Minutes
| District | Harris County Improvement District No. 14 |
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| Type | minutes |
| Date | 2025-09-16 |
| How it was obtained | website |
| Original location | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o9nB7xVKeDCpkzsk4L7m_GJHi7diPLMt/view?usp=sharing |
| Fingerprint (SHA-256) | 0b1226d4f7fa0ad2f8c9e03bc25b0a1ff39d04c302a8eaa041c2a5d1bb18bf5d |
| Added | 2026-11-08 |
Overview
The Board heard the financial advisor's recommendation for a 2025 total tax rate of $1.35 per $100 of assessed valuation, with $0.62 for debt service and $0.73 for operations and maintenance, and set an October 21, 2025 public hearing. It deferred the Series 2025 bond item to October while bond application no. 4 remained under TCEQ review. The Board awarded the Dunham Pointe Section 18 water, sanitary sewer, and drainage contract to Unitas Construction, Inc. for $972,025.00, approved seven pay estimates, and approved a $24,161.36 change order tied to a left turn lane on Mason Road. It directed consultants to bring proposals on the Arroyo Grande overflow swale and on signage around Lake FG3.
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 Dunham Pointe Section 18 water, sanitary sewer and drainage; the signed contract for Dunham Pointe Section 18 water, sanitary sewer and drainage; the contractor's Form 1295 certificate of interested parties.
A change order was approved. Change orders add cost after bidding. Good practice: check the reason and the running total against the original contract.
Records that would answer it: the change order for Mason Road left turn lane with the engineer's justification; the list of all change orders approved on that contract so far, with amounts.
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 13 water, sanitary sewer and drainage, with quantities and the engineer's certification; the pay estimate for Dunham Pointe Section 13 paving, 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 17 water, sanitary sewer and drainage, with quantities and the engineer's certification; the pay estimate for Dunham Pointe Section 19 water, sanitary sewer and drainage, with quantities and the engineer's certification; the pay estimate for Dunham Pointe Section 19 paving, 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.
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.
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 2025-09-16, 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
16 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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2025-09-16_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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2025-09-16_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 asked about benches and trash receptacles (described by the developer's representative as a homeowners association matter), street signs in Section 9, Harris County acceptance of Mason Road
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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2025-09-16_minutes (p. 1) |
| Shown | Every action taken was on the posted agenda · compared with other records
All 16 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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2025-09-16_agenda 2025-09-16_minutes |
| Shown | The minutes were approved by the board at a later meeting · compared with other records
Approved October 21, 2025: Approved minutes of the September 16, 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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2025-10-21_minutes (p. 1) Approved minutes of the September 16, 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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2025-09-16_minutes |
Facts in this record and the original behind each
| Fact | Value | Support | Approving original |
|---|---|---|---|
| Board actions taken | 16 item(s) | Original on file | 2025-09-16_minutes |
| Directors present | 4 item(s) (p. 1) | Original on file | 2025-09-16_minutes (p. 1) |
What was extracted (9 of 14 fields)
| posted online | True | district website (found by the collector) |
|---|---|---|
| meeting date | 2025-09-16 | 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 asked about benches and trash receptacles (described by the developer's representative as a homeowners association matter), street signs in Section 9, Harris County acceptance of Mason Road, the conceptual park plan, the Mueschke Road intersection, and standing water in the Arroyo Drive overflow swale. Another resident asked for an updated map for residents, and later in the meeting raised concerns about the timing and wording of delinquency letters. | 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 | 16 item(s) Approved minutes of the August 19, 2025 meeting Deferred Series 2025 Unlimited Tax Bonds and Series 2025A Unlimited Tax Recreational Bonds item to October Approved bookkeeper's report and payment of bills Approved tax assessor/collector's report and payment of tax bills (99.78% of 2024 taxes collected as of August 31, 2025) Set public hearing for October 21, 2025 and authorized publication of notice for a proposed 2025 total tax rate of $1.35 per $100 of assessed valuation ($0.62 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 Awarded Dunham Pointe Section 18 water, sanitary sewer and drainage contract to Unitas Construction, Inc. for $972,025.00 |
meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes and the board-action reviews |
| prior minutes approved | 1 item(s) Approved minutes of the August 19, 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.