MINUTES Joint Interim Committe on Water Resources Development and Management Thursday, May 21, 1998 1:30 pm Laredo 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, May 21, 1998, at the Laredo City Council Chamber, in Laredo, Texas. ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Chairman J.E. "Buster" Brown Senator Ken Armbrister Chairman Ron Lewis Representative David counts Senator Eddie Lucio Representative Robby Cook Senator Carlos Truan Senator Jeff Wentworth Representative Robert Puente Representative Gary Walker ***** The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:30 pm. The following business was transacted. Senator Brown moved that the Minutes from the previous hearing be adopted. There being no objection, it was so ordered. The following testified before the committee: Mercury Martinez Jr., Webb County Judge Patricia Cruz, representing herself Jerry Robinson, City of Laredo/ Webb Co. Health Dept. Reynaul Godines, M.D., representing himself Jerry Castro, Nye Elementary Roberto Ramos, International Boundary and Water Commission Fernando Roman, City of Laredo Louis H. Bruni, City of Laredo Joe A. Guerra, City of Laredo Homero Cabello Jr., TDHCA Hector Farias, VIDA Andres Ramos Jr., representing himself Roque Vela, Webb Co. Commissioner Samuel Keith Selman, City of Laredo James M. Earhart, Rio Grande International Study Center Kate N. McVey, representing herself Bob McVey, representing himself Tom Vaughan, Rio Grande International Study Center Judith Escamilla, TAMU Drought Relief Information Center At 5:40 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was adjourned until June 15, 1998, in Dallas, Texas. ______________________________ ______________________ Senator J.E. "Buster" Brown, Co-Chair Rep. Ron Lewis, Co-Chair ______________________ Carol McGarah, Clerk