MINUTES
TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS ADVISORY GROUP
Thursday, September 8,
2011
10:00 AM
Capitol Extension, Room
E1.012
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Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with
Senate Rule 11.10 and 11.18, a public hearing of the Joint Committee on
Environmental Flows was held on Thursday, September 8, 2011, in the Capitol
Extension, Room E1.012, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: |
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MEMBERS
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Senator Troy Fraser, Co-Chair |
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Senator Joan Huffman |
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Representative Allan Ritter, Co-Chair |
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Joe Crutcher |
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Senator Glenn Hegar |
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Karen Hixon |
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Representative Jodie Laubenberg |
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Representative Doug Miller |
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Carlos Rubinstein |
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Senator Troy Fraser, the acting chair, called the
meeting to order at 10:05 AM. There being a quorum present, the following
business was transacted:
The Advisory
Group heard the following testimony:
Update on Texas Environmental Flows Science Advisory
Committee, Work Plans, and Recommendations - Chairman Bob Huston
Update on Colorado and Lavaca Rivers/Matagorda and
Lavaca Bays Basin and Bay Area Stakeholders Committee Recommendations; and
Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission and Aransas Rivers/ Mission, Copano, Aransas,
and San Antonio Bays Basin and Bay Area Stakeholders Committee and
Recommendations – Chairman
Patrick Brzozowski and Chairman Suzanne Scott
Update on Sabine and Neches Rivers and Sabine Lake
Bay Basin and Bay Area Stakeholders Committee and Work Plan; and Trinity and
San Jacinto Rivers and Galveston Bay Stakeholders Committee and Work Plan – Chairman Jerry Clark and Vice-Chairman John
Bartos
Co-Chairman Ritter moved for a vote on the Sabine
and Neches Rivers and Sabine Lake Bay Basin and Bay Area Committee and Work
Plan be adopted. With 8 ayes, 0 nays,
and 1 absent, the motion passed.
Update on Existing Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder
Committees and Update on Existing Basin and Bay Expert Science Teams – Kellye Rila, Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality
There be no further business at 11:34 AM,
Co-Chairman Fraser moved that the Advisory Group be adjourned. Without
objection, it was so ordered.
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Senator Troy Fraser, Co-Chair
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Representative Allan Ritter, Co-Chair
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Tatum Reagan, Clerk