Nov 12, 2021 Board of Directors Special Meeting Agenda

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>> ALL RIGHT. WELCOME TO THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING. WE'LL START WITH A QUICK INVOCATION.

ALL RIGHT. GOD, THANK YOU FOR TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

WE PRAY FOR YOUR WISDOM TO GUIDE US THROUGH TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS.

PRAY FOR PROTECTION OVER COMMUNITY AND STATE AND COUNTRY.

AND WE PRAY ALL OF THIS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.

WE WILL NOW DO THE PLEDGES TO OUR OUR FLAGS.

OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, 1 NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSLHLIBERTY AND J LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL NA UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALLON , UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALLE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR

ALL >> I HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE

TEXAS, ONE STATE, UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. >> OKAY.

[2. Call meeting to order;]

STATE LAW REQUIRES AT LEAST FOUR BOARD MEMBERS BE IN ATTENDANCE.

I WILL TAKE ROLL. >> ROLL CALL. >> WE ARE ALL PRESENT AND

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

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

>> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? THAT WHICH CARRY.

NOW GO TO RECOGNIZING PUBLIC OFFICIALS. NONE SIGNED UP.

ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS HIDING IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANT TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED? LAURA. THERE IS ONE. ANYONE ELSE?

[5. Public comment;]

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS ALAN DOUGLAS. I LIVE IN ALDON BRIDGE.

I'M MONTGOMERY COUNTY ELECTION WORKER. DURING THE ELECTION WE HAD 20,655 EARLY VOTERS. THERE WERE 16,431 THAT VOTED AGAINST THE PROPOSITIONS THAT YOU PEOPLE PUT ON THE BOARD. AND MY QUESTION IS, WHY WOULD YOU DO IT IN AN OFF-ELECTION YEAR, WHEN THERE IS A SEVEN PERCENT TURNOUT. YOU ARE ON RECORD THAT YOU WOULD NOT DO IT. YOU HAVE OVER-FUNDED OUR TAXES BY OVER 100 MILLION.

YOU SPENT 3 MILLION OF OUR TAX DOLLARS, SQUANDERED THEM FOR A SCAM.

AND WE'VE TOLD YOU PEOPLE WE DO NOT WANT TO INCORPORATE. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH CLEARER WE NEED TO MAKE IT TO YOU PEOPLE. AND THE ONLY RECOURSE I SEE IS FOR EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT VOTED FOR IT IS TO RESIGN. WE HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN ANY OF YOU.

>> YOU JUST ELECTED ONE OF THEM. >> I DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM.

SO IT'S A SCAM. IT'S A SHAM OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE, TRIED TO DESTROY THIS COMMUNITY AND INCORPORATE IT LIKE ALL OF THESE OTHER BIG CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

YOU'RE GOING TO SQUANDER OUR MONEY, 16,000 HAVE TOLD YOU NO. I HOPE Y'ALL GET THE MESSAGE.

INCLUDING YOU, GORDY. AND THAT IS ALL I GOT TO SAY. >> THANK YOU, ALAN.

NEXT UP WILL BE LINDA ANTHONY. >> HI. MY NAME IS LINDA ANTHONY.

I LIVE ATLANTICS HILL DRIVE. THIS BOARD AS AWAKENED A SLEEPING GIANTS.

RESIDENTS OF THE WOODLANDS. MANY CITIZENS ARE DOING QUICK STUDIES ABOUT HOW THE BOARD IS TAKING A SINGULAR CONTROL OF OUR TOWNSHIP GOVERNANCE. EARLY ON IN MY RESEARCH, I CAME

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IT SHOWS VARIOUS STAFF MANAGEMENT POSITIONS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, ALL REPORTING UP THE LADDER. AND THEN IT REPORTS INTO YOU, THE BOARD.

WHY DO ALL OF THESE PEOPLE REPORT IN TO THE BOARD? BECAUSE AT THE TOP OF THE BOARD ARE THE CONSTITUENTS. THE TOP BOX OF THE COUNTY ORG CHART SHOWS THE CITIZENS OF THE WOODLANDS ARE AT THE TOP OF THE ORG CHART AND THEREFORE, THE PEOPLE ARE IN CHARGE OF THE GOVERNANCE OF THE WOODLANDS. ALL WOODLANDS CITIZENS WOULD AGREE THAT THEIR EXPECTATION OF GOVERNANCE IS FOR A TRANSPARENT, ETHICAL, ACCOUNTABLE AND REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. A FEW DAYS AGO, THE BOARD LEADERSHIP FORCED YOUR INCORPORATION ISSUE ON THE OFF-YEAR BALLOT IN THE LAST MINUTE.

IN ADDITION TO USING TAXPAYER MONEY AND RESOURCES, EXCLUSIVELY IN THE PROMOTION OF THE INCORPORATION, PROPAGANDA NARRATIVE, WITH NO MENTION OF ADDITIONAL OPINIONS OR RELEVANT FACTS. MOST EGREGIOUSLY, AN OPEN RECORDS ACT REQUEST FOUND THAT THE BOARD SPENT AT LEAST $79,000 HIRING A CAMPAIGN GROUP CALLED COOKSIE COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE CAMPAIGN. THE GRASS ROOTS EFFORTS OF ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF THE WOODANDS QUICKLY GROUPED TOGETHER, USING OUR PERSONAL TIME, CONTRIBUTING PERSONAL MONEY, TO ENABLE AN AWARENESS OF THE FELLOW CITIZENS AS TO WHAT WAS GOING ON.

IT WAS REPORTED IN HOUSTON, IN THIS PAST ELECTION, ABOUT THEY HAD ABOUT A TWO TO THREE PERCENT TURN-OUT FOR THIS OFF-YEAR ELECTION. BUT HERE IN THE WOODLANDS, WE HAD ABOUT A 20 PERCENT TURN-OUT OF ANGRY CITIZENS WHO HANDED A RESOUNDING 70-30 VOTE AGAINST INCORPORATION. SO AGAIN, I POINT YOU TO THE ORG CHART AND SAY THAT WE THE PEOPLE ARE IN CONTROL AND HAVE CLEARLY DICTATED OUR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE BOARD.

DON'T INCORPORATE. STOP PLANNING AND SPENDING OUR TAX DOLLARS ON INCORPORATION.

I'M CONCERNED THAT THE BALLOT WAS JUST A SYMPTOM OF UNDERLYING PROBLEM, AND THAT ACTUALLY THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP HAS ALREADY BEEN ANNEXED BY THE BOARD.

WE JUST HAVEN'T CHANGED THE NAME YET TO BOARDVILLE, BUT YOU'RE ACTING LIKE A POWERFUL MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. YOU'VE RAISED THE TAXES OVER THE YEARS TO GET $100 MILLION IN EXCESS. YOU SET ASIDE A $20 MILLION TAXPAYER FUNDED FOR INCORPORATION. YOU HAD TRANSITION PLANS WITH THE COUNTY FOR INCORPORATION.

SO AGAIN, JUST AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, PEOPLE BENEATH ON YOUR ORG CHART TO STEP ASIDE IF THEY WERE NOT FOLLOWING YOUR ORDERS, SO THE CONSTITUENTS ON THIS ORG CHART, THE PEOPLE OF THE WOODLANDS WOULD REQUEST THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS LEADERSHIP ALIGNED SO STRONGLY WITH AN INCORPORATION MODEL WOULD PLEASE STEP ASIDE SO THE CITIZENS CAN FILL THE VACANCIES WITH OTHER TOWNSHIP PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN REPRESENTING A TRUE TOWNSHIP GOVERNANCE

MODEL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, LINDA.

NEXT UP WOULD BE LARRY NAIL. >> HELLO, I LIVE AT 3 EVANRIDGE COURT.

RIGHT ON THE VERY CORNER. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT UNDERPASS, OVERPASS.

I CAME A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO A MEETING LIKE THIS. IT WAS BROUGHT UP AND KIND OF THOUGHT IT WAS TABLED. AND NOW IT'S KIND OF RISING UP AGAIN.

AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, THE PROPERTY VALUES OF THAT AREA WILL BE DEVASTATED, AND I LIVE RIGHT ON THAT CORNER. I MEAN I HAVE A PERSONAL AGENDA BECAUSE IT WILL GO RIGHT OVER MY POOL. AND I KNOW THEY ADDED THAT TURNING LANE ON OUR STREET.

AND IT WAS AMAZING. WE HAD TRAFFIC BACKED WAY UP. THEY PUT THE TURNING LANE IN.

I THINK THEY SPENT $100,000 ON IT. AND IT'S TOTALLY CHANGED THE WAY THE TRAFFIC FLOWS ON THAT STREET. I CAN'T IMAGINE SPENDING

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BECAUSE IT'S GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY CONCERNED AND UPSET.

AND YOU KNOW, WITH REGARDS TO THE INCORPORATION, AND TOWNSHIP AND SO FORTH, I MEAN, THAT ADDS

FUEL TO FIRE. SO PLEASE REMOVE THAT. >> I CAN STEP IN.

IT'S NOT A PROJECT OF THE TOWNSHIP. IT'S A PROJECT OF PRECINCT 3.

COMMISSIONER NOWAK'S OFFICE. >> YOU GUYS HAVE SAY-SO IN THAT, RIGHT?

>> WE DO NOT. >> NONE WHATSOEVER. >> OKAY.

>> THANK YOU, LARRY. NEXT UP, TED STANLEY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBER OF THE BOARD, MR. PRESIDENT. I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY, REPRESENTING TOWNSHIP FUTURE, A GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED TO BRING AWARENESS AND CLARITY TO THE ISSUES ON IMPORTANT ISSUES TO OUR RESIDENTS.

NO ISSUE HAS COME BEFORE OUR COMMUNITY MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE RECENT ELECTION ON WHETHER S YOU WILL RECALL, WE CAME BEFORE YOU AT YOUR MEETING ON JULY 22ND, AS DID OTHER GROUPS AND RESIDENTS TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO POSTPONE PLACING THIS ALL IMPORTANT ITEM ON THE BALLOT AT THIS TIME. AT THAT MEETING, WE CAUTIONED THAT AN ISSUE AS CONTENTIOUS AS INCORPORATION WOULD ONLY DIVIDE OUR COMMUNITY AT A TIME WHEN WE NEEDED TO BE MORE UNITED THAN EVER. UNFORTUNATELY, THE EFFECTS OF YOUR DECISION HAVE BEEN PAINFULLY VISIBLE THIS ELECTION PROCESS.

WE SEE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD EXCHANGING BARBS WITH COUNTY PERSONNEL AND OTHERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. LONG-TIME PUBLIC SERVANTS DISRESPECTING RESPECTING EACH OTHER. VOLUNTEERS AT THE POLLS THREATENING OTHER VOLUNTEERS OVER POSSIBLE OUTCOMES. THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO FOCUS ON THE WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. THE RESIDENTS HAVE SPOKEN IN A VERY LOUD AND CLEAR VOICE THAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO INCORPORATE THE COMMUNITY, NOT NOW OR IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, 16,431 VOTES AGAINST AND SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 8,000 VOTES IN FAVOR, IT'S UNDENIABLY CLEAR, WITH A 2-1 MARGIN THE WISHES OF THE RESIDENTS.

MORE RESIDENTS OF THE WOODLANDS VOTED AGAINST INCORPORATION THAN VOTED AGAINST THE ROAD BOND ISSUE IN 2015. WITH THIS RESOUNDING VOTE, YOU HAVE HEARD THE VOICE OF THE RESIDENTS. DURING THIS ELECTION PROCESS, SEVERAL OF YOU PROMOTED A SENIOR TAX FREE IF WE WERE TO INCORPORATE. SINCE INCORPORATION IS NOT HAPPENING, IT IS WITHIN YOUR POWER TO EXPLORE AND OFFER A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TO ALL HOMES WITHIN THE WOODLANDS. YOU TOUTED THAT THE COST OF INCORPORATION WOULD BE OFF-SET BY THE RESERVE WHICH HAD ACCUMULATED OVER SEVERAL YEARS. SINCE THE RESIDENTS HAVE NO APPETITE FOR INCORPORATION, WE CAN EXPLORE WAYS TO USE THOSE FUNDS TO POSSIBLY BUILD AN ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER OR OTHER PROJECTS OF INTEREST THAT WOULD ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY.

DURING THE PRECEDING MONTHS LEADING UP TO THE ELECTION, THE NON-BIASED INFORMATION PUT OUT BY OFFICIAL SOURCES NEVER MENTIONED THE BENEFIT OF NOT INCORPORATING.

LET'S EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF LOWER TAXES IN GENERAL. THAT WOULD BENEFIT ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. I MENTIONED THESE IDEAS AS MERE SUGGESTIONS, BUT NOW IS THE TIME TO SEEK BROAD PUBLIC INPUT. THERE ARE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES WE CAN ACHIEVE IF WE WERE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU HAVE ALL MENTIONED MANY TIMES THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO LET THE RESIDENTS DECIDES.

WELL, THE RESIDENTS HAVE DECIDED. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LISTEN TO THEM AND ABIDE BY THEIR DECISION. IT'S TIME TO DROP THIS CAUSE.

NONE OF THE ELEMENTS STATED AS BENEFITS BY THE PRO-INCORPORATION GROUP RANG TRUE WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS. TO CONTINUE WOULD ONLY PROVE THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE THE PULSE OF THE COMMUNITY TO BE TRUE.

AS A RESIDENT BASED COMMUNITY-MINDED ORGANIZATION, TOWNSHIP FUTURE STANDS READY TO

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AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST, WE ENCOURAGE THIS BOARD TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RESIDENTS'S WISHES, TO STAY CLEAR OF ELEMENTS THAT DIVIDE US AND TO DO THE WORK OF THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESSES OF THE WOODLANDS. THAT IS WHAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO. CARRY OUT THE WILL OF THE RESIDENTS.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND IN THIS SEASON OF GIVING THANKS, WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE ALL HELPED TO BUILD AND

CURRENTLY ENJOY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR. SNYDER. >> THANK YOU, TED.

NEXT UP IS TOM CHUMBLEY. >> IT'S JUST ME REPRESENTING MYSELF.

I WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR ALL OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU GUYS DO.

I DO NOT MISS THOSE THINGS. I WAS TOUCHED BY OBTAINING THE CROSSING GEAR THAT YOU SAID YOU WOULD DO PERSONALLY. AND BOB MILNAR. AND ALSO, BRINGING YOUR PEOPLE HERE DURING COVID TIMES. I APPRECIATE THAT. THOSE THINGS ARE NOT MISSED.

I HAVE A BIT OF A THEME, THOUGH, SO HERE COMES THE CRITIQUE.

THE THEME IS THOSE SEATS THAT YOU'RE SITTING IN RIGHT THERE, THEY DON'T BELONG TO YOU OR ME.

AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN I THINK WHAT WE DO OUT THERE AND WHAT WE DO IN HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE. ONE ISSUE I HAVE IS TRANSPARENCY, I LOOK ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY, NUMBER 7 IS RECEIVE CONSIDER, AND ACCOUNT UPON INCORPORATION PLANNING STUDY. AND YET, CLICK ON -- IT SAYS CLICK TO VIEW. IT'S THE SAME THING THAT WAS THERE WHEN IT WAS PUT ON THE BALLOT. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL. BACKGROUND.

I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THIS IS. AND IT SEEMS THAT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO SIT AT HOME, LIKE I OFTEN DO, AND WATCH THIS ONLINE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT IS GOING TO BE GOING ON. I WILL BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW IN ADVANCE WHAT THAT IS. THEN THERE HAS BEEN RHETORIC ABOUT PUTTING THE INCORPORATION BACK ON THE BALLOT RELATIVELY SOON.

I THINK PROVIDING WORDS TO THAT EFFECT SO SOON AFTER THE ELECTION, COULD BE UNWISE.

I BELIEVE I SAW ON THE AGENDA TODAY THE SELECTION FOR A NEW CHAIR, THE OFFICERS.

IT WOULD BE MY HOPE THAT IT WOULD BE SOMEONE WHEN YOU GO IN TO DO THAT ELECTION WHOSE VALUES REFLECT THE GENERAL WILL OF THE PEOPLE AND NOT JUST THE MAJORITY OF THE BOARD.

I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A SERIOUS CONSIDERATION. FINALLY, I THINK THAT A MAJOR INITIATIVE OR DECISION CONCERNING THE VISION OF THE WOODLANDS AND OUR FUTURE WOULD COME OUT OF A COMMITTEE OR SOMETHING LIKE WHAT JOHN BROWN IS ON, THE BIG IDEA GROUP.

I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC THING. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT THE BOARD ENGAGES IN. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO THERE.

I THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO EXPAND. I THINK VISIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE FUTURE SHOULD COME OUT OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND WE SHOULD EXPAND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THAT. I THINK THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THAT. RATHER THAN HALLWAYS OF POLITICAL PLACES, RATHER THAN BEGIN IN THESE OTHER PLACES, WHICH SHOULD BE THE BIG IDEA GROUP SHOULD BE EXPANDED AND CONNECTED TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. THAT IS IT.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, TOM. NEXT UP IS GANU HOUSTON.

SORRY IF I SAID THAT WRONG. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I LIVE AT 502 HICKORY RIDGE PLACE. CHAIRMAN BUNCH AND VICE-CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE AGENDA ITEM ON THE 21ST OF OCTOBER THAT HAD TO DO WITH RESEARCH FOREST AND GROGAN'S MILL. WHICH IS WHERE WE FOUND OUT, THINGS AREN'T DEAD, THEY'RE HIDDEN. WE KNOW THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON

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YES. YOU'RE CORRECT, JAMES NOWAK IS PUSHING HUGE CONSTRUCTION AT RESEARCH FOREST AND GROGANS MILL. THAT IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE THAT IT'S BEING PUSHED. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM THAT WHEN THEY ARE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT THEY COME, THE PRECINCTS, THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF POWER. IN SOME CASES, THEY WILL EXERT BULLYING TACTICS IN BOTH THE TOWNSHIP, THE CITY, IN THE CASE, MY CITY.

MY HUSBAND MOVED HERE IN '82, WHEN RESEARCH FOREST WAS A TWO-LANE ROAD.

THERE WERE ONLY TWO ENTRANCES, WHICH WAS SAVANNAH AND RIGHT OVER THERE BY THE VALERO ON I-45. I LIVED HERE SINCE 1995. I LOVE THE WOODLANDS.

I DON'T WANT TO BE CYPRUS. I DON'T WANT TO BE 1960. WE WANT TO BE THE WOODLANDS.

WE WANT TO BE SHANANDOAH. THESE DECISIONS GET MADE BASED ON A STUDY.

THE STUDY IS OFTEN PRE-DISPOSED. THEY WILL PULL DATA, ANALYZE THE DATA IN CERTAIN WAYS. THE LAST STUDY THAT HAD BEEN PRODUCED, THESE DATA HAD BEEN PULLED SINCE JANUARY 2019, SO IT KEEPS GOING. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS THEY LOOK AT SOMETHING CALLED LEVEL OF SERVICE AT THESE INTERSECTIONS.

LET ME JUST STATE THIS BECAUSE I KNOW MY TIME IS LIMITED, BUT I WILL BE BACK.

THAT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE CURRENTLY PROJECTED AT RESEARCH FOREST AND GROGANS MILL IS WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS. IT'S A LEVEL OF SERVICE, DEPENDING UPON THE TIME OF DAY OF A C OR A D. THAT IS WELL WITHIN LIMITS. YOU PROJECT THAT OUT ACCORDING TO THE STRAND ASSOCIATE STUDY IN 2030, AND THEY SAY IT'S A D BUT THAT IS STILL WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS AND BY THE WAY, THAT IS IF YOU DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AGAIN, 2045, WE'VE ONLY GONE DOWN ONE LEVEL OF SERVICE FURTHER.

TO A LEVEL OF SERVICE E. AND REALLY, THE ONLY THING THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED ARE TURN LANES. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT CHAIRMAN BUNCH AND WHAT VICE CHAIR HAVE RECOMMENDED, AT GRADE, NO FLY-OVER. NO OVERPASS, NO UNDERPASS, NO GRADE SEPARATION. AT GRADE. LOOK AT TURN LANES.

AND GET THE TRAFFIC FIXED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> NEXT UP IS GOING TO BE KIM KIRK. >> I DIDN'T REALLY PLAN TO SPEAK TODAY. I JUST KIND OF SHOWED UP TO KIND OF SEE BECAUSE NOT REALLY A POLITICAL ADVOCATE TYPE PERSON. I AM THE 1981 HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF MCCULLAM HIGH SCHOOL. MY PARENTS AND I ARE ORIGINAL SETTLERS.

WE'VE BEEN HERE FOREVER. FOR THE LAST 22 YEARS, I OWNED MY OWN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE FIRM. I STRUCTURE DEBT FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

FOR RELAXING, I LIKE TO GO NEXT DOOR. ONE DAY I WAS LOOKING AT CUTE CATS AND DOGS, THIS POPPED UP OUT OF THE BLUE. I HAD NO IDEA WHERE IT CAME FROM. I WASN'T AWARE OF ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY.

BUT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN THE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE BROKER BUSINESS, STRUCTURE FINANCING, I DON'T WORK FOR HH, I KNOW WE HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF -- WELL, I DON'T WANT TO SAY WHO.

THEY WERE HANGING OUT ON MY LINKED IN AND ACCUSING ME OF WORKING FOR HH.

I SAID GROVE, THEY WERE GOING TO BE IN CHARGE OF ADMINISTERING WHAT IS CALLED HEIGHT AND DENSITY. I KEPT THINKING TO MYSELF WELL, WHY.

WHAT WAS THE EMERGENCY? WHY PUT THIS ON AT THIS TIME? WELL, WHAT I CAME TO LEARN THAT WE WANTED $30 MILLION, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY EVER FIGURED OUT WHY WE WANT 30 MILLION FOR THE GOVERNMENT. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN HEAR ME.

BUT NO ONE EVER TOLD US. IF ALL OF THE PROJECTIONS WERE WORKING CORRECTLY, WHY DO WE

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ROADS OR WHAT WE CALL HOUSING INITIATIVES. AND I THINK OUR CONGRESSMAN BRADY TOUCHED ON THAT ABOUT BIDEN WANTING TO DESTROY OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WELL, AS THIS HAD PROGRESSED ALONG THE WAY AND EVERYBODY CAME OUT OF THE WOOD WORK AND CALLED ME EVERY NAME UNDER THE SUN BECAUSE I SAID LOOK, WE HAVE GROWN AT THE SAME TIME AS OUR NEIGHBORS SOUTH OF US. AND THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT. WE HAVE THE MOST RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, IF WE INC., THAT IS GONE. THESE GUYS ARE IN CHARGE. ON JULY 15TH, THEY PASSED DOWN IN HOUSTON, NOBODY ASKED THE RESIDENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, A $77 MILLION PROJECT TO TURN FIELDS HERE IN A SUBSIDIZING HOUSING PROJECT. COME TO FIND OUT, OF COURSE, I POSTED THIS, IT WASN'T POPULAR ABOUT THAT. I POSTED ABOUT THEM DEVELOPING THIS PROJECT. NOT THE MAYOR OR THE COUNCIL ASKED ANY OF THE RESIDENTS ABOUT IT. WELL, THE OLD RANDALLS, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE HANGING OUT THERE.

IT JUST SO HAPPENS, THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, ONE OF OUR PEOPLE OVER HERE WAS HANGING OUT TALKING TO THE INVESTORS OVER THERE. ALSO, ON TOP OF THAT, THE RESIDENTS, FOR THE WOODLANDS, I HAD THE WILDEST THING THE OTHER DAY COME ON MY LINKED IN AND THAT IS WHERE THEY LIKE TO HANG OUT AND ACCUSE ME OF WORKING FOR HH.

HAPPENS TO BE A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INVESTOR. SO I KEPT ASKING MYSELF WHY.

WHAT IS THE $30 MILLION FOR. YOU GUYS CAN FILL IN THE BLANKS ABOUT WHAT THAT WAS ALL ABOUT.

SOMEBODY WAS UP THERE TALKING TO INVESTORS OVER THERE ABOUT TURNING THAT OLD RANDALLS INTO SUBSIDIZED HOUSING. THEY CAN DENY IT ALL DAY LONG. BUT THE DIRECTOR'S WIFE IS A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INVESTOR. AND I MADE COPIES OF ALL OF UT I'M JUST ME. AND I JUST SAID I DIDN'T WANT TO TURN MY BACKYARD INTO A CONCRETE JUNGLE. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

YOU AND YOU, NOT YOU, ANN, ARE YOU BRUCE WISNER? BRUCE WISNER CALLED ME AN AOC DEMOCRAT BECAUSE ALL I DID WAS SPEAK UP AS A RESIDENT. THESE PEOPLE INSULTED EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE IS NO WAY THEY CAN WORK WITH ANYBODY EVER.

THEY HAD MADE UP SO MANY LIES, BY THE END OF THE DAY. HH DOES NOT DEVELOP THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS. THE ONLY PEOPLE LOOKING TO LINE THEIR POCKETS WAS THIS ONE OVER HERE IN THE MIDDLE AND THIS ONE OVER HERE AND THE OTHER ONE KEPT SENDING OUT, SHE DIDN'T RECEIVE HALF THE VOTES BECAUSE PEOPLE LEFT HER BLANK, LIE AFTER LIE.

THERE IS ONE THING TO HAVE AN OPINION. BUT THERE IS ANOTHER THING TO ATTACK PEOPLE AND BLATANTLY LIE. THE ONLY PERSON THAT WAS GOING

TO WIN ON THIS VOTE WAS THAT ONE IN THE MIDDLE. >> THANK YOU.

NEXT UP WOULD BE CYNTHIA JANSON. >> THANKS FOR HAVING US TODAY.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED HERE ABOUT JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO.

AND MY HUSBAND IS A PARAPLEGIC, SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID WHEN WE MOVED INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AT GROGAN'S MILL, CALL THE TOWNSHIP, WENT ONLINE AND PUT IN A REQUEST FOR ACCESSIBILITY TO THE MAILBOX COMMON AREA, BECAUSE MY HUSBAND COULDN'T REACH OVER BECAUSE OF THE CURB. I WAS SO IMPRESSED. WITHIN SHE SAID WELL, THIS COULD TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS. WITHIN THREE WEEKS, THAT PROJECT WAS DONE.

I WAS SO THRILLED. ACCESSIBLE IS A HUGE ISSUE. NONE OF US APPRECIATE IT UNLESS YOU'RE IN THE CHAIR.P MY HUSBA PROBABLY BE HERE TOO. BUT WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR TWO YEARS. DELIGHTED TO COME TO THE WOODLANDS FOR THE VERY REASONS THAT WE ALL LOVE THE WOODLANDS. WE LOVE THE TREES. THE COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE, WE LOVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL. I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE OVERPASS, UNDERPASS ISSUE,

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SO I AN ISSUE IN THE PAST. I DO UNDERSTAND IT'S AN INTER-AGENCY THING, IT'S MUCH MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT APPEARS ON THE SURFACE.

SO I'M COMING TO YOU TO ASK YOU TO ADVOCATE FOR US, TO FIGHT FOR US.

BECAUSE THIS PROJECT WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS THAT I FIND WOULD BE A HUGE LOSS FOR US. WHEN WE CAME HERE, WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING -- BEING ABLE TO WALK SLASH WHEEL DOWN TO HUGH'S LANDING.

I RIDE MY BIKE. ANY NUMBER OF THINGS THAT MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS DO.

THAT IS PART OF THE APPEAL. I CAN SEE MY NEIGHBORS OUT THERE.

WE'RE ENJOYING THE AMENITIES PROVIDED BY THE TOWNSHIP. I LOVE THAT.

I WANTED TO MENTION A FEW OBVIOUS THINGS THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD RESULT IN.

THAT WOULD BE THE LOSS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL, AS I ALLUDED TO.

THE PROJECT WOULD RESULT IN MORE NOISE POLLUTION. WE ALREADY GET PLENTY OF NOISE IN THAT AREA. AND PEOPLE FLY THROUGH DOWN RESEARCH FOREST.

THEY MUST THINK IT'S A MINI FREEWAY. I HAVE TO SAY THE TRAFFIC ON GROGAN'S MILL NORTHBOUND IS GETTING WORSE. WE'RE GETTING HEAVY TRUCKS UP THERE. IT SAYS NO TRUCKS. I'M NOT SURE HOW IT'S WORDED.

I THOUGHT I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT. THAT IS A CONCERN.

BUT WITH THE ADDED NOISE, OBVIOUSLY THAT AFFECTS OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND IF THEY DEFOREST THAT AREA TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE DIVERGENT DIAMOND OR WHATEVER CONFIGURATION THEY HOPE TO BUILD, THAT IS GOING TO MAKE ALL OF THAT NOISE AMPLIFIED BECAUSE NOISE BOUNCES OFF OF HARD SURFACES. I HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE POINTS.

BUSINESSES ALONG RESEARCH FOREST WOULD LIKELY BE HURT. WE FREQUENT THE NEARBY RESTAURANTS. I DON'T IMAGINE IT WOULD BE EASY FOR US TO NAVIGATE THE TRIANGLE, THE DIAMOND TO GET TO WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO GO QUICKLY.

LIKE WE CAN NOW. FINALLY, THE IMPACT ON HOME VALUES SHOULD BE OBVIOUS.

NO ONE WANTS TO LIVE NEAR A FREEWAY. THE DIVIDED NATURE OF RESEARCH FOREST IS ALREADY A HIGH SPEED AREA AND ENFORCEMENT IS NEXT TO INVISIBLE.

VER, AND THEY SHOULD. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO ADVOCATE FOR US, TO FIGHT FOR US AND KEEP OUR QUALITY OF LIFE HERE AT THIS BEAUTIFUL AREA THAT WE ALL ENJOY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR

TIME. >> THANK YOU, CYNTHIA. NEXT UP IS TYSON BREEDLOVE.

>> GOOD DAY. I LIVE AT 15 KAREN OAKS PLACE. I MOVED HERE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. BUT I'M IT IN A STRANGER FROM HERE. I GREW UP A STRANGER FROM HERE. I GREW UP A STRANGER FROM HERE.

I GRA STRANGER FROM HERE. I GREW UP A STRANGER FROM HERE. I GR A STRANGER FROM HERE.

I GREW UP N A STRANGER FROM HERE. I GREW UP OT A STRANGER FROM HERE. I GREW UP HERE. GRADUATED IN 2003.

LIVED THE NEXT 13 YEARS IN KOREA AND SINGAPORE. SO HAPPENED TO BE TRANSFERRED BACK TO HOUSTON. LOOKED AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.

COULD HAVE GOT A LOT MORE FOR MY MONEY. I WANTED TO STAY IN WOODLANDS AND I WANTED TO MOVE BACK TO THE WOODLANDS WHERE I GREW UP. THE REASON WHY, I MEAN, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT CYNTHIA WAS SAYING. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

ALL OF THE LEADERSHIP HERE FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, Y'ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB MAKING IT A PLACE THAT WE WANT TO LIVE. WHEN I HEAR ABOUT THIS OVERPASS, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS BUYING THE HOUSE, SOMEBODY HAD SAID SOMETHING ABOUT AN OVERPASS, HONESTLY, I THOUGHT ROJECT. AND I SAID YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS A NICE PLACE, AND I'M GLAD I MOVED IN. AND I LIKE TO TAKE MY DOG AND MY WIFE AND TWIN FOUR-YEAR-OLD KIDS AND WALK TO THE LANDING. AND IT'S JUST A REALLY BEAUTIFUL PLACE. I DON'T THINK THAT AN OVERPASS IS GOING TO MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER. I THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT A LOT WORSE.

AND WITH THE WOODLANDS, IT'S ALREADY ALL BUILT OUT RESIDENTIALLY.

YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED.

BUT WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY BY SACRIFICING AN INTERSECTION THAT I LIVE SO THAT SOME COMMUTER CAN HAVE 10, 15 SECONDS BACK, DRIVING YOU KNOW, WHEREVER THEY'RE CHOOSING TO LIVE AND WHEREVER THEY'RE CHOOSING TO PAY TAXES. THAT IS NOT RIGHT TO ME.

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YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A LOT. THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE, THE WOODLANDS.

IT'S A VERY SPECIAL PLACE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE HERE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

SO LET'S PROTECT IT. AND YOU KNOW, JUST ENCOURAGE ALL OF THE PEOPLE OUT THERE, IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THIS INTERSECTION, LET'S GET TOGETHER, LET'S REACH OUT.

WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK ABOUT 20 PEOPLE CAME. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THIS COULD DO TO US AND HOW THIS COULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT US AND WHAT WE COULD DO ABOUT IT.

WE'RE UP TO 760 SIGNATURES ON THE PETITION. AND WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.

WHATEVER NEEDS TO HAPPEN, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ADVICE FROM YOU GUYS.

IF YOU ARE AGAINST IT OR FOR IT. OR WHY YOU'RE FOR IT.

I DON'T SEE ANY SENSE TO IT AT ALL. IF I COULD HAVE THREE MORE MINUTES, MY NEIGHBOR WANTED ME TO SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF. IS THAT OKAY?

>> WHAT IS HIS NAME AND I'LL WRITE HIM IN THE LEDGER? >> THIS IS FROM STACY CUTE.

I AM A HOMEOWNER, ON 66 PROS WOOD DRIVE NEIGHBORHOOD, VERY CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION OF GROGAN MILL ROAD AND RESEARCH FOREST DRIVE. I AM CONVINCED THAT THIS PROJECT WILL DO THE FOLLOWING TO OUR SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD. DECREASE PROPERTY VALUES IMMEDIATELY ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED. NUMBER TWO, CREATE A LARGE AMOUNT OF UNNECESSARY ADDITIONAL NOISE POLLUTION IN AN AREA THAT HAS ALREADY GOTTEN NOISER OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, DUE TO THE WIDENING OF RESEARCH FOREST THAT OCCURRED AROUND FIVE YEARS AGO. NUMBER THREE, CREATE ADDITIONAL AUTOMOTIVE EMISSIONS AND POLLUTION. NUMBER FOUR, CREATE A FLOODING THREAT WHICH WILL ABSOLUTELY CREATE A SAFETY CONCERN. NUMBER 5, CREATE AN ABSOLUTELY UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS. NUMBER 6, THE CLEAR-CUTTING OF HUNDREDS OF TREES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT IS SIMPLY NON-SENSICAL IN THE WOODLANDS.

THE INTERSECTION OF GROGAN'S MILL ROAD IS A GOOD PROXY FOR WHAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD LOOK LIKE. THIS WILL MAKE OUR SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD LOOK LIKE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF INCORPORATED HOUSTON. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL CAUSE A TRAFFIC FLOW ISSUE AND CREATE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC IMPACTS BOTH EAST AND WEST OF THE GROGAN'S MILL ROAD, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. NUMBER 8, I BELIEVE THAT MOST OF THE TRAFFIC AROUND THIS INTERSECTION IS A RESULT OF MORE PEOPLE WHO WORKED NEARBY, NOTABLY IN HUGH'S LANDING. THE THOUGHT OF MY TAXPAYER DOLLARS BEING SPENT ON THE CONVENIENCE OF PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT LIVE HERE DOES NOT SIT WELL WITH ME.

NUMBER NINE, I BELIEVE THAT OTHER FEASIBLE AND LESS COSTLY OPTIONS EXIST TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC FLOW. ADD GRADE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GROGAN'S MILL ROAD, SUCH AS TURNING LANES, ET CETERA. ALSO A BETTER CONNECTION TO SH 242 AND WOULD IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW INTO AND OUT OF THE WOODLANDS. NUMBER TEN, UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ABOVE GRADE OR BELOW GRADE IS 100 FEET FROM ABOUT 14 HOMES.

I DO NOT THINK THAT THERE IS ANYTHING IN THE WOODLANDS THAT HAS THIS SORT OF SET-UP, EVEN AT WOODLANDS PARKWAY. NUMBER 11, I REALLY DO NOT THINK THAT THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS THE SPIRIT OF WHAT THE WOODLANDS IS ABOUT. IN CONCLUSION, THIS PROJECT WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO OUR SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS OTHER SMALL NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG THE CORRIDOR, BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH ON RESEARCH FOREST DRIVE. THAT IS ALL.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, TYSON. NEXT UP IS LAURA NORTON.

>> MY NAME IS LAURA NORTON AND I HAD PREPARED TO SAY SOMETHING AND I CHANGED IT ALL AFTER LISTENING TO WHAT I HEARD SO FAR. I'M A REALITY CHECK HERE.

THE MAJORITY OF THIS BOARD RAN ON A PRO INCORPORATION PLATFORM.

AND THAT IS WHY I VOTED FOR YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AND FOR ALL OF YOUR VOLUNTEER WORK. YOU HANDEDLY WON.

AND THAT SAYS THAT IF HOWARD HUGHES HADN'T SPENT SO MUCH MONEY WITH AN AD DURING THE

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I'M GLAD YOU PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. 2007 WAS THE YEAR WE VOTED TO BECOME A TOWNSHIP. SO THAT WAS A GOVERNANCE DECISION WE MADE IN AN OFF YEAR. AND NO ONE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

WE SAW THAT WE DIDN'T GET ARPA FUNDING. THAT WAS A PROBLEM.

BECAUSE WHAT THAT FEDERAL FUNDING WAS WAS A REPLACEMENT REALLY OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES THAT ALL CITIES MISSED OUT ON. IT WASN'T GOING TO BE AS THE OPPOSING SIDE CLAIMED FORCE US TO DO SECTION 8 HOUSING OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT. IT WAS A REPLACEMENT OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT CITIES WERE SUFFERING FROM AND WE DO ACT LIKE A CITY, BUT WE DIDN'T GET THOSE FUNDS. AND THAT IS TOO BAD. IT WOULD HAVE DEFRAYED OUR TAXES. WHAT I CAME HERE TO SAY, THOUGH, AND I AM ON THE WOODLANDS WATER BOARD OF TRUSTEES, BUT I AM NOT SPEAKING AS A MEMBER OF THAT BOARD.

I AM SPEAKING ON MY OWN. I CAME HERE OUT OF A LITTLE BIT OF LAZINESS.

I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY UP TO CONROW TO ASK COMMISSIONERS COURT THIS.

BUT PEOPLE COME TO OUR MUD MEETINGS AND THEY TALK ABOUT A MOBILITY ISSUE ON RESEARCH FOREST DRIVE. THAT IS A COUNTY ROAD. AND THEY -- WHAT THE ISSUE IS, FREQUENTLY FLOODS DURING LARGE RAIN EVENTS. SO THE MUDS HAVE MADE A PACT WHERE WE ALL CONTRIBUTE A LITTLE. MY ISSUE IS BECAUSE IT IS A COUNTY ROAD, IT IS A MOBILITY ISSUE, WE SHOULD BE SEEING A CONTRIBUTION FROM RILEY AND NOWAK. I'M WONDERING IF YOU IN YOUR DEALINGS WITH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU COULD GET THEM NOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO INCORPORATE, MAYBE WE COULD USE SOME OF THE TAX DOLLARS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WAS SITTING THERE THINKING MAYBE WE COULD GET SHANADOAH TO BE A SUPPLEMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SINCE THE COUNTY IS BEING SO UGLY. PLEASE DO ASK THE COUNTY FOR FUNDS TO FIX THE ROAD, RESEARCH FOREST, WE'RE PAYING OUR TAX DOLLARS TO THAT. SO FAR NOWAK IS NOT

CONTRIBUTING TO THAT PROJECT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, LAURA.

THE DAY AFTER VETERANS DAY AND THEN WE'LL COME TO YOU NEXT. IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME, I

WILL WRITE YOU TO THE LEDGER. >> LARRY TOEPPER. >> I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR SUPPORT THE LAST TIME AROUND WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR INTERSECTION. YOU DID STAND UP. I THINK IT HELPED DEFEAT THE PUSH THAT WAS PUT ON BY IN OUR MINDS, BASICALLY HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION AND COMMISSIONER 3.

OR COMMISSIONER FROM PRECINCT 3. I WOULD LIKE TO HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. I WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD OF ASKING YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AGAIN FOR OUR FIGHT OVER THIS. WE OBVIOUSLY ARE NOT GIVING UP. YOU HAVE SEEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SHOWED UP TODAY, SMALL AMOUNT CONSIDERING THE TIMING OF THE MEETING AND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR PEOPLE TO GET AWAY FROM WORK. RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS MANY MORE PEOPLE BESIDES US. AS TYSON MENTIONED, THERE WAS OVER 700 SIGNATURES RECEIVED.

SO IT IS A GROWING CONCERN FOR US. NOTHING HAS REALLY CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME THIS ALL CAME UP. SO I DON'T SEE WHY YOUR VIEWS AND YOUR IDEAS AND SUPPORT SHOULD CHANGE. I HOPE THAT IS THE CASE.

I CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT A NOISE FACTOR, WHICH LAST TIME THE OPPONENT SAID THERE WON'T BE ANY NOISE. BUT THE REALITY IS, IF I SIT IN MY BACKYARD, I HEAR I-45, WHICH

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HOME VALUES, TYSON MENTIONED THAT HE MOVED HERE AND HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE PRICE OF HIS HOME OR WHETHER HE SHOULD BUY IT OR NOT. CERTAINLY IT IS GOING TO HAVE AN EFFECT. I AM NOT SURE HOW MUCH INVOLVEMENT THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT. I DO APPRECIATE IT.

THEY DO LOOK GREAT. I'VE SEEN THE BIG YELLOW LINING AROUND THE LIGHTS.

THEY LOOK GREAT. SIGNAGE LOOKS GOOD. I'M HOPING A FEW GOOD THINGS TO BE ADDED. WE'VE GIVEN A LOT OF IDEAS FROM THE HGAC.

HOPEFULLY THEY WILL INCORPORATE. IT'S NOT THE CITIZENS, IT'S BUSINESSES AS WELL. WE SPOKE WITH COMMUNITY BANK. WE SPOKE WITH THE FOLKS THAT OWN THE HYATT PLACE. BOTH OF THEM ARE VERY MUCH AGAINST THIS.

WE DID NOT BOTHER GOING TO THE OTHER INTERSECTION, BECAUSE WE PRETTY MUCH KNEW WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE WE WOULD GET FROM THEM. LAST TIME WE CITED SAFETY NUMBERS, THEY STARTED OUT SAYING IT WAS A MATTER OF TIMING.

I'VE BEEN HERE 11 YEARS. I NEVER WAITED THAT LENGTH OF TIME TO GET THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION. WHEN THAT DIDN'T WORK, THEY CITED SAFETY HAZARDS, NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS BEING 20 INCIDENTS. MY TIME IS UP. AGAIN, FOUR INTERSECTIONS, FIVE PER INTERSECTION. AND ONLY ONE HAVE RESULTED IN AN INJURY.

THERE IS LIGHTS AT BOTH ENDS OF RESEARCH. PRETTY MUCH COMMON SENSE. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE AN OVERPASS JUST TO STOP LESS THAN HALF A MILE DOWN THE ROAD IN EACH DIRECTION. JUST STUPIDITY. SO AGAIN, JUST WANT TO GO HOME FROM THE RECORD, WE COULD PUT THIS THING TO BED MAYBE FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS.

THANKS A LOT. APPRECIATE IT. >> ZOLTON KARL.

ONE OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA AFFECTED BY GROGAN'S ROAD AND MUCH LIKE MANY OF THEM I HAVE BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES NOW. AT COMMISSIONERS COURT.

AND STILL APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THE TOWNSHIP BOARD HAS DONE FOR US, WHETHER IT BE THE WORKSHOPS WITH COMMISSIONER RILEY, WHETHER IT JUST BE THE SUPPORT OVERALL.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT MUCH OF THIS DECISION IS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF YOUR PURVIEW.

BUT YOU STILL HAVE MORE POWER IN THIS THAN WE DO. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY THIS KEEPS COMING UP WHEN IT'S CLEARLY NON-SENSICAL. WE LOOKED AT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE.

IT'S STILL WELL WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LEVELS. EVEN THROUGH 2045.

WE'VE HEARD OF OTHER INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE MORE IN DIRE NEED OF IMPROVEMENTS WITH A LOWER LEVEL OF SERVICE AND ALMOST EQUIVALENT TRAFFIC COUNT.

WE HEARD OF AT GRADE IMPROVEMENTS ALREADY MAKING SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO BOTH MOBILITY AND SAFETY. WE KNOW THAT NOT DOING ANYTHING IS STILL WITHIN THE LIMIT OF LEVEL OF SERVICE, BUT THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SHOULD BRING AND HAVE ALREADY BROUGHT IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENTS TO BOTH SAFETY AND MOBILITY.

SO I THINK WE REPRESENT ABOUT 750 INDIVIDUALS, WE WERE ABLE TO RALLY PRETTY QUICKLY.

THE NUMBERS ARE HIGHER. THE DATA IS CONFLICTING. AS MUCH AS THIS TOWNSHIP BOARD HAS STRIVED TO HAVE MORE TRANSPARENCY AND INVOLVEMENT OVER THE PUBLIC, THINGS ARE STILL BEING DONE QUIETLY IN THE SHADOWS, WITHOUT ANY INVOLVEMENT FROM THE RESIDENTS.

WE FIND OUT ABOUT IT DAYS OR BEFORE OR AFTER CRITICAL MEETINGS AND WE'RE UNABLE TO EFFECTIVELY GATHER TO HAVE OUR VOICES HEARD. SO WE'RE RELYING ON YOU TO HELP

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RIGHT NOW IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. IT'S NOT GOING AWAY.

WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT TO DO, WE'RE RELYING ON A LITTLE BIT OF SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TO

CONTINUE THIS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE? IF THERE IS NO ONE ELSE, WE

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> SO MOVED.

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

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

WE'VE HAD THIS AS A PLACEHOLDER IN CASE WE HAD UPDATES IN BETWEEN MEETINGS, THERE IS NO ACTUAL PRESENTATION ON THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM. BUT I WILL USE IT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE IN PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING CORPORATION.

SO START WITH WE SPENT $3 MILLION ON THIS STUDY, THAT IS NOT TRUE.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE $3 MILLION NUMBER CAME FROM. BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN $3 MILLION SPENT ON THIS INCORPORATION STUDY OR INCORPORATION STUDY OVER THE HISTORICAL STUDIES THAT HAVE OCCURRED. WE ACCUMULATED $100 MILLION BY OVER-TAXING OUR RESIDENTS. ALSO NOT TRUE. RESERVES HAVE EXISTED LONG BEFORE I WAS ELECTED. RESERVES ARE THERE, THEY ARE REQUIRED BY DEBT COVENANTS, GENERAL ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. YOU HAVE NOT BEEN OVERTAXED. RESERVES WERE A POSITIVE VARIANCES FROM SALES AND HOTEL TAX, OR BUDGETS WHERE EXPENDITURES CAME IN BELOW PLAN OR REVENUES CAME IN ABOVE PLAN. WE'RE GOING TO USE OUR RESERVES TO LOWER THE TAX RATE.

THAT IS NOT PART OF THE CORPORATION FINANCIAL MODEL. RESERVES ARE BEING USED FOR ONE-TIME CAPITAL EXPENDITURES RELATED TO INCORPORATION. SO THEY WERE NEVER PART OF AN OPERATIONAL USE FOR THE TAX RATE. THE COMMENT ABOUT THE $30 MILLION, KIM, IT WAS AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS, WHICH WAS TO REIMBURSE THE COMMUNITY FOR LOST SALES TAX, LOST HOTEL TAX, RELATED TO THE COVID SHUTDOWN.

OUR CALCULATIONS SAID IT WOULD BE UP TO $30 MILLION. EVERY OTHER CITY AND COUNTY IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS RECEIVED THESE FUNDS WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY RECEIVED $117 MILLION IN FUNDS. IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH BUILDING HUD HOUSING OR ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE RANDALL SHOPPING CENTER.

TO FURTHER THAT, THE RANDALL SHOPPING CENTER HAS INTENDED LAND USE DESIGNATION TO BE A GROCERY STORE. THIS BOARD, AND IF WE WERE INCORPORATED DOES NOT HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE USE OF THAT STORE. THAT CAN ONLY BE CHANGED BY THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION, WHO IS THE ENTITY THAT PUTS THE INTENDED LAND USE DESIGNATIONS ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND WRITES ALL OF THE COMMERCIAL COVENANTS.

SO NO ONE UP HERE COULD ACQUIRE THE RANDALLS BOX AND TURN IT INTO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX LEGALLY. IT'S A COMPLETELY FACTUAL IMPOSSIBLE TO OCCUR WITHOUT HOWARD HUGHES INVOLVEMENT. AS FAR AS OUR ABILITY TO CHANGE COVENANTS, CITIES CAN'T CHANGE COVENANTS. COVENANTS ARE ON YOUR DEED, YOUR TITLE.

AND WHETHER WE'RE A TOWNSHIP OR INCORPORATED SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE, THOSE COVENANTS COULD NOT BE CHANGED BY A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. SO THERE IS NO CHANGE IN COVENANTS BY GOVERNING BODY. IN SOME AREAS, I THINK IT TAKES TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE RESIDENTS

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THIS BOARD HAS NO AUTHORITY OVER THE COVENANTS NOR WOULD A CITY COUNCIL HAVE AUTHORITY.

MY HANDWRITING IS BAD. SO I CAN'T REMEMBER THE OTHER ONE.

LINING OUR POCKETS. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, I'M PERSONALLY OFFENDED WHEN I HEAR THAT. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR TEN YEARS. I HAVE NEVER BEEN PAID A DIME.

I HAVE NO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INTEREST IN OR AROUND THE WOODLANDS, PERIOD.

I DO THIS FOR FREE. AS DOES EVERY OTHER SERVING BOARD MEMBER.

THERE IS NO POSITIVE GAIN FOR US SERVING ON THE TOWNSHIP BOARD OR HAVE WE WERE TO INCORPORATE ON A CITY COUNCIL. I WOULD EXPECT THAT ANYBODY ELSE WHO CHOOSES TO RUN FOR ELECTION AND SERVE IN THE CAPACITY OF A DIRECTOR WOULD BE DOING IT ON A PRO-BONO NO GAIN BASIS. YES. SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE DEVIL.

SO I WILL CORRECT SOME THINGS. I DID HELP RE-DO OUR INSURANCE FOR THIS TOWNSHIP.

FOR FREE. I SAVED OUR COMMUNITY $800,000 A YEAR.

I TOOK ZERO COMMISSION. I AM NOT AN AGENT WITH THE COMPANY WHO PROVIDES INSURANCE FOR THIS COMPANY. IN NINE YEARS SINCE WE CHANGED INSURANCE BASED ON MY REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS, WE INCREASED OUR COVERAGE FOR THE COMMUNITY, THEY PROVIDED US INDEMNIFICATION AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY, WHERE WE DID NOT ACTUALLY HAVE COVERAGES IN THE PAST, SAVED US $800,000 A YEAR, DOING THAT TIMES NINE, THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY.

I'M NOT UP HERE TRYING TO ENRICH MYSELF IN ANY WAY. NOR DO I BELIEVE ANY OTHER DIRECTOR IS EITHER. YOU KNOW, I'M PROUD TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

I HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE 1995. AND I AM PERSONALLY OFFENDED WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO SUBSCRIBE ULTERIOR MOTIVES OF FINANCIAL INTERESTS. WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE ON INCORPORATION WITHOUT HAVING TO ATTACK PEOPLE'S INTEGRITY AND INTENT.

PERIOD. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

>> ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEM 7? IF THERE IS NONE, THERE IS NO ACTION TO TAKE. AGENDA ITEM 8, REFUSE, CONSIDER

[8. Receive, consider and act upon an update on the Grogan's Mill Nature Trail Replacement Project (as requested by Director Snyder);]

DR. NEWS. >> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. CHAIRMAN BUNCH.

GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THE NATURE TRAIL BRIDGE. THIS IS THE THIRD BRIDGE THAT WE HAVE BEEN REPLACING OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SIX YEARS. DUE TO A NUMBER OF ISSUES, NOT ONLY BUDGET ISSUES DUE TO COVID AS WELL AS WEATHER ISSUES, THIS PROJECT IS TAKING A LITTLE LONGER THAN I THINK WE WOULD NORMALLY EXPECT. THIS PROJECT WAS BID OUT IN MARCH, AWARDED IN MAY. AND THE ORIGINAL COMPLETION DATE WAS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER.

WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES WITH SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, HOW TO REDO DESIGN WORK ON THAT.

AND NOW WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT BRIDGE WILL BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE PUSHING TO. WE DID JUST ACTUALLY PUSH SOME TUBES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND HOPEFULLY GETTING A POUR OF CEMENT TO BRING THE STRUCTURE ON THAT. WE'RE STILL WORKING AROUND THE HOLIDAYS AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO GET THIS THING DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE I KNOW THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WAITING

FOR THIS. >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN BUNCH AND DR. NOON.

I REQUESTED THIS ON THE AGENDA, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT HAD SO MANY RESIDENTS ASK ABOUT IT FOR AN UPDATE. WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH THEM. AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR PERSEVERANCE IN COMPLETING IT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, IF POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU. >> JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE ACTUALLY PUT THIS ITEM BACK IN EARLY TO TRY TO GET IT DONE. SO I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE IT'S A SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE. YOU KNOW, WE AGREE, IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND AS I SAID, PROBABLY GOT TO BE AT LEAST FIVE OR 6 MONTHS AGO SO THAT WE AUTHORIZE YOU TO

GO AHEAD AND DO IT. >> EARLIER THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE I HAVE IT -- APRIL.

>> OKAY. THANKS, CHRIS. >> ALL RIGHT.

MOTION AND SECOND TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. >> SO MOVED.

>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

[9. Receive, consider and act upon canvassing the returns and declaring the results of the Directors Election and the Incorporation, Maximum Initial Municipal Property Tax Rate and Transfer of Powers, Bonding Ability and Taxing Powers Election held within The Woodlands Township on November 2, 2021, and the adoption of an Order in connection therewith (Refer to Supplemental Agenda);]

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>> THANK YOU. YOU DO HAVE THE ORDER DECLARING CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULT IN FRONT OF YOU. I WILL JUST RUN QUICKLY THROUGH THE NUMBERS. BUT I WON'T READ THE ENTIRE CANVASSING ORDER.

AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE WERE THREE BOARD MEMBER POSITIONS ELECTED, AS WELL AS THE INCORPORATION ELECTION ON THE BALLOT. THE ORDER DECLARES THAT NOW THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THE FINAL OFFICIAL RESULTS FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND HARRIS COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICES, IT IS HEREBY FOUND AND DECLARED THAT THE ELECTION DESCRIBED IN THE PREAMBLE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 24,645 VOTERS CAST 47,336 VOTES FOR THE ELECTION OF THREE DIRECTORS FOR THE TOWNSHIP. FOR POSITION FIVE, SHELLY THAT WAS 12,822 VOTES. FOR POSITION 6, SNYDER, IT WAS 16,066 VOTES.

FOR POSITION 7, SINGLETON RECEIVED 5,714 VOTES. LEWIS REFUSED 2,373 VOTES.

BOB MILNER RECEIVED 10,361 VOTES. THEREFORE, HEREBY DECLARED THAT SHELLY GIBBS FOR POSITION FIVE AND KAY SNYDER RECEIVED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES CAST FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS AND SHALL SERVE FOR THE ELECTIONS OF DIRECTORS IN NOVEMBER 2023 OR UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS HAVE BEEN DULY ELECTED APPOINTED AND QUALIFIED. THE NEXT ELECTION, HEREBY FOUND AND DECLARED THAT AT THE ELECTION 24,645 VOTERS CAST 48,763 VOTES FOR THE ELECTION FOR THE TWO BALLOT PROPOSITIONS. FOR PROPOSITION A, THERE WERE 7,945 VOTES FOR AND 16,461 VOTES AGAINST. FOR PROPOSITION B, THERE WERE 8,044 VOTES FOR AND 16,313 VOTES AGAINST. THEREFORE, THE MAJORITY OF VOTES CAST IN THE ELECTION WERE AGAINST THE ADOPTION AND PASSAGE OF THOSE TWO PROPOSITIONS. AND IT IS HEREBY DECLARED THAT AS A RESULT OF THOSE PROPOSITIONS THE TOWNSHIP WILL REMAIN A SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT AND NOT BE INCORPORATED AS THE CITY OF WOODLANDS.

>> THANK YOU, KAREN. DO WE JUST NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDER NUMBER 022-21

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

[10. 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;]

THAT WILL BRING US TO WE ARE GOING TO RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND DISCUSS MATTERS RELATED TO REAL PROPERTY, 55.074, AND TO DISCUSS PERSONAL MATTERS PURSUANT TO 55.074 CODE, DISCUSS IT NETWORK OR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY PURSUANT TO RECESS.

[11. Reconvene in public session;]

[12. Consideration of items to be placed on the agenda for next month's meeting;]

US. ANY OTHER REQUESTS FOR FUTURE? >> I WOULD LIKE UP TO THE AFTER

THE HOLIDAYS TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON FIRE STATION 5. >> OKAY.

>> LIKE IT'S STILL THERE. >> WHY DON'T WE TACK ALONG WITH THAT THE SAFER GRANT UPDATE.

BECAUSE I THINK THOSE TWO KIND OF TIE TOGETHER. >> I'M ONLY KIND OF MAKING THE

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ONE OF THE SIGNOFFS WAS AND SAN FRANCIS FRANCO IS STILL DEAD. >> I HAVE TWO THINGS.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET INFORMATION AND UPDATE ON THE IMPACT OF THE HARRIS COUNTY REDISTRICTING WILL HAVE ON TWO THINGS, SERVICE TO THE CREEKSIDE PARK, FROM A COMMISSIONER'S STANDPOINT, SERVICES TO CREEK SIDE VILLAGE PARK FROM A CONSTABLE'S SERVICE STANDPOINT.

BECAUSE I CALLED AND TRIED TO TALK TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WITHIN HALDAGO'S OFFICE AND NO ONE WAS INTERESTED IN TALKING TO ME ABOUT IT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE ON THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND WHO IF ANYBODY IS GOING TO COMPLETE IT.

I MET WITH A GROUP OF RESIDENTS IN CREEKSIDE PARK VILLAGE THIS WEEK.

IT'S STILL OF GREAT CONCERN TO THEM. THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS GIVEN US PERMISSION TO PUT A VOLUNTEER, BUT I'VE LEARNED NOW THAT IT'S NOT SAFE TO HAVE VOLUNTEERS AROUND THAT INTERSECTION. BECAUSE KLEIN AND TOMBOL, I BELIEVE IT WOULD TAKE A MINIMUM OF 12 VOLUNTEERS, WITH THE CHANGE IN SPEED LIMIT.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE ON THE WHOLE STUDY FOR THAT INTERSECTION.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW IF US AS A TOWNSHIP CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT PUTTING THE BRIGHT YELLOW SIGNS AROUND THAT INTERSECTION EVEN IF COMMISSIONER SAYS YEAH, OKAY, WE'RE WITH IT BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHO IS GOING TO DO IT RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN. THE PATHWAY IS GREAT. IT'S HELPED.

HERE IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES. WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT GO TO THE JUNIOR HIGH THAT PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS AND AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. THEY COME HOME POST SCHOOL ZONE TIME. IT'S STILL A VERY SERIOUS INTERSECTION FOR THOSE KIDS

RIDING BICYCLES BACK ACROSS. >> DOES THE SPEED LIMIT GO UP? DID THE SPEED LIMIT GO UP?

>> NO. IT'S 45 ON ONE SIDE. 40 ON THE OTHER. BUT IT'S ABOUT REALLY 50.

I MEAN, I SAT THERE WITH A PARENT THE OTHER DAY, AND WATCHED OVER MAYBE SIX TRAFFIC

LIGHTS, 40 CARS RUN THE TURN SIGNAL RED LIGHT. >> I THINK KAREN IS GOING TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S BEST JUST TO PUT -- NOT ENGAGE IN DIALOG, I'M READING HER MIND AFTER TEN

YEARS. >> WE DO HAVE THAT ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA.

>> OKAY. MAYBE I CAN THROW ON OUR SPRING CREEK GREENWAY PROJECT THAT WE HAD JUST INKED WITH COMMISSIONER KAGEL'S OFFICE. MAKING SURE THERE IS A WAY TO GET THAT HANDED OFF TO RAMSEY. I DID GET COMMUNICATION FROM KAGEL.

HE THOUGHT THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE SHIFTED OVER TO NEW COMMISSIONER.

AND I DID TALK TO THE CONSTABLE, HE DIDN'T THINK THERE WOULD BE AN IMPACT TO THE

CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, BUT WE CAN FOLLOW-UP ON ALL OF THOSE. >> MAY I ADD ONE MORE THING

>> SURE. >> I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE, COMMISSIONER KAGEL HAS BEEN SUCH A STRONG SUPPORTER OF OUR COMMUNITY IN CREEKSIDE PARK, CAN WE INVITE HIM AND RECOGNIZE HIM AT A FUTURE MEETING BEFORE THE TRANSITION OCCURS? TO SAY THANK YOU.

>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE WELL RECEIVED. >> THANK YOU.

>> I THINK THE TRANSITION HAPPENS IN MARCH. >> YEAH, MARCH 31ST.

>> SOME TIME BETWEEN NOW AND MARCH, IF STAFF CAN COORDINATE A WAY FOR US TO DO SOME KIND OF PROCLAMATION, ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR COMMISSIONER KAGEL'S EFFORTS.

>> ONE OTHER THING ABOUT THE CONVERSATION WITH CONSTABLE HERMAN, THERE WAS CONVERSATIONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE PLACING THE AGENDA COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, WHO HAS BECOME THE COUNTY MAYOR IF YOU WILL, ABOUT CONSOLIDATING THE CONSTABLE'S FORCES WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY AND

TAKING CONTROL OF THAT. >> I HOPE THIS DOESN'T GO DOWN THE PATH OF GETTING RID OF THE

CONTRACTS THAT THEY TRIED LAST YEAR. >> I DON'T KNOW.

I'M TELLING YOU I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT IT WAS DISCUSSED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND

THAT WAS CONFIRMED >> ALL RIGHT. >> ONE MORE ITEM.

I THINK IN JANUARY, WE SHOULD INVITE CONGRESSMAN CRENSHAW TO COME TO OUR MEETING, SINCE HE IS NOW, YOU KNOW, AS OF EARLY NEXT YEAR, WILL BECOME OUR CONGRESSMAN HERE IN THE WOODLANDS FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE WOODLANDS. NOT ALL OF IT.

BUT THE MAJORITY. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO YOU KNOW, INTRODUCE HIM TO THE

COMMUNITY. >> A YEAR FROM NOW. OVER A YEAR FROM NOW.

>> YEAH. JANUARY. >> NO. NOT THIS JANUARY.

BUT JANUARY 2023. >> NO. NO. NO. THE REDISTRICTING ACTUALLY STARTS

-- NEXT YEAR'S PRIMARY WILL HAVE -- WE WILL BE IN CD2. >> WELL, I THINK -- IS THAT

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RIGHT? >> TODD. >> TODD, COME ON.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO BE WRONG. >> I THINK IT GOES TO THE EXPIRING TERM.

>> BOTH OF YOU ARE ACTUALLY CORRECT. SO THE NEW BOUNDARIES THAT WERE ADOPTED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE WILL GO INTO EFFECT FOR THE PRIMARY SEASON IN MARCH. CANDIDATE FILING STARTS TOMORROW.

AND RUNS THROUGH DECEMBER 13TH. SO WHOEVER WILL BE RUNNING FOR CD2 IN THE PRIMARY IN MARCH

WILL BE THE -- THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S FINE >> WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN

NEXT WEEK. THERE WE GO. >> PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR

NEXT WEEK. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT. >> QUICKLY, PLEASE.

MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST AS A REMINDER, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA.

>> WE BETTER ADJOURN BEFORE WE GET OURSELVES IN TROUBLE. >> WINDSOR HEALTH IS STILL REQUESTING IF WE HAVE A RESPONSE FROM ENTERGY ABOUT THE CONSTANT POWER OUTAGES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M TALKING MULTIPLE OUTAGES PER WEEK.

>> ASK THEM IF THEY COULD GIVE A BRIEFING WHEN THEY COME ON HOW TO USE THEIR APP.

BECAUSE THE APP IS SUPPOSED TO ALLOW RESIDENTS TO INFORM ABOUT OUT STREET -- STREETLIGHT OUTAGES AND SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT ABLE TO USE IT.

IF THEY COULD HELP US OUT WITH THAT. >> A LOT OF THINGS WE'VE ASKED Y'ALL TO ADD. SO IF YOU HAVE TO SPREAD IT OUT BETWEEN MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF AVAILABILITY AND NOTICE PERIODS FOR PEOPLE, FEEL FREE TO DO THAT.

>> OR YOU COULD JUST COME UP AND SAY YOU GUYS WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS, GO RIGHT AHEAD.

[13. Board announcements; and]

>> ALL RIGHT. BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS. >> TONIGHT IS THE FIRST GAME OF

THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE WOODLANDS HIGH LANDERS >> I THINK COLLEGE PARK JUST WON THEIR FIRST EVER HIGH SCHOOL PLAYOFF GAME. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE

COLLEGE PARK FOLKS. >> AND JOHN COOPER, ALSO I THINK THEY WON THE STATE

CHAMPIONSHIP. >> I THINK SO. >> THEY DID.

>> THEY DID. >> FOOTBALL PROGRAM. >> NICK IS NOT HERE.

BUT SOMEONE WILL GET TO NICK. >> WHEN YOU SAID GO HIGHLANDERS, NICK IS ALREADY

GONE. >> HE HAS TO ANNOUNCE. >> ANY OTHER BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS? IF NOT, HOW ABOUT A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.