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[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;]

[00:00:13]

WELCOME TO THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.

WE WILL START OFF WITH AN INDICATION. IF YOU WILL PLEASE BOW YOUR

HEADS. >> DEAR GOD WE THANK YOU FOR TODAY AND FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

PRAY FOR YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR SPIRIT SPIRIT TO CALL UPON US TONIGHT WE ASKED FOR PROTECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY, STATE AND COUNTRY. WE ASKED THIS IN JESUS NAME AMEN. WE WILL NOW DO THE PURCHASE TO OUR FACTS.

>> 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.

>> >> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE PUBLIC TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

>>> I DECLARE THIS MEETING IS POSTED 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE OCCURRED AND SET THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWNSHIP. STATE LAW REQUIRES THESE DIRECTORS BE IN ATTENDANCE I

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

WILL NOW TAKE ROLE.ROLL CALL]. WE ARE AWARE THAT DIRECTOR LISA WILL NOT BE HERE TONIGHT. WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

>> I MOVE. >> IF I MAY I WOULD LIKE TO UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA

REMOVES SEVEN GE. >> WE HAVE AMENDED AGENDA PULLING OUT SEVEN GE.

>> THINK YOU. >> ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS? IF NOT DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND

A SECOND. >> I MOVE. >> I SECOND.

[4. Recognize public officials;]

>> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I ANY ABSTENTION'S QUESTIONABLE RATE. >> NOW RECOGNIZING OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS. WE HAVE IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US NONE OTHER THAN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY BRETT LIKENED. BRETT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY SHAUNA I'M NOT SAY HER NAME RIGHT, REDWING RED WINE.

>> YOU SHOULD BE THE MOST POPULAR PERSON IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT.

>> WE HAVE OUR CHILDREN SAFE HARBOR IRECTOR TOR VICTORIA AND I CAN'T READ YOUR HANDWRITING.

>> CONSTANCECE. >> SORRY, THANK YOU DOCTOR SNYDER.

[5. Public comment;]

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US HERE TONIGHT. WE MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 5 WHICH ARE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE ARE PUBLIC, AND AT EVERY MEETING AND WE HAS TO KEEP YOUR

COMMENTS FROM 2 TO 3 MINUTES AND WE'LL STUMBLE SIMON. >> GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THINK YOU AND FOR THALLOWING ME SPEAK. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF SOCCER OPERATIONS FOR YOUR HOMETOWN PROVIDER FOR YOUTH SOCCER. THE HOUSTON SOCCER CLUB. I WANT TO BRING A QUICK UPDATE ON WHAT WE'RE UP TO. THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE HAD THREE EVENTS HOSTED HERE AT THE WOODLANDS. WE HAD A MARTIN LUTHER KING SHOWCASE FOR COLLEGE COACHES TO COME IN FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. THEY WATCH THE BOYS SIDE OF THE CLUB PLAY AT THE ELITE LEVEL. THEIR SPECIFIC TEAMS AROUND THE TEXAS AND LOCAL MARKET OF THE SURROUNDING STATES.HY DO WE DO SHOWCASE? WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO GET THESE PROSPECTIVE STUDENT ATHLETES INTO COLLEGE AND ONTO COLLEGE ROSTERS WITH FINANCIAL AID. WE HAVE HOSTED THAT EVENT NOW FOR TWO YEARS AND IT'S GOING ALONG VERY WELL. THAT WAS OUR FIRST EVENT. WE HAD THE NEXT TWO WEEKENDS WE HAD THE HOUSTON ÃWHICH WAS FOR THE GIRLS AND THE HOUSTON DYNAMO PREMIER CUPS.

WE HAD ABOUT 250 TEAMS COME IN FROM THE HOUSTON MARKET IN SAN ANTONIO, DALLAS AND SAN ANTONIO. FROM THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA AS WELL.

THAT WAS A FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFFAIR AND THEY WOULD COME IN FOR A COUPLE OF NIGHTS,

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STAY HERE IN THE LOCAL AREA. WE USED OUR LOCAL HOST HOTELS AS USUAL.

WE HAD ABOUT 9 TO 10 THAT WE DO BUSINESS WITH CURRENTLY FOR THIS TYPE OF EVENTS.

A LOT OF GAMES AND A LOT OF FUN AND A LOT OF ACTION. WE HAVE THREE EVENTS OF THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. WE JUST STARTED OUR RED PROGRAM FOR THE SPRING WHICH STARTED LAST WEEK. WE HAVE ABOUT 1500+ PLAYERS WHO ARE LOCAL RESIDENTS.

WE HAVE 200+ COACHING STAFF IS VOLUNTEERED TO GIVE UP THEIR TIME ONCE A WEEK TO TRAIN WITH THE PLAYERS, THEY COME OUT ON A SATURDAY AND WE HAVE A GAME. THAT'S HOSTED AT THEIR BRANCH FACILITIES HERE ON SATURDAY SO AS USUAL I INVITE YOU TO COME DOWN AND SEE THE ENJOYMENT ON THESE KIDS FACES OTHER THAN LAST WEEK WHEN IT WAS 45B0, RAINY, COLD AND VERY WINDY.

WE ARE HOPING FOR BETTER WEATHER THIS COMING WEEKEND. AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. WE NOW RECOGNIZE WE HAVE FANTASTIC FACILITIES AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THOSE FACILITIES AND RECOGNIZE FOR THE PUBLIC YOUTH AND WE WILL WORK WITH THE OUTSIDE GROUPS TO FIT IN AROUND OUR SCHEDULES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU SIMON.

NEXT UP WILL BE TOM JUBILEE. >> DURING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING YOU SAID SOME THINGS. SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE WERE ACTUALLY PRETTY INSPIRATIONAL TO ME AND I WAS VERY HAPPY TO HEAR SOME OF THOSE.

I WANT TO TALK VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT TWO ITEMS THAT WERE QUITE NOT TO ME.

ONE OF THOSE IS THE HOME ROW CHARTER IDEA. I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A COMMITTEE SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS MENTIONED HOWEVER I WOULD WANT TO CALL IT THE HOME WORLD CHARTER. WE COULD JUST CALL IT CHARTER. THE VIEW POTENTIALLY TO HOME ROW. ACTUALLY I HAVE SEVERAL IDEAS THAT HE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GET TO BUT ONLY BRIEFLY ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT I WISH I HAD TIME EARLIER TO SAY.

WE DON'T NEED TO BECOME A CITY TO CREATE OUR OWN CHARTER. HISTORY WAS COMPLETE WITH PRECEDENT FOR THIS.OR ONE EXAMPLE THINK OF THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT.

MY CAUTION WOULD BE TO DO IT WITH THE COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF DESPITE IT.

I THINK YOUR IDEA OF WRITING AND FORMALIZING CERTAIN VALUES AS I'VE HEARD BRUCE SPECIFICALLY AND PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED TO BE GOOD. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT.

HOWEVER THESE TYPE OF THINGS WHEN DONE RIGHT AND SOMEWHAT LESS FORMALLY WITH THE COMMUNITY TEND TO HAVE A LONG-LASTING IMPACT ON THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES.

I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PLAN AND I WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO BEING A PART OF THAT COMMITTEE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. AS FAR AS THE EGRESS POINTS VERSUS TRANSPORT THAT COMES AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE OVERALL VIEW OF YES, THERE ARE ENTITIES AS THE AREAS AROUND US GROW THAT WE CAN LOSE POTENTIAL BUSINESS HERE BUT THE BOTTOM LINE TO ME IS THIS AND I THINK IT IS THE ACCURATE OBJECTIVE WAY OF HOW THIS WILL WORK.

WE DON'T HAVE A SUFFICIENT RESIDENCE WITHIN THE WOODLANDS. BECAUSE OF THIS WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY. NOT JUST THE POTENTIAL LOSS.

WE HAVE TO COMPETE WITH THE GROWTH THAT IS GOING ON AROUND US.

WE CANNOT JUST SIMPLY TRY TO CLOSE OURSELVES OFF FROM THE ROLE AROUND US.T IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN THE BUSINESS. I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT AND SIGNIFICANT DISPARITIES IN THE OUTLOOK. AND SO I THINK IF WE BEAR THAT

IN MIND THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US. >> NEXT UP IS MIKE WAGNER.

>>. >> THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS MIKE WAGNER AND I AM A CURRENT RESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE ON THE WATERWAY WHICH IS A SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY THAT HOUSES APPROXIMATELY 200 OF YOUR TITUENTS. I AM THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THEM. MY PRIOR POSITION I WAS A RETIRED FROM MICHELIN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORP. AND HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH WOODLANDS FROM 1974.

IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES. I AM VERY FAMILIAR BECAUSE OF THE BACKGROUND WITH GEORGE

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MUSCLES VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY AND I RECOGNIZE YOU ARE THE PEOPLE CURRENTLY CARRYING OUT THAT VISION. THE RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGE APPRECIATE THAT.

WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF OWNERSHIP IN THE VILLAGE COME UNDER SOME NEGATIVE THINGS FROM THE TOWNSHIP AND PRIMARILY YOUR COMMITTEE OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

THE RESIDENTS WANT ME TO KNOW AND YOU TO KNOW THAT WE SUPPORT THE TOWNSHIP, THE RULES, REGULATIONS, CODES OF OUR LAWS INCLUDING THE TOWNSHIP LAWS. WE HAVE HAD SOME FAVORABLE WORK WITH YOUR COMMITTEE. IF WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS THERE WE ARE CURRENTLY CLEANING UP OUR LANDSCAPING ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE. THEY'VE BEEN VERY CONSIDERATE ABOUT PERHAPS WORKING WITH US AND GETTING SAFE PASSAGE FROM OUR HANDICAP RESIDENTS FROM OUR FRONT DOOR TO THE INTERSECTION OF LAKE ROBBINS DRIVE WHICH IS A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION.

WE ARE WORKING ON IT AND IT IS IN PROGRESS. ON MARCH 21 AT 11:00 A.M. WE'RE HAVING A FLAGPOLE AND IT SHOULD BE IN POSSESSION OF 10 YEARS AGO AND FINALLY INSTALLED.

I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH REPRESENTATIVE BERNIE'S OFFICE AND HE WILL BE THERE AND BE WILL BE MAKING A PRESENTATION AND WILL BE HONORING OUR VETERANS AND SPECIFICALLY A 111 LADY VETERAN WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THE FLAG THAT PRETTY HAD FLOWN OVER THE CAPITOL.

I BELIEVE ONE OF YOU HAS AGREED THAT YOU WILL BE PRESENT FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

I'M HERE TONIGHT AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU PRESENT IF POSSIBLE.

WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A FAIR OF THIS BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE SENIOR CITIZENS MOST OF US ARE PRETTY PATRIOTIC. MANY OF US HAVE SERVED AT THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY AND TO US TO WAIT THIS LONG TO HAVE A FLAG IS REGRETTABLE. PERHAPS I WOULD URGE YOU TO REMEMBER THE SONGS OF THE OWNER SHOULD NOT BECOME THE SINS OF ITS RESIDENTS.

WE SUPPORT YOU. WE WANT THE OWNERS OF THAT BUILDING TO COMPLY IN EVERY ASPECT OF WHAT'S REQUIRED. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THE RESIDENTS CAN DO TO HELP YOUR COMMITTEE'S MAKE THAT HAPPEN QUICKER LET US KNOW. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE AS SOME VERY HIGH PAYING CUSTOMERS. WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF POLITICAL CLOUT WITH 200 CONSTITUENTS IN A VERY SMALL AREA.

I WANT TO PLAY THAT CARD TONIGHT. MAINLY TONIGHT IS WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS THINK YOU AND THINK YOUR COMMITTEE. I REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS GOT BOGGED DOWN AND SOME LEGALISTIC THINGS WITHOUT COMMON SENSE COMING TO PLAY BUT PERHAPS I'M WRONG. I'VE ONLY LIVED THERE ONE YEAR AND THAT RESIDENTS WE HAVE BASICALLY NEW MANAGEMENT AND I KNOW PERHAPS YOU'VE BEEN HAPPY WITH THEM BUT IF YOU'VE EVER TAKEN ON A NEW POSITION IT TAKES TIME TO GET YOUR FEET ON THE GROUND AND REALIZE WHAT'S GOING ON. I BELIEVE THEY ARE WORKING WITH US.

I WORK WITH THE DIRECTOR OF OUR BUILDING DAILY AND I THINK HE HAS A REAL INTEREST IN WRITING WRONGS. I THINK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT AND I SUSPECT THERE IS

A CHANCE HE WILL SEE ME AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. >> THANK YOU MIKE.

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NEXT IN THE NEXT IS KIM KIRK. >> HELLO I'M KIMBERLY KIRK. I LIVE IN CONCORD'S CROSSING.

I MOVED TO THE WOODLANDS AND MY DAD JUST REMINDED ME IN 1975. I AM THE SECOND GRADUATING CLASS OF MCCULLOUGH HIGH SCHOOL IN 1981. I REALLY JUST WORKED WITH A GROUP OF VERY AWOKE VILLAGERS. WE HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD HERE.

PER THE PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT AND THE 22 BUDGET IN 2020 WE RECEIVED SEVEN POINT MILLION DOLLARS AND 21 WE RECEIVED 5.6 MILLION OF CORONAVIRUS OR AMERICAN RESCUE MONEY. WHY DID THE MEMBERS OR I SAY FIVE OF THEM STATES THAT WE CANNOT RECEIVE MONEY UNLESS THE WOODLANDS INCORPORATION? TWO, AND THE 22 BUDGET, WHY DO WE HAVE $21 MILLION INCORPORATION RESERVE? THE COMMUNITY VOTED NOW TO INCORPORATE? AND WHY IS THE INCORPORATION RESERVE ACCOUNT BUDGETED TO 2026? IN THE PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT DATED 1121 ENDING.

THE INCORPORATION RESERVE ACCOUNT HAS $15.5 MILLION AT THAT TIME.

WHY DID THE BOARD ENDING MOVE THE $5.2 MILLION FROM THE GROGAN MILL SPITE SITE FUND ON DECEMBER 2 21 AFTER OUR NOVEMBER VOTE OF NO TO INCORPORATION BY JUST ON A SIDE THE REASON WE FIGURED OUT THE IS THE CHAIRMAN MENTIONED TIONED IT NEXT TO HER.

OF COURSE HE BLAMED IT ON MONIQUE BUT WHATEVER. R.

HISTORICALLY THE TOWNSHIP PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER HAS BEEN DESIGNATED TINY FOR THE TOWNSHIP INVESTMENT ACCOUNT. CURRENTLY IT'S AN MONIQUE SHARP. PREVIOUSLY IT WAS JEFF JONES. WHY IS THE CHAIRMAN BUNCH TRYING TO TAKE OVER THIS DUTY NOW? DOES THAT MEAN THE PUNCH CAN SIGN OFF ON EXPENDITURES SUCH AS INCORPORATION INITIATIVES THAT JEFF JONES DID FOR THE $80 MILLION? FIVE, DID ANY MEMBER ON THE BOARD HAVE KNOWLEDGE OR APPROVE OF THE INCORPORATION CAMPAIGN FUNDS IN WHICH JEFF JONES WAS SCRUTINIZED FOR SPENDING? NOW, REGARDING THE 21 RATING REQUEST, ON THE AGENDA TODAY WHAT IS THE $2 MILLION NEW DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL LINE ITEM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST PAGE? IT IS OVER HALF THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING CARRYOVERS WHICH HAVE DESIGNATED USES.

THE $2 MILLION IS A MYSTERY ACCOUNT IN ORDER TO COME FROM? GUARDING THE STRATEGIC PLAN I DID HEAR EARLIER. IT APPEARS WE HAVE NOT CHANGED IT SINCE 2014 SO FIVE OF THE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ON IT THIS BOARD SINCE THAT TIME. ON THERE IT SAYS GOVERNANCE WHICH AT THE PRESENT TIME THEY ONLY KNOW COPPER ALTERNATIVE TO CURRENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT OF THE WOODLANDS. MISTER BUNCH DIDN'T EXACTLY DROP IT TODAY.

THE ONLY REASON TO INCORPORATE IS IF WE GET ANNEXED AND WE ARE NOT SCHEDULED TO NEXT UNTIL 2057. THE MISINFORMATION THAT WE ARE BEING ANNEXED BY HOUSTON CAME FROM FIVE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OVER HERE TO SEE YOU KNOW. AND WHY, WHAT YOU MEAN BY THIS STATEMENT BEFORE ME A FEASIBILITY OR SURVEY? I DID GET AS AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST WE SPENT $2.5 MILLION ON FEASIBILITY STUDY. AT THE EARLIER MEETING MISTER BUNCH MENTIONED ABOUT WRITING A HOME CHARTER. HOW MANY MORE LEGAL FEES TO DISPENSE WITH 70% OF US HAVE ALREADY SAID NO TO INCORPORATION?

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AND THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER PRESSING PROBLEMS? IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY.

IT DOES DEVELOP APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION AND FINANCIAL STRATEGIES TO DEAL WITH FUTURE GOVERNANCE AND INCORPORATION ISSUES. SHE DID MENTION AND SAY HE WOULDN'T BRING ENOUGH OF ME BUT HE DIDN'T MENTION ABOUT BRINGING IN NOVEMBER.

THE OTHER ITEM IS ATTRACT, RETAIN AND PROMOTE HIGH-QUALITY BUSINESSES.

HOW DOES THE BOARD MEMBER OF THE TOWNSHIP BOARD PLAN TO WORK WITH ANYBODY ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CHAMBER DOESN'T WORK WITH THEM NOW? HOW DOES THE TOWNSHIP PLAN TO ACHIEVE A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH BUSINESS LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY SUCH AS HUGE CORPORATIONS, OTHER REAL ESTATE INVESTORS AND OWNERS, THE MALL, COMMISSIONERS, SHERIFF DEPARTMENT, COMMERCIAL TENANTS EXCEPT FOR MARKET STREET OF COURSE, HOTELS IN THE WOODLANDS BESIDES THE MYRIAD, KATHY AND KATHY BRADY. SEVERAL PASTORS AT LARGE CHURCHES. MOST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND 70% OF US WITH RESIDENTS WHO VOTED NOW ESPECIALLY AFTER FIVE MEMBERS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD AND THEIR DARK MANY POLITICAL ACTIONS CAMPAIGN PACT IF YOU WILL CALLED THE RESTING FOR THE WEAPONS THAT ALIENATED MOST OF THE COMMUNITY WITH A VICIOUS SMEAR CAMPAIGN BY SPREADING FALSE AND MISLEADING INFORMATION DUE TO THE DISAGREEMENT OF INCORPORATION EXCEPT FOR AND SNYDER OF COURSE. CONVERSATION WITH ANY BUSINESS LEADERS EXCEPT FOR THE FEW THAT ARE ON THE COMMITTEE WITH THE VISIT OF THE WOODLANDS? EXCEPT SNYDER COURSE.

ARE ANY OF THE TOWNSHIP MEMBERS INCLUDED EMPLOYEES, SPOUSES AND THEIR CHILDREN AFFILIATED WITH ANYONE LISTED ON THE QUALIFYING INVESTOR LIST? AND DOES ANYONE ON THE BOARD HAVE PRIOR RELATIONSHIPS WITH TAXÁ TEXT POOL AND WHY DID THE BOARD SELECT THEM WHEN THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER COMPANIES WE CAN CHOOSE FROM AND 15, I KNOW THE ANSWER BUT THE GUYS WANTED ME TO ASK THIS, HAS THE WETLANDS FINANCIAL GROUP OR HAVE ANY BOARD MEMBER, EMPLOYEES, SPOUSES ETC. WORKED IN ANY CAPACITY WITH TAX DOLLAR A TEXT POOL?THE GUYS WANT TO MEET US A QUESTION BUT I KNOW THE ANSWER BECAUSE INSURANCE AGENTS GET OVERRIDE AND THERE'D BE NO WAY FOR US TO TELL IT. AND LASTLY, IF YOU GUYS WANT MY NAME IS KIMBERLY COKE KIRK.

MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS KK I RK AT ELEANOR FINANCIAL.COM. OR CALL ME AT 713 Ã858 Ã BECAUSE I HAVE LETTERS TO JANET YELLING ABOUT THIS CORONAVIRUS MONEY.

WE FUNCTION EVERY WAY AS A CITY INCLUDING A LETTER FROM CHAIRMAN BUNCH.

THERE'S NO BETTER ABOUT HIS $30 MILLION THAT HE LED. THERE IS ONE THING.

MONIQUE, ARE YOU MONEY? WHY THE COOK IS MY DAD ONE MORE THING.MONIQUE, WE WANT TO KEEP YOU. WE THINK YOU ARE PHENOMENAL AND VERY SMART YOUNG LADY.

FIVE OF THEM ARE TO BE GONE NEXT YEAR BUT WORKING TO KEEP YOU.

UNFORTUNATELY I'M VERY AFRAID FOR YOU. NEXT-DOOR HE'S BLAMING YOU FOR EVERYTHING. DON'T FALL VICTIM JUST LIKE JEFF JONES DID.

YOU CAN HAVE THAT ON YOUR EMPLOYMENT ORD. YOU GO CALL AND SNYDER OR CALL ME. WE HAVE YOUR CK BUT WE PLAN TO KEEP OU THAT HE'S GOING TO HANG YOU OUT TO TRY JUST IKE JEFF JONES. THAT'S IT.

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QUICK THINKING MS. KIRK. >> EVERY DAY. >> THAT WAS THE END OF OUR PUBLIC, SIGN UP. IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO MISSED PUBLIC,

>> OKAY QUICK THANK YOU BOARD, TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW. I WANTED TO JUST TO FOLLOW UP TO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION THAT WAS DONE BEFORE WHICH I THOUGHT WAS EXCELLENT.

AND I HAVE A LOT OF VERY GOOD IDEAS ABOUT INITIATIVES BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU WHEN WE REVISIT AND REFRESH THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT IT IS A FULL PLAN.

WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE INITIATIVE BUT IT STARTS WITH A VISION.

YOU REALLY NEED TO HONESTLY READ EVERY WORD AND ALMOST AGREE WITH EVERY WORD IN THE VISION AND MISSION. I DON'T KNOW THAT'S REALLY THE VISION.

SECOND, THERE IS A LOT OF IDEAS IN THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT. THEY WERE NOT VERY SPECIFIC AND NOT VERY MEASURABLE. A HOW ARE WE DOING WHAT I HOPE YOU WILL DO I HOPE YOU WILL COME UP WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC AND MEASURABLE.

IN BUSINESS YOU WOULD COME UP WITH A PLAN AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR YOU WOULD JUDGE YOURSELF AGAINST THE PLAN. HOW WILL YOU DO? WHEN YOU WRITE THINGS DOWN YOUR PLAN IS TO WORK HARD. THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO JUDGE THAT.

TRY TO COME UP WITH VERY SPECIFIC AND MEASURABLE PLANS AND ACTION ITEMS AND KIND OF LEAD THE BASE BUSINESS SIDE OF THINGS. THE MACHINERY THAT RUNS WHETHER YOU DO ANYTHING OR NOT. PLEASE THE INITIATIVE. KEEP IT FOCUSED AND VERY TIGHT AND ORGANIZE SUCH THAT IT'S A CYCLE. YOU COME UP WITH A VISION AND A

[6. President/General Manager's Report;]

MISSION AND YOU COME UP WITH GOALS AND INITIATIVE AND THEN YOU HAVE A STAFF THAT WILL DEVELOP ACTION ITEM AGAINST THAT. AT THE END OF THE YEAR YOU GO BACK AND REVISIT THAT. IF YOU ARE NOT REVISITING IT THEN YOU WILL END UP WITH AN EIGHT YEAR PLAN THAT SAYS THINGS THAT DON'T REALLY MEAN WHAT WE WANT THEM TO MEAN.

I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT IT DESERVES A REFRESH. >> THANK YOU MARCUS OR ANYONE ELSE THAT MISSED DESIGN OF THAT LIKE TO SPEAK? HAVING KNOWN ELSE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 6 PRESIDENT GENERAL MANAGERS REPORT. MONIQUE? QUICK THINK YOU WANTED TO COME APPEAR FOR THIS ONE. IT IS MY PLEASURE TONIGHT. I HAVE TWO DIFFERENT STAFF RECOGNITIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO. THE FIRST ONE IS I'M VERY PLEASED TO INTRODUCE TWO OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO INFLUENTIAL POSITIONS WITHIN THEIR WORK PRODUCT. IT IS FOR THESE EMPLOYEES WORK FOR VISIT WAS ON. THE FIRST IS ELIZABETH WITH FUNDS WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR APPOINTED TO THE TRAVEL LANES BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THE SECOND ONE IS JOSIE LEWIS, OUR DIRECTOR OF SALES APPOINTED TO THE MEETING PLANNER INTERNATIONAL HOUSTON CHAPTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IT'S A GREAT INFLUENCE FOR THEM FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND SPECIFICALLY FOR VISIT THE WOODLANDS ON A REGIONAL AND

STATEWIDE LEVEL AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THEM. >> MY NOTES A PHOTO OP BUT

AFTERWARDS. >> THE SECOND AWARD RECOGNITION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS THE AGENCY OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM THE TEXAS PUBLIC POOL COUNSEL THAT WAS RECEIVED BY OUR AQUATICS DEPARTMENT. THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZED THE DIVISION AS THE CLASS ONE WHICH IS POPULATION OF 75,000 IN GREATER WITH THE CLASS ONE AGENCY OF THE YEAR FOR THEIR

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EFFORTS IN PROVIDING AQUATIC FACILITIES, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. 2021 THE TOWNSHIP OPENED 14 POOLS AND 5/5 TO THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDED 8935 SWIM LESSONS TO CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY DEMONSTRATE A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENT LIFEGUARD SKILLS BY CONDUCTING OVER 1000 INDIVIDUAL AUDITS OF THE 300 LIFEGUARD WORKING AT OUR FACILITIES. THE CLASS ONE AGENCY OF THE YEAR AWARD IS THE HIGHEST RECOGNITION AND IN AUTOMATION CAN RECEIVE FROM THE POOL COUNSEL DEMONSTRATING THE COMMITMENTS OF PROFESSIONALISM AND EXCELLENCE IN AQUATICS.

FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE DOCTOR NEWS AND THEN I'M CAN ASK DOCTOR NEWS TO COME AND INTRODUCE THE STAFF THAT IS PRESENT HERE. QUICK THANK YOU MONEY IN THE BACK. SHE'S OUR AQUATICS SUPERINTENDENT COME ON UP AND I WILL ALSO INTRODUCE BACK WHO IS OUR LIFEGUARD COORDINATOR. SEVERE OFFICES THE AQUATIC SUPERVISOR. THE OTHER PERSON IS JOHN MCGOWAN WHO IS THE ASSISTANT PARKS DIRECTORS WHO STARTED WITH US WHEN HE WAS A LIGHT GUARD.

PART OF THE SUCCESSES TO HIM AS WELL AS THE TEAM. [APPLAUSE] THAT BRINGS US TO

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

OUR CONSENT AGENDA WILL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 7G.

DO WE HAVE EMOTION.> MOVE. >> HAVE A SECOND? >> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.

[g. Receive, consider and act upon removing the prior President/General Manager of The Woodlands Township as an authorized signer and designating the Chairman of the Board as an authorized signer on the Township’s investment accounts, and adopting resolutions in connection therewith;]

>> ANY POST? ANY EXTENSIONS. >> NOW WE WILL TAKE UP 7G WHICH H IS RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON REMOVING THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE TOWNSHIP AS AN AUTHORIZED SIGNER DESIGNATING CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD IS AN AUTHORIZED IZED SIGNER OF THE TOWNSHIP INVESTMENT ACCOUNT AND ADOPTING RESOLUTIONS IN CONNECTION THERE RE WITH. THIS IS ON PAGE 80 AND I BELIEVE MONIQUE IS GOING TO G

TO PRESENT. >> YES THANK YOU. >> AFTER DECEMBER 29 2021 BOARD MEETING I WENT BACK IN AND LOOKED AT THE MINUTES. DIRECTOR SNYDER MADE A MOTION THAT WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE BOARD. THIS IS WHEN I WAS APPOINTED AS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND INTERIM PRESIDENT GENERAL MANAGER AND THE OTHER PART OF THE MOTION INCLUDING DELEGATING THE SIGNATORY AUTHORITY AND DUTIES FOR THE BOARD CHAIRMAN

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DUTIES AS SUCH PHYSICIANS CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER. MEANING WHEN THE DUTIES OF MY PHYSICIANS SERVING AS THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AS WELL AS THE PRESIDENT GENERAL MANAGER CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER. THE FIRST INCIDENT OF THAT OF THE FIRST INSTANCE OF THAT IS COMING UP RELATES TO OUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS. THOSE ARE DUE ON MARCH 1. IN TERMS OF INTERNAL CONTROLS YOU MAY ALWAYS HAVE TWO PEOPLE HAVE SIGNATURE AUTHORITY ON OUR ACCOUNTS. THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OF OUR OTHER ACCOUNTS.

THE BOARD OFFICERS HAVE SIGNATURES ON OUR CHECKING ACCOUNTS.

WITH THIS SPECIFICALLY IS HAS TO DO WITH TEXT ART AND TEXT POOL AND THAT IN ORDER TO SET UP A NEW ACCOUNT AS AN INTERNAL CONTROL YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE DO THAT.

YOU NEED TO SET UP A NEW ACCOUNT BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW THE BONDS WERE REFUNDED, SOME OF OUR BONDS WERE REFUNDED LAST YEAR IN ORDER TO MAKE THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS ON THOSE FUNDS WE HAD TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT IN OUR TEXT POOL ACCOUNT SPECIFICALLY TO THAT.

I CAN'T SET UP THAT ACCOUNT WITH ONLY MY SIGNATURE. AS A PROTECTION FOR THE COMMUNITY YOU DON'T WANT ME TO JUST HAVE ONE PERSON BEING IN THE SET UP AN ACCOUNT.

PART OF THE BOARD'S ACTIONS ON DECEMBER 29 I PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA TO HAVE THE BOARD CHAIRMAN SERVE AS THE SECOND SIGNATURE ON THAT ACCOUNT SO THAT SPECIFICALLY WHAT THIS IS

ABOUT. >> JUST FOR THE CLARIFICATION I AM ALREADY A SIGN BASICALLY THE OTHER COUNTS AS THE OFFICER ON THE BOARDS. THIS HAS TO DO WITH CONFLICTS WITHIN YOUR ROLE. TEXT ART TEXTILE I WILL ADJUST THE COMMENT MADE.

I DO NOT RECEIVE ANY COMPENSATION FROM ANY ORGANIZATION THAT DOES ANY CONTRACTS TO DO THE TOWNSHIP. NOT AN OVERRIDE OR COMMISSION OR A NICKEL.

ANY ASSERTIONS THAT MY COMPANY RECEIVES THE TIME FOR MY SERVICE HERE IS A CHAIRMAN 'S OUTRIGHT DENIED HOLY AND THERE IS NO ABSOLUTELY NO COMPETITION TO MYSELF OR MY COMPANY OR ANYONE RELATED TO ME BY BLOOD, BY MARRIAGE OR ANY OTHER WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.WE DO IS SUPPORT HAVE TO SIGN CONFLICTS OF INTEREST DISCLOSURES WHICH THE SPORT DOES WHICH I'VE DONE.

I CANNOT MAKE A PENNY. MOTHER DOES MY COMPANY OR ANYONE ELSE THAT I DESCRIBED.

TEXT ART OR TEXT TO POOL NO AFFILIATION. >> CAN YOU ELABORATE THE

UNWISE CHEESE TEXT AND TEXT POOL? >> THOSE ARE POOLED SPECIFICALLY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.

[8. Receive, consider and act upon a presentation from Children's Safe Harbor (as requested by Vice Chairman Rieser) and Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (as requested by Secretary Sekula-Gibbs);]

ALMOST EVERY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE AGENCY AND THE TEXAS AREA BELONGS TO TEXT POOL AND TEXT ART. THE PHONES ARE THE REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET UNDER THE TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION INVESTMENT ACT IS COVERED IN HERE.

WE USE THEM MOSTLY AS WHERE THE PROPERTY TAX AND THAT SERVICE FLOW INTO THESE ACCOUNTS AND THEN WE USE THEM TO FUND OUR GENERAL FUND ACCOUNT SO IT'S A VERY COMMON STANDARD PRACTICE AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNT THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ENTITIES USE.

WE HAVE MANY OTHER INVESTMENT ACCOUNT THAT ARE OF INTEREST AND ARE SPECIFICALLY TIED TO THE INVESTMENT POLICY STATE REGULATIONS BUT THESE ARE SPECIFIC.

AND WILL WILL YOU BE FIVE YEAH. >> THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT INTERNATIONAL INITIALLY WET.

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WE HAVE GROUND AS THE WOODLANDS HAS GONE. WE HAVE GROWN AS DEEPLY AS WE BECAME CO-LOCATED AND MOVED INTO OUR WORK WITH THE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE.

WE ARE WHAT'S CALLED IN OUR INDUSTRY A CO-LOCATED CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER ON OUR PROPERTY OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL SPU ENT SPECIAL SPU UNITS ARE DEDICATED TO THIS NT SPECIAL SPU UNITS ARE DEDICATED TO THIS WORK. WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS IMPORTANT IS REALLY THE GROWTH OF OUR OUR STATE. WE CONTINUE TO GROW IN THE NUMBERS OF CHILDREN ARE JUST OUTPUT ST OUTPUT NUMBERS. WHAT THEY DON'T REALLY TELL US IS THE DEPTH IS THE DEPTH OF WHAT HAS BEEN PENING. ADVOCACY CENTER IS REALLY SINCE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING IN OUR ING IN OUR WORLD THE PANDEMIC AND CORONAVIRUS AND WHAT IT IS DONE BY KEEPING KIDS OUT OF N OUR WORLD THE PANDEMIC AND CORONAVIRUS AND WHAT IT IS DONE BY KEEPING KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL WE HAVE HAD FAMILIES WAITING ON A WAITING LIST FOR MENTAL HEALTH LIKE WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE. THE UNIQUENESS OF THE WORK THAT WE DO ON THE TRAUMA INFORMED WORK THAT WE DO THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL NONPROFITS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND YES WE HOLD BY THE IRS AS A 501(C)(3). I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH MY COMMITTEE THAT WE ARE NOT ACTUALLY ONLY A NONPROFIT. WE ARE A REALLY UNIQUE ENTITY BECAUSE OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT CONNECTION, BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH THE STATE WE ARE HOLDING THE CASE OF A CHILD AND A LIFE AND FAMILY STORIES AND WE PROGRESSED TOGETHER TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE COLLABORATION. WE'RE THE ONLY ONES IN A COMMUNITY OFFERING A SPACE OF COMPLETE AND TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CASE AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE SYSTEM. WE OFFER OUR SERVICES AT NO

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COST. IT IS THE ONLY MORAL AND ETHICAL THING TO DO.

THESE CHILDREN DID NOT ASK TO BE ASSAULTED, RAPED, BEATEN AND THEY DID NOT ASK TO BE SEX ED ON THE PHONE. WE COME TOGETHER AND WE SAY WE STAND UP FOR YOU.

YOU HAVE NO VOICE WITHOUT US. THE ADVOCACY CENTER MOVEMENT TALKS ABOUT ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN THE CHILD WAS TO TALK AND TALK TO TRY TO FIND THEIR WAY.

IT'S WHEN I'M PROUD TO SAY YOUR COMMUNITY HAS DONE AND ARE ACROSS THE STATE HAS DONE AND ACROSS OUR CONTINENT. DIFFERENT MODELS THAT YOU GET TO SEE ABOUT HOW WE FACILITATE SERVICES AND WORK WITH KIDS. PREVENTION IS A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO.

AND A CHILD COMES IN OUR DOOR WE ARE NOT ONLY PREVENTING THE ONGOING VICTIMIZATION BUT THERE IS A WIDE NET OF KIDS THAT ARE ALWAYS GOING TO TALK TO THE COACH, SCHOOL OR CHURCH OR FAMILY. WE ARE NOT GOING TO ASK A CHILD WHO'S HAD THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO SAY SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO ME 90% OF THE TIME SOMEBODY THAT I KNOW, LOVE OUR TRACK. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE ASK EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY THAT MIGHT HAVE HAD ACCESS TO AND AFTER THAT IS CHOOSING VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL PREDATOR ON OUR CHILDREN. WE TALKED TO THEM AND WE FIND IN THAT PREVENTION OF NOT ONLY THE FAMILIES STRENGTH BUT ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT FAMILY AND FIND THEIR STRENGTH AS THEY WALK THROUGH THE SYSTEM. WE SHARE A LOT ABOUT THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THAT COME TO US. OUR SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND THE WAYS THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND AND WHAT THE SIGNS ARE. KIDS DON'T NECESSARILY COME UNTO US AND SAY YES THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME UNLESS WE GIVE THEM SOME LANGUAGE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS AND THE SLIDE IS REALLY IMPORTANT. IF WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE PRESENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN HARMED WE ARE ALSO ALWAYS IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PEOPLE HARMING THEM. THE BEST WAY THAT WE ADDRESS AND CORRECT AND RESET THE COURSE OF A CHILD'S LIFE IS TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS.

IS TO HAVE THE STRENGTH TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT SAFETY. TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT ONE'S OWN PHYSICAL BODY. TO DEAL TO TALK ABOUT WAYS AND HOME LIFE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHEN THERE ARE ROUGH TIMES AND WHEN THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE'VE GONE BEYOND THE BOUNDARY.

LOTS OF REASONS IT TAKES A MINUTE FOR CHILDREN TO TELL US. OUR SYSTEM LIKE AND WITH GREAT PRIDE TO YOU ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIPS WHICH IS HOW THIS WORKS WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, PROSECUTORS, COUNSELORS, CHURCHES IS THAT WE FIND A WAY TO ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT AND GIVE LANGUAGE IN THE VOICE OF A CHILD FROM 2 TO 17 YEARS OLD SO THAT THEY CAN TELL US IN THEIR OWN WORDS WHAT IS HAPPENED TO THEM. WE ALWAYS HAVE THE GREAT STRENGTH ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY AROUND FINDING WAYS TO BE CALLED, TO SHARE AND GIVE VOICE. WHEN THE CHILDREN THEMSELVES FOR MANY YEARS HAVE COME FOR MANY YEARS WE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT YOU ARE YOUNG AND THIS IS HAPPENED TO YOU.

SEVEN, 89 YEARS OLD. LATER WHEN HE STARTED IT YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT YOU HAPPEN TO A WHILE AGO WAS ACTUALLY NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN TO YOU.

YOU ARE UNDERSTANDING THE SITUATION DIFFERENTLY. OUR SERVICES ARE BOOSTER SHOTS YOU CAN COME BACK INTO OUR COUNSELING AND REVISIT WHAT IS MY RIGHT AS A CHILD WHAT IS MY RIGHT AS AN ONGOING GROWING ADULT. WE GIVE FAMILY THERAPY AND WE HAVE INCREDIBLE VOLUNTEERS AND RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY, THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR TO SAY IT ISN'T REAL. OUR ABILITY TO FIND LANGUAGE AND SHARED COMMUNICATION MAKES THE GREAT DIFFERENCE. WE ARE MANDATORY REPORTERS ACROSS EVERY SYSTEM AND EVERY STAFF MEMBER. WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE MAKE REPORTS, WHO WE SERVE AND IMPORTANTLY OVERTIME IS A FULL-SERVICE CENTER WHERE BRINGING CHILDREN TO TALK TO US SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IF WE AS ADULTS ARE ASSAULTED WOULD GO AND TALK TO A DEPUTY WE WOULD TELL OUR STORY SO THAT THEY COULD INVESTIGATE THE CRIME. WE HAVE TRAINED INTERVIEWERS IN THE LANGUAGE OF CHILDREN. ASK THEM IN A SPACE THAT IS NOT IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THAT ACTIVATES OUR WORK. DETECTIVES, CPS WORKERS OBSERVED THAT CONVERSATION AND

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WE REFER IF WE NEED A MEDICAL EXAM. MEDICAL EXAMS ARE REALLY POWERFUL SPACES BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE WE BEING ABLE TO TELL THE CHILDREN WHO ARE NEEDING THAT PARTICULAR SERVICE THAT THE PHYSICAL BODY IS OKAY BUT WE ARE PRETTY ACCUSTOMED TO SPENDING TIME WITH THE NURSE. A NURSE CAN ALSO TALK TO US ABOUT OUR QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR MENTAL HEALTH. ABOUT WILL THEY BE ABLE TO KNOW, WITHOUT ANYBODY ABLE TO SEE THAT THIS HAPPENED TO ME. IF I'M SEVEN YEARS OLD AND SOMEONE HAS SEXUALLY TOUCHED ME WHAT I BE PREGNANT?HAT WILL HAPPEN TO ME? WILL PEOPLE KNOW? AND SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IN YOUR COMMUNITY THERE ARE INCREDIBLE FINE.

OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY DUMPED US WORRIERS OF THE LIGHT AND I TAKE THAT AND USE THAT.

I BELIEVE IT DEEPLY. THEY COME AND THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE UP A SWORD AND THEY SAY WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER AND MOVE FOR YOU. SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE A LIFE YOU CAN GRADUATE, HAVE A WHOLE UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU.

WHEN THEY TIRE OF THAT WORK THEY LAY DOWN THEIR SWORD AND EVEN IN AN EMPLOYMENT ISSUE WE NEVER HAVE THE ISSUE OF ANOTHER ONE COMING FORWARD. PEOPLE SAY OKAY BECAUSE I'M PART OF THE BIGGER THING THIS IS SOMETHING REALLY DIFFICULT TO TALK ABOUT THAT WE MUST SHARE THE GRACE, THE HEALING. THE CHILDREN GRADUATE FROM OUR SERVICES AND GO ON TO BE PRODUCTIVE ADULTS. 2330 YEARS AGO WE SERVED ABOUT 20 TWO KIDS A MONTH.

WE NOW SERVE WELL OVER 200. IN THAT SPACE IS NOT JUST A NUMBER IT'S THE GRACE OF THE COMMUNITY, COLLABORATION AND THE HEALING AND JUSTICE OF CHILDREN'S VES.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO COME TOUR.

WE HAVE HAD BEAUTIFUL APRIL EVENT WHERE WE HAVE HAD WINDMILLS, PINWHEELS THAT SHOW EVERY SINGLE CHILD AND WE HAVE HAD A VERY DEEP RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY AND MY PARTNER WHO IS ALSO BOARD MEMBER. HE WILL YOU.

SHE IS A GUIDING LIGHT AND AN INCREDIBLE GRACE AND SHE'S A PASSENGER PASSIONATE WOMAN.

SHE WILL COME AND TALK ABOUT THE OTHER PART OF OUR WORLD WORK TOGETHER.

QUICK THANK YOU DOCTOR CONSTANCE AND FOR ANY BOARD MEMBER THAT HAVE NOT TAKEN A TOUR, MY WIFE AND I SPENT TIME WITH DOCTOR CONSTANCE OF DAYS AGO.

IT'S AN INCREDIBLE FACILITY. YOU CAN SEE HOW WELL THEY ARE CARING FOR OUR S.

I RECOMMEND THE TOUR. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL SET THAT UP PLEASE.

>> WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOU. >> THANK YOU MA'AM. >> WE ARE.OU ARE A BLESSING TO THIS COMMUNITY BUT WE ARE ALSO GRATEFUL TO YOU AND TO MISS REDWINE AND TO BRETT AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM. YOU HAVE FOUND WAYS TO ENGAGE IN SUCH A CRITICAL ISSUE IN A

WAY THAT IS DISARMING WE APPRECIATE THAT. >> AND I YOU RECEIVE THESE WONDERFUL INFORMATION FROM PRECINCT 3 AND SO THEY HAD SHARED THAT WITH ME TOO.

BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU IN YOUR WORK. >> WE APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK WE DID HAVE MISS REDWINE AND THE DA MISTER LIGAMENT.

>> AGAIN I'M ITALIAN. >> LEAVING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD I'M SHEENA REDWINE AND WORK FOR YOUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY BRADLEY AGAIN. FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING AS THE SPECIAL VICTIMS CHIEF. IN THAT ROLE A MANAGER CHINA CHILD ABUSE TEAM ASSIGNED TO SAFE HARBOR. OUR MOST HIGHLY DIVORCE CASES AND I DIRECTLY TO SUPERVISED THE INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN AND TRAFFICKING TEAM.

THAT IS A ROLE THAT PUTS US IN LINE WITH THOSE THAT ARE DOING THE MOST ADVANCED FRONTLINE WORK AND CHILD PROTECTION. I WILL SECOND WITH DOCTOR CONSTANCE SAID INSANE EVENTS.

F WE ARE DOING OUR JOBS RIGHT THE FIRST STOP AT A CHILD MAKES ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY OR SEXUALLY BE HIS CHILDREN SAFE HARBOR. AND THEN WE GO TO THEM.E DON'T MAKE THAT CAN BOUNCE AROUND THE COUNTY AND BOUNCE AROUND FROM ADULT TO ADULT TO

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TELL WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. WE GO TO THE CHILD. SPECIFIC TO INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN AND I YOU GET QUARTERLY REPORTS FROM OUR PRECINCT 13.

I WANT TO TALK TO OVERALL ABOUT. THE INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE IS A FEDERAL MANDATED TASK FORCE. AS A COORDINATION OF 61 STATE LOCAL AND FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT SPAN THE COUNTRY AND WERE CASES INTERNATIONALLY.

BUT WE KNOW BUT THE INTERNET IS THAT THE INTERNET DOES NOT CARE ABOUT COUNTY LINES.

IT DOES NOT CARE ABOUT STATE LINES WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT PREDATORS IS THAT THEY WILL GO ANYWHERE AND DO ANYTHING TO HURT A CHILD. WHENEVER MY BOSS CEILING AND COMES INTO OFFICE HE POURED INTO THE ICCAT PROGRAM WHICH HAS RESULTED IN US HAVING A TEAM OF THREE PROSECUTORS ASSIGNED INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TO INVESTIGATORS AND TO FORENSIC ANALYSTS. WHAT IS THE FORENSIC ANALYST YOU MIGHT ASK? WE'RE WORKING WITH COMPUTERS AND PHONES AND TABLETS AND THAT IS A WORLD THAT OUR KIDS ARE VERY COMFORTABLE IN. THEY'RE NOT ON THE SMART PHONE EVERY DAY. THE WORLD THAT THEY JUST OFTEN DON'T KNOW THE DANGERS.

YOU WOULD NOT LET A CHILD ABUSER WALK INTO YOUR FRONT DOOR AND START GROOMING YOUR CHILD. JUST NOT TO LET IT HAPPEN. YOU HAVE TO DO THAT ANYMORE.

THEY WALK THROUGH YOUR FRONT DOOR THROUGH YOUR CHILD'S DEVICE.

CHILD SAFETY TIPS IS A HOLD OF THIS PRESENTATION CAN HAPPEN TO GIVE IT TO GIVE TO SCHOOLS MANY TIMES BUT WHAT WE LEARNED IS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE EXPERTISE AND RESOURCES TO GET IN FRONT OF THE PREDATORS WHO ARE INCREDIBLY SMART. THE TASK FORCE DOES JUST THAT.

WE COORDINATE WITH EVERY OFFICE IN THE COUNTY. THE CONNOR POLICE DEPARTMENT WE HAVE DPS SPECIAL AGENTS THAT HOUSE ON SITE WITH US. WE'VE HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS SPECIAL AGENTS THAT HOUSE ON SITE WITH US. AND EVERY DAY WHAT WE DO IS LOOK FOR PREDATORS ON MINE. WE DO THAT PROACTIVELY AND REACTIVELY.

EVERY ACTIVE INVESTIGATION LOOKS LIKE THIS. SOMEONE CALLS LINE 11 AND SAYS SOMEONE CHINA.Y KIDS ONLINE. A SECOND TYPE OF REACTIVE INVESTIGATION IS ONLY GET WHAT'S CALLED A CYBER TIP.E GET THOSE THROUGH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN. THAT IS A VERY LARGE INTERNATIONAL NONPROFIT UNFORTUNATELY MOST SERVICE PROVIDERS, THINGS LIKE FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE IF THEY SEE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON THE SERVERS THEY WILL SEND A CYBER TIP AND THEY WILL SEND IT TO THE LOCAL TASK FORCE. OURS IS THE HOUSTON METRO TASK FORCE.

WHENEVER WE SEE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND IT COMES TO US IN A SEDATIVE TO BEGIN INVESTIGATING IT WITH OUR EXPERT DETECTIVE WE TRY TO FIND THE PERSON WHO IS EITHER RECEIVING, SENDING OR MANUFACTURING THAT PORNOGRAPHY. WE DO THAT EVERY DAY AND WE'RE WRITING SEARCH WARRANTS AND GETTING HOME AND WE TRY TO STOP THE ONLINE TRADE OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL. WE ARE TRYING TO STOP THE REAL VICTIMIZATION OF THOSE CHILDREN THAT ARE HARM SO THAT THEY. WHAT WE'RE SPECIFICALLY PROUD OF IS THE PRODUCT OF SIDE.

MUCH OF THAT WE HAVE IS THAT IF WE WAIT IT IS TOO LATE. IF WE WAIT FOR AN ADULT TO SEXUALLY ABUSE A CHILD IT'S JUST TOO LATE. WE CAN TRY TO PUT A BAND-AID ON IT AND WE LOOK AT JUSTICE FOR THAT CHILD BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY.

CANNOT TAKE THAT ABUSE AWAY. WE ARE ACTIVE ONLINE AND PROACTIVE INVESTIGATIONS TRYING TO PUT OURSELVES AND WHEN I SAY OURSELVES I MEAN UNDERCOVER DETECTIVES BETWEEN THE BAD GUY IN THE CHILD SO THEY ARE CHATTING ONLINE AND FOLLOWING GUIDELINES THAT ARE FEDERALLY MANDATED WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS DETERMINE IF THERE PREDATORS OUT THERE THAT ARE

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WILLING TO COME A CHILD FOR SEX AND FORTUNATELY FOR US UNFORTUNATELY FOR THAT BAD GUY THERE USUALLY MEETING FOLKS LIKE THESE DETECTIVES IN THE BACK AND EVERY TIME WE DO THAT THAT'S A WIN. EVERY SINGLE TIME. WORKLOAD FOLLOWING AND WE'VE RECENTLY RAN ABOUT A 60 DAY OPERATION THAT RESULTED IN THE FILING OF THINK WE'RE UP TO 25 INDIVIDUAL CHARGES. ABOUT 13 DEFENDANTS AND WE'RE UP TO ABOUT 13 VICTIMS OUT OF THE 60 DAY OPERATION. IT TOOK US EVERYWHERE FROM CONTINUITIES MONTGOMERY COUNTY TO SAN ANTONIO. PREDATORS WANTING TO COME HERE AND HAVE SEXUAL CONTACT WITH CHILDREN OF PEOPLE THAT ARE TRADING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON MY PEOPLE THAT ARE WANTING TO COME FROM OUT OF OUR COUNTY TO MEET WITH KIDS IN ACCOUNTING FOR SEX.

WE ARE ABLE TO STOP THAT. AS FAR AS DIGITAL FORENSICS I WOULD JUST TELL YOU WILL NEVER HAVE LESS DIGITAL FORENSICS THAT WE DO TODAY. SMARTPHONES ARE GETTING BIGGER AND SMARTER AND OUR COMPUTERS ARE GETTING FASTER AND IT NEEDS MORE DATA AND SO IN OUR INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN LIVE THE PROCESS ABOUT 36 TB OF DATA LAST YEAR.

TIME CHILD PORNOGRAPHY RELATED AND TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT A TERABYTE IS FOR MANY OF OUR IT FOLKS DEPENDS ON THE IMAGE AND I DON'T GET REAL NERDY ON YOU BUT THAT'S ABOUT 250,000 PHOTOS PER TERABYTE AND WE PROCESSED 36 TB AND A CALENDAR YEAR.

WE HAD TO PURCHASE NEW SERVERS BECAUSE THERE STOP THAT'S HOW MUCH EXPLOITATION MATERIAL AND CONTRABAND THAT WE ARE PROCESSING HERE. THAT IS NOT UNIQUE TO ICCAT CASES. OUR MAJOR HOMICIDE CASES AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES, ARE CHILD FATALITY CASES ARE OFTEN DEVICES. WE'RE SITTING ON THE FRONT END OF THAT AND THAT IS OUR MOTTO. WE WAITED TOO LATE AND WE'RE GETTING BETWEEN THE PREDATORS AND THE CHILDREN EVERY CHANCE WE GET POINTED OUT. I'LL TELL YOU BEFORE I SIT DOWN DETECTIVE VERSUS WORK THE CASE AND WILL BE MAD AT ME FOR CALLING HIM OUT BUT HE WORKED IN AN INVESTIGATION WHERE WE HAD A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER WHO WAS SENTENCED TO THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SENTENCE FOR HIS CRIME. HE SERVED 20 YEARS IN PRISON, HE PAROLED OUT WITHIN TWO MONTHS AND STARTED REACHING OUT TO CHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY ONLINE. THERE ARE MORE THAN 1000 IMAGES OF VIDEO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WITH THAT ONE DEFENDANT. THAT'S HOW BROAD THE REACH OF THESE PREDATORS CAN GO.

CHILDREN 620 OF THOSE KIDS. BECAUSE OF THAT WORK THAT THE DETECTIVE DID IN THE EXPERTISE THAT WE HAD TO BE ABLE TO POINT TO THIS CASE THE DEFENDANT IN SERVING 50 YEARS THEY FREE DAY AND HE WILL NEVER WORK OUT OF THE TEXAS PRISON. THAT'S CREDIT TEAM THAT THE

DETECTIVES DO. >> WE CERTAINLY UP TO YOU WE GET THE UPDATE FROM THEM QUARTERLY AND WE CAN THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR WHAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH, WHAT YOU HAVE TO GO THERE. WE DON'T OFTEN GET TO THANK YOU AS THE PROSECUTORS BUT FOR YOU AND FOR RDA MISTER LINCOLN, HAVING THE ORDER TO SEE THE STUFF THROUGH IN WORKING THROUGH THE COORDINATION IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT AND VERY PAINFUL THE STUFF THAT YOU HAVE TO SEE AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO LIVE THROUGH BUT IT'S IMPORTANT WORK AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE VERY HONORED TO HAVE YOU DOING THAT ON BEHALF OF YOUR KIDS. WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR SO YOU CAN THINK YOU. WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE YOU AWAY FROM THE QUALITY OF WORK YOU DO BUT WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND YOU THAT THERE IS A COMMUNITY OUT HERE THAT IS DEFINITELY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR US AND FOR OUR KIDS THINK YOU WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. QUICK SPRITE YOU WANT TO SEND IN?

YOU DON'T HAVE TO. >> IT IS ON THE COMMUNITY NOW. >> HAS NEVER ASKED THE

POLITICIAN. >> IS SUCH A GOOD GUY. >> I JUST WANT THE COMMUNITY

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TO KNOW THAT THE WAY THAT THE DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT, THE SHERIFF AT THE TIME DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THIS COUNTYWIDE SO WENT TO THEM AND SECOND WITH YOUR COMMISSIONERS AND THE TOWNSHIP TO SEE IF YOU CAN GET FUNDING FOR THIS. THIS ARM RIGHT NOW, CHILDREN SAFE HARBOR IS THE SHIELD. THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THEY ARE THE HARBOR AND SHIELD FOR THE COMMUNITY IN YOUR KIDS IN YOUR COMMUNITY. I'M THE SORT I'M ANGRY AS HELL WHEN I TOOK OFFICE AND I'M STILL ANGRY AND I CARRY MY RIGHTEOUS ANGER DO PEOPLE LIKE

[9. Receive, consider and act upon scheduling a public hearing for February 23, 2022 regarding proposed revisions to the parks and recreation fee schedule and related amendments to The Woodlands Township Order No. 020-09;]

SHANA AND KELLY. WHERE YOU GET THE SWORDS AND WE GET THE SHIELDS YOU GET IT FROM YOUR TOWNSHIP. THIS IS NOT A MONEY TALK. WE ARE HAPPY.

WE ARE HUNTING RELATED FIELDS. THIS COMMUNITY IS FULL OF PEDOPHILES.

THESE VICTIMS, THE VICTIMS LATER ON BECOME PEDOPHILES BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN TOUCH OFFENDED. SUCH OFFENDERS HAVE BEEN OFFENDED THEMSELVES.

THEY WERE VICTIMS AS WELL AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO IS YOU CANNOT GET PROBATION FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S EY'S OFFICE ON A POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY BECAUSE MY THEORY YOU GO FROM MEDIATION AND FANTASY TO TOUCHING AND IF I CAN PREVENT YOU FROM GOING FROM MEDIATION TO THE TOUCHING THAT I'VE STOPPED ONE CHILD FROM BEING OFFENDED.

IF I CAN STOP ENOUGH OF THEM THAT IS WHERE THE POPULATION OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF PEDOPHILES COMES FROM IT IS A GENERATIONAL PROJECT THAT I'VE EMBARKED UPON WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE. I THINK YOU. WHEN I SAY YOUR POLITICIAN, WHAT YOU WANT, JUST DON'T CALL ME LATE TO DEFEND A CHILD. I APPRECIATE HER TIME.

>> WE APPRECIATE YOU AS WELL BRETT. >> 'SINTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN PROGRAM REALLY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO IT. I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD ALMOST 10 YEARS. WE DIDN'T GET AWARENESS UNTIL CONSTABLE BLE CAME AND

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PRESENTED IT TO US TO LET US KNOW THAT THE COUNTY DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR SOME REASON THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING AND WE HAD TO FILL A VOID THERE.

WE HAPPILY DID THAT. WE APPRECIATED HIS WORK IN THE COURSE OF THIS I KNOW IT'S MULTIPLE AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTY AND THE FEDERAL

[12. Receive, consider and act upon an Employment Agreement for President/General Manager;]

RNMENT CODE. >>> WE ARE RECONVENING BACK INTO PUBLIC SESSION.

WE ARE MOVING ON TO NUMBER 12. RECEIVE, CONSIDE AND ACT UPON AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT FOR PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER. WE MET WITH THE BOARD AND EXECUTIVE SESSION TO GO OVER A CONTRACT FOR OUR RESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER MONIQUE SHARP. I MET WITH MONIQUE LAST WEEK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONDITIONS WOULD BE ACCEPTED SHOULD THE BOARD CHOOSE TO AGREE AND PASS THE FORM OF THE CONTRACT. I WILL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TAKE ACTION FOR THE CHAIR AND COUNSEL TO PERFECT THE AGREEMENT FOR THE NEW FULL-TIME PRESIDENT AND GENERAL

MANAGER MONIQUE SHARP. >> MOVE. >> SECOND.

>> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW

POSITION. >>>.

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

ITEMS. >> MAY I CHAIRMAN OFFER A SUGGESTION THAT WE PROVIDE A PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF COMMISSION JACK CAGLE AS HE MOVES FROM TAKING CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS IN CREEKSIDE OVER TO THE NEW DUTIES WHICH IS PRECINCT FOR BUT THEY MOVED PRECINCT FOR OVER WEST. IT'S REALLY TO ONE.

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I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING HIS SERVICE AND HIS PARTNERSHIP AND

SPIRIT OF COLLEGIALITY. >> ALRIGHT. I'M ALSO ENTERTAINING A

PROCLAMATION FOR COLSON TOUGH WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY. >> ANY AND THEIR AGENDA ITEMS?

>> FOR DISCUSSION AT OUR NEXT WEEKS MEETING. >> YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC

DISCUSSION ITEM? >> THERE WERE SOME OF US WHO FELT THAT WE DID NOT OR WE NEEDED TO DISSOLVE THE TENSION'S ROLE AND I FEEL THAT WE AS A TOWNSHIP SHOULD CONTINUE WITH THE ONE WATER. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION IF WE ARE OR NOT

GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. >> HAVE A QUESTION FOR KAREN. SINCE SOMETHING HAS BEEN TABLED DO WE HAVE A PROTOCOL FOR THE TOWNSHIP TO TAKE IT OFF THE TABLE?

>> MAYBE IT'S THAT. WHATEVER YOU DO FOR TWO. >> IF YOU COULD JUST ASK FOR IT TO BE ON A FUTURE AGENDA UNLESS WHEN IT WAS TABLED IT WAS STATED IT WOULD COME BACK AT A PARTICULAR DATE BUT I'M NOT AWARE THAT YOU HAVE A WRITTEN PROCEDURAL RULE ABOUT

THAT. >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE TO TAKE OFF THE TABLE.

>> IS THE SAME THING IT'S JUST ASKING FOR A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM BASICALLY.

>> ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS? >> I HAD ONE COME TO MY MIND EARLIER TODAY. IF THERE ARE NO MORE REQUESTS FOR BOARD

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