NOTICE OF THE MEETING OF THE

CLEARWATER UNDERGROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

July 12, 2023      

Notice is hereby given that the above-named Board will hold a Workshop and Board meeting on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, beginning at 1:30 p.m., in the Clearwater UWCD Board Room located at 700 Kennedy Court, Belton, Texas.  The following items of business will be discussed¹.

Board Meeting:

1. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Public comment².
3. Approve minutes of June 13, 2023, Board meeting.
4. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the monthly financial report for June 2023 (FY23) as presented.
5. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the monthly investment fund account report for June 2023 (FY23) as presented.
6. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the Quarterly Deferred Compensation Employee Retirement Program account report as presented.
7. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action to approve funding and installation of the Eno Scientific Well Watch 700 water level monitoring equipment with Signal Fire on the Armstrong WSC Well N2-0-001P.
8. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to approve the FY23 line-item budget amendments as requested.

9. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to approve both an encumbrance agreement and shared well agreement between Mr. James Boger and adjacent property owners Mr. James & Mrs. Raynesa Jonas in order that Mr. Boger can pursue a future permit application for a non-exempt Combination Drilling/Operating permit for a new well on a tract of land less than 2-acres.

10. Conduct Public Hearing on the following application:

Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, on a proposed combination drilling/operating permit for a new well for Kelly Snook submitted on May 5, 2022, not to exceed 0.3 acre-feet or 97,755 gallons per year for domestic use, completed in the Alluvial formation and located in the Eastern Management Zone described in District Rule 7.1 and limited to a maximum 1.25-inch column pipe on a 3.37-acre tract in accordance with District Rule 9.5 and located at Latitude 31.00191º /Longitude -97.443311º at 4817 FM 1123, Belton, TX.

11. Conduct Public Hearing on the following application:

Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, on a proposed operating permit for a new non-exempt well for Ken Baumgardner submitted on June 2, 2023, for a combination drilling/operating permit not to exceed 0.38 acre-feet or 123,823 gallons per year for domestic use, completed in the Hosston (Lower) Layer of the Trinity Aquifer and located in the Southwest Management Zone described in District Rule 7.1 and limited to a maximum 1.25-inch column pipe on a 7.271-acre tract in accordance with District Rule 9.5 and located at Latitude 30.90563º/Longitude -97.77624º  at 200 Buckeye Road, Killeen, TX.

12. Conduct Public Hearing on the following application:

Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, on a proposed drilling permit for a new well for the University of Mary Hardin Baylor submitted on June 20, 2023, for a proposed amount not to exceed 64.4 acre-feet or 20,984,832 gallons per year for irrigation use only, completed in the Hosston (Lower) Layer of the Trinity Aquifer and located in the Belton Lake Management Zone described in District Rule 7.1 and limited to a maximum 4-inch column pipe on a 28.12-acre tract in accordance with District Rule 9.5 and located at Latitude 31.069169º/Longitude -97.472680º  at the N. W. corner of W. Martin Luther King Junior Ave and Nolan Creek, Belton, TX. No groundwater production can be authorized with this proposed permit.

13. Conduct Public Hearing on the following application:

Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, on a proposed drilling permit for a new well for the City of Temple submitted on June 19, 2023, for a proposed amount not to exceed 239 acre-feet or 77,822,380 gallons per year for industrial use only, completed in the Hosston (Lower) Layer of the Trinity Aquifer and located in the Belton Lake Management Zone described in District Rule 7.1 and limited to a maximum 4-inch column pipe on a 45.33-acre tract in accordance with District Rule 9.5 and located at Latitude 31.0582º/Longitude -97.3005º at 4331 Tower Rd. Temple, TX. No groundwater production can be authorized with this proposed permit.

14. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to conduct the annual performance review of the General Manager, in accordance with District Bylaws Article VI, Section 6.

15. General Manager’s report concerning office management and staffing related to District Management Plan³.
16. Receive monthly staff report and possible consideration and Board action on the following³:
    1. Drought Status reports,
    2. Education Outreach update,
    3. Monitoring Well reports,
    4. Rainfall report,
    5. Well Registration update.
    6. Aquifer Status and Non-exempt Monthly Well Production reports
17. Director comments and reports³.
18. Discuss agenda items for the next meeting.
19. Set time and place for the next meeting.
20. Adjourn.

Dated the   7th    day of    July   2023           

Leland Gersbach, Board President
By: Click here for original signed document
Dirk Aaron, Asst. Secretary

Agenda items may be considered, deliberated, and/or acted upon in a different order than set forth above.

The Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  Reasonable accommodation and equal opportunity for effective communications will be provided upon request.  Please contact the District office at 254-933-0120 at least 24 hours in advance if accommodation is needed.

¹During the meeting, the Board reserves the right to go into executive session for any of the purposes authorized under Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, for any item on the above agenda or as otherwise authorized by law.

²Citizens who desire to address the Board on any matter may sign up to do so prior to this meeting.  Public comments will be received during this portion of the meeting or on a specific agenda item.  Please limit comments to 3 minutes.  No discussion or final action will be taken by the Board except as authorized by section 551.042 of the Government Code.

³No formal action will be taken by the Board on these agenda items.  These items are on the agenda to provide the District’s staff, Public Task Force Committees, and Directors with an opportunity to bring to the public’s and each other’s attention important activities and issues pertinent to the management of groundwater within the District, including, but not limited to, current events in the District involving groundwater, wells, or District permittees, state or regional developments related to water management, and activities of the staff, Public Advisory Committee, and Directors.  Substantive deliberation and formal action on any of these issues will be conducted pursuant to a specific item on a future agenda.