Consider recommendation from EAA staff to ratify the General Manager's approval of forbearance agreements with Pamela McCasland Bendele; Donald Batot and wife, Jo Helen Batot and Batt Investments and Management Company L.P.; A & S Ranch, Ltd.; Turner-Pasc

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

A motion was made by Vice-Chairman Youngblood, seconded by Secretary Sanborn, the board adopt Resolution and Order No. 02-26-138 of the Edwards Aquifer Authority Board of Directors to ratify the General Manager's approval of VISPO forbearance agreements for permitted Edwards groundwater rights between the EAA and those entities listed on Agenda Item G.2 in an amount not to exceed $897,261.77, for the Voluntary Irrigation Suspension Program Option in support of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan, and authorizing the General Manager to execute the Agreements. The motion passed without opposition. [Attached and made a part of these minutes.]

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.