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Southwest Management District Board of Directors met May 27.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

DETERMINE QUORUM; CALL MEETING TO ORDER.

The Board of Directors of the Southwest Management District held a regular meeting on April 28, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. at the Southwest Management District Office, 6588 Corporate Drive, Suite 168, Houston, Texas 77036, inside the boundaries of the District, open to the public, the roll was called of the duly appointed members of the Board, to-wit:

Position 1 - Kenneth Li, Chairman

Position 2 - Vacant

Position 3 - David Peters

Position 4 - Harry Shani, Secretary

Position 5- Dawn Lin

Position 6- Peter F. Acquaro, Jr., Vice-Chair

Position 7 - Sandra Mooney

Position 8 - Stephen Le, Jr.

Position 9 - Raj Adnani

Position 10- Blu Baillio

Position 11- Vacant

and all the above were present with the exception of Directors Baillio, Shani and Mooney thus constituting a quorum. Others attending the meeting were Natali Hurtado, Gillian Thomas, Victor Beserra, all with Hawes Hill & Associates, LLP, Randy Carr & Nathanael Segura; Governmental Financial Reporting, Ronald Rivas, Ofc. Robinson, SEAL, Roger Nguyen, Paul G, Jeff L., Lisa Sun, Karen Blakeman, Rocus Witte, Tabitha & David Israel, UpStanding Enterprises, Clark Lord; Bracewell LLP. Also attending via videoconference were Annie Trinh and Sakina Lanig with HCP4. Chairman Li called the meeting to order at 12:04 pm.

RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

Public comments were received from Dr. Puru Mandel, Jeff L. and Paul G.

APPROVE MINUTES OF MEETING HELD APRIL 28, 2025.

Upon a motion duly made by Director Peters and seconded by Director Acquaro, the Board voted unanimously to approve the amended Minutes of April 28, 2025.

Director Adnani arrived at 12:10 pm. A quorum of the Board was still present,

ADOPT LIST OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICERS PURSUANT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 176.0065.

Mrs. Hurtado presented the List of Local Government Officers Pursuant to Local Government Code, Chapter 176.0065. She answered questions from the Board. Upon a motion made by Director Acquaro, and seconded by Director Lin, the Board voted unanimously to approve the List of Local Government Officers Pursuant to Local Government Code, Chapter 176.0065.

UPDATE FROM FINANCE COMMITTEE.

a. Receive Assessment Collection Report.

Mrs. Hurtado presented the Assessment Collection Report; a copy is included in the Board materials. He reported a 93% collection rate on the 2024 assessments with 337 unsettled accounts. No action from the Board is required.

b. Receive monthly financial reports; and approve payment of invoices.

Mr. Carr presented the bookkeeper's report with the Board. He answered questions from the Board. Upon a motion duly made by Director Acquaro, and seconded by Director Adnani, the Board voted unanimously to accept the Bookkeeper's Report, approve payment of invoices, as presented.

UPDATES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE:

Director Acquaro reported the Committee met on May 14; a copy of the Committee Minutes is included in the Board materials. The committee had no recommendations.

a. Consider request for support funding for HPD South Gessner DRT Community Engagement Programs.

Upon a motion duly made by Director Acquaro, and seconded by Director Adnani, the Board voted unanimously to approve the funding request submitted by HPD South Gessner DRT Community Engagement Programs, in the amount of $7,500.00.

RECEIVE AND CONSIDER MOU BETWEEN CHARMAINE LEBLANC AND THE SOUTHWEST MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.

Upon a motion duly made by Director Peters, and seconded by Director Lin, the Board voted unanimously to approve the MOU between Charmaine LeBlanc and the Southwest Management District, for a not-to-exceed amount of $50,000.00.

UPDATES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BUSINESS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE:

Director Peters reported the Committee met on May 12; a copy of the Committee Minutes is included in the Board materials. The committee had the following recommendations:

a. Adoption of new guidelines for the BIG Application.

Upon a motion made by Director Peters, and seconded by Director Le, the Board voted unanimously to approve the adoption of new guidelines for the BIG Application.

b. Consider application for the BIG Application;

i. 5902 Allday Drive

Upon a motion made by Director Acquaro and seconded by Director Adnani, the Board voted unanimously to approve the BIG Application for 5903 Allday Drive in the amount of $8,125.00.

c. Consider proposal for advertising in the SCA Newsletter.

Upon a motion made by Director Acquaro, and seconded by Director Le, the Board voted unanimously to approve the proposal for advertising in the SCA Newsletter.

d. Consider proposals submitted by Upstanding Enterprises:

i. Paul Wall Agreement between SWMD and Oiler Mobb Management LLC. Upon a motion made by Director Acquaro, and seconded by Director Le, the Board voted unanimously to approve authorization for staff to proceed with executing the Paul Wall agreement between Southwest Management District and Oiler Mobb Management LLC for a not-to-exceed amount of $20,000.

ii. Proposal for Media & Promotion of Liberty Fest.

The Board reviewed the proposal from Upstanding Enterprises. A motion was made by Director Lin and seconded by Director Adnani. The Board did not take action on this item and this was tabled until next month's meeting.

UPDATES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL & URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE: Director Le reported the Committee met on May 14; a copy of the Committee Minutes is included in the Board materials. Director Le also requested staff correspond with UpArt Studios to request the $10,000 refund. The committee had the following recommendations:

a. Consider request from District ] for the beautification of an esplanade along Centre Parkway.

Upon a motion made by Director Adnani and seconded by Director Peters, the Board voted unanimously to approve the request from District J for the beautification of an esplanade along Centre Parkway, in the amount of $1,672.00.

b. Consider proposal submitted by SMC Logistics for plantings throughout the District.

Upon a motion made by Director Adnani and seconded by Director Peters, the Board voted unanimously to approve the proposal No. 139 submitted by SMC Logistics for plantings throughout the District, in the amount of $27,753.80.

c. Consider proposal submitted by SMC Logistics for the repair of irrigation throughout the District.

Upon a motion made by Director Acquaro and seconded by Director Adnani, the Board voted unanimously to approve the proposal No. 248 submitted by SMC Logistics for the repair of irrigation throughout the District, in the amount of $10,397.54, pending confirmation that the locations included in the TxDot repair schedule are removed.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

Mrs. Hurtado addressed the Board. A copy of the Executive Director's Report is included in the Board materials for review. No action from the Board was required.

ADJOURN.

There being no further business to come before the Board, Chairman Li adjourned the meeting at 1:40 p.m.

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