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Consider recommendation from the Finance/Administrative Committee to approve an Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan FY2024 Funding Application Amendment submitted by the City of New Braunfels and associated 2024 EAA Operating Budget amendment by increasing the Habitat Conservation Plan fund by $72,000.
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RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move the board adopt Resolution and Order No. 03-24-082 of the Edwards Aquifer Authority Board of Directors approving an amendment to the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan FY2024 Funding Application for the City of New Braunfels increasing the funding request from $465,385 to $537,385 and amending the 2024 EAA Operating Budget accordingly.
SUMMARY:
The purpose of this agenda item is for the board to consider a Finance/Administration Committee recommendation to approve an amendment to the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan (EAHCP) FY2024 Funding Application for the City of New Braunfels to increase the Old Channel Aquatic Vegetation Restoration Conservation Measure (EAHCP § 5.2.2.1/ 5.2.2.3) by $40,000, the Comal River/Landa Lake Aquatic Vegetation Restoration Conservation Measure (EAHCP § 5.2.2.2/ 5.2.2.3) by $30,000, and the Impervious Cover/Water Quality/LID Conservation Measure (EAHCP § 5.7.6) by $2,000, as well as, the associated increase to the 2024 EAA Operating Budget Habitat Conservation Plan Fund appropriation for Professional Technical Services for the total amount of these proposed amendments.
On November 14, 2023, the EAA board approved the initial Funding Application for FY2024 for the City of New Braunfels. The budget amount presented in the original Funding Application represented the costs contained in the original Work Plan. The revised Funding Application includes the addition of $70,000 in unspent monies from FY2023 in the Old Channel Aquatic Vegetation Restoration and Comal River/Landa Lake Aquatic Vegetation Restoration Conservation Measures as well as a cost increase of $2,000 for a...
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