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<v Chair Paup>Good morning. This
board meeting of the

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Texas Water Development Board is called order. The

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time is 9:31 AM. For the record, I'm Chairwoman Brooke

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Paup, and with me is director of Kathleen Jackson. Before

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we get started, I'd really like to extend our gratitude

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to our agency staff who worked so tirelessly during

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this last session under the most unusual circumstances

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I've ever encountered in my 15 years of state service

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and just did an exemplary job. I'd also like to extend

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our thanks to our respective chairmen, Chairmen Perry

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and Chairman King, along with their staff, Catherine

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Thigpen and Sam Backery. They really helped us shepherd

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through the majority of our legislative priorities

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and we could not have done it without it. So today

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is a day of thanks, and we have signed and died for

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the time being. So exciting. But the real work for agencies

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happens during the interim. We all know that. But still

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exciting to finally be done with the legislative session

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until October. So, any questions, comments? Kathleen?

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<v Director Jackson>Well said. And a great job by staff and all those

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that value the Water Development Board and you know,

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continue to ask, do we have what we need? And help and

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encourage and support us and as we go across Texas

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and do this, do the work of making sure that communities

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have the water they need, the flood protection, as well

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as a wastewater treatment. So, well said, well said.

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<v Chair Paup>And thank you to leadership for seeing the benefits

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and funding the majority of our budget and our exceptional

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items. We work for Texas water and I think they see

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that and they're willing to put the money in to help

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us so appreciate it. All right. Mr Harden. First item.

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<v GC harden>Chairwoman Paup, the first item is consider authorizing

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the Executive Administrator to negotiate and execute

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contracts for the 2026 Regional Water Plans in an

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amount not to exceed $2,844,856, including

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permission to allow the TWDB to reimburse planning

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group administrators for eligible direct costs incurred

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prior to grant contract execution beginning on February

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1, 2021, and the transfer transfer associated funds

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from the Water Assistance Fund to the research and (mumbled) fund.

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Sarah Backhouse is here today to present to the board

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on this item.

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<v Sarah Backhouse>Good morning, Chairwoman Paup and Director Jackson. For

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the record, I'm Sarah Backhouse of the Executive Administrator's

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staff. These initial contracts will begin the development

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of the 2026 Regional Water Plans and support the planning

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activities of the 16 regional water planning groups

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over the next five-year planning cycle. To begin this

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contracting process, the Executive Administrator posted

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a request for applications in the March 12 edition

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of the Texas Register and all 16 planning groups responded

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by the April 12 deadline. Funding for these initial

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contracts is comprised of appropriations from fiscal

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year 2021 in an amount of approximately $2.8 million.

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This initial funding is sufficient to develop only

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a limited portion of tasks required to develop the

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regional water plans. Regions will require additional

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funding from the Legislature beyond these currently

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available funds. And we do anticipate adding known

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and anticipated future appropriations, as the total

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study costs, as well as the remaining scope of work

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tasks to these contracts under a separate board action

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next year year. Work performed under these initial contracts

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will be limited to a standard scope of work that was

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developed by TWDB staff. The tasks in the initial

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scope of work will include efforts to describe the

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regional water planning area, evaluate and provide

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input on draft population and water demand projections,

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develop policy and other recommendations, and also

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conduct a portion of the required public participation

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and administration activities. The amount allocated

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to the public notice and administration task is considered

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partially funded. At this point, to cover activities

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associated with these initial tasks. And we do intend

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to increase the amount of that task when the total

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study costs of the contracts are increased. Table

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One of your board item presents the recommended total

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initial funding amount by region. The contracts will

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further break down the funding by scope over task as

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allocated in the funding applications submitted. These

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contracts will allow for limited reimbursement of labor

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costs for the personnel of the Regional Water Planning

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Group Administrators, as authorized by recent revisions

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to the Regional Water Planning Grant rules, and we

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did not receive additional appropriated funds specifically

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for this expense, so regional water planning groups

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will need to manage that cost within the existing amount

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allocated for administration activities for their region

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and also as limited by the contract expense budgets.

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Technical work associated with these contracts will

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be eligible expenses once the planning groups hold

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their preplanning meeting to receive public input

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on the 2026 Regional Water Plans. And planning group

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costs associated with meeting notices are requested to

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be considered eligible back until February 1 of this

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year to cover the gap between the contracts for the

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2021 and the 2026 regional water plans. During the

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short time frame, planning groups have still been holding

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meetings to address necessary administrative items

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for their regions. If this request is approved by the

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Board, the contracts will need to be executed by August

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31 of this year. The contractual deadline for the initially

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prepared draft 2026 regional water plans will be March

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2025. And the final plans will be due to the board in

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October of 2025. The Executive Administrator recommends

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approval of this item and this does conclude my presentation

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and I'm happy to
answer any questions.

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<v Chair Paup>Questions, comments?

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<v Director Jackson>Great work Sarah, we're off and running and you know,

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with that end date of 2025 and you know, good to see

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that we have got the allocation amongst all the 16

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regional water planning groups and that they are now

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in a position to be able to kind of recapture some

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of those funds. I thought it was good that you mentioned

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that this was just, you know, for the first initial

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tasks. And also kind of clarified that, as many of the

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groups right now are having their preplanning meetings,

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that you know, the reimbursement and the task, for the

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task can't occur until after that initial public

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input. So great job on putting together this, I

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guess, initial funding for the regional water planning

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groups and you know, just excited to move forward and

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appreciate your help
and support on this.

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<v Chair Paup>Great job. Like I said, agencies don't get an interim

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and I think that holds especially true for TWDB. We

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literally just had the 2022 state water plan out for

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comment and had a hearing on it and now we're executing

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the contract for the 2026 state water plan. It's just

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a continuous process but so important because we have

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to plan for every drop. So appreciated. Is there a motion?

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<v Director Jackson>I move we authorized the Executive Administrator to

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negotiate and execute contracts for the 2026 regional

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water plans in an amount not to exceed $2,844,856.

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Including permission to allow the TWDB to reimburse

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planning group administrators for eligible direct costs

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incurred prior to grant contract execution, beginning

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on February 1 2021. And transfer associated funds from

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the Water Assistance fund to the Research and Planning

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fund as recommended by our Executive Administrator.

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<v Chair Paup>All those in favor. Say aye. The motion passes.

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Next item, please.

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<v GC harden> Chairwoman, the next item on the

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agenda is approve by resolution a request from the

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city of La Villa for $250,000 in financial assistance consisting

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of $140,000 in financing, $110,000 in grant from the

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Flood Infrastructure (inaudible) planning study. Cardia Corsetti

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is here today to present to the board on this item.

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<v Claudia Corsetti>Hi, good morning. Chairwoman Paup and Director

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Jackson. My name is Claudia Corsetti of the Executive

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Administrator's staff. A large portion of the city of

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La Villa's population experiences chronic flooding. The

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proposed project is a city-wide flood study to identify

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the city's existing flood risk and investigate the alternatives

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to relocate the water treatment plant outside of the

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100 year flood plane. The study will include a two

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dimensional hydraulic and hydraulic model

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and the effective drainage basin within the South

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Laguna Madre. The city qualifies for a 44% grant equal

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to $110,000. And the remaining 56% will consist

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of $140,000 in 5th financing. The Executive Administrator

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recommends approval of this funding request. This

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concludes my presentation. May I answer any questions?

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<v Chair Paup>Questions,
comments?

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<v Director Jackson>Good to see a Category 2 project

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moving forward. And a small community utilizing

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the resources of the board to do not only

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the kind of modeling that's needed to put together

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a drainage plan but also considering the appropriate

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location for their water treatment plant. So

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kind of the 1, 2 punch here, providing the resources we

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need to help with drainage as well as a future water

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supply. So thanks
for the work on this.

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<v Chair Paup>Claudia, great

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job presenting and the City of La Villa got a great financial

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package. Got a large amount of grant funding and that's

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exactly what we need this 5th for. A wonderful job. I move

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we adopt the proposed resolution from the city of La

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Villa for 250,000 in financial assistance consisting

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of 140,000 in financing and 110,000 in grant from the

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Flood Infrastructure Fund for a planning study as recommended

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by our Executive Administrator. All those in favor say aye.

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Motion passes. Next item please, Mr Harden.

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<v GC harden>The next item on the agenda is approve by resolution.

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a request from the City of Port Arthur for $455,000

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in grants from the Flood Infrastructure Fund for a

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master drainage planning project. Jessica Taylor is

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here to present to the board on this item today.

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<v Jessica Taylor>Good morning Chairwoman Paup and Director Jackson. For

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the record, my name is Jessica Taylor of the Executive

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Administrator staff. The city of Port Arthur is located

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adjacent to Lake Sabine, the Port Arthur ship channel,

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and the Gulf of Mexico. The city's service area has

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a population of approximately 54,280. The city exists

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in a unique watershed circumstance, which includes

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contours and elevations that have systematically resulted

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in high risk developments and require ongoing and proactive

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management of its flood protection. The drainage system

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is largely outdated and in need of proper planning

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to adequately prepare for the future. The proposed

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project will develop a new master drainage plan and

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policy guide. The plan will utilize institutional knowledge,

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lidar data, and hydrologic and hydraulic studies

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to anticipate and manage flood threats. The proposed

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plan will produce a priority listing of future drainage

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projects for the city. The proposed policy guide will

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establish consistent implementation of the drainage

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master plan and best practices in drainage projects.

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This will prevent future flooding associated with inadequate

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drainage mitigation steps. The project qualified for

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a grant of $455,000, which is equal to 35% of a project

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cost of 1.3 million. The city will contribute $895,300

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in local funds for a total project cost of $1.35 million.

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The Executive Administrator recommends approval of

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this request. This concludes my presentation and I'm

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happy to answer any questions.

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<v Chair Paup>Questions, comments?

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<v Director Jackson>Well, very good project. And of

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course, the city of Port Arthur moving forward with

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this project will be working with Jefferson County

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draining number seven, which is also responsible for

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drainage working with the city in that area.

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You know, good to see that they're putting together

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this master drainage plan and that in addition to that,

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they're putting together the policy guide and thinking

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about what is the priority of projects moving forward

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to take the planning and to actually moving forward

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in implementing projects. And of course, you know,

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a tremendous investment, I think by the community.

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So yes, grant of 455,000. But then they in turn are

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are stepping to the plate and putting up and nearly

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$900,000 of their own funds to move forward with

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this, with this important initiative. So of course,

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we've worked with the city of Port Arthur before.

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They've been a good customer of the board and are moving

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forward and making sure that the community has the

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wastewater treatment that they need, water supply, and

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now flood protection. So great work on this

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project and good to see it moving forward.

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<v Chair Paup>Well said, Director Jackson. Jessica, I love the fact

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they're utilizing lidar data as well. It's a great

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project. Is there a motion?

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<v Director Jackson>Chairwoman, I

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move we adopt the proposed resolution for the city

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of Port Arthur for 455,000 in grant from the Flood

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Infrastructure Fund for a master drainage plan project

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as recommended by our
Executive Administrator.

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<v Chair Paup>All

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those in favor say aye. The motion passes. Next item

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Thanks Jessica.

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<v GC harden>Chairwoman, the next
item is consider

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approving by resolution a request from Valverde County

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to amend the Texas Water Development Board Resolution

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number 20-101 to extend the expiration period of the

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existing flood infrastructure fund commitment. Cathy

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Hopkins is here today to present the board on the item.

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<v Kathy Hopkins>Okay, good morning Chairwoman Paup, Director Jackson.

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For the Record, I'm Cathy Hopkins of the Executive

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Administrator staff. On December 17, 2020, the Board

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approved through resolution a $500,000 commitment to

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Valverde County from the Flood Infrastructure Fund

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for a Category 4 project. This project proposes

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to create a flood early warning system for the county

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by installing flood monitoring equipment at eight sites.

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In conjunction with the communication tower, which

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will enable the county to disseminate

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lifesaving messages to citizens who may be affected

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by immediate flood events. The $500,000 commitment

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is comprised of the TWDB's proposed purchase of $210,000

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in tax certificate obligations and $290,000 in grant

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funding. Through the execution of the

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grant agreement, the county has requested an extension

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of the commitment period to comply with the statutory

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deadlines associated with notice and publication of

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the certificates of obligations the county proposes

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to sell to the TWDB. Therefore, the county is

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requesting a three-month extension to move the commitment

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expiration date to September 30 of 2021 to allow the

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county additional time to close on the commitment.

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This concludes my presentation and I'm available to

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answer questions you might have.

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<v Chair Paup>Questions. comments? I move we adopt the proposed

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resolution from Valverde County to amend the Texas

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Water Development Board resolution number 20-101 to

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extend the expiration period from the existing flood

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infrastructure fund commitment as recommended by our

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Executive Administrator. All those in favor say aye.

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Motion passes. Next item please.

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<v GC harden>Chairwoman, the

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next item on the agenda is a report on the state's

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water conditions and Dr. Mark Wenzel is here today to

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present to the board on this item.

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<v IT>Yeah. Let's see, Dr Wenzel appears to be offline.

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We'll just check on him and just see where he is.

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Okay, Dr Wenzel is still offline. We're just,

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IT is just having a look just to just get him

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back on here.

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<v Chair Paup>We can give it a few more minutes.

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<v Director Jackson>That's a beautiful picture. I'd love to know the activities

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associated with it. Kind of like what they're, what

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they're up to and what they're monitoring because,

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you know, actually out in the in the river.

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<v Chair Paup>Well, I can give the current weather conditions if

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anyone wants to know what Austin is like. It's raining.

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It's been raining, it's going to keep raining, but

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every drop is precious, as long as it doesn't flood

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so.

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<v IT>It looks like he's coming back online here.

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<v Dr. Wenzel>Hi there, just had a stroke of lightning and everything

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disappeared.

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All right, well, good morning Chairman Paup, Director

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Jackson. For the record, Mark Wenzel, on behalf of

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the Executive Administrator. And this is your monthly

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water conditions report. We'll be looking at conditions

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today for the end of May and early June 2021. Next

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slide please.

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So just to see how we got to where we are today,

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on this side, we're looking at April and May precipitation,

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April in the upper left and May in the lower right.

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And on this side we're looking at precipitation in

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comparison to what's normal for that month. So the

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white greens and blues are above average and the yellows

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and reds are below average. Going back to about October

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2020, the state had below average precipitation for

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the majority of months. That kind of set us up for

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quite a bit of drought, and finally, in April, the rain

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started coming. We had a few areas above average and

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in May, it's been above average for quite a

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good chunk of the state. Next slide please.

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So here's the last US drought monitor map in May

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which shows 25% of the state in drought. That's down

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from a high of 75% of the state and drought in mid

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April. So that's a fairly impressive improvement. They

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released a new map for conditions as of June 1.

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Just this morning. It shows drought down to 20% of

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the state, with the only pockets of drought remaining

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in the lower Rio Grande valley, West Texas, and a portion

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of the Panhandle. Next slide please.

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This is looking at our water supply in our conservation

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storage across the state. Our reservoirs across the

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state. And you can see that the dark line here is how

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we're doing in 2021, and the lighter lines are previous

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years 2020 and 2019. Also the dashed lines at top and

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bottom are maximum and minimum for that day of the

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calendar year, going back to 1990, and right in the

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middle is what we would expect, that kind of dashed

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red brown line, is what we would expect for normal this

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time of year. By mid April, we were about 3% points

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behind normal, and that was just the months of low

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rainfall starting to catch up with our water supply

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reservoirs. But by the end of May, we were starting

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to see a bump, and we were only about half a

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percentage point behind normal by the end of May. So

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that was quite, quite nice to have that improvement.

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As of today, we're only 1/10 of a percentage point

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behind normal for this time in June, so, for all intents

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and purposes were back to normal at this point. Next

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slide please.

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Of course, conditions do vary across the state.

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So this is looking at 20 water supply, surface water

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supply systems at different municipalities across the

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state. And the numbers here, the first number is

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the percent of capacity as of the end of May, and then

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the number in parenthesis is the change from the end

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of April. Quite impressive improvements here for

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some of these cities. Corpus Christi in particular.

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Up 12, almost 12% points in the last month. The largest

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decrease was Laredo, down almost 2.5% points. So it

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just kind of shows how conditions can vary that close

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together. There's five systems of these 20 that

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are below normal for this time of year and they're

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clustered in the southern part of the state. Austin

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being the most northern of those systems that still

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below normal. Conditions are coming up. They're up seven percentage

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points, but they still have a ways to go. Corpus Christi

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is still a bit below normal even with those impressive

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gains. And then Brownsville, Laredo and El Paso are

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below normal as well. Next slide, please.

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Sure. Of course. A lot of parts in Texas rely on wells

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for their water supply. So it's important to look at

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our aquifers as well. So on this slide, we're looking

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at the average of more than 200 monitoring wells in

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nine different aquifers across the state. The first

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number is the change in average conditions in April

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of this year versus March of this year. And then the

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second number is the difference in average of April

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this year versus April last yea. So a year ago. Ground water

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just responds a little slower. So we wouldn't expect

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to see a jump in these numbers for April quite yet.

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But with all the rain that we've been getting,

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we expect to see some improvement in these numbers

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just because we won't be using those groundwater supplies

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as much. And so that should allow those aquifers to

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recover it

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Next slide, please.

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What can we expect going forward? Well, it's looking

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pretty optimistic. We certainly have momentum on our

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side. Other good news, La Nina, which is at least

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partially responsible for drought conditions in Texas

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over the winter, has officially been declared over,

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and it's not expected to be back over the summer. We

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do have, thanks to the recent rains, good soil moisture

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conditions across the eastern half of the state. So

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that's great news going into summer. And so the National

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Weather Service is expecting, on this outlook through

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the end of August, that we will continue to see improvements.

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But they do expect drought to linger in the Rio

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Grande Valley and in West Texas and parts of the Panhandle.

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I think they're a little bit pessimistic here. Maybe

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that's just the momentum that we've got going. But

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I'm hopeful that, thanks to La Nina being out of here,

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we might get some better monsoon flow in July, August,

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and September. That would be really beneficial to the

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western half of the state. That concludes my presentation.

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And I'd be happy to take any questions you might have.

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<v Chair Paup>Questions, comment?

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<v Director Jackson>Mark, we were talking
about your beginning

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slide and maybe what was up with the staff? Can you

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fill us in? That was a beautiful picture that you had

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at the beginning.

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<v Dr. Wenzel>Sure, sure. That was down on the

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Devil's River, just in May and some of our river science

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staff were out there with parks and wildlife staff

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collecting some data on a gain-loss study that's just

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kicked off. Well they've been working at it for a while

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but they're getting serious about it now for the next

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couple of years.

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<v Director Jackson>Devil's
River is beautiful.

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<v Dr. Wenzel>So that week in May it was raining and flooding and

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most of the rivers in Texas. But the Devil's gave us

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a break. So it's nice. It's nice to work in a

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big state like Texas when you've got field work because

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you can always do it somewhere.

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<v Chair Paup>Fantastic report and again, TWDB is always working.

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We have no interim. So thank you. There's no formal

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action on this item. Next item please.

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<v GC harden>Chairwoman, the next item on the agenda is public comments

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<v Chair Paup>Do we have anyone signed up for public comment?

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<v GC harden>We did not receive any visitor registration cards today.

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<v Chair Paup>Alright. If there's anyone who would like to address

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the board now, it's your time more. I don't see anybody

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at this time.

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All right, well the board will meet in closed session

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today, pursuant to the provisions of sections 551-071

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and 551-074 for the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter

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551 of the Texas Government Code, and section 6-060 of

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the Texas Water Code. This meeting of the Texas Water

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Development Board stands at recess. The time is 10AM.

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See you back.

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The Texas Water
Development board

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is now back in session. The time is now 11:12 AM. The

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Board took no action in Executive Session. There being

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no further business before the Texas Water Development

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Board. The meeting is hereby adjourned. The time is

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now 11:12 AM. Thanks.
Great meeting, guys.

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<v Director Jackson>Great. See you

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Bye.