Recently, the City of Nacogdoches (City) and the Angelina & Neches River Authority (ANRA) began a conversation about the possibility of ANRA acquiring the Central Heights water system, which is owned and operated by the City of Nacogdoches. The portion of the City’s water system in Central Heights currently services approximately 363 connections. The City has indicated that this portion of the water system has reached its service capacity regarding the number of connections it can serve with the infrastructure currently in place. The City desires to focus its attention and finances on other infrastructure-related matters inside the city limits and has expressed a desire to partner with a public entity who shares similar governmental responsibilities and a legislative mission to initiate a transfer of the water system. After several technical meetings, both the City and ANRA participated in an initial due diligence process for sharing data, conducting site visits and exploring options for moving forward.
A public meeting was held on November 17, 2022 at Central Heights ISD, and ANRA is now accepting public comments until December 16, 2022.
Handouts from the public meeting, and a comment form are available below.
Central Heights introduction and FAQ
Central Heights Project Maphandout
The Angelina & Neches River Authority (ANRA) is soliciting Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) for land surveying services in conjunction with its ongoing utility operations and acquisitions. This solicitation for professional services is being conducted in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 2254 of the Texas Government Code. ANRA’s requirements for land surveying services generally include the following:
General Requirements
- Provide services throughout the Neches River Basin
- Provide both area and topographic surveys
- Provide surveys and legal descriptions for right-of-way and parcel acquisitions in fee title and/or easements
- Provide surveying services for water and wastewater treatment facilities, water and wastewater utility lines and other general land surveying needs
- Maintain a minimum of one (1) Registered Professional Land Surveyor (RPLS) on staff and two (2) field survey crews at all times
- Adhere to the requirements of Texas Engineering and Land Surveying Practice Acts and Rules Concerning Practice and Licensure
- Adhere to the minimum standard detail requirements of American Land Title Association (ALTA) and National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)
Specific Requirements
- All horizontal and vertical data will be projected into Texas State Plane Coordinate System, NAD 83 and Vertical datum of NAVD 88
- Provide live data in ARCGIS shape files
- Provide electronic documents in pdf form that have been exported or generated by native software programs creating the original data
Statement of Qualifications Requirements
- Front cover and section dividers
- Table of contents
- Cover letter
- Detailed outline of the firm’s qualifications and competencies
- Organization Chart(s)
- Resumes of RPLS and other key individuals anticipated to provide work
- Conflict of Interest Statement
SOQ’s shall only be submitted electronically, via USB thumb drive to 2901 N. John Redditt Drive, Lufkin Texas 75904, or by email at solicitations@anra.org.
SOQ’s must be received no later than 5:00 PM on June 10, 2022.
For more information, please contact Mr. Chris Key, P.E. by phone at 936-632-7795 or by email at ckey@anra.org.
ANRA is a political subdivision of the State of Texas and as such is a tax-exempt entity. ANRA reserves the right to waive minor specifications or modify requirements over time to best serve the needs of ANRA.
The Angelina & Neches River Authority plans to apply for the upcoming Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) from the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM). These services are being solicited to assist the Authority in its February Winter Weather DR-4586 HMGP contract, if awarded, to support water improvements, sewer improvements, and/or other eligible activities. Accordingly, the Authority is separately soliciting (A) proposals from qualified management service providers to assist the Authority in pre-award and post-award management services and (B) qualifications from qualified engineering firms to assist the Authority in pre-award and post-award engineering services of its proposed HMGP project(s).
Please submit an email and three (3) hard copies of your proposal of services and statement of qualifications to:
Angelina & Neches River Authority
Attn: Kelley Holcomb, General Manager
2901 N John Redditt Drive
Lufkin, TX 75904
kholcomb@anra.org
Proposals shall be received by the Authority no later than 3:00 pm on Monday, August 30, 2021 to be considered. The same firm will not be awarded contracts to provide both services. The Authority reserves the right to negotiate with any and all individuals or firms that submit proposals, as per the Texas Professional Services Procurement Act and the Uniform Grant and Contract Management Standards. Minority Business Enterprises, Small Business Enterprises, Women Business Enterprises, and labor surplus area firms are encouraged to submit proposals. The Authority is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Addendums
ADDENDUM 1
Issued: August 20, 2021
Replace Proposal Submission Date and Time with the following:
Proposals shall be received by the Authority no later than 3:00 pm on Monday, August 30, 2021 to be considered.
***END OF ADDENDUM***
The Angelina & Neches River Authority (ANRA) is soliciting proposals from qualified suppliers for the purchase of a sanitary sewer flow meter for a 6” forcemain.
Proposals may be submitted electronically or at ANRA’s Central Office located at 210 E. Lufkin Avenue, Lufkin, Texas 75901. For additional information, contact Mr. Chris Key, P.E., Operations Division Manager, by phone at 936-632-7795 or by email at ckey@anra.org.
This contract is subject to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “fair share policy”, which includes EPA-approved “fair share goals” for Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Women Business Enterprise (WBE) firms in the Construction, Supplies, Equipment, and Services procurement categories. EPA’s policy requires that applicants and prime contractors make a good faith effort to award a fair share of contracts, subcontracts, and procurements to Minority Business Enterprise and Women-Owned Business Enterprise firms. Although EPA’s policy does not mandate that the fair share goals be achieved, it does require applicants and prime contractors to demonstrate use of the six affirmative steps. The current fair share goals for the State of Texas are as follows: MBE: CONSTRUCTION 12.94%; EQUIPMENT 7.12%; SERVICES 10.84%; SUPPLIES 9.68%: WBE: CONSTRUCTION 8.72%; EQUIPMENT 5.39%; SERVICES 5.72%; SUPPLIES 9.34%
Equal Opportunity in Employment: All qualified Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or handicap. The contractor shall carry out applicable requirements of 40 CFR Part 33 in the award and administration of contracts awarded under TWDB financial assistance agreements. Failure by the contractor to carry out these requirements is a material breach, which may result in the termination of the awarded financial assistance.
Award of this Contract is contingent upon release of funds from the Texas Water Development Board.
Any Contract or contracts awarded under this invitation for proposal are expected to be funded in part by financial assistance from the Texas Water Development Board. Neither the State of Texas nor any of its departments, agencies, or employees are or will be a party to this Request for Proposal or any resulting contract.
The Angelina & Neches River Authority (ANRA) is soliciting proposals from qualified suppliers for the purchase of emergency stand-by generators. The generators will be utilized as emergency back-up power for sanitary sewer lift station sites.
Proposals may be submitted electronically or at ANRA’s Central Office located at 210 E. Lufkin Avenue, Lufkin, Texas 75901. For additional information, contact Mr. Chris Key, P.E., Operations Division Manager, by phone at 936-632-7795 or by email at ckey@anra.org.
This contract is subject to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “fair share policy”, which includes EPA-approved “fair share goals” for Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Women Business Enterprise (WBE) firms in the Construction, Supplies, Equipment, and Services procurement categories. EPA’s policy requires that applicants and prime contractors make a good faith effort to award a fair share of contracts, subcontracts, and procurements to Minority Business Enterprise and Women-Owned Business Enterprise firms. Although EPA’s policy does not mandate that the fair share goals be achieved, it does require applicants and prime contractors to demonstrate use of the six affirmative steps. The current fair share goals for the State of Texas are as follows: MBE: CONSTRUCTION 12.94%; EQUIPMENT 7.12%; SERVICES 10.84%; SUPPLIES 9.68%: WBE: CONSTRUCTION 8.72%; EQUIPMENT 5.39%; SERVICES 5.72%; SUPPLIES 9.34%
Equal Opportunity in Employment: All qualified Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or handicap. The contractor shall carry out applicable requirements of 40 CFR Part 33 in the award and administration of contracts awarded under TWDB financial assistance agreements. Failure by the contractor to carry out these requirements is a material breach, which may result in the termination of the awarded financial assistance.
Award of this Contract is contingent upon release of funds from the Texas Water Development Board.
Any Contract or contracts awarded under this invitation for proposal are expected to be funded in part by financial assistance from the Texas Water Development Board. Neither the State of Texas nor any of its departments, agencies, or employees are or will be a party to this Request for Proposal or any resulting contract.
The Angelina and Neches River Authority (“Owner”) extends this Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) to solicit a Statement of Qualification (“SOQ”) from any interested party (“Proposer”) for Design-Build (“DB”) Services (“Services”) for the New Central Office Building (“Project”).
The Project will consist of a new single story, 7,000 – 8,000 square feet central office building that will serve as ANRA’s Central Office, house its Environmental Laboratory and a 2,000 to 3,000 square foot equipment storage building. The equipment storage building will be used to store excavation equipment, fleet vehicles, a boat and will include a locker room with showers for field personnel. The project will also consist of site work to include clearing and grubbing, demolition and disposal of an existing concrete foundations and driveways, new street, driveways, parking for staff and visitors, secure parking for Owner vehicles, small storage building, landscaping.
The Angelina & Neches River Authority (ANRA) is soliciting for Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from qualified auditing firms to conduct its financial audit for Fiscal Year 2017, which will end on August 31, 2017.
SOQ’s should include the firm’s credentials and ability to perform the work requested and resumes for key individuals that will be performing the audit work, noting their job title and relevant work experience. All SOQs must be received by 5:00 PM, Friday, July 14, 2017.
SOQ’s may be submitted to Angelina & Neches River Authority, located at 210 E. Lufkin Avenue, Lufkin, Texas 75901 or electronically to accounting@anra.org. For additional information, contact Mrs. Dyan Stanford, Administration Division Manager, by phone at 936-632-7795 or by email at dstanford@anra.org.
ANRA reserves the right to refuse and reject any or all SOQs, waive any or all formalities or technicalities, accept the firm(s) who ACF, in its sole discretion, determines to be most qualified, and hold the SOQ for a period of 60 days without taking action. SOQs submitted past the deadline date and time will not be accepted.
The Angelina & Neches River Authority (ANRA) is re-issuing this soliciting for a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) from qualified architectural/engineering firms for the development of a Master Plan (Plan) to guide ANRA in the development of a commercial property site located at 2901 N. John Redditt Drive, Lufkin, Texas 75901. The property will be used as ANRA’s Central Office, laboratory testing facility and centralized equipment staging area for the authority’s operations.
The successful firm will have exhibited experience in Plan design utilizing basic architectural and engineering services for the development of a commercial property. At a minimum, experience shall include coordination with state and local authorities, storm water management, utility design and relocations, facility design and construction, and land use.
SOQ’s should include a statement detailing the qualifications of the firm, resumes of key personnel intended to perform work on the Plan and a list of commercial clients for reference purposes. The SOQ submittal should contain five (5) bound hard copies and one (1) electronic copy in pdf format.
SOQ’s must be received by 5:00 PM on Friday, July 1, 2016 at ANRA’s Central Office located at 210 E. Lufkin Avenue, Lufkin, Texas 75901.
Architectural firms interested in providing professional services for this project may obtain additional information from the Operations Division Manager, Mr. Chris Key, P.E. Mr. Key may be contacted by phone at 936-632-7795 or by email at ckey@anra.org.
The selection of the successful architectural firm to move to the contract negotiation phase will be done by a committee of ANRA’s Board of Directors. The committee’s recommendation and final proposed contract for services will be considered at a regular quarterly meeting of ANRA’s Board of Directors.
ANRA reserves the right to refuse and reject any or all qualifications and to waive any or all formalities or technicalities or to accept the firm(s) who ANRA in its sole discretion determines to be most qualified, and hold the qualification for a period of 60 days without taking action. Qualifications submitted past the deadline date and time will not be accepted.
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May 13, 2016
The Angelina & Neches River Authority (ANRA) is soliciting a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) from qualified architectural/engineering firms for the development of a Master Plan (Plan) to guide ANRA in the development of a commercial property site located at 2901 N. John Redditt Drive, Lufkin, Texas 75901. The property will be used as ANRA’s Central Office, laboratory testing facility and centralized equipment staging area for the authority’s operations.
The successful firm will have exhibited experience in Plan design utilizing basic architectural and engineering services for the development of a commercial property. At a minimum, experience shall include coordination with state and local authorities, storm water management, utility design and relocations, facility design and construction, and land use.
SOQ’s should include a statement detailing the qualifications of the firm, resumes of key personnel intended to perform work on the Plan and a list of commercial clients for reference purposes. The SOQ submittal should contain five (5) bound hard copies and one (1) electronic copy in pdf format.
SOQ’s must be received by 5:00 PM on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at ANRA’s Central Office located at 210 E. Lufkin Avenue, Lufkin, Texas 75901.
Architectural firms interested in providing professional services for this project may obtain additional information from the Operations Division Manager, Mr. Chris Key, P.E. Mr. Key may be contacted by phone at 936-632-7795 or by email at ckey@anra.org.
The selection of the successful architectural firm to move to the contract negotiation phase will be done by a committee of ANRA’s Board of Directors. The committee’s recommendation and final proposed contract for services will be considered at a regular quarterly meeting of ANRA’s Board of Directors.
ANRA reserves the right to refuse and reject any or all qualifications and to waive any or all formalities or technicalities or to accept the firm(s) who ANRA in its sole discretion determines to be most qualified, and hold the qualification for a period of 60 days without taking action. Qualifications submitted past the deadline date and time will not be accepted.
The Angelina & Neches River Authority (ANRA) is proposing new Rules that outline the policy and procedures that ANRA will follow for the investigation and enforcement of complaints related to On-Site Sewage Facilities (OSSFs) in ANRA’s jurisdictional area.
A copy of the Proposed Rules is available for download here, or from ANRA’s Central Office, located at 210 E. Lufkin Avenue in Lufkin, TX.
Update 2016-09-12: In order to prevent potential confusion, the draft version of the Proposed Rules has been removed now that the final version has been approved. You can view the final version of the Rules here: On-Site Sewage Facilities
A Public Hearing to present the Proposed Rules will be held on Monday, July 11, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the following location:
Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce
1615 S. Chestnut
Lufkin, TX 75901
Persons or entities that will be impacted by the Rules will have an opportunity to comment on the Proposed Rules prior to those Rules being adopted by ANRA’s Board of Directors. Comments may be presented orally or in writing at the meeting, or in writing beginning at the time of this notification and until fifteen (15) days following the Public Hearing. Written comments may be submitted by mail, fax, or email. The final date for written comments is Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 5:00 PM. The contact information for written public comments is as follows:
Angelina & Neches River Authority
210 E. Lufkin Ave.
Lufkin, TX 75901
FAX: 936-632-2564
Email: ossf@anra.org
Please reference OSSF RULES as the subject of any comments.
Following the Public Hearing and Public Comment period, comments will be reviewed and ANRA’s Proposed Rules will be evaluated to determine if changes need to be made. The Proposed Rules will be presented to ANRA’s Board of Directors for approval at the August 2016 Regular Board of Directors Meeting.
Responses to Comments – Central Height Water System
This post will be updated with responses to public comments and questions as they are received. If you have a comment or question, please see the information and instructions for submitting Central Heights comments and questions
Generally speaking, it’s ANRA’s intent that every water tap and water meter is located on the property for which that meter serves. In some cases, that may not be possible because of other utilities in the way or other physical barriers that prevent a specific location from being suitable to installing a water tap and water meter, however, those cases are rare. With regard to construction of US Hwy. 259, there will be numerous utility relocations that are required, including water lines. In every case where ANRA would be required to relocate a water line or a water meter to accommodate road construction, water meters would be placed in front of the property it serves.