[f. Receive, consider and act upon the annual Service Agreement with Interfaith of The Woodlands for senior transportation services (C-2021-0284);]

>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT WE WILL NOW TAKE 6F UP AS A SEPARATE ITEM.

RECEIVE CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE ANNUAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH INTERFAITH OF THE WOODLANDS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE ARE DOING THIS UNDER DIRECTOR SCHNEIDER WILL ABSTAIN? WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON APPROVING AGENDA ITEM 6F.

>> I MAKE A MOTION.> I SECOND.

>> ALL RIGHT I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED?

[7. Receive, consider and act upon an annual report from The Woodlands Economic Development Partnership; ]

ONE ABSTENTION. THAT WILL MOVE US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 7. RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE WOODLANDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

PARTNERSHIP. >> FORGIVE ME, I AM BRINGING MY WATER. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN BUNCH AND DIRECTORS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR ANNUAL REPORT FROM OUR MOST RECENT FISCAL YEAR ENDING AUGUST OF 2021.

AS WE ALWAYS DO, EVERY PRESENTATION WE DO IN EVERY MEETING WE HOLD WE TALK ABOUT THE REASON FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP AS YOU CAN SEE THERE.

WERE MERRILY WE EXIST TO PROMOTE JOB GROWTH IN THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WE DO THAT THROUGH RECRUITING NEW COMPANIES AND SUPPORTING EXISTING BUSINESSES IN OUR JOB RETENTION AND EXPANSION.

THERE'S OUR SERVICE AREA THE WOODLANDS AREA AS IT IS DEFINED AND IT HAS BEEN THAT WAY SINCE OUR INCEPTION IN 1997.

PRIMARILY WE CONCERN OURSELVES OF COURSE WITH THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP, THE CITIES OF SHENANDOAH, OAK RIDGE NORTH AND UNINCORPORATED PART OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

AS YOU DO, WE PROMOTE THIS VERY MUCH AS THE BEST CITY TO RAISE A FAMILY WITH THE BEST CITY TO LIVE IN AMERICA.

THAT'S ON ALL OUR PROPOSALS THAT WE SEND OUT AND IT IS PART OF OUR ADVERTISING AS WE DO AND YOU WILL SEE THAT IN A BIT BUT WE ARE VERY PROUD AS I AM SURE YOU ARE OF THE FACT THAT

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WOODLANDS IS THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE IN AMERICA.

IT LENT ITSELF TO OUR BUSINESS RECRUITMENT AREA AND THERE IS A LIST YET THE DETAIL THERE IN FRONT OF YOU.

PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW, I THOUGHT I WOULD HIGHLIGHT NUMBER 3 SPECIFICALLY, PROJECT GOLDEN SCRIPTS AS YOU REMEMBER WE GIVE PROJECT NAMES TO MOST OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE WORK ON BECAUSE OF CONFIDENTIALITY ISSUES.

PROJECT GOLDEN SCRIPTS IS BIO LIFE-SCIENCES COMPANY FROM CALIFORNIA WHO HAS CONSIDERED COMING TO THE WOODLANDS WITH THEIR HEADQUARTERS AND JEAN THERAPY PROGRAM.

THEY WOULD INVEST $56 MILLION AND BRING 125 JOBS WITH AN AVERAGE SALARY OF $125,000. WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WILL HAPPEN SOON. THE ONE THAT YOU SEE ALSO, THAT HAS COME TO FRUITION AND HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED IS PROJECT AND WHY DIG NOW A TENANT OVER AT THE WATERWAY TOWER.

WE CALL THEM COIN TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE WE COULD NOT COME UP WITH ANYTHING BETTER THAN THAT THEY ARE CALLING THE WOODLANDS A PLACE OF OPERATION FOR THE BITCOIN TECHNOLOGY WITH FINANCIAL ENTITIES. OBVIOUSLY WE ARE NOT GOING TO LAND EVERYONE OF THOSE PROJECTS.

I CAN TELL YOU THIS, THIS IS A FIVE-YEAR HIGH FOR US.

THIS IS BETTER THAN THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS SO WE GO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC IN LOOKING AT THESE IF WE LENDED THEM ALL 1800 NEW JOBS APPROXIMATELY WOULD BE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

BUSINESS RECRUITMENT EFFORTS, THANKS TO YOUR FUNDING HELPS US BE INVOLVED WITH THE GREATER EASTERN PARTNERSHIP.

THIS HIGHLIGHTS OUR ACTIVITY SPECIFICALLY I WOULD LIKE TO PROMOTE THE FACT THAT WE PARTICIPATED HEAVILY IN THEIR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MONTH AND WAS A PARTICIPANT IN EVERY SINGLE EVENT THAT THEY HAD INCLUDING THEIR VERY FIRST IN PERSON OPPORTUNITY WHICH WE DID WITH MEXICO.

WE ALSO ATTENDED A CONFERENCE THE FIRST THAT WE COULD TRAVEL IN TO ORLANDO ENOUGH THE LAST ONE THE SITE SELECTORS GUILD AS A RESULT OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH DHP PEERED THE SITE SELECTORS GUILD IS COMPRISED OF THE TOP SITE COLLECTORS IN THE COUNTRY AND THERE ARE 50 OF THOSE COMPANIES THAT WE INTERACTED WITH WHEN WE WERE THERE IN ORLANDO AND AD HOC IS THE ACTIVITY REMAINING THERE AND WE HOSTED A DELEGATION FROM DENMARK AND WE ARE VERY PROUD AND INTRODUCE THEM TO HARK A GYM IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MR. MITCHELL BROUGHT TO US YEARS AGO THE HOUSTON ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER.

THEY ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH HARK ON FUTURE PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES. A BIG PART OF ANY ORGANIZATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS BUSINESS RETENTION AND DEVELOPMENT. YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE ALL GOING AFTER EACH OTHER'S BUSINESSES, LET'S BE HONEST.

THE COUNTERPARTS AND WE PAY ATTENTION TO THEM.

THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF ONE OF 28 VISITS LOOKING AT THOSE TOTAL VISITS IT WOULD COMPRISED OF 26,000 JOBS BUSINESS EXPANSION PROJECTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED HERE, SPECIFICALLY.

LOOK AT THE TOP TO. YOU KNOW THAT, HEALTHCARE AS WE REPORTED NOW FOR TWO YEARS IS OUR NUMBER 1 BUSINESS SECTOR.

IT IS THE NUMBER 1 SECTOR IN ALL OF TEXAS THAT IN THIS COMMUNITY IT IS BY FAR THE LEADING CREATOR OF JOBS BY DOUBLE DIGITS. THOSE TWO AT THE TOP ARE GOING THROUGH EXPANSIONS, THE CRANES ARE COMING DOWN AND THEY ARE NEARING COMPLETION.ETHODIST SHOULD BE DONE BY FEBRUARY TOTALLY INTO THEIR NEW WING AND MEMORIAL HERMANN WOULD BE LATER NEXT SUMMER FOR THEY ARE FULLY OPERATIONAL.

BUT COMPRISED AS WE KNOW IT NOW IN FACT I TALKED TO METHODIST TODAY ABOUT THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND THEY EXPECT MORE THAN THEY TOLD US ORIGINALLY.

WE SAID HUNDRED 35 JOBS WILL BE CREATED COLLECTIVELY BUT IT SHOULD BE MORE THAN THAT. THE PANDEMIC, AS YOU CAN

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IMAGINE WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ALL OF US IN OUR BUSINESSES AND WE CONDUCTED A SURVEY WITH THOSE ENTITIES, ALL OUR MAJOR EMPLOYEES AND THIS WAS BACK LAST YEAR IN MARCH AND APRIL IN THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

WITH A CLOSING OPERATIONS? WERE THEY ALL REMOTE WORKING? WERE THEY LAYING PEOPLE OFF? YES, YES AND YES.

THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS, THE WORST DOWNTURN WE'VE EVER SEEN. WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW IS OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND THAT'S A REALITY.

THERE'S MILLIONS OF SQUARE FEET AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.

WE KEEP A CLOSE EYE AND WE ARE AWARE OF THE SITUATION SO WE KNOW WHAT WORKING WITH HONOR ASSETS.

ANOTHER PHENOMENON THAT'S GOING FROM COVID IMPACT TO NOW BUSINESS EMPLOYEE ATTENTION AND THAT THE HYBRID WORKING SCHEDULE. A 3-2 RATIO SEEMS TO BE VERY POPULAR WORKING THREE DAYS IN THE OFFICE IN TWO DAYS REMOTELY. THEY ARE DOING THAT TO RETAIN EMPLOYEES AND WE ARE SEEING THAT OVER AND OVER AND THAT WAS PART OF THE RESULTS WE SAW DURING THE SURVEY.

THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT OFFICE USE IN THE DESIGN OF OUR OFFICE SPACE AS WE SEE THAT THIS COMING YEAR.

SO, ONE REPORT THAT WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THAT WE BEEN COMPILING NOW FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS IS OUR SURVEY OF THE WORKFORCE WITH OUR MAJOR EMPLOYERS.

A MAJOR EMPLOYER IN THIS COMMUNITY HAS AT LEAST 100 JOBS. PRIMARY JOBS DEDICATED TO THAT WORKSITE. 84 COMPANIES ARE ON THAT LIST AND AS YOU CAN SEE WE CALL IT NONRETAIL FOR THIS REASON.

WE DO HAVE RETAILERS IN THE LIST BUT WE DON'T COUNT PRIMARY JOBS WITH THOSE AND AGAIN, DON'T TAKE THIS AS WE DON'T APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF RETAIL JOBS BUT WE DON'T COUNT THOSE FOR INSTANCE AT THE KROGER FOOD STORE OR AT THE SHOPPING DESTINATIONS THAT ARE AROUND.

THEY ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT, NO DOUBT BUT WHAT WERE LOOKING AT IS THE PRIMARY JOB HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD TYPE JOB SO 84 OF THOSE COMPANIES IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE ON THAT LIST.

AS YOU SEE HERE, IT REPRESENTS 39,000 JOBS.

THERE'S A LITTLE OVER 60,000 JOBS IN THIS COMMUNITY.

84 COMPANIES ABSOLUTELY REPRESENTS THE LION SHARE OF JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THOSE NUMBERS THAT I SAID, 60,000+ OUR EVERY JOB. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT. ONE AREA THAT SURPRISED US AND I REPORTED THIS BEFORE, THIS LAST YEAR WE SAW MIDSIZED COMPANIES GROW INTO A MAJOR EMPLOYER AND NOW THERE'S 100 JOBS FOR MIDSIZE COMPANIES AND THEY BROUGHT US OVER 500 JOBS FROM THAT GROWTH YEAR AFTER YEAR.

MIDSIZED ARE KEENLY IMPORTANT TO US.

IN THE TOP 10 OF THOSE THAT HAVE 100 JOBS LISTED HERE, LOOK AT THE TOP 10. ONE HALF OUR HEALTHCARE JOBS.

ONE HALF. 50 PERCENT OF OUR JOBS IN THE TOP 10 ARE REPRESENTED HERE AND WE PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THAT ACTIVITY. ENERGY HAS CERTAINLY TAKEN A DIP AND YOU WILL SEE THAT FURTHER EXPLAINED.

HERE ARE THE SECTORS AND YOU HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE, MANY OF YOU HAVE IN HEALTHCARE IS A DOUBLE-DIGIT OVER NUMBER 2.

NUMBER 2 INTERESTINGLY IS OUR EDUCATION OR.

AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, TWO SECTORS ARE KEENLY IMPORTANT TO A COMMUNITY WHEN YOU HAVE A SURGEON POPULATION.

THEY HAVE TO GROW. HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATION ARE THOSE TWO SECTORS THEY ARE PNUMBER AND NUMBER 2 TO REINFORCE HOW FAST WE ARE GROWING THIS COMMUNITY.

ENERGY DROPPED TO NUMBER 3. IT PERHAPS WILL DROP AGAIN BY OUR NEXT REPORT BUT YOU WILL SEE THE DIVERSITY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LIFE SCIENCE AND SOCIAL SERVICES INVOLVED WITH OUR MAJOR EMPLOYERS. LET'S LOOK AT THE MIDSIZE, THOSE AGAIN THAT HAVE LESS THAN 100 BUT A MINIMUM OF 40 JOBS.

THE TOP 10 REFLECT THOSE PARTICULAR COMPANIES.

LOOK AT THE DIVERSITY. YOU'VE GOT ENERGY, YOU GOT HEALTHCARE, YOU'VE GOT RETAIL, KROGER FOOD STORES ACTUAL REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS IS COUNTED IN THAT PARTICULAR

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GROUP, YOU HAVE A HOMEBUILDER AND YOU HAVE A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY A DRUG COMPANY DIVERSE EMPLOYERS WHO ARE IMPORTANT TO THIS ECONOMY. THEY REPRESENT 3700 JOBS.

NOT A TERMINUS NUMBER BUT THE IMPACT THEY BRING IN DRUG DISCOVERY OR PROVIDING SERVICES AND MANAGEMENT TO KROGER FOOD STORES IS KEENLY IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE 62 COMPANIES ON THAT LIST AND IT GOES UP AND DOWN QUITE A BIT YEAR AFTER YEAR BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A HUGE GAP BETWEEN REACHING THAT MARK. WE HAVE SEVERAL COMPANIES IN THE 90S THAT COULD EASILY BE UP IN THE MAJOR LIST PERHAPS NEXT YEAR. ANOTHER INTERESTING FACT IS THE SECTORS IN THE MIDSIZETHAT HEALTHCARE IS AGAIN NUMBER 1.

24.5 PERCENT IN THE MIDSIZE JOBS ARE IN HEALTHCARE AND ENERGY IS NUMBER 3 JUST LIKE IT IS WITH THE MAJORS 14 PERCENT AS AN ORGANIZATION WE ARE KEENLY INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTITIES THAT SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THERE'S A LIST AT THE STATE LEVEL WHETHER IT IS THE TEXAS CANONIC ELEMENT ASSOCIATION THAT'S THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMICS WE ARE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THAT ORGANIZATION GOOD WE ARE FUNDING MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS EMBERS OF THAT ORGANIZATION, IT TAKES DOLLARS AND CENTS TO BE MEMBERS BUT WE DO THAT THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF MEMBERSHIP BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

I.E. DC IS OUR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION AND TEC IS OUR STATE ORGANIZATION AND THEY ALL SUPPORT EFFORTS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. REGIONALLY, REGIONALISM IS KEENLY IMPORTANT. OUR BOARD SUPPORTS THAT.

REGIONALISM IS VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF ANY COMMUNITY.

WHAT IS GOOD FOR US IS GOOD FOR THE REGION AND VICE VERSA.

YOU SEE THAT INVOLVED WITH THP AND OTHER ENTITIES WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING ON THE GOLF COURSE WORK BOARD AND THEY ARE THE BIGGEST SUPPORTER OF THOSE WORKFORCE SOLUTION CENTERS AROUND THE AREA AND I HAD A PRIVILEGE OF WORKING ON THAT BOARD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND THAT'S KEENLY IMPORTANT TO US.

LOCALLY YOU SEE SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY ECONOMIC ELEMENT WHETHER IT IS THE NORTH HOUSTON REGIONAL AIRPORT OR THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK THEY DEPEND ON CORPORATIONS DOING BUSINESSES OR SUPPORTING THEM FOR THE BETTER GOOD OF EVERYONE. MEMBERSHIP IS VERY ACTIVE FOR US. WE HAVE NOT RECOUPED THE NUMBERS WE HAVE LOST FROM COVID OR GETTING WHERE WE WERE PRE-PANDEMIC PEERED WE PROJECTED WE HAVE EIGHT MEMBERS LAST YEAR WE GAINED SEVEN BUT WE DID GAIN TWO GOLD MEMBERS AND THAT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF FUNDING THAT WE HAVE.

WE DID LOSE FOR BRONZE WHICH IS THE LOWEST LEVEL AND WE PROJECTED WE WOULD LOSE FIVE. ADDITIONALLY WE HAD ONE GOLD MEMBER DOWNGRADE TO A BRONZE AS WELL AS ONE SILVER SO YES, THEY WERE IMPACTED AS YOU CAN IMAGINE DURING THE DOWNTURN OF THE ECONOMY AND WE ARE EXTENDING RIGHT NOW AS OF THE LAST FISCAL YEAR FOR MEMBERS. WE TRY TO BE VERY AWARE OF OFFERING BENEFITS TO OUR MEMBERSHIP THROUGH MEETINGS AND HERE IS A LIST OF THOSE AND WE ARE KEENLY AWARE OF PROMOTING OUR PRIVATE SECTOR AND PUBLIC-SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS WITH PUBLICATIONS BEFORE EACH MEETING.

WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM AND THOSE ARE LISTED.

SPECIAL EVENTS. WE TRY TO BE THERE IN SUPPORT OF OUR MEMBERSHIP BY OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO CONNECT. YOU SEE THE LIST OF THOSE THERE INCLUDING THE PARTNER CELEBRATIONS, NETWORKING SOCIALS, WE HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS RECEPTION WHICH WE ARE PLANNING ON EVEN NOW WHICH WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL MARCH WE ARE VERY PROUD OF IT. WE HAD THE CHAIRMAN PRESENT TO US LAST YEAR WITH THE STATE OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP WHICH IS AN ANNUAL EVENT FOR US EACH AND EVERY YEAR.

LAST YEAR IT WAS VIRTUAL AND NEXT YEAR CERTAINLY WE SHOULD BE BACK TO IN PERSON. MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION PLAYS A HUGE ROLE IN PROMOTING OUR COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC BECAUSE WE COULD NOT NO FACE-TO-FACE.

WE CONDUCTED A FIVE MONTH DIGITAL CAMPAIGN WITH THE AMERICAN CITY BUSINESS JOURNALS APPEARED FOR THOSE THAT DON'T

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KNOW, THEY OWN ALL THE BUSINESS JOURNALS ACROSS THE US INCLUDING THE HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL BUT WE ADVERTISED SAM CISCO, SEATTLE, CHICAGO, NEW YORK AND TRYING TO PROMOTE OUR COMMUNITY AS A HEADQUARTERS COMMUNITY ON PROFESSIONALS JOBS. WE ALSO DID SOMETHING A BIT UNUSUAL AND TARGETED SITE SELECTORS AND AGAIN THAT'S THE CONSULTANTS THAT WE TRY TO IMPRESS.

THEY VET COMMUNITIES ON HALF OF MAJOR RELOCATION PROJECTS AND WE DID A POSTCARD PROGRAM IN THE OLD DAYS AS WE USED TO GET POSTCARDS FOR TRAVEL WE PROMOTED THE BEST PLACE TO LOAD EIGHT WITH THE SITE SELECTORS. AND OF COURSE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT WE ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO SPEAK TO ANY ENTITY OUT THERE ABOUT THE ECONOMICS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT EFFORTS ARE BEING DONE TO PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE COMMUNITY. WE DO NOT TURN DOWN ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK TO A GROUP. AS I SAID, IT'S A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW BECAUSE I KNOW YOUR TIME IS PRECIOUS THAT I WOULD LEAVE AT THAT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I WOULD ASK YOU IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

>> THERE'S NO ACTION TO TAKE TODAY WE WILL HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM NEXT WEEK ON THE RENEWAL OF THE AGENDA ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> I WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK. >> ALL RIGHT.

GIL, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND CAN YOU SEND US AN AIDED LIST OF THE MEMBERS BY MEMBERSHIP AMOUNT SO WE CAN HAVE A REFRESHING OF WHO IS IN AT WHAT LEVELS?

>> YES, IT IS ACTUALLY ON OUR WEBSITE.

NOW, IT IS CURRENT. THINK IT'S 96 IF I'M NOT TAKEN

PEERED. >> WE WILL TAKE A MOTION AND A

SECOND TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. >> SO MOVED.

>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THANK YOU.

[8. Receive, consider and act upon appointments to the Development Standards Committee;]

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 8.

.RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPOINTMENTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS COMMITTEE WERE GOING TO HAVE JOHN POWERS TWO

PERCENT. >> I WILL ACTUALLY TAKE THIS ONE. WE HAVE A STANDARD PROCESS BOARD AT DSC WITH APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMITTEES.

LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO AT THE BOARD'S LAST MEETING HE DID INTERVIEW THE SIX CANDIDATE WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN REDUCED TO ONE AS ONE DID WITHDRAW HIS CANDIDACY.

THE BOARD MAKES SEVEN APPOINTMENTS TO THE DSC AND THREE ARE DESIGNATED BY THE WOODLAND PLAN DEVELOPING COMPANY FOR THE PLANNED COMMUNITY SERVICES AGREEMENT AND FOR OUR DISCUSSION OF THE BOARD WHICH WE OFTEN REFER TO AS THE RESIDENT APPOINTMENTS AND THE APPOINTMENTS ARE FOR TWO-YEAR TERMS AND THERE ARE TWO RESIDENT APPOINTMENTS THAT ARE UP. THESE ARE THE POSITIONS CURRENTLY HELD BY TWO MEMBERS. THE TOWNSHIP DID SOLICIT CANDIDATES THROUGH THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE AND ADVERTISING THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEES AND THE PROCESS THAT WE USE IS A WRITTEN BUT NOT SECRET BALLOT.

CINDY WILL PASS OUT A BALLOT TO EACH OF YOU IN THE WAY THE PROCESS WILL WORK IS THAT YOU WILL SELECT TWO OF THE FIVE CANDIDATES, THE FIVE CANDIDATES FOR THE LISTENING PUBLIC ARE THE FOLLOWING. THAT IS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

THE DIRECTORS WILL SELECT TWO OF THE CANDIDATE THE CANDIDATE MUST RECEIVE A MINIMUM OF FOUR VOTE IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED THE SELECTED APPOINTEE AND IF WE DON'T HAVE TWO IN THE FIRST ROUND WE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL WE HAVE TWO SELECTED AND IN SUBSEQUENT VOTING PROCESSES WE WOULD KEEP ANYONE WHO HAD

RECEIVED FOUR VOTE. >> KAREN, IF YOU HAVE IT HANDY, CAN YOU PASS OUT THE BIO SO WE CAN PUT THE FACES TO THE NAME? I KNOW WE SAW THEM BUT IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER JUST LOOKING

THROUGH THIS. >> I DO NOT HAVE THAT HANDY BUT

IT IS IN YOUR BOARD MATERIALS. >> IT IS PAGE 196 AND 197.

>> THANK YOU.

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>> WE DID HAVE TWO CANDIDATES WHO RECEIVE THE REQUISITE NUMBER OF VOTES. ARTHUR BROUGHT AND A HALF RECEIVED SIX VOTES TOM PATTON RECEIVED ONE VOTE JIM MCDANIEL RECEIVED FOUR VOTES AND RANDOLPH SHOALS RECEIVED THREE VOTES WITH THAT ARTHUR BROUGHT AND A HALF INCH AND MAKE DANIEL WOULD BE THE SELECTED APPOINTEES.

AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WOULD ALSO AFFIRM THE APPOINTMENTS RECOMMENDED BY THE WOODLANDS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.

>> OKAY. THEIR NAMES WERE?

>> HERE WE GO, I'VE GOT IT. >>.

>> ROBERT ADAMS JOHN ANDERSON AND -

>> WE TAKE THAT AS A MOTION? >> SO MOVED.

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

ANY OPPOSED? WE HAVE APPROVED BY AFFIRMATIVE VOTE AND BY AFFIRMATION THE BOARD FOR 2022.

THANK YOU, KAREN. THAT WILL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 9 AND BEFORE WE GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 9 THESE VOTES ARE RECORDED AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SO YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE HOW EACH OF US VOTED AS WELL AS LAST YEAR'S VOTE THAT WAS ALSO NOT SECRET IS ALSO DISCOVERABLE AND I'M HAPPY TO

[9. Receive, consider and act upon the appointment by election of Directors of The Woodlands Township Board of Directors to The Woodlands Convention and Visitors Bureau dba Visit The Woodlands in accordance with the Bylaws;]

HAVE THOSE RECORDS PROVIDED TO ANYBODY WHO REQUESTS.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 9. RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE APPOINTMENT BY ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO THE WOODLANDS CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU DBA VISIT THE WOODLANDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BYLAWS. KAREN?

>> WE APPOINT THREE BYLAWS TO APPOINT IN THE CHAIRMAN HAS HISTORICALLY MADE RECOMMENDATIONS IN ADDITION TO THE APPOINTMENTS THAT THE BOARD AND THE TOWNSHIP ALSO RECOMMEND THE VISIT THE WOODLANDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT NICK WALDO BE ELECTED AND WE HAVE A SIMILAR VOTING PROCESS FOR THIS.

AGAIN, THIS IS WRITTEN, A NOT SECRET BALLOT.

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GO GO WE DO HAVE THREE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE THE REQUISITE NUMBER OF VOTE. THAT IS JOHN ANTHONY BROWN BRUCE REESER AND DOCTOR SHELLEY.

>> ALL RIGHT DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR ANYTHING OR IS THIS

RECORDED VOTE? >> IF YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION BECAUSE WE NEED TO RECOMMEND THE PRESIDENT.

>> WE WILL TAKE A MOTION FOR THE VOTES AS READ AND APPOINT NICK WILDA AS PRESIDENT TO SERVE ANYWAY 22 DECEMBER 2022.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED OR EXTENSIONS?

[10. Receive, consider and act upon discussion regarding ownership of Rob Fleming Park (as requested by Director Milner);]

>> WE WERE IN OUR AMENDED AGENDA GOING TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW. I JUST ASKED DIRECTOR BROWN IF HE WOULD BE OKAY MOVING IT TO AFTER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10 SINCE WE HAVE LOOKS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ROBERT FLEMING PARK RECREATION.

IF THERE'S NO OTHER OBJECTIONS TO THAT WE WILL TAKE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10 REGARDING THE OWNERSHIP OF ROB FLEMING PARK.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHAIRMAN BUNCH, THIS IS THE OVERVIEW OF THE OWNERSHIP OF ROB FLEMING PARK AND THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE DIFFERENT PARCELS OF LAND THAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT CONSIDER THE PARK AND ONE IS ROB FLEMING RECREATION CENTER WHICH WAS PURCHASED BY THE BOARD BACK IN 2016 2017 THE AREA WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE POOL IS ANOTHER TRACK OF LAND AND THE REMAINDER OF THE LAND WHICH IS THE MUD 367 ACTUALLY HAS OWNERSHIP OF.

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MANY PARKS IN THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP WERE DEVELOPED IN COOPERATION WITH THIS AND THE USE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR THE PARKS AND THIS PARK AS WELL HAVE BEEN EXECUTED IN VARYING LENGTH FROM 25 TO 40 YEARS WITH SUBSEQUENT TERMS OF 25 OR 40 YEARS. THIS PARK AGAIN IS OWNED BY 386 AND WE ARE UNDER A 40 YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE SUBSEQUENT 40 YEAR SO THAT EXIT TO 2047. MOST OF THESE OTHER PARKS WERE IN THEIR AGREEMENTS AND ARE REFERENCED WITH THESE PARKS TO BE MAINTAINED IN PERPETUITY AS PARKS AS WELL AS THEY ARE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS BEEN DEFINED AS RESIDENTS OF THE RESPECTIVE MUD OR THE OVERALL COMMUNITY AS WELL AS NONRESIDENTS AS WELL. WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE OWNERSHIP OF ROB FLEMING PARK.

>> SO, ALL THREE PHASES OF THE PARK IS OPEN TO THE GENERAL

PUBLIC? >> YES.

>> I THOUGHT WE HAD AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PARKS ARE OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE BUILT OR FUNDED IN SOME WAY BY FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM FOR PARKS AND SERVICES WHERE THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM IS SUPPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE THREE PORTIONS OF THE PARK OR, WHAT CAUSES IT TO BE OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS MY

QUESTION. >> PRE-TOWNSHIP.

WHEN WE WORK THE ASSOCIATIONS WE MAINTAINED OUR PARKS WERE OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. LARGELY DUE TO THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE PARKS HAD PUBLIC GRANT FUNDS INVOLVED IN IT, THE ONES THAT ARE MENTIONED IN THE MEMO PARTICULARLY THE LARGE VILLAGE PARKS WITH THE POOLS. WHEN WE BECAME A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, WE CONTINUED THAT TREND AND I THINK WE ARE LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

ONE FROM A CONTRACTUAL IMPACT AND ONE BEING A GOVERNMENTAL INTO TEA. WE DO HAVE A FEE STRUCTURE FOR RESIDENT RATES AND NONRESIDENT RATES AND THOSE ARE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN MARCH OF EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN WE WENT THROUGH A FULL FEE ANALYSIS.

>> I ASKED THE QUESTION BECAUSE WE HAD RESIDENTS WERE THERE WERE NO GRANT USED TO BUILD A PARK, WHY DOES IT SEEM TO BE A GENERAL PUBLIC ACCESS PARK? FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ASKING THAT QUESTION. THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS CONVERSATION IS THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATION ONGOING IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE OWNERSHIP OF THE LAST PHASE OF THAT PARK.

I BELIEVE YOU SAID WE OWED THE CENTER IN FULL?

>> WE OWN THE CENTER AND THE POOL WITHIN THE FENCE LINES AND THAT'S HOW IT WAS RELEVANT. THE POOL WAS DEVELOPED THAT WAY IN THE CENTER CAME MUCH LONGER IT WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY THE

YMCA. >> THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RESIDENT INPUT AS TO WHY THE TOWNSHIP DOESN'T CONSIDER BUYING THE THIRD PHASE OF THE PARK FROM THE MUD AND TAKING A PERMANENT COMPONENT OF OWNERSHIP BY THE TOWNSHIP.

I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS HOPING AT SOME POINT WE COULD REVIEW AND CONSIDER WHETHER THAT IS A VALID OR A GOOD OPTION OR NOT A VALID OR GOOD OPTION AND TALK ABOUT THAT IN A FUTURE BOARD MEETING.

>> RIGHT NOW BASED ON THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE THAT CONTRACT DEDICATES IT TO BE A PUBLIC PARK MAINTAINED AT THE TOWNSHIP'S COST? YOU KNOW, I THINK THE ISSUE IS THAT IT IS A LARGE RECEIVABLE OR PAYABLE TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY IS JUST BEEN PUT TO 386 LAST MONTH.

CLOSE TO $9 MILLION AND DID WE HAVE ANY OTHER PARKS WITH THAT

PRICE TAG? >> I DON'T KNOW DIRECTLY IN TERMS OF WHAT THE PRICE TAG OF NORTH SHORE PARK WAS BECAUSE THAT WAS 1985 IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT AND THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE LARGER ONES. MOST OF THE SPORTS FIELD COMPLEXES BEAR BRANCH WERE DEVELOPED IN MULTIPLE PHASES

AND FROM THAT STANDPOINT. >> BACK THEN THE HOA WAS FUNDING 100 PERCENT OF THEM ON THE DEVELOPERS LAND PLUS THE

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PARK GRANT, RIGHT? >> THAT ONE WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT HERE THE TYPICAL MODEL AT THAT TIME, 2005, SIX OR SEVEN WAS A 50-50 COST SHARE WHERE THE TOWNSHIP, TWA IN THAT CASE WERE PUT IN 50 PERCENT AND THE DEVELOPER WOULD PUT IN 50 PERCENT PLUS LAND PLUS PROJECT ADMINISTRATION AND THOSE

ASSOCIATED COSTS. >> ROB FLEMING WAS DONE

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT? >> THE AREA FROM THE LODGE TO THE POOL IS DONE DIFFERENTLY HERE THE POOL WAS DONE IN THAT TRADITIONAL MODEL AND THEN ROB FLEMING THE TOWNSHIP PAID.

>> WE BOUGHT THE REC CENTER FROM THE YMCA.

IT SEEMS LIKE 9 MILLION FOR THE LODGE IS JUST OPEN GRASS SEEMS

TO BE A LOT OF MONEY. >> WE WERE NOT A PARTY AT THAT POINT, WE WERE NOT PARTY TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE MUD AND

THE DEVELOPER IN THE FINANCING. >> IS THERE SOME WAY TO GET A COPY OF WHAT THAT ENTAILS? I THINK A LOT OF QUESTIONS I'VE BEEN ASKED FROM CREEKSIDE RESIDENTS IS WHO WAS ON THE MUD TO APPROVE THAT AGREEMENT BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS DONE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WOODLANDS

AND OTHER NATURE PARKS. >> I'VE BEEN ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS BY A FEW RESIDENTS AND IT WAS A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AT A PREVIOUS MEETING, TO.

THAT IS WHAT STIMULATED THE ORIGINAL CONVERSATION ABOUT WHO OWNS THE THIRD PHASE OF THE PARK AND WHY THE TOWNSHIP DOESN'T OWN IT AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ACCESS.

THOSE CONVERSATIONS AROSE FROM THAT BROADER CONVERSATION.

>> OKAY. >> I WOULD THINK THE CONTRACT

WOULD IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN? >> IT SHOULD BE DISCOVERABLE.

>> HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T MAKE US SEND A REQUEST.

I LIKE TO SEE IT. >> I KNOW THE BATHROOM COST $1 MILLION TO BUILD SO THE ROB LODGE IS A NICE STRUCTURE BUT THERE'S REALLY NOTHING ENCLOSED TO IT.

>> ANYWAY, IT BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT ALL WAS INCLUDED AND WHY IT WENT THAT DIRECTION AND WHO WAS ON THE BOARD THAT APPROVED IT. ALL RIGHT BOARD MEMBER BOB MILNER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WILL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE UPDATE AND WE WILL AWAIT THE FOLLOWING

INFORMATION. >> MOVED TO ACCEPT.

[14. 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;]

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

ANY OPPOSED OR EXTENSION? WE WILL NOW LEAPFROG TO ITEM NUMBER 14 WHICH IS RELATED TO REAL PROPERTY 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 CR

[11. Receive, consider and act upon a Request for Proposal for a Needs Assessment for Parks and Recreation programs, services and facilities, inclusive of sports tourism and senior populations (C-2021-0356);]

HER BACK FROM SECOND OF SESSION AND THERE'S NO ACTION TO TAKE.

WE ARE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11 RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR A NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES, INCLUSIVE OF SPORTS TOURISM AND SENIOR POPULATIONS DOCTOR NOONS?

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COULD THIS IS THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR 2022 WHICH IS VERY MUCH MORE OF THE RF P PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION IF YOU WANT TO YOU THAT UP. VERY QUICKLY ABOUT THIS PROCESS THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WE'VE DONE. WE DID ONE IN 2003 AS WELL AS 2011 AND THE PURPOSE OF IT REALLY IS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOUR UNMET RECREATIONAL NEEDS FROM THAT AND OF COURSE IT WAS A BUDGET INITIATIVE IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR FOR NEXT YEAR.

(C-2021-0356); CLICK TO VIEW ALL RIGHT THE SCOPE OF THE WORK IS TO REVIEW THE PARKS AQUATIC AND SPECIFICALLY THE ATHLETIC FIELD, THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION REGARDING THE ATHLETIC FIELDS THIS YEAR AND TAKING A LOOK AT THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS AND ALSO THERE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE GROWTH IN THE SENIOR POPULATION TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR NEEDS.

ONE OF THE OTHER KEY ELEMENTS IS TO LOOK AT HOW ARE GOING TO LEVERAGE THE COMMUNITY ASSETS TO DEVELOP SPORTS TOURISM AND THEN THEY WILL COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, ADDITIONS, PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES AS WELL.

WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE RFP PROCESS THE STANDARD

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PROCESS AND WE SENT IT OUT TO 15 FIRMS AND WE DID THE TRADITIONAL ADVERTISING, SIX FIRMS SUBMITTED PROPOSAL AND THEY WERE REVIEWED BY A SIX PERSON TEAM FROM THERE.

YOU CAN SEE THIS ONE WAS A COMPETITIVE SCORING JUST BELOW THEM AND THIS IS A FIRM BASED OUT OF HOUSTON AND WERE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THEM THEY HAVE SUBMITTED A NUMBER OF TIMES FOR PROPOSALS AND HAVE RECEIVED WORK FROM US BUT THEY SCORED HIGH IN THIS PROCESS. THEY ARE JOINED WITH PROS CONSULTING WHICH IS A BIG PARKS AND RECREATION FIRM AS WELL.

THE LITTLE CAVEAT WITH THE RFP AND HOW THESE THINGS WORK IS THAT THE TEXAS PROCUREMENT ACT PREVENTS US FROM SELECTING BASED ON PRICE AND SO, THE GOAL WITH THIS IS TO NEGOTIATE AND HAVE THE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER NEGOTIATE AND NOT TO EXCEED THE WIDGET AMOUNT. IF WE GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE CAN GET THAT AMOUNT APPROVED WE WOULD GO TO THE SECOND VENDOR AND THIRD VENDOR AS WELL.

THE TIMELINE IS A QUICK TURNAROUND IF APPROVED TONIGHT WE WILL START WORKING THE CONTRACT TO GET THAT EXECUTED AND GO INTO THE PUBLIC PROCESS IN BETWEEN JANUARY AND APRIL WHICH WILL BE WITH WEB-BASED SURVEYS, PUBLIC MEETING AND COMMUNITY-BASED GROUPS. WE WILL HAVE A PRELIMINARY STUDY IN MAY AND THEN A FINAL STUDY IN JUNE OR JULY, IN TIME FOR YOU IF THERE'S ANY BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS BEING MADE 2023 THEY COULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT. THE RECOMMENDATION AT THIS IS T YOUR ROBINSON FOR THE 2022 PARKS AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

>> DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR EMOTION?