November Board Meeting

NOTICE OF THE MEETING OF THE CLEARWATER UNDERGROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

November 09, 2022

 Notice is hereby given that the above-named Board will hold a Workshop and Board meeting on Wednesday, November 09, 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 presentation and request from Aquifer Conservation Alliance.
2. Receive presentation by Pete Diaz (USFWS) concerning the status of the Salado Salamander.
3. Receive update related to GMA8 DFC determination, per TWC section 36.108, and plans for the next round.
4. Receive information related to the 2022 Bell County Water Symposium.
5. Receive update related to the BELCOR RHCP.

Board Meeting:

1. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Public comment².
3. Approve minutes of the October 12, 2022 Board meeting.
4. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action if necessary, to accept the monthly financial report for October 2022 (FY23) as presented.
5. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action if necessary, to accept the monthly investment fund account report for October 2022 (FY23) as presented.
6. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action if necessary, to approve the final FY22 line-item budget amendments as requested.
7. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action if necessary, to close out FY2022 budget year as presented.
8. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action if necessary, to approve the FY23 line-item budget amendments as requested.
9. Reconvene show cause hearing on the following violation:
   a) Discuss, consider, and take the appropriate action necessary, upon receiving testimony related to the violation of District Rule 6.5 by drilling and completing a well on January 22, 2022, without a formal CUWCD permit on a tract of land less than 10 acres and greater 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.
10. General Manager’s report concerning office management and staffing related to District Management Plan³.
11. 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
12. Director comments and reports³.
13. Discuss agenda items for next meeting.
14. Set time and place for next meeting.
15. Adjourn.

Dated the   4th     day of    November    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.