Jul 28, 2021 Board of Directors Regular Meeting Agenda

[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;]

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>> WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.

WE'LL BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION. IT WILL BE GIVEN BY MR. MILNER.

>> FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TONIGHT, WE PRAISE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS YOU SHOW US ON A DAILY BASIS.

WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH US.

THAT YOU WOULD LEAD US AND GUIDE US.

YOU WOULD GIVE US DIRECTION, YOU WOULD GIVE US STRENGTH TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS, TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS.

WE ASK YOU TO WATCH OVER THIS COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO PROTECT IT FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE REMNANTS OF PANDEMIC, COVID AND THE DELTA VIRUS. WE ASK YOU TO BE WITH THE DOCTORS, EMTS, NURSES, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS THEY ARE OUT DEALING WITH THESE ISSUES ON A DAILY BASIS.

ASK THAT YOU WOULD LEAD THEM AND GUIDE THEM AND LEAD THEM IN THE DIRECTION OF THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS BEST FOR MANY AS OPPOSED TO WHAT IS BEST FOR FEW, FATHER. WE PRAISE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. WE ASK THIS IN YOUR HOLY NAME.

>> WE'LL DO OUR PLEDGES TO OUR FL

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, INDY VISIBLE.

>>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE

INDIVISIBLE. >> IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, THE MEETING WAS POSTED 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THIS OFFICE BUILDING. STATE LAW REQUIRES FOUR MEMBERS TO BE IN ATTENDANCE. DIRECTOR BROWN.

>> HERE. >> DIRECTOR NELSON HERE.

>> HERE. >> DIRECTOR SCHNEIDER.

>> PRESENT. >> AND I KNOW BRUCE WON'T BE WITH US TONIGHT. WE HAVE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER.

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

WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT -- >> MOTION.

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

>> AYE. >> THAT WILL PASS.

WE'LL NOW RECOGNIZE PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

IN OUR SIGN-UP SHEET, NO ONE SIGNED UP TO BE ELECTED.

IF THERE ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WANT TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED, NOW IS YOUR TIME. WE WILL GO PAST THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.

[5. Public comment;]

WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO AROUND THREE MINUTES. WE'LL START WITH SIMON BETSON.

>> GOOD EVENING FOLKS. MY NAME IS SIMON BUTISON, I'M WITH THE DYNAMO YOUTH SOCCER CLUB.

AN UPDATE ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST 30 TO 60 DAYS.

WE HAD OUR JUNE AND JULY SOCCER, WE HAD 900 PLAYERS SIGN UP AT MULTIPLE CAMPS AT MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LEVELS.

WE HAVE A DISABILITY CAMP GOING ON TONIGHT.

WE HAVE A MINI KICKER AND WORLD CUP.

WE HAVE THREE STYLES OF CAMPS TONIGHT WHERE I'LL BE GOING A LITTLE BIT LATER AFTER THIS MEETING.

IT HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY, BUSY SUMMER AND A FUN SUMMER WITH THESE KIDS. THERE ARE LOCAL RESIDENTS COMING TO THE CAMPS. I THINK IT HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC SUMMER. WE HAVE OUR HOUSTON YOUTH CUP 2021, IT IS THE LARGEST EVENT WE HAVE PUT ON HERE IN THE TOWNSHIP. THAT IS COMING TO US ON THE AUGUST 20-22, BRINGING IN HUGE ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE LOCAL AREA. WE HAVE 300 TEAMS EXPECTED TO REGISTER AND SIGN UP. THESE TEAMS ARE COMING FROM LOCAL HOUSTON MARKET. ALSO COMING IN FROM CITIES, A LITTLE FURTHER AFIELD FROM SAN ANTONIO, AUSTIN, DALLAS AND THE SURROUNDING STATES. IT IS A LOCAL TOURNAMENT.

IT IS A REGIONAL ONE AND NATIONAL TEAMS WILL BE COMING INTO OUR STATE. WE'LL BE USING THE HOTEL AS USUAL. THE PRIORITY IS THE TOWNSHIP, PROPERTIES. WE HAVE ABOUT NINE OF THEM ALREADY ON BOARD. WE'LL BE PUSHING AND SQUEEZING ON THE REST TO COME ON BOARD TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.

AND WE'LL NEED ABOUT 1500 ROOMS FOR THAT WEEKEND.

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THE MONEY RAISED AT THAT EVENT GOES TO OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND.

WHICH WE USUALLY RAISE ABOUT $100,000 A YEAR FROM THAT WEEKEND. THAT ALL GOES BACK INTO SCHOLARSHIP, THE FINANCIAL AID THAT WE PROVIDE FOR OUR MEMBERS WHO ARE IN NEED. IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE VERY PROUD OF. WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING THIS EVENT SINCE 2006 AND GROWING ON A YEARLY BASIS.

AGAIN, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

I'LL BE ON THE MIKE ON THE NEXT MEETING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, SIMON.

WE'LL HAVE NORTON AND DR. MARK ARE COMBINING THEIR PUBLIC

COMMENTS SO SIX MINUTES. >> THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS LAURA NORTON. THIS IS MY CONSTITUENT, FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR DR. MARK MYNATH. I DO NOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF WOODLANDS WATER OR MY BOARD. I SPEAK FOR MYSELF.

THESE ARE OUR VIEWS. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU, ESPECIALLY DIRECTORS DR. SHELLEY SEKULA-GIBS, GORDY BUNCH, JOHN ANTHONY BROWN AND BOB MILNER FOR YOUR COMMENTS AT LAST WEEK'S MEETINGS. I WATCHED FROM HOME AND I AGREE, IT IS TIME TO TAKE THE TEST, TO PUT A CORPORATION ON THE BALLOT.

I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE.

I GOT INVOLVED WHEN IT CAME TO HIGH TENSION LINES THAT WERE GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY AREN'T THERE NOW. THAT WAS FANTASTIC.

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN ADVOCATE AND HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS FOR TWO DECADES. I'LL BE DELIGHTED TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER ON CORPORATIONS, TO MAKE US ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDS THAT CITIES DON'T EVEN HAVE TO FIGHT FOR, TO HELP US ADVOCATE FOR WHAT IS BEST FOR RESIDENTS, NOT OTHER INTERESTS.

YOU GUYS ARE MY HOMETOWN HEROES. NOW, TO GET ON WITH WHAT CONCERNS US BOTH MOST THIS EVENING -- EARLY IN 2015, SJRA STARTED BRINGING WATER THROUGH THE GRE PIPELINE.

BEFORE THIS PIPELINE OPENED UP, SUBSIDANCE NEAR THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL WAS SINKING AT HALF AN INCH A YEAR.

ONCE THE PIPELINE BECAME OPERATIONAL, SUBSIDANCE FELL TO A HALF INCH EVERY FIVE YEARS. SJRA DECIDED TO ESTABLISH A MONITORING STATION ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS EVIDENCE OF AN ACTIVE FAULT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RESEARCH FOREST. BUT THEY DID THIS ONLY AFTER THE GRE BECAME OPERATIONAL. AT THE MARCH 22, 2018 TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING, SJRA PRESENTED ITS ANALYSIS OF THE OUTPUT FROM THESE MONITORING STATIONS. DESPITE FINDING A PATTERN OF ELEVATION CHANGES CHARACTERISTIC OF THE FAULT, SJRA ARGUED THE DIFFERENTIAL ELEVATION CHANGES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FAULT WERE NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO DEMONSTRATE AN ACTIVE FAULT.

SJRA WANTED TO SEE AN ELEVATION CHANGE OF AT LEAST 1.8 INCHES A YEAR TO DECLARE THE FAULT TO BE ACTIVE.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR HOUSE TO STRADDLE A FAULT THAT MOVES EVEN HALF THAT MUCH? ONE OF YOU HAVE.

THE TOWNSHIP CONSIDERED THE ORIGINAL CRITERIA OF PATTERN OF DIFFERENTIAL SHANGS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FAULT LINE SUFFICIENT TO WARRANT FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND SO PRESSED THE SJRA IN PRESSING THE FAULT SURVEY BEYOND ITS FIVE-YEAR FUNDING. WE COME TO ASK THE TOWNSHIP TO ONCE AGAIN PRESS SJRA TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE ELEVATION CHANGES ALONG THE HIGH SCHOOL FAULT.

LAST MARCH, THE SIXTH YEAR STUDY WAS COMPLETED.

SJRA CONCLUDED WHILE THE PATTERN OF FAULTING IS CON CONVINCING, THE SIZE OF CHANGE IS TOO SMALL TO CONSIDER AN ACTIVE FAULT.

GIVEN CURRENT COSTS AND CONCERNS OVER WHO OWNS THE WATER, THE CHANCES OF SJRA CONTINUING THE W2A FAULT SURVEY AS IT IS CALLED

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NOW WE ARE AT 65 GROUND WATER A.

WOODLANDS RESIDENTS HAVE PAID DEARLY TO REPLACE OUR CONSUMPTION WITH SURFACE WATER. IN DOING SO FOR THE FIRST A COUPLE OF YEARS AFRT GRP BECAME OPERATIONAL, IT SLOWED DOWN TO A MANAGEABLE RATE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A TUBE OF CAULK.

IF THE WOODLANDS LOWERS THE MIX OF GROUND TO SURFACE WATER BELOW 50-50, NOT ONLY WILL FAULTS ALONG THE LINE OF RESIDENTS SUCH AS HIS BE REACTIVATED, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE GROUND WATER APPROACHES PRE-GRP LEVELS? A TUBE OF CAULK WON'T ADDRESS THAT. WE COME TO YOU WITH THIS ASK BECAUSE WE SEE YOU WITH THE CLOUT AND WILL TO PUT RESIDENTS FIRST. TO ME IT IS NOT JUST THE WOODLANDS RESIDENTS WHOSE HOMES THAT STRADDLE THE FAULT LINES BUT THE THOUSANDS OF OTHER RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN ROBIN AND LIKELY DON'T KNOW IT. I HAVE TO SAY TO THEM, BUY FLOOD INSURANCE. ME AND THE DOCTOR WILL STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT FOR RESIDENTS AND PROTECT OUR PROPERTIES FROM SUBSIDANCE. OUR WEBSITE IS STOP OUR SINKING.COM. PRODUCE CUNNINGHAM IS ALSO IN OUR AUDIENCE, HE HELPED WITH THE EFFORT, STOP THE SINKING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND VOLUNTEER HOURS ADVOCATING FOR RESIDENTS. WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, LAURA.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NEXT ON OUR LIST IS STEVE LAKE

>> I'M STEVE LAKEY, I LIVE IN OLDEN BRIDGE, I AM SPEAKING JUST FOR MYSELF IN THIS MATTER. BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD AND STAFF FOR THE WAY WE HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH THIS COVID PANDEMIC SITUATION. IT HAS BEEN HANDLED BEAUTIFULLY BY ALL CONCERNED. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

SUBJECT ONE, YOU HAVE AN ACTION PACKED AGENDA SO I'LL BE BRIEF, THE A WORD CONTINUES TO RAISE ITS HAND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

I WANT TO REITERATE A COUPLE OF LETTERS THAT ONE OF WHICH IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE THAT WE RECEIVED SOME YEARS AGO FROM REPRESENTATIVE DAN HUBERTY, THE STATES EXPLICITLY THANKS TO THE LAWS THAT HAVE PASSED, NO COMMUNITY IN TEXAS INCLUDING THE WOODLANDS MAY BE APPROVED AT THE BALLOT BOX WITH A MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY VOTERS. IT IS VERY EXPLICIT.

HE GOES THROUGH A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF SCENARIOS COVERED BY LAWS. I WANT TO REITERATE AND REPEAT THAT ANNEXATION IS REALLY -- ISN'T REALLY PART OF ANY SUBJECT INCLUDING INCORPORATION. THE SECOND THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY IS THE NOTION OF HOLDING THE INCORPORATION ELECTION, THIS IS NOT A PRO-CORPORATION OR ANTI-CORPORATION COMMENT BUT THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY STATED IT WOULD DO DURING THE EVE AND YEARS WHEN TURNOUT IS HIGHER.

IT IS STILL LOW BUT IT IS HIGHER.

I DID WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD OF THIS OBLIGATION THAT HAS BEEN MADE IN THE PAST SEVERAL TIMES. TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF STATISTICS, IN THE EVE IN YEAR ELECTIONS, WE AVERAGE ABOUT 31 OR 32 PERCENT TURNOUT. IN THE ODD YEAR ELECTIONS WE AVERAGE ABOUT 11 PERCENTAGE. TURNOUT IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER.

THE HIGHEST IT HAS EVER BEEN IN THE LAST 10 YEARS IN AN ODD YEAR HAS BEEN 25%. THE HIGHEST IN AN EVEN YEAR HAS BEEN 26%. THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES. I THINK EVERYONE WOULD AGREE THAT THE HIGHER PARTICIPATION WE HAVE AMONGST OUR VOTERS THE MORE MEANINGFUL AND PRICE AND ACCURATE AN ELECTION WOULD BE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR

SERVICE. >> THANK YOU.

NOW WE'LL HAVE KEN AGER. >> MY NAME IS KEN, I HAVE BEEN

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I WANTED TO -- THIS IS THE LAST MEETING BEFORE THE AUGUST 8 OR 6 DEADLINE. WHETHER WE'LL PUT IT ON THE BALLOT THIS YEAR. I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. I HAVE FROM THE TEXAS MONTGOMERY COUNTY TEA PARTY WEBSITE, I WANT TO PICK A COUPLE OF THINGS FROM THEIR MISSION STATEMENT. THEY SAY UPHOLD LIMITED GOVERNMENT, WE BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENT IS BEST WHICH GOVERNS THE LEAST, THAT IS ON THEIR MISSION STATEMENT.

THEN THE NEXT THING IS UPHOLD FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.

AND WE HAVE -- THIS IS THE TEXAS PATRONS PACK.

THIS IS ANOTHER, I'LL CALL THEM TEA PARTY GROUP.

CONSTITUTIONALLY LIMITING GOVERNMENT, THAT IS THEIR MISSION STATEMENT. PHYSICAL RESPONSIBILITY, AS WE KNOW, THERE ARE SEVERAL BOARD EMBERS THAT SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THESE TEA PARTY GROUPS.

THEY WERE ENDORSED BY THESE GROUPS.

I HAVE BEEN CURIOUS, I BELIEVE THAT INCORPORATION WILL BE DEAD IN THE WATER UNLESS THESE TWO GROUPS ENDORSE IT.

SO I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHETHER YOU ALL HAVE CONTACTED THEM AND SEE IF YOU GOT THEIR ENDORSEMENT.

ONE OTHER COMMENT, MR. BROWN MADE A COMMENT THAT INCORPORATION IS INEVITABLE AT THE LAST MEETING.

I DON'T BELIEVE INCORPORATION IS INEVITABLE.

IN FACT, THIS MAN BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT 2057 IS NO LONGER A DEADLINE. IT IS AN ESSENTIALLY A NON NON-ISSUE, THAT 2057. IT WAS FLOATING AROUND AT THE LAST MEETING. WE NOW HAVE STATE-WIDE LEGISLATION THAT WE CANNOT BE ANNEXED WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL.

SO WE'VE GOT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN ANY OF THESE TWO TEA PARTY GROUPS. BASICALLY, THEIR PHILOSOPHY IS LIMITED GOVERNMENT, PHYSICAL RESPONSIBILITY.

I WAS UP HERE AND TALKED ABOUT MY TAX INCREASE, MY TAXES, UNDER THEIR PLAN WILL GO UP 50%. 50%.

AS I SAID AT THE LAST MEETING, WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD IF WE HAVE AN APRIL 8 OR 6 VOTE TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. BUT IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT. THANKS.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

KEN. NEXT UP IS EVERETT DYSON.

>> EVERETT DYSON, AT THE LAST MEETING I VOICED MY CONCERN ABOUT THE PARADE AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

I WANTED TO SAY THIS FORM HELPED US OUT A LOT AND WE APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE NOT SEEN IT SO I'LL BE HEARSAYING A LOT. BUT YOU PUT OUT A MESSAGE THERE, I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T SEE IT. I'M TRYING TO GET A COPY OF THE NEWSPAPER SO I CAN KEEP IT UP. ANYWAY, THIS FORM DOES WORK.

ANYBODY THAT DOES HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNING A CONCERN, IT DOES WORK. PEOPLE DO LISTEN TO IT.

I APPRECIATE IT AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT.

DON'T FORGET SENATE BILL 792 FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAS THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS OR DISABLE AMERICAN FORCES LICENSE PLATE, AS OF JANUARY 1 OF 2022, THEY NO LONGER WILL ACCEPT THOSE GOING INTO THE HANDICAP PARKING SPOT.

YOU HAVE TO GET THE PLACARD OR HANDICAP SYMBOL ON THE PLATE.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE TWO.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT BEFORE THEY GET A $200 FINE OR GET THEIR CARS TOWS.

THEY MIGHT NOT BE HAPPY SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, EVERETT. >> ALL RIGHT.

THAT IS THE LAST OF OUR SIGN-UP. IF THERE IS ANYBODY THAT CAME IN AND MISSED THE SIGN-UP SHEET AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, THIS WOULD

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THERE ARE NONE THEN WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND MOVE TO

[6. Receive, consider and act upon reports from Village Association representatives;]

>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARY ANNE BRAID.

AS PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR ACTIVITIES. WE HELD OUR MEETING IN PERSON AND ALLOWED MEMBERS TO JOIN WITH ZOOM.

IT WAS OUR FIRST MEETING IN PERSON AND THE ZOOM LINK WORKED VERY WELL. WE DID NOT RECEIVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT AT OUR MEETING.

MANY THANKS TO DIRECTOR AND DR. ANN SNYDER WHO CAME AND GAVE US AN UPDATE ON TOWNSHIP ACTIVITIES AND WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE FIRE CHIEF WHO CAME AND SPOKE ON FIRE FIGHTING SUPPORT THAT WE APPRECIATE. WE WELCOMED A NEW SPONSOR TO OUR ORGANIZATION GINA FROM DEMENTIA UNTANGLED CONSULTING SERVICES.

HER COMPANY HELPS FAMILY WHO HAVE A MEMBER WITH DEMENTIA AND LETS THEM KNOW WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE THANK HER FOR THEIR DONATION TO OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND. WE SUBMITTED OUR AUDIT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR WHICH ENDED ON MAY 31, 2021 THIS WEEK.

WE SUBMITTED OUR REPORT FOR THE BUDGET SESSION.

WE ARE HAVING A POOL PARTY ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, BETWEEN 10:00 A.M. AND 2:00 P.M. OUR SPONSOR, CHIK-FIL-A WILL BE PROVIDING SNACKS. THERE WILL BE A MAGICIAN, A BALLOON PERSON AND SNOW CONES. ENTRY TO THE POOL IS FREE AND WE'LL HAVE GAMES, FOOD AND FUN. PLEASE JOIN US FOR A FUN DAY AT THE POOL. WE ARE ALSO HAVE A FALL FESTIVAL ON NOVEMBER 6. THERE WILL BE A BOUNCE HOUSE, CLIMBING WALL, A DJ AND OTHER FUN ACTIVITIES.

WE ARE STILL PLANNING SO WE ARE STILL SETTING UP VENDORS FOR THAT. AGAIN, THAT IS NOVEMBER 6.

OUR LAST YARD OF THE MONTH AWARD WENT TO THE RES186 MILL PORT. THE YARD LOOKS FANTASTIC AFTER THE STORM WE HAD THIS WINTER. THAT IS OUR LAST AWARD FOR THE SUMMER. WE WILL BE HAVING THE SPOOKIEST HOUSE CONTEST IN OCTOBER. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON AUGUST 10. WE WILL BE MEETING IN PERSON AND WE'LL ALSO ALLOW MEMBERS TO JOIN US USING ZOOM.

WE MEET ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

ALL RESIDENTS ARE INVITED AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND AND WE DO HAVE SEVERAL OPENINGS ON THE BOARD SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR FOLKS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MARY ANNE.

NEXT UP WILL BE TED STANLEY, COLLEGE PARK.

>> GOOD EVENING. MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE BOARD MEMBERS AND MR. PRESIDENT, YOUR ENTIRE STAFF AND CAPTAIN AND CHIEF BUCK, EVERYBODY WHO KEPT US SAFE THROUGH THE LAST 18 MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC. COLLEGE PARK THRIVES.

WE ARE HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE. IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR.

WE ARE BACK TO OUR MEETINGS. WE ARE BACK TO OUR ACTIVITIES.

THOUGH ON A LIMITED BASIS BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO BE INVOLVED AND TO DO THINGS. WE WERE ABLE TO HOLD A SOCIAL LAST YEAR. WE DID AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL IN WINDSOR HILL WHERE IT WAS A DRIVE-BY.

PEOPLE DROVE THROUGH AND WE GAVE ICE CREAM SANDWICHES AND NO INTERACTION, HERE IS A SANDWICH, HAPPY DAY AND GOOD-BYE.

WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT DURING THE COVID.

THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO BUT THIS YEAR WE RECENTLY CONDUCTED OUR PALOOZA EVENT IN THE HARPER POOL. WE SERVED 150 HOT DOGS.

I DON'T THINK WE HAD 150 PEOPLE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ATE TWO HOT DOGS BUT WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT.

WE PARTICIPATED IN THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE.

WE HAD A HOSPITALITY TENT FOR COLLEGE PARK RESIDENTS OR ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO JOIN WHERE WE SERVED COFFEE AND DONUTS.

I ATE MOST OF THE DONUTS BUT WE SERVED COFFEE AND DONUTS AND WE WERE THERE FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO WANTED TO COME BY.

THE TOWNSHIP FLOAT WAS FANTASTIC.

THAT WAS A NICE ENTRY TO THE PARADE.

THE PARADE WAS A GOOD PARADE OVERALL.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EVENTS COMING UP WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO. OUR SUNDAY IN THE PARK EVENT WHICH IS TYPICALLY HELD IN THE SPRING, WE PUT THAT OUT TO THE FALL OR CLOSE TO THE FALL. SO SEPTEMBER 12 AT TAPPER STREET PARK IN GROWGAN. WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ICE CREAM SOCIAL. WE ARE PLANNING OUR FALL

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AGAIN, WE INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME AND JOIN US AND BE WITH US.

IN ADDITION TO THOSE NORMALLY PLANNED EVENTS, WE ARE TRYING TO DO A VENDOR, WE'LL INVITE A LOT OF BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. WE ARE WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TO HOST A COFFEE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH COORDINATORS. WE HOPE TO DO THAT SOMETIME IN EARLY FALL BEFORE HOLIDAYS GET INTO THE THROWS.

WE RECENTLY HAD RESIDENTS WHO POSTED A LOT OF ISSUES THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE.

A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.

DR. NOOMS TOOK HIS TIME AND INSPECTED ALL THE ISSUES AND GOT WITH ME. MR. POWERS HELPED A LOT IN ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES. I WAS GRATEFUL TO BOTH OF THEM FOR THAT AND TO THE ENTIRE STAFF ACTUALLY.

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE TOWNSHIP DIRECTORS, DR. ANN SNYDER WHO CAME TO OUR RECENT MEETINGS.

WE KNOW YOU ARE ALL VERY BUSY. WE INVITE YOU TO OUR MEETINGS ANY TIME YOU WANT TO. I WAS HERE LAST WEEK AND I INVITED THE DIRECTOR TO OUR MEETING BECAUSE HE WAS A RESIDENT OF COLLEGE PARK. HE SAID AS SOON AS I'M NOT AS BUSY I'LL BE THERE. HE INFORMED ME ON MONDAY NIGHTS OR AT LEAST THAT MONDAY NIGHT HE GOES TO VISIT WITH AN ELDERLY FRIEND, KEEPS HIM COMPANY AND HE SAID HE IS BORED, THE FRIEND IS BORED. I SAID, BRING HIM ON.

THAT'S GREAT. THE DIRECTOR LET ME KNOW HE WASN'T THAT BORED. THE MEETINGS THEMSELVES MIGHT BE INSPIRATIONAL AND THEY MAY NOT. I DON'T KNOW.

WITH THAT, EVERYONE HERE, WE PRAY TO WARD OFF ANY ADDITIONAL COMPLICATIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY FROM COVID AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR SUPPORT AND WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT

MONTH IN PERSON. >> I HEARD A RUMOR THAT THE DIRECTOR LIKES ICE CREAM SANDWICHES, HINT, HINT.

>> OR HOT DOGS. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT UP WILL BE BRUCE CUNNINGHAM, BROEGENS MILL.

>> GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN BUNCH AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

IT HAS BEEN A WHILE. I WANT TO THANK MR. BUNCH, ANN SNYDER, SHELLEY SEKULA-GIBS, CHIEF BUCK FOR ATTENDING MEETINGS. WE HAD COMMISSIONER NOWAK AT OUR MEETING AND WE'LL BE INVITING CHRIS NOOMS TO OUR NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS. AT THE BOARD WE HAD TWO RESIGNATIONS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOME REPLACEMENTS FOR THOSE POSITIONS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH, WE DO MEET IN THE LARGE MEETING ROOM HERE, 152.

IT IS HARD TO HAVE A ZOOM MEETING LIKE THEY HAVE IN THE SMALLER ROOMS. WE CANNOT FIT OUR GROUP INTO A SMALLER ROOM. WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY HELP THE TOWNSHIP COULD GIVE US IN PROVIDING EITHER A LAPTOP WITH AN HDMI BOARD IN ORDER TO CONDUCT A ZOOM MEETING.

WE HAVE ALL THE THINGS, IT IS JUST THE CONNECTION WE NEED.

THE FARMERS MARKET REMAINS THE ENGINE OF THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION. WE HAVE RECENTLY CONDUCTED A SWAT ANALYSIS AND HAVE MADE A NUMBER OF CHANGES TO THE MARKET.

WE SET UP AN ARTISAN CORNER WHERE WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE WHO DO THEIR OWN ART WORK COME, BE IN A SPECIFIC LOCATION.

THEY'LL ROTATE PERIODICALLY. THEY'LL ALL BE ASSIGNED.

WE ARE SWAMPED WITH APPLICATIONS BETWEEN CRAFT, WE ARE TRYING TO MAINTAIN A BALANCE BETWEEN CRAFTERS AND PEOPLE WHO SELL FOOD, PRODUCE. ON THE 4TH OF JULY WE HAD A COMMUNITY EVENT AND GAVE AWAY SEVERAL HUNDRED HOT DOGS AND I THINK 200 SAUSAGES. IF YOU DIDN'T ATTEND, WELL, MR. MARQUIS HAS SAUSAGES FOR SALE EVERY SUNDAY AND THEY ARE WONDERFUL. WE DID HAVE 58 VENDORS THIS WEEK. THE MARKET IS IMPROVING.

ONE HELPING US IS A RETIRED SOCIAL MEDIA PERSON TO WORK WITH

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OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM AT THE MARKET, TWO OF THEM, OUR MANAGER WE HAD WHO IS VERY, VERY GOOD MOVED BACK TO MISSOURI.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A FULL-TIME MANAGER.

WE ARE HAVING A CONTINUING BATTLE WITH EPSCAP WHO WANTS US TO PAY IN LICENSING FEES FOR THE MUSIC WE HAVE AT THE MARKET.

WE ARE TRYING TO WORK AROUND THAT AND FIND SOME EQUITABLE SOLUTION. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE CONTINUE TO FACE IS THAT OF WHICH IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN THE GROVNS MILL SHOPPING CENTER.

A PLACE LIKE BROTHERS PIZZA NO LONGER HAS NEW TRAFFIC COMING IN. THEY ARE RELYING ON THEIR OLD EXISTING TRAFFIC AND THAT SLOWLY FADES AWAY SO THAT THOSE STORES ARE FEELING A PINCH IN TRAFFIC, MANY OF WHOM ARE NOT PAYING FULL RENT AND ARE MONTHS BEHIND. THE OTHER THING HAPPENING ARE THE TAX RATES IN THE SHOPPING CENTER HAVE GONE UP BY ASTRONOMICAL AMOUNTS. ONE WENT UP 20%.

ONE WENT UP 48%. EVERY OTHER BUILDING IN THE SHOPPING CENTER HAS GONE UP DOUBLE DIGITS.

THE RANDALLS STORE IS VALUED AT $100,000 LESS THAN HAB AND THE TOWER. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME THINGS THAT ARE -- THAT HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF WHACK IN THE APPRAISAL SYSTEM. THE LAST PIECE OF INFORMATION, THIS IS A POSITIVE ONE. NEIL GAINER HAS BEEN SELECTED TO FILL THE SEAT FOR THE FLOOD PLANNING GROUP.

HE'LL PROBABLY GET SO BUSY HE WON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE FARMERS MARKET AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO FOR THE GREAT SALARIES YOU TAKE AS THE DIRECTORS SUFFER IN SILENCE.

>> VERY TRUE ON THE COMMERCIAL INCREASES ON THE APPRAISAL.

I SAW THAT WITH MY OWN BUSINESS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

INDIAN SPRINGS, MICHAEL SAUCIER. >> THANK YOU.

FIRST, I WANT TO THANK DR. SNYDER AND DR. NOOMS FOR COMING TO OUR BOARD MEETING ON THE 13TH OF JULY WHERE WE WERE GIVEN A PITCH ON DOGGEN WING PARK.

WE AS A BOARD PASSED ON SOME OF OUR CONCERNS.

ONE, WE DON'T WANT ANY OVERTHINNING OF TREES.

SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WERE VERY CONCERNED.

WE PASSED THAT KNOWLEDGE OVER TO CHRIS.

RESTROOMS WERE A CONCERN AT THAT PARK.

CHRIS JUST TOLD ME AN IDEA HE HAD.

IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO THAT PARK ON THE WEEKENDS, IT IS BUSY. IT IS REALLY BUSY.

LOTS OF FOLKS NEED ACCESS TO BATHROOMS. RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE TWO. PARKING AGAIN, FALCON WING DRIVE, INDIGO SKY, THAT WHOLE AREA IS COVERED.

SOMETIMES IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO PARK.

THERE IS A MEDIAN THERE, PEOPLE PARK ON THE SIDE.

IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET BY. CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING.

HOW WE'LL FIX IT, I DON'T KNOW. WE NEED TO THROW IT OUT THERE AND FIGURE IT OUT. DRAINAGE WAS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT RESIDENTS PASSED ON, BETWEEN THE SOCCER FIELD AND BASEBALL DIAMOND. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE KNEE DEEP IN IS THE VILLAGE, THAT IS OUR EVENT ON OCTOBER 23 FROM NOON UNTIL 3:00 IN THE INDIAN SPRINGS SHOPPING CENTER.

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WE WENT OUT TO BID TO FOUR OR FIVE VENDORS, THEY WERE HIGHER.

SPECTRUM WAS HIGHER TOO BUT CHEAPER THAN THE OTHER GUYS.

WE ALSO HAVE FOUR STAGE ENTERTAINERS LOCKED IN.

I'M HOPING TO GET TWO MORE. LIKE I SPOKE LAST TIME, I'M FOCUSING ON YOUTH GROUPS. WE HAVE DANCE GROUPS COMING, SOME DRAMA GROUPS COMING SO A VARIETY OF ENTERTAINMENT.

WE'LL HAVE BOUNCE HOUSES TOO. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING OUR VENDORS LINED UP. THE GOAL IS TO HAVE 40.

ROUGHLY 20 FOOD VENDORS. RIGHT NOW, FIVE NINE AND FIVE VENDORS. WE STILL HAVE WORK.

WE SENT OUT A LOT OF COMMUNICATIONS.

IT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE DOOR TO DOOR HERE SOON.

HOPEFULLY NOT SCARING THEM COMPLETELY BUT YOU KNOW THE DRILL. YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT IT.

THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR HELP. SEE YOU SOON.

>> MR. EVERETT DYSON? >> FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO SHELLEY SEKULA-GIBS AND FRAN FOR BEING AT EVERY ONE OF OUR MEETINGS. I HAVE AN APOLOGY TO MAKE.

SHELLEY, I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I ALWAYS CALL YOU SHEILA. I'M -- TOM CORRECTED ME BECAUSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT I CALLED SHEILA SHELLEY SO IT IS MUTUAL.

ANYWAY, I WANT TO SAY I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

ANYWAY, BUT OUR LAST MEETING, WE DIDN'T HAVE A KWUROM.

WE HAVE SERVICE OFFICERS AROUND THERE.

THAT'S WHAT MY FOCUS WAS, WE HAD PEOPLE FROM -- WE HAD OUR NATIONAL COMMANDER IN CHIEF BUT WE HAD OTHER VISITORS FROM NEB NEBRASKA, LOUISIANA, TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY THERE. ANYWAY, IT WAS PRETTY WELL -- THEY WANT TO FOLLOW SUIT. HOPEFULLY ON THE 88TH, IF WE DON'T GET IT ON THE FLOOR TO BE READ, IT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF THEN. I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO JOHN POWERS AND ALSO FOR CHRIS NOUNE FOR THE SPECIAL PROJECT WE HAVE.

I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT OUT TOO MUCH BECAUSE I KNOW THEY MAY BE LISTENING.

I THINK THEY PROBABLY KNOW WHAT IS FOG -- A COUPLE OF THINGS WE'LL BE DISCUSSING -- THIS WILL BE OUR LAST ZOOM MEETING I'M HOPING DEPENDING ON HOW THE BOARD FEELS. WE DID HAVE A FEW OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT DID TEST POSITIVE FOR THE COVID SO THEY ARE KIND OF -- I DON'T BLAME THEM. THEY HAD FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS BUT STILL IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

I DON'T DICTATE IT. IT IS UP TO THE BOARD, MAJORITY RULES. OKAY.

I ALWAYS TAKE THEIR CONSIDERATION FIRST.

LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, 152, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE ZOOM.

WE TRIED IT ONCE. IT FAILED.

THAT'S WHY WE WENT STRICTLY ZOOM.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOMETHING TO WORK.

IT WAS A NICE TRY. IF IT DOESN'T WORK WE'LL STICK WITH THE ZOOM NO MATTER WHAT. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FLEA MARKET. THE FLEA MARKET, WE'LL KIND OF PROBABLY GET INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT SLOW.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS AND PATRONS, SELLERS

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STAY TUNED. I'LL KEEP YOU GUYS INFORMED.

JUST LET YOU KNOW, THE TOWNSHIP DOES A HECK OF A LOT ON THE FLEA MARKET. WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT THEIR HELP. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTOOD HOW APPRECIATIVE WE ARE OF THOSE SERVICES THAT THEY DO PROVIDE. THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, EVERETT.

DO WE HAPPEN TO HAVE ANYBODY HERE FROM THE CROSSING OR STERLING RIDGE? ALL RIGHT.

IF NOT, WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE REPORTS.

>> SO MOVE. >> SECOND.

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

>> THANK YOU. TO ITEM 7, AN ACT ON

[a. Receive, consider and act upon a proclamation recognizing The Woodlands High School for winning the Lone Star Cup (as requested by Director John Anthony Brown);]

DIRECTOR BROWN WILL READ THAT. >> WHILE I READ THIS PROCLAMATION IF TED LANDRY WANTS TO COME UP TO THE MIC.

THIS IS VERY TIMELY AS WE ARE WE ARE ALWAYS WATCHING THE OLYMPICS, IT REMINDS ME OF OUR EXTREMELY TALENTED ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AND STUDENTS WE HAVE HERE IN THE WOODLANDS THAT QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK THEY COULD BE THERE IN THE OLYMPICS AND DO VERY WELL. BE IT PROCLAIMED WHEREAS THE UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE PROGRAM RECOGNIZES SIX PROGRAMS EACH YEAR, EACH IN THE CLASS UNIFICATION, 1A, 2A 3A, 6A BASED ON THEIR ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SANCTIONED ACADEMIC ATHLETIC MUSIC CHAMPIONSHIP. ACADEMIC STATE, BASEBALL, BASKETBALL TEAM SPORT, CONGRESS, CROSS-COUNTRY INDIVIDUAL SPORT, FILM, FOOTBALL TEAM SPORT, GOLF, MARCHING BAND, 21 ACT PLAY, ROBOTICS, FIRST AND BEST, SOCCER TEAM SPORT, SOFTBALL TEAM SPORT.

SPIRIT, SWIMMING AND DIVING, INDIVIDUAL SPORT.

TEAM TENNIS, TENNIS, THEATRICAL DN, TRACK AND FIELD INDIVIDUAL SPORT, VOLLEYBALL, TEAM SPORT, WRESTLING, INDIVIDUAL SPORT.

AND WHEREAS UIL ANNOUNCED THE WOODLANDS WOMEN TEAM WON THE LONE STAR CUP AS BEST IN CLASS 6A.

WHEREAS THE WOODLANDS FINISHED WITH 111 POINTS IN THE FINAL STANDINGS BEATING OUT SOUTH LEAGUE CAROL AND THE WOMEN WON THE AWARD IN 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017 AND 2018, WHEREAS THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF WINNING THE LONE STAR CUP WAS MORE REWARDING DURING THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGES POSED BY THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.

I AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM WEDNESDAY, JULY 28 AS THE WOODLANDS LONE STAR CUP WINNER DAY. GEAT JOB.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, I DO WANT TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE TO RECOGNIZE THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT. IN OUR WORLD, THE SCHOOL WORLD, THE LONE STAR CUP, IT IS THE PRIZE.

I MEAN, AS YOU SAID, IT RECOGNIZES I SAY THE BEST BUT CERTAINLY THE MOST WELL ROUNDED. THAT LIST INCLUDES NOT JUST ATHLETICS, THERE ARE A LOT OF ONE DIMENSIONAL SCHOOLS THAT DO WELL BUT WITHOUT THE ACADEMICS AND THE STEM AND FINE ARTS AND ALL THOSE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT GO IN, YOU WON'T WIN THIS AWARD.

THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, THIS IS OUR EIGHTH TIME TO WIN WHICH IS THE MOST OF THE 6A HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY.

WITH ME TONIGHT, I HAVE MRSZ -- MRS. LANDBALM, SHE COORDINATES MOST OF THE NON-LETTIC IUL EVENTS AND DOES A FANTASTIC JOB.

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THERE IS A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT.

YOU READ ONE ABOUT MARARCHIE, WE DON'T HAVE A MARYCHIE, WE DID HIRE AN ASSISTANT ORCHESTRA THAT HAS THAT ON HIS RESUME SO WE'LL PUSH FORWARD WITH A NEW PROGRAM SOON WITH THE GOAL BEING THAT WE TRY TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AS MANY STUDENTS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

YOU KNOW, OUR STUDENTS, I DO WANT TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR FEEDER SCHOOLS, OUR ELEMENTARIES, OUR INTERMEDIATE AND OUR JUNIOR HIGH. OUR STUDENTS DON'T JUST MATERIALIZE KNOWING HOW TO DO THESE THINGS, THEY COME TO US WITH A TREMENDOUS FOUNDATION. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE PRINCIPALS AND FACULTY AND STAFF THAT DO A GREAT JOB WITH OUR STUDENTS. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT TOOK TO WIN THIS AWARD THIS YEAR, ON THE ATHLETIC SIDE, WE HAD TWO TEAMS. WE HAD THREE TEAMS THAT WERE THIRD IN STATE, BOYS CROSS-COUNTRY, GIRLS CROSS-COUNTRY AND GIRLS SOCCER. WE HAD TWO TEAMS IN THE TOP FIVE, TENNIS AND BOYS GOLF. TWO TEAMS IN THE TOP 10 IN THE STATE, GIRLS' GOLF AND BOYS' TRACK AND FIELD.

SOFTBALL AND VOLLEYBALL MADE IT TO THE ROUND OF 16, SWEET 16 WHICH IS A TREMENDOUS ACOMPLISHMENT.

WE HAD PLAYOFFS FROM FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL WHO MADE IT TO THE REGIONAL QUARTER FINAL, A BIG DEAL.

AND BOYS' SOCCER WHO WERE UNDEFEATED CHAMPIONS.

WE ARE PROUD OF THE DEDICATION OF STUDENTS AND COACHES AND STAFF THAT COACH THEM. THEY ACCOUNTED FOR 97 OF OUR 111 TOTAL POINTS. AS YOU READ, SOUTH LAKE CAROL, THEY FINISHED WITH 99 TOTAL POINTS.

IF WE WERE JUST ONE DIMENSIONAL ATHLETICS, WE WOULD NOT HAVE WON THIS AWARD. WE ALSO WERE ACADEMIC DISTRICT CHAMPIONS. OUR CHEER PROGRAM, WE WERE RUNNERS UP. BAND WAS FOURTH IN THE STATE.

OUR ROBOTICS TEAM QUALIFIED SEVERAL ROBOTS TO GO TO THE STATE COMPETITION, ONE PLACED FOURTH OVERALL.

IT IS ABOUT HIGH QUALITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS AND THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL IS COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.

I DO WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO BRAG ON THE NON-ULI SPORTS.

WE HAVE ICE HOCKEY, WE HAVE WATER POLO, BOTH VERY COMPETITIVE. WE HAVE A NATIONAL CHAMPION DRILL AND DANCE TEAM, THE HIGH STEPPERS.

NONE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ULI POINTS, IF THEY DID, I DON'T KNOW A SCHOOL THAT COULD STAND WITH US.

THIS YEAR WE WERE RUGBY CHAMPIONS, WE HAD THREE STATE CHAMPIONS AS WELL. IF YOU SAW RECENTLY IN THE SPRING, THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL WAS VOTED AS ONE OF THE TOP 30 MOST INFLUENTIAL SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY.

THAT METRIC TO RATE THAT WAS BASED ON THE SUCCESS OF ALUMNI AND THOSE SCHOLARS AND ATHLETES AND CELEBRITIES WHO GO ON TO IMPACT OUR CULTURE AND OUR SOCIETY NATIONALLY.

WE WERE IN THE TOP 30 AS WELL. U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORTS HAVE ISSUED THEIR BEST HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTRY LIST.

AGAIN, THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, WE PLACE IN THE TOP 6% OF ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE NATION.

WOODLANDS CONTINUES IN THE TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE AND SUCCESS, THAT IS IN THE STUDENTS, THE TALENT OF THE STUDENTS WE HAVE, THE DEDICATION OF OUR FACULTY AND STAFF AND A COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS US WITHOUT QUESTION AND WE COULDN'T DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS.

[APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

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

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>> I HAVE A QUICK UPDATE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF VISUALS FOR YOU. SO JUST AS A REMINDER TO THE BOARD, FOR INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A SPECIAL MEETING FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 13 AT 3:30 P.M. TO GO OVER THE UPDATED FINANCIAL MODEL FOR THE INCORPORATION STUDY.

IN ADDITION, WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS A PUBLIC FORUM TO BE HELD REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT AN ELECTION IS CALLED WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS TO BECOME AVAILABLE ONCE PLANS ARE IN PLACE. AND THEN WE ARE ONCE AGAIN FEATURING AN ARTICLE ON INCORPORATION IN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY MAGAZINE. THE PAGE SPREAD IS SUBSTANTIAL THIS TIME. IT INCLUDES VERY THOROUGH BACK AND FORTH, TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE TOWNSHIP PROVIDES VERSUS WHAT THE CITY WOULD PROVIDE. IT IS, I HAVE JUST KIND OF A SNAPSHOT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE PAGES.

THERE ARE ANOTHER FOUR PAGES OF CHARTS WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE HOPE WILL BE HELPFUL TO RESIDENTS.

>> BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A SMALL FONT.

THIS GOES TO THE FACT SHEET THAT THE BOARD REVIEWED IN MAY.

>> YES. >> WE KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC GETS CONFUSED BECAUSE IT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION, THIS BREAKS IT DOWN BY SUBJECT MATERIAL, TRY TO PAINT WHAT WE CAN DO AS A TOWNSHIP. THIS IS ALONG OUR LINES OF STARTING TO BUILD UP THE COMMUNICATIONS AND THE PUBLIC EDUC EDUCATION, WHILE WE ARE ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, I WANT TO HIT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

THE STATE REP, IF YOU RECALL, OUR ATTORNEY DOESN'T AGREE WITH STATE REP HUBERTY ASSERTION THAT IT APPLIES TO THE TOWNSHIP.

OUR LEGAL OPINION WAS WE HAVE A CONTRACT THAT GOES BACK TO 2007 ELECTION THAT WAS VOTER APPROVED AND THAT ANYTHING COULD BE CHALLENGED BY A COURT AND ANY LEGISLATIVE SESSION CAN UNDO PRIOR LEGISLATION. IT WASN'T -- WE PUT IT ON OUR SITE AT THE REQUEST. OUR ACTUAL LEGAL OPINION DOESN'T THINK THAT IT IS SOMETHING TO RELY ON.

I KNOW THERE WAS DON DURELL PRESENTED MUD OPTIONS.

WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE MUD DEBT CONSOLIDATION UPDATE THAT WAS THE REPORT WHERE WE WERE LOOKING AT WHAT WOULD THE FUTURE BE OF A CONSOLIDATED CITY WATER SERVICE.

THE MUD DEBT ASSOCIATION AND REFINANCING OPTIONS WERE AGED.

WE ARE STILL WAITING ON THAT FINANCIAL UPDATE SO WE'LL PRESENT THAT WHEN THAT IS RECEIVED.

I KNOW TO SPEAK TO KEN MAGGER ABOUT GOVERNMENT EXPANSION, YOU

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70 PLUS ELECTED OFFICIALS. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN DO TODAY, THAT IS SOMETHING A CITY COULD DO IN THE FUTURE WHICH WOULD BE SHRINKING GOVERNMENT, CONSOLIDATING IT RATHER THAN EXPANDING IT. I HAVE HAD PEOPLE MADE COMMENTS ABOUT US EXPANDING. WE ARE A GOVERNMENT.

YOU ARE EXCHANGING ONE FOR ANOTHER.

ONE IS ACKNOWLEDGED FEDERALLY AND UNDER STATE CODES AND FEDERAL CODES AND THE CURRENT FORM IS NOT.

WE ARE NOT CREATING AN ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENT.

YOU WOULD BE MERGING THE TOWNSHIP WHICH IS A SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT. TO CONSOLIDATE GOVERNMENT ENTITIES THAT ARE TODAY OVERLAPPING JURISDICTIONS WITH THE TOWNSHIP. SOME OF THAT WILL BE IN THE MAGAZINE NEXT MONTH. WE KNOW THAT WE HAD WORKED THIS WEEKEND, THE LAST BOARD MEETING LAST THURSDAY WE TALKED ABOUT THE BOARD HAVING A STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING THIS PAST WEEKEND. WE DID MEET AS A FULL BOARD FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, UPDATING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UPDATING OUR FIVE YEAR INITIATIVES. MONIQUE IN A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM WILL ADDRESS THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN.

THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS THAT WILL COME OUT ON AUGUST 13 TIES TO OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN AND FOR A REMINDER, WE DO A FIVE YEAR BUDGET EVERY YEAR. WE UPDATE THE ASSUMPTIONS EVERY YEAR TO CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.

WE HAVE A 30 YEAR CAPITAL PLAN WHERE WE SET ASIDE FUNDING TO REPLACE POOLS, PARKS, PATHWAYS AND UPDATES ALL THAT TIES INTO FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FOR THE INCORPORATION FINANCIAL MODEL.

THE REASON WE ARE DOING AUGUST 13, WE DON'T HAVE CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS YET. THOSE ARE SCHEDULED TO COME IN THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST. WE WANTED TO SEE ONE MORE MONTH OF SALES AND HAVE CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS.

THAT WILL BE PRESENTED ON THE 13TH.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD IN MY NOTES.

ANY OTHER DIRECTORS HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?

>> YES. I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLIMENT THE BOARD ON THEIR FORESIGHT IN DEVELOPING SUCH AS THING AS A FIVE YEAR BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, IT IS RARE, I WOULD SAY IN GOVERNMENT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN IN DIFFERENT CITIES AND LIVED IN DIFFERENT CITIES WILL RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS VERY RARE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF FORESIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY IN A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOARDS TO THE PAST AND TO THE WONDERFUL STAFF WE HAVE TO PUT THAT IN PLACE AND MAKE IT TRANSPARENT.

THAT IS NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO IS TO MAKE A REQUEST OF YOU AND THE PEOPLE IN THE WEBSITE WORLD, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO SOMEHOW PUT A LINK ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE THAT WOULD -- YOU COULD CLICK TO AND COME UP WITH THESE NICE ARTICLES THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN? RIGHT NOW THEY ARE THERE BUT THEY ARE NOT IN ONE EASY SIMPLY USER FRIENDLY, SHELLEY-FRIENDLY WAY TO FIND THEM. COULD WE DO A LINK ON THE WEBSITE WHEREBY WE COULD FIND THE INCORPORATION VIDEOS? THEY ARE IN INCORPORATION LINKS BUT THEY DON'T SAY INCORPORATION VIDEOS. THAT MAY BE A BIG DEAL.

IF IT IS TOO HARD, THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLE.

>> SURE. SO THE FULL MAGAZINE IS LINKED ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE. WE CAN LOOK AT PULLING OUT THE INCORPORATION ONES AND I WOULD RECOMMEND WE PUT THOSE ON THE INCORPORATION WEBSITE WHERE THEY ARE EASY TO FIND.

THERE ARE LINKS TO THE VIDEOS FOR THE VARIOUS INCORPORATION RELATED MEETINGS. BUT WE CAN LOOK AT HOW WE CAN MAKE THEM EASIER TO FIND AND EASIER TO USE.

>> THAT TRIGGERS SOMETHING I THOUGHT ABOUT AS WELL -- THANK

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IT IS NOW UBIQUITOUS. IT IS EVERYWHERE.

IF THERE WAS A WAY TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE TO MAP SOME OF THOSE PRESENTATIONS TO A YOU TUBE CHANNEL, THAT WOULD BE SUPEREASY FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO A HOUSE, PULL UP THE YOUTUBE ON ROKU OR ON THE TV AND ACTUALLY PLAY THE PRESENTATION WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO A TOWNSHIP SITE AND SEARCH AND SCROLL? ALL OF US GOT SUPERFAMILIAR WITH STREAMING OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS. NOW IT IS MORE OF A COMMON WAY TO VIEW THINGS. I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE MUDZ SINCE I BROUGHT UP THE CONSOLIDATION.

I HAD A CONVERSATION TODAY THAT IS OF THE BELIEF THAT THE MUD DISTRICTS OR MUDS HAVE TO BE ABSORBED AND YOU HAVE TO STACK AND SPREAD THE MUD TAXES ON TO THE TOWNSHIP OR THE CITY TAX.

THAT WAS A FALLACY. I WANT TO CLEAN THAT UP.

THE 2011 STUDY BASICALLY TOLD US YOU HAVE NO CHOICE, YOU HAVE TO ABSORB THE MUD AND YOU HAVE TO SPREAD THE TAX ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THAT CREATE AN INEQUITY FOR THE OLDER AREAS OF THE WOODLANDS. IT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE TRUE SO INTERESTING ENOUGH, THE SAME LAW FIRM THAT GAVE AN OPINION IN THE OTHER STUDY GAVE THE OPPOSITE ONE IN THIS ONE.

WE HAD TWO LAW FIRMS CONFIRM THE CITY, THE WOODLANDS DOES NOT HAVE TO ABSORB ALL THE MUDS NOR DOES IT HAVE TO IF IT CHOSE TO ABSORB THE MUDS TAKE THE TAX RATE AND SPREAD IT IN A UNIFORM MANNER. OUR PRIOR PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER PRESENTED, THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS FOR THE MUDS POSED IN CORPORATION. ONE, DO NOTHING.

THE MUDS STAY ISOLATED THE WAY THEY ARE TODAY AND EVERYBODY KEEPS THEIR LOW OR HIGH TAX RATE BASED ON THE MUD DISTRICT THEY ARE IN. TWO, YOU COULD CONSOLIDATE THE MUDS, DO A DEBT CONSOLIDATION AND TRY TO DO THAT AVERAGING OUT THE TAX AS AN OPTION AND KEEP THE SAME TYPE OF SERVICE DEL DELIVERY.

THAT HAD AN ANNUAL SAVINGS OF A MILLION TO A MILLION SEVEN A YEAR. THE THIRD OPTION WAS YOU CAN STILL CONSOLIDATE THE MUDS, YOU CAN STILL CONSOLIDATE THE DEBT, LOOK FOR THOSE EFFICIENCIES, YOU GET THE ONE MILLION, 1.7 MILLION IN CONSOLIDATION. INSTEAD OF HAVING A PROPERTY TAX, YOU CAN ELIMINATE THE PROPERTY TAX PORTION AND GO TO A USER FEE. SO THAT WOULD THEN PEOPLE WOULD PAY A WATER RATE INSTEA OF HAVING A WATER BILL AND A PROPERTY TAX BILL. THAT WAS OPTION THREE.

SO LOTS OF INFORMATION OUT THERE.

I DON'T WANT ANYBODY STUCK WITH AGED INFORMATION THAT WAS INACCURATE. THERE ARE THREE WAYS THAT THOSE COULD BE WORKED OUT. TO MY BUDDY KENT BACK THERE, IF YOU CAN ELIMINATE PROPERTY TAX, THAT IS GOOD GOVERNANCE --

>> [INAUDIBLE] >> YOU CONFUSE ME SOMETIMES, IT IS CONFUSING BECAUSE YOU ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THE OUTCOME

OF A CONSOLIDATED MUD -- >> [INAUDIBLE]

>> YOU NEED TO COME TO AN MIC. >> IT IS OKAY.

I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AT. THE TOWNSHIP PRE-INCORPORATION CAN'T LEGALLY BIND THE CITY TO CONSOLIDATE THE MUDS.

THAT IS WHY WE CAN'T PUT IT IN A DAY ONE SCENARIO.

TO RECAP, THE INCORPORATION IS A TWO-STEP PROCESS.

THE FIRST STEP, VOTERS APPROVE INITIAL MAXIMUM TAX RATE AND APPROVE THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE TOWNSHIP INTO THE WOODLANDS.

THAT CREATES A GENERAL CITY. THE DAY AFTER THERE A BALLOT INITIATIVE PASSES, WE ARE AN INTERIM CITY GOVERNMENT.

A NEW ELECTION HAS TO BE CALLED SIX MONTHS LATER ON A UNIFORM

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THAT CITY COUNCIL SIX MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO CALL FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE MUDS OR CALL FOR THE ABILITY TO EXERCISE OPTION ONE, TWO OR THREE ON DEALING WITH THE MUDS.

WE SAW THE REPORT, THERE IS NOT ONE ANSWER, THERE ARE THREE.

THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A WATER USE FEE STUDY TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE IF, A, WE WANT TO ELIMINATE THE MUD PROPERTY TAX AND GO TO A USER BASE SYSTEM, WHAT IS THE USER FEE, COMPARE IT TO THE TAX PLUS USER FEE. IF THERE IS A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY WHICH WE ALL BELIEVE THERE WOULD BE, THEN VERY LIKELY A FUTURE CITY GOVERNMENT WOULD GO DOWN THAT PATH.

WE CAN'T DO IT UP FRONT. THAT IS WHY IT IS NOT ON PHASE ONE. WE DID WANT TO GET TO THE POINT OF EXPLAINING IT, HOW DO WE GO FROM GENERAL CITY WITH OPTIONS TO DO THINGS TO CONSOLIDATE GOVERNMENT.

THE NEXT THING IS A HOME CHART WHERE OUR RESIDENTS WOULD WRITE THE RULES FOR THE CITY LONG TERM ON A CHARTER COMMITTEE AND OUR RESIDENTS WOULD VOTE TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THAT CHARTER.

UNTIL A CHARTER GETS APPROVED, WE ARE RESTRICTED BY GENERAL CITY AUTHORITY. ONCE THAT PASSES A BALLOT INITIATIVE, WE TRANSITION TO A CHARTER CITY WHICH IS THE MOST LOCALLY CONTROLLED FORM OF GOVERNANCE IN TEXAS.

RULES ARE WRITTEN BY THE PEOPLE WHO RESIDE THERE AND ARE APPROVED BY THE PEOPLE WHO RESIDE THERE.

SORRY I GOT ON MY GRAND STANDING.

YOUTUBE PLANTED A SEED. I WANT TO CIRCLE BACK THAT I HAD

THAT CONVERSATION EARLIER. >> WE'LL LOOK INTO IT.

>> IF THERE IS NO OTHER ITEMS ON THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA, WE CAN

MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE. >> SO MOVED.

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

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. AGENDA ITEM 10, RECEIVE,

[10. Receive, consider and act upon a quarterly update on Law Enforcement;]

WE'LL START WITH CAPTAIN TIM HOLIFIELD WITH THE MONTGOMERY OFFICE. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE MIKE WITH

US TOO. >> WE DO.

IF YOU'LL GIVE ME A SECOND TO FIND OUR PRESENTATION, WE'LL GET STARTED. MR. CHAIRMAN, DIRECTORS, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUE WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR. THIS IS OUR SECOND QUARTER JOINT QUARTERLY REPORT. YOU HAD ASKED US BEFORE IF WE COULD MERGE THOSE TOGETHER BECAUSE IT TRULY IS A ONE IMAGE PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE TOWNSHIP. WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESS IN DOING SO. TO GIVE YOU AN OVERALL LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE. IN 2020, IT WAS AN OUTLIER YEAR.

WEDL HAD -- LOCKDOWNS. CALLS FOR SERVICE WERE SOMEWHAT DOWN. NOW WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THIS PRE-COVID CALLS FOR SERVICE START TO INCREASE AGAIN.

AS YOU CAN SEE, AS WE GET INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS, THE CALL FOR SERVICE ARE STARTING TO INCH BACK UP TO THE 14,000 MORE MONTH. OF THOSE, 12,000 RANGE IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY AREA. 12,000 IS TYPICALLY OUR RANGE FOR THE HARRIS COUNTY AREA. WE MOVE INTO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE CRIME OR OR CRIME CATEGORY OF NOTE AS THE TOWNSHIP PREVIOUS PREDECESSORS HAD OUTLINED THINGS THEY WANTED TO IDENTIFY THESE TYPE OF CRIMES. AS WE LOOK AT THOSE AS I TOLD YOU IN OUR BOARD MEETINGS WE HAVE.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS AS WE CONTINUE TO EQUIP OUR CITIZENS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM BEING VICTIMS OF A CRIME.

OTHER THAN THAT, THE TRENDS ARE ON TASK.

WE ARE TRENDING ALONG. THERE ARE NO SPIKES.

WE HAVE SPIKES IN SOME AREAS, WE HAVE DOWNTURNS IN OTHERS.

IN JUNE, WE HAVE CRIME CATEGORIES OF NOTE OF 299 COMPARED TO 305 AND 312. THEY CAN GET UP TO 360 ON A

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ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS I WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU I THINK IS OUTSTANDING NEWS THAT OUGHT TO GIVE COMFORT TO RESIDENTS AND THE BOARD AS A WHOLE.

AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL QUALITY OF LIFE CRIMES, THESE ARE CRIMES THAT OCCUR IN THE TOWNSHIP.

I WENT BACK AS FAR AS 2016, JANUARY 2016 TO GET SOME SORT OF TREND OF WHERE WE ARE GOING. THE THINGS WE ARE CATEGORIZE, BURGLARY, ROBBERY, THEFT, AUTO THEFT AND HOW THEY TOTAL TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE CRIMES IN THE TOWNSHIP.

I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THEY ARE TRENDING DOWN.

THAT IS GREAT NEWS. LET ME TELL YOU WHERE THE NEWS COME FROM. IT COMES FROM THE BACKS OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE YOUR NEEDS HERE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND HARRIS COUNTY. THESE FOLKS DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB. WHEN I CAME TO THE TOWNSHIP, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE SHERIFF HAD ASKED ME TO DO WAS TO COORDINATE THINGS WITH THE BOARD.

MANY OF YOU GET TEXT MESSAGES AND E-MAILS KEEPING YOU UPDATED WITH WHAT IS GOING ON. SOMETIMES IF YOU GO FROM NOT KNOWING WHAT IS GOING ON TO SEEING IT ON THE NEWS VERSUS GETTING IT REAL-TIME, IT CAN BE DAUNTING AT FIRST.

THIS PUTS IT INTO PERSPECTIVE FROM WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW TO ON AN ALMOST REAL-TIME BASIS. SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE ARE FACING TODAY ARE TRULY A PROBLEM THAT WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BY COVID.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? RIGHT NOW, WE ARE FINDING WE ARE ARRESTING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE FOR CRIMES OF OPPORTUNITY, QUALITY OF LIFE CRIMES I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WHERE THEY ARE BREAKING INTO CARS. THEY ARE CALLING FROM FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BREAKING IN. WE ARE MAKING ARRESTS TO FIND OUT THEY ARE OUT ON BOND FROM MULTIPLE COUNTIES.

THESE CRIMINALS WILL COMMIT A CRIME, THE MOST RECENT ONE, 17 COUNTS OUT OF ONE COUNTY, HE IS OUT ON BOND OUT OF HARRIS COUNTY -- I'M SORRY. GAVELTON COUNTY, I BELIEVE IT WAS. WE HAVE A GREAT PROSECUTOR IN MOBT GOT ME RI COUNTY. IF YOU GO TO FACEBOOK, YOU'LL FIND THAT HE LAUDED A LOT OF PRAISE ON OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR TAKING FOLKS OFF THE STREET. WE HAD TO CHASE THEM DOWN INTO HARRIS COUNTY AND SPIKE THE VEHICLE TO GET THEM OFF THE STREET AND RECOVER THE GUNS THEY ARE STEALING OUT OF PEOPLE'S CARS. PART OF PROBLEM WITH COVID IS OUR COURT SYSTEMS LOCKED DOWN. TRIALS WERE NOT OCCURRING.

ADJUDI ADJUDICATIONS, FINDING OUT WHETHER A PERSON IS INNOCENT OR GUILTY WERE DEFERRED.

THESE PEOPLE WERE ROAMING THE STREETS.

WE HAVE JUDGES IN HOUSTON THAT WILL GIVE SOMEBODY A FREE BOND OR PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE BOND THAT PUTS THEM BACK ON THE STREET. MANY OF THEM ARE COMMITTING OTHER CRIMES. AS WE SHARE INFORMATION WITH YOU, THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE ARE GOING TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION MEANING I MAY SEND IT TO YOU AND LABEL IT CONFIDENTIAL OR I MAY NOT TELL YOU TO PROTECT YOU AND TO PROTECT THE OFFICERS.

AT THE END OF A CRIME YOU HAVE CITIZENS THAT ARE VICTIMS. WE HAVE DEPUTIES AND DETECTIVES PURSUING THESE ACTORS OR THESE SUSPECTS. WE CANNOT LET INFORMATION GET OUT BECAUSE THEY WATCH SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE HAVE JUST NOW LOCKED DOWN OUR RADIO SYSTEM WHERE YOU CANNOT GET AN APP ON YOUR PHONE TO FIND OUT WHERE OFFICERS ARE.

THAT IS HELPING US BECAUSE WE ARE FINDING THAT SOME OF THE CRIMINALS THAT WE ARREST HAD AN APP.

WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN, OUR PARTNERS TO OUR SOUTH ARE LOCKED ARMS WITH US. SO WHAT ARE SOME SAFETY BULLETINS WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU TODAY? I HAVE FOUR POINTS WE WANT TO BRING ATTENTION TO AND B JUST ASK YOU AND ASK CITIZENS AS YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT, HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS SO WE CAN PROTECT AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS OF CRIMES THAT WE HAVE. CONTINUE TO URGE PEOPLE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT THEY CLICK ON. PHONE AND FRAUD SCAMS WHERE PEOPLE CALL YOU, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I GET ASKED TO RENEW MY WARRANTY ON MY CAR. WE STRONGLY URGE PEOPLE, IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE PERSON, DO NOT ACCEPT THE PHONE CALL.

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SOME ARE UNLOCKED. THE BEST WAY TO SECURE A WEAPON IS NOT TO LEAVE IT IN YOUR CAR. I KNOW IT IS GREAT TO PUT STICKERS ON THE BACK WINDOW, I WOULD RATHER YOU BRAG ON YOUR CHILDREN THAN ON THE CALIBER OF GUN IN YOUR CAR.

THEY LITERALLY DO IT FOR SHOPPING PURPOSES.

THIRDLY, IF I DON'T DO CHOOSE TO HAVE A WEAPON AND YOU CHOOSE TO HAVE IT IN YOUR CAR, RECORD THE SERIAL NUMBER.

IT DOES US NO GOOD TO KNOW A SMITH AND WESSON WAS STOLEN IF WE CAN'T IDENTIFY IT T. LAST THING WE ASK PARENTS TO DO, IN A DAY AND AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR CHILDREN FOR SAFE PARAMETERS FOR WHICH YOU WOULD USE SOCIAL MEDIA. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT CHILDREN MAY BE COAXED INTO DOING WHERE THEY END UP ALLOWING THEMSELVES TO BE VIDEO TAPED OR TAKEN A PICTURE THAT THEY WOULD PREFER NOT TO BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, CERTAINLY PARENTS MAY.

WE ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO HAVE AN HONEST HEART TO HEART CONVERSATION ESPECIALLY WITH YOUR TEENAGERS.

THEY MAY NOT REALIZE SOMEONE WHO SAYS THEY ARE A CERTAIN AGE MAY NOT BE THAT AGE. THEY MAY NOT BE THAT GENDER, THEY MAY NOT BE IN THIS COUNTRY. WE HAVE CASES WHERE CHILDREN ARE THREATENED WITH EXTORTION IF THEY DON'T GIVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IMAGES THEY HAVE ALLOWED TO BE TAKEN WILL BE BROADCAST ON THE MEDIA. PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR CHILDREN. HELP US PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE IN A BIT.

ARE THERE QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ANSWER?

>> NO, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR KEEPING US INFORMED AND TAKING CARE OF THE COMMUNITY. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A SEPARATE REPORT. IT IS ON THE NEXT ONE?

ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION? >> MY SPEECH IS ALREADY KIND OF COMBINED INTO THAT ONE. I GAVE HIM ALL MY STATS.

>> IT WAS EXCELLENT AND EFFICIENT.

>> WHAT WAS THAT? >> IT WAS EXCELLENT AND

EFFICIENT. >> THANK YOU.

THE WOODLANDS RESIDENTS ARE SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR LEADERSHIP IN PROVIDING THE HIGH LEVEL OF SAFETY THAT WE ALL EXPECT.

AND THAT YOU ENSURE WE HAVE. WE RECEIVE MANY E-MAILS SAYING THAT AN ISSUE OCCURRED, EITHER YOU OR ONE OF YOUR OFFICERS WAS THERE IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL SO THANK

YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> I WOULD JUST ECHO HIS APPRECIATION AND KNOW IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE.

YOUR ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY ALLOWS US TO HAVE RESOURCES TO PUT MEN AND WOMEN ON THE STREETS TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS, THE VISITORS, THOSE THAT COME TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE BEEN THROUGH A TOUGH YEAR.

YOU HAVE BEEN GRACIOUS TO SHARE THE LOVE AND PREAPPRECIATION.

THAT MEANS A LOT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU BOTH. THAT WILL TAKE US --

>> [APPLAUSE] --

>> TO THE DETECTIVE WITH THE PRECINCT OFFICE 3

>> GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR ALLOWING US TO COME

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SO REAL QUICK, WE'LL GO OVER SOME OF OUR STATS AND MAYBE SOME TRENDS WE ARE SEEING. FIRST OFF, I'LL START WITH OUR INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.

THIS PAST QUARTER WE SAW APPROXIMATELY EIGHT NEW CASES THAT CAME INTO OUR OFFICE. OUR IPACK DETECTIVE INITIATED SEARCH WARRANTS. THE SEARCH WARRANTS COVERED DIFFERENT RESIDENCES, DEVICES, THINGS LIKE THAT SO IT CAN COVER DIFFERENT THINGS. WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT DEVICES WE CAN PROCESS. THOSE CONSIST OF CELL PHONES, TABLETS, THAT SORT OF THING. NINE DIFFERENT CORRIDORS, THOSE CAN RANGE IN PRESERVATION REQUESTS OUTSIDE OF THE SEARCH WARRANT, COURT ORDERS THAT WE HAVE.

WE HAD TWO FELONY CHARGES THAT WERE FILED.

A COUPLE OF NOTABLE CASES THAT WE HAD FOR OUR INTERNET CRIMES, I'LL GO OVER ONE OF THEM, ONE WAS THE FIRST CASE, THE TWO 10-YEAR-OLD JUVENILES SOLICITED FOR NUDE PHOTOS USING A SOCIAL MEDIA APP CALLED LIKE. THAT IS A NEW ONE THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE USING TO GET AHOLD OF THE KIDDOS.

IT IS TRENDING RIGHT NOW. OUR DETECTIVE ALSO DISCOVERED IN A KIK GROUP, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, IT IS A SOCIAL MEDIA APPLICATION KIDS USE TO TALK BACK AND FORTH.

THERE WAS A GROUP, 50 MEMBERS WERE CREATING AND PROMOTING CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT MATERIAL. THAT CAN INCLUDE VIDEO AND IMAGES, STUFF LIKE THAT. THEY WERE ACTIVELY SHARING THAT WITHIN THE GROUP. THAT'S CURRENTLY AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION. HE IS WORKING ON GETTING SEVERAL MORE INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED. FROM THERE, WE'LL FILE ADDITIONAL CHARGES ON THAT. HE HADTNIGHT INVESTIGATION. IT ALLOWS THEM TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE. THAT INVESTIGATION LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF A MALE JUVENILE CHILD BEING SOLICITED FOR NUDE PHOTOS. WE HAD AN ONLINE SOLICITATION OF A MINOR. THIS INDIVIDUAL RODE HIS BICYCLE OVER AN HOUR SO HE COULD MEET A 13-YEAR-OLD CHILD.

THOSE WERE THE NOTABLE CASES WE SAW OVER THIS QUARTER.

OUR SAFE HARBOR DIVISION, WE SAW KIND OF AN UPTICK IN CASES THERE. THERE WERE 31 NEW CASES THAT CAME IN. 22 OF THE CURRENT CASES CONSIST OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS, ONE INDECENCY WITH A CHILD, 20 INJURY TO A CHILD INVESTIGATIONS, CHILD EXPLOITATION AND FELONY CHARGES FILED.

ONE CASE WE HAD AN ADULT FEMALE THAT MADE A RACIAL SLUR TOWARDS A MALE CHILD PRIOR TO PHYSICALLY ASSAULTING THAT CHILD.

THERE WERE SOME SERIOUS INJURY TO HIS FACE.

THAT RESULTED IN CHARGES BEING FILED.

WE HAD A FELONY ARREST ARISE OUT OF A POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASE AND THE ADULT WAS CHARGED WITH FIVE COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. DUE TO THE COVID, I KNOW A LOT OF CASES WERE SLOWED DOWN SO THAT KIND OF PUT A HALT ON THINGS. WE ARE SEEING MORE IN PERSON, WE HAD AN ONLINE SOLICITATION OF A MINOR CASE THAT RESULTED IN A CONVICTION TO TWO YEARS TO STATE PRISON.

HERE IS A GRAPH THAT WE HAVE THAT SHOWS -- KIND OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS QUARTER AND LAST QUARTER.

THIS ONE HERE IS FOR OUR INTERNET CRIMES.

IT SHOWS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LAST QUARTER AND THIS QUARTER. WE ARE SEEING TWO TRENDS THERE

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THESE ARE YOUR INTERNET BASED CR CRIMES. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS BUT ALWAYS CONCERNED FOR YOU ALL LOOKING AT THE DARKEST SIDE OF HUMANITY EVERY DAY.

WE APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING YOURSELF IN THE POSITION TO

PROTECT THE KIDS. >> WHATEVER WE CAN DO.

>> THANK YOU DETECTIVE. WE'LL NOW TAKE A MOTION AND SECOND TO ACCEPT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

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

>> ALL OPPOSED? AGENDA 11, RECEIVE, ACT UPON

[11. Receive, consider and act upon the financial report;]

THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN SHOWS THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THOSE VARIANCES. WE ARE EXPERIENCING CURRENTLY A $639,000 FAVORABLE VARIANCE IN SALES TAX REVENUE.

WE'LL LOOK AT THAT IN A SECOND. OUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE HIGHER THAN BUDGETED. AS I REPORTED PREVIOUSLY WE BUILT IN AN UNCOLLECTIBLE PERCENTAGE OF 2% INTO OUR PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION NOT KNOWING IF COVID WOULD IMPACT OUR COLLECTIONS AND COVID HAS N NOT. THOSE FAVORABLE VARIANCES ARE OFFSET BY -- ARE PARTIALLY OFFSET BY OUR EVENTS TAX, THE TAX ON TICKETS SOLD. THEN ALSO OUR INTEREST RATES HAVE DECLINED SO WE HAVE AN UNFAVORABLE VARIANCE THERE.

IN TERMS OF OUR OPERATING EXPENDITURES, THE YEAR TO DATE BUDGET WAS 47.5 MILLION DOLLARS. OUR ACTUAL EXPENDITURES ARE 43.5 MILLION DOLLARS. WE ARE RUNNING A FAVORABLE VARIANCE. IT IS CONTRIBUTING A MILLION DOLLARS OF THAT RELATED TO STREET SCAPE MAINTENANCE, STREET LIGHTING. THAT TOP LINE ITEM, THE FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF 316 IS RELATED TO THE CHANGES IN THE ALPHA AND OMEGA CONTRACT. I'LL GO BACK ONE PAGE, YOU CAN SEE THE VARIANCE IN PARKS AND RECREATION.

YOU'LL SEE AND STARTING TONIGHT WHERE WE HAVE A FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF EXPENDITURES WE ARE PROJECTING FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. SOME ARE PERMANENT AT THIS POINT. OUR SALES AND USE TAX IN 2021 ARE HIGHER THAN YEAR TO DATE 2020 AS WELL AS OUR BUDGET.

THIS IS THE LATEST SALES TAX REPORT THROUGH JULY.

WE HAVE COLLECTED 31.1 MILLION DOLLARS ON A YEAR TO DATE BASIS WHICH IS 2.5 MILLION OR 8.8% HIGHER THAN THE SAME PERIOD OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR SO REALLY GOOD TRENDS THERE.

WHERE WE ARE SEEING IN ALL CATEGORIES, WE ARE SEEING THOSE POSITIVE TRENDS. IN OUR HOTEL TAX REVENUE, OUR CURRENT COLLECTIONS ARE 2.4 MILLION DOLLARS.

WE ARE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, SLIGHTLILY BEHIND WHERE WE WERE FOR THE SAME SIX MONTHS OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

WE ARE 19% BEHIND BUDGET. 568,000 SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE

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ANY QUESTIONS. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MONIQUE? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE IS NOT WE'LL TAKE THE

MOTION AND SECOND TO ACCEPT. >> MOVE TO ACCEPT.

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

>> ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM

[12. Receive, consider and act upon the preliminary 2022 Budget and Five Year Plan;]

>> THANK YOU. THIS EVENING I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU A VERY HIGH I WOULD SAY OVERVIEW OUT OF OUR PRELIMINARY BASE BUDGET. WE DO NOT HAVE OUR CERTIFIED PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT TRENDS FOR SALES TAX AND OTHER FINANCIAL TRENDSMENT WE ARE ALSO AWARE OF SOME EXPENDITURES, SOME OF OUR EXPENSE BUDGET WE NEED TO FINE TUNE. THIS GETS US MOSTLY THERE, THIS IS A REPRESENTATION OF WHERE WE STAND WITH OUR BASE BUDGET.

AS A REMINDER, OUR BASE BUDGET, WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IN THE BASE BUDGET IS WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR EXISTING SERVICE LEVELS. WE ARE MEETING ALL OUR STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS. WE ARE ACCOMMODATING COMMUNITY GROWTH, ANY NEW GROWTH IN RESIDENTIAL WHERE WE PROVIDE SERVICES ARE ACCOUNTED FOR HERE. WE ARE ACCOUNTING FOR CHANGING ECONOMIC FACTORS. WE ARE CONTINUING THE CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. WHAT WE'LL LOOK AT TONIGHT IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE CURRENT PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 22.31 CENTS WOULD BE MAINTAINED. WHAT THIS BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE IS OUR BUDGET INITIATIVES.

WE WILL BE SCHEDULING A MEETING WITH THE BUDGET TASK FORCE TO DO AN OVERVIEW OF THOSE BUDGET INITIATIVES.

THOSE WILL COME TO THE WILL COME TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR YOU TO DECIDE WHETHER TO INCLUDE IN YOUR BUDGET.

IN THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET, WE HAVE A '22 BUDGET THAT REPRESENTS 6.6 MILLION OR 5.1 PERCENT INCREASE OVER OUR CURRENT FORECAST. AS A REMINDER, OUR SALES TAX AND HOTEL TAX MAKE UP 50% OF OUR OVERALL REVENUE SOURCES WITH PROPERTY TAX AT 36%. THIS IS SOMEWHAT UNIQUE FOR COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY OUR SIZE WHO ARE USUALLY MORE HEAVILY RELYING ON PROPERTY TAX THAN WE ARE.

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN TEXAS RAISED ABOUT $1 IN SALES TAX REVENUE FOR EVERY 7 IN SALES TAX REVENUE AND WE ARE MORE THAN OPPOSITE OF THAT. HERE IS A LOOK AT OUR REVENUE BY TYPE. IF YOU LOOK, SALES TAX IS OUR LARGEST COMPONENT OF THAT AT ALMOST 58 MILLION DOLLARS.

PROPERTY TAX AT 48 MILLION. HOTEL TAX AT 7.3 MILLION DOLLARS. I WON'T READ ALL THOSE.

YOU CAN SEE GOING AROUND THE PIE CHART THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THERE. I'M GOING TO START OFF TALKING ABOUT OUR SALES AND USE TAX. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS WE'LL LOOK AT THE TRENDS AS WE GO FORWARD TO SEE IF WE WANT TO FINE TUNE THAT NUMBER. OUR SALES TAX INCLUDES A BASE AND THEN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONE, WHICH OVERLAYS EXACTLY THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWNSHIP COLLECTS 1%.

IN TOTAL, THOSE MAKE UP THE 57 .9 MILLION DOLLARS.

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. >>> PART OF THIS IS WHAT WE DIS DISCUSSED, I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL WITH THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF SALES TAX WE TALKED ABOUT OVER THE WEEKEND. THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR ANYONE INTERESTED. BASED ON THE TRENDS WE ARE SEEING, THE POSITIVE TRENDS PARTICULARLY IN RETAIL, IN OUR INTERNET SALES, IN OUR RESTAURANTS, OUR MANUFACTURING, OUR WHOLESALE TRADE, ALL OF THOSE WHICH ARE IN OUR TOP FIVE CATEGORY, WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT IN BEING ABLE TO RAISE OUR 2021 BUDGET UP BY ABOUT 3.5%. THEY HAPPEN B ANOTHER 3% TO GET TO OUR 2022 BUDGET OF 57.9. THIS IS A LOOK GOING BACK TO 2012 OF OUR GROWTH FACTORS OVER THE YEARS OVER THE LAST 10 OR 11 YEARS. SO YOU CAN SEE STARTING OFF IN -- LET ME START HERE. I'LL FOCUS ON THE ITEMS THAT ARE CIRCLED. PRECOVID, IF YOU LOOK AT 2017, '18 AND '19, WE HAD SALES TAX GROWTH OF ABOUT, YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE 2.3, 2.6 AND 3.1. THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH A FORECAST OF 2021 OF 3%. WE WERE PRE-COVID, WE WERE EASILY ACHIEVING THAT. LOOKING AT OUR POSITIVE SALES TAX TRENDS GOING FORWAR AT THE RETREAT THIS WEEKEND, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE RULE CHANGE THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1 AND HOW INTERNET -- INTERNET SALES WITHIN TEXAS ARE COLLECTED. THAT SHOULD GIVE US A BOOST.

THAT 3% IS PROBABLY A CONSERVATIVE NUMBER.

WE FEEL LIKE VERY EASILY ACHIEVABLE.

THE OTHER THING I WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO IS THE -- IN THE EARLY YEARS, YOU CAN SEE THE SALES TAX GROWTH WAS SIGNIFICANT. WE HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT, TOWN CENTER WAS BEING DEVELOPED, CREEK SIDE PARK, THERE WAS A LOT OF GROWTH, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WHAT THAT TRANSLATED TO INTO THIS CHART WHICH IS AS THAT SALES TAX REVENUE WAS BEING GENERATED AT THAT GREAT OF A RATE DURING OUR HIGH GROWTH PERIOD, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS LOWERED THE PROPERTY TAX RATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT.

AS THAT SALES TAX GROWTH HAS LEVELED OFF, SO HAS THE DECLINE IN THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. WE HAVE SEEN A 50% DECREASE.

AGAIN, YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK IN TERMS OF THAT REVENUE REPLACEMENT. AS SALES TAX IS FLATTENED, IT IS STILL AT A POSITIVE RATE BUT NOT NEARLY WHAT WE WERE SEEING 5, 6, 7 YEARS AGO. YOU SEE THE CORRESPONDING CHANGE. TONIGHT -- ACTUALLY, I WAS GOING TO GO OVER PROPERTY TAX VALUE. ON THE PRELIMINARY TAX RULES, RIGHT NOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT A 2.5% INCREASE IN REVALUATION.

I MEAN, THAT IS YOUR EXISTING HOME VALUE AND WHAT IT WOULD GO UP FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT. NEW PROPERTY IS ANY COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ADDED TO THE ROLE.

THESE ARE ESTIMATES AT THIS POINT IN TIME AS CHAIRMAN BUNCH MENTIONED, WE'LL GET OUR CERTIFIED ROLE, AT THAT TIME, WE'LL UPDATE ALL THE PROPERTY TAX INFORMATION, THAT WILL BE A FOCUS OF OUR AUGUST 13 MEETING IS TO GO OVER ALL THAT.

I WON'T TALK ABOUT PROPERTY TAX REVENUE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE IT IS PREMATURE. WE NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION.

FINALLY IN TERMS OF REVENUE SOURCES, WANTED TO END WITH OUR HOTEL TAX REVENUE. WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE FINANCIAL REPORT A LITTLE WHILE AGO HOW WE DO BELIEVE WITH A STRONG THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTER WE WILL MEET OUR 2021 BUDGET SO THAT'S WHAT WE FORECASTED. WE HAVE A 25% INCREASE BUILT IN FOR THE 2022 BUDGET. ALL METRICS, WHEN YOU LOOK OUT THERE IN THE ECONOMY AND HOTEL PROPERTY AND YOU LOOK WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY, ALL THAT LOOKS TO BE A VERY STRONG RECOVERY IN 2022 FOR THE HOTEL BUSINESS AND CONVENTION BUSINESS. A REMINDER OUR HOTEL TAX IS NOT USED TO FUND OUR GENERAL ONGOING OPERATIONS.

WHAT IT IS USED FOR IS TO FUND OUR DEBT SERVICE ON OUR REVENUE

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>> WITH THAT I'LL MOVE INTO EXPENDITURES.

ON A CONSOLIDATED BASIS THEY ARE PROJECTED AT 1.2 MILLION, THAT IS A 2.1 INCREASE FROM THE 2021 BUDGET.

THE REASON IT IS DECREASING IS PAUF OUR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.

WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR ONGOING EXPENDITURES, THE INCREASE IS 1.1%. BY APPLYING THE CAPITAL DECLINE, THAT'S HOW WE GET TO THE NEGATIVE 2.1.

THIS IS A LOOK AT EXPENSES BY DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS THE SAME FOR THOSE OF YOU INVOLVED IN THE PREVIOUS BUDGETS, WHICH ACTUALLY IS ALL OF YOU, THEN THIS SHOULD LOOK PRETTY FAMILIAR. IT IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, PARKS AND RECREATION, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE OUR FOUR BIGGEST PIECES OF THE PIE.

AS A REMINDER, COMMUNITY SERVICES IS PRIMARILY OUR STREET LIGHTING AND STREET SCAPE MAINTENANCE.

THIS IS A LOOK AT EXPENDITURE BY TYPE.

NO SURPRISE, I DON'T THINK, GIVEN OUR SERVICE, THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE A PERSONNEL AND CONTRACTED SERVICES MAKE UP 70% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET. THIS IS A LOOK, I MENTIONED A SECOND AGO AT THE 2.8 MILLION DECLINE WHEN WE COMPARE THE 2021 BUDGET TO 2022. THESE ARE THE COMPONENTS OF THESE INCREASES AND DECREASES, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, PARKS AND REC, FIRE DEPARTMENT, VISIT THE WOODLANDS ON THE POSITIVE SIDE.

THE BIG NOT UNFAVORABLE BUT DECREASE IS IN CAPITAL PROJECTS AT 4.1 MILLION DOLLARS. I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER IN MUCH DETAIL TONIGHT ABOUT FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PARKS AND RECREATION OTHER THAN TO TELL YOU INCREASES YOU SEE THERE ARE ALMOST COMPLETES STAFF RELATED EXPENSES, INCREASES IN STAFF.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT PERSONNEL COSTS IN MORE DETAIL IN A SECOND.

I WON'T BREAK OUT ALL THE OTHER COMPONENTS.

EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME LINE ITEMS THAT ARE INCREASES, THERE ARE LINE ITEMS DECREASING THAT ARE OFFSETTING THAT.

THOSE TWO ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY JUST RELATED TO INCREASES IN STAFF COSTS. SPEAKING OF STAFF, WE HAVE NOT BUDGETED ANY NEW POSITIONS IN THE BUDGET FOR 2022.

OUR FTE COUNT, OUR FULL TIME EQUIVALENT COUNTER IS REMAINING CONSTANT AT 5.317 AND THERE IS A LIST BY DEPARTMENT OF OUR EMPLOYEE COUNT. WANT TO TALK A SECOND OF THE BUDGET ON OUR PERSONNEL COSTS. WE HAVE A GENERAL WAGE INCREASE OF 2.25 PERCENT SO WE ARE MAINTAINING THAT SAME GENERAL WAGE INCREASE THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. OUR HEALTH INSURANCE IS GROWING BY 2.1 PERCENT. THAT IS NOT BECAUSE PREMIUMS ARE INCREASE. WE HAVE NO INCREASE IN PREMIUMS. WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS DUE TO EMPLOYEES CHOOSING DIFFERENT PARTICIPATION LEVELS AND ALSO THERE ARE CERTAIN POSITIONS INCLUDED FOR A PART YEAR IN 2021 AND FULL YEAR IN 2022.

WE ARE A SELF-FUNDED STATE OF THE UNIONS PLAN AND WE HAVE SAVED 2.3 MILLION DOLLARS BY GOING FOR A MORE TRADITIONAL TYPE OF PLAN TO A SELF-FUNDED PLAN SINCE TRANSITIONING IN 2012. ALSO, THAT COMPARES FAVORABLY, WE HAVE A NATIONAL TREND OF 4.4% FOR MEDICAL COSTS AND 4.6 FOR PRESCRIPTION COSTS. OUR SELF-INSURANCE AND HOW THAT IS WORKING IS WORKING WELL FOR THE TOWNSHIP.

IN TERMS OF OF OUR OTHER EMPLOYEE INSURANCE, THERE IS ZERO PERCENT INCREASE BECAUSE WE ARE UNDER A THREE YEAR RATE GUARANTEE. WE HAVE A BIG INCREASE IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE BUT IN TERMS OF DOLLARS, IT IS ABOUT $20,000, THAT IS PARTIALLY OFFSET BY A DECREASE IN WORKERS COMPENSATION. FOR OUR RETIREMENT, FOR OUR GENERAL EMPLOYEES, OVERALL, WHAT WE ARE SEEING FROM BUDGET YEAR TO BUDGET YEAR IS A SLIGHT DECREASE.

THAT IS BECAUSE SOME OF OUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR RETIREMENT PLAN HAS DROPPED. SOME OF THAT MAY HAVE TO DO WITH CIRCUMSTANCES OF LAST YEAR. RIGHT NOW, FOR 2020, THE

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FOR THE PLAN THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN 2018, WE HAVE A 31% PARTICIPATION RATE AND THE CONTRIBUTION WAS 3.2% OF PAYROLL. IN THE FIREFIGHTERS SYSTEM, THERE WAS A 3% INCREASE REPRESENTING 57,000.

SO THIS IS JUST A FINAL LOOK AT OUR PERSONNEL COSTS IN TERMS OF OVERALL OF WHAT IS INCREASING, FOR GENERAL EMPLOYEES, I WANT TO POINT OUT BECAUSE THAT IS A HIGHER PERCENTAGE THAN YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THAT WE DID HAVE POSITIONS IN TROLLEYS AND WITH THE MAINTENANCE SYSTEM THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED WHERE WE HAVE PARTIAL COSTS IN 2021 AND FULL YEAR IN 2022.

THOSE ARE OFFSET BY DECREASE IN CONTRACTING SERVICES.

HERE IS A LOOK AT OUR MAJOR CONTRACT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

STREET LIGHTS IS STAYING CONSTANT AT 1.1 MILLION DOLLARS.

WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANY CHANGE. STREET SCAPE MAINTENANCE, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR HOLES. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE MAINTAINING IT AT THE SAME LEVEL, INFORMATION WILL BE COMING TO THE BOARD ON SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR STREET SCAPE MAINTENANCE THAT WILL LIKELY LOWER THAT NUMBER. WE ARE NOT EXPECTING AN INCREASE, WE ARE EXPECTING A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THAT LINE ITEM. OUR SOLID WASTE CONTRACT IS GOING UP BY 5.3%. WE TALKED ABOUT THE CHANGE IN

THE AMO AMOUNT -- >> ON THE WASTE, IS THAT -- WE HAVE A 3.5% ESCALATOR IN OUR CONTRACT.

IS THE ADDITIONAL PERCENTAGE DUE TO NEW PROPERTIES?

>> SOME IS DUE TO NEW PROPERTIES.

WE ARE ALSO SEEING IN THE APARTMENTS THAT THERE IS MORE

THAN THE 3.5% INCREASE. >> OKAY.

LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES, SO HERE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT IS, OVERALL IS INCREASING BY $175,000 IN OUR BUDGET OR 1.5%.

HOWEVER, I WILL SAY, THE LINE ITEM HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE WHICH IS THE MONTGOMERY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONTRACT, THAT IS BASED ON AN INCREASE IN THEIR PERSONNEL COSTS OF 3%.

AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE COUNTY IN THEIR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS IS TALKING ABOUT A 5% INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. THAT WOULD HAVE A $235,000 IMPACT ON THAT NUMBER. THEY ARE ALSO GOING UP IN HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS. SO WE ARE EXPECTING -- THAT IS ONE OF THOSE NUMBERS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED BEFORE WE GET TO THE FINAL BUDGET. THAT NUMBER WILL GO UP IF THE COUNTY MAINTAINS WHAT THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THEIR BUDGET

DISCUSSIONS. >> EARLIER YOU SHOWED A SLIDE I BELIEVE SHOWED OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT COSTS.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN THAT NUMBER IS DIFFERENT.

>> IT IS. ONE OF THE REASONS I DO THAT, THERE NEEDS TO BE A CORRECTION TO THAT NUMBER CLOSER TO THIS.

THAT'S BECAUSE THE SHERIFF PERSONNEL OFFICE, THIS BUDGET RIGHT HERE, THE 8.2 MILLION, FOR THE 2021 BUDGET, IT WAS SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND LOWER THAN WHAT IT ENDED UP BEING IN THE CONTRACT BECAUSE THERE WAS A MISTAKE.

I WANTED TO SHOW IT MORE ON WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.

THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. >> I THINK YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IT LOOKED LIKE 13 MILLION. I THINK THE DIFFERENCE MIGHT

HAVE BEEN CAPITOL -- >> I'M SORRY.

THAT'S THE OTHER PART WHICH IS THE NEXT SLIDE.

VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT, WE HAVE A MILLION BUDGETED FOR 2022, AN INCREASE OF 91,000. THAT IS DUE TO THE REQUESTED VEHICLES. IN 2021 FORECAST -- FOR 2021, THERE WERE 12 VEHICLES PURCHASED AT A COST OF $54,000 PER VEHICLE. A TOTAL OF 648.

THE REQUEST FOR 2022 IS 15 VEHICLES AND A HIGHER PER VEHICLE COST. THAT WOULD RESULT IN 891.

THAT IS THE INCREASE OF JUST UNDER 100.

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>> THAT'S THE OTHER PART OF THE C

COST. >> FOR TONIGHT, THAT WAS ALL I WAS GOING TO SHOW ON EXPENDITURES.

WE'LL HAVE LINE ITEM, EVERY THING, THAT IS A LITTLE OF WHAT IS INCREASING AND DECREASING IN YOUR BUDGET, IN YOUR BASE BUDGET. CAPITAL PROJECTS IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE I'LL GO OVER THIS ONE CHART TONIGHT.

WHATEVER THE BOARD DECIDES IN TERMS OF CAPITAL PROJECTS WON'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF IMPACT ON WHATEVER WE DO WITH THE INCORPORATION TAX, INCORPORATION MODEL.

THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS FUNDED OUT OF YOUR CAPITAL RESERVE.

IN YOUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS, WE'LL GO OVER CAPITAL PROJECTS IN DETAIL. THE TAKEAWAY TONIGHT AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE CHART IS THAT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF YOUR PROJECT ARE FUNDED BY CAPITAL RESERVES OR CARRY-OVERS.

WITH THAT I'LL GO INTO THE FIVE YEAR PLAN DATA.

THE FIRST THING WE ALWAYS LOOK AT IN THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, I'LL START OUT BY SAYING WE ALL WENT OVER THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WOULD BE USED TO BUILD A FIVE-YEAR PLAN.

GIVEN THE LIMITED TIME TONIGHT, I WAS NOT GOING TO GO BACK OVER THOSE. GIVEN THE SAME ASSUMPTIONS AGREED ON, WHEN WE JUST LOOK AT OUR OPERATING REVENUE, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. YOU ALWAYS WANT YOUR REVENUES TO EXCEED YOUR EXPENDITURES. WHAT YOU SEE IN THE GAP BETWEEN THE BLUE AND RED LINE IS WHAT WE USE TO FUND OUR RESERVES I'LL START OUT WITH OUR CAPITAL REPLACEMENT RESERVE.

INSTEAD OF SPREADING THEM OUT, ONE OF THOSE BEING THE CAPITAL CONTINGENCY RESERVE WHICH IS NOT RECOGNIZED BY CREDIT RATING AGENCIES. TO GIVE US A BETTER POSITION, THE BOARD DECIDED TO COMBINE THOSE ACCOUNTS.

BY DOING SO, IT ALLOWS US TO -- THAT CONSOLIDATION ALLOWED US TO REDUCE OUR ALLOCATION TO THE RESERVE BY 2.25 MILLION TO 4.5 MILLION. THAT MAINTAINS A RESERVE BALANCE IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT. THAT BLUE LINE IS WHAT THE CHAIRMAN BUNCH TALKED ABOUT, OUR 30-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN.

IN MAY TANS THAT, AS YOU PUT MONEY IN, YOU DRAW DOWN ON THOSE FUNDS OVER A 30-YEAR PERIOD. THERE IS A FLOATING BALANCE THAT WE LIKE TO MAY -- MAINTAIN. WE ARE ABLE EVEN BEFORE THE CHANGE, WE WERE MAINTAINS BALANCE ABOVE THE RESERVE STUDY LINE. AS WE ADD -- AS PROJECTS ARE IDENTIFIED FOR BUDGET INITIATIVES, WE HAVE FUND BALANCE THAT IS AVAILABLE, WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK AT FINA FINANCING.

SO THIS IS A VERY POSITIVE CHART.

AND REFLECTION OF WHERE WE ARE AND SOMETHING OUR CREDIT RATING AGENCIES LOOK UPON VERY FAVO FAVORABLY. THE OTHER INCREASE WE ARE SEEING WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT THAT GAP AND WE SEE MONEY GOING INTO THAT IS OUR HOTEL TAX RESERVE. THE NUMBERS LISTED IN BLUE, THAT ARE SHOWN IN BLUE ARE THE INCREASES EACH YEAR INTO THE HOTEL TAX RESERVE. THIS COULD BE LEVERAGED IN THE FUTURE FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS.

THE LAST ONE I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS OUR OPERATING RESERVE.

THE BOARD ALSO MADE SOME DECISIONS REGARDING HOW THE OPERATING FUND WOULD BE OPERATED INTO THE FUTURE.

YOU CONSOLIDATE RESERVE INTO THE OPERATING RESERVE THAT WERE NOT RECOGNIZED. BY CONSOLIDATING, WE ARE GETTING

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WHAT THIS DOES, WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE OUR RESERVE BALANCES INSTEAD OF RELYING ON PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.

THIS CHANGE IN FUNDING METHODOLOGY INCREASED YOUR BALANCE TO APPROXIMATELY 25 PERCENT OF YOUR GENERAL FUND OPERATING EXPENDITURES. THAT IS THREE MONTHS.

THAT IS TYPICAL OF MOST GOVER GOVERNMENTS. THEN ALSO VERY IMPORTANTLY, SIMILARLY TO WHAT WE DISCUSSED, THIS RESERVE, BY CHANGING THAT FUNDING METHODOLOGY PUTS US IN A BETTER POSITION OF PROVIDING RESERVES FOR INITIATIVES OR INCORPORATION AND WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT BALANCE WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK FOR OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE. TIS LOOKS AT THE PREVIOUS FUNDING METHOD AND HOW WE HAVE COMBINED OUR RESERVES, AGAIN, TO MAKE THE CREDIT AGENCIES HAPPY AND ALSO TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF RESERVES THAT WE NEED. THIS IS THE LAST RESERVE, THE LAST SLIDE. THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE INCORPORATION RESERVE. IF YOU RESERVE, YOUR COLLAPSED -- IT WAS CALLED A SITE PLAN RESERVE.

THE INCORPORATION RESERVE INTO THIS ONGOING EFFORT TO CONSOLIDATE OUR RESERVES. WE HAVE 20.7 MILLION DOLLARS AVAILABLE THERE TO APPLY TOWARDS ANY TYPE OF INCORPORATION INITIATIVE. WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS. >> ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MO UNIQUE? WE SPENT THE WEEKEND TOGETHER SO WE ARE NORMALLY A LOT MORE CONVERSATIONAL BUT MUCH OF THIS WAS DISCUSS ED OVER AN EIGHT-HOR SPAN.

APPRECIATE STAFF WORKING OBJECT -- ON THE WEEKEND WITH US.

>> THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. FOR US THIS EVENING, A SPECIAL THANKS BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT IS YOUR BIRTHDAY.

WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT. >> WEEKENDS AND BIRTHDAY, THAT

IS COMMITMENT. >> IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FOR MONIQUE ON THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, THIS WILL BE UPDATED ONE MORE TIME EARLY IN AUGUST WHEN WE GET THE CERTIFIED TAX ROLLS AND TAX DATA, THAT WILL FEED INTO THE INCORP INCORPORATION DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND?

>> MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE.

[13. Receive, consider and act upon a quarterly update from Visit The Woodlands (Convention & Visitors Bureau);]

>> OPPOSED? THANK YOU, MOW UNIQUE.

WE'LL TAKE AGENDA ITEM 13, RECEIVE AND CONSIDER ON THE

VISIT THE WOODLANDS. >> THANK YOU FOR THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND DIRECTION THAT YOU HAVE.

IT IS A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT. WE ARE IN THE TOP 4%.

THIS IS THE QUARTERLY REPORT FOR VISIT THE WOODLANDS, VISIT WITH YOU FOUR TIMES A YEAR ON THIS REPORT AS PART OF OUR SERVICE AGREEMENT. A FEW SLIDES YOU SAW OVER THE WEEKEND AS YOU REFERENCED THE CHAIRMAN, I'LL MOVE OVER THOSE SLIDES PRETTY QUICKLY. I DO LIKE TO ALWAYS HAVE IN OUR REPORTS TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHOSE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

WANT TO THANK OUR VICE CHAIRMAN AND DR. SHELLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVITUDE AND LEADERSHIP WITHIN VISIT THE WOODLANDS.

AS WE LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING, YOU SAW SOME OF THAT REPORT ABOUT THE HOTEL TAX COLLECTION. GREAT TO SEE THAT.

IT LOOKS WEIRD ON THE CHART WHEN YOU ARE UP MONTH AFTER MONTH OVER 1,000 TIME. CRAZY TIMES AND CRAZY NUMBERS.

WE DO SEE THIS MOVING FORWARD IN A GOOD MANNER.

YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE CHARTS WITH OUR OCCUPANCY UP TREMENDOUSLY, THE AVERAGE DAILY RATE AND THE REV PAR AS WELL.

SALES INITIATIVES, WE HAVE BEGUN BACK IN PERSON AND HAVE BEEN FOR MANY MONTHS, BEEN ON THE ROADS SELLING THE WOODLANDS IN GROUPS.

YOU CAN SEE GOOD INCREASES IN THOSE.

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THAT'S HOW FAR OUT WE WORK. THERE ARE PIECES OF BUSINESS COMING IN QUARTER THREE AND QUARTER FOUR.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR NATIONAL CONVENTION TO THE WOODLANDS, THAT BIG GROUP YOU BROUGHT LAST WEEKEND.

THANK YOU THAT. THESE ARE SHOWS, I WON'T GO THROUGH THIS BECAUSE YOU SAW THIS LAST WEEK.

WE ARE ACTIVE SELLING THE WOODLANDS.

OUR ADVERTISING, THIS IS WHAT OUR CAMPAIGNS LOOK LIKE.

YOU AN SEEP OUR ADVERTISING IN MAJOR PUBLICATIONS.

THIS IS WHAT -- THAT YOU'LL SEE THESE TYPES OF IMAGES IT IS WORKING VERY WELL. OUR LEISURE MARKET IS THROUGH THE ROOF. WE ARE PLEASED WITH HOW THAT IS GOING. OUR WEBSITE, WE RELAUNCHED THE WEBSITE TWO YEARS AGO. LAST YEAR, YOU CAN SEE THAT WEBSITE TRAFFIC PRODUCING SOME INCREDIBLE NUMBERS.

THIS SHOWS WHAT OUR VISITORS ARE INTERESTED IN.

WE'LL GIVE YOU MORE FEEDBACK THINKING ABOUT THE WOODLANDS AS A DESTINATION. THAT IS A STORY I LIKE TO TELL ALL THE TIME. WE REALLY RELY ON THE VISITOR DOLLARS. THIS IS MORE ON THE WEBSITE.

WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS. OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, THIS WAS A HUGE HOME RUN FOR US. THIS PUTS US INTO NEW CATEGORIES ON HOW WE ARE LISTED, SO WE ARE PLEASED WITH THAT.

OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU CAN SEE THE PERFORMANCE THIS YEAR IS REALLY GOING GREAT. WE HAVE ASHLEY AND AMBER, GEORGE, ON OUR STAFF, WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY ON THAT ALONG WITH OTHER STAFF MEMBERS. THIS HAS BEEN WELL SERVED.

WE ARE DOING PHOTO SHOOTS ONCE AGAIN IN OUR DESTINATION TO UPDATE WHAT IS HAPPENING. WE ARE PLEASED THE MARRIOTT UNDERWENT A BIG RENOVATION. THAT HAS BEEN WELL SERVED.

THAT WILL APPEAR IN OUR WORK AS WELL.

VACCINATION TRAVELED HERE. PEOPLE THAT CAME AND STAYED TWO WEEKS IN OUR HOTELS FOR VACCINES.

THEY ALSO DID A LOT OF SHOPPING AND A LOT OF DINING.

OUR TOURISM MISSION IN MEXICO, LAURA IN OUR GROUP WENT DOWN TO SAN MIGUEL, WE BROUGHT THERE TOGETHER MAJOR PUBLICATIONS IN ME MEXICO, MAJOR LIFE STYLE PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA ENTITIES. WE'LL BRING THOSE INDIVIDUALS LATER IN THE FALL. THIS IS MORE ABOUT THAT.

LAURA PUT TOGETHER CREATIVE APPROACHES TO PROMOTING THE WOODLANDS THERE. CONNECT WITH US.

SEND PICTURES, THOSE ARE ALL THE CHANNELS THAT WERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THEN I WOULD JUST LIKE TO END WITH JUST A REMINDER, IRON MAN TEXAS COMING UP OCTOBER 9 AND HOW BIG OF AN EVENT THIS IS. HOW HUGE IT IS FOR US.

OBVIOUSLY, WE MISSED IT IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR.

WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 9. I WANT TO SHOW YOU QUICKLY AND FR OUR AUDIENCE A FEW SLIDES ABOUT IRON MAN AND THE IMPACT HERE. THIS IS 2019, 3136 REGISTERED ATHLETES. WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THESE STATS BUT THESE ARE ON THE PRESENTATION.

AMAZINGLY ENOUGH, YOU LOOK AT THE AGE RANGE ON THIS.

THE OLDEST PARTICIPANT, 80, THE YOUNGEST AT 18.

IT IS A WIDE RANGE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE PEOPLE COME FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.

JUST A FEW OTHER STATS. HERE IS THE BIG ONE, SO DIRECT SPENDING, SEVEN MILLION, INDIRECT, 6.5 MILLION.

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IT IS A BIG DEAL FOR US. THE TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF 13 MILLION DOLLARS. WE ARE EXCITED THAT BENEFIT IS ON. GETTING THAT PRODUCED.

I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

>> ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT.

I LIKE THE UPDATED GRAPHICS. VERY GOOD.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU TOWNSHIP BOARD.

>> ARE YOU SURE IT WAS 83 DEGREES DURING AN IRON MAN?

>> 2019. >> WOW.

I PICKED THE WRONG YEAR. I HAD THE 100 DEGREE YEAR.

>> WHERE DID THEY TAKE YOU? >> I WOULD HAVE LOVED THE 83 DEGREES. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FOR NICK, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO ACCEPT THE REPORT?

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

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

>> OPPOSED? THANK YOU, NICK.

[14. Receive, consider and act upon consideration of adopting guidelines for a Cultural Arts Grant Program;]

>> YES, SIR. >> WE GO ON TO, STILL NICK, AGENDA 14, RECEIVE, CONSIDER ADOPTING GUIDELINES FOR A

CULTURAL ARTS GRANT. >> NO POWER POINTER PRESENTATION ON THIS ONE. IT SHOULD BE A SIMPLE ITEM BECAUSE WE BROUGHT THIS TO YOU BEFORE.

THIS IS THE GUIDELINES FOR CULTURAL ARTS GRANT PROGRAM.

THIS IS THE FUNDING YOU SAW EARLIER, THE EVENTS ADMISSION TAX LINE ITEM AND WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE FUNDS.

THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN DEVELOPING A SET OF GUIDELINES. THOSE ARE IN YOUR PACKET THAT HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IN ADVANCE.

THE COMMITTEE LAB BUSY DETERMINING AND RECOMMENDING WHAT THOSE GUIDELINES WOULD BE. I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME, I COULD ASK THE COMMITTEE CHAIR DR. SNYDER OR ALSO COMMITTEE MEMBER DR. SHELLEY SEKULA-GIBS IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS, AS A REMINDER, THESE ARE ONLY GUIDELINES.

THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO DEVELOP AN APPLICATION.

AT SOME -- AT SOME FORM OR FASHION, IF THE BOARD -- THE BOARD WILL NEED TO MAKE A DETERMINATION OF HOW TO USE THE

LINE ITEM. >> I DID WANT TO SHARE THAT, AS NED STATED LAST SUMMER THE PROCESS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD, SOME OF THE GUIDELINES. THERE WERE SEVERAL COMMENTS REGARDING REVISIONS TO THIS. WE AS A COMMITTEE ADDRESSED THOSE AND INFUSED THOSE WITHIN THE GUIDELINES.

>> VERY GOOD. >> ALL RIGHT.

>> THERE IS NO ACTION TO TAKE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS.

>> THE ACTION WOULD BE, LET ME S

SEE. >> MY NOTES TELL ME BOARD

DETERMINED. >> TO BE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AGAIN, THIS IS NOT -- THIS IS NOT SAYING THAT -- THESE ARE THE GUIDELINES IF THE TOWNSHIP DETE DETERMINED.

>> BECAUSE THEY CAN BE USED, THE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE THE BOARD

>> WE ARE TRYING TO -- WE COULD DO SMALL THINGS BUT IF WE CAN DO ONE THING, THAT IS BONDABLE FU FUNDS, THAT HAS A MULTIPLYING EFFECT, THAT PROVIDES MORE THAN

ONE-OFF EVENTS. >> FOR SEVERAL YEARS, SEVERAL ENTITIES KARM AND REQUESTED FUNDS.

THAT'S WHAT INITIATED THE PROCESS TO BEGIN WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TO CREATE GUIDELINES, TO RECOMMEND IF FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE AND TAKE IT TO THE

BOARD AND LET THE BOARD DECIDE. >> THAT WOULD BE A BUDGET

FUNCTION, MONIQUE, CORRECT? >> IT SOUNDS LIKE THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO KEEP THE CURRENT PROPOSAL SINCE WE HAVE ACTIVE INTERESTS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE WITH THE

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REPORT. >> MOVE TO ACCEPT.

>> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS? THANK YOU. ITEM 15.

[15. Receive, consider and act upon renovation of Bear Branch Park Inclusive Playground (C-2021-0120);]

DR. NUNEZ? >> WE RECEIVED THIS BACK IN APRIL. THE PLAYGROUND WAS DEVELOPED IN 2 2001.

OUR REPLACEMENT CYCLE, WE ARE PAST THAT.

YOU CAN SEE THE AGE WHERE ON THIS PLAYGROUND, THIS PLAYGROUND WAS THE FIRST INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND DEVELOPED AND ONLY INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT IS AT BEAR BRANCH PARK. THIS DEVELOPMENT WE SEE AS AN ELEMENT IN THERE AND PERFECT FOR THIS PARK.

THE RENOVATION OF THIS PARK WAS IN THE 2017 MASTER PLAN.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE GRAPHIC WHAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED OF THE MASTER PLAN. YELLOW IS THE PLAYGROUND.

WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF PHASES LEFT TO TALK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE. OVERALL, THE PROJECT GOALS, VERY MUCH THIS IS GEARED TOWARDS INCLUSIVE PLAY AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY A PLAYGROUND, PLAY ENVIRONMENT THAT CAN BE USED BY CHI CHILDREN, THOSE ARE DISABLED CHILDREN AND ABLE BODIED CHILDREN.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO DO. AS WE HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THE PLAYGROUNDS, THOSE ARE THE CRITERIA WE GO BACK, WHAT PLAYGROUND WILL BE THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ELEMENTS.

THE BOARD IDENTIFIED TWO, LONE STAR RECREATION WHICH INCLUDES GAME TIME. WE ASKED FOR PROPOSALS, THEN TO SUBMIT AN ENHANCED PLAN. LONE STAR SUBMITTED COSTS FOR BOTH PLANS AS WELL AS THE DES DESIGNS. THEY WERE UNABLE TO MEET THOSE DEADLINES BUT WE DID EXTEND THEM TO MAKE SURE WE HAD OTHER OPTIONS TO REVIEW. THEY TOOK AN ADDITIONAL 13 TO 16 DAYS. WHEN WE LOOK AT LONE STAR RECREATION AND GAME TIME, WE SEE A DIFFERENCE IN PRICE.

WE SEE A DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBER OF ELEMENTS AND THE SCORES. THE GAME TIME PROPOSAL WAS RATED AT 2.19. WHAT WE SAW WAS NO NEW ELEMENTS, LIMITED INCLUSIVITY, INTERACTION BETWEEN ABLE BODIED CHILDREN AND CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY. THE BOARD HAS HAD REPURPOSING ANYTHING ABOVE THREE AND USING THE LOWEST PRICE.

SINCE THAT HASN'T OCCURRED, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE LONE STAR PLAYGROUNDS AT THIS POINT. THAT COMES FROM THE CAPITAL FUND, $831,000 TOTAL POTENTIAL BUDGET IF THE BOARD SO DESIRES.

BOTH THOSE OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE FUNDING.

THIS IS INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS ARE A NICHE MARKET FOR THIS GROUP. THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THEY SOLELY WORK ON. THEY HAVE SPECIFIC ENGINEERS, SPECIFIC DESIGNERS JUST IN THE INCLUSIVE GROUP.

ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THEY DO, THE FIFTH BULLET, THE DESIGN ALLOWS CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES TO PLAY WITH CHILDREN WITH OTHER ABILITIES. THAT'S WHY THEY WERE RATED SO HIGH. THE TWO OPTIONS, OPTION A HAS A 4.09 AVERAGE SCORE. YOU SEE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RAMPS. THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A TRADITIONAL PLAYGROUND AND THIS PLAYGROUND AND WHY THE COSTS ARE MORE.

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WE ARE BEING ASKED TO DO THAT MORE AND MORE IN OUR COMMUNITY OF HAVING THOSE ADDITIONAL TYPES OF SWINGS IN THE TRADITIONAL BELT SWINGS. THERE ARE ELEMENTS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THAT. THE NEXT STEPS LOOKING AT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW MO MONTHS, GOING FORTH WITH ORDERING THE EQUIPMENT.

THEN IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THIS INSTALLED WEATHER PERMITTING AS WELL BY THE END OF THE YEAR, EARLY NEXT YEAR. THE RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME IS TO ACCEPT THE ENHANCED PROPOSAL FOR THE DESIGN AND

BUILD OF THE PLAY GROUND. >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION AS

PRESENTED? >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> SECOND.

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

>> ANY OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS?

[16. Receive, consider and act upon Qualified Organizations, field assets restricted by Parks & Wildlife Grants, and park field expansion options;]

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> WE ARE STICKING WITH YOU. AGENDA ITEM 16, RECEIVE, CONSIDER ACT UPON QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS, FIELD ASSETS RESTRICTED BY PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANTS AND PARK FIELD EXPANSION OPTIONS. .

>> AS YOU SAID, THERE IS A MOUTHFUL SO I'LL TRY TO BE QUICK BECAUSE WE ARE LONG HERE. WE'LL REVIEW THE QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS. THE BOARD MET TO DISCUSS QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS TO LOOK AT THAT.

THEY DID. WE ALSO WENT THROUGH HISTORIC CLI ALL THE GRANTS THE TOWNSHIP HAS RECEIVED AND WHAT WAS IN THERE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FIELD EXPANSION OPTIONS TO RE REVIEW. WE DISCUSSED OPTIONS AT THE END.

THE QUALIFIED PROGRAM SERVED 4200 CHILDREN AS WELL ADULTS.

THOSE ARE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE WOODLANDS. THERE ARE 13 ORGANIZATIONS.

WE JUST APPROVED ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, ULTIMATELY FRISBEE. THEY HAVE A SMALL GROUP.

WE CONTINUE TO SEE GROWTH IN THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

>> IS THAT FRISBEE GOLF? >> THINK OF THIS AS FOOTBALL WITH A FRISBEE. YOU HAVE A 100 FOOT FIELD.

YOUTUBE IT AND YOU'LL SEE SOME VERY ATHLETIC INDIVIDUALS PLAYING THAT SPORT. THE SCHEDULE HAS ALREADY BEEN SET. WE HAVE BOOKED OUT FIELDS FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS ALL THE WAY THROUGH JULY 2022.

AS I MENTIONED, WE'LL GO THROUGH WHAT THE ADVISORY BOARD REVIEWED IN MAY. THEY RECOGNIZED THE CHALLENGE, ALLOCATING, YOU'LL NEVER MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.

THEY DID THINK A PROGRAM OF SOME SORT WAS NEEDED TO ALLOCATE IT, TO PRIORITIZE A& THEY UNDERSTOO A 60 PERCENT THRESHOLD TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT RESIDENTS ACCESS TO THE FIELDS.

THEY DID TRY TO DO WORK TO DEFINE THE RESIDENCE REQU REQUIREMENT. THAT WAS REALLY THE DIRECTION YOU PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL TO LOOK AT.

TEXAS WILDLIFE GRANTS, ABOUT 13 OR SO GRANTS WE'VE HAD.

THE ASSOCIATIONS WERE NOT ENTITIES, THERE WERE 3.8 MILLION DOLLARS RECEIVED. TWO OF THE THREE SPORTS COMPLEXES DID RECEIVE GRANT FUNDING.

WHEN WE GO THROUGH ALL THAT INFORMATION WE IDENTIFIED THERE WAS NARRATIVE THAT FIELDS WOULD BE PERMANENTLY DEDICATED FOR USE, DEDICATED IN PEPRPETUITY. THEY HAVE REASONABLE DIFFERENCES THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE NON-RESIDENT TIMES AND THAT TYPE OF THING.

BUT THE MONEY HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE PARK AND THE CONCEPT IS IT

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HAVING THAT. THEY IDENTIFIED, THERE WAS 11 MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS. TO DATE ONLY FIVE OF THOSE MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS HAVE BEEN BUILT.

THE BOARD HAS DONE A GREAT JOB LOOKING AT HOW TO CONVERT, LEVERAGING PARKING, LEVERAGING EXISTING FIELDS CONVERTING FIELDS TO ADDRESS THE DEMANDS. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE CONTINUING TO GET PAST THAT LEVEL WHERE THE DEMAND CAN BE MANAGED BECAUSE OF THESE GROUPS.

THE NEXT FEW SLIDES LOOK AT OPTIONS FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

ONE IS TO CONSIDER ALL WEATHER FIELDS.

IDENTIFYING A NUMBER OF PARKS, THESE ARE EXISTING PARKS, EXISTING PARKS TO ARTIFICIAL TURF.

THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD 16 INCHES OF RAIN AND WE ARE NOT TONE SO LOTS OF CANCELLATIONS FROM THAT. LOOKING AT THE EXPANSION OF THE PARK, WE'LL BRING FORTH AN ITEM IN AUGUST TO REVIEW THE PAFSHGDZ ISSUE. CAN ADDITIONAL FIELDS BE PUT IN TO CONNECT THE COMPLEX AND CONVERT THAT OVER TO LED LIGHTS? THE SPORTS FIELD, THE BOARD HAS THE ACCESS, THE CURRENT ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL ACREAGE, CREATING BASICALLY ANOTHER COMPLEX SIMILAR TO THE GOSLING SPORTS FIELD WITHOUT ARTIFICIAL TURF BASED ON HOW LOW IT IS. HOW DO WE LEVERAGE OUR QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER ENTITIES.

DYNAMO DASH SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL TO FUND A BATHROOM COMPLEX.

>>> A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE IN ATTENDANCE AND THERE IS TALK ABOUT BIDDING ON A NATIONAL RUGBY TOURNAMENT WHEN THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE, THIS FACILITY CAN BE USED FOR THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS. WE ARE WORKING TO FUND THE CONVERSION, THAT IS A REAL THING THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL WANTS TO DO. WE WORKED WITH ONE ENTITY WHO HAS SHOWN SOME DESIRE TO CONVERT TO EXISTING FIELDS, POTENTIALLY ADDING LIGHTS, MAYBE ARTIFICIAL TURF MAYBE ADDITIONAL RESTROOMS. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND ACCESS AND WHAT DOES EACH PARTY GET TO THAT. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH TODAY. WHEN YOU EXPAND PARKS, WHEN YOU HAVE BIG EVENTS, AND WE'LL START TALKING ABOUT EVENTS IN THE BACK END OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU HAVE TO HAVE PARKING.

AT BEAR BRANCH ON SUNDAY MORNINGS, WE ARE RESTRICTED IN THE AMOUNT OF PARKING WE CAN USE.

WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHURCH NEXT DOOR. HOWEVER, UP UNTIL NOON, THERE ARE LIMITED FIELDS WE CAN USE AND THAT LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF PLAY THAT CAN BE USED. THIS IS PART OF THE BEAR BRANCH PARK MASTER PLAN, IS THE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES AND BATTING CAGES. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ATTRACTIONS, TEXAS TREE VENTURES AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT ONE AT THE END OF THE DAY. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT UPGRADING INFRASTRUCTURE, ADDING LED LIGHTS, SELECT PARKS.

THERE IS AN AN ANALYSIS WE DO BASED ON THE PARK TO LOOK AT WHAT MIGHT BE THE BEST BANG FOR THE DOLLAR.

WE LOOK AT CONVERTING OVER TO LED'S.

WE PRESENTED A CONVERSION TO YEARS AGO.

THEY ARE GETTING BETTER. THEY ARE GETTING BETTER IN TERMS OF THE REDUCTION IN COST. YOU MIGHT LAUGH ON MINIATURE GOLF. HOWEVER, IT HAS A POTENTIAL TO GET A GREAT REVENUE, AND REALLY LEVERAGE OUR SPORTS TOURISM THAT

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THIS RANGE FROM TOURNAMENTS THAT MIGHT HAVE 15, 20 TEAMS. TWO WEEKENDS AGO, WE HAD A RUGBY TOURNAMENT OVER AT GOSLING SPORT. I THINK THERE WERE 30 TEAMS FROM AROUND THE STATE OF TEXAS. THOSE ARE THINGS WE ARE BRINGING IN OVER AND OVER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

OUR CONCLUSIONS ARE THE FACILITIES WERE BUILT WITH PUBLIC FUNDS SO THEY HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED TO ACCESS RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS. THERE IS A NEED FOR A PARKS AND RECREATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT, AN UPDATE TO THE ONE DONE IN 2011.

REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO FIELDS AND THE AMENITIES AND HOW CAN WE POTENTIALLY LEVERAGE THEM.

NOT TO DIMINISH THE PUBLIC USE, THE COMMUNITY BASED USE AND TABLE DISCUSSIONS WITH QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION UNTIL SUCH A TIME WHEN DISCUSSION CAN BE PREPARED, EVALUATED, ACTIVATED BY THE BOARD. RIGHT NOW, NO MATTER IF WE DO AWAY WITH THE PROGRAM OR NOT, WE HAVE TO FIND PLACES FOR 4300 YOUTH AND ADULTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.

I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE -- I TOLD JOHN AS I WALKED OUT THE DOOR HE HAS TO REMIND ME OF THIS, IF THERE IS ANY DESIRE TO CHANGE THE QUALIFIED PROGRAM, IT HAS TO BE DONE BY A PUBLIC PRO PROCESS.

>> I GUESS THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO BRING BACK THE POTENTIAL OF A NEW ASSESSMENT AND POSTPONE ANY ACTION ON QUALIFIED VENDORS.

>> UNTIL WE GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS --

>> I THINK PART OF THAT WITH OUR STRATEGIC MEETING, WE SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS THAT CSID PROVIDED US. WHAT THE CSI DIRKS PRESENTATION SHOWED US, WE'LL BE AN AGING COMMUNITY.

WE MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME LOCAL DEMAND IN THE OUTYEARS AS MOST OF THE SCHOOLS WILL BE POPULATED BY PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE IN THE WOODLANDS BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE WOODLANDS UNFORTUNATE OR NOT UNFORTUNATE BUT ARE GETTING OLDER.

THE NUMBER OF YOUTH PLAYING ACTIVE SOCCER IS PROBABLY SHRINKING YEAR TO YEAR. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO LOOK AT

THAT -- >> IT IS A GOOD POINT.

JOHN AND I HAD A CONVERSATION FROM A MEETING AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT OF WHEN WE RENOVATE PLAYGROUNDS, MAYBE DO WE IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO PUT IN SOME BIKES, PULL-UP BARS, ETC., THAT POPULATION, THAT WILL BE A SIZABLE POPULATION. WE ARE STARTING TO --

>> IT IS PICKLEBALL. THE ACTIVITY ADULTS THAT PLAY TENNIS MIGRATE TOWARDS PICKLE BALL.

>>> WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU AT THE AUGUST MEETING.

>> PERFECT. >> I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE ASSESSMENT NEEDS. WE TALK ABOUT WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, HAVING NOT JUST TRADITIONAL SPORTS BUT NOW HAVING ALL THESE EXTRA THINGS. IT COULD BE SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE HERE ARE THINKING, WELL, I MAY NOT MAKE THE FOOTBALL TEAM BUT I MIGHT TRY RUGBY OR I MIGHT TRY TACKLE FRISBEE. I THINK THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT COULD REVEAL HIGH ACTIVITY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT

ACTIVITIES WE BRING IN AS WELL. >> AND NEXT YEAR, YOU ARE VERY MUCH CORRECT, BECAUSE I'M MEETING WITH A GENTLEMAN

TOMORROW ABOUT CRICKET. >> THERE IS A NEW ONE.

CRICKET? >> IN THE CASE OF WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, GIVING CHILDREN AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND THE NICHE, SOMETHING THEY CANNOT JUST GROW INTO AND JUST EXERCISE AND BE HEALTHY PHYSICALLY WHICH ALSO AFFECTS, OBVIOUSLY, THE SOUL AND MIND BUT ENGAGE WITH OTHER CHILDREN BUT GO OUTSIDE -- GO OUT OUTSIDE.

>> I HAVE LIVED HERE A LONG TIME, WE TOO ENJOY THE PARKS.

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>> MY POINT WAS, BEFORE I LOOK AT AMENITIES THE AGING

COMMUNITY -- >> I THINK WE CAN LAYER THAT INTO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IF IT IS APPROVED, ONE OF THE MAJOR BULLETS TO REVIEW THE DEMOGRAPHICS THE PARK INFRASTRUCTURE HAS SET UP IN THE NEXT YEARS FOR THE SILVER

TSUNAMI COMING UP. >> SOME OF US AREN'T SILVER BUT

WE ARE GOING IN THAT DIRECTION. >> I'M RIGHT BEHIND YOU.

>> WE'LL TAKE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE.

>> MOTION. >> APPROVE.

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

>> THANK YOU. AGENDA 19, RECEIVE, CONSIDER ACT

[17. Receive, consider and act upon Resolution Number 016-21 pertaining to casting votes for the Montgomery Central Appraisal District Special District candidate to be placed on a county-wide ballot for the Board of Directors of the Montgomery Central Appraisal District;]

THE APPRAISAL. >> THAT WILL BE LONGER THAN THE PRESENTATION. AS THE BOARD DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, WE ARE TREATED AS A CONSERVATION DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PARTICIPATING IN THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT ELECTIONS.

WE HAVE RECEIVED THE BALLOT FOR THE MCAT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION AS YOU MAY RECALL, THAT IS A THREE-STEP PROCESS, THIS IS STEP TWO OF THE PROCESS. THE FIRST STEP WAS YOU HAD THE ABILITY TO NOMINATE SOMEONE TO SERVE AS THE SPECIAL DISTRICT NOMINEE. THIS STUDY, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOTE ON THE PERSON TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE FINAL PHASE WHICH IS THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION, WHEN YOU GET TO THE NEXT PHASE, SPECIAL DISTRICTS ARE ONLY ABLE TO VOTE FOR THE SPECIAL DISTRICT CANDIDATE. THE TOWNSHIP BOARD DID NOMINATE THE FORMER DIRECTOR PEGGY HOUSEMAN WHO CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE MCAT BOARD. THE TOWNSHIP HAS THE ABILITY TO VOTE, CAST 165 VOTES, THOSE ARE REQUIRED TO BE SINGLE CANDIDATE, THERE IS A RESOLUTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

WE DID GO AHEAD AND FILL IN MS. HOUSEMAN ON THE BASIS THE BOARD NOMINATED HER. THE BOARD DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOTE FOR EITHER ONE OF THE CANDIDATES.

>> OKAY. I DO RECALL THAT THE BOARD HAD APPROVED MS. HOUSEMAN AT A PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING.

WE HAVE A RESOLUTION READY TO ROLL.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO AUTHORIZE RESOLUTION NUMBER 016-21 CASTING VOTES FOR SPECIAL DISTRICT CANDIDATE PEGGY HOUSEMAN AND AUTHORIZING THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE BALLOT.

>> SO MOVE. >> SECOND.

>> BEFORE WE VOTE, I HAVE A QUESTION?

>> YOU CAN. >> THANK YOU.

SINCE THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL WAS NOMINATED BY HIMSELF, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FROM ONE OF THE OTHER --

>> ONE OF THE OTHER SPECIAL DISTRICTS.

>> ENTITIES. RIGHT.

>> YOU ARE ONLY ABLE TO VOTE FOR ONE.

>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY. MS. HOUSEMAN WILL BE ON THE BALLOT FOR US AND I WILL SIGN IT.

[18. Receive, consider and act upon an election ballot to fill a vacancy on the Harris County Appraisal District Board of Directors and approve Resolution 017-21 in connection therewith;]

>> THIS IS A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THE REMAINING TERM, UNEXPIRED TERM OF A POSITION OF THE SPECIAL DISTRICT CANDIDATE.

IT FOLLOWS A DIFFERENT PROCESS, ALL SPECIAL -- THERE IS A DESIGNATED SPECIAL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE, ALL SPECIAL DISTRICTS WHO PARTICIPATE CAST ONE VOTE.

AS YOU MAY RECALL IN JUNE, THE BOARD DID NOMINATE DIRECTOR MILNER TO SERVE ON THE HCAT BOARD.

THE BALLOT WAS RECEIVED AND INCLUDES A TOTAL OF SIX

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YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOTE FOR ANY OF THE SIX CANDIDATES.

WE DID REPOPULATE THAT FOR DIRECTOR MILNER.

>> DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO AUTHORIZE 017-21, CASTING A VOTE FOR BOB MILNER IN THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT AND

AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN? >> MOVE.

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

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED?

ABSTENTIONS? >> ABSTAIN.

>> OKAY. AGENDA 19, RECEIVE, CONSIDER ACT

[19. Receive, consider and act upon calling the Directors Election to be held on November 2, 2021, and determining procedure of giving notice of same, and the adoption of an order in connection therewith (with Supplemental Agenda for Adoption of Order Calling Elections);]

>> THERE WAS AN ELECTION ORDER PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET.

THE TOWNSHIP HOLDS ELECTIONS EACH NOVEMBER FOR THREE OR FOUR OF ITS BOARD OF DIRECTOR POSITIONS.

IN 2021 POSITIONS 5, 6 AND 7 ARE UP FOR ELECTION.

EACH POSITION IS FOR A TWO-YEAR TERM.

THEY CONTRACT WITH OFFICES FOR JOINT ELECTIONS WHICH ALLOWS OUR RESIDENTS TO VOTE AT THE SAME LOCATIONS THEY WOULD VOTE FOR ANY STATE OR COUNTY ELECTION PROPOSITIONS OR OFFICES.

THE BOARD CALLS THE ELECTION BY ORDER THE FORM THAT WAS PROVIDED IS THE FORM THERE AN IS PRESENTED TO YOU FOR APPROVAL.

IT DOES -- IT HAS BEEN PREPARED BY LEGAL COUNCIL.

IT INCLUDES THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ELECTION AGENT WHICH CONSISTENT WITH LAST YEAR IS -- IT IS THE ELECTION AGENT.

IT IS MISSING A COUPLE OF ITEMS WHICH ARE NOTED PRIMARILY THE POLLING SITES WHICH WILL BE ADDED IN ONCE THEY ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE COUNTIES. THE ORDER WILL ALSO BE TRANSLATED INTO THE REQUIRED LANGUAGES.

>> ALL RIGHT. THAT MOVES ME TO DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADOPT THE FORM OF ORDER CALLING DIRECTOR ELECTION WHICH SPECIFIES THAT NOTICE OF THE ELECTION WILL BE GIVEN BY POSTING AND DESIGNATE THE TOWNSHIP SECRETARY SLASH ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AS TOWNSHIP ELECTION AGENT?

>> SO MOVE. >> SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE? >> AYE.

>> OPPOSE? ABSTENTIONS? THANK YOU, KAREN. AND THAT WILL MOVE US TO

[20. Recess to Executive Session to discuss matters relating to real property pursuant to §551.072, Texas Government Code; deliberation of economic development negotiations pursuant to §551.087, Texas Government Code; discuss personnel matters pursuant to §551.074, Texas Government Code; discuss IT network or critical infrastructure security pursuant to §551.089, Texas Government Code; and to consult with The Woodlands Township’s attorney pursuant to §551.071, Texas Government Code;]

[21. Reconvene in public session;]

[22. Receive, consider and act upon an agreement between Montgomery County and The Woodlands Township regarding participation in the Montgomery County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Urban County jurisdiction (C-2021-0269);]

THEN BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS. AND THEN MOTION TO ADJOURN.

>> MOVE. >> SECOND.

>> ALL

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