MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
Friday, September 22, 2006
10:00 a.m.
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio City Council Chambers
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.18, a joint public hearing of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources was held on Friday, September 22, 2006, in the San Antonio, Texas City Council Chambers.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: |
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MEMBERS ABSENT: |
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Senator Kip Averitt Senator Gonzalo Barrientos Senator Jon Lindsay |
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Senator Craig Estes Senator Robert Duncan Senator Troy Fraser Senator Juan Hinojosa Senator Mike Jackson Senator Kel Seliger Senator Todd Staples |
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The chair called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m. The following business was transacted:
The following testified before the Committee:
On Welcoming the Committee to San Antonio:
The Honorable Phil Hardberger, Mayor, City of San Antonio
The Honorable Nelson W. Wolff, Bexar County Judge
Sam Dawson, Chair-Water Committee, Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
On Review of Texas Water Development Board Policy Recommendations in the Draft 2007 State Water Plan:
Thomas Weir Labatt III, Board Member, Texas Water Development Board
The following three witnesses were called as a panel and testified on the 2007 Draft State Water Plan and the Regional Water Planning Process with particular focus on Region L:
Carolyn Brittin, Director of Water Resources, Texas Water Development Board
Bill Mullican, Deputy Executive Administrator of Planning, Texas Water Development Board
Con Mims, Nueces River Authority, Region L Chair
At 12:30 p.m. Senator Averitt moved that the committee stand recessed until 1:15 a.m; without objection, it was so ordered.
At 1:20 p.m. the committee reconvened. The following testified before the Committee:
On an Overview of House Bill 41/Senate Bill 24 79(1) by Puente/Armbrister
Robert Potts, General Manager, Edwards Aquifer Authority
On House Bill 41/Senate Bill 24 79(1) by Puente/Armbrister and Regional Water Issues
David E. Chardavoyne, President and Chief Operating Officer, San Antonio Water System
Gil Olivares, General Manager, Bexar Metropolitan Water District
Jose Gallegos, Jr., Board Member, Bexar Metropolitan Water District
Will Carter, Board Member, Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Water Control and Improvement District #1
Greg Rothe, General Manager, San Antonio River Authority
Thomas Boehme, State Director-District 10, Texas Farm Bureau
Bill West, General Manager, Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority
Gary Middleton, Chairman, South Central Texas Water Advisory Committee
The Chair opened public testimony and the following testified before the Committee:
Carol Patterson, Board Member, Edwards Aquifer Authority
Thomas P. Taggart, Guadalupe Basin Coalition
Ben F. Vaughan IV, Coastal Conservation Association of Texas
George Rice, Hydrologist, Self
Russell S. Johnson, Brazos Valley Water Alliance, LP
Dr. Bob Fitzgerald, Medina County Environmental Action Association
John D. Kennerly, Self
Annalisa Peace, Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance
Dr. George Burlingame, Retired Chemist - Dentist, Guardians of the Colorado River Basin
Herman W. Brune, Rancher/Writer, Texas Fish and Game Magazine, Colorado County Citizen
Bob Barton, Self
Mary F. Walpole, Medina County Environmental Action Association
Lester Landrum, Medina County Environmental Action Association
Alyne Fitzgerald, Medina County Environmental Action Association
Brenda B. Kennerly, Self and Medina County Environmental Action Association
Randy Wood, Electrical Engineer, Medina County Environmental Action Association
Elizabeth Wood, Self, Medina County Environmental Action Association
The Chair closed public testimony.
There being no further business, Senator Averitt moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Kip Averitt, Chair
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Teddy Carter, Clerk