Apr 21, 2022 Board of Directors Regular Meeting Agenda

[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;]

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WELCOME TO TONIGHT BOARD OF WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP MEETING. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO OUR INVOCATION. TODAY WE THINK YOU FOR THIS COMMUNION AND EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE TONIGHT. WE PRAY FOR YOUR WISDOM TO GUIDE US THROUGH THESE PROCEEDINGS. WE ALSO PRAY FOR THOSE ABROAD, DIRECTOR NELSON WHO IS TRYING TO PROVIDE AID AND COMFORT TO THOSE SEEKING REFUGE FROM THE UKRAINE AND RUSSIA CONFLICT.

WE PRAY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LEADER BLESS OUR COUNTRY. IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN. >> WILL NOT DO THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.

>> 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.

>> >>. >> THIS MEETING WAS CLOSE TO 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE.

STATE LAW REQUIRES AT LEAST FOUR DIRECTORS TO MEET AND WE WILL TAKE ROLE.

AS I MENTIONED DIRECTOR NELSON IS IN POLAND REPRESENTING HIS CHURCH AND HE WILL BE WITH THE

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

THE ADOPTION OF OUR MEETING AGENDA. >> SOME MOVES.

>> SECOND.> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

[4. Recognize public officials;]

[5. Public comment;]

>> MAN: MY NAME IS GREG ANDERSON I'M A RESIDENT OF CREEKSIDE.

I'M HERE TO TUNE. A POSITIVE -CENTER. THAT IS THE REMEDIATION.

VERY BRIEFLY THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. >> MAY I? A QUICK SIDE PARK CORRECT? BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM ON.

>> I STAND CORRECTED. >> CREEKSIDE PARK. LAKE VOYAGER.

THE REASON NEEDS REMEDIATION IS THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE ENCLAVE AT THE WOODLANDS FAILED. LITERALLY OVERWHELMED THE LAKE. IT IS A MESS AND FILLED WITH SET IN CLAY. IT CLEARLY NEEDS REMEDIATION. A PLAN IS PUT TOGETHER THAT YOU WILL VOTE ON TONIGHT. I HOPE EVERYONE AND YOU WILL VOTE POSITIVELY ON THIS.

THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE WHO DESERVE CREDIT AND THANK YOU FOR THIS.

I WILL START WITH DIRECTOR DOCTOR AND SNYDER. SHE ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION TO COME OUT, SEE THE LAKE FIRSTHAND. LISTEN TO OUR CONCERNS.

THANK YOU DOCTOR SNYDER. ALSO, SHE LET TO THE TOWNSHIPS ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER CHRIS NOONS. CHRIS HAS DONE REMARKABLE WORK IN PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN AND IT IS INCLUDING A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND HE CAME OUT AND PRESENTED IN.

I'M HERE TO REPORT THAT THE HOMEOWNERS ARE NOT ONLY AN AGREEMENT BUT ENTHUSIASTIC

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THAT IS THE BOARD CHAIR. HE PUT THIS ISSUE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IN ORDER TO HAVE IT ON THE PUBLIC RECORD. I COME WITH THANKSGIVING AND COMPLIMENTS BECAUSE THE TOWNSHIP HAS RESPONDED REMARKABLY WELL. WE ARE SO THANKFUL AND I ASSUME WE WILL PASS THIS TONIGHT AND I WILL COME BACK AND REPORT POSITIVE THINGS AS A RESULT.

HANK YOU. >> THANK YOU GREG. NEXT UP IS GOING TO BE NEIL

GAYNOR. >> MAN: >> AND DETERMINE.

YES I AM NEIL GAYNOR I'M THE PRESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGIONAL PLANNING GROUP.

I'M SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM TIME. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REVISE THE RECORD WITH THE MEETINGS OF THE TASK FORCE. THE BACKGROUND MATERIAL FOR AGENDA ITEM 10 READS THE TASK FORCE TYPICALLY MET MONTHLY WITH THE LAST MEETING BEING HELD ON AUGUST 24, 2021. I KNOW THE STATE WAS NOT CORRECT BECAUSE I ATTENDED AND MADE A PRESENTATION AT A MEETING AT DECEMBER 7 2021. I KNOW THE TWO BOARD DIRECTORS WERE PRESENT IN MULTIPLE LOCAL OFFICIALS WERE ALSO AT THE MEETING.

YOU CAN FIND THE AGENDA IN THE SUMMARY OF THE MEETINGS ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE.

HERE IS THE ISSUE. NOT HAVING THE MEETING RECORD CORRECTED CREATES THE IMPRESSION OF THE ONE-WAY TASK FORCE AND ALREADY BECOMES IN THE FALL OF 2021 HOWEVER IN THE COST CONTEXT WE ARE NOW ON THE CUSP OF HAVING THE FIRST REGIONAL FLOOD PLANS DEVELOPED INTO A RIVER BASIN WITH THE DRAFT OF THE PLAN TO BE DELIVERED ON AUGUST 2022 TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND FROM THERE ON A STATE FLOOD PLAN WILL BE DEVELOPED.

IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE LAW AND ORDER TASK FORCE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AN IMPORTANT FORM FOR DEVELOPING A WATER POLICY IN OUR REGION IN THE WATERSHED.

I LIKE TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES FROM THE LAST MEETING. ALAN BLACK FROM THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT TOLD US ABOUT THE HUGHES PROJECTS THAT HE IS ABLE APPARENTLY TO SUCCESSFULLY SECURE FUNDS FOR. 250 MILLION FOR SEVEN REMOVAL IN HARRIS COUNTY WITH 9% OF WHICH COMES FROM FEET. ANOTHER 40 MANY MILLION IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT I 45 AND SPRING CREEK. AN IMPORTANT ONE FOR US HIS DISCUSSION OF THE PLANNED MEETING ON FLOOD DETENTION IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE WATERSHED.

I ATTENDED THE OPEN HOUSE ON APRIL 7. TO MY DISMAY THE FLOOD DETENTION PROJECT WILL FACE MAJOR CHALLENGES SHUT THE FLOOD DETENTION PROJECT FAIL WE WILL STILL BE FACING CHALLENGES DOWN IN THE STREAM IN THE WETLANDS. I WOULD PREFER THAT THE TASK FORCE REMAIN A STAKEHOLDER AND BE THERE FOR WOODLANDS RESIDENCE. IT'S REALLY A TIME TO BOARD THE CITY AND I'M AWARE OF THAT ON HAVING A TASK FORCE CONTINUE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

[a. Receive, consider and act upon a proclamation recognizing National Police Week;]

>> IF YOU MISS A SIGN OF ANYONE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.

IF THERE ARE NOT WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC, AND MOVED TO AGENDA ITEM 6.

RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON PROCLAMATIONS. WE ARE GOING TO START.

>> PROCLAIMED AS THE WOMAN'S TOWNSHIP WISHES TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK 20 $.22 ON OF THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF THOSE LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY

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WHEREAS THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 600 AND ND FULL-TIME LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SERVING THE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING THE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND PRECINCT 4. WHEREAS 000 ASSAULTS AGAINST LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE REPORTED EACH YEAR RESULTING IN APPROXIMATELY 14,355 INJURIES.

WHEREAS SINCE THE FIRST RECORDED DEPTH IN THE 1786, OVER 22,000 LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY 176 DEATHS PER YEAR. THESE DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE ENGRAVED ON THE WALLS OF THE NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON D.C.. WHEREAS THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF THE OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WILL BE HONORED DURING THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL FUND ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL HELD ON MAY 13 2022 WHEREAS THE VIGIL IS PART OF NATIONAL POLICE WEEK WHICH TAKES PLACE THIS WEEK FROM MAY 11 TO THE 17TH 2022. AND WHEREAS 15TH IS DESIGNATED AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL IAL DAY IN HONOR OF FALLEN OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

NOW, THEREFORE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP DEAR HEREBY COMPLAIN THE WEEK OF MAY 11, 2022 AS POLICE WEEK IN THE WOODLANDS TEXAS.

THANK YOU TO OUR LAW-ENFORCEMENT SEARCH AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.

I THINK NICK. IF WE CAN HAVE THE LAW-ENFORCEMENT FOLKS IN THE

BUILDING, FRONT. >>. [APPLAUSE]

>> >> IN OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS FOR RECOGNITION OF THE NATIONAL

[b. Receive, consider and act upon a proclamation recognizing National Telecommunicators Week;]

>> THE WOODLANDS TEXAS BULLET PROCLAIMED WHEREAS THOUSANDS OF DEDICATED PUBLIC SAFETY TELE-COMMUNICATOR PERSONNEL SERVE OUR NATION DAILY BY ANSWERING THE 9-1-1 CALLS FOR FIRE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND POLICE AND BY DISPATCHING THE APPROPRIATE ASSISTANCE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WHEREAS THE CRITICAL FUNCTIONS PERFORMED BY PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELL COMMUNICATOR PERSONNEL ALSO INCLUDES THOSE RELATED TO OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIE PROVIDING GOVERNMENT SAFETY SERVICES. WHEREAS PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELL A COMMUNITY WORK TO ENHANCE THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITIES OF THESE CAPABILITY SYSTEMS TO THEIR LEADERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION IN TRAINING PROGRAMS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

WHEREAS THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP EMPLOYS 22 PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC COMMUNICATORS THAT STUFF FIRE,

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PROCLAIM THE WOODLAND TOWNSHIP PUBLIC TAXES. >>

[c. Receive, consider and act upon a proclamation recognizing National Travel and Tourism Week;]

ONE. >> THANK YOU. BE A PROCLAIMED WHEREAS VISITING THE WOODLANDS IS THE OFFICIAL DESTINATION FOR MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WOODLAND TOWNSHIP ENCOURAGING TRAVEL AND TOURISM TO WOODLAND TEXAS WHEREAS THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP RECOGNIZES THE FUTURE OF TRAVEL AND WHAT IT PLAYS IN THE WILL WORK FIRST 2500 PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED BY THE INDUSTRY AND THE WHEREAS AS TRAVEL CONFIDENCE GROWS THE DEMAND FOR EXPLORATION TOURISM MAKES A COMEBACK WHEREAS THE RETURN TO A THRIVING TRAVEL INDUSTRY OF THE ECONOMY IS DEPENDENT ON THE BUSINESS AND TRAVEL. IT WILL PROVIDE POSITIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT IN THE UNITED STATES AND DRIVE US FORWARD TO A MORE PROSPEROUS FUTURE.

THEREFORE I 40 BUNCH AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 1, 2022 IS NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK AND TEXAS.

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

>> LEON AGENDA ITEM 7 WHICH IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA.

TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SO MOVE. >> SECONDS.

[8. Receive, consider and act upon a quarterly update on Law Enforcement;]

>> THAT WILL PASS. >> AGENDA ITEM 8. RECEIVE CONSIDER NOT JAPAN ACT UPON A

LAW EMENT DATE. >> MISTER CHAIRMAN AND HONORABLEMEMBERS IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE BE HERE. I PRESENT TO YOU THE COLLECTIVE QUARTERLY REPORT FOR BOTH MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS WELL AS PRECINCT 4. EACH YEAR I COME AND PRESENT TO YOU STACKING TO

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WHEN LOOKING AT THE STATISTICAL NUMBERS WE SEE FEBRUARY IS AN OUTLIER.

BECAUSE OF THE SHORT DAYS OF THE MONTH. LESTER WAS AN INCREASE OVER 2020 THAT WITH THE BEGINNING OF CORONAVIRUS. WE STARTED HAVING LOCKED DOWN FOR NOW THAT THE LOCKDOWNS ARE OVER AND PEOPLE ARE EMBRACING THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY LIVE, WORK AND PLAY AND OUTSIDE OF THE CONFINES OF THEIR HOMES THEY ARE ON PAR WHERE WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I AM STARTING TO SEE THEM TURNED UP.

I'M A LITTLE BIT MINDFUL OF THAT. I THINK PART OF THE TREND AND CALLS US TO DO SOME CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM GOING ON SOUTH OF THE BORDER RELEASING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT IS MOVING FROM HARRIS COUNTY INTO MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

RESETTING TO SEE THAT TREND. I WANT YOU TO BE MINDFUL THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO ARREST PEOPLE TIME AND TIME AGAIN. THE ONES WE ARE ABLE TO CATCH ARE NOT BEING FOUND OUT.

THAT'S VERY DISTURBING TO US THAT WE WOULD HAVE REPEAT OFFENDERS WHO ARE OUT ON BOND SOME OF WHICH ARE OUT ON PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE BONDS WHICH IS PROBABLY NOT A GOOD DETERRENT TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IF THERE IS NO WAY TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE PROBLEMS BECOME OUR PROBLEMS AND WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO CORRECT THOSE CRIMINAL EFFORTS THAT WE CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH THAT. AS WE SEE IT GO FROM JUST THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 11 AND YET WE WENT ALMOST 1500 CALLS MORE THE FOLLOWING MONTH. WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THAT TREND AND RESPOND TO IT WITH INITIATIVES. WE DO HAVE THAT AS AN OUTLIER

THAT WE ARE HAVING TO BE MINDFUL OF. >> AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS.

CRIME CATEGORIES THESE ARE ITEMS THAT YOU WANT TO BE MADE AWARE OF AND TO TREND.

AND SO THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT. AGAIN I'LL POINT OUT BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND MARCH WEEKENDS OFF ON A 50% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CRIMINAL REPORTS.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY ON THE RADAR SCREEN. WHILE WE STILL MAKE ARRESTS IN THOSE CASES IT DOESN'T PREVENT RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF LIFE BECOMING VICTIMS OF CRIME AND THAT'S OUR GOAL. OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO REDUCE CRIME.

HERE ARE THOSE DESIGNATED CRIME CATEGORIES. I WON'T BORE YOU TO READ THEM BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE TREND. I PREVIOUSLY SPOKE ABOUT FRAUDS AND FORGERIES. WE CONTINUE TO SEE SCAMS FOR RESIDENTS FROM TIME TO TIME GET DUPED INTO RELEASING PRIVATE INFORMATION THAT MAY COMPROMISE DOWN BANK ACCOUNTS FOR THEIR FINANCIALS. AND THEY FALL PREY TO THOSE SO I WILL TALK TO THAT A LITTLE LATER. AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT AS WE CONTINUE TO TRACK SUICIDES AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDES AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE VERY PASSIONATE EACH OF US BECAUSE WE WILL NEVER WANT SOMEONE TO FEEL LIKE THEY DIDN'T HAVE SOMEONE THAT THEY COULD TALK TO OUR WALK-THROUGH. YOUR LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CONTINUE TO GET TRAINING AND RESPOND TO CALLS OR PEOPLE FIND THEMSELVES IN DESPAIR AND WE HELP THEM WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS MANY TIMES COUNSELING WILL HELP THEM DEALS WITH LIFE'S UPS AND DOWNS.

THE NEXT LIGHT I SHOW YOU IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.T'S WHAT WE IDENTIFY AS OUR QUALITY OF LIFE CRIMES. THESE ARE WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TRACK WE HAVE THE OTHER CRIMINAL REPORTS AND INFORMATION REPORTED WORK TO BE A RUNAWAY CHILD.

THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A CRIME. WE DON'T CHECK THAT FOR THE PURPOSE OF WORKING FOR OUR PROVINCIAL CRIMES. WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THIS COMMUNITY TO TRY TO IMPACT. THESE ARE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, BURGLARIES AND MOTOR VEHICLES.

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IF A PERSON OFFICERS CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THESE. THAT'S KIND OF THE THINGS THAT ARE TO TAILGATE IN SUBURBAN. YOU CAN TELL US IN THE FIRST TO SEE THE DIFFERENT TRENDS THAT SO. AND SO I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD CAN.

THAT IS CONTINUE TO CURRENT TERMS RELATED TO CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND WHILE WE REST IS 34 SO FAR THIS YEAR THESE ARE USUALLY MULTIPLE CASES THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE INVOLVED 11TH CONVERTERS. WE MET WITH STATE REPRESENTATIVE METCALF IN TRYING TO PASS LEGISLATION. THEY WILL ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER FOR THE THEFT OF PRECIOUS METALS AND TO INCREASE PERHAPS EVENTS MADE BY THE MORNING FOR CONNECTION ABOUT DRAFT. WE ALSO ADDRESS PROCEEDINGS AND I KNOW YOU SAW JUST RECENTLY THE NUMBER OF PURSUITS GOING ON.

FROM TIME TO TIME WE WILL HAVE IT IN HARRIS COUNTY AND LIKEWISE WE SHARE PURSUITS AND GO SOUTH SOMETIMES US FOLKS TRY TO GET BACK TO THEIR HOME. WE ARE COMMITTING CRIMES AND WHEN WE DO THIS IS A FELONY AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING THUMB WITH A GUARANTEED PROBATION SO WE ASK METCALF IF HE WOULD INTRODUCE THE STRENGTH AND FOR THE PENALTY FOR SOMEONE WHO RUNS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEY NEED FOR THE INNOCENT PUBLIC THAT HAPPENS TO BE ON THAT ROADWAY. OF COURSE MY SUGGESTION WAS A MANDATORY FIVE YEAR SENTENCE WHICH SENDS A VERY CLEAR MESSAGE THAT YOU CAN STOP YOUR CAR RENTAL BUT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO INVADE OR ENDANGER EVERYONE'S LIFE WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR LEGISLATOR TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT IMPACT NOT JUST THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY BUT THE STATE OF MONTGOMERY AS A WHOLE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES DEALING WITH THESE CRISES.

I TALKED ABOUT SHERIFF HENDERSON IN THE MEETING. THAT'S 90 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DUPED OUT OF THEIR HARD-EARNED MONEY BECAUSE OF FRAUD TO SCAN. WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE IF YOU GET A PHONE CALL AND I THINK WE'VE DONE IT. I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE IF YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE THE NUMBER DOWN INTO FOR YOUR VOICEMAIL.F SOMEONE ASKS YOU FOR SOMETHING STOP AND VERIFY JUST BECAUSE A PERSON SAYS THERE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT SHERIFF HENDERSON'S OFFICE AND YOU HAVE A WORK FOR THE REST FOR NOT ATTENDING JURY DUTY STOP AND THINK FOR A SECOND IS THAT REALLY WHAT WE DO A MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS?

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BUT WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. AND THEN LASTLY THE ONE THAT'S MOST PASSIONATE TO ME AS WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE CHILDREN BEING TESTED FOR THESE TYPES AND I WON'T GET TOO DEEP IN THE CHILDREN AS BEING OR SENT FRIEND REQUESTS AND THESE ARE USUALLY YOUNG PERHAPS JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH ICE SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN.

THEY THINK THEY HAVE MET SOMEONE THAT SEEMS TO BE VERY NICE.

TURNS OUT IT'S NOT APPEAR. IT'S USUALLY NOT SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S NOT EVEN IN THE UNITED STATES. I ASKED PARENTS TO VISIT WITH THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT SAFE PARAMETERS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA. WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND PROJECT THE THIRD IF THEY WERE TO EXPOSE HIM THEY WOULD BE PROSECUTED FOR THAT BUT SECONDLY THEY ARE AFTER THE MONEY. FALCON BROKE THE CALL A HANGING FIGHT AND IF YOU SEE THE CANNED THEY WILL MOVE ON. IF YOU TELL THEM TO THAT YOU WON'T COMPLY OR WHATEVER YOU WANTED TO THEM MANY TIMES THEY ARE MOVING ONTO THE NEXT ONE BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE QUICK CASH. WITH THAT SAID I WILL CLOSE AND THINKING. ON BEHALF OF SHERIFF HENDERSON AND 92 MEN OFTEN LIKE TO FIND THE SEPTIC PROCLAMATION AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE USING OUR SERVICE.

>> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> THAT THEIR FINDINGS IS TRYING TO SELL CATALYTIC CONVERTER MAY BE A PROBLEM. THE PRECIOUS METALS WHICH ARE THE PRECIOUS METALS THAT ARE CONTAINED IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

THERE'S NO SERIAL NUMBERS ARE WAY TO TRACK IT. IF SOMEONE COMES IN WITH THE PRECIOUS METAL IN YOUR PRECIOUS METAL DEALERS AND MANY TIMES ARE BUYING IT IN IS NO WAY TO TRACK IT. WE TALKED ABOUT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW THE INSPECTION OF FACILITIES OR PLACES THAT PURCHASE PRECIOUS METALS AND REQUIRE THEM TO TRACK.

RIGHT NOW FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU GO TO A PAWNSHOP THE PROJECT IS REQUIRED TO RECORD THE SERIAL NUMBER AND RECORD YOUR IDENTITY WE DON'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO PRECIOUS METALS. THERE ARE NO SERIAL NUMBERS. WE ALSO DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE WHO SPAWNING IT OR SELLING IT SO IF YOU SEE A REPEAT PERSON CONTINUING TO SELL PALLADIUM WHICH IS RUNNING AT 2000. RHODIUM IS AT 17,000 IS VERY EXPENSIVE SO WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE AVERAGE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAS ABOUT $802,000 WORTH OF PRECIOUS METALS IN IT. THAT MAY BE AN ISSUE.

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WE PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY THAT MADE THE BEST WAY THERE MAY BE A BETTER WAY BUT CERTAINLY OUR INITIATIVES AS YOU SAW IN THE CHART ABOUT THE CRIME TREND. WHEN WE ATTACK IT AS AN AGENCY AND PUT FORTH THE INITIATIVE WE SEE A DROP-DOWN SO I KNOW WE ARE ON POINT AND THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB AT TAKING THOSE INITIATIVES AND ACCOMPLISHING THOSE OBJECTIVES AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE A PART OF THAT ORGANIZATION.

>> THE OTHER THING I LIKE TO ADD IS THAT BECAUSE THESE THINGS ARE EXTREMELY VALUABLE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S BEEN ALSO A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF GONE PLAY THAT HAS GONE ON. I WOULD CAUTION RESIDENCE IF YOU SEE SOMEONE OUT IN THE CAR CALL 9-1-1 TO GO OUT THERE AND CONFRONT THEM BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAD AT LEAST ONE POLICE

OFFICER AND I BELIEVE TO IN THE LAST 45 DAYS. >> WE MOURN WITH THE FAMILY AS HE AND HIS WIFE ARE WALKING OUT OF A CONVENIENCE STORE THAT WAS OFF DUTY.

THEY WERE UNDER HIS WIFE'S VEHICLE CUTTING THE CADILLAC CONVERTER.

AS HE ASSURED HIS WIFE TO SAFETY AND WANT TO DO WHAT WE'LL DO WHICH IS TO ENFORCE THE LAWS. HE RECEIVED FIRE. EVERY DAY I'M FEARFUL THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME SHERIFF HENDERSON, MYSELF OR THE TEAM ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WALK UP THE SIDEWALK UNTIL A FAMILY SOMETHING. WE NEED PEOPLE TO DO THAT PART INSECURITIES WEAPONS. HAVE THEM COME AND JOIN. KEEP THEM FROM THE WRONG HANDS.

>> FINAL THING. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE FROM VEHICLES ARE FROM UNLOCKED VEHICLES.

PLEASE LET YOUR CAR. MOST OF THESE CRIMES ARE CRIMES OF OPPORTUNITY.

IF YOUR CAR IS LOCKED THEY LOOK FOR ONE THAT IS ON BOX. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE THAT HEARS THIS. THE NUMBER ONE THING YOU CAN DO TO HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT IS MAKE

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SURE YOUR VEHICLES LOG. >> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

HELP US HELP YOU NOT BE A VICTIM OF CRIME. >> HAVE A VEHICLE THAT ROUTINELY WANTS ME. IN A VISIT DOING THE BEST YOU CAN.

IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMITTEE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING A HUGE INCREASE IN CRIME FROM PERPETRATORS PERSONALITY SOUTH OF US THAT ARE NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING AND ARE BEING RELEASED ON THE COGNIZANT PHONE WITH MINIMAL PAL.

FORTUNATELY FOR ME I SHOULD'VE SENT A LETTER TO HAPPEN IF THEY GET CAUGHT HERE.

>> BEFORE HE STEPPED UP AND GOT AN ALERT THAT THE STEVE HOUSTON WAS HAVING A TOWN HALL MEETING TO DISCUSS THE CRIME TRENDS THAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH.

ANY OF THESE ARE OCCURRING IN A SOCIOECONOMIC AREA OF THE CITY BECAUSE OF THESE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS THAT MAYBE THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING THE RIGHT THING BUT THEY ENDED UP HURTING THE VERY PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO PROTECT. THAT'S THE SAD PART.

SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO REALIZE THE REVERSE COURSE INSTEAD OF JUST PUSHING THROUGH MAYBE SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO REALIZE HEY THIS MAY NOT BE THE BEST IDEA.

I CERTAINLY DO THAT A LOT. >> CAPTAIN I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO GO BACK.

GO BACK TO THE FIVE-YEAR TERM LINE FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR NEXT TIME FOR YOU TO SHOW US IF YOU HAVE A SOMETHING SIMILAR BUT FOR VIOLENT CRIMES.

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONCERN FOR RESIDENTS IN THE WOODLANDS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT VIOLENT CRIME. MISSING SOMETHING THAT SHOWS HOPEFULLY IS NOT GOING SKYROCKETING THE WAY IT IS IN HARRIS COUNTY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TAGGED WITH THE HIGHEST MURDER RATES IN THE NATION.

THAT WOULD BRING SOME COMFORT TO THE PEOPLE HERE IN THE WOODLANDS BUT YOU NEVER CAN LET

YOUR GUARD DOWN. >> WE DO HAVE THAT YOU THEN I WOULD JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE SEE IN TRAINING WHICH ARE VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES.

HOMICIDES, SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND THINGS THAT WE USUALLY KNOW THE PERSON.

VERY RARELY ARE WE SEEING IN THIS COUNTY WHERE SOMEONE IS THE VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME THE WAY THEY DID NOT ALREADY HELP US BY IDENTIFYING THE PERPETRATOR OR PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CURRENT. SOME OF WHICH ARE DOMESTIC BY NATURE AND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SO WHILE WE HAVE THOSE THEY PRESULT IN THE DEATH OF SOMETIMES TWO PEOPLE WAS A MURDER SUICIDE, WE HAVE TO KEEP PROCESS IT WAS NO SERIAL KILLER AND SO WE WANT TO CLICK SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING THE VICTIM OF THE PERPETRATOR? DO YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR STATISTICS? SOMETHING THAT'S POSSIBLE?

>> IS A LIFE AND EVERY LIFE IS PRECIOUS. WE DO HAVE THE E REPORT BECAUSE I I CAN AND I'VE BEEN ON EVERY SCENE WHERE WE'VE HAD A DEATH RELATED TO SOMEONE I PERSONALLY, MOST EVERYONE. I'M FAMILIAR WITH SEVEN CERTAINLY GO THROUGH AND ADDRESS THOSE AND BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THOSE STATISTICS AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO PRESENT THAT AT THE NEXT QUARTERLY MEETING. I WOULD JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS NOT REPRESENTING HARRIS COUNTY STATISTICS. THESE ARE ONLY MONTGOMERY COUNTY BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'VE HAD AT LEAST ONE DOWN THERE AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR PUTTING YOUR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY DAY FOR US.

>> THAT'S OUR SERVICE YES MA'AM THANK YOU. >> I HAD A NOTE THAT YOU HAD

[9. Receive, consider and act upon an update on the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office program related to Autism, in support of April's National Autism Awareness Month (as requested by Director Snyder); ]

SOMETHING ON THE AUTISM AWARENESS. >> YES SIR AND IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME I WILL ASK SERGEANT JASON MOORE TO ALLOW ME AT THE PODIUM TODAY.

THE REASON I AM ASKING SERGEANT MORRIS BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS TRULY HAS.

WHEN I SAY HIS, HE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO START PREPARING HAS IN PRESENTING IT TO OUR LEADERSHIP. IT IS UP TO SHERIFF HENDERSON. HE HAS A PERSONAL STORY SUCH AS

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SINCE 1997. >> THAT'S 25 YEARS. >> IS A VERY YOUNG MAN HE STARTED WHEN HE WAS IN A SCHOOL HE IS TRULY CENSORING THIS COMMUNITY AND I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WATCHING HIS CAREER OVER THE EARS I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT HE'S 'S DONE.

I'M TO TURN THE MIC OVER TO HIM AND LET HIM TELL YOU WHY THIS BECAME A VERY PERSONAL ISSUE.

I'LL READ YOU WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO WITH YOUR SUPPORT. >> GOOD EVENING.

MY SON WAS DIAGNOSED AT ABOUT THREE YEARS OLD WITH AUTISM. SHE IS HIGH FUNCTIONING AS HE WAS YOUNGER AS MOST DO THE SYMPTOMS AND DISORDERS ARE MORE SEVERE.

AS THEY GROW OLDER THEY TEND TO GROW OUT OF THEM FOR THEY BASICALLY LINE TO ADAPT TO SOCIETY BETTER AS A YOUNGER CHILD. MY SON WAS APPROACHING 15 YEARS OLD HE'S HIGH FUNCTIONING AND HE CAN HOLD A CONVERSATION. YOU WILL NOTICE THE WORDS THAT HE CHOOSES TO USE ARE VERY UNIQUE. THEY ARE NOT USED EVERY DAY.

THAT'S ONE OF HIS SIDE EFFECTS OF AUTISM. THE LACK OF EYE CONTACT.

IT'S JUST LITTLE THINGS. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS OF AUTISM.

IT'S ONE BIG SPECTRUM BUT YOU HAVE HIGH FUNCTIONING IN THE NORMAL FUNCTIONING.Y SON IS HIGH FUNCTIONING AND IS ABLE TO HOLD A JOB.E CURRENTLY WORKS NOW AND HE DRIVES.

AS HE WAS REACHING 15 YEARS OLD AND THINKING OKAY HE'S GONNA START DRIVER SIDE AND HE'S FIXING TO BE OUT DRIVING ON HIS OWN. WHAT WORRIED ME IS WHAT HAPPENS IF HE GETS PULLED OVER ONE DAY AND THEY DON'T KNOW HIM OR HIS STORY.

THEY DON'T KNOW HIS DIAGNOSIS OR THEY MAY THINK THAT HE IS ACTING SUSPICIOUS.

THE LACK OF EYE CONTACT AND COMMUNICATION IN THE SHUTTING DOWN WHEN HE GETS OVER EXHILARATED OR NERVOUS. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT JUST CAME TO ME ONE EVENING AND I WANTED TO START SOMETHING HERE LOCALLY AND WATCH HER GROW. I WANTED TO BUILD THIS THING AND SO I APPROACHED THE ADMINISTRATION. A COUPLE OF MONTHS GO BY AND WE MET. THE WILL START TURNING AND WE STARTED TO GET DESIGNS GOING.

WE STARTED TO GET AS YOU SEE RIGHT NOW THE BADGES THAT WE GET TO WEAR IN APRIL.

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

THEIR ADDRESS IF THEY WANT TO A STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. IT ALLOWS US TO ENTER NOW THROUGH OUR DISPATCH BECAUSE IF WE GET IT ALIVE AT THE ADDRESS OR CALL FOR SERVICE THE CAUTION

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WE PUT ON SOME TRAINING ABOUT 10 MONTHS AGO. WE'VE HAD NEARLY 100 OFFICERS, MOST OF THEM ARE MONTGOMERY COUNTY BUT WE OPENED IT UP TO SOME OUTSIDE AGENCIES.

WE SPENT THE WHOLE DAY GOING OVER THE RECOGNITION AND HOW TO HANDLE IT BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY PARENTS OUT THERE THAT I'VE NEVER ACCOUNTED OR HAD TO DEALING WITH AN ARTISTIC MELTDOWN AND THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU LEARN FIRSTHAND. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN BE TAUGHT IN A CLASSROOM. YOU CAN MANAGE TO RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AND HOW TO GET THROUGH IT. THAT'S WHAT WE DID. WE PUT ON THIS COURSE THE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 100 TRAINED AND MY GOAL IS TO EVENTUALLY CONTINUE THIS AND

HAVE A LOT MORE. >> IS DEFINITELY NEEDED. I HAVE AN ARTISTIC FAMILY MEMBERS I UNDERSTAND THE DISTINCTIONS THEY JUST WENT THROUGH IT.

SYMPTOMS. THE HIGH FUNCTIONING WHICH IS HARDER ON THEM BECAUSE PEOPLE

DON'T NATURALLY ASSUME THAT THEY ARE ON THE SPECTRUM. >> HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT GETTING WITH THE STATE ON LICENSE PLATES?> IF WE CAN HAVE A MONARCH BUT I'M BUTTERFLY PLATE WHY CAN'T WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT IDENTIFIES THAT IT'S AN ARTISTIC VEHICLE?

>> THERE ARE A LOT. THE INSTRUCTOR THAT I WAS WORKING AT THE CAME DOWN AND PUT ON THE CLASS FOR US HE'S FROM FLORIDA AND WE PUT HIM OVER FOR THE TRAINING BUT HE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN PASSING LEGISLATION IN FLORIDA TO WHERE IT IS PART OF THE REQUIRED CURRICULUM FOR POLICE OFFICERS IN FLORIDA AS FAR AS THEIR YEARLY INITIAL ACADEMY TO BE CERTIFIED. FLORIDA ACTUALLY REQUIRES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOURS AND AUTISM TRAINING AFTER SEE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS THAT IS PROBABLY SOMETHING COMING TO TEXAS AS WELL. THE LICENSE PLATE IS A GREAT IDEA.

>> I REALLY THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE CONTACT WITH THE STATEMENTS IN THE COUNTY.

YOU WON'T HAVE A LEGISLATIVE SESSION UNTIL NEXT YEAR BUT I THINK THAT YOU WOULD FIND A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THIS BECAUSE IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO DO THIS IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT SO MUCH

EASIER. >> THE GREAT THING ABOUT IT IS THE PUBLIC OUTREACH IS GROWING MORE LIKE WHEN MY FACE WAS SON WAS FIRST DIAGNOSED AUTISM WAS STILL NOT TALKED BOUT.

THEY DON'T LOOK FOR THE ASSISTANCE OR THE ACCEPTANCE. YOU JUST KIND OF KEPT TO

YOURSELF ABOUT IT. >> 18 YEARS AGO THEY WEREN'T EVEN SURE WHAT IT WAS.

AUTISM REALLY IS MORE OF A DIAGNOSED ISSUE OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS.

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>> IT'S REALLY NOT THAT OLD. WHEN HE WAS THREE WE KNEW SOMETHING WAS DIFFERENT WE DIDN'T GET AN ACTUAL DIAGNOSIS UNTIL HE WAS SIX OR SEVEN. IT TOOK US GOING TO DIFFERENTLY

[10. Receive, consider and act upon the One Water Task Force (as requested by Director Snyder); ]

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>> THE WITH INTENT TO CAME INTO BEING IN 2010010 FOR THESE DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN IN

EXISTENCE FOR LONGER THAN THE TOWNSHIP. >> IS THE SIZE AND NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE FILED FOR. IN THIS PARTICULAR ELECTION CYCLE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY FIGURING OUT CUT WITH WITH THE DISTRICT CALLED THE PEOPLE TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

WHEN THE COLLECTIVE DATA FROM ONE DISTRICT TO CHILDREN $59 MILLION IS SIX TIMES WITH THE TOWNSHIP HAS. AND THE THING WE HAVEN'T DONE GOOD THINGS BUT THE TIME IS OVER. I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THE TOWNSHIP TO DIRECT ITS TIME IN ITS ENERGIES IN ANOTHER DIRECTION. IF THE MEDS WANT TO TAKE ON OR WOODLANDS WATER ONCE TAKE ON OR THE SJR HE WANTS TO TAKE ON THE TASK FORCE AND ASKED THE TOWNSHIP TO BE PART OF THAT I AM MORE THAN WILLING TO SUPPORT THAT.

I JUST DON'T THINK THAT. I THINK IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE

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STOP. >> SINCE YOU WERE CHAIRMAN FOR MANY YEARS AND YOU KNOW THIS LIKE THE BACK OF YOUR HAND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY DITTO. THE CHILDREN CHAIRMAN HAS NAILED IT. THAT'S THE SUMMATION OF IT. I ALSO AGREE WITH THE IDEA THAT IF THE MODS OR WOODLANDS WATER AGENCY IN CONJUNCTION WITH MUD 386 IN HARRIS COUNTY, IF THEY WANT TO TAKE OVER THAT MANAGEMENT OF THE ONE WATER TASK FORCE, ASSUME THE NAME, TAKEOVER THE DIRECTION BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TAX AN ISSUE DEBT FOR THE PURPOSES THAT ARE RELATED TO WATER AND THEY HAVE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RIVER AUTHORITY FOR FRESHWATER AND GROUNDWATER. I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT AND

I WOULD APPLY SOME FOR DOING THAT. >> GO TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER NOT

[11. Receive, consider and act upon a briefing on previous studies related to Trolley expansion to Village Shopping Centers (as requested by Chairman Bunch);]

CENTERS. >> THE WOODLANDS TOWNCENTER TROLLEY IS A RUBBER TIRE TIRE REPLICA THAT STARTED IN JULY LY 2007. THE PROGRAM SERVES NEARBY ACTIVITY CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN CENTER E TOWN CENTER AREA. HERE ARE THREE OR FOUR CHARLTROLLEYS SERVICING THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH A 10 OR 15 MINUTE HEADWAY.

BY HEADWAY I MEAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN EACH TROLLEY ARRIVING AT THE STOP.

THERE IS NO FAIR FOR THE TROLLEY THERE FREE TO THE PUBLIC.

AS WITH SERVICES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS THROUGHOUT THE NATION OF RIDERSHIP HAS BEEN TO PUT IT MILDLY. CONSIDERABLY. PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC IT FLUCTUATED. OUR HIGHEST RIDERSHIP WAS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS AS WELL AS DURING THE WINTER HOLIDAYS. WE HAVE RECENTLY SEEN RIDERSHIP OUTSIDE NOW THAT THE DELTA ON THE CRANBERRY HAD SUBSIDED. WE ANTICIPATE COMING PRETTY

CLOSE TO PREPARE PANDEMIC LEVELS THIS YEAR AGAIN. >> IF YOU TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE LAST THREE YEARS ESSENTIALLY IS THE HIGHEST IN MARCH TO SPEND BASICALLY ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL THAT IT WAS IN 2013. WE HAD A BETTER SPRING BREAK THIS YEAR THAN IN 2019. I JUST OMPLEMENT ME FOR THE TROLLEY GREEN JACKET.

>> WOODLANDS THEN TROLLEYS RIGHT? IS IT TOO FAR.

>> OVER TIME THERE HAVE BEEN CALLS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND BOARD TO REVIEW TROLLEY ROUTE AND ALSO IDENTIFY WHETHER ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS CAN BE SERVED BY THE TROLLEY PROGRAM.

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I WILL QUICKLY SUMMARIZE THE PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS. THERE IS MEANING TO CONSIDERABLE EFFORTS THAT SHOULD BE NOTED. THE FIRST IS IN 2014.

THERE WAS A STUDY LED BY OUR TRANSIT CONSULTANTS AND THE FORCE THAT CONSIDERED OPTIONS FOR MULTIPLE ROUTES. AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION OF A TRANSIT CENTER IN TOWNSEND SENATE. IN 2016 THE HOUSTON AND GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL COMPLETED A TRANSIT PLAN CALLED CHOICES FOR THE WITH THE AREA. IT CONTAINS A HIGH LEVEL OF FEASIBILITY AND COST ANALYSIS FOR IMPLEMENTING LOCAL SERVICE. THEY CALLED IT LOCAL BUS SERVICE IN THE PLAN. AFTER THE BOARD CONSIDERED BOTH OF THESE EXPANSION OPTIONS THE THEY DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS. THERE WAS A THREE-PHASE ROLLOUT. THE FIRST PHASE WILL FIND THE TROLLEY LIGHT.

IF YOU SEE HIM ENOUGH THE OLD METHODS ON RED. WENT INTO THE DRIVEWAY'S AND WENT THROUGH MARKET STREET AND MARKET SQUARE AND JUST KIND OF WIGGLED AROUND ONE.

THEN IT DOES NOW. THEN IN PHASE 2 THEY ADDED ADDITIONAL VEHICLES TO SERVICE WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS PEAK OPERATION HOURS. THEY REDESIGN THE SCHEDULE SLIGHTLY. IN PHASE 3 WE ADDED ROUTE TO HUGHES AND IN WHICH YOU CAN KIND OF THING IN GREEN HERE. IT WAS PROPOSED AS AN ADDITIONAL THAT IT WAS COMBINED WITH THE EXISTING OUT. THERE ARE A FEW PROGRAM IMPACTS OF POTENTIAL CHALLENGES THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED DURING THESE STUDIES AND DISCUSSED AT LENGTH.

THE FIRST IS COST IMPACTS. JUST A REMINDER. THE TROLLEY PROGRAM.

IT'S COVERED 50% FORMULA GRANT FUNDING. THE DEMAND FOR THE TRANSIT IS HEAVILY TIME FOR RED LIKE THE TRAINING PROGRAMS. TO ENSURE THOSE HEADWAYS WE PROVIDE MORE VEHICLES. MORE STAFF IS LOCAL. IT'S JUST MORE COST ADDITIONAL FROM A FEDERAL COMPLAINT STANDPOINT WE NEED TO SIGNIFICANTLY AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES TRANSIT PROGRAM WHICH IS A THREE-QUARTER MILE BUFFER AROUND THE REST. RIGHT NOWB CAN YOU BE IN SHAPE THAT COVERS THE LANDING TOWNCENTER AREA. STANDARD IN THE SHOPPING CENTER WHERE CAPTURING A LOT MORE AREAS WITH SINGLE-FAMILY HOME. AND SO THERE IS JUST GOING FOR THE INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR THAT

ALONG WITH THAT FOR THE INTUIT MINISTRY STRATA RESOURCES. >> WHAT IS THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PARATRANSIT SERVICE TODAY? HOW MANY CALLS A HERE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

>> IT'S RAMPED UP SINCE COVID 19 STARTED. WE GET MAYBE ONE APPLICATION PER MONTH. AT THE MOMENT WE HAD ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES BUT NO

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ACTUAL OPERATION RESOURCES FOR 20 PROGRAM. >> DO WE ALSO FUND MEALS ON WHEELS AND INTERFAITH THAT DOES DIRECT RESPONSE SERVICES FOR THAT PERSON FEELS THAT COVERS WE HAVE HIRED LIGHTER WAS'S COMMUNITY IN AGREEMENT WITH INTERFACE MEALS ON WHEELS COMING. WE DO THIS FOR A LOT OF FOLKS THAT.

>> QUESTIONS DO LIKE YOUR PHOTO HERE. I THINK YOU TO CLARIFY FOR THE PEOPLE AT HOME AND FOR ME. THIS IS A TRIAL THAT IS DRIVING UNDESIGNATED SOMETHING?

WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF THAT TROLLEY TRACK? >> THAT IS THE TRANSIT CORRIDOR WHICH IS A LONGER WATER WITH THE FUNDING FOR THE WHEN IT WAS BEING DEVELOPED CAME THROUGH TRANSIT MONEY AND SO WE ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THAT SO THAT THE TROLLEY UP AND

DOWN THE WATER. >> NOTES NEXT TO THE PATHWAY ON THE WATERWAY.

>> ACROSS THE WATER THERE'S ANOTHER PATHWAY. >> INCIDENTALLY YOU HAVE TWO PATHWAYS ARE WATERWAY IN A FEDERALLY APPROVED TROLLEY TRANSIT.

BUT, IF THESE TROLLEYS WERE GOING TO PANTHER CREEK OR ANY OTHER PLACE THEY WERE NOT BE USING THIS PATHWAY. THEY WOULD BEGIN ON THE STREETS.

>> CORRECT. >> I GUESS MY QUESTION IS IS THAT AS SAFE FOR PEOPLE? DO WE ANTICIPATE HAVING THE TROLLEYS WITH ANY ISSUES QUESTION MARK I KNOW THEY HAVE TO GO TO THEIR STALLS IN THE EVENING BUT THEY DON'T USUALLY SEE THEM AS OFTEN.

YOU SEE THEM ON LAKE ROBBINS BUT NOT A LOT. >> OUR DRIVERS HAVE THEIR LICENSE WITH PASSENGER ENDORSEMENTS OF A STREPTOCOCCUS FADING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLES.

THEY CAN DRIVE THEM ON ANY ROAD. THEY ARE STREET LEGAL VEHICLES.

>> IS THAT GOING TO BE ANY KIND OF DETERRENT TO EXPANDING TO THE SHOPPING CENTERS?

>> I DON'T SEE THAT THE SAFETY OF DRIVING VEHICLES ON THE ROADS BEING INITIATED.

THEY MAY BE NOISY GOING AT HIGHER SPEEDS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT INSULATED LIKE A PASSENGER

SEDAN WOULD BE. THEY ARE MADE OUT OF WOOD. >> WE CAN BRING THE TROLLEYS

ON THE FREEWAY. >> THE ISSUE OF EXPANDING TO THE OTHER AREAS WAS NEVER A SAFETY ISSUE. IT WAS ALWAYS AN EXPENSE ISSUE. THE EXPANSION OF THE PARATRANSIT SERVICE INCREASES YOUR POPULATION THAT IS ELIGIBLE FOR THAT SIGNIFICANTLY. AND THEN THE FACT IS THE SHOPPING CENTERS ARE PART OF THE REAL PROPERTY. THEY DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH OUR TROLLEYS COMING INTO

THEIR SHOPPING CENTERS. >> I THINK THAT WAS SHOCKING TO A LOT OF RESIDENTS WHEN THEY

HEARD THAT. THE REQUEST WAS DECLINED. >> WE WANT TO STEP FURTHER WE PICK PEOPLE UP IN OUR OWN PARKS BECAUSE WE CAN SAY YES TO OURSELVES.

WHAT I DID WAS EXPAND EVEN FURTHER WITH OUR TRANSIT PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE PICKED UP BECAUSE NOW THE PARKS ARE ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND THAT IS COST PROHIBITIVE.

>> THE ORIGINAL DISNEYLAND CONCEPT DESIGNED WAS GOOD INTENDANT.

BUT IN THE ACTUAL PRACTICE WAS CAN BE VERY COST EVIDENT WHICH IS THE MORAL TERM FOR THE

COMMUNITY. >> ARE YOU GOING TO TELL US ABOUT REVISITING NOW THAT TIME

HAS PASSED WHAT WE KNOW NOW? >> EITHER I SAID EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GNNA SAY ABOUT THE OWNER'S APPROVAL. THEN I JUST TO POINT OUT THAT THE FDA REQUIRED PUBLIC INPUT IF WE'RE GOING TO MONSTER BLEACHING CHANGES TRANSIT PROGRAM IS JUST THAT KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR THE CONSIDERATION. THAT SEGUES INTO HOW COULD WE REVISIT THIS AND HOW COULD WE

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THIS IS A COMPETITIVE FUND THAT WE WENT AFTER.E SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION IN EARLY NOVEMBER AND THROUGH THE FEDERAL TRANSMIT RESTORATION PROGRAM AND THE GOAL OF THE GRANT PROGRAM IS TO REALLY HELP TRANSIT AGENCIES OPTIMIZE THEIR SERVICE AND DEAL WITH SERVICE IMPACTS CAUSED BY CHRONIC LIARS WHICH WE DID SEE QUITE A BIT OF.

I WOULD ARGUE THAT WE WOULD HAVE INCREASED HIS FIRST DUE TO MORE PEOPLE BEING AT HOME AND CHANGING AND SHIFTING TRAVEL PATTERNS. THAT'S WHAT WE PUT INTO THE APPLICATION. IF AWARDED WILL USE THE FUNDS TO EVALUATE THE EXTENSION OPTIONS. IT INCLUDES ASSOCIATED COST ESTIMATES FOR THOSE.

FEASIBILITY, OF PUBLIC INPUT NEEDS, PERMISSION. EASEMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT

PLUS COST ESTIMATES FOR MAINTENANCE. >> IN ORDER TO DO THE 5 TO 15 MINUTE WINDOW IT WOULD ALSO PERHAPS BE THE EXPENSE OF PURCHASING ANOTHER PRODUCT OTHER THAN BEFORE WITH A DISTANCE OF INDIAN SPRINGS SHOPPING CENTER WHICH IS

LOCATED IN GROVE HIMSELF. >> CORRECT. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT AS A CONVEYOR BELT THOSE LINES ARE CONVEYOR BELT AND YOU WILL HAVE THOSE VEHICLES ON THE CONVEYOR BECAUSE THEY HAD THE VILLAGE CENTER EVERY 10 TO 15 MINUTES IN ROUTE TO TOWNCENTER WHENEVER

THE LOCATION WOULD BE. >> THE TROLLEYS ARE REACHING THE END MOST OF THEM ARE REACHING THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE. WE REALLY NEED TO INCLUDE IN THE WEATHER THAT IS THE APPROPRIATE VEHICLE TO MAINTAIN THEY GET READILY AND NOISY OR

THICK AT HIGHER SPEEDS IN THE MAKING DIFFERENT VEHICLES. >> DOES THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE SERVICES ACTUALLY FOLLOW THE ROUTE OR JUST AN PROXIMITY OF WHEN THEY ACTUALLY STOP AND

PICK UP? >> IT FOLLOWS THE ROUTE. THE ROUTE IS THE SENTRY FINE

AND THEN AT THREE-QUARTER MILES ON BOTH SIDES. >> IT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT THAT YOU PROBABLY NEED TO BRING US BACK FOR THE MAP AND SHOW US WHAT THAT RADIUS LOOKS LIKE.

>> WE HAVE IT PUBLISHED ONLINE AND I CAN DEFINITELY SHOW YOU THE KIDNEY BEAN SHAPE AROUND LANDING IN TOWN FOR. AND THEN IT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN YOUR COMPUTER ANY ROUTE EXTENSION. WE WOULD SHOW THERE SO THAT WE WOULD GET IN IDEA OF THE NUMBER

OF RESIDENTS OR PROPERTIES THAT ARE LOCATED. >> FOR EXAMPLE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT EXPANDING SERVICES OUT TO PANTHER CREEK. YOU MAY FIND THAT IT'S ACTUALLY MORE ADVENTITIOUS TO TAKE THE TROLLEY PREDOMINANTLY ON THE NORTH SIDE FOR SURE.

IT WOULD MINIMIZE THE RESIDENTIAL FOOTPRINT. AND IT'S EXPENSIVE BUT AT SOME POINT IT MIGHT BE A SITUATION IN ANY SHORT-TERM TO PROVIDE MORE MOBILITY FOR THE FOLKS THAT WERE BEING SERVICED BY GROGAN SMELL AND PANTHER CREEK'S SHOPPING CENTERS.

IN MY WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER. >> IT HAS BEEN A BIG STRESSOR FOR RESIDENTS AS WE KNOW. THEY HAVE FELT THAT IN LOSING THEIR GROCERY STORES I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE EMPHASIS TO TRY TO TIE THEM BACK INTO THE FOLD BECAUSE THEY ARE THE TWO

THAT DON'T HAVE GROCERY STORES ANY LONGER. >> I WOULD SAY CHANCE IT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM BULLET. IF YOU CAN BE FILLED WITH ON THESE THINGS BUT WORKING WITH

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THERE COULD BE A SYNERGY. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS AND GET A ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE OVERALL COST.

I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRAZY BUT IT MIGHT ACTUALLY MAKE MORE SENSE TOWNSHIP TO DO SPONSOR SERVICE RATHER THAN EXPANDING THESE TROLLEYS INTO THESE AREAS WERE TO LOOK AT SOME SORT OF CONTRACT SERVICES THAT WOULD AND OBLIGATE US TO THE OTHER APPLICATIONS WE'VE GOT.

IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT EVERY PASTOR THAT GETS ON THIS THING IS COSTING THE TOWNSHIP 30 OR $40 AND IT'S POSSIBLE IT COULD BE THAT WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE AS WELL.

>> WITH THE BUSES YOU ARE REALLY TRYING BECAUSE OF CAPACITY.

THEY TRY TO SHOOT FISH IN A BARREL THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO SAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO FISH IN THE OCEAN. WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THE WAY WE ARE ASKED TO CELESTINE THE CONDOS AND HIGH-RISES IN GOING BETWEEN MODES. TO YOUR POINT.

RECALL THAT IS MICRO TRANSIT OR DEMAND RESPONSE SO IT WOULD BE SUBSIDIZING THE RIGHT AND THAT MIGHT BE MORE COST-EFFECTIVE THAN EXPANDING A TRADITIONAL LOCAL BUS OR TROLLEY LINE AND I

COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE CONSIDER. >> BY THE OUTLIER HERE I LOVE THIS IDEA AND I HAD AT THE FIRST TIME. AS I WENT THROUGH THE PAST ANALYSIS IT CAN BE COST PROHIBITIVE. I APPRECIATE THIS THAT I GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE WASTING A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF TIME TO COME BACK TO WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW. WE ARTY KNOW IT OR COST OPERATIONS IS.

IF YOU TOOK THOSE COSTS WAS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN LIQUID FUNDS AND RESEARCH FOR THIS? IT'S ABOUT MILE BETWEEN THE TWO. THAT THE EXPAND.

90 THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE AND YOU HIT. >> THE MAJORITY OF THE

RESIDENTS. >> THEY HAD EVERY VILLAGE CENTER.

THIS IS A 100%. THIS IS AN 80% OF THE FUNDED EVENT.

THIS IS A 50-50. THIS IS THE LEAST COST EFFECTIVE TRANSIT THAT WE OPERATE TODAY COMPARED TO THE PARKER RIDES. IT'S A COST RECOVERY MODEL.

WE GOT BENEFIT FROM THE TROLLEYS BECAUSE THEY ARE NEWLY GENERATED OUR FORMULA.

I WORK FOR THESE TROLLEYS ARE. I'M UPSET WHEN I EE THEM SICK IT IS EMPTY.

I WOULD BE MORE UPSET IF THEY ARE FURTHER IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE AS GREAT AS AN IDEA THIS IS IN IT IS A GREAT IDEA, DOES NOBODY COMING HERE BEGGING FOR IT.

IT HASN'T BEEN ON ANY SURVEY OF ANY KIND THAT PEOPLE ARE WANTING US TO DO THIS.

I GET THE SHOPPING CENTER IS A DIFFERENT ISSUE. YES, WE AGREE THE LOSS OF GROCERY STORES AND PANTHER CREEK IN GROVE AND SMELL ARE DRAMATIC IMPACT ON THOSE LOCAL RESIDENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT WERE DEPENDED ON THE ANCHOR STORE.

BUT TAKING A TROLLEY TO THE SUNDAY SHOPPING CENTERS IS GOING TO REHABILITATE THEM.

THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRANSITING TO ANOTHER GROCERY STORE LINE SITTING IN THE PARKING LOTS. THEY ARE IN HOMES. YOU GUYS CAN GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS BUT I WOULD TAKE A HARD LOOK AT HOW MUCH STAFF TIME AND EFFORT IS CAN GO INTO THIS WHEN WE KNOW THE OUTCOME AND THEN DECIDE IF IT'S REALLY WORTH TAKING THEIR TIME TO COME BACK

AND TELL US THE SAME THINGS THAT HAS ARTY BEEN TOLD TO US. >> WHAT WAS IN A LIFETIME.

>>. >> IS ABOUT $2 MILLION. >> HOW MUCH THE CURRENT RUN?

>> JUST UNDER 1 MILLION NOW THAT WE TAKE IT UNDER IN THE HOUSE.

>> THAT WAS FOR EVERY BUSINESS SENDER. >> I BELIEVE SO BUT WHAT I'VE

READ FROM THE PLAN. >> I HAVEN'T HAD ANYBODY OUT CRYING.

MAYBE I JUST MISSED IT. WHEN I GO TO THE VILLAGE MEETINGS THE REQUEST IS NOT COME FROM ANY OTHER VILLAGE CENTER EXCEPT FOR THE TWO THAT UNLESS THE GROCERY STORES.

>> I GET THAT BUT THAT'S NOT A SOLUTION TO THE GROCERY STORE ISSUE.

>> ARE THE CHALLENGES WE WANT TO TREAT THE VILLAGES THE SAME. >> THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

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>> HAD A REALLY HAVE A DIFFERENT SERVICE. >> IS THAT CONSIDERING IT IS A PILOT? THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY THOUGHT THAT I HAVE.

CONSIDERED AS A PILOT AND SEE HOW IT GOES AND IF IT'S REDEVELOPED TO THE GROCERY

STORE THEN DROP IT. >> IF WE'RE BEING CANDID WITH OURSELVES THE CURRENT ROUTE WE HAVE WHICH IS A HIGHER DENSITY OF UTILIZATION STILL NEEDS OPTIMIZATION.

IT HAS TOO MANY HOURS OF CIRCULATION ON TWO BUSES. >> I AGREE WITH YOU THERE.

WE SHOULD IN THE PAST YEAR THAT ARE REDDISH UP DEMAND IS IN THE EVENING AND WEEKENDS AND I THINK IF WE RAN LATER AT NIGHT ESPECIALLY RUN PAVILION CONCERTS ARE RIDERSHIP WOULD

INCREASE DRAMATICALLY COMPARED TO TUESDAY AT 11:00 A.M.. >> I'M BEHIND THAT EFFORT BECAUSE IT IS A MISUSE OF FUNDS TO NORMALLY OPERATE A SYSTEM THAT ISN'T MEETING THE OBJECTIVES. IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO EXTEND THE HOUR TO YOUR POINT AFTER HOURS ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET THE ICEHOUSE. I ASSUME THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE OUR HOURS UNFORTUNATELY WOULDN'T PUT THAT IN THE SHOPPING CENTER.

>> GO BACK TO THE CHART. THE RIDERSHIP CHART. 12,000 PEOPLE SAY YOU DOUBLED IT AT A COST ANOTHER $5 MILLION AND THAT COST WOULD BE ASTRONOMICAL.

THE COST PER POSTURE WOULD BE ASTRONOMICAL. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE HALF. IT'S NOT CHEAP OR NOT TO DO IT THAN IT WAS WHEN WE LOOKED AT

IT. >> WERE TALKING ABOUT A 10 FOLD ITEM 2 FOR MAGNITUDE.

>> I THINK THERE IS DIALOGUE ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SHOPPING CENTERS.

I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME POTENTIAL CONCEPTS AND IDEAS AND THINGS MAY BE IN MOTION.

WE ALWAYS GET AHEAD OF I DON'T T THINK. I'VE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ON PANTHER CREEK AT THIS MOMENT. WE ARE ENGAGED IN DIALOGUE WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS.

WE JUST CAN'T TALK ABOUT REAL ESTATE STUFF. I THINK THAT THE RESIDENCE WILL EVENTUALLY BE HAPPY WHEN SOMETHING OCCURS IN THAT AREA. NOTHING THAT WE CAN RESOLVE

TODAY. >> I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE THAT WE NEED TO DECIDE WHAT THE FUTURE IS OF THE CURRENT SERVICE.

IN TERMS OF THE VEHICLES THAT WE ARE UTILIZING. >> WE CAN USE THE ROUTE PLANNING GRANT TO LOOK AT CURRENT ROUTE OPTIMIZATION AND VEHICLE SELECTION.

>> BOTH THE SCHEDULE AND THE ROUTE. >> WE'RE GETTING NEW WINDOWS AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE VELCRO POCKETS ANYMORE. THEY ARE SOLID PAINS AND THAT SHOULD HELP THIS SUMMER WITH KEEPING THE SEA IN A LITTLE BIT.

QUICK SO THERE IS NO ACTION TO TAKE OTHER THAN TO ACCEPT THE REPORT AND WE DO APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT YOU GO THROUGH FOR US. MOTION TO ACCEPT.

[12. Receive, consider and act upon a briefing regarding Lake Voyager (as requested by Chairman Bunch); ]

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND DOESN'T FAVOR SAY AYE.

MOTION CARRIES TO ITEM 12. ECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A BRIEFING REGARDING LAKE

VOYAGER FOR LAKE ION. >> JOHN WENT TO THE PODIUM AFTER THEY LOOK LIKE A NATURAL.

NATURAL. >> GOOD EVENING I'M JOHN MCGOWAN AND ONE OF THE TOWNSHIP DIRECTORS. I'M HERE TO BRIEF ON THE LAKE VOYAGER R POND.

I JUST WANT TO MENTION IN LATE JANUARY RESIDENTS CONTACTED THE TOWNSHIP AND WE WENT OUT AND THEY HAD SOME CONCERNS WITH THE COLOR OF THE WATER. THE POSSIBLE SET UP.

WITH MEETINGS WITH THE TOWNSHIP AND RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE. MY 386 AND ALSO THE BROTHERS DEVELOPMENT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THAT PARCEL OF LAND.

THEY CAME TOGETHER TO LOOK AT THAT AND DID SEE SEDIMENT IN THE POND.

THEY DID BEEF UP THEIR SILK FENCING TO ADDRESS THAT. THE TOWNSHIP THEN AT THAT POINT IS WORKING WITH LAKE PRO THAT IS OUR LAKE AND POND CONTRACTOR ON REMEDIATION PLANS IN WHICH YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT IN YOUR FILES THERE. WITH THAT IT'S ALSO FOLLOWING THE TOWNSHIP FOR LAKE IN TOWN MANAGEMENT PLAN SO ADDING THE HELP OF SUSPENDED SEDIMENT IN

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WE ARE WAITING THERE SO LITTLE BIT MORE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY DO ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET IT. WHAT WE DO IS ACCORDING TO THAT PLAN WE WORK WITH LAKE PRO ON POTENTIAL FLOCCULANTS THAT WILL WORK AND THEN WE WILL IN JULY APPLY THE FLOCCULANT ON THAT.

>> WHO LET MISTER ANDERSON KNOW THAT THERE'S NOTHING FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE TODAY BECAUSE BASICALLY THE SCHEDULE IS THE ALREADY EXISTING PLAN FOR LAKE VOYAGER IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DOES THIS WITH OUR LAKES. I THINK THE UNFORTUNATE TIMING IS GOING TO BE THAT THEY WILL NOT SEE A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT IMMEDIATELY BASED ON THE PLAN PROPOSED. YOU GUYS SHARE THIS PLAN WITH MISTER ANDERSON AND OTHERS.

IT'S A GOOD PLAN BUT UNTIL THEY STOP ADDING SILK TO THE RUNOFF AND IT HAS BEEN MITIGATED AND WE WILL NOT SEE AN IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENTS. TO SEE AND EXPECTATIONS FOR THE RESIDENCE AND THAT PROXIMITY IS PROBABLY IN THE FALL BEFORE YOU SEE AN IMPROVEMENT IN LAKE

WATER QUALITY. >> IT SHOULD BE PRETTY QUICK FROM OTHER ONES THAT WE'VE

SEEN. >> FROM AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. >> IF WE NEED TO ADD DIFFERENT FLOCCULANTS AND IT DOESN'T WORK WE WILL ADJUST THAT USING ANOTHER ONE.

>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T EXPECTED TO BE LOOKING AT TOMORROW.

GOOD EXPECTATIONS. AND THEN WE EXCEED THEM HOPEFULLY ASK THE OTHER THING I REALLY WANT TO MAKE IS WHILE MISTER ANDERSON SEES LOTS OF PEOPLE ON THE BOARD THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT JACOBSON AND 386 ARE OVER HERE ASSUMING WE SPOKE TO THEM. I SPOKE TO THEM TWO WEEKS AGO. WE SAID HEY WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING AND THEY SAID WE ARE ON THAT WE ARTIE TALKED TO THE TOLL BROTHERS AND WE'VE CHANGED THE SILK FENCING. THEY'VE AGREED TO PAY THE COST OF THE MEDICATION.

GIVE SOME PROPS TO DISTRICT THERE ARE ACTUALLY ON TOP OF THIS.

>> JUST LIKE YOU MENTIONED THE TOLL BROTHERS THAT THEY WOULD REPAY FOR THE FLOCCULANTS AND THEN WE WILL ALSO DO OUR NORMAL FISH STUDIES OR SURVEYS THERE TO MAKE SURE IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES WE WILL DEFINITELY CHECK THE DEPTHS THERE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ANY ISSUES.

>> YEAR COULD WITH THE PLAN AND WE JUST NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT.

[13. Receive, consider and act upon a briefing on the results of the Park Ranger patrol in response to noise and sound complaints at Northshore Park;]

>> TO MOVE. >> SECOND. >> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> WE'RE DOWN TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. AGENDA ITEM 13.

RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT THE POND A BRIEFING ON THE RESULTS OF THE PARK RANGER PATROL IN RESPONSE TO NOISE AND SOUND COMPLAINTS IN THE NORTH SHORE PARK.

>> I GAVE JOHN THE OPTION OF DOING THIS ONE AND HE TOOK LAKE VOYAGER.

HE'S VERY SMART FROM THAT STANDPOINT. THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP ITEM TO THE BOARD'S DISCUSSION I BELIEVE IN NOVEMBER 2021. IT IS ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE AT NORTH SHORE PARK AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PARK RANGER PROGRAM.

SINCE THE BOARD ACTION ON 1117 ACTUALLY STARTED STATIONING A RANGER AT THE PARK BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00 P.M. AND 11 70S A WEEK. THE INDIVIDUAL IS STILL OUT THERE AND WE ARE ALSO BRINGING BACK SOME OTHER REMEDIES FOR YOU TO REVIEW TONIGHT.

A LITTLE BIT OF MORE BACKGROUND ABOUT THE EXTRACTIONS THAT WE'VE USED BEFORE IS WE'VE INSTALLED RESPECT THE NEIGHBOR SIGNS WITH PROGRAMS OUT OF THE PARK.

WE'VE INSTALLED LOCKS ON THE LIGHT AND WE ACTUALLY DID A LOT OF WORK IN 2017 TO REORGANIZE DIFFERENT AMENITIES IN THE PARK TO PUSH SOUND AWAY FROM THE RESIDENCE AND WE ALSO ISSUED PROHIBITION ON COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES IN NORTH SHORE PARK. ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE RESIDENTS WERE MAKING WAS NOISE CONCERNS. WE JUST CAN'T GIVE YOU A BALLPARK ON NOISE. THE WHISPERS ARE 30 IN NORMAL CONVERSATION IS 60.HEN WE START SEEING HIGHER DANGER LEVELS AT 70 OR 80 AND ABOVE. PART OF THE RANGERS INSPECTION PROGRAM OR BEING AT THAT PARK WAS TO TAKE HOURLY READINGS OVER THE COURSE OF EVERY NIGHT AND REALLY GET A BALLPARK UNDERSTANDING. OVER THE COURSE OF 450+ OR MINUS READINGS WE TOOK READINGS AT THE RESTROOMS AT THE AREA AS WELL AS PICNIC AREA AND WE SEE LOWER LEVELS. 51.7 DB ALTHOUGH I DO 55. IT'S IN THE NORMAL

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I KNOW THAT THERE IS A HIGH AMOUNT OF LUNCH USES BECAUSE PEOPLE GO OUT THERE TO EAT LUNCH IN THE PARK. AGAIN THE ASSET AS WELL USE. THE SOUTH PARKING LOT IS COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE.E - THE PARK IS ALLOWED TO HAVE THEM BY SOUND WITH A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT. ONE HOUR AFTER SUNRISE IN TWO HOURS AFTER SUNRISE.

NOT PAST 9:00 P.M.. WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF PERMITS.

WE HAVE 17 SPECIAL EVENTS IN 2018 AND WE'RE USING THAT AS A BASE YEAR.

IN 2022 WE HAVE 11 PERMITS ALREADY AND I THINK I JUST APPROVED ONE OR TWO MORE THIS PWEEK. THEY ARE REQUIRING SOUND PERMITS.

A SOUND PERMIT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM A FUN RUN AT THE PARK WITH A CONCERT TO WHAT THEY CALL THE PILLS. IF YOU HAVE A PILL AND YOU HAVE A PICNIC IN YOUR HAVING SOUND THAT IS AMPLIFIED SOUND SO WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. ANYTHING THAT IS AMPLIFIED WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT AS ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR WHAT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT IS PROPOSED FOR TIME LIMITS ON THE COURTS. WE WISH AT THE LIGHTS OFF OR HAVE OUR TIMERS GO OFF AT 9:00. WE CAN CLOSE NORTH SHORE PARK A CERTAIN HOUR WE CAN ALSO REMOVE THE MATES. OPTION NUMBER FOUR IS TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM.

OPTION FIVE AND SIX GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE TRYING TO DEFY ADDITIONAL LIGHTS AND WHERE ELSE WE CAN PUT THEM IN THE SYSTEM. TWO OF THOSE OPTIONS WANTING TO REQUIRE PUBLIC AND BECAUSE IT CHANGES YOUR TOWNSHIP ORDERS ABOUT LIGHTS IN THE VARIOUS PARKS. TYPICALLY WE HAVE THE PARK ORDER THAT SAYS LIGHTS ARE ALLOWED TO BE USED UNTIL 11:00. THE RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT IS TO CONTINUE THE HOTSPOT PROGRAM FOR NOVEMBER. THIS IS TO SEE IF WE GET A GOOD DATASET.

WE ARE ONLY 4 AND A HALF MONTHS IN IN COOLER WEATHER WHERE THE EAST IS NOT AS HIGH.

WE HAVE PRESENTED TO THE ON-CALL INFORMATION THAT WE GATHER BY OUR ON-CALL STAFF.

WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF INSTANCES SOME BEFORE 8:00 IN THE MORNING ABOUT CONCERNS AND SOME OF THEM ARE JUST FOLLOW-UPS TO SAY HE A.M. HEARING NOISE DO THEY HAVE A PERMIT?

>> YOU GUYS DID SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH YOUR WRIE UP.

I'M READY TO ACCEPT A MOTION IN A SECOND TO CONTINUE THE DEDICATED NORTH SHORE PARK HOTSPOT PROGRAM TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH TONS OF ORDERS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF EIGHT AND 11:00 P.M. AND RETURNED TO THE BOARD WITH A FULL YEAR DATA ON THIS PROGRAM.

>> AND MOVED. >> SECOND. >> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[14. Recess to Executive Session to discuss matters relating to real property pursuant to §551.072, Texas Government Code; deliberation of economic development negotiations pursuant to §551.087, Texas Government Code; discuss personnel matters pursuant to §551.074, Texas Government Code; discuss IT network or critical infrastructure security pursuant to §551.089, Texas Government Code; and to consult with The Woodlands Township’s attorney pursuant to §551.071, Texas Government Code;]

>> THANK YOU SIR. JOHN YOU GOT THAT ONE TO BUDDY. ALRIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO RECESS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION. THIS IS IN RELATION TO REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT 55 1.072 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO VERSION OF ECONOMIC NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO 551.087. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE

[15. Reconvene in public session;]

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

>>> WHERE BACK FROM CLOSE SESSION. THERE ARE NO ACTIONS TO TAKE.

WE ARE NOW IN ITEM 16 WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS TEMS REPLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT

MONTH'S MEETING >> I HAVE TWO ITE. >> I HAVE BOTH OF YOUR ITEMS

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ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA. >> NUMBER TWO? IT'S AN UPDATE ON THE SAME AREA BUT A RIGHT-OF-WAY MAINTENANCE AND ENHANCEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWNSHIP AND THE COUNTY

COMMISSIONERS. >> WAS THIS RELATED TO SIGNAGE'S AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE PENDING FOR SIX MONTHS? I HAVE THAT ON NEXT WEEK'S INTERSECTION.

QUICK SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS IN THAT DISCUSSION OR NEXT WEEK.

>> ENHANCE FOLIAGE FOR THE INTERSECTION RIGHT AWAY? >> IS PROBABLY NOT IN THE

CURRENT SCOPE. >> WE HAVE NEXT WEEKEND IN MAY ANYONE ELSE?

>> IDEA. WITH THE RAPID RISING PROPERTY APPRAISALS THAT WE'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT MONTGOMERY COUNTY I KNOW WE HAVE PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET MEETINGS.

I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE ONE IN MAY OR JUNE. I LIKE TO SEE STAFF PLEASE PREPARE AN ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF INCREASING THE 65 AND OLDER DISABLED EXCEPTION. I THINK RIGHT NOW THAT'S ONE OF US THOUSAND.> I HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR IN THE WORKS. I'VE ASKED FOR THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION DISCUSSION THAT WE

HAD NUMEROUS TIMES. >> TO GET THE PUBLIC GOING ON THAT HUGE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE LIST YOU LIVE IN A VERY UNIQUE BUBBLE. IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT BASED ON WHERE WE ARE AT YEAR-TO-DATE OUR PEOPLE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE ULTIMATE DOLLAR AMOUNT OR LESS. THIS CAN BE OTHER TAXING UNITS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT ISSUES TO DEAL WITH A NEW ONE SHOULD BE PANICKED ABOUT THE APPRAISAL IMPACTING OUR MAYOR.

[17. Board announcements; and]

>> AGENDA ITEM 17. ANY BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS? >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO RENT IT REMIND EVERYONE THIS SATURDAY THE 11TH THE 50 STATES AND HOW MANY COUNTRIES? 35 COUNTRY LETES ARE PARTICIPATING. IT'S ALWAYS A VERY EXCITING

>> ALRIGHT. WE WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

>> SO MOVE. >> SECOND THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE

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