File #: 25-0506    Version: 1 Name:
Type: E-Session Item Status: Filed with the City Secretary
File created: 4/4/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/15/2025 Final action: 4/15/2025
Title: Executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.071 and Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.05 to consult with attorneys concerning legal issues related to regulations, legal rights, and contracts related to groundwater from the Eshelman-Vogt Ranch/Catahoula Water Company, Evangeline Laguna Water LP, and other sources, including the potential execution of agreements related to the water from the Catahoula Aquifer and/or Evangeline Aquifer, desalination, legal restrictions on and permits required for the provision of water, regulations and contracts, groundwater conservation districts (including, but not limited to the Brush Country Groundwater Conservation District and/or San Patricio Groundwater Conservation District), special districts that own potentially related water infrastructure, property rights to water in the Catahoula Aquifer and/or Evangeline Aquifer, TCEQ and EPA regulations related to water, state and federal regulations related to construct...

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Executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code § 551.071 and Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.05 to consult with attorneys concerning legal issues related to regulations, legal rights, and contracts related to groundwater from the Eshelman-Vogt Ranch/Catahoula Water Company, Evangeline Laguna Water LP, and other sources, including the potential execution of agreements related to the water from the Catahoula  Aquifer and/or Evangeline Aquifer, desalination, legal restrictions on and permits required for the provision of water, regulations and contracts, groundwater conservation districts (including, but not limited to the Brush Country Groundwater Conservation District and/or San Patricio Groundwater Conservation District), special districts that own potentially related water infrastructure, property rights to water in the Catahoula Aquifer and/or Evangeline Aquifer, TCEQ and EPA regulations related to water, state and federal regulations related to construction of water-related infrastructure, state restrictions on rates and charges for utilities, statutory restrictions on the issuance of debt and governmental contracting, and Texas Government Code § 551.072 to discuss and deliberate the value of the aforementioned property rights because deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in negotiations with a third person, including, but not limited to, potential consideration of authorization to enter agreement(s) related to the Catahoula Aquifer, Evangeline Aquifer, and/or other water matters