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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery Conservation District - 02/19/2024 CORPUS CHRISTI WATER REGULAR MEETINGMINUTES OF THE Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage & Recovery Conservation District (CCASRCD) Monday, February 19, 2024 Choke Canyon Conf Rm The Board of Directors of the Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery Conservation District met in regular session at Corpus Christi Water, 2726 Holly Rd, Corpus Christi, Texas, with the following in attendance: Members:In Attendance: (non-members) Dan McGinn, PresidentMaria Corona, Administrator, Water Resources Jeff Edmonds(Virtual), SecretaryBelinda Balderas, Water Resources Drew Molly (Virtual), Vice PresidentDaisy Fuentes, Water Resources Nick Winkelmann, At-Large Tyler Miller (Virtual), At-Large Esteban (Steve) Ramos,Manager (1)Call Meeting to Order The meeting was called to order by President, Dan McGinnat 10:33 am.The roll was called. Aquorum was presentto conduct the meeting. (2) Public Comment: No Public Comment (3) Review and Approval of minutes of the September 11, 2023Regular Meeting ACTION:A motion was made by Jeff Edmonds to approve the minutes of the September 11, 2023,meeting. Nick Winkelmannseconded the motion.The Vote: Minutes Approved (4) Election of Officers: For President, Vice President and Secretary DISCUSSION:A motion was made by Nick Winkelmann to nominate Dan McGinn. A second was made by Jeff Edmonds. The Vote: Nomination Approved. A motion was made by Jeff Edmonds to nominate Drew Molly for Vice President. A second by Nick Winkelmann. The Vote: Nomination Approved. A motion was made Jeff Edmondsto nominate Jeff Edmonds for Secretary. A second by Nick Winkelmann. The Vote: Nomination Approved. (5) UpdatePublicOfficialBondApplications: NEW MEMBERS NEED TO BE BONDED DISCUSSION:Steve Ramos,the District’s Manager gave an update toinform the Board that the new members need to be bonded and turned it over to Belinda Balderas,WRS. Belinda informed the Board that Drew Molly, Nick Winkelmann,and Tyler Miller will need to sign their applications. Belinda stated that arrangements would be made on both Drew’s and Tyler’s applications to get them to sign. Furthermore, Belinda stated that Dan and Jeff are both fully bonded. (6) Discussion: ASR Ideas DISCUSSION: The District Manager, Steve Ramos, informed the Board that CCW is working with Garver on a pilot plant that is planned at the Greenwood location. There is a Scope of Work. It is a good opportunity to get a device that filters through RO and goes back into the ASR system. Nick W: Are we waiting on something from Garver? Drew M: The ball is in our court. He stated that a follow-up meeting should be set up with Garver. Stated this is a no-brainer. A win/win for both parties. New technology. No cost, but a lot of value. Affluent water at Greenwood and Allison plants. Can generate good data. There may be a cost for the data. But should collect it now, as once contact TCEQ, may have to provide and we will already have it. Will require very little treatment, maybe only chlorination. Steve R: Garver has a work plan, we just need to finalize it. We need to explain to TCEQ that it is not going to be used for public consumption. We will store it in ASR and use it for Industrial once there is enough in storage. Nick W: Greenwood is rated for 8. HDR has already completed an Injection Well Study. (7) Discussion: Desalination Updates DISCUSSION: Steve Ramos informed the Board that the desal project is moving along th well. We have a public meeting scheduled for April 18at the American Bank Center. th The core permit closed on the 16. Discharge permit with TCEQ. Begin doing outreach with the Leadership team and CCW. Trying to do a better job of educating our City Leaders. Steve will share more information with them. Drew M: This (Public Meeting) is a big deal. Will probably have media coverage. Some people are not happy. It will get a lot of attention. It will help the City to develop a drought-proof water supply. We are asking folks to voice their opinions. CCW will utilize monthly All Hands meetings to educate our folks. We will provide them with the date and time. A lot of people are opposing it. (8) Discussion: Evangeline Updates DISCUSSION: Steve Ramos provided an update on the Evangeline project. We are speaking with a groundwater entity and going over term sheets, the impact on our ratepayers, and water quality. A cost analysis – quality and quantity. 24 mgd available. But we will not take it all. We will phase it. The Executive Leadership Team is in thth negotiations. Nick W: We will be receiving water samples on the 28 or 29. Dan M: Do they have a District that needs to be informed? Steve R: Yes, San Patricio, there to make sure all regulatory requirements are in order. (9) Staff Announcements: Steve Ramos thanks Board members for attending. Advised we plan to meet quarterly. He reminded them that we would be sending Bond Applications. Legal, Jackie Bazan arrived after the meeting adjourned as was given the wrong meeting time. She introduced herself to everyone and informed the team that she would be working on a lot of CCW items along with Janet. The Board introduced themselves to her. (10) Adjournment: There being no further business to discuss, President, Dan MGinn adjourned the meeting at 10:56 am.