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

2. Consider approving the 88th Session Legislative Priorities Report for the Texas Water Development Board. (Claire Boyer) Board Agenda #02 Document

3. Consider adopting a rule review plan for the Texas Water Development Board related to its rules contained in 31 Texas Administrative Code, Part 10. (Alexis Lorick) Board Agenda #03 Document

4. Briefing and discussion of the timeline for the 2023 funding cycle of the SWIFT program. (William Alfaro) Board Agenda #04 Document

5. Consider approving the Project Priority List that will be incorporated into the Intended Use Plan for the Economically Distressed Areas Program. (William Alfaro) Board Agenda #05 Document

6. Consider authorizing the Executive Administrator to approve the rate schedule for the Hydrographic Survey Program. (Mindy Conyers) Board Agenda #06 Document

7. Consider approving a plan to prioritize improvements to the project review process. (Jessica Peña) Board Agenda #07 Document

8. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of Lexington (Lee County) for $2,454,100 in financial assistance consisting of $1,765,000 in financing and $689,100 in principal forgiveness from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for planning, acquisition, design, and construction of a water system improvements project. (Tom Barnett) Board Agenda #08 Document

9. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of Daisetta (Liberty County) for $2,310,000 in financial assistance consisting of $980,000 in financing and $1,310,280 in principal forgiveness from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for planning, acquisition, design, and construction of a water system improvements project. (Nancy Richards) Board Agenda #09 Document

10. Consider approving by resolution a request from the Harris County Flood Control District (Harris County) for $10,525,745 in grant from the Flood Infrastructure Fund for construction of a flood mitigation. (Nancy Richards) Board Agenda #10 Document

11. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of San Marcos (Hays County) for $1,600,000 in financial assistance consisting of $1,120,000 in financing and $480,000 in grant from the Flood Infrastructure Fund for design and construction of a drainage improvements project. (Dain Larsen) Board Agenda #11 Document

12. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of San Marcos (Hays County) for $5,800,000 in financial assistance consisting of $4,060,000 in financing and $1,740,000 in grant from the Flood Infrastructure Fund for design and construction of a drainage improvements project. (Dain Larsen) Board Agenda #12 Document

13. Consider amending by resolution previously adopted Texas Water Development Board Resolution No. 22-048, to modify the City of Dilley's Clean Water State Revolving Fund commitment to extend the commitment period. (Dain Larsen) Board Agenda #13 Document

14. Consider amending by resolution the previously adopted Texas Water Development Board Resolution No. 20-023 to modify the City of Huntington Clean Water State Revolving Fund project scope to include acquisition. (Bill Blaik) 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 19, 2023. 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 Cheryl Arredondo at (512) 463-7686 two (2) workdays prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.

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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, “property” means the room or rooms where the open meeting of the Texas Water Development Board is held.