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10 • FINANCEMiddle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District (Pecos County)

Consider and/or act upon 2021 Meeting and Holiday Schedule.

Presented in: Middle Pecos GCD Board Meeting - 2020-11-17 on 2020-11-17
Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Restrains Gov't • 4.4/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (3 - 0)
“Desired Future Conditions. Adjourn Board meeting. Janet Groth made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Motion seconded by Allan Childs. Motion carried unanimously.”
MR
M. R. Gonzalez
Director, Precinct 1 Place 1 (Precinct 1 Place 1)
YES
RC
Ronnie Cooper
Director, Fort Stockton Representative (Fort Stockton Representative)
ABSENT
WT
Wayne Tinkler
Director, Iraan Representative (Iraan Representative)
YES
LD
Larry Drgac
Director, Precinct 2 Place 2 (Precinct 2 Place 2)
ABSENT
JS
Jeff Sims
Director, Precinct 3 Place 2 (Precinct 3 Place 2)
YES
VC
Vanessa Cardwell
Director, Precinct 4 Place 2 (Precinct 4 Place 2)
ABSENT

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Consider and/or act upon 2021 Meeting and Holiday Schedule. Alvaro Mandujano Jr. made a motion to approve the 2021 Meeting and Holiday schedule that was presented with one change. On December 22, 2021, the office will remain open until noon instead of being closed all day. Motion seconded by Janet Groth. Motion carried. Vote: 7 FOR. 1_Oppose 3 Absent. Progress Reports: Well Registrations, Production Permits, Drilling Permits, Data Loggers, Drought Monitor Map, Water Quality Analysis and General Manager’s Correspondence. e New Exempt Wells: 1) Fernando Ramos Investments, Inc. located 1 mile west of Hwy. 18 on N. Alexander Lane in Fort Stockton. 2) Trent Huckaby located on the Huckaby Ranch 12 miles east of Hwy. 285 on Gray Ranch Road in Fort Stockton. 3) Well Plugged: University Lands located 15 miles North of Bakersfield, and 1 % mile Southeast of FM 11 Fort Stockton. e Drought Map was provided in the Board Packet. Pecos County is in Severe drought for the majority of central Pecos County. Part of the County is in Extreme drought, and a small portion in Moderate drought as of 11-10-2020. e Well Registrations: Total Well Registrations are 3,295 as of 11-13-2020. Exempt 2,334 Non-Exempt 961. e RigData: Pecos County has 1 rig 12.2 miles South of Coyanosa. Diamondback E&P, LLC. « 2020 General Election results as of 7:45 a.m. on November 4'". Regarding races of interest to Middle Pecos GCD at the Texas Legislature, Democrat State Representative Roland Gutierrez beat Republican Pete Flores (156,741 ee cterecnee eteseeeatien S Minutes of November 17, 2020 Page 5 of 6 XVI votes or 49.86%) to Flores's 145,395 (46.57%) for the State Senate District 19 seat. Democrat Eddie Morales won the State Representative District 74 position formerly held by Poncho Nevarez. Eddie Morales received 25,832 votes (54.1%) to the 21,918 votes (45.9%) received by Republican Ruben Falcon. Coronavirus: Governor Greg Abbott issued a proclamation renewing the declaration stating that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) poses an imminent threat of disaster for all counties in Texas on 11-06-2020. See Attachment B. Water Samples: 1) Fort Stockton Holdings well S-23 had a Total Dissolved Salts (TDS) of 4,676 parts per million (ppm). 2) C181: This is another free flowing well directly East of Boehmer Lake, it was not flowing in 2019, so the well has broken down over the last year. The TDS for this well is 34,049 ppm and is basically sea water. 3) Pena well on 43" Lane in Fort Stockton has TDS of 2,910 ppm. 4) Pecos River at Hwy. 18 has a TDS level of 17,194 ppm. 5) Pecos River at Hwy. 1053 has a TDS level of 12,214 ppm. 6) The City Landfill well has a TDS of 2,574 ppm. (Note: Domestic water: EPA secondary drinking water standard of 500 ppm. Irrigation water: 0-300ppm Suitable for all crops. 301-600 ppm Suitable for all except extremely sensitive crops. 601-1,000 ppm Suitable for moderately tolerant crops and for moderately sensitive crops if special precautions are taken. 1,001-1,500 ppm Suitable for moderately tolerant and highly tolerant crops. >1,500 ppm Suitable only for highly tolerant crops and then only with special precautions. Livestock water: Levels above 3,000 ppm should be avoided for lactating animals; levels above 7,000 ppm may pose significant risks for many animals. Information source: Texas AgriLife Extension Description of Water Analysis Parameters SCS-2002-10. Sea water ranges from 30,000 to 40,000 ppm.) Directors’ Comments and consider and/or act upon agenda for next meeting. Mrs. Groth asked for Ty Edwards to email the directors the link for 2021 Cybersecurity Awareness Training. Edwards: Once the glitch in Quickbooks is ironed out, the financials will resume. Also Dr. Bill Hutchison will be coming to the January 19, 2021, Board Meeting regarding the Public Hearing for GMA 3 Desired Future Conditions. Adjourn Board meeting. Janet Groth made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Motion seconded by Allan Childs. Motion carried unanimous

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

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.