HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage And Recovery Conservation District - 04/02/2009 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF
CORPUS CHRISTI AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY
CONSERVATION DISTRICT
April 2, 2009
The Board of Directors of the Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery Conservation
District, Nueces County, Texas, met in regular session on Thursday, April 2, 2009, in the Legal
Conference Room. 1201 Leopard Street, Corpus Christi, Texas, with the following in
attendance:
Members: in Attendance: (non-members)
Oscar Martinez Jay Reining, First Assistant City Attorney, City of Corpus Christi
Margie Rose Katrina Newsom, Water Resources Planner, City of Corpus Christi
Gustavo Gonzalez Jeannie Holland, recorder
Fred Segundo
Absent:
Rudy Garza
`Angel Escobar
(1) Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by Board Vice-Chair Margie Rose at 1:40
p.m. A quorum was present. Board Chair Oscar Martinez arrived at 1:50 p.m.
(2) Minutes: The minutes of the January 9, 2009 meeting were reviewed. Motion was made
by Board Member Gonzalez for approval of the minutes. Board Member Segundo seconded
the motion:
Ayes: Board Members Gonzalez, Segundo and Rose
Nays: None
The motion carried.
(3) Discussion of Long Term Water Supply
Board member Gustavo Gonzalez reported that in developing water strategy for the City, ASR is
one component of that plan. Objectives for underground water storage are being addressed.
There is a steel plant locally that uses 10,000 (feet) annually, and if Las Brisas comes in, it will
be rasing 20,000 (feet) annually. Other components of the plan would include desal and
brackish desal. Board member Gonzalez plans to have an internal presentation (i.e., Power
Point) at the next meeting in July or in October. Attorney Reining advised that Nueces County
#4 introduced a Bill into this legislature regarding overlap and Corpus Christi's venue needs to
be clearly defined. Groups that may have maps and other reference information are Water
Advisory Board, Regional Water Planning, TCEQ group, the City's Water Resources Advisory
Board. Chair Martinez suggested a staff planning group meeting, possibly consisting of Board
member Gonzalez, Martha Messer and someone from Engineering.
(4) Discussion and possible action regarding contracts for preparation of the Annual
Report
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It was reported that our Annual Report is due October 31, 2009. Board member Gonzalez
reported that most of that will be done in-house. Katrina has talked with Stefan Schuster about
their database. There is a balance owing to Stefan of about $4,940 and they will work with
Stefan on executing a contract for $15,000 to $20,000 annual retainer for assistance in
preparing documents. The Motion made and approved at the January 9, 2009 meeting, 'for
authority to proceed to hire a professional firm from proposals submitted by the firms. Their
work will be approved by the ACM Public Works and Utilities and the Director of Water
Operations" will be clarified.
(5) Discussion of rules for future adoption
Katrina will prepare draft Rules which will be provided at the next meeting.
(6) Report on the GMA 15 meeting in Victoria, Texas March 26
Katrina Newsom reported on her attendance at the GMA 15 meeting.
(7) Next Meeting time.
The next regularly scheduled meeting is Thursday, July 2, 2009. However, due to conflicts, the
meeting will be re-scheduled for Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. in the Legal Conference
Room.
(8) Public Comment
There was no public comment
(9) Adjournment
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:40 p.m.
Fred Segundo, Secretary
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