MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORSPLUM CREEK CONSERVATION DISTRICT,LOCKHART, TEXAS 78644
January 17th, 2017

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 (Treasurer/Secretary}, Peter Reinecke (Director}, and Fred Rathert(Director}. Also present were PCCD attorneys Eddie McCarthy Ill and Bob
Wilson and PCCD staff members Johnie Halliburton, Daniel Meyer, and Karen Bassett. Minutes were transcribed by Karen Bassett. Mrs. Nancy A. Urbanowicz, certified shorthand reporter in and for the state of Texas, transcribed the HCPUA preliminary hearing with these proceedings attached to
the PCCD minutes.
Mr. Halliburton then announced that Mr. Holt, Mrs. Knight, and Mr. Reinecke
had been reappointed to serve another term on the Plum Creek Conservation
District's Board of Directors by their respective Commissioners' Courts. Mr.
Halliburton then administered the oath of office to Mr. Holt, Mrs. Knight, andMr. Reinecke. Each newly elected Director then signed the oath of office.
President Holt then called for the election of officers for the 2017 Board of Directors. Mr. Lipscomb made a motion to keep all officers the same by acclamation. Mr. Rathert provided the second and the motion passed unanimously.
President Holt requested motions or comments regarding the minutes of theregular meeting held on December 201h, 2016. Mr. Lipscomb made a motion
1that the minutes of the regular meeting held on December 20 h, 2016 be accepted as mailed out. Mrs. Knight provided the second and the motion wasapproved unanimously.

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President Holt requested any unfinished business that required the Board ofDirectors' attention. Mr. Halliburton explained that there was no unfinishedbusiness.

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President Holt then skipped to item VII on the agenda. Mr. Graham Moore
with the Hays Caldwell Public Utility Agency (HCPUA} gave a presentation
regarding the HCPUA amended applications.

·1:10PMMr. Eddie McCarthy Ill, PCCD's attorney, then announced that the Preliminary Hearing was open for the applications on two water well production permits and a transportation permit from the HCPUA, to hear third party protests,
if any, and to schedule future proceedings on the applications. Mr. Eddie
McCarthy Ill informed the audience that in order for someone to have party
status under the Groundwater Management and Protection Rule 4A theymust show justiciable interest. Members of the public then discussed theircomments and concerns. Mr. Eddie McCarthy Ill, Mr. Bob Wilson, and theBoard of Directors determined that there were no public participants that hadjusticiable interest or party status according to the Plum Creek Conservation
District Groundwater Management and Protection Rule 4A which states that
all wells, including exempt wells, must be registered with or permitted by theDistrict in order for the District to consider the effects of other permit applications on the well. Failure to register a well with the District or to obtain a permit for a well will result in the well not being considered when the decision to2permit wells are made. Mrs. Knight made a motion that, according to thePlum Creek Conservation District Groundwater Management & Protection
Rule 4A, there were no members of the public that were party status in attendance. Mr. Lipscomb provided the second and the motion passed unanimously. Mr. Eddie McCarthy Ill then closed the Preliminary Hearing and stated that, per the Rules, this was still a contested case that was between theDistrict staff and HCPUA and that the Board could schedule the Hearing on
the marriage between the two. Mr. Lipscomb made a motion that the Boardhear the Hearing on the HCPUA application. Mr. Rothert provided the second and the motion was approved unanimously. Mrs. Knight made a motionthat the HCPUA Hearing would be February 21st, 2017 at 1 :00 p.m. at thePCCD office. Mr. Lipscomb provided the second and the motion passed
unanimously. President Holt thanked everyone for coming.
2:37PMPresident Holt requested discussion of item VI on the agenda. Mr. Walter
Stephens, a landowner at site 28 in McMahan, discussed with the Board thepossibility of using site 28 as a detention pond for future construction. Mr.
Stephens provided theBoard with engineered recommendations and calculations for current conditions and proposed conditions. The Board agreed to take the calculations Mr.
Stephens provided and let the Natural Resources Conservation Service(NRCS) review them.

2:54 PM President Holt requested the Plum Creek Conservation District's quarterly in-vestment report. Mrs. Knight then reviewed and signed the PCCD investment report.

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President Holt requested a report from PCCD's Geologist, Mr. William Feathergail Wilson. Mr. Feathergail was not in attendance.

2:56PMPresident Holt requested a report from the NRCS' District Conservationist,Mr. Brian Steinberg. Mr. Steinberg was not in attendance.

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2:56PM President Holt requested a report from the PCCD's Assistant Manager, Mr.

Daniel Meyer. Mr. Meyer reported that he had been updating the format on
the Emergency Action Plans, and that letters had been sent out to permit
holders requesting their 2016 water usage. Mr. Meyer stated that Mr.
McCrary's water well permit was in the process of being transferred to thenew landowner, Mr. Hannah.

2:57PMPresident 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 explained that everything was moving along satisfactory. Mr.
Halliburton informed the Board that he had sent in the application for statefunding for the repair of the October 2015 flood damage. Mr. Halliburton thenreported that maintenance duties were complete on nine (9) sites on thesouth end and that more structures would be completed in the future.

3:otPM President Holt requested a report from the PCCD's Attorney Mr. Bob Wilson.

Mr. Bob Wilson informed the Board that Mr. Eddie McCarthy Sr. and Mr. Eddie McCarthy Ill had set up their own Law Firm and that he had accepted
their request to join them and stated that everything would be the same except the location of the firm. Mr. Bob Wilson reported that all the filing had
been due on the EP 130 proposed Landfill December 22"d, 2016. Mr. Bob
Wilson informed the Board that he had started looking at the Legislative Bills
and would keep PCCD updated.

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President Holt requested any public comments. There were no public comments.

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President Holt moved the meeting into Executive Session for yearly reviews
and for subjects allowable.

3 : 12 rM President Holt called the meeting back to order.

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3: 12PM President Holt called the meeting back to order.

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Mrs. Knight made a motion for each employee to receive a one time
$2,000.00 bonus and that the base employees' pay remain the same. Mr.
Reinecke provided the second and the motion passed unanimously.

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3 14Mr. Lipscomb made a motion to adjourn. Mr. Rathert provided the second
and the motion to adjourn passed unanimously.

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