Jan 20, 2022 Board of Directors Regular Meeting Agenda

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HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WELCOME TO OUR WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD MEMBER MEETING FOR 2022.

[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;]

>> HEAVENLY FATHER THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME THIS EVENING. I PRAY THAT YOU WILL GUIDE US IN OUR DELIBERATION THIS EVENING. I PRAY THAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER THIS BOARD AND HELP US TO MAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE DECISIONS FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

PRAY THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS HERE AND TO GUIDE US IN OUR STEPS

AND WE PRAY THESE THINGS IN YOUR SON'S NAME AMEN. >> WILL NOW TAKE OUR PLEDGES

TO OUR FLAGS. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH

LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >>

L. >> ACCORDING TO STATE LAW THIS MEANS IS POSTED 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE. STATE LAW REQUIRES THESE DIRECTORS BE IN ATTENDANCE AND I WILL NOW TAKE ROAD. TU

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

>> I WILL MOVE. >> I WILL SECOND. >> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[5. Public comment;]

>> ANY ABSTENTION?LRIGHT THERE ARE NO PUBLIC OFFICIALS THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TO ACKNOWLEDGE. THAT WILL MOVE US DIRECTLY INTO PUBLIC,.

WE WILL START WITH MARK. GOOD EVENING BOARD AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO TO EVERYONE.

FIRST I WANTED TO TYPICALLY DO TWO THINGS. I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO VOTE ON INCORPORATION. WE'VE BEEN STUDYING IT FOR A FEW YEARS BUT THE COMMUNITY IS NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO VOICE AND ON IT.

I KNOW IT'S CONTROVERSIAL AND IT WAS A LOT OF DRAMA PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE DRAMA THAN IT SHOULD'VE BEEN. IN THE END OF THE COMMUNITY HAD A CHANCE TO VOICE THEIR OPINION AND TAKE A DECISION BASED ON THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE. I APPRECIATE THAT.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO COME TO A VOTE BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO SENSE THE COMMUNITY'S WISHES EXCEPT TO ASK THEM SO THANK YOU.

I KNOW YOU'VE TAKEN SOME HEAT FROM THAT. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUICK SECOND NOW THAT WE HAVE VOTED AND THE RESULTS ARE IN WE HAVE TO DECIDE, LET ME BACK UP. AT THE VERY MEETING THAT YOU ARE SANCTIONING THE VOTE AND TELLING US WHAT THE RESULTS WERE. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SURPRISE THAT WE HAD GROUPS COMING TO US COMPLAINING ABOUT POTENTIAL OVERPASSES AT RESEARCH AND GROVE MAIL AND SUBSEQUENTLY OTHER THINGS OUT IN SECTIONS AT CREEKSIDE PARK.

NEITHER OF WHICH IS TO DO WITH IT. I JUST POINTED OUT CLEARLY THE MISCOMMUNICATION OVER THE ROLE AS OF THE TOWNSHIP AS A SPECIAL-PURPOSE DISTRICT VERSUS OTHER GROUPS. IT SEEMS LIKE WE END UP BECOMING A PSEUDO-CITY.

WE ARE A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION BUT WE SEE NEEDS AND WE JUMP IN TO FILL THE NEEDS AND CREDITS EVERYONE FOR TRYING TO JUMP IN TO FILL THE NEED. IN THE END WE ARE STRADDLING TWO THINGS. TWO CANOES. WE ARE A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND WE ARE NOT A CITY BUT WE DO CITY LIKE THINGS. WE TRY TO IMPROVE THE INTERSECTIONS AND GET INVOLVED IN THE OVERPASSES. FUNDING POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

WE DO THIS STUFF BECAUSE WE SEE NEEDS AND WOULD TRY TO FILL THEM.

I THINK AFTER WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS VOTE IT IS A GOOD TIME TO BACK UP AND THINK ABOUT WHAT IS OUR ROLE. AND WHAT SHOULD BE DOING. SOMETIMES IT MIGHT BE TO HELP THINGS HAPPEN. YOUR GOOD PEOPLE AND TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING.HIS IS A

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GAPS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MIKE.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? IF WE DON'T WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT. MONIQUE?

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

NOTHING FOR THIS WEEK? >> THERE IS NOT. THERE WAS A SCHEDULING CONFLICT

AND SO WE ARE GOING TO DEFER TO NEXT WEEK. >> OKAY THANK YOU.

THAT MOVED TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA AGENDA. DO WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND

TO PROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? A? >> I WILL MOVE.

[8. Receive, consider and act upon a briefing on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (as requested by Secretary Sekula-Gibbs);]

>> I WILL SECOND. >> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE ANY ABSTENTION'S? AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. RECEIVED, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON BRIEFING ON THE

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AS REQUESTED BY SECRETARY GIBBS. >> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU DIRECTORS. WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AS IT RELATES TO OUR COMMUNITY. IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT SURGE OF RECENT SURGE OF OMICRON. I'M FINISHING SOME STATISTICS AND SLIDES THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH FROM PREVIOUS UPDATES. FIRST STARTING WITH THE GA 32: CAPACITY.

THIS IS RELATED TO THE TRAUMA SERVICE QUEUE WHICH IS THE HOUSTON REGION.

IT PRODUCES THE DATA ON A REGIONAL BASIS AND REALLY WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE IS LOOKING AT THE TREND LINE THE DC FROM JANUARY BLASTER TO OUR CURRENT DATE WHICH IS WE GET THE SERVICE OF THE CAPACITY GOES UP YOU SEE THAT COME DOWN TO A MORE NORMAL AMOUNT.

IF YOU LOOK AT CURRENTLY WHERE WE ARE IN JANUARY 2022 WE ARE ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF THE PEAK OF THE CURRENT SEARCH. IF THE DECLINE IS A GO FORWARD IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS SO NOTHING UNUSUAL THERE. WE TURN OUR FOCUS TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY SPECIFICALLY AND THIS IS THE TRACK REPORT FOR THE HOSPITAL IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY WHICH IS ABOUT 24% OF THE TOTAL HOSPITAL CENSUS WITHIN THE COUNTY OF CONFIRMED CASES. FOR THE GENERAL BAD USAGE WE STAND ABOUT 25% RELATED TO SUSPECTED AND CONFIRMED CASES. AND THEN OUR ICU BED USAGE IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING MONITORED HEAVILY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PANDEMIC.

THIS SHOWS YOU THE NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. IT'S THE TREND THAT WE EXPECT IN CASE COUNTS ARE DOWN.

IN THE MIDDLE DECEMBER WE STARTED TO SEE THOSE CASES CLIMB IN A SPIKE AROUND THE HOLIDAYS. THEY CONTINUE TO SPIKE THROUGH THE OTHER PART OF THE MONTH AND WILL BE STUDIED BUT ON A DECLINING RATE AS WE GO INTO JANUARY.

THIS JUST SHOWS YOU VACCINATIONS FOR STATISTICS THE COUNTY HAS ABOUT 326,000 OR ROUGHLY 50% OF ITS POPULATION OF FIVE AND OLDER FULLY VACCINATED.

YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN THERE BY AGE GROUP AS WELL AS JUST A VACCINATION BY WEEK AND TIME AND AGAIN FOR TRENDS. THEY BECOME WIDELY AVAILABLE LAST SPRING AND YOU SEE THE DECLINE IN VACCINATIONS WITH THE DECLINE IN AS WE HAVE A SPIKE LAST SUMMER I GET AN INCREASE IN VACCINATION RATES AND AGAIN YOU SEE THAT SOME RESPECT TOWARDS THE END OF THIS LAST YEAR GOING INTO JANUARY AS WE'VE SEEN THE OMICRON VARIATION.

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IT'S SERIOUSLY BAD USAGE AT ABOUT 26%. AND THEN AGAINST A SIMILAR TREND TO SEE MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS IT RELATES TO NEW CASES FROM THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER OBVIOUSLY NUMBERS ARE MUCH HIGHER BECAUSE OF THE HIGHER POPULATION AREA WITH HARRIS COUNTY THEY SAID ABOUT 2.8 MILLION FOLKS THAT ARE FULLY VACCINATED WITH BOTH DOSES.

THIS RELATES TO OUR CURATIVE TESTING SITES. THEY PARTNER FOR THREE TESTING LOCATION AND THIS GOES AGAINST WHAT WE'RE SEEING AN UPTICK IN OUR TESTING ON A DAILY BASIS AT OUR LOCATIONS. ALSO GOES ALONG WITH THE INCREASE AND CONFIRMED CASES THAT YOU'VE SEEN AS A SEARCH. WE ARE RUNNING AND THE NUMBERS DROPPED A LITTLE BIT BUT THROUGH THE HIGHEST PEAK OF THE SEARCH AROUND THE HOLIDAYS AND GOING INTO JANUARY WE ARE RUNNING LIKE THE COUNTY WAS A 30 TO 48% POSITIVE RATE AND THAT DROPS A BIT.

THAT'S GOOD NEWS AND THE DATA WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AS WE GET OUT OF THE SEARCH.

THOSE CURATIVE SITES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN THE TOWNSHIPS OF TESTING AVAILABLE

FOR RESIDENTS IN AREAS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. >> THE SITE JUST WENT LIVE THIS WEK FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MADE AVAILABLE HOME TESTING KITS TO RESIDENTS.

IF INDIVIDUALS ARE INTERESTED IN SECURING TESTS FOR THEIR AT-HOME USE THEY CAN GO TO THE NEW FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WEBSITE: TEST.GOV AND THEY CAN PUT IN THEIR INFORMATION TO GET FOR FREE AT HOME COVID 19 TESTS FOR THEIR FAMILIES.HAT'S A RESOURCE.HERE IS ALSO RESOURCES THEREFORE IMMEDIATE TESTING SHOULD THEY NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THERE AS WELL. I BELIEVE THAT THE END OF THE REPORT.

I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY TIONS. >> DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION

ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE IST SCHOOLS? >> THERE IS A DASHBOARD THAT THEY PUT UP. IT DID NOT BRING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DATA.

I CAN FOR FUTURE REPORT THAT'S DESIRED BUT FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WANT TO SEE IT THE SCHOOLS DO HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT SHOWS THE DAILY REPORT AND I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THE DISTRICT IN THE LAST FEW DAYS I CAN'T TELL YOU WHERE THEY ARE AT THIS POINT.

>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU JAIME CHAIRMAN.HANKS FOR BRINGING THIS INFORMATION TO US. WE APPRECIATE IT. AT THIS POINT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ASK YOU TODD. MAYBE THE OTHERS DO BUT WHEN WE'RE FINISHED WITH DISCUSSING WITH YOU I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF PALMER ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IF WE

COULD DO THAT CHAIRMAN. >> IF IT'S RELATED TO COVID 19 YES.

>> IT'S DEFINITELY RELATED AND HE'S PREPARED TO COME EARLIER IF YOU COULD BRING SOME INFORMATION. WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR FROM OUR FIRE CHIEF IS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT REALLY THE ANTIBODIES SITUATION BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING AND I BET A LOT OF OTHERS HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE CAN I GO. I THINK I HAVE COVID 19 OR I CAME UP WITH A POSITIVE TEST AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF I GET WORSE OR I AM WORSE WHERE I CAN GO TO GET THIS PRECIOUS IV ANTIBODY SO CHIEF CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT FOR US PLEASE?> YES MA'AM. STARTING IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THE DELTA SEARCH HEAD WE BECAME PART OF THE STATE'S RESOURCES TO ASSIST WITH FUSION CENTERS FOR THE ANTIBODIES.

BOTH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HEALTH SERVICES WERE OPERATING CLINICS ACROSS THE STATE AND THE REGIONAL CENTER THAT WE WERE ASSISTING WITH HIS LOCATED WITHIN SIDE THE WOODLANDS. THE NEW PARAMEDICS TO ASSIST WITH THE STUFFING TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH PATIENT AND FLOW AND WE'VE HAD A FIREFIGHTER THERE EVERY DAY SINCE SEPTEMBER.

THEY DO 12 HOUR SHIFTS AND THAT INCLUDES THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S AS WELL. THE CENTER HAS BEEN RUNNING AT HIGH LEVELS IN THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE BEEN GETTING CERTAINTY ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH THE LATEST ANTIBODIES THAT WERE MORE POTENT FOR FIXING OMICRON. WE HAD TO LIMIT PATIENTS OF THEY HAD TO HAVE PRESCRIPTIONS FROM DOCTORS BUT THEN AS THE TIME WENT ON MORE AND MORE ANTIBODY TREATMENTS CAME AVAILABLE AND THEY ARE ALLOWING WALK-INS OF PEOPLE MIGHT'VE GONE AND WAS WALKING AND THAT CAME MUCH MORE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. THE FACT YOU CAN WALK AND GET AN INFUSION IF YOU HAD A POSITIVE TEST AND YOU'RE FEELING SICK.

SINCE OMICRON HIT AND THEY REALIZED THAT NOT ANY OF THE OTHER IN THEIR FUNCTIONS THEY

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THE WAY IT WORKS RIGHT NOW IS THERE IS A COMMAND CENTER SENT INTO SAN ANTONIO EVERY DAY AND NIGHT THEY ASSESS THE DIFFERENCE IN FUSION CENTERS AND WHETHER PATIENT LOAD IS EXPECTED THE NEXT DAY AND THEY GET APPOINTMENTS AND THEY DRIVE OUT THE DRUG OVERNIGHT AND HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR THEM WHEN THEY START THE NEXT DAY TREATMENT. SO THAT CONTINUES TO BE RATIONED AND SO YOU DO STILL NEED TO HAVE THAT AND BE VERY SICK AND YOU NEED TO HAVE A PRESCRIPTION FROM A PHYSICIAN. YOU MAKE THOSE APPOINTMENTS AHEAD OF TIME.

>> I THINK THAT'S THE KEY MESSAGE THAT A LOT OF FOLKS AT LEAST THOSE THAT ARE MEETING IF THEY COULD JUST FIND THE LOCATION THEY COULD SHOW UP. THAT'S WHAT WAS TOLD EARLY ON.

WHEN I DIDN'T NEED AND NOW THEY ARE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE CATCHING OMICRON I NEVER

SUSPECTED IT BECAUSE MANY OF THEM ARE BREAKTHROUGH. >> WE SEE A LOT OF THROUGH THE VACCINATION CERTIFICATE THING FOR THE MOST PART IS PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING THIS.

IT'S EVIL TO VACCINATE ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE BOOSTED.

MOST PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET HAVE HEARD ABOUT PEOPLE FEELING MUCH BETTER BUT TRULY WE ARE NOT SEEING PEOPLE BEING SICK AS WE SAW WITH DELTA. CONTINUE TO CONSULT WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN AND LET THEM KNOW. THEY ARE MONITORING TREATMENTS A LOT OF PEOPLE GO HOME WITH SATURATION MACHINES AND LET THEM KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY REACH A LEVEL THAT THEY TALK THROUGH WITH THE MEDICAL TREATMENT ABOUT GOING FOR FURTHER TREATMENT.

YOU SHOULD GO TO THE HOSPITAL. AGAIN IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED IT'S A GREAT TIME TO GET VACCINATED AND A GREAT TIME TO GET BOOSTED. VACCINATIONS CAME OUT A YEAR AGO NOW AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DUE FOR GETTING BOOSTED SO WE JUST CONTINUE TO PUT THAT MESSAGE ACROSS AND CONTINUE TO DO THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW TO KEEP YOURSELF SAFE INCLUDING

SOCIAL L DISTANCING. >> EDUCATIONON IS IMPORTANT. DON'T MANDATE.

THAT'S BEEN A GOOD WAY TO GO FOR ME. WOULD YOU SAY THAT THERE ANY MESSAGES FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT VACCINATED RIGHT NOW? IF THEY ARE SICK OR NOT TO BE ABLE TO GET VACCINATED. AS SOON AS THEY RECOVER THEY CAN.

CLICK START PEOPLE TO GET VERY SICK AND DIE WITH IT BUT IT'S NOT AS BAD AS IT WAS.

HE CONTINUES TO BE DIFFICULT TO RT TO WORK THROUGH AND WITH RESPECT WITH WHAT DOCTOR NELSON ASKED. THERE WAS A MEETING ON MONDAY AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE 11,000

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HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CARE CENTERS. >> IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR UPDATE DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE?

>> I WILL MOTION. >> I WILL SECOND. >> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[9. Receive, consider and act upon The Woodlands Express service to the 2022 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo BBQ Cook-off;]

>> ANY OPPOSED? >> ALRIGHT. RECEIVE CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE WOODLANDS EXPRESS SERVICE TO THE 2022 HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO BARBECUE COOKOFF. RUTH AND.> EVENING BOARD. AT THE DECEMBER MBER 8 2021 MEETING YOU DIRECTED STAFF TO PURSUE FRIDAY EVENING, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY THE FOR THE WOODLANDS EXPIRES PARK-AND-RIDE SERVICE TO THE REGULAR DATES OF THE 2020 TWO HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO. WE WILL ALSO DIRECTED TO LOOK INTO THE FEASIBILITY AND COST OF PROVIDING SERVICE TO THE PRE-RODEO BARBECUE COOKOFF THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 24-26. THE CARNIVAL I WILL NOTE IS GOING ON DURING THESE PRE-RADIO DATES. WORKING WITH OUR CONTRACT OPERATOR FOR THE WOODLANDS EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION IT WAS DETERMINED FEASIBLE TO ADD THESE DATES.

THE RIDERSHIP ESTIMATE IS UNKNOWN AND THE ADDITIONAL COST FOR THE THREE DAYS OF SERVICE

WOULD BE $17,618. >> I SET UP SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THE SCHEDULE WOULD BE AN

ONLY SERVICE STARTING AT 9:00 A.M. >> THE SYSTEM FOR THE PEOPLE

TO BUY TICKETS AND BOOK WHEN THE PSYCHO LIFE AND WHERE WILL THAT BE?>> WE WILL BE GOING LIVE ON FEBRUARY 1. WE WILL HAVE A LINK ON THE TRANSPORTATION PAGE.

THE RADIO EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION PAGE ON THE WITH ON-SITE.

IT WILL DIRECT YOU OVER TO THE RESERVATION PAGE. >> ARE YOU GETTING A PRESS

RELEASE OUT? >> YES WE WILL. >> IT WILL BE ON OUR SITE AND

FIRST-CLASS TRANSPORTATION. >> WE MET WITH THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND THERE IS A LINK THAT DIRECTS US TO OURS AS WELL AND ON THE MAP WE HAVE A STAR THAT WE HAD.

>> THAT'S GOING OUT OF THE PARK AND RIDE THIS YEAR. >> ALRIGHT.

I HEARD INTERESTING THINGS MOVING FORWARD WE DO HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND?> MOVED

TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION. >> SECOND. >> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[10. Receive, consider and act upon an update regarding Fire Station 5 (as requested by Director Snyder) and a SAFER Grant (as requested by Chairman Bunch);]

>> ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU RUTH. >> AGENDA ITEM 10.

RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON REGARDING FIRE STATION FIVE. I WILL ACT AND CALL BACK THE

CHIEF. >> GOOD EVENING. FIRE STATION FIVE, WE HAVE NOT DONE MUCH SINCE WE PRESENTED IT TO YOU IN OCTOBER 2020. ABOUT WITH THE FACILITIES AND THE OVERALL FACILITIES CONDITION REPORT FROM MARTINEZ ARCHITECT.

WE HAD A DISCUSSION IN OUR AUGUST 21 A WORK SESSION WITH YOU ABOUT MOVING FORWARD BUT THAT WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE INCORPORATION. KNOWING THAT WE HAD SOME POTENTIAL CAPITAL PROJECTS AFTER THE GENERAL CONSENSUS MEETING THAT MEETING WAS THAT WE WOULD REPLACE FIRE STATION FIVE IN THE NEARBY LOCATION. AT THIS POINT WE'RE JUST

WAITING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. >> I THINK THE LOCATION IS NOT

AVAILABLE UNTIL 2023. >> ONE OF THE LOCATIONS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WORKING THROUGH AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE FOR THAT LOCATION.

THE FIRE STATION IS FUNCTIONING AND WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN IT. WE ARE DUE FOR ANOTHER LEVEL OF GRINDING TO GET DONE. AS FAR AS WHERE THE FIRE TRUCK IS PARKED THEY CAN GET AN OUT.

>> AS I REQUESTED TO BE ON THE AGENDA AT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED SINCE 2009 AND

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>> YES MA'AM AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER WORK SESSION SCHEDULED WITH EVERYONE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. WE WILL LOOK FOR SOME DIRECTION.

>> YOU CAN BUILD ANYTHING THIS YEAR BECAUSE THERE'S NO SITE. >> I REALIZE THAT BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT CHAIRMAN WITH RESPECT TO THOUSAND AND NINE I JUST SEEMS

LIKE IT GETS TO THE BACK BURNER. >> IT HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSED BY THIS BOARD SINCE 2009'S BECAUSE NONE OF US WERE HERE 12 YEARS AGO.

>> IT WAS AN ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE BOARD IN 2009.

AND SO WE AS BOARD MEMBERS HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT FOR AT LEAST THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE I FEEL STRONGLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED FOR THE FIRE

DEPARTMENT. >> I NEED THINK WE NEED TO RESTATE HOW LONG WE'VE HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THIS BECAUSE WE GOT OUT OF THE BOARD IN 2011 AND THIS WASN'T AN ISSUE THAT CAME UP ANYTIME FOR ME ON OUR BOARDS. 2012 UNTIL JUST RECENTLY THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ROSETTA TALKING ABOUT AND MANY OF US WENT OVER TO VISIT.

THIS IS UNLIKE NEGLECTING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR SIX YEARS OR FIVE YEARS.

WE WORKED WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVE A SITE PLAN. WE ACTUALLY MOVED TO START WORKING ON THAT SITE PLAN WITH THE DEVELOPER HUGHES IS THE RATES.

WE WANT TO BUILD ON THIS AND THEY ARE THE ONES BLOCKING THE TIMING OF US MOVING FORWARD WITHIN ANOTHER SITE. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR. THE SITE WE WANT TO BUILD ON

ITS NEXT TO THE PARK-AND-RIDE. >> ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WE LOOKED AT IS THE PARK-AND-RIDE.

>> NOTHING IF YOU CAN'T DO IT TODAY. >> POWER VIEW HAS FIRST RIGHT

OF REFUSAL. >> OKAY SO WE ARE NOT BEING NEGLIGENT IS ABOARD AND WE'RE NOT BEING IGNORED THE DECISION IS FUNCTIONING TODAY AND WE DO A LITTLE CONCRETE GRINDING TO

MAKE SURE THE DOORS OPEN WITHOUT PROBLEMS. >> WE ARE AWARE ONCE WE GET

PAST THAT DATE THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD. >> I THINK WE BROUGHT IT UP AT LEAST FIVE IF NOT SIX YEARS AGO . I'M BEING REFLECTS RESPECTFUL AND MY QUESTION WOULD BE HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO HOWARD HUGHES TO SEE IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND BUILD BETTER. CAN WE NOT GO AHEAD AND SENDS IT EXPIRED IN 2023 THAT WE CAN

GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD ON PLANS THAT WE HOPE TO DO. >> TO BE CLEAR THEY REACHED OUTSIZED WHEN WE STARTED TALKING PUBLICLY ABOUT BUILDING NOT.

TO REMIND US THAT THERE IS FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL RIGHTS. YES, THEY MADE SURE WE KNOW WE

CAN BUILD SOMETHING UNTIL 2023 WITHOUT THEM. >> JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY IF FOR SOME REASON THE CORPORATION DECIDES TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT FOR REFUSAL DO WE HAVE A

SECONDARY SITE IN MIND? >> THEIR RIGHT ON FIRST REFUSAL DOES NOT TRIGGER UNLESS WE START MOVING FORWARD BEFORE THE DATE IN 2023 WHERE THEIR RIGHT EXPIRES.

WE ARE JUST WEEDING OUT THERE RIGHT WHERE THEY ARE BLOCK THE CONSTRUCTION ON THAT SITE.

>> AFTER THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL EXPIRES THAN WE CAN. THE STATION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT

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WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE OPTION CARRIES OUT. I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD BE VERY CLEAR THAT AT SOME TIME DURING THIS YEAR OR TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR AT LEAST WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE BUILDING OF A NEW FIRE STATION FIVE.

>> YOU MOVE FORWARD ONCE YOU CLEAR THE DATE. >> YES THERE.

THAT'S JUST TO CONTINUE TO REPORT BACK AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT

SITE AT THE RIGHT PRICE ON THE RIGHT TIMEFRAME. >> AS TO THE SAFER GRANT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FOR THE 2021 APPLICATION THAT WE WERE NOT APPROVED.

AND THAT WE HAVE REAPPLIED FOR THE 2022. >> WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REAPPLYING FOR THE SAFER GRANT WHICH IS STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS A FEDERAL GRANT. THIS IS THE 2021 GRANT THAT WE ARE APPLYING FOR.

WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF PREPARING THE APPLICATION THAT'S DUE BY FEBRUARY 4 AND WE SHOULD HEAR BACK BETWEEN MAY AND JUNE. OUR ASK IS GOING TO BE TO PAY FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS. THERE'S NO MATCH FOR THAT REQUIRED AND WHAT'S BEING OFFERED IN THIS YEAR'S GRANT. 12 FIVE FIREFIGHTERS WOULD BE PAID FOR.

IT'S FOR THE STAFF ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FIRE COMPANY BOTH TO ASSIST WITH RESPONSE TIMES AND ASSEMBLY TIMES TO GET 14 FIREFIGHTERS WITHIN EIGHT MINUTES.

WE ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE SIDE OF THE WOODLANDS. WE HAVE PLANS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO MODIFY AND AT STATION FIVE TO PUT THE FIREFIGHTERS UP THERE.

AGAIN THE BIGGEST PART IS THE STATION MOVES APART AND IT BECOMES MORE AND MORE PROBLEMATIC IT CAN SAFELY HOUSE A SECOND COMPANY THERE UNTIL WE GET A NEW PLACE BILLS.

>> I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION TO THAT IS THE EQUIPMENT REQUIRED.

>> WE BUDGET OUT TO DO THAT. THE GRANT IS FOR THE PEOPLE. WE WOULD HAVE TO BUDGET IN A

FIRE TRUCK AND THE EQUIPMENT FOR THAT. >> WE WILL HAVE AN ATTITUDE JUST AS NEXT WEEK REGARDING THE FIRE TRUCK SO IN THE BUDGET PROCESS IF EVERYBODY COVERED CALLS WE DID SET ASIDE MONEY FOR THE TRUCK FOR THIS AND THE COMPANY TO COME ON PENDING THE SAFER GRANT FOR TIME. MY UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW IS THE FIRE TRUCK IS THAT AN 18 MONTH OVERTIME. IF WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND DO THIS IN THE NEXT BUDGET PROCESS THE EARLIEST YOU COULD DO THIS WOULD BE 18 MONTHS. FROM WHEN WE ORDER THE ACTUAL

TRUCK. >> WE CAN LOOK AT THE RESERVE EQUIPMENT.

>> WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO STUFF THE FIRE TRUCK BECAUSE IT PUTS A STRAIN ON THE APPARATUS

AND SERVICE. >> OR PLAN TO COME TO YOU NEXT WEEK ABOUT PRE-ORDERING FIRE

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>> THESE ARE BUDGETED ITEMS. IT'S NOT LIKE WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM.

THEY ARE ALREADY IN THE CAPITAL REPLACEMENT PLAN OR LEFT BUDGET CYCLES WE HAD THE FUNDS FOR THIS PARTIULAR UNIT. THE INTERNET HAS BEEN THERE FROM THE BOARD AND HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED. WE WILL SAVE THAT FOR NEXT WEEK QUEST DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF BUCK? IF WE DON'T TO HAVE EMOTION AND A SECOND TO CUT THEM UP UPDATE?

[11. Receive, consider and act upon adopting the Board of Directors meeting schedule for 2022;]

CLICKS SECOND. >> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> ANY ABSTENTION'S QUESTION I

THINK YOU CHIEF. >> AGENDA ITEM 11. RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ADOPTING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING SCHEDULED FOR 2022. MISTER MC?

>> THANK YOU. LAST MONTH AS YOU MAY ALL THE BOARD D CONSIDERED A SCHEDULE E FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR. THEY DECIDED THAT YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS IT NTED TO DISCUSS IT FURTHER DAYS THAT MAY BE HIS. THE AGENDA PACKET IS A CONTINUATION OF THE CONSISTING SCHEDULE WHICH IS THURSDAYS AT 6:00 P.M. AND WEDNESDAY MEETINGS AT 6:00 P.M..

IT IS THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH ON THE THIRD PRIOR. IN ADDITION STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS WILL BE SCHEDULED AS NEEDED. THE BOARD DISCUSSED HAVING A MEETING THIS MONTH BUT THERE WAS A CHALLENGE GETTING EVERYONE AVAILABLE ON A CIVIL DAY. AS YOU CONSIDER THIS MEETING SCHEDULE IT WOULD BE GOOD TOO

IF WE COULD ESTABLISH THAT DATE FOR THE PLANNING SESSION. >> ALREADY TO HAVE THE CALENDAR? I DIDN'T HAVE THE CALENDAR ON THE.

I DON'T KNOW IF I GOT THE WRONG G FILE. IT'S 122.

THANK YOU. >> THIS IS NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE BUDGET MEETING SCHEDULE WHICH WILL COME FORWARD ONCE WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION FROM THE COUNTY ON WHEN THAT DATA WILL BE AVAILABLE. IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IT DOES HAVE A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE

BASED ON WHEN WE ARE REQUIRED TO CANVASS THE ELECTION. >> THIS IS OUR TYPICAL

CALENDAR. >> THIS CALENDAR THAT'S BEEN USED FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.

THE CONCEPT OF LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR WAS ORIGINATED BY A PERSON WANTING TO DISCUSS OR CHANGE AROUND HER SCHEDULE. I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I GOT BACK FROM CHRIS AND KAREN IS THAT THEY KIND OF LIKE THE CURRENT SCHEDULE. UNLESS THE BOLT BOARD HAS ANY ISSUES WITH THE ONE DAY SCHEDULE I ASSUME WE KEEP THE WAITERS.

>> MOVED TO ACCEPT THE MEETING SCHEDULE IS DRAFTED. >> SECOND.

>> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY POST? ALRIGHT WE HAVE A CALENDAR NOW.

>> DO YOU WANT TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION? SINCE WE ARE HERE WE WANTED TO HAVE THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION TO OBVIOUSLY GET EVERYBODY ODY REFOCUSED FOR THE YEAR. WE WORK ON THE INITIATIVES AHEAD OF OUR FUTURE BUDGET. WE TRIED TO DO IT FOR CLUB MEETING BEFORE OUR THURSDAY AND WEDNESDAY MEETING OF THIS MONTH. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANOTHER IDEA BECAUSE WE OFFERED A WORKING LUNCH STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION ON AN NED BASIS.

WHAT IS EASIEST FOR YOU TO CONSTANTLY GETTING TOGETHER BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT AT THE

FULL BOARD TO PARTICIPATE. >> I WOULD PREFER WE GET THIS DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT FOR TWO MONTHS. I THINK WE SHOULD POLO FOR VOTE

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>> I'M FLEXIBLE TO. >> IT JUST COMES DOWN TO IF WE CAN GET EVERYBODY LINED UP ON

THE SAME AME DAY. >> I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS DONE.. I WOULD GET IT DONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER BECAUSE I THINK IT'S DECISIONS IN THE FEBRUARY BOARD THE MEETING THAT MAY BE EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT GIVES US ONE MORE DAY TO START TAKING ACTION ON THE

THINGS THEY WANT TO DO. >> WILL HAVE STAFF CIRCULATE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ASK YOU TO LET US KNOW WHICH ONES YOU CAN ATTEND SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH 1 MILLION TIMES.

[ CLOSED MEETING (if applicable)]

>> THANK YOU KAREN. THAT'S CAN MOVE US TO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION.WE'RE GOING TO RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS MATTERS RELATING TO THE REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.072 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. DELIBERATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUER 2551.87 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, DISCUSSION PERSON

[13. Reconvene in public session;]

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

WANT TO PREAUTHORIZED THAT WERE NOT. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? >> ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

>> I WILL MOVE. >>

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