NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING OF REAL-EDWARDS CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION DISTRICT THIS
NOTICE IS POSTED PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, CHAPTER 551 ,GOVERNMENT CODE:

The Board of Directors of the Real-Edwards Conservation and Reclamation District will hold a QUARTERLY OPEN
MEETING on the following date at the time and place indicated below:

TIME:         6:00 p.m.
DATE:        14thday of December, 2011 (Wednesday)
PLACE:     Real-Edwards Conservation and Reclamation District Office, 106 East 4th Street,
City of Camp Wood, County of Real

AGENDA

1. Call to Order, Determination of Quorum.

2. Pledge of Allegiance.

3. Welcome Visitors/Public Comment (Note: Board may limit time.).

4. Consider for Approval Minutes from August 25th and September 19th Board Meetings.

5. Reports:
A. Financial Statements and Financial Reports.
B. Well Reports.
C. Texas Election Laws Seminar.
D. Nueces Bay and Corpus Christi and Baffin Bays BBASC Work Group Update.
E. Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts and Region J (Plateau Planning Group).
F. Update on Lab Equipment and Down-hole Camera.

6. Consider for Approval FY 2011 Audit.

7. Consider for Approval Book Cover Order for 2012-13.

8. Consider for Approval Resolution of Lodge, Association or Other Similar Organization.

9. Discussion and Potential Action on Conflict of Interest Forms.

10. Discussion and Potential Action on Management Plan Activity Report.

11. Discussion and Potential Action on Grass Valley/GMA 7 Petition

12. Discussion and Potential Action on Personnel Issues (may require closed session under Chapter 555.074).

13. Set Time and Date for Next Meeting.

14. Adjourn.

At any time during the meeting and in compliance with the Texas Open Meeting Act, Chapter 551, Government Code,
Vernon’s Texas Codes, Annotated, the Real Edwards Conservation and Reclamation District Board of Directors may
meet in Executive Session on any of the above agenda items for consultation concerning Attorney-client matters,
(551:071; deliberation regarding real property (551:072); deliberation regarding prospective gifts (551:073); personnel
matters (551:074; and deliberation regarding security devices (551:076). Any subject discussed in executive session
may be subje to acso uring open session.

By:  Joel Pigg   Date:  12-9-2-11

This notice was posted in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act on the bulletin board at the RECRD Office at 5:00p.m.
on Friday December 9th, 2011 and on the bulletin boards in the Real County Courthouse and in the Edwards County Courthouse.

 Board of Directors

Roland “Tooter” Trees, President

Carl Hyde, Vice President

Richard Sprouse, Secretary/Treasurer

William R. (Bob) Burditt, Director

Stan Cottle, Director

Glen Ivey, Director

Charles Carson, III, Director

Sam A. Epperson, Director

Dub Suttle, Director

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The rains have been a welcome relief and the river flows were considerably better this month than they have been the last several months.  However, we are by no means out of the drought but the area sure has greened up in a matter of days.  Cooler weather should be upon us soon and the trees and plants should be using less water. Let’s all hope and pray that we will continue to get rainfall.

The Dam Crossing in the Nueces Canyon is looking better.  The Dam had a flow rate of 15,174 gpm (gallons per minute) back in April now it is down to 7,145 gpm (gallons per minute), but that is up considerably from 1,200 gpm last month.

McDonald Crossing on the Nueces River; flow rate went up from 4,518 gpm (gallons per minute) last month to 5,559 gpm this month and the crossing is still not looking very good at all.  There is quite a growth of vegetation at the crossing and it just does not look very attractive at this time.

The Rancho Real Crossing on the West Prong of the Frio River showed a slight increase this reading up from 3,669 gpm in September to 6,102 gpm this month.  It is still a long way from where it was this time last year at 8,683 gpm.

The Kent Creek Crossing on Highway 336 North is the most alarming of all the crossings that we check and was down to a flow of 133 gpm in September.  This reading went up to  1,256 gpm this month but is still lower than in October of last year which had a reading of 1,534 gpm.

The Mill Creek Crossing on the East prong of the Frio has held pretty consistent this summer and had a flow of 7,145 gpm.  The May flow was 6,644 gpm at the Mill Creek Crossing and this was the first reading we had at this crossing.  We are up a little over 500 gallons per minute.

Leakey Springs is another crossing that has been rather alarming; at this time with a flow of 1,619 gpm up from 632 gpm last month.  The crossing still looks decent but the flow rate in October of last year was 7,566 gpm so you can see that is
quite a reduction.

The Alto Frio Crossing had a flow of 4,116 gpm this month which is an increase from last month’s reading of 1,721 gpm.  But this is well below the reading of last October which was 24,009 gpm.

The final crossing we checked this month was the one in the Frio River Place Subdivision and the flow was 3,698 gpm up from 1,655 gpm last month.  This reading is slightly higher than the initial reading we had in June of 3,472 gpm.

These flow rates as you can see are not good especially if you compare to this time last year, but on the bright side at least there is still some flow and they are up from last month.  As I said at the beginning of the article continue to conserve where you can and pray for more rain to come.

I hope this is a sign of things to continue to come.  As I am sitting down to write this article the streets in Camp Wood are still wet from the rainfall and there is a little flow of water going down the road.  It was quite a sight coming into Camp Wood on this Monday morning with two rainbows shining right over town.  I am hoping that the rain will continue and put some water back in the Nueces and Frio Rivers, as we took flow reading last week both rivers are in the worst shape we have seen this year.

 We are by no means out of the drought with just this little dab of rain so I am still pleading with you to conserve water and continue to pray for rain.  The flow rates were taken on September 14^th and 15^th and many of them were the lowest reading we have seen so far this year. 

 The Dam Crossing in the Nueces Canyon is not looking well at all; of the 28 sections of the Dam only about 12 of them have any flow going over the top of the Dam.  The Dam had a flow rate of 15,174 gpm (gallons per minute) back in April now it is down to 1,200 gpm (gallons per minute).

 McDonald Crossing on the Nueces River; flow rate went down from 4,537 gpm (gallons per minute) last month to 4,518 gpm this month and the crossing is not looking very good at all.  There is quite a growth of vegetation at the crossing and it just does not look very attractive at this time. 

 The Rancho Real Crossing on the West Prong of the Frio River showed a slight increase this reading up from 3,344 gpm in August to 3,669 gpm this month.  Not sure what is going on here but it is still a long way from where it was this time last year at 8,683 gpm.

 The Kent Creek Crossing on Highway 336 North is the most alarming of all the crossings that we check and is down to a flow of 133 gpm.  This is down from 204 gpm last month and down from 1,534 gpm in October of last year.

 The Mill Creek Crossing on the East prong of the Frio has held pretty consistent this month only dropping 14 gallons per minute to a flow of 4,388 gpm it is still down 1/3 since we began taking readings in May.  The May flow was 6,644 gpm at the Mill Creek Crossing.

 Leakey Springs is another crossing that is rather alarming at this time with a flow of 632 gpm down from 782 gpm last month.  The crossing still looks decent but the flow rate in October of last year was 7,566 gpm so you can see that is quite a reduction.

 The Alto Frio Crossing had a flow of 1,721 gpm this month which is a slight increase from last month’s reading of 1,550 gpm.  But this is well below the reading of last October which was 24,009 gpm. 

 The final crossing we checked this month was the one in the Frio River Place Subdivision and the flow was 1,655 gpm down from 1,952 gpm last month.  This reading is down considerably from the initial reading we had in June of 3,472 gpm.

 These flow rates as you can see are not good especially if you compare to this time last year, but on the bright side at least there is still some flow.  I am sure if we went and checked the flows as I am writing this article the readings would be up, but by the time you read this article the middle to end of the week they will be back to the readings from last week.  As I said at the beginning of the article continue to conserve where you can and pray for more rain to come.