Consider and/or act upon USGS Joint-Funding Agreement 13CSTX174000000

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Consider and/or act upon USGS Joint-Funding Agreement 13CSTX174000000 for 10/01/2012 – 09/30/2013 John Dorris made a motion to approve the USGS Joint-Funding Agreement 13CSTX174000000 for 10/01/2012 – 09/30/2013. Seconded by Merrell Daggett. Motion carried. XV Consider and/or act upon consulting agreement with ALLAN R. STANDEN, LLC Merrell Daggett made a motion to approve the consulting agreement with ALLAN R. STANDEN, LLC. Seconded by John Dorris. Motion carried. XVI Consider and/or act upon General Manager’s Quarterly Report General Manager Paul Weatherby presented his Quarterly Report to the Board. Evans Turpin made a motion to approve the Quarterly Report. Seconded by Alvaro Mandujano, Jr. Motion carried. Middle Pecos GCD Minutes of October 23, 2012 Page 12 XVII Consider and/or act upon Guidelines for Tax Abatements Policy Evans Turpin made a motion to continue with the Guidelines for Tax Abatements Policy that is currently in place. Motion seconded by Alvaro Mandujano, Jr. Motion carried. XVIII Consider and/or act upon Progress Reports: Well Registrations, Production Permits, Drilling Permits, Data Loggers, ongoing Water Quality Analysis and Legislative Update • Well Registrations: Progress report included in their notebook • Production Permits: Tabled McDonnold and Braden. Production permit applications in progress are two water stations, a Coyanosa farmer, Schyler White, and a few other water stations are possible • Drilling Permits: City of Fort Stockton permit granted today. • Data Loggers: Increasing our monitoring system and consulting with Texas Water Development Board. • Water Quality Analysis: Continuing. • Legislative: Upcoming legislative session in 2013 • Oilfield: Rigdata report for 10-14-2012 shows 6 wells in Pecos County XIX General Manager’s report on incoming Groundwater District-related Correspondence • Aquifer Group has requested a meeting with Pecos County agencies. The meeting is scheduled for November 8th at 1:30 PM at the Pecos County Courthouse. Regarding the Hovey Trough water. • TAGD meeting scheduled for October 30 & 31 in Conroe. • Capitan Reef Aquifer forum to be held October 25th at the Pecos County Courthouse from 11:00 AM - Noon. XX

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.9/10). 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.