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

2026-08-25: Accepted the engineer's report and approved its action items, including concurrence in the award of contracts for water, sanitary sewer, drainage and paving facilities for Prairieland Village Sections 89, 93, 90, 91 and 53 and Prairieland Crossing Section 3, each to Unitas Construction, Inc. (amounts not stated in the minutes)

What else happened at that meeting

The Board approved the preliminary official statement and notice of sale for its Unlimited Tax Bonds, Series 2026, authorized Masterson Advisors to advertise the sale subject to final TCEQ approval, and named The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as paying agent/registrar. It approved the bookkeeper's, tax assessor-collector's and operator's reports, including testing of four non-residential meters at a total cost of $800 and extension of water service lines for 72 lots at an approximate cost of $95,000. The Board accepted the engineer's report, including concurrence in six water, sanitary sewer, drainage and paving contract awards to Unitas Construction, Inc., several easements and an auto-flusher agreement. It also approved a storm sewer agreement and street light letter agreements for Prairieland Village sections. The attorney reported that the Bridgeland Water Agency's constable patrol contract is up for renewal and that the Agency will add two deputies, for a total of 26.

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

The law and guidance in force on 2026-08-25

Construction over $150,000 must be advertised for sealed bids; work the District will reimburse should be bid the same way 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	Six awards, all to Unitas; amounts and bidder counts not stated (p.3).
Developer 30% share of certain construction costs unless exempt 30 TAC §293.47 §293.47: Same text in force then and now	Question	Whether MUD 493 is exempt is not shown.
Interested-party disclosure Gov't Code §2252.908 §2252.908: Same text in force then and now	Not shown in the record	The agenda item says Forms 1295 would be accepted; the minutes do not record them.

Who's involved

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

Unitas Construction, Inc. (contractor)

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

Schwartz, Page & Harding, L.L.P. (general counsel and bond counsel (also counsel to MUDs 418, 419, 489, 490, WCIDs 157-159 and the Bridgeland Water Agency))

Possible conflicts

BGE, Inc.: Designs the sections, recommends each award, and later prepares the bond application that sets reimbursement to the Developer. (Minutes p.3; consultant schedule in the audit of MUD 493 (HC_493_Final_Audit_Report_FY_Ended_May_31_2024.pdf, PDF p.31))

Money or costs moved

HC MUD 493 (future bonds) → Bridgeland Development, LP Developer-let contracts, advanced by the Developer and reimbursed later from District bonds; amounts not stated.

Why the board approved it

Recorded: “BGE requested concurrence in six awards; motion "as recommended by BGE" (p.3).”

Six awards of water, sewer, drainage and paving facilities to one contractor in one motion, with no amounts or bid results in the minutes. These will become District debt through reimbursement.