May 16, 2024 Board of Directors Regular Meeting Agenda

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PRIORITY. WE, HOPEFULLY, WILL NOT HAVE TO MOVE. BUT I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

WELCOME TO THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING. MAY 16TH, 2024, 6:00 P.M. TONIGHT, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO WELCOME BART JEALOUS. MR. JEALOUS IS A GRADUATE OF THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY AND FORMER MARINE CORPS AVIATOR. HE HOLDS A MASTERS DEGREE FROM THE FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY IN BOSTON. MR. JEALOUS HAS BEEN RETIRED SINCE JANUARY OF 2018 AND NOW SPENDS MUCH OF HIS TIME MENTORING FOR THE TRAVIS MAGNUM FOUNDATION. FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, IT SAYS SEVERAL, BUT I THINK IT HAS BEEN AS LONG AS I HAVE KNOWN BART. HE HAS A SATURDAY MORNING WORKOUT PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, TO HELP THEM GET READY IN APPLYING TO THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT YOU WORK SO WELL AND HAVE SUCH GREAT INTEREST IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. MR. JEALOUS HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS WIFE DEBORAH AND THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND THREE GREAT, WONDERFUL GRANDDAUGHTERS. MR. JEALOUS? THANK YOU FOR COMING.

>> I MIGHT ADD THAT IN TODAY'S WALL STREET JOURNAL, I WAS PRESENTLY SURPRISED WHEN MY WIFE HANDED IT TO ME, BUT THERE IS A FULL PAGE SHOWING SOME GUYS AND WOMEN IN THEIR SHORTS AND SWIMSUITS CLIMBING THIS MONUMENT. THEY ARE FRESHMAN. THE GOAL, THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO CLIMB TO THE TOP OF THIS PRETTY HIGH MONUMENT AND STICK A DIFFERENT OFFICER'S CAP ON THE VERY TOP OF IT. SOMETIMES IT CAN TAKE, IT TOOK THESE GUYS TWO HOURS OF CONTINUING BATTLE OF THE GREASE THAT WAS ON THERE. HE FINALLY MADE IT AND EVERYONE WAS CHEERING. THAT BROUGHT BACK A FEW GOOD MEMORIES. MARY BAKER EDDY, WHO FOUNDED THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH ESTABLISHED THE CHRISTIAN SOCIETY. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A PORTION OF AN ARTICLE ENTITLED THE CHURCH OF THE LIGHTED LAMPS THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SENTINEL DURING WORLD WAR II. IN 1941, AS WAR WAS RAGING IN EUROPE, AND ITEM APPEARED FROM LUZON, SWITZERLAND, WHICH TELLS OF A CHURCH TO WHICH, AS THE BELL TOLLED FOR EVENING SERVICE, CAME WORSHIPERS FROM MANY BYWAYS, EACH BEARING A LITTLE BRONZE LAMP, A VERY OLD DESIGN.

WHEN ASKED BY A TRAVELER WHY THIS WAS DONE, THE REPLY WAS, WE HAVE NO OTHER WAY OF LIGHTING OUR CHURCH. IN THE YEAR 1550, WHEN IT WAS BUILT, THE SENIOR OF THE VILLAGE DECIDED THAT WE SHOULD CARRY HIS LAMP. THE LAMPS BELONGED TO THE CHURCH, WHICH LENDS THEM TO THE PEOPLE. WE LET THEM LIGHT A TORCH WHEN WE ENTER THE BUILDING. EACH ONE COMES TO MAKE IT MORE BRIGHT, FOR HE KNOWS IF HE STAYS AT HOME, THE CHURCH WILL BE THE DARKER FOR IT, AND THE SERVICE MORE SOMBER. EACH DARK SPOT SPEAKS OF ONE ABSENT. BUT I AM ONLY ONE, SOMEONE MAY THINK. WHAT A DIFFERENCE CAN IT MAKE WHAT I DO OR DO NOT DO? IT MAKES A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFERENCE. NO MATTER HOW SMALL OUR PART MAY SEEM TO US, IT IS NOT SO TO GOD. GOD IS NOT , IT IS NOT THE KIND OF WORK THEY DO THAT MATTERS, IT IS THE SPIRIT IN WHICH WE DO IT. OUR CHURCH NEEDS EVERY ONE OF US. LET US NOT BE ASLEEP. WE ARE NOT AT VARIANCE WITH EACH OTHER, AND NOTHING CAN MAKE US BELIEVE THAT WE ARE. EACH ONE OF US CAN REACH OUT HIS HAND TO HIS BROTHER MAN AND SAY IN HIS HEART, I LOVE YOU AND YOU LOVE ME, THERE IS ONLY LOVE BETWEEN GOD'S CHILDREN. AS WE THINK OF THESE THINGS, MAY WE NOT

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GOD WILL DO THE REST. >> THANK YOU, BART. AS ALWAYS, WE ARE SO THANKFUL OF YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS COMMUNITY. YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION TO SO MANY. THANK YOU. AND NOW I

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IN OUR GREAT STATE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. UNDER THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE, TEXAS, ONE

STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. >> WE HAVE SEVERAL

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CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS. >> WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THIS EVENING TO HAVE STEVE SALZMAN, CEO OF THE CLUB OF CARLTON WAS WITH US THIS EVENING. IF YOU

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>> AND THE WEATHER WAS GREAT. >> WE PUT HIM ON THE SPOT THERE.

>> FIRST, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE TOWNSHIP BOARD FOR THIS RECOGNITION. IT IS VERY SPECIAL AND IT MAKES A SPECIAL EVENT EVEN BETTER. AND ON BEHALF OF THE CLUB AT CARLTON WOODS, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK THE ENTIRE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY, THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP, THE BOARD, VISIT THE WOODLANDS. NICK WALDEN WAS MY SECOND PHONE CALL WHEN I STARTED TO WORK TOWARDS BRINGING THIS EVENT TOWARDS THE WOODLANDS. I HAVE NOT MET NICK PREVIOUS. I DO NOT THINK, OR MAYBE IN PASSING AT SOME EVENTS. BUT FOR MY DEALINGS AND MEETINGS WITH GILLS DAILY, HE SAID NICK IS A GUY YOU NEED TO TALK TO. I TALKED TO NICK AND NICK GOT ME IN FRONT OF SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, PAST BOARD MEMBERS, AND CURRENT WARD MEMBERS, SO WE CAN BRING THIS TOGETHER. THIS EVENT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THE HELP OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE RESCUE AID, OBVIOUSLY PATRONAGE IS SO IMPORTANT. I WILL TELL YOU ALL.

I CANNOT USE A NAME, BUT ONE OF THE COACHES AND ONE OF THE FOREMOST PLAYERS AND PERHAPS THE CHAMPION OF THE EVENT SOUGHT ME OUT ON SUNDAY AND SAID, STEVE, I NEED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS MANY PEOPLE AT AN LG P.A. EVENT IN MY LIFE, AND THAT IS AFTER GOING TO 200 £.20 OR MORE IN THE LAST 15 YEARS. AND I PRETTY NONCHALANTLY, BECAUSE IT WAS A LONG WEEK, I SAID THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TELLING ME THAT. I STARTED TO TURN, HE GRABBED MY SHOULDER. HE SAID YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM TELLING YOU. HE SAID LISTEN TO ME. THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE AT THIS EVENT THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN AT AN LPGA EVENT EVER, TIMES 10. SO THAT IS COMMITMENT. THERE ARE SOME NUMBERS THAT WE WERE KIND ENOUGH TO TELL YOU, I HAVE SEEN PRELIMINARY NUMBERS, I'VE SEEN NUMBERS LIKE 930,000 VIEWERS PER HOUR OF LIVE TELEVISION COVERAGE OF WHICH THIS YEAR &-Ú ABOUT 20+ HOURS. SO THAT IS 60 MILLION EYES THAT WATCH IT. AND NELLY WAS WINNING HER FIFTH STRAIGHT LPGA TITLE. IT WAS A SUCCESS. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT THREE, SEVEN YEARS. MY BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE VERY

PROUD OF THIS, AND MY BOARD MEMBERS. I APPRECIATE IT. >> OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION IS TO A VERY SPECIAL YOUNG WOMAN. A KNOX TONIGHT. PLEASE JOIN IN THE TOWNSHIP BOARD AND ALSO JAMES HOLIMAN. HE IS FROM DAN CRENSHAW'S OFFICE, SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS . AND RECOGNIZE KARISHMA PARGHI FROM KNOX JUNIOR HIGH. IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD.

>> I THINK ALL THE ALARMS ARE GOING OFF BECAUSE I'M TALKING ABOUT SCIENCE AND MATH.

LAUGHTER ] BUT THIS IS REALLY A GREAT HONOR. KARISHMA PARGHI WON THE SCREEN WORD THAT I WILL TALK ABOUT. BUT JOEL AND NOREEN TIPPED THEIR HATS TO THIS. HE TOLD US WHAT A BIG DEAL THIS IS. SO IT IS REALLY INCREDIBLE. THE CONGRESSIONAL PROCLAMATION , BUT THIS IS WHAT IS GREAT THINGS WHEREAS, KARISHMA PARGHI, AN ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN OUR SCHOOLS LOCALLY. I EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENT AT KNOX JUST WANT TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION JUNIOR HIGH IS PASSIONATE ABOUT FOR YOU.SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH, AND STEM

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>> OKAY, PERFECT. >> HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JAMES HOLY. I FIRST WANT TO THANK ESTHER BAILEY AND THE REST OF THE BOARD FOR INVITING ME HERE IN ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF THIS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK KARISHMA PARGHI FOR TITLING HER WORK WITH SOMETHING THAT EIGHT NORMAL PERSON LIKE ME CANNOT PRONOUNCE. SO LET ME CONTINUE. IN RECOGNITION OF KARISHMA PARGHI , AN EIGHTH GRADE STUDENT AT KNOX JUNIOR HIGH -- WON FIRST PLACE IN THE JUNIOR BIOCHEMIST DIVISION AND SHE WAS AWARDED THE RUNNER-UP DIVISION FOR THE JUNE ARREST OF STATE LIFE-SCIENCES AWARD, MARKING THE HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT FOR A KNOX JUNIOR HIGH STUDENT, WHERE AS KARISHMA PARGHI'S PROJECT SILVER IS TRASH, APPLICATION OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES DERIVED FROM SPENT COFFEE GROUNDS UTILIZE A GREEN SYNTHESIS TECHNOLOGY ENDEAVORED TO USE AN EAGLE FROM THE METHOD FROM WASTE COFFEE GROUNDS AND TESTING THE EFFICACY ON ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENTS. WHEREAS HER PASSION FOR STEM HAS BEEN EVIDENT THROUGH DEDICATION TO REPURPOSE AND WASTE, PARTICULARLY USING NANOTECHNOLOGY TO ADDRESS THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OF CHALLENGES AND LEADERSHIP IN TEACHING YOUNGER STUDENTS AND INSPIRING THEM TO PURSUE STEM, WHEREAS SHE REPRESENTS KNOX JUNIOR HIGH AND CARTERET INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BRING HONOR AND RECOGNITION TO HER SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY THROUGH CREATIVITY, INGENUITY, AND ACADEMIC PROWESS. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, CONGRESSMAN DAN CRENSHAW AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DO HEREBY DECLARE MAY 16TH, 2024 AS KARISHMA PARGHI INNOVATION AND STEM DAY . ANY SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS, WE CELEBRATE KARISHMA PARGHI'S ACHIEVEMENTS DEDICATION TO AND BY MENTAL SIRES AND SERVICE AND WE WISH HER THE BEST IN FUTURE ENDEAVORS. THANK YOU.

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>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK. WHICH IS MAY 19TH THROUGH MAY 25TH. I WILL CALL A DIRECTOR FRANKS TO READ THE PROCLAMATION. DIRECTOR FRANKS?

>> YES, MA'AM. THE PROCLAIMEDWHEREAS, THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY FUELS EVERY INDUSTRY AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE WOODLANDS' ECONOMY, DEVELOPMENT, AND WORKFORCE; AND WHEREAS, TRAVEL IS AN ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE FOR EVERY STATE AND DESTINATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WITH AN ECONOMIC OUTPUT OF $2.8 TRILLION IN 2023, SUPPORTING 15 MILLION AMERICAN JOBS; AND WHEREAS, TRAVEL SPENDING SUPPORTS VIBRANT AND SAFE COMMUNITIES IN THE WOODLANDS AND ACROSS THE UNITED STATES BY GENERATING $89 BILLION IN STATE AND LOCAL TAX REVENUE IN 2023 TO SUPPORT ESSENTIAL SERVICES, SUCH AS EDUCATION, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND MORE; AND WHEREAS, THE OFFICE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNOR REPORTED DIRECT TRAVEL SPENDING IN THE WOODLANDS WAS $484 MILLION LAST YEAR; AND WHEREAS, TOURISM GENERATES APPROXIMATELY $43.4 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE FOR THE WOODLANDS, AND 4,300 PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED BY THE TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY IN THE WOODLANDS; AND WHEREAS, TRAVEL IS AN ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY, AND WE MUST CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE THAT GROWING TRAVEL LEADS TO ECONOMIC GROWTH, BENEFITS BUSINESSES, AND FOSTERS MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING. THEREFORE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND ON BEHALF OF THE DIRECT OTHERS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP, WE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 19TH THROUGH THE 25TH, 2024, AS NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THIS EVENING TO HAVE JOSIE LEWIS, SALES MANAGER, JULIE QUINCE, SERVICING SPECIALIST, AND CARLA MONTELONGO, ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST TO COME

FORWARD, SO WE CAN TAKE A PHOTO AND SAY THANK YOU. >> WE THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO TO ENSURE THAT THE WOODLANDS HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL. AND THAT BRINGS US

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

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>> I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE MOVE AN ITEM, NUMBER 11, CONCERNING THE ADHP, IF WE COULD MOVE THAT UP TO SPOT NINE ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. IT HAS BEEN, A MOTION HAS BEEN CALLED.

YOURS WAS NOT SECONDED, RICHARD, WE WILL REFER TO DIRECTOR HEISLER TO MOVE AGENDA ITEM 11 TO BE FIRST ON AT THE REGULAR AGENDA PRIOR TO AGENDA ITEM NINE. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR HEISLER AND THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM FIVE.

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STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE BOARD FROM FORMERLY ACTING ON A SPECIFIC ITEM OR PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS IT APPEARS ON THE POSTED AGENDA. THEREFORE, ANY OR DISCUSSION OF ITEMS NOT ON THE POSTED AGENDA IS LIMITED TO QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION AND WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM SHOULD BE PLACED ON A FUTURE BOARD AGENDA. SPEAKERS MAY ADJUST THEIR OPINIONS OR VIEWPOINTS ON AN ISSUE, BUT ARE NOT PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEBATE OF THE ISSUE. SPEAKERS WILL NOT USE PROFANITY. COMMENTS FROM SPEAKERS MAY BE MADE TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE OR TO AN INDIVIDUAL DIRECTOR OR DIRECT OTHERS. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO PLEASE PLACE YOUR CELL PHONES ON SILENT. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT. CATHERINE

GREEN. CATHERINE CRACKED >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. I NAME IS CATHERINE GREEN. I AM REPRESENTING THE WOODLANDS NETBALL CLUB. I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK OF THIS EVENING AND THANK YOU TO MIGHTY MAIDS THAT CAME OUT IN THIS TERRIBLE WEATHER TO SUPPORT AS WELL TODAY. WE ARE HERE TO ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER TAINTING PERMANENT NETBALL COURT LINES AT THE MULTIUSE COURT. NETBALL IS A SPORT SIMILAR TO BASKETBALL, A LITTLE BIT OF A BIGGER COURT, RECTANGULAR, SEVEN PLAYERS ON A TEAM AT A TIME. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO SCORE A GOAL BY PUTTING IT THROUGH A HOOP THAT IS ON A POST. THERE IS NO BACKBOARD ON IT. SO NOT BASKETBALL IN THAT WAY. ALSO, YOU CANNOT RUN OR DRIBBLE WITH THE BALL. IT IS A PASSING GAME DOWN THE COURT. NETBALL IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR TEAM SPORTS FOR WOMEN ACROSS THE WORLD. IT IS A GROWING SPORT HERE IN THE USA UNDER THE PURVIEW OF NETBALL AMERICA. WOODLANDS WARRIORS IS A 501(C)(3). WE RECEIVED IT A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.

AND WE EXIST TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF THE SPORT OF NETBALL IN THE WOODLANDS AREA.

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OUR FRIENDS AT THE PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT MADE A FACEBOOK POST FOR OUR TEXAS LEAGUE GAME. HUNDREDS OF POSTS WERE MADE BY THE PARKS AND REC THIS YEAR, THAT WAS THE 11TH MOST LIKED POST. WE HAD OVER 130 LIKES ON THAT. WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING, WE ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE SPORT OF NETBALL AND WE ARE ASKING FOR PERMANENT

LINES ON OUR HOME COURT. >> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS RACHEL HARRIS.

>> THANK YOU, CATHERINE, FOR EXPLAIN WHO WE ARE AND WHY WE ARE HERE. MY NAME IS RACHEL HARRIET. ALONG WITH CATHERINE AND ALONGSIDE TWO OTHER LADIES, I AM ON THE BOARD OF THE WOODLANDS WILL COURTS. WE ARE A VOLUNTEER RUN ORGANIZATION. WHILE MANY ITEMS ARE HANDLED BY THE BOARD, SUCH AS BRINGING THE SPORT TO THE WOODLANDS. SOME OF OUR TWO MAIDS ARE HERE TODAY AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT. LIKE TO GIVE A HUGE SHUT OUT TO THE RECREATION CENTER. THEY HAVE SHOWN GREAT INTEREST IN THE SPORT OF NETBALL AND HAVE DONE THAT TO GET OUR TEAM OFF THE GROUND. THEY HAVE BEEN VITAL TO THE GROWTH OF OUR TEAM BY HELPING WITH RECRUITMENT. THEY HAVE DESIGNED AND PRINTED FLYERS FOR US, SENT OUT EMAILS AND FACEBOOK POSTS AND RECENTLY ORGANIZED A PRESS RELEASE ABOUT THIS NATIONAL NETBALL LEAGUE GAMES. I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT WHILE WE ARE OBVIOUSLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE SPORT OF NETBALL, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT PROVIDING A GROUP AND A PLACE WHERE WOMEN CAN GET TOGETHER TO MEET NEW FRIENDS, BE PART OF A TEAM, BUT ULTIMATELY HAVE FUN. THERE IS ALSO POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH BY ADDING A MIXED NETBALL TEAM.

THAT IS FOR MEN AND WOMEN PLAYING ON THE SAME TEAM. AUSTIN AND KATY ALREADY HAVE A MIXED NETBALL TEAM . OUR TEXAS TOURNAMENT IS SEPTEMBER AND THE U.S. OPEN ABOUT CHAMPIONSHIPS IN NOVEMBER, THEY DO HAVE A MIXED BRACKET AS WELL AS A WOMEN'S BRACKET. BUT OUR FOCUS AT THIS TIME HAS TO REMAIN ON GETTING PERMANENT LINES ON THE COURT AT THE RANCH. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, RACHEL. OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS MOLLY DOWN TO.

>> HELLO. MY NAME IS HALEY DANZA. I AM ORIGINALLY FROM NEW YORK AND I HAVE BEEN IN THE WOODLANDS FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW. NETBALL WILL BE THE FIRST TOWNSHIP SPONSORED SPORT HAVE

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THAT MEANS WE WILL GET LINES ON THE COURT. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS JOHN CARSON. MR. CARSON CRACKED

>> HELLO, I AM JOHN LARSON. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I WAS RECENTLY IN BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA. THEY HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED "CYLOVIA", WHICH MEANS BIKING. THEY CLOSED SEVERAL MAIN STREET AND IT IS NOTHING BUT BICYCLES, BIKING, WALKING, RUNNING. THEY DO THAT EVERY SUNDAY FROM 7:00 TO 2:00. AND I WAS THINKING IF THE WOODLANDS COULD CLOSE MAYBE A COUPLE STREETS, GET THE PEOPLE OUT, GET THEM TO MINGLE, IT IS JUST A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. AND I WILL READ SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CALL ME, OR ANYBODY ELSE, I CAN TALK TO. BUT IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING FOR THE WOODLANDS, FOR OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH THE KIDS, THE ADULT COMIC THEY CAN GET OUT

AND GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU.

>> I APOLOGIZE, MR. LARSON. I SAID CARSON. I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. THE

NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM MR. BUNCH. GORDY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN SNYDER AND THE BOARD. I WILL TELL YOU IT IS A LITTLE AWKWARD BEING ON THIS SIDE OF THE PODIUM. BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON SOME OF YOUR EARLY ACHIEVEMENTS. THE LIQUOR TAX, KUDOS FOR THAT. WHY I DO NOT COME HERE OFTEN, I DO NOT -- I DO PAY ATTENTION. LAST MONTH I GOT TAGGED IN A VASE POST ASKING ME IF THE BOARD WAS GOING TO SELL THE GE BETZ PROPERTY TO HOWARD HUGHES. OF COURSE, I HAVE NO INSIGHT OR INFORMATION ON WHETHER THAT IS TRUE OR NOT. I SEE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE HAVE THE GE BETZ APPRAISAL. AS A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, THAT PURCHASE OCCURRED IN 2015. I WAS ON THE BOARD. THE CHAIRMAN IMPLORED THAT WE BUY THIS LAND AS THE LAST POSSIBLE PUBLIC LAND TO BE HELD IN THE TOWN CENTER. THAT WE WOULD INEVITABLY NEED THIS LAND FOR PUBLIC SERVICES AND THAT WE SHOULD HOLD ONTO IT FOR DEAR LIFE. I DID NOT INITIALLY AGREE WITH HIM ON THE PURCHASE. YES, WE NEED THIS LAND, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT IS GROWING AND EXPANDING AND NEEDS PUBLIC SERVICES. WE SHOULD RETAIN THIS LAND AT ALL COST. WE RETAIN

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YOU HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY WITH THIS LAND. WHILE I WAS CHAIRMAN, WE HAD THIRD PARTIES INTERESTED IN DOING GROUND LEASES TO DEVELOP A PERFORMING ARTS THEATERS, TO DEVELOP MUSEUMS. WHILE THE TOWN RETAINS OWNERSHIP OF THAT PARCEL. NO CAPITAL COST TO US TO BUILD PUBLIC AMENITIES. THIS LAND IS TOO PRECIOUS AND THERE IS NO MORE OF IT FOR US TO OBTAIN AT A FUTURE DATE. THERE IS NO CARRYING COST. WE PAY FOR IT IN CASH, WE DO NOT PAY PROPERTY TAX ON IT. THERE COULD BE NO URGENCY THAT I COULD FORESEE OF WHY WE WOULD WANT TO DISPOSE OF THIS PRIME PROPERTY IN OUR TOWN CENTER. I HAVE ONLY BEEN GONE FROM THE BOARD FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. WHEN I LEFT, IT WAS WELL-FUNDED. SOME EVEN CRITICIZED OVERFUNDED WITH CASH ON HAND. I CANNOT SEE AN IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL NEED FOR THIS PROPERTY TO BE SOLD. THE PROPERTY IS NOT UNDER A FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL. IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THIS PROPERTY UP FOR SALE, IT SHOULD BE PUBLIC, COMPETITIVE. PUT MY NAME ON THE LIST. BECAUSE I WOULD BE A BUYER TO PROTECT THAT POVERTY FOR THIS COMMUNITY FOR FUTURE PUBLIC PURPOSES. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE DOING THIS. FACEBOOK IS NOT A LEGITIMATE NEWS SOURCE. BUT I GOT TAGGED IN IT. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I EXPRESSED THE HISTORY AND POSSIBILITY THAT YOU HAVE ON

THAT PROPERTY. IN THE INTEREST OF OTHERS. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR LAST PUBLIC COMMENT. JESSICA HEY BIRD. JESSICA,

WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING DIRECTORS AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND SHARE INFORMATION ON THE COMCAST RISE GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT IS OPEN NOW FOR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITIES HERE IN THE WOODLANDS. MY NAME IS JESSICA. I AM THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE COMCAST XFINITY GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM, HERE FOR THE TEXAS REGION. WORKING PREVIOUSLY IS THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON, REPRESENTING THE LAKE HOUSTON AREA, ALONG WITH CLEAR LAKE.

COMCAST IS MORE THAN JUST A MEDIA COMPANY. YOU ALLUDED TO THAT INNER OPENING PROCLAMATION, MENTIONING NBC AND PEACOCK, AND OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPONSOR AN AMAZING LPGA TOURNAMENT HERE, JUST LAST WEEKEND. IN THAT, WE DEFINITELY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, ENGAGING CUSTOMERS AND CONNECTING THEM WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH INVESTMENTS LIKE OUR COMCAST RISE PROGRAM AND PROJECT UP, WHICH IS BACKED BY $1 MILLION OF COMCAST CAPITAL TO FORTIFY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS COMCAST XFINITY AND NBC UNIVERSAL.

ENACTING PEOPLE TO THE INTERNET, INTERVIEWERS, STORYTELLERS, AND CREATORS. THE CONTENT EXPERIENCES WE CREATE, WE REACHED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF CUSTOMERS, VIEWERS, AND GUESTS WORLDWIDE. TODAY, I AM ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TO SPREAD THE WORD THROUGHOUT THE WOODLANDS TO HELP COMCAST AWARD BUSINESS SUPPORT GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES, WHICH INCLUDE MAKEOVERS, MARKETING, CONSULTING, AND EDUCATION SUPPORTS. COMCAST RISE WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED IN 2022 HELP SMALL BUSINESSES RECOVER FROM COVID-19. TODAY, 13,500 GRANTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED WITH $125 MILLION IN MONETARY MARKETING AND TECHNOLOGY GRANTS. WE ARE PLEASED TO BRING COMCAST RISE BACK IN 2024 . AND AS SMALL BUSINESSES TRANSITION FROM PANDEMIC RECOVERY TO THRIVING AND GROWTH. COMCAST WILL CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS AND HELP AN EVEN BROADER RANGE OF SMALL BUSINESSES BY CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON COMMUNITY INVESTMENT, WHICH IS EXTREMEL IMPORTANT HERE IN THE WOODLANDS. THERE WILL BE 100 GRANTS AWARDED IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA THIS SUMMER. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE WOODLANDS ARE AMONG THOSE RECIPIENTS. APPLICANTS MUST BE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THREE OR MORE YEARS, HAVE 100 OR LESS FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, AND BE INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED. APPLICATIONS ARE TAKEN FROM

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SORRY, A COPY OF THE ONE PAGER. I'VE ALSO SENT A PDF TO TODD STEVENS, THE DIRECTOR OF INTO GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING APPLICANTS FROM ESSENCES IN THE WOODLANDS

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COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU, JESSICA. >> THANK YOU.

>> THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN. OUR PRESIDENT/CEO' S REPORT.

>> THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT AND TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF OUR TOWNSHIP STAFF THAT SUPPORTED THE MEMORIAL HERMANN IRONMAN EVENT. AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST EVENTS EACH YEAR. THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO IT BY ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARTIES. BUT THE TOWNSHIP IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND. APRIL IS ALREADY A HUGELY BUSY MONTH FOR US. IN THEIR EFFORTS DURING THIS ALREADY BUSY TIME IS COMMENDABLE. WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, AND PLEASE, I WILL RECOGNIZE SOME STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE DIRECT INPUT IN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN

HERE. THAT INCLUDES MARTY, JOHN TREVINO, CYNTHIA ROBERTS. >> STAND UP, PLEASE, SO THAT WE

CAN APPLAUD YOU. >> JOSEPH FRANCIS, JOSEPH MAGNUM. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE JOHN MCGOWAN, THE SWIM PORTION OF THE COURSE HAS BEEN ENHANCED OVER THE PAST 14 YEARS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF JOHN MCGOWAN. A TREMENDOUS JOB THERE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THINK THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, I DO NOT KNOW IF KELLY SMITH OR CLINT FISH ARE HERE. KELLY? SHE ALSO DID A FANTASTIC JOB SUPPORTING THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. I KNOW LEANNE IS HERE. AND VISIT THE WOODLANDS TEAM FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A LOT OF STAFF, EVEN MORE THAN THIS. I CERTAINLY WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR

TREMENDOUS EFFORTS. >> WELL DONE. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS. JOHN IS AT ALL THE MEETINGS. THERE ARE MANY, MANY MEETINGS AND ON IS THAT ALL OF THEM WITH SOME OF HIS STAFF. THERE IS AN AGENCY MEETING THAT HAPPENS THREE DAYS BEFORE IRONMAN. AND IT IS VERY HEARTWARMING TO GO IN THE ROOM AND EVERYTHING FROM CHIEF PALMER TO EMS, BOMB SQUAD, TOLLROAD, SHERIFFS, CONSTABLES FROM HARRIS COUNTY, FROM THE WOODLANDS, PROBABLY 45 OR 50 PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. AND YOU JUST SEE THE COORDINATION. YOU CAN SEE IT STARTS WITH THE FOCUS HERE. AND IT IS, THEY ALWAYS SAY THE HAPPIEST MOMENT BEFORE IRONMAN IS NOT WHEN THE LAST PERSON COMES OUT OF THE WATER, IT IS WHEN IT IS IDENTIFIED THAT EVERYBODY HAS GOTTEN ON THEIR BIKE. IF SOMEONE WENT DOWN, THEY MAY NOT KNOW THAT. BUT IF THE BIKE IS STILL SITTING THERE AND YOU HAVE A SIGH OF RELIEF, AGAIN.

THAT IS THE FIRST MOMENT THAT THEY ARE THE HAPPIEST. IT WAS AMAZING. IT WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DID NOT RECOGNIZE LINDA NELSON, WHO PLAYS A VERY KEY AND CRITICAL ROLE IN MAKING THIS NOT ONLY HAPPENED, BUT ALSO FOR A NEW EXTENSION OF MEMORIAL HERMANN IRONMAN TRUST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. THE SYSTEM HAD THE CONTRACT, WHEN WE STOPPED THE CONTRACT WITH THE UNMANNED INSTITUTE, THE SYSTEM STOPPED THE CONTRACT WITH THE RACE. WE SAID THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN APPEAR. SO WE PONIED UP WITH MY MARKETING BUDGET. IT IS GOING TO THE

SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS. BUT IT IS WORTH IT. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING

THAT. >> CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY, DIRECTOR NELSON, I SHOULD'VE KEPT MY GLASSES ON. I DID MENTION THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHO ACTUALLY HAS A TREMENDOUS ROLE.

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT. THE CONSENT AGENDA. THESE ITEMS ARE NONCONTROVERSIAL OR HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW. THEY WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL AS A GROUP. WITH ONE MOTION. NO DISCUSSION WILL TAKE LACE ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS THE ITEM IS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA IN PLACE ON THE REGULAR AGENDA BY ANY BOARD MEMBER PRIOR TO TAKING A VOTE ON THE MOTION. IS THERE A MOTION?

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>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED?

[11. Receive, consider and act upon the process resulting in The Woodlands Township being granted membership on the Houston-Galveston Area Council’s (H-GAC) Transportation Policy Council and Board appointments in connection therewith;]

THROUGH 135. >> THANK YOU. YOU JUST COVERED THE BASIS OF IT. THE TOWNSHIP LAST MONTH GRANTED A VOTING SEAT ON THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT RELATES BACK TO 2012 THAT WE HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO DO. ALL OF THE PIECES FELL IN PLACE THIS YEAR. AND WE WERE ULTIMATELY GRANTED IN HG AC, WE ALTERED THE BYLAWS, WHICH THEN ALLOW THE TOWNSHIP TO HAVE A VOTING SEAT. SO WE ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. IT CAN OPEN UP SOME DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AND AT LEAST HAVE US RIGHT THERE ON THE TABLE WITH A VOICE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. WE HAVE TWO VERY SUCCESSFUL TRANSIT PROGRAMS HERE IN TERMS OF OUR PARKS AND RIGHTS SYSTEMS IN OUR TROLLEY SYSTEM MANAGED BY BRUCE AND. SO I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER, WHAT THE HG AC, AFTER THEY ADOPTED THE BYLAWS LAST TIME, THE FIRST MEETING IS COMING UP TOMORROW. WE ARE ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND, AS LONG AS THE BOARD CHOOSES TO APPOINT MEMBERS TONIGHT. THERE IS THE PRIMARY MEMBER THAT CAN BE POINTED. AND ALSO, IN ALTERNATES, AND THERE WAS, AT THE END OF THE MEETING LAST TIME, JUDGE MARQUIS, THAT WAS INCIDENTAL IN HELPING THE TOWNSHIP GET THIS SEAT. AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL, WE RECOMMENDED THAT CHAIRMAN SNYDER SERVICE THE PRIMARY AND VICE CHAIRMAN KYLE WATSON SERVE AS THE ALTERNATE. SO THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT HE JUST MADE AT THE MEETING. IT IS A PART OF THE OFFICIAL MOTION, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL

KNOW THAT HE DID STATE THAT. >> OKAY. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR MISS SHARP? IF NOT, IS

THERE A MOTION? >> I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE. STARTING WITH POSITIONS? I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US, BY THE WAY. I KNOW IT WAS A BIG EFFORT BY SEVERAL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT IN PARTICULAR, ANN SNYDER. I HEARD ABOUT HER GOING BACK AND FORTH TO HOUSTON TO GET THIS DONE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

>> WELL, IT TOOK ALL OF US. AND JUDGE KEOUGH, AS WELL AS SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES PLAYED

A VERY CRITICAL ROLE IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN. >> I WOULD SAY THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO ME TO HAVE OUR CHAIRMAN AT, AS RECOMMENDED BY JUDGE KEOUGH, AND I BELIEVE

KYLE HAS BEEN DONE THERE AS WELL TOO. IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES. IF ELECTED.

] >> I SECOND THAT MOTION. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND

SECONDED. COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? >> I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT SAY, LET US REMEMBER BEING IN THE TOWNSHIP, WE COULD NEVER GET ON THE HG AC TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. IT COULD NEVER HAPPEN. THAT IS WHAT OUR VOTERS WERE TOLD NUMEROUS TIMES. BUT GUESS WHAT? WE CHANGED THAT. SO IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET ON THIS, IT IS A VERY POWERFUL VOICE. JUDGE KEOUGH DID AN AMAZING JOB. THE COUNTY CAME TOGETHER, WE'VE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME, IT HAD NOT ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY. AND TO SEE US ALL COME TOGETHER IN THE COUNTY, IT IS A BIG DEAL. THANK YOU TO JUDGE KEOUGH, CONROE CITY COUNCILMAN HOWARD WOULD.

THANK YOU. YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN HELPING US. AND CHAIRMAN SNYDER.

>> IT IS A BIG DEAL. >> THE MAYORS FROM THE SURROUNDING AREAS AS WELL AS THE METRO SIDE WHY IS THE WOODLANDS NOT ON THIS BOARD? FROM THE VERY FIRST MEETING I

ATTENDED. >> I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I WAS NOT ON THE BOARD WHEN IT WAS TRIED EARLIER, AND MAYBE YOU WERE, DR. SNYDER. BUT I HAVE HEARD AT LEAST TWICE THERE

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THEY SAY IS TRUE. THE THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM. >> I DID RECOGNIZE THAT PAST FORWARDS, WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE CHAMBER. A LEADERSHIP MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, LETTERS, A RESOLUTION, 11: 12 , 16, AND 23. I BELIEVE KYLE WATSON MADE THAT MOTION TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

THANK YOU ALL. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR HEISER, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR NELSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFIED BY SAYING AYE. IT'S PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW THERE IS A FORM THAT NEEDS TO BE SENT IN QUICKLY BEFORE 7:30 TONIGHT.

>> OH, WOW. REALLY QUICKLY. >> THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR NELSON --

INAUDIBLE - OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> IT IS ALL ABOUT

[9. Receive, consider and act upon issuance of the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) for the construction and renovation of the Emergency Training Center;]

RELATIONSHIPS, NO MATTER WHAT. >> OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM NINE. TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER, AND AND ACT UPON THE ISSUANCE OF THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION OF THE EMERGENCY TURNING CENTER. YOU HAVE INFORMATION PAGES 101 TO 140. FIRE CHIEF HOMER WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING A REQUEST TO ISSUE THE FILE FOR

THE CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I FIRST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE THAT IS LEFT TO GET THE GOOD NEWS. THE STORM, THE

MAJOR PET PART HAS PASSED THROUGH. >> OH, GOOD. I WANTED TO ASK,

BUT I DID NOT KNOW IF LEGAL COUNSEL TELL ME. >> UNDER EMERGENCY SITUATIONS,

ABSOLUTELY. >> THE BIG CONCERT THAT SOME PEOPLE'S CHILDREN IS AT WILL GET STARTED PRETTY SOON. THEY HAD A WEATHER DELAY. BUT IT IS ALL GETTING MUCH BETTER. GOOD EVENING, DIRECTORS. THIS IS THE FIRST OF OUR TWO CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH WITH MARTINA'S ARCHITECTS. WE HAD ENGAGED MORE RECENTLY, BROOKSTONE CONSTRUCTION AS OUR GENERAL CONTRACT MANAGER, AND WE HAVE THE FIRST PHASE OF THE EMERGENCY CENTER REFRESH. IF IT IS APPROVED TONIGHT, WE HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE TONIGHT, BUT ON MONDAY, MAY 20TH, WE WOULD GET STARTED IF IT IS APPROVED. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT. AT THE PRICE OF $3.9 MILLION, WITH $3.3 MILLION BEING THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE BY BRIDGESTONE TO BRING THE PROJECT TO CONSTRUCTION FOR THE OTHER $600,000 IS ALL ARCHITECT FEES, CIVIL ENGINEERING, AND WHATNOT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL TRY TO ANSWER THEM. IF NOT, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU APPROVE THE TOTAL PROJECT COST AT 3.93 -- THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE OF $3.3 MILLION.

AND AUTHORIZED THE PRESIDENCY TO AUTHORIZE THE DOCUMENTS. >> INCLUDING THE GMP ASSOCIATED

WITH THE CURRENT BROOKSTONE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND

SECONDED. DISCUSSION? >> WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME ON THAT?

>> WE ARE DOING THE MAJORITY, HOPEFULLY SIMILAR TO A SCHOOL PROJECT. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE HAVE GOING ON OUT THERE IS THAT MOZART DOES THE FIRE ACADEMY CLASS. THEY JUST GRADUATED LAST WEEK. WE TRIED TO GET A MAJORITY OF THE CLASSES IN, IN SEPTEMBER. WE TRIED TO GET A MAJORITY OF THE WORK DONE THROUGH SEPTEMBER. THEY HAVE UNTIL APRIL OF NEXT YEAR, BUT THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH US SO THAT WE CAN GO BACK INTO ACTION IN SEPTEMBER.

>> I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. DOES THIS $3.9 MILLION, DOESN'T COME OUT OF THE RESERVE WE WERE

DISCUSSING EARLIER? THE 3.97 FOR FIRE AND SAFETY? >> LESSONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT,

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>> MONDAY. A LITTLE SLOW. >> STATION 5 TOO. >> WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. ALL

[10. Receive, consider, and act upon installation of Visit The Woodlands sponsored bus wraps on The Woodlands Express buses;]

RIGHT. >> THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 10. PAGES 141 TO 143. RUTH AND HOCH DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION RELATED TO REQUEST IN THE WOODLANDS TO INSTALL US RAMPS ON THE WOODLANDS EXPRESS

BUSES TO PROMOTE THE WOODLANDS. REESE AND? >> GRIEVING, BOARD OF DIRECTORS. TOWNSHIP STAFF WAS APPROACHED BY WOODLANDS STAFF ABOUT THE WOODLAND BUSES PAY THEY ARE BASICALLY MOVING BILLBOARDS ON 45. SO IT INSPIRED SOME IDEAS. PROJECT DETAILS, THE MAIN THING IS THAT THERE WOULD BE NO COST TO THE TOWNSHIP. WE DO OWN THE BUSES, THE RAPS, THE ARTWORKS AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE SPEARHEADED BY THE WOODLAND STAFF. THE BUDGET WOULD COME OUT OF THE WOODLANDS BUDGET. IT WOULD BE INSTALLED ON TOWNSHIP OWNED VEHICLES. WE VETTED THIS THROUGH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE I DO HAVE AN INTEREST IN WHAT WE DO. THEY ARE FINE WITH IT. IT IS NOT COMPETITION, ADVERTISEMENT COMPETITION BECAUSE WE ARE PROMOTING YOURSELVES, BASICALLY. IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 60 DAYS FOR THE FABRICATION AND FINALIZATION OF DESIGN, AND THE INSTALLATION.

HERE ARE SOME MOCKUPS. I DO NOT THINK THAT YOUR FINAL DRAFT. I WILL DEFER TO MAY BE CHAIRMAN BAILEY ON THAT. I DO BELIEVE THESE ARE CLOSE TO FINAL DRAFTS OF THE IDEA OF PROMOTING IN A GENERAL MANNER, COMING UP TO THE WOODLANDS, SPENDING TIME IN THE WOODLANDS. SO THE RECOMMENDATION THEN FROM STAFF IS TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE INSTALLATION OF THE BUS ROUTES

ON THE WOODLANDS EXPRESS PROMOTING THE WOODLANDS. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. KNOW THAT WE CAN DIRECT STAFF TO BRING BACK SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT. WHAT IF MCDONALD'S WANTED TO DO THE BUS REP? WHAT PROTECTION DO WE AS A TOWNSHIP HAVE? IF WE GO BACK TO SLIDES, THE RURAL TRANSIT AND MINISTRATION APPROVED IT. DID THEY PUT RESTRICTIONS ON IT THAT IT CAN

ONLY BE US? >> THERE ARE ALREADY RESTRICTIONS ON ADVERTISEMENT IF YOU GET REVENUE FROM IT. I CANNOT GET AN EXCUSE OF AGREEMENT TO MCDONALD'S FOR RAPS. I WOULD HAVE TO GIVE A FAIR AND OPEN COMPETITION TO ANYONE ELIGIBLE WHO WANTED TO COME IN AND PAY US AD REVENUE. WE ARE NOT GETTING AD REVENUE FROM IT. THERE IS A CONCERN THAT WE ARE PROMOTING SOMETHING. LET'S GO AHEAD AND DOUBLE CHECK WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THOSE THINGS. IT IS IT BECAUSE THERE IS A REVENUE INVOLVED? YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY ADVERTISING YOURSELF. THERE IS A LACK OF COMPETITION IN THAT.

>> WHAT MADE ME ASK, AFTER IT WAS POSTED, IT HAD SEVERAL CALLS WONDERING IF OTHER ENTITIES COULD BID ON THIS. AND I WANTED EVERYONE TO BE CLEAR THAT THE RESTRICTIONS --

>> YEAH. THIS IS JUST TO PROMOTE. WE WENT OVER THE BUDGET WORKSHOP EARLIER. WE DO OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES THAT WE GENERATE . ALMOST A $10 MILLION LAST YEAR. A LOT OF THEM GOES INTO OUR DIFFERENT FUNDS. AND THIS IS A WAY TO PROMOTE OURSELVES AND PROMOTE OUR PEOPLE COMING TO STAY, STAY AND PLAY IN THE WOODLANDS. I DRIVE TO THE ENERGY CORRIDOR MANY DAYS AND MANY NIGHTS I DRIVE BACK BEHIND THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BUS. AND I LOOK AT THAT BACK. I JUST HAD NUMBER 919 ON ITS. I AM, LIKE, BOY. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING TO MARKET THE WOODLANDS TO HAVE PEOPLE COME HERE. I HAVE SEEN THIS DONE ON METRO. THEY DO THIS ON SOME THINGS . SO I SAID, HEY, I BROUGHT IT UP.

RESENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THIS ON. I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN PESTERING THIS. THOSE ARE JUST DRAFTS WE HAVE. WE WILL TRY TO DO SOME BETTER MOCKUPS. JUST AS THEY ARE, THEY DO A

GREAT JOB. AND WHAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY BE LOOKING AT. >> A RIGHT IDEA, WELL DONE.

>> IT IS IMPRESSIVE HOW FAST THIS WAS ALL DONE. I SWEAR IT WAS ONLY TWO MONTHS AGO THAT YOU SAID I AM TIRED OF SITTING BEHIND A BUS WITH A NUMBER ON IT. WHY CAN'T WE DO IT LIKE A BILLBOARD? ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HAVE SIX GRAPHICS HERE. YOU ALREADY GET IT APPROVED AND GOT IT BACK. AND WE RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. THAT IS WONDERFUL. BRAD, GREAT IDEA.

>> YES. >> IS A TEAM EFFORT. >> WE ACCEPT THE REQUEST AND

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MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE RAPS FROM THE WOODLANDS. >> I SECOND.

>> LEGAL COUNSEL , DO WE NEED TO DEVELOP AN AGREEMENT FOR BOARD APPROVAL?

>> MY SUGGESTION, BECAUSE IT IS, FIRST OF ALL, AS WE ALL KNOW, VISIT THE WOODLANDS OR VISIT THE COMMISSIONERS BUREAU IS THE DESIGNATED MARKETER OF THE TOWNSHIP. SO THEY ARE IN A UNIQUE POSITION. AND THAT UNIQUENESS PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE DOCUMENTED IN AN AGREEMENT. SO I WOULD SUGGEST IT BE SUBJECT TO BRINGING BACK AN AGREEMENT TO THE BOARD THAT LAYS OUT THE CONSIDERATION BETWEEN THE TWO. BUT THAT SHOULD NOT STOP THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BACKGROUND.

>> WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. HOW ARE WE PUTTING VISIT WITH THE WOODLANDS, THE #WOODLANDSNEWSLE

TTER ? IT IS TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEES DOING THIS. >> I WOULD SAY, AGAIN, IT DOES NOT SLOW DOWN ANYTHING. BUT THE HASHTAG IS ACTUALLY ON MY NOTES. IN THE FALL, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THIS NOW, BUT WE HAVE A SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWNSHIP AND VISIT THE WOODLANDS THAT TALKS ABOUT THE PROGRAMS. ALL WE WOULD DO IS LIST OF THESE. IT IS NOT A

BIG DEAL, JUST A FORMALITY. >> AS AN OFFICIAL MARKETING DESTINATION AGENCY FOR THE TOWNSHIP, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A CHECKED BOX. WE WOULD HAVE TO DO A LEGAL CONTRACT AND CURB FEES. IF YOU ALL WANT TO DO THAT, THE CITY WOULD NOT BILL

FOR IT. >> WHAT WOULD WE NEED TO AMEND TO MAKE SURE THIS IS DONE

CORRECTLY? I SECOND IT. >> CLINIC DESCRIBED IT VERY WELL. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS, THERE IS A SERVICE AGREEMENT. AND WE DO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED. THIS HAS SIMPLY BEEN ADDED TO THAT, WHICH IS GREAT. I DO NOT THINK WE WILL SLOW ANYTHING DOWN OR INCUR A BUNCH OF COST DOING THIS. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IT BE DOCUMENTED FOR THE VERY REASON THAT DR. SNYDER MENTIONED. THAT IS WHY ANY OTHER BUSINESS WOULD THINK, CAN I PROMOTE? CAN I BE ON THERE? AND THE REASON THEY CANNOT BE IS BECAUSE THIS IS PROMOTING THE TOWNSHIP. IT IS NOT PROMOTING ANYTHING ELSE. AND VISIT THE WOODLANDS IS THE OFFICIAL DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWNSHIP HERE THAT NEEDS TO BE

DOCUMENTED JUST FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES. >> OKAY. VERY CLEAR.

>> EMOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS INSTALLATION OF THE BUS RAPS ON THE BACK OF THE WOODLANDS EXPRESS BUSES ARE MELTING THE WOODLANDS. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD, BUT ALSO WE CAN DIRECT STAFF TO DEVELOP AN AGREEMENT FOR BOARD APPROVAL AND CONNECTION THERE. AND IT HAS BEN MOVED AND SECONDED. FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFIED BY SAYING AYE . OPPOSED? IT PASSES. WELL DONE,

[12. Receive, consider and act upon an update on The Woodlands 50th Anniversary; ]

I CALL UPON NICK WALDO AND DIRECTOR BAILEY, HEISER, OR NELSON, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO

ADD ON, SINCE YOU ARE ALL THREE ON THE COMMITTEE. >> NICK CAN PROBABLY HANDLE IT

PRETTY WELL. >> NICK, KNOCK THEM DEAD. >> THANK YOU, DR. SNYDER. GOOD EVENING, DIRECTORS. I WILL SHOW YOU JUST A FEW SHORT SLIDES. A MEDIA CONFERENCE WAS HELD LAST WEEK. HOWARD HUGHES, AS WELL AS THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP , AND THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY TASK FORCE, DR. SNYDER, AS YOU MENTIONED, DIRECTOR BAILEY, DIRECTOR NELSON, AND DIRECTOR HEISER, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF STAFF WORKING ON THIS. IT WAS A LOT OF TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS, LOTS OF MEETINGS. WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE DIRECT ERRORS' TIME. -- DIRECTOR'S TIME. THE CHIEF ADMINISTERED OFFICER ALSO IN WITH THOSE MEETINGS, AND TODD STEVENS, WHO HAS BEEN JOINED IN WITH THAT AS WELL. SO, I APPRECIATE ALL THE STAFF. I KNOW THAT JOHN MCGOWAN AND HIS WHOLE TEAM HAS SOME GREAT, EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE PLANNED. WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK? THAT IS WHY I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW. ANY OF THE DIRECTORS CLOSELY INVOLVED ON THIS, PLEASE, JUMP IN AS WELL. SO THIS IS A WEEKLONG SET OF ACTIVITIES. YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN ALL OF THE GREAT MARKETING AND PR, LYNN PETERSON AND HER GROUP, WITH A HAVE DONE. JUST A FABULOUS JOB IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY MAGAZINE.

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TUESDAY IS A DAY OF GIVING. THIS IS COORDINATED THROUGH INTERFAITH AND A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY-WIDE ACTIVITIES. IT REALLY FOCUSED ON TUESDAY, THE SPIRIT OF GIVING OF WHAT THE WOODLANDS IS ALL ABOUT. WEDNESDAY, A COMMUNITY TREE PLANNING. IT SAYS A LARGE TREE. THIS IS A VERY, VERY LARGE TREE SCHEDULED FOR NORTH SHORE PARK TO COMMEMORATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY. IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO. A BIG UNDERTAKING. BUT ALSO, TREES THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS VILLAGES AND HAVING THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL THAT DAY. THURSDAY, UNVEILING OF A MURAL ALONG THE WOODLANDS WATERWAY. DIRECTOR HEISER WITH THE IDEA IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN. SO THAT WILL BE VERY EXCITING. AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO STOP ME ANYTHING, JUMP

RIGHT IN THERE. >> THAT WILL BE POSTED ON THE ART COUNCIL WEBSITE FOR ANYBODY

INTERESTED. IT WILL BE IN ALL CALL GOING UP JUNE 1. >> LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

FRIDAY IS A 50TH ANNIVERSARY FREE CONCERT AT THE CYNTHIA WOODS MITCHELL PAVILION SPONSORED BY HOWARD HUGHES. BRAD GOT US GOING ON THIS IDEA OF A BIG CONCERT. I APPRECIATE THAT. THIS WILL BE A LOT OF FUN. THE OPENER IS HAYES CARL PIERCE SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW HIM IN THE ROOM. HE IS THE SON OF LLOYD CARL. HE GREW UP HERE. I KNOW, DR. SNYDER, YOU HAVE KNOWN THEM FOR A LONG TIME. IT IS GREAT TO SEE HAYES AND HIS CAREER. THE HEADLINER AFTER HAYES WILL BE LEBANON AND HIS LARGE BAND. I DID MISS ONE THING, IT IS NOT ON HERE RIGHT NOW. THE WOODLANDS COLLEGE PARK IN THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE PLAYING ON THURSDAY NIGHT. I USED TO CALL IT WERE OF THE WOODS, THEY DO NOT WANT TO CALL IT WERE OF THE WOODS.

HIGHLANDERS WANT TO WIN, SO THAT WILL BE A LOT OF FUN. >> IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT. NO. HE SAID IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN. THIS WAS LAST FALL. YOU SHARED WITH THE COMMITTEE THAT IT PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAPPEN. HE CALLED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. AND SAID THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN THAT THURSDAY NIGHT. SO THAT WILL ALSO BE SPECTACULAR WITH

THE KIDS. WE ALSO HAVE A BOARD MEETING THAT NIGHT. >> WE MAY NEED TO MOVE THAT

ONE. >> YOU KNOW TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, HOW BIG THAT IS.

>> HE WILL SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM THAT NIGHT. >> SATURDAY IS A GRAND PUBLIC CELEBRATION THAT WILL BE HELD THROUGHOUT THE TOWN CENTER AREA IN LATE WOODLANDS, THE WOODLANDS WATERWAY, NORTH SHORE PARK, USE LENDING, TOWN GREEN PARK, JOHN MCGOWAN, AND SO MANY OTHERS HAVE GONE THROUGH AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF DETAILS WITH FIREWORKS, DRONE SHOWS.

CHRIS, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? I AM INVITING YOU RIGHT HERE. COME ON UP, CHRIS.

>> I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT SO MUCH OF THIS IS BY SPONSORS FROM THROUGHOUT THE WOODLANDS.

MOST OF IT IS PAY FOR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. >> I GET IT. MICK JOHN MCGOWAN SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS JUST BEEN WORKING ON THIS, GRINDING THROUGH THIS, WITH ALL THE OTHER EVENTS THAT THEY DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND AS NICK SAID, HAVING MULTIPLE SITES TRYING TO BRING OUT SOME NEW TRICKS HERE, THE DRONE SHOW, THE FIREWORKS, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER UNIQUE THINGS THAT WE WILL NOT MENTION HIM BECAUSE WE ARE STILL WORKING ON IT DETAILS THERE. HAVING THINGS THAT NORTH SHORE PARK, HOW ARE THINGS AT THE BAND SHOW? AND REALLY SET AROUND THE LAKE, THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES ABOUT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE PARTY. SO WE ARE KIND OF FIGURING OUT HOW TO, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY

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>> THANK YOU, CHRIS. A LOT OF WORK, IT IS GOING TO BE GREAT. WE WANTED TO PUT THIS UP AS WELL. THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY AS WELL IS AVAILABLE. I THINK APRIL WAS AN UMBRELLA, WHICH CAME IN HANDY. AND MAY IS, I THINK, THE NOTEBOOK RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN STILL GET THE UMBRELLA IF YOU WOULD LIKE. THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY BOOK IS IN PROGRESS. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL HUNDRED PHOTOGRAPHS. WE STILL NEED MORE AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE A DEADLINE THERE MAYBE 31ST.

AGAIN, THIS IS A SLICE OF LIFE IN THE WOODLANDS IN 2023-2024, WITH THE WOODLANDS LOOKS LIKE.

IT WILL BE NICE TO HAVE THIS YEAR. EVEN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, 20 YEARS FROM NOW, THEY WILL BE FUN TO LOOK BACK AT 2024. TO YOUR POINT, ALL OF THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE OF THE SPONSORS. CHAIRMAN SNYDER, THANK YOU FOR WHAT WE CALL IN THAT WORLD DRAGGING THE SACK AND PICKING UP ALL THE SPONSORS ALONG THE WAY. WE APPRECIATE THE TIME,

EFFORT, AND ENERGY ON THAT. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO PUT US OVER THE TOP, KYLE WATSON. YOUR

SPONSORSHIP? >> YOU WILL SEE THAT HERE. THE FOUNDING SPONSOR CORPORATION --

>> I'M SEEING ALL OF THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY. >> IT WITH YOUR COMPANY NAME IN JUST A MOMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE PRODUCER IS THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. OUR SPONSOR IS WHAT FOREST NATIONAL BANK. THAT WILL BE PART OF THE DRONE SHOW, I BELIEVE. WE APPRECIATE THEM. WASTE CONNECTION. AND AS A HERITAGE SPONSOR, GOAL SPONSOR, ENERGY TEXAS, AND HE'S A METHODIST, THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL, SBN, JEFF BIER AND HIS GROUP, LONGTIME FOLKS HERE IN THE WOODLANDS, THE JOHN COOPER SCHOOL IN THE SILVER LEVEL. THE BRONZE LEVEL, THE IAS LOAN MANAGEMENT, LONE STAR COLLEGE HAS JUMPED IN AS WELL. THE WOODLANDS MEDICAL CENTER, PRIVATE STREET AND ADVISERS, THE WOODLANDS, THE MICHAEL RICHMAN FAMILY, THE STRONG FIRM, THANK YOU. THE WOODLANDS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY. HOW ABOUT THIS? WINSTEAD PC.

THERE YOU GO. I THINK THE CHECK IS ALREADY IN. AND WRIGHT BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES. THOSE OF THE GREAT SPONSORS HELPING TO MAKE ALL OF THIS HAPPENED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF THIS. IF THE DIRECTORS HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, IF WE MISSED SOME THINGS, LET ME KNOW.

>> THE ONLY THING IS THE SPONSORS, WHEN WE ASKED THEM LAST FALL, WE REALLY DID NOT HAVE THE OUTLINE OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. EVERYONE STEPPED UP AND CHOSE THEIR COMMITMENT TO THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY AND HOMETOWN THAT WE ALL LIVE IN. SO WE ARE MOST FORTUNATE TO EACH AND EVERY ONE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

[13. Receive, consider and act upon an update on activities related to The Woodlands Township property located at 9669 Grogan’s Mill Road (as requested by Director Sekula-Gibbs);]

>> I MOVE THE REPORTS. >> A SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. OTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED? MOST IN PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 13. TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER, AND ACT UPON ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP PROPERTY LOCATED AT 9669 GROGAN'S MILL

ROAD. MONIQUE SHARP WILL PRESENT. THANK YOU. >> JUST SO EVERYONE IS CLEAR, 9669 GROGAN'S MILL ROAD IS THE GE PROPERTY. THEY DO NOT OWN IT ANYMORE, BUT WE ARE USED TO CALLING AT THAT PEER FOR THE AGENDA, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THAT RIGHT. WE ACTUALLY HAD A SPEAKER EARLIER, BUT I WILL REITERATE THAT NOW. THIS PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED BY THE TOWNSHIP FROM GE BETZ IN 2015. IN 11.16 ACRE PARCEL. THE TOWNSHIP PURPOSED FOR $15.2 MILLION. IN TERMS OF THE UPDATE, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OFFERS ON THE PROPERTY. THERE HAVE BEEN INQUIRIES, JUST INFORMAL PEER THERE ARE NO FORMAL OFFERS ON THIS PROPERTY.

AND THIS TOWNSHIP BOARD HAS NOT MADE ANY DETERMINATION REGARDING THE POTENTIAL USE OR SALE OF THE PROPERTY. SO THAT IS MY REPORT. I WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> HOW MUCH DID WE PAY FOR THAT PROPERTY? >> 15.2 MILLION. IN WHAT YEAR?

2015? >> YES, SIR. >> WHAT WOULD BE BE THE TAXES

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ON THE PROPERTY ANNUALLY FOR THE TOWNSHIP? >> WELL, THE TOWNSHIP WOULD NOT

PAY. IF IT WAS SOLD TO SOMEBODY, AROUND $25,000. >> BECAUSE THE TOWNSHIP OWNS IT, NO TAXES, NO PROPERTY TAXES HAVE BEEN CHARGED ON IT SINCE 2015?

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO ASK AND GIVING ME A SECOND, CHAIRMAN, SO THAT WE CAN HEAR ABOUT THIS. THERE IS SOME INQUIRY ABOUT WHAT THE BOARD IS DOING. AND I HAVE HEARD THIS BOARD CALL IS OF THE MOST TRANSPARENT BOARD. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO ACTUALLY EXERCISE SOME TRANSPARENCY HERE. SO BACK TO CHAIRMAN TY, I DID PULL UP AN ARTICLE ON THE CHRONICLE WHERE HE SAID THAT THIS WAS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN TO HAVE MUNICIPAL SERVICES ON THIS PIECE OF LAND INITIALLY. AND THAT STARTED ME THINKING, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE ILUD ON THIS LAND? AND WHAT ANY RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL ON THIS LAND? DO THOSE STILL APPLY? DID IT EVER APPLY IF THE TOWNSHIP IS THE OWNER? THEY PROBABLY APPLIED IF GE BETZ IS. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF WE CAN GET THE BOARD'S INFORMATION, ALL OF THE OPINIONS THAT WERE WRITTEN BY ANY ATTORNEY. AND PROBABLY THIS WOULD BE COMING FROM NESTOR FORD AND MCDONALD, PRIOR TO BRETT BEING INVOLVED THERE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE OPINIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE IL UD'S THAT THE DEVELOPER PLACED ON LAND INITIALLY APPLIED TO THE TOWNSHIP OR WHETHER THE TOWNSHIP COULD CONTAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND AND STILL UTILIZE IT IN TERMS OF A LONG-TERM LEASE, LIKE WAS MENTIONED BY CHAIRMAN BUNCH TONIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ASK ABOUT THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL. IF THAT APPLIES TO THIS LAND OR NOT. IF THEY DO, IT IS ONE THING. IF THEY DON'T, THAT MAKES THE LAND MORE VALUABLE. AND WE ALL KNOW, AS PREVIOUSLY SAID, FROM THE DEVELOPER COME AT THE RITZ CARLSON IS GOING TO BE BUILT IN THE ADJOINING PROPERTY. AND THAT IS GOING TO TAKE $15 MILLION, 2X OR 3X. IT COULD BE READY $5 MILLION IN VALUE, WE DO NOT KNOW. AND HE DID MENTION IN YOUR REPORT, OR IN THE WRITTEN PART, THAT THERE IS AN APPRAISAL COMING TO US SOON. BUT THAT APPRAISAL WOULD BE INFLUENCED BY WHETHER IN IL UD IS ATTACHED TO IT OR IT IS NOT. SINCE WE ARE A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO GET AN OPINION FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT AND ILUD WILL HAMSTRING THE TOWNSHIP IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM GOING FORWARD AND HOW WE UTILIZE THE PROPERTY, OR HOW WE LEASE IT OR MAINTAIN IT. SO THE SMALL TAX THAT WE MIGHT HAVE LOST, CHAIRMAN BAILEY, IS A PALE COMPARED TO A POTENTIAL GAIN OF 15 MILLION OR EVEN $30 MILLION, IF THAT IS THE REAL APPRAISED VALUE OF THIS. I THINK IT IS REALLY VALUABLE FOR US TO GET ALL OF THE FACTS AND LET THEM BE KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE ANY KIND OF DECISION IS MADE. THAT WILL INFLUENCE WHO COMES TO US WITH AN OFFER. PEOPLE ARE OBVIOUSLY INTERESTED. IT IS PRECIOUS LAND, BEAUTIFUL LAND. IT IS LESS PIECE OF THAT SIZE AVAILABLE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

SO I THINK IT IS VALUABLE. LET'S GET ALL THE INFORMATION WE CAN SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A

GOOD DECISION. THANK YOU. >> YEAH, THANKS. I WILL FOLLOW-UP TO THAT. I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE TRANSPARENT. I THINK EVERYBODY ON THE EDC HAS BEEN THAT WAY FROM THE START OF THESE DISCUSSIONS. AND EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD KNOWS THAT. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS, AS YOUR REPORT INDICATED. BUT BECAUSE OF DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS, OTHERS IN THE FACEBOOK POST, AND OTHER STUFF, IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS. THERE IS A RESTRICTION ON THIS PROPERTY. THAT IS UNDENIABLE. I MAKE NO ANALYSIS AND OPINION ON THE ENFORCEABILITY OF THAT RESTRICTION OR WHO MAY ENFORCE THE RESTRICTION. THERE IS A RESTRICTION ON THE PROPERTY AS A GOVERNMENT, IF WE DO NOT HAVE PLANS TO USE IT, THEN WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, ARE WE IN A LAND SPECULATION BUSINESS? IN TERMS OF TRYING TO HOLD ONTO SOMETHING THAT IS GENERATING NO REVENUE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY, OR TOWNSHIP. AND AT WHAT POINT DO WE DECIDE THAT IS NOT A GOOD USE OF AN ASSET THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE? SO I THINK THAT IS THE CONCERN OF MYSELF AND PERHAPS OTHERS ON THE BOARD. I THINK THE ORIGINAL INTENTS AND PURPOSES FOR THIS LAND IN TERMS OF WHY IT WAS

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I WOULD SAY, IF NOTHING ELSE, IT WOULD INVITE AND LIKELY RESULT IN VERY EXPENSIVE AND PROTRACTED LITIGATION. NEVERTHELESS, I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT INQUIRY TO LOOK AT. I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN TERMS OF VALUE, IF WE GO OUT, AND I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD OR ARE GOING TO. BUT IF WE WERE TO GO OUT ON AN RFP PROCESS, THERE IS ONLY ONE PARTY THAT CAN CHANGE THAT USE RESTRICTION AS WE SIT HERE TODAY. AND THAT IS HOWARD HUGHES. AND THEREFORE, IT WILL IMPACT THE PROPOSALS FROM THIRD PARTIES. I'M GLAD TO HEAR MR. BUNCH THAT APPEAR TODAY AND SAY PUT ME ON THE LIST. I THINK IT IS GREAT. IF MR. BUNCH CAN PLAY FAIR MARKET VALUE AND THEN TO FIGHT ABOUT HIS USE WITH HOWARD HUGHES AND THE LAND RESTRICTION, GREAT FOR THE TOWNSHIP. I LOVE IT. BUT IT WILL BE BUYER BEWARE, IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY ARE BUYING. THERE OWN DILIGENCE AND LEGAL WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. OUR JOB, OR MY JOB, AS I SEE IT UP HERE, IS TO BE A GOOD STEWARD OF THE RESIDENCE'S MONEY, IN TERMS OF ASSETS. WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE ASSETS OF THE TOWNSHIP TO GENERATE MORE REVENUE AND LESSEN THE BURDEN ON OUR TAXPAYERS, AND CREATE MORE AMENITIES AND HIGHER SERVICES? I DO NOT FEEL LIKE I CAN DO THAT WITH THIS LAND JUST SITTING THERE. BUT I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE NEED TO DIVEST OF IT TODAY, TOMORROW, OR TWO YEARS FROM NOW. I AGREE THE VALUE HAS GOT TO BE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN IT WAS WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED.

PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AROUND IT. HOWEVER, THE VALUE CANNOT BE ANALYZED AND ASSESSED. DOING IT OBJECTIVELY AND ACCURATELY WITHOUT RECORD RISING THE IMPACT OF THE USE RESTRICTION . AND SO I HAVE BEEN VERY LONG-WINDED, YOU HAVE BEEN VERY PATIENT. AND I WILL CLOSE. BUT I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC, SINCE THIS IS ALL OUT HERE TONIGHT, TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NOT THAT SIMPLE. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS HERE THAT COME INTO PLAY. REST ASSURED, NOBODY SHOULD ACT IN HASTE TO DO THIS , AND WE SHOULD GET THE ANSWERS WE NEED TO MAKE A BETTER DECISION. BUT I DO NOT THINK IT IS AS SIMPLE AS, HEY, DO YOU GUYS WANT TO CUT A DEAL TO HOWARD HUGHES? OR WE SHOULD NOT SELL THIS PROPERTY. IT IS JUST

NOT THAT SIMPLE. >> TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT KYLE IS REFERENCING, THE ILUD ORELAND RESTRICTIONS WAS NOT CREATED BY HOWARD HUGHES. GEORGE MITCHELL HAD LAND-USE RESTRICTIONS THAT HE CREATED WHEN HE DID THE WOODLANDS. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE PAYING THE DRUM OF, YOU KNOW, EVIL HOWARD HUGHES, BUT IT WAS GEORGE MICHELLE WHO HAD IT ON THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT HE QUANTIFIED THINGS THAT WERE IN CERTAIN AREAS. AND THAT WE DID NOT GET OVERLOOKED. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT. LOOK AT THE COMMUNITIES AROUND US, THEY DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS

THAT WE HAVE, THEY LOOK VERY DIFFERENT THAN WE DO. >> THE PUBLIC SHOULD ALSO BE REMINDED ON A SIGNIFICANT PROCESS LIKE THIS, IT IS NOT THE SEVEN OF US THAT WAS THERE AND GO, OH, NO. LET'S GIVE IT TO, YOU KNOW, SUBMITTER X, Y, Z. THERE WILL BE CRITERIA, SCORING, LAND-USE, WHAT IS THE DEVELOPMENT, AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS AT PLAY. WE HAVE ONLY JUST GENERALLY BEGAN DISCUSSING WHAT WE SHOULD DO WITH THIS PROPERTY. IT HAS NOT REALLY GONE ANY FURTHER THAN THAT, OTHER THAN TO THINK ABOUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT ISSUES. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE HAS DONE NOTHING BUT GENERALLY TALK ABOUT THESE CONCEPTS. WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING. WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO DO ANYTHING.

>> ALSO, IF WE DID OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP TODAY, 47% OF OUR BUDGET IS IN SALES TAXES. 6%

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I RAN ON IT, I WANT TO SELL IT, I WANT TO DO AN OPEN BID PROPOSITION. BUT YOU CAN ALREADY SEE THE POLITICS THAT ARE BEING PLAYED. FACEBOOK IS COMING UP HERE TALKING ABOUT

THE RUMOR MILL, FAKE NEWS. >> AND HOWARD HUGHES ARE PRESENTED AS WERE HERE TONIGHT, I WOULD SAY THIS DIRECTLY TO THEM IF THEY ARE LISTENING. JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THE ULTIMATE USE DOES NOT MEAN THAT KYLE, AND I ONLY SPEAKING FOR KYLE, WOULD BE WILLING TO SELL THE PROPERTY AT WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN MARKET VALUE. THAT IS OUR OPTION, I WILL SPEAK IN ABSOLUTES. IT IS UNLIKELY THAT I WOULD SUPPORT A SALE. IT WOULD HAVE TO BRING WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER TO BE FAIR

MARKET VALUE. >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE FINAL COMMENT. I ALSO SIT ON THE EDC. IT HAS BEEN NOTHING, I WANT TO HEAR, I WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR THIS. NOTHING HAS BEEN DECIDED DURING THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. WE MET THE FIRST OF MARCH, MARCH 4TH. AND THEN WE DID NOT MEECH -- MEET AGAIN UNTIL A WEEK AGO. ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WE CANNOT MAKE ANYTHING BINDING UNLESS IT COMES TO THE BOARD AND THE BOARD APPROVES OR DISAPPROVES. THIS COMMITTEE HAS NO AUTHORITY, OTHER THAN TO EXPLORE. WHEN WE STATED IT A YEAR AGO, JANUARY 1 OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WERE GIVEN AUTHORITY WAS TO EXPLORE POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT THE BEST PROPERTY COULD BE OR NOT.

>> WELL SAID, ALL. >> YOU ARE CORRECT, SIR. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT MONIQUE'S REPORT? IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL OF

[14. Receive, consider and act upon an update from the Ad Hoc Economic Development Committee;]

COMMITTEE. >> YEAH. I WILL JUST SAY THIS. ONE IMPORTANT ELEMENT,AS A MAIN PILLAR OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THAT IS IN OUR ENABLING LEGISLATION. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT AT THE WOODLANDS

TOWNSHIP. >> IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT MR. WALDER'S REPORT? IS THERE

A SECOND? >> I SECOND. >> ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR,

[15. Receive, consider and act upon proposed revisions to the Ad Hoc Economic Development Committee Strategic Initiatives;]

PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. >> YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT COMMITTEE DOES HAVE TO OPERATE WITHIN A CHURCH OR THAT THE ENTIRE BOARD APPROVES. THE CHARGER, CHAIRMAN SNYDER, YOU REFERRED BACK TO THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTERS AND EVALUATION OF TOWNSHIP PROPERTY THAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT. SO THERE IS A SITUATION THAT THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER IN TO PROVE. TO ADD ANOTHER BULLET POINT IN THERE, IT IS A STRATEGIC EVALUATION OF PARTICIPATION IN CORPORATE RELOCATION EFFORTS. AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WITHIN OUR VISION IN 2024 DOCUMENT, THERE WAS A MAJOR POINT TO ATTRACT, MAINTAIN, AND PROMOTE HIGH-QUALITY BUSINESSES. SO THE ASK HERE IS TO PROVIDE TOPIC AREA WITHIN THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> THE ASK US TO APPROVE THE ADDITION OF STRATEGIC EVALUATION AND CORPORATE RELOCATION EFFORTS TO THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES OF THE AD HOC ECONOMIC DEVELOP MEANT

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COMMITTEE. >> I MOVE. >> SECOND.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN

[16. 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;]

[17. Reconvene in public session;]

>> WE RECONVENE AT 7:57. IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO TAKE ACTION AT THIS TIME. DISCUSSED FUTURE

[19. Board announcements; and]

ALSO, THE BANDS AND BADGES. A REMINDER. MAY 17TH IS FRIDAY. ROBERT PLUMBING FROM 5:30 TO 7:30. I BELIEVE WE WILL HONOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH COORDINATORS. EITHER FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. THEY ARE CELEBRATING THEIR 40TH ANNIVERSARY. THEY ALSO HAVE BANDS, BADGES, AND BIKES AT NORTH SHORE FROM 5:30 TO 7:30 ON SATURDAY. I HOPE THAT WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF ATTENDEES. MEMORIAL DAY WILL BE AT THE TOWN GREEN A WEEK FROM SUNDAY ON THE 26TH. WE WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO ALL OUR SERVICEMEMBERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE SERVING OUR GREAT COUNTRY. IT IS FROM 5:00 TO 9:00. WE HAD MUSIC AND FIREWORKS, LAST YEAR, A NUMBER OF US ATTENDED. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? IF NOT, CALL FOR A MOTION IN SECOND TO ADJOURN .

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED

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