PUBLIC HEARING ON DRILLING PERMIT

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PUBLIC HEARING ON DRILLING PERMIT APPLICATION FOR MANDUJANO BROTHERS. | Cail to order at 10:59 a.m. the public hearing on Application for a Drilling Permit for Mandujano Brothers. Party representing application: | Armando Mandujano Protestant to application: None. Public Comment: Todd Suter. Board Member Recusal: Junior Mandujano The application was declared uncontested. Todd Suter: He had several comments that were determined to be directed towards the Production Permit Application, and not the Drilling Permit Application. Mr. Suter said he supports the drilling permit application 100%. General Manager Ty Edwards: Mandujano Brothers has made application for a drilling permit for 3 wells, and it is located on 640 acres, property ID#6756. The legal description is 885- 48-8 T&P section 23, 2 miles west of FM 1776 and 1 mile south of Weatherby Road. The wells are projected to be 800 — 1,000 feet in depth. Currently there are 4 wells on the property. Three of the wells (#2005092821/Well 2; #2005092822/Well 3; and #2005092823/Well 4) have a normal production permit for 800 acre feet for irrigation use received January of 2018. One of the wells (#2005092820, Well #1) Mr. Randy Taylor actually applied for a Historical & Existing Use Permit several years ago and that well has 365 acre feet for irrigation. The 4 wells have a total of 1,165 acre feet. He has lost production on a lot of these wells. He wants to drill 3 new wells, but he doesn’t need any more permits. He just needs water to do what he already has. Well 1 is the well | believe he said went from 800 gpm to +25 gpm. So he is trying to make up the production he has lost. Wells are caving in and he has had to set casing and is now getting smaller flow rates. We monitor a well on Mr. Suter. I'd be more than willing to monitor any of those wells on section 23. The application is complete. He does plan on amending his permits once he has these drilled. i] Adjourn Hearing and consider and/or act on Application for a Drilling Permit for Mandujano Brothers. President Jerry McGuairt adjourned the hearing at 11:14 a.m. Allan Childs made a motion to approve the application for a drilling permit for the Mandujano Brothers. Motion seconded by Weldon Blackwelder. Motion carried. Vote: 7For. Q Against. 3 Absent. 4 Recusal/Alvaro Mandujano, Jr. ———————————————————————————— Minutes of February 18, 2020 Board Meeting Page 6

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.