Confirm whether Mason Road Section 8 setbacks lie within MUD 493 and how Mason Road costs are split with MUD 419.

30 TAC §293.44 (a district pays only for facilities that benefit it).

The board action behind it

2025-11-25: Accepted the engineer's report and approved its action items, including concurrence in the award of the Bridgeland Mason Road Section 8 Setbacks Landscape Improvements contract to Shooter & Lindsey, LLC (amount not stated in the minutes)

What else happened at that meeting

The Board held a public hearing and adopted an order adding 333.13 acres owned by TPHTL House Hahl, LLC to the District, and approved a Third Amended and Restated District Information Form. It approved the bookkeeper's, tax assessor-collector's and operator's reports, authorized Inframark to move to the VEPO Envirotrax online backflow reporting system, and accepted the engineer's report, including concurrence in a landscape contract award to Shooter & Lindsey, LLC. The Board approved submerged storm sewer agreements for Prairieland Village Sections 88, 89, 92 and 93 and a street light letter agreement for Bridgeland Central Sections 5 and 8. It adopted a resolution requesting an appraisal of property, authorized the candidate filing-period notice for the May 2, 2026 directors election and the annual eminent domain report, and moved its December 23, 2025 meeting to a January 6, 2026 special meeting.

Source: the meeting record › The approved minutes, p. 3 ›

The law and guidance in force on 2025-11-25

Competitive bidding for construction the District pays for or reimburses Water Code §49.273; 30 TAC §293.46 §49.273: Same text in force then and now §293.46: Same text in force then and now	Not shown in the record	"Concurrence in the award" indicates a developer-let contract; amount, bidders and funding source not stated.
Authority for landscaping as a recreational facility Water Code §54.201(b)(7); §49.462-.463 §54.201(b)(7): Same text in force then and now §49.462-.463: Same text in force then and now .463: Same text in force then and now	Question	Setback landscaping along Mason Road; whether it will be funded from park or road bonds is not stated.

Who's involved

BGE, Inc. (district engineer (also engineer to MUD 418, MUD 419 and the other Bridgeland districts))

Shooter & Lindsey, LLC (landscape contractor)

Bridgeland Development, LP (represented by Howard Hughes Holdings Inc.) (developer)

Possible conflicts

BGE, Inc.: Recommends the award and also is engineer to MUD 419, whose agendas list "Mason Road, Sections 8 and 9" projects too. (Minutes p.2; MUD 419 agendas Mar. 9 and May 11, 2026; consultant schedules in the audits of MUD 493 (HC_493_Final_Audit_Report_FY_Ended_May_31_2024.pdf, PDF p.31) and MUD 419 (2025_05_31_Audit_Report.pdf, PDF p.70))

Money or costs moved

HC MUD 493 (future bonds) → Bridgeland Development, LP If developer-let, the Developer advances the cost and is later reimbursed from District bonds; amount not stated.

Why the board approved it

Recorded: “BGE requested concurrence; motion to accept the Engineer's Report "as recommended by BGE" (p.2-3).”

No amount, bid count or funding source is recorded. MUD 419's agendas also list Mason Road Section 8-9 work, so it is not clear how costs on Mason Road are divided between the two districts.