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SO, THAT'S THE UPDATE FFROM INDIAN SPRINGS. >> THANK YOU, MICHAEL. AND

NEXT, MATTHEW BARNS WITH PANTHER CREEK. >> GOOD EVENING, BOBOARD OF DIRECTORS. AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER ARE OUR SLOWER MONTHS FOR PANTHER CREEK WITH KIDS GOING

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BACK TO SCHOOL AND EVERYBODY GETTING BACK INTO THINGS. SO, WE'VE BEEN TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN FOR THE FALL AND WINTER, I HAVE THREE THINGS TO TELL YOU ABOUT. OCTOBER 8TH, AT MEADOW LAKE PARK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FIRST ANNUAL MOVIE NIGHT. AND THE DETAILS OF THAT ARE TO BE DETERMINED. AND THEN, OUR OCTOBER 13TH MEETING, WILL NOT BE HERE IT WILL BE AT THE STERLING RIDGE KROGER. AND WE'RE CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO MEET LOCAL CANDIDATES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING. AND DECEMBER 3RD IS THE OFFICIAL DATE FOR THE FLEE MARKET WHICH WILL STILL BE AT THE PAVILION PARKING GARAGE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GOOD

EVENING. >> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: THANK YOU, MATTHEW. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER VILLAGE ASSOCIATION'S REPRESENTATIVES HERE? IF NOT WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO

ACCEPT THE REPORTS. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >>

(CHORUS OF AYES). >> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: ANY OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA?

>> ONE THING, PLEASE, I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE AGENDA 7-A, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SERSERVICES

AGREEMENT WITH HARRIS COUNTY. >> OKAY. DO WE HAVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF OUR

CONSENT AGENDA EXCLUDING ITEMS 7-A. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >>

(CHORUS OF AYES). >> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: WE WILL NOW TAKE AGENDA ITEM 7-A.

>> KAREN? >> YES. >> THERE WE GO. THIS IS JUST THE ANNUAL AGREEMENT, IF YOU RECALL IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, RATHER THAN APPROVING FOR THE FULL YEAR, IT WAS JUST FOR A 9 MONTH TERM AND THAT IS BECAUSE HARRIS COUNTY IS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THEIR BUDGET CALENDAR SO IT WILL ACTUALLY BE AN OCTOBER-SEPTEMBER BUDGET.

SO, THESE ARE THE POSITIONS THAT ARE TYPICALLY INCLUDED. DURING THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, THE BOARD DID TALK ABOUT ADDING THAT ONE ADDITIONAL MEMBER. AND BECAUSE OF THE PROCESS THAT HARRIS COUNTY USES, IN ORDER TO ADD THAT ADDITIONAL POSITION FIRST, THIS BOARD NEEDS TO ADOPT IT'S AGENDA THAT INCLUDES THE FUNDING, BUT THEN IN ADDITION, WE WILL NEED TO GET THE REVISED AGREEMENT FROM HARRIS COUNTY, AND WE AREN'T SURE AT THIS POINT, IF THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US A REVISED AGREEMENT THAT INCLUDES THE ADDITIONAL OR IF WE'RE AMENDING THIS ONE, IT

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DEPENDS ON THE TIMES OF WHETHER IT GOES TO THTHEIR COMMISSIONER COURT.

>> SO, DID THEY EXPRESS ANY CONCERN ABOUT THE ONGOING NATURE OF, I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU TALKED

TO, BUT, ARE YOU TALKING TO CONSTABLE HERMAN'S OFFICE? >> THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE.

>> THE OFFICE? >> YES. >> DID THEY EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE RELATIONSHIP GOING FORWARD? I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE IN TODAY'S CHRONICLE THERE WAS AN ARTICLE, TODAY, FRONT-PAGE IT SAYS "THE STATE CONTROLLER THREATENED THE COUNTY BUDGET BECAUSE OF THE DEFUNDING THE CONSTABLES" IT'S NOT A MAJOR DEFUNDING BUT PARTIAL. I WAS CURIOUS IF THERE WAS ANYTHING DISCUSSED ON HIS PART OR YOUR PART.

>> WE'VE NOT HAD ANY CONCERN AND THE CONTRACT DID ORIGINAL NATURE WITH THE COUNTY. SO, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE STATUS OF WHERE IT IS. AND ANY ACTIONS THAT THEY MAY BE TAKING, I'M NOT

AWARE OF THOSE, BUT, THEY ARE NOT SPECIFIC TO OUR CONTRACT. >> THANK YOU."

>> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND

TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 7-A? >> MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >

(CHORUS OF AYES). >> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: ANY OPPOSED. AGENDA 8, RECEIVE AND

ACT UPON OUR 2022 PARKS AND RECREATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT. >> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT THIS PRESENTATION WITH OUR CONSULTANT. MR. ROBINSON, HE'S BEEN OUR

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PROJECT MANAGER AND HAS DONE A LOT OF THE PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS AND HE'LL EXPLAIN THE PROCESS AND GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND I WILL REVIEW MORE INFORMATION WITH THE BOARD ABOUT WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THIS MORNING WITH SOME NEW PACKAGES THAT WE DISCUSSED.

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, BOARD OF DIRECTORS. >> SO, WE PRESENTED, LAST MONTH, A DRAFT OF THIS PRESENTATION. FOR MANY OF YOU, NOT ALL OF YOU WERE PRESENT, SO,

GOOD TO SEE THE NEW FACES. ? >> I'M HUGO COLON I'M SENIOR DESIGN AT ROBINSON. TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT A SECOND VERSION OF REVISED PRESENTATION. AND TODAY'S GOALS WILL BE, LIKE CHRIS SAID, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT RECAP. SOME OF OUR DATA COLLECTION ANALYSIS, JUST A SUMMARY FROM WHAT WE INTRODUCED LAST MONTH. SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN I'LL HAND IT OFF TO CHRIS FOR MORE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND FUNDING RELATED ITEMS. SO, WE STARTED THIS PROJECT IN FEBRUARY, MORE OR LESS, AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE PROJECT, THE FIRST ONE BEING THE UNDERSTAND PHASE WHICH IS UNDERSTANDING THE WOOLDANDS AS A COMMUNITY AND THE PARK SYSTEM. WE STARTED BY UNDERSTANDING THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND DIFFERENT INFORMATION RELATED TO THAT, THE HIGHLIGHTS, IT'S EXPECTING 11% POPULATION GROWTH WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, 34 OF THOSE BEING 55 YEARS AND OLDER. AND WE STUDIED RECREATIONAL TRENDS NATIONWIDE, AND UNDERSTANDING THE TRENDS NATIONWIDE, AQUATIC, WALKING, SOCCER, IT TENNIS AMONG OTHERS, AND ALSO OUTDOOR RECREATION, TRAIL RUNNING, FISHING, HIKING AND BIKING. BUT, WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE ENGAGED IN EIGHT VILLAGE ASSOCIATION MEETINGS. AND WE HAD AN ONLINE SURVEY FOR WHICH WE RECEIVED MORE THAN 2,000 RESPONSES. NOW, IN THOSE SURVEYS WE HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS, GREAT COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS, AND, IT TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PARK SYSTEM FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND WE JUST HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WITH THE PONDS TODAY. NOW, THE OTHER THING WE ASSESSED, OBVIOUSLY, IS THE PARK SYSTEM ITSELF. SO, UNDERSTANDING THE 150 PARKS IN THE SYSTEM, RECREATION CENTERS, BOAT HOUSES, SWIMMING POOLS, SPRAY GROUND AND PATHWAYS. WE DID THAT THROUGH MAPPING AND ALSO THROUGH 38 VISITS FOR 38 PARKS IN THE SYSTEM. WE WANTED TO CAPTURE A REPRESENTATION OF EACH TYPE OF PARK IN THE VILLAGE AND THAT WAS OUR GOAL AND SO WE VISITED 38 PARKS. WE ALSO REVIEWED THE AMENITY INVENTORY, PROVIDED BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, UNDERSTANDING IT IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND DIFFERENT GAPS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE EXISTING INVENTORY. WE STARTED FIELD UTILIZATION, FOR WHICH, ARTIFICIAL TURF, MULTI-PURPOSE FIELDS ARE USED 91% LAST YEAR. THERE WERE ALSO 28 TOURNAMENTS LAST YEAR. WE DID CONDUCT A LEVEL OF SERVICE TO UNDERSTAND EXISTING NEEDS, HOW IS THE PARK SYSTEM ADDRESSING EXISTING NEEDS, BUT, ALSO PROJECTING 15 YEARS FROM NOW, WHAT ARE THOSE NEEDS, NEEDED. AND WE COUPLED THE LEVEL OF SERVICE ANALYSIS WITH PUBLIC FEEDBACK AND OUR OBSERVATIONS TO COME UP WITH A LIST OF AMENITIES AND FACILITIES THAT COULD ADD IN ORDER TO MEET THOSE NEEDS IN THE LONG-TERM, IN 15 YEARS. SO ONE PARK, AT LEAST TWO BASKETBALL COURTS, TWO DOG PARKS, ONE EDUCATION CENTER, A MULTI-PURPOSE FIELDS, PICKLE BALL COURTS IS A FAMOUS ONE. RESERVABLE PAVILIONS, TENNIS COURTS AT LEAST NINE, AND COMMUNITY GARDENS, AT LEAST TWO. WITH THAT, WE TOOK THOSE

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FINDINGS, AND THOSE FACILITIES, WE LEVELLED UP THESE GOALS THAT WE WANTED TO MEET. ONE IS RECREATIONAL TOURISM TO IMPROVE THE CAPACITY OF THE FACILITIES AND AMENITIES TO RESPOND TO EXISTING COMMUNITY NEEDS WHILE SUPPORTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GOALS. THE SECOND GOAL IS COMMUNITY RESPONSIVE. SO, ENHANCE DIVERSITY AND EXPERIENCE OF THE PARK SYSTEM BY DRAWING ON COMMUNITY INPUT, DEMOGRAPHICS AND NATIONAL TRENDS. AND THE THIRD GOAL FEA FEA FEATURED PARKS AND RECREATION.

WITH THOSE THREE GOALS IN MIND. BASED ON OUR OBSERVATION AND STUDY, WE CAME UP WITH, AND THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY, OF DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXISTING PARKS WHICH YOU SEE ON THE MAP.

AND THESE ARE THE GOALS TO THE LEFT. BUT, ALSO LARGER SCALE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THREE PARKS, TWO EXISTING AND ONE NEW PARK. THE TWO EXISTING PARKS ARE ALDON RIDGE PARK WHERE WE'RE ASKING FOR MORE SOCIAL INTERACTION. ALDEN BRIDGE SPORTS PARK WHICH IS THE ONLY PARK THAT YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR INCREASE OF AMENITIES, WE'RE RECOMMENDING ADDITIONAL PARKING AND FIELD IMPROVEMENTS AND NEW FIELD SAYS. AND SOUTH GOSLING WILL BE THE NEW PARK. IT'S A PROPERTY THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION HAS ACCESS TO PART OF THE PROPERTY TO ADD NEW AMENITIES, AND THAT COULD BECOME A NEW TOWN WIDE PARK. NOW, I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO ALL OF THESE P BECAUSE, CHRIS WILL JUMP INTO MORE DETAIL ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUNDING. SO, I'LL STOP THERE

AND CHRIS, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE OVER. >>>

>> THANK YOU, HUGO. THIS IS AN EX-TENSE OF THE PRESENTATION YOU JUST SAW, AS WELL AS AN EXTENSION OF THE PRESENTATION FROM THIS MORNING. WE ATTEMPTED TO LOOK AT ALL THE PROJECTS IDENTIFIED ACROSS THE INVENTORY OF PROJECTS BASED ON THE THREE GOAL THAT IS HUGO IDENTIFIED.

AND WE LOOKED AT THOSE AND TRIED TO PUT THEM INTO SHORT, MID-TERM IMMEDIATE GOALS OVER THE NEXT FIVE PLUS OR MINUS YEARS. WHAT WE LOOKED AT HERE ON A TOWNWIDE LEVEL WAS IDENTIFYING VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS AT SPORT'S FIELDS, ONE BEING THE REST ROOM, THAT WOULD BE THE BUNKER REST ROOM, THAT'S ONE OF THE LEAST FAVORITE REST ROOMS IN OUR SYSTEM I THINK BY A NUMBER OF OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR PARK USERS, WHICH INCLUDES VISITORS FROM OUTSIDE. THE OTHER FACTOR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS LOOKING AT SYSTEM-WIDE REPLACING LEDS ON THE SPORT'S FIELD THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, THE LEDS ARE MORE COST EFFICIENT AS WELL AS SAVINGS IN THE LONG RUN THAT WILL PAY FOR ITSELF VERSUS REDUCED DEMAND CHARGES AND CONSUMPTION CHARGES. THE PLAYGROUND AT GOSLING FIELD IS POPULAR AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING THAT AMENITY. IN GOSLING, THE LED LIGHTS GET REPLACED, LOOKING AT ADDING A TURF FIELD FOUR, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AN ADDITIONAL STUDY IN 2023 TO SEE IF THAT WORKS BASED ON CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE THERE.

AND THEN WE GO INTO THE ALDEN BRIDGE SPORT'S PARK. THERE'S BEEN CONTINUOUS CHALLENGES WITH PARKING IN THAT FACILITY. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PARKING SPACES FOR THE USES OF THAT PARK. THERE'S A LARGE EXPANSION OF PARKING, WE'RE MOVING FIELDS TO PUT IN PARKING BUT ALSO BRINGING BACK SOME OF THOSE FIELDS IN ARTIFICIAL TURF, AS WELL AS ADDING A PLAYGROUND, A SECOND REST ROOM AND A TRAIL THAT CAN ACCESS TO THE PARK AS WELL. WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE DIAGRAM OF THE PARK THAT ROBINSON DEVELOPED. THE HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW WOULD BE THE IMPROVEMENTS, YOU SEE A CIRCULAR PARKING LOT THROUGHOUT THE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL AREA, WHERE, AN EXTENSION OF PARKING THROUGH TO ALMOST THE PROPERTY LINE, SOME OF THE DIRECTORS COMMENTED

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THAT IF WE CAN'T GET ACCESS TO THE EAST, WE COULD GO THROUGH OUR OWN PROPERTY, WE COULD LOOK AT THAT AS WELL AS THAT AREA THAT IS JUST SOUTH OF THAT PARKING LOT. AND THAT'S WHERE THE REST ROOMS AND PLAYGROUND ARE, AND THEN ADDING TWO FIELDS THERE. THAT IS ABOUT A $10 MILLION KIND OF PHASE ONE OF ALDEN BRIDGE SPORT'S PARK. AND THAT LEAVES TWO ADDITIONAL TURF FIELDS OR POTENTIALLY GRASS FIELDS AND REDOING A BASEBALL FIELD AND POTENTIALLY EXPANDING ONE OF THESE FIELDS TO GET GREATER LENGTH AND USE THERE. REST ROOMS WERE A CONCERN. SOME OF OUR PICKLE BALL TENNIS COURT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE COMING FORTH TO PROVIDE INPUT ON THAT.

AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THESE YELLOW COLORS ARE THE 2023-2024-2025 IS WHERE WE SEE GROUPING OF PROJECTS THAT CAN BE DONE AND GAIN SCALE IN BIDDING. THE LEDS, THAT'S A QUICK PROJECT THAT COULD BE DONE. BECAUSE AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER THIS MORNING THROUGH CO-OP PURCHASING OR A CONTRACTOR. ADDING ONE TO CREEKSIDE PARK AND MOVING ON INTO REST ROOMS IN LAKE SIDE, CREEKWOOD, AND FORESTGATE. THIS IS MORE BIGGER TO SMALLER PARKS ON MAKING SURE THERE'S EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF AMENITIES. LOOKING AT ADDING A DOG PARK AND COMMUNITY GARDEN. SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS ARE STILL TO BE DETERMINED, WE NEED MORE SITE ANALYSIS. AND THEN, PUTTING UP, OR REDOING, OR RENOVATING VARIOUS, WHAT WE CALL "OLDER REST ROOMS" IN THE PARK. THE MEADOW LAKE AND THAT GIVES US MORE FLEXIBILITY ON HOW WE PROGRAM THOSE PARKS FROM A TENNIS STAND POINT. A BATHROOM IS MISSING FOR THOSE COURTS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE LEAGUE PLAY THAT WE ARE VERY TENNIS-CENTRIC COMMUNITY. AND FINALLY PUTTING IN RIDGEWOOD, HARPER'S LANDING, AND WWINDVALE. WHAT WE SEE THE OVER ALL WITH THIS PACKAGE IS THAT IT IS ABOUT A $23 MILLION PACKAGE, ALL TOTALLED, HOWEVER, IT IS BROKEN OUT BY YEAR OF WHAT IS FIZZABLELY TO BE DONE IN A YEAR, 2023, $8.3 MILLION. SOME OF THAT WORK LEADS INTO THE 2024 OR $2,025. AND AS FOR ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELDS IN THE SYSTEM MEETING THE DEMAND OF THAT TWO BRAND NEW FIELDS, IT ENHANCES THE ALDEN BRIDGE SPORT'S PARK, COMPLETE SYSTEM WIDE LED CONVERSION FOR THE SPORTS. LOTS OF REST ROOMS AND FROM AN AMENITY STAND POINT, ADDITIONAL TENNIS AND PICKLE BALL FACILITIES. AMENITIES. AND THEN, WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS A THREE PLUS, YOU KNOW, A YEAR ANALYSIS. REALLY, FLEXIBILITY NEEDS TO BE DONE ON SOME PROJECTS BECAUSE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE SCOPE, SOME MAY BECOME HIGHER PROPERTY BASED ON BOARD DIRECTION AND COMMUNITY OUTPUT. AND AS WE MENTIONED, USING VARIOUS CONTRACTORS TO EXPEDITE THAT AND A STAFF ALLOCATION FOR SOME PROJECTS AS WELL, TO ASSIST WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND GETTING TO MOVE THIS ON. AND WE LOOK AT PHASE TWO, THAT'S THE EARLY SET OF PROJECTS, THERE'S MORE PROJECTS THAN JUST PHASE 1 AND 2, MOVING ON TO THE TURF, WE COULD DELAY THAT TO SEE IF THE FIELDS MEET THAT DEMAND. DISC GOLF AND A NEW REST ROOM THERE. AND STARTING TO LOOK AT SOUTH GOSLING WHICH WOULD BE A GREAT ENTRYWAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN CREEKSIDE PARK. THIS PHASE ONE WOULD NOT HAVE THE NATURE CENTER, BUT IT WOULD HAVE PICKLE BALL COURTS, TENNIS COURTS, SMALL MULTI-PURPOSE FIELD AND STARTING TRAIL COMPONENTS AS WELL AND A FAIR AMOUNT OF PARKING TO SUPPORT THAT. SO, THOSE ARE THE COMMENT THAT IS WE'RE PUT LING IN RIGHT NOW AND

ARE OPEN TO COMMENT OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRIORITIZATION. >> CHRISTIAN, DO YOU HAVE AN

IMAGE OF THE, THE, GOSLING PHASE ONE MINUS THE NATURE CENTER? >> NO, I DO NOT. THERE WAS A

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SMALL IMAGE ON HUGO'S PRESENTATION. FROM, THAT'S ALL THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

>> OKAY. >> AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S THINGS THAT STILL NEED TO BE

WORKED OUT ON THAT SITE? >> YEAH, WE HAVE TO FINALIZE THAT LAND TRANSACTION, WE HAVE RIGHTS TO IT AND THEN WE HAVE TO GET INTO THE SOIL TESTING AND DOING SOME BASIC."

>> SO, THIS IS A CARRYOVER FROM OUR BUDGET HEARINGS EARLIER TODAY. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU MAY

NEED ABOUT $10 MILLION. >> YOU'RE LOOKING AT $8.19 MILLION. AND THAT'S THE ROAD MAP TO -- BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE ARE TRIGGERED INTO THE NEXT YEAR AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR TOO. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ALL OF THEM NEED TO BE DONE, BUT SOME OF THEM TRIGGER, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU START TO INVEST IN THE ALDEN BRIDGE SPORT'S PARK AND DOING THE DESIGN WORK. AS WE SPOKE ABOUT IN THE BUDGET MEETING EARLIER TODAY, YOU HAVE, AS A BOARD, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT CHECKOFF POINTS ON WHETHER YOU WANT TO DO THESE PROJECTS OR NOT. WE WILL COME BACK, IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALDEN BRIDGE, WE WOULD COME BACK AT ONE POINT WITH DESIGN IDEAS, OPINIONS OF PROBABLY COST, AND AT THAT POINT, YOU COULD SAY YES OR NO TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROJECT AND WE THEN MOVE TO A BID PHASE AND THERE'S ANOTHER CHOICE TO SAY THIS IS A PROJECT

WE WANT TO DORY THE COURSE OF A COUPLE OF YEARS. >> IT'S NOT THE SPORT'S

COMPLEX? >> CORRECT. AND SO, ONE OF THE THINGS, KNOWING THAT PICKLE BALL IS A VERY QUOTE/UNQUOTE HOT TOPIC IN THIS COMMUNITY, WHAT I THOUGHT IN MY HEAD WAS AS HUGO THOUGHT ALDEN BRIDGE WAS THE NEXT PARK TO BE RENOVATE THE WE MAY PREEMPT SOME OF THAT AND PUTTING IN THE PICKLE BALL EARLIER PARTIALLY BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING MORE TIME IN BEXAR

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PARK. >> IT'S 8. WE TRIED TO GET 10 BUT IT WENT OVER. WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE BEING SPOTS THROUGH, AND FALCON WING BEING THE CENTER LOCATION.

>> ALL RIGHT. WELL, BOARD, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CHRIS TIME

TODAY. IT'S ALL GOOD. >> YOU'LL HAVE MORE TONIGHT TOO.

>> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: YEAH? WELL, I'M SORRY, WE DON'T HAVE AUDIENCE QUESTIONS.

>> (INDISCERNIBLE) >> IF YOU GO SOUTH OF CREEKSIDE

FOREST. RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE WOODS EDGE CHURCH AREA. >> SOUTH OF THE WATER PLANT

DOWN THERE. >> AND RIGHT NORTH OF THE SPRING CREEK, SPRING TRAILS GOLF

COURSE, SPRING VALLEY, THANK YOU. >> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: ALL RIGHT.

WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANY ACTION AT THIS MOMENT. SO, I JUST NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT

THE 2021 PARKS AND RECREATION ASSESSMENT. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: ALL THAT AGREE SAY AYE.

>> (CHORUS OF AYES) >> THANK YOU, AGENDA NINE,

RECEIVE AND ACT UPON A REVIEW OF THE DROUGHT MANAGEMENT PLAN. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THIS IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE DROUGHT MANAGEMENT PLAN, I WILL GO QUICKLY BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE THAT RESIDENTS WANT TO TALK ABOUT PONDS, AND THE POND SLIDE ARE TOWARDS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. WE LOOK AT DROUGHT MANAGEMENT FROM A HOLISTIC STAND POINT LOOKING AT THE IMPACTS ON ALL OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE TOWNSHIP NOT JUST FROM A STANDPOINT OF THE PONDS. BUT WHICH RECOGNIZE THERE ARE IMPACTS ON THE HOME OWNERS AND WE WANT TO BRING THOSE TO LIGHT AS WELL FROM THAT STAND POINT. OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS AS HE WAS PREPARING FOR THIS, THESE ARE REPORTS FROM THE DROUGHT EX-TEXAS WATER BOARD. AND YOU COULD SEE WE'RE IN AS OF TODAY, SEVERE DROUGHT EVEN THOUGH WE RECEIVED RAIN AND DROUGHT.GOV SAYS WE'RE IN 100% SEVERE DROUGHT, HOWEVER THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL LEVELS ABOVE THAT BEING EXTREME AND EXCEPTIONAL. AND WE FLIRTED WITH THAT LAST WEEK WITH BEING AT THAT LEVEL.

THIS IS A COMPARISON THAT I RECEIVED FROM SGRA THAT I CLIPPED AND PASTED FROM SGRA.

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IRREGARDLESS OF THE PRODUCTION NUMBERS, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU IS THE RAINFALL THAT WAS THERE. AND SO, 2011 REALLY WAS PART OF A 3-YEAR DROUGHT. 2009, '10 AND '11 AND YOU SEE THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN 2011, AND NOW WE'RE AT 19. THIS IS PRE-RAINS THIS WEEK. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY, TO SOME EXTENT IS THAT THIS IS NOT AS BAD AS WE WERE IN 2011. AND WE STILL HAD THE POLICY OF THE DROUGHT FILLS AND OUR DROUGHT MANAGEMENT PLAN ALTHOUGH IT WAS FURTHER PUSHED OUT, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE. YOU COULD SEE PART OF THE ISSUE IS THE FAUCET WENT OFF, PER SE, IN MID-MAY, AND YOU SEE VERY, VERY, LOW RAINFALLS IN JUNE AND JULY OF THIS YEAR. AND NOW, WHAT YOU ALSO SEE IS NEARLY IDENTICAL TEMPERATURES TOO. WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM SJRAS REPORT.

WE'LL GO INTO NUANCES ABOUT EVERY ONE OF THE PONDS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT ON HOW THEY RECEIVE WATER. WATER CONSERVATION, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO TELL, BACK IN 2009-2012, WE HAD THE DROUGHT, CONSERVATION IS THE BEST PRACTICE AND IT'S A WAY TO SAVE, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO CREATE OR BUY MORE WATER. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST FACTORS IS THAT WE RECEIVED LIMITS ON OUR PUMPING. THE NINE WELLS THAT WERE INDICATED, HE'S CORRECT, WE'RE LIMITED TO 9, 9.5 MILLION GALLONS AND I'LL THOUGH YOU WHAT THAT EQUATES TO SHORTLY. BEFORE THAT, WE WERE ALLOWED TO PUMP WHATEVER WE WANTED TO. AND WE GOT A CERTAIN LIMIT AND SO WE HAVE WITHIN THAT LIMIT AND THE QUESTION IS WHEN IT THE RIGHT TIME TO USE THAT WATER? IS IT TODAY, OR TOMORROW, AND YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

AND THE OTHER THAT WE RECEIVED WAS THAT THE WATER CONSUMPTION HAS GONE DOWN FROM 200 GALLONS PER PERSON PER DAY TO 91. TO ME, THAT MEANS THE WATER CONSEEFFORTS ARE WORKING. ONE MUD 386 IS A VOLUNTEER WATER RESTRICTION, BIT BY THE WAY ONLY IN HARRIS COUNTY. AND THERE'S A MANDATED STAGE ONE WHICH IS A VOLUNTEER PROMISE AS WELL. AND WOOLDANDS WATER HAS TON A GOOD JOB WITH THEIR WISE GUYS PROGRAM WHERE THEY SEND PEOPLE OUT TO RESIDENTS, I THINK MR. BUNCH YOU'VE HAD THEM OVER TO YOUR HOUSE?

>> (INDISCERNIBLE) >> THEY FOUND OUT THAT OUR SPRINKLERS WERE OVERPRESSURIZED. SO, NOT ONLY AM I WATERING AT THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME BUT WE WERE PUSHING OUT YOU SUBSTANTIALLY MORE WATER THAN NECESSARY. IT'S A FREE SYSTEM AND THEY WILL COME OUT AND LOOK AT YOUR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. OUR WATER BILL WAS SUPER HIGH AND I

DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT SO WE FIXED IT. >> WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF THINGS AT WATER CONSERVATION INCLUDING COMPUTERIZED SE IRRIGATION, AND THE TURF, THAT SAVES 24.3 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER A YEAR. WE'VE USED WATER FROM PALOMA DOWN TO CREEKSIDE FOREST ENTRY NOW. AND YOU HIRED A WATER EDUCATION SPECIALIST TO WORK WITH WOOLDANDS WATER AND OTHER ENTITIES TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF A WATER CONSERVATION IS.

>> NOW, FROM A HOME OWNER'S STAND POINT, WE'RE SEEING IMPACT ON THE TREES, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT MESSAGE FROM THE WOOLDANDS FIRE DEPARTMENT AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH DEAD TREES. GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU WANT TO WATER YOUR TREES AND THE REALLY QUICK METHOD IS THE SCREWDRIVER TEST AND IF YOU CAN'T GET THE SCREWDRIVER IN, YOU NEED TO WATER. SLOWLY SOAK THE TREES AND LET THE WATER ABSORB INTO THE TREE INSTEAD OF RUNNING OFF. FIRE SAFETY, WHILE WE'VE HAD RAIN THIS WEEK, WHEN YOU GET DRIED NEEDLES ON THE ROOF, THAT'S A FIRE HAZARD, AS WELL AS DEAD PLANTS AND TREES. IF YOU HAVE A DEAD TREE, REACH OUT TO COVENANT AND THEY COULD WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND NOW, THE TOWNSHIP, THE DROUGHT MANAGEMENT PLAN, WE TALK

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ABOUT THE FOREST, AS WE DRIVE AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND THE PONDS. THE DROUGHT MANAGEMENT PLAN WAS ENHANCED, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A DROUGHT MANAGEMENT PLAN BUT WE STARTED OFF LOOKING AT EVERY SERVICE THAT WE COULD THINK OF THAT USES WATER. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER FROM 2009-2012 WE WERE DOWN TO STAGE THREE, WE HAD TO LOOK AT FROM A HIGH LEVEL TO A LOW LEVEL HOW WE USE WATER AND WHERE WE COULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICE WHERE APPROPRIATE AND OUR STREETSCAPE SYSTEM, PARKS, POOLS, AND PONDS AND SPRAY PONDS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PARTS AND STREETSCAPE LEVEL IT GOES FROM STAGE 1-4. WE'RE IN STAGE 1. WHAT WE DO, IS, LIKE A TYPICAL LOT MAY HAVE 3-10 ZONES, OUR PARKS HAVE 40 ZONES, AND SO WE SUBDIVIDE THE PARK INTO MULTIPLE DAYS. SO, THE SAME HEAD MAY ONLY BE, YOU MAY SEE THE PARK BEING WATERED AT NIGHT, MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK, BUT THE SAME HEAD IS ONLY GOING OFF TWICE A WEEK IF THAT MAKES SENSE. TRYING TO STAY WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF THE RESTRICTIONS. HEALTH OF THE TREES, WE SEE IT, I'VE BEEN DRIVING AROUND THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS TO GET A GAUGE ON THE TREES. WE'RE SEEING, WHAT I WOULD CALL SMALLER JUVENILE PINE TREES TAKING THE BRUNT OF THIS. WHEN YOU SEE AN OAK OR A HARDWOOD, THAT IS CRISPY, PER SE, I WOULD URGE CAUTION ON THE REMOVAL AT THIS POINT. BECAUSE, TYPICALLY SOME OF THOSE OAKS WILL GO INTO WHAT WE CALL FORCED DORMANCY. SO, YOU NEED TO CHECK THE TREES OUT IN THE SPRING, AFTER THE WINTER, CHECK IN THE SPRING AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE COMING OUT WITH. AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, CONTACT AN ARBORIST IN THE COMMUNITY. WATERING OUR PUBLIC PROPERTY WHICH IS 2800 ACRES IS NOT PRACTICAL. WE JUST CAN'T WATER THAT. HOWEVER, THE REFORESTATION TREES THAT THE BOARD APPROVES ON A YEARLY BASIS, WE'RE SPENDING $250 A WEEK WATERING. YOU'LL SEE STAFF AS WELL AS CONTRACTORS WITH WATER TRUCKS CIRCLING THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND EVEN ON THE WEEKENDS. THE BOARD HAS PUT SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES INTO REFORESTATION. 330,000 TREES, THE MAJORITY OF THESE ARE SEEDLINGS. HOWEVER, FOR THE LAST, PROBABLY 10 YEARS, A LARGE COMPONENT OF THAT IS ABOUT 3,030 TO 60 TO 1 100 GALLON TREES ANDE DO THAT IN NOVEMBER TO MARCH. NOW, THE LAKES AND PONDS. THE LAKE AND POND MANAGEMENT PLAN, AS PART IS A CLIP-AND-PASTE, WE GO FROM 1-4, EVERY SINGLE STAGE IS THE SAME. WE'LL BASICALLY START TO CHECK IT AT 50% AND ONLY IF THAT WE START TO SEE POND HEALTH ISSUES. POND HEALTH ISSUES ARE REALLY RELATED TO FISH, THE TURTLES AND SO ON.

WHAT YOU START TO SEE IS JUST BECAUSE THE POND GOES DOWN A FOOT, TWO FEET OR EVEN IN THE CASE OF LAKE KAYAK, FOUR FEET, WE'RE NOT SEEING. WE'RE SEEING POSITIVE, I MEAN, ACCEPTABLE, WHAT'S CALLED DISSOLVED OXYGEN LEVELS. SO, THE NEED TO PUT IN WATER HAS NOT BEEN REACHED YET ON A LARGE SCALE. PART OF THE CHALLENGES OF THE 67 OR 68 PONDS THAT WE HAVE, NINE OF THOSE PONDS HAVE RUNOFF WATER. EXCUSE ME, NINE PONDS HAVE WELLS AND ALSO RUNOFF FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES. WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO PUMP 9.5 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER. 37 OF THEM HAVE METERS, THAT MEANS, WE COULD USE MUNICIPAL WATER IF WE DESIRE TO TURN ON THE WATER. WE HAVE 19 WHICH ARE JUST SOLELY STORM WATER AND SOME OF THEM ARE JUST RUNOFF TOO. WHERE THERE ARE NO EASEMENTS, DRAINAGE EASEMENTS FROM THE MUD 386 OR THROUGH WOOLDANDS WATER. CLASSIC EXAMPLE IS WEDGEWOOD LAKE, THAT HAS MULTIPLE DRAINAGE EASEMENTS, THE HOLEWOOD LAKE HAS NO DRAINAGE EASEMENTS, IT RELIES ON THE RUNOFF FROM THE ROOFS, SLOPES, AND YARDS, AND ANYTHING

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ELSE THAT YOU COULD CATCH. >> THAT'S WHY AS THE RESIDENT SAID, LAKE PALOMA IS UP AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S FED THROUGH THOSE AREAS. AND WE AGAIN LOOK AT FILL AT 50% IF NEEDED.

THAT'S THE THRESHOLD THAT WE HAVE. THIS IS TERRACE HILL. AND HERE'S WHERE WE ARE IN COMPARISON TO 2011. WHY CONSERVATION, AGAIN, THE VISIBLE REMINDER OF THE NEED FOR CONSERVATION, FOR OTHER WATER SUCH AS BATHING, DRINKING, AND THE EVAPORATION RATE AND IT'S

EVAPORATING FASTER THAN YOU COULD PUT IT? . >> THE PICTURE FABOVE IS IF THERE ARE 30 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES WHICH ARE SERVED BY WELL WATER. THOSE NINE WELLS. IF WE WERE TO PUMP ONE FOOT OF WATER, IT'S CALLED AN ACRE FOOT THAT WOULD EQUAL 9.9 MILLION GALLONS. SO, PART OF THE ISSUE THAT WE STRUGGLE WITH, AND RESIDENTS STRUGGLE WITH AND I CAN APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENT, JUST FILL IT UP. WELL, DO I NEED IT NOW, NEXT WEEK, THE WEEK AFTER, I DON'T KNOW THAT. IF THE DROUGHT GETS WORSE AND I NEWS THE $9.9 MILLION GALLONS IN MAY OR JUNE, I DON'T HAVE THAT 9.9 MILLION GALLONS IN JUNE, JULY, AUGUST WHEN WE NEED IT, IT'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO MANAGE THE RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE FROM THAT. AND SO, THOSE ARE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'VE TAKEN THIS, AND WE HAVEN'T PUT THE WELL WATER ON. ONE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON THE WILDLIFE OR THE AQUATIC HEALTH. PEOPLE SEE DEAD FISH. FISH CAN DIE IN A POND WITH FULL WATER, OKAY. THERE ARE A MILLION REASONS WHY A FISH MAY DIE FROM THAT STANDPOINT, IT'S NOT JUST THE LEVEL OF THE WATER THAT WE SEE. WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED RIGHT NOW, THAT WITH THE RAINS THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, AN INVERSION CAN HAPPEN, WHERE THIS WARM, WARM, WATER IS IN THE POND, COLD WATER COMES FROM THE RAIN, AND IT CAN ACTUALLY FLIP OVER AND CAUSE MORE FISH MORTALITY FROM THAT STANDPOINT, IT'S NOT JUST THE LEVEL OF THE WATER. SO, WHAT DO WE DO TO REALLY MONITOR THIS ISSUE? WE LOOK AT THE LAKES AND PONDS WE INSPECT THEM WEEKLY, WE LOOKED AT DISSOLVED OXYGEN AND FISH AND TURTLES AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ADAPTABLE. TO DATE, WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN PONDS WITH TURTLE AND FISH DEATH, WE HAVE NOT SEEN LARGE-SCALE ISSUES WITH FISH DEATH, IS ONE TOO MANY? MAY BE TO SOME, BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING LARGE SCALE. NOW, BIRDETTE LAND SOMEPLACE WHICH HAS BEEN A PARTNER FOR THE WOOLDANDS TOWNSHIP. THEY DRAFTED T INTEGRATED FOREST PLAN. THEY DID THE REVISION TO THAT PLAN IN 2013, POST-DROUGHT, AND THEY DID THE LAKE AND POND MANAGEMENT PLANS. AND PAUL HOWARD WHO IS HERE, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT I CAN'T ANSWER, BASICALLY INDICATES THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE SHOULD MONITOR THE PONDS AND LAKES MONITOR THE POND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO FISH AND WILDRIFE, DIE-OFFS AND VEGETATION GROWTH AND PAIN TAN THE CURRENT DRAW-DOWN POLICY. ALTHOUGH, SOME PONDS ARE AS MUCH AS 1 OPINION 2 FEET, BELOW NORMAL POOL LEVEL AND THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO POND HEALTH AT THIS TIME. WE CHOOSE NOT TO USE IT AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SEEING THE INDICATORS THAT WILL REQUIRE US TO FILL THE PONDS. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT

THIS POINT? >> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: ALL RIGHT. YOU GAVE US A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE, AND THE SPECIFIC PONDS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED FROM OUR RESIDENTS WHO CAME AND SPOKE IN PUBLIC COMMENT, IF YOU KNOW, ARE THOSE PONDS THAT I THINK YOU MENTIONED THEY DON'T HAVE THE

SAME SERVICE OF THE GREEN WATER REFILL. >> I WOULD NOT USE THE WORD

SEWAGE, I WOULD USE STORM WATER. [LAUGHTER] >> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: I GET YOU.

>> ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF HOLEWOOD AND KAYAK AND THERE ARE OTHERS IN CREEKSIDE PARK

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ESPECIALLY AND SOME IN OTHER PLACES, IS IT IS NOT GETTING FED BY STORM WATER. SO, THESE QUOTE/UNQUOTE FLUSHING RAINS THAT WE'VE HAD, THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE FULL EFFECT.

>> CAN YOU ADDRESS WHY THE DEVELOPER CHOSE TO DO THAT? >> I CAN'T ADDRESS THAT.

>> IT SOUNDS ODD TO ME, I'M NOT A BUILDER, SO I DON'T KNOW. >> IT'S WHERE THEY SEE THE NEED

FOR FLOW. >> BUT, YOU'RE SAYING IT'S MOSTLY IN CREEKSIDE, SO IT WAS

NOT A COMMON THING TO DO DURING THE REST OF THE BUILDING. >> THERE ARE LAKES AND PONDS THAT RECEIVES STORM WATER BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE A PREPONDERANCE OF PONDS WITHOUT STORM WATER FEES IN CREEKSIDE. I DIDN'T DESIGN IT, THE ORIGINAL DESIGNS WERE 2-4 YEARS BEFORE WE STARTED TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TO PUT THE AMENITY PACKAGES IN. THE HOLEWOOD KAYAK RIDGE, WE'VE MET OUT ON-SITE WITH ENGINEERS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE. NOW, THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO CRACK INTO A STORM WATER PIPE. THAT STORM WATER PIPE IS NOT THE TOWNSHIP'S. THAT STORM WATER PIPE, THEN WE WOULD NEED EASEMENTS, THIS IS NOT A SHORT-TERM ISSUE. AND THERE'LL ALSO BE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. AND AGAIN, IF YOU FIND A THIS AS AN IDEA AS TO SAY, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO SERVE THIS POND WITH A STRUCTURAL ISSUE, AND ENGINEERING DOES TAKE TIME. IF THE BOARD APPROVES DOING THIS, EASEMENTS TAKE TIME.

>> AND THE STORM SEWER IS OWNED BY MUD 386? >> THAT ONE IS.

>> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: ARE THERE SOME NOT OWNED MY MUD 386? >> WELL, ACROSS THE TOWNSHIP,

THERE ARE DIFFERENT MUDS. >> WE'VE GOTTEN THE DRAWINGS FROM 386. WE'VE HAD COMMUNICATIONS WITH THEM, OF, YOU KNOW, HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW THIS POND GOT WHERE YOUR STORM INLETS, SO, WE SHOT THEM TO THE ENGINEER TO SEE IF THIS IS EVEN A FEASIBLE SOLUTION.

>> DO THEY APPROVE THAT OR DOES THE DEVELOPER DO IT AND HAND IT TO THE MUDS?

>> WHO APPROVES IT? DOES THE MUD HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON THAT? >> PLATTING APPROVAL IS DONE BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR CREEKSIDE PARK. THE MUDS DON'T SIGN OFF ON THE PLATTING

PROCESS. >> I DON'T THINK THE MUDSS ARE CONCERNED ON WETHER OR NOT THE PONDS A FILLED. THEY'RE MAKING SURE THAT THE DRAINAGE IS GETTING OFF OF THE STREET. THE OTHER THING TOO, THAT I FAILED TO MENTION AS I WAS PREPARING FOR THIS. IT'S INTERESTING AS WE TALK ABOUT STORM WATER SOLUTIONS, HAVING LOW PONDS IN THEORY, AND DROUGHT TIMES AND WHEN THOSE DRAINS COME, THAT'S CAPACITY MANAGEMENT TOO. SO, YOU HAVE CAPACITY OF MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE, ACREAGE TO HANDLE THAT AFTER, PRECEDING THE DROUGHT. THERE ARE A LOT LAYERS AND

THERE'S NO ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL DISCUSSION. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING, THE LADY WHO SPOKE AND ALLOWED TO ADDRESS THAT, SHE SAID SHE AND HER HUSBAND WAITED AND SEARCHED TO FIND A PIECE OF PROPERTY ON ONE OF THESE PONDS, AND NOW SHE'S FEELING LET DOWN AND MAY BE MORE THAT HER POND DOESN'T HAVE A FEEDING SOURCE TO KEEP IT OPEN.

>> I WOULD POSE THE QUESTION THAT THE PONDS WITH THIS APPROACH FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS THAT THEY'RE BASICALLY, THE GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE FROM THE BOARD ARE NOT TO TURN THE WATER ON FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS FROM A CONSERVATION STANDPOINT.

>> BUT SHE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE WATER THAT GOES INTO HER'S? DOES SHE HAVE MUNICIPAL WATER

THAT GOES IN? >> THAT'S A MUNICIPAL FEED. I BELIEVE THAT'S A 6-ACRE POND.

SO, IF YOU GO 6 ACRES TIMES 325,000, YOU HAVE 1.8 MILLION, TO 2 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER.

>> AND WHEN IT'S A MUNICIPALED METER WATER, WE'RE PAYING FULL FREIGHT?

>> YOU'RE PAYING FULL FREIGHT, IT'S NOT FREE WATER BY ANY MEANS. I'VE DISCUSSED MORE OF THE NARRATIVE RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT OF WHAT SHOULD WE COWITH WATER, HOW

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SHOULD REPRIORITIZE WATER, ARE ARE WE A STEWARD OF THE ENVIRONMENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAVE THE WATER AS OPPOSED TO JUST KEEP THE PONDS FULL. WOVE TRIED TO PRIORITIZE THE

ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT VERSUS THE ECONOMIC ASPECT. >> AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE

SAME SURFACE/GROUND WATER BLEND? >> YES, YOU WILL HAVE RATE TOSS 350, TO 1,000.

>> NOT IN CREEKSIDE? >> OKAY, THERE'S 37 -- >> BUT, AGAIN, WHAT YOU DO IN THAT ONE POND, NEEDS TO BE EXTRAPOLATED THAT DOESN'T HAVE SUFFICIENT FILL AS DETERMINED BY

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. >> IS THERE CARRY OVER IF WE DON'T USE IT?

>> FROM OUR UNDERSTANDING, IT'S A FLAT NINE THEY DO NOT CARRY OVER. HAVE GE GOTTEN THAT?

>> I HAVE A PERMIT FROM LONE STAR THAT SAYS $9 MILLION. IT THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE, HAVE WE ASKED THE QUESTION OF LSGCD IF WE DON'T USE THE 9 MILLION GALLONS IS THAT A ROLLOVER TO

NEXT YEAR. >> I CAN ASK THAT QUESTION. >> REGARDING THE HEALTH OF THE WILDLIFE, YOU HAD IT'S GOOD RIGHT NOW, REGARDING FISH AT LEAST AND TURTLES. IS THERE A CIRCULATION ISSUE AT SOME CAPACITY LEVEL THAT WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT?

>> WELL, YOU LOOK AT THE CIRCULATION, AND A POND, IS, YOU KNOW, THE WIND CORRIDORS ARE MOVING THE WATER, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT A LOT OF THINGS BESIDE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S JUST BEING AN AIRATION PUMP. THE RESIDENTS WHOA INDICATED THE AIRATION PUMPS ARE GOOD, ABSOLUTELY, AND IS THERE AN EVAPORATION LOSS? ABSOLUTELY. AND EVEN IN OUR NARRATIVE WHEN WE GET TO CERTAIN LEVELS OF STAGES FOR THE POND MANAGEMENT THAT WE ACTUALLY WILL TURN THEM OFF. AND I CAN TELL, IN OUR OWN INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS, WE TALKED ABOUT BEING AT THAT POINT, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT AT LEVEL TWO OR THREE, DO WE TURN OFF THOSE POND FOUNTAINS BECAUSE OF THE AIRATION LOST. HOWEVER WE THOUGHT THAT THE CIRCULATION EFFECT WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE AIRATION LOSS AT THE TIME. WE'RE TALKING THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AGO AT THE HEIGHT OF THE HEAT AND THE DRYNESS THAT WE WERE AT WITH THE KDI LEVELS AT 750 NOW THEY'RE DOWN TO 550 AND

CHANGE. >> SO, WE HAVEN'T USED ANY OF THE 9.9 MILLION GALLONS.

>> WE HAVEN'T USED THE 9 GALLONS, IF I WERE TO FILL THOSE PONDS ONE FOOT, I WOULD BE AT

9.9 MILLION GALLONS. >> >> AND THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, IF

THERE'S NO MORE RAIN, IT'S BACK TO WHERE IT WAS? >> POTENTIAL. YOU COULD BE ANOTHER A QUARTER OF AN INCH TO 3/8THS OF AN INCH. IF YOU GET THE RAIN, IF WE START TO SEE THESE THINGS POP UP WHERE THE PRESSURE RIDGES CHANGE OUT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY FILL THESE PONDS. ARE SOME PONDS GOING TO FILL FASTER THAN OTHERS? YES. AND THAT'S WHAT WE SAW IN 2011 AND 2012 AS WE CAME BACK FROM THE DROUGHT. AND AGAIN, WE DID NOT FILL PONDS IN 2011 AND 2012, WHICH WAS WORSE? I COULD TELL YOU THERE WAS A TIME WHEN TUPOLO PARK AND LAKE PALOMA DIDN'T MEET BECAUSE OF A SAND BAR AND WE HAD TO TAKE SHOVELS OUT AND PUSH

WATER TO TUPOLO. >> WHAT IS THE TRIGGER THAT WE WOULD USE THE WATER?

>> YES. >> WE WOULD USE THE WATER WHERE IT'S AVAILABLE WHEN WE START TO SEE DISSOLVED OXYGEN LEVELS GO AWRY, AND AGAIN, WE'RE TESTING THE WATERRLY. AND IN CONVERSATIONS WITH LAKE PRO AND WITH PAUL FROM VERDET, ON WHAT TO DO TO MAKE RIGHT. THE SIGNAL IS NOT THE DEAD FISH BUT IT'S DOES IT DESOLVE OXYGEN, WHEN WE SEE IT DROP, THAT'S WHEN WE SAY,

LISTEN, WE COULD ADD WATER WHEN WE NEED TO. >> I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER THING, IN YOUR SUMMARY THAT WE RECEIVED, IT'S $100,000 TO RAISE THE 37 BOND ONE FLOOD?

>> YES. >> SO, IT'S NOT A FREE WATER SOURCE.

>> AND I THINK I'M PRETTY LOW ON THAT ESTIMATE, TOO. AND THOSE ARE THE PONDS WHERE YOU

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HAVE THE MUNICIPAL WATER. >> AND THAT'S WHEN WE END UP WITH THE INEQUITY WITH THE PONDS

TO SERVICE WATER. >> YOU COULD DIRECT US IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT MUNICIPAL WATER IN PONDS. THIS POLICY, ALTHOUGH SOME MAY DISAGREE WITH IT, BECAUSE ON CERTAIN TIMES WHETHER IT BE 2-5 YEARS THAT THE POND IS NOT FULL, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.

>> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: I HEAR YOU, I WOULD SURMISE IT'S A TEMPORARY ISSUE THAT SHOULD SELF-RESOLVE OVER TIME, BUT FOR A MULTI-YEAR DROUGHT EVENT WHICH WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IN THE PAST IN THE EXACT SAME AREAS WHICH DID RESOLVE ON IT'S OWN WITHOUT OUR INTERVENTION, CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. >> AND HAVE WE EVER CONSIDERED OR EXPLORED THE POSSIBILITY OF BUYING WATER FROM SGRA, IT WOULD BE CHEAPER THAN TAKING IT OUT OF THE WELLS. THAT MIGHT BE

SOMETHING ELSE. I SAW A LOT OF RAW WATER. >> WHAT WOULD BE THE

TRANSPORTATION METHOD TO GET TO THAT POND? >> WELL, TOBVIOUSLY HAVE FIRMS

TO TRANSPORT IT. >> WE DID TALK TO MIKE MOODY, TALKED ABOUT USING (INDISCERNIBLE) AND THAT HAS TO BE PERMANENT IN RESPECTIVE PONDS. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN 18-WHEELER, YOU NEED A LOT OF 18-WHEELERS TO MAKE IT ALL OF THOSE MILES.

>> IT'S NOT GROUND WATER? >> SORRY, THE ORIGINAL DISCUSSION, EVEN IN THIS CASE, THAT'S A LOT OF TANKERS TO GO 325,000 TO RAISE ONE POND, ONE FOOT THAT'S AN ACRE.

>> I LIKE THE IDEA OF ASKING ON THE PERMIT T AS IT ROLLS OVER SO WE MIGHT ACCUMULATE SOME UNUSED

USAGE. OR 1.9 MILLION DO WE GET CHARGED FOR THAT? >> NO, WE DO NOT.

>> THE ONLY USE YOU GET IS, UM, ELECTRIC COST TO PUMP THE WATER. THAT'S IT.

>> SO, WE SHOULD ASK IF WE COULD ROLLOVER AND ALSO WE SHOULD ASK IF THERE'S ANY AVAILABILITY IN THE NEAR TERM TO UTILIZE ADDITIONAL, IN THE CURRENT YEAR IF WE DON'T HAVE ROLLOVER. IT DOESN'T HURT TO ASK ESPECIALLY IF IT DOESN'T COST US ANYTHING, ESPECIALLY THE

ELECTRICITY TO RUN THE PUMPS. >> AND I COULD TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE RAW WATER AND WHAT

THAT LOOKS LIKE. >> I HAVE ONE QUESTION, BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW, WATER TEMPERATURE, SO, SOME PONDS ARE FOUR FEET LOWER BUT THEY MIGHT BE DEEPER, IS THERE A CERTAIN

WATER TEMPERATURE WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF? >> THAT'S A LITTLE OUT OF MY

TERRITORY. >> SERVICE THE WILDLIFE IS CONCERNED.

>> YOU GOT TO REALIZE, THAT NATURE IS VERY ADAPTABLE. I HAD A RESIDENT CALL ME AND SAID THAT WE NEEDED TO HELP HIM PAY FOR THE DEER FEED BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT AND THAT WE SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THE DEER. NATURE TAKES CARE OF ITSELF. THAT'S THE THING ABOUT THE WOOLDANDS IS THE SUSTAINABILITY, AND THE CONSERVATION AND WE REFLECT BACK ON THAT. AND MANY OF YOU HEARD ME SAY, SOME PEOPLE THINK IT'S IN ERROR TO SAY THIS, BUT IT'S IN HARMONY WITH NATURE. WHETHER IT BE SOCIETY OR OTHER ISSUES THAT COME WITH PUMPING MORE WATER.

>> NOW, WITH THE 9.9 MILLION, IF FOR SOME REASON THEY WON'T LET US ROLLOVER THE UNUSED PORTIONS, UM, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO CAPTURE SOME OF THIS WATER, MAY BE HAVE A TOWNSHIP

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RESERVOIR OR A FACILITY. >> IF YOU PUT IT IN A RESERVE FACILITY LIKE A POND, IT WILL EVAPORATE. AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO BUILD A STRUCTURE, AND IT COSTS MORE TO BUILD A

STRUCTURE THAN THE VALUE OF THE WATER. >> JUST TRYING TO FIND A WAY.

>> NO, YOU SEE THINGS LIKE IN CALIFORNIA WHERE THEY DO THE BLACK BALLS ON THE LAKE AND THERE ARE CREATIVE THINGS THEY'RE TRYING, SOME OF THEM WORK, SOME OF THEM DON'T. MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT MY PREVIOUS POSITION WAS IN COLORADO IN A VERY, VERY, DRY,

AND WATER IS EVEN MORE HOTLY DEBATED THERE. >> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: ALL RIGHT,

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? (INDISCERNIBLE). >> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: THE 50 --

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>> (INDISCERNIBLE) >> THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT NUMBERS THERE, ONE IS THE DEPTH OF THE LAKE, AND ONE IS THE CAPACITY. AND IT IS NOT AN

EXACT SCIENCE MR. MAGGURT. >> (INDISCERNIBLE)

>> I KNOW THE MATHEMATICS, SIRMENT >>

(INDISCERNIBLE) >> . >> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: SO, I THINK WE CAN, IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, KENT, WE CAN'T TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE, IT'S NOT STYLED AS A TOWN HALL, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL

TAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. >> MOVE TO ACCEPT.

>> SO MOVED. >> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> (CHORUS OF AYES) >> AGENDA ITEM 10, RECEIVE

CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A FINANCIAL REPORT, KELIN SHAW. >> GOOD EVENING. THE GENERAL

FUND FINANCIALS FOR THE SEVEN MONTHS ENDING JULY 2022. >> OUR FIRST SLIDE IS A BUDGET TO ACTUAL, SUMMARY OF REVENUE, THE YEAR TO DATE BUDGETED REVENUE IS $89.7 MILLION, THE YEAR TO DATE REVENUE COLLECTED IS $97.8 MILLION, ENDING WITH A FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF $8.1 MILLION. THE MAIN VARIANCE IS THE $6.6 MILLION IN SALES TAX. THERE'S ALSO A $543,000 FAVORABLE VARIANCE IN EVENT ADMISSION TAX AND A COMBINED $1.2 MILLION FAVORABLE VARIANCE IN THE OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE. THE MAIN COMPONENT IN THIS CATEGORY IS THE PROGRAM REVENUES WITH THE $1.3 MILLION FAVORABLE VARIANCE MAINLY DUE TO THE TIMING EXPENDITURES WITH THE RECREATION CENTER AND THE TOWNSHIP EVENTS. THE NEXT TWO PAGES WILL BE THE SUMMARY OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES, THE YEAR TO DATE BUDGETED EXPENDITURES ARE APPROXIMATELY $58.5 MILLION.

THE YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL ARE $55.3 MILLION FOR A YEAR TO DATE FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF $3.82 MILLION. ALL THE DEPARTMENTS CATEGORIES ARE SHOWING A FAVORABLE VARIANCE IN JULY AND MOST OF THE SAVINGS ARE IN SALARY AND BENEFITS, TIMING OF EXPENDITURES, AS WELL AS

SAVINGS OF CONTRACTED SERVICES. >> THE NEXT SLIDE WE HAVE THE SALES AND USE TAX REVENUES. THE YEAR TO DATE BUDGETED REEVE KNEW FOR SALES TAX AT $38.4 MILLION. THE YEAR TO DATE COLLECTED REVENUE IS $48.1 MILLION. WHICH IS 17.4% OVER BUDGET. AS COMPARED TO THE 2021 REVENUE, IT'S $6.8 MILLION INCREASE IN REVENUE. THE NEXT IS A NEW SLIDE THAT I'VE INCLUDED FOR THIS MONTH AND IT SHOWS THE SALES TAX COLLECTION FOR THE TOP SIX CATEGORIES IN THE N A.I. CS SYSTEM. THIS IS THE TOP SIX BUT WHAT'S CONTINUES IS THE 51.5% SALES IN THE RETAIL TRADE WHICH

DOES INCLUDE THE INTERNET SALES. >> THAT CAPTURES ABOUT 88% OF THE TOTAL REVENUE JUST IN THOSE

CATEGORIES? >> CORRECT. I THINK IT'S $11.4 MILLION LEFT IN THE OTHER.

>> OKAY. >> AND THEY'RE ALL RELATIVELY SMALL. THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WE HAVE IS THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, THE YEAR TO DATE REVENUE IS $4 MILLION, AND THE YEAR TO DATE COLLECTED IS $4.9 MILLION. WHICH IS 23.4% OVER THE BUDGETED AMOUNT. AS COMPARED TO THE 2021 COLLECTIONS IT'S $1.9 MILLION INCREASE IN REVENUE. THE NEXT SLIDE IS ONE THAT I INCLUDED FOR THE CDB MEETING AND IT JUST SUMMARIZES THE TAX COLLECTIONS FROM THE YEAR 2019 TO 2022 IN GRAPH FORM, YOU COULD SEE THAT THE 2022 IS CLOSE AND DID SURPASS THE COLLECTION IN 2019

OR IS THE SECOND HIGHEST COLLECTED NEXT TO 2019. >> IT LOOKS LIKE, IF YOU WANT

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TO GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE, I THINK YOUR 2019 NUMBER MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE FULL 12 MONTHS OF

2019. >> YOU'RE RIGHT. >> AND 2 WHOOP IS ACTUALLY, ALL

THE OTHER THREE ARE ALL THE FOUR YEAR NUMBERS? >> CORRECT.

>> LOOKS LIKE WE'LL LAG BY ABOUT OH, I DON'T KNOW, MAY BE $500,000. BETWEEN $400 AND $500

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IN THE CURRENT STRAND LEVS FOR '22 AS OPPOSED TO '19 AND '19 WAS A RECORD YEAR FOR HOTEL TAX COLLECTIONS. WE ALSO HAD A MEETING EARLIER, BEFORE THE BOARD MEETING TONIGHT AND, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR MARKETING FOLKS AND OUR REV PAR IS SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN PEER CITY'S IN THE AREA. ONE OF THE BEST, IN FACT, THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BEST IN TEXAS RIGHT NOW. SO, THE MARKETING FOLKS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND WE'RE DEFINITELY BENEFITTING FROM THE PRETTY MUCH PACKED PAVILION SCHEDULE SO FAR THIS SUMMER, WE'RE REAPING A

WINDFALL. >> WE ARE. >> YES.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> . >> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: ALL RIGHT, WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO

ACCEPT THE FINANCIAL REPORT. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >>

(CHORUS OF AYES) >> 11, RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN AWARD FOR THE

CONTRACT FOR FALCONWING PARK PICKLE BALL COURTS. >> I HOPE THAT YOU WILL SHOW

THE DESIGN. >> THIS IS PART OF THE RENOVATION PROJECT, ONE OF FOUR FACES AND YOU COULD SEE IN THIS, NOW IT SHOWS 10 COURTS, TWO ARE UM, KIND OF PHASE 2, IF SO DESIRED THAT WE ALLOCATED SPACE FOR ADDITIONAL COURTS THERE. THE EIGHT ON WHAT I WOULD CALL THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILT. WITH, BOARD APPROVAL.

ORIGINALLY IT'S $400,000, WAS APPROVED THROUGH REQUEST IN AUGUST OF 2021. WE DECIDED THE PACKAGE AT THAT TIME WITH THAT, WE HAD THREE BIDS WITH, EXCUSE ME, THREE BIDDERS WITH FOUR BIDS SUBMITTED. IT IS HIGHER. NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT, WE'RE SEEING THOSE CONSTRUCTION COSTS JUST INCREASE, AND INCREASE, AND INCREASE. THE LOW BID IS $41,000 BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LIGHT PACKAGE OR AMENITIES. THE LIGHT PACKAGE IS BY OUR ELECTRICAL CONSULTANT AND WE'RE PLEASED WITH HIS WORK AS WELL. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME USING THIS CONTRACTOR, WE CALLED FOUR REFERENCES, OUR PROJECT MANAGER MET WITH THE OWNER AND MANAGER ON-SITE. AND IF YOU DO APPROVE, WE WILL BEGIN IN THIRD QUARTER AND HOPEFULLY HAVE THIS BY SPRING BREAK TIME PERIOD. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS RIGHT NOW PLANNING TO BID ALL THE REMAINING PROJECTS TOGETHER, WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO BRING, ONE, ONE, ONE, TO YOU, HOWEVER, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A HOLISTIC LOOK OF THE REMAINDER OF THE PROJECT AND WE'RE TARGETING THAT RIGHT NOW IN OCTOBER FOR THAT SUSTAINEDPOINT. RIGHT NOW, THE RECOMMENDED MOTION IS THAT TO ACCEPT THE BID SUBMITTED BY E

[12. Receive, consider and act upon an award of contract for park and facilities landscape maintenance (C-2022-0108);]

AND A SPORTS FOR THE PICKLE BALL AND UTILIZE THE CONTRACTOR. AND WE ALSO NEED TO IDENTIFY IF YOU SO DESIRE, THE CAPITAL RESERVE TO FUND THE VARIANCE BETWEEN THE BUDGETED AMOUNT AND THE ALL

>> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? >> DOES IT MAKE SENSE, YOU NO

HE, FOR US TO PUT OFF THE LAST TWO COURTS UNTIL LATER? >> THERE WAS, IS THAT BECAUSE

OF THE OVERAGE OR WHAT? >> IT WAS WORDED A LITTLE WEIRD IN THE MEMO. WE DID NOT GET AN

EXACT PRICE OF THE ADDITIONAL COURTS. >> WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU, AS WE EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AND SAY HERE'S WHAT THE ADDITIONAL TWO COURTS ARE, BECAUSE IT REVISES THE ELECTRICAL PLAN, THE LAYOUT OF THE LIGHTS AND SOME SIDEWALK DIFFERENCES.

>> BUT, THAT WOULD PROBABLY DELAY THE PROJECT AT LEAST A MONTH LONGER?

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>> YES. >> THERE MIGHT CAN SAVINGS, BUT, FRANKLY, I WOULD RATHER HAVE EIGHT COURTS BY NEXT SPRING INSTEAD OF 10 BY SOMETIME IN THE SUMMERTIME.

>> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: OTHER QUESTIONS? >> IF NOT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION

AND A SECOND? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: ALL IN FAVOR AAYE. >>

(CHORUS OF AYES). >> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: ANY OPPOSED. THANK YOU, DOCTOR, WE KEEP ON ROLLING, RECEIVE, K AND ACT UPON AN AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR A PARK AND FACILITIES

LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT. >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN, I THINK THIS IS THE SIXTH OR SEVENTH, TIME I'VE DONE THIS, I HOPE IT'S THE LAST. I DO NEED TO GIVE KUDOS TO JOHN MCGOWAN OUR NEW PARKS AND R PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY ON HOW THE CONTRACTS HAVE WORKED WITH PARKS AND PATHWAY MAINTENANCE. PRE-2018, ALL THE BALLS WERE IN ONE COURT, WHERE, THERE WAS ONE CONTRACTOR DOING EVERYTHING. AND IT WAS SUCH A HEAVY LIFT THAT EVEN THE BEST OF THE BEST CONTRACTORS BY TOTAL DOLLAR VALUE WERE HAVING TROUBLE. WE IDENTIFIED THE ABILITY TO BREAK IT OUT AND STARTED TO LOOK AT PARKS AND TURF, AND THAT WAS GOING WELL. AND WE STARTED TO SEE SYNERGIES WHERE WE COULD DO PATHWAYS IN HOUSE AND WE TOOK THAT INHOUSE IN 2021. THE BOARD WAS PRESENTED WITH A RENEWAL FOR 1 YEAR WITH YELLOWSTONE FOR A PRICE INCREASE OF 16%. THAT WAS NEGOTIATED DOWN TO 4%, BUT WE TOOK A LOT OF SERVICES IN-HOUSE FROM THAT STANDPOINT AND THE BOARD DIRECTED US TO REBID THE PROJECT. WE REVIEWED OUR STANDARDS, THE COMMUNITY USE OF THE FACILITY AND WE THE STARTED TO DIVE INTO THE SYNERGY BETWEEN ALL OF THE FACILITIES. AND FINALLY, WE HAD TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE MARKET CONDITIONS AND THE LABOR MARKET THERE. WE TOOK TOWN CENTER PARKS AND THAT'S KIND OF A CENTER UNIT NOW, UNDER TOWN CENTER. WE LOOKED AT OUR COMMUNITY BUILDINGS, THE MAINTENANCE AT THE RECOGNIZE CENTERS, AND TOWN HALLS AND THE SAME LEVEL OF DETAIL. WE LOOKED AT OUR COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AND WE HAVE TO GET OUR BACK FLOW PREVENTERS RECHECKED EVERY YEAR. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE TO BID PARK AND RIDES OUT SEPARATELY AS THEY'RE UNDER FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION RULES. TO GO THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS, THIS IS A 36-MONTH CONTRACT WITH TWO 3-YEAR RENEWALS. AND WE WERE VERY, VERY, PLEASED WITH THE BIDS RECEIVED. YOU COULD SEE ANYWHERE FROM 3-7 BIDS RECEIVED FOR THIS PROJECT. SIGNIFICANT VETTING PROCESS. JOHN AND MITCH MET WITH THE THREE LOWEST BIDDERS, AND HAD MULTIPLE FOLLOWUP EMAILS AND CALLS ABOUT HOW THEY APPROACH THIS. QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WAS THEIR OPERATIONAL PLAN. HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ASSIGNED TO THIS CONTRACT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT WAS THEIR AVERAGE WAGE THAT WAS BEING PAID TO THE LABORER CREW, AS WE KNOW, COMPETITION FOR LABOR IS EXTREME RIGHT NOW.

WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS THE LOWEST BID AND THE RECOMMENDED BID, THERE'S A VARIANCE OF $175,000, AND WHILE WE'RE RECOMMENDING A REVISED BID IS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SYNERGIES BETWEEN A AND B, BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS, AND THE TOWN CENTER PARKS AS THAT QUOTE/UNQUOTE HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE AND C AND D, WHICH ARE OUR PARK'S PACKAGE. WHAT WE SEE THERE, IS WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE EFFICIENCIES IN THE TYPES OF MOWERS, THOSE ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE A AND BIOUS AND WE SEE SYNERGIES THERE. FROM A BUDGET STAND POINT, WE'RE LOOKING AT 3.8, $3.9 MILLION, AND WELE BUDGETED $4.2 MILLION, AND WHAT WE'RE COMING IN IS AT $3.2 MILLION FOR THE PACKAGE. AND THAT INCLUDES THE $643,000 OF ENHANCEMENTS. THAT GIVES DOLLARS TO STAFF TO REPLACE THINGS IF NEEDED. THE FREEZE, DAMAGE IRRIGATION REPAIRS, ENHANCE BEDS IF SO DESIRED. AND THERE'S A VARIANCE OF $840,000 THERE. WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IF THE BOARD SO DESIRES IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH A TRUCK TO ARE MONITOR THE CONTRACTS. THE BOARD DID THIS WITH ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS, AND REALLY, FOLLOWING AROUND AND MAKING SURE, AND VERIFYING THEIR ROUTES AND THE QUALITY OF THAT TO BE SURE THERE'S NO DROP IN SERVICE

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BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING NOW AND THE CONTRACTORS. >> TIMELINE, WHY ARE WE DOING SO EARLY, YOU THINK THAT THE CONTRACT CAN JUST MOW, BUT IT'S AN ONBOARDING PROCESS, THAT'S WHY WE GET TO IN THE BOARD IN AUGUST, SO THERE'S FIVE OR SIX MONTHS THAT THE CONTRACTOR CAN RAMP UP AND BUY EQUIPMENT AND LEARN THE SYSTEM. BECAUSE, MITCH AND HIS CREW WILL BE MEETING WITH THE CONTRACTOR EVERY WEEK BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY 1ST TO TALK ABOUT ROUTING, AND HOW THEORETICALLY, MR. SMITH, WHO DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE IT MOWED BEHIND HER HOUSE

AT 8:00 A.M. WE GO INTO THAT DETAIL. >> BEFORE YOU GO ON, IT WASN'T MRS. SMITH, IT WAS MS. ANDREA, WHO WAS HERE TALKING ABOUT MOWING WHENEVER THERE'S JUST DIRT. CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT CONCERN. IT MAY BE THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

>> AS A GENERAL RULE, UM, I DID NOT TAKE THAT CALL, MITCH DID, AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, PROBABLY WHAT MITCH SAID, WHICH IS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION AND TAKING THE PICTURES AND REACHING OUT TO THE CONTRACTOR AND SAYING "WHY ARE YOU MOWING THAT WAY" WE HAVE A LOT OF TIMES MOWING IN THE LAKES WITH WHERE THEY START TO BLOW THE DEBRIS INTO THE LAKE AND IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE AND IT'S ACTUALLY WRITTEN INTO THE CONTRACT TO BLOW UPHILL. THOSE ARE THE THINGS FROM A QUALITY CONTROL AND A RESIDENT'S SATISFACTION THAT WE TRY TO CONNECT AND COMMUNICATE WITH THE RESIDENTS. CAN THERE BE A SITUATION WHERE THEY HIT A DEAD SPOT AND ARE MOWING IT? PROBABLY, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO WORK OUT AND

COMMUNICATE WITH OUR RESIDENTS. SO, THOSE ARE THINGS THERE." >> ONE OTHER THINGS, DOCTOR IN CREEKSIDE AROUND LAKE PALOMA, THERE ARE TIMES WHERE THE MOWERS CUT INTO THE NESTING AND HATCHING AREAS NEAR THE LAKE AND THE TREES WHERE THE GEESE GET OUT OF THE HEAT, I NOTICED THAT IF YOU'RE GOING UP CREEKSIDE GREEN WEST, THE SIDEWALK WHICH IS ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE LAKE, THERE'S A LOT OF TREES THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THAT GREEN GRASS IS, YOU COULD SEE IT GROWS UP. AND SOMETIMES THEY WILL WEED EAT THAT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE WATER. AND THAT'S THE PATH THAT I WALK, AND THOSE ARE NESTING AREAS AND SUNNING AREAS FOR THE GEESE AND THE DUCKS TO GET OUT OF THE SUN. WOULD YOU JUST ASK THEM NOT TO DO THAT?

>> OF COURSE, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT, WE WILL, NUMBER ONE. THE CHALLENGE IS, WITH STANDARD RIGHT NOW IS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO MOW TO THE WATERLINE. SO, WHERE EVER THAT WATERLINE IS, AND THAT WATERLINE WILL GO UPPED AS WE DISCUSSED TODAY ALREADY, THEY HAVE TO MOW THAT. SO, WE WILL, DEFINITELY, ONE INSPECT THAT AREA TO SEE WHERE THAT NESTS ARE, AND WE'LL

[13. Receive, consider and act upon the first renewal of the Sign Cleaning and Pressure Washing Contract (C-2019-0387A);]

PUT UP SIGNS AND WE HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS OF SIGNS BECAUSE WE DRAW PEOPLE DO THAT.

>> I THINK IT'S JUST AN AWARENESS FACTOR. >> YES.

>> ALL RIGHT. YOU HAD A TRUCK AND A CONTRACTOR FOR ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

>> IT'S A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE. >> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: SO THAT INCLUDES HIS EMPLOYEE COST AND

THE USE OF THE TRUCK, NOT BUYING A $100,000 TRUCK FOR A YEAR? >> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD KEEL.

SGLP IT'S A TRUCK AND A ONE YEAR CONTRACT MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR. >> NOT SO SURE TODAY.

>> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: OKAY, DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO AWARD THE TOWNSHIP'S PARKS AND FACILITIES MAINTENANCE FACILITIES CONTRACTS TO AMBASSADOR'S CONTRACTS FOR PROJECTS A AND B, AND MOTEL AND SERVICES INC FOR PROJECT D AND F, AND GCS BACK FLOW FOR PROJECT E AND AUTHORIZE THE SERVICE AGREEMENTS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH TO APPROVE AND PROCURE NECESSARY STAFF, SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT AS OUTLIED FOR THE TEMPORARY MAINTENANCE

SPECIALIST. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: ALL IN FAVOR? >> (CHORUS OF AYES).

>> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: ANY OPPOSED? >> ALL RIGHT. ONE MORE. SIGN CLEANING, PRESSURE WASHER CONTRACTS. AND WE HAVE JOHN EASING INTO THE NEW ROLE.

>> THIS ONE'S A LITTLE EASIER. THIS ONE, AGAIN, THE RENEWAL FOR THE SIGN CLEANS AND PRESSURE

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

WASHING CONTRACT. THE CURRENT THREE-YEAR CONTRACT EXPIRES AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, DECEMBER 31ST, THERE WERE TWO RENEWALS FOR 3 YEARS ON THE CURRENT CONTRACT. WITH THIS, UM,

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BASICALLY, POWER WASHING AND THE SIGN CLEANING TAKES UP A MAJOR PORTION OF THAT, ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRY SIGNS, 400 OF THOSE, THE WOOLDANDS SIGNS AT

[15. Reconvene in public session;]

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

>> RECONVENE BACK INTO PUBLIC SESSION, WE DO NOT HAVE ACTION TO TAKE COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'RE GOING TO DEFER AGENDA ITEM 16 AND GO TO AGENDA ITEM 17, FUTURE AGENDA ITEM

REQUESTS. >> YOU KNOW, I HAVE ONE KIND OF TRIGGERED WHEN WE WERE HAVING THE DISCUSSION EARLIER ABOUT HARRIS COUNTY SWITCHING THEIR BUDGETARY CYCLE. WITH THAT

[18. Board announcements; and]

STATE LAW, AREN'T WE REQUIRED TO SWITCH OUR'S TOO, TO MATCH THE COUNTY'S? I WANTED AGENDA ITEM

TO TALK ABOUT THAT. >> SO, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TWO BUDGET CYCLES?

>> NO, WHAT YOU WOULD END UP WITH IS A 9-MONTH CYCLE AN THEN A YEAR CYCLE.

>> AND WHAT ABOUT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IF THEY DON'T CHANGE THEIR'S.

>> THEY HAVE. >> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: ARE THEY ON FISCAL YEARS NOW OR CALENDAR

YEARS? >> THEY'RE ON FISCAL YEARS. >>

(INDISCERNIBLE). >> CHAIRMAN BUNCH: MOST

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