Agenda

District	Harris County Improvement District No. 14
Type	agenda
Date	2025-11-18
How it was obtained	website
Original location	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qyOX4xVDV-bfLSncEksnIHSdzvx7vtpR/view?usp=sharing
Fingerprint (SHA-256)	801acbb937cfe713d14b2b6616c6d962987a60c77749ab5b33f17be27b3eea55
Added	2026-11-08

Overview

Notice of the regular meeting on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at 1:00 p.m., with the proposed budget for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2026 and a Taxpayer Impact Statement attached (pp. 5-8). The main decisions were the sale of $10,000,000 Unlimited Tax Bonds, Series 2025A and $8,000,000 Unlimited Tax Recreational Bonds, Series 2025B, adoption of the operating and joint facilities budgets, engaging the auditor, and the annual investment policy review. The impact statement estimates the operations-and-maintenance tax bill on the average homestead at $4,778.90 under the proposed budget, against $5,564.47 under the current one.

Unlimited Tax Bonds, Series 2025A (sale)	$10,000,000 (p. 1)
Unlimited Tax Recreational Bonds, Series 2025B (sale)	$8,000,000 (p. 1)
Proposed 2026 budget: total revenues	$5,126,700 (p. 5)
Proposed 2026 budget: maintenance tax collections	$3,254,000 (p. 5)
Proposed 2026 budget: total expenditures	$3,945,800 (p. 7)
Estimated O&M tax bill on average homestead, FYE 11/26 (FYE 11/25: $5,564.47)	$4,778.90 (p. 8)

Questions to check (3)

The agenda doesn't show when or where it was posted; the posting certificate would confirm it went up by Saturday, November 15, 2025, 1:00 p.m., 72 hours before the 1:00 p.m. meeting. (p. 1) Gov't Code §551.043 requires notice to be posted at least 72 hours before the meeting. The PDF's internal creation date (November 11, 2025) shows it was prepared ahead of time, but that is not a record of posting.

Records that would answer it: Posting certificate (or County Clerk posting record) for the November 18, 2025 meeting notice, showing date and time posted.

The minutes (pp. 7-8) record a $1,866,175.97 award to HD Outdoor Construction, LLC for Dunham Pointe Recreation Center Park, Section 15 Park and Section 18 Park Landscape Improvements, but that project is not among the eleven contracts listed under item 18.b; the same motion also authorized design and advertisement for bids for that project. (p. 2) Gov't Code §551.041 requires notice of each subject. Item 18.b lists specific projects, and a resident reading it would not see the park contract; AG guidance says notice should be more specific for matters of special public interest. Authorizing advertisement in the same motion as the award is also worth confirming.

Records that would answer it: Bid tabulation and engineer's recommendation for the park landscape improvements; Any earlier Board authorization to advertise this project; Contract with HD Outdoor Construction, LLC.

The attached budget's 'Appendix to Annual Budget' block names Harris County Improvement District No. 13 (Suite 2600), and the packet includes only the operating budget, though the minutes record adoption of a joint facilities budget as well. (p. 7) Good practice: the appendix appears to come from the sister district's template. Water Code §49.057 (fiscal year/budget) is the budget provision the appendix itself cites; whether it applies to this improvement district is worth confirming.

Records that would answer it: Adopted operating budget and joint facilities budget for fiscal year ending November 30, 2026; The documents listed under Water Code §49.057(b)(1)-(3) referenced in the appendix.

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 Agenda dated 2025-11-18: Posting certificate (or County Clerk posting record) for the November 18, 2025 meeting notice, showing date and time posted.
For the Agenda dated 2025-11-18: Bid tabulation and engineer's recommendation for the park landscape improvements.
For the Agenda dated 2025-11-18: Any earlier Board authorization to advertise this project.
For the Agenda dated 2025-11-18: Contract with HD Outdoor Construction, LLC.
For the Agenda dated 2025-11-18: Adopted operating budget and joint facilities budget for fiscal year ending November 30, 2026.
For the Agenda dated 2025-11-18: The documents listed under Water Code §49.057(b)(1)-(3) referenced in the appendix.
The certificate of posting (or county clerk posting record) for the November 18, 2025 meeting notice, showing the date, time and place posted.
The certificate of posting for the November 18, 2025 meeting notice, showing where it was posted.

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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: Agendas and posting certificates

Each check names the rule it tests, as the text stood on 2025-11-18, and the record that settles it. This record reports facts; each rests on an approving original (an order, approved minutes, an executed agreement), shown below or asked for. "Question" means the record on file doesn't show the rule was followed: a question to confirm, not a finding.

3 shown 2 not shown in the record 2 doesn't apply

What the law requires

Status	Check	Rule in force then	Evidence
Not shown in the record	Notice was posted at least three business days before the meeting (72 hours before September 1, 2025) The notice on file doesn't show when it was posted. The rule in force on November 18, 2025 required posting at least three business days before the meeting (by November 13, 2025). Met when: Posted on or before the third business day before the meeting (or 72 hours before, for meetings before Sept. 1, 2025). Record that would settle it: The certificate of posting (or county clerk posting record) for the November 18, 2025 meeting notice, showing the date, time and place posted.	Gov't Code §551.043(a); Water Code §49.063(a) §551.043(a): text in force then (eff. September 1, 2025) §49.063(a): text in force then (eff. June 18, 2023)
Not shown in the record	Notice was posted at the place the law requires and given to the county clerk or put on the website The record doesn't show the place the notice was posted. Met when: The certificate of posting names a place inside the district (or the district office) and the county clerk or website. Record that would settle it: The certificate of posting for the November 18, 2025 meeting notice, showing where it was posted.	Gov't Code §551.054; Water Code §49.063(a) §551.054: text in force then (eff. September 1, 2015) §49.063(a): text in force then (eff. June 18, 2023)
Doesn't apply	Each closed-session item names its subject, not only the statute sections The notice reserves a closed session only in general terms; the minutes record no closed session at this meeting. Met when: Every closed-session item describes its subject; a general reservation alone is noted for the meetings where a closed session was actually held.	Gov't Code §551.041; Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. KP-0475 §551.041: text in force then (eff. September 1, 1993) AG Op. KP-0475 (2024-04-25)
Shown	The agenda provides for public comment Shown: "PUBLIC COMMENTS: Comments from the public. This provides an opportunity to comment on items in advance of the regular business of the Board of Directors. Commen" Met when: An item allows members of the public to speak before the board acts.	Gov't Code §551.007 §551.007: text in force then (eff. September 1, 2019)	2025-11-18_agenda (p. 1)
Doesn't apply	The first meeting notice of the year describes the residents' meeting-place petition (district meets outside its boundaries) Not the first meeting of the year. Met when: The first notice of each calendar year describes the §49.062(c) petition process, when the district meets outside its boundaries.	Water Code §49.063(c); Water Code §49.062(c) §49.063(c): text in force then (eff. June 18, 2023) §49.062(c): text in force then (eff. September 1, 2021)
Shown	The notice was also posted on the district's website · compared with other records Met when: The collector found the notice on the district or county website.	Gov't Code §551.056(b); Water Code §49.063(d) §551.056(b): text in force then (eff. September 1, 2023) §49.063(d): text in force then (eff. June 18, 2023)	2025-11-18_agenda
Shown	Approved minutes exist for the meeting · compared with other records On file: 2025-11-18_minutes. Met when: Approved minutes for the same meeting date are on file (meetings within the last 45 days are not yet expected).	Gov't Code §551.021; Water Code §49.065(a) §551.021: text in force then (eff. May 18, 2013) §49.065(a): text in force then (eff. June 18, 2023)	2025-11-18_minutes

What was extracted (8 of 11 fields)

meeting date	2025-11-18	document text, p. 1
posted online	True	district website (found by the collector)
meeting kind	regular	document text, p. 1
meeting time	1:00 p.m.	document text, p. 1
meeting place	the offices of Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP, 3200 Southwest Freeway, on the First Floor, in the Executive Conference Room, Houston, Texas	document text, p. 1
items	23 item(s) PUBLIC COMMENTS: Comments from the public. This provides an opportunity to comment on items in advance of the regular business of the Board of Directors. Comments shall be limited to three minutes per person. By stated law, responses by the President or Board members on any item not on the agenda shall be limited to: a. statement of specific factual information given in response to any inquiry; b. a recitation of existing policy in response to an inquiry; and c. a proposal to place the subject on the agenda for a future meeting. Approve minutes of previous meeting(s). Garbage and recycling collection matters. Unlimited Tax Bonds, Series 2025A, including: a. review bids and award sale of the District’s $10,000,000 Unlimited Tax Bonds, Series 2025A; b. adopt Resolution Authorizing the Issuance of the District’s $10,000,000 Unlimited Tax Bonds, Series 2025A; c. approve Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement; d. approve Official Statement; e. execution of Certificate Regarding Provision of Financial Advice; f. authorize the Board of Directors to sign all documents relating to the bond sale and authorize attorney and financial advisor to take all necessary action to deliver bonds to the purchaser; g. approve payment to Attorney General related to bond issue transcript review; h. execution of Amendment to Information Form; and i. update from District engineer on Texas Commission on Environmental Quality inspection of facilities. Unlimited Tax Recreational Bonds, Series 2025B, including: a. review bids and award sale of the District’s $8,000,000 Unlimited Tax Recreational Bonds, Series 2025B; b. adopt Resolution Authorizing the Issuance of the District’s $8,000,000 Unlimited Tax Recreational Bonds; c. approve Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement; Authorize the purchase of base fund insurance relating to bond funds. Engage auditor to conduct audit for fiscal year end November 30, 2025. Financial and bookkeeping matters, including: a. payment of bills; and b. approve payroll services agreement with HR&P.	document text, p. 1
executive session boilerplate	True	document text, p. 4
petition notice	False	document text

Not extracted yet: executive session items, posted at, posted where. A reviewer can add these, with page references, in the district's extractions file.

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