NEXT MEETING:  Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 10 a.m.     High Plains Underground Water Conservation District Office, 2930 Avenue Q, Lubbock TX

Llano Estacado Regional Water Planning Group

For The Southern High Plains of Texas

PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE

A meeting of the Llano Estacado Regional Water Planning Group (LERWPG) will be held Thursday, November 10, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. in the A. Wayne Wyatt Board Room at the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 office, 2930 Avenue Q, Lubbock, Texas 79411-2499.

AGENDA

1.    Call To Order and Welcome by Chairman H.P. Brown Jr.

2.    Roll Call of members to establish quorum.

ACTION ITEMS:

3.    The LERWPG will consider approval of the May 19, 2005 regular meeting minutes. 

4.    The LERWPG will consider approval of the August 11, 2005 public hearing minutes.  

5.    The LERWPG will consider approval of the Financial Statement.  

6.    The LERWPG will hear a presentation about the Texas Alliance for Water Conservation (SB 1053) demonstration project in Floyd and Hale Counties from Project Leader Rick Kellison.

7.    The LERWPG will review and consider response to the Texas Water Development Board’s comments regarding the draft initially prepared plan.  

8.    The LERWPG will consider approving new language for inclusion in the draft initially prepared plan based upon the TWDB comments.

 9.    The LERWPG will consider addition of four new water supply strategies proposed by the City of Lubbock to the draft initially prepared plan.

10.  The LERWPG will review and consider response to other public comments received regarding the draft initially prepared plan.  

a.  Geologic descriptions included in the draft plan (Melanie Barnes).      

b.     Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

c.      Environmental Defense, National Wildlife Federation, & Sierra Club (Jim Steiert).

d.     Oil and gas industry related concerns from J. Collier Adams (Gene Montgomery).

11. The LERWPG will consider revising the draft initially prepared plan based upon comments received.

12. The LERWPG will consider approval of the final 2006 Llano Estacado Regional Water Plan and authorize its submission to the Texas Water Development Board in accordance with the January 5, 2005 deadline.

COMMITTEE REPORTS AND OTHER INFORMATION:

 13.  The LERWPG will hear a report from Dr. Herb Grubb with HDR Engineering, Inc.

 14.  The LERWPG will hear a report from Ernest Rebuck of the TWDB for LERWPG Project Manager Temple McKinnon.

 15.  Report From Regional Planning Group Liaisons

Region A – Kent Satterwhite

Region B – Ches Carthel

Region F – Harvey Everheart

Region G – Terry Lopas / Judge Tim Fambrough

 16. Other business

a.                  Public Comment

b.                 Announcements

1.     Reminder of December 15, 2005 meeting (if needed).

17.       Adjourn

 PUBLIC NOTICE

 This notice complies with Texas Government Code Chapter 551, Open Meetings Act, Section 551.041 (Notice of Meeting Requirements); Section 551.043 (Time and Accessibility of Notice Requirements); and Section 551.053 (Notice Requirements of a Political Subdivision Extending Into Four or More Counties).  The notice has been filed at least 72 hours before the scheduled time of the meeting with the Office of the Texas Secretary of State, the Lubbock County Clerk’s Office, and has been posted at the administrative office of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, 2930 Avenue Q, Lubbock, TX 79411-2499. This agenda and notice have also been posted on the Llano Estacado Regional Water Planning Group’s web site at http://www.llanoplan.org

This notice posted at 2:29 p.m. on October 26 2005.

Jim Conkwright, Secretary-Treasurer for H.P. Brown Jr., Chairman.