[9. Receive, consider and act upon a report regarding the Houston-Galveston Area Council Montgomery County Precinct 2 Mobility Study and the potential impact that it may have on roadways in and adjacent to The Woodlands;]

THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. WE WILL MOVE TO THE REGULAR AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER NINE, RECEIVE, CONSIDER, AND ACT UPON A REPORT GUARDING THE HOUSTON, GALVESTON ON MOBILITY STUDY AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT IT MAY HAVE ON ROADWAYS IN AND ADJACENT TO THE WOODLANDS. AND I WILL CALL TODD STEVENS TO THE

PODIUM. >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIRMAN, THAT EVENING, BOARD OF DIRECTORS. GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT TO PULL UP THE PRESENTATION AND MAKE AN INTRODUCTION HERE. GREAT. SO, UM, AND SEPTEMBER 2020, MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRECINCT TO COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE AND THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL HVAC PARNERED TO PROVIDE THE SOUTHERN REGION MOBILITY STUDY FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRECINCT TWO. THAT STUDY HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE THAT TIME, THEY HELD A FIRST PUBLIC MEETING IN APRIL 2021, AND BEHOLD THE SECOND PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE STUDY ON AUGUST 4, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, UM, IN MAGNOLIA. THE DIRECTOR SHELLEY SEKULA-GIBBS

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AND MYSELF WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING. UNLIKE ALL OF THE TYPICAL MOBILITY STUDIES THAT ARE DONE THROUGH HD AC, THERE IS A PUBLIC COMMENT TIMEFRAME FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR JURISDICTIONS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OR THOUGHTS THEY MAY HAVE ABOUT THE STUDY. SO, THAT DEADLINE FOR THIS PARTICULAR STUDY IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT 5 PM, SO THIS EVENING, WE HAVE CARLENE MULLINS, A PRINCIPAL WITH HGAC AND THE PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE STUDY HERE TO GIVE US A SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY AND TO PROVIDE A LIST OF THE, NOT A LIST, BUT A DISCUSSION OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR SHORT, MEDIUM, AND LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE ON MOBILITY PLANNING HERE IN THE WOODLANDS AND ADJACENT TO OUR BOUNDARIES. THEN AFTER THAT, I WILL COME BACK UP IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING I CAN DO, I WILL BE GLAD TO DO AT THAT TIME. IF I COULD, THIS MULLINS WILL BEGIN HER PRESENTATION. > THANKS, TODD. > CARLENE MULLINS:

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> PROBABLY AN UNFAIR QUESTION, LOOKING AT YOUR SIDE, LOVE THE SLIDE, I SURE HOPE THAT CLOVERLEAF ISN'T BEING BUILT ANYWHERE IN THEWOODLANDS.

[LAUGHING] >> DIRECTOR BOB MILNER: NO CLOVERLEAF AND NO MASS TRANSIT, SO .

>> THANK YOU, SORRY. >> CHAIRMAN GORDY BUNCH: MAYBE SOME FREIGHT MOVEMENT ON 45, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT.

>> THANK YOU. 11 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING. THIS STUDY HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE PAST 20 MONTHS, WE HAD SOME DELAYS DUE TO COVID. DATA COLLECTION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH WERE A CHALLENGE TO US, JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WAS NEW, WE OVERCAME THAT. THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING WAS HELD VIRTUAL, AND WE HAD A REALLY GOOD ATTENDANCE AND REALLY GOOD RESPONSES TO THE FIRST REPORT. UM, WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING DATA AND RECEIVING, OVER THE LAST 20 MONTHS, BUT DATA COLLECTION INCLUDED ROADWAY INVENTORY OF ALL THE MAJOR ROADS, TRAFFIC COUNTS, TURNING MOVEMENT COUNTS, TRAVEL TIME RUNS, AND CRASH DATA. FROM THIS INFORMATION, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A MULTIMODAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ADDRESS THE IDENTIFIED ISSUES TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR ALL USERS. AFTER RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DEVELOPED, WE PRESENTED THOSE TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE, FOCUS GROUPS, AND COMMISSIONER RILEY.

THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THOSE GROUPS HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS I WILL PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING. THE STUDY AREA IS APPROXIMATELY 279 MILES AND IS ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY STATE HIGHWAY 105 AND 336 TO THE NORTH. UM, I 45 TO THE EAST, RESEARCH FOREST AND SPRING CREEK TO THE SOUTH, AND THE COUNTY LINE AND FM 149 TO THE WEST. IT INCLUDES COOKS BRANCH CONSERVANCY, JONES FOREST PARK, AND LAKE CREEK PRESERVE. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CONROE, MAGNOLIA, MONTGOMERY, SHENANDOAH, AND THEN A PORTION OF THE TOWNSHIP. TO ADDRESS A TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN THE AREA, UM, THERE IS ONE REASON COMMISSIONER RILEY WANTED TO HAVE THIS STUDY DONE. THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS GOING IN BETWEEN 1486 AND 149. UM, DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATE HIGHWAY 249. HE WANTED TO DEVELOP A SAFE, WELL-CONNECTED, AND EFFICIENT MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT WOULD PROMOTE ORDERLY GROWTH AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE MOBILITY FOR GOODS, SERVICES, AND PEOPLE. BY COORDINATING THE USE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENTS, IT'S THE INTENTION ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO FUND THESE PROJECTS. THE OVERALL STUDY WILL RESULT IN A LIST OF PROJECTS AND A ROADWAY INVENTORY. NOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE PUBLIC MEETING, UM, LAST WEEK, I HAVE MODIFIED THE SIDES TO JUST INCORPORATE THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP RECOMMENDATION, SO WE CAN FOCUS ON THOSE. UM, THE FIRST AREA THAT WE LOOKED AT IS SAFETY AND IT WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE ROADWAY INVENTORY. WE RECOGNIZED ANYTHING FROM MISSING ROADSIGNS TO INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. IN THE TOWNSHIP, THE MAIN AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT INCLUDED RESTRIPING ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS, UM, SOME MINOR INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH INCLUDES RIGHT AND LEFT TURN LANES, STRIPING, AND THEN SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION. WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT ROAD SHOULDER IMPROVEMENTS BE MADE ALONG RESEARCH FOREST WHERE THE CYCLISTS HAVE TO DART OUT INTO THE ROAD IN ORDER TO CONTINUE

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THEIR PATH ON THE SHOULDERS. SHORT-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FROM 1 TO 10 YEARS, UM, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ANYTHING FROM EXTENDING EXISTING ROADS TO CREATING NEW ROADS. TO CORRIDOR SIGNAL TIMING. IN THE WOODLANDS, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT COOKING DOLL THE EXTENDED TO THREE LANES NORTH OF RESEARCH FOREST, AND THAT RESEARCH FOREST BE WIDENED FROM THEIR BRANCH PARK ALL THE WAY TO 2978. WITHIN THOSE 10 YEAR TIMEFRAME. ALSO, WE ARE RECOMMENDING QUARTER SIGNAL TIMING FOR ALL THE MAJOR ROADS IN THE AREA, INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAY 242 COLLEGE PARK, RESEARCH FOREST, AND KIRKENDALL. NOW, WE GO ON TO THE INTERSECTION RECOMMENDATIONS. THE SHORT-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM ADDING TURN LANES TO DIRECT CONNECTORS. IN THE WOODLANDS AREA, WE'VE ADDED, THERE'S NINE INTERSECTIONS THAT WERE RECOMMENDING TO ADD TURN LANES.

THERE IS ONE TO CHANGE THE EXISTING CONFIGURATION OF A TWO WAY STOP SIGN TO A THREE WAY STOP SIGN. WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO TRAFFIC SIGNALS WILL BE NEEDED ALONG KIRKENDALL AFTER THE WIDENING IS COMPLETED. ONE DIRECT CONNECTOR THAT IS AT I 45 AND 242, WHICH THEY ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON. AND THEN OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, AGAIN, SIGNAL IS ASIAN, UM, RESTRIPING INTERSECTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AS FAR AS THE LONG TERM, THERE'S NOT MANY LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS FOR INTERSECTIONS PIN THIS PLAN. UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT AT RESEARCH FOREST THAT ANOTHER STUDY BE PERFORMED IN 10 TO 11 YEARS AND WE CAN SEE HOW THE DEVELOPMENT HAS OCCURRED OUTSIDE WOODLANDS AND HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IS GOING THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION. WE ARE RECOMMENDING ADDITIONAL DIRECT CONNECTORS AND OVERPASS AT 242 AND I 45, GRADE SEPARATION AT 1488 AND 2978, AND THEN FINALLY, A GREEN TEA INTERSECTION AT WOODLANDS PARKWAY AND 2978. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE GREEN CONTINUANCE'S INTERSECTION, ITS MAIN PURPOSE IS TO DECREASE THE WAIT TIME AT AN INTERSECTION.

ONE OF THE THREE LANES IS CONTINUOUS, THERE IS NO SIGNAL FOR THAT INTERSECTION, FOR THAT PORTION OF THE INTERSECTION, IT INCREASES EFFICIENCY AND IMPROVES SAFETY, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT AS MANY CONFLICT POINTS. AS THERE ARE WHEN YOU HAVE A THREE-LEGGED INTERSECTION. OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE GOT FOR PRECINCT WIDE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE FLASHING YELLOW LEFT TURN SIGNALS BE IMPLEMENTED AROUND THE PRECINCT WHERE APPLICABLE. WE ARE ALSO, UM, RECOMMENDING THAT REFLECTIVE, UM, SIGNAL BLACK PLATES TO IMPROVE THIS ABILITY OF ALL THE SIGNALS. THE EMS RECOMMENDED THAT WE ADD THE GPS EMERGENCY VEHICLE SIGNAL, SO THAT WHEN THE FIRE TRUCKS AND POLICE ARE GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, THAT THEY CAN CHANGE THE SIGNAL. SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONS HAVE THAT NOW, BUT ALL OF THEM DON'T. WE WANT TO RECOMMEND THAT WE EXPAND THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY NORTHSTAR SYSTEM IN PRECINCT TWO, AND ALSO THE OTHER PRECINCTS. WE WANT TO ADD SHARED ROADSIGNS ON THE MAJOR ROADS, AND THEN CREATE A 311 AT FOR PRECINCT TWO TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT THEY GET IN THE OFFICE. AS FAR AS THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PORTION OF THE STUDY, UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING 180 MILES TOTAL FOR SHARED USE PATHS. THAT ARE GOING TO BE LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE CREEKS AND RIVERS, UM, AND EASEMENTS, RAILROAD EASEMENTS, UTILITY EASEMENTS, AND THEN ADJACENT TO ROADS, NOT IN THE ROAD. AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT SOME OF THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS AND PATHS, SOME OF THEM BE EXTENDED OR WIDENED. SOME OF THOSE ARE IN MONGOLIA, THERE'S A FEW AND SHENANDOAH, AND THEN THERE'S A FEW, A COUPLE THAT GO ACROSS OR UNDER THE FREEWAY, SO THE HIKE AND BIKE PEDESTRIANS CAN GET ACROSS UNDER THE FREEWAY IS EASIER AND MORE SAFELY. AS FAR AS TRANSIT, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THREE PARKS AND REC FACILITIES IN THE FUTURE. THOSE WOULD BE LOCATED IN MONTGOMERY, MAGNOLIA, AND JUST NORTH OF TOMBALL, AND THEY WOULD PROVIDE SERVICE THE MAJOR EMPLOYMENT

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CENTERS. WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING AN EXPRESS ROUTE, UM, IT WOULD BE MORE LIKE A LOOP THAT WOULD SERVE AS MONTGOMERY, MAGNOLIA, THE WOODLANDS, SHENANDOAH, AND CONROE. SO THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN ONE CITY AT WORK IN ANOTHER, COULD USE THE BUS TO GET TO THE OTHER LOCATION WITHOUT HAVING TO DRIVE THEIR CAR. NOW, UM, RESEARCH FOREST HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY HOT TOPIC INTERSECTION. SO, COMMISSIONER RILEY ASKED US TO DO A HIGH-LEVEL ANALYSIS OF THE INTERSECTION. UM, APPARENTLY THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER STUDIES GOING ON AT THE TIME, AND HE JUST WANTED TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAME UP WITH, SO WE MET WITH ABOUT 10 RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA, THAT USE THAT INTERSECTION ON A DAILY BASIS. AND THE ISSUES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE FOCUS GROUP INCLUDED, IT'S JUST A SMALL LIST, BUT CARS RUNNING RED LIGHTS, WHICH ACTUALLY THAT HAPPENS ALL OVER THE WOODLANDS.

OVERGROWN VEGETATION, HIGH VEHICULAR SPEEDS, RUNWAY DRIVERS, LIGHTING, PEOPLE DISREGARDING THE LEFT TURN ONLY LANES, AND LACK OF ENFORCEMENT. SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE CAME UP WITH IN RESPONSE TO THOSE ISSUES WHERE ADDING OR EXTENDING EXISTING TURN BAYS TO GET THE CARS OUT OF THE LINE OF TRAFFIC, SO THE FLOW CAN CONTINUE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. INSTALL MISSING SIGNAGE, WHICH INCLUDED RUNWAY SIGNS OR DO NOT ENTER SIGNS. IMPROVE THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS, THERE WERE SOME STOP LINES THAT WERE IN THE IMPROPER LOCATION, AND THEN SOME OF THE ARROWS THAT TAKE YOU THROUGH THE INTERSECTION FIRST-RATE OR LEFT TURN LANE HAD WORN OFF. WE ARE ADDING A SHARED USE HALF BETWEEN EXISTING PATH AND SHENANDOAH, ACROSS GROGAN'S MILL OVER TOWARDS THE EXISTING PIPE OFF ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION. ADDITIONAL STREET LIGHTING, IMPROVING THE SIGNALS, AND THEN REMOVING SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY LOCKS THE SITE OF PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER.

>> IT CERTAINLY DOES. >> CARLENE MULLINS: YES. SO, WE MADE NUMEROUS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNTY, THEY WERE ACTUALLY PART OF THIS COMMITTEE, AND I GUESS IT WAS LIKE TWO MONTHS LATER, THEY STARTED WORKING ON THAT INTERSECTION. IT WAS A COMBINATION OF OUR STUDY AND OTHER STUDIES PUT TOGETHER, AND THEY'VE COMPLETED, THEY'VE INSTALLED ALL THE MISSING SCIENCE, THEY'VE RESTRIPED THE PAVEMENT, THEY'VE CLEARED VEGETATION, THEY'VE ADDED BACK SIGNALS, BACK PLATES, AND THEN THEY MOVED THE STOP LINE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER UP, SO THAT WHEN YOU ARE SITTING AT THE INTERSECTION, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IF VEHICLES ARE COMING TO YOU FROM THE SOUTH. UM, AND THEN WORK IN PROGRESS IS ADDING TURN LANES AND EXTENDING EXISTING TURN BAYS, THOSE ARE IN THE WORKS, AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THOSE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE, CONSTRUCTION IS SUPPOSED TO START EITHER IN THE FALL OR THE SPRING. NOW, THE NEXT STEPS WE WILL REVIEW, THE SURVEY COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO US ONLINE. WE'VE REVIEWED ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED AT THE PUBLIC MEETING, AND THEN WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME COMMENTS THROUGH THE HGAC WEBSITE. WE WILL REVIEW THOSE, WE WILL PRESENT THOSE FINDINGS TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER, AND THEN WE WILL BE WRAPPING UP THE STUDY IN THE FALL. MY NAME IS CARLENE MULLINS, THIS IS MY EMAIL IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT ME FOR ANY REASON. JUSTIN IS PROJECT PLANNER ON THE PROJECT, HE COULDN'T MAKE IT THIS EVENING. AND THEN IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING THE SURVEY OR PLAYING WITH THE INTERACTIVE MAP, YOU CAN SCAN ONE OF THESE CODES, BARCODES, AND THEN THAT WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO THAT WEBSITE. SO, YEAH.

>> GREAT. >> CARLENE MULLINS: DID Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AT THIS TIME?

>> VICE CHAIRMAN BRUCE RIESER: ACTUALLY, THAT WAS A VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE FINAL PROPOSED SOLUTION FOR NORTHBOUND GROGAN'S MILL AT RESEARCH FOREST INTERSECTION, THE LEFT TURN LANE ON THE LEFT SIDE. BECAUSE ALL THE PLANS I HAD SEEN UP UNTIL NOW ADDED A LANE TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WHICH MAKES ABSOLUTELY ZERO CENTS. YOU KNOW, BY PUTTING IT, BY PUTTING THAT PLAN ON THE LEFT SIDE, WE'VE GOT APRETTY GOOD CHANCE THAT EVEN IF PEOPLE IN THE CENTER LANE DECIDED TO GO STRAIGHT THROUGH, THERE'S ENOUGH , YOU KNOW, TO TWO LANES TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION.

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THE RIGHT HAND TURN LANE ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE HAS MADE AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE IN THE INTERSECTION. UM, YOU KNOW, THE BACKUPS HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFICULT LOOK BACK, BECAUSE IT'S A VERY EXTREME ANGLE, BUT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, AND I HOPE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT DOWN, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, LITERALLY, THEY HAVE THINNED THE VEGETATION THERE. I LIVE OFF GROGAN SNOW UP THERE, SO I AM THROUGH THEIR EVERY SINGLE DAY.

EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN COMING DOWN THROUGH THERE. ACTUALLY, IT WASN'T A PEDESTRIAN, IT WAS A BIKE THAT BLEW RIGHT THROUGH THE STOP SIGN, AND I JUST DIDN'T SEE HIM, SO, THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I WOULD REALLY, IN THE INTERSECTION, WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT, IS POSSIBLY A SPEED LIMIT PRODUCTION AS WE GO INTO THAT AREA, BECAUSE IT IS WIDELY AND IT IS BLIND, AND THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA. AND SO, IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC DOWN A LITTLE BIT AS THEY GO THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION. BUT OTHERWISE, I WILL SAY TO YOU THAT THE BACKERS AND THE SIGNAGE THE IMPROVEMENTS THERE HAVE MADE THAT INTERSECTION QUITE A BIT, UM, QUITE A BIT SAFER. UM, I'M STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THE MONUMENT SIGN, WE HAVE JUST REBUILT IT AGAIN. YOU KNOW, AND THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION, SO, UM, THANK YOU FO , I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOARD HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THIS ENTIRE DISCUSSION IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN 11 OR 12 YEAR LOOK AHEAD IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE.

WE HAVE GOT TO CREATE MORE NORTH ÃSOUTH CAPACITY. WE'VE GOT TO CREATE MORE EAST ÃWEST CAPACITY. AND THAT'S REALLY TOUGH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SUCH A GAP FROM 1488 UP TO 336, AND ALL THE WETLANDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO, IF WE'RE NOT PLANNING THIS NOW, THAT STUFF IS 25 YEARS AWAY NOW. AND SO, I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS GREAT AND I THINK IT WILL MAKE SOME, SOME SHORT-TERM IMPROVEMENTS, BUT I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE 25 YEAR LOOK AHEAD.

>> CARLENE MULLINS: WE DID, ONE OF OUR GOALS WAS TO LOOK AT THE ORTH-SOUTH, EAST-WEST CONNECTIVITY OF THE AREA, AND ONE OF THE ROADS THAT WE HAVE RECOMMENDED CAME FROM 105 AROUND, AND THEN EVENTUALLY TIED INTO FM 1488. UM, BUT DUE TO THE FOREST BEING THERE, WE COULDN'T GO THROUGH THERE, SO WE DECIDED TO MOVE THE ROAD EAST A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE THERE WAS, ACTUALLY THERE WAS A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND IT WAS FOR SALE, AND WE WERE LIKE, YES, THIS IS GREAT.

UNFORTUNATELY, DEVELOPERS THAT PURCHASED THAT PROPERTY, AND THAT IS NO LONGER VIABLE. UM, WHICH IS REALLY A SHAME, UM, BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE REALLY HELPED SOME OF THE TRAFFICON 1488 . SO, WE HAD TO LOOP IT AROUND AND TIE IT BACK INTO, UM, CENTRAL PARK DEVELOPMENT UP NORTH OF THE CREEK. AND HOPING THAT MAYBE TEXT. WILL MAYBE SOMEDAY TIED INTO 45, SO YOU CAN BYPASS ALL THAT AREA, BUT THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA HAS REALLY HINDERED A LOT OF THE NORTH-SOUTH, EAST-WEST ROAD DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WAS NOT RESERVED,

SO , >> AND FRANKLY, I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE NEGLECTED TO DO, YOU KNOW, 1488, YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO HAVE DIRECT CONNECTORS TO 45 NORTH AND SOUTH, YOU KNOW, SO THIS TRAFFIC DOES IT HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, COME TO A WINDY OFFRAMP TO A THEATER ROAD, AND THEN MAKE AN IMMEDIATE TO LANE OVER IN ORDER TO GET ONTO 45. I THINK, I MEAN, I CAN'T BELIEVE

WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS ALREADY. >> CARLENE MULLINS: TEXDOT IS DOING A PEL ON THAT SECTION OF I 45.

>> THAT IS DEFINITELY NOT JUST DESIRABLE, IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD?

>> CARLENE MULLINS: I WANT TO THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT, AND THANK YOU FOR AN EXCELLENT MEETING AT THE MAGNOLIA ADVANCED CENTER, THAT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND I APPRECIATED VERY MUCH IN THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER RILEY THERE IN PERSON, THAT WAS NICE TO HAVE HIM THERE. HE STAYED FOR

THE WHOLE MEETING. >> HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN A LOT OF THE STUDY, HE'S BEEN A REAL ASSET.

>> PLEASE EXTEND MY APPRECIATION FOR THAT. I SENT YOU AN EMAIL AUGUST 13 THAT HAD SOME CONCERNS, AND I WILL JUST

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START BY SAYING, I FEEL LIKE THE WOODLANDS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE ARE IN FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

>> DIRECTOR DR. ANN SNYDER: ,YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THREE PRECINCTS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, WE ARE IN ONE PRECINCT INHARRIS COUNTY THAT , IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF WE COULD SEE OUR REGIONAL MOBILITY EFFORT, AND I THINK HGAC AND TEXDOT HAVE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, IT CANNOT BE THE TOWNSHIP, BECAUSE WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY ON ROAD PLANNING, AS YOU KNOW, AND ON ROAD CONSTRUCTION. SO, THE ORIGINALITY OF IT IS MISSING.

AND THAT'S WHY WE SEE THE MAP TONIGHT THAT JUST STOPS. IT JUST STOPS. OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT REAL WORLD. AND TO PLAY OFF OF WHAT CHAIRMAN OR VICE CHAIRMAN TODAY, BRUCE RIESER, SAYS IS THE REAL ISSUE IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, REALLY THE INTERSECTIONS AT 45. THE INTERSECTION AT 1488, WHICH IS NOT IN THE WOODLANDS, THE INTERSECTION INTO 42, WHICH IS IN THE WOODLANDS, AND IF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER CONTINUES TO, AND TEXDOT CONTINUE TO WANT TO DIRECT TRAFFIC INTO THE WOODLANDS TO RELIEVE TRAFFIC THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE WOODLANDS, UM, I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT. AND I THINK MOST OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE WOODLANDS CAN'T SUPPORT THAT. WE ARE NO , UM, EAGER TO BE A CUT THROUGH COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO BE THE WOODLANDS THAT IS RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BUT NOT A COMMUNITY WHERE DEVELOPERS REDIRECT THEIR TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH US. AND, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS I HAVE, IS I DON'T SEE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER RILEY WORKING WITH TEXDOT TO KEEP THAT TRAFFIC OUT OF THE WOODLANDS. SO, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I INCLUDED TEXDOT IN ALL MY COMMUNICATION WITH YOU. SO, THE WOODLANDS SHOULD NOT BE A RELIEF VALVE FOR TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON 1488. THAT'S FUNDAMENTAL. WE SHOULD NOT BE A RELIEF VALVE. AND WIDENING 242, WHICH YOU DIDN'T ADDRESS, BECAUSE THAT'S TEXDOT'S PROJECT, IT'S LIKE A ONE-TWO PUNCH. YOU'RE COMING IN WITH THE MOBILITY PLAN, AND THEN TEXDOT IS COMING AT THE SAME TIME WITH WIDENING PLAN, BUT GOLF DON'T SEEM TO BE TALKING TO EACH OTHER. I KNOW YOU MUST BE, BUT I DON'T SEE IT, RIGHT? WHEN YOU TALK TO US, IT'S LIKE YOU, YOU ARE TWO DIFFERENT FAMILIES AND WHO NEVER COMMUNICATE, AND THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ONTO 42. SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY, AND THE SCHOOLS, THE MANY SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS THAT ARE IMPACTED. SO, I'VE LIFTED A LOT OF THINGS IN MY COMMENTS TO YOU ABOUT THE WIDENING, AND WE DO NOT WANT WIDENING. I SAY WE, BUT RESIDENTS I'VE TALKED TO, NOT A SINGLE ONE ONCE WIDENING OF 242 GOSLING WEST TO 1488. SO, IF YOU HAVE ANY INPUT INTO TEXDOT, PLEASE TELL THEM WE DON'T WANT THAT WIDENING. WE DO WANT MORE TURNING LANES ALONG ROADS INTERSECTING TO 42, WE DON'T WANT WIDENING. UM, THERE'S NOT THE TRAFFIC TO NEED IT, AND ALL IT DOES, IT WILL ATTRACT MORE TRAFFIC FROM 1488 TO CUT THROUGH. SO, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. WE WOULD LIKE HELP WITH THE TRAFFIC THAT COMES FROM THE OLD GIN BRIDGE SPORTS FIELD, I MENTIONED THAT TO YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE ADDRESSING THAT ALSO. THERE IS THE IDEA OF THE LOOP, AND I SAW A DRAWING SOMEWHERE WHERE THE LOOP CAME THROUGH 242 ON TODAY'S MAP, THE LOOP IS BACK UP. OUTSIDE, WHICH I THINK IT BELONGS OUTSIDE. I DON'T THINK THE LOOP SHOULD EVER COME THROUGH THE WOODLANDS, IT NEEDS TO STAY AROUND AND OUTSIDE THE WOODLANDS, SO ARE WE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT? SPEECH WILL THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YES.

>> ARE WE ON THE SAME PAGE CUSTOMER XP 12 YES.

>> GOOD. SO, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THE OTHER THING THAT YOU DIDN'T MENTION, BUT THE OTHER THING THAT RESIDENTS KNOW IS IN THE PLAN ARE THE SOUND WALLS. AND THE IDEA OF US HAVING SOUND WALLS ONTO 42. I DON'T KNOW HOW COMMISSIONER RILEY FEELS ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING VERY FOREIGN TO THE WOODLANDS, AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT THAT, SO IF YOU CAN HELP US WITH THAT, OPPOSING THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO, I WOULD JUST END WITH JUST SAYING, PLEASE WORK TOGETHER, DON'T LET IT BE THE RIGHT HAND DOING THINGS THAT THE LEFT-HAND DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US IN TO THE CONVERSATION, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY AUTHORITY, AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TO ALLOW US TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THIS, AND I'M WILLING TO STAY ENGAGED WITH YOU ALL FOR THE PROCESS.

>> CARLENE MULLINS: THANKS, THANK YOU.

>> BEFORE I GO TO DIRECTOR SNYDER, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, I KNOW THAT TEXDOT HAS THEIR ROADS AND YOU HAVE

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YOUR ROADS, AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE PLANNING PROCESS IS, I THINK THAT IS A MAJOR WEAKNESS, FRANKLY. AND I EVEN SEE IT IN TEXDOT. I MEAN, WE WILL GET A PRESENTATION FROM AROUND THE TEXDOT REGION, AND YOU ASK, WHAT ABOUT THIS SECTION TO THE SOUTH? THAT'S NOT OUR REGION, REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK, AND I HOPE THAT YOU CAN AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, RELAY SOME OF MY FEARS, THAT ACTUALLY SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, AT SOME LEVEL, IS LOOKING AT ALL OF THIS STUFF AND SAYING, HEY, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT DOING STUFF OVER HERE THAT IMPACTS US OVER HERE. NEGATIVELY, ESPECIALLY NEGATIVELY. SO, UM, ANYWAY, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S THE PERCEPTION THAT THE PUBLIC HAS OF WHAT'S GOING ON, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, AND IT IS KIND OF UNUSUAL. THE 242 SECTION IS QUITE UNUSUAL IN THE FACT THAT MOST STATE HIGHWAYS DON'T REALLY GO THROUGH PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL AREAS. YOU KNOW, THEY USUALLY, IT'S USUALLY A COMMERCIAL ROAD. BUT FROM GOSLING OUT TO 1488, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH STRICTLY RESIDENTIAL. AND MIXED-USE. AND SO, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT EVEN MIXED-USE, IT'S ALL RESIDENTIAL. AND SO, HE PRESENTS A UNIQUE ISSUE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO WITH WIDENING. YOU KNOW, I WOULD YIELD TO DOCTOR SNYDER, I KNOW SHE HAS SOME COMMENTS.

>> SECRETARY DR. SHELLEY SEKULA-GIBBS: THANK YOU, VICE CHAIRMAN BRUCE RIESER. I HAD SEVERAL, BUT BETWEEN SHELLEY SEKULA-GIBBS AND VICE CHAIRMAN BRUCE RIESER, YOU COVER THOSE, BUT I NEEDED CLARIFICATION, BUT FIRST, THANK YOU, MISS MULLINS, AND ALSO COMMISSIONER RILEY HAS BEEN AN ASSET TO ALWAYS INCLUDE THE RESIDENTS IN THE TALKING POINTS. WHEN HE SPOKE TO THE PATHWAY UNDER THE FREEWAY, ARE YOU TALKING AT THE PATHWAY ON 45 AND 242, DEVELOPING WERE LOOKING AT A PATHWAY THERE? OR IS IT IN ANOTHER LOCATION? OR HAS THAT BEEN IDENTIFIED?

>> CARLENE MULLINS: THAT IS ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDE, SO PEOPLE CAN SAFELY GO UNDER THE FREEWAY, UM, TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE.

>> THE ONE PATHWAY I THINK THAT SHE PARTICULARLY HIGHLIGHTED TODAY IS A PATHWAY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RESEARCH FOREST THAT CUTS THROUGH THE ISLAND FROM THE NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND LANES.

IT DOESN'T EXIST TODAY. AND SO, I THINK THAT SOMEONE SHE

WAS REFERRING TO. >> I MEAN, WE ARE RECOMMENDING SEVERAL. THE ONE ON GROGAN'S MILL IS ONE OF THEM, JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET ACROSS THE MEDIAN WITHOUT GOING IN THE STREET. AND THEN ONE UNDER I 45 AT BOTH 242, AND ALSO 1488.

SO PEOPLE CAN SAFELY GET ACROSS.

>> SECRETARY DR. SHELLEY SEKULA-GIBBS: THE OTHER IS, AND THIS MAY NOT FALL UNDER YOU ALL, BUT I KNOW, UM, WHEN THERE WAS DISCUSSION WITH RESIDENTS ABOUT THE SIX LANES OR FOUR LANES ON 242, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT TURN LANES, LEFT TURN LANE ON GREEN BRIDGE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, UM, HGAC AND COMMISSIONER RILEY, WHERE DOES THAT HAVE TO GO

THROUGH TEXDOT? >> SECRETARY DR. SHELLEY SEKULA-GIBBS: OKAY, WHICH DIRECTION, GOING NORTH ON GREEN

BRIDGE? >> VICE CHAIRMAN BRUCE RIESER: IT'S WEST ONTO 42 AT THE GREEN BRIDGE INTERSECTION.

>> SECRETARY DR. SHELLEY SEKULA-GIBBS: IT'S ALMOST WHEN YOU GET TO 1488. PEOPLE EXTENDING THAT TURN LANE OR

MAKING A DOUBLE LEFT? >> SECRETARY DR. SHELLEY SEKULA-GIBBS: IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT GOING

THROUGH TEXDOT? >> CARLENE MULLINS: IS A STATE ROAD, SO IT HAS TO GO THROUGH TEXDOT. NOW, THE STRIPING GREEN BRIDGE FROMA SINGLE TO A DOUBLE LEFT TURN LANE, THE

COUNTY CAN DO THAT. >> SECRETARY DR. SHELLEY SEKULA-GIBBS: THE COUNTY CAN DO THAT. THE RESEARCH FOREST WIDENING, WHEN YOU ADDRESSED THAT, WHERE ON RESEARCH IS THAT? HE MADE A COMMENT THAT RESEARCH FOREST WOULD BE WIDENED. IS THAT GOING TO THE FAR END OF RESEARCH OR?

>> VICE CHAIRMAN BRUCE RIESER: IT'S BRANCH CROSSING.

>> SECRETARY DR. SHELLEY SEKULA-GIBBS: FOUR LANES?

>> CARLENE MULLINS: SIX LANES TOTAL. AND AS A TIMEFRAME FOR THAT, I DON'T KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON THE TRAFFIC AND FUNDING, BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE FUNDED BY THE COMMISSIONERS.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> ANYTHING ELSE? JASON?

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>> DIRECTOR JASON NELSON: REGARDING KIRKENDALL, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING IT FROM FOUR LANES TO TWO LANES, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A VERY SMALL SECTION, RIGHT? JUST NORTH OF RESEARCH AND SOUTH OF 1488, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, COMING FROM 1488, PEOPLE ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, HURRYING, IT COMES DOWN TO ONE LANE RIGHT AT KENDALL GREEN, AND THENTHERE IS A SCHOOL , SO THAT INTERSECTION IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE LIKE ON OUR RADAR FOR SURE. THIS A FOUR-WAY STOP SIGN ON KENDALL GREEN. NOW, IF YOU GONE THE OTHER SIDE AND WE GO FROM FOUR LANES CROSSING RESEARCH, COMES DOWN BY THE SHOPPING CENTER TO TWO AGAIN, YOU GET TO CROWN RIDGE, THERE'S A FOUR-WAY STOP SIGN THERE, BUT THIS TIME, THEIR FLASHING STOP SIGNS, IT'S

LIKE BRAND-NEW. >> VICE CHAIRMAN BRUCE RIESER: THAT'S BECAUSE THERE WAS A FATALITY.

>> DIRECTOR JASON NELSON: SO, WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME FOR THIS

PROJECT GOING FROM 4 TO 2. >> IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHEN THE COMMISSIONER HAS THE FUNDS. I KNOW IT'S ON HIS RADAR RIGHT NOW AND HE'S TRYING TO LOCATE THE FUNDS TO DO THAT, BUT AS FAR AS KNOWING A TIMEFRAME, I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT TIMEFRAME

RIGHT NOW. >> DIRECTOR JASON NELSON: IS THERE A WAY WHERE WE COULD RECOMMEND THE STOP SIGNS, THE FLASHING STOP SIGNS BE PLACED PON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCHOO LIKE THEY ARE ON THE SOUTH SIDE? BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET KIRKENDALL, WHEN YOU GET FROM FOUR LANES TO TWO LANES GOING FROM 1488, WE ARE COMING FROM OFF OF RESEARCH FOREST, THERE'S JUST A HIGH VOLUME OF TRAFFIC AND THEY ARE GOING REALLY FAST.

AND IF IT HAPPENED AT THAT STOP SIGN COMING FROM ONE DIRECTION, IT TAKES, IN MY MIND, A VERY SORRY SET UP COMING FROM 1480, SO I THINK WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO HIGHLIGHT

THAT INTERSECTION. >> VICE CHAIRMAN BRUCE RIESER: I THINK WE COULD TALK TO COMMISSIONER RILEY ABOUT THAT

RIGHT NOW. >> DIRECTOR JASON NELSON: THERE LIKE NEAR INTERSECTIONS COMING FROM THE FOURTH TO THE TWO.

>> CARLENE MULLINS: WE CAN RECOMMEND THAT POINT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO INSTALL.

>> IN THE FLASHING STOP SIGNS, IS THAT SOMETHING HE PLANS ON

DOING ELSEWHERE? >> CARLENE MULLINS: I DON'T

KNOW. >> VICE CHAIRMAN BRUCE RIESER: AS FAR AS I KNOW, THAT'S HE FIRST INSTALLATION OF THAT IN PRECINCT TWO, BUT THAT DOESN'T PRECLUDE US ASKING FOR IT.

>> DIRECTOR JASON NELSON: I RUN THAT ROUTE ALMOST DAILY, AND SEEING THE FLASHING STOP SIGNS HAS HELPED SUBSTANTIALLY.

>> CARLENE MULLINS: KIND OF LIKE THE BACK PLATES ON THE SIGNALS. I MEAN, IT JUST KIND OF MAKES THOSE SIGNALS POP, NO MATTER IF IT'S 5:00 IN THE EVENING AND THE SUN IS GOING DOWN OR 10:00 AT NIGHT WHEN IT'S DARK.

>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. PEOPLE THANK YOU.

>> VICE CHAIRMAN BRUCE RIESER: OKAY, BOB, ANYTHING?

>> DIRECTOR BOB MILNER: I ALREADY SUBMITTED ALL MY

QUESTIONS VIA EMAIL. >> VICE CHAIRMAN BRUCE RIESER: OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS ARE KIND OF , YOU ARE FEELING VERY GRACIOUSLY. I KNOW THAT NOT NECESSARILY PART OF THE STUDY THAT YOU'RE HERE PRESENTING, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING AND BEING HERE AND GIVING US A LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE GOING. SO, WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE, THANK YOU.

SPEECH WILL THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU.

>> VICE CHAIRMAN BRUCE RIESER: OKAY. GREAT. DIRECTORS, I TOOK DOWN NOTES ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT YOU GUYS MADE DURING YOUR COMMENTS TO CARLENE. I DID WANT TO CLARIFY FOR YOU, DIRECTOR NELSON, SHE MENTIONED TO TURN SIGNAL INSTALLATIONS AS A PART OF THE PLANNING FOR THE STUDY, AND THOSE ACTUALLY ARE AT CROWN RIDGE AND KENDALL GREEN FOR THE EXPANSION, SO FROM FOUR-WAY STOPS TO STOP LIGHTS IN THE FUTURE. I DON'T KNOW THE TIMING OF THAT POINT.

>> DIRECTOR JASON NELSON: AND THEN WE CAN PUT THOSE FLASHING SIGNS AND PUT THEM SOMEPLACE ELSE, REPURPOSE THEM.

AVE THOSE COMMENTS, I WANTED TO POINT OUT, YOU HAVE ON THE DAIS WITH YOU, A PRINT OUT SPREADSHEET OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN COLUMN FORM THAT WERE IN THE STUDY AT THIS POINT. UM, OBVIOUSLY MS. MULLINS HIGHLIGHTED AND COVERED MUCH OF WHAT YOU SEE THERE, THAT'S JUST MORE DETAIL FOR YOU. I WOULD WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT WAS NOT DISCUSSED TONIGHT, IN REFERENCE TO THE STUDY, WHICH IS AN EXTENSION OF SOUTH ON A BRIDGE TO EGYPT LANE, SO THE REASON WHY EVERY THIS UP IS THIS IS ALSO A POINT OF DISCUSSION THE BOARD HELD LAST YEAR IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY WAS CONSIDERING AN UPDATE TO THEIR THOROUGHFARE PLAN FOR THE 25 AN UPDATE. AND THE BOARD, AS PART OF ITS RESOLUTION ON THAT PLAN, MAKING COMMENT, DID INCLUDE A REQUEST TO ELIMINATE THAT ROAD FROM THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN. IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, SO IT DOES NOT EXIST IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY THOROUGHFARE PLAN, I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT, BUT IT IS PRELIMINARILY IN THE DRAFT STUDY AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, SO ONE THING THAT THE BOARD MAY WANT TO CONSIDER IS ASKING OR

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HAVING UNIQUE, TO THE EFFECT OF HAVING THAT BE ALIGNED WITH THE MONTEREY COUNTY THOROUGHFARE PLAN. OTHER THAN THAT, I THOUGHT THE SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION, OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT 242, WHILE NOT RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR STUDY, ARE ALSO RELEVANT. AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY THE STOPLIGHT WORK. I CAN OBVIOUSLY CONTACT PRECINCT TWO REQUEST. IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO WITH THAT TODAY OR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. IF THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FOR ME TO A FILE OFFICIALLY WITH HGAC, I THINK THE ONLY THING WE NEED TO DO IS

JUST ACCEPT THE REPORT. >> ANY OBJECTION, CAN I GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT? X MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I. ANY

OPPOSE QUESTION. >> I AM OPPOSED.

>> YOU ARE OPPOSED TO ACCEPTING THE REPORT?

>> THAT IS THE BEST I CAN DO. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE NO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT LEADS, THAT BRINGS US TO

[10. Receive, consider and act upon the results of the 2022 Resident Survey;]

ITEM NUMBER 10, RECEIVE, CONSIDER, AND ACT UPON THE RESULTS OF THE 2022 RESIDENTS SURVEY. AND, UM, HI, NICK.

NICK WALDO. >> HELLO, MR. VICE CHAIRMAN, BUT EVENING, AND GOOD EVENING DIRECTORS. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT. WHAT WE BELIEVE IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US HERE, NOT ONLY AS OUR STAFF MEMBERS, BUT ALSO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. HOW ARE WE DOING AS A TOWNSHIP? AND WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY DONE THIS EVERY TWO YEARS, TWO YEARS AGO, WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, IT WASN'T THE RIGHT TIME TO DO A RESIDENTIAL SURVEY, SO WE ARE TWO YEARS REMOVED FROM THAT, SO WE ARE GOING TO TONIGHT LOOK AT SOME RESULTS COMPARED TO BACK IN 2018, AND THEN 2016 AS WELL, AND SOME AREAS HERE. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT WE GOT THIS PROCESS STARTED, COMPETITIVELY BID, KAREN DEMPSEY AND I WORKED VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER TO FIND, TO ISSUE OUT THAT RFP, AND THEN FIND THE COMPANY THAT COULD DO THIS RESEARCH FOR US. I WANT YOU TO KNOW, AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT STAFF AND BOARD WERE NOT NVOLVED AT ALL IN ANY OF THE, UM, THE QUESTIONNAIRES, THE RESEARCH THAT WENT OUT, THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESIDENTS, THIS IS, THE SURVEY INSTRUMENT WAS PICKED UP FROM 2018, SO IT'S A COMPARISON. 2022 TO 2018. SO, THE RESEARCH COMPANY THAT WE SELECTED IS GREAT LAKES MARKING, DOCTOR LORI DIXON IS HERE TO BRING US THOSE RESULTS, SHE IS FROM OHIO WHERE IT HAS BEEN RAINING, SHE BROUGHT SOME RAIN WITH US HERE TONIGHT, SO WE CAN THANK LORI FOR THAT AS WELL. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS TOTALLY A THIRD-PARTY, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR THAT DID THIS RESEARCH FOR US, THAT SHE WILL TONIGHT TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE FINDINGS THAT YOU HAVE, AND THEN PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK HER ANY QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT HAVE. SO, DOCTOR DIXON, ON UP,

THANK YOU. >> DR. LORI DIXON: ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH YOU. UM, I HAVE BEEN MAKING THESE PRESENTATIONS FOR ABOUT 44 YEARS, AD THIS IS A FUN ONE BECAUSE THE DATA ARE VERY POSITIVE, SO I APPRECIATE THAT POINT SO, IT WILL BE VERY PROUD OF WHAT YOU RESIDENTS ARE THINKING, ALSO. THIS IS A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE KEY QUESTIONS, AND THERE IS A FULL REPORT WITH ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED AFTER WE GET ANY FEEDBACK FROM YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE REPORT IS IN IT. SO, UM, THE PROCESS WAS DESIGNED TO HELP WITH BUDGETING AND RESOURCE PLANNING AND TO MONITOR TRENDS. AS YOU JUST LEARNED, THE SURVEY WAS USED ALMOST IDENTICALLY IN 2018. SIMILAR QUESTIONS WERE IN 2016, AND SOME WERE ACTUALLY 14 AND 10, SO THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY FOR SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS, SO THAT'S WHY THEY WERE NOT CHANGED. WE RANDOMLY SELECTED 7600 HOUSEHOLDS TO RECEIVE THE SURVEY. AND RESPONDENTS, YOUR RESIDENTS WERE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND ONLINE OR TO MAIL THE QUESTIONNAIRE BACK TO US. OR TO, UM, OH, DON'T YOU LOVE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS? OR TWO, UM, GIVE US A CALL. AS IT TURNED OUT, WE DIDN'T GET ANYBODY THAT WANTED TO CALL US, SO OBVIOUSLY THE QUESTIONNAIRE WAS VERY GOOD AND THEY DIDN'T FEEL THE NEED TO CONTACT US. SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE DATA, THAT IF SOMEBODY WAS NOT ABLE TO ANSWER

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THE QUESTION OR CHOSE NOT TO, THOSE WERE CALLED DON'T KNOW ANSWERS OR I PREFER NOT TO ANSWER, AND THOSE ARE REMOVED FROM THE DATA SET. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS WHY WOULD SOMEBODY EVALUATE POOLS OR THE RECREATION IF THEY DON'T USE THEM I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE SATISFIED OR NOT? SO, OVER THE YEARS, THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED AND WE CONTINUED WITH THAT TREND. UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT'S KIND OF INTERESTING TO NOTE IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF INDIVIDUALS CHOSE, AS I SAID, TO RESPOND ONLINE OR BY MAIL. AND THE OPTION TO RESPOND BY MAIL WAS MORE COMMON FOR YOUR OLDER RESIDENTS, AND OPTION TO RESPOND ONLINE WAS MORE PREVALENT AMONG YOUR YOUNGER RESIDENTS. HOWEVER, YOU STILL HAD 28 PERCENT OF THE OLDER RESIDENTS, 55+, WHO CHOSE TO GO ONLINE. SO, THAT'S A VALID FINDING, SO YOU SHOULD ALWAYS CONSIDER OFFERING THAT IN THE FUTURE. WE HAD A 19 PERCENT RESPONSE RATE, WHICH YIELDED 1441 COMPLETED SURVEYS. IF YOU ARE A STATISTICIAN, IT WOULD SAY, WOW, BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY LARGE SAMPLE SIZE, VERY SMALL MARGIN OF ERROR, YOU CAN REST ASSURED THAT THE DATA ARE

REFLECTIVE OF YOUR COMMUNITY. >> VICE CHAIRMAN BRUCE RIESER: IN ACTUAL FACT, I THINK THAT IS SUCH A KEY POINT, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE SURVEY IN 2018, YOU'VE GOT A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RESPONSE RATE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAD TO GO BACK A SECOND TIME, YOU KNOW, TOTRY TO GET ENOUGH , ENOUGH RESPONSES TO HAVE A STATISTICALLY VALID SAMPLE, SO REALLY PLEASED, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU DID GETTING THAT MANY PEOPLE TO RESPOND IS GOOD, THANK YOU.

>> DR. LORI DIXON: I THINK THEY WERE EXCITED TO DO SO, MAYBE IT WAS THAT LITTLE BREAK IN THE MIDDLE THERE THAT HELPED OUT.

SO, LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RESPONDENT PROFILE, EVERY YEAR THAT THE STUDY HAS BEEN DONE, THE DATA ARE WEIGHTED TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OFTHE POPULATION, SO AGAIN, THE RESULTS REFLECT THE RESIDENTS . THE PROFILE CLOSELY ALIGNS WITH 2018, THERE ARE ONLY TWO LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE LITTLE BIT INTERESTING. THIS TIME, THERE WERE FEWER RENTERS THAN IN THE PAST, TO WAVES. I DON'T KNOW THE REASON FOR THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE. AND ALSO, IT SEEMED LIKE THE NUMBER PER HOUSEHOLD SEEMS TO INCREASE A LITTLE BIT, INDICATING THAT THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER THIS YEAR RELATIVE TO OTHER YEARS. SO OF COURSE, ONE MIGHT THINK, THIS WHOLE RENTAL THING HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT, BUT IT DOES NOT. I DETECT THAT, SO ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WHO RENT LIVE ALONE, AND ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T RENT LIVE ALONE, SO IT'S ABOUT THE SAME THING. SO, LET ME JUST SHARE A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. WE ASKED EVERYBODY, WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT LIVING IN THE WOODLANDS? AND 70 PERCENT OR MORE SAID THE BEAUTY OF THE AREA, THE TREES, THE GREENERY, PARKS, WOODS, PATHWAYS, AESTHETICS, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND IT'S SAFE. SO, THE OTHER INTERESTING THING HERE IS EVEN THOUGH YOU ALREADY HAD 70 PERCENT OR MORE , UM, THE ONES THAT HAVE A STAR THAT PARKS AND WOODS AND PATHWAY AND THE AESTHETICS NEAT AND CLEAN, BOTH ARE UP EIGHT POINTS FROM 2018. AGAIN, THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT JUMP WHEN YOU ARE ALREADY HAD A VERYPOSITIVE .

THE WAY THE QUESTION WAS WORDED IS A COULD HAVE SELECTED AS MANY ANSWERS AS THEY WANTED, THAT'S WHY EVERYTHING ADDS TO WELL OVER 100 PERCENT. THE REST OF THESE ALSO INCREASED OR STAYED THE SAME IN TERMS OF SATISFACTION. SO, BETWEEN 50 AND 60 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS SAID THEY LIKED THAT IT WAS QUIET AND PEACEFUL, THE EDUCATION, THE SHOPPING, AND THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS AND PEOPLE. AND BETWEEN 40 AND 49 PERCENT SAID THE LOCATION AND THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY. BUT ACROSS THE BOARD, EVERY ONE OF THESE FACTORS INCREASED OR STAYED THE SAME, NOTHING WAS LOWER IN SATISFACTION RELATIVE TO 2018. WE ALSO ASKED HOW THEY WOULD RATE THESE SERVICES IN TERMS OF IMPORTANCE, AND AGAIN, THE NUMBERS ARE QUITE HIGH, SO 94 PERCENT OR MORE SAID THE FOLLOWING WERE IMPORTANT. MAINTAINING PATHWAYS STREETSCAPES, FIRE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY, CRIME, GARBAGE COLLECTION, SUSTAINING

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THE TREES, PARKS AND RECREATION. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE. AND AGAIN, ALL OF THESE WERE ABOUT THE SAME AS IN 2018. THEY WERE ABLE TO RATE THE IMPORTANCE OF 17 FACTORS.

THESE ARE THE SEVEN MOST IMPORTANT. WE CAN LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING FACTORS AND AGAIN, THEY CAN ONLY SAY THAT SOMETHING WAS IMPORTANT OR NOT IMPORTANT. BUT IF YOU LOOK AGAIN AT 2018 VERSUS 2022, THE NUMBERS ARE VERY STABLE, WITH ALL OF THE THINGS ON THE LEFT. THE PLANNING, RECYCLING, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE ALMOST THE SAME. JUST A COUPLE OF DIFFERENCES, AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, ETC., DOWN TO INFLUENCING GROWTH. ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAD AT LEAST 60 PERCENT, SAID THAT THESE WERE IMPORTANT FACTORS. A COUPLE OF THINGS TO NOTE, IMPROVING MOBILITY WAS LESS IMPORTANT. NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH WAS LESS IMPORTANT, AND INFLUENCING GROWTH WAS CONSIDERED TO BE LESS IMPORTANT. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE THE REASON FOR THAT, AND IT MIGHT BE THAT THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT IT'S BEING HANDLED. IT MIGHT BE A PERCEPTION THAT IT'S BEING HANDLED BY OTHER ENTITIES, BUT THEY DID GO DOWN ENOUGH TO BE WORTHY. WE ALSO THEN SAID HOW SATISFIED THEY ARE WITH THE FOLLOWING, AND THESE NUMBERS AGAIN ARE VERY HIGH, SO 96 PERCENT OR MORE SAID THAT THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, EMERGENCY, MEDICAL, GARBAGE, PARKS, RECYCLING, SWIMMING POOLS, AND RECREATION PROGRAMS. 96 PERCENT IS REALLY HI, JUST SO YOU KNOW, SO REALLY GOOD. AS I SAID, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR LONG TIME AND I ALWAYS FIND THAT 10 PERCENT OF PEOPLE ARE JUST IN A BAD MOOD THE DATA TAKE THE SURVEY, SO WE ALWAYS FIND THAT YOU GET OVER 90 PERCENT, YOU'RE REALLY DOING WELL, MEETING THE NEEDS OF YOUR VERY DIVERSE RESIDENTIAL POOL, SO I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE SUMMARIES. UM, WE SAID HOW WOULD YOU RATE YOUR SATISFACTION, THERE IS 17 FACTORS, SO THESE RATED A LITTLE BIT LOWER, BUT AGAIN, THEY WERE ALL SATISFACTION SCORES BETWEEN 85 AND 94 PERCENT. FOR THE NEXT TIER, THE CRIME PREVENTION, MAINTAINING THE PATHWAYS, ETC., YOU CAN SEE ON THE SIDE. SO AGAIN, THE SATISFACTION RATES WERE VERY HIGH. A COUPLE OF LITTLE VARIANCES, THE SATISFACTION WITH MAINTAINING PATHWAYS AND STREETSCAPES WENT FROM 87 PERCENT UP TO 93 PERCENT. INCREASE OF SIX POINTS. WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY PTHAT HIGH, TO GET HIGHER, THAT'S DEFINITELY A NOTEWORTHY INCREASE. AND THEN THE SATISFACTION WITH THE WHAT I AM GOING TO CALL THE THIRD TIER, THIS IS STILL 70 PERCENT, UP TO 82 PERCENT. A COUPLE OF NOTABLE IMPROVEMENTS WHERE THAT COVENANT DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THE IMPROVING MOBILITY. SO, UM, A FEW PEOPLE, NOT A LOT, BUT A FEW PEOPLE WERE DISSATISFIED, AND THEY DID SHARE WHY. WE DID ASK THEM WHY. AND THEY WERE ALLOWED TO GET SOMECOMMENTS . YOU COULD PROBABLY ASSUME WHAT THEY WOULD BE. MOBILITY ISSUES, IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THEY RATED AS POOR, UM, IT WAS TYPICALLY TOO MUCHTRAFFIC , GETTING WORSE, OR TOO MUCH GROWTH. IF THEY WERE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, IT WAS MOSTLY TOO MUCH SPEEDING, NOT ENOUGH CONTROL . AND IF THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT GROWTH, IT WAS THE CROWDS AND THE IMPACT ON GREEN SPACES. SO, ALL OF THE COMMENTS ARE ACCUMULATED IN A BINDER AND THEY ARE ALL AVAILABLE FOR YOUR REVIEW. WE ALSO ASKED HOW HE WOULD RATE THE SERVICES OF THE TOWNSHIP TODAY, IN TERMS OF VALUE FOR THE MONEY, SO, REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION. AND YOU CAN SEE OVER HERE, AGAIN, IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE THAT FROM 25 PERCENT IN 2018 UP TO 33 PERCENT ARE NOW IN THE TOP BOX, A VERY GOOD VALUE FOR THE MONEY. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS TREND AND ADD THE VERY GOOD VALUE AND GOOD VALUE TOGETHER, YOU ARE AT 95 PERCENT. IT WAS 92 PERCENT

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FOUR YEARS AGO OR SIX YEARS AGO, IT WAS 89. BACK IN 2014, IT WAS 76. SO, EACH TIME THE SURVEY HAS BEEN DONE, THERE HAS BEEN A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SAY THEY ARE GETTING VERY GOOD OR GOOD VALUE FOR THE MONEY. THIS THIS GROUP HERE THAT IS SAYING THAT THEY GET VERY GOOD VALUE FOR THE MONEY. I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES THEM SAY THAT AND WHAT, UM, MAYBE WOULD MAKE THEM NOT SAY THAT, SO HERE'S JUST A FEW PIECES OF INFORMATION TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THOSE THAT ARE SAYING THEY GET VERY GOOD VALUE FOR THE MONEY. COMPARED TO THOSE WHO SAY THEY DON'T GET GOOD VALUE FOR THE MONEY.

THOSE WHO ARE MOST POSITIVE ABOUT VALUES SAY THAT THE WOODLANDS IS NICE AND FRIENDLY AND OFFERS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. THOSE WHO DO NOT SAY THAT ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE DISENGAGED, AND IT RESPONSE THAT THEY ARE LESS ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY LIFE, THEY ARE LESS SATISFIED WITH ALL OF THINGS THAT ARE LISTED, SUCH AS MAINTAINING THE MEDIANS, THE GROWTH, SUSTAINING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, AND TRACKING BUSINESS PLANNING ON THE FUTURE. THOSE AT GOOD VALUE ARE MORE POSITIVE ABOUT THOSE THINGS THAN THOSE WHO PERCEIVE THAT THEY ARE GETTING NOT GOOD VALUE. SAME WITH THE COVENANT DEED RESTRICTION ENFORCEMENT, UM, POSITIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, FEELING SAFER, AND DEVELOPMENT IS JUST RIGHT.

SO, THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON WHAT MIGHT MAKE THOSE WERE SAYING THEY GET POOR VALUE, WHAT'S INFLUENCING THEIR THINKING. WITH RESPECT TO COVENANT AND DEED RESTRICTIONS, ABOUT 61 PERCENT SAY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT POINT YOU CAN SEE IF YOU HAVE VERY IMPORTANT AND SOMEWHAT APARTMENT TOGETHER, THAT ONLY LEAVES ABOUT SEVEN PERCENT WERE SAYING THEY ARE NOT IMPORTANT. AND WE HAVE COMPARABLE NUMBERS WHO ARE SAYING IT'S EFFECTIVE OR SOMEWHAT EFFECTIVE, AND VERY FEW LEFT OVER WHO SAY THAT THEY ARE NOT EFFECTIVE AT ALL. FOR ME, WHAT I ALWAYS LOOK AT IS I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT THE COVENANTS AND DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE VERY EFFECTIVE OR SOMEWHAT EFFECTIVE, SO, 91 PERCENT OF THOSE WHO FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY THAT SAY, HEY, IT'S IMPORTANT, THEY ALSO AGREED TO EFFECTIVE. SO, THAT ALSO GIVES YOU, UM, A SENSE OF HOW PEOPLE ARE FEELING. THE EFFECTIVENESS ALSO HAS HOW EFFECTIVE THEY AR , IT HAS REMAINED PRETTY STEAD , AND THE IMPORTANCE HAS ALSO REMAINED PRETTY STEADY SINCE 2014. WHEN THAT, THOSE QUESTIONS WERE ASKED. WAYS TO STAY INFORMED, NOW, THIS QUESTION WAS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOW DO YOU PRIMARILY LEARN OR HEAR ABOUT ACTIVITIES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR VILLAGE? KIND OF BUNDLED THEM INTO THE TRADITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION, SUCH WOULD BE THE ENERGY MAGAZINE, THE COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER, AND WORD-OF-MOUTH. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT ACTIVITIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH THESE THREE TRADITIONAL SOURCES, AND THEN ALSO THROUGH THE SOCIAL AND DIGITAL SOURCES, THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE, THE FACEBOOK PAGE, HELLO WOODLANDS, AND WOODLANDS ONLINE. THE VILLAGE , THAT HAD SHOWN UP IN PRIVATE PREVIOUS YEARS, REALLY KIND OF FELL OFF. IT HAS DECREASED FROM 44 PERCENT, WHEN THE STUDY WAS DONE IN 2018. TYPICALLY, WHEN WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT OFTEN, OLDER RESIDENTSPROBABLY ARE USING ONLINE . BUT IN FACT, THE WOODLANDS ONLINE IS USED BOTH BY YOUR YOUNGEST AND OLDEST RESIDENCE, SO, UM, I ALWAYS LIKE TO BRING THAT UP, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE THINKING THAT OLDER ADULTS ARE NOT ONLINE, BECAUSE THEY ARE. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT'S KIND OF INTERESTING AND IT'S A NATIONAL TREND, THE COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER, THE YOUNGER AUDIENCE IS NOT SO MUCH INTO THAT POINT DOWN TO 37 PERCENT WHO RELY ON IT. AND YOUR OLDER ADULTS 55 AND OLDER, ABOUT 55 PERCENT OF THEM USE THE NEWSPAPER. SO, IF I WOULD SEE NUMBERS LIKE THIS, I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU USE A VARIETY OF TOOLS AND MAINTAIN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ALL USING

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DIFFERENT WAYS CONSISTENTLY WITH HOW THEY WANT TO GET INFORMATION. KIND OF A TREND THAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR COMMUNITY AS WELL, IS THAT YOUNGER ADULTS WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE WEBSITE. SO, ACTUALLY, USING YOUR TOWNSHIP WEBSITE IS MOST POPULAR AMONG YOUR YOUNGEST PRESIDENTS. THEY JUST LIKE TO GO RIGHT TO THE SOURCE. COMMUNICATION WITH THE TOWNSHIP STAFF IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN BEFORE, SO WAY BACK IN 2010, ONLY 22 PERCENT SAID THEY CONTACTED A MEMBER OF TOWNSHIP STAFF, WHERE AS THIS YEAR, 49 PERCENT HAVE CONTACTED A MEMBER OF THE TOWNSHIP STAFF, SO MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING INVOLVED IN TALKING. HOWEVER, THE SATISFACTION LEVELS WITH THAT COMMUNICATION REMAIN VERY HIGH. IF IT'S REGARDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, IT'S AS HIGH AS 99 PERCENT. THE LEAST POSITIVE IS COVENANTS OF DEEDS, WHICH STILL IS 81 PERCENT SATISFACTION.

HIGHER THAN 76 PERCENT BACK IN 2016. SO, MORE PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED AND SATISFACTION REMAINS HIGH. DEVELOPMENT IN THE WOODLANDS, THE RESPONDENTS WERE OFFERED TO SAY THAT THE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT WAS JUST RIGHT, IT WAS OVERDEVELOPED, OR UNDERDEVELOPED. NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE SAID UNDERDEVELOPED, AS YOU PROBABLY WOULD IMAGINE. IT HAS BEEN THREE PERCENT SINCE THE VERY FIRST QUESTION WAS ASKED, UM, BACK IN 2014. JUST RIGHT AT 52 PERCENT, AND OVERDEVELOPED AT 45 PERCENT.

THOSE WERE SAYING OVERDEVELOPED TEND TO BE YOUR OLDER RESIDENTS AND THOSE WHO SAY THAT IT IS, UM, OVERDEVELOPED AMONG THE YOUNGER ONES, IT FALLS TO ONLY 25 PERCENT SO, THERE'S A PERFECT CORRELATION THAT THE LEVEL WHERE THE PERCENTAGE SAYING IT'S OVERDEVELOPED CORRELATES PERFECTLY, UM, WITH THE AGE OF THE RESIDENT. WITH RESPECT TO RESIDENTS SAFETY, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, SAME LEVEL OF SAFETY IS ABOUT 60 PERCENT RELATIVE TO TWO YEARS AGO, AND 33 PERCENT SAY THEY ARE LESS SAFE. HOWEVER, BACK IN 2016, 35 PERCENT SAID THEY WERE LESS SAFE, SO IN ESSENCE, IT REALLY HASN'T CHANGED SINCE THE QUESTIONS STARTED TO BE ASKED IN 2016. A NEW QUESTION ADDED THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC, WAS TO LEARN HOW MANY MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD WERE WORKING FULLY REMOTE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE GUESSED, BUT THE RESPONDENTS INDICATE THAT 45 PERCENT HAVE AT LEAST ONE PERSON WORKING FULLY REMOTE FROM THE HOUSEHOLD. WE ALSO WANTED TO KNOW HOW MANY WORK IN THE WOODLANDS AND HOW MANY WORK OUTSIDE WOODLANDS. ANDY CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE FEWER WORKERS OVERALL. BECAUSE THE NON-CATEGORY, THE DARK 55 PERCENT SAY NONE OF THEM ARE WORKING FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME.

AND THEN OUTSIDE THE WOODLANDS, YOU CAN SEE WORKING INSIDE THE WOODLANDS, IT'S THE SAME THING. SO, THERE IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE NOT WORKING ANYWHERE THEN IN 2018. ALL RIGHT, THAT IS A WHOLE LOT OF DATA, VERY VERY FAST. BUT WE CAN KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. UM, IF SOMETHING COMES UP ANYONE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION, WE HAVE WHAT I CALL UPDATED TABLES OR SEGMENTS WITHIN THE DATA THAT NICK HAS, SO YOU CAN ALWAYS GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ALWAYS RUN THE DATA SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY, SO IF YOU'RE WONDERING IF PEOPLE IN A PARTICULAR VILLAGE OR PEOPLE OF A PARTICULAR AGE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS, AS LONG AS THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO BACK AND FIND THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION FOR

YOU. >> VICE CHAIRMAN BRUCE RIESER: OKAY, DOCTOR DIXON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NICE TO SEE THAT, UM, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THOSE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY

EXTRAORDINARY. >> DR. LORI DIXON: THEY ARE, AND I DIDN'T EVEN STUFF THE BALLOT BOX.

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>> AM REALLY GLAD THAT YOU ADMITTED THAT PUBLICLY, BECAUSE CERTAINLY AT SOME POINT, SOME BRIGHT SPOT MIGHT ACTUALLY ACCUSE US OF THAT. I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR, LIKE I SAID, TO ME, I THINK THE THING THAT STRIKES ME THE MOST, UM, IS THAT YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB WITH GETTING A MUCH BROADER SAMPLE THEN WE SEEN. I WASN'T HERE FOR 14, BUT CERTAINLY 16 AND 18 POINT SO, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WHATEVER CHANGES YOU'VE MADE, UM, WE ARE GETTING MORE PEOPLE RESPONDING. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE GETTING MORE PEOPLE RESPONDED, THE NUMBERS ARE REMAINING CONSISTENT, SO IT'S NOT LIKE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE RETURNING SURVEYS ARE

PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHAPPY. >> SO, THE NUMBERS BEING AS STABLE AND STEADY AS THEY ARE REALLY SHOW THAT WE'VE GOT A NICE SAMPLE THIS YEAR, ALONG WITH PRIOR YEARS. IT REALLY DOES INDICATE THAT THE SAMPLING HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRETTY GOOD.

> VICE CHAIRMAN BRUCE RIESER: OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS?

>> OUT OF CURIOSITY, YOU MADE THE COMMENT SEVERAL TIMES THAT, HOW PLEASED WE SHOULD BE AT THE HIGH-RANKING. EVEN THE LOW RANKING WAS HIGH. WHAT IS THE AVERAGE, UM, FROM OTHER STUDIES THAT YOU'VE DONE, DOCTOR DIXON? IS IT IN THE 70S OR LOW 90S,

HIGH 80S? >> DR. LORI DIXON: MOST COMMUNITIES ARE PRETTY HAPPY, I THINK 85 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT HALF OF THAT GRADE. MOST OF THEM WOULD BE HAPPY, AND I WOULD FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT MAKING A PRESENTATION IF I GOT TO SAY NUMBERS FOR AN 85 PERCENT POSITIVE. THESE NUMBERS ARE VERY HIGH.

>> THE OTHER, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU THE REST OF THE BOARD, I THINK THE CHIEF IS OUT THERE AND HE WAS WAVING HIS ARMS AT ONE POINT, I DON'T KNOW IF HE COULD HEAR US OR NOT, BUT PERHAPS WE MIGHT INVITE HIM TO CONGRATULATE THE HIGH PERCENTAGE NUMBERS THAT HE RECEIVED CONSISTENTLY.

>> VICE CHAIRMAN BRUCE RIESER: PLEASE CONFIRM FOR THE REST OF THE PUBLIC THAT THE RANDOM SAMPLE INCLUDED ONLY

FIREFIGHTERS. [LAUGHING] >> I THINK ALSO, ONE MORE THING, THE COMFORT LEVEL WITH THE SAFETY AND THE WOODLANDS AND THE SUPPORT THAT THEY FEEL FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SAFETY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ALSO THOSE OF YOU AN AUDIENCE WHO REPRESENT THAT PIECE OF OUR COLLABORATION SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. SO,

>> MAY I ASK A QUESTION? PLEASE. DOCTOR DIXON, REGARDING THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE, I KNOW IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST USED DIGITAL FORMATS, DO YOU HAVE ANY INPUT ON HOW WE COULD IMPROVE OUR WEBSITE OR ARE THERE PLACES THAT WE SHOULD LOOK TO THAT HAVE OUTSTANDING MUNICIPAL WEBSITES?

>> DR. LORI DIXON: BOY, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, NO, I CAN'T

THINK OF ANY OFFHAND. BUT. >> YOU DO MOVE AROUND. SO, IN YOUR TRAVELS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BEST IN CLASS, THE BEST IN CLASS. IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. YOU PROBABLY DID ASK, ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE WEBSITE? > DR. LORI DIXON: WE DID ASK SATISFACTION WITH IT, WE JUST ASKED IF THEY USED TO. THE PERCENTAGE USE AMONG THE YOUNGER AUDIENCE WAS PRETTY HIGH, BUT THAT'S A TREND THAT WE SEE, THAT YOUNGER ADULTS JUST WANT FACT, AND THEY GO TO THE SOURCE. AND THEN THEY ALSO SUPPORT IT WITH OTHER FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK, BUT IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A FACT, THEY WILL GO TO WEBSITES. SCHOOL AND I WANT TO MAKE A NOTE, MAYBE IN THE NEXT SURVEY, SPECIFICALLY ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT EASE OF USE, EASE OF NAVIGATION, ETC. YOU FIND WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR KIND OF THING. SO, WE CAN GET A GAUGE ON THAT. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, SPENT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT UPGRADING THE WEBSITE, AND IT'S CONSIDERABLY BETTER THAN IT WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO. I THINK THAT, UM, THERE IS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION ON THEWEBSITE. I PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, ME PERSONALLY, WHEN I'M GOING THROUGH , I HAVE TO WORK REALLY HARD TO FIND WHAT I REALLY NEED. SO, I DO THINK THAT SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA WOULD BE GOOD.

>> DR. LORI DIXON: I WILL MAKE A NOTE.

>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CAN I

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GET A MOTION AND THE SECOND CUSTOMER.

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

>> ACCEPT. >> SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I. ANY OPPOSED, ANY EXTENSIONS CUSTOMER COMMOTION IS CARRIED. OKAY, I THINK WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY, SO WE WILL NOW REASSESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS MATTERS OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.002 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE LIBERATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. DISCUSS PERSONAL MATTERS, PERSONNEL MATTERS. SECTION 551.074. NOT PERSONAL, BUT PERSONNEL. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, DISCUSS IT NETWORK OR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY, PURSUANT OF SECTION 551.089, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, TO CONSULT WITH WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY, PURSUANT OF SECTION 551.071. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. WE ARE IN RECESS. IT IS 7:29

[12. Reconvene in public session;]

OKAY WE ARE BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION THERE ARE NO ACTIONS COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION SO WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 13, CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. WORD ANNODASHBO

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