[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;] [00:00:08] >>> TO THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING ON JUNE 26, 2024, 6:00 P.M. DOCTOR RICHARD FRANKS WILL GIVE OUR INDICATION AND DOCTOR SHELLEY WILL LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGE TO OUR NATION AND OUR GREAT STATE. DIRECTOR FRANKS. >> LORD, I ASK YOU ALL TO MAKE AS AN INSTRUMENT OF YOUR PEACE . WHERE THERE IS HATRED, LET A SO LOVE. WHERE THERE IS INJURY, PARDON, WHERE THERE IS DOUBT, FAITH, WHERE THERE IS DESPAIR, HOPE, WHERE THERE IS DARKNESS, LIGHT. WHERE THERE IS SADNESS, JOY. AMEN. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR FRANKS. >> PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 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. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS, ONE ST. UNDER GOD, [2. Proclamations;] WHEN AND INDIVISIBLE. >> THIS EVENING WE HAVE SEVERAL PROCLAMATIONS THAT WE ARE SO EXCITED TO PRESENT. THE FIRST ONE RECOGNIZES THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL GOLF TEAM AND WE WILL CONGRATULATE THEM ON THEIR RECENT SILVER MATTER METAL AND I CALL UPON DIRECTOR NELSON TO READ THE PROCLAMATION. >> I'M HONORED TO READ THIS AND I KNOW A COUPLE OF YOUR PLAYERS ARE IN ANOTHER STATE PLAYING RIGHT NOW. OKAY. LOSERS ARE NOT HERE TO GET THIS BUT I'M SO HONORED TO BE DOING THIS BECAUSE I KNOW JUST TO MAKE ANY TEAM IN THE WOODLANDS IS HARD AND IN THE GOLF TEAM IS SO SMALL AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU. OKAY. WHEREAS, THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' GOLF PROGRAM IS A PREMIER PROGRAM WITH A HISTORY OF SUCCESS, WHICH INCLUDES STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1992, 2002, 2005, 2007, AND 2012; AND WHEREAS, THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLANDERS TEAM CONSISTS OF SENIORS DANIEL ZOU AND CADEN COX; SOPHOMORES, COOPER PAULL AND ABHAY DUGGAL, AND FRESHMAN TRIPP DEPOY; AND WHEREAS, THE HIGHLANDERS ATTENDED THE 2024 CLASS 6A UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE'S BOYS' STATE TOURNAMENT AT WHITE WING GOLF CLUB IN GEORGETOWN; AND WHEREAS, THE HIGHLANDERS TEAM EARNED A SILVER MEDAL (2ND PLACE) WITH A TWO-DAY SCORE OF 575, FIVE SHOTS BEHIND STATE CHAMPION, LAKE TRAVIS; AND WHEREAS, SOPHOMORE COOPER PAULL, WHO BEGAN THE SCHOOL YEAR RANKED NO. 14 ON HIS OWN TEAM, WON THE INDIVIDUAL 2024 6A BOYS' GOLF STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, WITH A TWO-DAY COMBINED SCORE OF 138, WINNING FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL; BECOMING THE SECOND INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPION IN THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL BOYS GOLF HISTORY AND BEING NAMED THE ALL-GREATER HOUSTON BOYS GOLFER OF THE YEAR; AND WHEREAS, THE HIGHLANDERS WON TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES AT THE 2024 DISTRICT 13-6A TOURNAMENT AND THE 2024 REGION II-6A TOURNAMENT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF COACH ERIK NOSKI; NOW, THEREFORE, I, DR. ANN K. SNYDER, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2024, AS: THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL BOYS GOLF TEAM DAY IN WOODLANDS, TEXAS. CONGRATULATIONS. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE SO COME ON UP. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR PROCLAMATION DECLARING JULY AT [00:05:35] PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH AT THE WOODLANDS. IT IS PLANNING SO MANY ACTIVITIES FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JULY, SO WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU CHECK OUT THERE CALENDAR. WITH THAT SAID, DIRECTOR HEISER WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION. DIRECTOR HEISER. >> THANK YOU.BE IT PROCLAIMED: WHEREAS, IN SUPPORT OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP'S 150 PARKS, 14 POOLS, 220+ MILES OF PATHWAY, COUNTLESS GREENBELTS, TWO RECREATION CENTERS, TWO BOAT HOUSES, AND AN AERIAL ADVENTURE COURSE, AND IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION; AND WHEREAS, PARKS, RECREATION ACTIVITIES, AND LEISURE EXPERIENCES PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE, GROW, AND DEVELOP AND THESE GENERATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND EXPERIENCE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY THROUGH FUN RECREATIONAL PURSUITS AND EVENTS; AND WHEREAS, PARK AND RECREATION PROGRAMS AND SERVICES PROVIDE OUTLETS FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES, SOCIALIZATION, AND STRESS÷REDUCING EXPERIENCES; AND WHEREAS, PARKS, FOREST PRESERVES, AND OPEN SPACES PROVIDE A WELCOME RESPITE FROM OUR FAST-PACED, HIGH-TECH LIFESTYLES WHILE PROTECTING AND PRESERVING OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; AND WHEREAS, THE WOODLANDS HAS BEEN DESIGNED AROUND THE CONCEPT THAT PERSONAL AND FAMILY LIFE ARE MEANT TO BE ENJOYED, AND THAT THE NATURAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT SHOULD ENHANCE OUR COMMON LIFE; AND WHEREAS, THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP UNDERSTANDS THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF PRESERVING AND PROTECTING OPEN SPACES, STRATEGICALLY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING PARKS AND RECREATION AMENITIES TO SUSTAIN PROPERTY VALUES, AND THE VALUE OF OUR PARKS IN DRAWING TOURISTS AND VISITORS; AND WHEREAS, THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TOUCHESTHE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, GROUPS AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF POSITIVE PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND SPECIAL EVENTS; AND WHEREAS, THE TOWNSHIP ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS OF THE WOODLANDS TO CELEBRATE BY PARTICIPATING IN THEIR CHOICE OF LEISURE ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE IN THE WOODLANDS TO FIND REFRESHMENT AND ENJOYMENT; NOW, THEREFORE, I, DR. ANN K. SNYDER, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH . >> WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE FOUR OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM WITH US. JOHN MCGOWAN, PAMELA WOODS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, MITCH HALL , THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION AND MOURN MILLER, RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT. IF YOU WOULD ALL COME FORWARD SO WE CAN APPLIED. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. [3. Call meeting to order;] >> ARE YOU GOING TO BE IN THE PARADE? >> AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL NOW CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS 6:09. I DECLARE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE [00:10:01] LAW, NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS POSTED A 72 HOURS IN ACCORDANCE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. THIS POSTING OCCURRED INSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWNSHIP AT THIS OFFICE BUILDING. STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT AT LEAST FOUR OF OUR BOARD MEMBERSHIP BE IN ATTENDANCE TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM FOR CONDUCTING BUSINESS. I ASKED EACH BOARD MEMBER TO INDICATE HIS OR HER PRESENCE BY RESPONDING WITH SOME AUDIBLE SOUND OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS I CALL ROLE. DIRECTOR FRANKS. ROLLCALL, IT IS DETERMINED THAT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF MEMBERS [4. Receive, consider and act upon adoption of the meeting agenda;] ARE PRESENT TO DECLARE THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM AND THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 4 TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ADOPTION OF THE MEETING AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION? [5. Recognize public officials;] >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSE? MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 5. WE DO HAVE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WITH US. STEVE BRIGGS, WHO WAS RECENTLY ELECTED AS MUCH DIRECTOR NUMBER 67. STEVE, THERE YOU ARE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. >> ARTHUR. RIGHT? ISN'T HE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL? APPRAISAL BOARD. AND THAT BRINGS US TO [6. Public comment;] AGENDA ITEM 6, PUBLIC COMMENT. WE DO HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. PARTICIPATION BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN OPEN MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED IN PUBLIC COMMENT AGENDA ITEM IS INCLUDED. THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACCEPTS PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC MEETINGS. FIRST, EACH PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS BOARD MUST FIRST SIGN SPEAKERS ROSTER PROVIDED BY THE BOARD SECRETARY AND INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO MAKE GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS, ADDRESS A TOPIC THAT IS NOT INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA OR WHO WISH TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS MUST DO SO UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF TOPICS. IF THERE ARE MORE THAN 15 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, EACH SPEAKER WOULD THEN BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF TOPICS. SPEAKERS WILL BE TAKEN IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGN UP. SPEAKERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO YIELD THEIR TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER ON THE LIST. STATE LAW PROHIBITS FROM FORMALLY ACTING ON A SPECIFIC ITEM OR PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS IT APPEARS ON THE POSTED AGENDA. THEREFORE ANY BOARD DISCUSSION ON ITEMS NOT INCLUDED ON THE POSTED AGENDA IS LIMITED TO QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION AND WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM SHOULD BE PLACED ON A FUTURE BOARD AGENDA. SPEAKERS MAY EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS, VIEWPOINTS ON AN ISSUE BUT ARE NOT PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEBATE OF AN ISSUE. SPEAKERS WILL NOT USE PROFANITY. COMMENTS FROM SPEAKERS MAY BE MADE IT TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE OR TO INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS. ALSO, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO PLEASE REMIND YOU TO PLACE YOUR CELL PHONE ON SILENT MODE. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT WITH WILLIAM BAIN. MR. BAIN. >> HOW ARE Y'ALL? >> GOOD EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING. THIS IS NOT AN AGENDA ITEM AND IS JUST FOR YOUR CONSUMPTION. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN GET AN EXCEPTION TO OR A CHANGE TO SECTION 3 DOT ONE PART TWO, WHICH IS OF THE RESIDENTIAL DEPARTMENT STANDARDS, WHICH PERTAINS TO GARAGE SALES AND SPECIFICALLY A STATE SALE. EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM AT SOME POINT IN TIME WILL LOSE A PARENT AND WHEN YOU LOSE A PARENT, THE EMOTIONAL TOLL OF DEALING WITH THEIR ESTATE, SETTLING THE ESTATE, YOU WOULD LOVE TO KEEP ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD OR MAYBE NOT, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY HAD, BUT [00:15:02] BEING ABLE TO SETTLE THAT AND GET RID OF THOSE ITEMS IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER, AND THE STATE SO SEEMS THE MOST APPROPRIATE MANNER IN DOING SO. I WILL SAY THAT WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL AS A SEASON DESIST AND COMPLETELY MY FAULT BECAUSE NEVER IN 1 MILLION YEARS THAT I THINK THAT AN ESTATE SALE WAS PROBLEMATIC. I DID NOT READ THE DOCUMENT, SO THAT IS ON ME, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT BEHIND THIS. YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE THROWING STUFF ON THE YARD AND STICKING UP A BUNCH OF SIGNS AND HAVING RANDOM FOLKS COME IN. OUR SITUATION WAS WE HAD WORKED WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS THE STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE AROUND DOING THIS IN AN EFFICIENT MANAGER WITH APPOINTMENTS SO THAT THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DISRUPTION TO THE COMMUNITY. THE ALTERNATIVE ALLOWED FOR IN THAT DOCUMENT ALLOWS US TO DO A VIRTUAL SALE, WHICH TO ME SEEMS A LITTLE MORE IMPACTFUL TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I AM SELLING ON CRAIGSLIST OR FACEBOOK MARKET. I HAVE RANDOM STRANGERS THAT ARE COMING TO THE HOUSE AND THEY ARE PICKING UP ITEMS AT ODD TIMES AND THAT SEEMS A LITTLE LESS EFFICIENT THAN AN ORGANIZATION THAT WE HAVE PAID FOR, HAVE STAFFING, HAS THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT, WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND CAN MORE EFFICIENTLY MOVE PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THE RESIDENCE TO ALLEVIATE FROM US HAVING TO TAKE THAT BURDEN ON AS WE ARE CONTINUING TO SETTLE THE REST OF THE ESTATE AND GET IT TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN SELL THE HOUSE OR DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S IT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. BAIN. >> APPRECIATE IT. >> THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISS PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME AGAIN. I WILL LET YOU, CEJA . THANK YOU, PEDRO. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. I PROMISE WE WILL NOT TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF IT, BUT WE ARE HERE FOR A VERY, VERY GOOD REASON. MY NAME IS PEDRO. I AM ON THE BOARD OF WOODLANDS WORRIES AND I AM JOINED TODAY WITH SOME FELLOW MEMBERS, INCLUDING BOARD MEMBERS ISABEL AND RACHEL WHOM YOU MAY RECOGNIZE FROM THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE . ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THESE MEMBERS, THE MEMBERS WHO COULDN'T COME OUT TODAY AND OUR PERSPECTIVE PLAYERS, WE WANTED TO THANK YOU IN PERSON FOR THE NEWLY PAINTED COURT AT THE MULTI USE RINK. WE ARE VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF IT AND WE FELT AMAZING AFTER SUCCESSFULLY HOSTING THE LEAGUE IN MAY . AS A TEAM, WE PLAYED VERY WELL, PARTICULARLY CONSIDERING WE HAD TWO MEMBERS WHO HAD NEVER STEPPED ON A COMPETITIVE NETBALL COURT TO BRING THIS GAME TO NEW PEOPLE BRINGS THE STORY, BUT WE WERE EVEN MORE OVERJOYED BY SEEING THOSE YELLOW LINES BEING PAINTED ON THE COURT. >> THEY DID LOOK GOOD. >> THEY LOOKED FANTASTIC. WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL AND YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN OUR WHAT'S UP. IT'S BEEN EXCITEMENT, HEART EMOJI'S AND ALLTHAT STUFF AND WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO BRING MORE TRAINING SESSIONS AND MORE GAME DAYS TO THE WOODLANDS. NOW THAT WE HAVE PUT THE PAIN OF DRAWING THESE LINES IN SHOCK BEHIND US. WE ARE LOOKING AT THREE BEGINNER CLASSES NOW I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE . WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT BRINGING IN ANOTHER EVENING OF TRAINING WHERE INVESTIGATING WHERE WE HAVE ENOUGH COACHES FOR THAT. WE ARE TALKING WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS IN TEXAS, KATIE AND AUSTIN AND DALLAS ON HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THIS INTO OUR SCHEDULE. THANK YOU. >> YOU ARE VERY WELCOME, BUT WHO SHOULD REALLY BE APPLAUDED ARE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WE JUST DID A PROCLAMATION FOR. STAND UP AND THEIR TEAM. THEY ARE ALL STILL HERE. JOHN AND PAMELA. THEY MAKE THAT HAPPEN. >> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY IS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CELEBRATION ON THE SECOND OF JULY AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME AND WE WILL DEFINITELY WELCOME ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO COME. >> WHAT TIME IS THAT? >> THAT'S AT 6:30. >> OKAY. THANK YOU AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT . >> HELLO, CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTORS. I'M DAX AND I'M THE CEO OF VINTAGE DEVELOPMENT AND [00:20:02] I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE CONSIDERATION FOR TAX ABATEMENT, WHICH IS A PLASMID DNA FOR BIOLOGICS MANUFACTURING COMPANY. >> COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK UP, SIR. >> BY ANOVA SCIENTIFIC, WHICH IS A PLASMID MANUFACTURING COMPANY. THEY ARE BASED OUT OF CALIFORNIA . BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS ON EXPANDING THEIR MODALITIES WITHIN THEIR BUSINESSES. AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ATTRACT THOSE KINDS OF COMPANIES TO COME HERE TO THE WOODLANDS JUST ON SEVERAL COUNTS OF HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE THAT TEXAS HAVE TO OFFER, ESPECIALLY THE WOODLANDS. ALSO, THE GEOGRAPHIC SYMMETRY, YOU CAN GET TO EITHER COAST SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGH THE SAME RATIO THAT THEY HAD A OFFER FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, WHICH IS VITAL AND ALL THE MEDICINES THEY ARE MANUFACTURING'S. AND EACH GOES, AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL AS WELL. IN THE CENTERPIECE IS A NEW DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN THE WOODLANDS IN THE NEW FACILITY BEGAN OPERATIONS IN Q1 OF 2025 AND BY ANOVA SCIENTIFIC WILL OFFER DNA DEVELOPMENT AND DURING THIS TIME, SERVICES AND PRODUCTION FOR RESEARCH GRADE AND HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS. THAT WILL TRANSITION TO A COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING BUILDING TOWARDS THE END OF 2025 AND THEN GROW INTO A VECTOR PRODUCTION TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR IN 2026. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO INTRODUCE A BIT . >> THANK YOU. >> TERRIFIC. >> EXCITING. >> THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. STALEY. >> GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTORS. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY. I AM GIL DALY, CEO OF THE WOODLANDS AREA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP AND I'M HERE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE TAX ABATEMET AGREEMENT WITH BIO NOMA SCIENTIFIC. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR OVER TWO YEARS TO HELP THEM EXPAND INTO OUR COMMUNITY. AS DESCRIBED IT IN YOUR PACKET, THEY HOPE TO GO TO 2625 RESEARCH FOREST DRIVE, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS AT GREENVILLE SIDE. IT IS JUST A PARCEL OF LAND. THE TAXABLE VALUE RIGHT SIDE IS $2.4 MILLION. ONCE THEY COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT BUILDING, THEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT EIGHT TAXABLE VALUE OF IN EXCESS OF $56 MILLION. TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT NOW, THAT SITE GENERATES $4113 AND UPON COMPLETING THAT BILL, IT WILL GENERATE $174,100 AT THE END OF THAT TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT. IN ADDITION TO THAT SINGLE BENEFIT OF THE ADDED VALUE TO YOUR REVENUES, THEY WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY $13 MILLION IN PERSONAL PROPERTY VALUE THAT YOU CAN TAX, AGAIN, WHEN THAT BUILDING IS COMPLETED. IT'S NOT DEBATABLE. AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED. THEY ARE GOING TO BRING 57 NEW JOBS TO US. THE TOTAL PAYROLL FOR THOSE 57 JOBS IS APPROXIMATELY $7.4 MILLION. BRINGS GREAT SPENDING POWER AND IT WILL BRING HOUSING TO US THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY SELL TO THESE EMPLOYEES AND EXECUTIVES AND I'M RESPECTFULLY ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT FROM BIO ANOVA SCIENTIFIC. >> THANK YOU, MR. STALEY. ALWAYS A PLEASURE. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT, MR. BRIGGS. >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN SNYDER AND BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST THIS EVENING. I AM STEVE BRIGGS, THE 22 YEAR RESIDENT AND I'M HERE TO ADJUST THE POTENTIAL SALE OF THE 11.6 ACRE UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY AT 9669 ISHMAEL, KNOWN AS THE BETTS PROPERTY. THE JUNE 20 JULY 18 ISSUE OF COMMUNITY IMPACTS THAT THE TOWNSHIP FUTURE OF THE PROPERTY AND WHY THE JUNE 24 ARTICLE OF THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE IS MORE SPECIFIC AND THE WITH IN STATE FOR STEPS TO SELL THE PROPERTY ONCE YOU ARE MARKED FOR CITY CENTER AND IT SAID THAT THE WOODLANDS WILL SOON BEGIN FOR A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, WHICH WILL ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO SUBMIT BIDS FOR THE PROPERTY. AS YOU WELL KNOW, THIS IS A UNIQUE PROPERTY NEAR TOWN CENTER AND [00:25:03] THE LAST OF ITS KIND IN THE WOODLANDS. CONCERNED THAT THE BOARD APPEARS TO BE IN A RUSH TO SELL IT. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE TOWNSHIP PAYS NO PROPERTY TAX, HAS NO CARRYING COST FOR THE PROPERTY AND AS FAR AS I AM AWARE, THE TOWNSHIP IS NOT A NEED FOR THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY AND I LIKE MANY RESIDENTS AND STILL EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE LAND SWAP DEAL BETWEEN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, WHICH WILL SEE OUR COMMUNITY CENTER AND LIBRARY MOVE FROM THE TOWN CENTER TO GROGAN'S MILL VILLAGE CENTER AND REPLACE WITH A NEW DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WILL NO DOUBT BE FINANCIALLY VERY BENEFICIAL. I AND OTHER RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE HAD THE SAY OR VOTE AND WHETHER THE LAND SWAP DEAL WAS WHAT WE WANTED OR WHETHER WE THOUGHT WAS IN THE BEST INTERESTS AND WE ARE PRESERVING THE WOODLANDS. AREN'T WE? IT'S IRONIC THAT THE BOARD WILL TAKE AND CONSIDERING THE 2024 RESIDENTIAL SURVEY. AND WOULDN'T IT BE NOVEL AND APPROPRIATE AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE WOODLANDS HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE GE BETTS PROPERTY DEVELOPED BEFORE DEVELOPERS ARE ASKED TO BID ON IT? COULD THE PROPERTY BE TO BENEFIT THE RESIDENCE? A MUSEUM ART CENTER? A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER? WHATEVER. IT IS IN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE TOWN CENTER OR COULD IT BE DEVELOPED AS ANOTHER COMMERCIAL PROPERTY . ANOTHER HIGH-RISE HOTEL, HIGH-DENSITY FAMILY HOUSING, RETAIL SPACE OR AN OFFICE BUILDING. ALL OF THESE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS WOULD NO DOUBT ADD ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC INTO THE TOWN CENTER AREA. I SUPPORT DIRECTOR GIBSON ASKING THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THE RUSH TO SELL THE GE BETTS PROPERTY. I ASK AND URGE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER SEEKING THE VIEWS OF THE WOODLANDS RESIDENCE BEFORE TAKING THE IRREVERSIBLE STEP OF SELLING THIS UNIQUE PROPERTY TO A DEVELOPER . I, LIKE MOST RESIDENTS, ARE AN ADVOCATE FOR PRESERVING THE CHARACTER A NATIONAL BEAUTY OF THE WOODLANDS AND IN MY OPINION, THE TOWNSHIP NEEDS TO PRIORITIZE THE PRESENTATION OF RESIDENT COMMUNITIES FACE WHEN CONSIDERING FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. [7. Receive, consider and act upon reports from Village Association representatives;] >> THANK YOU, MR. BRIGGS. AND THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 7 TO RECEIVE CONSIDER AND ACT UPON REPORTS FROM ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES. WE DO HAVE THREE OF OUR PERSONS HERE FROM THREE DIFFERENT VILLAGES. WE WILL START OFF WITH ALL THEM BRIDGE AND MARION BRAIDS. WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING DIRECTORS, MY NAME IS MARY AND AND AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE AUTUMN BRIDGE BUILDING ASSOCIATION, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR ACTIVITIES AND OUR LAST MEETING WAS HELD ON JUNE 11TH AND WE RECEIVED A REPORT FROM SPECIALIST MCCARTY AND FIRE CHIEF BUT JOINED US AND GAVE US TIPS FOR HURRICANE SEASON. EMILY WAS ELECTED AS OUR NEW VICE PRESIDENT . GREG SHERLOCK, OUR PAST VICE PRESIDENT WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. WE WELCOMED BLAZING BINS AS A NEW SPONSOR TO OUR ORGANIZATION AND WE THANK THEM FOR OUR DONATION TO OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. SEVERAL OF US WERE AT THE FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR ON JUNE 15TH WITH THE FIRE OF TOUR AND THERE WERE MANY RESIDENTS THERE AND IT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE THE INTEREST OF THE RESIDENCE GOING TO SEE THE FIRE TRUCK AND THE BOARD DECIDED TO ATTEND THE HOCUS-POCUS CONCERT AT THE PAVILION ON OCTOBER 17TH AND PLEASE JOIN US AND ENJOY SOME SPOOKY MUSIC . IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR A POOL PARTY LAST WEEKEND. RESIDENTS ENJOYED THE BALLOON TWISTER, THE MAGICIAN SNACKS, SNOW CONES AND LUNCH FROM CHICK-FIL-A. THANK YOU TO CHICK-FIL-A AND KROGER FOR SPONSORING THE PARTY AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE EMPLOYEES WHO CAME TO SET UP THE EQUIPMENT AND THE LIFEGUARDS WHO WERE THERE WHO ARE ALWAYS SO PLEASANT AND HELPFUL EVERY TIME WE HAVE A POOL PARTY. OUR YARD OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE WAS 180 BRISTOL BENSON CIRCLE. WE ARE OUT THIS WEEK VOTING FOR THE ART OF THE MONTH FOR JULY. WE ARE TAKING A BUS TO SEE THE ASTROS PLAY THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS ON SUNDAY JULY 28TH . THE GAME IS IN THE [00:30:09] AFTERNOON AND WE JUST HAVE A FEW TICKETS LEFT FOR SALE. THE TICKETS ARE $48 EACH AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED TO COME TO THE GAME WITH US, PLEASE CONTACT US AND WE DO NOT HAVE A MEETING DURING JULY, SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 13TH. WE ARE BUSY GETTING READY FOR OUR FALL FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND. IT WILL BE FROM 1:00 UNTIL 4:00 P.M. AT LAKESIDE PARK AND I WILL SHARE MORE DETAILS IN THE FUTURE AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE DATE. THE BOARD ALSO DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE A GREAT TIME FOR US TO VISIT FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR FOR OUR MONTHLY MEETING, SO WE WILL HAVE OUR NOVEMBER MEETING AT THE FIRE STATION. THERE WILL BE A TOWARD THE FIRE STATION AND THE MEETING WILL BE HELD IN THE BAY AFTER THE TOUR. ALL RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO COME AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. >> AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU. >> NICE JOB. >> JC. NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE THIS EVENING. >> IT EVENING, CHAIRPERSON, DOCTOR SNYDER, MEMBERS OF TOWNSHIP BOARD, AS WELL AS TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEES. WE HAD OUR ANNUAL POOR PARTY FROM 6:00 TO 8:00 AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAD IT IN THE AFTERNOON AND IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. RESIDENTS ENJOYED FREE SWIMMING, FREE PIZZA FROM BROTHERS PIZZA, COOKIES AND WATERS THAT WERE DONATED FROM KROGER, AS WELL AS COLD AS ICE. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE POOL PARTY WAS HELD IN THE EVENING AND BY THE COUNT, WE SERVED OVER 400 RESIDENTS KONA ICE. THANK YOU FOR TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEES AND LIFEGUARDS FOR ALL OF THEIR HELP AND ACTIVITIES THAT WE DID THERE ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY. THIS IS WHEN OF THE ACTIVITIES WE HOST THROUGH THE SERVICE AGREEMENT BEFORE THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION AND THE TOWNSHIP AND MUST THAT WE HELD OUR MONTHLY MEETING AND WE MADE DECISIONS ABOUT OUR UPCOMING FALL FESTIVAL ON OCTOBER 20TH, PLUS MADE PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR HALLOWEEN HOUSE DECORATIONS AND HOLIDAY LIGHTING COMPETITIONS . THROUGH SHARING OUR CONTACT INFORMATION TO OUR WEBSITE, I WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH TWO RESIDENTS IN SITUATIONS. THEY HAD GETTING A NEW ROOF APPROVED THROUGH THE OUR DRC, WHICH WAS TAKING LONGER THAN I THOUGHT AND I AM WORKING WITH A RESIDENT RIGHT NOW ABOUT MAINTENANCE ON THE PATHWAY NEAR THEIR HOUSE . WE DO HAVE 17 OF 18 MEMBERS, SO WE HAVE ONE VACANCY STILL AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME. WE CONTINUE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND YOUR BOARD. THAT BRINGS US TO STERLING RIDGE. TOM, WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE BACK FROM HAWAII. >> DIRECTORS, WELCOME. GUESS, THANK YOU. MY NAME IS TOM SCHWARTZ AND I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE STERLING RIDGE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION. WHAT WE DO IS, WE PUT ON EVENTS FOR THE RESIDENCE TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND WE ALSO RAISE MONEY AND RETURN THAT MONEY TO THE COMMUNITY. IN APRIL, WE HAD THE FISHING TOURNAMENT AND WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 50 KIDS. IT WAS A GOOD TIME AND IT GETS BIGGER EVERY YEAR. WE HAVE A POOL PARTY NEXT WEEK OR ON THE 10TH OF JULY. A SIMILAR TO THE WHEN THAT JC DOES ADVERTISE AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING IT AT NIGHT AND INVOLVING PARENTS AND THEN ON THE 20TH -- EXCUSE ME. ON THE 10TH WE HAVE A GOLF TOURNAMENT AND ON THE 10TH WE HAVE A POOL PARTY AND IT'S OUR BIG EVENT FOR THE YEAR AND WE RAISE A LOT OF MONEY AT THAT EVENT AND OUR GOAL IS TO RAISE $50,000 AND WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THAT MONEY AND GIVE IT RIGHT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE FORM OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT SERVE AS STERLING RIDGE. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. LAST YEAR WE RAISED $43,000 IN ADDITION TO THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE RAISED DURING OUR BARBECUE IN OCTOBER. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO NIGHT. >> THAT'S A LOT AND WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, TOM. I CALL FOR EMOTION AND SECOND TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORTS OF THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. [ CONSENT AGENDA] >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED AND ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ANY OPPOSE? MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT, CONSENT AGENDA. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE NONCONTROVERSIAL . OUR HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED [00:35:04] BY LAW I WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL AS A GROUP WITH ONE MOTION. NO DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS THE ITEM IS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PLACED ON THE REGULAR AGENDA BY ANY BOARD MEMBER PRIOR TO TAKING A VOTE ON THE MOTION. THERE ARE FOUR ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION? >> SO MOVED. >> MADAM CHAIR. >> DISCUSSION. >> I WILL SECOND IT AND DISCUSSION, IF I MAY. I WANT TO TAKE AN ITEM OUT >> C. >> C, THE SURVEY. >> IS THERE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE LETTER A, B AND D? AND IT'S BEEN MOVED BY DIRECTOR FRANK AND SECONDED BY GIBBS. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR [c. Receive, consider and act upon the 2024 Residential Survey for The Woodlands Township (C-2024-0447); ] SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSE? MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 8C, WHICH IS TO ACT UPON THE 2024 RESIDENTIAL SURVEY FOR THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. APPROVAL IS REQUIRED FOR THE SELECTION OF GREAT LAKES MARKET AND RESEARCH TO PERFORM THE 2024 RESIDENT SURVEY AND AUTHORIZE THE PERSON AND CEO TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR THE SERVICES AS APPROVED THE FINAL FORM BY TOWNSHIP LEGAL COUNSEL. I'M SURE THAT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH AND HAVE REVIEWED THE RESIDENTIAL SURVEY IN YOUR PACKET AND LEEANN PETERSON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE DIRECTOR HAS. >> THANK YOU. >> GO AHEAD. >> I WOULD LIKE YOU TO BRIEF US, AS YOU WOULD ON HOW THIS WOULD WORK AND BASICALLY THE COST AND HOW THE RESIDENTS ARE SELECTED AND HOW THE SURVEY AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OFFERING THE SURVEY WHO ARE FOLLOWING UP ON PEOPLE WHO DON'T RESPOND. ALSO, THE CONTENT OF THE SURVEY. YOU HEARD FROM ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS TONIGHT THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR INPUT BY THE RESIDENCE ONTO ACTIONS THAT BOARD MEMBERS TAKE REGARDING PROPERTY SALE AND THEY DON'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE LEFT OUT OF THE DISCUSSION. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE AN ITEM IN THE SURVEY THAT ALLOWS THE RESIDENTS TO DISCUSS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THEY WOULD LIKE, NOT JUST THE PROPERTY, BUT ALSO WHAT THE FUTURE WOULD BE AND ALSO OTHER AREAS LIKE WHAT DO YOU WANT IN THE FUTURE FOR THE TOWNSHIP AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THAT ON PROPERTY LIKE THE VETS PROPERTY AND THAT'S WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN AND SOMETHING THAT GETS MORE TANGIBLE AND GRANULAR. CAN YOU PROVIDE THAT? >> YES, THINK THAT MONICA HAS A COMMENT FIRST. >> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THE BASICS OF IT AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THE LAST PART. >> THE COMMUNITY SURVEY IS DONE EVERY TWO YEARS AND IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND YOU CAN SEE THE 2022 RESULTS AND THAT SHOWS THE MAJORITY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED AND THEY ARE BENCHMARKED AND HOW WE ARE PERFORMING AND ARE WE LIKING OUR COVENANTS AND HOW ARE YOU GETTING YOUR INFORMATION AND THEY ARE GENERALIZED QUESTIONS THAT GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. HOW THE COMMUNITY RECEIVES THESE IS VIA MAIL, SO THEY SELECT DIFFERENT VILLAGES AND WITHIN THAT, THAT IS A PACKET THAT IDENTIFIES HOW YOU COMPLETE THE SURVEY AND YOU CAN COMPLETE THE SURVEY EITHER BY MAILING BACK THE PACKET OR YOU CAN DO IT ONLINE OR YOU CAN CHOOSE TO CALL SOMEONE AND TAKE IT THAT WAY. THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE IT. IT IS A RANDOM SAMPLING THAT IS MORE SCIENTIFIC AND APPROACHES SO THAT YOU ARE AVOIDING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST WANTING TO TAKE IT THAT ARE THE MORE VOCAL OR WHETHER THEY ARE FOR OR AGAINST SOMETHING AND IT'S MORE OF A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH THAN A GENERAL SURVEY LIKE WE DO WITH PARKS. >> CAN YOU ADD, ALSO, A COMMENT OR QUESTION ABOUT THE 208 ACRES THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM HOWARD HUGHES AND WHAT RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO PUT OUT THERE. I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY AND THIS IS A GREAT VEHICLE TO GET RESIDENT FEEDBACK ON THAT PROPERTY AS WELL. >> I WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE. ASHLEY AND JUST MENTIONED, THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO SURVEY, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, WHICH IS TO BENCHMARK AND THERE IS A STANDARD SET OF QUESTIONS THAT EVERY TWO YEARS WE GO THROUGH TO EVALUATE THE QUALITY OF SERVICES AND HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THE VALUE THAT THEY PAY, IN TERMS OF TAXES FOR THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED. THE TYPES OF QUESTIONS THAT THE DIRECTOR GIVES OR ARE BRINGING UP, THE BOARD COULD CHOOSE TO [00:40:02] DO A SURVEY OF THAT TYPE BUT IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN THE TYPE OF SURVEY THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE. IT WOULD GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT PROCESS. THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS, WHICH ARE OPEN ENDED OR SOMEWHAT OPEN ENDED, WOULD ALSO REQUIRE A LOT OF CONTEXT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE FOR RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND FOR US TO GET THE UNDERSTANDING AND HOW THEY ARE RESPONDING TO THOSE QUESTIONS. I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE TWO DIFFERET THINGS GOING ON HERE AND WHEN IS THE STANDARD ONE TONIGHT IN ORDER TO PROCEED TO GET INFORMATION BACK THAT WOULD BE TIME FOR YOUR BUDGET, WE WOULD NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. IF THE BOARD CHOOSES. ASSUMING THAT OUT THERE AND WE CAN DO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF RESIDENT SURVEY INSTRUMENT THAT IS MORE OPEN ENDED TO ADDRESS WHAT DOCTOR GIBBS IS TALKING ABOUT IF THE BOARD SO CHOOSES. >> WE ARE IN A TIME CRUNCH. WE NEED INFORMATION BACK SOON AND THIS VEHICLE IS AVAILABLE TO US NOW. MADAM CHAIR, WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> I THINK THE PURPOSE HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN CLEARLY DEFINED SINCE THE BEGINNING AND THAT IS TO EVALUATE THE SERVICES AND THE VALUE THAT THE SERVICES, WHICH OUR PRESENT CEO ATTESTED TO. IT IS NOT A CONTROVERSIAL. IS TO SHARE WITH STAFF WHAT HAS WORKED AND WHAT HAS NOT WORKED. PERHAPS WHAT YOU ARE WANTING NEEDS TO BE A DIFFERENT FORMAT . >> I WILL ALSO SAY THAT I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING IN 2015 WHEN YOU DID A SURVEY OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU SHOULD PURCHASE THE PROPERTY, SO IF WE GET INTO THAT, THAT'S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT GAME AND I CALLED THE QUESTION ON YOUR ORIGINAL MOTION. >> OKAY. >> THE MOTION HAS BEEN CALLED TO APPROVE THE RESIDENTIAL SURVEY FOR THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP AND THE SELECTION OF GREAT LAKES MARKETING RESEARCH TO PERFORM THE 2024 RESIDENT SURVEY AND AUTHORIZE OUR PRESENT CEO TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR THE SERVICES AS APPROVED TO FINAL FORM BY TOWNSHIP LEGAL COUNSEL. >> CAN I ASK A QUESTION? >> THE CAT QUESTION HAS BEEN CALLED. >> SORRY. >> FAVOR. I WILL CALL ROLE. [9. Receive, consider and act upon approval of a tax abatement agreement among The Woodlands Township, Bionova Scientific, LLC, and Aventus Development, LLC (C-2024-0512); Property Owner: JD Warmack Woodlands Limited Applicants: Bionova Scientific LLC and Aventus Development LLC Reinvestment Zone: Montgomery County General Description of Nature of Improvements: Construction of 100,000 sq.ft. manufacturing facility Estimated Cost of Improvements or Repairs: $56.1 Million ] US TO AGENDA ITEM 9. THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM NINE IS TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVAL OF A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT AMONG THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BY NOVA SCIENTIFIC LLC AND AVENTIS DEVELOPMENT LLC. STOLID TODD STEVENS, OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT AMONG THE TOWNSHIP BY A NOVA SCIENTIFIC LLC AND AVENTIS DEVELOPMENT LLC FOR A PROPOSED HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT MANUFACTURING FACILITY. BEFORE HE DOES, I DO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT PROVIDING A HOME FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH WAS A VISION AND PART OF WHAT MR. MITCHELL, WHEN HE PLANNED FOR THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY, THAT WE ALL LOVE. AND IT'S PART OF WHO WE ARE. >> AND EVENING . MANY OF THE DETAILS OF THE AGREEMENT YOU HEARD EARLIER IN PUBLIC COMMENT AND I WILL MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS IN SUMMARY, WHICH IS TO SAY THAT YOU DO HAVE A COPY OF THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT IN YOUR MATERIALS FOR REVIEW. MONTGOMERY COUNTY HAS PASSED A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, WHICH IS REQUIRED BEFORE THE TOWNSHIP AND AS HAS BEEN PRESIDENT, IT MIRRORS SUBSTANTIALLY WITH THE COUNTY HAS DONE. IT CONTAINS ALL THE MATERIALS THAT CONFORM TO OUR OWN GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND IT INCLUDES A SEVEN YEAR GRADUATED TAX ABATEMENT SCHEDULE AND THE MINIMUM INVESTMENT AND EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS AND IT HAS RECAPTURE PROVISIONS AND SOME OF THE CONDITIONS OR ANY OF THE CONDITIONS ARE NOT MET AN ANNUAL COMPLIANCE REPORTING. IT CONFORMS WITH OUR GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA. >> IT'S REALLY EXCITING THAT THE WOODLANDS WILL SUPPORT AND [00:45:01] PLAY A VERY PIVOTAL ROLE IN ATTRACTING THE EXPANSION AND HEARING OF ITS OPERATION DOES SEVERAL THINGS SEPARATELY, HE PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN BRINGING LIFE-SAVING TREATMENTS TO MANY INDIVIDUALS. HOW COULD WE NOT APPROVE SOMETHING SUCH AS THIS? OTHER COMMENTS . >> IT'S A FABULOUS, FABULOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR US AND I HARDLY SUPPORT THIS AND OTHER AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT AND EXPANSION LIKE THIS AND I THINK THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE, THAT IS INVOLVED IN THIS, SHOULD BE CONGRATULATED FROM WORKING THROUGH THIS AND PRESENTING THIS TO US TO ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. >> I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN IN THE CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP IN RECRUITING AND BRINGING IN SUCH A HIGH QUALITY COMPANY AND I SUPPORT THIS WHOLEHEARTEDLY. I THINK ALSO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BROUGHT THEIR COMPANIES HERE. I THINK IT IS HIGH TIME THAT GEORGE MITCHELL'S DREAM OF A TECHNOLOGY HUB WAS BROUGHT TO FRUITION IN ITS FULLEST FORM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES. >> IT IS INCREDIBLE. IT IS INCREDIBLE AND WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE IT HERE. OTHER COMMENTS? >> IS A MEMBER OF THE LETTER EDP, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. IT WILL BE SO NICE AT THE NEXT EDP MEETING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF WORDING OR A NAME THAT NONE OF US UNDERSTAND ENDS AND TO SAY THAT THIS IS APPROVED . >> I MADE THE MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY [10. Receive, consider and act upon a presentation from Waste Management regarding funding to enhance environmental education and 2024 Waste Management highlights;] BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSE? MOTION PASSES AND THANK YOU, MR. BERMAN, FOR BEING HERE. WE ARE HONORED BY YOUR PRESENCE. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 10. THANK YOU, TODD . TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A PRESENTATION FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT REGARDING FUNDING TO ENHANCE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND 2024 WASTE MANAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS. SHANNON LOPEZ, WE ARE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU, WHO IS A SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT IS HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT HIGHLIGHTS FROM HER COMPANY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FUNDING THAT THEY WILL PROVIDE TO THE TOWNSHIP FOR 2024. WELCOME, MS. LOPEZ. >> THANK YOU. AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT, ALONG WITH OUR DISTRICT MANAGER KEITH REYNOLDS. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND GIVE YOU A HIGHLIGHT OF LAST YEAR. YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE DO 1% WITH EDUCATION FUNDS BACK TO THE TOWNSHIP AND THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO $78,020 AND I THINK SIX CENTS WITH US, SO WE ARE VERY ECSTATIC TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS, BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT WE KNOW EVERY YEAR THAT WE CAN DEPEND ON THE EDUCATION FUNDS BEING USED. THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR STAFF THAT HELP US EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN RECYCLING AND WE SEE THOSE FUNDS THAT WE ARE GIVING TO THE TOWNSHIP IN THE NUMBERS EVERY YEAR WHEN WE ARE PRESENTING THIS TO YOU, SO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM THAT DOESN'T EXCELLENT JOB OF HELPING US COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE RESIDENCE. I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T THINK MY PRESENTATION IS SHOWING UP. I HAD AN ISSUE SENDING IT. I CAN TALK THROUGH IT. IT'S FINE. IT'S OKAY. NOT A PROBLEM. I WILL GIVE YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS. I APOLOGIZE. I THINK IT WAS IN THE PACKET BUT IT IS NOT COMING OVER. SO IN 2023, WE PICKED UP 35,700 HOMES, WHICH IS OVER 5 MILLION COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE WOODLANDS, SO WE WATCH PARTICIPATION RATES, RECYCLING, THE YARD WASTE AND ALL OF THAT THAT WE CAN SEE. THE DIVERSION RATE IS ROUGHLY 27% THAT WE SEE, AS FAR AS THE RECYCLING . WE HAD ABOUT 24,000 EXTRA PINK TAGS THAT WE DISTRIBUTE IT THROUGH THE WOODLANDS, SO IF THEY HAVE EXTRA BAGGAGE OUTSIDE OF THE CARTS, THEY PURCHASE A TACK. WE HAD ABOUT 24,000 AND THAT IS ROUGHLY WHAT WE SEE YEAR AFTER YEAR. REALLY, THE RIGHT THING THAT I HAVE TO SAY IS LAST YEAR I CAME HERE SAYING [00:50:05] HOW GREAT OF A JOB YOU GUYS DID AT RECYCLING AND I REALLY DIDN'T THINK THAT I WOULD SEE THE NUMBERS THIS YEAR DROP AGAIN. LAST YEAR ON CONTAMINATION RATE, YOU DROPPED OVER 4%, SO IT'S AMAZING. THE CONTAMINATION RATE IS 11.9% IN THE WOODLANDS AND TYPICALLY WHEN WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION SEVERAL YEARS AGO, IT WAS CLOSER TO THE 20% RANGE AND GETTING IT DOWN TO 60% WAS AMAZING, BUT GETTING IT TO 11.9% IS TRULY, AGAIN, THE WORK THAT THOSE EDUCATION FUNDS ARE SAYING, WE ARE SEEING A RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT THAT WE ARE PUTTING INTO THE WOODLANDS TO GET THAT MESSAGING OUT, SO I THINK THAT IS TERRIFIC AND SHOWS VOLUME. >> WELL, I THINK YOUR TAGS ON RECYCLING BINS HELP. >> ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. WE SEND OVER, ON A WEEKLY BASIS, SO WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT AREAS WITHIN THE WOODLANDS AND DO AUDITS AND WE SEND PICTURES OF YARD WASTE SHOWING UP IN THE RECYCLING CONTAINER OR COAT HANGERS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT AND WE ARE COMMUNICATING TO TRY AND GET THE MESSAGE OF WHAT WE ARE SEEING BACK TO THE RESIDENT SO THAT WE CAN CHANGE THAT. ON A FINAL NOTE, JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER, PROBABLY WHAT WE SEE MOST AND OPERATIONS THAT BECOME, ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME OF YEAR AFTER APRIL SHOWERS AND EVEN MAY SHOWERS THIS YEAR, WE SEE A VERY LOT OF GROWTH IN THE TREES AND SO THE LAMBS ARE REALLY GOING OVER THE STREETS AND CAN BE A PROBLEM FOR OUR OPERATION TRUCKS TO SERVICE AND GET THROUGH TO THE STREETS. SO IF OUR DRIVERS NOTICED THAT THERE ARE BRANCHES THAT ARE LOW HANGING , WE ARE COMMUNICATING THOSE BACK TO YOU GUYS TO COMMUNICATE LETTERS TO THE HOMEOWNERS, BUT I'M HOPING THAT RESIDENCE HERE TONIGHT THAT ARE PROACTIVE, THAT MAYBE WE CAN HELP TO CUT SOME OF THOSE BRANCHES THAT ARE OVER THE STREETS TO HELP THE DRIVERS SO THEY ARE NOT WORKING AROUND AND TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE BRANCHES AND THEN THE SECOND THING THAT WE COULD USE SOME ASSISTANCE FOR, IS PROBABLY ANOTHER TOUGH ONE IS ON COLLECTION DAYS, CARS PARKED IN THE STREET AND MAINLY IN CUL-DE-SACS, THEY PROBABLY JUST DON'T REALIZE THE SIZE OF THE TRUCK TRYING TO MANEUVER AND GET THROUGH. IT'S REALLY TOUGH. WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO WORK THIS YEAR IN CREATING A VIDEO SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT THE DRIVER SEES AND THEN AS THOSE CUL-DE-SACS ARE BLOCKED, WHAT WE ARE HAVING OBSTRUCTED , CANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE ARE GOING TO TRY AND SEND MESSAGING OUT TO BE MORE PROACTIVE, ESPECIALLY ON COLLECTION DAYS, WHICH IS ONE TIME A WEEK IF WE CAN WORK WITH THE RESIDENCE. I -- FROMTHE OPS TEAM, MYSELF, WE APPRECIATE THE WOODLANDS AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO SERVICE THE RESIDENCE. IT'S A PLEASURE AND IT'S A PLEASURE WORKING WITH EVERYONE ON YOUR TEAM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TONIGHT AND WE HAVE A BIG CHECK AND THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M AN AMAZON PERSON AND I GET THESE PLASTIC CONTAINERS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. ARE THEY RECYCLABLE? THE BAGS? >> NO, THE BAGS ARE NOT RECYCLABLE . UNFORTUNATELY. WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF EVENTUALLY HAVING THE TECHNOLOGY TO PULL THE BAGS OUT AND WE ARE NOT THERE YET. WE ARE CLOSE. AS SOON AS WE ARE READY, WE WILL LET YOU GUYS KNOW, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE NOT RECYCLABLE. >> I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. ARE USING THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS TO GET YOUR MESSAGING OUT BECAUSE I'M A STERLING RIDGE RESIDENT AND THE STREETS ARE A LITTLE SMALLER, BUT I DO NOTICE THE TRUCKS HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING THROUGH . I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PUT THAT ON MY NEIGHBORHOOD SITE, BUT IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO GO THROUGH THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY DOING THAT. >> I THINK THAT IS A WONDERFUL IDEA AND WE COULD DO MORE MESSAGING WITH THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> WE THANK YOU AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD THAT WE ARE VERY HONORED. >> I THINK WE GO DOWN. >> PORT, LET'S JOIN THEM. [00:55:57] >> I WAS TOLD THAT THOSE BAGS THAT WE GET FROM AMAZON EVERYDAY, WE CAN BRING THEM TO THE KROGER'S AND BRING THEM TO THE RECYCLE WHERE THEY HAVE THE OTHER PLASTIC BAGS. >> IS THERE A MOTION AND SECOND TO ACCEPT THE REPORT? [11. Receive, consider and act upon an update on Fire Station 5 (as requested by Chairman Snyder); ] >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED AND ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED , MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO SOME VERY EXCITING NEWS, I HOPE AND I WILL REFER YOU TO PAGE SIX. >> YOU ARE GIVING US THE BIG CHECK? >> FIRE CHIEF PALMER WILL PRESENT. >> DID YOU SAY SOMETHING? >> WERE YOU GOING TO ENDORSE THE BIG CHECK OVER TO US. >> IS ALL ABOUT YOU. >> UPDATE ON FIRE STATION FIVE. >> GOOD EVENING, DIRECTORS. I HAVE A POWERPOINT THAT'S GOING TO MOVE ALONG THAT GIVES YOU A FEW PICTURES ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE MOST EXCITING NEWS IS THAT WE DID GET THE LAND TRANSFER OVER THROUGH A LOT OF HARD WORK BY MR. STRONG AND MS. SHARP AND WE HAD TO WORK THROUGH A LOT OF HOOPS IN THE LAND IS OURS AND IT HAS BEEN PARCELED OUT AN HOUR ACRE AND A LITTLE BIT AT THE FRONT OF STARTING RIDGES GOT US TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN START CONSTRUCTION. WE HAVE TENTATIVELY SET THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE WEEK OF THE BUDGET. THIS IS THE FRONT OF IT, AS YOU SEE IT RUN THROUGH THIS. WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT AUGUST 22ND IS OUR GROUNDBREAKING DATE AND WE SHOULD BRING THE GUARANTEE MAXIMUM PRICE YOU AT THE FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST AS WELL. THE OTHER THING WE ARE DOING IS WE ARE WORKING WITH THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT TO GET THERE HA SHARE OF THE PROJECT AND WE HOPE TO NAIL THAT DOWN BY THE END OF THE MONTH AS WELL. >> THIS IS EXCITING AND IT'S BEEN A PRIORITY OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND I'M PERSONALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, REGARDING THIS PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY IN AUGUST, YOU WILL COME BACK WITH THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND GROUNDBREAKING. >> WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY OUT THERE AND WE WENT TO GET THE SAVE THE DATE OUT REALLY SOON AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR THE 20,000 SQUARE FEET SESSION THAT WILL HAVE TWO COMPANIES OF BATTALION CHIEF AND AN AMBULANCE. >> IS A SIMILAR MODEL THAT WE ARE USING THAT WE HAVE USED IN THE PAST? >> NO, MA'AM. IT'S VERY UNIQUE. TWO-STORY, SO SIMILAR TO CENTRAL FIRE STATION AND ALL THE LIVING QUARTERS ARE DOWNSTAIRS. AT THE STATION, BECAUSE OF THE SMALL FOOTPRINT OF THE LAND, WE HAVE THE SLEEPING QUARTERS ON THE BOTTOM AND THE LIVING QUARTERS WERE THEY QUARTERS UP TOP. THERE WILL BE A LEGITIMATE FIRE POLE THAT FIREFIGHTERS WE USED TO SLIDE IN. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. >> YOU LIKE THAT PAUL? DO YOU USE THAT POLE ? >> THE VERY FIRST FIRE STATION I WAS THAT, I WAS AT A TWO-STORY STATION AND I SPENT ABOUT HALF OF MY CAREER AT VARIOUS STATIONS THAT HAVE POLLS. IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE A FIREFIGHTER. >> IT LOOKS LIKE FUN BUT I'M NOT SURE I'M UP FOR THAT. >> YOU HAVE TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY OR THERE CAN BE SOME CATASTROPHIC EFFECTS. >> WE WILL START AT TWO FEET AND WORK WITH YOU TO GET BETTER. >> OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION DAY >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. A POST. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU . I LOOK [12. Receive, consider and act upon a recommendation from the Audit Committee on the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and the Single Audit Reports for the year ended December 31, 2023; ] FORWARD TO SEEING A CONTRACT IN AUGUST . THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 12, RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE AUDIT COMMITTEE ON THE ANNUAL [01:00:01] COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT AND THE AUDIT REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31ST 2023. YOU HAVE HAD INFORMATION ON PAGES 70 TO 179 IN YOUR PACKET AND I CALL UPON KELLAN SHAW, OUR CFO TO PRESENT IF THERE IS QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND EACH YEAR THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP FINANCIAL RECORDS ARE AUDITED BY AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR TO ENSURE THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PRESENTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL ACCEPTANCE ACCOUNTING AND THEY CONNECTED THE AUDIT OF THE TOWNSHIP 2023 FINANCIALS AND THE RESULTS WERE COMEDIC HEADED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE LAST THURSDAY. THE AUDITORS CONNECTICUT THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE FAIRLY PRESENTED AND ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND THERE WERE NO DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT AND THEY HAD NO DIFFICULTIES AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AUDIT, BECAUSE WE RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE TROLLEYS AND THE PARKING RUN, THEY HAVE TO DO ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS, WHICH IS THE SINGLE AUDIT AND WITH THOSE, THEY ALSO ISSUED A MODIFIED OPINION, WHICH IS A CLEAN OPINION AND IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT WORDING BUT THE EXPENDITURES OF THE FEDERAL AWARDS WERE FAIRLY STATED AND THEY ALSO AUDIT THE INTERNAL CONTROLS AND FOUND THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE INTERNAL CONTROLS THAT WOULD CAUSE ANYTHING WITH THE REPORTS. THE INDEPENDENT AUDIT IT REPORT THAT YOU SUMMARIZED IS ON PAGE 88 IN YOUR PACKET AND THE ENTIRE AUDIT IS INCLUDED IN THERE ON PAGE 72 179 AND IF I SKIPPED OVER THAT, THE MAIN FINANCIALS ALSO WAS AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, WHICH IS WHAT YOU WANT, WHICH IS A CLEAN OPINION. >> THANK YOU, KELLAN. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS WHO SIT ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. COMMENTS? >> EVERYTHING WENT AS WE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED IT TO GO GIVEN THE DIRECTION THAT OUR CFO AND OUR CEO GIVE TO STAFF AND EVERYBODY ELSE. IT WAS A VERY PLEASANT MEETING, LET ME PUT IT THAT WAY. >> WE ARE IN GOOD HANDS THERE [13. Receive, consider and act upon the financial report;] FOR SURE FINANCIALLY. >> IS THERE A MOTION? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED AND ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. POST? MOTION PASSES AND AS ALWAYS, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM DOES. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 13 TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE FINANCIAL REPORT. YOU HAVE THIS IN YOUR BOARD PACKET ON PAGES 180 TO 197. KELLAN SHAW, OUR CEO -- OUR CFO WILL PRESENT. >> THANK YOU. THIS WILL BE THE FINANCIAL FOR 2024 THROUGH MAY. >> TAPE BUDGET REVENUE THROUGH MAY WAS 81.6 MILLION AND THE YEAR-TO-DATE IS 82.1 MILLION OF $545,375. THE MAIN COMPONENT OF THE VARIANCE IS GOING TO BE THE FAVORABLE VARIANCE AND THE OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE, WHICH INCLUDE OUR INTEREST REVENUE AND OUR PROGRAM REVENUES AND THEY ARE OFFSET BY THE LOWER THAN BUDGETED SALES TAX COLLECTIONS ONCE AGAIN, THIS REPORT IS ONLY THREE MAIN IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE JUNE SALES TAX DEPOSIT. THE YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGET EXPENDITURES $52.5 MILLION IN THE YEAR-TO-DATE ACTUAL EXPENDED, 47.1 MILLION AND FOR YEAR-TO-DATE FAVORABLE VARIANCE AT $5.4 MILLION. THE MAJORITY OF THIS IS GOING TO BE IN THE TIMING OF SERVICE CONTRACTS AND THE LARGER TIMING, IT WOULD BE THE EQUIPMENT OF THE EXPENDITURES FROM THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE OF THE $2.6 MILLION AND THAT EXPENDITURE WILL NOT HAVE A FAVORABLE VARIANCE BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE THOSE PURCHASES IN JUNE. NEXT SLIDE SHOWS OUR SALES TAX DEPOSITS THROUGH JUNE. THE YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGETED IS $37.9 MILLION IN THE YEAR-TO-DATE ACTUAL IS 37 .7 AND FOR OUR YEAR-TO-DATE UNFAVORABLE VARIANCE OF $193,610 AND THAT IS ARE SLIGHTLY UNDER BUDGET AND WHEN COMPARING THE 2023 TO THE 2024 JUNE DEPOSIT, IT WAS ABOUT 1.1 MILLION OVER, WHICH BRINGS US TO ABOUT 400,000 OVER WHEN COMPARING YEAR 20 2040 YEAR 2023. BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A LARGE DEPOSIT IN JUNE, I INCLUDED THIS CHART TO [01:05:01] ILLUSTRATE THE CHANGES FROM JUNE 2023 TO 2024 AND CONSTRUCTION IS THE REASON WHY WE HAD A VERY LARGE DEPOSIT IN JUNE AND THAT ALSO FOLLOWED BY RETAIL TRADE ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES AND MINING AND OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION AND AS A REMINDER, THE JUNE DEPOSIT WOULD BE THE APRIL SALES, WHICH WE HAD THREE LARGE EVENTS IN THE WOODLANDS IN APRIL. HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REPORTS. I DON'T KNOW IF NICK IS HERE. HE IS. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING ON THAT TO SAY THIS OUT LOUD, BUT THE YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGETED IS $3.9 MILLION IN THE YEAR-TO-DATE ACTUAL IS $4.1 MILLION. FOR 238,000 OVER BUDGET AND 344,000 WHEN COMPARED TO 2023 AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE HAD OVER $1 MILLION DEPOSIT AND OCCUPANCY TAX DEPOSIT. EXCITING. >> WAS THAT THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE HIT $1 MILLION? >> YES, AND THIS WOULD BE THROUGH MAY, SO THIS WOULD BE APRIL, WHICH ONCE AGAIN REFLECTS ON THE EVENTS THAT WE HAD IN THE WOODLANDS. FOLLOWING THAT GOOD NEWS, WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE GOOD NEWS IN THE MIX BEVERAGE DEPOSITS, WHICH WILL ALSO BE APRIL. THE YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGETED TO $621,563 AND ACTUAL $729,587 AND FOR FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF $108,000 $24, WHICH IS ABOUT 17% IN OVER BUDGET. >> ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO KEEP CELEBRATING. >> YES. ALL SUMMER LONG. >> THE OLYMPICS ARE COMING. >> RESPONSIBLY. >> YES. >> OF COURSE. ALWAYS. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. >> MY NORMAL QUESTION, NO FLASHING LIGHTS ANYWHERE. >> NOT TODAY. >> YES, DIRECTOR. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I SHOULD KNOW THIS, BUT IS THE NEW COMPANY FILE ANOVA THAT'S GOING TO BRING THEIR FACILITY HERE, IS THAT A HEADQUARTERS? WILL WE BE RECEIVING SALES TAX FROM THEM? >> I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT IS SET UP AND THE PRODUCTS AND THE SERVICE THEY ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING, DO YOU KNOW, MONIQUE? >> WE WILL CHECK ON THAT AND BRING IT BACK AT OUR NEXT MEETING. >> QUARTERS THAT WE WILL BE GETTING PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAX. >> PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX. >> PROPERTY TAX ON THE PERSONAL PROPERTY NOT, NOT ON THE ABATED. >> GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE IT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT? >> SO MOVED. ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSE? >> I MUST ADMIT, IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE TO GET $1 MILLION OVER IN HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. THAT IS AN IMPRESSIVE NUMBER. >> THAT WAS PRETTY EXCITING. >> GREAT JOB, NICK. [14. Receive, consider and act upon an update regarding the Village Presidents' Council;] >> GOOD JOB CBB. >> THANK YOU. MOTION PACK THIS. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 15. I CALL ON BOTH TREASURE RICHARD FRANKS, AS WELL AS SECRETARY LINDA NELSON TO PRESENT. >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRESENT THIS? >> YOU DO IT. >> WE HAD ANOTHER GREAT MEETING AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM EVERY VERY VILLAGE WAS PRESIDENT. WE HAVE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DSC AT AND THE ATTENDANT. WE HAD CHRIS NOONS ATTEND AND I THINK THAT KAREN WAS HERE THIS TIME. IT WAS A GOOD TWO HOUR MEETING AND ONCE AGAIN, WE ALL LEARNED A LOT ABOUT COVENANTS. WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT ENFORCEMENT. WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR ABANDONED PROPERTIES IN THE PROCESS FOR VIOLATIONS THAT WERE NOT CORRECTED. I THINK IT WAS A GREAT EDUCATION FOR ALL OF US. WE ALL LEARNED A LOT AND ANY DID A TERRIFIC JOB AND MUCH MORE DETAIL THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY AND WE GOT A LOT OF REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO ALLOW THE PRESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THEIR CITIZENS WITH US SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS AND SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS TO SOME OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE BEEN HAVING AND IT WENT VERY WELL AND WE HAD REPORTS AND WE HAD A RUNNING PROGRAM OF THE REPORTS ON TWO VILLAGES EACH TIME ABOUT WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THEIR VILLAGE IN THE EVENTS THEY DO IN THE SUCCESS THEY HAVE ANY ISSUES THEY HAVE AND WE HAD STERLING RIDGE AND WHAT ELSE DID WE HAVE THIS [01:10:08] TIME? >> IT WAS PANTHER CREEK. >> PANTHER CREEK. WE FOUND THAT EDUCATION FOR ALL OF US IN EDUCATIONAL FOR THE PRESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH OF OUR VILLAGES. >> THANK YOU. >> WE TALK ABOUT AIRBNB'S A LITTLE BIT BUT WITH THE TAKE AWAY WAS, IS THIS COMMITTEE REALLY DOES TRY TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY. IT IS NOT A FLAT NOW. IT'S LIKE, OKAY. MAYBE WE CAN WORK AROUND SOME THINGS AND MAKE IT WORK WITHIN OUR GUIDELINES. IT WAS A GREAT MEETING. >> IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT? >> I HAVE A MOTION. >> I WILL SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND [17. Consideration of items to be placed on the agenda for next month's meeting;] SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. >> AYE. OPPOSE? MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO CLOSED SESSION AND THERE IS NO NEED TO ADD MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS EVENING AND THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 17. CONSIDERATION -- JUST A MINUTE. CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. >> YES. >> I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW-UP ON WHAT MS. SHARP SAID ABOUT ANOTHER SURVEY, SINCE WE WILL BE ABLE TO INCLUDE RESIDENT INPUT ON THE TYPICAL RESIDENT SURVEY. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A SURVEY TO BE DEVELOPED WHERE WE DO ASK RESIDENTS FOR THEIR INPUT ON BOTH THE 208 ACRES ON SOUTH GOSLING AND ALSO THE GE BETZ PROPERTY. >> I DO WANT, FOR CLARIFICATION THAT DURING THE INCORPORATION, WE USED THE SAME SURVEY AND SURVIVED THREE TIMES IN THE PAST SIX YEARS PRIOR TO THIS . INCORPORATION, WHICH WAS A MAJOR TOPIC, WAS NOT INCLUDED. IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE VERY BEGINNING ONE-TIME OF THE SURVEY, BUT FOR THE LAST THREE TIMES THEY SHOULD >> MADAM CHAIR. >> LET ME FINISH. >> YES, OF COURSE. >> IT WAS A MAJOR ISSUE IN THIS COMMUNITY. THE QUESTION, SHOULD WE OR SHOULD WE NOT INCORPORATE WAS NOT IN THAT SURVEY. >> ALSO, THANK YOU. THAT IS VERY TRUE. HOWEVER, THAT QUESTION WENT TO THE RESIDENTS. IT WENT DIRECTLY TO THE RESIDENTS AND THEY WERE ABLE TO BOW ON IT. THIS PROPERTY DECISION IS NOT EVER GOING TO THE RESIDENCE AND THIS IS THE ONLY VEHICLE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO GET THE MESSAGE TO THEM AND ASKED FOR THEIR INPUT. IT IS NOT THE SAME. >> IS THERE A SECOND TO HER AGENDA ITEM? NO SECOND. ANY [18. Board announcements; and] OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MONTH'S MEETING? IF NOT, THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 18, BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS. IT WAS EXCITING TO LEARN THAT PEOPLE PROVIDES RANKS THE WOODLANDS AS THE NUMBER ONE BIKING COMMUNITY IN TEXAS. THE NUMBER ONE. THAT WAS VERY EXCITING. WELL DONE TO YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN. I THINK IT IS A TRUE TESTAMENT OF OUR HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. ANY OTHER BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS? >> THE PARADE IS COMING. THE FOURTH OF JULY PARADE WILL BE HERE AND WE WOULD INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME AND PARTICIPATE AND ENJOY THE PARADE IN THE RED HOT AND BLUE FESTIVAL WILL GO ON IN THE EVENING AND IT IS ALWAYS A TREMENDOUS BLAST. I HOPE PEOPLE CAN TURN OUT AND I HOPE THE WEATHER COOPERATES. >> AND ALL THE CELEBRATIONS. >> WHEN YOU ARE PUTTING THINGS ON YOUR CALENDAR, THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 14TH, EVERY DAY THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CELEBRATING. THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY CULMINATING ON THE PAVILION ON THE 18TH AND THEN COMMUNITYWIDE EVENT ON THE 19TH. JUST BLOCK THAT WHOLE CALENDAR OFF AND COME TO ALL OF THE EVENTS. >> A WONDERFUL UNVEILING. >> THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK. >> WE ARE SO EXCITED. >> WE ARE EXCITED TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS. ANY OTHER BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS? IF NOT, IT IS 7:13 P.M.. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS AND TO ADJOURN, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.