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Consider recommendation from EAA staff to ratify the General Manager’s approval and execution of Voluntary Irrigation Suspension Program Option forbearance agreements with Uptmore Family Limited Partnership, BNSF Railway Company, Aldridge Nursery, Inc., Howard Schirmer, McCombs Legacy, LTD., Frank A. Ramsey, Kessler Ranch, Ltd., East Medina County Special Utility District, Glenda F. Wade, Hugo and Eva Sanchez, Mark Thomas Huffstutler ETUX Kimberly Fulton Huffstutler, Columbia Realty Limited, Jacqueline N. Tschirhart, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, and Helen Ann Bourquin Hawes for Edwards groundwater withdrawal rights in the total amount of not less than $284,450.40, and not to exceed $1,127,266.40 for the Voluntary Irrigation Suspension Program Option in support of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan.
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STAFF RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move the board adopt Resolution and Order No. 01-21-994 of the Edwards Aquifer Authority Board of Directors to ratify General Manager approval and execution of VISPO forbearance agreements for permitted Edwards groundwater rights between the EAA and the permit holders listed below, in the total amount of not less than $284,450.40, and not to exceed $1,127,266.40, for the Voluntary Irrigation Suspension Program Option in support of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan and authorizing 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 ratify the General Manager’s approval and execution of VISPO forbearance agreements (Agreements) for permitted Edwards groundwater rights for the VISPO in support of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan (EAHCP) received in November and December 2020. At the November 10, 2020 meeting, the Board of Directors authorized the General Manager to take such action for any Agreements received during those months.
The EAHCP includes several measures intended to minimize and m...
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