May 18, 2023 Board of Directors Regular Meeting Agenda

[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;]

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>> GOOD EVENING. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME THIS EVENING PASTOR MICHAEL SCOBEE AS HE JOINS US TONIGHT TO PROVIDE THE IMPLICATION AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING.

PASCO SCOBEE AND HIS LOVELY WIFE CARMEN - - 2019.

HE IS A HARD TO BUILD PEOPLE AND HELP THEM UNLOCK GOD'S GIVEN PASSIONS FOR THEIR LIVES. THEY HAVE THREE WONDERFUL SONS, ETHAN, MILES AND NOLAND. WELCOME PASTOR SCOBEE.

>> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

WILL YOU BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME AND PRAY? HEAVENLY FATHER, WE GATHER FOR YOU TODAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND SEEKING YOUR WISDOM AS WE COME TOGETHER.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE AMONG US, EMBRACING THE STRENGTH THAT LIES IN OUR UNITY AS A COMMUNITY, CELEBRATING THE UNIQUENESS THAT EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM BRINGS.

YOUR WORD SAYS THAT WE ARE FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY - - TONIGHT, WE ARE STEPPING INTO THAT WONDERFUL PURPOSE YOU HAVE GIVEN US TO HELP INFLUENCE OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE BETTER.

IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER, WE RECOGNIZE THE RESPONSIBILITY AND TRUST ENOUGH TO SERVE ALL CITIZENS REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUNDS, GRANT US THE HUMILITY TO LISTEN WITH OPEN HEARTS AND MINDS, FOSTERING AN ENVIRONMENT OFRESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING . MAJOR DECISIONS REFLECT THE BOUNDLESS LOVE AND COMPASSION FOR ALL PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY CONNECT GUIDE OUR DELIBERATIONS THAT THEY ARE FILLED WITH FAIRNESS, HONESTY AND INTEGRITY.

MAY WE SEEK INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR THE CHALLENGES WE FACE, ALWAYS CONSIDERING THE WELL-BEING OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN THE LONG-TERM BENEFIT OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSINGS WITH THE LEADERSHIP HERE THAT WE MAY CONTINUE TO GROW TOGETHER, TRANSCENDING DIFFERENCES AND FINDING COMMON GROUND. YOUR GRACE AND PEACE PERMEATE EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES ENABLING US TO BUILD A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR GENERATIONS TOCOME. IN JESUS NAME , AMEN.

>> AMEN. THANK YOU PASTOR SCOBEE AND HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING. PLEASE JOIN US AS WE HONOR OUR GREAT COUNTRY AND STATE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[2. Proclamations; ]

>> WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING HONORING TWO STUDENTS FROM WOODLAND HIGH SCHOOL. I CALL ON DIRECTOR WATSON.

THE PROCLAMATION LIKES MY PLEASURE.

WE HAD PROCLAIMED, WHEREAS, THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL DOUBLES TENNIS PAIR, EMILIO LOPEZ AND JOSE PEREZ, WON THE UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ON APRIL 26, 2023; ANDHEREAS, THE PAIR DEFEATED TEJAS RAHM AND NOAH HAKIM OF ALLEN IN A HIGH ENERGY SHOWDOWN, WINNING THEIR FIRST SET, DROPPING THE SECOND AND TAKING THE FINAL WIN IN THE THIRD SET; PAND WHEREAS, THE DUO WORKED FOR THREE YEARS TO CONCLUDE THE SEASON WITH THE TOP HONOR UNDER THEOACHING OF BRETT KENDALL, HEAD COACH, AND KEVIN MCILVAIN, ASSISTANT COACH; AND WHEREAS, THE TWO ARE THE FIRST HIGHLANDER STATE UIL TENNIS DOUBLES CHAMPIONS,WHO WENT UNDEFEATED IN THE SPRING SEASON, SECURING 20 HIGH SCHOOL CAREER TOURNAMENT TITLES, AND LEADING THE TEAM TO THE HIGHEST RANKING EVER, AT #3 IN THE MID-SEASON 6A TTCA COACHES POLL; AND WHEREAS, BOTH WERE NAMED ALL-STATE FOR 6A BOYS SINGLES AT THE STATE TEAM TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN OCTOBER 2022; AND WHEREAS, THEY ARE THREE-TIME DISTRICT AND REGIONAL BOYS DOUBLES CHAMPIONS AND THREE-TIME STATE QUALIFIERS FOR TEAM TENNIS AND INDIVIDUAL SPRING TENNIS, LEADING TEAM TENNIS TO FOUR DISTRICT TITLES PLUS THREE REGION 2 CHAMPIONSHIPS; NOW, THEREFORE, I, DOCTOR ANN K. SNYDER, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTOS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2023, AS: THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL BOYS DOUBLES STATE CHAMPIONSHIP DAY. [APPLAUSE].

[3. Call meeting to order;]

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

I ASKED EACH BOARD MEMBER TO INDICATE HIS OR HER PRESENCE CORRESPONDING WITH AN AUDIBLE SOUND OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS I CALL ROLE. DIRECTOR.

DETERMINED THAT A SIGNIFICANT SUFFICIENT NUMBERS OF OUR

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

NEXT ON THE AGENDA, AGENDA ITEM 4 IS TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE ADOPTION OF THE MEETINGAGENDA .

THIS IS POSTED ON PAGES ONE THROUGH THREE IN YOUR BOARD PACKET. I NEED A MOTION BUT I HAVE AN AMENDMENT WE NEED TO DO FOR AGENDA ITEM 7G TO OUR JUNE

MEETING, IS THERE MOTION? >> SO MOVED.

>> SECONDED. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS AND DIRECTOR BAILEY.

ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE RESPOND BY SAYING AYE.

[5. Recognize public officials;]

THE NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS TO RECOGNIZEPUBLIC OFFICIALS .

ERIN - -, THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS EVENING.

[6. Public comment;]

UP IS CLAUDINE. >> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE INSTALLATION OF THE RESTAURANT AT PARK.

SINCE MY TIME IS LIMITED I PLAN ON READING FROM A PREPARED STATEMENT.THESE ARE ISSUES AND SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU VIA EMAIL AS WELL AS MR. MCCOWN IN OUR VILLAGE PRESIDENT.

AS I STATED MY CORRESPONDENCE WITH ALL OF YOU, AFTER THE APRIL 26 TOWNSHIP MEETING, I WALKED AWAY WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THIS PROJECT. AFTER THE MEETING, TURN MY ATTENTION TO POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENT OF FALLOUT TO THE CAPSTONE RESIDENCE.I REACHED OUT TO MR. MCALLEN FROM PARKS AND RECREATION ASKING THAT THE FOLLOWING SURVEYS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE CAPSTONE RESTROOM APPROVAL.

ASKED FOR COPIES OF, OR AT THE VERY LEAST, CONFIRMATION OF THE FOLLOWING. FIRST, A COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY. WE NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THE POND, TO WILDLIFE AND LOCAL RESIDENTS THE FAILURE OR BREAK OCCURS IN THE NEW SEWAGE LINE AND WATERLINE . WHAT IS THE FALLOUT? WILL THEY CONTAMINATE THE POND? COULD FISH AND WILDLIFE BE IMPACTED? WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL IMPACT TO NEARBY RESIDENTS IF THERE IS A LEAK IN THE SEWAGE LINE? NUMBER TWO, A DRAINAGE STUDY. WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT SEWAGE AND WATER PIPE INSULATION WILL NOT CREATE ADDITIONAL FUNDING ISSUES IN AN ALREADY COMPROMISED AREA.

CAPSTONE HAS SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AND RAIN RUNOFF CURRENTLY. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE ISSUES DURING HEAVY RAINS AT THE INTERSECTION OF CAPSTONE CIRCLE, WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF TREES IN THE ADDITION OF THE

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I FIND THEM IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE AREAAND REFERENCING .

THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR EVERY MAJORSTORM .

MEMORIAL DAY 2015 MEMORIAL DAY 2016 AND CASH FLOOD.

EVEN THIS PAST WEEK, YOU WILL SEE THE SET OF ACTIVITY.

EVEN MAJOR ISSUE WITH DRAINAGE NOW AND YOU CAN SEE OFTENTIMES IT'S ANGLE, THERE IS A RUNOFF IN THE PARK I CAN CREATE THIS ENVIRONMENT. OUR QUESTION IS JUST CHEMISTRY LINEIS WHERE WAS DISCUSSED . THE LARGE SPOT THE TREES WOULD BE TAKEN OUT, IT IS GOING TO BE EVERY DAY? MANY RESIDENTS HAVE BIG CONCERNS.

IF YOU BULLDOZE THE TREES, DESTROYED AN EXTENSIVE ROOT SYSTEM AND PUT IN A MASSIVE SEWAGE AND WATER PIPE, COULD SUCH CATASTROPHIC FLOODING BE COMMONPLACE? COULD RESIDENTS HOMES BE IN CONTINUOUS JEOPARDY? THREE, THE TOPIC OF MATURE TREES IN GREEN SPACE CONSTRUCTION, IT IS UNKNOWN HOW MANY TREES WILL BE DESTROYED.

MR. MCALLEN RECENTLY AS TWO WEEKS AGO IN THE FIELD TO VISIT THE PARK WAS UNSURE OF THE EXACT LOCATION FOR PUBLIC RESTROOMS. WHEN OUR RESIDENTS ARE NOT SURE OF THE EXACT LOCATION. THERE IS A HIGH BUSH TO THE PROPOSED AREAS WHERE TREES ARE CUT DOWN AND THE RESTROOM WILL BE IN FULL VIEW OF THEBACKYARD .

THIS WILL IMPACT ON THE PROPERTY VALUE FOR THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND COMPLETELY ALTER THE PARENT LANDSCAPE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE PROPOSED AREAS, THIS IS HIGH BUSH AND YET ANOTHER AREA OF COMMERCE PARK THAT WILL BE THESE FOLKS

TO BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED. >> I DID NOT MENTION THAT - - ARE BOTH DEFERRED THERE THREE MINUTES TO CLAUDINE TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.EVEN IF YOU SAID A LISTEN, WE WILL TRY TO REWORK THIS AND MOVING TO ANOTHER ARE , IT WILL THEN IMPACT CAPSTONE CIRCLE POSSIBLY FLAGSTONE BATH. WE JUST DO NOT FEEL THAT THERE'S AN APPROPRIATE PLACE TO PUT THESE RESTROOMS. NUMBER FOUR, I'VE ALSO ASKED IF THE NOISE/ SOUND STUDY HAS BEEN COMPLETED WITH TREE DISRUPTION, AND ADDITIONAL OVERHEAD, NOISE LIKE DISTURBANCE WILL INCREASE. IT ABSOLUTELY WILL, THERE IS NOT A QUESTION WE WILL TAKE OUT A LARGE AMOUNT OF TREES THEY WON'T JUST INVITE THE NEIGHBORS, IT WILL IMPACT THE SURROUNDING AREA. LIGHTING ALONE CAN BE A HUGE ISSUE. FOLLOWING THAT WE ARE YOU LOOK AT PUBLIC RESTROOM, WE ALSO BLENDING COME INTO THE BACK WINDOW. WITH ABSOLUTELY NO HUMOR INTENDED, SOME OF THESE RESIDENTS CAN BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO HEAR THE TOILETS FLUSH. IF YOU GET THE PROXIMITY TO HOME, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HEAR THE TRAIN ACTIVITY NEAR I 45, CONTINUITY OF THE PAVILION DESPITE OUR COMMUNITIES BEING MILES FROM THE SOLUTIONS. NOISE AND LIGHTING ABSOLUTELY AN ISSUE. I REQUEST STUDIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. TO DATE MR. MCALLEN IS NOT RESPONDED TO MY REQUEST FOR THESE DOCUMENTS OTHER THAN TO ACKNOWLEDGE TONIGHT'S MEETING. IN THE ABSENCE OF THE CRITICAL INFORMATION, IT IS UNCLEAR TO ME AND MANY THAT AN IDOL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS TO HOW THE WILL END TOWNSHIP BOARD CAN SUPPORT THIS MEASURE. MANY OF YOU RAIN AND THE PRESERVE THE WOODLANDS PLATFOR .

I VOTED FOR YOU ON A PRESERVE THEWOODLANDS PLATFORM .

APPROVING THESE RESTROOMS AT THIS TIME IN THE ABSENCE OF THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION, THE SURVEYS, SEEMED TO FLY IN THE FACE OF TENANTS. THERE IS A PERMANENCY ATTACHED TO THIS DECISION. ONCE THESE TREES AND RESISTANCE HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, WE CANNOT GO BACK IN TIME.

IF THERE IS A LINE BREAK RESULTING IN CONTAMINATION OF THE POND WE CANNOT UNDO IT. I WOULD ASK YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION AND INFORMED ONE WITH MAINTENANCE OF ITS NATURAL BEAUTY A PRIORITY OVER ARREST, INCOMPLETE AND UNPOPULAR INITIATIVE. IN CLOSING I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE THAT POINT TO CAPSTONE PARK - - WE GET IT, EVEN TH HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS NOT TO BE INCLUSIONARY.

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SUPPORTING A POSITION BASED DISCURSIVELY ON FACTS, I RESPECTFULLY ASKING YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THE INSTALLATION OF THE PUBLIC RESTROOMS IN CAPSTONE PARK.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR SERVICE TOTHIS AMAZING COMMUNITY . [APPLAUSE].

>> MR. HOWARD? >> FOR THOSE OF YOU ON THE BOARD DO NOT KNOW ME I AM BRAD HOWARD, RESIDENT OF CAPSTONE.

I LIVE IN THE THE CAPSTONE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 27 YEARS, A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. I'VE ALSO BEEN A LICENSED TEXAS ATTORNEY SINCE 1981. FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS, I WAS AN ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS OF HOUSTON AFTER MANY OF THOSE YEARS, I WAS IN THE ORGANIZED CRIME ENFORCEMENT DRUG TASK FORCE.

LET ME START OUT ON WHY I OPPOSE THAT PART.

IT'S A SMALL PART AND UNLIKE OTHER AREA PARKS IN THE WOODLANDS, IT IS REALLY MORE ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THE HOMES ARE REALLY CLOSE TO THE BORDER.

THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN BUILD BATHROOM FACILITIES ANYWHERE IN THEIR THEY WOULD NOT BE IN VIEW OF SOME OF THE HOMES.

THAT WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS WRONG VIEWING DOING FOR HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE THEIR VALUES AFFECTED.

THE PARTNER CLOSE TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND KIDS ARE GOING THROUGH THERE, SOMETIMES PLAYING AT NIGHT.

HAVING A BATHROOM FACILITY THERE, THAT COULD ATTRACT A DIFFERENT KIND. THAT BRINGS INTO QUESTION THE ISSUE OF CRIME. I DID A LITTLE LOOKING ONLINE AND GOT A COUPLE OF ARTICLES I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT TO THE BOARD. ONE IS FROM 2018 FROM THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE TITLED PUBLIC BATHROOMS BECOME CLANDESTINE EPICENTER OF THE OPIOID CRISIS. AS THEY POINT OUT "USING DRUGS IN PUBLIC BATHROOMS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE.

PEOPLE WANT THE KIND OF PRIVACY THAT IT ALLOWS.

WHEN IT COMES RIGHT DOWN TO IT, THERE ARE FEW OTHER PLACES AS PRIVATE AS A BATHROOM. SO GIVEN WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY, WE HAVE OVER 100,000 OD DEATHS PER YEAR.I THOUGHT IT WAS BAD IN THE 90S BUT IT IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE NOW. WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING TO BE ATTRACTED THERE. A SIMILAR ARTICLE APPEARS IN NPR ABOUT A YEAR EARLIER. PUBLIC BATHROOMS BECOME GROUND ZERO IN THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC. I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT 14

OR 15 YEARS AGO, >> PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR REMARK.

YOU, IT WAS NOT NOTED HERE. IF YOU BOTH GIVE YOUR NAMES UP TO THE FRONT DESK SO WE HAVE RECORD OF IT, THANK YOU.

CONTINUE. >> I POINT OUT ABOUT 14 OR 15 YEARS AGO, CAPSTONE PARK HAD A NICKNAME.

IT WAS KNOWN AS CRACK STONE PARKS.

IT WAS KNOWN AS A PLACE PEOPLE WOULD GO AND ABUSE DRUGS.

FORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE EFFORTS OF NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY ONES RIGHT ON THE PARK AND ONE NEIGHBOR IN PARTICULAR IS

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I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES THEY CALLED THE COPS OVER THERE TO LOOK INTO THINGS BACK IN THOSE DAYS.THAT IS CHANGED AND THE PARK IS NO LONGER LIKE THAT.

I WILL LIKE TO PLAY THAT OUT AND SAY LET'S NOT DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE THE PROBLEM TO RETURN TO THE AREA.

AS THIS ARTICLE POINTS OUT, THESE PUBLIC BATHROOMS ARE ONE OF THE FEW PLACES THAT ABUSERS CAN GO.

I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THAT.

I WILL ALSO CONCLUDE BY SAYING HE MOVED TO THE WOODLANDS MY WIFE AND I 27 YEARS OR FOR THE QUIETNESS AND SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY. WE PRIDE OURSELVES FOR BELONGING TO A COMMUNITY. HER OTHER COMMUNITIES WANT TO EMULATE NOT JUST IN TEXAS BUT AROUND THE UNITED STATES.

LET'S NOT GO BACKWARDS AND START MIRRORING THE OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE, LET'S KEEP WOODLANDS THE WAY IT IS.

PLET'S KEEP IT AS WE HAVE WORKE SO HARD TO KEEP IT AS ONE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE PLACES IN THE COUNTRY TO LIVE.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MR. HOWARD.

[APPLAUSE]. >> BOB SERGEANT? YOUR LOVELY BRIDE IS UP NEXT. MARGIE?

>> I AM MARGIE, THIS IS MY HUSBAND BOB.

I HAVE BEEN THE WOODLANDS IS LIKE 95 AND HAVE BOUGHT FOUR HOUSES IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.

IWILL SAY THAT HANDS DOWN TRAINING HAS BEEN THE BEST NEIGHBORHOOD TO LIVE IN . WE ARE A SMALL COMMUNITY OF RESIDENTS WHO CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER AND OBVIOUSLY COMMUNICATE QUITE WELL. NOT ONLY ON OUR OWN STREETS BUT ANOTHER BLOCKS FROM OUR OWN. OUR PARK HAS BEEN LABELED AS AN AREA PARKS BUT IT IS NOT GOOD SINCE OUR PARK WAS BUILT LONG AGO AS A CENTRAL LOCATION WITH HOMES AROUND IT, IT'S AN NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. ALSO WITH LIMITED PARKING PLACES. SINCE I HAVE NOT SPOKEN BEFORE TO THIS BOARD, I FELT THE NEED TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS.

NONE OF US RESIDENTS KNEW ABOUT THIS SECRET SURVEY THAT WAS SENT TO 2000 PEOPLE. MANY OF THESE PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY DO NOT LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SO SINCE THEY ARE NOT DIRECTLY AFFECTE, OF COURSE THEY VOTED FOR THEM.

WHY IS IT THAT WE GET LETTERS DATED SEPTEMBER 1, 2022, STATING BASICALLY THE DECISION HAD ALREADY BEEN MADE BUT DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE SECRET SURVEY? THE DECEMBER 1 LETTER DID SAY PENDING COMMENTS OR CONCERNS, IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THEY WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE LATE THIRD QUARTER OR EARLY FOURTH QUARTER OF 2023.

SINCE THEN, WE HAVE HAD COMMENTS AND CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO YOU ABOUT THROUGH PHONE CALLS, EMAILS, SMALL GROUP GATHERINGS WITH SOME OF YOU ATTENDING.

YOU ARE NOT LISTENING TO US. SADLY, I VOTED FOR MANY OF YOU.

THINKING YOU WILL LISTEN TO REASON.

I AM SO DISAPPOINTED IN THOSE OF YOU THAT I VOTED FOR AND HAVE LET ME DOWN. MYSELF AND OTHERS WILL REMEMBER THIS IN NOVEMBER'S BALLOT. DOCTOR SHELLEY COME OUT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR HEARING US AND STANDING WITH US. YOU GIVE US OVER THE PARK MEETING LAST FEBRUARY AND YOU HEARD US.

YOU ARE THE VOICE OF REASON IN THE MIDST OF THIS BOARD.

FOR THAT, I AND MANY OTHERS HAVE HIGH RESPECT FOR YOU AND WILL VOTE FOR YOU AS LONG AS YOU'RE ON THAT BALANCE.

COME ON GUYS, REALLY? IF YOU ARE IN OUR SHOES, WOULD

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HUMBLE YOURSELVES AND CHANGE HER CLOTHES.

GIVE TO THOSE OF US WHO VOTED FOR YOUWHAT THEY WANT .

THAT IS TO BE VALIDATED ABOUT CONCERNS THROUGH HEARING OUR CONCERNS OF VOTING AGAINST THE BATHROOMS AND NOT LETTING OUR CONCERNS GO ON DEAF EARS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN DOING.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE].

J PIERCE. >> SPEAKER: HI, I'VE BEEN IN CAPSTONE SINCE 1996. I ALSO SPENT 30 YEARS AS A BUSINESS CONSULTANT HELPING COMPANIES IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THEIR STAKEHOLDERS, SO I TOOK A DIFFERENT APPROACH IN LOOKING AT ALL THESE COMMENTS.

AND WHAT I LEARNED IN CONSULTING AND COUPLES THERAPY IS USUALLY NOT THE FIRST THING THAT A SET OF UNDERLYING ISSUES. HE OFFERED THE BIGCOMPLAINTS ABOUT SPEEDING AND CUTTING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PARKING ON THE STREET . THERE ARE REAL CONCERNS THAT THE RESIDENCE THINK MAYBE WORTH ADDING ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.

I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION OR OBSERVATION THAT THIS AREA PART DESIGNATION IS ONE OF THE PLACES OF THE BIG DISCONNECT FOR THE BOARD AND RESIDENTS. WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF AREA PARKS? BASICALLY IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH ACREAGE IN THE TENNIS COURT YOU HAVE AREA PARKS.

THERE IS NO CONSIDERATION ON PARKING CAPACITY OR THE SPEED LIMITS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH. NO CONSIDERATION OF SCHOOL ZONES AND INTERSECTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO DRIVE THROUGH WITH KIDS WALKING. THEN I SAID, IS CAPSTONE THAT DIFFERENT? MAYBE IT'S LIKE THE OTHER AREA PARKS. IT TURNS OUT NOT AT ALL.

IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE PARTS WITH BATHROOMS IN THE TIRE WOODLANDS, THERE IS AN AVERAGE OF 81 PARKING SPACES.

IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE AREA PARKS AND OTHERS AVERAGE OF 29 PARKING SPACES. CAPSTONE HAS 13, SO LESS THAN HALF OF THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.

THERE IS NOT A SINGLE PARKING ALL OF THE WOODLANDS WITH 13 OR FEWER PARKING SPACES. HERE YOU ARE TALKING OF PUTTING BATHROOMS AND INCREASING THE TRAFFIC IN THERE.

MAYBE THERE IS GOOD OVERFLOW PARKING SO YOU CAN PARK ON THE STREET?O, IT'S ANOTHER ONLY PARTS OF THEIR PEOPLE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARKING LOT SO YOU ARE PARKING ON THEIR LAWNS, BLOCKING THEIR VIEW OF THE PARK. THEY'RE HAVING A DIRECT IMPACT THOSE RESIDENTS THERE. IT SIMPLY CANNOT HANDLE THE EXTRA VOLUME THAT AN AREA PARK. NOW I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE SOMEONE NAMED THIS AN AREA PARK, YOU WERE DOING YOUR DUTY TO DRIVE MORE TRAFFIC AND GET MORE USAGE OUT OF THE PARK, THAT IS VERY COMMENDABLE. WE CANNOT IGNORE THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS PART. THE AVERAGE DISTANCE YOU HAVE TO DRIVE USING GOOGLE MAPS IS .15 MILES.

TO GET TO CAPSTONE IT IS ALMOS .17.

THREE TIMES THE DISTANCE YOU TO - - ONLY PART WITH BATHROOMS WHERE IT'S A 20 MPH SPEED LIMIT IN THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALL THE OTHERS ARE 35, MOST OF THEM - - 45 MPH.

IS THE ONLY AREA PARKS, ADDING MY WIFE WAS GOING.

IT'S ONLY AREA PARK WE MUST DRIVE THROUGH SCHOOL ZONES GET TO THE PARK. HERE YOU HAVE KIDS WALKING TO AND FROM SCHOOL WITH THE PARENTS SOMETIMES BY THEMSELVES RIDING BICYCLES AND I SAY MAYBE IT'S A SHORT DISTANCE.

WELL, NO, IT IS THREE TIMES THE DISTANCE AND HAVE TO GO THROUGH MORE INTERSECTIONS WHERE KIDS ARE CROSSING STREETS IN ANY OTHER AREA PARK IN THE WOODLANDS WITH BATHROOMS. YOU HAVE TO GO TWO FOR INTERSECTIONSWHERE KIDS ARE CROSSING THE STREET . THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ACROSS FROM THE PARK, THERE IS NO SIDEWALK.

THAT ACROSS THE STREET AND FOR TRAFFIC TO GO RIGHT IN FRONT OF

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THIS WILL PROBABLY NOT BE A BIG ISSUE IF THIS WAS DIFFERENT.

IT IS THIS WAS A PARK OFF OF RESEARCH FORTHIS REGION AT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR NOT SCHOOL ZONES , YOU PROBABLY NOT HEAR THE SLIP OF COMPLAINTS.

ALSO - - IS THE LARGEST TENNIS FACILITY IN THE WOODLANDS BARELY A MILE AWAY FROM OUR CAPSTONE PARKS.

I ALSO FIND THAT THE TENNIS COURTS, MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TENNIS COURTS. THAT IS NOT TRUE EITHER.

WE HAVE 18 TENNIS COURTS WITH BATHROOMS, THAT IS TWICE AS MUCH. HERE WE HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF TENNIS COURTS IN THE VILLAGE WITH BATHROOMS ALREADY INSTALLED. SO, I SEEK TO EITHER RECOGNIZE THE TRUE CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE OBJECTIVE AND EXPLAIN WHY THESE RESIDENTS HAVE NO SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT FORCING TRAFFIC INTO THESE BATHROOMS. IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE, WE FIGURE HOW TO GET THE CHANGE TO A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WHERE WE GET THE WHOLE A WHOLE OTHER DISCUSSION ON WHY THIS WAS DESIGNATED AN AREA PARK BEFORE YOU COULD EVER FINALIZE A DECISION ON PUTTING BATHROOMS AND THEIR YOU CAN VOTE NO BASED ON THE FEEDBACK OR SAY WHATEVER FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THE SHOULD BE CHANGED. CERTAINLY IN MY MIND YOU CANNOT SAY YES TO BATHROOMS BEFORE ADDRESSING HIS MAJOR CONCERNS.

THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY REAL QUICK IS I WILL FURTHER BACK IN CAPSTONE SO I'M NOT AS DIRECTLY IMPACTED AS THE FOLKS THAT LIVE OFF OF RESEARCH FOREST.EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A GRANDDAUGHTER INTO THEIR SOME BENEFIT OF HAVING BATHROOMS THEY ARE, I CERTAINLY COULD NEVER VOTE FO BATHROOMSKNOWING THAT ONLY THE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS ALONG THE STREET GET THE DRIVE INTO WORSE . THE SPEEDING WORSE.I WOULD NEVER VOTEFOR BATTERIES FOR MY CONVENIENCE KNOWING I WOULD DIRECTLY IMPACT THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF THOSE POOR RESIDENTS .

THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO HAVE FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENCE AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE YOU WILL TAKE THESE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION. [APPLAUSE].

>> THAT BRINGS US TO LARRY - -. THAT BRINGS US TO AND PERRY.

>> SURE IS A LOT OF RED OUT THERE.

HOW MANY PEOPLE AREHERE FOR CAPSTONE ?HOW WOULD PEOPLE ARE HERE NOT JUST FOR CAPSTONE BUT ARE PART OF THE WOODLANDS I DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT? GOOD.UNFORTUNATELY, BOB IS NOT HERE TODAY.

THIS MEETING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE 24TH AND IT GOT CHANGED TODAY SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND CANNOT MAKE IT TODAY BUT WE HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE OTHER COMMENTS THAT CAPSTONE IS A

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BUT WE WANT THE BOARD TO DO IS LET'S CHANGE, INSTEAD OF AN AREA PARK, LET'S CHANGE IT. HOW CAN WE CHANGE IT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK COMPARED TO AN AREA PARK? SO WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN IN SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR. WE COULD SEE THAT WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AND YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE A PART OF THE WOODLANDS.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE].

>> THAT BRINGS US TO I THINK IT IS BROOKE BROWNING.

>> MY NAME IS BROOKE. I GREW UP IN CAPSTONE, WAS BORN AND RAISED THERE I WILL MAKE IT SHORT, SWEET AND SLICK AT THIS POINT. AS FAR AS GROWINGUP, GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL FROM A FINGERTIP OF KIDS , I LOVE MY KIT " THEY HAD FUN AT THE PARK TO SAY THE LEAST.

I WOULD SAY ALL OF MY GUY FRIENDS IN HIGH SCHOOL WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF DESTROYING THE BATHROOM.

I GET TO SEE A LOT OF A DISADVANTAGE TO THE COMMUNITY.

THAT IS IT. [APPLAUSE].

>> GOOD EVENING. I AM RICHARD CADDELL, 26 YEAR CAPSTONE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENT. I WILL GIVE MY WIFE AND TWO-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IN 1997. AS SUCH I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF STANDING ON THE ISSUE HERE.

I HAVE COME THIS EVENING TO A POSTER - - THE MY WORK LIFE I HAVE SPENT OVER 40 YEARS AS A PROJECT MANAGER.

WE NEED TO RE-EXAMINE OUR POSITION.

SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL THE STRANGE AND HUMOROUS STORY OF DONALD RUMSFELD, FORMER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TALKING ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR AND THE UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS.

THESE ARE RISK CLASSIFICATIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT WE MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT IS WHAT WE THINK IS UNKNOWN A RISK THAT WE CAN ARTICULATE AND WE LOOK TO SEE IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE CONSEQUENCES. WHEN I WAS SAY TO THE GROUP IS, I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN TREMENDOUS AMOUNT - - THOSE RISKS ARTICULATED TONIGHT, THE ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS THAT ARE KNOWN BUT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL OUTCOME OR THE EFFECT OR IMPACT WOULD BE. SOME OF THESE EXAMPLES ARE THINGS LIKE ADDED TRAFFIC CONGESTION.

TALK ABOUT ADDITIONAL SPEEDING. WE KNOW IT IS A RISK, WE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW BAD IT WILL BE. WE KNOW WE WILL NEED POLICE PROTECTION BUT DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT VALUABLE TIME WILL BE NECESSARY. THE RED LINE FOR ME IS WE MIGHT BELIEVE MANAGING THE RISK OF OFFERING COVERED CONSUMER DO BAD ACTORS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.

WE KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING BECAUSE AND MY WIFE WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PERSON HAVE THWARTED A NUMBER OF ISSUES OVER THE YEARS IN THE LAST 26 YEARS.

MY CONCERN IS HUMAN INCREASING FENTANYL CONTAMINATED DRUGS, I RESPECTED THE GROUP THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE RISKS ARE. IN THE END, THE QUESTION ALSO REMAINS IS THIS THE BEST USE OF $600,000 OF HARDENED TAXPAYERS MONEY? ARE WE BEING THE GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER MONEY? I THINK IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO CONVINCE ME THAT IS THE CASE.

I HOPE YOU WILL STAND WITH ME IN SUPPORTING THIS INITIATIVE FOR OVER ONE FOURTH OF THE CENTURY.

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I WOULD ADVOCATE THAT WE SHOULD DO WHAT MOST PEOPLE WHO EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, THANKS FOR LISTENING. [APPLAUSE].

>> THAT BRINGS US TO CINDY - -. HIS ROD SPEAKING OR YIELDING

YOUR TIME?>> I WILL BE SHORT AND SWEET, I WAS NOT LAST TIME THAT I APOLOGIZE OF THAT. BUT ANYWAY, I HAVE TO SAY, CAPSTONE ROCKS. I'M SPEECHLESS.

I GET CHOKED UP THINKING ABOUT ALL THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.

THAT IS CAPSTONE, I AM SO BLESSED TO LIVE THERE.

I AM. I THOUGHT I WAS BLESSED, NOW I KNOW THAT I AM. THE SAFETY CONCERNS HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT. I LOVE THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? MY HOUSE IS RIGHT THERE.

THERE WAS NO HURRICANE HARVEY LAST WEEK BUT GUESS WHAT? IT RAINED LIKE A SON OF A GUN. I WAS HEARING HER TALK ABOUT I'M SO EMOTIONAL, THEN I HEAR HER PRESENTING ALL THESE FACTS AND I'M LIKE OH WOW, THE TREES, THE ROOT SYSTEMS, THE DRAINAGE AND ALL THAT STUFF AND I'M LIKE OKAY.

WE WILL JUST LIVE ON LAKE CAPSTONE OR WHATEVER.

THAT IS INTRIGUING TO SAY BUT THAT'S ONLY TO SAY.

PREVIOUSLY THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO HER.

>> THANK YOU CINDY. [APPLAUSE].

HE SPOKE LAST TIME AND CRACKED ME, SO THANK YOU.

WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE BACK. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ONCE AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO WHAT WE ARE SAYING. I LOVE THE INTERNETTHAT NEED TO INTENTIONALLY DO ANY HARM TO WHAT .

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT AS EVERYONE IS THAT SO FAR TO UNDERSTAND A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE POTENTIAL LIKELY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

WHAT I DECIDED TO DO WAS AFTER TALKING TO MY NEIGHBOR STEVE, I DECIDED I WAS GOING TO GO AROUND AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE POTENTIAL UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

SO I WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE AT COCHRAN'S CROSSING AND I ASKED THEM WHAT PEOPLE AREMOST FREQUENTLY USE YOUR RESTROOM ? THEY SAID PEOPLE THAT DO THE LAWN, CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE, CONTRACTORS, CLEAN PEOPLE FROM A VARIETY OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT AND JUST PEOPLE PASSING THROUGH TOWN.

I WENT TO THE KROGER GAS STATION AN HOUR OF THE FORWARDED FIVE MINUTES OF THE PARK.

AND I ASKED THEM WHERE THE MOST FREQUENT PEOPLE THAT COME TO YOUR RESTAURANT? THEY SAID HE USED TO BE BEFORE WE LOCKED IT, BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC THAT IS NOT OUR CUSTOMERS, THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE.

I WENT TO THE ALDEN BRIDGE KROGER'S AND DID THE SAME THING. EXXON STATION, THE SHELL STATION. I WENT DOWN TO THE SHELL STATION AND SAME THING. UNFORTUNATELY I THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE.

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WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE INTEND TO STAY THERE WE CAN WALK AROUND SAFELY, WE KNOW EACH OTHER AND WILL PROBABLY END UP WITH SOME UNINTENDED PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

TWICE THERE WAS AGUN LEFT IN THE RESTROOM .

WHEN THEY SAID TWICE THERE WAS A GUN LEFT IN THE RESTROOM, ONE TIME AT THE SHELL STATION AND ANOTHER TIME THERE WAS AGUN LEFT AT KROGER'S GROCERY STORE .

SO, WHAT IF ONE OF OUR GRANDKIDS WALKED IN THERE? UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE. WE ARE NOT A LARGE AREA PARK.

WE ARE SMALL HOME PARKED AND I DON'T THINK YOU REALLY WANT WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN THERE.

I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO GO ON THAT AND FIND THAT HAPPENED AND THINK ABOUT THE FACT YOU KNOW WHAT? THESE PEOPLE TOLD US AHEAD OF TIME WHAT THE POTENTIAL UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE WOULD BE.

I HOPE YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE].

BRODERICK? FRANK ROBINSON.

HE WILL COME BACK TO YOU AND MOVED TO CLAUDIA ROBERTS.

THANK YOU JOHN. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING US COME AND TALK AGAIN. I WILL LIKE EVERYONE ELSE I'VE HEARD FROM SO FAR AS THE LAST MEETING, I AM OPPOSED.

THE ONLY PERSON IN HER SPEAK AT THIS POTABLE IS NOT OPPOSED DOES NOT LIVE IN CAPSTONE, SHE LIVES IN COCHRAN'S CROSSING.I HAVE BEEN IN CAPSTONE FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND HAVE RAISED SIX KIDS THERE. THREE OF THEM ARE STILL IN THE HOUSE, ONE IS A JUNIOR AT WOODLANDS HIGHSCHOOL , WHEN IS FRESHMAN IN THE NINTH GRADE CAMPUS AND ONE IS THAT MITCHELL . WE HAVE MORE THAT ARE GONE BUT WHEN I SAY GONE, ONE IS RIGHT BY MCCULLOUGH, THE OTHER IS BY - -, SHE IS A NURSE AT METHODIST.

HIS WIFE'S FAMILY LIVES - - SO WE SEE THEM A LOT AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN PLAY AT THE PARK .

OUR UNIT IS MY GO TO THE PARK, BUT ARE FRESHMAN AND SIX GRADERS SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT THE PARK.

I AM OPPOSED FOR PERSONAL REASONS.

I HAVE BEEN ALAWYER FOR 33 YEARS .

AS A BABY LAWYER IN HOUSTON, MY DAD INSISTED THAT I SPENT SOME TIME WITH THE JUDGE THAT HE KNEW WELL AND IT WAS CRIMINAL COURT. FOR JUDGE JIMMY DUNCAN, GOD REST HIS SOUL, I WAS ESSENTIALLY THE STAFF DEFENSE ATTORNEY IN HIS COURT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

I GET TO SEE CASES GOING TO THE COURT.MOST OF THE CASES WERE DWI CASES AND PROSECUTION CASES, MISDEMEANORS.

A LOT OF THEM ARE PUBLIC INDECENCY CASES.

WHAT WAS SHOCKING TO ME WAS THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE BEING

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AS 33+ YOUR ATTORNEY, I THINK MY RETIREMENT INTERMITTENTLY.

LAST TIME I WAS HERE FOR TWO REASONS.

MY WIFE AND I ARE SECOND AND THIRD PLACE IN THIS CONTEST THE TOWNSHIP IS PUTTING ON FOR AMOUNT OF MILES WRITTEN IN THE MONTH OF MAY. WE GO TO AREA RESTROOMS IN THE WOODLANDS ON OUR BIKES. TODAY WE RODE 75 MILES.

WE DRINK A LOT OF LIQUID WILL ME RIDE THAT FAR.

THEY HAVE A LARGE PARKING LOT, LAKESIDE PARK, SAME THING.

FAIRMONT PARK SAME THING. TO REITERATE SOMETHING ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS HAD TALKED ABOUT, THERE ARE FEDERAL EXPRESS TRUCKS, UPS TRUCKS, ALL KINDS OF CERTAIN PEOPLE USING THE RESTROOM.SOMETIMES, - - IS THE BATHROOM LIKE I EXPECT YOU GUYS ARE CONSIDERING BUILDING IN CAPSTONE, ONE COAT WITH A LOCKING DOOR. 13 PARKING PLACES IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO HOST ALL THE SERVICE WORKERS COMING THROUGH THE HOOD LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.

IT IS NOT WORKABLE. WE HAVE ZERO PEOPLE HERE.

ANYONE HERE IN FAVOR? ) THE MONEY IS SOMETHING THAT NOBODY WANTS. HOW ABOUT THAT - - NATURE TRAIL? YOU GO OUT THERE AND YOU'LL FIND PLACES WHERE PEOPLE HAD, I WAS A DEER HUNTER FOR YEARS, THE FLOWER GARDEN. LOTS OF TOILET PAPER IN THE WOODS, COME ON FOLKS. HOW ABOUT RESTROOMS AT THE TRAILHEAD AT 5171 CENTER RIDGE? WHETHER MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS ARE. A LOT OF NOT JUST MOUNTAIN BIKERS BUT TRAIL RUNNERS AND PEDESTRIANS AND DOG WALKERS, NO RESTROOMS. THOSE ARE THE PLACES WE NEED RESTROOMS, SPEND THE MONEY WILL BE NEEDED A LOT OF PEOPLE COME.

TENNIS, THE POINT IS ALREADY BEEN MADE.

WE HAVE TWO COURSE THEY ARE OFTEN NOT BEING USED.

SPEND THE MONEY RESPONSIBLY. SPEND IT WHERE WE WANT IT, NOT WHEN NOBODY WANTS IT. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

[APPLAUSE]. >> ALLISON WINTER.

HERE SHE COMES. IS YOUR HUSBAND DEFERRING HIS

TIME TO YOU? >> I MAY NOT NEED IT, I'M TRYING TO BE MORE BRIEF TONIGHT.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY.

I WANT TO THANK BOB MILNER EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT HERE, WE TRULY APPRECIATE THAT. BECAUSE YOU'RE SO THAT THE WHOLE TIME THE REASON FOR THESE BATHROOMS WAS TO INCREASE TENNIS LEAGUE PLAY AT CAPSTONE PARK.

THE REASON IS THAT TENNIS LEAGUE PLAY ONLY HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE A BATHROOM. THAT WOULD BE MORE CONGESTION COMING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE CANNOT ACCOMMODATE.

I WILL LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE BOARD AND THE TOWNSHIP STAFF CONSIDERING DESIGNATING CAPSTONE PARK FROM AN AREA PARK TO I GUESS IT WOULD BE A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.

AS MANY HAVE SAID TONIGHT WE HAVE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES

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IT'S REALLY TUCKED IN THERE WITH MANY HOMES AROUND IT AND THE SLOW SPEED LIMIT. I WENT TO THE OTHER AREA PARKS AND DO NOT SEE ANY THAT ARE 20 MILES AN HOUR.

I DON'T WANT TO SOUND UNAPPRECIATIVE BECAUSE WE REALIZE THE TOWNSHIP STAFF FOR IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS THEY FEEL THE RESIDENTS NEED. WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. IN THIS CASE IT'S MISSING IDENTIFIED AND MANY OF US ARE IN FAVOR OF THEM.

ALSO, I AM A TENNIS PLAYER AND PLAYED FOR 21 YEARS SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH MANY OF THE COURTS TO PLAY ASPIRIN NEVER SEEM TO HAVE PROBLEMS GETTING THEM.

I PERSONALLY DO NOT USE THE BATHROOM WHEN I GO TO PLAY TENNIS. I HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THAT. WE ONLY PLAY AT FOUR COURT LOCATIONS OURSELVES. I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD BEGAN PREPARING ALL OF OUR CONCERNS. WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME FOR CONSIDERING THIS ISSUE AGAIN AND WE ARE HOPING THAT TONIGHT YOU MAY SEE IT DIFFERENTLY AFTER HEARING ALL OF US. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE]. >> FRED? [INAUDIBLE]. OKAY.

NEXT UP IS PHILIP POLASKI. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY SPEAK AGAIN. I'M HONORED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE THE COMMUNITY FOR THE BETTER AS A REFERENCE THAT DURING THE IMPLICATION WITH HIS INTERVENTION. I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE WILL END SINCE 2015. I AM CONVINCED BUILDING RESTAURANTS IN CAPSTONE PARK WILL CHANGE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR AREA AND DRIVE AXIS TRAFFIC THAT FOR ALL THE REASONS YOU HEARD, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CANNOT SUSTAIN.

THIS WILL INCREASE THE SAFETY RISKS AND INCONVENIENCE FOR CAPSTONE REGULAR AROUND 300 HOUSEHOLDS.

AS SUCH, CAPSTONE PARK IS THE DIFFERENT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRODUCTS. THIS UNFORTUNATE DESIGNATION OF AN AREA PARK ALSO HAS TO BE TAKEN INTO BROADER CONTEXT.

CAPSTONE ITSELF IS A VERY BIG NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S AN AREA ITSELF. CAPSTONE FINDS AND WAIVES THAT FILL THE WHOLE OF CAPSTONE. THIS PARK SITS IN THE MIDDLE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, MAJORITY OF PEOPLE OPPOSE THIS INVESTMENT.

THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED RESULTS.

EXAMPLES INCLUDE FINDING A NEW TENNIS FACILITY, IMPROVING PARKS SUCH AS - - AND SO ON. AS A TENNIS PLAYER MYSELF I UNDERSTAND. THEY COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS INVESTMENT THERE AS WELL. I DO NOT UNDERSDER TO BUILDBATH.

BECAUSE OF THE FORMAL DESIGNATION TYPICALLY SURROUNDED BYRESIDENTIAL HOMES .THE RISKS FAR OUTWEIGH ANY POTENTIAL BENEFIT. WE'RE GOING TO BE INCONVENIENCED, I AM AFRAID WOODLANDS ITSELF CAN BE INCONVENIENCED IF IN AN UNFORTUNATE EVENT OF SOME SORT OCCURS. I KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND THE BEST THING, THERE MIGHT BE A BETTER WAY.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING THIS OUT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

>> THANK YOU PHILIP. [APPLAUSE].

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>> I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT BUT I'M GOING TO SAY HAVING GOOD WOODLANDS WATCH FOR 27 YEARS, PEOPLE DO COME TO ME.

THIS IS A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THOSE THAT WE HEAR FROM.

I PEOPLE EVERY DAY COMING O ME SAYING THEY DON'T WANT IT.YOU CAN MULTIPLY THIS NUMEROUS TIMES.

SOMETHING ELSE I WAS THINKING ABOUT NOW FROM THE LAST POINT.

I TAUGHT THE COLLEGE FOR 20 YEARS AND TESTED TO COULD HARDLY GET THERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE CARS OR PATHS THAT GO EASILY TO THE COLLEGE FROM SOME OF THE APARTMENTS.

MONEY COULD REALLY BE USED THERE TOO.

I HAD STUDENTS COMING ALL THE WAY ALONG 242 AND THE OTHER SIDE, HARPERS LANDING. THEY ARE WALKING OR TAKING THEIR BIKES ACROSS ALL ABOUT TRAFFIC.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT, THANK YOU.

YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES. >> GOOD EVENING, I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CAPSTONE FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

I AM TOLD THAT THE RESTAURANT HAS BEEN CATEGORIZED, OR THE PART, HAS BEEN CATEGORIZED AS AN AREA PARK.

I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE DEFINITION OF WHAT THE AREA PARK IS, NOR HAVE I BEEN ABLE TO FIND A LIST OF WHO THE AREA PARKS ARE. BUT I DID FIND IT ON THE WEBSITE IT SAYS THAT ALL PARKS IN THE WOODLANDS OUR COMMUNITY PARKS. THEN I FIND A DIFFERENT PLACE WHERE IT SAID WILSON THE 26TH LARGEST AND MOST POPULAR PARKS IN THE WOODLANDS. AMAZINGLY CAPSTONE IS ON THAT LIST. I JUST FOUND A LITTLE BIT STRANGE THE COMMUNITY PARK AND AS EMBEDDED AS CAPSTONE IS WILL BE IN THE LIST OF THE LARGEST AND MOST POPULAR PARKS IN THE WILDERNESS. ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT WE ONLY HAVE 13 PARKING SPACES.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT LIST AND TAKE AN AVERAGE OF THE PARKING SPACES IN THOSE 26 PARKS, THERE IS ONE THAT HAS NO PARKING SPACES, THEY HAVE AN AVERAGE OF 75 PARKING SPACES. IF YOU THE LARGEST AND MOST - - AN AREA PARK THAT EVERYONE CAN ATTEND.

YOU WILL HAVE PLACE TO ACCOMMODATE ALLTHOSE PEOPLE .

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 26 PARKS THERE IS ONE PART ON THEIR THAT IS FEWER PARKING SPACES THAN CAPSTONE PARK.

THAT ANOTHER PARK CALLED MYSTIC FOREST PARK.

IT'S A REALLY TINY PARK WHICH IS REALLY SMALL.

IT DOES HAVE A TENNIS COURT DOES NOT HAVE A PAVILION.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT WOULD MAKE IT ONTO THIS KIND OF THE LIST. THAT GIVES YOU QUESTIONS AND RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CREDIBILITY OF THE WHOLE LIST.

ALL OF THE PARKS ON THAT LIST WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FOUR HAVE RESTAURANTS. I SUSPECT THAT IS THE AREA PARK LIST BUT I DO NOT KNOW THAT IT IS.

THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS GOING THROUGH AND PUTTING RESTAURANTS AND ALL THOSE PARKS ON THAT LIST.

ONE OF THOSE PARKS IS THAT LITTLE SLIVER OF LAND ON THE PARKWAY AT THE SOUTHERN SHORE. THERE IS NO PARKING THERE OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET THERE BY FOOT UNLESS YOU PARK ILLEGALLY WHICH IS DANGEROUS.

I DOUBT THEY WILL EVER PUT A RESTROOM IN THAT ONE.

THE SECOND ONE IS MYSTIC FOREST PARK WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT.

CAPSTONE PARK IS THE THIRD AND SUNDANCE PARK IS THE ONE YOU ARE CURRENTLY PUTTING A BATHROOM IN THAT PARK.

THAT PARK HAS 25 PARKING SPACE , 13 AND WOODLANDS.AS FOR A

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ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE OTHER PARK HAS ANY RESIDENTS IN THE BACK UP TO THE PARK. IT'S NOT EMBEDDED IN THE COMMUNITY THE WAY WOODLANDS PARTIES.

IF YOU PUT THE BATHROOM IN THERE AND DOES ACCOMPLISH WHAT I THINK IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WHICH IS INCREASING THE VISITORS TO.

THEY GOING TO PARK?YOU ALREADY HAVE A SITUATION DURING THE SCHOOL DAYS WERE NORMALLY YOU GO BY THERE AND THERE ARE AT LEASTTWO CARS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL .

THEY DRIVE THERE, THEY'LL HAVE PERMITS TO BARGAIN THE HIGH SCHOOL SO THEY PARK THEIR, THEY WALK AND THEIR FRIENDS PICK THEM UP. AS THE TIME WENT IN HIS PLAYERS ARE PLAYING. YOU HAVE PRODUCED PARKING THAT SITUATION. IF YOU PUT THE BATHROOM THERE AND INCREASE THE TRAFFIC, WHERE PEOPLE GOING TO PARK? THERE PARKING ON CAPSTONE DRIVE AND CONCORDE FORCE WHICH GOES DOWN ONE SIDE AND THE SHORT ENTRANCE WHICH GOES DOWN THE OTHER SIDE. THEY WILL BE PARKING ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS WHICH IS IDEAL FOR THIS KIND OFSITUATION . THEY ARE NOT BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE A LOT OF TRAFFIC. THEY ARE ADEQUATELY WIDE BUT WHEN SOMEBODY'S PARKING THERE FOR OUR TWO CARS COMING YOU'LL HAVE TO STOP TO GET THROUGH. I AM HERE TO ASK TAKE A LOOK THIS DESIGNATION OF AREA PARKS. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WAS DONE, IT PREDATES A LOT OF YOU GUYS MAYBE PEOPLE LIKE AND WHAT BEEN ON THE BOARD A LONG TIME WERE NOT AWARE IF THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING.OU MAY READ IT IS CLOSE OUR YOU ARE DOING THINGS

BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN. >> THE SIX MINUTES, I THINK FRED GAVE YOU HIS THREE BUT THAT IS SIX.

WE STILL HAVE 11? THANK YOU STEPHEN.

>> YOU LIKELY RUN INTO A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE SAY OKAY ALL THE PARKS ON THIS LIST WILL GET BATHROOMS AND YOU ARE FOLLOWING THAT PROGRESSION WITHOUT LOOKING AT EACH PART SPECIFICALLY AND LOOKING AT THE CIRCUMSTANCES THERE.

I THINK OUR COMMUNITY HAS GONE OUT OF ITS WAY OVER THE PAST MONTH OR SO TO TRY AND MAKE IT CLEAR TO YOU ALL THAT OUR PARK IS DIFFERENT, OUR COMMUNITY IS DIFFERENT AND WE DON'T THINK OUR PARK SHOULD BE ON AN AREA PARK DESIGNATION.

THIS IS VERY SMALL, IT'S WELL LAID OUT AND HAS A LOTOF THINGS ON IT . THE NUMBER PARKING SPACES SAYS THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SMALL PART.

I ASK YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER THIS IS AN AREA PARK.

PLEASE DO NOT FILL THE BATHROOM IN THE PARK.

I JUST ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT, MANY OF YOU PROMISED YOU WILL KEEP WOODLANDS THE WAY IT IS. JUST THINK ABOUT THAT PROMISE.

THAT IS ALL WE ARE REALLY ASKING FOR.

WE LIKE IT THE WAY IT IS, WE HAVE REASONS WHY WE LIKE IT THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE].

>> NEXT IS MICHAEL O'BRIEN. THANK YOU.

>> HELLO, MICHAEL O'BRIEN IS MY NAME.I HAVE LIVED AND WOODLANDS LONG-TERM AND WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT YOU GUYS ARE RUNNING FOR US.THE FIRST PART OF THE WOODLANDS IS WOODS. HE WENT TO KEEP OUR WORDS AS SCREENING CLEAN AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US ALL

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MY WIFE IS ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT THE KIDS.

WE WERE ASLEEP AND THAT 1:00 IN THE MORNING, THE DOORBELL GOES OFF AND MY WIFE IS IMMEDIATELY PANICKED, RUNS TO THE FRONT DOOR AND IT IS MY DAUGHTER STANDING THERE AND WE ARE LIKE WHATARE YOU DOING THERE ? SHE SAID I MISS MY BEDROOM AND MISS YOU GUYS. THIRDLY AT 1:00 IN THE MORNING SHE LEFT HER FRIENDS HOUSE, DID NOT TELL THEM, WALK THROUGH THE PARK IN THE DARK CAME HOME. SO HAVING A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK THAT IS SAFE FOR CHILDREN IS ABSOLUTELY MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE. THAT IS THE POINT FROM THE FIRST PART. I DID GET ABOUT GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? I WORK IN THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY. I'M NOT A POET SO I USE - - AVERAGE MY WIFE KIM WHO WAS AN AUTHOR SO SHE'S A REALLY GOOD WRITER AND SHE HELPED ME GET IT IN FULL SHAPE.

BUT I WILL SHARE IT A LITTLE TONGUE IN CHEEK, BUT THE MESSAGE IS IMPORTANT. OUR PARK HAS BEEN A SAFE PLACE FOR FAMILIES TO PLAY AND ENJOY THE SPACE.

THE ABILITY FOR MANY YEARS AND OUR KIDS HAVE OF THE PART WITHOUT FEARS.WE DON'T WANT EVERYONE TO BE EXPOSED TO THE DANGERS OF DRUG USE IN OVERDOS .

WE DON'T WANT OUR STREETS TO BE UNSAFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE DISGRACED. WE URGE THE TOWN OFFICIALS TO VOTE AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL THAT WILL CAUSE IMMENSE DISTRESS.

WE WANT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE CLEAN AND SAFE AND FOR OUR CHILDREN TO HAVE A HAPPY PLACE. IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COM . HE WILL HAVE NOWHERE LEFT TO RUN. KIDS NEED NATURE, QUIET PLACE TO BE, SO PLEASE DEAR OFFICIALS, HEAR OUR PLEA.

KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RESTAURANT FREE.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE].

>> THANK YOU MR. O'BRIEN. THAT BRINGS US TO MR. LAWRENCE, STEVE? YOU CAN GIVE HIM YOUR THREE

MINUTES. >> I ONLY NEED TWO.

ADAM CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND TOWNSHIP STAFF, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

MY NAME IS STEVE LAWRENCE, I AM CURRENTLY HOLDING THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRECINCT 48 REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIR POSITIO . I AM HERE FOR MY CAPSTONE NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS. THEY HAVE ASKED ME TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF CANCELING THE APPROVED RESTROOM PLAN FOR THE PARK. IT WAS QUITE PRAISEWORTHY THE TOWNSHIP RESPONDED FOR HOMETOWN IMPROVEMENT.

UNDERSTAND THE CLUB PLANS TO PLACE THE RESTROOM IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD PARK THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY HOW ONE WOULD SEEM VERY DESIRABLE. UNFORTUNATELY FOR CAPSTONE RESIDENTS, THEIR NEIGHBOR DESIGN DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE INCLUDED PLANS FOR SAFELY SPENDING PARK SERVICES.

THE BOARD HAS HEARD ARGUMENTS FROM RESIDENTS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW EXPLAINING WHY REVERSING THE DECISION TO FUND THIS PROJECT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM.

I KNOW I SHOULD HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE OBJECTIONS. THE MAPPING SECURITY CONCERN OF

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WE CANNOT MEASURE THE EFFECT OF THAT YET.

THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY THE SPARK PROJECT HAVE SIGNIFICANT OBJECTIONS TO IT BEING SLATED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.

I FIND IT IMPORTANT THAT FORMER RESIDENCE HAVE COME TO THE TOWNSHIP REQUESTING THE CANCEL PLANS TO FUND AN AMENITY THEY DO NOT WANT THE NUMBER OF CONVICTED THE TOWNSHIP IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION FOR ELECTED MOST SWORN IN AT LARGE DIRECTORS REPRESENTING TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS.ALL NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE WOODLANDS ARE NOT THE SAME.

COUNTERPARTS ARE NOT ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL.

MY REQUEST IS THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS BIND TO THE SKILLS NEEDED TO EFFECTIVELY LISTEN TO IMPACTED CAPSTONE RESIDENT REQUIREMENTS. PLEASE DO NOT RIGHTFULLY DIVIDE THE ISSUES YOU TO REACH A BETTER RESIDENT SENSITIVE DECISION. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS

OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. >> WE HAVE ONE MORE BATHROOM CAPSTONE, WE WILL OF THE INDIVIDUAL GOING NEXT AND YOU'LL BE UP NEXT. RICHARD TEMPLE?

WELCOME. >> THANKS FOR HAVING US AND THANKS EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. WE LIVE FIVE DOORS FROM CAPSTONE PARK. I WOULD LIKE TO COVER A NUMBER OF BULLET POINTS OF PEOPLE HAVE COMMENTED ON.

BY DEFINITION, IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK ON THE AN AREA PARK. IT'S SURROUNDED BY HOUSES.

MANY HOUSES ARE 25 - - A TRUE AREA PARK IS A MISTAKEN DESIGNATION. IF IT WALKS LIKE A DUCK AND QUACKS LIKE A DUCK IS NOT AN AREA PARK.

AS FAR AS THE SURVEYS GO, THIS IS THE SURVEY RIGHT HERE.

THE PETITION, OVER 600 PEOPLE SIGNED THE SURVEY AGAINSTIT.

THE SERVER IN THE BLUE TOWNSHIP ITSELF, IF YOU PHRASE IT DIFFERENTLY THEN YES, EVERYBODY WANTS PUBLIC BATHROOMS AND BIG PARKS. BUT IF YOU PHRASE THE SURVEY AND SAID DO YOU WANT A PUBLIC BATHROOM ACROSS THE STREET FROM YOUR HOUSE, EVERYONE WOULD SAY NO.

PLEASE DON'T DO THAT TO US, YOU ARE NOT LISTENING TO US IF YOU VOTE FOR IT. THE SECOND POINT IS THE POPULATION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS EXPLODING, WE KNOW THAT.

WE WILL NEVER HAVE ENOUGH COURTS TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE PEOPLE MONTGOMERY COUNTY. I WAS ABLE TO AND TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS SHOULD BE NO LEAKS BECAUSE WE CAN NEVER ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE. IT IS GOING TO GET WORSE.

THE POPULATION OF THE COUNTY CAN DOUBLE IN 20 YEARS.I HOPE NOT BUT PROBABLY WILL. LET'S BE REALISTIC, IS NOT A LONG-TERM SOLUTION. I WOULD WORK ON A WIN-WIN SOLUTION LIKE BATHROOMS AT SHADOW BEND PARK, THE FIVE COURTS THERE OR MAYBE WILL THE TENNIS CENTER CLOSER TO I 45.

IT CAN BE A HUGE REVENUE GENERATOR.

WE CAN HAVE TREMORS LIKE WIMBLEDON FOR EXAMPLE, BIG OPPORTUNITY IT'S ALL WIN-WIN. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE SAFE AND IS A FACT PUBLIC RESTROOMS UNSUPERVISED ATTRACT CRIMINALS, DRUG USERS, VAGRANTS, PREDATOR , THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

PLEASE LISTEN TO US. WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES WILL BEGIN NEW INFORMATION. ANYTIME YOU MAKE A MISTAKE IN MY CHOPPER HOME I ADMIT IT AND SAY I MADE A MISTAKE AND I WILL MOVE ON. LET'S JUST MOVE ON AND ADMIT WE DO NOT HAVE COMPLETEINFORMATION WHEN WE VOTED BEFORE AND NOW YOU DO. PLEASE LISTEN TO US, THANK YOU . [APPLAUSE] AND .

>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

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WE WERE FOUNDED IN 2017 BY THE LATE ROGER - - WHICH I KNEW MANY OF YOU KNEW. OUR MISSION IS TO HONOR, RESPECT AND COMMUNICATE THE VISION FOR THE WOODLANDS.

I'M HONORED TO HAVE THREE OF THE DIRECTORS THAT ARE ALSO AMONG OUR 75 MEMBERS AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

I DID WANT TO INFORM THE WHOLE BOARD THAT IN CASE YOU DID NOT KNOW, PURSUANT TO THE COMMUNICATION SIDE OF IT, WE ARE NOW CONDUCTING A NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS WITH FOUNDING MEMBERS WHO WORKED WITH MR. MITCHELL.

THIS IS TO DOCUMENT WITH EVERYTHING WE CAN ABOUT MR. MITCHELL AND ALSO TO DOCUMENT EVERYTHING WE CAN ABOUT THE WHOLE LIVE, WORK, PLAY, OR LEARN VISION FOR THE WOODLANDS.

WE ARE CONDUCTING THESE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH - - WHICH IS AN ABSOLUTE FIRST-RATE COMMUNICATION COMPANY AS YOU ALL KNOW. WE HAVE DONE ABOUT 21 OF THE SO FAR INCLUDING CHAIRPERSON AND, WE APPRECIATE THAT.

IT INCLUDES THE LIKES OF ROBERT - - AND SO FORTH.

WE ARE TALKING TO THE PEOPLE WHO COULD BE BEFORE THE TOWNSHIP WAS FOUND. I WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE THE LAST SESSION YOU FORMED THE COMMITTEE IN THE50TH ANNIVERSARY . WHAT I'M HERE TO SUGGEST THAT COMMITTEE ALONG WITH JIM CARMEN, AND HOWARD HUGHES GET TOGETHER WITH OUR PRODUCTION COMMITTEE AND THEY FIGURE OUT HOW THESE VIDEOS THAT WE ARE PRODUCING IN THE HISTORY WE ARE DOCUMENTING COULD BE PLAYED INTO THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. I AM HERE TO SUGGEST THE BOARD WE MEET AT OUR MUTUAL CONVENIENCE.THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

[APPLAUSE]. >> MR. ROBINSON.

THANK YOU FOR WAITING. AND FOR GIVING YOUR TIME TO THE OTHER RESIDENTS. I KNOW WE STILL HAVE SEVERAL

MORE PEOPLE. >> SOME OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE ME AND OTHERS MAY NOT. I'M A HAS-BEEN NOW.MY CAMPAIGN WAS THAT I WAS THE FIRST EMPLOYEE OF WHAT YOU NOW CALL THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. IN 1993, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE PASSED LEGISLATION CREATING THIS SPECIAL-PURPOSE DISTRICT WHICH IS WHAT YOU STILL ARE TODAY.

THE FOCUS WAS TO PROVIDE FOR THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.

EVERY NEW CANE TO AN EVENT DOWNTOWN.

THE TOWN CENTER. THE ENTRANCE OF THE SHOPPING MALL. I WAS HIRED TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC SAFETY LATER FOLLOW THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DESTINATION MARKETING. IT'S MY FIRST TIME TO BE HERE IN THESE FACILITIES, VERY IMPRESSIVE.

CONGRATULATIONS. YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY.

TO STAFF, GOOD IDEAS. SO, THE LEGISLATOR CREATED THIS IS FOR GROUP THE FIRST THING I DID WAS PUT TOGETHER A ROBUST PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM. I'M GOING TO GUESS.

[INAUDIBLE]. PUBLIC SAFETY WAS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

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THE POINT BEING THAT THERE ARE GREAT PARTS WITHIN THE STUDY AND IN FACT MADAM CHAIR, I BOUGHT A COPY FOR YOU.

I SUSPECT IT IS SOMEWHERE IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE TOWNSHIP LIKE TO BRING YOU ONE. THE CONTRACT WITH THE SHERIFF

DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY. >> DO YOU WANT TO GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES MR. ROBINSON? WE ARE VERY MINDFUL OF THIS IS THIS EVENING WITH SOME PEOPLE AND WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA.

IF MR. LEE WILL GIVE HIS. [INAUDIBLE]

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IN AUGUST 17 - - MIKE PAGE TO NEGOTIATE THOSE CONTRACTS TO EXECUTE THEM AND GET THE PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING. [INAUDIBLE].

EVEN IN HOUSTON AND OTHER PLACES THERE ARE PATROL.

THEY SERVE A VITAL FUNCTION PROTECTING OUR CITIZENS.

I URGE YOU TO INVEST IN THEM AS A PART OF YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM. IN THE EARLY YEARS - - WILLIAMS, THEY ALLOWED THESE FOLKS EVEN COMMUNICATE WITH THEM ON THE RADIO FREQUENCY THAT THEY HAVE.

YOU WILL HAVE A FIDUCIARY POSSIBILITY OR TAXPAYERS.

THAT RESPONSIBILITY REALLY IS IN THE WAY YOU SET PUBLIC POLICY. TO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. TO IT FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE].

>> THANK YOU MR. ROBINSON AND WELCOME BACK.

I KNOW I SAW YOU, THERE YOU ARE.

>> THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF - - SOCCER DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIO , FORMERLY KNOWN AS TOTAL FOOTBALL CLUB. YOUR PROVIDING WOODLANDS RESIDENCE FOR OPTIONS FOR YOUR CHILD TO PLAY SOCCER FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. HOWEVER, WE RECENTLY ENCOUNTERED A COUPLE OF OBSTACLES THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO REALLY CONSIDER. WHAT I WANTED TO BRING UP WAS OUR USE AGREEMENT THAT WAS NOTIFIED AS RECENTLY TAKING UP THE AGENDA TODAY. THE RATE THAT HAS BEEN AGREED UPON IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN ANY OTHER FIELD IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON OR OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

BECAUSE OF THAT THEY HAVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ABLE TO BLOCK OFF THE USAGE OF THESE FIELDS.

ANY TYPE OF COMPETITION OR ALLOW NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO UTILIZE THESE FIELDS. WE HAVE NOTICED THAT THEY ARE NOT BEING USED, THERE JUST LOCKED UP.

[INAUDIBLE]. THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING FOR OTHER OPTIONS IN THE YOUTH SOCCER ENVIRONMENT.

WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THIS AGREEMENT TO HIT ALLOW OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE YOUTH CYCLE, JUST IMAGINE HAVING MCDONALD'S IS YOUR ONLY OPTION HERE IN WOODLANDS.

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WE ARE ALSO HERE TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT IN YOUTH SOCCER. WE SEE A LOT OF TALENT HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THAT FOR THE RESIDENCE.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE].

>> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME NOT TO GIVE MY TIME TO FRANK ROBINSON I WILL TELL YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] YOU TO SPEAK A PART OF AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16 WHICH THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE ALPHA OMEGA AGREEMENT.

ALSO WITH ME IS MY WIFE KATHY WHO SERVED AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS OF THAT ORGANIZATION FOR 17 - - [INAUDIBLE]. OBVIOUSLY THE ARE BOTH IN SUPPORT. I WOULD THINK - - FORGIVING IS TIME. AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, HE'S ONE OF THE EARLY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS DIRECTORS AND HE IS HERE TO SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE ALSO.

ONE OF THE INITIAL CONSIDERATIONS WAS THE SAFETY OF THE WOODLANDS AREA AND WHAT WAS THEN CALLED THE TOWN CENTER, I ASSUME YOU STILL CALL THE TOWN CENTER.

TRAVEL MAC. IT IS THE POWER TO BE A KEY COMPONENT AND MAKE THE TOWN CENTER ONE OF ITS SAFEST VENUES FOR VISITORS AND RESIDENTS. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE A POSITIVE CONSIDERATION WHEN IT COMES AROUND ON THE AGENDA.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MR. LOUIS.

[APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BEHERE TONIGHT, IT IS GREAT TO SEE ALL OF YOU .

I AM HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ALPHA AND OMEGA AS WELL.

I HAVE LIVED IN THE WOODLANDS PROGRAM 38 YEARS, ALMOST HALF MY LIFE. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT TODAY, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I CAN IMAGINE LIVING ANYWHERE ELSE. BOTH MY - - SERVED ON THE BOARD OF THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, THE ORIGINAL GOVERNING BODY OF THE WOODLANDS.

DAWSON WAS ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT THEORGANIZATION FOR 12 YEARS . BESIDES SERVING ON THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, FRANK WAS APPOINTED AS SOME OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE TOWN CENTER DISTRICT, THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT AFTER THE WCA AND BEFORE THE TOWNSHIP.

ALL THREE OF WHICH HAVE WATCH AND PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSFORMATION AND GROWTH OF THIS AREA.

WHEN WE MOVED HERE IN THE EARLY TO MID 80S, THERE WERE A FEW RESTAURANTS AND THEN IN 1994 - - TRULY INCREDIBLE.

THE AWAKENING OF OUR SOCIETY AND ECONOMY CAUSED PARTLY BY COVID AND THE DECLINING MORAL STANDARD - - OUR CRIME RATE LOWER THAN ANY OTHER AREAS. BECAUSE OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND NO JUDGES ARE TOUGH ON CRIME AND HAVE REPUTATIONS FOR DOING SO, THEY HAVE ALSO PLAYED A PART IN KEEPING US SAFE.

THAT IS A GOOD THING. IT IS CAUSED A PHENOMENAL INCREASE IN THE POPULATION. THERE IS A MISSING PIECE, THE MOUNTING CONTROL WHICH HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL.

ALPHA AND OMEGA PROVIDES A UNIQUE AND UNPARALLELED PRESENCE WHEN THEY PROVIDE SECURITY.

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IN ADDITION, CONCERN DISTRESSES - - BROUGHT ON BY A VICTIM OR A CITIZEN TRANSMITTED TO A DISPATCH CENTER ALLOWING BACKUP TO BE SENT AND INFORMATION CONVEYED TO THE APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. I ASKED THAT YOU INTEND EXTEND THE CONTRACT, THANK YOU FOR ALLOW ME TO BE HERE.

>> THANK YOU DIANE. [APPLAUSE].OUR FINALIST GARTH - - WAS WITH US THIS EVENING. WE WELCOME YOU.

>> THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND GLOBAL INNOVATION ACADEMY WHICH IS NELSON MENTIONED EARLIER IS A PART OF TOTAL FOOTBALL CLUB. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT ARE CLUB HAS ON THE WOODLANDS AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE GROWTH. IT IS FOR HOSTING DETERMINANTS AND AREAS WITHIN THE WOODLANDS. RECENTLY AS NELSON ALLUDED TO BE AT 1500 NEW PLAYERS ATTEND OUR TRYOUTS IN ADDITION TO THE NEARLY 300 PLAYERS THAT ARE ALREADY STATING IN YOUTH SOCCER HERE. WE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE FUTURE AND THE POSSIBILITIES. THAT BEING SAID, I WILL SPEAK IS REPRESENTATIVE GFI.I LOOKED FOR 10 YEARS AND RAISE MYFAMILY HERE FOR 14-YEAR-OLD SON AND NINE-YEAR-OLD SON .

THE ITEM IS DISCUSSED FURTHER AND MAKE SURE THE BOARD UNDERSTAND THE REASONS BEHIND THAT.

FIRST OF ALL, THE POINT WE RAISED EARLIER IS THE RATE OF THE AGREEMENTS. AS FAR LOWER THAN NOT ONLY A RATE YOU'LL FIND IN THE HOUSTON AREA OR TEXAS BUT FOR WHAT RESIDENTS THEMSELVES ARE PAYING.

IF YOU READ $35 AN HOUR, THE RATE IS FAR, FAR LOWER THAN ADVOCACY FROM THE AGREEMENT. THAT ALLOWS YOU TO THE FACILITIES AND PAID FOR BY RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE HERE.

IT ALSO ALLOWS CERTAIN ENTITIES TO BLOCK OFF THE FIELD SPACE WHEN YOU'RE NOT USING AMNESTY IS COMMONLY RAPHAEL'S FACE IS BLOCKED OFF BECAUSE THE PRICES THAT SHE BE PART OF THE SPACE.

WE DON'T USE IT PREVENTS AMOUNT FROM COMING IN.

IT'S WORTH THE MONEY FROM THEM. THE GRANT DOES NOT STATE WHETHER FACILITIES ARE BEING PROVIDED, IT IS KIND OF OPEN.

ISTORY WOULD SAY WAS THAT FACILITIES ARE GIVEN TO CERTAIN ENTITIES AND YOU REFERRING TO LIGHTED FACILITIES, AREAS WITH LARGE PARKING AREAS NEEDED FOR YOUTH SPORTS.

AS A RESULT, THE METERS AREAS DOMINATED BY AN ENTITY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAYERS.

WHEN YOU HAVE YOUNG FAMILY OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE THE PARTICULAR ENTITY OR ASKED TO LEAVE ENTITY LIKE MY NINE-YEAR-OLD SON WAS LAST YEAR BECAUSE MY 14-YEAR-OLD SON SEEKING OPPORTUNITIES ELSEWHERE, THEY ARE LEFT WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO LEAVE THE WOODLANDS AREA.

THAT FACILITIES WERE LIMITED AN HOURLY USAGE AND THE ABILITY TO USE THE FIELD DURING WEATHER ISSUES.

AS A RESULT WHAT IS HAPPENING IS AN AGREEMENT BEING MADE THAT OPENLY CLAIM TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO BE THE LARGEST CLUB IN HOUSTON.

WITH OVER 8000 PLAYERS. HOW THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR USAGE OF FIELD IS BEYOND ME.

COMPLETELY BEYOND ME. THE NUMBER SUBMITTED DO NOT LINE WITH THE CLUB AND VALUES THAT THE STATES.

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KIDS DO NOT LIVE THE WILL THIS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE THE BOARD WILL RECONSIDER THE AGREEMENT AND CREATE A PLAN THAT PROVIDES EQUITY FOR KIDS WERE ABLE TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN PATHWAY THAT LEAVE THE COMMUNITY AND ENGAGE OTHER PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN YOUTH SOCCER AND SPORTS IN THE AREA.AND ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IS BEING TAKEN PLACE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.

[APPLAUSE]. >> THAT INCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE NONCONTROVERSIAL OR HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW AND WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL AS A GROUP WITH ONE MOTION.

NO DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE IN ANY OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS THE ITEM IS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PLACED ON A REGULAR AGENDA BY ANY BOARD MEMBER PRIOR TO TAKING A VOTE ON THE MOTION. WE HAVE ALREADY REMOVED 7G FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE DEFERRED AT A LATER DATE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ON? >> SO MOVED LIKE SECOND.

>> HAS BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY

SAYING AYE. >> AYE.

>> OPPOSE? MOTION PASSES.

THAT BRINGS US TO A REGULAR AGENDA ITEM AGENDA ITEM A.

THE SECOND ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED TO THE MAY 24 REGULAR BOARD MEETING DUE TO THEIR REQUEST.

[9. Receive, consider and act upon a quarterly update from the Development Standards Committee; ]

YOU CHAIR. >> EQUIPMENT IS EASY AND TELL YOU EVERYTHING IS GOING GREAT, ANY QUESTIONS? [LAUGHTER]. I'LL CHECK AND REMEMBER SOME OF THE PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT CENTERS COMMITTEE.

I WOULD LIKE TO COVER WITH YOU THE AGENDA THAT WE WENT THROUGH IN THE KEY ITEMS WE WORKED ON. AND YOU STILL SAYING REDEVELOPMENT GOING ON WITH NEW HOMES WITH EXISTING STRUCTURES ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF YOUR SCENE OFTEN AWFUL LOT OF EXPANSION ON THE AREA CHURCHES, THE PARKING LOTS.WE ARE ALSO SEEING IN THE AREA OF SOME OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS ARE CHANGINGTENANTS . THEY WERE AT THE MEETING LAST NIGHT.THE OLD URGENT CENTER THAT IS ON RESEARCH FOREST IS NOW AT THAT CENTER IN SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS ARE CHANGING ALSO. SO WE ARE SEEING THAT.

SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES WE ARE WORKING ON, AND YOU CHAIRMAN WAS ELECTED, NO COMMENTS THERE. WE DID ADOPT A NEW SET OF BYLAWS AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU UPDATED THOUGH SINCE 2011. THE BYLAWS ARE ON THE WEBSITE, IF ANYONE NEEDS TO SEE THEM THEY ARE THERE.

WITH THE ARTICLE, WE WERE INTERVIEWED ABOUTSOLAR PANELS .

I THINK ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10, IT WAS PROBABLY AND EIGHT.

PRETTY FAVORABLE, NOT MUCH NEGATIVITY THERE.

WE DID HAVE A WORKSHOP AND WE DISCUSSED SOLAR PANELS.

THE OTHER PROCEDURE WE ARE WORKING ON FOR WE DID ABOUT THE WOODLANDS FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR ANY CONCERNS THEY MIGHT HAVE ON

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AND HE WE CAN PUT IN THE STANDARDS.

I THOUGHT THAT WENT VERY WELL. WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR PEOPLE TO PRACTICE IN OUR STANDARD SIZE THAT WERE ALLOWING 7'6". THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REQUESTING HIGHER FENCES IN BETWEEN. WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT.

HARD SURFACES ALSO, THERE IS AN INCREASE IN YOUR REQUEST TO HAVE PAVERS. WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT AND WE ALSO LOOKING AT SUSTAINABILITY.

NOT A CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE, BUT THERE IS A STANDARD THAT 40% OF THE FRONT YARD HAS TO BE SHRUBBERY AND WE DO ALLOW ARTIFICIAL TURF. BUT, WITH THE DROUGHT THAT WE HAD IN THE FREEZER AS WE HAD, WE WILL LOOK AT NOTHING DRASTIC, WE WILL SEE WHAT WECAN DO .

SOMETHING DIFFERENT WE CAN DO, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WATER THAT IS OUT THERE. MAY 12 IS THE NEXT MEETING WE WILL HAVE THAT WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER WORKSHOP TOMORROW, SO WE WILL CONTINUE ON WITH THAT. WE DID HAVE OUR - - MEETING.

WE COVERED ALL THE ISSUES THAT I MENTIONED WITH THEM.

ALL THE VILLAGES WERE PRESENT. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON, WE ARE SETTING UP A TASK FORCE WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE FROM STAFF SO WE GET A PRETTY GOOD INSIGHT THERE.

HARD SURFACES ALSO.WE DID READAPT OUR STANDARD POLICIES.

WE CHANGE SOME OF THEM DURING THE PANDEMIC TO HELP THE BUSINESS OUT THERE LIKE ALLOWING SIGNS WITH TABLES ON FRONT AND THE RECEIPT OF MERCHANDISE AND OFF HOURS IN THE SAME THING FROM A RESIDENT STANDPOINT .

SINCE THE PANDEMIC IS OVER WITH, WE ARE BACK TO WHERE WE WERE. THAT IS REALLY ABOUT ITS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

>> MOVED TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAY I. OPPOSE? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU FOR BEING SO PATIENT.

[10. Receive, consider and act upon new park restrooms at Capstone Park (C-2022-0478)(as requested by Chairman Snyder and Director Sekula-Gibbs);]

YOU CAN REFER TO PAGE 155 YOUR BOARD PACKET, IT ADDRESSES THE RESIDENT CONCERNS RELATED TO THE NEW PARK RESTROOMS AT CAPSTONE. DOCTOR NEWMAN WILL PRESENT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHAIRMAN SNYDER AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.HE WENT TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TODAY REVIEWING HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

WE ARE SETTING THE STAGE OF HOW DECISIONS WERE MADE AND ALSO THE PROGRAM OVERALL OF MAINTENANCE IS THAT TYPE OF THING. RELIGIOUS GIVE A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF A FINAL DECISION IS MADE.

HE WILL DISCUSS AND MANY OF THE RESIDENTS ALLUDED TO A PARK HIERARCHY WHICH IS A PARK PLANNING TERM IN URBAN PLANNING TERM THAT IS OUT THERE AND WE WILL EXPLAIN THAT.

WHAT THE ROLE OF A NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS IN THE RESIDENCE CONCERNS, YOU FOR A LOT OF THEM TODAY AND MAYBE MAKE A FINAL RECOMMENDATION. THE PARK HIERARCHY WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE WILL OF DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND HOWARD HUGHES. I TO DOCUMENT FROM THE EARLY 80S THERE REALLY IDENTIFIED AREA PARKS, TOWNWIDE PRACTICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AND VILLAGE PARKS.

COUNTYWIDE PARTNER LARGEST PARKS.

THEY REALLY MEANT TO SERVE A TOWNWIDE PURPOSE, THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE A LARGER FESTIVALS AN ACTIVITY IS .

THE VILLAGE PARKS WILL BE YOUR PARKS WITH THE POOL.

OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A PARK WITH THE POOL.

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IT IS MEANT TO SERVE THE ENTIRE AREA OF ALDENBRIDGE .

THEN WE MOVED ON TO AREA PARKS. THOSE ARE MEANT TO SERVE MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU SEE SIMILAR AMENITIES AND VILLAGE PARKS MINUS THE SCALE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT CAPSTONE, THAT AREA IS DRAWING NOT ONLY CAPSTONE RESIDENTS BUT FOLKS FROM COCHRAN SCREEN AND MYSTIC FORCE OF THE MYSTIC FORCES CLASSIFIED AS ANOTHER AREA PARK FROM THAT STANDPOINT THE THERE'S A PACKAGE THAT I ALLUDED TO OF BASE AMENITIES INCLUDED IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO .

ALSO WE HAVE PRESCRIBED OUR MAINTENANCE STANDARDS ON THAT.

THE MORE FEET TAKE ON A PARK WE HAVE HIGHER LEVELS OF MOWING ETC. AS OPPOSED WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE AREA PARKS.

CAN WE LOOK AT THE SERVICE AREA AREA PARKS WE ARE LOOKING AT HALF A MILE TO MILE SERVICE AREA.

IF WE WERE TO TAKE A CIRCLE AND PUT IT AT THE CAPSTONE, YOU WILL SEE THAT YOU ARE GRABBING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. THE LONGER THE WALK, THE LONGER THE DRIVE THE LONGER IT MIGHT BE.

ADDITIONAL SITE AMENITIES ARE ADDED.

ESPECIALLY WITH THE LIGHTED TENNIS COURTS SERVING AS A DRA , YOU CAN SEE THE AMENITIES AN CAPSTONE ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW . THE OBSERVABLE PAVILION, TWO AND 5 ACRE PARK, 2 TO 5-YEAR-OLD PLAYGROUND.

YOU SEE A POND IN THERE, FISHING AREA.

IT IS A MINI DESTINATION PART BUT AND THEY'RE CONCERNED IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE NEIGHBORHOODS.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

WHAT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS AND THE SERPENT ALLUDED TO.

THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP ALMOST 50 YEARS AGO NOW, THEY ESTABLISHED THE PARK MASTER PLAN.

WE ARE AT BUILDOUT NOW. TO A LESSER EXTENT IN 2023 AND THE LOWER ONE IN 1999. THOSE FOUR TIMES WE HAVE BEEN A NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO ENGAGEMENT TRENDS ON RECREATION, WHERE ARE WE MEETING THESE AND WHERE WE NOT MEETING NEEDS.

IN 2011 SPECIFICALLY FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF UNMET NEEDS, YOUR THAT FROM ANOTHER GROUP TO ITSELF.

IN THIS CASE, WE HEARD THE FACT THAT THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT RESTROOS. WE WILL GOING TO THAT AS WELL THIS WAS VETTED, I THINK THERE WERE THREE OR FOUR MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FROM ALL 80 VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS.

IT'S NOT A PART BY PART ANALYSIS, IT IS LOOKING AT IN GRAND TOTALITY OF HOW THINGS SHOULD BE OUT MORE EQUITABLE LEVELS OF SERVICE? NOT ASKING EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD, WEHAVE 150 , GOING ON TO ONE OF THE TWO PARTS OF WHAT YOU WANT IN YOUR PART? IS LOOKING AT MY SYSTEM APPROACH WHICH IS THE BEST PRACTICE IN PARK MANAGEMENT. WHEN WE DRILL DOWN TO THE COMMENTS OF THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WE STARTED SEEING THAT MAINTAINING FACILITIES OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES AND REALLY MAINTENANCE OF THOSE RESTROOMS AND PARKING WAS A CONCERN BY RESIDENTS. WHAT WE HEARD THEIR COMMENTS, IT IS PROBABLY ABOUT SEVERAL HUNDRED COMMENTS IN THE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS THAT WERE SAYING THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH BATHROOMS, WE NEED MORE BATHROOMS. LOOKING AT THAT IS POPPING UP MORE AND MORE, OKAY, WHERE TO GET THE BATTERY FROM THIS TO MY PERSPECTIVE OVER DUMPING OF THE BATHROOMS? WHERE DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO PUT THE BATHROOMS? WE ALSO ADD COMMENTS SUCH AS WHERE BUILDING SHOULD BE LOCATED TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL STAY THERE FOR MORE THAN 15, 30 MINUTES OR MAYBE EVEN AN HOUR. HE PUT ALL THESE COMMENTS AND BY WE, THE STAFF O PARKS AND RECREATION AND WILL LOSE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THE FINAL AND MADE A NUMBER OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. WE HAD FOUR DIFFERENT TIERS OF RESTROOMIMPROVEMENTS . THEY ARE RIGHT NOW ON THE BOARD AS A PART OF THE 2022 NEEDS ASSESSMENT ABOUT $5.8 MILLION OF WEST RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WAS COMING OUT OF THE SURVEY. WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD A NEW

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THE BOARD DID VOTE TO ACCEPT THE 2022 NEEDS ASSESSMENT WHICH INCLUDED VARIOUS REVISED PRIVATIZATION PROJECTS.

THEN, WE STARTED MOVING TO SEPTEMBER AND THE BOARD FORMALLY APPROVE THE BUDGET WITH ABOUT FIVE $20 MILLION OF RESTROOM PROJECTS. THE NEW BOARD APPROVED IN NOVEMBER A MODULAR PROGRAM AND WHAT WE DID DO WAS TRY TO LESSEN THE IMPACT ON ONE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS A RESIDENCE FOR THERE WASN'T A THREE OR FOUR MONTH CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, IS BASICALLY GET THE INSTRUCTION UTILITIES, GET THE PAD DOWN SO WE ARE NOT BUILDING BLOCK BY BLOCK THE TRY BE SENSITIVE TO THIS AS WELL AS THE FOLKS AT SUNDANCE PARK AS WELL. YOU ARE THE RESIDENCE, THEY ALLUDED TO MANY OF THESE ISSUES OF ILLICIT ACTIVITY.

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT.

ADEQUATE PARKING, COST FOR OPERATIONAL BUDGET AND INCREASED USE BY THE PARTS WERE NOT RESIDENTS.

WE WANT TO HIT SOME OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASPECTS.

WE DID LOOK AT INFORMATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS OF WHERE INCIDENTS WERE OCCURRING WITH PARTS WITH BATHROOMS AND PARKS WITHOUT BATHROOMS. THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE. OVER THE COURSE OF TWO YEARS DIRECTLY 20 INCIDENCES AND I COULD BE A LOSS MY DOG OR SOMETHING TO A GREATER EXTENT. THEY WERE NOT ALL MATERIALS CALLS. OVERALL, THE ANALYSIS DOES NOT INDICATE PUBLIC SAFETY OR ENVIRONMENTAL MAINTENANCE ISSUES ARE AT THE CONCERNS OF PARK RESTROOMS. THERE ARE 30 PARK QUESTIONS ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM.

THERE ARE PARK RESTROOMS AT OUR PARKS, NINE THE RIGHT AREA PARKS ARE VILLAGE PARKS AND ACTUALLY EVEN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, AVALON PARK FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

THAT WAS A REQUEST FROM HARPER'S AND THE COMMUNITY, EXCUSE ME, COLLEGE PARK VILLAGE ASSOCIATION IN 2007 OR EIGHT, SOMEWHERE IN THERE

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>> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. I THINK EVERYBODY THAT HAS BEEN HERE. SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS LISTENING AND THE UNFORTUNATE THING FOR A LOT OF US IS THAT WE HAVE TO SIT THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT PARTICULARLY WHEN THIS ISSUE IS NOT ON THE AGENDA AND FOLKS LEAVE AND WE DON'T EVER HAVE A FORM TO ADDRESS CONCERNS PEOPLE MAY FEEL LIKE IT'S FALLING ON DEAF EARS OR THAT WE ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION, AND THAT WE ARE. I SPENT 25% OF MY TIME NOW ON A TWO-YEAR TERM O THIS ISSUE. NONE OF US THOUGHT THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF US GETTING A PEER WOULD BE LITERALLY DOMINATED IN A PUBLI SESSION.

KNOW BEYOND THE BOARD MADE THE DESIGNATION OF THIS PARK WE VOTED NOVEMBER 30TH WE WERE SWORN IN AROUND THE 20TH.

I THINK IT'S AMAZING AND WE HAV EVEN SEEN PEOPLE GET EMOTIONAL TONIGHT TO SEE HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO THEM TO HAVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PULLED TOGETHER. IT'S BEEN OVER A BATHROOM BUT COMMENDABLE AND REALLY AWESOME THE PATIENT WITH ME. HEAR ME ALL OUT. TO ME FOR KYLE, I STILL BELIEVE THIS IS AN AMENITY. I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE AND I DON'T BELIEV THERE IS DATA TO SUPPORT THAT. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS CONFIRMED THAT. THERE IS 30 OTHER PARKS AND THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE. HOWEVER, THIS VOCAL GROU HAS BEEN VERY PERSUASIVE IN A LOT OF AREAS. I WILL SAY I'M NO APPEAR TO GET FOLKS TO BE REELECTED. I'M TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION THAT IS THE ENTIRETY OF THE WOODLANDS. THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A FEW FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY PERSUASIVE TO ME LECTURING ME, YOU'RE TALKING T ME THREATENING ME. THAT STUFF I COUNTERPRODUCTIVE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED I DON'T CARE IF I WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO VOTE OR NOT. I DO CARE THAT PEOPLE'S VOICES ARE HEARD AND YOU ALL HAVE BEEN HEARD. NOT -- ALL OF YOUR VIEWS HAVE CHANGED. I DO BELIEVE THIS PART HAS VERY DISTINGUISHABLE CHARACTERISTICS AND A LOT OF THOSE -- FOR ME, WHILE I WAS ELECTED TO LISTEN T THE RESIDENCE. I DEFINED THEM AS THE WOODLANDS. IT'S UNDENIABLE THE RESIDENCE OF CAPSTONE ARE THE GREATEST AFFECTED BY THIS DECISION. IF YOU DO NOT WANT IT, IT'S OBVIOU YOU DO NOT, WHY WOULD I SUBJECT EVEN THE REST ON TO YOU? WE CAN WIN THE MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE. WITH ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, I AM IN FAVOR OF RECLASSIFICATION AND MOVING THE MONEY ELSEWHERE

>> I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION.

>> I WOULD LIKE THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE HAD. WE CAME IN GREEN AND THE BUDGET WASN'T OUR BUDGET. WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE EDUCATION THAT WE HAVE. THAT'S A LESSON WE

WILL TAKE . >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT TWO YEARS AGO AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD I PRESENTED A RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND I HAD 40 BUSINES LEADERS AND CEOS RIGHT IN THOSE SEATS . WE ALL SUPPORTED A

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>> NEXT TIME YOU WILL RALLY FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IT'S ON THE AGENDA SO WE CAN AVOID SIX MONTHS OF THIS. THAT WOULD BE

GREAT. >> I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE MAKING COMMENTS LIKE WE ARE NOT LISTENING. I CAN TELL YOU FOR ME PERSONALLY AND MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES WE'VE GONE TO CAPSTONE AND LOOKED AT IT FOR OURSELVES. I'VE CALLED FIVE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW SIGN THE PETITION HAD NO IDEA THEY SIGNED THE PETITION AND I TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT. GIVE ME YOUR FEEDBACK AND I KNEW THESE PEOPLE LONG BEFORE I'M JUST TELLING YOU. THERE IS A LOT OF WORK DONE BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ASKING QUESTIONS. WE HAVE CONSTANTLY BERATED STAFF. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT COVERED IN OUR ORIENTATION ON NOVEMBER 28TH . THE VOTE WAS ON NOVEMBER 30TH. THERE WAS A LOT OF THING THAT WEREN'T COVERED BUT IT'S A LEARNING CURVE FOR US. WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS WE RAN FOR THIS POSITION TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENCE AND THAT'S WHY WE AR ALL SITTING HERE. THE REASON I'M CHANGING MY VOTE IS BECAUS I LISTENED TO THE RESIDENCE. IT'S OBVIOUS. IT NEEDS TO BE RE-EXAMINED. NOT ONLY SOMETHIN DIFFERENT. WE ARE WITH YOU GUYS WE ARE LISTENING TO YOU PLEASE DON'T THINK WE WEREN'T LISTENING. WE CAN MAKE COMMENT WHEN IT'S NOT AN AGENDA ITEM. W WOULD WANT TO. I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK AND FORTH WHICH EACH OF YOU BUT LEGALLY WE CANNOT. WE ARE HERE WITH YOU TO SUPPORT YO

ON THIS DECISION. >> MAY OFFER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? IT'S TO CHANGE THE DESIGNATION FROM AN AREA PARK TO A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED A COUPLE OF

TIMES. >> IT'S PART OF THAT AND MOVE THE MONEY AS HE SAID TO A DIFFERENT AREA OF FUNDING. THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO, THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS EXPRESS THE SUPPORT OF THE RESIDENCE . I APPRECIATE THAT AND I ALSO WANT TO THINK -- MARRIED. THERE SHE IS.

HUNDREDS OF OTHER RESIDENTS WHO HAVE COME TONIGHT AS WELL AS PREVIOUS NINTH . I KNOW THERE ARE GENTLEMEN OUT THERE TOO I JUST HAVE TO GO OVER THE LADIES FIRST BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO HAVE BEEN CARRYING THE STANDARD . ALSO TO JUST BRING BACK THE POINT THIS STARTED FROM. MAYB WE NEED TO DO AN AMENDMENT ON THAT TOO. THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY.

THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY TO GET INPUT FROM RESIDENTS RATHER THAN JUST ALLOCATING MONEY . LAST YEAR WE ALLOCATED THE FUND AND THE AFFECTIVE LETTER WENT OUT. FINALLY, THE SIGN WENT U AND THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED GOING WHAT? WE WOULDN'T HAVE GONE SO FAR DOWN THE ROAD SO W ALL VOTED THINKING THIS IS WHA PEOPLE WANTED AND LATER REALIZING IT'S NOT AT ALL. I

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>> BEFORE WE VOTE, SEVERAL THINGS. I MET WITH MANY OF YOU AND MANY OF YOU HAVE KNOWN US FOR A LONG TIME. IT MARKS THE AMENITY THAT WE ALL ENJOY. ALSO, I THINK RATHER THAN THE HIERARCHY WE HAVE THAT CLASSIFICATION. I DID WANT TO ADDRESS THE COMMENT BECAUSE I MADE NOTE OF THAT OUR LAST MEETING OF APRIL. BOTH SUCH A MYSELF SET OUT TONIGHT BECAUSE YOUR CONCERN IF YOU WOULD'VE BEEN SITTING WHERE I WAS SITTING. I WANTED SOME ACTION AND I WANTED TO KNOW. HE'S THA HIS GRANDDAUGHTERS GRADUATION THIS WEEKEND. WE NEEDED TO LISTEN AND ACT UPON YOUR CONCERNS. HE STILL WANTS IT TO BE NEXT WEEK, EVERY BOARD MEMBE HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY. I WILL REACH OUT TO HIM. WE ARE HOPING HE DOES NOT, BUT OUR LEGAL

COUNSEL. >> YOU MAY NOT WANT US TO VOTE

AGAIN NEXT WEEK. >> WE WILL REACH OUT TO HIM TONIGHT PROVIDING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT HE WANTED. WE WOULD NOT HAVE PARTS -- WE WOULD NOT HAVE PARKS WITH RESTROOMS IF SAFETY WAS AN ISSUE. WE WANT TO RESPECT THAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, OUR STAFF, WE ARE VERY MUCH ENGAGED IN MONITORING AND PATROLLING THOS PARTS WITH THE RESTROOMS .

THAT HAVE RESTROOMS NOT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, I HEAR THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO WANTED US TO SAY THAT IT IS A PRIORITY FOR THEM, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PRIORITY IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE FEEL SAFE. WE ARE WALKING ACROSS THE PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY FRIGHTENING. HERE ARE THOSE CONCERNS. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOU ALL CAME.

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR CONCERN AND THANKFUL FOR THIS BOARD TO LISTEN . SOMETIMES IT IS HARD T SAY THEY DIDN'T KNOW. YOUR PERSEVERANCE PREVAILED. IF THERE IS NO FURTHERDISCUSSION, YOU WANT TO DO A HAND VOTE?

>> DIRECTOR BAILEY. DIRECTOR FRANKS. DIRECTOR GIBBS. THE MOTION PASSES 6-0.

WE'RE GOING TO ASK ALL OF YOU T COME HELP US.

[11. Receive, consider and act upon reforestation efforts in the Kayak Ridge area of Creekside Park (as requested by Chairman Snyder and Director Sekula-Gibbs);]

>> HAVE A SAFE NIGHT AND WE WIL NOW MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 11 UNLESS THE BOARD NEEDS TO TAKE A BREAK.

>> WE DON'T NEED A RESTROOM BREAK?

>> AGENDA ITEM 11 ON PAGE 156 159. THIS RELATES TO REFORESTATION. RIGHT ABOVE HER WITH A NEW DEVELOPMENT LOCATED

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OUTSIDE OF THE WOODLANDS , THEY HAVE BEEN CLEAR-CUT. THERE'S A NUMBER OF ISSUES THROUGH HARRIS COUNTY. THE DISCUSSION IN HARRIS COUNTY. IT IS A CLEAR SWAP. APPROACHING THE BOARD NUMBER OF TIMES NEAR GOSLING. THERE IS ABOUT A 2700 NUMBER RIGHT . A 2000 LINEAR FOOT SPACE RIGHT THERE WHICH IS IN THE BUDGET. IF YOU WANT , DO THREE ROWS OF TREES. THE BASE COST OF $79,000. ANOTHER EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT PLANTING. IT'S UNLIKE MOST OF OUR REFORESTATION SITES.

WE ARE STILL TRYING TO GET A BETTER SPOT FOR THOSE TREES. A THIS POINT WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION . WE WANT TO DETERMINE IF THEY WANT TWO ROWS OF TREES OR THREE ROWS OF TREES

>> THE IRRIGATION COST CHANGED?

>> THEY CERTAINLY DO HAVE THAT

>> I THINK WHAT YOU DO IS THE SURVIVABILITY. TWO ROWS OF TREES . YOU GET THE THIRD ONE RIGHT THERE WITH SOME

IRRIGATION. >> CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION? I DRIVE BY THAT EVER DAY. IT IS HORRIFIC BUT I WOULD LIKE -- IS THAT COMMISSIONER RAMSEY IN HARRIS

COUNTY? >> IT IS COMMISSIONER RAMSEY AND WE DO HAVE OUR CONTACT WITH COMMISSIONER RAMSEY THROUGH THE ACTION. WE SAID WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE. LAST TIME I CHECKED WAS ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO. THEY WERE GETTING ALL SQUARED AWAY WITH ENGINEERING. ONES THAT GETS CLEARED, WE WILL HAV RAMSEY'S OFFICE TO SIT DOWN WITH THAT GROUP. THAT'S WHAT THEY CAN PROVIDE ON THEIR SIDE. REACHING OUT TO OUR NEW

NEIGHBORS.'S >> REFEREE: MY QUESTION IS, CA WE ALL SIGN ON TO COMMISSIONE RAMSEY ASKING HIM FOR A BETTER PLAN OF THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS WORKING WITH US TO MAKE SURE I DOESN'T HAPPEN? IT'S JUST VERY VERY CONCERNING. AROUND THE

WOODLANDS SOMETHING -- >> WHAT IT BE AN OPTION FOR TH HUNDRED 30,000 THAT? I WOULD STILL HOPE THAT'S PART OF THE

CONVERSATION. YOU NEVER KNOW. >> I DID WANT TO MAKE SEVERAL POINTS WITH YOUR THOUGHTS ON COMMISSIONER RAMSEY. WE'VE ONL HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE COME REGARDING THIS BUT THE CREEKSIDE PARK THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF THEM. DIRECTOR BAILE SAID DRIVING DOWN GOSLING , IT'S A TRAVESTY. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO WHATEVER THE BOAR

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>> I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST STE IN THIS WEATHER IT IS TWO OR THREE ROWS. SOMEONE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO SEE IF THERE IS GOING TO BE MORE ACTIO TAKING PLACE. I'M SURE HE KNOW WE ARE IN CONTACT. THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT AS WELL.

>> THEY DID EXPRESS CONCERN . >> MADAM CHAIRMAN?

>> WHEN YOU AND I ATTENDED THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION MEETING, ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES WAS THERE AND THERE WAS CONCERN EXPRESSED BY OTHER RESIDENTS THE WAY THIS DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING IS MAKING IT WORSE AND A TURNOFF INTO THE DRAINAGE DITCH. THEY ADDRESS THAT. REPRESENTATIVES FROM COMMISSIONER RAMSEY'S OFFICE NOT KNOWING THAT WILL HAPPEN.

THERE'S THINGS YOU WOULD KNOW UNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN.

>> WE'RE GOING TO BE LITERALLY WATCHING . THAT AREA IS NOT PART OF IT. THERE SHOULD BE WATER GOING INTO THAT DITCH.

THERE ARE COMMUNITIES THEY ARE GOING TO FIND ITS WAY DOWN. TH ROAD OR SOME OTHER SOURCE OF DRAINAGE.

>> LET'S HOPE FOR THE BEST THERE.

>> WE ARE BEST FRIENDS NOW TALKING TO TIME A WEEK.

>> THIS IS NOT THE WOODLANDS. >> I FEEL REALLY EXPOSE. IT GIVES THEM A GREATER CHANCE.

IT'S BEEN MOVED .

WITHDRAW.

[12. Receive, consider and act upon an update regarding the One Water Task Force (as requested by Chairman Snyder);]

AGENDA ITEM 12'S. HEART STEPHE .

I DID A PRESENTATION PROVIDING THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS AN OVERVIEW OF THE TASK FORCE AND THAT MEETING ALSO INDICATED TH WATER IS RECONSTITUTING THAT TASK FORCE. THEY DID SUGGEST THEY WANTED TO PARTICIPATE AGAIN.

THE DETERMINATION THAT I WOULD BE WORKING WITH FOR THE WATER TASK FORCE. IT WAS ON TWO OCCASIONS . WE WANT TO DISCUSS THE PRIORITIES AND THE TYPES O ISSUES WE HANDLE. WE ARE RECONSTITUTING THE TASK FORCE BUT WE WILL BE A PARTICIPANT.

THOSE PRIORITIES AND GOALS.

AND THOSE PLANNING PHASES ONCE THEY GET THAT DONE, A FEW MONTHS OR SOONER. THEY WILL CONSTITUTE THE FIRST ONE.

[13. Receive, consider and act upon a quarterly update from Visit The Woodlands (Convention & Visitors Bureau);]

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.

MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT.

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THEY ARE HERE TO PRESENT . >> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN SCHNEIDER THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

WE KNOW YOU HAVE A BOARD MEETIN AT 8:00 A.M.

PUBLIC COMMENT NOT AS QUICK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH DIRECTOR NELSON.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THERE WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

YOU WANT TO THINK CHAIRMAN BAILEY.

WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

WE HAVE MORE COMING.

WE'RE GOING THREAT THE COUNTRY AND TRADE SHOWS.

THEY WERE DOING THAT FOR FOUR DAYS.

NOT A SINGLE PERSON.

THEY PROBABLY SOFT LIGHT UP THE TOWN AND BLEW. OUR WEBSITE TRAFFIC WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU REDESIGN THE WEB NIGHT WHEN WE LAUNCH THAT AT THE END YOU CAN SEE HOW WE DISCOVER THE JUMP.

IT'S ANOTHER REDESIGN FOR NEXT YEAR. SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BEEN GREAT. WE HAD A NICE CONTEST AND PROTECTION WITH BAY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. A LOT O RESPONSE UNDER THE WATERWAY BRIDGE. SOMETIMES -- THAT'S AS HE TRAVELED THROUGHOU THE COUNTRY.

THIS RECENT ONE WENT UP RECENTLY.

THEY HAD A NICE COMMUNITY IMPACT.

HOTEL PROPERTIES IN RESTAURANTS ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. IT ATTRACTED OVER 20,000 PEOPLE THIS YEAR. JUST A REMINDER, YOU HAVE TO -- IT WAS ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR.

IT'S MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN WE EVER EVEN THOUGHT. THE NUMBERS ARE INCREDIBLE. 37,609. ANYON WATCHING IT ON THE GOLF CHANNEL

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IT WAS SUCH A FUN EXPERIENCE TO WATCH. KEEP GOING. OKAY.

47 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND 49 DIFFERENT STATES. I WELL. WES VIRGINIA THAT'S WHAT WE NEED NEXT YEAR.

2500 OF OUR RESIDENTS VOLUNTEERED. IT'S VERY IMPACTFUL FOR PEOPLE THAT'S TEXAS HOSPITALITY RIGHT THERE.

IT'S FOR ALL OF YOU AND EVERYBODY THAT SURROUND.

A PICTURE IS WORTH 1000 WORDS.

IT'S AMERICA'S CHAMPIONSHIP., INAUDIBLE ] AT THE FINISH LINE .

IT'S OVER 170 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HIM FOR THREE DAYS TO SHOWCASE AND

THERE YOU GO. >> YES. A LOT.

US HERE.

ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. THE PARK RANGERS.

IT'S ALL OF US THINK YOU VERY MUCH.

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INTERESTS THAT WE WORK WITH.

THE REALLY HELP BRING -- IT LOWERS IT. IT CAN REALLY HELP LOT. THAT SOMETHING IMPORTANT T POINT OUT.

HOT NEWS COMING RIGHT OFF OF TH PRESS. THAT'S THE HONOR THEY JUST GOT.

HOTEL OF THE YEAR.

>> CONGRATULATIONS BUT ALSO TO BAILEY. KUDOS TO YOU AS WELL I KNOW YOU WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS . I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK BECAUSE IT DOES HELP OUR TAXPAYERS TREMENDOUSLY. I DON'T THINK IT'S SHARED BY ENOUGH THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF INCONVENIENCE BUT IT IS SO WORTH IT. IT'S REINFORCED AND PROVIDES ENHANCED AMENITIES THA GROW AND THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

THE COMMON DENOMINATOR WAS AN INCREDIBLE PLACE WE HAVE THAT WAS SO FRIENDLY. THEY NEEDED A PICTURE OF THE FIREMAN. SAME WITH DISPARITY.

RESPONDERS.

WE MEET IN THESE BIG ROOMS.

[ CLOSED MEETING (if applicable)]

SECOND SESSION THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMEN NEGOTIATIONS TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. WE HAVE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTUR AND SECURITY 51009. PURSUANT TO 55101. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN

[15. Reconvene in public session;]

[18. Board announcements; and]

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APPLICATION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. THEY WILL BE HERE AT OUR MEETING LAS -- NEXT WEDNESDAY. I CALL FOR MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN AT

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