Overview of the Collection
Austin History Center, Austin Public Library,
810 Guadalupe, PO BOX 2287, Austin, TX 78768
Johnson, Sue
Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District Records
1972-1999
1990-1998
9 linear feet ( boxes)
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.
AR.1998.004
Archives stacks
The records are in English.
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.
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.
Arrangement
The collection is composed of two series:
- I. Administrative files
- II. Subject files
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.
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.)
Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (Tex.)--Environmental conditions.
Barton Springs (Tex.)
Edwards Aquifer (Tex.)
Subjects:
Groundwater.
Water-Law and Legislation.
Water quality management.
Document Types:
Correspondence
Agendas
Legal
Financial
Reports
Periodicals
Restrictions on Access
None
Restrictions on Use
None
Preferred Citation
Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District Records (AR.1998.004). Austin History Center, Austin Public Library, Texas.
Acquisition Information
Donor #: DO/1992/006
Donation Date: January and May, 1998
Processing Information
Collection processed and cataloged by Ruth Baker, April 12, 2001. Encoded by Evan Usler/2010.
Detailed Description of the Collection
I. Administrative Files,
1988-1998
1
1
Meeting notices. Board of Directors,
1989-1998
1
2
Meeting minutes,
1988
1
3-16
Agenda backup,
1990-1991
2
1-4
Agenda backup,
1991
2
5
Meeting minutes,
1991-1992
2
6-10
Agenda backup,
1991-1992
2
11
Work session. Program & budget FY 1992,
1992
2
12-18
Agenda backup,
1992-1993
3
1-8
Agenda backup,
1993
4
1-7
Agenda backup,
1993-1996
4
8
Presentation to board,
1994
4
9-29
Agenda backup,
1993-1996
5
1-20
Agenda backup,
1996-1997
6
1-6
Agenda backup,
1997
7
1-10
Agenda backup,
1997-1998
7
11-12
Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting notices, notes, etc.,
1988-1994
7
13
CAPCO. Notices, agendas, minutes, etc. ,
1992
7
14
Natural Resource Committee. Executive summary,
1990
7
15
Texa Water Commission. Public Hearing,
1990
7
16
Meetings - Misc. organizations. BCHCP, TWCA, TWC, WCA, HRM, TEXPOOL, TDOT, and TWPGK ,
1990-1992, 1994-1995, 1998
7
17
Correspondence-Received,
undated, 1989, 1991-1992
7
18
Correspondence-Sent to Robert Redford,
1989
7
19
Correspondence-Board of Directors,
1990
7
20
Correspondence-Sent to Bill Couch,
1991-1992, undated
7
21
Correspondence-Board of Directors. Election precincts and general election,
1992 April
7
22
Correspondence-Board of Directors. Expense reports,
1992 September 22
7
23
Correspondence-Board of Directors. Financial reports,
1992 September
8
1
Correspondence-Board of Directors. Financial reports,
1992 September
8
2
Correspondence. Resumes,
1992 September
8
3-4
Correspondence-Board of Directors. Financial reports,
1992 October
8
5
Correspondence. Received,
1992 October
8
6-9
Correspondence-Board of Directors
1992 October-December
8
10
Correspondence-Board of Directors. Financial reports,
1992 December
8
11
Correspondence. Received,
1992 December
8
12
Correspondence-Board of Directors,
January, July 1993
8
13
Correspondence-Board of Directors
1994
8
14
Correspondence. Received,
1995-1997
8
15
Employee manuals and job descriptions,
1977-1998, undated
8
16
Financial material. Report, contributor list, auditor report,
1988-1989
8
17
Financial material. Budget,
1990-1991, undated
8
18
Financial. Audit material,
1990-1992
8
19
Financial. Candidate disclosure. Sue Johnson,
8
20
Financial. Invoice. Received,
March 1993
8
21
Legal. Report. Re: Tammy Charlson,
1992
8
22-23
Legal. Wije v. BSEACD,
1993-1997
8
24
Reports. City of Austin solid waste management,
1990
8
25
Report. "Strategy for Achieving Nondegradation of Water Quality in the Contributing Recharge zones of the B.S...",
8
26
Report. BSEACD Management Plan,
1995
8
27
Report. "Regulating Groundwater: The Edwards Aquifer.",
1985
8
28
Report. "Erosion/Sedimentation Control Practices on Highway Construction Practices over the Recharge...",
undated
8
29
Report. "Enhanced Roadway Runoff BMPs",
1991
8
30
Report. "Barton Springs Groundwater Model Development Executive Summary",
undated
8
31
Report. "Bioassessment Strategies for Nonpoint Source Polluted Creeks",
8
32
Report. "Preservation of the Barton Creek Watershed",
1990
8
33
Report. "Draft Environmental Input Statement for Proposed Issuance of a Permit...",
undated
8
34
Report. "Engineering Assessment and Environmental Inventory...",
undated
8
35
Report. "Report...290-Loop 1 Task Force on Water Quality...",
1996
8
36
Report. "BSEACD Annual Report",
1992
8
37
Report. "Proposed Final Rules for the Management of the Edwards Aquifer..",
1992
8
38
Report. "TWC..Edwards Underground River" Chpt. 298,
1992
8
39
Report. "Model Refinement and Applications for the Edwards Aquifer...",
undated
8
40
Report. "LCRA Report on Refuse-Derived Fuel Co-Firing Fayette Power Project",
undated
8
41
Report. "1989 Annual Report on the Water Management Plan for LCRA",
1990
8
42
Report. "Liability Coverage Document",
1991
8
43
Report. "Regulatory Takings, Due Process and Other Constitutional Challenges to Land Use Regulations...",
1993
8
44
Reports on Groundwater Quality,
8
45
Report. "Criminal Enforcement on Environmental Status",
1992
8
46
Report. "A Benefit Cost Analysis of the Proposed Recharge Lake on Onion Creek...",
1985
8
47
Report. "The Path to a Clean Colorado",
1990
8
48
Report. Misc. on Water and Land Use-Non-Travis County,
1992
II. Subject Files,
1972, 1986-1999, undated
8
49
BSEACD--General information,
8
50
Biographical Material--Sue Johnson,
8
51
Brochure. "BS/EACD: Recognizing Our Anniversary",
1987-1997
8
52
Computers-Software on the Edwards Aquifer,
8
53
Conferences, Workshops, etc.,
1989-1991, undated
9
1
Conferences. Texas Water Law,
December 1991
9
2
Conferences, Workshops, etc.,
1992-1993
9
3
Conference. Texas Water Law Conference. Part I,
December 1993
9
4
Conference. Texas Water Law Conference. Part II,
December 1993
9
5
Conferences, workshops, etc.,
1994
9
6
Conference. Regulatory Takings Conference,
September 1995
10
1
Conferences, workshops, etc.,
1996-1999
10
2
Conference. The Endangered Species Act Conference,
September-December 1997
10
3
Conference. Texas Water Law Conference,
November 1997
10
4
Conservation Awards,
1990-1992
10
5
Drought plan/Well levels,
1988-1994, undated
10
6
Elections. Precincts-Demographics,
1990-1991
10
7
Legislation. City and State,
1990
10
8
Legislation. Travel policy - City and State,
1991-1992
10
9
Legislation. Regulations and Standards - Sewage and Septic Systems - City and State,
1972
10
10
Legislation. General law districts-Underground water conservation districts - state,
1989
10
11
Legislation. S.B./H.B.-A Bill...State,
1987-1990, undated
10
12
Legislation. H.B. 2796-A Bill...State,
1991
10
13
Legislation. Water code. State,
1995
10
14
Legislation. 72nd Legislature-Report of Bills,
1990-1991
10
15
Legislation. 74th Legislature-Report of Bills filed by subject-State,
1994-1995
10
16
Legislation. A Bill to be Entitled an Act-State,
1992-1993, 1995
10
17
Legislation. H.B. 2521 and S.B. 28-State,
1997
10
18
Legislation. Committee substitute for S.B.1-State,
1997
10
19
Legislation. Amendments. Edwards Aquifer Rules. TNRCC.,
1997
10
20
Legislation. Texas Register-Texas Water Commission-State,
1987
10
21
Legislation. Texas Register-Texas Water Commission-State,
1988-1991
10
22
Legislation. Texas Register-Texas Ethics Commission-State,
1993
10
23
Legislation. Texas Register-Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission-State,
1996
10
24
Legislation. Texas Register-Texas Water Development Board-State,
1997
10
25
Legislation. Barton Springs Salamander-Federal,
1996
10
26
Legislation. Major Federal and State Environmental Criminal Penalties-State,
1991
10
27
Legislation. Water Reclamation Statutes and Related Code Sections-California,
1994
10
28
Lower Colorado River Authority. Maps, Ordinances,
1989-1991
10
29
Periodicals,
1991-1998
11
1
Periodicals,
1991-1998
11
2-3
Periodicals. Articles (copies). Newspapers, etc.,
1986-1997, undated
11
4
Press releases,
1990-1996
11
5
Richardson Verdoon Planners,
1990-1991
11
6
Settlement Between the District and the SDHPT-Summary,
undated
11
7
Speech. Bill Couch,
1990
11
8
Speeches. Notes and background information. Sue Johnson,
1990-1996
11
9
Speech. Chairman Hall,
undated
11
10
Surveys,
undated
11
11
Miscellaneous,
1991-1992, undated