Consider and/or act upon General Manager’s Correspondence and Report

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Consider and/or act upon General Manager’s Correspondence and Report • Commissioners’ Court approved up to $25,000 for restroom construction • Martin Ibarra has been issued a Show Cause Hearing Notice, and the hearing is set for May 20, 2014. • A graph of the Blue Ridge well #46-62-801 was presented to the Board. The graph reflects a drop in the water level from 211.33’ to from 221.87’ December 2013 to January 2014. The reason for the drop may be heaving pumping in Reeves County. The City of Fort Stockton is operating the water station without a production permit. They have been contacted, and are expected to be on the next agenda with an application for a permit. • Legislative update from Bob Turner. • Road signs have been ordered and will be placed at the entry points into Pecos County notifying the public of our Ground Water District. • The Board was given an update on Legislative Interim – Texas Water Conservation Association and Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts activities highlighted • Lloyd Gosselink, P.C. prepared information in table form to show our Desired Future Conditions, Managed Available Groundwater, and Total Estimated Recoverable Storage for Groundwater Management Area 3 and Groundwater Management Area 7. • We are in communications with the Railroad Commission regarding possible water contamination from a water flood project on the Priest and Beavers lease. We have pulled several water samples in the area that will be sent off for testing, and have documented water wells in the general vicinity of the lease, and pictures have been taken. X Consider and/or act upon General Managers Quarterly Report Manager Weatherby presented the quarterly report to the Board. He reported that potential Capitan Reef Aquifer Production by the City of Fort Stockton and various stakeholders is being considered and that a stakeholder meeting will be on April 16th at 9 a.m. and MPGCD is invited to attend. Ronnie Cooper made a motion to accept the General Managers Quarterly Report as presented. Motion seconded by Janet Groth. Motion carried. The Board recessed for lunch at 11:55 a.m. The Board meeting was reconvened at 1:00 p.m. Middle Pecos GCD Minutes of April 15, 2014 Page 7 XI Discussion on MPGCD Rules regarding Well Spacing, Rule 13.5 Manager Weatherby feels there is nothing wrong with our current spacing rule. Would like the Board to consider changing the spacing requirements to discourage large-land owners from subdividing the property into small 10 acres tracts and having a non-exempt well on it that would create a cone of depression affecting the surrounding land owner. An example would be that you could not have a new non-exempt well on 10 acres or less. Or that, the limit would be 4 non-exempt wells on 640 acres. These are examples only. XII Discussion on MPGCD Rules reference 11.9.1(13) Manager Weatherby said he supports the idea that when water is exported from Pecos County, that the receiving area should have a Groundwater Conservation District. The regular meeting was recessed at 1:16 p.m.

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.