Minutes

District	Harris County Improvement District No. 14
Type	minutes
Date	2026-01-29
How it was obtained	website
Original location	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iIA-x2T_2W97pOrLNhx7xHCvNU-HaE-A/view?usp=sharing
Fingerprint (SHA-256)	f0c46e3de4c55394b152c0c24ad973f2c6b93d91b26d58c068e09c4f82188dfa
Added	2026-11-08

Overview

The Board accepted annual disclosure statements of the bookkeeper and investment officer and received the attorney's report that the District is in compliance with its post-issuance compliance policy. The tax assessor/collector reported that B&A Municipal Tax Service had been purchased by ASW effective February 1, 2026, and 26.59% of 2025 taxes had been collected as of December 31, 2025. The Board adopted a resolution requesting an estimated appraised value from the Harris Central Appraisal District and approved submitting the 2025 Water Loss Audit. It authorized bidding on five construction projects, accepted a sanitary sewer easement, and approved the annual Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program report with no program changes.

Questions to check (3)

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.

The engineer or another consultant was authorized to do new work. Professional services are chosen on qualifications (Gov't Code ch. 2254). Good practice: approve a scope and fee in writing before work starts.

Records that would answer it: the proposal or task order with its scope and fee for Mesenil Drive Street Dedication and Dunham Pointe Sections 28 and 30.

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 Section 25; any engineer's report on the change.

Questions to confirm, not findings.

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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 2026-01-29, 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 11 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)	2026-01-29_minutes
Shown	A quorum (a majority of the board) was present for the actions taken 3 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)	2026-01-29_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 asked about repair of a sidewalk removed for construction; the Board directed BGE to follow up with the resident. 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)	2026-01-29_minutes (p. 1)
Shown	Every action taken was on the posted agenda · compared with other records All 11 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)	2026-01-29_agenda 2026-01-29_minutes
Shown	The minutes were approved by the board at a later meeting · compared with other records Approved February 17, 2026: Approved minutes of the January 29, 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)	2026-02-17_minutes (p. 1) Approved minutes of the January 29, 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)	2026-01-29_minutes

Facts in this record and the original behind each

Fact	Value	Support	Approving original
Board actions taken	11 item(s)	Original on file	2026-01-29_minutes
Directors present	3 item(s) (p. 1)	Original on file	2026-01-29_minutes (p. 1)

What was extracted (9 of 14 fields)

posted online	True	district website (found by the collector)
meeting date	2026-01-29	meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes, p. 1
directors present	3 item(s) 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. 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	A resident asked about repair of a sidewalk removed for construction; the Board directed BGE to follow up with the resident.	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	11 item(s) Approved minutes of the December 16, 2025 meeting Approved bookkeeper's report and payment of bills Accepted annual disclosure statements of the bookkeeper and Investment Officer and authorized filing with the Texas Ethics Commission Approved tax assessor/collector's report and payment of tax bills, including additional check no. 1276 of $7,100.00 payable to individual payees Adopted Resolution Requesting Appraisal of Property and Certificate of Estimated Appraised Value (as of January 1, 2026) Approved operator's report; approved completion and submittal of the 2025 Water Loss Audit to the TWDB; terminated service to delinquent accounts on the termination list Authorized BGE to design, advertise and receive bids for Mesenil Drive Street Dedication and Dunham Pointe Sections 28 and 30 (water, sanitary sewer and drainage; paving) Accepted one 0.0519 acre sanitary sewer easement for Dunham Pointe Section 25	meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes and the board-action reviews
prior minutes approved	1 item(s) Approved minutes of the December 16, 2025 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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