San Antonio River Authority

San Antonio River Authority

Environmental Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda

December 6, 2017from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Mattie's Bakery and Café

131 S Courthouse Square, Goliad, TX 77963

GoliadCounty

Welcome & Introductions:

  • Co-Chair Dr. Robert Reed
  • Introductions

MEETING NOTES FOR AGENDA ITEM 1:

A copy of the sign in sheet is posted to webpage.

NO FORMAL ACTION WAS REQUIRED NOR TAKEN BY THE EAC FOR THIS ITEM.

Presentations Topics:

  • Karen Sablan, SARA Senior Aquatic Biologist
  • Clean Rivers Program (CRP) Update

MEETING NOTES FOR AGENDA ITEM 2:

  • Current and historical coordinated monitoring schedules (CMS) can be found at
  • Clean River Program Basin Highlight and Summary Reports can be found at
  • Ten years of data and 105 monitoring stations to be reviewed in report.
  • Change proposed to Cabeza Creek – may be reclassified from intermittent with pools.
  • Walzem Road monitoring station added due to impairment.
  • San Antonio River at HWY77 added.
  • Request for EAC comments on CRP Coordinated Monitoring Schedule ( by February 1.
  • Review of 2018 CRP Basin Summary Report timeline:
  • Draft Basin Summary Report provided to the EAC for comment: Feb. 1, 2018
  • Receive and incorporate EAC comments: Mar. 1, 2018
  • Draft Basin Summary Report due to TCEQ: Mar. 15, 2018
  • Final Basin Summary Report due to TCEQ: May 31, 2018
  • Post Report to CRP webpage: June 30, 2018

NO FORMAL ACTION WAS REQUIRED NOR TAKEN BY THE EAC FOR THIS ITEM.

  • Steven Schauer (facilitator), SARA Director of Government and Public Affairs
  • Review questions and input for Fiscal Year 2018/2019 SARA Strategic Opportunities and Agency Goals and Annual Objectives

MEETING NOTES FOR AGENDA ITEM 3:

  • Review of all Strategic Opportunity items.
  • Proposal to add following item to SARA Strategic Opportunities:
  • Long-term planning for environmental resiliency.

PROPOSAL APPROVED BY ACCLAMATION OF THE EAC.

  • Review questions and input for Fiscal Year 2018/2019 SARA Agency Goals and Annual Objectives

MEETING NOTES FOR AGENDA ITEM 4:

  • Proposal to add following item under Enhance Community Appreciation and Recreation goals:
  • Increase the use and effective coordination of volunteers to augment SARA staff.
  • Proposal to add following (3) items under Implement Watershed Solutionsgoals:
  • Explore and expand opportunities and resources for restoration and protection of coastal wetlands.
  • Lead the technical analysis of long-term environmental change to develop projects to mitigate its effects.
  • Discuss and articulate SARA’s position on long-term environmental change.
  • Proposal to revise item 23 under Diversify and Leverage Resourcesgoals to read:
  • Pursue opportunities to foster relationships, share expertise and increase collaboration with other public entities, including River Authorities.

PROPOSALS (3) APPROVED BY ACCLAMATION OF THE EAC.

  • Review questions and input for projects and programming within the Natural Resource Protection Program, Sustainable Watersheds Implementation Program, and Watershed Modeling Studies and Planning Program

MEETING NOTES FOR AGENDA ITEM 5:

  • Proposal to add the following project under the Natural Resources Protection Program:
  • Habitat Restoration in SAR at Mission Reach and Brackenridge Park

PROPOSAL APPROVED BY ACCLAMATION OF THE EAC.

  • Additional projects proposed as high-priority by the EAC are listed below in no particular order:

1)Impervious Cover Mitigation (Watershed Modeling Studies and Planning)

2)Cibolo Creek Watershed Master Plan (Watershed Modeling Studies and Planning)

3)Mission Reach Erosion Repairs (Nature Based Park)

9)SARA Stream Monitoring/Clean Rivers Program 2017 (Natural Resources Protection)

12) River Road Stream Restoration (Sustainable Watersheds Implementation)

14) Tributary Modeling (Watershed Modeling Studies and Planning)

20) Holistic Freshwater Mussel Project (Natural Resources Protection)

23) Mission Reach Mussel Survivability (Natural Resources Protection)

26) Bexar County LiDAR Collection (Watershed Modeling Studies and Planning)

33) EDYS San Antonio Bay Model Development (Watershed Modeling Studies and Planning)

34) Residential LID Implementation (Sustainable Watersheds Implementation)

35) USGS Huisache Brush Management (Natural Resources Protection)

39) USGS Nitrogen Assessment (Natural Resources Protection)

43) Watershed Wise Solutions (Natural Resources Protection)

PROPOSAL APPROVED BY ACCLAMATION OF THE EAC.

  • Open Discussion

MEETING NOTES FOR AGENDA ITEM 6:

  • The Goliad Groundwater District Board recently discussed reports of waterway contamination as power loss during Hurricane Harvey caused aerobic septic systems to fail. SARA staff and support requested.
  • Next EAC meeting date and location tentatively scheduled for March 7, 2018 in Karnes County.
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