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Consider recommendation from the Permits/Enforcement Committee to approve ASR springflow protection program forbearance agreements with Cecile Tindall Graham; Dan Kinsel Trustee of the DL Kinsel Family Trust; Bishop Farms, LTD. & KWB Management, L.L.C.; Oblate School of Theology, a Texas Non-Profit Corporation; Suzanne E. Turk; and Thomas O. Persyn for the Aquifer Storage and Recovery Forbearance Program, in support of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan, in the total amount of $267,157.20.
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RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move the board approve springflow protection program forbearance agreements with: (1) Cecile Tindall Graham; (2) Dan Kinsel, Trustee of the DL Kinsel Family Trust; (3) Bishop Farms, LTD. & KWB Management, L.L.C.; (4) Oblate School of Theology, a Texas Non-Profit Corporation; (5) Suzanne E. Turk; and (6) Thomas O. Persyn with the EAA for the Aquifer Storage and Recovery Program in support of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan and authorize the General Manager to execute the agreement.
SUMMARY:
The purpose of this agenda item is for the board to consider a Permits/Enforcement Committee recommendation to approve springflow protection program forbearance agreement for the Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Program in support of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan (EAHCP). The EAHCP includes several measures intended to minimize and mitigate the impact of the use of Edwards groundwater on federally-listed threatened and endangered species associated with the Edwards Aquifer. A significant component of the EAHCP is the use of the ASR Project of the San Antonio Water System as a long-term conservation measure to: (1) offset SAWS pumping from the Edwards Aquifer; and (2) help maintain minimum spring flow at Comal and San Marcos Springs. Through this partnership effort, the EAA has been tasked with acquiring 50,000 acre-feet of permitted Edwards Aquifer groundwater rights through leases and forbearance agreements. ...
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