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SSLGC 10-15-2009MINUTES OF THE SCHERTZ-SEGUIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF GUADALUPE § SCHERTZ-SEGUIN LOCAL § GOVERNMENT CORPORATION § On this the 15th day of October, 2009, the Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation (SSLGC) convened at 1:35 p.m. in the City of Seguin Council Chambers located at 210 E. Gonzales, Seguin, Texas. The following members being present and in attendance: Sydney Bauer President Patricia Ramirez Vice-President Robin Dwyer Secretary Andrew Koenig Director Betty Ann Matthies Ex-Officio and the following directors being absent: Hal Baldwin Ex-Officio Jim Wolverton Treasurer constituting a majority of the persons appointed to the Board and a quorum for the transaction of business, and notice of such meeting having been duly given in accordance with the provisions of Texas law. Also in attendance were: Alan Cockerell Don Taylor Doug Faseler Bob Cantu Susan Caddell Emery Gallagher Georgia Hanks Shawn Shimek Patrick Lindner Bill Klemt John Winkler General Manager City Manager of Schertz City Manager of Seguin Schertz Assistant to City Manager Finance Director of Seguin Seguin Water Utility Manager Administrative Assistant Water System Superintendent Legal COllllsel (Davidson & Troilo) Hydrologist Consultant COriSUltant (Walker Partners) The first order of business was the calling of the meeting to order. President Sydney Bauer called the meeting to order at 1:35 p.m. i The second order of business was public comment. No one addressed the Board during public comment. The third order of business was approval of the minutes for the board meeting held on September 17, 2009, and for the Special Called Meeting held on September 28, 2009. Secretary Robin Dwyer made a motion to approve the September 17, 2009 minutes as written. Director Andrew Koenig seconded the motion. Upon a vote being called, the motion carried by unanimous decision. Vice-President Patricia Ramirez made a motion to approve the September 28, 2009 minutes as written. Director Koenig seconded the motion. Upon a vote being called, the motion carried by unanimous decision. The fourth order of business was presentation of the General Manager's Report -Alan Cockerell, General Manager. General Manager Alan Cockerell's written report was included in the board agenda packets. He highlighted the following items in his report: • Water Production Water pumpage for the month of September was 83% of SSLGC's monthly allowable as mandated by the Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation District (GCUWCD). Water production for the month was indicative of a month with rainfall and followed the seasonal trend. • Groundwater Management Area 13 (GMA-13) Mr. Cockerell attended a GMA-13 meeting on September 18, 2009. Members provided preliminary information on "Desired Future Conditions" (DFC's) for each of their respective districts. Another preliminary model run will be conducted using these DFC's before another meeting is scheduled. • GCUWCD Mr. Cockerell called attention to GCUWCD's October 13,.2009 meeting agenda which he handed out to board members. He highlighted the following activities at the meeting: Agenda Item #6. Discussion was held regarding Canyon Regional Water Authority's permit applications, however, no action was taken. Board members indicated that action may be taken at the District's next regular meeting. Agenda Item #8. A resolution for a moratorium on receipt of new permit applications pending revision of District rules was adopted. Discussion was held regarding "Public Comment" which was held at the end of the meeting. Several attendees would have preferred to have "Public Comment" at the beginning of the meeting before board members took action on this agenda item. Also, a the period of time " 3 to 4 months" was referred to as a short period of time and several attendees did not consider it a short period of time. Mr. Cockerell noted that the adopted resolution only concerns new permit applications and does not affect the Corporation's pending permit applications. Agenda Item #9. This agenda item was executive session to discuss legal issues concerning SSLGC's Writ of Mandamus. No discussion was held and no action was taken as a result of executive session. Mr. Cockerell stated that General Counsel for the Corporation Patrick Lindner would provide an update of the Writ of Mandamus in SSLGC's executive session at the meeting in progress. Agenda Item #11. This agenda item, Greg Sengelmann's manager's report, was included in the handout. In his report he outlined the District's proposed DFC's which were presented at the GMA-13 meeting in Pleasanton on September 18, 2009. The DFC's were consistent with the District's management plan. On the second page of Mr. Sengelmann's report he outlined guidelines given by the Texas Water Development Board to assist groundwater districts in developing DFC's. Also included in the GCUWCD handout were graphs showing Greg Sengelmann's plotting of drawdowns for various wells which are monitored by the District. Mr. Cockerell added that Bill Klemt's presentation later during the meeting in progress would demonstrate the same information in a different format. Also, at the District meeting Mr. Sengelmann invited those interested to accompany Mr. Klemt, Mr. Cockerell and himself when water level measurements are taken. Operations Report General Manager Cockerell reported that presently all of the Corporation's wells are in operation. Well #4 had been shut down in order to replace a flow meter with a spare rebuilt flow meter. He added that the Corporation has one spare flow meter for well #'s 1 - 6, but does not have one for well #'s 7 and 8. He plans to research the time frame and price involved when refurbishing flow meters versus purchasing new ones. The fifth order of business was Water Level Measurements for Gonzales County -Sill HIemt, Hydrolo~ist Consultant. Mr. Klemt's written report on water level measurements for Gonzales County was included in the board agenda packets. He summarized his report as follows: . Carrizo water levels were measured in water-level observation wells which are located in the vicinity of SSLGC's well field on September 2 and 3, 2009, by Mr. Klemt, General Manager Cockerell and GCUWCD General Manager Greg Sengelmann. Mr. Klemt referred to several maps in his report which showed location of wells measured, altitude of Carrizo water levels, Carrizo water level drawdowns for the period August-September/02 to June/09 and Carrizo water-level drawdowns for the period January/09 to September/09. The four Carrizo wells which are located within SSLGC's well field area have an average water-level decline of about 39 ft for the period August-September/02 to September/09. The average annual water-level decline for the same period is approximately 5.6 ft per year. For the period August- September/02 to September/08, the average water-level decline and average water-level decline per year was 31 ft and 5.2 ft, respectively. The dry summer of 2009 ground-water demands resulted in generally higher than normal water-level declines. Water levels in the Carrizo (#18) and three Queen City water wells were measured in September 2009. These wells are located within SSLGC's well field and are close together. The table Mr. Klemt provided indicates that pumpage from SSLGC's Carrizo well field has little or no effect on water levels in the Queen City Aquifer. Mr. Klemt compared HDR's 2005 GAM simulated water-level drawdowns which should be about 45 feet at this time with SSLGC's average measured August-September/02 to September 2009 water-level drawdowns of approximately 39 feet. He reported that actual purnpage from the well field is about 10 - 15 percent less than simulated pumpage which in theory would reduce simulated drawdowns to about 39 - 40 feet and indicates simulated and measured water-level drawdowns are in agreement. Mr. Klemt reported that in his opinion based on water levels measured in the Carrizo and Queen City aquifers since the year 2000 in southwestern Gonzales County, the aquifers continue to perform as predicted as a result of pumpage from the SSLGC well field. The sixth order of business was Guadalupe County Expansion Project -Alan Cockerell, General Manager. Mr. Cockerell reported that John Winkler with Walker Partners continues to work on design and construction plans for the Guadalupe County expansion project. Final designs should be completed before the end of the year. The seventh order of business was Gonzales County Expansion Project -Alan Cockerell, General Manager. President Bauer deferred agenda item seven to Executive Session. PNesident Bauer closed General Session at 2:25 p. m. The eighth order of business was Executive Session called under Chapter 551 Government Code, Subsection 551.071, to seek the advice of its attorney on legal matters relating to the Board of Director's rights and liabilities under certain contracts, Section 551.072, to deliberate the purchase of and/or sale of certain real estate and Section 551.074, for deliberations regarding a specific officer or employee. President Bauer opened Executive Session at 2: 34 p. m. Executive Session was held fi°om 2: 34 p. m. to 3:32 p. m. The ninth order of business was to consider and take action as a result of Agenda Item Ei~ht• President Bauer reopened General Session at 3:32 p. m. No action was taken as a result of Executive Session The tenth order of business was Consideration and/or Action on questions and possible items to be placed on the next agenda. No additional discussion was held. The next regular board meeting was scheduled November 19, 2009, at 1:30 p.m. in Schertz, Texas. The eleventh order of business was adjournment. President Bauer declared the meeting adjourned at 3:33 p.m. MINUTES APPROVED THIS ~ 4/l. DAY OF ©~I~i{~R~~. , 2009. Robin Dv~ Secretary s