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<v Chairman Lake>Good morning. This
Meeting of Texas Water Development Board

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is hereby called Order. The
time is 9:39 AM. I apologize

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for the late story. We had some
audio issues on the technical

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side, but everyone is here
and ready to go. For the

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record, my name is Peter Lake
and with me today are Kathleen

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Jackson and Brooke Paup. Mr
Harden, first item, please

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<v GC Harden>Mr. Chairman, the
first item is discussion regarding

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outreach efforts and activities by the board.
<v Chairman Lake>Well</v>

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still, uh, confined. So nothing
to report and no official

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no formal actually required on this item.
Next item, please.

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<v GC Harden>Mr. Chairman. The second
item is consider the selection

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and approval of a team of
underwriters to serve Texas

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Water Development Board for bond
sales and other underwriting

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activities as necessary
from June 4, 2020, through

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August 31, 2021, with an
option to renew for up to

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two additional two year terms.
And Georgia Sanchez

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will present the Board on this item.

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<v Chairman Lake>Morning, Georgia.</v> <v Georgia
Sanchez>Good morning, Chairman Lake, Director</v>

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Jackson, Director Paup. I'm
Georgia Sanchez of the executive

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administrator's staff. So
this item requests that the

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board select a team of
underwriters to serve in a pool

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from which specific firms
will be selected to serve

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on future proposed bond transactions.
On March 12,

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a request for qualifications
or RFQ was posted on

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the eletronic state business
daily with a deadline

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of April 9. 34 firms responded.
An internal review

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team independently scored
those responses, based on

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criteria that was outlined in RFQ.
That scoring criteria

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included distribution
abilities, experience issuing

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municipal bonds, demonstrated
innovation, qualifications

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of personnel assigned to TWDB,
and financial and capital

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considerations.

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The 17 recommended firms are
as follows, and we have

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a slide for you for this.

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B of A. BOK. Citigroup. Frost.
Jeffrey. Mesirow.

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Morgan Stanley. Piper Sandler.
RBC. Ramirez. Raymond

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James Baird. Seibert William
Shank, Stifel Nicolaus

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UNB, and Wells Fargo.

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We respectfully request
approval of the underwriting.

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<v Chairman Lake>Thank you, Georgia. Um,
as always, we value our relationships

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with our private sector partners
and as stewards of substantial

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taxpayer dollars, we demand
accountability from those

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partners, and we reward performance.
We do not reward

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complacency before
performance, and we don't hand

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out freebies. We've been
adamant about that at the

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board for a long time. Ah,
selection process is rigorous

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as Jordan described. It's
thorough and it's executed

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with integrity. And
Georgia, there was a lot

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of hard work from you and your team.
So thank you for

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putting in the effort, doing
it the right way. These

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are never easy decisions,
but job well done.

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Any questions or comments?
Director Jackson, Director Paup?

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<v Director Jackson>I just had one question.
Maybe I didn't hear it, but

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um, I think on the list you
had FHN Capital Markets

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<v Georgia Sanchez>I apologize. I
skip over it. I do apologize. And

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thank you, Director Jackson. <v
Director Jackson>Ok, good. I just</v>

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appreciate everybody who ah,
who participated in the

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process and the hard work of the staff.
I know it's a very

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rigorous process in terms
of moving forward and so

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important that, you know, we
have a good pool in place

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to be able to move forward
and get the kind of rates

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that benefit communities
across our state so we can

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move forward with impactful
and important and long term

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water (inaudible).

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<v Chairman Lake>Well
put, Director Jackson.

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<v Director Paup>Now, as as usual,
Director Jackson says it all. So

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<v Chairman Lake>She's good at that. </v><v Director Paup>Eloquent
though Thank you Georgia. </v><v Chairman Lake>All right</v>

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Is there a motion?

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<v Director Jackson>Chairman? I move
we approve the selection of a team

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of underwriters to serve the
Texas Water Development

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Board for bond sales and other
underwriting activities

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as necessary from June 4, 2020,
through August 31, 2021,

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with an option to renew for
up to two additional two

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year terms as recommended by
our executive administrator.

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<v Chairman Lake>Is there a second? </v><v Director
Paup>I second </v> <v Chairman Lake>All in favor, say</v>

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Next item. please. Motion
passes Next item, please.

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Mr. Harden.

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<v GC Harden>Mr Chairman, the next
item on the agenda is consider

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authorizing the executive
administrator, chief financial

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officer, general counsel and
development fund manager

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to initiate the Texas Water
Development Board State

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Water Implementation Revenue
Fund for Texas Bond Sale

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and (inaudible) Financial Advisor,
Bond Counsel, Disclosure Counsel,

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and (inaudible) and co managing underwriters.
Georgia Sanchez

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will present to the board on this item.

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<v Georgia Sanchez>Morning. Georgia
Sanchez, Executive Administrator staff.

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This item requests that the
board authorize initial

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actions to prepare for a SWIRFT
bond sale this fall. We're

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also seeking approval to
name and we have a slide for

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this, Hilltop as financial
advisor, McCall Parkhurst

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and Horton as Bond Council,
Bracewell as Disclosure

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Counsel, and for the
underwriting team, we recommend

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Morgan Stanley as senior
managing underwriter and the

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following co manager, co
managing underwriters. BFA,

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BOK, Jefferies, Mesirow,
RBC, Ramirez, Raymond

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James, and Wells Fargo. If
approved, we will finalize

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the timelines, we will engage
our service providers, we will

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undertake the initial debt
issuance process to prepare

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the bonds for sale. The
executive administrator will

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return to the board on July
23rd for formal approval

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of the bond sale and those
associated documents for

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any series to be issued
under this authorization.

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

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<v Director Jackson>Exciting to be
moving forward with another SWIFT Bond

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sale. You know, again long
term projects that are needed

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to insure as I think
you've said many times so

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that Texans have the future
that they want. So thanks

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for all the hard work on
this and look forward to the

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same.

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<v Director Paup>It's a great list, so
I'm looking forward to the upcoming

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bond sale. So good job.

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<v Chairman Lake>Is there a motion?</v><v Director
Paup> Mr Chairman, I move we authorize</v>

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the executive administrator,
the chief financial officer,

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General Counsel, on Development
Fund manager to initiate

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the Texas Water Development Board
State Water Implementation

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Revenue Fund for Texas bond
sale and approving the

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selection of a financial advisor,
bond counsel, Disclosure

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counsel, and senior and co
managing underwriters, as

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recommended by our executive administrator.
<v Chairman Lake>Is there a</v>

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

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Motion passes. Next time, please.
Thank you, Georgia

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<v GC Harden>Mr. Chairman, The next
item on the agenda is considere

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adopting 2021 to 2025
Strategic plan for the Texas

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Water Development Board and
Kathleen (inaudible) will present

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(inaudible) Board on this issue.
<v Kathleen Ligon>Morning. </v>

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Chairman Lake, Director
Jackson, Director Paup. For the

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record, I'm Kathleen Ligon of
the Executive administrator

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Staff. This item is approval
of the agency's 2021 to

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2025 strategic plan. As you're
aware, like other state

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agencies in the executive
branch of Texas government,

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we're required to prepare a
strategic plan every even

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numbered year before the
legislative session. As directed

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by statute, the plan is a formal
document that communicates

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our goals, directions and
outcomes to the governor

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of the legislature, our
employees and stakeholders

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and also the general public.
The process to develop

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the plan also serves as a
tool for development of our

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legislative appropriations request.
It's due later

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this summer, and also any
policy recommendations that

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the board may want to make
to the next Legislature.

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The plan includes a new
mission statement and five

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goals, including 1, 1 of those
goals is a new goal for

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our water science and
conservation groups, and it reads

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modernized and refined
quantification of the state's

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water resources including
enhancement of data dissemination

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networks, products and technical services.
Command also

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has several supplemental schedules,
including a historically

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underlies, underutilized
business plan or hub plan,

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and includes our agency workforce plan.
It includes

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a report on customer service
based on a recent customer

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service survey that we performed.
And finally, it includes

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a budget structure and performance
measure Definitions. And

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that is the one item that
we're still working with

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the legislative budget board to finalize.
So once, um,

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once we have everything we
need from the LBB, we will

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get it all packaged up and
submitted, and then it will

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be posted on our website.

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Executive administrator
recommends approval of this

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item. That concludes my presentation.
I'm available for

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any questions you might have. <v
Chairman Lake>Thank you, Kathleen.</v>

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Questions, comments? <v Director
Jackson>Thanks for the hard work, great</v>

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document and, uh, excited
to kind of move forward and

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always good to have your
objectives and your requirements

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laid out so that everybody
is kind of, like, you know

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working together. And, ah,
knows what the goals are.

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And then, as you mentioned,
you know, having those

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measures in there so that,
you know, as we move forward

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we can see you know what
progress we're making and

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and measure ourselves, you know?
Against those

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um, those measures and those objectives.
So thank you.

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<v Kathleen Ligon>Thank you. </v><v Chairman
Lake>Yeah. Good work, Kathleen. Sorry. Brooke,</v>

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go ahead. <v Director Paup>Oh, no. I was
I was gonna say great work. You</v>

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know, the strategic plan represents
an excellent opportunity

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to reassess the agency's goals.
And I think that you

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all took a very thorough look
and did just a tremendous

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job. So, um, you guys made a
very long winded document

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fund to read, so thank you
very much, Kathleen. Excellent

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job. <v Chairman Lake>Y'all did a very
nice job reflecting the continuing</v>

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evolution of the agency as
our mission and mandates

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grow and the continuing
professional, increasing

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professionalization of the
agency and our new mandates. So

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thank you very much, Kathleen.
Great job. Is there

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a motion? <v Director Jackson>Chairman, I
move we adopt the 2021-2025 strategic</v>

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plan for the Texas Water
Development Board aas recommended

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by our executive administrator. <v
Chairman Lake>Is there a second? </v>

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<v Director Paup>I second</v> All in
faovr, say aye. Motion passes. Next item,

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please. <v GC Harden>Mr Chairman. The
next item is consider adopting</v>

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and authorizing publication
of proposed additions to the

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31 Texas Administrative
Code, Chapter 353, relating

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geographic information systems.
(inaudible) will present on

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this item.

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<v Kay Schultz>Good Morning. How are you?
Good Morning, Chairman Lake,

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Director Jackson, Director Paup.
I'm Kay Schultz, assistant

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general counsel, on behalf of
the executive administrator.

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This item request that you
adopt and publish additions

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to agency rules relating
to geographic information

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systems. The board authorized
publication of these

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proposed additions to rules
at its April 9th meeting.

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The rules were published in
the Texas Register on April

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24th and the 30-day comment
period ended on May 26

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with no comments. As a
result, no changes have been

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made in the proposed rules,
and that sub chapter renaming

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these rules standardize
geographic information systems

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software products that would
be purchased by state

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agencies and place these
standards under the direction

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of the State Geographic
administrator, and I'm sorry,

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Geographic information officer
who is our own Richard

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Wade in Tenris, and also
the current Chapter 353,

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subchapter D, which is called
Texas Natural Resource

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Information system partnerships,
is proposed to just

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be renamed TNRIS, Texas
Natural Resource Information

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System, to allow for multiple
rules related to this

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program within the single sub chapter.
These rules

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currently reside with the
Department of Information

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Resources DIR, which intends
to repeal its rules

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when they move over to us. So
the executive administrator

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recommends authorizing
adoption and publication of

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these additions. And that
concludes my presentation.

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<v Chairman Lake>Thank you, Kay. Questions?
Comments? Alright, is there a motion?

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<v Director Paup>Mr. Chairman, I move
we adopt and authorize publication

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of proposed additions to 31
Texas Administrative Code,

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Chapter 353, relating to
geographic information systems

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as recommended by our executive
administrator. <v Chairman Lake>Is there</v>

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a second? <v Director Jackson>I second </v>
<v Chairman Lake>All in favor, say aye.</v>

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Motion passes. Thank you, Kay.
Next item, please.

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<v GC Harden>Mr. Chairman, The
next item is consider approving

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by resolution a request
from Presidio County Water

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Improvement District number
one, doing business as Redford

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Water Supply, for $300,000
in financial assistance from

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the Drinking Water State
Revolving fund for planning,

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design, and construction of
a water system improvement

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project and a waiver from
the requirement to include

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funds to mitigate water loss
as part of this project.

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Jeff Taylor will present
to the board on this item.

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<v Jeff Taylor>Good morning. My name
is Jeff Taylor of the executive

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administrator staff. Presidio
County Water Improvement

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District number one, doing
business asRedford Water

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Supply is located 16 miles
southeast of the city of

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Presidio. The district
provides water and wastewater

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service to approximately 82
residents with 33 connections.

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The district is requesting
$300,000 in principal forgiveness

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under very small system
Urgent Need Securing Safe

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Water Initiative. The district
is currently exceeding

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the maximum contaminated
level for arsenic

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and despite its attempts
of blending water from its

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two existing wells, it has been
unsuccessful in consistently

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meeting the limitations. The
district proposes to plan

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design and construct an
arsenic removal plan to bring

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the district into compliance
with the thresholds for

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arsenic. An asset
management plan will also

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be developed. The district
is also requested in the

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waiver from mitigating its
water loss in order to focus

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on this project for arsenic
removal treatment. While

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some customer meters have
been replaced, many of the

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meters are old and it has not
been tested for accuracy

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or calibrated. Meters at two
production wells were replaced

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two years ago and that did
improve accountability and

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provided better data as to it's system

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water input. The district
is also discussing a meter

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replacement project with the
North American Development

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Bank as part of the joint
project with City of Presidio

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and the Candelaria Water
Supply Corporation. However,

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NADBank has been recommended
that these other projects

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be completed first. After
completion of this project

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the district would like to
use any remaining funds

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to replace its customer meters.
The executive administrator

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recommends approval of both
of these requests. This

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concludes my presentation
and I am available

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for any questions you may have

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

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<v Director Jackson>Well, this is a great
project project for a small community

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and I think when you describe
their location, they're

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literally right there as
you kind of, along the Rio

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Grande as you enter the
Big Bend State Park and a

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small community that is gonna
benefit from our, ah ,urgent

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needs securing safe Water
initiative, which I think

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is tremendously important.
Addressing an arsenic concern.

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I really appreciate the detail
that you went into explaining

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why we were able to feel
comfortable about granting

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the waiver for, um, for their
water lost and the plans

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that are in place not only
to potentially work with

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some of their partners, but
also if there any funds

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that are left over after
we've completed the, after

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they've completed the project
that they will utilize

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that for their water meters.
So this is a great

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project for a small community.
And of course, they're

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doing an asset management plan.
So ,we know that it's,

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you know, that gives it's
kind us the 1, 2 punch, not

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only getting there and providing
the new kind of facilities

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that we know are so, that are
needed in order to treat

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the arsenic, but also, you
know, positioning them to

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do that ongoing operational
integrity, to to be able

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to continue to manage the system
and to the maintain compliance.

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So great project. Thank you
so much for your work on

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this.

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<v Director Paup>I mean, again.
Kathleen touches on everything, but I'm

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just very excited to have
another entity in our securing

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safe water initiative that
we can share to the public

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so it gets very proactive.
It's very innovative, and

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I'm so proud for agency staff. <v Chairman
Lake>I love seeing an engineer</v>

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get excited about the
asset management plan

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Is there a motion? <v Director Jackson>Chairman,
I move we adopt the proposed</v>

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resolution providing Presidio
County Water Improvement

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District number one doing
business as Redford Water

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supply, financial assistance
from the Drinking Water

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State Revolving Fund for planning,
design and construction

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of a water system improvement
project and a waiver

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from the requirement to include
funds to mitigate water

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loss as part of this project
as recommended by our

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Executive administrator. <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

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<v GC Harden>Mr Chairman, the
next item is considered approving

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by resolution a request
from the City of Boyd

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to amend Texas Water Development
Resolution for 18-071,

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(inaudible) expiration period of
the existing drinking water State

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Revolving fund committment.

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(inaudible) present to the Board on this item. <v Chairman
Lake>Morning, Joe. </v><v Joe Cohen>(inaudble)</v>

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today. For the record, my name's
Joe Cohen with the executive

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administrator staff. The city
of Boyd's remaining drinking

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water SRF commitment expires
at the end of the .month

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The city has requested this
amendment to allow the necessary

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time complete planning and
design activity prior to closing

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on the construction portion of
the finances, the executive

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administrator recommends
approval of this request.

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This completes my presentation.
And I'm available

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for any questions.

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<v Chairman Lake>Thank you, Joe. Questions,
comments. If not, I'll entertain

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a motion. <v Director Paup>Mr. Chairman,
I move we adopt the proposed</v>

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resolution providing the
city of Boyd to amend Texas

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Water Development Board
resolution number 18-071 to

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extend the expiration period
of the existing drinking

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water state revolving fund
commitment as recommended

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by our executive administrator. <v
Chairman Lake>Is there a second?</v>

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

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Next item, please. <v GC Harden>Mr
Chairman staff is requested</v>

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to present that the next two
items on the agenda together

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So with the chairman's
permission, I'll go ahead and

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read both of those into
the record of this time.

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<v Chairman Lake>Please,
please go ahead.

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<v GC Harden>Okay, item Number eight
is considered approving by resolution

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a request from the city of Farr
for $19,830,421 in financial

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assistance consisting of $18,150,000
in financing, and $1,680,421

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in principal forgiveness
from the Clean Water State

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Revolving Fund for planning,
design and Construction

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of a Wastewater Systems
Improvement project. Item number

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nine is consider approving
by resolution a request

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from the city of Farr for
$17,880,000 in financial assistance

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consisting of $13,880,000 in
financing, and $4 million

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in principal forgiveness from
the Drinking Water State

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Revolving Fund for Planning,
Acquisition, Design of

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a Water System improvements
project, and a waiver of

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the requirement to include
funds to mitigate water

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loss as part of this project,
and Mireya Loewe will present

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on both of these items. <v Mireya Loewe>Good
Morning, Chairman Lake, Director</v>

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Jackson, Director Paup, My
name is Mireya Loewe of the

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executive administrator staff.
The city of Farr is

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a grant community with a
population of more than

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82,000 and over 19,000 connections,
as the city has grown,

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its aging infrastructure requires
replacement and rehabilitation

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to maintain and improve the
levels of water and wastewater

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services to its residents.
With a proposed 19.8 million

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in financial assistance from
the clean water SRF, the

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city plans to overhaul the
majority of the sewer system

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by building a new gravity sewer,
sewer lines and force mains,

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the commissioning of three old
lift stations and a force

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main and building a new main
lift station. This will

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allow the city to
redistribute and balance that

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wastewater flows throughout
the city and eliminate

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the heavy flows in some parts
of the city, which often

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turning to overflows. The
funding will also allow the

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city to rehabilitate the
wastewater treatment plan

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to increase reliability and efficiency.
With a proposed

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17.8 million financial
assistance from the drinking

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water SRF, the city plans
to rehabilitate the surface

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water treatment plan to be
able to improve reliability

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and efficiency and continue to
meet operating requirements.

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In addition, the city also
plans to increase the plants

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raw water Storage Pond.
Currently, the existing plan

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only has about eight days of
raw water storage capacity

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Under the water delivery
contract, the city has with

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the Dollar County Irrigation
District number two,

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the city should have at least
21 days of raw water storage

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capacity. This is important
for two reasons. First

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as a safeguard for water
accessibility in times of

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drought when the irrigation
district could be facing

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difficulties in delivering
water to the city, and second

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because the pond serves as
pre treatment to settle

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and reduce turbidity of the
raw water before water

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enters the water treatment plant.
Without this pre

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treatment, the plant would be
overloaded and the streaming

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capacity reduced.

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The city is above its real
water loss thresholds, which

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triggers a requirement that
a portion of the proposed

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drinking water SRF funds
be utilized to mitigate

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the water loss. Therefore,
in addition to the funding

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the city is requesting a
waiver to that requirement.

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The city believes that recent
water loss may be partially

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attributed to significant
volumes of flushing that

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the city performed while
completing system improvements

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to major transmission lines
and to elevated storage

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tanks. These volumes were
not accounted for in the

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city's water loss audit. The
city intends to account

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for these water uses in the future.
Furthermore, with

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the current funding, the
city plans to replace meters

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within the water treatment
plant, which will provide

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better accounting of the
water coming in and out of

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the plant. The executive
administrator recommends approval

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of thes two funding requests.
This concludes my presentation

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May I answer any questions?

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<v Chairman Lake>Thank you, Mireya. Questions comments?
</v> <v Director Jackson>Well, it's a tribute</v>

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I think, to the leadership
of Farr that they're moving

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forward and doing not just
in upgrades and improvements

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to their wastewater system,
but also addressing, um

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the potable water system and
in terms of the ah addressing

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the wastewater side, not
only upgrading the existing

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system but taking the initiative
to look at the distribution

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system and address, um,
inflow and infiltration and

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:13.210
overflows, overall system
efficiency, and then, in terms

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of the, uh, potable water side,
I really, um, appreciate

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the explanation that you
gave, which kind of was two

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fold in terms of providing
additional storage ahead

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of the, of the plant. Not
only the pre treatment that

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it provides, which, you
know, obviously reduces the

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treatment that's needed within
the facility by providing

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the settling, but also promotes
resiliency during times

00:26:39.470 --> 00:26:41.900
of drought by having that
storage ahead of the plan

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and the tie in that they have
with the irrigation system.

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Also appreciate the rigor that
you went into in explaining

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:53.299
the request for the waiver
for the water lost. The

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:56.150
fact that it's kind of
twofold, went in and kind of

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did a a very comprehensive
look at their accounting

00:26:58.970 --> 00:27:01.529
system, and were able to
determine that there were some

00:27:01.529 --> 00:27:04.539
things that they didn't
account for, as well as this

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:07.019
commitment to move forward and
to do some new metering. So this

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is a great project. I really,
really appreciate the

00:27:10.109 --> 00:27:12.900
hard work that you and your
team have put into it.

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And, you know, it's it's
evident than when you go in

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and you and you do these
programs and you do these

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projects with com, with these
communities, that you're

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very engaged and that you're
looking at every detail

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to kind of help them, if you
will, get that scope really

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tight because we know that,
you know, you save money

00:27:29.529 --> 00:27:31.430
by coming to the Water
Development Board because we

00:27:31.430 --> 00:27:35.259
can give you a great interest rate.
But you also say

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:38.710
money by getting that that scope
really tight. So appreciate

00:27:38.710 --> 00:27:41.890
the work that you did with
this community and, uh,

00:27:42.089 --> 00:27:44.490
basically moving forward
in providing both of those

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benefits. So thank you so much.

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<v Chairman Lake>Well put, </v> <v Director
Paup>Farr is An excellent customer of the</v>

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Board. 25 TWDB projects,
um, funded since 1966. So

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I mean, I think that is just
telling the strength of

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the Board and the customer
service that we give to

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each and every entity. A good job.

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<v Chairman Lake>Absolutely. A lot of
work goes into these, Mireya. Good

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work. Is there a motion? <v Director
Jackson>Chairman, I move we adopt</v>

00:28:19.329 --> 00:28:22.700
proposed resolutions providing
the city of Farr in

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:25.390
financial assistance from the
Clean Water State Revolving

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Fund for planning, design and
construction of a wastewater

00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:31.369
systems improvement project
and financial assistance

00:28:31.369 --> 00:28:33.710
from the Drinking Water State
Revolving Fund for planning

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acquisition, design and
construction of a water systems

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:39.519
improvement project. And a
waiver of the requirement

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to include funds to mitigate
water loss as part of

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:45.349
this project as recommended by our executive
administrator. <v Chairman Lake>Is there a second?</v>

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<v Director Paup>I second. </v><v Chairman Lake>All
in favor, say aye. Motion passes. Next item,</v>

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please. Thank you, Mireya.

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<v GC Harden>Mr Chairman, The next
item is the board will receive

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comments from the public (inaudible)

00:29:03.069 --> 00:29:05.430
within the jurisdiction of
the Texas Water Development

00:29:05.430 --> 00:29:08.740
Board, with the exception of
matters which are subject

00:29:08.750 --> 00:29:11.710
to the ex parte prohibition
found in Texas Government

00:29:11.710 --> 00:29:16.220
Code Section 2001.061. Mr
Chairman, we did receive

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:21.049
four, um cards for people who
registered for the meeting

00:29:21.049 --> 00:29:23.559
today, but none of those
indicated that they wish to

00:29:23.569 --> 00:29:27.440
speak to the board. <v Chairman Lake>All
right. Thank you, Mr. Harden</v>

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:29.839
If member of the public would
like to address the board

00:29:29.849 --> 00:29:33.740
now would be the time. Please
indicate your interest

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:37.099
by raising your hand or otherwise
alerting our technical

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:43.410
team. We will give folks a minute
or so indicate their interest

00:29:43.410 --> 00:29:48.990
if there is any. In the meantime, the
Board will, after public Comment,

00:29:48.990 --> 00:29:51.430
the Board will meet in closed
session today pursuant to

00:29:51.430 --> 00:29:55.890
the provisions of Section
551.072 and 551.074

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:59.829
Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter
551 of the Texas Government

00:29:59.829 --> 00:30:06.079
Code, and Section 6.060
of the Texas Water Code.

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Does not appear that we
have anyone from public who

00:30:08.650 --> 00:30:12.240
would like to address the board.<v Mr.
Jolly> No, sir. There's (inaudble)</v>

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:16.549
ready to speak. I do not
have any public comment

00:30:16.549 --> 00:30:18.740
at this time, sir.

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<v Chairman Lake>Thank you. Mr Jolly.
As such, this Texas Water Development

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:26.160
board meeting stands in recess.
The time is 10:09 a.m.

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Back in session. The time
it is 10:51 a.m. Board took

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no action in executive session.
There being no further

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business before the Texas
Water Development board, this

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meeting is hereby adjourned.
The time is 10:52 AM.

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Thank you.