Consider and/or act upon MPGCD Board Reorganization (Election of Officers).

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Consider and/or act upon MPGCD Board Reorganization (Election of Officers). Director Alvaro Mandujano Jr made a motion that Janet Groth run the next meeting as acting president and this item be tabled until next meeting. Seconded by Jeff Sims. Motion passed Vote: 10FOR -0-Oppose 1Absent Abstain Directors’ Comments and consider and/or act upon agenda for next meeting. Next Board meeting is June 17, 2025. XVII|_ Adjourn Board meeting. Page 8 of 9 Minutes of 05-20-2025 Puja Boinpally made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Motion seconded by Vanessa Cardwell and the motion carried unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 11:33 a.m. MM Gua MLR. Gonzalez, = Treasurer uairt, President Date Approved oH { { QS Oe Page 9 of 9 a Minutes of 05-20-2025 LAW OFFICES OF McCARTHY & McCARTHY, L.L.P. 1122 COLORADO STREET, SUITE 2399 AUSTIN, TEXAS 78701 (512) 904-2310 (512) 692-2826 (FAX) May 19, 2025 Ty Edwards, General Manager via e-mail Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District P.O. Box 1644 Fort Stockton, Texas 79735 Re: Proposed Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District Groundwater Management Plan Dear Mr. Edwards: On behalf of our clients, Fort Stockton Holdings, LP (“FSH”) and Clayton Williams Farms, Inc. (“CWF”), we appreciate the District circulating the proposed Management Plan and inviting comments. On the whole, we believe the District is on the right path with its Management Plan and continued efforts to document activities designed to enhance the scientific data available to the District and its constituents to utilize the available aquifers on a long-term sustainable basis. In particular, FSH and CWF appreciate the District’s efforts with both the Joint Groundwater Study and the continued monitoring activities within Management Zone 1. The District’s enhanced monitor well system in Management Zone 1, and its accessibility through the District’s website is a great resource. These monitoring efforts will be bolstered by the new Rustler well being added in Management Zone | to provide additional site-specific data regarding any interaction between the aquifers under the District’s jurisdiction. We look forward to continuing to work with the District in the years to come to further enhance the data available to all users. We continue to support the District’s use of the conservative triggers that have been adopted based upon the historically available data and records provided both from state archives and local groundwater producers. Our one caution to the District with respect to the draft Management Plan is the multiple citations to the Meadows Center report on groundwater sustainability prepared by Dr. Robert Mace. The report contains recommendations that reflect the opinions and/or aspirations of Dr. Mace vis-a-vis groundwater management practices that do not coincide with and, in some instances conflict with current Texas law. The paper should be treated as the expression of public policy positions espoused by the author on behalf of the Meadows Foundations, which do not necessary reflect or protect the interests of private property owners. Additionally, the paper reflects more of a survey paper than a report based upon actual field work and data collected in the manner the District is currently engaged in collecting through its extensive monitor well system in Management Zone 1. The District’s ongoing field work, May 19, 2025 Page 2 including the recent commencement of the drilling of the new Rustler Well in Management Zone 1, will provide the District with data that will provide the best available science upon which analysis and conclusions can be made by the District. Dr. Mace’s paper looks at “sustainability” through mile high lens that is more generic, and lacks the site specific field data the District seeks. As such, we hope there will be only limited references to that paper as a policy reference, and that the District continue to rely upon its ongoing data collection and field work i

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.4/10). 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.