Jan 16, 2025 Board of Directors Regular Meeting Agenda

[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;]

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>> JANUARY 16, 2025, THIS IS 6:00 P.M. WITH START WITH THE

INVOCATION. >> THANK YOU. IF YOU WILL PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME. HEAVENLY FATHER WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH HUMBLE HEARTS, BLESSINGS, ALL THAT YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON THE NATION. WE SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE IN ALL WE DO AND YOU ARE THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF TRUTH AND JUSTICE. LORD, WE PRAY FOR DISCERNMENT AND GIVE US THE COURAGE TO STAND FOR WHAT IS RIGHT, IN THE FACE OF OPPOSITION, MAY WE BE LED BY YOUR WILL AND NOT OUR DESIRES. IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.

>> PLEASE JOIN ME IN PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

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

>> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

[2. Proclamations;]

>> ALL RIGHT. WE START OFF WITH A HEAVY HITTER, A LEGEND IN OUR COMMUNITY, PROCLAMATION HONORING GIL STALEY, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE WOODLANDS AREA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP . I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK GIL , A TRUE LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO TRAVELED THE WORLD BASICALLY TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO COME TO WOODLANDS.

LOVED BY SO MANY, GIL IS HERE TODAY WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS FAN CLUB/ EMPLOYEES AND FRIENDS. I WILL HAVE DIRECTOR SNYDER READ

THE PROCLAMATION. >> THANK YOU. WHEREAS, THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP DESIRES TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION TO GIL STALEY, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE WOODLANDS AREA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, AND HONOR HIM FOR HIS 20-YEAR CAREER AND DEVOTION TO OUR COMMUNITY. .

AND WHEREAS, GIL STALEY HAS LIVED IN THE WOODLANDS FOR 28 YEARS, WHERE HE RETIRED FROM DELTA AIRLINES IN DECEMBER 2004 AND RAISED TWIN SONS, JOSEPH AND JOHNATHAN, LOCALLY WITH HIS WIFE DEBRA.

AND WHEREAS, GIL STALEY STARTED HIS CAREER WITH THE WOODLANDS AREA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP ON FEBRUARY 1, 2005 AND HAS DEDICATED HIS CAREER TO ADVANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FOSTERING INNOVATION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, DEMONSTRATING UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AND LEADERSHIP.

AND WHEREAS, HIS CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED THE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, ATTRACTING NEW BUSINESSES, CREATING JOBS, AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS.

AND WHEREAS, THROUGH HIS EFFORTS, GIL HAS BUILT INVALUABLE PARTNERSHIPS AND FOSTERED COLLABORATION BETWEEN PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND EDUCATIONAL SECTORS, DRIVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCING OUR COMMUNITY'S REPUTATION.

AND WHEREAS, GIL STALEY S EXEMPLARY DEDICATION, PROFESSIONALISM, AND SERVICE HAVE EARNED HIM THE ADMIRATION AND RESPECT OF COLLEAGUES, STAKEHOLDERS, AND THE COMMUNITY-AT-LARGE, INCLUDING RECOGNITION BY INTERFAITH OF THE WOODLANDS AS A "HOMETOWN HERO" IN 2013.

AND WHEREAS, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, EXPRESSES OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO MR. STALEY FOR HIS DEDICATION TO THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY AND WISH HIM HAPPINESS IN THIS NEW CHAPTER OF HIS LIFE.

NOW, THEREFORE, BRAD BAILEY, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JANUARY 28, 2025, AS GIL STALEY DAY IN THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS .

CONGRATULATIONS. >> I WILL BREAK A LITTLE BIT.

WE DON'T HAVE MANY LEGENDS COME HERE. I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO TELL GIL THANK YOU FOR HIS SERVICE.

>> DO I GET TO GO FIRST? NO, YOU ARE GOING TO BE MISSED.

ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL REPLACEMENT, YOU ALL DID A GOOD

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>> GIL, I MEAN FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE KNOWN, I MEAN, THE RESIDENTS ARE SO PROUD OF THE WOODLANDS ITSELF AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE QUALITY OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE.

THE EMPLOYEES THAT LIVE HERE. AND WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE. AND ALWAYS WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE. AN OPEN DOOR AND A JOY TO BE AROUND. WE WILL MISS YOU.

>> GIL AND DEBORAH, EVERY RESTAURANT THERE EVER WAS, YOU HELPED WITH THE MIXED BEVERAGE TAX. GOING INTO THE RESTAURANT, I LOVED WATCHING YOU THERE. I THINK YOU, I WAS AT THE WELCOME RECEPTION WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED. YOU ARE KIND, PROFESSIONAL AND WILL BE VERY MISSED. THANK YOU.

>> IT WILL NOT SEEM THE SAME WALKING INTO THE FACILITY WITHOUT YOU STANDING IN THE FRONT LECTURING SOMEBODY ABOUT THIS. YOU HAVE DONE A TERRIFIC JOB, YOU AND THE STAFF, JUST MARVELOUS. HARD TO FATHOM ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL WITH THE WORK

YOU HAVE DONE. >> ACCESSIBLE AND EFFECTIE.

THOSE ARE THE TWO WORDS I WOULD USE TO DESCRIBE YOU. MR. GIL STALEY. AND WITHOUT YOU I DO NOT THINK THAT WE WOULD BE BE BIOTECH HUB THAT WE ARE TODAY. SO, COMPLEMENTS TO YOU AND MUCH

GRATITUDE. >> GIL ALSO RAN THROUGH THE TAPE AND IS STILL WORKING. JUST SENT AN EMAIL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR POTENTIAL LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRSFOR THE NEXT MEETING THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT. GIL, I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. IF YOU DO NOT MIND BRINGING YOU AND DEBORAH IN YOUR WHOLE FAMILY, YOUR FAN CLUB, YOUR EMPLOYEES UP, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION AND TAKE A PICTURE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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>> THANK YOU AGAIN, GIL. >> THE SECOND PROCLAMATION OF THE DAY IS THE FINAL ONE, RECOGNIZING ARBOR DAY IN THE WOODLANDS. I WILL TURN THIS ONE OVER TO SOMEONE ELSE.

>> OKAY. PROUD TO READ THIS RECLAMATION. WHEREAS, IN 1872, J. STERLING MORTON PROPOSED A TREE-PLANTING HOLIDAY TO BE CALLED "ARBOR DAY" AT A MEETING OF THE NEBRASKA STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, MARKING THE FIRST OBSERVANCE OF THIS HOLIDAY IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS, SINCE 1977, THE WOODLANDS GIVEN AWAY MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION TREES TO RESIDENTS. AND WHEREAS, THE WOODLANDS HAS, SINCE ITS INCEPTION, BEEN CREATED TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE GEORGE MITCHELL S VISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE.

AND WHEREAS, THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP IS COMMITTED ANNUAL REFORESTATION AND FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING. AND WHEREAS, THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP COMMUNICATES THE VALUE OF THE CREATION AND RETENTION OF NATURAL FORESTED AREAS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND WHEREAS, NATIVE TREES COOL CITIES, INCREASE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, IMPROVE AIR QUALITY, CYCLE NUTRIENTS, STABILIZE SOIL, AND INTERCEPT STORMWATER. AND WHEREAS, PLANTING NATIVE TREES ENHANCES CURB APPEAL, INCREASES VALUE TO PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND BEAUTIFIES OUR COMMUNITY. AND

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NOW, THEREFORE, BRAD BAILEY, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP, DO HEREBY DESIGNATE SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2025, AS THE 49TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE WOODLANDS ARBOR DAY IN THE WOODLANDS,

TEXAS >> THAT IS GREAT.

>> ROB FLEMING PARK, 9:00 A.M. UNTIL 12:00 NOON, AN INCREDIBLE EVENT THAT IS WELL ORGANIZED. GET THERE EARLY BECAUSE ALL SEATING WILL BE GONE QUICK. RAIN OR SHINE. THOUSANDS OF TREES PLANTED EVERY YEAR, A TRUE TESTAMENT TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. IF YOU WOULD NOT MIND, COME ON UP SO WE CAN GET A PICTURE WITH YOU.

[3. Call meeting to order;]

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. LOOKING FORWARD TO ARBOR DAY ON JANUARY 25TH. IT WILL BE FROM. WITH THAT I CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:13 P.M. THE NOTICES OF THE MEETING WERE POSTED 70 TWO HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. THE MEETING OCCURRED IN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWNSHIP IN THE OFFICE BUILDING. LAW REQUIRES AT LEAST FOUR BOARD MEMBERS BE IN ATTENDANCE AND ESTABLISH THE QUORUM FOR CONDUCTING BUSINESS.

I ASKED EACH BOARD MEMBER TO ACKNOWLEDGE AS I CALL ROLE.

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

[5. Recognize public officials;]

FOR THE AGENDA. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> AYE. >> MOTION CARRIES.

>> RECOGNITION OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS. THE NEW SHERIFF WILL BE COMING TO TALK TO US. THERE IS LITERALLY A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN. SHERIFF WESLEY DOOLITTLE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND

ALL YOU DO. >>

>> WE CANNOT WAIT TO HEAR ABOUT ALL YOU DO. WE HAVE -- HERE TO REPRESENT SENATOR CREIGHTON. SENATOR WAS NAMED THE PRESIDENT PRO TEM IN THE SENATE OF TEXAS. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE

[6. Public comment;]

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WELCOME. COME ON UP.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE BEEN AN AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST FOR 35 YEARS AND AT ONE TIME I WAS YOUR STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVE. I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU WERE HAVING THE SPEAKER YOU ARE HAVING TONIGHT, YOUR FIRE PERSON. IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO HAVE THESE PEOPLE SERVE US. I SEE THEM WHEN I AM HOME, WHICH IS NOT OFTEN. WE HAVE SOME OF THE FINEST FIREFIGHTERS YOU COULD EVER ASK FOR. KIND, CARING. BECAUSE OF WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING AND I HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD, I HAVE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES IN CALIFORNIA. I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS IN BIG TROUBLE IN CALIFORNIA. I WAS SO HAPPY THAT WAS ON YOUR LIST TONIGHT. THE ONE THING I REALLY WANT TO GIVE A COUPLE WORDS THAT I HOPE YOU DO A LITTLE HOMEWORK ON BECAUSE WHEN YOU DIG DOWN THERE ARE PATENTS ON THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOOD AND ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF IT. ONE OF MY FRIENDS IS A CELEBRITY AND SAID TO ME THE OTHER DAY, YOU GUYS NEED TO LOOK INTO 15 MINUTE CITIES, SMART CITIES, SOME OF THE THINGS THEY ARE SPRAYING. IF WE HAD DONE A BETTER JOB AND GOTTEN RID OF SOME UNDERBRUSH WE HAVE I WOULD NOT BE IN THE MESS I AM IN. I WANT TO SAY HOW GLAD I AM THAT WE HAVE SUCH A FINE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND MAY GOD BLESS THE WOODLANDS.

>> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. NEXT UP IS OUR GOOD FRIEND

STEVE -- >> WE ARE NOT COUNTING YOUR TIME UNTIL YOU GET THERE AND READY TO GO.

>> IT GOING. IT IS COUNTING. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON THE SAME SUBJECT AS THAT LADY THERE.

OBVIOUSLY WITH THE L.A. TRAGEDY IT IS THE TIMING OF THE THING.

A COUPLE POINTS I WOULD MAKE, WE DO NOT HAVE THE MOUNTAINS, WE DO NOT HAVE SANTA ANA WINDS, WE DO NOT HAVE THE KIND OF DROUGHTS THEY HAVE OUT THERE. WE HAVE DROUGHTS AND WE HAD A WILDFIRE IN MAGNOLIA A FEW YEARS AGO, WHICH WE REMEMBER.

WE DO NOT HAVE THE POWERLINE PROBLEMS, IT IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SITUATION. BUT WE DO HAVE THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF FOREST, WE HAVE A LOT OF UNDERBRUSH, AND A LOT OF THOSE LOCATIONS, AGAIN WE DID AT THAT WILDFIRE. WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THE WATER PROBLEM LIKE THEY HAVE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE WIRE IN OUR -- WATER IN OUR FIRE HYDRANTS. I THINK THE NOTION OF DOING AN ANALYSIS OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT STEPS, IF ANY, WE NEED TO TAKE, I 100% SUPPORT THAT. I WOULD REMIND THE BOARD THAT WE DO HAVE HARK, SUSTAINABILITY, THE TALENTS THEY HAVE I THINK CAN PLAY A ROLE IN THIS. THE NEARBY TEXAS A&M FOREST -- DOWN THE STREET TO PREVENTIVE PARENTAL THE TIME. I COULD SEE THEM CERTAINLY PLAYING A ROLE. AND THEN BACK TO HARK, TODD MITCHELL ON THE BOARD, THE MITCHELL RANCH, AS PRISTINA FOREST AS THERE IS ON EARTH.

THERE IS NOT A BLADE OF UNDERBRUSH AT THAT PLACE. I THINK BRINGING THE MITCHELL FAMILY INTO IT, OR AT LEAST THEIR RESOURCES, THAT COULD PLAY A ROLE. BUT WE HAD ONE OF

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>> THANK YOU.

>> NEXT UP IS, I THINK MR. -- IS THAT OKAY? MR. MONTANO? WELCOME.

>> GOOD EVENING. I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THE WOODLANDS FOR 18 YEARS. MORE OR LESS. INDIAN SPRINGS. WE LOVE THE PLACE.

ABOUT 50 YARDS FROM FALCON WIND PARK. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. REGARDING THE PARK. WE NEVER RECEIVED, I BELIEVE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME COMMENTS FROM NEIGHBORS BEFORE, I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY SURVEYS ALTHOUGH THERE WAS SAYING THERE WAS A SURVEY. WHEN WE FOUND THIS CONTRACT TO PUT ARTIFICIAL TURF IN THE BEAUTIFUL PARK, THE VICINITY PARK, NOT A SPORTS FIELD, TRYING TO CONVERT IT, WE HAD A MEETING AND HE SAID WELL, WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE THIS MORE OFTEN. THERE IS A CRICKET CLUB THAT , I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY CONTRIBUTED MONEY OR WHAT, THEY WERE ASKING FOR A FIELD TO PLAY. NO PROBLEM. MY PROBLEM IS TWOFOLD. OR SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS AND STUFF. FIRST, THE NOTIFICATION PART. IF THERE WAS A NOTIFICATION DONE IT WAS NOT PROPERLY DONE. TO WHERE AT MY HOUSEHOLD , WE NEVER RECEIVED ANYTHING THE PAST TWO OR THREE YEARS. BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS HAS BEEN PLANNED AT LEAST A YEAR BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION STARTED. THAT IS WHAT IT NORMALLY TAKES TO DO THE ENGINEERING, THE CONTRACTS, THE MEETINGS, AND STUFF. MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS GOING ON? BECAUSE WHEN WE FIRST SAW THE CONSTRUCTION WAS COMING, WE NOTICED, WE WERE TOLD IT WAS ABOUT A 12 MONTH JOB THEREABOUTS. WE ARE BELIEVED THAT CLOSE TO THE TWO YEARS, WE HAVE EXCEEDED THE TWO YEARS.

THE FIELD IS STILL NOT IN GOOD SHAPE. THE COMPANY THAT WAS WORKING THERE MOVED. I TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE THERE, THE ORIGINAL CREW QUIT. IN A LITTLE WHILE THIS GUY WAS CALLED FROM NEW YORK AND TOLD TO RUSH AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A DISASTER.

THE UNDERGROUND, THE BASE, IT WAS NOT WELL DONE. THEY PUT THE TURF OVER TOP OF A BAD BASE. IF YOU LOOK AT IS NOT A GOOD SHAPE. THAT IS A PROBLEM I THINK THE BOARD WILL ADDRESS OR WILL BE ADDRESSING LEGALLY WITH THE ENGINEERS. THEY SHOULD HAVE INSPECTED THE CONSTRUCTION. WHETHER THE INSPECTIONS WERE DONE OR PROPERLY DONE OR NOT DONE, THAT IS A DIFFERENT STORY. ANOTHER ISSUE WAS THE WOODLANDS WATER AGENCY FIND THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ABOUT $80,000 ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO OR SO FOR NOT HAVING WATER PROTECTION. SO, WHAT IS GOING ON? WHEN IS THAT GOING TO BE FINISHED? WE CANNOT ACCESS THE JOGGING TRAIL, WALKING TRAIL BECAUSE THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK, WHICH IS ALSO THE ENTRANCE TO THE TRAIL, IS BROKEN. I UNDERSTAND CONSTRUCTION WILL DAMAGE SOME STUFF, IT IS PUT IN THE CONTRACT THAT AFTER YOU ARE DONE YOU PUT IT BACK TO WHERE IT WAS. IT USED TO BE UNTIL ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO OR THREE WEEKS AGO, SOME CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS THAT WOULD LOOK TO BUILD FORMS AND POUR THE CONCRETE. IT HAS DISAPPEARED DOWN. THERE IS STILL A LOT OF TRASH. AS YOU GO ON THE SIDE OF THE FIELD BACKGROUND RUBBER GRAVEL AND SOME OTHER SITUATION. SO MY POINT IS A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE ASKING WHAT IS GOING ON. WE NEED AND WOULD REALLY LIKE IF WE COULD GET SOME FORM OF COMMUNICATION.

YOU HAVE MY CELL PHONE NUMBER IF YOU WANT SOMEONE TO CALL ME.

I CAN GIVE THEM MY EMAIL. I CAN GET MORE INFO TO TAKE TO THE NEIGHBORS. MY QUESTION, I WORKED IN PRIVATE WORKS AT A PRIVATE COMPANY. WE BASICALLY READ OUR HOLD OF THE METERS FOR MANY YEARS. WE DID WATER AND WASTEWATER AND I WAS INVOLVED

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>> WE HAVE REACHED TIME LIMIT AND HAVE TO WRAP UP, PLEASE.

>> OKAY. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CONTRACT? WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE? I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE ARE SOME LAWSUITS ABOUT THIS.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT BE ADDRESSING. BUT I NEED

SOME INFORMATION. >> WE HAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND I WILL GET IT OUT THERE AND WE WILL GET SOME ANSWERS TO

THIS SHORTLY. >> YOU WILL HAVE SOMEBODY

CONTACT ME? >> WE WILL HAVE SOMEBODY CONTACT YOU FOR SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THAT IS

[7. President/CEO's Report;]

SHARP. >> THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO ITEMS I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TONIGHT. THE FIRST ONE IS ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2024 WILLIAM PHAM, OUR CHIEF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION OFFICER, HE WAS NAMED THE FUTURIST CIO BY THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY. PRESENTED FOR INSIGHT AND PREDICTIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF I.T. LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY, THE TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE WILLIAM'S INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP IN THE WORLD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. CONGRATULATIONS

WILLIAM. >>

>> OKAY. THE SECOND ITEM IS THE WOODLANDS PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT RECENTLY RECEIVED NOTICE BY THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF HOUSTON THAT THE 2022 PARKS AND RECREATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT RECEIVED THE SILVER AWARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING. THE AWARD HONORS EFFORTS TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTS THAT IMPROVE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND IMPROVE QUALITY. PROVIDING STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS EXISTING NEEDS IN THE NEAR TERM WHILE ALSO SUPPORTING LONG-TERM GOALS FOR RECREATIONAL TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU PARKS AND RECREATION. FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS EFFORTS AND TALENTS AND WE HAVE THREE REPRESENTATIVES FROM PARKS AND RECREATION I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE. JOHN, THE DIRECTOR.

MITCH, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AND PAMELA, ALSO THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

>>

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

THERE ARE NINE ITEMS, PAGES 83 100 IN YOUR PACKET. DO I HAVE A

MOTION? >> I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM G. THE STATE HIGHWAY 242 DRAWINGS. PLEASE.

>> I AGREE WITH THAT. AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO PULL S, ABOUT

REVO RUDE. >> ANYONE ELSE? DO I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO PASS THE REMAINING PARTS?

>> MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RESPOND BY SAYING AYE.

>> AYE. >> MOTION CARRIES.

>> WE ARE GOING TO HIT F FIRST. OKAY. AS WE MOVE TO THE REGULAR

[f. Receive, consider and act upon the first amendment to the Construction Access Agreement for The Woodlands Waterway (1 Riva Row) (C-2023-0367A1);]

ITEM G, -- F. CALLING UPON CHRIS .

>> THIS IS JUST THE EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING AGREEMENT. WITH THIS DEALS WITH IS THE WALKWAY. COVERED WALKWAY FROM THE CONSTRUCTION PERSPECTIVE. THEY NEED ADDITIONAL MONTH. I SUGGESTED THAT THEY EXTEND THROUGH THE END OF MARCH IN CASE THERE IS SLIPPAGE BECAUSE OF WEATHER. THAT IS BEFORE YOU

FOR CONSIDERATION. >> WOULD YOU ELABORATE WHO THEY

ARE? >> SURE. IT IS LOCATED ON 1

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LOOKING FOR IS THE EXTENSION. >> SO TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT FOR THE RESIDENTS AT RIVA ROW WHO ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO A LOT OF THE ACTIVITIES. WILL THE COVER STAY IN PERPETUITY? IT IS JUST TEMPORARY FOR PROTECTION FROM FALLING ITEMS? IS THAT WHY IT IS THERE? IT IS NOT FOR THE WEATHER, RIGHT?

>> IT IS NOT FOR THE WEATHER, YOU ARE CORRECT. IT IS TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY FOR THE USERS WALKING ALONG THE WATERWAY IN THAT AREA TO PROTECT THEM FROM ANY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION, POTENTIALLY DUST, POTENTIALLY FLYING HAMMER AND NAILS FLYING INTO THE AIR. IT IS JUST PROTECTING THE LOSES -- IT IS JUST PROTECTING THE USERS OF THE WATERWAY.

>> IT IS A SAFETY MEASURE BY OSHA. CORRECT?

>> IT PROBABLY IS. WE WORK TOGETHER, THE DEVELOPMENTAL COMPANIES AND THE TOWNSHIP, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECT WAS HAVING MINIMAL IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT USE THE WALKWAY, THE WATERWAY, FOR LEISURE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR

COMMENTS? >> OKAY, ON AGENDA ITEM F, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUIRED AUTHORIZATION UPON THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTRUCTION ACCESS AGREEMENT

FOR THE WOODLANDS WATERWAY? >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RESPOND

[g. Receive, consider and act upon approval of Task Order 18B for the preparation of construction drawings for landscape improvements on State Highway 242 (C-2022-0189);]

BY SAYING AYE. >> AYE.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> G, RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER 18B FOR THE PREPARATION OF CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS FOR LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS ON STATE HIGHWAY 242. LOCATED PAGES 88 AND 96 IN YOUR BOOKS. I CALL ON JOHN, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO GIVE US A

BRIEFING. >> GOOD EVENING. THIS IS APPROVAL FOR THE TASK ORDER 18 BE. DRAWINGS FOR LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENT. REALLY, THIS WAS WHEN STAFF MET WITH TXDOT ON 1488, THE OPPORTUNITY CAME UP WITH THE RAISED MEDIANS AS PART OF THE PROJECT TO ACTUALLY DO ENHANCED LANDSCAPING. SOME OF THE MEDIANS THERE ALONG THE BORDER THERE, OLD CONWAY ROAD, ALONG 242. THERE IS ABOUT FOUR MEDIANS. WE HAD THE DISCUSSIONS AND OBVIOUSLY NOW THIS, 242, ALMOST 4 1/2 MILES. A MUCH BIGGER SECTION. THE SAME DISCUSSIONS WERE HAD. THEY BUDGETED 700,000 ABOUT FOR LANDSCAPING THERE. BUT AS PART OF THIS THEY REQUIRE THAT WE PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS FOR THEM THEY WILL GO OUT AND BID AND OVERSEE THE

CONSTRUCTION OF THAT. >> CAN YOU PUT THE DRAWINGS, ARE THEY AVAILABLE? I AM SORRY IF THEY ARE NOT, I UNDERSTAND.

>> THE CONCEPTUAL? I DO NOT HAVE THOSE. SORRY. BUT WITH THAT, IT WILL BE SICKLY, SO, CURRENTLY AS YOU KNOW THERE WILL BE RAISED MEDIANS GOING ALONG 242. RIGHT NOW YOU ARE USED TO THE CRAPE MYRTLE'S THAT ARE THERE. WHAT IT WILL DO IS ENHANCE THAT, IT WILL ACTUALLY ENHANCE THE MEDIAN TIPS, CURRENTLY NOT THERE. TO BRING IT AROUND AS AN ENTRY POINT TO THE WOODLANDS, LIKE THE OTHER AREAS, WHERE THERE IS STAMPED CONCRETE AND THE JASMINE THAT WILL BE IRRIGATED, AND THEN THERE WILL BE CREPE MYRTLES AND PINE BETWEEN THOSE SECTIONS.

>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT. >> WONDERFUL.

>> WILL IT LOOK LIKE THE REST OF THE WOODLANDS, LIKE THE WOODLANDS PARKWAY, AND RESEARCH, GOING DOWN TO 42,

WHEN IT IS COMPLETED? >> IT WITH PARKWAY, THE ANSWER

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THAT BIG THERE. >> FROM THE RENDERING IT LOOKED

MORE COLORFUL. CORRECT? >> YES, IT WILL NOT BE QUITE AS COLORFUL BUT YES, WHAT YOU SEE ALL AROUND THE WOODLANDS, WITH THE GREENIDGE, YES. I GUESS THE CREPE MYRTLES WOULD BE COLORFUL AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR. THAT IS THE CREPE MYRTLES

THERE. YES. >> AND JUST TO CONFIRM, WE ARE ONLY PROVIDING THE DRAWINGS. TXDOT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE

ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION. >> YES SIR. WE BUDGETED THAT.

THE OPERATING BUDGET TO COVER THAT. WE KNEW IT WAS COMING.

YES. >> AND BACK TO THE CHAIRMAN'S POINT, WILL IT LOOK LIKE THE WOODLANDS OR THE STEPSISTER IN TERMS OF ROADS, IN MY OPINION. THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BRING IT UP TO STANDARDS. SO WILL THERE BE ENOUGH UNDERBRUSH , I DO NOT MEAN IN A NEGATIVE WAY, LIKE IN THE CALIFORNIA FIRES, BUT SOME FOLIAGE UNDERNEATH THE TREES THAT WILL MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THE WOODLANDS? AND NOT JUST INDIVIDUAL TREES SEPARATED BY 20 FEET. HOW DO YOU ENVISION IT? I DO NOT SEE IT HERE. I JUST SEE THE TREETOPS. MOST OF US, MOST OF OUR TREES, ALONG THE ROADWAYS, YOU CANNOT LOOK STRAIGHT THROUGH IT. THERE IS SOME ADDITION WITH FOLIAGE. ARE

WE ACHIEVING THAT? >> THERE ARE SIGHTLINES THAT ARE LIMITING. THERE IS NOT UNDERSTORY UNDER THERE. THERE WILL BE SOME GRASS DOWN THERE, PINE STRAW, BUT THE BEST EXAMPLES THAT I CAN GIVE IS IF YOU GO ON KIRKENDALL, SOUTH OF THE BRIDGE, OVER SPRING CREEK WHERE YOU SEE THE PINE TREES THERE. THERE ARE A LOT OF PINE TREES, THERE WILL NOT BE THAT MANY BUT WITH THE MEDIAN TIPS IT WILL BE MORE LIKE THAT. THAT

IS WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE. >> HOW LONG IS THIS PROJECT? YOU SAID FIVE MILES OR EIGHT MILES FOR 242 THERE. HOW MUCH TERRITORY WILL ACTUALLY BE FORCED TO?

>> REALLY WITH THE WHOLE 4 1/2 MILES , IT IS GOING TO BE. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, DON'T QUOTE, IT IS NOT FORESTED THE ENTIRE WAY. BUT AS YOU SEE WITH THE DRAWING THERE IN THE MEDIAN TIPS, THE SET X, THERE IS NO DANGER WITH TURNING AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS AND SUCH. BUT TREES IN BETWEENTHE MEDIAN

TIPS. >> THANK YOU.

>> SOUNDS GREAT. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR

JOHN? >> IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF DOING SOME SORT OF, AT THE ENTRANCES, SORT OF HAVE CIRCULAR THE WOODLANDS ENTRY WITH DEER OR DIFFERENT ART.

SOMETHING MORE TO WELCOME YOU INTO THE AREA. OR THERE IS

NOTHING LIKE THAT PLANT? >> NO, DUE TO THE SIZE OF THOSE AREAS IT WILL NOT. THERE ON BOTH SIDES, ON 1488 AND 242, THERE IS AN ENTRY SIDE THERE WITH DEER AND AGAIN AT I-45.

RIGHT NOW IN THE PLAN THERE IS NOT.

>> THIS IS PRETTY MUCH IT? >> JUST LANDSCAPING. AND

IRRIGATION. >> I THINK I CAN TALK TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, WE BELIEVE 242 SHOULD LOOK LIKE THE REST OF THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES. WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, TO MAKE SURE WE WORK WITH TXDOT, I APPRECIATE TXDOT, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DO NOT DO THINGS THE WAY WE DO THEM IN THE WOODLANDS. IF WE NEED TO PUT EXTRA FUNDS TOWARDS TREES IN THAT AREA, OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES ARE -- THEY TELL OUR STORY. IS IMPORTANT AND I WOULD BE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN THAT IF IT COMES UP. AS WE MOVE ON FROM THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWING LET US KNOW. ALL RIGHT. APPROVAL IS REQUIRED FOR TASK ORDER 18 B FOR THE PREPARATION OF CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS FOR LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS ON STATE HIGHWAY 242. TO EXECUTE NECESSARY AGREEMENTS AS APPROVAL. DO HAVE A MOTION? MOVED BY DIRECTOR SNYDER AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR HEISER. -- EISSLER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY

[9. Receive, consider and act upon a quarterly update on Law Enforcement;]

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AYE. >> AYE.

>> MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ONTO THE REGULAR AGENDA. NUMBER NINE. RECEIVE, CONSIDER, AND ACT UPON A QUARTERLY UPDATE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT . PLEASE DIRECT TO PAGE 101 IN YOUR BOOKLET.

THE FOLLOWING ARE IN ATTENDANCE AT TONIGHT'S MEETING. WE HAVE OUR NEWLY ESTEEMED SHERIFF, WESLEY DOOLITTLE, HITTING THE GROUND SINCE 11:30 NEW YEAR'S EVE NIGHT AND HAS NOT STOPPED.

I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT YOU WALKED INTO. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. YOUR TEAM. OF COURSE CAPTAIN TIM HOLYFIELD.

OUR GOOD FRIEND. WE ARE SO PROUD THAT YOU RETAINED CAPTAIN HOLYFIELD. ALL OF US HERE JUST ADMIRE THE SERVICE HE HAS DONE FOR US, A VEHICLE WE HAVE GONE TO A LOT. JUST A TRUE STATESMAN. APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. OUR NEW CAPTAIN, RYAN --. CAPTAIN -- IS FROM AROUND HERE AND HIS WIFE WORKS HERE AT ST. LUKE'S. A HOMETOWN BOY THAT UNDERSTANDS WHERE WE ARE FROM. WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU. LIEUTENANT BOBBY SELLERS AND SERGEANT ESPINOZA HERE IN ATTENDANCE. THANK YOU. AND THEN FROM HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, PRECINCT 4, DANIEL GARZA ALSO INTENDANTS. I WILL CALL CAPTAIN HOLYFIELD. WELCOME

BACK. >> THANK YOU. STAIR CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT INTRODUCE YOU, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, SHERIFF DOOLITTLE IS IN THE HOUSE. WE ALSO HAVE CHIEF RICK BASS, THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF THE OPERATIONS BUREAU. I WOULD LIKE IF THE BOARD WOULD SO ALLOW US A FEW MOMENTS. I WOULD LIKE SHERIFF DOOLITTLE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD BEFORE WE DO OUR PRESENTATION, IF WE MAY. SHERIFF?

>> THANK YOU. >> WE WOULD ALL GET COWBOY HATS A LITTLE BELLIES UP HERE BUT YOU CANNOT BUY THEM IN FIVE

COUNTIES RIGHT NOW. >> THERE IS A SHORTAGE. I THINK WE SOLD THEM OUT AT --, THEY DID $10,000 WORTH IN THE FIRST DAYS. IT REPRESENTS OUR TEXAS HERITAGE AND I AM GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I HAVE OFTEN SAID IT WILL HONOR OUR HISTORY AND EMBRACE OUR FUTURE FROM WHERE WE ARE AT AND WHAT WE PLAN TO DO. HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. I THINK TIM HAS INTRODUCED EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TO PRESENT. I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER AGENCIES WHICH I WORKED WITH IN THE PAST. I AM SUPER HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM NOW. HAPPY TO BE HERE FOR Y'ALL, YOUR SHERIFF. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH Y'ALL IN THE FUTURE ON YOUR PROJECTS AND KEEPING THE WOODLANDS SAFE.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND ALLOWING ME TO SAY SOMETHING. I WILL ALLOW TIM TO DO THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND UPDATE YOU WHERE WE ARE AT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO

YOU IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. CAN WE GET A

PICTURE? >> WHEN WE FINISH UP I WOULD LIKE TO GET A PICTURE. IF YOU DON'T MIND HANGING AFTER THE

REPORT. I WOULD LOVE THAT. >> IF I COULD GET SOMEBODY TO PUT THEIR PASSWORD AND SO I CAN ACCESS.

>> LOCK IT DOWN. PASSWORD. >> IT IS ALL ABOUT SECURITY.

>>

>> AT THIS TIME I ASKED CAPTAIN AND CHIEF BASS IF THEY COULD JOIN ME UP HERE. AS WELL AS LIEUTENANT SURLY, CAPTAIN GARZA AND SERGEANT ROBERTS. MR. CHAIRMAN, DIRECTORS, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE 2024 JOINT PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT THAT REPRESENTS CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT IMPACTED THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND HARRIS COUNTY AS WELL. YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A GRAPH THAT SHOWS JUST A GENERAL CALLS FOR SERVICE. I WILL REMIND THE BOARD THAT THOSE IN GREEN REPRESENT THE CALLS FOR SERVICE RESPONDED TO WITH DEPUTIES WITH THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

THE BLUE CALLS BY HARRIS COUNTY AND VILLAGE OF CREEKSIDE. SO AS ONE WOULD EXPECT DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN WE HAVE PEAK VISITATION, CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL, CALLS FOR SERVICE TEND TO PICK UP DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. YOU WILL SEE THAT. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH YEARS PAST. WE ARE NOT SEEING ANOMALIES.

YOU CAN SEE IT AT THE AND FLOW AS SCHOOL PICKS UP AND TIMES

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YOU HAVE YOUR CRY CATEGORIES OF NOTE. THESE ARE THE CATEGORIES THAT THE PREVIOUS DIRECTORS REQUESTED THAT WE KEEP TRACK OF. I AM GOING TO BREAK THEM DOWN MORE SPECIFICALLY. AGAIN IT EBBS AND FLOWS WITH CALLS OF SERVICE. WHAT YOU WILL SEE BEFORE YOU NOW IS ACTUALLY THE BREAKDOWN OF THOSE CRIME CATEGORIES OF NOTE. AGAIN THOSE IN GREEN REPRESENT THOSE OCCURRING IN MONTGOMERY, THOSE IN BLUE REPRESENT THOSE IN THE VILLAGE OF CREEKSIDE AND HARRIS COUNTY. AS YOU LOOK THROUGH, ONE THAT REALLY MAKES ALL OF THE GRAPHS VERY SMALL IS THOSE ONES OF INFORMATION REPORT. WHAT IS INCLUDED IN INFORMATION REPORT, EVERYTHING NONCRIMINAL . THAT WOULD BE THINGS LIKE ACCIDENTS, MISSING PERSONS, RUNWAY CHILDREN, THAT WOULD BE DISTURBANCES THAT WERE NONVIOLENT BUT PERHAPS TWO PEOPLE GOT VERY LOUD IN A DISAGREEMENT. THOSE ARE INFORMATIONAL CALLS. BUT BECAUSE OF THE SHEER VOLUME OF TRAFFIC WE HAD, WE ARE SEEING OUR INFORMATION CALLS INCREASE, WHICH THEN REALLY DWARFS THE REST OF THE STATISTICS. WHAT I AM PLEASED TO SAY IS WE HAVE SEEN A REDUCTION IN THINGS THAT WE IMPACT. WHICH WE CALL LIFE CRIMES. THESE ARE CRIMES THAT WE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKED VERY HARD TO BE IN FRONT OF, USING PREDICTIVE POLICING MODELS, ANALYTICS AND THE LIKE.

WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE OFFICERS THAT ARE RESPONDING ARE IN FRONT OF THE CRIMES AND TRYING TO PREVENT. YOU WILL NEVER GAUGE PREVENTION BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT PREVENTION WORKS.

WHETHER IT IS WEARING A SEATBELT, PREVENTING INJURY IN A CRASH. OR AIRBAGS. OR ANYTHING ELSE. SO LAW ENFORCEMENT, MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE YOU AND WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE UNDER CAPTAIN BRODY AND CHIEF BASS, AND SHERIFF DOOLITTLE, THAT IS THEIR NUMBER ONE FOCUS, MAKE SURE THEY ARE OUT IN FRONT. WORKING WITH PARTNERS IN SURROUNDING AREAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER HAS THE ABILITY TO IMPACT THE COMMUNITY, THAT WE ARE ON THE FRONT TRYING TO PREVENT IT GETTING INTO THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. I AM PROUD OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND WORKING LOOKING FORWARD TO THE INCREASED WORK GOING FORWARD. I INTRODUCED THE COMMAND STOP BUT WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO OUTLINE WHAT OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CHART LOOKS LIKE. SO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT. AT THIS TIME IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF BASS AND LET HIM SAY A FEW WORDS AND LET HIM TALK ABOUT THE REORGANIZATION INTO THE BUREAU'S PATROL SERVICES AND IS INVESTIGATIONS . SHERIFF DOOLITTLE HAS REALLY STREAMLINE THE ORGANIZATION. WE HAVE A JUSTICE BUREAU, SUPPORT EURO, AND OPERATIONS BUREAU. AT THIS TIME IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME,

CHIEF BASS. >> WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU. GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

WHAT YOU ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS BROKEN UP INTO THE SUPPORT BUREAU, JUSTICE BUREAU, AND OPS BUREAU. THIS WAS THE SHERIFF'S VISION TO BETTER STREAMLINE SERVICES. THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHO THEY CAN RESPOND TO FOR HELP. YOU HAVE THE SOUTH COMMAND, CAPTAIN BRODY. CAPTAIN WILL BE THE CAPTAIN HERE IN THE TOWNSHIP. WE WANTED TO BE HERE TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES. WE HAVE A LOT WE ARE WORKING ON AND WANT TO PRESENT AT A LATER TIME. BUT WE WANT TO COME IN AND AT LEAST INTRODUCE OURSELVES. WE WILL GO INTO PART OF THE SHERIFF'S VISION, TO BE PROACTIVE IN WHAT WE DO. NOT JUST BE CALLED RESPONSIVE, SUPPORT AND GET AHEAD OF CRIME. THAT WE BE NOT JUST CALLED RESPONSIVE BUT ALSO PROACTIVE. AND BY DOING THAT WE ARE STOPPING CRIMINALS, STOPPING MORE VICTIMS BEFORE THEY ARE.

'S VISION IS TO CREATE THE CRIME REDUCTION UNIT. RESTARTED IT HEREIN THE WOODLANDS. WITH ANTICIPATION OF HIM BECOMING SHERIFF HERE. WE WILL PROBABLY PUT THIS THROUGHOUT THE OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTY AS WELL, TOO. THAT TEST PILOT WENT PRETTY WELL AND I WILL INTRODUCE THE CAPTAIN AND LET HIM INTRODUCE, GIVE YOU GUYS SOME OF THE CRIME STATS AND

WHAT THEY GOT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RYAN BRODY. THE CRIME REDUCTION UNIT IS A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT WAS CREATED IN ANTICIPATION OF SHERIFF DOOLITTLE AND WHAT HIS VISION WAS. THE PRIMARY FUNCTION IS PREVENTION, SUPPRESSION, TO GO AFTER THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE CAUSING GRIME AND HARM TO OUR CITIZENS. THEY ADDRESS THE VIOLENT CRIMES, ORGANIZED

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THEY HAVE 12 WITH PENDING MOURNS AS OF RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE DA'S OFFICE. WE HAVE 42 ARRESTS. WE HAVE RECOVERED ITEMS STOLEN, $144,000 WORTH. THEN THEY SEIZED APPROXIMATELY $42,000 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE. THANK

YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. >> CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT

HOW THAT IS BEING DONE? >> IT IS A HYBRID UNIT. YOU HAVE UNDERCOVER OFFICERS. HE WOULD NOT TELL THEM FROM ANYONE ELSE. THEN YOU HAVE THE UNIFORMED OFFICERS. UNDERCOVER OFFICERS CAN USE SURVEILLANCE. WHETHER IT BE ELECTRONIC OR PHYSICAL SURVEILLANCE BY FOLLOWING THEM. WERE WATCHING A HOUSE. USING VIDEO CAMERAS. TRACKING PEOPLE INSIDE THE MALL, INSIDE OF BUSINESSES, WORKING WITH LOSS PREVENTION EXPERTS AT THESE BUSINESSES. ONCE YOU IDENTIFY THEM YOU PROVE OR HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THEY CAUSE THE CRIME AND UTILIZE THE UNIFORMED OFFICERS TO MAKE A TRAFFIC STOP. THEN SHOW YOUR PRESENCE.

>> I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO CAPTAIN BRODY. THE HEALTH AND SAFETY FOR THE LPGA, I SENT AN EMAIL TO A LOT OF YOU IN THIS ROOM AND YOU CALLED WITHIN TWO MINUTES AND SAID OKAY, WHAT IS IS ABOUT AND WHO CAN I BRING IN WHEN IS THE MEETING? I WANT TO BE AT EVERY MEETING. I APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION AND YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR THAT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU DIRECTOR. >> I HAVE BEEN REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HOW HARD YOUR TEAM IS WORKING, SHERIFF. I CANNOT IMAGINE WALKING IN AT 11:45 ON NEW YEAR'S EVE NIGHT. I WOULD SAY A HIGHER THAN AVERAGE CRIME NIGHT AND THEN YOU TAKE OVER ALL OF THE INMATES. IT IS YOUR BABY. JUST GETTING THE THRONE IN YOUR LAP. ANY OF US WOULD TO YOUR SWEARING-IN AND WE WERE MOVED. WE WHITTIER OFFICERS' SWEARINGEN. YOU ARE COMING FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, AND YOU EVEN POACHED ONE PRECINCT 4'S CHIEF DEPUTIES AND HE IS YOUR CHIEF DEPUTY NOW. HE HAS KNOWLEDGE OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP CONTRACT. WE ARE SEEING WHAT IS OBVIOUS, CRIME COMING OVER FROM HARRIS COUNTY INTO MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND TRYING TO FLEE BACK THERE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. WITH A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN AND A NEW TEAM, AND KNOWING WHAT WE ARE FACING, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? HOW CAN WE DO A BETTER JOB OF PROTECTING OUR QUOTE UNQUOTE

SOUTHERN BORDER? >> DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT?

>> I THINK THE SHERIFF IS PROBABLY BEST FOR THAT.

>> WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LOT. WHAT I AM EXCITED ABOUT IS THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO MAKE IT PUBLICLY KNOWN THAT I WILL TAKE MORE IF THEY WANT TO COME OVER. YOU KNOW, WE PICKED UP AN ADMIN FROM THE TOWNSHIP.

SHE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE HER. I THINK HAVING CHIEF HERE IN THE ADMIN'S AND THINGS, THAT WILL IMPROVE OUR RELATIONSHIPS. BECAUSE OF THE FAMILIARITY WITH EACH OTHER MAKES IT SEAMLESS AND EASY. YOU TALKED ABOUT RETAINING HIM. I AM HAPPY TO HAVE HIM ON OUR TEAM.

RECOGNIZING HIS VALUE AND TALENTS. I KNOW THAT HE WILL BE A CONTRIBUTING MEMBER FOR THE TEAM FOR A LONG TIME. HAVING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS IS DEFTLY GOING TO HELP US. MY TIME WITH DPS AND WORKING WITH THE CHIEF WITH THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, SHERIFF GONZALES AND HIS TEAM, I PICKED UP ONE OF HIS MAJORS THAT WAS OVER HIS HOMELAND SECURITY DIVISION AND WILL HELP US WITH IRON MAN IN THE BIG EVENTS THAT WE HAVE PLAYED HER FOR THE FUTURE. MY CONTACTS WITH THE STATE POLICE, DIRECT YOUR MARTIN AT DPS. I THINK THAT IS THE MOST EXCITING THING FOR ME. HAVING THAT REGION THE ABILITY TO NETWORK IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WORK WITH THE PRECINCT, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE CONSTABLES, THE OTHER AGENCIES HERE. SHENANDOAH, OAK RIDGE, MAGNOLIA, ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES. WE HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH. IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BENEFIT THE WOODLANDS AND HELP US FIGHT TOGETHER TO KEEP CRIME SOUTH OF THE BORDER HERE. I THINK THAT IS OUR BIGGEST FIGHT. WHEN WE LOOK AT STATISTICS THAT IS WHERE THE CRIME IS AT, ON OUR HEELS, ON OUR BORDER. IF WE TAKE A PROACTIVE APPROACH AND WORK WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS AND SHARE INFORMATION, WE WILL DO GOOD. WE WILL DO

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THANK YOU. >> BEFORE YOU GO, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? YOU KNOW, THE STATE LEGISLATURE JUST CONVENED.

THERE IS ALSO A NEW CONGRESS THAT HAS CONVENED. AND ABOUT TO BE A NEW PRESIDENT. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOT OF BENEFICIAL LEGISLATION AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL THAT COULD HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT. CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR INPUT ON THE ONGOING BASIS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO AS A TOWNSHIP BOARD TO ASSIST ANY KIND OF BENEFICIAL LEGISLATION? AND STAMP OUT ANY NEGATIVE LEGISLATION? JUST BY ANY EFFORTS WE HAVE PERSONALLY AND AS WELL AS A BOARD? WE DO HAVE SOME CONNECTIONS IN VARIOUS PLACES THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO LEVERAGE ON YOUR

BEHALF. >> ABSOLUTELY. I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANY BILLS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED FOR THE MOST PART NOW. I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WITH IMMIGRATIONS AND LOT OF THINGS WITH CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT AS THINGS COME UP I TALKED TO REPRESENTATIVE TOTH OR THE CONGRESSMAN AND THOSE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND IF YOU HAVE CONTACTS WITH SPECIFIC PEOPLE THAT WOULD HELP US WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUES BEING PRESENTED, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO TALK ABOUT THOSE AS A COMMUNITY. THINGS THAT AFFECT MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND OUR PARTNERS IN LAW-ENFORCEMENT. TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SAFER. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT MARIJUANA, THC, THINGS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDS CLEAR DIRECTION ON IN ORDER TO WORK WITH OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE, PROSECUTE THOSE CASES, AND ADJUDICATE THEM AS THE COMMUNITY SEES FIT, THAT WE ENACT LEGISLATION THAT BENEFITS PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE. WITH CULTURES, TRADITIONS, AND VALUES. THAT WE WORK WITH OUR LEGISLATORS TO GET THE LEGISLATION PASSED. TO CONTINUE TO BENEFIT US OR GET RID OF THINGS THAT TAKE AWAY OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO KEEP US SAFE.

AS THINGS COME UP AND YOU SEE THOSE THINGS, IF THERE'S INPUT FOR ME ON A SPECIFIC ITEM OR TOPIC, DO NOT HESITATE TO REACH OUT. WE WILL DO THE SAME WITH Y'ALL. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANT TO FINISH WITH THIS. ONE THING. I WENT WITH LEADERSHIP MONTGOMERY COUNTY ON A TOUR OF THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE. BUT YOU ARE KEEPING THE REAL-TIME CRIME CENTERS. IS THAT RIGHT? AN INCREDIBLE ASPECT. I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO ROLL OUR SLEEVES UP AND SEE HOW WE CAN WORK WITH COMMERCIAL BUSINESS IS TO SEE HOW WE CAN PUT AS MANY OF THOSE CAMERAS ARE UP AND COMMUNITY THAT YOU CAN USE WITH HIGH-TECH TECHNOLOGY AND HELP YOU GUYS CATCH BAD GUYS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. I THINK THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AN EDUCATION WITH THAT, CIRCLING THE MALL AREA, MARKET STREET. I BELIEVE THE PAVILION HAS IT.

BUT SOME HIGH-TRAFFIC AREAS THAT TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING AT A DRASTIC RATE, AND BEING ON TOP OF IT AND USING THAT, WE HAVE PUT SOME DRONES IN OUR BUDGET LAST YEAR. I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR US TO BUILDING OUR SLEEVES UP AND PROTECTING THOSE

TARGETED AREAS. >> IF WE HAD IT OUR WAY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A NIGHT COMMAND TO WORK WITH ALL AGENCIES IN THE COMMUNITY. AND RUN OUR REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER 24 HOURS A DAY. WE ARE DILIGENTLY EVALUATING OUR MANPOWER, DILIGENTLY EVALUATING OUR BUDGET AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT A 24 HOUR OPERATION AND ESTABLISH THE NIGHT COMMAND TO WORK THROUGHOUT MONTGOMERY COUNTY A MAJOR ISSUES. AND HELPS ALL THINGS NO MATTER WHAT TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT IT IS. THOSE ARE THINGS I AM ANTICIPATING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO. EXTENDING JAIL. DOING THINGS THAT HELP THE COMMUNITY BE SAFER. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES. THE LIVE CAMERA VIEWS AND STUFF. WE HAD THREADED A SYNAGOGUE HERE IN THE WOODLANDS AREA LAST WEEKEND WE WERE ABLE TO LAUNCH A DRONE AND WATCH IT LIVE IN THE REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER WHERE THESE GUYS WERE OUT ON THE SCENE. I WALKED AROUND THE REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER AND COULD INVESTIGATE THAT IN REAL TIME AS IT WAS HAPPENING. THAT WAS A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY, TO DO THAT. WE ALSO HAD A THREAT THAT AFFECTED LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIAL HERE.

WITHIN THREE HOURS OUR PARTNERS IN FBI WERE INVESTIGATING SOMEONE THAT MADE A DEATH THREAT IN CALIFORNIA. SOLELY ON THE REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER. OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CALL IN LEAN ON, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE.

THOSE THINGS WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT US AS TECHNOLOGY CHANGES, AS WE CONTINUE TO ADAPT AND BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITIES. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAPTAIN, IS THAT IT?

>> THANK YOU Y'ALL. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST FOR A

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PLEASE. >> APPRECIATE THAT. HOW ARE Y'ALL TONIGHT? IT IS GOOD TO SEE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

AS SHERIFF DOOLITTLE WAS STATING EARLIER, THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH EACH OTHER AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE, JUST TO HELP THE VILLAGES OF CREEKSIDE. ALWAYS SPEAKING ABOUT FORGERY GOING ON, THIS GOT INTO THE COMMERCIAL AREA. A GENTLEMAN CAME IN AND CASHED CHECKS THAT WERE FRAUDULENT AND GOT OVER $27,000 AT DIFFERENT BANKS. WE WERE ABLE TO GET HIS PICTURE TO MONTGOMERY WHICH HE WENT DIRECTLY FROM THE TO RECOGNIZE THE PICTURES THAT WE ALL SENT IN THE PRECINCT 3 CONSTABLE'S OFFICE PICKED HIM UP. AGAIN WE FOLLOWED OUR CHARGES AS WELL, BUT AGAIN THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ALL OF US MAKES THAT POSSIBLE. AND THAT IS WHAT I WANTED TO TOUCH ON IS WELL. THE FORGERY, IT IS RAMPANT EVERYWHERE. NOW OF COURSE VILLAGES OF CREEKSIDE, IT IS NOT RAMPANT IN THE SHOOTINGS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT WHERE THERE IS MONEY THERE IS CRIME. NO AGAIN THE FORGERIES ARE WHAT I WANTED TO SPEAK ON MOSTLY. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I LOVE THAT SHERIFF DOOLITTLE IS IN OFFICE AND I AM ANXIOUS TO WORK WITH HIM.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DANNY GARZA AND I HAVE TAKEN THE REINS OVER FOR JONATHAN, WHO RECENTLY TRANSITIONED TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. BUT THE KEY WORD HERE IS PARTNERSHIP. I HAVE HEARD THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN TONIGHT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH CUMING COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I WHOLLY AGREE WITH THE SHERIFF AND HIS COMMAND STAFF.

GETTING TO WORK WITH THEM IS ONLY GOING TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY SAFER. I KNOW CONSTABLE HERMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP. THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SERVE Y'ALL WITH THE BEST LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES THERE IS. IT IS A PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND TO SAY HELLO. YOU KNOW, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE GREAT HARRIS COUNTY. IF WE CAN ASSIST WITH ANYTHING PLEASE REACH OUT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED SERVICE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THANK YOU.

>> PLEASE TELL CONSTABLE HERMAN HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE HIM TOO.

ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GET, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CAN WE GET A PICTURE WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT INCLUDING SOME DEPUTIES IN THE BACK AND OUT FRONT? COME ON., ON.

-- COME ON. >> COME ON UP HERE.

>> WE WILL GET THE SHERIFF AND CAPTAIN UP HERE. IN THE MIDDLE HERE.

>> ARE Y'ALL READY? ON THE COUNT OF THREE. OKAY. ONE MORE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.

>> I FORGOT LIEUTENANT SELLERS, HE IS THE MOST IN SHAPE GUY IN

THE WHOLE TOWN HALL. >> I DO NOT COME WITH AN

ENTOURAGE. >> YOU ARE ONE.

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>> SORRY. >> NO DOUBT OUR CONSTABLE IS

FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE. >> THIS IS THE FOURTH QUARTER REPORT. LIEUTENANT SELLERS. I AM OVER THE CRIMINALIZED INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION. THE JP, THE COURT, THE CIVIL DIVISION, THE TRAINING DIVISION, THE SPECIAL OPS DIVISION. IF IT DOES NOT DEAL WITH PATROL. IT IS SPECIAL. THE TOWNSHIP FUNDS, SIX POSITIONS, WE HAVE THREE WITH SAFE HARBOR AND THREE WITH OUR INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN'S TASK FORCE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THE LAST QUARTER, THE SAFE HARBOR DIVISION HAD 36 NEW CASES OPENED. YOU CAN SEE THE STATS THAT COME THROUGH HERE. SHOWS A BETTER PICTURE WITH THE NUMBERS ON THE GRAPH AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM 2024. WHICH IS IN THE RED. 2023 IS IN THE GREEN. THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN OUR ABILITY TO CATCH THESE CRIMINALS. THERE IS A MISCONCEPTION, ANOTHER GRAPH IN HERE THAT IS A LOT MORE DRASTIC. THE QUESTIONS GET BROUGHT UP, ARE THERE MORE OF THEM? MORE OF THESE PREDATORS? NO, WE ARE JUST CATCHING THEM ALL NOW. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW. WE HAD SOME DEFICIENCIES IN SOME TRAINING AND TRYING TO GET THIS STUFF SET UP. ONCE WE HAD THE CONDITION BUILT IT CAUGHT FIRE.

WITH THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN FOURTH QUARTER, WE HAD 22 CASES ASSIGNED. OR CYBER TIPS AND CYBER TIPS HAVE SKYROCKETED.

THE HOUSTON METRO SIDE OF THE I CAC CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THE CYBER TIPS. THEY HAVE ASKED US TO HELP WITH THAT. ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND THE WOODLANDS AREA. ELECTRONIC DEVICES THAT WERE EXAMINED, THIS IS WHERE WE CATCH BOTH ON THE TABLETS, THE PC, AND WITH THE CELL PHONES. WE ARE COLLECTING THE DATA OF IMAGES AND EVIDENCE OF CHILD EXPLOITATION. WHETHER IT BE FROM TRYING TO CHAT WITH THEM OR IMAGES THAT WE GRABBED. THIS IS THE GRAPH THAT IS MORE DRASTIC. THE RED IS LAST YEAR AND GREEN IS THIS YEAR. THE QUESTION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP, OKAY. THERE IS MORE? NO, THERE IS NOT MORE BUT NOW WE ARE CATCHING A LOT MORE. WITH SIX.

AND IF WE HAD MORE WE COULD CATCH MORE. SO WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF NOTABLES. ONE SPECIFICALLY THAT I WANTED TO COVER IS THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING OPERATION THAT TOOK PLACE HERE IN THE WOODLANDS IN NOVEMBER. THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESCUE ALLIANCE, THEY PROVIDED SOME SUPPORT WITH PERSONNEL AND EXPERTISE THEY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITHIN THE CITY. TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT A REALITY HERE IN THE WOODLANDS. AS IT HAPPENS HERE. WE JUST HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY CONDUCT THOSE OPERATIONS. THIS OPERATION YIELDED 14 ARRESTS.

SEVEN WERE CHARGED WITH PROSTITUTION. THERE IS COMPELLING PROSTITUTION, CONFIRMED . PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION. ONLINE SOLICITATION OF A MINOR. ONE WAS A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER THAT CAME FROM HOUSTON TO MEET WITH A 14-YEAR-OLD HERE IN THE WOODLANDS. IT WAS NOT A 14-YEAR-OLD, JUST PLAYING ONE ONLINE. TRAFFIC OF A CHILD, NUMEROUS OUTCRIES OF TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. THIS WAS NOT FOCUSED ON ADULTS, IT WAS FOCUSED ON KIDS. ALTHOUGH THEY POSED AS JUVENILES, THEY WERE ACTUALLY 18. WITH SOME OF THEM.

THESE ARE THE MALES THAT WERE ARRESTED FROM ONLINE SOLICITATION, TO THE COMPELLING OF PROSTITUTION. FORCING THEM TO DO IT, MORE THAN JUST THEM SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO DO IT.

BUT THEY ARE BEING FORCED TO DO IT. AND THEN THESE WERE THE SEVEN THAT WERE ARRESTED FOR PROSTITUTION ITSELF. WE DON'T SHOW THE IMAGES OF THE UNDERAGED FEMALES THAT WE RESCUED. ONE WAS 16, 17. THEN WE HAD ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS 16 AND ACTUALLY BEING FORCED INTO THIS AND BEING TRAFFICKED INTO IT. SO WITH THOSE STATS WE HAVE SEVERAL MORE OF THESE HUMAN TRAFFIC OPERATIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN THE NEXT FEW ONCE. AND WE WILL TRY TO MAKE IT NOTE TO EVERYONE THAT THE WOODLANDS IS NOT THE PLACE YOU WILL CONDUCT THOSE OPERATIONS OR ACTIVITY. ANY QUESTIONS? I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY ELSE TO

SPEAK. >> WELL DONE. THANK YOU. PLEASE TELL CONSTABLE DAYBELL HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE HIS LEADERSHIP.

>> CALL FOR MOTION TO RECEIVE THE REPORT.

[10. Receive, consider and act upon a presentation regarding wildfire preparedness;]

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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>> AYE. >> THE MOTION CARRIES.

>> NUMBER 10. RECEIVE, CONSIDER, AND ACT UPON A PRESENTATION REGARDING WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS. WE WILL CALL ON CHIEF PALMER BUCK. I WANT TO SAY CHIEF BUCK, I DO NOT THINK I HAVE EVER HAD AS MANY CALLS ON AN ITEM, INCLUDING CAPSTONE PARK BATHROOMS, AS THE FIRES HAPPENING IN CALIFORNIA. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT, I DO NOT KNOW IF OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE HAD THE SAME THING. VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT OUR PREPAREDNESS IS. SO I CALLED MONIQUE AND SHE JUMPED ON IT IMMEDIATELY TO PUT ON. I AM SORRY FOR THE SHORT NOTICE.

I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE VERY PREPARED. I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR THIS. -- BY THE LADY WHO SPOKE YOUR

PRAISES EARLIER TODAY. >> THANK YOU. WE ARE READIED FOR THE CALL 24/7. CERTAINLY MAKING A PRESENTATION LAST TUESDAY, JANUARY 7TH, PEOPLE WERE HORRIFIED BY THE SCENES COMING OUT OF L.A. COUNTY. AS WILDFIRES RAGED THROUGH URBAN AREAS. AHEAD OF 90 MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS AT SOME POINTS. THE SANTA ANA WINDS. CERTAINLY WE HAVE HAD THE SAME TYPES OF QUESTIONS. COULD IT HAPPEN HERE? WHAT GOES ON? I WANTED TO QUICKLY RUN DOWN WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WILDFIRE IS. AND THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE DO HERE, AS WELL AS THE THINGS WE COULD DO TO IMPROVE. THE TOWNSHIP UNIQUE PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT CAN CREATE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

WITH REGARD TO MANAGING WILDFIRE RISK. GIVEN THE NUMBER OF FOREST AREAS AND THE NATURAL CHARACTER OF THE FOREST, OPPORTUNITIES CAN ARISE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WILDFIRES.

ESPECIALLY DURING DRY AND WINDY PERIODS. THE KEY COMPONENT LEADING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF WILDFIRES ARE THE PRESENCE OF FUELS, CONTINUOUS STRETCHES OF VEGETATION AND WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE WOODLANDS HAS LARGE AMOUNTS OF FUEL AVAILABLE FOR IGNITION, IT ALSO HAS A GREAT NUMBER OF NATURAL AND MAN-MADE FIRE BREAKS IN THE FORM OF CREEKS AND ROADWAYS THAT HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRE TO ADJACENT AREAS.

WHAT IS WILDFIRE? IN THE WILDFIRE BEHAVIOR TRIANGLE. IT SIMPLY BOILS DOWN TO THE WEATHER, TOPOGRAPHY, AND FUELS.

THE WEATHER, AS WE SAW AND DISCUSSED, 90 MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS, SANTA ANA WINDS. NOBODY CAN STAND UP TO THAT WITH RESPECT TO FIRES. WHEN WE FIGHT FIRES INSIDE OF HOMES, THOSE ARE VENTILATION CONTROLLED. THE AMOUNT OF OXYGEN INSIDE DETERMINES THE SIZE OF THE FIRE AND HOW BIG IT WILL GET. WE HAVE WIND DRIVEN FIRES THAT ARE ALWAYS PROBLEMATIC. THE WEATHER ALSO INCLUDES HUMIDITY, TEMPERATURE, THE MOISTURE IN THE AIR, AND PREVIOUS RAINFALL AMOUNTS, ET CETERA. WITH RESPECT TO WHEN WE GET CONCERNED, WE HAVE WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD ME BE LIKE RED FLAG WARNINGS. WHAT IS THAT MEAN? SUSTAINED WINDS OF 28 MILES PER HOUR OR GREATER, HUMIDITY 25% OR LESS. MOST OF US HAVE NEVER SEEN OR DO NOT SEE OFTEN HUMIDITY GIVING INTO BELOW 70%. I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES. WHERE WE SEE THE RED FLAG WARNINGS IN MONTGOMERY AND THE WOODLANDS IS USUALLY IN THE WINTER WHEN WE GET THE DRY NORTHERN COMING DOWN AND SEE THE HUMIDITY DROP AND GET THE STATIC ELECTRICITY WENT OUTSIDE. AND WE GET THE WINDS. FOR THE MOST PART WE DO NOT SEE THE HUMIDITY ISSUE. THE DIFFICULTY AGAIN WITH L.A. AS THEY HAVE NOT HAD RAIN FOR EIGHT MONTHS. THE RAIN THAT THEY HAD WAS 1/16 OF AN INCH IN EIGHT MONTHS. THAT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE DO NOT SEE. HUMIDITY LEVELS WERE IN THE TEENS AT THE TIME OF THE FIRES. THE SECOND THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS TOPOGRAPHY. L.A. COUNTY HAS FROM SEA LEVEL TO THE MOUNTAINS OF 10,000 FEET. THE WOODLANDS RANGES FROM 125 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL TO 175 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. THE DEFINITION OF FLAT. TOPOGRAPHY AGAIN DOES INFLUENCE THE WAY THE FIRE'S PROGRESS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CANYONS AND DRAWS IN THE WIND, WE JUST DON'T SEE THAT HERE. WITH TOPOGRAPHY.

FINALLY, FUELS. EVERYTHING CAN BURN. THE FUELS THAT WE SEE ARE VEGETATION AND STRUCTURES. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A GREAT DEAL ON WILDFIRE BEHAVIOR. LARGE TREES LIKE PINE AND BIG OAKS CAN GENERATE A LOT OF HEAT. DRIED GRASSES, FLASHY FUELS, PINE NEEDLES, THE DUFF THAT WE SEE IN THE FOREST CAN BURN A LOT QUICKLY BUT DO NOT GENERATE A LOT OF HEAT. WE SEE A LOT OF GOOD WITH THE LANDSCAPING WE DO WITH THE MAINTENANCE THAT THE

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WE HAVE THREE BRUSH TRUCKS AT STATION SEVEN, EIGHT, AND FOUR.

THEY ARE, A COUPLE ARE AGING, THE ONE AT STATION FOUR IS THE 2000 AND WE ORDERED THE REPLACEMENT AS PART OF THE 2024 BUDGET THAT Y'ALL PROVIDED. UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS NOT DUE UNTIL LATE 2026, IF WE ARE LUCKY. STATION EIGHT IS 2012, THE REPLACEMENT IS SCHEDULED FOR 2027. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE DELIVERY DATE WOULD BE ONCE WE GET TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ORDER. AND FINALLY THE TRUCK AT STATION SEVEN WAS ORDERED IN 2022 AND WE ARE PATTED IN SERVICE SINCE THEN. STATION EIGHT AND SEVEN, THEY SERVE THE CREEKSIDE AREA. AND THE GEORGE MITCHELL MAJOR PRESERVE. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TWO BRUSH TRUCKS THERE. THE NATURE PRESERVE IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS.

WITH THE LAND MANAGEMENT OR LACK THEREOF. THE GOOD THING IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO DOCTOR NUNEZ, THE SCHEDULED SPRING CREEK ROADWAY TRAIL , WE WILL USE IT AS A ROAD, SCHEDULED TO BE BUILT IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS AND WILL OFFER A SPLIT AND ALLOW US ABILITY TO GET DOWN THERE. RIGHT NOW THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE FIREFIGHTING ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE THAT YOU SEE AT STATION EIGHT. IT HAS THE ABILITY TO CARRY ABOUT 85 GALLONS OF WATER AND CAN GO OFF-ROAD TO FIGHT FIRES IN AREAS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO ACCESS ON NARROW TRAILS ON THE GEORGE MITCHELL PRESERVE. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DRAINAGE AREAS, THIS IS A FIRE THAT WE HAD IN THE 2022 DROUGHT. YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR LEFT THIS WAS WHERE THERE WAS A FENCE, USED TO BE A FENCE THAT BURNT UP. THE FIRE STARTED, I BELIEVE FROM FIREWORKS. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE DRAINAGE DITCH, THE LOW GRASS. WE KEEP THE GRASS CUT BETWEEN US AND SJ ARE A. THE FENCE BURNED DOWN QUICKLY AND WHIPPED ITS WAY TOWARDS THE HOME AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO MAKE QUICK ACCESS FROM THE STREET STREETSIDE AND DRAINAGE AXIS.

BECAUSE OF THE EXCESS WE HAVE IN THE SPACES THAT WE HAVE ALLOW US TO QUICKLY ATTACK AND EXTINGUISH THE BRUSHFIRES. WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE ARE FIGHTING FIRES? WE HAVE SPECIAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. THIS IS JUST A QUICK PICTURE, EXAMPLE OF WHAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY GO OFF INTO THE BRUSH . THE ENSEMBLE COST ABOUT $600 WITHOUT BOOTS, ABOUT $1000 WITH THE SPECIAL BOOTS. FOR THE MOST PART OUR FIREFIGHTING BOOTS ARE JUST FINE. SO WHAT DO WE DO TO IMPROVE? WHERE ARE WE? WE HAVE ORDERED THE REPLACEMENT BRUSH TRUCK LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT AND THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR DELIVERY IN LATE 2026. WE HAVE A NEW FIREFIGHTING ATV WE WILL PUT INTO SERVICE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY. WE HAVE JUST GOT TO GET THE TRAINING. WE COULD PUT

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THAT ALLOWS US, ONE CERTIFIED, THAT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF THE IN HOUSE TRAINING THAT WE CANNOT DO NOW. WE ALSO HAVE FOUR FIREFIGHTERS WORKING TO FINISH THEIR NWCG SAWYER CLASS. THAT IS PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED SPECIFICALLY HOW TO WORK THROUGH AND CUT DOWN TREES THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN WILDFIRE. FINALLY, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE SECOND FIVE-YEAR PLAN TO PURCHASE 25 SETS OF WILDLAND PPE. THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE WILDLAND SETS FOR EVERY FIREFIGHTER. AS IT IS RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE THEM ON THE BRUSH TRUCKS AND THEY GET WHATEVER SIZE THEY GET WHEN THE WILDLAND CALLS. IF WE NEED HELP WE HAVE A ROBUST INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT WITH 11 MONTGOMERY COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS. AS WELL AS MULTIPLE HARRIS COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT COME AUTOMATICALLY, DEPENDING ON SIZE OF INCIDENT. WE WORK THROUGH WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE. WE ALSO HAVE THE TEXAS A&M FOR SERVICE. THEY HAVE THE STATION LOCATED ON 1488. JUST EAST OF 242. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT MANAGE THE JONES FOREST AND WE HAVE ACCESS WITHIN THE CREW FIREFIGHTERS AND THE BULLDOZERS. WHICH ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN LARGER EVENTS. AND FINALLY THE TEXAS INTRASTATE MUTUAL AID SYSTEM, SOMETHING WE ARE INVOLVED WITH AS WELL. WE CAN DEPLOY MULTIPLE AGENTS AS THE INCIDENT GETS BIGGER. THE TIMAS CONTINGENT HAVE BEEN SOME THAT HAVE GONE OUT TO ASSIST IN CALIFORNIA. EVERYONE'S FIGHT, KNOW YOUR ROLE. WE ALL HAVE ONE AND THAT. AND NOW I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU. WELL DONE, CHIEF. THANKS.

>> I HAVE A COMMENT. IF I MAY. I RECEIVED A NUMBER OF CALLS AND I THANK YOU FOR VISITING WITH ME OVER THE WEEKEND. I THINK IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS IS A TOP PRIORITY. AND IN THE SUMMER, OR LAST YEAR, WHENEVER IT WAS, FIRE STATION FIVE, WE BROKE GROUND FOR THAT. BECAUSE ONE OF THE RESPONSE TIME FOR THE WESTERN PART OF THE WOODLANDS, TO BE THE SAME AS THE EASTERN PART, I THINK THAT SPEAKS HIGHLY OF YOU. AND ALL OF YOUR FIREFIGHTERS AND STAFF, CHIEF. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL.

>> THANK YOU. IN THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD, TO GET STATION FIVE IN 2023, TO GET THE FIFTH COMPANY, OR THE 10TH COMPANY PUT IN AT STATION FIVE. SO ADDING THAT TO INCREASE OUR RESPONSE TIMES. OR DECREASE OUR RESPONSE TIME AND INCREASE OUR CAPABILITY. SO WE HOPE THAT IT IS LATE NOVEMBER OR EARLY DECEMBER. THE FOUNDATION WAS JUST POURED ON MONDAY. SO IT IS ACTUALLY STARTING TO LOOK LIKE A STATION. WE SHOULD BE PUTTING UP STEEL OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

>> WE HAVE HAD BURN BANS, CHAIRMAN AND FIRE CHIEF. AND EVERYONE IS OPPOSED TO , EVERYONE IS SUPPOSED TO BE VERY CAREFUL DURING THAT AND NOT TO USE FIREWORKS WHICH ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE WOODLANDS TO BEGIN WITH. BUT ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE REPORTS COMING OUT OF CALIFORNIA , IT PROBABLY WAS NOT FIREWORKS, ALTHOUGH IT COULD HAVE BEEN. ALTHOUGH IT COULD'VE BEEN HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO THEY SAY, ACCORDING TO THE REPORTS, HAVE A TENDENCY TO START FIRES. IN DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT INTO WHAT THE TRENDS ARE IN THIS AREA, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, HARRIS COUNTY, IN TERMS OF FIRE STARTING FROM PEOPLE

WHO ARE HOMELESS? >> NOT A PROBLEM IN THE WOODLANDS. I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY ACROSS THE COUNTY. HONESTLY, 95% OF ALL WILDFIRE START BY HUMAN ACTIONS. WHAT WE SEE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY,

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AND HE GOT AWAY FROM ME. >> WHAT ABOUT THE RESERVOIR SITUATION? THERE WERE RESERVOIRS THAT WERE EMPTY IN THE PALISADES AND EVEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THOUGHT WERE FULL.

YOU MENTIONED HAVING THE HYDRANTS FUNCTIONING. IF THE HYDRANTS DO NOT FUNCTION FOR SOME REASON, THE WATER PRESSURE WAS FALLING BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY HOMES, ALL OF THE PIPES EXPLODED. SO THE PRESSURE FELON HYDRANTS WERE NOT WORKING. DO YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE A PLAN B SO WE COULD USE OUR RESERVOIRS, LAKES, NUMEROUS PONDS? WITH THAT EVER BE A POSSIBLE SOURCE

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

QUESTION. >> THANK YOU.

>> CHIEF BUCK, YOU MENTIONED YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE PRESERVE. WHERE ELSE ARE WE VULNERABLE?

>> AGAIN, WHAT WE SAID WAS HUMAN ACTIONS WILL ALWAYS BE THE ONE THAT USUALLY CAUSES THE FIRE. ONE THING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WITH THE PARADISE FIRE, AND AGAIN HERE, CONCERNS OF UTILITIES. THE FACT THAT FOR THE MOST PART OUR UTILITIES ARE UNDERGROUND IS A HUGE HELP. THAT WE ARE NOT SEEING THE POWER LINES BRINGING TOGETHER AND MAYBE CAUSING A FIRE. WE HAD A FIRE IN 2023 I BELIEVE , THAT WE HAD THE ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION THAT MAY HAVE HAD AN INCIDENT. BUT AGAIN, WHERE WE HAVE THE CONCERN , THE TWO BIG SWATHS OF LAND, THE PRESERVE AND THE JONES FOREST. THE FORCE, BECAUSE IT IS MANAGED BY THE STATE, THEY ARE ALWAYS DOING LAND MANAGEMENT AND THEN THIS PAST WEEK, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, DOING PRESCRIBED BURNS. IF YOU HAVE SEEN SMOKE, YOU BEEN OUT THERE, WHAT THEY DO IS QUARTER OF THE LAND AND THEY WILL LIGHT A FIRE TO BURN OUT THAT UNDERBRUSH AND THAT DUFF. SO WE HAD THAT LAST FUEL LOAD WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO QUICKLY ATTACK A FIRE AND THEY

HAVE DONE VERY WELL WITH THAT. >> ON YOUR LAND MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL BURNS, A FEW OF US WENT RECENTLY TO THE COOKS BRANCH CROSSING AND MET WITH THE MITCHELL FAMILY. THEY ARE EXPERTS AT FOREST MANAGEMENT, LAND MANAGEMENT, AND PRESCRIBED BURNS. THEY HAVE GOT THE AUTHORITY OF PEOPLE AND THEY COME OUT THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS AND THEY UPKEEP THEIR NATURE AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. ON THE GEORGE MITCHELL NATURE PRESERVE, IS THAT SOMETHING WE WOULD LOOK AT DOING MORE THAN MANAGEMENT AND PRESCRIBED BURNS POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE? MAKING SURE IT IS NOT AN OUTLIER OF SAFETY?

>> I BELIEVE WORKING TOWARDS A GOOD MANAGEMENT PLAN IS CRUCIAL TO MAKING SURE WE KEEP ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS SAFE. MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE FIRE BREAKS, ACCESS, TO MAKE SURE WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT. AND SOME LAND MANAGEMENT. WHICH CAN BE EXTENSIVE AND DIFFICULT. BUT WELL WORTH THE TIME.

>> THE NATURE PRESERVE, FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LISTENING AT

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>> THAT IS CORRECT AS I UNDERSTAND.

>> JUST SOME LITTLE NUANCES THERE. BE 1800 2000 ACRES OF GEORGE MITCHELL PRESERVE IS LARGELY THE COMPANY OF HOWARD HUGHES. IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR YOU SUBTRACT, YOU ALLOWED FOR TRACTS OF LAND WITHIN THE PRESERVE, ESPECIALLY LARGER AREAS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY. AND THE TRAIL SEGMENTS, THE WIDTH OF THE TRAIL, 30 OR 50 FEET THROUGH THE VARIOUS

NATURAL TRAILS. >> WE COULD SET UP A WORKSHOP WITH THEM TO LOOK AT HOW WE LOOK AT THAT AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS. IF IT IS A PROBLEM IN WE ARE SEEING, YOU

KNOW, CHANCES OF BREAKOUT. >> VULNERABILITIES.

>> WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE INVASIVE VINES ALL OVER THE PLACE. ARE THEY SUBJECTIVE CATCHING ON FIRE LIKE

UNDERBRUSH PRETTY QUICKLY? >> ANY OF THE LATTER FUELS AND BASIC VINES COULD QUALIFIES THAT. WHERE IT WOULD BRING FIRE UP AND INTO THE LARGER CANOPY. YES.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

>> WELL DONE. VERY CONFIDENT THAT YOU HAVE IT UNDER CONTROL.

>> THANK YOU. >> I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD DO A PRESENTATION ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS FOR CHIEF BUCK. THERE ARE RESIDENTS THAT ARE ONCERNED ABOUT THIS. AND HOW ADVANCED WE ARE AND HOW FORWARD THINKING WE ARE IN THE RESOURCES. WE SHOULD PUT THAT IN A SHORT VIDEO AND IT WOULD BE EDUCATIONAL TO OUR RESIDENTS

AND BUSINESSES. >> YES, SIR.

>> LINDA IS STILL SITTING HERE JUST WAITING TO HEAR THIS

CONVERSATION. >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

FOR MOTION AND SECOND . >> SO MOVED.

[11. Receive, consider and act upon an amendment to the Board Operations Policy to include Immediate Past Chair as a Board Officer position;]

>> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> AYE. >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. RECEIVE, CONSIDER, AND ACT UPON AN AMENDMENT TO THE BOARD OPERATIONS POLICY TO INCLUDE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR AS A BOARD OFFICER POSITION . PAGES 102 TOTAL 114.

>> SO THE BOARD DOES HAVE A POLICY ON OPERATIONS. AND IT DEFINES CURRENTLY THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FOUR OFFICER POSITIONS. CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, TREASURER, SECRETARY.

THE TOWNSHIP ENABLING LEGISLATION ALLOWS THE BOARD TO , REQUIRES THEM TO ORGANIZE BY ELECTING A CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIR, SECRETARY, AND ANY OTHER OFFICER THE BOARD CONSIDERS NECESSARY. WE DID HAVE A REQUEST TO ADD IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR AS TO THAT BOARD POLICY. AND IF THAT IS SOMETHING THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN WE WOULD JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW YOU WANT THAT DEFINED IN YOUR POLICY. IF IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THE TITLE IS RECOGNIZED AND THERE ARE NO FURTHER RESPONSIBILITIES OR THERE ARE RESPONSE ABILITIES, WE WOULD JUST NEED TO HAVE

THOSE DEFINED. >> IF I MIGHT SPEAK, SINCE I REQUESTED THIS. I DID NOT SEE IT AS CUMBERSOME OR CONTROVERSIAL. I APOLOGIZE IF THAT WAS DEEMED. ONE, I DID NOT SEE. THAT IT WOULD HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITIES OR DUTIES.

NEARLY MANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES RECOGNIZE A PAST CHAIR. SO NO , SO UNIVERSITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL SUBSIDIARIES HAVE USED THIS OUT OF RESPECT. I LEAVE IT TO THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD TO DECIDE. OTHERWISE FINE WITH ME. AND IF YOU WANT TO WAIT AND DO IT IN THE FUTURE THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TOO.

WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE TO DO. I TURN IT BACK TO YOU, BRAD.

>> QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. >> SOMETHING WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY A PAST CHAIRMAN. THAT IT SHOULD BE NOTED. HE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS JUST AN UNNECESSARY ACTION THAT HAD NOT HAPPENED BEFORE. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU. THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION JUST TODAY. BUT I AGREE WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL. THAT WAS CHAIRMAN BUNCH. HE CALLED TO SAY I SAW THIS ON THE AGENDA AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS UNNECESSARY. AND PROBABLY CAUSED SOME CONFUSION IN THE BOARD. PLUS, IF IT GOES ON IN PERPETUITY, HOW MANY IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRS WILL YOU HAVE? RIGHT? SO IT MIGHT BE

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WELL. >> WITH CHAIRMAN BUNCH, HE ROLLED OFF THE BOARD I AM STILL SITTING ON THE BOARD.

>> I AGREE. AND YOU COULD HAVE STOOD FOR CHAIRMAN BUT YOU REMOVED YOURSELF. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DID THAT IF THIS IS SOMETHING SO DESIRABLE FOR YOU. BUT YOU DID REMOVE YOURSELF. I JUST THINK THAT IT CAUSES SOME DIFFUSION OF AUTHORITY AND CONFUSION. BUT, IF THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO YOUR WELL-BEING SO BE IT. BUT I DO NOT THINK THAT IT IS NECESSARY.

>> I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A SIGN OF RESPECT IN THE FUTURE. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE TOWARDS ANNIE SNYDER. PERHAPS TWO YEARS FROM NOW IT WOULD BE SOMEONE ELSE. IF CHAIRMAN BUNCH HAD STAYED ON THE BOARD THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE DONE THAT.

>> DID YOU SURVEY OTHERS? >> -- HAVE DONE IT . I DO NOT SEE IT AS CONTROVERSIAL OR DISRESPECTFUL. IT HAS NO

AUTHORITY OR ANY ROLES. >> IT IS USUALLY ACADEMIC. THAT IS USUALLY WHERE YOU SEE IT'S. EMERITUS AND IMMEDIATE PAST.

BUT YOU DO NOT SEE IT TOO MUCH IN GOVERNMENT. THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. I THINK IT IS JUST DIFFUSION OF AUTHORITY AND POSES CONFUSION. WHO IS THE REAL CHAIRMAN?

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. CHAIRMAN CALLS ON EMOTION OR SECOND TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN AMENDMENT TO THE BOARD OPERATIONS IMMEDIATE BOARD OPERATIONS POSITION. DIRECTOR SNYDER SAID IT WAS NOT

BOARD? >> IT COULD JUST BE A DEFIED

BOARD ROLE. >> I GUESS, HAVE WE DEFIED IT? ONLY IF YOU ARE SITTING ON THE BOARD? AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN

YOU LEAVE THE BOARD? >> IT SEEMS LIKE THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE WORK DONE ON EXACTLY WHAT THIS MEANS.

>> YEAH. I DO NOT KNOW. >> I WILL MAKE THE MOTION AND WE CAN VOTE. IT IS EITHER VOTED FOR OR NOT.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED MORE DEFINITION OF IT. RIGHT?

IMMEDIATE, PAST CHAIR. >> IF YOU ARE NOT ASSIGNING ANY RESPONSIBILITY THAN HE CAN SIMPLY BE A RECOGNIZED BOARD ROLE THAT THE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR OF THE BOARD. I AM SAYING THIS ON THE FLY. WILL BE RECOGNIZED AS SUCH , NO ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES ARE ASSIGNED.

>> WHEN YOU LEAVE THE BOARD YOU ARE NO LONGER PAST CHAIR AND --

>> THE BOARD WOULD NO LONGER RECOGNIZE THE POSITION.

>> I MEAN, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME MORE UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING ON SOMETHING THAT I DON'T, IT IS JUST A TITLE. I AM NOT SURE I CLEARLY UNDERSTAND. BUT IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, I DO NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT MOTION TO MAKE. IS IT A BOARD OFFICER POSITION

OR NOT? >> IT IS UP TO THE BOARD'S

DISCRETION. >> WHAT IS YOUR MOTION?

>> AGAIN I DID NOT SEE THIS AS CONTROVERSIAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT, I GUESS, WHAT ARE YOU REFERRING IT TO, AS, KAREN?

>> IN ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR TITLE.

>> ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR TITLE, NON-OFFICER POSITION, NO

FURTHER. >> IT WAS NEVER THE INTENTION TO HAVE DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITY, IN ANY WAY TO TAKE AWAY FROM ANY OF THE BOARD MEETINGS. SOMEONE SUGGESTED IT TO ME. I BROUGHT IT FORWARD. I THINK DIRECTOR NELSON SECONDED IT.

PERHAPS YOU MAY WANT TO SPEAK TO IT OR NOT.

>> WHEN I TALKED TO ANNIE A WHILE BACK, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CHAIR, I DID SAY ON OTHER BOARDS THERE IS A PAST CHAIR. I THINK WHAT CONFUSED ME IS WHEN I SAW ON THERE THAT IT WAS AS AN OFFICER POSITION. I AM JUST READING

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>> EXCUSE ME. I SEE THAT NOW. >> THAT IS WHY I WAS QUESTIONING THAT. AND I AM LOOKING, THERE ARE SEVEN OF US ON THE BOARD, THEN FIVE OF US WOULD HAVE THE OFFICER POSITION

IN TWO WOULD NOT. >> MAYBE WE COULD GIVE US A

TITLE TOO. >> THAT WAS WHAT WAS CONFUSING ME A LITTLE BIT. THAT PART OF IT.

>> SO, YOUR MOTION IS WHAT DIRECTOR SNYDER?

>> JUST A POLICY TO INCLUDE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR, NOT AS OFFICER POSITION, NO RESPONSIBILITIES. I THINK WHAT YOU SAID KAREN, A TITLE BUT IT DOES NOT REALLY MATTER BECAUSE IT JUST HAS NEVER BEEN MY FORTE. SOMEONE SUGGESTED THAT I DO THAT. AND PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. AND IT WAS SECONDED. SO I WILL LEAVE IT TO THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD.

>> THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE, RECEIVING TWO INCLUDE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR AS A ON BOARD OFFICER POSITION AND IS THAT

RIGHT? >> YES .

>> OKAY. >> I STILL NEED A LITTLE CLARIFICATION. SO SHE IS A PAST CHAIR. I MEAN THAT IS WHAT SHE IS. SO IF SOMEONE SAYS WHAT ARE YOU? SHE IS THE PAST CHAIR. SO I DO NOT KNOW. I AM JUST CONFUSED AS TO WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON. THE SEMANTICS IS THAT SHE IS THE PAST CHAIR.

>> IT IS JUST A FORMAL RECOGNITION OF IT.

>> DOES IT NEED TO BE FORMALLY RECOGNIZED?

>> DIRECTOR SNYDER CALLING HERSELF A FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. NONE WHATSOEVER. THE WHOLE BOARD CAN CONCERN ME.

I DO NOT KNOW IF IT NEEDS TO BE FORMALIZED. THAT IS MY

QUESTION. >> YOU CAN BE RECOGNIZED EVEN THOUGH YOU DO NOT SIT CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD. YOU ARE STILL A

FORMER CHAIR. >> I AM JUST SHARING THAT SOMEONE PUT IT OUT THERE TO ME AND I PUT IT ON THE BOARD, AS I SAID IN THE VERY BEGINNING IT IS DISCRETION OF THE BOARD. IT

MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO ME. >> SO I WOULD SAY THE ONLY REASON THE BOARD MIGHT WANT IT IN A POLICY OR FORMAL STATEMENT IS SO STAFF HAS CLEAR DIRECTION THAT IT IS OKAY TO INCLUDE ON A BUSINESS CARD OR IN CORRESPONDENCE THE TOWNSHIP PUTS TOGETHER. BUT THAT IS, YOU DO NOT BE THAT ANY POLICY AS LONG AS THE BOARD GENERALLY HAS A CONSENSUS THAT THAT IS AN

OKAY THING. >> DO WE DO THAT FOR VISIT THE WOODLANDS? IF YOU ARE CHAIR AND IT BECOMES ON YOUR CARD?

>> THAT IS A SEPARATE BOARD WITH SEPARATE POLICIES.

>> I UNDERSTAND BUT THE QUESTION STANDS.

>> THERE IS NOT CURRENT THE A POLICY FOR THAT.

>> WE ELECTED A NEW CHAIR TODAY OFFICIALLY.

>> NOW WE CAN CALL YOU THE FORMER CHAIR.

>> I AM GOOD. SO THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. DO I HAVE A SECOND?

>> I THINK IT IS KIND OF A NICE TITLE. I THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING 10 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE. IT MIGHT BE NICE IF WHENEVER YOU ROLL YOUR POSITION OVER THAT YOU PUT PAST CHAIR ON YOUR CARD. IF THAT IS THE ONLY THING, A TITLE, I DID NOT UNDERSTAND. IS IT DUTIES, OFFICER POSITION? IT IS NOTHING BUT A TITLE ON YOUR CARD. RIGHT?

>> PAST CHAIR OR IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR?

>> I THINK IT SHOULD JUST SAY PAST CHAIR. I THINK YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT PAST CHAIR ON YOUR CARD IF YOU WISH TO. AND IF GORDY WERE STILL SERVING ON THE BOARD HE WOULD HAVE PAST CHAIR ON HIS CARD. I DON'T KNOW. I THINK IT IS KIND OF A

NICE THING. >> DO YOU SECOND IT?

>> I GUESS I AM SECONDING. >> MOTION MADE BY DIRECTOR SNYDER AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR HEISER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? >> NO.

>> ROLL CALL. >>

>> I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM VOTING FOR. SHE IS A PAST

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CHAIR. >> IT SEEMS SILLY TO VOTE FOR IT. BUT IF YOU HAVE TO DO THAT TO PUT IT ON YOUR CARD.

>> I THINK WHAT CONFUSED EVERYBODY WAS THE BOARD OFFICER

POSITION. >> IF YOU THINK IT IS CONFUSING TO YOU IMAGINE HOW CONFUSING IT WILL BE TO THE PUBLIC.

>> THAT WAS NOT THE MOTION. THE MOTION WAS NOT FOR OFFICER

POSITION. >> RIGHT.

>> I DON'T MIND. IF SHE WANTS IT, YES, I WILL SAY FINE. YES.

>> YES. >> YES.

>> YES. >> YES AND YES. ALL RIGHT. YOU

HAVE IT . CONGRATULATIONS. >> AND I ABSTAINED.

>> HOW DID YOU VOTE BRAD? >> I VOTED NO.

>> THAN IT DOES NOT PASS. >> MR. CHAIRMAN YOU HAVE A 3-3

VOTE. >> SO IT FAILS.

>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. GENERAL ITEM 12. DO I NEED TO

DO SOMETHING? DID I MESS UP? >> I WAS JUST GOING TO CLARIFY.

THERE WAS DISCUSSION AMONG THE BOARD. IN A 3-3 SPLIT VOTE IN WITH THE ABSTENTION THAT A CONSULATE -- THAT ESSENTIALLY

COUNTS AS A NO. >> I THINK THAT WE SHOULD AT THAT NO ONE HAS ANY OBJECTION WHATSOEVER FOR THE TITLE TO BE

USED. >> NO PROBLEM IF YOU WANT TO

[12. Receive, consider and act upon Waterway Avenue Bridge light upgrades (C-2025-0131);]

SYSTEM. >> GOOD EVENING. LIKE YOU MENTIONED FOR THE WATERWAY SQUARE BRIDGE, JUST THE PRESENTATION THERE, YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE THE PICTURE THERE OF IT IN ITS GLORY. BASICALLY THE PROJECT GOALS FOR THIS, EVEN THOUGH THE BRIDGE OPENED IN 2004, IT IS 21 YEARS OLD, THIS IS NOT THE ORIGINAL LIGHTING SYSTEM ON THE BRIDGE.

THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE ACTUAL LETTERS OF THE WATERWAY SQUARE AND AROUND THE TRESTLES AND THE SUPPORTS THERE. BUT EVEN THOUGH THE SYSTEM THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THERE IS 5+ YEARS, IT IS OBSOLETE. WE CANNOT GET REPLACEMENT PARTS. THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO WITH THAT.

SIMILAR LIGHTING CONCEPTS, COLOR COMBOS, INCONSISTENCY, THAT IS ALTOGETHER. IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR, AS YOU ARE WITH THE WATERWAY, THE WATERWAY SQUARE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, THE LIGHTING THAT IS THERE. THE EAST PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE BY THE OLD TOWER. NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE STARTING , I CALL THEM SPIDERWEB LIGHTS, THE LIGHTS OVER THE MALL TURNING BASIN BY THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY IN PF CHANG'S. THEY ARE ACTUALLY GETTING CONVERTED STARTING NEXT WEEK TO ONCE WHERE WE CAN CONTROL AND LOOK BETTER. THEN PROGRAMMABLE. SO WE CAN CHANGE.

THE PROJECT BUDGET WAS IN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS APPROVED FOR THIS YEAR, $225,000 . FOR THIS ONE IT IS $131,157. THAT IS THROUGH OUR CO-OP WITH THE REMAINING AMOUNTS. YOU CAN SEE THERE , THE FUNDS, WE NEED TO REMOVE THE OLD LIFE AND DO SOME CLEANING UP THERE, PAINTING OF THE FEATURE AND STUFF BEFORE WE PUT NEW LIGHTS ON. AND THEN WITH ANY REMAINING OR THE REMAINING AMOUNT WE WILL ADDRESS LIGHTING UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE THERE. SO HERE, JUST KIND OF OUT OF ORDER, SORRY. IT OPENED IN 2004. YOU CAN SEE THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK.

CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THAT. IT LOOKS A LITTLE SAD. BUT IT IS NOT AS BAD AS THAT. UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS MISSING PIECES HERE AND THERE. IT IS JUST BETTER TO SHUT IT ALL DOWN. YOU CAN SEE IT WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. SO THE ESTIMATED TIMELINE, HOPEFULLY IT GETS APPROVED, WE WILL SIGN THE CONTRACT, IT TAKES ABOUT FOUR WEEKS TO GET THE SUPPLIES. IN MARCH WE WILL INSTALL IT, IT TAKES ABOUT A WEEK, WE WILL WORK WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE WILL HAVE TO CLOSE, DO SOME DESIGNATED LANE CLOSURES. WE WILL OBVIOUSLY WORK WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE IF WE ARE SHUTTING ANY ROADS DOWN, YOU KNOW THEY ARE THERE. THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION, JUST IF ANYBODY IS THINKING, THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AT THE PAVILION ON LAKE ROBBINS SHOULD BE DONE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY. SO WE WILL NOT HAVE TWO MAJOR ARTERIES CLOSED DOWN THERE IN THE TOWN CENTER. OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF STUFF GETS KICKED OFF THERE IN MARCH AND APRIL, THOUGH WATERWAY ARTS FESTIVAL, IRON

[01:50:03]

HERE'S THE RECOMMENDATION. >> THIS IS IMPORTANT. I MEAN THIS IS THE BACKDROP TO IRON MAN TEXAS AND SO MUCH OF OUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. IT WAS SO WELL THOUGHT OUT. JUST SEEING THE OLD PICTURES IN ITS GLORY DAYS IS LIKE IT NEEDS SOME BOTOX ANY REFINEMENT HERE. BUT NO, IT WILL BE EXCITING TO SEE.

THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT IT GETS FIXED.

>> THIS IS EXCELLENT. EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR WITH REFRESHING AND PICKING THINGS UP. THIS IS WONDERFUL.

>> IT LOOKS A LOT BETTER. I KNOW YOU GUYS DID A LOT OF TESTS ON THAT. I CALL MOTION TO SECOND AND ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL FOR THE PROPER HOUSTON ELECTRIC LP FOR THE WATERWAY AVENUE BRIDGE UPGRADES AND AUTHORIZE THE AGREEMENTS AS APPROVED TO

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

>> SO MOVED. >> SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR

SAY AYE. >> AYE.

>> OTHERS APPROVED OPPOSED? >> MOVING ON TO 13. RECEIVE, CONSIDER, AND ACT UPON UPDATE REGARDING THE VILLAGE

PRESIDENTS' COUNCIL. >> I BELIEVE WE HAD SEVEN OF EIGHT PRESENT. PLANS FOR PARK PATIENTS FOR 2025. HEALTHY PROJECTS THAT WERE ONGOING AND SLATED TO BEGIN. THE PRESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGES VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THAT. I BELIEVE THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON HERE IN THE VILLAGES. I GOT A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS ON THE PRESENTATION, IN A TIMELY MANNER. IT WENT VERY WELL.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS?

>> I FORGOT ALSO CAPTAIN HALLIDAY BROUGHT IN THE CHIEF AND THE NEW -- ALSO CAME IN AND SPOKE.

>> OKAY. SORRY. >> HE HAS AN IDENTICAL TWIN BROTHER TOO. SO MAKE SURE IT IS THE REAL.

>> HE DOES? REALLY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, RICHARD.

ICARLY MOTION AND SECOND TO ACCEPT THE REPORT FOR THE

VILLAGE PRESIDENTS' COUNCIL. >> MOTIONED.

[14. Recess to Executive Session to discuss matters relating to real property pursuant to §551.072, Texas Government Code; deliberation of economic development negotiations pursuant to §551.087, Texas Government Code; discuss personnel matters pursuant to §551.074, Texas Government Code; discuss IT network or critical infrastructure security pursuant to §551.089, Texas Government Code; and to consult with The Woodlands Township’s attorney pursuant to §551.071, Texas Government Code;]

>> SECONDED. >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE DO NEED TO RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS MATTERS RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO 551.072, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, DELIBERATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO 551.087, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS PURSUANT TO 551.074, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, DISCUSS IT NETWORK OR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY PURSUANT TO 551.089, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, AND TO CONSULT WITH THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP'S ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO 551.071, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE .

[15. Reconvene in public session;]

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

>> PUBLIC SESSION, IT IS 8:31. WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY TAKING ANY ACTION AT THIS TIME. OWING TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16.

CONSIDERING ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTHS

MEETING. DO I HAVE ANY ITEMS? >> I HAVE ONE. THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT KIRKENDALL ROAD IN FRONT OF MITCHELL, AND EXPANDING IT. AND THERE HAS BEEN SAFETY ISSUES, CHALLENGES WITH MITCHELL INTERMEDIATE. WITH RIDERSHIP AS WELL. AS WELL AS SAFETY FOR THOSE KIDS. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COMMISSIONER RILEY TO COME AND SPEAK TO THE BOARD ABOUT THE WIDENING OF KIRKENDALL ROAD. IF THERE IS INTEREST FROM US, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HIM COME ON THE JANUARY 22ND AGENDA. COMMISSIONERS COURT IS LOOKING TO PUT TOGETHER THE ROAD BOND ON THE

28TH. >> SECOND.

>> THIRD. >> ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT IT?

ANYONE ELSE? >> IF WE WANT PERHAPS -- OR THE PRINCIPAL, I BELIEVE THE PRINCIPAL HAS WRITTEN NOTES NOT ONLY TO DIFFERENT FAMILIES AT MITCHELL, BUT ALSO TO DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> ALL OF THEM. ADDITIONALLY DR. -- SENT A LETTER.

[01:55:07]

>> HE ASKED TO. I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA.

>> THE UPCOMING BOARD MEETING. ANYONE ELSE?

>> I GUESS IT IS TIME TO ASK FOR SOME INFORMATION ON TACKINESS AGAIN. I HAD SOME REQUESTS TO UNDERSTAND, THIS IS FOR YOU. WHO IS REGULATING, WHY IS THE TOWNSHIP ALLOWING THEM TO COME INTO NEIGHBORHOOD AFTER NEIGHBORHOOD? THEY HAD SLOW DOWN FOR A WHILE BUT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE PICKING UP.

IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION PIECE ON THAT.

>> THAT IS AN AT&T LOBBY DEAL. ALL THE UNDERGROUND STUFF, THEY

CONTROL IT. >> I JUST MEAN FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WE DO NOT HAVE CONTROL OVER IT.

>> I WILL SECOND THAT. >> COULD I?

>>

>> WE HAVE THE SAME THOUGHT. LET'S MAKE THAT BROADEST TO THE UTILITIES OPERATING IN THE EAST.

>> IT FLOODED ALL THE WAY IN THERE. I MEAN MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DIRT SCOTT PUSH IN THERE AND NEVER GOT CLEANED UP. NOTHING.

IT IS STILL THERE. AND THEY HAD A MASSIVE WATER MAIN BREAK.

>> WHAT IS WITH THOSE THINGS?

>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT HIM. >>

>> I WOULD LIKE A FALCON WIND PARK UPDATE. BUT I DO NOT KNOW IF WE CAN BECAUSE OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

>> AN UPDATE FROM STAFF ON THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT I THINK IS ACCEPTABLE. BUT THERE ARE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS. JUST BE AWARE THAT THAT IS FLUID. THE SITUATION IS WE WOULD.

>> SINCE WE ARE GOING ON, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO HEAR FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AT SOME POINT. MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY THE NEXT MEETING

BUT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. >> WE HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW.

WE WILL BE DEBRIEFING EVERYONE SHORTLY AFTER THAT.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHERS?

>> WHAT WAS THE ANSWER ON THE FALCON WIND PARK SITUATION?

>> I THINK WE CAN PUT IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA BUT BE PREPARED THAT THERE MIGHT BE LEGAL ISSUES THAT YOU CANNOT TALK

ABOUT. >> I JUST NEED A SECOND.

[17. Board announcements; and]

>> SECOND. SORRY. >> ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO GENERAL ITEM 17. BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS.

>> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT NEXT MONDAY IS A BIG HAPPENING IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP, THE 47TH PRESIDENT. AND ALSO IT IS HONORING MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, OR HIS LIFE AND HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS. AND BE TOWNSHIP WILL BE CLOSED ON THAT DAY. TAKE CARE OF YOUR BUSINESS TOMORROW IF YOU NEED SOMETHING

URGENT. >> YOU KNOW THERE IS WEATHER THAT IS FORECASTED RIGHT NOW, SO I KNOW WE DO NOT HAVE THAT MASS COMMUNICATION YET BUT I AM SURE SOME WORK HERE THE NEED IS HERE THAT WE COULD GET INFORMATION TO PEOPLE.

>> WE WILL. >> THERE HAVE BEEN

ANNOUNCEMENTS. >> WE HAVE BEEN POSTING THINGS ON THE WEBSITE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CHIEF ON THE LATEST. WITHOUT GETTING TOO COMP LOCATED WE WILL KNOW MORE ON SATURDAY. I WILL COMMUNICATE WITH Y'ALL OVER THE WEEKEND ON EXACTLY WHAT THE PLANS ARE. WE ARE PREPARING ALL OF OUR

FACILITIES ACCORDINGLY. >> AWESOME.

>> TO THAT POINT I RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM THE RED CROSS THAT THEY ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE WEATHER. AND THE SAINT SIMON AND JUDE SHELTER IS ON NOTICE. THEY COULD OPEN. UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT IF THEY WILL BE OPEN. BUT JUST KNOW PAY ATTENTION. IF IT SHOULD BE THAT BAD, IT COULD BE A RESOURCE FOR

THE COMMUNITY. >> DID YOU JUST SAY THAT Y'ALL WOULD UPDATE US ON THE CURRENT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN IN

MARCH? >> PROBABLY APRIL, PRIOR TO HURRICANE SEASON. THAT IS WHAT THE BOARD HAD TALKED ABOUT BACK IN NOVEMBER. YES, WE PLAN TO DO THAT. AND IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL THAN WE HAD IN THE PAST BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE

HEARD FROM Y'ALL. >> I THINK THAT WILL BE GREAT.

THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE?

[02:00:02]

>> I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS, WE HAVE A NEW CHAIRMAN TO VISIT THE WOODLANDS. CHAIRMAN NELSON. VICE CHAIR RICHARD FRANKS.

SECRETARY-TREASURER IS JENNY TAYLOR. BUT THERE , ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS WE DID IS ECLIPSED THE $10 BILLION MARK ON HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. WE HIT 10.3 BILLION -- MILLION THIS YEAR AND 17% GROWTH IN HOTEL OCCUPANCY COLLECTION IN THE LAST TWO YEARS . WHICH IS A BIG NUMBER.

KUDOS TO THE STAFF AND THE TEAM. IT IS A GREAT EFFORT. IT HELPS US KEEP THE TAX RATE VERY LOW FOR OUR RESIDENTS. ALL

RIGHT. >> DID I ALSO SEE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION GOT NATIONAL AWARD?

>> INTERNATIONAL, GLOBAL AWARD. >> GOING GLOBAL.

>> A PARTNERSHIP. >> NUMBER 18, ASK FOR MOTION OF

ADJOURNMENT. >> MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

>> AYE

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