Sep 28, 2022 Board of Directors Regular Meeting Agenda

[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;]

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>> ALL RIGHT WELCOME TO WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING. WE START WITH INVOCATION.

WE WILL DO THAT TONIGHT SINCE WE DID NOT HAVE A PASTORAL SENATE. IN Q4 TODAY AND THIS COMMUNITY.

WE DO PRAY FOR YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE THROUGH PROCEEDINGS TONIGHT. WE ALSO PRAY FOR OUR FELLOW CITIZENS IN FLORIDA AS THEY SURVIVE THE ONSLAUGHT OF HURRICANE IAN. AND WE JUST PRAY FOR YOUR DIVINE DIMENSION ON THEIR BEHALF.

AND MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE FOR FLORIDA AND ITS RESIDENTS.

PRAY FOR WISDOM THROUGHOUT TONIGHT AND PRAY IN JESUS NAME,

AMEN. >> NOW THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAGS.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE ACCORDING TO STATE

[2. Call meeting to order;]

AT THIS OFFICE BUILDING. AT LEAST FOUR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE I WILL TAKE THE ROLL CALL.

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

[4. Recognize public officials;]

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR. RECOGNIZING PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

NONE HAVE SIGNED UP AND I SEE NONE HIDING.

NOW WE GO DIRECTLY INTO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, -- I'M SORRY

[5. Public comment;]

WE ARE NOW ON PUBLIC COMMENT. WE DO HAVE TWO PAGES OF PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN TONIGHT. WE HAD TWO PAGES LAST WEEK.

LAST WEEK WE LET EVERYBODY GO ON.

THIS WEEK, WE NEED TO CONTAIN OURSELVES TO THREE MINUTES AND NINE MINUTES ON THE SUBJECT. WE HAVE ACTUAL AGENDA ITEMS. WE WILL START IN THE ORDER WHO HAS SIGNED UP.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE TOWNSHIP.

HER NAME IS LAURA NORTON. I AM AGAINST USING OUR PRECIOUS GROUNDWATER TO MAKE AMENITY PONDS LOOK PRETTY.

RECENTLY, SOME RESIDENTS HAVE REQUESTED THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP USE GROUNDWORK TO PHIL PONCE IN THE AREA BECAUSE THE PONDS DON'T LOOK GOOD IN THE DROUGHT.

HOWEVER, MANY STUDIES HAVE SHOWN -- SINCE AS WE USE GROUNDWATER RESOLVE THAT DRAMATICALLY IN HARRIS COUNTY WHERE SUBDIVISIONS WENT UNDERWATER.

WE SAW THAT HERE MONTGOMERY COUNTY A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN WE REDUCED OUR GROUNDWATER USE. AND WE SAW SINKING STOP.

WE'VE ALSO SEEN FAULTY BEING ACTIVATED BY EXCESSIVE GROUNDWATER USE. RESIDENTS WHOSE HOME STRADDLE FAULTLINES, HAVE HAD TO PAY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO SHORE UP AND REPAIR THEIR HOUSES BECAUSE WE USE TOO MUCH GROUNDWATER. OUR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ESPECIALLY THE LOCAL WOODLANDS WATER AGENCY PROMOTES WATER CONSERVATION. THEY HELP MONITOR WATER USE BY WATER SMART SYSTEM AND ALSO RESTRICT YARD IRRIGATION THROUGH THE DEFINED IRRIGATION SCHEDULE SO THAT RESIDENTS MINIMIZE THE STRAIN ON THE AQUIFERS.

I CAN'T IMAGINE US FILLING A POND FOR LOOKS, GIVEN THESE FACTS. I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT SOME RESIDENTS THINK THAT THE AESTHETICS OF THE LOCAL POND IS MORE IMPORTANT FROM PRESERVING OUR PRECIOUS DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES. INSTEAD, OUR PARTY SHOULD BE TO KEEP OUR GROUND FROM SINKING AND OUR HOMES FROM BEING DAMAGED BY FAULTS. AS LONG AS PONDS ARE HEALTHY, THE WATER LEVELS SHOULDN'T BE A PRIORITY OVER OUR HOMES.

IF ANYONE WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT, THIS, I URGE YOU TO GO

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THANK YOU FOR OUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, LAURA.

NEXT WE HAVE SIMON -- WITH DYNAMO.

>> SIMON, FOR SECOND OR THIRD WOULD BE REPLACED!

>> YEAH. [LAUGHTER]

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT. MY NAME IS SIMON, I AM THE DIRECTOR OF SOCCER OPERATIONS FOR YOUR HOMETOWN PROVIDER FOR YOUTH SOCCER THE DYNAMO YOUTH SOCCER CLUB, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THE LAST 30 TO 60 DAYS.

I HAVE NOT BEEN IN FOR A MONTH OR SO, SO WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR SOCCER CAMPS THAT WE HAD THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JUNE, JULY AND EARLY AUGUST. WE HAD 17 SOCCER CAMPS HERE IN THE TOWNSHIP FOR THE LOCAL RESIDENTS TO BE INVOLVED WITH.

FROM THE AGE OF 3 TO 18 AND ABOUT 600 PLAYERS COME TO THE PROGRAM THROUGH THE SUMMER MONTHS HERE ON THE SOCCER FIELDS. LOTS OF FUN AND LAUGHTER, LOTS OF ENJOYMENT. AND SOMETIMES DURING THE SUMMER, DURING HATE, IN THE LATTER PART OF AUGUST WE HAD OUR HOUSTON YOUTH CUP WHICH WAS OUR YEARLY TOURNAMENT THAT WE PUT ON HERE IN THE TOWNSHIP. THAT RAISES MONEY FOR FINANCIAL AID PROGRAM WITHIN THE CLUB. WE HAD THE TEAMS COME IN AND WE HAVE LOCAL HOTELS IN THE WOODLANDS, WE WERE MAXED OUT IN TERMS OF OUR ROOM SO THAT WAS OUR GOALS WE SUPPORT THE INCOMING TEAMS FOR THE EVENT. IT WAS A 48 HOUR EVENT AND THEY PLAYED THREE GAMES EACH. WE HAD SPECTATORS COME THROUGH AND THAT PERIOD SO IT WAS A VERY BUSY TIME FOR US AS A CLUB. BUT A VERY WORTHWHILE PROJECT SINCE 2005 AND THE PROCEEDS STATED BEFORE GO BACK DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND TO HELP FAMILIES IN NEED.

IT WAS ABOUT $95,000 SO, IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE EVENT FOR THE PERIOD. AND THE NEXT SEASON HAS STARTED WHERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND, THAT HAPPENS AT THE SOCCER FIELD ON A SATURDAY. STARTING SEPTEMBER 17, ALL THE WAY THROUGH NOVEMBER 5. WE HAVE ABOUT 6000 SPECTATORS, ON SITE ON A SATURDAY FROM ABOUT 8:00 A.M. UNTIL 3:00 P.M. IN THE AFTERNOON. IT IS THE TYPE OF PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER, WE GOT ABOUT 200 VOLUNTEER COACHES INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM, 200+ TEAMS, AND IS A BUSY SATURDAY SO I INVITE PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND SEE THE ENJOYMENT AND THE SMILES ON THESE KIDS FACES, IT IS A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM FOR THE CULTURE STAFF SO I WANT TO PUT A SHOT TO THE VOLUNTEER COACHES THAT COME AND HELP IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DO ON A SATURDAY.

TWO ARE THINGS WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT, THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND I WILL BE BACK IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THANKS. >> NEXT UP IS MIKE.

>> I GOT THE RIGHT POSITION, THANK YOU.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO THE TIME.

I WANT TO THANK CHRIS AND ANN FOR COMING FRIDAY.

WE APPRECIATE THE TIME IT TOOK TO MEET WITH US.

THIS OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE PONDS.

WE UNDERSTAND TURNING ON THE WATER TO FILL THE PONDS -- AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SPOKE IS NOT SOMETHING ANY OF US WANT.

UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE LOWER THAN THEY WERE TO THE PREVIOUS RAINFALL. WE HAD 30 DAYS AGO.

IN SOME AREAS QUITE FRANKLY, WE'VE GOT LESS THAN A FOOT OF WATER THAT TURNED INTO A SWAMP. NOW WE HAVE AREAS OF CONCERN FROM A HEALTH HAZARD AND INSECT BREEDING GROUND.

WE WILL NOT CRITICALLY FIX THIS ISSUE UNLESS WE HAVE A TROPICAL STORM LIKE IAN LIKE WE ARE SEEING TODAY THAT ANOTHER MUST WANT TO HAPPEN. IT COULD BE YEARS IF EVER.

I DO WANT TO TAKE AND PAUSE FOR MINUTE, TO WHICH THOSE IN FLORIDA ALL THE SAFETY AND BLESSINGS THEY NEED TO HAVE

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WE NEED TO HELP THEM WHERE WE CAN AND I KNOW TEXAS WELL.

I SAID THE LEVEL OF OUR PONDS IS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE AREA. IT IMPACTS SAFETY ISSUES AS I SAID EARLIER AND NONE OF US WANT TO SEE ANY DEAD FISH OR WILDLIFE AS A RESULT OF THESE CONDITIONS, NOT TO MENTION THE BREEDING GROUND IT CREATES FOR INSECTS.

THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP EXPECTS US TO MAINTAIN OUR PROPERTIES TO MEET THEIR BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE STANDARDS AND WE ARE GLAD TO DO THIS. I HAVE BEEN HERE 30 YEARS.

I'VE DONE A LOT TO THE HOME I'VE ASKED FOR A LOT OF APPROVALS AND CHANGES, AND I APPRECIATE WOODLANDS ENGAGEMENT TO TELL ME WHAT I CAN AND CANNOT DO.

HAVING SAID THAT WE APPRECIATE THE SAME FROM THE TOWNSHIP TO MEET HIGH STANDARDS. ASKING FOR THIS IS A SMALL INVESTMENT COMPARED TO WHAT YOU SPENT OVER THE YEARS IN LANDSCAPING, ARTWORK AND MAINTENANCE IN THE WOODLANDS.

THIS IS OF THE SAME ATTENTION TO DETAIL.

THE WATER LEVEL OF THE PONDS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH A SOLUTION THAT HELPS US CORRECT THE ISSUE BUT ALSO, TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. I WANT A MUD WATER FLOW ON A SOLUTION TO FIND A WAY TO CORRECT THIS.

GIVEN WHERE WE ARE TODAY, IT CAN BE A PROCESS.

WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF WATER IN THE PONDS AND MAYBE FOR SOONER THAN LATER, TO USE MUD WATER AND WE DON'T WANT THAT.

NONE OF US WANT THAT. I KNOW THIS IS NOT A NEW ISSUE TO THE BOARD. LAST WEEK I SAT IN THE ROOM AND I WATCHED PICTURES PRESENTED IN OTHER RESIDENTS HAVE HAD MULTIPLE TRACKER LOOKING FOR SUPPORT QUITE FRIENDLY AND DISAPPOINTED THAT THINGS HAPPEN.

WHICH SURPRISES ME FROM THOSE OF YOU SITTING ON THE BOARD.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I WOULD EXPECT FROM ANY OF YOU.

I'M HAPPY HERE TONIGHT, SOMETHING THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD, THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT WE DISCUSSED AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL COME OUT WITH A PLAN THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

>> NEXT UP ANDREA -- >> HI, THANK YOU.

I'M HERE ALSO ABOUT THE POND AND JUST TO CIRCLE BACK A LITTLE BIT ON -- I TALKED TO A. [INAUDIBLE] YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL WATER EXPERT WHO ACTUALLY IS IN CALIFORNIA NEVADA HAWAII CALIFORNIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES FOR A WATER EXPERT. EXPERTISE.

I CALLED UP AND ASKED HIM WHAT ABOUT THE PONDS AND HE SAID QUOTE POND MANAGEMENT IS TO COMBAT SUBSIDENCE.

BY MAINTAINING CATCH BASIN, RETENTION PONDS, THIS HELPS TO CONTRIBUTE TO STUDY GROUNDWATER RE-CATCH.

GROUNDWATER IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS RUN WATER SUPPLIES TO REPLENISH THE RECHARGE BY RAIN OR SNOW MELT THAT SEEPS DOWN

INTO THE >> AND CREVICES BENEATH THE SURFACE SO IN OTHER WORDS WE HAVE IS A LOT OF PONDS ARE DRYING UP.

AND AS THEY DRY UP, THE GROUND, THE MOISTURE BELOW THE GROUND IS DRYING UP AND AROUND THE GROUND IS DRYING UP, AFTER A WHILE, THE GROUND JUST CAVED IN.

AND THAT IS YOUR PROVERBIAL SINKHOLE SUBSIDENCE IT IS SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO. IF PONDS AND SPACES WERE FILLED AT ALL TIMES TO PREVENT EXTENDED REQUIRED MAINTENANCE TO SOIL COMPACTION AND INFILTRATION AGAIN, TO KEEP THEM REASONABLY FILLED. WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR POND, WE ARE LONG PAST THIS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PONDS NOW DRYING UP AND IT MEANS THE CORE OF THE PONDS ARE CONTAMINATED.

TO REPAIR THIS WOULD BE EXTENSIVE, ALL OF THE NUTRIENTS ARE DRYING UP, THE GRASSES ARE DOWN INTO THE POND, THEY DON'T BELONG IN THE POND. TURTLES, FISH ARE LOSING OXYGEN. THEY ARE DYING! YOU WALK YOUR DOG AND YOUR DOG DRINK THAT WATER.

YOUR DOG IS SICK. YOU BREATHE IN THE WATER, YOU MAY BE SICK AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON WITH SOME OF THE PONDS. THE GREEN MARK THAT YOU ARE SEEING IS NOT ONLY A HATCHERY FOR MOSQUITOES, IT IS ALSO, A HATCHERY FOR ENCEPHALITIS, LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE, WEST NILE VIRUS, YELLOW FEVER, MALARIA, ANYBODY WORKING BY THE POND NOW, CAN BE AT RISK OF ILLNESS.

THIS IS DIRE. WE CAN'T WAIT TO THE END OF

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YOUR OWN PETS THAT WALKED BY THE POND AT RISK.

SO, IT IS NOT ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL TO FILL THE POND.

BUT HAVE THE PONDS BEEN TO THE STUDY LEVEL, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE. BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THE PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE HAVING NOW.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR

LISTENING. >> THANK YOU, ANDREA.

NEXT WE HAVE ANNA -- >> CHAIRMAN, I NEED TO HAVE LISA COMMENT ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR SESSION.THE PONDS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SUBSIDENCE IS THE COMPACTION OF THE GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS. THE CAUSE SUBSIDENCE, NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SURFACE PONDS. SORRY.

>> OKAY. ANNA.

>> GRIEVING MY NAME IS ANNA CASTILLO.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. I WASN'T HERE LAST WEEK BROTHER TO TAKE DOCTOR -- FOR THE PROGRESS IN MY OPINION THAT HAS BEEN MADE WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING ON 242 FROM 45 TO 1488.

ALSO WANT TO THANK MARIANNE AND THE RESIDENTS OF ALL THE BRIDGE AND EVERYBODY THAT'S COME TOGETHER AND REALLY TXDOT ALSO, THAT THEY HAD LISTENED AND HAVE MADE US IMPORTANT.

IT IS WHERE WE LIVE, IT IS WHAT WE LOVE AND WHERE WE RESIDE.

ALSO GOING FORWARD THINGS WILL BE RECALCULATED AND EVERYTHING WILL BE CHANGED. I KNOW IT WILL AFFECT ME AS I LIVE IN WINDSOR HILLS. AND I'M RIGHT THERE, THAT'S FINE. I UNDERSTAND -- I SEE IT EVERY DAY. BUT GOING FORWARD TO SAY RECALIBRATE, I DO NOT WANT THEM TO FORGET MY ORIGINAL STATEMENTS I MADE ON THIS PODIUM A FEW WEEKS BACK.

I LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SPARE THE WOODED AREA, THAT IS AT THE CORNER OF CAMPUS DRIVE THAT HAS A LOT OF GROWTH, TREES AND THE CLOSEST TO WHAT I CALL 1/4 OF WILDLIFE THAT GOES BACK TO -- SINCE I LIVE BACK IN THE AREA, I SEE A LOT OF WILDLIFE.

I FIGURED IT WOULD NOT HURT TO SAY THANK YOU AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE MODIFICATIONS THAT WILL BE MADE AND THERE WILL BE NO SOUND WALLS, WHICH I'M SO THRILLED ABOUT! AND LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT WHAT THOSE RETENTION PONDS CAN BE AND TRY TO SAVE THE GROWTH TREES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.> THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, MARK -- >> I THINK WE ARE OVER THE NINE MINUTE LIMIT ON PONDS BUT I'LL BE QUICK.Y NAME IS MARK, I'M AGAINST USING DRINKING WATER TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF ANY HEALTHY POND. WE LIVE IN A GREAT COMMUNITY, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. BUT IT'S NOT DISNEYLAND.

WE DON'T EXPECT IT TO LOOK THE SAME EVERY DAY.

LIKE WE DO AT DISNEYLAND. IN THE DROUGHT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SUFFERS OUR POND LEVELS AND THUS WE SEE.

IT'S A NATURAL OCCURRENCE. WE ARE IN A NATURAL FOREST AND IT'S A NATURAL OCCURRENCE. AS LONG AS PONDS ARE HEALTHY, WE SHOULD NOT BE USING DRINKING WATER.HICH IS WHAT WE GET OUT OF THE GROUNDWATER. WE SHOULD NOT BE USING DRINKING WATER. WE SHOULD BE USING EVERY OTHER IDEA, WHICH I HOPE WE COULD HEAR SOME TODAY.

WE HAVE SPRINGS, SPRING CREEK THAT RUNS THE AREA AND OTHER CREEKS WENT TO THE AREA PURELY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS THAT DISCHARGE WATER. WE HAVE OTHER PONDS THAT ARE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS. WE HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT SOURCES OF SURFACE WATER THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT FIRST.

BEFORE WE USE GROUNDWATER TO MAKE PONDS LOOK PRETTY.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MARK.

NOW WE WILL GO TO JANICE -- >> MY NAME IS JANICE GEBHART, MA WOODLANDS RESIDENT AND THE PRIMARY COACH AT THE WOODLANDS LOCATION FOR THE BRIDGE THAT SWIM TEAM.

AND I REALIZE THIS IS AN AGENDA ITEM TO TALK ABOUT THE HEATER IN THE LAKESIDE POOL. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE IF THERE WILL BE DISCUSSION THAT INCLUDES MANY AUDIENCE MEMBERS.

I WANT TO JUST KINDA GIVE YOU MY INSIGHT.

FIRST OF ALL, THE BRIDGE BATS ARE A TEAM THAT IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER IN THE AREA AND WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE MOST OF OUR SWIMMERS COME FROM KIDS WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY SWIMMING ON ANOTHER TEAM. WE BRING YOUR KIDS INTO THE

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THEY DON'T HAVE TO FIT INTO A MOLD BUT WE EXPECT THEM TO.

LEASE INCURS SWIMMERS TO PLAY AN EXPERIMENT TO DEVELOP A FEEL FOR THE WATER AND CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ABILITIES, IS FOR US TO DECIDE WHY THERE SWIMMING AND HOW SERIOUSLY THEY WANT TO TRAIN AND THE GOALS ARE SUPPORTED EACH STEP OF THE WAY.

THEY BELIEVE HE SWIMMERS VALUED FOR BEING THEMSELVES INSTEAD OF HOW FAST THEY SWIM. SWIMMERS ARE NOT ASSIGNED TO GROUPS OR LEVELS, SIBLINGS CAN WORKOUT, DAYS AND TIMES.

EACH WORKOUT CONTAINS A MIX OF ABILITY LEVELS.

EVERYONE GETS THE BEST COACHING THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.

AND HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH TEAMMATES OF ALL OTHER AGES AND ABILITY LEVELS. WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WOULD HAVE, LIKE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAY UPFRONT FOR THE COST OF A HEATER AND FOR IT TO BE INSTALLED INTO THE LAKESIDE POOL.

BASICALLY THE AGREEMENT WOULD BE, WE WOULD UTILIZE THE POOL FOR FREE ONCE THE HEATER IS AND UNTIL THAT IS PAID OFF.

WE WERE TOLD THAT IT LIKELY ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN BASED ON THE FINANCIALS. AND THE PRIMARY REASON THAT WE WERE TOLD WAS THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME TECH IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE HEATER.

WHICH I'M SURE THEY WILL BE MORE DISCUSSIONS, BUT I HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHY IT TAKES A FULL-TIME TECH.

I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE MAINTAINING THE CHLORINE, CHEMICALS AND PUMP AND EVERYTHING ALL WINTER LONG ANYWAY. SO A BRAND-NEW HEATER, TECHNICALLY, WOULDN'T REQUIRE A FULL-TIME POSITION.

WE HAD AN ARRANGEMENT WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD CALLED SHADOW OAKS IN THE MEMORIAL AREA LAST YEAR. WE DO THIS WITH THEM, PUT HEATER IN, THEY'VE INCURRED NO EXTRA CHARGES IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING THE HEATER. SINCE THEN.ND I'LL JUST QUICKLY SAY, WE ARE WILLING TO EITHER PAY MORE, OR UTILIZE THE POOL MORE. WE ARE WILLING TO POUR MORE INTO THIS IN ORDER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

>> THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE NICK --

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FORGIVING THE FLOOR.

MY NAME IS NICK. COCK WINDSOR CROSSING RESIDENT.

I DID SPEAK LAST WEEK ON THE SAME TOPIC AT THE LAKESIDE POOL. I'M HERE TODAY TO REINFORCE MY SUPPORT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE HEATER.

OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THAT.

WHILE I DON'T WANT TO GO FULLY INTO MY POINTS FROM LAST WEEK I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS.

ONE, JUST TO RESTATE WHAT COACH JANICE SAID.

I'LL SEE THERE IS ECONOMIC BURDEN TO THE TOWNSHIP EAR, BECAUSE THE CAPITOL EXPENDITURE WILL BE COVERED BY THE TEAM.

BECAUSE IT IS NEW EQUIPMENT IT MAKES SENSE TO ME TO ASSUME MOST LOGICAL PEOPLE THAT THEY WON'T BE EXCESSIVE MAINTENANCE ON NEWER EQUIPMENT. AND I DO THINK RUNNING COST OVER TIME CAN BE MEASURED AND NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN BASED ON HOW MUCH THIS IS COSTING TO HEAT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SECONDLY, ON THE POINT OF ACCESS TO COMPETITION, I REALLY LIKE TO RESTATE THE SENSE THE CLUB TEAM HAS FOLDED, AND GONE JUST ON INTO THE DUST THAT ABSENCE OF A HEATER AT LAKESIDE MAY PUSH BACK THE ONLY OTHER CLUB TEAM IN THE WOODLANDS BESIDES THE WOODLANDS SWIM TEAM ITSELF.

OUTSIDE OF THE TOWNSHIP WHICH WOULD LEAVE A MONOPOLY IN PLACE IN TERMS OF CLUB SWIM TEAMS. LAST WEEK ONE OF THE PARENTS MADE A POINT THAT IN ORDER TO BE COMPETITIVE, AT THE VARSITY LEVEL IN THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS, THOUGH SWIMMERS TYPICALLY ALSO SWIM ON A CLUB TEAM. SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT I THINK, AND BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS OF SCHOOLS LIKE COLLEGE PARK AND WOODLANDS AND SWIM TO SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY CAN BE PROUD OF. AND FINALLY, I LIKE TO STATE THAT AS COACH JANICE SAID, TEAM IS UNIQUE STRONG AND POSITIVE CULTURE FOR ALL SWIMMERS. I THINK IT IS CRITICAL TO YOUNG ADULTS TO BUILD POSITIVE SELF-ESTEEM, A SENSE OF TEAMWORK AND COMMODITY. SO THERE IS A NON-ECONOMIC ARGUMENT AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

>> THANK YOU. ELIZABETH GREEN.

>>. >> I WON'T BELABOR THE POINT THAT GENESIS MADE BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN PUTTING THIS

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ON THE AGENDA. >> THANK YOU, ELIZABETH.

YOU. IN SUPPORT OF THE POOL AGAIN I WAS NOT HERE LAST WEEK. NOT GOING TO REPEAT THE SAME POINTS. EXCUSE ME.

RECOGNIZE THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY, THAT WE WILL SEE IN TERMS OF COST AND THINGS WE MIGHT BE MISSING.

JUST ASKING FOR THE CONSIDERATION THAT MAYBE THERE ARE THINGS CONVERSELY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THE FAMILY LEVEL THAT YOU GUYS YOU KNOW MIGHT NOT ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT. IT'S DEFINITELY A BALANCE IN THE SO ASKED THAT WE CONSIDER THAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU.

THAT WILL BRING US TO THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT.

30 SECONDS? YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP AND I DID NOT SAY YES. I DON'T REALLY SAY THAT.

USUALLY SAY THAT. >> ANYWAY, I JUST GOT A QUESTION. I ASKED MONIQUE SHARP A SHORT TIME AGO ABOUT HOW MUCH THE TOWNSHIP SPENDS ON IRRIGATION WATER. BY THE WAY, THAT IS DRINKING WATER. AND ALSO AESTHETICS.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY.

YOU SEE ALL OF THESE NOSES, ENTRANCES ARE IRRIGATED BY THE TOWNSHIP USING DRINKING WATER. SO, I ACTUALLY LIVE IN A POND AND BOTH ENDS HAVE A LITTLE PARK AREA THAT IS IRRIGATED TWICE A WEEK WITH DRINKING WATER.

BUT THEY WILL NOT TURN ON MY WELL.

ANYWAY, I GUESS IT IS PROBABLY CLOSE TO SEVEN FIGURES BETWEEN THE WATER THAT THE TOWNSHIP PURCHASES, DRINKING WATER, AND

[6. Receive, consider and act upon reports from Village Association representatives;]

>> OKAY THANK YOU, KENT.NOW I'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA SIX.

RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON REPORTS FROM VILLAGE ASSOCIATION. WE WILL GO BACKWARDS THIS TIME.

WE WILL START WITH --. >> AS USUAL I'LL KEEP IT SHORT.

I AM MATTHEW BURNS FROM PANTHER CREEK.

OUR THREE DAYS TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT.

OCTOBER 8 6:30 PM, MEADOWLAKE PARK WE WILL DO FIRST ANNUAL MOVIE NIGHT. OCTOBER 13 AT 7:00 PM, OUR MONTHLY MEETING WILL BE AT THE STERLING RIDGE KROGER AND IT WILL BE A CANDIDATE FORM FOR A LOT OF CANDIDATES ON THIS LOCAL CANDIDATES ON THIS UPCOMING BALLOT.

THEN THE COMMUNITY FLEAMARKET IS ON DECEMBER 3. TAKE YOU FOR

YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU.

>> CLARIFICATION? MATTHEW BURNS.

DO YOU REALLY MEAN IS GOING TO BE THE KROGER?

>> YES. AT THE STERLING RIDGE KROGER.

THERE IS A MEETING ROOM UPSTAIRS.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

>> WE CANNOT HAVE ALL OF THE CANDIDATES HERE.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> OKAY. -- CROSSING, TRICIA.

>> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS SHORT.

I AM TRICIA, PRESIDENT OF THE -- CROSSING VILLAGE ASSOCIATION. I'D LIKE TO UPDATE YOU ON OUR ACTIVITIES. WE HAD A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. AND DOCTOR GIBBS CAME AND SPOKE AND GIVE US AN UPDATE WHICH WE APPRECIATED.

OUR BIG FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS PLANNING OUR FALL FESTIVAL.

YOU'LL WANT TO WRITE THIS DOWN IT IS OCTOBER 23 AT -- PARK.

1 O'CLOCK TO 4 O'CLOCK. THERE WILL BE STROLLING CIRCUS PERFORMERS AND LOTS OF OTHER EVENTS.

WE HAVE PRIZES AS WELL. AND OUR SPONSOR IS KROGER.

THEY'RE HOSTING A KROGER CAKE WALK.

DONATING A PALLET OF PUMPKINS FOR TWO DECADES, AND COOKIES TO DECORATE WITH FOOD AND DRINKS. WE HAVE -- THE MEDIA SPONSOR.

THIS WILL BE A REALLY BIG DEAL. WE ARE SELLING VENDOR TABLES FOR $200. THAT BENEFITS OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND. IF ANYBODY IN THE ROOM WOULD LIKE TO BUY ONE, PLEASE REACH OUT.

IT WILL BE AMAZING YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS.

WE ALSO HOSTED THE FIRST EVER HALLOWEEN DECORATING CONTEST.

CATEGORIES ARE CREEPIEST. [INAUDIBLE] THE MOST SPECTACULAR HAUNT AND MOST DEVIOUS DRIVE WHICH IS THE BEST STREET. [INAUDIBLE] STARTING OCTOBER

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HAVING A LOT OF FUN IN CONFERENCE CROSSING.

OUR NEXT MEETING OCTOBER 18 AT 7 O'CLOCK.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME. YOU CAN CONNECT WITH US ON FACEBOOK, ON OUR WEBSITE OR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT, COCHRAN IS CROSSING VILLAGE. THANK YOU!

>> THANK YOU. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, [INAUDIBLE]

>> GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTORS.

MY NAME IS MARIANNE, PRESIDENT OF THE ALDEN BRIDGE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION. I LIKE TO SAY WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE A LESSENING SEPTEMBER 13.

WE RECEIVED LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING SPECIALIST TAVERAS AND CONDUCTED AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE BYLAWS AND MADE A FEW MINOR CHANGES TO THE BYLAWS. WE WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO THANK DOCTOR GIBBS AND I ECHO WHAT ANNA SAID FOR THE SUPPORT YOU GAVE US IN THE RESIDENCE WITH CONCERNS FOR THE EXPANSION OF HIGHWAY 242. I KNOW THAT THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR LISTENING TO US. AND MAKING THE DECISION THAT WE THINK IS RIGHT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE RESIDENCE ALONG 242. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE WILL BE HAVING A COMPETITION FOR THE SPOOKIEST HOUSE, JUST ONE. PLEASE SEND US YOUR NOMINATIONS. WE ARE ALSO BUSY PLANNING THE FALL FESTIVAL WHICH WILL BE AT LAKESIDE PARK 1 O'CLOCK TO 4:00 PM. THERE WILL BE ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES FUN AND FOOD FOR ALL AGES.

THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE AT THE TOWNSHIP OFFICES OCTOBER 11.

CHIEF DOC WILL GIVE US HIS COURT LIFTED AND RHONDA FROM THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION, WILL BE OUR SPEAKER.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK OF HOWARD HUGHES, PLEASE SEND THEM TO ABBAINFO@GMAIL.COM.

WE WILL FORWARD THEM TO HER IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.

PWE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ATTEND.

OPENINGS OF THE BOARD AND LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY.

ALSO, I'D LIKE TO MENTION TO THE DIRECTORS THAT THE VILLAGE OFFICERS MET AT THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER AND IT TALKED ABOUT A FEW ISSUES BUT TWO I LIKE TO BRING UP TODAY.

WE DISCUSSED QUESTIONS FOR THOSE RUNNING FOR THE VA ELECTION IN FEBRUARY. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO DECIDE WHICH QUESTIONS WE WOULD LIKE THE CANDIDATES TO ANSWER.

SO RESIDENTS WILL HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLKS RUNNING FOR THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS.

WE WILL POST THOSE ANSWERS IN VILLAGE ASSOCIATION WEBSITES.

THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS ALSO PLAN TO HAVE A RETIREMENT CEREMONY FOR PRESIDENT DON -- WHEN HE RETIRES BUT AT BLACK WALNUT CAFC) BUT IT WAS CANCELE BECAUSE OF COVID.

THE ASSOCIATIONS GETTING TOGETHER, TO SEE IF WE LIKE TO TAKE -- WE PUT A DEPOSIT DOWN AND SEE IF ALL THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO GET TOGETHER FOR A FEW HOURS TO VISIT. AND TALK.

DON'T HAVE A DATE YET. WE HAVE NOT WORKED OUT THE FINAL DETAILS WITH THE BLACK WALNUT CAFC) BUT I'VE SPOKEN TO THEM THIS WEEK WE HOPE TO GET TOGETHER NEXT WEEK AND FINALIZE THE PLAN. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

>> QUESTION IF I MAY. WHEN YOU SEE THE FALL FESTIVAL

WAS? >> SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5 1 O'CLOCK TO 4:00 PM AND LAKESIDE PARK.

>> THANK YOU, MARY ANN. ANY OTHER VILLAGE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS THAT CAME IN IN THE END?F NOT, MOTION AND SECOND

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

TO ACCEPT THE REPORTS. >> MOTION.

>> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT, NOW MOTION AND SECOND FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[8. Receive, consider and act upon a request for a heater and related improvements to Lakeside pool (as requested by Chairman Bunch);]

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THAT WILL TAKE US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A REQUEST FOR A HEATER AND RELATED IMPROVEMENTS TO LAKESIDE POOL.

JOHN MACGOWAN. >> GOOD EVENING.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE LAKESIDE PARK POOL AND REQUEST FOR THE HEATER. JUST TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON THIS, WE WILL DISCUSS THE COST, PHILOSOPHY, GOALS A HEATED POOL PROGRAM. LAKESIDE PARK POOL ITSELF,

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IT IS JUST A REMINDER, 50 PERCENT COST RECOVERY GOAL THAT AQUATICS IS TARGETING WITH THAT.

AND ALSO, KEEP IN MIND WITH THAT, AQUATIC PROGRAMS IS ANOTHER RECREATION UMBRELLA. IT IS 100 PERCENT COST RECOVERY. BUT HERE, IF YOU SEE IT TALKED ABOUT EXCLUSIVE SERVICES, THAT IS KIND OF IN THE FOLDER THAT.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN IT IS SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY GEARED TOWARD A PERSON, MAYBE A FAMILY OR GROUP, EXAMPLES OF THAT ARE POOL RENTALS FOR EXAMPLE WHERE IT ONLY BENEFIT SOMEBODY AFTER HOURS AND SUCH. THAT IS 150 PERCENT COST RECOVERY. CONTRACTED USERS, THE SAME THING. IT IS AT LEAST 100 PERCENT COST RECOVERY IF NOT HIGHER WITH THAT.

YOU CAN SEE HERE, WITH THAT, IT GOES INTO THE 50 PERCENT COST RECOVERY FOR THE PUBLIC. THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO KEEP POOL FEES DOWN IS WHAT THE GOAL IS. RIGHT HERE YOU CAN SEE OBVIOUSLY CURRENT CHALLENGES, WHICH YOU WILL KNOW FROM THE BUDGET. LIFEGUARD PAY IS GOING UP, CHEMICALS ARE GOING UP. UTILITIES ARE GOING UP.

EVERYTHING IS GOING UP. WITH THAT OBVIOUSLY WILL BE WORK ON ANOTHER AQUATIC DIVISION BUSINESS OPERATIONAL PLAN TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO? DO WE HAVE TO CHANGE FEES? MAYBE THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS AND STUFF WE NEED TO LOOK AT. WITH THE HEATED POOL PROGRAM, YOU CAN SEE HERE, 2011 CREEK WOULD COME ACTUALLY BROUGHT THIS NOT TO PREDATE MYSELF BUT ACTUALLY, CREEK WOULD AT THE TIME, THE WOODLANDS ATHLETIC CENTER CLUB CLOSED IT DOES THOUGH SHIFTED OVER TO THE NEW CISD AUDITORIUM.HEY WERE STILL TRYING TO FIND THEIR WAY OVER THERE.

ANYTIME THERE'S A FOOTBLL GAME THEY GET KICKED OUT OF THE POOL BECAUSE ANY THE PARKING LOT AND THE LOCKER ROOMS AND THEY WERE ALL KINDS OF ISSUES. SO THEY NEEDED SPACE.

WHEN THEY APPROACHED US, WE LOOKED AT CREEK WOULD AND IT WAS AN AMENITY WE DIDN'T HAVE. WE DIDN'T HAVE HEATED POOLS AND NOT TO PREDATE MYSELF BUT ACTUALLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS ALREADY THERE. MY THEORY IS, MCCALL USED TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL BACK IN THE DAY. AND THEY MUST'VE HAD A SWIM TEAM THERE BECAUSE IT WAS A HEATER THERE AT CREEK WOULD PULL AT ONE TIME. IT WAS BEFORE STARTED WORKING HERE BUT THERE WAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS THERE, THE HEATER ITSELF WAS NOT. SO TWISTED PAY FOR THE HEATER AND BASICALLY WE TOOK THE FEES AND USE THAT TO GO AGAINST THE COST. 2013, LIKE I SAID, SORRY TO REPEAT, THAT WAS AN AMENITY WE DIDN'T HAVE SO WE COULD OPEN UP. WE ARE SWIM LESSONS WE COULD DO AT THE HEATED POOL ON THE SHOULDER SEASONS OF THE WINTER AND THE SPRING. WE ALSO HAVE OUR CYCLONE SWIM TEAM THAT WE DO. VERY LIMITED THINGS BUT ANOTHER AMENITY WE COULD DO AND AGAIN IT WAS 100 PERCENT AT LEAST COST RECOVERY. 2013, WE HAD THE -- THERE IS MORE DEMAND THERE THEY CAME AND TALKED WITH THE TOWNSHIP WENT AHEAD AND PAID FOR THE WHOLE THING AT THAT POINT.

THEN AT 2015, SAWMILL, THAT WAS REALLY, WE HAD A HEATER AT THE -- AQUATIC CENTER INSTALLED AND IT WASN'T BEING USED FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. WE ACTUALLY REPURPOSE THAT AND MOVE IT TO SAWMILL. SO WHAT KIND OF FILL THE NEED AND IT WAS A VERY LOW COST TO DO THAT.

YOU CAN SEE YOUR 2018, WE DID LOOK AT ADDING HEATER LAKESIDE BUT AGAIN, THE DEMAND WAS DECREASING, THE COST RECOVERY WAS JUST NOT THERE. WE DID RENOVATE THE POOL PUMP ROOM SO WE DID, AT LEAST THE FORCE AND HAVE A BIT OF FILTRATION SYSTEM SO IT WILL BE EASIER AND WE DID RUN THE PLUMBING ACTUALLY FROM THE GAS LINE TO THE POOL SO WE DID THINGS TO POTENTIALLY ADD A HEATER WHENEVER IT IS VIABLE.

HERE YOU CAN SEE OBVIOUSLY TARGETING SWIM TEAMS, CLUBS, ANY GROUPS THAT NEED SOME FACILITIES.

OBVIOUSLY, INCREASED DEMAND DUE TO BRIDGE BATS.

HEATED, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE TYPO, SHOULD BE UNTIL APRIL 15. ONE MISCONCEPTION OUT THERE WAS, ALL POOL CONTRACTORS SIGN A PULL AGREEMENT AND WE HEAT THE POOLS FROM OCTOBER 1 UNTIL APRIL 15.

THAT IS THE HEATED POOL SEASON. AND SO I KNOW ONE COMMENT AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT LAKESIDE, THE OTHER POOLS, THE OTHER SWIM TEAMS GET THEIR POOLS HEATED. ALL THE POOLS SHUT DOWN THE HEATERS ON APRIL 15. AND AGAIN, THAT WAS FACTORED INTO THE SWIM TEAM FEES, AND WHAT WE CHARGE BECAUSE IF WE KEEP THE HEATERS RUNNING THAT 100 PERCENT COST RECOVERY, WOULD HAVE TO INCREASE THE FEES FOR THE SWIM TEAM AND WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THAT DOWN. LAKESIDE PARK POOL OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS BROUGHT UP LAST WEEK AT THE BOARD MEETING, SOME

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WE HAVE COMPARED TO OTHER FACILITIES, THAT THE SWIM TEAMS COMPETE OUT AND AGAIN, PLEASE REMEMBER, OUR THREE SWIM TEAMS, THE HURRICANES, THE RIP TIDES AND WAVES, THAT'S RECREATIONAL SUMMER SWIM TEAM. TOO MUCH OF THE YEAR THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. MAYBE THEY ARE THREE OR FOUR SWIM MEETS. THAT'S IT.

LOOK AT OTHER FACILITIES AND YES, THERE ARE SOME FACILITIES THAT ARE AT THE CISD MANDATORY MEANT A COMPETITIVE, NATIONALLY RANKED. SO WE ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO COMPETE WITH THAT. SO IF YOU KEEP IN MIND THERE IS THAT FINE BALANCE BETWEEN RECREATIONAL SWIMMING AND A COMPETITIVE SWIMMING ESTABLISHMENT.

AND IT'S KIND OF HARD TO HAVE BOTH WITH THAT.

OBVIOUSLY, THE PRIORITY WITH THE BUILDING OF THE POOLS WAS FOR THE GYM OR RECREATIONAL SWIMMING.

OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE ABLE SUPPLEMENT, BRING SWIM TEAMS AND BUT YOU WILL NOTICE, THE DECK SPACE IS NOT THERE THAT'S WHY IF YOU COME TO THE SWIM MEETS, YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE TWO BLOCK OFF PART OF THE PARKING LOTS.

WE CAN HAVE ALL THE KIDS OUT THERE WE HAVE THE HIGHER LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DIRECT TRAFFIC. THE RESTROOMS, YES, THEY ARE STRAINED. I ME BECAUSE YOU GO TO A POOL THAT NORMALLY CAN HANDLE MAYBE 300 PEOPLE, NOW 800 PEOPLE ARE IN THERE. BUT AGAIN, THEY ARE NOT ALL IN THE POOL AT THE SAME TIME. THEY ARE JUST IN THE PARK FACILITY. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK AT.AYBE NEED TO BRING PORTA PARTIES IN.

BUT ONE THING IF YOU SEE, THE BOARD DID APPROVE, WE LOOKED AT ONE CONCERN WHICH WAS A NEW TIMING SYSTEM WITH STOPWATCHES.

E SAW HOW VALID THAT WAS AND IT WILL DEFINITELY HELP WITH EFFICIENCY SO THAT'S BUDGETED FOR NEXT YEAR.

OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IT'S ACTUALLY RENOVATING THE RESTROOMS. THAT DEFINITELY EVERYTHING THEY PUT THEIR COMMENTS INTO THAT WILL BE LOOKED AT.

LAKESIDE, FOR STATE AND CREEK WOULD, SWIM TEAM POOLS WERE ONE OF THE FIRST TARGETED RESTROOMS FOR US TO TARGET FOR THAT.

>> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAR WHAT FUNDED THAT.

EVEN THOUGH YOU CAME LAST WEEK TO TELL US ABOUT THE POOL, THE BATHROOM CONDITIONS, WE ALREADY APPROVED RENOVATING THE BATHROOMS. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GOT

THAT ACROSS CLEARLY. >> COMMITMENT TO ENHANCE CLEANING DURING, AGAIN WE ARE ALWAYS STRIVING TO DO BETTER.

WE WORK WITH OUR LIFEGUARDING STAFF, WHATEVER WE WILL DO, WE LEARN FROM THAT AND MISTAKES AND WE WILL IMPROVE ON THAT.

THIS IS THE BRIDGE BATS REQUEST.

ALSO CONSIDER THE WOODLANDS SWIM TEAM MADE A REQUEST TO ADD THE HEATERS. THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE, THE DIFFICULT THING IS, IS THE EXACT SAME TIME THEY WANT EACH OTHER TO DO THAT. BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE A DONATION OF THE HEAER, THE TWIST OFFER, AGAIN, LOOK TO THE NEEDS BASED ON CAPACITY AND MAXIMIZING USE. ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS BESIDES THE HEATER, THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL COST THERE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY, THE GAS, THERE IS NO GAS THERE NOW SO EVERYBODY, CHEMICALS ARE INCREASING, CHEMICALS WILL GO UP WITH MORE USE, ELECTRICITY, WATER AND STAFF, I KNOW COMMENT WAS MADE FOR THE POOL TECH, EXCUSE ME.

THE ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBER THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE AS TEXAS STATE POOL CODE, YOU MUST HAVE A CERTIFIED POOL OPERATOR ON STAFF WORKING ONE OF THE POOLS ARE OPEN.

SO AGAIN, WE ARE AT THE TIPPING POINT.

BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE POOL TAX MAINTAIN ALL THE FUNDS AND WATERWAY. THE TOWN CENTER, SORRY WE HAVE THREE HEATED POOLS ALREADY. AND FIVE SPRAY GROUNDS THERE.

SO NOT ADDING A FOURTH HEATER IS JUST COMPOUNDING WITH THAT.

SO AGAIN, THAT IS A REASON WHY AN ADDITIONAL POOL TECH NEEDS TO BE ON BOARD. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HOURS HERE AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE DESIGNATED MOST OF THE PEOPLE WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THE HOURS ARE 6:55 AM OR 5 PM UNTIL 8 PM BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE UTILIZING POOLS ALMOST 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT UNTIL 5:00 IN THE MORNING.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A STAFF MEMBER, IS NO LONGER JUST 8:00 TO 5:00.

IT'S 5:00 IN THE MORNING UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND IN THE SUMMERS YOU KIND OF ARE USED TO THAT BUT NOW IT IS YEAR-ROUND YOU KNOW IF THAT IS THE ROUTE. AND YOU CAN SEE, THE 43.6 PERCENT OF PRIME HOURS USED AND THAT'S REALLY JUST SHOWING FOR THE THREE CURRENT POOLS WE HAVE HEATED, FOR ALL THE HOURS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FROM 5:00 A.M. TO 10:00 P.M., WE STILL HAVE ONLY UTILIZED 12 PERCENT OF THAT SPACE.

AND OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY WANTS THE PRIME HOURS THERE AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM 5:00 A.M. TO 7:00 A.M., 5P MENTAL 8 PM

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THE QUESTION IS, YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL TO ONE OF THOSE THREE POOLS WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE THOSE TIME SPANS.

>> I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THESE ARE PEAK TIMES THE PEOPLE SWIMMING OUR KIDS. OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS, THEY

ARE IN SCHOOL. >> YES.

>> YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SIMILAR ISSUES WITH FIELD UTILIZATION SO HOPEFULLY, WE WILL FIND A SOLUTION.

>> YES AND GREAT POINT THERE. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE WITH THE FIELD, SIMILAR HIGH DEMANDS AGAIN, I'VE WORKED WITH PEOPLE, WORKED WITH THE GROUPS, WE ALSO INSTIGATED A FEE THAT IS PEAK AND NONPEAK HOURS TO TRY AND HELP MOVE PEOPLE AROUND WITH THAT SO PEOPLE WANT TO SAVE MONEY, THEY WILL GO TO THE EARLIER TIMESLOTS OR GO TO THE LATER ONES. THAT IS A POTENTIAL OPTION TO LOOK AT. SO, OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION, OPTION A WAS DIRECT USER GROUPS TO OTHER POOLS, REEVALUATE DEMAND AND COST AND REVENUE STRUCTURE INCLUDING PEAK, NONPEAK FEES DURING THE 2024 BUDGET PROCESS.

CURRENTLY, WITH THE BRIDGE BATS WE ALREADY HAVE THEM ON THE SCHEDULE TO ADD OTHER FACILITIES.

IT'S NOT THERE BEING KICKED OUT.

WE DO HAVE THEM OTHER FACILITIES, IT IS NOT ALL THE HOURS OF THEIR WANTING THERE BUT WE DO HAVE THEM OTHER FACILITIES SCATTERED WITH THE OTHER THREE FACILITIES.

OPTIONS, BASICALLY EXCEPT HEATER AND EQUIPMENT.

AGAIN, POOL COVERS, ROLLERS FOR THE POOL COVERS AND THERE IS A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN JUST, THEN HEATER THERE.

THERE IS SOME EQUIPMENT THERE FROM THE BRIDGE BATS.

ENTERED AN AGREEMENT TO DEDUCT THE AMOUNT UNTIL THE TIME THE DONATION IS EXHAUSTED. OR, UNFORTUNATELY, IS INCORRECT NOW. WE DID TALK TO SOME PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY THAT WE WORK WITH THAT WE ARE, CREEK WOULD POOLS HEATER IS GETTING REPLACED HERE NEXT MONTH BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT

-- AGAIN, HOW MANY YEARS? >> NINE.

>> NINE YEARS. WAIT, 2011 SO 12! 11, 12 YES.1 YEARS OLD SO IS TIME FOR THE HEATER TO BE REPLACED. SO WE PUT THAT IN.

ALSO PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, THESE THINGS TAKE TIME TO COME AND WE ORDERED THREE MONTHS AGO FOR THE REPLACEMENT HEATER FOR QUICK WIT. UNFORTUNATELY, IF IT IS AN OPTION WE CAN MOVE IT TO LAKESIDE.

LAKESIDE IS A BIGGER POOL THAN CREEK WOULD SO IS NOT SIZED CORRECTLY FOR THAT. ALSO, IT SAYS INITIALLY NO POOL COVER, BECAUSE IT WILL TAKE TIME.

YOU HAVE TO MEASURE JUST LIKE CARPETING HOUSE.

YET TO MEASURE AND DO ALL THAT. HAT IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT AN OPTION IN TEXAS STATE POOL CODE.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A POOL COVER FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUCH.

20 PERCENT, 25 PERCENT OF STAFF AND TRUCK ALLOCATED TO THIS THE REMAINING 75 PERCENT WILL HAVE TO COME OUT OF THE REST OF THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING. YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE 15 YEAR WHEN YOU LOOK AT A COMMON EXPENSES THERE AND THEN WE POTENTIAL REVENUE THAT WE CAN BRING IN FROM THAT RENTAL TIME.

OPTION C IS REALLY, KIND OF THE SAME THING BUT BASICALLY, US PURCHASING THE EQUIPMENT. THAT WAY WE WILL PURCHASE IT ALL, YOU CAN SEE THE STAFF MEMBER THERE AND THEN WE JUST CHARGE THEM THE FEE FOR USING THE POOL.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER OPTION? >> NO.

>> SO THIS IS BASED ON CURRENT FEE SCHEDULES.

>> YES. >> WHAT I WAS SUGGESTING, JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, -- SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THE HEATER WE DON'T NEED THE SWIM TEAM TO DONATE TO THE COMMUNITY.WE ACTUALLY HAVE THIS FUNDED. IT IS ALREADY BEEN FUNDED TO PUT HEAER IN THE POOL. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE, THERE'S, THE DEFICIENCY IS MINOR.

BUT THROUGH FEE ADJUSTMENT, WE CAN GET BACK TO WHERE YOU NEED

TO BE TO BEHOLD. >> YES.

WE CAN REEVALUATE THAT. >> A NEIGHBOR SUGGESTING 2024 BUT WOULD THERE BE REASON TO WAIT UNTIL THEN?

THEIR SEASON IS STARTING. >> ONE THING WE WANT TO DO, AND WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DO THE FEE ANALYSIS.

WHEN YOU HAVE, START PUSHING THE FEE AT A HIGHER LEVEL, PEAK

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YOU DECIDE DON'T WANT THAT, WE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO CALCULATE ALL OF THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY PART OF THIS OVERALL PRESENTATION WAS TO COME BACK WITH YOU IN JANUARY TO SAY HERE IS HOW TO REALLY LOOK AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN COMPARISON TO ALL THE OTHER THINGS GIVEN THE FACT THAT CHEMICALS ARE GOING UP, COST OF LIFEGUARDS IS GOING UP TO TRY AND GET YOU TO THE 50 PERCENT COST RECOVERY.

THE BOARD CAN GO AHEAD AND IF SO INCLINED TO PUT HEATER IN, WITH ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBER AND TRUCK AND EQUIPMENT THAT IS PART OF THE SCOPE AS WELL. THEN WE'VE GOT TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH THE PLAN AND WHAT DOES THE PLAN MEAN? IT MEANS POTENTIALLY INCREASED FEES AND MODIFICATIONS HOWEVER WE DO IT. ALSO MIGHT LOOK AT SERVICE EFFICIENCIES, WHERE THE POOLS ACTUALLY BEING USED? WERE THEY NOT BEING USED? DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO OPEN, CONTINUE TO OPEN CERTAIN HOURS TO TRY AND GAIN EFFICIENCIES

THAT WAY? >> CHAIRMAN IF I MAY, SINCE WE HAVE OTHER POOLS THAT ARE HEATED, AND FOR HER CORRECTLY, WE'VE OFFERED THOSE FOR THE FALL OF 2022.

>> YES CORRECT. THERE IS SOME TIME OBVIOUSLY, THEY WOULD LIKE SOME MORE TIME BUT YES.

>> THE OTHER IS, WE AS A TOWNSHIP SHOULD PAY FOR THAT HEATER. BUT ARE WE DOING THE SAME THING THE OTHER SWIM TEAMS? WE AS A BOARD CREATE THE POLICY, IS THIS WHAT THE OTHER SWIM TOMBS WERE ALSO OFFERING?

>> IF YOU GO BACK TO HISTORICAL RENDERING, TWISTED DONATED A HEATER FOR THE FIRST POOL. WE AS A TOWNSHIP, BUT THE SUBSEQUENT, SECOND AND THIRD ONE.

REFUND IN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS DONATED.

SO YES, THIS IS IN ALIGNMENT. THE ISSUE IS NOT NECESSARILY THAT THERE'S OPEN LANES. THE OPENINGS ARE AVAILABLE AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THE NECESSARY USE THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GET THE KIDS HOME SO THEY CAN GET THEM EITHER FEDERAL LET THEM DO HOMEWORK AND GO TO BED.

DEPENDING ON THE AGE GROUPS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THE SPORTS FIELD.

THIS IS THE DEFICIENCY OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, AND THIS IS INCLUDING, USING THE CURRENT RATE STRUCTURE, I WOULD SUGGEST IF WE HAVE A PEAK RATE ADJUSTMENT ACROSS ALL THE HEATED POOLS, DEFICIENCIES WILL BE GONE.

IF YOU HAD TO PAY 6000 MORE A YEAR TO HAVE THE AVAILABLE AS OF THE AVAILABLE TIMES WHEN YOUR CHILDREN ARE AVAILABLE TO BE TAUGHT HOW TO COMPETE, AND SWIM, YOU HAVE TO PAY THE EXTRA MONEY. IF YOU'RE WILLING TO BUY HEATER CERTAINLY YOU'D BE WILLING TO PAY MORE PER HOUR PER LANE, TO HAVE OPTIONS. I SIT FOR THE OTHER TEAMS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, WE USE THAT FIRST POOL HEATER WINNERS TRAINING FOR IRONMAN I DIDN'T REALLY HAD JUST BEEN INSTALLED. BUT IF THE POOL DID NOT EXIST, I HAD NO WAY OF TRAINING. WE HAD KIDS IN SPORTS AND TRIATHLON FOLKS OUT HERE FOR IRON MAN, SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF CAN USE IT LATER THAN A PERSON THAT WILL GET HOME TO DO HOMEWORK AND GO TO SCHOOL. I THINK YOU MIGHT SHIFT MAYBE USERS AROUND HERE BUT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RECOVER THIS COST.

I THINK THERE IS A WILLINGNESS IN THE SWIM COMMUNITY TO PAY.

MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OBJECTIVE OF THE COST RECOVERY IS BEING MET. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE COULDN'T DO THIS. I DIDN'T LET SOME OF THE PARENTS KNOW LAST WEEK, IF WE ALL AGREE AND SAY LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THIS, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE WE'LL GET HEATER IN NEAR TERM.ECAUSE OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.

I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THIS OPTION WITH GIVING YOU TIME TO COME BACK WITH FEE STRUCTURE. BUT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IT MAY NOT OCCUR YOU KNOW IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS BECAUSE OF AVAILABILITY -- SIZE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PULLEY HAD TO DEAL WITH A POOL COVER REQUIREMENT.

IF THE STATE REQUIREMENT SOMETHING NOT WE CAN AVERT.

MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL LATER THAN YOU REALLY WANT.

BUT AT LEAST NOW IT'S IN THE WORKS.

IS THAT A FAIR SUMMARY? >> YES SIR.

>> CHAIRMAN? I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO BE, TO ALLOW INDIVIDUAL GROUPS TO BUY EQUIPMENT FOR

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IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS, WE NEED TO PAY FOR IT.

WE NEED TO HAVE A FEE STRUCTURE IN PLACE.

THAT MEETS AT LEAST ONE OF THE BOARD DECIDES IS THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF RECOVERY. I AGREE THAT I AGREE WITH NOT HAVING ENOUGH TIME TO DO A THOROUGH ANALYSIS I DO THINK THAT THERE IS A DEMAND, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS FORWARD TO GO AHEAD AND ORDER THE HEATER AND POOL COVER. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS IF NOT CLOSE TO A YEAR FOR ALL OF US TO COME TO FRUITION ANYWAY.

OPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE IT WORKED OUT BY THEN.

>> I TOO WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OPTION C WHICH IS PURCHASING THE HEATER. AND RAISING PRICES.

WHENEVER APPROPRIATE LEVEL THAT STAFF DESIGNATE IS NECESSARY.

MAYBE NOT IMMEDIATELY OVER TIME THAT YOU CAN DESIGNATE WHAT WE SHOULD DO TO HAVE 50 PERCENT RECOVERY.

I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE IN THE PROGRAM.

IT'S WORKED AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO DO THINGS THAT PROVIDE FIRST CLASS AMENITIES BUT ALSO BRING IN THE REARVIEW MENU THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THEM.

THERE WAS COMMENT LAST WEEK WE CANNOT REMARK THAT THE POOLS, THE BATHROOMS NOT CLEANED THE POOLS WERE MAYBE NOT THE BEST SHAPE. I WENT TO LAKESIDE A COUPLE DAYS AGO IT WAS CLOSED FOR THE SEASON.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU CAN SEE THE GROUNDS AROUND AND THE NECK AREA, IT WAS IMMACULATE. EVEN WHEN IT IS NOT A PEAK SEASON, IT DOES LOOK RIGHT. DIDN'T GET TO CHECK OUT THE BATHROOMS. BUT I'M SURE THE OUTSIDE WAS LOOKING GOOD, I THINK IT WAS -- THAT SAID THE VOLUME CAN GO UP FROM CAPACITY OF 300 TO 800. THAT'S AMAZING! THAT'S BREATHTAKING. IT IS LIKE HAVING A REALLY BIG PARTY AND SO, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HANDLE THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW YOU WILL HAVE PEOPLE IN ORDER TO KEEP THE RESTROOMS CLEAN WE NEED TO DO IT.

BECAUSE THAT'S HOW PEOPLE JUDGE ARE YOU PROVIDING GOOD SERVICE YOU CAN ASK BOOKIES, LADIES JUDGE EVERYTHING BASED ON THE BATHROOM. CANNOT SPEAK TO YOU BUT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. PLEASE LOOK AT THAT SERIOUSLY,

THANK YOU. >> I THINK THAT THE POINT IS THAT IT'S JUST NOT A POOL HERE. WE START TO TALK ABOUT CHANGE, REPURCHASING THE FACILITY WAS NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT SORT OF USE. THERE ARE ANCILLARY ISSUES LIKE THE BATHROOMS, AND PARKING AND OTHER THINGS THAT PROP UP AS WE DO THIS. I STILL THINK IT IS WORTHWHILE TO DO IT. I THINK WE SHOULD INVEST IN IT.

>> I AGREE. >> MAY I MAKE A MOTION?

OPTION C. >> ALL RIGHT.

MOTION AND SECOND TO PROVE OPTION C.

>> SO MOVED.>> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? OUR KIDS WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE ANOTHER SWIMMING OPTION. EXPECT TO PAY MORE.

[9. Receive, consider and act upon a review of the drought management plan (as requested by Director Rieser);]

AGENDA ITEM 9, RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A REVIEW

OF THE DROUGHT MANAGEMENT PLAN. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP TO A PUBLIC COMMENT LAST WEEK ABOUT THE LAKE AND POND FILLS.WE WANT TO JUST REVIEW QUICKLY THE CURRENT APPROACH, AND POTENTIALLY GO MORE TO THE AESTHETIC PLAN AND SOME OPTIONS THE BOARD MAY TAKE.

THE CURRENT APPROACH IS FILL AT 50 PERCENT IF, THAT IS AN UNDERLYING WORD. IF NEEDED TO SUPPORT AQUATIC HEALTH OR ENSURE INTEGRITY. REALLY WHAT IT DOES, IN DEVELOPING THIS, THIS IS AN OUTGROWTH OF THE DROUGHT OF 2009 UNTIL 2012. REALLY REDUCE THE PRESSURE, SOME PRESSURES ON MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS.

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ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THAT IS NOT ALL OF THE PONDS ARE REFILLED AT THE SAME TIME. IN THE SAME AMOUNT.

EVERY POND IS UNIQUE. WE HAVE 67 POUNDS, THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES AND ALL GET RECHARGED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. HAVE DIFFERENT DRY AREAS NOT EXACT, THIS IS NATURE WE ARE WORKING THROUGH.

MANY RESIDENTS HAVE CITED AESTHETIC CONCERNS FROM THAT STANDPOINT. OVERALL, WHAT WE DO IS WE SEE THIS EVERY 5 TO 10 YEARS. WE HAD A LITTLE SPELL OF THIS.

WE REMEMBER BACK IN 2011 THERE WAS A SHORT DROUGHT THERE.

IN 2015 WE DO SEE THE PONDS GO DOWN AND EVENTUALLY, THEY DO RECHARGE WHETHER THEY ARE IN SURFACE WATER, OR STORMWATER FROM THE STANDPOINT. A DIFFERENT APPROACH THE BOARD TO TAKE IF THEY ARE SO INCLINED TO REALLY SET A THRESHOLD FOR WHAT THE LEVELS SHOULD BE. MAINTAIN STATIC LEVEL OR 50 PERCENT INSTEAD WILL GROW 75 PERCENT WHATEVER THE BOARD MAY CHOOSE. WHAT WE DO IS SEE UNIFORM LAKE AND POND LEVELS THERE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S ONE OF THE APPROACHES. WE DO SEE THAT THERE WOULD BE INCREASED PRESSURE ON MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS. MAYBE SOME ADDITIONAL IMPACT ON SCIENCE AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT $700,000 WHERE WE WOULD ESTABLISH METERS ALL THE PONDS THAT DO NOT HAVE METERS RIGHT NOW.

INCLUDING THE WELL PONDS BECAUSE THERE IS A CERTAIN LIMIT THE PONDS HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUMP WATER IN AND REALLY ESTABLISHING KIND OF A WATER BUDGET PER YEAR.

ABOUT $230,000. THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM FILLING ALL THE PONDS UP WITH ONE FOOT OF WATER ACROSS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. SOME PONDS MIGHT NEED IT AND SOME MIGHT NOT. IT IS A GIVE-AND-TAKE.

WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ESTABLISH A WATER BUDGET FOR THE PROGRAM. LET ME LOOK AT THAT WILSON INFORMATION FROM WOODLANDS WATER AND MUD 386 AND WHETHER THEY WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OR NOT. FOR THAT PROGRAM.

THE CONCERNS RESIDENTS ARE RAISING REGARDING KAYAK RIDGE AND KIND OF THE SISTER POND NEXT DOOR TO IT, LOOKING AT SOME SHORT-TERM APPROACHES AND LONG-TERM APPROACHES.

IF YOU CONTINUE TO DROP MANAGEMENT APPROACH IS CONTINUAL WHAT WE ARE DOING WE ARE NOT SEEING NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON THE WATER QUALITY, I.E. PH, DISSOLVED OXYGEN.

WERE NOT SEEING LARGE-SCALE FISH KILL OFF, FROM THAT.

WE ARE STILL SEEING IT HEALTHY, DOES IT LOOK COMPROMISE? I WOULD NOT ARGUE THAT. I VISITED WITH RESIDENTS ON FRIDAY, DOCTOR SNYDER AND I VISITED, DOES IT LOOK IDEAL? IT DOES NOT. HOWEVER, STILL MEETS TERMS OF THE DROP MANAGEMENT HOW WE BEEN APPROACHING THE PONDS FOR A

NUMBER OF YEARS. >> HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THE POND. ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THE POND SPILLING OVER INTO NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON HUMAN HEALTH.

OR EVEN PET HEALTH. DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION FOR US ABOUT THAT? IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT WAS NOT ACCURATE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU CAN

SUBSTANTIATE THAT? >> WE HAVE NOT SEEN OVERABUNDANCE IN ONE METRIC WE HAVE ACCESS TO WOULD BE MOSQUITO INFORMATION AND DATA WE'VE NOT SEEN IN A OVERABUNDANCE OF CHOPPING WILL CONCERNS IN THE AREA AT THIS POINT. IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T EXIST BUT IT JUST THE ONE DATA POINT WE HAVE ACCESSIBLE TO US FROM THAT STANDPOINT. GO BACK TO THE AESTHETIC, I'M SORRY DOCTOR. IF WE LOOK AT FILLING IF THE BOARD CHOSE TO FILL THE POND UP, YOU ARE LOOKING ABOUT 1 TO 2 FEET JUST TO RAISE IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

LOOKING AT 15,000 OR $30,000. IT'S REALLY BASED ON THE PONDS ARE VERY LARGE, 6+ ACRES EACH AND THE WATER RATE FROM THE MUNICIPAL I'M SORRY MUD 386. THERE ARE ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE OTHER PONDS IT MIGHT BE ABOUT THREE FEET LOWER THAN RIGHT NOW AND THERE ARE SOME DOLLARS IDENTIFIED TO FILL THOSE PONDS UP IF THE BOARD WERE TO MOVE TO THE AESTHETIC APPROACH.

THE MIDTERMS APPROACH REALLY CONTINUE WITH THE DROUGHT MANAGEMENT CONCEPT. ONE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WE MET WITH WILL ME TO TALK ABOUT THE ENGINEERING STUDY THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY, WE DO BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE DONE PROBABLY IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. WE CONTRACTED WITH WHILE

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THERE NEEDS TO BE DRAINAGE EASEMENTS EXECUTED AND WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COST IS OF THAT FOR THAT POND, POTENTIALLY WHOLE WOOD AND EIGHT OR NINE OTHER PONDS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AS WELL. THAT REALLY GOES INTO ANOTHER PART OF THIS PROGRAM, DO YOU, POTENTIALLY PUTTING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS INTO LOOKING AT THIS FROM A GLOBAL STANDPOINT OF TRYING TO EQUALIZE ALL THE PONDS AND HAVING ACCESS TO STORMWATER OR OTHER WATER AND THAT'S WHY THERE IS ADDITIONAL $100,000 IDENTIFIED. FROM THAT STANDPOINT I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS THE BOARD IS RECOMMENDED TO

DETERMINE A COURSE OF ACTION. >> CAN YOU GO BACK TWO SLIDES QUICKLY?AST TIME YOU MENTIONED THERE IS A MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT WE CAN PUMP, WAS A NUMBER AGAIN?

>> LET'S BE CLEAR, THE, THEY ARE NINE PONDS.

THAT HAVE WELLS. THOSE WELLS ARE, -- IS COMING TO THE PUBLIC ONES. THE MASTER PERMIT FOR THOSE NINE WELLS ARE 9.5 MILLION GALLONS.

WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS IF YOU WERE TO FILL THE PONDS UP, THE NINE PONDS, THAT WILL BE ABOUT 9.9 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE AND PUT THE WATER IN BASED ON HEALTH, IF WE USE THE WATER, EXCUSE ME, MAY, EXCUSE ME APRIL, MAY OR JUNE WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE RESOURCE IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER.

WE DID LOOK AND REACH OUT TO LONE STAR GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT ABOUT POTENTIALLY ENHANCING THE PERMIT TO MORE THAN 9.5, ROLLING OVER THE PERMIT AND IT WAS NOT PERMITTED. THEY DID INDICATE WE COULD APPLY FOR AN ENHANCED PERMIT BUT IT ALSO HAS TO BE BASED ON HISTORICAL USE. WE ARE CHALLENGED THERE BECAUSE HISTORICALLY, WE TURN ON PUMPS FOR A DAY OR TWO TO MAKE SURE THEY WORK, TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE FUNCTIONAL.

AND WE DO THAT AT THE END OF THE SEASON NOVEMBER 1, THIS

FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER. >> FILLING UP 1 TO 2 FEET THAT OPTION, HOW MUCH MORE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

>> I KNEW YOU WOULD ASK ME THAT.

THE NUMBER I APOLOGIZE I DON'T HAVE IT BUT I THINK IT'S ABOUT

6+ MILLION GALLONS. >> I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF YOU KNOW, AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION OF DISCUSSING WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE HORSE HAS ALREADY LEFT THE BARN.

YOU KNOW, NONE OF THE PONDS WERE DESIGNED BY THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. IS THAT NOT CORRECT? NOR DID WE HAVE ANY PLANNING AUTHORITY OVER THOSE PONDS.

WHEN THEY WERE PUT INTO PLACE. >> WE RECEIVED THE PONDS TO A CONVEYANCE PROCESS FROM THE WOODLANDS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AS PART OF THE PARK INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> THE POINT I'M MAKING, IT WAS THEN PART OF THE PLOTTING DESIGN AND WAS NOT APPROVED BY US.

THEY HAVE BEEN CONVEYED TO US AND NOW, WE'VE GOT THE ISSUE.

DID WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE OPTION OF REFUSING THE CONVEYANCE?

>> THAT WOULD BE A MATTER BETWEEN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND WOODLANDS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.

>> MY GUESS IS IT'S TOO LATE AND WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN

POSSESSION. >> I'M NOT SAYING THAT.

>> IT COULD'VE BEEN PART OF THE AGREEMENTS WHERE WE HAD, WE CO-FUNDED DEVELOPMENT IN CERTAIN AREAS, I DON'T KNOW IF

THESE PONDS WERE CO-FUNDED. >> ACTUALLY, IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD IN TERMS OF FUNDING. HE FUNDED THE PARK PORTION, NOT NECESSARILY THE POND. THE POND WAS PART OF THE

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WHAT YOU PAID FOR WAS THE BENCH, POTENTIALLY FOUNTAIN.

THE ORIGINAL SIGNED, THE TREES, THE SIDEWALKS IN THE AREA.

>> I THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO POINT OUT THE AESTHETIC PONDS AND PONDS MAINTAINING LEVELS TO HAVE DRAINAGE FLOWING INTO THEM, THOSE WERE DESIGNED BY THE DEVELOPER.

GIVEN TO US AFTER THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PARK AND POND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING FOR THE LAST SO MANY DECADES.

THE ISSUE WITH THE PARKS OR THE PONDS THAT DON'T GET THE SAME RECHARGING, IS THEY DON'T HAVE THE RUNOFF CAPTURE THAT WOULD BE PROVIDING A LONG-TERM SOLUTION.

LOOKING INTO THAT, IS THERE -- >> THAT'S WHAT THIS OPTION AS A DROP MANAGEMENT APPROACH, IS THE ENGINEERING STUDY, JUST ON KAYAK RIDGE TO SAY, REALLY, AS THE TIP OF THE SPEAR, HERE'S HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO REENGINEER THE STORMWATER ASPECT. AND, BOARD, DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT? AND HERE'S HOW MUCH GAIN YOU WOULD GET. REMEMBER, EVEN IF THERE IS NO, IF THERE IS NO RAIN, THERE IS NO WATER GOING TO THE POND.

IF THERE'S A DROP FOR TWO, THREE OR FOUR MONTHS, THERE IS NO RAIN, EXCUSE ME KNOW STORMWATER RECHARGE.

WOULD IT HELP WHEN THE RAINS COME? YES. THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. MUCH LIKE WHAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE SAID FROM THAT STANDPOINT BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST IS, HOW MUCH WATER WOULD ACTUALLY BE POINTED INTO THE POND, OFF OF THE ROADS IN THE RESIDENCE NEIGHBORHOOD AT THIS POINT. THAT'S WHY WE ARE WAITING FOR THE STUDY AND ALSO, WHAT COST MIGHT BE TO JUST DO THE ONE POND, THEN CAN WE EXTRAPOLATE THAT TO SOME OF THE OTHER

CHALLENGE PONDS THAT WE HAVE. >> AND THE STUDY WILL BE BACK

THE FIRST PART OF OCTOBER. >> YES MA'AM.

WE REACHED OUT AFTER WE HAD THE MEETING TO VERIFY BECAUSE THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW LONG IT'S TAKING AND I RESPECT THAT.

SMALL PROJECTS LIKE THAT, IS NOT ON AN ENGINEERS FIRST

PRIORITY LIST. >> I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT WE CANNOT -- EVERY BOARD MEETING SINCE MAY.

MR. KENT IS BROUGHT THE ISSUE UP EVERY BOARD MEETING, HE SPOKE ABOUT IT EVERY BOARD MEETING.

THEY DIDN'T DO NOTHING. WE HAD THE STUDY GOING ON TRYING TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO AN ISSUE THAT IS NOT SO EASILY SOLVED. IF WE TOOK THE NIGHT AND HAVE MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER WE HAVE AND PUT IN THE PONDS, I

THINK WE GAINED WHAT, A FOOT? >> YES THAT IS CORRECT.

>> IF WE WOULD'VE DONE THE INMATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE LOOKING AT TODAY, ONE FOOT IS NOT GOING TO MEDIATE OR MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE CURRENT POND.

WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, HOW DO YOU, IT IS A FOOT, NONE HAVE MILLION, GALLONS OF POND WATER.

WHAT WE NEED IS A SOLUTION WHERE YOU'RE BETTER RECHARGE CAPABILITIES, SO YOU'RE NOT DEALING WITH THIS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD ALMOST 11 YEARS.

I CAME ON DURING THE LAST DROP. PONDS ARE DOWN DURING THE LAST JOB, TREES DIED IN THE LAST DROP.

WE HAD TO SPEND TONS OF MONEY EXTRACTING TREES.

IF I HAVE TO PUT THE WATER TO USE, WILL PUT IT IN TRUCKS AND DRIVE AROUND AND MAKE SURE THE TREES ARE BEING SAVED AND BECAUSE WE SPENT WHAT? SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS IN TREE REMOVAL AND TREE REPLANTING. YES, WE ARROGATE THE TREES DIED. THE PONDS HAVE HEALTH AND LIFE OF THEIR OWN BUT THAT IS WHAT'S BEING MONITORED RIGHT NOW AND THEY CAN COME BACK. BUT YOU KNOW, A DEAD TREE ISN'T COMING BACK. IT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN DOWN AND IT WILL BE REPLANTED WITH THE MUCH SMALLER TREE AND IT WILL TAKE YEARS FOR THAT GROWTH TO REPLACE LOST AMENITY.

I HAVE PONDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD I LIVE IN.

SOME LEVEL AND THE WATERCOURSES STREET IS NOT.

IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THE PICTURES THAT WERE BROUGHT TO US LAST WEEK. THINK WE NEED A BETTER LONG-TERM SOLUTION BECAUSE THIS WILL BE RECURRING CHALLENGE WITH THE WEATHER PATTERNS WE ARE DEALING WITH IN TEXAS.

AND I DO KNOW THAT ONE FOOT IS GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN ANY OF THESE PONDS AT THIS POINT.

>> I KNOW YOU BROUGHT UP WAS, AND THEN DOCTOR -- DID REGARDING THE HEALTH ISSUE. AND THE ONE POND NORTH OF KAYAK RIDGE, PROBABLY OF ALL THE PONDS THAT I'VE GOT TO VISIT, IS THE ONE THAT IS MOST CHALLENGED.

AND I THINK WE HAVE SHARED WITH OUR STAFF THAT WE NEED TO

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AND SO, I'M SURE THAT DOCTOR -- AND HIS TEAM ARE VERY MUCH ENGAGED AT ENSURING THAT THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN.

>> I THINK IF WE DO SEE THE BAROMETERS GO UP, IT IS PART OF THE PLAN TO AT THAT POINT, WE SEE HEALTH INDICATORS GO DOWN THAT WAS THE CAUSE, THEN YOU ARE ABLE TO PUT WATER IN THINK I MADE MENTION TO THE RESIDENTS, THE EASY THING TO DO IS TURN THE WATER ON THIS EASY THING.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS FROM A GLOBAL STANDPOINT, THERE ARE MITIGATING FACTORS WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH.RIORITIZATION OF WATER, LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.

-- >> WE DID THAT SEVERAL MONTHS

AGO. >> WE MET WITH THEM ON SITE, JUNE OR JULY. AND WE HAVE TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THE DEVELOPER TO LOOK AT THE PLANS.

SOME THINGS WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO REGULARLY.

>> A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. IF YOU CAN REMEMBER BACK, WHAT WAS THE LAST TIME THAT PARTICULAR POND HAS BEEN IN

THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION? >> 2011.

OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE MAY HAVE BETTER HISTORY THAN I DO. BUT --

>> SURE. AROUND WINDOW THE POND REFILL

ITSELF OR HAS IT NEVER? >> IT HAS REFILL ITSELF.

WHEN YOU HAVE ON AVERAGE 50 TO 60 INCHES OF RAIN PER YEAR, YOU LOOK AT THAT IS ONE INCH PER WEEK, AND IF YOU'RE GETTING THE REGULAR ROUTINE OR JUST YOU KNOW, A TOUGH CYCLE WHERE WE HAVE THREE MONTHS WITH NO RAIN WE HAD A GOOD SOLID TWO WEEKS PLUS OR MINUS RAIN AND WE HAVE ANOTHER MONTH, IT IS A

CHALLENGE BUT 2011. >> THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT IF WE DECIDED TO PUT THE 9 MILLION GALLONS IN THERE, WE HAD THE FOOT, THAT WITHIN TWO OR THREE MONTHS, THAT WOULD

JUST FALL BELOW AGAIN. >> THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OR I THINK ONE OF THE THOUGHT PROCESSES OF THE APPROACH.

IF WE ARE ADDING MORE WATER, ALL WE'RE DOING IS TAKING AWAY FROM LARGELY MUNICIPAL SOURCES AND WELLS AND WE ARE PRIORITIZING IT TO THE PONDS VERSUS THE RESIDENCE IN TERMS OF BATHING, SHOWERING, HOME USE AND BUSINESS USE.

>> I WILL HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION.

AND THEY MAKE A COMMENT, THEN THERE'S REALLY NO GUARANTEE THAT IF WE DO USE 9.9 MILLION GALLONS IN THERE, THAT WE DON'T HAVE HEAVY FLOODING DURING THE TIME WHICH THEN, WE JUST PUT 9.9 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER AND SOMETHING THAT WILL NOW BE

FLOODED. >> I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD WORD IT THAT WAY. I WOULD SAY THAT IF WE DO SEE ARCING COMING WE WILL TURN OFF THE WELLS.

PLAIN AND SIMPLE. OR THE TAX.UT THERE IS A CAPACITY STANDPOINT RIGHT NW, AND SOME OF THE PONDS, TO HANDLE SOME OF THIS AND REMEMBER, ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF THIS COMMUNITY IS THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF THE STORMWATER RUNOFF INTO MOST OF THESE PONDS.

IN THIS CASE IT DOESN'T HAVE STORMWATER OFF THE STREETS BUT THE ROOF AND SUBSIDING AREAS THAT HELPS MANAGE THE

DOWNSTREAM FLOWS. >> RIGHT.

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. ANOTHER POND IS REALLY UNDER THE TOWNSHIP, IT WAS REALLY, WISH IT WAS A RESPONSIBILITY OF MY 36 BECAUSE I'M SURE THEY WILL BE WILLING TO PROBABLY FOOT THE BILL SINCE MOST MONTHS, THEY HAVE A LOT OF

MONEY. >> DIRECTOR, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVEN'T SEEN YET.

IF WE GET THE COST, HOW MUCH IS THIS.

WE DID, I'VE HAD SOME INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH 386 WITH REBECCA, HOW WOULD IT WORK? HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, I DID TALK ABOUT JOINT COST BUT WILL USER CONTRACTORS VERSUS TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS AND THEN WE PAY THE BILL BECAUSE HONESTLY, IT'S UTILITY THAT --

>> RIGHT. I BRING IT UP BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIP. YES.

>> IS A TWO-WAY STREET. THIS IS GOOD TO HAVE PARTNERS,

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COMMUNITIES. >> WE'VE REALLY STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH 386 AS WELL AS WOODLANDS WATER.

>> AND THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE. E SHOULD HELP EACH OTHER.

LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT I NEVER BELIEVE IN KNEE-JERK REACTIONS. I HEAR THE AND WORKPLACE AND SO, WE'RE NOT DOING NOTHING, WE ARE ACTUALLY PLANNING.

LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS ARE ACTUALLY MORE BENEFICIAL THAN JUST THROWING WATER AT A PROBLEM THAT MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM AGAIN. IT'S LIKE PUTTING A BAND-AID ON SOMETHING TO YOU FIND OUT WHY IT KEEPS HAPPENING.

THE BEST WE CAN DO IS MITIHAPPE. >> AS YOUR THINKING THROUGH THIS, IS NOT ALL THE DRAINAGE FOR THE HOUSING RUN INTO THE

STREET? >> FROM TALKING TO THE ENGINEER, THE FIRST, BASICALLY THE FRONT HALF DOES.

WHERE THE EXTRA 66, SEVEN ACRES AND THERE IS ANOTHER TWO ACRES, THE BACK HALF OF THE ARTS, BACK HALF OF THE ROOTS OF WHAT THEY MEASURED, IT GIVES THEM THE EXTRA 1.5 OR -- PERCENT OF THE

OVERALL AREA TO FILL OUT. >> LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THIS IS ABOUT MONEY.

I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM SPENDING FUNDS TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO RE-CHANNEL STORMWATER, YOU GET THESE PONDS, I DO OPPOSE PUMPING POTABLE WATER INTO A POND I THINK IS CRAZY.

AND YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, WHEN WE GET RAIN HERE DOESN'T NECESSARILY REACH THE AQUIFER. THE ARTICLE FORGETS RECHARGED HUNDREDS OF MILES NORTH OF US. IT IS NOT HERE.

SO YOU KNOW THE LOCAL RAINFALL, WE'RE TALKING, THE WELLS.

>> THE WELLS? >> I WANT TO SAY 200 FEET B1.

MAYBE A LITTLE LONGER. >> SO I'M SAYING THAT THE AQUIFER DOESN'T REALLY WORK THAT WAY.

>> OF THE THING I WOULD SAY, MOST OF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT I CAME FROM COLORADO BEFORE HERE. AND DEALT WITH A LOT MORE WATER ISSUES AND JUSTICE. AND RETURNED PONDS ARE COMPLETELY BUILT DIFFERENT THAN THESE TYPES OF PONDS COMEDIES ACTUALLY HAVE CLAY BOTTOMS. SO IS NOT BEING PARKED THROUGH

THE SOIL AND RECHARGED. >> YOU KNOW YOU ARE RIGHT BUT OBVIOUSLY, THE TYPOGRAPHY AND THE GEOLOGY OF COLORADO IS QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE SUB SOIL CONDITIONS IN THIS PARTICULAR PART OF THE WORLD. AND YOU ARE SOCIALLY, A TROPICAL ZONE OR SUBTROPICAL ZONE.

IT IS UNUSUAL TO HAVE THIS RAINFALL.

I WOULD SUPPORT THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS TO FIND A SOLUTION.

CHAIRMAN BROWN RECOMMENDATION THIS IS NOT ABOUT MONEY.

IN THE MIDDLE OF A DROUGHT FOR US TO TURN AROUND AND TAKE WATER OUT OF THE AQUIFER, I'M SORRY, I THINK IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE. I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IRRESPONSIBLE. AND I GET THE IDEA OF YOU KNOW PROPERTY VALUES AND YOU KNOW, AESTHETICS AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS. I THINK THAT IS JUST, THE FIVE YEARS, THE WATER TASK FORCE, I THINK IT'S CRAZY.

>> IF I LIVED THERE, THERE'S DEFINITELY VISUAL.

IT DOES NOT LOOK AS GOOD. I CAN AGREE WITH THAT BUT LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT YOUR VALUES GOING DOWN BECAUSE UNLESS SOMEONE HAS A PARTICULAR ADDRESS THAT HASN'T HAD AN APPRAISAL THIS YEAR, THE VALUES, THERE IS NO ISSUE WITH VALUES GOING DOWN BUT THERE IS AN AESTHETIC ISSUE.

AND POSSIBLY A HEALTH ISSUE. >> I THINK WE HAVE THIS AGENDA, THIS IS SO WE CAN RESPOND TO THE NUMEROUS CONTINUOUS PUBLIC COMMENTS TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNEW WE WEREN'T JUST NOT DOING IT THE BACKS OF ENGINEERS HIRED AND WORKING TOWARDS A BETTER LONG-TERM SOLUTION. THAT REPORT IS DUE NEXT MONTH SO WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM ON THIS AGAIN NEXT MONTH. HOPEFULLY WITH SOME SOLUTIONS AND CREATIVE IDEAS. I DON'T KNOW IF THE COMMENTS ABOUT ALTERNATIVE SURFACE WATER TRANSFERS HAVE ANY MERIT OR ANY ABILITY TO HELP YOU KNOW, MEDIATE THE ISSUE AS WELL.

I CAN'T IMAGINE TRYING TO GET 10 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER OUT OF SPRING CREEK. AND EFFICIENTLY BRING IT OVER TO THEIR PONDS. BUT IT WAS LEAST A CREATIVE THOUGHT, WHAT ELSE IS THERE OUT THERE?

>> WE LOOK TO SOLUTIONS TRYING USE WATER HERE AND IT WAS A 2000, 3000 FOOT PIPELINE THAT WILL BE NEEDED SO THERE ARE

VARIOUS COST. >> 2000 FOOT PIPELINE IS

PROBABLY NOT PRACTICAL! >> WE DID LOOK AT IT.

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>> YOU ARE RIGHT CHAIRMAN, ONE OF THE PRIMARY CONVEYANCE STRUCTURES FOR STORMWATER IN THE WOODLANDS ON THE STREETS.

THERE IS NO QUESTION. WHERE THE STORM DRAIN IS EMPTYING INTO, IT'S VERY POSSIBLE STORM DRAIN DOES HAVE A PIPE THAT RUNS DOWN TO SPRING CREEK.

IN FACT, IT IS ENTIRELY LIKELY. I THINK THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE REDIRECT THAT.

>> IS ALSO TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT DEPTHS TO APPROACH IT.

THERE'S A LINE THAT GOES STRAIGHT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.

LITERALLY GOES RIGHT BY THE POND.

THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS WE ARE LOOKING TO TRY AND TAP INTO BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY THAT IT WOULDN'T TAKE MEASURES BRING IT FROM 100 FEET AWAY. IT IS ACTUALLY ON THE POND SIDE. BUT HOW MUCH ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET OUT OF THAT? THAT IS SOMETHING BECAUSE OF THE DEPTHS AND WHERE DOES IT GO BACKWARDS, THAT IS FOR

ENGINEERS. >> THAT IS WHAT THE ENGINEERS DO BUT LET'S ALSO REMEMBER THAT PULLING WATER SPRING CREEK MEANS YOU HAVE TO PUMP IT UPHILL.

>> YES SIR. >> HE HAD TO TAKE IT FROM

EITHER SIDE. >> FROM THAT EXAMPLE THOUGH, YOU GET THE RAIN HONORABLY ALSO GET THE SPRINKLER RUNOFF.

>> I THINK I WAS TALKING TO MONIQUE A LITTLE EARLIER, IS PROBABLY WHAT IS HELPING THE POND RIGHT NOW TO SUSTAIN WHERE

IT IS OVERALL. >> OKAY.

WE WON'T TAKE ANY ACTION SITE BECAUSE WE GETTING AN ACTUAL REPORT NEXT WEEK OR NEXT MONTH. E WILL HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM NEXT MONTH WITH THE ENGINEERING REPORT.

[10. Receive, consider and act upon the financial report;]

ON THIS ONE. THANK YOU, NUMBER 10 RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE FINANCIAL REPORT.

>> THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING.

TONIGHT I'LL BE PRESENTING THE WOODLAND TOWNSHIP AUGUST FINANCIALS FOR THE EIGHT MONTHS ENDING AUGUST 31, 2022.

THE FIRST ONE WE WILL LOOK AT WILL BE THE BUDGET TO ACTUAL REVENUES, YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGET TO DRUG USE IS 96 MILLION, THE YEAR-TO-DATE ACTUAL COLLECTED REVENUES IS 105.3 MILLION.

FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF 9.3 MILLION.

7.1 MILLION IN SALES TAXES THE MAIN COMPONENT IN THE FAVORABLE VARIANCE, THERE'S ALSO A 557,000 FAVORABLE VARIANCE AND ADMISSION TAX WHICH IS OFFSET BY UNFAVORABLE VARIANCE AND HOTEL TAX TRANSFERS OF 269,000. THERE IS A COMBINED 1.8 MILLION FAVORABLE VARIANCE AND OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE, THE MAIN COMPONENT OF THIS IS THE 1.4 MILLION IN PROGRAM REVENUES DUE TO THE TIMING OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE RECREATION CENTERS AND TOWNSHIP EVENTS. 400,000 FAVORABLE VARIANCE AND OTHER INCOME WHICH IS DUE TO THE TIMING OF CONTRACTED AGREEMENTS FOR SERVICES FOR DISPATCH AND FIRE.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS EXPENDITURES. THE BUDGET VERSUS ACTUAL.

YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGET EXPENDITURES IS 66.6 MILLION.

YEAR-TO-DATE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES IS 64.3 MILLION FOR FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF 2.3 MILLION.

ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT CATEGORIES ARE SHOWING A FAVORABLE VARIANCE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SAVINGS IN SALARIES AND BENEFITS, TIME OF EXPENDITURES AND SAVINGS AND CONTRACT SERVICES. OTHER EXPENDITURES DOES HAVE AN UNFAVORABLE VARIANCE DUE TO EVENT ADMISSION TAX AND REGIONAL PARTICIPATION WHICH ARE OFFSET BY FAVORABLE VARIANCES IN REVENUE. THIS SLIDE IS OVER OUR SALES TAX REVENUE. YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGETED SALES TAX IS 43.1 MILLION PER YEAR TO COLLECT THE SALES TAX IS 50.3 MILLION. 7.2 MILLION FAVORABLE VARIANCE WHICH IS 16.8 PERCENT OVER THE BUDGETED AMOUNT.

COLLECTIONS THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR 2021 IS 17.2 PERCENT

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HOW THE REST OF TEXAS IS DOING, SEPTEMBER, TEXAS COMPTROLLER DISTRIBUTED A LITTLE OVER $1 BILLION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

WHICH IS A 13.1 PERCENT INCREASE FROM THE SAME TIME SEPTEMBER 2021. 16.3 PERCENT INCREASE YEAR-TO-DATE. OUR LAST SLIDE IS HOTEL TAX REVENUE, THE YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGETED HOTEL TAX IS 4.7 MILLION. ACTUAL COLLECTED IS 5.6 MILLION. FOR ALMOST A $900,000 POSITIVE VARIANCE OR 18.8 PERCENT OVER BUDGET.

THE SAME TIME THIS YEAR, IT IS ABOUT 1.9 MILLION MORE.

A LITTLE OVER 50 PERCENT HIGHER.

THE MONTH OF AUGUST IT WAS A SLIGHT UNFAVORABLE VARIANCE OF 41,000. HOTEL RENOVATIONS MAKE UP A LARGE PART OF THIS FOR THE MONTH.

THAT IS THE END OF MY REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> JUST ONE QUESTION. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IN THE REPORT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SEPARATE CATEGORY THAT SHOWS THE EFFECT OF THE TRANSFERS FOR THE INTERNET SALES TAXES. I THINK IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT NUMBER TO HIGHLIGHT. BECAUSE IT PROBABLY FALLS IN OUR RETAIL NUMBER FOR THE MOST PART.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TRACK SEPARATELY IN MY

VIEW. >> OKAY.

>> THANK YOU. MY LORD -- SHE'S TRYING TO SHOW. [INAUDIBLE]

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THE SLIDES ARE A LOT MORE, A LOT PRETTIER! NICE JOB!

>> THANK YOU. >> IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

THANK YOU. MOTION TO ACCEPT AND SECOND TO

[11. Receive, consider and act upon a nomination to fill a vacancy on the Montgomery Central Appraisal District Board; ]

ACCEPT FINANCIAL REPORT. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? AGENDA ITEM 11. RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A NOMINATION TO FILL A VACANCY ON THE MONTGOMERY CENTRAL

APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD. >> AS WE DISCUSSED THERE IS A VACANCY ON THE MONTGOMERY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WE ARE TREATED AS A CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION DISTRICT FOR PARTICIPATING IN ELECTIONS. BECAUSE IT IS THE FILLING OF VACANCY THE ELECTION PROCESS WORKS DIFFERENTLY THEN IT DOES DURING THE NORMAL CYCLE. EVERY ELIGIBLE ENTITY HAS ABILITY TO SUBMIT A NOMINEE THAT IS DONE BY PASSING A RESOLUTION NAMING THE NOMINEE. AND THEN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MOCKERY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THE REMAINING NUMBERS ARE WHO VOTES ON THE REPLACEMENT.

AND THAT IS SCHEDULED OR ANTICIPATED FOR OCTOBER 20.

THE DEADLINE TO TURN A NOMINEE IS OCTOBER 10.LAST WEEK, AND THE DIRECTORS WHO INTERESTED IN NOMINATING SOMEONE, WERE TOLD TO SHARE THE INFORMATION AND IN YOUR DESK THERE IS INFORMATION ON CHRISTOPHER -- NOMINATED BY DOCTOR SHELLEY AND -- WHO HAS

NOMINATED BY DOCTOR SNYDER. >> ALL RIGHT.

WE WERE ALL PROVIDED THEIR BIOS AND WE'VE GOT TWO NOMINATED PERSONS. DID WE WANT TO DO THE BALLOT LIKE WE DID WHEN, ACTUALLY REALLY HAD ONE NOMINEE LAST

TIME. >> RIGHT, WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE NOMINEE IN THE PAST. ACTUALLY A MOMENT AGO I REALIZED I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DONE BALLOTS ON THIS BUT I'VE

NOT. >> OKAY.

I AM SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH WITHOUT HAVING TO BE

BALLOTED. >> WE CAN PUT SOMETHING ON

PAPER. >> WE CAN WRITE THREE OR FOUR

AND TURN INTO MS. DEMPSEY. >> PLEASE ALSO INCLUDE YOUR NAME SO IT CAN BE AN OFFICIAL BALLOT.

>> IF WE NEED TO HAVE A RECOUNT.

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>> WE HAVE SIX DIRECTORS IN ATTENDANCE TODAY AND WE HAVE THREE VOTES FOR EACH CANDIDATE. [LAUGHTER]

>> WELL. DOCTOR SHELLEY AND DOCTOR SNYDER, ROCK PAPER SCISSORS? WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR THIS?

>> OCTOBER 10. >> OKAY.

>> PRIOR TO THE NEXT MEETING. >> PRIOR TO THE NEXT MEETING.

I'M SURE YOU WOULD! BOB WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. HOW MUCH OF THE AGENDA DO WE HAVE LEFT? LET ME CHECK WITH BOB.

TO SEE IF HE WILL MAKE IT. >> WE CAN RETURN TO THIS AGENDA ITEM. [INAUDIBLE] I SENT BOB A NOTE SO HE SAID HE WOULD RUN LATE.

[12. Receive, consider, and act upon a proposal to provide The Woodlands Express service to the 2023 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (C-2015-5229A9);]

WE CAN DEFER THIS AND COME BACK AND VOTE AGAIN LATER.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12. RECEIVE, CONSIDER, AND ACT UPON A PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE THE WOODLANDS EXPRESS SERVICE TO THE 2023 HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO .

>> GOOD EVENING BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THE RODEO SERVICE HAS BEEN THE FIRST YEAR OF SERVICE WAS 2019.

AND THE GRAPH SHOWS WE HAVE SEEN SUBSTANTIALLY MORE RIDERS IN 2022 PART OF THE REASON WAS, THERE'S FIRST YEAR OF SERVICE.

WE HAD ONE DAY OF SERVICE IN 2020 BEFORE THE COVID PANDEMIC CANCEL SERVICE.ND IT WAS CANCELED 2021.

BROUGHT IT BACK IN 2022. AFTER SPENDING THE DAY TIME, DAY AND TIME OFFERINGS AS WELL AS MAKING A CONCERTED MARKETING EFFORT IN 2022. THIS SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF RIDERSHIP IN 2022. THE FIRST BUCKET THERE IS A PRE-RODEO COOKOFF WHICH IS A THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY.

EVENING SERVICE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY SATURDAY. THEN THE THREE WEEKENDS OF THE RODEO, WHICH WAS FRIDAY EVENING SERVICE AND THEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. YOU'LL SEE AND HEAR, SATURDAY, THE LIGHT GREEN HAVE THE HIGHEST VOLUME OF RIDERSHIP, FOLLOWED BY SUNDAY WHICH IS THE DARK GREEN.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS A COST BREAKDOWN FOR 2022.

OVERALL, WE DID HAVE A BIG MARKETING PUSH, WHICH WAS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS YEARS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WE WERE BACK AFTER THE PANDEMIC. AND THEN THE CHART AT THE BOTTOM SHOWS A BACKED OF THE AVERAGE RIDERSHIP AND COST FOR PRE-RODEO AND THREE RODEO WEEKENDS.

CALL ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THE RODEO HAD 36 PASSENGERS, AVERAGE RIDERS PER BUS. THEN BREAKDOWN OF THE REVENUE AND NET COST FOR THOSE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICE.

AND THEN OVERALL COST PER RIDER AT THE END.

PLEASE KNOW IN 2022, WE DID COVER 100 PERCENT OF ALL COSTS SHOWN. WITH FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION CARES ACT FUNDING WE WERE AWARDED AND HAVE BEEN USING. THEY COVERED ALL THE COSTS IN

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WHICH IS BASICALLY TENDING TO 2 PM.

ALSO, WE'VE INCLUDED A FRIDAY OR WEEKDAY SCHEDULE AND PRE-RODEO COOKOFF SCHEDULE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

AS THE RODEO DOES GO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR CONCERTS, THIS FRIDAY SCHEDULE COULD BE CONSIDERED WEEKDAY SERVICE IF YOU DECIDED EVENING SERVICE TO DO MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. SCALE THAT ANY DAY OF THE WEEK THAT YOU'D LIKE NOT JUST FRIDAYS.

BUT TO CONSIDER THAT, WE DID A COST BREAKDOWN FOR EACH OF THE DIFFEREN TYPES OF OPTIONS FOR THE THREE SCHEDULES.

FOR THE SATURDAY SUNDAY ONLY SERVICE FOR THOSE TWO DAYS, WE GROUP THEM TOGETHER, 13 DEPARTURES PER DAY.

WE SAW ESTIMATED COST THERE, ESTIMATED REVENUES, ROOTED TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, 35 PEOPLE PER BUS, WITH A MAXIMUM TOTAL REVENUE THAT COULD OCCUR IF ALL BUSES WERE SATURDAY AND SUNDAYS THEN THAT COST OR REVENUE TO DO THAT FOR SATURDAY SUNDAY SERVICE NEXT ONE IS FRIDAY OR ANY WEEKDAY YOU CHOOSE, ONE OR FOUR.N THE PRE-RODEO COOKOFF AT THE END.

AND SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WITH THE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IS THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY TURN A REVENUE, SO ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THAT IS THE ROUTE TO SUCH A LONG DISTANCE AND THERE IS AN EFFICIENCY GOING ON THERE THAT WITH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND THE NUMBER OF RUNS WE CAN TURN OVER CAN USE ONE BUS TWICE. BASICALLY.

RECALL THAT BASICALLY, TURNING BUSES.

THAT'S NOT CAPABLE TO DO THAT ON EVENING SERVICES.

SO THE EFFICIENCY IS BUILT IN MORE SATURDAY AND SUNDAYS THAT

WITH FRIDAY OR -- >> IF I'M READING CORRECTLY.

TALKING ABOUT BEST AND WORST CASE SCENARIO, THE NET LOSS OF $15,000 AS OPPOSED TO JUST BREAKING EVEN.

>> DEPEND ON WHICH DAY, YEAH. >> I'M FOR DOING IT.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT SERVICE FOR THE FOLKS AT THE RODEO.

I FEEL A LOT BETTER ABOUT IT. >> WE HAVE ENOUGH CARES ACT FUNDING TO HAVE ENOUGH THROUGH MARCH 2023 TO CONTINUE TO COVER SERVICE ONE MORE YEAR. WHATEVER SERVICE WE MIGHT BE SETTING A PRECEDENT AND KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT IN 2024 WILL BRING IT BACK, WHERE DID MY PRIOR SERVICE GO?

>> WITH THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY FOR THE BUS?

>> 55. >> CHANCE OF GETTING MORE ARE PRETTY HIGH. OR MORE PARTICIPANTS.

>> IS GIVING THE AVERAGE AND MAXIMUM.

, THEY WOULD BREAK EVEN. >> WE HAD LAST YEAR 2022 WE HAD A LITTLE MORE SPREAD OUT DURING THE DAY AND WE FOUND THAT TENTATIVE PAYMENT SCHEDULE WAS REALLY THE SWEET SPOT FOR PEAK RIDERSHIP, THAT'S WHERE WE ADDED THIS 1015, 1115, WORKED WITH THE CONTRACTOR CAME UP WITH THE IDEA WE WOULD INITIALLY PUT THOSE UP FOR RESERVATIONS.

UNTIL LIKE THE 10 O'CLOCK BUS WAS FULL, THEN WE'D OPEN UP TO 1015. WE GUARANTEED TO HAVE WHAT THOSE PHILIP FIRST AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE HALF FULL BUSES

BASICALLY. >> WHAT I HEARD IS THAT CARES ACT CAN COVER DEFICITS AND THERE WAS A SUPPORT FOR DOING

ALL OPTION, A, B, C. >> YES.

>> OKAY. >> CAN I CLARIFY? IS THAT JUST FRIDAY OR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY?

>> ALL OF THE ABOVE. >> ALL OF THE ABOVE?

>> LET'S GO BACK ASIDE. >> RODEO FRIDAY IS THE OTHER

WEEKDAY SERVICE. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST FRIDAY. YOU HAVE PRE-RODEO COOKOFF.

OPTION A, B AND C WHICH IS FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND PRE-RODEO COOKOFF. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT? SECOND FOR SURFACE TO EXECUTE AMENDMENTS TO AGREEMENTS TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENTS AND AGENCY TO ACTIVATE SERVICE AS APPROVED BY THE TOWNSHIP BY COUNSEL.> ALSO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR?

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I DID GET A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR, HE IS ALMOST HERE.

[16. Board announcements; and]

WHILE WE ARE WAITING FOR DIRECTOR MILLER TO JOIN US, ANY

BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS? >> IF I MIGHT, I HAVEN'T MADE MUCH NOTE OF THE FACT THAT I'VE CHOSEN NOT TO RUN AGAIN.

SO THIS COULD WELL BE MY LAST REGULAR BOARD MEETING BECAUSE NEXT WEEKEND SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY THAT WAS LIKELY TO TAKE ME OUT CERTAINLY, OUT OF THE FIRST MEETING AND TO ATTEND A ONE-DAY SESSION AS WELL. I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.

IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH THE BOARD.

I HAVE IMMENSE RESPECT FOR EVERYONE OF THIS PEOPLE SITTING UP HERE AND THEY'VE DONE A TERRIFIC JOB.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE SITUATION THAT WE LEAVE THE TOWNSHIP AND, IS ONE THAT I THINK EVERYONE OF US CAN BE PROUD OF. YOU KNOW, THIS COMMUNITY HAS NEVER BEEN IN BETTER SHAPE FINANCIALLY.

WE ARE ACTUALLY PERFECTLY POISED TO WEATHER WHAT I SEE AS A COMING ECONOMIC STORM. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

AS WE TRY TO WORK THROUGH WHAT IS SHAPING UP MORE AND MORE LOOK LIKE A PRETTY SERIOUS RECESSION.

AND FAIRLY HIGH INTEREST RATES THAT WE WILL HAVE TO COPE WITH.

AND JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT SEEING SOME CHATTER, PARTICULARLY AN EMAIL ABOUT THE IDEA OF BLEEDING DOWN RESERVES TO GIVE A ONE-TIME PROPERTY TAX CREDIT.

THAT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO ECONOMIC SENSE WHATSOEVER FOR THIS COMMUNITY. WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK AND GET THE MONEY SOME OTHER WAY. AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND WHAT'S GOING ON. WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT $64 MILLION RIGHT NOW. IN THE CAPITAL RESERVE.

CAPITAL RESERVE, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT SPENDING 30 MILLION OF THAT. YOU KNOW IN PARKS AND RECREATION AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE CAPITAL RESERVE STUDY CALLS FOR $34 MILLION CAPITAL RESERVES.

I BELIEVE THE PERSON WHO WROTE THE LETTER SUGGESTING WE SHOULD BLEED DOWN RESERVES WAS A CHAIRMAN.

WHEN THE PARTICULAR DECISION WAS TAKEN.

I ALSO WANT TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR THAT IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE BUDGETS FOR THE TOWNSHIP OVER THE LAST CERTAINLY DURING MY TENURE, EVERY SINGLE BUT IT WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE BUDGET.WHERE DIRECTOR MCMULLEN VOTED NO BECAUSE WE TOOK A SMALL, THINK IT .2 CENT INCREASE THAT YOU'RE STILL GOING TO THE EFFECTIVE RATE.

OTHER THAN THAT EVERY ONE OF THOSE HAS BEEN VOTED ON

UNANIMOUSLY. >> THE IDEA THAT IN 10 YEARS, THE COMMUNITY COULD BE DEBT FREE AND HAVE ZERO UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY. YOU KNOW, IS STUFF THAT OTHER GOVERNMENTAL UNIT STREAM OF. AND YOU KNOW, THIS COURT HAS PUT THE COMMUNITY IN THAT POSITION.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY A REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE AND I WANT TO POINT OUT AGAIN, REALLY ONLY GOVERNMENTAL UNIT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY THAT FOUND A WAY TO LOWER YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL THIS YEAR. NOT JUST YOUR RATE.

WE LOWERED YOUR BILL. SO, IF I WERE RUNNING AGAIN, I'D BE PROUD TO RUN ON WHAT WE DONE.

IF ANYBODY THINKS I'M RUNNING AWAY FROM OUR RECORD, THEY ARE KIDDING THEMSELVES. I JUST HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE. I WANT TO SEE THE LAST SIX YEARS HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTE DELIGHT.

YOU KNOW, REALLY ENJOYED MY TIME AS WELL WITH THE WOODLANDS AND I THINK WE MADE REMARKABLE STRIDES.

I JUST WANT TO THINK THE CHAIRMAN AND ALL OF THE DIRECTORS FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT AND THANK YOU! THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

I DIDN'T DO IT FOR THAT! >> I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND EXECUTIVE TEAM.

>> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I THINK THERE'S A TON OF MUTUAL

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WE DO IT FOR FREE. NOTHING ELSE TO SAY.

THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED YOU AND WE PRAY FOR YOU AND YOUR SURGERY NEXT MONTH.ND WE ARE HOPEFUL YOU WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK FOR THAT LAST OCTOBER MEETING.

IT IS CERTAINLY FOR OUR NOVEMBER RETIREMENT PARTY.

NOW WE GO BACK TO AGENDA ITEM 11.

WE HAD TWO NOMINEES FOR REPLACING A VACANCY ON THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

DOCTOR GIBBS HAD NOMINATED -- LOOK AT THAT! DOCTOR GIBBS NOMINATED CHRISTOPHER BUCK AND DOCTOR SNYDER NOMINATED WALT -- I'LL GET IT RIGHT BEFORE I LEAVE! PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE BALLOT. WE HAVE 3 1/2 VOTES FOR -- [LAUGHTER] IT DIDN'T SAY VOTE FOR ONE.

>> I'M PRETTY SURE I PUT THAT THERE.

IT IS TRUE I DID NOT SAY WHEN. A RUSH JOB.

SO, I DO HAVE FIVE VOTES FOR CHRIS BUCK AND TWO FOR WALT --

>> ALL RIGHT, WE WILL SEND A RESOLUTION FOR CHRIS BUCK.

>> WILL BE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 016 Ã22.

>> I NEED A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION ORDER NUMBER 016 Ã22. NOMINATING A CANDIDATE TO FILL A VACANCY OF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

CHRIS BUCK WILL BE OUR NOMINEE. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND? I WILL SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. THAT WILL PASS FIVE ÃTWO.

AND WE WILL SEE HOW THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD TAKES OUR NOMINEE. THAT WILL MOVE US BACK TO BOARD

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

FUTURE BOARD AGENDA ITEMS? >> MR. CHAIRMAN, DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AN AGENDA ITEM BUT SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED AMONGST THE ASSOCIATION MEETINGS THAT JUST PROBABLY FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE FLEA MARKET HELD AT THE GARAGE.

THAT COULD POSSIBLY GO AWAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT IS RUMORS OR JUST CHATTER. BUT JUST KIND OF YOU KNOW, AN OVERVIEW OF MOST OF US ALREADY KNOW, ALL ABOUT THAT BUT SOME RESIDENTS MAYBE DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY.

IS THERE ANY RUMOR THAT THE TOWNSHIP IS LOOKING TO PART WAYS WITH THE FLEA MARKET THERE.

I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS TALK ABOUT THAT.

I SINCERELY ADVOCATE FOR PROBABLY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST

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A LOT OF PEOPLE APPRECIATE HAVING IT.

>> IS A AN AGENDA ITEM? >> DO YOU WANT AGENDA ITEM?

>> WE WILL PUT AN AGENDA ITEM. SO WE CAN COME BACK AND TALK

ABOUT IT. >> WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE FLEA MARKET. WE ARE READY HAVE THE FORMAL POND ENGINEERING REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS.

ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? ANY BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS? I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO

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