This page gives the history of the Anderson Mill West Neighborhood Association (AMWNA) and its relationship with WTC MUD #1, a municipal utility district. AMWNA was a voluntary neighborhood association. District minutes first mention it on May 25, 1988. From 2005 to 2021 the district made payments to or for the association from its Beautification Fund. Several association officers also served as district directors. On August 22, 2023, the district board voted 4-1 to abolish the Beautification Fund Resolution. Each fact below shows its source under it.
On this page, "district board," "district director" and "Director" before a name mean WTC MUD #1. "Association president," "association officer" and "association board" mean AMWNA. A dagger (†) after a name marks a district director who also held an association role at some time. The table of association officers gives the dates.
A historical archive of the association, kept after its website had been offline for years and its domain had lapsed. Not run by the association or any candidate.
WTC MUD #1 is a government body. Its board minutes are public records. The entries below come from those minutes unless the source line says otherwise. "ACC" means Architectural Control Committee. "DRC" in a source line means the district's deed restriction committee.
First mention of the association in the minutes. Under a fire protection item, District Director Jaeger reviews "a proposed questionnaire that the Anderson Mill West Neighborhood Association anticipated distributing to all households within the District for canvassing the residents' concerns on the issue of fire protection."
On July 25, 1990, the association asks for recycling rebate money for neighborhood beautification. On March 27, 1991, the district reports its first recycling check, $503.63. The February 20, 2019 Beautification Fund Resolution says the beautification accounts began with 1991 recycling proceeds.
At a district board meeting on a solid waste contract, Barry Hawk† "stated that he was the president of the Neighborhood Association." He says 65 to 70 people came to the association's meeting on the proposed contract, and "all were in favor of the proposal." Another resident says the association, "constituting about 20% of the District's residents," should not speak for the neighborhood.
Barry Hawk† and Gaylan Lyon† report on the association's deed restriction work. Hawk† says "it was not financially possible for the Neighborhood Association to pursue legal action against continuing violators." He asks the district "to look into enforcement of restrictive covenants, since it was in the District's best interests to preserve its tax base."
The minutes record this advice from the district's lawyer: "Ms. Littlefield recommended that the District not furnish the Neighborhood Association with District letterhead for liability reasons."
A resident asks why enforcement should move to the district if the association is enforcing the covenants well. Barry Hawk† answers that "the Neighborhood Association was a voluntary association, which did not have the legal means or funds to go to court." He says it is "unfair to put the burden of enforcement of the restrictive covenants of the whole neighborhood on a small group of homeowners."
A new state law lets districts enforce deed restrictions (Water Code 54.237). The district adopts covenant rules on January 8, 1992. The association's Deeds Committee patrols and sends first letters.
On its lawyer's memo, the district board stops imposing district fines to enforce covenants.
A district check register for February 6, 1996 lists check 2682 for $825.62 to "AMW Neighborhood Association." It does not state the purpose. On March 6, 1997, the district board votes "to spend $400.00 for the Homeowners Association Newsletter in exchange for one-half of the newsletter space."
Chris Rocco† is association president. On December 13, 2000, the district adopts new rules with fines and termination of services for covenant violations.
The minutes say the association "is not active at this time." On July 21, 2004, beautification funds are set aside for Anderson Mill West, Lakeline Oaks and Hunter's Glenn "based on the number of connections."
The minutes record this advice from district counsel Flickinger: "ACC members in mandatory HOAs are covered by liability insurance paid for through revenue. However, since the Anderson Mill West HOA is not mandatory, that revenue stream does not exist."
First grant to the association from the Beautification Fund recorded in the minutes: $2,500, with a finding that deed enforcement "is necessary to sustain taxable property values" and a 30-day written accounting. Chris Rocco† presents the proposal to release part of the association's beautification funds "in order for the HOA to obtain legal advice." The same minutes say: "The ACC is not a legal entity in that HOA."
The district board appoints Chris Rocco† to a vacant seat on the district board. He fills the rest of Barry Hawk's† term. Texas law provides for this: a vacancy on the district board "shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment of the board." The minutes call Rocco† the association's "ad hoc president" on July 20, 2005 and "president of the AMWNA" on June 21, 2006, when he is also district board president.
"Director Rocco† said that AMWNA needs funds to renew its insurance." The district board votes $1,100 from the fund. The November report says a $1,000 check was issued.
The district board votes that "net proceeds of all fines be allocated into the beautification account for HOA involved."
Grants to the association include $1,500 for insurance (July 16, 2008), $4,000 for deed-restriction work (October 20, 2010), $3,000 (July 20, 2011), $290 for grass cutting (August 21, 2013) and $106.73 for a July 4th parade (July 16, 2014). All but the $290 reimbursement carried a 30-day accounting clause.
A district resolution assigns to the association "any rights the District may have ... if any, to appoint or act as the Architectural Control Committee" for the AMW sections listed in it.
The district board puts fines "into the beautification fund of the neighborhood in which the fine was accessed," going back two years.
A service agreement between the district and "Anderson Mill West Homeowners Association, Inc." (the agreement's name for the association) takes effect. District board president Rocco† signs for the district. Catherine Franke†, a district director, signs for the association as its "Board Member." Under the agreement, the association gives the district information and cooperation on deed enforcement. The district gives the association its records on deed violations in the association's area, and the association must keep them confidential. The agreement has no payment terms. On January 3, 2019, district counsel sent association president Megan Dudo† a new agreement. The letter says the district has signed it. The association's signature lines on the copy on file are blank.
A series of smaller payments to the association from the Anderson Mill West account of the Beautification Fund. Several motions from August 2018 to May 2019 say the association "controls and operates the Architectural Control Committee."
District board agendas carry an item on an "AMWNA request for release of new owner contact information to welcome new residents to the neighborhood." On March 21, 2018, the district board refers the idea of an association insert in the new service application to its Customer Care Committee. On November 19, 2018, the district board removes the item from the agenda. The 2018 and 2019 minutes on file do not record a release of the contact information.
A Beautification Fund Resolution says the money is "unrestricted general funds of the District." The district board will consider requests only from homeowners' and neighborhood associations. Catherine Franke† signs it as district board president. Chris Rocco† attests it as district board secretary.
The association lists its "Projects and Initiatives Since Spring 2017." The list says: "AMWNA is responsible for managing the holiday lights that go up in the District every year. It is AMWNA that coordinates with Inframark staff and Shine, the company that stores and installs the lighting." The document says the association did this for Lakeline Oaks Park too, "which is not located in AMW." The document says Megan Dudo† "offered to help prepare an RFP to assist the District" in hiring a park planning firm. The document also says the association posted "Get To Know the Candidates information for each of the people running for the MUD Board of Directors" in the November 2018 election.
At a joint meeting of the district board and its deed restriction committee on May 13, 2019, the directors approve $2,597.48 from the Beautification Fund to the association "for attorney fees." The attached invoice lists work on the "applicability of TPIA to AMWNA." (TPIA is the Texas Public Information Act.) On May 15, 2019, the district board amends the amount to $2,327.48, 5-0. On February 19, 2020, the district board approves a further $1,401.00 to the association "for legal fees," 5-0. On April 15, 2020, Beth Jones† tells the district board that the association spent "over $2,000.00 in attorney fees to determine that the group is not subject to open records requests."
At a joint meeting of the district board and its deed restriction committee, the district board finds that not enforcing the overnight parking restriction against authorized emergency vehicles "is not detrimental to property values." Director Zervigon† moves; Director Medrano seconds; all in favor.
Beth Jones†, "the president of the Anderson Mill West Neighborhood Association," asks the district board to recognize the association's ACC as a legitimate part of deed restriction enforcement. At the January 15, 2020 board meeting, an ad hoc committee report said the district had a letter dated October 14, 2019 from the association's president. The report said the letter stated that the AMW ACC "will make no new rulings until the authority of the Anderson Mill West ACC is confirmed."
At a joint meeting of the district board and its deed restriction committee, the directors vote "for the MUD to recognize the Anderson Mill West Neighborhood Association ACC and allow the ACC to participate in the Deed Restriction Enforcement process." Director Luis Zervigon† moves; Director Rocco† seconds. The minutes say: "All were in favor."
Linda Fabre and a second plaintiff sued the district and Anderson Mill West Neighborhood Association, Inc. (Travis County cause D-1-GN-20-003773). The district board approves one law firm to represent both the district and the association.
The association's website lists its Executive Committee: Beth Jones†, president; Catherine Franke†, treasurer; Luis Zervigon†, secretary. Franke† and Zervigon† are district directors at this time. The page states that the committee's mission includes: "Advocate on behalf of residents to the Williamson-Travis County Municipal Utility District #1 (WTC MUD #1) elected officials and staff." It lists the district's Beautification Fund as one source of the association's money.
Director Zervigon† resigns from the district board. The district board appoints Beth Jones† to fill his vacant seat the same night. Under Water Code 49.105(a), the district board fills a vacancy by appointment. Earlier in 2020 the minutes name her as association president.
The closed session on the resolution to pay the association's lawyers excludes Director Fabre, a plaintiff in the suit. Before it, district counsel asks Directors Jones†, Dudo† and Franke† about association roles. Asked if she is now on the board of directors of the association, Jones† answers: "I am not." Asked if she is on the association's board or its ACC, Dudo† answers: "Neither." Asked the same questions, Franke† answers: "I have resigned from the neighborhood association and the ACC." Counsel then says: "none of those persons are on the board or the ACC. So I've determined they don't have the type of conflict that you have." The district board then votes to pay the association's lawyers from the AMW account (4-0; Director Fabre recused). Director Fabre asks why this resolution does not have the same restrictions as the others. District counsel says the money goes "directly to the attorneys to which the Association owes money" and returns to the fund if the association is reimbursed. Earlier that night, on a resolution for the Lakeline Oaks account, the minutes summarize counsel: without restrictions on the resolution, "the funds cannot be tracked." Under the next agenda item, on use of the fund for the district's own deed enforcement costs, the minutes summarize counsel: "The District can use this money for any purpose at any time with a Board vote." Bookkeeper records show $8,589.09 paid. A further $3,585 follows on April 19, 2021.
The Hunter's Glenn Section One (HG1) HOA asks the district to stop enforcing the overnight street parking restriction in HG1. The district started enforcing deed restrictions in HG1 in 2019, when the HG1 HOA asked (May 13, 2019). The HOA president says the HOA will not enforce the rule itself "because it was not enforced for many years and it was arbitrarily decided to enforce it when a new president came in without Board input." On the recording he also says the ban "unintentionally blocks the sidewalk." The district board votes 3-2 "To accept Hunter Glenn's HOA request to stop enforcing overnight street parking." Ayes: Dudo†, Medrano, Fabre. Noes: Jones†, Franke†. The minutes record no finding on property values. The Hunter's Glenn Section II declaration has the same overnight parking sentence (Art. X, Sec. 10). The vote does not cover Section II.
District counsel says the suit has been amended to name four district directors "in their official capacity as directors of the MUD": Catherine Franke†, Art Medrano, Beth Jones† and Megan Dudo†. The district board adopts a resolution to pay the defense expenses of each of the four. Each director abstains on the resolution for his or her own defense. Director Fabre votes no on each. The district board also approves an "Agreement and Consent to Multi-Party Representation" with the law firm Richards Rodriguez & Skeith, 4-1 (Director Fabre no).
Director Fabre says the district has 1,931 properties and "only 390 properties where street parking overnight is a violation." Her motion that the district board "reconsider enforcement of overnight parking on the 390 properties affected to determine what the impact is to the value of the properties and the cost associated with enforcement" fails 2-3. Ayes: Fabre, Medrano. Noes: Dudo†, Franke†, Jones†. District counsel Flickinger says "the Board has no obligation to enforce restrictions as a MUD, but they can make exceptions when they do enforce. When the Board decides to stop enforcement of a certain restriction, it makes the determination that it is not necessary to sustain property values in the District." The same minutes say: "All agreed that law enforcement realistically will not come out to address sidewalk obstructions."
At the interview for district general counsel, Zac Evans is asked if any statute lets a MUD put deed violation fines on water bills and turn off water for not paying them. He answers: "I am not aware of any statute ... whether it be in the water code or elsewhere that authorizes a water district to assess ... deed restriction violation fines on a water bill." Asked next about another district's $50 deed violation fines, he says they are not attached to the water bill "to my knowledge." He says that if he learned they were, "I would certainly ... bring that up with that board." Asked "Would you advise against that?" he answers: "Yes, ma'am. I would."
At the Feb 14, 2022 meeting, Mr. Evans says: "I absolutely stand behind my answer there's nothing in the water code chapter 49 or elsewhere that it says a district can put fines for a [deed] restriction violation on your water bill." He calls it a "gray area" and says: "my advice to you would be do not do this." The same night the district board votes 4-1 to engage his firm, McGinnis Lochridge, as general counsel. Ayes: Dudo†, Franke†, Jones†, Medrano. No: Fabre. Just before that vote, a motion to engage David Klein and his firm, Lloyd Gosselink, fails 2-3. Ayes: Fabre, Medrano. Noes: Dudo†, Franke†, Jones†. The firm's service as general counsel ends in February 2023 (see Feb 15 and Mar 1, 2023).
District counsel presents a resolution to enforce deed restrictions at one property by a civil lawsuit. Counsel says the district will seek damages, its costs and "an injunction mandating that they keep it cleaned up."
Asked about other ways to enforce a deed restriction, district counsel says: "I'm not in the deed restriction enforcement business per se. You know, I just handle the the legal side of it." A second speaker answers: "it's not up to [Sage, the district's deed enforcement contractor] to decide how you enforce it. It's up to your board." The same night, Director Fabre moves to survey owners on whether the district should keep enforcing the overnight street parking restriction, and to research other methods and their costs. The motion fails 2-3. Ayes: Medrano, Fabre. Noes: Jones†, Dudo†, Franke†.
The district board adopts a resolution "providing for censure of Director Linda Fabre," 3-2. Director Franke† moves; Director Dudo† seconds. Ayes: Dudo†, Franke†, Jones†. Noes: Fabre, Medrano. The same night the district board excludes Director Fabre from executive sessions on deed restriction violations, 4-1. The memo of Jan 17, 2023, below, gives the reasons for the censure.
District board president Dudo† writes a memo on the reasons for the 2022 censure. One section is headed "Director Fabre's 2020/21 Lawsuit." That suit named both the district and the association (see Aug 7, 2020).
At the start of the regular meeting, district counsel Zac Evans says: "given the length, uh, that your meetings have been going lately, um, been doing some thinking about how to curtail, uh, the district's increasing fees that y'all are expending on legal services ... the only way I know to do that is to not participate beyond a certain point in the evening." He says the firm will stay "until 8:30." (The recording of the Jan 18, 2023 meeting runs about 4 hours 35 minutes.) The posted agenda has no item on general counsel. Near the end, Mr. Evans says "that's our time" and leaves, available by phone. A director says "Consider hiring a new attorney." Director Fabre moves to "propose an RFQ to replace the attorney with one that can accommodate the meeting." Mr. Evans replies: "Be happy to put an agenda item for you next month." Director Avila seconds. The motion passes 3-2. Ayes: Avila, Fabre, Flores. Noes: Dudo†, Jones†.
At a special meeting, Director Fabre says that on Feb 15 "the board voted to terminate the employment of" McGinnis Lochridge as general counsel. She says Mr. Evans sent a letter on Feb 23, 2023 that there would be "no further general counsel services." The minutes say board president Dudo† resigned on Feb 24, 2023. The three directors present vote to ask a McGinnis Lochridge lawyer to seek a continuance of a Mar 7, 2023 court hearing, and start a Request for Qualifications for new general counsel.
The district board passes "Abolish the District's Beautification Fund Resolution that gives money to private social clubs" (motion title as recorded), 4-1. Ayes: Fabre, Masters, Avila, Flores. No: Jones†. The district's audit for the year ended September 30, 2021 lists $25,770 of fund balance assigned for "HOA beautification projects." At the August 22, 2023 meeting, district counsel says: "You have the money now. ... I don't see an issue with you allocating that money elsewhere or spending it elsewhere." The audit for the year ended September 30, 2023 has no beautification line.
The district board votes to "remove the censure that was made on 15 June 2022 against Director Fabre." Director Masters moves; Director Avila seconds. Ayes: Masters, Avila, Flores. Director Fabre abstains. Director Jones† is absent.
The minutes record this advice from district counsel Konopka: "In a defunct Architectural Control Committee ('ACC') such as AMW there was no entity enforcing deed restrictions, and ... the District did not have the authority to act as an Architectural Review Committee." As of October 1, 2026, the district website says no ACC exists for Anderson Mill West.
The district board adopts a second resolution censuring Director Fabre. Director Avila moves; Director Masters seconds. Ayes: Avila, Masters, Jones†. No: Flores. Director Fabre abstains. At the same meeting, an agenda item to discuss censure of Director Jones†, placed at Director Fabre's request, does not come to a vote.
Several association officers also served on the district board, at the same time or later. The table lists roles only, as the records name them.
| Person | Association role in the record | District board service |
|---|---|---|
| Barry Hawk | President in 1991Minutes Jan 23 1991, p. 6; Sep 25 1991, p. 4. | Director from May 1996 to Mar 2006Special meeting minutes, May 1996, and Order Canvassing Returns of the May 4, 1996 Director Election (Exhibit C); Mar 15 2006, p. 5 (seat filled after his resignation). |
| Gaylan Lyon | Chairman of the "Anderson Mill West Deed Restriction Committee" in 1991; reported to the district board on the association's deed restriction workMinutes Feb 27 1991, p. 6; Sep 25 1991, p. 3. | May 1992 to May 1996Special meeting minutes, May 5 1992, p. 2 (oath of office); May 7 1996, p. 2 (canvass of the May 4, 1996 election). |
| Chris Rocco | President 1999 to 2000, 2005 to 2006 and 2009; Executive Committee 2021 (per district counsel); treasurer of the 2010 corporation on its 2022 state report; his district board biography says: "Chris has been a WTC MUD1 Director for 30 years and AMWNA president for 2 years."Minutes Nov 17 1999; Jul 20 2005; Jun 9 2009; Apr 19 2021 p. 5. Comptroller record. wtcmud1.org board page, Oct 1 2026. | On the board by Nov 1993 (earliest minutes found; the 1993 to 1998 minutes are incomplete) to about 1998; Mar 2006 to 2020; again from Nov 2024Minutes Nov 4 1993; Mar 15 2006. wtcmud1.org board page. |
| Luis Zervigon | Association board and AMW ACC member while a district director (2006); secretary in 2020Minutes Dec 13 2006, p. 3. amwna.net/about, Internet Archive copy, Sep 25 2020. | Jun 2006 to Oct 21 2020Minutes Jun 21 2006; Oct 21 2020. |
| Catherine Franke | Vice president 2011; president 2014; treasurer in 2020; signed the 2015 service agreement for the association; registered agent of the 2010 corporationMinutes Mar 16 2011; Jul 16 2014. amwna.net/about, Internet Archive copy, Sep 25 2020. Agreement, Mar 11 2015. Comptroller record. | Nov 2014 to Dec 2022Minutes Nov 19 2014; Nov 22 2022. |
| Megan Dudo | President 2017 to about 2019Minutes Oct 18 2017; May 16 2018. | Nov 2020 to Mar 2023Minutes Nov 17 2020; Mar 8 2023. |
| Beth Jones | President in 2020Minutes Feb 19 2020, p. 6. amwna.net/about, Internet Archive copy, Sep 25 2020. | From Oct 21 2020Minutes Oct 21 2020, p. 13. |
| Practice | When | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| District fines for deed violations | Jan 8, 1992; stopped Sep 17, 1992 on district counsel's memo; restarted Dec 13, 2000 with fines on the water bill and water service "terminated" if unpaidMinutes Sep 17 1992; Dec 13 2000. Rules of Apr 13 2020, pp. 5-8. | Apr 20, 2022 Order: fines of $100 to $200. Jan 17, 2024 board order: no fines (4-1, Jones† no). Apr 16, 2025 Resolution of Deed Enforcement: $50 civil penalty notices (4-1, Flores no)Orders of Apr 20 2022, Jan 17 2024 and Apr 16 2025 (district website). |
| Fine money to neighborhood accounts | Nov 30, 2006 and Jun 15, 2011Minutes Nov 30 2006; Jun 15 2011. | Fund resolution abolished Aug 22 2023Minutes Aug 22 2023, p. 9. |
| Grants to the association from the Beautification Fund | Oct 19, 2005 (first in the minutes)Minutes Oct 19 2005. | Last payments in 2021 (lawyers' fees). Fund resolution abolished Aug 22, 2023 |
| District treats the association's ACC as the ACC | Jan 19, 2011 assignment "if any"; 2018 motions; Apr 13, 2020 "recognize" voteMinutes Jan 19 2011; Apr 13 2020. | District counsel calls it "defunct" on May 15, 2024Minutes May 15 2024. |
The Beautification Fund had one account each for Anderson Mill West, Hunter's Glenn, Lakeline Oaks and Volente Hills. The one "Hunter's Glenn" account covered both Hunter's Glenn sections. The minutes on file record two Hunter's Glenn payments in 2019. One is $450 "from Beautification Funds to cover the installation cost of the Hunter's Glenn sign." It names no payee. The other is $373.05 "to the Hunters Glenn Neighborhood Association for the crawfish boil." It names no fund.
From July 21, 2004, the accounts were set aside by number of water connections. From November 30, 2006, fines went to the account of the neighborhood where they arose. Of the association's total, about $12,174 was paid in 2021 to the association's lawyers. The totals below are partial, because not every year's ledger is available.
| Recipient | Neighborhood | Paid to or for (records found) | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Mill West Neighborhood Association | Anderson Mill West | $39,778.73 | 2005 to 2021 |
| Lakeline Oaks HOA | Lakeline Oaks | $15,213.71 | 2018 to 2020 |
| Volente Hills owners' association | Volente Hills | $2,240.99 | 2017 |
| $450 for sign installation (no payee named); $373.05 to the "Hunters Glenn Neighborhood Association" "for the crawfish boil" | Hunter's Glenn | $823.05 | 2019 |
| No payments in the records summed | Hunter's Glenn Section II | $0 |
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