[8. Receive, consider and act upon an update on Hurricane Beryl storm damage and recovery efforts, and authorize the President/Chief Executive Officer to secure appropriate contractual services in connection therewith;]

SAYING . OPPOSED? THE MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 8. TO RECEIVE CONSIDER AND ACT UPON UPDATE ON

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HURRICANE BERYL STORM DAMAGE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS AND AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT CEO TO PROCURE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.

BEFORE THE PRESIDENT COMES AND PRESENTS TO US, WE WOULD BE HONORED, JUDGE, IF YOU WOULD COME TO THE PODIUM TO GIVE AN UPDATE AND WE ARE VERY THANKFUL, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP

DURING THESE LAST TWO WEEKS. >> AMEN. SUCK BECAME A YOUTUBE

STAR. >> THANK YOU.

>> I HOPE I DID NOT OVERDRESSED FOR THE EVENING. WE HAVE BEEN HARD ADDED AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. I CAME FROM THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT A LITTLE WHILE AGO. YOU TEED ME UP FOR SOME OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SAY. CONCERNING CENTERPOINT AND THE OUTAGES AND WHATNOT. YOU KNOW, AS YOU HEARD ALL OF THAT, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE, IF YOU WILL, AROUND THE COUNTY. I IMMEDIATELY, AS WE ASKED CENTERPOINT AND ENTERGY TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES IN OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SO WE COULD GET INFORMATION, AND PASS IT ON AND AS WE FIRST TOOK ON THE POSSIBILITY OF MAGNOLIA, AND WE HAVE A WHOLE CITY THAT WAS OUT, I CANNOT GET AN ANSWER FROM ANYBODY ON WHERE WE WERE, WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND WHAT DO THEY EXPECT TO HAVE DONE TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO THE PEOPLE OVER IN THE AREA AND THEN DOWN INTO SOUTH COUNTY.

AND AS I TALKED TO THE REPRESENTATIVE, I WOULD ASK THE QUESTIONS WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET MORE PEOPLE, NOW YOU HAVE DONE THIS MORE PEOPLE FROM HERE OVER TO HEAR TO HELP WITH THIS PROCESS. I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, HE COULD NOT TELL ME. I SAID TO HIM, LET ME TALK TO A DECISION-MAKER. IT WAS THE HARDEST THING IN THE WORLD TO GET TO A DECISION-MAKER. WHEN I FINALLY GOT TO SOMEBODY, I USED THIS COMPARISON. I SAID IF I GO TO ENTERGY, THEY WILL TELL ME AND I ASKED AND THEY WILL TELL ME WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO AND PROJECT OUTCOMES. WHEN I TALK TO YOU GUYS I CAN'T GET YOU TO GIVE ME THAT. YOU BASICALLY DO NOT KNOW. DO YOU KNOW THE REPRESENTATIVE, ONE LEVEL UP FROM THE GUY IN MY OFFICE SAID I AGREE. HE ALSO SET OUR SYSTEM IS BROKEN, TALKING ABOUT I.T., THE I.T. SYSTEM IS BROKEN.

EITHER AS A RESULT OF THE LAST SERIES OF EVENTS I'M NOT SURE, BUT HE ALSO TOLD ME THEY DID NOT HAVE DIRECT DISPATCH AVAILABLE TO THOSE INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES THAT CAME IN, THE CALL THEM FOREIGN COMPANIES, BUT THEY COULD COME FROM FLORIDA OR SOME OTHERS. THEY DO NOT HAVE DIRECT DISPATCH TO BE ABLE TO DISPATCH TO PLACES. WHICH I RESPONDED YOU HAVE A MANAGER THERE AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE WORKING. HE'S GIVING THEM DIRECTION TO GO HERE AND HE IS EXPECTING RESULTS CORRECT WHY CAN'T WE GET THAT? COULD NEVER GET IT. I FINALLY GOT TO THE CEO THROUGH A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT WE HAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK OUT AND IT WAS BASICALLY PROMISED SOMETHING IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WE WERE UNABLE TO GET. THE REASON WAS, BECAUSE HE MISUNDERSTOOD MANY PEOPLE HE ALREADY HAD IN THE AREA. YOU KNOW, I WOULD GIVE ENTERGY A NEW OR B+ MAY BE. A COUPLE DAYS IN WHEN WE BEGIN TO COMMUNICATE AND TALK TO THEM, BUT WE NEVER ESTABLISHED CLEAR COMMUNICATION AT ALL. DURING THIS WHOLE TIME, EVEN THROUGH YESTERDAY. I HOTEL YOU CENTERPOINT OR ENTERGY HAS 208,000 CUSTOMERS AND 163,000 OUTAGES. WITH 2 1/2 DAYS IN THE HAD 50% OF THOSE THINGS HANDLED. CENTERPOINT REMEMBER 208,000 TOTAL CUSTOMERS, CENTERPOINT WAS 75,000, THEY HAD 74,800 OUTAGES. OF 12 COUNTIES IN THE POWER GRID ALL BUT TWO DAYS, WE WERE THE LOWEST IN ACTIVATION YET WE ARE THE FOURTH LARGEST IN THE POWER GRID. IT ALMOST MAKES YOU THINK WAS THERE SOME KIND OF CONSPIRACY HERE I DON'T UNDERSTAND? I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT BUT THAT WAS THE STRANGEST THING. I KEPT TALKING ABOUT THAT. WHEN WE WOULD GET REPORTS LIKE YOU ARE SAYING, WE WOULD LOOK ONLINE , THEY WOULD TELL US THIS WAS ENERGIZED. WE WENT OUT AND CHECKED OF OURSELVES. JASON SMITH, RAISE YOUR HAND, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF.

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WE WENT OUT TO A PLACE CALLED WOODRIDGE FOR INSTANCE ON SUNDAY. WE GOT TO WOODRIDGE AND WHEN WE GOT THERE, WE MET PEOPLE ON THE STREET AND BEGAN TO TALK TO THEM AND WE WERE TOLD THAT IT DON'T HAVE POWER AND WE WANTED TO SEE WHY THEY DIDN'T HAVE POWER. THESE WERE UNDERGROUND WIRES. THERE WERE NO TREES FALLING DOWN ON WIRES. SOMEWHERE THERE WAS A TRANSFORMER OR SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW. THAT NEEDED TO BE FIXED. WHAT WAS AMAZING TO ME WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THIS AND I HAD THE GUY IN THE OFFICE LOOK THIS UP. YOU REALIZE IT WAS THE SEVEN DAY AND THAT AREA JUST NORTH AND WEST OF KINGWOOD , RIGHT IN THAT AREA, THEY HAD NOT EVEN DONE AN ASSESSMENT YET. NOT EVEN AN ASSESSMENT. THAT'S WHEN I GOT IN AND STARTED SCREAMING. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT WAS AMAZING.

MEDICATION, THE ABILITY TO CAN INDICATE WITH ENTERGY WAS MUCH GREATER. A COUPLE DAYS AND I TALKED TO THEM THAT I SAID LOOK WE'RE GOING TO START IDENTIFYING AREAS THAT ARE OUT.

I WILL CALL YOU ABOUT THESE AND IF YOU ARE UNCERTAIN, GO CHECK IT AND CALL YOU, BUT IF I DO THIS WITH YOUR CHECK AND COOPERATE. THEY SAID YES, THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY WE HAD WAS OVER IN RIVER PLANTATION. CALLED OVER THERE. THEY HAD BEEN OUT AND HAD BEEN OUT NUMEROUS DAYS. I MET CONGRESSMAN 70 THERE IN A HOUR AND A HALF, THEY HAVE FIVE OR SIX TRUCKS BY THAT TIME AND THEY WENT AND STARTED TURNING THINGS ON AND THEY COOPERATED WITH US. IT WAS LIKE THE SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE GREASE. YOU START SCREAMING , THEY PAY ATTENTION AND THEN DO IT. I FELT SO BAD FOR YOU GUYS IN CREEKSIDE. YOU GUYS WERE IN HARRIS COUNTY. I APOLOGIZE. AS IT RELATES TO THAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH NOT JUST AN ENTITY HERE , BUT HARRIS COUNTY SO IT'S OUT OF OUR JURISDICTION. WE FEEL FOR YOU AND WE WERE CALLED TO A HOSPITAL IN KINGWOOD. A 500 BED HOSPITAL, THEY COULD NOT GET ANY HELP FROM CENTERPOINT. IT WAS THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN THE REGION THAT DID NOT HAVE POWER. THERE WERE 450 PEOPLE THERE AND WHEN WE GOT THERE, THERE HAD BEEN TWO GENERATORS GIVEN TO THEM BY CENTERPOINT AND THE REGULATED TO THE TRANSFORMERS AND THEY HAD THEIR OWN GENERATOR AND HALF OF THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS WORKING FOR THE ENTIRE HOSPITAL. SO I TOLD THE INDIVIDUAL, I TELL THE ENGINEER , I TALKED WITH THE COO AND I TOLD THEM , THEY TOLD ME THE PROBLEM AND I CALLED THE DEPARTMENT OF URGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THEY HAD THEIR TEAM OUT THERE, THE MEDICAL TEAM, THAT A GROUP OF INTERVENTION TEAM THAT WOULD COME HELP BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE TO EVACUATE. SURE ENOUGH THEY PUT EVACUATION PLAN IN PLACE DONE WITHIN ABOUT THREE HOURS AND AT SOME POINT THAT EVENING THE POWER TURNED ON. HOW COULD THIS EVEN HAPPEN? HOW COULD A HOSPITAL BE WITHOUT POWER? SO I WILL TELL YOU THERE ARE SOME THINGS I COULD SAY.

SOME BENEFITS TO THE PEOPLE HERE . WE UNDERSTAND WHEN WE ARE TALKING DEBRIS HERE WE ARE TALKING 1,000,000 YD.÷.

VEGETATION, 47 FOOTBALL FIELDS STACKED 10 FEET HIGH WITH DEBRIS. THAT IS HOW MUCH THE BREATHER IS, TO THE EXPENSE OF THE COUNTY WE VOTED NOT TO GO THE $14 MILLION TO PICK THIS UP. IS GOING TO TAKE WEEKS AND WEEKS. HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN DO AND TELL THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS. IF YOU HAVE VEGETATION, PULL IT OUT TO THE STREET, IF YOU PUT IT IN PLASTIC BAGS THAT WILL NOT PICK IT UP, AND NEEDS TO BE DEBRIS. IT WILL NOT PICK UP ANYTHING BUT DEBRIS, THEY WERE NOT PICK UP FENCE, SHEET ROCK, ROOFING. IT'S TOTALLY VEGETATION.

>> YOU MADE THE FIRST PASTOR. >> WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT NOW. IT'S PRETTY AMAZING WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE.

THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS. SOUTH COUNTY AND A LITTLE BIT OF EAST COUNTY THEY STARTED AND THE ONLY REASON IS BECAUSE YOU GUYS WERE MUCH MORE READY THAN ANYBODY ELSE NEW .

THEY HAVE MULTIPLE AMOUNTS OF TRUCKS COMING AND TAKING THE STUFF OUT. IN ORDER FOR US TO RECEIVE ANY PORTION OF THE $14

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MILLION THAT WILL COST THE COUNTY TO DO THIS WE CAN GET BACK 75%. WE HAVE TO DO IT ACCORDING TO FEMA STANDARDS PERIOD. THAT MEANS WE HAVE ADDITIONAL COMPANY WE ARE PAYING TO DO THE MONITORING, TO MAKE SURE THE TONNAGE IS RIGHT THERE AND THE REST OF IS THERE TO DO THIS. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE WILL GET BACK 75% OF THAT. IT'S JUST THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS IN THIS COMMUNITY. WHAT IS REMARKABLE, OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE A 72,000 FT.÷ WAREHOUSE. THAT'S JUST THE WAREHOUSE. WE CAPPED ENOUGH EXTRA WATER AND MR EASE AND VARIOUS ITEMS TO HAVE OUR SHELTERS OPEN , SHELTERS IN THIS AREA OPEN TWO DAYS IN ADVANCE. MY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO, THERE IS A EXCELLENT JOB AND AS WE WATCH 10 TO 12 MODELS, THERE WAS ONE MODEL THAT WE WATCHED CONSISTENT THAT NEVER MOVED. WE WERE PREDICTING IT WAS GOING TO COME ACCORDING TO THE MODEL THROUGH MATAGORDA, SEVEN DAYS AHEAD OF TIME. WE TOOK HEAT FROM THE LOCAL WEATHER TYPES AND BLOGGERS AND OTHER REST THAT WE WERE PUTTING FEAR IN PEOPLE'S MINDS AND IT HIT ON MONDAY AND WE WERE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WITHIN THREE HOURS OF IT STOPPING WE HAD PEOPLE IN SHELTERS, FACILITIES AND THINGS IN PLACE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE AND BY WEDNESDAY WE DID A FIRST PART. REAL QUICK IN THE PODS , THE PLACE OF DISTRIBUTION, DURING THAT PERIOD WE DID 11 . WE DISTRIBUTED 10,600 CASES OF WATER. THAT'S 32 BOTTLES IN A CASE. 318,000 BOTTLES OF WATER. 14,300 BAGS OF ICE, 8650 CASES OF MEALS READY TO EAT. TAKE 10 IN A BOX THAT'S 86,500 MR IS NOT TO INCLUDE 4000 WATERMELONS AND A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF. WE APPLAUD MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOOD BANK FOR HELPING WITH THAT. SO IT WAS A MONUMENTAL TASK AND I THINK WERE COMING TO THE END.

NOW IT IS CLEAN OF TIME AND I WANT TO ASSURE YOU AS ALREADY CALLED FOR SENATE HEARINGS ON THIS YOUR VOICE OF WANTING TO DO SOMETHING IN TERMS OF BREAKING AWAY FROM CENTERPOINT IS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION. I'M TALKING ABOUT IT WITH LEGISLATORS. IT IS NO SMALL TASK, STUDIES NEED TO BE DONE CAN THEY HOVER -- HANDLE THE POWER GRID. IF I HAD MY WAY AND I COULD MAKE A CHOICE AND MONEY WAS NO OBJECT AND TIME WAS NO OBJECT WE WOULD WANT ALL OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY GOING OVER TO THEM. MIDSOUTH AND OTHER CO-OPS DID A REALLY GOOD JOB , BUT A SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE. IN THE AREA WE ARE WE DO NEED THEM. SO AS YOU ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE, TELL THEM THAT EVERY PICKUP IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND WE WILL DO ONE, TWO, THREE OR FOUR PASSES. WE ARE NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL IT'S DONE. ONE LESS THING IF YOU LIVE ON A CUL-DE-SAC IT'S GOING TO BE A SECOND PASS BEFORE THEY GET TO YOU BECAUSE THE WAY THEY HAVE TRUCKS THEY HOOKED UP TWO TOGETHER AND THEY CAN GET THEM THROUGH. YOU CAN DRAG YOUR STUFF DOWN TO THE STRAIGHT PART THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO. MANY OF YOU I KNOW CAN'T. THOSE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS AND WE HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH THIS, WE WILL GET THROUGH IT AND WE ARE ALREADY, TODAY, ALREADY RESTOCKED WITH WATER, MR EASE, WE HAVE PURCHASED TWO MR EASE, WE HAVE PURCHASED 218 WHEELERS WITH REFRIGERATION MACHINES WITH ALL THE ICE WE HAVE, WE ARE PREPARED FOR THE NEXT ROUND. WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF HURRICANE SEASON. THERE WE GO, THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.

>> THANK YOU JUDGE. HE WAS IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE TOWNSHIP STARTING MONDAY AT NOON WAS THE FIRST PHONE CALL TO ALLOW STAFF AND LEADERSHIP TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHAT TO DO. SO YOU NEVER EVER FORGOT ALL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS

AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL. >> IF I MAY MAKE ONE PRAISE TO ONE PERSON WHO WAS HERE. THAT IS JASON SMITH. HE CAME BACK, IT WAS YESTERDAY. I SAID WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL DAY? HE SAYS I MADE 85 TELEPHONE CALLS. I VISITED OVER 25 OF THOSE HOMES ALL OVER THE COUNTY, HE TOOK THEM WATER AND ICE. CAN YOU

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BELIEVE THAT? UNSOLICITED ON HIS OWN.

>> ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL. >> JUDGE I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH. NANCY MADE REFERENCE BUT YOU WERE ON SPEED DIAL FOR US SO MANY TIMES AND PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IN ANOTHER COUNTY A LOT OF THE REASONS WE'RE GETTING THINGS DONE IS BECAUSE OF THIS MAN HERE. IT IS A TESTAMENT TO HIS LEADERSHIP AND YOU ARE A A STAR, YOU WERE UPDATING PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.

SHOUT OUT TO JASON MILLSAP. THE MODERN-DAY DR. NEIL FRANK BECAUSE I WAS FOLLOWING HIS LITTLE CHARTS WHERE THE HURRICANE WAS GOING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ONE FAVOR WILL YOU HANG AROUND A LITTLE BIT FOR THE REPORT FROM STAFF, CHRIS WILL SHED A LOT OF LIGHT ON THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT WE HAVE, TREES DOWN AND THINGS LIKE THAT. A MONUMENTAL TASK WE ARE FACING WITH CLEANUP AND HAVING YOU WOULD BE VERY GOOD TO HEAR OUR VOICE OF WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.

>> SUPER, I'M HERE. >> CALLING ON

>> ARE YOU TIRED? >> THE PROBLEM IS, WE HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST RODEO FOR MANY OF US IN THIS ROOM AND SOME OF THE SENIOR STAFF WHO HAVE GONE MULTIPLE STORMS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DEBRIS RESPONSE TO WHAT THE TOWNSHIP HAS DONE, KNOWN WITH THE JUDGE SAID ABOUT PICK UP. WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU AS BOARD DIRECTORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND PUBLIC PROPERTY RESERVES AND PARTS SO GIVING YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS. I HAVE SOME PICTURES THROUGHOUT.

THIS IS A SMALL SMATTERING OF PICTURES. WE HAVE A TEAMS GROUP THAT WE WORK WITH FOR THE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL. THIS IS FOUND THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL SAY YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW BIG OF A CHALLENGE THIS IS, THE WOODLANDS IS 27,000 ACRES. 44 MILES . OUR AREA IS LIKE THIS, VERY DIFFICULT TO GET HEAVY EQUIPMENT INTO AREAS SO A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS DONE BY HAND AND BY SMALL MACHINERY. THE LOADERS AND LITTLE TRACTORS, THIS IS NOT BIG GRAPPLE TRUCKS LIKE THE COUNTY HAS. TRUST ME WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT AND IF THERE WAS ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES. WE DON'T HAVE THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT BECAUSE WE WILL BASICALLY PUNCH HOLES AND THAT'S NOT THE DESIRED INTENT. TALKING ABOUT STORM RESPONSE , THE INITIAL RESPONSE, THE DAMAGE REPORT AND THE DEBRIS REPORT. WE ALL WATCH THIS. THE JUDGE'S TEAM GOT IT RIGHT COMING THROUGH US. RIGHT OVER US, I ONE POINT WE SAW THE EYE OVER OUR HOMES. 75 MILE-PER-HOUR WIND TO THE COMMUNITY. TREE DAMAGE TO IT, FOR THE MOST PART WE DID NOT SEE FLOODING. WHAT WE DID, WE CHANGED SOME PRE-POSITIONING OF STAFF. TYPICALLY WOULD CALL, EVERYBODY IS HOME, 10 FUEL CAME IN AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING AND THE JOB WAS TO SECURE ASSETS.

IF THERE WAS DAMAGE AT THIS BUILDING FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION CAMPUS OR OTHER CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS THE FIRST THING. SEEING LITTLE DAMAGE WE BROUGHT IN ADDITIONAL FOLKS, THE FIRST TASK IS THE INITIAL TRUST, THERE ARE TIMES WE WERE BLOCKING, REMOVING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND STARTING THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS AND DEVELOP A PLAN OF ATTACK OF WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO THAT. AS I MENTIONED THAT'S OUR LOT. WE TALK ABOUT 35,000 HOMES AND ONE PARK. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, EVERYBODY LIVES NEXT TO A TREE. OUR RESPONSE PLAN HAS BEEN DEVELOPED OVER TIME AND TRIAGE HIS FIRST WE TRY TO REMOVE TREES ON HOMES.

THEN TREES AND FENCES AND BACKYARDS HISTORICALLY WE HAVE REMOVED TREES ON HOMES FRONT TOWNSHIP RESERVES OR PARKS INTO BACKYARDS. WE DO NOT PAY FOR THE DAMAGE BUT WE DO AS COURTESY. THOSE ARE INTENSIVE REMOVALS AND WE WILL SHOW YOU A COUPLE PICTURES IN THE END. THEN WE WORK IN THE RESERVES, THE OTHER THING WE LOOK AT IS THE PATHWAY. TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR THE COMMUNITY. ESPECIALLY DURING HURRICANE IKE

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, WE WANT TO GET PATHWAYS OPEN BECAUSE WE KNOW THE KIDS TAKE THOSE TO SCHOOL. PEOPLE USE THEM EXTENSIVELY SO THE FIRST RESPONSIBILITY IS TO CLEAR THE INSTRUCTIONS. IT WAS A LARGE LOGS TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT OF YOU BECAUSE WE ARE AT 95% OF THE PATHWAY, 98% THAT IS CLEAR, THAT IS THE SECOND PHASE WHERE WE START PULLING IT OUT IN THE FINAL ASPECT OF THE PATHWAY SYSTEM, WE HAVE TO REPAIR DAMAGE TO THE PATHWAY , THERE WILL BE SECTIONS OF PATHWAYS. 10 SQUARE-FEET BLOCKS OR EVEN 150 SQUARE-FEET OF PATHWAY WE HAVE TO REMOVE. WE WILL GET INTO STUMP REMOVAL AS WELL. WE GET THERE ON THE PARKS, PARKS OPEN AND CLEAN, VILLAGE PARKS FIRST, DOWN TO THE AMENITY PARKS, SOME PARKS ARE INACCESSIBLE BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO THEM. WHEN WE LOOK AT PRIORITIZING EACH CATEGORY. THIS IS A PATHWAY. WE'VE GOT TO GET PEOPLE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE PATHWAY SYSTEM. LAST WEEK EVERYBODY WAS ON TREE REMOVAL AND TREE DEBRIS REMOVAL TRYING TO CLEAR THINGS OUT WE HAVE FIVE CONTRACTORS. 11 CREWS. WE BROUGHT IN THE LANDSCAPE TEAM , ALL CONTRACTORS, RCI TO DO PARK WORK , BUT THE POINT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE IS MOST REMOVAL IS DONE BY HAND LIGHT EQUIPMENT. IT IS REALLY ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY WITH THE QUICK EQUIPMENT. THIS WILL TAKE MONTHS TO RECUPERATE AND WE ARE STILL WORKING OFF THE STORM FROM THE DEBRIS TWO WEEKS AGO.

THIS IS A DOUBLE HIT WE ARE WORKING ON. THIS WEEK WE HAVE 60 STAFF PLUS OR MINUS IN THE PARKS AND RESERVES CLEARING THINGS OUT. WE BUMPED UP ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS. WE HAVE PUT LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS BACK ON MOWING BECAUSE WE START GETTING IN THE SITUATION WE TRY TO BALANCE REMOVAL AND REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF PARKS SO NOTHING GET SO OUT OF WHACK. SO WE ARE ALWAYS BEHIND THE SCENE. MOVING FORWARD WE WILL BE WORKING WITH CONTRACTORS ON THE DEBRIS REMOVAL AND HOPEFULLY RETURNING BACK. HERE IS OTHER DAMAGE TO THE PARKS. WE ARE BLESSED FROM THE STANDPOINT RECEIVING TREE DAMAGE ON OR ADJACENT TO PLAYGROUNDS. WE DON'T HAVE MANY REPORTS, THERE MIGHT BE SOME PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT DAMAGED, TENNIS COURTS ARE CLOSED BECAUSE OF TREE DAMAGE AND FENCES ARE DOWN. THE BIGGEST THING AND BIGGEST CHILD WE HAVE IS THE GEORGE MITCHELL NATURE RESERVE BRIDGE, A 1 MILE WALK IN FROM FLINT RIDGE PATHWAY. THERE WAS SEVERE UNDERMINING FOR THE FLOODS AND DAMAGE IN THE DEBRIS BUILDUP. WE HAVE TO BE IN CONTACT WITH THE ORIGINAL ENGINEER TO BRAINSTORM IDEAS AS WELL AS HIGHLIGHTING THIS FACILITY AS WELL AS OTHERS TO THE COUNTY ON THEIR ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGE THROUGH PUBLIC FACILITIES. THIS IS THE DEBRIS REPORT WHICH CHANGES BY THE MINUTE, BY THE HOUR. THERE WERE 500, THERE HAS BEEN 568 STORM DEBRIS WORK ORDERS, A WORK ORDER CAN BE ONE TREE OR 20 TREES. THAT'S THE EXTENT WE ARE WORKING ON. WE HAVE 413 OPEN WORK ORDERS, THERE IS A ASTERISK, THAT NUMBER IS LESS THAN THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE INFORMATION IS COMING BACK FROM CONTRACTORS. YOU CAN SEE THE SCOPE, 59 TREES AND HOMES, 35 HAVE BEEN REMOVED, I BELIEVE THESE NUMBERS ARE HIGHER, 35 IS HIGHER BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED CALLS FROM RESIDENTS OF TREES ON HOMES 'S WE ARE CONFIDENT ON THAT. 147 TREES IN THE BACKYARDS THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN REMOVING. AND THEN WE LOOK INTO THE PARKS AND WHERE YOU SEE THE MOST OF DAMAGE IS THE PATHWAYS, 203 TREE CALLS ON THAT ALONE. REPORTING DELAYS RELATED TO THE CONTRACTOR INFORMATION. THIS IS WHAT WE LOOK AT WITH STORMS. WORKING WITH RESIDENTS TO GET THE TREE OUT NOT REPLACING ANYTHING DAMAGED THERE, BUT THOSE ARE VERY AND WORK TO MOVE THE TREE ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS. HAPPY

TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. >> A QUICK QUESTION. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE WONDERING HOW CAN IT BE THIS BAD AT CATEGORY ONE? HAS THERE BEEN ANY BELIEF OR DATA, WITH RESPECT TO THE DROUGHT OR TREES BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE OR VULNERABLE TO GOING DOWN? SOMETHING YOU WILL HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THIS? THE FEAR IS, AS THE JUDGE SAYS THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON,

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THIS WAS CATEGORY ONE WAY WORSE THAN EVERYBODY ANTICIPATED.

>> WITH RESPECT TO THE FOLKS WHO HAVE LOST THINGS , HOMES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS NATURES CLEARING ASPECT. WE DON'T HAVE FIRE SO IT'S A RESTART OF THE FOREST AS WELL.

THIS DOES NOT QUITE ADDRESS THE QUESTION. I BELIEVE IS WE HAVE HAD TWO DROUGHTS AND A COUPLE FREEZES AND FROSTS AND ARE WE PROBABLY SEEING SOME OF THE EFFECT OF THAT WORD MAY HAVE WEAKENED THE TREES? THE TREES THAT I SEE DOWN WERE ROTTEN IN THE MIDDLE. EVERY TIME I PASS A TREE I AM LOOKING AT SOME OF THE TREES LIKE OKAY THAT'S WROUGHT. YOU DO SEE THE PINE SNAP WHICH IS TRADITIONAL. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY EXPERIENCE DURING IKE, IKE WAS A LOT WORSE AT CATEGORY 2. THIS IS NOT AS BAD. IKE WAS REALLY BAD.

>> THESE ARE TREES ON TOWNSHIP PROPERTY THAT FELL INTO

BACKYARDS? >> YES.

>> I THINK ALL OF US AND JUDGE, YES. WOULD YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM? WHETHER FROM A COUPLE DROUGHTS , WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. ONE THING I DID AS MY DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND I WERE TALKING. I SAID WHAT WE DO IF WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE? HE SAID THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY HAVE TAKEN ON THE BAD TREES. SO THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR THAT.

WE HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. CLEAR CLEARING OUT A LOT OF STUFF THAT WOULD COME DOWN. TALK ABOUT MASSIVE TREES.

>> DURING MY TENURE LIVING HERE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I RECOLLECT WE HAVE BEEN IN THE EYE OF A HURRICANE AND COMING RIGHT UP , BEFORE WITH KATRINA AND RITA , WE WERE NOT THE DIRECT HIT THAT WE WERE TODAY. PERHAPS. I'M NOT A METEOROLOGIST, BUT I THINK WHO NEEDS NOT ONLY OUR JUDGE OF COURT, BUT SEVERAL OF US CAN ATTEST AS WELL AS OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO WHEN THE TEAM. I THINK YOU PUT MORE MILES ON YOUR CAR THAN ANYONE ELSE AT THE TOWNSHIP, DRIVING TO SEE WHO HAD LIGHTS ON. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE AND VERY BLESSED TO HAVE YOU ON OUR

TEAM. >> APPRECIATE THAT,, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS IN THIS ROOM WHO WERE PART OF THE

EFFORT >> UN MONIQUE LED THEM. THINK

IT. >> THERE IS A REQUEST IN YOUR TABLE FILE REGARDING A BUDGET AMENDMENT TREE REMOVAL AND EDUCATIONAL TREE REMOVAL AGREEMENTS PER CURRENT CONTRACT TERMS. THAT ALLOWS US TO BRING ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS AT THE ALREADY APPROVED CONTRACT RATES WHICH WERE PUBLICLY VIEWED LAST YEAR. AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE.

>> I WILL MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE REPORT AND WE MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO MAKE A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND MOVE FORWARD UNDER THOSE RATES TO ADDRESS THE TREE REMOVAL.

>> SECOND. >> MOVED AND SECONDED FOR BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION WHICH WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THE UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU. >> ANYTHING ELSE?

[9. Receive, consider and act upon the creation of an Ad Hoc Governmental Relations Committee (as requested by Director Bailey);]

>> THAT RINGS US TO ATTEND ITEM 9. TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON CREATION OF A AD HOC GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE AS REQUESTED BY DIRECTOR BAILEY. OUR PRESIDENT CEO WILL PRESENT.

>> SORRY, LET ME GET ORGANIZED. OKAY. YES, AT THE SUNDAY

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MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THERE WAS A REQUEST FROM DIRECTOR BAILEY TO CREATE A AD HOC GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU AND YOUR PACKAGE IS A DRAFT OF THE COMMITTEE CHARTER. MOST OF THE CHARTER READS LIKE SOME OTHER AD HOC COMMITTEES BUT I WANT TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT THE COMMITTEE OBJECTIVES ARE. TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD OR EDITS BEFORE THIS IS FINALIZED.

SO IT SAYS THE TOWNSHIP BOARD ESTABLISHES SPECIFIC INITIATIVES TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE , THEY CAN BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE OBJECTIVES WE HAVE LISTED HERE IS UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE OF ELECTRICITY SERVICE VISION WITHIN THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP, MONITORING STATE REGULATORY AND INTERNAL ACTIVITIES REGARDING PREPARATION RESPONSE AND RECOVERY ACTIONS BY ELECTRICITY SERVICE PROVIDERS RELATED TO HURRICANE BERYL RECOMMENDING INITIATIVES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ENSURING ADEQUATE, RELIABLE ELECTRICAL SERVICE FOR THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. IF THOSE ARE , IF THE DIRECTORS AGREE WITH THOSE OBJECTIVES AND I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN ADOPTING THE

CHARTER. >> IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AD HOC GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS COMMITTEE

CHARTER? >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> MOVED AND SECONDED .

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? >> I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT TO MAKE SURE I CLARIFY MYSELF. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMPLICATED SITUATION. YOU KNOW, THE FIX IS TWO, THREE, FOUR YEARS. NOT ANYTHING OVERNIGHT AND ALSO NOT ANYTHING GUARANTEED. YOU CANNOT SAY THAT ENTERGY WILL TAKE OVER THE SERVICE AREA, THEY MAY NOT WANT IT AT ALL. SO WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THE STATE IS GETTING INVOLVED. THEY JUST APPOINTED A SENATE SELECT HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE HURRICANE ISSUES AND AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE IS CENTERPOINT. AS THE JUDGE SAID, HAVING OUR VOICE HEARD IS IMPORTANT, HAVING THE STORY TOLD IS IMPORTANT. WE HAVE NO DOG IN THE FIGHT, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO THAT THIS BOARD CAN DO OR ANY LOBBYIST WE HIRED, BUT MUCH LIKE TOMBALL ISD, THIS IS AN ISSUE WE CAN GET CONVERSATIONS TO HAPPEN AND HAVE INTEREST REPRESENTATIVES JOINED WITH THE COUNTY ON SOME OF THE OTHER WANTS AND WISHES.

THERE WILL BE A LOT OF SIDEBAR CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING AND WE NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN REPRESENTING CONSTITUENTS. ALL OF US HAVE SAT UP HERE FOR A LONG TIME NOW, WE ARE ON YOUR TWO. WE HAVE HEARD FROM NANCY A LOT AND WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM MANY RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN CREEKSIDE AND STERLING RANCH ABOUT THE OUTAGES THAT HAPPEN ON A REGULAR BASIS, BEFORE THIS MEETING I HAD A TEXT 1333 HOMES ARE DOWN IN POWER IN CENTERPOINT, THAT'S A FACT. THIS IS SOMETHING HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WE NEED TO BE INVOLVED IT'S OUTSIDE THE BOX THINKING BUT WE DID THIS WITH TOMBALL ISD AND WE MADE A

DIFFERENCE. >> I WOULD ADD TO THAT BRAD AND I SPOKE ABOUT THIS. YOU KNOW IT IS VERY COMPLEX. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET INTO SERVICE AREA WITH PUC AND ALL THOSE THINGS.

THE GOAL FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND THE REASON I SUPPORT IT IS YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE SQUEAKY WHEELS TO GET GREASED WE ARE A SMALL AREA RELATIVE TO THE PROBLEM CENTERPOINT IS FACING.

>> HARD TO GET THEIR ATTENTION WHEN THE ENTIRE CITY OF HOUSTON AND SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL POLITICIANS AND LEGISLATORS IN THE STATE ARE VERY UPSET. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO THE EXTENT THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS, THAT WE KNOW WHAT THE POSITIONS AND DESIRES ARE. THE ONLY CONCERN I HAD WAS EXPENDITURE BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO SPEND A BUNCH OF MONEY UNNECESSARILY. I KNOW WE DO HAVE LOBBYING SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS. SO TO THE EXTENT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MINIMAL COST TO HAVE SOMEBODY BE INVOLVED IN THE SIDEBAR DISCUSSIONS, I THINK THAT' MONEY WELL SPENT TO ADVOCATE FOR FOLKS IN CREEKSIDE. YOU KNOW I THINK WE HAVE TO BE

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SOMEWHAT REALISTIC. THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO, BUT WE

WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN . >> I WENT OUT OUR SENATOR IS GOING TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE. I LEARNED TODAY. WHICH IS VERY

HELPFUL. >> OKAY, WITH THAT, THANK YOU, EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. MOVED AND SECONDED TO CREATE A AD HOC GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE UNDER THE INFORMATION SENT TO US, THE CHARTER ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. MOTION PASSES. THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS FOR A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE AD HOC OF MENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE. EXCUSE ME, CALLING FOR MOTION AT SECOND TO CONFIRM THE CHAIRMAN APPOINTMENT OF DOCTORS BAILEY, NELSON AND SNYDER TO THE AD HOC GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

COMMITTEE IS THERE EMOTION? >> SO MOVED .

>> SECOND. >> MOVED AND SECONDED ALL THOSE

[10. Receive, consider and act upon the creation of an Ad Hoc Emergency Management Committee (as requested by Director Bailey);]

IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, THAT WILL BRING US TO AGENDA ITEM 10. WHICH IS DIRECTOR BAILEY REQUESTS CREATION OF A AD HOC EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND PRES. SHARP WILL PRESENT.

>> THANK YOU, AGAIN THE REST OF THE CHARTER IS PRETTY ROUTINE FOR ALL THE CHARTER SO I WILL FOCUS ON THE COMMITTEE OBJECTIVES TO GET BACK ON THAT. FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, THOSE OBJECTIVES WOULD BE TO REVIEW DIRECTORY TRAINING AVAILABLE TO THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. THE REASON WE ARE PUTTING THAT ON THERE IS THAT IT'S VERY MUCH A STANDARD WE FOLLOW FOR BEST PRACTICE AND FEMA RELATED SO WE THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO REVIEW THAT WITHIN THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE PATTERN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RESPONSE. ALSO TO REVIEW THE TOWNSHIP EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN THAT IS DEVELOPED AND MAINTAINED BY WOODLANDS FIRE DEPARTMENT AND TO REVIEW STAFF AFTER ACTION REPORT RELATED TO HURRICANE BERYL AND MAKE RECOGNITION TO THE BOARD FOR OUTCOMES THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR FUTURE ALLOCATIONS.

>> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> INCLUDED IN THAT MY NOTES PROBABLY ALL ONE THING IS THE COMMUNICATIONS BEFORE DURING

AND AFTER THE STORM INCLUDED? >> YES SIR.

>> THAT IS PART OF THE PLAN ALREADY. READING TO THE

COMMUNICATIONS PIECE. >> LEEANN HAS COMPLETELY REDONE IT AND IT WILL BE A SEPARATE ATTACHMENT BUT IT'S PART OF THE PLAN. IT WILL BE REVIEWED IN THIS COMMITTEE.

>> DOES THIS GIVE THIS BODY OR , I ONLY WORRY ABOUT MIXED COMMUNICATIONS GOING OUT. MAKING SURE EVERYBODY IS IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT'S BEING SAID AND THAT IT IS TRUE AND ACCURATE AND WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SAYING. IS THAT PART OF THIS? IN TERMS OF WHAT BRAD SAID ON COMMUNICATIONS

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? >> WE HAVE WHAT IS CALLED, A CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AND THAT WILL BE REVIEWED AGAIN BY THIS COMMITTEE. GO AHEAD. AGAIN BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE CONSISTENT COMMUNICATIONS THROUGHOUT.

>> BOTH PRES. SHARP AND HER LEADERSHIP TEAM , WE WANTED ONE VOICE WITH THE SAME MESSAGE. RATHER THAN A HALF DOZEN DIFFERENT MESSAGES AND I THINK THIS WILL EMBRACE THAT ONE VOICE AND ONE MESSAGE FROM THE TOWNSHIP ITSELF. INDIVIDUALS CAN SAY WHAT THEY WANT, BUT IT IS ONE VOICE FROM THE TOWNSHIP.

>> WE ARE FOLLOWING BEST PRACTICE BASED ON A LOT OF EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH THESE THINGS.

>> I THINK YOU HAVE DONE IT OVER 30 YEARS.

>> WE ARE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMITTEE AND GET

THEIR FEEDBACK. >> I ASKED FOR THIS AND I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF EDUCATION TODAY FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH THIS MANY TIMES AND I LEARNED A LOT. THEY SAID BASICALLY I CAME OFF A LITTLE INSENSITIVE ASKING THIS COMMITTEE COULD BE A SLAP IN THE FACE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF AND STAFF, PLEASE NOTE THAT IS NOT THE REASON I ASKED FOR THAT. US BEING NEW BOARD MEMBERS UNDERSTANDING THINGS, WERE DIFFICULT IN THE RUSH. YOU GUYS ARE SUCH VETERANS, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MESSAGES AND HOW THE

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PROCESS WORKS. WE WERE LITTLE CONFUSED. I DON'T WANT STAFF OR CHIEF OR ANYONE AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR ANY SENIOR STAFF TO THINK WE DO NOT 110% APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, HOW WE CAN HELP AND BRING RESOURCES TO CENTERPOINT CONTACTS OR WORKING, HELPING WITH THE JUDGE OR WHATEVER. WE ARE HERE TO HELP AND THAT'S THE REASON, HAVING A 360 REVIEW AT THE END BRIEFING US HEY, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS OF ANOTHER STORM HITS. PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT THAT WAY.

>> WE DIDN'T AT ALL SO THANK YOU. SO OKAY CALL FOR MOTION AND SECOND TO IMPROVE THE AD HOC EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CHARTER AND CONFIRM THE CHAIRMAN APPOINTMENTS OF DIRECTOR HEISER, DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS AND DIRECTOR FRANKS TO THIS COMMITTEE IS THERE EMOTION?

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. MOTION PASSES.

[11. Receive, consider and act upon contracted lobbying services for the period August 1 – December 31, 2024;]

THANK YOU, MONIQUE. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 11. YOU WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION RELATED TO THE GOVERNMENTAL LOBBYING

SERVICES. >> GREAT. BACKGROUND, SINCE 2000 FOR THE TOWNSHIP AND THE PREDECESSOR HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION HAVE VOCATIONALLY CONTRACTED FOR VARIOUS GOVERNMENT RELATIONS SERVICES INCLUDING ADVICE AND COUNCIL WITH LOBBYING SERVICES TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC SITUATIONS. SO THIS IS DIRECTOR BAILEY FROM THE LAST MEETING DID REQUEST FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER CONTRACTING FOR LOBBYING SERVICES THIS PARTICULAR ONE WOULD BE FOR THE PERIOD AUGUST 1 THROUGH DECEMBER 31 OF 2024. THE REASON FOR THE SHORT PERIOD BECAUSE THERE ARE LEGAL RETIREMENTS OF HAVING TO POST APPROVED BUDGETS ALONG WITH LOBBYING SERVICES. AND SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET FOR 2025 WE CANNOT GO BEYOND THE YEAR WHEN THE BOARD APPROVES A 2025 BUDGET AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK WITH AN EXTENSION OF THIS IF SO DESIRED BY THE BOARD, BUT THAT'S WHY I HAD GOTTEN A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THIS IS LIMITED TO THIS YEAR. THAT IS WHY. WITH THAT IT IS UP FOR THE BOARD TO DECIDE IF THEY WISH AT THIS TIME TO CONTRACT FOR LOBBYING SERVICES AND IF SO STAFF WOULD NEED TO KNOW WITH WHOM THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO CONTRACT, FOR WHAT PURPOSE AND THEN WE WILL REACH OUT TO THE LOBBYING FIRM TO GET A CONTRACT, BRING IT BACK NEXT WEEKEND AND THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THE ACTUAL CONTRACT.

>> SO IF I MAY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE , THESE TWO COMMITTEES FOR THIS STORM PREPARATION IS GOING TO BE MASSIVE HEARINGS, A LOT OF SIDEBAR CONVERSATIONS. GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE WITNESSES COME TESTIFIED. WHETHER IT BE ANYONE HERE OR CHRIS OR THE JUDGE THEY PLAN ON SENDING AN ARMY UP THERE. WE NEED TO HAVE A PRESENCE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE FACING WITH THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE. A LIKELY SOLUTION THAT COULD COME OUT OF THIS IS REQUIREMENTS FOR CENTERPOINT OR ENTERGY OR ANY UTILITY TO DO MORE AND BETTER MAINTENANCE TO THEIR LINE STREAMING DIRECTORIES AND WEATHERIZATION THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION WHICH WOULD BE A WIN FOR US IN THE NORTH HAMPTON LINE, A PROBLEM WE HAVE ALL BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY. I NEVER KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT ELECTRICAL LINES UNTIL I STARTED WORKING HERE. THAT'S A PROBLEM AND ENTERGY DOES A GREAT JOB MAKING SURE THEY MAINTAIN THE FOLIAGE AND THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THEM.

CENTERPOINT HAS NOT DONE SO MUCH AND THAT'S PUBLIC RECORDS , BUT HAVING INTEREST REPRESENTED AND IF THERE IS A SITUATION IN WHICH THEY LOOK AT SERVICE AREAS THAT HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVING SOMEONE THERE TO REPRESENT IN REAL-TIME WE ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO TO AUSTIN FULL-TIME. THIS WILL BE SOMETHING GOING ON FOR MONTHS.

AND BEING ABLE TO BRIDGE THE GAP I THINK IS ALSO IMPORTANT.

SECOND, THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT CENTERPOINT HEARINGS THIS IS ALSO ABOUT WORKING WITH LOBBYISTS THAT THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA READY TO GO WITH LEGISLATURE STARTING JANUARY 1, 2025 THAT WILL BE A DECISION THAT THE BOARD HAS WE DECIDED TO PUT TOGETHER A BILL UNLIKE LAST TIME WE RUSTED AND WE WERE LUCKY TO DO IT. TO START WORKING ON THE BILL IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER TO HAVE IT READY TO GO JANUARY 1. WE WILL MEET WITH LEGISLATORS TO HAVE IT FILED FOR YOUR. WHAT WE LOOK AT,

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WHICH HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT AS A BOARD WHICH I'M SURE WE WILL IN THE COMING MONTHS. HAVING THE LOBBYISTS WORK ON THIS PORTION AND THEN ALSO DO THAT IN TANDEM IS IMPORTANT AND BRIDGES. LAST TIME WE HAD WILLIAMS REPRESENT US I DON'T KNOW THE COST OF THE CONTRACT. YOU WILL HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH THAT AND GO THROUGH IT BUT I ENCOURAGE STAFF TO INTERVIEW AND TALK AND COME BRIEF US AT A LATER DATE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WHAT THE PRICE IS AND WE CAN DO THIS FOR FIVE OR SIX MONTH CONTINGENCY.

>> BACK TO MY COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT I DON'T WANT TO AUTHORIZE A BLANK CHECK. BRAD KNOWS THIS BETTER THAN ANYBODY.

I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S THE HALLWAYS ON THE COFFEE SHOPS AND THOSE THINGS WERE STUFF IS GETTING DONE A LOT OF TIMES AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A VOICE YOU WILL GET PASSED OVER. SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMEONE OF AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE FISCAL IMPACT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE SIGNING UP FOR, WHAT HIS GOALS AND DEFINE WHAT OUR GOALS AND DESIRED OUTCOMES ARE AND WHAT'S THAT GOING TO COST EVEN IF IT'S POSSIBLE. JUST TO GET

INTO SOMEBODY'S EAR. >> I WOULD BE CURIOUS ABOUT THE PROCESS OF HOW YOU CHOOSE A LOBBYIST. IS THAT A INTERVIEWING PROCESS OR RECOMMENDATION PROCESS .

>> THE BOARD CAN DO IT HOWEVER YOU CHOOSE. IT IS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE WE DON'T WANT TO ISSUE RFP OR RFQ, THE BOARD CAN MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. WHAT I HEARD TONIGHT WAS THROUGH TOMMY WILLIAMS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE STAFF TO BRING YOU OTHER OPTIONS, WE CAN. IF YOU'RE READY FOR US TO REACH OUT TO MR. WILLIAMS AND GET THAT WE CAN BRING IT BACK NEXT WEEK. THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION.

>> BOTH WERE GREAT. CERTAINLY THAT WILL BRING A LOT OF VALUE TO US. LOOK WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED. I WOULD WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE PROPOSAL. CERTAINLY I AM FINE AUTHORIZING YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

>> BRING SOMETHING BACK NEXT WEEK.

>> IN ADDITION TO TOMMY WILLIAMS IF THAT'S NEEDED AT THIS STAGE, SIMPLY THEY WROTE ENABLING LEGISLATION AND IT MAY BE THE LOBBYIST WORKS WITH THEM. I'M SURE WITH THAT AND I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, AS I KNOW OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PERHAPS VISITED WITH THEM ALSO. MR. WILLIAMS SAID HE IS VERY INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH THE TOWNSHIP. BA TO ADDRESS CONCERNS RIGHT NOW OR FUTURE LEGISLATION. SO, SHARED WITH HIM IF THE BOARD SO DESIRED OUR LEADERSHIP , YOU WOULD CONTACT.

>> SO, IS THERE A MOTION? >> SO MOVED.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

>> THE MOTION AGAIN. >> I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WOULD

ASK FOR THAT. >> I WOULD MOVE WE AUTHORIZE STAFF TO PROCEED IN FORWARD DISCUSSIONS TO OBTAIN THE PROPOSAL FOR LOBBYING SERVICES FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME. AND THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE THOSE DECISIONS AND COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION.

>> OKAY. >> SO MOVED THAT AGAIN.

>> I WILL SECOND THAT. >> MOVED AND SECONDED , FURTHER DISCUSSION IF NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

THE MOTION PASSES. >> TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE ON THIS ONE. THEY WILL BE MEETING ON THE 31ST.

>> AGENDA ITEM 12 . WE MOVED FOR THE AUGUST MEETING. THERE

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

IS NO NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND , FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I WOULD LIKE TO AT OUR NEXT MEETING , SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, BUT EARLY SPRING, A SPECIAL DISTRICT GRANT ACCESSIBILITY HOUSE BILL WAS PASSED BY THE U.S. CONGRESS WHICH CODIFIED SPECIAL-PURPOSE DISTRICTS OR SPECIAL DISTRICTS IN FEDERAL LAW TO ENSURE DISTRICTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ALL APPROPRIATE FORMS OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. NO

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CONGRESSMAN CRENSHAW WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE BILL AND IT IS NOW MOVING INTO THE SENATE. THIS WOULD BE FUNDING SUCH AS HAVING APPRECIATED THE COUNTY EVERYTHING IT HAS DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE THAT. IF THIS PASSES THE SENATE, WE COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL. COREY CALLING STATION, SUPPLIES, SECURITY. DISTRIBUTION CENTER WITHIN OUR OWN TOWNSHIP. IT HAS BEEN ENCOURAGED THAT WE AS A BOARD WRITE A LETTER TO SENATOR OFFICES IN SUPPORT OF BILL 75 7525. IF POSSIBLE I WOULD APPRECIATE THIS BEING ON THE NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA. IF THAT IS POSSIBLE.

>> YES, THE MATERIALS WILL NOT BE THERE TOMORROW WHEN YOU GET YOUR BOARD PACKAGE BUT WE WILL WORK ON IT AND DISTRIBUTE IT.

>> I WILL SECOND THAT. >> IT HAS BEEN SECONDED . ANY

[16. Board announcements; and]

OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? IF NOT, BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST AT THE CREIGHTON THEATER, OUR BOARD MEMBER RICHARD FRANKS PLAYS ONE OF THE LEAD ROLES. HE HAS A VOICE, HE REALLY DOES, HE HAS AN INCREDIBLE VOICE.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONE THING, RICHARD HAS A REALLY GOOD VOICE AND GREAT SHOW. I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE FORMER STATE REPRESENTATIVE ROB EISSLER FOR HAVING A SCHOOL NAMED AFTER HIM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. WHAT A GREAT HONOR FOR HIM NOW WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH SCHOOLS NAMED

AFTER THEM. CONGRATULATIONS >> THANK YOU DIRECTOR BAILEY.

THAT IS EXCITING OTHER BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS? IF NOT IS THERE A MOTION ? IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 7:18?

>> SO MOVED. >> I WILL SECOND THAT.

>> THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND?

>> YES. >> ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. MOTION PASSES.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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