Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District Records An Inventory to the Collection

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I. Administrative Files, 1988-1998

II. Subject Files, 1972, 1986-1999, undated

Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District Records

An Inventory to the Collection


Collection Summary
	Creator:	Johnson, Sue
	Title:	Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District Records
	Dates:	1972-1999
	Dates (Bulk):	1990-1998
	Abstract:	The collection contains the files of Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer District (BSEACD) board member Sue Johnson. Documenting the operation of this organization are agendas, minutes, correspondence, legal and financial materials, and reports. There are also files on conference attended, legislation, periodicals, speeches, materials relating to the District, and her position within the District.
	Accession number:	AR.1998.004
	Quantity:	9 linear feet (11 boxes)
	Location:	Archives Stacks
	Language:	English
	Repository:	Austin History Center, Austin Public Library, 810 Guadalupe, PO Box 2287, Austin, TX 78768

Biographical Note

In 1987, the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) was created by the 70th Texas legislature and confirmed by the voters of the District in an election of the same year. The District encompasses approximately 250 square miles area with both urban and rural development in parts of Travis, Hays, Bastrop and Caldwell counties. The mission statement is a commitment to provide for the conservation, preservation, recharging and prevention of waste groundwater. Overseeing the District's work is a five member Board of Directors. The general manager is hired by the directors. They set the policies and rules for the district. A Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) is appointed by the Board to recommend various activities and procedures for the District. It has won major city, state, and nationwide environmental awards, and in turn presents annual Conservation awards for conservation efforts within the BSEACD boundaries. Sue Johnson was elected board member for Pct. 5 in 1990, and in 1996 was elected as President of the Board with a term that expired in May of 1998.

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Scope and Contents

The Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District Records was created by Sue Johnson while she was an elected member of the Board of Directors of the BSEACD between 1990 and 1998. The administrative files contain the Board of Directors meeting agendas with backup material and minutes, financial and legal material, correspondence and reports. Most of the correspondence is addressed to the board or the manager and copied to each member. Part of the correspondence and the financial material is composed of records gathered for an audit due to charges of improper spending. Most of the legal documents relate to a lawsuit brought against the District by Chand Wije. The reports are concerned with water and land use affecting the District.

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Arrangement
	The collection is composed of two series:
		I. Administrative files
		II. Subject files

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

None

Restrictions on Use

None

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Index Terms
	This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
	Persons:
		Johnson, Sue.
		Cox, Patrick.
		Couch, Bill.
		Goodman, Jack.
		Laws, Alton.
		Turner, Don.
	Organizations:
		Texas Water Commission.
		Lower Colorado River Authority.
		Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts.
		Texas Water Conservation Association.
		Capitol Area Planning Council.
	Places:
		Austin (Tex.)--Environmental conditions.
		Barton Springs (Tex.).
		Edwards Aquifer (Tex.).
	Subjects:
		Groundwater.
		Water--Law and Legislation.
		Water quality management.
		Ecology--Texas--Austin.
		Environmental protection--Texas.
	Document Types:
		Correspondence.
		Agendas.
		Legal.
		Financial.
		Reports.
		Periodicals.

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Separated Material

Reports and booklets (96) were separated General Collection.

Issues (13) of The Waterline were separated to the Periodicals Collection along with single issues of the Onion Creek Free Press, In Fact Daily and the Austin Courier.

Maps (5) separated to the Map Collection.

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I. Administrative Files, 1988-1998
Box	Folder
1	1	Meeting notices. Board of Directors, 1989-1998
	2	Meeting minutes, 1988
	3-16	Agenda backup, 1990-1991
Box	Folder
2	1-4	Agenda backup, 1991
	5	Meeting minutes, 1991-1992
	6-10	Agenda backup, 1991-1992
	11	Work session. Program & budget FY 1992, 1992
	12-18	Agenda backup, 1992-1993
Box	Folder
3	1-8	Agenda backup, 1993
Box	Folder
4	1-7	Agenda backup, 1993-1996
	8	Presentation to board, 1994
	9-29	Agenda backup, 1993-1996
Box	Folder
5	1-20	Agenda backup, 1996-1997
Box	Folder
6	1-6	Agenda backup, 1997
Box	Folder
7	1-10	Agenda backup, 1997-1998
	11-12	Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting notices, notes, etc., 1988-1994
	13	CAPCO. Notices, agendas, minutes, etc. , 1992
	14	Natural Resource Committee. Executive summary, 1990
	15	Texa Water Commission. Public Hearing, 1990
	16	Meetings - Misc. organizations. BCHCP, TWCA, TWC, WCA, HRM, TEXPOOL, TDOT, and TWPGK , 1990-1992, 1994-1995, 1998
	17	Correspondence-Received, undated, 1989, 1991-1992
	18	Correspondence-Sent to Robert Redford, 1989
	19	Correspondence-Board of Directors, 1990
	20	Correspondence-Sent to Bill Couch, 1991-1992, undated
	21	Correspondence-Board of Directors. Election precincts and general election, 1992 April
	22	Correspondence-Board of Directors. Expense reports, 1992 September 22
	23	Correspondence-Board of Directors. Financial reports, 1992 September
Box	Folder
8	1	Correspondence-Board of Directors. Financial reports, 1992 September
	2	Correspondence. Resumes, 1992 September
	3-4	Correspondence-Board of Directors. Financial reports, 1992 October
	5	Correspondence. Received, 1992 October
	6-9	Correspondence-Board of Directors 1992 October-December
	10	Correspondence-Board of Directors. Financial reports, 1992 December
	11	Correspondence. Received, 1992 December
	12	Correspondence-Board of Directors, January, July 1993
	13	Correspondence-Board of Directors 1994
	14	Correspondence. Received, 1995-1997
	15	Employee manuals and job descriptions, 1977-1998, undated
	16	Financial material. Report, contributor list, auditor report, 1988-1989
	17	Financial material. Budget, 1990-1991, undated
	18	Financial. Audit material, 1990-1992
	19	Financial. Candidate disclosure. Sue Johnson,
	20	Financial. Invoice. Received, March 1993
	21	Legal. Report. Re: Tammy Charlson, 1992
	22-23	Legal. Wije v. BSEACD, 1993-1997
	24	Reports. City of Austin solid waste management, 1990
	25	Report. "Strategy for Achieving Nondegradation of Water Quality in the Contributing Recharge zones of the B.S...",
	26	Report. BSEACD Management Plan, 1995
	27	Report. "Regulating Groundwater: The Edwards Aquifer.", 1985
	28	Report. "Erosion/Sedimentation Control Practices on Highway Construction Practices over the Recharge...", undated
	29	Report. "Enhanced Roadway Runoff BMPs", 1991
	30	Report. "Barton Springs Groundwater Model Development Executive Summary", undated
	31	Report. "Bioassessment Strategies for Nonpoint Source Polluted Creeks",
	32	Report. "Preservation of the Barton Creek Watershed", 1990
	33	Report. "Draft Environmental Input Statement for Proposed Issuance of a Permit...", undated
	34	Report. "Engineering Assessment and Environmental Inventory...", undated
	35	Report. "Report...290-Loop 1 Task Force on Water Quality...", 1996
	36	Report. "BSEACD Annual Report", 1992
	37	Report. "Proposed Final Rules for the Management of the Edwards Aquifer..", 1992
	38	Report. "TWC..Edwards Underground River" Chpt. 298, 1992
	39	Report. "Model Refinement and Applications for the Edwards Aquifer...", undated
	40	Report. "LCRA Report on Refuse-Derived Fuel Co-Firing Fayette Power Project", undated
	41	Report. "1989 Annual Report on the Water Management Plan for LCRA", 1990
	42	Report. "Liability Coverage Document", 1991
	43	Report. "Regulatory Takings, Due Process and Other Constitutional Challenges to Land Use Regulations...", 1993
	44	Reports on Groundwater Quality,
	45	Report. "Criminal Enforcement on Environmental Status", 1992
	46	Report. "A Benefit Cost Analysis of the Proposed Recharge Lake on Onion Creek...", 1985
	47	Report. "The Path to a Clean Colorado", 1990
	48	Report. Misc. on Water and Land Use-Non-Travis County, 1992

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II. Subject Files, 1972, 1986-1999, undated
Box	Folder
8	49	BSEACD--General information,
	50	Biographical Material--Sue Johnson,
	51	Brochure. "BS/EACD: Recognizing Our Anniversary", 1987-1997
	52	Computers-Software on the Edwards Aquifer,
	53	Conferences, Workshops, etc., 1989-1991, undated
Box	Folder
9	1	Conferences. Texas Water Law, December 1991
	2	Conferences, Workshops, etc., 1992-1993
	3	Conference. Texas Water Law Conference. Part I, December 1993
	4	Conference. Texas Water Law Conference. Part II, December 1993
	5	Conferences, workshops, etc., 1994
	6	Conference. Regulatory Takings Conference, September 1995
Box	Folder
10	1	Conferences, workshops, etc., 1996-1999
	2	Conference. The Endangered Species Act Conference, September-December 1997
	3	Conference. Texas Water Law Conference, November 1997
	4	Conservation Awards, 1990-1992
	5	Drought plan/Well levels, 1988-1994, undated
	6	Elections. Precincts-Demographics, 1990-1991
	7	Legislation. City and State, 1990
	8	Legislation. Travel policy - City and State, 1991-1992
	9	Legislation. Regulations and Standards - Sewage and Septic Systems - City and State, 1972
	10	Legislation. General law districts-Underground water conservation districts - state, 1989
	11	Legislation. S.B./H.B.-A Bill...State, 1987-1990, undated
	12	Legislation. H.B. 2796-A Bill...State, 1991
	13	Legislation. Water code. State, 1995
	14	Legislation. 72nd Legislature-Report of Bills, 1990-1991
	15	Legislation. 74th Legislature-Report of Bills filed by subject-State, 1994-1995
	16	Legislation. A Bill to be Entitled an Act-State, 1992-1993, 1995
	17	Legislation. H.B. 2521 and S.B. 28-State, 1997
	18	Legislation. Committee substitute for S.B.1-State, 1997
	19	Legislation. Amendments. Edwards Aquifer Rules. TNRCC., 1997
	20	Legislation. Texas Register-Texas Water Commission-State, 1987
	21	Legislation. Texas Register-Texas Water Commission-State, 1988-1991
	22	Legislation. Texas Register-Texas Ethics Commission-State, 1993
	23	Legislation. Texas Register-Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission-State, 1996
	24	Legislation. Texas Register-Texas Water Development Board-State, 1997
	25	Legislation. Barton Springs Salamander-Federal, 1996
	26	Legislation. Major Federal and State Environmental Criminal Penalties-State, 1991
	27	Legislation. Water Reclamation Statutes and Related Code Sections-California, 1994
	28	Lower Colorado River Authority. Maps, Ordinances, 1989-1991
	29	Periodicals, 1991-1998
Box	Folder
11	1	Periodicals, 1991-1998
	2-3	Periodicals. Articles (copies). Newspapers, etc., 1986-1997, undated
	4	Press releases, 1990-1996
	5	Richardson Verdoon Planners, 1990-1991
	6	Settlement Between the District and the SDHPT-Summary, undated
	7	Speech. Bill Couch, 1990
	8	Speeches. Notes and background information. Sue Johnson, 1990-1996
	9	Speech. Chairman Hall, undated
	10	Surveys, undated
	11	Miscellaneous, 1991-1992, undated

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District Records

An Inventory to the Collection

Collection Summary

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents

Arrangement

Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

Restrictions on Use

Index Terms

Separated Material

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Acquisition Information

Processing Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

I. Administrative Files, 1988-1998

II. Subject Files, 1972, 1986-1999, undated