Lower Colorado Regional Water Planning Group Meeting

 

Wednesday, June 20^th, 2007

Aqua Water Supply Corporation

415 Old Austin Hwy.

Bastrop, Texas 78602

10:00 a.m.

 

Regular Meeting

(1.)              Call to Order – John Burke

 

(2.)              Welcome and Introductions – John Burke

 

(3.)              Attendance Report – Teresa Lutes, Secretary (5 minutes)

 

(4.)              Consent Agenda:  (5 minutes)

(a.)                          Approval of Minutes for the January 10^th, 2007 meeting.

(b.)                          Financial / Budget Report – Teresa Lutes / Mark Jordan

 

(5.)             Candidate’s presentation to the Board (10 minutes)

 

(6.)             Discuss and take action to elect new voting members. (10 minutes)

·        Electric Generating Utilities,

·        River Authorities

·         Public Interest.

 

(7.)              Discussion of the recent TWDB regional planning grant contract with LCRA on behalf of Region K – Bill Mullican, TWDB (10 minutes)

·         Approve requests of Administrative funding for reimbursement of authorized notice and travel expenses.  James Kowis, LCRA (5 minutes)

 

(8.)              Discussion of notification of each regional Water User Group of the water conservation assumptions made by the regional planning group in the last approved regional plan.  – James Kowis, LCRA (10 minutes)

 

(9.)              TWDB review of on-going LCRA-SAWS Water Project Groundwater Modeling efforts. – TWDB (20 minutes)

 

(10.)          Presentation and discussion on the recent Settlement Agreement by and Between the City of Austin and the LCRA Regarding Joint Water Management and the Resolution of Certain Regulatory Matters Pending at TCEQ (relating to Return Flows, Indirect Reuse and other matters) – Representatives from City of Austin and LCRA – Joe Beal, LCRA General Manager; and Laura Huffman, City of Austin Assistant City Manager  (approximately 45 minutes)

 

(11.)          Presentation and discussion on Discovering the Colorado:  A Vision for the Austin-Bastrop river Corridor – Kevin Anderson, Austin-Bastrop River Corridor Partnership

 

(12.)          New / Other Business (time permitting)

 

(13.)          Calendar

 

(14.)          Agenda Items for Next Meeting

 

(15.)          Public Comments – limit 3 minutes per person

 

(16.)          Adjourn