NOTICE OF THE MEETING OF THE CLEARWATER UNDERGROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

February 16, 2022

 Notice is hereby given that the above-named Board will hold a Workshop and Board meeting on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, beginning at 1:30 p.m., in the Clearwater UWCD Board Room located at 700 Kennedy Court, Belton, Texas.  The following items of business will be discussed¹.

Workshop:

1. Receive updates on the Bell-Cor RHCP.
2. Receive presentation concerning potential management areas within Bell County.
3. Receive annual presentation by Pete Diaz (USFWS) concerning the status of Salado Salamander.
4. Receive information related to Groundwater Management Area 8, per the Joint Planning and Development of the Round 3 Desired Future Conditions.

Board Meeting:

1. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Public comment².
3. Approve minutes of January 12, 2022, Board meeting.
4. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action if necessary, to accept the monthly financial report for January 2022 (FY22) as presented.
5. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action if necessary, to accept the monthly investment fund account report for January 2022 (FY22) as presented.
6. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action if necessary, to approve the FY22 line-item budget amendments as requested.
7. Hold a public hearing on the following application:
   a) Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action if necessary, on a proposed combination drilling and operating permit not to exceed 0.389 ac/ft/yr. for Scott Gillman authorizing drilling and operating production from a new well (N1-21-004P) to be completed in the Middle Trinity aquifer at a rate not to exceed 17-gpm to produce groundwater for domestic use on a 6.704-acre tract located at 7573 Chaparral Road, Killeen, TX.
8. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action if necessary, to accept the FY21 Financial Audit as presented by the District’s contracted auditing firm.
9. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action if necessary, to approve funding the 2022 USFW-TXF&W Conservation Office Annual (Pete Diaz) Salado Springs & Salamander Monitoring Program under the Reimbursable Task Order.
10. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action if necessary, to authorize the General Manager to execute a contract with the City of Belton for the possible sale of approximately 1.2-acres of land owned by Clearwater UWCD located at 700 Kennedy Court, Belton, TX.
11. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action if necessary, to approve the employment contract with District General Manager.
12. General Manager’s report concerning office management and staffing related to District Management Plan³.
13. Receive monthly staff report and possible consideration and Board action on the following³:
    1. Drought Status reports
    2. Education Outreach update
    3. Monitoring Well reports
    4. Rainfall report
    5. Well Registration update
    6. Aquifer Status and Non-exempt Monthly Well Production reports
14. Director comments and reports³.
15. Discuss agenda items for the next meeting.
16. Set time and place for next meeting.
17. Adjourn.

Dated the  11th   day of   February  2022         

Leland Gersbach, Board President
By: Click here for original signed document
Dirk Aaron, Asst. Secretary

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

The Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District 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 the District office at 254-933-0120 at least 24 hours in advance if accommodation is needed.

¹During 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.

²Citizens who desire to address the Board on any matter may sign up to do so prior to this meeting.  Public comments will be received during this portion of the meeting.  Please limit comments to 3 minutes.  No discussion or final action will be taken by the Board except as authorized by section 551.042 of the Government Code.

³No formal action will be taken by the Board on these agenda items.  These items are on the agenda to provide the District’s staff, Public Task Force Committees, and Directors with an opportunity to bring to the public’s 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 District permittees, state or regional developments related to water management, and activities of the staff, Public Advisory Committee, and Directors.  Substantive deliberation and formal action on any of these issues will be conducted pursuant to a specific item on a future agenda.