Aug 22, 2023 Board Budget Workshop #2

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>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF

[1. Pledge of Allegiance;]

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE, TEXAS.

ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

[2. Call meeting to order;]

I DECLARE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS POSTED 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING.

THIS POSTING OCCURRED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP AT THIS OFFICE BUILDING.

STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT AT LEAST FOUR OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS BEING IN ATTENDANCE TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM FOR CONDUCTING BUSINESS. I ASKED EACH BOARD MEMBER INDICATES HIS OR HER PRESENCE BY RESPONDING WITH AN AUDIBLE SOUND OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS I CALL ROLE.

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

YOU HAVE REVIEWED PAGES ONE AND TWO FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE

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

>> SECOND. >> CHAIRMAN: IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR NELSON.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OPPOSE? MOTION PASSES.

[5. Public comment;]

A PUBLIC COMMENT AGENDA ITEM IS INCLUDED AT ALL REGULAR BOARD AGENDAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD ADOPTED POLICIES TO PRODUCE THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESS FOR ALLOWING CONSTITUENTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

THE WOODLANDS COUNTY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACCEPTS WITH THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES OF SPITTING PUBLIC MEETINGS.

EACH PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, MUST FIRST SIGN THE SPEAKERS ROSTER PROVIDED BY THE BOARD SECRETARY.

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

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

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

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

THEREFORE, ANY BOARD DISCUSSIONS OF ITEMS NOT INCLUDED ON THE POSTED AGENDA IS LIMITED TO QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION AND WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM 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 OF THE ISSUE.

SPEAKERS WILL NOT USE PROFANITY.

COMMENTS FROM SPEAKERS MAY BE MADE TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE OR TO AN INDIVIDUAL DIRECTOR. ALSO, I WILL LIKE YOU TO PLEASE REMIND YOU TO PLACE YOUR CELL PHONE ON SILENT MODE.

OUR FIRST IS FORMER DIRECTOR - -. GOOD MORNING.

>> WELCOME TO THE SECOND DAY OF BUDGET DELIBERATIONS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK THIS MORNING.EFORE I GET STARTED, I WANT TO MAKE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT IN MY TIME AS A BOARD AND A PRIVATE CITIZEN, HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENTPERSONNEL AND FIRST RESPONDERS THAT ARE WORKING ACROSS THIS COUNTRY . I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW

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WE ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT AS A SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT TO SUPPLEMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES WHICH WE DO.

ALSO, WE ARE STILL IN AN UNINCORPORATED AREA.

UNDER TEXAS LAW, THE SHERIFF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY.

HERE WE ARE, WE HAVE 90 PATROL DEPUTIES IN ADDITION TO THE 35% THAT WE PAID. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, WE HAD A PROPOSAL FROM COMMISSIONER - - AND THE SHERIFF COULD TAKE OVER $10 MILLION OF THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. BUT IN THIS PROPOSAL CANNOT BE CALLED A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING, WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND INSTRUCTED OUTSIDE COUNCIL TO CORRECT THE RESPONSE AND WE DID. IT WENT NOWHERE.

THE $10 MILLION WERE STILL IN THE BUDGET.

TAXPAYERS. $3.5 MILLION OF THAT IN MILLION. PAY IN ORDER - - DIRECT SERVICES FOR THE TOWNSHIP. THAT BRINGS ME TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.A REQUEST FOR MORE HEADCOUNT.

YOU NEED TO REALIZE THAT ANY HEADCOUNT THAT WE HAD GOES RIGHT INTO THE BASE BUDGET AND IT NEVER, EVER COMES BACK.

I CERTAINLY WILL SUPPORT YOU GUYS DOING ANY SORT OF CAPITAL FUNDING, ONE-TIME FUNDING TO HELP THEM WITH VEHICLES AND SO ON.ONCE AGAIN, IT NEVER COMES OUT AND THAT MONEY IS GONE FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE TOO. LIKE REFORESTATION OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR PARKS AND REC OR ANY OF THE OTHER SERVICES WE ARE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE. IF YOU DO WANT TO TAKE IT OUT IN THE PROPER MANNER,- - ABSOLUTE NONSENSE AS EVERYONE KNOWS. I WILL ASK THAT YOU WORK LONG AND HARD ABOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL SERVICES AT A TIME WHEN MAYBE I MISSED IT, I'M NOT SEE ANYTHING IN SOCIAL MEDIA OR IN THE LOCAL PAPERS THE INDICATES WE ARE SUFFERING FROM AN ACUTE CRIME WAVE. I LOOKED AT THE STATISTICS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED.HILE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPTICK THIS YEAR, WE HAVE NOT REACHED LEVELS WE HAVE HAD IN 2019. WE ARE STILL WELL BELOW THE PEAK OF 2019. I AM NOT SAYING NO, BUT IT IS A TIGHT BUDGET. I THINK YOU SHOULD CONSIDER MAKING SOME MODIFICATIONS. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND APPRECIATE IT. I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND, THIS IS NOT ANYTHING PERSONAL. IT'S JUST MY OPINION AS A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY. I JUST FELT COMPELLED TO COME UP AND SAY IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[6. Receive, consider and act upon the 2024 Preliminary Budget for The Woodlands Township;]

>> CHAIRMAN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM SIX.

TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR

[7. Receive, consider and act upon Budget Initiatives related to the 2024 Preliminary Budget and Five-Year Plan;]

BEFORE WE DO, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO HAVE THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT SHARP AND HER 30+ YEARS OF DEDICATION TO THIS COMMUNITY.

YESTERDAY SHOWED ALL SEVEN OF US HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO HAVE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND DETAILS THAT MANY OF US DO NOT HAVE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT, I APPRECIATE THAT.

>> CHAIRMAN: AGENDA ITEM 7 IS TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE BUDGET INITIATIVES RELATED TO THE 2024 PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND FIVE-YEAR PLAN.WE WILL GO THROUGH THESE AND I

WILL TURN IT OVER TO - - >> THANK YOU, AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THEY ARE ALMOST THE SAME THING,

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THE BOARD CAN THEN TAKE A DISCREPANCY IT IS LEANING ON A CERTAIN ONE, THE BOARD CAN TAKE A VOTE SO WE ARE CLEAR ON WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE ADDING THAT PARTICULAR INITIATIVE TO THE BASE BUDGET. IF THE BOARD CHOOSES, IT IS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE BOARD TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE RECORDED VOTE ON A PROPOSED 2023 RATE TODAY.

THE PROPOSED RATE IS NOT THE RATE, IS NOT AN ADOPTION OF THE RATE. IT'S THE RATE THAT DETERMINES IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND NOTICES ON THE TAX INCREASE.

WE'LL HAVE TO GET TO THAT POINT TODAY, BUT IF WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS QUICKLY TODAY, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT IS ON THE AGENDA. THE PROPOSED RATE, IF IT SETS ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE WHICH WE SAW YESTERDAY WAS 1714, THAT WILL TRIGGER THE NEED FOR THE PUBLIC NOTICES AND A SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING ON A TAX INCREASE.

IF THE PROPOSED RATE SET BY THE BOARD EITHER TODAY OR TOMORROW IS AT A LOWER THAN THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WE WILL MOVE AT OUR MEETING THE CALL FOR SEPTEMBER 7 FOR ADOPTION AND NO PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE REQUIRE .

>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. >> YES, SIR.

>> DIRECTOR: WHAT IS THE NORMAL ORDER IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING THE INITIATIVES AND THEN LOOKING THE RESULTING RATE? OR, SHOULD YOU TRY TO AGREE ON OUR RATE, THEN ADDRESS THE

INITIATIVES THAT GET THERE? >> THE NORMAL PROCESS IS WE LOOK AT THE RATE FIRST, THEN WE GET TO THE VOTER.

IF THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE OR SOMETHING IN BETWEEN THAT, AND LEASING OF THE REVENUE YOU ARE DEALING WITH AND HAVE TO MAKE

ADJUSTMENTS FROM THEIR. >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE SHEET THAT WAS GIVEN TO US, THE VERY FIRST ITEM IS LOWER THE PROPERTY TAX RATES.1714, THAT WAS HUGE BUT IT CAN BECHANGED

AND OPEN TO DISCUSSION . >> YES, MA'AM. I WILL GO THROUGH THIS. ON THIS SLIDE YESTERDAY, WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS IN THE BASE BUDGET.

YOU ACCEPTED THE REPORT AT THE END,SO WE HAVE OUR BASE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON . WE ALSO SAW IN YESTERDAY'S PRESENTATION THAT BASED ON THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE OF 1814, WE HAD UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE REMAINING AFTER EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY. WE STILL HAD UNDESIGNATED RESERVE BALANCE OF JUST OVER $5 MILLION.

NOW, AS WE LOOK AT OUR FIRST, I WILLSKIP RIGHT TO THAT ONE , BUDGET INITIATIVE AND LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE, IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO LOWER FROM THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, HERE ARE SOME OPTIONS. WE ARE SHOWING HERE IN THE QUARTER OF A PENNY INCREMENTS WHAT THOSE AMOUNTS WOULD BE.

IN ORDER TO GET TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, YOU HAVE TO LOWER IT BY ONE PENNY WHICH IS $2.6 MILLION DECREASE.

THAT UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE WILL BE REDUCED TO $2.4 MILLION. YOU WILL STILL HAVE 2.4 MILLION TODAY IN ADDITION TO THE 11.5 MILLION IN 2023 TO ADDRESS BUDGET INITIATIVES. BASED ON THE TOTAL BUDGET INITIATIVES THAT I KNOW I'M PRESENTING TODAY, THAT WILL STILL LEAVE YOU OVER $500,000 IN UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE TO

ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE THINGS. >> SHOULD BE ADDRESSED THE RIGHT NOW? TO ME OTHERWISE I FEEL LIKE IT IS BACKWARDS. YOU LET YOUR HOME THINK ABOUT ALL YOUR SPENDING, YOU GET THE MONEY AND FIGURE OUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND IT. MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE FOR US TO DECIDE WHAT OUR RATE IS SO WE HAVE A FINITE MONEY AMOUNT THAT WE CAN DETERMINE WHERE OUR PRIORITIES ANDTHESE INITIATIVES SHOULD FALL . THAT BEING SAID, IT'S MY

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INITIATIVES. >> IF THAT WAS A MOTION, I

SECONDED. >> WHAT WE NEED TO DO?

>> WE ARE GOING TO VOTE. >> WITH THAT SAID, IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO LOWER THE PROPERTY TAX RATE AT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE WHICH IS 1714. FURTHER DISCUSSION?IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

PROPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

WE DO HAVE MATT AT THE END OF THIS TEST HERE, HE IS RUNNING THE BUDGET MODEL FOR US TODAY. PHE WILL KEEP TRACK AS WE MAKE DECISIONS TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS THE UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE. THAT IS THE NUMBER WE DO NOT WANT TO GO BELOW ZERO. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO ADOPT AN UNBALANCED BUDGET. HE WILL BE TRACKING EVERYTHING

WE DO TODAY. >> NO PRESSURE, MATT.

[LAUGHTER]. >> WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU

HERE, MATT. >> CHAIRMAN: WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON. I WANT TO GIVE YOU BEFORE WE STARTED GOING INTO THE INDIVIDUAL, I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT IS AHEAD IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET INITIATIVES THAT WILL B DISCUSSED TODAY . IF THERE ARE ANY OF THESE THAT YOU CAN AGREE UP FRONT THAT YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN PURSUING TODAY, WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE THOSE OFF OF THE LIST.

OTHERWISE, WE WILL GO THROUGH THEM ONE BY ONE.

>> HOW DO WE HANDLE TBD? I WOULD SAY YOU HAVE TO TAKE

THOSE OFF THE LIST. >> WE CAN BRIEFLY GIVE YOU AN EXPLANATION, BUT WHAT THE IDEA IS ON THE TBD WAS THAT $11.5 MILLION, THERE MAY BE THINGS TODAY THAT YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ALLOCATE SPECIFIC FUNDING FOR.

WE WILL SET IT UP AS A CAPITAL PROJECT.

I BELIEVE YOU HAVE MORE THAN THE 11.5, YOU WILL HAVE SOME LEFT OVER. THE TBD ARE PROJECTS PEOPLE BACK TO YOU DURING THE UPCOMING YEAR AS WE GET MORE SOLID COST

ESTIMATES. >> FOR INSTANCE, THE SOUTH GOSLING SPORTS FIELDS. PERHAPS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WITHOUT TROLLEYS, ALL THOSE CAN BE SET ASIDE FOR THINGS WE AS A BOARD WILL CONSIDER AT A LATER DATE ONCE WE HAVE THAT.

>> WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE THEM ON THIS LIST.

WE ARE PREPARED TO DISCUSS THEM WITHOUT A COST ESTIMATE, THAT IS NOT VERY PRODUCTIVE, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DISCUSS THEM IF

YOU WOULD LIKE. >> I'M ASSUMING THAT THERE'S SOMETHING NOT ON THE LIST THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER, WE

CAN DO THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON THE LIST WHATEVER WILL BE A CONTINUATION OF THE STEPS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE

PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. >> WE NOW HAVE 23, THANK YOU.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, WE CAN OR CANNOT DO IT THIS WAY, BUT IN THE PAST, RCL HAS GONE THROUGH AND IF IT IS NOT AGREEING TO BE AMOUNT THAT IS ON THE REQUEST, BUT IF THERE'S APPETITE TO CONSIDER THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, I AM USING THAT BECAUSE IT IS NUMBER TWO.

WHICH ONE OF THESE ITEMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS.

MONIQUE AND I DISCUSSED THAT OR IF YOUR PLEASURE IS TO DO INDIVIDUALLY AND DISCUSS THIS, WE WILL GO THROUGH.

>> I THINK WE TAKE THEM AS PRESENTED.

WE ARE LIKELY TO HAVE QUESTIONS AND WE HAVE GOT FOLKS HERE

MAKING THOSE REQUESTS. >> OKAY, WE WENT THROUGH THE RATES. THE SECOND INITIATIVE WAS REQUESTED BY THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

THE REQUEST WAS FOR 10 ADDITIONAL DEPUTIES, WE CURRENTLY FUND 92 THIS WOULD BE FOR 10 ADDITIONAL, SEVEN OF

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>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE GO TO THIS, WE ARE FOLLOWING ALONG. WE ARE STARTING WITH THIS 11 FIVE NUMBER AND ALL THIS WILL DIMINISH THAT NUMBER 20.

THAT IS A FINITE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE FOR THESE INITIATIVES.

>> THAT IS CORRECT. YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG AND THAT IS WHAT MATT IS DOING ON HIS CHART.

WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT AS A TOOL, YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.

WITH THE 10 DEPUTIES THAT I JUST MENTIONED, THAT COST IS WHAT YOU SEE THERE. WHEN MILLION 134,000.

THE COUNTY REQUIRES IF A LOCAL ENTITY CONTRACTS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING, THEY HAVE TO FUND NOT ONLY THE COSTS OF THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS OF THE DEPUTY, OR ANYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT. THAT MEANS VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT. THE COST OF 10 VEHICLES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT IS 772,000. HE WOULD ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE PAYING FOR THE FUEL FOR THOSE VEHICLES WHICH ARE ESTIMATING THAT 50,000. YOU CAN TODAY IN FRONT OF YOU, THAT TOTAL THEN APPROACHES JUST UNDER $2 MILLION TO ADD TO 10

DEPUTIES. >> IS THAT 50 MILLION IN FUEL

FOR THE DEPUTIES? >> YES.

>> YOU CAN ALSO GO THROUGH A REMINDER HOW MUCH WE HAVE ALLOCATED IN OUR BASE BUDGET FOR THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY

SHERIFF'S OFFICE. >> THANK YOU, KAREN.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE BASE BUDGET, SORRY I AM JUST LOOKING AT THIS, LET ME SEE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE BEEN THE BASE BUDGET FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT A TOTAL OF $15.5 MILLION.

YOU WILL REQUIRE RECALL YESTERDAY BASED ON THE CURRENT DEPUTIES AND VEHICLE COSTS, WE HAD TO ADD $1.3 MILLION JUST TO COVER THE BASE COST OF WHAT IS ALREADY THERE.

>> SALARY INCREASES, INCREASED FUEL COSTS?

>> YES, AND THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT VEHICLES WAS ALSO

INCREASED. >> IS THIS THE TIME TO HAVE CAPTAIN - -, AND EXPLAIN HIS REQUEST?

>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THEM ABSOLUTELY.

>> MATTER CHAIR AND MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

ON BEHALF OF SHERIFF ANDERSON AND OUR ENTIRE TEAM, WE CANNOT DO THE JOB THAT WE DO WITHOUT THE TOWNSHIP AND THE DIRECTORS IN PROVIDING THOSE RESOURCES. I'LL TAKE A MOMENT TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC SAFETY AS A WHOLE HERE IN THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP THAT MAY BE A HISTORICAL CONTEXT WOULD HELP YOU IN MAKING DECISIONS THAT YOU WILL BE MAKING.

THE CONTRACT WITH THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP DATES BACK TOBEFORE I CAME ON BOARD WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN 1982 .

IT HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS. BACK THEN, THERE WERE FIVE DEPUTIES FUNDED BY THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND THE COMMERCIAL OWNER ASSOCIATION.

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YOU FAST-FORWARD TO THE CREATION OF THE COUNTER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN 1993 OR 1994 FOR THE MALL OPENED.

AGAIN, THEY ADD ADDITIONAL OFFICERS NOW, EQUAL TO THE EVOLUTION OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP AND NOW WE HAVE ABSORBED CONTRACT WITH THE TOWNSHIP TAKES OVER AND I BELIEVE IT WAS 2004 FOR THE TOWNSHIP AND FUNDED ADDITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT IS HOW YOU GOT TO WHERE YOU ARE. IN 2019, WHEN THE DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL OF INCORPORATION BECAME A CONCERN, FOR RIFFS OR REDUCTION IN FORCE WHEN IT CAME TO IF THE TOWNSHIP'S RESIDENCE FOR THE FOREIGN CORPORATION, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WOULD HAVE TO IF THEY WERE NOT HIRED BY THIS NEW CITY, WE WOULD HAVE TO REDUCE THEM. WE DID A SWAP OF PERSONNEL.

REDUCE THE BUDGET AMOUNTS THAT WEREFUNDED AND REDEPLOYED BETWEEN THE TWO ENTITIES . WE REDUCE THE COMMAND STAFF, THE SERGEANTS. WE PULL THEM OUT OF THE CONTRACT. IT WOULD BE EASIER AS AN AGENCY TO ABSORB DEPUTIES THAT HIRE RANKING PERSONNEL.

PRIOR TO 2016, THEY FUNDED THE CAPTAIN, LIEUTENANT AND SO ON.

SINCE SHERIFF ANDERSON TOOK OFFICE, THE TOWNSHIP ONLY FUNDS THE DEPUTIES AND ENTRY-LEVEL PERSONNEL.

ALL COMMAND STAFF, ARE FUNDED BY YOUR COUNTY TAX DOLLARS.

I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE CONVERSATION ABOUT FAIR SHARE AND I AM IN NO WAY IN A POSITION TO TELL YOU WHAT IS FAIR, BUT I WILL GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE ON THINGS.

OUR SISTER CITY TO THE NORTH SERVICES 82,000 PEOPLE ACCORDING TO THE POPULATION SIGN THAT I PASSED THIS MORNING ON MY WAY IN. THERE BUDGET IS OVER $29 MILLION FOR THIS YEAR. THAT IS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BUDGET.IF YOU PUT IN PERSPECTIVE AND DEEP INTO YOUR POPULATION COST PER CITIZEN, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE TOWNSHIP CONTRIBUTION IS CERTAINLY FAR LESS.

THE BALLOONS TOWNSHIP IS THE ONLY UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COUNTY THEY GET SALES TAX REVENUE, HOTEL MOTEL TAX REVENUE, LIVER LIQUOR TAX REVENUE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ENHANCING THIS AREA AND BRINGING ABOUT AND DRAWING INTO THIS AREA PEOPLE FOR COMMERCIAL REASONS, RIGHT? AS WE DRAW PEOPLE HERE, WE DRAW A LOT OF WONDERFULFAMILIES TO VISIT, TO TOUR , TO TAKE PART IN AMENITIES AND TO SHOP.

OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN PUBLIC SAFETY IS PROTECTING OUR VILLAGES FOR OUR RESIDENTS LIVE TO PAY THE ASSESSMENT DOLLARS AND ALSO COMMERCIAL AREA WHERE WE DRAW PEOPLE IN IT AND EASY ON AN EASY OFF FOR CRIMINALS. WE SEE THAT QUITE OFTEN.

A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, I DID A STUDY WERE ACTUALLY THE PEOPLE WE ARREST WHERE THEY WERE COMING FROM.

IT WASN'T FROM THE WOODLANDS PARKWAY EXTENSION OR THE 1480 8/4 TO MAGNOLIA. THEY WERE DRIVING UP INTERSTATE 45 WHICH HAS BEEN HERE LONG BEFORE THE WOODLANDS WAS.

THAT'S WHERE CRIMINALS ARE COMING FROM.

THERE COMING FROM THE AREAS TO OUR SOUTH FOR THE PROSECUTION OF CRIMINALS, WE CONTINUE TO SEE THIS OVER AND OVER IS LAX AND JUDGES ARE LETTING THEM OUT ON PR BONDS AND WE ARE ARRESTING THEM WITH ANKLE MONITORS FOR CRIMES HERE MONTGOMERY COUNTY WHERE WE HAVE A SHERIFF WILL HOLD THEM IN THE JAIL. WE HAVE A DISTRICT ATTORNEY HE WILL PROSECUTE THEM AND JUDGES WHO WILL HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

WE HAVE A SYSTEM OF JUSTICE HERE, BUT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE THAT TIP OF THE SPHERE THAT PROTECTS THIS COMMUNITY.

NOT JUST OUR RESIDENTS BUT ALSO OUR SHOPPERS AND VISITORS TO OUR TOWN CENTER. I WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT IN CONTEXT. SECOND DO THAT IS WHAT IS FAIR? YES WE PAY FOR THE DEPUTIES AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT, THERE IS A LOT MORE FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT MACHINE THAT JUST THE MINIMUM AND RESPOND TO THE 9-1-1 CALLS FOR SERVICE.

WE HAVE ATTACKED IS BEHIND THE SCENES TO INVESTIGATE CRIMES AND CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS. WE HAVE A FLEET OPERATIONS THAT MAINTAINS THE VEHICLES AND DISPATCHERS TO ANSWER THE CALLS. THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO IT.UR TRAINING REQUIREMENTS TO TRAIN MEN AND WOMEN TO HOLD, ALL OF THOSE COSTS ARE ABSORBED AND PAID FOR

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WHAT IS THAT EQUAL TO? IF I THINK THE TOTAL NUMBER PERSONNEL THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL THAT ARE NOT ON THE FRONT PAGE NECESSARILY, AND I SHARED THAT COUNTYWIDE, THE BENEFIT OF THE OFFICERS RECEIVED ON THEIR PORTION OF WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE FOR 223 ARE JUST OVER $90 MILLION.

THE COUNTY'S PORTION CONTRIBUTING TO THE OVERALL PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP IS ABOUT 19 $20 MILLION. THE TOWNSHIP'S CONTRIBUTION AS A LAST YEAR WAS $40 MILLION. THAT PUTS IT INTO PERSPECTIVE.

WHAT IS FAIR? I CAN TELL YOU WHAT FEAR IS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT MACHINE TO PROTECT HIS COMMUNITY AND THE 92 MEN AND WOMEN YOU FIND. EVERY SERGEANT WHO SUPERVISES THEM IN EVERY LIEUTENANT, MYSELF INCLUDED, OUR CHIEF DEPUTY AND SINCE SHERIFF ARE ALL FUNDED UNDER COUNTY TAX LEVY. THAT GIVES YOU AN OVERALL VIEW OF WHERE WE ARE. WHEN IT COMES TO THIS YEAR'S REQUEST, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTED A RETENTION SCHEDULE IN LIEU OF A SET SCHEDULE.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN HAVE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY POSITION THAT WE HAVE FUNDED, WE HAVE A BODY SITTING IN A POSITION TO PERFORM THAT SERVICE.

IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A LOT OF POSITIONS, BUT IF YOU HAVE VACANCIES, IT IS NO BENEFIT TO ANYBODY.AS I SHARE LAST WEEK OR A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK IN THE PRESENTATION, OUR PATROL DIVISION WAS HUNDRED PERCENT FULLY STAFFED.

THAT CAN BE SET AROUND THE STATE.

I SAW THIS MORNING WERE THE POLICE CHIEF FOR AUSTIN HAS RESIGNED AND RETIRED. HE'S THINKING OF THE BADGE AFTER 25 YEARS BECAUSE HE FEELS LIKE HE ISHANDCUFFED .

PERHAPS BECAUSE OF POLICIES AND I WILL SPEAK TO THEM SPECIFICALLY, BUT HIS INABILITY TO DO THE JOB THAT HE TOOK THE OATH TO DO. THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE EVEN THE - - SWORE AN OATH TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, SO HELP THEM GOD.THEY TOOK A PERSONAL OATH TO DO SOMETHING, AND IT IS OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY. I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU CRIME IS GOING OUT. FORMER DIRECTOR - - SPOKE ABOUT THE CRIME TRENDS AND HE IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

MY JOB IS TO NEVER LET THEM PICK UP.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM TAKE IT DOWN.

HE HAD AN ANOMALY WITH THE COVID 19 LOCKDOWN THAT THE RAW STATISTICS.WE ARE STILL WATCHING THAT.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE A SPIKE. I DON'T WANT TO COME HERE AND SAY WE HAVE ANOTHER CADILLAC CONVERTER THAT A SPIKE GOING ON. WE HAD A IN 2019, IS TERRIBLE.

WHY THEY WOULD PUTPALLADIUM AND EXHAUST PIPES IS BEYOND ME .

IT COST ME SO MUCH TO GET MY WIFE A RING TO ASK HER TO MARRY ME. MAYBE THAT IS WHY MY CAR COST SO MUCH. I KNOW WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TRY AND BE IN FRONT OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES AS LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY.

IF WE BECOME ANOTHER GUNPOINT BECAUSE WE DO NOT PROTECT TOWN CENTER, THAT IS A PROBLEM. THAT'S A PROBLEM THAT WILL RIPPLE FAR MORE THAN THE COST OF THIS.

WHEN YOU START HAVING MERCHANTS VACATE PROPERTY, THAT CREATE OTHER PROBLEMS. I SAID ALL THAT JUST TO GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE ON WHY I ASKED. I DON'T ASK FOR FOR AND EXPECT TWO. I NEVER HAVE, EVEN WHEN I WAS CONSTABLE. COMMISSIONERS CAN TELL YOU THAT I CAME IN WITH A REASONABLE EXPECTATION AND REQUESTS.

I JUSTIFY THOSE NEEDS AND EXPECTED TO GET THOSE REQUESTS MET. I WOULD BE FRUSTRATED IF I DIDN'T. I COME IN HERE WITH A REASONABLE REQUEST AND WILL TAKE A MOMENT TO TELL YOU WHERE I CAME UP WITH THE 10 PERSONNEL THAT WE ASK FOR.

WE ASKED FOR SEVEN TO BE DEDICATED TO TOWN CENTER.

THOSE ARE ACHILLES' HEEL AND MOST VULNERABLE PART OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IT HOUSES ARE SOFT TARGETS FROM THE WOODLANDS MALL TO MARKET STREET TO THE MITCHELL PAVILION THAT BRINGS IN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FOR CONCERTS ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT. THOSE ARE TREMENDOUSLY

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WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION.WE WILL USE 92 AS AN EXAMPLE.

YOU TAKE 92 OFFICERS AND DIVIDE THEM BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT SHIFTS, THEN FURTHER DIVIDE THEM DOWN BETWEEN DAYS AND NIGHTS. THEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A NUMBER OF OFFICERS WHO MAY BE IN TRAINING, WHO MAY BE ON VACATION, WHO MAY BE OUT SICK. YOU START REALIZING WHEN YOU BRING THAT DOWN, THAT'S 20 OFFICERS PER SHIFT.

YOU MAY HAVE 15 BOOTS ON THE GROUND SERVICE THIS COMMUNITY.

THINK ABOUT HOW FAR 15 OFFICERS CAN GO AND RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR SERVICE AND BE PROACTIVE TO PREVENT CRIME AND THE FEAR OF CRIME, WHICH IS OUR NUMBER ONE STRATEGIC GOAL.

AT THE CHALLENGE. NOW YOU ADD TO A COMMERCIAL AREA THAT SAYS YOU WILL COME ON HIM.

IT'S ARE STRONG AND PEOPLE TO SHOP AT THE AREAS.

AT THE CHALLENGE. EVERY ONE OF THE SEVEN PERSONNEL I ASKED FOR TO BE DEDICATED TO THE TOWN CENTER

ARE FOR THOSE REASONS. >> HAS CRIME INCREASE IN TOWN

CENTER? >> CALLS FOR SERVICE AND CRIME HAVE BOTH INCREASE IN 2016. 2016 IS THE BENCHMARK BECAUSE WHEN I CAME BACK TO WORK IN 2015, I WAS ASSIGNED TOWN CENTER. I WAS SPECIFICALLY ASSIGNED TO - -. IF YOU GO BACK IN 2015, THERE WASN'T MUCH THERE, BUT THE WHOLE FOODS AND THEY WERE DOING A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION.

TODAY, ALL THE CONSTRUCTION IS PRIMARILY COMPLETED AND YOU HAVE A LOT MORE RESIDENTS LIVING APARTMENTS AT LAKE STAGE. THAT IS INCREASE THE BURDEN.

YOU SHALL LOOKING AT ALL THE GROWTH.

THOSE ARE ALL RESIDENTS AND WHILE YOU HAVE A LOT OF HONEST HARD-WORKING PEOPLE WHO RESIDE THERE, THEY ATTRACT PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE RESOURCES. THEY HAVE MATERIAL THINGS THAT CRIMINALS WANT TO TAKE. IT'S HARD FOR US MANY OF THE PARKING GARAGE AND EXPECTING DEPUTIES TO PATROL AND CRIMINALS ARE GOING IN THE PARKING GARAGE BECAUSE THEY ARE TAILGATING SOMEONE IN THEIR FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE TIRES OFF THEIR CAR OR BREAKING IN THE CAR.

NOW A NEW ADDITION TO PATROLLING THE STREET AND RESPONDING TO CALLS, MANY DEPUTIES TO GET A PASS CARD SO THEY CAN GET INTO A SECURITY PARKING GARAGE TO PATROL EXPERT ALL THE STATE RESOURCES. IN MY REQUEST FOR THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, IT IS TO BETTER ENABLE US TO PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS AND SHOPPERS ALIKE. I ASKED FOR TWO PRICES INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS. EVER SINCE COVID 19 AND THE LOCKDOWN ISOLATIONS, IT IS RATHER AN INCREASED MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ACROSS OUR NATION.

WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE GET TO A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE NOW BEING EXPECTED TO BE COUNSELORS.

IF A PERSON IS A DANGER TO THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, WE ARE TO STAY WITH THEM, SECURE THEM, GET THEM TO A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY OR TO A HOSPITAL.

UNTIL THEY WERE ACCEPTED THERE OR UNTIL THEY ARE IN SUCH A WAY THEY COULD BE SAFELY LEFT THERE, WE HAD TO STAY WITH THEM. THOSE MEN AND WOMEN BETTER WITH THEM FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUND ARE STAYING AT THE HOSPITAL AND NOT PATROLLING THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

THAT IS A PROBLEM AND THAT IS A PART OF THE ASKED.

THEY WOULD WORK 12 HOURS A DAY ON A OR B SHIFT, GIVEN A SEVEN DAY A WEEK COVERAGE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WERE PRIMARILY PATROL OFFICERS NOT SITTING ON PERSONS AT A HOSPITAL BUT RATHER PATROLLING AND RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR SERVICE, REDUCING CRIME IN THE FEAR OF CRIME. IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME JUST FOR A SECOND, LASTLY, WE ASKED FOR ONE ADDITIONAL CRIME PREVENTION SPECIALIST. DIRECTOR FRANKS AND I TALKED ABOUT - -. WE FOCUS AND HAVE FOCUS FOR

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IT'S TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. CRIME WATCH TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH AND THE LIKE WAS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AND TALK ABOUT FRAUD AND CRIME AND TRYING TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS FROM BEING VICTIMS.BUT WE REALIZE IS WE HAVE A BOOMING COMMERCIAL PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY WHERE WE HAVE - - HI AND STORE AND IS HANDED A $38,000 PURSE AND GOES OUT THE DOOR WITH IT, PERHAPS MAYBE WE COULD HELP THEM NOT BE A VICTIM OF CRIME THROUGH SOME TRAINING. IS THAT OUR OBLIGATION? YES AND NO. ULTIMATELY IS THE RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO NOT BE A HAVEN FORCRIMINAL ACTIVITY . TELLING RESIDENTS TO USE LIGHTS WITH MOTION SENSORS TO AVOID CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, IS THAT OUR JOB? NO AND YES.

ULTIMATELY TO ME OF RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT OUR PROPERTY BUT YES, WE HAVEN'T OBLIGATION TO HELP GIVE YOU

WAYS TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. >> THE KIND SPECIALIST BUT ALSO

TO THE WOODLANDS MALL? >> YES AND WE WOULD DO ALL COMMERCIAL. THEY WOULD FOCUS ON PROVIDING COMMERCIAL PROGRAMMING TO HELP THEM NOT BE AN ELEMENT OF CRIME BY STRATEGICALLY GIVING THEM PRACTICES THAT WOULD MAYBE REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SHOPLIFTING IS ONE OF HER

BIGGER ONES. >> WHILE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CRISIS INTERVENTION, WHAT ARE THE SKILL SETS FOR THEM?

ARE THE POLICE OFFICERS? >> GREAT QUESTION.

SHERIFF HENDERSON GOT A GRANT THAT ARE POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH ENHANCE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING SO THEY HAVE THE SKILL SETS FOR DE-ESCALATION TO RECOGNIZE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. THEY ARE ABLE TO HELP SOMEBODY WHO WAS IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

IN ADDITION, WE GOT A CRANBERRY PARTNER WITH THE TRI-COUNTY.

WE PUT A MASTER LEVEL MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL THAT RHYMES WITH THE OFFICER AND THEY GO OUT AND RESPOND TO THE CALL.

WE ARE ASKING FOR IS THE TWO OFFICERS.

WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE CAN GET TO AND STABILIZE THE SCENE, YOU CAN USE ONE THAT IS ALREADY FUNDED TO RESPOND TO THAT CALL AND HELP GET THEM INTO TREATMENT OR INTO A TREATMENT PROGRAM WITHOUT NECESSARILY MAKING IT A CRIMINAL SITUATION WHERE WE ARE INCARCERATING PEOPLE FOR MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. HE WENT TO GET THEM PLUGGED INTO THE RIGHT PLACE AND SOMETIMES THESE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ARE FAMILIAR WITH ALL MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS PROGRAMS. THEREFORE, THEY CAN HELP GET THEM PLUGGED IN AT A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN MONITOR THEM WITHOUT GETTING TO A POINT OF CLOGGING OUR HOSPITALS.

ALL THE PEOPLE ENDED UP IN HOSPITAL ROOMS CLOGGING UP EMERGENCY ROOMS. THAT'S NOT A GOOD SCENARIO EITHER. WE ARE TRYING TO WORK A BALANCE HERE. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS TRULY THE TIP OF THE SPEAR AND SO MANY CATEGORIES AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE WITH ASKED TO DO MORE THAN THEY HAVE EVER BEEN ASKED TO DO. MENTAL HEALTH IS NOT SOMETHING WE DO, WE ARREST BAD GUYS. NOW THE SETTING WILL BE HAPPY TO HANDLE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IS SO WE ARE THE ONES GETTING

THE CALLS. >> CAPTAIN HOLYFIELD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT IN YOUR THOROUGHNESS AND ALL THAT YOU DO TO KEEP US SAFE. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

SINCE IT WAS BROUGHT TO HER ATTENTION, BE ON THE PROPERTY TAXES WE PAY IN THE WOODLANDS TO A BIG PART OF SUBSIDIZING THE REST OF THE COUNTY IN TERMS OF THE PROPORTION.

IS THE SHERIFF ASKING THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR MORE OFFICERS AS WEL ? THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, IS THAT $10 MILLION

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>> FIRST LIMITED THE SHERIFF ASKED FOR MORE RESOURCES TO THE COUNTY TAX LEVY? THE ANSWER IS YES.

EVERY YEAR, THE SHARE FOR GOAL AND AN ADVOCATE FOR THE NEEDS OF THE AGENCY, THE NEED TO PERSONNEL.

THIS YEAR, WE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL IN THE COMMISSIONERS COURT GRANTED PERSONNEL IN A STAGGERED METHODOLOGY. AS I RECALL, WE WILL GET 10 PERSONNEL IN OCTOBER, WE WILL GET ANOTHER FOUR IN JANUARY AND ANOTHER THREE IN APRIL I BELIEVE IS HOW THAT WILL COME DOWN. YOU WILL GET 13 ADDITIONAL PATROL OFFICERS TO SERVICE THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

THIS ENTIRE COUNTY IS GROWING. TO DIGRESS, I DO NOT BELIEVE THE SHERIFF HAS THE ABILITY TO OFFER ANY BUDGET DOLLARS.

I THINK THE SHERIFF GO TO COMMISSIONERS COURT AND COMMISSIONERS COURT HAS THE DOLLARS AND THE PERSON, SO TO SPEAK. IF THERE WAS AN OFFER, THAT WOULD PROBABLY COME FROM COMMISSIONERS COURT, NOT FROM YOUR SHERIFF. SHERIFF JUST NEED TO RESOURCES.

HE IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND WHILE HE HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SUPERVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, HE DOES NOT CONTROL THE PURSE STRINGS OF THE COUNTY.

HE WOULD GO AND THEY CAN ASK. IF THERE WAS A CONCERN, WHICH THERE WAS A CONCERN, WE MAY HAVE SOME TURMOIL.

IF YOU DO KNOW FOR SURE THAT YOUR JOB WILL BE YOUR NEXT YEA , BECAUSE THERE COULD BE ANY NUMBER OF REASONS WHY, YOU WILL PROBABLY LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR ANOTHER JOB FOR STABILITY FOR YOUR FAMILY. EACH OF US HAVE THAT OBLIGATION. THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE YOUR NEEDED STABILITY THE PURPOSE OF HAVING THIS BACKUP PLAN IN THE EVENT THERE WAS A PART OF THE CORPORATION.

>> THIS WAS LAST YEAR. >> I BELIEVE IT WAS ALL ABOUT THESAME TIME . I APPRECIATE YOUR POSITION, I'M TELLING YOU MY PERSPECTIVE ON IT.

IF I AM WRONG, YOU WILL FORGIVE ME AND NOW.

THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD IT. WHY IT DIDN'T COME ABOUT, I CAN TELL YOU. DID SHERIFF HENDERSON ASKED FOR PERSONNEL ANSWERS? YES.

ARE ADDITIONALLY ASKING FOR PERSONNEL TO MEET THE NEEDS YEAR? ABSOLUTELY.

>> A FEW QUESTIONS.DO I UNDERSTAND IT RIGHT THE FIRST

OFFICERS IN 2015? >> YES, SIR. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CRIME PREVENTION OFFICER ADDED.

>> OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LOT MORE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND GROWTH SINCE HUGHES LANDING DIDN'T EXIST.

THAT HAS BEEN AN ATTRACTION FOR GOOD AND BAD.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO BE ASKED.

THE BENEFIT, ADMIN FEES AND FUEL ARE ALLA PART OF THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS BEING ADDED. IF WE WERE TO HAVE LESS, IT WOULD BRING THOSE NUMBERS DOWN TOO, CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. >> THE CRIME PREVENTION SPECIALIST, I APPRECIATE THAT AS BEING A SHARED PRODUCT TO HELP OUR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, THE CIT THAT YOU HAD HERE TOO, THAT IS ARGUABLY ONE PERSON BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DAY

AND NIGHT SHIFT, IS THAT RIGHT? >> CLOSE.

WE WERE 12 HOUR SHIFTS, SO WE HAVE THREE ON THREE OFF, TWO O , TWO OFF KIND OF ROTATING. WHEN WE ASK FOR TWO, THAT COVERS 12 HOURS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

ONE PERSON COVERS 12 HOURS ON ONE SHIFT AND ONE PERSON COVERS 12 HOURS. FOR US, LOOKING AT THE CAUSE INSTEAD OF ASKING FOR 124 HOURS A DAY, WE LOOK AT P CALLS FOR SERVICE IN THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AREA WAS.

THAT WAS 10:00 A.M. TO 10:00 P.M.. THAT IS REALLY WHAT PONDERS PERSONNEL AND SO THEY COULD HANDLE THOSE CALLS DURING

THE. >> VICE-CHAIRMAN: PEAK TIMES.

>> OKAY. THE CPU DEPUTY AND THE PEARL DEPUTY, BOTH ARE GOING TO BE A DETERMINED TO DETERRENT TO CONDUCT IF THEY ARE AT MARKET STREET.

IT SEEMS TO ME AS IF THE PEARL DEPUTY CAN SERVE MORE THAN ONE

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WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT? >> IF YOU'RE ASKING ME DIRECTOR WATSON WHAT ARE MY PRIORITIES? BY FAR AN ORDER WOULD BE PATROL OFFICERS. WE NEED THEM THE MOST.

THE ADVANTAGE WE HAVE AS OUR - - NOW CALLS FOR SERVICE WAS STILL BE PROACTIVELY RESPONDING TO RESIDENTS CALL FOR SERVICE.

THEY WOULD NOT BE SITTING IN THE OFFICE WAITING ON THE CALL, WE WOULD UTILIZE THEM IN A PROACTIVE WAY.

WHEN THE CALL CAME OUT THAT WAS ABOUT CRISIS INTERVENTION TYPE CALL AND THEY WERE AVAILABLE, THEY WOULD BE THE ONE RESPONDING TO IT. IF THEY WERE NOT AVAILABLE, WE WILL RESPONSIBLY ARE NOT PATROL OFFICERS.

>> TO THE COUNTY CURRENTLY HAVE DESIGNATED CIT AND CPU

DEPUTIES? >> WE ARE THE ONLY AGENCY IN THE COUNTY, DATING BACK TO WHEN SHERIFF HENDERSON WAS ASSIGNED TO A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, THAT IS WHERE HE GOT HIS ROOTS.

SHERIFF HENDERSON STARTED HERE AS A PATROL OFFICER IN 1993, 1994. HE SEES THE BENEFITS OF NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. EIGHBORHOOD WATCH WORKS.

IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT WORK FIRSTHAND, I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE HAVING SPENT SOME TIME WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, IT ABSOLUTELY BENEFITS.

RESIDENTS HAD THE MISSING PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDS TO PROTECT THAT COMMUNITY AND HOLD SOMEBODY ACCOUNTABLE. SOMETIMES, IT IS THROUGH COMMUNICATION. SHERIFF HENDERSON IS TAKEN THE MODEL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGE AND TAKEN A COUNTYWIDE THAT STARTED IN THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP.

THROUGH HIS EXPERIENCES HERE, WE HAVE ZONES COUNTYWIDE.

WE WANT TO REDUCE THE OFFICERS RESPONSE TIME.

YOU ENTER THE OFFICER FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA THAT THEY SERVE SO THEY KNOW LITTLE JOHNNY OR SUSIE AND GET A CHANCE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND BE ABLE TO PREVENT THINGS.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THAT.

>> DIRECTOR: I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT.

DOES THE COUNTY CURRENTLY HAVE A CPU DEPUTY OR DEPUTIES?

>> JUST HERE. >> DIRECTOR: DO THEY HAVE CIT

DEPUTIES? >> YES, WE HAVE TWO CRISIS INTERVENTION DEPUTIES PARTNER WITH MENTAL HEALTH THE

PROFESSIONAL. >> THEY SERVICE HERE WHEN

AVAILABLE? >> WHEN AVAILABLE.

>> DIRECTOR: UNDERSTOOD. I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE FIRST ON THIS LIST FOR A REASON BECAUSE WE EVALUATE VALUE YOUR TEAM AND WHAT YOU DO FOR US.E ARE TRYING TO MAKE

ALL THOSE WORKING. >> BE AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE COULDN'T BE HERE AND BE AS EFFECTIVE IN OUR EFFORTS TO REDUCE CRIME WITH THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE DIRECTORS. I KNOW THAT'S A TERRIBLE POSITIONTO BE PUT IN WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MEET THE NEEDS FOR TAXPAYERS, OF WHICH I AM ONE AS WELL .

THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT I WORK WITH ALL PAY TAXES TOO.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR STEWARDSHIP OF TAX DOLLARS AND TRYING TO KEEP IT AND NO NEW REVENUE RATES.

IF THERE NEEDS TO BE IN SESSION AND ARE ASKED THAT HELPS YOU GET THERE, UNDERSTAND THAT I WILL PUT IT IS A PRIORITY.

PATROL WILL DEFINITELY BE MY PRIORITY THIS YEAR.

>> ONE RELATED QUESTION TO THAT.

THE RANGERS AND ELECTRIC BICYCLES, I ASSUME THAT PATROL OFFICERS WILL TAKE VAST PRIORITY OVER ANCILLARY

REQUESTS LIKE THAT. >> CORRECT.

WE USE THOSE WHEN WE ARE LOOKING FOR A LOST CHILD IN THE

GREENWAY OR THOSE AREAS. >> DON'T PUT THAT LAST CHILD ON ME. LAST NIGHT.

>> IDEALLY WHEN THEY WERE PURCHASED IN 2009, THEY WERE GOING TO BE ENOUGH IVORY LIFECYCLE.

IT IS FAR OUTLIVED ITS LIFECYCLE WHICH IS WHY WE ASKING FOR TO BE REPLACED.IN LIEU OF PUTTING A DEPUTY WALKING AROUND, WE FELT WITH THE BICYCLE WILL HELP THEM

COVER MORE AREA. >> CAPTAIN, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

WE SAID IS NOT POSSIBLE TO WRITE AN ELECTRIC BIKES IN THE TOWNSHIP, THE BOARD WANT TO TAKE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION ON THAT. IT WOULD BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR US TO TELL OUR RESIDENTS THAT THEY CANNOT PROVIDE ELECTRIC BIKES AND SEE THE PATROL OFFICERS GOINGRIGHT BY

THEM WAVING . >> I THINK WE ARE SUPPOSED TO

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. >> CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE IDEAS FOR THOSE TO BE THE TOWN CENTER ETC. SO THEY WILL BASICALLY BE ON THE PAVEMENT IN THOSE PLACES.

THE OTHER REAL ADVANTAGE WE TALKED ABOUT, THEY COULD VERY

EFFECTIVELY PATROL THE GARAGES. >> ON THE BIKES, IT'S SOMETHING WE ALL HAVE A VESTED PROGRAM? IS THIS A TEST CASE SCENARIO TO

LOOK AT? >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, WE HAD BY PATROL DOWN HERE FOR YEARS AND NEVER DEPUTIES ASSIGNED TO PATROL BICYCLES THAT ARE NONELECTRIC TO YOUR POINT. WE HAVE DEPUTIES ALREADY DO THAT. THE PROBLEM IS TO YOUR POINT, IT'S HARD TO GET SOMEBODY TO PUT ON ALL OF HIS GEAR AND JUMP ON A BICYCLE AND PEDAL FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT THE RISK OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND THE LIKE.

THE BENEFITS AS POINTED OUT BY THE DIRECTORS ARE THE ABILITY TO PRINT TRAVERSE CERTAIN AREAS QUICKLY.

YOU CAN GET UP INTO A PARKING GARAGE AND GO AROUND THE ARM VERSUS WAITING A CARD AND EVERYTHING.

THOSE ARE ALL BENEFITS OF THE LIKE PATROL PROGRAM.

WE HAVE NOT HAD ELECTRIC BIKES, WE HAVE BICYCLES NOW AND CURRENTLY USE THEM NOW BUT WE DON'T HAVE ELECTRIC BIKES AND WE ARE SEEING THAT THIS IS A TREND GOING ACROSS THE NATION TO ENHANCE THE BY PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF THE HEAT THAT IS OUT THERE AND TO GET MORE PARTICIPATION.

AGAIN, WE ARE TRYING TO INCREASE VISIBILITY IN AREAS WHERE IT MAY NOT BE AS EASY TO TRAVERSE WITH A MARKED VEHICLE.

HAVING THIS ADDITIONAL OPTION OUT THERE IS ABENEFIT DURING CONCERT NIGHTS . WERE TRYING TO GET TO THE PARKING LOTS TO AVOID HAVING CRIMINAL EPISODES OCCUR IN THIS

PARKING LOTS. >> AS HAS BEEN STATED BY SEVERAL OF US, YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT PUBLIC SAFETY IS.

BUT SEVERAL NEW BOARD MEMBERS, IT'S IMPORTANT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS, WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BUT DO WE ON THEM?

>> THE ISSUE OF LIABILITY IS ALWAYS BEEN THE ISSUE OF PURCHASE VERSUS OWNERSHIP. THE COUNTY TAKES THE VEHICLES AND THEY TAKE 100% LIABILITY FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE VEHICLE. IF YOU OWN THE VEHICLE, YOU ON THELIABILITY OF THAT OPERATION .

WE BEEN THE COUNTY ON OUR TAX LEVY HANDLES ALL THE MAINTENANCE ON EVERY ONE OF THOSE VEHICLES.

WHAT YOU DON'T SEE HIM THERE, WHILE YOU PAY FOR THE FUEL, YOU WILL PAY FOR THE BRAKES, TIRES, ALL THE REST OF THE PARTS.

WHEN THEY GET INTO A WRECK, UNFORTUNATELY THEY DO BECAUSE THESE MEN AND WOMEN DRIVE CARS A LOT OF MILES.

UNFORTUNATELY THE MORE MILES UP ON OUR CAR, THE MORE LIKELIHOOD YOU ARE INVOLVED IN A COLLISION.

SOME ARE AT OUR FAULT, I KNOW YOU ARE SHOCKED AND AMAZED AT THAT. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THE COUNTY OBSERVED ALL THOSE COSTS. THERE IS A COLLISION AND THE DEPUTIES - - THE TOWNSHIP IS NOT GETTING IN THE LAWSUIT AND LOSSES DO OCCUR. EVERYBODY IS LITIGIOUS THESE DAYS. WHEN THOSE THINGS HAPPEN, YOUR COUNTY WHO OWNS THE VEHICLE PAYS BACK.

THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS TO THE TOWNSHIP AND NOT HAVING

OWNERSHIP OF THE VEHICLES. >> I WANTED IT MORE AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF US UNDERSTOOD THAT.

>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT 24 RECRUIT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT DOING

THAT? >> WE PARTNER WITH COLLEGES

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IF YOU CAN GET SOMEBODY IN AN EDUCATIONAL SETTING THAT LOVES TO LEARN, MANY TIMES YOU CAN FIND SOMEBODY TO WANT TO SERVE AND LEARN. WE GO TO COLLEGES AND DIFFERENT AREAS INTO RECRUITMENT DRIVES. WE HAVE A LIST OF PERSONNEL WAITING TO GO TO THE ACADEMY. WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT WE STILL HAVE A STRONG SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY.

BOARDS SUCH AS YOURSELF CANNOT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE SHERIFF THAT WE HAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE RELOCATING HERE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSION FOR OTHER AREAS.

I JUST HIRED A GENTLEMAN WHO LEFT HPV WILL COME HERE.TWO DEPUTIES LEFT EL PASO. THE COUNTY WANTING A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN PLUG IN AND FEEL LIKE THEY ARE GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A LOT OF LATERAL TRANSFERS, MANY WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN TO THE ACADEMY AND WORKED IN VARIOUS AGENCIES THAT ARE COMING HERE.

THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE ANY VACANCIES OR OTHER AGENCIES IN OTHER POSTWAR SOUTH ARE REALLY HAVING A SHORTAGE.

PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO WORK THERE ANYMORE.

THEY DON'T LIKE THE POLICIES OR POLITICS OF THINGS.THEY WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY CAN SERVE AND THEY ARE APPRECIATED.

WHEN SOMEONE PASSES THEM ON THE STREET, THEY WAVE WITH ALL FIVE FINGERS. WE HAD THE COMMUNITY HERE ARE PEOPLE APPRECIATE ONE ANOTHER IN THEIR VARIOUS ROLES.

JUST AS I APPRECIATE YOUR ROLE ON THE COMPOSITIONS YOU HAVE TO

MAKE. >> CHAIRMAN: QUESTIONS OR

COMMENTS FOR THE HEALTH FIELD? >> IT'S VERY INTERESTING WHEN YOU BROUGHT THE CITY OF CONROE, 82,000 PEOPLE.

A LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTRACT OF $29 MILLION PER YEAR PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. WHERE $15,500,000 PER YEAR FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. I THINK THAT RIGHT THERE SIGNIFIES THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING THE ONLY TOWNSHIP IN TEXAS. IT'S THE LIMITED GOVERNMENT MODEL WHERE WE SHARE RESOURCES AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER MAKESSENSE. IT SAVED THE TAXPAYERS MONEY .

I BELIEVE WHEN WE DO ADOPT THIS TAX RATE, WE WILL BE THE ONLY TAXING AUTHORITY IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY REVENUE REVENUE RATE BECAUSE THE WAY WE GO ABOUT THINGS.

I APPLAUD YOU ON THIS. WE SUPPORT YOU IN THE SHERIFF ARE DOING. THERE IS NO GREATER NEEDED PUBLIC SAFETY FOR US. OUR MOST IMPORTANT JOB TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE SAY THAT CRIME IS NOT INCREASED, FAKE NEWS.

I PERSONALLY KNOW SOMEONE WHO WAS MUGGED IN THE MALL AREA GOING TO HER CAR AFTER SHOPPING.

I KNOW PEOPLE WILL HAVE THEIR CAR BROKEN INTO AND MARKET STREETS. I'VE GOTTEN CALLS FROM COMMERCIAL BUSINESS OWNERS WHERE ROBBERIES HAVE TAKEN PLACE, WHAT CAN WE DO? GETTING MARKET STREET IN THE ENTIRE - - ARE RESIDENTIAL ALSO HAS DEDICATED PEOPLE.

WE ARE NOT BEING PULLED FOR EACH ONE.

THE ONLY QUESTION HAPPENED ON THEELECTRIC BIKES .

IT'S HARD FOR ME TO PAY $5000 PER BIKE, JUST SAYING.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WORKED OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WHAT THE SHERIFF DID TO GET UPDATED, MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITY OR NOT.THE 10 DEPUTIES CRISIS INTERVENTION IS IMPORTANT.

IT'S RUNNING RAPID AND GETTING WORSE.

A LOT OF IT IS THESE PHONES AND KIDS THESE DAYS.

THE CRIME INTERVENTION SPECIALIST IS KEY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER THAT WE WORK WITH TOWNSHIPS AND RAMP UP THE COMMUNICATION FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS TO START TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH SERVICES AND WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR AND TO REALLY PUSH THAT. I LIKE TO OVER COMMUNICATE.

>> WE HAVE SO MANY SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS RIGHT? IS IT INSTAGRAM, WHATEVER ELSE IS OUT THERE.

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THAT'S THE UNFORTUNATE SIDE OF IT.

WHILE YOU HAVE IT, NOW YOU HAVE THE MONITOR AND PUT OUT THE FIRES OF MISINFORMATION BECAUSE IT'S ENOUGH FOR US TO GET GOOD INFORMATION OUT SO OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS CAN BE INFORMED . WE ALSO HAVE TO DISPEL AN ACCURATE INFORMATION I WANT TO MAKE THINGS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE. I BROUGHT FOR YOU HOT OFF THE PRESSES OUR STRATEGIC PLAN SO YOU KNOW WHERE WE AS PUBLIC SAFETY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARE GOING AND WHAT OUR GOALS ARE FOR 2023 THROUGH 2026. IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST OF ITS KIND WORD AND AGENCY TRY TO LOOK AHEAD AND ANTICIPATE NEEDS

AND GROWTH. >> THANKS DIRECTOR BAILEY.

I SHARE ANY SENTIMENTS AND THOUGHTS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF MODIFICATION JUST BECAUSE I'M TRY MY BEST TO BE SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE APPEAR . SIX PATROL DEPUTIES, THE TWO CAT DEPUTIES. I WOULD NOT FAVOR THE CPU DEPUTY AT THIS TIME. I THINK THE PATROL OFFICERS CAN HELP SERVE THAT PURPOSE. COMMERCIAL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE TO BE INCENTIVIZED TO TAKE INITIATIVE AND LEARN MORE AND WORK WITH THOSE PATROL OFFICERS IN THE AREA ON HOW THEY CAN DO BETTER OR HAVE SECURITY FOR THEIR OWN SELVES.

PLUS, BY THOSE TWO HEADCOUNT REDUCTIONS, YOU THEN HAVE THE COLLATERAL IMPACT ON CUTTING THOSE BENEFITS.

ADMIN COSTS, VEHICLES AND FUEL. THAT WOULD BE MY THOUGHTS ON

THE PROPOSALS. >> OTHER COMMENTS?

>> OBVIOUSLY WE ALL SUPPORT THE GREAT JOB YOU HAVE DONE CONSTANTLY DAY IN AND DAY OUT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT ON THE BICYCLE THING. WE TALKED ABOUT A DEEP CUP IS OBVIOUSLY THE ALPHA OMEGA DOES NOT FIT INTO THEAREA WITH THE HORSES VERY EFFECTIVELY . THERE'S ALSO AN ISSUE WITH THE GARAGES. THE ELECTRIC BIKE THING WHICH SEEMS TO BE A THING NOW, IT BRINGS ABOUT THE ABILITY FOR ALL THOSE AREAS AND THE GARAGES AS WELL.

IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. YOU ALSO HAVE OFFICERS I WILL

GET ON AN ELECTRIC BIKE. >> WE ARE INCLUDING VEHICLES FOR THOSE OFFICERS. I'M NOT SURE THEY WILL CHOOSE THE BIKE WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR VEHICLE.

WITH RESPECT TO THAT, I AM IN FAVOR OF ONE OF THE RANGERS AND I UNDERSTAND THESE VEHICLES ARE EXPENSIVE.

I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF ONE OF THE RANGERS TO HELP UPDATE THE

FLEET. >> THANK YOU.

I THINK IT'S REASONABLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER AS YOU SO ELOQUENTLY STATED. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF WHAT NUMBER THATIS . THAT DESERVES A LITTLE BIT OF DEBATE BECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY DECIDED WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE WHICH OF THE 90 REVENUE RATE. ONE OF THE KEY INITIATIVES THAT IS NEXT IS THECONSTABLE . WE ALL KNOW THE INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN AND CHILD CRIMES ARE INCREASING.

THAT'S NOT A DEBATABLE THING. I WOULD LIKE TO BE CAUTIOUS BEFORE WE DO TOO MUCH ON THIS AREA WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE ARE REALLY GETTING. BEFORE WE DECIDE HOW MANY HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT ARE WE ASKING FOR IN THE CONSTABLE RANGE? IS IT THREE OFFICERS?

>> WHAT WE CAN DO IS TO A PLACEHOLDER.

WE CAN GO BACK FOR SEVEN, OR 10 OR WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS AS A PLACEHOLDER BECAUSE HARRIS COUNTY IS ALSO REQUESTED

ADDITIONAL. >> THEY ARE OLD AND COULD

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REQUEST. >> WE WILL GIVE THEM CREDIBILITY, JUST GO DOWN THE LIST.

>> WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS CAN WE AFFORD TO DO ALL OF THEM? OR IS THIS NOT PRACTICAL CONSIDERING WE HAVE DECIDED TO

ACHIEVE? >> IF IT'S A PRIORITY OF THE BOARD, WE CAN DOALL OF THEM AND THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE .

>> MORNING, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG FROM ALL THE REQUEST IN THE SPREADSHEET ARE INCLUDED ON OUR BUDGET AND WOULD FIT WITHIN

THE 90 REVENUE? >> THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE BASE BUDGET BUT AS I POINTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING, IF YOU FIND IT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE MY FUNDING STANDPOINT, YOU HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET AT THE END WITH ABOUT $500,000 LEFT TO FIND ANY TYPE OF THING WE ARE NOT DISCUSSING TODAY.

>> WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, YOU CAN SEE WE MADE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN ONGOING AND ONE-TIME.

THE ONE-TIME EXPENSES WILL BE DRAWN DOWN FROM YOUR $11.5 MILLION. THAT $11.5 MILLION IS NOT ENOUGH TO FIND EVERY SINGLE INITIATIVE ON THE COUNTER TO BE DETERMINED. WE KNOW HE WILL BE ABLE TO FIND EVERYTHING BUT ON THE ONES THAT WE DO, THE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT, THE POLARIS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WILL COME

OUT OF YOUR $11.5 MILLION.>> I BELIEVE WE SHOULD ADDRESS

THEM AS WE DISCUSSED THEM. >> I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU JUST SAID. I DID NOT ASK THE TABLE, THAT WAS NOT MY REQUEST. I JUST WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT CAN WE AFFORD IT. BUT I DO LIKE DIRECTOR WATSON'S APPROACH TO BE A LITTLE MORE CONSERVATIVE.

>> SO, THE CONSISTS I HEAR IS TO GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS LAW ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVE TWO? THAT WOULD BE LISTED RIGHT NOW 10 DEPUTIES, 10 VEHICLES AND FUEL BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN SAID SIX, ALSO BEEN SAID SEVEN. IS THERE A MOTION?

>> I WILL MAKE A MOTION. I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT WE MODIFY THE REQUEST TO PROVIDE SIX NEW PATROL DEPUTIES AS REQUESTED. THE TWO CAT DEPUTIES AS REQUESTED AND THEN THE VEHICLES, FUELS, BENEFITS, ADMIN AND COST ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE EIGHT.

THEN, I CAN ADDRESS IN KIND OR SEPARATELY, BUT I MOVE THAT ALSO WE PROVIDE THEM WITH ONE NEW POLARIS RANGER.

THAT IS MY MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR WATSON AND DIRECTOR FRANKS TO ALLOCATE FUNDING IN THE 2023 BUDGET.

A TOTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, SIX WOULD BE THE PATROL DEPUTIES, TWO FOR THE CAT DEPUTIES. INITIATIVE THREE, WITH ONE POLARIS RANGER. DISCUSSION?

>> SIX LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPUTIES? PATROL? TWO CAT?

>> FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT. >> WE ARE CUTTING ONE PATROL

DEPUTY. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THE MOTION PASSED, THANK YOU

VERY MUCH. >> ONE LAST QUESTION, I

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ONCE IT'S APPROVED, WILL BE PERMISSIBLE - - UTILIZING UNSPENT SALARIES IN THE 2023 YEAR?

>> JUST A MINUTE, I WILL REFER TO LEGAL COUNSEL, SINCE THAT IS NOT ON OUR AGENDA, PERHAPS WE WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT.

>> THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED OUTSIDE OF THIS BUDGET, THE AGENDA ITEM IS THAT 2024 BUDGE .

>> WE DO WANT TO GET IT DONE. >> THANK YOU, IF YOU WOULD LIKE

TO - -. >> CHAIRMAN: THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 4. - - PRECINCT REQUEST.

>> I WILL INTRODUCE IT. IN THIS PROGRAM WE HAVE FOR THE SAVE THE CHILDREN SAFE HARBOR PROGRAM, THE TOWNSHIP CURRENTLY FUNDS THREE DETECTIVES FOR THAT AND THE REQUEST ON THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE IS TO ADD ANOTHER THREE DETECTIVES ON THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE. RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THE THREE IS MONDAY BUT THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AND THE OTHER TWO ARE THE CONSTABLE. THEN THREE VEHICLES GO ALONG

WITH THAT. >> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING

YOU ALL TO. >> THANK YOU, MY NAME IS ADAM ACOSTA COMBINED THE CONSTABLE WENT OVER TO THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION. MORE PARTICULARLY, CONSTABLE GABLE'S OFFICE PRIDES ITSELF AND SPECIALIZING AGAINST CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. WE HAVE TWO DOCTORS HOUSE THAT CHILDREN SAFE HARBOR WHICH HAS A HISTORY OF INVESTIGATING TOUCH CASES, PHYSICAL ABUSE CASES, SEXUAL ABUSE, SUFF LIKE THAT ON CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO 17 YEARS OLD.

QUANTITATIVE IS AN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN DETECTIVE. THAT DETECTIVE WORKS AN UNDERCOVER CAPACITY AND LOOKS FOR ONLINE PREDATORS SEEKING OUT CHILDREN FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, SEXUAL ABUSE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, STUFF OF THAT NATURE.

WE ARE A LITTLE BUSY TO SAY THE LEAST.

OUR CASELOAD HAS INCREASED. RIGHT NOW, OUR DETECTIVES HAVE ABOUT 500 UNREAD MESSAGES OF ATTEMPTED SOLICITATION FOR SEX THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO WORK THROUGH.

WE ARE TRYING TO MATCH THOSE ODDS A LITTLE BIT AND ADD THREE MORE DETECTIVES AND SEE IF WE CAN WORK MORE CASES AND BRING

MORE PEOPLE IN. >> WITH THAT, QUESTIONS,

COMMENTS FOR THE CAPTAIN? >> WOULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT PLEASE CAPTAIN?TELL US EXACTLY WHAT THE NEW OFFICERS YOU AREREQUESTING WILL BE DOING .

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO HAPPEN? I WILL HAPPEN IF WE DON'T FIND THEM? GIVE US A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE.

>> RIGHT NOW, OUR SAFE HARBOR DETECTIVES ARE MAXED OUT FOR THEM UP MOST PART. THE AVERAGE 15 TO 20 CASES APIECE PER MONTH. EACH CASE IN LAST BETWEEN 2 TO 4MONTHS . I PERSONALLY HAVE WORKED THE CASE FOR 14 MONTHS BEFORE IT WAS ALL OVER.

YOU GOING TO THAT BY 10 TO 15 OF THEM, THAT IS THE LOCAL THAT THEY ARE CARRYING. SAFE HARBOR WOULD RELIEVE CASEWORK TO OPEN MORE CASES AND INVESTIGATE THEM MORE PROPERLY.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE FATIGUE ON THESE DETECTIVES CAN GET STRENUOUS AND ANY RELIEF AND TIME OFF, STUFF LIKE THAT.

THAT'S WHERE THE EXTRA DETECTIVE COME INTO PLAY.

CURRENTLY, WE ONLY HAVE ONE DETECTIVE LOOKING INTO ONLINE EXPECTATION. THAT'S WHERE THE OTHER TWO WOULD COME INTO PLAY. IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, WE SNAGGED THREE OR FOUR CRIMINAL , PREDATORS.

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THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH.

THREE IS THE BARE MINIMUM THAT WE WOULD ASK FOR TO HELP THIS.

>> DOES THE COUNTY HAVE ONE OF THESE UNITS AS WELL THAT THEY

WERE GONE? >> THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE? THEY HAVE ONE DETECTIVE ASSIGNED TO THE TOWNSHIP.

>> FOR CLARIFICATION, WHAT WE HAVE FUNDED MANY SPOKE TO THIS, AND I AM VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF SAFE HARBOR AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO TO PREVENT THI , BUT WHEN YOU MADE THE COMMENT THAT RIGHT NOW THE ONE DETECTIVE IS NOT NECESSARILY IN THE WILDERNESS AREA, ARE WE FUNDING FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY?

>> NO MAN, WE AREFUNDING FOR THE WOODLANDS PREDOMINANTLY .

SOME OF THESE CASES DO TAKE IT OUTSIDE OF THE WOODLANDS AND OUTSIDE OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. WE TRAVELED TO BEAUMONT LAST YEAR TO ARREST CRIMINALS THAT WERE TRYING TO ONLINE TRAFFIC

KIDS FROM THE WOODLANDS. >> YOU MENTIONED THE MENTAL FATIGUE AND JUST CRUSHING BURDEN OF LOOKING INTO THESE CRIMES. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THERE IS SOME TROUBLE WITH KEEPING PEOPLE ON THE JOB.

WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH ALL THE TIME, I THINK ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS IS THAT OFFICERS CAN BE OVERLOADED.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE AN AREA THAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR FAMILIES. I SUPPORT THE THREE OFFICERS REQUESTS, IT IS REASONABLE. I LIKE TO HEAR FROM OTHER

DIRECTORS ABOUT IT. >> OTHER COMMENTS OR CONCERNS?

IF NOT. >> DIRECTOR: I MOVED TO ACCEPT

THE THREE OFFICERS PROPOSED. >> IS THERE A SECOND?

>> IF WE EXCEPT THAT, ARE WE ALSO EXCEPTING THE THREE NEW

VEHICLES? >> YES, WE WOULD NEED THREE

VEHICLES FOR EACH DETECTIVE. >> I DO THINK THAT WITH ONLINE PREDATORY PRACTICES AND EVERYTHING, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE SEEING IS A REAL ISSUE FOR OUR CHILDREN THAT WE NEED

TO PROTECT. >> I WILL SECOND IT.

>> I WAS THE FOREMAN OF THE GRAND JURY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND TELLING EVERY SINGLE TIME WE MET, YOU ALL - -.

>> THEY ARE HELPLESS AND NEED A PLACE TO GET HELP.

>> I WILL ADD THAT ARE DETECTIVES TOO, IN ADDITION TO THEM DOING THE CASELOAD EVERY DAY, THEY DO EDUCATIONAL PIECES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, FOR THE WOODLANDS AND THE COUNTY IN GENERAL . WE WILL LEAVE UP SOME TIME IN THE DECOMPRESSED TIME TO DO EDUCATIONAL PIECES FOR THE COMMUNITIES ON THE OTHER CASES ARE BEING TENDED TO.

>> ALSO, KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE WHICH IS A PRIORITY AS A COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE COUNT .

>> CAN YOU GO OVER A TIMELINE OF A MYSTERY FUNDING SAFE HARBOR OFFICERS AND HOW MANY BE OFFENDED OVER THE YEARS?

>> IN 2015, I WAS YOUR FIRST SAFE HARBOR DETECTIVE ASSIGNED OUT THERE.N 2016, WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO COMBAT THE WORKLOAD. ALSO IN 2015 IS WHEN YOU GET

FUNDED THE POSITION AS WELL. >> I NEED TO CLARIFY DIRECTOR FRANKS POINTED OUT THAT WE FUND THE ENTIRE BUDGET INITIATIVE.

>> I SECOND THAT. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO FIND THREE DETECTIVES AND THREE VEHICLES FOR THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY CONSTABLE'S OFFICE PRECINCT 3. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WILL

BE APPRECIATED. >> THAT BRINGS US TO INITIATIVE FIVE, HARRIS COUNTY. GOOD MORNING.

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>> THIS IS PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY, THE REQUEST IS THE CURRENT CONCRETE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT HAS 13 DEPUTIES ASSIGNED TO THAT AND THIS IS A REQUEST FOR TWO ADDITIONAL DUE TO THE GROWTH IN CREEKSIDE.

UNLIKE THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SEGMENT THIS IS AN ALL IN COST . THIS IS NOT ADDITIONAL VEHICLES, IS THE COST FOR EVERYTHING.

>> I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT. >> I SECOND.

>> TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF BECAUSE I HAVE MET MOST OF YOU.

>> I WAS THE VERY FIRST SERGEANT FOR CREEKSIDE.

I LEFT WHEN RUBY TOOK OVER. SERGEANT RUBIN IS RETIRED AND I AM COMING BACK. I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE COMING BACK TO MY LOVE THAT WHEN I WAS THERE.

>> IT'S GETTING WORSE AND WORSE, I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN IN

HARRIS COUNTY. >> DEFINITELY THE GROWTH AROUND CREEKSIDE AND INSIDE CREEKSIDE IS WHY THESE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN

REQUESTED. >> WELCOME BACK.THE ENTIRE TOWNSHIP IS GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES.

THIS IS NOT FOR CLARIFICATION WHILE YOU ARE HERE SERGEANT, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE, THE CROSSING GUARDS ARE IN THE BASE BUDGET, CORRECT? WILL YOU SHARE THE CROSSING GUARDS WORK? CAN WE DO THAT FOR

CLARIFICATION? >> WE HAVE CONTINUED THE FUNDING PROVIDED FOR THE LAST THREE SEMESTERS FOR SCHOOL.

I DON'T HARRIS COUNTY HAS OTHER IDEAS ON HOW TO PARTNER AN APPROACH THAT BUT WE ARE NOT THERE YET.

GUARDS, THE FUNDING IS THERE. >> MATT, CAN YOU TAKE US TO ITEM 6 AND TELL US WHERE WE ARE ON THAT 11 FIVE STARTING NUMBER? THANK YOU.

>> OKAY. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY ON THIS ONE. WE DO HAVE AN ESTIMATED COST, BUT THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY CHAIRMAN SNYDER.

SHE IS MENTIONED IN ANOTHER BOARD MEETING BUT LOOKING TO'S PROVIDING A TROLLEY SERVICE OR EXPANDING OUR TROLLEY SERVICE TO INCLUDE THE GROGAN MILLS VILLAGE CENTER.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT COST IS, NOT THAT IT HAS TO BE FUNDED RIGHT NOW. IT WOULD PROBABLY NOT WANT TO START THAT SERVICE UNTIL THEN, WE CAN GIVE YOU AN IDEA IF YOU

WOULD LIKE. >> I THINK I WILL BECOME A

NECESSITY THINGS DEVELOP. >> AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE REWARD HE RECEIVED LAST WEEK.

>> THANK YOU. I WILL PULL THE PRESENTATION

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GOOD MORNING TO MY READY TO GO. ABOUT THE VILLAGE TROLLEY SERVICE. I WANTED TO SET THE STAGE ON IF ANYONE IN THE ROOM OR LISTEN IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE TROLLEY PROGRAM. WE SERVE THE TOWN CENTER WHICH ARE AREAS - - MARKET STREET AND WATERWAY.

WE RUN ON A SCHEDULE THAT IS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WE HAVE A ROTATING PEAK OR NONPEAK. DURING PEAK SERVICE TIME, WE HAVE FOUR TROLLEY IS READY. THIS ALLOWS US TO HAVE SOMETHING CALLED PAYMENT HEADWAYS MEAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TROLLEYS OF WENDY SHOULD BE ARRIVING AT EACH STOP, YOU SHOULD HAVE A TROLLEY EVERY 10 MINUTES OR SO.

DEPENDING ON TRAFFIC, LOADING AND UNLOADING WHEELCHAIRS, THAT KIND OF THING. NONPEAK WE HAVE THREE TROLLEYS PRUNNING. THIS IS ALWAYS BEEN STRUCTURED IN TRADITIONAL TRANSIT PLANNING THAT YOU DON'T WANT ANYTHING LONGER THAN 15 MINUTE HEADWAY. THAT IS LONGER WAITING TIMES, ESPECIALLY FOR A COMMUNITY OF OUR SIZE FOR THE AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE. PEOPLE WOULD FORGO WRITING ON TRANSIT AND TYPICALLY GO TOWARDS THEIR PERSONAL VEHICLES AT THAT POINT. 15 MINUTES IS THE SWEET SPOT.

15 MINUTES OR LESS.THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED THROUGH FEDERAL FUNDING OF THE CONDITION AND MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT GRANT AND WAS REALLY TO REDUCE THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND POLLUTION IN THE MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT. AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT GROWTH.THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SET UP THE WATERWAY AT THE TOWN CENTER PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR. IT WAS FUNDED THROUGH FEDERAL DOLLARS AND IS A GREAT COMMUNITY FOR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THOSE STAYING AT THE HOTEL'S TO GET AROUND.

YOU MIGHT BE VISITING TOWN CENTER AND NOT HAVE A VEHICLE WITH YOU.I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE SEEING GREAT RIDERSHIP LEAVES IN THE BEST YEAR YET IN TERMS OF RIDERSHIP SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM IN 2007.

THERE WAS A RECONFIGURATION OF THE PROGRAM THAT HAPPENED IN 2016, I WILL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND.

WE ARE SEEING RIDERSHIP OF AT LEAST 500 RIDERS PER DAY.THIS PAST JULY, EVEN WITH THE HEAT, IT WAS OUR BEST MONTH EVER FOR THE PROGRAM. WE HAVE 650 RIDERS.PEOPLE LOVE AND YOU CAN SEE RIDERSHIP IS BOOMING.

I'LL SKIP FORWARD A LITTLE BIT HERE.

THERE WAS A STUDY DONE IN 2015 THAT I WILL TOUCH ON BRIEFLY.

THERE WERE CONSIDERATIONS MADE. THE RED ROUTE THERE WAS SQUIGGLY, THEY STREAMLINED IT AND THERE WERE CONSIDERATIONS OF ADDING ROUTES INTO THE P SURE.

THOSE WERE NOT CITED TO BE FUNDED WITH THE DEFENDANT THE GREEN PORTION WHICH WAS THE EXTENSION TO HUGHES LANDING.

THERE WAS ABOUT REALIGNMENT, THE SCHEDULE CHANGE TO ADD THE FOURTH TROLLEY TO REDUCE HEAD WASTE AND THE EXTENSION TO HUGHES LANDING. ALL OF THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT RIDERSHIP GROWTH AFTER THEY WERE IMPLEMENT IT.

WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A ROUTE PLANNING GRANT WAS A COMPETITIVE GRANT WE WENT AFTER.

WE HAVE $400,000 TO DO THAT. WE ARE PARTNERING WITH OUR TRANSIT CONSULTANT WHOSE PROJECT MANAGING THAT.

WE HAVE A STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE, A MEETING AND THEIR DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR ROUTE REALIGNMENTS, EXTENSIONS, CHANGES TO BOTH THE TROLLEY PROGRAM AND PARK-AND-RIDE ARE BEING CONSIDERED TO THAT GRANT. INCLUDING REPS TO THE HOTELS AND VILLAGE CENTERS. WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETINGCOMING UP WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS IN OCTOBER WILL BE CHOSEN DIFFERENT THINGS TO LOOK AT AND THEY WILL BRING BACK THE ANALYSIS IN OCTOBER. OUR FINAL REPORT THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN FEBRUARY 2024. THE BOARD CAN MAKE DECISIONS BASED OFF OF THOSE RESEARCHED DETAILED ANALYSIS COST ESTIMATES AND THAT KIND OF THING.WE DO HAVE SOME, I WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH THE CONSULTANT KNOWING WHAT WAS COMING UP TO FAST-TRACK SOME ROUGH COST ESTIMATES FOR THIS KIND OF AROUSAL LOOK LIKE WITH SOME OPTIONS.

WE EVALUATED PAYMENT HEADWAYS AND 20 MINUTEHEADWAY .

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>> YOU WANTED TO SEE IF WE WERE PAYING ATTENTION.

[LAUGHTER]. >> TERRY GILFORD THE OPERATING COST WOULD BE 600,000 FOR THE 10 MINUTE HEADWAY AND 300,004

THE 20 MINUTE HEADWAY. >> HOW MANY DRIVERS? BRAD AND I ARE PUTTING IN A RESUME.

[LAUGHTER]. >> NOT FOR ONE DRIVER, TWO PART-TIME DRIVERS, BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF HOURS WE ARE RUNNING. WE ARE RUNNING 12 HOURS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. THERE IS REQUIRED REST PERIOD FOR DRIVERS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SO YOU NEED A

CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THEM. >> WHAT IS A DRIVER MAKE?

>> THE STARTING WAGE IS $90 AND 14 PER HOUR.

IT'S ALSO FUEL, MAINTENANCE OF THE VEHICLE.

>> I AM SO IMPRESSED TO SEE THE TROLLEY UP.

ON SUNDAY, I WAS IN TOWN CENTER AND SAW ASLAN PACKED ONE COMING FROM MARKET STREET. IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

HOWEVER WITH THE UNKNOWN WITH THE REVITALIZATION COMING TO HOLD ONTHIS TO SEE . IT'S GOING TO BE WELL OVER A YEAR. IT WILL BE THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE BEFORE THAT IS COMPLETED AND DONE.

I VOTE WE PUNCH ON THIS ONE AND WAIT UNTIL THAT IS DONE AND

MOVE ON. >> IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT?

>> SECOND. >> I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PARATRANSIT DEMAND. I TOO AM INTERESTED IN EXPANDING THIS ROUTE WELL BEFORE THE NEW ITERATION.

IT'S A GOOD WAY TO REVITALIZE SOME OF OUR VILLAGE CENTERS, IS TO CONNECT THEM IN A MEANINGFUL WAY WITH THE OTHER VILLAGE CENTERS. THE PARATRANSIT COMMAND WE CURRENTLY HAVE, CANYOU JUST EXTRAPOLATE SOME OF THAT ?

WOULD THAT BE ABOUT THE SAME YOU THINK?>> SURE.

TO LET EVERYONE SEE NO, IT'S A FEDERALLY REQUIRED ADA ON DEMAND SERVICE. IF YOU HAVE A FIXED ROUTE, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THOSE WITH MOBILITY LIMITATIONS WITHIN A - - BUFFER. ANIMAL LIVING AND TRAVELING TO DESTINATIONS WITHIN THE BUFFER AREA, WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ON-DEMAND RIDE. WE CAN ALSO HAVE ONE OF OUR TROLLEYS WITH THE SPARE DRIVER TAKE THE PERSON IN SP DURING OPERATING HOURS, BUT IT CAN BE ANY TIME DURING THAT POINT.

WE PICKED THEM UP FROM THEIR HOME, TAKE THEM TO THE

DESTINATIONS AND BACK HOME. >> IS THERE A LIMIT ON THE

DESTINATION RANGE? >> THREE-QUARTER MILE BUFFER AROUND THE ROUTE. THERE IS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

IT'S NOT GETTING TO THE RENTAL AREAS CURRENTLY.

BY EXPANDING IT DOWN TO GROGAN MILLS, WE WOULD BE COVERING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTOF THE RESIDENTIAL AREA .

A LOT MORE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE DOWN THERE THAT OF THE LOWER INCOME AREAS WE HAVE NOT SEEN ARTHUR TO THE TOWN CENTER.

THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT IS TOUCHING DOWN THERE.

CURRENTLY, OUR PARATRANSIT PROGRAM IS EXTREMELY LIMITED.

WE GET REQUEST. TYPICALLY WHAT WE SEE IS PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE STILL WANT TO GO ARE NOT CONTAINED IN THAT AREA.

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THE BOARD RUNS ON-DEMAND SERVICE FOR ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS. TYPICALLY, WE LET THEM KNOW WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS AND THEY HAVE A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY THAN US AND THEY TYPICALLY CHOOSE TO TAKE A RIDE THROUGH

THE OTHER PROGRAMS. >> THEY HAVE DONE VERY WELL IN

REGARDS TO SENIORS. >> THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WITH THAT, IF THERE'S NOT A DISCUSSION, WE WILL WAIT FOR DIRECTOR LAWSON RETURNS.

MONIQUE, IF YOU JUST TO CLARIFY.

I KNOW THAT YOU ARE KEEPING TRACK OF IT ALL.

>> WHEN WE GET TO THE END OF THIS TRIP, I WILL ASK FOR A 10 MINUTE BREAK AND WE WILL PRINT THESE SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE THEM.

>> WHERE DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT?

>> AFTER WE GET THERE A FEW MORE OF THESE.

>> IT WAS MOVED BY DIRECTOR BAILEY, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS TO HOLD, BUT THERE APPEARS TO BE INTERESTED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

THAT BRINGS US TO THE GROGAN'S BILL CENTER OF IMPROVEMENT.

>> OF THE 11.5 MILLION, YOU ARE DOWN TO 10,691,000.

>> THANK YOU MA'AM.NITIATIVE SEVEN?

>> THIS IS INCOMPETENT TO WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED.

>> YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THIS? >> YES, VERY BRIEFLY.

THERE WE GO. AS WE KNOW, THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS BY THE PARTIES GOING ON REGARDING THE POTENTIAL RENOVATION OF THE VILLAGE CENTER.

THERE MAY COME A TIME IN THE FUTURE WERE THE BOARD HAS DISCUSSED IT WITH THE TOWNSHIP WILL PARTICIPATE PERHAPS IN FUNDING SOME OF THE PUBLIC AREAS.

THAT THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF, BUT IN TERMS OF EXPANDING PATHWAYS OR HAVING PUBLIC SPACES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT IN TIME FOR THE PROJECT IS NOT COMPLETE. IT IS ON OUR RADAR, EVEN THOUGH

WE DO HAVE A FUNDING ESTIMATE. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT, A MOTION SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH SIX, PUT IT ON

HOLD TO BE DETERMINED. >> MOVED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS, SECOND BY DIRECTOR BAILEY, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

IT PASSES. NEXT, INITIATIVE EIGHT BY THE

WOODLANDS COALITION. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THE WOODLANDS COALITION SUBMITTED A REQUEST ON A NUMBER OF MORE PROJECTS THAN THIS.IT WAS BASICALLY THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN IS SUBMITTED TO BE DONE. JOHN MACGOWAN AND HIS TEAM AS

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EACH ONE OF THEM HAS PROS AND CONS.

THERE IS A NEW SHOPPING CENTER THAT IS GOING OUT AND IT WOULD BE TOO GET RESIDENTS TO THAT AREA.

WOODLANDS PARKWAY THE 2978, THAT IS A CONTINUATION OF TRYING TO START OR FACILITATE A WOODLANDS PARKWAY, I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD EXTENSION, SORRY, BUT A WOODLANDS COUNTY CONTINUES PATHWAY SYSTEM. THAT'S A NEW CONNECTION HOWEVER ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, I STILL THINK THERE ARE SOME UNKNOWN ISSUES GOING ON AT THE INTERSECTION.

IF WE WERE TO BUILD THE CONNECTOR, IT IS NEEDED.

I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY THAT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE THE INTERSECTION IS. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT PATHWAY POTENTIALLY REMOVED. LAKEFRONT, THAT AREA HAS ALSO BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A PART OF THE TOWN CENTER PATHWAY PROGRA . HOWARD HUGHES IS FACILITATING.

ONE OF THE LARGER CHALLENGES IS THE NORTH - - THERE IS NO CONNECTION. IT JUST STOPS.

AGAIN, IT'S THAT OLD ORIGINAL MODEL OF PATHWAY DEVELOPMENT WAS BETWEEN THE HOUSES, NOT NECESSARILY ALONG THE MAJOR ROADS. THERE IS A LARGE VOID.

TO GET PEOPLE FROM THE WILDE CREEK RIDGE TO GROGAN'S MILL AREA. YOU HAVE THE CHOICE TO DO ALL OF THESE, YOU HAVE THE CHOICE TO DO NONE OF THESE OR IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT SPECIFIC SEGMENTS, I WOULD BE

HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. >> IS THERE ONE THAT IS MORE

OBVIOUS? >> TO ME, THE GROGAN'S BILL WHILE THE RIDGE MAKES THE MOST SINCE. THAT SHOPPING CENTER MIGHT BE ABLE TO WAIT A LITTLE MORE TIME.

WOODLANDS PARKWAY BRANCH CROSSING.

THEY ARE ALREADY ABLE TO GET TO THOSE TWO SHOPPING CENTERS.

THIS WOULD ENABLE PEOPLE TO GET THE 2978.

IN SHORT, WHILE THE BRIDGE - - >> IS THERE A PATHWAY ON THE BOOKS THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE FOLKS SOUTH OF WILLIAMS PARKWAY TO GOING TO THE TOWN CENTER AREA? IF YOU ARE LIVING SOUTH OF THE WOODLANDS PARKWAY.

>> EAST OR WEST OF GROGAN'S BILL?

>> THAT I WANT TO SAY IS ON THE EAST SIDE.

THEN I THINK IT CROSSES AND GOES NORTH TO PICK UP THE EAST

SHORE AREA. >> MY ILLNESS LIVE SOUTH SO THEY ARE PRETTY ACTIVE AND GO TO TOWN TO DO PRETTY TIME ALL

THE TIME. >> YOU SAID THEREIS ON THE WEST AS WELL? WHERE IS THAT ONE ?

>> IT IS NORTH OF WOODLANDS PARKWAY.

THE PATHWAY FROM MY MEMORY CROSSES RIGHT AROUND WOODLANDS PARKWAY. REMEMBER, THE PATHWAY SYSTEM WHETHER YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WAS NOT MEANT TO BE DUAL ON EACH SIDE OF THE RESPECTIVE ROAD.

THERE ARE A FEW ISOLATED CASES, BUT IS NOT MEANT TO BE THE

DESIGN CRITERIA. >> IF YOU WOULD GIVE THE BACKGROUND AND HISTORY WITH THE PEDESTRIAN PLAN AND WHERE WE HAVE BEEN, THIS IS A PRIORITY OF MINE MENTIONED SEVERAL

OTHERS. >> I WILL DO MY BEST.

THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN TALKING INTERNALLY THAT WE ARE WORKING ON A NUMBER OF BY PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS.

IN 2015, THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER ENDED UP BIKE PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN. THESE ARE NOT A TWO YEAR PLAN, THIS PROBABLY 50 OR $60 MILLION WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS.

IT'S CHIPPING AWAY AT THESE PROJECTS.

THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS CHIPPING AWAY AT

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WE HAVE AN ACTIVE PROJECT, I JUST APPROVED TASK ORDER LAST MONTH OR LAST WEEK CALLED THE NORTH - - SEGMENT FROM LAKE WOODLANDS TO RESEARCH FORESTS. WE ARE THE LARGEST TRUNK, EXCUSE ME, ONE OF THE LARGEST SEGMENTS WOULD BE FROM ALONG 242 ALL WITH THE HARPERS LANDING.

WE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT LATER AND IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR A GRANT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES.

WE SHOULD HEAR BACK FROM THAT AND OCTOBER, BUT WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER PLAN, PLAN B. THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION WE HAVE ANOTHER SOURCE OF FUNDING. THERE IS IN THE PROJECT ON THE BOOKS WITH LAKE WOODLANDS. WE HAVE TO WORK A LITTLE BIT CLOSER WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

WE HAVE NOT YET APPROACHED HIM BUT THAT IS TO DO A REDESIGN OF THE CUTOUTS ON LAKE WOODLANDS TO TRY AND PROVIDE NOT PUSH THE CYCLIST INTO THE ROAD. WE TRY TO GET MORE OF THE

PROJECTS DONE. >> DOES NOT APPLY CLAIM IF I

RECALL. >> IS JUST EASING THE TRANSITION AND TRYING TO HELP THE SAFETY FOR BIKE RIDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER PATHWAY PROJECTS BUT THOSE ARE THE BIG HITTERS RIGHT NOW.

>> WITH ALL THAT WE HAVE PLANNED IN GROGAN'S MILL, I WOULD THINK YOUR SUGGESTION IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER.

>> I WILL MOVE TO ACCEPT THAT ONE, PROJECT D.

>> HAS PROJECT D. IS THAT THE CASE?

>> DID YOU WANT TO ADD AN AMENDMENT TO THAT?

>> IT'S AT 4-1-1, BUT THE ONE I WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.

>> SO IS ON D AS IN DELTA? GOT IT.

>> OTHER DISCUSSION? IS THE MOVIE SECOND TO ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR PROJECT D ON THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES.

THAT BRINGS US TO THE WOODLANDS WATERWAY ENHANCEMENT.

>> I WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT WE WENT TO THE CAPITAL BUDGET I PUT $200,000 IN THEIR EVERY YEAR IN THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN IN ORDER TO BEGIN TO ADDRESS SOMETHING AN ENHANCEMENT TO THE WATERWAY SINCE WE TOOK OVER OWNERSHIP.

THOSE CAN BE ANYTHING FROM TIME TO LOOK AT HOLIDAY DECORATION AND OTHER TYPES OF AMENITIES WE ALREADY HAVE $200,000 IN THE BASE BUDGET. WE WILL HAVE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT NECESSARILY, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THE BOARD HAS DISCUSSED TO VISIT THE WOODLANDS IN TERMS OF THEIR RETREATS AND PLANNING SESSION. I BELIEVE - - ALSO HAS SOME COMMENTS ON THIS. NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC FUNDING AMOUNT, BUT KNOWING THAT THE 11.5 OR WHATEVER THE NUMBER ENDS UP BEING WOULD BE THERE AS THE YEAR GOES ON TO ADDRESS THE TYPES OF ISSUES.

>> AS MONIQUE SAID WITH $200,000 PER YEAR AND THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, IT REALLY GIVES ABILITIES TO START CRAFTING

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WE HAVE A COUPLE RIGHT NOW SHOULD WE EXPAND THEM WITH FIREWORKS THERE ARE PROS AND CONS.

THE OTHER THING WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IS HOW DO WE EXTEND PEOPLE'S VISIT TO THE WATERWAY TO NOT JUST A 10 MINUTE, 20 MINUTE BUT AN HOUR, HOUR AND AND A HALF, TWO HOURS.

THE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS APPROVED BY THE BOARD A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THIS GOING TO HELP. CAN WE EXTEND THAT FURTHER OUT YEAR AFTER YEAR AND BUILD SOMETHING UP?THE OTHER THING WE HAVE DISCUSSED INTERNALLY IS NOT JUST A HALLOWEEN OR THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH CHRISTMAS TIME OF YEAR, HALLOWEEN IS THE SECOND LARGEST MOST EXPENSIVE HOLIDAY THAT IS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE GO OUT THERE, YOU HAVE SEEN THOSE TWO CONCEPTS.CAN WE CREATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THE WATERWAY? I'LL TAKE ANOTHER SET OF DOLLARS AS WELL. ALSO START LOOKING INTO OTHER THING THAT COULD OR CANNOT BE DONE WITH THE PHYSICAL PLANT OF THE WATERWAYS. WE ARE JUST GETTING INTO IT, WE TOOK OVER THE WATERWAY JULY 20 21ST.

THE MONEY IS A START FOR US TO START PACKAGING THINGS AND

BRING THOSE FOURTH TWO. >> WITH REGARD TO THE WOODLANDS WATERWAY, THE BASE BUDGET ALSO HAS A LINE ITEM FOR ANY REPAIRS TO THE ELEVATORS ETC. FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.

THIS IS IN ADDITION. AS TO THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD TO PUT THIS ON HOLD AT THIS TIME?

>> SECOND. >> MOVED AND SECONDED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED? IT PASSES. THIS BRINGS US TO PARKS AND RECREATION ON TAB 10 ON THE BACKSIDE IS WHAT IS LEFT OF

PHASE 1. >> IF YOU PERMIT ME, I WILL GO TO A DIFFERENTPRESENTATION HERE .YOUR ITEMS OF 10, 11 AND ZERO THROUGH 13 ARE INTERTWINED THAT MAKES SENSE.

IF YOU GIVE ME THAT LATITUDE. AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, IRONICALLY ONE YEAR AGO ON THE EXACT DATE OF THE BOARD OF TIMES APPROVED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FUNDING ITEMS AS WELL AS ACCEPTANCE OF THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS CHARGED TO LOOK AT OUR PRODUCTS, AQUATICS, ATHLETICS FACILITIES. DO WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE? DO YOU HAVE THE FACILITIES THAT PEOPLE WANT NOW AS WELL AS THINKING CREATIVELY TO THE FUTURE? WHAT MIGHT BE SOME OF THOSE THINGS? WE ARE GETTING ALL THIS POPULATION HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL AN INSATIABLE DEMAND FOR THE PARK SYSTEM AND THE AMENITIES THAT WE DO. SIGNIFICANT ROBUST NEEDS, 2000 WEB-BASED SURVEYS. THE TEAM WENT OUT EVERY SINGLE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION AND HAD A FOCUS GROUP WITH THEM.

HE MET WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THAT TIME MULTIPLE TIMES. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THAT I WANT TO GIVE YOU, THIS IS ONE SLIDE FROM THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS FACILITIES ASSESSMENT. THIS GROUP WENT OUT TO EVERY SINGLE PART AND DID AN ASSESSMENT ON EVERY PARK .

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THERE WERE SO MANY DOLLARS BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THIS FOR BATHROOM INFRASTRUCTURE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAW ON THIS SLIDE WAS THE FUEL UTILIZATION. 91% IN 2021 OF THE ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELD HOURS WERE ACTUALLY IN USE.

IT ENDS UP BEING 1900 HOURS WHEN YOU COMPARE OUR FIELD USE IN OTHER CITIES, IS ABNORMALLY HIGH AND THAT IS IN THE CHALLENGES. I HAVE JOE TO DIRECTOR WATSON,

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IT HAD $19.8 MILLION BEING RESERVED FOR PROJECT ONE.

THE TEAM HAS DONE AN EFFORT OF GETTING THESE PROJECTS MOVED PRETTY YOU CAN SEE ON THIS THE SPORTS FIELD RESTROOM PROJECT AS WELL AS THE PLAYGROUND, WE ARE ALREADY AT 95% CONCEPTUAL DESIGN BEFORE THAT.WE HOPE TO GET OPINION OF PROBABLE COST HERE VERY SHORTLY. WE LOOK AT THE LED REPLACEMENT ON ALL OF OUR FIELDS, $2.3 MILLION PROJECT.

THE BOARD APPROVED THIS IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.

WE ARE LARGELY DONE WITH THAT PROJECT FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE LED REPLACEMENT? THAT IS A LARGE NUMBER EVERYWHERE.

IT WOULD SEEM TO BE A MASSIVE NUMBER TO REPLACE THE LIGHT

TECHNOLOGY . >> THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF NEW

POLES. >> TO ME? I CHANGE MY LEVEL AT THE HOUSE TO AN LED, I SCREWED SOMETHING

IN. >> YOU WILL HAVE 1500 W LIGHT

BULBS TO SAY THE LEAST. >> MY ELECTRIC BILL MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I DO. [LAUGHTER].

>> ABSOLUTELY KNEW FEATURE. THAT HAS BEEN A HISTORICAL ISSUE WHERE WE WERE RUNNING 20 FOOTCANDLES AND WE ARE NOW AT 30 FOOT. THEORETICALLY DOUBLING SO KIDS AND ADULTS CAN SEE BETTER. ON A TWO CHAMPION SHIP FIELDS, WE HAVE MOVED UP TO A 50 FOOT TO GIVE A BETTER EXPERIENCE.

THIS IS EQUIPMENT MEANT TO BE OUTSIDE.

IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE A LIGHTBULB CHANGING.

>> I HAVE SEEN SOME LIKE PAUL CHANGES.

>> IN A COUPLE FACILITIES WHEN WE WENT UP LOOK AT FEEL SEVEN AND A COUPLE OTHER PLACES, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO ADD POLES TO GET THE REQUIRED 50 FOOTCANDLES.

THE OTHER ASPECT IS THAT THERE'S LITTLE MORE WEIGHT AND SOME OF THESE. THE LOAN ON SOME POLES CANNOT BE HANDLED BY THE EXISTING POLES AND THEY HAD TO BE CHANGED OUT. THOSE COSTS WERE AFFECTED.

IN ADDITION TO WILL BE TOO MOVE POLES AT CREEK WERE TO EXPAND THE PLAYING SURFACE AND GET THOSE OUT OF THE FIELD OF PLAY.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE THOROUGH ASSESSMENT.

>> YOU HAVE A VERY ROBUST SYSTEM OF THE FACILITIES AND

AMENITIES. >> THIS DID NOT INCLUDE THE NEW

280 ACRES TIS ASSESSMENT? >> WE WILL GET TO THAT IN A FEW MORE SLIDES. THEN WE GO TO VILLAGE PARK.

WE SEE PICKLE BALL AND TENNIS COURT.

WE ARE ANALYZING THE DESIGN THAT WE PUT DOWN.

WHAT IS WORKING, WHAT IS NOT WORKING.

WE ARE ALSO REALLY DETAILING INTO WHERE THESE COURTS SHOULD GO, NEED TO GO BEYOND THAT FIRST RECOMMENDATION FROM THAT

STANDPOINT. >> THEY ARE WILDLY POPULAR.

>> THE DESIGN IS BEAUTIFUL. >> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE HEARD

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WE DID SOME PREVENTATIVE THAT WE ARE NOT AS THE FINAL AMOUNT OF PREVENTATIVE THINGS WE NEED TO DO.

DIRECTOR WATSON ALLUDED TO ME THIS MORNING WAS AT THE ONE THING WE FORGOT WAS TO BRING A WATER FOUNTAIN TO THAT AREA.

HE WILL BE LOOKING INTO THAT AS WELL.

YOU SEE THESE ASPECTS OF YOUR PARK SYSTEM.

I THING A TABLET OF $5.8 MILLION OF NEW BATHROOMS FOR BATHROOM RENOVATION. THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR US BEING HIT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW YEARS.

>> I WAS LOOKING ON HERE, I DO NOT SEE TOO MUCH.

HIS ONLY TWO TENNIS COURTS THAT ARE PLANNED FOR NEXT YEAR?

>> NOW. THIS PACKAGE IS TENNIS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, ISTHAT FOR SKATE .

WE HAVE 80 TENNIS COURTS AT THIS POINT.

THERE IS A NEED FOR TENNIS AND THERE IS ALSO A NEED FOR PICKLE BALL. WE ARE SEEING A GOOD RESPONSE TO THE APPLICABLE COURTS. DIRECTOR WATSON SAID IT WAS 104B0 AND THE COURTS WERE PACKED.

WE ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND UNDERSTAND WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO HAVE ANOTHER PICKLE BALL COURT.

MOTHER BE IN AN EXISTING COURT. THE GOOD THING ABOUT SOUTH GOSLING, NOT GOING TO GET THERE YET, WE HAVE SOME SPACE TO GET WITH. RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE TWO TENNIS

COURTS. >> OKAY.

PEOPLE ASKED ME ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME.

>> TENNIS COURTS ARE JUST LIKE FIELDS.

OUR TENNIS COURTS PER 1000 PEOPLE ARE VERY HIGH AND VERY USE. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE HOPE TO BRING FORTH FOR YOU PRETTY SOON.

WE HAVE A CALL TODAY IS TO DO FINAL SITE PLANNING AND GOING TO PROBABLE COST. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL VERSION FOR THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ON THE GREEN BOX BECAUSE WE FOUND A LOT OF WETLANDS.

TRYING TO HOPSCOTCH OVER THOSE WETLANDS AND GIVE THEM JUST FIELDS WE CAN POSSIBLE. I HAVE A GOOD NOTE FOR YOU ON THE LITTLE ELBOW OUT TO 242 ON THE EAST SIDE, WE HAVE WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH - -. THEY ARE LOOKING INTO DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS AND HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT

HOW TO DO THAT. >> ARE THEY LIKE REGULATED?

>> I'M NOT SURE ABOUT LIKE REGULATED BECAUSE THEY GET INTO HOME OTHER ISSUE. I'M NOT SURE IF THE VOLUME

WOULD BE AN ISSUE. >> WE ARE GOING TO REDUCE THE

AMOUNT OF U-TURNS. >> TWO QUESTIONS, HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT HAVING ROLLOVER CODES IN THAT AREA? UNTIL NEW PARKING IS AVAILABLE, SOME PEOPLE CAN PARK ON THE STREET AND NUMBER TWO, WHO OWNS THE WOODED AREA?

>> FOR MY UNDERSTANDING, THE WOODLANDS AREA OWNS THE LAND EAST OF THE PARK. I HAVE NOT SEEN THE FINAL DESIGN HAVING ROLLOVER. IF YOU DO WITH ADDITIONAL PARKING, THERE'S A LOT OF ADDITIONAL PARKING THERE THERE WILL BE PEOPLE BY HABIT PARK ON THE STREET OR BECAUSE WE HAVE A HUGE DAY, WHEN YOU OVERFLOW AND ARE TRYING TO MITIGATE THAT ISSUE. IT'S BEEN A LONG-STANDING ISSUE BUT I'LL HAVE THE INFORMATION RIGHT NOW.

>> DO WE HAVE TO GET PERMISSION TO BUILD THAT INGRESS AND

EGRESS?>> IT DEPENDS ON WHO OWNS THAT AT THE TIME.

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WE CAN GET SOME OF THIS TIME BUT NOT ALL OF IT DONE.

THE TOTAL PROJECT IS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 14 AND $22MILLION .

WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT HOW WE MANAGE AND SAVE COSTS AND HOW DO WE PHASE THIS. THIS PROJECT AND YOUR SOUTH GOSLING PRACTICED HIS NON-ALL IN ONE TIME EXPENSE.

THE PARK STARTED IN 94 AND FOR 20 YEARS BETWEEN 2002 AND TODAY, WE HAVE CHIPPED AWAY AT THE MASTER TIME.

WE'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING DONE WITH THAT PLAN.

TO ACQUIRE 208 ACRES OF LAND. IF YOU NOTICE, THERE'S A THIN SLIVER ON THIS MAP, THEORETICALLY WEST SIDE.

THAT NORTH-SOUTH ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE IS GOSLING.

AND THERE IS A THIN SLIVER. WHEN WE DEVELOP THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATES, WE ONLY HAD ACCESS TO THAT LAND AND WE DEVELOPED THE PLAN ON IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO THE EAST SIDE, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? WE SEE THIS COMPLEX WITH FOUR TURF FIELDS, TWO GRASS FIELDS AND OTHER THINGS WITH THE PROJECTED COST OF $20-$40 MILLION.

THIS COMMUNITY IS NEVER BORN THE FULL COST OF THE PARK DEVELOPMENT. COUNSELING SPORTS FIELD WAS THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME BECAUSE YOU GOT THOUSAND PARKING SPOTS FOR FREE. MY DEAR, YOU'RE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $3 MILLION THAT YOU WIPED OFF AND I WAS ON IN 2015. YOU SEE AMENITIES OF COURTS, ARE THEY APPLICABLE COURTS? A LOT OF TRAILS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY AS WE WORK WITH HARRIS COUNTY MORE AND MORE, LOOKING AT HOW WE SPRINGBOARD THAT TO THE GREENWAY PROJECT.

AGAIN, WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN INTO THIS COULD WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND AGAIN FRONT OF YOU AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE A TASK ORDER TO REVIEW THE ENGINEERING IN THE WETLANDS.

TO REVIEW ALL THOSE THINGS TO FIGURE OUT IS THIS PLAN EVEN

DOABLE AT THIS POINT? >> PERHAPS, THE BOARD MAY OFFER OTHER OR ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS FOR THE SOUTH GOSLING

RECREATIONAL. >> ABSOLUTELY.

THE ONE THING DOCTOR SCHNEIDER, WHILE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT LAND IS TRULY WETLANDS AND WHAT IS NOT WETLANDS, WE DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SPACE THERE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO THINK THROUGH SOME OF THESE IDEAS AND THE SPACE FOR THE FUTURE. WHEN HE DOES ALLOCATE ACTIVITY IN THE AREA ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR AT THEIR BRANCH.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE AREA WHERE THE PARKING IS AS WELL AS THE BATTING CAGE, WE ARE IN THE DESIGN PHASE RIGHT NOW, THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED FOR FIVE DIFFERENT IDEAS.

OUTDOOR CLASSROOM, BMX PARK. IT IS CONTINUOUSLY EVOLVING AND PMATURING THAT WE HAVE SPACE TO ADDRESS I NEED AND THE HIGHEST NEED AT THIS POINT WHEN FUNDING BECAME AVAILABLE IS ACTUALLY A PARKING AND BRINGING ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO THE SYSTEMS TO

SUPPORT THE SYSTEM. >> MY CONCERN IS PROPERTY, WE'VE GOT A LOT - -. LET'S GET ALL OF OUR PARKS UP AND RUNNING

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THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT CAN BE TWEAKED AND LOOKED AT.

I WANTED TO DIE THEN AND PUT A BUNCH OF HAS TOGETHER ACROSS THE COMMUNITY ON THAT BEFORE WE START DOING SCHEMATICS ON 208

ACRES. >> SOUTH GOSLING IS MORE INFORMATIONAL AT THIS POINT. MY QUESTION IS, WITH RESPECT TO ITEM WE HAVE HAD BEFORE US WHICH IS 10 THROUGH 13, THERE IS A LINE ITEM HERE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING REMAINING PROJECT FROM THE FIRST PHASE OF 3.5 MILLION.

IN MY BINDER, I HAVE THREE SECTIONS IN THE PHASE TOTALS 8.1 MILLION. VANITY DIFFERENT PRIORITIES ON THE LEFT. CAN YOU HELP ME RECONCILE WHERE THE 3.5 MILLION IS AND WHAT THE PHASE 1 PRIORITIES FIGURES ARE TOO HOW THOSE PRIORITIES WERE DERIVED MAC I ASKED A VERY

LONG, COMPOUNDING QUESTION. >> WE ARE PRIORITIES IN ONE, TWO AND THREE ACROSS DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENT CATEGORIES .

>> TOWNWIDE IMPROVEMENTS, VILLAGE PARKIMPROVEMENTS .

IF THE BACK PAGE. >> ALSO LED HER TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT FISCAL IMPACT. LET'S SAY WE WILL GO AHEAD AND AGREE TO FUND ALL PRIORITY ONE FOR EXAMPLE.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND HOW DOES THAT RECONCILE WITH

THIS 3.57 MILLION. >> PRIORITIES CHANGE FROM DAY TO DAY. THAT PRIORITY WAS A HOLDOVER FROM THE ORIGINAL SPREADSHEET MEMBER ASKED BY THE BOARD TO REPRIORITIZE AND SHIFT IT IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'VE GOT FRONT OF YOU FROM A TIME WIDE PERSPECTIVE HOW DO WE ASSESS THOSE NEEDS? THAT'S THE SAME NUMBER I BELIEVE YOU HAVE, THAT DOES MATCHUP .

DELTA IS FROM OF THE BOARD ORIGINALLY APPROVED WHICH IS ABOUT 19 $20 MILLION TO THE 23.349 NUMBER THAT YOU SEE AS

THE DIFFERENCE. >> WHAT IS THAT ALL TO

REPRESENT? >> IT BASICALLY REPRESENTS $3 MILLION OF THIS PACKAGE NOT FUNDED.

>> OKAY. ALL THESE OTHER ITEMS WERE PREVIOUSLY FUNDED AND TO GET EVERYTHING DONE WE SEE ON THE

SCREEN HERE. >> THEORETICALLY AND NEED

ANOTHER $3 MILLION. >> OKAY.

THAT'S A BETTER ANSWER THAN I EXPECTED.

>> WHAT PROJECTS WERE LEFT OFF? >> RIGHT NOW, THE WAY WE ARE WORKING ON IT, WE WILL RUN OUT OF SOME MONEY AS WE GET INTO THE BATHROOM SCREWED WE WANTED TO GET A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS UNDERWAY TO SHOW THE BOARD AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WERE MAKING THINGS HAPPEN AND GETTING IT ACTIVE.

THE BATHROOM TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET INTO.

YOU CAN INVENTORY EVERY FACILITY, EVERY BOARD, EVERY

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>> WE MODEL THE NUMBER AFTER AN ARCHITECT DESIGNING IT AND WE WENT TO A MODULAR FACILITY. THAT HAS SEEN CONSIDERABLE DOLLARS. WE BELIEVE SUNDANCE WILL COME IN, THAT'S OUR BELLWETHER TO SAY SOMEWHERE DOLLARS AND A COUPLE OF OTHER FACILITIES. SUNDANCE IS COMING IN AT 350.

>> 19 POINT IT WAS PRIORITY ONE?

>> THAT WAS PRIORITY ONE. WHEN YOU GET INTO PRIORITY TWO, THE LARGE AMOUNT OF PRIORITY TWO WAS AN ADDITIONAL FIVE FIELDS THAT WERE BEING CONVERTED OVER TO ARTIFICIAL TURF OVER THE SYSTEM AT PHILLIPS PARK.

THEN YOU ADD ANOTHER $9 MILLION AS A STARTER TO GET SOUTH GOSLING STARTED. IT BRINGS TO THE TOTAL ABOUT $70 MILLION. THE REASON WHY WE DID THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE $9 MILLION, THAT NUMBER IS PREDICATED ON PHASE 1 OF SOUTH GOSLING. IF YOU TAKE AWAY, WE DEVELOP ADDITIONAL SPORTS FIELDS IN THE POCKET PARKS AND VILLAGE PARKS WITH TURF BECAUSE WE DO NOT KNOW THE CONCEPT OF SOUTH GOSLING. IF YOU DO SOUTH GOSLING, YOU WILL NOT NEED TO DO THE ARTIFICIAL FIELDS IN THE VILLAGE PARKS. YOU ARE NOT TO BE GETTING THAT COSTS.YOU WOULD PUT ALL THE COFFEE TO SOUTH GOSLING BECAUSE THEN YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING MULTIPLE ARTIFICIAL FIELDS, POTENTIALLY UP TO SIX FIELDS AND BEING ABLE TO

LEVERAGE THAT. >> WHAT ABOUT THE NEW FIELDS W ARE BUILDING ? IS IT NORTH GOSLING? HOW MANY EXTRA FIELDS ARE WE ADDING FURTHER NEEDS

ASSESSMENT? >> RIGHT NOW, GO TO REALIZE THAT YOU ARE TAKING AWAY A FIELD AND AND A HALF AND ADDING BACK PROBABLY TWO FIELDS. AGAIN, IF WE ARE HOLDING AHEAD ON THE NUMBER OF FIELD FOR THE 2011 STUDY WHICH WAS CONFIRMED IN THE 2022 STUDY, WE ARE 10 MULTIPURPOSE FIELDS SHORT, THAT

WILL ONLY GET YOU TO NINE. >> THAT MAKES IT SO SPECIAL HERE. I WOULD MOVE THAT WE EXCEPT

THAT IN ITEM NUMBER 10. >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE

ARE VOTING ON. >> I SECOND.

>> I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN BRING THEM UP ONE AT A TIME AND HOLD THEM IN BUDGET, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS LEFT.

>> YOU GO TO THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE STATUS, IT WILL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION THE TYPES OF PROJECTS.

THAT MEANS WE HAVE PAID FOR ENGINEERING BUT HAVE NOT BROUGHT THAT FORTH TO YOU FOR APPROVAL OF A BID.

>> THE BETTER QUESTION IS WHAT ON THE LIST ANY DIRECTOR HAVE CONCERNS OR ISSUES ABOUT? THAT HAVE NOT BEEN UNDERTAKEN.

>> GOOD QUESTION. WHAT I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THIS COULD WE NOT HAVE A COPY OF WHAT IS ON THE SCREEN FOR THE BOARD TO LOOK AT? PERHAPS WE CAN RECESS FOR 5 TO 10 MINUTES? IT IS 10:55, WE WILL RECESS

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ON TRACK. >> HERE WE GO. I WANT TO START OFF WITH WHERE WE ARE IN THE 2023 UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE.

WHAT YOU HAVE APPROVED SO FAR, WE STARTED OUT WITH 11 POINT I.

THE BOARD HAS APPROVED CAPITAL, PRIMARILY VEHICLES AND ONE PATHWAY EXTENSION. YOU STILL HAVE IN THE UNDESIGNATED FUND, AND IN THE 2024, FOR ONGOING WE STILL HAVE $791,000 LEFT.

REGARDING THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BEFORE THE BREAK, IF I CAN BREAK IT DOWN INTO A RECOMMENDATION TO GO WITH OR AMEND, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS HAVE FUNDING TO COMPLETE PHASE 1 PROJECTS, AND LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS. WHAT IS O FUNDED FROM THE ORIGINAL 19 MILLION TO 23 IS RESTROOMS. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY A NEED THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE PARKS NEED ASSESSMENT. IT WAS IDENTIFIED B RESIDENTS. THIS BOARD CAN CHOOS NOT TO GO ANY FURTHER WITH NEW ONES, BUT A LOT OF WHAT THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS WAS TO RENOVATE CURRENT ONES.

>> WHAT DOES THE 3 1/2 REPRESEN AND THAT CHART?

>> IT IS RESTROOMS. SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT WANT IT, BUT IT WAS FOR THE RENOVATION. A LOT IS WHAT I LEFT IS THE RENOVATION OF

EXISTING ONES. >> I WENT TO EVERY PARK ON THAT LIST, AND IF YOU WOULD SEE THE CONDITION OF THE EXISTING RESTROOMS, IT IS A DEFINITE NEE TO RENOVATE THEM.

>> IT IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINTS THAT WE GET.

>> >>

>> THE OTHER PART I WANT TO ADD IS AS WE DEVELOP THESE MORE FULLY WE WILL BRING BACK TO THE BOARD AND THE BOARD CAN MAKE THEIR DECISION AND. EVEN IF YOU CHOSE NOT TO SPEND ANYMORE OF THIS 3.5 MILLION ON RESTROOMS, AND YOU ARE DONE, CAUGHT THE PART OF THE PRESENTATION, THE SPORTS PARK IS NOT FULLY FUNDED WE DID THE BEST WE COULD WITH $19 MILLION THAT WAS AVAILABLE LAST YEAR, BUT WE DO THIS IN PHASES. REGARDLESS OF THE 3 MILLION SPENT ON RESTROOMS OR I IT IS SPENT TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE SPORTS FIELD THAT WAS ALREADY A HIGH PRIORITY, SOMEWHERE IN THOSE PROJECTS, TH 3 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS IS NEEDED TO DANCED THE HIGHEST PRIORITY PROJECTS IDENTIFIED AND WE HAVE 10.3 MILLION LEFT. IT CAN BE ZERO, BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THREE AND THREE AND HALF MILLION.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. WE HAVE A MOTION BY DIRECTOR WATSON TO ALLOCATE 3.5 --

>> WE WILL FIND IT. >> POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

>> THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING FOR SOUTH GOSLING?

>> NO, SIR. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY? IT PASSES. THAT RINGS US TO PROJECTS FROM THE SECOND PHASE WHICH IS 17 MILLION.

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>> I WANT TO CLARIFY. THIS WILL BE IN THE TO BE DETERMINED LIST WE JUST BROUGHT THIS BACK BECAUSE WE PRESENTED IT TO THE BOARD AND AS A REMINDER THESE HAVE NOT BEEN FUNDED. BUT PHASE 1 WILL TAKE THROUGH THE END OF 2025. THIS IS JUST A FIVE YEAR PLAN CONSIDERATION AND DOES NOT IMPACT --

>> I WOULD SIT ITEMS 11 AND 13 WE CAN MOVE ON.

>> THE GEORGE MITCHELL NATURE PRESERVE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE REQUEST IS FOR $50,000 OF ONGOING FUNDING TO ESTABLISH A FUND GEORGE MITCHELL NATURE PRESERVE. LAST YEAR WE TOOK FEE TITLE OWNERSHIP TO VARIOUS BLOCKS OF LAND THAT WERE ACTUALLY IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY PORTIONS. THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION OF FOOT THAT WE WILL WORK WITH HOWARD HUGHES TO GET ADDITIONAL EITHER EASEMENTS ONVERTED TO THE TOWNSHIP OR BLOCKS OF LAND. IT ALLOWS THE PLANNING PROCESS TO START AND HOW WE CONNECT LOOPS AND ALSO T MITIGATE ANY POTENTIAL REROUTIN THAT MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE SPRING CREEK GREENWAY AND ENHANCE THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE.

THE NUMBERS DOWN THERE ARE PHENOMENAL. WE ARE GETTING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 618 USERS A DAY. CC PARKING LOT. THE OVERGROWTH MANAGEMENT IS BEING DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOT OF GROUPS AND USING THE MONEY T WORK WITH GROUPS LIKE THAT LAND CONSERVANCY. WE FUND THEIR MATERIALS AND VOLUNTEER LABOR BUILDS THINGS AND WE EXTEND THOSE DOLLARS FURTHER AS WE GET

FURTHER ALONG. >> THIS WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE MORE TRAILHEAD MAPS? OR POSTING? WHEN YOU COME TO DIFFERENT CROSSINGS, IT'S EASY TO GET TURNED AROUND.

>> I ROAM AROUND IN CIRCLES. >>

>> I'M HAPPY TO TAKE YOU OUT THERE. THEIR INTERSECTIONS THER IS A STEEL POST WITH A STICKER.

>> IS THERE A MOTION? ALL THOS IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.

>> AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE APPLIED FOR A GRANT. WE DON'T KNOW -- I WOULD FUND OUT OF THE $6.64 MILLION ESTIMATED TOTAL COST IT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 1.6 MILLION OF THEM. THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BASE BUDGET. JUST PUT THIS ON YOUR RADAR. WE DON'T NEED TO SET ASIDE FUNDING YET, UNLESS YOU WANT TO. IF THE GRANT IS NOT SUCCESSFUL, BECAUS MANY PEOPLE APPLIED, IT IS NOT GIVEN AT ALL. THE TOTAL COST WOULD BE 6.64 MILLION AND WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND THE DIFFERENCE -- THE ADDITIONAL SI POINT MILLION TO FUND THAT PATHWAY. THAT CAN BE A DISCUSSION IN THE FUTURE. WE MA CHANGE THE NATURE OF THE PATHWAY. THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS.

>> WHAT WAS THE GRANT AMOUNT? >> THE TOTAL COST WOULD BE

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>> HAVE THEY COME BACK ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION?

>> >>

>> WHAT WAS THE GRANT THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE

BACKUP ON? >> HAVE BACKUP?

>> THERE IS AN OPTION. >> AN OPTION IF WE DID NOT

RECEIVE THIS GRANT. >> IT IS TRANSPORTATION WILL ALTERNATIVES AND $8.2 MILLION. THERE IS ANOTHER GRANT THROUGH INDISCERNIBLE ]. IDENTIFIED WHICH IS CARBON NEUTRAL WHICH TRIED TO TAKE CARS OFF THE ROAD BECAUSE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES. WE ARE WORKING WITH HTC TO GET THIS SLOTTED AN WAITING FOR OCTOBER TO HEAR BACK.

>> I APPRECIATE IT THAT. >> THAT BRINGS US TO INITIATIVE

15. >> I DON'T KNOW THIS IS THE TIM TO AT THIS, HIS REFORESTATION I PARKS IS THAT IN ENVIRONMENTAL

SERVICES? >> WE WILL GO LIVE BRING THIS U AT THE END. CHRIS HAS THE INFORMATION AND WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME COSTS IF YOU WANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL TREES.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT AN AGENDA ITEM BE ADDED ON THE LIS WITH ALL THE WEATHER CONCERNS WE'VE HAD, TO LOOK AT -- WE CAN UPGRADE THE STATION I WANT SOME MORE BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION.

>> I MADE IT AS AN ADDITIONAL INITIATIVE. BUT DISCUSSING IT

NOW IS APPROPRIATE. >> THE CONCEPT AND I TOOK SOME TIM TO TRY TO RUN NUMBERS. IN YOUR CURRENT BUDGET UNDER STREETSCAPES, WHICH MANAGEMENT HAS MOVED OVER, THERE IS 717,00 PARIS FOR STATION. IT BASICALLY PURCHASES ABOUT 2500, 15 GALLON TREES AND 2500 30 GALLON TREES AND AT THE PRICE POINT LAST YEA TIMES INFLATIONARY COST, GIVES YOU ABOUT $672,000 WORTH OF TREES. IT ALSO LEAVES A LITTLE BIT OF VARIANTS FOR THE REQUEST THAT WE GET FROM RESIDENTS OFTE ON. SO WE LIKE TO KEEP A LITTLE BIT. IF YOU ARE WANTING TO MOVE THAT TO THE 6003 MARK, THAT WOULD GET YOU, YOU WOULD REQUIR ABOUT $947,000 OF FUNDING A $230,000 TO ITS. IF YOU WANT TO GO TO 8000 TREES, IT'S $509,000 VARIANTS. THE CHALLENGES THAT W MAY HAVE TO SOURCE THESE THROUG MULTIPLE DIFFERENT VENDORS. IT IS A BIG ORDER. MULTIPLE DIFFERENT INSTALLERS BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG ORDER AS WELL AS LOOKING AT OUR OVERTIME. WHAT W DO IS WE DON'T HAVE THE WATERIN AS PART OF THE CONTRACT BECAUSE WE HAD CHALLENGES IN THE PAST. SO WE TOOK WATERING ON TO LOWER THAT COST PER UNIT AND THERE WOULD BE MORE OVERTIME IN THERE AS AN EXACT AMOUNT, I CANNOT DIG.

>> >>

>> YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU THA YOU'RE LOOKING IN THAT 70 TO 80%. WE WANT TO GET THESE TREES DONE IN THE SPRING TIME PERIOD.

THE EARLIER WE CAN GET THIS DONE, THE BETTER. IF YOU'VE EVE BEEN DOWN TO THE AND IT'S A LOGISTICAL CHALLENGE THE ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBER THAT IS POTENTIALLY APPROVED, I WILL HELP A LITTLE BIT WITH

THESE INITIAL TREES. >> WILL INCLUDE 242 ESPLANADE?

>> NO. THAT IS A DIFFERENT PROJECT ALTOGETHER. WE ARE ONLY PAYING FOR THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN OF THAT AND THAT WAS INCLUDED I THE BASE BUDGET FOR 242 AS WELL AS 1488. 1488 IS IN PROGRESS. W

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>> BASICALLY 5000 TREES. IF YOU WANT TO JUMP UP TO 6000, OR ABOUT $230,000 INCREASE TO THE BUDGET. IF YOU WANT TO GO UP TO

8000 TREES 509,000. >> HERE'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO. BECAUSE OF THE SEVERE DROUGHT AND YOUR TEAM HAS DONE GREAT JOB, BUT I WANT TO BRING MEDICATIONS INTO THIS. I A LOOK AT WE CAN INCREASE TO 6000+ TREES, $1 MILLION TO REFORESTATION EFFORTS AND ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 6000 TREES BUT WE SHALL WHERE WE ARE REINFORCING PROJECTS. WE SAY THIS IS A REFORESTATION PROJECT SPONSORED BY -- AND IT SHOWS IT'S BEEN DONE -- I WANT RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYBODY LOVES LIVING IN A FOREST. BUT WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT AS FAR AS THE MASSIVE EFFORT THAT STAFF IS GOING TO T

MAKE SURE THAT IT IS IMPACTED. >> I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE LAS FIVE YEARS, AND MAP THAT I DIDN'T RISE EVERY TREE THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED AND EVERYONE THAT HAS BEEN REPLACED BECAUSE THAT

IS NOT BEEN INDICATED. >> I WOULD SECOND THAT.

>> I THINK IT'S GREAT IDEA, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS AHEAD FOR US. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THE EXTRA MONEY IN THE BUDGET

SHOULD THE DROUGHT YOU. >> ACCORDING TO MY NUMBERS, 230 AT THE 6000 LEVEL WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 230,000. IF YOU ROUN THAT UP TO $1 MILLION, IF YOU LIKE $290,000. BUT DID YOU SAY THAT -- IN YOUR PRESENTATION YESTERDAY THERE WERE TWO ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS. MY COMMENT WAS IF YOU DO THE ADDITIONAL TREES, IT WILL BE AN IMPACT BUT LESS BECAUSE ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS ARE IN THE BUDGET.

>> HAVE THEY BEEN APPROVED? >> I DON'T THINK FORMALLY APPROVED, BUT THOSE STAFF MEMBERS ARE INCLUDED IN THE BAS

BUDGET. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO HAVE A REFORESTATIO LINE ITEM INCREASED $1 MILLION WHICH WILL BE 6000 PLUS TREES. FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYIN AYE. THE MOTION PASSES FOR INITIATIVE 24. THAT BRINGS US BACK TO FIRE DEPARTMENT. STATIO FIVE EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER KNOWS THE ALLOCATED FUNDS LAST YEAR FOR STATION #5 AN EMERGENC TRAINING CENTER.

>> I THINK THERE HAS BEEN CONFUSION. WE HAVE $13 MILLION IN THE BASE BUDGET TO FUND TO REBUILD STATION FIVE AN

EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER. >> GOOD MORNING. WE DO HAVE $13 MILLION SET ASIDE. 2021, COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION COST WENT UP BY 17 POINT 5%. IN 2023, THEY'VE GONE UP BY 15%.

WERE ASKING FOR 15% INCREASE AS A CHRISTIAN AS WE EMBARK ON THI CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. $2 MILLIO ADDED TO 13 MILLION TO MAKE SUR WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY. WE ARE STILL WAITING. THE GENERAL

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PROJECTS. >> THIS IS BEEN A PRIORITY OF MINE SINCE I CAME ON THE BOARD AND THEY ARE EXCITED WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND WITH THE FUNDS ALREADY ALLOCATED, I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE ADDITIONAL 2 MILLION.

>> SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AN SECONDED. FURTHER DISCUSSION?

>> WE ARE HOPEFUL IT STATES THA 15%. THERE SAYING IT HAS LEVELE

OFF. WE ARE STILL CONCERNED. >> HAVE EXECUTED CONTRACTS?

>> WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT.

>> THERE'S NO WAY TO LOCK IN PRICING?

>> THEY ARE PRICING IT FOR US A WE SPEAK.

>> ARE YOU EXPECTING IT TO COME UP 15% MORE?

>> YES, SIR. >> THAT MIGHT BE ON THE LOW

SIDE. >> IT IS AMAZING HOW QUICKLY IT

HAS COME UP. >> ANY OTHER -- AND THE DOES NO INCREASE BY 15%, THEN WE ARE GOOD. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR

SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. >> MOTION PASSES. THIS BRINGS US T STATION THREE AND FOUR

CONSTRUCTION. >>

>> THIS ON HOLD FOR DO YOU WANT PERCENT?

>> THE OTHER PART OF THE PROJEC WE BROUGHT FORWARD IN 2019 WAS REFRESH AND EXPANSION OF STATIO NUMBER THREE NUMBER FOUR. WE WERE HOPING BETWEEN 11 AND $12 MILLION. WE ARE WAY PAST THAT.

INDISCERNIBLE ] SAID HE COULD FIND ME OR POINT OR MILLION. WE ARE HOPEFUL WE CAN ROLL SOME OF WHAT WE HAVE INTO THE NEXT PROJECT. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS ABOUT 2.5 BILLION EACH FOR A BIG REFRESH INCLUDING LOCKER ROOM EXPANSIONS AND GOING UP TO EIGHT 9 DOLLARS IF WE DO AND EXPANSION AT STATION NUMBER FOUR. THAT IS NOT IN 2024. IT IS THE FUTURE NEED.

>> TBD. >> LET ME DOUBLE CHECK BECAUSE MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND MY MATH. WE WERE AT 6.7 ANY MILLION ON TREES AND 2 MILLION ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

>> WE WILL HAVE THE YOU OUT WATERING THE NEW ONES.

>> YOU CAN MOVE WATER ON YOUR TRUCKS.

>> THAT BRINGS US TO VILLAGE ASSOCIATION INITIATIVE 17.

INCREASE FUNDING FROM 12.5 TO 1 ANNUALLY.

>> AT THE MONTHLY VILLAGE ASSOCIATION MEETINGS SPONSORED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS, THE PRESIDENTS WENT THROUGH A VERY DETAILED ANALYSIS THAT TRICIA PUT TOGETHER FOR THEM. VERY THOUGHTFUL AND THOROUGH AND TALKED ABOUT THE INCREASING COSTS FOR INSURANCE FOR STORAGE AND TO PRODUCE THE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT ARE PUT ON BY THE ASSOCIATIONS AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS LEFT TO ATTEND. AND ARE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE TO SAID PORT THOSE COSTS FROM THEI CURRENT 12,500 TO 15,000, WHICH IS THE COST OF 15,000 TOTAL. AN I RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD

PROVIDE THIS FUNDING. >> I HEARD THREE OF YOU.

DIRECTOR BAILEY AND DIRECTOR FRANKS. IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN

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FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. >> MOTION PASSES. A NUMBER OF THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS

>> WELL AS TRANSPORTATION AND LOOKING AT THE CULTURAL ARTS WHICH WE WILL GET TO INITIATIVE 23 AND NATURE CENTERS.

>> WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT YOU SET ASIDE FUNDING IN THE 2024 BUDGET. MOST OF THESE WERE COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF WHAT THE BOARD IS ALREADY DOING WHAT WE'VE ADDRESSED. THE NATURE CENTER IS THE ONLY ONE OUTSIDE OF THAT AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE INCLUDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH GOSLIN

PARCEL. >> THAT BRINGS US TO NUMBER 19 WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF THINGS FO CREEKSIDE PARK. I DID HAVE ONE, BUT SOMEONE ELSE RECEIVED THIS FROM A BOARD MEMBER FROM CREEKSIDE PARK REGARDING LIBERT BRANCH. IF YOU'D ADDRESS THE CONCERNS, FOR THE PURCHASE OF TABLES. THERE IS SOME FENCING I

DISREPAIR. >> ALL OF THOSE CAN BE ADDRESSE THE CURRENT YEAR OPERATING BUDGET. STAFF IS AWARE OF THOSE WE WILL HAVE WORKORDERS AND LOO INTO THAT.

>> SHE SAID ADDITIONAL TABLES. WITHOUT BE COVERED?

>> WE HAVE AN ALLOTMENT EVERY YEAR TO DO THOSE TYPES OF

THINGS. >> THAT BRINGS US TO INITIATIVE 20. THERE WAS FUNDING, WHICH WE'VE ADDRESSED. LANDSCAPING AN

A COMMUNITY GARDEN. >> CREEKSIDE PARK HAD ADDITIONAL REQUEST. DID YOU WAN TO GO THROUGH THOSE ARE JUST

SKIP? >> ANY DESIRE TO LOOK AT THOSE? WITH DONE THE TREES IN THE POND AS WELL AS PUBLIC .

>> I THINK THESE SMALLER THINGS WE CAN ADDRESS AND SOME OF THE LARGER ITEMS WE WILL LOOK FOR I THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.

>> THESE ADDRESSED OR WILL BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE EXISTING FUNDS. THE ONE THAT IS NOT HIS LANDSCAPING AT ONE TIME COST OF 100,000. THERE WERE A VARIETY OF ITEMS AND SOME OF THE MONEY GOT SWEPT AWAY INTO THE SPRING CREEK GREENWAY PROJECT. WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE ALLOCATED FROM ONE-TIME MONEY TO MAKE THOSE

IMPROVEMENTS. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO ALLOCATE $100,000. DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL THOSE I

FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. >> BRINGS US TO 21. COLLEGE PARK VILLAGE ASSOCIATION.

>> THE ITEMS HERE CAN BE ADDRESSED IN THE CURRENT

OPERATING BUDGETS. >> THAT BRINGS US TO'S STERLING RIDGE -- STERLING RIDGE VILLAG ASSOCIATION. THE REFORESTATION AND SOME OF THE SIGNAGE. SEVERA YEARS AGO THEY CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND HAD DONE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WORK IN SOME OF THIS

SIGNAGE NEEDED TO BE UPDATED >>

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STERLING RIDGE. >> WITH THE STERLING RIDGE REQUEST IT WAS FOR ONE NEIGHBORHOOD SIGN, BUT WE LOOKE AT THE WHOLE VILLAGE AS THE REQUEST WAS THAT ACTUALLY ON SOME OF THE SIGNS THERE ARE 22 SIGNS IN STERLING RIDGE VILLAGE THAT HAVE A MEDALLION ON THEM. THERE ARE IDEAS ON WHY SOME DO IN THE TOWNSHIP DID NOT DESIGN THAT. DEVELOPERS PUT THAT IN SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT SIGNS. THER ARE 22 THAT HAVE THE EMBLEM AND 22 THAT HAVE A BELIEF AND 22 THAT HAVE THE NAME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON IT. LOOKING AT THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT IDEAS ON WHY SOME HAVE SOME AND SOME DO NOT. WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THA TO ADD THAT EMBLEM IS NOT THAT EASY. SOME OF THE SIGNS ARE NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR THAT MEDALLION. THERE ARE OTHER MONUMENT SIGNS AROUND THE VILLAGE . NO OTHER VILLAGE HAS A MEDALLION LIKE

THAT. >> THE $57,000 NUMBER?

>> THAT WAS THE ESTIMATE. THAT WAS WITH US IF WE CAN EVENING GET THAT EMBEDDED IN THE CURREN SIGNS. IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR THAT, THE WHOLE PIECE WILL HAVE TO BE CHANGED.

>> CAN WE PUT A NEW SIGN WHERE YOU EMBLEM?

>> ISN'T THAT FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY IT IS AN IMPORTANT TESTIMONIAL TO STERLING RIDGE. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON EVERY

SIGN. >> THE QUESTION WAS --

>> MAYBE A CERTAIN TYPE OF CUSTOM HOME IN THAT NEIGHBORHOO

OR SOME OTHER REASON. >> THE NARRATIVE STATES -- THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE REQUESTING THIS THINK THERE IS A DIFFERENTIATION FOR HAVE THIS KIND OF A MEDALLION, AND THERE WAS NO CONSISTENCY. AND THEY D THIS WANT TO GRAB THE WRONG ONE THERE IS NO SEMICUSTOM VERSUS A CUSTOM.

>> I HAD ALSO THOUGHT -- ANOTHER VILLAGE HAS NOT ASKED

FOR >> TO KNOW THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THEY HAVE ASKED FOR.

>> ARE THE SIGNS OLD OR NOT UP TO PAR? OR DO THEY JUST WANT

THEM ALL TO BE UNIFORM? >> THE REQUEST WAS JUST FOR ONE SIGN IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. WE PRICED IT OUT TO MAKE IT EQUAL ACROSS STERLING RIDGE. THERE WERE NO PLANS TO REPLACE THAT

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SIGN. >> YOUR SPEAKING --

>> YES. >> WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF YOU START THIS PROCESS, THE MEDALLIONS WILL NOT FIT AND YOU FIND THAT THE ACTUAL STONE PORTIONS ARE DIFFERENT SIZES OR

DIMENSIONS, THEN WHAT? >> SPEND MORE MONEY TO MAKE A

BIGGER SIGN. >> SO THE REQUEST IS POTENTIAL THE GREATER THAN 57,000 IF YOU GET INTO THIS.

>> CAN THE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD GO THROUGH A PROCESS THAT THEY CAN REPLACE THE SIGNS? IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? JUST WANTED US TO KNOW THAT.

>> CAN YOU GET THE MEDALLIONS I THE SMALLER SIZE? BUT THEN YOU ARE PERHAPS FEELING INFERIOR BECAUSE YOU MEDALLION IS NOT TH

SAME SIZE. >> REMEMBER THE CRAZY COOL MEDALLION SKIP FROM SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE?

>> YES, SIR. >> I THINK YOUR POINT IS WELL

TAKEN. >> WE HAVE ADDRESSED THE SPINDL TREE POND REFORESTATION. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?

>> JUST SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS, THIS WAS BROUGHT U TWO YEARS AGO ABOUT THE POND AN TWO YEARS AGO WE DID REPLACE TH WROUGHT IRON FENCE THAT WENT TO THE POND ITSELF AND ALSO ADDED CABLE. IS A PUBLIC PARK ON THE BACKSIDE. THERE IS FISHING AND SO WE DID ASK -- IS VERY INTRICATE DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND THAT IS IN THE COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY. THAT PRICE IS TO ACTUALLY DO A GRID SYSTEM TO TR TO HELP WITH PARKING THAT IS

STILL GOING ON. >>

>> THE OTHER IS PART OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WANTED WAS ADDITIONAL TREES AND SHRUBBERY. BUT I WOULD ASSUME THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THE FOUR STATION. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE ON -- WE DO HAVE INITIATIVE 23. OKAY. IS THERE MOTION TO ACCEPT? WHAT AR WE ACCEPTING? THAT BRINGS US T INITIATIVE 23, WHICH DIRECTED FRANKS ADDED. PERFORMING ARTS.

WHERE ARE WE AS FAR AS -- >> IN TERMS OF THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, OBVIOUSLY WITH AND INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT AND WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO. AS I TALKED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE YESTERDAY, IN ORDER TO -- MY RECOMMENDATION AT THAT TIME WAS TO RESERVE THE HOTEL TAX

>> WHAT IS IMPORTANT HERE ARE THE NUMBERS IN BLUE AND THAT IS WHAT IS ON ALLOCATED EACH YEAR AND THAT IS WHAT WE COULD USE T FIND DEBT SERVICE ON A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND DEPENDING WHAT THE INTEREST RATE IS FOR THE AMOUNT WE WOULD HAVE TO

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>> THAT WOULD BE ON HOLD ALSO. AND 24 WITH 34 STATION WHICH WA ALREADY ADDRESSED. SO THAT CONCLUDES AGENDA ITEM NUMBER

[8. Receive, consider and act upon the proposed 2023 debt service tax rate and maintenance and operations tax rate;]

>> I WILL MOVE. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> PLEASE WAIT. I WILL STATE A MOTION AND YOU CAN DECIDE IF YO WANT TO AMEND. THE BOARD ACTION FIRST WILL BE THE DEBT SERVICE RATE. SO THE MOTION WOULD BE TO HAVE A PROPOSED RATE FOR THE 2023 RATE DEBT SERVICE RATE OF .0118 PER $100 OF TAXABLE VALUE AND I NEED INDIVIDUAL VOTES. I NEED A RECORDED VOTE. MAKE A

MOTION. >> SO THE PROPOSED RATE OF --

>> WE ARE TAKING A SEPARATE MOTION ON THE DEBT SERVICE RATE

NELSON. >> YES.

>> YES. >> YES.

>> YES. >> AND THE DEBT SERVICE. EXCUS ME. NOW THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION

>> IT WOULD BE -- >> I WILL MAKE THE MOTION.

>> YES. >> YES.

>> YES. >> YES.

>> YES. >> IT PASSES.

>> YOU ARE DONE. NO NEED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS OR PUBLIC NOTICES AND YOU WILL ADOPT YOUR BUDGET AT THE SEPTEMBER 7TH

BOARD MEETING. >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE.

>> THEY ARE NOT NECESSARY. >> NO NEED FOR EXECUTIVE

SESSION. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RAP-U

STATEMENT. >> THIS IS 550 PAGES OF MATERIALS WE WENT THROUGH BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO LOSE SIGHT.

BUT THE DETAILS THAT YOU'VE ACHIEVED BY THE VOTE YOU TOOK.

YOU WANT TO OUTLINE THAT. SO I KNOW THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS. YOU JUST SE A RATE AND THAT MEANS FOR THE TAXPAYERS IS NO INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX. IT IS AN ACTUAL N INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT THEY ARE PAYING. IN TOTAL THE TOWNSHIP WILL NOT BE BRINGING IN ANYMORE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. ACTUALLY

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CONGRATULATE YOU ON DOING THAT. >> THANK YOU.

>> WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU JUST SAID. IT COULD NOT BE DONE

WITHOUT YOU AND I THINK -- >> IF THE STAFF COULD STAND UP.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON. ALL OF YOU

>> YOUR STAFF AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM AND YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FO ALL OF YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR

GREAT COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> WE ARE THE ONLY TAXING AUTHORITY MUNICIPALITY TO HAVE NO NEW REVENUE RATE.

>> SO FAR. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ADOPTED BUT IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSED RATES, THAT IS ACCURAT BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN.

>> LOKOTES >> YES BUDGET WORKSHOPS. THERE' NO NEED TO HAVE MEETINGS ON TOMORROW OR THURSDAY. WE WILL

PROVIDE THE PROPER NOTICES. >> TODAY HE HAD CLASS BUT HE

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

CONSIDERATION >> I KNOW WE HAVE AN ALLOTMENT OF 9 MILLION GALLONS. I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE STAND. I WOULD

LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS TH TIME AT THE PLACE, WE HAVE A BI BOND ISSUE COMING UP AND WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT TO COME IN AND

PRESENT? >> OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE.

>> THIS BRINGS US TO THIRD SCENE. BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS. AL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYIN AYE.

>>

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