Minutes

District	Harris County Improvement District No. 14
Type	minutes
Date	2025-04-15
How it was obtained	website
Original location	https://drive.google.com/file/d/151Z_tsxjRVp19RXnKct78LGvTT54ohq7/view?usp=sharing
Fingerprint (SHA-256)	aa342ba34fd454ef547ba180ce87fcdfe7b4b1408b5e813c2322b023cbb908bb
Added	2026-11-08

Overview

The Board approved the bookkeeper's and tax assessor/collector's reports, with 96.37% of 2024 taxes reported collected as of March 31, 2025. It awarded the Dunham Pointe Section 16 paving contract to Unitas Construction, Inc. for $752,007.00 and approved two construction pay estimates. The Board approved an Amended and Restated Cost Sharing Agreement for Regional Facilities with Harris County Improvement District No. 13. It also authorized a letter to a builder about debris and repairs at the Blue Stem Manor Place overflow swale, and the attorney reported that annexation documents were submitted to the City of Houston.

Questions to check (4)

A construction contract was awarded. Competitive bidding (Water Code §49.273) and a certificate of interested parties for contracts that need board approval (Gov't Code §2252.908, Form 1295).

Records that would answer it: the bid tabulation and the number of bids received for Dunham Pointe Section 16 paving; the signed contract for Dunham Pointe Section 16 paving; the contractor's Form 1295 certificate of interested parties.

Pay estimates were approved. Each payment should match work completed and inspected. Good practice: compare the cumulative amount paid with the contract.

Records that would answer it: the pay estimate for Detention Pond AB Regrading and Outfall to Cypress Creek, with quantities and the engineer's certification; the pay estimate for Dunham Pointe Section 17 paving, with quantities and the engineer's certification.

An agreement with another district or body was approved or amended. Shared-facility costs are to follow design capacity, and paying for others' capacity needs an agreement giving adequate payment (30 TAC §293.44). Where the same advisors serve both sides, conflict waivers apply (Tex. Disciplinary R. 1.06).

Records that would answer it: the agreement as approved, with all exhibits, including any allocation table; the engineer's basis for each party's share; any conflict waiver letters covering the agreement.

Bills were approved for payment. The check register shows who was paid and how much, including professional fees.

Records that would answer it: the bookkeeper's report and check register for the meeting, with invoices for professional fees over $5,000.

Questions to confirm, not findings.

Suggest for the next records request

This asks Harris County Improvement District No. 14's Responsible Resident to consider requesting:

For the Minutes dated 2025-04-15: The bid tabulation and the number of bids received for Dunham Pointe Section 16 paving.
For the Minutes dated 2025-04-15: The signed contract for Dunham Pointe Section 16 paving.
For the Minutes dated 2025-04-15: The contractor's Form 1295 certificate of interested parties.
For the Minutes dated 2025-04-15: The pay estimate for Detention Pond AB Regrading and Outfall to Cypress Creek, with quantities and the engineer's certification.
For the Minutes dated 2025-04-15: The pay estimate for Dunham Pointe Section 17 paving, with quantities and the engineer's certification.
For the Minutes dated 2025-04-15: The agreement as approved, with all exhibits, including any allocation table.
For the Minutes dated 2025-04-15: The engineer's basis for each party's share.
For the Minutes dated 2025-04-15: Any conflict waiver letters covering the agreement.
For the Minutes dated 2025-04-15: The bookkeeper's report and check register for the meeting, with invoices for professional fees over $5,000.

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Overviews and questions were drafted with AI from each document's text, with page references, and checked against the minutes and financial records. They are starting points to confirm, not findings.

Review checklist: Approved minutes

Each check names the rule it tests, as the text stood on 2025-04-15, and the record that settles it. This record is itself an approving original (the board's own act). "Question" means the record on file doesn't show the rule was followed: a question to confirm, not a finding.

6 shown 1 doesn't apply

What the law requires

Status	Check	Rule in force then	Evidence
Shown	Each subject deliberated and each vote or action is recorded 10 actions shown. Met when: The minutes state each subject considered and the result of each motion.	Gov't Code §551.021(b); Water Code §49.065(a) §551.021(b): text in force then (eff. May 18, 2013) §49.065(a): text in force then (eff. June 18, 2023)	2025-04-15_minutes
Shown	A quorum (a majority of the board) was present for the actions taken 5 of 5 directors present. Met when: The number of directors present is a majority of the board's positions.	Water Code §49.053; Water Code §49.064 §49.053: text in force then (eff. September 1, 1995) §49.064: text in force then (eff. September 1, 1995)	2025-04-15_minutes (p. 1)
Doesn't apply	Any closed session was announced in open meeting with the section relied on, and action was taken in open session No closed session recorded. Met when: Either no closed session was held, or the minutes record the announcement, the section relied on, and the vote in open session.	Gov't Code §551.101; Gov't Code §551.102 §551.101: text in force then (eff. September 1, 1993) AG Op. KP-0475 §551.102: text in force then (eff. September 1, 1993)
Shown	Members of the public could speak on agenda items Public comment: Residents commented on the composition of the Board and on security patrols; the developer's representative stated that the District receives regular patrols by Harris County. Director Herzog asked ab Met when: The minutes record a public comment period held before action on the items.	Gov't Code §551.007 §551.007: text in force then (eff. September 1, 2019)	2025-04-15_minutes (p. 1)
Shown	Every action taken was on the posted agenda · compared with other records All 10 actions match items on the posted agenda. Met when: Each action matches an item of the agenda posted for the same meeting.	Gov't Code §551.041; Water Code §49.063(a) §551.041: text in force then (eff. September 1, 1993) AG Op. KP-0475 §49.063(a): text in force then (eff. June 18, 2023)	2025-04-15_agenda 2025-04-15_minutes
Shown	The minutes were approved by the board at a later meeting · compared with other records Approved May 20, 2025: Approved minutes of the April 15, 2025 meeting Met when: A later meeting's approved minutes record approval of these minutes.	Water Code §49.065(a); Gov't Code §551.021 §49.065(a): text in force then (eff. June 18, 2023) §551.021: text in force then (eff. May 18, 2013)	2025-05-20_minutes (p. 2) Approved minutes of the April 15, 2025 meeting
Shown	The minutes are posted on the district's website · compared with other records Met when: The minutes are on the district's website (found by the collector).	Gov't Code §551.1283(a); Gov't Code §2051.202(b) §551.1283(a): text in force then (eff. September 1, 2021) §2051.202(b): text in force then (eff. September 1, 2021)	2025-04-15_minutes

Facts in this record and the original behind each

Fact	Value	Support	Approving original
Board actions taken	10 item(s)	Original on file	2025-04-15_minutes
Directors present	5 item(s) (p. 1)	Original on file	2025-04-15_minutes (p. 1)

What was extracted (9 of 14 fields)

posted online	True	district website (found by the collector)
meeting date	2025-04-15	meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes, p. 1
directors present	5 item(s) John Herzog Emily Lashbrook Carol L. Mather Carla A. Dawson Debbie Hooper	meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes, p. 1
others present	8 item(s) Masterson Advisors LLC Dunham Pointe Development, LLC Storm Water Solutions, LLC BGE, Inc. Municipal Accounts & Consulting, L.P. B&A Municipal Tax Service, LLC Inframark, LLC Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP	meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes, p. 1
public comment	Residents commented on the composition of the Board and on security patrols; the developer's representative stated that the District receives regular patrols by Harris County. Director Herzog asked about future playgrounds or parks, and the developer's representative stated there were no immediate plans for more.	meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes, p. 1
closed session	none recorded	meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes
actions	10 item(s) Approved minutes of the March 18, 2025 meeting Approved bookkeeper's report and payment of bills Approved tax assessor/collector's report and payment of tax bills Approved the operator's report and terminated utility service to delinquent accounts on the termination list Approved stormwater management program report and authorized ABHR to send a letter to the builder regarding debris and repairs to the overflow swale near Blue Stem Manor Place Awarded Dunham Pointe Section 16 paving contract to Unitas Construction, Inc. for $752,007.00 Approved Pay Estimate No. 11 of $134,588.52 to DC Contracting Services, LLC for Detention Pond AB Regrading and Outfall to Cypress Creek Approved Pay Estimate No. 1 of $80,557.54 to Unitas Construction, Inc. for Dunham Pointe Section 17 paving	meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes and the board-action reviews
prior minutes approved	1 item(s) Approved minutes of the March 18, 2025 meeting	meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes
board size	5	directors listed in seed/officials

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