MINUTES Joint Interim Committee on Water Resources Development and Management Thursday, April 2, 1998 1:30 pm Corpus Christi 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 Thursday, April 2, 1998, at the Corpus Christi City Council Chamber, in Corpus Christi, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Chairman J.E. "Buster" Brown Senator Eddie Lucio Chairman Ron Lewis Representative David Counts Senator Ken Armbrister Representative Robert Puente Senator Carlos Truan Senator Jeff Wentworth Representative Robert Cook Representative Gary Walker ***** Chairman Brown called the hearing to order at 1:35 p.m. and the following business was transacted: Senator Truan moved that the Minutes from the previous hearing be adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered. Opening remarks were made by Chairman Brown and Senator Truan. Corpus Christi Mayor Lloyd Neal welcomed the committee to Corpus Christi and stated the importance of water to this state, and particular his city of Corpus Christi, stating that "water is the lifeblood of our city and area". The committee welcomed a special speaker, Meir Ben Meir, the Water Commissioner of Israel, who gave a presentation on the water management practices of Israel. The following registered as witnesses before the committee: Commissioner John Baker, TNRCC Jack Hunt, Board Member of the Texas Water Development Board Gary Bushell, City of Corpus Christi David McNichols, M.D., Corpus Christi City Council Member Carl Crull, Corpus Christi Assistant City Manager Kenneth L. Choffel, City of Corpus Christi Emmett Gloyna, Lavaca-Navidad River Authority James A. Dodson, Nueces River Authority Jerry Kane, Kane Beef Processors Davis L. Ford, City of Corpus Christi Tom Curlee, Jr., Port Industries of Corpus Christi Ray Perryman, City of Corpus Christi Josephine Miller, San Patricio County Craig Pedersen, Texas Water Development Board Jerry James, City of Victoria Walt Howard, Poseidon Resources J.E. O'Brien, Corpus Christi Taxpayers Assoc., Inc. John W.F. Hartley, South Texas Research Foundation Greg Carter, Central Power & Light M. Byron Wooldridge Raymond H. Hasker, Corpus Christi Taxpayers Assoc, Inc. Judge Luis Pruneda Garcia, Driscoll Municipal Court Judge At 6:05 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection, the hearing was recessed. _______________________________ _______________________________ Senator J.E. Brown, Co-Chair Representative Ron Lewis, Co-Chair _______________________________ Carol K. McGarah, Clerk