Jan 19, 2023 Board of Directors Regular Meeting Agenda

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>> GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE JANUARY 19 WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING.

[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;]

JERRY AND HIS LOVELY WIFE PEGGY HAVE LIVED IN THE WOODLANDS SINCE 2002. HE IS A RETIRED UNITED AIRLINES PILOT, HAVING SERVED WITH THE AIRLINE FOR 28 YEARS.

HE AND HIS WIFE ARE MEMBERS OF F THE BAHAI FAITH, AND MR. YORK SERVES AS THE SECRETARY ON THE LOCAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHAI OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY SOUTH.

THE LOCAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY IS COME POSED OF NINE MEMBERS WHO ARE ELECTED ANNUALLY. THEY ADMINISTER THE AFFAIRS OF THE BAHAI COMMUNITY. THE BAHAI FAITH IS ESTABLISHED IN MORE THAN 100,000 LOCALITIES AND VIRTUALLY EVERY COUNTRY AND TERRITORY AROUND THE WORLD. MR. YORK.

>> OH,000 KIND LORD, THIS GATHERING IS TURNING TO THEE.

THESE HEARTS ARE RADIANT WITH THY LOVE.

THESE MINDS AND SPIRITS ARE EXHILARATED BY THE MESSAGE OF GLAD TIDINGS. OH, GOD, LET THIS AMERICAN DEMOCACY BECOME GLORIOUS IN SPIRITUAL DEGREES, EVEN AS IT HAS ASPIRED TO MATERIAL DEGREES. AND RENDER THIS JUST GOVERNMENT VICTORIOUS. CONFIRM THIS NATION TO UPRAISE THE STANDARD OF THE ONENESS OF HUMANITY, TO PROMULGATE THE MOST GREAT PEACE, TO BECOME, THEREFORE, BY MOST GLORIOUS AND PRAISE WORTHY, AMONG ALL NATIONS OF THE WORLD.

OH, GOD, THIS AMERICAN NATION IS WORTHY OF THY FAVORS AND IS DESERVING OF THY MERCY. MAKE IT PRECIOUS AND NEAR TO THEE. THROUGH THY POINTY... BOUNTY.

>> THANK YOU, MR. YORK. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ALSO INTRODUCE SUSAN DANIELS WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE BAHAI OF SOUTH MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOR MANY YEARS.

WE ARE HONORED ALSO TO HAVE NOT ONLY MR. AND MRS. YORK, BUT YOU IN ATTENDANCE, TOO. THANK YOU, SUSAN.

THAT BRINGS US TO THE SECOND ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE RISE AS WE HONOR OUR

COUNTRY AND STATE. >> 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. >> I OFFICIALLY CALL THIS

[2. Call meeting to order;]

STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT AT LEAST FOUR OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS BE IN ATTENDANCE TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM FOR CONDUCTING BUSINESS.

I ASK EACH BOARD MEMBER TO INDICATE YOUR PRESENCE BY RESPONDING WITH SOME AUDIBLE SOUND OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS I CALL ROLL. BRAD BAILEY?

>> HERE. >> RICHARD FRANKS.

>> HERE. >> LINDA NELSON.

>> HERE. >> DR. SHELLEY SEKULA-GIBBS.

>> HERE. >> KYLE WATSON.

>> HERE. >> AND ANN SNYDER.

BY THE ROLL CALL, IT IS DETERMINED THAT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF MEMBERS ARE PRESENT TO DECLARE THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM.

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

ADOPT THE AGENDAMENT. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR NELSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RESPOND BY SAYING AYE.

>> AYE. >> OPPOSED?

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[4. Recognize public officials;]

[5. Public comment;]

A PUBLIC COMMENT AGENDA ITEM IS INCLUDED AT THE BEGINNING OF ALL REGULAR BOARD MEETINGS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD-ADOPTED POLICY TO PRODUCE THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESS FOR ALLOWING OUR CONSTITUENTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, WE OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACCEPTS PUBLIC COMMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES. FIRST, EACH PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD SHOULD SIGN THIS ROSTER.

SECOND, INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO MAKE GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS, ADDRESS A TOPIC THAT IS NOT INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA OR WHO WISH TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS MUST DO SO UNDER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AGENDA ITEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

INDIVIDUALS WILL BE LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF TOPICS.

SPEAKERS WILL BE TAKEN IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGN UP.

ANY SPEAKER ON A SINGLE SUBJECT MAY YIELD THEIR TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER ON THE LIST. STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE BOARD FROM FORMALLY ACTING ON A SPECIFIC ITEM OR PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS IT APPEARS ON THE POSTED AGENDA.

THEREFORE, ANY BOARD DISCUSSION OF ITEMS NOT INCLUDED ON THE POSTED AGENDA IS LIMITED TO QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION AND WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE FUTURE BOARD AGENDA. SPEAKERS MAY EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS OR VIEWPOINTS ON AN ISSUE BUT ARE NOT PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEBATE OF AN ISSUE.

SPEAKERS WILL NOT USE FROM FANTY.

COMMENTS FROM SPEAKERS MAY BE MADE TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE OR TO AN INDIVIDUAL DIRECTOR. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND ALL OF US IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AS THE... TO PLEASE PLACE YOUR CELL PHONE ON THE SILENT MODE. WITH THAT, I APOLOGIZE, I CANNOT READ YOUR LAST NAME. PLEASE HELP BY... YOU ARE FIRST ON THE SIGN-IN. WE WELCOME YOU TO THE PODIUM UP HERE, PLEASE, SIR. (INAUDIBLE).

>> WALK SLOW. >> YES, YES.

>> OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU.

>> WOULD YOU RESTATE YOUR NAME, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE SIGNED IN

FOR US, PLEASE. >> YES.

IT IS PRONOUNCED. (INAUDIBLE) I WILL SPEAK ON MY BEHALF AND JUST TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, LIKE I SAID, MY NAME IS BORIS. I'M A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN TEXAS AND A LICENSED PROJECT MANAGER AS WELL.

THE FIRST THING I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT, A LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED ABOUT PUBLIC BATHROOMS. RIGHT? AT FIRST, I OPENED THE LETTER. I WAS, LIKE, WHO WOULDN'T WANT A BATHROOM, RIGHT? SOMETIMES THE ACTIONS, THEY HAVE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES. RIGHT? ULTIMATELY, AS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AND PROJECT MANAGER, I HAVE TO WEIGH THE PROS AND CONS. SORRY.

I KEEP DROPPING THIS WATER. THE PROS MAY BE... I THOUGHT ABOUT IT. I WAS, LIKE, WELL, WE LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 13 YEARS. MY KIDS GREW UP.

THEY WERE BORN HERE AND YOU KNOW, WE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUE.

IT IS A SMALL RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.

IT IS SMALL. IT IS SURROUNDED BY HOMES.

INDIVIDUAL... WE ARE NOT... THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE. FROM TODDLERS TO GROWN-UPS.

IF SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GO TO THE REST ROOM, EVERYBODY WAS WITHIN FIVE MINUTES. THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES THAT THESE BATHROOMS MAY BRING. THEY WOULD HAVE TO CUT MORE TREES TO BUILD IT. B, IT IS GOING TO BE INTRODUCING

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ESSENTIALLY. AND IS THIS A CONCERN? MAYBE. MAYBE NOT.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE DRI DRIVERS, AMAZON PEOPLE USING THE BATHROOM. I MENTIONED A HIDDEN PLACE.

AS YOU ARE AWARE, THERE IS DATING WEBSITES.

INCLUDING THAT THEY MEET TO H HAVE... TO PARK AND USE BATHROOMS. TO DO THEIR FUN ACTIVITIES.

RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT THAT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. SO ULTIMATELY, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS. QUITE HONESTLY, MY KIDS WOULD NEVER... EVEN IF THEY HAD THE CHOICE, GO TO A PUBLIC BATHROOM VERSUS, YOU KNOW, GOING HOME. THEY WOULD GO HOME.

SO WITH ALL OF THAT, I WAS JUST THINKING THAT THERE IS A BETTER WAY TO APPROPRIATE... IT IS ABOUT $250,000.

HONESTLY, WE DON'T NEED IT. I ENJOY... THOSE BATHROOMS MAY BRING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE ENJOY SAFETY. WHEN MY SON GOES TO PLAY IN THE PARK. I HAVE NO CONCERNS.

MOSTLY WE KNOW OUR KIDS GREW UP WITH NEIGHBORS.

WE KNOW THIS IS THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS.

I HOPE I'M NOT EXCEEDING. SO BASICALLY, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE PROS AND CONS, A, WE DON'T NEED IT.

LET'S SAVE THIS MONEY. THE KIDS' PLAYGROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN OVER A YEAR. THE KIDS DON'T HAVE THE SWINGS.

LET'S SPEND MONEY ON THAT, YOU KNOW? THAT IS MORE USEFUL AND PRACTICAL, QUITE HONESTLY.

THAN TO HAVE THIS... LET'S SAVE THE TREES.

LET'S NOT CUT ANY MORE TREES. AND ALREADY... YOU KNOW, A SMALL PARK. TO BUILD THESE BATHROOMING.

WHICH YOU KNOW, SERVE NO PURPOSE.

THEY WILL PROBABLY BENEFIT PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE... COMING FROM OUTSIDE. IT DOESN'T MAKE LOCAL RESIDENTS VERY COMFORTABLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING

ME TO SPEAK. >> THANK YOU, BORIS.

NEXT ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT ROSTER IS CHRISTIE TALLIAN.

IF YOU WOULD, CHRISTIE, GIVE THEM OVER TO...

WELL, YOU ALREADY STARTED. THANK YOU.

>> OKAY. IT IS CHRISTIE TION.

I HAVE BEEN DOING WOODLANDS WATCH FOR 27 YEARS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ALTHOUGH I'M NOT DOING THIS AS A WOODLANDS WATCH COORDINATOR, PEOPLE COME TO ME.

SO AS SOON AS WE GOT THE LETTER, I GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING TO ME, AND GIVING THEIR TWO CENTS ON THIS.

THERE IS MAYBE THREE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW OF WHO WERE FOR THE REST ROOMS. ONE IS A RUNNER.

ONE IS SOMEONE WHO IS NEW IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHO WAS THE THIRD ONE? ANYWAY, IT WAS THREE PEOPLE.

I HAD A MEETING WITH DR. SHELLEY LAST WEEK IN THE PARK WHEN SHE SAID SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR PARK.

I DIDN'T EVEN TELL MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE, AND 26 SHOWED UP.

YOU CAN TELL THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS CONCERNING PEOPLE. ALL 26 WERE AGAINST HAVING THE REST ROOMS. THE STUDY THAT WAS DONE ABOUT THE REST ROOMS... WE ALREAD TALKED ABOUT IT.

IT WASN'T A SCIENTIFIC STUDY. WE NEED MORE DETAILS TO GET A PROPER STUDY. I HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF POINTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME TO MENTION.

BORIS MENTIONED THE SAFETY WITH DRUGS.

THE YEAR THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL OPENED, THERE WAS A DRUG PRO PROBLEM. WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THAT ALREADY. IT WAS A LOT OF US NEIGHBORS WHO ACTUALLY HELPED TO GET RID OF THAT.

IT IS ALREADY HARD FOR NEIGHBORS TO GET ON TO THE COURTS.

THE COURTS ARE NOW... THEY ARE BEING RESERVED WITH MONEY.

AND SOME PEOPLE ARE RESERVING FOR TWO HOURS.

OUR KIDS CAN'T EVEN GET ON TO THE COURTS AT NIGHT.

AND I KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR BECAUSE I PLAY PICKLEBALL AN TENNIS. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR REST ROOMS IN A PARK WHEN THEY RESERVE. THAT WILL JUST INCREASE WITH THAT. MY KIDS GREW UP, FOUR KIDS UTAH UP WITH THAT PARK. THEY WERE ABLE TO GO DOWN TO THE PARK AND PLAY ON THE COURTS. KIDS CANNOT GET ON ANYMORE.

THE PARKS THAT HAVE REST ROOMS, THEY ARE ON MORE MAJOR STREETS.

I'M THINKING OF PARKS LIKE SHADOW BEND.

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AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON CAPSTONE CIRCLE, THEY ALREADY HAVE TO CROSS THE STREET TO GET TO THE PATH TO GET TO THE PARK.

THEY HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING OUT WITH THEIR CARS.

AND THE KIDS HAVE TO CROSS STREETS.

SO THIS WOULD JUST BRING IN A LOT MORE TRAFFIC.

SOMETIMES THERE IS LOUD MUSIC. THERE ARE HOUSES THAT EVEN ATTACHED TO THE PARK AND ARE ACROSS THE STREET.

AGAIN, IT BRINGS IN MORE IF WE HAVE REST ROOMS. PARKING IS OFTEN AN ISSUE. EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE PICKLEBALL COURTS, PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND PLAYING PICKLEBALL. SINCE I PLAY TOO, WE HAVE 18 CARS IN A PARK WHEN WE ARE PLAYING PICKLEBALL.

AGAIN, EVERYBODY IS JUST PARKING ON THE STREET.

WHEN YOU HAVE THAT. TRAFFIC WILL INCREASE.

THE PARKS THAT HAVE THE REST ROOMS, WE KEEP HEARING... I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IS TRUTH TO IT.

WE KEEP HEARING THAT THEY DO HAVE A HIGHER NUMBER OF CAR THEFTS AND BURGLARIES. THAT IS A CONCERN.

SOME PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE SEX ACTIVITY.

AGAIN, WE ARE RIGHT BY THE HIGH SCHOOL THERE.

SOME CONCERNS WERE THE FINANCES. THERE IS THE HIGH COST OF BUILDING THE REST ROOMS. AND AGAIN, AS BORIS SAID, TOO, IT COULD BE USED ELSEWHERE. LIKE HE SAID, TOO, OUR COMPLAINED, IT HAS NOT BEEN A FUNCTIONAL PLAYGROUND FOR A WHILE. I KNOW IN 2024, THERE IS A PLAN, BUT THAT IS STILL OVER A YEAR AWAY.

OUR KIDS DON'T HAVE THE PROPER PARK PLAYGROUND.

I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN NOW, TOO WHO GO TO THE PARK.

AND IT IS IT IS NOT AN ISSUE, TO NOT HAVE A REST ROOM.

I HAVE TAKEN DIAPERS WITH ME IN CASE.

BUT IT HASN'T BEEN AN ISSUE. AGAIN, 27 YEARS, AND NEVER AN ISSUE. I THINK THAT IS ALL THE MAIN POINTS. PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SENDING THEIR KIDS TO THE PARK IF THERE IS A REST ROOM.

>> THANK YOU. CHRISTIE, THANK YOU FOR THE HANDOUT. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR THIRD SPEAKER. KIM HOSS.

>> HI. MY NAME IS KIM HOSS.

I'M HERE TO PROTEST THE REST ROOMS.

>> OKAY. ANN PERRY.

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? >> YES.

>> HI. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING H HERE. I HAVE BEEN IN THE WOODLANDS FOR 30 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN... I LITERALLY LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM CAPSTONE.

I HAVE TO GO ACROSS THE STREET IN ORDER TO GET TO CAPSTONE.

27 YEARS IN CAPSTONE, WE NEVER HAD A PARK BEFORE.

I HAVE A 25-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER THAT GREW UP AT THAT PARK.

THE ISSUES THAT I HAVE IS I AM THE POLICE.

I HAVE CAMERAS, ZOOM CAMERAS ON MY HOME.

THE ENTRANCE IS RIGHT INTO THE PARK.

AND I HAVE A PERFECT VIEW OF EVERYTHING.

I MEAN, I JUST CALLED TWO DAYS AGO BECAUSE I TALKED TO ONE OF THE ASSOCIATES HERE BECAUSE ONE OF THE MAJOR LIGHTS INSIDE THE PARK WAS OUT. AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO A WORK ORDER. YOU GUYS ARE REALLY GOOD AND EFFICIENT ON THAT. I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS, AND THIS WILL DRASTICALLY AFFECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG WITH MORE CRIME, MORE PEOPLE SPEEDING DOWN OUR STREET.

IT IS 20 MILES AN HOUR ON OUR STREET.

AND IN THE MORNINGS, AT 7:15, IF YOU GO DOWN OUR STREET, YOU SEE ALL THE TRAFFIC CUTTING THROUGH. TO GO TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.

IT IS THE SAME WAY GOING BACK. IT IS GOING TO BE MORE TRAFFIC IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I JUST THINK THAT YOUR MONEY CAN BE SPENT OTHER ISSUES. I HAVE CALLED NUMEROUS TIMES OVER 25 YEARS, I HAVE THE DIRECT PHONE NUMBER TO THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE DIRECT NUMBER TO THE EMERGENCY 24-HOUR... YOU KNOW, FOR THE POLICE BECAUSE I HAVE CAUGHT PEOPLE HAVING SEX UP THERE AT THE PARK. I HAVE CAUGHT PEOPLE DOING DRUG DEALS. ONE TIME THERE WAS AN UNDERCOVER COP UP THERE. I ACTUALLY CALLED THE POLICE ON THE UNDERSTOOD COVER COP. THEY KNOW WHO I AM.

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BECAUSE I JUST FEEL MORE SAFER. I THINK THAT WE CAN SPEND OUR MONEY WISELY ON OTHER ISSUES, TAKING CARE OF WHAT WE ALREADY

HAVE. >> THANK YOU.

>> I APPRECIATE, ANN. THANK YOU.

ALISON WINTER. >> YES.

I'M HERE. I'M GOING TO DEFER MY TIME TO

CHRISTINE. >> CHRISTIE, YOU ARE COMING

BACK. >> JUST FOR ONE...

>> YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME BACK.

>> OKAY. >> PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME AGAIN.

>> YES. CHRISTIE TION.

IT WASST I WAS REMINDED THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER POINT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT BEFORE THAT SOMEONE WHO IS SITTING HERE, HER HUSBAND WALKS AT TIMES, LIKE, EARLY IN THE MORNING.

HE HAS SEEN HOMELESS PEOPLE ON THE BENCHES, TOO.

THAT WOULD JUST PROBABLY INCREASE, TOO IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THREE TIMES, HE SAID.

>> GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU.

>> OKAY. >> SO FRED.

THERE YOU ARE. I SAW YOU WALK IN.

>> HI. MY NAME IS FRED PILKINGTON.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MY HOME OWNER'S ASSOCIATION RECENTLY MODIFIED... THEY COMPLETELY REWROTE OUR BI-LAWS WHICH WAS DONE IN ILLEGAL YES QUESTIONABLE FASHION.

THEY ELIMINATED THE PROVISION THAT SAID THAT OUR DOCUMENTS ARE LEGALLY SUBSERVIENT TO THE WOODLANDS STANDARDS.

THEY ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THAT. I ALREADY TALKED TO CHRIS.

I'LL BE COMMUNICATING WITH HIM FURTHER.

I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT. >> SO THAT WE HAVE IT ON RECORD?

CAN YOU STATE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? >> IT IS THE ASSOCIATION OF TWIN VILLA NEIGHBORHOODS INCORPORATED.

>> THANK YOU. >> THEY HAVE ALSO DECIDED THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PUT VACANT POSITIONS ON THE BOARD UP FOR ELECTION ANYMORE. THEY ARE GOING TO FILL THEM BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, WHICH I'M ALSO NOT HAPPY ABOUT.

SO ANYWAY, THE OTHER THING I HAD WAS A SUGGESTION THAT COULD SIMULTANEOUSLY ADDRESS PARKING, TRASH PICKUP, AND EMERGENCY SERVICE PROBLEMS. AND IT IS PROBABLY FALLING IN THE LOVE IT OR HATE IT RANGE, BUT HERE IT GOES.

SO WHAT YOU COULD DO IS YOU COULD HAVE CAMERAS MOUNTED, DASH CAMS MOUNT ON THE WASTE MANAGEMENT TRUCKS.

>> THEY DON'T ALREADY HAVE THEM. WHEN THEY ARE DOING THEIR TRASH PICKUP ROUNDS, IF THE TRAFFIC IS EITHER FULLY OR PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTED, YOU TELL THEM TO JUST NOTE THE LOCATION AND LEAVE. DON'T PICK UP ANY MORE TRASH ON THAT STREET. THEN YOU CAN SEND A POSTCARD OUT TO EVERYONE ON THAT BLOCK SAYING "WE COULD NOT COMPLETE TRASH PICKUP SERVICES ON THIS DATE BECAUSE TRAFFIC WAS BLOCKED BY THIS VEHICLE." AND THERE IS PROBABLY SOME LEGAL ISSUES THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU COULD DO.

THAT WAY, IT IS SORT OF A SOCIAL ENGINEERING THING.

IF THAT PERSON DOESN'T MOVE THEIR CAR AND STOP PARKING ON THE STREET, THEIR NEIGHBORS WILL BE MOTIVATED TO SPEAK WITH THEM AND GET THEM TO DO SO. SO THAT WOULD HELP WITH TRASH PICKUP. I WOULDN'T HAVE TO HEAR THE TEN MINUTES OF BEEP, BEEP AT THE END OF THE BLOCK EVERY MORNING.

I MEAN, I CAN SET MY WATCH BY IT.

TUESDAY MORNING AT 7:00. AND IT IS BEEP, BEEP, BEEP.

AS THEY DO THE BACK-AND-FORTH DANCE TO GET AROUND THE GUY THAT PARKS ON THE END OF THE U CURVE. AND ALSO I TOO HAVE BEEN ON THE WOODLANDS WATCH PROGRAM, AND THERE IS A DEFINITE ISSUE WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES WHERE IF THE TRASH TRUCKS CAN'T GET THROUGH, THEN A FIRE TRUCK OR AN AMBULANCE CAN'T.

THAT IS MUCH MORE SERIOUS. ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU LIKE THE IDEA OR NOT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD DO THAT I THINK WOULD BE EFFECTIVE.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FRED.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU.

>> ALWAYS. NICE TO SEE YOU.

MICHAEL O'BRIEN? >> HELLO.

MICHAEL O'BRIEN. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE CAPSTONE.

YOU WILL GUESS I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL REST ROOM.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING PUBLIC FORUMS OF THIS NATURE. IT IS GREAT TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVES. I'M HAPPY TO SAY I HAVE BEEN A PROUD RESIDENT OF THE WOODLANDS FOR 27-PLUS YEARS.

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HAVE GONE THROUGH TEXAS UNIVERSITIES AND ARE NOW PAYING TAXES ON THEIR OWN. THEY APPRECIATE THINGS LIKE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY SERVICES. AND I'M GOING TO BE SHORT, BUT ULTIMATELY, EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID ABOUT THE CAPSTONE REST ROOM AS FAR AS THE NEGATIVES, I UNFORTUNATELY, AGREE WITH. MY WIFE AND I SHARE... WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD A DOG AT HOME. SHE USED TO BE THE PRIMARY DOG-WALKER. YEARS AGO, WHEN THERE WAS MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF CRIME IN OUR LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, I HAD TO BECOME THE NIGHTTIME DOG-WALKER.

BECAUSE WE NO LONGER FELT IT WAS SAFE FOR HER TO WALK THE DOG IN THE DARK. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT...

SORRY. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL THAT WAY IN THE FUTURE. AND IT IS JUST AN UNFORTUNATE SIDE EFFECT OF HAVING A REST ROOM.

THAT NOT ONLY WILL GOOD CITIZENS COME, BUT IT WILL ALSO BRING SKETCHY CITIZENS TO THAT AREA. AND THIS IS ONLY, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. WE SHOULDN'T BE SETTING IT UP TO DRIVE PEOPLE COMING IN FROM FAR AND AWAY.

IT REALLY SHOULD SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. SO WITH THAT, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE DOING. THANK YOU FOR THE

OPPORTUNITIMENT. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS

[6. Receive, consider and act upon proclamations; ]

FEW COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD THE GREAT FORTUNE THE WOODLANDS HAS ENJOYED OF HAVING A HOMETOWN CONGRESSMAN.

A TRUE SERVANT LEADER WHO LIVED, WORKED, PLAYED, AND PRAYED WITH ALL OF US HIS CONSTITUENTS. YOU ARE AS LIKELY TO SEE CONGRESSMAN BRADY AT THE DRY-CLEANERS EARLY MORNING OR AT A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME AS YOU WERE ON THE NATIONAL NEWS CHAMPIONING IMPORTANT LEGISLATION, ALTHOUGH CONGRESSMAN BRADY'S CONGRESSIONAL WORK WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH TO KEEP HIM BUSY, WE WERE SO BLESSED, TRULY BLESSED THAT HE ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS TOOK THE TIME TO ATTEND TOWNSHIP EVENTS YEAR AFTER YEAR. NONE OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON, AND THAT IS THE TREMENDOUS SUPPORT OF HIS LOVELY WIFEAT AND TWO SONS WHO THEY RAISED HERE, WILL AND SEAN. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR UNSELFISH GIFT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK DIRECTOR NELSON TO READ THE PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE HONORABLE KEVIN BRADY, UPON HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

DIRECTOR NELSON. >> I'M HONORED TO BE READING

THIS. >> I THINK HE SHOULD COME

FORWARD. >> YUP.

>> COME ON UP. (APPLAUSE).

>> YES. RIGHT THERE.

BE IT PROCLAIMED WHEREAS THE HONORABLE KEVIN GRADE HAS CENTERED HIS CAREER AROUND SERVING OTHERS AND WHEREAS CONGRESSMAN BRADY SERVED AS THE WOODLANDS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHIEF EXECUTIVE FOR 18 YEARS AND SIX YEARS IN THE TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND WHEREAS CONGRESSMAN BRADY SERVED 26 YEARS THIS CONGRESS AND IS ONLY THE THIRD TEXAN IN HISTORY TO CHAIR THE POWERFUL HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.

AND WHEREAS CONGRESSMAN BRADY HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY NAMED HERO OF THE TAXPAYERS, SMALL BUSINESS CHAMPION, AND SUPER FRIEND OF SENIORS. RECEIVING THE GOLDEN BULLDOG AWARD BY WATCHDOGS OF THE TREASURY, SPECIAL RECOGNITION BY CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE, AND IS A PERENNIAL WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN OF SMALL BUSINESS, TAXPAYER HERO AND SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE AWARD. AND WHEREAS CONGRESSMAN BRADY'S FIRST ACHIEVEMENT AS CHAIRMAN WAS SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATING AN END TO THE 40-YEAR BAN ON SELLING U.S. CRUDE OVERSEAS, LEADING TO AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.

AND WHEREAS SOME NOTABLE ACTIONS WHILE SERVING IN CONGRESS, INCLUDING AUTHORING THE TAX CUTS AND JOB ACT, THE FIRST MAJOR REFORM OF THE U.S. TAX CODE IN MORE THAN 30 YEARS, PASSING NEW

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CONGRESSMAN BRADY HELPED A NEW RESEARCH CENTER THAT CREATED 5,000 NEW JOBS IN TEXAS. CONGRESSMAN BRADY NAMED A HOMETOWN HERO A WOODLANDS... IN THE WOODLANDS, TRAVELED WEEKLY TO WASHINGTON TO BE HOME ON WEEKENDS WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO SONS, LOGGING MORE THAN 2.5 MILLION MILES, COMMUTING FROM TEXAS TO CONGRESS. EQUIVALENT TO FIVE ROUND TRIPS TO THE MOON. (LAUGHTER).

>> NOW, THEREFORE, I DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE 19TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2023 AS CONGRESSMAN BRADY... KEVIN BRADY DAY IN THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS. (APPLAUSE).

>> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE, BUT FIRST, IF, CONGRESSMAN BRADY, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT, WHAT DO YOU GIVE A U.S.

CONGRESSMAN? A TREE.

(LAUGHTER) SO YOUR VERY OWN... WE, ON BEHALF OF ALL YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD, IN RECOGNITION OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE, CONGRESSMAN, A TREE WILL BE PLANTED IN YOUR HONOR, AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR SER SERVICE. YOU KNOW, CONGRESSMAN BRADY, WHAT WE DID NOT SAY, HE CAME HOME EVERY WEEKEND.

EVERY WEEKEND SO THAT HE COULD BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ATTEND ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL EVENTS, AND WE HAVE A LOT.

CATHY, YOU SHARED HIM WITH US ALL THESE YEARS.

THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE).

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

(APPLAUSE). >> THANKS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL HONOR.

COMING FROM LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I DEEPLY ADMIRE AND RESPECT. FOR CATHY AND I, IT HAS BEEN A JOY FOR US IN THE WOODLANDS. BOTH IN AUSTIN AND IN CONGRESS.

THIS IS A UNIQUE TOWNSHIP IN DESIGN.

THE ONLY ONE OF ITS TYPE IN TEXAS, DESIGNED TO KEEP THE RESIDENTS FIRST AND FOREMOST IN THIS COMMUNITY.

IT IS A COMMUNITY WE LOVE LIVING IN.

I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE... I HAVE BEEN HERE 38 YEARS.

CATHY HAS BEEN HERE FOR 48 YEARS.

>> WOW. >> SHE WAS INVOLVED ON THE B BOARD, ON THE FOUNDING COMMITTEE.

SHE HAS BEEN THERE A WHILE. STILL GOING STRONG.

AND AS YOU KNOW, SHE CARES VERY MUCH ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY.

I COULDN'T HAVE DONE ANYTHING WITHOUT HER.

>> THANK YOU. (APPLAUSE).

>> THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 7, TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER, AND ACT

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

NO DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS THE ITEMS... ITEM IS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PLACED ON THE REGULAR AGENDA PRIOR TO TAKING A VOTE.

IS THERE A MOTION? >> SO MOVED.

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>> WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO... DON'T WE HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE

SOMETHING OUT? >> YES.

>> OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM...

PUT THESE BACK ON. SORRY.

ITEM I. THE TREE REMOVAL SERVICE AGREEMENT. I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE ELABORATION ON THAT. THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THAT CONTRACT. I KNOW THAT... I HEARD ABOUT IT AT THE PARKS AND RECREATION COUNCIL.

I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR.

SINCE IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY.

EVERYONE HAS TO FACE PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TREES FROM TIME TO TIME. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.

>> OF DAY. OKAY.

IS THERE A MOTION TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ALL OF THE ITEMS

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF I. >> MOVED.

>> OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY

BY SAYING AYE. >> AYE.

>> OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES, AND THAT WILL...

[8. Receive, consider and act upon a presentation by Brookfield Properties related to preliminary project plans at The Woodlands Mall pursuant to the existing Economic Development Agreement by and between The Woodlands Township, The Woodlands Township Economic Development Zone, and The Woodlands Mall Associates, L.L.C.]

WE WILL PUT, IF IT IS ALL RIGHT, THAT AGENDA AFTER 8.

>> SURE. >> AGENDA ITEM 8.

RECEIVE, CONSIDER, AND ACT UPON A PRESENTATION BY BROOKFIELD PROPERTIES RELATED TO PRELIMINARY PROJECT PLANS AT THE WOODLANDS MALL PURSUANT TO THE EXISTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP, THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONE, AND THE WOODLANDS MALL ASSOCIATES. I CALL UPON... WE HAVE THREE GENTLEMEN HERE. I'LL CALL UPON ALL THREE OF YOU.

FIRST, JIM, THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT WITH BROOKFIELD. ALSO WITH US TONIGHT IS BRIAN, THE MANAGER OF DEVELOPMENT AND RETAIL.

WITH BROOKFIELD. AND ALSO TED HARRIS WHO WE ALL KNOW, OUR GENERAL MANAGER AT THE WOODLANDS MALL.

WELCOME, GENTLEMEN. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

IT IS A NEW YEAR. IT IS A NEW BOARD.

WE WANTED TO COME DOWN AND DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION OF THE WOODLANDS MALL.

IN THE FALL, WE WERE WORKING WITH THE PRIOR BOARD ON SOME POTENTIAL CONCEPT PLANS, AND AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW REIMBURSEMENT OF PARKING STRUCTURE AND STRUCTURAL WORK IF WE WERE GIVEN EXPANSION.

WE WANT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE NEW BOARD HAD AND PUT A FACE TO THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM THAT IS WORKING ON BRINGING THIS TO LIFE. AND ALSO JUST MANAGE SOME EXPECTATIONS AROUND TIMING AND WHAT TO EXPECT OVER THE COMING YEARS. IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG PRO PROCESS. DEVELOPMENTS DON'T HAPPEN QUICKLY. UNFORTUNATELY.

IN OUR WORLD. BUT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.

WE HAVE KICKED OFF AN ARCHITECT. WE ARE STARTING TO WORK ON PLANS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE IT FROM A CONCEPT PLAN TO TRUE DESIGN AND THEN ULTIMATELY, PLANS THAT WE CAN SPLIT TO THE TOWNSHIP FOR

APPROVAL. >> THANK YOU.

MR. WAILY? >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

SO ESSENTIALLY, I WANT TO KIND OF GIVE A REFRESH ON WHAT OUR VISION IS FOR THIS PROJECT. THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WOODLAND TOWNSHIP, AND PUTTING THE ONUS ON US TO GO OUT AND EXECUTE. MONIQUE, WERE YOU ABLE TO...

GOT IT. RIGHT HERE.

THANK YOU. PERFECT.

SO A LOT OF THESE YOU HAVE PROBABLY ALREADY SEEN FROM FOLLOWING THE PRESS RELEASE BACK IN NOVEMBER.

ESSENTIALLY, WHAT I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED HERE IS BOTH OUR WOODLANDS MALL, THE MARKET STREET DEVELOPMENTS IF ACROSS THE STREET AS WELL AS THE EXISTING TROLLEY ROUTE.

THIS JUST GIVES YOU A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF WHERE THE WOODLANDS SITS IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP IN RELATION TO THE TROLLEY. AND CONTEXTUALIZES THE RETAIL NOTE FOR THE WOODLANDS.ÚTHIS KIW DIFFERENT RENDERINGS AND WHAT WE ARE ENVISIONING. ESSENTIALLY, RIGHT NOW WE RECENTLY DID THE ADDITION OF THE LAWN AND THE SHAKE SHACK WHERE

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THEY ARE GOING FOR A MORE LUXURY TENANT.

AND THESE SAME TYPE OF TENANTS, ARE THE NEWER, EXCITING GUYS THAT DON'T WANT TO GO INSIDE A MALL.

THEY WANT AN OUTDOOR, WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT.

SIMILAR TO MARKET STREET. WE PICKED THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE MALL TO CONNECT IT BETTER TO MARKET STREET.

AND KIND OF PLAY OFF THOSE SINNER SYNERGIES.

YOU ARE SEEING NEW RETAIL. A DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING PARKING DECK AND CREATING A NEW PARKING DECK.

KIND OF BETTER LAYING OUT THE PARKING AND TRYING TO HELP WITH THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND CIRCULATION.

BUT NOT JUST THE MALL. BUT ALSO THAT PARKING DECK WILL BE OF PUBLIC USE. IT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR OTHER EVENTS AS WELL. WHETHER IT IS THE CYNTHIA WOODS PAVILION. WHETHER IT IS, YOU KNOW, OTHER EVENTS GOING ON IN THE TOWNSHIP THAT WILL BE FULLY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE TWO BIG THINGS. THE OTHER TWO THINGS YOU SEE ON THIS ARE TWO HOTELS. YOU KNOW, WE ARE STAYING AT THE WATERWAY MARRIOTT OURSELVES THIS EVENING.

GENERALLY, WE CAN'T GET IN THERE BECAUSE IT IS EITHER BOOKED UP OR THE RATES ARE EXTREMELY HIGH. THERE SEEMS TO BE DEMAND FOR NOT ONLY HOTEL ROOMS, ADDITIONAL ROOMS, BUT AS WELL AS A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL CONFERENCING SPACE. WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS PARTNER WITH A HOTEL GROUP. WE ARE, AS JIM MENTIONED, WE HAVE ARCHITECTS INVOLVED TODAY, AND WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A PACKAGE TO GO OUT EARLY PART OF THIS YEAR.

TO SOLICIT FOR DIFFERENT HOTEL INTERESTS.

WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME INTEREST, IF YOU WILL.

BASED ON THE PRESS RELEASE. WE WILL PARTNER WITH SOME HOTEL DEVELOPERS FOR AN UPSCALE PRODUCT.

A FULL-SERVICE HOTEL WITH CONFERENCING SPACE AS WELL AS A MORE BOUTIQUE SELECT SERVICE HOTEL.

OBVIOUSLY, BOTH UPSCALE BRANDS ARE WHAT WE ARE GOING AFTER HERE. IT WILL BE SELECTIVE ON THESE PROJECTS. THAT IS KIND OF THE GRAND SCHEME. IT IS ACCOMMODATING THE NEW RETAIL-RESTAURANT-ENTERTAINMENT DEMAND, A BETTER LAYOUT OF THE MALL. BETTER CONNECTIVITY IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. AND MARKET STREET AND THE PAVILION AND THE THEATER, AND TWO NEW HOTELS TO ACCOMMODATE MORE CONFERENCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE TOWNSHIP.

SO HERE, THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU MORE VIEWS OF THE STREET SCAPE.

THIS VIEW RIGHT HERE IS IF YOU ARE FACING THE EXISTING PARKING GARAGE WITH BARNES & NOBEL TO YOUR RIGHT.

PF CHANG'S TO YOUR LEFT. WE ARE TRYING TO OPEN THAT UP.

AT THE VERY END, YOU CAN SEE A NEW GRAND STAIR.

SO YOU CAN BETTER CONNECT FROM THE LOWER LEVEL.

TO THE UPPER LEVEL. ALL THAT NEW RETAIL THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO CREATE HERE. AGAIN, THIS VIEW IS THE UPPER LEVEL. SO THIS IS IF YOU ARE LOOKING TOWARDS THE CURRENT FOREVER 2 # BOX.

THE PLAN WOULD BE TO TAKE THAT BOX DOWN, RELOCATE F-21 SOMEWHERE ELSE WITHIN THE MALL. AND THEN DELIVER A FULL SERVICE UPSCALE HOTEL EXPERIENCE THERE. AS WELL AS THIS ADDITIONAL RETAIL DEMAND. AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER VIEW.

IF YOU ARE STANDING IN THE EXISTING PARKING GARAGE, BY THE FOREVER 21. THE NEW HOTEL AND NEW RETAIL AND RESTAURANT DEMAND. KIND OF A PLAZA AREA THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK TO KEY IT A HERE. THIS GIVES YOU A ZOOMED-IN VIEW OF A SITE PLAN. WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

WE HAVE KIND OF COLOR-CODED IT. THE PINK BEING YOUR TYPICAL RETAIL. THE RED BEING THE RESTAURANT DEMAND. BLUE AREAS BEING RESERVED FOR THE HOTELS THAT WE ARE GOING TO PARTNER WITH HERE.

AGAIN, TO GIVE YOU A SENSE ON THE TYPE OF BRANDS WE ARE GOING AFTER, IT IS THE THOMPSON HOTEL. KIND OF THOSE UPSCALE BRANDS.

WE OWN A MALL, STONE BRYER IN FRISCO, TEXAS.

WE DID A GRAND HYATT CONNECTED TO THE MALL.

YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE LOBBY OF THE HOTEL, ENTER MALL AND ET CETERA. IT IS DONE VERY WELL.

IT HAS BEEN A GREAT DEVELOPMENT FOR US.

I KIND OF LOOK AT EMULATING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT HERE.

ON THE FULL-SCALE BRAND AND THE LIMITED SERVICE BRANDS.

THE A.C. MARRIOTT AND THE CAPTIONS.

AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. ANYTHING UPSCALE IS WHAT WE ARE GOING FOR. JIM MENTIONED TOM ON THIS.

>> IT IS EARLY. WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> WE ARE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DESIGNING ALL OF THIS.

IF YOU KNOW, BEYOND JUST APPROVAL WITH THE TOWNSHIP, THERE IS ALSO A THIRD PARTY APPROVAL THAT COMES WITH THE MALL. WHETHER IT IS ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT STORES AND MACY'S, NORDSTROM, JCPENNEY, DILL ARLD'S AS WELL AS THIS BEING A UNIQUE PROPERTY.

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ASSESSING THE INTEREST AND THE MARKET DEMAND.

FINDING THAT RIGHT HOTEL PARTNER.

AND TYING ALL THAT TOGETHER. WE REALLY FEEL THAT 2023, 2024 IS REALLY GOING TO BE THAT DESIGNING THE FINISHED PRODUCT, GAINING THOSE APPROVALS, FROM ALL PARTIES REQUIRED.

AND IDEALLY, WE WILL HAVE SHOVELS IN THE GROUND SOMETIME IN 2025. TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF TIMING ON THIS. STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DETERMINING WHETHER WE DO THIS IN ONE PHASE OR TWO PHASES.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS A COUPLE OF THINGS TO CONSIDER THERE.

ONE, WE WANT TO LIMIT DISRUPTION TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE MALL.

AND THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

IT IS A MASSIVE PROJECT. THAT WILL DEFINITELY PLAY INTO OUR DECISION TO PHASE THIS DEVELOPMENT AND TWO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE COGNIZANT IN ASSESSING THE MARKET DEMAND.

WE DON'T WANT TO OVERBUILD AND BUILD TOO MUCH BEFORE WE HAVE EVERYTHING ELSE LEASED UP. WE WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE LET'S LEASING TEAM. WE WILL LISTEN TO THE MARKET.

DETERMINE THE BEST WAY TO DELIVER A GREAT PRODUCT.

WITH MINIMUM DISRUPTION TO THE SHOPPER EXPERIENCE, TO THE BUSINESSES THAT EXIST TODAY. TO THE TOWNSHIP.

AND HOPEFULLY, WE WILL DO SOMETHING THAT IS TRANSFORMATIVE AND BASICALLY, TAKES THE WOODLANDS MALL TO THE NEXT 10,

15, 20 YEARS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS. MR. HARRIS, I'M SORRY.

DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK IN. >> NO.

I'M GOOD. >> THANK YOU FOR THE

OPPORTUNITY. >> YOU ARE WELCOME.

BOARD MEMBERS... >> IN SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES, HOW BIG OF A CONFERENCE CENTER WOULD YOU BE LOOKING AT?

>> I THINK AT A MAXIMUM HERE, WE HAVE CONSIDERED 30,000 SQUARE FEET OF CONFERENCE ROOM SPACE. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE KIND OF LOOKED AT. IRONICALLY, TODAY THE FOREVER 21 BOX THAT SITS WHERE WE HAVE THE FULL-SERVICE HOTEL SITS ON 40,000 SQUARE FOOT. YOU CAN CALL IT ONE FLOOR OF FOREVER 21 TO. GIVE YOU A SENSE OF SCALE.

>> THAT SHOULD HELP THE TOWNSHIP ATTRACT LARGER CONFERENCES.

RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A CAPACITY ISSUE IN TERMS OF ALL THE HO HOTELS. IT LIMITS THE SIZE OF POTENTIAL CONVENTIONS THAT YOU GUYS CAN HOST HERE.

AY ADDING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY WILL BE ONE OF THE GOALS OF THIS

PROJECT AS WELL. >> I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

SHOVELS IN THE GROUND, '25. WHEN IS IT READY?

>> ROUGHLY A 24-MONTH TIMELINE AFTER THAT.

>> OKAY. >> THAT IS TYPICALLY...

>> THANK YOU. OTHERS?

SHELLEY? >> I WAS WAITING FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD. THEY HAD SO MUCH CONCERN ABOUT THIS COMING IN. I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE LOTS OF

QUESTIONS. >> MY CONCERN WAS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY ISSUES. BECAUSE I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING HERE. THE PROBLEMS I HAD WITH IT IN THE PREVIOUS TIME WAS THIS WAS NOT VETTED IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY. IT WASN'T TALKED ABOUT IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY LIKE IT IS RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT WAS MY ISSUE. I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE DEAL A LITTLE BIT MORE AND NOT BE RUSHED THROUGH.

AND A BOARD HAD BEEN ELECTED BUT NOT SWORN IN.

>> YES. YOUR SARCASM IS NOTED, DIRECTOR

GIBBS. >> I WAS BEING SERIOUS.

>> I WOULD SAY, AS I HAVE SHARED WITH ALL OF YOU, IT WAS NEVER A QUESTION QUESTION OF THE MERITS OF THE PROJECT.

WE HAD QUESTION ABOUT THE MANNER IN WHICH IT TRANSPIRED.

I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING THE PUBLIC SOME INFORMATION WHICH THEY ARE GETTING TO HEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND IT IS EXCITING STUFF.

IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD FOR US.

THESE DOMINOES ARE SLOW TO FALL. >> SURE.

>> AS WE TALKED ABOUT, BEFORE, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF VISITING WITH YOU EARLIER, YOU KNOW, THIS STUFF DOES TAKE TIME.

WE HAVE TO MANAGE OUR EXPECTATIONS.

THERE ARE SO MANY UNCONTROLLED VARIABLES WITH RESPECT TO APPROVALS, MARKETS, MONEY, A LOT OF THINGS.

SO IT WILL BE EXCITING TO SEE. I KNOW THAT WE WANT TO SEE THIS DEVELOPMENT BE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL FOR EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR. THAT IF WE ARE ABLE TO EXECUTE THIS, IT IS A WIN-WIN FOR THE TOWNSHIP AND THE MALL.

THERE IS REALLY NO DOWNSIDES FROM WHAT I CAN... AS PRESENTED, IT CERTAINLY APPEARS THAT WAY. THAT WOULD BE FABULOUS.

WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. >> I HAVE A A THOUGHT THAT I DID BRING UP AT SOME POINT IN THE DISCUSSION OVER SIX MONTHS THAT WAS OCCURRING. I THINK YOUR STATEMENT ABOUT THE HYATT, THE HYATT... THE GRAND HYATT.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE TOWN. >> OH, THAT WAS STONE BRIER

CESENTIN FRISCO. >> FRISCO.

YOU SAID IT WAS CONNECTED TO THE MALL.

>> YES. >> WHICH OF COURSE, IS PROBABLY A REALLY GOOD IDEA. BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CAME ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY WHERE THE WEATHER IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.

BUT THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO DAYS HERE IN THE WOODLANDS WHERE IT ISN'T PERFECT. AND SO I WANT YOU TO THINK HARD

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TO THE MALL. JUST AS A SHOPPER, THIS IS NOT AS A BOARD MEMBER. AS A SHOPPER.

I THINK IT IS SAFE. I THINK IT IS NEVER A WAD THING TO AVOID THE WEATHER IF IT HAPPENS TO BE INCLEMENT.

THOSE ARE GOOD POINTS YOU BROUGHT TO US TODAY.

>> WE ARE BIG FANS OF THE USE. IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SHOPPING CENTER. THESE Y UNIQUE VISITORS DRIVE TRAFFIC TO THE RESTAURANTS. RESTAURANT SALES SEE BENEFITS IT FROM. AGAIN, IT IS ONE OF THOSE USES

WHERE IT IS COMPLEMENTARY. >> THE GALLERIA DEMONSTRATES THAT CONCEPT. THE HOTELS THERE.

>> YES. IT IS GOOD.

AND THE OTHER THING WAS JUST TO THANK YOU.

BECAUSE THIS IS DELIGHTFUL TO BE ABLE TO MEET YOU ALL AFTER LEARNING ABOUT THE PROJECT OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS.

AND BRINGING IT TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVING IT BRING SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDED SALES TAX AND HOTEL TAX TO US.

I THINK IT IS DELIGHTFUL. I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AND LOOK FORWARD TO MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE.

>> THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO EXECUTING THIS AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE INCENTIVE THAT IS HAVE BEEN

PUT IN PLACE TO HELP MAKE IT. >> SO WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING

FROM CHICAGO. >> I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

>> I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD.

>> I'M LEARNING TODAY... I THINK THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HEAR THIS. YOU HAVE ACTUALLY ANOTHER PRODUCT IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA IN WHICH YOU HAVE DONE AN OUTDOOR REMODEL WHICH IS BAY BROOK MALL.

COULD YOU GO A LITTLE BIT INTO THAT PROJECT, WHAT IT HAS DONE AND HOW... WHAT THE SALES HAVE DONE BECAUSE OF THAT

REDEVELOPMENT? >> SO BROOKFIELD OWNS FIVE REGIONAL MALLS IN THE AREA. WOODLANDS, BAY BROOK, FIRST COLONY, WILLOW BROOK, DEER BROOK.

DID I GET THEM ALL? >> YEAH.

>> BAY BROOK WAS A RECENT REDEVELOPMENT.

WE AUGHT ADDED AN OUTDOOR EXPANSION WITH THE RESTAURANTS.

A LOT OF ELEMENTS WE PRESENTED IN THE PLAN.

AND THE PRODUCTIVITY ON THE MALL INCREASED IN THE RANGE OF 15% TO 20%. THERE IS A HALO EFFECT TO WHEN WE DO THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS.

YOU ARE ABLE TO TAKE A PRODUCT THAT WAS BUILT 25-30 YEARS AGO AND GIVE IT A NEW SET OF LEGS, FRESH LIFE.

THAT IS WHAT THIS EXPANSION DOES.

IT TRIES TO TIE THE OUTSIDE TO THE INSIDE, AND CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN WHAT IS A STRONG REGIONAL RETAIL MODE.

>> GREAT. GREAT.

>> ARE WE ALLOWED TO ASK A QUESTION?

>> NO. I'M SORRY.

(LAUGHTER). >> WE ARE HAPPY TO TALK TO

ANYONE OUTSIDE. >> YES.

THEY WILL. >> I WILL MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT.

>> I KNOW FRED DOMENIC WITH THE MARRIOTT AND JENNY TAYLOR WITH MARKET STREET. I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THE HOTEL BEING BUILT AND THE NEW RETAIL.

THEY BOTH SAID "I WISH THIS WAS HAPPENING TODAY." THEY WERE BOTH VERY EXCITED, HAVING THIS KIND OF... EVEN THOUGH IT IS COMPETITION. IT IS GOOD.

>> THEY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER. BOTH THE LEADERSHIP AT THE MARRIOTT AS WELL AS LEADERSHIP AS MARKET STREET.

THEY SEE A NEED. THEY SEE THAT THE COMMUNITY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WILL EMBRACE THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, BUT I THINK WHAT SPEAKS VOLUMES IS THAT WHEN REACHED OUT TO...

HE PUT TOGETHER A TEAM TO COME TO ADDRESS ALL OF US AS CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS WHO LIVE RIGHT HERE IN THE WOODLANDS. THE WOODLANDS IS BASED ON PARTNERSHIPS OF WORKING TOGETHER AND IT HAS THE STRONG FOUNDATION. WE HAVE GROWN BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE THAT. SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL THAT Y YOU... OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE, COULD COME.

WE ARE EXCITED, AS DIRECTOR NELSON SAID, EVERYONE WHO SURROUNDS THAT MALL IS EXCITED FOR YOU TO BREAK GROUND TOMORROW. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU, MR.

HARRIS. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> THANK YOU ALL. SAFE TRAVELS.

>> NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE

RESPOND BY SAYING AYE. >> AYE.

>> OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.

THANK YOU, DR. GIBBS FOR LETTING US WAIT ON.

[i. Receive, consider and act upon an award of bid for the 2023-2025 Tree Removal service agreement (C-2022-0475);]

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>> GOOD EVENING. HAPPY NEW YEAR.

THIS IS THE AWARDED BID FOR THE 2023-2025 TREE REMOVAL SERVICE AGREEMENT. THERE IS $520,000 IN THIS OPERATING BUDGET FOR THIS LINE ITEM.

THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD IN OCTOBER AND WAS APPROVED.

THERE WERE TWO PARTS. THE VINE MAINTENANCE WAS APPROVED IN PART A, THE REMOVAL WAS APPROVED, TOO.

UNFORTUNATELY, AFTER THAT, THE TWO VENDORS, DUE TO STAFFING ISSUES, CONCERNS, SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, AND SO ON, THEY HAVE RETRACTED THEIR BIDS. WE KEPT THEIR BID BONDS, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT. WE PUT THIS BACK OUT TO BID.

7 PEOPLE CAME TO THE MANDATORY PRE-BID.

WE DID GET THREE BIDS. OUR CURRENT CONTRACT IS WITH KING SOLOMON'S TREE SERVICE. IT HAS EXPIRED.

THEY STILL HAVE BEEN HELPING US OUT.

IT EXPIRED DECEMBER 31. SO WITH THAT, USING 2021'S HISTORICAL NUMBERS ON HOW MANY TREES THAT WERE REMOVED, OBVIOUSLY, TREE REMOVAL FOR A TOWNSHIP PROPERTY OR ON THE RESERVES TO OTHER PROPERTY, HAZARD TREES AND SUCH, ARBOR TRU WAS THE LOWEST BIDDER. WENT OUT AND CHECKED THEIR REFERENCES. WE ARE VERY COMFORTABLE IN THAT.

IN LIGHT OF THE DROUGHT OF 2022, THOUGH THERE, COULD BE A NEED FOR A SECOND CONTRACTOR IN. THAT IS ORIGINALLY WHY WE HAD TWO. SO THAT WAY, IF THEY DO BECOME OUTNUMBERED WITH TREES, WITH THE DROUGHT, OBVIOUSLY, ONCE SPRING GETS HERE, WE WILL KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT'S GOING WHEN THINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE GREENING UP.

WE WILL FIGURE OUT WHAT'S NOT AND SEE HOW IT IS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO HAVE TEXAS UNDERBRUSHING AS A SECONDARY CONTRACTOR FOR THAT. WE AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT AND C.E.O. TO EXECUTE NECESSARY AGREEMENTS AS APPROVED TO FINAL FORUM BY TOWNSHIP LEGAL COUNSEL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU, MR. MCGOWAN. QUESTIONS?

>> NO. >> I WILL... I DID HAVE AN EMAIL FROM SEVERAL RESIDENTS, ASKING WHAT THE REFORESTATION OF PLANTING TREES... IF WE USE OUR OWN ARBOR DAY SEEDLINGS.

>> THAT COMES UP IN TWO WEEKENDS, I THINK.

YES. ON THE 28TH.

THAT IS ARBOR DAY. YES.

THE ANSWER IS NO. NOT YET.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. IT IS ABOUT TREES BUT NOT MAYBE ABOUT THIS CONTRACT. BUT TREE REMOVAL.

ON LAKE WOODLANDS, YOU SEE A LOT OF THE TREES THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO.

ARE THOSE DOWN BY TOWNSHIP UNDER THESE TYPE OF CONTRACTS?

IS THAT DONE BY THE COUNTY? >> IN THE CENTER MEDIAN THERE IS... YES. THAT IS THE COUNTY.

THEY HAVE TAKEN THOSE OUT. AND THEN THE STUMPS HAVE BEEN MARKED. WE ARE STILL GOING TO SEE... I'M ASSUMING THEY ARE COMING BACK TO REMOVE THE STUMPS.

YES. THE COUNTY.

>> WAS THERE A GREAT DISPARITY IN PRICE?

>> BETWEEN... NOT BETWEEN ARBOR TRU AND TEXAS UNDERBRUSHING.

IT WAS CLOSE. THE THIRD ONE WAS PRETTY HIGH.

>> YES. >> DID SOLOMON BID?

>> NO. HE DID NOT.

HE DID NOT. YEAH.

YES. THEY ACTUALLY... SORRY.

HE DID GET THE VINE MAINTENANCE PORTION OF IT.

THAT WAS APPROVED. THEY KEPT THAT ONE.

AND CONCENTRATING ON OTHER THINGS.

>> OKAY. >> I KNOW I'M HERE HEARING A LOT ABOUT WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE THE TREES DOWN.

I LEARNED FROM BEING HERE THAT YOU SAID, WELL, WE WANT TO SEE IF THEY COME BACK BEFORE WE TAKE THEM DOWN.

I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE COMMUNICATION THAT GOES OUT, SAYING THAT WE ARE AWARE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF DEAD-LOOKING TREES. WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT DOWN JUST TO BE SURE THAT THEY MIGHT COME BACK.

YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE DROUGHT AND THEN THE FREEZE.

WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW? I'M THINKING A LITTLE BIT MORE RESPONSE FROM US BACK TO THE

COMMUNITY ABOUT WHY. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MR. MCGOWAN. AND SO WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE REPORT. DIRECTOR... I'M SORRY.

DIRECTOR BAILEY AND DIRECTOR WATSON MADE THE MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY

SAYING AYE. >> AYE.

>> OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

[9. Receive, consider and act upon an update from CenterPoint Energy regarding power outages;]

RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN UPDATE FROM CENTERPOINT ENTERGY REGARDING THE POWER OUTAGES THIS FALL AND WITH US THIS EVENING, WE DO HAVE MR. WILLIAMS.

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GOOD EVENING, MR. WILLIAMS. >> GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MARCUS WILLIAMS. I'M THE SERVICE CONSULTANT AT CENTERPOINT ENERGY.

LY GIVE YOU A QUICK REPORT.WE H, BUT I DON'T THINK WE WERE CLEARED TO DO IT. I WILL HIT YOU WITH SOME QUICK FACTS. 2023, CENTERPOINT IS COMMITTED TO STICKING TO A BASIC GROWTH STRATEGY.

WITH SAFETY, RELIABILITY, AND RESILIENCE OF OUR ELECTRIC AND NATURAL GAS SYSTEMS. WE CURRENTLY SERVE 2.8 MILLION CUSTOMERS HERE IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA.

AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. AS YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE SERVICE HERE IN HOUSTON IS ELECTRIC. SO WE HAVE SOLAR GENERATION IN INDIANA, UP TO 700 TO 1,000 MEG WATTS.

300 OF THAT IS WIND. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE CURRENT PLANS TO BRING GENERATION HERE TO TEXAS.

AND THE REAL REASON WHY I'M HERE IS CUSTOMER OUTAGES.

I LIKE TO APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF CENTERPOINT.

IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING. EVERYBODY WANTS RELIABLE POWER.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE UPDATE ON SOME THINGS WE HAVE BEEN DOING. CREEKSIDE COMMUNITY IS PRIMARILY SERVED BY TWO OVERHEAD CIRCUITS. THAT TIES INTO SIX OTHER CIRCUITS. THE KIRKENDALE SUBSTATION SERVES THE MAR JOY OF THE CREEKSIDE PARK.

THE SUBSTATION CAN TIE TO 41, 42, 45 AND 46.

THAT ALLOWS US TO SWITCH CIRCUITS AROUND IN A POWMER OUTAGE. WE CAN BACK THE CUSTOMERS.

WE HAVE SOME DATES FOR OUTAGES. I ONLY GAVE A FEW HERE THAT IS GREATER THAN A MINUTE. I START FROM THE OLDEST TO THE RECENT. NOVEMBER 1, WE HAD A 12-MINUTE OUTAGE DUE TO TREE CLEARANCE. AS WELL AS A FALLEN TREE ON A LINE. NOVEMBER 11, TWO OUTAGES DUE TO STRONG WINDS. NOVEMBER 14, LIGHTNING STRIKE.

NOVEMBER 15, WE HAD TO REFUSE A TERMINAL POLE DUE TO AN UNKNOWN EVENT. THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT. ON JANUARY 9, WE HAD A SWITCHING CABINET BURNED UP. WE JUST GOT FEEDBACK ON THAT THIS MORNING. I WASN'T ABLE TO BRING BACK WHAT CAUSED THAT BURNUP. I COULD PROVIDE THAT.

SO DUE TO ONGOING OUTAGES, WE HAVE A TEAM DOING INSPECTION OF ALL OF THE SUBSTATIONS. WE HAVE 7 WORK ORDERS TO COMPLETE TREE-TRIMMING THAT CAUSED THE MAJORITY OF THE PROBLEMS. THREE OF THEM... THREE MORE WORK ORDERS TO BE ISSUED TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL PROBLEMS. SO IT WASN'T A PROBLEM THAT CAUSED THE OUTAGE.

IT COULD BE A POTENTIAL IN THE FUTURE.

AND OUT OF THOSE WOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE FIRST QUARTER, IFST WE STARTED TO TREE-TRIM THE WHOLE ENTIRE CIRCUIT THAT CONSISTS OF 13.23 MILES. 7 WORK ORDERS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. ALL OF THOSE WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.

AND SOME OF THESE WORK ORDERS, WHEN WE COMPLETE IT, IT WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL OUTAGE. THAT IS JUST A SAFETY PRECAUTION. SO OUR CREWS CAN COMPLETE THEM SAFELY. ALL RESIDENTS WILL BE GIVEN TWO WEEKS NOTICE OF THOSE OUTAGES. AND IN ADDITION TO THOSE, WE HAVE A MEETING SET UP WITH THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP FOR TREE-TRIMMING, FOR TREES IN THE BACK OF THE POND SUBDIVISION, I BELIEVE. THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR TWO WEEKS FROM NOW. AND Q-AND-A.

>> WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FROM FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS. BUT THERE WERE CHALLENGES NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, AND JANUARY WITH.

NOT ONLY CREEKSIDE PARK BUT MAY VALLEY RESIDENTS AND THE FAR WESTERN SECTION OF THE WOODLANDS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

THE CHALLENGE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WAS THE FREQUENCY OF IT, AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY SLOW, BUT THE REMEDIATION OR FIXING THE PROBLEM APPEARED TO BE ON A DIFFERENT PACE THAN THE RESIDENTS... YOUR CUSTOMERS, OF COURSE, DESIRED.

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BUT NO THANKSGIVING, THE HOLIDAYS IN DECEMBER, THE OUTAGES NOT ONLY WERE WEST OF KIRKEN DAHL BUT EAST OF KIRKENDAL. MANY RESIDENTS HAVE ASK ASKED, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO FIX IT, TO REMEDY THIS? THE TREES AND SOME OF THE YOUAGES, YOU HAVE DONE.

THERE IS NO GUARANTEE IN LIFE. I UNDERSTAND THAT, MR. WILLIAMS. WHAT CAN... WHAT DID CENTERPOINT DO TO REMEDY SOME OF THESE OUT OUTAGES THAT HAPPENED OVER THREE

MONTHS? >> LIKE YOU SAID, TREE-TRIMMING IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE. TYPICALLY ANYWHERE IN THE HOUSTON AREA. IT IS NORMALLY TREE-TRIMMING WITH RECURRING OUTAGES. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THOSE AREAS.

THAT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THE END OF MARCH.

THERE WAS ALSO TWO OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE OUR LINES WERE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. SO MY TIME... SO ANY TIME, A BRIEF WIND WILL SLAP THE LINES, IT WILL BLOW A FUSE.

ACTUALLY, A CUSTOMER CALLED US AND SAID "HEY, WE SEE SPARKS." WE HAD A CREW GO OUT THERE. THAT IS WHAT IT WAS.

THAT WAS MAJOR ISSUE THAT WE DID GET CORRECTED.

>> IS THAT HOW THEY WERE INSTALLED? WITHIN REACH OF EACH OTHER? THE PROXIMITY AS SUCH THAT THE

WIND CAN BLOW THEM TOGETHER? >> IA CAR HIT A POLE.

. >> OKAY.

>> AND IT SHIFTED THE LINES. >> OKAY.

>> IT DID GET REPAIRED CORRECTLY.

>> YEAH. ON THE TREE-TRIMMING, IS THAT NOT SOMETHING THAT IS REGULARLY LOOKED AT AND DONE? YOU CAN'T CERTAINLY JUST... TREES DON'T GO THAT FAST.

YOU CAN'T JUST WAIT UNTIL THERE IS A PROBLEM.

>> ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE... KIRKENDAL46, GETTING INSPECTED EVERY 90 DAYS NOW. I DON'T THINK THAT WAS BEFORE.

IT DID GET BUMPED UP SINCE THIS. THE REST OF THE TREES, WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL THEY CALL US. A CUSTOMER CALLS AND SAYS, I HAVE A POWER OUTAGE. WE SEND A CREW OUT, AND IT IS TREES ON THE LINES. SOME OF IT IS ON US.

OTHER TIMES, CUSTOMERS PLANTS TREES RIGHT ON THE LINES.

THEY GROW UP IN THERE. IT CAUSES PROBLEMS.

>> THAT HAPPENS. JUSTIN HAS WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CREEKSIDE PARK VILLAGE ASSOCIATION, WITH CENTERPOINT.

HE HAS BEEN RESPONSIVE. IF NANCY BECKER, THE PRESIDENT OF CREEKSIDE PARK CALLS, HE HAS ALWAYS CALLED BACK.

OR IF I HAVE. OR LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS.

I WOULD THINK IF THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE NOVEMBER, AND WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT HAVING IT RESOLVED UNTIL MARCH, THIS IS JANUARY. CAN THAT TIME FRAME NOT BE MOVED

UP? >> UNFORTUNATELY, THAT QUESTION IS ABOVE MY PAY GRADE. (LAUGHTER) I KNOW THEY STARTED SOME. I GOT THE NOTE THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE COMPLETED BY THE FIRST QUARTER.

>> OKAY. >> I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF MARCH.

IT IS A GUARANTEE THAT WE WILL FINISH BY THE END OF MARCH.

>> MAYBE IF YOU PUSH THE MESSAGE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE HAVE A CONCERN ON EXPEDIENCY ON GETTING THIS STUFF DONE FOR THESE FOLKS.

>> YES, SIR. I CAN RELAY THAT MESSAGE.

>> IF NANCY BECKER CALLS, YOU BETTER CALL HER BACK.

PRO TIP. (LAUGHTER).

>> YES. WE ATTEND AN HOA MEETING IN FEBRUARY. WE WILL BE THERE AS WELL.

>> SHE IS WATCHING US RIGHT NOW. (LAUGHTER).

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR MR. WILLIAMS? OKAY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR THE REPORT. WE WOULD LIKE IT TO MOVE A

LITTLE FASTER THAN MARCH. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. WE APPRECIATE THAT.

NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT CENTERPOINT'S REPORT.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> MOVED AND SECONDED. BY DIRECTOR FRANKS, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR BAILEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY

SAYING AYE. >> AYE.

[10. Receive, consider and act upon establishing an Ad Hoc Economic Development Committee;]

>> MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 10, TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER, AND ACT UPON ESTABLISHING AN AD HOC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. OUR PRESIDENT, MS. SHARP WILL

PRESENT. >> THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. THIS AGENDA ITEM IS TO... FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ESTABLISHING AN AD HOC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE BY WAY OF HISTORY FROM 2013 THROUGH 2019, THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP DID HAVE AN ACTIVE AD

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IT HAS BEEN EXPIRED FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.

THERE HAS BEEN A RENEWED INTEREST FROM SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS IN REESTABLISHING IT. AN AD HOC COMMITTEE IS USED...

TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC ISSUES WHEN APPROPRIATE AS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IT MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FULL BOARD. SO THE TAD HOCK COMMITTEE DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISIONS OR TO MAKE COMMITMENTS OR TO SPEND MONEY, TO SPEND FUNDS WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION FROM THE FULL BOARD, BUT WHAT... THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE POSITIVE NATURE OF THAT, YOU CAN SEE THAT ON YOUR DRAFT CHARTER, IT IS THE PURPOSE, AND I'M GOING TO READ IT ALOUD SO THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHY THIS IS BEING CONSIDERED TONIGHT.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOARD COMMITTEE IS TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN REGARDING THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP'S ROLE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THIS PLAN WILL IDENTIFY SPECIFIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND INITIATIVES, SUGGESTED FUNDING LEVELS FOR THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND INITIATIVES AND RECOMMEND PROJECTS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SO WE DO HAVE THE FULL CHARTER IN HERE FOR YOUR CONVERSATION. ... FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

AS PART OF THE AGENDA ITEM, THE CHAIRMAN WOULD MAKE HER APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMITTEE WHICH WILL BE NO MORE THAN THREE

BOARD MEMBERS. >> OKAY.

ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT,...

>> DISCUSSION. >> I HAVE WOULD CALL FOR A

MOTION. >> DISCUSSION.

>> YES. >> YES.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PRESIDENT SHARP. I APPRECIATE THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE BO BOARD... THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

I SERVED WITH, I BELIEVE, CHAIRMAN SNYDER WHO WAS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AT THAT TIME. FOR THE PERIOD BEFORE IT WAS DISSOLVED. RIGHT BEFORE.

AND I SUPPORTED DISSOLVING IT AT THAT TIME.

BECAUSE I FELT LIKE... THERE WERE SEVERAL REASONS, ACTUALLY.

I WILL DELINEATE THESE. THE FIRST IS THAT THIS BODY ALREADY SPENDS $195,000 TO FU FUND... I THINK WE HAVE A TOP-FUNDER, THE WOODLANDS AREA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP. IT IS THEIR MISSION TO DO EXACTLY WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS TALKING ABOUT DOING.

IF THE COMMITTEE IS RESURRECTED. TO HELP RECRUIT AND RETAIN LARGE BUSINESSES INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND OF THE WOODLANDS.

THEY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB. AND I HAVE NO REASON TO THINK THEY WOULD CHANGE IN ANY WAY. AND THEY HAVE JUST REARRANGED THEIR AGREEMENT SO THAT, I BELIEVE, THE PRESIDENT AND THE CHAIRMAN WILL BOTH HAVE EVEN A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN THE WOODLANDS-AREA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP.

$195,000 IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

I THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE NOTED.

NUMBER TWO, THE TAX ABATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAVE... WOULD NEVER HAVE AND NEVER DID COME THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

TAX ABATEMENTS COME THROUGH THE FULL BOARD, UNDER AT LEAST PRELIMINARILY, THROUGH EXEC EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF TAX ABATEMENTS.

THE COMPANIES WANT THOSE TO BE CIRCUMSPECT INITIALLY.

IF THEY ARE DENIED THAT, WOULD NOT BE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMPANY. ALL RIGHT.

THAT TAX ABATEMENT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.

IT IS NOT GOING TO GO TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

PART OF THAT IS ANY OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONE WORK THAT WAS DONE IN 2003, AND 2004, WHEN THEY WERE FIRST ESTABLISHED HERE IN THE WOODLANDS, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE THROUGH THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. THE FULL BOARD.

UNDER EXECUTIVE SESSION. THAT WOULD HAVE NOT COME THROUGH AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

THOSE ARE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THINGS THAT WE, AS A BOARD, DO THAT I KNOW OF TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THAT IS ALL DONE THROUGH EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THE COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE. THE FULL BOARD.

THAT WON'T CHANGE. SO FINALLY, THE VILLAGE CENTERS, AND I HAVE BEEN CONCERNED AND THE VILLAGE CENTERS LIKE EVERYONE HERE ON THIS BOARD HAS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE VILLAGE CENTERS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. AND ON THIS VERY AGENDA TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO BE APPROVING A TRANSFER OF AN AGREEMENT SO THAT A COMPANY THAT THE DEVELOPER SOLD, THE WOODLANDS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY SOLD TO KOBALT, THERE IS A PARK IN FRONT... I THINK IT IS

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SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT IS NEAR THE HEB.

SO THAT ARRANGEMENT THAT, TRANSFER, THAT SALE BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND KOBALT RELATES TO THE VILLAGE CENTERS.

THAT WOULD NEVER HAVE COME TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. BECAUSE THAT IS PRIVATE.

WE ONLY KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO USE TEN DAYS OF THAT PARK FOR THEIR OWN SERVICES.

THE NEW COMPANY KOBALT. THAT WOULD NEVER HAVE COME TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

THE VILLAGE CENTER OF ROGAN'S MILL, WHICH IS WHERE I LIVE, I'M TOLD THAT THERE HAS BEEN A SALE OF THAT SHOPPING CENTER.

IF THAT IS TRUE, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT IS, THAT DID NOT COME... WOULD NOT HAVE COME TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. THAT IS A PRIVATE EXCHANGE BETWEEN TWO PRIVATE COMPANIES. TWO PRIVATE ENTITIES.

SO THERE IS NO REASON THAT I CAN SEE, TO USE TAXPAYER MONEY TO FUND A COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT TAKES RESOURCES.

IT TAKES STAFFER TIME, IT TAKES THE USE OF THE FACILITIES, AND IT IS JUST... IT IS ANOTHER GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT THAT I DON'T THINK WE NEED. I DON'T SEE THE PURPOSE, SO I THINK THAT THE BEST USE OF TAXPAYER MONEY, NOT EXPANDING GOVERNMENT UNNECESSARILY AND NOT MISUSING STAFF SERVICES WOULD BE TO FOCUS ON THE EDP AND TO REALIZE THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN ULTIMATELY IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH A FULL BOARD AND NOT RECONSTITUTE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

I MAY BE THE ONLY VOTE AGAINST IT.

I WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW WHY I'M DOING SO.

>> WE HAVEN'T VOTED YET. THANK YOU, DR. SHELLEY, FOR YOUR COMMENTS. OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

>> YEAH. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS. I APPRECIATE YOUR POSITION.

WHAT I HEARD IS THAT THIS WOULD ONLY BE ADDING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NOT TAKING AWAY FROM, AND SO I SEE ABSOLUTELY NO REASON NOT TO DO IT, ASSUMIG THAT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE CHAIRWOMAN WANT TO CONTRIBUTE EVEN MORE TIME IN THIS MANNER, IN THIS MANNER OF SERVICE.

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY ADDITIONAL COST WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO GETTING TOGETHER OR TAKING TIME TO FOCUS ON FURTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AS YOU JUST NOTED, IT WOULD REQUIRE THIS BOARD'S APPROVAL FOR ANYTHING TO TAKE ACTION AND BE SUBSTANTIAL. SO THE $195,000 IS BEING WELL-USED, IT SOUNDS LIKE. THAT IS NOT GOING AWAY.

AND WE ARE NOT ADDING TO THAT IN ANY CAPACITY.

OBVIOUSLY, IT DID SERVE A PURPOSE AT ONE TIME.

I'M NOT SURE WHY IT WENT AWAY. I BELIEVE IT TO BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE BOARD DIRECTORS WHO ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

I FEEL THAT WAY WHETHER I END UP ON THE COMMITTEE OR NOT.

I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF NEED FOR IT.

AND IT ALLOWS THAT COMMITTEE TO GO OUT AND DO THINGS AND SERVE A GOOD PURPOSE TO THEN BRING BACK TO THIS BOARD, AND IT STILL DOESN'T TRIGGER THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, AND SO HAVING THAT COMMITTEE AT THAT SIZE, I THINK IT IS A GOOD THING AND PRODUCTIVE. SO I'M CERTAINLY IN FAVOR OF IT.

>> YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS, I APPRECIATE THAT, I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS. I DO RESPECT YOUR COMMENTS.

RESPECTFULLY, DISAGREE. THE COST OF HAVING AN AD HOC COMMITTEE IS SLIM TO NONE. I FIND IT RATHER ODD THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT BY HAVING THREE VOLUNTEER BOARD MEMBERS SPEND TIME.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT THAT COSTS IN THE INCORPORATION FIASCO. THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT. THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL BEING...

BREACHING FIDUCIARY DUTY OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS WITHOUT FULL CONSENT. WE ARE TRYING TO GROW THE COMMUNITY. WE'VE GOT CLASS A OFFICE SPACE IN OUR FRONT TOWN CENTER. OVER HALF OF THE BUILDING IS EMPTY CURRENTLY. HOW CAN WE AS BOARD MEMBERS, HELP SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? THAT WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD. IT WILL BE BROUGHT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. IN FULL TRANSPARENCY.

NOT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. I THINK THAT IS A GOOD THING.

IT IS A VERY GOOD THING. I THINK WE NEED TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE WOODLANDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP.

THEY ARE KEY PLAYERS IN THIS. WE HAVE TO WORK WELL WITH MONTH

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WE WERE BREAKING THAT DOWN NOW AND HAVING MORE DIALOGUE, MORE TRANSPARENCY. HOW CAN WE WORK ACROSS THE COUNTY THAT IS GOOD FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY... WOODLANDS, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, WHAT HAVE YOU.

WE NEED TO START WORKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS IN AND AROUND US.

THIS COMMITTEE HELPS PUT OUT THE OLIVE BRANCH AND START THAT COMMUNICATIONS EFFORT. I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS COMMITTEE. I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR US.

I DO NOT THINK IT IS A GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT.

I DO NOT THINK IT IS AN EXPANSION OF GOVERNMENT.

I THINK IT IS LIMITED GOVERNMENT THROUGH AND THROUGH BECAUSE YOU GET THREE VOLUNTEERS WILLING TO DO IT.

>> YEAH. I WOULD SAY I THINK IT ENHANCES THE EFFORTS THAT ARE ALREADY UNDER WAY.

I DON'T SEE HOW IT CAN POSSIBLY BE A NEGATIVE.

QUITE FRANKLY. AND IF THE THREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WHATEVER, CAN WORK TOGETHER AS WE HAVE SAID, AND SUPPORT EVEN MORE, THE EFFORTS OF THE EDP AND THE OTHER AGENCIES, I DON'T SEE WHETHER IT IS A NEGATIVE.

IN FACT, IT WOULD PROBABLY SAVE THIS BOARD CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME IN CONSIDERATIONS TO HAVE THE INPUT AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM SUCH A COMMITTEE.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

>> I'M ALL ABOUT DEVELOPMENT. I THINK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

BRAD, GREAT COMMENTS ABOUT HOW THE WOODLANDS TOWERS AND THE AMOUNT OF VACANCY IN THERE. THAT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH GILL AND HIS TEAM AND WORKING WITH COMMISSIONER NOWAK.

IT IS GREAT. ALL THE WAY AROUND.

>> I'M GOING TO MOVE TO MAKE A MOTION.

UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING ELSE.

THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ESTABLISHING THE AD HOC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND ACCEPT THE CHARTER AS PRESENTED.

>> SECOND. >> AND CHAIRMAN SNYDER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE

NOW OR A SEPARATE MOTION? >> NO.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THEM NOW. WE WILL SHARE WITH YOU... I BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD, ALL 7 OF US HAVE A KEY ROLE TO PLAY AND HAVE TRIED TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE HAS...

EVERYONE HAS TWO PLACEMENTS. WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE US CONSIDER KYLE WATSON, BRAD BAILEY AND MYSELF TO SERVE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. TO BE PART OF THAT.

>> GREAT. >> IF I MAY AMEND YOUR MOTION.

>> YES. SO AMENDED.

>> THANK YOU. >> AND IN THE SECOND, WE NEED TO AMEND IT. OKAY.

GOOD. >> OKAY.

IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY

SAYING AYE. >> AYE.

>> OPPOSED? >> NO.

>> MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM

[11. Receive, consider and act upon an award of contract for architectural and construction services for Town Hall renovations (C-2022-0467);]

TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN AWARD CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR TOWN HALL RENOVATIONS. OUR DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY IS HERE TO PRESENT. >> GOOD EVENING.

>> YOU ARE ON. >> GOOD EVENING.

>> GOOD EVENING. >> OKAY.

SO WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS BUILDING SINCE THE END OF 2011.

IT IS A 69,000-SQUARE FOOT FACILITY.

AND WE... WHEN WE INITIALLY RENOVATED, WE RENOVATED... I WANT TO SAY JUST UNDER 60,000. THERE IS THE BALANCE REMAINING THERE. RIGHT AROUND 2016, 2017, VISIT THE WOODLANDS MOVED INTO THE SOUTH END OF THE BUILDING WHICH WAS THE UNFINISHED AREA. QUITE FRANKLY, OVER THE YEARS, OVER 12 YEARS, WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF SPACE NOW.

A LOT OF STAFF HAS GROWN DUE TO INCREASED SERVICES.

SO THIS PROJECT WILL AWARD AN ARCHITECT.

>> AND THIS WAS APPROVED IN OUR BUDGET?

>> YES, MA'AM. IT IS CURRENTLY BUDGETED AT $750,000. WE DID DO A TEST-FIT EARLIER...

OR JUST THIS PAST SUMMER. THE TARGET IS ESSENTIALLY 16 OFFICES AND 25 WORK STATIONS. I DON'T WANT TO NAME SPECIFIC

DEPARTMENTS. >> NO.

BELIEVE THIS WILL PROVIDE RELIEF FOR EIGHT DEPARTMENTS ACROSS TWO

FACILITIES. >> AND IF YOU HAVE NOT WALKED THROUGH THE HALLS ALL THE WAY TO THE EAST END OF THIS BUILDING, IT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED. DESPERATELY NEEDED.

>> CORRECT. IF YOU CAN SEE IN THE LOWER RIGHT-HAND AREA IN THE RED BUBBLE AREA, THAT IS THE AREA OF CONCERN THAT WE ARE PROPOSING BE DEVELOPED.

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>> OKAY. QUESTIONS FOR WILLIAM? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL FROM AGAINSTLER TO PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE TOWN HALL EXPANSION AND RENOVATIONS.

AUTHORIZING OUR PRESIDENT AND C.E.O. TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT AS APPROVED TO FINAL FORM BY TOWNSHIP LEGAL COUNSEL. IF NEGOTIATIONS FAIL, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO AUTHORIZE OR CONSIDER TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT/C.E.O. TO NEGOTIATE WITH A SECOND RANKING FIRM UNTIL AN AGREEMENT CAN BE REACHED THAT IS SATISFACTORY TO BOTH PARTIES.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

BY DIRECTOR BAILEY, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS.

DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,

SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. >> AYE.

>> OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

[12. Receive, consider and act upon Task Order #2 for Halff Associates, Inc., for Alden Bridge Sports Park Renovation - Phase I Engineering (C- 2022-0189);]

>> AND THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 12.

TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE TASK ORDER NUMBER TWO FOR THE SPORTS PARK RENOVATION. PHASE ONE.

YOU CAN LOOK AT PAGES 192-208. IN YOUR PACKET.

AND MR. MCGOWAN, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION IS HERE AGAIN. TO PRESENT.

I WILL TELL YOU, WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO BUDGET AND ADD SOME MUCH-NEEDED AMENITIES TO ALDEN BRIDGE SPORTS PARK.

MR. MCGOWAN. >> THANK YOU.

LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS IN REGARDS TO TASK ORDER NUMBER TWO FOR THE ALDEN BRIDGE SPORTS PARK, PHASE ONE ENGINEERING.

AND WITH THIS, THE PRESENTATION, JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE PARKS AND RECREATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT. THE PARK INFORMATION.

THE TASK ORDER AND RECOMMENDATION.

WITH THE 2022 PARKS AND RECREATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT, OBVIOUSLY, THE GOAL WAS TO IDENTIFY NEEDS AND ADDRESS DEFICIENCIES IN THE PARK SYSTEM. OVER 2,000 WEB SURVEYS WERE DONE. TWO BOARD PRESENTATIONS.

WERE DONE. EIGHT VILLAGE ASSOCIATION MEETINGS. INITIALLY, IN AUGUST, THE PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED WERE THIS ONE.

RENOVATION OF ALDEN BRIDGE SPORTS PARK.

REST ROOMS. SOME MODIFICATIONS AND ADDITIONS THERE. SPORT FIELD LIGHTING WHICH WAS APPROVED EARLIER THIS EVENING. TENNIS-PICKLEBALL COURTS.

COMMUNITY GARDEN AND DOG PARK. SO THE SPORTS PARK, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW IS OFF 242. THE VILLAGE OF ALDEN BRIDGE.

BUILT IN 1999. AMENITIES.

FIVE LIGHTED MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS.

TWO ARE ARTIFICIAL. FOUR LIGHTED BALL FIELDINGS.

COMMUNITY GARDEN REST ROOM, A PARKING LOT, A LOT OF ACTIVITY AT THAT PARK. THE COMPANIES WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD TO GIVE CIVIL ENGINEERS, ARCHITECT SERVICES FOR THE TOWNSHIP. THAT IS THE TASK ORDER THAT WE HAVE FROM HALFF ASSOCIATES. THE FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED FOR THIS PART OF THE RENOVATION. SOME OF THE MONEY WAS... THE ARTIFICIAL TURF LIGHT THAT IS YOU ALREADY APPROVED WERE ANOTHER PART OF THAT. AND THERE IS SOME REMAINING FUNDS THERE. THAT WOULD GO TO PHASE TWO OR ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARK. SO LET'S SEE.

THAT WAS REALLY IT. >> I THINK YOU HAVE SOME OF YOUR

TEAM, YOUR STAFF HERE. >> YES.

DEFINITELY, IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS.

THIS PROCESS, IT IS A SIX TO NINE-MONTH PROCESS FOR THEM TO DO THEIR WORK. WITH THAT, AS YOU SAW, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT GOT THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN TOGETHER.

NOWP IT IS TO FIGURE OUT IF IT REALLY CAN HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW, THEY WILL DIG A LOT DEEPER THAN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT DID. THEY WILL DO SOIL SAMPLING.

DRAINAGE. THEY WILL LOOK AT THE WETLANDS AND WHAT CAN HAPPEN THERE. IT IS ACTUALLY NOW DESIGNING THE

PLAN FOR THE PARK. >> CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE NEEDS? WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL FIELDS, THE TURF FOR

SOME OF US WHO ARE NEW? >> YES.

WELL, IF YOU DRIVE BY 242, USUALLY, ANY WEEKEND, YOU WILL KIND OF SEE. IT IS AN EXTREMELY ACTIVE PARK.

I MEAN, THE COMMUNITY GARDEN ALONE IS VERY ACTIVE FROM.

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THE FIELDS ARE ALWAYS BEING USED.

LACROSSEST, RUGBY, OVERFLOW. SOCCER IS PLAYED THERE.

A LOT OF ACTIVITY. FLAG FOOTBALL TO EVERYTHING OUT THERE. A LOT OF THAT GOING ON.

AS WE KNOW, PARKING HAS BEEN AN ISSUE.

YOU KNOW, IT IS TO HELP ALLEVIATE THAT.

AND TO ADD SOME MORE ADDITIONAL FIELDS.

TRANSFORM TO ARTIFICIAL TURF TO HELP WITH THE RAINOUTS.

>> YEAH. THE SPACE IS HIGH DEMAND.

I HAVE DONE REC SOFTBALL. I HAD KIDS THAT DID LACROSSE, SOCCER, EVERYTHING THERE. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER.

IT IS A FANTASTIC... I THINK IT IS A HUGE NEED.

THE RENDERINGS LOOK LIKE IT WOULD TURN SPACE THAT HAS SOMEWHAT OF A RESTRICTED USE NOW EVEN INTO MORE USE.

AS FAR AS THE PERIMETER PATHWAY. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD, THOUGH, IS IN THE PROCESS, DO YOU WORK WITH TK-DOT TO UNDERSTAND THE INGRESS AND EGRESS.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR AN EASEMENT OR SOME SWAP TO GET OUT THAT WAY. I SEE THAT THE WAY THE CONCEPTION LOOKS LIKE, YOU ARE TRYING TO GET OUT WHERE YOU COULD GO ACROSS THE MEDIAN. I COME THERE A LOT.

YOU EITHER GET THE U-TURN FLIP THERE AT GREEN BRIDGE.

RIGHT? AT THE EXXON.

WHICH PRESENTS A PROBLEM. >> YES.

>> OR YOU WILL HAVE TO EITHER COME OUT WITH A NEW TURN LANE OR SOMETHING IF YOU HAVE A NEW WAY TO GET IN THERE.

IS THERE A STUDY DONE AS FAR AS... YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR OPTIONS ARE TO BEST HANDLE THAT TRAFFIC FLOW? WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS?

>> YES. >> WHERE DO WE START IN THAT HAS TO BE LOOKED AT. THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I THINK YOU SAW THAT SECOND EXIT FURTHER TO THE EAST AS A WAY TO MOVE THE TRAFFIC FURTHER ALONG TO PREVENT THAT U.

OR THAT FLIP-AROUND. WHEN YOU ARE GOING FROM AROUND BACK TO THE NORTH, NORTHWEST. WE ARE WORKING...

>> THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT ACROSS FROM THAT.

>> YES. YES.

>> NOW THEY WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO TURN.

NOT NEVER. IT WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING FOR THEM TO TURN BACK TOWARDS 45.

UNLESS THERE IS SOME TRAFFIC SIGNAL OR SOMETHING THERE.

>> RIGHT. THAT IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THE STUDY. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH TX-DOT

CLOSELY ON THE CORRIDOR. >> OKAY.

>> OVERALL. THERE IS A SEPARATE PROJECT OF RENOVATIONS. IN THAT AREA OF THE BOARD.

THE PREVIOUS BOARD AS WELL AS THIS BOARD, PROBABLY VERY ACTIVE. GOING FROM 45 ALL THE WAY TO 1488. THOSE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT. WE HAVE TO START MOVING ON THIS.

AND THEN AS JOHN SAID, THIS IS A SIX TO NINE-MONTH PROCESS.

AT THE EARLIEST. A LOT HAS TO DO WITH THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE WETLANDS.

LOOKING AT THE DRAINAGE FLOWS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE SOFTBALL FIELDS.

THE FIELDS ARE ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.

JOHN AND I PLAYED TOGETHER YEARS AGO.

WE UNDERSTAND THOSE ISSUES. >> THE ONE THING WHEN WE DID DO THE 242 WITH TX-DOT, PLAINTIFFS THE ONE AREA.

THES GOTOLOGY 1488. WE TALKED ABOUT ADDITIONAL TURN LANES. I THINK DR. NOONS AND DR. SEKULA-GIBBS AND I ATTENDED A NUMBER OF THOSE MEETINGS.

THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WEAPON ADDRESSED.

SO HOPEFULLY, AS YOU CONTINUE WITH TX-DOT, YOU WILL ENSURE

THAT THAT IS ADDRESSED. >> I HAVE A QUESTION.

I DRIVE BY THERE QUITE A BIT. I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR SEVERAL EVENTS. SPORTING EVENTS.

IT SEEMS THAT... IT KIND OF GOES TO THE NEED.

SPORTS TOURISM IN THIS TOWN IS INCREDIBLE.

THE AMOUNT OF... I'M NOT TALKING IRON MAN AND THE LPGAF EVENT THAT IS COMING HERE. THE MARATHON.

JUST SPORTS TOURISM IN GENERAL, IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FIELDS ARE PAID FOR USERS.

>> SURE. WHAT WE HAVE DONE, AND THE COMMUNITY HAS REALLY BEEN RECEPTIVE ON THE ARTIFICIAL FIELDS. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF RAINOUTS AND YOU KNOW, AS A FATHER OF TWO KIDS WHO PLAYED IN THE SYSTEM FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, IT WAS ALWAYS, LIKE, 4:00, IS IT RAINING? ARE WE GOING TO GET THE CALLOUT OR NOT? IN 2012, THE PREVIOUS BOARD PUT SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES INTO ALDEN BRIDGE AND BEAR BRANCH AND THEN YOU ARE THE EVERRED A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF GOSLING.

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THOSE ARE YOUR LACROSSE GROUPS, THE RUGBY GROUPS.

YOU KNOW, OUR HOMETOWN RESIDENTS.

WHAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT IS WHEN THEY ARE NOT PLAYING, THAT IS WHEN WE WORK TO TRY TO FIND THE SPORTS TOURISM ASPECT.

JUST TODAY I CLOSED A DEAL WITH A GROUP OUT OF BALTIMORE.

IT IS HIGHLY SPECIALIZED LACROSSE GOALIE TRAINING.

THEY WILL COME HERE. KIDS WILL FLY IN FROM ALL ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. POTENTIALLY EVEN CALIFORNIA.

THEY SPEND TWO DAYS HERE. THEY RECEIVE THEIR GOALIE TRAINING. THAT IS JUST ONE OF PROBABLY ABOUT 20-30 DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS THAT WE BRING.

IN WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF WHAT WE CALL FLAG FOOTBALL SEASON.

WE WILL BRING 200-PLUS TEAMS MULTIPLE TIMES AT GOSLING FIELD.

THEY WILL PLAY. THOSE TEAMS, THE EIGHT OUT OF 12 CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS WERE FROM HAWAII.

YOU ARE SEEING THE IMPACT OF THOSE.

THE HOTELS. AND THE OVERFALL AREA.

LISTENED AND THE OVERALL AREA. WE HAVE THE ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELDS. THEY WANT THAT FROM THE RELIABILITY, AND WE ALSO ARE ABLE TO PUT THE FOLKS ON THE TURF. WE ARE NOT DISPLACING OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE OF FIELD QUALITY CONDITIONS.

IF WE ARE ON GRASS. >> YEAH.

THOSE HOMETOWN CLUBS HOST TOURNAMENTS, TOO.

>> YES. >> PEOPLE COME IN FOR THE

WEEKENDS. >> PREMIER CUP IS COMING UN.

YOU PICK A WEEKEND. SOMETHING IS GOING ON IN THOSE TOURNAMENTS. ACTUALLY, THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE MOST CHALL CHALLENGIG ASPECTS OF TRYING TO KEEP IT OPEN WHILE WE ARE GOING THROUGH RENOVATIONS.

AS WE START TO GET INTO '24, '25 AND SO ON.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

>> JOHN, ANYTHING? >> NO.

THE LAST THING I DID, I APOLOGIZE.

I WANTED TO POINT OUT, PAMELA WOODS AND MITCH HALL.

THE TWO ASSISTANT PARK DIRECTORS WITH ME.

>> WILL YOU STAND UP. WE ALL APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO. AND WE HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY YOU SERVE. THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.

YOU HAVE SEVERAL OTHERS? >> MARK THE.

I'M SORRY. MARK IS THE TOWN CENTER SUPERINTENDENT. HE WAS JUST IN THAT POSITION.

STREET-SCAPE. SORRY.

WE ARE STILL MOVING AROUND. >> THANK YOU, MARK.

IS THAT IT? I THINK WE ARE GOOD.

>> THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. I CALL FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE TASK ORDER NUMBER TWO FOR THE ALDEN BRIDGE SPORTS PARK RENOVATION PHASE ONE ENGINEERING.

AND AUTHORIZE OUR PRESIDENT, C.E.O. TO EXECUTE THE AUTHORIZATION FOR TASK ORDER NUMBER TWO.

IS THERE A MOTION? >> MOTION.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

BY DIRECTOR NELSON. AND DIRECTOR WATSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR... OR DISCUSSION? MORE DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR,

SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. >> AYE.

>> OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

[13. Receive, consider and act upon an award of bid for Reforestation Stock (C-2022-0215) and Reforestation Install (C-2022-0214); ]

YOU ARE BACK. MR. MCGOWAN.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THE CYCLE OF LIFE. TALKED ABOUT REMOVING.

NOW REPLANTING. (LAUGHTER).

>> REFORESTATION, STOCK AND INSTALL.

THERE IS 384 5RBGS00 ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS.

THIS WAS BROUGHT TO THE BOARD IN NOVEMBER.

THERE WERE... IT WAS REJECT. THE BIDS THAT WE HAD.

WE HAD SEVERAL THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, WITHDREW THEIR BIDS. AND THEN IT WAS OVER BUDGET.

WE REBID THIS PROJECT OUT. WE REDUCED IT.

WE ORIGINALLY HAD 3,000 TREES. WE DID 2,000 TREES.

AND SO WE HAVE REDUCED IT. REBID IT OUT.

AND GOT SOME BIDS BACK, AND SO WITH THAT, TEXAS TREE DEPOT, HISTORICALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE THE LOWEST, THE LOWEST BID.

OR YEAH. THREE BIDS WERE RECEIVED.

TEXAS TREE DEPOT WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WE RECEIVED ON THE TREE STOCK PART. IT IS TREE STOCK.

AND THEN THE INSTALL PART OF IT. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE HAD THE

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NO ISSUES WITH THAT. TWO BIDS WERE RECEIVED FOR THE TREE INSTALLS. ARBOR TRU SUBMITTED THE LOWEST BID THERE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DID THOSE EXTRA THOUSAND TREES THAT WE DID TAKE OUT. BEWE DO HAVE A PRICE IN THE BID FOR THAT. WE CAN GET THOSE 1,000, IF NEED.

YOU KNOW? OBVIOUSLY, WITH THAT, IF WE WOULD HAVE PUT THAT NUMBER IN THERE, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN

108,200 OVER BUDGET. >> WE WOULD HAVE DONE ALL 3,000 TREES. BUT WITH THAT, AWARD THE BID FOR PROJECT A AND PROJECT B TO TEXAN TREE DEPOT.

AND THE BID FOR PROJECT B-2 AND FOR ARBOR TRU.

>> IS THERE A MOTION? >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY

AYE. >> AYE.

>> MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, MR. MCGOWAN.

>> THANK YOU. >> WE WILL HAVE EXECUTIVE

[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;]

PURSUANT TO 551087. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS PURSUANT TO 551074.

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. DISCUSS I.T. NETWORK OR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. CONSULT WITH THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO 51071.

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE FOR THE PUBLIC SESSION IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EXECKIVE IS SESSION.

[15. Reconvene in public session;]

>> 8:58. WE RECONVENE IN PUBLIC SESSION.

THERE IS AGENDA ITEM 16, A CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS TO BE

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

PERHAPS IF THERE IS AVAILABILITY, IT COULD BE NEXT

WEEK OR IN FEBRUARY. >> WE WILL POST THE AGENDA AND

MATERIALS TOMORROW. >> FOR NEXT MONTH.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT SHARP. >> I HAVE A COUPLE... ACTUALLY, ONE IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT. THE ITEM IS TO PLACE THE CONSIDERATION OF THE BATHROOMS, REST ROOMS AT CAPSTONE PARK AS WELL AS OTHER PARKS THAT DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE BATHROOMS WHICH ARE PLANNED TO HAVE BATHROOMS BY PARKS AND REC, ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION AND RECONSIDERATION OF HOW WE ARRIVED AT THE DECISION TO DO IT AND WHAT WE DO GOING FORWARD TO PERHAPS DO IT A

LITTLE BETTER NEXT TIME. >> OKAY.

WE CAN PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA AT UP WITH OF OUR FEBRUARY MEETINGS. ANYTHING ELSE?

YOU SAID YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE? >> IT WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

>> OKAY. ANYONE ELSE?

[17. Board announcements; and]

>> YES. THANK YOU.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT, BUT I'LL MENTION IT AGAIN BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS.

AND THAT IS THAT TX-DOT IS CURRENTLY ASKING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON A PELL STUDY. A PLANNING ENVIRONMENTAL LINKAGE WHICH DOESN'T SAY TOO MUCH. THIS STUDY WILL IMPACT ANY CONSTRUCTION THAT THEY DO ON I-45 BETWEEN BELTWAY 8 AND CON ROW LOOP 336. THAT IS FLIGHT OUR BACKYARD.

I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE WOODLANDS AND STAFF AND BOARD, ANYBODY WHO HAS AN INTEREST IN THAT AREA, TO GO ON-LINE, TO TX-DOT AND THEN PUT IN SEARCH WORDS.

I-45N, PEL. LOOK AT THE STUDY.

GIVE YOUR COMMENTS. BECAUSE FROM MY DISCUSSION WITH THE WOMAN WHO IS PROJECT MANAGER.

I DISCUSSED THIS WITH HER ON MONDAY AT OAK RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.

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SO PLEASE KNOW THAT YOUR VOICE IS REQUESTED, AND YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED. SO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING. IF THEY ARE NOT PROPOSING SOMETHING YOU LIKE, OR IF THEY SAY NO,... THEY MIGHT NEED YOUR INGENUITY TO MAKE NEW PROPOSALS. MAKE THOSE SUGGESTIONS AS WELL.

I DO BELIEVE TX-DOT IS VERY OPEN TO HEARING FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THE WOODLANDS. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.

>> THANK YOU. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS?

>> I SHOULD SAY THE DEADLINE. I'M SORRY.

FEBRUARY 3. >> YES.

>> THE DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 3. NOT THAT THOSE DEADLINES CAN'T BE EXTENDED. IF YOU CAN MAKE IT BEFORE FEBRUARY 3, THAT WOULD BE EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. >> THANK YOU.

IMMUNOIT WAS MENTIONED BY MR. MCGOWAN.

ARBOR DAY IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO ANNUALLY.

IT IS JANUARY 28. 9:00 TO 12:00 AT ROB FLEMING PARK. YOU CAN PICK UP SEEDLINGS AND PLANT THEM. THEY WILL GROW.

ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? >> I HAVE ONE.

WE HAVE A NEW WONDERFUL RESTAURANT OPENING ON MONDAY NIGHT. 60 VINES ON MARKET STREET.

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BY THERE YET, AT NIGHTTIME, IT LOOKS SO GOOD. IT LOOKS REALLY, REALLY... IT IS GOING TO BE A HUGE IMPACT FOR US.

YEAH. IT IS EXCITING.

AND THEN FINALLY, JUST ONE ANNOUNCEMENT AS FAR AS THE VISIT THE WOODLANDS. OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES ROSE LAST YEAR ALMOST 40%. IN ONE YEAR.

WE HAVE GONE NOW TO 8.6 MILLION DOLLARS IN OCCUPANCY TAXES.

WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN THE BUSINESS TRAVELERS ARE COMING.

LEISURE IS COMING. WE ARE ALMOST TO THE 2019 PRE-COVID MARK OF $9.2 MILLION. KUDOS TO THE VISIT THE WOODLANDS STAFF AND THE HOTELIERS. IT IS A BIG STEP TO LOWER THE RESIDENT TAX BURDEN. KUDOS TO YOU ALL.

>> THANK YOU. OTHER?

IF NOT, A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> SO MOVED.

>> WELL, THAT WAS UNANIMOUS. (LAUGHTER).

>> I'LL SECOND. >> WE ARE

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