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The Texas Water Development Board met on October 28, 2015 to consider the following agenda items.
 
1. Discussion regarding outreach efforts and activities by the Board.

  • Jackson visited Rice University for the water energy nexus
  • Jackson participated in stakeholders meeting for HB 30
  • Bruun visited New York City for a bond transaction

 
2. Consider approving by resolution a request for payment of additional consideration from the Texas Water Resources Finance Authority for Fiscal Year 2016. (Chris Hayden)

  • Annual request to TWRFA to transfer funds to TWDB
  • Transfer funds are for ongoing operations, TWDB grant programs
  • Motion passes

 
3. Consider authorizing the Executive Administrator to execute an amendment to the State Fiscal Year 2016 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Set-Aside Contract between the Texas Water Development Board and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (Jo Dawn Bomar)

  • Request authorization for Executive Administrator to amend FY 16 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Set-Aside Contract to allocate additional 300k for local assistance through TCEQ
  • Motion passes

 
4. Consider approving by resolution a request from the City of Glen Rose (Somerville County) for financial assistance totaling $8,790,000 consisting of $3,520,000 loan and $3,520,000 grant from the Economically Distressed Area Program and $1,750,000 loan from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund to finance the construction phase of a wastewater treatment plant expansion. (Caaren Skrobarczyk)

  • Funding for the construction phase of the expansion
  • Construction includes modifications to treatment process and expansion of treatment capacity
  • Motion Passes

 
5. Consider approving by resolution a request from Airline Improvement District (Harris County) for a $475,000 grant from the Economically Distressed Areas Program to finance additional construction costs to provide first time water and wastewater services to approximately 109 water connections and 200 wastewater connections. (Nancy Richards) 

  • This is to supplement previous construction assistance
  • The district will be providing $25,000
  • Motion Passes

 
6. Consider approving by resolution a request from Lake Livingston Water Supply and Sewer Service Corporation for a partial release of lien. (Annette Mass) 

  • Lake Livingston Water Supply and Sewer Service Corporation asks that a portion of the lien from two previous loans is released to sell excess property
  • Motion passes

 
7. Consider approving by resolution an amendment to TWDB Resolution No. 15-076 to reflect a change in terminology for the loan commitment from the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas to the City of Houston. (Annette Mass)

  • Clarifies that Houston’s pledge for 2015 bond cycle will use a subordinate lien
  • Motion passes

 
8. Consider approving by resolution an amendment to TWDB Resolution No. 15-089B to reflect the appropriate additional bonds test for the loan commitment from the State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas to the Upper Trinity Regional Water District. (Annette Mass) 

  • Gets rid of an inadvertently added second bond test
  • Motion Passes

 
9. Consider adopting and authorizing publication of amendments to 31 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §357.10, §357.50, §357.51, §357.62, and §358.3 relating to Interregional Conflicts in Regional Water Planning. (Todd Chenoweth) 

  • Asks that this item be added on to next agenda due to technical issues
  • Item pushed to next board meeting

 
10. Consider authorizing the executive administrator to publish a Request for Proposals in the Texas Register for groundwater quality analysis services for Fiscal Year 2016 in an amount not to exceed $196,000. (Janie Hopkins)

  • Motion passes

 
11. Consider appointing members to the Water Conservation Advisory Council. (Mindy Conyers)

  • New members approved

 
12. Briefing and discussion on drought conditions in the state of Texas. (Mark Wentzel)

  • Texas has experienced flash drought over large portions of the state
  • Extreme draught areas increased to 15% of Texas
  • Recent rainfall should show significant improvement in the next report and has improved reservoir storage to just under 81% which is 2 percentage points better than normal for this year

 
No public comment was presented
 
Meeting Adjourned