Board Meeting Agendas

Date/Time:
March 03, 2022 at 9:30 AM
Location:
GoTo Webinar; In person at 1700 Congress Ave., Stephen F. Austin Building, Room 170, Austin, Texas
Resource:
Printable Board Agenda

Visitors who wish to address the Board should complete a visitor registration card and either attend the meeting in person or arrange to address the Board via videoconference. The Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits visitor participation by telephone only. The visitor registration card is available and should be completed and submitted by e-mail to Customer Service no later than 8:00 a.m. on March 3, 2022, or in person at the registration desk.

1. Discussion regarding outreach efforts and activities by the Board.

2. Consider authorizing the Executive Administrator, Chief Financial Officer, and Development Fund Manager to take all necessary actions for the issuance, sale and delivery of Texas Water Development Board State Revolving Fund Revenue Bonds in one or more series; and approving the selection of financial advisor, bond counsel, disclosure counsel, senior managing underwriter, and co-managing underwriters for the negotiation of the bond issue. (Georgia Sanchez) Board Agenda #02 Document

3. Consider approving an application from Cameron County and authorizing the Executive Administrator to negotiate and execute a contract for grant funding in an amount not to exceed $282,216 from the Flood Infrastructure Fund for a federal grant award matching funds project. (Kathy Hopkins) Board Agenda #03 Document

4. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Breckenridge (Stephens County) for $3,637,809 in financial assistance consisting of $2,325,000 in financing and $1,312,809 in principal forgiveness from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for planning, design, and construction of a water system improvements project. (Tom Barnett) Board Agenda #04 Document

5. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Breckenridge (Stephens County) for $4,162,420 in financial assistance consisting of $2,935,000 in financing and $1,227,420 in principal forgiveness from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund for planning, design, and construction of a wastewater system improvements project. (Tom Barnett) Board Agenda #05 Document

6. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Daingerfield (Morris County) for $3,332,157 in financial assistance consisting of $1,685,000 in financing and $1,647,157 in principal forgiveness from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for planning, design, and construction of a water system improvements project. (Nancy Richards) Board Agenda #06 Document

7. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Daingerfield (Morris County) for $3,695,510 in financial assistance consisting of $1,865,000 in financing and $1,830,510 in principal forgiveness from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund for planning, design, and construction of a wastewater system improvements project. (Nancy Richards) Board Agenda #07 Document

8. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Shenandoah (Montgomery County) for $6,500,000 in financial assistance from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund for planning, design, and construction of a wastewater system improvements project. (Nancy Richards) Board Agenda #08 Document

9. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Fredericksburg (Gillespie County) for $2,602,529 in financial assistance consisting of $2,212,000 in financing and $390,529 in grant from the Flood Infrastructure Fund for design and construction of a drainage improvements project. (Dain Larsen) Board Agenda #09 Document

10. Amend by resolution, previously adopted Texas Water Development Board Resolution No. 21-039, to modify the City of New Braunfels’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund commitment to extend the commitment period. (Dain Larsen) Board Agenda #10 Document

11. Approve by resolution a request from the City of San Marcos (Hays County) for $2,352,770 in financial assistance consisting of $1,200,000 in financing and $1,152,770 in grant from the Flood Infrastructure Fund for construction of a drainage improvements project. (Dain Larsen) Board Agenda #11 Document

12. Approve by resolution a request from the Greater Texoma Utility Authority on behalf of the City of Bells (Grayson County) for $7,200,000 in financing from the Texas Water Development Fund for planning, design, and construction of water and wastewater system improvement projects. (Joe Koen) Board Agenda #12 Document

13. Approve by resolution a request from the Greater Texoma Utility Authority on behalf of Northwest Grayson County Water Control and Improvement District #1 (Grayson County) for $2,360,000 in financing from the Texas Water Development Fund for planning, design, and construction of water system improvements. (Joe Koen) Board Agenda #13 Document

14. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Mabank (Kaufman County) for $28,790,000 in financing from the Texas Water Development Fund for the planning, design and construction of water and wastewater system improvement projects. (Joe Koen) Board Agenda #14 Document

15. The Board will receive comments from the public on any matters within the jurisdiction of the TWDB, with the exception of matters which are subject to the ex parte prohibition found in Texas Government Code Section 2001.061.

16. The Board may adjourn into Executive Session and conduct a closed meeting to consider any item on this agenda if a matter is raised that is appropriate for the Board to conduct a private consultation with its attorney on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. The Board may conduct a closed meeting to receive legal advice and discuss pending or contemplated litigation, settlement offers, or the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of specific Board employees, including the Executive Administrator and General Counsel, as permitted by Sections 551.071 and 551.074, the Texas Open Meetings Act, codified as Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. The Board may also meet in open meeting to take action on legal or personnel matters considered in the closed meeting as required by Section 551.102 of the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the Government Code. The Board may conduct a closed meeting to consider and discuss financial matters related to the investment or potential investment of the Board's funds, as permitted by Section 6.0601(a) of the Texas Water Code. The Board may also meet in open meeting to take action on a financial matter discussed in the closed meeting as required by Section 6.0601(b) of the Texas Water Code.

The next currently scheduled meeting of the Texas Water Development Board will be April 11, 2022. Other meetings may be scheduled and will be posted in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act.

Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aids or services such as interpreters for persons who are deaf or hearing impaired, readers, large print or Braille, are requested to contact Cheryl Arredondo at (512) 463-7686 two (2) workdays prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.

NOTICE: ENTRY TO THIS MEETING WITH A HANDGUN IS FORBIDDEN

This meeting is a public meeting under Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. Pursuant to Section 30.06, Penal Code (trespass by license holder with a concealed handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code (handgun licensing law) may not enter this property with a concealed handgun. Pursuant to Section 30.07, Penal Code (trespass by license holder with an openly carried handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code (handgun licensing law) may not enter this property with a handgun that is carried openly. For purposes of this notice, "property" means the room or rooms where the open meeting of the Texas Water Development Board is held.

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