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Next Review Date: 2030-2031 Review Cycle - 92nd Legislative Session
Last Review Cycle: 2018-2019 Review Cycle - 86th Legislative Session
Sunset Documents for 2018-2019 Review Cycle, 86th Legislative Session
Staff Report with Final Results (Jun 2019)
Self-Evaluation Report (Sep 2017)
Legislative Documents
Senate Bill 626 (Jun 2019)
Final Results of Last Sunset Review
Oversight
- Specify GBRA is subject to Sunset review, but not abolishment, again in 2031.
Management and Contracting
- Require GBRA to develop and maintain a comprehensive asset management plan and ensure the asset management process is linked to the authority’s public messaging and communications.
- GBRA should take additional steps to centralize its procurement and contracting functions and ensure key procurement and contract management staff receive formal training. (Management action – nonstatutory)
- GBRA should improve certain contracting activities to ensure consistency and enhance monitoring, re-evaluate professional services contracts every five years, and frequently compile updated vendor lists and best value practices. (Management action – nonstatutory)
- Increase the statutory threshold for board approval of contracts from $10,000 to $100,000.
Nonprofits
- Direct GBRA to consolidate the funds it provides to two of its nonprofits — the Guadalupe-Blanco River Trust and the San Antonio Bay Foundation — to one organization and clearly define expectations tied to this funding. (Management action – nonstatutory)
- Direct GBRA to create clear boundaries and reporting structures between its staff and associated nonprofits. (Management action – nonstatutory)
- Direct GBRA to evaluate whether the Gorge Preservation Society’s narrow mission justifies GBRA support or whether its activities could be performed internally. (Management action – nonstatutory)
- Direct GBRA to evaluate the continuing need for relationships with any nonprofits every five years to ensure the nonprofits are achieving shared goals. (Management action – nonstatutory)
Standard Review Elements Applied to All River Authorities
- Direct river authorities to implement additional transparency best practices related to their websites, record retention, and financial information. (Management action – nonstatutory)
- Make changes to GBRA, RRA, and NRA’s governing laws to facilitate future codification of those laws, such as grammatical fixes and updating outdated references.
- Apply good government standards to river authorities’ governing laws to promote accountability, transparency, and best practices relating to board practices, public testimony, complaint information, and alternative dispute resolution.
- Direct RRA and NRA to develop a policy to ensure all professional services contracts are reviewed every five years, and to frequently compile vendor lists and best value practices for cost savings. (Management action – nonstatutory)
- Direct RRA to comply with Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) rules by adopting policies related to contracting, nepotism, and granting money or property. (Management action – nonstatutory)
- Direct GBRA and RRA to adopt a formal, written five-year strategic plan and post this plan publicly online. (Management action – nonstatutory)