Minutes from the September 20th, 2011 PCCD regular scheduled meeting
to be presented on October 18th, 2011 for Board approval andsubject to corrections, additions, deletions and approval.

September 20th, 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.
1:00 PM The meeting was called to order by President of the Board, James Holt, withthe following Board members present: James O. Lipscomb (Vice President},
Lucy Knight (Director), Ben Twidwell (Director) and Fred Rothert (Director).
Also present were Johnie Halliburton (Executive Manager), Bob Wilson(PCCD Attorney) Feathergail Wilson (PCCD Geologist) and PCCD staff
Karen Bassett, Korey Schuelke and Daniel Meyer. Minutes were taken byKaren Bassett and transcribed by Korey Schuelke.
1:00PM

President Holt requested motions or comments regarding the minutes of thePlum Creek Conservation District’s Regular Meeting held on August 16th,
2011. Mrs. Knight made a motion that the minutes of the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Regular Meeting held on August 16th, 2011 be accepted
as circulated. Mr. Lipscomb provided the second and the motion was approved unanimously.

1:00PM President Holt requested motions or comments regarding the minutes of thePlum Creek Conservation District’s Special Meeting/Hearing held on September 1st, 2011. Mr. Lipscomb made a motion that the minutes of the Plum
Creek Conservation District’s Special Meeting/Hearing held on September
1st, 2011 be accepted as mailed out. Mrs. Knight provided the second andthe motion was approved unanimously.
1:02PMPresident Holt requested any unfinished business which required the Boardof Director’s attention. There was no unfinished business at this time.

1:02PM President Holt requested discussion of Item V on the agenda. Mr. DanielMeyer then informed the Board of Directors that Mr. Martin and Mrs. Sharon
Pratka were requesting to renew their production permit on Well #67128.004
for an amount of 43 acre feet per year with a pumping limit of 80 gallons per
minute. The Board of Directors then discussed the Plum Creek Conservation
District’s new rules, specifically Rule 19, regarding one surface acre of land
required for one-half acre feet of pumpage with Mr. Meyer and Mr. Bob Wilson. The Board of Directors then discussed the amount of land that Mr. andMrs. Pratka have as it pertains to the amount of water they were requesting.
Mr. Martin Pratka then discussed his current water situation with the Board ofDirectors. Mr. Twidwell made a motion that Mr. and Mrs. Pratka’s production
permit renewal be approved in the amount of 43 acre feet per year, at a rateof 80 gallons per minute, with the stipulation that their northern tract of landbe added for use in their surface acres and should the northern well beplaced into production it will be for a reduced amount of pumpage coinciding
with the amount of surface acres that the Pratka’s own or lease. Mr.
Lipscomb provided the second and the motion passed unanimously.
1:20PM

President Holt requested discussion of Item VI on the agenda. Mr. Meyerthen informed the Board of Directors that Mr. Eric Giacomel was requesting aproduction permit renewal on Well# 64124.001 in the amount of 22 acre feetper year with a pumping limit of 28 gallons per minute. The Board of Directors then discussed the amount of surface acres of land required for thisamount of water with Mr. Giacomel. Mr. Giacomel informed the Board of Di-2rectors that the amount of water authorized with his amount of land (15 acres)is 7.5 acre feet per year. Mr. Giacomel stated that 7.5 acre feet per year
would be sufficient for his current operations. Mrs. Knight made a motion thatMr. Giacomel’s production permit renewal request be approved in the amountof 7.5 acre feet per year with a pumping limit of 28 gallons per minute. Mr.
Twidwell provided the second and the motion was approved unanimously.
1:27PM President Holt requested discussion of Item VII on the agenda regarding dis-cussion of budget amendment resolutions. Upon Mr. Halliburton’s recommendation, it was the opinion of the Board of Directors to revisit this item at
the September 23rd, 2011 Special Meeting/Hearing.
1:27PMPresident Holt requested a report from the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Geologist, Mr. William Feathergail Wilson. Mr. Feather Wilson then discussed a recent meeting he had with Klotz and Associates regarding a possible Aquifer Storage Recovery project. Mr. Feather Wilson then discussed
items in the Plum Creek Conservation District’s rules that would need to beaddressed based on new legislation. Mr. Feather Wilson then discussed aCarrizo Recharge Study that he was performing. Mr. Feather Wilson thendiscussed the Yoakum Channel with the Board of Directors and maps that hehad constructed. Mr. Feather Wilson also discussed a well that was recently
drilled at, the Quail Creek Country Club located in San Marcos, Texas, in theLower Trinity Aquifer. Mr. Feather Wilson then discussed possible oil andgas exploration in the Caldwell County Area in the Pearsall Formation.

1:45PM President Holt requested a report from the Natural Resources Conservation

Service’s District Conservationist, Mr. Isidro Morales. Mr. Morales stated that
he had nothing to report.
1:45PM President Holt requested a report from the Plum Creek Conservation Dis-trict’s Assistant Manager, Mr. Daniel Meyer. Mr. Meyer first showed theBoard of Directors the data that had been retrieved after the first month ofcollecting data from the new Nohra Monitoring Well. Mr. Meyer then discussed his appointment to the Region L Water Planning Group by theGroundwater Management Area-10. Mr. Meyer then informed the Board ofDirectors of current issues that were discussed at the recent Texas Allianceof Groundwater District’s Meeting, which Mr. Meyer had attended.

1:54PMPresident Holt requested discussion of Item XI on the agenda. Mr. Meyerthen presented the Board of Directors with the annual performance report regarding the compliance of the Plum Creek Conservation District with its own
Groundwater Management Plan. Mr. Meyer then went line by line throughthe annual performance report.

2:06PM President Holt requested a report from the Plum Creek Conservation Dis-trict’s Executive Manager, Mr. Johnie Halliburton. Mr. Halliburton first gave
the current status of the Site 5 Rehabilitation Project. Mr. Halliburton thengave the Board of Directors a status update on the planning and design of thepossible rehabilitation of Site 6. Mr. Halliburton informed the Board of Directors that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality had granted thePlum Creek Conservation District an extension on the remaining four Emergency Action Plans that needed to be completed. The extension gives thePlum Creek Conservation District until March 1st, 2012 to complete the Emergency Action Plans. Mr. Halliburton discussed a recent underground water
presentation that Mr. Meyer had given to the Kiwanis Club in Luling, Texas.
Mr. Halliburton discussed a recent conversation he had with Ms. Debbie
Magin of the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority regarding a Leona aquifer
water quality study, in which the Plum Creek Conservation District would findand sample 30 Leona wells within the boundaries of the Plum Creek Conservation District. No action was taken by the Board of Directors on this subject.
Mr. Halliburton then discussed with the Board of Directors a request by a citizen within the District regarding a new waste water treatment plant that will
be discharging into the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Site 6 reservoir.

3After much discussion, no action was taken regarding this matter.
2:22PM President Holt requested a report from the Plum Creek Conservation Dis-trict’s Attorney, Mr. Bob Wilson. Mr. Bob Wilson then discussed an insurance
claim that the Plum Creek Conservation District had regarding a damaged
fence at the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Site 6 and a clerical error that
led to someone besides the Plum Creek Conservation District receiving theinsurance claim check. Mr. Bob Wilson also discussed the status of the landacquisition from the Southlake Ranch Homeowner’s Association for the Site 5
Rehabilitation.
2:27PM President Holt requested any public comments of which there were none.

2:30PMPresident Holt then asked that Item XIV and Item XV, concerning real estate
acquisitions, be discussed in executive session. Vice-President Lipscomb
then requested that the meeting move into executive session to discuss realestate acquisitions.

3:00PM President Holt called the meeting back to order after the executive session.
3:00PM Mr. Twidwell made a motion to adjourn. Mrs. Knight provided the second andthe motion passed unanimously.

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