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Consider recommendation from the Permits/Enforcement Committee to approve Voluntary Irrigation Suspension Program Option (VISPO) forbearance agreements with Lonesome Dove Corner, LLC and Rocky Ridge Mountain, LLC, KNJK Family Limited Partnership, Jerry Kye Mask, Matthew Michael Dodson and Jamie Ann Dodson, Kye Mask, Inc., William T. Tschirhart, Jr., Trustee of the Billy T. Trust, Dietrich J. Gembler III and Barbara J. Gembler, Maurice P. DeCock Farms, Inc., Roger Verstuyft & Merlynn Verstuyft, Ronald G. Heiligman and Jacqueline D. Heiligman, husband and wife, Patrick J. Wurzbach and wife, and Phyllis Wurzbach, Collis W. Markt, for Edwards groundwater withdrawal rights in the total amount of not less than $1,070,966.88, and not to exceed $4,244,202.08, for the Voluntary Irrigation Suspension Program Option in support of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan.
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RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move the board approve VISPO forbearance agreements for permitted Edwards groundwater rights between the EAA and the permit holders listed, in the total amount of not less than $1,070,966.88, and not to exceed $4,244,202.08, for the Voluntary Irrigation Suspension Program Option in support of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan, and authorizing 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 VISPO forbearance agreements (Agreements) for permitted Edwards groundwater rights for the Voluntary Irrigation Suspension Program Option 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 protection measure is the use of VISPO as a long-term conservation...
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