Minutes from the November 15th, 2011 PCCD regular scheduled meeting
to be presented on December 20th, 2011 for Board approval andsubject to corrections, additions, deletions and approval.

November 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 VicePresident, 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 ),Peter Reinecke (Secretary/Treasurer), 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 DanMeyer. Minutes were taken by Karen Bassett and transcribed by Korey
Schuelke.
1:00PM President Holt requested motions or comments regarding the minutes of theregular meeting held on October 18th, 2011. Mr. Lipscomb made a motion toapprove the minutes of the regular meeting held on October 18th, 2011 asamended. Mrs. Knight provided the second and the motion was approved
unanimously.

1:00PM President Holt requested any unfinished business that required the Board ofDirectors’ attention. Mr. Halliburton informed the Board of Directors that there
was no unfinished business.
1:00PM President Holt requested discussion of Item IV on the agenda. Mr. Meyerthen discussed a water well field production permit request from Mr. Clyde
Sommerlatte for 247 acre feet of water per year. The Board of Directors thenquestioned Mr. Meyer regarding the specifics of the production permit request. Mr. Twidwell made a motion that the water well field production permit
request from Mr. Clyde Sommerlatte for 247 acre feet of water per year beapproved as submitted. Mrs. Knight provided the second and the motion wasapproved unanimously.
1:07PM

President Holt requested discussion of Item V on the agenda. Mr. Halliburton
then discussed with the Board of Directors the possibility of becoming a sponsor for the Texas Water Conservation Association’s Newsletter. After somediscussion, Mr. Twidwell made a motion that the Plum Creek Conservation
District become a bronze sponsor of the Texas Water Conservation Association’s Newsletter for the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). Mr.
Rothert provided the second and the motion was approved unanimously.
President Holt then requested discussion of Item VI on the agenda. Mr. Halli-

1:10PM burton discussed the yearly donation request of the Caldwell/Travis Soil andWater Conservation District for the amount of four thousand dollars($4000.00). Mr. Halliburton then discussed the benefits that the Plum Creek
Conservation District had received in the past with the help of the Caldwell/
Travis Soil and Water Conservation District. Mr. Lipscomb made a motionthat the Plum Creek Conservation District donate four thousand dollars($4000.00) to the Caldwell/Travis Soil and Water Conservation District. Mrs.
Knight provided the second and the motion passed unanimously.
1:11PM President Holt requested discussion of Item VII on the agenda. Mr. Hallibur-

ton then discussed possible action on recommendations to the Caldwell
County Appraisal District concerning the funding for the proposed operations

2of the Caldwell County Appraisal District’s Geographical Information System’sOffice. It was the opinion of the Board of Directors that no action be taken.
1:14PMPresident Holt requested discussion of Item VIII on the agenda regarding
Senate Bill 18. Mr. Bob Wilson then discussed Senate Bill 18 with the Boardof Directors. Senate Bill 18 was passed regarding imminent domain reform.
Mrs. Knight made a motion by resolution authorizing Mr. Halliburton to execute the necessary documents required for the Plum Creek Conservation District to retain its power of imminent domain. Mr. Lipscomb provided the second and the motion by resolution was passed unanimously.

1:17PM President Holt requested a report from the Plum Creek Conservation Dis-trict’s Geologist, Mr. William Feathergail Wilson. Mr. Feather Wilson discussed progress made at the recent Plum Creek Conservation District Rules
Committee Meeting. Mr. Feather Wilson discussed a recent meeting with theBarton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District regarding a possible
lower Trinity aquifer test well. Mr. Feather Wilson discussed water quality results regarding high total dissolved solid levels in the Salt Flat Field. Mr.
Feather Wilson then discussed ground water estimation and the different
ways these estimations can be derived, as well as, their real world applications. Mr. Feather Wilson then discussed the geology of brackish water. Mr.
Feather Wilson also discussed the nitrate levels in the Leona aquifer. Mr.
Feather Wilson discussed water wells that are drilled as a necessary tool foroil and gas exploration, and the necessity for these water wells to be reported
to the Plum Creek Conservation District.
1:37PM President Holt requested a report from the Natural Resources Conservation

Service’s District Conservationist, Mr. Isidro Morales. Mr. Morales stated thatthe information he was going to report would be covered by Mr. Halliburton in
his report.
1:37PM President Holt requested a report from the Plum Creek Conservation Dis-trict’s Assistant Manager, Mr. Daniel Meyer. Mr. Meyer discussed a recent
Geographic Information System forum that he had attended and information
he had learned that would improve the Plum Creek Conservation District’smapping capabilities. Mr. Meyer then discussed multiple items necessary toupdate the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Management Plan. Mr. Meyerthen gave the Board of Directors a timeline to follow in order to update thePlum Creek Conservation District’s Management Plan and discussed thetimeline in detail. Mr. Meyer discussed a recent meeting with the Barton
Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District regarding a possible lower
Trinity aquifer test well.
1:54PMPresident Holt requested a report from the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Executive Manager, Mr. Johnie Halliburton. Mr. Halliburton gave theBoard of Directors an update of the necessary easements acquired for theSite 5 rehabilitation. Mr. Halliburton then gave the Board of Directors an update of the construction at the Site 5 rehabilitation. Mr. Halliburton informed
the Board of Directors that Site 6 had been authorized for federal assistanceby the Natural Resources Conservation Service for possible rehabilitation.
Mr. Halliburton presented the Board of Directors with an overview of the recent Texas Association of Watershed Sponsors’ meeting that he had attended. Mr. Halliburton also discussed new technology involved in the inspection of dams. Mr. Halliburton then discussed a recent request from theCity of Kyle to use the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Site 1 as a wastewater holding facility. The Board of Directors and Mr. Bob Wilson discussed
many different issues that could arise in the holding of wastewater at Site 1.
It was the opinion of the Board of Directors that the City of Kyle come to theBoard of Directors with a proposal once further engineering had taken place.

2:08PM President Holt requested a report from the Plum Creek Conservation Dis-trict’s Attorney, Mr. Bob Wilson. Mr. Bob Wilson discussed a recent meeting
presented by Aqua water Supply Corporation that he and Mr. Meyer had at-3tended in Bastrop, Texas. Mr. Twidwell made a motion by resolution authorizing President Holt to execute documents and contracts regarding the possible acquisition of property for the Plum Creek Conservation District. Mr.
Lipscomb provided the second and the motion passed unanimously.
2:13PM President Holt moved the meeting into executive session.
2:53PM President Holt called the meeting back into open session after the executivesession.
2:53PM Mr. Bob Wilson then discussed necessary revisions to the contract for thepossible acquisition of property for the Plum Creek Conservation District. Mr.
Lipscomb made a motion that the contract for the possible acquisition ofproperty for the Plum Creek Conservation District be accepted as revised.
Mr. Rothert provided the second and the motion passed with five assenting
votes (President Holt, Mr. Lipscomb, Mr. Twidwell, Mr. Reinecke, and Mr.
Rothert) and one abstaining vote due to a possible conflict of interest (Mrs.
Knight).

2:57PM

President Holt did not request public comments because no members of the
public were in attendance.
Mr. Twidwell made a motion to adjourn. Mr. Lipscomb provided the second

2:57PM and the motion passed unanimously.

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