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The Capital Area Suburban Exchange (CASE) is a non-profit educational, networking and support organization for the directors, consultants, and service professionals of utility and special districts located within Central Texas. More than 70 districts in Central Texas are eligible to join CASE and can benefit from the excellent educational sessions and networking provided during its Annual Summer Conference, as well as the invaluable information and important connections facilitated during CASE’s events throughout the year.
7004 Bee Cave Road, Building 3, Suite 315, Austin, Texas 78746 Phone: (512) 382-5420 Fax: (512) 382-5490
Cheryl Allen Linda Loup Justin Taack
President Senior Vice President Vice President [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
… financing public infrastructure designed to protect our environment
A proud Sponsor of the Capital Area Suburban Exchange
and
Municipal Advisors to over 50 Texas Special Districts
7:30 am David Harper Golf Tournament, pre-registration required South Padre Island Golf Club
4:00 – 8:00 pm Check-in, Hilton Garden Inn 7:00 – 9:00 pm Poolside
CASE Conference Kick-Off Event Hilton Garden Inn with Mixed Bag Fajita Dinner provided
Our exclusive focus is assisting public and private
entities in building and financing high quality
infrastructure for better communities. We
work to create effective solutions that benefit
our local communities and the State of Texas.
CENTRAL TEXAS OFFICE
1108 LAVACA
SUITE 510
AUSTIN, TX 78701
(512) 518-2424
HOUSTON OFFICE
3200 SOUTHWEST FREEWAY,
SUITE 2600
HOUSTON, TX 77027
(713) 860-6400
ALLEN BOONE
HUMPHRIES ROBINSON LLP
7:30 – 8:15 am Marlin
Breakfast
8:30 am Great White & Tarpon
Pledge of Allegiance with Color Guard by Boy Scout Troop #59 From Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Port Isabel
President’s Welcome
Steve Bennett, CASE President and Block House MUD Treasurer 8:45 am Shawn Utterback, Chief Experience Officer – Play Storming
Intro Exercise 9:15 am Great White & Tarpon
Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Paul D. Workman State Representative, House District 47, Texas Lonesome Dove: Update on Upcoming Legislative Session
10:00 am Great White & Tarpon
Trey Lary, Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP The Manchurian Candidate: Political and Legislative Update Brainwashing… Espionage… Communist infiltration… Sleeper cells… Jockeying for power and position… Attempted assassination at the National Convention!!! Fiction or non-fiction? Is it a movie or is it politics as usual?
CASE DISTRICT MEMBERS
Anderson Mill Limited District Block House MUD Brushy Creek MUD Hays County MUD #5 Hays County WCID #1 Hays County WCID #2 Lakeway MUD Meadows at Chandler Creek MUD North Austin MUD #1 Northtown MUD Ranch at Cypress Creek MUD
Sonterra MUD Travis County MUD #2 Travis County MUD #13 Vista Oaks MUD Wells Branch MUD Wilbarger Creek MUD #2 Williamson County MUD #10 Williamson County MUD #11 Williamson County MUD #15 Williamson Travis County MUD #1 York Valley MUD
10:30 am Break 11:00 am Great White & Tarpon
Jay Joyce, Expergy The Perfect Storm: Utility Districts vs. City of Austin — The rest of the story Since last summer’s CASE conference, the Public Utility Commission of Texas issued a final decision in the water and sewer rate fight between the utility districts and Austin Water. Come see how many forces collided to make The Perfect Storm for Austin. What did the Commission say could stay on the ship, and what did they make Austin toss overboard?
11:30 am Great White & Tarpon
Ronnie Moore, Senior Engineer, Carlson, Brigance & Doering, Inc. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Communicating Effectively in Today’s World Just because you hear does not mean you understand, and just because you speak does not mean your message is understood. Communicating effectively is one of the most important skills we need to master in both our personal and business matters. It is especially important in today’s fast-paced, information- overloaded world. In this presentation, fundamental skills related to a person’s ability to communicate effectively will be explained and reviewed and tips for improving your ability to communicate effectively will be presented.
12:15 pm Great White & Tarpon
Ryan Beard, Texas Disposal Systems To Kill a Mockingbird: Proper Recycling Techniques and How to Communicate Them to Your Residents Educating members on what is appropriate to recycle and methods to communicate this information to residents.
End of Day One
Two door prizes will be given out at each session! Grand Prize of a $100 Visa gift card to be awarded at end of Friday sessions!
Must be present to win!
Murfee Engineering offers a full range of civil and environmental engineering services. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with projects including but not limited to: Water and Wastewater Infrastructure; Erosion and Sedimentation Control; Environmental Engineering; Hydrology and Water Quality; Municipal Engineering; Special District Engineering; Land Development; Construction
Management; and Project Management.
(512) 327-9204 Austin, Texas
Proud to be a Supporter of the 2016 CASE
7:30 – 8:15 am Marlin
Breakfast
Start of Day Two
8:30 am Great White & Tarpon
Keynote Speaker: Kathleen Jackson, Texas Water Development Board Waterworld: Texas Water Development Board, an update on SWIFT The role of the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and the need to develop a wide range of solutions, promising technologies and collaborative partnerships with communities to meet our current and future water supply and infrastructure needs. These ongoing efforts help ensure Texas maintains a healthy and vibrant economy. TWDB is actively engaged in community outreach across the state to address the common goal we all share, which is to develop water for Texas. Director Jackson will highlight TWDB financial assistance programs, including an update on implementing the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT).
9:15 am Great White & Tarpon
David Klein, Principal, Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C. Silver Linings Playbook: Playing It Safe – Complying with the Texas Public Information Act and Open Meetings Act
CASE BUSINESS MEMBERS
360 Professional Services, Inc. Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP Aquasurance, LLC Armbrust & Brown PLLC AVR, Inc. Bott & Douthitt, PLLC Carlson, Brigance & Doering, Inc. Certified Arbor Care, Inc. Crossroads Utility Services Expergy First Southwest Company First State Bank Central Texas Game Time by Total Recreation Gray Engineering, Inc. Jones|Carter, Inc. Jones-Heroy & Associates, Inc. Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, PC Maxwell Locke & Ritter LLP
McCall Gibson Swedlund Barfoot PLLC McCall, Packhurst & Horton LLP McGinnis Lochridge Merit Service Solutions of Texas, LP Municipal Accounts & Consulting Murfee Engineering Co., Inc. Newland Communities NRW Consulting Services, Inc. dba JBS Associates Pinnacle Texas Management Services Priority Landscapes Progressive Waste Solutions of Texas, Inc. Public Finance Group LLC SAMCO Capital Markets, Inc. Severn Trent Services SledgeLaw Group PLLC Texas Disposal Systems, Inc. TexaScapes TML Intergovernmental Risk Pool
9:45 am Great White & Tarpon
Shawn Utterback, Chief Experience Officer – Play Storming Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: Lead, Create, Innovate, Collaborate and Play!
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Great White & Tarpon
Mike Howe, Executive Director, Texas Section AWWA Sneakers: Cyber Security Issues Utility resilience and cyber security issues are some of the top issues facing water and wastewater systems today. Unpredictable and increasingly powerful storms have put utilities at risk at a time when customers expect their services to continue during and after disaster events. And, the risks to even small utilities of cyber intrusions have grown significantly as hackers attempt to gather private customer information and the ability to assume control of water supply operations. Elected officials of MUDs and their operating companies are expected to be able to respond to these issues and the ability of utilities to be more resilient will be addressed in the upcoming legislative session. This presentation will help identify risks and how to become more resilient and better prepared to respond to any hazard that utilities may face, whether natural or manmade.
11:15 am
Great White & Tarpon
Sean Ford, Chief of Police & Emergency Manager, City of Sunset Valley They Gave Him a Gun: Open Carry
11:45 am Great White & Tarpon
William “Andy” McCrady, Fuels Coordinator, Texas A&M Forest Service Into The Wild: Mitigating Wildfire Threats in the Wildland Urban Interface Wildfire Mitigation demands knowledge, planning, and action. In the movie “Into the Wild,” the adventurer Christopher does not prepare in this way, with tragic consequences. With proper preparedness and intelligent actions, we can mitigate the threats of wildfire to our communities and coexist with “The Wild.”
12:15 pm Passing of the Gavel
1:00 – 3:00 pm Founders Brew Pub Lunch: Beer ‘n Burgers Sponsored by Armbrust & Brown, PLLC, Crossroads Utility Services, LLC; McCall, Parkhurst, & Horton, L.L.P.; Murfee Engineering Company, Inc.; Public Finance Group LLC; TexaScapes, Inc.
Two door prizes will be given out at each session!
Grand Prize of a $100 Visa gift card to be awarded at end of Saturday sessions!
Must be present to win!
And the Conference Grand Prize is a $300 Visa gift card!
CASE would like to thank all of our sponsors for their generous support. These sponsors enable
CASE to host our Annual Conference and to continue our mission of providing an exciting educational opportunity for Central Texas Area leaders to exchange information and ideas.
Platinum Annual Sponsors Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP
Armbrust & Brown, PLLC Bott & Douthitt, PLLC
McCall, Parkhurst, & Horton L.L.P. Public Finance Group LLC
TexaScapes, Inc.
Gold Annual Sponsors 360 Professional Services, Inc.
Expergy First State Bank Central Texas
Jones|Carter Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C.
Murfee Engineering Company, Inc. Texas Disposal Systems
Total Recreation Products
Silver Annual Sponsors Crossroads Utility Services, LLC
McCall Gibson Swedlund Barfoot PLLC SAMCO Capital Markets, Inc.
Conference Sponsor Jones-Heroy & Associates, Inc.
Municipal Accounts & Consulting TML Intergovernmental Risk Pool
David Harper Golf Tournament Sponsors
Armbrust & Brown, PLLC Bott & Douthitt, PLLC
Clearwater Management Hines Pool & Spa Inc.
Randall Jones & Associates Engineering, Inc.
2015 CASE ACEs Bott & Douthitt
Fluid Meter Service Corp Gray Engineering, Inc
Jones-Heroy & Associates, Inc. McCall Gibson Swedlund Barfoot
Merit Service Solutions Murfee Engineering Company, Inc.
NRW Consulting Services Inc., dba JBS Associates Severn Trent Services
Capital Area Suburban Exchange PO Box 2445 ▪ Round Rock, TX 78680 ▪ 512-600-5908 ▪ [email protected]
www.casetexas.org
THANK YOU!
Founders Brew Pub Lunch Sponsors Armbrust & Brown, PLLC
Crossroads Utility Services, LLC McCall, Parkhurst, & Horton L.L.P. Murfee Engineering Company, Inc.
Public Finance Group LLC TexaScapes, Inc.
Welcome our Keynote Speaker
Friday, June 10, 2016
The Honorable Paul D. Workman State Representative, House District 47, Texas State Representative Paul D. Workman has served the people of House District 47 in the Texas House of Representatives since January 2011. House District 47 includes most of western Travis County as well as portions of southern Travis County. Representative Workman serves as Vice Chairman of the House
Select Committee on State & Federal Power & Responsibility. He also serves as a member of the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Insurance. Representative Workman serves by appointment on The Energy Council, which helps facilitate the development of national energy policy matters among the Southwestern states. He also serves on the Select Committee on Transportation Planning. Representative Workman has been named a "Champion of Free Enterprise" by the Associated Builders and Contractors, a "Fighter for Free Enterprise" by the Texas Association of Business, a "Courageous Conservative" by the Texas Conservative Coalition, and a "Lone Star Conservative Leader" by the Texas Conservative Roundtable. In 2013, Representative Workman was named Legislator of the Year by the Real Estate Council of Austin. Representative Workman earned a B.S. in Building Construction from Texas A&M University in 1973 before joining the U.S. Army Reserves where he retired at the rank of Captain after 10 years of service in an engineer line company. Representative Workman is a forty-year construction professional, owning his own construction company for most of that time. He is a Certified Professional Estimator. A Rotarian since 1976, Representative Workman has been active in several civic organizations, including Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse. In 2008 he served as Chairman of the Board of the Texas Building Branch of the Associated General Contractors. Representative Workman and his wife Sherry have two children and six grandchildren and are active members of the Austin Baptist Church.
Trey Lary Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP Practice Description. Trey’s principal area of practice is public finance, urban development law, local government regulation, and state legislative matters. He regularly represents special districts whose chief purpose is providing water, sewer, and drainage services. Trey also represents cities and developers in connection with the creation and operation of tax increment reinvestment zones,
local government corporations, municipal management districts, and other financing mechanisms used to facilitate urban development and renewal activities and the financing of public works and infrastructure. Trey serves as general counsel and bond counsel to all types of special districts and local governments. Trey works with private developers to structure development agreements with cities and other local government entities for public participation in commercial, residential and mixed-use developments. Legislative Activities. Trey has worked to draft significant pieces of legislation and lobby for their passage, including changes to Chapters 49, 51, 54, and 57 of the Water Code affecting the administration and operation of special districts; the administration and operation of tax increment reinvestment zones (TIRZ’s); and reforming the process of granting “Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity” (CCN’s) by the TCEQ by providing greater rights to landowners. Trey works with the TCEQ to write and adopt agency rules implementing legislative changes.
Representative Matters. Trey works on the creation and ongoing operation of numerous municipal utility districts (MUDs) and other water districts in the greater Houston, Austin, and San Antonio areas; and represents municipal management districts and improvement districts in cities across the State. Additionally, he works with a number of TIRZ’s and local government corporations in cities throughout Texas.
Jay Joyce President Expergy® Jay is President of Expergy®, a national consulting firm that provides expert services to the utility and energy industries. Jay has over twenty-seven years of focused utility consulting experience and has presented testimony before the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality, the Texas Railroad Commission, the Public Utility Commission of Ohio, the Public Service Commission of West Virginia, the Virginia State Corporation Commission, the Arkansas Public Service Commission, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia. Jay has directed over 300 consulting engagements for utility companies and specializes in developing utility rates, presenting expert testimony, negotiating contracts, resolving disputes, providing merger and acquisition analyses, and directing management audits. Jay recently presented expert water and wastewater rate testimony on behalf of several CASE districts against the City of Austin. Prior to starting Expergy®, Jay was a Senior Manager at Deloitte, where he spent eight years in the global energy and utilities consulting practice. Jay graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Southern Methodist University.
Ronnie Moore Senior Engineer Carlson, Brigance & Doering, Inc. Ronnie Moore is a licensed professional engineer (P.E.). He has a diverse background in both the private and the public sector. In the private sector, he has worked as: a Director of Land Development, a land development project manager, and a design engineer. He has also been involved in the formation of
several Municipal Utility Districts and Public Improvement Districts. He is currently a Senior Engineer with Carlson, Brigance & Doering, Inc., and serves as MUD engineer for several districts in the greater Austin area. In the field of land development, Ronnie routinely made public presentations to both receptive and hostile audiences such as: neighborhood associations, city councils and county commissioner courts. He also led land development related negotiations for developers, with staff and officials of governmental regulatory agencies. In the public sector, he has worked for TxDOT in their bridge design group and in their Aviation Division. Ronnie was the Bastrop County Engineer during the 2011 Bastrop County Complex Wildfire, which was the most destructive wildfire in Texas history. As the County Engineer, Ronnie was responsible for all of the debris removal in the aftermath of the fire.
Ryan Beard Municipal Sales Manager and Diversion Ambassador Texas Disposal Systems Ryan serves as the Municipal Sales Manager and Diversion Ambassador for Texas Disposal Systems and has been actively involved in CASE for the last 10 years. Ryan has procured, managed and executed startups for more than 20 municipalities, MUDs and governmental contracts across central Texas. In 2015, he secured
resource management contracts with the cities of Gonzales and Cuero as well as Austin Community College campuses and the Austin Bergstrom International Airport. Ryan has also coordinated and presented education courses in trash, recycling and composting in over 100 schools.
Welcome our Keynote Speaker
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Kathleen Jackson Texas Water Development Board Kathleen Jackson has a diverse background representing agricultural, environmental, industrial, and wholesale-supply interests, which includes developing and implementing water management strategies for Southeast Texas. As a registered professional engineer, Jackson served as public affairs manager for one of the world's largest petroleum and petrochemical producers.
Additionally, she was involved in production agriculture with her late husband, who ran a cattle operation and farmed rice. She served as a past member of the Lower Neches Valley Authority Board of Directors, the Texas Water Conservation Association, and participated on the Sabine and Neches Rivers Bay and Estuary Environmental Flows Assessment Program Stakeholders Committee. She is also a board member and past president of the Lamar Institute of Technology Foundation, a sustaining member of the Junior League of Beaumont, a member of the Texas Farm Bureau, past president of the American Cancer Society of North Jefferson County, and a past board member of Junior Achievement of the Golden Triangle. Jackson received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from North Carolina State University. Jackson has three children, sixth-generation Texans, who all reside and work in Texas.
David Klein Principal Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C. David represents water utilities, municipalities, water districts, water authorities and landowners with their water supply, water quality, and water and sewer utility service interests. David also assists municipalities with their oil and gas matters.
Before joining Lloyd Gosselink in 2006, David worked at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, focusing on water rights, water utility permitting, water utility rates, dam safety, and district matters.
In addition to assisting his clients, David is also on the Executive Committee of the State Bar’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section and the Chair of the “Rate and Charges Committee” for the Texas American Water Works Association.
Shawn Utterback Chief Experience Officer Play Storming Shawn Utterback is the Founder and Chief Experience Officer of the Play Storming Group. His passion and energy for igniting cultural change through the experience of play becomes immediately apparent when working with him.
Shawn has shared his passion through designing and delivering programs for technology companies, advertising agencies, non-profits, government, and education. As a professional speaker, adjunct professor and facilitator, Shawn designs fun, challenging and engaging experiences to help individuals and organizations communicate, collaborate and adapt to change.
Mike Howe Executive Director Texas Section AWWA Mike Howe is serving in his 20th year as the Executive Director of the 3,500 member Texas Section of the American Water Works Association which provides representation, training and advocacy for AWWA utility and supplier/consultant members in Texas.
In 2005, after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Mr. Howe developed the TXWARN utility to utility mutual aid program in conjunction with a number of other water and wastewater associations in Texas and secured a funding contract with TCEQ to advance the TXWARN Program. In 2015, he was appointed to the Governor’s Private Sector Advisory Council representing the water sector to advise the Governor on homeland security issues including utility resiliency and cyber security.
A former television producer and director, he worked 10 years for Austin Water Utility and the Austin City Manager’s office, and is a nationally recognized expert and instructor in risk communication as well as a trained public policy mediator and negotiator.
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He served six years as the president of the Wells Branch Municipal Utility District, is currently in his twenty-second year as Commissioner of Travis County ESD #2, and was the Charter President of the State Association of Fire and Emergency Services Districts, or SAFE-D. Mike has lived in Austin, Texas, for over 49 years, and is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Communication.
Chief Sean M. Ford, MPA, LCC Chief of Police & Emergency Manager City of Sunset Valley Chief S. M. Ford has been in law enforcement for 25 years. Chief Ford has been a member of the Sunset Valley Police Department since 2008. He has served in various positions within law enforcement during his career to include patrol, communications, highway enforcement, community policing, school resource, criminal investigations,
internal affairs and in command staff leadership roles. He holds a bachelor's degree in Public Safety Management from St. Edward's University and has received a graduate degree in Public Administration. Currently, Chief Ford is working on his second graduate degree in Management with a specialization in Human Resource Law. Chief Ford is a graduate of Sam Houston State University’s Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas’ Leadership Command College. Chief Ford is Vice President of the Capital Area Law Enforcement Executives Association in Central Texas (Austin). He also is on the Board of Directors for the Texas Search and Rescue organization (TEXSAR). Since the knowledge of the implementation of the Open Carry Law, Chief Ford has attended multiple meetings with those in support and opposition to the law, in order to grasp a solid knowledge regarding all views and perspectives. Chief Ford has continued to attend meetings since 2015 and presented information to other agencies, officers and community organizations regarding the legal applications involving Open Carry. Chief Ford enjoys his service to the community and prides himself on the belief that the officers within law enforcement should hold high integrity and ethics, and treat individuals with the respect and courtesy they would wish to have their family treated with. He also believes strongly in transparency with the citizens in the community, ensuring that police officers communicate effectively and efficiently, many times solving issues before the erupt. Chief Ford is a strong believer in the strength of informative communication, and strives to ensure his officers and those within his organizations use this philosophy to become vested members of the community they serve, not just public servants. He credits the ability of officers to get involved in the communities they serve, understand those that are in need, and openly listen to others perspectives that allow them to establish the relationships needed to truly police a community. When off duty, Chief Ford enjoys motorcycle riding, hiking, traveling and learning about different cultures. Chief Ford calls New York City his second home, enjoying the people of New York and the many cultures prevalent on the streets on the city.
William “Andy” McCrady Fuels Coordinator 1 Texas A&M Forest Service Forest Resource Protection - Mitigation & Prevention Department Andy McCrady has been working for the Texas A&M Forest Service since July 2013. As the statewide Fuels Coordinator, he specializes in mitigating wildfire threats by overseeing funds and projects to control hazardous vegetation in and
around urban areas in Texas. These hazardous fuel reduction projects utilize prescribed fire and mechanical control methods primarily to remove heavy fuel loads as well as lower and mid-story ladder fuels. He is also an experienced wildland firefighter with qualifications as a Type 5 Incident Commander, Type 1 Firefighter, and Faller 3 Chainsaw operator. Additional, Andy has over 10 years of experience with prescribed burning, wildlife biology, and management of private lands throughout Texas. His undergraduate and graduate level education at Stephen F. Austin State University was well versed in Forestry, Wildlife Biology, and Ecosystem Management. Andy lives in Nacogdoches, Texas, but he is just as likely to be found almost anywhere in the Lone Star State.
About the Capital Area Suburban Exchange The Capital Area Suburban Exchange grew out of a series of efforts to create an organization to represent Central Texas MUDs and their residents. Here is a brief history. For many years, Central Texas MUDs were members of two organizations representing their interests – the Association of Water Board Directors (AWBD) and CTAUD (Central Texas Association of Utility Districts). As Central Texas MUDs developed and built out more fully, they began to take on different oversight than their counterparts in Houston, creating a need for an organization that was able to provide education and networking on issues directly affecting their communities. As these communities grew, they took on responsibilities like, the installation and maintenance of infrastructure such as streetlights, residential services like covenant enforcement, and as they stepped into their roles more, safeguarding affordability by pushing back against raised wholesale water rates. As residents became directors, they made sincere efforts to provide exceptional service to their residents. In 1997, the City of Austin annexed a large number of MUDs both north and south of the city. CTAUD attempted to support the opposition of these annexations, but success was hard to come by for many reasons, mainly due to the cities overpowering ability to annex these districts with little say from residents. CTAUD kept going even after the annexations, but Cliff Avery, then the manager of the association, suggested another option for the group. We became one of the nine panels that make up Texas Water Conservation Association (TWCA). Unfortunately, after about 2 years of trying to make this work for the Austin MUDs, Donna Howe, with urging from Margret Wingrove, worked to form a new organization, the Capital Area Suburban Exchange (CASE). In 1999, with help from CTAUD, TWCA, AWBD, and Wells Branch MUD’s lobbyists, SB 89 passed. This was the most major annexation reform in years, and has so far effectively slowed the City of Austin’s ability to continue to annex the remaining Austin MUDs. Some of the thinking that went into the formation of CASE was for the organization to meet the continuing education needs other similarly interested organizations were not offering at the time. CASE was formed to meet the specialized needs of Austin-area MUDs and provide insight on best practices for things such as park and trail maintenance, water rates, pool rules, etc. CASE also knew a key benefit to members was creating opportunities to network with local colleagues and to improve each district’s ability to serve their residents. Additionally, as a practical matter, CASE also provided consultants the opportunity to work with their clients--and prospective clients--in a more social atmosphere. These opportunities are built into the CASE Annual Conference schedule, along with educational topics and presentations to allow local leaders to remain engaged and up to date on relevant issues. Many other associations have realized in order to have a focused audience, the presentations are more effective when the audience isn’t distracted by work or home needs. CASE acted on this knowledge and planned the conference to be at South Padre Island, which continues to be the preferred location for the event for over a decade. CASE is the only organization dedicated to assisting local grassroots constituencies in the Central Texas area.
David L. Harper "President Harper"
March 1, 1917 – August 11, 2004
David L. Harper spent a lifetime serving the public. He served on the Anderson Mill Municipal Utility District Board of Directors for 20 years, much of that time as "President of the Board." He also served as the Williamson County representative on the Capital Metro Transit Authority Board of Directors. Before moving to the Austin area, David lived in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, where he served as Mayor in the 1970s. Additionally, he served for 17 years as a city council member and on the Penn Water Authority Board.
David was instrumental in developing cooperation with the various groups he interacted with on a regular basis. He was well known at the State Capitol when the Legislature was in session. He developed a quality relationship with the City of Austin, which was nonexistent prior to his appearance on the scene, up to and including a Strategic Partnership Agreement. David developed an arrangement with Williamson County to place an advance life support ambulance and a Sheriff Substation within the Anderson Mill boundaries. He was a lifetime member of the American Water Works Association and numerous other affiliations and associations. Finally, he was the #1 advocate for the residents of Anderson Mill Municipal Utility District. Upon David’s passing, the family requested people help an animal at a local shelter.
History of CASE Golf Tournament Mr. David Harper, long time President of the Anderson Mill MUD, helped create CTAUD, the precursor group to CASE, but during the development of CASE, David had moved on to serve on the Capital Metro Transit Authority Board. We were fortunate David attended the first CASE Conference and saddened by his untimely passing later that same year. In honor of David’s service to the area, the future golf tournaments were dedicated to David. Per his request, the proceeds of this event, along with additional funds raised in his name, have been donated to the Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter. Last year’s donation was $800.
