Board Meeting Agendas

Date/Time:: December 16, 2021 at 9:30 AM
Location:: GoTo Webinar
Resource:: Printable Board Agenda

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

2. Consider authorizing publication of proposed amendments to 31 Texas Administrative Code §353.32 to incorporate provisions of a new employee family leave pool. (Edna Jackson) Board Agenda #02 Document

3. Consider authorizing publication of proposed amendments to 31 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 357 relating to Regional Water Planning and 31 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 358 relating to State Water Planning Guidelines. (Sarah Backhouse) Board Agenda #03 Document

4. Consider authorizing publication of proposed additions, amendments and repeals to 31 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 363 relating to the Economically Distressed Areas Program, the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas, and the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas. (Alyssa Azari) Board Agenda #04 Document

5. No action is required of the Board. This is a briefing and discussion of the timeline for the 2022 funding cycle of the SWIFT program. (Alyssa Azari) Board Agenda #05 Document

6. Consider approving a contract with Northbridge Environmental Management Consultant to allow for enhancements of the Texas Water Information System Expansion application for a total amount not to exceed $350,000. (Chris Clary) Board Agenda #06 Document

7. Approve by resolution a request from the North Texas Municipal Water District (Kaufman and Rockwall counties) for $39,615,000 in financial assistance consisting of $38,615,000 in financing and $1,000,000 in principal forgiveness from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund for construction of a wastewater interceptor pipeline. (Joe Koen) Board Agenda #07 Document

8. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Terrell (Kaufman County) to amend Texas Water Development Board Resolution No. 18-124, as amended by Resolution 19-029, to reinstate the $780,000 commitment amount that expired in October 2020 and add it to the $2,510,000 commitment expiring October 2022, for a total commitment of $3,290,000, to finance wastewater system improvements from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program. (Joe Koen) Board Agenda #08 Document

9. Approve by resolution a request from the Greater Texoma Utility Authority on behalf of the City of Valley View (Cooke County) for $700,000 in financing from the Texas Water Development Fund for planning and design of a wastewater system improvement project. (Joe Koen) Board Agenda #09 Document

10. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Dilley (Frio County) for $14,501,000 in financial assistance consisting of $10,251,000 in financing and $4,250,000 in principal forgiveness from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund for planning, design, and construction of wastewater system improvements. (Dain Larsen) Board Agenda #10 Document

11. Approve by resolution a request from the Ellinger Sewer and Water Supply Corporation (Fayette County) for $1,128,000 in financial assistance consisting of $628,000 in financing and $500,000 in principal forgiveness from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for planning, design, and construction of water system improvements. (Dain Larsen) Board Agenda #11 Document

12. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Roma (Starr County) for $5,359,828 in financial assistance consisting of $2,431,000 in financing and $2,928,828 in principal forgiveness from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund for planning, design, and construction of a wastewater system improvements project and asset management plan. (Mireya Loewe) Board Agenda #12 Document

13. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Crockett (Houston County) for: a) $3,450,905 in financial assistance consisting of $1,745,000 in financing and $1,705,905 in principal forgiveness from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for planning, design, and construction of a water line rehabilitation project; and b) a waiver from the requirement to include funds to mitigate water loss as part of this project. (Jeff Taylor) Board Agenda #13 Document

14. Approve by resolution a request from the Meeker Municipal Water District (Jefferson County) for $6,925,000 in financing from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for planning, acquisition, design, and construction of a water system improvement project. (Jeff Taylor) 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 January 6, 2022. Other meetings may be scheduled and will be posted in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act.

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