PUBLIC HEARING ON PRODUCTION PERMIT

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

PUBLIC HEARING ON PRODUCTION PERMIT APPLICATION FOR CHARLES BROOKS Call to order at 10:31 a.m. the public hearing on Application for a Production Permit for Charles Brooks by Presiding Officer Janet Groth. Party representing application: Charles Brooks Protestant to application: None. Middle Pecos GCD Minutes for December 17, 2019 Page 6 Public Comment: * Loyd ‘Snap’ Woodward: He is a neighbor to the property and has concerns about water levels. * Ernest Woodward: He once owned this property, and has 8 producing wells in the area and sees no problems, and he supports the application. Presiding Officer Janet Groth declared the application uncontested. Manager Ty Edwards presented the application to the Board. Charles Brooks has made application for a Production Permit for a 3 well system located on 633.8 acres (Property Id# 6002) on Legal Description: 557 11 H&GN Sec 59, approximately 2 miles West of Girvin on the South side of Hwy 67, in Pecos County, Texas. The application requests authorization to produce 105 acre- feet/year for Irrigation (60 ac/ft a year) and Industrial (45 ac/ft a year) Use from the Edwards Trinity Aquifer. There are monitor wells in the area. Neighbors were notified. A solar farm and water station are the reason for the industrial use associated with the permit. The pump tests are complete, and the application is administratively complete. Alvaro Mandujano, Jr. asked for the reason why the application is asking for 250 gallons per minute when the pump tests were conducted at 123 gallons per minute (gpm). Ty Edwards explained that the 123 gpm was due to the size of the pump that was used during the pump test. Adjourn Hearing and consider and/or act on Application for a Production Permit for Charles Brooks. Vanessa Cardwell made a motion to adjourn the hearing. Motion seconded by Weldon Blackwelder. Motion passed. Presiding Officer Janet Groth adjourned the hearing at 10:46 a.m. Ronnie Cooper made a motion to approve the production permit for Charles Brooks. Motion seconded by Alvaro Mandujano, Jr. Motion passed. Vote: 8 For. 1 Against. 2 Absent. -0- Abstention.

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.2/10). 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.