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Consider recommendation from the Permits/Enforcement Committee to approve ASR springflow protection program forbearance agreements with William Cecil Reagan, Jr., individually, and Trustee William Cecil Reagan GST Exempt Trust 2, Robert Carl Reagan, individually, and Trustee William Cecil Reagan GST Exempt Trust 1, and Trustee Robert Carl Regan Trust, Cecile Tindall Graham, BFPL, Ltd., J. Allen Carnes, Vicki Jean Hagen, Malvern J. Benke and Deborah Keller Benke, husband and wife, William George Reichert Trust, Deborah Ann Benke, Mark Thomas Huffstutler ETUX Kimberly Fulton Huffstutler and Roger L. Berry and William O. Berry for the Aquifer Storage and Recovery Forbearance Program, in support of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan, in the total amount of $2,940,379.00.
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RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move the board approve springflow protection program forbearance agreements with the permit holders listed, to 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 agreements.
SUMMARY:
The purpose of this agenda item is for the board to consider a Permits/Enforcement Committee recommendation to approve springflow protection program forbearance agreements 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 ...
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