File #: AI 13-3332    Version: 1 Name: April 2024 VISPO/ASR Contracts
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 4/12/2024 In control: Board of Directors
On agenda: 4/23/2024 Final action: 5/14/2024
Title: Consider recommendation from the Permits/Enforcement Committee to approve forbearance agreements with Carnes Farms, Inc.; City of Uvalde; KNJK Family Limited Partnership; Marla Lee Schaefer; Deborah Ann Benke; Ted Allen Sanderlin and Judith Sanderlin Newman; Claudia Ann Sanderlin; Mary E. Pettibon; Daniel Maurice Rimkus and Ginger Lynn Rimkus Patterson; Craig K. Garnett and Melissa N. Garnett; and KWSB Property Management LLC for Edwards groundwater withdrawal rights for the Voluntary Irrigation Suspension Program Option in support of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan, in the total amount of not less than $746,672.90, and not to exceed $2,959,037.06.
Attachments: 1. VISPO 4-Year Agreement Template, 2. 459807602-Resolution and Order for VISPO May 2024
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Consider recommendation from the Permits/Enforcement Committee to approve forbearance agreements with Carnes Farms, Inc.; City of Uvalde; KNJK Family Limited Partnership; Marla Lee Schaefer; Deborah Ann Benke; Ted Allen Sanderlin and Judith Sanderlin Newman; Claudia Ann Sanderlin; Mary E. Pettibon; Daniel Maurice Rimkus and Ginger Lynn Rimkus Patterson; Craig K. Garnett and Melissa N. Garnett; and KWSB Property Management LLC for Edwards groundwater withdrawal rights for the Voluntary Irrigation Suspension Program Option in support of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan, in the total amount of not less than $746,672.90, and not to exceed $2,959,037.06.

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RECOMMENDED MOTION:

Move the board adopt Resolution and Order No. 05-24-089 of the Edwards Aquifer Authority Board of Directors to approve VISPO forbearance agreements for permitted Edwards groundwater rights between the EAA and: (1) Carnes Farms, Inc.; (2) City of Uvalde; (3) KNJK Family Limited Partnership; (4)Marla Lee Schaefer; (5) Deborah Ann Benke; (6) Ted Allen Sanderlin and Judith Sanderlin Newman; (7) Claudia Ann Sanderlin; (8) Mary E. Pettibon; (9) Daniel Maurice Rimkus and Ginger Lynn Rimkus Patterson; (10) Craig K. Garnett and Melissa N. Garnett; and (11) KWSB Property Management LLC in the total amount of not less than $746,672.90, and not to exceed $2,959,037.06, 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 a Permits/Enforcement Committee recommendation to approve forbearance agreements (Agreements) for permitted Edwards groundwater rights for the Voluntary Irrigation Suspension Program Option (VISPO) 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 g...

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