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TO:
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H-GAC Board of Directors
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SUBJECT:
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Board Report
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FROM:
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Chuck Wemple
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DATE:
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June 11, 2018
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I’m looking forward to seeing you at our Board of Directors Meeting next week. The meeting agenda and Board packet are attached for your study and consideration. Today’s Board Report includes a few highlights.
Consent Agenda—The consent agenda includes eight items that are relatively routine and/or continuations of ongoing activities.
We have an additional installment of FY19 Solid Waste Management Grants with 11 local projects prioritized by our Solid Waste Management Committee. Projects include community clean up events, increasing recycling, reducing illegal dumping and other eligible activities.
We have slight adjustments to the funding agreement with TxDOT for the funding amount for Livable Centers Planning Studies previously approved by the Board in February. The amount of federal funding has increased and the local match has decreased.
Recertification of the Area Emission Reduction Credit Organization is an administrative housekeeping item that recurs every 12-years and is required by statute. This program provides funding to replace aging school buses with cleaner technology.
Additional items include procurement of refuse handling equipment through HGACBuy, water quality planning, mapping, and the Investment Officer’s report.
Finance and Budget Committee—will meet at 9:20 a.m. in conference room A to consider the monthly financial report, audit reports, and finance-related items on the Board agenda.
Audit Committee—The 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report and the Employee Retirement Plan Audit are before you for action. Both reports contain clean audit opinions. These items were presented to you in draft form last month.
Human Services – The Texas Workforce Commission is renewing our four-year grant to provide adult education within our service area. The Gulf Coast Workforce Board has procured 12 highly-qualified providers for the first year of service.
Transportation Planning – We are seeking approval of a contract to supplement traffic counts that are conducted by TxDOT to better understand congestion, increase the accuracy of travel data within our region, and better position our region to receive an appropriate share of the State’s transportation funds.
Hurricane Recovery—We will have an update on the H-GAC FEMA temporary housing program which is nearing completion of the delivery phase. We will continue our discussion of the preliminary allocation of Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funds allocated to our region for local home buyout programs and infrastructure projects. We will have an update on our recent planning meetings held across the region, and seek approval to begin the formal public comment period.
Advisory Committee Appointments—We have one advisory committee appointment for your consideration next week.
Resolution Honoring Retiring Board Members—We will have resolutions honoring City of Lake Jackson Councilmember Gerald Roznovsky, and City of Rosenberg Councilor Jimmie J. Peña, who are completing their service.
We have a robust agenda that includes several important items. I appreciate your engagement and deliberation as we move forward with the action items before us. Please contact me if you have any questions or would like to discuss any of the agenda items.
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