Aug 16, 2021 Board Budget Workshop #1 and Special Meeting

[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;]

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>> WELCOME TO THE WOMEN'S TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS WORKSHOP.

I'VE ASKED DIRECTOR NELSON TO LISTEN INVITATION.

>> LET'S PRAY. GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO START THIS DAY. WE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE GOOD. YOUR MERCY ARE NEW EVERY MORNING. YOUR WORD SAYS EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT COMES FROM YOU AND COMES FROM ABOVE SO WE THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE. LAUGHTER AND LOVE AND FAITH AND FREEDOM. WE PRAY FOR THOSE AROUND THE WORLD TODAY WHO DON'T ENJOY THE FREEDOM THAT WE ENJOY. WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE HURTING, PRAY FOR OUR FRIENDS IN HAITI WHO ARE ENDURING UNIMAGINABLE SUFFERING. WE ASK THAT YOU EMPOWER YOUR PEOPLE TO BE AGENTS OF HOPE AND HEALING IN THIS WORLD THAT IS OFTEN SO BROKEN.

WE ASK YOU BE WITH US THIS DAY THAT YOU CONTINUE TO GIVE US WISDOM SO WE CAN ALIGN WITH YOUR WILL AND YOUR WAY. AS WE CRUNCH NUMBERS, AS WE LOOK AT ALL THE GREAT BLESSINGS THEY HAVE POURED OUT TO THIS COMMUNITY, WE ASK THAT YOU CAN YOU TO ALLOW US TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF YOUR GENEROSITY, YOUR FAITHFULNESS IN YOUR GOODNESS.

PROTECT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR NUMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, BE WITH OUR STUDENTS AS ARE IN SCHOOL, OUR EDUCATORS PUT YOUR HAND OF PROTECTION ON THEM NOT JUST OVER THIS COMMUNITY BUT ACROSS THIS GREAT NATION. AGAIN, WE GIVE YOU PRAISE FOR WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO. WE PRAY THIS IN YOUR NAME IN JESUS AND THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AMEN.

>> WE NOW TO THE PLEDGE OUR FLAGS.

>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION, UNDER GOD BUNCH AND ONE NATION, UNDER GOD COUNTRYMEN HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

>> NOTICE THE MEDIA HAS POSTED 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE. POSTING OCCURRED WITHIN THE

[2. Call meeting to order;]

>> DIRECTOR BROWN.

>> HERE >> DOCTOR MILLER

>> DIRECTOR NELSON >> HERE

>> DIRECTOR RIESER IS WALKING IN THE DOOR.

>> DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS >> HERE

>> DIRECTOR SNYDER >> PRESENT.

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

>> WE ARE ALL HERE AND ACCOUNTED FOR. MOTION TO ADOPT OUR AGENDA.

>> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND.

>> ALL A FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> AYE >> RECOGNIZING PUBLIC OFFICIALS WE HAVE NONE IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. AND MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY.

SO WE CAN GO OR MUST ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WANTS TO SPEAK. NOPE, ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO TO

[6. Receive, consider and act upon the 2021/2022 Anticipated Debt Service Collection Rate and the 2021 Excess Debt Service Tax Collections Report, as certified by the Montgomery County Tax Assessor/Collector;]

TECHS >> REPORT.

AS CERTIFIED BY MONTGOMERY COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR. WE'LL HAVE MONIQUE SHARP.

>> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THIS IS AN ANNUAL HOUSEKEEPING ITEM IF YOU WILL THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THAT'S TYPICALLY BEEN ON A CONSENT AGENDA ON THE REGULAR AGENDA BUT WE JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED IT. THIS IS A CERTIFIED LETTER FROM THE MONK FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY TECH SUCCESSOR AND IS BASICALLY SAYING THAT THE ANTICIPATED DEBT SERVICE COLLECTION RATE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR IS ANTICIPATED TO BE 100 PERCENT BASED ON PAST EXPERIENCE AND THEN OUR EXCESS DEBT SERVICE TAX COLLECTIONS FOR THE PRIOR YEAR WAS ZERO AND IT'S SET AT ZERO ANYTIME THE TAX ASSESSOR CERTIFIES 100 PERCENT IT'S AUTOMATICALLY ZERO IN OUR CASE IT WAS ZERO, ANYWAY. SO THAT'S IT, THE LETTER IS ATTACHED IN YOUR MATERIALS AND JUST A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.

>> SO MOVED.

>> WITH EMOTION AND DOING HAVE A SECOND?

>> SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE >> AYE

[7. Receive, consider and accept a report regarding the 2021 no-new-revenue tax rate and voter-approval tax rate; ]

>> ANY OPOSSED?. MOTION CARRIES.

>> RECEIVED CONSIDER AND ACT ON 20 TREATMENT NOTE NEW REVENUE TAX RATE AND VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE. MONIQUE.

>> THANK YOU. THIS INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED AT YOUR MEETING THIS PAST FRIDAY, AUGUST 13 BUT THIS IS NOW THE OFFICIAL REPORT BECAUSE ATTACHMENTS INCLUDE THE TAX-CUT

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AS A MATTER WE HAVE TAXABLE VALUES FOR THE 2021 TAX YEAR WHICH WAS THE 2022 BUDGET FOR THE TOWNSHIP WAS 21.7 BILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 731 MILLION OUT OF THAT ABOUT 233 WERE NEW PROPERTIES AND THEN ALSO PART OF HER REPORT WAS THE NOTE NEW REVENUE RATE WHICH PREVIOUSLY REFERRED TO THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE AS I REPORTED ON FRIDAY IS 21.81 CENTS PER $100 OF VALUE. THE DEBT SERVICE RATE IS 1.46 CENTS AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE PREVIOUSLY CALLED THE ROLLBACK RATE IS 23.25.

>> ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TAX RATE CUT RELATIONS?

>> MOVED TO ACCEPT.

>> SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[8. Receive, consider and act upon the 2022 Preliminary Budget for The Woodlands Township;]

[9. Receive and consider Budget Initiatives related to the 2022 Preliminary Budget and Five-Year Plan;]

>> AYE >> ANY OPOSSED? . AGENDA ITEM 8 CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE BUDGET.

21 ? 22 BUDGET.

>> I'M GOING TO DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET.

MOST EVERYTHING YOU ARE GOING TO SEE HERE YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN AT EITHER YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOPS BACK AROUND THE 24TH ? 25TH OF JULY. WE A PRESENTATION ON APRIL NIGHT BUDGET ON JULY 28. THE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THAT POINT TIME IS THE PROPERTY ADDING THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLL AND THE IMPACTS ON THAT.

ENEMY ALSO VIEW THAT AT YOUR FRIDAY MEETING AND AUGUST 13. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORKSHOP I'M GOING TO GO OVER IT ONE MORE TIME AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. AND THEN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT PRIMARILY GOING TO FOCUS ON TODAY ARE THE BUDGET INITIATIVES WHICH IS THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM ON YOUR THING SO WILL END UP TAKING THESE TWO AND A CONJUNCTION WITH EACH OTHER.

I WANT TO START OFF WITH THE OVERALL FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT AS WE HAVE DEVELOPED THIS 2022 BUDGET IT CONTINUES TO PROVIDE ESOURCES TO REMAIN HIGH LEV OF SERVICES AND AMENITIES THAT ARE DESIRED BY THE CITIZENS. IT POSITIONS THE TOWNSHIP TO BENEFIT FROM IMPROVING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AS THEY OCCUR. IT PROVIDES BUDGET FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE OF CHANGING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS WE ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY. IT MAINTAINS THE POSITIVE CASH FLOWS AND RESERVE BALANCES THAT ARE EVALUATED FAVORABLY BY THE CREDIT RATING AGENCIES AS REPORTED LAST MONTH WE JUST RECEIVED AN UPGRADE IN OUR GEO BOND RATING TO AA PLUS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE THE POLICIES OF THE BOARD THAT ALLOWED US TO GET THERE.

AND THEN FINALLY IT'S NOT BURDENED WITH UNFUNDED PENSION COSTS OR LARGE VACATION/SICK BALANCES DUE TO TYPES OF BENEFIT PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I JUST MENTIONED ABOUT OUR CREDIT RATING WHICH SPEAKS TO THE BOARDS EFFECTIVELY MANAGING THE LONG-TERM DEBT AND THEN IN OUR (WORD?) WE MAINTAIN THAT AA RATING AS WELL. I WANT TO POINT OUT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RECENT CREDIT AGENCY COMMENTS REGARDING THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP THEY STATED THAT WE HAVE A HISTORY, A STRONG MYSTICAL JUDGMENT OF HEALTHY FUN BALANCES AND LIQUIDITY.

OUR CURRENT STRENGTH A LARGE TAX BASE AND STABLE FINANCIAL OPERATIONS WITH SOUND RESERVES AND LOW DEBT AND PENSION BURDENS. AND THAT WE BENEFIT FROM CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING AND CAREFUL EXPENSE MANAGEMENT THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE STABLE FINANCIAL RESERVES. GREAT REPORT FOR THE FOR THE CREDIT AGENCIES THAT REFLECTS THE POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY THE BOARD REFLECT IT IN THIS BUDGET.

>> I KNOW THERE WAS ONE OTHER FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT DURING THIS RATING UPGRADE BECAUSE WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE QUALIFIED FOR AAA. AS A SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT OR AS OUR TOWNSHIP THEY CURRENTLY USE ALL THE OVERLAPPING GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT AGAINST US AND THE RATING PROCESS. AND I BELIEVE THEY TOLD US IF WE WERE INCORPORATED AS A CITY THAT THEY DO NOT COUNT THE OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES OVERLAPPING DEBT AGAINST AMINAH'S POLITIES RATING.

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>> THAT IS CORRECT. IT'S FACTORED IN THERE BUT MUCH LESSER DEGREE.

THE WHOLE FORMULA CHANGES WHEN SHE BECOME AN CORPORATIVE, THAT'S CORRECT.

>> WHICH IS MORE FAVORABLE TO THE RATING.

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.

>> DID YOU ARE THE TOWNSHIP PROVIDE THEM WITH THAT AMOUNT OF DEBT FROM THE OVERLAPPING OR THEY JUST COLLECTED ON THEIR OWN THEY DON'T ASK US?

>> IT'S RECORDED TO BE PART OF OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT BUT IF YOU ARE NOT A CITY WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT. STILL WITH THE ANNUAL REPORT THE FORMULA IS JUST DIFFERENT FOR THE CREDIT RATING AGENCIES ONCE WE ARE INCORPORATED SO IT WOULD NOT FACTOR TO THE DEGREE THAT IT WAS.

>> IT'S LIKELY THE REASON FOR THAT THE TOWNSHIP IS ESSENTIALLY A MINI COUNTY.

IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEBT THE OVERLAPPING DEBT. JUST NOT QUITE THAT WAY IN TEXAS.

>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT, YES SIR. WITH THAT, WERE GONNA MOVE TO AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET. YOU HAVE YOUR BUDGET BINDERS THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED TO YOU AND WE CAN ALWAYS GO TO THE DETAILS IF THEY'RE NECESSARY.

I'M GONNA TRY TO PROVIDE THE OVERVIEW TO THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

JUST SO YOU KNOW ALL THE DETAILS ARE IN THEIR SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT BINDER IS PRESENTED IS POSTED IN FULL ON THE TOWNSHIP'S WEBSITE. SO ALL THE DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE THERE, AS WELL.

>> REMIND ME THE OPERATING COSTS OF THE FIRED APARTMENT ARE ALREADY IN THE 132 77.

>> THE OPERATING COSTS ARE NOT BECAUSE ARE WAITING ON THE GRANT.

>> IT'S ACTUALLY THE CAPITAL COST.

>> THE CAPITAL COST. SO, THE REVENUE TOTAL PROJECTED FOR 2022 IS $132.7 MILLION.

YOU CAN SEE THE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE COLUMN HOW THOSE FUNDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH OPERATING EXPENSES AND HUNDRED 10 MILLION, CONTRIBUTIONS TO RESERVE BALANCES AT 12 MILLION, DEBT SERVICE IS 6.1 MILLION, OUR X MINIATURE IS NOT FUNDED BY THE RESERVE TOTAL ABOUT 800,000 AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE ABOUT AN UNDEDICATED BALANCE IN THIS POINT IN TIME OF 3.3 MILLION AND WERE GOING TO DISCUSS I'VE MENTIONED A SECOND AGO THE BUDGET INITIATIVES AND SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT FULLY DEVELOPED THAT HAD BEEN UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BUT WE STILL WORK TO GO ON THOSE SO THE POSSIBILITY OF RESERVING THOSE FUNDS FOR THOSE PROJECTS. IN TERMS OF OUR REVENUE SOURCES, HERE IS WHAT MAKES UP THE $132.7 MILLION, SALES TAX AND PROPERTY TAX I'M SORRY HOTEL TAX, MAKE UP ABOUT 50 PERCENT AND ACTUALLY HERE'S THE CHART AND PROPERTY TAX MAKES UP ABOUT 36 PERCENT OF OUR TOTAL REVENUE SOURCES. WHEN YOU COMPARE THIS TO OTHER CITIES THAT ARE OUR PEERS THAT 36 PERCENT IS VERY MUCH LOWER THAN WHAT A TYPICAL CITY RELIES ON PROPERTY TAX MORE THAN WE DO SO WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT STRONG SALES TAX AND HOTEL TAX BASE. HERE IS A LOOK AT OUR SALES AND TAX REVENUES GROWING FROM THE 2021 FORECAST 256.2 MILLION AND WE ARE PROJECTING $57.9 MILLION AND 2022.

WE WENT OVER THIS AND QUITE A BIT OF DETAIL AT THE FRIDAY MEETING WHY WE ARE PROJECTING THAT GROWTH. HERE IS A LOOK AT OUR CURRENT, OUR LATEST, REPORT SALES TAX REPORT. YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST WHICH RELATES BACK TO JUNE ACTIVITY WE EXCEEDED BUDGET BY 914,000 OR ALMOST 1 PERCENT AND WE ARE CURRENTLY ALMOST $2 MILLION OR 5.7 PERCENT OVER BUDGET. BACK IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION I SHOWED THE TRENDS OF THE DIFFERENT CATEGORY, DIFFERENT BUSINESS SECTORS, RETAIL, FOOD SERVICES, MANUFACTURING, WHOLESALE TRADE, PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL SERVICES, ALL THOSE WE LOOKED AT AND WE SAW HOW WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A POSITIVE TREND SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. AND WE EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE.

>> SALES TAX IS A TWO-MONTH LAG?

>> YES, SIR.

>> IS AT THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT FEEDS INTO THE SALES TAX, IS THAT ON OUR WEBSITE? I HAVE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS OF PEOPLE SAYING THAT JUST RETAIL AND WHEN I TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT TO THEM IT'S CONFUSING. IT S THAT AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN?

>> NO, SIR. RIGHT NOW WE CANNOT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IN HOW WE REPORT THINGS BECAUSE SOME OF IT IS CONFIDENTIAL BUT CERTAINLY BY THE BUSINESS SECTORS LIKE I'M

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>> THAT WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT BUSINESS SECTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO WHAT WE CALL SALES TAX DEPOSITS.

I WAS EXCITED TO SOME RESIDENTS THAT IF A BUSINESS HAS ITS HEADQUARTERS HERE AND BY AGREEMENT WE GET CREDIT FOR THAT SALES TAX AND IT WAS REALLY CONFUSING TO THEM.

>> SALES TAX IN GENERAL IS. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA WILL BE GLAD TO PUT THOSE BUSINESS SECTORS ON THERE. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK YOUR TO HOW WE TALK ABOUT BEING CONSERVATIVE IN OUR ASSUMPTIONS AND I AM DEFINITELY I ALWAYS ARGUE YOU PROBABLY WANT YOUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO BE CONSERVATIVE BUT IN THIS CASE WE ARE WAY CONSERVATIVE ON OUR SALES TAX SO I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN CONCERNS ABOUT THE VARIANCE AND THAT WE MAY HAVE A LITTLE BLIP HERE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS OR SO. BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT RIGHT NOW THAT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH THE $1.9 MILLION OVER BUDGET WE HAVE ALREADY EXCEEDED WHAT I HAVE FORECAST BY 200,000 AND WE HAVE FOUR MONTHS TO GO. SO THIS IS AN EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE BUDGET AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE WERE NOT EXPECTING THAT 900,000 AT ALL. SO JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS FOR THE INCREASE THAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS CERTAINLY IN 2020 DURING THE PANDEMIC. THE INTERNET SALES HELPED US TREMENDOUSLY AND IF WE JUST CONTINUE TO SEE GROWTH GROWTH IN THAT SECTOR EXPLODE. HERE IS A LOOK AT WHERE WE HAVE GROWN JUST SINCE 2019 TO OR FOR FORECASTING THIS YEAR. BASED ON THAT SUPREME COURT DECISION WITH WAYFARER VERSUS SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE WERE NOW COLLECTING SALES TAX THAT COMES TO OUR COMMUNITY WHEN IT CITIZENS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY PURCHASE OVER THE INTERNET ON AN INTERSTATE BASIS. I MENTIONED THIS IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE ARE CONSERVATIVE WITH THEIR BUDGET THAT WERE GOING TO HAVE A RULE CHANGE WITH THE COMPTROLLER ON OCTOBER 1 OF THIS YEAR WE ARE NOW INTERSTATE WITHIN OUR OWN ESTATE.

WHEN WE CITIZENS PURCHASE MAKE PURCHASES I'VE USED DELL COMPUTER FOR THE EXAMPLE RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU PURCHASE A COMPUTER FROM DELL BECAUSE DELL IS HEADQUARTERED IN ROUND ROCK.

ROUND ROCK HAS THE SALES TAX AS OF OCTOBER 1 THE RESIDENCE THAT SALES TAX WILL COME TO THE WOODLANDS. THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. THERE ARE MANY, MANY EXAMPLES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN FACTORED IN HERE YET BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD FEEL FOR WHAT TYPE OF REVENUE THAT WILL GENERATE. HERE IS A LOOK AT THE HOTEL TAX REVENUES. WE HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ON THE 2021 FORECAST AND IF WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY MEET OUR BUDGET OF 5.8 MILLION AND I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T. BUT IN THE 2022 BUDGET WE HAVE ASSUMED THAT AND THIS IS BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WITH HOTEL PROPERTIES AND OTHER INDUSTRIES THAT ONCE WE GET PAST THIS HOPEFULLY THIS VARIANT THEN WE WILL HAVE A STRONG BOUNCE BACK AND CONVENTION SALES BOTH FROM A LEISURE AND FROM A BUSINESS AND WE HAVE PROJECTED THAT IN THE 2022 BUDGET. YOU CAN SEE WERE STILL NOT BACK UP TO PRE-COVID LEVELS SO WE HAVE STAIRSTEP THAT RECOVERY. WE HAVE NOT JUST GONE FULL BACK BUT WE DO BELIEVE WE WILL BE EXPERIENCING THAT SOON.

>> I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY WISE. I DON'T REALLY SEE RETURN TO PRE-COVID BUSINESS TRAVEL PROBABLY NOT BEFORE 23.

>> THANK YOU AND THAT IS WITH THE GUIDANCE, VISIT THE WOODLANDS BOARD AND STAFF, THAT IS HOW WE STAIRSTEP THAT. BACK TO THE 2021 FORECAST, IF WE WERE TO MAKE THE 5.8 MILLIO , THIS IS REALLY I'M LOOKING AT THE 2022 BUDGET BUT IT'S THE SAME PRINCIPLE.

WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTED IS HOW MUCH WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE RESERVE.

SO WE HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDING EVEN IF WE TAKE A HIT HERE IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTER TO COVER DEBT SERVICE. OF THE TWO POINT MILLION ANSWER COVER THE WITHIN'S EXPENSES IT'S HOW MUCH WILL FLOW INTO THAT HOTEL TAX RESERVE WHICH CURRENTLY IS UNDESIGNATED AND UNUSED BY THE TOWNSHIP FOR GENERAL FUND PURPOSES.

HERE IS A LOOK AT OUR PROPERTY TAX VALUES TO THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM WE PROVED THAT REPORT TAXABLE VALUES ARE AT 21.7 PERCENT. WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 3.4 PERCENT THIS YEAR. THIS IS THE TAX RATE HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP.

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WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO EXPENDITURES. SO HERE IS A LOOK AT OUR CONSOLIDATED EXPOSURES PROJECTED TO BE 127 MILLION IN 2022 THAT'S AN OVERALL DECREASE OF 3 AND A HALF MILLION OR 2.6 PERCENT AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE COMPONENTS BELOW THAT ARE PCONTRIBUTING TO THAT. WE HAVE A DECREASE IN CAPITAL EXPOSURES OF ABOUT 3.1 MILLION AND JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IS NOT BECAUSE THE BOARD IS A DIFFERING PROJECTS OR NOT MAINTAINING THE PROJECTS IN A TIMELY MANNER THAT IS JUST A FUNCTION OF OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, CAPITAL CAN VARY QUITE GREATLY FROM YEAR TO YEAR DEPENDING ON WHAT PROJECTS NEED TO BE REPLACED AND ADDRESSED AT THAT TIME. TRANSPORTATION EXPENDITURES ARE DECREASING 2.8 MILLION. THIS IS STILL A FUNCTION OF THE PANDEMIC SO WE ARE NOT PROJECTING RIDERSHIP TO RETURN. THAT'S GOOD BE STAIRSTEP OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

WE HAVE EASY VENTURES INCREASING BY ABOUT 200,000 DUE TO INCREASE IN SALES TAX RATE.

THE WOODLANDS EXPENDITURES INCREASING BY ABOUT 300,000 BASED ON THE PROJECTED INCREASE IN HOTEL TAX. AND THEN OVERALL OUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES ARE INCREASING BY ABOUT 1.9 MILLION OR 1.9 PERCENT AND WERE GOING TO LOOK AT THE COMPONENTS OF THAT HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

>> TO BE FAIR, ABOUT THE VISIT THE WITHIN'S BUDGET IS ABOUT HALF $1 MILLION LESS THAN IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.

>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT, THAT'S CORRECT. THE VISIT THE WOODLANDS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF MANAGING THEIR BUDGET SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

IT WAS AT ABOUT 3.1 MILLION PRE-PANDEMIC THE VISIT THE WOODLANDS DROP THAT TO 2 MILLION. LAST YEAR, THEY ARE NOT JUST LOOKING AT ABOUT $300,000 INCREASE FOR NEXT YEAR. HERE IS A LOOK BY DEPARTMENT OF OUR OPERATING, OUR CONSOLIDATED EXPENDITURES. SO FIRE TO PREVENT, PARKS AND RECREATION, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT BEING THE LARGEST COMPONENTS OF THE BUDGET.

COMMUNITY SERVICES JUST AS A REMINDER IS OUR SOLID WASTE CONTRACT OUR STREETSCAPE MAINTENANCE, STREET LIGHTING, ALPHA AND OMEGA ARE IN THERE AND A COVENANT ADMINISTRATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES. OVERALL, THIS IS WHERE OUR INCREASES IN OUR, ACTUALLY OUR NET DECREASES, WE TALKED ABOUT A MINUTE AGO YOU CAN SEE THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE INCREASING ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE AND THEN THE DECREASES ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.

I AM GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THE AREAS WHERE BUDGET IS INCREASING WITH THE LARGEST BEING OUR CONTRACTED LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPENSE. OVERALL INCREASING OUR SERVICE CONTRACTS WITH HARRIS COUNTY AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY ARE INCREASING BY ABOUT 600 SIX OR 5.5 PERCENT. AND YOU CAN SEE, I'M NOT GONNA REDO THE NUMBERS THERE BUT YOU CAN SEE ON THE CHART WITH THOSE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS ARE.

>> MONIQUE, IN FUTURE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONTRACTED LAW ENFORCEMENT I THINK WE ALSO WANT TO ADD A LINE FOR THE AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT WE ARE PAYING FOR OUT OF OUR CAPITAL BUDGET AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S DIRECT LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> THAT'S A GREAT POINT, YES, SIR, WE CAN DO THAT. FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT MOST OF THE COST OR THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF COST THIS YEAR ARE RELATED TO SALARIES AND BENEFITS. YOU CAN SEE THERE WE HAVE A SMALL INCREASE IN THE

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>> CAN YOU MENTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT KEEPING UP WITH HOW WE ARE GROWING IN TERMS OF PARKS AND REC AND MAYBE YOU CAN'T BUT MAY BE DOCTOR KEN LATER.

THERE'S A BIG INCREASE THERE AND WERE ACTUALLY OFFERING TO THE COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE MORE PARKS, MORE PATHWAYS AND THE BOAT HOUSES, WE ARE TAKING IN MORE RESPONSIBILITY AND OFFERING MORE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> IF DOCTOR NOONS WANTS TO ADDRESS THAT NOW.

>> I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD THING FOR THE RESIDENCE TO SEE EVEN THOUGH WE BEEN OPERATING IN A PANDEMIC ENVIRONMENT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS ACTUALLY BRINGING MORE BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY AND IN DOING IT IN A VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY.

>> DOCTOR SHELLEY, YOU ARE RIGHT, WE ARE 150 PARKS RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF A SERVICE LEVEL IT'S ABOUT ONE PART PER 900 RESIDENTS. SO THE GREAT PART ABOUT OUR SYSTEM IS EVERY RESIDENCE WITHIN AND A HALF MILE WALK TO A TRAIL, A PARK OR AN OPEN SPACE RESERVE WHICH IS A BENCHMARK THAT EVERY COMMUNITY TRIES TO GET TO.

WE HAVE SEEN TREMENDOUS GROWTH OF USE DURING THIS PANDEMIC TIME PERIOD.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR TENNIS COURTS, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR FIELD USES, PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO BE OUT MORE AND MORE. THE BOAT HOUSES SETTING RECORD NUMBERS.

AND WITH THAT ASSOCIATED COMES WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL COST SALARIES AND ALSO LOOKING AT NEW AND UNIQUE WAYS TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE AND MAINTAIN COST, AS WELL.

>> GREAT, THANK YOU.

>> SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE VISIT THE WITHIN'S BUDGET AS WE MENTIONED THIS THAT HAVE THE TOTAL REVENUES BASED ON A HOTEL TAX EXPECTED TO INCREASE NEXT YEAR BY ABOUT 361,000.

AND THEN WE SEE WHERE THE EXPENSES AS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT FOR VIST THE WOODLANDS INCREASING ABOUT 300,000. AND THEN ON THE TRANSPORTATION FUND AGAIN THE REVENUES AND EXPOSURES BASICALLY EACH OTHER SO YOU HAVE REVENUES THAT ARE BEING GENERATED FROM GRANT REVENUES, WE ARE USING CARES ACT FUNDING WHICH WILL LOOK AT A MINUTE, AND THEN THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFER OF ABOUT 500,000 AND THOSE REVENUES ARE USED TO FUND PARK AND RIDE OPERATIONS, TROLLEYS AND THEN SOME OTHER EXPENSES RELATED TO INTERFAITH AND I WORKED SERVICES WE PROVIDE FOR SENIORS AND A SENIOR RIDES. THIS IS OUR TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES FUND BALANCE. YOU WILL RECALL THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORIZED $2.5 MILLION OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD BEING ADDED TO THIS RESERVE TO ADDRESS VARIOUS PROJECTS.

WE DID DIFFER THAT FUNDING IN 2020 BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR OTHERS EXPENSES. AS IT TURNED OUT, WE DO NOT NEED TO DEFER THAT BUT IN 2021 WE HAVE FULLY FUNDED THE RESERVE PER THE ORIGINAL DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SO YOU CAN SEE THE BALANCES THAT ARE LEFT OVER THERE AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE A $2.3 MILLION BALANCE IN THAT FUND BALANCE THAT CAN BE USED TOWARDS PROJECTS. THE FTA HAD THEIR OWN PORTION OF CARES ACT FUNDING SO THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO THE CARES ACT FUNDING FOR GENERAL EXPENSES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND OTHERS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BUT SEPARATE TO ALL OF THAT IN FOR THE FEDERAL TRANSIT

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>> AND THAT WENT TO THE UC A? NOT THE TOWNSHIP.

>> THAT CAME THROUGH FDA AND THE UZA. I'M GONNA TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT OUR DEBT PROFILE WE HAD TWO OUTSTANDING BONDS ISSUANCES RIGHT NOW.

THE BOARD HAS JUST HASN'T DONE REALLY HAD A FOCUSED EFFORT ON REDUCING DEBT OVER THIS TIME PERIOD AS WE HAVE SAVINGS BECOME AVAILABLE FAVORABLE BUDGET SAVINGS.

72.7 OR 65 PERCENT REDUCTION IN DEBT. IN ADDITION TO THAT REDUCTION IN DEBT THE BOARD HAS REFINANCED DEBT WHEN THE CONDITIONS WERE FAVORABLE TO DO SO. PRIMARILY WITH THESE TWO DEBT ISSUANCES WHICH HAVE SAVED THE TAXPAYERS OVER $500,000 A YEAR ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TOTAL OUTSTANDING DEBT OF $6.1 MILLION. OR I'M SORRY, 39 POINT 8 MILLION. WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO CAPITAL PROJECTS.

OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR 2022 TOTAL 11.1 MILLION. OUT OF THAT AMOUNT 1.7 MILLION HAS TO DO WITH CARRYOVERS THAT WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT THAT WILL BE IN A SEPARATE BOARD MEETING BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT THAT WE DON'T BELIEVE WILL GET FINISHED BY THIS YEAR SO WE WENT TO CARRY THOSE OVER, WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT THOSE ARE HERE IN A SECOND. THE CAPITAL RESERVE IS GOING TO FIND THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THESE, 78 PERCENT OF THEM. THESE ARE THE SCHEDULE RESERVES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN OUR 30 YEAR CAPITAL PLAN THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED WE HAVE OVER $300 MILLION IN ASSETS AND WE HAVE THOSE SCHEDULED WITHIN OUR RESERVE FOR WHEN THEY REACHED THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIVES.

THOSE POP UP FOR US TO CONSIDER, WE DON'T ALWAYS REPLACE THEM RIGHT THEN IF WE THINK THEY STILL HAVE USEFUL LIFE AVAILABLE BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ARE READY FOR TRUE PLACEMENT WE HAVE THIS CAPITAL RESERVE FUNDING READY AND AVAILABLE TO DO THAT TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN ALL OF OUR ASSETS ON A TIMELY BASIS. AND THEN WAS BEING FUNDED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND IS ONLY $800,000 OUT OF THOSE $11 MILLION TOTAL.

SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK LOOK BY DEPARTMENT WHERE ARE WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND ALL OF THE DETAIL FOR EACH ONE OF THESE PROJECTS IS INCLUDED IN YOUR BINDER.

SO THERE'S ANY ON HERE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DISCUSS IN DETAIL WE CAN BRING UP THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS THAT ARE HERE TO DO THAT. HERE IS PARKS AND RECREATION CAPITAL AND ALL OF THIS IS BEEN FUNDED OUT OF THE CAPITAL RESERVE.

SO THESE WERE ALL SCHEDULED REPLACEMENTS ASSETS THAT COVER OUR VARIOUS PARKS, PATHWAYS, AQUATICS, RECREATION IS ALL INCLUDED IN THERE. AND THEN HERE IS THE SECOND PAGE TO THAT. MOVING ON TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUT OF THE 800,000 THAT'S BEEN FUNDED FROM THE GENERAL FUND THIS YEAR THIS IS WHERE THOSE PROJECTS RESIDE FOR THE MOST PART. IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPITAL OR SOME IN IT BUT THEY RELATE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE SOME SOFTWARE, WE HAVE STAFF VEHICLES, SOME EQUIPMENT AND YOU CAN SEE THE SPECIALTY VEHICLES LISTED THERE ARE THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF THE BUDGET. AND AGAIN, IF THERE'S ANY THE BOARD WANT TO TALK ABOUT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT.

>> IN OUR SPECIAL SESSION A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE PUT MONEY INTO THE CAPITAL RESERVE FOR THE FUTURE LADDER TRUCK FOR THE SECOND UNIT THAT WERE TALKING ABOUT.

>> THANK YOU AND YOU'RE RIGHT IT'S NOT ON HERE IT'S RESIDING IN THE CAPITAL RESERVE PREFER THE SECOND COMPANY FOR WESTSIDE THERE IS $1.1 MILLION RESERVE FOR THAT, THANK YOU.

>> MONIQUE, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT. WE TALKED FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ABOUT FIRE STATION NUMBER FIVE AND I DID NOT SEE IT IN THE INITIATIVES.

IS THAT AT SOME POINT WITHIN YOUR PRESENTATION FOR US TO DISCUSS?

>> IT WILL BE, IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY LISTED BECAUSE OF SOME ISSUES THAT STILL NEED TO BE RESOLVED AROUND STATION FIVE BUT WE DO HAVE OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING THAT CAN ADDRESS THAT

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>> THANK YOU.

>> HERE IS OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. OTHER THAN THE MICROWAVE LINK WHICH IS THE LAST PROJECT LISTED DOWN THERE. THE SECOND TO LAST THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SECURITY CAMERAS WHICH IS A COMPLETION OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE TOWNSHIP WIDE.

THOSE ARE TO BE FUNDED FROM THE GENERAL FUND EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST REPLACING CAPITAL.

FINALLY, TO REPLACEMENT CAPITALS FOR THIS BUILDING. THAT TAKES US TO OUR RESERVE BALANCES. WE DID DISCUSS THIS AND QUITE BIT OF DETAIL AT THE MEETING ON FRIDAY BUT OUR CAPITAL REPLACEMENT RESERVE SITS AT ALMOST $39 MILLION.

THAT IS CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN WHAT OUR RESERVE REQUIREMENT IS RIGHT NOW WHICH IS AT ABOUT $22 MILLION. AS WE HAVE PRE-FUNDED THAT RESERVE BALANCE AGAIN NOT WITH TAX DOLLARS LIKE THE PROPERTY TAX BUT JUST WITH FAVORABLE VARIANCES THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS. WHEN WE HAVE EXCEEDED OUR SALES TAX PROJECTIONS OR WHEN WE HAVE NOT SPENT AS MUCH EXPENSE AS WHAT IS BUDGETED THAT GENERATES VARIANCES AT THE END OF THE YEAR FAVORABLE BUDGET VARIANCES IN THE BOARD HAS HISTORICALLY ALLOCATED THOSE TO THE CAPITAL REPLETE REPLACEMENT RESERVE. THAT ALLOWS US THAT BUDGET FLEXIBILITY THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION AND THIS IS ALSO AN AREA DIRECTOR SNYDER THAT ADDRESSES YOUR QUESTION, TOO. THE FUNDS AVAILABLE THAT WILL BE BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED TO BE IN ORDER TO FIND OR AT LEAST DRAWDOWN TO REDUCE ANY TYPE OF FINANCING THAT WE COULD USE FOR THE FIRE STATION FIVE. THERE'S ACTUALLY FUNDING HERE WE CAN PAY FOR IT WITH CASH.

IF THE BOARD CHOSE TO. THE OPERATING RESERVE IS AT $30 MILLION AGAIN THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK WHERE WE HAD PRE-FUNDED THIS WITH AVAILABLE FAVORABLE VARIANCES. THE BOARD POLICY SETS THE RESERVE AT ABOUT 20 PERCENT OF GENERAL FUND OPERATING EXPENDITURES SO THAT WOULD GENERALLY BE ABOUT 20 MILLION SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE AN EXCESS FUNDING IN THERE. WE HAVE OTHER RESERVES AND WHEN I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IN A YELLOW IS THE ONE IT'S WHAT WE CALL OUR CONTINGENCY RESERVE.

SO WE HAVE $2.2 MILLION REMAINING IN THAT. OTHER RESERVES LISTED ON HERE THEY ARE DEDICATED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES. SOME OF THEM ARE TIGHT ON MY BOND COVENANTS OR OTHER TYPES OF LEGAL RESTRICTIONS BUT THIS IS THE ONE FIND THAT WE CAN COMBINE WITH UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE IN ORDER TO FIND PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL BE CONSIDERED AGAINST, AGAIN A STATION FIVE BEING ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES, AND WERE GONNA LOOK AT MORE HERE IN JUST A SECOND. SPEAKING OF WHICH WHAT THAT LEAVES US WITH IS AN UNDISPUTED FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $3.3 MILLION. WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THAT $3.3 MILLION IN UNDESIGNATED AND IT IS 2.2 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE CAPITAL CONTINGENCY RESERVE THAT THE BOARD WILL HAVE TO USE AS A FUNDING SOURCE FOR BUDGET INITIATIVES.

THAT'S WHAT WERE GOING TO DISCUSS OR POTENTIAL PROJECTS AGAIN THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD BUT WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE THE PROJECT FINALIZED IN HIS CURRENT BUDGET PROCESS. THE BOARD USE THE SAME SITE ON FRIDAY, THE BUDGET TASK FORCE HAS GONE THROUGH MOST OF THE BUDGET INITIATIVES AND THERE'S ABOUT $1.4 MILLION THAT THEY ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD FUND. WE ARE GETTING READY TO GO THROUGH THOSE. THE BOARD WILL MAKE THEIR OWN DECISION BUT WE WANT WENT AHEAD AND SET THAT ASIDE AND THEN THERE WOULD BE $1.9 MILLION COMBINED WITH THE 2.2 IN THE CONTINGENCY RESERVE THAT COULD ADDRESS SOME OF THESE PROJECTS OVER HERE.

STATION FIVE, PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, SPRING CREEK TRAILS, WHICH WE COULD USE THE TRANSPORTATION FUND BALANCE ALSO TO ADDRESS THAT ONE, PARKING AT THE FIELDS.

>> WHAT IS THE TRANSPORTATION WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, IS THAT THE PATHWAY ONE?

>> YES, SIR. SO AGAIN, THIS POINTED THIS OUT AFTER WE HAVE TAKEN CARE WITH THE REVENUES THAT WE ARE ASSUMING AND AFTER REFUND ALL OF OUR CAPITAL EXPENSES AND DEBT SERVICE AND ARE OPERATING EXPOSURES THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE IT REMAINING.

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>> BEFORE WE DO, I HAVE SOMETHING I HAVE TO CONSIDER. IS IT TOO DIFFICULT TO GO BACK TO THE VERY FIRST SLIDE OF FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING IN A POSITION OF STRONG FINANCIAL STRENGTH ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THIS BOARD HAS CONTINUALLY SAID THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE WORKING FOR US.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S 2.25 INCREASE FOR 22, CORRECT?

>> FOR STAFF WAGES, CORRECT.

>> I REALIZED LAST YEAR WE WERE ALL CONCERNED WITH THE PANDEMIC AND WHERE WE WOULD BE AND THOUGHT IT WAS A WISE DECISION WHAT WE DID. NOTE THAT WE ALSO HAVE THE .75 FOR SALARIES FOR MERIT, CORRECT?

>> FOR ONE-TIME ADJUSTMENTS, YES.

>> I THINK BEING A STRONG AS WE ARE WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE IT THAT STRONG AND I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER DOING A THREE PERCENT.

AND KNOW THAT MUCH WOULD BE THROUGHOUT THE FIVE-YEAR BUDGET WOULD AFFECT THAT BUT YOU, OUR TEAM, HAVE MADE THIS HAPPEN. SO COULD YOU SHARE WITH US WHAT IT WOULD DO FOR 2022, 23, 24, 25?

>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE PART OF A BUDGET INITIATIVE WHICH WE WOULD GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM BECAUSE ALL OF THEM HAVE A COMPOUNDING IMPACT.

>> IS THE BOARD PLEASURE HOWEVER YOU WANT.

>> TYPICALLY, WE GO OVER THE BUDGET INITIATIVES AND THEN MONIQUE GOES BACK AND SHOWS THE IMPACT OF ALL THOSE DECISIONS. WE DON'T GENERALLY DO THEM ON THE FLY OR ? LA CARTE AND THE SHE WANTED.

>> WELL, IF SHE COULD JUST ANSWER I'M JUST CURIOUS OF THE AMOUNT IF IT'S A GREAT AMOUNT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW. I THINK PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT.

>> CAN I SUGGEST YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, AND GIVE IT TO US TOMORROW.

CAN YOU LOOK AT IT OVERNIGHT AND GIVE US THE FINANCIAL IMPACT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GUESS AT IT RIGHT NOW?

>> YES, SIR.

>> JUST FOR THE RECORD, BUDGET TASK FORCE HAS ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH JEFF JONES IN A SENIOR STAFF THAT I WANT TO COMPLETE PAYROLL AND STAFF REVIEW THIS YEAR.

I HAVE WANTED IT FOR TWO YEARS. NO OFFENSE TO ANYBODY BUT I STILL NEVER GOT A STRAIGHT ANSWER AS TO EXACTLY HOW OUR SALARY SYSTEM WORKS AND I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE ENTIRE BENEFITS PACKAGE WORKS FOR THE TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEES.

>> TO YOUR POINT, I THINK THAT ALIGNS WITH BRINGING ON A NEW HR DIRECTOR YOU HAVE MONEY IN THE OPERATING BUDGET WE CAN UPDATE OR COMPOSITION STUDY. I THINK WE WILL GET ANOTHER BITE OF THE APPLE THIS FISCAL YEAR TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE COMPENSATION PACKAGE, WHERE WE STACK UP IN THE MARKET, SO THE THAT'S KIND OF THE OPERATING BUDGET SO I THINK THAT ALIGNS QUITE WELL WITH WHAT THE ASK IS.

>> WHICH I'M ASSUMING IS INCLUSIVE OF THE FIRED APARTMENT, CORRECT?

>> YES, SIR.

>> SO I GUESS TO DOCTOR SNYDER! WERE TALKING ABOUT 50 BASIS POINTS, ANOTHER .5 PERCENT?

>> 2.25.

>> SO 75 BASIS POINT. SO DURING THE BUDGET INITIATIVES I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT DISCUSSED DURING THE BUDGET INITIATIVES TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE BECAUSE IF IT'S SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO CONSIDER IT WILL IMPACT THE OTHER BUDGET INITIATIVES, RIGHT? AND I THINK FOR GOING UP PLAN ON WHETHER THE BUDGET INITIATIVES TODAY WE NEED TO HAVE A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE IMPACT MAY BE BECAUSE IT MAY INFLUENCE THE DECISIONS WE MAKE ON OTHER BUDGET INITIATIVES.

WOULD YOU AGREE?

>> YES, IT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT. I CAN BRING, I WILL BRING ALL

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IT'S THE THREE PERCENT. IS THE IMPACT BEYOND 2022 THAT AFFECTS US.

SO IT WOULD AFFECT US IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET INITIATIVES WE DISCUSSED TODAY, IT WOULD AFFECT US IN TERMS OF THE CORPORATION ANALYSIS IS THAT WE COMPLETED LAST FRIDAY.

IN GENERAL, FOR THAT 7.5 PERCENT INCREASE IT'S ABOUT $150,000 IMPACT SUCH AS BASED OFF THE MATH IN MY HEAD. I WILL BRING BACK THE DETAIL BUT THAT IS IN GENERAL WHAT IS.

IT'S 102,000 FOR GENERAL EMPLOYEES, 150,000 FOR FIRED APARTMENT, SO IT'S A $300,000 ANNUAL IMPACT. SO YOU HAVE A ROUGH BASIS FOR WHAT WERE TALKING ABOUT.

>> ONE OTHER COMMENT, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT THANK YOU FOR DIRECTOR SNYDER FOR THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE INCREASE. BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT MAYBE WE TAKE MORE MEASURED APPROACH AND HAVE AN UPDATED COMPENSATION STUDY DONE BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD WITH FUNDING AND COMPENSATION PLAN WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ACTUALLY A PLAN FOR IN THE FUTURE. SO I DO THINK AS WE SAID WE HAVE MONEY IN THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEA , SOON WE HAVE A NEW HR DIRECTOR ON BOARD WHICH CAN HELP GUIDE US TO THAT PROCESS. GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A FRAMEWORK TO CONSIDER FOR YOUR BUDGET.

>> ALSO, THE VALUE OF THAT EMPLOYMENT PAY STUDY AS IT GETS MORE STRATEGIC TO THE VARIOUS POSITIONS I KNOW IN MY PERSONAL BUSINESS I HAVE BEEN HAVING INCREASED WAGE IN CERTAIN ROLES BUT NOT THE SAME LEVEL IN OTHER ROLES. AND SO, THERE'S OTHER CERTAIN SKILL SETS AND OTHER POSITIONS THAT MAY MARKET WISE NEED MORE PTHAN AN ADJUSTMENT THEN WHAT A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL ? LA CARTE APPROACH DOES. WE DO HAVE I BELIEVE THE BEST STAFF IN A GOVERNMENT AND THAT OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO RETAIN OUR PEOPLE.

BUT IT WOULD BE I THINK WISER TO VIEW IT BY THE POSITIONS AND THE TYPE OF WORK BEING PERFORMED IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THOSE CONCERNS AND REWORDING THE POSITIONS AND RIGHTSIZING COMPENSATION TO THE ACTUAL MARKET BY ROLE.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT THE VALUE IS OF THOSE EMPLOYMENT STUDIES ARE.

>> CHAIRMAN, WITH THE MONEY THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE FROM THE FUNDING IF WE WERE BLESSED TO GET THE $30 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR COVID, WOULD THAT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A ONE-TIME BENEFIT TO OUR STAFF BECAUSE OF THEIR EXTRA DILIGENCE AND HARD WORK THAT THEY HAVE COMMITTED LAST YEAR AND 1/2?

>> SO WITH THE ARPA FUNDING IT'S INDIRECT. ARPA ALLOWS YOU TO BACKFILL LOST REVENUES. SO HAD WE BEEN A DIRECT RECIPIENT ALLOCATED FUNDING WE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED NINE ? $10 MILLION COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO BACKFILL UNCOLLECTED SALES TAX, UNCOLLECTED HOTEL TAX AND THEN YOU BE SITTING THERE WITH 9 MILLION MORE DOLLARS THAN THE BOARD COULD CHOOSE TO DO A ONE-OFF ALLOCATION. THERE IS ALSO 30 PERCENT OF THE FUND THAT COULD BE USED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. SO WHEN YOU START TO TALK ABOUT AND AM NOT SAINT FACILITIES BUT PATHWAYS AND OTHER THINGS ON THE LIST, ARPA COULD HAVE PROVIDED FUNDS FOR THAT. I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT THAT, IT WOULDN'T BE DIRECTLY ELIGIBLE.

>> IT WOULD DEFINITELY ALLOW US FLEXIBILITY IN THE BUDGET TO DO SOMETHING.

>> ONE AT TIME THINGS, IT'S NOT DESIGNED FOR RECURRING.

>> HOPEFULLY, THIS PANDEMIC IS A ONE-TIME THING EVEN THOUGH IT'S TAKING A LOT LONGER THAN ANY OF US WANTED.

>> I WILL GO BACK TO BUDGET INITIATIVES. HERE IS A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THESE INITIATIVES THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING TODAY. AND THESE ARE ALL IN YOUR BINDERS. THEY ARE TOWARDS THE BACK OF YOUR BINDER AND THEY GOT SPECIFIC TABS AND THE TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THERE SO YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO VERY QUICKLY START TO TURN THIS OVER TO THE DIRECTORS WHO DEVELOPED THESE BUDGET INITIATIVES FOR YOU TO DISCUSS. AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE SOME TO

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SOME GOING TO START OFF WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT. THESE WERE BUDGET REQUESTS SUBMITTED BY THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. YOU HAVE A TAB IN YOUR BINDER THAT SPECIFICALLY INCLUDES THESE INITIATIVES EXACTLY WHAT THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SUBMITTED. AGAIN, IKNOW ITS TOWARDS THE BACK OF YOUR BOOKS.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT FIRST IS INCLUDED IN THE EXPENSED EQUIPMENT IN YOUR BASE BUDGET ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WE HAVE $114,200 IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CANNOT USE THESE FUNDS AS THEY DESIRE UP TO, AT THAT LIMIT. SO HERE YOU CAN SEE UNDER THE EQUIPMENT REQUEST IS INCLUDED IN THE 22 BUDGET REQUESTS THOSE ARE LISTED HERE IN THE BOTTOM PART OF THE CHART AND THEY TOTAL 103,000. THERE CERTAINLY CAPACITY WITHIN THE ALREADY ALLOCATED AMOUNT FOR EXPENSED EQUIPMENT OF ONE OF 14,000 FOR THEM TO PURSUE ALL OF THOSE. IF THERE'S ANY PARTICULAR YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT BUT I WASN'T REALLY GOING TO PRESENT THESE AS BUDGET INITIATIVES BECAUSE THERE ARE ALREADY FUNDED IN YOUR BASE BUDGET. WITH THAT, WE WILL START INTO THE ACTUAL ONES THAT ARE NOT WITHIN YOUR BASE BUDGET. ONE OF THE INITIATIVES AND AGAIN YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG IN YOUR TABS AND I'M GOING TO GRAB MY REAL QUICK.

>> MR. CHAIRMAN, WHILE WERE WAITING, IF I COULD TO GO BACK AS FAR AS THE BUDGET PROCESS IS CONCERNED I WANT TO THANK OUR BUDGET TASK FORCE FOR SPENDING SO MUCH TIME AND VETTING THESE BUDGET INITIATIVES ON A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. OUR BUDGET TASK FORCE CHAIRMAN MR. MILLER, VICE CHAIRMAN RIESER, THEY RECEIVED A VOLUMINOUS BUDGET PACKET THEY DIGESTED REALLY QUICKLY AND THE STAFF PUT TOGETHER THE BUDGET AND A QUICK TURN OUT TIME.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE BUDGET TASK FORCE FOR GETTING US TO THIS POINT TODAY.

>> SO THE FIRST ONE HAS TO DO WITH VEHICLES IN THIS GETS TO A POINT THAT DIRECTOR RIESER POINTED OUT A WHILE AGO. CURRENTLY IN THE BASE BUDGET WE HAVE $961,000 BUDGETED FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF VEHICLES. WHAT THAT.

>> DIRECTOR SNYDER, CAN YOU KEEP THE SIDE CONVERSATION DOWN I CANNOT HEAR WHAT MONIQUE IS SAYING. IF YOU WANT TO TALK CAN YOU THE WHOLE BOARD AND USE THE MICROPHONE.

>> SO AGAIN, ALREADY IN YOUR BASE BUDGET ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THERE IS THE REPLACEMENT OF 15 VEHICLES. THAT COST AS I MENTIONED IS ABOUT 801,000 PLUS $70,000 IN EQUIPMENT AND THAT LINE ITEM. WHAT THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REQUESTED WAS REPLACEMENT OF 20 VEHICLES. THIS YEAR SO THAT ADDITIONAL FIVE VEHICLES IS WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING HERE IS THE BUDGET INITIATIVE AND THAT WOULD HAVE A COST OF ABOUT $300,000.

>> DIDN'T WE DO AN EXTRA FIVE VEHICLES LAST YEAR. ?

>> IT WAS LAST YEAR. I'M SORRY IT WAS THE YEAR BEFORE LAST.

>> THIS IS THE MOST ACCURATE?

>> IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR IT WAS LOWER THAN THAT BUT THIS YEAR IT WAS 59,000.

IT INCLUDES EQUIPMENT FOR THE VEHICLES, TOO. SO AGAIN, THAT IS THE BUDGETED INITIATIVE IS WHETHER TO THEIR REQUEST WAS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF A 20 VEHICLES, THE BASE BUDGET INCLUDES 15.

>> MY COMMENT CHAIRMAN BUNCH IS ANYONE FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HERE TO JUSTICE TODAY?

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>> YOU CAN SEE THE AUDIENCE, THERE IS NOT.

>> WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THIS SORT OF REPLACEMENT WAS REQUESTED, THIS AMOUNT VEHICLES?

>> TWO YEARS AGO IN A 2019.

>> HOW MANY DID THE REQUEST THEN?

>> THEY REQUESTED 20 AND WE REPLACED 20. LAST YEAR THERE WAS REPLACEMENT OF 12.

>> SO IT'S NOT ACTUALLY REPLACING VEHICLES THAT ARE TWO YEARS OLD WERE ADDING ADDITIONAL?

>> OVERALL IS ABOUT 90 VEHICLES SO WE HAVE THEM ON REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE IN YEARS PAST THAT WAS A NUMBER THAT HAD BEEN AGREED TO WITH THE 15.

>> MAY BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF DIRECTOR NELSON YOU SHOULD GO THROUGH THE WHOLE, IT'S A 15 VEHICLE PER YEAR ALLOCATION PER THE CONTRACT PLUS EQUIPMENT AND THAT'S ALL FUNDED BY THE TOWNSHIP AND BASICALLY HANDED OVER TO THE SHERIFF'S OR THE COUNTY, CORRECT?

>> THANK YOU YOU JUST SUMMARIZED IT.

>> I THINK ANOTHER ISSUE THAT YOU HAVE, DIRECTOR NELSON, ALTHOUGH WE REQUESTED IN OUR TRANSITION AGREEMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT THE COUNTY DID NOT AGREE TO THAT.

SO ONCE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FOR THE COUNTY THEY ARE GOING TO RETAIN IT.

NOW, THERE IS SO LONG AS WERE IN AN ACTIVE AGREEMENT I BELIEVE WE GET SOME SALVAGE IF THEY DISPOSE OF THE VEHICLE DOWN THE ROAD BUT WE WILL NOT BE GETTING THEM BACK.

SO, I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE HAVE 15 IN THE CURRENT SCHEDULE, 15 WAS TALKED ABOUT, THAT'S THE PLAN, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD GO ABOVE THE SCHEDULED 15.

>> IT'S A SMALL THING BUT FROM A COMMUNICATIONS STANDPOINT THERE WERE PLACEMENTS.

IT SEEMS A LOT BECAUSE WERE JUST BUYING ADDITIONAL VEHICLES.

>> WE ARE REPLACING EXISTING ONES. THEY'RE BASICALLY ON A FIVE-YEAR LIFE DEPENDING ON THE ACTUAL VEHICLE SOMETIMES IT'S SHORTER THAN THAT.

SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE BIT LONGER BUT THIS IS A REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE FOR EVERY FIVE YEARS.

>> BUT THAT'S FOR THE 15, RIGHT? FIVE IS AN ADDITIONAL OVER AND ABOVE A REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE?

>> YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

>> I THINK THAT WAS DIRECTOR NELSON IS POINT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE NOT ALLOWING THE REPLACEMENT OF FIVE VEHICLES THAT WERE ALREADY SCHEDULED TO BE REPLACED.

>> SO THESE ARE ALL RELAYS AND VEHICLES. THEY'RE SAYING THEY DID IT REPLACE 20 VEHICLES THIS YEAR.

>> INSTEAD OF 15?

>> INSTEAD OF 15, THAT'S CORRECT.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT CARES ACT FUNDING. ISN'T IT THE CASE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, CAN CARES ACT FUNDING BE USED FOR VEHICLES IF THEY WERE USED HEAVILY DURING THE PANDEMIC, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE COULD ALLOCATE LIKE COUNTIES COULD THEY ALLOCATE THAT KIND OF FUNDING?

>> PARTICULARLY UNDER ARPA THEY COULD.

>> CARES ACT AS MARTYRS THE OPERATIONS OF LIKE SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND CERTAIN TYPES OF EQUIPMENT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT VEHICLES SINCE WE DON'T OWN THE VEHICLES. I DID NOT LOOK INTO THAT.

>> BUT ONE OF THE LEVELS OF FUNDING WHICH WERE GIVEN TO THE COUNTY COULD HAVE COVERED THIS OR PERHAPS DID?

>> SO I WILL TRY TO CLARIFY, CARES ACT, NO, FOR CAPITAL. CARES ACT, YES, FOR THE COST OF PROVIDING WAGES AND OVERTIME AND THAT IMPACTED PERSONNEL. ARPA, MORE LIBERALIZED USE OF FUNDS LIKELY HAS OF THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS.

THE COUNTY HAS GONE OVER $200 MILLION BETWEEN CARES ACT AND ARPA ALLOCATED TO THEM.

SO YES, THERE IS FUNDING THERE NOT IMPACTING THE OTHER BUDGET IF THEY WERE REALLY NEEDING ADDITIONAL CARS. THE DISTINCTION I WANT TO DRAW IS IF YOU LOOK AT OUR HARRIS COUNTY CONTRACT, HARRIS COUNTY BUYS IN THE VEHICLES. WE DON'T PURCHASE THE VEHICLES FOR THE HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLE'S CONTRACT. THERE'S NOTHING PREVENTING MONTGOMERY COUNTY TO PURCHASE THE VEHICLES OTHER THAN WE AGREED.

WE MADE AN AGREEMENT FOR 15 VEHICLES I THINK WE SHOULD HONOR THAT AGREEMENT.

I THINK GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND AND WRITE THIS OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT ARE IN PLAY THAT COULD COVER IT NO BURDEN TO OUR BUDGET OR THEIR BUDGET.

>> I THINK THAT WAS MORE ALONG MY THINKING WITH THE BUDGET TASK FORCE WAS THE ADDITIONAL FIVE VEHICLES COULD'VE BEEN COVERED IN OTHER AVENUES AND OTHER REVENUE FOR THE COUNTY.

>> THE NEXT BUDGET INITIATIVE WAS ONE THAT WAS ACTUALLY CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD LAST

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SO AGAIN, THIS WASN'T DISCUSSED BY THE BUDGET TASK FORCE AND IT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED.

ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS THERE WAS THAT WE HAVE OTHER RESOURCES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY THAT THE TASK FORCE FELT WAS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN HAVING A SINGLE TOWER.

AND THEN ALSO, EVEN IF WE THE BOARD WANTED TO CONSIDER THAT OF THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT THE TOWNSHIP WOULD MAINTAIN OWNERSHIP OF IT, WE WOULD NOT PURCHASE IT FROM A COMET COUNTY.

>> ALSO, I THINK IT'S EXIT PART OF THE DISCUSSION WE HAD IS A BIGGER ANALYSIS AND THAT IS ENCOMPASSES LOTS OF DIFFERENT FACETS OF HOW WE MAINTAIN OUR PRESENCE AND SECURITY IN AT THOSE AREAS. SO I THINK IT'S A MUCH BIGGER DISCUSSION THAT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO REALLY ANALYZE AND DETERMINE WHAT IS THE RIGHT WAY TO MANAGE OUR PRESENCE, PROVIDE THAT FEELING OF SECURITY AND AWARENESS IN THESE DIFFERENT MARKET AREAS.

>> I THINK IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THIS ALL CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE REDUCTION OF THE ALPHA OMEGA TO FIND DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS TO HELP US IN THESE AREAS.

>> I THINK THERE ARE BETTER HIGH-TECH WAYS TO DO THIS THAN PUTTING UP A SIGN IN THE MALL THAT SAYS HEY, YOU'RE UNDER SURVEILLANCE. I REALLY THINK THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO DO THIS. AND I'M NOT ADVERSE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE BETTER WAYS.

LIKE SOME SORT OF DRONE USAGE WHICH WOULD MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE THAN A SKY TOWER.

>> I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S COME OUT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT'S PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE AND SECURITY MONITORING AND PROVIDING PRESENCE FOR HIGH-TRAFFIC AREAS THAT THIS IS KIND OF A BIGGER OVERALL ANALYSIS FOR US.

>> THANK YOU. THE THIRD INITIATIVE THAT THE BUDGET TASK FORCE DISCUSSED WAS LICENSE PLATE READERS. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS REQUESTED 12 LICENSE PLATE READERS. WE PURCHASED LICENSE PLATE READERS FOR THE SUREST PERMIT IN THE PAST. IT WOULD HAVE A ONE-TIME CAPITAL EXPENSE, OPERATING EXPENSE FOR US BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT OWN OF THE EQUIPMENT BUT IT STILL A ONE-TIME 162,000 AND THIS WAS RECOMMEND BY THE BUDGET TASK FORCE.

>> THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO GO TO 15 AND TO PUT IN ALL THE VEHICLES THAT WE ARE BUYING THE SHEPHERD THE ACTUAL RECOMMENDATION WAS TO GO TO 15 AND PUT ONE IN EVERY ONE OF THE VEHICLES THAT WERE BUYING THIS YEAR.

>> UNLESS WE GET ANOTHER FIVE.

>> WE ALREADY SAID NO TO THAT.

>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? ANOTHER REQUEST FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS FOR THE TOWNSHIP TO FUND FITNESS MENTORSHIPS FOR THE DEPUTIES UNDER CONTRACT FOR THE TOWNSHIP AND THEY HAD THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT YOU CAN SEE IT LISTED THEREFROM THREE DIFFERENT FACILITIES. THIS WAS NOT RECOMMENDED BY THE BUDGET TASK FORCE.

ANY DISCUSSION THERE? SO THAT WAS IT FOR THE LAW, FOR THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, MOST OF THEIR REQUESTS WERE ABLE TO BE COVERED WITHIN THE EXPENSE THAT IS ALREADY ALLOCATED IN THE BASE BUDGET AND THEN THOSE WERE THE FOUR THAT WERE NOT COVERED IN THE BASE. SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS THERE WERE GONNA MOVE ON TO NON-LAW ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVES. THE FIRST ONE BEING A SPORTS TOURISM NEEDS ASSESSMENT REALLY JUST THE GENERAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF PARK AND RECREATION. IT HAS BEEN 10 YEARS SINCE THE LAST ONE.

WE WOULD HAVE A FOCUS ON SPORTS TOURISM AND THE FIELDS IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION LATELY. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THAT WOULD BE 200,000 A ONE-TIME COST THAT WOULD BE FUNDED FROM THE SOURCES OF FUNDS WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE WHILE AGO THAT ARE AVAILABLE CURRENTLY WITHIN THE BUDGET.

>> DOCTOR NEUNES, I CAN ASK THE QUESTION, WILL THIS ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CHANGING

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>> THE SECOND INITIATIVE THAT IS HERE IS THE DIGITAL WAYFINDING SIGNAGE PROGRAM ALONG OUR PATHWAY SYSTEM. IT WOULD HAVE A ONE-TIME CAPITAL EXPENSE OF SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 47 ? $55,000. IT WOULD BE APPLYING QR CODES BASICALLY THAT WALKERS ON THE PATHWAYS COULD SCAN IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY THEIR LOCATION. IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY RESIDENTS MULTIPLE TIMES. AND THIS WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE TASK FORCE IT TO PROCEED.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR DOCTOR NEUNES, PLEASE. I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF AUDIO ISSUES AT THIS JUNCTION OF OUR BUDGET TASK FORCE I WANT TO CLEAR BY SOMETHING.

THE BUDGET IMPACT IS UP TO 47 ? 55,000 I THINK YOU SAID IT COULD BE LESS.

SO MY QUESTION IS THE WAYFINDING QR CODES WILL THEY BE PLACED ON THE CURRENT POST AS THEY ARE OR ARE WE IMPROVING PTHE POST?

>> THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO EXAMINE. ONE IS A LOW-COST WAY IS TO PUT THE QR CODES ON THE EXISTING PATHWAY STOP SIGN. THERE'S ALSO OTHER MESSAGING FOR VARIOUS ISSUES. A SECOND OPTION THAT THE ATTACHMENT COVERS IS A SECONDARY POST OF MAYBE UPGRADING THAT IS A GOING TO BE A 4 X 4 POST, SIX BY SIX POST, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT TO PUT STRATEGICALLY THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

I CAN, YOU TALK ABOUT 300+ OR MINUS LOCATIONS. IT'S GOOD BE THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN.

>> IF THE BOARD WANTS TO GO INTO THEIR PAGES FOUR, FIVE AND SIX.

THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING I WOULD IMAGINE OUR COMMUNITY AT SOME POINT REALLY I GUESS EMBRACING, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT COLOR-CODED SO AS YOUR WANTED TO THE PATHWAYS YOU GO FROM ONE VILLAGE TO THE NEXT AGENT EVEN KNOW IF YOU'RE IN A STERLING OR CONFERENCE CROSSING. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY, REALLY GREAT FOR RESIDENTS TO FEEL PRIDEFUL AND BRANDING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS PART OF THIS 55,000 BUT IN THE FUTURE THIS IS PROBABLY SOMETHING WE SHOULD START LOOKING INTO.

>> I THINK IS A BE GOOD FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO RIDE THEIR BIKES ON THE PATH LIKE ME THAT PASS THE SAME PLACE TWICE BECAUSE THEY GOT LOST.

>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE MASTER PLAN YOU'LL SEE THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF THE OVERALL WAYFINDING PROGRAM IF THE BOARD SHOULD EVER DECIDE TO MOVE BEYOND THIS INITIAL PHASE.

>> IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR A WHILE AND APPLIED THE RESEARCH YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE. WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME? IF THIS IS APPROVED AND TO MOVE FORWARD. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE PILOT?

>> WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY LEGWORK ON THIS. SO FINDING WHAT 300 LOCATIONS ARE RIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY, THAT WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT PART.

THE ACTUAL PRODUCTION OF THE SIGNS IS EASY. THE INSTALLATION, THEORETICALLY, IS EASY. IT'S LOOKING AT THE SYSTEM OF WHERE THE JUNCTURES, WHERE THE PEOPLE TYPICALLY GET LOST, SO WERE ALWAYS GOING TO BE WRONG, A HOME WHERE WE PLACE IS THE LEAST WRONG IS WHAT WE SHOOT FOR.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THE NEXT INITIATIVE DISCUSSED BY THE BUDGET TASK FORCE IS PICKLE BALL COURTS.

YOU MIGHT NOTE RIGHT NOW WITHIN A TENNIS COURT AMENITIES WE HAVE CERTAIN STRIPING THAT

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>> I THINK YOU NEED TO ALSO SAY THAT FALCON WAY PARK WAS THE RECOMMENDED LOCATION BY PARKS AND REC.

>> WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS BEING TYPICALLY THESE AMENITIES WOULD BE AT A TOWNWIDE PARK LIKE A VERY SPECIALIZED RECREATION FACILITY. WE ARE QUICKLY RUNNING OUT OF SPACE AT OUR TOWNWIDE FACILITIES A BARE BRANCH AND REPARATION CENTER.

WHAT WERE LOOKING AT AND TAKING LEVERAGING THE RENOVATION AND FALCON WING PARK OF SAY THAT FALCON WING PARK REALLY HAS A NUANCES THERE BEEN SO CENTRALLY LOCATED AND IS KIND OF A RELIEVER SPOT THAT WERE LOOKING AT PUTTING THIS AMENITY IN.

>> I THINK IT'S GREAT IT SAYS EIGHT ? 10 PICKLE BALL DEDICATED COURTS THAT TAKES PRESSURE OFF OUR TENNIS FACILITIES AND I THINK IT'S GREAT.

>> PARKING, COULD YOU ADDRESS THE PARKING ISSUE?

>> TWO THINGS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT PICKLE IT'S A DOUBLE, TRIPLE MULTIPLIER OF WHAT TENNIS IS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT PICKLE BALL WITH EIGHT ? 10 QUARTS PLANE IT DOUBLES YOU LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY 40 CARS, 40 PEOPLE PLAYING PICKLE BALL AT ONCE AND POTENTIALLY SOME SPILL OVER THERE. WE ARE IN THE DESIGN PHASE RIGHT NOW OF FALCON WING PARK. WE MET WITH OUR NEIGHBORS INTERFACE AS WELL AS BREAKING SCHOOL THE HOUSTON CHARTER SCHOOL ALK ABOUT PARKING AND FLOW OF THE PARKING AND PICKUP TIMES. SO THAT IS ALL IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW AND TO ADDRESS THE ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR THAT FACILITY.

>> PICKLE BALL PARK AND RIDE?

>> THAT IS REALLY WHAT THE OPTION D IS LOOKING TO LEVERAGE THAT AREA.

BUT A LOT OF CLEARING WOULD NEED TO BE NEEDED AS WELL AND YOU ARE SO FAR AWAY FROM THE RESTROOMS AT THAT POINT.

>> AGREED, WE WENT OVER ALL THE OPTIONS IS OBVIOUSLY THE MOST ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO PUT IT.

FOR THE TIME BEING.

>> BUDGET INITIATIVE BEFORE HIS ADDITIONAL VOTES, SIX ADDITIONAL SWAN VOTES.

ADDED TO THE CURRENT SYSTEM. IT WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF AND OPERATING EXPENSES OF $35,000 ANNUALLY AND ONE-TIME CATTLE CAPITAL EXPENSE OF 35,000 BUT BASED ON THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM THOSE COSTS WOULD BE FULLY OFFSET BY ONGOING OPERATING REVENUE.

AND SO THIS WAS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF AND BY THE BUDGET TASK FORCE.

>> ON THIS LINE, DOCTOR NEUNES, WERE THERE ANY OTHER OF THOSE WATER BORNE ASSETS LIKE THE WATER BIKES OR ANYTHING THAT MADE SENSE IN THE AREA OR IS IT JUST THAT THESE ARE THE EASIEST ASSETS TO DEPLOY THERE?

>> THESE ARE RIGHT NOW THE EASIEST ASSETS TO DEPLOY. BUT THE TASK FORCE THERE WAS TO THE REMAINING THINGS TO DISCUSS. ONE GETTING APPROVAL FROM THE MALL AND HOWARD HUGHES FORMALIZED APPROVAL SO WE CAN JUST GO PURCHASE THESE AND START TOMORROW. THERE ARE STEPS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

WE SAW THE SWANS AS AN AMENITY FOR THAT USER GROUP THAT IS DOWN THERE AT THE RESTAURANTS AND WE ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO OPEN THIS UP A LITTLE LATER IN THE DAY TO EXTENT LATER ON WHEN THOSE RESTAURANT PEOPLE ARE GOING THERE. PLUS THE FACT THAT THE MODEL IS BUILT ON A 30 MINUTE RENTAL VERSUS WHEN OUR RENTAL. TRY TO FILL THE WAY TIME THAT THE OTHER THE RESTAURANTS.

>> ONE OTHER QUESTION I WAS OUT THERE THIS WEEKEND THE WATER QUALITY IS LOOKING INTERESTING.

>> WE HAD AN ALGAE BLOOM LITERALLY OVERNIGHT ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK AND WE WERE IN CONTACT WITH HOWARD HUGHES WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MINUTES OF THAT AND THEY WERE TREATING LITERALLY OVERNIGHT BETWEEN 8 O'CLOCK AND 6 AM.

>> I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WAS IMPRESSIVE WAS THE SWANS WERE GOING RIGHT THROUGH IT.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

>> THIS NEXT ONE WAS A SHADE STRUCTURE AT WILD CREEK PLAYGROUND.

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>> IS IT THAT THERE ARE NO TREE COVERED THAT WOULD BE TYPICAL? I HAVE LIVED IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND MOST OF THE ONES THAT HAVE THE SMALLER LOCAL PARKS DID NOT HAVE A SHADE STRUCTURES, THEY HAD TREES.

>> THERE ARE TREES, I CAN'T MEMBER THIS PLAYGROUND SPECIFICALLY BUT WE HAD OVER THE LAST PROBABLY SIX ? EIGHT YEARS INCORPORATED VARIES ELEMENTS OF SHADE WITHIN THE PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE, NOT A STATE INFRASTRUCTURE SHADE STRUCTURE THAT THE PLAYGROUND FIT UNDER. YOU SEE THAT A LOT OF SCHOOLS BUT WE ALSO HAVE MORE TREES THAN TYPICAL SCHOOL CAMPUS SO THAT'S WE BEEN LEVERAGING ON. WE HAVE THAT TO IDENTIFIED THAT THE PLATE STRUCTURES ARE HOT. THOSE ARE LOCATED WITHIN WILD CREEK AND AT NORTH SHORE AS WELL. WE DONE OVER THE YEARS VARIOUS ARTICLES IN THE COMMUNITY MAGAZINE REMINDED BE ABOUT PLAYGROUND SAFETY WHICH INCLUDES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE TOUCHING THE PLAYGROUND FIRST BEFORE USING IT.

>> IF I MAY, THIS IS ONE PLAYGROUND THAT CREEKSIDE PARK AND THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION AND HAS SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS RESIDENTS THAT LIVE AROUND HERE SAID THAT AT 930 OR 10 IN THE MORNING IT'S HOT AND REALIZE IT'S ALMOST COST PROHIBITIVE AND LISTEN TO ALL OF THEM BUT WILL OUR NEWER PARKS WHO DO NOT HAVE ALL THE TREES THAT SOME OF THE OTHER PARKS HAVE, WILL THEY HAVE A SHADE STRUCTURES? ARE YOU LOOKING AT THAT?

>> WE PREFER TO INCORPORATE SHADE WITHIN THE PLAYGROUND INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT UNDERNEATH A TOTAL PLAY STRUCTURE. SO THERE IS ELEMENT OF SHADE WITHIN THE ACTUAL PLAY STRUCTURE. SO THINK ABOUT THE VERTICAL POSTS THAT THE VARIOUS DECKS ARE ATTACHED. MANY OF OUR KLINGONS NOW ARE INCLUDING SHADE ON TOP OF THOSE POSTS SO THAT A FULL CANOPY BUT IT'S ATTEMPTING TO ADD SOME SHADE DIRECTLY TO THE EQUIPMENT VERSUS THE ENTIRE FOOTPRINT OF THE PLAYGROUND.

>> I THINK THIS MERITS REVIEW. I THINK WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT IT WHEN YOU SAY ONE-TIME CAPITAL EXPENSE, THERE ARE WAYS TO DO THIS WITH FABRIC THAT WOULD BE A LOT CHEAPER.

I THINK A MORE COST EFFECTIVE DEAL YOU WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE CANVAS OVER ITS LIFETIME BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD BE I THINK IT MERITS A STUDY. I'M WILLING TO SPEND THE MONEY BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY AND THAT WE CAN DO IT IN A CONSISTENT WAY SO IT'S NOT JUST AND WANT TO MAKE SURE WERE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY.

>> I WOULD AGREE WITH WHAT HAS BEEN SAID. I THINK WE SHOULD CONDUCT A STUDY AND DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO PROVIDE AND COME BACK WITH SOME ALTERNATIVES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF STRUCTURE OR STRUCTURE MATERIAL TO ADDRESS THIS BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS UP IN THE BUDGET TASK FORCE I WENT OUT AND VISITED SOME PARKS. SOME PARKS AT 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING YOU LITERALLY CANNOT GET ON THE SLIDE AT 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. THAT DOES NOT EVEN TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE AFTERNOONS WHEN THE SUN IS REALLY HOT. I THINK THIS IS REALLY WORTH SOME TIME DUE TO COMPLETE STUDY AND COMING BACK TO US WITH SOMETHING THAT WOULD ADDRESS IT AND LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.

>> WE HAVE THAT TO HER THOUSAND DOLLAR COMMUNITYWIDE PARKS AND REC NEEDS A FACILITY ASSESSMENT. THAT PROBABLY DOES NOT ADDRESS MODIFICATIONS TO THESE PARKS BUT MIGHT BE ADDED TO THAT ALREADY EXISTING PLAN.

>> MY INITIAL APPROACH ON THIS IS WORKING WITH ONE OF OUR MANAGERS.

WE USE ONE SPECIFIC VENDOR TRADITIONALLY FOR THESE TYPES OF STRUCTURES.

AND SAY, WE HAVE A SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE PLAYGROUNDS, TAKE A GANDER AT ALL THE SMALLS

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QUICKLY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

>> WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT THE ONES IN FULL SUN, WHERE ARE THEY AT IN OUR SCHEDULE REPLACEMENT BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY MUCH EASIER ON THE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE PUT IN THE AMENITIES THEY BUILT AND INSTEAD OF TRYING TO RETROFIT AND THEN GET AROUND AND HAVE TO DO THE REDO.

THERE IS PROBABLY, LET'S SNAP OUR FINGERS AND SOLVE IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE REPLACEMENT PERIOD'S AND THEN INTERIM SOLUTIONS AND THEN MAKING SURE WE TIME IT OUT SORT OF PUTTING CAPITAL OUT THERE AND TAKEN AT THE CAPITAL AND PUTTING CAPITAL BACK INTO THE SAME PARK.

>> AGREED I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPREHENSIVE THAT ADDRESSES THAT.

>> OVERTIME.

>> I THINK WE NEED TO ASK WHY ARE WE PUTTING METAL SLIDES. NOT METAL, OKAY.

THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT INCORPORATING THAT IN DESIGN WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANY SHADE. WE KNOW THAT'S A PROBLEM, IT GETS HOT IN TEXAS, JUNE AND JULY AND AUGUST.

>> IT DOESN'T IN MICHIGAN, THOUGH.

>> I MEAN, I GET IT. AND WE DON'T WANT KIDS GETTING BURNED ON THE SLIDES OR ANY OTHER PART. LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

>> I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING AND DOCTOR NEUNES YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS ALREADY.

THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY WHICH I'M A MEMBER, DOES OFFER GRANTS FOR SHADE STRUCTURES AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE HEARD THAT TO THEIR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR NONPROFIT SCHOOLS AND AT TAKERS AND EVEN GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. IT MIGHT BE WORTH LOOKING INTO TO SEE IF THERE WAS REVENUE AVAILABLE THERE. TO SUPPORT THE SHADE THAT YOU'RE FINDING A NEED FOR.

>> NEXT ONE, THIS INITIATIVE DEALS WITH INSTALLING GENERATORS AT ONE OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES IN BOTH RECREATION CENTERS. IT HAS A ONE-TIME CAPITAL EXPENSE OF 400,000 AND WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS ENHANCE TOWNSHIP OPERATIONS DURING EMERGENCY RESPONSES AND PROVIDE FOR COMMUNITY WARMING OR COOLING CENTERS IN EMERGENCY EVENTS. THIS WAS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF AND BY THE BUDGET TASK FORCE.

DISCUSSION? WE ARE ACTUALLY WANT TO SKIP OVER THIS ON.

WE'RE TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT RECYCLING CENTER SERVICE MODIFICATIONS BUT WERE GOING TO ROLL THAT INTO SOME OTHER THINGS WERE LOOKING AT ON THE SOLID WASTE CONTRACT AND THAT'S COMING BACK TO THE BOARD AT A LATER DATE. THERE WAS A REQUEST FROM THE VILLAGE OF CREEKSIDE PARK VILLAGE ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR OWN RECYCLE CENTER LOCATED IN THE AREA. THIS IS ACTUALLY COME BEFORE THE BOARD BEFORE.

THIS WAS NOT RECOMMENDED BY THE STAFF OR THE BUDGET TASK FORCE. DOCTOR NEUNES, DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE REASONS FOR THAT?

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SERVICE LEVELS WE ARE PROVIDING TO THE RECYCLE CENTER LOCATED NEXT TO BRANCH PARK YOU EDIFY THAT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS IS A VERY MUCH THE SAME CONSISTENTLY FROM THE .5 MILES TO ABOUT NINE. THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN CREEKSIDE PARK ARE WITHIN THAT DISTANCE WHERE THERE IS PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN A GROGAN! AND HI OAKS AREA. THAT WOULD THEORETICALLY HAVE TO TRAVEL FURTHER THAN WHAT A CREEKSIDE RESIDENT WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL. THAT CONDITIONED WITH THE FACT THAT LAND FOR A FACILITY LIKE THIS IS AT A PREMIUM IN A CREEKSIDE PARK.

THE FOUR SITES WE IDENTIFIED WE DO NOT OWN THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE PURCHASED WHICH BE IN ADDITION TO THIS ONE-TIME CAPITAL COST IF THE BOARD WOULD SO LIKE TO CHOOSE THAT DIRECTION.

>> DON'T FORGET HARPERS LANDING.

>> THANK YOU, SIR.

>> THIS NEXT ONE WAS DISCUSSED AT THE BUDGET TASK FORCE BUT WAS ACTUALLY SEPARATE AGENDA

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>> CAN ASK WILLIAM A QUESTION? HE'S LIKE, YES, TWO HOURS AND I HAVE A QUESTION.

FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THIS IS AN AWESOME IDEA GIVEN HOW THE PUBLIC CONSUMES INFORMATION AND IMMEDIATE TODAY. IT'S MOSTLY STREAMING. WE DON'T HAVE A NEWS CHANNEL OUT THERE COVERING THE WOODLANDS, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A NEWSPAPER ANYMORE COVERING US.

SO, WILL THIS WITH THIS ENVISION YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR THE TOWNSHIP BE ONE THAT I COULD ACCESS FROM JUST THE YOUTUBE APP ON ANY DEVICE AND THEN WILL IT PULL FROM THE SWAG IT VIDEOS THE EXISTING ARCHIVED VIDEO CONTENT WE ALREADY HAVE?

>> ACCEPTED IT, YES IN GENERAL, LIKE A NEWS CHANNEL OR IF WE WANTED TO DO A LIVE STREAM FROM SWAG IT TO A YOUTUBE WE CAN DO THAT. AS FAR AS ACCESSING OLDER ARCHIVES YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO OUR VIDEO SITE FOR THAT. IT IS NOT TO WAIT.

>> WOULD WE BE ABLE TO, JUST HEAR ME OUT, LIVE STREAM OUR OWN SWAG IT TO A YOUTUBE CHANNEL TO CREATE THE CONTENT ON THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL?

>> YES.

>> THERE WE GO WE JUST BUILT A LIBRARY. SO THERE IS A WAY TO DO THAT.

BECAUSE NOBODY HAS TO BE WATCHING IT BUT WE COULD BACKFILL THE CONTENT BY PLAINTIFF AS A LIVE STREAM EVENT.

>> THERE IS A CAPABILITY TO DO A LIVE STREAM TO FACEBOOK AND OR YOUTUBE.

>> DO WE HAVE THE AGREEMENT TO DO HIGH-LEVEL PRODUCTION?

>> WE ALREADY HAVE IN THIS ROOM.

>> ARE WE ABLE TO GO MOBILE IF WE WANTED TO GO OFF-SITE?

>> WE HAVE NICK AND I AND AN IPAD.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AT SOME POINT YOU MAY WANT TO DEVELOP A JOINT EFFORT WITH ATW IN THE TOWNSHIP FOR VIDEO PRODUCTION. THERE MAY BE SOME REAL OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO TYPE THESE TWO THINGS TOGETHER. I PERSONALLY THINK THIS IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO DO REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THE WEBSITE. AND SO, I REALLY I THINK WHEN I TAKE A LOOK AT THIS IS THE WOODLANDS WEBSITE WAS IT THREE YEARS AGO AND WHERE IT IS TODAY, I WANT TO SEE THAT SORT OF WHIZ BANG FOR THE TOWNSHIP. IT'S GOING TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN $100,000. BUT IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY IN TODAY'S WORLD.

>> NICK, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD SINCE YOU SHEPHERDED THAT ENHANCED VIST THE WOODLANDS WEBSITE?

>> THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE IS UNDER NICK'S PURVIEW.

>> YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS, SO HE CAN ADDRESS BOTH.

>> WILLIAM IS THE TECHIE SO HE'LL WORK WITH US ON THAT. THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE I THINK YOU HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THERE IN FRONT OF YOU. IT IS REALLY A PRIMARY SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR OUR RESIDENTS. IT IS BIG, IS MASSIVE.

WE HAVE MORE THAN 10,000 PAGES ON THAT SITE AND OVER 30,000 UPDATES LAST YEAR ON IT.

SO IT'S PRETTY BIG AT 1.2 MILLION UNIQUE VISITORS SO PEOPLE ARE DEFINITELY GOING THERE. IT DOES NEED A NEW REFRESH AND IT PROBABLY VERY ROBUST NAVIGATION SYSTEM OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AS WELL. THE LAST TIME WE REDESIGNED IT

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>> THAT'S LIKE A MILLENNIA IN DIGITAL TERMS.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. WE ARE CERTAINLY OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AND ALSO WORKING WITH WILLIAM, WORKING WITH VIST THE WOODLANDS TO DEVELOP SOME TYPE OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE TOWNSHIP. WE DO HAVE A YOUTUBE CHANNEL RIGHT NOW YOU CAN ACCESS FROM OUR TOWNSHIP FRONTPAGE BY TWO CLICKS BUT IT'S MORE PROMOTIONAL TYPE VIDEOS.

IT'S NOT THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE, IT'S THE 62ND TO THREE-MINUTE PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS ABOUT THE TOWNSHIP.

>> WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS LAST YEAR WHEN THE CHURCH IS CLOSED AS A WAY TO STAY CONNECTED TO OUR CHURCH WAS WATCHING ONLINE AND THEY ALL PIVOTED AND I CAN GO TO YOUTUBE AND PUT IN MY CHURCHES NAME AND WATCH IT LIVE OR WATCH A RECORDED. I THINK THE EASE OF ACCESS FOR THE RESIDENTS REGARDING HOW THIS GOVERNMENT OPERATES TO WATCH THE MEETINGS THAT THEY CAN'T ATTEND BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY OR GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH AT HOME.

>> EASIER, I THINK THAT'S THE KEY WORD. THEY CAN WATCH HER RIGHT NOW, LIKE ANNA WASH FROM KENTUCKY ON FRIDAY. RIGHT NOW IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND WHERE THAT IS, I TOTALLY AGREE.

>> THE POINT IS IT'S AN EXPENSE BUT IT'S SO MUCH CHEAPER LONG-TERM THAN TRYING TO DO THIS IN A PRINTED MEDIA. WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A REALLY SLICK, EASY TO USE VEHICLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. BECAUSE MOST OF THEM LIVE THAT WAY NOW AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WERE GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT TO THEM IN A WAY THEY CAN SEE IT.

AND ACCESS IT. I AM 100 PERCENT ON THIS.

>> MAY ALSO ADD IN NUMEROUS MEETINGS THE FRANCHISE TAX HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP.

THAT IS ANY FIVE-YEAR INCORPORATION LAW. THE FEDERAL CABLE ACT ALLOWS FRANCHISE FEES UP TO ONE PERCENT OF FRANCHISE FEES FOR CABLE BILLS TO BE DEDICATED TOWARDS FINDING EQUIPMENT FOR VIDEO PRODUCTION SERVICES. AS A MATTER FACT, ALL THE CITIES IN TEXAS THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT ARE COLLECTING FRANCHISE FEES USE THOSE TO PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT FOR VIDEO PRODUCTION, GREEN ROOMS, PORTABLE CAMERAS AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER DEVICES. THAT IS WHAT SOME OF THOSE FRANCHISE TAXES ACTUALLY PAY FOR IS A FINDING EQUIPMENT THAT HELPS PROVIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION, VIDEOS AND COMMUNICATION OF INFORMATION WHETHER YOUR STREAMING THROUGH YOUTUBE OR OTHER MEANS.

JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT IS WHAT SOME OF THOSE TAXES IF YOU ARE INCORPORATED WERE ACTUALLY FOR.

>> THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY IT'S ABOUT PRODUCTION, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US GO OFF-SITE AND BE ABLE TO CAPTURE ALL THE GREAT QUALITIES THAT WE HAVE AT PARKS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SELECT THE CHURCH FIGURED OUT HOW TO LIVE STREAM AND THEY MADE IT VERY ACCESSIBLE BUT ALSO FROM A PRODUCTION STANDPOINT IS AFFORDABLE WAYS OUT THERE, PROGRAMS LIKE SWITCH OR WERE YOU CAN TAKE SEVERAL PHONES AND HAVE DIFFERENT CAMERA ANGLES AND CAPTURE ALL THE BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCES WE HAVE HERE WHETHER IT'S FOURTH OF JULY AND HAVE IT ALL STREAMED ON FACEBOOK AND THEN DELIVER IT ONTO YOUTUBE AND THEN RIGHT THERE ON OUR WEBSITE.

IT'S A WAY TO HIGHLIGHT ALL THAT WE HAVE HERE BUT I THINK YOU NEED TO THINK JUST NOT HOW PEOPLE VIEW IT BUT HOW IT'S PRODUCED, AS WELL.

>> ONE MORE THING WILLIAM, WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THE ARCHIVES AND BE ABLE TO CONVERT THOSE OVER TO YOUTUBE, I THINK THERE'S A WAY AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS IT'S MORE AND WERE IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING A ROBUST YOUTUBE PROGRAM AND WE HAVE YEARS OF ARCHIVED VIDEOS, SOME OF IT ACTUALLY IN 16MM THAT THEY COULD THE IT DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON A CONVERSION PROCESS TO GET THOSE OVER INTO YOUTUBE STREAMING. SO I THINK THERE IS A WAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

>> DOWN PAYMENT ON FUTURE, IMPROVE PRODUCTION ACCESS.

>> I FAILED TO MENTION WHEN WE SWITCHED OVER TO THIS BUT NOW THERE'S A PACKET OF MATERIALS

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>> AFTER OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS IS CLEAR THAT WE NEED AN UPGRADE.

AND THAT ROOM GETS USED FOR AN AWFUL LOT OF DIFFERENT PURPOSES INCLUDING THE DFC AND OTHER TIMES OTHER MEETINGS THAT WOULD BE, IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE A ROBUST ABILITY TO CONDUCT THOSE MEETINGS AND TO RECORD THEM. AND TO MAKE THEM ACTUALLY USEFUL FOR SOMEONE HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO CALL IN AND WATCH.

>> I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY OPPOSITION WHATSOEVER AMONGST THE TASK FORCE.

>> QUICKLY, YOU KNOW I WAS INTERESTED AND I THINK DIRECTOR RIESER WAS AS WELL, ABOUT REACHING BACK TO THE SANDERSON REGIONAL FLOOD PLANNING GROUP WHEN THEY REQUESTED USING THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP FACILITIES TO HOST THEIR REGIONAL MEETINGS HERE AND I THINK I DISCUSSED ALSO WITH MR. POWERS AND I KNOW DIRECTOR RIESER WAS INVOLVED, AS WELL.

THE QUESTION IS, WITH THESE MODIFICATIONS MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A REGIONAL MEETINGS SUCH AS THE FLOODING PLANNING GROUP?

>> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, I KNOW THAT WAS THE INTENTION OF THE BUDGET TASK FORCE.

>> YES, AND I KNOW THEY BEEN UP FOR UPGRADING THEIR AV, AS WELL.

>> GREAT, THANK YOU.

>> REAL QUICK, OUR UPGRADES UNLESS WE USE IT SOMEHOW THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, THE REMOVAL THAT ARCADE THAT'S AGAINST THE WALL WITH A PROJECTOR AND A LIGHT BOARD THERE?

>> YES.

>> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THAT.

>> WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PACKAGE LIKE YOU MENTIONED.

THE NEXT ONE WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT WHICH WAS THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE BUT THERE IS SOME OF MATERIALS THERE THAT WERE DEVELOPED BY NICK AND HIS TEAM. THE NEXT PAGE AFTER THAT WERE SOME REQUESTS THAT WERE SURVEYED BY DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS.

MANY OF THESE WE HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED BUT WE CAN GO DOWN THAT LIST REAL QUICK AND I WANT READ IT ALOUD BECAUSE LIKE I SAID A LOT OF IT WE ALREADY ADDRESSED BUT IF THERE'S ANY OTHER THAT DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP SPECIFICALLY OR THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.

>> WE CAN DO THAT YET, NOT OUR ROAD. WE TALKED TO THE COMMISSIONER ABOUT THAT WE HAVE IN THE PAST BUT HE HAS NOT BEEN FAVORABLE BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT.

>> FOR THE AUDIENCE, THAT REFERS TO BIKE LANE MARKINGS ALONG WOODLANDS DRIVE.

BUT TO FOLLOW WHAT THEY THOUGHT, DIRECTOR RIESER, IF WE ARE A CITY WE CANNOT BUT BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE CONTROL OVER OUR OWN ROADS WE WON'T NEED PERMISSION FOR BIKE LANE.

>> THE PROBLEM IS IT'S NOT JUST BIKE LANE MARKINGS, THE RULE IS WEIRD TO PROVIDE MORE

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AT THAT A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE.

>> DOCTOR NEUNES, ARE YOU FAMILIAR. SORRY.

JOHN, CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED?

>> DIRECTOR RIESER IS CORRECT. ROADS UNDER TEXAS DOT AUTHORITY WOODY PERMISSION, THIS ROAD WAS NOT. LAKE WOODLANDS DRIVE WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO THAT.

SO THIS COST WAS REALLY JUST TO MODIFY THE ENTRANCE CURBS THAT JUT OUT INTO THE CURRENT SHOULDER OF A MOVIE THOSE BACK SO THERE WOULD BE A CLEAR EIGHT FOOT WIDE ASPHALT SHOULDER ALONG LAKE WOODLANDS DRIVE EAST AND WEST.

>> IS THERE AN EIGHT FOOT WIDE SHOULDER OR WHICH HAD TO EXPAND THE PAVEMENT?

>> THE SHOULDER IS THERE BUT THE CONDITION IS NOT GREAT. I DON'T KNOW, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CRACK SEALED AND OVERLAID TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR. DOING SOME RESEARCH, THE REASON THE CURRENT INTERSECTION CURBS JUT OUT INTO THE LANE WAS SO THAT CARS COMING OUT OF THE INTERSECTION UNTO LAKE WITH AND STRIVE WOULD HAVE TO GET INTO THE LANE AND A SET OF USING THAT SHOULDER AS A MERGE LANE SO YOU COULD CUT THE CORNER AND THEN TRY TO MERGE IN, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT TO MAKE SURE. WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE ENGINEERING STUDIES OF WHY IT WAS DONE THAT WAY AND WAS EDUCATED THAT THERE IS A DESIGN PRINCIPLE FOR THAT.

NOW, THE CURB IN THE INTERSECTION DOESN'T COME OUT EIGHT FEET TO THE EDGE OF THE ASPHALT SHOULDER, IT COMES UP SIX FEET. SO THERE IS A TWO FOOT PIECE AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS SO THERE MIGHT BE AN OPTION TO REDUCE THAT ANOTHER FOOT OR SO AND STRIPE IT SO YOU GET TO THE INTERSECTION ON A BIKE INSTEAD HAVING EIGHT FEET YOU HAVE THREE FEET FOR THAT PIECE TO GO SINGLE FILE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION ON A BIKE.

>> OR YOU COULD RECONSTRUCT THE CURB, LEAVE THE TIP THERE AND HAVE A SPACE IN BETWEEN THE CURB SO THE CARS STILL COULD NOT UTILIZE THAT EIGHT FOOT SHOULDER FOR MERGING YOU WOULD STILL, THE CARS WOULD STILL HAVE TO COME ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE ROADWAY AND SO I HAVE SEEN THAT DONE AN AWFUL LOT OF PLACES.

>> THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS BUT TO YOU FIRST POINT WHEN THE JONES AND CARTER RECOMMENDED AS PART OF PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE MASTER PLAN AND WENT TO THE COUNTY FOR THESE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, COMMISSIONER NOWAK SAID THAT THEY COULD MAKE THE IMPROVEMENT THAT WAS SUBJECT TO THE COUNTY TAKING IT OUT AT ANY POINT.

>> SO THEY TECHNICALLY DID AUTHORIZE IT. WE WILL HAVE TO CONFIRM THAT, AGAIN.

>> THIS WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WHEN WE HAVE A PENDING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH IMPROVEMENTS ON THE ROADWAYS WHICH WOULD IT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO AND IN THE TERMS OF THAT IS THAT IT'S TOTALLY AT RISK.

>> ANYWAYS, IT'S AN INTERESTING PROJECT. I THINK MOST OF US ARE RELATIVELY SUPPORTIVE OF HEAVEN AND ON ROAD BIKE LANE IN THAT PARTICULAR CORRIDOR. I THINK FROM A PRIORITIZATION STANDPOINT THE SPRING CREEK RECREATION OFFERS MILES OF OFF TRAFFIC CYCLING, RUNNING, HORSEBACK RIDING AND OTHER AMENITIES WAS A HIGHER PRIORITY OF THE FULL BOARD LAST TIME WE MET. NOT THAT THIS ISN'T A PROJECT WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN, THAT'S WHEN THAT WE HAD ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON.

>> THAT'S NUMBER ONE ON MY LIST.

>> WE ALL HAVE A LOT OF THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO. WE HAVE SO MUCH THAT WE CAN DO AND I THINK ONCE WE TABULATE ALL THE THINGS WE SEEMINGLY HAVE ALL BEEN AGREEING TO WE WILL HAVE TO REVISIT THOSE DECISIONS AND SAY IS THE SPRING CREEK RECREATIONAL CORRIDOR WHICH WILL BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE ITEM, IS THAT PROJECT GETTING IT DONE MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY OF THESE OTHER SMALLER PROJECTS THAT WE ALL FEEL WE WANT TO SUPPORT, AS WELL.

THAT IS WHY GOING THROUGH ALL OF THESE AND GETTING THE LITTLE CONSENSUS AND NOT MAKING DECISIONS ON ANY SINGULAR ITEM UNTIL WE LOOK AT THE HOLISTIC WE AS A WAY WE'VE DONE THIS PROCESS. BECAUSE WE COULD APPROVE EVERYTHING AND THEN FINALLY DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY LEFT FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S NUMBER ONE INITIATIVE OR NUMBER TWO OR NUMBER THREE.

>> SO THE THIRD ITEM ON THE LIST IS ON THE SEKULA-GIBBS LIST RELATES TO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND THAT STILL UNDER DISCUSSIONS OR UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD OF

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>> IF A DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS IS OKAY, MOST OF THE ITEMS ON THE LIST WE ARE CURRENTLY ALREADY COVERING IN OTHER AREAS UNLESS THERE'S A REASON TO GO THROUGH THEM AGAIN WE HIT ALL OF THESE ITEMS.

>> WE HAVE, YES.

>> I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GO THROUGH IT ALL AGAIN.

>> OKAY GREAT. THE NEXT ITEM IS AN EMAIL RECEIVED FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE CROSSING VILLAGE ASSOCIATION. THE COST FOR THESE CAN BE HANDLED WITHIN OUR EXISTING BUDGET. SO THEY ARE NOT REALLY BUDGET INITIATIVES BUT WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THEM.

>> ON ITEM 3 OF HIS LIST WHICH IS THE INTERSECTION OF PARKLAND CROSSING NOT BE MAINTAINED AND HAVING A LINE OF SIGHT ISSUE, I KNOW IT'S THE COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY.

SO SOMETIMES WE ARE PROACTIVELY DOING COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY MOWING'S BUT AS FAR AS THE LINE OF SIGHT VEGETATION IS THAT SOMETHING THE COUNTY TYPICALLY WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS?

YES AND NUMBER >> LIKE EVERY QUESTION.

>> IT'S REALLY THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY THEY MAY OR MAY NOT WANT TO FIX IT.

>> THERE IS A LINE ITEM FOR LINE OF SIGHT VISIBILITY LIKE TOWNSHIP PATHWAY, TWO POINT THE COUNTY PARTICULARLY PRECINCT 3, SOME PRECINCT 2, MONTGOMERY COUNTY HAS BEEN DOING PUTTING IN MEDIANS ON ROADSIDES SO IN RESPONSE TO THIS IS YES TO YOUR TYPICAL PROCESS EITHER WE IDENTIFY IT AS A STREETSCAPE ISSUE OR ITS ACCOUNTING ISSUE AND SOMEONE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.

>> I'VE SENT MESSAGES TO COMMISSIONER NOWAK THAT WE WANT TO SEND THIS TYPES OF ISSUES SO WILL GO AHEAD AND FORWARD THIS WENT FOR HIM BEFORE THE LINE OF SIGHT.

NEXT WE WILL EVALUATE WHICH ONE IT IS. THEY SAY MOWING AND PRUNING IN THIS SO HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS.

>> IF IT'S OURS WILL DO IT IF NOT WILL FORWARD IT.

>> WE HAVE THREE SPECIFIC REQUESTS FROM THE STERLING RIDGE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION SO THE FIRST ONE IS PARKING PAVERS AT PLAYER BEEN PART ON TO DRIVE.

THERE'S ONE ON THAT SHEET. SO THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT ON THAT IS $3000.

IT REALLY WE HAVE THAT WITHIN OUR EXISTING BUDGET IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT DOCTOR NEUNES CAN COME ADDRESS THOSE.

>> THE PARKING IS OFF TRAFFIC, IS THAT TOWNSHIP LAND OR IS THAT STILL COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY?

>> MOST LIKELY FOR MY ANALYSIS WOULD BE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. I THINK THERE'S A CAVEAT IN THE MEMO THAT TALKS ABOUT GETTING RIGHT-OF-WAY APPROVAL WHICH MR. POWERS MENTIONED IT WOULD BE ENCOMPASSED BY THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.

>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT PRECINCT IT'S IN?

>> THREE.

>> THE NEXT INITIATIVE THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY STERLING RIDGE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION HAD TO DO WITH THEIR MONUMENT SIGN EMBLEMS AND THERE IS A CAPITAL, ONE-TIME CAPITAL COST OF $30,000 SO THAT WOULD BE A BUDGET INITIATIVE AND AGAIN IF DOCTOR NEUNES WANTS TO ADDRESS THAT ONE.

>> THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF MONUMENT SIGNS OR MORE OF THE DECALS AT THE TOP OF THE SIGNS. SOME HAVE A NUN SOME HAVE ONE AT LEAST FOUR DOUBLE LEAF.

THE INDIVIDUAL REQUESTED THAT THERE SIGN WHICH IS NOTHING I BELIEVE HAD SOME SORT OF MONUMENTS. WE LOOK FOR MEDALLION, WE LOOKED AT THAT COLLECTIVELY THREAT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM AND THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO REVIEW ALL 44 SIGNS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT A COST OF $30,000 BUT THE QUESTION TO THE BOARD WOULD BE IF THAT GETS

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>> NONE OF THE SIGNS ARE IN BAD REPAIR.

>> IS NOT ABOUT THE REPAIR OF THE SIGN IT'S ABOUT WHETHER YOU HAVE A MEDALLION OR NOT UNASSIGNED.

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THING.

>> IT'S NICE THAT STONY RIDGE HAS SOMETHING AT ALL. SOME OF THE VILLAGES DON'T PARTICULARLY HAVE ANY MARKING.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED BUT SOMEONE HAS DEMOLISHED THE ENTRY SIGN AT TIMBER LOCK IN THE I 45 FEEDER ROAD.

>> WE GOT NOTICED SATURDAY OR SUNDAY. I BELIEVE THE CREW IS TRYING TO WAIT TRAFFIC OUT TO CLEAN THAT UP.

>> CAN WE DO, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE GROWTH FOR US TO SIGN UP YET AND ETHICALLY TO GO BACK A FUTURE BOARD MEETING AND DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD BE PUT IN MONUMENT SIGN ON RESEARCH FOR US TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE WOODLANDS NOW THAT GOES THROUGH THE 978.

>> WE ALREADY DID. IT'S NOT PUT IN YET BUT WE ALREADY APPROVED IT.

WE WANT THE OVERLY LARGE SIZED ENTRANCE, MAIN ENTRANCE.

>> WERE WORKING ON DESIGN RIGHT NOW IS IN DESIGN PHASE. WE HAVE RESEARCHED FOREST, THAT'S IN DESIGN PHASE RIGHT NOW.

>> WE VOTED ON THAT ALREADY.

>> THE SIGN WE ARE TAKING OFF AS AN EXAMPLE BUT THAT'S OLD AND BRIDGE.

>> MAYBE, NOPE, WHO KNOWS? IT'S AT THE ENTRANCE.

>> WILL IT HAVE A MEDALLION ON IT?

>> IT WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE SIGN AT 1488.

>> I GET IT BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO SET OFF SIGNAGE ENVY ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

>> I THINK IS JUST SOMETHING I REALLY HADN'T NOTICED NOW WILL HAVE TO START PAYING ATTENTION TO SEE IF THEY HAVE OUR MEDALLIONS.

>> THE NEXT PROJECT, THIRD PROJECT SUBMITTED BY THE STERLING RIDGE ASSOCIATION SEVERAL PAGES BACK HAS TO DO WITH A DECOMPOSED GRANITE PATHWAY LOOP.

MAKE VALLEY PARK WOULD HAVE A CAPITAL COST OF $249,000 AND AGAIN I WILL LET DOCTOR NEUNES DISCUSS ISSUES WITH THAT.

>> A FEW YEARS AGO THE BOARD APPROVED SPONSOR PATHWAY THAT IS ONE-MILE.

IT'S VERY, VERY WELL USED. I WAS THERE THREE SATURDAYS AGO WALKING IT MYSELF.

THIS PATHWAY IS ABOUT 1000 FEET AWAY. ONE OF THE CONCERNS AS WE ALLUDED TO IN THE BARK BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN WAS PUT IN PATHWAYS IN A TRAILS ALONG THE BIAS BECAUSE OF A CONFLICT WITH HOMES I THINK THERE WOULD BE 44 HOMES POTENTIALLY IMPACTED BY THIS. AND THEN, EXTRAPOLATING THIS A LITTLE MORE IF THERE IS THE WILLINGNESS TO PUT A DECOMPOSED GRANITE PATHWAY IN THESE AREAS THAN IN TRYING TO DISPERSE THESE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THERE ARE TWO IN CONFERENCE CROSSING ABOUT ONE MILE APART, BUT TRYING TO EQUALLY DISTRIBUTE THEM THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE ACCESS BECAUSE THESE ARE VERY WELL USED AMENITIES.

>> I THINK ORIGINALLY, I THINK JOHN POWERS, WE DISCUSSED THIS ABOUT A YEAR AGO POSSIBLY.

IT'S A GREAT USE OF SPACE IF YOU CAN DO THAT ESPECIALLY AROUND PLACES WHERE YOU DON'T USUALLY WALK LIKE MAYBE AROUND THE BEAR BRANCH RESERVOIR. SOMETHING IF THERE'S WAYS TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE OVER THERE FOR WALKING TRAILS. AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH I SAW A FEW THOSE I THINK IT'S WELL UTILIZED SPACE IF WE CAN DO THAT WE HAVE TO DO CONCRETE.

NEXT THERE ARE >> THERE ARE PEOPLE USING THAT LOOP ALREADY ONCE YOU FORMALIZE IT IT BECOMES MORE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE COMING BEHIND PEOPLE'S

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>> I WAS HEARING TO THE BEAR BRANCH AS PART OF THE MAJOR RENOVATION AND IT MADE A LOT OF SENSE IT DOESN'T IMPEDE ON EVERYONE'S PRIVACIES. WE APPROVED DRAINAGE AROUND THE FIELDS AND THE TURF FIELDS. I THINK I WOULD WANT THIS TO SEE WHAT WE GET BACK ON THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. WE ARE DOING A FULL-BLOWN IT NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

SOME OF THESE ITEMS WE CAN WAIT TO SEE WHAT COMES BACK FROM THAT ANALYSIS AND ANYTIME WE GO BEHIND PEOPLE'S HOUSES THE SENSITIVITIES TO THAT, THEY SHOW UP.

BECAUSE REMEMBER IN THE MASTER BIKE PATH AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN ONCE THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN 14 THE PEOPLE THAT WERE LIKE THAT IS NICE BUT I DON'T BIKES RUNNING BEHIND MY HOUSE AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY. SO I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ADJACENT PROPERTIES SUPPORTING, IF YOU FORMALIZE AND MAKE AN OFFICIAL PATH IT WILL GET HIGHER UTILIZATION AND YOU HAVE MORE FOLKS NOT WANT PEOPLE BEHIND THEIR HOMES. LET'S SEE WHAT COMES BACK IN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

>> BACK FROM THERE, THERE IS, WE ARE NOW MOVING TO REQUEST THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY THE VILLAGE OF CREEKSIDE PARK. VILLAGE ASSOCIATION. SO THERE IS NOT ANY BUDGET INITIATIVES DEVELOPED SO FAR. THERE IS A PAGE LIKE THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE A CHART, AND THIS IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT NANCY BECKER SUBMITTED TO US. WE ONLY RECEIVED THIS RECENTLY SO STAFF HAS NOT HAD, LIKE OVER THE WEEKEND, THEY'VE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO DEVELOP THE INITIATIVES FOR THIS. IF THERE ARE ANY WE WANT TO DISCUSS WE CAN TRY TO DO THAT BUT TO REALLY DEVELOP ANY SPECIFIC COST WITH THIS, WE WOULD NEED AT LEAST THIS AFTERNOON TO TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE AND THEN COME BACK TOMORROW AND PRESENT THEM.

>> I HONESTLY THINK THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS TO HAVE A COORDINATED DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMISSIONER AROUND ESPECIALLY THE CREEKSIDE RING CROSSING. ANY OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS OVER THERE FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO JOINTLY FUND THESE THINGS. I THINK HE WOULD BE OPEN.

FOR THAT DISCUSSION.

>> I THINK THERE IS ALREADY DIALOGUE GOING OUT WITH TOM AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AND THAT PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVE. I THINK THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE IS ALREADY LOOKING AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS NOW. IF I LOOK AT THE REST OF THE LIST, CONNECTIVITY TO OTHER PATHWAY SYSTEMS, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT FOR CREEKSIDE IS THE SPRING CREEK RECREATIONAL CORRIDOR WHICH WILL BE THE CENTERPIECE OF RECREATIONAL AMENITIES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTIES CONNECTED BY BOTH AND THAT'S A VERY LARGE PROJECT.

WE DID HAVE FAVORABLE MEETINGS WITH THE COMMISSIONER ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

ON ADVANCING THE TIMELINE OF GETTING THAT 14 FOOT PAVED RECREATIONAL PATHWAY CONSTRUCTED. HE IS ALREADY CLEARING FROM BURROUGHS PARK TO ANNA SNYDER AWAY AND WE HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH HIM ON CONTINUING FROM AND SNYDER WAY ALL THE WAY AROUND TO THE BRIDGE WHICH IS AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN MILES OF CONNECTIVITY WITH A JOINT FUNDING AGREEMENT. SO THAT'S GOOD BE ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WERE GONNA TAKE UP TO SET ASIDE IN A BUDGET THE FINDING BUT THAT WILL TURN INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH PRECINCT 4 AND THEN THEY WILL FIND THE BALANCE AND MANAGE THE PROCESS.

FOR US, IF WE CAN GET THIS PROJECT IN THIS BUDGET IT PROVIDES A MUCH MORE ADVANCED TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION AND WE ARE NO LONGER WAITING FOR OTHER ELEMENTS TO CONNECT US.

HE IS VERY SUPPORTIVE HEAD OF THE LINE WITH HER JOINT FUNDING AND HIS CREW ALREADY AND PROXIMITY. THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF MY NUMBER ONCE BECAUSE IT HITS, IT'S A SUPPORTIVE PROJECT FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND WITH THE ABILITY TO MOVE

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>> WE SEE WHEN IN HERE CONCERN ABOUT CARS USING PIONEER CANYO .

WE JUST HAD A WORD WITH THE CONSTABLES AROUND THERE TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL SPEED ENFORCEMENT. THEY ARE VERY GOOD AT THAT AT CREEKSIDE PARK.

I THINK WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.

>> YOU WILL SEEK QUITE A FEW HERE THAT ARE GENERAL MAINTENANCE ITEMS WHICH CERTAINLY CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF WITHIN OUR EXISTING BUDGET.

>> EXCEPT FOR THE ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE, WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR THA . WE CAN ASK FOR THAT.

>> AND THAT CONCLUDES THE BUDGET INITIATIVES AND THE MATERIALS FOR PRESENTATION TODAY.

>> I KNOW SPRING CREEK WAS LISTED AS A SIDEBAR IN THE INITIAL, I THINK WE NEED TO PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT TO THAT TO FORMALIZE WHAT WE WOULD BE SETTING ASIDE.

BUT I THINK BEFORE WE DO THAT WE NEED TO GET A TABULATION OF EVERYTHING THAT APPEARED TO HAVE CONSENSUS AND AGREEMENT SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WERE DOING FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT BUCKETS.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION TO COME BACK TOMORROW?

>> YES, SIR.

>> IT'S A MULTI-DAY PROCESS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T DOUBLE COUNT MONEY.

YOU CAN ONLY SPEND ONE DOLLAR ONCE. AND THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WHERE WE ARE AT AND SO.

>> WE WILL RUN THIS TO THE BUDGET MODEL.

>> WHEN YOU COME BACK TOMORROW WHICH ALSO COME BACK AND DISCUSS THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE 75 BASIS POINTS AND THE IMPACT THAT 300,000 MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE A DECISION-MAKING?

>> YES, WE WILL HAVE MORE CONCRETE NUMBERS FOR YOU AND I WILL SHOW YOU THE IMPACT ON THE BUDGET OVER THE FIVE-YEAR LAN IF THAT WAS TO MOVE FORWARD.

>> MONIQUE, I HAVE A QUESTION BUT IT MIGHT BE ACTION QUESTION TWO DIRECTOR RIESER.

IS THERE MONEY IN THE BUDGET ALREADY TO SUPPORT THE WEBSITE THAT WILL FACILITATE THE WATER TASK FORCE IS THAT ALREADY ALLOCATED?

>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

>> ONE AT WATER TASK FORCE WEBSITE THAT'S COMBINED WITH HEART AND WITH HIS WATER, WE ALREADY FIND IT, HOW MUCH WAS THAT?

>> 30,000.

>> THAT'S A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE MUDS AND HERSELF.

>> AND HEART.

>> HEART IS NOT ACTUALLY PUTTING ANY MONEY IN IT. THEY'RE JUST MANAGING THE WEBSITE FOR US.

>> SO THERE WILL BE ACTION TO TAKE ON AGENDA ITEM 8 BECAUSE IT STAYS OPEN UNTIL WE HAVE A CONSOLIDATED BUDGET AND DECISIONS ARE MADE. AND MONIQUE WILL COME BACK TOMORROW AND WILL PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF TODAY WHICH WILL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM 9. WHICH IS RECEIVED BUDGET INITIATIVES RELATED TO 2022 BUDGET AND FIVE-YEAR PLAN.

>> WE COMBINE THOSE TWO ITEMS.

>> AGAIN, WILL MOVE FORWARD. AGENDA ITEM 10 PROPOSED 2021 DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE AND MEAN AND SEPARATION RATE. IS THIS SOMETHING WE SHOULD DIFFER.

>> WE SHOULD WAIT TO ACTION ON THE OTHER TWO ITEMS.

>> NUMBER 11, WE COULD POSSIBLY DO 12. CONSIDER ACT AWARD BID FOR

[12. Receive, consider and act upon an award of bid for streetscape maintenance services (C-2021-0122);]

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WE WILL BE REVIEWING THE STREETSCAPE BIDS AND IN-HOUSE ANALYSIS AND TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW THERE IS A LOT IN THIS

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REALLY JUST GIVING YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE HAVE GONE AND WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS AND PROVIDING YOU SOME OPTIONS THAT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR. MANY OF YOU KNOW WE ARE CURRENTLY WITH BRIGHTVIEW, THAT WAS AN ASSUMPTION OF A CONTRACT, CONTRACT ENDS IN DECEMBER.

WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WERE DOING FOR NEW STREETSCAPE PROGRAM.

THE SCOPE IS A LARGE SCOPE. RIGHT-OF-WAY, NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRANCES, TOWN CENTERS, STREET SWEEPING, TRASH REMOVAL, IRRIGATION AND SO ON. IT'S A BIG SCOPE.

YOU APPROVED AN RFP WE RELEASE THE RFP, YOU IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT VENDORS WHO ARE QUALIFIED THAT ARE EITHER DEFINED AS ALL SERVICE THAT MEANS THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE OR ABLE TO PROVIDE A BID FOR ALL THE SERVICES OR JUST TOWN CENTER OR STREET SWEEPING.

THERE WERE SEVEN DIFFERENT PROJECTS AS PART OF THIS. WE DID THIS SPECIFICALLY TO GIVE YOU AS MUCH FLEXIBLY AS POSSIBLE. AGAIN, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRANCES, FORESTRY, RIGHT-OF-WAY TRASH, TOWN CENTER STREETSCAPE.

WE DID THIS TO ALLOW YOU TO BE ABLE TO AWARD BIDS INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A WHOLE TO GIVE YOU THE GREATEST FLEXIBILITY FROM A COST MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT. YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PARTICULAR THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT VENDORS AND THEIR COST FOR THAT SERVICE AND IS BASICALLY UNIT PRICES. WE ARE USING UNIT PRICES VERSUS TIME AND MATERIALS TO MAINTAIN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR LIABILITY IS. THE LOWEST COST IS A BRIGHTVIEW AT 4.2 MILLION BUT WHEN YOU PUT IN THEIR KICKER IF THEY ARE AWARDED THE ENTIRE SCOPE WOULD BE 4.28. THEY ALSO DIVIDE THE LOWEST VENDORS PER UNIT AND WE WILL DISCUSS THAT NEXT. YOUR TO BREAK DOWN EVERY VENDOR BY LOW COST AND TABULATES TO $3.4 MILLION. AS I MENTIONED THE SINGLE BITTER.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LOWEST COST WE HAVE TO GET AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS.

WE DID AND YOU SEE THE LAST BULLET SOME EXTENSIVE CYCLE TIME ANALYSIS.

WE DID A BID CONDITIONING OR REVIEW MEETING WITH EACH VENDOR AND WE HAD TO DIVIDE HOW MANY STAFF THEY WERE ASSIGNING TO EACH SERVICE. WE WENT THROUGH THE ANALYSIS AND IDENTIFY THE FACT THAT IF THEY HAVE THREE STAFFER FIVE STAFF ATTEND STAFF FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT MEANS THEY WOULD NEED TO OPERATE AT CERTAIN MILES PER HOUR, CERTAIN ROUNDS PER MINUTE. WE HAD TO FIGHT SOME OF THESE VENDORS THAT WERE ON THE LOWER SIDE AND POTENTIALLY DID NOT STAFF ENOUGH BODIES. WE DID NOT GET THE DESIRED RESULT WHICH CAUSES FRUSTRATION ON TOP OF THE TOWNSHIP. WE LOOKED AT THE IN-HOUSE MODELS. YOU SEE THAT EXTENSIVE ANALYSIS.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE IN-HOUSE MODEL IS THE $2.8 MILLION CAPITAL REQUIREMENT AND THE $1.2 MILLION FACILITY. ADDITIONAL STAFF AND THAT BECOMES A CHALLENGE.

IN-HOUSE MODELS YOU CAN SEE OUR PRICES. OUR PRICES SOME OR COMPETITIVE AND RATE ONLINE WITH A NUMBER OF STAFF. WE SPENT ABOUT 12 MONTHS THINKING ABOUT HOW WE WOULD DO THIS TASK, HOW WE WOULD DO EACH INDIVIDUAL TASK AND A LOT OF TIME WAS SPENT ON THAT. FROM THAT STANDPOINT BUT BUT THESE MODELS INCLUDE EVERYTHING THAT THE CONTRACTOR WOULD PROVIDE, STAFFING, OVERTIME, TRAINING, VEHICLE MAIDENS, FUEL AND THE CAPITAL ACQUISITION. WERE NOT RECOMMENDING FULL TRANSFER OF THIS SERVICE TO THE TOWNSHIP. BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE EQUIPMENT LEAD TIME RIGHT NOW WE ARE SEEING DELAYS IN TRUCKS ESPECIALLY WHEN WERE LOOKING AT 28 TRUCKS, THAT'S JUST THE TRUCKS UP TO ONE YEAR FOR DELIVERY BECAUSE OF THE COVID SHUTDOWNS AND FACTORS.

LABOR MARKET CHALLENGES, TOUGH TO GET THAT NUMBER OF STAFF AT 72.

OVERALL, THE OVER LOWEST BID WAS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THE TOTALS RESPONSIBLE BID.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS WE TRIED TO THINK CREATIVELY ON HOW WE WOULD APPROACH THIS DIFFERENTLY TAKING PIECES. YOU HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY, WE SAW THE FACT THAT WE PROVIDED THE LOWEST BID FOR STREETSCAPE AS WELL AS RIGHT-OF-WAY TRASH. WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING GOING DOWN THE STREET SWEEPING BECAUSE OF HEAVY VEHICLE MAINTENANCE.

IT IS A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT ROUTINELY BREAKS DOWN. IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE BEAST OF THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT. WE ALSO LOOKED AT HOW DO WE.

NEXT DOCTOR NEUNES, AND REP. DOES THE COUNTY DO ANY STREET SWEEPING?

>> PRECINCT 3.

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>> CAN YOU COME TO THE MIKE, MR. POWERS?

>> PRECINCT 3 DOES SOME BUT THE OTHER THREE PRECINCTS DO NOT.

>> CORRECT.

>> BECAUSE WE ARE THE COUNTY ROADS THAT WERE SWEEPING.

>> YES THESE ARE THE COUNTY ROADS WERE SWEEPING. ALL OF THE OPTIONS WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU WE LOOKED AT WHERE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WERE IN THE PAST AND WHERE WE HAVE RESIDENT COMMENTS AND HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE RESIDENT COMMENTS.

WE IDENTIFIED THAT PUTTING ADDITIONAL SUPERVISORS ONE FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY AND ONE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRANCES TO KEEP ON THE CONTRACTOR ALSO DEVELOPING AN IN-HOUSE CREW, TIGER CREW, HOT SHOT CREW TO ADDRESS THE URGENT RESIDENT NEEDS.

THE CREW WOULD ALSO AS MR. POWERS ALLUDED TO ADDRESS SOME SIGHTLINES IMPROVING WHICH COULD BRING IN-HOUSE COST SAVINGS OF $105,000 PER YEAR. WE GO INTO THESE MODELS, THE ONE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE IS THE ONE THAT WERE GOING TO BE RECOMMENDING.

WHEN WE LOOK AT BRIGHTVIEW DOING THE BULK OF THE WORK. IN BERKELEY DURING TOWN CENTER, THAT REALLY LEVERAGES THE TOWN CENTER OPERATIONS THAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IN THE WATERWAY SCOPE. REALLY LEVERAGING THAT SEEN SOME SYNERGY THERE.

AS WELL AS TOWNSHIP TAKING OVER TRASH WITH SEVEN EMPLOYEES AND SO INSTEAD OF HAVING BRIGHTVIEW'S FOLKS YOU'LL SEE TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEES DOING THAT. THAT BRINGS YOU TO A COST SAVINGS OF $462,000 IN INITIAL CAPITAL OUTLAY OF $303,000 WHICH I BELIEVE IS IN YOUR BASE BUDGET. SO OUR CONCLUSIONS OVER 18 MONTHS REALLY THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY STREETSCAPE WITH A LITTLE WITH LITTLE FRUSTRATION TO THE RESIDENCE. THERE'S A TIME PSYCHOANALYSIS IN YOUR PACKAGE.

TO SELECT THE LOWEST BIDDER WE BELIEVE IT'S BRIGHTVIEW WITH ALL SERVICES EXCEPT FOR TOWN CENTER AND RIGHT-OF-WAY TRASH IN BERKELEY ARE BEING RECOMMENDED.

THESE SERVICES COUPLED WITH THE IN-HOUSE STAFFING WE BELIEVE WILL HAVE SAVINGS OF ABOUT 462,000 SO WE BELIEVE ARE ENHANCING THE SERVICES AND REDUCING THE COST.

SO THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BUDGET TASK FORCE WHICH REVIEWED THIS MATTER LAST WEEK OR 10 DAYS AGO.

>> SO WAS THE LENGTH OF TIME FOR THESE TWO CONTRACTS?

>> THESE WILL START THE FIRST OF THE YEAR AND WOULD RAPIDLY BRING ON STAFF ABOUT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. WE WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH THE CAPITAL ACQUISITION SO WE CAN HAVE THE EQUIPMENT DAY ONE, JANUARY 1.

>> SO THEY ARE FIVE YEAR AGREEMENTS?

>> YES, SIR.

>> ANYTHING IN AGREEMENTS TO PROVISION FOR US TO DO MORE OVERTIME OR YOUR LECTIN? LOCKED IN?

>> THERE'S ALWAYS THOSE PROVISIONS.

>> WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE?

>> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE

>> AYE >> ANY OPOSSED? MOTION CARRIES.

>> I KNOW YOU GUYS DON'T DO IT OFF A LOT OF WORK ON THAT BUT I THINK IT PAID OFF.

IT JUST PROVES THAT IT'S THE WAY TO GO. SO WE WILL BE DOING A LOT MORE OF THIS I THINK. IN THE COMING YEARS.

>> WE DO NOT HAVE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS FOR TODAY. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING LEFT FOR TODAY'S AGENDA. WE DO HAVE OTHER AGENDA ITEM 15 WHICH AGAIN ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED ON A FRIDAY AND THEN WE HAVE 16 WHICH IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 17 BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

>> SO MOVED BUCKS SECOND

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