‹ Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 493 · All districts' issues
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Contract award
1 conflict question
money moved
Confirm the pay estimate and change order amounts approved through the Engineer's Report, the cumulative change-order percentage on each contract, and whether each contract is District-let or developer-let.
Water Code §49.273(i) (change orders over 25% in total only for listed reasons); Good practice: state amounts in the minutes.
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.The law and guidance in force on 2025-11-25
| Competitive bidding for construction the District pays for or reimburses §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 §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.