Jul 21, 2022 Board of Directors Regular Meeting Agenda

[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;]

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>>> WE THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF THE PERSON HERE TODAY ON OUR LEFT AND ON OUR RIGHT.

THE ONES SITTING IN FRONT OF US AND THE ONES SEATED BEHIND US. YOU INFORM US EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US IN YOUR IMAGE, YOU MADE US TO DO THINGS TO REFLECT YOUR GOODNESS AND YOUR GLORY.

AS WE STAND HERE BEFORE YOUR THRONE OF GRACE NOT BECAUSE OF WHO WE ARE OR ANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE MAY HAVE WE STAND HERE BEFORE YOUR THRONE BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE THROUGH YOUR SON. AND WE OFFER OUR ANXIETIES, OUR CASE, OUR CONCERNS UP TO YOU, WE OFFER THE THINGS THAT ARE WEIGHING US DOWN.

WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE IS THE STRENGTH TO GO OUT FROM THIS FLAYS AND PLAY, BE YOUR HANDS AND YOUR FEET, YOUR SALT AND YOUR LIGHT. THIS WORLD IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF YOUR LOVE AND HOPE AND YOU HAVE CALLED US TO BE YOUR AGENTS OF YOUR HOPE CAN HEALING.

AND SPECIFICALLY WE PRAY FOR RAIN, WE PRAY THAT YOU RAIN DOWN WATER UPON THIS PLACE, UPON THE STATE AND THE WORLD AND WE PRI THAT YOU RAIN DOWN YOUR MERCY AND JUSTICE AND YOUR GRACE.

WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU RAIN DOWN ON US YOUR HOLY SPIRIT, GIVE US THE DISCERNMENT TO MAKE DECISIONS AND WE ASK NOW THAT YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS PLACE SAFE AND YOUR PEOPLE CALLED TO

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>> AMEN, WE'LL NOW DO 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, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

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

[4. Recognize public officials;]

WE REQUIRE FOUR DIRECTORS TO BE IN ATTENDANCE. I'LL NOW TAKE ROLL . . .

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>>> WE ARE ALL PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR. I NOW NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT OUR

AGENDA. >> SO MOVED. >> SICKED.

>> ALL IN FAVOR AAYE ANY OPPOSED? THAT WILL CARRY,LY NOW RECOGNIZE OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS. WE HAVE STATE REP STEVE TOHT. AND SEELY BARDON IS IN ATTENDANCE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA FIVE WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE'RE T AND TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP. WE DO ASK THAT YOU KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH PATRICIA KEVELAND.

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>>> GOOD EVENING. I'M TRICIA KYIV LAND, SINCE 2009 OUR NONPROFIT HAS WORKED TO BUILD A BETTER COMMUNITY THROUGH BICYCLING. THANK YOUTH O BOARD AND STAFF FOR THE SUPPORT AND SUCCESS OF BIKE MONTH AND YOUR CAN'TED SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTE BICYCLING AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. WE EVER DELIGHTED TO SEE THE PROGRESS ON THE COMMUNITY INFORMED PROCESS TO IMPROVE THE CREEK SIDE GREEN KIRKEN DAHL INTERSECTION AND WE'RE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE CHANGES TO IMPROVE SAFETY.

IF THE WORKING GROUP WOULD BENEFIT FROM ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY MEMBER INPUT WE WOULD BE GLAD TO PARTICIPATE IN AND RECOMMEND BICYCLE RIDERS HERE IN THE WOOD LANDS.

TUT TO DR. ANN SNYDER. THE DISTINCT BICYCLE MASTER PLAN CALLEDS FOR SEVERAL NORTH SOUTH AND EAST WEST PATH WAYS TO HELP RESIDENTS SAFELY MOVE THROUGH THE WOOD LANDS.

KIRK DAHL IS A HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR. PATH WAYS ALREADY EXIST ON KIRK DAHL BUT THERE ARE TWO GAPS, ONE BETWEEN TIM RON DRIVE AND CREEK SIDE FOREST DRIVE AND ONE BETWEEN RESEARCH FOREST DRIVE AND LAKEWOOD LANDS DRIVE WHICH CHEMICALS AILEDDEN BRIDGE AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THE ROUTE HAS AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE ALTHOUGH IT'S ADMITTEDLY CIRCUITEDTOUS I'VE DEFINITELY GOTTEN LOST ON IT BUT IT TAKES A WHILE SO THIS IMPROVEMENT COULD BE A PRICK IMPROVEMENT. THE RESEARCH FOREST DRIVE AND WOOD HANDS DRIVE GAP HAS NO ALTERNATIVE ROUTE AND THAT SHOULD BE A HIGH PRIORITY. OUR ORGANIZATION HAS EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THIS IMPROVEMENT IN THE PAST. T A COMPLICATED ISSUE WITH MANY JURISDICTIONS INVOLVED, MUCH LIKE THIS ONE BUT I HOPE BECAUSE THAT GAP WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2016 MASTER PLAN IT WILL REMAIN A PRIORITY. WE THINK THE INTERIOR ROUTE IS AN IMPORTANT CORRIDOR FOR BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS AND WE IMPROVEMENTS WILL REMAIN A PRIORITY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ALL YOU DO TO PROMOTE

BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY. >> NEXT UP IS ANNA KOSIO.

>>> GOOD EVENING. BOARD I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED MY HUSBAND CARLOS SIGNED UP RIGHT BEHIND ME, HE WAS GIVING ME HIS THREE MINUTES AND THERE ARE LANDOUTS COMING AROUND. THE PURPOSE OF ANY MY SPEECH IS TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AND TO VOICE MY OPINION AND MADAM PRESIDENT ALSO. IT'S CONCERNING TEXDOT AND AGENDA NUMBER SEVEN. I'M AWARE OF LIKE MANY PEOPLE THAT THE TOWNSHIP BOARD AND ITS STAFF HAVE ZERO JURISDICTION OVER ANY DRAINAGE CONTROL OVER ROADS, OVERFLOODING OH OUR TRAFFIC LIGHTSEN BUT STILL I FELT COMPELLED THAT TO ME SENSE I LIVE OFF 42 THAT IMPROVEMENTS THAT TEXDOT WILL BE WORKING ON FOR IMPORTANT TO SPEAK ABOUT. I LIVE IN WINDSOR HILL AND WE CHOSE TO LIVE THERE AND WE'VE LIVED WITH A LOT OF ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC SINCE WE HAVE BECOME MEDICAL STERNUM TWO. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. NOW, THE ISSUE IS THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN A PART OF THE WOOD LANDS, WE BOUGHT INTO WHAT THE WOOD LANDS REPRESENTS, ITS AMENITIES, ITS LOOK, EVERYTHING THAT IT OFFERS IS INCLUDED WITH WINDSOR HILLS AND WE CONTINUE TO ENJOY THAT. NOW, THE PHYSICAL CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED THROUGH TEX DEAD BOLT ASIDE FROM THE TRAFFIC LANES AND I'M SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE SOUND WALL BARRIERS, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE THREE DETENTION POPPLEDS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE JUST OUTSIDE OUR DOOR. THIS IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT I SEE A MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY TO REFLECT AND I'M SURE A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS DO NOT THINK THAT HAVING WALLS AND DETENTION PONDS SAT IS THE LOOK OF A MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT IS 4.4 MILES.

IT GOES FROM I-45 ON 242 ALL THE WAY TO 1488 AND IT HAS PLANS FOR THREE DETENTION POSSIBILITIES.

TWO OF THOSE ACCOUNT FOR THE CLEARING OF 14.2 ACRES OF VALUABLE OLD GROWTH TREES.

THESE GREEN SPACES ACTUALLY HELP US BY BEING A NATURAL SOUND PROOFING BARRIER.

IT SHADES THAT CONCRETE AROUND IT. IT ADDS NATURAL WATER ABSORPTION REDUCING FLOODING AND OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF ITS VALUABLE CARBON MONOXIDE FILTERING THE TREES DO PROVIDE IT HELPS IN THE OVER ALL AREA AND OUR RESIDENTS THERE ARE THERE.

SO TWO OF THESE DETENTION POPPLEDS ARE PLANNED POSSIBLE CONSTRUCTED JESUS EAU JUS OUTSIDE OF WINDSOR HILLS AND IT IS A PROJECT THAT WOULD BE CLEARING AWAY, NOBODY WOULD BE

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WE HAVE OFTEN SEEN FOXES CROSSING THE ROAD IN THAT AREA. SO WE DO NOT WANT OUR GREEN SPACES DOWN DOWN FOR DETENTION POSSIBILITIES. GO AND BUILT YOUR DETENTION PONDS ELSEWHERE. THE INTRODUCTION OF GROSSINGING AND 242 HAS HAD 947 CRASHES AND THIS STUDY WAS DONE I BELIEVE BETWEEN 20 AND 2019. SINCE THEN WE HAVED A EXTRA TURN LANE GOING INTO GOSLING HEADING EAST AND THAT I HAVE ALSO WIDENED 24 TO TO THREE LANES HEADING BOTH EAST AND WESTBOUND. SO HAD THEY DONE A NEW TRAFFIC STUDY TO SHOW WHERE THERE IS A NEED TO DO THIS PROJECT ON 242. TEXDOT'S PURPOSE IS TO LEAD CONGESTION, THE LARGEST PART OF THE CONGESTION IS AT THE FIRST THREE TRAFFIC LIGHTS FROM I-45 ON 242 IN THE HOSPITAL AREAS AROUND THE COLLEGE AND THE BUSINESSES, IT DOES NOT SPOON THE ENTIRETY OF 242.

HAS TEXDOT SPENT ANY MONEY AT ALL ON TRAFFIC LIGHT SYNCHRONIZATION? I REMEMBER I ASKED THAT ABOUT 1488 IF THEY HAD PURCHASED THAT FOR THEIR TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NOT BECAUSE IT HAVE IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A TRAFFIC SYSTEM MOVING FIRST AMENDMENTLY EAST AND WEST OR KNOT AND SOUTH YOUR JUST MAKING THE CONGESTION WORSE BECAUSE NO ONE IS GOING TO GO ANYWHERE AS SOON AS THEY HIT THAT RED TRAFFIC LIGHT.

SO I SAY TO TEX DEAD BOLT DOT SPEND THE MONEY ON THOSE SYSTEMS. I WOULD LIKE FOR TEX DEAD TEXDO- WHEN THE OPEN PUBLIC FORUM WAS OPEN TO THE NEIGHBORS AND ANYONE INTERESTED IN GIVING THEIR BEEN. TEXDOT ALSO STATED THEY WOULD CONTACT THE NEIGHBOR THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED TO DISCUSS THE SOUND WALLS, THE BARRIER SOUND WALLS MEANING THE RESIDENTS OF THE APARTMENTS, AT LEAST IN MY AREA; THOSE WHERE THOSE WOULD BE. YES, PLEASE INVOLVE THEM BUT ALSO MOST IMPORTANT INVOLVE USER WE ARE THE RESIDENTS OF WINDSOR HILLS, WE ARE 437 HOMEOWNERS, WE BOUGHT INTO THOSE HOMES. WE BOUGHT INTO THE TOWNSHIP, WE BOUGHT INTO THE LOOK OF A MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY. SOMEONE MOVES INTO AN APARTMENT THEY ARE IMPORTANT BUT APARTMENT DWELLERS DO COME AND GO. ANOTHER THING IS THE RAISED MEDIAN WIDE ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO STAND AS THEY CROSS 242? RIGHT NOW THE MEDIAN PROVIDES MORE SAFETY WHEN PEOPLE CROSS THAT AREA, MANY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DO CROSS THE STREET TO SCHOOL FOR AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES AND MANY RESIDENTS OF WINDSOR HILLS, THE ELDERLY WILL CROSS THAT ROAD TO USE THE TRACK BEHIND THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO TO ME THE ESTHETICS IS NOT WHAT MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY SHOULD LOOK LIKE, SO THERE NEED TO BE MORE CHANGES TO THOSE TWO, 42 TEXDOT PROJECTS.

>>> THANK YOU ANNA AND CAR LOSS FOR GIVING ANNA YOUR TIME. NEXT UP IS MURRAY SMITH.

AND MURRAY SMITH IS DEEDED HIS TIME TO KENT MAGGAR T.

>>> SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW ME BUT I'VE BEEN HERE MORE THAN ONCE, I'M A 46 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE WOOD LANDERS AND IN FACT I'VE BEEN HERE PROBABLY LONGER THAN A LOT OF YOU BEFORE YOU WERE BORN.

AND THE REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH MURRAY IS WE LIVE IN GROVER'S MILL IN A GROUP OF PATIO HOMES, THERE'S 25 THAT BACK UP TO COKE BERRY POND. AND AS PART OF THE POND AND THAT DEVELOPMENT THE DEVELOPER DRILLED A WELL TO SUPPLEMENT THE WATER SOURCE BECAUSE THE POND IS

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AND THE LAST TIME PROBABLY THAT WE NEEDED IT WAS 2011. THERE'S A GOOD NUMBER OFFAL OF PEOPLE HERE AND YOU CAN LOOK AROUND THE WOOD LANDS, IN FACT CHRIS NOONS WHO HAS BEEN TO HIS CREDIT COMMUNICATING WITH ME AND GAVE ME SOME INFORMATION BUT THERE ARE 68 PONDS IN THE WOODLANDS AND NINE OF THOSE HAVE WELLS BECAUSE THEY -- THE WATER THAT FALLS WILL NOT SUPPORT THE WATER LEVEL IN DRY YEARS AND THAT'S I ASSUME, THAT'S WHY THOSE WELLS ARE THERE IN THOSE NINE PONDS. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2011 AND TODAY, THERE'S A DECISION MADE THAT THEY WILL NOT SUPPLEMENT AND OPEN UP THOSE WELLS TO THESE PONDS AND OURS RIGHT NOW IS 18 INCHES LOW. IT'S ABOUT FOUR-ACRES AND CHRIS SENT ME SOME INFORMATION, BUT ANYWAY, THE WELLS, THESE NINE WELLS ARE PERMITTED FOR 9.5 MILLION GALLONS A YEAR, AND OF COURSE, THE LAST FEW YEARS WE HAVEN'T USED ANY OF THEM, SO BASICALLY WE HAVE PERMITS FOR 9.5 MILLION GALLONS A YEAR AND YOUR TOWNSHIP HAS ARRAY REFUSED TO TURN THEM ON, JUST OF INTEREST, IF ANY OF YOU USE THE 311 APP IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING, I TURNED IN THIS INFORMATION ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND THERE'S BEEN A HALF A DOZEN PEOPLE REPORTING THIS PROBLEM IN DIFFERENT PONDS AND I THINK IT WAS OVER IN CREEK SIDE BUT YOU WILL SEE A LADY THAT TOOK A PICTURE OF MORE POND AND THERE'S ABOUT 12 OF 15 VULTURES EATING DEAD FISH.

AND MR. NOONS TWO WEEKS BEFORE ASSURED ME THAT THEY HAVE A PROFESSIONAL WATER ANALYZER THAT'S GOING TO TELL THEM WHEN THE FISH START DYING. WELL, LOOKS LIKE WHAT YOU DO IS YOU WAIT UNTIL THE VULTURES SHOW UP AND YOU KNOW THE FISH ARE DYING.

SO JUST LOOK ON YOUR 311 APP AND IT'S AN INTERESTING PICTURE. SO WE WOULD PREFER THAT IN OUR SECTION, THAT AND I'M SURE THE OTHER NINE PONDS THAT HAVE A WELL, IT DOESN'T COST YOU ANYTHING, YOU GOT THE PERMITTED VOLUME AND YOU CAN TURN THEM ON. SO LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE -- IT'S REAL INTERESTING, THEY HAVE A CANNED RESPONSE. AND ONE OF THE REASONS THEY DON'T FILL UP THE PONDS IS THE SERVICE LINES ARE ONE OR THREE QUARTER INCH AND THEY'RE TOO SMALL TO PROVIDE WATER TO THE PONDS. WELL, I E-MAILED HIM BACK AND I SAID THERE'S FIRE HYDRANTS ABOUT EVERY 300 FEET, I THINK THAT'S THE CODE AND THE MUDS WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A METER AND YOU CAN PUT A FIRE HOSE OUT THERE AND YOU CAN FILL UP WHATEVER POND YOU WANT TO THAT DOESN'T HAVE A WELL. SO THAT'S NOT AN EXCUSE.

THE OTHER THING IS THEY SAID THEY'LL START WORRYING ABOUT IT WHEN THE PONDS GET TO 50 PERCENT OF CAPACITY. WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S 50 PERCENT OF VOLUME OR 50 PERCENT OR AREA BUT ANYWAY, DOESN'T MILWAUKEE MAKE SENSE TO ME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT 50 PERCENT MEANS AND I DOUBT IF ANYBODY KNOWS WHAT THE VOLUME OF THE PONDS ARE BUT THEY GO KNOW WHAT THE SURFACE AREA IS BECAUSE YOU CAN LOOK ON GOOGLE MAP AND FIGURE IT OUT. SO ANYWAY, IN THIS E-MAIL, THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEW POLICY WITH REGARD TO PONDS. THIS IS IN A QUOTE. IT SAYS OUR POLICY IS TO BE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE. SO APPARENTLY NOW IN HARMONY WITH NATURE MEANS THAT IF WE

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AND WE'VE HAD NO RAIN, ESSENTIALLY NO RAIN, ON THIS POND AND REALLY THE WHOLE WOODLANDS SO THE BOARD NEEDS TO -- AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY, GET A PRESENTATION AND TELL THE RESIDENTS WHY WE HAVE THIS POLICY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TURN ON THESE WELLS THAT WERE SPECIFICALLY DRILLED PROBABLY BECAUSE THE WATERSHED IN THOSE PONDS WILL NOT KEEP THEM FULL. NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PONDS THAT HANDLE RUNOFF, TWO OR THREE INCH RAIN WILL PROBABLY FILL THEM UP, BUT I HATE TO SEE THIS BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED ANOTHER HARVEY TO GET THEM THERE IN OUR POND, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE WATERSHED TO GET THEM UP. WE HAVE A PELL WELL, THEY HAVE A PERMIT AND SOMEBODY -- I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU WERE INVOLVED IN IT BUT SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TELL ALL THESE RECESSES WHY WE'RE NOT GOING TO SUPPLEMENT THESE AMENITY PONDS.

THEY'RE PART OF THE AMENITIES THESE FOLKS MOVE HERE FOR. JUST LIKE THE TREES.

ALL THE WATER FEATURES WERE BUILT TO SELL HOUSES SO WE COULD LOOK AT THIS POND AND I WOULD JUST AS SOON NOT LOOK AT DEAD FISH, AND WE HAVE INSTANCES -- JUST GET ON THE 311 APP AND SOMEBODY POSTED IT THIS WEEKEND. BUT ANYWAY THAT'S ANY REQUEST, THAT YOU PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND DECIDE WHAT THE POLICY IS GOING TO BE WITH THE WATER FEATURES T.

AND OF COURSE NEXT WEEK, THAT'S NOT TOO LONG BUT ANOTHER MONTH AND YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE FOR DRY WEATHER. BUT ANYWAY THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. MURRAY AND I HAVE LIVED THERE FOR 28 YEARS, WE USED TO GET -- THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WOULD COME OUT AND TURN ON THE WATER. I GET THE IMPRESSION IS IT'S LIKE THE TITANIC, THERE'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF BOLTS ON THE TITANIC AND THEY HAVE A PRIORITY ON WHO WOULD GET ON, THE NEW PRIORITY IS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LIFEBOATS SO WE'RE NOT GOT TURN ANY OF THEM ON. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE HERE NEXT WEEK AND SEE WHAT WE HEAR ABOUT

THIS WATER FEATURE. >>> THANK YOU KENT. NEXT UP IS ADELLE YOUNG.

>>> >>> I WANT TO THANK OUR SPEAKER THAT ALREADY ADDRESSED OUR PROBLEMS WITH 242'S WIDENING. A NEW ISSUE HAS COME UP SINCE MANY OF THE COMMENTS HAVE ROLLED IN TO ME AND ALTHOUGH MY AND MY HUSBAND'S PROPERTY WILL NOT BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED, WE NEVER THE LESS ARE VERY AWARE OF THESE RESIDENTS IN THE NORTHEAST SIDE, THEY'RE ABOUT 300 HOMES AND OF THOSE MANY SMALLER NEIGHBORHOODS WE HAVE FOUR THAT WILL BE VERY DIRECTLY AFFECTED WITH THE SOUND WALLS AND WHAT I'M TASKING THE DIRECTORS THAT HAVE BEEN SO KIND IN LISTENING TO US IS WE DESPERATELY NEED TO KNOW THE HEIGHT OF THE WALL ASKS THE FLANGES THAT WILL HOLD THE TWO-FOOT FOOTINGS, CONCRETE THIS THEY WILL ALSO EXTEND TWO FEET IN EITHER DIRECTION, WHICH MAY AFFECT THE WALKWAY TO TEMPT FROM 1488 DOWN TO THE AREAS AROUND I-45 THAT NEEDED.

SOME OF YOU REMEMBER AN EARLIER PROPOSAL TO LINK IN HARPER'S LANDING AS WELL BUT I STAND REALLY HERE REPRESENTING MANY PEOPLE FROM WIND VAIL WHICH IS WHAT WE CALL THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AS WHAT WAS CALLED ALL THE QUIET END OF 242. ADMITTEDLY LIKE GREEN BRIDGE AND 1488 THERE ARE TWO BIG RAIN RUSH HOURS OF THE DAY, YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE THERE BUT WE LUCKILY HAVE TWO TURNING LANES AND WE'RE HOPING THAT AILEDDEN BRIDGE WILL GET THEIR TWO

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BUT THE NEW PROBLEM THAT HAS COME UP IS SAFETY WHICH SOME OF US NEVER FORESAW.

WE DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MANY PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY CONGRESSMEN CHILDREN ARE COMING OVER ACROSS 242 TO GO TO WIND VALE PARK. IT IS A WONDERFUL PARK WITH PICKLE WALSH TENNIS COURTS, BASKETBALL COURTS, A POOL AND A ONE KILOMETER WALK AROUND MARKED WITH TEN-METER DESIGNATIONS WHICH MANY PEOPLE ESPECIALLY ARE COMING OVER THAT ARE ELDERLY. WE ARE GETTING MANY YOUNG FAMILIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN A RUNNING ONE MORNING A WEEK, MAINLY YOUNG LADIES.

WE HAVE MANY AT THE TENNIS COURTS BUT THE SAFETY SITUATION HAS ALREADY BEEN PROPOSED MAINLY BY MY HUSBAND WHO WAS AFRAID TO COME TO HAVE A SKY WALK BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN THAT OTHER PLACES.

THE SOUND WALLS DON'T SOUND LIKE THE WOOD LANDS. RESEARCH FOREST AND LAKEWOOD LANGUAGEDS HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THIS BEFORE BUT THE ONLY SOUND WALLS THAT MY HUSBAND AND I KNOW OF ARE 2978 AND THEY SEEM TO BE DIFFERENT HEIGHTS ON THE TWO DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE ROAD.

SO ALL OF THESE STATE HIGHWAYS AND FARM TO FARM TO MARKET ROADY HAVE CERTAIN REASONS FOR THE DIFFERENT HEIGHTS AND THE FLANGES AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE DEEPER FOOTINGS.

THE OVERALL REACTION HAS BEEN STUNNINGLY AS A RECIPIENT OF MANY RESPONSES VERY UPSET.

THE HEAT HAD KEPT MANY OF THEM AWAY, I'LL BE VERY HONEST, IT IS ALL AGES THAT ARE RESPONDING BE THANK YOU CHILDREN'S PARENTS WERE NOT WHAT WE EXPECT FROM FOX BRIAR, FROM VALLEY OAKS FROM GREEN HILLS WHOM WE HAVEN'T HEART FROM BUT I DO KNOW THAT CHILDREN BECAUSE I DO SWIM LAPS AT OUR SMALL POOL. I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER THIS AND THINK ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES TO AILEDDEN BRIDGE BUT ALSO THE DETRIMENT OF WHAT HAS AN A CLOSE KNITTER CONCENTRATED GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE THRILLED WITH WHAT WE DO HAVE. SO THANK YOU.

>>> THANK YOU ADELLE. NEXT UP WE HAVE STEPHANIE PEPO. >>> YES, MY NAME IS CITY STEPHANIE AND I'M A MOM OF THREE AND I'M HERE THE TALK ABOUT THE INTERSECTION AT KIRK DAHL AND CREEK SIDE GREEN. FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. WE WERE HERE IN NOVEMBER, A LOT OF PEOPLE, WE WERE VERY UPSET THAT NOTHING HAD BEEN DONE AND YOU LISTENED AND THE BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY THAT NIGHT TO PAY FOR CROSSING GUARDS AT THE INTERSECTION SO THAT ALL THE KIDS THAT WERE GOING TO SCHOOL COULD CROSS SAFELY AND IT MADE A BIG IMPACT.

WE KNOW THERE'S BEEN SIGNAGE CHAINS AND THAT COMBINED WITH THE CROSSING GUARDS AS MADE A SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT TO THAT INTERSECTION, THE WORK IS NOT FINISHED YET BUT WE DO APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT FOR THAT FUNDIN. TONIGHT I'M HERE AGAIN REQUESTING FOUR SPECIFIC ALASKAINGS FROM THE BOARD. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE BOARD TO VOTE TONIGHT TO APPROVE FUNDING TO PAY FOR CROSSING BACKYARDS FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR IN WHOLE, WE START SCHOOL AN AUGUST 16 IN CREEK SIDE AS PART OF TOM BALL ISD AND I UNDERSTAND THE COST LAST YEAR WAS MUCH LESS THAN ANTICIPATED SO THAT'S GREAT NEWS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME BUDGET THAT CAN BE CARRIED OVER SO I DO WANT TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THAT VOTE AND HOPE THAT CAN HAPPEN TONIGHT SO WE CAN HAVE THEM IN PLACE LESS THAN A MONTH NOW WHEN SCHOOL STARTS. AND I WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT IN ADDITION TO JUNIOR HIGH AGED KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CROSSING THAT INTERSECTION TO GET TO SCHOOL, THE SUCCINCT HAS NOW COMPOUNDED THAT SITUATION BY RESOLVING SOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE NOW GOING TO BE CROSSING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, SO PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, WE FEEL LIKE THE CROSSING GUARDS ARE OF GREATER IMPORTANCE NOW, SO WE'RE APPEALING YOU TO AGAIN DO THE RIGHT THING, TO PRESERVE THE WALKABILITY AND THE SAFETY OF THE WOODLANDS THERE.

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AND BOARD MEMBER POINTED OUT TO HER I THINK BOB MILNER IN PARTICULAR THAT THE SOUTHBOUND LANES AND SOUTHBOUND LANES DO NOT AGREE, ONE IS 40 AND ONE IS 45 SO THERE ARE CARS ENTERING THAT INTERSECTION, THEY HIT THAT INTERSECTION AND THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS 45 MILES PER HOUR. I'VE SENT A COUPLE OF E-MAILS AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL ROD GOING TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT SOMEONE FROM THE BOARD PLEASE E-MAIL THE RIGHT PERSON AT HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND GET THAT SPEED LIMIT CHANGED. I DROVE IT AGAIN TODAY TO MAKE SURE I WASN'T GOING TO COME IN HERE AND LIE, AND IT IS 45. SO WE HAVE KIDS CROSSING TO GET TO SCHOOL BUT ALSO FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES IN THE SUMMERTIME. WE WOULD LINE AN UPDATE ON THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE FEASIBILITY PROJECT AND WE HAVE A PETITION THAT WE WROTE LAST NOVEMBER AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE 2,519 SIGNATURES SUPPORTING THAT PLAN FOR THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT UPDATE. AND FINALLY I DO WANT TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE SIDEWALK EXTENSION PROJECT THAT WILL HELP AID THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING FROM TIMER ON TO CROSS THAT STREET.

SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR QUICK ACTION IN THE PAST AND HOPE THAT YOU BE DO THAT

AGAIN. >>> THANK ■YOU STEPHANIE.&-ÚNEX, .IN THE PROPOSED PROJECT THE

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THIS TREND IS SUPPORTED BY THE GENERAL OBSERVATION THAT ROADWAYS WITH MEDIAN BARRIERS EXHIBIT HIGHER CRASH RATES THAN DO ROADS WITHOUT THEM. AS ONE MIGHT EXPECT DECREASING SHOULDER AND MEDIAN WIDTH DOES NOT IMPROVE SAFETY BUT EXPANDING MEDIAN WIDTH.

INCREASING THE WIDTH BY ONE FOOT AFFECTS AN APPROXIMATELY SIX PERCENT CRASH REDUCTION WHILE FOR COUNTRYWIDED HIGHWAY IT IS REDUCTION IS A LITTLE ABOVE FIVE PERCENT AND ALSO THE EFFECT OF MEDIAN WED T ON CRASHES IS AN EIGHT PERCENT RUSHES WITH EVERY TEN FEET INCREASE IN MEDIAN WIDTH SO RATHER THAN IMPROVING SAFETY REDUCING THE GRASSY MEDIAN AND CREATING A RAISED MEDIAN WILL ACTUALLY INCREASE THE RIBS OF ACCIDENTS.

ONE CAN SEE WHY THIS WOULD OCCUR NOW AS PLACING A WIDE GRASSY MEDIAN WITH A NARROW SHOULDER WILL LEAVE A MUCH SMALLER MARGIN OF ERROR FOR DRIVERS. THE REDUCTION OF THE IMMEDIATELY YES AND NO WILL ALSO INCREASE PEDESTRIAN RISK, THE WOODLANDS IS KNOWN FOR THE TRAILS THAT CONNECT ITS NEIGHBORHOODS AND COLLEGE PARK DRIVER IS NO EXCEPTION.

AS AN EXAMPLE LARGE NUMBER OF RECESSES USED THE SIDEWALKS FROM THEIR SUBDIVISION AND CROSS 242 TO THE SWASHES TO ACCESS THE POOL AND JOGGING TRAIL. RECESSES ON THE WESTS ALSO CROSS 242 TO THE EAST SECTION OF NORTH VIEW DRIVE TO ACCESS THE POOL AND JOGGING TRAIL.

COMPLETELY IT IS QUITE COMMON TO SEE RUNNERS AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND PELTS CROSSING ONE-HALF OF 242 AND WAITING FOR THE TRAFFIC TO CLEAR AS THEY CROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE, TWO ADDITIONAL LANES WITH A NARROW RAISED MEDIAN WILL INCREASE POTENTIAL PEDESTRIAN RISK.

ANOTHER AREA THAT WILL BE IMPACTED WILL BE THE AILEDDEN RIDGE SPORTS PARK.

THE PARKING LOT IS FREQUENTLY FILL TO CAPACITY SEW THERE IS OFTEN A LINE OF CARS APARTMENT N THE SHOULDER, THE CREATIONED LABOR DAYS MAY LEAVE LESS ROOM AND COULD POTENTIALLY INCREASE PEDESTRIAN RISK AND VEHICLE ACCIDENT RISK IN THIS SECTION OF ROAD, THE RETENTION POND WOULD ALSO ELIMINATE ONE POTENTIAL AREA THAT COULD BE USE FOR PARKING.

WHILE THE ENVIRONMENT TRAFFIC SIGNAL ANALYSIS OF THIS PROJECT THAT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WOULD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WOULD BE FROM BOTH THE FLOOD RETYPING PONDS AND THE REMOVAL OF THE TREES IN THESE AREAS.

THIS HAS A RESIDENTIAL AREA NOT A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR THIS. PROJECT IS NOT A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR BUT A SECTION OF COLLEGE PARK DRIVE THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO RESIDENTIAL PARKS AS WELL AS THE COLLEGE AND THE UNIVERSITY. IN CONTRAST DURING THE TEXDOT MEETING ON THE PROPOSED PROJECT, FM 1488 WAS CATEGORIZE ASS PRIMARILY A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.

IN LIGHT OF THE MUCH HIGHER LEVEL OF ROAD CONGESTION ON 1488 AND THE FACT THAT IT IS A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR THE PROPOSED 1488 ROAD WIDENING PROJECT SHOULD BE THE FOCUS INSTEAD OF THE PROPOSED 242 PROJECT. THE 242 PROJECT WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT A RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT

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THIS MANNER. >>> THANK YOU, BOB ON BEHALF OF OUR LONG WRITTEN RESIDENTIAL CONCERN. WE HAVE ONE LAST SPEAKER, JOHN WORTZ THANK YOU.

>>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE DIRECTORS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS JOHN WORTS AND I LIVE IN BRING TWO. I'M IN IF AREA OF 1488 AND 242 IN KNOTWAY, SPECIFICALLY VERANDA RIDGE. JUST KIND OF A 30,000-FOOT OVERVIEW, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE TEXDOT MEETING, WE WERE ON VACATION BUT MY OWNSES ARE I CAN SEE THE WARRANTS EXPANSION OF 242 EAST OF GOSLING WHERE THE TRAFFIC IS UNBEARABLE, AS A RETIREE I AVOID THAT PLACE LIKE THE PLAGUE EXCEPT FOR BETWEEN NINE AVERAGE AND 11 A.M. OTHERWISE I DON'T GO THAT WAY.

TO ALSO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION PROBABLY 18 EXTRA LANE IS WARRANTED LIKE MR. MILNER SAID AS LONG AS THE WIDENING IS APPROPRIATE AND I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ADEQUATE SHOULDER FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES THAT GO TO THE HOSPITALS AROUND THAT AREA.

THEY CAN'T GO ON A DIRT ROAD, THE CLEARANCE ON THE BOTTOM OF THESE VEHICLES IS ONE FOOT.

IF THEY DO A HOLE IT WILL DESTROY A BOTTOM OF THE AMBULANCE.

I SAY WEST, YOU KNOW THE TURN LANE FROM 242 ON THE GOSLING SOUTH TO ME IS ADEQUATE, IF ANYTHING, IT CAN PROBABLY BE EXTENDED WITH THE SIGNALING EXTENDED SOMEWHAT.

THE SAME THING CAN BE SAID FOR APPROACHING EASTBOUND GOING SOUTHBOUND FROM 242 TO GOSLING.

SOME EXTENSION THERE. MOVING FURTHER TO THE WEST ON 242, FROM WHAT I EXPERIENCED PERSONALLY THERE'S NO NEED FOR WIDENING EXCEPT WHEN YOU GET TO GREEN RIDGE, THAT AREA CAN BE TURNING FROM 242, SOUTHWEST, I BELIEVE ON THE INGREDIENT RIDGE, COULD BE EXTENDED WITH TO LANE TURNS, JUST LIKE IT IS AT 242 TO GOSLING. ALSO TURNING ON TO GREEN RIDGE, COMING FROM -- ACTUALLY IT WOULD BE NORTHBOUND SOUTHWEST THAT NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED.

LEAVE THE FOUR LANES ALONE, THAT'S ALL RESIDENTIAL AREA. WE MOVED HERE FOR THE GREENERY NOT THE BRICK AND MORTAR THAT YOU FIND SOUTH OF HERE. ONE OTHER THING AS FAR AS THE ROAD IS CONCERNED, IS EXTEND THE TURN LANE FROM 242 GOING NORTH WESTBOUND OP 1488, EXTEND THAT, IT IS A DOUBLE TURN LANE NOW. I THINK THE EXTENSION WOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT.

AS FAR AS THE OTHER PART OF THAT, THE FLOODING IN BEHIND VERANDA RIDGE AND THE BRANCH,

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

[7. Receive, consider and act upon an update regarding the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) SH 242 project from FM 1488 to Interstate 45 (as requested by Director Snyder);]

WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM ON THIS 242 TOPIC, AND WE WILL NOW CLOSE MIGHT BE COMMENT AND GO TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. DO WE HAVE A NOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA?

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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ANNAL UPDATE REGARDING THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S STATE HIGHWAY 242 PROJECT FROM

FM 148 TO INTERSTATE I-45. TODD? >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, GOOD EVENING BOARD, GIVE ME ONE SECOND HERE AND I'LL PULL UP A SMALL PRESENTATION.

HAVING, AGAIN, GOOD EVENING. THIS EVENING I WANT TO GIVE A SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE STATE HIGHWAY 242 PROJECT THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED THIS EVENING. AS YOU'LL RECALL TEX DEAD TEXDOS HOAR AND PRESENTED TO THE BOARD A SHORT OVER VIEW OF SEVERAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT WERE PLANNED FOR THE WOODLANDS AREA, IT INCLUDED THE STATE HIGHWAY TWO 242 PROJECT, SO THE ASSISTANT ENGINEER FOR TEXDOT IS HERE SO THAT AFTER I FINISH THE PRESENTATION IF THE BOARD HAS QUESTIONS HE WOULD BE FLASH FLOOD FLASH FLOOD TO FIELD THE QUESTIONSMENT IS I'M GOING TO START, MUCH OF THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE RESIDENTS WHO HAD COMMENTS, THIS INFORMATION IS COMING FROM TECH DOT'S PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD AS WELL AS THEIR PUBLIC INFORMATION THEY DID ONUP TO THREE FOR RECESSES. SO I DO LIKE TO START OFF AND IT'S BEEN MENTIONED A COUPLE TIMES BY OUR RESIDENTS THAT A SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT THE TOWN DOES NOT HAVE AUTHORITY OTHER OUR ROADWAYS AND THAT THIS PROJECT IN PARTICULAR IS BEING ADMINISTERED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. SO AS BEEN DISCUSSED YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE VISUAL AERIAL OF THE PROJECT LIMITS, OBVIOUSLY 148 AND INTERSTATE 45.

THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD ADD AN DILIGENCE TRAVEL LANE AND REDUCE THE GRASSY MEDIAN TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW LANES AND CONSTRUCT A RAISED MEDIAN. DRAINAGE WOULD BE OPEN DITCH AND WE WOULD HAVE THE STORM WATER DETENTION PONDS THAT WERE DISCUSSED THAT I WILL MEN IN FURTHER DETAIL IN VOMIT. SO THESE ARE THE TYPICAL SECTIONS THAN PRESENT BID TEXDOT. AT THE TOP THAT'S THE EXISTING TYPICAL SECTION WITH THE TWO LANE TRAVEL IN EACH WAY AND THE BOT IS THE PROPOSED SECTION. YOU'LL NOTICE THE TWO-FOOT OFFSET INSTEAD OF THE FOUR-FOOT AND ONE ADDITIONAL TEN-FOOT SHARED USE PATH THAT WOULD BE ON THE NORTH DAKOTA OF THE 242 PROJECT. AS NOTED THE MEDIANS IN THE CENTER WOULD -- THE ADDITIONAL LANES WOULD COME FROM THE MEDIAN CAN AND THE CENTER TEMPERATURE SHARED USE PATTIES A TEN-FOOT WIDE SHARED USE PATH. THE PROPOSED PATH DOES FOLLOW A ROUTE SIMILAR TO WHAT IS IN THE WOODLANDS BIB AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN SO WE HAVE IN OUR MASTER PLAN A ROUTE ON 242, SO THIS PATHWAY WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE IDEA THAT'S PROPOSED THERE.

THE DETENTION DRAINAGE AS MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES, ARE THERE THREE DETENTION PONDS THAT ARE BEING LOOKED AT FOR THE PROJECT, SO TEXDOT IS I BELIEVE IN THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING RIGHT OF WAY. THERE'S ONE AT IN FRONT OF THE WESTERN ENTRANCE O LONE STAR COLLEGE, ONE FOR THE SOUTH EIGHT OF 242 BY THE CANCER CENTER AND ANOTHER ONE BESIDE THE SPORTS FIELDS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 242. AS HAS ALSO BEEN DISCUSSED ONE OF THE PAROLE PROPOSALS THAT CAME FORWARD IN THE ANALYSIS IS THE POTENTIAL THAT SOUND WALLINGS WOULD HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE AREA. IF OR ONCE THE PROJECT IS ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED THE PROCESS WOW THAT TEX DEAD DEAD D HAVE A NOISE WORK SHOP AND THE RESIDENTS WILL VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT THE CHOOSE SOUND WALLS OR NOT SO. SO AGAIN THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE IN IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS IS COMPLETED, NOISE WORKSHOP WOULD TAKE PLACE WITH TEXDOT AND THE AFFECTED LAND OWNERS WOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT THEM THE SOUND WALLS.

THE TWO MAPS THERE ARE FROM THE ING -- SO SOME OF THE FEEDBACK HAVE CENTERED AROUND

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SO THE MEDIANS WOULD BE ABLE TO BE LANDSCAPED TO THE STANDARDS OF WHAT WE'RE USED TO.

THE PATH WAY WE WOULD HOPE THAT PATHWAY COULD BE IF IT WAS TO BE CONSTRUCTED WOULD BE AS CLOSE TO OURS AND MIMIC THE PANTWAY SYSTEM WE HAVE. ON THE DETENSE PONDS SIMILAR CONCEPT, WE HAVE SHARED WITH THEM THE IMPROVEMENTS AND ASK THEM TO INVESTIGATE THE IDEA OF THE DESIGN OF THOSE PONDS, WHAT THEY MIGHT LIKE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE SIMILAR TO FACILITIES ALREADY IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE THE IMPROVE THE FACILITIES.

AND THEN OF COURSE THE SOUND WALL WHICH IS OR A COMMENT THAT COMES UP OFTEN AND AGAIN WE'VE ENGAGED THEM ABOUT THE TYPE OF CRAB AND OBVIOUSLY SOLVE THE ESTHETIC ISSUES THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE IF THAT HAVE GOING TO HAVE TO BE DONE TO MATCH WHAT WE'RE USED TO HERE IN THE TOWNSHIP. SO THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FEEDBACK WE'VE HAD WITH TEXDOT OH THE LAST WEEK OR TWO AND I THINK THAT'S THE END OF IS IT OVERVIEW SO AT THIS POINT IF

I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS IF THE BOARD HAS ANY. >> YEAH, RIGHT UP FRONT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DRAINAGE ISSUES, I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT ANY DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT ARE CREATED WILL HAVE TO BE SOLVED BY THE MUDS WITHIN THE WOODLANDS AND THERE'S ALREADY A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN APPROVED AND BY THE TEXAS WATERBOARD TO MAYBE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PANTHER BRANCH WATERSHED. TWO OF THOSE DETENTION POPPLEDS COME IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THAT PROJECT AND THERE HAS BEEN NO CONVERSATION WITH THE MUDS OR WOODLANDS WATER --

>> OKAY, FINE, BUT I'M CONCERNED THAT THERE ISN'T ENOUGH GLOBAL -- A BIGGER GLOBAL LOOK AT THE WHOLE DRAINAGE DEAL. WHAT'S THE ELEVATION CHANGE FROM 1488 TO 242 AND GOSLING?

I'M GETTING IT'S PROBABLY EIGHT, TEN FIELD? >> I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO

THAT. >> I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AS WE GO FORWARD IN THIS PROJECT. THE CONCRETE MEDIANS ARE GOING TO TRANSPORT THAT WATER DOWNHILL, AND WHEN IT STARTED TO LEVEL OUT WE'RE GOING TO START TO GET POSSIBILITYING IN THE ROADWAYS AND THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM AND IMPEDIMENTS TO THE TRAFFIC AS WELL. AND I WANT TO JUST ECHO DIRECTOR MILNER'S COMMENTS AS A RESIDENT, IF WE WIDEN THE SECTION BETWEEN GOSLING AND 242, EXCUSE ME, GOSLING AND 1488 ON 242, ESSENTIALLY WILL NEGATED ANY POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS WE MAKE, AND WHILE ONE OF THE RESIDENTS COMMENTED THAT A LOT OF THIS IS IS BEING CAUSED BY TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE EAST TO WEST IT'S ALSO A LOT OF TRAFFIC THEY WEST OF THE WOODLANDS THAT WILL BUT BE TRANSITING THAT AREA TO GET TO 45, AND FRANKLY THE IDEA OF IF YOU INTRODUCE SIX LANES TO THE WEST OF GOSLING, I THINK THAT AS SOON AS WE GET DONE WE'LL AND RIGHT BACK IN GLOCK, AND GRIDLOCK, BECAUSE DESPITE WHAT WAS SAID THERE ARE TAIL THREE LANES UNDERNEATH 45 AT 242, TWO LEFT TURN LANES AND A STRAIGHT LANE. IT'S ACTUALLY ONE DEBT INDICATED LEFT ONE STRAIT LEFT AND ONE STRAIT AHEAD SO THERE ARE THREE LANES THERE, BUT IF YOU BOTTLENECK IT DOWN, THIS ALL NEEDS TO BE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH FLYOVERS BEING DONE TO

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I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT TAKING TRAFFIC OFF TORNADO 88 WHICH IS ALREADY INUPDATED AND PUTTING IT ON 242 AND IT IS GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WEST OF GOSLING. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ON THIS BOARD DISAGREES WITH THAT SO WE REALLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT A HARD LOOK AT THAT AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS -- YEAH THIS IS ON ON THE BOARD FOR 12 YEARS, A LOT OF STUFF HAS CHANGED IN 12 YEARS. AS A MATTER OF FACT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT GRANT PARKWAY WAS OPEN 12 YEARS AGO, I THINK IT'S ONLY BEEN OPEN FOR ABOUT SIX, SO I THINK ALL THESE THINGS NEED TO BE UPDATED AND WE NEED TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THIS.

AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW FRUSTRATING IT IS TO HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE SO UPSET ABOUT THIS AND THE FACT WE DON'T HAVE ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN TRYING THE BRING A LITTLE REASON TO THE ARGUMENT. NO STATUTORY AUTHORITY WHATSOEVER IN THIS PARTICULAR MATTER ON EITHER DRAINAGE OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS ROAD. SO I MEAN, HERE WE ARE GUYS.

I MEAN THIS IS THE WOODLANDS, THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE.

THIS ISN'T THE END OF IT. THIS IS JUST THE NEXT STEP, SO I'M SURE GLAD EVERYBODY CAME OUT AND TALKED ABOUT THIS BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THESE AGENCIES AND THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE THINGS AND INCLUDING THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER IN CREEK SIDE APARTMENT BUILDING AND THE LACK OF ACTION BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE AND DEFAULTING THE ISSUES BACK TO THE TOWNSHIP. IT REALLY IS A CONUNDRUM THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED IN MY VIEW.

>>> I HAVE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS FOR MR. CONNELLY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT I KNOW I GOT A LOT OF E-MAILS FROM CONCERNED RESIDENTS AND SHARED THOUGH BACK WITH TODD AND THANK YOU FOR OUR RESIDENTS. MR. CONNELLY HAS BEEN HERE THE ENTIRE MEETING TO GET YOUR DIRECT FEEDBACK THAT HE MAY NOT HAVE HEARD SO CITIZEN WITH ME FOR A MINUTE AND I'LL GO PRETTY QUICK. ONE TO HAVE THINGS I NOTED WAS THE CONCERNS WITH THE SOUND WALLS AND IN THE PRESENTATION YOU MADE IN APRIL IT HAVE AN IF, NOT AN ABSOLUTE.

WITH THE RESIDENTIAL IMPACTED FOLKS BEING ABLE THE VOTE IS THAT A BINDING VOTE FOR OR

AGAINST THE SOUND WALL? >> I BELIEVE SO IF THOSE WHO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED MEANING THEY'RE DIRECTLY ADJACENT BEHIND THE SOUND WALL THEY WOULD GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE AND THE MAJORITY VOTE WOULD DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT SOUND WALLS WERE INSTALLED.

>> SO IT'S ONLY THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE DIRECTLY ALIGNED TO THE WALL.

IS THERE A MEASUREMENT THEY HAVE TO HILT BEFORE THEY GET TO VOTE? >> NO, DIRECT GIANT.

>> SO RESIDENTS FURTHER IN THE COMMUNITY THEY MAY BE A HOUSE OR ONE TREATMENT OVER THEY'RE NOT

GOING TO GET APP OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE. >> THEY MAY GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE BUT THEIR VOTES ARE NOT COULD YOU TELL COUNTED.

>> SO YOU'LL NEED A PRIMARY IMPACTED VOTER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.

>> WHAT ABOUT APARTMENTS? >> THE APARTMENTS I WOULD ASSUME ARE GOING TO GO TO THE PROPERTY

OWNER? >> MAYBE, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE OF THAT JEWISH WE'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE GRACE BECAUSE I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO HAVE EVERY ANSWER BUT YOU SAID IT'S A BINDING VOTE

FOR THE PRIMARY IMPACTED PROPERTY OWNERS. >> WHAT I KNOW IS A RESPONSE TO MAYBE THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT APARTMENTS WOULD GET IF THEY'RE RAISED -- THERE ARE RECEIVERS SENSORS THEY PUT OUT TO DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT AN AREA IMPACTED AND IF IT'S SITTING FAIRLY HIGH ABOVE THE SOUND WALL I WOULD IMAGINE THEY WOULDN'T GET MUCH OF AN IMPACT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS THAT THEY GET A DIRECT IMPACT VOTE

BUT -- IT MAY MEAN THAT THEY DON'T. >> THERE WAS A QUESTION -- I'M

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>> AND 242 IS SLIGHTLY RAISED ABOVE THE ADJACENT DEVELOPMENTS SO IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE

TO BE A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL WALL. >> RIGHT AND THOSE FACTORS INTO THE DECEMBER OF THE SIZE OF THE

WALL. >> IS IF YOU DON'T WANT THE WALL YOU GOT TO ORGANIZE THOSE WHO ARE BEHIND THE WALL AND KNOW THIS HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE AGAINST THE WALL.

ON THE FEEDBACK FROM MANY AND YOU CAN TELL ME IF IT'S PLAUSIBLE OR NOT IS THERE A APPLAUSABLE OUTCOME WHERE THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD BE ONLY AS CURRENTLY DESIGNED FROM GOSLING TO I-45 AND HAS MODIFICATIONS, MAYBE IT'S JUST THE ADDITIONAL TURN QUEUE FOR GOING WEST TO TURN LEFT ON GREEN BRIDGE WHERE YOU DO NEED A TURN LANE QUEUE OR COMING ON THE EAST SIDE WE NEED BETTER INGRESS AND EGRESS, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF SCALING DOWN THE PROJECT GIVEN THE

FEEDBACK? >> I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THE TP ANDD, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SHADOOF IT AND THAT'S WHERE THAT DECISION WOULD BE MADE.

I DON'T WANT TO STEER WHY YOU Y, I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A TO VERIFY THAT GYRE AND ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WAS THEY FELT THE DRAINAGE WAS ALREADY PURCHASED.

>> THE DRAINAGE HAS NOT BEEN ACQUIRED YET >>> AND THERE WAS GOING TO BE A SOLID MASS OF CONCRETE FROM BOTH SIDES SHOWING WHAT TADD TODD SHOWS THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY TRY.

WHEN TEXDOT CAME HERE IN APRIL WE ASKED STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER PROJECT GETS GONE BECAUSE WE -- WE CAN GIVE THEM ADVICE, WE CAN GIVE THEM FEEDBACK, WHATEVER GETS DONE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WOODLANDS IT BECAUSE WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT HAS STANDARD ASK THE WE WANT THE MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE FORESTATION AND THE LANDSCAPING THAT'S CONSISTENT THROUGH THE THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK FROM WHAT TODD DESCRIBED IS THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TOWNSHIP TO FUND ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT TEXDOT HAS, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPES THAT BRINGS IT TO OUR

STANDARDS. >> AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT ONE THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETE, THERE WOULD BE SEPARATE LANDSCAPING PROJECT AFTER WORKING WITH THE WOODLANDS TO TRY TO GENERATE SOME PLANS ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE. THERE WOULD BE A LANDSCAPING PROJECT THAT WOULD BE LET AND WE WOULD INSTALL MOST OF THE LANDSCAPING AFTER THE COMPLETION

OF THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. >> SO WHAT WE CAN DO HERE FROM A BOARD PERSPECTIVE IS WE CAN PROVIDE RESOLUTIONS AND FEEDBACK TO TEXDOT, CONSOLIDATING THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED RED FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND RAISING THOSE CONCERNS AND AT THE SAME TIME ALSO PUT IN OUR COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL PUT THE FUNDS FORWARD FOR LANDSCAPING AND WOODLANDSIZING THE PATHWAY SYSTEM THAT'S PART OF THIS PROJECT THAT DOES GIVE A LITTLE MORE ACCESS AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO PUT MORE FUNDING INTO THE OTHER SIDE, THE SO YOU WANT SIDE OF 242 THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAIL PATHWAY CONNECTIVITY BECAUSE ALL YOUR PATHWAY IS ON THE NORTH SIDE.

>> RIGHT BUT I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE DESIGN MANAGER AND SHE FEELS TELLING ME THAT THERE WILL BE

EXISTING CONNECTIONS. >> SINCE YOU'RE PUTTING IN THE PATHWAYS EVER, IS THERE ANYTHING FOR CROSSING ENHANCEMENTS FOR THOSE THAT WOULD BE CROSSING AND TRANSITING 242 TO THE SOUTH?

>> I BELIEVE AS FAR AS I KNOW RIGHT NOW THOSE CROSSINGS WOULD BE AT INTERSECTIONS.

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>> BUT THERE WOULD BE SOME KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS. >> RIGHT GYRE ALL RIGHT.

>> I HAVE SOLVE QUESTIONS IF I MAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING BACK, WE APPRECIATE THIS AND WE ALSO APPRECIATE THE EFFORT OF REPRESENTATIVE TOTH TO BE HERE IN PERSON AND REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE OFFICE OF SENATOR CRATON TO BE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A PROJECT THAT THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH.

WE DON'T GET A VOTE ON THE INTERESTING PLAN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE WE'RE NOT A CITY AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT CITY RELATIONSHIP WITH TEXDOT. I WOULD ASK LIKE TO ASK TO HAVE MR. OR REPRESENTATIVE TO.T.H. COME UP BECAUSE I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR HIM ABOUT IT ONCE I TALK TO YOU WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE CHAIRMAN. COUPLE OF THINGS WE HAVE GOOD WILL THAT WE WANT TO MAINTAIN WITH YOU AND TEXDOT CAN WE APPRECIATE VICE CHAIRMAN VERY MUCH THAT GOOD WILL. WE DON'T HAVE ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY, THE MUDS ACTUALLY HAVE MORE INPUT THAN WE DO AND YOU MAY REMEMBER TALKING THE MR. NOON AND HE SAID THERE'D BEEN A MEETING ABOUT THESE DETENTION PONDS, AND I DID ASK HIM, HE WAS AWARE THERE HAVE A PLAN TO PUT CHAIN LINK TENSIONS AROUND THAT AND HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, SO I DID COMMENT TO HIM WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT -- NOT PRESIDENT BUT THE DIRECTOR OF THE REGION OF TEXDOT SHE DID SAY THAT THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH AND ENHANCE THOSE AREAS TOO BUT IF THE MUDS HAD THE WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH YOU TO ENHANCE THEY WOULD WORK THEIR WAY TO DO THAT SO THEY WOULD BE MORE PARK LIKE AND HAVE CONNECTIVITY WITH THE PATH WAY AND MAKE SURE NOT ALL THE TREESES ARE TAKEN AWAY, I KNOW SOMETIME THE TREES CAN DISAPPEAR QUICKLY AND BE REPLACED BY SAPLINGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT SUCCEED SO IF THAT COULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO READ

THE E-MAILS? >> YES, I KNOW YOU HAD A CONFERENCE WITH OUR DISTRICT ENGINEER AND I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM HER AND YOUR QUESTIONS GOT PASSED TO ME, SO I FORWARDED THOSE TO THE DESIGN ENGINEER AND GOT RESPONSES I CAN RESPOND TO YOU WITH HER

RESPONSES BUT IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS. >> THE QUESTION IS HOW MANY RECESSES DID ACTUALLY E-MAIL YOU OR PRODUCE WRITTEN COMMENTS TO TEXDOT REGARDING THIS PROJECT?

>> I DO NOT HAVE ANNAL ANSWER TO THAT. I KNOW OUR ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM HAS RECEIVED THOSE AND THEY'RE I BELIEVE THE TIME FOR MIGHT BE COMMENT WAS CLOSED ON THETH 11TH SO I BELIEVE THAT HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REPRESENTATIVE TOTH AND THEY WILL BE SUBMITTING COMMENTS AND WE'LL BE INCLUDING THOSE IN THOSE RESPONSE.

>> THAT'S A BIG WIN FOR US BECAUSE A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT HEARD ABOUT THIS AND AS

THEY LEARN ABOUT IT THEY HAVE CONCERNS AND COMMENTS. >> AS FAR AS IT GOES FOR RESPONSES WHAT ENVIRONMENTAL SAID IS TYPICALLY THOSE RESPONSES TAKE AROUND THREE MONTHS TO RESPOND TO DEPENDING ON HOW MANY THEY RECEIVE AND HOW MANY THEY HAVE TO RESPOND TO AND THOSE WILL BE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE DIRECT RESPONSES, THEY WILL BE POSTED WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW ALL THE COMMENTS.

>> AND WILL YOU COME BACK ON A REGULAR BASIS AND ALLOW COMMUNICATION? BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR BEST WAY OF PUTTING THEIR VOICES OUT. IF IT'S NOT CONTINUOUSLY OPEN TO

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THE RECESSES THEY'RE NOW SIT SHUT DOWN. >> MOST OF THE DECISIONS ARE MADE BY ENVIRONMENTAL TALE WHO TIE IN WITH OUR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT GROUP, SO ONCE THE COMMENTS ARE RECEIVED THE. THE TO GET THOSE IMPLEMENTED AND TIED INTO THE PROJECT AS THE PROJECT IS BEING DESIGNED THE OPPORTUNITIES WILL KIND OF DWINDLE AS TIME MOVES ON, BUT I

WOULD BE HAPPY THE CONTINUE TO ATTEND. >> WE APPRECIATE THAT.

DO YOU KNOW IF THERE WILL BE WATER THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE LANDSCAPING SINCE IT WILL BE

NEW LANDSCAPING THAT'S GOING TO BE PUT IN THERE? >> SO AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE DESIGN ENGINEER THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP AND SO IN THE RAISED MEDIANS THOSE AREAS WILL BE AS PART OF THIS PROJECTING INCLUDING CONDUIT TO BE ABLE TO INSTALL IRRIGATION SYSTEM, ONCE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE AND WHEN THE LANDSCAPING PROJECT IS LET, SO

TO HELP. >> SO YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IN THE CONDUIT FOR US TO PUT IN THE

IRRIGATION. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP.

>> WHICH GETS BACK TO THE GOOD WILL. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. THE OTHER PART IS IF -- WILL THERE BE EIGHT LANES THEN?

OR WILL THERE BE SIX LANES FROM GOSLING TO 45? >> THERE WILL BE SIX LANES.

>> IT'S ALREADY SIXTH LANES. >> THERE ARE CURRENTLY SICK LANES.

WHAT HAPPENED, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE ORIGINALLY FOUR LANE, TWO IN EACH DRINK, THERE WAS A COUNTY PROJECT TO RESTRIPE, THE REMOVE THE SHOULDERS AND ADD AN EXTRA LANE IN EACH DIRECTION SO THE SHOULDERS WE MOVED BETWEEN GOSLING AND 45.

THIS PROJECT WILL REESTABLISH THE SHOULDERS IN EACH DIRECTION SO IT WILL GIVE REFUGE FOR I

GUESS MOTORISTS WHEN NEEDED. >> GREAT. WHAT ABOUT THE MUD RELATIONSHIP? ARE YOU BUYING THE LAND FROM THE MUDS OR ARE YOU BUYING IT FROM PRIVATE ENTERPRISE? BECAUSE ONE PERSON SAID THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED THE TOWNSHIP WOULD SELL LAND TO TEXDOT FOR THESE DETENTION PONDS AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT THE CASE, WE DIDN'T SELL ANY LAND TO

TEXDOT. >> NOTHING'S BEEN ACQUIRED YET. THAT'S HANDLED BY OUR RIGHT OF WAY DIVISION BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN

ACQUIRED TO THIS POINT. >> WELL, I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW.

CAN WE HEAR FROM REPRESENTATIVE, THE OKAYTH. >> THANK YOU.

ONE MR. CONNELLY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. AWE YOU CAN TELL FROM THE COMMENTS WE HAVE GRAVE CONCERNS. WHEN ATTENDED THE MIGHT BE HEARING ON THE 21ST AND 23RD A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WERE THERE WHOSE HOMES WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE EXPANSION OF 242.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE RECEIVED -- IN FACT I CAN VALIDATE I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ONE PERSONAL COMMENT, TEXT MESSAGE, PHONE CALL E-MAIL OF ANYONE IN SUPPORT OF THE PLANS OF WIDEN 242 AND THE CONCERNS AS YOU'VE HEARD THIS EVENING, BE IT FLOODING, DRAINAGE, SAFETY AND THE LIST GOES ON. BUT WHAT I HEARD ALSO AFTER SPEAKING TO A NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM TEXDOT THAT EVENING THE COMMENT WAS MADE THAT RESIDENTIAL INPUT WAS IMPORTANT. AND THAT YOU WOULD LISTEN AND IF THE RESIDENTS FELT THAT THERE

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IS THAT NOT STILL THE UNDERSTANDING? IT WAS VOICED REGARDLESS WHO I SPOKE TO THAT EVENING AND I THINK SELF-RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE REPRESENTATIVE WHO WAS THERE

PERHAPS HEARD THE VERY SAME. >> NO, ABSOLUTELY, TEXDOT IS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN HEARING COMMENTS AND THINK THOSE CAN HAVE AN IMPACTS ON OUR PLAN FOR DESIGN.

>> THE OTHER THAT SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS SAID WAS THAT THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP WAS VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THE IMPROVEMENTS TO 242 AND I STATED THAT AS FAR AS I KNEW WE HAD NEVER COLLECTIVELY; THE SEVEN OF US MADE ANY TYPE OF RECOMMENDATION OF LETTER STATING THAT THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE. AND SO IS IT TO THE BENEFIT, WOULD TEXDOT WANT TO HEAR FROM US? I KNOW SEVERAL US HAVE REACHED OUT TO TEXDOT, BUT COLLECTIVELY

AS A BOARD? >> POTENTIALLY, HONESTLY THOSE ARE HANDLED BY OUR ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM SO IT WOULD NOT HURT TO HEAR COLLECTIVELY FROM THE BOARD.

AT THIS POINT IT MAY BE BEST AGAIN, NOT KNOWING WHAT THE STATUS IS OF OPEN COMMENT IT MAY BE BEST TO REPRESENT THOSE THROUGH COMMISSIONER RILEY AND IF THEN RELAY YOUR COMMENTS THAT

WOULD BE A GOOD OPTION. >> SO SO CLARIFY ON THAT THAT'S POINT PUBLIC COMMENT HAS NOT BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE RESIDENTS, IT'S BEEN TEMPTED FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVES SO --

SINCE HE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD THAT. >>> ALSO WANT THE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, I NOW IT CAN BE A HOT SEAT BUT YOU'RE HANDLING IT WITH GRACE.

ONE RESIDENT BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE ABOUT THE SHOULDERS GOING TO THE HOSPITALS.

COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT? >> THE SHOULDERS GOING TO THE HOSPITALS.

>> ST. LUKE'S WAY -- ACTUALLY FROM GOSLING TO 45. >> SO THIS PROJECT WILL ENSURE THAT THERE ARE SHOULDERS THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR SO THE COUNTY PROJECT THAT EFFECTIVELY RESTREEPED THE EXISTING ROADWAY FROM 45 TO GOSLING REMOVE THOSE SHOULDERS AND THIS PROJECT WILL REESTABLISH THOSE SHOULDERS SO IF THERE'S A NEED FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES OR ANYONE TO USE THE SHOULDERS FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE THE CORRIDOR.

>> ALL RIGHT. MR. CONNELLY, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS.

>> CAN I MAYBE ONE BRIEF ONE? MR. CONNELLY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND DRAWING THAT STRAW TO BE HERE, SO I'M GOING TO ECHO IT'S RESIDENTS FEEDBACK, I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK MOST OF WHAT THE PROJECT IS BUT WITH WHAT SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBER HAVE PRESENT TO SEE YOU SO THAT IT IS STILL A GOOD PARTNERSHIP TO HAVE JUST NOT ALL PROJECT.

SO I REALLY HOPE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IF YOU WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE TOWNSHIP I THINK YOU CAN STILL GET MOST OF WHAT YOU NEED BUT WORKING IN A WAY THAT TAKE IN THE FEEDBACK

FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND CREATES A SELF PROJECT. >> I ATTENDED THE PUBLIC MEETING ON THE 23RD AND I HEARD THE COMMENTS AND FOR ME IT WAS THE FIRST TIME, BUT I'M RELATIVELY

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DECISION MAKING. >> I WILL SAY WE ARE YOUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON WHAT

THE -- >> THAT'S ALWAYS THE CASE. >> WHAT THE ACTUAL NEED ARE.

MY KIDS GO TO THE CHRISTIAN ACT OFF 24 TO SO I TRAVEL THAT WAY EVERY DAY, GO THERE FOR THEIR SPORTING EVENTS AND LARGELY THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE WEST OF GREEN BRIDGE THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S NEEDED AND FROM GREEN BRIDGE TO GOSLING THERE'S SOME SLIGHT MODIFICATIONS GOING INTO THE LEFT TURN QUEUE AND FROM GOSLING TO I-45 WE ALL GET IT.

ALL YOU'RE REALLY ADDING THERE IS SOLDIERS, I THINK IT'S THE DETENTION POPPEDS AND WALLS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH BUT THAT'S WHAT THE FEEDBACK ISERS IT'S NOT EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO DO IS BAD, IT'S PLEASE DON'T DO THINGS PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE IS NECESSARY GIVEN THEIR DAILY COMMUTE, THEIR PEAK TIMES, THERE'S NO ISSUES FOR THAT LAST WESTERN PORTION OF THE PROJECT AND WE ALL THINK THAT'S GOING TO CREATE A VACUUM OF FUTURE

TRAFFIC, IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL COME. >> AND THERE HAVE A PROJECT THAT I PRESENTED BACK IN APRIL FOR WIDENING OF FRIEND 88 AND THAT IS PLANNED FOR LETTING 227 SO

THERE WILL BE A WIDENING OF 1488 IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE. >> AND STEVE DO YOU WANT TO COME UP? YOU'VE BEEN PATIENT FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS.

>> BEFORE YOU LEAVE MR. COB CONNELLY IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE BOOKS FOR ANY FLYOVERS THAT

WILL REDUCE THE BOTTLENECK. >> AS FAR AS I KNOW NOT ON THIS SIDE, THERE WILL WITH A FLYOVER

ON THEEAST SIDE, NORTHBOUND 45 TO EASTBOUND 242 >>> THE ONE THING YOU NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF IS THAT SECTION IS THERE BECAUSE 1488 CAN'T GO EAST PAST 45.

IT DID DEADEND, I THINK IT WOULD BE AD LOT MORE EFFICIENT IF WE HAD OFF-RAMPS SO THAT TRAFFIC COULD MAKE THAT ONE MILE TRIP DOWN 45 AND THEN TRANSIT TO EAST 242 IN A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT MANNER THAN CUTTING DOWN THROUGH WHAT ESSENTIALLY IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, SO I DO THINK THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE A GOOD JOB IN THINKING THROUGH THE ON-RAMP, OVERARCH SITUATIONS AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY BECAUSE THE WOODLANDS WAS AND THE ROADS WERE DESIGNED ORIGINALLY AS A RURAL COMMUNITY SO WE HAVE TWO-MILES BETWEEN MAJOR EXITS ON 45 AND NOW WE'RE JUST AS CONGESTED IN SOUTH COUNTY AS MINUTES AGO AREAS IN HARRIS COUNTY WHICH EXITS EVERY MILE AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE CREATIVE ABOUT HOW WE MANAGE THE MAJOR DIRECTIONS AND THE NEXT EAST WEST CORRIDOR IS 2852? 54. WHICH IS WHAT, FOUR AND A HALF MILES NORTH OF 1488.

>> IT'S MORE OF A LOP THAN EAST WEST SO. >> SO WE'RE FORCING AN AWFUL LOT OF TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA. AND SO I MEAN I REALLY DO THINK THIS THAT GIVEN HOW MUCH WE IN IT TEXAS, ESPECIALLY IN THE DALLAS AREA LOVE THE HUGE FLYOVERS I DO

THINK THEY WOULD BE USEFUL TO HANDLING THAT LOAD. >>> STATE REP STEVE TOTH IS OUR STATE REP FOR THE WOODLANDS AREA, STEVE IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GET THE SAME GRILLING THAT MR. CONNELLY GOT. HOW DARE YOU DESIGN THIS IN A

VACUUM, STEVE? >> I HATE IT WHEN I DO THAT. TEXDOT DOES COME UNDER MINE AND

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IT'S BEEN A MESS AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE AND I HONESTLY THINK THIS IS JUST GOING TO MAKE THINGS WORSE, FOR THIS SIMPLE REASON, WE DID A PUBLIC MEETING IN MAGNOLIA TO TALK ABOUT THE WIDEN OF FREIN 1488 AND THE FRUSTRATION IS IF YOU'RE IN MAGNOLIA YOU'RE LAND LOCKED IN THERE AND IT'S A TERRIBLE SITUATION FOR THE PEOPLE IN MAGNOLIA.

SO THEY'RE FORCED TO GO EAST WEST 1488 AND THE WHO'S CHOKE POINT BETWEEN MAGNOLIA AND 45 IS THAT STRETCH. IT'S A KILL ZONE, THAT'S WHERE THE WORST ACCIDENTS ARE HAPPENING. I LIVE ON CARRIAGE HILLS AND THE TRAFFIC IS BACKED UP TO CARRIAGE HILLS AND BEYOND AND PEOPLE START DOING U-TURNS RIGHT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC.

IT'S TERRIBLY DANGEROUS AND SO WHAT TEXDOT IS DOING IS THEY'RE INCREASING THROUGHPUT BETWEEN 1488 AND 45 THROUGH 242. IT'S JUST BECOMING A BIGGER PASS THROUGH BY GOING TO SIX LANES.

THIS DOESN'T DO ANYTHING FOR THE WOODLANDS OR ANYTHING FOR THE RESIDENTS AND IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING FOR LONG-TERM PLANNING. GOOD NIGHT, IF MONTGOMERY CAN HAVE A LOOP AROUND IT; CAN CONROE AND CAN HAVE A LOOP AROUND I WANT IT -- THE WOODLANDS IS THE BIGGEST PIGGY BANK IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND IF THOSE RESIDENTS GET A LOOP WE SHOULD GET A LOOP AND IT STARTS WITH 1488. NO MORE BANDAGES. IF YOU LIVE OVER THERE YOU'RE JUST A STONE'S THROW FROM THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT. YOU CAN'T GET OVER THERE THOUGH.

IN THE EVENING IF THERE'S A WRECK YOU'RE STUCK AND IT'S A BAD SITUATION, AND I DON'T THINK MORE THROUGHPUT FROM 45 TO 1488 IS A GOOD THING, I THINK IT'S A BAD THING.

>>> OKAY, WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU STEVE. >> SO LET ME ADD THIS IN CLOSING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THE TOWNSHIP WOULD CALL FOR A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD CALL FOR A MEETING WHERE YOU PUT TOGETHER A TEAM TO SIT DOWN WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, OUR THREE SENATORS AND TWO STATE REP IN SOUTH COUNTY AND THAT WE PUT A PLAN TOGETHER, WE START WORKING OP A PLAN WITH TEXDOT THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT WILL WORK FOR EVERYBODY.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> I DON'T THINK IT REQUIRE AS RESOLUTION, I THINK THE BOARD JUST ASSIGNS A FEW OF US TO RECOMMEND -- REPRESENT THE BOARD IN THOSE DISCUSSION ASKS LEVERAGE TODD TO MAKE SURE WE GET COORDINATED WITH ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

>> THANK YOU. >> SO GIVEN THAT LAST REQUEST, I THINK IT'S THE BOARD SHOULD APPROVE THAT MYSELF AND ANOTHER DIRECTOR BE ASSIGNED TO REPRESENT THE COMMITTEE IN

DISCUSSIONS FOR THIS FUTURE DIALOGUE. >> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO BE PART

OF THAT. >> AS WOULD I. >> AND I'M SURE THERE'S OTHERS.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE -- I ONLY NEED ONE PERSON. BUT WE CAN GO WITH THREE.

AND THEN I HAVE AN ALTERNATE, SO I WILL ACCEPT BEAU BOTH TO BE ALONG SIDE ME AND THE THREE OF

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>> AND IF YOU NEED AN ALTERNATE I CAN BE. >> AND JOHN BROWN WILL BE AN ALTERNATE. ALL RIGHT IF THE BOARD IS SATISFIED WITH THAT REPPIN, DO

I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO AMOVE THAT? >> SO MOVED.

>> SEX. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE MOVING ON FROM ITEM SEVEN. THANK YOU MR. CONNELLY, STATE REP STEVE TOHH. WE MOVE ON TO GENTLED ITEM EIGHT, RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON UPDATE REGARDING PERVERTED AND TRAFFIC FLOW AT THE CREEK SIDE GREEN AND KIRKEN DAHL AREA.

TODD? YES, YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE IF YOU'VE GOTTEN EVERYTHING YOU CAME HERE FOR. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT.

>>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. GIVE ME A SECOND TO RESET MY THOUGHTS HERE.

TONIGHT I'M GOING TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC FLOW AT THE CREEK SIDE KIM KIRKEN DAHL AREA AND IL START WITH MY FIRST SLIDE WHICH ENCAPSULATING THE TIMELINE ARREST LAST JULY HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON SOME O THE SITUATIONS AT THE INTERSECTION OF FOLLOWING SOME PERVERTED INCIDENTS AND HAD AT THAT TIME INTENDED TO DO OR SET WAY TO DO AN ENGINEERING STUDY ONCE SCHOOL BEGAN.

IN NOVEMBER THAT OCCURRED AND THAT HARRIS ENGINEERING CAME BACK AND RENTED THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE STUDY. A THAT NOVEMBER MEETING THE BOARD TOOK ACTION TO AUTHORIZE A PEDESTRIANS CROSSING PROGRAM THAT WAS TO BE STAFFED BY OFF DUTY HARRIS COUNTY BRING FOUR CONSTABLES AS WELL AS AUTHORIZE A FEASIBLE STUDY FOR A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, AND IN MARCH AND APRIL OF THIS YEAR TOM BALL I SOUTH DAKOTA GAB AND COMMITTEED A ADMINISTRATIVE REZONING OF THE ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES WHICH BROUGHT UP SOME ADDITIONAL CONCERN AND QUESTIONS SO IN MARCH THE TOWNSHIP BOARD TOOK THE ACTION OF FORMING A WORKING GROUP TO BE ABLE THE ADDRESS INTERSECTION ISSUES. THAT COMMITTEE MET IN EARLY MAY FOR ITS DISCUSSION, IT WAS REPRESENTATIVES OF HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING, HOWARD HUGHES AND THE TOWNSHIP LED BY OUR DIRECTORS MILNER AND DIRECTOR SNYDER.

IT WAS AGAIN A GOOD DISCUSSION AND WHAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED ARE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AS WELL AS THE ILL PRESUMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE OCCURRING IN THE SHORT-TERM AND I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED FROM THE JOINT ONE PAGER THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AS A SUMMARY OF THE MEETING SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE DISCUSSED. OBVIOUSLY THE SCHOOL ZONE FLASHERS AND THE VARIOUS INTERSECTIONS THERE, THE SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HARRIS COUNTY HAS DONE HAS BEEN INSTALLED WHAT THEY CALL A LEADING PEDESTRIAN AND THEY MAKE SURE THE PEDESTRIANS HAVE THE TUNNEL TO ENTER THE CROSSWALK AND MAKE THEMSELVES KNOWN SO IT HAS TO DO WITH SIGNAL TIMING.

THEY'VE MADE OVER SIGNAL TIMING IMPROVEMENTS AND THE LAST ONE IS WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT NOW WHICH IS NOW THE REALLY BIG IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE OF INTEREST.

SO THIS IS THE INTERSECTION AS IT STANDS TODAY AND AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BEFORE AND WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS THE UNUSUAL NATURE OF THE LET ME HAND TO THE BEST OF YOUR MEMORY LANES AND HOW THEY ARE SEPARATED FROM THE TYPICAL LANE OF TRAFFIC. IT'S NOT A TYPICAL INTERSECTION SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS MOST OF THE INITIAL PLANNING THAT'S BEEN DONE TO MAYBE IMPROVEMENTS SO WHAT'S PROBABLY OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE IS THOSE LEFT HAND TURN LANES ARE PULLED INTO THE NATURAL INTERSECTION TO INCREASE DRIVER AWARENESS AND MAKE THE LIGHTS MORE PERPENDICULAR TO THE CROSSING AND THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME PENNSYLVANIAWAY ALIGNMENT AND COOING IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE SLATED FOR THAT AREA AS WELL AS SOME ME UNIT LIGHT MOVEMENT THAT NEED TO BE DONE AS A RESULT OF THAT. SO THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT IS GOING THE DESIGN PHASE, WE EXPECT DESIGN OR I SHOULD SAY HARRIS COUNTY EXPECTS DESIGN TO BE COMPLETED IN AUGUST.

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SO THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING PROGRAM HAS BEEN RAISED BY OUR RESIDENTS TONIGHT, AGAIN THE BOARDS AUTHORIZES THE TEMPORARY CROSSING PROGRAM IN NOVEMBER.

TEMPT THE BOARD AUTHORIZED $32,000 FOR THE CALL CALL DEER YEAR 2022 AND ASKED FOR APP UPDATE TO SEE WHERE WE ARE. ONLY -- ANYWAY THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN EARLY PART OF NEXT YEAR AND AS YOU HAVE THE RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER WHETHER THERE'S ANY OPTIONS TO MEET THAT GAP BETWEEN NOW AND THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT. ALSO DR. SNYDER ASKED THE STAFF TO INVESTIGATE OR LOOK INTO THE ISSUE THAT WAS RAISED ABOUT THE PATHWAY CONNECTOR ON KIRK DAHL SO DR. SNYDER ASKED STAFF TO LOOK FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THAT. THAT PATHWAY IS IN THE 2017 BICYCLE AND MASTER PLAN, AND IT ESSENTIALLY STREAMLINES THE CONNECTIVITY ON KIRK DAHL.

OBVIOUSLY IT TAKES PEOPLE THROUGH THE TIM RON AREA AND COMES BACK OUT TO KIRK DAHL AND THEN THE ONE ISSUE IS THE BOTTOM -- GETTING MY DIRECTIONS CORRECT.

THE BOTTOM NORTHWEST CORNER OF THAT INTERSECTION WHERE THE RED LINE ENDS THAT IS AN UNDEVELOPED PARCEL SO WE'RE UNSERVE OF A PATHWAY EASES IN THAT AREA AT THE TIME, SO WE'RE WAITING ON MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE IF AN'SMENT WASN'T AVAILABLE TO GET ONE FROM HARRIS COUNTY AND THEIR RIGHT OF WAY BUT THAT IS 21 SITUATION WE'RE DEALING WITH.

YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT A 4,000-FOOT PATHWAY AND ESTIMATED COST WOULD BE UNDER 450 THOUSAND DOLLARS AT $443,700 SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE BOARD WAS AWARE OF THAT.

>>> ONE AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT IN OUR BUDGET PLANNING WHICH IS THE END OF AUGUST SO I APPRECIATE THIS BEING PUT AS PART OF IN AGENDA, SIMPLY BECAUSE SCHOOL STARTS IN AUGUST, AND FELT THAT IF IT WAS THE MET THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD THAT WE COULD GO AHEAD AND START THE PATHWAY THAT WOULD HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES LIVING IN TIM RON CAN THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, BETTER ACCESS TO SCHOOL AND USING THAT PATHWAY. ALSO AS MR. STEVE SEVEN SAID THIS IS PART OF OUR 2017 BIB AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PAN AND I THINK IT'S A SAFETY AND ONE MONTH WE'VE DONE VERY WELL WITH KEEPING IN OUR BUDGET AND THINK THAT WE COULD GO AHEAD AND

CONSIDER THE 443,000 TO EXTEND THIS PATHWAY. >> SO THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THE UPDATE BRINGS TO THE FOREFRONT, FIRST WE HAVE QUITE A FEW E-MAILABLES FROM OUR RECESSES ON THE CROSSING GUARDS AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT SET FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, SO IT IS ALREADY SET FOR THE FALL OF 2022 AND GIVEN THE BALANCE OF FUNDING ALREADY PREVIOUSLY APPROVED WE THINK TONIGHT WE CAN THE BOARD CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF 2022/23 SCHOOL YEAR WITHOUT RUNNING OUT OF IF YOU WANTS AND WE SHOULD HAVE A BALANCE LEFT FROM THAT FUNDING AND I'M CORRECT AT THE MATH AND WE COULD TAKE THE POSITIVE VARIATION FROM THAT AND APPLY IT TO THE PATHWAY EXTENSION. SO I DO THINK THAT IS -- EVEN

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DIALOGUE. >> TODD I THINK THAT RIGHT OF WAY ON THE PATHWAY NORTH OF TIMERON POND IS ACTUALLY IN THE COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY. SO WE JUST NEED TO TALK TO RAMSEY'S OFFICE AND SEE IF WEB GET THIS DONE. WE ACTUALLY HAD -- WHEN WE DID THAT PARTICULAR SOUTH CAROLINA SECTION WE WERE PLANNING ON GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN AND I'M NOT SURE WHY WE STOPPED BUT THE OWNERRING COMPANY, THE HOWARD HUGHS CORPORATION SPLIT THE COST OF THAT PATH WAY AND I DON'T THINK IT'S UNREASONABLE THAT WE SHOULD MAKE THAT REQUEST AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S IT'S PART OF THE MASTER PLAN AND IT'S AN ENHANCEMENT THAT B.S EVERYBODY.

WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH GETTING THE CROSSING GUARDS GOING THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR BUT

WE HAVE TO REAUTHORIZE IT IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. >> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO.

IT'S A CARRYOVER OF A BALANCE FROM A PREVIOUSLY APPROVEED OBSERVATION PENDTURE.

>> Y'ALL ARE BOTH DIRECT, SO IT IS IN THE BUDGET AND WITH WE WILL DO A CARRYOVER.

>> HOW CAN WE BOTH BE RIGHT ON THIS OPPOSITE -- IT'S ALL GOOD. >> BUT THE OH THING IS IT IS A LITTLE AMAZING THAT WE'VE RAISED THE ISSUE OF WHY THE HECK ONE SIDE OF KIRK DAHL -- BECAUSE IT IS UPHILL, MAYBE THAT'S WHY IT'S 45. WHY CAN'T WE GET THAT FIGGED?

FIXED >>> NO MORE QUESTIONS, I'LL MAKE THAT CALL TOMORROW, TO BE CLEAR THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE THE STAKEHOLDER MEETING AND WE THOUGHT IT HAD ALREADY BEEN

DONE. >> WHAT'S THE LADY'S NAME THAT IS PART OF THE RESPONSIBLE OF

THE SPEED STUDY? >> YOU'RE TALKING ENGINEERING, MS. TINA LIEU.

>> SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO GET THAT HANDLED. >> I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION IT

WAS BUT I HAVEN'T DRIVEN THIS CORRIDOR. >>> AND I THINK SHE STATED WHEN YOU VISIT WITH HER THAT IT BE DONE BEFORE THE START OF SCHOOL SO WE HAVE TWO WEEKS.

>> I THINK SHE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT HA WHEN SHE WAS HERE IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE BOARD AS HAVING THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT SO THIS ACTUALLY PREDATES THE STAKE HOLDER COMMITTEE FORMATION

BUT THAT'S NOT RAMSEY'S OFFICE. >> BUT KEEPING THIS PATHWAY IN THE COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY TODD ACTUALLY TAKES AWAY ANY ISSUES THE HUGHS WOULD'VE BECAUSE THAT'S TO BE PROVIDED NO MATTER WHAT SO IF WE CAN GET THE COUNTY AGREE TO PUT THIS IN THERE RYE AWAY WE CAN PROVIDE WITHOUT ANY ISSUES NORTH AMERICAN OF WHAT HUGHS WANTS TO DO WITH THAT UNDEVELOPED MILES PER HOUR.

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>> ALL RIGHT. I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE CALENDAR YEAR CROSSING GUARD USING POSITIVE VIRTUES FROM THE PREVIOUSLY PASSED BUDGET AND TO INCLUDE IN THE BUDGET BASE BUDGET THE BALANCE OF THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND OF THIS PATHWAY AS

DEFECT PICKETED IN THIS PRESENTATION. >> SECOND.

>> ALL QUAVER SAY AYE, ANY OPPOSE INSIDE ALL RIGHT CREEK SIDE PARK, YOU ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF. WE APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE AND WE'LL KEEP GOING.

SO THANK YOU. >>> ALL RIGHT JUST A MINUTE ITEM JOIN, REF IS WOODLANDS PARK, DR

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NOONS. >>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TEENAGER IT'S CHAIRMAN AND BOARD DIRECTORS. LAST MONTH YOU HEARTS SOME COMMENTS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THREE ITEMS IN THE WOODLANDS APARTMENT BUILDING AREA, ONE BEING NOISE FROM ANGINAL BUSINESS AND SOME NOISE AND CONCERNS IN THERE. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS HIGHLIGHT SOME ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN TO ADDRESS THOSE. TWO OF THE THREE ISSUES AROIDS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP PURVIEW SIMILAR TO WITH A WE WERE EXPERIENCING WITH 242.

THE EWEST COMPLAINT FROM THE JAMES BUSINESS THIS BUSINESS IS TECHNICALLY OUTSIDE THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOUNDARIES AND IT IS RIGHT AT THE BORDER IF YOU LOOK AT THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER YOU'S THE FENCE THAT BORDERS THE TOWNSHIP WITH HARRIS COUNTY.

THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO INTELLIGENCES THERE AND THERE'S A RESIDENTS INTELLIGENCE THERE.

THERE IS A BUSINESS THAT HAS OF HOURS PARTIES AND WE HAVE REACH ODD OUT TO THE CONSTABLE, THEY INDICATED 13 DISTURBANCE CALLS AND IT'S UNIQUE FROM A STANDPOINT OF WHAT NOISE IS.

SO WHEN THEY USE THE 85-DECIBEL LEVEL FROM THAT STANDPOINT AND WHAT THEY SAY IS AFTER THEY PROVIDE NOTICE AND IT GOES ABOVE 85 THEN THEY CAN ACT NORTH IN TF A NOISE ISSUE.

WHAT THE RESPONDING OFFICERS HAVE NOTED WAS THE NOISE WAS NOT SENATE JUDICIARY TO THAT LEVEL SO NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. OPTIONS ARE VERY LIMITED W. I LOOKED A THAT THE FOREST BUFFER WHICH IS ABOUT 30 FEET BUT IT IS VERY HEALTHY AND THERE'S LIMITED ASPECT TO WHAT WE CAN DO, SO THE ASPECT WHICH I'M NOT SURE WOULD BE A SOUND MITIGATION WOULD BE A VISUAL BARRIER BUT THOSE DOLLARS ARE PRESENTED TO YOU. THE SECONDS ISSUE IS THE TRAFFIC THROW, ISSUES WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT NOT BEING ABLE TO PICK UP BECAUSE OF CARS AND WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THREE DIFFERENT ENTITIES. HARRIS COUNTY IS PLANNING TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY WHEN SCHOOL STARTS SO 120 DAYS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON AT DISMISSAL TIME AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEIR TRAFFIC PLANS WORK. THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING NEXT WEEK AND WE HAVE REACH YOU HAD OUT TO WASTE MANAGEMENT AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO REROUTE THEIR CREWS TO AN EARLIER TIME THAN 2:30 TO 3:30 SO THAT ISSUE SHOULD BE MITIGATED.

ONE OF THE LARGER CONCERNS WAS THE IMPACT OF NOISE THE PARK. THE APARTMENT BUILDING WAS BUILT

BETWEEN 2011 AND 2013 ASK THE HOMES WERE BUILT IN 2014. >>> WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE A SIGN THERE THAT SAYS APARTMENT K CLOSING TIMES. WE HAVE CONFIRM CONFIRMED THE LIGHT TIMERS GO OFF AT 11 AND WE'VE REMOVED THE APPROACH LIGHT TO THE BASKETBALL COURT SO WHEN YOU'RE GUIDING FROM THE PARKING LOT PEOPLE CAN PLAY BASKETBALL THERE.

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WE DID LOOK AT SOME SOUND ISSUES AND WE ORIGINALLY RECORDS FOLKS PLAYING BASKETBALL AND A COUPLE THINGS TOO IS WE TRACKED WITH NUMBER OF AN CALL SUPERVISOR ISSUES, 311S AND WE'RE FINDING MINIMAL ISSUES REGARDING NOISE AND OTHER THINGS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T EXIST JUST WHAT WE'RE GETTING IN THAT YOU ARE DATABASE AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH HARRIS COUNTY PRINT ON HOTSPOTS, THE PARK RANGERS ARE VISITING EVERY NIGHT BETWEEN NINE AND 11 AND THE CONSTABLES ARE SWEEPING THE PARK EVERY NIGHT.

OTHER THINGS IF THE BOARD WOULD CHOOSE TO LOOK AT RESURFACING THE BASKETBALL COURT WITH A RUBBERIZED SURFACE AND BACKBOARDS. CITY COUNCIL CURTAINS WHICH ROUND REQUIRE INSTALL LAYING OF A FENCE BUT THAT PRODUCT IS ONLY A THREE TO FIVE YEAR SLIGHT.

OTHER THINGS COULD BE AS REMOVAL OF THE BASKETBALL COURT AND THEN TRYING TO FIND ANOTHER PLACE WITHIN THIS WE SHALL AREA OF APARTMENT BUILDING TO FIND ANOTHER BASKETBALL, SO T AT THIS POINT THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD TO DETERMINE THE ACTIONS I DON'T WHAT WE ARE IN PROCESS

WITH. >> I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I HAVE BEEN THIS DISCUSS WITH MO 19 ABOUT THIS AFTER THE LAST MEETING AND I REALLY THINK A BASKETBALL COURT NEEDS TO COME OUT OF THAT PARK. IDENTIFY BEEN OVER THERE A COUPLE TIMES, THOSE HOSSES ARE AWFULLY CLOSE AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF THE ISSUES IN THAT PARTICULAR PARK.

I'M SURE WEB FIND SOMEPLACE ELSE IN CREEK SIDE WHERE WE CAN PUT THAT IN A MORE REMOTE OR MORE BUFFERED LOCATION THAT MY RECOLLECTION SENSE. I MEAN IF THE TENNIS COURTS DON'T SEEM TO BE AS BIG OF AN I BUT THE LIGHTS BEING AN AFTER 11:00 O'CLOCK, BUT I BELIEVE THAT 10:00 O'CLOCK IS PLENTY LATE AND WE ALTHOUGH TO CONSIDER THAT CHANGE.

>> I THINK THE COUPLE QUESTIONS. AS I REMEMBER HOW THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED WASN'T THE

PARK BUILT BEFORE THE HOUSING IS THIS. >> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> AND WE PAID FOR HALF THE APARTMENT PARK I'M SURE.

>> WE PAID FOR HALF THE PARK. >> ILL PROBABLY BE MORE ATTUNE TO TAKING THE LIGHTING OUT OR JUST REDUCING THE HOURS TALK ABOUT THE ENTIRE BASKETBALL COURT OUT.

BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT -- OBVIOUSLY IT WAS AN AMENITY THERE THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE MOVED THERE FOR SO JUST TO WHOLESALE TAKE IT OUT WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN RESTITUTION REDUCE THE HOURS.

>>> YOU HAVE THREE PARCELS OF LAND IN THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, BEING TIMERON, IF

URN TO TABLE THAT BASKETBALL COURT OUT OR MODIFY IT. >> I'M CHEAP, I WANT TO SAVE MONEY BY NOT HAVE HAVING TO SPED $75,000 TO TAKE AWAY AN AMENITY GYRE THE ONLY ADVICE THAT I WOULD PROVIDE IS YOU'VE GOT 1920 BASKETBALL COURTS. I DON'T DISAGREE THIS ONE IS CLOSER TO A RESIDENT BUT THE CHANGE, THE QUOTE, UNQUOTE, BEAUTY OF THE SYSTEM IS THEIR ALL THEORETICALLY THE SAME TIME, WHETHER YOU LIKE THAT TILE OR NOT IT'S THE SAME TIME, SO IT'S CONSISTENCY, ONCE YOU START BREAKING THAT CONSISTENCY FROM THIS ONE IS AT TEN, THIS BUN ONE A AT NINE, THE BOARD MIGHT DECIDE THAT BECOMES A CHALLENGE AND EXPLAINING THAT TO

RESIDENTS. >>> ARE ALL THE COURTS LIT? >> ALL BUT ONE-HALF COURT

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>> SO IT COULD BE ALL BUT ONE AND A HALF COURTS. >> IS TALLBURY THE ONLY ONE?

>> RIDGE BOOED ANOTHER AND TALLBURY. BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS THE BIG CONCERN, OBVIOUSLY THE BASKETBALL PLAYING ALERT EIGHT NIGHT WAS POUNDING INTO THE

HOUSES AND IF YOU CAN ELIMINATE THE NIGHTTIME PLAY. >> SO ME I ACTUALLY HAVE ZERO PROBLEM REDUCING THE LIGHTS DOWN TO 10 O'CLOCK ACROSS THE BOARD IN THE WOODLANDS.

I THINK THAT'S PLENTY LATE FOR ESPECIALLY DURING THE WEEK, YOU GOT KIDS YOU'RE TRYING THE GET INTO BED AT THAT TIME OF NIGHT AND I'VE ALL WONDERED WHY 11:00 O'CLOCK -- APPARENTLY THERE'S NO RHYME OF REASON OTHER THAN THAT'S WHAT WE PICKED. PROBABLY GOES BACK TO THE 1900S SCREWDRIVER I WOULDN'T GO THAT FAR, WHERE I WOULD PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF CONCERN IS NOT JUST THE TEENAGERS THAT ARE PLAYING BASKETBALL THOSE THESE ARE FOLKS MY AGE OR OLDER THAT WHEN THEY GET HOME AT NIGHT BY THE TIME THEY FINISH UP IT'S PAST 10 O'CLOCK.

THERE ARE TOURNAMENTS GOING ON ON THE SPORT FIELDS THIS WILL 11:00 O'CLOCK.

TYPICALLY THEY END BY 10:30 AND THERE'S A TIME TO GET FOLK OUT. >> WE HAVE DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS OF PARKS, THERE ARE SO THERE'S NO REASON WHY YOU CAN'T HAVE A CONSISTENT STANDARD ON THE LOWER STANDARD OF PARK AND NOT AFFECT THE SPORTS FIELDS.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT GYRE THAT WOULD BE ALL THE ONES THAT GENERALLY AREN'T IN SUCH CLOSE

PROXIMITY TO A HOUSING AREA. >> YOU HAVE YOUR RIDGE WOOD PARK, YOU GO TO THE SHADOW WINS

OF WORLD, THIS IS THE CLOSE E- ONE THAT WE HAVE. >>> SO TAKING OUT THE LIGHT THAT

WAS THEREHAS THAT HAD ANY CHANGE? >> PEOPLE WE HAVE PROBABLY THE LAST -- WE GOT DATA ON THE LAST 25 DAYS AND WE'VE GOT PEOPLE PLAYING EVERY OTHER NIGHT, THERE'S A GROUP OF EIGHT GUYS I'M ASSUMING THAT ARE PLAYING BASKETBALL 9:45, 10 O'CLOCK AT

NIGHT. >> WHY DON'T WE DO WHAT IS THE SIMPLEST WITHOUT CURTAILING HOURS AND WITHOUT MOVING THINKING, DO THOSE OTHER MODIFICATIONS THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED, CHANGING THE BACKBOARD EVER BEEN CHANGING THE SURFACE.

>> THE CAUTION AGAIN I'M URGING A LOT OF CAUTION BUT YOU WOULD MAKE THAT COURT MORE ATTRACTIVE.

>> THE VOLUME IS THE HUMAN -- THE YELLING AND THE PASSING ASK THE BALL CAN THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ON THE COURT AT ONE TIME. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AT ONE TIME THAT'S CREATING THIS ATMOSPHERE BUT IN A BASKETBALL COURT I'VE SEEN OUR PARKS HAVE TANNISH 15, 20 SO IT'S THE HUMAN VOLUME SO CHANGING THE BASKETBALL HOOP OR FOR SOUND DECIBEL TO GO DOWN IS NOT GOING TO HELP, SO IT'S MONITORING THE PARK AND MANGING SURE THERE'S ADEQUATE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE SOLUTION IS HAVING A HOTSPOT HERE SHOULD HELP A LOT AND I THINK THAT'S IF THE APARTMENT BUILDING PARK RANGER GOES OUT THERE AND ENFORCES THAT THAT WILL HELP A LOT. AND MY QUESTION TOO IS REGARDING THE VOLUME HOW MUCH CLOSER IS THIS COURT? THIS IS LITERALLY ALMOST IN THEIR BACKYARD.

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>>> I WOULD SAY IT'S A HALF COURT SHOT OR MORE. >> AS SOON AS YOU CROSS HALF

COURT. >> THE CLOSEST -- I MEAN, THERE'S A VOLLEYBALL COURT AT TRACE CREEK THAT GOES RIGHT BY THE DRIVEWAY. THAT ONE IS NOT FULLY LIT LIKE YOU HAVE AT WENT WOODS BUT I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH YOU THAT THIS ONE IS THE CLOSEST

BASKETBALL FACILITY THAT IS NEXT TO A NEIGHBOR WITHIN 50, 60 FEET >> THAT'S REALLY CLOSE.

>> YOU JUST DID A APARTMENT PAR. WAS THERE ANYTHING IN THE PARK SURVEY?

>> THAT SURVEY WAS BAYED ON NEED AND THE RESULTS WERE THEY NEED MORE PARKS, NOT TOO CLOSE TO NEIGHBORS AND NOT TOO CLOSE TO AMENITIES. SO THAT'S HOW WHEN WE'RE

DESIGNING THESE PARKS, HOW IT LOOK. >> OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE WANT MORE

PARKS, THEY WANT MORE AMENITIES THEY DON'T WANT LESS. >> AND I THINK WE CAN GET THE PARK RANGER TO KEEP THAT HOT ACTIVITY GOING, WE'RE GOING RESPONSIVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S NEEDS BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CULT OFF OUR OWN FOOT AND TALK ABOUT AWAY AN AMENITY THAT IS NOT ADEQUATE ACROSS THE TABLE. MAYBE WE TAKE OUT THE BASKETBALL LIGHT.

THAT'S PROBABLY THE AT LEAST EXPENSIVE SOLUTION FOR AFTERHOUR.

>> OR JUST TUSH TURN THE LIGHTS OFF. >> THEN WE'LL GET COMPLAINTS

ABOUT THE LIGHTS NOT WORKING. >> IT'S BEST TO TAKE THEM OUT AND REPURPOSE THEM.

>> I'M LOOKING AT DR. NOON'S HE'S THE GUY I'M GOING TO GO TO IF HE DOESN'T THINK THIS IS

GOING TO WORK. >> RIGHT NOW I ALL WANT TO TAKE ONE MORE STAB AT TRYING TO

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>> I GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. >>> SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS AGENDA ITEM UNLESS THERE'S A MOTION, AND IF THERE'S NO

MOTION. >> WHAT WAS THAT? HAVE YOU NEED A MOTION OR YOU

DON'T. >> WE DON'T. UNLESS SOMEBODY HAD A MOTION TO APPROPRIATE. SO WE'LL MOVE ON FROM AGENDA ITEM TEN, RECEIVE CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A QUARTERLY UPDATE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS COMMITTEE.

MR. ART BREEDEN HOFF. >>> >>> GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN BUNCH, TOWNSHIP DIRECTORS. PRESIDENT OF THE TOWNSHIP STAFF. SENIOR STAFF AT OF THE TOWNSHIP, WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS TO THE COVENANT ADMINISTRATION HERE TONIGHT WITH US, RECESSES AND FIRST RESPONDERS. IT'S A GREET OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE QUARTERLY REPORT BECAUSE IT'S THE JOURNEY AND STORY OF NOT ONLY THE COMMITTEE BUT OF THE STAFF OF WITH A

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WE HAD 199 RESIDENTIAL REQUESTS FOR REVIEW AND WE HAD 49 REQUESTS FOR COMMERCIAL ITEM ASKS WE HAD 13 ITEMS THAT ARE OTHER THAT ARE EITHER RULE ADJUSTMENTS, AS MORE I HAVE ISLANDS, REVISION TO A STANDARD OR MAYBE A NEIGHBORHOOD CRITERIA.

BUT THIS TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT. THIS IS NOT ONLY A TECHNOLOGY THAT WE USE BUT IT'S REALLY HUMAN PROCESS. THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PREPARATION THAT GOES INTO THE APPLICATIONS AND WE DO GET A GOOD NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT JOIN OUR MEETINGS, OUR FIST MEETING IN JULY OF 2022; WE FINISHED UP AT 1125 SO THAT IS OUR LONGEST MEETING, WE'VE BEEN KEEPING TRACK SINCE 2018. AND SOMETIMES THAT RELATES TO A LONG MEETING BECAUSE THE ISSUES ARE COMPLICATED, THERE'S A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT SHOW UP THAT WANT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEW OF A RESIDENT'S PRESIDENT APPLIO WE PROVIDE EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AND TO SHARE THEIR VIEW ON THE APPLICATION. WE ALSO THIS YEAR PROVIDED WHAT IS THE DATA ON THE TOTAL APPLICATIONS THAT ARE HANDLED BY STAFF AND THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE PROCESS, THAT BEING THE RDRCS AND THE DFC. SO THERE WAS -- AND OF THAT TOTAL 23 WERE HANDLED AT THE RDRC LEVEL AND WE ALL KNOW THAT'S THE ELECTED LEVEL THAT REARVIEW MIRRORS THE RESIDENTS IN PARTICULAR VILLAGES. AND OF THE 15, 16 THAT CAME THIS THE SECOND QUARTER 190 RESIDENTIAL REQUESTS CAME TO THE DFC FOR REVIEW FOR VARIANCES OR ADJUST ADJUSTMENTS. I DON'T HAVE ANY DATA AN COMPARING BACK TO THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME IN 2021 BECAUSE WE DIDN'T START KEEPING THAT DATE TO SHARE WITH THE BOARDS TO GIVE AN OVERALL SENSE OF VOLUME. BUT IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2022, ON THE DFC DATA WE'RE AHEAD BY ABOUT 32 APPLICATIONS AND IF WE PROJECT THAT OUT, TAKE IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS AND PROJECT THAT OUT TO THE END OF 2022 WOE SHOULD FINISH UP AROUND 960 APPLICATIONS, WHICH WILL BE HADE OF AHEAD OF WHAT WE HANDLED IN 2021. SO SOME OF THE KEY ISSUES THAT WE'VE HANDLED IN THE SECOND QUARTER WE'VE HAD THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE RDRCS AND WESTERN ABLE THE FIRM THAT THIS REVISIONS TO THE STANDARDS THAT WERE APPROVED IN DECEMBER OF 2021 WERE FINALLY FILED WITH BOTH HARRIS COUNTY AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY SO THOSE REVISIONS COMPLETED THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND THEY ARE NOW PART OF OUR STANDARDS. WE HELD A NUMBER OF WORKSHOP.

WE HELD TWO WORKSHOP IN JUNE AND FOCUSED ON REVIEWING OUR OPERATE PORTS AND OUR CODES OF CONDUCT.

WE FOUND OUT AS A COMMITTEE WITH THE STAFF BACK IN MARCH WHEN WE HAD THE REVIEW IT WITH OUR NEW MEMBERS THAT IT WAS TIME FOR THAT REVIEW. OUR PLAN GOING FORWARD IS WE HAVE WE HAVE A WORK SHOP PLANNED FOR AUGUST AND WE HOPE TO HAVE EVERYTHING FINALIZE AND VOTED ON AND THESE WILL BE REVISED AND AVAILABLE AT OUR MEETINGS THAT ANY RESIDENT THAT COMES TO THE MEETING HAS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF BLAZE THE TPC AND ALSO COMMITTEE MEMBERS KNOW

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IT'S EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE BUT SOME RESIDENT ARE STARTING TO PUTT APPLICATIONS FORWARD AND THEM TO GET THAT STARTED SO IT WAS GOOD TO GET THE PRESENTATION FROM THE TESLA FORECAST.

AND FUTURE IDENTITIES WE HAVE OUR WORK SHOP PLANNED FOR AUGUST AND WE HAVE SIGNED AND APPROVED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL QUARTERLY MEETINGS, ONE IN SEPTEMBER AND ONE IN NOVEMBER AND THAT WILL BRING US TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTER AND THESE JOINT MEETINGS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE START THE GAIN INSIGHT ON NEW IDEA ASKS JUST TRYING THE IMPROVE OUR FIGURE SO WE CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE HANDLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. AND THAT WOULD CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION.

WE'RE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WE MISS OUR

FORMER MEMBER JOHN BROWN. >>> APPRECIATE IT. MISS YOU GUYS TOO.

>> IF HE DID STOP BY EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE THAT.

>> I ASKED YOU IF YOU GUYS WERE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT MAKING SOME CHANGES SO WE CAN

GUARANTEE ACCESS FOR OUR RESIDENT. >>> WE HAVE METAL VERY LITTLE PROGRESS, WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS BUT WE HAVEN'T MOVED THAT ALONG AND WE HAVE CONSULTED WITH OUR ATTORNEY AND WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME LEGAL ADVICE THAT WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REMAIN BECAUSE IT'S A VERY DIFFICULTISH TO OPEN UP BECAUSE IT IS A LOT OF IMPACTS ON APPLICATIONS THAT WERE APPROVED AND THERE ARE OTHER CONVENTIONS THAT OUR

ATTORNEY ADVISED THAT WE'VE DONE THE BEST WE CAN WITH THAT. >> OKAY, WELL I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT LEGAL OPINION BECAUSE FRANKLY -- I THINK THAT NOT HAVING A POLICY; A WRITTEN POLICY THAT GUARANTEES PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT ZERO ONLINE HOUSES IN THE WOODLANDS ACCESS TO THAT AREA WITH THE PROPER KNOWINGS AND SO TO THE GIANT HOMEOWNER IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO PREVENT PRIVATE LAWS LAWSUIT FROM GOING ON SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT -- I'VE A LITTLE CONCERNED

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OWN AND THAT'S NEVER A GOOD THING. >> WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING OUR ATTORNEY TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE BOARDS AND DISCUSS THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND ALSO BRING IN DIRECTOR OF COVENANT. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

>> ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT?

>> SO MOVEED. >> SEX. >> ALL IN FAVOR ACQUIRE.

OPPOSED? NEXT AGENDA ITEM 11 RECEIVE CONSIDER AND ACT UPON --

>>> GOOD EVENING WE PRESENT THIS NEW SERVICE AGREEMENTS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THE TOWNSHIP UTILIZES THE SERVICES FOR THE WOODLANDS EXPRESS APARTMENT APARTMENT PARE TICKETING PROGRAM. AND THE TOWNSHIP WOULD INCUR A SUBSTANTIAL COST TO IMPLEMENT A NEW SYSTEM. THEY HAVE PROVIDING A HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR THE PAST FOUR

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PRICING MODEL REASONABLE AND WITHIN INDUSTRY STANDARDS. >> HOW MUCH OF AN INCREASE ARE

WE LOOKING AT? >> PRIOR TO THAT IT HAVE A MONTHLY TIERED FEE AND NOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE TOWARDS WHAT'S MORE INDUSTRY STANDARD WHICH IS A MIXED PERCENTAGE RATE

>> IN THE END, WHEN YOU WASH IT ALL THROUGH AT THE END OF THE YEAR IS IT A COMPARABLE NUMBER?

>> IT IS HIGHER. IT IS STILL CONDITION INDUSTRY NORMS BUTTY IT IS HIGHER. THE FIX FEE AMOUNT IS 6,500 PER YEAR.

>> AND IT WOULD GUESS THAT USING THAT PARTICULAR METHOD WOULD MAKE I WOULD EASIER TO PREDICT THE NET REVENUES FROM THETS, WHICH MAKES THE ACCOUNTING A LITTLE BETTER.

I REALLY DON'T HAVE THINK TANGIBLE OBJECTION. >>> WHAT WE WERE PAYING PRIOR IT HAVE ABOUT 40,000 NOW WITH ALL THE TICK VOLUME SALES WE'RE LOOKING AT 65 TO 70,000.

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>> IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON.

>> IT WOULD COST ABOUT WE WERE PRINCE PROJECTING ABOUT 50,000 TO

REPLACE ALL THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE EQUIPMENT. >> SO I'LL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION

TO ACCEPT. >> SECOND. >> THE CONTRACT AS THE PROVIDER FOR THE WOODLANDS EXPRESS MOBILE TICKETING SYSTEM AND AUTHORIZE THE PRESENT CEO TO EXECUTED A CONTRACT. I HAD A MOTION AND I HAD A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? WILL WANT. ITEM 12 RECEIVE CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A RECAP OF THE FOURTH OF JULY FESTIVITIES IN THE WOODLANDS, WE'RE GOING TO

HAVE JOHN MCGOWAN TO PRESENT. >>> >>> GOOD EVENING.

I WOULD LIKE TO OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE REPORT ON PROBABLY ONE OF THE BUSIEST DAYS IN THE WOODLANDS AND THE THE BIGGEST EVENT THAT THE TOWNSHIP PUTS ON IS FOURTH OF JULY. SO WE'LL START WITH FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, THEY ESTIMATE ABOUT 20,000 PEOPLE, VERY FORTUNATE DIRECTOR NELSON AND SEKULA-GIBBS FOR ACTUALLY KIND ENOUGH TO BE ON THE FLOAT AND TOSSING OUT CANDY AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

>> FANS. >> THAT'S WHAT I DO. BUT I WAS BOOTED.

>> THEY WEREN'T TOED. >> AND THEN NEXT THE RED HOT AND POOL DAY WHERE ALL THE 14 OF OUR SWIMMING POOLS WERE OPEN FROM TEN TO SIX, ALL THE POOLS, 2500 RESIDENTS AND VISITORS CAME TO THE POOL TEMPERATURE LIFE GUARDS DECORATE THE POOL ASKS IT'S A GREAT TEEM.

WE HAVE JUDGES GO OUT AND CRANE BROOK AND SHADOW BEND WERE THE POOLS THAT WOULD WON TO GREAT EVENTUALLY. EVEN THOUGH VERY HOT GYRE HOW HOT WAS IT.

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW HOT, WENT THROUGH SEVERAL SHIRT ON THAT ONE BUT AS YOU CAN SEE GREAT NUMBERS. SO BLESS THEM FOR GOING OUT THERE IN THAT HEAT.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE BIG PIECE, THE RED HOT AND BLUE FESTIVAL SUICIDE YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE PARKS AND REMEMBERING, THIS IS THE 50 YEAR THAT WE HAVE PRODUCED I WITH

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IT'S BEST TO DO THAT BUT FORTUNATELY WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT AND HAVE STAFF THERE TO RESULT PEOPLE TO THE DIRECT LOCATION, WE ACTUALLY COULD USE ALL THE FIREWORKS AND MOVED THEM

TO LAKE WOODLANDS AND HAD A BIGGER SHOW. >> IT FELT LIKE THE RESIDENTS

MOVED THOSE FIREWORKS TO ANY NEIGHBOR. >> THEY PROBABLY PICKED I WANT UP THERE. YOU CAN SEE HERE THE AMOUNT OF THE FINANCES INVOLVED WITH IT.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR FOR THE FUTURE, OBVIOUSLY CONTINUE TO EVALUATE ALL THE SITES, WHAT CAN WE DOE TO GET MORE SPACE, MORE PARKING AND RECRUIT VENDORS AND FLAVORS FOR THE FOLK.

THE ONE BY ONE IDENTIFY ALTERNATE PLAN FOR PRIMARY DISPLAY IN LAKE WOODLANDS AS YOU KNOW. WE CAN'T FIRE THEM OFF THE ISLAND ANYMORE, SO WITH THE DEVELOPMENT STARTING THERE THE HOMES ARE GOING TO START SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE

OUT REPOSITIONING. >> THERE'S A LOT LESS CHANCE YOU'LL BURN ANYTHING DOWN NOW.

>> CORRECT, SO MAYBE MORE CENTRALIZED INTO THE LAKE, OBVIOUSLY WE ALWAYS TALK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO FIGURE OUT BETTER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO FOR EVERYBODY.

SO THAT'S REALLY IT. I KNOW IT'S A LATE EVENING SO DIDN'T WANT TO DRAG THIS OUT TOO

MUCH BUT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS. >> ISN'T OUR SHOW TOP THREE IN THE STATE? ARE WE GETTING ANY BRAGGING RIGHTS?

WE'RE NUMBER ONE, COME ON. >> IT'S FANTASTIC. WE'VE SPECIFICALLY NOT IT ISED

HOW BIG OUR SHOW IS TO LET THE FOCUS BE ON OUR RESIDENTS. >> BETWEEN FRIENDS.

>> IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST IN HOUSTON IF NOT THE LARGEST. >> WE WON'T TALK ABOUT IT BUT WE ARE NUMBER ONE. THERE'S NOTHING OPEN, NO SALES TAX REVENUE.

>> I WANT TO THAN YOU AS DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, IT WAS A WONDERFUL DAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS LOVELY ALL THE WAY AROUND AND I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF. THEY WERE ALL OVER, STAFF MEMBERSES EVERYWHERE ACROSS THE WOODLANDS AND I APPRECIATED THAT. AND I WANT TO THANK NICK WALDO FOR HIS WORK ON THE PARADE AS WELL AS ALL ACT OF ROAD HOT AND BLUE AND CERTAINLY DR. NOONS BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN HIM AT THE PARADE AND HE WAS REALLY PRESENT, FRONT AND CENTER AND DR. NOONS I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT BECAUSE YOUR PRESENCE MEANT A LOT TO NOT ONLY US ON THE TOWNSHIP FLOAT BUT THE I THINK EVERYONE APPRECIATED COMPLAINT

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WEREN'T YOU IN THE PARADE DIRECTOR? >> WITH CAPTAIN HOLYFIELD YOU TOOK A RIDE AND THAT'S WONDERFUL. YOU ENJOYED THE CARE CONDITIONING. IT WAS OVER ALL I THOUGHT A SPLENDID EVENT AND I JUST PRAY THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE A WONDERFUL SAFE AND TREASURED EVENT FOR ALL THE

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