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18 • REGULARTrinity Bay Conservation District (Chambers County)

LJA ENGINEERING SERVICES TO PREPARE DOCUMENTS AND SOLICIT BIDS TO PIPEBURST

Presented in: Board of Directors Regular Meeting - July 15, 2026 on 2026-07-15
Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Restrains Gov't • 4.2/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (4 - 0)
“Adjourn”
AR
Annette Rayburn
Director, Place 3
YES
LH
Lester Hankamer
Director, Place 4
ABSENT
JW
Justin Woody
Director, Place 5
YES
VC
Victor Caraway
Director, Place 1
YES
RN
Richard Nicely
Director, Place 2
YES
MW
Michael Winzer
President
ABSENT

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

LJA ENGINEERING SERVICES TO PREPARE DOCUMENTS AND SOLICIT BIDS TO PIPEBURST EXISTING SEWER LINES IN THE WINNIE AND STOWELL AREAS General Manager Shadden - This next map, if you take a look at it, you see the green, this is what we think is going to be about $1 million worth right now. We've got the one subdivision over off of Buccaneer. There are holes all in the line. If you go over there right now, you can see the water running in. We're taking on groundwater everywhere. So, it's all old concrete pipe. We've actually done a lot of pipe bursting already, and it's helped us tremendously. I don't know if you can see your map there or not. Actually, this piece, right here is underneath Lercy’s and we did that in emergency already. So that little piece is done. But as you see here, this is around Palm Street back in there. We did quite a bit because of Stratton's and then we're having problems and stuff. So, this is continuing at Buccaneer here there and taking care of that part. The one on the other side of 124 goes across the rice festival field and takes care where Rosie and them live in the little subdivision right there by the park. And like I said, this is the subdivision here right off of Buccaneer here going to the sewer plant. The red line that they have there is a 20” we've already pipe burst it. There's a 12” in there also. And since we put the new 20” in, we pretty much killed the 12” because it's in the bottom of the ditch and it's taken all the water. So, Manuel's

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.2/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.