MINUTES SENATE COMMITTEE ON WATER POLICY, SELECT INTERIM Wednesday, March 17, 2004 10:30 a.m. Victoria College Student Center ***** Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Water Policy, Select Interim was held on Wednesday, March 17, 2004, in the Victoria College Student Center ***** MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: Senator Kenneth Armbrister Senator Kip Averitt Senator Troy Fraser Senator Bob Deuell Senator Jon Lindsay Senator Robert Duncan Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. Senator Todd Staples Senator Frank Madla Senator Eliot Shapleigh Senator Tommy Williams ***** The chair called the meeting to order at 10:50 a.m. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted: Senator Armbrister welcomed everyone to Victoria and thanked them for coming. He thanked Victoria College for hosting the meeting. Senator Armbrister recognized Mayor Gary Middleton of Victoria. Mayor Middleton gave welcoming remarks to the committee. Senator Armbrister then recognized Representative Geanie Morrison of Victoria and thanked her for attending the hearing. The Chair explained the purpose of interim committees and how the hearings are conducted and briefly explained the charges of the Select Committee on Water Policy. The Committee heard invited testimony from: Carolyn Brittin and Stephanie Bergeron from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. J. Kevin Ward of the Texas Water Development Board. Cindy Loeffler of Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. The Chair acknowledged County Judge Don Posey and City Councilman Jim Wyatt in the audience and thanked them for attending. Following the invited testimony, the Committee heard public testimony. All witnesses testifying are shown on the attached list. The Chair announced that the next meeting of the Committee will be in The Woodlands at Montgomery College, on March 31, 2004, at 10:30 am. There being no further business, at 3:50 p.m. Senator Armbrister moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered. ______________________ Senator Kenneth Armbrister, Chair ______________________ RuthAnn Nicholson, Clerk