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Consider recommendation from EAA staff to approve ASR springflow protection program forbearance agreements with Jack David Wardlaw and wife, Jessie Lem Wardlaw, Jack D. Wardlaw III, Mack M. Wardlaw, and William Chase Wardlaw, OJR Farms, Inc., Mark C. Kelling, Jana Lyda Mask, Tierra Mireles Limited Partnership, Jerry Kye Mask, Weiblen Enterprises Ltd., Charles Fohn Family Investments, LLC, Annie J. Halbardier, James Ray Carnes, Jr., Thomas Boehme and wife Helene Mae Boehme, Wilde Family Farms, Ltd., Callaghan Road, Ltd., TJ Hondo Ranch, Ltd. and M4 Enterprises, LLC, Lena Jo Davenport, as Trustee of the Lena Jo Davenport Revocable Trust, Lyle N. Riff, Trustee of the Gertrude S. Riff Family Trust, WM Kenton Hammond and wife, Linda R. Hammond, James L. Persyn and wife, Ruth E. Persyn, New Fountain United Methodist Church Board of Trustees, Carol Todd, and Church of Christ of New Braunfels for the Aquifer Storage and Recovery Forbearance Program, in support of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan, in the total amount of $6,111,503.00.
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STAFF RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move the board adopt Resolution and Order No. 12-18-920 of the Edwards Aquifer Authority Board of Directors to approve springflow protection program forbearance agreements with the permit holders listed below, 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 an EAA staff 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 componen...
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