MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORSPLUM CREEK CONSERVATION DISTRICT,LOCKHART, TEXAS 78644
June 21st, 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.
1:00 PM 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.
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President Holt requested motions or comments regarding the minutes of theregular meeting held on May 1ylh, 2016. Mr. Lipscomb made a motion thatthe minutes of the regular meeting held on May 1th, 2016 be accepted as
mailed out. Mrs. Knight provided the second and the motion was approved
unanimously.
President Holt requested any unfinished business that required the Board ofDirectors' attention. Mr. Halliburton explained that there was no unfinishedbusiness at this time.
President Holt stated that the Board would skip to item V on the agenda. Mr.
Daniel Meyer discussed the Staffs preliminary findings and recommendations upon applications for two water well Production Permits and a Transportation Permit from Hays Caldwell Public Utility Agency (HCPUA). Mr. Graham Moore, the Executive Director with HCPUA, then gave a slide showpresentation to the Board and members of the public explaining who andwhat the HCPUA was and explaining the water that they were seeking to bepermitted. Mr. Eddie McCarthy Ill, the PCCD Attorney, then explained thatthe meeting/hearing was a preliminary hearing that was not intended to takeaction on the permit but to introduce the permit and for members of the public
to comment or to protest the permit. Mr. McCarthy then addressed the members of the public who had filled out forms to address the Board. Mrs. CarolKlahn, Mr. Johnie Weddington, Mr. Joseph Johnson, Mr. Dave McMurrey,and Mr. Tony Spears all addressed the Board with questions and concerns.
All asked to be treated fairly and equally by the PCCD Board. Mr. Eddie
McCarthy stated that if they were wanting to protest the two water well Production Permits and the Transportation Permit from HCPUA, which the PCCD
rules stated that they needed to protest at the Preliminary Hearing which
would be June 21 5 \ 2016 at the PCCD Board meeting. There was not a protest at this Preliminary Hearing and only comments requesting to be treatedequally and fairly with HCPUA. President Holt thanked the members of thepublic for their comments. Mrs. Knight made a motion that the hearing for thepreliminary findings and recommendations on the applications for the two water well Production Permits and Transportation Permit for HCPUA would beheard before the Board. Mr. Reinecke provided the second and the motion
was approved unanimously.
President Holt requested discussion of item IV on the agenda. Mr. Halliburton discussed the final supplemental watershed plans for the upper plum
Creek sites 10, 12, 21, and lower plum creek site 28. Mr. Bob Wilson thendiscussed language differences in the agreement. Mrs. Knight requested thatthe Board wait until the next Board meeting, July 19th, 2016, to discuss and2

possibly act upon the final supplemental watershed plans for the upper plumcreek sites 10, 12, 21, and lower plum creek site 28 to have more time to review the information provided.
2:34PM President Holt requested discussion of item VI on the agenda. Mr. DanielMeyer discussed, possibly, submitting a letter to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) requesting that the Hays and Caldwell County Offices of Emergency Management be a part of DamWatch. The Board thendiscussed with Mr. Meyer but no action was taken.
2:50PM President Holt requested discussion of item VII on the agenda. Mr. Hallibur-

ton discussed the Lockhart resale property within the City of Lockhart. Mr.
Twidwell made a motion to approve the Lockhart resale property. Mr. Rathert
provided the second and the motion was approved unanimously.
2:53PM President Holt requested a report from PCCD's Geologist, Mr. William Feath-ergail Wilson. Mr. Feathergail Wilson gave a slide show presentation on water pipelines and projects, and also on TH 1 & TH 2 HCPUA test wells.
3:10PM President Holt requested a report from the NRCS' acting District Conserva-tionist, Mr. Robert Martinez. Mr. Martinez was not in attendance.
3:10PMPresident Holt requested a report from the PCCD's Assistant Manager, Mr.
Daniel Meyer. Mr. Meyer reported that Dr. Joe Smith had decided to drop hispermit application amendment that would have added an additional use category for commercial and to revert to the original permit renewal. Mr. Meyer
informed the Board that he had attended a Texas Alliance of GroundwaterDistricts (TAGD) meeting on May 13th and 19th, on June 13th, a Groundwater
Management Area (GMA) 10 meeting, and a dam safety meeting on June
15th, 2016. Mr. Meyer, lastly, updated the Board on possibly hiring a scanning service firm to scan PCCD documents. He stated that he had contacted
three scanning companies that had come by and looked at PCCD records butthat more information was needed before a decision could be made.

3:18PM President Holt requested a report from the PCCD's Executive Manager, Mr.

Johnie Halliburton. Mr. Halliburton updated the Board on the site 6 rehabilitation project and stated that he was waiting on a report from Mr. Tony Barley,
the Project Inspector for NRCS, but felt sure they were working on the stillingbasin and would be pouring concrete soon. Mr. Halliburton then discussed
the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program forms from the flood
damage on October 2015 that needed to be filled out. Mr. Halliburton statedthat there were some errors on the forms that were sent to PCCD, so at thenext Board meeting July 19th, 2016, this item would be on the agenda. Mr.
Halliburton, lastly, stated that there was a copy of the Caldwell and Hays
Counties proposed 2017 Budgets in the Directors' folders for their review.
3:23PMPresident Holt requested a report from the PCCD's Attorney Mr. Bob Wilson.
Mr. Bob Wilson briefly mentioned the possibility of hiring a scanning service
for PCCD's documents and discussed whether or not it would be better tokeep PCCD documents in a hard copy form. Mr. Bob Wilson discussed theprogram and stated that there were requirements that PCCD would have tocomply with if PCCD signed the forms. Mr. Bob Wilson, lastly, discussed thetestimonies and exhibits for the EP 130 Landfill Project would be pre-filed
Monday, June 2ih, 2016.

3:27PM President Holt requested any public comments. Mr. Graham Moore thanked

the Board for their time.
3 :2?PM Mr. Twidwell made a motion to adjourn. Mr. Rathert provided the second andthe motion to adjourn was approved unanimously.

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