Apr 24, 2024 Board of Directors Regular Meeting Agenda

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MEETING OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IT GIVES US GREAT PLEASURE THIS EVENING TO WELCOME PASTOR MARCUS HAYES WHO SERVES AS THE LEAD PASTOR OF CROSSOADS BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE WOODLANDS. PASTOR HAYES RECEIVED HIS UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE AND HIS MASTERS FROM SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. HE IS CURRENTLY PURSUING A DOCTORATE FROM SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND HE WILL BE FINISHING SOON. HE HAS A PASSIONATE FOR REACHING THE LOST AND MOBILIZATION. THEY HAVE THREE LOVELY DAUGHTERS

[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;]

WELCOME PASTOR HAYES. >> GOOD EVENING TO THE CHAIR AND THE REST OF THE DIRECTORS THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU HERE THIS EVENING. I HAVE BEEN TASKED TO OPEN US UP WITH PRAYER. I WOULD LIKE TO QUOTE TO SCRIPTURES BIBLE AND SCRIPTURE GO HAND IN HAND. FIRST CORINTHIANS FOR 2 IT SAYS IT IS REQUIRED OF STEWARDS THAT THEY MAY BE FOUND FAITHFUL. GALATIANS 69 SAYS LET US NOT GROW WEARY FOR UNDO TIME YOU WILL REAP A HARVEST IF YOU DO NOT GIVE UP. IT IS TO THAT END THAT WE PRAY THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BE FOUND FAITHFUL AND DO WHAT GOD HAS ENTRUSTED YOU TO DO. WHAT A NOBLE TASK.

THERE IS HARVEST TO COME IN THE DAYS AHEAD. WE THANK YOU FOR LEADERSHIP AND THE DIRECTORS AND THE TOWNSHIP HERE. WE THANK YOU FOR THE STEWARDSHIP AND EACH DIRECTOR THAT HAS BEEN TRUSTED TO THE SEATS. WE PRAY FOR STEWARDSHIP AND UNITY AND FAITHFUL. WE PRAY FOR ENDURANCE. THEY WILL NOT FIND DIFFICULTY BUT THEY WILL FIND JOY WITHIN THIS PROCESS AND WE ALSO PRAY THAT GREAT THINGS ARE HANGING IN THE BALANCE AND THEY WILL SEE THAT IN THE MEETINGS THE BRIEFINGS BEHIND-THE-SCENES OTHER MEETINGS AND MORE THAT THEY WILL SEE IT IS BIGGER THAN THEM AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY STEWARDING A GREAT TASK TO CARE FOR THE LIVES OF SO MANY PEOPLE HERE WITHIN THE WOODLANDS AND THE GREATER PORTIONS AS WELL. I PRAY THAT THIS MEETING WILL BRING YOU ALL THE GLORY AND SEE

YOUR NAME BE PRAYED. AMEN. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AS WELL AS BEING HERE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU JACOB FOR BEING WITH US. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO ASK DIRECTOR FRANKS TO

LEAN IT LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. NOW LET'S PLEDGE TO THE

[2. Proclamations;]

TEXAS FLAG. >> WE HAVE SEVERAL PROCLAMATIONS THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS THOSE JOINING US HERE. THE FIRST WILL BE IN SUPPORT OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY DAY AND DIRECTORS TO COOLEY GIBBS.

>> VIA PROCLAIMED THAT WHEREAS THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY IS THE ICONIC NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES WHO HAS MULTIGENERATIONAL MIGRATION CAPTURING THE AMERICAN IMAGINATION AND WHEREAS HISTORICALLY MORE THAN 1 BILLION EASTERN MONARCH BUTTERFLIES MIGRATE THROUGH TEXAS, HOWEVER DUE TO HABITAT LOSS DISEASE AND PESTICIDES THE POPULATION HAS NOW DWINDLED BY OVER 95%. AND WHEREAS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN SAVING THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY BY PROVIDING HABITAT IN PUBLIC SPACES IN SCHOOLS IN CHURCHES BUSINESSES AND HOMES

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>> THANK YOU DIRECTOR GIBBS. AND I THINK THAT MEGAN MCNAIR AS WELL OF KAT CHRISTIANSEN AND TARA MCARTHUR ARE HERE WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES. IF YOU WOULD SIMPLY COME FORWARD PLEASE? WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE AND APPLAUD YOU.

>> THE NEXT PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZES THE WOMAN'S SWIM AND DIVE TEAMS WHO ARE STATE CHAMPIONS. COACH JEREMY WADE AND HIS TEAM MEMBERS ARE PRESENT TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION AND DIRECTOR KYLE WATSON WILL BE READING THE PROCLAMATION. DIRECTOR WATSON?

>> I FEEL LIKE WE JUST DID THIS AND IT SHOWS WHAT A DOMINANT AND POWERHOUSE PROGRAM WE HAVE. VIA PROCLAIMED WHEREAS THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL LADY HIGHLANDERS SWIM AND DIVE TEAMS WON THE PRESTIGIOUS UI I'LL CLASS SIX A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THE PREP 12TH SINCE 1989 AND WHEREAS THE LADY HIGHLANDERS TEAM EARNED THE BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE LEE AND JOE TRAMMELL SWIMMING CENTER IN AUSTIN WITH 269 1/2 POINTS OUTPACING SECOND PLACE FINISHER SOUTHLAKE CARROLL AND WHEREAS THE 200 YARD FREESTYLE TEAM WAS BROOKE MILLER KAYLEE RADFORD AND SO NORMAN BROUGHT HOME A THIRD-PLACE BRONZE MEDAL AND WHEREAS THE 200 YARD MEDLEY RELAY TEAM OF MARIA YOU RANGA EVELYN BRIN EVELYN REEDER AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MISSING THAT UP AND LILY WILDS AS WELL AS BROOKE MILLER TAKING HOME A SECOND PLACE FINISH WITH A SILVER MEDAL AND WHEREAS THE 400 YARD FREE RELAY TEAM WITH CAROLYN FRAZIER LILY WILES AND EVELYN AGAIN EARNED A SECOND PLACE FINISH RECEIVING A SILVER MEDAL AND WHEREAS OWN NORMAN BROUGHT HOME A GOLD MEDAL IN THE 500 YARD FREESTYLE AND THE 200 YARD FREESTYLE MARIA YOU RANGA BROUGHT HOME A SILVER MEDAL IN THE 100 YARD BACKSTROKE. EVELYN BROUGHT HOME A SILVER METAL AND WHITAKER MALLOY BROUGHT HOME A BRONZE MEDAL IN THE ONE METER DIVING EVENT. AND WHEREAS THE INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE ALSO EARNED BY OTHER TEAM MEMBERS CAROLYN FRAZIER AND NELL AND I'M GOING TO MESS THIS ONE UP SOME JUST GOING TO SAY A NELL. MICHAELA HAYDEN BROOKE MILLER AND LILY WILDS.

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>> COACH WADE AND THE DIVING TEAM AND SWIM TEAM IF YOU COULD JUST COME FORWARD FOR A PHOTO PLEASE? THANK YOU.

LADIES. THAT WILL BRING US TO THE NEXT PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE NATIONAL POLICE WEEK. THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO TRULY THANK OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THEIR DAILY EFFORTS TO ENSURE EVERYONE'S SAFETY. PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. DIRECTOR NELSON WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION.

>> CAN WE PLEASE HAVE THE POLICE COME UP I READ THE PROCLAMATION? I KNOW CAPTAIN HALLA FILLED WITH THE SOUTH PATROL DISTRICT 6 SERGEANT JASON'S EARLY HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLE'S OFFICE PRECINCT FOR AND OFFICER COPPED CAPTAIN STEVEN TERRELL MONTGOMERY COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT 3 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHERS. WELCOME ALL

OF YOU. I FEEL SO SAFE NOW. >> VIA PROCLAIMED WHEREAS THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP RECOGNIZES AND HONORS THE SELFLESS AND HEROIC SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THE HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLE'S OFFICE PRECINCT NUMBER FOUR AND THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY CONSTABLE'S OFFICE PRECINCT 3. AND WHEREAS WE RELY ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE AND ENFORCE THE LAW AND RESPOND IN TIME OF CRISIS. AND WHEREAS EVERY DAY MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THROUGHOUT THE NATION FACED A THREAT OF VIOLENCE AND DANGER ROUTINELY PUTTING THEIR LIVES IN JEOPARDY TO DEFEND OTHERS PUTTING THEMSELVES AT RISK OF INJURY DISABILITY AND EVEN DEATH. WHEREAS THESE MEN AND WOMEN BY THEIR DISTINCTIVE SERVICE AND DEDICATED EFFORTS AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE EARNED OUR HIGHEST RESPECT AND DEEPEST GRATITUDE. AND WHEREAS THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF ALL OFFICERS KILLED WITHIN THE LINE OF DUTY WILL BE HONORED DURING THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND 36TH ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL THAT WILL BE HELD ON MAY 13TH 2024. WHEREAS MAY 15TH 2024 IS DESIGNATED AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY IN HONOR OF THE FALLEN OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND WHEREAS A CELEBRATION AND CONCERTS TO HONOR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL AT BANDS AND BADGES WILL BE HELD AT ROCKLAND PARK ON FRIDAY MAY 17TH, AND SATURDAY MAY 18TH IN NORTHSHORE PARK. DR. ANN SNYDER AND THE REST OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 12TH TO MAY 18TH AS POLICE WEEK.

THAT IS IN HONOR OF THE WOODLANDS TEXAS SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO.

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DIRECTOR BAILEY WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION NOW.

>> VIA PROCLAIMED WHEREAS EMERGENCIES CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME THAT REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT EMERGENCIES OR FIRE SERVICES. THE PROPER RESPONSE OF ALL OF THOSE PROVIDERS IS CRITICAL TO THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND THE PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY. AND WHEREAS THE SAFETY OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FIREFIGHTERS AND EMS IS DEPENDENT UPON THE ACCURACY OBTAINED FROM THE CITIZEN TO CALL 911. AND WHEREAS THE PUBLIC SAFETY TELE COMMUNICATORS ARE THE FIRST AND MOST CRITICAL CONTACT TO OUR CITIZENS AND HAVE THE EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THIS SINGLE AND VITAL LINK TO LAW ENFORCEMENT THOSE PROVIDERS ARE HEREBY MONITORING ABILITIES WITH RADIO AND PROVIDING INFORMATION TO ENSURE SAFETY. WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY KELA COMMUNICATORS ARE CRITICAL IN IMPROVING THE CHANCES OF SURVIVAL FOR A PATIENT WHO MAY BE EXPERIENCING SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST BY RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION. AND OTHER LIFE-SAVING INTERVENTIONS PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF EMS AND WHEREAS PUBLIC SAFETY TELE COMMUNICATORS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP HAVE CONTRIBUTED SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS THE SUPPRESSION OF FIRES AND THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS. AND WHEREAS EACH TELE-COMMUNICATOR HAS EXHIBITED COMPASSION UNDERSTANDING AND PROFESSIONALISM DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR JOB IN THIS PAST YEAR. THEREFORE DR. AK SNYDER CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE DIRECTORS THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP, AND HONOR TO THOSE KEEPING OUR CITIZENS SAFE WE DESIGNATE THE WEEK OF APRIL 14TH THROUGH THE 20TH OF 2024 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELE COMMITTEE CATERS WEEK. THANK YOU.

>> WITH THAT, PLEASE COME FORWARD. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR STEPS? THEY ARE HAVING A COMPETITION AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW.

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PROCLAMATION. >> OKAY I'M A LITTLE OUT OF BREATH FROM THE STEPS CAN YOU SECOND. WHEREAS THE BICYCLE IS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FORM OF PRESENTATION THAT MANY USE AS AN EXCELLENT FORM OF RECREATION AND PHYSICAL FITNESS. AND WHEREAS THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS NATIONAL BIKE MONTH INCREASES PUBLIC AWARENESS FOR BICYCLING AND EDUCATES THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF BICYCLING FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES AND DOES ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TRY THE BICYCLE COMMUTE. AND WHEREAS CREATING BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES HAS BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE CITIZEN HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE. IT HAS ALSO BEEN SHOWN TO INCREASE COMMUNITY SPIRIT IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND REDUCE POLLUTION AND CONGESTION. AND WHEREAS BICYCLING HAS HELPED THE TOURISM INDUSTRY AND SIMULATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHEREAS THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP OPERATES 220 MILES OF PATHWAYS AND TRAILS THAT SERVE AS AN EXCELLENT SYSTEM FOR RECREATIONAL WRITING. AND WHEREAS THE WOODLANDS IN ADDITION TO BEING HOME OF THE WOODLANDS TRIATHLON MEMORIAL HERMANN IRONMAN TEXAS WHICH IS THIS WEEKEND AND MANY WHO PARTICIPATE IN TRIATHLONS IS ALSO NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS A BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMITTEE.

THEREFORE DR. ANN SNYDER CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY AS BIKE THE WOODLANDS A MONTH. AS BIKE TO WORK DAY AND BIKE THE WOODLANDS DAY AS WELL. IF YOU WOULD ALL COME TO THE FRONT PLEASE. THANK YOU.

[3. Call meeting to order;]

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

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>> SO MOVED. >> SECONDED.

[5. Recognize public officials;]

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE RECOGNIZING THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS. I THINK WE HAVE ONE HERE IN ATTENDANCE. THIS IS

[6. Public comment;]

SPEAKERS MAY EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS OR VIEWPOINTS ON ANY ISSUE. THEY HOWEVER ARE NOT PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEBATE OF THE ISSUE. SPEAKERS WILL NOT USE ANY PROFANITY.

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

CALLING NAMES. >> BEFORE RECALL I WOULD REQUEST A CLARIFYING COMMENT FROM PRESIDENT SHARP REGARDING THE RESEARCH FOREST WIDENING BECAUSE THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT MANY WILL BE SPEAKING ON AND I WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR UP SOME CONFUSION PERHAPS WITH A CLARIFYING COMMENT ON THAT

FIRST. >> SO I DID WANT TO CLARIFY THAT INCLUDED IN THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DOES LIST THE WIDENING OF RESEARCH FOREST BETWEEN SHADOW BEND AND COOK AND ALL AS A PROJECT. BUT IT ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT PROJECT NOT BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE FINAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR TIP AS IT IS KNOWN AND THAT IS PRESENTED TO THE HIGHEST COMMITTEE THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL KNOWN AS THE TPC. THAT IS WHEN IT WOULD GO FOR THE FINAL VERSION IN MAY.

SO I THINK THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME MISS INFORMATION OR MISUNDERSTANDING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THAT REPORT ALSO NOTES THAT THE PROJECT IS NOT OF REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND IT HAS NOT BEEN FUNDED. ALL OF THAT IS PUBLIC DOCUMENT AND IS

OUT THERE FOR CLARIFICATION. >> IS THERE A POSSIBILITY TO READ THE LETTER FROM COMMISSIONER NOAH?

>> THE FIRST NAME ON THE SPEAKER FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS IS

STEPHEN BRIGGS. MR. BRIGGS? >> THANK YOU DIRECTORS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I AM A RESIDENT AT CAPSTONE AND COCHRAN'S CROSSING. I WAS MISLED BY THIS MISINFORMATION AND MY STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE HJC TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO EXPAND RESEARCH FOREST. MANY PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AROUND ME IN CAPSTONE AND COCHRAN'S CROSSING WERE

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EARLY VOTING WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK AND THE ELECTION DAY IS MAY THE FOURTH. LIKE ALL ELECTIONS THIS IS IMPORTANT AND I ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO COME OUT AND VOTE. ONE IMPORTANT THING THAT RESIDENTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF, IS THAT EARLY VOTING IS BEING CONDUCTED AT THE SHENANDOAH MUNICIPAL COMPLEX AS OPPOSED TO SOUTH COUNTY. THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS WHERE THEY ARE ACCUSTOMED TO VOTING SO THEY SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS CHANGE AHEAD OF TIME. AND SAVE THEMSELVES SOME ISSUES. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU MR. BRIGGS.

>> GABRIELLE MEADOWS. WELCOME.

>> PLEASE BEAR WITH ME AS YOU COULD TELL MY VOICE IS JUST ABOUT GONE. I ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT MS. SHARP HAS SHARED WITH US. HOWEVER I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN MY SUBDIVISION ARE ALL ELDERLY.

AND I AM TALKING THAT I AM PROBABLY THE YOUNGEST ONE AT 76. THE REST ARE IN THEIR 80S AND 90S. THEY ARE NOW FINDING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN FORCED TO PURCHASE FLOOD INSURANCE BECAUSE OF THE SPILLWAY PRESERVED BEHIND HER SUBDIVISION. WE LIVE IN WEST WHEN VAIL AND THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED RIGHT NOW. I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN HURRICANE HARVEY CAME EVERYONE WAS IMPACTED BY THIS. BUT I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO COLLEGE TORRENTIAL RAIN BUT WE PURCHASED OUR HOME IN 2013 I CAME IN 1981. MY CHILDREN AND MY GRANDCHILDREN HAVE BEEN HERE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. WE WERE TOLD THAT OUR PROPERTY WAS NOT WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN. LESS THAN A YEAR LATER THE MAPS ARE REDRAWN AND WE WERE FORCED TO PURCHASE EXPENSIVE FLOOD INSURANCE. ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS IN OUR AREA HAVE NOW BEEN FORCED TO PURCHASE EXPENSIVE FLOOD INSURANCE. AGAIN I AM ASKING YOU TO WRITE LETTERS AND SUPPORT OUR ENDEAVOR. MOST PEOPLE COULD NOT COME TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE WIVES TAKING CARE OF ELDERLY SPOUSES. I LOST MY SPOUSE TWO YEARS AGO. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT THEIR INVESTMENT. SO I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE HEAR WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE SAYING AND WHEN GEORGE MITCHELL DEVELOPED THE WOODLANDS, WHEN I MOVED HERE THERE WERE 7500 PEOPLE. ALL WE HAD WAS GROGAN'S MILL AND PANTHER CREEK. BUT HE MADE SURE THAT THE WHOLE AMBIENCE AND THE THOUGHT OF THE WOODLANDS ALTOGETHER WAS NOT GOING TO BE LOST. AND I DON'T WANT TO THE

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EAGLES. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.

>> THEY'VE ALL BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU MS. MEADOWS. >> PATRICK LATROBE?

>> HELLO. MY NAME IS PATRICK FROM THE HAZEL CROP COMMUNITY.

THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSING NEW FORCED GATE TENNIS COURTS IN THE LAST SECTION OF OLD GROWTH TREES THAT WE HAD A FOUR SKATE PARK. THESE ARE 100-YEAR-OLD TREES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PARK WE LOST A LOT OF TREES WHEN THE TEMPLE EXPANDED WITH THEIR PARKING LOT AND THEIR NEW BUILDING THAT CAME IN SO THAT IS PRIVATE SECTOR I DON'T CARE IF YOU CUT YOUR TREES DOWN BUT THIS IS A PUBLIC PARK.

EVERYTHING WATER FLOWS NORTH TO SOUTH IN THAT SECTION OF THE PARK THERE IS A MAJOR WATER MITIGATION. I WAS THERE ON MEMORIAL DAY AND TAX DAY AND IT PROBABLY SAVED LEGACY. IF YOU KNOW WHERE THAT AREA IS. THE THING IS, THE WOODLANDS IS VALUABLE BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONLY SUBURB THAT DIDN'T CUT ALL OF OUR TREES SO WE CAN WALK AROUND DURING THE DAY. I HAVE A HOUSE IN BELL STREET AND ANOTHER DOWNTOWN AND I CAN'T WALK MY DOGS DURING THE DAY DOWN THERE. I WALK THAT PARK 4 TO 7 TIMES PER DAY. I AM A TENNIS PLAYER AND A PICKLE BALLPLAYER. I KNOW ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 11 YEARS THEY KNOW MY DOGS. I KNOW EVERY INCH OF THAT PARK AND WHERE THE WATER FLOWS. I KNOW WHERE MOST OF THE UTILITIES ARE AND THE ONE THING THEY NEED IN THAT PARK IS TO EXPAND BATHROOMS FOR THE SOCCER PLAYERS THE MAJOR PARTIES AND SWIMMERS. WHAT WE DO NOT NEED IS TO TENNIS COURTS. I LOVE TENNIS BUT THIS IS RIGHT AND THAT ONE BUFFER ZONE. THEY SAY THEY HAVE A CONTINUOUS BUFFER BUT THOSE COURTS RUN UNTIL 11:00 AT NIGHT. MY NEIGHBOR IS RIGHT ON THE GREENBELT AND THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT THE LIGHTS UNTIL 11:00. THAT OUTSIDE BUFFER IS NOT GOOD BE THICK ENOUGH ANY LONGER. THAT ONE SECTION THAT IS STILL THERE BUFFERS FROM THE CURRENT COURTS AND KANGAROO FOREST. ALL OF THOSE HIGH BEAM LIGHTS WERE HAVING TO BE INSTALLED AND THEY LIGHT UP THAT WHOLE CORNER WHICH IS FINE BECAUSE WE HAD A NICE BUFFER BUT YOU'RE TAKING OUT THE BUFFER AND THEN YOU HAVE BELL STREET. THAT PLACE SHOWS THAT THE PARKS CAN BE OVENS DURING THE SUMMER. THE FIRST THING I DO IS WALK IN THAT PARK ON THE SHADE VINES AND BY THE WAY AS FAR AS DEMAND GOES I KNOW THAT THERE ARE TENNIS PLAYERS BECAUSE I'M ONE OF THEM BUT EVERYONE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS DOGS. I WOULD SAY 90% OF RESIDENTS HAVE DOGS. WE WALKED THAT GREENBELT AND WE WALK IN THAT PARK. WE WANT TO KEEP THE SHADE LINES AND YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO MOVE ALL OF THAT WATER YOU WOULD HAVE TO KNOW WHERE THE WATER FLOWS BETWEEN KANGAROO FOREST IN THE CURRENT TENNIS COURTS TO THE OUTRAGE AND TO THE GREENBELT AND SPRING CREEK. DURING HURRICANE HARVEY BREACHED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH THE SEWER PACK. ANYWAY I'M JUST SAYING YOU DON'T WANT ALL OF THAT WATER BACK THIS WAY

FOR TWO TENNIS COURTS. >> THANK YOU PATRICK. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DEAN ELLIS. MR. ELLIS?

>> THANK YOU CHAIR AND DIRECTORS. MY NAME IS DEAN ELLIS AND I LIVE AT 18 LYRIC HARBOR DRIVE IN COCHRAN'S CROSSING. FIRST AND FOREMOST THANK YOU FOR YOUR TO CONTINUED SERVICE TO THE WOODLANDS. IT IS AMAZING TO HAVE ALL OF THIS

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WOULD BE EASY TO RESOLVE >> AND PERRY?

>> THANK YOU. WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND TOWNSHIP STAFF AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF SOCCER OPERATIONS FOR YOUR HOMETOWN PROVIDER SOCCER HDX SOCCER. TWO OR THREE THINGS AS AN UPDATE THAT IS GOING ON. A COUPLE WEEKS AGO KPRC CHANNEL TO NEWS CAME INTO TOWN AND THEY DID AN ARTICLE ON OUR ADAPTIVE AND SPECIAL NEEDS. THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE RUN AND IT WAS A TUESDAY NIGHT. IT AIRED LAST WEDNESDAY ON OUR HOME FACILITIES. IT WAS A FANTASTIC REPORT ABOUT THE PROGRAM CP SOCCER, CEREBRAL PALSY SOCCER WAS INVOLVED. WE HAD TWO OR THREE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THE MICROPHONE THAT NIGHT. KAY JOHNSON THE DIRECTOR OF COACHING AND DEVON HALL CAME UP TO REPRESENT CP SOCCER ITSELF. AND WE HAD PARENTS THERE AS WELL SO THAT WAS LAST WEDNESDAY FOR VERY WORTHWHILE SOCCER AREA OF THE CLUB. WE HAVE THE SOUTH TEXAS SPRING SHOWDOWN COMING UP ON MAY 4TH AND FIFTH WHICH WILL BE HOUSED HERE IN THE WOODLANDS. THERE COULD BE 180 OR SO TEAMS COMING INTO THIS LOCAL AREA AND IT IS A GREAT WAY FOR THE YOU 12 KIDS TO COMPLETE THE SPRING SEASON.

SOME OF THEM WILL BE YOUTH ACADEMY PLAYERS AND SOME WILL COME FROM THE GRASSROOTS WRECK SIDE. BUT THAT IS THE LAST EVENT THAT WE WILL HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. WE HAVE A LOCAL RESIDENT PLAYER FROM THE GIRLS ACADEMY IN 2019 CALLED KAYLA MOORE WHO HAS JUST BEEN SELECTED BY THE U.S. SOCCER FEDERATION TO TRAIN AS A SELECTIVE PLAYER AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS FROM THE GIRLS ACADEMY. WE WANTED TO SHARE THAT NAME APPRAISER FOR HER EFFORTS. SHE HAS BEEN IN THE CLUB FOR A LONG TIME AND SHE IS HOPING TO TRAIN IN DALLAS RIGHT NOW AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL OPEN DOORS FOR THE FUTURE. THANK YOU

[7. President/CEO's Report; ]

SIMON. >> WE DO APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE GREATER WOODLANDS AREA.

THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO REPORT WITH LOTS OF GOOD NEWS.

>> THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK WHICH TAKES PLACE FROM MAY 5TH THROUGH THE 11TH THIS YEAR THE PURPOSE OF CELEBRATING IS TO HONOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO SERVE OUR NATION AS FEDERAL STATE COUNTY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. SOME OF WHICH WE RECOGNIZE EARLIER THROUGH THE PROCLAMATIONS. IT IS MY GREAT PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH A VERY TALENTED AND DEDICATED GROUP OF PUBLIC SERVANTS HERE IN THE WOODLANDS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEES WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT TO STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO DAY IN AND OUT FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

>> IF I CAN HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL MINUTE I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO

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>> IS HE HERE TONIGHT? >> YES.

>> AND FINALLY, LAST BUT NOT LEAST JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TEAM FOR BEING RECOGNIZED AS A GOLDSTAR AFFILIATE FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW BY THE KEEP THE TEXAS AREA BEAUTIFUL ORGANIZATION. THIS IS THE HIGHEST STATUS THAT ANY COMMUNITY CAN ACHIEVE FOR ITS WORK TO REDUCE WASTE AND ENHANCE BEAUTY IN THIS LOCAL ENVIRONMENT. MEGAN MCNAIR IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES MANAGER KAT CHRISTIANSEN AND TERRY MCGLOTHLIN ARE ARE HERE

TODAY. >> THANK YOU PRESENT SHARP. WE ARE ALL POOR FORTUNATE AND BLESSED TO HAVE THE TALENTED AND DEDICATED TEAM THAT WORKS NOT ONLY FURTHER WOODLANDS BUT

[8. Receive, consider and act upon reports from Village Association representatives;]

>> I MISSED ONE LAST YEAR FOR THE SCHOLARHIP RECEPTION AT THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMEN CENTER. BUT OTHERWISE NOW.

>> GOOD EVENING CHAIRWOMAN SNYDER AND DIRECTORS. MY NAME IS MARIANNE BRAID AND AS PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. WE HELD OUR LAST MEETING FROM THIS LEVEL WITH SPECIALIST AGUILAR AND TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS SAMANTHA HARPY AND ZACHARY A BOOK ALL LEO TO THE BOARD WE CEMENTED THE FUNDING PACKAGE FOR THIS YEAR AND WE ALSO APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. WE EVALUATED THE 20 APPLICATIONS FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND ARE NOW PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THEY DECIDED TO AWARD FOR SCHOLARSHIPS TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. THIS IS CHRISTIAN GROUP TO ROBERTA TAMEZ AND CINDY SHAN. MS. SHAN HAS THE KUMON RECIPIENT FOR THIS YEAR AND WE THANK THEM FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM THE BOARD ALSO DECIDED TO SPONSOR A SCHOLARSHIP TO THE GOVERNMENT COUNTY WOMEN CENTER AND THE RECEPTION FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS THEIR FAMILIES AND OUR SPONSORS WILL BE BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING ON MAY 14TH.

SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS WILL VOLUNTEER IN THIS AREA THIS SATURDAY MARKING DRAINS AND DISTRIBUTING DOOR HANGERS IN SUPPORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND WITHIN SCREEN PROGRAM TO EMPHASIZE THAT NOTHING SHOULD GO INTO STORM DRAINS EXCEPT FOR WATER. WE ARE HAVING A POOL PARTY AT THE OLDER BRIDGE POOL ON SATURDAY JUNE 22ND FROM 10:00 UNTIL 1:00. ENTRY TO THE POOL IS FREE AND WE WILL HAVE SNACKS, SNOW CONES AND CHICK-FIL-A WILL PROVIDE LUNCH. PLEASE JOIN US FOR A FUN TIME AT THE POOL. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO SEE THE ASTROS PLAY THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS ON SUNDAY JULY 28TH.

THE GAME IS IN THE AFTERNOON AND WE STILL DO HAVE TICKETS FOR SALE. TICKETS ARE $48 EACH AND THAT DOES INCLUDE THE GAME SO PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU WANT TO COME WITH US. OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON TUESDAY MAY 14TH. ALL RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

>> THANK YOU MARIANNE. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON EVERYTHING

AGAIN. >> THAT BRINGS US TO COCHRAN'S CROSSING. JC HARVELL? WELCOME BACK.

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>> GOOD EVENING CHAIRPERSON AND DR. SNYDER. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND MRS. SHARP. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TONIGHT. LAST NIGHT I WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION COMING BACK AFTER A TWO-YEAR ABSENCE. WE ALSO SELECTED TOMMY GOBER AS VICE PRESIDENT AND CYNTHIA KISSINGER AS SECRETARY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE MESSAGE OF THE ASSOCIATION AND PLEDGED TO THE RESIDENTS OF COCHRAN'S CROSSING THAT WE WILL HAVE AN ARTICLE IN THE MAGAZINE WHICH REACHES 60% OF RESIDENTS IN THE SURVEY THAT YOU DID SAY THEY GET THEIR NEWS FROM THIS SO WE WILL BE POSTING THAT ARTICLE IN THAT SESSION EVERY TIME WE ARE ABLE TO ON A MONTHLY BASIS. LAST NIGHT OUR VILLAGE AWARDED FIVE $1000 SCHOLARSHIPS AND I WAS PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO HELP THOSE. WE HAD 14 APPLICANTS AND WE WERE VERY EXCITED THAT WE GOT THOSE OUT. WE WISH THE STUDENTS THE VERY BEST AS THEY GO TO HEAD OUT TO COLLEGE. WE PLAN TO HAVE A TABLE ON MAY 18TH ON GOSLING ROAD DURING THE FIRE CELEBRATION THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE OPENING OF THE DIFFERENT FIRE STATIONS. OUR POOL PARTY WILL BE JUNE 1ST FROM 6:00 UNTIL 8:00 AT BARE BRANCH POOL. WE WILL HAVE GAMES KONA ICE AND LOADS OF FUN FOR RESIDENTS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO A PRODUCTIVE YEAR AS OUR BOARD WORKS TOGETHER FOR THE RESIDENTS OF OUR VILLAGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> MOTION AND A SECOND TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORTS? IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? THE

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

[10. Receive, consider and act upon a quarterly update on Law Enforcement;]

>> SO MOVED. >> SECONDED.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFIED BY STATING I? ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES.

THAT BRINGS US TO YOUR REGULAR AGENDA. I REFER THIS TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10 IN YOUR BOARD PACKET. AND CALL ON THE FOLLOWING TO PRESENT CAPTAIN TIM HALL FAILED AND SERGEANT

JASON'S EARLY? WELCOME. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2024 PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT WHICH IS A CONSOLIDATED REPORT THAT REPRESENTS THE EFFORTS OF ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERSIN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS WELL AS PRECINCT 4 CONSTABLE'S OFFICE WITH MARK HARMON. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW THIS AFTERNOON IS A REPRESENTATION OF ALL CALLS FOR SERVICE AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ATTENTION THAT THESE ARE CUMULATIVE AND TOTAL BUT THEY ARE ALSO BROKEN DOWN BY COLOR REPRESENTING THE CALL FOR SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND IN GREEN THOSE WERE RESPONDED TO IN HARRIS COUNTY IN BLUE. YOU CAN SEE AS THE START OF THE YEAR IT IS TYPICAL THAT WE START OFF WITH THE LOW NUMBERS IN JANUARY THAT CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS SPRING COMES AND WE START TO DEVELOP MORE VISITORS. AS WE GET INTO THE SUMMARY OF THE CATEGORIES OF NOTES I WOULD DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO PREVIOUS BOARDS THAT IDENTIFY CERTAIN TYPES OF CATEGORIES OF CALLS THAT THEY DO WISH TO QUANTIFY INTO TRACK. THOSE ARE REFERRED TO AS PRIME CATEGORIES OF NOTES AND THERE IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PRIME CATEGORY THAT WE TRACK CONSIDER QUALITY OF LIFE CRIMES THAT THEY HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO IMPACT AND TRY TO MITIGATE WITH THE IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS AND BY REDUCING CRIME AND FEAR OF CRIME. SO YOU WILL NOTICE AS EVERYTHING STARTS TO PICK UP AGAIN FROM JANUARY THROUGH MARCH YOU WILL SEE CALLS FOR SERVICE IN THE CRIME CATEGORIES OF NOTE WHICH ALSO INCREASED. THIS SPECIFICALLY BREAKS DOWN

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FAMILY VIOLENCE IS AT 66 WHICH IS QUITE A BIT OF CALLS WHERE RESIDENTS AND FAMILY SITUATIONS ARE GETTING INTO A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION. WE ALWAYS TRY TO ENCOURAGE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT IF YOU CAN'T COME TO REASONABLE AGREEMENTS TO CREATE SOME SPACE. IT IS IN NO WAY ACCEPTABLE FOR VIOLENCE. AND CERTAINLY WE HAVE SEEN VIOLENCE POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE ACTION IN THESE CASES. WHERE DO WE STAND AS FAR AS CRIMES? I TOLD YOU THAT WE IDENTIFY QUALITY OF LIFE CRIMES AS THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS AN OBLIGATION TO IMPACT. THIS IS THE QUALITY OF LIFE CRIMES WITHIN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY DATING BACK TO 2016. AND GIVING YOU EACH OF THOSE BREAKDOWNS THERE ARE NUMBER OF BURGLARIES AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF ROBBERIES AND FEDERAL OFFENSES. THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE ARE STRONGLY TARGETING TO TRY TO REDUCE AND THESE ARE ALSO THE NUMBERS THAT REPRESENT EACH OF THOSE OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS ALONE. THAT WAY YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE WE ARE TRENDING. WE CAN TREND WITH THIS EBB AND FLOW DEPENDING ON THIS TIMEFRAME YOU CAN SEE IT CHANGE. CERTAINLY IN COVID WHERE THERE WERE LOCKDOWNS YOU CAN SEE THE DRAMATIC SHIFT. AS WE TALK ABOUT CRIMES AND UNDERSTANDING THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF TALK ABOUT CRIME AND CRIME RATE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THERE IS A SET OF STANDARDS THAT IS A UNIFIED CRIME REPORT. THAT WAS THE STANDARD THAT WE USED UP UNTIL JANUARY OF 2021. WE WENT TO A FEDERAL MANDATED NEW VERSION WHICH IS THE NATIONAL ENTITY-BASED REPORTING SYSTEM AND IN THAT IT IS A DEEPER DIVE TO DETERMINE THE CRIME TRENDS. UNDER THIS GROUP YOU COULD OF 10 FOR ONE SINGULAR INCIDENT. WHERE UNDER UCR IT WAS THE MOST EGREGIOUS OFFENSE THAT OCCURRED. IF THERE WERE THREE CRIMES THAT OCCURRED THE MOST EGREGIOUS WAS THE ONE YOU TICK HERE SO WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO COMPARE IT BECOMES APPLES TO

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THIS IS A REALLY SERIOUS PROBLEM AFFECTING HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWNSHIP. SO WE NEED TO DO MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT FAMILIES ARE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE ARE DOING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE BEEN TRAINED AGAIN THIRD GENEROUS GIFT TO THE TOWNSHIP AND WE PROVIDE FAMILIES RIBBONS SO THAT WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHETHER THEIR FIRE OR EMS THEY MAY ENCOUNTER SOMEONE ON THE SPECTRUM THERE. THEY MAY NOT RESPOND THE WAY WE EXPECT THEM TO. SO THE MORE WE LEARN ABOUT AUTISM AND OTHER SPECTRUM AND NEWER DIVERSITY DISEASES THAT IMPACT FAMILIES WE CAN BETTER RESPOND TO THOSE SO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE SITUATIONS THEY GO TO A USE OF FORCE WHEN IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE. SO I WILL SHARE THAT WITH YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS

FROM THE BOARD? >> I DO QUESTION. ARE YOU TRACKING IN THOSE CATEGORIES OF CRIMES HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE BEING COMMITTED FROM PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE WOODLANDS PROPER? SPECIFICALLY HARRIS COUNTY?

>> IT IS A TWO EDGE SWORD. ARE WE TRACKING THEM? THESE ARE THE ONES WE MAKE ARREST ON AND THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PRESENTATION. BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO BRING ONE I DID PRESENT ONE IN YEARS PAST WERE ACTUALLY SHOWED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHERE THE PEOPLE LIVED THAT WERE ARRESTED FOR CERTAIN CRIMES AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE SPECTRUMS. AND WHAT WE ARE FINDING IS THAT MANY OF THEM ARE TO THE SOUTH AND PRIMARILY IN SOUTHEAST HOUSTON.

>> THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A QUESTION CHAIRMAN I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THE CATEGORIES HERE. I SEE SIX CATEGORIES BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE REALLY FOR ADDITIONAL

CATEGORIES? IS THAT CORRECT? >> NEIGHBORS TRACKS 26 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. WHEN YOU ARE IN HERE THEY GET DEEP DOWN INTO THOSE OFFENSES. BUT THESE ARE THE ONES HERE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAW ENFORCEMENT DOESN'T GO INSIDE PEOPLE'S HOMES SO IT IS HARD FOR US TO TRY TO PREVENT THAT. BECAUSE MANY TIMES WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS EXACTLY GOING ON IN A RELATIONSHIP. SO WE ARE TARGETING THOSE THINGS THAT IMPACT A PERSON'S FEELING OF SAFETY WHEN THEY GO SHOPPING OR WHEN THEY WANT TO GO OUT AND WALK IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE BELIEVE ARE THE ONES WE CAN IDENTIFY. THERE ARE SO OTHER CRIMES THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK THAT WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO ABILITY TO IMPACT ON BUT WE WILL STILL INVESTIGATE AND HOLD ACCOUNTABLE THOSE RESPONSIBLE

FOR THOSE CRIMES. >> IS THERE A WAY TO GET A LIST

OF WHAT THOSE ARE? >> ABSOLUTELY. I CAN HAVE THAT

TO YOU TONIGHT. >> THINK DETERMINE. CAPTAIN HOLYFIELD AND SERGEANT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS ALWAYS. A QUESTION ABOUT THE LAST BUDGET. YOU DID AUTHORIZE THE INCREASE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT OF OVER $3 MILLION.

CAN YOU TELL US HOW THAT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED AND IF IT IS

HAVING AN IMPACT? >> SO I WILL SPEAK FOR THE RESOURCES THAT YOU PROVIDED US WHICH WORTHY TO CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SIX ADDITIONAL DEPUTIES WHO WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE TOWN CENTER. WE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS NOW OF ON BOARDING THEM AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT HAVING THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO CRISIS CALLS RESULTS IN A NUMBER OF CASES THAT CAN RESULT IN

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THAT PROCESS NOW. >> I DON'T HAVE MUCH OF ONE TONIGHT. THEY ARE IN TRAINING AT THE MOMENT. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN NAMED BUT THEY ARE BEING TRAINED. WE CURRENTLY HAVE EIGHT IN TRAINING RIGHT NOW TO WERE FIRST SENT TO US. IN THAT WAY IT'S HERE AND I'VE HAD DISTRICT COMMUNITIES AROUND CREEKSIDE COME IN AS WELL. JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE TWO THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. SO I KEEP THEM BUSY IN THE STREETS. I MAKE SURE THEY ARE SEEN AND THAT'S WHY THE

NUMBERS ARE PRETTY LOW. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR SERGEANT STIRLING OR CAPTAIN HALL FILLED? IF NOT WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY CONSTABLE AND PRECINCT 3 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> MADAM CHAIR MAY WE BE EXCUSED?

>> YOU MAY. THANK YOU. >> A GOOD EVENING AND GOOD TO SEE YOU. WE ARE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT LOW NUMBERS WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT HIGH NUMBERS. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST QUARTER 2024 STATISTICAL REPORT. FIRST AND FOREMOST LET'S TALK ABOUT SAFE HARBOR. ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT OUR DIVISION IS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE MUCH OF A PERMIT IT KIND OF JUST TOOK OFF RUNNING. THEY JUST STARTED RIGHT OFF THE BAT WORKING CASES. IN THE FIRST QUARTER 47 NEW CASES WERE SIGNED AND WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 91 COLD CASES OPEN BETWEEN THOSE THREE DETECTIVES. YOU GAVE US A DETECTIVE TO ADD TO SAFE HARBOR AND YOU GAVE US TWO FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THOSE TYPE OF CASES. THE EXTRA DETECTIVE WE ARE ABLE TO PROCESS AND DO MORE WORK. WE REALLY HAVE APPRECIATED THIS. IN THAT TIMEFRAME WE'VE DONE 17 SEARCH WARRANTS WHICH I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN SOME ON THE NEWS. 58 DIFFERENT COURT ORDERS AND 13 DEVICES THAT HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY EXAMINED WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT IN A MOMENT.

AND 22 FELONY CHARGES FILED WHICH ARE USUALLY INJURY TO A CHILD YOUR PHYSICAL ABUSE CASES AND YOUR SEXUAL ABUSE CASES.

THAT IS JUST IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2024. THE IMPACT THAT WE ARE MAKING IS ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH. AS FAR AS THE LIVES OF CHILDREN IN THE AREA. SAFE HARBOR 2024 VERSUS ALL OF THIS AREA AS YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE ALMOST AT HALF OF WHAT THEY HAVE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. JUST IN THE FIRST QUARTER THAT IS ALL ASSIGNED. THEY'RE PRODUCING A LARGE VOLUME OF WORK IN SAFE HARBOR. THIS IS GONNA BE REALLY EXCITING STUFF.

THERE'S 84 SARVER TIPS HERE. THESE ARE WHAT WE GET FROM DIFFERENT ELECTRONIC COMPANIES LIKE MICROSOFT AND GOOGLE EXPLAINING THAT THERE ARE USERS IN THE AREA WITH THESE MATERIALS LOGGING ONTO HER NETWORKS. LIKE A CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IN THAT TIMEFRAME

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>> DO YOU THINK IT IS BECAUSE THE OCCURRENCES ARE MORE OR DO YOU THINK WE ARE CATCHING MORE?

>> I BELIEVE WE ARE CATCHING MORE. WITH MORE DETECTIVES AND MORE RESOURCES, IT IS EVERYWHERE. THE CYBER TIPS ALONE THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE NOT JUST LOOKING AT SOMETHING AND KNOCKING ON A DOOR. IT IS A LONG PROCESS FOR EACH ONE. SO WITH THE MORE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE THE MORE WE CAN MAKE WITH THE WOMEN'S COMMUNITY NOW. SEARCH WARRANTS HAVE GONE UP DRAMATICALLY. YOU CAN SEE TO DIVISIVE PRACTICE AND IN THAT FIRST QUARTER ALONE A COMPARISON THE LAST YEAR THE CHARGES FILED HAVE SURPASSED LAST YEAR. THOSE TWO EXTRA PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN HAS MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. THERE IS MORE WORK THAN EVEN THREE DETECTIVES CAN DO. I WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW BAD THE SITUATION IS AND CAN BE. IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2024 YOUR HD DETECTIVES HAVE FILED 40 FELONY CHARGES ON ADULTS EXPORTING CHILDREN FOR SEXUAL PURPOSES. THE INVESTIGATION LED US TO LOCATIONS IN THE TOWNSHIP AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS. OTHERS IN TEXAS AND EVEN OTHER STATES.

THE AGGRESSIVE APPROACH TOWARD THESE INVESTIGATIONS HAS WITHOUT A DOUBT STOPPED THEM FROM ENTERING THE TOWNSHIP TO HARM CHILDREN. MANY OF THESE CHILDREN ARE PEOPLE THAT WE CATCH ARE TRYING TO COME TO THE WOODLANDS WITH THE INTENTION OF HAVING SEX WITH A CHILD. THEY THINK THEY ARE TALKING TO A CHILD WHAT THEY ARE TALKING TO A DETECTIVE, THEY COME TO THE WOODLANDS AND THEY GET ARRESTED. THESE ARE SOME OF THE KINDS OF CASES THAT WE END UP WORKING.

>> HOW IS YOUR SUPPORT FROM THE JUDICIARY SEARCH WARRANTS AND

WHAT HAVE YOU? >> IT IS EXCELLENT. WE ARE KEEPING THEM BUSY. THE PROSECUTION ESPECIALLY. THEY ARE PROBABLY BUSIER NOW THAN THEY HAVE EVER BEEN. SAFE HARBOR SUMMARY. IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2024 THEY HAVE FILED 22 FELONY CHARGES ON MULTIPLE DEFENDANTS FOR SEXUAL OR PHYSICALLY ABUSING CHILDREN. THESE INVESTIGATIONS WERE RESULT OF CPS AND CRIME TIPS RECEIVED BY OUR OFFICES. THEY HAVE OCCURRED INSIDE THE TOWNSHIP AND THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREAS OF THE TOWNSHIP. AND THAT'S COMPLETES THE FIRST QUARTER REVIEW. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT BUT I WANT TO SAY WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS HOW THANKFUL WE ARE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF YOU DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR CHILDREN.

>> IT'S MIXED EMOTIONS. YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW BAD IT IS UNTIL YOU START CATCHING IT AND YOU'RE GLAD YOU'RE CATCHING IT BUT IT'S ALSO DEPRESSING TO SEE HOW BAD IT IS.

>> AND ALSO THAT THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES HAVE MADE A

DIFFERENCE. >> IT HAS MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD HONESTLY. WE HAVE GREAT PEOPLE IN THOSE POSITIONS WORKING REALLY HARD HITTING ON ALL

CYLINDERS. >> THAT IS WHAT WE LIKE TO

HEAR. THANK YOU. >> DETERMINED. SINCE YOU ARE FROM THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT THE

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DO YOU WORK CLOSELY ENOUGH WITH THEM THAT WE DON'T NEED TO INTERACT WITH HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLES ON THIS LEVEL?

>> WE DO WORK WITH HARRIS COUNTY. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS PART OF THIS DIVISION AND I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU FROM WHAT I DO KNOW THOSE RESOURCES ARE KIND OF LIMITED BECAUSE OF A LACK OF MANPOWER. AS FAR AS HARRIS COUNTY IS CONCERNED AT LEAST THEY ARE VERY REACTIVE AND WE ARE MORE PROACTIVE

BECAUSE WE CAN BE. >> I'M SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING BUT DO THEY HAVE THE SAME FACILITIES THAT YOU HAVE?

>> THEY HAVE THE CHILDREN ASSESSMENT CENTER WHICH IS NEAR MIDTOWN AND THE PLAZA AREA. THEY DO HAVE THE SAME I CAC AND A CHILDREN PROTECTIVE LEVEL BASED THERE THAT INVESTIGATES ALL ABUSE. BUT THEIR CASE VOLUME IS TREMENDOUSLY HIGHER THAN OURS. DO I THINK ANYMORE PEOPLE? ABSOLUTELY. BUT I HAVE

NO CONTROL OVER THAT. >> SO ALL ESSENTIALLY WE WOULD HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT WITH CONSTABLE HERMAN?

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS SPECIFIC HARRIS COUNTY AGENCY HAS TO SAY IN REGARDS TO CHILD ABUSE AND THESE INVESTIGATIONS.

I THINK THEY DO DIFFER A LOT OF INVESTIGATIONS TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN HARRIS COUNTY. I DO NOT KNOW THAT FOR DETAIL BUT THAT IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD.

>> THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THOUGH.

>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU CAPTAIN AND SERGEANT.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THE MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS

[11. Receive, consider and act upon a review of the initial engineering studies of “South Gosling” Park; ]

>> I'M GOING TO TEA THIS UP FOR OUR CONTRACTED ENGINEER FOR THIS PROJECT. BUT I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE CONCEPT IF YOU REMEMBER IN JULY OF LAST YEAR THE TOWNSHIP ACCEPTED A 208 ACRE TRACT OF LAND TO THE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT. THEY REALLY I DO THIS FOR AN ACTIVE RECREATION AREA ALONG WITH HAVING A CONNECTION TO THE SPRING CREEK GREENWAY WHICH WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT HARRIS COUNTY IS GOING TO START PAVING FROM BURROUGHS PARK TO CREEKSIDE PARK WEST AND SNYDER WAY. THAT IS STARTING ON MAY 6TH. THAT IS THE MOST UPDATED REPORT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

THE ONE CAVEAT IS ACTUALLY THAT CONSTRUCTION NEEDS TO BEGIN SOMETIME WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT. IT DOES GIVE ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE CHRISTIAN LEBLANC WHO IS BEEN THE LEAD AND CAN GO THROUGH THIS SHE'S BEEN HERE WITH ALL OF THE BACKGROUND LEVEL WORK THAT HAS

BEEN DONE TO DATE. >> HELLO AND GOOD EVENING. SO LIKE CHRIS SAID WE HAVE COMPLETED SEVERAL STUDIES AND EARLY STUDIES HERE FOR THIS PARK IN COORDINATION WITH CONVERSATIONS WITH CHRIS AND COMPLETED A PHASE I ESA CULTURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE DISCUSSION WITH THE SURVEY AND A DUE DILIGENCE REPORT. THE KEY ITEM THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IS THE INUNDATION STUDY WE DID FOR THE FLOODPLAIN. WE DIDN'T INUNDATION STUDY TO EVALUATE WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS PROPERTY.

IN SMALL STORM EVENTS IN LARGE STORM EVENTS AND WHAT WE HAVE UNCOVERED IS ACTUALLY IN THE 10 YEAR STORM EVENT MEANING THERE'S A 10% CHANCE THAT A STORM EVENT IS YOU HIT THIS PROPERTY. YOU WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. AND THAT FLOODING AS SHOWN ON THE TABLE CAN RANGE FROM NO FLOODING CLOSER TO THE GOSLING ROAD SIDE OF THE PARK UP TO OVER 10 FEET

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WE MUST KEEP WHAT THE WOODLANDS WANTS OUT OF THE PARK HERE WHILE STILL MEETING ALL OF THE REGULATIONS OF HARRIS COUNTY AND THE FLIGHT CONTROL. AND EVEN SAFETY. THE PARK IS GOING TO FLOOD SO YOU HAVE A RAIN EVENT HERE YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO STAY SAFE AND THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PARK IS SIGNED AND CAN BE CLOSED IN PREPARATION FOR STORM EVENTS. SO, I HAVE ELUDED TO THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES HERE. WE TOOK A LOOK AT TWO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE PARK. THE PROPERTY IS INUNDATED BY THE FLOODPLAIN.

77% OF IT ACTUALLY IS A FLOODPLAIN AND A FLOODWAY. WE WORKED WITH CHRIS TO PUT TOGETHER A HIGH-LEVEL LIST OF POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS. WE HAVE BROKEN IT DOWN TO A 100 YEAR AND A 500 YEAR FLOODPLAIN. IN THAT AREA YOU WILL SEE THE VERTICAL STRUCTURES, THE PAVING AND MORE. IT SHOWS ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE MORE IMPERVIOUS COVER AND SHOWS HOW ACTIVE THE IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE AND WITHIN THE FLOODWAY WHICH ENCOMPASSES BASICALLY THE ENTIRE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY ALONG THE CREEK BECOMES THOROUGH WITH MORE PASSIVE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE DUCTWORK AREAS AND TRAILS AND OPEN GREEN SPACES. SO, AGAIN, PER THESE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH ANY GIVEN PROJECT BECAUSE THIS PARK IS IN HARRIS COUNTY WE HAVE DIFFERENT REGULATIONS FOR THE FLOOD CONTROL THAT WE WILL HAVE TO ABIDE BY. THERE IS A CUT AND FILL ANALYSIS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT FILLING TOO MUCH OF THE FLOODPLAIN CAUSING ADVERSE IMPACTS. WE DON'T WANT TO AFFECT THE IMPACT UPSTREAM OR DOWNSTREAM KEEPING IMPROVEMENTS AT THE NATURAL GROUND LEVEL TO MAINTAIN EXISTING DRAINAGE PATTERNS. DETENTION WILL BE KEY IN OFFSETTING THAT INCREASED FLOW RATE THAT PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD FURTHER CREATE. AND THEN YOU HAVE FLOOD POTENTIAL AND MAINTENANCE. UNDERSTANDING THAT WHATEVER IMPROVEMENTS ARE PUT THERE WILL BE FLOODED. AND REALLY IDENTIFYING THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE FLOOD RESISTANT THEY CAN HANDLE THE FLOODING AND ARE EASILY MAINTAINED AND CLEANED UP AFTER THAT FLOOD. I KIND OF WENT FAST BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> THAT WAS VERY THOROUGH.

GREAT JOB AND THANK YOU. >> I AM JUST WRAPPING UP IF YOU

HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. >> WELL THERE ARE A LIST OF THINGS HERE. THERE'S A GENTLEMAN HE SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT NOT WANTING TENNIS COURTS AT FOREST GATE. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS WILL THERE BE ROOM FOR ANY KIND OF TENNIS OR PICKLE BALL IN THESE ACRES? I SAW THEM MENTIONED BUT NOT SPECIFIED IS THAT A POSSIBILITY?

>> YOU HAVE 42 ACREAGE AND IT WILL GET EATEN UP PRETTY QUICKLY. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IN THIS PARK THERE IS A BIFURCATION OF THE LAND ABOVE THE FLOODWAY IN THE CELLS AND IN THAT PINK CORNER THERE'S A 90 DEGREE TURN ALONG GOSLING ROAD AND THE CHALLENGE AROUND THAT IS THAT IT IS ABOVE THE FLOODPLAIN AND BEHIND CREEKSIDE PARK SIGN. ONE OF THE THINGS

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>> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION I SEE WHERE IT SAYS GOLF. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME TO ME AND SAYING IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A PAR THREE COURSE WITH THAT FIT UNDERNEATH THE

FLOODWAY AT 166 ACRES? >> IT COULD BUT WE HAVE TO GIVE IT TO THESE GUYS TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT GOLF IS A HIGH-LEVEL ACTIVITY OR A HIGHLY DESIRED ACTIVITY. WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE PROCESSES TO SEE WHERE IT CAN FIT IN BECAUSE THERE IS ACTUALLY ONE THING THAT YOU DON'T SEE IN THIS LAND AND THAT IS THE ACTUAL WETLANDS IN THIS PARCEL. SO WHILE YOU DO HAVE 176+ ACRES A FAIR AMOUNT OF THAT IS WETLANDS. SO WE KEEP DIMINISHING THAT NOW WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT GOLF LIKE ANY RECREATIONAL AMENITY YOU NEED TO DEVELOP A BUSINESS PLAN TO SAY WHETHER NOT THIS IS GOOD AND WHO WE ARE COMPETING AGAINST AND WHAT THOSE PRICE POINTS ARE WITH THESE FACILITIES AND WHAT YOU NEED ETC. ALL TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH A GOOD IRRATIONAL AND LOGICAL PLAN OF

ATTACK. >> SO OUTSIDE OF THE MAP WITH THE 206 ACRES THERE'S A LOT OF OPEN AIR ON THE MCGOVERN COUNTY SIDE. ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO CARRY THIS PARK INTO THOSE WETLAND AREAS WHETHER THEY BE TRAILS OR WHAT HAVE YOU?

>> FIRST OF ALL WE DO NOT ON THAT LAND. AND SECOND OF ALL IT IS IN A FLOODWAY SO IT COULD BE PART OF THE NEXT PHASE DISCUSSION IF THAT IS SOMETHING THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DO.

WITH THOSE PROPERTIES AND THE SPRING CREEK NATURE TRAIL ALREADY BEING ON THAT SIDE OR A PORTION OF THAT ON THAT SIDE SO THERE IS SOME PRECEDENT TO THAT AND THERE MAY BE SOME ABILITY TO CLEAN THIS UP AND TIE IT ALL TOGETHER.

>> SO THOSE TRAILS ARE OFTENTIMES IN THE FLOODPLAIN?

>> TYPICALLY THE TRAILS ARE IN THE FLOODPLAIN BECAUSE IT BECOMES THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THE LAND.

>> IT WOULD BE GREAT TO LOOK AT THIS TO SEE HOW IT COULD TIE INTO THIS AND MAYBE CREATE MORE MULTICOUNTY TURN SYSTEM GIVEN THAT WE ARE MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND HARRIS COUNTY AND THAT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO REACH OUT TO OUR COMMISSIONERS AND SEE IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.

>> AND TO JUMP ON THAT, WE HAVE ALREADY HAD INITIAL CALLS WITH HARRIS COUNTY AND PRECINCT 4. I'M SORRY PRECINCT 3 ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE SPRING CREEK GREENWAY. SO THERE WILL BE BASICALLY EARMARKED AREAS AROUND 40 FEET WIDE AND 130 FEET OFF THE CREEK. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE REQUESTING AS THE WHOLE LINE ON THE MAP TO WORK THROUGH AND AROUND THIS. AND YOU CAN SEE IT THERE IN THE FUTURE WITH ONE MORE CONNECTION WHAT HARRIS COUNTY CAN MAKE WITH THAT GREENWAY AND IT IS A REAL LANDMARK PROJECT AT A NATIONAL LEVEL.

>> REALLY QUICKLY I WAS READING THROUGH THE WETLAND WILDLIFE STUDY THAT THIS IS HERE AND ON THOSE REPORTS I NOTICED THEY NAMED THOSE ENDANGERED SPECIES. ANYTHING IN THERE THAT COULD REALLY LIMIT WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO FURTHER? I'M FROM THE

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>> THERE WAS NOTHING MAJOR IN THE WILDLIFE. THERE WERE ADDITIONAL CULTURAL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THAT IS FAIRLY COMMON BUT THAT IS HERE WITH THE WETLANDS THE ONE THAT IS THE MOST IMPACTFUL. THIS WAS THE BOTTOM PORTION THAT WAS NOT THE ACTUAL OUTLINE BUT A GENERAL LOCATION. AND THIS WAS THAT SPLIT PART NOT ONLY SOUTH OF THE MUD'S PROPERTY AND

MORE. >> IF THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND IT IS SO MOVED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFIED BY

[12. Receive, consider and act upon the Houston-Galveston Area Council’s 2025-2028 Draft Transportation Improvement Program project pertaining to the widening of Research Forest Drive;]

>> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN AND GOOD EVENING BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I WILL MAKE THIS VERY QUICK. WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS A TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT HAPPENS ON A MULTIYEAR PROCESS AND THE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS ESSENTIALLY A IMPROVEMENT OF PROJECTS THAT WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. THE PROJECT OF OUR PROGRAM IS UPDATED EVERY TWO YEARS. SO THEY ARE CURRENTLY PUTTING OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WHAT THEY ARE CALLING THE 2025-2028 TIP AND INCLUDED WITHIN THAT WAS NOTED EARLIER A LISTING FOR THE WIDENING OF RESEARCH FOR STRIVE BETWEEN THE SHADOW BEND AND KIRKENDALL. AND IT WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL TIP WHICH WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE TPC IN MAY AND SUBSEQUENTLY PUSHED TO THE STATE FOR STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. EARLIER THIS WEEK I SHOULD CLARIFY FOR THOSE WATCHING THE TOWNSHIP HAS A SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT AND DOES NOT HAVE RESPONSIBILITY OR AUTHORITY FOR ROADWAYS. THOSE FALL TO EITHER THE COUNTY FOR COUNTY ROADS OR TO THE STATE FOR STATE HIGHWAYS AND FARM TO MARKET ROADS. EARLIER THIS WEEK MONTGOMERY COUNTY DID APPROVAL LETTER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TO GO TO HD AC ASKING ON BEHALF OF PRECINCT 3 THAT THE PROJECT BE REMOVED FROM THE AREA AND NOT BE INCLUDED AS RECOMMENDED. SO THE LETTER WAS APPROVED AND SUBMITTED. THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIMEFRAME ENDS TODAY. AFTER THE CONCLUSION THEY WILL SUMMARIZE THE COMMENTS PRODUCE THE FINAL DOCUMENT AND TAKE IT TO TPC IN MAY. I HAVE A COPY OF THE LETTER IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ IT IN ITS ENTIRETY.

>> SO THIS WAS DIRECTED TO CRAIG WAY BORN DEAR MR. RAYBURN I AM REQUESTING THE REMOVAL OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH FOR STRIVE FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 25 TO 2028 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THE PROPOSAL CALLS FOR THE WIDENING OF RESEARCH FOR STRIVE FROM 4 TO 6 LANES AND SHOWS $5 MILLION TO LOCAL FUNDING. THIS SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE PROGRAM PROJECT LIST BECAUSE THERE IS NO LOCAL FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR THE PROJECT. ACCORDIG TO THE HD AC TRAFFIC COUNT DATABASE, THE ANNUAL AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC DECREASED APPROXIMATELY 10% MOST LOCATIONS ALONG THE STRETCH FROM 2019-2023. WITH ANNUAL DROP AGE OF 3%. THERE ARE TWO PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH SCHOOL ZONES ALONG THE STRETCH RESIDENTS IN THE AREA OPPOSE THE WIDENING OF THE PROJECT AS IT WOULD ENCROACH ON THEIR SAFETY THEIR PATHWAYS AND THEIR PROPERTIES DIMINISHING THE QUALITY OF LIFE. AND THE PROJECT WAS NOT PROPOSED OR SUPPORTED BY THE PRECINCT COMMISSIONERS OFFICE WHICH MANAGES MOST OF RESEARCH WERE STRIVED INCLUDING THE PORTION INVOLVING THIS PROPOSED WIDENING. THERE IS NO WANT OR NEED FOR THIS PROJECTAT THIS TIME SO PLEASE REMOVE IT FROM THE LIST. SIGNED BY COMMISSIONER NOVAK.

>> I WOULD LIKE FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THAT EVEN THOUGH WE

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>> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK COMMISSIONER NOVAK ON THE 16TH OF APRIL ISSUING THAT LETTER. I SUBMITTED MY OWN COMMENTS ON THIS AND I THINK THAT WAS ON THE 17TH OF APRIL TO HVAC. ALSO SAYING THAT I DO OPPOSE THIS PROJECT AND THAT MANY IN THE COMMUNITY FEEL THE SAME WAY. I ENCOURAGED MANY RESIDENTS TO DO THE SAME AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO DID PARTICIPATE IN RESPONDING TO HD AC. IT IS VITAL WE DO THAT EVERY TIME THEY ASKED FOR COMMENTS. WE DO NOT HAVE DIRECT AUTHORITY BUT WE HAVE INDIRECT AUTHORITY AS TAXPAYERS. SO LET'S ALL CONTINUE TO RESPOND. THERE IS NO INFORMATION ANYWHERE. WHEN PEOPLE ARE REQUESTED TO GIVE COMMENTS WE JUST DID AS A BOARD AND WE ARE NOW GIVING COMMENTS OFFICIALLY. AND THE RESIDENTS MATTER A GREAT DEAL. NEVER UNDERESTIMATE YOUR VALUE. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY TO RESPOND AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR COMMENTS. IT WAS A BAD IDEA FROM THE GET-GO AND HAS BEEN LINGERING HERE FOR A LONG TIME.

IT FINALLY WILL BE REMOVED NOW. THANK YOU FOR THAT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CHAIRMAN.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING AS WELL. I ALSO MADE A COMMENT AND REACHED OUT TO THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED LONG RESEARCH AND NEVER TALKED ABOUT THE SITUATION. THEY WERE EXTREMELY CONCERND WHEN THEY HAD THE FLYERS DROPPED OFF AT THEIR HOMES. I WOULD SAY TO HER FRIENDS IN THE MEDIA EVERY ONE OF US ARE AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT. YOU HAVE OUR EMAILS AND ALL STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT. WE WOULD LIKE ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE ROADS, FAR TOO MANY TIMES THE BOGEYMAN HAS BEEN ROAD EXPANSION. WOODLANDS PARKWAY WILL EXPAND AND WE JUST DON'T NEED THAT. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF IMPORTANT THINGS TO TALK ABOUT AND THIS IS BEEN A SPEEDBUMP PARDON THE PUN BUT IT IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THAT THIS BOARD IS UNITED IN NOT WANTING THIS NOVAK AND RILEY ARE UNITED IN NOT WANTING THIS. HOW IT MAINTAINED BEING ON THE LIST IS PROBLEMATIC. IN THE EVENT OF GOING FURTHER LEARNING FROM THIS REACH OUT TO US AND LET US QUASH THINGS LIKE THIS BEFOREHAND OUR PHONES AND EMAILS BLEW UP OVER THIS BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT WE WERE BEHIND THE EXPANSION OF RESEARCH FOREST AND THAT IS SO FAR FROM THE TRUTH.

>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION?

>> SO MOVED. SECONDED. >> MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES.

[13. Receive, consider and act upon the financial report;]

NUMBER 13 TO RECEIVE CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE FINANCIAL REPORT. THIS IS PAGES 91 THROUGH 108. KELLEN SHAW OUR KEY OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WILL BE PRESENTING.

>> THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN SAUTER AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS THIS EVENING I WILL BE PRESENTING THE MARCH 2024 FINANCIAL

SEGMENTS. >> THE FIRST SLIDE IS GOING TO BE THE REVENUE THROUGH MARCH 2024. THE YEAR TO DATE BUDGET REVENUE IS 65.9 MILLION. THE ACTUAL COLLECTED IS 65.6 MILLION FOR UNFAVORABLE VARIANCE OF $340,205. THE MAIN COMPONENT OF THIS UNFAVORABLE VARIANCE WOULD BE THE LOWER THAN BUDGETED SALES TAX COLLECTION. THIS AMOUNT IS OFFSET BY THE FAVORABLE VARIANCE AND INTEREST REVENUE PROGRAM REVENUES AND THE FAVORABLE VARIANCE WITH MIXED BEVERAGE AND PROPERTY TAXES. THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE EXPENDITURES ON MARCH 2024. YEAR TO DATE BUDGET EXPENDITURES AT 30.8 MILLION. THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES AT 25.6 MILLION FOR YEAR TO DATE FAVORABLE VARIANCE AT 5.2 MILLION. ALL OF THE CATEGORIES OF THE BUDGET HAVE A FAVORABLE

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THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE MIXED BEVERAGE DEPARTMENT THROUGH APRIL. YEAR TO DATE BUDGETED IS 392,450. YEAR-TO-DATE ACTUAL COLLECTED IS 482,210. FOR THE YEAR TO DATE VARIANCE OF $89,760 WHICH IS ABOUT 23% OVER BUDGET. THE NEXT SLIDE IS SALES TAX DEPOSITS. THIS REPORT IS ALSO THROUGH APRIL 30TH. THE YEAR TO DATE BUDGETED IS 25.5 MILLION AND YOUR TODAY COLLECTED IS 24.6 MILLION FOR THE UNFAVORABLE VARIANCE COMPARED TO 2023 AT 1.8% LESS COLLECTED THAN LAST YEAR. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY INDUSTRY CATEGORIES BUT OWES A SIDE NOTE IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE OVERALL SALES TAX HAS DECLINED SLIGHTLY FROM 2023 TO 2024. THESE FOUR INDUSTRY CATEGORIES MAKE UP ABOUT 75% OF OUR SALES TAX REVENUE THAT DOES COME IN AND EACH YEAR IN THE LAST THREE YEARS THE AMOUNTS IN THESE CATEGORIES HAVE INCREASED AS WELL AS THE FIRST QUARTER FROM JANUARY TO MARCH. NEXT IS HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX DEPOSITS. YEAR TO DATE BUDGETED IS 2,029,000. YEAR-TO-DATE ACTUAL COLLECTED WAS 2,153,000. FOR A FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF $123,752 WHICH IS ABOUT 6% OVER BUDGET.

AT ABOUT NINE AND HALF PERCENT OVER LAST YEAR'S COLLECTIONS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> WHAT IS THIS TREND WITH THE

SALES TAX COLLECTION? >> AS FAR AS TRENDING GOES?

>> YES. GO TO THE ONE PRIOR TO THIS.

>> OKAY. AS FAR AS BEING COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR WE ARE SLIGHTLY DOWN AT 1.8%. A LOT OF THAT IS DUE TO OIL AND GAS AND THE TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING WITH THE WHOLESALE.

THOSE ALL OFFSET THE INCREASES WITH THE RETAIL THE FOOD ACCOMMODATIONS AND THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.

>> THANK YOU. YOU DO NOT NOTE ANY YELLOW SIGNS OR CAUTION

FLAGS ANYWHERE? >> NOT AT THIS TIME. AS I MENTIONED THE OTHER FOUR ARE DOING GREAT MAKING UP 75% OF

THE SALES TAX REVENUE. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING IN MARCH OF 2024?

>> SO MOVED. >> SECONDED.

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE MOTION

[14. Receive, consider, and act upon an award of proposal for the manufacture of six Transit Trolley replacement vehicles (C-2023-0297);]

>> THANK YOU. SO GOOD EVENING. I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT BUYING NEW TROLLEYS FOR THE TOWNSHIP. SO TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS WE ARE USING FEDERAL FUNDS. TO ENSURE FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION WE ADVERTISE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF SIX TROLLEY REPLACEMENT VEHICLES. WE DID THIS THROUGH WEBSITE PUBLICATIONS BOTH INSIDE THE INDUSTRY AND THE TOWNSHIP LOCAL AS WELL AS HOSTING A MANDATORY PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING WHERE TWO COMPANIES WERE IN ATTENDANCE. THEY HAVE ALL OF THIS WITH

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IT WOULD PROVIDE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS OFFSET THE TOWNSHIP THAT IS TYPICALLY REQUIRING 20% LOCAL SHARE REQUIREMENTS. THIS PROCUREMENT WHICH WOULD BE FEDERALLY GRANT FUNDED. THE DELIVERY OF THE TROLLEY WOULD OCCUR ABOUT 18 TO 20 MONTHS LATER AND PART OF THAT LONG DELIVERY TIME IS JUST THE VEHICLE DELIVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. WHICH CREATES A QUIETER AND CLEAR EXPERIENCE WITH THEM GOING DOWN WITHOUT PEDESTRIANS. THEY RUN ON PROPANE. THIS IS PART OF THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND THE MEDIA PACKET I DON'T WANT TO READ

THEM ALL. >> COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR

ROSANNE? >> WE TALKED ABOUT KEEPING ONE OR TWO OF THE OLD ONES HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE

HERE? >> WE ARE WORKING ON DEVELOPING A PLAN OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS AND WHAT THEY WOULD REQUIRE OF THOSE THAT WE CAN DO WITH THEM. WITH THE FEDERAL USE OF LIFE STANDARDS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY THEM BACK WITH SOME MONEY AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THOSE VEHICLES. WE ARE GOING BACK NEXT MONTH WITH THE BOARD MEETING TO PRESENT IT IN IMPORTANT THERE. SO I SAID DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IT GREATLY AFFECTED PRICING ON A LOT OF THINGS HERE.

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>> I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS RUTH AND ONCE AGAIN YOUR GREAT LEADER IN THE AREA OF TRANSIT AND WE ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE YOU HERE. BUT ALSO ON THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COUNCIL. YOU DO SUCH A GREAT JOB.

>> ARE WE 100% THAT WE WILL RECEIVE THOSE GRANTS? ARE THEY

GUARANTEED TO BE APPROVED? >> THE 80% IS THE FORMULA GRANT FUNDING THAT IS ALLOCATED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE THE URBANIZED AREA COMMITTEE COMING TOGETHER WITH CONROE WHERE WE ARE DUAL DESIGNATED AND WE WILL BE DOING THAT IN JUNE FOR THE NEXT PROPORTION THAT IS GUARANTEED.

THE 20% OFFSET DOES COME THROUGH WITHIN THE APPLICATION TO THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL AND IT DOES COME FROM AN OFFSET FROM TOLL ROADS AND SOME OTHER FUNDING THAT IS THERE TO OFFSET THE CONGESTION AND OTHER THINGS. SO THERE ARE SPECIFIC LEVELS SUITED FOR TRANSIT RELATED PROJECTS. I CANNOT SAY IT IS 100% WITH THE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT I SIT ON IT HAS TO VOTE ON IT TO MOVE TO THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL FOR THEM TO APPROVE IT. WE HAVE DONE THIS ALREADY WITH THE 1.5 MILLION AND THE OFFSET FOR THE 20%. SO WE DO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND WE ARE WORKING HARD HERE. WE FEEL CONFIDENT BUT I CANNOT SAY FOR SURE. YOU WILL HAVE ONE VOTE FOR SURE.

>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT IT IS A LONG MOTION. WE CALL FOR MOTION AND A SECOND TO SUBMIT TO TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLANS AMENDMENTS AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDIT APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL BY THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE ADDITIONAL 20% OF LOCAL SHARE COST REQUIREMENTS OF THE VEHICLES IN THE AMOUNT OF $146,486.40. AUTHORIZING STAFF TO AMEND THE TROLLEY CAP PROJECT AND REPORT AND BUDGET LINE ITEM FROM 1.5 TO 2.232 AUTHORIZING STAFF TO AMEND THE FTA GRANTS REVENUE LINE ITEM FROM ONE POINT TO 21.785. AND EXCEPT THE PROPOSAL FOR MODEL ONE COMMERCIAL REAL GOALS FOR THE MANUFACTURER OF SIX TRANSIT TROLLEY REPLACEMENT VEHICLES AND UPON AWARD OF THE ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS FROM THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA AND AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT AND CEO TO EXECUTE THE FIRM FIXED PRICE CONTRACT WITH THE MODEL ONE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AS APPROVED WITH THE FINAL FORUM BY LEGAL COUNSEL. IS THERE A

[15. Receive, consider and act upon the purchase of three replacement fire engines and two replacement ladder trucks;]

SECOND? >> SECONDED.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? OKAY THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 15. AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. REFER TO PAGES 118 TO 123 IN YOUR BOARD PACKET. FIRE CHIEF BUCK WILL TALK ABOUT THE PURCHASE OF FIVE TRUCKS TO BE ACQUIRED OVER THE NEXT 51 TO 53 MONTHS.

>> GOOD EVENING. THEY SAY WHEN YOU ASKED FOR $9 MILLION YOU

SHOULD BRING RECEIPTS. >> YOU'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS OF AWARD SO I KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE AND ASK ON THIS AGENDA SOMEWHERE.

>> IT HAS BEEN A GOOD NIGHT. AND YET WE CAN FINISH THE GOOD NIGHT IF YOU LOOK ON YOUR PROGRAM IN ALL SERIOUSNESS WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A REQUEST TO INITIATE THE PURCHASE PROCEDURE FOR FIVE FIRE TRUCKS. UNFORTUNATELY WITH SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES WE HAVE OUR FIRETRUCKS NOW TAKING 4 TO 5 YEARS TO BUILD. AND SO WE HAVE TRIED TO WORK ON A PROCESS WHERE WE KEEP THE FLEE TURNING OVER WITH THE FRONTLINE APPARATUS GOING FROM 10 YEARS TO AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 YEARS AS RESERVES. UNFORTUNATELY OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS THEY'VE GONE FROM A YEAR TO TWO YEARS AND NOW THE BUILD TIME IS GONE UP TO FOUR YEARS. WE HAVE HAD TO TRY TO BE MUCH BETTER AT PLANNING AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO. SO WHAT WE ARE ASKING HERE IS THESE THINGS ARE INCLUDED IN THE CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FUND AND WE WANT TO START THAT PURCHASE PROCEDURE TO AVOID ANY EXTRA COST INCREASES AND GET IN LINE TO GET OUR FIRETRUCKS BUILT. WHEN THEY ARE DELIVERED HOPEFULLY IN 2028 WE WILL HAVE THREE FIRE TRUCKS THAT ARE BEHIND SCHEDULE AND TO THAT OR JUST A LITTLE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. THIS WILL HELP TO GET

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TRUCKS ARE BUILT. >> SO THE FUNDING IS IN THE FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FUND?

>> YES SIR. >> AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXPEND ANY MONEY AT THIS TIME YOU JUST NEED PERMISSION TO

MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ORDER? >> YES SIR. AND IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET IT DONE BEFORE APRIL 30TH YOU WILL SAVE AN

ADDITIONAL $160,000. >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE BUDGETED AMOUNTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THREE FIRE ENGINES AND TWO LETTER TRUCKS AND APPROVE THE HVAC CONTRACT PROPOSAL FOR THE PURCHASE OF THREE PEERS CUSTOM VELOCITY PVC PUMPERS. ONE CUSTOM VELOCITY AERIAL HD 107 ASL TANDEM ONE PEERS CUSTOM VELOCITY 107 TILLER AND THE HVAC FEED FOR A TOTAL OF 8 MILLION, 569,000, $337.10 AND APPROVE THE ADDITIONAL $163,959 IF THE UNITS CANNOT BE

PURCHASED BY APRIL 30TH 2024. >> SECONDED.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED NOW. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I? OPPOSED?

YOU HAVE YOUR TRUCKS. >> THANK YOU DIRECTORS.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON THE MITCHELL AWARD.

[16. Receive, consider and act upon a charter authorizing the creation of a Budget Task Force and appointments in connection therewith; ]

>> THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16. RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A CHARTER AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF A BUDGET TASK FORCE AND APPOINTMENTS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH. THIS WAS PRESENTED IN MARCH AND PRESIDENT AND CEO MONIQUE SHARP WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION RELATING TO THE PROPOSED CHARTER FOR THE BUDGT TASK FORCE AND BOARD APPOINTMENTS RELATED TO THAT TASK FORCE.

>> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN SNYDER. IN MARCH THE BOARD APPROVED THE CONCEPT AND DIRECTED STAFF TO BRING BACK A BUDGET TASK FORCE CHARTER AND THAT IS WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKAGE AND WHAT WE ARE DISCUSSING NOW. THE TASK FORCE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES ARE GOING TO BE REVIEWING VARIOUS MANNERS IN RELATION TO PREPARING THE BOARD ANNUAL BUDGET AND MAKING A RECOMMENDATION FOR STAFF AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THINGS THAT WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE TASK FORCE INCLUDING REVENUE SOURCES CAPITAL PROJECTS PROPOSED NEW STAFF POSITIONS OPERATING EXPENSES ESPECIALLY THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH MAJOR CONTRACTS AND RESERVE IN FUND BALANCES AND BUDGET INITIATIVES. I HAVE NOT ASKED THIS QUESTION SO I WANTED TO ADDRESS THIS, BUT IT IS NOT THE BUDGET TASK FORCE WORK THAT DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE FULL BOARD FROM RECEIVING BUDGET INFORMATION AT YOUR BUDGET TASK FORCE WORKSHOP MEETINGS THAT ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE THIRD WEEK IN AUGUST. AGAIN THEY WILL REVIEW THIS AND THEY WILL MAKE FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS BUT THE BOARD HOLDS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY FOR REVIEWING BUDGETS AND APPROVING THEM AND SETTING THE TAX RATE. I AM GLAD TO

ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS NOW. >> QUESTIONS FROM MONIQUE? IF NOT I WILL CALL FOR THE MOTION IN THE SECOND TO ADOPT THE BUDGET TASK FORCE CHARTER AND AFFIRM THE CHAIRMAN APPOINTMENTS OF DIRECTOR RICHARD FRANKS AND DIRECTOR

SHELLEY SAKUMA GIBBS? >> SO MOVED.

>> SECONDED. >> MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THAT

[17. Receive, consider and act upon an update regarding the Village Presidents' Council;]

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>> WE HAD OUR MONTHLY MEETING ON APRIL 1ST OF THIS YEAR. WE HAD ALL VILLAGE PRESIDENTS PRESENT. WE HAD AN EXTREMELY GOOD PRESENTATION BY DR. NUNEZ WITH ALL OF HIS RESPONSIBILITIE S AND ABILITY AND OPERATING DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS THERE AND AS THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES THAT REPORT UNDER HIS CONTROL. I WOULD SAY WE ALL LEARNED AN AWFUL LOT ABOUT HIS RESPONSIBILITIES AND HIS VAST INVOLVEMENT THAT THE TOWNSHIP HAS WITH ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES AND OPERATIONS GOING ON. IT IS ONE OF THE BEST PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND WHY WE DO IT. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE INFORMATION AND PRESENTATION THAT DR. NUNEZ GAVE. SO MUCH SO THAT ON OCTOBER 29TH THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND THIS PRESENTATION AND GET THAT INFORMATION.

>> THE THUMB MAY 29TH. HE SAID OCTOBER I JUST WANT TO SAY IT

WAS MAY NOT OCTOBER. >> THANK YOU. I'M GLAD IT'S

GOING WELL. >> NICK SHUT SOME LIGHTS OFF.

>> WE MOVED IT TO APRIL 29TH. AND THAT WILL TAKE PLACE OF THE

MAY MEETING. >> WE ARE EXCITED TO HEAR THAT.

I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.

>> SECONDED. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL

[18. Receive, consider and act upon an update from The Woodlands 50th Anniversary Task Force;]

DIRECTOR BAYLOR AND DIRECTOR NELSON AND DIRECTOR KAISER ALL SIT ON THIS COMMITTEE. ONE OF YOU OR ALL OF YOU WILL PROVIDE

AN UPDATE. >> I CAN PROVIDE THE UPDATE.

SO, IT IS A VERY ACTIVE COMMITTEE. WE MET MEET A LOT.

SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS REALLY THE DETAILS THAT WILL BE COMING OUT AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TAKING PLACE ON MAY 8TH. AFTER THAT MEETING THERE WILL BE A LOT OF DETAILS AS TO WHAT IS COMING UP. THE PLANS HAVE BEEN SLATED FOR EVERYDAY STARTING SATURDAY OCTOBER 19TH.

WE ARE ALSO DOING A BOOK WHERE WE ASK RESIDENTS TO TAKE PICTURES IT IS NOT A BOOK THAT HAS PICTURES FROM THE PAST. WE WANT PICTURES OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WOODLANDS AS SIGNIFYING WHAT LIFE IS LIKE NOW. WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT BUT WE WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE MORE FROM DIFFERENT EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE PICTURES NEED TO BE TAKEN IN THE 2023-2024 TIMEFRAME. THIS WILL BE LIKE THE COFFEE TABLE BOOK THAT WILL BE PUT OUT THERE. AND ONE MORE THING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY MERCHANDISE THERE'S A WEBSITE THAT HAS A THAT YOU CAN FIND DEBBIE WW THE WOODLANDS.COM AND THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF WOODLANDS BRANDING MERCHANDISE HERE AS WELL. EACH MONTH THERE IS A COLLECTORS ITEM IN THIS MONTH THE COLLECTORS ITEM IS AN UMBRELLA.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHINGS FIRSTHAND AT THE MEMORIAL HERMANN ATHLETES VILLAGE GOING ON RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF STOCKED ITEMS THERE THAT YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT AND TRY ON IF YOU WANT. SO WE DO HAVE A LOT GOING ON. BUT MAY 8TH WILL BE WHEN ALL OF THE DETAILS WILL COME OUT.

>> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR NELSON. DIRECTOR BAYLOR OR HEISER IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? HEARING NONE ARE THERE MOTIONS

HERE TO ACCEPT THAT REPORT? >> SO MOVED.

>> I WILL SECONDED. >> THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN

[19. Receive, consider and act upon an update from the Homelessness Task Force;]

COMMENTS. >> SO I HAVE A LARGE DOCUMENT THAT I'M NOT GOING TO BE BECAUSE I'M THE ONLY THING HOLDING US UP HERE. AMANDA TRY TO MAKE IT QUICK AND CONCISE.

BASICALLY WE STARTED THIS TASK FORCE FOR HOMELESSNESS BASED ON THINGS THAT WE WERE HEARING LAST YEAR. RUMORS THAT WE MAY

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THEY ALSO HAD SOME TOOLS THAT WE WILL BE UTILIZING AND SHARING BETWEEN THE TWO CONSTABLE OFFICE AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. ONE OF THOSE THINGS WILL HAVE TEMPORARY VERIFICATION PHOTOS BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COULD RECEIVE SERVICES BUT THEY CANNOT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE I.D. WE HAVE MOST OF THIS EQUIPMENT IN HOUSTON WERE NOT HAVING TO PURCHASE ANYTHING NEW. WE HAD TO PUT THAT TO USE FOR THESE PURPOSES. THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING HERE. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED?

[20. 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;]

[21. Reconvene in public session;]

[22. Receive, consider and act upon an access control system;]

THE AMOUNT OF $121,000. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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

>> AYE. >> THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 23. CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. ARE THERE ANY MATTERS THAT NEED TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTHS MEETING ? I HAVE ONE. I WOULD LIKE THE UPDATE ON THE TENNIS COURTS.

>> SECOND. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHERS? >> I SUPPORT THAT. DO YOU HAVE

ONE? THESE GO AHEAD. >> I WOULD LIKE TO PUT AN AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION FOR ALLOCATIONS LOST IN PRIOR

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YEARS. >> SECOND.

>> OKAY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON THE AGENDA THAT WE HAVE THE CONSTABLE AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORT ON THEIR EFFORTS BEHIND THE HOMELESSNESS TASK

FORCE. >> SECOND.

>> I WOULD LIKE OUR 5000+ TREES HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF ATTENTION. SO I HAVE NO -- PEOPLE ARE ASKING WHERE THEY ARE BEING PLANTED? CHRIS, YOU MAY HAVE SENT THE EMAIL TO ME, I DON'T KNOW ARE NOT. I WOULD LIKE A REPORT ON WHAT THE PLAN IS, WHERE THEY ARE GOING, ALL ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.

>> SECOND. >> AND THEN JUST INCLUDED IN THAT BEFORE YOU SECOND, MAYBE JUST AN ADDITION ON HOW THE SPECIES, WE HAVE OLD GROWTH THAT IS BEING EATEN UP BY THINGS AND HOW TO BEST SAVE THEM, RESOURCES WE CAN DEDICATE IN THE FUTURE BUDGET. I KNOW THAT IS NOT THIS BUDGET. IT

WOULD BE IMPORTANT THOUGH. >> CHRIS, ONE MORE THING, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CUL-DE-SACS, I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT THE CUL-DE-SAC. HOW YOU ARE FIGURING OUT WHAT IS NEXT.

>> YES. >> ANY OTHER? YES.

>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIRMAN. I HAVE TWO ITEMS I WOULD LIKE FOR CONSIDERATION. THE FIRST IS FOR STAFF TO INVESTIGATE HOW WE CAN SUPPORT, IF WE CAN SUPPORT INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN AND SAFE HARBOR ACTIVITIES. ON BEHALF OF OUR CONSTABLES INSIDE HARRIS COUNTY. THAT WOULD BE DONE BEFORE BUDGET. AND THEN NUMBER TWO, THAT WOULD BE AN UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES REGARDING THE GE BETZ PROPERTY.

>> I WILL SECOND TO THE GE BETZ MATTER.

>> AND I WILL SECOND THE INTERNET IN HARRIS COUNTY.

[24. Board announcements; and]

OKAY. ANY OTHERS? >> SHOULD BE ENOUGH.

>> AND THAT WILL BRING US TO BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE IRON MAN, REALLY WHO SHOULD MAKE IT IS THE MEMORIAL, HERMAN. BUT OUR WONDERFUL IRON MAN IS THIS WEEK. PLEASE KNOW THAT TRAFFIC ADVISORY IS ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS VARIOUS OTHER ENTITIES. AND, BUT I THINK IT IS INTERESTING THAT WE HAVE I THINK 3300, ACCORDING TO NICK W , PARTICIPANTS. THEY ARE FROM 77 COUNTRIES, REGIONS, AND TERRITORIES. AND ALL 50 STATES IN THE USA ARE REPRESENTED. SO

THAT IS INCREDIBLE. >> AND WE DID JUST TALK ABOUT THE PATHWAYS. WE HAVE ALWAYS GONE WITH -- PARKWAY AND THIS YEAR WILL BE LAKE WOODLANDS. THIS WILL BE TOUGH FOR A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS SO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHERE TO GET OUT, IN BETWEEN THE 7:00 A.M. AND 11:00 A.M. TIME FRAME. JUST STAY HOME OR EVEN BETTER JUST CHEER THEM ON AS THEY GO BY. BUT KNOW THAT YOU CAN GET OUT AT RESEARCH ROAD. IF YOU ARE IN BETWEEN THAT THEN GO UP ONTO RESEARCH. IS SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING WE ARE NOT USED TO, THERE ARE A LOT OF ADVISORIES ABOUT IT, THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE REALLY AFFECTED GOT INDIVIDUAL LETTERS. BUT REMEMBER IF YOU HAVE YARD MEN COMING THAT MORNING THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET IN. IF THERE IS EVER AN EMERGENCY, AND AGAIN EMERGENCY MEETING TODAY WITH 25 POLICE, FIRE, EVERYBODY YOU COULD IMAGINE, AND OF COURSE THE FIRST THING THEY TALK ABOUT HIS SAFETY. SO IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY THEY WILL OF COURSE STOP THE RACE AND LET WHATEVER IS GOING ON. BUT THEY DO NOT WANT TO STOP THE RACE WHEN SOMEONE IS GETTING A HAIRCUT AND THEY KNEW FOR THREE WEEKS IT WOULD BE CLOSED DOWN AT THAT POINT. OTHER

ANNOUNCEMENTS? >> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHEVRON , CARLTON WOODS, THE LPGA, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE TOURNAMENT LAST WEEK. TO SEE WHAT THEY PUT IN THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS UPPING THEIR GAME FROM A PREVIOUS YEAR WAS INCREDIBLE. IT REALLY WAS. MANY OF US WERE THERE. SITTING THERE ON SATURDAY AND SEEING 10+ COMMERCIALS ABOUT THE WOODLANDS RUN ON NBC, NATIONWIDE, PROBABLY WORLDWIDE, THAT WAS REMARKABLE. PRETTY REMARKABLE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING, SINCE WE ARE IN THE PROCLAMATION BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, DOING A PROCLAMATION JUST THINKING CARLTON WOODS, CHEVRON, LPGA. THAT WAS TERRIFIC. AND HOW WE CAN GET THEM TO HAVE MORE OF THEIR EVENTS IN THE WOODLANDS, VERSUS GOING TO HOUSTON. THEN WE HAVE TH IN SPIRIT HE COMING UP NEXT WEEKEND. THE GREATS OF GOLF HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AND ARE COMING IN. THAT IS ANOTHER EVENT THAT IS

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>> ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? IF NOT, I CALL FOR A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 8:51.

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