Board Meeting Agendas

Date/Time:
June 12, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Location:
Go To Webinar or 1700 Congress Ave., Stephen F. Austin Building, Room 170, Austin, Texas
Resource:
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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@twdb.texas.gov no later than 8:00 a.m. on June 12, 2024, or in person at the registration desk.

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

2. Consider approving by resolution a request from Agua Special Utility District for a partial release of lien, release and approval of sale of certain easement interests, and authorization for the Executive Administrator to take all actions necessary, including executing all documents, relating to the transaction. (Alexis Lorick) Board Agenda #02 Document

3. Consider approving the State Fiscal Year 2024 Clean Water State Revolving Fund Emerging Contaminants Intended Use Plan. (Marvin Cole-Chaney) Board Agenda #03 Document

4. Consider approving the State Fiscal Year 2024 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Emerging Contaminants Intended Use Plan. (Marvin Cole-Chaney) Board Agenda #04 Document

5. Consider appointing two members to the Interregional Planning Council to fill vacant positions. (Temple McKinnon) Board Agenda #05 Document

6. Consider authorizing the Executive Administrator to authorize a purchase of IT services from an approved vendor through the Department of Information Resources for an amount not to exceed $800,000 to conduct application documentation of the agency's Water Loss, Use, and Conservation Application. (Temple McKinnon) Board Agenda #06 Document

7. Consider adopting an amendment to 31 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 357 relating to regional water planning. (Sarah Lee) Board Agenda #07 Document

8. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of Huntington (Angelina County) for $2,110,000 in financial assistance consisting of $310,000 in financing and $1,800,000 in principal forgiveness from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for planning, acquisition, design, and construction of a drinking water project. (Bill Blaik) Board Agenda #08 Document

9. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of New Summerfield (Cherokee County) for $3,915,000 in financing from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for planning, acquisition, design, and construction of a drinking water storage and supply project. (Bill Blaik) Board Agenda #09 Document

10. Consider amending by resolution the previously adopted Texas Water Development Board Resolution 23-090 to extend the City of Liberty Hill's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund commitment to December 31, 2024. (Tom Barnett) Board Agenda #10 Document

11. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of De Kalb (Bowie County) for $7,174,307 in financial assistance consisting of $3,200,000 in financing and $3,974,307 in principal forgiveness from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for planning, design, and construction of a water system improvement project. (Joe Koen) Board Agenda #11 Document

12. Consider amending by resolution the previously adopted Texas Water Development Board Resolution Nos. 20-075 and 20-076 to extend the Riverbend Water Resources District's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund commitment period and loan closing schedule. (Joe Koen) Board Agenda #12 Document

13. Consider approving by resolution a request from the Brazosport Water Supply Corporation (Brazoria County) for $2,500,000 in financing from the Texas Water Development Fund for planning of a reservoir expansion project. (Nancy Richards) Board Agenda #13 Document

14. Consider approving by resolution a request from the Hardin Water Supply Corporation (Liberty County) for $3,445,000 in financial assistance consisting of $2,445,000 in financing and $1,000,000 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 #14 Document

15. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of Hitchcock (Galveston County) for $27,280,000 in financial assistance consisting of $23,880,000 in financing and $3,400,000 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 #15 Document

16. Consider approving by resolution a request from the Loma Alta Water Supply Corporation (Hale County) for $300,000 in principal forgiveness from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for planning, acquisition, design, and construction of a water system project. (Dain Larsen) Board Agenda #16 Document

17. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of Donna (Hidalgo County) for $3,335,000 in financial assistance consisting of $2,305,000 in financing and $1,030,000 in principal forgiveness from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund for planning and design of a wastewater system improvements project. (William Alfaro) Board Agenda #17 Document

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

19. 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 held on July 23, 2024. 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 Jacque Lustig at (512) 463-8676 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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