MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORSPLUM CREEK CONSERVATION DISTRICT,LOCKHART, TEXAS 78644
September 18th, 2018
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 0 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), Ben
Twidwell (Director), Fred Rothert (Director), and Peter Reinecke (Director).
Also present were PCCD Attorney Bob Wilson and PCCD staff members
Johnie Halliburton, Daniel Meyer, and Karen Bassett. Minutes were tran
scribed by Karen Bassett.
President Holt requested motions or comments regarding the minutes of theregular meeting held on August 21st, 2018. Mr. Lipscomb made a motionthat the minutes of the regular meeting held on August 21 st, 2018 be accept
ed as mailed out. Mr. Twidwell provided the second and the motion was ap
proved unanimously.
President Holt requested any unfinished business that required the Board ofDirectors’ attention. Mr. Halliburton explained that there was no unfinishedbusiness.
President Holt requested discussion of item IV on the agenda. Mr. Lipscomb
made a motion approving the resolution that the Plum Creek Conservation
District’s property tax for the surface maintenance and operations be increased by the adoption of a tax of 0.0232 per $100.00 of valuation which iseffectively a 06.422% increase in the tax rate for fiscal year 2018-2019. Mr.
Twidwell provided the second and the motion passed with 5 (5) ascending
votes, Mr. Holt, Mr. Lipscomb, Mr. Twidwell, Mr. Rothert, and Mr. Reinecke.
President Holt requested discussion of item V on the agenda. Mr. Lipscomb
made a motion to approve the resolution setting the Plum Creek Conserva
tion District’s groundwater maintenance and operations tax rate at 0.0214 per$100.00 of valuation for fiscal year 2018-2019. Mr. Iwidwell provided the second and the motion passed with five (5) ascending votes, Mr. Holt, Mr. Lip
scomb, Mr. Twidwell, Mr. Rothert, and Mr. Reinecke.
President Holt requested discussion of item VI on the agenda. Mr. Daniel
Meyer gave the Board an annual review of the PCCD Management Plan.
President Holt requested discussion of item VII on the agenda. Mr. Daniel
Meyer then gave the Board of Directors a report concerning the complianceof the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Deposit and Fee Schedule. The
Board discussed with Mr. Meyer and agreed that the PCCD’s Deposit andFee Schedule remain the same.
President Holt requested discussion of item VIII on the agenda. Mr. Bob Wil
son updated the Board on the proposed revision of PCCD’s Groundwater
Management and Protection Rules. Mr. Wilson discussed some of the com
ments from Alliance Regional Water Authority and Mr. Mark Taylor who is theAttorney for Alliance Regional Water Authority.
President Holt requested a report from the PCCD Geologist, Mr. WilliamFeathergail Wilson. Mr. Feathergail Wilson gave a slide show presentation
on Mr. Peter Reinecke’s water well recovery test analysis, current supply anddemand, combating water shortage, structural cross-section A-A West Texas
Silica LLC, geophysical well logs used for hydraulic conductivity, storage coefficient, and the Edwards spring flow.

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President Holt requested a report from the NRCS’ District Conservationist,Mr. Jeremy Hasty. Mr. Hasty was not in attendance.
President Holt requested a report from PCCD staff member Mr. Johnie Halliburton. Mr. Halliburton reported that he had received the Natural Resources
Conservation Service’s (NRCS) inspection reports on sites 5, 34, and 6.10thMr.
Halliburton informed the Board that he had sent a letter on September
2018 to the property owner of the property next to the PCCD office building
asking if they would be interested in selling their property, but stated that hehad not received a response. Mr. Halliburton mentioned that he and Mr.
Meyer had a meeting with Mr. Danny Green and Mr. Dan Ryan concerning
future projects at site 5 and informed the Board that Mr. Dan Ryan and Mr.
Danny Green would be coming to the Board to discuss their proposed pro
jects for site 5 in the near future. Mr. Halliburton informed the Board that
PCCD was in the process of trying to mow a number of PCCD sites with thefunds that were left over from the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP)
projects. Mr. Halliburton reported that PCCD had sent the request letter for
the 404 permit application for site 10 to the United States Army Corps of En
gineers. Mr. Halliburton mentioned that he had spoken with Mr. John Hrebik
who is the NRCS Engineer regarding site 28, and stated that they were in theprocess of doing geological testing for future rehabilitation work at site 28 andthat they needed 20 feet of cleared space below the dam for a core drillingrig. Mr. Halliburton explained that he was working with Mr. Walter Stephens
to find a way to clear a space for NRCS to get their equipment on the property. Mr. Halliburton, lastly, updated the Board on site 6 and explained thatArcher Western Construction had been shut down due to rain but would resume as soon as the site dried up.
President Holt requested a report from the PCCD’s Executive Manager, Mr.
Daniel Meyer. Mr. Meyer reported that he had received a letter and a plat regarding a development that would be going in up stream of PCCD’s site 7from Hays County, a call from a developer regarding an easement on theColeman Trust property on site 14, and an email from the City of Kyle regard
ing a landowner on site 3 that was concerned that the dam was causing ero
sion on his creek and that he would not be able to get to the other side of hisproperty. Mr. Meyer explained that he had prepared an analysis for the landowner. Mr. Meyer informed the Board that the server and the E-file cabinet
had been installed. Mr. Meyer reported that he had attended a Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts (TAGD) Summit meeting in August. Mr. Meyer
stated that all of the Emergency Action Plans (EAP) had been sent out andreturned signed from the Hays and Caldwell Counties’ Emergency Manage
ment Coordinators. Mr. Meyer, lastly, discussed a graph that had the 15 ap
plicants that PCCD had interviewed.
President Holt requested a report from the PCCD’s Attorney, Mr. Bob Wilson.
Mr. Bob Wilson discussed the PCCD job application interviewing process andprocedures with the Board and discussed a call from a potential landowner atsite 16 who wanted to know if he bought the property could he build a boat
ramp into the area of the lake. Mr. Bob Wilson stated that he responded bysaying that PCCD could not make rulings on who has rights to real property
and that they needed to call the Parks and Wildlife Department.
President Holt requested public comments. Mr. Graham Moore with Alliance
Regional Water Authority introduced Mr. Jason Biemer. The Board wel
comed Mr. Biemer and stated that they looked forward to working with him inthe future.
Mr. Twidwell made a motion to adjourn. Mr. Rothert provided the second andthe motion to adjourn passed unanimously.

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