October Board Meeting

NOTICE OF THE MEETING OF THE CLEARWATER UNDERGROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

October 8, 2025

Notice is hereby given that the above-named Board will hold a Workshop and Board meeting on Wednesday,
October 8, 2025, beginning 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 September 10, 2025, Board meeting.
4. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the monthly Financial Report for September (FY25) as presented.
5. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the monthly Investment Fund account report for September (FY25) as presented.
6. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to approve the FY25 line-item budget amendments as requested.
7. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to approve the FY26 line-item budget amendments as requested.
8. Hold a public hearing on the following applications:
   1. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, on the application submitted by Central Texas Insulation Contractors, LLC for a combination drilling/operating permit on a new well (N3-25-003P). The permit would authorize groundwater production for domestic use not to exceed 0.2 acre-feet or 65,170 gallons per year at a maximum pumping rate of 5 gallons per minute. The well will be completed to the Middle Trinity aquifer (Hensell) in the Southwest Management Zone with a maximum 1 ¼ inch column pipe, on a 7.448-acre tract located at 15935 Cedar Valley Rd., Salado, Texas.
   2. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, on the application submitted by Salado Airport Storage LLC for an operating permit on an existing well (N3-25-004G) to authorize the withdrawal from the Edwards BFZ aquifer for industrial use not to exceed 0.45 acre-feet or 146,632 gallons per year. The existing well is equipped with a maximum 1-inch column pipe at a maximum pumping rate of 7 gallons per minute in the Edwards BFZ Management Zone on a 2.7-acre tract located at 15741 S Interstate 35, Salado, Texas.
9. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to approve the setback waiver submitted by Bryan Tullius for a new 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.
10. General Manager’s Report concerning office management and staffing related to District Management Plan³.
11. Receive monthly report and possible consideration and Board action on the following:³ 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 reports³.
13. Discuss agenda items for the next meeting.
14. Set time and place for the next meeting.
15. Adjourn.

Workshop:

1. Receive updates related to the 2025 Bell County Water Symposium.
2. Receive TWDB comments on draft Groundwater Management Plan update.
3. Receive request for proposed funding of additional scientific studies for FY26.
4. Receive updates related to GMA8 DFC determination, per TWC section 36.108.

Dated the   3^rd   day of   October   2025.

Jody Williams, Board President
By:  Click here for original signed document
Whitney Ingram, Asst. 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 publics 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.