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1. Consider authorizing the Executive Administrator, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and Development Fund Manager to take all necessary actions for the issuance, sale, and delivery of State of Texas Water Financial Assistance 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 bonds. (Georgia Sanchez) Board Agenda #01 Document

2. Consider authorizing the Executive Administrator to execute a contract amendment with Wells Fargo Brokerage Services, LLC to establish the FY22 budget at a maximum of $350,000 for the purposes of registering and safekeeping political subdivision obligations for all financing programs except the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas. (LeeRoy Lopez) Board Agenda #02 Document

3. Consider authorizing the Executive Administrator to extend existing master contracts with the accounting firms Weaver and Tidwell and CohnReznick to August 31, 2022, for the purpose of providing CFO to GO consulting services, with a total budget not to exceed $670,619 per firm. (Dennis Kyhos) Board Agenda #03 Document

4. Consider authorizing the Executive Administrator to negotiate a FY22 contract with three, one-year renewal options to allow for continued enhancements of the Texas Water Information System Expansion application and the Contract Administration System. The estimated cost for FY22 is $120,000 with a total contract amount not to exceed $700,000 over the four years. (Patricia Avitia) Board Agenda #04 Document

5. Consider approving selected applications and authorizing the Executive Administrator to negotiate and execute contracts for grant funding from the 2020 Flood Infrastructure Fund cycle in an amount not to exceed $2,160,000 for watershed flood protection planning projects and authorizing the transfer of $2,160,000 from the Flood Infrastructure Fund to the Research and Planning Fund as authorized by Texas Water Code Section 15.534(a)(8). (Reem Zoun) Board Agenda #05 Document

6. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Cameron (Milam County) for $125,000 in grant from the Flood Infrastructure Fund for planning of a flood mitigation project. (Henry Foust) Board Agenda #06 Document

7. Approve by resolution a request from the Harris County Flood Control District (Harris County) for $3,887,186 in grant from the Flood Infrastructure Fund for construction of a flood mitigation project. (Mireya Loewe) Board Agenda #07 Document

8. Approve by resolution a request from the Willow Fork Drainage District (Fort Bend County) for $24,006,760 in financial assistance consisting of $22,085,000 in financing and $1,921,760 in grant from the Flood Infrastructure Fund for planning, design, and construction of a drainage improvement project. (Claudia Corsetti) Board Agenda #08 Document

9. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Palestine (Anderson County) for $380,000 in financial assistance consisting of $228,000 in financing and $152,000 in grant from the Flood Infrastructure Fund for planning, design and construction of a dam rehabilitation project. (Claudia Corsetti) Board Agenda #09 Document

10. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Palestine (Anderson County) for $335,000 in financial assistance consisting of $268,000 in financing and $67,000 in grant from the Flood Infrastructure Fund for planning, design and construction of a dam rehabilitation project. (Claudia Corsetti) Board Agenda #10 Document

11. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Palestine (Anderson County) for $315,000 in financial assistance consisting of $252,000 in financing and $63,000 in grant from the Flood Infrastructure Fund for planning, design, and construction of a dam rehabilitation project. (Claudia Corsetti) Board Agenda #11 Document

12. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Palestine (Anderson County) for $380,000 in financial assistance consisting of $266,000 in financing and $114,000 in grant from the Flood Infrastructure Fund for planning, design, and construction of a dam rehabilitation project. (Claudia Corsetti) Board Agenda #12 Document

13. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Arp (Smith County) for $7,367,173 in financial assistance consisting of $1,602,000 in financing and $5,765,173 in principal forgiveness from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for planning, acquisition, design, and construction of a water system improvements project. (Jeff Taylor) Board Agenda #13 Document

14. Authorize the Executive Administrator to execute an amendment to the grant agreement with the Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1, as amended, to include an additional $500,000 grant pursuant to Rider No. 23 of the General Appropriations Act. (Mireya Loewe) Board Agenda #14 Document

15. Consider amending by resolution the previously adopted Texas Water Development Board Resolution No. 21-064, to revise the commitments to Willacy County for Projects No. 40096 and No. 40101. (Joe Reynolds) Board Agenda #15 Document

16. 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.

17. 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 September 9, 2021. Other meetings may be scheduled and will be posted in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act.

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This Board Meeting will be held both in person at the Stephen F. Austin Building, Room 170, and via webinar under the Governor's Covid-19 disaster declaration.