BLOCK HOUSE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT

April 22, 2009

TO:            THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BLOCK HOUSE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS:

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of Block House Municipal Utility District will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at 5:30 p.m., at 2600 Block House Drive South, Leander, Texas.  The following matters may be considered and acted upon at the meeting:

PUBLIC COMMENT

PLEASE NOTE:  Public comments will be accepted only during designated portions of the Board meeting.  Comments from the floor will not be accepted during the business portion of the Board meeting.  Citizens wishing to address the Board should complete the citizens’ communication form provided at the entrance to the meeting room, so they may be recognized to speak.

1.                            Utility operations and management services, including proposal from Crossroads Utility Services, LLC;

The Board of Directors is authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act to convene in closed or executive session for certain purposes.  These purposes include receiving legal advice from the District’s Attorney (Section 551.071) or discussing personnel matters (Section 551.074).

CITIZENS’ COMMUNICATIONS

2.                            Citizens’ communications;

CONSENT

(These items may be approved collectively or individually.  Any of these items may be pulled for discussion upon the request of any Board member.)

3.                            Minutes of March 25, 2009 Board meeting;

4.                            Secretary’s Certificate and Resolutions Regarding Manager’s Account;

BOOKKEEPING

5.                            Bookkeeping matters, including:

(a)                        payment of bills and invoices;

(b)                        fund transfers;

(c)                        investment account documents, including Resolution to Designate Persons Authorized to Execute Wire Transfers, Open and Close Certificates of Deposit by Telephone/Fax/Email and Resolution of Lodge, Association or Other Similar Organization; and

(d)                        report from Municipal Accounts & Consulting, L.P., including previous directives;

6.                            Report from Budget and Finance Subcommittee;

RESTRICTIVE COVENANT ENFORCEMENT

7.                            Restrictive covenant enforcement, including:

(a)                        report from Restrictive Covenants Subcommittee;

(b)                        report from Pinnacle Texas Management, LLC; and

(c)                        report from Waterman & Spainhour, including:

(1)                        16609 Shipshaw River Drive;

(2)                        2801 Alexander Drive;

(3)                        607 Tumlinson Fort Drive;

(4)                        2703 Tumlinson Fort Drive; and

(5)                        16823 Black Kettle Drive;

ENGINEER

8.                            Report from Gray-Jansing & Associates, Inc. on engineering matters, including previous directives;

LANDSCAPE

9.                            Landscape maintenance, including report from SunTerra Landscape Services, LP, including:

(a)                        previous directives;

(b)                        irrigation inspection, including proposal for irrigation repairs (Work Order #2229);

(c)                        proposal for replacing and relocating irrigation controller near the tennis courts (Work Order #2394);

(d)                        proposal for installation of volleyball court sand (Work Order #2406);

(e)                        proposal for installing trees at Block House Creek Drive and Scottsdale Drive (Work Order #2409); and

(f)                          proposal for installing decomposed granite around the Frisbee golf baskets (Work Order #2419);

POOLS

10.                      Pool operations and management, including:

(a)                        report from YMCA;

(b)                        report from Pool Subcommittee, including:

(1)                        pool hours, including proposed schedule changes at Apache Pool for 2009-2010;

(2)                        request for proposals for pool operations and maintenance; and

(3)                        standard operating procedures for the pools; and

(c)                        proposal for overall pool systems inspection;

11.                      Phase II of the ventilation project at the Tumlinson Pool bathroom (Director Bennett);

PARKS, CREEK AND NATURE TRAILS

12.                      Creek maintenance, including report from Nature Trail System and Creek Maintenance Subcommittee, including status of Phase 1 of the creek cleaning project;

13.                      District parks and facilities, including:

(a)                        playing field rules and combining application for use of facilities, including revising Order Establishing Rules and Regulations Governing Recreational Facilities and Related Fees and Charges (Directors Roberts and McMullen); and

(b)                        tree survey (directive from November 19, 2008 meeting);

MAINTENANCE

14.                      District maintenance, including report from Maintenance Subcommittee (Director Bennett) regarding maintenance projects;

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ITEMS AND SECURITY

15.                      District security, including monthly report from Williamson County Sheriff’s Office Off-Duty Deputies;

COMMUNICATIONS / MEDIA / WEBSITE

16.                      Newsletter, website, brochure, water bill inserts and District-wide calendar;

17.                      Status of Welcome Packets;

GENERAL MANAGEMENT

18.                      District operations, including report from SWWC Services, Inc. on:

(a)                        previous directives;

(b)                        system maintenance and repairs;

(c)                        solid waste disposal and recycling, including report from Texas Disposal Systems, Inc.;

(d)                        water conservation - Water IQ;

(e)                        Architectural Control Committee;

(f)                          Merchant Services Agreement with CyberSource Corporation and Harris Trust and Savings Bank;

(g)                        write-offs; and

(h)                        request for waiver of Pavilion rental fee;

SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS

19.                      Reports from Subcommittees, including Directors Roberts and Bennett regarding management services;

ATTORNEY

20.                      Report from Armbrust & Brown, L.L.P. on legal matters, including:

(a)                        previous directives;

(b)                        Order Establishing Revised Drought Contingency and Water Conservation Plan;

(c)                        post office address change;

(d)                        Order Establishing Water and Wastewater Service Rates, Charges, Tap Fees and Park Fees, and Adopting General Policies with Respect to the District’s Water, Wastewater and Drainage Systems; and

(e)                        Amendment No. 2 to Williamson County License Agreement;

LITIGATION

21.                      Litigation regarding City of Leander’s taking of District property in connection with proposed wastewater interceptor line;

OTHER DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS

22.                      Sidewalk issues at 2604 Turtle River Drive (Director Davis);

23.                      Evaluation of the number of renters versus property owners residing within the District (Director Roberts);

24.                      Stub-out of Block House Creek Drive (Director Bennett);

25.                      Report from Block House Creek Connection resident group (Sherry Powell/Frank Stewart);

26.                      Miscellaneous directives and Board member directives;

27.                      Board member announcements; and

28.                      Future agenda items.

The Board of Directors is authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act to convene in closed or executive session for certain purposes.  These purposes include receiving legal advice from the District’s Attorney (Section 551.071); discussing real property matters (Section 551.072); discussing gifts and donations (Section 551.073); discussing personnel matters (Section 551.074) or discussing security personnel or devices (Section 551.076).  If the Board of Directors determines to go into executive session on any item on this agenda, the presiding officer will announce that an executive session will be held and will identify the item to be discussed and provision of the Open Meetings Act that authorizes the closed or executive session.

                                                                                                                                 
Attorney for the District

(SEAL)

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Block House Municipal Utility District is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.  Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request.  Please call Andrew Hunt at SWWC Services, Inc. (SouthWest Water Company), General Manager for the District, at 335-7580 for information.  Hearing impaired or speech disabled persons equipped with telecommunications devices for the deaf may call 272-9116, or may utilize the statewide Relay Texas program, 1-800-735-2988.