A.) Discussion on Hidalgo County Drainage District No.1 projects, maintenance and operations:
1.) Pct. 1-Spanish Palms Rural Drainage Development Program
2.) Pct. 1 Tijerina Rural Drainage Development Program
3.) Pct. 1 Delta West Rural Drainage Development Program
4.) RGV Hurricane Ready Expo
5.) HCDD No.1 Student Engineering Assistants

 Presentation by Hidalgo County Drainage District's  Financial Advisor, Estrada and Hinojosa,   and request  approval and authorization of  financing, sale and delivery of Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1 Unlimited Tax Refunding Bonds; Series 2017.

Discussion, consideration and action on Hidalgo County Drainage District's Enrollment Procedures and Forms  for  new employee hires of the District.

A. Requesting approval of closing documents for Parcel 5 as it relates to Precinct No. 2 Fee Simple Project and authority of the Chairman of the Board to execute documents.
B. Pursuant to the Boards approval of Agenda Item No. 60174 (A), requesting approval to issue manual payment in the amount of $2,143.63 to Sierra Title of Hidalgo County, Inc. Order File No. 0003162576 Parcel 5.

A.) Requesting exemption from competitive bidding requirements under the Texas Local Government Code 262.024 (a)(4) for Professional Engineering Services.

B.) Presentation of scoring grid of the firms graded through the District's "Pool" of pre-qualified Engineers for the purpose of ranking by the HCDD1 Board of Directors in connection with Hidalgo County Drainage District No.1 Phase I Drainage Study.
 

FIRM NAME:	SCORE:	RANK:
B2Z ENGINEERING	97
HALFF ASSOCIATES, INC	95
S&B INFRASTRUCTURE, LTD	92

C.) Pursuant to the Boards approval requesting authority for the Hidalgo County Drainage District No.1 to negotiate a Professional Engineering Services Agreement with the number one ranked firm, ___________________________, for the provision of Hidalgo County Drainage District No.1 Phase I Drainage Study.

A.) Requesting exemption from competitive bidding requirements under the Texas Local Government Code 262.024 (a)(4) for Professional Engineering Services.

B.) Presentation of scoring grid of the firms graded through the District's "Pool" of pre-qualified Professional Engineers for the purpose of ranking by the HCDD1 Board of Directors in connection with "On-Call Professional Construction Materials Testing Services -Precinct No. 1 Projects".

FIRM NAME:	SCORE (Points Average):	RANK:
Terracon Consultants, Inc.	91.6
Professional Engineering Services (PSI)	92.6
Millennium Engineers Group, Inc.	96.6

C.) Pursuant to the Boards approval requesting authority for the Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1 to negotiate a Professional Engineering Services Agreement with the number one ranked firm,  ____________________________, for the provision of "On-Call Professional Construction Materials Testing Services -Precinct No. 1 Projects".

Request approval of Notice to Suspend Work to Castle Enterprises, LLC, related to Construction Contract No. C-HCDD1-17-007-04-18 -PCT 2 Minnesota-Cesar Chavez Area Drainage Improvements Project.  Effective: 06/07/17.

A.  Request approval  to create one temporary Student Engineering Assistant position for the  District's Engineering Department. Requirements for this slot is that they be UTRGV Junior or Senior level Civil Engineering students  and will work for a period from  June 13, through August 31, 2017  not to exceed 40 hours per week at the rate of $15 per hour.
B.  Request approval to exempt  this temporary position  and allow the General Manager and  Dr. Jungseok Ho, Assistant Professor & Associate Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, UTRGV to select the candidate.  

Approval to exercise District's option to terminate agreement under Article 3.4 (5) as stated in the current Agreement for Professional Engineering Services with R. Gutierrez Engineering Corporation for: "Alamo Expressway Drain/South Floodwater Channel", to include related Work Authorizations and Supplemental Agreements, with authorization to issue written notice of termination to R. Gutierrez Engineering Corporation, and for HCDD1 Engineer, Noe Saldivar, P.E., to assume the role as Project Manager for project closing procedures.

2013 Bonds
Budget 320-Alamo Expressway Drain

A. Request approval of Change Order No. 2 in the amount of $748,715.78 to decrease and zero out construction contract HCDD1-14-008-07-08 Pct.2 Alamo Expressway Drain as per Agenda Item No. 58751 approved by Board on March 07, 2017.

B.Upon approval of Item A, request approval to issue payment for Payment Application No. 8 - Retainage Release to Texas Cordia Construction, LLC in the amount of $8,086.06 pertaining to Construction Contract No. HCDD1-14-008-07-08-Pct.2 Alamo Expressway Drain.

Project Engineer: R. Gutierrez Engineering/ DOS Logistics
Purchase Order: 625452

2013 Bonds
Budget 300-J09 Drain Improvements
Request approval to issue payment for Application for Payment No. 6 in the amount of $73,093.86 to Texas Cordia Construction, LLC pertaining to Construction Contract No. HCDD1-16-006-04-26 J09 Drain Improvements Ph.2 from Rio Grande Care Road to North Main Drain.

Project Engineer: Jose A. Sanchez, P.E., Tedsi Infrastructure Group.
Purchase Order: 629475