Board Meeting Agendas August, 2012
- Date/Time:
- August 16, 2012 at 9:00 AM
- Location:
- Stephen F. Austin Building, 1700 N. Congress, Room 170, Austin, Texas
- Resource:
- Printable Board Agenda | View Press Releases
1. Consider approval of the July 19, 2012 Board Meeting minutes. Board Agenda #01 Document
REPORTS
2. Contract Status Report regarding the status of pending contracts that are under development and executed contracts that have been previously approved by the Board. (David Carter) Board Agenda #02 Document
3. Financial Assistance Programs Performance Report regarding loan and grant commitment activity. (Jeff Walker) Board Agenda #03 Document
4. Report on the activities and performance of the Texas Water Development Board Underwriting Team during Fiscal Year 2012. (Monica Galuski) Board Agenda #04 Document
5. Report on prepayments and related debt activities during Fiscal Year 2012. (Piper Montemayor) Board Agenda #05 Document
6. Report on debt related service provider contracts during Fiscal Year 2012. (Piper Montemayor) Board Agenda #06 Document
7. Report on activities relating to the Economically Distressed Areas Program, including the EDAP Status Report. (Mireya Loewe) Board Agenda #07 Document
8. Report on modeled available groundwater values for the Leona Gravel Aquifer in Groundwater Management Area 10 (Medina County) and Groundwater Management Area 13 and for the Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer in Groundwater Management Area 13. (Larry French) Board Agenda #08 Document
CONSENT
9. Consider approving by resolution, a request from the City of Glen Rose (Somervell County) for financial assistance in the amount of $740,000, consisting of $370,000 in grant and a loan of $370,000 from the Economically Distressed Areas Program to provide planning, acquisition and design costs related to wastewater system improvements. (Jessica Zuba) Board Agenda #09 Document
10. Consider approving by resolution, a request from the City of Mercedes (Hidalgo County) for financial assistance in the amount of $4,650,000 consisting of $3,255,000 in loan and $1,395,000 in loan forgiveness from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund to finance costs related to wastewater system improvements, utilizing the pre-design funding option. (Javier Pena) Board Agenda #10 Document
11. Consider approving by resolution, a request from the City of Abilene (Taylor and Jones Counties) for a loan in the amount of $2,500,000 from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to finance water system improvements, utilizing the pre-design funding commitment option. (Javier Pena) Board Agenda #11 Document
12. Consider approving a resolution delegating to the Executive Administrator authority to utilize prepayments to pay and defease Clean Water State Revolving Fund bond debt service. (Finance Committee Item No. 3) (Piper Montemayor) Board Agenda #12 Document
13. Consider approving a resolution delegating to the Executive Administrator authority to utilize prepayments to pay and defease General Obligation bond debt service. (Finance Committee Item No. 4) (Piper Montemayor) Board Agenda #13 Document
14. Consider approving a resolution authorizing the use of excess interest repayments to accelerate the repayment of State Revolving Fund match debt. (Finance Committee Item No. 5) (Piper Montemayor) Board Agenda #14 Document
15. Consider affirming by resolution, the commitment to the Tyler County Water Supply Corporation (Tyler County) made in TWDB Resolutions Nos. 07-60 and 08-71 for select project elements after environmental review, and approving release of funds for design and construction from the $2,025,000 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loans for water system improvements. (Kathy Calnan) Board Agenda #15 Document
16. Consider approving the Fiscal Year 2013 contract between the Texas Water Development Board and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program - Small Systems Technical Assistance and Public Water System Supervision Set-asides. (Stacy Barna/Jessica Kohlrenken) Board Agenda #16 Document
17. Consider authorizing the executive administrator to amend a water quality lab services contract with Lower Colorado River Authority in Fiscal Year 2013 and transfer up to $100,000 from the Water Assistance Fund to the Research and Planning Fund. (Janie Hopkins) Board Agenda #17 Document
18. Consider authorizing the executive administrator to: (a) negotiate and execute up to three contracts on or before February 21, 2013, not to exceed a total amount of $300,000 for solicited research on the Fiscal Year 2012 priority research topics; and (b) transfer funds from the Water Assistance Fund to the Research and Planning Fund. (Robert Mace) Board Agenda #18 Document
19. Consider approving by minute order the Hydrographic Survey Program rate schedule. (Jason Kemp) Board Agenda #19 Document
20. Consider authorizing the executive administrator to: (a) negotiate and execute research contracts in a total amount not to exceed $471,140 on or before February 28, 2013, from the Research and Planning Fund for Fiscal Year 2013 environmental studies of Texas streams, rivers, bays, and estuaries; and (b) transfer $471,140 from the Water Assistance Fund to the Research and Planning Fund. (Ruben Solis) Board Agenda #20 Document
21. Consider authorizing the executive administrator to: (a) negotiate and execute payable and receivable contracts in a total amount not to exceed $1,088,095 ($634,985 from the Texas Water Development Board) for continuation of the streamgage program with the U.S. Geological Survey in Fiscal Year 2013; and (b) amend the contracts in an amount not to exceed $100,000 if additional funds become available. (Mark Wentzel) Board Agenda #21 Document
22. Consider appointing a member to the Water Conservation Advisory Council to represent the Rural Water Users Group. (Comer Tuck) Board Agenda #22 Document
REGULAR
23. Briefing, discussion, and consider approving the State Fiscal Year 2013 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Intended Use Plan. (Stacy Barna) Board Agenda #23 Document
24. Briefing, discussion, and consider approving the State Fiscal Year 2013 Clean Water State Revolving Fund Intended Use Plan. (Stacy Barna) Board Agenda #24 Document
25. Briefing and discussion on drought conditions in the state of Texas. (Ruben Solis) Board Agenda #25 Document / Handouts for Board Agenda #25 (zip)
26. The Board will receive comments from the public.
27. The Board may recess into Executive Session to consult with its attorneys regarding any posted matter in which the Board may seek the advice of its attorneys under Government Code §551.071 and will reconvene in open session for any appropriate action on any matter considered in Executive Session.
The next regular meeting of the Texas Water Development Board is scheduled for Thursday, September 20, 2012.