August Board Meeting

NOTICE OF THE MEETING OF THE CLEARWATER UNDERGROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

August 12, 2026

Notice is hereby given that the above-named Board of Directors will hold a Board Meeting and Workshop on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, 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.

1. Public comment.²
2. Approve minutes of July 8, 2026, Board meeting.
3. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the monthly Financial Report for July 2026 (FY26) as presented.
4. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the monthly Investment Fund account report for July 2026 (FY26) as presented.
5. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to approve the FY26 line-item budget amendments as requested.
6. Hold Permit Hearing on the following:
   1. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, on a combination drilling and operating permit application for Maricruz Bibian for proposed well N3-26-001P, to authorize groundwater production for domestic use at a proposed annual quantity not to exceed 0.57 acre-feet or 185,735 gallons per year, at a maximum pumping rate not to exceed 7 gallons per minute. The proposed well will be completed to the Middle Trinity Aquifer, in the Southwest Management Zone, with a maximum 1.25-inch column pipe on a 9.994-acre tract located at 18787 Stillman Valley Rd., Florence, Texas, Latitude 30.92269º/Longitude -97.73330º.

8. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to approve the setback waiver submitted by Cy Long for an existing well to encroach an adjacent property to less than the required 75-foot setback per District Rule 9.5.5(e) Exceptions to Spacing Requirements.
9. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to call for the November 3, 2026, General Election.
10. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to approve election contract with the Bell County Election Department for November 3, 2026, General Election.
11. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to set the preliminary tax rate for tax year 2026 on the proposed budget for FY27.³

12. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to set date for public hearing and adoption of:

a.) FY27 Budget, b.) Tax rate for tax year 2026, c.) Proposed changes to the District Rules and Administrative Fee Schedule.

13. Receive monthly reports and possible consideration and Board action on the following⁴:

   a.) Drought Status Reports, b.) Rainfall Report, c.) Education Outreach, d.) Monitor Wells, e.) Well Registration Updates, f.) Aquifer Status Reports & Non-exempt Monthly Well Production           Reports.

14. General Manager’s Report concerning office management and staffing related to District Management Plan³.
15.Director comments and reports.
16. Discuss agenda items for the next meeting.
17. Set time and place for the next meeting.
18. Adjourn.

Workshop:

1. Receive presentation from KT Groundwater regarding Task 2026.004 Evaluation of Possible Management Zones for the Edwards BFZ Aquifer.
2. Receive proposed redline changes to the District Rules.
3. Receive proposed redline changes to the Administrative Fee Schedule.
4. Discuss plans for the 2026 Bell County Water Symposium.
5. Receive updates related to GMA8 DFC determination, per TWC section 36.108.

Dated the 6th day of   August   2026.

Jody Williams, Board President
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Whitney Ingram, 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 accommodation 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 These numbers may change pending updates from the Bell County Tax Appraisal District prior to the meeting.

⁴ 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.