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Consider recommendation from the Permits/Enforcement Committee to approve leases of permitted Edwards groundwater rights with Texas By Anderson Family Properties, LP; CHARLESHANER LP, a Texas Limited Partnership; Kelling Farms Ltd. & Kelling Trust; Linda Susan Mechler and Carol Jean Mechler, Individually; Alamo Concrete Products Company; Harlach Farms; East Medina County Special Utility District; Deborah Ann Benke; Malcolm R. Vogt Testamentary Trust, Gail Kluth, Trustee; W. Michael Humphreys and Candace P. Humphreys; Malvern J. Benke and Deborah Keller Benke, husband and wife; William L. Bippert; Roy M. Kothmann and Carol C. Kothmann; Cynthia A. Keller; Lena Jo Davenport, as Trustee of the Lena Jo Davenport Revocable Trust; and Virginia A. Swart for the Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project of the San Antonio Water System, in support of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan, in the total amount of $1,173,324.00.
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RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move the board adopt Resolution and Order No. 02-16-834 of the Edwards Aquifer Authority Board of Directors to approve leases of permitted Edwards groundwater rights from the permit holders as listed herein, to the EAA for the Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project of the San Antonio Water System in support of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan, and authorizing the General Manager to execute the leases.
SUMMARY:
The purpose of this agenda item is for the board to consider a Permits/Enforcement Committee recommendation to approve leases of permitted Edwards groundwater rights for the Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Project of the San Antonio Water System 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 as a conservation and springflow protect...
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