‹ Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 418 · All districts' issues
question
Contract award
Confirm the January 6 notice covered the median landscaping item and under which District power (road or park) it is funded.
Gov't Code §551.041 (notice of subject); Water Code §54.234 / §49.462-.465.
The board action behind it
2026-01-06: Approved engineer's report, including pay estimates and change orders, design and advertisement for bids for Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 2 Phase II, and design by SWA Group and advertisement for bids for Prairieland Peek 6 Medians & West Side Landscaping (spelling as in the minutes)
What else happened at that meeting
At a special meeting, the Board adopted a resolution imposing an additional penalty on delinquent personal property taxes, chose not to grant homestead, over-65 or disability exemptions for 2026, and amended its Rate Order to add a $120.00 monthly fee for temporary meters. It approved six operator items, including maintenance of Well No. 3 at Water Plant No. 2 for $168,510.00 and an H2S study for $38,494.00. The Board called a directors election for May 2, 2026 and ratified actions taken by Directors Parr and Knabe after the December meeting was cancelled. After an executive session on proposals for operations services, the Board voted, with Directors Gilbert, McClary, Parr and Cobb in favor and Director Knabe abstaining, to negotiate an operations agreement with Municipal District Services, LLC and to give notice of termination to Inframark, the current operator.The law and guidance in force on 2026-01-06
| Notice must state the subject of each matter to be considered Gov't Code §551.041
§551.041: Same text in force then and now |
Question | Agenda item 11(a) listed only Water Well No. 4 Advanced Water Quality Treatment and Water Well No. 10 for design, bids or award of 'water, sanitary sewer and drainage facilities' (January_6_2026_Agenda_Special_Meeting_HC_MUD_418.pdf p.2). WWTP No. 2 Phase II and the median landscaping were not named, and landscaping is not a water, sewer or drainage facility. |
| Roads only after TCEQ and the platting authority approve; parks and landscaping under the park rules §54.234: Same text in force then and now§49.462-.465: Same text in force then and now.465: Same text in force then and now | Not shown in the record | The minutes do not say under which power the median landscaping is designed and funded. |
| Construction contracts over $150,000 must be advertised for sealed bids Water Code §49.273
§49.273: Same text in force then and now |
Shown | Advertisement for bids authorized for both projects (p.5). |
Who's involved
BGE, Inc. (district engineer; also engineer to MUDs 419, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493 and WCIDs 157, 158, 159)
SWA Group (landscape designer for Prairieland Peek 6 Medians & West Side Landscaping)
Bridgeland Development, LP (represented by Howard Hughes Holdings, Inc. staff) (developer; reimbursed for master facilities and road facilities)
Why the board approved it
Recorded: “BGE requested concurrence in design and bidding of WWTP No. 2 Phase II and in SWA Group's design and bidding of the median landscaping (p.5).”
Authorizing advertisement is the right first step. But the median landscaping contract appears as an active construction contract with Shooter & Lindsey, LLC on the February 24, 2026 agenda and every later agenda, and no award or concurrence for it is recorded in any minutes reviewed.