Discuss, consider, and possibly act on General Manager’s Report: A. Report on Kenedy County GCD meeting March 19th, 2025 @ 9:00 a.m. Mr. Pena asked Mr. Andy Garza to give a brief update on his meeting, Mr. Garza mentioned that for the GMA 16 the ne

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Discuss, consider, and possibly act on General Manager’s Report: A. Report on Kenedy County GCD meeting March 19th, 2025 @ 9:00 a.m. Mr. Pena asked Mr. Andy Garza to give a brief update on his meeting, Mr. Garza mentioned that for the GMA 16 the new GAM was posted for public comment period. Mr. Garza mentioned that they had given their tax collections update, also mentioned purchasing chairs for the courtroom. Mr. Garza also mentioned that on the water level reports he had one well that had actually gone up and came out of the casing. B. Report on Duval County GCD March 25th, 2025 @ 6:00 p.m. Mr. Pena asked George Gonzalez to give a brief report, Mr. Gonzalez mentioned that they had a Healthy Streams Workshop, had 72 attendees, had speakers talk about the watershed. Had one speaker talk about prescribed burning and ranch management, another speaker mentioned Nilgai impact and feral hogs creating bacteria. C. Report on visit to Brownsville Public Utilities Plant March 11th,2025. Mr. Pena mentioned that the tour was very informative, 17 wells at approximately 350 to 400 feet deep producing 30 percent of the water used in Brownsville comes from this desal/brackish water plant. Also mentioned that out of 100 gallons produced, the ratio is 75% fresh and 25% would be the discharge. D. Report on Spring water level reports. Mr. Pena mentioned that they were only half way complete with the water levels. E. Report on Statewide Priority Water Bills. Mr. Pena gave a summary on the Statewide Priority Water Bills In November 2023, Texas voters approved the creation of the Texas Water Fund and unlocked $1 billion to help finance water infrastructure. In February, Governor Greg Abbott announced a “Texas sized investment in water infrastructure” as an emergency item. Informational purposes only.

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.9/10). 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.