Thursday's Internet Edition, December 04, 2008.
seeks nominations for new voting members
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| FIRST SOLO- Cliff Graham of Hamilton began his Independence Day celebration by completing his first solo flight last Friday at Hamilton Municipal Airport. Graham did his solo flight in a Cessna 172 under the instruction of Certified Flight Instructor Ryan Polster. Graham plans to complete his training and become a private pilot, primarily for recreation. |
The two (2) voting member vacancies are defined as fol-lows:
One (1) voting member va-cancy representing ‘Public In-terests’ defined in 31 T.A.C. § 357.4 as those persons or enti-ties having no economic inter-est in the interests represented by paragraphs (2) through (11) of this subsection other than as a normal consumer
One (1) voting member va-cancy representing the interest of ‘Water Utilities’ defined as any persons, corporations, co-operative corporations, or any combination thereof that pro-vide water supplies for com-pensation, except for munici-palities, river authorities, or water districts
Terms: The new voting members shall be filling terms that expire at the last meeting of calendar year 2008; and thereafter, shall be eligible to serve a maximum of five (5) consecutive two-year terms.
Meetings: In order to pro-vide a smooth transition into the Brazos G Group, the newly elected voting members will be required to attend all Brazos G meetings, including orientation session(s), prior to their official appointment date which will begin with the last meeting of calendar year 2008.
Travel Expenses: Brazos G members are not compensated for their services by the State of Texas. If eligible, travel ex-penses for voting members may be reimbursed in accordance with rules adopted by the Texas Water Development Board as funds are available.
Nominee packets shall in-clude the following:
New Member Application Form, resume, support letters – maximum of six (6) recom-mended.
Nomination packets should be mailed to the following ad-dress and will be accepted until 5 p.m., Wednesday, September 10, 2008.
Brazos G RWPG Executive Committee; c/o Trey Buzbee, Brazos River Authority, P.O. Box 7555, Waco, Texas 76714-7555.
The Executive Committee will have thirty (30) days to review the packets received and will schedule a meeting shortly thereafter to discuss and rec-ommend nominees to the Bra-zos G Group at their next regu-larly scheduled meeting. Nominees will be asked to at-tend these meetings to answer any questions and to meet the Brazos G members.
What is Brazos G?:
In accordance with Senate Bill 1 passed during the 75th Texas Legislative Session, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) in Austin was authorized to divide the state into 16 regional water planning areas. The Brazos G Regional Water Planning Group (Brazos G) is one of the regional plan-ning groups established by the TWDB to develop a regional water plan. Brazos G has been working since 1998 to develop a comprehensive regional water plan for its 37-County planning area, which extends generally along the Brazos River from Kent, Stonewall and Knox Counties in the Northwest to Washington and Lee Counties in the Southeast.
The regional water plans provide for the orderly devel-opment, management, and con-servation of water resources, and include drought preparation and response. The goal of the planning process is to assure that sufficient water will be available at a reasonable cost to ensure public health, safety and welfare, further economic de-velopment and protect agricul-tural and natural resources.
The first regional water plans were submitted to the State in January 2001 and were compiled to form the State Wa-ter Plan in January 2002. The water plans identify current water supplies and future esti-mates of water demands. In cases where future demands are greater than existing supply sources, strategies are evaluated and recommended to meet the identified needs. State law requires that the regional water plans be updated every 5 years. The Brazos G Regional Water Planning Group just completed the development of its 2006 Brazos G Regional Water Plan. The 2006 Plan built upon the 2001 Plan to reflect new or changed conditions. Brazos G is currently working to com-plete the 2011 Brazos G Re-gional Water Plan.
The Brazos G Regional Wa-ter Planning Area has 37 coun-ties which include Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Cal-lahan, Comanche, Coryell, Eastland, Erath, Falls, Fisher, Grimes, Hamilton, Haskell, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Jones, Kent, Knox, Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, McLennan, Milam, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Robertson, Shackleford, Somervell, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, Throckmorton, Washington, Williamson and Young.