7 • WATER_PERMITSMiddle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District (Pecos County)

Consider and/or act upon Pecos County Study Agreement with Allan Standen

Presented in: Middle Pecos GCD Board Meeting - 2014-03-17 on 2014-03-17

Official Roll-Call Vote

Restrains Gov't • 4.8/10 Impact Weight

PASSED (4 - 0)

“Jr. made a motion to enter into the Pecos County Study Agreement with Allan Standen. Motion seconded by Janet Groth. Motion passed without opposition.”

M. R. Gonzalez

Director, Precinct 1 Place 1 (Precinct 1 Place 1)

YES

Wayne Tinkler

Director, Iraan Representative (Iraan Representative)

YES

Jeff Sims

Director, Precinct 3 Place 2 (Precinct 3 Place 2)

YES

Vanessa Cardwell

Director, Precinct 4 Place 2 (Precinct 4 Place 2)

YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Consider and/or act upon Pecos County Study Agreement with Allan Standen Allan Standen presented a fixed cost contract to the Board for services to provide the delineation of groundwater resources of Pecos County, Texas based on available oil, gas, and groundwater wells, geophysical logs, and published reports. The period of service for this contract shall begin on March 1, 2014. The final report will be delivered March 2015. Progress report will be presented during October 2014. Middle Pecos GCD Minutes for March 17, 2014 Page 7 Alvaro Mandujano, Jr. made a motion to enter into the Pecos County Study Agreement with Allan Standen. Motion seconded by Janet Groth. Motion passed without opposition. VI

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.8/10). 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.