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02-10-2011 SSLGCMINUTES OF THE SCHERTZ/SEGUIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF GUADALUPE § SCHERTZ/SEGUIN LOCAL § GOVERNMENT CORPORATION § On this the 10th day of February, 2011, the Schertz/Seguin Local Government Corporation (SSLGC) convened at 1:38 p.m. in the City of Seguin Council Chambers located at 210 E. Gonzales, Seguin, Texas. The following members being present and in attendance: Ken Greenwald Robin Dwyer Jim Wolverton Andrew Koenig Kerry Koehler Betty Ann Matthies President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Director Ex-Officio and the following director being absent: Hal Baldwin Ex-Officio 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 Doug Faseler Don Taylor Johnny Bierschwale Susan Caddell Shawn Shimek Emery Gallagher Sam Willoughby Patrick Lindner Bill Klemt John Winkler Crockett Camp Georgia Hanks General Manager City Manager of Seguin City Manager of Schertz Assistant City Manager of Schertz Finance Director of Seguin Water System Superintendent Seguin Water Utility Manager Schertz Public Works Director Legal COU11sel (Davidson & Troilo) Hydrologist Consultant Consultant (Walker Partners) Consultant/Project Manager Administrative Assistant The first order of business was the Calling of the Meeting to Order. President Ken Greenwald called the meeting to order at 1:38 p.m. The second order of business was Public Comment. Mayor Betty Ann Matthies introduced SSLGC's newest board member, Mr. Kerry Koehler. He was selected by the Seguin City Council to replace SSLGC Board Director and Secretary Patricia Ramirez. Ms. Ramirez had recently resigned due to her move out of the Schertz city limits. Seguin's City Council unanimously approved Mr. Koehler's appointment at. their January 18, 2011 City Council Meeting. Mr. Koeher is active in several civic organizations in Seguin and is the owner of Westerholm-Koehler Insurance Agency. The third order of business was Election of Officers -Ken Greenwald, Board President. General Counsel Patrick Lindner advised board members they could nominate and elect a secretary to fill the vacant position or at their discretion nominate and elect a whole new slate of officers. Vice-President Robin Dwyer made a motion to fill the vacant position of secretary only. Director Jim Wolverton seconded the motion. Upon a vote being called, the motion carried by unanimous decision. Treasurer Andrew Koenig made a motion to nominate Jim Wolverton as secretary of SSLGC's board of directors. Vice-President Dwyer seconded the motion. Upon a vote being called, the motion carried by unanimous decision. SSLGC's slate of officers is as follows: (the only change being the position of secretary) President - Vice-President- Secretary - Treasurer - Ken Greenwald Robin Dwyer Jim Wolverton Andrew Koenig The fourth order of business was Oil ~i Gas Leasing Program Implementation -Attorney Bill Knobles. At the advice of General Counsel Patrick Lindner, President Greenwald deferred Agenda Item #4 to Executive Session. Board members would proceed with Agenda Item #5 through Item #13 and return to Agenda Item #4 after executive session. The fifth order of business was Anuroval of the Minutes for the Board Meeting held on January 13, 2011. Secretary Wolverton made a motion to approve the January 13, 2011 minutes as written. Treasurer Koenig seconded the motion. Upon a vote being called, the motion carried by unanimous decision. The sixth 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 added the following items to his written report: • Mr. Cockerell announced that SSLGC Administrative Assistant Georgia Hanks had submitted her resignation and her last day would be March 4, 2011. He added that the process of interviewing for the position had begun and hopefully, the position would be filled by March 4th. If not, Ms. Hanks would stay long enough to ensure a smooth transition for a new employee. • Water Production Seasonal pumping and monthly water sales charts were included in the board agenda packets. Water production for the month of January 2011 was at 53.6% of Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation District's (GCUWCD) monthly allowable. Mr. Cockerell noted that water pumpage for the City of Schertz was abnormally low. Schertz Public Works Director Sam Willoughby has been notified. He is in the process of determining whether or not water meters are performing accurately. If necessary, adjustments will be made on the City of Schertz February water statement. • GCUWCD General Manager Cockerell attended the monthly meeting on February 8, 2010. A copy of the agenda was handed out to board members. Mr. Cockerell added the following comments regarding the agenda items to his written report: o Agenda Item #7. GCUWCD Director Link Benson requested an extension to complete installation of his irrigation well and was granted a 120 day extension. o Agenda Item #8. The City of Smiley requested to re-equip its well #3 from 200 gpm to 400 gpm and the request was approved. o GCUWCD has received contested case hearings for the following outstanding permit applications: 19 for Hays Caldwell, 11 for Canyon Regional Water Authority (CRWA) and 37 for Texas Water Association. Presently, contested case hearings have not been ordered and GCUWCD is considering a workshop in order for each of the three producers to present an overview of its project. The workshop would provide GCUWCD directors and the public an opportunity to better understand each project. Notifications will be sent to all who requested contested case hearings so that they may attend the workshop. o GCUWCD approved five companies to work on wells for the Western Mitigation Fund. The companies will charge a standard rate authorized by GCUWCD. A part-time manager for the Western Mitigation Fund should be selected within the next few months. 3 ® Guadalupe County Groundwater Conservation District (GCGCD) In the future, GCGCD plans to hold quarterly meetings. The next scheduled meeting is March 10, 2011. A copy of the schedule was included in the board agenda packets. Mr. Cockerell added that CRWA had submitted a petition to appeal approval of "Desired Future Conditions" adopted by GMA-13. ® Region L A copy of Region L's February 3, 2011 agenda was included in the board agenda packets. Mr. Cockerell added the following: o Previous officers were re-elected. o Three vacant positions were filled. GCUWCD General Manager Greg Sengelmann and EAA General Manager Carl Dreher were appointed for the water district positions and Hays County Commissioner Will Conley was appointed to the county position. Thirteen positions will be open later in the year and solicitation for these positions will begin in May. o Executive director Kevin Ward of the Texas Water Development Board has resigned and an interim executive director has been appointed. Managed Available Groundwater statistics (MAG's) will be available later in the year. Total pumping amounts, including exempt amounts, will be provided to each underground water district. A public meeting will be scheduled in conjunction with the May St" meeting to solicit input for the next regional planning cycle. SSLGC's Guadalupe County project is included in the regional plan, but the possibility of its Wilson County project is not. SSLGC plans to work and develop more of the Wilson County project and include it in the next planning cycle. Discussion was held at the meeting regarding proposed legislation regarding groundwater. Senator Frazier's bill pertaining to water rights and how they are associated with property rights has created much debate. The EAA has its own legislation, but utilizes legislation from Chapter 36 of the Water Development Code. The organization plans to move legislation from Chapter 36 to an EAA bill. The seventh order of business was Banking Services Contract -Susan Caddell, Finance Director and Alan Cockerell, General Manager. Ms: Caddell reported that she had submitted "request for proposals" (RFP's) for a banking services contract to various banking organizations within the city for the City of Seguin, Seguin Economic Development Corporation and SSLGC as required every five years by the Texas Local Government Code, Section 105.107. Three responses were received, but two actually responded to the RFP, American Bank of Texas; N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank and Trust.' After presentations were made by American Bank of Texas and Wells Fargo Bank and Trust, a 4 committee comprised of the assistant city manager, director of finance, assistant director of finance, bookkeeper, director of economic development and general manager of SSLGC, selected Wells Fargo for the banking services contract. An analysis of the banking services contract for SSLGC was included in the board agenda packets. It included a comparison of the two banks and their respective services. Mrs. Caddell and staff requested approval of the banking services contract with Wells Fargo Bank and Trust. Secretary Wolverton made a motion to accept the recommendation of Mrs. Caddell and staff to proceed with a banking services contract with Well Fargo Bank and Trust. Treasurer Koenig seconded the motion. Upon a vote being called, the motion carried by unanimous decision. The eighth order of business was Water Level Measurements for Gonzales County -Bill Klemt, Hydrologist 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 January 5 and 6, 2011, by Mr. Klemt, General Manager Cockerell and GCUWCD General Manager Greg Sengelmann. Mr. Klemt referred to several figures of maps in his report which show location of wells measured (Figure 1), Canizo water- level drawdowns for the period August-September/02 to January 2011 (Figure 2), and altitude of Carrizo water levels, January 2011 (Figure 3). The four Carrizo wells which are located within SSLGC's well field area, SSLGC (#18), Wilson (#19}, SSLGC (#22) and SSLGC (#23), had an average annual water-level decline for the period August-September/02 to January 2011 of approximately 22 ft. The largest measured decline (32.0 ft) was obtained from well #18. The other three wells had declines ranging from approximately 17 to 21 ft. With regard to the above four wells, for the period January 2010 to January 2011, the average water-level rise was approximately 0.4 ft. The average water level decline of 45 wells measured during January 2010 and January 2011 was approximately 0.3 _ft. Most of these are artesian wells. Wells (#'s 1, 8a and 13) which are in the water-table (outcrop) portion of the aquifer indicate the average water level decline is approximately 0.8 ft. during the period January 2010 to January 2011. There appears to be very little change of water levels in the vicinity of the SSLGC well field and in southwest Gonzales County where the aquifer is under artesian conditions for the period January 2010 to January 2011. Water levels are declining modestly in the outcrop in order to support Carrizo artesian withdrawals in the down- dip areas. Mr. Klemt noted that the average water level rise for Queen City wells (#'s 18c, l8e and 23e) in .the vicinity of SSLGC's well field for the period January 2010 to January 2011 is about 0.2 ft. As of January 2011, water levels in the Carrizo were approximately 20 feet below that of the Queen City in the vicinity of the SSLGC well field. Prior to Aug-Sept/02, water. levels in the s Carrizo were above those of the Queen City. Water levels in the Sparta well (15h) indicate a water level rise of 0.6 ft. for the one year period. Mr. Klemt reported that HDR's 2005 GAM and SCCS study and the Texas Water Development Board's Carrizo GAM studies are model studies of the Carrizo in the SSLGC area of interest. These studies. use average annual estimates of pumpage and recharge in order to predict annual water level draw downs. With respect to modeling and measured water-level data, there is some agreement as to declining water levels due to pumpage. However, with regard to leakage, measured water levels do not support the leakage assumptions which are built into both the GAM and SCCS models. Mr. Klemt reported that in his opinion, based on water levels measured in the Carrizo and Queen City aquifers in southwestern Gonzales County since the year 2000, the aquifers continue to perform as predicted as a result of pumpage from the SSLGC well field. The ninth order of business was Legislative Update -Jack Fickessen; Legislative Consultant. Mr. Cockerell stated that a list of Texas Senate Committees for the 82"d Legislature had been included in the board agenda packets. A list of Natural Resources Committee appointments was handed out to board members. Mr. Fickessen provided a brief summary of events currently taking place in Austin which included discussions of the budget deficit and redistricting. The tenth order of business was Gonzales County Lx~ansion Proiect -Alan Cockerell, General 1Vlanager. Mr. Cockerell requested approval of two change orders which were submitted by Harris Road Company. He explained that change order #1 is due to a change in route of the access road to the treatment plant. It involves timing and no cost is involved. Change order #2 is for improvements to CR114 and clearing of the surge tank location with an increase in costs of $145,423.99. Secretary Wolverton made a motion to approve Harris Road Company's change order #1. Treasurer Koenig seconded the motion. Upon a vote being called, the motion carried by unanimous decision. Vice-President Dwyer made a motion to approve Harris Road Company's change order #2 with an increase in costs of $145,423.99. Secretary Wolverton seconded the motion. Upon a vote being called, the motion carried by unanimous decision. Mr. Cockerell continued with an updated status report on the Gonzales County expansion project: o The pumping tests on well #10 are complete. Three wells are drilled and pumping tests complete. _ Test results on all three wells are good. o Drilling is complete on well #11. After a log was performed at what was believed to be a sufficient depth, a decision was made to drill deeper to get past a Carrizo sand package and a uranium layer. Another log was performed the morning of the meeting in progress and results were good. o Road and pipeline construction is progressing as expected. The eleventh order of business was Formation of Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation -Crockett Camp, Consultant/Proiect Manager. In Mr. Camp's absence, General Manager Cockerell provided board members with a brief status report on the Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation (CVLGC). A meeting was held February 8, 2011. Five cities are committed to the project: Schertz, Seguin, Cibolo, Converse and Selma. Schertz, Cibolo and Converse have selected directors for the new corporation. Seguin and Selma are in the process. Staggering four-year terms have been established for directors. An organizational meeting of CVLGC will be scheduled soon and Mr. Cockerell will continue to keep board members informed of its progress. The twelfth order of business was SAWS Capacity Reservation Fee -Alan Cockerell, General Manager. President Greenwald gave a brief overview of the press conference for the contract signing between SSLGC and SAWS. Mr. Cockerell referred to a presentation by SAWS Manager of Engineering and Water Resources Gary Guy and an article referring to the SAWS' Carrizo Aquifer Deal in the San Antonio Exp~•ess News. Both provided highlights of the affiliation between SAWS and SSLGC. Mr. Cockerell reported that SAWS would be paying a capacity reservation fee of $538,000, due in two equal payments on. March 1 and October 1. In review, Mr. Cockerell stated that when SAWS begins taking water it will pay a similar amount which will be applied to debt service in order to reduce the debt service to each city. He added that both the cities of Schertz and Seguin have requested to receive this initial capacity reservation fee from SSLGC as a refund for monies provided for the Corporation at the beginning of the SSLGC project. He requested direction from the Board. Secretary Wolverton made a motion to split the $538,000 capacity reservation fee from SAWS evenly between the City of Schertz and City of Seguin. Vice-President Dwyer seconded the motion. Upon a vote being called, the motion carried by unanimous decision. Before going into executive session, Counsel Bill Knobles introduced two ~°epresentatives for RAMBAR Industries, Ms. Brittany Wagener and Mr. Adolfo Campero, Jr. with Campero and Associates, P. C. President Greenwald closed General Session at 2:25 p.m. The thirteenth order of business was Executive Session called under Chapter 551 Government Code, Section 551.071, to seek the Advice of its Attorney on Leal Matters and Section 551.072, for Deliberations Regarding Real Estate. President Greenwald opened Executive Session at 2:35 p.m. Executive Session was held from 2:35 p.m. unti13:00 p.m. The fourteenth order of business was to Consider and Take Action as a result of Agenda Item Thirteen. President Greenwald opened General Session at 3:00 p.m. . As a result of Executive Session: Agenda Item # 4 Counsel Bill Knobles requested approval of oil and gas leases with RAMBAR Industries for 21 individual SSLGC properties and separate escrow agreements concerning each tract of land along with memorandums to be filed for record. Vice-President Dwyer made a motion to approve an oil and gas lease and escrow agreement #1, an excess water purchase agreement, and authorize the executive committee to make any needed changes toward negotiated addendums to the excess water purchase agreement. Treasurer Wolverton seconded the motion. Befog°e a vote was taken, Counsel Knobles requested a change to the motion. Vice-President Dwyer amended his motion to approve each individual oil and gas lease and separate escrow agreement concerning each individual tract of real property in Gonzales County which is the subject of the agreement to the parties and reflected in the summary of mineral ownership report along with memorandums to be filed for record. Secretary Wolverton seconded the motion. Upon a vote being called, the motion carried by unanimous decision. The fifteenth order of business was Consideration and/or Action on Questions and Possible Items to be placed on the Next Agenda. Mr. Cockerell reminded board members that the regularly scheduled March 17th board meeting would be held during Spring Break and asked if anyone was interested in moving the meeting up one week to March 10th. After discussion, all agreed to keep the March 17th date. No additional discussion was held. The next regular board meeting was scheduled March 17, 2011, at 1:30 p.m. in Schertz, Texas. The sixteenth order of business was Adjournment. President Greenwald declared the meeting adjourned at 3:07 p.m. MINUTES APPROVED THIS ~ DAY OF ~!~/~C -~ , 2011. i~ im O. Wolverton Secretary, Board of Directors