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 video conference. The Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits visitor participation by telephone only. The visitor registration card is available. For those attending via video conference and wishing to address the Board, please complete the registration form no later than 12:00 p.m. on September 17, 2025. The completed form should be submitted via e-mail to Custom Service. In addition, please provide a phone number and email address where you may be reached. The TWDB support staff will contact you to test the video conference functionality before the Board meeting begins.

1. Consider acknowledging the resolution reached by the regional representatives and consider determining the conflict to be resolved, concluding the matter before the Board. (Kendal Kowal) Board Agenda #01 Document

2. Consider authorizing the Executive Administrator to execute multiple contracts with a total Texas Water Development Board contributed amount not to exceed $5,500,000 for lidar data collection and quality control in Texas using the Strategic Mapping Program and its associated contracts with the Texas Department of Information Resources. (Joey Thomas) Board Agenda #02 Document

3. Consider authorizing the Executive Administrator to execute a contract in an amount not to exceed $2,253,735, including $1,774,000 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 2026. (Mark Wentzel) Board Agenda #03 Document

4. Consider approving by resolution the establishment of new tax-exempt and taxable lending rate scales for the Texas Water Development Fund II Water Financial Assistance Account to be effective September 18, 2025. (Lina Linehan) Board Agenda #04 Document

5. Consider approving by resolution the establishment of new tax-exempt and taxable lending rate scales for the Economically Distressed Areas Program to be effective September 18, 2025. (Lina Linehan) Board Agenda #05 Document

6. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of Ropesville for financial assistance consisting of $700,000 in principal forgiveness and $140,000 in financing from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for construction of water system improvements. (Theresa Finch) Board Agenda #06 Document

7. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of Granbury (Hood County) for a) $57,800,000 in principal forgiveness from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Emerging Contaminants Program for planning, design, and construction of a water system improvements project; and b) a waiver from the requirement to include funds to mitigate water loss as part of this project. (Candice DeLello) Board Agenda #07 Document

8. Consider amending by resolution the previously adopted Texas Water Development Board Resolution No. 23-090, as amended, to change the City of Liberty Hill's type of debt instrument and pledge for the approved commitment. (Chelsea Duran) Board Agenda #08 Document

9. Consider amending by resolution the previously adopted Texas Water Development Board Resolution No. 24-095 to change the City of Fort Worth's type of debt instrument and pledge for the approved commitment and to extend the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund commitment period. (Joe Koen) Board Agenda #09 Document

10. Consider amending by resolution the previously adopted Texas Water Development Board Resolution No. 25-049 to extend the English Acres Water System's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund commitment to November 30, 2025. (William Alfaro) Board Agenda #10 Document

11. Consider approving by resolution a request from the Sharyland Water Supply Corporation (Hidalgo County) for $1,050,000 in financial assistance consisting of $315,000 in financing and $735,000 in principal forgiveness from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for planning phase activities to identify and develop an alternate water source. (William Alfaro) Board Agenda #11 Document

12. Consider approving by resolution a request from the Stryker Lake Water Supply Corporation (Cherokee County) for $990,000 in financial assistance consisting of $490,000 in financing and $500,000 in principal forgiveness from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for planning, design, and construction of a water system project. (Rand Zeolla) Board Agenda #12 Document

13. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of Athens (Henderson County) for $18,060,000 in financial assistance from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund for planning, design, and construction of a wastewater system improvement project. (Dain Larsen) Board Agenda #13 Document

14. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of Cleveland (Liberty County) for $16,047,840 in financial assistance consisting of $1,605,000 in financing and $14,442,840 in grant funding from the Rural Water Assistance Fund for design and construction of water system improvements. (Dain Larsen) Board Agenda #14 Document

15. Consider approving by resolution a request from the G-M Water Supply Corporation (Sabine and San Augustine counties) for $5,155,000 in financial assistance consisting of $1,550,000 in financing and $3,605,000 in grant funding from the Water Loan Assistance Fund for planning, design, and construction of water system improvements. (Dain Larsen) Board Agenda #15 Document

16. Consider approving by resolution a request from the Greater Texoma Utility Authority on behalf of Lake Kiowa Special Utility District (Cooke County) for $8,015,000 in financial assistance from the Texas Water Development Fund for planning, design, and construction of a water system improvement project. (Dain Larsen) Board Agenda #16 Document

17. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of Mount Vernon (Franklin County) for $10,703,090 in financial assistance consisting of $1,075,000 in financing and $9,628,090 in grant funding from the Rural Water Assistance Fund for construction of water system improvements. (Dain Larsen) Board Agenda #17 Document

18. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of Port Arthur (Jefferson County) for $4,806,122 in financial assistance consisting of $2,355,000 in financing and $2,451,122 in principal forgiveness from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Lead Service Line Replacement Program for planning of a water system improvements project. (Dain Larsen) Board Agenda #18 Document

19. 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.

20. The Board may adjourn into Executive Session to 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 October 2, 2025. 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, "properties" means the room or rooms where the open meeting of the Texas Water Development Board is held.