NOTICE OF THE MEETING OF THE CLEARWATER UNDERGROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

November 8, 2023

Notice is hereby given that the above-named Board will hold a Workshop and Board meeting on Wednesday,
November 8, 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 comment.²
3. Approve minutes of the October 11, 2023, Board meeting.
4. Hold Public Hearing on the following permit applications:

a.) Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, on an application submitted by Damon Boniface, General Manager for Moffat Water Supply Corporation, on behalf of Moffat Water Supply Corporation, for an additional amount of 51.4 acre-feet per year or 16,748,741 gallons per year from their two well aggregate system producing from the Hosston Layer of the Trinity Aquifer in the Belton Lake Management Zone.

b.) Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, on an application submitted by Dr. Gretchen Miller, Ph.D., PE, PG, on behalf of Mr. James Kerby, Jaffe Interests LP (Mustang Springs Development), for two drilling permits for two proposed new public water supply wells to be completed in the Lower Trinity Aquifer (Hosston Layer), with a maximum 4-inch column pipe on a 1,106-acre housing development located on the north side of FM-2843 approximately 6 miles west of the Village of Salado in the Stillhouse Hollow Management Zone. No groundwater production will be authorized with these drilling permits.

5. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the monthly Financial Report for October (FY24) as presented.
6. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to accept the monthly Investment Fund account report for October (FY24) as presented.
7. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to approve final FY23 line-item budget amendments as requested.
8. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to close out the FY2023 budget year as presented.
9. Discuss, consider, and take appropriate action, if necessary, to approve the FY24 line-item budget amendments as requested.
10. General Manager’s Report concerning office management and staffing related to District Management Plan³.
11. Receive monthly reports and possible consideration and Board action on the following³:  a) Drought Status Reports, b) Education Outreach Update, c) Monitoring Wells, d) Rainfall Report, e) Well Registration Update, f) Aquifer Status Report & Non-Exempt Monthly Well Production Reports
12. Director comments and reports.
13. Discuss agenda items for the next meeting.
14. Set time and place for the next meeting.
15. Adjourn.

Workshop:

1. Receive updates related to GMA8 DFC determination, per TWC section 36.108, and plans for the next round.
2. Receive updates related to the 2023 Bell County Water Symposium.
3. Receive updates related to current drought conditions.
4. Receive updates on aquifer status reports.

Dated the   _3rd       day of November 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.

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

¹ During 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.

² Please limit comments to 3 minutes. The Board is not allowed to take action on any subject presented that is not on the agenda, nor is the Board required to provide a response; any substantive consideration and action by the Board will be conducted under a specific item on a future agenda.

³ No formal action will be taken by the Board on these agenda items. These items are on the agenda to provide CUWCD’s staff, Stakeholder Committees, and Directors with an opportunity to bring to the public 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 CUWCD permittees, state or regional developments related to water management, and activities of the staff, and Directors. Substantive deliberation and formal action on any of these issues will be conducted pursuant to a specific item on a future agenda.