August 9, 2012 F. September 6, 2012

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

C. August 9, 2012 F. September 6, 2012 Corrections that were made before signing the minutes: August 9, 23 and 27, 2012, and September 6, 2012, M. R. Gonzalez is Secretary/Treasurer not Vice President. Also on September 6, 2012, agenda item II needs a second to the motion recorded. The minutes were corrected and presented for signature. Ronald Cooper made a motion to approve all minutes as corrected. Seconded by Evans Turpin. Motion carried. Agenda Item IX: Consider and/or act upon Presentation by the City of Fort Stockton regarding the Capitan Reef Aquifer Project Raul Rodriguez, Fort Stockton city manager, appeared before the Board at the request of Paul Weatherby, MPGCD general manager. The city of Fort Stockton would like to drill a test well into the Capitan aquifer. The water would be evaluated for quality and quantity. He said TCEQ has given approval to run the water through the current city reverse osmosis plant if the water quality is at least equal to the current water. Once it goes through the plant the data will become available. The city of Odessa has approached the city of Fort Stockton to buy the water from them, Odessa is fronting the funds to drill the test well. Cost estimates received are from $80,000 to $2,000,000. Mr. Rodriguez said he has made Odessa aware that drilling a test well does not ensure they will have access to the water. Middle Pecos GCD Minutes of September 18, 2012 Page 7 Mr. Rodriguez was asked if the city of Fort Stockton was agreeable to exporting water out of Pecos County, and his reply was yes, but only from the Capitan Reef aquifer. Mr. Rodriguez stated that if the water quality is good enough to be feasible, then the city of Fort Stockton would like to use the water to relieve pressure on the Edwards. TCEQ limits potable water to 1,000 tds, and the Fort Stockton R.O. plant can handle 8,000 tds. He said that if the test well results are good, then the well can be turned in to a production well and the city would seek a production permit. When asked the current capacity at which the plant is running, he stated that the R.O. facility has been running at half of its capacity this summer. He said if the well is a decent producing well they could run the entire city on that water source without mixing water. No action taken. The Board recessed for lunch at 11:52 AM. The Board reconvened at 1:15 PM Agenda item Ill: Comments from Public and Media (limit 5 minutes per person) No comments from the public or media Agenda Item IV: US Geological Service to Present the Conceptual Model John Bumgarner from USGS gave a power point presentation to the Board. The USGS provided a two volume booklet set:

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.7/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.