Minutes from the July 17th, 2012 PCCD regular scheduled meeting
to be presented on August 21st, 2012 for Board approval andsubject to corrections, additions, deletions and approval.
July 17th, 2012

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 (Attorney) Feathergail Wilson (PCCD Geologist) and PCCD staff Johnie Halliburton, Karen Bassett, Korey Schuelke andDan Meyer. Minutes were taken by Karen Bassett and transcribed by Korey
Schuelke.
1:00PM President Holt requested motions or comments regarding the minutes of thehearing/regular meeting held on June 19 th, 2012. Mr. Lipscomb made a motion that the minutes of the hearing/regular meeting held on June 19 th, 2012,
be accepted as circulated. Mrs. Knight provided the second and the motion
passed unanimously.

1:00PM President Holt requested any unfinished business. 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. Daniel

Meyer then discussed a request for a groundwater production permit from Mr.
J. and Katherine Clements for 7.67 acre feet of water per year for agriculturaland domestic use on 127 acres of land. Mr. Meyer informed the Board of Directors that the Clements’ application was administratively complete. Mr.
Meyer then went over the items that the Board of Directors needed to consider regarding production permits in accordance with Senate Bill 737. President Holt requested Mr. Meyer’s opinion regarding the Clements’ production
permit. Mr. Meyer stated there was no reason not to grant the request. Mr.
Twidwell made a motion to approve the groundwater production permit request for Mr. J. and Katherine Clements in the amount of 7.67 acre feet peryear for agricultural and domestic use on 127 acres of land. Mr. Rothert provided the second and the motion passed unanimously.

1:04PM

1:07PM

President Holt requested discussion of Item V on the agenda. Mr. Halliburton
then discussed a request by Mr. Don Simon, a developer in negotiations topossibly purchase land at the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Site 16, tobe granted an easement to access a portion of land attached to this tract forthe purpose of building homes. This easement would have to allow ingressand egress through the Plum Creek Conservation District’s auxiliary spillway
area. Mr. Simon was unable to attend the meeting, so the Board of Directors
chose to wait until more information could be attained from Mr. Simon and hisrepresentative before taking any action.
President Holt requested discussion of Item VI on the agenda. Mr. Halliburton then discussed recent discussion with Bury and Partners regarding thepossible purchase of land below the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Site2, on which the Plum Creek Conservation District has an easement. Without
the removal of this easement no homes could be built on this tract of land.
Mr. Bob Wilson then discussed the easement that the Plum Creek Conservation District held on this land in detail with the Board of Directors. The Board2of Directors discussed the easement attached to this tract of land briefly andtook no action, due to Bury and Partners not in attendance to present. Mr.
Halliburton also discussed recent conversations with the Natural Resource
Conservation Services’ engineers regarding this tract of land.
1:13PM President Holt requested discussion of Item VII on the agenda. Mr. Hallibur-ton then introduced Mr. Wes Birdwell with Halff and Associates and discussed the flood protection planning study for the Guadalupe-Blanco RiverBasin. Mr. Halliburton also discussed the benefits of having this study applied to the Plum Creek Conservation District’s flood control structures andcreeks. Mr. Birdwell then gave the Board of Directors a presentation regarding the flood protection planning study for the Guadalupe-Blanco River Basinand how it would assist the Plum Creek Conservation District. Mr. Birdwell
also gave the Board of Directors examples of data that the study is collecting
and interpreting, as well as its application to the Plum Creek Conservation
District’s flood control structures in the form of emergency action plan assistance. Mr. Birdwell then informed the Board of Directors that he was mainly
in attendance to inquire as to whether the Plum Creek Conservation District
wished to participate in the study or not. No monetary commitment was necessary at this point of the study, only a letter of intent to the U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers. This letter of intent does not commit the Board of Directors toanything at this point, except expressing an interest in the study. Mr. Birdwell
also discussed the Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) technology used inacquiring data for the flood protection planning study. Mr. Birdwell then discussed the cost share involved for the funding of the flood protection planningstudy and the benefits of the study. Mr. Birdwell discussed other entities thathave chosen to take advantage of this study. The Board of Directors andPlum Creek Conservation District Staff then posed many questions to Mr.
Birdwell regarding the study. Mr. Reinecke made a motion that a letter of intent to participate in the Guadalupe-Blanco River Association’s flood protection planning study be sent to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mrs. Knightprovided the second and the motion was approved unanimously.

1:48PM

President Holt requested discussion of Item VIII on the agenda. Mr. Halliburton then introduced Mr. Steve Young, engineer with Klotts and Associates,and Mr. Tommy Hill, with Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, regarding apresentation on a possible Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) hydrologicanalysis project in Caldwell County. Mr. Tommy Hill then gave the Board ofDirectors a presentation regarding the possible Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) project in Caldwell County. Mr. Steve Young then requested theuse of the Plum Creek Conservation District’s data regarding a possible Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) project in Caldwell County, as well as, thepossibility to confer with Mr. Feather Wilson regarding this data for clarification purposes. Mr. Feather Wilson then discussed the data that he could legally share with the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority and the items which
they would have to purchase copyrights to use. In regards to the services ofMr. Feather Wilson, it was the opinion of the Board of Directors that Mr.
Feather Wilson could be contracted by whomever chooses to hire him. Mr.
Reinecke made a motion to share the Plum Creek Conservation District’s data regarding the possible Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) project with
the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority and that the Guadalupe-Blanco River
Authority could contract Mr. Feather Wilson for his services. Mrs. Knight provided the second and the motion was approved unanimously.

2:03PM President Holt requested discussion of Item IX on the agenda. Mr. Meyerthen discussed a review of Groundwater Conservation Districts’ new and revised management plans for Groundwater Management Area 10 and
Groundwater Management Area 13.

2:05PM President Holt requested discussion of Item X on the agenda. Mr. Bob Wil-son then discussed the recent Groundwater Management Rules hearing andthe addition of items to the rules regarding the length of time an application
can be held that isn’t administratively complete, limiting it to 180 days before

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returning to the applicant for re-filing and payment of notice costs being added toproduction permit application fees. Mr. Bob Wilson then asked the Board of Directors to set an effective date of the revised Plum Creek Conservation District
Groundwater Management Rules. Mr. Twidwell made a motion to approve theresolution to adopt the changed rules with an effective date of August 1 st, 2012.
Mr. Lipscomb provided the second and the motion was approved unanimously.
2:10PM President Holt requested a report from the Plum Creek Conservation District’sGeologist, Mr. William Feathergail Wilson. Mr. Feather Wilson discussed a recent meeting of the Groundwater Rules and Management Plan Committee. Mr.
Feather Wilson then discussed drawdown in the Carrizo aquifer within theGroundwater Management Area 13. Mr. Feather Wilson also discussed theplacement of monitoring wells within the Plum Creek Conservation District. Mr.
Feather Wilson also discussed the possibility of a Hosston Well and his desire todiscuss it with the Texas General Land Office Commissioner, Mr. Jerry Patterson, with the approval of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors approved the data sharing endeavor with the Texas General Land Office Commissioner regarding possible Hosston water well exploration. Mr. Feather Wilson
also discussed an article in Livestock Weekly regarding landowner’s groundwaterrights.
2:22PM President Holt requested a report from the Natural Resources Conservation Ser-vices’ District Conservationist, Mr. Isidro Morales. Mr. Morales then discussedwith the Board of Directors a quandary that had occurred regarding grass planting at the Site 5 Rehabilitation. Mr. Halliburton informed the Board of Directorsthat the question was regarding the irrigation of the grass seed once it’s planted.
The Board of Directors then posed questions regarding the grass planting andirrigation to Mr. Morales. Mr. Twidwell made a motion that the grass seed be irrigated once it is planted at the Site 5 Rehabilitation. Mr. Reinecke provided thesecond and the motion was approved unanimously.

2:31PM President Holt requested a report from the Plum Creek Conservation District’sAssistant Manager, Mr. Daniel Meyer. Mr. Meyer then discussed a Texas Association of Groundwater Districts’ Meeting and a Groundwater Management Area
10 Meeting that he had attended. Mr. Meyer informed the Board of Directors that
he was currently working on the Plum Creek Conservation District’s budget. Mr.
Meyer also discussed the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Summer Newsletter that he was working on and the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Groundwater Management Plan First Draft.

2:33PM President Holt requested a report from the Plum Creek Conservation District’s

Executive Manager, Mr. Johnie Halliburton. Mr. Halliburton informed the Boardof Directors that Mr. Reinecke, Mr. Lipscomb, and he had recently attended aPublic Fund Investment Training hosted by the Texas Association of Groundwater Districts. Mr. Halliburton also informed the Board of Directors that Mr.
Reinecke and Mr. Lipscomb would need to attend this training every two years.
Mr. Halliburton informed the Board of Directors that the letter the Board of Directors had approved in opposition to the Guadalupe Landfill had been sent to theTexas Commission on Environmental Quality. Mr. Halliburton informed theBoard of Directors that the planning for the possible rehabilitation of the Plum
Creek Conservation District’s Site 21 would begin if and when the federal funding
was received by the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Mr. Halliburton
informed the Board of Directors that the Plum Creek Conservation District hadreceived the proposed budgets for both the Hays County Appraisal District andthe Caldwell County Appraisal District. Mr. Halliburton also discussed a recent
call from the Austin Police Department regarding possible missing person at thePlum Creek Conservation District’s Site 17.

2:36PMPresident Holt requested a report from the Plum Creek Conservation District’sAttorney, Mr. Bob Wilson. Mr. Bob Wilson then discussed contract letters for thecontinued services of the contracted personnel. Mr. Bob Wilson discussed thestatus of the Plum Creek Group’s production permit request. Mr. Bob Wilson discussed finalizing the Plum Creek Conservation District’s Groundwater Rules.

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2:37PM President Holt requested discussion of Item XVI on the agenda. Mr. Hallibur-

ton then discussed the current status of the proposed Plum Creek Conservation District’s Garage Building. Mr. Halliburton then discussed the size andspecifics of the garage building with the Board of Directors and the different
permutations that the garage building could take. Mr. Halliburton discussed
the different options that the garage building could have. The Board of Directors then discussed many different options regarding the garage building.
The Board of Directors then discussed requesting proposals for the possible
construction of the garage building.

2:50PM President Holt requested any other business which required the Board of Di-rectors’ attention. Mr. Lipscomb then discussed the renewal of a money market account at OmniBank. President Holt then questioned a recent annotation on the budget. Mr. Halliburton informed the Board of Directors that is wasan annotation that he had a question about, but no amendments were necessary.

2:52PM Due to very limited public attendance, President Holt did not request any pub-lic comments.
2:52PM Mr. Twidwell made a motion to adjourn. Mr. Lipscomb provided the second

and the motion to adjourn was approved unanimously.

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President

2:48PM

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Vice President