BRAZOS VALLEY GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Regular Board Meeting and Public Hearing
August 7th, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Brazos Valley Groundwater
Conservation District Office
112 West Third Street
Hearne, Texas 77859
1. Call meeting to order.
2. Pledge of Allegiance.
3. Discussion and possible action on the Minutes from the July 16th, 2008 Public Hearing and Regular Board Meeting.
4. Review and Authorization of payments made for services rendered during the month of July 2008.
5. Discussion and possible action to confirm that attorney Monique Norman will represent the BVCGD staff during the contested case hearing of Dr. Cliff Skiles.
6. Discussion and possible action on a contract with the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH), to conduct an administrative hearing before a quorum of the board for the contested case hearing of Dr. Cliff Skiles.
7. Discussion and possible action on contracting with Mary Sahs, an attorney with the firm of Carls, Mcdonald & alrymple, LLP to provide legal counsel to the Board during the contested case hearing for Dr. Cliff Skiles.
8. Public Hearing for the purpose of taking Public comment on the following Drilling/Operating Permit Application:
A. One well for Circle X Land & Cattle Company Ltd. The well will be located at 1415 East OSR, Bryan, TX., for atotal of 40 acre/feet per year for industrial use. The well will be located in the Queen City Aquifer.
9. Discussion and possible action on the above Drilling/Operating Permit Application.
10. Public Hearing on the District’s revocation, pursuant to District Rule 8.8 (6), and inclusion in a contested case hearing of the following Historic Use Permits:
A. Eight wells for the C. A. Skiles Family Partnership, Ltd. Two wells are located at Brazos Barton Farms, 4026 FM 1644, Hearne TX., and six wells are located at Goodland/Harlan Farms, North of FM 485, and West of Hwy 6 extending East of the Brazos River, Hearne TX. All eight wells are in the Simsboro Aquifer and total 20,481acre/feet per year for agricultural irrigation on 8,509 acres.
B.Fifty-five wells for Cliff A. Skiles Jr., D.V.M. Fifteen wells are located at Brazos Barton Farms, 4026 FM 1644, Hearne TX., and forty wells are located at Goodland/Harlan Farms, North of FM 485, and West of Hwy 6 extending East of the Brazos River, Hearne TX., for agricultural irrigation. All fifty-five wells are in the Brazos River Alluvium Aquifer, and total 27,481 acre/feet per year for agricultural irrigation on 8,509 acres.
11. Discussion and possible action on the District’s revocation, pursuant to District Rule 8.8 (6), and inclusion in a contested case hearing the above listed Historic Use Permits for the C.A. Skiles Family Partnership, Ltd. and Cliff A. Skiles Jr., D.V.M.
12. General Manager’s Report:
13. Legal Report:
14. Hear visitors:
15. Adjourn.
Signed this 4th day of August, 2008.
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Ralph D. Crum
The Board of Directors may meet in closed session, pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code §§ 551.071-551.076, to:
(1) consult with attorney
(2) deliberate regarding the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the District in negotiations with a third person;
(3) deliberate a negotiated contract for a prospective gift or donation to the District if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the District in negotiations with a third person;
(4) to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a Board member or District employee;
(5) to receive information from employees or question employees, but not deliberate public business or agency policy that affects public business; and
(6) to deliberate the deployment or specific occasions for implementation of security personnel or devices.
The Board may also meet in open session on these matters as required by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code § 551.102.
** Agenda items may be taken out of order at the discretion of the Board Chairman