Confirm the Phase 5C contract amount, the number of bids, and that the District's concurrence is tied to an eligible, TCEQ-approvable reimbursement.

The board action behind it

2026-03-20: Approved the engineer's report and action items, including concurrence in the award of the Bridgeland Phase 5C Detention and Spoil Disposal contract to Unitas Construction, Inc. (amount not stated in the minutes)

What else happened at that meeting

The Board approved a proposed contract among WCID 157, WCID 159 and Harris County MUDs 419 and 489 on financing, building, operating and maintaining the Bridgeland Veterans Memorial Park, subject to a comment period ending March 30, 2026, and a $6,900.00 geotechnical proposal from Ninyo & Moore. It adopted an Order Declaring Candidates Elected for Shane Ware and Kenneth Weston and cancelled the May 2, 2026 election. The Board approved the bookkeeper's report, including a $25,746.33 check to Southern Green Lawns and a $2,000,000 investment into CDARs, and accepted the engineer's report, including the award of the Bridgeland Phase 5C Detention and Spoil Disposal contract to Unitas Construction, Inc. It adopted the federal prevailing wage rate scales, approved a manway door replacement at Irrigation Pump Station No. 2, and, on a 4-1 vote, authorized BGE to price additional trash receptacles.

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

The law and guidance in force on 2026-03-20

Contracts over $150,000 advertised for sealed bids (district contracts) Water Code §49.273(d) §49.273(d): Same text in force then and now	Not shown in the record	Concurrence in the award; the amount, bids and contracting party are not stated (p.3).
Reimbursement agreement before a developer-financed facility is built 30 TAC §293.46 §293.46: Same text in force then and now	Not shown in the record	Not mentioned.

Who's involved

BGE, Inc. (district engineer)

Unitas Construction, Inc. (contractor)

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

Money or costs moved

Bridgeland Development, LP → Unitas Construction, Inc. 'Concurrence' indicates a Developer-let detention contract to be reimbursed later from District drainage bonds (not stated in the minutes).

Why the board approved it

Recorded: “Mr. Gutowsky requested concurrence in the award of the Bridgeland Phase 5C Detention and Spoil Disposal contract to Unitas; approved with the Engineer's Report 'as discussed' (p.3).”

A drainage contract the District will likely reimburse was concurred in without any amount, bid count or reason in the minutes.