File #: AI 13-1321    Version: Name: Comal Springs Conservation Center
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 6/29/2016 In control: Board of Directors
On agenda: 7/12/2016 Final action: 7/12/2016
Title: Consider recommendation from the Executive Committee to approve an interlocal contract between the EAA and New Braunfels Utilities for construction of Phase 1 of the Comal Springs Conservation Center, in an amount not to exceed $540,000.
Attachments: 1. 16-XXX-EX NBU Const Phase I Comal Springs Conservation Ctr, 2. 16-806-EX NBU Const Phase I Comal Springs Conservation Ctr-DF Sign (Brd Packet), 3. RO - Comal Springs Conservation Center - 07-16-847
Title
Consider recommendation from the Executive Committee to approve an interlocal contract between the EAA and New Braunfels Utilities for construction of Phase 1 of the Comal Springs Conservation Center, in an amount not to exceed $540,000.

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RECOMMENDED MOTION:

Move the board adopt Resolution and Order No. 07-16-847 of the Edwards Aquifer Authority Board of Directors approving an interlocal contract between the EAA and New Braunfels Utilities, for construction of Phase 1 of the Comal Springs Conservation Center, in an amount not to exceed $540,000, for the period July 13, 2016, through January 31, 2018, and authorizing the General Manager to execute the contract.


SUMMARY:

The purpose of this agenda item is for the board to consider an Executive Committee recommendation to approve an interlocal contract between the EAA and New Braunfels Utilities (NBU), for construction of Phase 1 of the Comal Springs Conservation Center, in an amount not to exceed $540,000, for the period July 13, 2016, through January 31, 2018. In July 2014, the EAA and NBU approved a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) to fulfill a commitment made by the EAA board in 2011. At the special board meeting held December 28, 2011, the board adopted Resolution and Order No. 12-11-673, which directed “the General Manager to take all appropriate actions that will benefit effective implementation of the [Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan (EAHCP)] and result in a net revenue neutral impact on these entities…,” applied to the City of New Braunfels, by and through its New Braunfels Utilities (NBU), the City of San Marcos, and Texas State University. The interlocal contract being considered here formalizes the agreement between the EAA, the City, and Texas State.

Comal Springs Conservation Center
Located near Blieders Creek and the head of Comal Spring Run 4, NBU’s 13- acre Klingemann Property was used for vehicle fleet and inventory storage from 1940 until 2004. NBU is set to begi...

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