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 August 15, 2024, or in person at the registration desk.

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

2. Consider adoption of the 2024 State Flood Plan. (Reem Zoun) Board Agenda #02 Document

• 2024 State Flood Plan - Volume 1
• 2024 State Flood Plan - Volume 2

3. Briefing and discussion on material changes to contracts for goods and services executed during the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2024, and the contract and performance report for the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2024. (Cameron Turner) Board Agenda #03 Document

4. Consider authorizing the Executive Administrator to execute a contract with Computershare for the purpose of registering and safekeeping political subdivision obligations (PSOs) for a one-year term beginning September 1, 2024, at a cost of $420,000, and authorizing the execution of up to four additional one-year renewal options per the contract terms, for a total contract amount not to exceed $2,000,000. (LeeRoy Lopez) Board Agenda #04 Document

5. Consider approving the Fiscal Year 2025 Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) Investment Policy and Strategies. (LeeRoy Lopez) Board Agenda #05 Document

6. Consider approving the Fiscal Year 2025 Underwriting Policies and Procedures for Negotiated Bond Transactions of the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB). (David Duran) Board Agenda #06 Document

7. Consider approving the Fiscal Year 2025 Debt Management Policy of the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB). (David Duran) Board Agenda #07 Document

8. Consider approving by resolution delegation to the Executive Administrator and the Development Fund Manager the authority to utilize prepayments and other lawfully available funds to pay, redeem, and defease General Obligation Bonds. (Alejandro Imatzu) Board Agenda #08 Document

9. Consider authorizing the publication of a notice of intent to review rules in 31 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 361. (Alexis Lorick) Board Agenda #09 Document

10. Consider authorizing the Executive Administrator to amend the contract with Texas State University in support of the Texas Integrated Flooding Framework (TIFF) project with an additional $325,000 for a total cost of the amended contract not to exceed $600,000. (Saul Nuccitelli) Board Agenda #10 Document

11. Consider authorizing the Executive Administrator to execute contracts for Fiscal Year 2024 Agricultural Water Conservation Grants. (Antonio Delgado) Board Agenda #11 Document

12. Consider the appointment of a member to the Water Conservation Advisory Council to represent groundwater conservation districts. (John Sutton) Board Agenda #12 Document

13. Consider authorizing the Executive Administrator to execute a contract in an amount not to exceed $2,113,735, including $1,750,000 from the Texas Water Development Board, for continuation of the Water Resources Investigations data collection program with the U.S. Geological Survey in Fiscal Year 2025. (Mark Wentzel) Board Agenda #13 Document

14. Consider approving amendments to the 2021 Regional Water Plans for regions B, F, G, L, and M and authorizing the Executive Administrator to hold a public hearing for the associated 2022 State Water Plan amendment. (Sarah Lee) Board Agenda #14 Document

15. Consider authorizing the Executive Administrator to execute an interagency contract in a total amount not to exceed $300,000 for a population and water demand projections research project. (Katie Dahlberg) Board Agenda #15 Document

16. Consider authorizing the publication of proposed amendments to 31 Texas Administrative Code Chapters 363 and 375 relating to the Water Loan Assistance Fund and the Texas Water Development Board's (TWDB) review and approval of design criteria for plans and specifications for sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems. (Marvin Cole-Chaney) Board Agenda #16 Document

17. Consider approving the prioritized list of projects to receive Texas Water Fund monies through the Rural Water Assistance Fund or Water Loan Assistance Fund. (Marvin Cole-Chaney) Board Agenda #17 Document

18. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of Gordon (Palo Pinto County) for $2,135,784 in financial assistance consisting of $530,000 in financing and $1,605,784 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 #18 Document

19. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of Mertzon (Irion County) for $122,449 in financial assistance consisting of $60,000 in financing and $62,449 in principal forgiveness from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Lead Service Line Replacement Program to inventory lead service lines. (Tom Barnett) Board Agenda #19 Document

20. Consider approving by resolution a request from the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District (Carson, Gray, Donley, Roberts, Armstrong, Potter, Hutchinson, and Wheeler counties) for $1,000,000 in financial assistance from the Agricultural Water Conservation Loan Program to provide loans to area farmers to purchase irrigation systems and related equipment. (Tom Barnett) Board Agenda #20 Document

21. Consider authorizing the Executive Administrator to execute an agreement with the City of Columbus (Colorado County) for a $3,225,854 grant pursuant to House Bill 1, 88th Legislative Regular Session, Article VI. (Caaren Skrobarczyk) Board Agenda #21 Document

22. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of Pearsall (Frio County) for $7,400,000 in financial assistance consisting of $6,400,000 in financing and $1,000,000 in principal forgiveness from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for planning, design, and construction of water system improvements. (Caaren Skrobarczyk) Board Agenda #22 Document

23. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of Port Lavaca (Calhoun County) for $39,315,000 in financial assistance from the Clean Water State Reving Fund for planning, design, and construction of wastewater system improvements. (Caaren Skrobarczyk) Board Agenda #23 Document

24. Consider approving by resolution a request from the Rio Grande City (Starr County) for $11,310,000 in financial assistance consisting of $5,655,000 in financing and $5,655,000 in grant from the Economically Distressed Areas Program for planning, acquisition, design, and construction of a water system improvements project. (William Alfaro) Board Agenda #24 Document

25. Consider approving by resolution a request from the Angelina and Neches River Authority (Angelina County) for $7,705,000 in grant from the Rural Water Assistance Fund for planning, acquisition, design, and construction of a water system project. (Bill Blaik) Board Agenda #25 Document

26. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of Jacksonville (Cherokee County) for $11,706,500 in financial assistance consisting of $3,555,000 in financing and $8,151,500 in principal forgiveness from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund for planning, acquisition, design, and construction of a service line replacement project. (Bill Blaik) Board Agenda #26 Document

27. Consider approving by resolution a request from the Westwood Shores MUD (Trinity County) for $1,581,632 in financial assistance consisting of $775,000 in financing and $806,632 in principal forgiveness from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for planning, design, acquisition, and construction of a lead service line replacement project. (Bill Blaik) Board Agenda #27 Document

28. 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.

29. 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 September 12, 2024. Other meetings may be scheduled and will be posted in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act.

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