AIRW 2017-7, L.P.; 600 Westinghouse Investments, LLC; 800 Westinghouse Investments, LLC; Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; And Jonah Water Special Utility District v. City of Georgetown, Texas

ACCEPTED 15-24-00132-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/29/2025 5:07 PM CASE NO. 15-24-00132-CV CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CLERK AIRW 2017-7, L.P.; 600 § BEFORE THE FILED IN WESTINGHOUSE § 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS INVESTMENTS, LLC; 800 § 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM WESTINGHOUSE § CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE INVESTMENTS, LLC; TEXAS § Clerk COMMISSION ON § ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; § AND JONAH WATER SPECIAL § FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS UTILITY DISTRICT, § Appellants, § § V. § § CITY OF GEORGETOWN, § TEXAS, § OF TEXAS Appellee § APPELLANT, JONAH WATER SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE NOTICE OF APPEAL Appellant, Jonah Water Special Utility District files this Motion for Extension of Time to File Notice of Appeal pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 26.3 and would respectfully show: Appellant is appealing from a Final Judgment signed by the 261st District Court, Travis County on December 2, 2024, in the case styled City of Georgetown v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Cause No. D-1-GN-23-001004.

The deadline to file the Notice of Appeal was January 2, 2025. The Notice of Appeal was filed in the trial court on January 14, 2025. Appellant seeks an extension of time until January 14, 2025, to file the Notice of Appeal.

Appellant is a special utility district, a political subdivision of the State of Texas operating under Texas Water Code Chapter 65 1. As a governmental body, Appellant is subject to Texas Government Code Chapter 551, otherwise known as the Open Meeting Act (the “Act”). 2 The Act requires, among other things, that deliberations by the Board occur at a meeting open to the public after the requisite notice has been provided. 3 The requirements of the Act affected the timing for filing Appellants appeal in this matter. The Appellant was notified of the Trial Court’s Final Judgment after the 72-hour deadline for posting notice of Appellant’s December 5, 2024, meeting as required by Section 551.043(a) of the Act.4 After this date, Appellant observed the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, with limited availability of Board members during this period. The next available opportunity for the governing body to deliberate about the Final Judgment and decide whether appeal was appropriate was at the Board’s January meeting, originally scheduled for January 2, 2025, also the deadline for Appellant’s Notice of Appeal. This meeting

Tex. Water Code Chapter 65 addresses the creation, governance, administration, general powers and duties, and some of the financial authority of special utility districts in Texas.

Tex. Govt. Code §551.001(3)(H) defines a governmental body to mean the governing board of a special district created by law.

Section 551.043(a) requires that notice of a meeting of a governmental body must be posted in a place readily accessible to the general public at all times for at least 72 hours before the scheduled time of the meeting.

The Trial Court’s Final Judgment was accepted for filing by the Clerk at 11:50 am on December 2, 2024, but electronic notice from the Travis County Clerk’s Office for this docket is time and date stamped for 9:58 am on December 3, 2024. The postcard Notice of Order is dated December 26, 2024, post-parked December 31, 2024, and was received January 3, 2025.

was postponed to January 9, 2025, impacting the timing for filing this appeal. This extension of time is necessary to allow for the additional time between the deadline for the Notice of Appeal and the Board’s open meeting to deliberate whether to file this Appeal. This extension of time is not sought for the purposes of delay, but so that justice may be done.

For these reasons, Appellant respectfully requests that the Court grant this motion and extend the deadline to file the Notice of Appeal until January 14, 2025, the date Appellant filed its Notice of Appeal. Appellant also requests all other relief to which Appellant is justly entitled.

Erin R. Selvera John J. Carlton State Bar No. 03817600 Kelli A. N. Carlton State Bar No. 15091175 Erin R. Selvera State Bar No. 24043385 THE CARLTON LAW FIRM, P.L.L.C. 4301 Westbank Drive, Suite B-130 Austin, Texas 78746 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Telephone: (512) 614-0901 Facsimile: (512) 900-2855 ATTORNEYS FOR JONAH WATER SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT

VERIFICATION STATE OF TEXAS § § COUNTYOFTRAVIS § BEFORE ME, the undersigned notary public, on this day personally appeared Erin Selvera, Attorney for Appellant, Jonah Water Special Utility District, who being duly sworn, stated that she has read this motion and that the statements therein are within her personal knowledge and are true and correct.

Erin R. Selvera

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN BEFORE ME this the 29 th day of January 2025.

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CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE I certify that I confe1Ted with counsel for the Appellee regarding this motion and that Appellee is opposed to this motion.

Erin R. Selvera

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have served or will serve a true and correct copy of the foregoing document on all parties of record on this 29th day of January 2025, as follows: FOR APPELLEE, CITY OF FOR APPELLANT AIRW 2017-7, GEORGETOWN: L.P., 600 WESTINGHOUSE William A. Faulk, III INVESTMENTS, LLC AND 800 Carlota Hopinks-Baul WESTINGHOUSE Maris M. Chambers INVESTMENTS, LLC Spencer Fane, LLP Andrew B. Davis Congress Avenue, Suite 1200 William T. Thompson Austin, Texas 78701 Todd Disher [email protected] Lehotsky Keller Cohn, LLP [email protected] 408 W. 11th Street, 5th Floor [email protected] Austin, Texas 78701 Patricia Erlinger Carls [email protected] Law Offices of Patricia Erlinger Carls [email protected] 3100 Glenview Ave. [email protected] Austin, Texas 78703-1443 Helen S. Gilbert [email protected] Yahaira De Lara Barton Benson Jones, PLLC FOR APPELLANT TCEQ: 7000 North MoPac Expressway Sara J. Ferris Suite 200 Office of the Attorney General Austin, Texas 78731 Environmental Protection Division [email protected] P.O. Box 12548, MC-066 [email protected] Austin, Texas 78711-2548 [email protected] Edmond McCarthy McCarthy & McCarthy, LLP 1122 Colorado St. Suite 2399 Austin, TX 78701 [email protected]

Erin R. Selvera

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Katy Hennings on behalf of John Joseph Carlton Bar No. 3817600 [email protected] Envelope ID: 96764361 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: Jonah Water Special Utility District's Motion for Extension of Time Status as of 1/30/2025 8:03 AM CST Associated Case Party: City of Georgetown Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Patricia Carls 3813425 [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM SENT Carlota Hopinks-Baul 24094039 [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM SENT Maris Chambers [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM SENT

Case Contacts Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status William Thompson 24088531 [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM SENT Edmond McCarthy 13367200 [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM SENT William Faulk 24075674 [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM SENT John Carlton 3817600 [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM SENT Helen Gilbert 786263 [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM SENT Colton Halter [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM SENT Kelli Carlton [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM ERROR Todd Disher [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM SENT Erin Selvera [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM ERROR

Associated Case Party: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Sara Ferris [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM SENT Erin K.Snody [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM SENT Jennifer Jamison [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM SENT Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system.

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Katy Hennings on behalf of John Joseph Carlton Bar No. 3817600 [email protected] Envelope ID: 96764361 Filing Code Description: Motion Filing Description: Jonah Water Special Utility District's Motion for Extension of Time Status as of 1/30/2025 8:03 AM CST Associated Case Party: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Jennifer Jamison [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM SENT Bobby Salehi [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM ERROR

Associated Case Party: AIRW 2017-7, LP Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Andrew Davis [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM SENT

Associated Case Party: AIRW 2017-7, L.P. Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Yahaira De Lara [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM SENT

Associated Case Party: Jonah Water Special Utility District Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status John Carlton [email protected] 1/29/2025 5:07:57 PM ERROR