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<v Chairman Lake>This meeting
of the Texas Water Development

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Board is called to order. The
time is 9:34 AM. For the

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record, my name is Peter
Lake, and with me today are

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Kathleen Jackson and Brooke Paup.
Joe, first item, please.

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<v Mr. Reynolds>Discussion regarding outreach
efforts and activities of the board.

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<v Chairman Lake>Director Jackson?

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<v Director Jackson>Well, thank you, Mr.
Chairman.

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Since our last meeting, I
traveled to San Angelo

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for our flood stakeholder workshop.
And so

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appreciate Senator Perry,
Representative Darby and

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Kenneth Dursky, the former
president of the Texas

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Farm Bureau, for attending
and supporting the event

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and also having some very
impactful remarks to the

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folks that were there.
It was great diversity

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and great opportunity to
get folks’ thoughts and

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ideas. I also visited the
Do/Peters-Do residence.

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They were recipient of the
2018 Water Development

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Board Rain Catcher Award.
They invested in a

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rainwater harvesting system
that serves as their

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primary potable water supply.
They store it, they

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filter it, and they provide
ultraviolet treatment

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so they can use it within
their home, and it was

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great to see that type of
investment and environmental

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stewardship and really
kind of serving as

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something that, you know,
communities can look at and

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individuals can look at
across the state in terms

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of doing something very similar.
Also spoke at

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the Texas Alliance for
Ground Water District's

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annual board meeting in San
Antonio, and then later

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that day, provided the
keynote address at their

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Groundwater Summit. So
always good to see those

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leaders around the state
who are working so hard to

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make sure that we conserve
our groundwater resources

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and also utilize them
in a way that benefits

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communities across Texas.
I traveled to Houston

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for our final Flood
Stakeholder Workshop and

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appreciate Senator Alvarado
and Representative

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Rosenthal for attending and
also the remarks that they

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had for the audience. And
participated in a press

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conference in Bandera at
the Bandera County River

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Authority and Ground Water
District, announcing

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completion of the installation
of their flood early

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warning system on the
Medina River in partnership

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with the board and USGS.
Checked out a gauge

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with the USGS staff which
will assist in real time

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flood inundation mapping
for a 25-mile stretch

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of the Medina River from
Medina, Texas, to Medina

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Lake, and so important
that we continue to have

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good, strong partners. I
think the leadership and

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the enthusiasm and the
passion that the folks at

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the River Authority Ground
Water District have and

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then kind of coupling
that up with the science

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and the longstanding
reputation that USGS has in

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maintaining their equipment
and putting in new

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facilities across the state
was so important. David

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Mock, their general
manager, was actually here

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yesterday, presenting
to WSC staff about the

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project. And you know, he's
a real champion for the

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board and for this project,
and we just appreciate

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his leadership and the
work that he's really done

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to kind of move this type
of early warning system

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forward. And this afternoon
I'm headed to the

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Texas Association of Counties
Conference to participate

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in a panel with
Representative Dade Phelan

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and Jeff Branick, Jefferson
County judge. And I

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just wanted to end by
congratulating the flood team

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and all of the board staff
that assisted in the

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workshops. 14 workshops
that were across the state

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and two Webinars. Just a
great job in getting the

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word out and getting folks
thoughts and ideas.

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<v Chairman Lake>Extraordinary effort
by the TWDB be staff and on a short,

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short time horizon. An extraordinary
amount of effort. A job well done. I also

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understand that when you were visiting the
flood gauge, you did some engineering

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on the flood gauge and climbing up
around all over the flood gauge.

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<v Director Paup>She can't help herself.

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<v Director Jackson>We did climb up to the
top to do an inspection and to take a good

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look and to see how everything worked. I
mean, it's so amazing the way it works.

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<v Chairman Lake>I trust it met with
your engineer’s stamp of approval.

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<v Director Jackson>Well,
they do amazing work.

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They did a great job job.
I was very proud of them.

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<v Chairman Lake>Outstanding.
Director Paup?

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<v Director Paup>Also, I'd
like to congratulate our flood

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team on an incredible job.
It was fast and furious,

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but we hit 14 different
cities and two Webinars, and

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I think we just did an
enormous amount of work in a

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very short amount of time.
So thanks to everyone who

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made that possible. Mr.
Chairman, since the last board

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meeting, I spoke at two flood
workshops myself. The first

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was actually on the day of
the last board meeting,

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Kerrville, and the second was in McAllen.
I also spoke

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at the Alex Summer Meeting
in Austin about the mission

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of the board. I traveled the
North Texas and toward the

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Bois D’arc Reservoir with
Senators Hall, Paxton and

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Fallon. So thanks to David
Kelly and Tom Cooler for

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putting that together. And
finally, Happy Birthday to our

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board whisperer Carmen Cernosek.
She's not in the room,

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but I'm sure she's watching
with an eagle eye. So…

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<v Chairman Lake>Board whisperer’s a
good term. Since our last meeting, I

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attended one of the flood workshops in
Rockport, which, obviously is of special

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significance, as the point where Hurricane
Harvey first made landfall. And

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again, great work by the staff across
the state. While I was down there

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had a chance to tour the port of Corpus
Christi and see everything they're

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working on. It's obviously a key part
of the Texas economy, and especially

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in its relevance to the Permian and the
energy production there, appreciate

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Sean Strawbridge, and his team,
having me down for that. I also had

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a chance to meet with Chief Kid at TDEM.
This agency will obviously have a

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very close, has had and will continue
to have a key and very close working

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relationship with TDEM moving forward
on our flood planning and financing

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initiatives. And finally, I had a
chance to meet with the new director of

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Texas Association of Ground Water
Districts, Leah Martinsson. I didn't make

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it to the conference but heard great
things about your presentation. I

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had met her before but hadn't had a
chance to really sit down and catch up

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properly. There is no formal action
on this item. Next item, please, Joe.

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<v Mr. Reynolds>Consider
appointing members to the Water

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Conservation Advisory Council. Josh
Sendejar will be the presenter.

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<v Josh Sendejar>Good Morning, Chairman
Lake, Director Jackson, Director Paup. For

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the record Josh Sendajar presenting on
behalf of the Executive Administrator.

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This is an action item seeking approval
of the recommended appointments to

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the Water Conservation Advisory Council.
The Texas Legislature created the

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council in 2007 to provide the governor,
Legislature, state agencies, political

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subdivisions and the public with the
resource of a select council with

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expertise in water conservation. Council
members represent one of 23 groups and

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serve six year terms ending August 31st
of odd numbered years. The council has

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eight vacancies for your consideration,
one of which represents the Texas State

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Soil and Water Conservation Board, who
has a named seat on the council, and

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therefore is able to designate their
representative for approval. To fill the

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remaining vacancies, staff solicited
nominations via correspondence with

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interest group representatives, professional
organizations and regional planning

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groups, as well as by posting notice
on the council's website. The deadline

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for nominations was July 8, and a total
of 24 nominations were received. The

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Executive Administrator recommends the
appointment of the following individuals

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to serve their respective interests.
For the Texas State Soil and Water

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Conservation Board, John Foster, who
is their current representative, being

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reappointed by the Conservation Board.
Ground Water Conservation District's

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Leah Martinsson, who, as mentioned, is
with the Texas Alliance for Ground Water

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Districts. Irrigation District's Wayne
Halbert, who is the current representative

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representing Harlingen Irrigation District.
Institutional Water Users, Mr

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Bill Hoffman, who is also currently
appointed as that user, as representative,

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excuse me. Professional organizations
focused on water conservation, Sarah

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Schlessinger, who is now the executive
director of the Texas Water Foundation,

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has been recommended. For agricultural
groups, Mr. Charles Ring, who is an

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agricultural producer in the San
Patricio area as well as active in other

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professional organizations. For mining and
recovery of minerals, CJ Treadway, who,

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again, is the current representative
representing that interest. And finally,

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water control improvement districts, Mr.
Dustin Compton, who is currently the

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alternate for that interest, is now being
recommended for the member in that

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interest. This concludes my presentation,
and I'm available for any questions.

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<v Chairman Lake>Thank you, Josh.
Questions, comments?

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<v Director Jackson>Well, a great group
of nominees and appreciate you putting

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these together. And, you know, oftentimes,
we get asked about service on the Water

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Conservation Advisory Council. And, you know,
I think part of what we kind of convey to

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folks is that, you know, anybody can go and
participate and attend, and certainly, we

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had at least one person, who now is a
member, who was formerly an alternate, and

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lots of good interest. In fact, we had several
of the positions where there was more

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than one nominee, and a opportunity for those
to continue to serve in other capacities,

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and we hope that they will. But just wanted
to, you know, again, the significance

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of a group of, as you said previously, of
kind of experts coming together to be able

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to offer their counsel and advice on something
that's so important, quite frankly,

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promoting efficiency because water conservation
is, you know, is promoting efficiency.

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And then also, you know, that resounding
message that, you know, conservation

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and water conserved is the water supply.
So really appreciate your work in putting

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together the council of experts. And really
look forward to what, you know, as they

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move forward, that, you know, their thoughts
and ideas and what they come up with

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because they've certainly been extremely
supportive and innovative in the past.

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<v Director Paup>Now the Council
provides a very important service to

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the state, and this is a fantastic
list of nominees. So thank you.

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<v Chairman Lake>Is
there a motion?

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<v Director Jackson>Chairman, I move we
approve the appointment of members to the

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Water Conservation Advisory Council as
recommended by our Executive Administrator.

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<v Chairman Lake>Is there a second?</v>
<v Director Paup>I second</v>

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<v Chairman Lake>All in favor, say aye. Motion
passes. Next item, please. Thanks, Josh.

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<v Mr. Reynolds>Consider
approving a request from the

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North Plains Ground Water
Conservation District to

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provide financing for the
Agricultural Water Conservation

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Loan program for an
agricultural water conservation

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equipment loan. Miss Lee Huntoon
will be presenting, and

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Mr. Steve Walltower, general
manager of North Plains

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Ground Water Conservation
District, would like to address

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the board at the end of Miss
Huntoon’s presentation.

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<v Lee Huntoon>Good
Morning, Chairman Lake,

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Director Jackson, Director Paup.
For the record,

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my name is Lee Huntoon of the Executive
Administrator’s staff. The North Plains Ground

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Water Conservation districts jurisdictional
area encompasses approximately 7300 square

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miles and includes Dallam,
Hansford, Liscomb,

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Ochiltree with Sherman
Counties and portions

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of Hartley, Hutchison
and Moore counties. The

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district is responsible
for conserving and

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protecting and preserving the Ogallala
Aquifer and other water sources in the North

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Texas Panhandle. For
today's item, the district

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is requesting $1 million
from the Agricultural

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Water Conservation Loan program. The
district will utilize funds to provide loans

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to area farmers to purchase
irrigation systems

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and related equipment.
12 irrigation systems

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are estimated to be
purchased by area farmers.

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The district anticipates
the participating

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area farmers’ new equipment installations
will result in an estimated 8770 acre feet of

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water savings over the life of the loan. The
district is pledging net revenues, which

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includes loan payment
proceeds from the producers,

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in support of this
request and in order

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secure the loan, the district will maintain
a reserve requirement equal to the average

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annual principal and interest payment over
the duration of the new loan. The Executive

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Administrator recommends approval of this
request. I'm happy to answer any questions.

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<v Chairman Lake>Thank you, Lee.
Questions. Comments.

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<v Director Jackson>I believe
you shared with me that

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they also carry insurance
on the equipment. So in the

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event something happens, the
district is, I guess, made

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whole for the investment.
And again, just you know, a

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great way for us to promote
water conservation. And again,

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it's a loan. And so they're
utilizing the resources

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of the board to go out and
buy more efficient equipment

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to be able to conserve water.
Thank you very much.

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<v Chairman Lake>I appreciate
the district willingness

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to maintain the appropriate
reserves and other measures

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to ensure the creditworthiness
of this loan. I believe

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we have someone who'd like
to speak on this item.

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<v Steve Walltower>Hi. My name is
Steve Walter and the general manager

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of North Plains Groundwater Conservation
District. I'm here to ask you

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for the loan, please, and if you
have any questions, I'm here as a

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resource. And if you pass us to do
this, thenI'll say I thank you anyway.

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<v Chairman Lake>We appreciate you being
here. All right. Is there a motion?

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<v Director Paup>Mr Chairman, I move
we adopt the proposed resolution by

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providing the North Plains Ground Water
Conservation District financing from the

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Agricultural Water Conservation Loan program
for an agricultural water conservation

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equipment loan program, as recommended
by our Executive Administrator.

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<v Chairman Lake>Is there a second?

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<v Director Jackson>I second.

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<v Chairman Lake>All in favor say aye.
Motion passes. Next item, please.

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<v Mr. Reynolds>Consider approving
a request from the city

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of Wolfforth for financing
from the Drinking Water State

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Revolving Fund for planning,
design and construction of

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water system improvements. Miss
Huntoon will be presenting.

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<v Lee Huntoon>Good morning,
again, for the record,

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my name is Lee Huntoon
in of the Executive

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Administrator staff. The
city of Wolfforth is in

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Lubbock County and is
located 15 miles southwest

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of the city of Lubbock.
The city provides water

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and wastewater services
to a population of

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approximately 4352 with
1850 water and wastewater

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connections. By 2040, the
population is projected

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to grow to 6500, approximately,
and a 49% increase,

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essentially. To meet
expected demand, the

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city must increase its
raw water supply. The

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city relies solely on
the ground water of the

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Ogallala Aquifer. The
city has entered into a

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water supply contract with
Wolfforth Place Water

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System, owned by AIM
Water, which is under TCEQ

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enforcement for fluoride and arsenic.
The city's

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electro-dialysis reversal
treatment plant system

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produces treated water
that complies with TCEQ

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standards for fluoride and arsenic.
The city's

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water supply contract with
AIM Water is to provide

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treated water to Wolfforth
Place in exchange for

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raw water. The project
includes construction

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of both a raw water pipeline
and a treated water

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pipeline to connect the two systems.
Combining

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the two systems will increase
the city's production

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capability immediately
and will provide safe

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drinking water to Wolfforth
Place customers. The

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city is requesting
assistance in the amount of

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300,000 in principal
forgiveness from the

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Drinking Water Street
Revolving Fund program. The

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Executive Administrator
recommends approval of this

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request, and I am available
for any questions.

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<v Chairman Lake>Thank you, Lee.
Questions, comments.

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<v Director Jackson>Well, you mentioned
the EDR process, and I think the

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city of Wolfforth has done, you know,
an amazing job in terms of not only

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implementing it for their own community
but also sharing the benefits of

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that technology with, I think you
shared with me, with Quitaque, which is

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near Turkey, and Ropesville as well
a Shallow Water. So I mean, it's a

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great example of small rural communities
coming together, looking at what

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is the best fit for them, and then kind
of moving forward and implementing

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and again to address, in a very
effective way, the challenges they have

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with water quality. So thanks for
working and being a champion for that

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type of engagement. Because again, when
you talk to the small communities,

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your name comes up, and I think you know,
it's about that technical assistance,

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you know, we can’t engineer the
project for them, but we certainly

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can share with what's kind of worked
in other areas and point folks to, you

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know, resources and in this case,
other communities for something that

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they truly believe is a much more cost
effective solution for them kind of

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moving forward, not just currently,
but for the long term, so thank you.

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<v Chairman Lake>Director Paup?

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<v Director Paup>It's
one of these great

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projects where the stars
really aligned, so not

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only one but two communities are now benefiting
from this project. That's fantastic.

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<v Chairman Lake>Is there a motion?

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<v Director Jackson>Chairman, I move
we adopt the proposed resolution

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by providing the City of Wolfforth
financing from the Drinking Water

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State Revolving Fund for planning,
design and construction of water

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system improvements as recommended
by our Executive Administrator.

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<v Director Paup>I second.

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<v Chairman Lake>All in favor say aye.
Motion passes. Thank you. Next item, please.

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<v Mr. Reynolds>Considered amending
the previously adopted Texas Water

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Development Board Resolution Number
12-112 to modify the Orange County

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Water Control and Improvement District
Number Two's Clean Water State

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Revolving Fund project scope. Nancy
Richards will be presenting.

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<v Nancy Richards>Good Morning, Chairman
Lake, Director Jackson, Director

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Paup. For the record, my name is
Nancy Richards of the Executive

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Administrator staff. The Orange
County Water Control and Improvement

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District Number Two is located
about 30 miles east of the city

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of Beaumont, near the Louisiana border.
The district provides

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wastewater service to approximately
4100 residents in the vicinity of

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West Orange. Back on December 6, 2012,
the board approved the resolution

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12-112, a $500,000 Clean Water
State Revolving Fund commitment

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for the planning and design of a
lift station and 5000 linear feet

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of force main to redirect the
district's wastewater treatment plant

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discharge from Adam Bayou to the
Sabine River. The project was to

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address changes to the current
point of wastewater discharge that

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were expected as part of a TMDL
study on Adam's Bayou. The district

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closed on the commitment in June 2013.
During the planning phase,

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the district submitted a major
permit amendment to TCEQ to move the

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discharge location from Adam's
Bayou to the Sabine River. While

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reviewing the amendment TCEQ
determined that the proposed discharge

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point on the Sabine River would need
to be moved further downstream due

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the proximity of other discharge
points from nearby facilities. Since

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2015, the project has been on hold.
The district can discontinue

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the major amendment process because
they determined that moving

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the discharge point further
downstream on the Sabine River would

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significantly increase construction
costs, the district is requesting

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to amend Resolution 12-112 to add
construction to the existing

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project. The district intends to
use the remaining $245,000 in the

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commitment to rehabilitate Clara
Fires, the wastewater treatment

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plant. The district anticipates
submitting a new application in 2020

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to continue to upgrade components,
adding new barscreens and an

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equalization basin at the existing
wastewater treatment plant and

00:20:02.350 --> 00:20:06.512
rehabilitating portions of its sewer
system to help achieve a higher

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degree of wastewater treatment. The
Executive Administrator recommends

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approval of the requests and I'm
available for any questions.

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<v Chairman Lake>Thank you, Nancy.
Questions, comments?

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<v Director Jackson>I think
oftentimes we ask, you know, is the

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project kind of moving forward
that the community is considering?

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Is this the best solution? And I
think this is a great example

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of using the resources of the
board through planning and design

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to look at the alternatives. And
in this particular case, because

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of the constraints downstream
and being able to move the

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discharge, the, kind of, resources
were refocused, and they're

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basically gonna build the clarifiers
and then address, you know,

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the challenges that they have with
the total maxim daily load and

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meeting that compliance plan by
actually upgrading the existing

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plants. So I think this is, you
know, not only something that,

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you know,is a good project, you
know, today, but also moving

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forward and is a great example
of, you know, the communities

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coming together and using the
resources of the board to come out

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with what is, you know, the best,
not just short term, but long

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term, sustainable solution. So
thanks for working on this.

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<v Director Paup>Yeah, I appreciate the
pivot in this project. So relocating

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the discharge point just wasn't going
to be cost effective. So instead, we're

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changing course, and we're going to do the
plan improvements. Still gonna be cost

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effective. And we're still going to meet
the goals of the project. Thank you.

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<v Chairman Lake>Indeed. Is there a motion?

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<v Director Paup>Mr. Chairman, I move we
adopt the proposed resolution amending the

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previously adopted Texas Water Development
Board Resolution Number 12-112 to modify

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the Orange County Water Control and
Improvement District Number Two's Clean Water

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State Revolving Fund project scope as
recommended by our Executive Administrator.

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<v Chairman Lake>Is there a second?</v>
<v Director Jackson>I second</v>

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<v Chairman Lake>All in favor say aye.
Motion passes. Next item, please.

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<v Mr. Reynolds>Considered
approving a request from the town

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of Woodloch for financing from
the Clean Water State Revolving

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Fund for planning, design and
construction of a Hurricane Harvey

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disaster recovery project. Again,
Nancy Richards to present.

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<v Nancy Richards>Good morning again. For the
record, my name is Nancy Richards of the

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Executive Administrator staff.
The town of

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Woodloch is located 33
miles north of Houston in

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Montgomery County and provides both water and
wastewater services for approximately 210

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connections. On August 26,
2017, Governor Abbott

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issued a disaster
declaration for Montgomery

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County for Hurricane Harvey.
The county received

00:22:42.012 --> 00:22:44.593
more than 30 inches of
rain over four days,

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which led to flooding
along the San Jacinto

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River. Woodloch was one
of the many communities

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impacted by the flooding.
The flood water caused

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damage to much of the
town's infrastructure,

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including its wastewater treatment plant.
The water washed out and undermined

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foundations at the
existing aging wastewater

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treatment plant. The town
is requesting $800,000

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in principal forgiveness from the Clean Water
State Revolving Fund for planning, design

00:23:11.047 --> 00:23:13.645
and construction of a
new 50,000 gallon per

00:23:13.670 --> 00:23:16.361
day plant to replace the
existing Waste Water

00:23:16.385 --> 00:23:19.206
Treatment Plant that was
flooded during Harvey.

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The new plant will be
built on an adjacent

00:23:21.757 --> 00:23:24.298
site to the current
plant, and the town is

00:23:24.323 --> 00:23:27.076
also working with GLO Tax
Day Flooding Program

00:23:27.101 --> 00:23:32.277
to build a second and 50,000 gallon per day
treatment train at the plant site. Once the

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construction of the new plant is complete,
the existing plant will be demolished. The

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Executive Administrator
recommends approval of

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the request. I'm available
for any questions.

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<v Chairman Lake>Questions, comments

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<v Director Jackson>Again,
I think this is, you

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know, what the vision of
the fund that we provided

00:23:49.716 --> 00:23:52.301
for Hurricane Harvey
recovery was intended to

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be used for, to help
small communities to go

00:23:54.855 --> 00:23:57.447
back, kind of get on
their feet, and to build

00:23:57.472 --> 00:24:00.377
something out that's more resilient.
It's also good

00:24:00.401 --> 00:24:02.980
to see that we're able
to kind of enhance the

00:24:03.005 --> 00:24:05.615
benefit by utilizing the
resources of not just

00:24:05.641 --> 00:24:08.341
the Water Development
Board, but also the Texas

00:24:08.366 --> 00:24:10.873
General Land Office
working together to help

00:24:10.898 --> 00:24:13.586
this small community. So
thank you for the work

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effort and working on this
project that is going

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to benefit a small community,
as well as you know,

00:24:19.242 --> 00:24:21.855
help them kind of move
forward after something

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:24.505
that nobody anticipated
with Hurricane Harvey,

00:24:24.531 --> 00:24:27.131
getting them back on their feet.
So thank you.

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<v Chairman Lake>Director Paup? Is
there a motion?

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<v Director Jackson>Chairman I move
we adopt the proposed resolution by

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providing the town of Woodloch financing
from the Clean Water State Revolving

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Fund for planning, design and construction
of a Hurricane Harvey disaster

00:24:41.636 --> 00:24:45.060
recovery project, as recommended
by our Executive Administrator.

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<v Chairman Lake>Is there a second?</v>
<v Director Paup>I second</v>

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<v Chairman Lake>All in favor say aye.
Motion passes.

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Thank you, Nancy. Next item.
Please.

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<v Mr. Reynolds> Consider approving
a request from the Ellinger

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Sewer and Water Supply Corporation
for financing from the Drinking

00:24:59.059 --> 00:25:02.984
Water State Revolving Fund for
planning, design and construction

00:25:03.009 --> 00:25:06.728
of water system improvements.
Dain Larsen is here to present.

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<v Dain Larsen>Good Morning,
Chairman Lake, Director Jackson

00:25:10.845 --> 00:25:14.687
and Director Paup. For the
record, I'm Dain Larsen of the

00:25:14.711 --> 00:25:18.698
Executive Administrator staff.
The Ellinger Sewer and Water

00:25:18.724 --> 00:25:22.686
Supply Corporation serves an
unincorporated area in Fayette

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County with a population of less than 500.
The corporation

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requests funding from the very
small systems allocation in

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the Drinking Water SRF Program.
They plan to use the funding

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to replace an aging sand pipe
with documented problems.

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The proposed new ground storage
will not only provide reliable

00:25:42.591 --> 00:25:46.289
storage capacity for the
community, but will also allow

00:25:46.313 --> 00:25:49.758
them to blend water from a
new well currently being

00:25:49.784 --> 00:25:53.867
constructed with funding from
the United States Department of

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Agriculture. That funding is
needed to comply with arsenic

00:25:57.832 --> 00:26:02.055
requirements. The Executive
Ministry recommends approval of the

00:26:02.080 --> 00:26:05.984
corporation’s request. This
concludes my presentation. I'm

00:26:06.009 --> 00:26:10.020
available for any questions that
you have about the project.

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<v Chairman Lake>Questions
or comments?

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<v Director Jackson>Well, it's good
to see that we're working on a

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project that, you know, is moving
forward, you know, based on a loan

00:26:20.307 --> 00:26:24.840
that they're receiving from the United
States Department of Agriculture,

00:26:24.865 --> 00:26:28.814
so good that we're able to kind
of work with a small community,

00:26:28.838 --> 00:26:33.129
and they’re addressing, of course,
their arsenic issue by being able

00:26:33.154 --> 00:26:37.233
to blend the new well water, and
then, us helping with the ground

00:26:37.258 --> 00:26:41.598
storage tank. Ellinger, I know, is
kind of the jumping off spot for a

00:26:41.623 --> 00:26:45.938
lot of people traveling on Highway
71, including me, who want to stop

00:26:45.963 --> 00:26:50.303
at. There's a place called Hruska’s
that has kolaches, and that place

00:26:50.328 --> 00:26:54.457
has always got lots and lots of people.
And I do remember stopping

00:26:54.482 --> 00:26:58.562
there one time and they were out
of water, and there was a lot of

00:26:58.587 --> 00:27:02.951
people that needed to, you know,
needed a drink of water. So it's good

00:27:02.976 --> 00:27:07.186
that we're moving forward with this
project that not only will help

00:27:07.211 --> 00:27:11.520
the community, but I think a lot of
people that are kind of traveling

00:27:11.545 --> 00:27:15.866
and stopping by on their way, you
know, further north to Austin or to

00:27:15.890 --> 00:27:20.001
places in North Texas. So thank you
very much for working on this.

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<v Chairman Lake>Interupption of
kolache supplies will not stand.

00:27:22.290 --> 00:27:28.571
<v Director Jackson>Yeah, it's a good
project. This benefits all of Texas for sure.

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<v Chairman Lake>Director Paup? I'm not gonna
try to top that. Okay. Is there a motion?

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<v Director Paup>Mr. Chairman, I move
we adopt the proposed resolution by

00:27:38.191 --> 00:27:42.363
providing the Ellinger Sewer and Water
Supply Corporation financing from the

00:27:42.388 --> 00:27:46.544
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for
planning, design and construction of

00:27:46.568 --> 00:27:50.537
water system improvements, as recommended
by our Executive Administrator.

00:27:50.563 --> 00:27:52.817
<v Chairman Lake>Is there a second?</v>
<v Director Jackson>I second.</v>

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<v Chairman Lake>All in favor say aye. Motion
passes. Thanks, Dain. Next item, please.

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<v Mr. Reynolds>Consider
approving a request from the

00:28:00.806 --> 00:28:04.363
Cameron County Irrigation
District Number Six for

00:28:04.388 --> 00:28:08.101
financing from the Texas
Water Development Fund for

00:28:08.126 --> 00:28:11.957
the planning, design and
construction of improvements

00:28:11.982 --> 00:28:15.682
to its raw water delivery system.
Miss Mireya Loewe

00:28:15.707 --> 00:28:19.240
will be presenting. Senor
Tito Nieto is a general

00:28:19.265 --> 00:28:22.597
manager of Cameron County
Irrigation District,

00:28:22.621 --> 00:28:26.070
wishes to speak after Miss
Loewe's presentation.

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<v Mireya Loewe>Good morning, Chairman Lake,
Director Jackson, Director Paup. My name

00:28:31.513 --> 00:28:36.756
is Mireya Loewe of the Executive Administrator
staff. The Cameron County Irrigation

00:28:36.781 --> 00:28:39.659
District Number Six
provides irrigation water

00:28:39.684 --> 00:28:42.349
from the Rio Grande
River to approximately

00:28:42.374 --> 00:28:47.417
17,000 acres of farmland, and diverts and
delivers draw water to the Amita Water

00:28:47.442 --> 00:28:52.703
Supply Corporation, the cities of Indian
Lake and Los Fresnos, Cameron County Water

00:28:52.728 --> 00:28:57.964
Improvement District Number 10, Baby
Irrigation District Number 11, and the city of

00:28:57.990 --> 00:29:03.426
Brownsville, occasionally. In May of 2017,
the district's concrete open channel flume,

00:29:03.451 --> 00:29:08.488
which conveys water over a drainage ditch,
suffered an excessive leak that began

00:29:08.513 --> 00:29:13.832
eroding the foundation of the ditch’s
embarkment. To be able to resume operations as

00:29:13.857 --> 00:29:19.214
quickly as possible, the district repaired
the league with a temporary solution which

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reduced its flume capacity from 200 to 90
cubic feet per second. The proposed funding

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will be used to construct a permanent fix
that will bypass a flume with two 54-inch

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diameter PVC pipelines above the drainage
ditch. This infrastructure will provide the

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district with a flow capacity of 150 cubic
feet per second that the district needs

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to fully meet its water demands. The Executive
Administrator recommends approval of

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this funding requests. This concludes my
presentation. May answer any questions?

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<v Chairman Lake>Question, comments?

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<v Director Jackson>Well, I was
just gonna point out one of the

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things I think that you shared with
me that I think is so important

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about this project is that the
that it provides water for ag.

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And, I think you told me 17,800
acres of irrigated farmland,

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citrus, vegetable, sugar cane,
sorghum, corn and hay. So I mean,

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it's great to see a project that
benefits ag as well as downstream

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communities in terms of their water supply.
And they've been

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real champions in terms of managing
this water, particularly the

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diversions that they’ve done, which
oftentimes, don't go against

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the customer because of the way
they're able to manage it. So

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this is a great project, just really
proud of the district for doing

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this and going in and upgrading
their system, because we know

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from a conservation standpoint,
there things you can do on the

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individual farm, the things that
you do for the system as a whole

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benefit not only all of ag, but
also municipalities that are

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also serviced downstream. So thanks
for working on this project.

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<v Chairman Lake>Diurector Paup?
I know Mr. Nieto would like

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to address the board. I'd also
like to thank Representative

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Dominguez for being here with
his staff earlier. He had

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another than to attend, but
I appreciate their support.

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<v Tito Nieto>Good morning, Mr.
Chairman, Directors.

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My name is Tito Nieto. I'm
the general manager of the

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Cameron County Irrigation
District Number Six in Los

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Fresnos. On behalf of the
board of directors, we'd like

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to thank you for all your
support, not only for this

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project, but in 2015, you
awarded a $200,000 grant, Ag

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Conservation Grant, saved
us 300 acre feet of water.

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We're now working, in 2019,
you ordered $200,000 to

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us for another Ag Conservation Grant.
Another 200 acre

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feet of water saved. And
this project alone also will

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save an additional 300 acre
feet of water. For any

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technical questions, I have
with me our engineer, Frank

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Ferris, Ferris and Flynn,
and our financial advisor

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Mr. Chris Villa, who has
done a great deal for us and

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helped us through this project again.
Again, on behalf

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of the irrigation district,
thank you very much.

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<v Chairman Lake>You bet.
Thank you for being here.

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And thank you for your leadership.
Is there a motion?

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<v Director Jackson>Chairman, I move we
adopt the proposed resolution by providing

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the Cameron County Irrigation District
Number Six financing from the Texas

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Water Development Fund for planning,
design and construction of improvements to

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its raw water delivery system, as
recommended by our Executive Administrator.

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<v Chairman Lake>Is there a second?</v>
<v Director Paup>I second.</v>

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<v Chairman Lake>All in favor say aye.
Motion passes. Next item, please.

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<v Mr. Reynolds>The board
will receive comments from

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the public. At this time,
I have no other requests.

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<v Chairman Lake>If a
member of the public would

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like to address the
board, now would be the

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time. Seeing none. The
board will meet in

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closed session today
pursuant to the provisions

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of Section 551.71 and
551.74 Texas Open Meetings

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Act, Chapter 551 of
the Texas Government

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Code. This meeting of
the Texas Development

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Board is hereby recessed.
The time is 10:05 AM.

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<v Mr. Reynolds>The Texas Water
Development Board is now back in

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session. The time is now 12:16. The
board took no action in Executive

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Session. And there being no further
business, the Water Development

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Board meeting is hereby adjourned.
The time is now 12:17.