Consider and/or act upon McDonnold Operating LLC Production Permit

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Consider and/or act upon McDonnold Operating LLC Production Permit Application Merrell Daggett made a motion to grant the application as presented for 150 acre feet from the Pecos Valley aquifer for Industrial use. Motion seconded by Terry Whigham. The motion failed with a vote of 5 for, 4 against. Janet Groth made a motion to grant 100 acre feet from the Pecos Valley aquifer for industrial use. Motion seconded by M. R. Gonzalez. Motion carried unanimously. John Dorris made a motion to allow the permit application to be effective until December 31, 2013. Motion seconded by Merrell Daggett. Motion carried unanimously. VII Consider and/or act upon Randy Braden Production Permit Application To be continued and renoticed showing both Edwards/Trinity and Pecos Valley aquifers. Board recessed at 2:40. Reconvened at 3 PM. Manager Paul Weatherby presented the Board with a plaque to commemorate the Districts 10 year anniversary. He also introduced Yaraniz Lujan to the Board. Yara is a new part time office employee. VIII Consider and/or act upon 2010 Benchmark Aquifer Levels in accordance with Rule 10.5 Allan Standen, MPGCD Hydrogeologist, requested that the item be tabled in order for modifications to be made to the report regarding monitor wells. Merrell Daggett made a motion to table the 2010 Benchmark Aquifer Levels. Seconded by John Dorris. Motion carried. IX Presentation of City of Fort Stockton/City of Odessa Water Development Plan Raul Rodriguez, Fort Stockton City Manager, presented a slide show to the Board. Middle Pecos GCD Minutes of December 18, 2012 Page 4 He introduced others that were in attendance on behalf of the Odessa project: Stefan Shuster, Hydrogeologist; Richard Morton, Odessa City Manager; David Turner, Odessa Mayor; Alan Murphy, with the Fort Stockton Desal Plant; Adrian Russell, Trey and Associates. Mr. Alan Murphy gave a presentation to the Board explaining the Reverse Osmosis treatment plant revisions, storage facility, evaporation ponds and monitoring systems. Schedule review: 21 months after the test well is complete, the following should be complete: routing study, design of project report review by TCEQ, and construction. The water supply pipeline from Fort Stockton to Odessa will be within the TXDOT right-of-ways and Odessa's right-of-ways. The line will travel down Highway 1053 to Interstate 10 and then east to Odessa. A 90 mile pipeline that is 54 inch diameter. The City of Fort Stockton will be filing an amended application for the drilling of the test well because the location has changed. The Odessa City Manager, Richard Morton, explained to the Board that an amendment was made to their contract with CRMWD to allow the City of Odessa to seek additional water sources when water restrictions are in place. That is the reason for the drilling into the Capitan Reef Aquifer. If CRMWD can supply the City of Odessa with 100% of their water needs, Odessa will be obligated to get their water from CRMWD and also pay for the Capitan Reef project in Fort Stockton and not use the Capitan waters. He believes that if large quantities of industrial water is needed by Odessa, that CRMWD may allow them to use the Capitan Reef aquifer for that purpose. John Dorris stepped out of the meeting during agenda item #IX, and returned at 4:20 PM. Janet Groth also stepped out of the meeting during agenda item #IX. X

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.