REPORTS A. Kelley Cochran: General Manager Report - o Association updates – Ms. Cochran announced she participated in a webinar presented by TAGD, the Meadows Center, and the Environmental Defense Fund Exploring GCD Approaches to Correlative Allocations on December 10th – the recording is available on the TAGD YouTube channel; GMA 13 meeting previously scheduled for January 9, 2026 has been canceled. The next meeting will be February 13, 2026, the agenda remains the same - we will review initial bounding scenarios using the new recalibrated GAM; TAGD Winter business meeting will be January 20-21 with a new bootcamp focusing Page 3 of 4 GCGCD Minutes January 8, 2026 on applied pump principles and hydraulics. GCGCD staff is registered for the bootcamp; TGWA Annual Conference is January 28-29 in San Marcos; TWA will be in Fort Worth March 11-13 which conflicts with GCGCD regularly scheduled March 12th meeting so Ms. Cochran will attend the GCGCD remotely from the event. o Other District business – The District is scheduled to obtain water level measurements on January 23rd; Planning and coordination continues for the winter Wilcox aquifer test at Ranchy. Ms. Cochran summarized communications with Bluebonnet Water Wells drilling a well October 13, 2025 without submitting a notice of intent to drill and 3 wells drilled by Hazelett Drilling on November 12, 19, and 20, 2025 without filing a notice of intent to drill. Should this pattern continue

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