[00:00:07] >> WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING. WE NORMALLY HAVE A PASTOR OR A PRIEST HERE IS AN INVOCATION. I WILL DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND ASK IF WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER [1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;] FROM THE AUDIENCE. MR. WEAVER, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN INVOCATION. >> FATHER GOD, WE LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR OUR LEADERS. WE PRAY YOU BLESS THISMEETING AND THESE RESIDENTS, GOD . I PRAY YOU GIVE US WISDOM AND WORDS TO SAY. WE LOVE YOU AND PRAISE YOU IN A JESUS NAME, AMEN. >> NOW THE PLEDGES TO OUR FLAGS. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, INDIVISIBLE, WITHLIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL . HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATEUNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE . [2. Call meeting to order;] >> IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING WAS POST. [3. Receive, consider and act upon adoption of the meeting agenda;] [4. Recognize public officials;] I WOULD LOVE TO GROW. DIRECTOR BROWN >> CARE >> RIESER >> CARE >> THE PRESIDENT >> HERE >> AND I AM HERE WE HAVE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF DIRECTORS IN ATTENDANCE.WITH A MOTION TO ADOPT OUR AGENDA. >> MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THAT HAS PASSED. THE VISUALS WE HAVE A FEW TODAY. WE HAVE KENDRA HUTCHINS WHICH [5. Public comment;] IS WITH ALPHA AND OMEGA. TECHNICALLY NOT AN OFFICIAL BUT WE SHOULD YOU BE HERE, KENDRA. JOHN MCCARTHY REPRESENTED OUR NEW CONGRESSMAN DAN CRENSHAW DISTRICT TO COME UP WELCOME JOHN. AND MIGUEL MARINA, MARIA, ALSO WITH ALPHA AND OMEGA STILL NOT TECHNICALLY A GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. AND LAURA NORTON, WELCOME. >> WHO DOES NOT WANT TO BE SINGLED OUT. WELCOME, LAURA. >> AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS HYGIENE? IF THERE ARE NONE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE WILL START WITH LAURA NORTON. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. MY NAME IS LAURA NORTON AND I AM FROM COCHRAN'S CROSSING BUT BEFORE GETTING TO COCHRAN'S CROSSING I LIVED IN WEST VIRGINIA FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES I LIVED THERE. I LEARNED HOW TO RECOGNIZE A COMPANY TOWN WHEN I SEE ONE. AND THE WOODLANDS IS A COMPANY TOWN. ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT IS USED TO EXERCISE THE POWER OVER THE WOODLANDS ARE THE MEDS. SO I LIVED HERE IN THE WOODLANDS FOR 25 YEARS NOW IF YOU'RE HEADING ALL THAT OUT IT SHOWS MY AGE BUT BEING HERE THAT LONG I THOUGHT DEMOCRACY WILL PREVAIL. ONE DAY RESIDENT ADVOCATES WILL MAKE IT ON THE MUD BOARDS I JUST NEEDED TO LET THIS ALL PLAYED ITS COURSE. BUT TODAY I KNOW THE GAME IS RIGHT, IT'S NOT FAIR. WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS IS THAT ENCOMPASS RUNNING FOR MUD IS AN INNATE WOODLANDS WORKING IN THE EMAILS OF ALL WATER CUSTOMERS THAT THOSE CANDIDATES COULD CAMPAIGN FOR FREE TO A MOST EFFECTIVE AUDIENCE. ONE GROUP OF CANDIDATES EVEN USED WOODLANDS WATER SERVER TO EMAIL THEIR CAMPAIGN MATERIAL. SO IT EVEN LOOKED LIKE IT CAME FROM AN AUTHORITY. ON TOP OF THIS THERE MESSAGES ARE ALWAYS THAT THEY HAVE LOWERED TAXES. IF YOU KNOW HOW MUD'S WORK THAT'S NO EVIDENCE OF PROVING PHYSICAL MANAGEMENT. BUT THEIR EMAILS ON'T INFORM THE READER ABOUT THAT. [00:05:03] THEIR ACTIONS ARE REPREHENSIBLE AND ILLEGAL. SO IN WEST VIRGINIA WE SAY, DON'T CRY JUST JOINED THEM, RIGHT? WELL, TO MAKE THINGS FAIR YOU WOULD THINK I COULD ASK FOR THE EMAILS OR THAT ANY RESIDENT COULD DO THE SAME, BUT THEY CAN'T. BY THE TIME WE HEARD THE INCUMBENTS WERE DOING THIS THE WOODLANDS WATER AGENCY SAID THEY CHANGED THEIR POLICY. THEN I THINK ABOUT MY OWN EFFORTS I HAVE A WEBSITE CALLED STOP OUR THINKING.COM AND IT WAS MY EFFORT TO INFORM RESIDENTS ABOUT OUR SUBSIDING WATER ISSUES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. SOME OF THE INCUMBENTS WERE EVEN ON MY INITIAL STEERING COMMITTEE TO MAKE THAT WEBSITE. AND THEY DID NOT SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH ME THAT I COULD HAVE SENT THAT EMAIL OUT TO ALL WOODLANDS RESIDENTS THAT HAD A WATER HOOKUP AND SHARE IT MIGHT WEBSITE STOP OUR THINKING WITH IT. THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT PRIORITY IS TO MAKE SURE THIS COMPANY TOWN KEEPS OUR DEVELOPER ALLIES IN POWER SO THAT RESIDENTS OF THE WOODLANDS PAY TO TAKE THE TREES DOWN ON 1488 TO BUILD ANOTHER STRIPMALL OR ON MY WAY HERE TONIGHT I PASSED BY EAGLE ISLAND WHERE RESIDENTS OF MUD 60 PAGES OF THE TREES DOWN. I AM ALMOST DONE. BEING A MULTI-DECADE MUD DIRECTOR IN THIS TOWN IS NO HONORABLE THING. I WANT TO START TO FOLLOW UP WITH OUR COUNTY'S LAW ENFORCEMENT TO RESTORE JUSTICE INTO THIS RACE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MR. NORTON. NEXT IS AN OPPRESSIVE OF . >> GRADING, YOU ARE GETTING A HANDOUT THAT IS JUST A SAMPLE. I WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE.FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE FLIGHT OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY WITH THE VARIOUS PROJECTS AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE CULMINATED AND AWARDED THE CITY A CHAMPION OF THE MONARCH CITY. THE GUYS HERE ARE AMAZING THE PARKS AND REC ARE AMAZING THEY ARE ALL WONDERFUL. WHETHER THESE ENVIRONMENTAL THOUGHTS IN MIND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SUBURBIA IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FUTURE WITH STOPS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO 242. I LIVE IN WINDSOR HILLS IN OUR ENTRY AREA HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH MORE THAN ITS SHARE OF UNSIGHTLY METAL BOXES, UTILITY BOXES, TRAFFIC CONTROL BOXES. THEY ARE VAGUELY ADJUSTED TO CONTROL TRAFFIC INTO THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE WOODLANDS AND TO GIVE THE BUS ACCESS TO THE COLLEGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL. AS MY COMMENTS REALLY PERTAIN TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE AMETEK NOT BEING PRESENT TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE THE TOWNSHIP, SORRY DOCTOR NOONS AND MR. GEIGER, I WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE THE TOWNSHIP TO FURTHER BEAUTIFY THIS CORRIDOR OF 242 BY PARTNERING WITH TEX. TO BEAUTIFY THE DRAFT UTILITY TRAFFIC CONTROL PANELS ON A 242 THAT LIVE WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP ITSELF. TEXT HAS STARTED BEFORE WITH OTHER CITIES THE HANDOUT YOU HAVE IS A PARTNERSHIP THEY DID WITH ANGLETON WHICH IS A SOUTH OF HOUSTON ON TO H.H. GREGG HOUSTON ACTUALLY HAS OVER 300 EPIDEMIC. PARTNERED WITH SOMEONE CALLED OUT ART STUDIO AND THEY CALL THEIR SUBMITTING EUROS. THEY HAVE OVER 300 SO I THINK WE CAN DO A FEW ON 242. THIS COULD ALSO INVOLVE LOCAL ARTISTS THEY CAN HAVE THE RED WOODPECKER BETHANY JONESFOREST THEY CAN DO COUNTRIES, HERONS, BLUEBONNETS, POLLINATORS , OF COURSE THE TEX DOT BOX OUTSIDE WINDSOR HILLS OUTSIDE MY DOOR I WILL ENTER THE DEMONIC DATE ON THAT ONE BUT I CAN ONLY DREAM. LET'S CONTINUE TO BEAUTIFY EVEN IF WE ARE BEING SURROUNDED BY CONCRETE AND INCREASED TRAFFIC. I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS NEW CHALLENGE FOR ALL OUR WONDERFUL DEPARTMENTS. THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN IMPROVING OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ANNA, GREAT IDEA. WE WILL NOW GO WITH MARK. >> MY COMMENTS WILL BE REAL SHORT BECAUSE I HAVE SAID MOST OF YOU I SENT YOU A COPY OF WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT THE SUBSIDENCE OF WOODLANDS AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE PIPELINE. [00:10:06] I THINK I HAVE GOT STRONG DATA BASED ON TECHNOLOGY WHICH IS ACCURATE TO A COUPLE OF MILLIMETERS THAT SHOWS THAT TODAY WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH SUBSIDENCE TO LITERALLY BREAK THE PIPELINE AS A PANTHER GRANT VAULT AND THE JONES VAULT WHICH ARE UNPROTECTED HEIGHTS. THEY WERE ONLY ALLOWED HALF INCH OF SUBSIDENCE IN ANY ONE DIRECTION. AN INCH AT THE MOST OF SUBSIDENCE REPORT THAT IS THE RED ZONE. WE REACHED THAT LAST YEAR WE WILL DOUBLE THAT THIS YEAR I THINK BY THE END OF SUMMER WHEN ELEVATIONS ARE AT THEIR LOWEST. THIS PIPE WILL BREAK OR IT'LL BREAK THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MARK. NEXT UP IS TERRY WEAVER. >> HELLO MY NAME IS TERRY WEAVER I AM A LOCAL AND AFTER IN A TELEVISION SERIES THAT'S GETTING READY TO RELEASE THIS SATURDAY AT 7 PM. IT'S CALLED BREEDING STRONGHOLDS YOU CAN FIND ALL THE DETAILS AT A BREEDING STRONGHOLDS THE ACCOUNT. LET ME TELL YOU WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT A TV SHOW. SUICIDE RELATED DEATHS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY INCREASED ALMOST 83 PERCENT FROM 47 DEATHS IN 2007 286 AND 2017 ACCORDING TO DATA RELEASED BY THE CDC. THIS TELEVISION SHOW IS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO A NAME LIKE TINA SUICIDE BUT ALSO ANY SUICIDE DEPRESSION, SPIRITUAL DARKNESS, IS A FAITH-BASED MYSTERY DRAMA. IT WAS ACTUALLY CRAFTED THE PRODUCTION COMPANY THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER IS A NONPROFIT AND MOST OF THE FUNDS INTEGRATED THIS SHOW HAS COME DIRECTLY FROM OUR COMMUNITY FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT TEEN SUICIDE. IN FACT NOT AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY BY A PERSONAL LEVEL THE DIRECTOR RIESER, SEKULA-GIBBS, BUNCH AND MILNER HAVE GIVEN MONEY TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS. ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN GETTING THE WORD OUT TRYING TO GET WORK THIS OUT ABOUT THE SHOW. CREATED A STUDY GUIDE TO GO ALONG WITH THE SHOW. WE ALSO HAVE CONTRACTED WITH LIVING WORKS WHICH IS THE PREMIER ORGANIZATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION EDUCATION AND WE ARE OFFERING THAT COURSE TO ANYBODY THAT WATCHES THE SHOW A DISCOUNTED RATE. WE ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE TEEN SUICIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE LOVE ANYBODY'S INVOLVEMENT TO HELP IMPACT THIS VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. THE SHOW WILL STRAIN ON YOUTUBE SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANY INVESTORS IS OFTEN FUNDED BY THE COMMUNITY AND WILL GO DIRECTLY TO YOUTUBE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE TEENS ARE ASPIRATED 40 PERCENT OF TEENS ARE THERE. WE WANT TO GIVE THEM FOR FREE BECAUSE EVERYONE'S HELPING IN THE COMMUNITY. YOU CAN FIND IT BY GOING TO BREEDING STRONGHOLDS DUCK, OR GOING TO YOU TO SEARCHING AT REFLECTIVE MEDIA PRODUCTIONS THE FIRST EPISODE AIRS 7 PM THIS SATURDAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU COMMENTARY. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. WHICH WILL MOVE US TO AGENDA ITEM 6. RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON OUR VILLAGE ASSOCIATION REPORTS. WE HAVE CARLOS. >> MY NAME IS CARLOS THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD AND EVERYONE HERE IN WOODLANDS STAFF BEFORE I FORGET. I THINK ANNA IS A CHALLENGE TO SOME PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT. BUT I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY IF YOU LIVE LONG ENOUGH AND YOU ARE PATIENT YOU WILL GET TO GET THINGS DONE. SO WITH A JOSEPH FOREST WE GOT THAT ONE TAKING CARE OF HER. THE LICENSE PLATE FOR THE BOARD THAT WE GOT THAT WHEN TAKEN CARE OF. WE DID THE HOUSE THE BAUHAUS WE DID THAT ONE, TOO. TONIGHT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CONSENT AGENDA WAS ALSO APPROVED, NOT APPROVED BUT NOTHING WAS TAKEN OUT, RIGHT? >> CORRECT. >> VERY GOOD BECAUSE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM A HOPEFULLY WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE THE WINDSOR HILLS PROJECT AND I WANT TO BE VERY THANKFUL NOW ONLY THINKING ABOUT SEVERAL YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT WE STARTED WAY BACK WHEN JOHN POWERS WAS HERE. [00:15:06] AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO THINK THIS IS FINALLY GOING TO HAPPEN. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >> THANK YOU, CARLOS. IF YOU WILL COME UP AND GIVE US YOUR NAME WE WILL WRITE YOU IN. >> MY NAME IS JIMMY JENKINS. >> WEIGHT AND GET TO THE PODIUM. JIMMY JENKINS AND WHAT PART OF THE WOODLANDS ARE YOU FROM? >> 4522 COLLEGE PARK DRIVE. HEY EVERYBODY, MY NAME IS JIMMY JENKINS I'M A CLOSE FRIEND OF HILLARY CLINTON AND JOE BIDEN. I'M A CROWDED RACIST EYES TAKE THE DEMOCRATS AND EDITING LITTLE UNTIL I WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE ONE FATEFUL DAY IN 2020. I JUST ALWAYS MAKE PANCAKES WITH SYRUP, BEANS WITH RICE AN BREAD WITH BUTTER DUE TO HAVING RESIDENT MINORITIES . THEN I WANTED A NOTICE OF THOSE PRODUCTS THEY RAISED THE DEMONIC THAT MADE ME DISGUSTED. I RESEARCHED WHY THEY WERE GONE AND REALIZED THAT OFFENDING ABILITY IS WHO I THOUGHT WERE AGAINST WHO I THOUGHT I WAS AGAINST THE LORD'S WORK AND MEDITATING ON. I THEN STARTED RESEARCHING VENTURE OF GOOGLE AFFILIATION TAPERED EVER SINCE MY FELLOW LIBERALS AND COMMUNITIES INFERIOR BEINGS AS SUCH AS ANGINA, UNCLE BEN AND LAND O LAKES INDIAN I FOUND PEOPLE TO FEED MY FAMILY MEALS WITHOUT A REMINDER OF WHO YOU CNN WAS. THEY HAVE CORRECTED THEM BY HAVING MY LABELS IS EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE. I VOTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE 2020 ELECTION. I FOUND OUT THAT DONALD TRUMP IS ONE OF THE ROSA PARKS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WHICH PUT HIM ON THE BACK OF MY LIST. TREVOR ALSO HAD BEN CARSON AS HIS HEALTH SECRETARY WHICH WAS UNHEALTHY FOR MY MIND. TRUMP ALSO PASSED A BILL FINDING HBCUS I WAS DISGUSTED ABOUT THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ORANGEMEN IT TURNS OUT THAT FIGHTING WAS RACIST FOR SOME TIME. HOWEVER, I FOUND THAT JOE BIDEN DID NOT WANT HIS KIDS GROWING UP IN A RACIAL JUNGLE COMPANY CALLED ALL-BLACK IN SPORT AND [6. Receive, consider and act upon reports from Village Association representatives;] HE WAS A CANDIDATE FOR ME. THE EULOGY TO ROBERT ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE KKK MY TITLE GROWING UP. ALSO UKRAINE ITALIAN. THE LESSON NEO-NAZIS ARE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT WHILE TRAUMA MADE FRIENDS WITH ME. GORDON. FREDA DISPLAYS WHICH I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT IT WAS A BETRAYAL TO ME. THE START OF THE KKK. I WAS AND WHY AM I NOT THISTIME EVERYBODY LIVE IN A TRAILER SHOULD BE DONE .VIDENCE OF THE RACES. I'M HAVING TO COME AS A RACIST AND HOW ABOUT A DEMOCRAT. GO JOE BIDEN, JOE BIDEN IS A RESIDENT OF ALL. I WILL AVE A TO PAY MORE FOR GAS TO HAVE A RACIST IN OFFICE LIKE JOE BIDEN. GOD BLESS AMERICA. >> OKAY, ANYBODY ELSE. THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS WE WILL GO TO AGENDA ITEM 6 WHICH IS RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON OUR VILLAGE REPORTS. WE WILL START WITH MARION. >> GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTORS MY NAME IS MARIANNE I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION I LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR ACTIVITIES. WE HELD A MEETING ON APRIL 12 WE RECEIVED A LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT FROM A SPECIAL SO I WAS IN THE SPEAKER WAS RHONDA FROM THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION. SHE GAVE US A SHORT PRESENTATION ON CURRENT PROJECTS UNDERWAY IN THE WOODLANDS AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS ASKED BY OUR RESIDENTS. WE RECEIVED 10 AMAZING APPLICATIONS FROM HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS FOR OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND OUR PLEASED TO HAVE SELECTED NICHOLAS AND ISABELLA AS OUR RECIPIENTS. YES, THEY ARE TWINS WE REMOVED THE NAMES FOR THE APPLICATIONS AND IT IS NOW UNTIL WE EVALUATED ALL THE SCORES THAT OUR TOP TWO SCORES WERE ACTUALLY TWINS FROM THE SAME FAMILY. THE HUMAN OFFICE GENERALLY SPONSORED $1000 FOR OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND THEIR RECIPIENTS NAME IS JOS? ALFONSO THOMAS VILLAREAL WE ALSO RECEIVED DONATIONS AND AWARDED A SCHOLARSHIP TO FORT THOMAS. WE WILL ALSO BE SOMETHING SCHOLARSHIP TO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMEN'S CENTER. WE USUALLY HAVE OUR SCHOLARSHIP RECEPTION AT OUR MEETING BUT THE WOMEN'S ICICLE IS AN EVENT THAT EVENING IN OUR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND OUR MEETING IN MAY. WE ARE WORKING ON SCHEDULING TO MAKE SURE OUR SPONSORS AND THE RECIPIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN COME TO OUR JUNE MEETING WHICH IS ON JUNE 14. WE HAD A GREAT TIME LOOKING AT THE ALLEGATIONS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND WE WISH ALL THE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS THE BEST IN THE EDUCATION AND THE FUTURE. SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS ON APRIL 2 AND WORKED ON THE DRAIN NETWORKING PROJECT IN THE AREAS [00:20:08] ON KENDALL GREEN DRIVE. WE WILL BE SCHEDULING MORE WORK AREAS AND OTHER PARTS OF ALDEN BRIDGE. WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT OUR NOMINATIONS FOR THE FIRST CHAIR OF THE MONTH BOARD AND THE AWARD WILL BE MADE HONOR OF MAY 1. PLEASE SEND YOUR NOMINATIONS TO US AT INFO@JUNO.COM. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE JUNE 18 AND RESENTED US FROM THE PARKS AND REC TO PERMIT ORGANIST VISITATION CONCERNING THE ASSESSMENT SURVEY THAT HAS BEEN CURRENTLY OUT FOR PUBLIC INPUT. WE MEET ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO ATTEND AND ASK US ANY QUESTIONS IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE YOU JUST A VERY BRIEF UPDATE ON THE VILLAGE OFFICERS MEETING THAT WE HELD ON APRIL 6. WE WELCOMED CARRIE TO THE MEETING AND DISCUSSED ELECTION QUESTIONS. THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION REQUESTED THAT CANDIDATE INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH THEM PRIOR TO THE ELECTION AND WE ALSO DISCUSSED REVISED MEETING ROOM POLICY THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN A MEETING ON MARCH 30. AND THAT IS THE END OF MY REPORTS. >> THANK YOU MARIANNE. OUR NEXT IS GOING TO BEAT BOB. CREEKSIDE PARK. IF I DID NOT SAVE YOUR LAST NAME CORRECTLY FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME. >> GOOD EVENING I AM ABOUT THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CREEKSIDE PARK VILLAGE ASSOCIATION. OUR PRESIDENT NANCY BETTER COULD NOT MAKE IT TONIGHT AND SHE JUST SENT HER REGRETS. AS YOU KNOW PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ALONG THE COOKEVILLE ROADWAY IS CONCERNED FOR OUR CREEKSIDE PARK RESIDENTS. WE THANK YOU LORD FOR FINDING PRESENT FOR OFFICERS AT THE CREEKSIDE INTERSECTION TO ENSURE THAT OUR CREEKSIDE PARK JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO SAFELY NAVIGATE THIS DANGEROUS INTERSECTION. AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR APPROACHES WE DO LOOK FOR THE BOARDS CONTINUED SUPPORT TO WORK WITH THE MANY GOVERNMENTAL AND COMMERCIAL STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED TO FIND A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THE SAFETY ISSUE. THOUGH THE TOWNSHIP HAS NO DIRECT INVOLVEMENT CANDIDATE SCHOOL ABOUT THE DECISIONS WE ARE ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THE HARD WORK TO INFLUENCE THE ATTENDANCE REZONING EFFORTS FOR CRICKET FIELD AND TIMBER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS NEEDING TO CROSS KIRK TO GET TO SCHOOL. UNLIKE MOST MOST OF THE REST OF THE WOODLANDS CREEKSIDE PARK IS NOT ORIGINALLY WEIGHTED BUT WAS PRIMARILY PASTURE LAND. WE THEREFORE WISH TO THANK THE TOWNSHIP WITH THE CONTINUED ANNUAL INVESTMENT IN THE TREES AND LANDSCAPING ALONG OUR TRAILS AND STREETSCAPES SO THAT IN TIME PUBLIC SPACES AND CREEKSIDE PARK WILL BE AS LUSH AS IN OTHER VILLAGES. WE ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THIS ENDEAVOR IN FUTURE YEARS. FINALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE START OF THEIR WORK TO REJUVENATE LIBERTY SQUARE PARK WHICH WAS SEVERELY IMPACTED BY WINTER STORM VERY DEEP FREEZE. THE LANDSCAPING WORK HAS YET TO BEGIN THE CLEANING AND REPAINTING HAVE BEEN A GREAT IMPROVEMENTS. WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO THE TOWNSHIP'S WORK TO CLEAN UP AND REPLANT ROCKWELL PARK AND THE KENDRICK PINES BOULEVARD MEETING IN THE FUTURE WORK WITH THE MUD TO DEAL WITH THE EROSION ISSUES AT THE PARK. >> ALL RIGHT, BOB, THANK YOU. WE WILL TELL NANCY YOU DID A GOOD JOB. MICHAEL, INDIAN SPRINGS. >> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. MICHAEL CRUM INDIAN SPRINGS VILLAGE ASSOCIATION. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THIS YEAR ALONG WITH MARIANNE WE GET OUT SCHOLARSHIPS AND REBUILD OUT OF FIVE $1000 SCHOLARSHIPS. THREE FROM WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL INTO FROM COLLEGE PARK. THEIR NAMES WERE OR CATHERINE MUELLER, NEIL PATEL, JASON AND WILLIAM KAISER. WE GAVE THEM OUT ON THE 12TH AND WE DO NOT HAVE THE DATA ROOM AREA SO WE GAVE THEM OUT IN THIS LARGE AREA OUT THERE IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL. AS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE FOR ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO HAVE A LITTLE ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE OTHER THING THAT RECENTLY HAPPENED WE GAVE MONEY TO OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. $500 TO GLENN LOCKE , 252 COLSON NATIVITY TO GLADYS. MOST OF THE MONEY USED FOR THE LIBRARY BY NEW BOOKS AND REPLACING BOOKS THAT WERE [00:25:04] DAMAGED. BUT SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO DO IT LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF A LACK OF EVENTS BUT NOW WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE ASSEMBLY FROM OUR LAST VILLAGE AND WERE GETTING OUT. THE NEXT CHAIR POSITIONS FOR OUR BOARD WHICH NOW OUR BOARD IS FULL. I THINK IT'S THE FIRST TIME SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD WHICH IT HAS BEEN EIGHT YEARS SINCE I HAVE A FULL STAFF IT'S TIME TO TO SELECT A CHAIR ACTUALLY TWO CHAIRS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, JENNIFER GREENE, SOMEONE THAT LEADING THE CHARGE TO RALLY THE TROOPS AND OUR RESIDENTS TO GO IN AND VOLUNTEERED. WE ALSO ANNOUNCED ROLES FOR OUR NEW PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COUNCIL. AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COUNSEL. CHRIS AND TEAM, I WILL MISS IT BUT I FOUND A GREAT CANDIDATE TO REPLACE ME. WE HAD A SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS GO TO FALCON WE PARK AND IT REALLY AND YOU EARTH DAY CLEANUP. SEVEN MEMBERS PLUS CHILDREN SO LIKE 12 OR 13 SO WE ENCOURAGED OUR KIDS TO COME WITH US. NOT SO MUCH GUILT BUT THEY WANTED TO GO. OUR LAST MEETING WE WELCOMED PARKS AND REC TO COME AND DISCUSS THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY.I MADE SURE THAT TEAM WAS ASSURING INFORMATION AND I ALSO REASSURED IT ON INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK AND OUR WEBSITE. FULLY, WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF RESPONSES THERE AT LEAST FROM INDIAN SPRINGS. I WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH REN?E ON OUR SERVICE AGREEMENT REN?E OF THE TOWNSHIP, OF COURSE. THAT'S ALL DONE AND I DEPOSITED THE CHECK TODAY. WE ARE SQUARED AWAY FOR 2022. ONE NOTE ON THE ALREADY FOR INDIAN SPRINGS WE ARE FULL THERE, AS WELL.ND IN THE PAST, INDIAN SPRINGS HAS INTO OUR DRC'S IN THE PAST ONE OF THEM HAS LACKED SOME MEMBERS AND NOW WE ARE FULLY STAFFED. WE ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. AND THEN I GUESS THE ONE CONCERN FOR MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS STILL ISSUES WITH SEWER LINES AND WE ARE TRYING TO, RESIDENTS AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND WORK WITH THEM TO FIX THE ISSUES AND MAKE SURE IT'S FIXED CORRECTLY. AND THAT'S IT. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> THANK YOU, MICHAEL. NEXT UP IS MATTHEW BARNES. >> HI EVERYONE, MATT BARNES. OUR MEETING WAS ON APRIL 14. OUR BUSINESS FOCUS MEETING WE WORKED ON OUR ROADMAP FOR REESTABLISHING STRONGER COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE [a. Receive, consider and act upon a proclamation honoring The Woodlands High School UIL State Championship in the FIRST Tech Challenge Contest;] VILLAGE AND THE ASSOCIATION. WHICH IT SEEMED TO KIND OF LOSE ITS WEIGHT A LITTLE BIT. WE DISCUSSED OUR PLAN FOR THE JUNE 18 PICNIC AND FULL DAY AND HOPEFULLY NO MORE THAN THREE OF YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO COME IN. AND THAT WILL BE AT RIDGEWOOD PARK ON JUNE 18. AND THEN WITH MATERIAL FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES WE ORGANIZE A DAY FOR OUR MARKETING WHICH WILL BE MAY 21 AT RIDGEWOOD PARK AND OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE MAY 12. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MAX. ANY OTHER VILLAGE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES? IF WE HAD AND THAT WE WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN WHICH OF THE PLETHORA OF PROCLAMATIONS. AND WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL UIL STAGING FOR THE FIRST TECH CHALLENGE CONTEST. AND MR. BROWN NOTED THAT THE COMMISSION. >> IF THE COACH CAN PARTICIPATE IN R-RATED THE POPULATION. WHEREAS THE ROBOTICS TEAM HAS EARNED THE TITLE OF FIRST TECH CHALLENGE STAGE. AT THE 2022 UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE STATE CHANGES ON APRIL 9, 2022. WHEREAS WITH FIVE FTC ROBOTICS TEAMS AND THEY WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL ONLY ONE TEAM IS ALLOWED TO COMPETE IN THE STATION PATIENT. THE TIME ENTERTAINMENT THIS YEAR WAS THE RIGATONI PASTA BOX. MIGRATING. WHEREAS THE SINS OF THE WEDDING 2022 STATION PATIENT TEAM LED BY STONE, I LET IT RUN VICE PRESIDENT AND TEAM 16911 CAPTAIN, INCLUDING EVEN, NICHOLAS, BREANNA, ERIC, JACOB, LOUISIANA, ANDREA AND JEFFREY. [00:30:07] AT ONE AND ONLY THE FOURTH YEAR OF COMPETING IN FIRST TECH CHALLENGE ROBOTICS THIS WAS THE HIGHLIGHTERS THIRD YEAR IN A ROW TO QUALIFIED FOR THE STATION PATIENT WHEN HE BOUGHT THE SEMI FINAL AND FINAL ROUNDS INTO MATCHES TO GO UNDEFEATED FOR THEIR ENTIRE EVENT THIS YEAR AND ONE OTHER ABOUT ECKSTEIN ALSO DEVOTES SIGNIFICANT TIME WORKING ON OUTREACH PROGRAMS INCLUDING AN AFTERSCHOOL SYSTEMIC PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN AND WHEREAS THE TEACHERS MENTORING AND GUIDANCE THIS TENET TO THE TEMPERATURE INCLUDED LAUREN, HEAD COACH ROBOT AND OUTREACH MENTOR THE HIGHLANDER PHYSICS TEACHER. JENNIFER DAVIES, FINANCE IN A TRAVEL MENTOR HIGHLIGHTERS PHYSICS TEACHER IN A CHARITY HE IS VISITATION, IMITATION AND OUTREACH MENTOR HIGHLANDER ENGLISH TEACHER. NOW THEREFORE ON BEHALF OF GORDIE BUNCH AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP DO HEREBY PROCLAIM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2022 AS THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL ROBOTICS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP DAY. >> COACH LAUREN. >> IM COACH LAUREN AND JENNIFER DAVIES IS ALSO COACH HERE. TO ADD A FEW THINGS TO WHAT THEY READ. THIS IS JUST ONE OF OUR FIVE TEAMS WE STARTED WITH FOUR YEARS AGO WITH ONE TEAM OF ABOUT 10 STUDENTS. IN FOUR YEARS AT FIVE TEAMS SERVING OVER 50 STUDENTS. ADDING AT LEAST ONE MARTINEZ NEXT YEAR IF NOT MORE. WE ARE GROWING RAPIDLY. THESE KIDS DEVOTE SO MUCH TIME OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DAY TO BUILDING THE ROBOT. THE WAY IT WORKS IS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO UNTIL SEPTEMBER IT IS A SURPRISE. THIS YEAR'S GAME WAS SHIPPING AND DELIVERY THEMES. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE RELEVANT THAN WE EXPECTED. IT WAS INTERESTING. WE DID BRING THE ROBOT UNFORTUNATELY WE FORGOT TO PACK THE FUNDS WE CANNOT RUN IT FOR YOU. DOES A VARIETY OF TASKS THE MAIDEN TASK IT HAS TO PERFORM ANY STONE CAN MOVE IT FOR YOU IT HAS AN ARM THAT INTAKES BOX AND DELIVERS THEM TO DIFFERENT LEVELS DEPENDING ON HOW WE ARE TRYING TO SCORE. THAT'S A PERMANENT TASK IT PERFORMS. NOT ONLY DO WE FOUND THE BACK OF THE LEAGUE FROM SCRATCH WE DON'T USE ANY KIDS WE FABRICATE, DESIGN IT, WE COMPUTER MODEL EVERYTHING WE CUSTOM PRINT 3D PARTS WE NEEDED THE STUDENTS ON THIS TEAM THAT PROGRAM IT WITH ALL OF OUR OWN PROGRAMMING FOR THIS MOTION AND DRIVER CONTROL. WITH ADDITION WITH THOSE ROBOT RELATED THINGS IT WAS MENTIONED WE DO OUTREACH PROJECTS AS WELL TO ENCOURAGE THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY THE BIGGEST ONE BEING OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WE RENTED THESE KIDS BUT IN SO MUCH TIME. I AM GLAD AFTER THREE YEARS OF TRYING TO WIN STATE TO VISIT WE DID IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE COMPLETELY UNDEFEATED AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WHICH WAS A GREAT FEELING. I WANT TO COMMEND THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK THEY PUT INTO THIS. THANK YOU. [b. Receive, consider and act upon a proclamation honoring The Woodlands Christian Academy's Literary Criticism and Art State Champions;] >> CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN AS THEY TAKE THE ROBOT ON IT. WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR [00:35:08] PROCLAMATIONS AND THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE FOR THE STUDENTS OF THE WOODLANDS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY. WHEREAS THE STUDENTS FROM THE WOODLANDS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY TRAVELED TO WACO TO PARTICIPATE IN STUDENTS STATE OF TEXAS TO STUDENTS FROM THE ACADEMY ACHIEVING FIRST PLACE HONORS. WHEREAS THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION POF PRIVATE AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS ORGANIZES, STIMULATES, ENCOURAGES AND PROMOTES ACADEMIC, ATHLETIC AND FINE ARTS PROGRAMS IN AN EFFORT TO FOSTER A SPIRIT OF FAIR PLAY, GOOD FELLOWSHIP, TRUE SWORDSMANSHIP AND WHOLESOME ACCOMMODATION FOR BOYS AND GIRLS AND WHEREAS ILIANA MCINTYRE RECEIVED FIRST PLACE HONORS IN A 90 MINUTE TEST OF LITERACY CRITICISM THAT CHALLENGES THE STUDENTS ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF LITERARY HISTORY AND CRITICAL TERMS AND DEMONSTRATES THEIR ABILITY TO CRITICALLY ANALYZE LITERARY WORKS THEY HAVE STUDIED OVER THE COURSE OF THE COMPETITION YEAR AND NEW WORKS THEY HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE AND WHEREAS RILEY BUNCH RECEIVED FIRST PLACE HONORS FOR PARTICIPATING IN ON-SITE BLACK AND WHITE DRAWING WHERE HE OBSERVED A STILL LIFE AND ENJOY A PAIR OF VERY DETAILED BOOTS. HE HAD TWO HOURS TO CHOOSE HIS PERSPECTIVE AND DRAW. WHILE RILEY IS A FIRST YEAR OUR STUDENT HE IS TODAY TECHNIQUES LEARNED OVER THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. NOW THEREFORE I GORDIE BUNCH AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ANNA GODFATHER OF O'REILLY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27 THE WOODLANDS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY'S LITERARY CRITICISM AND ART STATE CHAMPIONS DATE AND WOODLANDS, TEXAS. >> GERMAN BUNCH I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR A 90 STUDENTS AND A INITIATORS ALSO FOR ENCOURAGING OUR STUDENTS AND FOR BILLY POINTED TO THE STUDENTS AND PARTICULARLY HEIDI AND REN?E THEY ARE TEACHERS WHO WORKS WITH THEM THE YEAR TO HAVE THEM HONE THEIR SKILLS AND YOU ALSO LOOK AT THE WOODLANDS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY. >> THANK YOU. [c. Receive, consider and act upon a proclamation in support of Bike The Woodlands Month, Bike to Work Day and Bike The Woodlands Day;] >> WE HAVE A FEW MORE TO GO. RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON IN SUPPORT OF A BIKE THE WOODLANDS MONTH THIS WILL BE READ BY DOCTOR SNYDER. BEING PROCLAIMED WHEREAS THE BICYCLE IS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FORM OF TRANSPORTATION THAT MANY AMERICANS USE AS AN EXCELLENT FORM OF RECREATION AND PHYSICAL FITNESS. AND WHEREAS THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS NATIONAL BIKE MONTH INCREASES PUBLIC AWARENESS FOR BICYCLING, EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF BICYCLING FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES AND ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO TRY BICYCLE COMMUTING AND WHEREAS CREATING BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES HAS BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE ITS CITIZENSHEALTH , THEIR WELL-BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE. IT IS ALSO BEEN SHOWN TO BOOST COMMUNITY SPIRIT, IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND REDUCE POLLUTION AND CONGESTION. WHEREAS, BICYCLING ACTIVITIES AND ATTRACTIONS HAVE A GREAT POTENTIAL TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP ECONOMY AND TOURISM INDUSTRY AND TO STIMULATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY MAKING [00:40:03] THE COMMUNITY ATTRACTIVE TO BUSINESSES AND CITIZENS WHO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND WHEREAS THEY WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP OWNS, MAINTAINS OR OPERATES A SYSTEM OF MORE THAN 200 MILES OF PATHWAYS AND TRAILS THAT SERVE AS AN EXCELLENT SYSTEM FOR RECREATIONAL WRITING. AND WHEREAS, THE WOODLANDS IN ADDITION TO BEING HOME TO THE WOOD FOREST BANK TRY THE WOODLANDS MEMORIAL HERMANN IRONMAN TEXAS INTO MANY RESIDENTS WHO PARTAKE IN COMPETITIVE WRITING AND TRIATHLONS IS ALSO NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS A BICYCLE FROM THE COMMUNITY. NOW THEREFORE GORDIE BUNCH AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY AS BIKE THE WOODLANDS MONTH. MAY 20, 2022 AS A BIKE TO WORK DAY AND MAY 21, 2022 AS BIKE THE WOODLANDS DAY. AND WOODLANDS, TEXAS GORDIE BUNCH CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. >> THANK YOU DOCTOR SNYDER. >> GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN BUNCH AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BIKE THE WOODLANDS AND WANT TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION. WE ARE DELIGHTED WE GET TO WORK IN CONCERT WITH DOCTOR NOONS AND HIS STAFF ESPECIALLY MEGAN WOULD DO SO MUCH WORK TO PUT THIS EVENT ON EVERY YEAR. THESE A SERIES OF EVENTS ARE WONDERFUL FOR OUTREACH TO ADULTS, ATHLETES, CHILDREN EVERYONE WHO RIDES BIKES IN OUR COMMUNITY. I'M ATTENDING A CONFERENCE THIS WEEK SPONSORED BY BIKE TEXAS AND IS EXCITED TO MEET WITH OTHER BICYCLE ADVOCATES FROM ACROSS THE STATE AND HEREBY THAT RELATIONSHIPS ARE RIGHT WITH THEIR LOCAL FORMS OF GOVERNMENT AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE AMAZING SUPPORT AND WORK THAT ALL OF YOU DO ON PARTS OF THE SUPPORTING BICYCLING IN OUR COMMUNITY IS UNIQUE IN OUR STATE AND SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THAT WITH ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION. [d. Receive, consider and act upon a proclamation in support of Monarch Butterfly Day;] >> ALL RIGHT WE HAVE ONE MORE PROCLAMATION AND THE SENATE SUPPORTS OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY DAY. >> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN BUNCH. BEING PROCLAIMED WHEREAS THE BAR FIGHT IS ICONIC NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES WHOSE MULTIGENERATIONAL MIGRATION HAS CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND WHEREAS HISTORICALLY MORE THAN 1 BILLION EASTERN MONARCH BUTTERFLIES MIGRATED TO TEXAS HOWEVER DUE TO HABITAT LOSS, DECEIT AND PESTICIDES, THE PUBLISHING HAS DWINDLED BY OVER 95 PERCENT. AND WHEREAS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN HELPING TO SAVE THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY PROVIDING HABITAT IN PUBLIC SPACES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, BUSINESSES AND HOMES CAN PROVIDE ESSENTIAL HABITAT FOR MONARCHS, TOO. AND WHEREAS, SIMPLE CHANGES IN LANDSCAPING PRACTICES INCLUDING PLANTING NATIVE MILKWEED AND REDUCING PESTICIDE USE CAN MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE FOR THE MONARCH. AND WHEREAS, CREATING HEALTHY HABIT AND EDUCATING CITIZENS ON THE BENEFITS OF OTHER POLLINATORS THAT NEED OUR SUPPORT AND WHEREAS THE WOODLANDS SINCE ITS INCEPTION HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO PRESERVING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BE IT RESOLVED THAT WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP WE HEREBY PLEDGE TO HELP RESTORE HABITAT FOR THE MONARCH AND ENCOURAGE OUR CITIZENS TO DO THE SAME SO THAT THESE MAGNIFICENT BUTTERFLIES WILL ONCE AGAIN FORCE ACROSS OUR STATE AND CONSTANT . NOW THEREFORE I GORDIE BUNCH AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOODLANDS [00:45:12] TOWNSHIP DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 27, 2022 AS MONARCH BUTTERFLY DATE AND AT THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS. >> WE HAD A JOHN GEIGER COME UP. I THINK WE ARE ONE OF ONLY 10 COMMUNITIES IN NORTH AMERICA WITH THIS DISTINCTION. IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING OR WE CAN JUST TAKE A PICTURE. >> I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD AND THE TOWNSHIP AND AT THE RESIDENCE FOR BEING PART OF THAT ACHIEVEMENT WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT. IT WAS A FUN HAVING YOUR PROCESS THAT CONTINUES, IT'S NOT THE ENDPOINT, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK STILL TO DO. AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD AT IT. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORTS. [ CONSENT AGENDA] [9. Receive, consider and act upon a briefing from the Texas Department of Transportation on various thoroughfare projects in The Woodlands area;] >> THAT WILL LEAVE US WITH JENNIFER EIGHT WHICH IS RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> MOVED >> SECOND >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE >> ANY POST? THAT HAS PASSED. WE ARE HAPPY FOR ACCOLADES ANYTIME, THANK YOU, CARLOS. JENNA ITEM NUMBER NINE. RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON EVERYTHING FROM THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION ON VARIOUS THOROUGHFARE PROJECTS AND THE WOODLANDS AREA. >> GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS MATT CONNOLLY I'M WITH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MONTGOMERY OFFICE. EVERYTHING PERTAINING TO COMMUTE TO PRESENT SOME OF OUR UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN THE WOODLANDS AREA. BRIEF LOOK AT THE AGENDA I'LL GIVE YOU THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECTS WE WILL DISCUSS TODAY. I WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THOSE PROJECTS. AND THEN GET INTO MORE DETAIL ON THE SH 242. TEX DOT HAS FOUR PROJECTS ALONG 1488 THESE INCLUDE FM 1488 FROM I 45 TO MOST INTREPID I 45 FROM SHENANDOAH DRIVE TO SH 242. FM 1488 FROM FM 29782 FIVE. AND THEN SH 242 FROM FM 1488 TWO I 45. THE FOCUS OF TODAY'S MEETING WILL BE DISCUSSING THE PROJECT ON 24 200 AND UPDATE ON THE OTHERS. FIRST PROJECT FM 1488. THIS IS A PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT A RAISED MEDIAN APPROXIMATE 12 MILES LONG. THE ANTICIPATED DATE SAYS APRIL 2022. CONSTRUCTION IS INTO SLATED TO BEGIN IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. NEXT PROJECT I 45 FROM SHENANDOAH DRIVE TO SH 242. THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT THE NORTHBOUND EASTBOUND DIRECT CONNECTOR ALSO CONSTRUCT OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSTRUCT DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. THEY ARE IDENTIFIED FOR THE FRONTAGE ROADS ALONG I 45. THIS IS ACTUALLY A BIT OF A COMBINATION OF THE TWO PROJECTS. THE DIRECT CONNECTOR PROJECT WAS COMBINED WITH THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND SYC TO THE ESTATE IN THE TITLE. [00:50:04] THE LENGTH OF THIS PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILES IN THE ANTICIPATED DATE FOR THIS IS LATE 2023. THE NEXT PROJECT IS FM 1488 FROM FM AND 2970 825. THIS IS A PROJECT TO WIDEN THE ROAD FROM 4 TO 6 LANES. THE LENGTH IS 6.7 MILES AND THIS ONE IS OUT THERE ABATES IT ANTICIPATED SEPTEMBER 2027. FINALLY, WE HAVE THE SH 242 PROJECT FROM FM 1488 225. THIS IS A PROJECT TO WIDEN THE ROAD FROM 46 LANES WITH A RAISED MEDIAN. CONSTRUCT A SHARED USE PATHS AND CONSTRUCT SOUND WALLS SO DECIDED BY RESIDENTS.THE LENGTH OF THIS PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY 4 AND A HALF MILES THE ANTICIPATED DATE IS OCTOBER 2022. GETTING INTO MORE DETAIL ON THIS PROJECT. THIS IS INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT IS A 10 FOOT WIDE SHARED USE PATHS. CONSTRUCTED ON THE NORTH AND EAST SIDE OF SH 242 THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT. THE PROPOSED SHARED USE COMPLETES PLANT RAP SHOWN ON THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP MAP OF LANDS. IN THE TOP LEFT YOU CAN SEE A DIFFICULT SECTION OF THE PROPOSED SHARED USE PATHS. DOCTOR NUNEZ AND ETHAN ARE TEX DOT'S LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS HAVE BEEN ACCORDED ON A DEAL IS GETTING FOR THIS PROJECT. TEX DOT APPROPRIATE WAY PROJECT WILL CREATE A SOIL AND INSTALL BLOCK SIDE. WOODLANDS INTELLIGENT WILL PROVIDE A LANDSCAPE DESIGN AFTER TEX DOT WRITING PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. AND THEN TEX DOT WILL FUND AND LET THE LANDSCAPE PROJECT FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT. >> ONE QUESTION IF I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY THE PATHWAY WILL BE ON THENORTH SIDE OF 242? >> THAT'S CORRECT . >> I THOUGHT IT WILL BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. >> IT WAS ALWAYS ON THE NORTH. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> SOUND WALLS IN THIS PROJECT. SINCE WE ARE ADDING CAPACITY TO THE ROADWAY AND NOISE ANALYSIS WAS PERFORMED. TRAFFIC NOISE ANALYSIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IDENTIFICATION OF LAND-USE ACTIVITY AREAS THAT MIGHT BE IMPACTED BY TRAFFIC NOISE. I HAVE A CHART ON THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WILL INDICATE HOW THAT IS DONE. AND WHAT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ARE.ETERMINATION OF EXISTING NOISE LEVELS. PREDICTION OF FUTURE NOISE LEVELS. IDENTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE NOISE IMPACTS AND EVALUATION OF MEASURES TO MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS. I NOISE IMPACT OCCURS WHEN EITHER AN ABSOLUTE OR RELATIVE CRITERION IS MET. DEFINITION OF EIGHT ABSOLUTE CRITERIA REJECTED NOISE LEVEL AT THE RECEIVERS AS A RECEIVER APPROACHES EQUALS OR EXCEEDS THE NAC WHICH IS SHOWN THERE IN THE DECIBELS FOR EACH OF THE LAND-USE ACTIVITY AREAS. A RELATIVE CRITERION IS THAT THE DEFINITION IS PREDICTED NOISE LEVEL IS MORE THAN 10 DECIBELS OF THE EXISTING NOISE LEVEL AND RECEIVER EVEN THOUGH THE PREDICTED NOISE LEVEL DESIGN APPROACH, EQUAL OR EXCEED THE NAC.AS A RESULT OF A STUDY IT WAS DETERMINED THAT CERTAIN LOCATIONS ALONG THE PROJECT WOULD HAVE REDUCED SOME INDEX IF THE SOUND WALLS WERE CONSTRUCTED. AFTER THIS PROJECT IS ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED WE WILL SCHEDULE A NOISE WORKSHOP. IMPACTED PERSONS CAN VOTE DURING THE NOISE WORKSHOP ON WHETHER TO CONSTRUCT SOUND WALLS WERE NOT. DISPLAYED HERE IS A MAP OF WHERE SOME OF THOSE IMPACTED AREAS WOULD BE ANTI-PROPOSED AREAS FOR THOSE NOISE WALLS IF THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT. AND THIS IS THE REMAINDER OF THE PROJECT HERE. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT SOME OF OUR NOISE WILL LOOK LIKE. THIS IS OUR TEX DOT VERTICAL SCHEME AND THIS IS WHAT WILL BE VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD. THE EXAMPLE ON THE LEFT IS FROM FM 2978 NEAR GEOMETRY SCHOOL. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THESE ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF THE FACE OF THE SIDE OF THE WALL FACING RESIDENCE. BECAUSE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL IMPERVIOUS AREAS ON THE PROJECT [00:55:06] WE WILL NEED TO MITIGATE SOME ADDITIONAL RUNOFF ON THE PROJECT. THEREFORE WE HAVE PROPOSED THREE AREAS FOR DETENTION PONDS. SO LOCATIONS OF THOSE DETENTION PONDS ARE HERE AND I HAVE THE NAME OF THIS. SO ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 242 JUST TO THE EAST OF ALL LONDON BRIDGE SPORTS PARK AND IN AT LEAST TWO LOCATIONS, AS WELL. WHICH IS NORTH OF 242 JUST EAST OF WEST CAMPUS DRIVE AND EVENT SOUTH OF 242 JUST EAST OF GOSLIN ROAD. ANY QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SOUND WALL. AS I HAVE TRAVELED AROUND I HAVE NOTICED THAT DIFFERENT STRUCTURES AROUND TEXAS SEEM TO LOOK DIFFERENTLY, FOR INSTANCE, SEEMINGLY IN MY OPINION ANALYSIS CONSTRUCTION ALWAYS LOOKS A LITTLE MORE UPSCALE THAN OURS. I DON'T MEAN THE WOODLANDS ALONE AND IN THE HOUSTON AREA. MY QUESTION IS AND IT'S A COMMENT, TOO.IF WE WANT TO MAKE OUR SOUND WALLS LOOK STUNNING AS OPPOSED TO LOOK AWAY TYPE THINGS LIKE YOU DON'T WANT TO EVEN SEE IT, WHAT DO WE DO? HOW DO WE WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING THAT COMES INTO THE COMMUNITY IS OF A STANDARD THAT THE WOODLANDS RESIDENTS WOULD REALLY LIKE? >> GREAT QUESTION. I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH SOME LOCAL AREAS TO HAVE SPECIFIC AESTHETIC SCHEMES. I CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE. MEET WORK TO COORDINATE WITH OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BACKING OR THE BASIS WASN'T FOR SOME OF THESE AESTHETIC SCHEMES THAT WERE DONE WITH OTHER AREAS OF HOUSTON. THIS IS ANY ONE OF THREE TYPICAL SCHEMES THAT THE STATE USES AROUND THE HOUSTON AREA. E HAVE THREE PRIMARY, VERTICAL, HORIZONTAL THE WAVE SCHEME BASED ON THE AREAS OF HOUSTON THESE PROJECTS ARE OCCURRING. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GET BACK TO YOU. I HAVE MY CONTACT INFORMATION AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO IT FOR YOU TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY OPTIONS TO TRY TO INCORPORATE SOME SPECIFIC AESTHETICS IF YOU HAVE THOSE IN MIND. >> SOMETHING I HAD OBSERVED MANY OTHERS HAVE SEEN OTHER THINGS THAT WERE VERY NICE. >> I HAVEN'T SEEN IT SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE DOCTOR SHELLEY. MY CONCERN IS THAT WE VALUE IF YOU LOOK OUT THE BACK WINDOWS OR THE WINDOWS TO THE SIDE ALL THE TREES AND FOLIAGE AND LANDSCAPE THAT THE WOODLANDS IS KNOWN FOR SO IS THE CENTRAL IN FRONT OF ALL THAT OR IS IT BUILT PERHAPS THAT WILL BE SOMEWHAT HIDDEN, I DON'T WANT TO SAY HIDDEN BUT HIDDEN? WHEN I DRIVE DOWN 610 AND I SEE THE SOUND WALLS IT'S NOT VERY ATTRACTIVE. >> I UNDERSTAND. TYPICALLY, SOUND WALLS AND MIGHT EXPERIENCE HAVING BEEN BUILT ALONG THE TEX DOT RIGHT-OF-WAY. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THERE ARE PLANS TO DEVELOP LANDSCAPING IN FRONT OF THAT ADJACENT TO THE WALKING PATH. BUT AGAIN, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THERE WILL BE A SOUND WALL HAS BEEN VOTED ON BY RESIDENTS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED AND IF THAT'S THE CASE WE CAN LOOK AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND AGAIN WE HAVE BEEN COORDINATING ON THE BUNCH ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING WISHES OF THE WOODLANDS.I WOULD BE HAPPY TO CONTINUE THAT. >> SO IT IS A RESIDENTS VOTE NO THAT THEY DO NOT WANT THE SOUND WALLS AND PERHAPS AT A LATER DATE COME BACK AND SAY WE HAVE CHANGED OUR MINDS, HOW DOES THAT WORK? >> THAT'S A LITTLE TRICKIER. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPTION TO REVISIT THE INSTALLATION OF THE SOUND WALLS. AS A POSSIBILITY I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK AND SEE WHETHER NOT THAT HAS BEEN DONE. IT MAY BE A ONE AND DONE KIND OF ISSUE BUT AGAIN, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE. >> CAN YOU THIS KEEPING IT BEAUTIFUL, THE ARTS. I SEE A BIG BEAUTIFUL MURAL OUR [01:00:10] SOUND WALL MAY LOOK LIKE TREES. >> I AM NOT PERSONALLY FAMILIAR WITH THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WHO COULD REALLY AND I KNOW WE HAVE ACCOMMODATED THE WISHES OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND PARTNERS WITH THEM AND I DON'T THINK ANYTHING IS OFF THE TABLE BUT AGAIN I WOULD HAVE TO REVERT BACK TO HIM. >> FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE WE HAD ALREADY HAD MANY EARMARKED FOR DOING A PROJECT ON 242 SO THE WAY OF LOOKING AT THIS LONG-TERM AND WE ARE TALKING 2024 BEFORE THIS IS DONE WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR COST BE MITIGATED BY TEX DOT BILLING THE PACK WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT WE DID GET THE GRANT FOR. SO THE MATCHING FUNDS WE HAVE IN Q COULD BE USED TO SURVIVE TO FIGHT LANDSCAPE AND COORDINATING WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR WHATEVER GOING TO TAKE ON BECAUSE WE WILL BE MAINTAINING A LOT OF THAT ENHANCED LANDSCAPING, CORRECT? >> I WAS A AS FAR AS THE CONTROL BOXES FOR SOME OF THE SIGNALS I THINK THE ONLY RESTRICTION WOULD BE WE HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO MAINTAIN THE LIGHTS AND KEEP THEM IN OPERATION. OTHER THAN THAT AS FAR AS BEAUTIFYING THEM OR INSTALLING OTHER THINGS ON THOSE BOXES AGAIN WE WOULD HAVE TO REFER BACK TO OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FOR THAT. >> ANY DATA THAT SHOWS THAT TREES THAT ARE 10 FEET THICK OR 30 FEET THE WOULD PROVIDE THE SAME AMOUNT OF SOUND LIMITATIONS IN A SOUND WALL, HOW THICK AND HOW HIGH DO THE TREES HAVE TO BE TO PROVIDE THAT SAME BENEFIT? >> PERSONALLY, I HAVE HEARD DIFFERENT THINGS. I HEARD FROM SOME OF THAT TREES DO NOT DO MUCH TO BLOCK IT SOUNDS. WILL NOT WAIT A NONEXPERT YOU HAVE A RESIDENT NOISE EXPERT IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SECTION THAT HAS DONE MORE ON THAT AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO FORWARD ON A QUESTION TO HIM AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME FEEDBACK. >> THAT WOULD BE THE MOST DIFFICULT WOODLANDS ENDEAVOR WOULD BE TO BUILD A NICE THICK WALL OF TREES VERSUS THE HARD CONCRETE STRUCTURE. >> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE RETENTION PONDS. ONCE THEY ARE BUILT WHO MAINTAINS THAT? >> TEX DOT WILL MAINTAIN THEM. THEY ARE JUST RETENTION PONDS I THINK THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER TEX DOT WOULD BUILD RETENTION PONDS AND HAVE THEM RETAIN WATER, THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY WHAT TEX DOT DOES ONLY BECAUSE THAT HAS MAINTENANCE THEY REQUIRE DIFFERENT KIND OF LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR TEX DOT GOES OUT. TEX DOT THEY WOULD BE OFF-LIMITS THEY WOULD TYPICALLY FENCE FOR SAFETY PURPOSES BY TEX DOT WOULD MAINTAIN THAT. >> YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH 147 AND 146 THEY ARE THE PRIMARY BUDS THAT ARE AFFECTED AND WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING. IMMEDIATE SITUATION WHERE SOME SOME AGREEMENT WITH A PROCESS IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE AND IF WERE GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY TO DO THAT TO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF THERE MIGHT BE MORE STRATEGICALLY PLACED TO RESOLVE OTHER ISSUES ALONG AT 242 CORRIDOR BECAUSE WE ALREADY DO HAVE RUN OPTIONS. WE ALREADY HAVE RUNOFF ISSUES IN THAT AREA. >> IF IT WEREN'T THE CASE THAT THERE WERE SOME RUNOFF ISSUES I AM SURE THESE PONDS WOULD BE DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH THE EXISTING ISSUES AND THE FUTURE. >> IS LIKELY TO BE DRY. IT IS LIKELY TO BE DRY RETENTION. RETENTION NOT DETENTION.YOU ARE RIGHT THE PROBLEM WITH DETENTION POND IS THE ISSUE WITH WHERE DOES IT GO, THE LINER, THE ISSUES WITH WILDLIFE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. IT WOULD BE AN THAT AS WELL. OKAY, THANK YOU. >> QUESTION, YOU ARE WORKING WITH DOCTOR NOONS ON THIS SO IF WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS OR NEED MORE INFORMATION GO TO DOCTOR NOONS? >> ABSOLUTELY. YOU CAN COME TO ME AS WELL. I HAVE CARDS THEY ARE NOT [01:05:02] UP-TO-DATE DEPARTMENT INFORMATION IS ACCURATE ON THEIR BY PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL I WILL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE CONTEXT YES DOCTOR NUNES CAN ALSO GET INTO CONTACT WITH EVEN IS RESPNSIBLE FOR A LOT OF THE AESTHETIC TREATMENTS. >> OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE I 45 IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AND THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE DETENTION OR RETENTION ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HIGHWAY? >> RIGHT NOW, BASED ON WHAT I SAW IN THE PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS THE DETENTION POND ON THE EAST SIDE, SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE 242 I 45 INTERSECTION THAT THEY PROPOSE LOCATION. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE PURCHASED THE RIGHT-OF-WAY GET THAT IDEALLY WHERE THE PRELIMINARY STAGES WHICH ARE PLANNING TO HAVE THAT. >> I AM GOING TO SAY THERE WILL BE SOME SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE WORK IF NOT TO PUT ANYTHING ON THE WEST SIDE. WE HAVE CONSIDERABLY ISSUES AT THE TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. >> BASICALLY, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO PROJECTS THAT WERE COMBINED ONE WITH THE DC AND THE OTHER WITH THE DRAINAGE MITIGATION. AS I UNDERSTAND IT'S THEY WERE SEPARATED AND THERE WAS SOME ATTENTION TO RAISE THE FRONTAGE ROADS TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THAT. WE FOUND THAT RAISING THOSE FRONTAGE ROADS WOULD MAKE THE MAIN LANES LOWER ANDTHEREFORE IT WOULD END UP FLOODING THE MAIN PLACE . >> OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS REALLY TO BE AND NOT BE THE FIRST THING ON THE FRONT BURNER REALLY DOESN'T DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL BECAUSE OF THE HOSPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE ON THE NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. AND THE PROBLEM WITH BLOCKING ACCESS TO THOSE HOSPITALS. >> THAT IS THE PRIORITY THERE TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE. >> WILL BE HAVING YOUR PRESENTATION AVAILABLE FOR OUR WEBSITE? >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.ACTUALLY, WE HAVE AN UPDATED ONE AND THE QUESTION YOU HAD ABOUT THE IPHONE 5 OBJECT THERE WAS AN EXTRA DETAIL WILL BE IDENTIFIED WHERE THE DRAINAGE POND WOULD BE GREAT WEATHER IS ACCURATE OR NOT YOU CAN SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT STORM DRAINS THAT ARE PART OF THAT, AS WELL. AGAIN, IT MAY JUST BE A SCHEMATIC AT THIS POINT BUT WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE ARE PLANNING. >> YOU WILL PROBABLY END UP WITH SOME PUMPING GOING ON, TOO. >> ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS? THERE WILL BE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THIS PROJECT. THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE IN FACT INPUT IN JUNE. [10. Receive, consider and act upon a presentation from Waste Management regarding funding to enhance environmental education;] >> THERE IS ANTICIPATED TO BE A PUBLIC MEETING AT THIS BUILDING ON JUNE 23 THAT IS A TENTATIVE RIGHT NOW BUT IS IN THE WORKS TO MAKE SURE THE TOWNSHIP AND HIS RESIDENCE HAVE SOME INPUT ON THIS PROJECT. >> ALL RIGHT. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVEQUESTIONS WE ARE HAPPY TO FORWARD THEM ON AND TRY TO GET SOME RESPONSES . I WILL LEAVE CARDS WITH DOCTOR NUNES . >> MOTION AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE REPORTS. >> MOVED >> SECOND >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE >> AYE >> ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT WILL MOVE ONTO ITEM NUMBER 10. RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON PRESENTATION FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT REGARDING FUNDING TO ENHANCE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.AND YOU ARE BRINGING US MONEY SO WE ARE GOOD. >> I ALREADY DELIVERED THE CHECK TO DOCTOR NUNES. I WILL GO OVER MY POWER POINTS. IT'S SHORT AND SWEET. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING TIME FOR USTONIGHT . IN 21 WE TOUCHED RESIDENCE OVER 5 MILLION TIMES AND OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER IS 19.8 PERCENT. TRASH IS A GOOD AND WE ARE PICKING IT UP. ALSO IN 21 COME UP WITH THE INCREASE WE PROVIDED MORE THAN 36,000 PAID TAXES FOR EXTRA TRASH SHOWING THE IMPACT THAT HAD AND HYGIENE RECORDS FOR DECADES UP TO 96 AND THAT'S THE MOST WE EVER DELIVERED TO YOU ALL. THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING WHEN [01:10:03] IT ENDED THAT UP. ON YOUR NUMBERS TOTAL TONS OF TRASH 33,000 TOTAL RECYCLED TIMES 10,000 AND A DROP OFF SITE 282 TIMES YARD WASTE 2400 TOTAL TONS 46,657 TOTAL DIVERSION AND 29 PERCENT BETTER THAN SO MANY COMMUNITIES. I THINK THE BIG DEAL HERE ON THE NEXT PAGE WE GO OVER IS YOUR PARTICIPATION 93 PERCENT OF YOUR RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE IN RECYCLING. 93 PERCENT. I PERSONALLY DON'T KNOW OF ANOTHER CITY THAT CAN POST BACK. >> WE ARE NUMBER ONE IN A LOT OF CATEGORIES. >> I KNOW YOU LIKE BEING NUMBER ONE. AGAIN, THE EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT YOUR STAFF AND THE MAILERS THAT WE RECENTLY DID YOUR CONTAMINATION LEVEL DECEMBER SQUARE IT WAS BELOW 20 PERCENT AND WAS A RECORD. NUMBER ONE. YOUR FUTURE IS VERY BRIGHT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT WE ARE VERY PROUD. WASTE MANAGEMENT IS ALWAYS WORKING FOR SUSTAINABLE TOMORROW. WE ARE PRESENTLY COMING UP WITH NEW THINGS. OUT OF MY 28 YEARS WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING THING I HAVE EVER SEEN COMING FORWARD AND IT'S THE SMART TRUCK. REALLY REALLY SMART TRUCK TO THE WOODLANDS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF QUARTERS WE ARE PILOTING AND RIGHT NOW IN OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. WE WILL BRING ANOTHER PRESENTATION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE DETAILS. IT IS AMAZING.ERY, VERY BIG DEAL. ALSO, WORKING WITH OUR CASCADE OUR VENDOR WAS INVITING YOU WITH CARDS SINCE 1996 HAS COME UP WITH A WAY TO MAKE MORE RECYCLED CONTENT AND NOW IT'S 50 PERCENT ART GO CARTS THEY LOOK LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE. WITH EDUCATING THOSE INTO OUR INVENTORY AS NEEDED. I THINK AS OF MARCH OR APRIL EVERYTHING WE GET FROM THEM FORWARD WILL BE ECONOMIC CARTS. >> WE CAN PROVIDE THE STICKERS THAT CAN BE APPLIED FOR THE RESIDENCE UNTIL THE CART IS REPLACED. >> THESE WILL BE BROUGHT IN AS WE GO. I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT GETTING A NEW STICKERS FOR THE CARDS THAT ARE A COUPLE YEARS OLD AND FADED. THESE ARE MOLDED ON THE TOP SO THEY LAST A LOT LONGER. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TOO MANY PROBLEMS. THAT'S REALLY ABOUT THE ONLY PRESENTATION AND THEN I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. >> YOU ARE NOT RETURNING ARE YOU? >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TIME AND TONIGHT OVER THE LAST 26 YEARS I HAD THE HONOR TO REPRESENT WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE WOODLANDS. AS A PUBLIC SECTOR SOLUTIONS MANAGER. IN OTHER TO WORK ALONG WITH SUPPORT AND YOUR FABULOUS STAFF.THERE HAVE BEEN MANY GREAT MEMORIES MADE AT PUBLIC EVENTS, MEETING RESIDENCE AND WATCHING YOU GROW. IT HAS BEEN A TOTAL INSPIRATION TO WATCH YOU MEET THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS AND WHEN IS IT WORKING WITH YOU IN 1985 INTELLIGENT DATE 96 CONTRACT. WE HAD 13,000 HOMES WE ARE AT 35,000+. IT'S AMAZING TO WATCH HOW YOU HANDLE IT. I'VE ENJOYED BEING A SMALL PART OF IT AND I FEEL LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A FAMILY. I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE MY RETIREMENT 28 YEARS LEFT TO BE WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT AND 26 WITH YOU ALL. ENSURING THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP REMAINS IN GOOD HANDS I PERSONALLY PICKED MY REPLACEMENTS. I ACTUALLY HELPED GET HER FROM ANOTHER DEPARTMENT IN WASTE MANAGEMENT INTO MY DEPARTMENT 11 YEARS AGO.HEENA LOPEZ. SHE IS SOMEONE I RESPECT TOTALLY. SHE WILL EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS. YOU WILL LOVE WORKING WITH HER. IN THE COMING WEEKS YOU WILL SEE MORE OF HER AND HEAR MORE FROM HER AND LESS OF ME. IT HAS BEEN A PURE HONOR AND I SAID I WAS GOING TO CRY. IT'S HARD TO WALK AWAY AND THEY MAKE FUN OF ME BECAUSE ALL OF MY TOWNS OF OUR MY BABIES PERSONALLY. EVERY SPECIAL EVENT YOU HAVE SINCE 1996. IN SOME WAY OR SOMETIMES PERIOD IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU ALL. SO JUNE 30, WILL BE MY LAST DATE WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT. I WILL BE AROUND COMING TO EVENTS. I AM GOING TO THE BEACH ON FRIDAY. >> WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR DECADES OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE CONSIDER WASTE MANAGEMENT ONE OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS JUST LIKE WE DO OUR ALIGNMENT AND OTHER PROVIDERS OF PUBLIC SERVICE WITHOUT YOU GUYS WE BE A HEAPING MESS AND NOT THE BEST PLACE IN THE COUNTRY TO LIVE. WE CREATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS ON OUR BEHALF. [01:15:02] WE HAVE SOME NOT SO BIG SHOES TO FILL THAT BIG SHOES TO FILL WHEN IT COMES TO THE WORKLOAD AND REPETITION. WE WELCOME YOU TO THAT CHALLENGE. AND THEN WE HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT RETIREMENT AND A DAY AT THE BEACH THAT FRIDAY. [11. Receive, consider and act upon a quarterly update from the Development Standards Committee; ] >> NO LONGER BE KNOWN AS THE GARBAGE LADY I'LL BE KNOWN AS A FLOWER LADY. >> OUR TRASH WAS YOUR CASH. >> YOUR TRASH WAS MY RETIREMENT. THANK YOU ALSO MUCH IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOUR COMMUNITY. >> SOMEHOW I FEEL WE WILL HAVE A TEARY TRASH DAY IN JUNE PROCLAMATION. YOU HAVEN'T ENTIRELY GOVERNMENT OF US GETS COMMENTARY. I NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND TO ACCEPT. >> MOVED >> SECOND >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE >> AYE >> ANY OPPOSED? >> I SEE A TRASH PROCLAMATION IN OUR FUTURE. >> NUMBER 11 RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON QUARTERLY UPDATE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS COMMITTEE. >> I NEED SOME TECHNICAL HELP TO FIND OUT WHERE THAT POWERPOINT PRESENTATION IS. GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN BUNCH TOWNSHIP DIRECTORS. SENIOR TOWNSHIP STAFF AND RESIDENTS. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO REPRESENT THE COMMITTEE AND ALSO THE COVETED ADMINISTRATION STAFF. WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE FIRST QUARTER 2022 REPORTS ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE DSC. ADMISSION WE MISS OUR FORMER MEMBER DOCTOR BROWN. TOPICS FOR TONIGHT WILL BEAT THE DSC LEADING DATA FOR FIRST QUARTER 2022. KEY ISSUES THAT WERE UNDERTAKEN IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND FUTURE ITEMS THAT WE PLAN TO BE WORKING ON IN THE SECOND QUARTER AND INTO THE BALANCE OF 2022. DATA FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 230 APPLICATIONS AND PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES TO BE REVIEWED BY THE DSC. THE FULL COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. WE HAD 160 RESIDENTIAL ITEMS AND WE HAD A TOTAL OF 60 COMMERCIAL ITEMS. WE HAD A 10 EVERY THE PROCEDURE RULES THAT THE DSC COMMITTEE REVIEWED WE ADDED A NEW SLIDE TONIGHT TO TRY TO GET SOME PERSPECTIVE ON THE THREE LEVELS OF REVIEW THAT ARE ON UNDERTAKEN WITHIN THE WOODLANDS ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS. STAFF APPROVED CLOSE TO 1200 APPLICATIONS THAT STAFF ALONE. THE ELECTED GROUP WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY THEY HANDLE 454 ITEMS FOR REVIEW AND THE DSC INDICATED A TOTAL OF 230 APPLICATIONS FOR REVIEW. THAT'S A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WORK AND VOLUME THAT COMES THE ENTIRE PROCESS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. IF WE TOOK THE DSC WORK FOR THE FIRST QUARTER WE FORECAST WILL BE ABOUT 920 APPLICATIONS FOR REVIEW BY THE END OF 2022. KEY ISSUES, WE HAVE THE DSC DRC JOINT MEETING ON FEBRUARY 23. AS WE PRESENTED THE STANDARDS THAT WERE APPROVED BACK IN THE END OF DECEMBER 2021. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE DRC'S NEW STANDARDS WERE APPROVED AND WHAT THE PROCESS WILL BE TO GET THE STANDARDS FILES WITH HARRIS COUNTY AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WERE APPROVED IN DECEMBER OF 2021 ARE IN THE PROCESS OF THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REVIEWS. THE COMMERCIAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE ARE REVIEWING THEM. THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS [01:20:06] COMMITTEE IS REVIEWING THE STANDARDS. THE LEGAL REVIEW WILL BE DONE BY DSC ATTORNEY AND THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE FILE WITH THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY HARRIS COUNTY. WE ANTICIPATE BY NO LATER THAN MAY 20 THAT THAT PROCESS WILL BE COMPLETED. SO THAT WE CAN ANNOUNCE THAT THE DSC DRC WORKSHOP ON 25 MAY THAT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN FILED AND ACTIVATED FOR THE BALANCE OF 2022. WE ALSO IN THE FIRST QUARTER WE HAVE THE DSC WORKSHOP ON MARCH 25. IN OUR WORKSHOP WE REVIEWED RISK COLORS AND ROOF MATERIALS. THAT PROCESS TOO CLOSE TO AN HOUR AND AND A HALF TO GO THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MANUFACTURERS, TYPE OF RISK, HOW THEY MARKET DEBRIEF, WHAT IS THE COLOR IMPACT. THE OTHER IMPORTANT ITEM WE LOOK AT IS THE SOLAR PANEL ROOF AND REVIEWED THE DSC OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR OUR NEW MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE OUR NEW MEMBERS ARE UP TO DATE AND UNDERSTAND THE PROCEDURES. IN THE FUTURE ITEMS THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO WORK ON. AS INDICATED, WE HAVE OUR JOIN MEETING MAY 25 . AT THE JOINT MEETING BESIDES CONFIRMING THAT THE STANDARDS HAVE BEEN FILED WITH THE RESPECTIVE COUNTIES WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION BY TESLA ON THEIR PRODUCTS SOLAR ROOFS SOCIALLY QUITE INFORMATIVE. WE DO NOT WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM A REGULAR MEETING SINCE THE REGULAR MEETING ON AVERAGE ARE BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE HOURS DID NOT WANT TOHAVE A PRESENTATION . WE ALSO WANTED THE R DRC MEMBERS WANTED THE BENEFITS OF WHAT THE PRESENTATION HAS TO OFFER. WE ARE ALSO PLANNING ANOTHER DSC WORKSHOP THE SECOND QUARTER SO WE CAN CONTINUE OUR WORK ON OUR PROCEDURES AND OTHER MATTERS THAT THE DSC COMMITTEE AND STAFF WANT TO BRING FORWARD. WE WILL ALSO SET THE MEETING DATES FOR THE BALANCE OF 2022 IN OUR JOINT QUARTERLY MEETINGS WITH OUR DSC DEPARTMENT. AND THAT WOULD AT THIS TIME CONCLUDE THE REPORTS IS OPEN TO QUESTIONS BY THE BOARD. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR ARTS? >> DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A QUESTION FOR ARTHUR BUT I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO PENNY AND HIS TEAM. RECENTLY YOU GUYS APPROVED SOLAR PANEL INSTALLATION IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I GOT INUNDATED ONING NEIGHBORS THAT CAME OVER AND SAID WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS WE ARE UNAWARE IF THEY GET A VARIANCE WHY DIDN'T ANYONE US? IN ADDITION TO THIS AT THE BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK AND IT LITERALLY DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY A LETTER WENT OUT TO THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD GOING OUT TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE RULES ARE AND THE FACT THAT WE CAN'T OVER REGULATE SOLAR PANELS. SO, THANK YOU. GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM THE FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ANYTIME WE ARE DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN SOMETHING [12. Receive, consider and act upon the financial report;] SIMILAR I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. >> I CAN APPRECIATE THAT OBSERVATION. >> THANK YOU ARTHUR. >> STAFF IS ESSENTIAL TO WHAT WE DO.WE ARE FORTUNATE IN THIS COMMUNITY TO THE LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM THAT THIS STAFF DEMONSTRATES ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ART ? WE CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEXT QUARTERLY UPDATES. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO ACCEPT? >> SO MOVED >> SECOND >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY WOODLANDS >> AYE >> ANY OPPOSED? NUMBER 12 RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON OF THE FINANCIAL REPORT. [01:25:03] >> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME BACK AGAIN. THE FINANCIALS OF THE PRESENTING WILL BE THROUGH MARCH 2022. THE FIRST LINE WILL LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE SO THE YEAR TO DATE IS BUDGETED TO 65.5 MILLION. THE YEAR TO DATE ACTUALLY COLLECTED IS 69.4 MILLION WHICH IS A 3.8 MILLION POSITIVE VARIANCE. IT WAS OBVIOUS IS THE 3.8 MILLION POSITIVE VARIANCE IN SALES TAX. SO THERE'S 39 PERCENT OF OUR ANNUAL BUDGETS. NEXT TWO PAGES I WILL HAVE THE OPERATINGEXPENDITURES . FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 22 WE BUDGETED 22.2 MILLION. AN ACTUAL EXPENSE 20.9 MILLION WHICH IS A POSITIVE VARIANCE OF 1.3 MILLION MOST OF THESE POSITIVE VARIANCES ARE TIMING DIFFERENCES. BUT THE MAIN THREE AREAS IS PARKS AND REC 415,000, COMMUNITY SERVICES SIX 21,000 AND 245,000. I NEED A LESSON BEFORE I COME BACK. >> OH, YOU ARE FINE. >> IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I WILL MOVE ON. FORM IS ENDING IN JUNE 2020. YOUR TODAY BUDGETED WITH 18 MILLION YOU TODAY COLLECTED IS 22.5 MILLION. THAT'S 4.5 MILLION OVER BUDGETED. AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR WE COLLECTED ABOUT 4.6 MILLION OVER 2021. THERE ARE FOUR MAIN AREAS THE INDUSTRY CODES THAT ARE TRENDING UPWARDS FROM 2021 AND THAT IS RETAIL WHICH INCLUDES INTERNET SALES, THE FOOD ACCOMMODATIONS, MANUFACTURING AND PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SERVICES. NEXT SLIDE WE HAVE THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. THIS IS BACK TO THE THREE MONTHS ENDING IN MARCH. THE YEAR TO DATE BUDGETED IS 1.5 MILLION YOUR TODAY COLLECTED IS 1.6 THAT'S A LITTLE OVER $100,000 OF OUR BUDGET AMOUNTS WERE 6.9 PERCENT. IN THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR IF YOU COMPARE THAT TO WE COLLECTED $780,000 MORE THAN 2021 SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR THE HOTEL INDUSTRY. LAST PAGE IS PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. THIS CHART IS SHOWING US THE COMPARISON TO 2021 AND 2022 ON COLLECTIONS. WE ARE A LITTLE OVER 100 PERCENT THIS TIME THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WHICH WAS 97 PERCENT ALMOST 98 PERCENT. [13. Receive, consider, and act upon approval of an interlocal cooperation agreement with Montgomery County regarding special event permitting (C-2022-0131);] AND THAT IS JUST THE TIMING OF WHEN PEOPLE ARE PAYING THE PROPERTY TAX. >> AND TIMING AND ALSO VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTIONS OF A COUPLE OF TEXT ABATEMENTS THAT WE DID LAST YEAR, AS WELL. >> ANY QUESTIONS? OTHER THAN I NEED A LESSON IN POWERPOINT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> I DID NOT GIVE MUCH PUSHBACK WHEN YOU GET THOSE NUMBERS. [14. Receive, consider and act upon the repair of the Grogan's Forest neighborhood entry sign monument (C-2022-0132);] >> NEED A MOTION AND EXCEPT. >> SO MOVED >> SECOND >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY WOODLANDS IT >> AYE >> ANY OPPOSED? . NUMBER 13. RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON OF AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY REGARDING SPECIAL EVENT PERMITTING. >> THERE WILL BE NO ACTION ON THIS. WE WERE ANTICIPATED GETTING A DRAFT OF THIS TO YOU THIS WEEK HOWEVER WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT. >> WE SHOULD DEFER AND MOVE ON TO A DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEM. 14 WHICH IS U DOCTOR NUNES. >> THIS IS A PROJECT LONG-AWAITED THE FIRST ENTRY SIGN. IF WE CAN HAVE A PROJECT THAT HAS HAD MANY CHALLENGES THIS IS ONE. [01:30:01] BASED ON COVID, BASED ON A DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN AND REDESIGN OF THE INTERSECTION AT RESEARCH FOREST AND GROGEN MILL. THE BOARD APPROVED A LOCATION FOR A NEW SIGN ON THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION HOWEVER WE FOUND OUT THAT SECTION IS NOW GOING TO BE PART OF A TURNING LANE. FOR THAT EXPANDABLE BUILDING BY PRECINCT NUMBER TWO IN THAT AREA.SO WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD MOVE THE SITE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LOCATION, BACK TO THREE MORE FEET, WE BELIEVE IT IS A LITTLE BETTER PROTECTED THAN THE ORIGINAL, EXCUSE ME, THE REVISED LOCATION AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS THAT IS A PROCESS THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THAT IS THE REQUEST AT THIS POINT. >> DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I NOTE DIRECTOR RIESER YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA? >> I AM NOT FOND OF THAT IDEA. THE SITE HAS BEEN KNOCKED DOWN THREE OR FOUR TIMES. I THINK IT'S REALLY FALLING FOR US TO KEEP PUTTING IT BACK IN THAT SPOT. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT ANOTHER PLACE TO PUT IT IS THERE A REASON WHY WE COULDN'T PUT IT IN THE MEDIA GOING NORTHBOUND BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH LANES? >> INSTEAD OF ON THE CORNER? >> INSTEAD OF ON THE CORNER. IF YOU PUT IT BACK WHERE IT IS IT WILL GET HIT AGAIN. >> YOUR RESEARCH FOREST. >> RESEARCH SPLITS. THE NORTHBOUND LANE HAS A SECTION COULD BE SIGN ACTUALLY BE PLACED ON THE ROAD ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OR THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE WESTBOUND LANES AS YOU ARE GOING INTO THE SUBDIVISION? >> TELL US. >> SOMEWHERE IN THIS AREA. >> YOU ARE JOINING IN THIS WAY I WAS THINKING MAYBE HERE. >> YOU REALLY CAN'T SEE IT THERE. >> IT WON'T GET IT THERE EITHER. >> IT NEEDS TO BE MOVED TO THE LEFT, NOT BACK. IT NEEDS TO BE MOVED FURTHER TO THE WEST. >> FURTHER WITHIN THE MEETING? >> YES, IF YOU PUT IT UP THERE AND YOU MOVE IT MAY BE 10 FEET FURTHER OR 15 FEET FURTHER TO THE WEST I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE OF KEEPING IT FROM BEING BLESSED AGAIN. >> ANY PROVISION IN THAT SPACE? >> NOT RIGHT NOW BUT LIKE ANYTHING IN IT HE WROTE RIGHT-OF-WAY THERE MAY BE IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA, WHO KNOWS WHEN, AT WHAT POINT LIKE THIS TURNING LANE. PART OF THE CHALLENGE WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE VISIBILITY OF PEOPLE ENTERING FROM MULTIPLE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO SIGNIFY THAT YOU ARE ENTERING GROGEN IS FOREST AREA. SO YOU CAN GO CERTAIN PLACES YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE IT NORTHBOUND CERTAIN PLACES MOBILE TO SEE IT, WESTBOUND BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY WITH THE DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD LOOK AT THE SAME DESIGN MOVING IT 10 FEET TO THE WEST TO GET ADDITIONAL SPACE. >> YOU MOVED IT WEST AND YOU TURNED AT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON A 45 DEGREES ANGLE SO YOU GET A CLEAR SIGHT ON A MOVING WEST OR NORTH THAT SHOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. AND FRANKLY, THERE THIS TURNING LANE YOU GOT HERE IS PROBABLY THE LAST THING YOU WILL SEE ON [15. Receive, consider and act upon an application for Transportation Credits through Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) to assist in funding the capital acquisition of replacement Town Center Trolleys;] GROGAN IS FOREST BECAUSE THE SHENANDOAH CITY COUNCIL IS ABSOLUTELY OPPOSED TO A WIDENING OF THE ROAD. LONG AS THEY CONTINUE TO CONTROL THAT PART OF THE INTERSECTION I DON'T THINK WE HAVE MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT. REMOVE IT THAT'S THE BEST COMPROMISE. >> I WILL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO FURTHER WESTWARD MOVEMENT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE >> AYE >> ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU THAT CARRIES. 15. RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ALLOCATION FOR TRANSPORTATION CREDITS OF THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA. >> GOOD EVENING BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE CURRENT TOWNCENTER TROLLEY [01:35:01] VEHICLES WERE PURCHASED BY THE TRANSIT DISTRICT IN 2014 AND PUT INTO SERVICE AND 2015. AND IN SEPTEMBER 2020 AS YOU RECALL THE TOWNSHIP TOOK DIRECT OWNERSHIP OF THE TROLLEY PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDED ALL VEHICLES AND THEY PROGRAM THE MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY. FOR THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION REQUIRED TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN THE TROLLEYS WILL BE APPROACHING THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE NO LATER THAN FISCAL YEAR BY SIX AND GIVEN THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE EXISTING VEHICLES AND THE LONG LEAD TIMES SAINT WITHIN THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURING SECTOR PARTICULARLY AMONG SPECIALTY VEHICLES SUCH AS THE TROLLEYS THE TOWNSHIP HAS BUDGETED FOR VEHICLE REPLACEMENT AND FISCAL YEAR 2023 WITH THE GOAL OF HAVING VEHICLES DELIVERED BETWEEN 2024 AND 2025. THE RESEARCH AND DISCUSSION WITH THE TOWNSHIP'S TRANSIT CONSULTANT STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT THE TOWNSHIP CAN APPLY FOR TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS AS A WAY TO DEFRAY THE LOCAL MATCH COSTS TO THE ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSIT VEHICLES PURCHASED THROUGH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION'S FORMULA GRANTS PROGRAM. THESE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS CAN BE USED TO FULFILL SOME OR ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR NONFEDERAL STATE OR LOCAL MATCH FUNDING. BY FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NONFEDERAL SHARE OF A FEDERALLY FUNDED TRANSPORTATION PROJECT THESE TDC IS ALLOW FOR 100 PERCENT FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT OF ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS. ASSUMING AVAILABLE FEDERAL FUNDS ARE INSUFFICIENT TO PAY ALL THE ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS. THERE IS A TRADE-OFF AS I AM SHOWING HERE THE TDC IS OFFSET LOCAL SHARED REQUIREMENTS THAT AT A COST OF ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDS TO PAY FOR THE PROJECT COST YOU DIPPING BACK INTO THE BUCKET A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY BEFORE YOU WOULD HAVE THE LEFT OVER NEEDING TO PAY FOR OTHER PROJECTS. TRANSIT AGENCIES PLAN FOR TDC IS MUST DEMONSTRATE THAT THE USE OF TDC IS WILL NOT REDUCE LOCAL NONFEDERAL FUNDING SUPPORT FOR THE TRANSIT SERVICES SO WHEN THE FEDERAL FUNDS CANNOT MEET ALL PROJECT COSTS LIKE ONGOING OPERATIONAL EXPENSES TDC'S ARE NOT A VITAL TOOL BUT IN OUR CASE THE LOCAL FUNDING OFFSET BY THE USE OF TDC IS FOR THIS VEHICLE PURCHASE WILL THEN GO AND USED FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR TROLLEY PROGRAM OPERATION EXPENSES. BASICALLY, WE HAVE THE BUCKET AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE USE OF ALL THE MONEY IN THE BUCKET AND WHATEVER IS LEFT OVER WILL CONTINUED TO BE USED WE CAN APPLY FOR THESE TDC'S. >> ESSENTIALLY, WE ARE LOCKED INTO PROVIDING AT LEAST A CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR HOW LONG? >> WE WOULD NEED TO USE THE MONEY TO PAY FOROPERATIONS . WHICH WE HAD PLENTY OF OPERATIONS. >> THE RECOMMENDATION AND REQUEST IS FOR US TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESENT GENERAL MANAGER TO APPLY THE TRANSPORTATION CREDITS TO PROVIDE 20 PERCENT TO PROVIDE NEUTRAL VEHICLES OR OTHER TYPES OF VEHICLES. >> CORRECT. >> MOTION? >> I HAVE A QUESTION IF I MAY. IT RELATES IT'S A REQUEST TO CLARIFY HOW WE ARE ELIGIBLE AS A TOWNSHIP FOR FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS BECAUSE WE GO THROUGH SO MANY. AND I KNOW YOU KNOW. >> IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER WHY ARE YOU ASKING THE QUESTION? >> THE REASON I AM ASKING IT IS NOT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD THE ANSWER BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE ANSWER FROM RUTH AND. BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME HOW DO WE GET FUNDS FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL PROJECTS BUT WE DON'T QUALIFY FOR OUR BOOK FUNDS? HOW DO WE GET THIS? WHY DON'T WE GO BACK AND REPLY FOR OTHER THINGS? THAT'S REALLY FUNDAMENTAL. >> BECAUSE WE ARE RECOGNIZED AS A FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION AS A TRANSIT AGENCY WHICH IS UP TO BE ORGANIZED AREA IS A DUAL DESIGNATED RECIPIENT BECAUSE WE PROVIDE TRANSIT OPERATIONS. BEFORE, AS WE WERE DEVELOPING AS AN AREA PROCESS TRANSIT DISTRICT IT WAS A WORLD TRANSIT PROVIDER AND A LARGER AREA AND AS THE TOWNSHIP DEVELOPED WE [01:40:03] HAVE TAKEN OVER THAT A FEDERALLY FUNDED TRANSIT OPERATION AS PART OF THE WOODLANDS URBANIZED AREA. >> IS A SEPARATE ENTITY. >> WE ARE RECOGNIZED AS A TRANSIT AGENCY AND ITS WHOLLY SEPARATE FROM THE TOWNSHIP. >> I AM CHAIRMAN OF THAT WHICH IS A SEPARATE ENTITY WHICH IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE FUNDS. SO THE TOWNSHIP IS NOT RECEIVING THE FEDERAL FUNDS IT'S GOING TO THE UCLA AND THAT IS GOING BACK TO CONDIT ROAD. >> IS ANOTHER SPECIAL-PURPOSE. >> IS NOT A DISTRICT BUT IT'S AN ENTITY. >> IT'S A SPECIAL ENTITY. >> THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO HEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> AND LACKING THAT PARTICULAR AGENCY WE WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE YOU WOULD HAVE TO FIND A TRANSIT PROVIDER.SIMILAR DEBIT ACTUALLY QUALIFIED. >> THE DECISION WAS MORE ACUTE THAN THAT IF WE DIDN'T CHOOSE THEN, WROTE COULD TO GET OVER. SO IN THE LARGER PROVIDER DECIDED TO JOIN WITH THEM RATHER THAN FIGHT WITH THEM AND THEY SERVE ON THE BOARD AS WELL. IS MYSELF, A BOARD MEMBER OF THE TOWNSHIP, A MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL, A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND THEN A SMALL CITY REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE SMALLER COMMITTEES IN THE COUNTY THAT ARE THE BOARD [16. Receive, consider and act upon allocation of funding for an additional full-time Trolley Driver;] MEMBERS. AND WE NEED TWICE A YEAR AND THEY COME IN AND WE VOTE IN THE WHOLE PROCESS. WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS UNTIL THE DESIGNATION WAS BEING OFFERED UP. WE DON'T TECHNICALLY DIRECTLY GET THE FUNDS. >> THE URBANIZED AREA IS DESIGNATED BY THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION GETS THE FUNDS. WE ADMINISTER THEM. >> I AM READY TO VOTE. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE >> AYE >> OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU RUTH AND . NUMBER 16. RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME TROLLEY DRIVER. >> THIS IS ABOUT ADDITIONAL TROLLEY DRIVER. WHEN WE TRANSITIONED OVER FROM THE TRANSIT DISTRICT THE DRIVERS SUPERVISION SUPERVISOR POSITION WAS BASICALLY PUT IN AS A DRIVER SO WE DO NOT HAVE A DRIVER SUPERVISOR EXCUSE ME AND WITH SOLELY SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES. THE DRIVER SUPERVISOR CURRENTLY IS BASICALLY DRIVING ABOUT 30 TO [17. Receive, consider and act upon an extension of the Alpha & Omega Mounted Patrol contract (C-2020-0311A3);] 35 HOURS PER WEEK WHICH LISA VERY, VERY LITTLE TIME TO ACTUALLY DO THE DRIVER SUPERVISOR DUTIES THAT ARE REQUIRED WHICH INCLUDES A LOT OF FEDERALLY MANDATED REPORTING WHICH IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AND ALSO LOOKING FOR FURTHER EFFICIENCIES IN OUR SYSTEM. WE ARE REQUESTING AT THIS POINT IS TO ADD A FULL-TIME TROLLEY DRIVER IN THE BUDGET WHICH WE A COST OF $28,000 BENEFIT LOADED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR AND A $49,000 BENEFIT LOADED IN THE 2023 BUDGET. SO THAT IS THERECOMMENDATIONS . >> DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> MOVED TO APPROVE >> SECOND >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE >> AYE >> ANY HOST? NUMBER 17. RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN EXTENSION OF THE ALPHA AND OMEGA MOUNTED PATROL CONTRACT. >> THIS IS A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM THERE IS NO CHANGES TO THE SERVICE LEVEL OR THE HOURS ARE CONTRACTED RATES. THE BOARD APPROVED A THREE MONTH EXTENSION TO THROUGH APRIL. EARLIER THIS YEAR AND WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS SOME ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AROUND THE SERVICE AREA TO EXECUTE THOSE AGREEMENTS. WE ARE LOOKING AT EXTENDING THE AGREEMENT THROUGH 1231 WITH ALPHA OMEGA TO COMPLETE ALL THIS WORK. >> ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM? >> MOVED TO ACCEPT. >> WE HAVE A MOTION, DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? >> SECONDS. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.