ORDER NO. X778
RPF'ROVE RESOLUTION FOR GROUNDWATER MANRGEMENT ARERS
On this the c3r-d day of September, c@@', upon motion made by
Commissioner Let z, seconded 6y Commissioner Williams, the
Co~.lrt ~.~n animoi_isly approved by a vote of 4-@-@, to adopt the
Resol~_ition as amended regarding the bo~_uidaries of Gro~_indwater
Management Areas.
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REVIEWED BY THE COURT.
MADE BY: Fred He (1FFICE: County Judge
MEETING DATE: September 23, 2002 TIME PREFERRED:
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Consider and discuss adoption of Resolution regarding boundaries of Groundwater Management Areas.
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RESOLUTION
OF THE
KERR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' COURT
WHEREAS, The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) was chazged with the responsibility
of initially delineating Groundwater Management Areas by not later than
September 1, 2003 and with future responsibilities concerning designation of
Priority Groundwater Management Area (PGMA) by September 1, 2005, under
S.B. 2 of the 77`~ Legislature, and
WHEREAS, the TWDB, through the Texas Water Code, Chapter 35, is given guidance on
factors for determining Groundwater Management Area boundazies, to the extent
feasible, the Groundwater Management Area shall coincide with the boundaries, of
an aquifer, though specifically mentioned for consideration aze the boundaries of
political subdivisions with the objective of providing the most suitable aze for the
management ofthe groundwater resources, and
WHEREAS, political boundaries provide a easily defined and accepted boundaries, and
WHEREAS, the Headwaters Groundwater Conservation District (District) is a political
subdivision of the State of Texas created pursuant to Article XVI, Section 59, of
the Texas Constitution by the Texas Legislature as a Groundwater Conservation
District (GCD) who boundaries are conterminous with Ken County, and
WHEREAS, the Texas Water Code, Chapter 35 states each Groundwater Management Area
shall be designated with the objective of providing the most suitable azea for the
management of the groundwater resources, and
WHEREAS, the District was one of the original Groundwater Conservation Districts created
within the Hffi Country PGMA in the eazly nineties along with Springhills Water
Management District in Bandera County and Hill Country Underground Water
Conservation District in Gillespie County, and
WHEREAS, the established Groundwater Conservation Districts in the Hill Country have
provided fair and equitable stewazdship of their mutual groundwater resources
through years of actively seeking and implementing resource management through
shared communication, information, data, management policies and philosophies
between their respective counties, and
WHEREAS, Ken• County is predornhiantly rural with strong historical and socioeconomic ties to
the other rural agrarian communities located on the Edwazds-Trinity (Plateau)
aquifer of the State of Texas, rather than more urban azeas located on and reliant
upon the Trinity and Edwazds aquifers, and
WHEREAS, the stacking of Groundwater Management Areas would be too complex to
implement.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Kerr County Comrnissioners' Court requests that the
Groundwater Management Area boundaries follow aquifers utilizing county
boundaries, and take into consideration an aquifer's rechazge azea for inclusion into
each Groundwater Management Area's boundazies.
THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Kerr County Commissioners' Court requests that
the TWDB utilize the County boundaries in delineating Groundwater Management
Area boundaries. The Kerr County Commissioners' Court wishes to point out the
need for delineation of Groundwater Management Area to follow county
boundaries as a means of implementing equitable groundwater management
practices, within established and accepted pohtical boundaries to allow for timely
implementation and to avoid the ensuing confusion and possible legal implications
that be created if counties aze divided into multiple Groundwater Management
Areas.
THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Kerr County Commissioners' Court requests the
addition of Bandera, Blanco, Gillespie and Ken Counties to the Groundwater
Management Area designated as the Edwards-Trinity (Plateau)-Area 7 as approved
for publication by the TWDB's August 21, 2002 in the TWDB's Groundwater
Management Area map delineated to follow the aquifers outcrop boundaries
utilizing the Counties' boundaries.
THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Ken County Commissioners' Court requests that
the Groundwater Management Areas are not stacked.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the Ken County Commissioners' Court on this date the 23~' of
September, 2002.
Frederick L. Henneke
Kerr County Judge
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H.A. "Buster" Baldwin
Commissioner, P,~ecinct 1
Precinct 3

William H. Williams
Commissioners, Precinct 2
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Larry G '
Commissioner, Precinct 4