May Board Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the above-named Board will hold a Workshop and Board meeting on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 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.

1. Receive information related to the 89th Legislative Session and Groundwater Legislation.

2. Receive information related to the FY26 Tax Rate and District Budget.

3. Receive red-line draft of Administrative Fee Schedule and Groundwater Management Plan.

4. Receive final update relating to new website design, released May 1, 2025.

5. Receive updates related to GMA8 DFC determination, per TWC section 36.108, and plans for the next round.

1. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.

2. Public comment.2

3. Approve minutes of the April 9, 2025, Board meeting.

4. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the monthly Financial Report for April 2025 (FY25) as presented.

5. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the monthly Investment Fund account report for April 2025 (FY25) as presented.

6. Hold a public hearing on the following application:

Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, on an application submitted by the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor for an operating permit for existing well #N3-23-005P. The permit would authorize groundwater production for golf course irrigation not-to-exceed 37.1 acre-feet or 12,089,072 gallons per year, at a maximum pumping rate of 270 gallons per minute. The well is completed to the Lower Trinity Aquifer (Hosston), in the Belton Lake Management Zone, with a maximum 4-inch column pipe, on a 28.12-acre tract located at 900 College St., Belton, Texas.

7. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to discontinue the Wellntel program.

8. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to adopt Interlocal Agreement (ILA) between Bell County and CUWCD regarding the Clearwater Boardroom, 640 Kennedy Court, Belton, Texas.

9. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to approve IT upgrades for District office.

10. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to approve the FY25 line-item budget amendments as requested.

11. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept General Manager’s Letter of Retirement.

12. General Manager’s Report concerning office management and staffing related to District Management Plan3.

13. 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

13. Director comments and reports.

14. Discuss agenda items for the next meeting.

15. Set time and place for the next meeting.

16. Adjourn.

 Dated the 9th day of May 2025.

Jody Williams, 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.