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          >>> TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING NUMBER TWO. THIS MORNING, WE WILL HAVE THE IN 
          VACATION BY MS. HEISER . >> IT TO LORD WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE US YOUR WISDOM TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS TODAY AND TO THINK ONLY OF OTHERS AND WHAT IS BEST FOR US. IT THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE POURED UPON US AND OUR COMMUNITY AND ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT. IN YOUR NAME PRAY. AMEN. 
          >> PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          >> AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.Î HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS. ONE STATE, UNDER GOD. THANK YOU, DIRECTORS 
          [2. Call meeting to order;]
HEISER AND SEKULA-GIBBS. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. 
          CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS 8:32 AM. I DECLARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW THIS MEETING WAS POSTED 72 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING ENDED OCCURRED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWNSHIP UP THIS BUILDING. STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT AT LEAST FOUR BOARD MEMBERS BE IN ATTENDANCE TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM FOR CONDUCT THING BUSINESS. I ASK EACH BOARD MEMBER TO INDICATE HIS OR HER PRESENCE BY RESPONDING WITH SOME AUDIBLE SOUND OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS I CALL THE 
          ROLL. >> 
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ROLL CALL IT IS DETERMINED THAT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF MEMBERS ARE HERE TO DECLARE THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS TO RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ADOPTION OF THE MEETING AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION? 
          >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. 
          >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED SECONDED. THOSE IN 
          [5. Public comment;]
          FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. >> AYE. OPPOSED? THE ITEM PASSES. MOVING ON, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECORD NICE PUBLIC OFFICIALS. THERE ARE NONE TO RECOGNIZE. MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. A PUBLIC COMMENT AGENDA IS INCLUDED AT THE BEGINNING OF ALL REGULAR BOARD MEMBER AGENDAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICY TO PRODUCE THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESS FOR ALLOWING CONSTITUENTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD OF BRAD BAILEY -- THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. THERE ARE GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPATING IN MEETINGS. EACH PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD MUST SIGN THE SPEAKER ROSTER PROVIDED BY THE BOARD SECRETARY. INDIVIDUALS THAT WISH TO MAKE GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS OR ADDRESS A TOPIC NOT ON THE AGENDA OR WHO WISH TO ADDRESS A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM MUST DO SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF TOPICS. IF THERE ARE MORE THAN 15 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT EACH SPEAKER WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF TOPICS. SPEAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED AND TAKEN IN THE ORDER WHICH THEY SIGN UP. IT SPEAKERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO YIELD THEIR TIME TO OTHERS ON THE LIST. STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE BOARD FROM ACTING ON A SPECIFIC ITEM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS IT APPEARS ON THE POSTED AGENDA. THEREFORE, ANY BOARD DISCUSSION OF ITEMS NOT INCLUDED ON THE POSTED AGENDA IS LIMITED TO QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION AND WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE FUTURE BOARD AGENDA. 
          SPEAKERS MAY EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS OR VIEWPOINTS ON AN ISSUE BUT ARE NOT PERMITTED TO DEBATE ON AN ISSUE. SPEAKERS WILL NOT USE PROFANITY, AND COMMENTS MAY BE MADE TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE OR TO AN INDIVIDUAL DIRECT. I WOULD LIKE 
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TO REMIND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TO PLEASE PLACE YOUR CELL PHONES ON SILENT MODE. OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS IS KEVIN WILLIAMS. MR. WILLIAMS. GOOD MORNING. 
          >> GOOD MORNING. BOARD, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE AT YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS REALLY IS A LABOR OF LOVE AND I THINK EVERYBODY HERE IS IN THE WOODLANDS BECAUSE WE RISK BACK THIS PLACE IN SO MANY WAYS AND I AM PARTICULARLY PROUD RIGHT NOW. THE RACEMIC ITEM ON THE AGENDA, NUMBER 20 THREE, AND IT IS CALLED THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX. I ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU TO FOLLOW THAT THROUGH TO THE FINAL BUDGET. SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES ARE MADE POSSIBLE -- IT STARTS WITH THE BABY MOSES LAW AND THE IDEA IS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE IT VERY POSSIBLE IN TEXAS FOR A MOTHER WHO WAS SO DISTRAUGHT TO SAFELY SURRENDER HER BABY RATHER THAN LETTING IT BE ABANDONED TO DEATH. OF THERE WAS AN ABANDONMENT IN HOUSTON LAST WEEK. A BABY DIED IN A DUMPSTER AND THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. THE BABY BOXES ARE NOT A NEW CONCEPT. A BABY WOULD BE A FOUNDLING AND TAKEN TO A CONVENT AND WHEN THE WHEEL SPUN AROUND TO THE BABY WOULD BE CARED FOR BY THE PEOPLE INSIDE. THE CURRENT VARIATION WAS MADE POSSIBL BY A LAW THAT GOVERNOR ABBOTT SIGNED LAST YEAR AND ALLOWS FOR DEVICES TO BE USED IN TEXAS. WE HAVE HAD, FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS, GOVERNOR BUSH SIGNED THE FIRST ONE IN 1999, AND OTHER IS A BABY MOSES LAW THAT ALLOWS A MOTHER TO SURRENDER ABB TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, AN ER OR HOSPITALS. THAT WILL CONTINUE. 
          MY HOPE IS THAT BY HAVING A SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX, THIS THING THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. THE MOTHER MIGHT HAVE BEEN AWARE OF IT AND COMMENT SURRENDERED HER BABY SAFELY AND THAT MAYBE WOULD BE ALIVE. THANK YOU FOR GETTING IT ON THE AGENDA AND PLEASE FOLLOW THROUGH TO PUSH IT OVER. ANY QUESTIONS, GLAD TO ADDRESS THEM BUT THAT IS WHAT I AM SPEAKING 
          ON THIS MORNING. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS KIRK LOCKLEAR. WELCOME BACK. 
          >> I WILL REITERATE WHAT MR. WILLIAMS SAID. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO. ALTHOUGH I AM NOT ALWAYS HEAR A APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE DOING. I DO WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE BABY BOXES. I SAW YOUNG LADIES AS A TEACHER IN TOUGH SITUATIONS IN MY SCHOOLS AND I KNOW WHAT THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH BUT NOW WE HAVE A SAFE HAVEN THAT OF SOME CHILD -- OF SONG YOUNG WOMAN OR EVEN OLDER WOMAN HAS BEEN KICKED OUT OF HER HOUSE AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR BABY, WITH THE BABY BOX WE CAN SAVE THAT CHILD. IT IS TOUGH. I HAVE SEEN SO MANY YOUNG WOMEN AND MOTHERS AT SCHOOLS AND THE LOVE THAT THEY SHARE FOR THAT CHILD. MANY OF THEM ADOPTED. THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF CHILDREN TO BE ADOPTED AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE CAN DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO SAVE THE CHILDREN OF OUR 
          [6.  Receive, consider and act upon the 2025 Preliminary Budget for The Woodlands Township;]
NATION. ANYTHING WE CAN DO IN TEXAS, LET'S BE TEXAS PROUD. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. LOCKLEAR. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. AGENDA ITEM 6 WE ACTED ON YESTERDAY AT THE FIRST BUDGET MEETING AND WE WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 7 AND OUR CEO , RENÉ SHARP, WILL PRESENT. SHE IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE LIST OF INITIATIVES THAT AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK TO THOSE THAT WANT TO MAKE DECISIONS. WITH THAT, MONIQUE. 
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          >> MAY ASK A QUESTION? >> YES . 
          >> IN SUMMARY, LOOKING AT YESTERDAY, THE $500,000 REDUCTION FOR SALES TAX SHORTAGES ARE LOWER THAN EXPECTED AND THEN THE 150,000 REDUCTION. WAS THAT ALSO DUE TO 
          JUST SALES TAX? >> YES. BECAUSE I AM RECOMMENDING THAT WE REDUCE THE 2024 FORECAST FOR SALES TAX, THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR 2025 BUT THE REASON IT IS NOT THE FULL 500,000 IS BECAUSE, I BELIEVE I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, THAT ANGELA BRANCH, THE HR DIRECTOR HAS DONE A MARVELOUS JOB OF RENEGOTIATING HEALTH BENEFITS IS SO WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE MODEL ARE THE HIGHER LEVEL OF BENEFITS BUT AFTER THESE MEETINGS WE WILL GO BACK AND ADJUST TO THE LOWER AND THE NET DIFFERENCE IS WHERE I AM GETTING THE $150,000. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 
          >> YES. >> ALONG THOSE LINES I WAS GOING TO START OFF BY TALKING ABOUT SALES TAX. WE DID GET THE ANALYSIS IN SO MYSELF, COLUMN, AND PATTY WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT YESTERDAY. IT REALLY IS A FUNCTION OF WE OVER BUDGETED. 
          WE OVER BUDGETED FOR TWO REASONS SO, BACK IN AUGUST LAST YEAR, SAME TIME LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE FORECASTING FOR SALES TAX, THE ONE COMPANY THAT WAS IN THE TRANSPORTATION CATEGORY, WE DID NOT BECOME AWARE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE OUT UNTIL OCTOBER THAT YEAR. AUGUST LAST YEAR WE WERE LOOKING AT A FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF SALE TAX REVENUE OF ABOUT 14% AND THIS WAS COMING OFF THE HEELS IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR OF DOUBLE-DIGIT SO, WE RAISED THE FORECAST LAST YEAR TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THAT. I CUT THAT IN HALF AND RAISED THE FORECAST TO THAT. 
          THAT STARTED CUTTING BACK ON THAT. THAT WAS THE FIRST PIECE OF IT. I BUDGETED, BECAUSE WE HAD THREE YEARS OF DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH. INSTEAD OF THE TYPICAL GROWTH, I WENT WITH THE 3 1/2 GROWTH FACTOR. WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING IS BECAUSE OF ALL OF THOSE AND BECAUSE WE LOST ANOTHER TRANSPORTATION RELATED COMPANY IN 2024, WE HAVE HAD TWO OF THOSE COMPANIES AND THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN SEEING ON THERE, THAT IS WHY WE ARE BELOW BUDGET. WE HAD SOMETHING HAPPEN IN THE FOURTH QUARTER LAST YEAR AND ANOTHER ONE STARTED HAPPENING THIS YEAR AND WHEN YOU COMBINE THE TWO CALM IT IS A FUNCTION OF OVER BUDGETING. 
          BASED ON WHAT WE KNEW AT THE TIME. WE THOUGHT WE WERE BEING CONSERVATIVE BUT WE WERE NOT. WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IN RELATION TO WHAT DIRECTOR BAILEY JUST ASKED, AS WE GO THROUGH THESE INITIATIVES, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THOSE INITIATIVES BUT WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL TO NOT TAKE THAT DOWN TO ZERO. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR -- THAT . 
          >> HAVE WE HAD NEW BUSINESSES COME IN? 
          >> WE HAVE. AND THE CHART I SHOWED YOU WITH CONSTRUCTION REAL ESTATE IS WAY UP. DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH AND IT IS JUST NOT UP FAR ENOUGH TO OFFSET THE OTHERS. 
          >> FOR THE BOARD AND EVERYBODY TUNING IN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS IMPORTANT. CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO -- IT IS NOT JUST RETAIL. IT IS JUST NOT RESTAURANTS THAT GENERATE SALES TAX. WE HAVE GOT TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF REPORTING THE BEST BECAUSE IT OFFSETS. 
          >> EVEN THOSE TWO COMPANIES WERE NOT IN THESE CATEGORIES SEE YOU CAN STILL SEE THE IMPACT. I AM STILL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE ARE IN A GREAT POSITION GOING FORWARD. 
          THIS IS TRACKING WITH THE STATE COMPTROLLER IS REPORTING SO WE NEED TO GET THE BUDGET BACK DOWN TO WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY SHOWING. SO WE GO THROUGH THIS AND WE NEED TO LEAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THE BUDGET. 
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WE ARE GOING TO START TALKING THIS MORNING ABOUT BUDGET INITIATIVES. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE TYPICALLY -- THEY ARE AN ENHANCED LEVEL OF SERVICE NOT INCLUDED IN THE BASE BUDGET THAT WE WENT THROUGH YESTERDAY AND AS A REMINDER THIS IS WHAT OUR BASE BUDGET TALKS ABOUT. IT TALKS ABOUT MAINTAINING EXISTING SERVICE LEVELS SO THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON AND THEN WE WILL START TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET INITIATIVES. THE PRELIMINARY BASE BUDGET IS BASED ON A TAX RATE OF THE CURRENT TAX RATE OF 17.14 CENTS PER $100 OF VALUATION. WHEN WE WERE LOOKING YESTERDAY AT THE UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE, MEANING THAT THE BUDGET ACCOUNTED FOR ALL REVENUES, CAPITAL, DEBT SERVICE AND RESERVE ALLOCATIONS, THIS IS WHERE WE ENDED UP . IN 2024 WE HAVE A DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE OF $3 MILLION BUT THIS IS WHERE I AM RECOMMENDING THAT WE START OFF THINKING OF THAT IS $2.5 MILLION BECAUSE OF THE SALES TAX THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. THE $2.5 MILLION IS GOOD FOR ONE TIME PURCHASES LIKE CAPITAL TYPE ITEMS. NOT ONGOING. THE 2025 UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE IS $957,000. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THIS AS AT LEAST $150,000 OFF. THAT IS WHAT IS REFLECTED ON YOUR LARGE, ON YOUR BIG 11 BY SEVEN SHEETS IN FRONT OF YOU AND THOSE ARE GOOD FOR ONGOING EXPENDITURES. WITH THAT I WILL START ON THE BUDGET INITIATIVES. I AM GOING TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE FIRST ONE. WE WENT OVER ALL OF THESE YESTERDAY. THE THING THAT I WANT TO SAY HERE IS, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT WE GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM AND THEN WE WILL CIRCLE BACK FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS. AS WE GO THROUGH THEM, THAT IS THE TIME TO HAVE A DISCUSSION. UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY CERTAIN A NO . IT DOES HELP TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM. CERTIFIED TAX RATES PROVIDED BY THE -- BY TAMMY MCRAE WITH THE TAX ASSESSORS OFFICE, THE CURRENT RATE IS 17.14 AND THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, THE MAXIMUM RATE THAT THE BOARD CAN APPROVE WITHOUT GOING TO VOTERS IS 19 POINT 29. EACH PENNY OF TAX RATE EQUATES TO A POINT $2.81 MILLION OF REVENUE. ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE TALK ABOUT IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOWER THE PROPERTY TAX RATE. WHAT MIGHT HAVE SHOWN HERE IS WHAT THE IMPACT TO THE BUDGET WOULD BE ON DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF LOWERING THE RATE ABOUT A QUARTER OF A PENNY INCREMENTS SO CALM IF WE WENT FROM $.1714 DOWN TO $.1639, THE REDUCTION WOULD BE OF $13.34 A YEAR OR $1.11 PER MONTHS. YOU CAN SEE GOING DOWN OF HOW THAT WOULD REDUCE THE TOWNSHIP BUDGET BY ABOUT $2.8 MILLION AND THAT IS ABOUT $4.40 SAVINGS PER MONTH ON A $550,000 HOME. THE EXERCISE THAT WE WILL GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING IS WEIGHING THE IMPACT ON LOWERING THE RATE VERSUS THE ABILITY TO OFFER ENHANCED SERVICES. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OUR FIRST INITIATIVE IS LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING A NEW REVENUE SOURCE. WHAT THAT WOULD BE FOR IS TO OFFSET THE COST OF PROVIDING HIGHER LEVELS OF SERVICE FOR CERTAIN APPLICATIONS. RIGHT NOW, THE COVENANT ADMIN DEPARTMENT COLLECTS A REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS LIKE SWIMMING POOLS, HOME REMODELS, OUTDOOR KITCHENS. I HANDED OUT 
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YESTERDAY AN 11 BY 17 SHE. 
          LET ME GET MY NOW. DOES EVERYONE HAVE THAT? 
          >> I THINK WE ALL DO. >> AT THIS LIST RIGHT HERE SHOWS THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF APPLICATIONS FOR COVENANT ADMIN AND IT SHOWS THE DEPOSITS, THE REFUNDABLE DEPOSITS THAT WE ARE CHARGING AND IT ALSO SHOWS WHICH OF THESE SERVICES, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE FIRST HALF OF THE PAGE, IN TERMS OF THE EXTRA EFFORT OR SOMETHING ABOVE THE BASE. THIS WOULD BE IF IT REQUIRES THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT REQUIRES INSPECTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE. WE DID SOME RESEARCH IN OUR OTHER. COMMUNITIES AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM CHARGE THESE TYPES OF FEES. WE ARE THE LONE WOLF IN TERMS OF CONTINUING TO ASSESS COMPLIANCE DEPOSITS AS OPPOSED TO CHARGING A FEE THAT IS NONREFUNDABLE FOR THE APPLICATION. AGAIN, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS WOULD NOT APPLY TO ALL APPLICATIONS SO THINGS LIKE A FENCE, ROOF REPLACEMENTS, TREE REMOVAL AND LANDSCAPING. WE ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE HIGHER-END USAGE OF STAFF TIME AND RESOURCES IN ORDER TO DO THAT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE FEES THAT WE HAVE RECOMMENDED FOR THAT, AND WE BASE THOSE OFF OF WHAT OUR. 
          COMMUNITIES ARE DOING THAT WOULD RESULT IN REVENUE JUST A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION. I AM GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> SINCE SOME OF US ARE JUST SEEING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME, I THINK IT IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA. IMPLEMENTATION WILL NOT START UNTIL JANUARY. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS? 
          >> WHAT YOU ARE DOING IN THIS BUDGET INITIATIVE IS SAYING THAT THERE WILL BE A REVENUE SERVICE HERE AND WE WOULD BRING THAT BACK TO YOU BEFORE JANUARY 1 IMPLEMENTATION AND THE FEES FOR THE SERVICES THAT YOU SEEK TO RATIFY THE FEE STRUCTURE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO -- BUT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN IT IS TRAINING THE STAFF ON HOW TO CONVEY THE NEED FOR THE FEES AND THE JUSTIFICATION OF THE FEES. AND THEN GO LIVE AND, HOPEFULLY, BY JANUARY 1 OR EARLY SPRING. 
          >> WE CURRENTLY HAVE NO FEES. IT IS JUST A DEPOSIT. 
          >> IT IS A DEPOSIT. YOU GO GET A SWIMMING POOL PUT IN AND THERE IS A DEPOSIT , DEPENDING ON WHAT SERVICE YOU ARE DOING AND THEN WE HOLD THAT UNTIL FINAL INSPECTION COMES THROUGH 
          . >> ARE WE GOING TO REDUCE THE 
          COMPOSITE? -- DEPOSIT? >> THERE IS NO DEPOSIT . 
          >> SUGGEST THE INITIAL COST? >> RIGHT. 
          >> OTHER QUESTIONS? >> HAVE WE NOT DONE THIS IN THE PAST? IS THERE A REASON WE HAVE NOT DONE IT IN THE PAST? 
          >> WE HAVE CONSIDERED IT IN THE PAST AND I GUESS IN THE PAST WE HAVE THOUGHT OF IT, WE WILL COVER THIS IN BASE SERVICES. 
          BUT THE QUANTITY AND THE FREQUENCY OF THESE TYPES OF REQUESTS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED OVER THE YEARS TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS VERY NOTICEABLE AT THE STAFF LEVEL THAT WE ARE EXPENDING A LOT OF EXTRA RESOURCES ON THESE TYPES OF APPLICATIONS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FEES FOR. 
          >> THAT IS A GREAT IDEA. >> PRESIDENT SHARP, CAN YOU DIFFERENTIATE HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT REMODELING VERSUS NEW CONSTRUCTION AND WHETHER THE NEW CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE 
          SUBJECT TO THESE FEES? >> SURE. 
          >> OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR WHICH THE TOWNSHIP HAS 
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RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH THE COVENANT, NOT ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION IS UNDER OUR PURVIEW AT THIS TIME. SOME STILL REMAINS WITH HOWARD HUGHES. THE ASPECTS THAT WE ARE REFERENCING IN THE COST PER SQUARE FOOT ITEMS THAT YOU SEE ARE WHAT WE ARE SEE , ESPECIALLY IN OLDER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY, WHERE THEY ARE PUTTING NEW HOMES DOWN THAT ARE 
          UNDER OUR PURVIEW. >> SO THIS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO BUT IF IT IS TOTALLY IN THE DEVELOPER AUSPICE IS THAT WOULD 
          NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE SEAS? >> CORRECT. 
          >> WHAT ABOUT COMMERCIAL? >> WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY OVER THOSE PROJECTS. IT DEPENDS ON EXACTLY WHERE THE COMMERCIAL IS. SOME OF THESE WOULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO US. 
          >> AND , WHAT YOU ARE SAYING THEY JUSTIFICATION IS THAT THIS IS FOR . COMMUNITIES. IS THIS ALSO SOMETHING OF THE COUNTY 
          DOES? >> THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BUILDING PERMITS AND WE APPLY FOR TELLING PERMITS ON A NUMBER OF 
          THINGS . >> AND THEY CHARGE A FEE ? 
          >> YES . >> IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH OUR 
          RATES? >> WE COMPARED OUR SELF TO. 
          COMMUNITIES. >> DIRECTOR BAILEY. 
          >> LOOKING AT THIS, IF WE GO THROUGH A HURRICANE AND PEOPLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THEIR HOMES, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT -- WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO WAIVE THESE IF A HURRICANE COMES IN 
          THAT IS A NATURAL DISASTER? >> THAT IS PROBABLY SOMETHING WE WILL NEED TO MEMORIALIZE AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG IN TERMS OF OPERATIONALIZATION. WE ARE TRYING TO GET, HERE IS WHERE WE ARE WITH THE FEES. YOUR POINT IS VALID AND WE WILL BRING THE FEES BACK TO YOU BUT WE WILL HAVE SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS 
          ANSWERED. >> IN THE PAST WE HAVE WAIVED IF THERE HAS BEEN A HURRICANE OR A FLOOD , WE HAVE EXTENDED 
          THE TIME. >> WE ARE CURRENTLY IN A MORATORIUM FOR HURRICANE DAMAGE. FOR PERMITS. NOT THE 
          ACTUAL FEES. >> WE GET A LOT OF CALLS, FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THINGS FROM SWIMMING POOLS TO ADDITIONS AND YOU REALIZE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU HAVE AND THE AMOUNT OF BACKLOG THAT YOU HAVE AS WELL. I THINK IT IS 
          RESPONSIBLE TO LOOK AT. >> OTHER QUESTIONS? 
          >> I HAVE ONE MORE. IF WE ARE LOOKING AT REVENUE IMPACT OF $1 MILLION YOU MENTIONED YOU HOPE THEY WILL START IN JANUARY BUT MORE IN THE SPRING. IS JANUARY THE ULTIMATE GOAL ? 
          >> THAT IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL BASED ON A FULL YEARS PERMIT . 
          IT IS A TWO-YEAR AVERAGE OF PERMITS SO, TO GET TO THAT $1 MILLION WE WOULD NEED TO BRING THAT FORTH STARTING JANUARY 1. 
          >> OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENT ? THANK YOU. 
          >> THE NEXT BUDGET INITIATIVE IS TO ADDRESS THE COMMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND YESTERDAY ABOUT MAINTENANCE. 
          COMMUNITY MAINTENANCE AND THE DESIRE TO BE ABLE TO ENHANCE THAT FROM OUR CURRENT LEVELS OF SERVICE. WHAT WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS LOOKING AT THIS, JOHN MCGOWAN, OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION HAS BEEN DIGGING INTO THE DETAILS OF THIS. I AM GOING TO ASK JOHN TO COME APPEAR BUT IN SUMMARY WE BELIEVE IT WILL REQUIRE SIX ADDITIONAL STAFF AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FOR THAT STAFF AND THEN THE NORMAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH A CREW. THE ONGOING COST WOULD BE $361,000 AND THE ONE-TIME COST OF $198,000. I WOULD LIKE JOHN TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS ENHANCED 
          SERVICE WOULD WORK. >> THANK YOU, MR. MCGOWAN. 
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          >> LIKE WHAT WAS SAID, WE HEARD FROM THIS WITH , TWO MONTHS FROM YESTERDAY, WE WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR 50TH BIRTHDAY. 
          SO WE WILL TRY TO BE MORE PROACTIVE THAN REACTIVE. STAFF DO AN AMAZING JOB GOING OUT BUT TO ACTUALLY GET ON MORE OF A SCHEDULING SO, EXAMPLES OF THAT WOULD BE POWER WASHING. POWER WASHING SIGNS. WE DO HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT DOES THAT BUT WE ARE ABLE TO DO IT MORE FREQUENTLY. CURRENTLY, WITH THE CONTRACTORS, WE ARE ACTUALLY BRINGING BACK IN THE FOREST A LITTLE BIT THAT IS STARTING TO COVER UP THESE SIGNS. A LOT OF THE WROUGHT IRON IS BEING A HIDDEN. THE POWER WASHING OF THESE BRICK WING WALLS , THOSE WOULD BE EXAMPLES AND ALONG THE ROADS AGAIN, ANYTHING THAT THE COUNTY DOES NOT MAINTAIN AND THAT WOULD BE BRIDGE RAILINGS AND THE ROCK WALLS ARE THERE SO WE HAVE ABOUT 21.5 MILES OF GUARDRAILS ON THE ROADS AND THE PATHWAYS. IT JUST DEPENDS WHERE YOU WANT TO LOOK. PSALM ARE THE ORANGE COLOR AND SOME ARE THE NATURAL PATINA. IF WE WANT TO TO START PAINTING THOSE THIS IS WHERE THE CREW WOULD COME IN. 
          IT IS BEING MORE PROACTIVE AND NOT REACT IF. WE HAVE A 80 TENNIS COURTS SO EVERY FEW MONTHS WE NEED A POWER WASHING. 
          PAINTING THE RESTROOMS AND UPDATING THEM. PAVILIONS. WITH THE AMOUNT OF USE THAT THE PAVILIONS GET, WE WANT TO FRESHEN THEM UP THERE SO THESE CREWS, THEY WOULD BE SCHEDULED TO DO THAT WORK THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. 
          >> IT DID I UNDERSTAND YOU TO SAY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE CONTRACTORS THAT DO THIS AT THIS WOULD BE SUPPLEMENTAL ? OR 
          IN ADDITION TO. >> FOR THE ENTRY SIGNS, HAVE POWER WASHING AND GRAFFITI REMOVAL AND SUCH BUT GUARDRAILS, THOSE ARE THE ONES WHERE WHEN WE GET THIS REQUEST WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND FIND CONTRACTORS. IT IS DIFFICULT ON 
          SOME OF THE SIZES. >> THE STUFF THAT WE HAVE CONTRACTED, IS THAT ON A REGULAR MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE? OR WORK ORDER BASIS? HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT? 
          >> THAT IS ON A SCHEDULE OF EVERY THREE YEARS. WE GO THROUGH THE VILLAGES IN THROUGH A CYCLE. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, AS NEEDED, WE CAN SCHEDULE THAT RIGHT AWAY BUT THAT IS THE 
          SCHEDULE. >> AN FAVOR OF IT BUT MY QUESTIONS ARE POINTED TO, ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS BEING DONE SO AS TO AVOID HAVING TO PAY SOMEBODY ELSE TO 
          DO IT AS WELL. >> WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST THAT GOES AROUND THE PARK AND FOLLOWS THE CONTRACTOR AND GIVES THEM A REPORT CARD AND GOES TO WEEKLY MEETINGS. THIS YEAR WE ARE ASKING FORD AN EQUIVALENT OF THAT IN THE STREETSCAPES SO WE HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THERE WATCHING WHEN THEY WROTE -- MO THE 
          ROADS. THAT IS INCLUDED. >> ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? 
          >> I HAVE SOME. I DON'T KNOW IF SIX STAFF IS ENOUGH. WE HAVE SEEN THE CREEP OF WHAT I GUESS BRIGHTVIEW IS DOING. I CAN SHOW YOU PICTURES UPON PICTURES. WHERE THEY HAVE JUST LET IT GO. 
          I AM A BELIEVER IN WHAT GETS MANAGED GETS DONE AND HOW WE MANAGE THESE CONTRACTORS IS GOING TO BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKING SURE THAT WE LOOK GOOD. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL COMPETING COMMUNITIES , THEY SAY THAT THE WOODLANDS IS SHOWING ITS AGE. AS WE RECRUIT BUSINESSES , WE HAVE GOT TO UP 
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OUR GAME. WE HAVE VISITORS THAT GO DOWN THE WATERWAY AND THEY SEE THINGS THAT JUST DON'T LOOK GOOD. I KNOW WE WILL HAVE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS OPEN BUT IT IS A PASSIN OF MINE THAT WE GET BACK TO A COMMUNITY THAT IS --. I JUST CAME BACK FROM SEASIDE AND THEY ARE AN UNINCORPORATED AREA. A COASTAL COMMUNITY BUT, IT IS IMMACULATE. THEY PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE START TO BRING THAT LEVEL. I BELIEVE THAT IS THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE. I REALLY WANT TO START GRINDING OUR STUMPS. WE DON'T GET THAT DOWN AND JUST LEAVE IT IN THE CAUSEWAY. THAT LOOKS BAD. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MANAGING CONTRACTORS AND WE ARE DOING WHAT IT TAKES. I THINK IT HAS A CREEP INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE HAVE SEEN COVENANT ISSUES WITH FENCES FALLING DOWN AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT IF WE TAKE THE LEVEL OF THE STREET CAPE -- STREETSCAPES AND OUR PARKS, IT SENDS A MESSAGE. MOLD IS ANOTHER BIG THING. YOU GO TO THE DOWNTOWN CENTER AND TWO OF THE TALLEST BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MOLD ON THEM. HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMERCIAL AREAS ARE --. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO DO THIS. 
          AND THE GAME PLAN IS TO DO IT DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO. I DON'T HAVE A GOOD GRASP OF WE ARE GOING TO HIRE ONE PERSON AND HE IS GOING TO FOLLOW A CREW AROUND. IS 
          THAT REALLY GOING TO DO IT? >> KEEP IN MIND, ALL OF OUR SUPERVISORS, WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE COMMUNITY WATCHING WHAT WE ARE DOING. THIS DESIGNATED PERSON WILL FOLLOW THE CREWS AND BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND THAT WILL HELP WITH THE STREET ESCAPES AND THE PARKS. DEPARTMENT WIDE, ONE PERSON IS NOT ENOUGH BUT WE ARE MAKING SURE CONTRACTORS ARE LIVING UP TO THE CONTRACTS AND IT IS DIFFICULT. THEY ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH WORKFORCE AND THE TYPE OF WORKFORCE BUT WE ARE ON THEM CONSTANTLY BEATING DOWN WHAT THE SPECIFICATIONS ARE. 
          >> SO, THE NUMBER OF PARKS, WHAT IT WAS AND WHAT IT IS TODAY, JUST IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT YOU ADDED STAFF? WE HAVE THIS LARGE INCREASE OF THE CONVEYANCE OF THE WATERWAY AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS LIKE ADDITIONAL PARKS. THE COMMUNITY HAS GROWN. I DON'T THINK YOUR TEAM HAS ADDED STAFF IN SEVERAL YEARS. AND WE ARE EXPECTING 
          MORE. >> YOU ARE CORRECT. WE HAVE ADDED STAFF. WE ADDED A PART-TIME PARK RANGER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND WE ADDED STAFF WHEN THE WATERWAY WAS CONVEYED TO US BUT FOR PARK OPERATIONS, WE HAVE NOT ADDED STAFF IN YEARS. PRIORITIES HAVE BEEN ELSEWHERE. WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT , WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND LOWERING THE TAX RATE AND OFFERING A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE THINGS COST US IN TERMS OF REVENUE. TO ADDRESS ALL OF THESE WE DID NOT GET HERE OVERNIGHT AND WE WILL NOT FIX THIS OVERNIGHT. WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING ARE THE SIX STAFF AND THE 4 1/2 STAFF IN THE BASE BUDGET. THAT IS AN ADDITION OF 10 1/2 STAFF. JOHN DID A GREAT JOB OF DEVELOPING A PROGRAM AND WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT THAT PROGRAM AND SEE WHAT TYPE OF PROGRESS WE CAN MAKE AND IF WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS SUFFICIENT TO GET US WHERE WE WANT, WE WILL BE BACK UNTIL WE GET IT TO WHERE WE ARE ALL SATISFIED . 
          >> I DO HAVE A COMMENT TO JOHN. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK YOU ARE 
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DOING A WONDERFUL JOB CONSIDERING THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PARKS SYSTEM. I DON'T KNOW OF A SYSTEM ANYWHERE ELSE THAT IS BIGGER FOR THE SIZE OF OUR COMMUNITY, PER CAPITA SO BRAVO TO YOUR TEAM FOR THE JOB THAT YOU ARE DOING AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL DO AN EVEN BETTER JOB WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE GIVE YOU. 
          I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT PRODUCTIVITY. WE DON'T WANT THE KEYSTONE COPS CHASING AROUND AND TRYING TO DO THINGS MANUALLY THAT MIGHT BE BETTER SERVED TECHNOLOGICALLY. IS THERE SOMETHING COMING DOWN THE LINE WHETHER IT IS A I OR DRONES OR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT ASSIST US IN THE MONITORING OF OUR PARKS SO WE KNOW WHERE THE PROBLEM SOURCES ARE RATHER THAN WAITING WORST KNOWING WHERE SOMEONE IS WAITING TO MAKE A COMPLAINT? WE HAVE IPADS WITH FORMS OUT THERE THAT CAN BE FILLED OUT. IT REALLY, IT IS ALL OF US IN THE FIELD LIKE YOU ELABORATED TO. 150 PARKS IS A LOT. IT IS EVERYBODY LOOKING AT THAT. WE HAVE A VERY CONNECTED COMMUNITY AND THEY WILL LET US 
          KNOW WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES. >> HOW MUCH IS THE CONTRACT 
          WITH THE BRIGHTVIEW? >> I WILL LOOK IT UP. 
          >> ARE THEY ONLY CONTRACTOR DOING STREETSCAPES? 
          >> BRIGHTVIEW CURRENTLY DOES THE COMMUNITY AND BERKELEY SERVICES DOES THE TOWN CENTER. WE BROKE THOSE UP A FEW YEARS 
          AGO. >> THE REASON THE BOARD DECIDED THAT THAT TIME TO DO THAT WAS , ONE COULD NOT HANDLE THE IMMEDIACY AND THE LEVEL THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY EXPECT. 
          >> YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT SO, WE COULD ALSO LEVERAGE EACH OTHER. 
          THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL SERVICES BUILT INTO THEIR CONTRACT TO 
          PICK UP THE SLACK >> SO , WE ARE LOOKING AT A RECURRING PROGRAM FOR FACILITIES MAINTENANCE? 
          >> YES. >> DIRECTOR BAILEY, WE DID TALK ABOUT, I AM SURE PARKS AND RECREATION COULD USE A LOT MORE EMPLOYEES THAN WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR. AT THE SAME TIME WE DON'T WANT TO GROW THE GOVERNMENT ANY MORE THAN WE NEED TO SO WE TALKED ABOUT EVALUATING AND COMING BACK. AND ESTABLISHING A METHOD BY WHICH WE JUDGE OR GRADE WHAT WORK IS BEING DONE TO THE SATISFACTION OF PARKS AND REC, THE BOARD, AND THE COMMUNITY SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A VERY 
          CONSERVATIVE ASK. >> I GET THAT. I MEAN, I BELIEVE THAT OUTSOURCING IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DOES A GREAT JOB AND WE OUTSOURCE THAT. I DON'T BELIEVE IN ADDING MORE PEOPLE. MY PROBLEM IS, I AM SURE WE WILL GET A NUMBER BACK FROM MONIQUE THAT IS IN THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WE ARE PAYING SOMEONE TO DO A JOB AND I CAN SHOW YOU MASSIVE -- A MASSIVE WALL THAT IS ALL STONE AND COVERED UP WITH VINES AND GROWTH AND PEOPLE PASS IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. THEY DON'T EVEN NOTICE IT. SO, I THINK WE HAVE JUST GOTTEN REALLY , GOING THROUGH AND GOING THROUGH AND WE PASSED BY IT AND DON'T EVEN RECOGNIZE IT . 
          >> WE JUST LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE WE GET RAIN AND HEAT. WE ARE IN THE WOODLANDS. IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF CREEP IF YOU DON'T CUT SOMETHING BACK FAR ENOUGH. IT WILL BECOME TWO INCHES WHICH BECOMES SIX INCHES WHICH BECOMES A FOOT AND IT IS 
          A LOT TO MANAGE. >> SOME OF THESE CONCERNS ARE BEING ADDRESSED WITH AN INITIATIVE THREE AND WHAT WE 
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ARE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW SO THAT THE MAINTENANCE THAT OUR STAFF HAS THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE MANPOWER TO ADDRESS THESE 
          NEEDS. >> TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS ON STREETSCAPE. THE CONTRACTED AMOUNT IS $4 MILLION AND IN TOWN CENTER IT IS $2.2 MILLION AND IN PARKS AND RECREATION IT 
          IS $2.8 MILLION. >> PROBABLY ONE OF THE LARGEST LANDSCAPE BUDGETS IN THE COUNTRY. ARE THEY TASKED WITH DOING THESE THINGS ON THEIR OWN AND THERE IS TOO MUCH WORK FOR THEM TO DO IT ALL? OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH AND CHECK THE BOXES AND HEY, I AM SUPPOSED TO DO THIS TWICE A YEAR. ARE THEY PAID THE SAME AMOUNT IF THEY DO IT TWO TIMES 
          A YEAR OR FOUR TIMES A YEAR? >> ACTUALLY THIS IS REALLY NOT IN THEIR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT. THE BRIDGE RAILINGS, THEY WILL MOW THE GRASS ALONG THE ROAD BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE 
          NOT UNDER THE CONTRACT. >> IT IS KIND OF LIKE THE COUNTY DOES THINGS. BUT THEN WE HAD HANDSET -- ENHANCE IT AT 
          OTHER INTERSECTIONS . >> WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO ENHANCE SOME OF THOSE AND THEN IT IS STILL UNDER SALARY AND 
          BENEFITS? >> WE WISH WE COULD DO THAT BUT THEY ARE STRUGGLING. THEY ARE STRUGGLING WITH BASE AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY MEETING WITH THEM AND NOT A HAPPY AND TRYING TO GET BETTER BUT BRINGING IT IN HOUSE WITH MORE OWNERSHIP AND MAKING SURE IT GETS DONE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T 
          HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE. >> I DID CHECK AND WE DO HAVE A STUMP GRINDER. WE HAVE AND WE DO IT WE CAN TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          >> VINE REMOVAL. IS THAT PART OF THE CONTRACT? 
          >> YES. IT IS SEPARATE THAT YES, VINE REMOVAL. 
          >> IS THAT IN A THE RIGHT VIEW PURVIEW? 
          >> VINE MAINTENANCE BY SOLOMON IS WHO DOES THAT ONE AND WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH IN THE TREE REMOVAL WITH THAT. 
          >> JOHN, WOULD YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DISCUSSION ON VINE REMOVAL AND WHY THAT IS SO DIFFICULT AND THEN THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED 
          >> WE DO HAVE BUDGETED 240 DAYS TO GO OUT AND WE DO HAVE A CREW THAT WILL GO OUT JANUARY THROUGH MARCH AND THEN THEY GO OUT AND THEY CUT THE VINES AT THE BOTTOM AND RIGHT NOW THEY PULL THEM DOWN AND IT IS DIFFICULT AND SPREADING. WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING SO SEEING HOW THE TREES WORK AND HOW MANY TREES WE NEED THAT WE NEED TO ALLOCATE THAT . AND THAT IS ONLY IN WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP PROPERTY. THE ENDS OF THE FOREST ARE THE ROADS AND THAT IS WHERE VINES GROW. WE HAVE A LOT OF EDGES ON THE WOODLANDS HERE THEY GO OUT AND THEY WILL DO SOME SMALLER AREAS AND POINT OUT THE BIGGER ONES TO OURS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP. 
          >> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? >> SINCE WE ARE TALKING CONTRACTED SERVICES, I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER THE WORKSHEET THAT I DID PROVIDE YOU ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE GO THROUGH WHEN WE TRY TO DETERMINE IF WE WANT TO ADD CONTRACTED SERVICES OR IF WE THINK IT IS MORE UNOFFICIAL TO ADD STAFF. THIS IS THE COST ANALYSIS AND SUMMARY SHEET. WE DEFINITELY HAVE A PROCESS AND WE CONSIDER 
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THINGS AND A LOT OF IT, BESIDE THE COST, WE FACTOR THAT IN BUT WHAT JOHN JUST SAID, WE LOOK AT WHAT THE QUALITY OF THE WORK IS THAT WE CAN GET FROM STAFF AND WE CAN ENFORCE OUR OWN STANDARDS VERSUS WITH CONTRACTS. IN CONTRACTS WE DO HAVE STANDARDS BUT IT IS EASIER TO ADDRESS IT THROUGH A CONTRACT BASIS SO ALL OF THIS FACTOR INTO OUR DECISIONS. 
          >> OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? NO? OKAY. THE FOURTH BUDGETED INITIATIVE HAS TO DO WITH THE WATERWAY SQUARE FOUNTAIN. AS YOU WELL KNOW, IT IS A CHALLENGE TO KEEP THAT OPERATIONAL, TO SAY THE LEAST. IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE ALMOST 
          SINCE IT WAS CONVEYED TO US. >> THESE NUMBERS ARE 
          UNBELIEVABLE. >> YES. 12 YEARS AGO. WE HAVE DONE THE BEST WITH WHAT WE HAVE. WE CANNOT PATCH TOGETHER ANYMORE. IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE A CAPITAL INVESTMENT TO REPAIR IT TO AN OPERATIONAL FOUNTAIN. WE CONTRACTED WITH THE COMPANY EARLIER THIS YEAR CALLED WATER MOVES THAT SPECIALIZES IN THESE TYPES OF FOUNTAINS THAT WE HAVE HERE. THEY HAVE PROVIDED US AN ESTIMATE WITH WHAT THEY BELIEVE IT WOULD TAKE TO RESTORE THE FOUNTAIN. THE TOTAL ESTIMATE IS $6.4 MILLION. WE PRIORITIZED THOSE INTO PRIORITY A AND PRIORITY B. PRIORITY A WILL DEAL WITH STRUCTURAL AND UPGRADE THE LIGHTS SO THAT WILL GET US BACK TO A RELIABLE FUNCTIONAL WATERFALL. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL AMENITY WHEN IT WORKS. WE WILL UPGRADE THE LIGHTS THAT WHAT PRIORITY B DOES , THAT ADDITIONAL $2.9 MILLION, WILL GET IT BACK TO PROGRAMMING LEVELS WHERE YOU HAVE SYNCHRONIZED WITH MUSIC AND LIGHT AND JETS. SO WHAT STAFF AND THE BUDGET TASK FORCE ARE RECOMMENDING IS PRIORITY A. 
          >> HOW OLD IS THIS ? >> IT WAS CONVEYED IN 2008. 
          >> AND IT HAS HAD CHALLENGES THE 10 YEARS I HAVE BEEN ON THE 
          BOARD. >> IT HAS HAD CHALLENGES SINCE 
          2008 . >> WHY ? 
          >> THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION. THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT WE 
          REALLY KNOW TO CHALK IT UP TO. >> IS THE, THE SPLASH PAD? 
          >> THE SPLASH PAD WILL BE PART OF THIS. IT WON'T SYNCHRONIZED TO THE SHOW BUT IT WILL SPRAY AND HAVE THE LIGHT FEATURES. 
          >> THE SPLASH PAD IS WORKING RIGHT NOW THOUGH . 
          >> NOT RELIABLY . >> THERE ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF 
          JETS. >> AND THIS IS PART OF THE $3.5 
          MILLION? >> YES . 
          >> I THINK WE NEED TO FIX IT TO SOME EXTENT OR TAKE THE WHOLE THING OUT AND I BELIEVE DURING DISCUSSIONS WE SAID TAKING IT OUT WOULD BE A NIGHTMARE AND A HUGE EXPENSE. THE LABOR DAY CELEBRATION IS GOING TO BE AT WATERWAY SQUARE. 
          >> AND THINK OF THE HOTELS AND THE RESTAURANT. IT IS JUST PART 
          OF THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE. >> IT IS A BEAUTIFUL FOUNTAIN 
          WHEN IT WORKS. >> CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT COLUMNS OR CATEGORIES THIS CAN COME FROM? 
          >> WHAT WE ARE SUGGESTING IS BECAUSE THIS IS IN A TOURISM AREA AND ATTRACTION WE WOULD FUND IT OUT OF THE HOTEL TAX RESERVE. WE EXPECT THAT BALANCE TO BE A $.8 MILLION TO GET TO A BALANCE OF OVER $12 MILLION. YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST $1.5 MILLION, IN THE BASE BUDGET, I HAD ALREADY FUNDED $1.5 MILLION. I HAVE ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR $1.5 MILLION. IF YOU WANT TO GO WITH PRIORITY A YOU NEED TO GO WITH ANOTHER $2 MILLION. AND I DO SUGGEST WE TAKE THAT OUT OF THE HOTEL TAX 
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RESERVE AND IF WE DID THAT WE WILL STILL HAVE A BALANCE REMAINING OF $8.8 MILLION IN THE HOTEL TAX RESERVE. IF YOU WANT TO DO PRIORITY B THAT WOULD TAKE THE HOTEL TAX 
          RESERVE TO $5.9 MILLION. >> WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? 
          >> JUST REMOVAL OF THE GRASS SEEMED TO TAKE A LONG TIME. I 
          WORK RIGHT ABOVE THAT . >> YOU WILL BE AROUND EIGHT 
          MONTHS OR A YEAR. >> BRAD WILL STAND DOWN THERE WITH A WATER HOSE WHILE IT'S BEING DONE. 
          >> ARE YOU CONCERNED WITH THIS? $3.5 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY. 
          THAT'S A FIRE TRUCK, ISN'T IT? CAN'T WE JUST GET A FIRE TRUCK 
          WITH A HOSE AND WATER IT? >> GET CREATIVE . 
          >> THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE ITEM. THIS IS A SHOWPIECE. IT HAS NOT WORKED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE THINGS I MENTIONED TO THE BUDGET TAX FORCE -- TASK FORCE, WE NEED TO SPEND MONEY EVERY YEAR TO MAKE SURE IT IS 
          MAINTAINED. >> WHY IS IT THAT THIS FOUNTAIN, AND I KNOW THE COMPLEXITY SEEMS TO BE PROBABLY AT THE HORIZON OF WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT IN TO BEGIN WITH. 
          SEEMINGLY IT WAS JUST TOO COMPLEX FOR LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE BUT, I GO TO EUROPE AND THEY HAVE BIGGER FOUNTAINS THAT BANNED THESE AND MUCH MUCH OLDER. DO THEY STRUGGLE WITH THIS? DO WE NEED TO GO OUT OF COUNTRY TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT CAN BUILD AND MANAGE A FOUNTAIN? IT SEEMS ODD THAT IT IS SO HARD TO FIX IT. WE CAN PUT MEN AND WOMEN IN SPACE BUT 
          WE CAN'T FIX A FOUNTAIN? >> I UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMENT. 
          SOMETIMES THE MORE COMPLEX THINGS THAT WE MAKE THE MORE CHALLENGING THEY ARE. I KNOW JOHN MCGOWAN , HIS EXPERTISE IS AQUATICS AND WE HAVE HAD TO GO BACK AND STREAMLINE THE PUMP SYSTEMS, MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. BECAUSE THEY ARE SO COMPLEX THAT WE JUST CAN'T GET THEM TO WORK. IT IS NOT A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE FOR JOHN. HOW DO WE RETRACT THAT AND MAKE IT A SIMPLER PROCESS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN WORK ON IT EASIER AND 
          PRODUCE A DESIRED RESULT. >> 
          >> WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THE PREVIOUS COMMENT, WE NEED A PLAN FOR THE SYSTEMATIC REPLACEMENT OF STUFF. I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS. I KNOW WE HAVE STREAMLINED THE NUMBER OF PUMPS IN THERE AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT. 
          PART OF IT IS THE PUMPS ON THE MOTORS. THEY ARE EXPERTS IN THAT. THEY KNOW HOW MOTORS WORK AND HOW WATER PROPULSION WORKS. 
          IT IS THE COMPUTER PROGRAMMING. GETTING THEM TO SERVICE THE COMPUTER PROGRAMS. AND THE LIGHTS ALL HAVE IP ADDRESSES TO GO BACK TO THE COMPUTER AND FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE IS ON. THE JETS HAVE IP ADDRESSES SO IT IS ABOUT FINDING RELIABLE PEOPLE TO ADDRESS THAT ON A LEVEL THAT WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. 
          >> WHO GAVE US BIDS? >> JUST THIS IS JUST THE CONSULTANT ESTIMATE. WE NOW HAVE TO WORK WITH THE 
          CONSULTANT . >> ARE OKAY. IF THERE IS NO 
          FURTHER QUESTIONS -- >> YOU JUST CAN'T PLAY LEE GREENWOOD EVERY DAY OUTSIDE MY WINDOW. 
          >> IT THAT WILL BRING US TO BUDGETED INITIATIVE NUMBER 
          FIVE. MONIQUE. >> THIS IS THE WATERWAY BRIDGE TOWER. THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS THE CONDITION THAT WE RECEIVED IT UPON CONVEYANCE LAST YEAR FROM THE DEVELOPER. 
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WE HAVE POWER WASHED AND DONE EVERYTHING WE KNOW TO DO SO FAR IN ORDER TO GET IT TO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW WHICH IS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. TO IMPROVE UPON THIS -- AND WHAT THIS NEEDS, THE LASER TECHNOLOGY. OUT OF THE CURRENT OPERATING BUDGET WE ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO CLEAN THE BRICK WITH LASER TECHNOLOGY AND WE HOPE TO GET A GOOD RESULT FROM THAT. EVEN WITH THE LASER TECHNOLOGY THAT IS LIKELY A SHORT TERM SOLUTION. LONG-TERM WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ISSUES BECAUSE THERE IS EXPOSED REBAR IN THOSE COLUMNS . SO , WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE AND WE DO NOT HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT YET. 
          >> IS THAT A FOUNDATIONAL ISSUE? 
          >> SO, WHEN YOU HAVE BRICKWORK, IT IS NOT UNCOMMON THAT THE REBAR BEHIND THE BRICK, ANY TYPE OF MICROFRACTURE WITHIN THE MORTAR, WATER GOES IN AND WHEN IT HITS THE REBAR RUST WILL START OCCURRING AND THAT WILL EXPAND AND BLOW. PREVIOUS TO THIS I DID THREE HISTORICAL RENOVATIONS AND WE HAD TO TALK POINT THE MASONARY AND GROUND OUT THE MASONRY AND TALK POINT. 
          WE WANT TO SEE HOW THIS WORKS BETWEEN THE LASER TECHNOLOGY AND PRESSURE WASHING, DOES THAT MAINTAIN TO A LEVEL THAT YOU DESIRE? OR DO WE NEED TO GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL AND BRING THAT 
          BACK NEXT YEAR? >> I KNOW THE CONVEYANCE OF THE WATERWAY, A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THAT. KUDOS TO PARKS FOR DOING THAT BUT DID WE NOT SEE THIS COMING WHEN THIS WAS CONVEYED ON US ? I DON'T KNOW. THIS IS MASSIVE. THIS IS THE BACKDROP OF THE IRONMAN FINISH LINE. THE ELEVATOR DOES NOT WORK. THAT IS NOT EVEN INCLUDED. ARE THEY FIXING THAT? 
          >> THAT IS STILL PART OF THE PUNCH LIST. THERE ARE STILL FOUR OR FIVE THINGS THAT THEY ARE WAITING TO GET DONE AS PART 
          OF THE DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS. >> THE AMOUNT OF REST, ON THE 
          TOP STRUCTURE, -- >> THE MANILA COLOR WAS PAINTED AND IN THE BASE BUDGET IT IS TO REPAINT THE GREEN METALWORK AS WELL AS OVERHAUL THE LIGHT SYSTEM. THAT IS IN THE BASE 
          BUDGET. NOT INITIATIVE. >> JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW WE DID ASK ABOUT PAINTING AND THE GERMAN SMEAR. 
          >> I DID GET IT APPROVED FROM THE WOODLANDS TO DO GERMAN 
          SMEAR. >> I HOPE THIS WILL GET US RESULTS THAT WE WANT TO AND IF NOT WE WILL MOVE ON TO PLAN B. 
          IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO BUDGET INITIATIVE NUMBER SIX. 
          >> IF YOU HAVE DRIVEN BY , WE HAVE PEOPLE PARKING UP-AND-DOWN RESEARCH FOREST ON THE SIDELINES BECAUSE THE CURRENT LOT HAS 236 SPACES AND THAT IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH FOR ALL OF THE ATTENDEES THAT WOULD BE THERE. WE ARE PROPOSING AND ACTUALLY, DIRECTOR BAILEY TALK WITH US ABOUT THIS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. WE ARE PROPOSING A LOCATION, WHICH IS HERE. RIGHT HERE IS THE SPORTS FIELDS AND THIS IS RESEARCH FOREST. THIS IS FOR REC CENTER SO WE ARE PROPOSING CONSTRUCT DURING AN ADDITIONAL 105 LOT. 105 PARKING SPACES. WE ON THE ROAD 
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UNDERNEATH RIGHT HERE AND WE ARE PROPOSING, THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS. EITHER ASPHALT OR CRUSHED LIMESTONE TO CONSTRUCT 
          THOSE SPACES. >> SO THEY WOULD BE CROSSING 
          RESEARCH? >> THERE IS 130 ADDITIONAL 
          PARKING SPACES. >> IT IS VERY DANGEROUS WITH YOUNG KIDS GETTING OUT OF THEIR CARS. ALL WE NEED IS ONE MORE 
          BAD ACCIDENT THERE. >> SO, AGAIN, I AM SAID JUSTIN THAT WE FUND THIS OUT OF THE HOTEL TAX RESERVE. IT IS A SPORTS TOURISM TYPE OF PROJECT. AND PARK WITH THE HOTEL TAX. 
          ASSUMING I HAD GONE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE WOULD FOCUS ON PRIORITY A SO THAT IS REFLECTED IN BLUE SO THEN IF WE WENT ACROSS THE PARKING LOT THAT WOULD BRING THE BALANCE 
          DOWN TO A $.5 MILLION. >> AND, THE ASPHALT WILL HAVE MORE ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND CARE REQUIRED? THE LONGEVITY? 
          >> AT THE TASK FORCE I MENTIONED THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO WEED CONTROL ON THE CRUSHED AGGREGATE BUT -- AGGREGATE. 
          WITH THE ASPHALT, ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS WHY ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS FOR THE AGGREGATE WAS DRAINAGE ISSUES. 
          >> OUR SPORTS TOURISM IS FLOURISHING AND WITH THE CHURCH THERE ON SUNDAY, I HAVE SEEN CARS PARKED IN THE MEDIAN AND IT IS PRETTY BAD. IT IS DANGEROUS. THIS WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD WAY TO -- THAT IS A LOT OF CARS AND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR A TOP AREA. 
          >> ALSO, HAVE WE NOT ADDRESS SOME OF THE RENOVATION OF YOUR BRANCH LIKE THE RESTROOMS AND THE FIELD. 
          >> RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE REPLACING ALL OF THE TURF ON TO ALL FOUR OF THOSE FIELDS. YOU ARE IN THE ACTIVE ASPECT OF THAT ROOM. 
          ACROSS THE STREET, WE HAVE NOT BROUGHT FORTH TO YOU , THE FINAL DESIGN. WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH DRAINAGE REVIEW OWNED ANOTHER 100 PLUS PARKING SPOTS WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THAT TO 
          SERVE THE WRECK COMMUNITY. >> WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES GOING ON THERE , IT IS JUST A DISASTER AND REALLY IT IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. 
          >> IS THERE A LIGHT THERE? >> THAT BRINGS US , WITH NO OTHER QUESTIONS GOT TO INITIATIVE NUMBER SEVEN. 
          >> THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS THIS YEAR ABOUT PLACING SHADE STRUCTURES OVER THE PLAYGROUNDS. WE HAVE SIX THAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AND WE DID DO SOME RESEARCH ON THE PROS AND CONS OF ADDING THOSE STRUCTURES. WE HAVE A LIST OF WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE TASK FORCE. AT A TOTAL COST OF $50,000 BUT I WANT TO GO THROUGH THESE AND ILLUSTRATE WHY THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE. WITH SPRAY GROUNDS AND HAVE THAT SHADED WITH ALL OF THE WATER AND DAMP THIS IT WILL INCREASE MOLD ON THOSE AREAS THAT THEN BECOMES A SAFETY SITUATION BECAUSE IT BECOMES SLIPPERY. WE ALSO WOULD HAVE OVERSPRAY DAMAGE AND WE WOULD NEED TO CONSIDER THAT. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THESE, AND IT WAS INTENTIONAL WHEN THEY WERE BUILT, THERE IS SHADE AROUND THOSE THAT IS PROVIDED THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY THROUGH THE TREES. YOU CAN SEE TAMARIN WAS NOT RECOMMENDED AGAIN BECAUSE THERE IS SHADE OR AMENITIES CLOSE BY. LIKE PAVILIONS WHERE THERE IS A PLACE THAT WHEN YOU 
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ARE NOT ON THE SPRAY GROUND YOU CAN GET OUT OF THE SUN, HAVE LUNCH , OR REST WITHIN THE SHADED AREAS. ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS THE VILLAGE GREEN PARK. WE WOULD ADD THE SHADE STRUCTURE ON TOP OF THAT. IT DOES PROVIDE AN ADJACENT SHADE STRUCTURE. THIS IS AT SHADOW BEEN PARK. THERE WERE PAVILIONS AND SEATING AREAS AND A LOT OF SHADE HERE NATURALLY. HERE IS SAWMILL PARK. YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE THERE IS THE ABILITY TO GET OUT OF THE SUN. 
          HERE IS BEAR BRANCH AND THEY DID LOOK AT THIS SPECIFICALLY. 
          THEY DO NOT RECOMMEND FULL COVERAGE IN TERMS OF ALGAE AND MOLD GROWING IN SHADED AREAS CAUSING UNSAFE CONDITIONS HOWEVER, IF THE BOARD WANTED TO WE COULD LOOK AT ADDING AN ADDITIONAL SHADE STRUCTURE ADJACENT TO IT . THERE ARE SOME THERE. IF WE WANTED TO THERE IS ROOM TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL STRUCTURE . A PARTIAL SHADE STRUCTURE. 
          >> SO THOSE WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE T■ASK FORCE T 50,000 . 
          >> VERY DETAILED. IT WAS GREAT SEEING THIS. THE MESSAGE HAS TO GET OUT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE MOLD. FOR THOSE ASKING ABOUT THIS, THAT IS A GREAT TALKING POINT . 
          >> IS A DERMATOLOGIST I WILL TELL YOU THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND IT IS VERY VALUABLE TO BE ABLE TO GET IN THE SUN, GET A LITTLE VITAMIN D, ENJOY IT, AND STEP AWAY AND APPLY YOUR SUNSCREEN. 
          THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ADDRESSING. 
          >> I UNDERSTAND. IF NO OTHER COMMENTS THAT WE WILL MOVE ON TO BUDGET INITIATIVE NUMBER EIGHT. 
          >> BUDGET INITIATIVE NUMBER EIGHT IS A PATHWAY CONNECTOR ON BAY MILLS DRIVE AND TO GIVE YOU THE LOCATION THIS IS CREEKSIDE GREEN. THIS IS THE AREA THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE. 
          HARRIS COUNTY HAS DONE THEIR PORTION TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THIS AND THEY ARE ASKING THE TOWNSHIP TO COMPLETE THE CONNECTION OF THE PATHWAY AT A COST OF $22,000. ANY QUESTIONS? 
          >> INITIATIVE NUMBER NINE. >> THIS IS A PATHWAY CONNECTOR FOR THE WOODLANDS RESERVE AND WE HAVE HAD SOME WOODLANDS RESERVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE ASKING ABOUT. WE HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS TO CONSIDER AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, THIS IS ON GOSLING AND THIS IS THE RESERVE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS FIRE STATION EIGHT. OPTION ONE WOULD BE BUILDING A PATHWAY OUTSIDE OF THE RESERVE AND CROSSING OVER HERE AT THE FIRE STATION CROSSING AND FROM THERE WE WOULD ACCESS THE EXISTING PATHWAY OPTION. ANOTHER OPTION, WHICH IS MUCH LONGER, IS TO GO OVER HERE AND CONNECT RIGHT HERE TO THE PATHWAY SYSTEM. IN THE PAST THIS WAS AN OPTION THAT WAS CONSIDERED ORIGINALLY AND THIS TRACE CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD WAS OPPOSED BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE OUT A GOOD PORTION OF THE RESERVES BEHIND THEIR HOMES AND IN ADDITION TO THE COST, THAT IS WHY, IF ANYTHING WE WOULD RECOMMEND OPTION NUMBER ONE. HOWEVER, WE WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT WE THINK THIS SHOULD BE A 50-50 SHARED PROJECT WITH HOWARD HUGHES. WHEN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WAS BUILT BY THE DEVELOPER ON THEIR MAPS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE INFORMATION GIVEN TO THE RESIDENTS, THEY DID INDICATE A PATHWAY BUT IT WAS NOT CONSTRUCT DID. WE HAVE REQUESTED , MULTIPLE TIMES, FROM HOWARD HUGHES IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE 
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IN THIS COST AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE BACK. AT THIS TIME, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE BUDGET TASK FORCE LEVEL IS TO NOT INCLUDE THIS IN TERMS OF THE INITIATIVE UNTIL WE HEAR BACK FROM HOWARD HUGHES AND UNTIL THEM WE WOULD FURTHER DEVELOP OPTION NUMBER ONE WITH THEM AND AT THAT TIME WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND WITH ANY UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE WE WOULD ADDRESS THAT AT THAT TIME. 
          >> THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO INITIATIVE 10. 
          >> INITIATIVE 10 , THE RESIDENTS OF THE MONSTER NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE REQUESTED A FENCE REPLACEMENT FOR ONE THAT HAS BEEN KNOCKED DOWN. THE DEVELOPER CONSTRUCTED AN EIGHT FOOT DOUBLE-SIDED FENCE ABOUT 1600 LINEAR FEET WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS DEVELOPED TO SERVE AS A NOISE BARRIER AND IN 2020 A 12 FOOT CONCRETE WALL WAS BUILT RIGHT BEHIND THOSE AREAS BY TEXT.. THIS IS THE MONTFAIR NEIGHBORHOOD . WHAT YOU SEE IS THE ORIGINAL FENCE AND THEN THE CONCRETE WALL BUILT BY TXDOT . THERE ARE GAPS TO ALLOW FOR UTILITIES AND MAINTENANCE VEHICLES TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE UTILITIES. IS SO WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING OR WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE TASK FORCE, WE COULD REBUILD THAT FENCE. THE PURPOSE IS REALLY JUST AS AN AMENITY BECAUSE THEY ARE USED TO HAVING IT BUT IT IS NO LONGER SERVING AS A SOUND OR VISUAL BARRIER. WE COULD REBUILD IT TO ITS ORIGINAL STANDARD WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT $105,000. WE COULD REBUILD AT A LESSER STANDARD OF $84,000. WE COULD CONSTRUCT A FENCE AROUND THE SOUND GAPS AT $38,500 FOR THE OPTION WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS TO NOT REPLACE THE FENCE BECAUSE, THE PURPOSE OF IT HAS BEEN RESOLVED WITH THE CONCRETE 
          BARRIER CONSTRUCTED BY TXDOT. >> I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. LET'S 
          MOVE ON TO INITIATIVE 11 . >> INITIATIVE 11 IS THE REFORESTATION OF CERTAIN COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY MEDIANS. WHEN THE COUNTY DOES IMPROVEMENTS AT MAJOR INTERSECTIONS, THEY HAVE TENDED TO COME THROUGH AND CUT DOWN A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE TREES BUT THERE IS A REASON FOR THAT. THE REASON IS TO MAINTAIN A LINE OF SIGHT FOR SAFETY REASONS AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS. I DON'T WANT TO TO INDICATE THAT THEY ARE JUST CUTTING DOWN TREES FOR THE HECK OF IT BECAUSE THAT IS NOT THE CASE. FOR THEM ITIS A SAFETY ISSUE HOWEVER, IN THE PAST, THERE HAS BEEN MORE TREES AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS AND WE DO BELIEVE WE COULD REFOREST THEM AT SOME LEVEL THAT WOULD MAINTAIN THE LINE OF SIGHT AND SAFETY. TO DO ALL OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED IT WOULD COST ABOUT $571,000 AND THIS WOULD REQUIRE PERMISSION FROM THE COUNTY. THIS IS RE-FORCING THE COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY. THEY HAVE DECLINED TO REFOREST IT SO IF WE WANT TO WE WOULD NEED TO GET THEIR PERMISSION AND WE WOULD NEED TO FUND IT. HERE IS THE LIST SO WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING AND WHAT WE TALKED TO THE TASK FORCE ABOUT IS NOT FUNDING THE ENTIRE 571 BUT WE MAINTAINED THE REFORESTATION BUDGET AT THE $1 MILLION THAT WAS FUNDED FOR THIS YEAR. AND ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE MONIES TO GO IN AND REFOREST TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM. THAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION ON THIS ONE. 
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          >> I BELIEVE I ASKED THIS AT THE BUDGET TASK FORCE BUT I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING IT AGAIN. FIRST, THE SOUTH BEND INTERSECTION IS NOT MENTIONED. 
          >> THAT IS ALREADY FUNDED. >> COULD YOU ADDRESS THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN 50,000, 18,000, AND $319,000 FOR THE 
          FIRE STATION BRIDGE. >> IT IS A MUCH, MUCH LARGER 
          AREA. >> YES. THE LAST ONE I BELIEVE, YOU ARE REFERENCING THE $300,000 ONE THAT GOES FROM FLINTRIDGE TO THE FIRE STATION AND THAT IS PROBABLY THE BETTER PART OF A MILE. ACTUALLY CAST 6/10 OF A MILE. SO IT IS LONG 
          AND WIDE. >> ARE WE USING ANY OF THE $1 MILLION THAT WE DEDICATED LAST YEAR TO REFORESTATION ON 
          MEDIANS? >> WHEN THE INITIAL REQUEST WAS ASKED FOR BY THE BOARD WE HAD ALREADY ALLOCATED THAT -- ABOUT YEARS STOCK OF TREES. 40% OF THE REFORESTATION TREES WERE AS A RESULT OF RESIDENT REQUEST. ANOTHER PORTION OF THEM WERE -- TREES AND ONE OF THE WAYS WE ARE LOOKING AT MANAGING THIS IS TO EARMARK SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WITHIN THE EXISTING YEAR TO TRY TO GET THIS PROJECT STARTED WITHOUT ADDITIONAL FUNDING. A SECONDARY ISSUE, WE ARE CHALLENGED, AND WE LOVE THE CHALLENGE OF PLANTING 5200 OR 5300 TREES. IF WE HAD ANOTHER 2294, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE TREES AND SPOTTING THEM, AS JOHN MENTIONED, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE CHALLENGES BUT SOME OF THE STREET CONTRACTORS ARE CHALLENGED AS WELL AND THAT GOES BACK TO THE ABILITY TO GET LABOR. TO SOME EXTENT OUR LABOR IS REQUIRED AS WELL AS I MENTIONED SPOTTING THE TREES AND THEN THE WATERING ASPECT IS WHERE OUR STAFF COME INTO PLAY . OVERTIME AND OVER THE WEEKENDS HE WILL SEE THEM OUT THERE WATERING THE TREES. THE COMMENT THAT I AM MAKING IS, SOME OF THIS CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE EXISTING $1 MILLION. 
          >> WHAT I AM ALSO HEARING IS THAT THEY ARE PLANTED JUST OVER A PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING. IS THAT CORRECT? 
          >> WE ARE. WE WANT TO ENSURE THE SURVIVABILITY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PLANTING IN A WAY THAT THEY WILL LAST. 
          >> I DO WANT TO SAY ONE THING. ON THE RIGHT OF WAYS, IT IS A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP. BUT, IT IS GETTING BETTER AND WE HAVE THE MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT THAT CHRIS NEGOTIATED OUT. BUT, THE INVASIVE VINES RUN AMOK THERE AS WELL. YOU START SEEING IT AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND SOMETHING THAT WE DO NOT JUST FOR THE RIGHT OF WAYS BUT ALSO FOR OUR PRESERVE AREAS. LINDA AND I WERE TO GO TO THE GEORGE MITCHELL FAMILY RANCH IN MAGNOLIA AND THEIR WORLDWIDE EXPERTS ON TAKING CARE OF FOREST LAND AND HOW WE GO ABOUT IT AND HOW WE WORK HAND-IN-HAND. NOTHING IS BETTER THAN WORKING WITH THE MITCHELL FAMILY ON HOW WE CAN PRESERVE FOREST. I SPOKE WITH SARAH MITCHELL ABOUT IT AT LENGTH BUT MAYBE PUTTING A TASK FORCE TEAM TOGETHER. OF STAFF AND THE BOARD TO WORK WITH THEM AND LOOK AT IT AND HOW THEY PRESERVE THAT BUT, THE WORLDWIDE EXPERTS COME IN AND HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT IN THE PRESERVE AREAS WOULD BE VERY ADVANTAGEOUS TO US. THEY CAN PROVIDE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT 
          OF VALUE TO US. >> CHAIRWOMAN? 
          >> YES. >> SO CAR CONSIDERING SOMETHING THAT THE DIRECTOR JUST SAID, WOULD IT BE PRUDENT TO TABLE 
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THIS AND REVISIT IT WITH THE COUNTY AND DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH HOWARD HUGHES TO ASK IN A A DIFFERENT WAY ? OR ON A PROJECT BASIS? DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD 
          BE WORTHWHILE? >> WE CERTAINLY COULD REAPPROACH THAT CONVERSATION BUT WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING FUNDING THESE AT THIS TIME. WE ARE RECOMMENDING DOING THAT AT 
          A FUTURE TIME. >> THE COUNTY BUDGET IS ALREADY 
          DONE THOUGH, CORRECT? >> IT IS WORTH THE 
          CONVERSATION. >> THAT BRINGS US TO BUDGET INITIATIVE NUMBER 12, SEASONAL PLANTINGS. 
          >> LET ME GO AHEAD TO THIS ONE. 
          >> OVER AT THE SOUTHERN ENTRANCE OFF OF GOSLING INTO THE WOODLANDS WE HAVE COMPLETED THE PHASE 1 STUDIES FOR THAT SO THAT HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD SINCE THE PHASE 1 STUDIES WERE COMPLETED. WE HAVE RECENTLY AMENDED THE AGREEMENT WITH HOWARD HUGHES SO WE HAVE FIVE YEARS BEFORE WE HAVE TO CONSTRUCT ANY AMENITIES ON THIS PROPERTY HOWEVER, IF THE BOARD WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, I GUESS THAT IS THE DIRECTION THAT STAFF IS SEEKING AND IS SO, WE WOULD NEED TO, IF NOT FORMALLY PLACE A PLACEHOLDER, NO WE WOULD NEED TO REMIND OURSELVES WE NEED TO LEAVE SOME MONEY IN THE UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE IN THIS PART THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE BUDGET TASK FORCE AND AT THE BUDGET LEVEL, WE TALKED ABOUT CONCENTRATING ON MAINTAINING OR GETTING OUR EXISTING AMENITIES TO THE STANDARD THAT WE WANT. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF JUST DEFERRING THIS AGAIN FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS OR YEAR. 
          THIS IS JUST GETTING DIRECTION FOR STAFF . IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AT THIS TIME THERE ARE NO OTHER MONIES BUDGETED OTHER THAN WHAT WE DID FOR THIS STAFF. 
          >> IF NO COMMENTS, WE WILL DO THE NEXT INITIATIVE. 
          >> SEASONAL PLANTING AT ENTRIES. ONCE UPON A TIME WE WERE MUCH SMALLER AND WE DID HAVE FLOWERS . SEASONAL COLORS, WE CALL THEM, AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRIES SIGNS THE ROUTE THE WOODLANDS AND WE HAVE NOT HAD THOSE FOR MANY YEARS. 
          IT HAS GOTTEN LARGE AND IT IS HARD TO READ THIS. YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF AMENITIES THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF HAVING -- THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PLANT , IN SOME CASES, BRING IN IRRIGATION FOR THEM AND MAINTAIN THEM. WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING THIS TWO OR THREE TIMES -- THERE IS NO WAY THAT WE CAN KEEP THAT MANY ENTRIES WITH FLOWERS BLOOMING ALL THE TIME. THERE WILL BE SOME THAT ARE DAMAGED. THIS WOULD BE A VERY LABOR-INTENSIVE MAINTENANCE PROJECT. WE ARE HAPPY TO DO IT AND WE WILL PROBABLY REQUIRE MORE CONTRACTED SERVICES BUT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE IT LOOKING AT THE CONTRACT BASIS, THREE TIMES A YEAR AND THE MINIMUM WOULD BE 
          AROUND $482,000. >> OKAY. LET'S MOVE ONTO THE 
          NEXT BUDGET INITIATIVE. >> NOW WE GOING TO MOVE TO CONTRACT IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. THIS IS NUMBER 14 AND IT IS A REQUEST FOR A LIEUTENANT OF FIRE PREVENTION AND I WILL ASK CHIEF BUCK TO COME UP AND SPEAK TO THIS. 
          >> GOOD MORNING. WE ARE ASKING FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE CONTRACTED LAW ENFORCEMENT AMENDMENTS. WE DO SOME ENHANCED PROGRAMS FOR THE WOODLANDS RESIDENTS. THE LIEUTENANT IS 
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OVERWHELMED WITH HIS RESPONSIBILITIES WITH DOING ALL SORTS OF FIRE AND SAFETY INSPECTIONS. THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS AS WE CONTINUE TO DO CONSTRUCTION DOWNTOWN THAT TAKES UP A LOT OF TIME. WE DON'T GET INTO A LOT OF BUSINESSES TO DO FIRE SAFETY INSPECTIONS BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO DO THAT. THAT WOULD ALLOW US -- THAT INCLUDES PREPLANNING AND WORKING THROUGH THE KNOXBOX SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THAT PLACES HAVE A KNOXBOX IN THE EVENT WE NEED TO GET IN DUE TO EMERGENCY. WE TALKED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO RESPOND TO -- WE ARE LOOKING THAT WOULD ALLOW US ADDING TO THE FIRE AND INVESTIGATION AS WELL AS THE SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO HELP OUT WITH NOT ONLY FIRE INSPECTIONS BUT INVESTIGATION AND FIRES THAT 
          OCCUR IN THE WOODLANDS . >> IN THIS IS A POSITION YOU 
          FEEL IS NEEDED TO BE ADDED? >> CHIEF, ARE WE ADDING A ROAD 
          BLOCKING APPARATUS? >> YES. 
          >> WHAT ABOUT BILINGUAL PAY FOR FIREFIGHTERS THAT SPEAK SPANISH 
          AND ENGLISH? >> THAT IS NOT IN THE 2025 
          BUDGET. >> WE HAVE -- THE FIREFIGHTERS, WE HAVE A LARGE SPANISH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY HERE. WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON THE BUDGET TO DO THAT? 
          >> MINIMAL. THEY DID NOT MAKE IT THROUGH THE FINAL CUT AND WE HAVE HAD IT IN THE PAST. AND THAT WENT AWAY. 
          >> THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED, RIGHT? 
          >> IN THE BILINGUAL CERTIFICATION PAY THAT I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN, YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE INDEED BILINGUAL AND FREMONT WITH THE LANGUAGE WOULD BE AND WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE AND AS YOU MENTION, SPANISH IS THE NUMBER ONE THAT 
          WE RUN ACROSS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ADDED AS WE GO THROUGH THESE THINGS. 
          >> IS THERE AN AMOUNT THAT WE CAN , PERHAPS ONCE WE GO 
          THROUGH THAT ? >> WE JUST HEARD ABOUT THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME YESTERDAY. WE HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO DERIVE THEM OUT. WE HAVE FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF IN THE BUILDING AND AS A COURTESY, WE HAVE SPANISH-SPEAKING RESIDENTS SHOW UP OR WE NEED SOMETHING TRANSLATED FOR STAFF, THEY DO THAT AS A COURTESY, NOT FOR PAY SO I FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. IF THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT THE BOARD WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WE CAN DO THAT AND BRING BACK WITH A COST THAT WILL TAKE US A LITTLE BIT. AND WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT WHEN YOU ADOPT THE BUDGET SEPTEMBER 5. 
          >> OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING INITIATIVE 14, THE LIEUTENANT? 
          >> THERE MIGHT ALSO BE TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD HELP IN THAT REGARD. I COULD LOOK INTO IT A LITTLE BIT. BUT I HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT AI AND OTHER PROGRAMS AVAILABLE. 
          >> THERE ARE SOME THAT MAKE US MORE EFFICIENT AND STREAMLINED IN A MONITORING THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN CERTIFICATES SO, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL. 
          >> TO YOUR POINT, DIRECTOR, WE USE IN OUR DERMATOLOGY OFFICE WE USE A PROGRAM THAT WE CONTRACT OUT. I KNOW YOU ARE A FAN OF CONTRACTING OUT BUT IT IS A TRANSLATOR ONLINE AND WE 
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JUST GO ONLINE AND CALL THE PHONE NUMBER EITHER WAY AND THAT COMES THROUGH THE IPAD AND IT WORKS VERY WELL SO THAT IS ANOTHER WAY TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY FOR ACTUAL CERTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE WHEN YOU NEED THEM. 
          >> IF I AM HAVING A HEART ATTACK OR DON'T WANT TO BE TALKING TO AN IPAD. BUT THAT IS JUST ME. 
          >> OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT, THAT WILL BRING US TO 
          LAW ENFORCEMENT. MONIQUE. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> JUST AS A WAY OF HISTORY I WANTED TO START OFF HERE, WITH WHAT IS BOARD AUTHORIZED IN 2024 IN TERMS OF CONTRACT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. YOU WILL RECALL, MOST OF YOU, THE CONVERSATIONS LAST YEAR. WE ADDED 13 NEW CONTRACTED LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL BETWEEN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLES OFFICE, AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRECINCT 3 . IN TOTAL, THE TOWNSHIP BOARD INVESTED IN AN ADDITIONAL $3.9 MILLION. IN CONTRACTED ENFORCEMENT THIS YEAR FOR 27.9%. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE THIS YEAR. NOW WE GO TO THE FIRST INITIATIVE, THIS IS PRECINCT THREE. IS CURRENTLY THE TOWNSHIP DOES FUND 100% OF THE CONSTABLE OFFICE PERSONAL VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT ASSIGNED FULL-TIME TO THE WOODLANDS. TO ADDRESS CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. DURING THE 2024 BUDGET PROCESS, A CONSTABLE REQUEST FOR A 100% INCREASE IN PERSONAL WAS APPROVED BRINGING THE NUMBER OF DETECT GIVES UP FROM THREE TO SIX. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS IS ALLOCATED TO DEALING WITH CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. THE REQUEST FROM THE CONSTABLES OFFICE FOR 2025 IS FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO PERSONNEL IN ADDITION TO THE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PERSONAL FOR A TOTAL REQUEST OF $391,000 AND THERE WAS ALSO A REQUEST FOR REPLACEMENT VEHICLES FOR EXISTING PERSONNEL. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO START REPLACING FOR THE TOWNSHIP TO REPLACE THOSE VEHICLES. WE HAVE THAT FOR THE CONSTABLES BUT WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT FOR THE SHARES BUT I DID INCLUDE THAT AT A BASE VALUE OF $90,000. THE REQUESTS ARE FOR TWO ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL WITH RELATED VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT. ONE FOR A DETECTIVE AND THIS WOULD SERVE AS A FORENSIC EXAMINER OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES THAT WOULD BE HOUSED IN HOUSTON AND THE OTHER REQUEST IS FOR A SERGEANT AND IT STATED THAT THIS POSITION IS NOW NECESSARY DUE TO THE INCREASE IN DETECTIVES APPROVED BY THE TOWNSHIP BOARD LAST YEAR. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT SUPERVISORY POSITIONS IN THE OFFICE OF THE CONSTABLE WOULD BE A DEPARTURE FROM THE METHODOLOGY THAT WE USED AND ESTABLISHED WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WHERE THE COUNTY DIRECTLY FUNDS SUPERVISORY AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL. THIS IS WHAT THE BUDGET WOULD LOOK LIKE STARTING IN 2023. THE BUDGET FOR THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE WAS $368,000. THAT BROUGHT THE BUDGET TO $813,000. AND THE BASE BUDGET, I HAD IT IS AN INCREASE OF 4.7 BUT ADDING THIS INITIATIVE WOULD BRING THE BUDGET UP TO $1.2 MILLION OR A 46% INCREASE. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. 
          >> WHERE THESE ASKED FOR BY THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE DURING THE 
          COUNTY BUDGET PROCESS? >> NO SIR. 
          >> YEAH . >> CONTINUE. 
          >> THIS IS JUST THE SCHEDULE THAT THEY PROVIDED. HERE IS THE REQUEST FOR THE DETECTIVE OF THE NEW SERGEANT BROKEN OUT IN SOME LEVEL OF DETAIL. WITH THAT I WILL MOVE TO THE SHERIFF'S 
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OFFICE REQUEST. THE TOWNSHIP CURRENTLY FUNDS , AND WE DID A HANDOUT YESTERDAY, WE DID NOT GET THIS REQUEST UNTIL LAST WEEK AND IT DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE BUDGET BINDERS ITSELF BUT I DID HANDOUT THE REQUEST FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE YESTERDAY. THE TOWNSHIP FUNDS 100% OF THE PERSONAL COST MEANING SALARIES AND BENEFITS AS WELL AS RELATED BENEFITS YOU SEE LISTED IN THIS CHART . IN 2023 WE FUNDED 22 POSITIONS AND LAST YEAR THE BOARD INCREASED THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS BY EIGHT . THE BOARD AUTHORIZED AN ADDITIONAL SIX PATROL DEPUTIES IN THE TOWN CENTER AREA AND TWO MENTAL HEALTH DEPUTIES, WHICH WAS A NEW PROGRAM THAT WAS ESTABLISHED. THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TOTAL REQUEST AND ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE IN BLACK ARE BASICALLY A CONTINUATION OF EXISTING SERVICES SO THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THE BASE BUDGET AND WHAT YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED IS WHAT GETS TO THE HIGHLIGHTED SERVICES OR THE NEW REQUEST SO THAT TOTAL IS $632,000. HERE IS THE BREAKOUT OF THAT. IT IS FOR TWO DRONE SPECIALISTS, A CRIME PREVENTION SPECIALIST AND THEN DRONE EQUIPMENT AND A SURVEILLANCE SUBSCRIPTION RELATED TO THE DRONE PROGRAM. 
          FIRST, I WANTED TO MENTION THE CRIME FOR THE CRIME PREVENTION SPECIALIST. THE TOWNSHIP CURRENTLY FUNDS 100% OF THOSE THAT WORK ON PERSONAL PROTECTION AND BIKE SAFETY PROGRAMS. THIS POSITION WAS REQUESTED LAST YEAR BUT NOT APPROVED BY THE TOWNSHIP BOARD AND THE TOTAL COST -- SO NOW, THE TOTAL COST OF THAT POSITION OUT OF THE 632 WOULD BE $208,000. THE DRONE SPECIALIST, THIS IS THE TWO FTE AND THE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT FOR $420,000. DRONE IS A FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM AND IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST IN MONTGOMERY AND WOULD APPLY TO THE TOWN CENTER AREA. THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM WOULD BE TO REDUCE RESPONSE TIME TO CALLS, REDUCE CRIME AND ADDRESSING EMERGING CRIME TRENDS. SO, HERE IS A LIST OF OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION. IN 2023, WHEN THERE WAS 92 DEPUTIES FUNDED FOR ENHANCED SERVICES AT THE BUDGET AMOUNT WAS $9.11 MILLION. THEY RAISE THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL AND THE RAYS INCREASED BY 1100 SO THAT BROUGHT THE BUDGET UP TO $15 MILLION AND THAT WAS A 26% INCREASE IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT BUDGET. CURRENTLY IN THE BASE BUDGET IS AN INCREASE OF 158. THAT SEEMS LOW BUT THE REASON IT IS NOT THE HIGHER IS BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL. THERE WERE VEHICLES INCLUDED IN THOSE ARE NOT NEEDED THIS YEAR. SO THAT BRINGS THE NUMBER DOWN. IF THE 2025 INITIATIVE IS AUTHORIZED BY THE BOARD, THAT WOULD INCREASE THE BUDGET BY ANOTHER $632,000 BRINGING THE TOTAL TO $15.8 MILLION. OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION WOULD BE TO MONITOR THE IMPACT OF THE TOWNSHIP TO MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN 2024 FOR ENHANCED LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES IN THE TOWNSHIP PRIOR TO COMMITTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A NEW PROGRAM. IT WOULD BE TO ANALYZE THE RESULTS FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY PRIOR TO CONSIDERING A PROGRAM DEDICATED ONLY TO THE TOWNSHIP. OR OBVIOUSLY, TO APPROVE THE REQUEST AS PRESENTED. 
          >> QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? IF NOT, CONTINUE. 
          >> THIS IS BUDGET INITIATIVE 16 WHICH WOULD BE A FULL FACILITY GENERATOR FOR TOWNHALL. WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO SMALLER GENERATORS THAT SERVE THIS FACILITY WHEN THE POWER IS OUT 
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IT TURNS EMERGENCY LIGHTING ON IN THE BUILDING AND THERE IS LIGHTING AND AIR CONDITIONING IN A I.T. AND THE RESIDENT CARE CENTER BECAUSE AGAIN, IN AN EMERGENCY, IF WE HAD PEOPLE THERE, WE WOULD HAVE I.T. THERE . OTHER THAN SOME SPORADIC LIGHTING, I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD CALL IT AIR-CONDITIONING BUT I WAS APPEAR DURING BERYL -- 
          >> I PERSONALLY THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE EXPECT STAFF TO BE HERE DURING NATURAL DISASTERS AND I KNOW PEOPLE WERE HERE DOING A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT, THEY NEED TO AT LEAST HAVE A LITTLE AIR. THE TWO SMALL GENERATORS AND, IT IS AN EXPECTATION THAT OUR TEAM IS HERE ARE SO, I THINK IT IS 
          SOMETHING -- >> IN A LARGER SCALE EMERGENCY ALMOST THE ENTIRE TEAM WOULD BE HERE. THERE WERE PEOPLE HERE DURING BERYL WORKING WITH FLASHLIGHTS AND SWEATING FROM THE HUMIDITY. WHAT THE BUDGET TASK FORCE TALKED ABOUT WAS LOOKING FOR GRANT FUNDS THROUGH FEMA OR ANOTHER ORGANIZATION TO BE ABLE TO FUND THIS THROUGH THE DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE. I STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH AND THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY DEFINED AS A CRITICAL FACILITY. CRITICAL FACILITIES ARE HOSPITALS, FIRE STATIONS, WATER TREATMENT PLANT, NURSING HOMES. 
          HOWEVER, I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY TRY TO DO THAT AND THAT WOULD TAKE TIME BUT IN THE MEANTIME WE HAVE A GENERATOR RIGHT NOW, IN THE BASE BUDGET OF $97,000 THAT WE WOULD NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET THAT DONE NOW BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING DONE HERE BUT IF WE FUNDED THIS, WE WOULD APPLY THAT $90,000 -- SO THE NET COST WOULD BE $404,000. 
          >> BEING HERE DURING THE HURRICANE THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING OUTSIDE. STAFF HERE DID NOT REALLY COME BACK UNTIL THURSDAY SO, IF WE HAD A FULL GENERATOR , BY THAT TIME, THE POWER IS COMING BACK UP IS IT REALLY NEEDED FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING? THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT CAN GET HERE BECAUSE THEY WERE DEALING WITH THINGS WITH THEIR HOMES. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED THE ENTIRE 18,000 SQUARE FEET . 
          >> WE CAN GO WITH SMALLER GENERATORS. I CAN ENSURE YOU THAT EVEN THOUGH A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE NOT IN THE OFFICE THERE ARE WORKING FROM HOME AND WE HAD QUITE A LARGE CONTINGENCY HERE. IT IS THE NATURE OF BEING THE TOWNSHIP AND SERVING OUR RESIDENTS. THESE THINGS DON'T STOP . IT IS A 24/7 OPERATION. WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT BUT, THERE WERE HE BOWL, THERE WERE STAFF APPEAR IN EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT IN THIS ORGANIZATION. 
          >> I BELIEVE THEY CAME ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AFTER BERYL. 
          >> SOMEWHERE HERE DURING BERYL. 
          >> $300,000 IS HOW MUCH OF THE BUDGET? 
          >> 1/10 OF A %. >> 
          >> COULD THAT BE USED AS A CHARGING STATION OR A POLLING STATION FOR RESIDENTS TO COME IN AND CHARGE THEIR PHONES SO IT WOULD BE MORE OF A CUSTOMER SERVICE TYPE THING? 
          >> COOLING STATION, BECAUSE OF THE SPACE, PROBABLY NOT. 
          >> IN THE PUBLIC SPACE WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT. WE HAD PEOPLE SHOW UP HERE DURING BERYL AND WE LET THEM IN BUT IT 
          WAS HERE. >> HOW BIG IS THE GENERATOR 
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THAT WE WOULD PURCHASE FOR $307,000. 
          >> THAT IS WAY BEYOND MY KNOWLEDGE. I WILL LET WILLIAM TALK ABOUT THAT. AND WHAT WITH THE POWER SOURCE BE? WOULD IT 
          BE NATURAL GAS? >> AND THE GENERATOR WOULD BE A 500 KILOWATT GENERATOR , NATURAL GAS . WE CURRENTLY HAVE 
          A 100 KILOWATT GENERATOR HERE >> THIS ONE WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1999 AND WHEN WE PURCHASED THIS BUILDING -- THAT POWERS ALL OF THE COMPUTERS IN THE BUILDING. THE DATA CENTER AND A COUPLE OF AC UNITS BUT IT IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO POWER EVERY HVAC UNIT 
          THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUILDING. >> I THINK IT IS A REASONABLE INVESTMENT BECAUSE STORMS ARE NOT GOING AWAY AND POWER OUTAGES ARE NOT GOING AWAY. CENTERPOINT WAS LAMBASTED FOR LEASING THEIR GENERATOR AND BEING UNDERPREPARED. I THINK IF WE WANT TO PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD WE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST CASE SCENARIO AND THAT MEANS -- AND I THINK IT IS 
          IMPORTANT TO DO JUST THAT. >> CAN WE GO AHEAD AND APPLY FOR THE GRANT AND THEN IF THEY ARE APPLICABLE, WE COULD USE THOSE AND THEN OFFSET THE COST OF THE FUTURE DATE? 
          >> WE COULD. BUT MOST GRANTS ARE NOT SET FOR REIMBURSEMENT AFTER THE FACT SO THAT WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC. 
          >> SO IT IS NOT EITHER/OR. WE CAN DO BOTH. PART OF THE PROBLEM IS, THE DELAY TIME IS SO LONG. 
          >> OF THE LEADTIME IS ABOUT ONE YEAR. GENERALLY WHAT WE WOULD DO FOR THE GRANT IS WE WOULD SEE IF THERE ARE ANY GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR THAT. WE WOULD HOLD OFF ON PURCHASING THE EQUIPMENT. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT AND THEN 
          APPLY FOR THE GRANT. >> IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE WILL MOVE ON. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DIRECTOR 
          NELSON BROUGHT UP. >> DIRECTOR NELSON THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA AND BROUGHT THIS UP. THIS WOULD BE A COMPREHENSIVE NOTIFICATION ÚSYS SEND OUT TEXT MESSAGES AND VOICE CALLS DURING THESE ISSUES. THIS COULD DIRECT PEOPLE TO FIRE STATIONS TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR DIRECT PEOPLE TO LOCAL GROCERY STORES TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. WHILE THEY ARE OUT THERE AND FEEL ISOLATED , THIS WOULD BE A WAY FOR US TO CONTACT THEM TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND HERE IS WHERE YOU 
          CAN GET ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. >> SO THEY WOULD JUST ELECT TO 
          SIGN UP? >> RIGHT. LEEANN HAS WORKED WITH THIS BEFORE. THIS OPERATING EXPENSE OF $37,500 IS A PRODUCT THAT IS THE CADILLAC OF PRODUCTS BUT WE HAVE A SYSTEM CALLED RAVE THAT WE USE RIGHT NOW AND CHIEF WASHINGTON IS LOOKING INTO TAPPING INTO THIS SYSTEM. THIS WOULD BE FOR A LOWER COST OF THIS. JUST AS A PLACEHOLDER, $20,000 OR SO 
          SHOULD DO IT. >> AND THIS WORKS AS LONG AS 
          THE TOWERS ARE WORKING? >> YES. IF CELL PHONE TOWERS 
          ARE DOWN, THIS DOES NOT WORK . >> EVEN WITH MASS INFORMATION THAT GOES OUT, PEOPLE CAN GO TO SOMEBODY'S HOME AND SAY THAT HEB IS OFFERING A COOLING STATION, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          >> RIGHT. >> THANK YOU. THAT WILL MOVE US 
          ONTO THE NEXT INITIATIVE. >> THIS IS INITIATIVE WAS A REQUEST FOR MEALS ON WHEELS TO INCREASE THE CURRENT ANNUAL FUNDING FROM 55,000 UP TO $130,000 SO THAT IS A $75,000 
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INCREASE. AN INCREASE IN FUNDING HAS NOT BEEN REQUESTED IN 10 YEARS AND DURING THAT TIME THE COST FOR RIDE HAS INCREASED. IN 2015 THEY WERE CALLED THE FRIENDSHIP CENTER AND THAT THAT TIME WE WERE FUNDING THEM AT A COST OF $25,000. IN 2016 IT CHANGED TO MEALS ON WHEELS AND THAT IS WHEN WE ESTABLISHED THE $55,000 LEVEL AND THAT HAS NOT 
          INCREASED SINCE THEN. >> SO, ARE THEY DOING RIDESHARE? I THOUGHT THEY WERE STRICTLY BRINGING MEALS TO THE 
          UNDERSERVED? >> THIS IT IS FOR THEIR TRANSPORTATION. THEY HAVE MINIVANS AND THEY WILL TAKE PEOPLE TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT. 
          >> I GUESS I THOUGHT THAT INTERFAITH DID NOT. 
          >> THERE'S IS MORE MASS. >> RUTHANN, CAN YOU COME UP? 
          >> SHE DOES A MUCH BETTER JOB AT THIS THAN I DO . 
          >> WE DO FUNDED TWO PROGRAMS WITH LOCAL DOLLARS. THERE IS AN INTERFAITH PROGRAM AND THEY PROVIDE A SENIOR RIGHTS PROGRAM THROUGH VOLUNTEERS AND IT IS CALLED DEMAND RESPONSE. IT YOU HAVE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM. WITH MEALS ON WHEELS THEY HAVE A SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND IT IS FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES. YOU SIGN UP FOR THE PROGRAM AND THEY WILL TAKE YOU. IT INTERFAITH IS IN THE WOODLANDS BUT MEALS ON WHEELS WILL GO FURTHER. THEY GET FUNDING FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. HOURS OF FUNDS RIDES WITHIN THE WOODLANDS. IT SO THEY COME UP AND SCHEDULE A RIDE AND THEY WILL TAKE A SENIOR OR DISABLED PERSON ELIGIBLE FOR THE SERVICE . THERE IS A GRANT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO TAKE PEOPLE FOR FREE DOWN TO THE VETERANS HOSPITAL AND THE MEDICAL CENTER AND THOSE ARE SPECIFIC POTS OF MONEY. OUR POT OF MONEY IS SPECIFICALLY FOR RIDES IN THE 
          WOODLANDS. >> ARE THE CLIENTELE OF MEALS 
          ON WHEELS ONLY --? >> YES. THE ORIGIN OF THE RIDE IS IN THE WOODLANDS. THEY MIGHT TAKE YOU TO A HOSPITAL IN SHENANDOAH OR THE SURROUNDING AREA BUT IT DOES STAY LOCAL. 
          >> DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY YOU DO A MONTH OR A WEEK OR A YEAR? IF 
          YOU DON'T, THAT IS FINE. >> SO, WE CURRENTLY COVER, WITH OUR FUNDING , THEY PROVIDE BETWEEN 300-400 RIDES PER MONTH IN THE WOODLANDS AND OUR FUNDING COVERS ABOUT 100 OF THOSE RIDES PER MONTH. HENCE THE REQUEST TO INCREASE 
          FUNDING. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> LET ME ASK THIS A DIFFERENT WAY. ARE THERE CLIENTS THAT WE ARE SERVING , RESIDENTS OF THE WOODLANDS? 
          >> MEALS ON WHEELS IS FINANCIALLY CONSTRAINED IS WHAT THEY SHARED WITH US. THEY GET MORE DEMAND THAN WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING LEVELS. OUR FUNDING GOES TO OUR AREA AND THE CITY OF CONROE GIVES MONEY FOR THEIR AREA. A LOT OF THIS GOES TOWARDS BUYING VEHICLES OR OTHER SPECIFIC TYPES OF RIDES ARE CAPITAL PROCUREMENTS. THEY CANNOT USE THAT MONEY TO COVER THE 300 ADDITIONAL RIDES THAT 
          ARE GETTING FUNDED. >> I AM OKAY WITH GIVING BUT 
          THIS INCREASE IS LIKE 150%. >> THEY HAVE NOT ASKED FOR AN 
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          INCREASE IN 10 YEARS. >> AND WITH THE ECONOMY I IMAGINE THIS IS EATING UP PEOPLES ABILITY TO PUT GAS IN THEIR CARS AND THEN THERE IS ALSO THE AGING POPULATIONS. I CAN SEE HOW THAT NUMBER COULD DOUBLE IN 10 YEARS. 
          >> COSTS HAVE INCREASED POST COVID AND WE DO HAVE AN 
          INCREASING AGING POPULATION. >> LAST QUESTION. THEY IDENTIFY THE NUMBER OF RIDES AND IF THEY DON'T SPEND BY THE YEAR-END, THE 150, WE DON'T GIVE THEM $150,000. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT 
          PROCESS? >> ON A MONTHLY BASIS THEY SEND US AN INVOICE WITH THE NUMBER OF RIDES THEY HAVE PROVIDED TO AND WE PAY AS MANY RIDES AS ARE ON THERE. SO IF THEY ONLY PROVIDE $75,000 WORTH OF RIDES WE ONLY REIMBURSE THEM $75,000. 
          >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, RUTHANN. 
          >> WE HAVE HAD, DUE TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR BUS SERVICE DURING RODEO TIME, WE HAVE HAD ADDITIONAL REQUEST TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. ONE OF THOSE IS TO OFFER AN ADDITIONAL SATURDAY SERVICE PRIOR TO THE RODEO BARBECUE COOKOFF. THE NET FAIRS WE WOULD RECEIVE FROM THAT IS -- AND OPTION TWO THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED IS MONTH MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SERVICE DURING NON-SPRING BREAK WEEKS. 
          OF RIGHT NOW WE PROVIDE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SERVICE DURING SPRING BREAK WEEK BUT AS RESIDENTS POINTED OUT THERE ARE GREAT CONCERTS AT THE RODEO THAT ARE NOT DURING SPRING BREAK WEEK AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THOSE. THE ESTIMATED 
          COST OF THAT IS $11,600. >> WOODLANDS RESIDENTS, ARE THEY THE ONLY ONES THAT RIDE THIS? 
          >> NO . WE ARE ABLE TO USE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION DOLLARS TO FUND AND SUBSIDIZE THIS PROGRAM. IS A REQUIREMENT OF THAT IT NEEDS TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THIS IS AN AMENITY AND WE CAN'T TURN ANYBODY DOWN BASED ON ZIP CODE. 
          >> DOING NO HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM THE WOODLANDS ARE DOING 
          THIS? >> I WOULD ASSUME , WE DO ADVERTISE VERY HEAVILY AND THAT IS FOCUSED IN THE TOWNSHIP. WE DID DO A SURVEY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND WE DRAW QUITE A BIT FROM CONROE . IF I RECALL CORRECTLY ABOUT 70% WAS IN THE WOODLANDS. THE AVERAGE FOR WEEKENDS IS A LOT HIGHER. WHERE IT SLIPS A LITTLE BIT WAS DURING THOSE INITIAL SPRING BREAK DAYS. IT WAS A NEW SERVICE AND PEOPLE WERE NOT AS FAMILIAR THAT THIS WAS OCCURRING. AT THE PRE-RODEO AND WEEKENDS ARE WELL-ESTABLISHED AND LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE WERE DOING WEEKDAY SERVICE BUT OVERALL IT IS 83%. 
          >> WHAT IS THE COST TO RIDE? >> IT IS THE SAME AS THE REGULAR PARK-AND-RIDE SERVICE. RIGHT NOW IT IS $15 ROUND-TRIP. 
          AND AVERAGE PARKING DOWN THERE IS $20. IT DROPS YOU OFF RIGHT 
          INSIDE WHERE THE RODEO IS. >> I DO HERE WONDERFUL COMMENTS 
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          FROM WOODLANDS RESIDENTS. >> THE RODEO IS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF IT AS WELL. WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW COMMUNITIES THAT DO THAT SO THEY RECOGNIZE THAT . 
          >> OUR CONTRACT OPERATOR, GREG ROGERS, THEIR PRESIDENT, HE WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE EARLY ON TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THE LOGISTICS WORK SMOOTHLY. 
          >> THANK YOU, RUTHANN. NEXT INITIATIVE. TRANSPORTATION . 
          >> WE ARE CALLING THESE FUTURE TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES. WE HAVE LOOKED INTO , WE HAVE REQUESTS FROM A FEW DIFFERENT DIRECTORS AND ONE OF THOSE, TROLLEY SERVICE TO -- CENTER TIED INTO WHEN THE LIBRARY AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER OPEN THERE NEXT YEAR. THIS WOULD BE A $1,750,000 CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND WE DO BELIEVE THAT 80% OF THOSE -- WOULD BE GRANT FUNDED AND THEN $1 MILLION IN OPERATING COST WHICH 50% COULD BE GRANT FUNDED. AND THE UNKNOWN IN THIS IS, WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING AN FTA, THERE ARE PARATRANSIT SERVICES NEEDED THERE WOULD DEFINITELY BE SOME AREAS THAT WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND THE COSTS CAN BE SIGNIFICANT . WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AS WE GET CLOSER TO THIS BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER. 
          THIS IS FOR ONE VILLAGE CENTER AND THERE IS A UNIQUE REASON 
          HERE. >> FOR ALL OF THESE, RUTHANN, SHE DOES A FANTASTIC JOB AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE IS WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS BEING ABLE TO ACCESS WHAT ARE CALLED TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS IN ORDER TO FUND WHAT TYPICALLY THE TOWNSHIP WOULD HAVE TO FUND FOR OUR SHARE SO , WHEN WE HAVE TO FUND OUR 50% OR 20% OF SOME OF THESE. WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN A DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON THAT AND WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE USED THAT SUCCESSFULLY. SO, WE DON'T WANT TO GO AHEAD AND FUND THESE IN THE BUDGET NOW AND WE NEED MORE TIME TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THE PROGRAM TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR US. SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE CALLING THEM AT THIS POINT THIS ALLOWS US ADDITIONAL TIME FOR CONSIDERATION. ANOTHER PROGRAM IS AN ON DEMAND TRANSIT PROGRAM. THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT THIS IF YOU WANT TO CHANCE TO READ UP ON IT. THIS WOULD BE A TURNKEY SERVICE. IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE HUGHES LANDING OR ANOTHER LOCATION THEY COME AND THEY PICK YOU UP AND THEY TAKE YOU THERE. ALL WITH THE IDEA OF REDUCING CONGESTION. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER CITIES THAT UTILIZE THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM AND I BELIEVE THAT DIRECTOR NELSON SAID, WHEN YOU WERE IN FLORIDA ONE TIME. YOU SAW A 
          PROGRAM THAT WORKS VERY WELL. >> ]. 
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          >> BUT IN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, THEY SHOULD DO RIDERSHIP FROM THE VARIOUS SENIOR LIVING COMPLEXES TO THE LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY CENTER. THEY DO NOT DO A LOT OF ACTIVITIES THERE, AND TELL THEM THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP A PROGRAM IF AN ADDITIONAL 20,000 IS A PLACEHOLDER IF THE PROGRAM IS DEVELOPED AND COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL AND STAFF 
          APPROVAL. >> OKAY. I WILL ADD THAT TO THE LIST. I BROUGHT THIS UP AT THE LAST TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING AT THE HTA SEE , AND I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO LOOK REALLY INTO THE FUTURE WHEN YOU SAY FUTURE. OF COURSE, WE HAVE TROLLEYS NOW. BUT WHAT IS COMING, AND I DO BELIEVE IT WOULD BE VALUABLE IN THE WOODLANDS IS TO CONSIDER THE OUTER LOOP THAT WOULD BE VEHICLE TRAFFIC THAT WOULD BE DIVERTED, COMMUTERS WHO LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE WOODLANDS , GOING AROUND THE WOODLANDS INSTEAD OF CUTTING THROUGH, LESS CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. BUT ALSO, AND ENTER LOOP, LIKE A HYPERLOOP UNDERGROUND THAT COULD BE CONNECTING OUR HOTELS, OUR VENUES, OUR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER THAT IS GOING TO BE BUILT SOMEWHERE IN THE FUTURE , AND EVEN OUR VILLAGE CENTERS. THAT WOULD BE UNDERGROUND. WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF HOW SUCCESSFUL THAT CAN BE IN LOOKING IN LAS VEGAS. SOME OF US HAVE GONE TO LAS VEGAS AND SEE THAT HYPER 
          BOARD -- >> IT'S TOO BILLION-DOLLAR 
          ZERO. >> THAT'S NOT TRUE. 
          >> I WAS BEING FACETIOUS. >> IT WAS A JOKE. 
          >> GOOD. IN GOVERNMENT, IT COULD JUMP. YOU NEVER KNOW. 
          WITH THE COST BEING AS REASONABLE AS IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS IN LAS VEGAS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS VERY APPROPRIATE, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE HAVE A SEAT ON THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL TO LOOK AT THESE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES, AND TALK WITH THEM. THEY ARE IN TEXAS NOW. THEY ARE LOCATED HERE IN TEXAS, AND THE FIGURES I REMEMBER IS THAT IT WAS $1,000,000.00 A MILE, AND THEY STARTED IN LAS VEGAS IN THE CONVENTION CENTER, AND THEN WENT INTO THE STRIP AREA FOR THE HOTEL CONNECTION, AND THEN THEY WERE GOING TO BRANCH ONTO THE AIRPORTS. LITTLE BY LITTLE, AND NOT ONLY ARE THEY COST-EFFECTIVE FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT, BUT FROM A SPEEDING STANDPOINT, IT WAS $1,000,000.00 PER MILE, AND A MILE A MONTH. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS INCREDIBLY EFFICIENT. 
          I THINK IT'S WORTH LOOKING AT FOR THE FUTURE NOT TO JUST BE FOCUSED ONLY ON AUTOMOBILES OR TROLLEYS. SO, SOMETHING TO 
          THINK ABOUT. >> GREAT POINT. THANK YOU. 
          >> CAN I PIGGYBACK ON THAT? WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, DR. 
          SHELLEY. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR PARKING SITUATION. WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. 
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WE HAVE HAD RESTAURANTS COMPLAIN TO US RECENTLY IN THE TOWN CENTER AREA ON BUSY NIGHTS, BUT JUST LOOKING AT EVERYTHING HOLISTICALLY ACROSS THE WHOLE REGION AND GETTING CREATIVE. AND GETTING CREATIVE. I KNOW YOU HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. THERE WAS A PARKING ASSESSMENT STUDY THAT WAS DONE PRE-COVID, BUT I THINK IT'S TIME WE MAYBE REALIZE THAT AS AN INITIATIVE THAT WE CAN TRY LATER ON. 
          >> AND UNDERGROUND PARKING. WE CAN'T IGNORE THE REALITY THAT THIS WORKS VERY WELL . EVEN IN THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE A HIGH WATER TABLE IS IRRELEVANT. IT'S IRRELEVANT. WE KNOW WATER IS NOT THE ENEMY HERE. IT CAN BE MANAGED. TUNNELS ARE PUT UNDER THE BIGGEST BODIES OF WATER IN THE WORLD. UNDER THE OCEAN. SO, WE CAN MANAGE THE WATER. I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT. 
          WE NEED PARKING, AND WE NEED TO PUT IT UNDERGROUND, JUST LIKE THEY DO IN MANY BIG CITIES, BECAUSE OUR LAND IS TOO PRECIOUS TO JUST KEEP BUILDING ELEVATED PARKING. IT'S JUST 
          NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO GO. >> WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. I KNOW THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS UNDERWAY, AND WHEN WE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO A PARKING STUDY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG WITH THAT, THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO INITIATIVE 21, SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS OF A CAR. REQUESTS 
          FROM THE DSC? >> YES. THIS IS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS COMMUNITY CONTRACT WITH USED IN ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER FOR A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF OUR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS , AND THE OBJECTIVE OF THAT REVIEW WOULD BE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING ENHANCED SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS . FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE NOW COMING FORWARD WITH PROJECTS RELATED TO SOLAR PANELS OR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS, AND OUR SERVANT CURRENT STANDARDS TO REALLY ADDRESS THAT , SO WE WANT TO WORK WITH THEM IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THOSE. IT WOULD BE A ONE-TIME CONSULTING COST OF $30,000.00. 
          >> OKAY. INITIATIVE 22 , ALPHA AND OMEGA. 
          >> ALPHA AND OMEGA MADE A REQUEST TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTED SERVICE HOURS FROM 387 PER MONTH TO 440 PER MONTH. ALPHA AND OMEGA'S SERVICE AREA IS IN TOWN CENTER, WHICH IS THE SAME AREA WHERE THE BOARD ADDED SIGNIFICANT LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES THIS YEAR THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 
          THE REQUEST IS FOR $234,000.00 WITH THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE REQUEST , AND HERE AGAIN IS A CHART SHOWING SORT OF A HISTORY OF THE ALPHA AND OMEGA PROGRAMS . IN 2023, IT WAS FUNDED AT ONE .2 MILLION , IN 2024, THE BOARD AUTHORIZED AN INCREASE IN CONTRACTED RATES , WHICH RESULTED IN AN 18% INCREASE IN THE BUDGET, OR 218. IN YOUR CURRENT CASE BUDGET HAS A 4% INCREASE BASED ON MAINTAINING CURRENT HOURS. IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO AUTHORIZE THE REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL HOURS , IT WOULD INCREASE THE BUDGET BY ANOTHER 15.8% , AND BRING THE TOTAL CONTRACT TO ONE .7 MILLION. 
          >> OKAY. IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT? 
          >> I THINK BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, WE OUGHT TO REALLY ADDRESS THE SPACE BUDGET ITEM. NOT ONLY AM I OPPOSED TO INCREASING THEIR BUDGET, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RECONSIDER THE ONE $500,000.00 WE ARE SPENDING ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. IT'S NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT. THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO REALIZE AT HOME THAT THESE ARE NOT LICENSED POLICE OFFICERS AT ALL. THEY ARE MERELY PEOPLE SITTING ON A PONY WITH A CELL PHONE , AND THEIR EYES AND EARS LOOKING TO HELP PEOPLE, BUT THEIR BIGGEST COMMUNITY CONTACT IS WITH PEOPLE WALKING UP AND ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS AND WANTED TO PET THE PONIES. 
          >> WELL, SEVERAL YEARS AGO AS WE REMEMBER, WE MOVED THEM FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT TO COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT IS WHAT WE DID. MY POINT IS I WOULD LIKE TO REISSUE AN RFP , OR MAYBE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THIS IS A LEGACY ARRANGEMENT WE HAVE WITH THEM , REISSUE AN RFP, AND GET BIDS FROM OTHER MOUNTED PATROL WHO ARE NOW WORKING INSIDE THE WOODLANDS. THERE ARE MOUNTED PATROL AT TARGET APPARENTLY. MONIQUE BROUGHT THAT TO OUR ATTENTION AT THE BUDGET TASK FORCE , AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GET SOME COMPETITION. THEY HAVE HAD A MONOPOLY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME , AND WE NEED TO FIND PEOPLE WHO WILL ACTUALLY FULFILL THEIR CONTRACT AND SHOW UP ON THE DAYS THEY SIGN-UP TO SHOW UP, NOT JUST ON THE DAYS THEY WANT TO SHOW UP. BECAUSE THAT IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM AS WELL. I WANT TO PAUSE THAT AS BEST AS WE CAN 
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HEAR, AND GET AN RFP INITIATED SO WE CAN RELOOK AT THIS, FIND OUT WHAT ELSE IS BEING DONE IN PEER COMMUNITIES, AND WHAT ARE 
          THE BEST PRACTICES? >> MONIQUE, WE HAVE CHAPTER 11 HERE. YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THE ALPHA OMEGA IS A RESOURCE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SOME OF OUR HIGH-TRAFFIC COMMERCIAL AREAS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF OUR CONSTABLE GABEL COULD TALK ABOUT HOW THEY OPERATE, AND IF IT IS JUST A PONY AND A CELL PHONE , OR IS IT A TOOL FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO USE IN HIGH-TRAFFIC AREAS 
          THAT IS VALUABLE? >> BUT AREN'T YOU OPPOSED TO 
          THE RFP LOOKING AT IT AGAIN? >> I WANTED TO SEE IF IT WAS ALL HE WILL FOR US. I THINK LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN SPEAK TO THIS ANY DIFFERENT WAY THAN WE CAN. 
          >> I THINK THEY WILL ALWAYS SAY THEY WANT MORE EYES AND EARS. 
          THERE'S NOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT. THE EYES AND EARS ARE THERE. BUT THEY CAN'T INTERDICT CRIME. THEY CAN'T 
          ARREST ANYONE. >> BOARD, LET'S HEAR FROM THE CAPTAIN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          >> THANK YOU. >> NO, IT'S OKAY. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP BOTH WITH ALPHA AND OMEGA , WITH ALLY BARTON AT THE MALL , AND TO DR. GIBBS POINT, THE EYES AND EARS A LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE, WHETHER IT'S A TOWNCENTER RANGER, WHETHER IT IS A PARK RANGER, EYES AND EARS HELP US , BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, CRIMINAL LOOK FOR LAW-ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES WHEN THEY SEE THOSE. THEY MAY TALK TO HIM. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY DR. ONE A HORSE IS WALKING BY. THE VANTAGE POINT OF THE MOUNTED PATROL ON AN ELEVATED HORSE, WHICH MANY OF THESE ARE 16, 17 HANDS HIGH, THEY ARE NOT PONIES BY ANY STRETCH. THESE ARE MASSIVE MAMMALS THAT ARE PUTTING THE RIDERS UP THERE TO SEE THINGS IN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT HELPS US GIVE A SENSE OF SAFETY TO THE RESIDENTS, TOURISTS, AND VISITORS ALIKE. NOW, I WILL NOT SPEAK TO THE BUDGET SIDE OF IT AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A JUSTIFIED NEED FOR AN RFP, BUT HE WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE IS VALUE IN THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE ENJOY. 
          >> UNDER THE NOTION THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT OR WE ARE LIABLE FOR THEM. I KNOW MONIQUE HAS BROUGHT THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. THEY ARE LIABLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T OPERATE -- THEY ARE NOT PAID FOR BY THE MALL , THEY ARE PAID FOR BY THE TOWNSHIP, WHEREAS IN MOST AREAS, PRIVATE SECURITY, BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY WHAT THEY ARE , PRIVATE SECURITY IS PAID FOR BY THE LANDOWNER, THE BUSINESS OWNER. BUT HERE WE ARE STEPPING IN, AND IF THERE IS AN INCIDENT WITH THE HORSE OR THE PONY , WHATEVER THEY ARE WRITING, OR IS THERE AN INCIDENT, THEY FALL OFF, WE WILL BE LIABLE FOR THAT. 
          >> I THINK SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE ARE MAKING I WILL DEFER TO OUR LEGAL COUNSEL ABOUT CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS OR SOME 
          OF THIS INFORMATION . >> YEAH, IF WE ARE ON BUDGET POINTS , THEN I THINK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE UTILITY OF THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR, I THINK WE ARE FINE. I DO THINK WE NEED TO NOT VEER OFF INTO OTHER AREAS OF JUST GENERAL 
          LAW-ENFORCEMENT CONTRACTING. >> THANK YOU, CAPTAIN. I APPRECIATE THAT. I WILL SAY ONE THING, I HOPE I'M NOT OUT OF TURN HERE, BUT I HEAR YOU. I REALLY DO. I THINK ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT GOING FORWARD IS THE PREVIOUS BOARD DID AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE MALL. FOR EXAMPLE, WITH EXPANDING THAT MALL WITH TAX DOLLARS, AND WE ARE GETTING SALES TAX REBATE. IF WE ENTER INTO ONE OF THOSE IN THE FUTURE OR CONTINUE TO DO IT, AND THEY BUILD THAT, AT THAT TIME, THEY HAVE TWO BE A PARTICIPANT WITH US IN PAYING FOR THE ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF SECURITY , OR SHETLAND PONIES, OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM. THEY SHOULD BE A PLAYER IN THAT, AND NOT JUST US GIVING A TOOL TO THEM AND NOT BEING A PARTICIPANT IN THE FEES AND COST OF THAT SERVICE. 
          >> COULD NOT AGREE MORE. >> I WILL SAY ONE MORE COMMENT , BECAUSE THE CONSTABLE WAS RIGHT HERE, BUT HE DID CALL ME YESTERDAY, AND I THINK HE WROTE A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THE MOUNTED PATROL . PRETTY MUCH WHATEVER TIM HOLLAND SAYS, HE PRETTY MUCH CONFIRMED EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID. IT'S A PARTNERSHIP, THEY LIKE IT OUT THERE , HE REFERENCED A SITUATION WHERE THEY ACTUALLY DID HELP WITH A PERSON THAT WAS TAKEN DOWN, BUT IT IS WANT TO THE CONSTABLE SIDE AS WELL . 
          >> THANK YOU. >> AND THEY HAVE BECOME AN ICON IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WILL BRING US, IF NO OTHER COMMENTS, 
          TO OUR NEXT INITIATIVE. >> MONIQUE, DO YOU NEED A 
          BREAK? >> NO, I AM GOOD. BRETT KINDLY 
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JUST GOT ME SOME WATER, SO I AM GOOD TO GO. 
          >> SORRY. >> THANK YOU, THOUGH. OKAY. THE NEXT INITIATIVE IS THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX , AND THIS IS RECOMMENDED BY THE BUDGET TASK FORCE. IN CHIEF AND I TALKING ABOUT THIS, WE ARE THINKING FIRE STATION SIX WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST LOCATION . AGAIN, IF THE CLIMATE CONTROLLED SAFETY ADVICE IN THE SAFE HAVEN LAW , AND THE INITIAL CAPITAL COST IS 22,500. THIS IS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, A PICTURE FROM A BROCHURE OF WHAT THE BABY BOX LOOKS LIKE , AND THERE IS A LOT MORE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN YOUR BUDGET BINDERS IF 
          YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOOK THERE. >> WHERE IS FIRE STATION SIX? 
          >> IT'S FROM WINDSOR HILLS. >> THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE. 
          >> YES, IT'S ON WINDSOR LAKES. 
          >> CENSUS IS ONE OF YOUR INITIATIVES -- 
          >> I'M VERY EXCITED TO BRING A SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX TO THE WOODLANDS. AS I TALKED EARLIER TO DIRECTOR WATSON , HE IS VERY INVOLVED IN THIS KIND OF WORK. IT'S VITAL THAT WE GIVE MOTHERS WHO ARE IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS ANOTHER OPTION FOR THEIR INFANTS, FOR THEIR NEWBORN , ALSO TO GIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR HOSPITALS AND ESPECIALLY OUR FIREFIGHTERS IN THE MS WHO RESPONDS TO TRAGEDIES LIKE THIS. ANOTHER TOOL IN THEIR TOOLBOX SO THAT THEY CAN SAVE LIVES. A COUPLE OF FACTS THAT YOU HAVE PROBABLY READ ABOUT , WE ARE SEEING MORE OF THESE ABANDONMENTS AROUND THE UNITED STATES , AND THAT MAY BE ECONOMICALLY DRIVEN. IT'S JUST HARD TO KNOW. SINCE IN INDIANA WHERE THIS STARTED, THEY KNOW HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ABANDONED CHILDREN, ANY ABANDONED BABIES SINCE 2016 IN INDIANA WHEN IT STARTED. WE ALSO HAVE THE FIRST BABY BOX I CAME IN IN ABILENE LAST YEAR, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE. WE WOULD BE THE FIRST IN THIS AREA. AND ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT IS SPREADING AROUND THE UNITED STATES. OVER 23 STATES NOW HAVE BABY BOXES. BUT IT ISN'T JUST THE BOX. IT'S THE HOTLINE, IT'S THE MARKETING, AND IT IS ONLINE INFORMATION THAT WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS PARTICULARLY GO ONLINE AND THEY LEARN ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. THAT IS WITH THE CONNECTIVITY OR THE CONNECTION ÚWITH THIS ORGANIZATION WOULD PROVIDE US. SO, THAT'S ALL AMOUNT OF ONGOING $1000.00 A YEAR. IT CONNECTS US WITH THAT HOTLINE , AND SINCE THE HOTLINE HAS COME IN AND THERE ARE NOW 250 BOXES AROUND, WE HAVE SAVED -- NOT WE, BUT THEY HAVE SAVED OVER 50 BABIES INTO THE BABY BOXES, BUT MANY MORE PROBABLY APPROACHING 200 THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE HOTLINE . THEY ARE DIRECTED TO HOSPITALS AND FIRE STATIONS TO A PERSONAL SURRENDER. IT STILL ANONYMOUS UNDER THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX LAWS THAT I MEAN, UNDER THE SAFE HAVEN LAWS, THE BB MOSES LAWS, IT'S ANONYMOUS. THAT'S THE KEY. IT'S ANONYMOUS, IT'S SAFE, AND THERE ARE NO LEGAL CONSEQUENCES TO THE PARENT TO SURRENDERS THAT CHILD. 
          >> I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I THINK MESSAGING WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHERE IT IS AND WHAT IT IS 
          THEREFOR. >> AGREED. THANK YOU. 
          >> THAT BRINGS US TO OUR BILLING ASSOCIATION INITIATIVE . AFTER THIS, WE WILL TAKE A BREAK. 
          >> I WILL TRY TO MOVE THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICKLY. THIS IS A REQUEST FROM ALDEN BRIDGE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION. THERE IS MUCH MORE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN YOUR BUDGET BINDERS, BAITERS A SUMMARY. ONE OF THE REQUESTS WERE FOR A ROAD PLAY STRUCTURE TO BE INSTALLED . THE COST OF THAT WOULD BE $125,000.00. IT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE THE REMOVAL OF SOME OF THE FIELD AREAS THAT ARE THERE. SOME REMOVAL OF TREES AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. ONE OF THE BIGGER ISSUES HERE IS NOT NECESSARILY THAT , BUT IT IS THE SIZE OF THIS PARK. IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. TYPICALLY THESE PLAY STRUCTURES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, BUT THERE IS NO PARKING , AND ALSO, THE PLAY EQUIPMENT HERE IS NOT AT THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE. 
          ONLY START GOING DOWN THE ROAD OF REPLACING PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT OR INSTALLING NEW TYPES OF AMENITIES PRIOR TO UTILIZING ASSETS THAT ARE ALREADY PLACED THERE , IT DOES SORT OF SET A PRECEDENT. YOU WILL START GETTING REQUESTS FOR 
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MANY MORE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR SOME MORE AMENITIES. IT BUILDS COMMERCIAL TRUCK LOOP. AS YOU KNOW, THE TOWNSHIP HAS NO AUTHORITY OVER ROADS. ALDEN BRIDGE ADDITIONALLY ASKS FOR A CONSERVATIVE BALANCE BUDGET, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE PRODUCE . THEY ALWAYS PRIORITIZE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR OUR PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, AS DO WE. I WILL NOT READ THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BUT SOME OF THESE ALREADY IN THE WORKS. ADDITIONAL PATHWAY MAINTENANCE, THERE IS A SPECIFIC AREA THAT THEY WANTED TO ADDRESS, AND IT IS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED. YOU SAW THERE YESTERDAY THAT WE ARE ADDING TWO ADDITIONAL PEOPLE, NOT SPECIFICALLY TO CONFERENCE CROSSING, WHO ALREADY HAS FOUR MONITORS ASSIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO THESE AREAS, BUT THE ADDITIONAL TWO STAFF REQUESTS SHOULD HELP BELIEVE A WORKLOAD IN ALL OF THE VILLAGES. AND ALSO FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. CREEKSIDE PARK VILLAGE ASSOCIATION REQUESTED DOG WASTE BAG STATIONS. THEY HAVE REQUESTED THIS BEFORE, THIS IS A SERVICE THAT WE NEED EXTENDED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PATHWAY TRAIL SYSTEM, NOT JUST LIMITED TO ONE VILLAGE , AND THE ANNUAL ONGOING COST WOULD BE ABOUT 320,000 WITH AN INITIAL COST OF 365,000. I WOULD TELL YOU THIS IS A VERY MAINTENANCE LABOR INTENSIVE TYPE OF ENDEAVOR, AND WE DISCUSSED THAT WITH THE BUDGET TASK FORCE. ASKING FOR STAGE STRUCTURE OVER FAIRGROUNDS, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT. ADDITIONAL PLAY EQUIPMENT IN ROCKWELL PARK, THIS IS THE SAME SITUATION WE JUST TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. THEIR CURRENT PLAY EQUIPMENT HAS NOT REACHED THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE. THEY ARE REALLY SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR SOMETHING FOR THEIR OLDER CHILDREN TO PLAY WITH, AND WE ARTY HAVE TWO FEATURES THERE. A ROCK WALL AND A SPINNER THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR OLDER CHILDREN. IS NOT THAT THERE IS NOTHING THERE, IT'S JUST THAT THEY WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT THERE. THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE, BUT AGAIN, IT SETTING THE PRESIDENT. PLUS, WE HAVE TO REMOVE TRAINS TREES AND INTRODUCE A SEWAGE PLAN IF WE DID THAT. THE NEXT ONE CAN BE ADDRESSED WITH CURRENT FUNDS, AND THEY HAVE ASKED FOR BEAUTIFIED FENCING AROUND VILLAGE GREEN. I WILL PROBABLY COST 100,000, BUT IT WOULD CREATE ISSUES WITH THE CURRENT DESIGN. ROGAN'S MILL HAS REQUESTED A WOODLANDS FARMERS MARKET PERMANENT STRUCTURE . AS THE TOWNSHIP, WE CANNOT DEDICATE PUBLIC FUNDS FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF A NONPROFIT ENTITY. MILL CIRCLE PATHWAY TO CONVERT THAT TO A CONCRETE SURFACE WOULD COST $3,300,000.00 PLUS ENGINEERING COST . THE NEXT ONE IS ALREADY FUNDED IN THE 24 BUDGET. WE ARTY TALKED ABOUT THE DOG WASTE STATIONS AND ONE WATER TASK FORCE. THEY ARE ASKING THAT WE FUND THAT TO THE EXTENT APPROPRIATE. SO, NO SPECIFIC REQUEST, BUT JUST BE MINDFUL OF THAT. AND THIS IS THE LAST ONE. PANTHER CREEK, THEY HAVE ASKED FOR RESTROOMS AT CLOVER PARK. THIS WOULD BE $400,000.00 , BUT IT WOULD BE THE FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WITH A RESTROOM. SO, RIGHT NOW , WE DO IT AT LARGER PARKS , BUT NOT IN NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL. THEY HAVE ALSO REQUESTED RESTROOMS AT SOUTH SHORE PARK. THE COST WOULD BE 600,000 , BUT MOST OF THAT PARK IS LOCATED WITHIN THE COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO PLACE THE STRUCTURE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PARK, WHICH IS CLOSER TO THE HOMES. THE CLEANING IS 
          ALREADY BEING ADDRESSED. >> WELL DONE, MONIQUE. 
          >> THAT WAS FAST. >> WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TAKE A SHORT BREAK, AND THEN COME BACK AS A BOARD AND IDENTIFY WHICH PROJECT INITIATIVES, EXCUSE ME -- I PROPOSE A TAX RATE AS WELL AS LOOKING AT THE COVETED ADMINISTRATION FEE, AND THAT ALL OF THE INITIATIVES SO THAT TOMORROW WHEN WE RECONVENE , STAFF WILL HAVE HAD TIME TO LET US KNOW WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS EXPENSES AND REVENUE. SO, WE 
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WILL TAKE JUST A VERY SHORT 10 MINUTE BREAK , AND WE WILL RECONVENE AT 11:15 , AND HOPEFULLY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADJOURN BY 12:15. 
          >> I THINK IT'S A PERSONAL MATTER THAT I THINK IS OPEN TO 
          IT. HOW IS IT NOT? I JUST WANT >> WE CAN LOOK INTO IT. CAN WE NOT ASK THE QUESTION AND TALK ABOUT IT RIGHT HERE? THIS IS NOT WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF DISCUSSING IN EXECUTIVE 
          SESSION? >> THEY WENT STRAIGHT OFF THE AGU WEBSITE SAYS THAT THE SESSION PERMITS DECLARATIONS CONSIDERING AN INDIVIDUAL OFFICER AND EMPLOYEES. 
          LIBERATION ABOUT THE CLASS OF EMPLOYEE MUST BE HELD IN AN OPEN SESSION. THAT STRAIGHT OFF THE AG'S WEBSITE. 
          >> CAN YOU CLARIFY ONE THING? ON THE 4%, DOESN'T THAT INCLUDE , WHAT DID YOU SAY, 32% FOR BENEFITS? ON A 4% INCREASE? 
          >> THE 4% INCREASE IS A GENERAL WAGE INCREASE. THAT'S NOT THE BENEFITS. GENERALLY, OUR BENEFIT LOAD IS 32% OF WAGES. 
          BUT THE 4% IS THE ANNUAL SALARY ADJUSTMENT ON WAGES. THAT IS 
          WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING. >> SO, WITHOUT BENEFITS? 
          >> NO. THE NUMBERS IN THE SLIDE YESTERDAY INCLUDED THE BENEFIT IMPACT OF INCREASING IT BY 4% , BUT NO, THE 32% IS DIFFERENT. 
          >> THEY ARE TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS? 
          >> YES. YES. >> ARE THERE COMMENTS OR 
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CONCERNS? WITH THAT, I THINK REGARDLESS , IF THE INITIATIVE TO GIVE THE 4% AND/OR ADDITIONAL, WE STILL NEED TO SUGGEST THE PROPOSED TAX RATE , WHICH WILL NOT BE OFFICIAL 
          UNTIL SEPTEMBER. >> JANUARY. 
          >> JANUARY, BUT WE WILL VOTE ON IT. 
          >> YOU WILL NOT ADOPT THE BUDGET UNTIL SEPTEMBER 5TH. 
          >> YES. SO, LET'S LOOK AT THE PROPOSED TAX RATE. IS THERE A 
          MOTION OR DISCUSSION? >> I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS. I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE EXISTING RATE OF .1714 . I DON'T THINK WE ARE IN A POSITION WITH THE LOSS OF SALES TAX AND OTHER ITEMS TO REDUCE THAT RATE TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE , BUT THIS WILL NOT CONSTITUTE AN INCREASE ON ANYONE EITHER. ALL OF THE FIGURES THAT WE HAVE SAID HERE FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS AND LOOKED AT AND WORKED ON THANKS TO MONIQUE AND HER TEAM ARE DONE WITH THE ASSUMPTION OF THAT RATE, SO I THINK THAT IS THE PREFERRED RECOMMENDED RATES BY MONIQUE, HER TEAM, AND STAFF. IT IS CERTAINLY A RATE THAT I AM IN FAVOR OF, SO THIS IS A MOTION FOR THAT RATE. 
          >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. 
          >> DISCUSSION? >> SO MOVED AND SECONDED. I CONSULTED WITH MISS DEMPSEY BEFORE THAT WE COULD GO THROUGH 
          AND VOTE ON EACH ITEM. >> NO, DISCUSSION! THIS IS MY 
          THIRD TIME TO SAY DISCUSSION. >> OKAY. YOU WANT IT LOWER? 
          >> YES. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THE RESIDENTS ARE RECOGNIZING THAT OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION HAS CHANGED , THAT WE ARE GOING TO TIGHTEN OUR BELTS A LITTLE BIT THE SAME WAY THAT THEY HAVE TO TIGHTEN THEIR BELTS. YOU CAN FEEL IT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO REASSESS THEIR PRIORITIES. AND OUR PRIORITIES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN , ONE, THAT WE RECOGNIZED WHENEVER FINANCES ARE DIFFICULT, AND WE HAVE MADE ADJUSTMENTS WHEN THAT HAPPENS. THERE IS A LOT OF ADD-ON IN THIS BUDGET. THE INITIATIVES, I DON'T THINK THEY ARE OUTRAGEOUS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME , I'M NOT SURE WE WANT TO BE JUST ACCEPTING EVERYTHING. WHEN I LOOK AT THAT BASED BUDGET, I THINK, OKAY, WE COULD APPROACH THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE OF $0.16 THAT WOULD BE APPROACHABLE IF WE JUST REASSESS SOME OF OUR ONGOING EXPENSES, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE ALPHA AND OMEGA CONTRACT. I THINK IT WOULD PAUSE THAT AND REISSUE THE RFP. WE CAN LOOK AT THAT FOR THE NEXT YEAR , AND THERE IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH ANOTHER COMPANY . THEY ARE OUT THERE, THEY ARE IN THE WOODLANDS TO JUST GO ALONG, TO GET ALONG, AND YOU DO THIS LEGACY OF REFUNDING . I THINK THAT'S A MISTAKE, AND IF IT IS ONE .5 MILLION , WE CAN AT LEAST DROP OUR RATE BY HALF A PENNY. RIGHT, MONIQUE? THAT WOULD GET US ABOUT ONE .5 MILLION? AND IF WE WANTED TO GO FURTHER, WE CAN SCRUB THE BUDGET, THE BASE BUDGET, AND LOOK AT THAT. SO, THAT IS MY OFFER, A SECONDARY MOTION TO LOWER THE TAX RATE TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE , AND LOOK AT THE BASE AS WELL AS THE 
          INITIATIVES . >> IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? IF NOT, THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR .1714 MADE BY DIRECTOR WATSON, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE? OPPOSED? 
          >> OPPOSED. >> MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO THE OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU CALL IT AN OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE A NEW REVENUE GENERATOR. THE COVENANT ADMINISTRATION FEE THAT STAFF HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY ON . IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT WE IMPLEMENT THE COVENANT ADMINISTRATION FEES EFFECTIVE THE FIRST OF JANUARY , PROVIDING THAT STAFF IS READY TO IMPLEMENT IT AT THAT TIME? 
          IS THERE A MOTION? >> I WILL MOVE ON THAT. 
          >> SECOND PERIOD >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY 
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          SAYING AYE? >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. >> AYE. 
          >> OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM -- EXCUSE ME, INITIATIVE, I APOLOGIZE . THANK YOU, I NEEDED THAT. THE PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT FOR ENHANCED SERVICE LEVELS. KNOW THAT THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH. ALSO, THE BUDGET TASK FORCE AT THIS BOARD APPROVED I BELIEVE 7-0 TO IMPLEMENT . THE UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE WOULD BE THE 361 540 IF APPROVED, AND WE CAN TAKE THEM SEPARATELY. THE EQUIVALENT WOULD BE UNDER CAPITAL . 
          >> THE EQUIPMENT WOULD BE UNDER 2024, AND THE OPERATIONS WOULD 
          BE UNDER 2025. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          >> YOU ARE WELCOME. >> OKAY. I READ IT WRONG. IS THERE A MOTION TO CONSIDER THESE? YOU WANT TO HEAR THEM 
          SEPARATELY? >> I MOTION TO DO THEM 
          TOGETHER. >> OKAY. YOU MAKE THAT MOTION. 
          >> I WILL SECOND. >> NELSON AND WATSON. 
          DISCUSSION? >> WE ARE VOTING ON THREE? 
          >> I AM SORRY? >> NUMBER THREE? 
          >> NUMBER THREE. YES. WHAT YOU ALL IN THE BUDGET TASK FORCE HAS APPROVED. TOMORROW, MONIQUE WILL COME BACK WITH A SPREADSHEET , AND THEN WE WILL LOOK AT THEM ALL AGAIN. THIS IS JUST FOR THE SPREADSHEET. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO INCLUDE THAT 
          ON THE SPREADSHEET ? >> I HAVE A QUESTION POINT OF CLARIFICATION. IS THIS THE ITEM BY WHERE WE ARE ADDING PARKS DEPARTMENT PEOPLE? SIX PARKS DEPARTMENT PEOPLE TO PAINT THE BRIDGES ? BASICALLY PAINT THE BRIDGES AND ALL OF THE OTHER 
          ENHANCED SERVICES? >> WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE BASE BUDGET MORE PARKS DEPARTMENT PEOPLE. SO, THIS WOULD INCREASE 
          TO 10. CORRECT. >> OKAY. I VOTE NO ON THIS. 
          >> YOU VOTE NO? OKAY. >> BLESS YOU. 
          >> ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY. THAT BRINGS US INITIATIVES TO THE WATERWAY SQUARE FOUNTAIN. THIS WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE BUDGET TASK FORCE TO DO PRIORITY A , AND ONE .5 MILLION WAS BUDGETED BEFORE, AND 2 MILLION OUT OF THE HOTEL . 
          >> THAT IS CORRECT. WE NEED ADDITIONAL $2,000,000.00. 
          >> IS THERE A MOTION? >> SO MOVED. 
          >> IS THERE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR TO JUST 
          PUT IT ON? >> IS IS FOR A OR B? 
          >> IT WAS YOU. >> OKAY. IT IS NOT A A. AT THE 6.5. WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY APPROVING HERE? 
          >> I'M SORRY. I'M GOING OFF OF THE SCREEN SPREADSHEET. WE ARE APPROVING ADDING $2,000,000.00 TO THE HOTEL TAX 
          RESERVE. >> FOR OPTION A? 
          >> YES. I WILL GET US TO A TOTAL OF 3.5 MILLION. 
          >> AND YOU ADOPT WHAT YOU ARE WORKING ON ? OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON. OKAY. THERE WE GO. 
          >> IT'S THE ONE IN BLUE. >> THIS IS JUST A SLIDE DECK! 
          >> I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND. BT IT'S GOOD FOR THE RESIDENCE TO SEE WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON, BECAUSE IT SAYS SIX POINT FOR, AND WE ARE NOT REALLY APPROVING SIX POINT FOR. 
          >> WE ARE APPROVING THE 2 MILLION, WHICH WE HAVE SAID. 
          >> YES. GOOD POINT. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. CAPITAL 
          PROJECT PRIORITY A? >> IT AND GET TO VOTE. DID YOU 
          CALL FOR THE VOTE? >> WE HAVEN'T VOTED. I'M REWORDING IT BECAUSE YOU HAD SO MANY QUESTIONS. ALL THOSE IN 
          FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. >> OPPOSED? THAT BRINGS US TO THE WATERWAY BRIDGE TOWERS . THE BUDGET TASK FORCE -- 
          >> IF I COULD SIMPLE FIGHT THIS, WE HAVE EXISTING FUNDS WE ARE DOING WITH THE LASER CLEANING. ALL OF THIS WOULD BE 
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THE 16,800 AND OPERATIONS, WHICH IS REALLY JUST SORT OF A STANDARD THING. ALL OF THAT TO SAY JUST SKIP THIS ONE. WE WILL 
          COVERED IN THE BASE BUDGET. >> OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION? 
          >> WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE ON IT. SHE SAID SKIP IT. LET'S 
          ADVANCE THE SLIDE. >> THAT $16,000.00. 
          >> NO, SHE'S PULLING IT. >> YES. WE CAN COVER IT WITH 
          EXISTING FUNDS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          >> THAT BRINGS US TO THE SPORTS FIELD EXPANSION . THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON THE CAPITAL PROJECT OPTION ONE , CRUSHED LIMESTONE LOT, AT 340,000 TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE HOTEL TAX 
          RESERVE. >> YES, MA'AM, THAT IS 
          CORRECT. >> AND I MOTION FOR THAT. 
          >> SECOND. >> OKAY. DIRECTOR NELSON AND BAILEY. DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR , PUT IT ON THE 
          SPREADSHEET. >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. >> AYE. 
          >> ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO THE SPRAY GROUND SHADE STRUCTURES. THERE ARE TWO THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE BUDGET TASK FORCE , AS WELL AS BY STAFF, TOTALING $50,000.00 , VILLAGE GREEN AND BARE BRANCH. THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THE 2024 
          UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE. >> THAT IS CORRECT. 
          >> 50,000? >> 50,000. 
          >> I MOVE. >> I VOTE. 
          >> THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? 
          >> SECOND. >> I WILL SECOND THAT. 
          >> ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. >> AYE. 
          >> OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO PATHWAY CONNECTOR BAY MILLS DRIVE. THIS IS A CAPITAL PROJECT. IT'S ON CREEKSIDE GREEN TO FINISH WHAT HARRIS COUNTY STARTED. WE WOULD COMPLETE THE PATHWAY AND ENSURE THE AMOUNT OF $22,000.00 FOR THE UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE OF 2024. 
          >> CORRECT. >> ADVANCE THE SLIDE, PLEASE? 
          SORRY. YOU CAN'T KEEP UP. >> OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO 
          NINE. >> WHAT HAPPENED TO EIGHT? 
          >> WE PULLED IT. >> I'M SORRY? 
          >> WHAT HAPPENED TO EIGHT? >> WE DIDN'T VOTE ON IT. I APOLOGIZE. IS THERE A MOTION? ARE WE GOING TO VOTE? 
          >> FOR THE PATHWAY CONNECTOR? >> WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A 
          MOTION. >> I THOUGHT YOU WILL JUST THAT 
          YOU WANTED A MOTION. >> NO, I SAID WHAT ARE WE DOING? CAN WE HAD ADVANCED THE SLIDES. 
          >> OKAY. SO, TWO PEOPLE HAVE SAID WE WILL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT. WE HAVE EVERY OTHER ONE. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY 
          BY SAYING AYE. >> 
          >> AYE. >> AYE. 
          >> OPPOSED? 22,000. NEXT IS THE PATHWAY CONNECTOR AT WOODLANDS RESERVE. THIS WAS ALSO AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF THAT WE RECEIVE POTENTIAL PARTIAL FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPER , AND THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT MONIQUE AND HER DEVELOPER ARE WORKING ON. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PUT IT ON ONE OF 
          THE -- >> I THINK WE PULL IT UNTIL STAFF CONTINUES TO TALK TO BE DEVELOPER. 
          >> I AGREE. >> SECOND. 
          >> OKAY. AND CONSENSUS IS THAT WE PULL. THE 10TH IS THE FENCE REPLACEMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? IF NOT, IT WILL NOT BE LISTED UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO. THAT BRINGS US TO NUMBER 11. IS THE REFORESTATION COUNTY RIGHT AWAY MEDIA AND , STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, DIRECTOR BAILEY HAS AN INITIATIVE OF $1,000,000.00, WHICH ALL BOARD MEMBERS 
          SUPPORTED LAST YEAR. >> SO, WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE 
          ON THIS. >> WE DON'T HAVE TO UNLESS 
          CITY WANTS TO. >> BECAUSE AUTHORITY FUNDED. 
          >> IT'S NOT ALREADY FUNDED. NO. 
          >> OKAY. CHAIR, IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN, IS THERE A MOTION? 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO LIST IT. I MAY HAVE BEEN OUT FOR THIS ONE. 
          SO, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION, BECAUSE THAT IS A HEAVY NUMBER , WE ARE TALKING ABOUT REPLANTING TREES WITHIN 
          THE MEDIAN AREA? >> THE COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY 
          MEDIANS. YES, SIR. >> I AM NOT FOR THAT UNLESS A MECHANICS LIEN THAT TO ME WHY WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THIS 
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          NUMBER. >> I HAD PROPOSED THAT WE GO BACK TO THE COUNTY AND ASK THAT THEY FUND IT PARTIALLY . THAT WAS SORT OF A DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD , AND MONIQUE AND TELL 
          THEM WHAT YOU TOLD ME. >> WE CONTINUE THE $1 MILLION REFORESTATION INTO 2025. OUR SUGGESTION WAS IF WE WOULD BRING THESE INDIVIDUALLY BACK TO THE BOARD, BUT IF THE BOARD WANTED TO, WE WOULD USE THAT FUNDING IN ORDER TO FUND SOME OF THESE WHERE IT MADE SENSE TO DO SO. BUT I AGREE WITH THE DIRECTOR THAT WE SHOULD OF THE CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY 
          FIRST. >> YEAH, I THINK THAT IS A COUNTY ASKED. UNLESS THERE IS A SAFETY NEED, IF IT'S JUST ATHLETICS , AND SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE ICE ON THE BINDER THAT THESE ARE BEING PROPOSED, I JUST DON'T VALUE THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR THIS KIND OF NUMBER. 
          >> IT IS ATHLETICS. YOU ARE RIGHT. 
          >> CAN WE USE SOME OF THE FALL REFORESTATION DOLLARS IN FRONT OF FIRE STATION EIGHT IN FLOOD RICH? THERE IS NOTHING BUT GRASS , AND THAT IS THE GOSLING ENTRANCE INTO THE WOODLANDS. 
          WITH A HEAVY TRAFFIC AREA . THIS IS THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY RIGHT ACROSS FROM FIRE STATION EIGHT. IF WE CAN REPURPOSE SOME OF THE TREES IN THE $1,000,000.00 BUDGET TO GO THERE , THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK OUR ENTRYWAYS ARE IMPORTANT, AND GOSLING'S ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE OF AN 
          ENTRYWAY INTO OUR COMMUNITY. >> OKAY. 
          >> BUT THAT'S NOT A BUDGET ITEM. RIGHT? YOU JUST WANT TO 
          REPURPOSE AND REALLOCATE? >> WHAT'S THAT? THING ON. 
          >> WE NEED TO REVIEW THAT . A LOT OF THOSE TREES HAVE BEEN COMMITTED, BUT WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT AND WE CAN LET YOU 
          KNOW TOMORROW. >> BECAUSE IF THEY ARE ALL COMMITTED, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO PUT SOME MONEY IN THERE FOR THAT. WHEN YOU HAVE GOSLING'S, YOU JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOW IN THE COUNTY AND IN THE WOODLANDS. 
          >> AT THIS TIME , IT APPEARS THAT THE CONSENSUS IS TO, OVER A PERIOD OF TIME , AND DIRECTOR BAILEY HAS AGREED TO THIS AS WELL, THAT BRINGS US TO THE SOUTH GOSLING PARK CAPITAL PROJECT DURING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT. IS THERE A $1,000,000.00 PLACEHOLDER ON THAT? 
          >> THERE IS NOT. UNLESS THERE IS A STRONG DESIRE BY THE BOARD AT THIS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPING OF THAT PARK, I SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE NO ACTION , AND WE WILL BRING THAT 
          BACK AT A FUTURE TIME. >> PULLED. 
          >> PULLED. >> I WANT TO BRING THIS UP. WE HAVE FIVE YEARS TO DO THIS WITH FOUR YEARS LEFT. WE ARE ONE YEAR INTO THIS. I AM AFRAID THAT WE WILL ALL OF A SUDDEN BE HIT WITH A HUGE NUMBER. WHAT IF WE CONSIDER DOING 250,000 TO START BUILDING UP THAT FUND ? WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY IN THERE. 
          >> THAT'S ONGOING EXPENSE AT THIS POINT. I AM IN FAVOR OF THAT. IF WE COULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT SO IT IS NOT SUCH A BIG HIT, IT ALLOWS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO HAVE SOME FUNDS TO FOCUS ON DEVELOPING THIS , AND DOES NOT SHUT IT DOWN COMPLETELY, BECAUSE WE ARE UNDER A TIME LIMIT. SO, I 
          SUPPORT THE 250,000. >> THIS IS SOMETHING YOU SUGGESTED, DIRECTOR NELSON. IS THERE A NUMBER? 
          >> I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. I WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH 500,000. I WOULD GO WITH THE 500,000 , BUT AS LONG AS WE PUT SOMETHING IN IT. MY DESIRE WOULD BE 500,000. 
          >> YOU RECOMMEND THEN THAT MIKE 
          >> CAN I BRING THIS BACK TO YOU ALL TOMORROW AND SEE WHERE WE END UP WITH UNDESIGNATED, AND THAT WILL GIVE ME A BETTER IDEA 
          OF WHAT WE CAN FLOTT IN? >> OKAY. 
          >> BUT THIS WOULD NOT COME FROM UNDESIGNATED MONDAY, THIS WOULD COME FROM CAPITAL RESERVE. RIGHT? 
          >> NO. OUR CAPITAL RESERVE IS FOR EXISTING ASSETS. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. SO, THAT IS BRAND-NEW MONEY. WELL, THAT IS A PROBLEM. 
          >> ARE YOU STILL SET WITH IT? >> NO. 
          >> OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? 
          >> I WILL SECOND. >> YES. 
          >> FOR 500, ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. >> AYE. 
          >> NO. >> OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO 13, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TREE SEASONAL COLOR. IS THERE ANY TIME FOR 13 AT THIS TIME? I KNOW WE LOVE FLOWERS. 
          >> WELL, WITH MARKET STREET , THESE A.L. PCS, THEY ARE SEASONAL , BUT THEY PLANT SIX TIMES A YEAR. IT'S A LITTLE DROP IN THE BUCKET, BUT WE MIGHT WANT TO GO TO THAT A.L. 
          PC. ANOTHER VENDOR MARKET STREET WILL DO IT RIGHT. 
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          >> OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO 14. MY NUMBERS ARE DIFFERENT. THE OPERATING EXPENSES TO STAFFING AND THE ADDITIONAL LIEUTENANT THAT WOULD, UNDER THE 2025 UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE FOR 159 234. IS THERE AN APPETITE? 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD ON THIS UNTIL WE FIND OUT MORE ON THE BILINGUAL PAY INCREASE FOR FIREFIGHTERS. 
          >> WELL, WHEN YOU LOOK, PLEASE LOOK AT , NOT THE VIRTUAL ONE, BUT THE CONTRACTED SITUATION THAT I MENTIONED AS AVAILABLE. 
          BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST SPANISH . 
          >> WE DO HAVE CONTRACTOR TRANSLATION SERVICES. WE 
          ALREADY DO THAT. >> IS THERE A MOTION TO INCLUDE IT? I KNOW DIRECTOR BAILEY IS ON HOLD. ARE WE PUTTING IT ON 
          HOLD FOR THE PRESENT TIME? >> YES. 
          >> OKAY. THAT WILL BRING US TO 15, LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT HAD A NUMBER OF REQUESTS . KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN -- PUBLIC SAFETY HAS BEEN A PRIORITY OF THIS BOARD SINCE THE INCEPTION , AND EVERY ENTITY, BE IT MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AS WEL AS OUR CONSTABLE, MONTEREY COUNTY CONSTABLE AND HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLE , WE HAVE ADDED A GREAT DEAL LAST YEAR . 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO CONSIDER THESE ? OR AT THIS TIME TO PUT 
          ON HOLD? >> HOLD. 
          >> I CAN BE HELD. >> THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT ONE, WHICH IS BUDGET INITIATIVE -- 
          >> WE DID NOT HAVE A NUMBER ON ITS BECAUSE IT CAME IN LATE. ON YOUR GREEN SHEET IT IS LISTED UNDER OTHER OF THE VERY LAST ITEM, BUT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT NOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE 
          TO. >> LAST ITEM? 
          >> VERY LAST PAGE, LAST ITEM. >> IS THIS THE DRONE? AND THE 
          CRIME? OKAY. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> CAN WE GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THIS? I AM A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THE WHOLE DRONE ASPECT , WHAT THE COUNTY IS PAYING FOR DRONE -WISE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP IS NOT EXCLUDED FROM COUNTYWIDE DRONE PROGRAMS, AND IF THIS IS A DIFFERENT ONE , WE HAVE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          CAN WE HAVE HIM EXPLAIN THE DRONE AND WHAT HE IS GOING TO 
          DO? >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR BAILEY. 
          IF YOU WILL AND I DID INDULGE ME, I HAVE A BRIEF VIDEO THAT WILL EXPLAIN THE DRONE AS A FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM. AS YOU KNOW, WE CURRENTLY HAVE DEPUTY DRONES THAT ARE IN PLACE IN VEHICLES THAT ARE USED . THE DRONE IS A FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM THAT ACTUALLY HAS A COMMAND CENTER AT THE SUBSTATION OFFICE, AND THE DRONES WALKED FROM THE ROOF THEY ARE AND RESPOND TO CALLS. IF IT PLEASES THE BOARD, IT'S 
          A TWO MINUTE VIDEO. >> YEAH, GREAT. 
          >> YES, PLEASE. >> FIRE AWAY. 
          >> SO, THIS IS A PROGRAM, YOU MIGHT NEED TO TURN THE VOLUME UP ON IT. 
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          >> I WILL PAUSE NOW JUST TO ALLOW YOU TO SEE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE DRONE PROGRAM IS. TWO WEEKS AGO, CHIEF HALL WENT BACK TO COMMISSIONERS COURT , AND COMMISSIONERS COURT APPROVED FUNDING FOR A RADAR CAMERA SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS FOR A SINGLE DRONE OPERATOR TO OPERATE FROM A REMOTE SITE. UNDER THE CURRENT OPERATIONS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VISUAL OBSERVER OR A RADAR SYSTEM. WHEN THE COUNTY FUNDED THAT, IT'S WITH THE INTENTION OF PILOTING THAT PROGRAM SOLELY IN THE WOODLANDS TOWNCENTER. WE ARE THE FIRST PART OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY TO RECEIVE THIS DRONE BECAUSE OF THE CONCENTRATION. RIGHT? WE HAVE THE CLOSE CONCENTRATION, WE HAVE THE INCREASED NUMBER OF VEHICLES THERE THAT HAMPERS OFFICERS RESPONSES TO CALLS. 
          SO, WE ARE GETTING THE FIRST ONE. PART OF THE REQUEST IS TO STAFF IT WITH TWO OFFICERS , AND SECONDLY, TO ADD TWO SECONDARY CAMERA SITES TO EXPAND ITS NORTH TO INCLUDE THE COLLEGE PARK COURT OR , WHICH IS WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF NEEDED FOR OFFICERS TO RESPOND. UNDERSTANDING THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS THAT THIS BOARD IS HAVING TO DEAL WITH TODAY, I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR US TO TRY TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE, OR AT LEAST TRY TO OFFER SOLUTIONS. IF YOU WILL INDULGE INDULGE ME, MY OFFER WILL BE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE SOME OPENED VACANT POSITIONS. WHAT I WOULD LIKE THE LATITUDE TO DO WOULD BE TO UPGRADE TWO POSITIONS WITH A STIPEND SO AS TO NOT INCREASE THE OVERALL BUDGETS, BUT STILL ALLOW FOR THE PROGRAM TO LAUNCH AS A PILOT. I THINK THAT'S BENEFICIAL. WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE VACANT POSITIONS NOW. THE STIPEND INCREASE COULD BE COVERED THROUGH A SALARY VARIANCE IN CURRENT BUDGET YEAR IF ALLOWED , AND THE EQUIPMENT COULD BE PURCHASED PERHAPS THROUGH THE VARIANCES THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SAVE ON THE CAPITAL SIDE WHEREAS DO NOT INCREASE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET OR FUTURE YEARS BUDGET UNTIL THAT HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL. BUT TO BE CLEAR, MONTGOMERY COUNTY'S DRONE PROGRAM FOR THE DRONE AS A FIRST RESPONDER IS ONLY CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO START IN THE TOWNCENTER AND NO ONE ELSE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. WE WOULD BE THE FIRST, AND RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY AS A DRONE IS A FIRST RESPONDER. WE DO HAVE DRONES AND PATROL VEHICLES , AS THEY HAVE THEM IN THE FIRE APPARATUSES , BUT THOSE ARE SINGLE USE TYPE DEALS. THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE MOVING FROM THE STATION TO SOUND CENTER CALLS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          >> I LIKE YOUR PROPOSAL IN TERMS OF ABSORBING THE COST 
          WITH OUR BUDGET NOW. >> CHIEF, BEFORE YOU GO, AND THANK YOU, THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE AS WELL AS AN ENHANCEMENT TO YOUR RESOURCES. ARE THESE DRONES 
          MADE IN AMERICA? >> THESE ARE DGI DRONES, AND THESE ARE THE ONES WE ARE CURRENTLY USING. THEY ARE THE 
          ONES THAT ARE UNIVERSALLY USED. >> BUT WHERE THEY MADE? 
          >> MA'AM, IF YOU LOOK AT MOST THINGS, THERE WILL BE A COMPONENT WITH IS AROUND THE WORLD. 
          >> LET'S ANSWER THE QUESTION. ARE WE CONTROLLING OUR INFORMATION? BECAUSE THESE DRONES ARE GOING TO BE FLYING OVER AREAS MAYBE NOT IN TOWNCENTER, BUT OTHER AREAS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY THAT MIGHT BE QUITE SENSITIVE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS, BEEN FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL. ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT OUR DATA THAT YOU ARE GATHERING IS NOT BEING SHIPPED OVERSEAS? 
          >> GREAT QUESTION AND I AM GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP. WE ARE SIEGES COMPLIANCE , WHICH INCLUDES OUR DATA. SO, WE HAVE TO BE COMPLIANT. THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE IN THE CERTIFICATIONS THAT OUR PERSONNEL GET REQUIRED TO HAVE AN FAA CERTIFICATION TO EVEN OPERATE OR PILOT THAT DRONE , WHICH INCLUDES THE AREA THAT THEY ARE TRAVELING OVER. WE HAD TO FILE FOR FIGHT FLIGHT PLANS. ALL OF THESE ARE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF IT. CAN I 100% CERTIFY THAT THERE IS NOT A MICROCHIP INSIDE THAT THRONE THAT DID NOT COME FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY? NO, I CAN'T. CAN I TELL YOU THAT THE DATA THAT WE ARE COLLECTING IN THE IMAGES WE ARE COLLECTING HIS HOUSE ON IT CAN SECURE SERVER? YES, I CAN. 
          >> HEY, TIM, ANY IDEA WHAT THE STIPEND WOULD BE FOR THAT? 
          >> I BELIEVE IT IS IN THERE, AND FORGIVE ME, I DON'T HAVE 
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IT , BUT THAT WOULD BE FIVE OR $6000.00 AS A STATEMENT. AND THEN THE CRIME PREVENTION, LAST THING I WILL TEL YOU ABOUT THE CRIME PREVENTION IS WE JUST RECEIVED YET ANOTHER WORD FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR LARGE AGENCY IN OUR CRIME PREVENTION EFFORT , AND PART WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWNSHIP, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TO AN AMAZING JOB AND WOULD LIKE TO 
          CONTINUE THAT. >> WELL, IT WILL BE THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD. MY CONCERN IS THAT WE DO HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP STARTING IN JANUARY . WITH THIS NOT BE A PRUDENT PERHAPS TO WAIT AND SEE THE PLEASURE AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THE NEW LEADERSHIP MIGHT CAPTAIN? YOU KNOW PUBLIC SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, BEING PRUDENT WITH THE TAXPAYERS MONEY, THAT IS MY CONCERN. SO, IS THERE A MOTION TO CONSIDER THE STIPEND? 
          >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. 
          >> OKAY. >> SO, WHAT WOULD THAT AMOUNT BE NOW? I'M TRYING TO KEEP A RUNNING TOTAL HERE AND IN MY 
          LITTLE LOST. >> DO IT ACCORDING TO MONIQUE. 
          DO YOU HAVE THAT? 
          >> WHAT FUND WOULD IT COME FROM? 
          >> STILL DECIDING. >> I MISSPOKE. IT WILL BE A 20,000 TOTAL STATEMENT. THAT'S BASED ON A SIX-YEAR PERIOD THAT'S 10,000 BORROW FOR STIPENDS, AND THAT INCLUDES 
          BENEFITS. >> OKAY. 
          >> BUT THE SALARY IS BASICALLY COVERED BY VACANT POSITIONS 
          THAT ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF? >> YES. 
          >> OKAY. WITH THAT, THANK YOU, CAPTAIN. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE? 
          >> AYE. >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT -- 
          >> HOW MUCH WAS THAT TOTAL? >> 20. 
          >> 20? >> OKAY. 
          >> THE FULL FACILITY GENERATOR FOR TOWNHALL. I MAKE A MOTION. 
          >> SECOND PERIOD >> IT HAS BEEN SECONDED. ALL OF 
          THOSE IN FAVOR? >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. >> AYE. 
          >> OPPOSED? THAT BRINGS US TO 18 , OR 17? SEE WHAT YOU HAVE. 
          >> 17, SORRY. THERE WE GO. >> 17, THE MASS NOTIFICATION. 
          >> I MOTION. >> I WILL SECOND THAT. 
          >> MONIQUE, IF THIS BECOMES -- 
          >> THAT HAS BEEN FORWARDED BY DR. HEISER, SECONDED BY NELSON. 
          >> DISCUSSION. THIS IS LESS THAN THE 37. RIGHT? 
          >> YES. WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT , AND I WILL PROBABLY PUT FOR PURPOSE TOMORROW $20,000.00 JUST AS A PLACEHOLDER IN THERE. I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          >> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          >> OKAY. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. THE AMOUNT IS ALLOCATED AS 37 FIVE, BUT I HAVE UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE 
          OF 20. >> WE WILL USE $20,000.00 AS A PLACE HOLDER FOR THAT RIGHT NOW , AND IT WILL GO UNDER THE 2024 
          COLUMN. >> OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR , 
          SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE? >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. >> AYE. 
          >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THAT BRINGS US TO 18, MEALS ON WHEELS, FUNDING FROM A CURRENT OF 55 AND AN ADDITIONAL 75. THE 55 IS IN THE BASE BUDGET, THE 75 WOULD BE IN THE UNDESIGNATED 2025 UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE. 
          >> I AM IN FAVOR OF AN INCREASE, BUT NOT TO THAT PERCENTAGE. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE OPERABLE AT 55, AND THEN YOU NEED THREE TIMES THAT. I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE ADDING 45 TO IT TO GIVE THEM AN EVEN 100. 
          >> AND I WILL SECOND THAT. >> I WILL BE THE PLACEHOLDER OF 45. THE BRINGS US TO THE RODEO BUS SERVICE ENHANCEMENT. IS 
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          THERE A MOTION? >> SO MOVED. 
          >> SECOND. >> OKAY. IT IS BEEN MOVED AND 
          SECONDED. >> OKAY. THE TRANSPORTATION 
          INITIATIVES . >> AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T NEED TO ALLOCATE ANY FUNDING. WE NEED TO SEE IF THE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT CREDITS ARE SUCCESSFUL. 
          >> OKAY. THAT IS ON HOLD. THAT BRINGS US TO THE SUSTAINABILITY STANDARD REVIEW THAT DSC REQUESTED THE 30,000 UNDER THE 
          2025 -- >> 2024. I WILL BE A TOTAL 
          COST. >> MONIQUE, CAN YOU ADVANCE THE 
          SLIDES? >> OH, YES, I AM SORRY. 
          >> I AM IN FAVOR OF THAT. I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER 
          IDEAS. >> IS THERE A SECOND? I WILL 
          SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? FOR THE HARBORVIEW? FIVE BY SAYING AYE? 
          >> AYE. >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THAT IS PASSED. OKAY. ONE OF YOU, IS THERE A SECOND TO PUTTING IT ON HOLD? OR IS THERE A SECOND TWO ADDITIONAL HOURS? 
          >> I LIKE THIS. I THINK THEY SERVE A GOOD PURPOSE. ONE, I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF REMOVING THEM, AND TWO, I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF ENCOURAGING IT EITHER. THAT IS THE STATUS QUO FOR ME. I THINK WE JUST GAVE THEM A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BUMP IN RATE AS WELL. BUT IN THE PEAK HOURS, I THINK WE ARE GETTING THAT. 
          >> OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL HOURS? 
          >> WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HOURS, I THINK THEY ARE 12:00 TO 8:00, WHICH IS KIND OF STRANGE. I THINK IT SHOULD BE 2:00 TO 10:00. THEREFORE, WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT OF THE MALL AT NIGHT, THEY ARE AROUND. 
          I AM NOT THE MAJORITY, BUT I AM IN FAVOR OF ALPHA AND OMEGA. 
          >> I AGREE. I THINK ALPHA AND OMEGA DOES A GREAT JOB. OKAY. I WILL BRING US TO 2023, SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX. THE CAPITAL PROJECT IS 22 FIVE UNDER UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE, AND THE OPERATING EXPENSES OF 2025 UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE. 
          >> CORRECT. >> SO MOVED. 
          >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. 
          >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, I WILL SECOND IT. 
          >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE? 
          >> AYE. >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. >> THAT BRINGS US TO VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS. NONE, THE BUDGET TASK FORCE DID NOT DO A PLACEHOLDER ON ANY OF THESE. IS THERE ONE, TWO, OR THREE FOR ANY VILLAGE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS? NOTE, EACH VILLAGE IN SOME WAY, EITHER IT IS ADDRESSED IN THE CURRENT BUDGET 
          FOR 2025 , OR IT IS SOMETHING. >> I HAVE ONE. CHRIS, WE TALKED ABOUT IT. WE HAVE THE NEED FOR A NATURE CENTER AT ONE POINT. 
          THAT CAN BE LOOKED AT IN THE GOSLING TRACK DOWN THE ROAD. 
          BUT I JUST THINK WE HAVE GOT AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY THERE TO LOOK AT THAT. I'D LIKE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OR SOMETHING, MAYBE NOT IN AD HOC COMMITTEE BUT SOMETHING, AND HOW WE CAN 
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SEE ABOUT FUNDING THIS IS PRIVATE RESOURCES? I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES WITH YOUR, AND SHELLEY, WE ARE BOTH NATIVES OF CLEARLAKE. THE NATURE CENTER WAS AN EQUITABLE CENTER AND WAS FUNDED PRIVATELY , AND THE OPERATIONS GET FUNDED PRIVATELY. MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT HOW WE CAN DO A LITTLE FIELD TRIP AND LOOK AT THEIR MODEL. 
          EXXON IS A BIG PLAYER IN THAT. THEY ARE OUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR AND INVESTING , WHETHER IT IS TREES, WHETHER IT IS A NATURE CENTER, WHAT HAVE YOU. BUT YOU ARE THE MASTER PARK PLANTER. 
          MAYBE THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE. MAYBE HOW WE CAN LOOK AT PRIVATE GRANTS AND FUNDS FOR THAT TO TAKE A PAGE OUT OF THE HANDBOOK, BILOUS TRY TO DO THAT INSTEAD OF JUST FUNDING AT ALL WITH OUR UNDERFUNDED BALANCES 
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          OF 2024. >> THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          >> OKAY. IF THERE IS NONE WITH THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION, THAT WILL BRING US BACK TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, RELATED TO THE 2025 PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND FIVE-YEAR PLAN. I NEED A MOTION 
          AND A SECOND. >> THIS IS JUST TO GET THE 
          RUNNING TOTAL, RIGHT? >> YES. NOT ADOPTING. 
          >> NO COMMITMENT ON ANYTHING. >> SO MOVED. 
          >> I WILL SECOND. >> I AM SORRY? 
          >> SO MOVED? >> I WILL THROW A RED NUMBER UP 
          THERE TOMORROW. JUST SAYING. >> WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT. WE ARE 
          KEEPING IT IN REAL TIME. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY 
          BY SAYING AYE? >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. >> AYE. 
          >> OKAY. AGENDA ITEM EIGHT WE WILL HOLD FOR TOMORROW. AS WELL AS AGENDA ITEM NINE. THERE IS NO NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION . 
          THAT BRINGS US TO AGENDA ITEM 12, DISCUSS FUTURE AGENDA. 
          I.E., SEPTEMBER. ARE THERE ANY MATTERS TO BE PLACED? 
          >> THAT SOUNDS GREAT. IT IS FOR EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          >> IS THAT A MOTION TO ADJOURN? 
          >> YES. >> I THINK I'LL BEAT YOU. 
          >> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE? 
          >> AYE. >> AYE. 
          >> AYE. >> GREAT JOB TODAY. IT IS 12:02.
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