Board Meeting Agendas
- Date/Time:
- July 27, 2022 at 9:30 AM
- Location:
- GoTo Webinar; In person at 1700 Congress Ave., Stephen F. Austin Building, Room 170, Austin, Texas
- Resource:
- View Board Meeting Video | Printable Board Agenda
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1. Discussion regarding outreach efforts and activities by the Board.
2. Consider approving by resolution: (a) the issuance, sale and delivery of Texas Water Development Board bonds to support the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas program in one or more series; (b) the execution of the Bond Indenture; (c) the execution of the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas Funds Transfer Agreement;(d)the Preliminary Official Statement; and (e) authorization for the Executive Administrator, Chief Financial Officer, Development Fund Manager, or any other authorized representative to act on behalf of the Texas Water Development Board in the sale and delivery of such bonds. (Georgia Sanchez) Board Agenda #02 Document
3. Consider authorizing the Executive Administrator to execute a contract amendment with Computershare Trust Company, NA (formerly Wells Fargo Bank, NA) to extend the contract for an additional one-year period and to increase the value of the contract by$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 #03 Document
4. Approve by resolution a request from the Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority (Donley County) for $18,110,000 in financing from the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas for planning, acquisition, design, and construction of a water supply project. (Jesse Milonovich) Board Agenda #04 Document
5. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Dallas (Dallas, Denton, Collin, Ellis, Tarrant, and Kaufman Counties) for $170,000,000 in multi-year financing from the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas for planning, design, and construction of a water conservation project. (Joe Koen) Board Agenda #05 Document
6. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Dallas (Dallas, Denton, Collin, Ellis, Tarrant, and Kaufman Counties) for $7,500,000.00 financing from the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas for planning and design of a water system improvements project and a waiver of the requirement to include funds to mitigate water loss as part of this project. (Joe Koen) Board Agenda #06 Document
7. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Dallas (Dallas, Denton, Collin, Ellis, Tarrant, and Kaufman Counties) for $73,300,000 in financing from the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas for construction of a treated water pipeline project and a waiver of the requirement to include funds to mitigate water loss as part of this project. (Joe Koen) Board Agenda #07 Document
8. Approve by resolution a request from the Greater Texoma Utility Authority on behalf of the City of Gainesville (Cooke County) for $2,705,000 in financing from the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas for planning, design, and construction of a water conservation project and a waiver from the requirement to include funds to mitigate water loss as part of this project. (Joe Koen) Board Agenda #08 Document
9. Approve by resolution a request from the Greater Texoma Utility Authority on behalf of the Collin-Grayson Municipal Alliance (Collin and Grayson County) for $7,525,000 in financing from the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas for planning and construction of water system improvements. (Joe Koen) Board Agenda #09 Document
10. Approve by resolution a request from the City of Fulshear (Fort Bend County) for $14,500,000 in financing from the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas for construction of a water supply project. (Nancy Richards) Board Agenda #10 Document
11. Approve by resolution a request from the Alliance Regional Water Authority (Hays, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Comal, Bexar Counties) for $10,000,000 in financial assistance from the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas for the construction of water system improvements. (Dain Larsen) Board Agenda #11 Document
12. Approve by resolution a request from the Guadalupe Blanco River Authority (Guadalupe, Comal, Hays, Caldwell Counties) for $112,335,000 in multi-year financing from the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas for the planning, acquisition, design, and construction of water system improvements (Dain Larsen) Board Agenda #12 Document
13. Approve by resolution a request from the Tarrant Regional Water District (Jack, Wise, Parker, Tarrant, Johnson, Ellis, Navarro, Henderson, Kaufman, Freestone, Denton, Dallas, Collin, and Rockwall Counties) for $255,000,000 in financing from the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas for construction of a water supply project. (Mireya Loewe) Board Agenda #13 Document
14. 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.
15. 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 August 18, 2022. Other meetings may be scheduled and will be posted in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act.
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