MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORSPLUM CREEK CONSERVATION DISTRICT,LOCKHART, TEXAS 78644
May 17th, 2016

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.
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The meeting was called to order by President of the Board, James Holt, withthe following Board members present: James Lipscomb (Vice President), Lucy Knight (Treasury/Secretary), Ben Twidwell (Director), Peter Reinecke(Director), and Fred Rathert (Director). Also present were Bob Wilson(Attorney), Eddie McCarthy Ill (Attorney), Feathergail Wilson (PCCD Geologist), and PCCD staff Johnie Halliburton, Karen Bassett, and Dan Meyer.
Minutes were transcribed by Karen Bassett.

President Holt requested motions or comments regarding the minutes of theregular meeting held on April 19th, 2016. Mr. Lipscomb made a motion thatthe minutes of the regular meeting held on April 19th, 2016 be accepted as
mailed out. Mr. Twidwell provided the second and the motion was approvedunanimously.
President Holt requested any unfinished business that required the Board of
Directors' attention. Mr. Halliburton explained that there was no unfinishedbusiness at the time.
President Holt requested discussion of item IV on the agenda. Mr. Halliburton introduced Mr. T J Higginbotham who had requested the support of theBoard for a "package plant" in Uhland, Texas, for a discharge permit for treated wastewater discharge into the Plum Creek Watershed. Mrs. Knight madea motion to support the idea of the installation of a package plant as long as
the plant was properly designed and operated, and provided that it met all thecriteria that might be imposed on its operation and discharges by the Texas
Commission of Environmental Quality and any other regulatory political subdivision having jurisdiction. Mr. Reinecke provided the second and the motion was approved unanimously.

1:20PM

President Holt requested discussion of item Von the agenda. Mr. Halliburtonand Mr. Tony Spano, site 1 landowner representative, discussed a response
letter from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) for alterationof the easement at site 1 stating that NRCS recommended that the cart path
not follow the proposed route onto the cut slope of the auxiliary spillway andthen into the bottom of the auxiliary spillway, but rather that the path get to its
intended destination by staying up on the top of the cut slope close to wherea part of the path is currently. Mrs. Knight made a motion to follow the NRCS
engineer's recommendations. Mr. Twidwell provided the second and themotion was approved unanimously.

1:34PM

President Holt requested discussion of item VI on the agenda. Mr. Meyer discussed the updated site 5 Emergency Action Plan (EAP). Mrs. Knight madea motion to approve the site 5 EAP. Mr. Lipscomb provided the second andthe motion was approved unanimously.

1:44PMPresident Holt requested discussion of item VI I on the agenda. Mr. Dan Meyer discussed possibly hiring a scanning service company to scan PCCD documents. Mr. Reinecke made a motion to pursue the possibility of hiring ascanning service company for PCCD documents. Mrs. Knight provided the2second and the motion was approved unanimously.
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President Holt requested a report from PCCD's Geologist, Mr. William Feathergail Wilson. Mr. Feathergail Wilson reported he had attended a meeting inGonzales County. Mr. Feathergail Wilson then discussed a map of the proposed monitoring wells and gave the Board a slide show presentation of theHCPUA TH-1 King well and the determination of the Hydraulic Conductivity
from the grain size analysis.
President Holt requested a report from the NRCS' acting District Conservationist, Mr. Robert Martinez. Mr. Martinez was not in attendance.
President Holt requested a report from the PCCD's Assistant Manager, Mr.
Daniel Meyer. Mr. Meyer reported that on May 2nd, 2016 the Hays Caldwell
Public Utility Agency (HCPUA) permit applications were determined to be administratively complete. Mr. Meyer stated that there had been a Groundwater
Management Area (GMA) 10 hearing that morning May 1i\ 2016, and that
he would like to hold the GMA 13 hearing June 21 •t, 2016. Mr. Lipscomb
made a motion to let Mr. Daniel Meyer hold the public hearing for the GMA 13June 21•1, 2016. Mrs. Knight provided the second and the motion was approved unanimously. Mr. Meyer reported that he had been working on theemergency action plan for site 38 and, also, that Mr. Joe Smith had requested an amendment to his permit to add an additional use for commercial purposes.

2:23PM President Holt requested a report from the PCCD's Executive Manager, Mr.

Johnie Halliburton. Mr. Halliburton reported that the Natural Resources Conservation Service had inspected site 1 in regards to Mr. Spano's request.
Also, that the application of herbicide had been applied on most of PCCD's
northern dams and that the May 2016 application of herbicide would, hopefully, be done soon if weather permitted. Mr. Halliburton then mentioned that hehad been getting questions regarding the Buda Waste Water Plant possibly
having a second discharge point and that he had met with the Guadalupe
Blanco River Authority to discuss this. Mr. Halliburton, lastly, informed theBoard that the rehabilitation at site 6 was still continuing to move forward.
2:28PM

President Holt requested a report from the PCCD's Attorney, Mr. Bob Wilson.
Mr. Bob Wilson informed the Board that he had asked Mr. Eddie McCarthy Illwith Jackson, Sjoberg, McCarthy & Townsend to get involved with theHCPUA application because he would be preparing for the EP 130 hearing.

President Holt requested public comments. Mr. Graham Moore with HCPUA
Z:Z PM clarified that neither he nor HCPUA represented Mr. T J Higginbothem.
92:30PMMr. Twidwell made a motion to adjourn. Mr. Lipscomb provided the second
and the motion to adjourn passed unanimously.

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