Minutes

District	Harris County Improvement District No. 14
Type	minutes
Date	2025-11-18
How it was obtained	website
Original location	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vmPJv8QurYzoDMeomCe7Yn3NNMDRalz5/view?usp=sharing
Fingerprint (SHA-256)	2b4db8d65da92f3dfd65c6707c62809b74f9479918f5004720df695ec4b3aac0
Added	2026-11-08

Overview

The Board sold the $10,000,000 Series 2025A Unlimited Tax Bonds to SAMCO Capital Markets at a net effective interest rate of 4.762553% and the $8,000,000 Series 2025B bonds to Crews & Associates, Inc. at 4.687051%, and adopted the related bond resolutions. It engaged Forvis Mazars, LLP to audit fiscal year 2025, adopted operating and joint facilities budgets for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2026, and completed its annual investment policy review with no changes. The Board awarded the Dunham Pointe Recreation Center Park, Section 15 Park, and Section 18 Park landscape contract to HD Outdoor Construction, LLC for $1,866,175.97 and approved six pay estimates. The operator reported that a price index adjustment raises a stated rate from $3.01 to $3.17 per month per residence starting with the December 2025 billing cycle.

Questions to check (6)

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 Section 15 Park and Section 18 Park Landscape Impr; the signed contract for Section 15 Park and Section 18 Park Landscape Impr; 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 15 water, sanitary sewer and drainage, with quantities and the engineer's certification; the pay estimate for Dunham Pointe Section 15 paving, with quantities and the engineer's certification; the pay estimate for Dunham Pointe Section 16 water, sanitary sewer and drainage, with quantities and the engineer's certification; the pay estimate for Dunham Pointe Section 16 paving, with quantities and the engineer's certification; the pay estimate for Dunham Pointe Section 22 water, sanitary sewer and drainage, 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.

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 Dunham Pointe Section 26 water, sanitary sewer and drainage.

A bond action was taken. Developer reimbursements follow TCEQ's rules on interest, land and proof of payment (30 TAC §§293.50, 293.51, 293.70).

Records that would answer it: the bond documents approved at the meeting; the auditor's developer reimbursement report, if approved; the financial advisor's recommendation and the bid tabulation, if bonds were sold.

Questions to confirm, not findings.

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Review checklist: Approved minutes

Each check names the rule it tests, as the text stood on 2025-11-18, 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 18 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)	2025-11-18_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)	2025-11-18_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 representative of Texas Groundworks Management, Inc. introduced the company's services. A resident reported a complaint about construction noise early in the morning. 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)	2025-11-18_minutes (p. 1)
Shown	Every action taken was on the posted agenda · compared with other records All 18 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)	2025-11-18_agenda 2025-11-18_minutes
Shown	The minutes were approved by the board at a later meeting · compared with other records Approved December 16, 2025: Approved minutes of the November 18, 2025 meeting (4-0, Director Dawson absent for the vote) 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)	2025-12-16_minutes (p. 1) Approved minutes of the November 18, 2025 meeting (4-0, Director Dawson absent for the vote)
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)	2025-11-18_minutes

Facts in this record and the original behind each

Fact	Value	Support	Approving original
Board actions taken	18 item(s)	Original on file	2025-11-18_minutes
Directors present	5 item(s) (p. 1)	Original on file	2025-11-18_minutes (p. 1)

What was extracted (9 of 14 fields)

posted online	True	district website (found by the collector)
meeting date	2025-11-18	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	11 item(s) Best Trash LLC Forvis Mazars, LLP Texas Groundworks Management, Inc. Masterson Advisors LLC Dunham Pointe Development, LLC Storm Water Solutions, LLC BGE, Inc. Municipal Accounts & Consulting, L.P.	meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes, p. 1
public comment	A representative of Texas Groundworks Management, Inc. introduced the company's services. A resident reported a complaint about construction noise early in the morning.	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	18 item(s) Approved minutes of the October 21, 2025 meeting Awarded sale of $10,000,000 Series 2025A Unlimited Tax Bonds to SAMCO Capital Markets (net effective interest rate 4.762553%; insured by Build America Mutual); adopted Bond Resolution, Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement with BONY, Official Statement, and related closing authorizations Awarded sale of $8,000,000 Series 2025B bonds to Crews & Associates, Inc. (net effective interest rate 4.687051%; insured by Assured Guaranty Mutual); adopted Bond Resolution, Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement with BONY, Official Statement, and related closing authorizations Approved "a $750.00 insurance policies" (as written) for the BaseFund closing of the 2025A and 2025B Bonds Engaged Forvis Mazars, LLP to audit fiscal year end November 30, 2025 Approved bookkeeper's report and payment of bills; approved Client Services Agreement with HR&P, Inc. for payroll administration Adopted operating and joint facilities budgets for fiscal year ending November 30, 2026 Adopted Resolution Regarding Annual Review of Investment Policy (no changes) and Resolution Establishing Authorized Depository Institutions and Qualified Broker/Dealers	meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes and the board-action reviews
prior minutes approved	1 item(s) Approved minutes of the October 21, 2025 meeting	meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes
board size	5	directors listed in seed/officials

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