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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage And Recovery Conservation District - 07/26/2018MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CORPUS CHRISTI AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY CONSERVATION DISTRICT July 26, 2018 The Board of Directors of the Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery Conservation District met in regular session on Friday July 26, 2018, in the ACM Conference Room, 5t' floor, City Hall, 1201 Leopard Street, Corpus Christi, Texas, with the following in attendance: Members: In Attendance: (non-members) Fred Segundo Larijai Francis, PM -Water Resources Dan McGinn Lisa Aguilar, Assistant City Attorney Tom Tagliabue Itzel Ojeda, ESI Assistant Mark Van Vleck Jay Ellington (1) Call Meeting to Order: The meeting was called to order by Board Chair Fred Segundo at 2:04 p.m. Roll was called. A quorum was present. (2) Review and approval of Minutes of Meetings of April 13, 2018. Minutes of the regular meeting of November 30, 2017 were reviewed. ACTION: Motion was made by President Fred Segundo to approve the minutes. The Motion was seconded by Board member Mark Van Vleck Ayes: Board members Segundo, Van Vleck, Tagliabue, and McGinn Nays: None (3) Discussion regarding City Project E16265 (Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery Feasibility Project) a. Status update and Future activities under the current Contract; Mr. Francis updated the board about HDR project advances. Drilling activities were completed as of May 151h, Ms. Kristi Shaw with HDR is preparing a Technical Memo for board's approval before it is sent to TWDB. Mr. Francis updated the board on the financial side explaining that the final drilling program cost is estimated to be $ 700,000.00. ACTION: Discussion was had. No action was taken. DIRECTION: Mr. Van Vleck suggested to update Council through a memorandum when the project is completed with all the findings. Mr. Francis will give briefings to the Board upon each task completion at the regular scheduled meeting in lieu of scheduling City council briefings. (4) Discussion and possible action regarding creating and maintaining an operating budget and expense account for the District 07.26.18180726 Minutes Page 1 Mr. Francis explained to the board that since it is a special district there needs to be a separate budget for District financial activities. Martha Messer created a revenue and expenditures account. Mr. Francis proposed that the Board will need to approve expenses and revenues related to the District budget. ACTION: Motion was made by Mr. Fred Segundo for staff to present the District budget to the Board. The Motion was seconded by Board Member Dan McGinn. Ayes: Board members Tagliabue, Segundo, Van Vleck and McGinn Nays: None Martha Messer was asked to join the meeting. Ms. Messer explain to the Board how the budget and the grant administration will be managed. ACTION: Motion was made by Mr. Mark Van Vleck to adopt a fiscal year that matches City of Corpus Christi and ask staff to present a proposed budget for the Fiscal Year starting on October 1St, 2018. The Motion was seconded by Board Member Dan McGinn. Ayes: Board members Tagliabue, Segundo, Van Vleck and McGinn Nays: None (5) Discussion and possible action regarding creating a fee structure for processing well applications and permits ACTION: Discussion was had. No action was taken. DIRECTION: The Board requested staff to research what other districts are charging for application fees and present a recommendation to the board for next meeting. (6) Discussion and possible action regarding extending the District Boundaries and the legal implications ACTION: Discussion was had. No action was taken. DIRECTION: The Board requested staff to give a review presentation with the background of the aquifers within the District boundaries, including location, general depth, flow directions and boundaries for next meeting (7) Discussion and possible action regarding the current five-year plan and management plan and the future priorities of the District ACTION: Discussion was had. No action was taken. (8) Staff Announcements: 07.26.18180726 Minutes Page 2 Mr. Francis informed the Board that he was invited by American Ground Water Trust Annual Texas Groundwater Conference to present initial project status on the Corpus Christi's Aquifer project. (9) Director's Comment: Mr. Tagliabue informed the board about contamination of groundwater from military bases from PFAS and PFOA. NAS -CC tested positive and over the limit in four wells. (10) Public Comment: There was no public comment. (11) Date for next meeting and identify items to be placed on Agenda: The next meeting will be in November, date to be confirmed. This meeting was postponed to December 6, 2018. (12) Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 3:35 p.m. by a Motion by Board member Fred Segundo and seconded by Board member Mark Van Vleck. Ayes: Board members Segundo, Van Vleck, Ellington, Tagliabue and McGinn Nays: None Tom Tag6b6e, Secretary 07.26.16180726 Minutes Page 3