Mar 23, 2023 Board of Directors Regular Meeting Agenda

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>> GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE WOODLANDS

[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;]

IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT TONIGHT TO WELCOME RABBI GOLDBERG WHO CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE RABBI OF CONGREGATION OF THE WOODLANDS IN THE HOUSTON AREA. HE RECEIVED HIS ORDER NATION AND A DOCTORATE IN HEBREW LITERATURE FROM THE HEBREW COLLEGE JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION IN 1989 AND 1994 RESPECTFULLY.

HE IS THE EDITOR OF THE REFORM JEWISH QUARTERLY.

HE H HAS AUTHORED A NUMBER OF BOOKS, INCLUDING A RECENT COMPILATION OF VARIOUS WAYS TO EVOKE THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN OUR DAILY LIVES. RABBI GOLDBERG HAS ALSO TAUGHT AS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI AND THE DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES. HE ALSO TEACHES AT LONE STAR COLLEGE. HE IS A GRADUATE OF THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY.

RABBI? >> THANK YOU.

IT IS ALWAYS AN HONOR TO BE HERE.

YOU HEARD I USED TO TEACH AT UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, WHICH DOESN'T MEAN I'M SUPPORTING THEM IN THE FINAL FOUR TOURNAMENT.

ALL YOU HOUSTON PEOPLE, RELAX. I'M SWITZERLAND.

I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE WOODLANDS ON ALL THE RECENT ACCOLADES. I BELIEVE THAT THE WOODLANDS BEAT OUT ANOTHER TOWN AS THE BEST OF SOMETHING.

IT IS A TOWN WHERE I GREW UP OVER IN KANSAS.

FEELS GOOD FOR THIS WONDERFUL HOMETOWN THAT I HAVE ADOPTED.

I'M ALSO EXCITED THAT THERE IS SO MANY RAE LIDGEOUS CELEBRATIONS HAPPENING NOW. WE ARE IN THE HOLIDAY OF PASSOVER SOON. THE HOLIDAY OF EASTER.

WE ARE IN RAMADAN. WE SHARE SOMETHING ELSE AS RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES THAT OF THE LEADERSHIP, THE EXAMPLE OF MOSES IN THE BIBLE. WE WERE TOLD THAT MOSES WAS A GREAT LEADER, HE WAS ALSO HUMBLE AND HE WAS PATIENT.

MY INVOCATION TONIGHT FOR ALL OF YOU WHO DO SO MUCH TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY SO STRONG IS SA PRAYER FOR PATIENCE.

SOMETHING FROM EILEEN CARPILIS. EACH OF US WANTS TO SUBMERGE SELF-INTEREST SO THAT WE MIGHT DO THAT WHICH IS RIGHT TO PROMULGATE JUSTICE TEMPERED BY MERCY.

THIS IS NOT ALWAYS AN EASY PATH FOR HUMAN ALL TOO FALLIBLE MEN AND WOMEN. ON THIS DAY, WE ASK FOR PATIENCE THAT WE MAY DILIGENTLY WEIGH CONFLICTING EVIDENCE AND FIND THE RIGHT THEREIN. WE ASK FOR TOLERANCE THAT WE MIGHT TRULY HEAR AND CONSIDER OPINIONS UNLIKE OUR OWN.

WE ASK FOR WISDOM THAT WE MAY RECOGNIZE THE FACE OF TRUTH WHEN IT APPEARS BEFORE US. ALL OF THIS, WE ASK, IN THE NAME OF THAT ETERNAL CREATIVE SPIRIT. THAT SUPREME POWER THAT GUIDES ALL OF US, WHATEVER OUR TRADITIONS.

TO ACT IN WAYS THAT ARE LOVING, WISE, AND JUST.

SO BE IT FOREVER AND EVER, DAYS WITHOUT END.

AND WE ALL SAY AMEN. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, RABBI. NOW, PLEASE JOIN US AS WE HONOR OUR GREAT COUNTRY AND GREAT 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 DECLARE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS POSTED 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. THIS POSTING OCCURRED INSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWNSHIP AT THE OFFICE BUILDING.

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

I ASK EACH BOARD MEMBER TO INDICATE HIS OR HER PRESENCE BY RESPONDING WITH SOME AUDIBLE SOUND OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS I CALL ROLL. DIRECTOR BAILEY?

>> HERE. >> DIRECTOR FRANKS?

>> HERE. >> DIRECTOR NELSON?

>> HERE. >> DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS?

>> HERE. >> DIRECTOR WATSON?

>> HERE. >> DIRECTOR SNYDER, I'M HERE.

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;]

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PLEASE REVIEW THE AGENDA ON PAGES ONE THROUGH THREE FOR ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION AND SECOND TO

ADOPT THE AGENDA? >> SO MOVED.

>> I'LL SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.

AL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

>> AYE. >> OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS TO

[4. Recognize public officials;]

NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE. THAT BRINGS US TO PUBLIC

[5. Public comment;]

INDIVIDUAL WHO IS WISH TO MAKE GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ADDRESS A TOPIC THAT IS NOT INCLUDE 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 TOPIC MAY YIELD THEIR TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER ON THE LIST. STATE LAW PROHIBITS BOARD MEMBERS 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 ITEMS SHOULD BE PLACED ON A FUTURE BOARD AGENDA. SPEAKERS MAY EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS OR VIEWPOINTS ON AN ISSUE BUT ARE NOT PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEBATE ON AN ISSUE.

SPEAKERS WILL NOT USE PROFANITY. COMMENTS FROM SPEAKERS CAN BE MADE TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE OR TO AN INDIVIDUAL DIRECTOR.

ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU TO PLEASE PLACE YOUR CELL PHONES ON THE SILENT MODE. FIRST ON OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, ROSTER, IS LAURA NORTON. MS. NORTON.

>> I SIGNED UP FOR EVERYTHING TODAY.

>> ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE YOU. >> THANK YOU.

FIRST OF ALL, MADAM CHAIR, CARLOS WEBY HAS YIELDED HIS THREE MINUTES TO ME. SO I WON'T TAKE UP THAT MUCH.

I HOPE. GOOD EVENING, TOWNSHIP BOARD.

MY NAME IS LAURA NORTON. I LIVE IN PRECINCT 3.

TIME DEVELOPER OF TWO WATER-RELATED WEBSITES, STOP OUR SINNING.COM THAT IS FOCUSED ON GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWALS AND THEIR EFFECT ON OUR COMMUNITY AND WOODLANDS ONE WATER, COVERING WATER-RELATED ITEMS IN OUR AREA.

BOTH ARE VERY INFORMATIVE IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE ISSUES.

YESTERDAY IN OUR COMMUNITY IMPACT MAGAZINE PAGE 21, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE ABOUT A NEWLY RELEASED REPORT BY THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. IT SAYS THAT THE WOODLANDS EXPERIENCED AN AVERAGE OF 2.5 FEET OF SINKING OVER THE PAST CENTURY. BUT WE KNOW THAT MORE THAN HALF OF THAT OCCURRED IN THE LAST 30 YEARS.

THE CAUSE OF THIS SINKING OR SUB SIDANCE IS GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWALS. THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE SINKING OF THIS IRREVERSIBLE SINKING IS HOMES IN THE WOODLANDS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE FLOODED BEFORE MIGHT FLOOD IN THE FUTURE.

BECAUSE THIS LOWERS OUR HOME'S ELEVATIONS AND INCREASES OUR RISK OF FLOODING. AS WE LOOKED TO REFORM THE ONE WATER TASK FORCES IT IS MY HOPE THAT THIS BOARD ADVOCATES FOR RESIDENTS BY EDUCATING THEM ABOUT SUBSIDENCES.

ONE WAY TO DO THIS IS TO REVISE THE WEBSITE IDEA THAT THE PREVIOUS BOARD APPROVED. ANOTHER WAY TO HELP WITH THE ISSUE IS TO USE THE TOWNSHIP MAGAZINE TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS

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YET THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING.

FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. STARTING IN 2018.

WHEN THE CURRENT SLATE OF CANDIDATES WON SEATS ON THE LONE STAR GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT BOARD.

WHAT'S ESPECIALLY DISHEARTENING IS THAT EVEN THOUGH JOHN YOURS WON ELECTION BY A PERCENTAGE POINT, HE WAS GOING TO BE THE FIRST VOICE OF REASON ON THAT BOARD.

THEY DIDN'T SEAT HIM BECAUSE OF A TECHNICALITY.

LAST MONTH, THEY APPOINTED GARY DENT.

GARY DENT, PER THE INTERNET, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I ASKED CHATGPT. HE IS A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR CORPORATE-PRIVATE WELL UTILITIES.

THAT IS, HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT OUR FLOODING, OR OUR PRECIOUS WATER RESOURCES. YET HE HOLDS THE WOODLAND TOWNSHIP SEAT ON THE LONE STAR GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT BOARD. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TOWNSHIP BOARD ADVOCATE FOR US, INFORM OUR COMMUNITY OF WHAT WE ARE DOING TO OURSELVES BY LETTING THIS SLATE FROM 2018 RUN ROUGHSHOD OVER THE COUNTY AND THE WOODLANDS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF DEVELOPERS AND WATER UTILITIES.

ON ANOTHER SUBJECT, WATER, THOUGH STILL THE SAME, I'M NOT SURE WHERE YOU ARE IN YOUR INVESTIGATION OF THE $20,000 OF WELLWATER THAT WAS STOLEN TO FILL COKEBERRY POND BACK IN DECEMBER. THAT IS THE TOWNSHIP'S WATER.

I HOPE YOU ARE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THAT PRECIOUS WATER RESOURCE BY PURSUING THE PROSECUTION OF THAT CRIME.

AND LASTLY, ON A MORE PERSONAL NOTE, THAN THE WATER ONES, I SERVED ON THE WCA BOARD SOME 25 YEARS AGO.

AND WHILE ON THAT BOARD, THE COUNTY WAS PLANNING TO EXTEND A ROAD FROM AN INDIAN SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD OUT TO FLINTRIDGE.

THE RESIDENTS DIDN'T WANT THAT ROAD TO PUNCH THROUGH.

THE BOARD THEN, BACK IN PROBABLY '99, WAS UNANIMOUS TO TELL THE COUNTY NOT TO PURSUE THAT ROAD. SO THEY DIDN'T.

THE WCA BOARD BACK THEN, EVEN HAD A DEVELOPER APPOINTEE ON IT.

MY POINT IS IN THE CASE OF THESE CAPSTONE TOILETS, I WOULDN'T WISH-- I WISH YOU WOULDN'T THEM DOWN RESIDENTS' THROATS.

THEY DON'T WANT THEM. THEY ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS, NOT YOUR CHILDREN. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CONDESCENDING REACTION TO THEM AT THE LAST MEETING THAT I SAW ON THE RECORDING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

NOW, THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. WHAT I HAVE IS A HANDOUT FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER IN PUBLIC OPEN COMMENT.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, LAURA. THAT BRINGS US TO-- MARK, YOU ARE BACK. NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK.

>> THANK YOU. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE COMMUNITY IMPACT ARTICLE MYSELF. IN THIS ARTICLE, BETWEEN 1906 AND 2021, THE WOODLANDS LOST TWO AND A HALF FEET OF ELEVATION IN OUR COMMUNITY. CON ROW LOST A FOOT AND A HALF IN THAT SAME PERIOD OF TIME. THAT AMOUNTS TO ABOUT .25 INCHES OR A QUARTER OF AN INCH A YEAR OVER 115 YEARS.

NOW, THAT IS AN AVERAGE, AS LAURA SAID, IN THE LAST 30 YEARS, A LOT OF THIS HAS ACCELERATED.

WHEN I MOVED HERE IN 1992, THE AVERAGE RATE OF SUB SIDENCE WAS A HALF AN INCH PER YEAR. IT IS CONFIRMED BY THE HOUSTON-GALVESTON DISTRICT MONITOR BRANCH.

WE ARE GOING FROM HALF AN INCH A YEAR TO A QUARTER INCH A YEAR.

>> MARK, PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MIC.

>> EXCUSE ME. >> SO PEOPLE ON-LINE CAN HEAR

YOU AS WELL AS THE AUDIENCE. >> THANK YOU.

>> SORRY TO INTERRUPT. >> WE HAVE GONE FROM HALF AN INCH A YEAR TO A QUARTER INCH A YEAR UNTIL 2015.

IN 2015, THE RIVER AUTHORITY AND GRP CLEATED A PIPELINE.

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THE WOODLANDS. >> YOU ALL DON'T REMEMBER.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS WAS TO PROVIDE A SECOND SOURCE OF WATER WHICH WAS LAKE CONROE. IN 2015 WHEN THIS OPENED UP, IT WAS REALLY ALMOST FAST MIRACLE FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE ON THE PIPELINE. I MEAN, WHO LIVE ON THE FAULT.

BECAUSE THE RATE OF SUBSIDENCE WENT FROM HALF AN INCH A YEAR TO HALF AN INCH TO EVERY FIVE OR SIX YEARS.

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE INTRODUCED SURFACE WATER WITH THE PIPELINE IS WE SLOWED SUBSIDENCE DOWN. 80% REDUCTION IN SUBSIDENCE.

THAT IS PHENOMENAL. THE DECADE BEFORE THIS, I HAD MY HOUSE RELEVELED THREE TIMES. AFTER THAT, IN THE LAST TEN YEARS, I HAVE HAD IT LEVELED ZERO.

SO THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN PROPERTY DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF JUST ADDING SURFACE WATER TO THE MIX.

NOW, THAT IS NICE, BUT IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, THEY HAVE REDUCED THE PERCENTAGE OF SURFACE WATER FROM OVER 50% TO UNDER 50%. AND WE HAVE BEGUN TO SEE, AND YOU WILL SEE IT IN THE NEXT REPORT FROM THE RIVER AUTHORITY, THAT IN THE LAST YEAR, FROM MARCH OF LAST YEAR TO MARCH OF THIS YEAR, WE WILL HAVE LOST AN INCH, NOT A QUARTER INCH, NOT A HALF INCH, NOT AN INCH EVERY TEN YEARS.

WE WILL HAVE LOST AN INCH IN ONE YEAR OF SUBSIDENCE.

AT THE PANTHER BRANCH FAULT. IN RESPONSE TO A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST, I ASKED THEM WHAT IS THE SUBSIDENCE THAT YOU CAN TAKE AT THAT 42-INCH PIPE UNDERNEATH THE ENTRANCE TO THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL WHICH IS THE CROSSING OF THE PANTHER BRANCH FAULT? THEY SAID IT COULD TAKE .02 INCHES PER YEAR FOR UP TO 50 YEARS WHICH IS THE LIFETIME OF THE PIPE. LET ME GET THAT STRAIGHT.

AGAIN, IT COULD TAKE-- IT COULD HANDLE .02 INCHES PER YEAR FOR 50 YEARS. A TOTAL OF AN INCH OF SUBSIDENCE. SO BECAUSE THAT PIPE IS UNPROTECTED, WE HAVE EXCEEDED THAT LONG AGO.

IF WE WERE TO TAKE THE RATE BEFORE 1990, IT WOULD TAKE FOUR YEARS AT A QUARTER INCH PER YEAR TO COME TO THAT INCH.

IN THE 1990S, ABOUT A HALF AN INCH A YEAR, IT WOULD TAKE TWO YEARS. AT THE RATE WITH THE GRP PIPELINE, IT WOULD TAKE TEN YEARS.

THAT IS A LOT OF TIME. AND LAST YEAR, IF WE TAKE LAST YEAR, IT WOULD TAKE JUST ONE YEAR MORE TO HAVE THAT-- THE LIFETIME OF THE PIPE LEVEL OF SUBSIDENCE REALIZED.

SO IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE REASONS THAT LAURA NORTON STATED. THAT WE-- THE TOWNSHIP RESPONDED TO THIS VERY DIRECTLY BECAUSE THE LONE STAR GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, WHICH JOHN-- WAS NOT ALLOWED TO JOIN, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING HOW MUCH REGULATING HOW MUCH GROUNDWATER CAN BE PUMPED OUT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

IT TURNS OUT THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING CALLED THEIR DESIRED FUTURE CONDITION WHERE THEY ARE NOT EVEN GOING TO START REGULATING THE AMOUNT OF PUMPING FROM INDEPENDENT WELLS UNTIL WE HAVE HAD ONE FULL FOOT OF SUBSIDENCE AVERAGED ACROSS MONTGOMERY COUNTY. AT ONE FOOT OF SUBSIDENCE, THAT MEANS ALL THREE FAULTS WILL HAVE RUPTURED PROBABLY.

THE FAULT THAT RUNS-- IN FRONT OF THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL.

THE PANTHER BRANCH FAULT. THE FAULT THAT RUNS INTO THE PARKING LOT-- THE JONES FAULT. THE FAULT THAT RUNS RIGHT NEXT TO GLADYS ELEMENTARY. ALL THREE OF THOSE CAN WITHSTAND LESS THAN-- ABOUT A FOOT OF ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS.

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IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THIS AND TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO START SALVAGING THIS HALF BILLION-DOLLAR INVESTMENT WE HAVE IN SURFACE WATER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> OF COURSE.

THANK YOU, MARK. THAT BRINGS US TO ANNA.

ANNA? >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

GOOD EVENING, TOWNSHIP STAFF. FIRST, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AS I JUST GOT THE PRESS RELEASE ABOUT THE WOODLANDS BEING VOTED THE BEST CITY FOR PURCHASING A HOME.

MAYBE WE CAN BRING DOWN OUR TAXES.

BUT ANYWAY, THAT IS NOT WHY I'M HERE.

>> THAT WOULD BE NICE. >> I CAN ONLY WISH.

MY NAME IS ANNA CASTILLO. I LIVE IN WINDSORHILLS.

I WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT WATER. WOW.

IT IS IMPORTANT. IT PERTAINS TO AGENDA BOTH 10 AND 11. WATER IS BECOMING AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT TOPIC IN THE WOODLANDS, AND IN SOUTH MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS OUR COUNTY IS RAPIDLY DEVELOPED.

EVEN NEARBY MAGNOLIA HAS HAD TO SUSPEND THEIR BUILDING PERMITS DUE TO THE LOW WATER LEVELS IN THEIR WELLS.

CONTINUED IGNORANCE OF SUBSIDENCE BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING TOO MUCH GROUNDWATER IS ALL AROUND US.

EVEN ON THE LATEST RESEARCH, AS YOU HAVE HEARD, IN MONITORING STATIONS HAVE CONFIRMED THAT OUR AREA IS SINKING.

WE HOPE THAT OUR WELLS WILL RECHARGE, BUT WE ARE DRAWING IT FASTER THAN IT CAN RECHARGE AND REFILL.

AND LOOKING THE OTHER WAY DOES NOT NEGATE THAT IT IS HAPPENING.

AS FOR AGENDA NUMBER 10, OUR DROP MANAGEMENT PLAN, I APPLAUD NOT USING POTABLE WATER FOR A TEMPORARY SOLUTION TO AN AESTHETIC PERCEPTION OF A FEW. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PRESERVE OUR WATER AND FIND A DIFFERENT WAY TO MAINTAIN THE LOOK OF THESE ORNAMENTAL PONDS WITHIN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS BY SOMEHOW THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AND REFINING THEIR LOOK, THEIR FOOTPRINT, AND THEIR DRAINAGE. I APPLAUD THE DOCTOR'S EFFORTS FOR BEING FAIR TO ALL PEOPLE AFFECTED WHILE RESPECTING OUR SHARED WATER RESOURCES. AS FOR AGENDA NUMBER 11, 700, ACCORDING TO THE AGENDA ATTACHMENTS.

HAD BEEN PUMPED INTO COKEBERRY POND.

DUE TO THE VOLUME OF WATER WITHDRAWN FROM THE LAST READING, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THIS WELL RAN FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN DAYS.

WHAT A TRAVESTY. THIS OCCURRED BACK ON DECEMBER 7, 2022. ALTHOUGH THE TOWNSHIP WAS NOT ABLE TO QUANTIFY THIS LOSS, THE THEFT OF THIS VALUABLE RESOURCE SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPORT TO ALL WOODLANDS RESIDENTS RIGHT AWAY.

I KEEP THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S APP ON MY TELEPHONE.

MANY TIMES YOU HAVE BREAKING NEWS.

YOU WILL GET AN ALERT. THEY WILL TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY WILL SAY "MORE INFORMATION COMING." IT IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION.

IN MY OPINION, THERE WAS NO REASON THIS WAS NOT RELEASED BEFORE THEN. THIS IS MARCH.

IT HAPPENED IN DECEMBER. I HEARD ABOUT IT DURING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION THAT WAS ON MARCH 3 WHICH WASN'T LIVE-STREAMED. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I HOPE THAT THE INVESTIGATION BRINGS FORTH PERSON OR PERSONS TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND IS DEALT WITH CORRECTLY. I READ THAT ALL THE WELLS IN THE POND FILLS HAVE BEEN SECURED WITH LOCKS AND TAMPER-RESISTANT HARDWARE, I HOPE THE SAME PRECAUTION IS BEING TAKEN FOR OUR PUMPS AND WATER LINES THAT FILL OUR POOLS.

AND THIS MAY ALREADY HAPPEN. I DO NOT KNOW.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO CONSERVE OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE.

OUR WATER, OUR TREES, AND THE NATURE WHICH IS WHAT MAKES THE WOODLANDS SUCH AN OASIS WITHIN THE SUBURBIA.

THANK YOU. >> OOH.

THREE MINUTES. >> GOOD.

>> AS ALWAYS. >> IMPRESSIVE.

>> THANK YOU, ANNA. THAT BRINGS US TO LARRY TAYLOR.

MR. TAYLOR. >> GOOD EVENING.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN HERE, AND IT WON'T BE THE LAST. SPEAKING OF THESE ORNAMENTAL PONDS, WE LIVE ACROSS THEM. KAYAK NORTH, KAYAK SOUTH AND HULLWOOD. PROBABLY A DOZEN OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS ARE SHARING THIS, TO BRING UP THE FACT THAT OUR PONDS ARE, ONCE AGAIN, DECREASING.

WE ARE CONCERNED WITH WATER CONSERVATION JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE WOODLANDS. I WANT TO MAKE ONE POINT CLEAR.

WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT WELLS OR GROUNDWATER.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SURFACE WATER FROM THE RAINS, MAYBE EVEN LAKE BLOW MA. OUR PONDS HAVE SUFFERED FOR OVER

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AND THESE PONDS WERE GOING DOWN IN, MY OPINION, BELOW 50%.

YOU CAN SAY THAT THEY HAVE DECREASED, LIKE, FOUR FEET IN SOME INSTANCES. THE NOVEMBER RAINS AND THE JANUARY RAINS HAVE INCREASED THE LEVELS AGAIN.

BUT AGAIN, WE SEE THIS COMING NOW.

AS WE LOOK ACROSS TO KAYAK PONDS AND HULLWOOD.

THEY ARE DECREASING AGAIN. AND SO WE APPLAUD THE EFFORTS OF THE BOARD BECAUSE IN OUR OPINION, IT IS A NEWFOUND EFFORT TO HELP US WITH OUR DIPLEM MA. WE STILL NEED A RESOLUTION.

WE STILL NEED TO FIND-- WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO INCREASE POND LEVELS WITHOUT DECREASING-- YOU KNOW, INCREASING THE SUBSIDENCE. WE KNOW THERE IS POSSIBILITIES OUT THERE. WE WANT TO GET THEM SOLVED.

THE PONDS MAY BE CLASSIFIED AS SUCH.

WE SPEND THE TIME THERE LOOKING AT THEM.

OUR HOME VALUES HAVE DECREASED, AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE BEACHES OF KAYAKS TO LOOK OUT EVERY DAY AND MOST OF OUR HOME OWNERS HAVE PURCHASED PROPERTIES IN THAT AREA PURELY BECAUSE OF THE LAKE.

YOU KNOW, TO LOOK AT THE FOUNTAINS, THE SPRAYS.

LAST YEAR WAS A TRULY NEG TY YEAR FOR US.

AND AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT TO HARP ON THAT.

BUT WE SINCERELY HOPE MORE DOLLARS WILL BE PUT IN THE BUDGET FOR '23-'24 AS THE '22-'23 BUDGET DIDN'T ADDRESS THAT ISSUE EVEN THOUGH WE BROUGHT IT UP BACK IN MAY OF LAST YEAR. NOTHING AGAINST THE TOWNSHIP.

I'M SURE THEY ALLOCATED DOLLARS TO OTHER CAUSES.

FOR THE SIX MONTHS THAT WE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT, THEN THE BUDGET WAS PRESENTED IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

NOTHING WAS REALLY ADDED TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS.

SO I THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN, AND YOU WILL SEE MORE OF US IN OUR-- AND OUR NEIGHBORS. HOW MANY DO WE HAVE HERE? OVER A DOZEN NEIGHBORS. IN THE KAYAK PONDS AND HULLWOOD AREA TO SUPPORT THIS CAUSE. SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN CHRIS GETS UP AND DISCUSSES THE PONDS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL. NOT FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS FROM NOW, BUT SOONER. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MR. TAYLO. >> MADAM CHAIR SPHWHOM IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO-- MAYBE A LAWYER QUESTION.

FOR US TO PUT TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA REQUEST?

TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA NOW? >> NO.

IT IS OUT OF ORDER. >> YOU CAN'T MODIFY THE AGENDA

ONCE POSTED. >> NOT THIS AGENDA.

FUTURE. >> NO.

WE CAN. THAT IS AT THE END OF THE

MEETING. >> RIGHT.

>> WE ARE OUT OF ORDER. THAT BRINGS US TO ANN PERRY.

>> IS IT POSSIBLE TO ASK -- >> NO.

THERE IS AN ITEM AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

>> YOU CAN'T JUST RESPOND TO THEIR CONCERNS?

>> NOT AT THIS POINT IN THE AGENDA.

>> DIRECTOR GIBBS, WE CAN DO THAT AT THE VERY END OF THE MEETING WHEN IT IS ON THE AGENDA.

>> OKAY. >> THE WHOLE BOARD IS OF THAT.

LET'S-- WE HAVE ALREADY VOTED. WE HAVE APPROVED THE AGENDA.

AND MS. PERRY, YOU ARE ON. OH.

I'M SORRY, MR. BRIGGS. I CIRCLED.

YOU ARE NEXT. IS THAT FINE IF YOU GO AFTER? OR DO YOU WANT TO GO BEFORE? MY ERROR.

>> YOU ARE OKAY. >> WELL, YOU CAN SIT UP HERE, ANN. I'M SORRY.

I APOLOGIZE. >> OKAY.

>> WHEN I LOOKED BACK AND SAW YOU, I THOUGHT, OH.

I APOLOGIZE, STEVE. >> NO PROBLEM.

MY NAME IS STEVE BRIGGS. I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF VILLAGE COCHRAN'S CROSSING AND CAPSTONE FOR 21 YEARS.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PARK REST ROOMS THAT THE TOWNSHIP BOARD APPROVED AT THE LAST REGULAR MEETING ON FEBRUARY 16.

I WAS NOT AMONG THE RESIDENTS WHO VOICED OPPOSITION TO THE REST ROOMS AT THE BOARD MEETING IN JANUARY.

HOWEVER, AFTER LISTENING TO THE BOARD'S REMARKS ABOUT THE CAPSTONE PARK REST ROOMS AT THE FEBRUARY 16 MEETING, I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THE REST ROOMS. I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THE REMARKS BY DIRECTOR WATSON.

I FOUND THEM TO BE VERY CONDESCENDING TOWARDS THE RESIDENTS OF THE CAPSTONE. THAT IS IN PART WHAT BRINGS ME TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. I TAKE EXCEPTION TO THE NOTION THAT THE OPPOSITION BY RESIDENTS OF CAPSTONE AREA TO THE REST ROOMS IS AND WAS THE RESULT OF NEIGHBORHOOD CAMPAIGN TO BRING PEER PRESSURE ON RESIDENTS TO OPPOSE THE REST ROOMS. I FOR ONE, ATTENDED THE GATHERING WITH MR. MCGOWAN AT THE CAPSTONE PARK PAVILION ALONG WITH 25 OTHER RESIDENTS WHO CAME TO HEAR HIM SPEAK AND FOR HIM TO HEAR FROM US.

FOR ME, AND OTHERS I SPOKE TO, THIS GATHERING WAS NOT, BY ANY

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YET THE BOARD DID NOT HESITATE TO SPECULATE THAT THERE HAS PROABLY BEEN A CAMPAIGN OF PEER PRESSURE GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IN CLOSING, I FAIL TO SEE THE TOWNSHIP'S PURPOSE IN SENDING THE 384 RESIDENTS OF THE CAPSTONE AREA A LETTER LAST DECEMBER WHICH ANNOUNCED THE PLAN TO BUILD THE REST ROOMS AT THE PARK.

THE LETTER STATED THAT, "PENDING COMMENTS OR CONCERNS" IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE REST ROOMS WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2023. WELL, NOT AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE FROM THOSE RECEIVED-- WHO RECEIVED LETTERS.

45 RESIDENTS DID VOICE CONCERNS IN OPPOSITION AND ONLY SIX WERE IN FAVOR. BESIDES THESE, OTHERS LIKE ME HAVE ALSO VOICED OPPOSITION SINCE THEN.

IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE TOWNSHIP BOARD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DR. SEKULA-GIBBS IS NOT PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IF WHAT THE RESS... IN WHAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO SAY WHEN IT COMES TO EXCUING THE TOWN'S PLANS.

I THINK THE $3 U.N.,000 BUDGETED FOR THE REST ROOMS WOULD HAVE A GREATER BENEFIT IF THE FUNDS WERE REALLOCATED TO OTHER PROJECTS IN THE TOWNSHIP THIS YEAR.

I AND MY GRANDCHILDREN LOOK FORWARD TO THE MAKEOVER OF THE CAPSTONE PARK PLAYGROUND SCHEDULED FOR 2024.

IT IS CURRENTLY IN PRETTY POOR CONDITION.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING, STEVE.

ANN. >> WELL, AFTER-- THANK YOU GUYS FOR LETTING ME COME AGAIN. I FEEL LIKE I'M A STAPLE HERE.

JUST WENT IN JANUARY. BEEN HERE IN FEBRUARY.

BEEN HERE IN MARCH. AND PROBABLY NEXT MONTH AND THE NEXT MONO. AFTER HEARING ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH THE WATER, I GUESS MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE BATHROOMS AT THE CAP SPHOAN PARK. SO DR. ANN SNYDER AND I HAD LUNCH OR COFFEE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

I APPRECIATE THAT TIME. AND I BROUGHT UP THE CONCERNS THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE AT THE PARK, AND AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS, IT WAS LEFT, YOU KNOW THAT, DR. SNYDER WOULD LOOK OVER ALL THE INFORMATION, AND HER EXACT WORDS THAT "I WILL GET BACK WITH YOU" WITH SOMETHING. AND NOTHING HAS BEEN SAID.% SO I TOOK IT TO MY INITIATIVE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE DAYS AGO TO START A PETITION. AND LET THE WOODLANDS NEIGHBORS FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. SO AS YOU PROBABLY ARE FAMILIAR, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A PETITION STARTED IN MITCHELL ISLAND, AND THE BOARD, I GUESS, APPROVED IT.

AND THE RESIDENTS COMPLAINED. THEY DID CHANGE THE SPECS ON DEVELOPING THAT LAND. THAT IS WHAT WE WANT.

EVEN THOUGH IT WAS APPROVED, WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING IT.

I THINK EVERYONE GOT A BROCHURE TODAY.

I HAVE A LOT OF BROCHURES HERE IF YOU WANT TO SIGN FOR IT.

SO FAR, WE ARE UP TO 321 SIGNATURES, AND IT'S ONLY BEEN 48 HOURS. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE HAD 492 VIEWS. 90 SHARES.

AND A LIST OF EVERY PERSON THAT IS OPPOSED ON THE CAPSTONE PARKS. WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF CRAMMING THIS DOWN-- YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT OF PARKS THAT CAN BE UPDATED. THERE IS ONE THAT'S ON FLINT RIDGE THAT IS-- MITCHELL PRESERVE.

NOT ONE BATHROOM IN THAT WHOLE PARK.

WHY DON'T WE SPEND THE MONEY THERE INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, MAKING US ACCEPT SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T WANT, TAXPAYERS DON'T WANT? AND DR. SNYDER-- CREEKSIDE.

THERE IS NO BATHROOMS THERE. IT IS A LOT BIGGER PARK.

THIS MORNING, WHEN I WAS GETTING THIS PREPARED AND LOOKING AT MY INFORMATION, I TOOK TWO PICTURES.

ONE OF IT IS LITERALLY IN MY-- I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE.

THESE WERE TENNIS COURTS COMPLETELY FULL, 13 PARKING PLACES. THIS IS THE OTHER ONE.

AND NOWM THEY WANT TO INCREASE AND PUT MORE TRAFFIC ON OUR STREET. WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO PARK? THEY ARE GOING TO PARK ON THE STREET WHICH IS NOT SAFE FOR THE

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>> THANK YOU, ANN. NEXT IS JILL PIERCE.

JILL? >> HI.

I'M JILL PIERCE. I LIVE IN COCHRAN'S CROSSING AT CAPSTONE PARK. I HATE SPEAKING IN PUBLIC.

THIS WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO COME TO SPEAK.

WHEN WE MOVED TO CAPSTONE IN 1996, THE WHOLE SUBDIVISION WASN'T BUILT OUT. AT THAT TIME, THE PARK WAS CONSTRUCTED, I THINK, MOST OF THE RESIDENTS FELT LIKE IT WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. USED PRIMARILY BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN AS IT WAS LOCATED RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. ON THE LITTLE STREETS.

I'M UNAWARE OF WHEN THE PARK DESIGNATION CHANGED TO AN AREA PARK. IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THEN WHAT THE POSSIBLE IMPACT WOULD BE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN UP HERE VOTING AGAINST THAT. I THEY LOT OF THE RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING. I HAVE SEVERAL CONCERNS WITH THIS AREA PARK DESIGNATION AND IF REST ROOMS ARE CONSTRUCTED, THERE WILL BE MORE VISITORS TO CAPSTONE PARK.

WE WERE TOLD TENNIS AND BASKETBALL GROUP LEAGUES SIGN UP FOR PARKS WITH REST ROOMS. THERE WILL BE MORE FOLKS RESERVING THE PAVILION FOR PARTIES AND EVENTS.

THESE ALL COULD GREATLY IMPACT HOW OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS AND CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO ENJOY THE PARK.

WITH INCREASED VISITORS, CAPSTONE PARK PARKING WILL BE AN ISSUE. AS ANN POINTED OUT.

THERE IS 13 SPACES. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER-- I BELIEVE MOST IF NOT ALL THE OTHER AREA PARKS IN THE WOODLANDS HAVE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES THAT RUN BY THE PARK. OUR CAPSTONE CIRCLE IS NOT A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. THERE IS HOUSES THAT BACK UP TO ONE PART OF THE PARK. AND THERE IS HOUSES ACROSS THE STREET ON OTHER SIDES OF THE PARK.

IT IS SURROUNDED BY HOMES ON THREE SIDES.

AND LIKE ANN POINTED OUT, WHEN THE 13 SPACES OVERFLOWED, THEN PEOPLE ARE PARKING IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSES, ALONG THE STREET PATH, AND THIS DOES BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE.

REST ROOMS AT CAPSTONE PARK WILL NOT ONLY BE USED BY CAPSTONE RESIDENTS, BUT OTHER PARK VISITORS.

BUT ALSO SERVICE DELIVERY LANDSCAPING FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING IN THE AREA. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT SOME OF THE AREA PARKS IN THE WOODLANDS HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH VAGRANTS LOITERING. OF COURSE, I DO WORRY ABOUT SEXUAL PREDATORS TAKING ADVANTAGE AND LURKING ABOUT.

YOU TELL US THAT THE BATHROOMS WILL BE CLOSED BETWEEN 1 11:00 AND THE MORNING. LOTS OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN IN REST ROOMS WHEN THEY ARE OPEN AT 6:00 AND OTHER TIMES.

THERE WILL BE INCREASED TRAFFIC. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.

ALONG CAPSTONE PARK. WE ALREADY HAVE TRAFFIC SPEEDING SAFETY ISSUES WITH PEOPLE CUTTING BETWEEN CAPSTONE AND RESEARCH FORESTS. WE HAVE SPEEFDING ISSUES WITH THAT. SO WITH INCREASED VISITORS TO THE PARK, SAFETY BECOMES MORE OF AN ISSUE.

WITH INCREASED TRAFFIC TO OUR PARK, THE CAPSTONE RESIDENTS AND OUR OWN CHILDREN WHO WALK AND BIKE TO THE-- LIVE ALONG CAPSTONE CIRCLE OR PLAY AT THE PARK WILL BE IN MORE DANGER.

I'M CURIOUS-- I KNOW I WAS AT THE MEETING WHEN WE ALL MET AND DR. SHELLEY WAS THERE. IF ANY OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ACTUALLY GONE TO CAPSTONE.

I IMPLORE YOU TO DO THAT. I HOPE YOU WILL CHANGE YOUR

MINDS. >> THANK YOU, JILL.

THAT BRINGS US TO OUR LAST. MARCUS ALLEN.

MR. ALLEN. >> I AM MARCUS ALLEN.

I'M ONE OF THE ORIGINAL RESIDENTS IN CREEKSIDE PARK VILLAGE. MY MIRS TIME HERE.

SO THANK YOU, HOPEFULLY, THE BOARD HAS ENOUGH MARGIN AFTER ALL OF THOSE OTHER ISSUES THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH. I CAN JOUST TELL YOU, BEING A FIRST TIME HERE IN THIS FORUM, IT IS REALLY NEAT TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT'S PASSIONATE ABOUT THE RESOURCES AND PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVE FOCUS ON KEEPING THE WOODLANDS THE WOODLANDS.

JUST LIKE MR. MITCHELL SAID IN HIS ORIGINAL VISION.

I HOPE YOU HAVE ENOUGH MARGIN FOR WHAT I'M BRINGING TO YOU THIS EVENING. MIKE CASEY IS OUR REPRESENTATIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. HE BROUGHT ME UP HERE.

I GET TO TALK TO YOU. WHAT I'M GOING ASK YOU TO DO IS FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER WORKING IN THE BUDGET, WORKING

[00:40:05]

THTHERE HAS BEEN A DEVELOPMENT THAT STARTED CLEAR-CUTTING.

I HOPE YOU ARE AWARE. BEHIND JUST EAST OF THE 386 EASEMENT. TO THE SURPRISE OF THE RESIDENCES AND NOW WE FOUND OUT THIS WEEK TO THE SURPRISE OF HARRIS COUNTY, WORK WENT ON THERE THAT WASN'T EVEN PERMITTED. I'LL GET TO THE-- ON THE BACK OF YOUR HANDOUT THERE, IT GIVES YOU A REALLY SUMMARY TIMELINE OF THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE. ME, LIKE MANY OF THE OTHER RESIDENTS, TOOK IT-- ASSUMED THAT OPERATIONS WERE PERMITTED.

THEY WERE PROCEEDING AS PLANNED. WE WERE TOLD BY DIFFERENT REPRESENTATIVES THAT THEY WERE IN CONTACT AND HAD EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL. THE REALITY IS LAST WEEK, A FORMAL COMPLAINT WAS MADE BY ONE OF THE RESIDENTS TO HARRIS COUNTY. THEY SENT AN INSPECTOR OUT YESTERDAY. THE INSPECTOR ACTUALLY CALLED ME FROM A LOCATION AND SAID THEY ARE GOING TO SUBMIT A VIOLATION.

THEY HAVE EXCEEDED WHAT THEY WERE ALLOWED TO DO WITHOUT A PERMIT. A PERMIT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE FOUR AREAS OF HARRIS COUNTY PERMIT APPROVALS.

AND THERE IS GOING TO BE A VIOLATION SUBMITTED.

BUT THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE. THE NATURAL BARRIER WHICH IS RETICENT OF THE WOODLANDS DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE.

ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS ACTUALLY SAVED SOME OF THE TREES ALONG THE EASTERN BORDER OF THE 386 DRAINAGE ATTAINMENT.

THAT IS ALL THAT IS LEFT. AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO DO WITH WHAT THEY CAN CON CONTROL, THE 20-FOOT OFFSET FROM THE FENCE LINE, THAT IS WOODLANDS PROPERTY, IS PLANT SOME SHRUBBERY IN THERE. IN THE PICTURE OF THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER SHOWS AN EXISTING CLUMP OF SHRUBBERY IN THAT VICINITY. IT ACTUALLY EXTENDS 40 FEET OUT FROM THE FENCE LINE, BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY THE ROOT SYSTEM AND EVERYTHING, THE MAIN PART OF THE PLANTS ARE WITHIN THE WOODLANDS PROPERTY. AND I COMMUNICATED IN EARL Y JANUARY AT THE 386 BOARD MEE MEETING, ASKED THEM TO CONSIDER TO ALLOW US TO OVERLAP WHEN THE FOLIAGE GREW OUT.

I SAW THEIR MINUTES TODAY, AND I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH ONE OF THEIR BOARD MEMBERS. THAT SOUNDS LIKE THAT IS FINE, AND THEY WILL APPROVE ACCESS TO GET THESE TREES PLANTED.

I APPRECIATE THE NEIGHBORS APPRECIATE-- WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING AT ONCE. I'M HOPEFUL THAT PART OF THE REMEDIES OF THE CONTRACTOR FAILING TO ABIDE BY LEGAL, ETHICAL, AND BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR, THAT THEY WILL BE PUTTING SOME MORE TREES IN ON THEIR SIDE OF THE BORDER.

THAN THE RESIDENTS TO PUSH AND MAKE HAPPEN.

I HAVE SOME LESSONS TO LEARN ON PAGE TWO THERE FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER. AND ACTUALLY, PUTTING SOMEBODY IN CHARGE OF THIS ACTIVITY. BUT TONIGHT, I REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE THE BOARD APPROVING WHAT CAN BE DONE WITHIN A REASONABLE BUDGET THIS YEAR TO GET SOME PLANTS INSTALLED BEHIND THE MOST AFFECTED HOMES. OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> THANK YOU, MR. ALLEN. >> THANK YOU.

>> MR. CASEY. I CAN PASS IT AROUND IF YOU WANT

ME TO. >> THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

>> I HAVE BEEN THERE. I WAS THERE SUNDAY.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT WHICH BRINGS US TO

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

THE FIRST ONE IS TO RECOGNIZE, AND I THINK THERE IS A GROUP OF YOUNG WOMEN HERE AND ALSO COACH WADE, TO RECOGNIZE THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SWIM AND DIVE TEAMS AS STATE CHAMPIONS.

AND DIRECTOR WATSON, I TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

>> YEAH. WELCOME, LADIES.

BE IT PROCLAIMED WHEREAS AS THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL LADY HIGHLANDERS SWIM AND DIVE TEAMS WON THE PRESTIGIOUS UIL CLASS 6-A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. ITS 11TH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 1989. AND WHEREAS THE LADY HIGHLANDERS RECLAIMED THE TITLE AT THE LEE AND JOE JAMAIL TEXAS SWIMMING CENTER IN AUSTIN WITH A RECORD 300 POINTS, HANDILY OUTPACING

[00:45:06]

AND WHEREAS THE 200 YARD MEDLEY RELAY TEAM OF MARIA URANGA, EVLIN RIEDERER, MARY NORDMANN, AND BROOKE MILLER BROUGHT HOME THE SECOND-PLACE FINISH AND WHEREAS THE 400-YARD RELAY TEAM OF BROOKE MILLER, LOW CANY CORBIN, ZOE NORDMANN, AND EVLIN RIEDERER-- APOLOGIES. EARNED A THIRD-PLACE FINISH AND WHEREAS THE INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE ALSO EARNED BY JOCELYN BIZIC, CHLOE CORBIN, SOPHIA CRISTAL, CAROLINE FRAZIER, EMMA GUGLIELMELLO, BROOKE MILLER, WHITTIER MOLLOY, MARY NORDMANN, ZOE NORDMANN, ABIGAIL POPE, EVLIN RIEDERER,-- SEE WHY SHE GIVE A ONE TO ME? MARIA URANGA.

AND WHEREAS THE STATE CHAMPIONS TEAM IS LED BY COACH JEREMY WADE, DYEING COACH KEVIN WITT AND ASSISTANTS KATY THOM AND MARTY MILLER. NOW, THEREFORE, I, KYLE WATSON, AS VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2013 AS THE LADY HIGHLANDERS SWIM AND DIVE TEAM STATE CHAMPIONS DAY.

>> WELL-DONE. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) WE CAN PROBABLY GO DOWN AND TAKE A PHOTO WITH ALL OF US.

WE WILL JOIN YOU. COACH WADE, YOU HAVE A FEW

COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. >> YES.

>> ABSOLUTELY. GOING WITH THE THEME OF WATER, THESE GIRLS ARE AWESOME IN THE WATER.

(LAUGHTER) I WANT TO THANK THE TOWNSHIP FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR SERVICE TO THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY AND FOR HAVING US HERE FOR THIS AWESOME RECOGNITION.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A FEW IMPORTANT GROUPS WHO PLAYED A ROLE IN OUR SUCCESS FROM SEASON TO SEASON.

WE HAVE A FANTASTIC GROUP OF PARENTS.

SOME ARE HERE TONIGHT. >> YOU COULD PLEASE STAND, PARENTS. KIDS, GIVE THEM A HAND.

(APPLAUSE) THESE PARENTS ARE AMAYING IN THEIR SERVICE TO NOT JUST THEIR KIDDO BUT OUR ENTIRE PROGRAM.

IT IS REALLY A HIGHLANDER FAMILY.

THEY DO A GREAT JOB IN SUPPORTING ME.

AND NEXT GROUP IS OUR OUTSTANDING COACHES.

WE HAVE TWO ASSISTANT COACHES HERE TODAY.

COACH THOM AND COACH MILLER. GIVE THEM A HAND.

OUTSTANDING JOB BOTH WITH THE KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM AND OBVIOUSLY, WITH THESE AWESOME LADIES.

ON THE POOL DECK AND THE WATER. THEY TAKE A LOT OFF MY PLATE.

AND THEY MAKE MY JOB SO MUCH EASIER.

IT COULDN'T BE DONE WITHOUT THEM.

WE HAVE OUR AQUATICS DIRECTOR. HE IS OUR DYEING COACH WHO IS KEY IN THE SUCCESS OF ONE OF OUR FRESHMAN GIRL DIVERS.

AT STATE AS A FRESHMAN. THAT IS AWESOME FOR HER.

OUR PRINCIPAL DR. LANDRY WHO IS AT A GIRLS PLAY-OFF SOCCER GAME.

SO HE SENDS HIS APOLOGIES. HE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE BEEN HERE TONIGHT. HE APPRECIATES THIS HONOR AS WELL. SO TO GET ON TO THE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THESE GIRLS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. THIS WAS A HISTORIC YEAR FOR OUR GIRLS. OUR DISTRICT REGION AND STATE CHAMPIONS. THIS GIRLS TEAM WON STATE, SCORING A RECORD NUMBER OF 300 POINTS AS A TEAM.

A BIG CHUNK OF THESE POINTS CAME FROM OUR THREE RELAYS.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THESE NOW.

GIRLS, WAVE SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO YOU ARE.

WE START WITH THE GIRLS 200 MEDLEY RELAY.

AND THEY WERE STATE RUNNER-UP. WON THE SILVER MEDAL.

ALMOST WON THE GOLD MEDAL BY A TENTH OF A SECOND.

THEY ALL HAD AMAZING, OUTSTANDING SWIM.

IT WAS COMPRISED OF MARIA URANGA WHO IS NOT HERE.

EVLIN RIEDERER. MARY NORDMANN.

AND BROOKE MILLER. (APPLAUSE) I STILL GET THEM WRONG. OUR SECOND IS OUR 200-FREE-STYLE. WE WERE IN A BATTLE WITH SOUTHLAKE CARROLL. WE NEEDED TO SECURE THE TEAM TITLE. WE HAD TO WIN ONE RELAY AT LEAST. THE PRESSURE WAS REALLY ON FOR THIS RELAY. AND THESE GIRLS NOT JUST-- THEY DIDN'T JUST WIN THE RELAY. THEY DOMINATED BY A FULL SECOND.

TO BRING HOME THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.

IT WAS COMPRISED OF SOPHIA CRISTAL, CHLOE CORBIN, MARY

[00:50:05]

WE HAD WON THE MEET AS LONG AS WE JUST FINISHED THIS RELAY MISTAKE-FREE. WE OVEREMPHASIZED SAFE STARTS AND BEING MISTAKE-FREE. WE TOOK HOME THE BRONZE MEDAL.

WEWE MEDALLED IN ALL THREE RELA. THE PRESSURE WAS OFF AND WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE WIN. THIS RELAY WAS BROOKE MILLER, ZOE NORDMANN, EVLIN RIEDERER. SO TO WIN A TEAM TITLE, AND SCORE 300 POINT, A RECORD NUMBER OF POINTS, IF YOU WIN ALL THREE RELAYS, THAT IS 120 POINTS. IT WASN'T JUST DONE ON RELAYS.

IT WAS A COMPLETE TEAM EFFORT. THESE GIRLS SET THE POOL ON FIRE IN FINALS. IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS.

I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE THOSE. FIRST IS SOPHOMORE JOCELYN BIZIC. SHE WAS OUR ALTERNATE AND OUR MANAGER. JOCELYN, WAVE.

NEXT, SOPHOMORE CHLOE CORBIN. SHE IS 11TH IN THE 50 FREE AND FIFTH IN THE 100 FREE-STYLE. SOPHIA CRISTAL, SHE WAS ACADEMIC ALL-STATE THIS YEAR. (APPLAUSE) JUNIOR CAROLINE FRAZIER, EIGHTH IN THE 500-FREE. SHE WAS ALSO ACADEMIC ALL-STATE.

(APPLAUSE) SARAH GUGLIELMELLO, FOR TEXAS M-AND-M.

SHE WAS ACADEMIC ALL-STATE AND ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN.

(APPLAUSE) FRESHMAN, BROOKE MILLER, SHE WAS AGO IN THE 50 AND 100 FREE-STYLE. (APPLAUSE) AND OUR FRESHMAN, WHITTIER MOLLOY, 14TH IN DIVING.

(APPLAUSE) SENIOR MARY NORDMANN, SWIMMING FOR NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY NEXT YEAR. SHE WAS TENTH IN THE 50-FREE.

FIFTH IN THE 100-FLY. ACADEMIC ALL-STATE AND ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN. (APPLAUSE) JUNIOR ZOE NORDMANN, FOURTH IN THE 200 FREE-STYLE. SHE WON SILVER IN THE 500 FREE-STYLE. SHE WAS ACADEMIC ALL-STATE.

(APPLAUSE). ABBY POPE, FOR UNIVERSITY OF UTAH. SHE WAS TENTH IN THE 200 FREE-STYLE. SHE WON BRONZE IN THE 500-FREE.

ACADEMIC ALL-STATE. ABDEMIC ALL-AMERICAN.

(APPLAUSE) AND JUNIOR EVLIN RIEDERER, SIXTH IN THE 200.

SHE WON SILVER BREAKING OUR SCHOOL RECORD.

SHE WAS ACADEMIC ALL-STATE. AND MARIEY-- AND MARIA IS VISITING CORNELL. THAT IS THE REASON SHE COULD NOT BE HERE. THEY REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY IN EXEMPLARY FASHION. TO WIN THE 11TH STATE TITLE FOR THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS PROGRAM.

I HAVE ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT I THINK IS JUST AS IMPRESSIVE, IF NOT MORE SO. AS OUR STATE TITLE.

AND WE HAVE 21 GIRLS ON OUR VARSITY ROSTER.

THOSE 21 GIRLS HAD A TEAM OR GPA AVERAGE OF 3.758.

THEY ARE GOING TO RECEIVE THE GOLD HONOR FROM NISCA THIS YEAR.

THIS IS TRULY BEST STUDENT ATHLETES IN THE NATION.

PLEASE GIVE THEM ONE MORE HAND. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).

>> THANK YOU. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).

[00:55:07]

>> THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION.

TO RECOGNIZE THE WOODLANDS QUEANS KIWANIS CLUB SPECIAL OLYMPICS. THEY ARE CELEBRATING THEIR 37TH TRACK AND FIELD EVENT ON SATURDAY.

I WOULD LIKE DIRECTOR NELSON. THANK YOU.

TO READ THE PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU.

>> I LOVE THE KIWANIS CLUB. I'M SO HAPPY I WAS ASKED TO DO THIS. SO BE IT PROCLAIMED WHEREAS THE WOODLANDS KIWANIS CLUB SA PILLAR OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WITH A TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE WORLD ONE CHILD AND ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME. AND WHEREAS SERVICE IS THE HEART OF EVERY KIWANIS CLUB WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON CHILDREN.

AND WHEREAS THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS IS A GLOBAL MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE CREATING A NEW WORLD OF INCLUSION AND COMMUNITY WHERE EVERY SINGLE PERSON IS ACCEPTED AND WELCOMED, REGARDLESS OF ABILITY. WHEREAS THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS HAS BEEN TRANSFORMING LIVES FOR MORE THAN FIVE DECADES, HELPING ATHLETES FIND JOY, CONFIDENCE, AND FULFILLING-- FULFILLMENT ON THE PLAYING FIELD AND IN LIFE AND WHEREAS THE WOODLANDS KIWANIS CLUB WILL HOST THE 37TH SPECIAL OLYMPICS TRACK AND FIELD EVENT ON SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 2023 AT THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, CELEBRATING SPORTS, TALENT, FRIENDSHIP, AND WHEREAS THE WOODLANDS KIWANIS CLUB SPECIAL OLYMPICS TRACK AND FIELD EVENT WILL PROMOTE LIFE SKILLS AND HELP ATHLETES SUCCEED BY ENHANCING SELF-ESTEEM, PROMOTING INDEPENDENCE AND FACILITATING SOCIAL COMPETENCE. NOW, THEREFORE, I, LINDA NELSON, SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 2023, AS THE WOODLANDS KIWANIS CLUB SPECIAL OLYMPICS DAY.

>> WELL-DONE. (APPLAUSE).

>> I KNOW WE HAVE A NUMBER OF KIWANISS HERE.

MR. HAINES, ARE YOU GOING SPEAK? IF ALL OF YOU WOULD COME UP, I THINK I EVEN SAW ULA HERE.

A LIFETIME MEMBER. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRONG PLA NATION.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR LIVING UP SPECIAL OLYMPICS WORLDWIDE AND THE IMPACT THAT HAS HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY, THIS WILL BE OUR 37TH YEAR OF DOING THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS.

AND IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO OUR CLUB.

IT MEANS A LOT TO THE SPECIAL ATHLETES.

THEIR FAMILIES. THEIR COACHES, THE VOLUNTEERS.

IT IS MY FAVORITE SATURDAY OF THE YEAR.

SO WE WANT TO INVITE YOU ALL OUT TO COME.

IT WILL BE 8:45. WE WILL BE OPENING THE CEREMONY AT THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL. I WILL STAY WITH THE THEME OF WATER. WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THIS.

AND DR. SNYDER WILL BE THERE ALONG WITH KEVIN BRADY.

THIS YEAR, HE IS OUR HONORARY CHAIRMAN.

WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR THIS RECOGNITION FOR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND THOSE KIDS. ONE QUICK STORY.

YEARS AGO, A VOLUNTEER CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, "JOHN, I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING I SAW HAPPEN. THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN COMPETING IN THE SOFTBALL THROW." I SAID OKAY.

"HIS CHALLENGE WAS THEY PUT THE SOFTBALL ON HIS LAP.

HE WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR. AND HE WAS STRUGGLING TO GET THE BALL TO FALL OUT OF HIS LAP. HE WAS GETTING FRUSTRATED.

HE TOLD ME HIS MOM SAID DO IT LIKE WE PRACTICED." THAT HITS ME EVERY TIME I THINK OF THE EVENT THIS YEAR.

WE ARE SO THANKFUL AGAIN. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

(APPLAUSE). THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. > THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[01:00:13]

>> THAT BRINGS US TO OUR PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE THIS IS OUR 12TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE WOODLANDS EARTH DAY GREEN-UP WHICH IS GOING TO BE HELD ON MARCH 25.

AND DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS WILL READ OUR PROCLAMATION.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. BE IT PROCLAIMED WHEREAS A SOUND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IS A FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY AND ROBUST ECONOMY AND WHEREAS THE WOODLANDS HAS SINCE INCEPTIONINGS COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING AND ENHANCING THAT NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND WHEREAS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP CONSIDERS THE PRESERVATION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND FOSTERING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY TO BE ESSENTIAL TO KEEPING THE HOMETOWN VISION ALIVE, AND WHEREAS THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP HEREBY ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, AND INSTITUTIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN EARTH DAY GREEN-UP, COMMITTING TO A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY, A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, AND A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. NOW THEREFORE, DR. ANN SNYDER, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP DOES HEREBY DESIGNATE SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 2023 AS THE 12TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE WOODLANDS EARTH DAY

GREEN-UP DAY. >> THANK YOU.

(APPLAUSE). >> I BELIEVE WE HAVE SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS HERE TODAY TO COME UP AND ACCEPT, BE RECOGNIZED, AND LET US APLAYED AND THANK YOU.

APPLAUD AND THANK YOU. >> WELL-DONE.

THANK YOU. >> I WOULD LIKE US TO GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE, ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT HAPPENED HERE. ARE BECAUSE OF OUR STAFF.

(APPLAUSE) SO WELL-DONE, MEGAN. AGENDA ITEM 7.

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

THEY WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL AS A GROUP WITH ONE MOTION. NO DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS THE ITEM WAS PULLED WHICH NONE WERE THIS EVENING. IS THERE A MOTION?

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. BY DIRECTOR FRANKS AND DIRECTOR BAILEY. ALL THOS IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY

SAYING AYE. >> AYE.

[8. Receive, consider and act upon a briefing on an accounting of Incorporation Study expenses (as requested by Director Bailey);]

>> OPPOSED? >> MOTION PASSES.

BRINGS US TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. AGENDA ITEM 8.

WHICH IS TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER, AND ACT UPON APPROVING ACCOUNTING AND STUDY EXPENSES. THE MOST RECENT INCORPORATION STUDY WAS CONTRACTED IN 2018 WITH FINAL REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS CONCLUDING IN 2021.

MONIQUE, SHARPE, OUR PRESIDENT AND C.E.O. WILL ADDRESS THIS AGENDA ITEM. MS. SHARPE?

>> THANK YOU. BRING UP THE SLIDE.

SORRY. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY.

THANK YOU. THIS EVENING, I'M GOING TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AND GIVE YOU THE SUMMARY OF THE INCORPORATION,

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JUST AS A WAY OF-- BY WAY OF HISTORY, THERE WAS ANOTHER INCORPORATION STUDY THAT WAS DONE THAT STARTED IN 2011 AND CONCLUDED IN 2012. THAT WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THOSE BOARDS AT THAT TIME BECAUSE THE 2014 DATE WHICH WAS THE FIRST DATE THAT INCORPORATION ELECTION COULD BE CALLED, ACCORDING TO THE LEGISLATION, SO THAT THE BOARDS AT THAT TIME, CHOSE TO GO THROUGH AN INCORPORATION STUDY. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT STUDY, THE BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION DEFERRING THAT ANY ACTION ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE. SO TONIGHT, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE C CONCENTRATING ON AND WHAT E ARE TALKING ABOUT, THESE EXPENSES YOU SEE HERE RELATE TO THE INCORPORATION STUDY THAT WAS DONE FROM 2018 THROUGH 2021. IN YOUR PACKAGES IN FRONT OF YOU, THERE IS A MORE DETAILED LISTING OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXPENSES THAT WERE INCURRED DURING INCORPORATION.

APPEARING ON THE SCREEN. THERE IS THE PRIMARY CATEGORIES OF EXPENSES. SO IN TOTAL, WITH THAT INCORPORATION STUDY, THE TOWNSHIP SPENT $1,561.

YOU CAN SEE THE COMPONENTS THERE.

THE OVERWHELM MAG JORTY, ALMOST $1.3 MILLION SPENT ON CONSULTING SERVICES, LEGAL SERVICES AT $126,000.

THE FIRST PUBLIC FORUM THAT WE HAD IN 2018 WAS ABOUT $28,000.

AND THEN ONCE THE ELECTION WAS CALLED IN AUGUST OF 2021, THERE WAS AN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN THAT WAS INITIATED, AND THE COST RELATED TO THAT WAS $77,000. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A PUBLIC FORUM IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021 WITH THE COST OF ABOUT $32,000.

THAT IS THE SUMMARY OF THE COST OF THE $1,561.

I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

>> OKAY. WE WILL ASK FOR DISCUSSIONMENT.

>> YEAH. THANKS.

>> YES. >> I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING AT THIS AND I KNOW BRAD HAD SOME QUESTIONS, AS DID I.

IF I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, THESE NUMBERS DO NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE INTERNAL UTILIZATION OF STAFF OR RESOURCES.

CORRECT? >> THE NUMBER THAT YOU SEE THERE DOESN'T. I DID PUT A NOTE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHEET THAT YOU SEE HERE. STAFF DOES NOT TRACK THEIR TIME

BY PROJECT. >> RIGHT.

>> WE DON'T-- ANYTHING I'M GIVING YOU IS AN EDUCATED GUESS.

LY SAY-- I WILL SAY AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE EXPENSES, THE MAJORITY OF TIME SPENT ON THIS WAS DONE THROUGH CONTRACTED

SERVICES. >> OKAY.

>> AND NOT-- THERE WAS NOT HEAVY UTILIZATION OF STAFF.

THE STAFF THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH MYSELF, WITH THE FINANCIAL PART, AGAIN, I DIDN'T PUT THE FINANCIAL MODEL TOGETHER.

I JUST ANSWERED QUESTIONS FOR THE CONSULTANTS.

AND THEN WHEN IT WAS CONCLUDED, I REVIEWED.

THEIR FINANCIAL MODEL. >> SUFFICIENT TO SAY THAT A LOT OF TIME INTERNALLY BY YOU AND SOME OTHERS WERE SPENT ON THIS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SPENT ON SOMETHING ELSE.

FAIR? >> ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WE CALL CALCULATED ABOUT 5% OF OUR TIME WAS SPENT ON INCORPORATION.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> YES. >> HOW ARE DECISIONS MADE OBVIOUSLY TO STUDY IT-- I UNDERSTOOD THAT PART.

I'M CURIOUS AS TO HOW SOME OF THESE DECISIONS WERE MADE AND BY WHOM TO GO AND SPEND MONEY WITH PRODUCTION COMPANIES, ADVERTISING, ALL THE SIGNAGE, ALL OF THAT STUFF.

HOW WAS THAT MADE? >> THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MADE THOSE DECISIONS. MAYBE NOT ON INDIVIDUAL EXPENSES. BUT THE BOARD APPROVED-- IT WOULD BE A COMMUNICATIONS EFFORT IN ORDER TO EDUCATE THE

RESIDENTS ON THE BALLOT MEASURE. >> OKAY.

>> SO THE BOARD APPROVED THAT. AND THEN STAFF OUTLINED THE

RESOURCES. >> WAS THERE EVER ANY DISCUSSION AT THE TIME THAT THOSE WERE APPROVED AS TO HOW THAT EDUCATION PROCESS WOULD BE DONE IN TERMS OF INFORMATION AS

OPPOSED TO ADVOCACY? >> YES.

THERE WAS. ACTUALLY, QUITE A BIT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. SO ANYTHING THAT WAS PREPARED AND AGAIN, WE HIRED A THIRD PARTY FIRM.

YOU CAN SEE ON THIS EXPENSES-- TO PREPARE A LOT OF THAT COMMUNICATION. WE DID HAVE SOME STAFF THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNICATION AS WELL.

IT WAS VETTED THROUGH LEGAL COUNSEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE NOT IN VIOLATION OF STATE CODE WHICH ACTUALLY, PREVENTS THE TOWNSHIP. FROM ADVOCATING FOR OUR AGAINST A BALLOT MEASURE. FIRST, IT WENT THROUGH AN ATTORNEY. THEN EVERYTHING GOT SUBMITTED TO THE TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION FOR REVIEW.

WE DID GET AN OPINION BACK FROM TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION OKAYING THAT SAME-- THAT THEY HAD REVIEWED IT AND THAT THERE WAS NOT-- IT WAS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND NOT ADVOCACY.

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THAT IS THE PROCESS. >> I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THIS IS NOT-- THIS IS SIMPLY BECAUSE I THINK THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A QUESTION OF TRANSPARENCY AND HOW THIS WENT DOWN.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS A LONG ISSUE OR DISCUSSION FROM MY STANDPOINT. I DO THINK IT IS FAIR FOR THE RESIDENTS AND PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WENT INTO THIS BEHIND THE SCENES AND FROM COST. THAT IS ALL.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU.

>> WE ALSO, IF I MAY ADD, PRESIDENT SHARPE, WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT TASK FORCES. THE FIRST TASK FORCE WAS DIRECTOR MCMULLEN. DIRECTOR BUNCH AND MYSELF.

DIRECTOR MCMULLEN WE DID MEET WITH THE CONSULTANTS.

ANYHING DISCUSSED WITH THE CONSULTANTS WAS THEN REPORTED BACK TO THE BOARD. AND I THINK YOU, AS THE CFO, ATTENDED SOME OF THOSE AS DID NOREL AT THE TIME.

>> YES, MA'AM. >> THE SECOND TASK FORCE WAS MYSELF, DIRECTOR RIESER, AND DIRECTOR BUNCH.

AGAIN, WE USED THE SAME PROCESS. THE THIRD ONE DURING 2021 WAS DIRECTOR MILNER, DIRECTOR REZA JARRAHYER, AND DIRECTOR BUNCH.

I CAN SAY DURING THOSE OTHER TWO, YOU CAN ADDRESS THE THIRD.

ANYTHING WE DISCUSSED WAS BROUGHT TO THE FULL BOARD.

>> YEAH. I'M NOT BEING ACCUSATORY.

>> NO. I UNDERSTAND.

>> I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. I SAID I DIDN'T.

THAT IS WHAT LAWYERS DO. >> YOU ARE AN ATTORNEY, AFTER

ALL. >> FAMOUS LAST WORDS.

AT WHAT POINT-- I ALMOST LOOK AT IN THE CHRONOLOGICALLY.

FAIR TO SAY IN. >> IT IS FOR THE MOST PART.

>> AT WHAT POINT GOING DOWN THIS LIST CAN YOU TELL ME THAT THE PUBLIC PULSE WAS TAKEN TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WERE INTERESTED IN INCORPORATION TO AI A POINT WHERE WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SPEND THIS KIND OF MONEY?

>> IN 2018, BEFORE COVID, THERE WAS DRP THERE WERE MORE PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS. THAT IS WHERE THE BOARD INITIALLY GOT THE-- AGAIN, IT WASN'T COMMUNITY SURVEYS OR A VOTE NECESSARILY THAT SAID TO DO THAT.

THERE WAS THAT PULSE, IF YOU WILL.

THERE WERE QUESTIONS. AND THEN THE BOARD FROM THERE, IN 2018, 2019, THAT WENT ON AND THEN COVID HAPPENED.

AFTER THAT, THE PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS WERE NOT AS STRONG COMING OUT OF THAT. IN THE DECISION-- THE DECISION WAS MADE BASED ON THE RESEARCH AND THE RESULTS OF THE CONSULTANT STUDY TO MOVE FORWARD.

>> FAIR TO SAY THAT AFTER THE INITIAL STUDY IN 2018 WHERE YOU REFERENCED TAKING A PULSE, IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT THE PUBLIC WAS NEVER THEN CHECKED ON ABOUT PUTTING THIS BALLOT ON AND

SPENDING MORE MONEY? >> RIGHT.

THE BOARD HAS MADE THAT DECISION.

THAT IS CORRECT. >> SO JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

GOING BACK TO THE 2011, WHEN THAT FIRST ONE CAME ABOUT, WHY

DID THAT NEVER GO TO A VOTE? >> THE BOARDS AT THAT TIME DECIDED THAT-- TO NOT BRING IT FORWARD.

THE MOTION THAT THEY TOOK OR THE DECISION THEY MADE WAS TO PASS THE RESOLUTION TO DEFER ACTION ON IT.

THEY SET UP A PROCESS. WITH THAT RESOLUTION.

WHERE WE WOULD-- THE BOARD AND STAFF WOULD MONITOR THE COMMUNITY FOR EVENTS THAT MAY THEN WANT US TO READDRESS INCORPORATION. SO THINGS THAT COULDN'T BE ADDRESSED THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS OR THROUGH LEGISLATION, THEN WE

WOULD BRING THAT FORWARD. >> I VAGUELY REMEMBER-- I REMEMBER GOING TO ALL THOSE. I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME KIND OF SURVEY OR SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A REALLY LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT DID NOT WANT THAT.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT DIDN'T GO

FORWARD. >> YES.

ALL THE COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT IS WERE DONE, IT WAS ALMOST A 70-30, NOT IN FAVOR OF INCORPORATION.

THAT IS CORRECT. >> YES.

FOR THE 2012 STUDY. YES.

>> RIGHT. >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> THANK YOU, MONIQUE. >> YOU ARE WELCOME.

>> FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, CAN WE MAKE THIS PUBLIC? THE MORE ITEMIZED, DETAILED FOR

OUR CONSTITUENTS? >> IT IS PUBLIC AS OF-- IT WILL

BE POSTED ON-LINE. >> OKAY.

GOOD DEAL. I THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE-- NO ONE KNOWS NUMBERS BETTER THAN YOU.

THIS IS NO-- THE QUESTIONS I'M ASKING IS NO-- YOUR TEAM OPERATE ON THE BOARD'S WISHES AND WHAT THEY WANT TO GO TO.

YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. THE REASON I ASK FOR THIS TO BE ON THE AGENDA IS I'M ASKED REGULARLY IN THIS COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH DOES THE TOWNSHIP SPEND ON THE INCORPORATION? UNTIL RILING OUT IN,-- UNTIL RIGHT NOW, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. IT IS NOT EASY TO FIND.

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I THINK WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT THIS BOARD, WITH SO MANY IMPORTANT THINGS IN FRONT OF US, WE ARE COMING UP ON OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY NEXT YEAR TO REALLY BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE.

TO BE AS COLLABORATIVE AS POSSIBLE.

WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY MADE UP OF PEOPLE THAT SOLVE SOME OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST PROBLEMS. WE NEED TO TAP INTO THAT RESOURCE, TAP INTO THAT INTELLECTUAL KNOWLEDGE AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN WORK ON THINGS. WE HAVE TO TAKE THE PULSE OF THE COMMUNITY. NOT JUST A PULSE.

A DEEP DIVE, OPEN FORMER TOWN HALLS.

WHEN WE MAKE MAJOR DECISIONS IN FRONT OF US.

I DON'T THINK THAT HAPPENED IN THE PREVIOUS BOARDS.

THAT IS WHY THE FOUR OF US ARE SITTING UP HERE RIGHT NOW.

BECAUSE THAT WASN'T DONE. WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE AN EFFORT. I'M GOING TO ASK LEGAL COUNSEL.

I'LL ASK YOU, MONIQUE. THE REST OF THE BOARD.

WHAT ARE SOME POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WE CAN PUT UP TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE. HOW CAN WE WIN THE NATIONAL GOLD AWARD ON BEING THE MOST TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY POSSIBLE? BECAUSE SPENDING $1.5 MILLION ON SOMETHING T THAT 70% OF THE VOTS DID NOT WANT IN 2012---SEVERAL

TIMES. >> AND THEN DIDN'T WANT DEFINITELY IN 2021. HOW CAN WE HAVE THAT DIALOGUE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION? WE ARE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO AGREE ON THINGS. SOMETIMES THE WORD COMPROMISE GETS USED AS A BAD WORD. WE HAVE TO COMPROMISE SOMETIMES AND WORK TOGETHER WITH SOME THINGS.

HOW CAN WE DO THAT AND SET POLICIES AS THIS BOARD TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT? I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER TONIGHT. I'M NOT EXAMINING YOU, TO.

I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS BOARD TO CHAMPION THAT.

TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AND START THE-- THE ABILITY TO START COLLABORATING AND WORKING TOGETHER ON OUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS AND OUR BIGGEST ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS COMMUNITY.

I THINK PUTTING OUR HEADS TOGETHER IS A BETTER THING TO DO. THANK YOU, MONIQUE.

I'M GLAD THIS IS GOING TO BE MADE PUBLIC.

BECAUSE I FINALLY CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION ON HOW MUCH.

>> ONE QUESTION I MIGHT HAVE, MONIQUE.

THERE SEEMS TO BE CONFUSION ABOUT THE G.E. VETS PROPERTY.

I HAVE NOTED AT LEAST IN ONE REPORT THAT THAT WAS PURCHASED WITH THE IDEA OF BUILDING A CITY BUILDING THERE.

AFTER THE INCORPORATION. I DON'T SEE IT ON ANY OF OUR --

>> YUP. I DON'T THINK THAT IS-- THAT IS

A SEPARATE ITEM. >> YES.

DIRECTOR FRANKS IS ASKING IS THAT COST INCLUDED IN THIS PRESENTATION? I THINK THE ANSWER IS NO.

>> NO, IT IS NOT. >> I CAN PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. BUT NO.

IT WAS NOT PUT IN THERE. >> THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THAT

PURCHASE? >> NO.

THAT WAS NOT THE SOLE INTENT. IT WAS ONE CONCEPT.

>> IT IS NOT AN AGENDA ITEM. WE DON'T WANT TO PUT OUR --

>> WAIT A SECOND. DIRECTOR FRANKS IS ASKING A

QUESTION. >> I KNOW.

>> WAS THE COST OF THE VETS BUILDING OR ANY ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DESIGNING CITY HALLS ON THE VETS PROPERTY, WAS THAT A COST THAT WOULD BE INCURRED IN INCORPORATION? WAS THIS CITY HALL ON THAT PROPERTY A PART OF ANY

INCORPORATION FUNDING? >> CORRECT.

>> I DON'T THINK THAT IS A FAIR QUESTION UNDER THIS AGENDA.

>> THE ANSWER IS NO. THAT WAS NOT CAPTURED

UNINCORPORATION. >> OKAY.

>> I APOLOGIZE. >> A QUESTION.

WHEN WAS THE VETS PROPERTY PURCHASED?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE -- >> SURE.

>> WHO INITIATED. I WASN'T AROUND WHEN THAT HAPPENED. I'M CURIOUS.

I DON'T REMEMBER -- WHAT IS THE HISTORY SINCE IT IS BROUGHT UP? WHY WE PURCHASED IT.

HOW MUCH IT COST. WHO VOTED FOR IT.

>> NONE OF THE 7 OF US. WERE ON THE BOARD.

>> IF I MAY, THE REASON THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE INCORPORATION COST, THIS LIS LISTED-- IT WASN'T ACTUALLY PART OF AN INCORPORATION STUDY. IT WAS PART OF A BROADER VISIONED THAT BOARD HAD AT THE TIME THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY. THAT PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED IN 2015. AUTHORIZED BY THE BOARD THAT WAS IN PLACE AT THAT TIME. I COULDN'T LIST OFF ALL OF THE

DIRECTORS. >> IT WOULD HAVE HAD NOTHING TO

DO WITH THE INCORPORATION. >> NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

>> THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW, BOARD. I DIDN'T KNOW.

BECAUSE I WASN'T AROUND DURING THAT TIME.

HERE WE HAVE IT. IT IS UP TO THE COMMUNITY TO DECIDE M.S. WHAT TO DO WITH THAT PROPERTY.

IT IS A VALUABLE PIECE OF PROPERTY.

NOT A BAD INVESTMENT. CONSIDERING THE INCREASE IN THE VISIBILITY AND THE NEED FOR PROPER PLACES TO EXPAND.

YOU ARE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

I'M SURE YOU WILL HAVE INTERESTING --

>> HONESTLY, I'M FOR THE TAXPAYERS KEEPING THEIR MONEY, NOT THE GOVERNMENT. I WOULD LIKE THE TAXPAYERS TO HAVE THAT MONEY IN THEIR POCKET, VERSUS ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.

>> I'M GLAD YOU FEEL THAT WAY. >> THANK YOU.

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>> I'LL MOVE TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.

>> THANK YOU. >> SECOND.

>> WATSON AND BAILEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY

SAYING AYE. >> AYE.

>> OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

[9. Receive, consider and act upon an update regarding Houston-Galveston Area Council (as requested by Vice Chairman Watson);]

>> THANK YOU, MONIQUE. >> THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 9. YOU CAN REFER FOR INFORMATION, PAGES 7 TO 108. THE HOUSTON-GALVESTON COUNCIL SERVES AS OUR REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE 13-COUNTY HOUSTON GULF COAST REGION. THIS WAS REQUESTED BY VICE CHAIRMAN WATSON. WE WILL-- TODD STEVENS WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PARTICIPATION AND ACTIVE DISS.

MR. STEVENS. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I'M GOING TO GAVE QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE HOUSTON-GALVESTON COU COUNCIL.

THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE OF 13 COUNTIES.

THE MEMBERSHIP COMPRISED OF CITIES, COUNTIES IN THAT REGION.

EXCUSE ME. HGAC IS AN ORGANIZATION.

THE BROAD PLANNING COMMISSION IS OVERSEEN BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IITS 37 ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. THE COUNTIES, CITIES, AND ISDS.

THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERALL POLICY AS WELL AS MANAGING THE FUNDS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

THIS GIVES YOU A BROAD OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE PROGRAM AREAS THAT HGAC DEALS WITH AS A BROADER OVERVIEW.

AND THEN SOME EXAMPLES OF THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES THEY TAKE UNDERNEATH THOSE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS. THE ONE I'M GOING TO CONCENTRATE ON AND THE ONE MOST RELEVANT TO US IS THE MOBILITY ISSUE RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION.

SO HGAC OPERATES OR IS RECOGNIZED UNDER FEDERAL LAW AS WHAT'S KNOWN AS A METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.

SO FEDERAL LAW MANDATES THAT EACH URBANIZED AREA THROUGHOUT THE D COUNTRY HAS A PLANNING ORGANIZATION MADE UP OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS TO REPRESENT A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING SO THAT FEDERAL FUNDING, THEY CAN MAKE SURE THE PROVIDED IN A COLLABORATIVE AND CONSISTENT WAY OVER TIME. HGAC PROVIDES THE EXPERTISE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE ELECTED BODY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING DECISIONS FOR PROGRAMMING AND PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES IN THAT AREA.

THIS IS THE-- OKAY. THE MPO ITSELF IS OVERSEEN BY A DIRECTORS AS WELL. IT IS MADE UP OF 28 VOTING MEMBERS. THE TABLE THERE TELLS YOU THE REPRESENTATIVES ON THAT PARTICULAR TPC, TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL AND THE NUMBER OF VOTES BY EACH.

YOU HAVE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY MEMBERS, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COUNTY MEMBERS. AND SPECIALIZED STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE VOTES ALSO ON THE TPC. TPC IS RESPONSIBLE ULTIMATELY FOR ALL THE PLANNING ACTIVITIES AND THE ULTIMATE PLANNING DECISIONS MADE BY THE ORGANIZATION.

SO THIS IS THE STRUCTURE OF THE MPO TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEES.

AS NOTED, THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL THERE IN RED.

THERE IS A COUPLE OF EXTERNAL COMMITTEES THAT WORK BROADLY FOR TRANSPORTATION SAFETY AND FREIGHT.

AND THEN UNDERNEATH IT ARE A SET OF SUBCOMMITTEES, ESSENTIALLY, THE POLICY-GENERE TOY OR THES... GENERATORS.

WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS SPEND A COUPLE OF MINUTES HERE TALKING ABOUT THE TOWNSHIP'S HISTORY WITH THE TPC.

THE UP TOSHIP DOES NOT HAVE REPRESENTATION DIRECTLY ON THE TPC. STARTING IN 2012, FOLLOWING THE 2010 CENSUS, DUE TO THE GROWTH IN THE AREA, A NARROW TRANSPORTATION AREA WAS CREATED OUT OF THE CONROE WOODLANDS AREA. WE PETITIONED HGAC TO ACTUALLY BECOME A VOTING MEMBER OF THE TPC STARTING WITH THE 2013 YEAR.

TPC BYLAWS SUBCOMMITTEE CONSIDERED THAT ACTION, RECOMMENDED THAT WE NOT BE INCLUDED AS A SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT, AND THEN THE TPC ADOPTED.

THAT WE WERE NOT PROVIDED A VOTING MEMBERSHIP IN THAT YEAR.

WE ACTUAL DIDID THAT AGAIN IN 201.

WE DID IT AGAIN IN 2016. IN EACH CASE, THE BYLAWS

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RECOMMENDED THAT WHILE WE DID PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION THROUGH TRANSIT, THAT A SPECIAL-PURPOSE DISTRICT, WE DID NOT QUALIFY FOR MEMBERSHIP ON THE TPC. AND AGAIN, THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE NOT BE PROVIDED A VOTING MEMBERSHIP.

HOWEVER, THEY DID CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE VOTING MEMBERSHIP ON THE TAC, THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR TAC WHICH IS A FUNDAMENTALLY-- THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT DEVELOPS THE MAIN POLICIES AND PROGRAMS AND PROJECT LISTS THAT ARE PUSHED UP TO TPC FOR FINAL VOTES AND INCLUSION IN THE STATE PLANNING PROCESS. WHAT YOU SEE HERE ARE THE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT THE TPC HAS AND UNDERNEATH EACH OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES, YOU WILL SEE THE STAFF PERSON.

OUR STAFFER WHAT IS REPRESENTED ON THAT COMMITTEE.

WE EACH HAVE A VOTING PERSON ON THE COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE A TRANSIT COORDINATION, TRANSPORTATION AIR QUALITY, AND THEN PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO US.

WE HAVE JOHN MCGOWAN, OUR PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR ON THAT ONE AS A VOTE MEMBER AS WELL. SO THIS IS JUST VERY QUICKLY, SOME-- SOME PROCESSES AND SOME PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH IN HGAC OVER THE YEARS.

OBVIOUSLY, TRANSIT SA BIG PART OF IT.

OUR FORMULA FUNDS, THOSE FUNDS THAT COME TO US AS A TRANSIT ENTITY ARE PROGRAMMED BY HGAC. I DIDN'T INCLUDE THOSE HERE.

THEY COME DOWN ON A REGULAR BASIS.

THESE ARE MORE ONE-OFF TYPES OF STUDIES AND PROGRAMS WHERE HGAC HAS BEEN HELPFUL IN PROVIDING US ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE SEEN OTHERWISE.

FOR EXAMPLE, WITH ROUTE PLANNING, THE PROCUREMENT OF THE BUSES FOR THE WOODLANDS EXPRESS. WHEN WE DID TAKE OVER THAT SERVICE IN-HOUSE. THEY DO TRANSPORTATION STUDIES IN THE REGION. THEY HAVE DONE ONE FOR SOUTH COUNTY. AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, IN THE LAST YEAR, FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRECINCT 2.

ALSO PART OF THE WOODLAND. WE USE HGAC QUITE A BIT FOR PROPERTY PURCHASING. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE THAT BUYING POWER. WE HAVE USED THAT TO GREAT EFFECT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I

WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM. >> THIS IS GREAT.

YOUR MEMORANDUM IS MUCH MORE DETAILED, IF YOU NEED TO FALL ASLEEP TONIGHT OR YOU LIKE ACRONYMS, GOVERNMENTAL STUFF.

READ THAT. THE REASON I ASKED FOR THIS TO BE ON THERE IS NOT JUST-- IT IS NOT JUST A COOL CLUB TO BE PART OF. THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY THAT IS BEING-- DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDING. AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF MONEY. AND I WANT US TO NOT BE ON JUST COMMITTEES AND SUB-COMMITTEES BUT TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

I UNDERSTAND AND I DID READ THE MEMO IN DETAIL ABOUT THOSE PRIOR DECISIONS. I MEAN, THE LATEST ONE WAS 7 YEARS AGO. OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE BIGGER THAN THAT NOW. OUR TRANSPORTATION SERVICE IS HUGE. THERE ARE A LOT OF NON-CITIES FORECAST OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT WITH MEMBERS ON THAT BOARD. I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE A STRONG PUSH BACK AT HGAC TO GIVE US A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

THERE. YOU KNOW, WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE IT OFF-LINE. I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE HIERARCHY. LIKE WE ARE SEEING WITH 242 AND KNEW THE EXPANSION IN 45, THERE IS JUST A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON MOBILITY-WISE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE NEED TO HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS ANDOS HAVE THE ACCESS TO FUNDING TO DO. THAT.

>> I CONCUR. I THINK-- I VISITED WITH PRESIDENT SHARPE EARLIER THIS WEEK.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY REQUESTED SINCE 2016, CORRECT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. YES, MA'AM.

>> YES. AND I THINK IT IS TIME THAT WE GO BACK AND WE HAD A MEETING WITH SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS, AND/OR A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD BE FIRST AND THEN THE MEETING.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN READDRESS HAVING A SEAT AT THE TABLE.

>> QUICK QUESTION ON THE TPC. THE BIG BOARD.

WHAT MO MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTY

OFFICIALS ARE ON THAT BOARD? >> THE TPC HAS A POSITION FOR THE CITY OF CONROE AS A CITY AND FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTYITTE AS THE

COUNTY. >> WHO ARE THE REPRESENTATIVES

FOR THAT? >> JUDGE KEOUGH IS THE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE. FOR THE CITY, IT WAS MR. WILLIE. I BELIEVE HE WAS NO LONGER WITH THE CITY. I'M NOT SURE WHO THEIR NEW

APPOINTEE IS. >> QUESTION, TODD.

IF I MAY. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, FOR OUR ILLUSTRIOUS VICE CHAIRMAN FOR PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA. BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A REALLY

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RIGHT? THAT IS ONE THING.

JUST ON THE SURFACE WOULD MAKE IT LESS LIKELY THAT WE WOULD HAVE A VOTE. EXCEPT FOR TRANSIT.

WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE GIVEN US SIGNIFICANT RECOGNITION AND PUT US IN A CHAIR POSITION IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

THAT IS QUITE A TESTAMENT TO HER ABILITY.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE. THAT I APPRECIATE RUTHANNE'S EFFORTS. SHE IS WELL-RECOGNIZED IN THE FIELD FOR KNOWING HER STUFF. SHE IS DOING A GREAT JOB REPRESENTING THE UDZ. WE ARE NOT DOING VERY WELL ON OUR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST INITIATIVES.

YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND PROBABLY OTHERS KNOW THIS AS WELL. WE HAVE STRUCK OUT FOR YEARS.

RIGHT? WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THE GRANTS THAT WE PUSH THROUGH FUNDED.

MAYBE I SEE DR. NUNES WANTING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

I THINK THAT IF THERE IS AN AREA WHERE WE DO HAVE TREMENDOUS N NEED, AND WE HAVE EXPERTISE AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REALLY ATTRACT A LOT OF VISITORS TO OUR PARKS AND PATHWAYS, BECAUSE OF THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES HERE, THAT IS WHERE I THINK WE ARE FALLING SHORT, AND WE SHOULD LOOK AT OTHER WAYS TO MAYBE DO A BETTER JOB IN GETTING SOME OF THE GRANTS SUPPORTED.

ESPECIALLY THE ONES ALONG 242. NOW I KNOW YOU ARE WORKING WITH TX-DOT ON GETTING GRANT FUNDING. THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN THIS AND MAYBE IT WILL BE MORE SUCCESSFUL.

THAT, TO ME, IS AN AREA WE COULD REALLY EXPLORE BETTER WAYS TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE, HAVE A VOICE.

I DON'T KNOW. MR. MCGOWAN MAY HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS. HE IS NEW PROBABLY TO THAT.

I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO INVESTIGATE THAT.

AND COME BACK WITH US. COME BACK TO US AND SAY, THIS MAY BE A BETTER ANGLE FOR US TO HAVE A VOICE AND BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR GRANT FUNDING THERE.

SO THAT FOR ME, THAT IS A BIG PART OF WHAT MAKES THE WOODLANDS SO SPECIAL. PLEASE, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE

YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT. >> SURE.

I WANT TO CLARIFY ONE POINT ON THE BIKE PEDESTRIAN COMMITTEE.

THEY, FOR THE LAST FOUR-PLUS YEARS, MAYBE FIVE YEARS HAVEN'T ISSUED A CALL FOR GRANTS. IT IS NOT FOR WITHOUT TRYING.

THE OTHER CHALLENGE THAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU LOOK AT BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY THE PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, THE PATHWAYS, WHEN YOU HAVE A ROBUST SYSTEM ALREADY, IT IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE TO ATTRACT THIRD PARTY DOLLARS AS COMPARED TO OTHER COMMUNITIES WHO DO NOT HAVE EVEN BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WHILE OUR GRANTS SCORED WELL IN THIS PROGRAM, IT IS PROBABLY OTHER PLACES BEYOND POTENTIALLY THIS, BUT WE STILL NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR OURSELVES IN THESE PROGRAMS THAT JOHN AND RUTHANNE DOES AS WELL AS TODD.

THERE MIGHT BE OTHER PLACES WE COULD LOOK FOR DOLLARS AS WELL.

>> YEAH. I SHOULD POINT OUT AND CLARIFY, THE WAY A PROJECT IS-- GOES THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS WHAT THEY CALL A CALL FOR PROJECTS. THE LAST TIME AT THEY CALLED FOR PROJECTS WAS DURING THE 2018-2019 TIME FRAME.

THEY ARE DUE FOR ANOTHER ONE. WE WILL SEE THAT COMING VERY

SOON. >> AND CORRECTION IF I MAY, WE

DID APPLY IN THAT TIME PERIOD. >> THE PROJECT SCORED VERY WELL.

>> THEY SCORED WELL BUT GOT NO FUNDING.

>> UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WERE LIMITED DOLLARS IN PROJECTS THAT

SCORED HIGHER. >> COVID MAY HAVE HAD A REASON.

BEEN A REASON THAT THIS WAS ALL STOPPED FOR A WHILE.

CORRECT? IT WAS COVID-RELATED.

>> YES. YES.

>> THEY ARE STARTING BACK UP. >> VERY MUCH GEARING UP FOR A NEW CALL FOR PROJECTS. YES, MA'AM.

>> OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION AND A

SECOND TO RECEIVE THE REPORT? >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. TO RECEIVE THE REPORT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

>> AYE. >> OPPOSED?

MOTION PASSES. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, TODD. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM

[10. Receive, consider and act upon a review of the drought management plan;]

HULLWOOD PARK PONDZ. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIRMAN SNYDER. BASICALLY, WE ARE GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

IT IS GOING TO BE BRIEF. I KNOW THE BOARDS HAVE LOOKED AT THIS ISSUE. WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE LAKE AND POND SUB SIDENCE ASSESSMENT.

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WE MADE SOME TWEAKS FROM THE LAST MEETING ON THOSE OPTIONS.

AGAIN, WE HAVE REVIEWED THIS ISSUE A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE LAST SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS. SEVERAL TIMES DURING THAT, THE BOARD APPROVED THE DROUGHT MANAGEMENT PLAN.

AGAIN, THOSE LOOKED AT OPTIONS RELATED TO PUMPING WELLWATER.

WELLWATER AT PONDS AS WELL AS USE OF PORTABLE WATER WHICH A LARGER IS PEN SANG OF THE WATER IS ACTUALLY WELL WATER.

THE BOARD HAS HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS I THINK THEY HAVE SHARED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SUBSIDENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE FIVE PONDS IN QUESTION, THE KAYAK RIDGE, HULLWOOD, HAMLIN, TWIN PONDS AND COKEBERRY. THEY ARE ALL TODAY RANGING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 74% AND 91% FULL.

AND DIRECTORS FRANKS AND NELSON MET WITH A GROUP OF RESIDENT FROM THE KAYAK RIDGE ON MARCH 2. AND THERE IS NO FUNDING CURRENTLY ALLOCATED IN THESE PLANS.

THE BOARD WANTED US TO REVIEW THE SUBSIDENCE CONCERNS.

IT WAS ACTUALLY A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH LOOKING AT THE UPDATE OF THE MANAGEMENT STUDY WHICH WAS DONE 10-12 YEARS AGO.

ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THAT WOULD BE REALLY SEEING AND UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF THIS DROUGHT MANAGEMENT PLAN ON THE LAKE AND PONDS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST DECADE.

AND THEN THE CONCEPT WOULD BE TO REVIEW A SUBSIDENCE IMPACT IF WE WERE TO HAVE WHAT I WOULD CALL AN ACTIVE FILL PROGRAM.

WHERE ALL PONDS SHOULD BE NO LESS OF 75%.

HOW MUCH WATER WOULD COST. HALF IS A CONSULTANT THAT YOU HAVE ON CONTRACT RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE WORKING ON PROJECTS.

THEY HAVE PUT A PROPOSAL TOGETHER FOR $77,500.

KAYAK RIDGE, AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO REFER BACK TO THE ENGINEERING STUDY PRESENTED, I WANT TO BELIEVE, IN OCTOBER.

BASICALLY, WHAT THEY INDICATED WAS THROUGH THEIR ANALYSIS OVER THE COURSE OF-- THE LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE, IF THE POND WAS AT STATIC LEVEL, THE DROUGHT WOULD HAVE NOT-- EXCUSE ME.

IF TH THERE WAS NORMAL RAINS ANT STATIC LEVEL, YOU WOULD NOT SEE THE CONSIDERABLE DROP-OFF THAT YOU SAW IN THE SUMMER OF LAST YEAR. THEY DID PROPOSE A PLAN.

THEY LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF OPTION.

THE MOST FEASIBLE PLAN WAS TO INSTALL SIX INLETS.

THREE ON THE SIDE, THREE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

THEY ARE SEPARATED. WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY INSTALLING AN EQUALIZATION PIPE.

I CAN'T-- I'M LOSING THE ACTUAL ROAD RIGHT NOW OF WHERE IT WOULD BE. BASICALLY BETWEEN THE RED ZONE AND THE BLUE CROSS HATCH ZONE. WE WOULD GO UNDER THE ROAD.

THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ALSO BE KIND OF PUSHED TO HULLWOOD WHICH IS ITS NEIGHBOR PARK. OVER ON THE WESTERN SIDE.

OF THE IMAGE RIGHT NOW. AND BASICALLY, THEY ARE BOTH A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGED IN TERMS OF STORMWATER RUNOFF THAN OTHER PONDS IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY DON'T RECHARGE AS FAST.

AGAIN, ALL OF OUR PONDS GO UP AND DOWN ON A DALEY BASIS.

THERE IS NO STATIC LEVEL. WITH PROBABLY THE EXCEPTION OF LAKE WOODLANDS. BECAUSE IT GETS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $5 AND 6 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER ON A DALEY BASIS.

>> DESIRED, WE ARE PUTTING A PRICE TAG OF ABOUT $250,000 FOR BOTH PONDS AS WELL AS I ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING AND CONTINGENCY AND PERMITS AND SO ON FROM THAT.

THE OTHER ASPECT THAT WE RECEIVED SOME ADDITION NAT IDEAS FROM RESIDENTS, IN JANUARY, I HAD A TWO-INCH LINE.

ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ENCOURAGED ME TO LOOK AT FOUR-INCH LINE. WE DID.

THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD TO TAKE THE LINE ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE LAKE INSTEAD OF A SHORTER RUN. THAT WOULD GREATLY INCREASE THE GALLONS PER MINUTE. UP TO ALMOST $3,400.

ALMOST 4.8 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.

WHAT THAT WOULD DO TO THE LAKE, IF WE WERE TO USE ALL 4.8 MILLION GALLONS IN THE DAY WOULD DROP THE LAKE PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR INCHES. SO NOT NECESSARILY NOTICEABLE.

TOTAL COST, ABOUT $65,000. WHAT THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS REALLY DEFINING THE PARAMETERS OF WHEN THAT IS USING.

IS IT THE EXPECTATION OF KAYAK RIDGE AND HULLWOOD TO BE 75% FULL OR IS OUT DAY OKAY TO GO BELOW THAT? AGAIN, IN COMPARISON TO OTHER LAKES THAT MIGHT GET LOW AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. SO AGAIN, IT IS ONE OF THESE THINGS WHERE WE FEEL SYMPATHETIC TO THE COMMUNITY.

ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS. YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THE DOMINO EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY? WE HAVE TALKED TO THE ENGINEERING COMPANY. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS AN IMPACT CERTIFICATION LETTER REQUIRED FROM THE COUNTY.

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DO NOT USE PORTABLE WATER WHICH I KNOW THE BOARD HAS CONCERNS ABOUT. AT THIS POINT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OPTIONS PRESENTED.

>> IS IT FAIR TO SAY, DR. NUNES, WHAT I HAVE HEARD THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY ON THOSE TWO PONDS, SINCE LAST SPRING, THAT THESE TWO PONDS ARE UNIQUE, AND THEY HAVE-- I HAVE HEARD YOU SAY, AND I DON'T WANT TO QUOTE YOU, BUT I HAD WRITTEN DOWN THAT THEY ARE-- IT IS A UNIQUE CHALLENGE AND THESE PONDS ARE NOT LIKE OTHER

PONDS. >> I WOULD SAY THESE PONDS DO NOT RECHARGE AS FAST AS OTHER PONDS IN THE SYSTEM.

SOME OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE CONSTANTLY IDENTIFIED LAKE PA LOW MA WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANTLY LAJER DRAW AREA.

IT IS 76 ACRES. THAT AREA DRAWS STORMWATER AS WELL AS RUNOFF FROM A QUOTE, UNQUOTE, WATERSHED THAT IS HUNDREDS OF ACRES WITH STREETS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

THEIR WATERSHED, PER SE, IS BASICALLY THE BACK OF THE HOMES, AND THEIR YARDS. OKAY? THERE ARE NO PIPES FROM THE STREETS GOING INTO THIS.

THIS IS ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES IN DESIGNS OF THE TWO PONDS, ESPECIALLY THAT WERE DIFFERENT. THE WOODLANDS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY WHO BUILD IT IS PONDS ORIGINALLY, THESE PONDS WERE PROBABLY BUILT ORIGINALLY IN 2005, 2006, IN THAT AREA.

THEY DID NOT GET APPROVAL TO DO WHAT WE WOULD CALL THE TRADITIONAL DRAINAGE EASEMENTS INTO THE PONDS OR STORM SOURCE INTO THE PONDS. LATER SUBSEQUENT PONDS IN CREEKSIDE PARK, THEY DID GET APPROVAL.

THAT IS WHERE THE DIFFERENCE IS. >> YES.

SO THE TO PONDS THAT ARE WEST OF KIRKEN DAHL, THAT REACHED A LOW LEVEL, THAT THE TOWNSHIP STAFF FILLED, THEY HAD THE RESOURCES TO FILL THOSE PONDS WHICH THESE TWO PONDS DO NOT HAVE.

AM I HEARING YOU CORRECTLY? >> THEY ARE CHALLENGE AS WELL AS A DRAW AREA. AND WE ARE ALSO-- WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE PONDS ALSO DOES NOT HAVE A FULL CLAY BOTTOM WHICH WILL CAUSE THE WATER TO PERK, GO THROUGH THE SOIL A LITTLE FASTER. THAT IS THE ONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET. I CAN'T REMEMBER.

TWIN POND OR HAMLIN. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING THERE. THAT ACTUALLY WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL STOCK PONDS, WE BEL BELIEVE, WHEN THAT WAS A CATTLE-GRAZING AREA YEARS AND YEAR AGO.

>> SO IF IT USES SURFACE WATER ON THESE TWO PONDS, FROM THE LAKE, WHY WOULD WE NOT CONSIDER THE $65,000?

>> ACTUALLY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT IS FOR KAYAK RIDGE AND HULLWOOD. AT THE BOARD'S PLEASURE FROM THAT STANDPOINT. THE COMMENT THAT I'M MAKING IS WE ALSO NEED TO REVIEW, IF YOU WERE TO GO WITH THAT, WHAT IS THE THRESHHOLD? WHEN IT GOES DOWN TO TO 80%, DO YOU FILL IT BACK UP TO 100%? OKAY.

YOU CAN LITERALLY FILL THAT POND THEORETICALLY WITH 14 MILLION GALLONS SOMEWHAT FAST. WITHIN A COUPLELE OF DAYS.

YOU KNOW, IS IT AT 50%? 60%? THEN THE COMMENT I'M MAKING TO THE BOARD FROM AN EQUALIZATION STANDPOINT IS DURING DROUGHT TIME PERIODS, WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER POND THAT MAY BE AT 75%? AND WE ARE NOT FILLING IT.

OR WE ARE NOT TURNING ON PORTABLE WATER.

WELL WATER. >> NO.

I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT AT ONE POINT IN TIME, THESE

TWO PONDS WERE WAY BELOW 75%. >> THERE WERE MORE THAN THESE

TWO PONDS BELOW 75%. >> CORRECT.

>> THE OTHER TWO WERE PROBABLY AT 5%.

>> I WOULD GO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT.

I DO. PROBABLY 10% TO 15%.

I RESPECT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. I'M TRYING TO SAY IT IS NOT UNCOMMON DURING DRY SPELLS, A WEEK, TWO WEEKS, WITH 100-DEGREE HEAT, WITH DRY WEATHER, NO HUMIDITY, IN THE AIR.

THAT PONDS OUTSIDE OF KAYAK RIDGE, OUTSIDE OF HULLWOOD, WILL GO BELOW THE 75%. AND SO THE COMMENT THAT I'M MAKING IS IF THE THRESHHOLD BY THE BOARD IS THAT, HEY, FILL THOSE ALWAYS WHEN THEY ARE BELOW 75%.

THERE ARE OTHER PONDS IN THE SYSTEM THAT ARE GOING TO BE BELOW THAT DURING THE DROUGHT PERIOD.

WE ARE NOT PUTTING WATER, WHETHER IT BE PORTABLE OR WELL WATER INTO THOSE SYSTEMS. THE POLICY RIGHT NOW THAT YOU SAID IS BELOW 50% OR REALLY THE 50% IS ALMOST A MISNOMER.

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IT IS REALLY BASED ON AQUATIC HEALTH, VEGETATION, THE.

>> H. LEVELS, T THE AMMONIA LEVS AND THE OXYGEN LEVELS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH AQUATIC HEALTH TO BE ABLE TO TURN ON SUPPLEMENTAL WATER. WHETHER THAT BE PORTABLE WATER

OR SO ON. >> DO WE HAVE ANY SORT OF-- I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY ASSESSMENT OR INVENTORY OF THE-- 68 PONDS

DO WE HAVE NOW? >> WE HAVE 68 PONDS.

THAT WAS PART OF THE REVIEW OF THE STUDY OF TRYING TO SAY, OKAY, IF WE WERE GOING TO DO SOMETHING FOR THEM, HOW-- WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE ACROSS THE SYSTEM?

TO TRY TO HAVE AN EQUALIZATION. >> YEAH.

I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT THOUGHT.

AND SETTING PRECEDENT. I JUST THINK YOU ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE AND WHAT ARE THE INTENDED AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

WHEN YOU HAVE A POND THAT IS STRUGGLING, AND YOU HAVE A NEARBY LAKE THAT YOU CAN DRAW FROM THAT IS SURFACE WATER WHICH REDUCES THE CONCERNS AND RISK OVER THE SUBSIDENCE, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU WOULD-- I UNDERSTAND YOUR PART ABOUT THRESH HOLES AND ALL OF THAT. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT I DON'T THINK THAT YOU WOULD SAY, WE HAVE A VERY EASY SOLUTION WITH, YOU KNOW, NOT MUCH IMPACT ENVIRONMENTALLY, TO BE ABLE TO HELP THESE PONDS, BUT WE SHOULDN'T DO THAT BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE THAT SAME BENEFIT.

>> RIGHT. THERE ARE, THERE ARE, YOU KN

KNOW,-- (APPLAUSE). >> THERE ARE 10, 12 PONDS THAT ARE IN THIS AREA. THESE TWO PONDS ARE CHALLENGED I'M NOT GOING TO SAY-- STAND UP HERE AND SAY THE RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE A CONCERN. THAT IS NOT MY GOAL.

IT IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHEN WE GET TO THE OPERATIONAL AS ASPECT, TO SAY OKAY, NOW MR. TAYLOR, WITH ALL RESPECT TO HIM, MR. CASEY, HEY, THE POND IS AT 75%.

FILL IT UP. FILL IT UP.

FILL IT UP. HOW DO WE MANAGE THAT WHEN WE HAVE OTHER RESIDENTS WHOSE POND IS BELOW 75% AND WE DON'T HAVE

ACCESS TO THAT RESOURCE. >> YEAH.

I THINK WE COULD, YOU KNOW,-- WE MAY NOT NEED TO MAKE THIS DECISION TONIGHT. I'M NOT SURE.

YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT AND SAY OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO SET IT UP AT THIS THRESHHOLD.

WE ARE GOING TO HIT THAT THRESHHOLD ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS.

WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH.

THAT WAY, YOU MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE TO CATCH SOME RAIN.

YOU KNOW, THERE IS WAYS TO PERHAPS MITIGATE THE CONCERNS OF

THAT. >> NO.

I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT. >> COULD WE USE THIS AS A CASE STUDY FOR THESE OTHER PONDS? I MEAN, THIS OBVIOUSLY, IS SOMETHING I HEARD A LOT ABOUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, BUT I HAVE HEARD EVERY MONTH I HAVE BEEN HERE.

YOU KNOW, MR. TAYLOR IS PRETTY PERSISTENT.

I MEAN, IS THIS SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT, TRACK, BE ABLE TO SEE THE LEVELS AND THEN LOOK AT HOW WE CAN DO THE OTHER

STRUGGLING PONDS? >> WE CAN DO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE BOARD PLEASES. I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD OF THE POTENTIAL LONG-TERM EXPOSURE OF, IN THEORY, THIS IS A THEORY. MY JOB IS TO PRESENT YOU WITH

THE PROS AND CONS. >> YES.

>> YOU DECIDE. >> I SEE IT AS AN ISSUE FOR A CASE STUDY IN THE DISTINGUISHING FACTOR THAT I'M MAKING IS THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO WATER THAT IS NOT BEING REQUIRED TO COME IN FROM A MORE DIFFICULT MEANS OR A MEANS THAT CAUSES MORE ISSUES.

>> RIGHT. ACROSS THE STREET.

>> YES. >> THAT IS IT.

AND SO MY POINT IS, OKAY, RUNNING NOW, POTENTIALLY LINES DOWN CREEKSIDE FOREST, CREEKSIDE GREEN, AND THEORETICALLY, AND THERE IS SOME WATER RIGHT ISSUES ON LAKE WOODLANDS, TRYING TO GET WATER FROM THERE TO CLOVER PARK WHICH IS TRADITIONALLY

CHALLENGED. >> HOW FAR IS TOO FAR.

WHAT IS CONVENIENT IS THERE. >> THEN YOU ARE INTO PUMPS.

THIS IS A VERY LOGICAL APPROACH. I'M NOT ARGUING.

THAT IT IS AN ECONOMICAL APPROACH.

I WANT TO BE PROVIDING YOU THE INFORMATION TO SAY, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FUTURE IMPLICATIONS MAY BE.

MAY BE. MAY NOT BE.

>> CHRIS, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?

>> 16 YEARS. >> 16.

HAVE THESE POND ISSUES, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN HERE ABOUT FIVE MONTHS. FOUR MONTHS.

HAVE THESE POND ISSUES BEEN GOING ON FOR 16 YEARS?

HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THEM? >> ADDRESS WHAT HAPPENED IN

2011. >> SO IN 2011, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT. ACTUALLY, '09, '10, '11, '12.

IT WAS MORE SEVERE THAN THIS BLIP THAT WE HAD BETWEEN MAY,

AUGUST, AND SEVMENT. >> HOW MANY PONDS DID YOU HAVE

THAT POINT? >> 40-- WELL.

>> OKAY. DID THEY EXIST?

>> THEY EXISTED AT THIS POND. AT THAT TIME, WE DID NOT FILL

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>> WHEN YOU WERE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS AT THAT TIME TO MITIGATE THOSE PONDS AND DO THAT, FOR-- WERE THESE CONCERNS THEN THAT YOU ARE SETTING PRECEDENT THAT WE HAVE TO START

DOING ALL THESE -- >> WE DIDN'T TURN THE WATER ON.

WE DIDN'T FILL THOSE PONDS. >> OKAY.

>> AND AGAIN, THAT WAS IN THE ETHIC AND SPIRIT OF WATER CONSERVATION. REMEMBER DURING THAT TIME PE PERIOD, WE ARE GETTING-- WE ARE IN THAT, HEY, YOU HAVE TO REDUCE YOUR WATER CONSUMPTION. GRP IS COMING DOWN THE ROAD.

AND IF YOU LOOK COLLECTIVELY AS A COMMUNITY, AND THERE IS A STAT THAT I PUT IN THE MEMO OR MAYBE THE LAST PRESENTATION.

OF THE COMMUNITY. NOT JUST PARKS AND RECREATION.

NOT JUST WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. REDUCING THE PER CAPITA WATER CONSUMPTION GREATLY OVER THIS. THERE IS WATER AVAILABILITY FOR OTHER THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY. I THINK LAURA NORTH ANN DESCRIBES THAT MAGNOLIA IS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THEY ARE LIMITING BUILDING PERMITS. YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHERE WE TEETER HERE, YOU GO A LITTLE TOO FAR ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, AND THIS IS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO KAYAK RIDGE, WITH ALL RESPECT.

IF YOU USE TOO MUCH WATER, IS IT NOW LIMITING OURSELVES FROM AN ECONOMIC STAND SNOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNITIES IN MY PREVIOUS POSITIONS, THAT COULDN'T DO ECONOMIC PROJECTS, SPUR ECONOMIC ACTIVITY BECAUSE

OF LACK OF WATER. >> YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS, AND I REMEMBER THOSE FOUR YEARS VERY WELL.

AND VERY MUCH WATER CON CONSERVATION.

IN THIS CASE, IT IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE WATER IS THERE.

IT IS NOT-- IT IS WATER FROM THE LAKE THAT IS OVERFLOW THAT WE ARE NOT USING. WATER THAT WE ARE NOT USING.

WE ARE NOT USING GROUNDWATER. WE ARE USING WATER THAT IS

THERE. >> ARE YOU USING WATER THAT

WOULD GO INTO SPRING DISPLEEK. >> WELL, IT IS COMING FROM THE

LAKE ACROSS THE STREET. >> YOU SAID OVERFLOW.

THIS IS OVERFLOW? YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT USING

OVERFLOW WATER FROM THE LAKE? >> THE WATER WOULD OVERFLOW.

>> YES. IT IS NOT OVERFLOWING.

BECAUSE IT IS JUST NOT OVERFLOWING.

YOU ARE JUST TAKING WATER OUT OF LAKE PALOMA.

>> THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. IF THEORETICALLY, IT WASN'T USED, IT WOULD OVERFLOW AT SOME POINT INTO THE SPRING CREEK GREENWAY. UP THAT THAT THRESHHOLD.

>> YOU ARE IN A DROUGHT. PROBABLY NOT UP TO THAT LEVEL.

>> WELL, THAT BECOMES-- THAT LEVEL, DURING THIS RECENT DROUGHT, THAT POND DROPPED, I WANT TO SAY TWO FEET, BUT AS THE RESIDENTS HAVE SAID AND RIGHTFULLY SO, THAT BOUNCES BACK VERY, VERY QUICKLY BASED ON THE TREMENDOUS DRAW AREA THAT THEIR PONDS DO NOT HAVE. PALOMA BOUNCES BACK VERY

QUICKLY. >> YES.

>> ARE ANY OF THESE PONDS, DO ANY OF THEM SINCE CREEKSIDE PARK IS 100% GROUNDWATER, THAT IS HOW 100% OF THE WATER COMES, ARE ANY OF THESE PARK PONDS, AMENITY PONDS FED BY PUMPS THAT THE

TOWNSHIP HAS, BY WELLS? >> NO.

>> ARE ANY OF THEM WELL-FED? >> NOT IN HARRIS COUNTY.

NOT IN CORRECTSIDE PARK. >> STERLING RIDGE NEARBY?

>> NO. TARAMONT HAS AN IRRIGATION WELL.

WE HAD CHALLENGES WITH THAT WELL.

WE ARE GETTING TOO MUCH SAND IN IT.

WE ABANDONED THAT WELL, AND THAT IS A MUNICIPAL-FED, MUD-FED IRRIGATION SYSTEM NOW. THE CONVERSION WAS TOO MUCH TO

REDRILL A WELL. >> WE DO USE IT FOR IRRIGATION.

>> NO, WE DO DO NOT. >> IN THE PAST WE HAVE, YES, MA'AM. THE NINE WELLS ARE, YOU KNOW, COKEBERRY, REEDY POND, SUMMER CLOUD.

BASICALLY, CONCENTRATED A LOT IN THE COCHRANS AREA.

>> YEAH. >> COCHRANS AREA.

>> AND GROGAN'S MILL? >> YES.

ONE OR TWO IN GROGAN'S MILL. >> SINCE SUB SIDE ENCE AFFECTS THE ENTIRE WOODLANDS, NOT JUST A PARTICULAR AREA, BUT IT IS MORE LIKELY TO BE AROUND A WELL THAT IS TAKING WATER OUT OF THE

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THERE WERE SO MANY WELLS. THEY WERE DROPPING VERY QUICKLY.

NOW IT IS MOVING NORTH. SINCE THAT IS THE CASE, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS THAT JUST MOVING THE WATER OUT OF THE LAKE IS GOING TO HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE AESTHETICS DURING

A DROUGHT? >> NO, NO.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I STARTED DOING THE CALCULATIONS, IF MY AL CUELATIONS ARE CORRECT, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE DOING, YOU KNOW, 14 MILLION GALLONS. THAT EQUATES TO FOUR INCHES.

>> IT IS SUCH A BIG POND. >> A 72, 76-ACRE LAKE.

>> OKAY. DO WE NEED TO DO ANY SORT OF OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY OF CREEKSIDE PARK? LIKE AN AFFECTED NEIGHBORHOOD LETTER AND ASK THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND LAKE PALOMA, WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE?

>> THE CONCERN ABOUT THAT IS VERY VALID.

I DON'T THINK THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE-- IF YOU GO DOWN THIS ROAD, A HUGE VISUAL DIFFERENCE IN THE PARK.

EXCUSE ME. IN THE LAKE.

IT IS NOT LIKE WE ARE DRAWING DOWN A FOOT OR TWO.

OR CONSIDERATION WHAT HAPPENED AT WEDGWOOD LAKE.

MOST RECENTLY. WHERE WOODLANDS WATER HAD TO DRAIN THE ENTIRE LAKE. THEY FILL OUT UP WITH LAKE PROBABLY HALFWAY. AND THEN A RAINSTORM CAME AND

FILLED IT UP TO THE TOP. >> OH, THAT IS NICE.

HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE CREEKSIDE PARK VILLAGE ASSOCIATION ABOUT

THIS PLAN? >> NO.

THE COMMUNICATION I HAVE HAD WITH MR. TAYLOR OVER THE YEARS-- EXCUSE ME, OVER THE YEAR AS WELL AS OTHER RESIDENTS IN

THAT AREA. >> IT HAS, IF I MAY CLARIFY, AND BY ATTENDING A NUMBER OF THE CREEKSIDE PARK VILLAGE ASSOCIATION, THIS HAS BEEN PRESENTED BY INDIVIDUALS --

>> I MEAN THIS PARTICULAR SOLUTION?

>> YES. YES.

>> THEY VOTED IN FAVOR OF IT? >> WELL, I CAN ASK MR. CASEY IF THEY HAVE EVER VOTED ON IT. THEY HAVE DISCUSSED IT.

I WOULD ASSUME THAT THEY WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF IT.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. I THINK WE ARE, AS A BOARD, ARE ELECTED TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY AND TO MAKE GOOD

DECISIONS. >> CAN WE GET A FEEDBACK? THEY HAVE TALKED TO CREEKSIDE PARK ASSOCIATION?

CAN WE ASK THE AUDIENCE? >> YOU CANNOT.

>> OH. >> WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT AT CREEKSIDE PARK VILLAGE ASSOCIATION.

I HAVE BEEN THERE WHEN WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT.

>> OKAY. >> IS THERE ANY-- I GUESS I'M NOT-- IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN CLASSIFY THE AT-RISK PARKS, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE TH THIS IS A LEVEL-THREE PARK AND IT DOESN'T GET THE KIND OF RUNOFF AND DOESN'T HAVE ANY OTHER SOURCE AND THIS IS A LEVEL ONE PARK, IT GETS A LOT OF RUNOFF? I KNOW EVEN DUG THE DROUGHT TIME, THERE WERE PONDS CERTAINLY AROUND. IN MY AREA.

THEY WERE DOWN SOME. THEY CERTAINLY WEREN'T AT A CRITICAL STAGE. THEY GET RUNOFF FROM THE ROADS AND STORM SEWERS. WHATEVER RAIN THERE WAS.

I GUESS THAT IS WHAT I'M ASKING. IS THERE ANY KIND OF CLASSIFICATION. WE WOULD SAY THIS IS A RISK ONE

POND? >> TO 100%-- TO BUILD THAT CLASSIFICATION, YOU NEED TO GO IN DEPTH WITH-- MEASURE EVERY POND. LENGTH, WIDTH, DEPTH, UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRE DRAW AREA, UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRE DRAINAGE EASEMENT PATTERN CREATED TO DO THIS. WE KNOW, AND I DO, AGAIN, THE RESIDENTS. FROM WHAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THIS YEAR, THAT WAS-- THOSE TWO PONDS ARE ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGED PONDS IN THIS COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO GET THE MAKEUP WATER. THE WATER, WHILE WE CAN ARGUE WHETHER IT WAS AT 40% OR 30% OR 50%, THAT IS IMMATERIAL FOR THIS DISCUSSION. OVER THE COURSE OF TWO MONTHS AND A COUPLE OF GOOD HEAVY RAINS, THEY LARGELY RECHARGED.

THE RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED THAT IT IS GOING DOWN, DOWN AGAIN.

ABOUT IT GOING DOWN AGAIN. AND YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE WILLINGNESS OF THE BOARD TO, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THAT AND WHAT MITIGATING FACTORS ARE WE-- EXCUSE ME. WHAT FACTORS ARE WE CAUSING DOWN

THE ROAD? >> WE WOULD CLASSIFY THAT, IF WE HAD SUCH A SYSTEM, AS A CLASS ONE.

>> I UNDERSTAND IT IS A HUGE STUDY.

BY OBSERVATION. >> IEST.

>> AS YOU DRIVE AROUND THE COMMUNITY.

YOU CAN SAY, THIS ONE DOESN'T SEEM TOO BAD.

I MEAN, THE ONE BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

YEAH, IT WAS DOWN. BUT NOT CRITICAL LIKE THIS.

THAT IS SORT OF WHAT I'M SAYING. DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF FEELING? BASICALLY, WE DON'T OTHER THAN BY OBSERVATION.

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CORRECT? >> CORRECT.

THESE TWO WOULD BE THE CHALLENGED PONDS.

>> ANOTHER POINT THAT CAME UP, DR. NUNES, A WHILE BACK BEFORE I THINK MAYBE THIS BOARD WAS SEATED, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.

BUT IT WAS THE IDEA THAT THESE PARTICULAR HOMES THAT ARE AROUND HULLWOOD AND KAYAK PONDS, THAT THEY DO DRAIN INTO THE PONDS.

AND MOTHER NATURE BEING WHAT SHE IS, IT IS FEAST OR FAMINE.

WHEN THE DELUGE COMES, AND WE HAVE BEEN MANUALLY INCREASING THE VOLUME OF WATER IN THERE, WILL THEY BE AT INCREASED RISK FOR FLOODING HAVING THEIR BACKYARDS AND POSSIBLY THEIR HOMES FLOOD BECAUSE WE HAVE NOW KEPT THE PONDS UP ARTIFICIALLY?

>> TRYING TO FIND AN IDEA-- IF THE BOARD PROCEEDS WITH THIS IDEA, TRYING TO FIND AND UNDERSTAND WHERE IT SHOULD BE KEPT, IS IT GOING TO BE KEPT AT 50%, 60%, 75%.

YOU ARE RIGHT THAT THERE IS A CAPACITY FROM THE BACKYARDS TO TAKE THAT WATER AND THEN GET INTO THE SPRING CREEK AREA.

THE GOOD NEWS FOR MOST PART, IS YOU WOULD HAVE TO-- THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET WOULD BE PROBABLY WORSE THAN HARVEY. FROM THE STANDPOINT OF-- IT WOULD HAVE TO BACK UP FROM THE DRAINAGE DITCH ON THE OTHER SIDE

OF CRYSTAL CANYON. >> HEY, CHRIS.

CAN YOU GO BACK, THE TWO SLIDES THAT YOU SHOWED, WHAT OPTIONS ARE-- IT WAS-- OKAY. THIS WAS ONE.

WHAT WE ARE SAYING FOR THIS ONE IS IF WE WERE TO PULL THE WATER FROM WHERE WE ARE SAYING, IT IS NOT GOING DOWN INTO THE WELLS.

IT IS NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH THE SUBSIDENCE ISSUE WHATSOEVER.

THAT THIS KAYAK RIDGE, IS THIS THE TO PONDS THAT I'M LOOKING AT

HERE? >> THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE REFERRED

TO AS NORTH AND SOUTH KAYAK. >> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BOTH THE PONDS. OBVIOUSLY.

>> BOTH PONDS, IT IS REALLY KAYAK RIDGE AND HULLWOOD.

RIGHT NEXT-DOR. >> OKAY.

>> TO THE WEST. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE WHERE YOU

ARE. >> OKAY.

WE ARE SAYING THAT IT WILL BE ABOUT $250,000 TOTAL IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS POND SO WE CAN MAKE-- AT LEAST WRING THE WATER UP TO A DECENT LEVEL WITHOUT ANY SUBSIDENCE ISSUES.

>> NO. THAT IS NOT WHAT I'M SAYING.

OKAY? SO THESE SIX INLETS, THREE ON THE NORTH SIDE, THREE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AND POTENTIALLY SIX SOMEWHERE IN KAYAK, BECAUSE THAT HASN'T BEEN STUDIED YET FULLY.

WHAT IT WOULD DO IS IT WOULD PROVIDE, WHEN IT RAINS, ADDITIONAL ABILITY TO GATHER STORMWATER AND TAKE IT FROM THE

STREET AND PUT IT INTO THE POND. >> RIGHT.

>> THE CHALLENGE WITH THIS OPTION, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER POND, IS IF IT DOESN'T RAIN, IT DOESN'T GET RECHARGED.

OKAY? SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS CASE, WHEN THE HEAT CAME ON AND NO RAIN IN MID-MEI, IT WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN ANY MORE WATER THAN IT DID OVER THIS LAST YEAR.

THE BENEFIT OF THE DRAINS IS IT WOULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE WATER FROM MID-MAY BACK INTO MARCH, APRIL, JANUARY, FEBRUARY.

SO IT MIGHT BE AT A HIGHER STARTING POINT, BUT ONCE IT BECOMES A DROUGHT, JUST LIKE ALL OF OUR PONDS, YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE STORM DRAINAGE INLETS IN THERE.

IF THERE IS NO WATER COMING IN, IT DOESN'T INCREASE THE

ELEVATION. >> I GUESS ONE THING WE WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT DOES CREEKSIDE PARK THINK ABOUT THIS OPTION? AND THEN IF WE WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE WERE TALKING $65,000. YEAH.

I'M JUST TRYING TO DECIDE, ARE WE DECIDING TONIGHT WHAT WE ARE

DOING? >> WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

>> LET ME-- ONE COMMENT BY DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS ABOUT BEING TOO MUCH WATER. THESE PONDS ARE ALREADY SET UP FOR OVERFLOW AND IT TO GO SOMEWHERE IN THE EVENT IT GETS TOO HIGH. CORRECT?

>> EXACTLY. THERE ARE OVERFLOW STRUCTURES ON THE EAST SIDE OF BOTH PONDS, I BELIEVE.

AND I BELIEVE THERE IS ACTUALLY A SECONDARY OVERFLOW WHICH WILL GET INTO THE STREET. THAT TAKES IT DOWN THE STORM.

>> THAT IS NOT REALLY A LEGITIMATE RISK.

>> IT IS NOT AS MUCH OF A CONCERN.

FLOODING IS ALWAYS A CONCERN. THERE IS A SENSITIVITY TO THE CREEKSIDE PARK RESIDENTS ABOUT FLOODING.

RIGHT FROM SO. >> I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, SOME STUDY OR ANALYSIS OF WHAT THRESHHOLDS AND HOW OFTEN AND ALL OF THAT. FOR MY-- FE ME, I HOPE WE DON'T

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TO THE EXTENT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AND MAKE A DECISION ON THIS POND, I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE WOULD NEED

TO NAIL DOWN. >> YES.

>> I HAVE NO ISSUE MAKING A DECISION ON THIS POND AND BEING ABLE TO DISTINGUISH MY DECISION ON THIS POND FROM THE NEXT POND THAT GETS PRESENTED TO US. AND WHAT THOSE-- WHAT THE ABILITY TO CURE THOSE AND MITIGATE THOSE ISSUES AND ALL OF. THAT I JUST FEEL LIKE NO POND IS THE SAME. WE DON'T HAVE TO FEEL LIKE WE ARE CREATING A BAD PRECEDENT TO DEAL WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.

THAT IS HOW I FEEL. >> YES.

I CONCUR. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER THE LAKE PALOMA, REUSE THE $65,000 TOE CALL COST-- TOTAL COST FOR THE KAYAK RIDGE AND THE HULLWOOD PARK PONDS.

IS THERE A SECOND? >> LY SECOND IT.

I WILL SECOND IT, BUT I THINK WE DO HAVE TO HAVE SOME LIMITATIONS

ON HOW MUCH AND HOW OFTEN. >> LET'S HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO MY

MOTION. >> OKAY.

YEAH. >> THE QUESTION PROCEDURALLY, THE AGENDA ITEM IS ACT UPON AND REVIEW THE DROUGHT MANAGEMENT PLAN. DOES THIS GIVE (INAUDIBLE).

>> AGREED. THERE IS A LOT MORE THAT NEEDS

TO BE DETERMINED. >> WELL, THERE IS TWO PARTS TO THIS. THE BOARD HAS REVIEWED THE DROUGHT MANAGEMENT PLAN. THIS IS AN ACTION.

AS A RESULT OF THE DROUGHT MANAGEMENT PLAN.

THAT IS KIND OF WHERE I'M THINKING OF PRESENTING MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES THAT ARE KIND OF WITHIN THE CONSERVATION APPROACH. TO ADDRESS RESIDENTS' CONCERNS.

>> OKAY. ACECALLY, YOU ARE SAYING AN

ACTION SUCH AS -- >> THE ITEM.

IF THE SECOND PART OF IT IS WHETHER IT BE AN OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE WHICH IS MAYBE NOT THE BOARD'S DIRECTION, MORE OF STAFF, HOW IT SAYS OKAY, THE BOARD HAS PROVIDED US A REUSED FOUR-INCH LINE. NOW FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE IT AND MANAGE RESIDENTS' EXPECTATIONS. THAT ASPECT.

THE OTHER THING I PROBABLY WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH IS AT SOME POINT, BRINGING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD, SO IT IS PROPERLY VETTED BY THE BOARD AND IT IS NOT OUTPUTTING STAFF...

>> THERE HAS TO BE DISGRETION FROM THE TOWNSHIP ON WHEN, IF, AND HOW MUCH. AND THAT WE ARE NOT, UNDER ANY ANY DUETY OR OBLIGATION. AS THE CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE IN OUR ENVIRONMENT, IN OUR COMMUNITY, THERE MAY BE TIMES WHERE WE CAN'T DO IT. NOT RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T.

NOW, WHEN WE CAN, WE CAN. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY ISSUE

WITH GROUNDWATER SUBSIDENCE. >> NO.

I DON'T EITHER. >> I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS BECAUSE OF THE NEARBY ACCESS, AND IT SEEMS SO EASY OF A FIX TO HELP THESE FOLKS. BUT I DO NOT WANT-- I WANT MY POSITION TO BE KNOWN ON THE RECORD THAT BY NO MEANS ARE WE OBLIGATING THE TOWNSHIP TO FILL IT TO ANY PARTICULAR LEVEL, AND AT ANY TIME. WE WILL DO OUR BEST.

AND MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, AT A VERY GOOD LEVEL. THAT IS MY THOUGHTS ON THAT.

>> JUST A POINT. >> I CONCUR ON THAT, DIRECT

FORWATSON. >> ONE CLARIFICATION.

ONE POINT OF NOTE. IN THE JANUARY MEETING, WE CAME UP WITH AN IDEA. HOWEVER, IT WAS A LOT-- IT WAS MORE PREDICATED ON HOW THAT PUMP RUNS.

BY THE WAY, THAT PUMP RUNS A LOT OF STUFF BESIDES THIS FILL.

BUT UPSIZING IT DECREASE IT IS WINDOW.

ONE OF THE MANAGEMENT IDEAS THAT WE HAD IN THE PREVIOUS MEMO WAS THAT BY DECEMBER 1, IF IT IS BELOW 50%, WE PUSH IT UP TO 80%.

THEN WE SEE HOW THE NEXT YEAR GOES.

>> I AM ALL FOR THE TOWNSHIP STAFF'S DISCRETION.

I CONSIDER Y'ALL TO BE THE EXPERTS ON THOSE THINGS.

BUT I AM ALSO ALL FOR THIS $65,000 REMEDY TO GET YOU IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE, UNDER THE APPROPRIATE CIRCUMSTANCES, TO

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(APPLAUSE). >> FURTHER DISCUSSION.

THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR MADE BY MYSELF, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR WATSON. IF THERE IS NO OTHER DISCUSSION,

WE WILL TAKE THE ROLL CALL. >> MADAM CHAIRMAN, I HEARD A COMMENT ABOUT BRINGING SOMETHING BACK.

>> I'M SORRY? >> I HEARD A COMMENT THAT SOMETHING WAS COMING BACK. WAS THAT A MOTION?

>> LET ME CLARIFY THE MOTION OR REASSERT IT.

>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE $65,000 EXPENDITURE TO CREATE A MECHANISM TO FILL THIS SUBJECT POND, USING SURFACE WATER FROM THE LAKE NEARBY.

HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE NO SPECIFIC DUTY OR WILL BE I OBLIGATION ON THE TOWNSHIP AS TO THE AMOUNT THEY HAVE TO FILL OR WHEN THEY HAVE TO FILL IT, BUT THE TOWNSHIP STAFF WILL WORK WITH RESIDENTS IN A GOOD-FAITH ATTEMPT TO ASSESS AND KEEP THAT

FULL. >> DID YOU GET THAT?

>> YES. >> THE FIRST PART WAS FINE.

THE SECOND PART WAS-- >> THAT CLARIFIES.

I APPRECIATE THAT. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. OTHER DISCUSSION OR CLARIFICATION. IF NOT, DIRECTOR BAILEY?

>> YES. >> DIRECTOR FRANKS?

>> YES. >> DIRECTOR NELSON IN.

>> YES. >> DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS?

>> YES. >> DIRECTOR WATSON IN.

>> YES. AND DIRECTOR SNYDER, YES.

THE MOTION PASSES. >> ALL RIGHT.

(APPLAUSE). >> THAT BRINGS US TO-- THANK

YOU, DR. NUNES. >> RENAME THAT LAKE, LAKE LARRY TAYLOR. (LAUGHTER).

>> THAT IS THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. >> THERE WE GO.

>> OKAY. YOU ARE WUL COLM TO STAY.

[11. Receive, consider and act upon the unauthorized use of water resources at Cokeberry Pond (as requested by Director Sekula-Gibbs);]

>> 14 IN THE BOARD PACKET. DR. NUNES WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE ACTIONS TAKEN IN REGARD TO THE UNAUTHORIZEDS IF USE OF WELL WATER. AT COKEBERRY PARK POND IN DECEMBER, 2022. THIS WAS REQUESTED BY DIRECTOR

SEKULA-GIBBS. >> THANK YOU, R VERY MUCH, CHAIRMAN. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS I THINK WE ALREADY CAN SKIP THE HOW PONDS ARE FILLED ACTION.

YOU GOT A PRETTY GOOD LESSON ON THAT IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM.

AND REALLY GET INTO THE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF WATER AND FINALLY, WHAT THE ACTION PLAN IS.

AGAIN, WATER COMES FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES.

WELL WATER, PORTABLE WATER, AND STORM RUNOFF.

IF WELL WATER, WE HAVE NINE WELLS THAT ARE PERMITTED THROUGH LONE STAR GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT.

WEAPON GET 9.5 MILLION... THAT IS OUR PERMIT MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PUMPAGE THAT WE ARE ALLOWED AND OUR ANNUAL FEE IS $800.

A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POETABLE WATER COMING FROM THE MUDZ, THERE IS A PER-THOUSAND GALLON FEE.

$3.5 TO $7 PER THOUSAND. WITH THE WELL WATER, THERE IS NO FEE CHARGED. IT IS JUST ELECTRICITY AND OUR PERMIT FEE. AND THAT REALLY WAS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS THE THEFT. OR UNAUTHORIZED USE THERE.

COKEBERRY POND LOCATED IN GROGAN'S MILL.

THE SUMMER OF 2022, WE ESTIMATE THAT THERE WAS TEN DAYS OF UNAUTHORIZED USE. SOMEBODY TURNED IT ON.

THE WELL HEAD WAS NOT SECURED, LIKE IT SHOULD BE.

WE IDENTIFIED THESE THROUGH OUR MONTHLY INSPECTION REPORTS.

BASICALLY, ONE OF OUR OPEN SPACE FOREMAN WALKS AROUND TO ALL THE WELLS TO CHECK ON THEM, MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE, VANDALISM, MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NOBODY TURNS THEM ON.

THIS IS ONE OF THE-- IN MEMORY, WE CAN'T REMEMBER THAT SOMEBODY TURNED IT ON. WE DID FILE A POLICE REPORT.

AND IT IS UNDER ACTIVE INVESTIGATION WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE CHALLENGE WITH THE VALUE, AND THIS IS PROBABLY SOME OF THE DELAY IN REPORTING THIS, WAS WE COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE DELAY UNTIL WE REACHED OUT TO LONE STAR WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT IS THERE A COST PER GALLON? OR PER THOUSAND.

AND THEY CAME UP WITH OUR PERMIT IS BASED ON .085 CENTS PER THOUSAND GALLONS. AND SO THEN WE WORKED WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, CAPTAIN HOLIFIELD TO PROCEED DOWN THAT

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AND WE DO FILE CHARGES PROBABLY A HANDFUL OF TIMES A YEAR.

WHEN WE HAVE VANDALISM, TRESPASS ISSUES.

JOHN MCGOWAN GETS CALLED AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING AND SAYS THERE IS SOMEBODY WHO BROKE INTO A POOL.

AND WE FILE CHARGES ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE TOWNSHIP. IT IS WITHIN OUR PURVIEW, OUR ABILITY. WE DID AN ACTION PLAN AFTERWARD, AN AFTER-INCIDENT ACTION PLAN. WE RE-REVIEWED LOCKING HECKNISMS FOR THE POOLS DKS EXCUSE. MANY FOR OUR PONDS AND WELLS.

ONE OF THE RESIDENTS HAD CONCERNS ABOUT HOW ARE THE POOLS ACCESSED FOR THEIR WATER FILL. THEY ARE BEHIND LOCKED DOORS AND A LOCKED GATE. YOU HAVE TO BREAK IN TWICE TO TURN ON A POOL. WE INSTALLED LOCKS AND TAMPER RESISTANCE. WE ISSUED A NEW PROCEDURE FOR PARK RANGERS THAT WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO POND PARKS OR ONE PARK WITH A WELL, THAT THAT IS PART OF THEIR INSPECTION PROCESS, TOO. TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT TURNED ON. AND SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. >> DID THIS PUMP HOUSE OR WELL

NOT HAVE ANY SECURITY MEASURES? >> NONE OF THE NINE DID.

>> OH. >> WHAT YOU HAVE TO BE IS. IT IS BASICALLY AN IRRIGATION BOX. SO AN 18 BY 12 IRRIGATION BOX.

AND YOU JUST MANUALLY TURN IT ON.

THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL SWITCH AS WELL.

IT IS NOT LIKE YOU SEE A HOUSE, LIKE A DOGHOUSE.

THAT YOU CAN WALK IN, THERE IS A DOOR THAT I COULD FIT IN.

YOU COULD FIT IN. IT IS IN THE GROUND.

OR IT IS PROBABLY AT WAIST HEIGHT.

IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF FOREST. >> HAVE WE HAD THESE ISSUES

PREVIOUSLY? >> NO.

>> ANY REASON TO BELIEVE THERE WERE ISSUES THAT WE NEEDED TO DO

ANYTHING LIKE THIS? >> YES.

>> TO LOCK UP THE WATER? >> YES.

>> I THINK IT IS A WISE USE OF RESOURCES.

>> WELL, NOW, OF COURSE. >> WELL, I THINK, IN GENERAL, WE LOCK UP SOCCER GOALS SOMETIMES. IT IS A MATTER OF MAKING SURE THAT THE RESOURCE IN THIS CASE, WATER, IS PROTECTED.

ESPECIALLY YOU HAVE HEARD ALL TODAY ABOUT THE CONCERN ABOUT THE USE OF WATER, SUBSIDE ASBESTOS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

THAT IS A CONCERN. >> MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE TAKEN

PRECAUTIONS. >> YES, MA'AM.

>> GREAT. >> QUESTION.

MADAM CHAIRMAN? OKAY.

THANK YOU. DR. NEUBS, I ASKED TO HAVE THIS AGENDA ITEM PLACED ON THE AGENDA AND HAVE IT DELAYED SO THAT IT COULD BE WATCHED BY THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

WHEN DID THIS INCIDENT COME TO YOUR ATTENTION? AND YOU PERSONALLY, WHY DID YOU DELAY NOTIFYING THE SHERIFF'S

OFFICE? >> BECAUSE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT

TO DETERMINE -- >> WHEN DID YOU KNOW?

>> I BELIEVE PROBABLY IN MID-JANUARY.

>> WHO FOUND OUT? >> IT WAS ONE OF OUR FOREMEN.

WHO RELAYED THE MESSAGE UP THE CHAIN.

I BELIEVE IT WAS MID-JANUARY. I DON'T RECALL.

DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS. THE CHALLENGE IS TO TRY TO IDENTIFY WHO DID IT AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHAT VALUE THIS WATER HAS. SO WHILE WE CAN SAY, I KNOW ONE OF THE RESIDENTS SAID $20,000. THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE BASICALLY $25 A THOUSAND. OKAY? THE VALUE IS A PRECIOUS RESOURCE.

YES. BUT THROUGH THE SYSTEM, THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, IT IS VALUED AT .085 CENTS PER THOUSAND.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT PEOPLE LOVE TO HAVE WELLS BECAUSE GROUNDWATER, IN THE PAST

ANYWAY, WAS CONSIDERED FREE. >> SO --

>> IT IS NOT FREE. >> WE BELIEVE THAT.

IT IS TAKING THEORETICALLY OUR ABILITY TO PUMP AT SOME POINT LATER. THE COMMENT THAT I'M MAKING IS THAT, THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO ASSERT VALUE AND HAND OVER TO THE POLICE OFFICER, SAYING, HEY, IT IS LITERALLY $50.

WERE YOU HARMED WITH IT? NO.

W TRADITIONALLY DON'T USE THAT WATER.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT. >> THAT IS SOMETHING THAT --

>> YOU MADE THE DECISION BASED ON NO VALUE.

>> YES. >> NO VALUE.

THAT THAT YOU COULDS AER IS I INASCERTAIN.

>> AT THAT TIME. WE STARTED LOOKING AT IT.

THEN WE SAID, IS THERE A VALUE IN THE LONE STAR CONSERVATION

DISTRICT PROVIDED THAT AMOUNT. >> WELL, DURING THAT TIME PERIOD IN THE RUN-UP TO THIS, AGAIN, THIS WAS PROBABLY BEFORE THIS BOARD WAS SEATED, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION BY RESIDENTS, NOT JUST THE KAYAK AND HULLWOOD RESIDENTS, BUT RESIDENTS FROM A

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WHY NOT USE IT, WE HAVE IT. WATER IS NOT GOING TO COST US MANYTHING. WE SHOULD DO IT.

SO IN AN ATTEMPT TO-- YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHEN ALL THIS STUDY THAT WE INITIATED CAME TO BE. WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE. EVEN BEFORE THIS BOARD CAME.

IN THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY.

IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, COKEBERRY POND NEEDS TO BE FILLED.

COKEBERRY POND NEEDS TO BE FILLED.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE WATER TAP, THE WELL IS TURNED ON, ON FOR TEN DAYS BEFORE ANYBODY RECOGNIZED IT, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WAS FULL ARE INTENTIONAL.

THAT WAS NOT A TEENAGER WANDER AROUND WHO ACCIDENTALLY SAW A PUMP AND TURNED OUTEN. IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE TO ME.

IT WAS AN INTENTIONAL FILLING OF THAT POND BECAUSE IT WAS LOW.

AND TO ME, THAT MAKES IT EVEN-- TTHERE IS NOTHING RIGHT ABOUT.

THAT I'M NOT SURE THAT PEOPLE IN THIS WARD WOULD KNOW HOW TO TURN A PUMP ON. LIKE THAT.

IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE IT IS A TECHNICAL THING.

THAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW. IT HELPS ME TO KNOW THAT THIS IS-- WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND OUT WHO DID IT.

>> THAT IS WHAT CAPTAIN HOLIFIELD IS REVIEWING RIGHT NOW. HE IS THE INVESTIGATOR.

OR EXCUSE ME. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS THE INVESTIGATOR OF. THIS WE DON'T HAVE THAT INVESTIGATIVE ABILITY FROM MY LEVEL OR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE ENTRUSTED

THE SHERIFFS TO DO. >> SO WHEN I TALK TO HIM NOT TOO LONG AGO, HE HAD NOT RECEIVED A REQUEST TO EGG INVESTIGATE.

WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN? >> PROBABLY THE LAST MONTH.

>> SO NO NEWS? >> NO, MA'AM.

>> WELL -- >> WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR INVESTIGATION. AT THIS POINT.

>> WELL, TO ME, THERE IS VANDALISM INVOLVED AS WELL AS THEFT. I THINK IT IS BECAUSE OF THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION, WITH THE WOODLANDS SUFFERING THE WAY IT IS, THIS IS MORE OF A LONG-TERM, NOT JUST GRAFFITI ON A WALL, BUT A LONG-TERM INJURY TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN TAKE IT AS SERIOUSLY AND IMPLEMENT NOT ONLY PREVENTION GOING FORWARD BUT TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY, THAT THIS WAS A WOUND TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN. AND SHARE IT.

DR. NUNES, JUST-- WATER IS A POLITICAL FOOTBALL.

WE HAVE SEEN THIS. THIS TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY WATER. BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO BE CLEAR AND MAKE THE PUBLIC CLEAR, WHEN WAS THIS BOARD NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS? SO WE DON'T GET ANY COLLUSION --

>> I WANT TO SAY IN FEBRUARY. I BELIEVE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETINGS.

>> MARCH 3. I HAVE IT IN MY NOTES HERE.

THAT IS THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT IT.

THE STOLEN ASPECT OF WATER. SO I THINK MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS WERE PROBABLY THE SAME TIME.

>> YUP. >> MARCH 3 IS WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT. IT HAPPENED IN DECEMBER.

MAKE SURE THAT IS ON THE RECORD. >> SURE.

>> IMPORTANT TO NOTE. >> I MOVE TO ACCEPT HIS REPORT.

>> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. AL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY

SAYING AYE. >> AYE.

>> OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. NUNES.

[12. Receive, consider and act upon adoption of the 2023 Budget Calendar and upon amendment of 2023 Board Meeting Calendar; ]

I ASKED THAT JOHN BRUCE, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND PROCUREMENT TO PLEASE PRESENT. WELCOMEST, MR. BRUINS.

>> GOGOOD EVENING, BOARD. ITEM 12, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF CHOICES FOR A BUDGET CALENDAR FOR '23 TO DISCUS THE '24 BUDGET.

WE ARE ALSO AMENDING THE '23 BUDGET MEETING CALENDAR.

WE ARE TAKING THE APRIL 20 MEETING OFF THE SCHEDULE.

FOR THE '23 CALENDAR, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.

ONE WOULD BE OPTION A. TO HAVE THE MEETINGS FOR THE BOARD WORKSHOPS BEING THE WEEK OF AUGUST 7 WITH A PLANNING SESSION, I GUESS, ON MAY 19. THAT OPTION A WOULD BE IN CASE THE BOARD, IN THEIR PREROGATIVES, WANTS TO CONSIDER A VOTER APREUFL RATE. THAT IS SOMETHING MOST BOARDS

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THE ONE DOWN SIDE TO THAT IS WE DON'T USUALLY HAVE THE CERTIFIED ROLES UNTIL THE WEEK AFTER. THE OPTION B WHICH WOULD HAVE THE SAME RETREAT ON THE 19TH BUT PUSH THE WORKSHOPS BACK TO THE WEEK OF THE 21ST, GIVES US THE OPTION OF HAVING THE CERTIFIED ROLES FROM THE COUNTY. SO WE KNOW THE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE. WE KNOW WHAT ALL OF THE-- A PRETTY GOOD ESTIMATE OF WHAT VALUES WOULD BE.

IT LETS US MAKE DECISIONS FROM THERE.

IT IS YOUR PREROGATIVES. THE MEETINGS ARE ALL SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ABOUT 8:30 IN THE MORNINGS EACH DAY.

NORMALLY WE DO THREE TO FOUR MEETINGS.

THE FIFTH DAY IS USUALLY AN OPTIONAL MEETING.

WE NORMALLY GET STUFF DONE, BUT, IT IS THE BOARD'S PREROGATIVE.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> I MOVE THAT WE-- SORRY. I MOVE WE ACCEPT OPTION B.

SOSTJUST SO WE HAVE THE CLEAR FACTS IN FRONT OF US.

THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST IS HARD ON ME.

>> YEAH. >> SHE SAID SHE IS GOING TO BE--

>> WHAT? >> THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST.

>> THE MOTION IS-- IS THERE A SECOND TO ACCEPT? OPTION B. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

>> WHAT IS THE DATE OF THAT? >> TO ACCEPT OPTION B.

WHICH IS -- >> MEETINGS WILL BE SCHEDULED

THE 21ST. >> AUGUST 21-25.

>> TAKING SOME VACATION IN AUGUST.

>> YES. >> MOVING INTO COLLEGE.

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

>> AYE. >> OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. BRUCE.

[13. Receive, consider and act upon a review of the policy for the naming of public property of The Woodlands Township (as requested by Director Bailey);]

MR. STEVENS. >> AGAIN, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN SNYDER. AS MENTIONED, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT POLICIES THAT COMES TO COMMEMORATIVE NAMING OF TOWNSHIP FACILITIES.

SO SORRY. THE CURRENT POLICY WAS ADOPTED BY THE TOWNSHIP BOARD IN APRIL OF 2016.

THAT BOMB SI WAS ADOPTED AFTER DISCUSSION OVER SEVERAL MEETINGS WHICH CENTERED AROUND A COUPLE OF KEY POINTS.

THE NECESSITY FOR A RENAMING POLICY, GIVEN THE HISTORY AND THE TYPES OR THE WAY THAT NAMINGS HAD OCCURRED PRIOR TO THAT TIME, AND THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT SOME ON THE BOARD, ABOUT WHETHER FACILITIES, SOME FACILITIES SHOULD BE NAMED AFTER INDIVIDUALS LIVING OR DECEASED. AND SO THE BOARD DID TAKE ACTION AFTER SEVERAL MEETINGS, SEVERAL POINTS OF DISCUSSION.

THEY ADOPTED THE POLICY ON APRIL 27.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO MAKE THE BOARD AWARE OF THAT YOU MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH IS OUR GIFTS FOR THE MEMORIAL PROGRAM.

THIS DOES ALLOW THE MEMORIALIZATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL THROUGH A DONATION. PARK BENCHES, DEDICATED TREES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THAT EXISTS AND CONTINUES TODAY.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF GENERALLY THE POLICY, THE FULL POLICY WAS PROVIDED IN THE BOARD MATERIALS THIS EVENING. THE DETAILS OF THE POLICY ARE THERE FOR YOU TO REVIEW. THE GENERAL POLICY IS THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO NAME TOWNSHIP-OWNED FACILITIES AND SUB-FACILITIES ACCORDING TO ADOPTED PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA. I WANT TO CLARIFY TWO DEFINITIONS. ONE IS A FACILITY THAT IS A MAJOR TOWNSHIP-OWNED BUILDING LIKE A PATHWAY OR PARK OR BUILDING. THEN A SUB FACILITY ARE THE STRUCTURES WITHIN THOSE MAJOR FACILITIES.

WHETHER IT BE A COURT OR A SPORTS-FIELD, A SWIMMING POOL, PAVILION. SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

THE GENERAL CRITERIA NAMING GUIDELINES INDICATE BASICALLY THAT NAMING CAN CONSIDER GEOGRAPHICAL, NATURAL FEATURES, HISTORICAL EVENTS OF RELEVANCE TO THE TOWNSHIP, THE STATE, OR THE NATION. AND THEN C AND D IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENED IN 2016. THE BOARD DECIDED THAT FOR THE PURPOSE OF NAMING A FACILITY OR SUB FACILITY AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL, IT WOULD BE SOMEBODY THAT MADE A MONETARY CONTRIBUTION OF SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THAT FACILITY.

OR A PARTNERSHIP WITH AN ORGANIZATION WHO MADE A FISCAL OR OTHER TYPEOS OF SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE FACILITY.

ST AND IN THIS CASE, IN BOTH CASES, IT IS 50% OF ACTUALLY THE FACILITY COST OR 50% OF THE LONG-TERM ENDOWMENT FOR THE

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IN THAT CASE, OR FOR THE ORGANIZATION --

>> TODD, CAN YOU GIVE EXAMPLES OF THOSE?

>> EXAMPLE OF WHICH? >> EXAMPLES OF ANY OF THOSE?

>> WHICH ONE IN PARTICULAR? >> ANY ONE.

>> FOR EXAMPLE, THE BOAT HOUSE AT NORTHTH SHORE PARK.

THE WOOD FOREST BOAT HOUSE. THAT IS A NAMING RIGHTS AGREEMENT. THAT IS ONE WHERE THEY HAVE PROVIDED A MONETARY CONTRIBUTION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BY CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWNSHIP. OBVIOUSLY, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL MENTION LATER IN THE PRESENTATION IS THE VILLAGE PARKS. LIKE IN GROGAN'S WOULD BE NAMED FOR THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WOULD BE THE JOE GEOGRAPHIC. MINUTE, ACTUALLY, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO IT. THERE ARE A FEW FACILITIES WHICH YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THAT HAVE INDIVIDUAL NAMES ON THEM.

FOR EXAMPLE, ROB FLEMING. THE ROB FLEMING PARK AND PAVILION AREA. THOSE NAMES TYPICALLY WERE NAMED PRIOR TO CONVEYANCE TO THE TOWNSHIP.

THOSE WERE NAMED PRIOR TO OUR TAKING OVER THOSE FACILITIES.

IN THAT CASE, THOSE WERE NOT DONE BY THE TOWNSHIP.

SO THEN WHEN IT COMES RENAMING EXISTING FACILITIES, THE POLICY INDICATES THAT RENAMING THE FACILITIS IS DISCOURAGED.

IF IT SHOULD BE DEEMED THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE TO DO SO, THEN THE TOWNSHIP, PRESIDENT,CHIEF EXECUTIVE WILL BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO CONSIDER.

THEY WILL FOLLOW THE POLICIES AND GUIDELINES.

ALL NAMING RECOGNITIONS ARE ADOPTED BY THE MAJORITY VOTE OF THE BOARD. SOME RESTRICTION THAT IS ARE PUT IN PLACE FOR THE NAMING. WE DO NOT DUPLICATE NAMES OF FACILITIES OR SUB FACILITIES. AND WE DO NOT SUB-DIVIDE BEYOND THE SUB FACILITY LEVEL. WE OBVIOUSLY DO NOT ALLOW DISCRIMINATORY OR DEROGATORY NAMES.

FACILITY NAMES CANNOT ADVOCATE FOR CURRENT POLITICAL FIGURES, MY CALL AFFILIATION, IDEOLOGY OR RELIGION.

SO WHAT ARE THE PROCEDURES FOR THE NAMING OF MA JOR FACILITIES? IN THIS CASE, THE NAMING OF THE FACILITY SHOULD BE FINALIZED NO LATER THAN 50% OF THE COMPLETION MARK.

IT HAS TO BE INITIATED UPON THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF THE CONSTRUCTION OR ACQUISITION OF THE FACILITY.

SOURCES CAN COME FROM A VARIETY OF THEM.

IF THEY ARE COMING FROM CITIZENS OR COMMUNITY GROUPS, THEY HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD CHAIRMAN, THE TOWNSHIP BOARD AS A WHOLE OR THE PRESIDENT CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE TOWNSHIP. THEN AGAIN, MAJORITY VOTE FOR NAMING OF A FACILITY. SUB FACILITIES, THOSE REQUESTS ACTUALLY GO-- OH, THANK YOU. THOSE GO TO THE PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. IN WRITTEN REQUEST.

THE POLICY INDICATES WHAT'S TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT REQUEST.

ONCE THAT IS RECEIVED, DUE DILIGENCE IS DONE TO REVIEW.

AND THEN A RECOMMENDATION CAN BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE BOARD AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. AND AGAIN, THE BOARD WOULD VOTE TO EITHER ACCEPT OR GEEJECT A NAPING PROPOSAL BY A MA MA JOYTY VOTE. THAT IS THE GENERAL PARAMETERS

OF THE CURRENT NAMING POLICY. >> THANK YOU, MR. STEVENS.

QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? >> SO IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT-- I'M CONFUSED BY THE WHOLE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION, MONETARY CONTRIBUTION PORTION. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE AS LONG AS THE BOARD VOTES ON IT, THAT CAN BE OVERRIDDEN.

>> YES. THE BOARD FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION, THE BOARD HAS IN THE POLICY HAS THE ABILITY TO DEEM OR CHANGE THAT AS NECESSARY TO THEIR

DISCRETION. >> OKAY.

>> TODD -- >> OH.

THAT WOULD BE ON THE LEVELLE OF CONTRIBUTION THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE SIGNIFICANT FOR THE NAMING.

SO THE CONTRIBUTION WOULD STILL NEED TO BE THERE.

THE 50% THRESHHOLD THAT IS CURRENTLY THE STANDARD WOULD BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO BE CHANGED BY THE BOARD AT ITS DISCRETION.

>> GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE WHERE I WAS LOOKING FOR EXAMPLES

THROUGHOUT THE TOWNSHIP. >> SURE, SURE.

>> SO IS THERE AN EXAMPLE OF B? >> I CAN'T THINK OF ONE OFFHAND.

DR. NUNES MAY BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO-- YEAH.

I DON'T RECALL ONE. NO.

>> OKAY. HOW ABOUT A?

>> AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE-- I WOULD THINK THOSE-- WE HAVE PARKS IN GROGAN'S. AND PANTHER CREEK NAMED AFTER THOSE VILLAGES, FOR EXAMPLE. OR BECAUSE OF THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL

LOCATION IN THOSE VILLAGES. >> I WOULD SAY THAT THE MAJORITY, PROBABLY 95% OF OUR PARKS ARE NAMED THROUGH THE A

ITEM. >> RIGHT.

RIGHT. >> WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW,-- THE PANTHER CREEK. YOU KNOW THAT, WHOLE PANTHER COMMUNITY IS NAMED THAT WAY. THE SPORTS PARK, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION.

ALDEN WOODS PARK, ALDEN TRACE PARK, ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR ALDENS IN THERE. THAT IS HOW THEY GOT IT.

>> I GUESS I'M TRYING TO-- IS THERE AN EXAMPLE OF ANY OF IT

[02:35:03]

IS THERE ANOTHER EXAMPLE? >> DR. NUNES, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WOOD FOREST IS THE ONLY ONE I KNOW THAT WOULD BE REMITTED BY A NAMING RIGHTS AGREEMENT.

ROB FLEMING, THE GROGAN'S PARKS WERE NAMED AFTER THE FAMILY.

THOSE ALL CAME WITH NAMES TO THE TOWNSHIP AT THE TIME THE TOWNSHIP TOOK OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE FACILITIES. THOSE WERE NOT NAMED BY THE TOWNSHIP. AND THERE WERE REASONS WHY AT THOSE TIMES, EITHER THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS OR THE DEVELOPER CHOSE TO PUT THOSE NAMES ON THOSE FACILITIES.

BUT WE DID NOT NAME THOSE FACILITIES.

>> AND ANOTHER WOULD BE COCHRAN'S CROSSING FOR THE

COCHRAN FAMILY. >> THAT IS CORRECT.

YES. >> SURE.

I UNDERSTAND ALL OF. THAT I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS

SOMETHING ELSE. >> DR. NUNES SAID, TYPICALLY, OUR NAMES ARE RELATED TO THE GENERAL GEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

>> I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, MY SON GOES TO GLADYS ELEMENTARY.

THEY DO A GREAT JOB AT TALKING ABOUT ROGER GLADIS' IMPACT AND HONORING HIM. AND OUR CHAIRWOMAN HERE HAS A SCHOOL NAMED OF HER. SHE DOES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GIVE BACK TO THAT SCHOOL AND READING TO THEM AND EDUCATING THEM. I THINK-- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS. DR. SNYDER, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO TELL US THIS. HOW DOES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GO ABOUT THE NAMING OF A SCHOOL? MAYBE WE COULD BORROW SOME IDEAS. WE HAVE SUCH INCREDIBLE PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW VERY, DONE SO MUCH FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE HONORED MANY OF THEM SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD.

BUT THEY WERE PIONEERS IN CREATING THE WOODLANDS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO START TELLING OUR STORY-- WE ARE COMING UP ON OUR 50TH YEAR. REALLY INCREDIBLE PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW -- >> WELL, WE CAN SPEAK TO WHAT THE SCHOOL DID, AND IT MAY HAVE CHANGED.

THEY TOOK NAMES AS-- SUGGESTED NAMES FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE BOARD. AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE ATTRIBUTES OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES OR DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

AND FROM THAT, THE HIGH SCHOOLS WERE-- WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD WERE GEOGRAPHIC. THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, THE COLLEGE PARK. RATHER THAN AFTER SOMEONE.

THERE WERE GUIDELINESES IF, I THINK, TO BE IN ALL FAIRNESS, AND TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO, I WOULD ASK STAFF TO GET THE INFORMATION FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HAVE THAT PRESENTED PERHAPS OR WE COULD LOOK AT THAT.

I WILL SHARE THAT THAT WAS ALWAYS A VERY INTERESTING TIME.

BECAUSE WHAT WAS CHALLENGING, AT LEAST WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD, THERE WOULD BE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAD MADE SUCH AN IMPACT.

HOW CAN YOU CHOOSE THIS INDIVIDUAL OVER SOMEONE ELSE?

THE BOARD GENERALLY DID. >> I WOULD ALSO CLARIFY THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCHOOL NAMINGS AND SO ON, THOSE ARE NEW FACILITIES, NEW STRUCTURES. WE ARE AT BUILD-OUT.

RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WERE TO NAME A NEW FACILITY, WE ARE NOT AT CAPACITY TO DO THAT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY.

THE POLICY CURRENTLY DISCOURAGES IT, BUT YOU ARE TAKING AWAY WHAT HAS BEEN THE HISTORICAL AND CHARACTERISTIC NAME GIVEN TO THAT FACILITY THROUGH THE TIME IN THIS COMMUNITY.

OBVIOUSLY, IT IS THE BOARD'S DISCRETION HOW YOU WANT TO RESPOND OR ACT ON THAT MEASURE. THOSE ARE ALL EXISTING FACILITIES RATHER THAN TAKING ON A NEW FACILITY AND NAMING IT AT THE TIME OF ACQUISITION OR BUILDING IT.

>> EXCELLENT POINT. FOR INSTANCE, MCCULLOUGH, AT ONE TIME, WAS A HIGH SCHOOL. AT ONE TIME, IT WAS A 7TH AND 8TH GRADE CAMPUS. IT WAS STILL CALLED MCCULLOUGH. THEN IT WAS A JUNIOR HIGH.

THROUGHOUT THE TENURE, EVEN THOUGH THE GREAT CONFIGURATION CHANGED, THE NAME REMAINED. THE SAME WITH THE JET SETTER.

LOCATED IN CONROE. THAT WAS THEN REBUILT.

IT STILL BECAME THE JET CENTER. SAME WITH SAM HOUSTON.

DURING THE TIME THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL, THE NAME ITSELF WAS NOT CHANGED.

AND AGAIN, MAYBE WE WOULD WANT VALIDATION FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT GENERALLY, IT WAS ON A NEW

FACILITY. >> QUESTION ABOUT THE HAVE A VALIDITY AND THE BENEFIT OF GROUPS, NOT NECESSARILY US BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, WE ARE BUILDING, WE ARE ALMOST BUILT-OUT. NOW, THERE IS A NEW BUILDING THAT COULD BE COMING IN OUR FUTURE.

THAT IS THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

SO YOU CAN START THINKING ABOUT THAT IF THAT IS WHAT YOUR GOALS ARE. TO HONOR SOMEONE.

[02:40:02]

>> WELL, AS FAR AS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS?

>> IN GENERAL, THAT SEEMS TO BE A VALID TREND.

>> YEAH. OBVIOUSLY, IT IS A MEMORIALIZATION. I THINK AT TIMES, THE DISCUSSIONS TYPICALLY CENTER AROUND THE POINT OF WHETHER IT IS APPROPRIATE OR AT WHAT POINT IT IS APPROPRIATE TO NAME SOMETHING AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL AND WHEN THE PERSON IS LIVING, THERE IS ALWAYS A POINT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO OR NOT.

OR IF THAT PERSON IS THE ONE THEY WANT TO NAME THAT FACILITY OR WHATEVER. IT IS PROBABLY EASIER TO DO WHEN A PERSON IS DECEASED. THAT IS A DISCUSSION THIS PREVIOUS BOARD HAD. THEY ADOPTED THE POLICY IN 2016.

THE ORIGINAL CONVERSATIONS BEGAN IN LATE 2015.

PRIMARY DISCUSSIONS TOOK PART IN THE 2016.

>> NO BOARDS UTILIZED THAT NAMING PREROGATIVE?

>> WELL, THE BOAT HOUSE. >> THAT WAS A SALE.

THAT WAS A TRANSACTIONAL THING. BETWEEN A CORPORATION-- I'M TALKING ABOUT A DECEASED INDIVIDUAL.

>> NO. I'M SORRY.

NO. WE HAVE NEVER USED THE ABILITY TO NAME A FACILITY AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL.

BUT AGAIN, THE POLICY DOESN'T ALLOW THE NAMING OF AN INDIVIDUAL OTHER THAN WHEN THEY PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL CONSIDERATION F FOR THE FACILITY OR THE STRUCTURE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT SITUATION.

>> WELL, THERE IS PROBABLY MERIT IN THAT.

ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTROVERSIES. >> SEEN ABOUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHERE PEOPLE ARE OBJECTING TO THE NAMING OF THIS AND NAMING OF THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON.

THERE IS SOME SAFETY IN DOING IT THE WAY WE HAVE DONE IT.

IN TIME PAST. AND I SAY EVEN IF IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT MARKETING IDEA, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE SOME MARKETING GURUS HERE, IT MAY NOT REALLY SERVE THE GOVERNMENT-- GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, THE SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT WELL TO START ALLOCATING OUT FRIENDSHIP AWARDS IN THIS MANNER.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> HONORING PEOPLE THAT BUILT THIS COMMUNITY IS NOTHING ABOUT MARKETING, DIRECTOR GIBBS.

IT IS HONORING TRUE PIONEER THAT IS WE HAVE HONORED.

>> NO. I SAID MARKETING IS IMPORTANT.

IT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT. >> I'M GOING TO MOVE TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT. UNLESS THERE IS ANY OTHER

DISCUSSION. >> I'M GOING TO SECOND THAT.

IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.

OTHER DISCUSSION. IF NOT, AL THOSE IN FAVOR,

SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. >> AYE.

>> OPPOSED? THANK YOU, MR. STEVENS.

THE MOTION PASSES. >> THANK YOU.

[14. Receive, consider and act upon a process for the Village Presidents’ Council to the Board of Directors; ]

(LAUGHTER) AT OUR LAST TRA STEEJIC PLANNING MEETING, THE BOARD MADE REFERENCE THAT DIRECTOR FRANKS AND I WOULD MEET TO DISCUSS THE PROCESS OR PURPOSE AS OUTLINED TO CREATE A VILLAGE PRESENCE AT THAT TIME. IT WAS CALLED VILLAGE PRESENCE ADVISORY COUNCIL. DIRECTOR FRANKS AND I HAVE MET.

DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK INITIALLY? YOU WANT ME TO TAKE IT?

RICHARD? >> WELL, I THINK IT'S-- I'M VERY HIGH ON THIS PROGRAM. I THINK THE MORE INFORMATION WE CAN GET DIRECTLY FROM THE ASSOCIATIONS AND FROM THE OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATIONS WILL HELP US ALL.

I DON'T THINK WE CAN GET TOO MUCH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, QUITE FRANKLY. THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE.

IT WILL BE A GREAT THING TO FORMALIZE THE COUNCIL, AS WE ARE CALLING IT. A ONCE A MONTH MEETING.

AND EXCHANGE THE IDEAS. AMONG THE VILLAGES AS WELL.

IN AN ATTEMPT TO GATHER MORE AS A TOTAL COMMUNITY.

OUR VILLAGES ARE ALL VERY DIFFERENT, AS WE KNOW.

BUT SOME HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS AND SOME HAVE THE SAME SOLUTIONS. WE WILL GET THE KIND OF FEID BACK THAT WE NEED. THE KIND OF SUGGESTIONS THAT WE HAVE FROM TIME TO TIME. AND HELP US WITH

PROBLEM-SOLVING. >> THANK YOU, DR. FRANKS.

THE PROCESS THAT WE ARE SUGGESTING IS ONE THAT WE CHANGE THE NAME FROM VILLAGE PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COUNCIL TO VILLAGE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER.

THAT WE WOULD-- THIS WOULD NOT TAKE THE PLACE OF VILLAGE PRESIDENT'S ATTENDING OUR MEETING AND REPORTING OUT.

THAT IS VERY, VERY INTRE GRAL AND IMPORTANT FOR US AS A BOARD TO HEAR. FROM EACH VILLAGE.

[02:45:04]

I PERSONALLY TALKED TO ALL EIGHT.

SIX OF EIGHT FELT A MONTHLY MEETING WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS.

SEVERAL-- THE OTHER TWO SAID QUARTERLY.

ONE IN ADDITION SAID, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO ZOOM.

THE DATE THAT WAS SUGGESTED WAS THE FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH.

THAT WOULD FALL AFTER OUR BOARD MEETING.

SO THAT WE COULD ADDRESS THE ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN.

WE WOULD MEET AT THE TOWNSHIP. STAFF WOULD BE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP WOULD BE INVITED. BUT NOT NECESSARY.

BUT I KNOW MONIQUE AND I VISITED AND THOUGHT INITIALLY THAT BOTH SHE AND I WOULD ATTEND WITH THE BOARD APPOINTEE.

AND THAT IS THE PROCESS OUT OUTLINED.

WE FELT VERY STRONGLY IT NEEDS TO MEET AT THE TOWNSHIP AND NOT

AT OFF-SITE ENTITY. >> I THINK IT IS GREAT YOU GOT THERE. I THINK IT IS GREAT YOU GOT DIRECTION AND PARAMETERS AND STRUCTURE AND SHOWING INITIATIVE. I THINK IT IS GREAT.

>> I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH ALL OF THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS AND WITH THEIR PRESIDENTS BEING THERE AND THEY ARE ALL THINKING IT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT BENEFIT FOR ALL OF US, QUITE FRANKLY. IT HAS BETTER COMMUNICATIONS.

>> MORE COLLABORATION. >> MORE COLLABORATION.

>> I MOVE THAT-- I HAVE A QUESTION.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS TO REEVALUATE AFTER A YEAR.

>> I AGREE. I AGREE.

>> IN OTHER WORDS, DOES IT MAKE SENSE, SHOULD SOMEBODY ELSE BE ON THAT COMMITTEE? YOU KNOW, SO THAT YOU JUST TAKE A LOOK AT IT. KNOWING 12 MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, NINE MONTHS. REEVALUATE WHAT NEEDS TO BE

CHANGED OR SWITCHED. >> WE ARE NOT SIGNING UP FOR THIS TO EXIST IN PERPETUITY. THIS IS TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW,

HOW IT CAN WORK. >> OKAY.

>> I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY FOR ASCERTAINMENT OF THE VALUE AND THE COST. THAT IS THE OTHER THING.

WHEN WE LAYER-- I'M JUST ASKING A QUESTION.

DO I HAVE THE MIC? YES.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

MY QUESTION IS REALLY, WHEN YOU LAYER ON ANOTHER LAYER OF GOVERNMENT, YOU ARE GROWING THE GOVERNMENT.

EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY IS ABOUT 450 EMPLOYEES. WE NEED TO HAVE STAFF THAT THEN STAFF THIS MEETING? NO.

NO STAFF IN MOF NO. >> THEY ARE MEETING IN THE

TOWNSHIP BUT NO STAFF? >> NO RECORDS.

NO RECORDING? THE STAFF-- THE REPORTING SOUNDS LIKE-- I MEAN, I GUESS, WHAT HAPPENS AT THOSE MEETINGS, THENS HAS NO AUTHORITY IN LAW AND IT DOESN'T COME TO US AS A REPORT?

>> WELL, IT WILL COME TO US AS A REPORT.

>> THROUGH DIRECTOR FRANKS. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> YOU WILL BE THE STAFF PERSON. >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE

CANNOT WANT MORE INPUT. >> I'M NOT ASKING --

>> AMONG OUR VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS AND THEIR PRESIDENTS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT PAY FOR ALL OF.

THIS. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> WE NEED MORE INPUT. >> THE QUESTION I HAVE NOW IS IS THERE GOING TO BE A STAFF PERSON THAT STAFFS IT?

>> WE HAVE NOT ENVISIONED A STAFF PERSON BEING THERE.

THEY ARE WELCOME IF THEY WANT TO.

>> MS. SHARPE, WILL YOU ADDRESS? >> YES.

RIGHT. MY PLAN IS, AS CHAIRMAN SNYDER MENTIONED, I WILL INITIALLY ATTEND THE MEETINGS.

STAFF IS NOT GOING TO BE TAKING MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS.

THERE IS NO PLANS FOR THAT. AND AS JUST MENTIONED, THE PLAN WOULD BE FOR DIRECTOR FRANKS ACTUALLY TO PROVIDE A VERBAL

REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD. >> OKAY.

A VERY LOOSE ORGANIZATION. >> WELL, IT WILL HAVE AN AGENDA.

IT WILL BE REPORTED ON-- IT IS NOT GOING TO BE LOOSE.

IT WILL INCLUDE THE EIGHT VILLAGE PRESIDENTS.

A DIRECTOR. AN ALTERNATE.

INITIALLY, MONIQUE AND I WILL BOTH ATTEND.

AND THEN WE WILL ASCERTAIN IF THERE IS INTEREST STILL SIX MONTHS OR 12 MONTHS FROM THIS. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT DIRECTOR FRANKS, I KNOW, HAS TALKED ABOUT.

AND THE VILLAGE PRESIDENTS, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WAS IN FAVOR OF DOING THIS. ONE FELT VERY STRONGLY TO ONLY

[02:50:03]

DO IT QUARTERLY. >> IF THEY CAN ATTEND, ATTEND.

>> THEY CAN'T, THEN THEY CAN'T. >> MY ONE STIPULATION WHEN I TALKED TO HIM, THAT IT DOES NOT TAKE THE PLACE, DOES NOT TAKE

THE PLACE OF THEM REPORTING OUT. >> HOW WELL PARTICIPATED IN ARE THE VILLAGE REPORTS COMING IN FROM-- DO WE TAKE ANY KIND OF CENSUS ON THAT? ANY KIND OF RECORD-KEEPING SO WE

KNOW? >> IT IS INCLUDED IN THE

MINUTES. >> RIGHT.

>> I CAN'T TELL YOU OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

>> DO WE KEEP TRACK OF HOW-- I KNOW WE HAVE ALL BEEN DPS WE HAVE ALDEN BRIDGE REGULARLY. THEY ARE LIKE CLOCKWORK.

BUT OTHERS-- OKAY. WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION COMING.

GO AHEAD. >> WE DO TRACK THOSE.

WE SEND REMINDERS. IF THEY HAVE NOT BEEN MEETING

THEIR QUARTERLY ATTENDANCE. >> SO DO A BETTER JOB THAN

OTHERS. >> RIGHT.

SO THAT WAS THE OTHER PART. I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE BUSY.

AND IT IS A LOT OF WORK FOR VOLUNTEERS.

TO BE OFFICERS AND HOLD POSITIONS ON THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS. IN FACT, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR MENTION. I DON'T WANT TO LAYER MORE W WORK. I LIKE THE IDEA OF RUNNING IT FOR A YEAR AND SEEING HOW IT GOES.

BUT REALLY GETTING THEIR HONEST FEEDBACK.

IS IT VALUABLE? ARE WE ADDING MORE WORK TO

VOLUNTEERS? >> AGAIN, THEY ARE NOT MANDATED

TO ATTEND. >> I CAN TELL YOU --

>> THERE IS NO COST OF THEM COMING TO MEET WITH DIRECTOR FRANKS. IF THEY ARE ABLE TO ATTEND AT

THE TOWNSHIP FACILITY. >> THEY ARE ALL VERY POSITIVE TOWARDS THIS PROCESS. AND AGAIN, I THINK THE OTHER THING IT WILL DO IS TO ALLOW US TO USE MORE TALENT THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF TALENT THAT WE DON'T GET TO USE, AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE GET A LOT OF THAT INPUT. HOPEFULLY, WE WILL GET SOME OF THAT FOR FREE. I THINK IT WILL ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS WHEN THEY FIND OUT THEY HAVE A MORE MEANINGFUL ROLE IN MANY WAYS THAN WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW VERSUS BEING A SOCIAL

ORGANIZATION. >> DIRECTOR GIBBS, I'M EXCITED YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT COST. A PERSON WHO VOTED FOR $#.5 MILLION IN INCORPORATION COST, I'M GLAD YOU HAVE NEW

PARAMETERS. >> THAT IS A NEGATIVE WAY OF LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT STARTED LONG BEFORE I GOT TO THIS BOARD. IT WAS THE CONSULTING THAT WAS

MOST OF IT. >> YOU COULD USE THAT $1.5

MILLION TO REFILL SOME PONDS. >> YOU ARE ON A VENN VENDETTA ON

THAT. >> I TRIED MOVE EARLIER.

I'LL DO IT AGAIN. I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THESE PARAMETERS AND THIS PROGRAM AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND PRESENTED WITH DIRECTOR FRANKS, WITHIN THESE-- YOU KNOW,

UNDERSTANDINGS---PARAMETERS. >> AND THAT DIRECTOR FRANKS SAID HE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS COUNCIL.

>> SECOND. >> THIRD.

>> OKAY. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

>> AYE. >> OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.

[ CLOSED MEETING (if applicable)]

THERE IS A NEED TO RECESS TO EXECKIVE IS SESSION.

I HEREBY ANNOUNCE THAT THE BOARD WILL RECESS TO EXEUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS MATTERS RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO T COAT DELIBERATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO 551087, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS.

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, DISCUSS I.T. NETWORK, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SECURITY PURSUANT TO 5510 #.

TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. AND TO CONSULT WITH THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP'S ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO 551071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN IN THE EXECUTIVE SEX. THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING. IT IS 8:55.

[16. Reconvene in public session;]

>> 10:27. WE WILL NOW RECONVENE FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO TAKE

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

I HAVE SEVERAL. ONE, A RESOLUTION OR A NEXT CHANCE OR THE SGAC TO BE ADDED AS A VOTING MEMBER.

>> I'LL SECOND THAT. >> ALSO, SUBSIDENCE AS WELL

[02:55:02]

>> YOU STOLE MY THUNDER. I THINK THAT IS GREAT.

[18. Board announcements; and]

>> BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS. ONE, IF YOU DID NOT SEE, THE

WOODLANDS IS IN THE PAPER. >> IS THAT WHAT THAT IS?

>> SO THIS IS WOODLANDS AMONG THE TOP CITIES TO LIVE.

NUMBER ONE TO BUY A HOUSE. NUMBER TWO TO RAISE A FAMILY.

NUMBER THREE TO LIVE. BY NICHE.COM.

A REMINDER, THE ONLY MEETING IN APRIL IS THE 26TH.

WE VOTED THIS EVENING NAST WE WILL NOT HOLD A MEETING ON APRIL 20. AND IF NOT, ANY OTHER

ANNOUNCEMENT? >> MOVE TO ADJOURN.

>> NO. >> I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

>> I'M SURPRISED THE LIAISON TO TX-CONTINUE TO DIDN'T WANT TO MENTION THIS. WE HAVE 24 HOURS WE CAN FILE COMMENT WITH TY-DOT REGARDING 242.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GET THE COMMENTS IN.

I HOPE EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD FILES COMMENTS.

>> WE ALSO SENT A LETTER. >> YUP.

>> INDIVIDUALLY, THOUGH, I'M SAYING.

GOOD. I HOPE EVERYONE DOES.

AND THE LETTER IS GREAT. I SAW IT.

IT IS GREAT. I JUST THINK IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GIVE INPUT AND TO GO TO TX.GOV.

PUT IN THE SEARCH ENGINE. THEIR SEARCH BUTTON.

YOU WOULD PUT IN SH242 FROM FM1488 TO I-45.

THAT WILL BRING EVERYTHING UP. YOU CAN FILE YOUR COMMENTS THERE. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER OUR ROADS, BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVE INFLUENCE.

PLEASE TAKE EVERY ADVANTAGE TO GIVE TX-DOT OUR INPUT.

I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR BEING VERY OPEN TO RECEIVING THAT INPUT FROM THE RESIDENTS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? IF NOT, IT IS 10:30. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

WE NEED A MOTION. I MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> MOVED AND SECONDED.

ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

>> AYE. >>

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