Jul 22, 2021 Board of Directors Regular Meeting Agenda

[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;]

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>> ALL RIGHT. WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING. WE WILL START WITH AN INDICATION. AND TONIGHT SYNDICATION WILL BE MADE BY DR. NELSON.

[INVOCATION] >> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE TO DO THE PLEDGE TO OUR FLAG.

LAW THIS MEETING WAS POSTED IN 72 HOURS ADVANCE.

STATE LAW REQUIRES AT LEAST FOUR BOARD MEMBERS BE IN ATTENDANCE. I WILL NOW TAKE ROLL.

[3. Receive, consider and act upon adoption of the meeting agenda;]

OUR AGENDA. >> SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. WE GO TO RECOGNIZING PUBLIC OFFICIALS. NO PUBLIC OFFICIALS SIGNED UP.

[5. Public comment;]

[LAUGHTER] >> IT'S A TRICK QUESTION.

WE WILL GO TO AGENDA FIVE, PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE ASK THOSE WHO KEEP THEIR COMMENTS AROUND THREE MINUTES.

WE WILL GO IN THE ORDER OF SIGN-UP.

AND WE WILL START WITH ANNA COUSY OH.

I UNDERSTAND THE SECOND SIGN-UP IS YIELDING THEIR TIME TO YOU.

SO YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES. >> GOOD EVENING.

I HAVE BEEN IN THE WOODLANDS SINCE 1995.

I USED TO LIVE IN COCHRANE BUT NOW I AM IN WINDSOR HILLS.

I'VE BEEN PRESENT FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE INCORPORATE MEETINGS AT THE TOWNSHIP FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.

I REMEMBER BEING PRESENT ?. [INDISCERNIBLE] PRESENTED THEIR QUALIFICATIONS ON JANUARY 18. ON JANUARY 24, IT WAS DECIDED THAT MATRIX AND NOVAK WOULD DO PARALLEL STUDIES.

I SAT IN THIS VERY ROOM FOR MANY HOURS LISTENING TO INCORPORATION PRESENTATIONS. THEY COVERED ITEMS VERY MUCH IN DETAIL, LIKE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, SALE AND USE OF TAX REVENUE, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, MIXED BEVERAGE TAX FRANCHISE FEE, PROPERTY TAX CEILINGS, FINE AND FORFEITURE REVENUE.

BUILDING AND PERMIT REVIEW. PUBLIC WORKS, LAW ENFORCEMENT.

LEGAL SUPPORT. INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ANALYSIS REPORT. FINANCIAL MODEL OVERVIEW.

LAW ENFORCEMENT FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS.

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[INDISCERNIBLE] WERE BROUGHT IN TO DO.

IN PLANNING AND ZONING. SO MANY OF THESE MEETINGS USUALLY STARTED WITH THE BOARD MEETING AT 6:00.

BUT THE INCORPORATION MEETINGS WERE HELD AT FOUR.

IN ORDER TO MAKE ALL THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO MOST RESIDENTS WHO WANTED TO ATTEND THE INCORPORATION MEETINGS, THEY WERE SWITCHED. WE HAD THE BOARD MEETING AT 4:00 AND THE END CORPORATION AT 6:00 SO THE PUBLIC COULD ATTEND. I JUST RECENTLY, WHEN I RECEIVED MY VILLAGER THE OTHER DAY, I SEE AN ARTICLE WHERE THE HEADLINES STATES OFFICIALS SEEKING TO DELAY KEY VOTE.

I WAS REALLY SHOCKED TO SEE THAT.

TOTALLY SHOCKED THAT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WOULD THINK THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS.

BECAUSE GOVERNANCE HAS BEEN STUDIED SINCE 2002 GOING FORWARD. DID THE CHAMBER EVER INVITE ANYONE ON THIS BOARD TO DO A PRESENTATION? I KNOW I WAS PRESENT WHEN MANY OF THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS SPOKE. MR. BUNCH WENT TO THEIR MEETING. AND I KNOW YOU WENT TO OUR WINDSOR HILLS ASSOCIATION MEETING.

SO THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TRANSPARENCY.

THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN INFORMATION.ND YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO ASK FOR CLARITY.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY FORUM AT THE MARRIOTT WATERWAY.

THIS WAS A SMALL ONE ? I HAVE THROWN A LOT OF THEM AWAY ? THIS WONDERFUL AND COLORFUL STEP-BY-STEP INCORPORATION GUIDE WAS HANDED OUT. AND I KNOW MR. BUNCH HAD ONE ON DISPLAY FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE AND TAKE ONE HOME TO STUDY.

AND THAT WAS A TIME WHEN IF WE HAD ANY QUESTIONS WE COULD PRESENT TO THE BOARD AND CLARIFY.

BUT THEN HERE COMES COVID AND EVERYTHING GETS SHUT DOWN.

OR TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED. SO WHAT ARE THE ISSUES NOW? WELL, THEY HAVE NEVER GONE AWAY.

WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER OUR TRAFFIC OR ROADS OR RIGHT OF WAYS. AND BECAUSE WE ARE NOT A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, WE ARE EXEMPT OF RECEIVING ANY TREASURY FUNDS FOR ANY ECONOMIC RELIEF DUE TO COVID.

AND I HAVE TO THANK MR. NOVAK FOR SAYING SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING TO THE COMMUNITY, AND HE WAS SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE WAY THE MONEY WAS GIVING OUT.

THE CARES MONEY. AND HE SAID JAMES NOWAK SAID IN A PHONE INTERVIEW NOTING THAT HE FEELS LIKE THE COUNTY SHOULD BE THE BODY PROVIDING COVID-19 RELATED SERVICES.

THE WOODLANDS IS BASICALLY A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.

THAT FELT LIKE A SLAP IN THE FACE.E HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS.

E DEFINITELY NEED COVID RELIEF.

WE HAVE APPLIED TO RECEIVE THAT MONEY, AND YET THE TOWNSHIP HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED BECAUSE WE ARE NOT A GOVERNMENT ENTITY.

SO THANK YOU, MR. NOWAK, FOR REMIND US THAT WE ARE A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION THAT DEALS WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REVENUE. YOUR TAX DOLLARS THAT YOU CANNOT ECEIVE. THE CARES ACT.

IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT STANDS FOR THE CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT.

AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY RECEIVED, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN ? PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME ? $34.46 MILLION.

WE PRESENTED PLENTY OF FINANCIAL ? MONTGOMERY COUNTY GAVE THE TOWNSHIP $274,000. BUT THEY CHOSE TO GIVE CONROE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AN ADDITIONAL $22 MILLION.

ACCORDING TO THE TREASURY FORMULARY, OF THE $55 PER RESIDENT, THE TOWNSHIP IS STILL OWED $5.8 MILLION.

SO I CAN ONLY SAY THANK YOU TO HARRIS COUNTY FOR FOLLOWING THROUGH. LET'S TALK ABOUT ARPA.

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR COVID RELIEF.

AGAIN, THERE IS ANOTHER FORMULA THAT THE TREASURY ESTABLISHED.

ACCORDING TO THIS FORMULA, THE TOWNSHIP SHOULD RECEIVE $30 MILLION. I KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO RECEIVE SOME OF THAT, BUT AT THIS POINT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OF THAT. AND WE HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN RECOGNIZED. SO WE REALLY NEED TO BE A RECOGNIZED GOVERNMENT ENTITY. WE NEED TO BECOME A CITY.

SO WHO WAS SITTING PRETTY RIGHT NOW? SHENANDOAH IS. THE LAST CENSUS STATED THEY HAD A POPULATION OF 3055 RESIDENTS. WHAT DID THEY RECEIVE THE CARES ACT? $7.6 MILLION IN FEDERAL AID.

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IT TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP.

AND HOW MANY DIFFERENT TIMES OUR BOARDS HAVE SPENT MILLIONS LOOKING INTO GOVERNANCE. WE KNOW IT'S NOT THE WAY TO GO.

IF THE TOWNSHIP IS SUCH A GREAT THING, WHY ARE THERE ANY AT ALL? SO I TRUST THAT OUR TOWNSHIP WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE RESIDENTS INFORMED.

I KNOW THEY WILL. AND I TRUST THAT THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS GET TO DECIDE ON THEIR OWN THEIR VOTE.

IN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DOES NOT REPRESENT ME.

IT DOES NOT REPRESENT MY VIEWS AS A RESIDENT.

AND I AM SURE THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OTHERS THAT COULDN'T TAKE THE TIME TO SPEAK TONIGHT. THE TOWNSHIP HAS BEEN STUDYING GOVERNANCE SO MANY YEARS. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE BEST TIME TO PUT IT FOR VOTERS. I KNOW THE LONGER YOU WAIT, THE MORE COSTLY THESE STUDIES BECOME.

IN THE SERVICES CITED IN THE STUDY BECOME.

BUT SPREADING OF MISINFORMATION HAS TO STOP.

AND YOU NEED TO LET THE RESIDENTS DECIDE FOR THEIR OWN WHAT THEY WANT. SO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.ET ME DECIDE. WE NEED TO BE RESPECTED AS A CITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU, ANNA. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE

ANDREW SHARP. >> THANKS, MR. CHAIRMAN.

IT SEEMS A LITTLE SILLY RIGHT NOW AFTER THAT.

DOES ANYBODY PLAY TENNIS HERE? THEN I GUESS IT'S PROBABLY JUST GOING TO BE ME WHO IS INTERESTED IN THIS (LAUGHING)

[LAUGHTER] >> I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE TENNIS COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. AND WHAT I WANTED T ADDRESS WHAT I CAN SEE AS A GROWING PROBLEM WITH RESPECT TO OUR TENNIS FACILITIES. SO MY OBJECTIVE FOR THE NEXT THREE MINUTES IS TO OBTAIN A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM FOR A MEETING DOWN THE ROAD. JUST FOR THE BOARD TO TAKE NECESSARY STEPS FOR ME TO COLLABORATE WITH PARKS AND REC ON THE SOLUTION THAT I'VE COME UP WITH FOR THIS PROBLEM.

SO THE PROBLEM IS WHILE WE DO HAVE OUTSTANDING FACILITIES ? WE HAVE 78 COURTS HERE. THEY HAVE BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF.'VE LIVED AROUND THE COUNTRY AND NONE OF THEM HAS AS MANY OR NICE COURTS LIKE WE DO. BUT WE ARE LARGELY IN THE DARK ON THEIR STATUS AND AVAILABILITY.S A TENNIS COMMUNITY. AND THAT WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM, EXCEPT THERE IS A REALLY ACTIVE COMMUNITY HERE.

HIGH DEMAND FOR USE OF THOSE TENNIS COURTS.

2020, THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES COUNCIL PUT OUT A REPORT ? A 22 PERCENT INCREASE IN TENNIS PARTICIPATION. MILLION NEW PLAYERS. PICKLE BALL IS ANOTHER THING THAT CONTRIBUTES TO DEMAND ON OUR TENNIS COURTS.

SO THESE ARE NATIONAL TRENDS, BUT THEY DEFINITELY ARE MANIFESTING HERE LOCALLY. MY EXPERIENCE IS DEFINITELY COMMON. AND WHEN I'M DOING RECREATIONAL TENNIS ? I PLAY IN A LEAGUE AS WELL.

BUT DOING AND ADD HOG MATCH, I DO IT ON A WEEKLY BASIS.

MY FAMILY AND ANOTHER FAMILY. WE GO IN AND WANT TO HAVE A SOCIAL MATCH. RARELY THE FIRST COURT WE VISIT IS UNAVAILABLE. SO WE FIND A COURT THAT IS AVAILABLE. AND RECENTLY, WE GET BOOTED BY SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE RIGHTFUL CLAIM ON THE COURT WITH THE RESERVATION. SO OF COURSE, I COULD MAKE RESERVATIONS. AND I HAVE AND I DO SOMETIMES.

BUT ON THE WEEKEND, WHEN YOU CAN'T REACH THE OFFICE, YOU WANT TO GET OUT AND PLAY WHENEVER YOU CAN.

BUT YOU CAN'T KNOW WHEN A RESERVATION IS COMING.O IT'S REALLY HARD TO PLAN AND GET THAT RIGHT.SO I THINK THE CORE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE A SQUEEZE ON A LIMITED SUPPLY OF TENNIS COURTS AND NO WAY TO MANAGE OR PROVIDE AWARENESS TO THE COMMUNITY ON USING THEM. I THINK WE NEED A LITTLE MORE

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SO ON MY OWN TIME AND FUNDS, I CREATED A WEB APPLICATION.

I WORK IN IT SO I FEEL LIKE AN APPLICATION SOLVES EVERYTHING.

[LAUGHTER] >> IT'S JUST THE WEBSITE.

YOU JUST GO TO THE WEBPAGE I CREATED.

IT'S LIKE A TRAFFIC REPORT FOR TENNIS COURTS.

NOT TO GET INTO TOO MANY DETAILS, BUT I SHARED IT WITH THE LEAGUE I PLAY IN AND THE LEAD COORDINATOR.

AND THEY SHARED IT WITH SOME CONTACTS IN PARKS AND BREAKFAST AND IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT I TALK TO THE BOARD AND GET SOME BUY-IN. AND THEN THEY WILL WORK WITH ME AND I CAN DEVELOP IT.O THAT IS WHY I'M HERE.

THAT'S REALLY THE WHOLE STORY. I JUST REQUEST THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEM ? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STEPS ARE.

WHATEVER IS NECESSARY. I DON'T KNOW THE NEXT STEP FOR ME. IF I COULD GET YOUR BLESSING TO WORK WITH A PARKS AND DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP A SOLUTION ? IRONY CAME UP WITH IT, BUT I NEED THEIR HELP.

>> I DIDN'T READ THE THREE PAGE PUBLIC COMMENT.

BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THE AUDIENCE AND FOR ANDREW, THE BOARD IS RESTRICTED FROM RESPONDING DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. WE TAKE NOTES. THINK WE HAVE YOURS AND UNDERSTAND YOUR REQUEST.

WE CAN'T REALLY RESPOND BEYOND THAT.

>> OF COURSE. THANKS, MR. CHAIRMAN.

>> THANK YOU, ANDREW. NEXT WE HAVE LINDA NELSON.

>> SO AS A PAST COLLEGIATE TENNIS PLAYER AND A CURRENT RACQUETBALL PLAYER, WE NEED MORE RACQUETBALL COURTS HERE! THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY! GOOD EVENING, I'M LINDA NELSON, A 30 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY THAT I LOVE. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN BUNCHE, VICE PRESIDENT RICER. ONE OF THE CHAMBERS FOCUS AREAS IS ADVOCATING FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ON IMPORTANT ISSUES WAS GREATLY IMPACTED BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

SO WE PRESENT A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF DELAYING THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP INCORPORATION ELECTION.

WHEREAS, THE WOODLANDS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPRESENTS OVER 12,000 BUSINESSES AND IS THE LARGEST BUSINESS ASSOCIATION IN THE HOUSTON REGION.

FOR THE FUTURE GROWTH, SUSTAINABILITY AND PRESERVATION OF THE ESTABLISHED WAY OF LIFE ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP.

WHEREAS WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP IS UNINCORPORATED, AND ITS BOUNDARIES ARE WITHIN MONTGOMERY AND HARRIS COUNTY.

AN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF CONROE AND. [INDISCERNIBLE].

WHERE IS LEGISLATION PASSED IN 2007, PROVIDED THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP THE AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO REGIONAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS WITH BOTH THE CITY OF CONROE AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON. WHEREAS THE REGIONAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS PROTECTED THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP FROM ANNEXATION BY THE CITY OF CONROE AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON THROUGH NOVEMBER 16, 2057.

AND IT PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCORPORATE AS A CITY DURING AN ELECTION. WHERE'S THE IMPACT OF GOVERNANCE CHANGES THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP AS A RESULT OF INCORPORATION REQUIRES TIMELY RESEARCH AND THOROUGH EDUCATION OF RESIDENTS IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

WHEREAS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC DELAYED THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROCESS FOR OVER A YEAR.NLY RESTARTING IN MAY OR JUNE 2021.

WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY STILL HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT CHANGES IN TAXATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT, TRANSPORTATION, WATER, AND THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS. AND REQUIRES FURTHER EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. IT IS RESOLVED THAT THE WOODLANDS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SUPPORTS DELAYING THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP INCORPORATION ELECTION BEYOND NOVEMBER, 2021.

JUNE 18, 2021. AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUSINESS MEMBERS PLEASE STAND.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO YOU TODAY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, LINDA. NEXT ON OUR LIST IS GOING TO BE

EVERETT ISON. >> GOOD EVENING.

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BUT RIGHT NOW I WILL BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. WE HAD A FUN TIME ON THOUGH JULY 4 PARADE. I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT TIME. UNFORTUNATELY, AFTERWARDS WE HAD A FLOOD OF CALLS. WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS FROM THE ROVING REPORTER. THIS EARMARKED WHY WE GOT SUCH A DRASTIC OUTCRY OF NONSUPPORT FOR THE VETERANS.

IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE ROVING REPORTER, WE HAD TWO VEHICLES THAT WERE ENTERED INTO THE PARADE.ERY DISRESPECTFUL TO OUR PATRONS AND OUR COMMUNITY.

IT HAD VULGAR LANGUAGE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT THEY DID IS THEY PUT THOSE VEHICLES RIGHT IN LINE WITH THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE COMMUNITY THOUGHT THAT WE SUPPORTED THAT.

WHICH I'M GONNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW ? WE DO NOT SUPPORT THAT AT ALL! WE TOOK A HUGE HIT.

WE'VE HAD MEMBERS THAT TRANSFERRED.

MEMBERS THAT HAVE BASICALLY SAID THEY WILL NOT SUPPORT ? I THINK WE HAVE OVERCOME THAT A LITTLE BIT.

UNFORTUNATELY, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE STILL HAVE ABOUT ? LAST COUNT WAS ABOUT 380, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OF BASICALLY MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT IT.

THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS ? WE ARE NONPARTISAN.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WAS GOING TO READ OUR CHARTER THAT IS PRESENTED IN CONGRESS. AND I TOLD MY COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF THAT I WOULD SPEAK TONIGHT.

AND AT EVERY PUBLIC VENUE THAT I COULD POSSIBLY DO.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE WATCHING, BUT I GAVE YOU THE LINK. SO HOPEFULLY, THAT WILL HELP.

IT IS IN WASHINGTON DC RIGHT NOW.

AND DEMAND FROM SOME RESIDENTS IS FOR OUR RESIGNATION OF OUR CHARTER. AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THIS COMMUNITY.

KIND OF HEARSAY. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I EMPHASIZE ? HEARSAY WAS THAT SOMEBODY ON THE BOARD ALSO COMMENTED AT THE FACT THAT THEY SUPPORTED THE UNITED 45 IS THE NAME OF THE GROUP THAT ACTUALLY INFILTRATED.

AND GORDY, I SAW YOUR PART BASICALLY SAYING THAT THE TOWNSHIP DOES NOT CONDONE IT. AND WE ARE NOT LIABLE.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, THEY BLASTED YOU TOO. SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN. NFORTUNATELY, HOPEFULLY, AS TIME GOES BY, THEY SEE US. WE SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS.

WE SUPPORT SPECIAL OLYMPICS. WE SUPPORT OUR VETERANS, OBVIOUSLY. LIKE RIGHT NOW, MY NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR IS COMING IN FROM JAPAN.

IN HIS HOUSING EFFECTS WON'T BE HERE UNTIL MID OCTOBER.

SO THEY BASICALLY HAVE A HOUSE THAT IS BASICALLY EMPTY.

AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FILLING THAT HOUSE UP RIGHT NOW. I THINK BY TOMORROW, THE MOTHER AND THREE CHILDREN WILL AT LEAST HAVE BEDS TO SLEEP IN.

ANYWAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY, PLEASE, POST 1024 DOES NOT ENDORSE ANY KIND OF PARTISAN ? IF YOU WANT TO GO ALONG, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS OUR PRESIDENT, REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU VOTED OR THINK ABOUT IT.

BUT HE IS OUR ARMED FORCES COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, REGARDLESS.

WITH THAT, I YIELD BACK A LITTLE BIT OF THE TIME.

I WANT TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT.

I DON'T THINK IT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED VERY WELL.

IT HAS TO DO WITH A LICENSE PLATE.

YOU SEE A LOT OF THE LICENSE PLATE THAT'S A.

[INDISCERNIBLE] VETERAN.S OF JANUARY 1, SENATE BILL 792 BASICALLY STATES THAT THAT IS NO LONGER AUTHORIZED AS OF JANUARY 1 TO PARK IN HANDICAPPED PARKING.

SO YOU MUST HAVE HANDICAP PARKING ? THE BLACKARD.

OKAY. SO WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE GET THAT OUT. I DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM GET A $200 FINE OR GET THEIR CARS TOWED. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, EVERETT, FOR YOUR SERVICE AND CLARIFYING COMMENTS.

NEXT UP IS LT GOODING. CT.

SORRY. I KNOW.

YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE!>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS CT GOODING. I'M A RESIDENT OF GURMAN'S

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FIRST I WANT TO THANK DR. NUNES FOR PARKS AND ? ? AND INCLUDING A STATEMENT FOR TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

WHILE THE STATEMENT HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT DETAIL, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME KEY POINTS FROM THE STATEMENT.

THE PATHWAY IS A UNIQUE COMMUNITY ASSET AND WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES TO UTILIZE IT FOR RECREATION, EXERCISE, AND TRANSPORTATION. WE SEE A MIXTURE OF STROLLERS, SKATERS, WALKERS, PEOPLE WITH PETS AND BICYCLISTS.

TO MAINTAIN CFD, EACH INDIVIDUAL USER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR BEHAVIORS. ? ? WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE MANY BENEFITS TO E BIKES. WE ALSO KNOW THAT SAFETY IS A TOP CONCERN. BECAUSE OF THIS, WE ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT IT IS PARAMOUNT THAT WE ADDRESS SAFETY AS PART OF THIS DECISION. MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE FACED THE SAME EXACT DECISION.ND THEY DECIDED E BIKES CAN BE SAFELY PERMITTED ON THE PATHWAYS. THIS INCLUDES HOUSTON, AND AUSTIN. TO MAINTAIN SAFETY, THESE COMMUNITIES RECOGNIZE THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL USER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN SAFE BEHAVIOR. N THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP WEBSITE THERE IS A PUBLISHED LIST OF THE PATHWAY BEHAVIORS.

IF E BIKES ARE PERMITTED ON THE PATHWAY, THEY WOULD BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD OF PERSONAL SAFETY AND RESPONSIBILITY.

TO FURTHER IMPROVE SAFETY, WE BELIEVE A MODIFICATION OF THE SAFE SPEED GUIDANCE ? A REASONABLE SPEED GUIDANCE ? BE ADJUSTED TO ATTEND TO 12 MILE-PER-HOUR SPEED LIMIT.

IN PREVIOUS PUBLIC COMMENT, WE SUGGESTED 15 MILES PER HOUR.

AFTER ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND RESIDENT FEEDBACK, WE LOWERED OUR SUGGESTION. WE BELIEVE BY SILKS WHO TRAVEL MORE THAN 12 MILE-PER-HOUR SHOULD NOT WRITE ON THE PATHWAYS. MOTORIZED OR NOT.

WE RECOMMEND THE TOWNSHIP CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE BICYCLIST SAFETY PROGRAM. AND PARTNER WITH SCHOOLS, COUNTY POLICE, AND BIKE THE WOODLANDS COALITION.E HAVE STARTED A SEARCH FOR GRANT FUNDING AND ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIP IN SUCH A PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.

THIS CAN ALL BE FINE-TUNED THROUGH PUBLIC INPUT.

WE SUGGEST A COMBINATION OF DATA DRIVEN FEEDBACK METHODS.

WITH AN 8 TO 12 MONTH PILOT PROGRAM ALLOWING E BIKES ON THE PATHWAYS. THIS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO OTHER COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS AUSTIN, WHERE THEY HAD AN EIGHT MONTH PILOT AND BOULDER HAD A 12 12 MONTH.

WE CAN GET SURVEYS. RESIDENTS CAN BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE E BIKES THEMSELVES.

WE COULD TRY THEM OUT AT DEMONSTRATION DAYS.

LIKE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT OR BIKE THE WOODLANDS DAY.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT IN MAKING OUR

COMMUNITY BICYCLE FRIENDLY. >> THANK YOU, CT.

NEXT UP WILL BE KENT MAGGERT. >> SINCE WE HAVE A BIG CROWD HERE TONIGHT, I HAVE BEEN HERE PROBABLY THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE MEETINGS TALKING ABOUT INQUIRY PRORATION AND SPECIFICALLY FRANCHISE FEES. I AM A 45 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE WOODLANDS. IN FACT, I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THOUSAND. SO I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT I HAVE HELPED WOODLANDS GROVE. I WAS A MUD DIRECTOR FOR 12 YEARS. AND I HAVE A SON HERE WHO HAS MADE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.

SOME OF YOU PROBABLY SAW THE SIGN APPEAR THAT YOU PROUDLY DISPLAY ABOUT BEING THE NUMBER ONE PLACE TO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY. THE WOODLANDS.ND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED. BECAUSE WE WEREN'T INCORPORATED. HOW COULD WE POSSIBLY BECOME NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY, AND WE WEREN'T INCORPORATED? NOW, I HAVE BEEN HERE TALKING ABOUT FRANCHISE FEES.

BECAUSE THIS IS THE BIGGEST INCREASE IN REVENUE THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR BUDGET. $7 MILLION.

THEY HAVE SO FAR REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT WILL BE

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SO FAR, THEY CANNOT TELL ME WHAT PERCENTAGE.

SO I AM USING FIVE PERCENT. EVERYBODY ? RENTERS? RENTERS HAVEN'T BEEN TAXED? ALL RENTERS NOW ARE GOING TO BE TAXED WITH A FRANCHISE FEE. AND IT IS PASSED RIGHT THROUGH TO YOUR UTILITY BILL. AND $7 MILLION ? I'VE HEARD THIS FOR ABOUT AND A HALF DOZEN TIMES ABOUT COVID.

GOD HELP US, LET'S HOPE WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER.

BUT $7 MILLION A YEAR WILL BE COMING OUT OF YOUR UTILITY BILLS. IN ORDER PROBABLY GO UP BECAUSE IT'S A READY SOURCE OF INCOME FOR A BUNCH OF POLITICIANS.

SO I HAVE CALCULATED MINE. I'M USING FIVE PERCENT.

BETWEEN THE TAX INCREASE THEY ARE PROPOSING AND THE FRANCHISE FEE, MY PAYMENTS TO THE WOODLANDS WILL GO UP 50 PERCENT. 50 PERCENT.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MY LIFESTYLE WILL IMPROVE.

50 PERCENT IS PRETTY GOOD. WE HAVE ENJOYED IT HERE FOR MANY YEARS. AND MAYBE WE WILL BE THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD INSTEAD OF JUST THE US IF WE INCORPORATE.

[LAUGHTER] >> BUT I'M HAPPY TO JUST BE IN THE BEST PLACE IN THE US. AND HOPEFULLY, YOU FOLKS WILL GET THE WORD OUT THAT THIS IS ? IT USED TO BE APOLITICAL.

FOR THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THE CONTRIBUTIONS.

IT IS NO LONGER APOLITICAL. HOPEFULLY, WE WILL CONTINUE ON THE COURSE THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST 45 YEARS.

PAND MAKE IT THE BEST PLACE EVERY YEAR.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, KENT.

NEXT UP WILL BE TED STANLEY. >> GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO YOU TONIGHT.

TONIGHT I COME TO YOU AS THE CHAIR REPRESENTING TOWNSHIP FUTURE STEERING COMMITTEE. TOWNSHIP FUTURE WAS CREATED FOR SEVERAL PURPOSES. INCLUDING TO RESEARCH THE IMPORTANT ISSUES WE FACE TODAY AND EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS ON THOSE ISSUES. INCORPORATION OF THE WOODLANDS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES WE WILL EVER FACE. TONIGHT, WE COME TO YOU FOR TWO MAIN PURPOSES. FIRST, WE STAND BEHIND THE RESOLUTION PUT FORTH BY THE WOODLANDS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

WE RECOGNIZE THE VALUE THAT THE BUSINESSES AND OWNERS AND MANAGERS BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE TRUST IN THEIR JUDGMENT IN PUTTING FORTH THEIR RESOLUTION. SECOND, TO BRING TO YOU OUR OWN STATEMENT ON POSTPONING ANY INCORPORATION VOTE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. ON JULY 14, THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF TOWNSHIP FUTURE ADOPTED A STATEMENT URGING THE TOWNSHIP BOARD TO POSTPONE PLACING THIS INCORPORATION ISSUE ON THE BALLOT. FOR AMONG OTHER REASONS THESE FEW FACTS. THERE IS NO VALID JUSTIFICATION TO RADICALLY CHANGING OUR GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AT THIS TIME. THERE WOULD BE INSUFFICIENT TIME TO ADEQUATELY INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE PROS AND CONS OF CORPORATION WHEN ALL RELATIVE FACTS HAVE NOT BEEN GATHERED BETWEEN THE TIMES HE RECEIVED THE FINAL REPORT AND MAKE THE CALL TO PUT IT ON INCORPORATION TO THE TIME IT GETS TO A VOTE.

AND WE BELIEVE INCORPORATION WILL CAUSE PROPERTY TAXES AND FEES TO INCREASE. AND THE RESIDENTS WILL NOT HAVE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO WAIT A TAX INCREASE AGAINST ANY BENEFITS THAT MIGHT RESULT INCORPORATION.

FINALLY, THE TOWNSHIP'S FINANCIAL POSITION HAS NOT YET STABILIZED FROM THE PANDEMIC ECONOMY.

IN ADDITION, TOWNSHIP FUTURE SUPPORTS HOLDING A SPECIAL ELECTION ON INCORPORATION IF AND WHEN APPROPRIATE.

WITH SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AS THIS, THE MERE IDEA OF INCORPORATING THE WOODLANDS AND RADICALLY CHANGING OUR FORMER GOVERNANCE DESERVES THE RESIDENTS UNDIVIDED ATTENTION.

IF THIS ISSUE WERE TO BE CO-MINGLED WITH OTHER VARIOUS TOPICS DURING AN ELECTION, THE RESIDENTS WILL NOT HAVE HAD A FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO ASSESS THE GRAVITY OF THE ISSUE.

I'M SURE YOU CAN AGREE THAT THE RESIDENTS OF OUR GREAT COMMUNITY DESERVE AT LEAST THAT MUCH CONSIDERATION.OR THOSE

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AND IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT WE, TOWNSHIP FUTURE, DO NOT FOR ONE MINUTE DOUBT YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE DOING WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE WILL NOT ALWAYS AGREE ON EERY ISSUE THAT COMES BEFORE US. BUT TO PUT FORTH A CONTENTIOUS ISSUE NOW WILL DIVIDE OUR COMMUNITY AT A TIME WHERE WE NEED TO BE UNITED THE MOST. WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE UNCERTAINTY OF WHERE A NEW SEARCH AND COVID MAY LEAD ? WE TOWNSHIP FUTURE FEEL A VOTE ON INCORPORATION CAN AT LEAST WAIT ONE YEAR. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND TO TAKE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE HAS HAD INTO CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU, TED. NEXT UP WILL BE WALTER COOK.

NEXT UP WILL BE MARYANN BRAID. >> GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS MARYANN BRAID. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE ALDEN BRIDGE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION. A MEMBER OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COUNCIL. I SERVED ON THE BICYCLE COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE INPUT DEVELOPMENT OF THE 2016 MASTER PLAN.'M SPEAKING TONIGHT AS AN INDIVIDUAL.

I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING AS YOU CONSIDER THE PROPOSAL TO ALLOW E BIKES TO RIDE ON TRAILS.S HAS BEEN MENTIONED, WOODLANDS HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS THE BEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES. AND IT CERTAINLY LIVES UP TO THE VISION OF GEORGE MITCHELL IN MANY WAYS.

THERE ARE SPECIAL ASPECTS ABOUT WOODLANDS, INCLUDING OUR ELECTRIC LINES UNDERGROUND, THE PRESERVATION OF LAND AND OPEN SPACE. AND THE TRAIL SYSTEM THAT MANY CALL THE BEST OF OUR COMMUNITY. I'M ON THE TRAILS SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK. I OFTEN SEE YOUNGSTERS LEARNING TO RIDE BIKES, FAMILIES WALKING WITH CHILDREN AND STROLLERS.

PEOPLE WALKING DOGS AND RUNNING AND WALKING FOR EXERCISE.

THERE ARE ALL AGES ON THE TRAIL AND EVERYONE DESERVES TO FEEL SAFE. THE TRAILS ARE EIGHT FEET WIDE.

IN COMPARISON, THE TRAILS ON THE SPRING CREEK TRAIL WAY ARE 12 FEET WIDE. THE EXTRA FOUR FEET GIVES EVERYONE ON THE TRAIL MORE TIME TO REACT TO OTHERS AS A PASS OR COME TOWARDS YOU. THE TRAILS IN THE WOODLANDS ARE ALSO WOODED AND WANDER THROUGH WITH TURNS AND LIMITED SIGHT DISTANCE. IT ALSO CONNECTS THE COMMUNITY WITH INTERSECTIONS WITH HOUSING ADDITIONS ALONG THE TRAIL.

NOT ALL CARS STOP BEFORE THE CROSSWALK NOR DO THEY CHECK THE TRAIL WHEN TURNING RIGHT. IF THOSE ON THE RAIL DO NOT STOP AND LOOK, THERE IS INSUFFICIENT TIME IN LINE OF SIGHT TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS. IN THE TOWNSHIP COMMENTS, THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND RISK MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT NO MOTORIZED VEHICLE PROHIBIT TATIAN CONTINUE ? IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000.

THERE'S ALSO COSTS OF $300,000 TO REMOVE STENCILS ON THE TRAIL. THERE ARE FAST-TRACK PROJECTS IN THE MASTER-PLANNED THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THESE FUNDS. THE TALK OF SPEED LIMIT ON THE TRAIL ? I DO NOT BELIEVE ARE PRACTICAL OR ENFORCEABLE.

I HAVE BEEN RUN OFF THE TRAIL MYSELF.

I WAS RIDING MY BIKE ONCE, BY MYSELF.

I TURNED THE CORNER AND TO PEOPLE COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WRITING SIDE-BY-SIDE WERE COMING MY WAY.

THEY FORCED ME OFF THE TRAIL AND OFF MY BIKE.

I FELL. THEY WERE NICE ENOUGH TO SEE IF I WAS OKAY. AND THEY STOPPED TO MAKE SURE I WAS OKAY. AND THEY CONTINUED TO WRITE.

AS I TURNED TO GO BACK HOME, I FOUND THEM AGAIN ? THE THREE OF

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CARRYING ON A CONVERSATION. I SAID WOULD YOU PLEASE EXCUSE ME? I AM JUST TRYING TO GET HOME.

THEY DID NOT MOVE. I HAD TO PHYSICALLY GET OFF MY BIKE AND WALK AROUND THEM TO GET HOME.

MY BIKE WAS DAMAGE AND I WAS BLACK AND BLUE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE AREN'T E BIKES, BUT I AM TALKING ABOUT SAFETY ON THE TRAILS. AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE E BIKES TONIGHT, THERE ARE OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES TO CONSIDER AS WELL. INCLUDING OFF ROADS, KAMIKAZE BOARDS, COVER BOARDS, SCOOTERS AND GOLF CARTS.

GOLF CARTS HAVE THE CAPACITY TO GO UP TO 35 MILES PER HOUR.

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

I THINK THE WRITING OF E BIKES SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE PART OF THE BICYCLE RIDING COMMUNITY IN THE TOWNSHIP.

A PERSON RIDING A BICYCLE HAS THE OPTION OF WRITING ON THE

[7. Receive, consider and act upon Incorporation Planning Study matters (as requested by Chairman Bunch); ]

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. >> THANK YOU, MARIANNE.

THAT IS THE END OF THE LIST. IF ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? THIS WOULD NOW BE YOUR OPPORTUNITY. ALL RIGHT.HEN WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. MOVED TO AGENDA ITEM 6. IN

WHICH CASE I NEED TO APPROVE. >> MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL GO ON TO ITEM 7. WE

WILL START WITH KAREN DEMPSEY. >> THANK YOU.

I JUST HAVE A QUICK UPDATE. SO THE INCORPORATION FINANCIAL MODEL OF COURSE IS BASED ON THE BASE BUDGET MODEL.

AND A SERIES OF INCORPORATION INITIATIVES.

WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY ADD-ONS. O THE TOWNSHIP BASE BUDGET FOR SERVICES. THE INITIATIVES AS YOU RECALL WERE DETERMINED OVER THE COURSE OF THE 2018 AND 2020 STUDY.

THE BOARD APPROVED THE INCORPORATION INITIATIVE FUNDING AMOUNTS IN FEBRUARY 2020.

AND THEN, AT LAST MONTH'S PLANNING SESSION, MONIQUE SHARP DID REVIEW ALL OF THOSE WITH THE BOARD.

STAFF IS STILL WORKING ON THE BASE BUDGET.

AND BECAUSE THE BASE BUDGET IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE FINANCIAL MODEL FOR INCORPORATION, WE HAVE NOT FINALIZED IT YET. BUT WE ARE WORKING ON IT.

WE ARE WAITING TO FINALIZE IT UNTIL WE GET CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS FROM THE COUNTIES. SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE AS CURRENT AS POSSIBLE WHEN THAT MOVES FORWARD. WE ANTICIPATE RECEIVING THOSE CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS IN EARLY AUGUST.

AND PLAN TO BRING THE FINANCIAL MODEL FORWARD AT THAT TIME.

WE ARE LOOKING AT A SPECIAL MEETING.

WE WILL BE PULLING THE BOARD IN TERMS OF TIME.

THAT WILL MOST LIKELY ? WE ARE LOOKING AT AUGUST 13 BASED ON THE TIMING WHEN WE CAN GET THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS AND WORK IT INTO THE SYSTEM. ON COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE HAVE THE INCORPORATION WEBSITE. IT'S LIVE WITH ALL THE PREVIOUS MATERIALS. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE ADDED A MAP AND WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKING OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.

THE GIS MAP THAT IS UP THERE SHOWS THE OVERLAPPING JURISDICTIONS IN THE TOWNSHIP AREA.

IN ADDITION, WE RAN AS ONE OF OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS NOTED, WE RAN AN ARTICLE IN THE JULY ISSUE OF THE MAGAZINE.

WILL HAVE ONE FOR AUGUST AS WELL.

AND THEN, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE BOARD CHOOSES TO CALL AN ELECTION, WE ARE LOOKING AT A COMMUNICATION COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PUBLIC FORUM AGAIN FOR THIS FALL.

AT SOME POINT IN LATE SEPTEMBER.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PIECE. > ALL RIGHT, KAREN.

I KNOW I HAVE YOUR SUMMARY AGAIN.

AND THIS IS UPDATED FROM OUR LAST MEETING.

WE HAVE HAD 32 PUBLICLY HELD PLANNING SESSIONS SINCE JANUARY 4, 2018. THAT CONSTITUTES 45 HOURS OF VIDEO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. THAT IS ADDRESSED BY TOPIC AND BY DATE. THE NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS ONLINE, THEY ARE ORGANIZED BY SUBJECT MATTER.

WE HAD CONSULTANTS AND SUBCONSULTANTS PERFORM LAW

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WE HAVE HAD THE HR GREEN WORK ON MUD.

WASTEWATER, DRAINAGE, AS WELL AS THE ROAD CONDITIONS.

ALL THESE REPORTS HAVE BEEN POSTED SINCE THE DAY THAT THEY WERE APPROVED AND PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.

SO GOING BACK TO AUGUST 2018 ? ALMOST 3 YEARS AGO.

THE FIRST REPORT WAS POSTED ON THE SITE.

AND EVERY SUBSEQUENT UPDATE TO A REPORT WERE DIFFERENT SUBJECT MATTER THAT CAME ALONG THE WAY IN THE LAST THREE YEARS POSTED INSTANTANEOUSLY FOR REVIEW. AND PUBLICLY PRESENTED.

TWO PAVEMENT RELATED STUDY, WASTEWATER AND DRAINAGE ? ONE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS ? BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY ONE OUTPUT ? AND PLANNING INITIATIVES. SO I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN CONFUSION OUT THERE THAT SOMEHOW THE STUDY HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED. THE STUDY AND THE SUBPARTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

THE ONLY REMAINING PIECE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR SPRING OF 2020 WAS FINANCIAL OUTPUT. WHICH THE BOARD HAD NEARLY COMPLETED ? DEFERRED IN MARCH AS COVID SET IN.

SO THE ONLY THING LEFT TO FINISH IS WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON COST TO OUR RESIDENTS? EVERY OTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT HAS BEEN PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. IT IS STILL PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.

AND FROM WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING, OUR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS TIES INTO OUR TOWNSHIP BUDGET. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T FOLLOW THE TOWNSHIP BUDGET PROCESS, MY PREDECESSORS ? PUT US IN AN EXCELLENT POSITION BY DOING A FIVE-YEAR BUDGET EVERY YEAR. NOT ONLY A FIVE-YEAR BUDGET EVERY YEAR, WE DO A 30 YEAR CAPITAL PLAN.

AND SO, THIS BOARD AND PREVIOUS BOARDS HAVE PREIDENTIFIED COSTS TO REPAIR OR REMODEL POOLS, PATHWAYS, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.

BY FIRE EQUIPMENT. ALL THESE THINGS ARE BUILT INTO OUR FIVE-YEAR BUDGET. AS PART OF THE INCORPORATION PLANNING STUDY OPERATING RESERVES, CAPITAL RESERVES AND THE THIRTY-YEAR WINDOW WOULD BE ADDITIVE.

THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.

NEW THINGS WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF ARE ADDRESSED IN THE STUDY AND CAPITAL PLANNING. WILL BE WORKING THIS WEEKEND WITH STAFF AND THE BOARD ON STRATEGIC PLANNING INITIATIVES.

WORKING TOWARDS OUR 2022 BUDGET.

THAT WILL BE THE BASE THAT FEEDS INTO THE INCORPORATION FINANCIAL ANALYSIS WILL STOP AND THE TOOL WHERE WHEN THE BOARD FINALIZES THE 2022 BUDGET, EVERYBODY HERE CAN PUT IN THEIR ADDRESS. THEIR HOME VALUE AND SEE DIRECTLY IF AND WHAT THE COST WOULD BE OF INCORPORATION.

TO FRANCHISE FEES. I KNOW MR. MAGGERT SAYS WE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THEM. FRENCH FRIES THESE ARE ON THEIR OWN TAB. BUT THEY ARE THERE.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE THEM. WE ASKED EVERY UTILITY COMPANY TO PROVIDE US WHAT THEY CURRENTLY COLLECT.

WE HAVE ONLY HAD ONE UTILITY RESPOND.

COMCAST. SO THEY ARE ALREADY COLLECTING THE FEES. MR. MAGGERT FORWARDED ME THE EMAIL THAT HE GOT FROM COMCAST. IT WAS OVER $1 MILLION OF THE 7 MILLION HE REFERENCE. SO YES, THERE IS A THING CALLED FRANCHISE FREEZE.T'S IN THE STATE CODE.OU CAN'T WAIVE AS A MUNICIPALITY. SO NO ONE HERE HAS EVER BEEN A DENIER OF FRANCHISE FEES. ALL RIGHT.

IN ADDITION TO THE 45 HOURS, I THINK MANY OF YOU ATTENDED THE FORM ? IT'S THREE HOURS AND FOUR MINUTES OF THE PRESENTATION ON THE INCORPORATION AND TRANSITION PROCESS. AND EVERYTHING NECESSARY FOR US TO GO FROM A TOWNSHIP TO GENERAL LAW CITY.

AND THEN TO A HOME RULE CITY. THREE HOURS AND TWO MINUTES AVAILABLE. THE WEBSITE ALLOWS FOR Q&A'S ? ANSWERED BY OUR CONSULTANTS. OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, PEOPLE COULD INPUT A QUESTION AND A CONSULTANT COULD RESPOND

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THE RPA'S THAT WERE MENTIONED EARLIER ? THAT WAS AN ACTION TAKEN BY THE OLD HOA'S AND TOWNCENTER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. THAT ACTUALLY GOT THE BALL ROLLING. IN 2007, THE RESIDENTS HAD TO VOTE TO CREATE THE TOWNSHIP THAT IT IS TODAY.

THEY ALSO HAD TO APPROVE IMPOSING A SALES TAX ON THEMSELVES. WE DIDN'T PAY THE TWO CENT SALES TAX. THERE WAS ADDITIONAL SALES TAX ADDED ? ONE PENNY. WE HAD ONE THAT WAS COVERING THE FIRE SERVICE I BELIEVE. THEN WE ADDED ANOTHER SALES TAX THAT DIDN'T EXIST. AND THE BOUNDARIES WERE EXPOUNDED TO COVER THE NOW BOUNDARIES OF THE WOODLANDS.

THE RPA'S ARE CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE CITY OF CONROE. THE ESTABLISHED THE PROCESS TO GO FROM A TOWNSHIP TO A CITY. THE FIRST DATE WE COULD HAVE POSSIBLY BECAME A CITY WAS IN 2014.

SO THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING THERE ISN'T A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE. IT'S GOING TO QUIT.

FROM 2007 TO 2021, THAT IS A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF TIME.

THERE WAS A STUDY PRIOR TO THE TRANSITION TO A TOWNSHIP.

THERE WAS A STUDY EARLY ON IN THE TOWNSHIP.

THIS IS ACTUALLY THE THIRD STUDY DONE ON INCORPORATION IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I HAVE OFFERED MYSELF TO ANYBODY WHO WANTS ME TO COME SPEAK.

I AM HAPPY TO COME. I NEVER TURNED DOWN AN INVITATION. WHETHER IT'S A WINDSOR HILL HOA OR EVEN THE CHAMBER. WE HAVE THE MATERIALS TO BRING WITH US. WE HAVE THE STAFF TO BRING WITH US. THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF THAT HAS BEEN RUNNING THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES.

AND THEY OPERATE IN A FULLY TRANSPARENT WAY 100 PERCENT OF THE TIME. REGARDLESS OF WHO THIS BOARD IS. I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THEY HAVE BEEN DOING. THEY DID THE BULK OF THE INTERACTION WITH OUR CONSULTANTS.

I KNOW SOME WILL SAY I STRONG-ARMED ALL THE OUTCOMES.

I WASN'T IN 90 PERCENT OF THOSE MEETINGS.

IT WAS A CONSULTANT ? SUBCONSULTANT DRIVEN AND PEER DRIVEN ? TWO DIFFERENT CONSULTING GROUPS WORKING IN TANDEM TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT IT RIGHT.

IN THE BOARDS ALONG THE WAY HAD TO APPROVE THE FEEDBACK.

AND OUR LAST DECISION THAT WE HAVE FOR THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS TIES TO OUR 2022 BUDGET. SO WE ARE IN A SHORT WINDOW OF TIME. WE WILL HAVE THAT BUDGET DONE.

IT WILL BE ON OUR SITE. AND ANYBODY WHO SPECULATES THE COST ? THEY CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE ACTUAL COST.

THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS THIS BOARD CAN'T TURN US INTO A CITY. THE RESIDENTS OF THE WOODLANDS ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO CAN TURN THIS PLACE INTO A CITY.

THEY GET TO VOTE FOR OR AGAINST.

AND OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATION PIECES WE PUT OUT DON'T YIELD A YES VOTE ? THAT'S THE OUTCOME. IF IT DOES ? THAT'S THE OUTCOME. I'M COMPLETELY FINE WITH WHATEVER THE WILL OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE.

AND THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE VOTED TO APPROVE IN 2007 THAT CREATED THE PROCESS THAT BROUGHT US HERE TODAY.

AND I'LL LET ANYONE ELSE ON THE BOARD SAY ANYTHING THEY WOULD

LIKE TO SAY. >> FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT'S GREAT TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT.

I WOULD SAY THAT IF THIS MANY PEOPLE SHOWED AS MUCH INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT OF THE LAST THREE YEARS, THERE MIGHT NOT BE SO MUCH LACK OF INFORMATION ON THE PART OF SOME PEOPLE WHO FEEL THAT THERE IS A LACK OF INFORMATION.

AND I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO SHOW UP TO THE MEETINGS WHERE INCORPORATION IS DISCUSSED. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT REALLY INTERESTED ME IS WHEN I LOOKED AT THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MORE THAN HALF OF THE MEMBERS WHO VOTED ON THIS REPRESENT BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE WOODLANDS.

I FOUND IT INTERESTING THAT MANY OF THEM REPRESENTED A BUSINESSES OPINION WHEN THEY DON'T RESIDE HERE.

I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF SEVERAL PEOPLE AND OUR SENIOR EXECUTIVES. AND I CALLED ONE AND ASKED HIM IF HE WAS AWARE THAT ONE OF THE COMPANIES REPRESENTATIVES ON

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THEY WERE NOT. THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

ECAUSE THE CEO OF THE COMPANY ALSO SERVES ON THAT BOARD AND THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF IT. I FIND IT INTERESTING AT THIS POINT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE THERE IS A LACK OF INFORMATION AND LACK OF UNDERSTANDING.

I WON'T WHAT THE CHAIRMAN SPOKE TO ABOUT HOW MUCH INFORMATION IS OUT THERE. AT LEAST UNTIL 2018.

BUT I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN QUITE A FEW COMMENTS IN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS THAT THERE IS A LACK OF INFORMATION.

AND PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED PASS THIS NIGHT. SO YOU CONTINUETO STAY INFORMED AND KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AND THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

ONE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED .

THERE WAS A STATEMENT MADE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPERSONAL FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS.

AND I WANT TO STATE ON MY BEHALF, I AM AMBIVALENT AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO THE CORPORATION MATTER.

WHEN I RAN FOR THE TOWNSHIP BOARD, I RAN THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

AND I WAS ELECTED BASED ON THAT PREMISE.

AND I STILL BELIEVE THE RESIDENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THAT DECISION. AND I CAN SAY THAT AT NO TIME HAS THIS BOARD YET HAD ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DATE THAT IT WOULD BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT.

IT HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED. WE ARE STILL WORKING ON INFORMATION NEEDED TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

BUT I APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THAT IS HERE.

AND I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO STAY INVOLVED AND CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THE WOODLANDS AND THOSE WHO REPRESENT BUSINESSES WHO RESIDE IN THE WOODLANDS. O I HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT.

>> OKAY. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE SOMETHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY?

>> IF I MAY. SO I TRIED TO THINK OF A WAY TO CREATE AN ANALOGY OF INCORPORATION AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SINCE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE EDUCATION WORLD DECK DR.

SNYDER, I'M SURE SHE WILL APPRECIATE THIS.

IF WE LOOK AT INCORPORATION AS THE FINAL EXAM, OKAY? ALL YEAR YOU HAVE A YEAR TO STUDY FOR THIS EXAM.

YOU BEEN GIVEN ALL THE HOMEWORK AND QUIZZES AN OPEN BOOK.

BASICALLY, YOUR FINAL EXAM IS AN OPEN BOOK TEST.

SO WE CHOOSE AS STUDENTS WHETHER OR NOT TO STUDY, ASK QUESTIONS, TAKE THE QUIZ. SHOW UP FOR STUDY GROUPS.

THESE ARE ALL POOR PERSONAL CHOICES THAT WE HAVE.

AND BASICALLY THIS HAS BEEN THREE YEARS OF STUDYING FOR A FINAL EXAM. AND WHAT I HAVE HEARD AND CONTINUED TO HEAR EVERY TIME THIS MATTER COMES UP AS WE ARE NOT READY FOR THE FINAL EXAM. PERSONALLY, JUST BECAUSE WE CHOOSE NOT TO BE READY FOR THE FINAL EXAM DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN KEEP ASKING THE TEACHER TO KEEP POSTPONING THE TEST.

EVENTUALLY, THE EXAM WILL HAPPEN AND WE CHOOSE IF WE WILL BE READY. SO I ASK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT YOU HAVE TO GET INFORMED.

AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE EXAM.

FOR NO PURPOSE OTHER THAN THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT.

AND THEY DON'T WANT INCORPORATION.

AND THAT'S WHY THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INFORMED.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS UP TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US TO DO OUR PART AND ASK QUESTIONS AND BECOME INFORMED.

SO WE CAN MAKE A DECISION WHEN, EVENTUALLY, THIS WILL COME INTO FRUITION. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO POSTPONE IT TO THE END OF THE YEAR.

WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S ON THE BALLOT YET.

AND HERE WE ARE, ALREADY PUTTING OUR DECISIONS IN OUR MOUTH BEFORE WE EVEN MAKE A DECISION.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME VERY GOOD COMMENTS TONIGHT.

AND I HAVE TAKEN NOTESARE FACTO TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND WE WILL. BUT WE HAVE TO PUSH FORWARD.

WE HAVE TO DO OUR HOMEWORK PUSHING FORWARD.

SO WE CAN GET THE FINANCIAL MODEL READY FOR THE RESIDENTS.

BUT I HAVE TO TELL EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, EVENTUALLY IT

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DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD NOTHING TO DO! WE COULD HAVE BEEN STUDYING AND STUDY FOR A WHOLE YEAR AND 1/2.

SO I JUST ASKED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, RESPECTFULLY, I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. BUT I DO HAVE TO ASK YOU TO BE INFORMED JUST LIKE DIRECTOR MILNER SAID.

>> OKAY. ANYONE ELSE?

>> I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. I HEARD IT BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE ABILITY TO CALL SPECIAL ELECTION FOR INCORPORATION.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IT HAS TO BE ON A UNIFORM ON ELECTION DAY. SO A SPECIAL ELECTION IS NOT AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM.

SO IT WOULD EITHER BE IN NOVEMBER OR MAY.

SO IT JUST COMES DOWN TO THAT. AND THAT'S IN THE LEGISLATION ? THE STATE LAW THAT COVERS INCORPORATION.

AND EVERYBODY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WHOLE PROCESS WILL TAKE ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.

IF AND WHEN THE PUBLIC DECIDES THAT WE HAVE GROWN UP ENOUGH TO BE A CITY. IT WILL BE ANOTHER FIVE YEARS BEFORE WE ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE ENTIRE ARRAY OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES THAT A CITY SHOULD PROVIDE.

YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC WORKS TAKING OVER THE WATER SYSTEMS. I JUST THINK ? A COUPLE THINGS.

I THINK, MAYBE, UNDER THE HEADING OF THINGS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S COMING. I'VE HEARD A LOT OF TALK ABOUT WELL THE MUD SYSTEM WORKS PRETTY GOOD.

A LOT OF THESE MODS HAVE PAID OFF THEIR DEBTS AND THE RATES ARE LOW. BUT THERE ARE TWO THINGS COMING DOWN THE PIKE IN THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS.

ONE IS $100 MILLION WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY NEED TO PUT INTO THE WATER SYSTEM ? WHICH WILL GO INTO YOUR WATER RIGHTS. AND THEN, THE TRUSTEE BOARD IS ALSO STUDYING A WASTEWATER CONSOLIDATION PLAN.

THE ESTIMATES FROM THAT START 500 MILLION AND GO NORTH.

SO THERE WILL BE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DEBT THAT ENDS UP IN THE SYSTEM. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO REALIZE THAT THE WOODLANDS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 47 YEARS.

AND THERE IS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

AN OLD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

I THINK ONE THING THAT HITS HOME ? ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT GIVING OUR CITIZENS THE CHANCE TO MAKE UP THEIR MIND HOW THEY WANT TO BE GOVERNED IS THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE TALK ABOUT DIVIDING US? I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A SITUATION WHERE THE ENTIRE WOODLANDS, INCLUDING CREEKSIDE PART IS TREATED IN THE SAME MANNER.

RIGHT NOW IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. AND HARPERS LANDING AS WELL.

N THE END, I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.

MAYBE PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING ENOUGH ATTENTION.UT THERE IS CERTAINLY ENOUGH INFORMATION OUT THERE.

AND IN THE END, IT IS IN THE HANDS OF THE VOTERS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INPUT.

WE WILL TAKE IT UNDER CONSIDERATION.

>> I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT.

TODD, I WILL CALL YOU OUT OF THE GALLEY.

>> I HAVE A COMMENT. VERY BRIEFLY I WANT TO THANK THE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO CAME TONIGHT.

AND THEY GAVE US A VARIETY OF OPINIONS AND INPUT.

IT IS APPRECIATED. AND I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE BEST TIME TO HAVE AN ELECTION THAT WILL PROBABLY BE ONE OF THE MOST ELECTIONS OF THE WOODLANDS HAS EVER ENGAGED IN IS ON A DAY THAT MOST PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE AND COME OUT FOR. THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE WHO WORK. BECAUSE THEY ARE BUSY.

AND WE NEED TO STRIVE TO PUT THIS ON THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION DAY OF THE YEAR. WHICH IS COMING UP IN NOVEMBER.

IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN THIS YEAR, THE NEXT YEAR.

BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ON A DAY THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZE AS ELECTION DAY.

NOT AN OFF-PEAK TIME. SO I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS THAT.

THE OTHER THING ABOUT WOODLANDS THAT IS SO SPECIAL IS THAT A LOT OF THIS WAS TRIGGERED AND WHAT HAPPENED WITH KINGWOOD.

AND FOR MANY OF YOU, YOU PROBABLY KNOW I USED TO SERVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL IN HOUSTON. AND THE PEOPLE IN KINGWOOD WERE STILL VERY UPSET ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.

AND THEY WERE ANNEXED BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON AT 1159 ON

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IT WAS A VERY BIG SURPRISE TO THEM.

THEY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS COMING.

I LIVED IN CLEARLAKE. AND I WAS DEVASTATED FOR THEM.

THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO CLEARLAKE ALSO HAPPENED TO KINGWOOD.

AND ALL THE AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE ARE THERE TO PROTECT THE WOODLANDS FROM NEVER HAVING THIS HAPPEN.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, TIME MOVES. AND WE ARE ALREADY APPROACHING THE 2057 DEADLINE. CONSIDERING HOW LONG WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING THIS ? I'LL SAY FROM 1996, REALLY ? PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT. PUTTING FORTH LEGISLATION THAT WOULD MAKE IT MORE OPPORTUNE TO BECOME A CITY.

AND IN 2002, IT REALLY TOOK ON A GREATER ENTITY.

AND IN 2007, EVEN MORE SO. IT IS BEEN PICKING UP STEAM FOR A LONG TIME. 2014 WAS THE FIRST YEAR IT WOULD BE ALLOWED FOR THE ELECTION TO COME TO THE PEOPLE.

WHEN IT DOES, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE WILL BE SURPRISED.

I THINK THEY WILL BE GRATEFUL TO HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE THEIR VOICES KNOWN. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND MAKING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE.

HETHER IT'S THIS NOVEMBER OR ANOTHER NOVEMBER.

I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ON A NOVEMBER ELECTION DAY.

THAT IS THE MOST PROMINENT AND ACCESSIBLE TIME FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE ON CRITICAL MATTERS SUCH AS BECOMING A CITY.

>> THANK YOU. NOW TODD.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

JUST QUICKLY, I WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT AND SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES. BACK IN THE SPRING WHEN TREASURY RELEASED GUIDANCE AND THE METHODOLOGY FOR DISTRIBUTING THESE FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDS ? THEY INTERPRETED THE LANGUAGE TO INCLUDE ONLY INCORPORATED PLACES. AND TREASURY MADE THAT RULE OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH MID JULY ? ACTUALLY LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AND I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED PUBLIC COMMENT ARGUING WHY WE QUALIFY FOR THE FUNDS. WE ASK FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF FROM TREASURY. AND TO ADD US INTO THEIR ALLOCATION LIST. AND IN ADDITION TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS THEY ARE DOING FOR NON-ENTITLEMENT UNITS IN METROPOLITAN CITIES. AND PART OF THE QUESTION THAT WAS. [INDISCERNIBLE] ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC COMMENT IS WHAT HAPPENS TO AN ENTITY WHO CHANGES ITS STATUS DURING THE PERFORMANCE PERIODS OF THE FUNDS? SO THE WAY THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED ? THERE WILL BE A SET OF FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE THIS YEAR AND IS SET AMOUNT NEXT YEAR OR 12 MONTHS AFTER THE FIRST.

BUT THE PERFORMANCE PERIODS EXTENDS SEVERAL YEARS.

I THINK IT'S 2024 IF I REMEMBER RIGHT.

SO THE QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENS TO AN OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE ENTITY OR INELIGIBLE ENTITY WHO BECOMES ELIGIBLE DURING THE PERFORMANCE PERIODS OF THOSE FUNDS? SO WE ARE HOPING AND SEEKING GUIDANCE FROM TREASURY.

SO HAVE A COUPLE UPDATES AS IT RELATES TO THAT.

SO IN RELATION TO THAT ? WHAT WE HAVE IS AN UPDATED SUMMARY OF THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED TO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITIES. I'M SORRY THE GRAPH GETS A LITTLE SKEWED BECAUSE IT INCLUDES COUNTY AS WELL AS LOCAL JURISDICTIONS. IT'S JUST SHY $118 MILLION.

CONROE AS AN ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY WILL RECEIVE JUST UNDER 16 MILLION. AND AS ABOUT A WEEK AGO, THE TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELEASED THE LOCAL JURISDICTION NON-ENTITLEMENT UNITS.

AND INDICATED THEY WOULD APPLY TO TREASURY FOR THAT SHARE OF FUNDING ON AUGUST 2. WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN REGARDS TO OUR PETITION AND NOTIFY WE BELIEVE WE QUALIFY AND ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FUNDING.

SO THEY ARE AWARE WE ARE OUT THERE AND NEED TO CONSIDER US IN THE ALLOCATION. IN THE SMALLER POPULATION NUMBERS ARE BASED ON PER CAPITA RATES.

AS OF TODAY, WE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ARPA FUNDS.ND

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WELL, I JUST HIT THE WRONG BUTTON! THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE TOWNSHIPS ALLOCATION OF THE ARPA FUNDS WHEN WE LOOK AT OTHER TYPES OF PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

AND IT JUST SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF ARPA FUNDING THAT THEY RECEIVE.

IT RANGES FROM 8 MILLION IN SOUTHLAKE TO THE OTHER COMMUNITIES, WHICH ARE ALL ENTITLED COMMUNITIES.

23 MILLION. OUR ESTIMATION IS THE TREASURY DETERMINES IN OUR FAVOR AS A NOT ENTITLEMENT, WE COULD BE UP TO $30 MILLION GIVE OR TAKE. SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE PETITIONING FOR. AND WE EXPECT HOPEFULLY TO HAVE FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH TREASURY.

I HAVE COMMUNICATION TOMORROW WITH TREASURY.

AND I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE STATE ON DISTRIBUTION

OF THE ENTITLEMENT FUNDS. >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND ? AND I SPOKE TO THE CHAMBER AT THEIR BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL. AND I TOLD THEM THAT I GET IT.

SOME OF YOU MAY NOT BE READY FOR IT.

BUT IF WE WERE INCORPORATED TODAY, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO LOBBY FOR COVID AID. IT'S BEING GIVEN TO MUNICIPALITIES.N THE WAY TREASURY GUIDANCE CAME OUT, WHOLLY EXCLUDED 120,000 PEOPLE WHO RESIDE HERE.

THAT IS NOT A PLACE TO STAY. AND WE HAVE ASKED ? ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED TREASURY AS PART OF OUR DILIGENCE IS THE POINT THAT. [NAME] BROUGHT UP.

THIS IS FOUR YEARS OF FUNDING. THE FUNDING HAS SEVEN CATEGORIES YOU COULD USE THE FUNDING FOR.

ONE OF THOSE IS REPLACING LOST REVENUES DUE TO THE COVID SHUTDOWN. WELL, THE TOWNSHIP BUDGET IS OVER 50 PERCENT SALES TAX AND HOTEL TAX AND PROGRAM REVENUE.

AND THAT IS A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF REALIZED LOSS REVENUES SPECIFICALLY TIED TO COVID CLOSURES.

ARPA FUNDS WOULD ALLOW YOU TO BACKFILL THOSE LOST REVENUES.

FROM THE BUSINESS SIDE, IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR BUSINESS GRANTS.

FOR BUSINESSES DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY COVID.

THAT COULD BE GRANTED FROM THE LOCAL RECIPIENT ENTITY.

UNLIKE CARES ACT. CARES ACT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US BEING INCORPORATED. BEING A CITY WOULDN'T CHANGE THAT. THE ONLY THING DIFFERENT WOULD BE IF THEY USED A DIFFERENT NUMBER FOR DIRECTORATE DIVIDEND DISTRIBUTION. BUT THE NUMBER THEY USE FOR POPULATION WAS HALF MILLION. WE ARE STRUGGLING TO WORK OUT THE ALLOCATION THAT THE STATE GUIDANCE PUT OUT ? $55 PER CAPITA FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY. WITH REGARDS TO ARPA, BECAUSE IT'S A FOUR YEAR FUNDING WINDOW AND BECAUSE IT GOES OUT INTO TRANCHES ? A CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT STATUS TO BECOMING AN AUTOMATICALLY ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING. WE AREN'T SITTING HERE RELYING ON THAT. WE ARE TRYING TO GET FUNDED UPFRONT AS A TOWNSHIP. WE COULD HAVE SAT BACK AND SAID OH, THIS IS HORRIBLE. NUMBER WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS COMMUNITIES FEDERAL FUNDING CONTINUOUSLY SINCE THE ONSET OF COVID. AND WE WON'T STOP FIGHTING.

WE WON'T STOP COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DIFFERENCE OF BEING A TOWNSHIP AND CITY.

I DIDN'T WRITE WHERE IT SAYS INCORPORATED AREAS ONLY.

MINOR CIVIL DIVISION ? IF YOU READ THAT DEFINITION ON TREASURY, IT WOULD BE US AS A TOWNSHIP.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE WE EXIST.

THE STATE TECHNICALLY DOESN'T ACKNOWLEDGE WE EXIST AS AN MCD.

WE ARE ALSO WORKING THE STATE ANGLE.

IN ASKING THE STATE TO INTERVENE ON BEHALF OF THE TOWNSHIP. CONGRESS INTENDED US TO GET THESE FUNDS. BUT THE WAY IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN HAS US SITTING WITH A GOOSE EGG.

ZERO. AND I KNOW THAT ? LOOK I CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE WITH ANYBODY. AND I'M SURE WE WILL HAVE TO DO THAT A LOT. RIGHT NOW, OUR ALLOCATION IS NONE. AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL GET FEEDBACK FROM TREASURY AFTER THE COMMENT.

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WE WANT THE ABILITY TO BACKFILL THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN THAT HIT THIS COMMUNITY IN A DISPROPORTIONATE WAY. OUR RELIANCE ON HOTEL TAX IS SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT THAN CONROE'S.TAKE THE COUNTY.

DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW MUCH HOTEL TAX AND SALES TAX THE COUNTY LOSS? NONE.

BECAUSE THEY DON'T RECEIVE ANY. HOW MUCH REVENUE DID THE COUNTY LOSE? NONE.

THEY ARE 100 PERCENT FUNDED BY PROPERTY TAX.

THEY GOT 105 MILLION? CARES ACT FUNDING?

>> YES SIR. >> 105 MILLION IN CARES ACT FUNDING. THEY ARE GETTING 117 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDING.HAT IS $222 MILLION OF FEDERAL AID GOING TO THE COUNTY. WE REPRESENT 20 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION ? 38 PERCENT OF THE TAX BASE.

AND WE ARE SITTING DOWN HERE AT THIS LOW NUMBER OF ZERO.

THE COMMUNITY IS WORTH $26 BILLION.

I KNOW MY FEDERAL TAX BILL ISN'T SMALL.

IF YOU ADDED THE FEDERAL TAXES THAT THIS COMMUNITY PAYS ANNUALLY?ND THESE ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, OKAY? THIS COMMUNITY SHOULD BE GETTING THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL DOLLARS INTENDED TO BE RECEIVED BY ENTITIES LIKE US. DON'T TELL ME THAT THE WOODLANDS FIRE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T COUNT.

OR 120,000 PEOPLE WHO RESIDE HERE DON'T MATTER.

DON'T TELL ME THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN QUARANTINED ? FOR BEING EXPOSED OR ACTUALLY HAVING COVID ? THAT SOMEHOW THIS BUBBLE THAT WE CALLED THE WOODLANDS ? THAT WE DON'T EXIST AND WE DON'T MATTER.

WE DO. AND WE ARE DOING ALL WE CAN TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS IT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ME AGAINST YOU OR US AGAINST THEM. WE ARE IN NO MAN'S LAND WHEN IT COMES TO A GOVERNMENT ENTITY. WE ARE A SPECIAL-PURPOSE DISTRICT. WE MADE UP THE NAME TOWNSHIP.

IT DOESN'T EXIST IN THE STATE CODE.

IT DOESN'T.T IS A DBA. IF WE WANT TO GET ALL THE FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING ANNUALLY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT STATUS. IN 2007, THE BOAT ALSO INCLUDED THE HOA'S AT THE TIME PAYING THE CITY OF HOUSTON $60 MILLION IN ADVANCE NOT TO ANNEX US. AND THEN AGREED TO CONTINUE TO PAY THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND CONROE 1/16 OF OUR SALES TAX FOR 99 YEARS. WHEN PEOPLE SAY NOBODY WANTED US ? REALLY? THEY VOTED TO IMPOSE SALES TAX ON THEMSELVES. THE AGREED TO LET $60 MILLION TO GO TO HOUSTON. AND AGREED TO FUNNEL 1/16 OF OUR SALES TAX. WE ARE LIKE THE PANAMA CANAL.

BUT IT HAS TO GET CONVEYED TO THE LOCALS.

AND THAT'S WHAT INCORPORATION DOES.

IT BRINGS IT BACK TO THE WOODLANDS AND ELIMINATES ALL THOSE CTG RIGHTS. ANNEXATION AND FRAGMENTED GOVERNMENT. I THINK ? GO LOOK AT THE OVERLAPPING GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.

THERE ARE SOME 15 GOVERNMENT ENTITIES THAT CONTROL VARIOUS ASPECTS OF OUR DAILY LIVES. I BET WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM, YOU MIGHT HAVE KNOWN THE SEVEN OF US.

OR FIVE OF US. BUT I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT I CAN'T EVEN NAME THE 77 ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT HAVE VARIOUS RESPONSIBILITIES OVER OUR HOME TOWN.

AND IF ANYBODY COULD, YOU ARE A BETTER MAN OR WOMAN THAN I AM.

SO TODD, I APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE.

WE HOPE WE GET AN ANSWER FROM THE TREASURY QUICK.

IF WE DON'T, WE HOPE THAT AT LEAST THE ANSWER THE INCORPORATION QUESTION. BECAUSE THE SECOND THIS COMMUNITY VOTES YES, TO BECOME THE CITY OF WOODLANDS, WE

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I KNOW WE ALL THINK COVID IS OVER.

IT'S NOT. IF YOU ARE NOT TRACKING THE POSITIVITY RATE, MONTGOMERY WENT FROM THREE PERCENT TO SEVEN PERCENT. A COUPLE HUNDRED POSITIVE CASES TO SEVERAL HUNDRED LAST WEEK. WE ARE NOT ON THE RIGHT TRAJECTORY. WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS.

THERE IS NO TELLING WHAT THE FUTURE IMPACT OF THE CONTINUATION OF THIS PANDEMIC WILL HAVE ON THE COMMUNITY.

WE CAN SAY PANDEMIC TO DATE, WE HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE RELIEF FUNDS. AND IT IS TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING ALLOCATED. WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL?OU HEAR ABOUT THAT? EVERYONE IS FIGHTING FOR THEIR SLICE OF THE TRILLION DOLLAR PIE? THAT GOES TO MUNICIPALITIES AND STATES. IT WILL BE COMING HERE.

SO TAKE SOME TIME TO FAMILIAR SIZE YOURSELF WITH THE INFORMATION. WE DON'T HAVE TO AGREE ON HOW TO INTERPRET THE INFORMATION. BUT WE ARE A RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO YOU. WE HAVE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS THIS WEEKEND TO GO OVER OUR FIVE-YEAR BUDGET.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE HOW DETAIL ORIENTED THIS COMMUNITY IS, SPEND TIME WITH US THIS WEEKEND.

WE WILL BE WORKING FOR FREE FOR YOU.

AND WE WILL COVER WHAT IS OUR FIVE YEAR PROJECTION? IF WE HAVE TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED ? DO WE HAVE THAT COVERED? FROM AN OPERATING BASIS TO A CAPITAL BASIS.

AND WE HAVEN'T. JOIN US HERE AT THE TOWNSHIP ON SATURDAY ? FOR AN EXHILARATING FIVE-YEAR BUDGET DISCUSSION THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE FINANCIAL DILIGENCE THAT THIS BOARD AND PREVIOUS BOARDS HAVE DONE. TO PUT THIS COMMUNITY IN THE NUMBER ONE POSITION.ND A POSITION TO CONTINUE THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE ARE. SO TODD ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY?

>> NO SIR. >> ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TONIGHT FOR INCORPORATION.

I KNOW THAT'S WHAT MOST OF YOU WERE HERE FOR.

WHEN WE GET OUR FIVE-YEAR BUDGET DONE, THAT WILL TIE INTO OUR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS. IF YOU ARE REALLY BORED AND WANT TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE LAST YEAR? THOSE MEETINGS ARE RECORDED. IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT THE TAX IMPACT WAS AS OF LAST YEAR ? GO PULL UP THAT ANALYSIS REVIEW.

IT WILL SHOW YOU. WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW IS UPDATING THE CURRENT. WHAT IS THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITION? THE CURRENT ESTIMATED TAX FLOW COMING IN? SO WE DON'T GIVE YOU NUMBERS THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE. AND I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN JOIN US ALONG THE WAY. AND WE WILL SEE SOME OF YOU, HOPEFULLY, SATURDAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT

[8. Receive, consider and act upon an update from Harris County regarding traffic flow/traffic management in the Creekside Green/Kuykendahl area (as requested by Director Milner);]

THE REPORT? >> SO MOVE.

>> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY IMPOSE? ALL RIGHT.

WE WILL GO ON TO LESS INTERESTING, BUT STILL IMPORTANT AND UPDATE FROM HARRIS COUNTY REGARDING TRAFFIC FLOW, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IN CREEKSIDE PART.

TINA LIU. >> CHAIRMAN? THE REASON WHY I ASKED THEM TO COME TONIGHT AND TALK ABOUT ? WE MET WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A YOUNG LADY THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A FATALITY ACCIDENT AT THE CORNER OF CREEKSIDE GREEN AND KUYKENDAHL. HER FAMILY LIVES ONE DOOR DOWN FOR ME. AND WE ARE DEVASTATED BY IT.

WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF GREAT COMMUNICATION WITH COMMISSIONER CAGLE'S OFFICE. IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.

AND I ASKED THEM TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND POTENTIAL FOR ACTION ON THAT

INTERSECTION. >> ALL RIGHT.

TINA LIU.> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

SORRY TO BE THE LESS INTERESTING TOPIC.

JUST TO GIVE AN UPDATE, WE ARE CURRENTLY EVALUATING THE INTERSECTION. WE ARE CONDUCTING A TRAFFIC STUDY. IN THE STUDY WILL LOOK AT MULTIPLE THINGS. BETWEEN THAT INTERSECTION GEOMETRY, SIGNAGE, PAVEMENT MARKINGS.

EXTENDING THE SCHOOL ZONES AND THE SIGNAL OPERATIONS.

SOME OF THOSE COMPONENTS IS GOING TO BE RELIANT ON COLLECTING DATA. IN THE DATA WOULD BE COLLECTED WHEN SCHOOL IS IN SESSION. SO WE WILL PROBABLY WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER WHEN SCHOOL IS IN SESSION TO START DATA COLLECTION. WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT THE FEASIBILITY OF PUTTING AN EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CREEKSIDE GREEN. AND PART OF THAT WILL BE A PARNERSHIP AND COORDINATION AMONG THE DIFFERENT

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AND THAT'S ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW.

ANY QUESTIONS? >> I KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CREEKSIDE PERK ? WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF THESE HIGH DENSITY HOUSING PROJECTS. IS THAT IMPACTING THIS AREA MORE THAN THE ANTICIPATED ROAD DESIGN?

>> SO ALL DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS MULTIFAMILY UNITS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE US A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF IMPACTS THEY HAVE IN THE AREA.

AND THEY ARE TO MITIGATE IT. THAT BEING SAID, THIS PARTICULAR INTERSECTION DOES HAVE A SLIGHTLY ODD GEOMETRY COMPARED TO OUR OTHER INTERSECTIONS.HERE IT PROBABLY CONTRIBUTES TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN THAT AREA.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE GEOMETRY IN THAT INTERSECTION.

AND MAKING SURE WE CAN ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

VERSUS THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS OCCURRING.

THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MITIGATING WHAT THEY ARE IMPACTING. BUT IN THIS CASE, I THINK IT IS THE INTERSECTION GEOMETRY ITSELF THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

>> WHEN YOU DO THIS REVIEW, WOULD YOU MIND LOOKING AT THE ORIGINAL TRAFFIC ANALYSIS BASED ON WHAT WAS ANTICIPATED VERSUS

WHAT WAS? >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> BECAUSE I KNOW LOOKING AT FORWARD PROJECTING TRAFFIC, A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME HAS TWO CAR IMPACTS VERSUS APARTMENT COMPLEXES. IT REALLY EXPANDS THAT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK EVERYBODY IS AWARE THAT THE AREA OF HOUSTON IS JUST GROWING.

WHAT WE ANTICIPATED 10 YEARS AGO VERSUS WHAT IT IS NOW ? I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE REALIZE JUST HOW MUCH GROWTH HAS OCCURRED. SO WE WILL LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WE CAN MITIGATE FOR, POTENTIALLY.

>> ARE YOU WITH COMMISSIONER CAGLE'S OFFICE?

>> I'M WITH A HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER DEPARTMENT.

>> ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR BEING IN THE WRONG DEPARTMENT.

>> THANK YOU, MISS LOU, FOR COMING.

AND PLEASE CONVEY OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION.

I KNOW THE RESIDENTS IN CREEKSIDE PARK APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK COMMISSIONER CAGLE ARE DOING TO IMPROVE THINGS.HIS IS A SERIOUS MATTER. TO LOSE ONE OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. SHE WAS ACTUALLY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE WOODLANDS. SHE WAS A LIFEGUARD GOING HOME FROM WORK. SO IT'S BECOME VERY PERSONAL FOR US TO IMPROVE THAT. AND TO MAKE SURE THESE THINGS HAD THE LEAST LIKELIHOOD OF HAPPENING TO ANYONE ELSE.

A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THE ANSWER.

BUT MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT OR COMMISSIONER CAGLE'S OFFICE COULD COME ? TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE IMMEDIATE CHANGES. I KNOW TRAFFIC STUDIES AND INTERSECTION CHANGES TAKE TIME. IN BUILDING PATHWAYS TAKE TIME.

BUT SCHOOL IS STARTING VERY SOON.

CAN YOU ADDRESS ANY OF THE IMMEDIATE CHANGES THAT WERE DISCUSSED BY DIRECTOR MILNER AND MYSELF AND NANCY BECKER AT THAT MEETING? AS WELL AS MR. MAXWELL? DID HE BRING THAT UP TO YOU? OR DID ANYONE BRING THAT UP?

>> FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, SIGNAL TIMING OPERATIONS WAS ONE OF THEM. POTENTIALLY A FLASHING YELLOW ARROW. AND FLASHERS.

THOSE I CONSIDER AS LOW HANGING FRUITS THAT WE CAN EVALUATE AND LOOK AT TO SEE IF THEY ARE APPLICABLE TO THE AREA.

A LOT OF THOSE ALSO WOULD REQUIRE COORDINATION AND DISCUSSION WITH THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS.

TO MAKE SURE WE AREN'T PROVIDING A RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE ROAD.

WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY.

AND WHATEVER WE IMPLEMENT HERE IS THE BEST FOR THE AREA AND

NOT JUST FOR THAT INTERSECTION. >> OKAY.

WHEN YOU DO BRING INFORMATION BACK, CAN YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT THE WIDENING OF THE KUYKENDAHL ROAD? COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE WIDENING TO SIX LANES? I KNOW THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AND IS OF INTEREST.

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>> SO AGAIN, THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO HAVE DATA TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT IS OCCURRING.

AS WELL AS OBTAINING CRASH RECORDS.

AND SEEING HOW CRASHES CONTRIBUTE TO THAT INTERSECTION. SO I CAN'T REALLY SAY TOO MUCH.

BECAUSE WE ARE JUST INITIATING THE STUDY.

WE ARE IN THE PART WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO COLLECT THE DATA.

>> THANK YOU. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY? I HAD A LONG MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER CAGLE ON MONDAY.

ONE OF THE THINGS HE WANTED TO ENSURE IS NOT ONLY CREEKSIDE PART RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO THE WOODLANDS AND SURROUNDING AREAS KNEW THAT SAFETY WAS HIS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

AND HE WAS ALSO MOST CONCERNED. IN ADDITION WITH WORKING WITH HARRIS COUNTY TRAFFIC, HIS OFFICE IS LOOKING AT THINGS SUCH AS POSSIBLE SCHOOL ZONES. SIGNAL TIMINGS AND THAT LEFT LANE. AS WELL AS OPTIONS TO CHANGE THE PROTECTED LEFT ON CREEKSIDE TO FLASHING YELLOW.

SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS HE IS WORKING WITH YOU ON.

AND YOUR TEAM. BUT HE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE KNEW THAT SAFETY IS HIS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

AND HE WAS MOST CONCERNED OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

>> ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE WE JUST INITIATED THE STUDY, I CAN'T GIVE TOO MUCH INFORMATION AS TO WHAT THE OUTCOME IS GOING TO BE. BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE WILL BE LOOKING AT. WE ARE JUST LOOKING AT THE INTERSECTION GEOMETRY. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT SCHOOL ZONES AND SIGNAL TIMING OPERATIONS.

AND WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH THIS OVERALL? TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE SAFE TRAFFIC FOR NOT JUST VEHICULAR BUT BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN AS WELL.

>> AND ONE THING WE HAVE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE IS THE COLLABORATION WITH THE PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION AT TIMBER CREEK. AND CREATING A SCHOOL CROSSING PROGRAM THAT DOESN'T CURRENTLY EXIST IN THAT AREA.

THERE ARE AT THE OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

BUT JOHN HAS BEEN HELPFUL FOR THAT.

I HAD A SECOND CONVERSATION WITH STEVE WHO IS THE REPRESENTATIVE AT THE MEETING ON TUESDAY.

AND THEY DON'T HAVE IT IN THEIR BUDGET TO PAY FOR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS, NANCY BECKER AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH REPRESENTATIVES WITH THE PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION.

WE BELIEVE WE COULD GET ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS TO AGREE.

IS IT CLIENT WHO PROVIDES TRAINING FOR THE PROGRAM? SO THEY HAVE A TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WE COULD COLLABORATE TO GET THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS TRAINED.

AND WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE PRIVATE ENTITY TO POTENTIALLY PAY FOR THE MATERIALS FOR THE SCHOOL CROSSING. I WON'T MENTION WHO.

BUT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK GOING ON TO BRING MORE EDUCATION AND SAFETY AWARENESS FOR THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON SCHOOL ZONES. FROM JUNIOR HIGH ALL THE WAY BACK TO ELEMENTARY. IN JOHN HAS PUT A LOT OF WORK

[9. Receive, consider and act upon a quarterly update from the Development Standards Committee; ]

AND HE HAS BEEN QUITE HELPFUL TO US.

>> ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR MISS LOU, CAN WE SECOND THE UPDATE?

>> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

THANK YOU, MISS LOU. AGENDA ITEM 9 ? THE DEVELOPMENT

STANDARDS COMMITTEE. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY ROBIN.NY FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE ROOM? RESIDENTS.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SPECIAL MONTH ANY MENTION THAT JOHN ANTHONY BOUND IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS COMMITTEE. SO WE APPRECIATE JOHN.

HE IS BEEN A GREAT MEMBER TO OUR COMMITTEE.

TONIGHT WE HEAR A REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

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THE TOPICS THAT WILL COVER TONIGHT IS THE DSC MEETING DATA. THIS IS THE DATA THAT IS COMPILED AND WORKED ON BY BOTH STAFF AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

IT IS THE MONTHS IN THE SECOND QUARTER ? APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE 2021. WE WILL TALK ABOUT KEY ISSUES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE OR HAVE COME UP SINCE OUR LAST REPORT.

AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT FUTURE ITEMS.OW TO THE DATUM.

IN THE SECOND QUARTER, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 238 APPLICATION AND PROCEDURAL ISSUES THAT THE MEMBERS OF STAFF AND THE DSC HANDLED. THE COMMERCIAL ITEMS HAVE BEEN PRETTY STEADY. THE RESIDENTIAL ITEMS, WE STARTED OFF PRETTY GOOD IN APRIL.

WE SAW A LITTLE DROP IN MAY. AND IT PRETTY MUCH EVENED OUT IN THE MONTH OF JUNE. WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WOULD WE BE AT THE END OF SIX MONTHS? SO WE HAVE THE FIRST QUARTER AND SECOND QUARTER, WE CAME UP WITH 450 COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS BY THE COMMITTEE AND STAFF.F WE PROJECT THAT OUT AND FORECAST THAT TO THE END OF THE YEAR, THERE WILL BE ABOUT 900 APPLICATIONS FOR THE YEAR. SO HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO WHERE WE WERE IN 2020? WE ARE ABOUT 78 PERCENT OF THE VOLUME THAT WE HANDLED IN 2020. THINK IN 2020, WE HAD MORE APPLICATIONS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE ? AS WE ALL KNOW ? PRETTY WELL AT HOME. WORKING AT HOME FOR THEIR COMPANY OR THEY HAD ADDITIONAL PROJECTS TO ENJOY THEIR HOME.

WE HOPE IN 2022, WE WILL START TO RECOVER.

WHAT WE ARE FINDING IN 2021, THE APPLICATIONS ARE TAKING LONGER IN TIME. THERE IS MORE DETAIL REQUIRED.

THERE ARE MORE COMPLICATIONS. WE JUST FINISHED OUR MEETING LAST NIGHT, AND WE WERE IN FOUR HOURS AND 20 MINUTES.

SO FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, OUR MEETINGS HAVE BEEN AVERAGING FOUR HOURS. AND WE GET VERY GOOD PARTICIPATION BY OUR RESIDENTS. OUR RESIDENTS ARE EXTREMELY PATIENT. SOME HAVE TO WAIT FOR HOURS ON A LINE IN ORDER FOR THEIR APPLICATION TO BE HEARD.

STAFF IS TRYING TO PUT MORE APPLICATIONS ON SUMMARY SO WE CAN SPEED UP THE PROCESS. WE'VE LOOKED TO ADMINISTRATIVE METHODS TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS.

SO WE CUT DOWN THE PROCESS BY INPUT FROM STAFF AND INPUT FROM THE COMMITTEE. WHEN WE LOOKED AT KEY ISSUES, THE JOINT MEETING WITH OUR DRC'S HAS BEEN A KEY ISSUE TO GET BACK ON TRACK. AND WE HAVE THAT BACK ON TRACK AND 2021 COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.

WE HAD THOSE MEETINGS RESCHEDULED ? ONE PER QUARTER.

THE MEMBERS OF THE RD RC HAVE REALLY EXPRESSED THANKS TO BOTH THE STAFF AND THE DSC FOR GETTING THEM BACK ON.

THERE ARE MEETINGS THAT THE RD RC'S HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ITEMS THAT THEY WANT TO DISCUSS.

WE EXCHANGE BEST PRACTICES. IDEAS ON HOW TO HANDLE APPLICATIONS. AND WE CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THE RD RC'S TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE WHEN AN APPLICATION HAS TO COME UP FOR A VARIANCE. WE TAKE THEIR COMMENTS INTO ACCOUNT. AND IT IS ALL PART OF OUR PACKAGE. SO WE REALLY VALUE THE RD RC'S.

OUR LAST MEETING, WHICH WAS 30 JUNE, WE ANNOUNCED THAT WE WILL START TO LOOK AT STANDARDS REVIEW.

SO THE RD RC'S PROVIDED AREAS THAT THEY WANT US TO LOOK AT.

WE HOPE BY OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR, WE WILL HAVE ALL THE REVIEWS COMPLETE. WE DON'T THINK IT WILL BE A BIG TASK. WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT 2019, WE DID A LOT OF REVIEW AND KEY CHANGES.

LIKE SHORT-TERM RENTALS. TO GET THAT IN PLACE TO MEET BOTH THE LAW AND ALSO THE RESIDENTS COULD ENJOY THEIR PROPERTY. LOOK AT WHAT IS TRENDING.

LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE REDISCOVERING THEIR BACKYARD FOR VARIOUS REASONS. WE ARE ALSO SEEING HOME BUSINESSES ? NOT SO MUCH TRENDING, BUT PEOPLE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT THEM AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO WHERE THEY WORK

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I THINK THAT IS GOOD WHEN RESIDENTS TAKE AN INTEREST IN THEIR COMMUNITY. WE VALUE THAT.

AND SOMETIMES WE WILL TABLE THE HOME BUSINESS FOR A SECOND MEETING. TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION OR PERMIT MORE RESIDENTS TO COME IN ON A PARTICULAR ITEM.

I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN ARTICLES IN THE PAPER ABOUT HOME BUSINESS. BUT WITH THE ADVICE AND GUIDANCE OF OUR ATTORNEY, BRETT STRONG, WE REALLY APPLY THE STANDARDS AND COVENANTS OF WHAT WE CAN DO STOP AND WE APPLY IT IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY FOR THE BEST RESULT OF THIS COMMUNITY. WE CAN APPROVE A HOME BUSINESS FOR UP TO TWO YEARS. AND A LOT OF THE NEWER HOME BUSINESSES, WE HAVE APPROVED THEM FOR ONE YEAR SO WE CAN SEE WHAT TAKES PLACE. IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, THEY CAN COME BACK IN FOR RENEWAL FOR A TWO-YEAR TIME PERIODS.

WE HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF DILIGENCE ON THIS.

BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.

ALTHOUGH WE APPRECIATE PEOPLE WANT TO USE A PART OF THEIR HOME FOR HOME BUSINESS, WE STILL WANT TO KEEP THE HOMETOWN SPIRIT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALIVE.

OUR NEXT JOINT MEETING WITH THE RD RC'S IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 21. AND THAT WILL CONTINUE WITH THE REVIEW OF OUR STANDARDS. AND ANOTHER FUTURE ISSUE IS THE DFC WILL CONTINUE MEETING VIRTUALLY.

SINCE WE PUT THIS TOGETHER, SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

AT OUR AUGUST MEETING WE WILL REVIEW FORMALLY WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS WILL BE ON MEETINGS. WE ALL KNOW GOVERNOR ABBOTT HAS RESCINDED HIS EMERGENCY DECLARATION.

SO THAT PUTS THE OPEN MEETINGS TO BE EFFECTIVE STARTING SEPTEMBER 1. WE WILL HONOR OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND WILL WORK WITH STAFF SO WE WILL BE READY FOR FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS IN THIS BUILDING. I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO DO A LITTLE SOCIAL DISTANCING WHERE WE CAN. AND IT WILL BE GOOD TO BE BACK

IN THE BUILDING FACE TO FACE. >> WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE ON THE DSC BOARD. ANYBODY WHO WANTS REALLY SOMETHING EXTRA FUN TO DO AND NOT GET PAID FOR ? AND I'M SURE TO GET YELLED AT AND CONFRONTED AGGRESSIVELY BY YOUR NEIGHBORS ? THE DSC, WE APPOINT TWO MEMBERS EVERY YEAR.

THOSE APPLICATIONS START IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER.

WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR QUALIFIED PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO WITH FOUR HOURS OF THEIR LIFE EVERY WEEK.

TWICE A MONTH. IT'S MORE OF A COMMITMENT THAN JOINING THE RESERVES! AND THE PAY IS WORSE!

>> I WAS GOING TO PIGGYBACK ? WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE RD RC'S, I KNOW THEY ARE STRUGGLING.

THE STAFF AS WELL. SO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO GET A VIEW OF HOW THE PROCEDURE WORKS ? IN TERMS OF COVENANT ENFORCEMENT AND HOW THE PROCESS WORKS FOR VARIANCES ? IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO GET AN EDUCATION.

NOT QUITE AS MUCH OF A COMMITMENT AS A DFC BUT A GREAT PLACE TO START. AND THERE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR

PEOPLE. >> IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO START! AND YOU SEE THE TYPE OF APPLICATIONS THAT COME THROUGH YOUR COMMITTEE.

AND YOU ARE ELECTED BY YOUR RESIDENCE IN THAT VILLAGE.

IT'S REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND EXPERIENCE.

IF THERE IS ANY QUESTION FROM THE BOARD, WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD CONCLUDE OUR REPORT.

>> I WON'T ASK YOU A QUESTION, BUT I WANT TO POINT SOMETHING OUT. MOST PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED WHEN IT COMES TO A TRANSITION OF GOVERNANCE.

OUR COVENANTS PROTECTS THIS COMMUNITY.

ALL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND ALMOST ALL COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES HAVE COVENANTS APPLY TO THEIR PROPERTY TITLE.

WHETHER WE ARE A TOWNSHIP OR A CITY, THOSE DON'T GO AWAY.

THE WORK BEING DONE BY ART AND HIS GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS DOESN'T GO AWAY. SO THE ABILITY TO CONTINUALLY PROTECT THE COMMUNITY TO REMAIN EXACTLY THE WAY IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE WAS CODIFIED WHEN WE ALL BOUGHT PROPERTY.

WE ALL AGREED TO THOSE COVENANTS.

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THOSE COVENANTS DON'T GO AWAY. > AND THE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME FORWARD WITH THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION TO STAFF. IF IT NEEDS A VARIANCE, THEN WE COME UP TO THE DFC. WE ARE SO FORTUNATE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS STAFF.

A DEDICATED STAFF WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.

AND THAT MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.

AND IT SUPPORTS THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TO DO OUR WORK.

SO A SHOUT OUT TO THE STAFF. AND DIRECTOR BROWN, IS THERE

ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? >> JUST A SPECIAL THANKS AND APPRECIATION FOR THE STAFF. A LOT OF THAT WORK ? JUST LIKE WE HAVE SUCH A FANTASTIC BEHIND THE SCENES STAFF.

THEY ARE ADAMANTLY WORKING FOR US.

AND I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU THE PREPARATION THEY MAKE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO DO OUR REVIEWS.

IF ANYBODY EVER WANTS TO SEE A NEW HOME APPLICATION, THAT COULD TAKE UP TO AN HOUR JUST ON ONE PROPERTY.

IT IS VERY DETAILED. THAT IS WHY SOME OF OUR MEETINGS LAST FOUR HOURS. I KNOW LAST MONTH OR THE MONTH BEFORE, WE STARTED IMPLEMENTING THE TEMPORARY SIGNAGE WILL BE REMOVED FROM MOST OF OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

I STILL SEE SOME STILL BEING OUT IN THE ROADS.

MAYBE YOU COULD HELP US COMMUNICATE THAT TO OUR

COMMERCIAL ?. >> AS A PSA, BRIO IS NOW OPEN.

THEIR HOURS ARE CURRENTLY LIMITED BECAUSE THEY ARE HAVING STAFFING ISSUES. DON'T LET THEM GO DOWN!

GO VISIT THEM 3:00 ON. >> THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

>> WILL THEY HAD ONE OF THOSE TEMPORARY SIGNS THAT SAID WE ARE OPENED. YES.

CONVEY THE MESSAGES. AND REMIND EVERYBODY THAT SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES ARE BACK ON.

>> WELL, THE STAFFING COMMITTEE IS BEING AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THE BUSINESS HAS A GOOD OPENING AND GOOD START. AND STAFF IS WORKING ON THAT.

I THINK ONE OF THE KEYS THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL FOR STAFF AND COMMITTEE IS BEING PATIENT WITH THE APPLICANTS.

PATIENT WITH ANYONE THAT HAS BUSINESS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON A PARTICULAR APPLICATION. AND DEMONSTRATING FAIRNESS, RIGHT? SO PEOPLE FEEL THEY HAVE A FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR VIEW.

IT MIGHT NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME OR GET THEM WHAT THEY WANT, BUT I THINK IT REALLY HELPS PEOPLE WALK AWAY AND SAY AT LEAST I GOT A FAIR REVIEW. THEY LISTENED TO ME.

>> DIRECTOR BROWN MENTIONED THIS AND I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS. THE NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION AND THE MAJOR REMODELING CONSTRUCTION THAT I SEE.

ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE GROGAN'S MILL. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO BRING US SOME INFORMATION ON HOW MUCH OF THAT IS OCCURRING? THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO ME.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NUMBERS YOU ARE SEEING? ARE YOU SEEING AN UPTICK IN MASSIVE REMODELING? OR MAJOR REMODELING? ARE NEW HOMES GOING IN? IT SEEMS LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT TRENDING ? TO ME DRIVING AROUND GROGAN'S MILL, I SEE THAT TRENDING TO.

>> WE CAN DEFINITELY DEVELOP THE STATISTICS AND GET THAT

INFORMATION TO THE DIRECTORS. >> I WANT TO GET SOME OF THAT DATA BEFORE THE NEXT QUARTERLY REVIEW SO YOU HAVE AN

OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT. >> THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

GOING BACK TO WHAT CHAIRMAN SAID ABOUT INCORPORATION IS THAT THESE HOMES ARE OCCUPIED BY SENIORS AND AROUND THEM, YOUNGER FAMILIES ARE MOVING IN. WANTING TO EXPAND, REMODEL, OR BUILD NEW ? THAT CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEIR PROPERTY TAXES AND APPRAISED VALUE. IN ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF BECOMING A CITY IS THAT WE CAN ELECT TO GIVE OR ENACT PROPERTY

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AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT. ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WOODLANDS IS APPROACHING THEIR 50 YEAR BIRTHDAY.

A LOT OF THINGS WILL BE CHANGING IN SOME OF THE OLDER VILLAGES. IT'S AN IMPORTANT FACT.

SO IF YOU COULD BRING THAT INFORMATION, IT WOULD BE

HELPFUL. >> WE DEFINITELY CAN DO THAT.

WE NEED TO KEEP OUR SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY ADD A LOT OF VALUE AND ARE GOOD HELP TO THE YOUNGER

FAMILIES. >> AND ANOTHER POINT THAT CAME UP IS THE NUMBER OF SENIORS WILL BE ALMOST DOUBLING IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. GOING FROM ABOUT 18 PERCENT AND DOUBLING IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. SO I'M IN A POWER GROUP!

(LAUGHING)! >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND

SECOND TO RECEIVE THE REPORT? >> SO MOVE.

>> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.THANK YOU, ART. AND I DID SEND A TEXT OUT ASKING TO TURN THE AIR CONDITIONING DOWN.

I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN CUTTING COSTS DURING COVID, BUT AC IS NOT OPTIONAL IN TEXAS (LAUGHING)! IT'S A LITTLE WARM. WE'VE HAD ABOUT 100 TIMES OUR NORMAL CAPACITY! SO ?! [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT.

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YOU HAVE THE REPORT? >> THAN YOU.

IT'S A PRETTY SKINNY REPORT TONIGHT.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING THIS MONTH.

WE NORMALLY TAKE JULY OFF AT THE TASK FORCE.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS GOING ON THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE AWARE OF. THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT HAD A CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS. ALAN BLACK, WHO HAS BEEN THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ONE WATER TASK FORCE HAS BEEN NAMED DIRECTOR OF THE HARRIS FLOOD DISTRICT. I WISH HIM NOTHING BUT WEALTH.

HE IS A TERRIFIC GUY. I HOPE YOU WILL STILL FIND TIME TO COME TO OUR MEETINGS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT BEGAN COMING REGULAR TO THE ONE WATER TASK FORCE MEETING, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. WHAT WE HAVE GOTTEN IS 100 PERCENT PROFESSIONALISM.ND NOTHING BUT HELP FROM THEM ON A MYRIAD OF ISSUES. EVEN IN AREAS WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION.UT EVERYBODY DOES UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE END, HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT IS GOING TO HANDLE ALL THE WATER THAT FLOWS THROUGH MONTGOMERY COUNTY AT SOME POINT. SO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DONE AND WISH ALAN THE BEST OF LUCK.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW OR NOT, BUT TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD PUT TOGETHER SEVERAL REGIONAL PLANNING ? FLOOD PLANNING BOARDS. ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.

IN THE INITIAL APPOINTMENTS TO OUR BOARD, REGION SIX, THE WOODLANDS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY WERE REPRESENTED BY A SINGLE ENTERGY AND THAT IS SJRA. THANKS TO A LOT OF DILIGENT LOBBYING ON THE PART OF ONE WATER TASK FORCE MEMBERS.

DR. NEIL GAYNOR, WHO WAS ON MUD SIX HAS BEEN NAMED A VOTING MEMBER OF THE REGION SIX FLOOD PLANNING GROUP.

AND THAT IS A HUGE COUP FOR THIS AREA.

OUR VOICE WILL BE HEARD ON POLICY MATTERS THAT THIS BOARD WILL BE WORKING ON. FINALLY, THE PANTHER BEAR BRANCH IMPROVEMENT ? WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD HAS PROVIDED ONE AND AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR GRANT AND A $10,000,000.30 YEAR INTEREST FREE LOAN.

WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS OF HOW TO HANDLE THE DEBT SERVICE. IT SEEMS UNFAIR FOR MUD 67, WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THIS WATER SPREAD SITS TO TAKE ON OTHER RESPONSIBILITY. THE COUNTY ISN'T INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN FUNDING. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THIS DONE.

I THINK THIS IS VITAL AND NEEDS TO GO FORWARD.

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AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. THIS PROJECT WILL ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. WE ARE COMFORTABLE AND SO WAS THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS THAT THEY IMPROVEMENT WOULD HANDLE THE NEW 100 OR CURRENT 500 YEAR EVENT.

SHOULD WE GET IT DONE. SO WATCH THIS SPACE.

WE'VE ASKED THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR AN

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I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND

TO ACCEPT? >> MOVE.

>> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

NICK? ACTUALLY, SORRY.

DR. NUNES. >> THANK YOU.

FOURTH OF JULY WAS JUST TWO WEEKS AGO.

IT WAS A VERY FUN EVENT. AN ALL-DAY EVENT FOR MANY OF OUR STAFF. WE JUST WANT TO GIVE THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY A RECAP OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY.

RED-HOT AND BLUE, AND CAME INTO THOUSAND 16.

THIS IS THE ONLY THE THIRD ONE THAT WE HAVE DONE.

WE HAD A RAIN OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

AND LIKE EVERYTHING HAPPENED LAST YEAR ? REALLY TRIED TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY FIREWORKS CELEBRATION IN COOPERATION WITH LONE STAR COLLEGE. SO WE HAVE THREE EVENTS UNDER OUR BELT AND WE CONTINUE TO LEARN.

WE HAVE DESIGNED THE EVENTS AROUND THE RESIDENCE.

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MORE RESIDENT INTERACTION WITH IT AND CREATE MORE SPACE. THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE ACROSS ALL 14 POOLS. THIS IS THE ENTIRE DAY.

FIVE PARKS, BOTH BOAT HOUSES AND TEXAS TREE VENTURES.E ESTIMATE THAT HUNDRED AND 28,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE A PART OF THIS THAT DAY. IT WAS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS IT'S MYSELF, OUR PARKS LEADERSHIP, OUR CENTERRANGERS. ? ? PUBLIC SAFETY IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU HAVE 100,000+ PEOPLE IN A POSSIBLE AREA. EACH SITE ALSO HAS AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN.ED-HOT POOL WAS ONE OF OUR EVENTS OF THE DAY. THAT WAS RENAMED AND RECONCEIVED FROM SPLASH DAY. THAT WAS THE DIRECTION FROM OUR BOARD. WE SAW A DEEP CREASE NUMBER.

WE WERE DOWN TO 1500 PEOPLE THAT DAY.

THERE WAS A LOT OF WEATHER. VERY MUCH RAIN.

IN THOSE FORECASTS HELD SO PROBABLY 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON.

SO WE ARE EVALUATING THOSE NUMBERS.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE A GREAT SPONSOR, KROGER, THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS. THE OTHER FACILITIES DID WELL.

[SLIDE] I THINK WE ARE PROJECTING 80,000 THIS MONTH. AND IT CONTINUES ON.

>> IF YOU DON'T KNOW T IS, IN THE AIR ROPES COURSE!

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OF FUN! >> I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING ? ? [LAUGHTER]

>> WE CAN PUT A TREEHOUSE THERE! THE LARGEST PART OF THE DAY IS RED-HOT AND BLUE EXTRAVAGANZA.

THAT IS OVER FIVE PARKS. IT TAKES OVER THE ENTIRE LAKE WOODLANDS AREA ? 75 ACRES. MULTIPLE DIFFERENT VIEWING PARTS AS WELL AS THE WATERWAY. OWN GREEN IS ACTIVATED WITH TWO STAGES. AND I KNOW A COUPLE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ? WE THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE VIP AREA AT NORTHSHORE PARK. YOU CAN SEE THE EXPENSES FOR THE EVENT. THE LARGEST IS RELATED TO THE FIREWORKS ALONG WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AND FACILITATION OF THE SET UP OF EACH PARK. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD TWO MEETINGS OF 2022 LOOKING AT WHAT WE ARE DOING.

TAKING FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS AND OUR OWN STAFF IDEAS.

AND ALSO OUR INTERACTIONS THAT DAY WITH RESIDENTS ON HOW TO CREATE A SPECTACULAR ONE FOR 2022.

I BELIEVE NICK AND HIS TEAM DEVELOPED A ? YOU HAVE IT? A VIDEO, WHICH BRING SOME OF THE WORDS I JUST SAID IN GRAPHIC PICTURE FORMAT.

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[VIDEO] >> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, DR. NUNES. I'LL TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK THE STAFF AND PARKS IN. AND ALSO, I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHAT WE DISCOVERED WERE THE EVENTS THAT WERE PRODUCED BY THE TOWNSHIP. I KNOW EVERETT ISON, THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING. THE TOWNSHIP DOESN'T PRODUCE THE PARADE. THEY WILL COME IN AUGUST AND GIVE THEIR REPORT. SORRY THAT YOU GUYS WERE ATTACKED WITH THE IMAGES OF THE VEHICLES THAT WERE DIRECTLY BEHIND YOU. YES, I WAS PERSONALLY ATTACKED AS WELL. BUT THAT JUST COMES WITH THE FREE JOB. NOBODY WANTS OUR COMMUNITY SUBJECTED TO VULGARITIES AT A FAMILY-FRIENDLY PARADE.

WE DON'T CONDONE IT. AND WE WILL WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THERE IS NO REPEAT OFFENSE.

IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.E APOLOGIZE TO THE COMMUNITY AND ANYBODY THERE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN.

AND WE WILL GET THEIR FULL REPORT AND UPDATE AND CHANGES AT A MEETING IN AUGUST. SO WE DID PARTICIPATE.

MYSELF AND DIRECTOR NELSON AND DIRECTOR GIBBS.

I GOT KICKED OFF THE FLOAT. SO THERE WERE PEOPLE THERE ENFORCING RULES! [LAUGHTER] APPARENTLY, IT'S FROWNED UPON TO THROW CANDY FROM A FLOAT! SO I JUMPED OFF THE FLOAT AND KEPT A SAFE DISTANCE.

AND I DIDN'T PUT ANYBODY'S EYE OUT THAT I AM AWARE OF.

IT WAS A GREAT EVENT EVEN WITH THE LIGHT RAIN.

AND IF YOU WENT TO THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY ? THAT WAS A LABOR OF LOVE FOR DOCTOR NOONS AND I. IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, WE ALL USED TO GO AND TRY TO FIGHT FOR THE PARKING SPOT AT THE WOODLANDS MALL. AND SOME BUILDINGS GOT BUILT AND WE COULD NEVER SEE THE SHOW AGAIN.

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AND UNDER THE FOUNDING OF THIS COUNTRY.

SO WE WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO INCLUDE RESIDENT FOCUSED SHOWS.

ONE OF THE SHOWS WAS IN CREEKSIDE PART.

WHERE THEY WEREN'T ENCUMBERED BY TOURISM.

IT WAS RESIDENT FOCUSED. IN THE SHOT AT TOWN GREEN PARK'S STILL WENT ON. SO IT'S JUST A WAY ? THE TOURISM LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER ? HOTEL TAX AND SALES TAX. WE HAVE TO PUT ON A SHOW FOR THE TOURISTS BUT WE WANTED SOMETHING FOR THE RESIDENCE.

AND I THINK WHAT YOUR TEAM HAS DONE WITH THE THREE SHOT APPROACH MAKES IT AN APPROACHABLE EVENT NOW.

NOBODY IS SPENDING AN HOUR TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE MALL.

I THINK IT'S MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE.

CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK IT TURNED OUT GREAT.

>> IT WAS A GREAT WEEKEND FOR SURE.

A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU GET A THORN IN YOUR FINGER OR SIDE, YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THAT ONE THING AND FORGET ABOUT ALL THE OTHER HEALTHY PARTS. SEEING THIS PHOTO, IT WAS UPSETTING. IT'S DISGRACEFUL WHAT SLIPPED IN THERE. IT'S DISGUSTING.

IT DOESN'T REPRESENT WHO WE ARE AS AMERICANS OR PEOPLE OF THE WOODLANDS. AND I NOTICE IT HAS AN EXISTS ON IT AND THIS DOES NOT REPRESENT THE CHRISTIANITY WE BELIEVE IN. SO WE TAKE THE THORN AND WE NAME IT. WE GET RID OF IT AND MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T COME BACK AGAIN.E CELEBRATE ALL THE BEAUTY ON 4 JULY WEEKEND. I AM MY KIDS PAID A LOT OF ATTENTION TO HOW MUCH ENJOYMENT AND JOY WAS CREATED IN THE MOMENT. WE WALKED AROUND TAKING IT ALL IN AND WATCHING PEOPLE HAVE THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES.

AND I WAS SO PROUD OF THIS COMMUNITY.

PROUD OF THE PEOPLE WHO VISITED AND HOW RESPECTFUL THEY WERE.

AND I WAS ALSO VERY PROUD OF YOU AND THE STAFF.

I COULDN'T EVEN BEGIN TO WRAP MY MIND AROUND ALL THAT WENT INTO MAKING IT SO SUCCESSFUL. LAW ENFORCEMENT TO THE STAFF YOU HAD MAKING THINGS HAPPEN. IT WAS AMAZING.ND I AM SO EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT CELEBRATES GOOD THINGS IN THIS COUNTRY. AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR VETERANS ? WHO ARE VERY SPECIAL TO US.

AND ANY TIME ANY OF THEM ARE DISRESPECTED, ALL OF US SHOULD SAY SOMETHING. BECAUSE OF THEIR SACRIFICE ? THEY FOUGHT FOR AND WORKED HARD FOR US TO BE HERE FREELY.

TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS OURSELVES AND STAND FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.

>> THANKS FOR YOUR WONDERFUL COMMENTS, DIRECTO NELSON.

THAT WAS THE WETTEST PARADE I HAVE EVER BEEN INVOLVED WITH! BUT IT WAS SO COMFORTABLE. AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE TO BE RAINED ON FOR AN HOUR AND AND A HALF AND STILL BE COMFORTABLE. I THINK THE RAIN WAS JUST THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE. AND THERE WAS NO WIND.

AND EVERYBODY JUST FELT THAT THEY WERE HAVING THIS WONDERFUL BATH (LAUGHING) OR SHOWER! ANYWAY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS SO PLEASANT BEING WET. BUT IT WAS! I THINK WE ALL ENJOYED IT. I WAS DEVASTATED TO HEAR THE OTHER ACTIVITY HAPPEN. NONE OF THE PARADE COMMITTEE APPROVED OR SUPPORTED THAT. IT WAS A TOTAL BREACH OF PROTOCOL. AND THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO REWORK THE WHOLE PROTOCOL SO IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST READ THE RULES THAT EVERYBODY ATTENDED TO AND ADHERE TO.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A BAD APPLE OR TWO.

AND WE ALL KNOW THERE ARE BAD APPLES.

THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE GARDEN OF EDEN.

SO THE PARADE ENTRY RULES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING.

THIS IS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE PARADE COMMITTEE ? STUART SCHRADER. ALL ENTRIES ARE REQUIRED TO EXHIBIT PROPER DECORUM. AND FAMILY ORIENTED BEHAVIOR IN THE STAGING AREA AND DURING THE PARADE.

COMMUNICATE THESE RULES TO EVERYONE IN YOUR ENTRY.

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TO ME ? WHAT'S NOT CLEAR ABOUT THAT? GOING FORWARD, IT'S ALWAYS THE CASE OF THE PEOPLE DO ABIDE BY THE RULES ARE OFTEN THE ONES WHO GET HURT WHEN SOMEBODY BREAKS THEM. SO WE WILL GO FORWARD AND HAVE WONDERFUL PARADES IN THE FUTURE AND WONDERFUL RED-HOT AND BLUES IN THE FUTURE. WE JUST ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE MIND OUR MANNERS AND BEHAVE LIKE AMERICANS WHO LOVE OUR

COUNTRY! >> I JUST WANT TO SAY ? I THINK WE SPENT AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME ON TWO MISGUIDED INDIVIDUALS. WHAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON IS IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE FOURTH OF JULY'S.

NOT JUST THE WOODLANDS BUT ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AIRLINE TRAVEL ? DOMESTIC CARRIERS RAN.

[INDISCERNIBLE] FOR TWO WEEKS AROUND 4 JULY.

THE AAA CENTER ? THAT WAS THE BIGGEST ROAD TRIP WEEKEND IN THREE YEARS. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT EVERYBODY WAS READY TO CELEBRATE.

WHAT HAS BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT YEAR ? 15 MONTHS WITH COVID.

LET'S CELEBRATE WHAT A GREAT EVENT THIS IS.

AND THERE WILL ALWAYS BE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SPOIL A PARTY.

BUT WE WON'T LET THESE GUYS SPOIL OUR PARTY.

I THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING ? NOBODY WANTS TO TOLERATE THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR. PERIOD.

IT'S NOT RESPECTFUL. SO GREAT JOB BY YOUR STAFF.

I KNOW NICK AND HIS STAFF PITCHED IN AS WELL.

IT'S A PRETTY GRUELING DAY FOR ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU. IT WAS SPECTACULAR!

>> DR. NUNES, IF I MAY? THE FIRST TIME IN 32 YEARS I MISSED 4 JULY. SO I APOLOGIZE.

BUT I COMMEND YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR AN EXEMPLARY FOURTH OF JULY. BUT I WANT TO PERSONALLY SAY AND APOLOGIZE, EVERETT, THAT THAT VEHICLE CAME IN BY YOUR GROUP. AND IF THERE IS ANY THOUGHTS FROM OTHERS ? WE KNOW THAT THAT IS NOT TRUE.

IT IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I REMEMBER IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAS HAPPENED.

FROM STUART SCHROEDER WHO LEADS 4 JULY ? AND HAS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS ? LOOKS FORWARD TO SHARING WITH THE COMMITTEE WHAT HE AND HIS TEAMRECOMMEND AFTER WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT .

AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY, I APOLOGIZE.

>> WE WILL TURN NICK INTO THE. [INDISCERNIBLE] OF THE RED-HOT

AND BLUE FESTIVAL. >> ARE RIGHT.

>> BUT THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM.

>> YEAH. ONCE I JUMPED OFF THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM! DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND

TO RECEIVE THE REPORT? >> MOTION.

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>> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

REGARDING A BIKES ON THE PATHWAY.

DR. NUNES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS ABOUT THE BIKES. THE MAJORITY OF THIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN SEEN BY THE BOARD LAST MONTH.

BUT THERE ARE SOME UPDATES AS WELL.

THE PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISSUE. ALSO WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT OUR PATHWAY SYSTEM. OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE BIKES, CURRENT LAWS AND PUBLIC PROCESS THAT COULD BE USED IF THE BOARD SO CHOOSES. ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION, THERE WAS PUBLIC COMMENT IN MARCH AND APRIL.

INDIVIDUALS CAME FORTH REQUESTING A BIKES BE PERMITTED. THEY ARE NOT PERMITTED RIGHT

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WHICH IS ANYTHING THAT IS NOT HUMAN POWERED.

SO WE CONSIDER THESE ELECTRIC BIKES MOTORIZED VEHICLES.

THE BOARD REVIEWED THIS INFORMATION IN JUNE.

AND ALSO DID A REVIEW IN 2013. OR THERE WAS PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THIS ISSUE IN 2013. ANY CHANGES TO AN ORDER REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING. IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD IN ANY WHICH WAY ? TO ALLOW A BIKES OR MOTOR COAL VEHICLES ON THE PATHWAY, A PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE REQUIRED. THE PATHWAY IS REALLY WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS KNOWN FOR. THE MAJORITY OF PATHWAYS ARE EIGHT FOOT CONCRETE PATHWAYS THAT WIND THEIR WAY THROUGH THE WOODS. THERE ARE WINDING AND DEVELOPED, HONESTLY, NOT TO FORCE THE REMOVAL OF TREES.

THAT IS WHY YOU SEE SO MANY ZIGZAG THROUGH THE FORESTS.

THEY WERE TRYING TO SAVE TREES IN THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND THAT HAS BEEN HISTORICAL. AND WE STILL DO IT TODAY AS WE ADD MORE PATHWAYS. IT IS THE HIGHEST USED COMMUNITY USED BY WALKERS AND WRITERS.

IT DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT CONNECTS SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES AND SHOPPING AREAS TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AS A COUPLE OF THE PUBLIC MEMBERS BROUGHT UP ? THE BIKE MASTER PLAN.

IT NOTICED THAT THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. ONE BEING THE ROADS AND ONE BEING THE PATHWAY.

AND IDENTIFY THAT THE ROADS ARE FOR MOTORIZED USE.

THE PATHWAYS ARE FOR NONMOTORIZED USE.

AND THERE WAS CLARIFICATION ON THAT WHEN IT TALKED ABOUT THE HIGHER RATES OF SPEED FOR BICYCLISTS SHOULD BE ON THE ROADS. ANOTHER LARGE ISSUE THAT IS BEFORE US ? THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL INDICATD THEY RECOMMEND NO CHANGES TO BE MADE IN OTHER WORDS NOT ALLOW MOTORIZED VEHICLES ON IT. SO IT'S NOT ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL.

AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL RULE.

IT SAYS IF IT IS MOTORIZED IT IS NOT ALLOWED.

THEORETICALLY IT IS EASIER TO ENFORCE.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BIKES, THERE ARE CLASS ONES AND TWOS AND THREES. THEY ARE PETAL ASSISTED.OME HAVE THROTTLES. SOME GO UP TO 28 MILES PER HOUR. YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT OTHER THINGS THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED ELECTRIC OR MOTORIZED.

THAT FOLKS MIGHT WANT TO RIDE ON PATHWAYS.

YOU SEE SCOOTERS. THE UNIVERSAL WHEELS.

LONG BOARDS WITH MOTORS. INCLUDING GOLF CARTS.

THERE ARE LAWS ABOUT GOLF CARTS.

BUT SHOULD THAT OR SHOULD IT NOT BE CONSIDERED MOTORIZED? O WE PUT ALL FOUR EXAMPLES TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED MOTORIZED VEHICLES BY PUBLIC.

SO SHOULD THESE BE ALLOWED OR ARE THEY ALLOWED UNDER VARIOUS TEXAS LAWS? HOUSE BILL 2188, WHICH ADDRESSES SECTION 504 OF THE TRANSPORTATION CODE IDENTIFIES THAT THE BIKES ARE ALLOWED IF THE PATHWAY ? OR IF THE ROAD ? BIKE PATH IS SOLELY FOR THE OPERATION OF BICYCLES.

THE CHALLENGE IS OUR PATHWAYS ARE INTENDED FOR ROLLER BLEEDERS, WALKERS, CYCLISTS AND SO ON.

AND SO IN GENERAL, THE BIKES WOULD BE ALLOWED IF THE PATHWAY WAS SOLELY DEDICATED TO A PATH AS MENTIONED.

BUT WE HAVE THAT POTENTIAL TO ALLOW THEM IF WE SO CHOOSE.

IF THE BOARD WANTS TO GO DOWN THIS ROAD THEY CAN DO A REVIEW PROCESS. THERE WOULD BE A PUBLIC GATHERING OF INFORMATION. AND WE ARE PROPOSING A WEB-BASED SURVEY. NOT SCIENTIFIC, BUT GETTING PUBLIC COMMENT BESIDES MEMBERS WHO ARE COMING TO THE BOARD.

TAKE IT TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COUNCIL.

THEN THE BOARD CAN REVIEW THE INFORMATION.

AND ALONG WITH THAT, TWO ENGINEERS.

TO UNDERSTAND OUR UNIQUE PATHWAY SYSTEMS.

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AND I CALLED THEM AND I ASK HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY YOU ARE ALLOWING E BIKES. AND A LOT OF THE ASPECTS OF THE TRAIL SYSTEMS AND WHAT IS UNIQUE TO WOODLANDS IS THE TRAIL SYSTEMS DO NOT HAVE UNDERSTORY.

THEY ARE NOT AS CURVY AS OUR SYSTEM.

SO THE LINE OF SIGHT IS HUNDRED AND 50 FEET AHEAD.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TYPE OF VEGETATION.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF THAT ENGINEERING REVIEW.

HOW CAN THIS BE DONE? CAN IT BE DONE AT A SAFE SPEED? MAYBE WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND A LOCATION MATRIX? SO THERE ARE COSTS WITH THAT. AN ENGINEER STUDY IS $100,000.

IF WE REMOVE THE STENCILS ? $40,000.

AND THERE WOULD BE A SMALL SAVINGS THAT WE WOULD NOT BE DOING THE STENCILING YEAR AFTER YEAR.

WE DO ABOUT 1/3 OF THE STENCILS ON A THREE YEAR RECOMMEND STATION. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS. >> I'LL TAKE THE HIT ON THIS.

I HAD A DISCUSSION EARLIER IN THE WEEK WITH DR. NUNES AND WITH JEFF AND JOHN. OUR PATHWAY SYSTEM IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO THE USE OF E BIKES.

AND I THINK OUR POLICY OF NOT PERMITTING THEM ON THE PATHWAY SYSTEM IS CORRECT. HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US ACCELERATE ? WE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS ? MODIFY THE CURBING ALONG LAKE WOODLANDS AND DOWN KUYKENDAHL ROAD SO BIKES CAN BE REGULATED SAFELY WITHOUT SWERVING INTO THE ROADWAYS TO AVOID THE INTERSECTION CURB CUTS.

USING THESE TWO ROADS, YOU CAN ACCESS THE SPRING CREEK GREENWAY. AND THAT'S A VERY LONG PATHWAY SYSTEM. I THINK THIS WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD COMPROMISE TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO USE E BIKES WITHOUT ENDANGERING THE CURRENT USERS.

>> AND I THINK FOR THE BIKING COMMUNITY, WE HAVE SET ASIDE FUNDING FOR THE SPRING CREEK RECREATIONAL CORRIDOR.

I THINK MOST OF SPRING CREEK IS 12 FEET WIDE.

WE ASKED COMMISSIONER CAGLE TO EVEN CONSIDER GOING TO 14 OR WIDER IN AREAS WHERE THE SPAN ALLOWS.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR THAT AREA ? FOR EVENTS.

LITTLE RUNS. BIKES.

WALKS. ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT TAKE UP TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND GO INTO THE STREETS.

WILL REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE WHITER WE GET THAT PATHWAY SYSTEM, THE MORE EVENTS WE CAN SHIFT DOWN OFF THE TRAFFIC. DON'T BLOCK RESIDENTS IN AND ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL AMENITIES. I THINK YOU CAN EVEN RIDE A HORSE. THERE IS A HORSE TRAIL.

>> THERE IS ANOTHER PARALLEL TRAIL AND DISCUSSION TWO.

>> NOT ONLY ASPHALT! SO A GOOD MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER CAGLE ON ADVANCING THE SPRING CREEK RECREATIONAL CORRIDOR. I KNOW THEY ARE READY STARTED CONSTRUCTION AND PART OF THE PATHWAY SYSTEM.

? ? ANYWAY, SO THEY ARE ALREADY STARTING.

AND WE ARE WILLING AS A BOARD AND WE HAVE SET MONEY ASIDE AS A BOARD TO ADVANCE THE TIMELINE ON THE PROJECTS.

AND IF WE CAN GET SOME COSTS AROUND THOSE? BECAUSE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THESE CURB CUTOUTS IMPEDING THE SHOULDER A NUMBER OF TIMES. WE NEED TO QUANTIFY THE COST OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO DO THAT.

THEY ARE CURB CUT OUTS? OR ARE THEY TO COUNTIES?>> IT

DEPENDS. >> OKAY.E MAY NOT OWN THE CURB CUTS? THEY MIGHT BE THE COUNTIES.

SO THAT WOULD CREATE ANOTHER TWO-PARTY DISCUSSION TO SEE IF

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EFFORT. >> I HATE TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE.

YOU HAVE COMMISSIONER CAGLE, COMMISSIONER RILEY AND

COMMISSIONER NOVAK. >> IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION OF COST, I WOULD ASK MR. POWERS WHAT THE COST WOULD BE TO IT.

AND MAKE THAT ACCESSIBLE. BUT HE SAID 250,000 FOR THE

LAKE WOODLANDS PIECE OF THAT. >> WE CAN REVISIT THAT DURING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION THIS WEEKEND.

I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE ITEMS WE KNOW WOULD BE WORTHY OF DISCUSSION OVER THE WEEKEND. FOR TODAY, NOT TAKING ACTION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IN ORDER TO LOOK AT THE VIABLE ALTERNATIVE. AND TO CLARIFY, E BIKES ARE NOT PROHIBITED FROM BEING USED ON OUR PATHWAY SYSTEM WHEN YOU ARE PEDDLING. SO YOU CAN HAVE AN E BIKE.

YOU CAN PEDDLE ON OUR PATHWAY. AND IF WE COULD CREATE AN E BIKE CORE DOOR, THEN YOU CAN GET OFF THE PATHWAY SYSTEM AND E BIKE YOURSELF ON THE SHOULDER.

>> IS THAT REALLY RIGHT, MR. POWERS?

>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. WE CANNOT PROHIBIT AN E BIKE GETTING ON THE PATHWAY IF IT IS NOT IN THE E BIKE SUPPORT MODE.

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO MOTORED ASSIST OR NONMOTOR TO ASSIST.

>> RIGHT. THE BIKE IS CAPABLE OF BEING PEDDLED. WHICH BRINGS ME TO A POINT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HUMAN POWER? IT SHOULD BE SOLELY HUMAN POWERED.

BECAUSE E BIKES ARE ESSENTIALLY A COMBINATION OF E ASSIST AND PEDDLING. TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR ABOUT

WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. >> AND DISCUSSIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH MY STAFF IS WE HAVE TO REINFORCE SOME OF THE DIRECTIONS THAT I AM HEARING FROM TODAY.

ABOUT WHERE HE BIKES STAND AND OTHER MOTORIZED VEHICLES.

AND PUSH THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO REMIND THEM OF WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE PATHWAYS ARE.

AND GET SOME MORE LITERATURE OUT THERE.

>> THEY WERE NOT DESIGNED FOR SPEED.

I AM TELLING YOU AS A FORMER RUNNER, YOU CAN'T EVEN RUN FAST

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A STICK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PATHWAY SYSTEM.

THEY WERE NOT DESIGNED FOR SPEED.

>> ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL TAKE THAT UP OVER THE WEEKEND. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS WORKING ON THAT FOR US. NOW ONTO AGENDA ITEM 13 WHICH IS EXCITING. I DON'T WANT TO STEAL ANYONE'S THUNDER. WE'LL HAVE MS. MONIQUE SHARP

COME UP. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I JUST HAVE A SHORT FIVE SLIDE TO WALK US THROUGH THAT.

BACK IN MAY, THE BOARD DID AUTHORIZE US ? AUTHORIZED STAFF TO PROCEED WITH A BOND REFUNDING.

TO REFINANCE SOME OF THE BONDS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN 2011 AND 12. AND WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THOSE STEPS. THE FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS OUR CREDIT RATING. WHEN WE ISSUE OR REFINANCE THAT. [INDISCERNIBLE] AND IN THIS CASE IT WAS STANDARD. FOR UNLIMITED TAX BONDS, ALSO REFERRED TO AS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

THESE ARE SUPPORTED BY A PROPERTY TAX RATE.

OUR CREDIT RATING WAS RAISED FROM A AA TO A DOUBLE A+.

THAT RATING REFLECTS IMPROVED ECONOMIC METRICS AND STRONG FINANCES. THEY DID COMMEND US ON OUR VERY STRONG RESERVES FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.

AND THAT IS DUE TO THE POLICIES PUT IN PLACE BY THIS BOARD AND PREVIOUS ONES. AND IT ALSO TALKED ABOUT OUR CONSERVATIVE BUDGET ASSESSMENTS AND GROWING REVENUE SOURCES.

O PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, THE A+ RATING IS CURRENTLY THE HIGHEST RATING ACHIEVED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR AN UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY. SO CAN BE ASSIGNED OF AN INCORPORATED AREA BUT WE ARE IN THE HIGHEST RATED CATEGORY THAT

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AND ONLY 53 OF ABOUT 1200 CITIES AND TOWNS IN TEXAS HOLD THIS AA RATING. IT'S ABOUT FOUR PERCENT.

I KNOW WE AREN'T A CITY OR TOWN, BUT THEY LOOK AT SOME OF THIS FOR US. BECAUSE WE MORE CLOSELY RESEMBLE THAT THEN WHAT A TRUE SPECIAL DISTRICT PURPOSE WOULD.

SO THAT IS QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT.

THE S&P REPORT ? THE UPSIDE IS WHAT WOULD PUT UPWARD PRESSURE OR WHAT THEY WOULD BE LOOKING AT IN ORDER FOR US TO ACHIEVE THE NEXT LEVEL. SO THEY ARE SAYING ASSUMING ALL THE FACTORS REMAIN STABLE WE COULD RAISE THE RATING FURTHER IF ECONOMIC METRICS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE WHILE NET DEBT RATIOS DECREASE. PWE KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF OVERALL NET THAT IS RELATED TO VARIOUS OVERLAPPING ENTITIES WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP BOUNDARIES.

TO THE RATING ANALYSTS, IT'S INTERESTING.

AS A SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT, THEY ARE REVIEWING OR PUTTING A NEGATIVE HIT ON DEBT WE DON'T HOLD.

SO THE MUD DEBT ? THE COUNTY DEBT ? ALL THE OTHER ENTITIES THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TOWNSHIP ? THEIR DEBT LOAD COUNTS AGAINST OUR RATING. AND AS A CITY, THEY DON'T CONSIDER NON-ENTITY DEBT. WE WOULD ACTUALLY GET A RATING BASED ON OUR OWN RETAINED DEBT AS A MUNICIPALITY.

IN WHICH CASE, WE WAY OVER QUALIFY FOR AAA.

>> THAT IS TRUE IN THAT REGARD. YES.

AND JUST ON THE DOWNSIDE SCENARIO.

THEY COULD LOOK AT LOWERING THE RATE IF WE WERE TO SUSTAIN OPERATIONAL IMBALANCE OR INCREASE DEBT.

SO THAT IS NOT IN OUR PLANS OF COURSE.

AND WE HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THAT SITUATION.

BUT THAT IS PART OF THEIR CONDITIONS.

IN THE S&P REPORT, THEY TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC INDICATORS AND FINANCIAL INDICATORS. I DID NOT LIST ALL OF THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE NUMEROUS. BUT WE WERE RATED VERY STRONG IN ALL THE ECONOMIC INDICATORS AND FINANCIAL INDICATORS.

IN SOME CASES, EXTREMELY STRONG DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE IT WAS.

SO THAT WAS OUR CREDIT RATING. IN THE SAME CREDIT RATING GOT ASSIGNED TO OUR REFUNDING BONDS.

SO THEY WERE DOUBLE A+. THE SALES DATE WAS ON JULY 20.

SO THIS PAST TUESDAY THE TOWNSHIP RECEIVED FIVE BIDS.

THE WINNING BIDDER WAS HUNTINGTON SECURITIES.

AND WE ARE LOOKING AT A CLOSING DATE OF AUGUST 17.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE IS WE HAVE REFUNDED SOME BONDS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN 2011 AND 2012 ? ABOUT 8.1 MILLION WAS REFUNDED. THE MATURITIES ARE FROM 2023 TO 2032. IN THE INTEREST RATE ON THE OLD BONDS, ON AVERAGE, WAS 3.1 PERCENT.

WE TRADED THOSE BONDS THAT WERE AT 3.1 PERCENT FOR AN INTEREST RATE FOR 1.22 PERCENT. AND THAT WILL SAVE THE TAXPAYERS JUST UNDER 900,000 OVER THE REMAINING LIFE OF THESE BONDS. AND YOUR PLAN OF FINANCE THAT

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SO ALL AROUND, GREAT NEWS AND GREAT SAVINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND TAXPAYERS.E WILL CONTINUE UNTIL WE CLOSE ON

THESE BONDS IN AUGUST. >> THAT'S FANTASTIC.

AND IT ALSO ILLUSTRATES NEAR-TERM TIMING BENEFITS FOR ANY PARTICULAR LONG-TERM CAPITAL ASSET.F YOU ARE LOOKING AT FACILITIES OR INFRASTRUCTURE, 1.22 PERCENT IS INCREDIBLY LOW. AND I THINK ON AN INFLATIONARY BASIS IT'S BETTER THAN PAYING CASH.

GREAT JOB ON IMPROVING OUR RATINGS.

IT WAS DECADES IN THE MAKING. I APPRECIATE THIS.

AND I'M SURE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMMENTS AS WELL.

>> BRAVO! >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH! AND PRESIDENT JOB ? I KNOW THIS IS A BIG CAUSE OF YOURS, SO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR WORKING SO HARD.

>> YOU'VE HAD A FUN WEEK! YOU BEEN WALKING AROUND SMILING

ALL WEEK! >> IT'S BEEN A GOOD WEEK.

YES SIR. >> THANKS, MONIQUE.

AS ALWAYS, GREAT JOB. >> ARE RIGHT.

WITH ALL OF OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR

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WE ARE GOING TO RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.

TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS ? ? AND DISCUSS IT NETWORK

PURSUANT TO ? ? AND >> OKAY.

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AND WE WILL GO TO AGENDA ITEM 16.

WE HAVE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT OF $4800 FOR THE WILLIAMS FIRE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZATION TELEPHONE BUDGET.

AND EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT IN FINAL FORM AS APPROVED BY

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SECOND? >> SO MOVED.

>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY POST? THE EXTENSION HAS BEEN APPROVED.

WE NOW GO TO ANY AGENDA ITEM FOR NEXT MEETING.

>> I THINK WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF ANDREW ABOUT THE TENNIS COURTS? JUST SO WE CAN TALK CLEARLY SINCE WE ARE GOING TO BUDGET SESSIONS SOON THAT WE GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT

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