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<v Chairman Lake>Good morning.
This meeting of the Texas Water

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Development Board is called to order.
The time is 9:30 AM. For the

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record, my name is Peter Lake, and
with me today at the dais are

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Kathleen Jackson and Brooke Paup.
Todd, first item, please.

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<v Mr. Chenoweth>Discussion regarding
outreach efforts and activities by the Board.

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<v Chairman Lake>Director Jackson?

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<v Director Jackson>Well, thank you, Mr.
Chairman.

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Since our last board
meeting, I traveled to

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Arlington to speak on a
panel at the North Texas

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Energy Summit that was
hosted by the Texas

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Oil and Gas Association.
I appreciate Todd

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Staples for inviting me,
and it was great to see

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Senator Kelly Hancock
and the leadership from

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the local community
there kind of learning

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more about kind of what's
going on in that area

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in the oil and oas
production activities that

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are ongoing. Also, went
to San Antonio with

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our own Jesse Milanovic,
our senior engineer

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on TWDB team number five,
to conduct the final

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inspection for the San
Antonio River Authority

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Martinez IV Wastewater Treatment Plant
Project. I appreciate General Manager Susan

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Scott for her leadership
and for her team for

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supporting this project.
This was a design

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build. It serves a
developing area in Eastern

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Bayer County. Initial
capacity right at 250,000

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gallons a day, with the capacity to kind of
reach up to their final permitted flow of

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2,000,000 gallons a day.
Kind of an important

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project and kind of
looking across Texas and

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wastewater treatment, and
what's out there for,

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particularly, these areas
that are emerging,

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that have substantial
growth, and how to be

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able to go out there and
provide something that

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is not only capable of
providing the treatment

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they need, but also can
do it in a very energy

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efficient way. And this
particular process,

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which was kind of
championed by this project,

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combines an activated
sludge system and the fix

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film for a biological
treatment system that

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requires very low power input.
The amount of

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the aeration can be
controlled by using varial

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speed rotors, and so
the faster, the slower

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they move is based on the
actual oxygen demand.

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So emerging technology
in wastewater treatment

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and great to see the work
that the San Antonio

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River Authority has
done in promoting this

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technology and the partners
that were working with

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them. And they were
recognized for this work.

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They're the very first
wastewater treatment

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plant in Texas to receive the Silver Envision
award for the Institute of Sustainable

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Infrastructure. So really
an exciting project,

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and I think something
that will see more of as

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as we see communities
utilize this technology

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throughout Texas.I also
spoke to the Texas Rural

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Water Association's
Emerging Leaders Program.

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Great to hear their
thoughts and ideas from

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rural leaders in the
field who were in Austin

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participating in this training.
And then, last

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week, I spoke at the
10th annual Texas Rural

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Challenge in New
Braunfels, and their theme

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was Cultivate, Innovate,
and Collaborate. So

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enjoyed the discussions
there and ways that we

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can grow rural communities.
John Meyer and I,

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with Water Science and
Conservation, presented

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at the Texoga Water Committee meeting and
provided a status report on our brack zone

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designation so far. And
our upcoming work with

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legislation that just
passed this past session.

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<v Chairman Lake>Outstanding as always.
Director Paup?

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<v Director Paup>You are busy, busy, busy.
It's amazing.

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Since the last board meeting, I
was privileged to give a Lunch

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and Learn presentation on the
agency's programs and financial

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assistance programs to the
Governor's Economic Development

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division. I also met with the OAG
to discuss pending litigation.

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And this past Saturday, I attended
the agency's annual picnic.

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It was fabulous, and just tons
of thanks to all the staffers

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that made it possible. Obviously,
Henry had a wonderful time.

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He was flossing his little
heart out, so great. Thanks.

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<v Chairman Lake>He was also
pretty handy with a water gun.

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<v Director Paup>Yes, he was. Sorry, Chairman.

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<v Chairman Lake>Yes, thank
you to the staff who made

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that great event impossible.
There's a lot of work

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that goes into it, but a
good time for everybody and

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a great chance for Texas
Water family get together

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outside the walls of the office.
Since our last

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meeting, I met with the former
FEMA administrator Brock

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Long. I also had the chance
to sit down with Poseidon

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Water to talk about
opportunities and public

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private partnerships. Last
week in Galveston, I spoke

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at the TWCA Midyear Conference
about the legislation

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that passed recently,
especially SB7, SB8, that is

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a major challenge for the
state and a challenge

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for the agency to implement,
but also a tremendous

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opportunity to make a hugely
positive change in the

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lives of Texans across the state.
There's no formal

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action required on this item.
Next item, please.

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<v Mr. Chenoweth>Consider
approving the selection of senior

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and co-managing underwriters for
the Texas Water Development

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Board State Water Implementation
Revenue Fund for Texas

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Fall 2019 bond sale. Georgia
Sanchez is here to present.

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<v Georgia Sanchez>Good morning, Chairman
Lake, Director Jackson, Director

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Paup. I'm Georgia Sanchez of the
Executive Administrator's staff.

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The Board authorized initiation of
the issuance of the bonds to provide

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funding for projects in the State
Water Implementation Fund for Texas

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(SWIFT) Program on April 23rd, 2019.
You named Hilltop Securities as the

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financial advisor for this transaction,
McCall, Parkhurst, and Horton

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as the bond counsel, and Bracewell as
the disclosure counsel. Since that

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time, we've been working with these
providers, these service providers,

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on a timeline as well a certain legal
and disclosure documents. And that

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planning process will continue with
the selection of the sales, senior,

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and co-managing underwriters. The
underwriters participate in completion

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of those legal documents, the bond
financing structure discussions,

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investor outreach, and other activities.
The recommendations we have

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for you are as follows: Senior Manager,
Bank of America Merrill Lynch;

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Co-managers, Citigroup, FTN, J. P.
Morgan, Mesereau, Morgan Stanley,

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Piper Jaffray, RBC, Ramirez, Siebert
Cisneros Shank, and Wells Fargo.

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<v Chairman Lake>Thank you, Georgia. Any questions or comments?

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<v Director Jackson>It's
great to see SWIFT

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moving forward and
providing communities the

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opportunity to build it
with today's dollars and

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to take advantage of our
low interest rates.

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<v Chairman Lake>Director Paup?

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<v Director Paup>Yeah, each selection
is deliberate and very thoughtful,

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and it takes a lot of work in this process.
So thank you so much.

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<v Chairman Lake>Indeed. Is there a motion?

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Chairman, I move we approve the
selection of Bank of America-Merrill

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Lynch as senior managing
underwriter, and for co-managing

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underwriters, Citigroup, FTN Financial
Capital Markets, J. P. Morgan,

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Miserou Financial, Morgan Stanley
and Company, Piper Jaffray and

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Company, RBC Capital Markets, Ramirez
and Company, Siebert Cisneros

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Shank and Company, and Wells Fargo
Securities for the Texas Water

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Development Board State Water
Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas

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Fall 2019 Bond Sale as recommended
by our Executive Administrator.

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<v Chairman Lake>Is there a second?</v>
<v Director Paup>I second.</v>

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All in favor say aye. Motion passes. Next item, please. Thank you Georgia.

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<v Mr. Chenoweth>Consider approving
material changes to contracts

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for goods and services executed
during the second quarter of Fiscal

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Year 2019 and the Contract and
Performance report for the second

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quarter of Fiscal Year 2019.
Angela Wallace is here to present.

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<v Angela Wallace>Good morning,
Chairman Lake, Director Jackson,

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and Director Paup. I'm Angela
Wallace, a member of the Executive

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Administrator's staff. The agenda
item before you today is for

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your consideration of a report
regarding material changes to

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contracts for goods and services
awarded under Chapter 2155 of

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the Texas Government Code executed
during the second quarter of

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Fiscal Year 2019. Also, for your
consideration, material encompassing

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performance and contract
monitoring for new contracts that

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were executed during the second quarter.
The material changes

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included in Attachment One of the
report are those that extend the

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length of or postpone the completion
of a contract for six months

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or more, increase the total
consideration to be paid under a

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contract by at least 10%. The
performance reporting included

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in Attachment Two of the report
conforms with TWDB contracting

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policies and associated rules. The
Executive Administrator recommends

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approval of this item, and I'm
available for any questions.

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<v Chairman Lake>Thank you. Questions?
Comments? Is there a motion?

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<v Director Paup>Mr. Chairman, I move
we approve the material changes to

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contracts for goods and services
executed during the second quarter of

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Fiscal Year 2019 and the contract and
performance report for the second

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quarter of Fiscal Year 2019 as recommended
by our Executive Administrator.

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<v Chairman Lake>Is there a second?</v>
<v Director Jackson>I second.</v>

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<v Chairman Lake>All in
favor say aye. Motion

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passes. Next item, please.
Thank you, Angela.

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<v Mr. Chenoweth>Consider
approving a request from Borden

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County for financing from the
Drinking Water State Revolving

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Fund for the design and
construction of an urgent need

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water treatment project. Lee
Huntoon is here to present.

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<v Lee Huntoon>Good
Morning Chairman like

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Director Jackson, director Prop.
For the record,

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my name is Leigh Hunt in of the executive
administrator staff. Borden County is located

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approximately 60 miles
southeast of Love IQ,

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with a population of 602 residents.
The county's

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water utility serves 241 customers with 100
and 20 water connections within the town

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of Gail. The county's
utility does not provide

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wastewater service's and fun fact.
The county

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is also the birthplace
of Gail Borden, the

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inventor of condensed milk.
The county's water

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supply exceeds maximum
contaminant levels of

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arsenic and Florida and
is under compliance

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order with the Environmental Protection Agency.
To address these violations, the county

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proposes to install in
arsenic and fluoride ion

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exchange treatment
system to address these

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water quality issues.
Pilot testing has already

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been completed in the
Texas Commission on

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Environmental Quiet. Quality has approved.
The proposed treatment is, um, the county is

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requesting $1,985,000 in
financial assistance,

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consisting of $1,285,000
financing at a 0%

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interest rate, and
700,000 in principal

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forgiveness as a very small
system and an urgent

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need fund project from
the Drinking Water State

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Revolving Fund program
for the design and

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construction phases of the project.
The executive

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administrator recommends approval of this
request. I'm happy to answer any questions.

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<v Chairman Lake>Thank you, Lee.
Questions, comments?

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<v Director Jackson>Certainly,
an important project

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because it addresses water
quality, and certainly,

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the concern for arsenic
and fluoride is something

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that really warrants
this type of investment.

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And I guess, another kind
of interesting point is

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that the champion for the
project and the sponsor

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is the county, and so,
you know, not only can

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cities and water supply
corporations and municipal

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water districts, but also
counties can kind of take

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this on and, you know,
great that they're doing

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this and that you're able
to kind of put together

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that funding package that
makes it affordable. So

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the 0% interest financing
and then the very small

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systems and then the ability
to get the principal

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forgiveness in combination
with the 0% financing.

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So thanks for working on
this important project.

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<v Chairman Lake>Director Paup?

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<v Director Paup>It's a
first time applicant, so we

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always love to have them
coming to the board. Thanks.

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<v Chairman Lake>Absolutely. Is their a motion?

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<v Director Jackson>Chairman, I move
we adopt the proposed resolution

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providing Borden County with financing
from the Drinking Water State

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Revolving Fund for the design and
construction of an urgent need water

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treatment project, as recommended
by our Executive Administrator.

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<v Chairman Lake>Is there a second?</v>
<v Director Paup>I second.</v>

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<v Chairman Lake>All in favor say aye. Motion
passes. Next item, please. Thanks, Lee.

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<v Mr. Chenoweth>Consider approving a
request from the City of Cleburne for

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financial assistance from the Clean
Water State Revolving Fund for the

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planning, acquisition, design, and
construction of a wastewater treatment

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plant expansion and reuse improvements
project, authorization to amend

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the Series 2009B and Series 2013B bonds
to redefine the project, a waiver

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of the requirement to include funds
to mitigate water loss as a part of

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this project, and authorization to
transfer the unspent bond proceeds from

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Project 21641 to Project 73821. Caaren
Skrobarcyzk is here to present.

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<v Caaren Skrobarcyzk>Morning, Chairman
Lake, Director Jackson, Director Paup.

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For the record, I'm Caaren Skrobarcyzk
of the Executive Administrator’s

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staff. The city of Cleburne is located
in Johnson County, about 30 miles

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south of the city of Fort Worth.
They provide water and wastewater

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service to approximately 34,000 residents.
The city is requesting $42,000,000

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from the Clean Water State Revolving
Fund for planning, acquisition,

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design and construction of a wastewater
treatment improvement project

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as well as a reuse improvement. The
project will mitigate projected

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water supply shortages that are in
the State Water Plan. The project

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will increase the waste water treatment
facility to provide 4,000,000

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gallons per day of high quality,
reclaimed effluent for both indirect

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potable reuse and direct non-potable reuse.
The project also includes

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construction of a pump station and a
pipeline to convey the high quality

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reuse supply to the permitted outfall
at Lake Pat Cleburne. The reuse

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component of the project qualifies for
$1,000,000 and principal forgiveness

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as the green component. The city
received two water infrastructure fund

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commitments from the Board in December
of 2008 and 2013 for planning and

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design of the Lake Whitney Water
Supply Project which, at that time,

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was a recommended water management
strategy. After the bonds were issued,

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the City Council determined that
completion of that project was not

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in the best interest of the city, and
the city worked with the regional

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water planning group and amended
the state water plan, amended the

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strategy, and identified the reuse project
as a recommended water management

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strategy in the 2017 State Water Plan.
Collectively, both series have

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approximately $5,000,000 in unspent bond
proceeds and in the escrow account,

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and the city is requesting to
repurpose those unspent bond proceeds

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to the proposed project. This would
require an amendment to the bond

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orders and redefining the project and
will also require authorization to

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transfer those funds from the Lake
Whitney Project to this waste reuse

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project. Mark Evans is here in support
of the project, and this concludes my

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presentation. The EA recommends approval
of the financial assistance request

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and the authorization to amend the
bond order and transfer the funds.

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<v Chairman Lake>Thank you. Questions or comments?

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<v Director Jackson>Well, I
think it's a great example of

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our regional water planning
process and how communities can

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work through the regional water
planning process and develop

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a recommended strategy. And
then, it's kind of an evergreen

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document. And so, as new thoughts
and ideas and new technologies

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come about or things change,
that they can go in and

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kind of amend, as they did,
the State Water Plan, the

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Regional Water Plan, and the
State Water Plan, and in this

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particular case, provide for
reuse which we know is a very

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good strategy moving forward
in terms of providing future

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water supply, and in this
particular case, they have the

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1, 2 punch because it's not
only an indirect potable reuse

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project but also a direct potable
reuse project. Or an indirect

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reuse project and then a
direct potable reuse project.

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So great to see this project's
moving forward and appreciate

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the work of their team in kind
of pulling this together.

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<v Chairman Lake>Director Paup?

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<v Director Paup>A lot of work went
into making this project a reality.

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I know it was, administratively,
very trying, so thank you very much.

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<v Chairman Lake>Great project.
Is there a motion?

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<v Director Paup>Mr. Chairman, I move we
adopt the proposed resolution providing

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the city of Cleburne with financial
assistance from Clean Water State

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Revolving Fund for planning, acquisition,
design and construction of a waste

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water treatment plant expansion and reuse
improvements project, authorization

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to amend the Series 2009B and Series
2013B to redefine the project, a waiver

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of the requirment to include funds to
mitigate water loss as part of this

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project, and authorization to transfer
the unspent bond proceeds from Project

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21641 to Project 73821 as recommended
by our Executive Administrator.

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<v Chairman Lake>Is there a second?</v>
<v Director Jackson>I second.</v>

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<v Chairman Lake>All in favor say aye.
Motion passes. Next item, please.

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<v Mr. Chenoweth>The next item will
be tabled to a later agenda. That

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will bring us to agenda items 7
and 8 to be considered together.

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Consider approving a request
from the City of Kerrville for

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financial assistance from the
Clean Water State Revolving

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Fund for planning, acquisition,
design and construction

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of a disaster recovery project,
and consider approving

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a request from the City of
Kerrville for financial

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assistance from the Drinking
Water State Revolving Fund for

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planning, acquisition,
design and construction of a

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disaster recovery project. Dain
Larsen is here to present.

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<v Chairman Lake>Morning, Dain.

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<v Dain Larsen>Good morning,
Chairman Lake, Director Jackson,

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Director Paup. For the record,
I'm Dain Larsen of the Executive

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Administrator’s staff. In October
of 2018, flooding along the

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Guadalupe River in the city of
Kerrville, which is located about 65

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miles northwest of San Antonio,
damaged and cause complete failure

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of two wastewater reuse and water
lines, along with unassociated

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steel bridge frame assembly.
Floodwater separated bridge frame

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sections from their supporting
concrete piers and carried them

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downstream. The City of Kerrville
requests funding from the Drinking

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Water and Clean Water State
Revolving Funds Emergency Relief

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Programs. The city proposes to
fund planning, acquisition and

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design for the replacement of the
water and two wastewater reuse

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lines. And they would like
reimbursement for the removal of the

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debris caused by the flooding event.
The Executive Administrator

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recommends approval of the city's request.
This concludes my

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presentation, and I'm available for
any questions that you may have.

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<v Chairman Lake>Thanks, Dain. Questions, comments?

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<v Director Jackson>Well, an important
project, and I think, again, a credit to

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the staff in putting together something
that can kind of address urgent need

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and emergency relief following a disaster.
And in this particular case, it was

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the October 2018 flooding that occurred
along the Guadalupe River. So, very

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important that we remove the lines that
are the reuse, the wastewater reuse

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line, and then also the drinking water
line and get those back in service. So

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good to see that we're using these funds
to help these communities to remove

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the water lines, and then, also, to get
them back in service. I appreciate it.

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<v Chairman Lake>Director Paup?
Great project. Appreciate

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all the staff work on this.
Is there a motion?

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<v Director Paup>Mr. Chairman,
I move we adopt the

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proposed resolutions providing
the City of Kerrville with

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financial assistance from the
Clean Water State Revolving

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Fund for the planning,
acquisition, design and

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construction of a disaster
recovery project and from

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the Drinking Water State
Revolving Fund for planning

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acquisition design and construction
of a disaster recovery

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project as recommended by our
Executive Administrator.

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<v Chairman Lake>Is there a second?</v>
<v Director Jackson>I second.</v>

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<v Chairman Lake>All in
favor say aye. Motion

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passes. Thank you, Dain.
Next item, please.

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<v Mr. Chenoweth>The board will receive
comments from the public. Mr. Chairman, I

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do not have any cards at this time from
people signed up who wish to speak to us.

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<v Chairman Lake>Alright.
If any member of the

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public would like to address
the board, now would

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be the time. Seeing none,
the board will meet in

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closed session today
pursuant to provisions of

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Sections 551.071 and
551.074 of the Texas Open

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Meetings Act, Chapter 551
of the Texas Government

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Code. This meeting of the
Texas Water Development

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Board is hereby recessed.
The time is 9:52 AM.

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<v Chairman Lake>Texas Water
Development Board is now back in

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session. The time is 10:56 AM.
I have a motion. I move that

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we set the compensation of the
Executive Administrator at

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$188,284.92 per year, effective
June 1, 2019. Is there a second?

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<v Director Jackson>I second.</v>
<v Chairman Lake>All in favor say aye. Motion passes.</v>

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There being no further business
of the Texas Water Development

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Board, this meeting is hereby adjourned.
The time is 11:57 AM.