WITNESS LIST
Natural Resources-S/C on Special Water Districts Committee
April 10, 2017 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Fitzsimons, Joseph (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Harden, Bob (Texas Association of Groundwater Owners and Producers)
Sequeira, Simon (Self; Texas alliance of water providers)
Against:
Conkwright, Jim (Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District)
Ellis, Gregory (Self; Clients of the firm, including the South Plains UWCD, Llano Estacado
UWCD, Kinney County GCD, Mesa UWCD and Jeff Davis UWCD.)
Fitzsimmons, Shauna (North Texas Groundwater Conservation District, SandyLand
Groundwater Conservation District)
Mullins, Christopher (Sierra Club)
Rabe, Katherine Porter (Self; MSP/JHP Properties LLC)
Rogers, Linda Kaye (Self)
Selvera, Erin (Texas Rural Water Association)
Shaw, Doug (Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)
Sledge, Brian (Hunt Companies, Inc.)
On:
Allmon, Eric (Environmental Stewardship)
Box, Steve (Self; Environmental Stewardship)
Messer Whitehead, Victoria (High Plains Water District)
Winegeart, Peter (Self; Panhandle GCD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown, Tim (Bell county)
Frazier, Kyle (Texas desalination association)
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
Knolls, William (Texas Wildlife Association)
Lewis, Gib (Self; Exotic wildlife assoc.)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)
Park, Joey (South Texans Property Rights Association)
White, Kathleen (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Andruss, Tim (Victoria County GCD)
Barfknecht, Jayson (City of Bryan)
Bell-Enders, Kendall (Barton Springs Edwards Conservation District)
Bessent, Kody (Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.)
Connolly, Maren (Self)
Dailey, Robert (Self; The. Woodlands Joint Powers Agency, 10 Muds serving The Woodlands
and 50 Mud Directors.)
Davis, Terrry (Self; Southern Montgomery Municipal District)
Dupnik, John (Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)
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Against:
Foster, David (Clean Water Action)
Gaines, Jimmy (Texas landowners council)
Graham, Bill (Self)
Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)
Hodges, Kenneth (Corn Producers Association of Texas)
Holland, Zach (Bluebonnet GCD)
Hopkins, Terry (Self)
Jones, Kathy Turner (Lone Star GCD)
Leigh, David K. (Self)
Marsh, Deborah (Self)
Masson, Kerry (Self; Southern Montgomery County MUD)
McGuire, Mike (Self; Rolling Plains Groundwater Conservation District)
Morris, Joe (Aqua Water Supply Corp.)
Parker, Judy (Self; Clearwater UWCD)
Parks, Virginia (Self)
Raun, Lowell (Self; Texas rice producers group, coastal bend gcd)
Schlessinger, Sarah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)
Schumann, Bill (Self; Bell county)
Sengelmann, Greg (Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation District)
Smith, Jennifer (Benbrook water authority)
Smith, Mark (Hunt Companies, Inc.)
Stansberry, Blayne (Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)
Treiber, Andre (Self)
On:
French, Larry (TWDB)
Gangnes, Michele (League of independent Voters of Texas, and Simsboro Aquifer Water
Defense Fund)
Williams, C.E. (Self; Panhandle GCD)
For:
Wells, Hope (Texas Water Conservation Association and San Antonio Water System)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aaron, Dirk (Clearwater UWCD)
Adams, Leah (Panola County Groundwater Conservation District)
Brown, Tim (Bell county)
Cole, Reginald David (Clearwater GCD)
Cooper, Joe (Self; Middle Trinity GCD)
Davis, Kelly (Self; Save Our Springs Alliance)
Ellis, Gregory (Self)
Fitzsimmons, Shauna (North Texas Groundwater Conservation District, SandyLand
Groundwater Conservation District)
Flatten, Charles (Self; Hill Country Alliance)
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For:
Forbes, Tom (North plains groundwater conservation district)
Holland, Zach (Bluebonnet GCD)
Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Consevation Assn.)
Runge, Caroline (Menard County Water Control and Improvement District)
Schlessinger, Sarah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)
Schumann, Bill (Self; Bell county)
Shaw, Doug (Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)
Sledge, Brian (Texas Water Conservation Association)
Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Water Conservation Association)
Stephens, Rodney (Self; Middle trinity groundwater conservation district)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi and Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery
Conservation District)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi and the Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery
Conservation District)
Williams, C.E. (Self; Panhandle GCD)
For:
Sledge, Brian (Texas Water Conservation Association)
On:
Williams, C.E. (Self; Panhandle GCD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aaron, Dirk (Clearwater UWCD)
Adams, Leah (Panola County Groundwater Conservation District)
Brown, Tim (Bell county)
Cole, Reginald David (Clearwater GCD)
Conkwright, Jim (Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District)
Cooper, Joe (Self; Middle Trinity GCD)
Ellis, Gregory (Self)
Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Consevation Assn.)
Schlessinger, Sarah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)
Schumann, Bill (Self; Bell county)
Shaw, Doug (Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)
Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Water Conservation Association)
Stephens, Rodney (Self; Middle trinity groundwater conservation district)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi and Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery
Conservation District)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi and the Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery
Conservation District)
Wells, Hope (Texas Water Conservation Association and San Antonio Water System)
On:
French, Larry (TWDB)
Schlessinger, Sarah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)
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For:
Ellis, Gregory (Self)
Gaines, Jimmy (Texas landowners council)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Kelley, Van (Self; Texas Water Conservation Association)
Knolls, William (Texas Wildlife Association)
Sledge, Brian (Texas Water Conservation Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aaron, Dirk (Clearwater UWCD)
Adams, Leah (Panola County Groundwater Conservation District)
Andruss, Tim (Victoria County GCD)
Ashbrook, Joni (Self)
Box, Steve (Self; Environmental Stewardship)
Brown, Tim (Bell county)
Cole, Reginald David (Clearwater GCD)
Conkwright, Jim (Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District)
Cooper, Joe (Self; Middle Trinity GCD)
Curtis, Linda (Self; Independent Texans PAC)
Davis, Kelly (Self; Save Our Springs Alliance)
Davis, Kelly (Self; Save Our Springs Alliance)
Drummond, Marie (Self)
Fairchild (Self)
Fitzsimmons, Shauna (North Texas Groundwater Conservation District, SandyLand
Groundwater Conservation District)
Flatten, Charles (Self; Hill Country Alliance)
Fowler, Larry (Self)
Gangnes, Michele (League of independent Voters of Texas, and Simsboro Aquifer Water
Defense Fund)
Gendron, Patrick (Self; Texas certified farmers market association)
Graham, Bill (Self)
Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)
Lieberknecht, Chloe (The Nature Conservancy)
Marrs, Annie (Self)
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
McGuire, Mike (Self; Rolling Plains Groundwater Conservation District)
Mullins, Christopher (Sierra Club)
Parker, Judy (Self; Clearwater UWCD)
Raun, Lowell (Self; Texas rice producers group, coastal bend gcd)
Robbins, Dean (Texas Water Consevation Assn.)
Runge, Caroline (Menard County Water Control and Improvement District)
Schlessinger, Sarah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)
Schumann, Bill (Self; Bell county)
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For:
Sengelmann, Greg (Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation District)
Sikora, Catherine (Self)
Smock, Roxanna (Self)
Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Water Conservation Association)
Stephens, Rodney (Self; Middle trinity groundwater conservation district)
Sterling, Karen (Self)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi and the Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery
Conservation District)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi and Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery
Conservation District)
Wells, Hope (Texas Water Conservation Association and San Antonio Water System)
Williams, C.E. (Self; Panhandle GCD)
On:
French, Larry (TWDB)
For:
Cordes, Richard (Menard County)
Mews, Kathy (Self)
Runge, Caroline (Menard County Water Control and Improvement District)
Against:
Bostick, Britin (Self; Carpe Diem Ranch)
Chavanne, Philip (Self)
Davee, Robert (Self)
Granstaff, Charlie (Self; Friends of the San Saba,Inc.)
Harkins, David (Friends of the san saba)
Nobles, Gerald (Self)
Roll, Richard (Self)
On:
Mews, Paul (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Golemon, Kinnan (Frieds of San Saba)
Jay, Larry (Self; Friends of the San Saba)
Jay, Sharron (Self; Friends of the San Saba)
Nobles, Debbie (Self)
Pearman, Jennifer (Self)
Singleton, Nicholas (Self; Friends of the San Saba)
Tedder, Jo karr (Self; Central Texas Water Coalition)
Thomas, Griffith (Self)
On:
Martinez, Robert (TCEQ)
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