Minutes from the February 15th, 2011 PCCD regular scheduled meeting
to be presented on March 15th, 2011 for Board approval andsubject to corrections, additions, deletions and approval.

February 15th, 2011

Notices of this regular meeting were posted in the Hays and Caldwell County
Courthouses at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. Receipts of the notices
are on file in the office of Plum Creek Conservation District.
Checks were reviewed and signed, just prior to the call to order, by Vice
President, James O Lipscomb.
2:00 PM The meeting was called to order by Vice President of the Board, James O.

Lipscomb, with the following Board members present: Peter Reinecke(Secretary/Treasurer), Lucy Knight (Director), Ben Twidwell ( Director) andFred Rothert (Director). Also present were Johnie Halliburton (ExecutiveManager), Bob Wilson (PCCD Attorney) Feathergail Wilson (PCCD Geologist) and PCCD staff Karen Bassett, Korey Schuelke and Dan Meyer. Minutes were taken by Karen Bassett and transcribed by Korey Schuelke.
2:00PM

Vice-President Lipscomb requested motions or comments regarding the minutes of the regular meeting held on January 20th, 2011. Mrs. Knight made amotion that the minutes of the regular meeting held on January 20th, 2011, beapproved as circulated. Mr. Rothert provided the second and the motion wasapproved unanimously.

2:01PM Vice-President Lipscomb requested any unfinished business that required theBoard of Directors’ attention. Mr. Bob Wilson gave the Board of Directors astatus update on the proposed land purchase from the City of Lockhart for thePlum Creek Conservation District’s proposed office building. Mr. Bob Wilson
then discussed changes to the purchase agreement that the City of Lockhart
requested with the Board of Directors. After some discussion, it was theopinion of the Board of Directors that Mr. Bob Wilson make the changes tothe purchase agreement, requested by the City of Lockhart, and proceed withthe proposed land purchase.
2:10PM Vice-President Lipscomb then requested discussion of Item IV on theagenda. Mr. Halliburton informed the Board of Directors that Murfee Engineering was unable to present at this meeting and they would be presenting
at the Plum Creek Conservation District’s regular meeting to be held inMarch, 2011.
2:11PM Vice-President Lipscomb requested discussion of Item V on the agenda. Mr.

Halliburton then introduced Mr. Tommy Hill with the Guadalupe-Blanco RiverAuthority and Mr. Chris Riley with Halff and Associates to the Board of Directors. Mr. Halliburton informed the Board of Directors that these gentlemen
would be giving the Board of Directors a presentation regarding their application for flood protection planning grant assistance filed with the Texas Water
Development Board encompassing the Guadalupe River Basin. Mr. TommyHill and Mr. Chris Riley then gave the Board of Directors a presentation andinformed the Board of Directors that they were requesting a resolution of support from the Plum Creek Conservation District. The presenters also informed the Board of Directors what the flood protection planning grant consisted of. Mrs. Knight made a motion by resolution to support the GuadalupeBlanco River Authority’s application for flood protection planning grant assistance with the Texas Water Development Board, omitting the matching funds
requirement from the letter of support. Mr. Twidwell provided the second andthe motion by resolution passed unanimously.
2:22PM Vice-President Lipscomb requested discussion of Item VI on the agenda. Mr.

Halliburton informed the Board of Directors that it was the time of year to ap-2ply for federal assistance for the rehabilitation or dam assessment of one ormore of the Plum Creek Conservation District’s flood control structures, if theBoard of Directors chose to do so. Mr. Halliburton then discussed the statusof the rehabilitation requests of the flood control structures that had previously been applied for. The Board of Directors then discussed which floodcontrol structure had the highest risk index. Mrs. Knight made a motion that
the Plum Creek Conservation District make an application for federal assistance for the rehabilitation of the Site 28 Flood Control Structure. Mr.
Reinecke provided the second and the motion passed with four assenting
votes (Mr. Lipscomb, Mr. Reinecke, Mrs. Knight, and Mr. Rothert) and one
abstaining (Mr. Twidwell).
2:34PM

3:10PM

Vice-President Lipscomb requested a report from the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Geologist, Mr. William Feathergail Wilson. Mr. Feather Wilson
then discussed bills introduced to the legislature regarding groundwater ownership with the assistance of Mr. Bob Wilson. Mr. Feather Wilson then discussed a large land lease for water rights by the Texas Water Alliance in thesoutheastern portion of Caldwell County and the adjoining portion of Gonzales County. Mr. Bruce Siebert, a landowner in that area, then discussed thesituation with the Board of Directors. After much discussion, the Board of Directors then discussed the Plum Creek Conservation District Newsletter withMr. Feather Wilson and Mr. Daniel Meyer. Mr. Feather Wilson then discussed the quad maps that he had constructed for the Plum Creek Conservation District and the uses they would have for the Plum Creek Conservation
District. Mr. Feather Wilson discussed the status of the desired future conditions concerning the Groundwater Management Area-13.
Vice-President Lipscomb requested a report from the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Assistant Manager, Mr. Daniel Meyer. Mr. Meyer then gave theBoard of Directors a status report regarding the Pratka’s drilling permit andproduction permit. Mr. Meyer then discussed his recent inspection of the Cityof Lockhart’s #9 well. Mr. Meyer then discussed a survey, regarding mitigation plans that he had sent to other groundwater conservation districts in theState of Texas.
Vice-President Lipscomb then requested public comments. Mr. A. E. Nicholson then questioned the Board of Directors about the situation in the southeastern portion of Caldwell County regarding properties that were annexed
into the Plum Creek Conservation District and the Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation District also. Mr. Bob Wilson stated that he anticipated that there would be upcoming legislation to address this situation.
Vice-President Lipscomb requested a report from the Natural Resource Con-

3:22PM servation Service’s District Conservationist, Mr. Isidro Morales. Mr. Morales

stated that the grass planting at the Site 8 Flood Control Structure was acomplete failure. Mr. Morales stated that he was awaiting guidance from theNatural Resource Conservation Service’s State Office regarding the grass
planting failure. Mr. Morales also urged the Board of Directors to continue
securing necessary easements for the Site 5 Rehabilitation since the federal
government has their portion of the cost share allotted and ready.
Vice-President Lipscomb requested a report from the Plum Creek Conserva3:23PM tion District’s Executive Manager, Mr. Johnie Halliburton. Mr. Halliburton discussed the possibility of the Natural Resource Conservation Service and theFarm Service Agency being in need of possible office space in the Plum
Creek Conservation District’s proposed office building. Mr. Halliburton theninformed the Board of Directors of the approval of the funds for the rehabilitation of the Site 5 Flood Control Structure. Mr. Halliburton discussed the needfor a new operations and maintenance agreement prior to a project agreement for the Site 5 Flood Control Structure Rehabilitation. Mr. Halliburton

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also discussed the possible easement agreement with Mr. Daniel Ryan regarding an access route for the Site 5 Flood Control Structure Rehabilitation.
Mr. Halliburton then discussed what would be required to obtain all of thenecessary easements for the rehabilitation of the Site 5 Flood Control Structure. Mr. Halliburton also discussed an upcoming Site 6 Flood Control Structure Rehabilitation Input Meeting that he and President Holt would be attending with many local officials and interested parties in Kyle, Texas. Mr. Halliburton then discussed bids he had received for removing the willow trees
from the water’s edge at the Site 6 Flood Control Structure. It was the opinion of the Board of Directors that Mr. Halliburton use the lowest bidder which
was Spiller Backhoe Service. Mr. Halliburton then discussed the soil samples
which Mr. Schuelke had taken on twelve sites to be analyzed and the upcoming repair of four of the Plum Creek Conservation District’s principal spillways.
Mr. Halliburton stated that he and President Holt would be meeting with theCity of Kyle regarding their Site 2 park needs. Mr. Halliburton informed theBoard of Directors that the Site 4 property had recently been sold to Walton
Development Company. Mr. Halliburton also informed the Board of Directorsthat a vehicle had driven through the fence at Site 24 and the fence had been
repaired by Mr. Schuelke. Mr. Halliburton then informed the Board of Directors that he and Mr. Schuelke would be attending the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality Dam Safety Workshop in Brady, TX on February 22nd,
2011.
3:43PM

Vice-President Lipscomb requested a report from the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Attorney, Mr. Bob Wilson. Mr. Bob Wilson stated that he had
not heard from Mr. Danny Green regarding building a flood protection bermaround his property. Mr. Bob Wilson discussed a freedom of information act
request that the Plum Creek Conservation District had received. Mr. Bob Wilson then discussed recent bills presented to the legislature regarding municipal utility districts.
Vice-President Lipscomb then requested discussion of Item XII on the3:48PM agenda. Ms. Karen Bassett stated that interest checks for the Plum Creek

Conservation District’s certificates of deposit would no longer be issued. The
Broadway Bank requests that the interest be rolled back into the certificate ofdeposit or be deposited into another account. The Board of Directors and Mr.
Bob Wilson discussed matters relating to investments. Mrs. Knight made a
motion to open an account at the Broadway Bank in which interest payments
would be deposited and the signatories on the account be President Holt,Vice-President Lipscomb, and Secretary/Treasurer Reinecke. Mr. Rothert
provided the second and the motion was approved unanimously.
4:02PM Vice-President Lipscomb then closed the regular meeting and moved themeeting into executive session.
4:17PM Vice-President Lipscomb brought the meeting back into open session after

the executive session.

4:19PM

Mr. Twidwell made a motion to adjourn. Mrs. Knight provided the second andthe motion passed unanimously.

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