Minutes
| District | Harris County Improvement District No. 14 |
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| Type | minutes |
| Date | 2025-10-21 |
| How it was obtained | website |
| Original location | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DESBJeWBxz_iNViMqmO4_zkPOsuHh-GZ/view?usp=sharing |
| Fingerprint (SHA-256) | e590abd4d2c0a28ce12c8ad3200e260c08db8a411322ba7678687196725a3675 |
| Added | 2026-11-08 |
Overview
The Board held a public hearing on the 2025 tax rate, at which no members of the public spoke, and adopted a total rate of $1.35 per $100 of assessed valuation: $0.50 for water, sanitary sewer, and drainage debt service, $0.12 for road debt service, and $0.73 for operations and maintenance. It approved the preliminary official statement and authorized advertising the sale of $10,000,000 Series 2025A Unlimited Tax Bonds and $8,000,000 Series 2025B Unlimited Tax Recreational Bonds for November 18, 2025. The Board approved two Storm Water Solutions proposals, for extra swale maintenance and for two signs, and authorized letters to homeowners about use of the Blue Stem Manor overflow swale. It also accepted a deed conveying landscape reserves in Sections 15 and 16 to the District.
Questions to check (6)
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 tax rate was proposed or adopted. Rates are set within the Tax Code and Water Code limits, with notice and a hearing (Tax Code ch. 26; Water Code §49.23602). The debt part should match the debt service schedule.
Records that would answer it: the tax rate calculation worksheets; the financial advisor's debt service and rate analysis presented to the Board.
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 the $10; the proposal or task order with its scope and fee for mowing and maintenance of an additional extreme event swale; the proposal or task order with its scope and fee for this item.
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.
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 Dunham Pointe conveying landscape reserves in Sections 15 and 16; any engineer's report on the change.
Questions to confirm, not findings.
Suggest for the next records request
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 2025-10-21, 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 |
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| Shown | Each subject deliberated and each vote or action is recorded
14 actions shown.
Met when: The minutes state each subject considered and the result of each motion.
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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)
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2025-10-21_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.
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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)
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2025-10-21_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.
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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)
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| Shown | Members of the public could speak on agenda items
Public comment: A resident reported a broken sidewalk panel at the Section 12 entrance. At the tax rate public hearing, no members of the public came forward to comment.
Met when: The minutes record a public comment period held before action on the items.
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Gov't Code §551.007
§551.007: text in force then (eff. September 1, 2019)
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2025-10-21_minutes (p. 1) |
| Shown | Every action taken was on the posted agenda · compared with other records
All 14 actions match items on the posted agenda.
Met when: Each action matches an item of the agenda posted for the same meeting.
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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)
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2025-10-21_agenda 2025-10-21_minutes |
| Shown | The minutes were approved by the board at a later meeting · compared with other records
Approved November 18, 2025: Approved minutes of the October 21, 2025 meeting
Met when: A later meeting's approved minutes record approval of these minutes.
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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)
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2025-11-18_minutes (p. 1) Approved minutes of the October 21, 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).
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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)
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2025-10-21_minutes |
Facts in this record and the original behind each
| Fact | Value | Support | Approving original |
|---|---|---|---|
| Board actions taken | 14 item(s) | Original on file | 2025-10-21_minutes |
| Directors present | 4 item(s) (p. 1) | Original on file | 2025-10-21_minutes (p. 1) |
What was extracted (9 of 14 fields)
| posted online | True | district website (found by the collector) |
|---|---|---|
| meeting date | 2025-10-21 | 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. 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 reported a broken sidewalk panel at the Section 12 entrance. At the tax rate public hearing, no members of the public came forward to comment. | 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 | 14 item(s) Approved minutes of the September 16, 2025 meeting Approved Preliminary Official Statement and Official Notice of Sale for the $10,000,000 Series 2025A Unlimited Tax Bonds and $8,000,000 Series 2025B Unlimited Tax Recreational Bonds; appointed Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Paying Agent/Registrar; authorized advertisement of the sale for November 18, 2025; engaged the auditor to prepare a developer reimbursement report; authorized the engineer to request TCEQ inspection Appointed Director Herzog as the District's voting representative for AWBD bylaw amendments Approved bookkeeper's report and payment of bills Approved tax assessor/collector's report and payment of tax bills (99.82% of 2024 taxes collected as of September 30, 2025) Adopted Order Levying Taxes for 2025 at $1.35 per $100 of assessed valuation ($0.50 water, sanitary sewer and drainage debt service; $0.12 road debt service; $0.73 operations and maintenance) Approved the operator's report and terminated utility service to delinquent accounts on the termination list Approved stormwater management program report |
meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes and the board-action reviews |
| prior minutes approved | 1 item(s) Approved minutes of the September 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.