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AGENDA BY ANY BOARD MEMBER PRIOR TO TAKING A VOTE ON THE MOTION.

THERE ARE FOUR ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

YOU HAVE HAD INFORMATION ON ALL FOUR IN PAGES 10 THROUGH 31 IN YOUR BOARD PACKET. IS THERE A MOTION AND SECOND TO

IMPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> SO MOVED, SECOND.

>> DISCUSSION. >> I WOULD LIKE A DISCUSSION, IS

THAT OKAY. >> YOU NEED TO PULL BEFORE WE

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DISCUSS. >> I DON'T WANT TO PULL, I JUST HAVE A DISCUSSION, GOING FORWARD I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT JULY POLICING THING REPORTED ON IN BUDGET OVER $15 MILLION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, I THINK IT'S A MOST IMPORT JOB THAT WE GOT TO START TALKING ABOUT ANY REPORTS AS FAR AS

PLACING IN CRIME STATS. >> OKAY THANK YOU DIRECTOR BAILEY. THE MOTION WAS MADE BY DIRECTOR FRANKS AND SECOND BY DIRECTOR NELSON, DIRECTOR MILNER, THANK

YOU. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY

SAYING AYE. >> OPPOSE, MOTION PASSES.

IN DULY NOTED DIRECTOR BAILEY. THAT BRINGS US TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. AGENDA ITEM 9.

IF YOU WOULD REFER TO PAGES 32 , THE STAFF WILL PRESENT OPTIONS RELATED TO THE MITIGATION OF TRAFFIC NOISE AND RESEARCH A BRANCH CROSSING, WE: DOCTOR NOONS THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER TO PRESENT, DOCTOR NO NOONS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHAIRMAN SNYDER.

>> IS A RESIDENT SPOKE TODAY THEY SPOKE ON JUNE 28 AND JULY 20 AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A VERY CHALLENGING ISSUE FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS. NUMBER ONE AND FIRST AND FOREMOST THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP DOESN'T HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CARE MAINTENANCE OF THE ROADWAY SYSTEM IN THE COMMUNITY.

THAT IS DIRECTED AT TWO GROUPS PRIMARILY IN THE WOODLANDS.

1B AND THE COUNTY WHICH SHARES FROM HARRIS COUNTY AS WAS MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS WELL AS TEXT GOT, THE CHALLENGE WITH THE MASTER-PLANNED COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE IN THINKING THROUGH THE GRAND VISION WHILE WERE A MASTER-PLANNED COMMUNITY AND WE MAY LOOK LIKE A CITY THERE IS A LOT OF TIMES THAT WE FUNCTION AS AN UNINCORPORATED AREA WITHIN THE COMMUNITY SO WE DO NOT HAVE ORDINANCE MAKING ABILITY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE RESIDENT CONCERNS. WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY WHAT CAN AND CANNOT GO ON ROADS.

I WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK FURTHER.

IN THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY, THE ROADS WERE PLOTTED FIRST, THEY CAME FIRST BEFORE THE HOUSES.

IF YOU GO BACK INTO THE HISTORY OF THE WOODLANDS THE ROADS WERE ENVISIONED TO BE TWO, FOUR OR SIX LANES AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE BUILD OUT AND WE ARE FAST APPROACHING THE BUILD OUT WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO. THAT MEANS THAT ROAD THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN TWO LANES WITH THE INDIVIDUAL MAY HAVE PURCHASED THEIR HOME BECAME FOR LANES OVER TIME IT BECAME SIX LANES AND THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL SALE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY BECAUSE IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLOTTED FOR THAT AND THOSE ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE HAD CONSISTENTLY AS HER COMMUNITY HAS GROWN OVER TIME.

WE'VE SEEN THIS HISTORICALLY ON AREAS ON RESEARCH AND KIRK AND WHEN THE BRIDGES HAVE GONE IN OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 10 YEARS, WE'VE SEEN ON THE 2970 AREA AND THE FLYOVER ON GROGAN'S MILL READ WE'VE SEEN ON WOODLANDS PARKWAY EXTENSIVELY IN THE CROCK CRISSCROSSING COMMUNITIES.

AT THOSE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 20 OR 30 YEARS, RESIDENTS HAVE COME TO OUR PREDECESSOR ORGANIZATION AS WELL AS US TO SAY CAN WE DO SOUND STUDIES AND SOUND WALLS AND AGAIN, THE BOARDS HAVE CONSISTENTLY STATED THAT THAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPECTIVE ROAD AGENCY.

TXDOT OR HOUSTON OR HARRIS COUNTY OR MACOMB COUNTY.

THESE ARE CHALLENGES BUT THERE IS ALSO THINGS THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED WITHIN THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP'S ENABLING LEGISLATION.

THOSE ISSUES ARE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE DONE A LARGE COMMITMENT TO REFORESTATION, THOSE BUFFERS THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE TYPICALLY 50 FEET WIDE ESPECIALLY BEHIND THE HOMES, THOSE ARE FULL OF TREES, THE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS MADE ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT YESTERDAY BY PUTTING A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE REFORESTATION TO BULK UP THE RESERVES, NOT ONLY FROM A JOB MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT BUT THAT WILL HELP LONG-TERM FROM A STANDPOINT OF THICKENING OF THE FORCE.

THE OTHER THING THAT THE TOWNSHIP HAS AN ABILITY TO DO THROUGH CONTRACTED SERVICES IS TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.

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SOON AFTER THE FIRST REQUEST WAS MADE, KAREN'S GROUP IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE STARTED SEEING MORE POLICE OFFICERS OUT THERE TRYING TO CALM TRAFFIC, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL SIGNS OUT THERE TO ADDRESS AND MAKE PEOPLE AWARE THAT THERE OUT THERE TRYING TO MANAGE THIS ISSUE AS WELL.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ISSUES IT'S NOT JUST THE TOWNSHIP RESPONSIBILITY. IT IS A COMBINED ASPECT YET AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT RESIDENTS CAN DO TO MANAGE THIS ISSUE AS WELL, NOT ONLY POTENTIALLY THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE LEGISLATIVE ASPECT BUT JUST LIKE THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP HAS DONE REFORESTATION, THE REFORESTATION CAN OCCUR IN THE YARD TO THICKEN UP THE BARRIER AND AFTER WE HAVE THIS MEETING IN JULY, I SPOKE TO THE DSC. THERE ARE FENCE DESIGNS THAT ARE PERMITTED THROUGH A VARIANCE PROCESS THAT CAN GO UP TO 10 FEET TALL AND IN ADDITION THE FENCE DESIGN CAN INCLUDE A SOUND LOCKING DEVICE WHICH IS AN ACOUSTICAL BLOCK WITH PROVIDING A SAMPLE OF THAT AND IT'S A SIMILAR THING THAT WERE USING IN THE PARK SYSTEM ALREADY, WE SEE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DECREASE IN THE AREA SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SEVEN AND 9 DECIBLS WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE SOUND IS MEASURED ON EXPONENTIAL FACTOR NOT A LINEAR FACTOR. THERE IS WAYS TO SUPPRESS IT, THE OTHER THING THAT CAN BE DONE A WHITE NOISE DEVICE TO CALM THE SOUND DOWN. WE'VE SEEN THAT WITH POOLS, OTHER WATER FEATURES, SOME MAY OR MAY NOT NEED TO BE PERMITTED TO DSC. I KNOW IN MY YARD IN A PREVIOUS HOUSE I HAD A LOT A LOUD FOLKS BEHIND ME AND I WOULD RUN THE WATERFALLS AND IT REALLY CALMED THAT.

IS IT A SILVER BULLET, NO BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE TOWNSHIP CAN DO, RESIDENTS CAN DO TO MANAGE THE SITUATION IN MANY OF OUR OLDER HOMES, THIS IS NOT SPECIFIC TO THE RESEARCH FORCE AND BRANCH CROSSING THAT MANY OF HER HOMES WERE BUILT ORIGINALLY WITH SINGLE PANE WINDOWS AND WE KNOW THE ENERGY OF ESSENTIALLY IN THE SOUND TRANSMISSION TO THE SINGLE PAN WINDOWS IS HIGH SO IF AN INDIVIDUAL WANTS TO HELP THEMSELVES MANAGE THE CHALLEGE THOSE CAN BE REPLACED WITH DOUG UNDER DOUBLE SINGLE PANE WINDOWS WITH VARIOUS ARGON GAS IS A VERY INTERESTING THINGS. I AM PLANNING TO MEET WE WERE TRADING E-MAILS WITH THE RESIDENT GROUP.

I'M PLANNING TO MEET WITH THIS GROUP ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE IDEAS AND SOME OF THE OTHER COMMENTS AND

IDEAS AS WELL. >> THANK YOU, DOCTOR NOONS.

DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS I'M I ASSUME SINCE YOU REQUESTED THIS

TO BE ON THE AGENDA. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHAIRMAN I APPRECIATE THAT AND I APPRECIATE THE STAFF TAKING THI% SO SERIOUSLY AND SO TO HEART. I KNOW WE REALLY LIKE HAVING THE RESIDENCE, TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S GRATIFYING TO ME TO SEE HOW HARD THE STAFF WORKS TO RESPOND TO THE RESIDENT'S CONCERNS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT AND FOR THIS REPORT BECAUSE THIS REALLY LAYS OUT QUITE CLEARLY MUCH OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID AND EVEN IN MORE DETAIL.

WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GIVE THE REPORT THAT YOU JUST GAVE, AT LEAST THE ONE IN OUR PACKAGE TO THE RESIDENCE OR CAN YOU DO THAT

ON TUESDAY. >> ALL THIS INFORMATION WAS ONLINE AS OF FRIDAY. I BELIEVE I SENT THE LINK WHEN

WE WERE TALKING. >> YOU DID, GREAT, THEY SOLID.

THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT POINTS IN HERE THAT CAN BE TAKEN ON AS RESIDENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ALSO WHAT DIRECTOR BAILEY PUSHED AND WHAT I ALSO PUSHED ON A REGULAR BASIS IS REFORESTATION, THICKENING AND I WANT TO REALLY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU EVENTUALLY AND AS TO WHAT YOU CAN DO, IS IT POSSIBLE TO THICKEN THE AREA, THE RESERVE, RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T KNOW BUT WHEN YOU COME BACK, YOU COULD TELL US IS THIS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE MEANINGFUL AND CAN THEY RAISE THEIR FENCING. I HEARD HIM ASK IF WE CAN PAY FOR THE FENCING BEING RAISED AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN BUT I WOULD

LIKE YOU TO ADDRESS THAT. >> ARE TO BELIEVE WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY LAND NUMBER ONE THAT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOMEOWNER SO THEY CAN DO THAT TO THE PERMITTING PROCESS. I'M WORKING WITH HENNY AND HIS

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TEAM TO THINK THROUGH THOSE DESIGNS.

I KNOW THE DSC IS LOOKING AT THEIR FENCE REVISIONS TO TRY TO STREAMLINE THE FENCE APPROVAL PROCESS.

ANOTHER ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW APPROVAL PROCESS AS OPPOSED

UNLESS IT'S A TRUE VARIANCE. >> MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO ADDRESSES BECAUSE THESE ARE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS, NOT

ONLY HERE BUT OTHER PLACES. >> SORRY TO INTERRUPT BUT SENT SOME OF THE FENCING THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS EXPOSED OR PUSHES AGAINST THE ROAD IS THERE ANY ACCOMMODATION, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT IS IN OUR FUNDING THAT ALLOWS SUPPORT FOR NOT FENCES THAT ARE ON THE SIDE BUT FENCES ACTUALLY GO UP TO A MAJOR

ROAD. >> THOSE FENCES ARE ON THEIR

PROPERTY. >> THERE IS NO PROPERTY LINE SO WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TOUCH IT, THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP HAS VERY LIMITED FENCES IN THE RESERVES.

>> OKAY. >> FINALLY I SAW YOU NOTED $3000 IN OVERTIME PAY HAS BEEN GOING TOWARD ENFORCEMENT OF SPEED LIMITS AND SOUND GUIDELINES OF THE AREA.

, HOW LONG IS NOT GOING TO CONTINUE.

>> THAT IS GOING TO BE UP TO CAPTAIN HOLIFIELD BUT WERE CONTINUING TO MONITOR HOW MUCH SHE'S DOING.

>> HE MENTIONED THAT BEFORE. I'M TALKING TO MARIANNE AND SHE SEEN SOME OF THOSE FOLKS AS WELL.

>> ARE WE ALLOWED TO ASK THE RESIDENTS IF THAT'S HELPING.

>> THERE CANNOT BE A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE SPECTATORS AND

PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. >> YOU ASK LATER.

>> WE CAN ASK SOME DISCUSSION ON OUR MEETING ON TUESDAY.

>> IT WOULD BE ENCOURAGING TO KNOW IF THAT'S HELPING.

>> I'M ONE OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT BACKUP TO A MAJOR ROAD AND I SHOULD'VE DONE MY HOMEWORK WHEN I MOVED TO GOSLING IT WASN'T EVEN A STOP SIGN AT RESEARCHING GOSLING.

WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN IS THE MEETING I'M HAVING ON TUESDAY NIGHT THERE'S MANY OF US THAT WOULD LOVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT SOUND LOCKING DEVICE ON OFFENSE AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE D&C WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET APPROVAL SO YOU CAN IMPROVE ON A MAJOR ROAD AND I'M WILLING TO PAY FOR IT MYSELF BUT ICILY DON'T WANT ANOTHER ENTITY TO PAY FOR, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THERE ARE OPTIONS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE ON BUSY ROADS AND A LOT OF BUSY ROADS.

>> THE OPTIONS EXIST RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE DSC

PROCESS. >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO ASK

FOR. >> THAT IS WHAT THE STAFF ISÚHEN STAFF CAN GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS BUT WERE ALSO TRAINED TO THINK THROUGH, TO GET OUT OR REMOVE THE VARIANCE PROCESS AND THAT'S GOTTA BE APPROVED BY DSC NOT BY THIS BODY IS A SEPARATE BODY, HOW DO WE FACILITATE REMOVING THE PROCESS SO IT'S MORE STREAMLINED SO THE BARRIERS FOR ENTRY ARE EASIER AND GET THE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE IF THEY HAVE CONCERNS AND IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS STAFF IF THERE'S CONCERNS OF NOISE OF LISTEN THE COUNTY JUST OPENED UP THIS AREA WE CAN DIRECT THEM, HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO HERE'S ONE OF THE CONTROLLING MESSAGE

YOU CAN TAKE. >> I APPLAUD YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR DOING THE AND SENDING OUT THESE RESIDENTS.

I SHARE YOUR CONCERNS I LIVE WHERE IT BACKS UP TO THE TWO BRIDGES VERSUS ONE AND WE SEEN TRAFFIC INCREASE IN NOISE INCREASE, I DON'T BACKUP BUT I'M CLOSE TO IT AND I SHARE YOUR CONCERNS, WHAT ARE THE BIG THINGS FOR REFORESTATION, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE NUMBER QUADRUPLED OUR BUDGET TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ADDRESS THIS. THAT'S ONE REMEDY WE CAN LOOK AT

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DOING. THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER GREAT COMMUNICATIONS OPPORTUNITY. THERE IS BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF HOW-TO VIDEOS, CAN WE DO A QUICK VIDEO OF HOW-TO OR BACKGROUND YOU'RE VERY TO BE YOD ACTOR AND HOW TO DO A SOUNDPROOF

FENCE. >> WE CAN USE MY BACKYARD.

>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> IS ANOTHER GREAT AVENUE TO

TALK ABOUT THESE TYPE OF THINGS. >> SOMEBODY CALLS AND SOMEBODY

DIFFERENT ENTITIES. >> WE CAN WORK WITH LAND OR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL AS KAREN AND NICK ON

CONCEPTS. >> THINK YOU DOCTOR NOONS, ANY

COMMENTS. >> I WHAT I THINK THESE TWO GENTLEMEN FOR COMING OVER I FEEL LIKE I'M YOUR BEST FRIEND AT

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THIS POINT, THANK YOU FOR NOT GIVING UP ON US.

>> IF THERE ARE NO OTHER IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE

REPORT IN A SECOND? >> I'M WILLING TO ACCEPT THE

REPORT. >> SECOND.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY

SAYING AYE. >> OPPOSED, MOTION PASSES.

I THANK YOU ARE STILL ON DOCTOR NOONS TO GIVE US A REPORT ON THE ACTION TAKEN BY OUR TOWNSHIP STAFF IN RESPONSE TO THE JUNE 21, 2023 STORM, I KNOW WE ARE VERY THANKFUL WHAT YOU AND WORKING WITH ACCOUNTING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIREFIGHTERS,

THANK YOU. >> IT WASN'T ME BY ANY STRETCH, IT WAS DEDICATED TEAM OF OUR 500 ALMOST 600 DIFFERENT EMPLOYEES WHO RESPONDED TO THIS, NEARLY EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT, DIVISION WAS INVOLVED IN THE STORM AND WE WILL GO THROUGH THAT RESPONSE. HER PRESENTATION IS GOING TO GIVE THAT BACKGROUND OF THE STORM AND GOING TO WHAT EVERYBODY RESPONDED TO AND WILL GO FROM THERE, THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 22, I BELIEVE THIS IS THAT TRACE CREEK PARK, IT WAS DISHEARTENING TO SAY THE LEAST WHEN I GOT THERE IN THE PARK WAS FAMOUS FOR THE LARGE MS. MAJESTIC OAKS THAT WERE 30 INCHES IN DIAMETER. JUST ACT LIKE MATCHSTICKS THROUGH THERE. WORKING TO TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING IN THE STORM BACKGROUND HIT US HARD AND IT HIT US FAST, JUNE 2, 1830 THE WIND CAME UP ABOUT EIGHT OR 9:00 O'CLOCK I WAS AT HOME AT THE TIME OF THE WESTERN PARK AT THE COMMUNITY AND I WENT OUTSIDE AND I LOOKED UP AND I SAID THIS IS NOT RIGHT IN IT A DISTANCE TO THE JUNE 12, 2012 STORM THAT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AND DID SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AS WELL.

THE MAJOR AREAS OF IMPACT WITH THE PANTHER CREEK STORM RICH IN INDIAN STORMS. THESE ARE THE LARGEST AREAS BUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY SHARED DAMAGE THROUGH THAT.

OUR FIRST LEVEL ON A MINISTRY TO RESPONSE, WE WERE OUT THERE AND WE CORRELATED WITH ACCOUNTING BOTH PARKS AND RECREATION AS WELL AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE OUT THERE IN THE INITIAL DAYS HELPING THE COUNTY, ESPECIALLY COMMISSIONER NOVAK WE WERE IN RESPONSE WITH ENERGY AS WELL AS CENTERPOIT ENERGY WAS BACKUP THE NEXT NIGHT, CENTERPOINT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER AND WE'VE HAD TO DO DIFFERENT MEETINGS WITH THEM ALREADY, A COUPLE OF TIMES WE HAD FOLLOW-UPS AND ENHANCER COMMUNICATION AND ARE KEY INDIVIDUALS AND NOT JUST ONE OR TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE SHARING INFORMATION WITH, WE HAVE A LIST OF FIVE CONTACS BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL BE ON VACATION ALL OVER THE PLACE.

THE WATER, THE WASTE MANAGEMENT, THERE WERE NO IMPACTS BUT WERE REACHING OUT TO THE ENTITIES BECAUSE WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE WERE ANY IMPACTS, GET THE COMMUNITY.

JUST AS THE GLOBAL DISCUSSION WE WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD IN OUR NEW MEMBERS, THERE IS A LOT OF TREES IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE WILL BE PLANTING MORE ACCORDING TO THE BOARD NEXT YEAR AND WERE THANKFUL FOR THAT, FIGTREE IS ON A RESERVE OR A PARK ON A TOWNSHIP ONLY AND IN IT FALLS BECAUSE OF A WINDSTORM IT CREATES DAMAGE FENCE, POOL ON A HOUSE, WE HAVE LONG HELD THAT WE WILL REMOVE THE TREE BUT WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE TO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A HUMANS JOB OF COMMUNICATING THAT AND ALSO WORKING THROUGH VARIOU ASPECTS OF OUR INSURANCE CLAIMS AS WELL. DON'T MEAN TO BRAG OR FIRE DEPARTMENT BUT ARE FAR DEPARTMENT WAS OUT THERE, CHIEF BUCK HAS A LOT OF GREAT GUYS THAT WERE OUT THERE THE MINUTE THE STORM HIT BETWEEN THE FIRST ONSLAUGHT FROM 830 AND MIDNIGHT YOU SEE 80 CALLS, 41 TREES ON HOMES AND WE FOUND MORE THE NEXT DAY, LOVING GAS CALLS THAT'S WHERE THE TREES POPPED OUT IN THEY RIPPED IT AND THEY NEEDED TO PLANT THAT DOWN, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. THEY PROVIDED A FAIR AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE TO MAGNOLIA, SOUTH MONTGOMERY.

THIS WAS NOT JUST ISOLATED TO THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP, THE FELLOW COMMUNITIES AROUND US WERE IMPACTED AS WELL.

THE RESIDENT CARE CENTER, 1500 CALLS IN THE TWO DAYS AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AN AVERAGE OF 540 AND 650 CALLS, DOUBLE PLUS, WE BROUGHT IN STAFF FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION AND

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CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT, CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES. ALL THE TEAMS WERE ENLISTED TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND THAT'S BEEN A HALLMARK OF OUR COMMUNITY, YOU'RE GETTING A PERSON TO RESPOND TO YOUR CALL IN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE CONCERN IN THE IMPACT HAVING ON YOU. OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CORRELATED WITH THE WASTE MANAGEMENT GROUP.

WE HAVE OUR STATION OVER THERE ON RESEARCH FOREST 1500 CUBIC WITH THEM WITH GRAVEL TRUCKS TO REMOVE DEBRIS AS WE NEED ON EMERGENCY BASIS, COVID ADMINISTRATION WHILE YOU DON'T THINK THEY'RE INVOLVED THEY DID THEY GOT INTO A FEW DAYS LATER, THE DSC IDENTIFIED THE FACT THAT THEY ARE WAVING SOME PERMIT REQUIREMENTS THROUGH SEPT SEPTEMBER 30 TO GET THINGS MOVING, INSTEAD OF BOGGING DOWN IN THE PERMIT PROCESS SO PEOPLE CAN GET THERE ROOFS REPAIRED, QUICKER, I MAY NEED FOR A NEW ROOF RIGHT NOW. THE PARKS AND RECREATION, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WORKED ON EXTENSIVELY THEY HAVE TAKEN THE BRUNT OF IT, THOSE ARE THE GUYS THAT ARE OUT THERE, PLUS OUR CONTRACTORS IN THE 100 PLUS DEGREE HEAT FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS AND WE PROBABLY GOT ANOTHER MONTH THE PICKUP CONTINUED. OUR INITIAL RESPONSE WAS 85 INDIVIDUALS ON THE GROUND FOR THE FIRST THREE OR FOUR DAYS OF THE STORM TRYING TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND WORK WITH OTHER ENTITIES, GET THE ROADS OPEN AND WE ALSO WORKED WITH OUR CONTRACTORS AND RAMPING UP ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS FOR THE VARIOUS PURCHASE ORDERS AND AGAIN, THOSE FOLKS ON BOARD, TWO WEEKS WE SUSPENDED THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE OPERATION IN THE CUL-DE-SAC AND SOME ARE LOWER HANGING FRUIT TO PUT THE LABOR WHERE WAS NEEDED AT THE TIME. WE CONTINUE TO RAMP UP, WE HAVE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY BACK ON JU JULY 13, JULY 17 AND ALL THE PARK SITES WERE CLEARED. WE CLEARED 220 MILES OF PATHWAYS BY JULY 21, 1 MONTH, THAT IS NOT ALL THE DEBRIS REMOVED BUT THEY WERE PASSABLE, YOU ARE GOING BACK TO THE OLDER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND PANTHER CREEK, INDIAN SPRINGS, YOU'RE GOING BETWEEN HOMES IN THOSE AREAS AND IT IS TEDIOUS WORK, THIS IS NOT JUST A OPERA TRUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THIS IS A LOT OF HAND LABOR AND DRAGGING STUFF OUT ALONG THE AREA AND WERE STILL WORKING DOWN IN THE NATURE PRESERVE WITH BEAVER LOOP ON THE WEST SIDE. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AS OF TODAY OF ALL OF THE CALLS, 1200 ON MOST 1300 WORK ORDERS FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WE ARE STILL ACTIVELY OPEN FOR HUNDRED 59, MOST OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY JUST DEBRIS PILES IN PARKS OR RESERVES THAT WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND WORK THROUGH ON THAT, WE ANTICIPATE GETTING THIS DONE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.

OUR STAFFING, YOU SEE THINGS THAT WE IDENTIFIED RETURN TO NORMAL ABOUT THE 15TH OF SEPTEMBER, A FEW WEEKS AWAY AND WE'RE STILL WORKING IT IS AMAZING THIS IS ANOTHER SLIDE OF TREES CREEK PARK, IT'S BEEN SOME DAMAGE AND IT WAS AS SIGNIFICANT AS HURRICANE I BACK IN 2008 BUT THERE IS STILL DMH, WERE GOING THROUGH REPLACING A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS WERE NOT HAPPY WHEN THE UMBRELLAS WENT AWAY AT ROCK FLOYD PARK AND THEY TAKE TIME TO REPLACE US ON A STOCK ITEM BUT WERE GETTING THEM BACK SLOWLY, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE STORM ENDED THE TREE REMOVAL YEAR END FOR 15 AND A LOT OF LABOR AND DEBRIS REMOVAL, WEAVING CALCULATED LOSS REVENUE POOLS AND PROGRAMS AND WE HAD TO CLOSE DOWN THE TEXAS TREE VENTURE FOR A FEW DAYS, REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT. OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM REALLY STEPPED UP THE GAME, THEY WERE GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. BEING A RELAY TO HER RESIDENCE FOR PRESS RELEASE AND THE NEWSLETTERS AND THE ONGOING EFFORTS, THIS IS ENCOURAGED BY DIRECTOR, LET'S GET A POST AND TELL WHAT WERE DOING, THERE WERE SO MANY POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT THE TOWNSHIP HAD BEEN DOING OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVEN OR EIGHT WEEKS BUT REALLY CONCENTRATING ON GIVING AN IDEA OF WHAT WERE WORKING ON AN HOUR WORKING ON AND WERE STILL WORKING AS WELL. ANY TIME THAT WE DO OR HAVE A CHALLENGING DISASTER AT LEAST FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION WE

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WILL START BLENDED THIS IN WITH THE OTHER PARTNERS WITH COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL AS FINANCE AND OTHER GROUPS AS W WELL. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE TO CONTINUALLY THINK ABOUT STORM RESPONSE, HOW DO WE BUILD A BETTER ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, HOW DO WE ENHANCE OUR RESPONSIVENESS, HOW DO WE GET MORE CONTRACTORS AND A STAFFER THERE TRAINED. THE FIFTH BOWL IS TO PROVIDE CERTIFICATION, WE ARE TO GIVE THEM TRAINING EVERY SINGLE YEAR BUT THERE'S ANOTHER LEVEL TO GET THE MORE COMFORTABLE BECAUSE YOU TAKE A POOL TECH, WHILE THEY KNOW HOW TO OPERATE THERE IS A LEVEL HOW TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CUT THE WOODS SO IT DOESN'T FALL ON YOU AND THAT IS PART OF THE CERTIFICATION.

WE BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR IF THERE'S OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF THAT HAVE OPERATION RESPONSIBILITY.

>> DIRECTOR BAILEY. >> IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE I WENT TO HURRICANE I IN A VERY TRAGICALLY HIT COMMUNITY AND WE HAD A CONTRACT WITH THE DEBRIS REMOVAL COUPLED WITH REFRIGERATORS AND I DON'T THINK ALL THAT WHITE TRASH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND TREE REMOVAL OR DEBRIS WASHED IN FROM HURRICANE I PRAY TO HAVE AN ONGOING EMERGENCY CONTRACT WITH

THE DEBRIS REMOVAL COMPANY. >> IT REALLY BECOMES A CHALLENGE OF WHAT THE END GOAL IS, WE DON'T HAVE A CROWDED GOLF TYPE OF AGENCY. THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT THEY BRING BIG TOOLS SO IT MIGHT NOT BE THE RIGHT TOOL WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO CLEAN UP A PARK WHERE YOU HAVE TO DO DELICATE TAKE OUT MORE TREES THAT ARE THERE ALREADY IF THAT MAKES SENSE FOR WE COULD'VE GONE ALONG THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IN OUR RESERVES AND GRAPPLED OUT STUFF BUT WORKING TO BE REPEATED MORE TREES IN THERE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED OFTEN ON WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT. THE OTHER THING, EVERY STORM IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, FOR EXAMPLE HURRICANE HARVEY IS ALL ABOUT THE FLOOD DAMAGE, WAS VERY, VERY LITTLE WIND SO THE LAST MAJOR WIND EVENT THAT WE WERE IN WAS JUNE 12, 2012.

THESE TYPES OF EVENTS WHILE CHALLENGING FORCE US TO RETHINK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE REQUESTING.

>> I JUST THINK LOOKING AND CAUGHT EVERYONE BY SURPRISE THERE IS NO ONE THAT CAN PLAN FOR THAT.

IT WAS STRANGE AND ODD HOW FAST% IT HIM.

WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY THEY HAVE A CONTRACT.

IF WE CAN PARTNER WITH THEM IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TYPE SCENARIOS, I PUT A WRITER IN THEIR.

WE WERE SPEAKING TO THE COUNTY TO GET SOME EXTRA DAYS FROM THEM BUT THE DEBRIS WAS SO FAR IN THE RESERVES THAT THEY WOULD LITERALLY HAVE TO DRIVE INTO THE RESERVE AND GRAB THINGS OUT SO YOU WOULD DO MORE DAMAGE. IT'S NOT TO SAY NO IT'S WE NEED TO GET THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE RIGHT JOB AT THE RIGHT TIME.

IT'S PART OF THE TOOL CHEST AND TOOLKIT BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO YANK THE TOOL THE RIGHT TIME AND FOR YOUR COMMENT POTENTIALLY HAVE THEM ON OR GETTING AND I AWAY OR DOING HER OWN BID FOR

THE STUFF. >> TO BE OF ANY ISSUES WITH A FREE REMOVAL CONTRACTORS THAT WALK OFF THE JOB.

>> YES, NO AND ALL OF THE ABOVE. SOME OF THEM THAT WE FOUND WERE VERY, VERY GOOD AND WE CONTINUE TO ISSUE WORK ORDERS AND SOME THAT ARE NOT ISSUING WORK ORDERS ANYMORE FOR THAT.

THERE IS PROBABLY ACCORD RIGHT NOW, SIX OF THEM PLUS OR MINUS CONTRACTORS THAT ARE WORKING REALLY WELL FOR US THAT ARE OUT THERE BUSTING THEIR HUMP SIX DAYS A WEEK.

>> I DON'T THINK MANY RESIDENTS APPRECIATE THE COMPLEXITY AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST GOING IN AND REMOVING THE DEBRIS IT'S REMOVING THE DEBRIS BUT MAINTAINING THE OTHER FULL AGE THAT WAS NOT DAMAGE. I HAVE NOT THOUGHT OF THAT A LOT OF US TOOK IT FOR GRANTED THAT YOU CAN HAVE OTHER ENTITIES THAT WERE IN THE STREETS OR THE PATHWAYS BUT IT'S MORE THAN JUST GOING IN AND CLEARING A COMMUNICATION OPPORTUNITY.

I DID NOT KNOW THAT EITHER. IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, SHORT VIDEO OF GOING IN AND SAVING THE JO PONS.

I KNOW A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO RIP THEM OUT.

>> STAFF MANAGED A TERRIFIC JOB. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I

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RECOGNIZE ONE WHERE STAFF IS TAKING THE BRUNT, SUPERINTENDED

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MARK HENRI, YOU DON'T SEE HIM USING JOHN MCGOWAN IMAGE HALL SOMETIMES SHOWS UP BUT HE'S BEEN IN THE TRENCHES FOR TWO PLUS MONTHS STRAIGHT AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE HIM.

>> THEY DID A GREAT JOB AT VERY LITTLE DISRUPTION WHICH IS

PRETTY REMARKABLE IN ITSELF. >> DOCTOR NOONS DO NOT HAVE ANY

WORK ORDERS ARE STILL OPEN. >> THAT WAS AT 400 PLUS NUMBER, WE TALKED ABOUT MOST OF THOSE WERE DEBRIS REMOVAL AT THAT POINT, AGAIN THE CONCEPT THAT MARK WAS DOING WAS EVERY WORK ORDER THAT GOT TRIAGED IN A CATEGORY ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE. FOR EXAMPLE IF THERE WAS A TREE ON THE HOUSE THE DEBRIS GOT OFF THE HOUSE BUT WE PUT IT TO THE SIDE IN THE WORK ORDER BECAME ANOTHER FIVE FOR QUARTER WE ADDRESS THE EMERGING ISSUE AND WE CAME BACK LATER TO TRY TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT AND ADDRESS THE REAL ISSUES FIRST AND NOW WERE IN THE FOURS AND FIVES RIGHT NOW AND.

>> THANK YOU. >> IT IS BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR WATSON, SECOND BY DIRECTOR FRANKS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.

OPPOSE, MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, DOCTOR NOONS.

THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 11, RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE FINANCIAL REPORT. HELEN, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WILL PROVIDE THE FINANCE REPORT FOR THE SEVEN MONTHS ENDING JULU

HAVE GOOD NEWS. >> I DO.

>> I HOPE I CAN LIVE UP TO THAT TITLE UNTIL I RETIRE T.

>> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS THIS EVENING ALL PRESENT THE JULY 2023 FINANCAL STATEMENTS.

PERIOD THE YEAR TO DATE BUDGETED REVENUE FOR THE SEVEN MONTHS ENDED IN JULY WAS 89.4 MILLION, THE YEAR TODAY ACTUAL COLLECTED REVENUE WAS 98.5 MILLION FOR FAVORABLE YEAR-TO-DATE VARIANCE OF 9.1 MILLION. THE MAIN COMPONENT OF THE FAVORABLE VARIANCES TO THE HIGHER ANTICIPATED COLLECTION OF SALES TAX AND ADMISSION TAX, THERE IS ALSO HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED INTEREST REVENUE, PROGRAM REVENUE AND GRANT REVENUE TO MAKE UP THE 9 MILLION.

THE YEAR TO DATE BUDGETED EXPENDITURES, JULY WAS 64.9 MILLION, THE YEAR TODAY ACTUAL EXPENDED WAS 61.7 MILLION FOR A FAVORABLE YEAR-TO-DATE VARIANCE OF 3.1 MILLION.

THE MAJORITY OF THE 3.1 IS DUE TO TIMING CONTRACTED SERVICES AND OPEN POSITIONS THAT WE HAD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, THIS IS ALL SET BUT HIGHER DID ADMISSION TAX PAYMENTS TO CYNTHIA WOODS PAVILION AND REGIONAL PARTICIPATION PAYMENTS TO THE CITY OF CONRAD AND CITY OF HOUSTON. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL DEPARTMENT DUE TO THEOF THE FIR- UNSCHEDULED OVERTIME AND DEPLOYMENT EXPENSES BUT THESE ARE OFFSET BY THE GRANT REVENUE WHICH IS THE TEXAS INTEREST STATE FIRE MUTUAL AID SYSTEM.

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>> WELL DONE. >> I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

NEXT SLIDE THE SALES TAX DEPOSIT, THE YEAR TO DATE BUDGETED IS 44.8 MILLION, THE ACTUAL RECEIVED IS 49.9 MILLION FOR FAVORABLE VARIANCE OVER 5 MILLION.

IT'S ABOUT 4.8 MILLION OVER THE 2022 COLLECTION YEAR-TO-DATE.

NEXT SLIDE IS THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX RECEIPTS, THE YEAR TO DATE BUDGETED THROUGH JULY IS 5.1 MILLION, THE YEAR TODAY ACTUAL COLLECTED IS 5.5 MILLION FOR A FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF $427,989,000 WHICH IS A LITTLE OVER $600,000 MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

>> GREAT NEWS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.

IF NOT IS THERE MOTION. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> IS BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR NELSON SECOND BY DIRECTOR WATSON, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSE, MOTION PASSES.

>> THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 12, RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT

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UPON THE WOODLANDS 50TH ANNIVERSARY.

IF YOU HAD INFORMATION ON PAGE 58 AND YOUR BOARD PACKET.

NICK WILL PRESENT, WE WANT TO HEAR MORE GOOD NEWS.

>> IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO FOLLOW KELLAN.

GOOD NEWS, WE LOVE THAT. GOOD EVENING DIRECTORS, CHAIRMAN SNYDER AND DIRECTORS, HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY, THIS SLIDE YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY. I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THIS IN HERE AS A REMINDER FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT BE SEAMLESS FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE WOODLANDS WILL BE 50 YEARS OF AGE NEXT YEAR, 50 YEARS YOUNG, 2024 CREATED IN 1974, THE ACTUAL BIRTHDAY IS ON A SATURDAY OCTOBER THE 19TH 2024 WHICH WORKS WELL FOR US.

I KNOW VICE CHAIRMAN WATSON SAID THAT WAS GRATUITOUS THINKING, THAT IT'S ON A SATURDAY WHICH MAKES IT VERY NICE FROM A PLANNING PROCESS. WHAT I WANT TO DO IS UPDATE WHERE THE TASK FORCE IS ON THIS IN THE TASK FORCE IS MADE UP OF CHAIRMAN SNYDER, DIRECTOR NELSON AND ALSO DIRECTOR BAILEY.

WE PUT IN A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT WORKING WITH THE HOWARD YEARS CORPORATION. THIS IS A REMINDER THAT THE WOODLANDS NAME, TRADEMARK NAME IS KNOWN BY THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION, WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE WOODLANDS HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION ON THIS IN THE REAL COMMUNITY SPIRIT EFFORT.

THERE IS A LOT OF BEHIND-THE-SCENES WORK RIGHT NOW, WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR 50 YEARS AND LOTS OF IDEAS AND WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THIS RIGHT. LOOKING AT OCTOBER 2023 IN A COUPLE MONTHS IN THE KICKOFF OR THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION IS A PICTURE OF THE BUILDING THAT THEY HAVE IN THE WATERWAY IN MANY ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THAT WILL HAPPEN OCTOBER 24.

THOSE ARE STILL BEING DISCUSSED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS.

EVERY MONTH, THERE IS A YEAR-LONG CELEBRATION IN DECEMBER AND NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR AND EVERY MONTH CELEBRATING THE VARIOUS AREAS WITH THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY, KNOCKING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALLY, THIS GIVES YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW STILL IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, ALL OF THE PR AND THE PUBLIC RELATIONS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN, MERCHANDISING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AS WELL. THAT GOES INTO THE SLIDE HERE OF WHAT WILL BE THOSE AVENUES OF COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNICATION IS VERY KEY AND IMPORTANT OF THIS ASPECT FROM THE TOWNSHIP PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION PERSPECTIVE AND MAKING TO THE MESSAGES ARE OUT THERE IN THE RIGHT INCONSISTENT. THE PROMOTIONAL PLATFORMS. WE WILL ALSO HAVE A LOT OF PLAY THAT COMES IN WITH THE VILLAGER AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS, LIGHT POLE BANNERS, THIS WOULD BE A DECISION POINT TONIGHT. VERY VISIBLE IN NATURE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY FOR A YEAR AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY ON THE SPECIALTY LIGHT POLES, THOSE ARE THE ONES ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND THOSE ARE IN HUGHES LANDING, WATERWAY SQUARE AREA. AND A PHOTO BOOK AND A MOMENT IN TIME, AUDIENCE DISSIPATION WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND ALLOWING RESIDENTS TO GO THROUGH THE SEASONS THIS WILL BE A SNAPSHOT FOR THE 50TH YEAR A. BEING ENJOYED NEXT YEAR INTO NEWS FROM MOUNT 20 YEARS FROM NOW THIS IS WHAT THE WOODLANDS LOOK LIKE IN 2024 AND THIS'LL BECOME A VERY SPECIAL PROJECT THAT ALL OF US WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN.

AND FINALLY IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME, EFFORT AND MONEY SO THE TOWNSHIP IS A FINANCIAL AND PLANNING RESOURCES INTO TEA IN THIS, THE FOUNDER IS HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION LEGACY IN THE VARIOUS LEVEL OF SPONSORSHIP AND THERE'S STILL TIME FOR SPONSORS FOR PEOPLE THAT MIGHT WANT TO COME INTO THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT TO DO. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN SNYDER FOR

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TENACIOUSLY GOING AFTER AND ALL OF THESE SPONSORS IN WORKING IN

THOSE SO DILIGENTLY. >> AS THE RECIPIENT (INAUDIBLE).

COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT PUT UP A LOT OF MONEY TO HELP THIS 50TH YEAR, THE HUGHES CORPORATION IN THE NATIONAL BANK WASTE CONNECTION COMES IN AT A HERITAGE SPONSOR, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT LEVELS TYING INTO 50TH ANNIVERSARY AND THE FOUNDING OF THE WOODLANDS, THE SPONSORS OF HOUSTON METHOD IS A HOSPITAL, JEFF, JAY, REAL ESTATE IS THE SILVER AND THE BRONZE SPONSORS, DOCTOR STEVE AND THE LONE STAR, THE STRONG FIRM ST. LUKE'S HEALTH, THE WOODLANDS, BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY, IAS WEALTH MANAGEMENT IN MEMORIAL HERMANN THE WOMAN'S

MEDICAL CENTER. >> AND MARKET STREET, VERY GOOD.

A NEW SPONSOR THERE. CHAIRMAN SNYDER IT IS STILL TIME FOR SPONSORS, I KNOW BRAD WORKING AS WELL AS LINDA, THERE IS STILL TIME FOR SPONSORS, AS AN ACTION ITEM.

IF THERE'S ANY OTHER DISCUSSION THAT DIRECTORS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AND ANY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS AND

ANSWERS. >> I WANT TO CLARIFY THE PHOTO BOOTH THAT WERE LOOKING AT IS NOT A HISTORICAL BOOK, THIS IS THROUGH THE DIFFERENT SEASONS OF THE 2023 INTO 2024 PICTURES OF WHAT'S GOING ON THIS SPRING IN THE SUMMER IN THE FALL AND I LOVE THE WAY THAT YOU PUT IT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN 2024 WITH THE WOODLANDS, 50 YEARS FROM NOW FOR THE HUNDREDTH THEY'LL SAY AYE WISH WE LIVED WAY BACK THEN.

>> I HAVE ONE THING WILL YOU E-MAIL OUT THE SPONSORSHIP

PACKAGE. >> YES WE CAN.

>> IT'S A PRINTED PACKAGE AND CAN ALSO BE E-MAIL.

CHAIRMAN SNYDER. >> A REALLY NICE HARD COPY.

>> WE DID IT PREDOMINANTLY, WE DID IT PREDOMINANTLY THROUGH THE HARD COPY, SEVERA SPONSORS AND ENTITIES RATHER THAN DIGITAL.

>> ONE ACTION ITEM, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION I THOUGHT.

HOWARD HUGHES ANALYSIS OCT OCTOBER 16.

TO ALL THE DIRECTORS I KNOW YOU HAD GOOD FEEDBACK AND INPUT INTO THIS, STAFF MEMBERS AND WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH DOCTOR NEWS, KAREN DEMPSEY, TODD STEVENSON, LIAM PETERSON, A GREAT TEAM OF ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER, THE DECISION POINT, LET'S GO BACK TO THE BANNERS, WE DO NEED A DECISION POINT TO GET THESE BANNERS UP, I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANKS TO DOCTOR NOONS FOR RUNNING ON THE INTERFERENCE ON THIS, HE AND HIS TEAM WERE TO PUT THE BANNERS IN A VISIBLE LOCATION THROUGHOUT THE WOODLANDS LOOKING AT 150 BANNERS WE WILL MAKE SURE ALL MY MATH IS RIGHT ON THIS AND TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT AND CEO TO APPROVE

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THOSE BANNERS AND A LEVEL OF 22000.

>> WE WILL MAKE A MOTION I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY FEEDBACK, I THINK THEY LOOK GREAT.

THE LINES ARE CLEAN, CRISP, CLEAR.

I WISH WE OWNED THE WOODLANDS FONT.

WE BE IN THE TOWNSHIP. I LOVE IT AND UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON CALL FOR MOTION TO APPROVE THE FUNDING TO THE AMOUNT OF $22000 TO PURCHASE THESE 150 LIGHT POLE

BANNERS FOR THIS EVENT. >> SECOND.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR WATSON, SECOND BY DIRECTOR FRANKS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSE, MOTION PASSES.

>> WHEN WILL THEY GO UP. >> CHRIS?

>> WHAT DAY IS IT. >> IS A JANUARY.

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>> OCTOBER 17. >> CHRIS AND NICK ARE GETTING

THEIR WEEKENDS TOGETHER. >> HOPEFULLY IN OCTOBER IN

NOVEMBER. >> WE APPROVED IT, NO EXCUSES

THE BETTER BE NEXT WEEK. >> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

>> THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 13 SHE RECEIVED, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN UPDATE OF THE VILLAGE PRESIDENTS COUNCIL AND CALL UPON TREASURER RICHARD FRANKS.

>> YES, MA'AM, WE HAD ANOTHER VERY GOOD MEETING, WE HAD THE CAPTAIN THERE AND IT WAS A LONG MEETING.

WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THE RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENTS I THINK THEY FOUND IT USEFUL. I THINK WE HAD SEVEN OF THE PRESIDENTS PRESENT, THEY HAD A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION IN A COUPLE OF THINGS THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A ABOUT TRYING TO COMBINE THEIR FORCES ON THE INSURANCE AND THEIR STUDY AND THAT TO SEE THING GET ONE INSURANCE CARRIER INSTEAD OF EIGHT SEPARATE INSURANCE BILLS. AND PRESIDENT TED STANLEY HAS BEEN GIVEN THE TORT TO FIND THE PEOPLE.

THEY'RE ALSO INTERESTED IN FINDING AND LOOKING FOR A CENTRAL STORAGE SPACE SO THEY MIGHT ALL COMBINE THEIR STORAGE INSTEAD OF HAVING THE DATE SEPARATE STORAGE FACILITIES ALL AROUND THE TOWNSHIP. THEY HAD QUITE A FEW DISCUSSIONS ON ISSUES THAT THEY'VE HAD WITHIN THEIR PARTICULAR VILLAGES AND SOLUTIONS THAT THEY FOUNDED THE VILLAGES.

THAT PART OF THE ASPECT THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR, THEY ALREADY STARTED TO DEVELOP INTO HAVING A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION.

WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING, THE SECOND MONDAY NEXT MONTH IS

[14. Recess to Executive Session to discuss matters relating to real property pursuant to §551.072, Texas Government Code; deliberation of economic development negotiations pursuant to §551.087, Texas Government Code; discuss personnel matters pursuant to §551.074, Texas Government Code; discuss IT network or critical infrastructure security pursuant to §551.089, Texas Government Code; and to consult with The Woodlands Township’s attorney pursuant to §551.071, Texas Government Code;]

MONDAY IS LABOR DAY. THEY SEEM TO BE VERY ENGAGED AND THEY THINK THEY'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, THEY DID TALK QUITE A BIT AND ARRIVE AT THE NUMBER THAT THEY PRESENTED TO US IN TERMS OF AN UPGRADE TO THE ALLOCATION THIS YEAR AND THEY WORK THAT OUT JOINTLY, THEY ALL AGREED ON THE NUMBER.

>> YOU HEARD ALL THE APPRECIATION FOR THAT.

>> I DID WANT TO TELL YOU HOW TO GET THAT ON SATURDAY, THE FORMER CEO OF THE CHAMBER KAREN ASKED ME TO APPLAUD YOU FOR COMING OUT FOR THE VILLAGE PRESIDENTS COUNCIL AND IT WAS SOMETHING WHEN SHE WAS ON THE CHAMBER SHE HOPED THE TOWNSHIP WOULD DO.

CONGRATULATIONS. >> IT'S GREAT FOR THEM AND I THINK IT BE GREAT WE WILL RECONVENE IN PUBLIC

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SESSION. IT IS A 22:00 P.M.

IT IS NECESSARY TO TAKE ACTION AT THIS TIME AND CALL ON HER

LEGAL COUNSEL. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.

(INAUDIBLE). >> RELATED TEMPERAMENTS IN THE ROAD AND WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THE BOARD INPUT AND DELIBERATION ON THE ITEM. IT PASSED APPROVAL TO A LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE WOMEN'S TOWNSHIP WITH REGARD ON THE WOMEN'S TOWNSHIP IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WITHIN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THAT AGREEMENT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH THE COUNTY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME INCLUDING SOME ITEMS THAT WE FELT NEEDED TO BE CLARIFIED WHERE THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO US IF OTHER ITEMS WERE INCLUDED, WE HAD

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DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE AT AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE OVERALL TRANSACTION AND MAKE THAT A MINIMUM CONDITION WITH THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT PASSED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. IF YOU LIKE TO IT'LL BE A PUBLIC