants not open
01:15:39.980 --> 01:15:42.420
and operating now, is because after constrution
01:15:42.420 --> 01:15:44.800
had begun, they came into office,
01:15:44.800 --> 01:15:46.900
weekend after that they stopped it,
01:15:46.900 --> 01:15:49.130
and changed their plan.
01:15:49.130 --> 01:15:50.580
Thank you very much.
01:15:50.580 --> 01:15:51.573
Thank you.
01:15:52.893 --> 01:15:55.600
Next we have Lynn Weber.
01:15:55.600 --> 01:15:59.630
I'm Lynn Weber and I no longer wish to speak.
01:15:59.630 --> 01:16:02.014
And Mr. Chairman, I have no more cards
01:16:02.014 --> 01:16:04.113
for people signed up to speak.
01:16:05.470 --> 01:16:06.370
Thank you, Todd.
01:16:10.450 --> 01:16:11.330
Any questions?
01:16:11.330 --> 01:16:12.560
Questions, comments?
01:16:12.560 --> 01:16:13.940
Director Jackson.
01:16:13.940 --> 01:16:15.720
I was wondering if you could lay out,
01:16:15.720 --> 01:16:17.710
very clearly, kinda like, what's next?
01:16:17.710 --> 01:16:19.200
I mean, assuming that we move forward
01:16:19.200 --> 01:16:20.930
and we were to take your recommendation
01:16:20.930 --> 01:16:25.930
then what is the next activities that will occur--
01:16:26.200 --> 01:16:27.033
Ma'am.
01:16:27.033 --> 01:16:27.888
Moving forward.
01:16:27.888 --> 01:16:29.540
Assuming the board approves my recommendation,
01:16:29.540 --> 01:16:32.700
then the city council would have to vote
01:16:32.700 --> 01:16:34.880
on the refunding bonds.
01:16:34.880 --> 01:16:36.265
If they approve those then those'll be submitted
01:16:36.265 --> 01:16:39.860
to the Attorney Generals office, Attorney Generals office
01:16:39.860 --> 01:16:42.280
will then approve or disapprove them.
01:16:42.280 --> 01:16:45.230
If they approve them then we would exchange the bonds
01:16:45.230 --> 01:16:47.369
and we'd move on from there.
01:16:47.369 --> 01:16:50.600
Then they would submit the change in scope,
01:16:50.600 --> 01:16:53.590
or the change order to me, I would make sure they've
01:16:53.590 --> 01:16:55.640
met all our recommendations, comments.
01:16:55.640 --> 01:16:58.320
If they do then we can approve the change order
01:16:58.320 --> 01:17:00.153
and they can start construction.
01:17:00.153 --> 01:17:00.986
Okay, thank you.
01:17:00.986 --> 01:17:03.960
As part of voting to approve to exchange the bonds,
01:17:03.960 --> 01:17:07.210
that will require the city council to also include
01:17:07.210 --> 01:17:10.460
the pledge for general obligation property tax.
01:17:10.460 --> 01:17:11.420
Yes, sir.
01:17:11.420 --> 01:17:12.276
That's part of the--
01:17:12.276 --> 01:17:13.714
That's at the point--
01:17:13.714 --> 01:17:15.970
Yes, they'll approve the bonds
01:17:15.970 --> 01:17:17.170
which are exchange refunding bonds,
01:17:17.170 --> 01:17:18.450
tax and revenue bonds.
01:17:18.450 --> 01:17:21.420
So after, if this is approved,
01:17:21.420 --> 01:17:23.690
the city council must go back, vote--
01:17:23.690 --> 01:17:25.000
Yes, yes sir.
01:17:25.000 --> 01:17:26.090
To approve those bonds.
01:17:26.090 --> 01:17:28.950
Including the pledge for property tax.
01:17:28.950 --> 01:17:30.460
So this is merely the first step,
01:17:30.460 --> 01:17:34.520
in what is going to be quite a process, still?
01:17:34.520 --> 01:17:36.673
There's still a process to go through, yes ma'am.
01:17:39.706 --> 01:17:42.039
Think I'm good.
01:17:44.930 --> 01:17:48.070
And, the conditions for the favorable
01:17:48.070 --> 01:17:51.489
environmental review are part of that, as well.
01:17:51.489 --> 01:17:56.489
They are part of our standard change order review.
01:17:56.630 --> 01:17:57.620
I mean, this is something we do
01:17:57.620 --> 01:18:00.680
on all our projects with environmental determinations.
01:18:00.680 --> 01:18:03.050
They would show how they've met the recommendations
01:18:03.050 --> 01:18:06.623
or requirements of any courting agencies.
01:18:07.560 --> 01:18:09.800
And, like all of our projects,
01:18:09.800 --> 01:18:12.970
this projects paunch will be held to that standard--
01:18:12.970 --> 01:18:13.910
Absolutely.
01:18:13.910 --> 01:18:16.570
Incredibly thorough review.
01:18:16.570 --> 01:18:18.243
Very thorough review and also,
01:18:19.940 --> 01:18:21.350
not meeting some of the requirements
01:18:21.350 --> 01:18:24.200
such as the Golden-cheek Warbler habitat,
01:18:24.200 --> 01:18:26.020
that's a federal offense so I think the city
01:18:26.020 --> 01:18:29.083
would be, probably, on their toes about that.
01:18:30.120 --> 01:18:31.320
Not flippin' about that.
01:18:32.910 --> 01:18:33.970
Anything?
01:18:33.970 --> 01:18:36.640
Alright well, I will first of all,
01:18:36.640 --> 01:18:41.640
thank you and the staff, Dane, Hector, Jesse, Clay
01:18:41.880 --> 01:18:45.350
and everybody else who have bent over backwards
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for years, not many months, years to work on this
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and to provide the best service
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we can for the city of Wimberley.
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As we've discussed before, planning,
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our state water plan, all of our planning
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is built from the ground up, relying on locals
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to provide the leadership and direction
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at the local level.
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We never dictate from Austin.
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All of our planning for our water security
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and future in Texas is driven from the ground up.
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Our financing programs do not exist in a vacuum.
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What happens in one corner of a financing program,
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effects other corners of financing programs
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and other entities around the state
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and I very much appreciate the additional pledge required
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to ensure the financial integrity of this project
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because that also effects other projects
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and other financing programs.
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And lastly I will say that the staff
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has bent over backwards for years and years on this.
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This problem needs to be solved
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but the patience of this board is not infanit
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so, I encourage current leadership,
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past leadership, the entire community of Wimberley
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to make sure this problem gets solved.
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Is there a motion?
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Mr. Chairman, I move we adopt the proposed resolution
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amending Texas Water Development Board Resolution 16-032
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to change the city of Wimberley's project components
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as recommended by the Executive Administrator.
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Is there a second.
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I second.
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All in favor, say aye.
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Aye.
Aye.
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Aye, motion passes.
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Next item, please.
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The board will receive comments from the public.
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At this time I do not have any cards
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from members who would like to address the board.
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If a member of the public
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would like to address the board, now is the time.
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If not, the board will meet in closed session today
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persuant to the provisions of section 551.071
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and 551.074 of the Texas Open Meetings Act,
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chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code.
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This meeting of Texas Water Development Board
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is hereby recessed.
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Todd Chenoweth, General Counsel
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of the Water Development Board.
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This meeting of the Water Development Board
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is back now in session, the time is 12:19 p.m.
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The board took no action in Executive Session.
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There is no further business to come before
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the Texas Water Development Board,
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therefor the meeting is hereby adjourned.
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The time is 12:20 p.m.
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Thank you.