Minutes

District	Harris County Improvement District No. 14
Type	minutes
Date	2026-02-17
How it was obtained	website
Original location	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZCEUn4QEnJu1WgtZB7UC6-lMCqBpNiS5/view?usp=sharing
Fingerprint (SHA-256)	f5ab52ec5ac40259592d82fd4c0aa1c74b1e3564ea46c8d7692595702ca5cd20
Added	2026-11-08

Overview

The Board adopted a resolution designating the District a "developing" district for the 2026 tax year and a resolution rejecting any residential homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation, on the financial advisor's recommendation. It approved assignment of the tax assessor/collector contract to Assessments of the Southwest, Inc. and a First Billing Services Agreement, both subject to finalization. The Board accepted a petition for adding a 128.4331-acre tract, authorized a petition to the City of Houston for consent, and adopted an order adding 61.74 acres, bringing the stated District total to 827.1917 acres. It approved two construction pay estimates for Section 22.

Questions to check (3)

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 Dunham Pointe Section 22 water, sanitary sewer and drainage, with quantities and the engineer's certification; the pay estimate for Dunham Pointe Section 22 paving, with quantities and the engineer's certification.

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.

Land, easements or the district's boundary were acted on. Boundary changes and land transfers affect who pays for what (Water Code §§49.301-49.304).

Records that would answer it: the instruments, petitions and maps for Addition of Certain Land; any engineer's report on the change; the instruments, petitions and maps for this item.

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 2026-02-17: The pay estimate for Dunham Pointe Section 22 water, sanitary sewer and drainage, with quantities and the engineer's certification.
For the Minutes dated 2026-02-17: The pay estimate for Dunham Pointe Section 22 paving, with quantities and the engineer's certification.
For the Minutes dated 2026-02-17: The bookkeeper's report and check register for the meeting, with invoices for professional fees over $5,000.
For the Minutes dated 2026-02-17: The instruments, petitions and maps for Addition of Certain Land.
For the Minutes dated 2026-02-17: Any engineer's report on the change.
For the Minutes dated 2026-02-17: The instruments, petitions and maps for this item.

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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 2026-02-17, 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 13 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)	2026-02-17_minutes
Shown	A quorum (a majority of the board) was present for the actions taken 4 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)	2026-02-17_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: A resident reported a home invasion in the District and asked about the timeline for the previously approved license plate readers, and asked about benches by the ponds (described by the developer's r 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)	2026-02-17_minutes (p. 1)
Shown	Every action taken was on the posted agenda · compared with other records All 13 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)	2026-02-17_agenda 2026-02-17_minutes
Shown	The minutes were approved by the board at a later meeting · compared with other records Approved March 17, 2026: Approved minutes of the February 17, 2026 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)	2026-03-17_minutes (p. 1) Approved minutes of the February 17, 2026 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)	2026-02-17_minutes

Facts in this record and the original behind each

Fact	Value	Support	Approving original
Board actions taken	13 item(s)	Original on file	2026-02-17_minutes
Directors present	4 item(s) (p. 1)	Original on file	2026-02-17_minutes (p. 1)

What was extracted (9 of 14 fields)

posted online	True	district website (found by the collector)
meeting date	2026-02-17	meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes, p. 1
directors present	4 item(s) John Herzog Emily Lashbrook Carol L. Mather 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. Assessments of the Southwest, Inc. Inframark, LLC Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP	meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes, p. 1
public comment	A resident reported a home invasion in the District and asked about the timeline for the previously approved license plate readers, and asked about benches by the ponds (described by the developer's representative as a homeowners association matter). During the stormwater item, another resident reported unauthorized vehicle use on the regional detention pond.	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	13 item(s) Approved minutes of the January 29, 2026 meeting Approved bookkeeper's report and payment of bills Approved reimbursement of eligible expenses for directors who attended the AWBD winter conference and authorized attendance at the summer conference Approved tax assessor/collector's report and payment of tax bills (90.28% of 2025 taxes collected as of January 31, 2026) Adopted Resolution Regarding Development Status for 2026 Tax Year ("developing" district) Adopted Resolution Concerning Exemptions from Taxation rejecting any exemption of residential homesteads for the 2026 tax year Approved Assignment of, Assumption of, and Amendment to Agreement for Services of Tax Assessor/Collector (Assessments of the Southwest, Inc.) and a First Billing Services Agreement, each subject to finalization Approved the operator's report and terminated utility service to delinquent accounts on the termination list	meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes and the board-action reviews
prior minutes approved	1 item(s) Approved minutes of the January 29, 2026 meeting	meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes
board size	5	directors listed in seed/officials

Not extracted yet: meeting kind, meeting place, directors absent, signed by secretary, approved on. A reviewer can add these, with page references, in the district's extractions file.

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