[c. Receive, consider and act upon preliminary approval of a location for a mural commemorating The Woodlands 50th Anniversary on Township property;]

BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEMS HE RECEIVED CONSIDER AND ACT UPON

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PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF A LOCATION FOR A MURAL COMMEMORATING THE WOODLANDS 50TH ANNIVERSARY ON TOWNSHI PROPERTY. APPROVAL IS REQUIRED WITH A BASE SCULPTURE AND NICK WALDO WHO IS THE PRESIDENT TO VISIT THE WOODLANDS WILL GIVE

US MORE INFORMATION. >> IT IS PUBLIC INTEREST AND WILL BE GOOD FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS. AND IT

IS EXCITING NEWS. >> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN SNYDER.

YOU DO HAVE INFORMATION THAT TALKS ABOUT THE MERRILL IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY. IT IS BEING DISCUSSED FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY TASK FORCE AND YOU HAVE THREE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT SIT ON THAT TASK FORCE DIRECTOR BAILEY DIRECTOR NELSON AND DIRECTOR HEISER. IT IS DIRECTOR HEISER'S INITIATIVE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LET US

KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? >> A LOT HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED THIS WEEK SO WE HAVE THE ALL CALL COMPLETED IS GONE TO THE ARTS COUNCIL FOR THEIR APPROVAL. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE, THIS IS THE MILLENNIUM STATUE ON THE WATERWAY. IF YOU WALK DOWN THE WATERWAY YOU WILL SEE THE CEMENT CIRCULAR WALL THE JUST IS LIKE A PLAIN CEMENT WALL THAT HOLDS A STATUE. OR PUTTING A BEAUTIFUL MURAL THERE FROM A LOCAL ARTIST TO COMMEMORATE THE 50TH YEAR. I WILL STAY THERE FOR TWO YEARS MINIMUM AND UP TO FIVE YEARS. WE FEEL LIKE IT WILL BE A DESTINATION AND PHOTO SPOT WHEN YOU VISIT WOODLANDS.

>> CAN YOU SHARE MORE ABOUT THAT SCULPTURE FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT IS? IT'S BY CYNTHIA WOODS

MITCHELL PAVILION? >> IT'S RIGHT DOWN FROM THE PAVILION. RIGHT ON THE WATERWAY.

>> ON THE NORTH OF THE SCI-FI?

>> IT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE. >> THE ARTIST IS TBD. WERE GOING TO PUT OUT AN ALL CALL HIM AT LOCAL ARTIST SUPPLY AND THEN OUR COMMITTEE WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE ARTIST A CHOICE THAT WE FEEL LIKE FITS THE THEME THE BEST. WHICH WOULD BE THE NATURE AND THE WOODLANDS 50TH ANNIVERSARY.

>> COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THE MURAL IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PAID GENERALLY BY HOWARD HUGHES. NOW WE HAVE AGREED TO INCLUDE LIGHTING FOR THE SCULPTURE SO THAT IT CAN BE SEEN IN THE EVENING. AND I BELIEVE THAT COST WAS JUST UNDER $10,000. TOTAL FOR FIVE YEARS. SPENT THE LIGHTING BUT WAS JUST SHY OF $10,000. IT IS A ONE-TIME COST THERE WILL BE SOME LIMITED ELECTRICITY DOES THE L.E.D. LIGHTS ARE VERY COST-EFFECTIVE. IN A LOW PRESSURE WASH ON A YEARLY BASIS TO CLEAN THE DUST POLLEN AND EVERYTHING OFF OF IT. SO IT IS

MINIMAL FROM THAT STANDPOINT. >> IS THE EXPECTATION THAT IT BE REPLACED WITH A NEW MURAL IN THE FUTURE?

>> THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT IS DETERMINED IN THE FUTURE BY THE BOARD. AGAIN, THE PROJECTION IS THAT IT WOULD BE UP FOR TWO YEARS WITH THREE CONSECUTIVE ONE-YEAR RENEWALS.

THE DETAILS WILL COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND THAT'S WHAT THIS MOTION IS. ALL THE DETAILS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WILL COME BACK. BUT WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS THERE AT THAT TIME. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE BOARD WOULD WANT.

>> OUR COMMITTEE WAS VERY GENEROUS AND RAISED OVER

$800,000 FOR SPONSORSHIPS. >> THAT WAS REALLY A GREAT QUESTION. BUT REALLY THE HOPE OF THE ARTIST IN MY PERSONAL HOPE IS THAT THE MURAL WILL STAY THERE FOR 20 YEARS BECAUSE THIS IS OUR FIRST VENTURE INTO PUBLIC ART WE DON'T REALLY KNOW THE LONGEVITY OR HOW WELL IT WOULD BE PERCEIVED. SO

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THAT'S WHY THERE IS A LIMITATION ON TIMEFRAME.

>> WERE TRYING TO BRING MORE PEOPLE WALKING ALONG AND THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DARKER AREA SO I THINK THE MATTER WHAT HAPPENS LATER ON THERE WAS SOME ELECTRICITY THERE SO GLAD THAT WAS ONE OF THE DECISIONS MADE.

>> IF NOT APPROVAL IS REQUIRED TO APPROVE AND CONCEPT THE BASE OF THE MILLENNIUM SCULPTURE ON THE WOODLANDS RIGHT AWAY AS A LOCATION FOR MURAL CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WOODLANDS. THE BOARD AUTHORIZES THE PRESIDENT AND CEO TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT FOR THE MERRILL AND RETURNED TO THE BOARD FOR FINAL APPROVAL. IS THERE ANY MOTION FOR THIS LEVEL? ALL IN FAVO? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU MR. WALDER.

[8. Receive, consider and act upon a proposal from McKenna Contracting (C-2024-0448; C-2024-0449; C-2024-0450), and use existing contracts with Miam Electric (C-2019-0185A) and Marquee Property Services (C-2022-0317) to build tennis courts at Forestgate Park and pickleball courts at Windvale and Creekwood Parks;]

THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT REGULAR AGENDA ITEM. RECEIVING A PROPOSAL FOR MCKENNA CONTRACTING AND USING EXISTING CONTRACTS WITH MAYHEM ELECTRIC AND OTHERS TO BUILD TENNIS COURTS AT FOUR SKATE PARK AND PIKLE BALLS AT CREEKWOOD PARK.

YOU HAD INFORMATION ON PAGES 16 AND 96 IN YOUR BOARD PACKET.

JOHN MCGOWAN WILL HAVE INFORMATION BASED ON THIS

PROPOSAL. >> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN SNYDER AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I AM HERE LIKE YOU SAID FOR FOUR SKATE PARK FOR THE PROPOSAL OF TENNIS COURTS AND PICKLE BALL COURTS TO WHEN VAIL AND CREEKWOOD PARKS.

>> AS YOU CAN SEE WHY THESE PARTS THE PUBLIC INPUT AND MCKENNA AND THE PROPOSAL THERE AND RECOMMENDATIONS. AS WE HAVE BROUGHT SEVERAL TIMES BACK A NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT 2022 NEEDS ASSESSMENT. YOU CAN SEE THE GOAL WAS TO LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT DEFICIENCY WE HAVE. WHAT THE PUBLIC AND NEW AMENITIES OUT THERE HAVE AND WITH THAT SURVEY CAME BACK FROM THE PUBLIC AND MADE TWO PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD. WE REVIEWED THE USE AND IT WAS ACCEPTED IN 2022 AND MONEY WAS ACTUALLY ALLOCATD FOR POTENTIAL PROJECTS. AND THOSE YOU CAN SEE AT THE BRIDGE PARK WHICH WAS ALREADY APPROVED AND UNDER DESIGN LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT IS POSSIBLE OUT THERE. WE ARE LOOKING AT A BIG RENOVATION IN RESTROOMS AT THE PARK SUNDANCE RESTROOM HAS ALREADY BEEN INVOLVED AND IS ALREADY BEING USED. SPORTS FIELD LIGHTING AT WYNWOOD AND GOSLING ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND SHOULD BE THERE DURING THE END OF THE SUMMER. AND THEN PICKLEBALL AND TENNIS WE DID EARMARKED THREE DIFFERENT PARKS WHERE WE CAN ADD THESE SETS COMMUNITY GARDEN DOG PARK AND THE BOARD WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH FOR 2024 TO BUDGET AN ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION TO HELP FUND THE REMAINDER OF THESE POTENTIAL PROJECTS. AS YOU CAN SEE WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LOT. ANOTHER WAS A QUESTION ON HOW MANY EXACTLY WE HAVE WITH 80 TENNIS COURTS CURRENTLY OUT THERE. YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VILLAGE PARKS THE MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE FORECOURTS OR MORE AREA PARKS ARE MUCH SMALLER AND THAT'S WHY THERE ARE ONLY TWO IN THIS LOCATION. AND THEN WE HAVE OVERLAYS AT THE TENNIS COURTS

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WHICH ARE BASICALLY PAINTED LINES AND PEOPLE STILL HAD TO BRING THEIR OWN NETS AND SUCH. YOU CAN SEE THE NEED OVER 1100 REGISTRATIONS A MONTH OVER 13,000 FOR THE YEAR. THERE'S A LOT OF USE AT TENNIS WITH PICKLEBALL AND 156 REGISTRATION PER MONTH. IT SHOWS THAT THERE ARE 71% GROWTH RATE IN THE U.S.

AND I LOOKED RECENTLY AND I KNOW WE KEEP SAYING PICKLEBALL IS THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT BUT THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW THAT IT'S THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT. AND THEN WE HAVE A DEDICATED COURTS LIKE WE SAID AND IT DOES NOT OBVIOUSLY MEET THE DEMAND. IF YOU'VE GONE THE FALCON WING YOU HAVE SEEN THE CROWDS THERE. IT IS OBVIOUSLY IN HIGH DEMAND. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE DEFICIENCIES OR WHAT YOU HAVE OUT THERE. BUT WITH THE PREVIOUS BOARDS AND STAFF THE AMENITIES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT ONLINE BEFORE THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS DONE. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE HISTORICALLY WE ACTUALLY HAVE CRANE BROOK TENNIS AT 2015 SO THAT HAS FOUR TENNIS COURTS THERE. WENTWORTH DID THE SAME THING IN 2018 ADDINGTON ESCORTS TO THE OTHER CURRENT ONES THAT WERE THERE.

FALCON WING WOULD'VE ORIGINALLY BEEN MORE TENNIS COURTS BUT THE CHANGE WAS MADE FOR PICKLEBALL. INSTEAD OF TWO TENNIS COURTS THAT WAS A COURTS AND LIGHTS WERE ADDED AT RIDGEWOOD PARK.

AND ONLY TWO OF THOSE HEADLIGHTS SO THIS GAVE ALL FOUR LIGHTS. SO, AGAIN YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST AND ONE THING I LIKE TO LOOK AT IS THAT WAS SOME OF THESE IN 2000, HARPERS LANDING AND LAKESIDE PARKS WERE OPENED.

IN 2002 FOUR SKATE AND WHEN VAIL WERE OPEN. IN 2003 CRANE BROOK PARK WAS OPEN. SO THAT IS FIVE LARGE VILLAGE PARKS OPENED IN JUST A THREE-YEAR TIMEFRAME SO YOU CAN IMAGINE VALUE ENGINEERING WAS DONE IN THAT. SO WHY THESE PARTS? FOUR SKATE TENNIS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN FOR FOUR SKATE PARK. IT HAD ANOTHER SET OF COURTS. AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN FOUR TENNIS COURTS THE MASTER PLAN ACCOUNTED FOR DRAINAGE THE VILLAGE PARKS A SHOW THAT LIST EARLIER AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS BRING UP VILLAGE PARKS AS A STANDARD HAVING AT LEAST FOUR QUARTS IF NOT MORE.

OBVIOUSLY AVAILABLE SPACE IS THERE YOU THE RESTROOMS AND THE PARKING. THE NEAREST HOUSE IS 300 FEET WITH A VERY LARGE

DITCH BETWEEN THERE. >> WHAT YEAR WAS THAT PLAN DONE

IN? >> THE PARK OPEN IN 2002 SO I WOULD SAY 2000. IT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 2001 AND OPENED IN 2002. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE MAP ON THE RIGHT THAT SHOWS QUITE AN AMAZING PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT LOOKS AT THIS WELL AND IF YOU LOOK TO THE PREVIOUS ONE IT SHOWED THE COURT CLOSER TO THE DITCH. SHE COULD SEE THEY REALIGN THE PATHWAY AND MOVED THE TENNIS COURTS A LITTLE TO THE RIGHT SO IT'S FURTHER IN AND FURTHER WAY FROM THE HOMES TO TRY TO SAVE SOME OF THOSE LARGER TREES ON THE SIDE.

>> HOW MANY TREES DO YOU THINK WOULD HAVE TO BE FELLED TO

BUILD TWO NEW TENNIS COURTS? >> ABOUT FIVE SUBSTANTIAL

TREES. >> AND HOW DO YOU PLAN TO

REPLACE THOSE? >> WERE GONNA WORK ON THE REFORESTATION LIKE WE DID AT FALCON WING GOING IN AND THERE NOW CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL BUT WE WILL GO IN AND DO THE REFORESTATION THERE TO BRING IT BACK WHATEVER WE CLEAR OUT. SO THE NEXT ONE IS WHEN VAIL PICKLEBALL. AND OBVIOUSLY IN INDIAN SPRINGS THEY ALREADY HAVE FALCON WING WHICH IS WHY TENNIS WAS PERFECT FOR FOUR SKATE. AS YOU COULD SEE REACHING OUT TO THE RESIDENCE ON THE NORTH SIDE THEY HAVE

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DRAINAGE AND A MASSIVE DETENTION POND THERE FOR TO DRAIN INTO AND THE NEAREST HOUSE IS 192 FEET. WITH THE ROAD BETWEEN THERE AN ADDITIONAL PARKING THIS ONE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING THAT PARKING WAS PROBABLY NEEDED ANYWAY BECAUSE THE POOL AND THE CURRENT USE THAT IS THERE. ONE THING I WILL POINT OUT IS THAT WE HAVE FOR PICKLEBALL LINES ALREADY THERE IT'S ALREADY GOING ON EVEN WITHOUT THE NETS AND SUCH SO THE BIGGEST COMMENTS ARE FROM PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO BRING THEIR OWN NETS ANYMORE. AND THE TENNIS PEOPLE THAT WANT THEIR COURTS BACK. BUT THERE IS PICKLEBALL ALREADY GOING ON OUT HERE WITH A SUBSTANTIAL LEVEL. THIS ONE HAS SIX PICKLEBALL COURTS AND THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD FIT IN THERE. THE NEXT ONE IS CREEKWOOD PARK AND IT'S

ANOTHER VILLAGE PARK. >> MR. MCGOWAN CAN GO BACK TO YOUR PHOTO. HOW MANY LARGE TREES WILL BE FELLED TO PUT IN

THE SIX PICKLEBALL COURTS? >> IT'S ABOUT THE SAME TO BE HONEST. THESE ONES AREN'T AS BIG AS THOSE.

>> AT THE END I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR NUMBERS ARE FROM

THE AFFECTED RESIDENT LETTERS. >> SO I'VE SEEN DRAINAGE AT EACH OF THESE PARKS CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS THE DRAINAGE IS ARTY EXISTING. BUT DO WE HELP WITH THIS? ONE OF THE ISSUES AS OF THE PARKS ARE NOT DRAINING WELL. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN NEW CONSTRUCTION GOES INTO A PARK LIKE THIS?

>> WE DO HAVE A DRAINAGE PLAN. WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THEM PROPERLY DRAIN SO LIKE ON THIS EXAMPLE YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE THIS IS THAT DRAINAGE AREA THAT DUMPS INTO THE POND BASICALLY. SO IT IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THIS FLOWS

RIGHT INTO THAT DRAINAGE. >> IS THERE CLEANOUT INVOLVED?

>> NO MA'AM. >> CREEKWOOD PARK IS ANOTHER VILLAGE PARK ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE WOODLANDS. THERE IS AVAILABLE SPACE AND RESTROOMS AND WHAT IS THERE ON THE MAP IN A MOMENT YOU COULD SEE LIMITED TREE REMOVAL WITH THE DESIGN THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO. WE ARTY HAVE A PARKING AGREEMENT AS WELL AS MCCULLOUGH ACROSS THE STREET. SO THAT PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE. THERE'S A NICE BIG POND AND THE NEAREST HOUSE THERE IS 590 FEET AROUND. MOST OF THAT IS THE CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS AROUND THIS AREA. WE DO THE BIG FISHING DERBIES AND EVERYTHING THERE.

>> THAT'S ANOTHER CHURCH OVERHEARS THE LORD OF LIGHT. GO

AHEAD. >> OKAY AGAIN THE PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR STAFF IS PROUD OF WERE MOUNTING TO MAKE SURE THIS IS WE BROUGHT THIS WITH A PLAN WITH OTHER AMENITIES AND PLAYGROUNDS TOLD HIM THEIR PLAN AND GOT SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK MAKING SOME CHANGES.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE 3466 SURVEYS. THERE RESIDENT AFFECTED LEVELS FOR THE SURVEYS. YOU COULD SEE 816 WERE RECEIVED TOTAL FROM ALL THREE. THERE IS THE REQUEST HERE SO

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THAT PEOPLE DON'T THINK IT IS TO MAIL . IT COULD BE A TOWNSHIP LETTER THAT WOULD SAY WHAT IT IS AND HOPEFULLY AGAIN THEY DON'T THROW IT AWAY. SURVEY WAS OPEN FOR 30 DAYS AND KEPT IT OPEN THROUGH LAST THURSDAY. SO IT WAS TECHNICALLY 37 DAYS. THE OTHER BIG ONE WE DID THERE IS YOU COULD SEE A PICTURE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT SIGN AND NORMALLY WE'VE DONE THIS WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION WAS ALREADY STARTED. BUT THIS IS A BIG BOARD UP THERE SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE WALKING AND ENJOYING THE PARK THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A VISUAL OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MAP THAT IS UP THERE. THERE'S A PHONE NUMBER AND AN EMAIL TO ACTUALLY CALL US WITH COMMENTS.

>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE SIGNS UP THERE BUT IN THE FUTURE CAN WE EVER DO A QR CODE SO SOMEONE COULD PUT THE PHONE UP AND THOUGHT THAT SURVEY WHILE THEY'RE

THERE? >> THAT'S AN AMAZING IDEA.

YES. >> THE SIGNS WERE UP FOR 45

DAYS. >> TO GIVE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HUGE PRAISE ON THIS WE TALKED ABOUT IN JANUARY.

>> SO YOU GUYS DO PHENOMENAL JOBS IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE A NETWORK OF PARKS THAT ARE SECOND TO NONE. IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE. BUT MY QUESTION IS, A COMMENT AND A QUESTION I UNDERSTAND THE PARKS NEEDS ASSESSMENT STUDY. WE GET THAT UP HERE A LOT. BUT WHAT I FEEL LIKE I'M MISSING OR MAYBE I NEED TO GO TO THE AFTERSCHOOL TUTORIAL IS THE STAFF NEEDS ASSESSMENT STUDY THAT GOES WITH THE PARK NEED ASSESSMENT STUDY.

BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE ADD SOMETHING THERE'S MAINTENANCE.

AND THERE'S UPKEEP AND THERE'S PEOPLE. SO WILL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WILL PEOPLE SAY LIKE WE NEED SO MANY EXTRA HANDS TO DO THIS OR SOMETHING AND YET WE HAVE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD. AND IT WILL BE A MAJOR BUDGET INITIATIVE TO SAY WE HAVE TO KEEP WHAT WE HAVE.

IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WE CAN'T LET THAT GET DILAPIDATED WILL WE GO BUILD SOMETHING ELSE FOR BASEBALL BATTING CAGES. MY SECOND QUESTION, IS WITH PICKLEBALL GROWING AT THE RATE THAT IT IS THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT THREE OR FOUR YEARS COUNTING NANCY BECKER TALKS ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. WHEN DO WE SAY IT'S GOOD TO DO A BATTING CAGE AT BARE BRANCH PARK AND NOT DO PICKLEBALL COURT AT BARE BRANCH PARK? BECAUSE THERE IS OBVIOUSLY DEMAND. PLUS YOU'RE GOING UNTIL PARK THAT'S AWAY FROM HOMES IT'S A PUBLIC PARK IT'S MUCH BIGGER AND WE CAN DO THAT ON. I JUST SEE A HUGE NEED IN THAT AREA. AND I THINK THE DEMAND IS BIGGER THAN THE COMMUNITY GARDEN. IF YOU'RE DOING A COMMUNITY GARDEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY TREES. I JUST DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF CUTTING DOWN MAJOR MATURE TREE IS IN THE SITUATION AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN CHANGED HERE SINCE 2000. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS? AND HOW WE CAN MOVE THESE PICKLEBALL COURTS TO MORE PARKS THAT HAVE MORE ASSETS IN PARKING AND NOT SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL?

>> THAT IS A GOOD POINT. WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT THESE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE AT THESE LOCATIONS. I KNOW THAT UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE CLEARED OUT AREAS EXCEPT FOR CREEKWOOD. BUT WE REALLY LOOKED AT THE BEST PLACES WITH DRAINAGE AND RESTROOMS IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT COULD GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT IT. THESE THREE LOCATIONS ARE THE BEST OPTIONS. WHEN WE DO BRING BACK THE BATTING CAGES THOSE ARE OTHER POTENTIAL OPTIONS. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TREES THERE TOO WHEN THAT HAPPENS. FORTUNATELY MOST TREES ARE EVERYWHERE EXCEPT FOR THE FIELDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY

THERE. >> THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TIME AND INVESTED ON ALL THREE SIDES. SO I AGREE WITH WHAT

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DIRECTOR BAILER SAID THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP AMENITIES ARE SECOND TO NONE. AND UPON EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE I WONDER IF THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT REALLY FITS WHAT PEOPLE WANT TODAY. IT'S A QUESTION PUT OUT HERE AND WE REALIZE THAT THERE IS HIGH DEMAND FOR THE TENNIS COURTS THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND NUTBALLS WE'VE HEARD FROM THEM IN THE LAST MEETING BUT THERE ARE FOUR THINGS TO CONSIDER. NUMBER ONE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FOUR STATE AREAS. WE INVESTED WITH ALL THREE AND AGREE ON THE THIRD SIDE WE CREEKWOOD ACROSS FROM MCCULLOUGH AND IT WOULD NOT AFFECT VERY FEW IF ANY FORCE AREAS. ESPECIALLY FOR SKATE GIVING IT JUST A FEW. BUT I ALSO HEARD FROM A LOT OF RESIDENTS AT FOREST GATE AND WE TALKED WITH THE BOARD DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR WATSON AS WELL AS SICKLY GIBBS TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO ADD ADDITIONAL AMENITIES AND HOW THEY AFFECT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. NOT ONE PERSON IT FOR SKATE WERE HERE ONCE THERE WERE FOUR OF US AND THE SECOND TIME THERE WERE SIX DIFFERENT PEOPLE. NOT ONE OF THEM HERE AND THEY'VE HAD ISSUES WITH FLOODING IN THE LOWER PARTS OF FOREST GATE. I ALSO SAID THAT I THINK WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE AND FIX OUR EXISTING PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AMENITIES BEFORE WE ADD MORE.

IF WE CONTINUE TO ADD MORE ARE WE NOT GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL STAFF? AND THAT CONCERNS ME BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY HOURS IN A DAY. YOUR TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB WITH WHAT THEY DO BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING ANOTHER SET OF TENNIS COURTS PICKLEBALL COURTS AND THE LIST GOES ON. IF YOU LOOK AT FOREST GATE THERE'S ONE STALL FOR WOMEN AND ONE STALL FOR MEN.

THERE'S A POOL AND A NEW PLAYGROUND THAT IS INCREDIBLE.

IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT YOU'VE BUILT AND THEN THE TENNIS COURTS IS IN THEIR SKATE PARK? I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. WITH ALL THE AMENITIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED. AND THAT CONCERNS THE RESIDENCE AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS HERE. WHEN VAL IS NOT AS MANY THERE'S A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT REACHED OUT AND THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH THE IMPACT THAT IT WOULD HAVE IN THOSE AREAS BECAUSE THEY SAID IT IS LIMITED. THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS.

>> CHAIRMAN SNYDER HAS SUMMARIZED A LOT OF MY CONCERNS AS WELL REGARDING THE ORIGINAL SURVEY AND RESPONSE IN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WHICH IS NOW THREE YEARS OLD.

>> IT'S TWO YEARS I'M SORRY THREE YEARS. SOMETHING LIKE

THAT. >> SO THE BIG THING THAT I KEEP HOPING WILL TURN OUT WELL AND GIVE US SOME OF THIS VALUABLE LAND THAT IS SO PRECIOUS IN THE WOODLANDS IS THIS NEW LEVEL TAKEN OVER TO US FROM THE DEVELOPER AND THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY I KEEP HEARING THAT THERE WILL BE SOME COURTS THAT CAN GO THERE AND THAT WILL BE FAR AWAY FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. BECAUSE IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF GOSLING ROAD FROM WHERE THE HOMES ARE. AND I THINK FOR MY THOUGHTS I WOULD LIKE TO WAIT ON SOME OF THIS THAT WILL COST US DEARLY WITH OUR OLD-GROWTH TREES AND WAIT TO SEE IF WE CAN'T PUT SOME OF THESE NEW ASSETS HERE PRACTICALLY THE PICKLEBALL COURTS OR THE TENNIS COURTS ON THAT NEWLY ACQUIRED LAND.

>> PART OF THE RESTRICTION IS FOR RECREATIONAL USE.

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>> WHICH MEANS PICKLEBALL AND TENNIS ARE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. SO I THINK IT'S WORTH THINKING ABOUT. WE JUST RECEIVED IT IT WAS PRIOR TO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT GOING OUT AND PRIOR TO YOUR LAYING ALL THIS OUT SO BEAUTIFULLY WHICH IT IS WELL DONE. BUT WHY SACRIFICE OLD-GROWTH TREES IF WE DON'T

HAVE TO? >> THERE'S A LOT TO UNRAVEL.

FIRST AND FOREMOST SELF GOSLING YOU CAN'T JUST THEY WERE GONNA TAKE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND GO TOMORROW AND PUT IT HERE BECAUSE IS NO INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. LET ME JUST BRING WATER SEWER ELECTRICITY AND WORK WITH HARRIS COUNTY TO GET THE PERMITTING APPROVED THE FLOOD CONTROL APPROVED YET TO WORK WITH HARRIS COUNTY TO GET THE ÚINGRESS AND EGRESS APPROVED AND EVERYTHING. SO BEFORE YOU'RE EVEN ABLE TO DO ANYTHING THERE YOU ARE SAID TO HAVE RESTROOM AMENITIES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THE VARIOUS FACILITIES THAT YOU MIGHT BUILD THERE.

LIKE DOG PARKS OR WHAT IF YOU NEED DOWN THERE. SO BEFORE YOU GO DOWN THE SELF GOSLING YOU HAVE TO COMMIT TO PLANNING WHAT YOU NEED TO DO HERE. THERE'S A LOT OF ENGINEERING AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 2+ YEARS AND NOTHING IS FUNDED AT THAT POINT FOR THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. NOW YOU'RE PUSHING OFF THE AMENITIES ON THE PICKLEBALL COURTS WERE THERE'S A HIGH DEMAND AND OUTCRY FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

THERE IS AN OUTCRY HERE. WHAT I WOULD SAY'S EVERYONE OF THESE FACILITIES RIGHTFULLY OR WRONGFULLY SO HAD TO CUT A FIELD DOWN OR CUT THE TREE DOWN. AS TIME GROWS THE FORCE GROWS BACK AND IT COVERS THINGS UP. I REFERENCE A LOT OF TIMES COMMERCIAL AMENITIES WHERE THERE WERE OUTCRIES OF PEOPLE COMING TO THE BOARD IN PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS ABOUT A GAS STATION OR SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE TO THEIR RESPECTED COMMUNITY AND TWO YEARS LATER WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE'S A RESPECTIVE GAS STATION IN THERE. IN THE PARK SYSTEM YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CHANGE. THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS IS THAT IT'S ALL CONTRACTED MAINTENANCE. IT'S A ROUTINE BLOWING THREE OR FOUR TIMES A WEEK DEPENDING ON WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS. SO WERE ADDING A STAFF MEMBER TO DO THE MAINTENANCE. THERE IS FUTURE CAPITAL COST THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO ENTERTAIN. FENCE REPLACEMENT OVER 78 YEARS IN THAT AREA OR RESURFACING OF THE COURT IN 70 HER TIGHT CYCLE. SO THERE ARE COSTS. THERE IS NO QUESTION

ABOUT THAT. >> WHY CAN'T WE MOVE SOME OF THE PICKLEBALL COURTS TO ALDEN BRIDGE? TO BARE BRANCH? TO THE BIGGER AREAS? I MEAN I WAS NO FENCE HERE GO TO BARE BRANCH ALL THE TIME. THE COMMUNITY GARDEN I'M SURE PEOPLE REALLY LIKE IT A LOT. BUT I'M PROMISING THAT A PICKLEBALL

COURT IS MUCH MORE IN DEMAND. >> I CAUTION REPLACING ONE RECREATIONAL ITEM FOR ANOTHER. THERE ARE MANY THERE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT AN EXISTING KINDERGARTEN. IF YOU TAKE IT OUT YOU WILL HAVE PEOPLE RIGHT HERE PROVIDING CONCERN ABOUT THAT. THE AREA YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE BATTING CAGE THE REASON WHY IT'S ACTUALLY A PARKING LOT IS BECAUSE THAT AREA FLOODS. THAT IS WHY WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHERE WITHIN THE SYSTEM IS THE BEST PLACE FOR THIS RESPECTIVE AMENITY GIVING NOT ONLY RESTROOMS AND PARKING BUT PROXIMITY TO HOMES HOW MANY TREES WE CAN REMOVE DOWN AND HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THE LAND. THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO.

>> DOES THE VILLAGE AT CREEKSIDE PARK AVENUE

PICKLEBALL'S? >> THEY DO NOT. WE EXAMINED TAMRON AND YOU ARE EVEN CLOSER TO RESIDENTS AND FRONT FACING.

WHILE IT DOES HAVE TENNIS COURTS IS MORE OF A LANDSCAPE NEED TO PARK SIMILAR TO TOWN GREEN AND ROB FLEMING AQUATICS LODGE. AND THAT IS WHY THE DECISION WAS NOT MADE TO GO THERE. WE'VE LOOKED OVER THE YEARS TO ADD ADDITIONAL TENNIS

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COURTS TO TAMRON BUT WE ARE 30 FEET AWAY FROM HOUSES. THAT IS WHY WHEN JOHN SAYS WE LOOK AT THE VILLAGE PARKS FIRST THAT IS WHERE THE MAIN LEVEL OF REMAINING SPACES ARE TO TRY TO FIND WHAT IS THE BEST THING WE CAN DO TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT.

>> THERE'S THE DISCUSSION WITH SARAH AND MR. MCGOWAN.

>> WE HAVE THE RESULTS FROM THE SURVEY?

>> TO FINISH WITH THAT WE MET WITH THE PARK ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THIS AND THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE THERE WITH NO ISSUES. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE SURVEYS HERE THAT WE MENTIONED IT'S VERY SIMILAR. AND YOU CAN SEE FOREST GATE PARK AT 295 TOTAL COMING IN. WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT HOW MANY OF THESE WERE FROM INDIAN SPRINGS. SO 85% SUPPORT THE TENNIS COURTS OVERALL AND 71% FROM INDIAN SPRINGS WHEN WE EXTRACT THAT OUT SUPPORT THE TENNIS COURTS AND THEN 85% FEEL THAT IT IS AN ENHANCEMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. YOU CAN SEE CREEKWOOD IS AT 236 SURVEYS COMING IN WITH 88 SPECIFICALLY FOR PANTHER CREEK. AND WINDVALE PARK HAD 285 TOTAL SURVEYS WITH A MUCH LARGER RETURN FROM ALDEN BRIDGE WITH 173.

>> WERE THE 295 SENT ONLY TO FOREST GATE NEIGHBORHOOD?

>> NO. SO THIS IS A COMMUNITY AMENITY. SO ANYONE CAN COME AND DO THE SURVEY. THE RESIDENT AFFECTED LETTERS WENT SPECIFICALLY TO HELP GET THEIR INPUT.

>> AND HOW MANY RESIDENT AFFECTED LETTERS WENT OUT FOR

EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS? >> RIGHT HERE YOU CAN SEE IN THE MIDDLE, CALL HIM AT FOUR SKATE 952 WENT OUT TO FOREST GATE AND THAT WAS THAT HALF MILE RADIUS. AND THEN YOU HAD CREEKWOOD AT 1248 AND 100,000 WENT BACK HERE AS WELL.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AND A COMMENT. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PUT THESE THINGS IN THE RIGHT SPACE. YOU KNOW THE LANDSCAPE AND THE REASONING AND YOU DO A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING THINGS. I SAY BATTING CAGE AS YOU SAY FLOOD ZONE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I NEED TO BE EDUCATED MORE ON WHAT, WHERE AND HOW. BUT I LOOK AT CATTAIL PARK THIS CLOSE TO MY AREA AND THERE'S ROOM THERE THAT DOES NOT BACKUP TO ANY HOMES IT BACKS UP TO GREENBELT AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A CONCRETE PAD THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT USED TO BE. IT COULD BE CONVERTED INTO AT LEAST ONE PICKLEBALL COURT. LOOKING AT OPTIONS LIKE BARE BRANCH AND ALDEN BRIDGE OR ROB FLEMING PARK HOW WE CAN LOOK AT THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF AREAS IN CREEKSIDE THAT I'M SURE DON'T HAVE TREES. WE'VE HEARD THOSE COMMENTS THAT WERE ABLE TO FIND A PLACE FOR THEM. LOOK AT OPTIONS AND I'M SURE THAT TREES HAVE TO BE CUT DOWN SOMETIMES. EXTENDING THAT TRAIL SYSTEM TREES HAVE TO BE CUT DOWN. BUT CAN WE LOOK AT IT IN A MORE RESPECTFUL MANNER TO WHERE WE PUT THIS AND GET THE BEST USE THE DON'T CROWD LOCAL PARKS BECAUSE THERE'S THE NOISE FACTOR THAT GOES WITH THIS. AND THERE'S ALSO A PARKING ISSUE THAT COMES WITH IT. AND WE MUST BE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND SITE PARKS. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO TOTALLY SHUT DOWN. YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE DIALOGUE AND EDUCATION BUT IS THERE ANY NEW CREATIVE AREA THAT WE CAN FIND A PUT IN LARGER PARKS OR WE WON'T HAVE THESE ISSUES THAT WE ARE HAVING? AT LEAST TWO OF THE THREE THEY WERE LOOKING AT

RIGHT NOW? >> MOTION AND SECOND.

>> WHAT WAS THE MOTION? >> TO PAUSE. THE RESEARCH IT WAS MORE DIALOGUE AND BRING IT BACK.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. FURTHER DISCUSSION MOVED BY DIRECTOR BAILEY AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR SAKUMA

GIBBS. >> WHAT KIND OF TIMEFRAME WOULD BE INVOLVED STARTING THIS RESEARCH. BECAUSE THAT WILL PROBABLY MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO DO SURVEYS AGAIN AND I'M JUST

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QUESTIONING IT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME UP TO ME MORE ABOUT TENNIS THAN PICKLEBALL ACTUALLY. BUT HOW LONG ARE WE PUTTING THIS ON HOLD IS WHAT

THE QUESTION WOULD BE? >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT EXPEDITED. WE DON'T HAVE MASSIVE TREE CUT DOWN'S.

>> WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE BARE BRANCHES OF THE WORLD TO SEE IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES IN THESE LARGER AREAS THAT HAVE THOSE RESTROOM FACILITIES AND ALL.

>> LIKE FOR BARE BRANCH ON THE SPORTS FIELD SIDE THERE IS ALREADY A PARKING ISSUE AND THEN WITH THE SPORTS ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON OVER THERE WITH US IN THE CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET LIKE WE SAID THE ONLY PIECE THAT IS LEFT THERE IS IN THE FLOOD ZONE AND WE JUST OPEN THE SPRAY GROUNDS. SO THERE'S ALREADY A LOT OF ACTIVITY ON THAT SIDE. WE LOOKED AT ROB FLEMING AT THE REC CENTER WITH THE CONSULTANTS THIS WAS THE BEST PLACES TO PUT IT.

>> MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES. 5-1. THANK YOU MR. MCGOWAN AND

[9. Receive, consider and act upon a report on reforestation and invasive vine removal;]

DR. NUNEZ. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE TO RECEIVE CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A REPORT ON REFORESTATION AND INVASIVE FINE REMOVAL. OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER WILL BE PROVIDING THIS REPORT. MR. MCGOWAN. THANK YOU.

>> SO THE INTEGRATIVE FORCE MANAGEMENT PLAN IS OBVIOUSLY ON HER WEBSITE. IT STARTED IN 1999 AND YOU CAN SEE THAT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BOARD AND IT WAS UPDATED AFTER THE DROUGHT THAT HAPPENED. AGAIN WITH THE PROTECT AND CONSERVING OF THE NATIVE FOREST AND ECOSYSTEM WHICH ATTEMPTS TO MANAGE THE FOREST AND LIKE WE ALWAYS TELL EVERYONE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE. THERE'S FORESTRY WILDLIFE AND NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION. OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE MAIN KEY ELEMENTS OF THIS IS THE REFORESTATION. ON AVERAGE WE PLAN ABOUT 2000 AND 3000 FOR ABOUT THE LAST DECADE THINGS TO THE BOARD AND THE INCREASE IN THE BUDGET THERE'S 15 AND 30 GALLONS FOR THE BIGGER ONES. AND THEN NOT TO LEAVE OUT THAT 1.5 MILLION SEEDLINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT GO THROUGH ARBOR DAY AND SUCH. THAT'S WHERE THE LOCATIONS ARE RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN SEE THESE REQUESTS HERE. THIS IS WHERE THAT PATHWAY WENT. THE REFORESTATION THERE'S A LOT TO GO BACK INTO THIS. THE STAFF TRACKING AND RESIDENTS WERE HERE CHECKING A TREE AND THEY KNOW ONE IS DOWN FOR VINE REMOVAL WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT PROGRAM IN A MOMENT. THE TREE SELECTIONS THE WOODLANDS STANDARDS YOU CAN SEE THE HARDWOODS IN THE PINES AND THE UNDERSTORY STROBES AND THE WAX MORTALS IT'S THE CANOPY TREES IN THE MID-STORY AND THEN THE UNDERSTORY. SO WE GET A NICE FOREST WALL THAT EVERYONE LOVES. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO CALL 81 WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO UTILITIES UNDER THERE.

AND AGAIN DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF REFORESTATION WE SPLIT THIS NOT ONLY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE IT BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME AND FOR CONTRACTORS TO GET THAT KIND OF MANPOWER TO ACTUALLY PUT SOMEONE HERE TO GET THOSE TREES YOU CAN SEE THE SPLIT FROM JANUARY TO ABOUT NOW. WE PLANTED 2500 TREES OR SO AND THE NEXT WILL BE IN OCTOBER TO DECEMBER THE NEXT 2600. THEN THAT'S WHERE THAT WATERING IS.

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WE'VE TAKEN THAT IN-HOUSE 30 TIMES A YEAR TO MAKE SURE THEY SUPPORT SURVIVE AND DO THE BEST THEY CAN WITH MONITORING AND TO CREDENTIAL STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE CERTIFIED ARBORISTS GOING OUT AND CHECKING ON THEM TO SEE HOW THEY ARE DOING. IT ACTUALLY STAYS UP FOR 12 MONTHS AND WE GET A LOT OF CALLS WHEN THE WINDSTORM COMES BACK TO GO BACK AND FIX THEM AND GET THEM BACK.

SO THEN THE SECOND PART WITH THE INVASIVE FINE REMOVAL IS THE COMMUNITY FORCE IS A SERIES AS WE ALL KNOW WITH THE BUFFERS AROUND THE WOODLANDS THAT CREATES AND HIDE THE GAS STATIONS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRANCES. WITH THAT, IT PROMOTES THE INVADER SPECIES. IT IS VERY EASY FOR THE VINES TO GET IN THERE AND TO DO SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE WITH IT. SO WITH 20 REMOVALS NECESSARY FOR THE NATURAL FOREST REGENERATION TO OCCUR 2003 THE INVASIVE FINE REMOVAL PROGRAM BEGINS AND IT HAS GROWN FROM 60 DAYS TO NOW WITH 240 DAYS. IT'S ACTUALLY SPLIT AT 120 DAYS IN THE FIRST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AND IN THE NEXT HUNDRED 20 DAYS ARE IN THE LAST MONTHS. AND AGAIN IT WAS TO HELP US WITH CONTRACTORS BECAUSE THAT IS A LOT OF WORK.

THOSE OF THE OFF TIMES FOR THEM TO DO THIS. THINGS ARE NOT REALLY BLOOMING SO IT IS A GOOD TIME OF YEAR FOR THEM. USUALLY ARE CONTRACTORS DOING IT NOW AND WAS A TREE REMOVAL CONTRACTOR SO THEY CAN DO THAT DURING THOSE TIMES. WE ALSO HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT INVASIVE REMOVAL TASK FORCE THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT. AGAIN THEY GO IN AND STRATEGICALLY DO SMALLER SCALE THAN WHAT THE TRON CONTRACTORS DO. THE POTATO VINES AND THE BAMBOO AND STUFF THEY WILL STRATEGICALLY GO IN AND THEY ARE VERY GOOD AT WORKING HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE FOUR STREET APARTMENT POINTING OUT BIGGER AREAS OF THE CAN DO. WITH THAT, SITE IDENTIFICATION WITH THE STAFF AND RESIDENTS REQUESTING IT WITH THE COMMUNICATION BEING HUGE. SIGNS ARE PLACED WITHIN THE AREA AND WE GO IN THERE BUT UNFORTUNATELY PEOPLE THINK IT IS THE FOREST AND IT'S NOT. IT IS THE VINES. WHEN THEY COME DOWN IT LOOKS LIKE YOU CLEAR-CUT IT. SO IT'S GOING IN NOW AND REPLANTING AND REFORESTING PUTTING THEM ON THE LIST THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU EARLIER SO IT DOES ALL OF THAT WORK. THE CONTRACTOR REMOVES THE VINES AND THEY TREAT THE STUMPS TO TRY TO PREVENT IT. BUT IT IS A CYCLE. EVERY THREE YEARS WE ROTATE. ALL THEM BRIDGE AND THEN INDIAN SPRINGS AND THEN WE COME BACK AROUND AND HIT THEM AGAIN. THE REFORESTATION REPLANTING AREAS OF VARIOUS HARDWOODS. WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY TAKEN THE VINES DOWN AND HAVE TO PUT THE FOREST BACK. HOPEFULLY SOME ARE STILL THERE AND WE ARE JUST SUPPLEMENTING IT. THAT IS REALLY KIND OF IT. THE ONE BIG THING, AND I KNOW MY STAFF SAYS IT IS IN THE PAST. BUT LAST YEAR OR BEFORE LAST YEAR RATHER THEY REMOVED 650 TREES. LAST YEAR ALONE IT WAS 1000 TREES. ALREADY WE ARE AT 850 TREES. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE MORE TREES OF REFORESTATION BECAUSE THE NEED IS THERE. THEY ADDED REFORESTATION TO THE BUDGET IN 2024. I THINK IT IS A MAJOR ISSUE THAT WE HAVE. I STILL CANNOT ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT WHERE THE TREES ARE GOING TO GO THROUGHOUT THE WOODLANDS. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS WHERE THE TREES ARE GOING. MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THAT PEOPLE SEE TREES WHERE THEY TRAVEL. IF YOU GO DOWN ANY THOROUGHFARE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TREES THAT HAVE COME DOWN THAT ARE DOWN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE STORMS. THERE'S A LOT OF STUMPS THAT ARE PRETTY MASSIVE IN THOSE AREAS WHERE TREE WAS CUT DOWN AND THE STUMP WAS NOT REMOVED. THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR NEW TREE TO GO. BUT HAVING AN AREA WHERE WE CAN PUT IN I'VE BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE TO DR. NOONS WITH ONE AREA IN PARTICULAR THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT ON SOUTH GOSLING COMING IN BY FIRE STATION EIGHT. THERE ARE MASSIVE EXPLANATIONS AND A VERY BIG

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THOROUGHFARE COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE ZERO TREES ON THE MEDIAN. NOT A SHRUB OR AN INVASIVE SPECIES. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THE REFORESTATION PROJECT PUT THEIR LIKE COMMISSIONER RAMSEY DID PUTTING A SIGN THERE AND SEEING THE TREES DONE BY COMMISSIONER RAMSEY.THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP FOR 2023 OR 2024 COULD BE RELOCATED WHERE THOSE THOROUGHFARES ARE COMING IN AND OUT. ON THE INVASIVE SPECIES WE CAN PLANT TREES AND PLANT TREES BUT I CAN TAKE YOU ALL AROUND THE COMMUNITY DRIVING BY THE SAME MEDIAN AREAS WHERE THEY HAVE ROOTS THIS BIG AROUND GOING UP WITH MASSIVE OLD-GROWTH TREES SUFFOCATING THEM. CAN WE JUST CUT THEM AT THE BOTTOM AND TRIED TO SAVE THE OLD-GROWTH TREE FROM DYING? THEY ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND I THINK THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT. I DO UNDERSTAND AND HEAR YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WHERE PEOPLE ARE IN UNDERSTANDING THE YOU CANNOT SEE THE FOREST THROUGH THE VINES SO TO SPEAK. AND THAT IS SO TRUE BECAUSE WHEN YOU START TO TAKE THAT DOWN IT'S THERE. BUT TO PROTECT THESE OLD-GROWTH TREES WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE ARE GOING ABOUT TO DO THIS. AND I UNDERSTAND IT TAKES PEOPLE AND IT TAKES RESOURCES. I GET THAT. MY PLAN IS THAT I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE RESOURCES TO GO AND BE ABLE TO DO THIS. BECAUSE JUST PUTTING TREES AFTER TREES IS ONE WAY TO TACKLE IT BUT ALSO PROTECTING THE OLD-GROWTH TREES IN THE FOREST IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE COME BACK FOR ANOTHER TUTORIAL ON WHERE THE TREES ARE GOING TO BE LOCATED. BECAUSE I STILL HAVE NO IDEA. . I SECOND WHAT HE IS SAYING AM ASKING WHERE ARE THEY GOING? AND I THINK I SAW A PAGE WHERE YOU SAID HOW MANY WERE GOING IN EACH ONE. I KNOW IN THE VILLAGE PRESIDENT MEETING WE TALK ABOUT THE TREES AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING. SOMEBODY'S PANTHER CREEK BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I LIVE AND I SAW THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE 96 OR I'M NOT QUITE SURE EXACTLY BUT HOW ARE THOSE DECIDED? BECAUSE WE'RE ALL WONDERING THE SAME THING.

>> 63% ARE RESIDENT REQUEST. LIKE I HAVE A TREE DEAD IN MY BACKYARD IN THE GREEN SPACE BEHIND THE YARD. KEEP IN MIND THESE TREES ON TOWNSHIP PROPERTY. SO YES I DRIVE AND LOOK AT THE CENTER MEDIANS AND ÚTHE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY HISTORICALLY WE HAVE NEVER REPLANTED IN THESE RIGHT OF WAYS. I SEE THESE VINES ON THE BIG TREES SO WE ARE TREATING ANYTHING IN THE ROAD RIGHT OF WAYS. AND THEY WILL COME BACK OUR ARBORIST WILL GO THERE AND A LOT OF THE TIME UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT JUST ONE TREE MAYBE THE BEETLES HAVE GOTTEN TO IT OR SOMETHING SO NOW THIS ONE TREE BECAME FIVE TREES. AND IT'S LIKE TWO CAN COME IN THERE AND THAT'S WHEN WE PUT

IT ON THE LIST. >> AN EXAMPLE WE HAD THREE CUT DOWN FROM A MEDIAN AND NOT REPLACED. SO IT'S A MATTER OF SOMEONE LIKE ME SAYING THEY WERE CUT DOWN ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO AND THEY'RE STILL THERE.

>> AND A SETBACK AND CUL-DE-SACS WE PLANT TREES AND WERE DOING THOSE. I DID NOTICE THAT THE COUNTY WAS GOING THROUGH MOVING STUMPS. BUT THE TOWNSHIP HISTORICALLY HAS NOT DONE THAT IN THE ROAD RIGHT OF WAYS.

>> DIDN'T WE HAVE A CROSS COLLABORATION MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT THING WE DID WITH THE COUNTY?

>> WE DO HAVE AN AGREEMENT AND IT SPECIFIES THAT FROM THE NON-ENHANCED MEDIAN TIPS IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO TRIM THE TREES FROM ENCROACHING ONTO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND REMOVE THE TREE THAT IS DEAD OR DYING. WE WOULD MOVE THOSE IN THE ENHANCED MEDIAN AREAS. WE CAN TALK TO THE COUNTY ABOUT PUTTING ADDITIONAL TREES OUT HERE. I HAVE TALKED ABOUT GETTING SOME ADDITIONAL PERMISSION THEY WILL BE REVIEWING THOSE AREAS TO SEE IF THEY ARE OKAY WITH IT.

>> WHAT ABOUT SOME OF THE TREES ON LAKE WOODLANDS AFTER THE STORM THAT HAVE NOW FALLEN OVER? ARE THOSE HOURS OR I

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THOUGHT THAT WAS COUNTY? >> WE HAVE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHICH PART OF WOODLANDS PARK WHERE YOU ARE ON. IS IN THE MIDDLE MEDIAN IS THAT THE LEFT SIDE OR THE RIGHT SIDE? SO IT'S A BIT MORE COMPLICATED. I DO WANT TO ADD ONE THING, WHEN WE COLLECTIVELY AND THROUGH THE BURNETT HUGHES LEVEL WE TALKED ABOUT THE REPLACEMENT OF TREES. TYPICALLY WE TRY TO DO 2-FOR-1 OVER A LONG TIME FRAME AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EXACT SPOT WAS GOING TO BE PUTTING THE STREET HERE. SOMEWHERE IN THE COLLECTIVE FOREST YOU PUT IT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY AND THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. THEY ULTIMATELY SAID 63% OF THOSE

ARE COMING FROM RESIDENTS. >> DR. NOONS WHAT ABOUT THE INTERSECTION THAT WERE WIDENED RECENTLY WITH EXTRA TURN LANES? LIKE GOSLING, WOODLANDS PARKWAY AND SOUTH MILIBAND AND GROGAN SMELL? THERE WERE SOME TREE LOSSES THERE AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE MIGHT HAVE CONTROL OVER THE TIPS OF THE MEDIANS BUT WE ARE AT THERE BUT THEN NOTHING BACK BEYOND 30 FEET? IS THAT

WHAT I'M HEARING? >> IT DEPENDS HISTORICALLY.

SOME ARE EVEN 200 FEET. THOSE AREN'T TREES THOSE ARE UNDERGROWTH FOLIAGE OR FLOWERS OR SOMETHING.

>> THAT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PROGRAM. THAT IS THE STREETSCAPE PROGRAM ALTHOUGH THE STREET TEAM IS OVERSEEING FOR STREET NOW. BECAUSE OF THE ROAD WIDENING WHERE THEY IMPROVED THE TURN LANES, THEY WILL COME BACK EVENTUALLY TO ACTUALLY RENOVATE THOSE AREAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE AVAILABLE SPACE. AND TRADITIONALLY REVIEWS CRAPE MORTALS AND A LOT OF THE MEDIAN AREAS ALLOW PROPER VISIBILITY YOU MOVE FURTHER BACK FROM THE INTERSECTION THAT IS WHERE THE TRADITIONAL FOREST IS EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE ONLY 20 FEET.

>> SO TO CLARIFY YOU'RE SAYING WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REPLANT OR TO PLANT NEW IN ANY OF THOSE MEDIANS?

>> WE STILL HAVE TO ASK PERMISSION FROM THE COUNTY WHERE APPROPRIATE TO PLANT IN THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY. NOW, THE AGREEMENT TO SPECIFY SOE OF THESE THINGS BUT I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY IF THEY GIVE US THE UNILATERAL RIGHT FOR THAT

RIGHT-OF-WAY. >> I THINK YOU'RE HEARING FROM SOME OF US THAT WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO PURSUE WITH ALL DUE COURSE THE REPOPULATION OF OUR INTERSECTIONS WITH TREES WHEREVER THEY CAN BE POPULATED. YOU HAD TRAYS AND THIS IS A GIGANTIC EMPTY INTERSECTION NOW. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE

WOODLANDS ANYMORE. >> GOSLING AND WOODLANDS PARKWAY ARE HERE AT THAT INTERSECTION INCREASING MULTIPLE LANES AND PULLED BACK FURTHER. THERE ARE NOT PLACES THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY PUT PINE TREES OR HARDWOODS THAT COME WITH THE STREETSCAPE PROGRAM TO ENHANCE THE STREETSCAPE

AESTHETICS. >> AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY

INPUT IN THE COUNTY? >> THERE IS NO DIALOGUE HERE.

WE GET NOTICE WHEN THINGS WILL BE EXPANDED.

>> SO WOULD WE BE BREAKING THE LAW WITH THIS IF WE TOOK DOWN MASSIVE INVASIVE SPECIES ON OLD-GROWTH TREES IN THE MEDIAN?

>> I WOULD THINK BETWEEN THE ENHANCED MEDIAN TIPS WE WOULD HAVE TO ASK PERMISSION. BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT IS COVERED RIGHT NOW UNDER THE AGREEMENT WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY. WE WOULD HAVE TO ASK THEM EITHER IF THEY COULD DO IT BUT WE KNOW

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THEIR APPROACH TO TRIMMING THE SIDES IS WITH A BRUSH HOG ON THE SIDEWAYS. THAT DOESN'T REALLY GET TO ACTUALLY TREATING THE VINES. TO TRY TO STOP TO THE FUTURE GROWTH.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE LOOK AT MAYBE TAKING SOME PICTURES WE HAVE THE OLD-GROWTH TREES AND VINES THE SIZE OF MY WRIST GOING UP AND SUFFOCATING IT IF WE CAN TELL THE COMMISSIONER THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TREAT THE TREE IN THIS AREA FOR AN INVASIVE SPECIES TO SAVE IT. AND LOOK AT THAT AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. OLD-GROWTH TREES WERE IN THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM THAT THEY ARE TOUGH TO COME BY. SO HOW DO WE PROTECT THEM IN HEALTHY WAYS THAT CAN BE SAVED?

>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR MR. MCGOWAN? IF NOT IS THERE MOTION TO ACCEPT HIS REPORT?

>> I MOVED TO ACCEPT. BUT I THINK I'VE HEARD ENOUGH FOR MY COLLEAGUES THAT IF WE CAN MAKE AN EFFORT TO SAY THIS IS GENERALLY WHERE THEY'RE GOING? WE MUST HAVE SOME IDEA. SO I

WOULD DEFINITELY ADD THAT. >> THANK YOU DIRECTORS FRANKS.

MOVED AND SECONDED. THANK YOU MR. MCGOWAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES. NEXT IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10.

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

ERROR-FREE TO PAGES 125 132 IN YOUR BOARD PACKET. OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WILL PRESENT.

>> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I WILL BE PRESENTING THE APRIL FINANCIALS . FIRST WE HAVE THE BUDGETED REVENUE THROUGH APRIL 2024 WAS 73.1 MILLION IN THE YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL COLLECTED REVENUE IS 73.4 MILLION. A FAVORABLE YEAR TO DATE REFERENCE. THE MAJORITY OF THE FAVORABLE VARIANCE IS DUE TO THE HIGHER THAN BUDGETED INTEREST REVENUE AND THE TIMING OF PROGRAM REVENUES BEING COLLECTED. THIS AMOUNT IS OFFSET BY THE LOWER THAN BUDGETED SALES TAX COLLECTIONS. AND SLIGHTLY LOWER BUDGET HERE. THEN YOU HAVE EXPENDITURES FOR GENERAL FUND AT 40.5 MILLION IN THE YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL IS 44.7 MILLION. FOR THE FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF 5.8 MILLION. ALL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND ARE OPERATING UNDER A FAVORABLE VARIANCE. THE MAJORITY IS STILL DUE TO TIMING BECAUSE IT'S EARLY ON IN THE BUDGET YEAR.

THEY HAVE CONTRACTED SERVICES AND WHEN EXPENDITURES ARE SPENT THEY HAD THE OPEN POSITIONS IN THAT FIRST QUARTER. THE NEXT SLIDE IS SALES TAX DEPOSITS. THE YEAR TO DATE BUDGETED IS 32.3 MILLION. YOUR TODAY COLLECTED AT 31.3 MILLION AND UNFAVORABLE VARIANCE OF 978,000. WHEN COMPARING 2024 TO 2023. IT 719,000 LEFT. IT IS JUST ILLUSTRATING THE TOP FOUR CATEGORIES WITH THE SALES TAX AND RETELL ACCOMMODATION FOOD SERVICES MANUFACTURING AND INFORMATION THAT MAKES UP ABOUT 80% OF THE SALES TAX REVENUE AND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO SLIGHTLY INCREASE EVERY YEAR. THOSE THAT WERE NOT DOING SO WELL WITH THE TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AND SOME OF THE WHOLESALE TRADES. THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX DEPOSITS ARE DOING WELL. YOUR TODAY COLLECTED IS A LITTLE OVER 3 MILLION. 150,000 MORE THAN BUDGETED. AND 225,428 MORE COLLECTED THAN 2023. THE MIXED BEVERAGE TASK IS ALSO DOING

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WELL THROUGH MAY WITH THEM COLLECTING 604,000. BRINGING OUT 100,000 MORE THAN BUDGETED. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> THERE NO BLINKING YELLOW LIGHTS ANYWHERE.

>> IF NOT IS THERE MOTION? >> MOVED AND SECONDED.

>> THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I?

[11. Recess the regular meeting of the Board of Directors;]

MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 11.

WHERE WE MUST RECESS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IT IS 7:47 P.M. IT IS NOW NECESSARY TO RECESS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION REGARDING

[12. PUBLIC HEARING: Convene and conduct a Public Hearing for the adoption of a resolution regarding guidelines and criteria for considering tax abatement agreements by The Woodlands Township;]

GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERING TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS BY THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. THAT BRINGS US TO DENY ITEM NUMBER 12. WHERE WE ÚCONVENE AND CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION REGARDING GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERING TAX ABATEMENT REGULATIONS AND AGREEMENTS BY THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION IN YOUR BOARD PACKET I KNOW YOU'VE ALL STUDIED IT PAGES 143 TO 198. WE WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION REGARDING GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERING TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS BY THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. PUBLIC COMMENTS, THERE WAS NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. TODD STEVENS OUR DIRECTOR OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT WILL PRESENT.

>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTORS. I WANTED TO SAY THAT AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONDUCTED THE BOARD WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER RESOLUTIONS 00924 AND I WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT DANIEL RINGEL IS HERE AND IS SOMEONE I WOULD LIKE TO THANK FOR HIS ATTENDANCE. THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS PASSED A RESOLUTION 006 21.

WHICH ADOPTED OR ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES ON THE CORRECT AREA FOR TAX ABATEMENT POLICIES AND APPLICATIONS TO THE TOWNSHIP.

THE TOWNSHIP HAS ADOPTED WE TAKE THE COUNTY GUIDELINES HERE. THIS IS WHAT'S REQUIRED WITH BEING A TAX LEVEL HERE.

THE TOWNSHIP IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CRITERIA HERE SHOULD WE CHOOSE TO DO SO. JUST AS A REMINDER THIS IS A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS AND THERE IS NO OBLIGATION FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THIS. GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA WOULD BE HERE ON THAT.

THERE'S THIS CHANGES TO THE SUBSEQUENT POLICY AND THIS CHART HERE SUMMARIZES THIS. THEY'VE CHANGED OR ADMITTED THAT ABATEMENT LEVEL. THEY WILL HAVE RESOLUTION 009 24 IN ORDER TO AMEND OUR GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA TO ADHERE TO THE STANDARDS. WHEN WAS THIS LAST UPDATED?

>> BASED UPON THE 2021 UPGRADE?

>> YES THESE CHANGES ARE FROM THE 2023 POLICY AS IT CURRENTLY

STANDS. >> WENT TO THE COUNTY AFTER

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THEIR GUIDELINES? >> THE ADOPTED POLICY WAS JANUARY 2023. THAT WAS THE EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> ANOTHER THING I SHOULD NOTE IS THE TAX ABATEMENT POLICY IS GOOD FOR TWO YEARS. SO TYPICALLY WE UPDATE OUR POLICIES ON A REGULAR BASIS OF ABOUT EVERY TWO YEARS.

>> THAT WAS GOOD BE MY QUESTION. WHY WOULD YOU WAIT SO

LONG TO CHANGE THAT? >> SO LAST YEAR WHEN THE COUNTY HAD THE TAX ABATEMENT LEVELS THEY DID NOT ANTICIPATE THAT THE COUNTY WOULD CONSIDER THIS FOR A DIFFERENT TIME AND BECAUSE THEY CAN ONLY FOLLOW THE PROJECT YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO DO THIS ABATEMENT PROJECT BUT IF YOU DO YOU FOLLOW THE COUNTY ACTIONS. THERE WAS NO CONSIDERATION FROM THE COUNTY AND THEY HAVE RECENTLY CHANGE THAT AND CONSIDER THE ABATEMENT SO WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO SO

AS WELL. >> IF THEY CHANGED IT IN 2023 SHOULDN'T WE HAVE FOLLOWED SUIT SHORTLY AFTER THAT?

>> THEY MADE IT CLEAR THAT AT THE TIME THERE WAS NO CONSIDERATION FOR FUTURE ABATEMENT PROJECT. AND BECAUSE AGAIN WE FOLLOW THE COUNTY, THERE WAS NO LEVEL TO DO

ANYTHING AT THAT TIME. >> ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDED INTO THIS, I AM A HUGE BELIEVER IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IT'S SOMETHING EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND HIGH ON MY RADAR. BUT IT HAS TO BE THE RIGHT SITUATION. UNTIL FRIDAY OR WHENEVER I REPOSTED THE AGENDA AND THE BACKGROUND I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT WHAT WE PULLED FROM THE AGENDA . I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING HERE WORKING WITH THE EDP AND STAFF SO THEY CAN TALK TO US IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AS A BOARD AND EXPLAIN THAT THIS IS WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING. THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE THIS IS PROJECT X, Y AND Z.

HAVING THE SPORT GET INFORMATION LIKE THIS IS IRRESPONSIBLE. I WAS HONESTLY SHOCKED. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THE EDP BECAUSE THEY USUALLY HANDLE THIS BUT THEY NEED TO BRIEF US AND TELL US WHAT IS GOING ON INSTEAD OF JUST GETTING THIS COLD AND TELLING US WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT AND HAVING THAT BRIEFING SHOULD BE PART OF OUR GUIDELINES GOING FORWARD.

>> I WILL TAKE THAT NOTE BUT I WANT TO CLARIFY THE GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA ARE SEPARATE FROM ANY CONSIDERATION OF A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT. THEY ARE UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS BASED ON ROUGHLY TO YOUR SCHEDULE. THIS IS SEPARATE FROM ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEM OR SUBSEQUENT ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS. THOSE EXIST ON A DIFFERENT TIMESCALE AND THIS IS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO HAVE GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA TO CONSIDER ABATEMENT AT ANY POINT IN THE FUTURE.

>> BY STATUTORY REQUIREMENT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BUT ALSO BY THE COUNTY WE ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THE COUNTY GUIDELINES IF WE SO CHOOSE TO VOTE FOR THE TAX ABATEMENT.

>> IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING A TAX ABATEMENT WITH THE GUIDELINES OR THE ABATEMENT AGREEMENT WHICH IS A SEPARATE ISSUE THE COUNTY MUST GO FIRST. THE COUNTY MUST ADOPT GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN DO THE REINVESTMENT WHICH THE AREA WILL HAVE TWO WEEKS AS WE DO NOT HAVE THAT AUTHORITY. AND THE SECOND FOR THE ACTUAL TAX ABATEMENT. WE CANNOT CONSIDER THE AGREEMENT UNTIL THE COUNTY

HAS SUBSEQUENTLY ENACTED ONE. >> I THINK MY CONCERN IS THAT WE HAVE A RELATIVELY NEW BOARD. THIS BOARD HAS NOT BEEN APPROACHED OR PART OF THE LAST TAX ABATEMENT OF THIS BOARD APPROVED EVEN DIRECTORS ACCRUE THE GIBBS I DON'T THINK YOU WERE ON THE BOARD YET. THAT WAS IN 2019 AND I WAS THE ONLY ONE.

SO TO DIRECTOR BAILEY'S POINTS, PERHAPS WE CAN GO BACKWARD BUT IT IS TO EDUCATE THE CURRENT BOARD ON A PROCESS AND THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF TAX ABATEMENT. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE CONSIDERED.

>> WE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THIS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SOME OF IT WAS CONFIDENTIAL. THERE IS A LOT HERE TO THIS

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PARTICULAR SITUATION THAT THE BOARD IS NOT AWARE OF. AND WE WILL BE GLAD TO UPDATE THE BOARD AS THERE IS A VERY REAL REASON WHY THERE WAS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. WITH ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR TODD STEVENS? IF NOT WE

[13. Reconvene the regular meeting of the Board of Directors;]

WILL RECONVENE THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT 7:56. WE ARE NOW RECONVENED FROM THE PUBLIC

[14. Receive, consider and act upon Resolution No. 009-24, adopting the guidelines and criteria for considering tax abatement agreements by The Woodlands Township;]

HEARING AND RETURNED TO REGULAR SESSION. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14. TO RECEIVE CONSIDER AND ACT UPON RESOLUTION NUMBER 009 DUST 24, ADOPTING THE GUIDANCE CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERING TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS BY THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. I CALL FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 009 DUST 2024 ADOPTING THE GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERING THE TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT BY THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP? IS THERE A SECOND?

>> MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US DOWN

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

TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15 WHICH WAS DEFERRED. SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 16 TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A QUARTERLY UPDATE FROM THE VISIT THE WOODLANDS . YOU HAVE INFORMATION IN YOUR BOARD PACKETS PAGES 232 TO 250. NICK WALDER FROM VISIT THE WOODLANDS WILL PRESENT BUT WE ALSO WELCOME COMMENTS FROM CHAIRMAN BAILEY VICE CHAIRMAN NELSON AND

SECRETARY TORI SHERRY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING. GIVEN THE TIMEFRAME IT'S ALMOST 8:00 AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AS WELL. SO WE WILL KEEP THIS BRIEF. YOUR FULL INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET SO THERE'S LOTS OF STATS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THERE. THERE ARE A FEW POINTS THAT YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO MAKE THOUGH.

AS YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND AS PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT THAT IS OUT THERE THE IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM AND CONVENTIONS HERE IT IS NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK. YOU HAVE A PACKAGE IN FRONT OF YOU HAS A FEW GOODIES. THANK YOU FOR THE PROCLAMATION LAST WEEK AND THE STATS ARE WELL SAID ABOUT THE IMPACT OF VISITORS THAT COME TO OUR AREA. SO LET'S JUST GO THROUGH THIS. I HAVE JUST A HANDFUL OF SLIDES AND AGAIN I WANT TO GIVE SOME INFORMATION HERE THAT I REALLY BELIEVE IS BENEFICIAL TO YOU WHEN YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT TALKING WITH OUR RESIDENTS.

THIS IS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIRMAN SNYDER AND ALL OF THEM HERE WITH CHAIRMAN NELSON AND SECRETARY-TREASURER RICHARD FRANKS. THE BOARD IS MADE UP OF EIGHT INDIVIDUALS AND I SAY THIS FOR PUBLIC EDIFICATION HERE THAT THEY MEET 6 TO 7 TIMES A YEAR WITH PUBLIC MEETINGS IN THIS YEAR AREA SO ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND. THIS IS THE QUARTER ONE REPORT THAT YOU HAVE. THIS IS REALLY THE BUSINESS THAT TOOK PLACE JANUARY FEBRUARY AND MARCH. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN MAY AS WELL. WE ARE PACING WELL AHEAD WHICH IS GREAT. WE HOPE TO TOP THE 10 MILLION MARK IN HOTEL OCCUPANCY AND TAX COLLECTION. THIS IS SOMETHING THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THIS IS OUR MEAT AND POTATOES. THERE'S 2250 HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS AVAILABLE HERE. WHO ARE THEY BEING OCCUPIED BY? THESE ARE PROJECT NAMES. THIS WAS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD AND IT WAS IN THE FIRST QUARTER. THIS IS THE HOTEL PROPERTY AND THERE ARE SOME

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INTERESTING GROUPS. THERE'S THE ENERGY DRONE AND ROBOTICS HERE.

THESE GROUPS COME INTO THE WOODLANDS AND THIS IS OUR BREAD AND BUTTER. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO FOCUS ON THAT. THERE'S THIS PROGRAM THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO IT.

YOU HEARD US TALK ABOUT HIM BEFORE SHOWING AND HIGHLIGHTING THIS AND YOU WERE THERE TALKING TO MANY OF THEM FROM DIFFERENT MINDSETS. THERE'S THAT INTERNATIONAL DRAWL IN THAT MEETING GROUP. YOU ARE FOCUSING ON THIS LOCAL GROWN LETTER THERE'S THAT CONVENTION SPACE THAT WE HAVE. THEY WOULD BE COMING ON BOARD THERE IS JOSIE LEWIS AND THIS TUTELAGE WE KNOW ABOUT IT AND HE MIGHT BE THERE. THE ONE MARKETING RECAP HAVE THOSE WEBSITE USERS WITH 133 WHEN MEETING PLANNERS. THEY COLLECTIVELY HAVE 62,000 HERE THERE ARE SOME OF THESE ADVERTISING LOOKS OUT IN THE MARKET. WE TAKE THEM ON VARIOUS TOURS HERE. THEY FUNNEL ALL LOT OF AWARDS AND ACCOLADES AND WE LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM ON THESE AWARDS THERE AND I SAID I WOULD BE QUICK, AND THERE YOU GO. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I WOULD BE GLAD TO ENTERTAIN THOSE.

>> WELL DONE AS ALWAYS. >> WHO IS LYDIA? IF YOU GO BACK

SEVERAL SLIDES LOST WITH LYDIA? >> IT'S AN INFLUENCER.

>> THANK YOU. AS ALWAYS, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT VISIT WITH WINDOWS. IS THERE A MOTION? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THAT'S GREAT IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW WHO ALL THE INFLUENCES ARE SO WE CAN FOLLOW THEM? THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?

[17. Receive, consider and act upon a budget amendment for and related payments to College Park and Grogan’s Mill Village Associations for prior years' service agreements (as requested by Treasurer Franks);]

ALL OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17 TO RECEIVE CONSIDER AND ACT UPON BUDGET AMENDMENT AND RELATED PAYMENTS TO COLLEGE PARK AND GROGAN'S MILL VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS FOR PRIOR YOUR SERVICE AGREEMENTS. AS REQUESTED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS. IS THERE ANY MOTION?

>> SO MOVED. >> OKAY. MOVED AND SECONDED.

DISCUSSION. >> IT IS OBVIOUS FROM THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE FROM TED AND ERIN THAT THEY HAVE LOOKED IT OVER TIME AND AGAIN. WE DISCUSSED IT MANY TIMES IN OUR PRESENT VILLAGE MEETINGS ON MONDAY NIGHTS THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ONE-TIME THINGS THAT HAPPENED AND I TOTALLY AGREE THAT THEY SHOULD BOTH GET THAT $12,500.

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

>> I HAVE A CONCERN OF THE PRECEDENTS THAT THE SETS. IT WAS BROUGHT UP TO US AS THE BOARD WITHOUT MORE HERE AS BOARD MEMBERS I HEARD ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST. I EXPRESSED MY CONCERN ABOUT IT SENDING THE NEGATIVE PRECEDENT HERE. WITH

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MORE ON THIS I REMAIN UNCONVINCED THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY VILLAGE ASSOCIATION THAT HAS MISSED A DEADLINE AND NOT THE ONLY ONES HERE BUT I GUESS IN OTHELLO COULD'VE BEEN OVERLY APPROACHED.

>>> CAN YOU ADDRESS IF THEY MET THE DATE . HAVE THERE BEEN OTHER VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS THAT HAVE NOT RECEIVED? OH.

THANK YOU . MS. DEMPSEY . >> WE HAVE AT OTHER VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS THAT HAVE NOT HAD ALL OF THE DOCUMENTATION, ALL OF IN TIME FOR THE DEADLINE. BUT THIS IS THE FIRST CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE WE'VE HAD SOMEONE COME BACK AND IN THE OTHER CASES , WHEN -- AS TED STANLEY HAD MENTIONED, WERE A NUMBER OF VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS WERE BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE IN PLACE, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THE EVENT OR HAVE IN PERSON MEETINGS OR DO SOME OF THE THINGS I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE DONE. SO AS LONG AS IT MET THE OBLIGATIONS, THE VALUES -- INDIAN SPRINGS -- IT WAS EITHER INDIAN SPRINGS OR COCHRAN CROSSING . THEY HAD A NICE TRUCK THAT TRAVELED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDED SNOW CONES FREE OF CHARGE. AND THAT WAS HER COMMUNITY SPIRIT EVENT DURING COVID TIMES. AND SO THE ORGANIZATION THAT DID THAT DID REQUEST THE FUNDS AND MET ALL OF THEIR OBLIGATIONS. A MAJORITY OF THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS DID NOT MEET THEIR OBLIGATIONS AND DID NOT REQUEST THEIR FUNDS. THE WAY THAT IT HAS WORKED, IS GENERALLY THE TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE ASSOCIATION WILL CONTINUE TO % RIDE THE IN-KIND SERVICES. THEY JUST DON'T GET THE CASH PAYMENT. LIKE I SAID, THOSE WERE MAINLY THE TIMES WHEN THAT

OCCURRED. >> CAN YOU SAY -- YOU DON'T HAVE TO NAME, BUT HOW MANY VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS BESIDES

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THOSE TWO WHO, IF THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID THAT WE AGREED TO REFUND THE FUNDS REQUESTED, HOW MANY OF THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS -- IT DEPENDS ON HOW FAR BACK YOU WANT TO GO.

BACK TO 2022, THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT DID NOT RECEIVE FUNDS IN THAT YEAR. IF YOU GO BACK FURTHER, THERE ARE MORE.

AS STATED IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT ONE OF THOSE VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS HAD LOST ITS NONPROFIT STATUS, AND DURING THE YEARS THAT IT HAS NOT HAD ITS NONPROFIT STATUS, WE HAVE NOT PROVIDED THE FUNDING.

>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. DEMPSEY?

>> I HAD A QUESTION, I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT THESE ARE ALL VOLUNTEER POSITIONS. IS THAT CORRECT?

>> OKAY. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS AND DIRECTOR NELSON TO ACT UPON A BUDGET AMENDMENT , WHICH WOULD BE $25,000 RELATED TO PAYMENTS TO COLLEGE PARK AT 12,500 GROGAN'S MILL GROGAN'S MILL VILLAGE ASSOCIATION, 12,500 FOR A PRIOR YEAR SERVICE AGREEMENT, AND WE WILL NOW , IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, TAKE A BOAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFIED BY SAYING AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES.

[18. Receive, consider and act upon an update regarding One Water Task Force;]

THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 18, TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER, AND ACT UPON AN UPDATE REGARDING ONE WATER TASK FORCE. YOU HAVE INFORMATION, PAGES 257 TO 258, AND CALL UPON DIRECTOR HEISER WHO REPRESENTS THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP ON THE ONE WATER TASK

FORCE. DR. HEISER. >> THANK YOU. SO WE HAD OUR ADDITIONAL MEETING , AND JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS TASK FORCE IS NOT HEADED BY THE TOWNSHIP AS IT WAS IN THE PAST. THE NEW TASK FORCE IS CHAIRED BY WOODLANDS WATER AND ERIC PETERSON. SO HE IS MAKING THE DECISIONS ON WHO WILL BE INVOLVED, WHAT STAKEHOLDERS WE WILL BRING IN , ALTHOUGH WE ARE ADVISERS TO HIM AND PART OF THE COMMITTEE. SO WITH THAT, WE DID HAVE THE MEETING TO TRY TO , FIRST OF ALL, DECIDE IF WE WANTED TO KEEP THE SAME NAME , OR CHANGE THAT. WE ARE LOOKING AT CHANGING THE NAME TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING WHOLLY DIFFERENT. WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO DECIDE EXACTLY WHAT WE WILL TACKLE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WATER, THERE ARE MANY, MANY -- WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOURCING, WE CAN TALK ABOUT USAGE. THERE ARE JUST SO MANY ASPECTS TO WATER. AT A FUTURE DATE, I WILL TELL YOU WHAT HAS BEEN DECIDED IN THAT REGARD.

BUT WE WERE JOINED BY SOME OF THE MED DIRECTORS, AND ERIC PETERSON , AND MYSELF. WE HAD GREAT DISCUSSIONS ON FOCUS AREAS OF THE TASK FORCE AND THE ONE WATER TAP CONCEPT. IT'S A VERY VALUABLE RESOURCE. WE KNOW THAT. AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ON WATER, AND I DID ALSO WANT TO DIRECT EVERYONE TO WOODLANDS WATER.ORG WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ALREADY FOR EDUCATING OR SELF AND EVEN YOUR CHILDREN ON THE WATER, WHERE IT COMES FROM, AND HOW IT GETS TO YOUR FAUCET. LET'S SEE. SO THIS MEETING, IMPORTANTLY, WAS PRIOR TO THE RECENT STORM, SO THE FLOODING.

WE DID HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE REGIONAL FLOOD PLANNING GRID AND THE ANTICIPATED STATE FLOOD PLAN THAT WILL BE COMING IN 2025. AND DR. NEIL GAYNOR, WAS PART OF THE TASK FORCE, PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR OUR AREA. AND WE HAD SOME VERY, VERY INTRODUCTORY DISCUSSIONS ON HOW TO LEVERAGE HIS EXPERIENCE IN THAT CAPACITY.

THERE WILL BE MORE DETAILS AS WE MAKE SOME PROGRESS, BASICALLY. WE WILL BE HAVING ANOTHER MEETING IN THE NEXT TWO

TO THREE WEEKS. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HEISER.

I WILL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION , AND SINCE YOU CHAIR THAT, IS

THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR HEISER? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFIED BY SAYING AYE TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. OPPOSED.

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

MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 19, TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER, AND ACT UPON AN UPDATE REGARDING THE VILLAGE PRESIDENTS COUNCIL. BOTH DIRECTOR FRANKS AND DIRECTOR NELSON ARE PART OF THE VILLAGE PRESIDENTS COUNCIL, AND BOTH --

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FOR ONE? >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE HAD A GREAT PRESIDENTS COUNCIL MEETING. WE HELD IT ON THE 29TH IN LIEU OF THE MAIN MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, AND WE HAD OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO WINNIE SHARP PRESENT THE 2023 PRESENTATION SHE GAVE TO THE BOARD, AS WELL AS A 2024 LOOK FORWARD ON PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP. WE INVITED ALL MEMBERS OF THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION AND WE HAD A FULL HOUSE. WE HAD GOOD REPRESENTATION FROM THE VILLAGE AND THEY ALL LEARNED A LOT, AS DID ALL THE REST OF US. MONIQUE DID A TERRIFIC JOB. I MIGHT ALSO SAY THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE THE 2023 PRESENTATION TO THE ROTARY CLUB. AGAIN, IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. IT'S GREAT THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE ABLE TO GET THAT KIND OF INFORMATION, AND I THINK IT REALLY IS A GREAT EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR THEM IN TERMS OF WHAT IS GOING ON, WHAT IS GOING TO BE GOING ON, AND HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS.

LINDA, ANYTHING TO ADD? >> NO. I THINK THEY WERE GREAT.

GREAT ATTENDANCE AT ALL OF THEM, AND WE ARE LEARNING A LOT. AND YOU ARE ALL LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER.

>> AND WE APPRECIATE SO MANY COMING THIS EVENING. HOPEFULLY IT WILL ENCOURAGE MORE TO ATTEND AT OUR NEXT. IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT? IS THERE A SECOND?

>> I WILL SECOND. >> IT IS BEEN MOVED AND

[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;]

SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFIED BY SAYING AYE .

OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES. THERE IS A NEED TO RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE IF THE BOARD WILL RECESS TO DISCUSS MATTERS RELATING TO RURAL 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 I.T.

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. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN IN EXECUTIV

[21. Reconvene in public session;]

>> WE WILL RECONVENE. IT IS 9:24. IT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TO TAKE ACTION AT THIS TIME. AGENDA ITEM 22, CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS TO BE PLACED FOR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING , AND I THINK WE NEED TO PAUSE UNTIL THE OTHER TWO ARE HERE. IS THERE

ANYTHING FOR NEXT MONTH? >> NOT I.

>> I GUESS NOT. >> YEAH, I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAUSE BECAUSE OF THE RULE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND.

>> WE HAVE RECONVENED . WE ARE ON AGENDA ITEM 22, CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT

[23. Board announcements; and]

MONTH'S MEETING. ARE THERE ANY MATTERS THAT NEED TO BE PLACED? WELL, IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE TO BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS , AGENDA ITEM 23 . I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE OF THE WONDERFUL MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION BEGINNING AT 5:00 ON SUNDAY AT TOWN GREEN PARK. AND FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NOT ATTENDED, IT IS REALLY QUITE A WONDERFUL EVENT THAT HONORS MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE MILITARY AND HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES -- WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE SERVING OUR GREAT COUNTRY. DR. NEWTON'S STAFF REALLY DOES AN INCREDIBLE JOB ON MEMORIAL DAY. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADJOURN?

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> IT HAS BEEN SECONDED. IT IS 9:26. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES.

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