Minutes

District	Harris County Improvement District No. 14
Type	minutes
Date	2025-08-19
How it was obtained	website
Original location	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pLiGQm1yXVJ6Go2mdMwUSBc1I2bnI6QR/view?usp=sharing
Fingerprint (SHA-256)	91e79dce159afd56077350ead0404656a2215c47ae0ab1d2aabfae83a309a454
Added	2026-11-08

Overview

The Board accepted the oaths of office of Directors Herzog and Lashbrook, reappointed by the TCEQ to terms expiring June 1, 2029, and kept its officer positions unchanged. It amended the fiscal year 2025 budget, approved a payment-processing agreement with Paymentech, LLC, and authorized a refund to a former customer for usage after a disconnection date. The Board awarded the Dunham Pointe Section 22 paving contract to Unitas Construction, Inc. for $877,007.00, approved five pay estimates, and approved the cost summary for park bond application no. 1. It also adopted an order adding 90.874 acres to the District, bringing the stated total to 765.4517 acres, and updated its public information request resolution.

Questions to check (5)

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 22 paving; the signed contract for Dunham Pointe Section 22 paving; 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 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 17 paving, with quantities and the engineer's certification; the pay estimate for Dunham Pointe Section 19 paving, with quantities and the engineer's certification.

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.

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 18; any engineer's report on the change; the instruments, petitions and maps for this item.

Questions to confirm, not findings.

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Each check names the rule it tests, as the text stood on 2025-08-19, 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.

5 shown 1 doesn't apply 1 awaiting review

What the law requires

Status	Check	Rule in force then	Evidence
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.	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)	2025-08-19_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.	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)	2025-08-19_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 benches, entrance landscaping at Jack Road, and grass not growing near a pond in Section 1 that had been used as a concrete washout; the developer's representative said EarthCar 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)	2025-08-19_minutes (p. 1)
Awaiting review	Every action taken was on the posted agenda · compared with other records 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)
Shown	The minutes were approved by the board at a later meeting · compared with other records Approved September 16, 2025: Approved minutes of the August 19, 2025 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)	2025-09-16_minutes (p. 2) Approved minutes of the August 19, 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).	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)	2025-08-19_minutes

Facts in this record and the original behind each

Fact	Value	Support	Approving original
Board actions taken	16 item(s)	Original on file	2025-08-19_minutes
Directors present	4 item(s) (p. 1)	Original on file	2025-08-19_minutes (p. 1)

What was extracted (9 of 14 fields)

posted online	True	district website (found by the collector)
meeting date	2025-08-19	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, entrance landscaping at Jack Road, and grass not growing near a pond in Section 1 that had been used as a concrete washout; the developer's representative said EarthCare maintains those areas and the benches had not been delivered. A member of the public asked about disconnection fees and requested a refund for a bill generated after a property sale; the Board provided the Rate Order and took up the refund under operations. Another resident introduced herself to the Board.	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 July 15, 2025 meeting Accepted sworn statements and oaths of office of Directors Herzog and Lashbrook (reappointed by TCEQ for terms expiring June 1, 2029) and authorized filing of an updated District Registration Form; no changes to Board officer positions Approved bookkeeper's report and payment of bills; amended the budget for fiscal year end November 30, 2025 Approved tax assessor/collector's report and payment of tax bills (99.65% of 2024 taxes collected as of July 31, 2025) Approved operator's report; authorized Inframark to issue a refund for usage after a disconnection date on one account; approved merchant services processing documents with Paymentech, LLC; terminated service to delinquent accounts on the termination list Approved stormwater management program report Awarded Dunham Pointe Section 22 paving contract to Unitas Construction, Inc. for $877,007.00 Approved Pay Estimate No. 1 of $575,196.03 to Unitas for Dunham Pointe Section 15 paving	meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes and the board-action reviews
prior minutes approved	1 item(s) Approved minutes of the July 15, 2025 meeting	meeting overview (seed/minutes), read from the scanned minutes
board size	5	directors listed in seed/officials

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