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Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

The Board of Directors received a report from the District Engineer on ongoing projects, including: a. SH 495 (Veterans Blvd.) Utility Relocation & Adjustments Project -SAMES provided the following summary progress report update: Preliminary planning is complete. TxDOT advised that Bid Alternates for Add or Deduct will not be allowed. SAMES and Agua SUD met with L&G to discuss the options moving forward with a Base Bid 2 only. Engineering design progress: L&G advised that revised plans for Base Bid only and must be completed by 7/31/26. Also, a revised engineering estimate must be submitted, and the new estimate and revised design set will meet the current Agua SUD budget of $6.3-$6.5 million. CONSENT AGENDA All consent agenda items are considered routine by the Board of Directors and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless the Board Director requests that an item be removed and considered separately. The Board of Directors may take various actions, including but not limited to rescheduling an item in its entirety for a future date or time. The Board of Directors may elect to go into executive session on any item, whether or not such item is posted as an executive session item, at any time during the meeting when authorized by the provisions of the Open Meetings Act. Under the Consent Agenda, the Board of Directors approved items 6 through 14. The motion was made by Mr. Roel De Hoyos and seconded by Mr. Ricardo Perez

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.8/10). 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.