NOTICE OF THE MEETING OF THE CLEARWATER UNDERGROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

April 10, 2024

Notice is hereby given that the above-named Board will hold a Workshop and Board meeting on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. in the Clearwater UWCD Board Room located at 640 Kennedy Court, Belton, Texas. The following items of business will be discussed¹.

Board Meeting:

1. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Public comment.²
3. Approve minutes of the March 13, 2024, Board meeting.
4. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the monthly Financial Report for March 2024 (FY24) as presented.
5. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the monthly Investment Fund account report for March 2024 (FY24) as presented.
6. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the Quarterly Deferred Compensation Employee Retirement Program account report as presented.
7. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to approve the FY24 line-item budget amendments as requested.
8. Continue show cause hearing on the following violation:

           a.)  Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action necessary upon receiving testimony related to second violation and ignoring Order #1 per District Rule 6.5 by drilling & completing a well             on January 22, 2022, without a formal CUWCD permit on a tract of land less than 10-acres and great than or equal to 2-acres, Latitude 30.930066 º/ Longitude -97.701384º by both Raul                 Zavala (“Driller”) (TDLR License #54363) officed at 1910 S. Wheeler St., Jasper TX 76951 and Mr. Tomas Reynoso (“Property Owner”), located at 15731 Cedar Valley Rd, Salado TX.

9. Hold a public hearing on the following applications:

           a.) Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, on an application submitted by William Gamblin, Gamblin Engineering Group LLC, on behalf of Seven Custom Homes,                       owner of the proposed Lake Thomas RV Resort, on February 20, 2024, for a drilling permit to complete a new well (N3-24-002P) for a proposed future operating permit of 16.8 ac-ft/year or             5,474,297 gallons per year. This permit will only authorize the drilling and completion of the well in the Lower Trinity Aquifer  (Hosston Layer) in the Eastern Management Zone with a                       maximum 4-inch column pipe, not to exceed 50-gpm, on a 33-acre tract located in northeastern Bell County near Lower Troy Rd. and HK Dodgen Loop between Temple and Troy, Texas,                   Latitude 31.140158º/Longitude -97.316438º (well# N3-24-002P). This well will produce groundwater for a TCEQ-approved public water supply system in the proposed RV park. Upon                      completion of the well, a formal hydrogeologic report must be submitted to CUWCD to support a future operating permit. This drilling permit will not authorize any production of                                groundwater other than what is necessary for the prescribed aquifer pumping test.

         b.) Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, on an application submitted by Victory Rock Texas LLC, c/o Jon Taliaferro as Senior Consultant with Trinity Consultants, on             March 8, 2024, for an amendment to their current operating permit for a proposed additional beneficial use to include a Concrete Batch Plant Facility known as Five Star, Concrete, LLC.                   CUWCD well #N2-21-001P is located in the Stillhouse Hollow Management Zone screened in the Hosston Layer of the Trinity Aquifer at approximately 1056 to 1160 feet below land surface.             The well is currently equipped with a maximum 1 ¼ -inch column pipe equipped with a 7 ½ HP submersible pump rated at 16 gallons per minute on the 283-acre tract located at 7170 Solana           Ranch Rd, Salado TX, 76571, Latitude 30.878055º, Longitude -97.609444º currently producing groundwater for the sole purpose of mining and crushing aggregates and dust suppression.

10. General Manager’s Report concerning office management and staffing related to District Management Plan³.
11. Receive monthly reports and possible consideration and Board action on the following³: a) Drought Status Reports, b) Education Outreach Update, c) Monitoring Wells, d) Rainfall Report,             e) Well Registration Update, f) Aquifer Status Report & Non-Exempt Monthly Well Production Reports
12. Director comments and reports.
13. Discuss agenda items for the next meeting.
14. Set time and place for the next meeting.
15. Adjourn.

Workshop:

1. Discuss items related to potential rule changes.
2. Receive information related to Cyber Security Training required for 2024.
3. Receive updates related to GMA8 DFC determination, per TWC section 36.108, and plans for the next round.
4. Receive presentation from KT Groundwater related to the new Edwards BFZ GAM.
5. Brief Board on the potential removal of Salado Rest Stop monitor well & TexMesonet weather station.
6. Discuss the naming and signage of the new Board Room.

Dated the ___5th   day of __April_ 2024.

Leland Gersbach, Board President

By: Click here for original signed document

Dirk Aaron, Assistant Secretary

Agenda items may be considered, deliberated, and/or acted upon in a different order than set forth above.

CUWCD is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Reasonable accommodations and equal opportunity for effective communications will be provided upon request. Please contact CUWCD’s office at 254-933-0120 at least 24 hours in advance if accommodation is needed.

¹ During the meeting, the Board reserves the right to go into executive session for any of the purposes authorized under Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, for any item on the above agenda, or as otherwise authorized by law.

² Please limit comments to 3 minutes. The Board is not allowed to take action on any subject presented that is not on the agenda, nor is the Board required to provide a response; any substantive consideration and action by the Board will be conducted under a specific item on a future agenda.

³ No formal action will be taken by the Board on these agenda items. These items are on the agenda to provide CUWCD’s staff, Stakeholder Committees, and Directors with an opportunity to bring to the public and each other’s attention important activities and issues pertinent to the management of groundwater within the District, including, but not limited to, current events in the District involving groundwater, wells, or CUWCD permittees, state or regional developments related to water management, and activities of the staff, and Directors. Substantive deliberation and formal action on any of these issues will be conducted pursuant to a specific item on a future agenda.