Mar 24, 2022 Board of Directors Regular Meeting Agenda

[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;]

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>> WELCOME TO THE WOODLANDS, TX REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING. HE WILL START OFF WITH AN INVOCATION. WE HAVE - - JOINING US FROM THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENCE OF WOODLANDS. FORMER MARINE CORPS AVIATOR HE EARNED A MASTERS DEGREE IN THE FLETCHER'S LAW - - BOSTON. BART HAS RETIRED SINCE 2018 AND NOW SPENDS MUCH OF HIS TIME MENTORING FOR TRAVIS - - FOUNDATION. HE RAN A SATURDAY MORNING WORKOUT PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TRYING TO GET INTO THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY. HE AND HIS WIFE

DEBORAH HADBEEN MARRIED FOR 55 YEARS. PLEASE LEAD US . >> GOOD TO BE HERE. SEVERAL YEARS AGO I CAME ACROSS AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE FIRST FAMILY EVER TO COMPLETE A HIKE ON THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL. IT IS THE LONGEST AND HARDEST HIKING TRAIL IN THE U.S. IT RUNS - - MILES FROM THE MONTANA BORDER TO NEW MEXICO ON THE MEXICAN BORDER. EVERY YEAR ONLY ABOUT A DOZEN WRITERS COMPLETE THE ENTIRE TRAIL AND FEEBLE ATTEMPT IT ON ONE TRIP.

IT TOOK BOBBY LEWIS AND HIS FAMILY ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE THE TRIAL. FIRST ONES EVER TO DO IT AS A FAMILY. THEY WERE LED BY THEIR FATHER BOBBY AS I MENTIONED A FORMER MARINE, WHO SERVED IN COMBAT AS A CHAPLAIN DURING THE FIRST GULF WAR. FAST FORWARD TO A FEW WEEKS AGO. WHEN, MUCH TO MY SURPRISE I HEARD A PODCAST FEATURING THE SAME BOBBY LEWIS.

THE FOCUS OF HIS MESSAGE WAS COMPASSION. NOT SOMETHING YOU MIGHT EXPECT FROM A COMBAT MARINE VETERAN. THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM THAT PODCAST. IN A RECENT CHILDREN'S BOOK THAT I REALLY LOVE, A MOLE ASKS A BOY WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? AND HIS ANSWER IS JUST ONE WORD, KIND. NOT A PILOT OR A CHEF. OR A PROGRAMMER, SIMPLY KIND. THAT REALLY STRIKES A CHORD WITH ME. MAYBE IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT WE DO BUT RATHER WHO WE ARE. WHATEVER WE HAPPEN TO BE DOING. IN SCRIPTURE WHEN VARIOUS WRITERS AND DISCIPLES DESCRIBE JESUS, HE IS OFTEN SPOKEN OF AS BEING MOVED WITH COMPASSION. THEN, RIGHT AFTER IT, SINCE HE WAS MOVED WITH COMPASSION. SOMETHING SPIRITUALLY SIGNIFICANT ALWAYS HAPPENS, SOMETHINGHEALING OR TRANSFORMATIONAL . IT'S OFTEN RECOGNIZED THIS KIND OF LOVE OR COMPASSION IS A REFLECTION OF DIVINE LOVE. THAT'S WHAT CAN BRING HEALING TO LITERALLY ANY DIFFICULT SITUATION, BE IT PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SITUATIONAL, RELATIONAL, ANYTHING. I WILL CONTINUE WITH BOBBY'S COMMENTS. DURING A CHALLENGING SITUATION IN A RELATIONSHIP A LITTLE WHILE AGO I REMEMBER FEELING LIKE THERE WAS NO GOOD WAY TO GO FORWARD. PRAYING ABOUT IT AND ASKING GOD TO GUIDE ME THE ANSWER THAT CAME WAS SIMPLY, BLESS THEM. BLESS THEM. BE KIND, BE COMPASSIONATE, IMMEDIATELY UPON HEARING AND ACCEPTING THAT MESSAGE THOUGHT WAY FORWARD CAME TO MIND. THAT I WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY SEEING.

IT WAS GOING TO TAKE PUTTING AWAY SOME HURT FEELINGS BUT KINDNESS AND COMPASSION OFTEN REQUIRE THAT KIND OF A SHIFT. I WENT ON A WALK AND SPENT THE TIME BLESSING THE OTHER PERSON IN MY PRAYERS. THEN WENT BACK AND CALLED THEM AGAIN. THEIR POSITIVE RESPONSE WAS IMMEDIATE. AND IT WAS AS IF THE CONFLICT THAT HAD BEEN THERE NEVER EVEN WAS. WHEN WE BRING CHRIST LIKE KINDNESS AND COMPASSION TO LIGHT IN OUR LIVES, GOOD HAPPENS. OTHERS ARE BLESSED. AND WE ARE BLESSED. WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR EACH OF US TODAY IS SIMPLY TO BE KIND? TO BE MOVED WITH COMPASSION. THINK OF THE BLESSINGS THAT

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WILL FOLLOW. THANKS. >> THANK YOU MR. JONES. WE WILL KNOW TO THE PLEDGE 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. HONOR FLAG I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE, TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER

GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. >> OKAY I DECLARE STATE LAW THIS MEETING WAS POSTED 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE - - STATE LAW REQUIRES FOR MEMBERS BEING IN ATTENDANCE I WILL NOT TAKE WILL.

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

OUR AGENDA? >> SO MOVE. >> HANG ON I DO WANT TO PULL

AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA. IS THAT LATER? >> NO, NO.

>> THE ITEM FOR THE ICEMAN CONTRACT. >> ON CONSENT?

>> CONSENT AGENDA, YEAH. BRING IT UP TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.

>> OKAY WE ARE GOING TO PULL CONSENT ITEM G. ANY OTHER MODIFICATIONS REQUESTED? ALL RIGHT DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND FOR THE MODIFIED AGENDA?

>> SO MOVE. >> SECOND. >> 551.087 FIVE ALL RIGHT.

[4. Recognize public officials;]

[5. Public comment;]

>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MICHAEL I AM IN THE GOLDEN SHADOW SUBDIVISION. I WANTED TO GET AN UPDATE BACK IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER TIMEFRAME, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT AT - - CREEKSIDE WHERE A CHILD WAS HIT BY A CAR FOR THE SECOND TIME. THIS ONE LUCKILY WAS A MEDICAL TREATMENT CASE VERSUS A FATALITY AS THE FIRST ONE WAS. I KNOW THE BOARD TOOK SOME ACTIONS, WHEN ATEMPORARY ACTION OF GETTING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND FINDING THAT FOR THEM TO POLICE THE INTERSECTION DURING SCHOOL HOURS. OR AT THE TRANSIT HOURS TWO AND FROM SCHOOL. I WAS WONDERING IS THAT STILL GOING ON? ARE WE STILL FINDING THAT? ALSO, AT THAT MEETING WE ALL DISCUSSED THE MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION, ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS WAS A FOOTBRIDGE, I WAS WONDERING THE STATUS ON THAT? THE OTHER QUESTION WAS THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION OF THE DEVELOPERS WHERE THE DEVELOPER THAT DEVELOPED THAT BEING APPROACHED TO FOOT THE COST FOR EXTRA POLICE AND THE PERMANENT SOLUTION. I WAS WONDERING THE

STATUS OF THAT SITUATION? THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AND YOU. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS IN OUR AGENDA ITEM TODAY. NEXT WOULD BE GREG

ANDERSON. >> HI, I SHALL BE KIND. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY NAME IS GREG ANDERSON. I LIVE IN THE LAKE VOYAGER NEIGHBORHOOD OF CREEKSIDE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLIC COMMENT IS TO GO ON THE RECORD AS WANTING AND DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING A LAKE VOYAGER POND REMEDIATION PLAN. THE BACKGROUND HERE. LAKE VOYAGER AND LAKE VOYAGER POND, EXCUSE

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NOTABLY FISH AND TURTLES. AS WELL AS HARM TO AQUATIC VEGETATION. IN ADDITION TO AESTHETIC OF THE WATER, IT IS SEVERELY REDUCED QUALITY OF LIFE AND VERY LIKELY PROPERTY VALUES OF HOMEOWNERS. THE POND HOMEOWNER CONCERNS. DOCTOR SNYDER CONNECTED US WITH CHRIS - - OF THE TOWNSHIP AND HE IS ORGANIZING MEETINGS THAT INCLUDE THE HOMEOWNERS, THE DEVELOPERS, AND LAKE ROAD, THE LAKE MANAGEMENT SERVICE COMPANY. THE GOAL IS TO DRAFT, APPROVE AND IMPLEMENT A REMEDIATION PLAN. AND TO BRING THE PONDS WATER QUALITY BACK TO PRECONSTRUCTION LEVELS. LAKE VOYAGER HOMEOWNERS SEEK ASSURANCE THAT THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL FULLY SUPPORT THE POND REMEDIATION PROGRAM. THANK

YOU. >> THANK YOU MR. ANDERSON. NEXT ONE IS MARK - - SORRY,

MARK. >> MY NAME IS MARK AND DIANA RESIDENT OF WOODLANDS IN MUD SEVEN WHERE WE HAVE A DEVICE CALLED PAN 13 WHICH IS A SITE MONITOR RUN BY THE HOUSTON - - DISTRICT. IT HAS BEEN MONITORING GROUND LEVELS IN MUD SEVEN SINCE 2000. IT CONSISTENTLY SANK AND A HALF INCH A YEAR UNTIL 2015 WHEN THEY OPENED THE PIPELINE.

SUDDENLY WE WENT FROM 100 PERCENT GROUNDWATER TO 65 PERCENT SURFACE WATER WITH THE OPENING OF THE PIPELINE, SUBSIDENCE ALMOST STOPPED. IT WAS REDUCED BY 80 PERCENT.

INSTEAD OF SEEING AND A HALF INCH A YEAR, WE WENT TO AND A HALF INCH EVERY FIVE OR SIX YEARS. THAT TURNS OUT I LIVE ON THE FOLD AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE PAINTER RANCH VAULT WHICH RUNS THROUGH - - THE PANTHER BRANCH VAULT SINCE 2013 WAS WENT ACROSS THE PIPELINE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER THEY BUILT THE PIPELINE, IN ORDER TO PROVE ME WRONG BASICALLY I GOT A LETTER FROM MARK SMITH TO SAY THAT. THEY DECIDED THEY WOULD PUT A MONITORING SYSTEM UP ACROSS THE STREET FROM A HIGH SCHOOL TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THIS FAULT WAS NOT ACTIVE. IT TURNS OUT THAT IT IS. OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, SEVEN YEARS THIS MONTH WE HAVE MONITORED THE MONUMENTS ACROSS THE FAULT LINE TWICE A YEAR. IT TURNS OUT YEAR AFTER YEAR EVERY MONUMENT, EVERY ELEVATION MONUMENT EAST OF THE VAULT LINE SHOWED NO ELEVATION CHANGE, EVERY MONUMENT TO THE WEST SANK. AND THEY SANK RELIABLY. THIS IS NOT A ONE TIME DEAL, EVERY MONUMENT. THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF SUBSIDENCE WE HAVE AND THIS LAST MEASURE WAS .03 FEET ON THE WEST SIDE, WE NEVER HAD ANYTHING CLOSE TO .01 FOOT ON THE EASTERN SIDE. WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS I INTENDED THE SPECIAL GRP REVIEW COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 22 ITEM NUMBER FIVE WAS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE PANTHER BRANCH VAULT LINE PROTECTION, I WAS VERY INTERESTED BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW THERE IS A DESIRED FUTURE

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SUITABLE. YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.>> THANK YOU . NEXT UP IS SHANNON - -.

>> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. MY NAME IS SHANNON AND I'M A RESIDENT IN TIBURON. WE MOVED HERE FIVE YEARS AGO FROM OUT OF STATE. CHOSE THE WOODLANDS FOR THE WALKING AND BIKING ABILITY. SPECIFICALLY, TO BIKE TO SCHOOL. LATER THIS EVENING YOU WILL BE DISCUSSING THE REZONING OF TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

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TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT CHOOSING PLAN A OVER PLAN B RISKS THE SAFETY OF THE WOODLAND HILLS CHILDREN. YOUR VOICE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN EACH OF YOU KNOW. THOSE OF US IN THE TEMPORAL COMMUNITY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN THIS MATTER ESPECIALLY OUR CHILDREN.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SHANNON. THAT'S THE END OF OUR SIGN-UP SHEET IS

THERE ANYONE HERE THAT MISSED SIGN-UP SHEET? MR. KYLES? >> HEY, BOARD, THANKS FOR LETTING ME COME. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT THING. I WAS NOT PLANNING TO SPEAK. RODNEY GILES, CREEKSIDE PARK. I WAS NOT PLANNING TO SPEAK I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING PEOPLE COME UP AND SPEAK. TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE OTHER HAND PEOPLE JUMP THROUGH HOOPS AND GO UP IN THE MORNING, SIGN AND, VERY RESTRICTED. I APPRECIATE THE OPENNESS. AS SHANNON SAID AND OTHER PARENTS HERE, I WAS NOT PLANNING TO SPEAK BUT TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS RECOMMENDED KINDERGARTEN KIDS, FIRST-GRADERS CROSS KIRKENDALL FOUR TIMES A DAY BASED ON HIS REZONING. WHEN OTHER SCHOOLS WERE PRESENTED SAID IT'S DEEMED TO UNSAFE CROSSING GUARDS, STEPHEN GUTIERREZ SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE FROM TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT WROTE IN AN EMAIL HE ENCOURAGES ALL STUDENTS TO CONTINUE TO BIKE AND WALK ACROSS KIRKENDALL. I REALLY HOPE YOU GUYS CAN PUT SOME PRESSURE ON TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY ARE RELIANT ON Y'ALL'S CONTINUED PAYMENT ON THOSE CROSSING GUARDS. IT'S REALLY ODD. TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PIECEWORK 94 PART-TIME CROSSING GUARDS, TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NOT IN THE BOUNDARIES OF WOODLANDS PAYS FOR 74, TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PAYS 40. AND THEY EXPECT YOU GUYS TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. ANY PRESSURE Y'ALL CAN MAKE ON THEM WOULD BE GREAT. THEIR PLAN IS PREFERENCE THING AN AREA OUTSIDE OF WOODLANDS AS OPPOSED TO KEEPING THE WOODLANDS

CONSISTENT. I APPRECIATE THOSE TIME AND ALSO I HAVE. >> THANK YOU MR. GILES. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? IF THERE IS NONE WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND MOVE ON TO

OUR PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT. >> THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING

[a. Employee recognition;]

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>> YOU WANT TO STAND OR COME DOWN? ALL RIGHT I WILL PASS ALONG TO OUR PROCLAMATIONS. WE

[a. Receive, consider and act upon a proclamation honoring Coulson Tough (as requested by Chairman Bunch);]

DAY. [APPLAUSE] >> FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW

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[APPLAUSE] >> - - TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL, THE APPLE DID NOT FALL

[b. Receive, consider and act upon a proclamation recognizing Harris County Commissioner R. Jack Cagle (as requested by Directors Snyder and Sekula-Gibbs); ]

[APPLAUSE] >> OKAY, COMMISSIONER I WILL START. PROCLAMATION WHEREAS FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS OUR JACK CAGLE HAS WORKED WITH AND SERVED RESIDENTS OF HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT 4 AS AN ATTORNEY, AN ELECTED JUDGE AND NOW AS COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

REPRESENTING NEARLY 1.3 MILLION RESIDENTS IN MANAGING STAFF OF 445 EMPLOYEES WITH A PRECINCT FOR BUDGET OF $310 MILLION. WHEREAS DURING HIS TENURE REPRESENTING THE VILLAGE OF CREEKSIDE PARK AS PART OF HARRIS COUNTY, PRECINCT 4 COMMISSIONER JACK CAGLE HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP ON PROJECTS OF MUTUAL IMPORTANCE. WHEREAS COMMISSIONER JACK CAGLE IS AN ARDENT CHAMPION OF THE GREENWAY FORMING A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP FOR A PORTION OF THE GREENWAY THROUGH THE GEORGE MITCHELL NATURE PRESERVE PROVIDING TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS EXPANDED RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITY. WHEREAS COMMISSIONER JACK CAGLE PROVIDED INCREASED MOBILITY OPTIONS FOR TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS BY IMPLANTING SIGNIFICANT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG KIRKENDALL AND GOSLING ROAD TO INCLUDE NEW BRIDGES. WHEREAS COMMISSIONER JACK CAGLE HAS WORKED WITH HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND OTHER LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS ON FLOOD CONTROL AND MITIGATION THROUGHOUT HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT 4 TO INCLUDE AREAS ALONG SPRING CREEK. WHEREAS COMMISSIONER JACK CAGLE HAS BEEN A STRONG ALLY TO THE MEMORIAL HERMANN IRONMAN TEXAS, RECOGNIZING THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC BENEFIT IN HELPING TO SECURE THE USE OF THE HARDY TOLL ROAD FOR THE CYCLING PORTION OF TRIATHLON. WHEREAS WITH THE NEW HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER PRECINCT ALIGNMENTS RESULTING IN A CHANGE IN MR. JACK CAGLE'S JURISDICTION, HIS EFFORTS ON COMMITMENT TO THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN GREATLY RESPECTED AND APPRECIATED. NO THEREFORE I , AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2022 AS COMMISSIONER JACK CAGLE DAY IN THE WOODLANDS TEXAS. [APPLAUSE]

>> I AM TRULY TOUCHED. I HAVE BEEN IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE NOW FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND I HAVE NEVER HAD A DAY. [LAUGHTER] AND SO, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AS I WAS COMING TO MEET WITH YOU TONIGHT I WAS CROSSING THE GOSLING BRIDGE AND THAT BRIDGE BROUGHT TO MIND FOR SEES THAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU AND THANKS FOR WHAT WE HAVE DONE

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COMMISSIONER RAMSEY IS ABOUT TO FIND OUT THERE IS THIS EXPECTATION THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PHONE NUMBER FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THERE AND I KNOW NANCY YOU ARE ALREADY BEGINNING TO EDUCATE HIM ON THAT. BUT YOU ARE CONNECTED TO THOSE WHO SERVE YOU IN PUBLIC OFFICE AND YOU ARE CONNECTED TO THE CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE YOU KEEP WHAT IS MY SECOND C, COMMUNITY. FOREMOST. WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ANY OF US WHETHER IT BE WHEN WALMART WAS IN THE WORLD WAS COMING TO AN END BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE, WE WORKED WITH WALMART TO HAVE A FIRST-CLASS NICE WALMART ON KIRKENDALL AS OPPOSED TO US ARE CLASS ONES ELSEWHERE. TO HAVE TURNS SO BUSES WOULD BE SAFE. WHETHER IT BE SMALL THINGS TO HOW I KNOW THE TOWNSHIP HAS BEEN WORKING HARD AND I KNOW THERE ARE FOLKS HERE FROM THE SCHOOLS AND COUNTY, HARRIS COUNTY HAS BEEN WORKING. TRYING TO FIND OUT A WAY TO HAVE SAFER CROSSINGS IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO WIN TRAGEDIES OCCUR THEY ARE WAY WITH OUR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING TO MAKE THESE BETTER THINGS. YOU ARE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND YOU CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. THE NEXT ONE I TOOK THE LIBERTY, I'M GOING TO CALL IT COPARTNERSHIP, I KNOW THAT'S REDUNDANT. BUT I'M USING C IS. SO, COPARTNERSHIP. ON GOSLING, YOU PAID FOR HALF OF IT. SORT OF. HARRIS COUNTY TOOK THE LEAD, WE TOOK THE RISK. WE PAID FOR EXTENSION OF THE SIDEWALKS, A LOT OF THE OTHER STUFF. YOU, BEING A SMALLER COMMUNITY APPEAR WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY TOOK AND GOT INVOLVED IN, HE MADE SURE BOTH SIDES OF THE CREEK WERE INVALID KIRKENDALL YOUR RED PAY FOR THE DESIGN. AND SO YOU, AS A COMMUNITY STATE INVOLVED IN THESE BRIDGES AND WERE INVOLVED IN THE PARTNERSHIP SO IT WASN'T JUST HARRIS COUNTY TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT OR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, JUST THOSE TWO ENTITIES, THIS WAS A MULTI-WOVEN PARTNERSHIP. A STRAND OF TWO IS STRONG BUT WE HAPPEN TO KNOW FROM OUR MINISTERS IN THE CONGREGATION THAT WHEN YOU ARE KIND AND HAVE MORE THAN ONE STRAND YOU WERE EVEN STRONGER. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING INVOLVED IN BUILDING BRIDGES THAT ALLOW OUR COMMUNITY AND ALLOW OUR CONNECTION TO TAKE PLACE. AND THEN MY LAST POINT IS BITTERSWEET. I'M NOT YOUR COMMISSIONER. ANYMORE. IN TERMS OF DIRECT SERVICE. YOU SEE, EVEN THOUGH OUR MAJORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY COURT MAY HAVE MOVED ME OFF AND BROUGHT YOU A NEW COMMISSIONER I STILL GET TO VOTE ON ALL THE PROJECTS IN THIS AREA. AND I KNOW NOW THAT WHEN I MAKE THOSE VOTES I KNOW TWO THINGS. ONE, IT IS I KNOW THE COMMUNITY, CONNECTION, COPARTNERSHIP YOU HAVE THAT TOM RAMSEY IS GOING TO HAVE IN THIS AREA. WHEN HE SAYS WE NEED TO DO THIS I WILL KNOW HE IS RIGHT. AND TWO, I KNOW THAT ALTHOUGH THEY DID NOT INTEND TO GIVE YOU A GIFT THAT THEY DID. BECAUSE I COULD NOT PICK A FINER PERSON TO STEP INTO MY SHOES TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY THAN COMMISSIONER TOM RAMSEY. AN ENGINEER, AN HONEST MAN, NOT A POLITICIAN. A SERVANT OF HIS LORD, DEACON AND HIS CHURCH, SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER WHO WILL BECOME QUICKLY A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND SO AS BRIDGES CROSS AND CARRY ON, AND AS I AM SENT ACROSS THE BRIDGE TO GO OFF TO THE FAR WEST IN MY NEW PRECINCT. IT IS BITTERSWEET BECAUSE I DON'T GET TO CARRY FORTH THE GOOD THINGS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN OUR COPARTNERSHIP BUT TOM RAMSEY WELL. HE IS A GIFT. THEY DID NOT NEED TO GIVE YOU A GIFT,

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>> ENJOY YOUR DAY. [APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT - - TIED TOGETHER - - CACTUS JACK. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE YOU UP IN A LITTLE BIT. YOU DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW HIM

[c. Receive, consider and act upon a proclamation recognizing The Woodlands High School Swim and Dive Team;]

DOCTOR SNYDER HAS NOT. >> THINK YOU CHAIRMAN. THE IT PROCLAIMED WHEREAS THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL SWIM AND DIVE TEAM CONTINUED THEIR TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC STATE MEET IN BOSTON TEXAS ON FEBRUARY 19 2022 WHEREAS THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLANDERS HAVE A NEW STATE CHAMPION IN THE ONE METER DIVING EVENT. WHEREAS SOPHOMORE JACOB JONES WHO HAS BEEN TRAINING SINCE THE AGE OF NINE ONE THE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE ONE METER DIVING EVENT OVER A COMPETITOR FROM NORTHSIDE CLARK WITH 525.5 POINTS TO EARN THE STATE TITLE. WHEREAS, THE LADIES TEAM FINISHED AS STATE RUNNER-UP AND BOYS FINISHED THIRD. BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS HAD MULTIPLE PODIUM FINISHES AND WHEREAS HIGH LANDER ROBERTA FLOREZ AND LADY HIGHLANDER EVELYN REEDER BOTH SAID NEW SCHOOL RECORDS IN THE 100 METER BREASTSTROKE. NOW THEREFORE GORDY BRANCH AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WOODLANDS, TX HERE DOES COMPLAIN - - PROCLAIM MARCH 24, 2022 AS THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL SWIM AND DIVE TEAM DAY. [APPLAUSE]

>> ALL RIGHT WELL FIRST, THANK YOU FOR HAVING JACOB PAY FOR THIS INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

VERY WELL DESERVED RECOGNITION FOR JACOB, UNFORTUNATELY HIS PARENTS COULD NOT BE HERE

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OUR GREATEST INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENT OBVIOUSLY JACOB JONES HERE, ALSO A SOPHOMORE.

LAST YEAR AS A FRESHMAN, JACOB TOOK SECOND AT STATE. JUST LESS THAN HALF A POINT FROM WINNING THE GOLD MEDAL AND ANYONE THAT KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT DIVING AND SUBJECTIVITY, JUDGING THAT GOES ON. IT'S A BLINK OF AN EYE, FLIP OF A COIN, COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY. THAT'S A HARD PILL FOR JACOB TO SWALLOW LAST YEAR BUT AN INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR HIM TO GET SECOND AS A FRESHMAN. THIS YEAR HE HAD TO OVERCOME A LOT, HE GOT SICK SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. HE HAD HIS WISDOM TEETH REMOVED SO TRAINING WAS NOT THE MOST CONSISTENT FOR JACOB. AND COACH KIND OF ANNOYED WITH THAT BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS, IT'S OVERCOMING OBSTACLES, IT'S WHAT SPORTS IS ABOUT, TEACHING US LIFE LESSONS. HE WAS SECOND AT DISTRICT AND SECOND AT REGIONALS. AT STATE, AT THE STATE MEET JACOB BROKE OUT IN HIVES, HE HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION SO THE FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION HAD TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES. HE WAS ON BENADRYL, OBVIOUSLY NOT FEELING HIS BEST.

BUT HE DIDN'T LET THE OBSTACLES GET IN HIS WAY. HE WAS DETERMINED TO WIN. IN FACT WHEN HE GOT SECOND AT REGIONALS AFTER GETTING OFF THE PODIUM HE SAID TO ME I AM GOING TO WEDNESDAY AND I BELIEVED HIM. GOING INTO THE LAST ROUND OF DIVING AT STATE HE WAS IN SECOND. HE WAS THE LAST DIVER AT STATE TO PERFORM HIS DIVE. IT ALL CAME TO THIS LAST DIVE FOR HIM TO TRY TO SECURE THE TITLE AND HE NAILED HIS LAST TIME, HE RIPPED THE WATER AND SECURED THIS YEAR'S TITLE. JACOB WE ARE ALL PROUD OF YOUR HARD WORK AND RESILIENCE AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH AS A HIGHLIGHTER. JACOB JONES.

ACCOMPLISHED - - [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU COACH, THANK YOU JACOB. [INDISCERNABLE] OUR LAST PROCLAMATION WHICH IS

[d. Receive, consider and act upon a proclamation recognizing Earth Month and The Woodlands Earth Day GreenUp; ]

>> BEER PROCLAIMED WHEREAS THE - - AND ROBUST ECONOMY, WHEREAS THE WOODLANDS HAS SINCE ITS INCEPTION COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING AND ENHANCING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. WHEREAS THE DIRECTOR OF THIS TOWNSHIP CONSIDERS THE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND FOSTERING OF A COMMUNITY TO BE ESSENTIAL. WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP HEREBY ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS, SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EARTH DAY GREEN UP DEDICATED TO OUR COMMUNITY, A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AND A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL AS EARTH MONTH AND DESIGNATE SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2022 AND ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE WOODLANDS

EARTH DAY GREEN-UP CONGRATULATIONS. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

MOTION MINUS ITEM 8G. WE WILL TAKE THAT AFTER. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

[g. Receive, consider, and act upon a renewal of Ice Rink Production Services Agreement (C-2016-0100A);]

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>> SECOND. >> .UPON THE RENEWAL OF THE ICE RINK PRODUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT AND WE WILL HAVE

DOCTOR - - TO SPEAK TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHAIRMAN BUNCH AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THIS IS A RENEWAL WITH SPECTRUM. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY ON A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT THAN A TWO YEAR RENEWAL AND THIS IS THE SECOND TWO YEAR RENEWAL THAT WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH. A LITTLE BIT OF A HOUSEKEEPING ISSUE. WE WILL BE ISSUING AN RFP

- - >> ANY SUBSTANTIAL CONTRACTS THAT WE ARE RENEWING, WE AT LEAST NEED TO HAVE MINIMAL DIALOGUE IN PUBLIC SESSION SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND WE ARE NOT FIGHTING THIS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. I ACTUALLY THINK THE RENEWAL MAKES AN ENORMOUS MEDICINES GIVEN INFLATIONARY PRESSURES WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW. I DOUBT SERIOUSLY YOU COULD HAVE GOT A BETTER DEAL. I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT, I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD DECISION. SOMETIMES WHEN IT'S ON A CONSENT AGENDA LIKE THIS AND I KNOW WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS AT LAST RENEWAL. I ASKED TO PULL THAT TIME AS WELL. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WE ACTUALLY ARE MAKING THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS. AND THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY MINDFUL OF PEOPLE'S MONEY. THAT WAS A REASON WHY I ASK YOU TO DO THIS. I REALLY HAVE NO QUESTIONS, NO PROBLEM WITH IT WHATSOEVER. THANK YOU.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> OKAY. >> YOU KNOW WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY ALREADY BECAUSE I VISITED WITH YOU ON THE SUBJECT. OVER CHRISTMAS WE HAVE A LOT OF VISITORS THAT COME FROM ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES. I THINK SOME OF THEM ARE SURPRISED WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL ICE-SKATING FACILITY WHICH WE DO AND ARE VERY PROUD OF. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN YOU GO OUT, TWO POINTS. ONE NIGHT WHEN YOU GO OUT FOR YOUR RFP THAT PERHAPS A LITTLE FASTER IN THE REPLACEMENT OF AGING SKATES. NOW YOU REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION? APPARENTLY THERE IS SOME WEAR AND TEAR GOING ON THAT LEAVES A LITTLE TO BE DESIRED AND SINCE WE ARE THE BEST CITY TO LIVE IN AMERICA WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE BEST SKATES IN OUR CITY TOWNSHIP IN AMERICA. THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, I'M CERTAINLY NOT A SKATER AND I DON'T HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THIS PLEASANT BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION FROM PEOPLE FROM NEW YORK AND DO A LOT OF SKATING. I SUSPECT THEY KNOW FROM WHENCE THEY ARE SPEAKING. AS NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO IT MADE ME THINK DO WE HAVE A FORMAL SYSTEM OF GETTING FEEDBACK FROM GUESTS AND DORIS ABOUT THAT FACILITY?

>> THERE IS FORMALFEEDBACK, IT PROBABLY CAN BE IMPROVED. WE HAVE TRIED MULTIPLE DIFFERENT APPROACHES , EFFORT BUT PEOPLE ARE SUCH A EUPHORIC, HOLIDAY SPIRIT THAT THERE ARE QR CODES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO FILL THOSE OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME, GOING OUT TO EAT GOING IN AND OUT. THE SURVEY IS THE LAST THING THEY WANT TO DO AND WE KNOW THAT AS EXPERIENCE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO HOWEVER IT CAN BE LOOKED AT.

WE ARE GETTING GOOD DATA RIGHT NOW ON OUR SMART WAIVER SYSTEM ZIP CODES WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM, THAT'S BEEN NEW IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT HOW WE ADDRESS THIS SKATE ISSUE AS WELL AS SURVEY DATA IN OUR

COMING RFP. >> ALL RIGHT IFTHERE ARE NO OTHERQUESTIONS DO WE HAVE A

MOTION AND SECOND? >> SO MOVE. >> SECOND .

[9. Receive, consider and act upon a briefing regarding the impact of Harris County Redistricting (as requested by Director Milner);]

>> .ITEM 9, RECEIVE UPON REDISTRICTING. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TODD STEVENS PRESENT IN THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE INTRODUCED TO OUR NEW COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.

>> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN, GOOD EVENING BOY. JUST A BACKGROUND FOR RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE AND

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>> THANK YOU. 'S [APPLAUSE] >> NOT A LONG INTRODUCTION, -

- >> GOOD EVENING, GREAT TO JOIN YOU HERE, I'M TOM RAMSEY, COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 3. MY CELL PHONE NUMBER IS 713-805-3824 THAT HAS BEEN MY CELL PHONE NUMBER FOR A LONG TIME AND ANY ENGINEER, IN THIS AREA HASN'T ALREADY. I'M GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE, LET ME FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE CAGLE, TO ME HE IS CACTUS. HE IS MORE THAN JUST A COLLEAGUE, HE'S A FRIEND. AND WHEN THE UNDENIABLE CHANGE OF OUR PRECINCTS FOR NO CLEAR PURPOSES, NO GOOD PURPOSES WAS MADE. WE JUST DECIDED WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SOMETHING GOOD OUT OF WHAT THEY MEANT FOR ABOUT. AND WHAT REALLY HAS HAPPENED WITH OVER 400 EMPLOYEES IN PRECINCT 3 AND OVER 400 EMPLOYEES IN PRECINCT 4, NOW WE ARE COMING VERY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WAS PRECINCT FOR. PRECINCT 4 IS NOW BECOMING VERY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WAS PRECINCT 3. NOW YOU HAVE 800 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH HALF THE COUNTY. AND BELIEVE ME, THAT WILL BE A BENEFIT GOING FORWARD. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT A BENEFIT GOING FORWARD. ALL OF THE PROJECTS WE ARE MOVING BETWEEN PRECINCTS THAT HAS GONE VERY WELL. I JUST GOT BRIEFED EARLIER THIS WEEK ON MUCH OF THOSE AND I WILL COVER TWO OR THREE THAT IMPACT DIRECTLY THE WOODLANDS, THERE IS MORE THAN THAT. WE WILL GET INTO SOME OF THOSE DETAILS. OUR CREWS, WE HAVE RELOCATED MAINTENANCE CAMP, WE HAVE OVER 40 VEHICLES. I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH 6000 MILES OF ROAD. THAT IS 60 PERCENT MORE ROAD THAN I HAD BEFORE. I WILL LET YOU GUESS HOW MUCH MY PRESENT ONE UP IN THE PROCESS, NONE. BUT WE HAVE EXCELLENT PEOPLE AND WORK CLOSELY WITH CACTUS SO WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO BE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THE DETAILS. PRECINCT 3, NEW PRECINCT 3, START AND MEMORIAL CITY, GOES TO TOMBALL, GOES EAST TO SPRING, THE WOODLANDS, - - OVER TO TESCO SITA HUFFMAN, CROSBY, HIGHLANDS AND FINALLY - -. IT IS QUITE HORSESHOE.

IT'S AN INTERESTING PART OF THE COUNTRY, I HAVE BEEN DOING PROJECTS IN THE AREA FOR THAT LONG, DONE A LOT OF WORK IN THIS AREA, WORKS FOR THE RIVER AUTHORITY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT. I GREW UP IN CROCKETT TEXAS, WENT TO TEXAS ANAM. THE WOODLANDS HAS BEEN OUR STANDARD BEARER ON HOW YOU DO DEVELOPMENT AND EVERYBODY REFERS BACK TO Y'ALL, AND FACT WHEN SOMEONE THINKS OF DOING SOMETHING I GO SPEND TIME APPEAR TO DO IT RIGHT. I GET THAT PART THAT IS A STANDARD TO BE KEPT, PURSUED. I AM A PERSON OF DETAILS. I DON'T

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FIRST OF ALL WE NEED CAMERAS TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL PROBLEMS WE HAVE AND ADDRESS THOSE BEFORE IT HAPPENS. THAT'S A BIT PREVENTATIVE. THEN WE NEED TO GO TO LEGISLATURE AND GET SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES GOING. WE WORK WITH A LOT OF AGENCIES, I USED TO BE A MAYOR OF A SMALL CITY, SPRING VALLEY. IT'S NOT SPRING CREEK BUT IT IS SPRING VALLEY. A LITTLE TOWN OF 4000. I THINK THE CENTER OF GOVERNANCE, GOOD GOVERNMENT, IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD IS WHAT I AM SEEING HERE TONIGHT. THE 33 CITIES NOT NAMED HOUSTON IN HARRIS COUNTY, THE KATIE'S AND THE WEST HUGHES PAND BAY TOWNS AND DEAR PARTS, THESE PLACES ARE WELL-RUN, TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS, BUDGETS, INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT'S MY SENSE OF PRIORITY GOING FORWARD. YOU CAN CALL ME ANYTIME, ANYPLACE. I CERTAINLY HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE WORKING WITH - - ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. MR. CHAIR, DIRECTORS, I WANT TO EXTEND A QUICK INVITATION TO YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, GETTING INVOLVED WITH YOU DIRECTLY. I WILL HAVE MAYBE A RP PRESENTATION, CACTUS HAD A 4C. I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY TIME. >> WE HAVE A SHORT AGENDA TODAY BECAUSE WE WANT AMPLE TIME FOR YOU AND TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. SOUNDS LIKE THE INTERSECTION ARE PROBABLY A MONTH OUT FOR AN UPDATE ON THAT, IS THAT REASONABLE?

>> THAT'S A REASONABLE EXPECTATION. I WOULD AT LEAST LIKE TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS WE CAN DO THEN GET A SCHEDULE, A TARGETED IDEA OF WHEN, WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO EVERYTHING AT ONE TIME. I DON'T WANT TO WAIT ON THE PERFECT DEAL WITH SPECIFIC THINGS WE CAN DO TO

IMPROVE THOSE IMMEDIATELY. >> THEN ON THE SCREEN CREEK GREENWAY I THOUGHT CACTUS AND I HAD IT AS NOT A FIXING TO GET DONE BUT I GOING TO GET DONE. A CONTRACT IN THE FORM WE ARE CO-PARTNERING, BRINGING MONEY TO THE TABLE TO HELP THE SECTION FROM DOCTOR ANNA SNYDER ALL THE WAY OVER TO GOSLING. WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO REDO OR IS

THAT - -? >> WE HONOR THAT. AS WE GO THROUGH EVERY PROJECT THAT USED TO BE IN THREE AND IS NOW IN FOR AN USED TO BE IN FOR, NO ENTRY, HAS TO GO BACK TO COUNTY ATTORNEY , GET AGREEMENTS REDONE. WE GET THOSE REDONE BUT MY ATTEND IS TO DO WHAT WE SAY WE DO ON THE AGREEMENT OF FURTHER THAN THAT. I WANT TO CLEARLY STATE WHEN WE ARE GOING TO START MOVING DIRT TO BUILD SOMETHING. YOU HAVE GOT THAT AGREEMENT. THAT'S A GOOD, WHAT I WOULD CALL FIRST STEP. I AM READY TO MOVE. I PROBABLY WORKED ON IN PRECINCT 3 IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE THREE OR 400 MILES OF BACK WAY. I'M PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH IT AND LOOK FORWARD TO DEALING WITH ACHING THAT A REALITY. > WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT. A PRODUCT WELL SOUGHT AFTER HERE. CRIME, THE CRIME IN THE WOODLANDS IS NOT THE SAME AS HARRIS COUNTY AS A WHOLE. WAS IT LAST YEAR THAT THERE WAS AN AGENDA ITEM IN HARRIS COUNTY TO

ELIMINATE PATROL? >> THERE WAS. >> AND THAT'S MY CONCERN IS THAT OUR CREEKSIDE PARK RESIDENTS, SHOULD NOT HAVE PASSED. I UNDERSTAND THEY GOT

TABLES. IT IS NOT A THING THA KEEPS COMING BACK UP ? >> IT'S WORTH TELLING A SHORT

STORY. >> I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE TIME.

>> FROM CROCKETT I WOULD RATHER TELL YOU THE STORY THAN ANYTHING ELSE. WHEN THAT CAME TO COURT, COMMISSIONER GARCIA PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, LET'S BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC, HE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA TO STUDY. WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? THAT CAME FROM A GROUP OUT OF THE NORTHEAST CALLED PFM. WELL, PFM SAID WE WILL DO AWAY WITH COST AND ROLL IT UP ON THE SHERIFF. WHILE NUMBER ONE EVEN IF THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA WHICH IS A HORRIBLE IDEA, THAT

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THEN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SAYS WE DO NOT REALLY CONSIDER THE DA LAW ENFORCEMENT. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THAT IS THE LEAD LAW, THAT IS THE PERSON DEFINED AS HEAD OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN HARRIS COUNTY. THEY PLAYED THEIR GAMES IN TERMS OF COST OF, WE WOULDN'T DEFUND POLICE, WE WOULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT. THAT ISSUE, THE CONSTABLE ISSUE, PROGRAM IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE ON A LOT OF PEOPLE'S RADAR. I JUST KNOW YOU GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE EQUALLY FOCUSED

ON THAT TO BE SURE IT DOESN'T GO AWAY. >> WE APPRECIATE THAT AND SEND THAT SEDIMENT FOR COMMISSION COURT AGENDA. IT WOULD HAVE LEFT US RELATIVELY NAKED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CREEKSIDE PARK TO HAVE THAT PREVAILED. ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR OUR NEW COMMISSIONER RAMSEY? UNFORTUNATELY NANCY, I DON'T KNOW.

>> MAYBE I CAN ASK SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE CLOSE TO WHAT NANCY MIGHT ASK. OKAY. SHE HAS BROUGHT THIS ACTUALLY, I MET WITH COMMISSIONER CAGLE AND I THINK I HAD HER ON SPEED DIAL AND WE WERE TALKING AS THEY WALKED IN THE DOOR. THERE IS A WAY TO MAKE THE LIGHTS AT CREEKSIDE GREEN AND KIRKENDALL WORK BETTER IN TERMS OF ALLOWING PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS AND BICYCLE DRIVERS TO COSTS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE AS YOU SAID WITHOUT PERFECTION, IT WOULD STILL BE A BIG IMPROVEMENT. IT'S A REQUEST FROM THE PEOPLE IN CREEKSIDE PARK, DO THE LIGHTS IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS THEM TO WORK.

>> I WILL GET YOUR NUMBER AND WE WILL CONTACT YOU TOMORROW. >> NANCY BECKER, THE PRESIDENT

OF CREEKSIDE PARK VILLAGE ASSOCIATION. >> YOU WILL ALL GET TO KNOW NANCY WELL, SHE'S A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR CREEKSIDE PARK. CERTAINLY WELCOME YOU TO THE WOODLANDS. AND APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EXPERIENCE YOU ARE BRINGING TO THE TABLE, WE WILL MISS CACTUS JACK AND WELCOME YOU AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITHOUT RESERVATIONS. HAPPY TO ENGAGE

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QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, THOUGHTS? >> MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU. >> WE ARE GOING TO GET A

PICTURE WITH YOU, NOW YOU CAN BE IDENTIFIED. >> NORMALLY IS CALLED A MUG

SHOT, COMMISSIONER. >> MOTION TO ACCEPT A DATE. >> SECOND.

[10. Receive, consider and act upon a briefing on the Tomball Independent School District Administrative Rezoning Plan for elementary schools serving The Woodlands Township and appoint a Board representative to address rezoning issues related to The Woodlands Township;]

>>.BRIEFING OF THE 551.072 ADMINISTRATIVE REZONING PLAN FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SERVING THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP AND APPOINT A BOARD REPRESENTATIVE TO ADDRESS REZONING ISSUES RELATED TO THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. LOOKS LIKE TODD IS GOING TO KICK US OFF.

>> YES, THANK YOU AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE DOCTOR TEAR IS - - GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION ON THE PROPOSED REZONING MENTIONED THIS EVENING.

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

HERE IS A PRESENTATION, IT WILL LOAD UP BY ITSELF. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT, IT'S MY HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TO SHARE INFORMATION REGARDING POTENTIAL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT IN THE WOODLANDS AND OUR THREE SCHOOLS HERE IN THE CREEKSIDE AREA. MY NAME IS STEPHEN, I SERVE AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE DISTRICT THEY ALSO BRING GREETINGS FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT. SHE CANNOT BEER TONIGHT SHE HAD A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT BUT I DO HAVE A COLLEAGUE THAT SITS WITH ME IN CABINET, DOCTOR MICHAEL WEBB, CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER FOR THE DISTRICT. THANKYOU FOR WELCOMING , JOINING ME TONIGHT.

THE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE YOU BACK ON INFORMATION REGARDING ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES AND SOME OF THE GROWTH THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING IN THE DISTRICT AND SPECIFICALLY OUT HERE IN THE WOODLANDS. PART OF THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE BASED ON A DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED AT OUR MARCH 7 BOARD WORKSHOP BY ROCKY GARDNER. HE SERVES AS DEMOGRAPHIC CONSULTANT WITH - - EDUCATION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY TEMPLETON DEMOGRAPHICS. HE HAS WORKED IN THE DISTRICT SINCE 2013. PROVIDING DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR THE DISTRICT.

THIS INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT GROWING NEARLY ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO 8 PERCENT OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS WE HAVE SEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GROWTH AND SO THIS INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT TO HELP US PREDICT WHERE GROWTH WILL BE. TO LOOK FOR FUTURE SITES FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR SCHOOLS IN THE FUTURE. AGAIN, THIS INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT. HERE IS A QUICK SNAPSHOT I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH THE SLIDES.

DIFFERENCE THERE IN A SLIDE PRESENTATION, THESE ARE DIRECTLY FROM - - EDUCATION.

GIVES YU A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE THE DISTRICT IS ACTIVELY BUILDING CURRENTLY, FUTURE OR GROUNDWORK UNDERWAY. THE GREEN AND RED HIGHLIGHTS SHOW DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DISTRICT WE ARE SEEING THAT GROWTH. WE ARE A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT AND I WILL MENTION THAT AGAIN LATER AND SO THERE ARE SPECIFIC CRITERIA TO BE DESIGNATED AS A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT AND 551.072 IS NEAR THE TOP. I'M GOING TO JUMP HERETO A 10 YEAR FORECAST FOR ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES. YOU SEE ALL ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES . BUT FOR FOCUS HERE WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED A THREE IN THE WOODLANDS IN A RED BOX. ONE THING TO NOTE IF YOU ARE FAR OUT IN THE AUDIENCE

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HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN AND WHERE WE ARE GOING, WHAT WE ARE PROJECTING. A LITTLE STORY ABOUT COVID AND THE IMPACT, MOST DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE REPORTED A DECREASE IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT. 551.072 HAD A 3.5 PERCENT INCREASE IN THAT TIME AND YOU SAY THAT'S GREAT, OTHER PLACES HAD DECLINED, WE ARE USED TO 6 TO 8 PERCENT GROWTH AND SO WHILE THAT WAS IN OUR EXPECTED GROWTH, THE FACT THAT WE HAD GROWTH WAS HALF OF THAT DURING COVID WAS DEFINITELY EXCITING. NO ONE IS ACTUALLY A FORECAST PROTECTIVE OF ENROLLMENT IN A PANDEMIC. PEOPLE CAN BE CRITICAL OF DATA THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN VERY CLOSE TO WHAT WE PROJECTED. THIS YEAR HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY OFF AGAIN JUST BECAUSE OF THAT BOUNCE BACK. YOU WILL NOTICE HERE THE TRENDLINE CONTINUES TO GROW AND SO 10 YEARS AGO WE USED TO BE 10,000 STUDENTS. WE ARE AT OVER 20,000 STUDENTS PROJECTING AGAIN YOU SEE AT THE 2627 SCHOOL YEAR. WE ARE GOING TO BREACH THE STUDENT MARK. IF YOU LOOK INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL 31, 32 SEEMS FAR AWAY BUT WE HAVE DATA THAT LOOKS OUT THAT FAR. SUGGESTING WE COULD BE 26,000. A FULLY BUILT OUT, - - WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LAND AVAILABLE. WE SAY A FULLY BUILT OUT IS JUST OVER - - LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS I MENTIONED FAST GROWTH AND A PARTICULAR SET OF CRITERIA YOU HAVE TO BE OVER A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS AND SO THERE ARE SPECIFIC CRITERIA, OUR OWN SUPERINTENDENT ACTUALLY SERVES AS THE INCOMING PRESIDENT OF THE FAST GROWTH COALITION FOR THE DISTRICT. YOU MAY ASK WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT. ONE OF THE BIGGEST PIECES OF FUNDING WE RECEIVED UNDER HOUSE BILL THREE THAT GOT PASSED UNDER LAST LEGISLATION WAS RELATED TO BEING A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT.

WITHOUT THAT WE WOULD HAVE FARED EVEN WORSE. THAT'S ALREADY, TO ADD TO THAT WE WERE FORTH IN THE BOTTOM OF THE STATE OF NEW FUNDING THAT CAME IN THIS NEW HOUSE BILL THREE.

YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR THE DISTRICTS TALK ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF HOUSE BILL THREE NOW THAT THE INITIAL INFLUX OF CASH CAME IN. AFTER THAT THE FORMULA DIDN'T PRODUCE NEW DOLLARS INTO THE DISTRICT. ALL OF THOSE FACTORS COME INTO PLAY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE DOLLARS ARE ALLOCATED. BACK TO REZONING, BECAUSE WE ARE A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT WE'VE EXPERIENCED TREMENDOUS GROWTH. WE ARE LOOKING AT BUILDING UTILIZATION TO MAKE SURE CAMPUSES ARE NOT OVERGENERALIZED OVERCAPACITY OR THE INVERSE THAT WE HAVE AN EMPTY CAMPUS. WHAT YOU WILL NOTICE HERE IN THE GRAPH, THAT BLUE LINE IS CREEK VIEW ELEMENTARY. THE ONE SORT OF YELLOW IS TIMBER CREEK ELEMENTARY. ORANGE AT THE BOTTOM IS CREEKSIDE FOREST ELEMENTARY. THE RED DOTTED LINE IS COLLECTIVE CAPACITY WITHIN THOSE THREE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES. YOU ARE GOING TO CLEARLY SEE CREEK VIEW IS OVERCAPACITY. YOU SAY WE NEED ANOTHER SCHOOL OR TO DO SOMETHING. WHEN LOOKING AT OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A BOARD YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE RESOURCES AND SAY DO WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER SCHOOL AT THIS MOMENT FORWARD THERE IS SUFFICIENT CAPACITY WITHIN THE SCHOOLS, WE HAVE TO MAKE A DIFFICULT BUT NECESSARY ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE THERE IS ROOM WITHIN THE THREE SCHOOLS TO ACCOMMODATE THE STUDENTS WE HAVE. I UNDERSTAND IT'S AN

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THE FIRST SPEAKER THAT SPOKE WE HAVE SOME OF THE SAME QUESTIONS. WHAT ARE THE FIRST AND LONG TERM SOLUTION. I UNDERSTAND OFFICERS ARE CURRENTLY THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR ARE THERE PLANS TO CONTINUE THAT. I KNOW THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. REALLY LOOKING, WE DO SHARE THAT SAFETY CONCERN. WHILE THERE ARE NO ORDINANCE OR LAWS THAT REQUIRE TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO HAVE OR MAKE EXPENDITURE TO MAKE THE WALK TO SCHOOL SAFE, WE DO SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DOLLARS PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO ANY STUDENT AND THE DISTRICT. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE SOME OTHER DISTRICTS MAGENTA AS FAR AS HOW MANY CROSSING GUARDS THEY PROVIDE WITH THOSE SAME DISTRICTS DO NOT PROVIDE ALL OF THEIR STUDENTS WITH TRANSPORTATION.

STATEFUNDS , DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION FOR TRANSPORTING STUDENTS THAT LIVE OUTSIDE A TWO MILE RADIUS. TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS NOT TAKEN THAT STANCE, WE HAVE ALWAYS PROVIDED THAT TRANSPORTATION. YOU CAN READ THAT AS ANY STUDENT WETRANSPORT WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT , I WOULD SAY HALF HOUR RIDERSHIP ALMOST IS WITHIN THOSE TWO MILES. WE DON'T RECEIVE ANY OF THAT REIMBURSEMENT BUT WE DO IT AS A SERVICE FOR SAFETY. MANY OF OUR STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE A NICE PATHWAY TO RIDE THEIR BIKE THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A SIDEWALK TO WALK ON AN ESTATE DEFINES A SIDEWALK NOT AS A PAVED WALKWA , NOT AS A BIKEWAY BUT AS A WALKWAY THAT COULD BE A GRASS STRIP ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET. THAT'S NOT TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT'S ACTUALLY THE EDUCATOR CODE, HOW IT'S DEFINED BY THE STATE. WE DO DEFINE HAZARDOUS ROWS AND THERE ARE ROWS IN THE DISTRICT THAT DO NOT PROVIDE A

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IT MAY BE LESS DESIRABLE TO CONTINUE THAT BUT THERE ARE OPTIONS. PARENTS HAVE OPTIONS TO HELP THEIR STUDENT GO TO SCHOOL. CERTAINLY PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION, WALKING WITH YOUR CHILD TO SCHOOL, THOSE ARE ALL OPTIONS. WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT LONG-TERM SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH TOWNSHIP, PARENTS, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION TO PROVIDE A SAFE PATHWAY. IN LISTENING TO SOME FEEDBACK WE DID MAKE A COMMITMENT TO PARENTS TO SAY WE HAVE LOOKED AT THESE PLANS AND FOR REASONS WE HAD ELIMINATED WE DIDN'T BRING THEM FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION . BUT WE DID MAKE A COMMITMENT TO REEVALUATE OPTIONS. WE DID PRODUCE A PLAN B THAT DOES PROVIDE A LEVEL OF RELIEF. FOR CREEK VIEW ELEMENTARY, ECHOES FROM 115 PERCENT UTILIZATION TO 103 PERCENT. IT DOES GET A LITTLE MORE CROWDED THAN PLAN A BUT IT DOES PROVIDE ANOTHER OPTION. WE WILL TALK A LITTLE ABOUT SOME OF THE CONCERN WE HAVE HEARD FROM PARENTS WHO SAY HEY, THIS DOESN'T PROVIDE ENOUGH RELIEF, YOU HAVE A SOLUTION THAT'S AVAILABLE, YOU NEED TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT DECISION AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. THERE'S LOTS OF PRESSURE ON ALL SIDES AND THOUGH YOU MAY ONLY BE HEARING FROM A COUPLE AND I'M NOT SURE WHO YOU ARE HEARING FROM. I WILL TELL YOU IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE LOUDEST THAT CARRY THAT MAJORITY. WITH THAT, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME AREAS OF WHY THESE AREAS, SELECTED NEIGHBORHOODS. I KNOW IT CAN BE AN EMOTIONALLY DRIVEN DECISION BUT WE TRY TO MAKE IT AS DATA-DRIVEN AS POSSIBLE. THE NEIGHBOR THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD BE UNDER PLAN A MOVING TO TIMBER CREEK ELEMENTARY THERE ARE 168 CURRENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. THAT WOULD PROVIDE A GREATER BALANCE BETWEEN THREE ELEMENTARIES I MENTIONED UNDER PLAN A. IF WE QUICKLY JUMP OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE THERE'S 118 YES WE ARE AWARE THERE ARE ACTIVE BILLS, TOOLS OUR DEMOGRAPHER HAS TOOLS THAT ARE USED IN TRAINED AND DOING. WE KNOW HOW TO ACCOUNT FOR STUDENTS THERE AND THAT WILL BE THERE. THEY HAVE THE TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY ARE APPLAUDED AND WILL BE THERE. THERE ARE 118 CURRENTLY THERE. THIS PLAN DOES NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT RELIEF IN THE SHORT-TERM OR LONG-TERM. AGAIN IT'S AN OPTION. ONE THAT ADMINISTRATION WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD THAT WILL ULTIMATELY VOTE ON DURING THE APRIL BOARD MEETING. THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT SELECTION OF OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS MOVING FROM TIMBER CREEK TO CREEKSIDE FOREST. ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOK AT IS YES IT'S A DATA DRIVEN DECISION LOOKING AT TARGET ENROLLMENT. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT CONFIGURATION OF NEIGHBORHOODS MY PROXIMITY TO THE SCHOOL BUT ALSO THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND CONNECTEDNESS IF YOU WILL WITH OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE THREE CIRCLED THERE THAT IS - - THOSE ARE BY THE WAY THEY ARE DESIGNED, INDIVIDUAL POCKET NEIGHBORHOODS IF YOU WILL, ONE WHITE AND, ONE WAY OUT. IT'S FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ALSO SEEN AS ONE A LITTLE PACKAGE OF STUDENTS. THEY SAY HEY, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS CLOSER, THE CONTINUOUS NATURE OF - - THE WAY THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE CONNECTED IN THE WAY TRANSPORTATION ROUTES WORK THEMSELVES THROUGH THEIR. THE NUMBERS MAKE SENSE BOTH TARGET ENROLLMENTS AND LOGISTIC OPERATIONS. I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER FOLKS WANT TO HEAR BUT IT'S BEING DATA-DRIVEN AND TRYING TO BE AS THOUGHTFUL AS POSSIBLE. YOU MAY ASK THERE WAS A BOND, WHAT IS THAT SCHOOL GOING TO DO? THANKS TO VOTERS ON NOVEMBER 2 WE DID HAVE TWO OF THE FIVE PROPOSITIONS PASS FOR NEARLY HALF $1 BILLION - - PROP A WAS A LION SHARE OF THAT AND NOT TO PROVIDE SCHOOLS AND UPDATES TO TALK ABOUT GROWTH.

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OVERALL WHICH SHOULD BE OUR FINAL HIGH SCHOOL WHICH DOES FIT PRODUCTION OF A FULLY BUILT OUT TOMBALL IS 4.35 HIGH SCHOOLS WHICH IS THREE AND WHEN YOU AND TOMBALL THAT SORT OF EXTRA. THAT WILL RELIEVE GRAND FOLKS AND - - SCHOOLS PRIMARIL , TO DRAW INTEREST TO THOSE IN THE GROUP OF THE TOMBALL INNOVATION CENTER IN THE 2020 JUNE 20, 2027 SCHOOL YEAR WHICH WOULD PROVIDE RELIEF TO WOODLANDS AND TOMBALL ELEMENTARY TRYING TOWN FROM CREEK VIEW IN SORT OF A DOMINO EFFECT FROM TOMBALL ELEMENTARY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE BECAUSE KEEPING IN CONSIDERATION GUIDING PRINCIPLES IF WE KNOW FAMILIES HAVE POTENTIAL TO BE MOVED LATER WERE KEEPING IN MIND HOW MANY TIMES WE MOVE A FAMILY IN A FAST GROWTH DISTRICT, KNOWING SOME OF THOSE FAMILIES IDENTIFIED IN PLAN B PRIMARILY - - COMMUNITIES HAVE A HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF PROXIMITY TO THE INNOVATION CENTER A HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF BEING REZONED IN THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS. CONSIDERING WE WOULDN'T FIND THAT ACCEPTABLE FOR ANYONE IN THIS ROOM WE WOULDN'T FIND THAT ACCEPTABLE FOR ANY STUDENT TO BE MOVED IN THAT SHORT OF PROXIMITY OF TIME. GIVEN SAFETY CONCERNS THAT IS WHY WE CREATED PLAN B BUT THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS. REAL QUICK, BEFORE I ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE THREE SCHOOLS, CREEKSIDE FOREST, CREEK VIEW AND TIMBER CREEK. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU, A RATED DISTRICTS IN TOP RATED DISTRICT IN THE BEST COMMUNITY TO LIVE IN.

WHICHEVER SCHOOL HE WILL BE AN IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL WITH AMAZING STAFF, RATE TEACHERS, A GREAT PRINCIPAL AND SO I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND CONCERN. PTHE CLOSE NET, FAMILY FEEL WE HAVE DEVELOPED AND THAT WE PARTNER AND WANT, HOPEFULLY FOLKS UNDERSTAND THE TOUGH SITUATION WE ARE IN TO MEET THE NEEDS AND HIGH EXPECTATIONS WE HAVE FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING.

WITH THAT ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT THAT IS WHAT I WILL BE PRESENTING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION AT OUR APRIL BOARD MEETING FOR THEIR VOTE. WITH THAT I WILL TAKE ANY

QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. >> OKAY, I GOT A FEW AND I WILL TURN IT OVER. SO, YOU MENTIONED A COUPLE THINGS. THE TOWNSHIP STEPPED INTO THE VOID OF A LACK OF A SAFETY PLAN FOR CREEKSIDE. RESIDENTS, WHERE THEY ARE UNSAFELY CROSSING A ROAD THAT HAS DESIGN FLAWS AND BRINGING CHILDREN ACROSS A VERY TRAFFICKED AREA. THE CONSTABLES TO DO A DURING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. YOU ASKED IF WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE BUT WE HAVEN'T MADE THAT DETERMINATION, PART OF IT WILL BE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SEEING WHICH PLAN GETS PASSED, WHAT OTHER THINGS CAN BE DONE. I HAVE A FEW THOUGHTS. YOU MENTIONED EARLIER WE WERE PICKING UP 100 PERCENT OF STUDENTS CARLESS OF RESTRICTION. WHAT IS THE ADDITIONAL COST OF STUDENTS WITHIN A MILE AND STUDENTS WITHIN THE NORMAL PICKUP RANGE.

THE REASON I BRIDGE THAT IS BECAUSE IF YOU DIDN'T DO THAT COULD YOU NOT AFFORD THE CROSSING GUARD PROGRAMS THAT MAY BE A BETTER USE OF FUNDS SINCE YOU HAVE SUCH A HIGH DEMAND FOR WALKING AND BIKING TO SCHOOL ESPECIALLY IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT MAY BENEFIT OTHER AREAS OF THE DISTRICT. THAT'S ONE CONSIDERATION I WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON THE TABLE.

THE OTHER WAS THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE WHICH OBVIOUSLY WOULD MITIGATE A NEED FOR AN ONGOING PRESENCE OF PEOPLE. IS THERE POTENTIAL TO PARTNER WITH OURSELVES, OUR DEVELOPER, PRECINCT 3 COMMISSIONER RAMSEY'S OFFICE ON A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE CO-CAPITALIZED,

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EVENTUALLY A CAR FOR MY TIME. NO PATHWAYS, CONSIDER 2018 GRASS A SUFFICIENT WAY TO GET THERE. IF YOU LOOK AT BUSING ROUTES THE FEEDBACK I'M HEARING FROM OUR RESIDENTS IS IT'S GREAT AND NICE YOU PROVIDE BUSING BUT IF I HAVE TO PUT MY CHILD ON A BUS AND IT TAKES THEM 30 MINUTES LONGER TO GET TO THE SCHOOL THAT'S THAT MUCH EARLIER THEY ARE GETTING UP, MORE TIME THEY SPEND ON A BUS AND LESS HEALTHY THAN WALKING OR TAKING A BIKE. IS THERE ANY NEAR PROXIMITY BUS ROUTE OPTIMIZATIONS THAT MIGHT MAKE THE BUSING YOU ARE ALREADY FUNDING A MORE ATTRACTIVE OPTION FOR THE FOLKS BEING IMPACTED HAVING TO CROSS KIRKENDALL AS A SUGGESTION OF ANOTHER ITEM FOR DISCUSSION. WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTS IN OUR BOARD AND COMMUNITY, IS THERE POTENTIAL BEFORE WE GET TO THIS APRIL ABOUT OF A MEETING OF THE MINDS THAT WOULD INCLUDE TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT MEMBER OF OUR BOARD, MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY. PARENTS, TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THESE ALTERNATIVES FOR OUR SPECIFIC AREA. I THINK RIGHT NOW IF THERE IS NO CONSIDERATION FOR POSSIBLE ULCERATIONS FOR THE BUS ROUTE AND CROSSING GUARD OR PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OR ANY IDEA I THROUGHOUT THERE. IN MY OPINION I WON'T SPEAK FOR THE OTHER SIX WE ARE ALL ON PLAN B EVEN IF IT'S INCONVENIENT FOR YOU. BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM. AS MUCH AS THE TOWNSHIP WAS HAPPY TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT CROSS GUARD SERVICES IT'S REALLY NOT OUR PURVIEW. WE ARE FOURTH PERSON REMOVED FROM THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INTERSECTION. THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY SOMEBODY ELSE ADMINISTRATED BY THE COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE TRANSITING TO YOUR SCHOOLS AND YOU ARE ADDING MORE TRAFFIC WITH PLAN A. THAT TO ME DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. WE WOULD LIKE TOPARTNER WITH YOU , HAVE A DIRECT DIALOGUE. WORK ON A POSSIBLE SOLUTION THAT RESOLVES EVERYBODY'S CONCERNS. IF THERE IS AN OPENNESS AND I'M NOT SURE WHO WOULD BE IN THAT MEETING ON YOUR SIDE OF THE TABLE BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET IN THAT ROOM, INVITE COMMISSIONER RAMSEY WHO'S GOT FUNDING AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND THAT'S HIS ROLE. WE UNDERSTAND RESIDENTS IN THE MEETING SO THEY DON'T THINK WE ARE HIDING ANYTHING FROM THEM. THE DECISION-MAKER ON YOUR SIDE AND LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN RECOUNT LEADING UP TO THIS VOTE THAT YOU GUYS ARE HAVING IN NOT TOO FAR A DISTANCE. THOUGHTS

ON ANY OF THOSE IDEAS. >> I WILL TRY TO TACKLE THOSE REAL QUICK IF NOT YOU WHO, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE THAT FALLS. THERE IS NO LEGAL ORDINANCE OR LAW NECESSARILY

BINDING US TO BE THE GOVERNING - - >> WE ARE SPECIFICALLY LEGALLY NOT ALLOWED TO DIRECTLY EMPLOY LAW ENFORCEMENT. YOU HAVE TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICERS IN YOUR DIRECT EMPLOYMENT, IT IS 100 PERCENT IN YELLS PURVIEW. IT MAY NOT BE A REQUIREMENT BUT I PROHIBITED FROM DEPLOYING LAW ENFORCEMENT. I'M DOING A WORK

AROUND TO SOLVE A PUBLIC SAFETY NOT OF OUR CREATION. >> I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND AND THAT'S WHY WE SAY THE THINGS WE CONTROL THE MINUTE THE STUDENTS GET ON THE BUS WE CAN MAKE SURE WE CONTROL, OUR - - WITH TOMBALL PD IS FOR OUR FACILITIES. JUST LIKE YOU HAVE LIMITATIONS ON WHAT YOU CAN SPEND YOUR DOLLARS WE ARE PROHIBITED FROM SAY SPENDING INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS ON A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT IS NOT TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY. I UNDERSTAND FOOT TRAFFIC CONCERN BUT TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN GOVERN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY FROM AN INDIVIDUAL'S HOME TO OUR CAMPUS TO SAY WE ARE GOING TO SECURE EACH ONE OF THOSE. WE CANNOT DO THAT SO WE PROVIDE A VIABLE OPTION. IT MAY NOT BE THE ATTRACTIVE OPTION THATFOLKS WANT TO USE . THAT IS A CHOICE BUT WE DO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO ALL. I UNDERSTAND AND SAY HEY, YOU CAN

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TO PARTNER MOVING FORWARD. >> THE SUGGESTION I WAS TRYING TO GET TO WAS BROADER THAN JUST ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS. OF INCLUDING COMMISSIONER RAMSEY, SOMEONE FROM TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, SOMEONE FROM OUR COMMUNITY, PARENTS AND SCHOOLS BEING IMPACTED. IS THAT A POSSIBLE MEETING THAT CAN OCCUR PRIOR TO THE DATE YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING

FOR VOTES? >> I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MY AVAILABILITY, I DON'T KNOW THE AVAILABILITY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. I KNOW THE TIMING OF THIS DECISION, EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. WE HAVE CRITICAL STAFFING SITUATIONS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE. PEOPLE NEED TO HIRE FOR TEACHERS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE COMING NEXT YEAR. TO DELAY IS NOT AN OPTION BUT IF THE INDIVIDUAL FROM YOUR BOARD, WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH COMMISSIONER CAGLE'S OFFICE. WE HAVE PART OF COMMISSIONER RAMSEY'S OFFICE ALREADY SOME MORNING TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. MORE THAN HAPPY TO ESTABLISH A QUICK MEETING TO DISCUSS WHAT ARE THE PLANS BECAUSE AGAIN PART OF THIS, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR PLANS ARE FOR ADDRESSING FOOT TRAFFIC AND AGAIN EVERYONE HAS TALKED TO THE DESIRABILITY OF WALKING. I DID NOT SELL THIS, TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT DIDN'T. WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE A GOOD PARTNER WITH YOU AND DON. WITHOUT I THINK YOU.

>> I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE, WE HAVE A VERY VOCAL BOARD. YOU ONLY GOT TO MY QUESTIONS. I'M SURE THE REST OF THEM MIGHT WANT TO ASK A QUESTION OR MAKE A COMMENT. AND I HAVE ONE LAST

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>> AS I MENTIONED IN ONE OF THE SLIDES, TOMBALL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. AND ULTIMATELY THE FINAL DECISION TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS THE SCHOOL BOARD, SEVEN ELECTED INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL VOTE, YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT RESPONSIBILITY. THEY WILL GET INFORMATION MUCH LIKE YOU GET INFORMATION AND WE WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. HEARING THEIR FEEDBACK AS WELL. AT THE APRIL BOARD MEETING WHICH IS TUESDAY, MONDAY IS A WORKSHOP WE PRESENT INFORMATION. TUESDAY IS THE ACTUAL VOTE.

>> RIGHT ON THE TUESDAY AGENDA EVEN THOUGH I EXPECT STAFFS RECOMMENDING PLAN A I'M PROJECTING THAT RIGHT NOW THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION WITH STUFF IT'S GOING TO BE A. IT IS PLAN B STILL GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA AS AN OPTION FOR THE BOARD TO CHOOSE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT STAFF RECOMMENDS EVEN THOUGH YOU HAD A MEETING ON MONDAY?

>> THERE WILL BE AN AGENDA ITEM TO ADOPT A BOUNDARY. WE WILL HAVE AN OPTION TO SAY BOARD MEMBER POTENTIALLY TO MAKE A MOTION TO SAY I OFFICIALLY PLAN A OR PLAN B BASED ON A RECOMMENDATION FROM SUPERINTENDENT OR IT COULD BE MUCH LIKE SOMETHING CALLED

HERE. >> OKAY, I WOULD STOP TO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU OUTLINED BUT WE USUALLY HAVE ALL OPTIONS IN OUR PACKETS ON THE DAY WE FELT. STAFF MAY SAY THEY WANT PLAN A WE MAY GO WITH PLAN B THAT WE HAVE THEM ALL ON THE AGENDA AS AN OPTION TO

CHOOSE FROM. >> THERE ARE ONLY TWO PLAN SO NO OTHER PLANS WERE CONSIDERATION FOR OTHER PLANS. THESE ARE THE PLANS WE WILL BE CONSIDERING.

>> HAVE MONOPOLIZED YOUR TIME AND WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO A DIRECTOR WHO WOULD LIKE TO ASK

QUESTIONS OR COMMENT. >> I WILL ASK YOU A QUESTION AND IT HAS TO DO WITH ONE OF THE SPEAKERS EARLIER. MR. - - I THINK WAS HIS NAME. HE BROUGHT UP - - HAS ABOUT 94 CROSSING GUARDS THEY PAY TO PROVIDE SERVICES, NOT JUST ONE CROSSING BUT ALL THROUGHOUT.

THEY PROBABLY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WHERE THEY DECIDE HOW TO SELECT THE CROSSINGS AND THEN HE MENTIONED CLIENT. IS THERE A WAY THAT THE HOMEOWNER , THE TAXPAYERS, IN THE WOODLANDS CAN HELP YOU TO PAY FOR THE CROSSING GUARDS WHILE YOU ARE DECIDING WHAT TO DO? BECAUSE IT SEEMS YOU ARE GOING TO BE POTENTIALLY SWITCHING SCHOOLS FROM TIME TO TIME AS POPULATION CHANGE. THE ISSUE OF KIRKENDALL IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY IF ANYTHING IT WILL BE BUSIER AND BUSIER OVER TIME. WHEN PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE WILL NOT CHANGE THE RISKS OF KIRKENDALL.

IF IT EVEN IS A REALISTIC POSSIBILITY AND THAT CERTAINLY NOT DECIDED OR KNOWN. IS THERE ANY WAY BECAUSE THE WOODLANDS IS SPECIAL. IT IS NOT A PLACE THAT WANTS TO HAVE ONE TYPE OF PROTECTION FOR OUR STUDENTS IN ONE PART WHICH WE HAVE ABOUT 14,000 PEOPLE IN CREEKSIDE PARK. WE WOULD LIKE SOME TO ENJOY THE SAME TYPE OF SAFETY FOR STUDENTS THAT THEY DO ENJOY IN - - LOOKING FOR A WAY TO PARTNER WITH YOU TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN. IN THE CROSSING

GUARD AREA. >> I CAN'T EXACTLY EXPLAIN THEIR BUDGETARY SITUATION OR

HOW THEY ALLOCATE FUNDS TO DO THAT. >> WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO VISIT OR HAVE, YOU SAID YOU CONTRACT WITH TOMBALL POLICE? TO PROVIDE YOUR SERVICE? OKAY I THINK THAT - - HAS AN IN-HOUSE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT MANAGES THIS. THAT'S PROBABLY IRRELEVANT. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO HAVE HER POLICE CHIEF OR WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE TALK WITH - - POLICE CHIEF AND SEE IF THERE IS SOME SHARED OPPORTUNITY THERE? I HAVE A CALL INTO THAT GENTLEMAN NOW. THE BECOMING POLICE CHIEF WHEN THE OTHER ONE RETIRES, - - WHEN HE RETIRES IT'LL BE MR. BLAKE LOCKE AND HIS NAME IS MR. - - TO SHARE HOW THEY CAME ABOUT

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COSTS ARE AND THE DIFFICULTIES AND BENEFITS OF DOING THIS. >> DEFINITELY. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE AS NEIGHBORS AND COLLEAGUES IN THIS WORK THAT WE DO FREQUENTLY AGAIN, I KNOW - - ALLOCATES FUNDS DIFFERENTLY. THEY DON'T PROVIDE THE SERVICE WE ARE PROVIDING. YOU ARE PART OF THE WOODLANDS TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL STUDENTS AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD BE OPEN TO PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO EVERYONE WITHIN TWO MILES I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN MAKE THAT

CALL. >> THAT'S NOT REALLY THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW. THE ISSUE IS NOT MOVING LOTS OF PEOPLE IN A BUS IT'S HELPING STUDENTS THAT ARE BICYCLING AND WALKING CONTINUE TO DO THAT SAFELY. THAT'S I THINK THE GOAL I DON'T THINK THE GOAL IS TO HAVE MORE CHILDREN IN SCHOOL BUSES. THE GOAL IS TO COVER IT'S A BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY COMMUNITY. IT'S OUR CALLING CARD, WHAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE KNOWN AS A SAFE PLACE FOR

ADULTS AND CHILDREN. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> I ACKNOWLEDGE IT'S A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF SERVICE BETWEEN TOMBALL AND - -, TOMBALL IS WILLING TO PICK PEOPLE UP IN - - ISN'T WILLING IN THE TWO MILE RADIUS. THE COST IS PROBABLY ONE MILE.

OKAY. OKAY. LET'S ALL GOOD. - - PICKS YOU UP IN A MILE, MILE AND, THAT WAS ONE OF THE OPTIONS I THROUGHOUT IF YOU ADJUSTED COST, STOP SPENDING MONEY PICKING UP PEOPLE WITHIN THE MILE THAT SHOULD FREE UP FUNDS TO CROSSING GUARD PROGRAMS. NOT JUST FOR OUR BUT

OTHER PROGRAMS. I THINK DOCTOR SCHNEIDER HAD QUESTIONS. >> I DID REALIZING THAT REZONING IS A CHALLENGE. I THINK WHAT IS REALLY AT STAKE HERE IS NOT ONLY CHILDREN MOVING FROM ONE CAMPUS TO ANOTHER BUT OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS KIRKENDALL. THAT IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, WE ALREADY HAVE HAD A FATALITY AND A NEAR FATALITY. AS MUCH AS YOU WANT, CHILDREN AND ADULTS, ALL OF US, TO LOOK BOTH WAYS AND MAKE SURE SOMETIMES THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN. OUR CONCERN WITH THIS OR AT LEAST MINE, IS, AND I WOULD THINK THE REST OF THE BOARD, TOO, IS THE SAFETY ISSUE. THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING AT THIS EVENING. FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN CIMARRON TO THEN BE BUSSED OR WALK OR BIKE TO A SCHOOL THAT THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE IS TO CROSS KIRKENDALL. THERE IS NO WAY TO GO AROUND KIRKENDALL. THAT PRESENTS A MAJOR CHALLENGE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND ESPECIALLY OUR CHILDREN. SO WITH THAT SAID WHEN IT IS PRESENTED TO YOUR BOARD WILL YOUR MEETING BE

19 APRIL? >> IT WILL BE THE 11TH AND 12, THE SECOND MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH. TO THAT POINT ABOUT KIRKENDALL AND I CERTAINLY AGREE BECAUSE IF WE WERE TO SAY TO GO WITH PLAN B ULTIMATELY WHEN THE INNOVATION SCHOOL OPENS IN THE 2020 JUNE 20, 2027 SCHOOL YEAR AND WE RESUME - - COMMUNITY WITHIN CREEKSIDE IS GOING TO HAVE TO CROSS KIRKENDALL BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE NOTHING TO RELIEVE CREEK FEEL WE COULD IN THEORY PUT THIS OFF UNTIL THE NEW SCHOOL OPENS BUT AT SOME POINT THE COLLECTIVE AND I SAY WE, PARENTS THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WILL HAVE TO CROSS THE STREET.

>> FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE IF YOU HAVE TAKEN THE VIEW THAT PLAN B IS A VIABLE INTERIM OPTION TILL

2026-2027. >> IT'S NOT IDEAL, IT'S OUT THERE AN OPTION WE COMMITTED TO

SAY THIS IS PLAN B, NOT AS - - >> THERE WILL BE A DECISION MAYBE THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO SAY - - BEING THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE IS THINKING ABOUT FORWARD THINKING.

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>> FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE WE ADDRESSED AN ISSUE LAST YEAR BASED ON AN ALREADY EXASPERATED SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES AT AN INTERSECTION WITH CURRENT KNOWN FACTS. PLAN A MAKES IT WORSE.

SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS WE MAY HAVE TO COFOUND WITH OTHER PARTNERS IS THIS PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE CONCEPT. THAT'S GOING TO TAKE US A FEW YEARS TO BUILD. WITH US HAVING THE AS AN ONGOING BOARD INITIATIVE FROM A GOVERNMENT ENTITY TO ANOTHER, IF YOU - - PLAN B FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 4 YEARS WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO THAT SO WE HAVE TIME TO DEVELOP PERMANENT INFRASTRUCTURE TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM AND OUR PROBLEM. AND WE ARE NOT ASKING

YOU TO PAY FOR IT. >> I WILL MAKE SURE I TAKE THAT INFORMATION BACK. MUCH TO BELIEF OF OTHERS I AM NOT THE BAD GUY OR SOUL DECISION-MAKERS, I'M HERE PRESENTING THIS INFORMATION. VERSUS LEADING THE PROCESS. I DO THIS ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS.

>> LET'S CREATE A VISION WHERE IN 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR, THAT'S WHEN THE NEXT ONE COMES ONLINE. THREE YEARS FROM NOW, WE HAVE A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND THIS THREE YEAR WINDOW.

THROUGH OUR EFFORTS AND PARTNERING WITH OTHERS. THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A BIG RALLY CRY AGAINST YOU BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE RESOLVED OUR ISSUE WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.

ADJUSTMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE FROM CONDITIONER - - COMMISSIONER RAMSEY - - WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PROCESS, IT'S GOING TO TAKE US 2 TO 3 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, WE DON'T OWN ALL THE LAND, IT'S GOING TO BE A MULTIPARTY EFFORT TO GET IT DONE. WE HAVE AT LEAST THAT IN THE WORKS NOW THAT COULD MAKE THIS NEXT REZONING WHEN THE NEXT FACILITY COMES ONLINE BELIEF AVAILABLE IN EVERYONE'S HAPPY.

>> I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, THE DESIGNATED PERSON TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WERE DOING AND PLANNING. WE HAVE HEARD FOR A COUPLE YEARS THIS IS AN IDEA. THAT'S PART OF THE

REASON WHY WE HAVE DELAYED. >> IT'S BEEN AN IDEA FOR LESS THAN SIX MONTHS. THE PERSON THAT DIED WORKED FOR THIS TOWNSHIP. THAT'S WHY WE ARE STEPPING UP IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY IN ABSENCE OF ANYONE DOING IT. THAT WAS OUR LIFEGUARD, EMPLOYEE, THAT DIED. WE TAKE IT PERSONAL. A STUDENT AT A SCHOOL GET HIT AND WE HAD AN AGENDA ITEM 2 HAS AS DISCUSSION BUT IT HAPPENED TO BE - - GOT HIT THE SAME WEEK WE HAD AN AGENDA ITEM. I BELIEVE WE CAN DO SOMETHING TOGETHER IF EVERYBODY JUST BACKS OFF OF TRYING TO GET THE IDEAL DONE TODAY VERSUS THE IDEAL THAT CAN BE DONE 3 TO 4 YEARS FROM NOW. I THINK WE CAN GET THERE IN EVERYONE'S TEMPERATURE COMES DOWN AND WE ARE ALL SAFE IN THE INTERIM WHILE DOING. THAT MEANS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THINGS WE DON'T WANT TO DO IN THE INTERIM TO KEEP KIDS SAFE. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO ADD TO THE PROBLEM WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE A BETTER SOLUTION.

>> CANDIDLY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT FUNDING AND THE ISSUES THAT THE DISTRICT STRUGGLES WITH IN TERMS OF LEVELS OF FUNDING, IT SEEMS TO ME IF YOU CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT WAS MORE COST-EFFECTIVE BY USING FEWER BUSES THAT THAT ESSENTIALLY RELEASE MORE MONEY FOR YOU GUYS TO DO THE STUFF YOU NEED. IT WOULD BE A WIN ALL THE WAY AROUND. IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AND EVALUATED. WE ARE NOT SAYING IT'S THAT THE ALL AND ALL, WE HAVE NOT DONE FEASIBILITY STUDIES, WE DON'T KNOW COSTS. NOBODY DOES. I THINK THE IDEA OF BEING OPEN TO TRYING TO FIND A COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTION THAT'S PALPABLE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ELIMINATES A SAFETY PROBLEM AND AS YOU HAVE BUT IT EVERY TIME REZONE IT'S A MOTIVE. EVERY SINGLE TIME IT'S A MOTIVE. THERE'S JUST NO WAY AROUND THAT. I ENCOURAGE YOU, LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS AND SET OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO. TO THE CHAIRMAN! WE KNOW WE HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM COMING. WHY DON'T WE SELL THAT FOR YOU AND THE COMMUNITY? THAT'S ALL WE

ARE REALLY ASKING. THANKS. >> THE ISSUE OF CAPACITY IS DRIVING THIS. - - SETS UP

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CLASS-SIZE, IS IT THE SAME? >> TEACHER RATIO? >> YES. WHAT FORMULA ARE YOU USING TO COME UP WITH OVERCAPACITY AND CAPACITY NUMBERS?

>> WE LOOK AT FUNCTIONAL SPACE CONSIDERING THE RATIO AND HOW MANY CLASSROOMS DOING THE MATH

AND THAT'S HOW YOU COME UP. >> SO SCHOOLS OVERCAPACITY YOU HAVING TO FILE EXEMPTIONS NOW

FOR THOSE? >> WE CURRENTLY ARE USING ALL SPACES TO BE WITHIN THAT AND BRING IN TEMPORARY BUILDINGS BUT WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE THAT'S NOT A FEASIBLE SOLUTION.

>> MY COMMENT AND AM SO APPRECIATIVE YOU'RE HERE. OUR THOUGHTS BE EXPRESSED AT THE BOARD MEETING AND OUR CONCERN AND DESIRE TO WAIT AND GIVE US TIME TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY

ISSUE ON KIRKENDALL AND BYBEE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF PLAN B? >> ABSOLUTELY MY COLLEAGUE AND I DOCTOR WEBB WILL BE SHARING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND WE WILL SHARE WITH THE BOARD THE INFORMATION DISCUSSED, YOUR PREFERENCE FOR PLAN B. I WILL MAKE SURE SENTIMENTS AND COMMENTS ARE CONVEYED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ULTIMATELY TO DECISION-MAKERS OF THE

SCHOOL BOARD. >> THANK YOU. >> DOCTOR, THANK YOU AGAIN. I ECHO DOCTOR SNYDERS SENTIMENTS ABOUT YOU BEING HERE. IT'S VERY HARD TO BE THE PERSON HERE TO TAKE - - YES BUT WE ARE VERY ADAMANT ABOUT THE STANDING UP AND GOING THROUGH THE ISSUES ABOUT SAFETY. THERE WASN'T A SLIDE ON THIS PRESENTATION THAT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FACTOR OF THERE WAS TWO KIDS BEING INJURED OR KILLED. I THINK NO MATTER HOW MUCH DATA YOU PROVIDE IN THIS IS NOT JUST YOU, FOR ANYBODY, TO PROVIDE THAT HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST CONCERNING FACTORS IS SAFETY. WHEN WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS AND YOU HAVE THOSE TWO GLARING STATISTICS WHICH WEREN'T ON ANY OF THE SLIDES, I REALLY HOPE YOU WILL PUSH THAT HOME AS WELL TO THAT MEETING THAT THIS SHOULD BE ON THE TOP OF THE LIST IN REGARDS TO STATISTICS.

THERE'S TWO KIDS. >> THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING, STUDENTS FIRST AND FOREMOST, I DID SHARE THIS WITH THE FAMILIES ON THE 10TH, WE DO TALK ABOUT NUMBERS AND DATA. CENTRAL TO THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IS STUDENTS, I DID NOT SURE THAT TODAY BUT EVERYTHING WE DO IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS A SAFE TEACHING AND LEARNING

EXPERIENCE. I THANK YOUFOR THAT . >> GLASS, AND WE WILL LET YOU GET HOME TO YOUR FAMILY. LOOKING INTO THE PROHIBITED NATURE OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, THERE IS A SECTION IN THE TEXAS FUNDING CODE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. IT SAYS THIS SECTION DOES NOT PROHIBIT - - ENTERING INTO AND AGREEMENT RENOVATION TO REAL PROPERTY NOT OWNED OR LEASED BY THE DISTRICT IF THE IMPROVEMENTS BENEFIT REAL PROPERTY OWNED OR LEASED BY THE DISTRICT. PROPERTY OWNED OR LEASED BY THE DISTRICT INCLUDE DESIGN CONSTRUCTION RENOVATION OF HIGHWAYS ROAD STREET SIDEWALK CROSSWALKS UTILITIES AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. THAT BENEFIT THE PROPERTY OWNED OR LEASED BY THE DISTRICT.

WITH THAT, YOU COULD HELP FUND A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. BECAUSE IT WOULD SERVE THE DISTRICT TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR REZONING CHALLENGES AND SERVE THOSE SCHOOLS. SOMETHING TO LOOK

INTO. >> I WILL SHARE THAT BECAUSE I WOULDN'T BE THE PERSON TO MAKE

THE DECISION BUT I CAN CERTAINLY TAKE THAT BACK. >> WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? WE HAVE A FOLLOW-UP AGENDA ITEM AND I WILL GET YOU SOME STUFF ON THAT LATER. I MOTION TO ACCEPT THE

UPDATE? >> SO MOVE. >> SECOND.

>>.FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I THINK WE WILL TAKE ESTHER ANDERSON'S REQUEST EARLIER AND DOCTORS NOT READY NEAR-TERM ON LAKE VOYAGER CONDITION. SOME FUTURE BOARD MEETING UPDATE ON WHAT'S

OCCURRING THERE. WOULD BE WELCOMED. >> I AM ASSUMING MUD 386

SERVES BOTH COMMUNITIES. >> YES. >> OKAY THANK YOU.

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

>> OKAY AND I WILL PUT AN AGENDA ITEM UP THERE FOR A RESOLUTION FOR THE TOMBALL

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BOARD AGENDAS? >> I DO. NOT FOR NEXT WEEK OF COURSE BUT APRIL IS THE NATIONAL AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS A PROGRAM THAT PERHAPS THE AGENDA WILL ALLOW ITSELF IN APRIL 2 GIVE US AN UPDATE. THE OTHER IS SO WE CAN RESOLVE, I KNOW WE DID NOT ADDRESS THE - - TASK FORCE AT OUR LAST MEETING BECAUSE IT DID NOT HAVE THE

FULL BOARD BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT BACK ON THE AGENDA. >> ALL RIGHT ANYBODY ELSE?

[14. Board announcements; and]

OKAY IF THERE NO OTHER AGENDA ITEMS FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS. >> I HAVE ONE MR. CHAIRMAN I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE - - HIGH SCHOOL MR. BRADEN SHARP WHO COMMITTED TO BAYLOR I BELIEVE LAST NIGHT PITCHED A PERFECT GAME AGAINST CONROE 16 STRIKEOUTS AS THEY ONE FIVE TO

NOTHING. FABULOUS FABULOUS NIGHT. CONGRATULATES TO HIM. >> AWESOME, ANYBODY HAVE

ANYTHING COOL LIKE THAT? >> I DO. SINCE I'M NOT A BIG BASEBALL PLAYER I'M GOING TO

TALK ABOUT ART. >> GOT TO BE BALANCED. >> THAT'S RIGHT GOT TO TALK ABOUT THE SOFT SIDE. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE FIRST PLACE WINNERS OF THE ART IN THE PARK THAT HAPPENED LAST SATURDAY. PASTOR NELSON WAS THERE WITH ME AS WELL AS MANY OTHER STAFF MEMBERS - - WAS THERE HANDING OUT TROPHIES. BOTTOM LINE IS I WANT TO CONGRATULATE FIRST PLACE WINNERS. THE SEVEN AND UNDER GROUP 1ST PLACE WAS OLIVIA WANG, 8 TO 12 FIRST PLACE WINNER WAS - - AND 13 TO 18-YEAR-OLD CATEGORY FIRST PLACE WINNER WAS ANNA - -. I THINK SHE ACTUALLY WON FIRST PLACE LAST YEAR AS WELL. SO SHE'S KIND OF LIKE US. A REPEAT WINNER. LIKE THE TOWNSHIP IS OF THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE IN AMERICA. SHE IS JUST DOING A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK OF ALL PARTICIPANTS AND TO THOSE FIRST PLACE WINNERS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT MR. CHAIRMAN ALSO ONE MORE THING I GOT A NICE I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH AMBER BARNES WHO IS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SHE WAS AT THE BOOTH AT THE ARTS IN THE PARK FESTIVAL AND SHE REMINDED ME THAT BIRDING INITIATIVE CALLED BACKPACK BIRDING HAS TAKEN OFF, HAS GROWN WINGS SO TO SPEAK. THE NEW PROGRAM IS THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU WHO WANT TO RELAX AND DO SOMETHING THAT'S APPARENTLY A GROWING PASTIME. 45 MILLION AMERICANS CALL THEMSELVES - - ARE YOU A

BIRDER? >> NO, THE SECOND LARGEST - - IN AMERICA.

>> WHAT IS THE FIRST LARGEST? WATCHING BASEBALL? OH I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE WELL - - WALKING, I KNOW EVERYONE LOVES TO DO THAT. BIRDING IS NEWS TO ME. I'M SO EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT FREE OF CHARGE YOU CAN RESERVE FOR TWO WEEKS A BACKPACK THAT CONTAINS BINOCULARS BRAND IDENTIFICATION BOOKS A BIRDING CHECKLIST, LOCAL MAPS FOR HERE IN THE WOODLANDS AND THE BEST PART, A FOLDING CHAIR. NOTEBOOK AND COLORED PENCILS SO YOU CAN BECOME A SEMIPROFESSIONAL BIRDER IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS 18 AND OLDER, CALL ENVIRONMENT ALL SERVICES FOR THAT AT - - AND GET READY TO ENJOY BIRDING

HERE IN THE BEAUTIFUL WOODLANDS. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE

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