MINUTES Joint Interim Committee on Water Resources Development and Management Tuesday, November 18, 1997 8:30 am San Antonio City Council Chamber ***** Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.11, a public hearing of the Joint Interim Committee on Water Resources Development and Management was held on Monday, November 17, 1997, at the San Antonio City Council Chamber, in San Antonio, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Chairman J.E. "Buster" Brown Senator Ken Armbrister Chairman Ron Lewis Representative David Counts Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. Senator Carlos Truan Senator Jeff Wentworth Representative Robert Cook Representative Robert Puente Representative Gary Walker ***** The Chair called the hearing to order at 8:42 am. The following business was transacted. Chairman Lewis, Chairman Brown, Senator Wentworth, Representative Cook, Representative Walker, and Representative Puente made opening remarks. The Honorable Howard Peak, Mayor of San Antonio, made welcoming remarks. Chairman Brown moved that the Minutes from the previous hearing be adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered. The following testified on the implementation of Senate Bill 1: Ken Petersen, TNRCC Craig D. Pedersen, Executive Administrator, Texas Water Development Board Tommy Knowles, Ph.D., Deputy Executive Administrator, Texas Water Development Board Larry McKinney, Ph.D., Senior Director, Aquatic Resources, Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. Don Durden, Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Greg Ellis, Edwards Aquifer Authority Juan Patlan, San Antonio Water System Michael Thuss, San Antonio Water System Billy G. Moore, City of San Marcos Kenneth Choffel, HDR Engineering Jack M. Finger, Lawn Maintenance Louis Rosenberg, Bexar Metropolitan Water District Bill Couch, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District Carol Patterson, Edwards Aquifer Authority Allan J. Lange, Lipan-Kickapoo Water Conservation District Dennis Clark, Emerald Underground Water Conservation District Mike Mahoney, Evergreen Underground Water /Conservation District The following filed Witness Affirmation forms but did not testify: Russell S. Johnson, San Antonio Water System, City of San Antonio Gregory Rothe, San Antonio Water System Terrace W. Stewart, City of Dallas Chairman Brown announced that the next hearing of the committee would be in Houston, Texas, on January 15, 1998. ___________________________ _______________________________ Senator J.E. Brown, Co-Chair Representative Ron Lewis, Co-Chair ___________________________ Carol K. McGarah, Clerk