Fort Bend Subsidence District Board of Directors met March 22

Fort Bend Subsidence District Board of Directors met March 22.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

A. Call to Order. 

B. Pledge of Allegiance. 

C. Oath of Office. 

D. Accept Comments from Members of the Public. 

E. Approval of the Minutes of the Regular Meeting, February 22, 2023. 

F. Receive Hearing Examiner's Report and Consider Granting, Denying, or Amending Applications for Water Well Permits Heard at March 2, 2023, Hearing. 

G. Consider Emergency Approvals Granted or Denied by the General Manager: 

1. Braes Bayou Generating, LLC 

2. Mckain Power Systems 

3. Proenergy 

H. Consider a Compromise & Settlement counteroffer from Sovereign Shores Estates HOA, Inc. 

I. Receive Briefing from District Staff on the Joint Regulatory Plan Review. 

J. General Manager's Report - The General Manager will brief the Board on pertinent operational and management issues that the District, its employees, or consultants have encountered since the last regular Board meeting. 

K. Receive Briefing from District Staff on Outstanding Compliance and Enforcement Issues 

L. Consultation with the General Counsel on Recent Litigation on Groundwater Issues. 

1. Cockrell Investment Partners, Ltd. vs. Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District (Cockrell 1) (8th Court of Appeals) (Challenging settlement agreement with Fort Stockton Holdings) 

2. Cockrell Investment Partners, Ltd. vs. Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation 

District (Cockrell 2) (8th Court of Appeals) (Challenging permit renewal) 

3. Gatehouse Water LLC vs. Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District et al. (Denial of permit renewal plus multiple Constitutional and Federal claims) (Federal District Court-Western District of Texas, Austin Division) 

M. Executive Session, if necessary. 

If, during the course of the meeting covered by this Agenda, the Board shall determine that an executive session of the Board, should be held or is required in relation to any item included in this Agenda, then such executive session, as authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act, will be held by the Board at the date, hour, and place given in this Agenda concerning any and all subjects and for any and all purposes permitted by Sections 551.071-551.084 of the Texas Government Code, including, but not limited to, Section 551.071 --- for the purpose of a private consultation with the Board's attorney on any or all subjects or matters authorized by law. 

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