Current Members of the Region 1 Canadian-Upper Red Regional Flood Planning Group

Designation of Planning Members

In May 2020, the Texas Water Development Board’s Executive Administrator opened a solicitation for nominations of individuals to serve as initial regional flood planning group members to fill the 12 required voting interest categories for each of the 15 flood planning regions. The 12 required voting interest categories include: Agricultural Interests, Counties, Electric Generating Utilities, Environmental Interests, Flood Districts, Industries, Municipalities, Public, River Authorities, Small Business, Water Districts, and Water Utilities. 

The members of the Region 1 Canadian-Upper Red RFPG are comprised of the initial flood planning group members as designated by the TWDB on October 1, 2020. 

On November 18, 2020, the Region 1 Canadian-Upper Red RFPG voted to add three additional voting member seats for the following interest categories: Counties, Municipalities, and Agricultural Interests. The Region 1 RFPG also voted to add two non-voting member seats in the interest category Transportation with one seat designated for the Texas Department of Transportation. 

Terms of Office

The terms of all initial voting members shall expire on July 10, 2023. Upon the expiration of the initial terms, all voting members shall draw lots for additional terms of five years or two years, such that half of the voting members’ terms will expire in two additional years and the other half in five additional years. If there is an odd number of voting members at the time that lots are drawn, one more than half shall draw lots for the two-year terms. 

Except for the initial terms of the initial voting members and the two-year terms described above, all subsequent terms of office for voting members shall be five years, the goal of staggering the terms of office having been accomplished. There are no limits to the number of terms a member may serve. Upon the expiration of a member’s term, a majority vote of the total voting membership shall be required for the member to continue to serve for a subsequent term. If a member fails to be affirmed for a subsequent term, then the voting members shall initiate procedures to appoint a successor utilizing the process set forth under Section 4 of the Bylaws.

Conditions of Membership

In order to be eligible for voting membership on the Region 1 Canadian-Upper Red RFPG, a person must be capable of adequately representing the interest for which a member is sought, be willing to participate in the regional flood planning process, attend meetings, and abide by these bylaws.