Aug 06, 2025 Board of Directors Special Meeting Agenda

[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;]

[2. Call meeting to order;]

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>> PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR TODAY AND HUMBLY COME TO YOU TO -- FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THIS GREAT COMMUNITY, BE A PART OF THIS GREAT STATE AND COUNTRY, LORD. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WE ARE THANKFUL FOR.

WE ASK YOU IN THIS ROOM TODAY AS WE EMBARK ON IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS , AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SO MANY AMAZING COMMUNITY PARTNERS HERE WITH US TODAY, LORD. WE JUST ASK THAT EVERYTHING WE THINK, SAY OR DO TODAY YOU DO WITH US TO GLORIFY YOU . ALSO CONTINUE TO ASK THAT YOU BLESS OUR TROOPS AND OUR PRESIDENT. AMEN.

>> AMEN. >> THANK YOU. LEADERS IN THE

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. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

I DECLARE BY STATE LAW NOTICE OF THIS MEETING POSTED 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE. THE POST INCURRED INSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWNSHIP AT THIS OFFICE BUILDING. STATE LAW REQUIRES AT LEAST FOUR BOARD MEMBERS BE IN ATTENDANCE TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM TO CONDUCT BUSINESS. I ASK EACH TO INDICATE YOUR PRESENCE BY RESPONDING TO THE AUDIBLE SOUND OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

I DETERMINE WE HAVE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF MEMBERS PRESENT TO

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

SECOND. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RESPOND BY

[4. Recognize public officials;]

SAYING AYE. >> AYE.

>> MOTION CARRIES. RECOGNITION OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS. WE HAVE A STELLAR LIST TONIGHT . NOT VERY OFTEN DO WE HAVE THIS MANY HERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO READ OFF WHO I THINK WE HAVE HERE. IF I MISSED ANYONE, PLEASE STAND UP. WE HAVE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER HERE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE CHIEF OF STAFF . THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH FOR HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT 4. WELCOME. WE HAVE MAYOR BOND FROM OAK RIDGE NORTH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF. THANKS FOR COMING. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. WE HAVE CAPTAIN FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. LIEUTENANT FITZGERALD MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. HE IS LATE TO THE PARTY.

CONSTABLE RYAN GABLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. CAPTAIN HARRIS COUNTY CAPITAL PRECINCT 4. WELCOME. LIEUTENANT , PRECINCT 4 . THERE YOU ARE. THANK YOU. CHIEF JAMES CAMPBELL.

MY COACH FROM THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT. THANK

YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. >> MAYOR.

>> I'M SORRY. MAYOR, WELCOME. THANKS FOR COMING. APPRECIATE IT. SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WE HAVE GOT A QUORUM FROM CONROE ISD.

APPRECIATE YOU ALL. WE HAVE AMY FROM ISD. APPRECIATE YOU. CHIEF OF POLICE FROM CONROE, THANK YOU. I WE HAVE THREE BOARD MEMBERS FROM CONROE ISD. DID I MISS ANYBODY ELSE? I GOT JAMES.

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>> WE HAVE NICOLE MAY, MELISSA, AND MARIANNE.

>> SORRY. WELCOME, LADIES. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THIS IS A COMMUNITY MEETING. WE HOPE TO HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU. THE BEST DECISIONS MADE IN THE WOODLANDS

[5. Public comment;]

THANK YOU PUBLIC OFFICIALS. PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE EIGHT PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT. IS THAT RIGHT? I WILL READ MY LAUNDRY LIST HERE. PARTICIPATION BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND OPEN MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED. AGENDA AND ITEM IS INCLUDED IN THE BEGINNING OF ALL REGULAR BOARD MEETING AGENDAS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICY THE MOST EFFICINT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESS FOR ALLOWING CONSTITUENTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD, THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXCEPTS PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES. EACH PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD MUST FIRST SIGN THE ROSTER PROVIDED BY THE BOARD SECRETARY. NUMBER TWO, INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO MAKE GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ADDRESS A TOPIC THAT IS NOT INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA OR WISH TO ADDRESS A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM MUST DO SO UNDER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AGENDA ITEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES, REGARDLESS OF NUMBER OF TOPICS. IS THERE ANY MORE THAN 15 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF TOPICS. SPEAKERS WILL BE TAKEN IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGN. SPEAKERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO YIELD THEIR TIME. STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE BOARD FROM FORMALLY ACTING OR -- ON A SPECIFIC ITEM PER PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS IT APPEARS ON THE POSTED AGENDA. THEREFORE, THE FOR DISCUSSIONS OF AN ITEM NOT INCLUDED IN THE POSTED AGENDA IS LIMITED TO QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE FUTURE FOR DIGITAL. SPEAKERS WILL ADDRESS, ARE NOT OMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BAY. SPEAKERS WILL NOT USE PROFANITY. COMMENTS FOR SPEAKERS MADE TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE OR TWIN INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU TO PLEASE PUT YOUR CELL PHONES ON SILENT., NOW CALL ON THE NAMES OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. MY GOOD FRIEND, TOM. A WEALTH OF IDEAS TO THE BOARD VIA EMAIL. WE APPRECIATE YOU, TOM.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. CERTAINLY ENCOURAGING TO SEE ALL OF YOU HERE TO DISCUSS WORKING TOGETHER. I AM A RESIDENT . I'M ALSO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD. THE WOODLANDS COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT'S INITIATIVE FOR FRIENDLIER PATHWAYS IS AN EXCELLENT AND COMPREHENSIVE OUTLINE FOR MAKING OUR PATHWAYS COMFORTABLE FOR ALL RESIDENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A FEW COMMENTS. IT POINTS OUT AND HIGHLIGHTS THAT PRETEEN AND EARLY TEEN USERS AGES NINE THROUGH 14 ARE HIGHLIGHTED FOR EDUCATION. WE RECOGNIZE THAT SEVEN AND EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS ARE ALSO DRIVING E SCOOTERS. I SEE THEM ALL THE TIME . IN FACT, THOSE AGES MIGHT BE THE MOST AGREEABLE WITH TUTORING AND GUIDANCE BY ADULTS. I NOTICED THAT ALSO SIGNAGE IS IMPORTANT.

WE TALK ABOUT THAT, HOWEVER, ANY NEW SIGNAGE PUT UP BECOMES PART OF THE BACKGROUND AFTER TWO OR THREE VIEWS. ALSO, WE COULD IT POSSIBLY PUT SIGNS ON ALL THE MILES SIDEWALKS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, LET ALONE, THE WOODLANDS. WE NEED TO EXPLORE WAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, MOBILE SIGNS, TO ENHANCE AND KEEP UP . A NUMBER OF CONCERNING THINGS TO ME IS THAT A NUMBER OF SIDEWALKS SCOOTERS ARE ABANDONING THE PAST DUE TO FEAR OF SILENT AND SEEMINGLY HIGH-SPEED E-VEHICLES AND REGULAR BICYCLES PASSING THEM WITHOUT WARNING. WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. ONE PART OF DEALING WITH THIS IS TO EXPLICITLY REENGAGE THOSE GROUPS , PARENTS WITH TODDLERS AND STROLLERS, AND SENIOR RESIDENTS TO TAKE TO THE SIDEWALKS AGAIN. I BELIEVE ONE WAY I WOULD LIKE TO URGE IS TO MAKE VIDEOS OF PEOPLE BEING OVERTAKEN AND APPROACHED BY VEHICLES TRAVELING AT 10 MILES PER HOUR. THAT IS TO BE THE MAX SPEED ON SIDEWALKS. USE THESE AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, PUT THEM ON PLATFORMS LIKE YOUTUBE THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN WATCH ON THEIR OWN SMART TVS TO WATCH IT OVER AND OVER TO START BECOMING COMFORTABLE WITH THAT KIND OF SPEED, EITHER APPROACHING THEM OR PASSING THEM, SO THEY ARE NOT SO FRIGHTENED. WE DON'T WANT ANY SURPRISES ON THE SIDEWALKS. OBVIOUSLY, THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO HAVE ALERTING DEVICES, VOICE, BELLS, WHISTLES, HORNS. MUST BE A PART OF EQUIPMENT. WE ALSO NEED -- AND CERTAINLY TALKED ABOUT -- ENGAGED SENIORS DIRECTLY DIRECTLY IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE NEW OLD VERSION OF THE SIDEWALKS. WE HAVE TO GET IN KIND OF. VOLUNTEERS TO PUT UP MOBILE

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>> THANK YOU, TOM. APPRECIATE YOU. NEXT UP. WELCOME.

>> -- DO YOU HAVE A HANDOUT? >> I AM IMMUNE COMPROMISED. IT APPEARS TO BE A FAIT ACCOMPLI. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THIS

WAS STILL UNDER DISCUSSION. >> DO YOU HAVE A HANDOUT?

>> I ONLY HAVE THREE. I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MANY BOARD MEMBERS THERE WERE. I WILL PASS IT AROUND -- I ALREADY SENT YOU

THIS IN AN EMAIL. >> I'M SORRY. THANK YOU.

>> ANYWAY. I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 10 YEARS. IN TERMS OF DANGER, THERE IS A CLEAR DANGER ON THESE TRAILS. THEY ARE WINDING LOW VISIBILITY. IT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NOT A LOT OF DATA AVAILABLE YET, NATIONALLY, TOTAL ACCIDENTS HAVE GONE FROM 11,000 TO ABOUT 75,000 IN JUST A PERIOD OF A FEW YEARS. FATALITIES HAVE GONE UP FROM TO 117. THIS IS UNDERREPORTED AND NOT GOOD DATA.

IT CONTRIBUTES -- USING MOTORIZED VEHICLES CONTRIBUTES TO OUR CHILDREN'S POOR HEALTH. KIDS DON'T NEED SCOOTERS TO GO BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL . IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE EPIDEMIC OF OBESITY IN OUR COUNTRY. ALLOWING THESE MOTORIZED VEHICLES ON THE TRAILS IS GOING TO DISENFRANCHISE PEOPLE LIKE ME AND OTHERS. NOT ONLY DO I HAVE AN IMMUNE DEFICIENCY DISEASE, I'M ALSO -- HAVE OSTROW -- OSTEOPOROSIS. IF I GET KNOCKED OFF, I BREAK A BONE. ONE OF THE REASONS I MOVED HERE WAS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TRAILS. I AM FEELING LIKE I AM NOT BEING CONSIDERED AND THAT'S. -- IN THIS. ABOUT A THIRD OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE WOODLANDS ARE OVER AGE 50. ONCE YOU GET OVER 50, YOU START HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BONES. THE WASTE OF FUNDS.

I'M PRETTY SURE THAT ALTHOUGH THE BOARD THINKS IT IS NOT GOING TO BE ACTUALLY , IT MAY HAVE TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY DEFENDING ITSELF. RIGHT NOW, IT SAYS THESE MOTORIZED VEHICLES AREN'T ALLOWED. IF YOU ENDORSE IT, YOU ALLOW IT, THAT IS AN ENDORSEMENT. YOU ARE SAYING, WE HAVE A WARRANT ABOUT THE DANGERS, AND WE ARE GOING TO ALLOW GOING FORWARD ANYWAY. IT ALSO TEACHES PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY KIDS, NOT TO BOTHER ABOUT THE RULE OF LAW. WE CURRENTLY HAVE THESE REGULATIONS IN PLACE. THE FACTTHAT PEOPLE ARE FLOUTING THE REGULATIONS DOES NOT MEAN YOU GIVE INTO THOSE PEOPLE WHO FLOUT REGULATIONS. IT TEACHES THEM A HORRIBLE LESSON. THE ONLY MOTORIZED VEHICLES BELONG ON THE STRESSOR PARK MAINTENANCE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT CODES -- KIDS SHOULDN'T HAVE THESE MOTORIZED VEHICLES. JUST LIKE YOU DID WITH SKATEBOARDS, YOU CAN HAVE A DESIGNATED AREA . I THINK THERE ARE SOME TRAILS IN THE SOUTHERN PART THAT ARE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WITH GOOD VISIBILITY .

I'M SORRY, STRAIGHT, WHITE WITH GOOD VISIBILITY AND PEOPLE CAN GET AROUND. I ALSO AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER. I DO THINK TRAINING IS PARAMOUNT. ALTHOUGH HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES NEED TO NOTIFY PEOPLE, PEOPLE ON BICYCLES RIGHT

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VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU

FOR COMING. >> FORTUNATELY, I WILL BE ABLE

TO STAY FOR THE WHOLE MEETING. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING.

>> TREVOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU. HOW ARE YOU?

WELCOME. >> HI, EVERYBODY. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THAT LAST PRESENTATION. TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY. I AM A 75-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH A STEEL HIP , NEUROPATHY IN MY FEET, AND I DON'T DANCE FAST. I AM STROLLING DOWN THE TRAIL. AS YOU KNOW, THEY DO TEND TO WHIP TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT.

THE ONLY THING THAT WAS WHIPPING TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT WHEN I WAS WALKING DOWN THERE WAS A KID DOING ABOUT 20 ON A SCOOTER. HE CAME AROUND THE CORNER AND FROZE. THE GUY FROZE. HE IS LIKE THIS BIG. IF I HAD HAD A RED CAPE , THE SCENE WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT. BUT I DIDN'T. WHAT I DID WAS DOVE INTO THE BUSHES .

AS I SAID, I'M A 75-YEAR-OLD MAN . I DON'T MOVE VERY QUICKLY. AND I LOVE THESE TRAILS. I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY.

AND I CAN'T USE THEM MUCH ANYMORE . SO I AM GRATEFUL YOU ARE CONSIDERING THIS ISSUE , AND I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN FIND A SOLUTION THAT WILL PLEASE AS MANY OF US AS WE CAN.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> YOU DON'T LOOK 75. >> I'VE GOT A GOOD EMBALMER.

>> CHRIS MCMARTIN. WELCOME. >>

>> -- BELIEVE IT OR NOT I AM ALSO IN THE OVER 50 CROWD. I MOVED HERE 10 YEARS AGO. ONE OF THE KEY POINTS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT ATTRACTED ME WAS THE ADVERTISED OVER 200 MILES OF HIKE AND BIKE PATHS. I AM A BICYCLE COMMUTER. I RIDE MY BIKE TO WORK EVERY DAY IF IT IS NOT RAINING OR BELOW 40 DEGREES. THE PATHS ARE VALUABLE TO ME. I AM A SLOW CYCLIST. THAT KIND OF DISCOURAGES ME FROM THE COMMUNITY BIKE RIDES THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT SAY THE AVERAGE 15 MILES PER HOUR. I CANNOT. THE BIKE PATHS ARE PERFECT FOR ME. FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I DON'T LIKE WHAT I HAVE SEEN THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH THE ONSLAUGHT OF THE E BIKES, SCOOTERS, DIRT BIKES. INCLUDING SOME I BELIEVE ARE GAS POWERED I HAVE COME HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH COMING AROUND THE CORNER. NOT BEING INCORPORATED CITY MAY REDUCE THE ABILITY THE TOWNSHIP HAS TO ENFORCE SOME OF THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED, BUT I THINK , YOU KNOW, MUCH LIKE THE FIRST SPEAKER SAID, THEY ARE HERE. THEY HAVE CHANGED IN NATURE AND SCOPE OF WHAT THEY CAN DO IN THE LAST FEW YEARS SINCE WELL BEFORE THE MOTORIZED VEHICLES POLICY. I'M LOOKING AT WHAT KIND OF AREAS, WHAT KIND OF NODES, YOU CAN INFLUENCE THAT MIGHT CHANGE HOW CYCLISTS, E-BIKES, EVERYBODY SHARING THE PATHS BEHAVES., COME DOWN TO EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY ON THE PART OF PARENTS. EVERY PARENT SENSOR TRIED AFTER SCHOOL WITH A HELMET . I TAUGHT HIGH SCHOOL FOR 10 YEARS HERE. I SEE THE KIDS COMING IN, AND THE HELMETS ARE DUTIFULLY HUNG FROM THE HANDLEBARS BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU LEAVE THE DOOR, YOU CHANGE INTO THE CLOTHING MAMA DOESN'T WANT YOU TO TAKE OFF THAT HELMET BECAUSE IT IS NOT COOL. I'M A STRONG PROPONENT OF EDUCATING THE PARENTS. LOOK, SOME OF THESE E-VEHICLES HAVE A KILOWATT RATING ON THEM THAT MAY NOT BE COVERED BY THEIR INSURANCE POLICY IF THE CHILD GETS INTO AN ACCIDENT. I WAS READING RECENTLY THAT A CHILD WAS CONTROLLING HIS PEERS AND GETTING HIM A. HE SAYS, YOU CAN SEND IT TO A DIFFERENT SETTING SO YOU CAN GO SLOWER . THAT IS THE CLASSIC, MOM, PLEASE GIVE ME THIS THING, AND I PROMISE I WILL ONLY WRITE AT THIS BE. WHEN THE FRIENDS,

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THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MARIANN.

WELCOME BACK. >>

>> ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOPICS. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN BAILEY AND DIRECTORS. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE ALDEN BRIDGE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION AND MEMBER OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS AFTERNOON. AS YOU CONSIDER THE OPTIONS TO CONSIDER THE USE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES ON TRAILS. I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO SPEAK AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION, AND THEN AS A WOODLANDS RESIDENT. SEVERAL RESIDENTS HAVE ATTENDED THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION MEETINGS AND EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES ON THE TRAILS. I MENTIONED THIS DURING MY UPDATES TO THE BOARD. RESIDENTS HAVE ALSO SPOKEN ON THE SUBJECT DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS. I'VE ALSO DISCUSSED THIS TOPIC AT SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF THE WOODLAND STAFF, INCLUDING SOME OF YOU. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO THANK THE OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY TO WORK WITH YOU TO TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL, I'M ON THE TRAILS A FEW TIMES A WEEK. I OFTEN SEE YOUNGSTERS LEARNING TO RIDE THEIR BIKES, FAMILIES WALKING WITH CHILDREN IN STROLLERS, PEOPLE WALKING THEIR DOGS, PEOPLE RUNNING,PEOPLE WALKING FOR EXERCISE, INCLUDING MANY MORE SENIOR CITIZENS THERE ARE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND CAPABILITIES ON THE TRAIL. THE TRAILS ARE ONLY EIGHT FEET WIDE AND CAN BE HEAVILY WOODED WITH LIMITED SIGHT DISTANCE. THE TRAILS ALSO CONNECT THE COMMUNITY WITH INTERSECTIONS AND ENTRY AND EXIT LANES FROM HOUSING. TRAVELING AT AN INCREASED SPEED, WHETHER YOU'RE DRIVING IN A CAR OR RIDING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, CREATES A DANGER AT EVERY INTERSECTION AND EVERY ENTRANCE OR EXIT . NOT ALL CARS STOP BEFORE THE CROSSWALK , NOR DO THEY CHECK BEFORE THEY ARE TURNING TO THE RIGHT. PEOPLE ON THE TRAIL DO NOT STOP BEFORE EACH INTERSECTION . IT ONLY TAKES ONE PERSON WHO IS DISTRACTED TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

I REVIEWED THE INFORMATION AND RISK ANALYSIS PROVIDED BY THE ANALYSIS, AND THE REPORT STATES AND PHYSICIAN BE PLACED ON MAINTAINING USER SAFETY. THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE ENHANCED EDUCATION, SUGGESTED SPEED LIMITS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATES. IF ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE ALLOWED ON THE PATHWAYS, RIDERS SHOULD COMPLETED EDUCATION PROGRAM AND COMPLY WITH THE SAFETY RULES, INCLUDING WEARING A HELMET BEFORE THEY CAN USE THEIR VEHICLES ON THE TRAILS. IF YOU DECIDE TO ALLOW THE PROHIBITION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO STAND, THE PROBLEM WILL REMAIN. MANY WILL CHOOSE TO IGNORE THE SIGNS AND RIDE ON THE TRAILS ANYWAY. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO FORM OF ENFORCEMENT ON THE 220 MILES OF TRAILS . IF YOU DO DECIDE TO ALLOW ELECTRIC VEHICLES ON THE TRAILS, THIS COULD EVENTUALLY INCLUDE ATVS AND GOLF CARTS. WHILE I WISH THE PROHIBITION REMAINS, I UNDERSTAND THE MANY ISSUES YOU MUST CONSIDER , AND I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOU CONTINUE TO PLACE THE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS AS ARE MOST IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION . SCHOOL STARTS NEXT WEEK, AND THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES ON THE TRAILS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. AND THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR CONTINUOUSLY WORKING TO KEEP THE WOODLANDS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

>> THANK YOU. NAILED IT. I'M IMPRESSED.

>> DID YOU REHEARSE THAT? >> I'M IMPRESSED. TRICIA MONTICELLO FROM BIKE TO WOODLANDS. SHE IS A SUBJECT

MATTER EXPERT. >> THAT'S RIGHT. ALWAYS MORE TO LEARN. GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF BIKE TH WOODLANDS COALITION AND A RESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE OF STERLING RIDGE. SPOKE

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I HAVE BEEN OVERTAKEN BY THE DIRT BIKES TOO WHEN I BEEN LUCKY TO THE PARK WITH MY FIRST GRADER OR RIDING THAT MY OWN BIKE. IT FEELS LIKE IT IS GETTING WORSE. THE PATHWAY SYSTEM IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE INKS ABOUT THE WOODLANDS. DURING OUR COMMUNITY'S ANNUAL BIKE MONTH IN MAY, I TYPICALLY LEAD RIDES ON THE PATHWAYS FOR GROUPS OF UP TO 20 RESIDENTS. WHEN I DO THE SAFETY BRIEFING TO START THOSE, I REMIND PEOPLE THAT THE PATHWAYS ARE A SHARED AMENITY. WILL WE RIDE BIKES ON THE PATHWAYS, WE SHOULD EXPECT TO SHARE THEM WITH WALKERS, RUNNERS, PEOPLE PUSHING STROLLERS, PEOPLE WALKING DOGS, AND CHILDREN RIDING BIKES AND SCOOTERS. WHEN RIDERS APPROACH OTHER PATHWAY USERS, OUR JOB IS A COLOR BIKE ON YOUR LEFT AND SAY, THANK YOU, OR GOOD MORNING AS WE GO BY. WHEN HE USED THE PATHWAYS, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE GOING SLOW ENOUGH TO SHARE A WORD AND A SMILE WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR. THAT IS THE CULTURE OF THE PATHWAYS I GREW UP WITH. I DON'T WANT THAT TO CHANGE. THE CULTURE OF SHARING THE PATHWAYS IS CRITICAL TO MAKING THEM SAFE AND ENJOYABLE FOR ALL RESIDENTS. THE RISE OF HIGHER-SPEED ELECTRIC VEHICLES ON THE PATHWAYS HAS CHANGED THE DYNAMICS OF HOW RESIDENTS USE THEM. BY EMAIL AND SOCIAL MEDIA, WE HAVE HEARD THAT SCOOTERS AND HE BIKES MAKE THEM NERVOUS TO WALK ON THE PATHWAYS AT ALL. WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME CYCLISTS THAT THEY HAVE A HARD TIME SETTLING TO PEDESTRIANS WEARING HEADPHONES. WE'VE HEARD FROM OTHERS WHO WORRY ABOUT CHILDREN WHITE GUY HIGH-SPEED SCOOTERS WITHOUT HELMETS AND WITHOUT KNOWING THE RULES OF THE ROAD. BY THE WAY, IF YOU'VE NEVER TAKEN DRIVER'S ED, WHY WOULD YOU EVEN KNOW THE RULES OF THE ROAD? SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE ON OUR PATHWAYS. AS A COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO DO MORE TO KEEP OTHER SAVE AND SHARE THIS AMAZING ASSET. THESE ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE NOT GOING AWAY, AND IT SEEMS PRUDENT TO ADOPT POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT MAKE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE SAFE USE IN A SPACE WE ALL LOVE. AS WE HAVE STATED IN THE PAST, BIKES THE WOODLANDS SUPPORTS A SUGGESTED SPEED LIMIT, ENHANCED EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS, THE POLICY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ADDRESS THE REALITIES OF TODAY'S PATHWAY USERS IN A WAY THAT PRESERVES THE SPIRIT AND INTENDED USE OF THESE PATHWAYS. WE WERE EXCITED TO READ THE MICRO MY ABILITY -- MOBILITY REPORT THAT AFFIRMS THE SAME RECOMMENDATIONS. THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HELP SHIFT PRACTICES AND CHANGE CULTURE AROUND HOW WE USE THE PATHWAYS. THE EDUCATION OUTREACH PLANS AT THE TOWNSHIP STAFF PREPARED IS AN EXCELLENT STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. AND A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO THAT CAMPAIGN FOR SUCCESS AND CREDIBILITY WILL BE UPDATED POLICIES AND GUIDANCE THAT CLEARLY ADDRESSED THE REALITY OF HOW PATHWAY USAGE HAS CHANGED. THE WOODLANDS HAS THRIVED FOR 50 YEARS BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY AT THIS ABILITY TO ADAPT AND INNOVATE. TODAY WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADAPT AND INNOVATE AGAIN. WE ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO UPDATE THE POLICY FOR THE PATHWAYS TO IMPROVE SAFE USE OF THE PATHWAYS FOR ALL USERS. THANK YOU.

>> THANKS, TRICIA. >> NAILING THIS. ALL RIGHT.

GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. WELCOME BACK.

>> THANK YOU. HELLO, EVERYBODY. I AM FROM BIKE THE WOODLANDS COALITION, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION. AS YOU GUYS JUST HEARD, WE SUPPORT ALLOWING CERTAIN E-VEHICLES ON THE PATHWAYS WITH THAT 10 MILE-PER-HOUR SPEED LIMIT.

REGARDLESS OF THE DECISION THAT IS MADE TONIGHT, WHETHER IT BE CHANGE THE POLICY OR ADAPTER, WE STILL LACK A SUITABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO TRAVEL AT HIGHER SPEEDS. YOU KNOW, THOSE USERS THAT WANT TO TRAVEL AT A HIGHER SPEED TODAY EITHER GO TO THE ROAD , OR THEY COULD GO FASTER ON THE PATHWAYS.

BOTH OF THOSE OPTIONS CAN BE RISKY FOR THEM. IF THEY CHOOSE TO GO ON THE PATHWAY, WHILE IT IS EXCELLENT FOR RECREATIONAL -- YOU KNOW, WE HEARD CASUAL WALKERS, FAMILY, DOG WALKING, ET CETERA -- IT IS NOT DESIGNED FOR THE HIGHER-SPEED TRAVEL, BECAUSE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, TWISTING PATHWAYS AND LIMITED SIGHT DISTANCE, WHICH IS CONDUCIVE TO POTENTIAL COLLISIONS. BECAUSE OF THIS, WE REALLY NEED WELL-MAINTAINED AND GOOD ALTERNATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE, SUCH AS GOOD ROADWAY SHOULDERS THAT WOULD BE AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THESE USERS . WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CURRENT SHOULDER CONDITIONS, THEY'RE NOT IDEAL. THERE IS LOTS OF PAVEMENT LIFTS, GAPS, POTHOLES AND OTHER COMMON HAZARDS THE SOMEONE WOULD FACE WHEN TRYING TO BE ON THE SHOULDER OF A ROADWAY TRAVELING AT HIGHER SPEEDS. TO AVOID THESE THINGS, USUALLY A CYCLIST WILL HAVE TO LEAVE FROM THE SHOULDER INTO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, AND BACK AND FORTH, ESPECIALLY AT INTERSECTIONS. THIS MAKES THEIR MOVEMENT VERY UNPREDICTABLE . WE THINK TO MAKE THIS PAPER, WE NEED TO MAKE IT PREDICTABLE FOR EVERYBODY SO THEY KNOW WHERE THEY SHOULD BE ON THE ROAD, AND THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THIS WILL MAKE TRAFFIC FLOW FASTER, AND ALSO REDUCE POTENTIAL CONFLICT AND COLLISIONS. I WANT TO REITERATE ABOUT THESE BIKE LANES, THOUGH, AND SHOULDER USE. IT IS REALLY, AGAIN, ABOUT IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW AND SAFETY FOR EVERYONE. THERE ARE MAJOR ROADWAYS LIKE WOODLANDS PARKWAY. WE ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT SUGGESTING A BIKE

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IN YOUR PLANS. THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE IT. JOHN. YOU GAVE ME A PRONUNCIATION, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE. THE FIRST PERSON THAT IS EVER GIVEN ME APPRECIATION/PRONUNCIATION. YOU MADE ME LOOK GOOD. I STILL MESSED IT UP.

>> THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING ME COME UP HERE AND TALK. I ALSO ON THE BOARD OF BY TWO WOODLANDS -- THE WOODLANDS. I CHALLENGE ANYONE IN THIS ROOM TO SHOW THEY HAVE WRITTEN MORE MILES AND I

HAVE ON A BICYCLE. >> U.N.

>> MY WIFE AND I WRITE A LOT. WE HAVE SIX KIDS WE HAVE RAISE. WE HAVE BEEN HERE 23 YEARS. THEY'RE ALL CYCLISTS. THE YOUNGEST IS 14 STARTING AT THE NINTH-GRADE CAMPUS THIS YEAR. HE HAS BEEN BADGERING US FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW FOR NOT E-SCOOTER. NOT E-BIKE . HE WANTS WHAT IS CALLED A , WHICH IS AN ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE. LOOKS LIKE IT GOES ABOUT 60. I HAVE SEEN THESE ON THE PATHWAYS. MY DAD TAUGHT ME WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY ABOUT CUSSING . WHAT HE SAID WAS, THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE, SON. A TIME AND PLACE FOR EVERYTHING. ONE OF THOSE MOTORCYCLES PROBABLY NOT EVER THE TIME AND PLACE. BIKE THE WOODLANDS BELIEVES IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE HEADING TOWARDS OPTION A IN THE PLAN. WE ARE CERTAIN -- MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES. I CAN'T THINK OF THE ACRONYM NOW. EMDS WILL BE ALLOWED. EDUCATION IS THE KEY. WHAT TEA THAT CT WAS TALKING ABOUT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNTY FOR THE NEW SHOULDERS GOING IN. BUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, PEOPLE COMPLAINING EVERY DAY ABOUT E-SCOOTERS, I DON'T SEE MANY SAYING WE NEED TO ALLOW THIS. BUT SOMEONE COMMENTED ON A RECENT THREAD ON ONE OF THE VILLAGE FACEBOOK GROUPS , I DON'T WANT MY KID RIDING ON THE STREET , WHICH SUGGESTS TO ME PEOPLE ARE LETTING THEIR KIDS RIDE E-SCOOTERS . THE STUDY YOU ARE LOOKING AT HAS PHOTOS IN IT. ONE IS FROM CREEK VIEW ON THE HARRIS COUNTY SIDE THE BIKE RACK BUT I DIDN'T COUNT, BUT IT SURE LOOKS LIKE IT IS MOSTLY E-SCOOTERS. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN FIGHT IT. IT IS HERE. MR. MCMARTIN POINTED OUT SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT, AND THAT IS INSURANCE. IN MY PRIOR LIFE, I WAS A LAWYER. NOW I AM A RECOVERING LAWYER. BOARD CERTIFIED IN PERSONAL INJURY TRIAL LAW. I HAVE TALKED TO PEOPLE WILLING TO BRING LAWSUITS ABOUT INCIDENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED HERE IN THE WOODLANDS REGARDING BICYCLES AND E-SCOOTERS AND E-BIKES. MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEY ARE NOT INSURED . I WOULD VENTURE, I PROMISE YOU AN AUTO POLICY -- IF YOUR KID GOES OUT AND HITS THE GENTLEMAN THAT DOVE IN THE BUSHES, THE AUTO POLICY WILL NOT PICK IT UP. THAT IS NOT A REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLE. A TYPICAL HOMEOWNER'S POLICY IS NOT GOING TO PICK IT UP, BECAUSE THERE ARE EXCLUSIONS FOR NONREGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES USED OFF THE INSURED PREMISES.

NO COVERAGE THERE. THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WILL HAVE COVERAGE IF THEY GET SUED BECAUSE THEY PUT ONE OF THESE THINGS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THEIR KIDS IS AN UMBRELLA POLICY. MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT. MY TIME IS UP. I WILL STOP WITH THIS. WE NEED TO PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER ON THIS AND FIGURE SOMETHING OUT,

[6. Receive and consider a discussion related to e-vehicle safety;]

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THAT INCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR COMING. WILL MOVE ON TO REGULAR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX. RECEIVE AND CONSIDER A DISCUSSION RELATED TO E-VEHICLE SAFETY. I WILL START OFF WITH A LITTLE OPENING REMARK HERE. I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THERE IS NOT A SINGLE PERSON UP HERE , OR SINGLE PERSON ON STAFF, THAT DOES NOT TAKE THIS VERY, VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. WE TALK ABOUT IT A LOT AND DISCUSS IT. WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS. AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE WOODLANDS, FROM OVER 50 YEARS AGO UNTIL TODAY, EVERYTHING IS DONE IN OUR COMMUNITY IN OUR REGION BY PARTNERSHIPS. WILL PARTNER AND PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER. WE LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS . WE LOOK AT WAYS TO TAKE PROBLEMS ON. WE WORK WITH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. WE WORK WITH OUR CONSTABLES. WE WORK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, NEIGHBORING CITIES, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, HOSPITALS AND SO ON. THIS IS SOMETHING WE TAKE EXTREMELY SERIOUS. WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS A LETTER THAT EVERYONE IN THE TOWNSHIP HAS IN FRONT OF YOU THAT WE SENT A COPY OUT TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. TODAY'S DISCUSSION IS NOT MAKING A DECISION IF WE ARE GOING TO OPEN UP THE PATHWAYS TO E-VEHICLES OR E-SCOOTERS OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION IS HOW WE CAN WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY. HOW WE CAN GET THE MESSAGE OUT COMMUNICATING TO PARENTS . I THINK PARENTS PROBABLY NEED TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THE MOST PART I WILL SAY THAT. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST THESE THINGS GO. BUT ALSO CHILDREN. ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND HOW WE NEED TO DO IT. I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO MAKE SURE AS WE START TALKING ABOUT THIS THAT THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S MEETING IS TO DISCUSS HOW THE TOWNSHIP AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS CAN WORK TOGETHER TO PRIORITIZE DEVELOPING AND SHARING COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING SAFETY. YOU KNOW, TIMING IS CRUCIAL IN THIS . IN A WEEK, SCHOOL STARTS. WE WILL HAVE INCREASED VEHICLE TRAFFIC , INCLUDING MANY NEW DRIVERS. WE WILL HAVE MORE FAMILIES OUT AND ABOUT. ROADS, INTERSECTIONS, PATHWAYS WILL BE BUSIER THAN EVER. WE ALSO HAVE TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OUT ON THE STREETS AS WELL. MOTORIZED VEHICLES LIKE E-SCOOTERS AND E-BIKES ARE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE NOT GOING AWAY. I THINK MANY OF THE SPEAKERS SAID THAT TODAY. THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE HERE , AND THEY'RE USED IS GROWING. IT IS IMPERATIVE WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT WHEN THEIR USE, THEY ARE USED SAFELY IN THE RESPECT OF OTHERS. I WILL REMIND RESIDENTS THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP CURRENTLY PROHIBITS MOTORIZED VEHICLES ON PATHWAYS, INCLUDING E-BIKES AND E-SCOOTERS. BOARD MEMBERS, I MENTIONED THE LETTER IN FRONT OF YOU. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS. WE ALL HAVE OPINIONS ON THE POLICY, BUT TODAY'S MEETING IS NOT ABOUT POLICY. TODAY'S MEETING IS ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATION TO RESIDENTS , CHILDREN AND PARENTS FOR EACH STAKEHOLDER HERE REPRESENTED TODAY, WHICH THERE ARE MANY, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE, THE OPPORTUNITY IS FOR US TO DELIVERY AMONGST THEIR OWN BODIES WHAT BEST POLICY APPROACH THEY HAVE FOR THEIR CONSTITUENCY. OUT OF RESPECT FOR TIME AND ATTENTION, COMMUNITY PARTNERS TODAY, TODAY'S FOCUS WILL BE COLLABORATIVELY PROVIDING RESOURCES TO RESIDENTS TO EDUCATE THEM ON SAFE, RESPECTABLE BEHAVIORS. PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THE PURPOSE TODAY.

INTEND TO KEEP THE DISCUSSION FOCUSED SO WE CAN MAKE THE BEST USE OF OUR TIME FOR THE INCREDIBLE RESOURCE WE HAVE WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS BEING HERE. TO KICK US OFF, I'M ASKING PRESIDENT AND CEO TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE MEETING AND FRAMEWORK. WE HAVE A LOT OF MICROPHONES FOR PEOPLE TO COME UP AND TALK. WE HOPE YOU HAVE A VERY THOROUGH DISCUSSION

TODAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, DIRECTORS. GOOD AFTERNOON TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE HERE. WE REALLY DO, AS CHAIRMAN BAILEY MENTIONED, APPRECIATE HAVING YOU HERE. YOU ARE A GREAT RESOURCE FOR US. -- AS WE WORK TOWARDS DEVELOPING A SAFETY CAMPAIGN FOR OUR SHARED CONSTITUENTS. LET ME SEE IF THIS IS PULLED UP YET. OKAY. I JUST HAVE A VERY FEW SLIDES HERE. JUST WANTED TO, BEFORE WE TURN THE DISCUSSION OVER TO ALL OF YOU, TO GO OVER WHAT THE

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THIS IS INTENDED TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM. WE WILL HAVE SHORT TERM, MEDIUM-TERM AND LONG-TERM GOALS AND MEASUREMENTS TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS. WITH THAT, LET'S GET STARTED. I WILL TURN THIS BACK OVER TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. IN TERMS OF LOGISTICS, THIS MICROPHONE, THIS IS LIVE VIDEO , AND YOU CAN ALSO GO BACK AND WATCH IT. THIS MICROPHONE RIGHT HERE, AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO BOTH OUR ATTORNEY AND I ARE GOING TO VACATE OUR SEATS. DEPENDING WHERE IN THE ROOM YOU ARE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK, IF YOU COULD TAKE ONE OF THOSE TWO MICROPHONES, OR YOU CAN TAKE THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. WE WISH WE HAD MICROPHONE FOR EVERYBODY, BUT THAT IS HOW WE HAVE TO DO IT FOR THIS MEETING.

>> THANK YOU, MONIQUE. I AM GOING TO CALL ON WHATEVER COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT CHIEF JAMES CAMPBELL TO COME UP AND BE THE FIRST TO ACKNOWLEDGE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME SPEAK , MONIQUE, CAN WE HAVE SOMEONE START GETTING PEOPLE IN LINE OVER HERE TO COME UP? CHIEF, WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING

TO GO FOR >> WAS GOING TO LET ALL MY FRIENDS AND PARTNERS GO AND GO AFTER THEM. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. I THINK IT IS GREAT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY WILLING TO COME TOGETHER AND TRY TO COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS. FOR PERSPECTIVE, I AM THE CHIEF OF EMS FOR THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT. WHERE THE SOLE ANALYST PROVIDER FOR THE COUNTY. WE WORK WITH ALL LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE 911 ABLE AND SERVICES. THE VERY NICE RED, WHITE AND BLUE INFLUENCES YOU SEE, THAT IS WHERE I WORK BUT I'M ALSO A FATHER OF A DAUGHTER WHO GOES TO SCHOOL IN THE WOODLANDS. SHE WALKS BESIDE THE TRAIL ON THE WAY HOME AT MY RECOGNITION, BECAUSE THE SCOOTERS DO COME PAST HER. HOW HAVE THE SCOOTERS REALLY IMPACTED OUR OPERATION? WE NOTICED ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO THAT WE STARTED RECEIVING 911 CALLS AND PRETTY SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA INJURY PATTERNS FROM PATIENTS ON E-VEHICLES. WE STARTED, LIKE WE ALWAYS DO, LOOKING AT DATA FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, FROM OTHER EMS SERVICES AND OTHER, MOSTLY, LARGE URBAN CITIES, BECAUSE THEY HAVE LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTERS. A LOT OF RESEARCH IS CONDUCTED AT THOSE. IN THAT RESEARCH, WE STARTED TO NOTICE THAT THE INJURY PATTERNS WERE THE SAME INJURY PATTERNS WE WERE SEEING WITH OUR PATIENTS WHO WERE SUFFERING INJURIES ON E-VEHICLES. MAJOR INJURIES INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT HEAD TRAUMA

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WHEN YOU ARE A TRAUMA ACTIVATION, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO A LEVEL TWO TRAUMA CENTER OR HIGHER. THE ONLY HIRE IS LEVEL ONE. HERE WE HAVE THREE LEVEL TWO TRAUMA CENTERS IN THE COUNTY. THOSE PATIENTS THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT INJURIES HAVE TO GO TO A TRAUMA CENTER. WE RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN WE ARE RESPONDING TO THESE CALLS, WE WERE TREATING THEM JUST LIKE A NORMAL BICYCLE ACCIDENT. THAT WOULD, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE AT IN THE COUNTY, GET IN HERE AN AMBULANCE OR AMULETS AND FIRE TRUCK. WHEN WE HAVE A PATIENT THAT IS A TRAUMA ACTIVATION, THAT IS NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES. WE WOULD NEED A DISTRICT CHIEF, WHICH IS A CREDENTIALED MEMBER OF THE TEAM WHO HAS A HIGHER CLINICAL SCOPE, AND ALSO A FIRE BATTALION CHIEF AND THEN, ADDITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE RECOGNIZE WITH THIS INJURY PATTERN, WE WERE UNDER TRIAGING THE CALLS IN THE DISPATCH CENTER. AFTER LOOKING AT THE DATA ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE PROVIDED ABOUT A YEAR AGO TRAINING TO THE DISPATCH CENTER WHERE WE CHANGED HOW WE TRIAGE THESE CALLS AS THEY COME INTO THE DISPATCH CENTER TO UPGRADE THEM TO TREAT THEM JUST LIKE A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT WHERE WE WOULD GET ALL THE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO PROPERLY TAKE CARE OF , AND TRANSPORT, THAT PATIENT TO THE TRAUMA CENTER. WE WOULD CODE THIS NOW AS A HIGH VELOCITY IMPACT TRAUMA ACTIVATION PATIENT FOR US. WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME BEFORE THIS MEETING WE CAN QUANTIFY THIS NUMBER OF PATIENTS IN THE LAST YEAR TO THREE YEARS.

IT WOULD BE A MANUAL POOL FROM PATIENT CARE RECORDS. BECAUSE EVEN THE CHARTING SOFTWARE DOESN'T DELINEATE E-SCOOTERS VERSUS E-BIKES. WE WOULD HAVE TO MANUALLY SEARCH NARRATIVES. BUT WE CAN DO THAT IF THIS GROUP FINDS THAT HELPFUL. THE TWO MAJOR STUDIES WE LOOK THAT CAME OUT OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND NEW YORK CITY. OBVIOUSLY, BOTH URBAN SETTINGS, BUT THEIR DATA IS THE SAME. IT IS ABOUT 300 PATIENTS , ABOUT 40% OF THOSE WITH HEAD TRAUMA, 2% OR LESS HELMETED , AND 20% OF THOSE PATIENTS, OVERALL, OR WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER SIGNIFICANT INJURIES.

THOSE PATIENTS ALSO END UP IN THE I.C.U. NOW WE ARE ADDING TO THE NUMBER OF PATIENT WE ARE SEEING IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS AT THESE TRAUMA CENTERS AS A RESULT OF THESE INJURIES. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME YOU WANT ME TO GO. THAT IS JUST OUR

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. >> -- PRETTY SIGNIFICANT MECHANISM OF INJURY WITH THESE VEHICLES. TO OPEN IT UP TO THE

BOARD. >> I HAVE A QUESTION, CHIEF. DO YOU FIND MOST OF THESE SEVERE INJURIES, ARE THEY RELATED TO MOVING VEHICLES LIKE A CAR OR TRUCK? OR ARE THEY SO LOW? IS IT JUST THE RIDER FALLING OFF OR HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE BICYCLE , NOT THE BICYCLE, BUT THE E-SCOOTER?

>> JUST THE RIDER. >> THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US . I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE IN THE WHOLE WORLD HAS A 220 MILE PATHWAY SYSTEM LIKE THE WOODLANDS DOES. WE ARE SO UNIQUE IN THAT REGARD. IT IS NOT CREATED FOR FAST MOVING VEHICLES. I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN YOU COLLECTING SIGNIFICANT DATA ON THE WOODLANDS , IN PARTICULAR.

MATTRESS MONTGOMERY COUNTY, BUT PARTICULARLY THE WOODLANDS. I THINK A LOT OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WE.

>> I AGREE. MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS A WHOLE, AND THE WOODLANDS SPECIFIED, IF YOU CAN. VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT DATA.

>> WE WILL ABSOLUTELY DO OUR BEST.

>> IN ADDITION TO THAT, NOT ONLY THOSE ON THE ELECTRIC BIKES AND SCOOTERS, BUT PERHAPS, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HIT BY SOMEONE RIDING ONE OF THE ELECTRIC BIKES OR SCOOTERS.

>> WE CAN PULL BOTH. THOSE CALLS WOULD BE CODED AS AUTOMOBILE VERSUS PEDESTRIAN IN GENERAL IN THE DISPATCH SYSTEM. WE CAN SEPARATE THE TWO IN OUR REPORTS.

>> THANK YOU. >> PART OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. YOU ALL ARE EVERYWHERE WITHIN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. JUST BE THINKING HOW YOUR ORGANIZATION CAN REALLY IMPACT THE PARENTS AND CHILDREN THAT WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT TODAY . TRULY, IT IS THE EDUCATION

THAT IS LACKING. >> AS A PARENT, AND JUST IN GENERAL, IF YOU COULD SEE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE INJURIES FROM THESE VEHICLES, IT WOULD PROVIDE YOU WITH A PROSPECTIVE THAT WOULD AT LEAST HAVE YOU THINK , SHOULD I LET MY CHILD BACK ON THIS VEHICLE? BUT THIS IS IT TO SCARE YOU. IT IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN A TRAMPOLINE. IF YOU TALK TO AN

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COULD WALKERS GO FIRST ? THEN BIKERS? AND THEN THE E-VEHICLES SO WE'RE NOT ALL ON THE TRAIL TOGETHER? WHEN I'M AT SCHOOL, THE SCOOTER RIDERS GO FIRST, AND THEY ARE GONE. MAYBE YOU COULD STAGGER IT BASED ON YOUR MECHANISM . I AM JUST THROWING STUFF OUT THERE. HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE ANYWAY WE CAN. WE

WILL PROVIDE THAT DATA. >> THAT IS ONE QUESTION I HAVE.

IF WE WERE TO CHAMPION A SERIES OF VIDEOS ON PUBLIC SAFETY ON THIS, WOULD YOUR ORGANIZATION BE A PARTICIPATE?

>> ABSOLUTELY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> THANKS FOR BEING HERE. WOULD YOU ATTRIBUTE THE SEVERITY OF THE INJURIES PRIMARILY TO SPEED AND MOMENTUM AND VELOCITY, OR PERHAPS MAYBE JUST THE NATURE OF THE SCOOTER OR BIKE BEING HEAVIER BECAUSE OF THE BATTERIES AND WHATNOT?

>> IT IS SPEED. THE MECHANISM AND THE SPEED AND FORCE NEEDED TO FRACTURE OR BREAK LONG PHONE STASH WE ARE CALLING LONG BONES FEMURS, RADIUS OLD THE, HUMOROUS, LIKE YOUR LONG BONES, TO FRACTURE THOSE IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FORCE. IF YOU ARE ON A SCOOTER WHERE YOU ARE PUSHING WITH YOUR FOOT AND FALL, IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT HEAD TRAUMA OR LONG BONE FRACTURES. IF YOU'RE GETTING SPEED IN EXCESS CASH THAT IS WHY WE CHANGED IT TO HIGH VELOCITY IMPACT. IF YOU'RE GETTING 15, 20, 25, 30 MILES PER HOUR, YOU'R TALKING ABOUT SERIOUS SPEEDS ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A HELMET ON. IT CAN BE LIFE-THREATENING PRETTY QUICKLY. I MEAN, THESE PATIENTS AND UP INTUBATED. THAT MEANS YOU HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO STOP BREATHING. WE ARE BREATHING FOR YOU WITH THE VENTILATOR ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL. WE ARE CONTROLLING SIGNIFICANT BLEEDING. THE FACE, PARTICULARLY, BLEEDS QUICKLY AND SIGNIFICANTLY. WE ARE MANAGING AN AIRWAY, BLOOD, PRETTY QUICKLY WHEN WE ARRIVE ON SCENE. THAT IS WHY WE WANTED TO UPGRADE THE RESPONSE SO WE CAN HAVE MORE HANDS ON DECK TO TAKE CARE OF THESE PATIENTS. HEAD TRAUMA CAN LEAD TO YOU BEING COMBATIVE, WHICH LEADS TO SEDATION. THEY

CAN BE COMPLEX PATIENTS. >> WHAT IS THE LONG-TERM SEQUELAE ON YOUR PATIENCE YOU HAVE TAKEN CARE OF? THE 20% THE

END UP IN THE I.C.U.? >> THIS WAS THE TAMPA DATA.

>> LONG-TERM RESULTS. HOW MANY SUFFER PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE, PERMANENT SPINE AND NECK DAMAGE?

>> IT HAS MORTALITY. I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT DEEPER. I CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU IN THE SAME DATASET.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE THIS INFORMATION ALONE MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO DISCOURAGE A LOT OF PARENTS FROM THESE E-BIKES AS I

AM LISTENING TO YOU. >> IT IS JUST THE RISK. THERE ARE A LOT OF FUN THINGS. IS IT A HOVERBOARD WHEN THAT WAS POPULAR? THE THING THAT EVERYBODY WAS FALLING OFF OF.

>> ROLLERBLADES. >> I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE THEM. JUST SAFETY. IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO WEAR YOUR HELMET AND JUST NOT TO FORGET THAT THESE ARE ACTUAL VEHICLES. THESE ARE ACTUAL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. THEY COME WITH A SIGNIFICANT RISK IF NOT USED PROPERLY. WE SEE INJURY PATTERNS IN GOLF CARTS AND SIDE-BY-SIDE AND FOUR WHEELERS, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR. IN THE SUMMER, WE SEE MORE TRAUMA ACTIVATIONS AS A RESULT OF THOSE VEHICLES AS WELL. IT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY SCOOTERS. IT IS JUST THAT THIS IS NEW TO US, ALL OF US. IT IS JUST HOW IT HAS IMPACTED OUR ORGANIZATION. AND

RESPONSE PLANS. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK

YOU SO MUCH. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> THAT DATA WILL BE VERY INTERESTING.

>> I WILL PROVIDE THAT. >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP? WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. I KNOW I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. TALKING TO YOU BEFOREHAND IN THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT AND A FEW OTHER BOARD MEMBERS FROM CONROE ISD. I TOLD YOU EARLIER I THINK WE COME IN CONTACT WITH THE POLICE OFFICER WALKING TO SCHOOL EACH MORNING AND THE CROSSING GUARDS PROBABLY MORE THAN WE DO

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IN LOOKING AT THIS, WE'RE SEEING THEM ON THE SAME PATHWAYS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SEEING A LOT OF E-VEHICLES FLYING DOWN. VICE CHAIRMAN AND I MET WITH THE INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS. THAT IS WHAT LED TO THE LETTER WE SENT OUT.

HOW CAN WE PARTNER TO BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS , WHICH I THINK THIS IS A PARENT ISSUE TOO , AND CHILDREN, ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT WE FACE . BUT NO ONE COULD GET MESSAGING OUT LIKE SCHOOLS CAN. HEAVY THUNDERSTORM HITS, I GET A TEXT FROM CONROE ISD. CAN'T PICK YOUR KIDS UP TODAY. LET THEM OUT EARLY. YOU ARE VERY GOOD AT THAT. I WANTED TO VISIT WITH YOU . IN LOOKING AT THIS, IF WE WERE TO PREPARE A VIDEO AND HAVE ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, MANY OF WHICH ARE HERE TODAY, ESPECIALLY LAW ENFORCEMENT, MONTGOMERY COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT, AREA CITIES, 1 MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AND THE LIKE . IF WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A VIDEO, CAN WE WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS OUT? WHAT

IS THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT? >> WE CAN EASILY DO THAT. WE'RE LOOKING AT NEXT WEEK WELCOMING BACK OVER 73,000 KIDS. THEY ARE GOING TO GET TO SCHOOL IN EVERY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. WE'RE GOING TO WORRY ABOUT THE KIDS WALKING. WE ARE GOING TO WORRY ABOUT THE ONES BIKING. WE ARE GOING TO WORRY ABOUT THE ONES ON E-VEHICLES. WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THOSE ARE UNIQUE CONCERNS JUST BY DESIGN OF THE VEHICLES. THE SPEED OF THEM AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE ON THE PATHWAYS. YOU KNOW, ON OUR CAMPUSES, MAYBE BECAUSE IT IS IT IS AN DESTINATION, MAYBE BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF SUPERVISION IN YOUR STARTING TO COME ACROSS CROSSING GUARDS AS YOU GET CLOSER TO CAMPUS. WE DON'T SEE A LOW NATIONAL WHOLE LOT OF THESE CONCERNS NEAR THE CAMPUS OR ON THE CAMPUS. THERE ARE RULES ON EACH CAMPUS UNTIL KIDS, CAN'T WRITE IT HERE. GOT TO GET OFF OF IT HERE. IN THE TO A REALLY GOOD JOB. BUT WE CARE ABOUT OUR KIDS ALL THE WAY FROM HOME TO SCHOOL AND BACK. TO YOUR POINT, WE ARE REALLY GOOD AT GETTING THE WORD OUT. WE HAVE GOT MANY MECHANISMS WE CAN DO THAT. WE ABSOLUTELY ARE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH THE TOWNSHIP TO DO THAT. WE CAN REACH A LOT OF PEOPLE. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST CREATING A VIDEO AND PLAYING THAT FOR KIDS IN THEIR CLASSROOM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO. DURING PTO MEETINGS, HAVING MEETINGS WITH PARENTS. BECAUSE THAT A COUPLE PEOPLE TOUCHED ON THIS. ONE OF THE KEYS HERE IS THAT PARENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE BUYING VERY OFTEN. THE NEEDS TO BE SOME EDUCATION AND AWARENESS THERE.

AS I LEARNED ABOUT E-VEHICLES, I SAID TO MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD THAT I SAID THAT MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD WILL NEVER GET ON ONE. IT IS CONCERNING. I MAY CHANGE MY MIND WHEN HE GETS OLDER. BUT IT FIVE HE IS NOT GOING TO GET ON IT. WE HAVE A LOT OF MECHANISMS WE CAN HELP GET THE WORD OUT. WE CAN PROVIDE REAL ESTATE . YOU CAN COME TO THE CAMPUS AND HAVE MEETINGS IN THE AUDITORIUM.

DURING THOSE PTO MEETINGS, WE CAN HAVE OFFICERS GO AND GIVE A PRESENTATION. OUR OFFICERS REGULARLY GIVE BIKER AND WALKER SAFETY CLASSES TO VARIOUS CAMPUSES ACROSS THE DISTRICT .

WE ARE NOW , WE UNDERSTAND WE HAVE GOT TO ADD A COMPONENT ON E-VEHICLES. HISTORICALLY, IT WAS JUST BIKERS AND WALKERS. A LOT OF DANGERS ARE THE SAME, BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY UNIQUE DANGERS WITH THESE. WE HAVE GOT VARIOUS METHODS OF GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT . OUR INTEREST IS TO ABSOLUTELY PARTNER WITH THE

TOWNSHIP TO DO THAT. >> I THINK THAT IS AN EXCELLENT POSITION THAT YOU HAVE. I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY EFFECTIVE, QUITE FRANKLY. THAT IS WHERE IT HAS TO START.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST THE MESSAGING BE

FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW? >> WELL, IT HAS TO BE RESPONSIBLE RIDERSHIP. -- WE NEED TO GET OUT TO PARENTS THAT THEY HAVE GOT TO GIVE THEIR KIDS THE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THEY EXPECT THEM TO DO AND NOT TO. WE HAVE TO HAVE KIDS UNDERSTAND THAT HELMETS ARE PARAMOUNT. THEY HAVE TO WEAR A HELMET. IT IS NOT ABOUT BEING COOL OR NOT. YOU HAVE GOT TO WEAR SAFETY GEAR. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RIDERS UNDERSTAND -- AND IT IS NOT JUST STUDENTS AND KIDS, IT IS THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE THAT USES THESE. THEY HAVE GOT TO SHARE THE PATHWAY. IF THEY'RE

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IT TOO. >> CHIEF, I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU KNOW THAT FOR 50 YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN NO MOTORIZED VEHICLES ALLOWED, THEORETICALLY, NOT ALLOWED ON TOWNSHIP PATHWAYS.

BETTER SERVE THE RESIDENTS WELL UNTIL THIS EXPLOSION IN POPULARITY OF EMDS, ELECTRIC MOTORIZED DEVICES . WE CALL THEM E-VEHICLES. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU AS A LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IS, WOULD YOU ALLOW A MOTORCYCLE ON YOUR SCHOOL

PROPERTY THAT WAS NOT LICENSED? >> -- A MOTORCYCLE.

>> WE HAD SOMEBODY OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE, WE WOULD FOLLOW THE RULES AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AS TO WHETHER THEY WERE

LICENSED OR NOT. >> BUT YOU WOULDN'T ALLOW IT.

>> IF THEY WERE OPERATING UNLAWFULLY, NO.

>> OKAY. MY QUESTION REALLY IS IN PARTNERSHIP. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO THE IDEA OF NOT ALLOWING ELECTRIC MOTORIZED VEHICLES EITHER, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT LICENSED.

THEY ARE NOT PERMITTED. WE HEARD FROM ONE OF THE LAWYERS , REFORMED LAWYER, EARLIER THAT, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LICENSED OR PERMITTED, THEY ARE NOT COVERED BY ANY INSURANCE AT THIS POINT.

SO Y'ALL ARE EXPOSED. IF WE ALLOW IT ON TOWNSHIP PATHWAYS, WHICH I HOPE WE DO NOT, WE WOULD BE MORE EXPOSED AND ENCOURAGING IT, REALLY. IF YOU WOULD PARTNER WITH US TO EDUCATE THEM NOT TO BRING THOSE VEHICLES TO SCHOOL PROPERTY , AND IT WOULD BE SCHOOL BY SCHOOL, BECAUSE I THINK SOME SCHOOLS ARE NOT INFLUENCED BY IT OR INUNDATED BY IT. AND SOME ARE VERY INFLUENCED BY IT. IT VARIES. BUT IF YOU WOULD PARTNER WITH US IN THAT -- AND I AM NOT SAYING YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY , BUT I'M ASKING YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD DO IT. THEN WE COULD SAY TOGETHER TO PARENTS, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BRING AN E-SCOOTER ON TOWNSHIP PATHWAYS, AND YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE IT TO SCHOOL . THAT WOULD GIVE US A LOT STRONGER VOICE IN OUR MESSAGING.

BECAUSE MESSAGING RIGHT NOW IS STILL VERY CONFUSING. EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE TRYING TO HELP US CLARIFY IT . ARE WE ALLOWING IT OR NOT? ARE WE ALLOWING IT AT 10 MILES, FIVE MILES, 15 MILES.

>> YOUR QUESTION WAS BASED ON --

>> LICENSING. >> IF SOMEONE HAS A MOTORCYCLE AND CAME ON PROPERTY, THAT A STATE LAW. YOU CAN'T BE DRIVING VEHICLES THAT ARE STATE LAW. UNFORTUNATELY, STATE LAW , TECHNOLOGY HAS SURPASSED STATE LAW. NO ONE IN THE LEGISLATURE

HAS ADDRESSED IT. >> WE DON'T WANT CALIFORNIA STYLE ACQUIESCENT SAYING, THROW UP OUR HANDS AND THE GENIE IS OUT OF THE BOTTLE, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PUT SAFETY FIRST. NOT THROW IN THE TOWEL.

>> I HEAR YOU. WHAT I'M SAYING IS, YOU'RE ASKING A LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO ENFORCE THE LAW THAT IS NOT A

LAW. >> I'M ASKING HIM TO ENFORCE ANY KIND OF MECHANISM ON HIS OWN PERSONAL PROPERTY . NOT ROADWAYS. I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT ROADWAYS. I'M TALKING ABOUT TOWNSHIP PROPERTY HE HAS GOT CONTROL OVER SCHOOL PROPERTY.

CREATE A RULE FOR YOUR SCHOOL PROPERTY THAT YOU DON'T ALLOW IT . CITIES AROUND THE WORLD ARE STRUGGLING WITH THIS. NOBODY HAS A GREAT ANSWER. WHILE WE STRUGGLE, CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE PERMANENTLY INJURED. THEY ARE HURTING. WE ARE ALLOWING IT. WE NEED TO BE STRONG AND THAT WE CAN THE RULES. THAT IS MY

THOUGHT. >> OKAY. NOTED.

>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION. CHIEF CAMPBELL MENTIONED THE FACT THAT PARENTS -- SORT OF LIKE SOME OF HIS, WELL, IF THIS, IF WE COULD SAY THEY WILL WEAR A HELMET, THEY WILL NOT WEAR EARPHONES , AND MAYBE PUT A LITTLE BIT OF MEAT AND TEETH INTO THAT JUST IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF SCHOOL. I ACTUALLY LOVE THE FACT , LET THEM GRADUATE -- LEAVE AT DIFFERENT TIMES, WHATEVER, THE SAFEST TO LEAVE FIRST. MAYBE THE E-SCOOTERS ARE SAFER BECAUSE THEY ARE FASTER. GET THEM OUT AND LET THE LITTLE WALKERS NEXT.

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>> I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT WE ALWAYS REITERATE TO KIDS THE IMPORTANCE OF WEARING A HELMET.

>> OKAY. >> I WANT TO THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR BEING HERE. AND ALSO, THE INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIP HAS HAD NOT ONLY WITH THE WOODLANDS, BUT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. WE ARE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL. I THINK SEVERAL COMMENTS YOU MADE. ONE TO DO THE EDUCATION FOCUS ON RESPONSIBLE RIDERSHIP WOULD BE A GOOD BEGINNING OF EDUCATING AND MAKING PARENTS , AS WELL AS THEIR CHILDREN, AWARE THAT -- OF THE IMPORTANCE OF WEARING A HELMET AND THE SPEED OF THOSE ELECTRIC SCOOTERS. BUT MORE THAN THAT, I THINK YOU MIGHT REMEMBER YEARS AGO WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH STUDENTS RIDING BIKES . THEY WERE CYCLES. NOT ELECTRIC, BUT YEARS AGO. WHAT POLICE SAID, THIS IS -- YOU ALL DID A MASS EDUCATION WITH THE PARENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDREN RIDING THEIR BIKES, WEARING HELMETS. IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE HERE AT THAT TIME. I THINK YOU WERE. YOU CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THE STEPS THAT THE DISTRICT TOOK TO INFORM AND EDUCATE THE PARENTS AND CHILDREN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF

SAFETY. >> SURE. I HAVE BEEN HERE NOW AT CONROE ISD FOR 28 YEARS. I WAS HERE. THAT OVER 50 CLUB THAT SOMEBODY MENTIONED EARLIER. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO ADDRESS THOSE PROBLEMS?. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. WE ESTABLISHED VERY QUICKLY WHAT IT IS WE THINK WERE THE PROBLEMS, AND THE STEPS WE HAVE TO TAKE IMMEDIATELY TO SOLVE THOSE IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS. AND THEN, PUT THAT CURRICULUM TOGETHER VERY QUICKLY. ONE OF THE BIGGEST KEYS WAS GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED TO COME LISTEN.

THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENT , GETTING PEOPLE INTERESTED IN COMING TO HEAR WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY. ONCE WE DO THAT, WE SAW AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE THAT WE LIKED. FEWER

INCIDENTS. >> THANK YOU.

>> SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION, YOU MENTIONED A CLASS YOU ALL DO FOR BICYCLES. IS THAT THE BIKE RODEO?

>> IT IS. >> OKAY. YOU MENTIONED INCORPORATING E-VEHICLES INTO THOSE.

>> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. THE BIKE RODEO IS A SAFETY TALK THE TALK ABOUT THE LAWS , THE RULES OF THE ROAD. IT THEN GOES THROUGH THE INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE. BUT IT ALSO HAS A COMPONENT WHERE PEOPLE ACTUALLY GET ON THEREBY, GET ON THEIR MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, AND RUN THROUGH SOME DRILLS. I THINK WE COULD CREATE A CLASS WHERE SOMEONE MAY EVEN BE ON THEIR E-VEHICLE AND LEARN HOW, WHEN APPROACHING SOMEONE, HOW TO SLOW DOWN AND HAVE A POLICE OFFICER TELLING THEM, OR ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEMBER, ADULT, TELLING THEM, HEY, THIS IS EXACTLY HOW YOU WANT TO DO IT. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO WHEN YOU APPROACH SOMEBODY WALKING OR

THINGS LIKE THAT. >> WOULD IT BE FEASIBLE TO MAYBE REQUIRE ATTENDANCE TO THAT CLASS BEFORE BEING ABLE TO RIDE ONE OF

THOSE TO SCHOOL? >> POSSIBLY. I THINK THAT WOULD CERTAINLY REQUIRE SOME MORE CONVERSATION. I MEAN, I THINK IT

IS AN IDEA WE CAN TALK ABOUT. >> WE HAVE SOME SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HERE. CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE GOING TO LEAN ON YOU. THE ENTIRE SCHOOL BOARD, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO PARTNER WITH US LIKE THAT FIRST CALL IS REALLY REMARKABLE. A TESTAMENT TO WHAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY SO GREAT. REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

>> AT THE OTHER THING -- THE OTHER THING, NOT ONLY DO THE CHILDREN HAVE TO BE EDUCATED, THE PARENTS DO. THE PARENTS CAN BE EDUCATED, NOT ONLY WITH THE COMMONSENSE SAFETY PRACTICES, BUT ALSO THE RESULT OF NOT HAVING THOSE KIND OF PRACTICES .

BOTH ELECTRIC AND NON-ELECTRIC BICYCLES. I CERTAINLY HAVE EXPERIENCED A REGULAR BIG BICYCLE BLOWING DOWN THE PATH TOO. I'M SURE IF THAT HITS A TREE, THE RESULT CAN VERY MUCH BE THE SAME. WE NEED EDUCATION FULLY ON ALL THESE VEHICLES.

>> NO DOUBT. I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND HOMESCHOOL PEOPLE. JUST PEOPLE IN GENERAL IN THE COMMUNITY. A LOT OF THESE E-VEHICLE RIDERS ARE IN THE

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>> TOMBALL ISD PLAYS A VERY VALUABLE ROLE. HOPE YOU GUYS PARTNER WITH US AS WELL. LOOKING AT NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

>> APPRECIATE YOU. >> I WANT TO MENTION ON THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY, BUT THEY WERE VERY RESPONSIVE TO THE LETTER AND SAID THEY WOULD BE

HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE. >> COMMISSIONER WHEELER HAS TO LEAVE AT 5:30. I WANT TO GET HIM UP YOU ARE ON BACKUP HERE. A LOT OF THINGS WERE TALKED ABOUT . COMMISSIONER, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE RAVING ABOUT YOUR NEW SHOULDERS. YOU HEARD THAT IN PUBLIC,. YOU DON'T HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS START BRAGGING ABOUT THINGS OFTEN. TALKING ABOUT YOUR SHOULDERS.

>> IN A PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT THE STUDY OF REMOVING THE CURBS AND THE CUTOUTS ON THE SHOULDER AREAS TO CREATE A BIKE LANE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NORTH SHORE PARK. BIKE LANES ON BOTH SIDES. HAVE WE STARTED THAT PROCESS?

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

BASICALLY, THERE IS A $70,000 TASK ORDER THAT WAS BASICALLY DISCUSSED VERY HIGHLY LAST WEEK AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP . SO THAT PROBABLY WILL BE BROUGHT FORTH IN TWO WEEKS TO YOUR BUDGET INITIATIVES. THAT WILL BE A TIME FOR YOU TO SEE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. WE HAVE HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMISSIONER WHEELER, AS WELL AS, ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS IF THE

BOARD DECIDES THAT. >> CAN WE EXPEDITE THAT TO START WORK ON THAT EARLIER IS THAT WAITING UNTIL NEXT YEAR?

>> THE ACTUAL -- YOU CAN SEE HOW FAST THE COUNTY IS GOING WITH THEIR REPAIRS. THE ACTUAL ISSUE IS THE ENGINEERING. THAT IS PARAMOUNT. ALL THOSE INTERSECTIONS HAVE TO BE NIPPED AND TUCKED A LITTLE BIT AS BIKE THE WOODLANDS COALITION IDENTIFIED. THOSE PLANS WOULD NEED TO BE DEVELOPED AND REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE COUNTY . THAT DOES TAKE SOME

TIME. >> WE CAN ISSUE -- WE CAN GO AHEAD AND INITIATE THE HALF ORDER AS SOON AS THE AUGUST 18 MEETING. WE HAVE THE MONEY IN RESERVE.

>> WE DID NOT HAVE HIS PLANS BEFORE. I KNOW THE MONEY WAS SET ASIDE BEFORE I BECAME PART OF THE BOARD. SO THERE WERE NO PLANS CREATED . JUST MONEY SET ASIDE.

>> CORRECT. THERE WERE PLANS SET ASIDE. WITH THE WILLINGNESS OF COMMISSIONER WHEELER TO DO THIS PROJECT, --

>> CONSIDER. >> -- LET'S USE THE RIGHT

WORDS. >> THANK YOU, TO CONSIDER THIS PROJECT, IS -- YOU KNOW, STARTED THE PROCESS.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

>> COMMISSIONER, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF WE COULD WORK HAND-IN-HAND , AND YOU AND YOUR TEAM, MANY WHO ARE HERE TODAY, OUR GOOD FRIEND IS HERE , THANK YOU FOR ALL Y'ALL DO. WERE COLLABORATIVE LOOKING AT LAKEWOOD AND SPECIFICALLY FROM NORTH SHORE PARK TO BOTH SIDES HOW WE CAN LOOK AT MAKING THOSE DEDICATED BIKE LANES E-SCOOTER AND E-BIKE LAYS TO PUSH THAT TRAFFIC ON THERE. WHAT WE WE NEED TO DO TO DO THAT, BUT HOW WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT PUTTING UP UNTIL SAFETY TURTLES OR WHATEVER. WHAT ARE THEY CALLED ARMADILLOS ? YOU KNOW. ON THE LINES TO PROTECT THE BIKES AND SCOOTERS BUT I KNOW IT IS GOING

TO COST MONEY. >> STARTED TWITCHING WHEN YOU

TALK ABOUT ARMADILLOS. >> IT IS JUST THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO CREATE , QUOTE UNQUOTE, BIKE LANES AND SACRIFICE CAR LANES. WE DO NOT WANT TO SACRIFICE A CARLING.

>> DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO DO THAT. LET ME -- LET ME RESTATE.

HAVE TO MAKE SURE SHE IS CLEAR ON THIS. I DON'T WANT TO BE MISQUOTED. WERE NOT LOOKING AT SHUTTING DOWN CAR TRAFFIC LANES.

THESE ARE THE ASPHALT SHOULDERS THAT THE COMMISSIONER AND HIS TEAM ARE DILIGENTLY WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. WE ARE NOT TALK ABOUT SHUTTING DOWN ARE GOING LIKE WOODLANDS DOWN TO ONE LANE.

>> LET'S START THERE FOR A SECOND. THAT WAS ONE OF THE

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EFFORTS, BUT DOESN'T SOUND REAL EXCITING. SHOULDER REHAB. BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A CAR EXITING THE ROADWAY , IF THE SHOULDER ISN'T SAFE, THAT COULD CAUSE MORE OF A PROBLEM. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SCHOOL TRAFFIC FOR PICKUP AND DROP-OFF, IF WE CAN HAVE A SHOULDER THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY USE, WE CAN GET THAT TRAFFIC OFF OF THE ROAD AND LET THAT THROUGH TRAFFIC CONTINUE FORWARD. AND THEN, YOU THINK ABOUT THE BIKERS AND E-SCOOTERS AND EVEN JOGGERS THAT WERE USING THE SHOULDER THE CAN'T USE IT ANYMORE. WHAT ARE THEY DOING? THEY ARE MIGRATING INTO THE ROADWAY, AND THAT CAUSES THAT THROUGH TRAFFIC TO BE SLOWED DOWN. THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS THAT WE COULD IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY , AND WE CAN ALSO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IF WE CAN REHAB THE SHOULDERS. I THINK MAYBE THERE IS A BYPRODUCT IN THERE SOMEWHERE THAT MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT SOME SORT OF IDENTIFICATION OR STRIPING OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. THE CONVERSATION YOU AND I HAVE HAD, AND I THINK I HAD IT WITH MAYBE THE BIKES THE WOODLANDS GENTLEMAN HERE EARLIER, WAS IF THE WOODLANDS WAS WILLING TO LOOK AT SOME ENGINEERING AND DESIGN ON THOSE CURB CUTS -- NOT JUST THE CURB CUTS. THOSE AREN'T EVEN THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. IT IS THOSE IN THE ISLANDS. THE CURB CUTS ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY EASY TO JUST CONTINUE THE ASPHALT . THE PROBLEM IS THE ROADWAYS IN THE WOODLANDS, AS WE ALL KNOW, ARE SIX . THE PROBLEM IS THE ROADWAYS IN THE WOODLANDS, AS WE ALL KNOW, ARE 6 TO 8 INCHES OF CONCRETE. WHEN YOU TAKE OUT THE ISLANDS, YOU'RE NOT GOING BACK AND PUTTING BLACKTOP ON TOP OF THAT. I WOULDN'T LIKE THAT AS A RESIDENT IF IT WAS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD BUT NOW WE HAVE TO PUT ADDITIONAL CONCRETE DOWN. THAT IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, NOW WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME SORT OF IDENTIFICATION THAT IS GOING TO KEEP VEHICLES FROM EITHER TURNING RIGHT INTO NEIGHBORHOODS OR COMING OUT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT HITTING A CYCLIST, A SCOOTER, OR PEDESTRIAN ON THAT SHOULDER AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M GLAD WE HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE AND EMS HERE. THEY WOULD PROBABLY TELL YOU THAT THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM. THERE IS A LOT MORE DISCUSSION INVOLVED IN THAT THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY THINK THROUGH AND EFFORT. AS I SAID, MORE THAN WILLING TO SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE AND GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT WITH YOU ALL AND CONSIDER WHATEVE WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER .

BUT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WHERE WE STARTED WAS, LET'S AT LEAST GET THE SHOULDERS TO THE POINT TO WHERE WE CAN HOPEFULLY GET CYCLISTS AND SCOOTERS AND JOGGERS TO GET OFF OF THE ROADWAY, AND AT LEAST GET BACK ON THE SHOULDERS. I THINK THAT IS GOING TO HELP SOLVE A LOT OF THE PROBLEM RIGHT THERE.

>> WOULD ENGINEERING BE DOING THE TURNING LANE TYPE SCENARIOS YOU JUST BROUGHT UP? OR THAT A DIFFERENT CONSULTANT THAT COMES

IN AND LOOKS AT THOSE AREAS? >> THAT IS PART OF THAT SCOPE WHERE THEY HAVE TO REDESIGN EVERY SINGLE INTERSECTION FROM NORTH SHORE PARK ALL THE WAY TO KUYKENDAHL. SOME OF THEM ARE VERY MINOR CHANGES. SOME ARE MORE SIGNIFICANT. IT DEPENDS ON HOW THAT FLOW OF TRAFFIC, HOW THE FLOW OF THE IN AND OUT OF THE INTERSECTION, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, GOES.

>> COMMISSIONER WHEELER, THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. I WANTED TO ASK YOU HOW WIDE ARE THE SHOULDERS CURRENTLY ?

>> ALL OVER THE BOARD, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. WE HAVE SOME SHOULDERS AS NARROW AS FOUR FEET. WE HAVE SOME AS WIDE AS EIGHT FEET. ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT ANDY HAS DONE IS GONE BACK AND IDENTIFIED AS MANY AREAS AS WE CAN WHERE WE CAN TAKE THAT FOUR FOOT SHOULDER, ESPECIALLY ROUND SCHOOL ZONES , AND MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT WIDER TO EIGHT FEET SO WE CAN GET CARS OFF THE ROAD, ONTO THE SHOULDER SO THEY CAN CHEW UP. I THINK WE PROBABLY ALL REMEMBER THE ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED, UNFORTUNATELY, ON I-45 SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WHERE SOMEONE PULLED OFF INTO THE NARROW SHOULDER ON THE INSIDE THINKING THEY COULD STOP THEIR CAR SAFELY, AND INSTEAD, SOMEBODY CAME ALONG AND HIT THEM AND WE HAD FATALITIES INVOLVED. ANYWHERE THAT WE HAVE AN AREA WE CAN TAKE A SHOULDER AND APPROVE IT TO THE POINT THAT A CAR CAN GET OFF THE ROADWAY, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING. THERE JUST SOME AREAS WHERE IT IS NOT FEASIBLE.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK WITH THE NUMBER OF VISITORS WE HAVE THE COME HERE TO TRAIN FOR THE MEMORIAL HERMANN IRONMAN, IT

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>> CHAIRMAN, WE LOOKED AT THIS TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO.

>> AT THE TIME, IT WASN'T A PRIORITY.

>> I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT WE WANTED TO DO IT, TO GO FORWARD, BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN. IT IS A GOAL WE ALL SHARE. BUT THERE WAS LACK OF PRIORITY COMING FROM THE COUNTY AT THAT TIME. BUT NOW WE HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP , AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY YOU ARE HERE . ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO WORK WITH YOU, PLEASE TELL US. WE REALLY WANT TO WORK WITH YOU.

>> AS A PRIORITY -- I WAS SAYING THAT AS A PRIORITY OF MINE NOW, THIS IS A BIG PROJECT. BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH TOURISM AROUND THE SPORTS TOURISM, WE COULD POTENTIALLY -- WE COULD USE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUNDS IN DOING THIS. BUT LOOKING AT IT, NOT JUST A ONE-TIME THING, BUT LONG-TERM. MAINTENANCE, UPKEEP, THINGS LIKE THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH, CAPITAL P, WITH THE COUNTY ON. I THINK IT ADDS TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT BRINGS -- PEOPLE LOVE THE OUTDOORS. BUT THIS IS A HUGE STRETCH THAT TAKES THE E-BIKES AND E-SCOOTERS OFF THE ROAD. WE HAVE TO HAVE A PROTECTION BARRIER TYPE SCENARIO. MAYBE THEY ARE NOT ARMADILLOS. MAYBE TURTLES. SOMETHING TO PROTECT THE BIKES , THE E-BIKES AND E-SCOOTERS AND CYCLISTS AND SUCH, I THINK WOULD BE GOOD. BUT CHRIS, WHATEVER HAVE TO DO AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING TO START WORKING WITH THE COUNTY , I AM PERSONALLY ALL ABOUT IT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE BOARD.

>> I THINK THE FIRST STEP IS WORKING WITH HALF ENGINEERING. I AM EXCITING -- EXCITED YOU WANT TO ENGAGE. COMING UP WITH ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN FIRST AND ALL THAT IS PUTTING EYES ON IT AND SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND COMING UP WITH ENGINEERING, THE POSSIBILITIES. I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY STEP ONE. I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU HAVE ENGAGED ON THAT.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE WORKED ON 620 16. -- SINCE 2016.

IT HAS BEEN A PRIORITY, NOT ONLY FOR GUESTS AND VISITORS, BUT FOR US, THE RESIDENCE. WE HAVE WORKED WITH BIKE THE WOODLANDS.

VERY EXCITEDTHAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING IN THAT

DIRECTION. THANK YOU. >> BEFORE YOU GO, WE HAVE THE MAYOR OF SHENANDOAH HERE. THAT BIKE PATH KIND OF STOPS BEFORE IT REACHES THEIR -- THERE. THE SHOULDER IMPROVEMENTS. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY STOP EXACTLY. BUT I KNOW OUR PARTICIPATION IN FIXING THOSE STOPS AROUND NORTH SHORE PARK. THIS WOULD BE A PLACE TO JUST SAY, IF THERE IS A WAY TO CONTINUE WITH THAT ALL THE WAY TO 45, THAT MIGHT BE A WAY TO MAKE THINGS EVEN SAFER.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SHENANDOAH HAS ISSUES, OR AT LEAST I'VE HEARD THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH E-SCOOTERS GROWING AS WELL .

LET'S THINK BROADLY. IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING A PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU AND SHENANDOAH AND THE COUNTY, WHY NOT?

>> AS A FORMER MAYOR OF SHENANDOAH, I AM SURE HE IS

INTERESTED IN HELPING. >> EZRA SAYING, RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD, I'M SURE THE MAYOR CAN SPEAK TO IT BETTER, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT SHENANDOAH HAS ANY OF THOSE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THAT SAME DILEMMA IS WHAT THE

WOODLANDS DOES. >> DO THEY HAVE THE CONNECTION

ALL THE WAY TO 45? >> WE HAVE SHOULDERS.

>> YOU CAN CONNECT IT AND STRIPE IT .

>> IT WILL DEPEND ON WHICH ROAD. MAYBE LAKEFRONT , STILL WOODLANDS, PINE CROFTON MEDICAL CIRCLE DRIVE MAYBE CURBED AND GOT TURNED. I'M SURE , FOR THE MOST PART, THERE IS,

CONNECTIVITY . >> I AM SURE YOU WILL PURSUE IT.

>> YOU WILL PURSUE IT. AND WE WILL HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. LET'S BE CLEAR.

CONSIDER WHAT Y'ALL COME UP WITH. ABSOLUTELY.

>> WE APPRECIATE THAT. >> WILL COME TO THE TABLE FOR

SURE. >> CONROE ISD SENT OUT A NOTIFICATION TO EVERYBODY. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

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>> YOU KNOW, AS MOST OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS LIMITED IN AUTHORITY. WE HAVE NO ONE LICENSING OR REGISTRATION AUTHORITY WHATSOEVER WHEN IT COMES TO PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING.

WE HAVE LESS AUTHORITY, BY FAR, THEN A CITY. WE DON'T HAVE ZONING ORDINANCES. FROM A COUNTY PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY AUTHORITY THAT THE COUNTY HAS TO EITHER ESTABLISH OR ENFORCE ANYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO LICENSING OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. I AM VERY IN FAVOR OF, AS EVERYONE ELSE HAS ALREADY SAID, EDUCATION. A NEW THING -- ANYTHING OUR OFFICE CAN DO TO PUSH WHAT EDUCATION YOU COME UP WITH, AT LEAST AT PRECINCT , AT LEAST AT PRECINCT 3 WE ARE MORE THAN WILLING.

COMMISSIONER GREAT IS MORE THAN WILLING TOO.

>> APPRECIATE THAT. >>

>> I APOLOGIZE. I AM ON DAD DUTY.

>> SHOULDERS ARE LOOKING AT. TALK ABOUT THE ROAD SHOULDERS.

LAUGHTER ] ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND HELP US? CAPTAIN. MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THANK YOU.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M A CAPTAIN WITH THEM, COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I'M OVER THE SOUTH COMMAND, WHICH PARTNERS WITH THE WOODLANDS FOR DEPUTIES. I KNOW THAT SCOOTERS AND E-BIKES HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY POPULAR WITH KIDS AND YOUNG ADULTS THROUGHOUT MONTGOMERY COUNTY. MANY CAN REACH 20 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR . WITH INCREASED SPEED, IT ALSO TAKES A LONGER TIME TO BREAK. THAT ALSO CAUSES GREATER ACCIDENTS. MOST OF THE ONES I'VE SEEN PERSONALLY, THERE IS NO HELMETS, KNEE PADS, AND SOME EVEN WITHOUT SHOES. HAS RAISED CONCERNS PARTICULARLY IN THE WOODLANDS WERE MOTORIZED VEHICLES, INCLUDING BIKES AND SCOOTERS, PROHIBITED ON PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS.

UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS TIME, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CANNOT ENFORCE THE TOWNSHIP RULES AND REGULATIONS ON THE PATHWAYS. ALL WE CAN DO IS WAIT UNTIL THEY GO INTO THE ROADWAY, OR INTO THE PATHWAYS OF THE CROSSWALKS AND ENFORCE STATE OR COUNTY LAWS.

THAT IS CURRENTLY THE SHERIFF AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY IT STANDS RIGHT NOW. THE ONLY OTHER OPTION THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO YOU WOULD BE TO GO OUT , AND PEOPLE CAUGHT RIDING ON THESE PATHWAYS , TO ISSUE A CRIMINAL TRESPASS . WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TOWNSHIP , AND THEN THE DEPUTY WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT THERE TO ISSUE THAT. OTHER THAN THAT, WE WOULD LOVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SAFETY PROGRAM AND HELP ANYWAY WE CAN.

>> IS IT NOT TRUE THAT IF A PERSON IS DRUNK AND DISORDERLY OR IF THEY ARE AT A POOL AND NOT BEHAVING BY THE POOL RULES THAT SOMETIMES LIFEGUARDS AND RANGERS , PARK RANGERS, WILL CALL AND YOU WILL COME AND ENFORCE DISTURBING THE PEACE OR YOU WILL ENFORCE CRIMINAL TRESPASS IF THEY REFUSE TO LEAVE? THAT IS

ALREADY HAPPENING, RIGHT? >> YES, MADAM.

>> IT WOULD NOT BE A STRETCH, THEN, NOT TO SAY THAT WE WOULD BE TRACKING DOWN EVERY 10-YEAR-OLD ON A SCOOTER . THE POINT WOULD BE , FOR MY THOUGHTS, THAT IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT, THAT WOULD BE A POTENTIAL VIOLATION AT THAT TIME THAT COULD BE CITED. THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR INDIVIDUAL RULES, WHICH YOU CAN ENFORCE -- CAN'T ENFORCE, BUT AT THAT POINT, IF WE POST IT, IN VIOLATION -- IF YOU USE A MOTORIZED VEHICLE, YOU ARE IN VIOLATION IT COULD BE CHARGED

WITH CRIMINAL TRESPASS. >> YES, MADAM. WE WOULD HAVE TO, FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL , HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE SAYING YES. WE CAN'T GO BY A BLANKET AUTHORITY.

>> WHICH INDIVIDUAL WOULD HAVE TO SAY YES?. WHOEVER THE TOWNSHIP DECIDES, WHETHER IT BE A RANGER, SOMEONE ELSE EMPLOYED BY THE TOWNSHIP. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL PERSON. THEY CAN BE A GROUP OF PEOPLE.

>> THEY HAVE TO BE DESIGNATED? OR COULD IT BE ANYBODY EMPLOYED

BY THE TOWNSHIP? >> HOW TO WE TYPICALLY DO IT?

>> IN THE PAST, SOMEBODY DESIGNATED.

>> IF IT IS A LIFEGUARD -- I MEAN, A LIFEGUARD CAN DO IT,

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RIGHT? >> YES MEADOW PARK AS LONG AS THEY ARE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LOCATION.

>> TYPICALLY, A CALL WILL COME IN . THAT WILL SOMEHOW GET TO AN ON-CALL SUPERVISOR. THAT SUPERVISOR, WHO IS A SUPERVISOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, ET CETERA, ARE ACTUALLY THE ONES MAKING THE CALL , NOT A 16-YEAR-OLD LIFEGUARD.

>> IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT, WHICH THERE WILL BE, AND IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE -- IF IT IS ON THE TOWNSHIP PATHWAYS, THAT IS ONE THING, IF IT IS ON THE INTERSECTION WHEN THEY ZIP OUT OF THE PATHWAYS SYSTEM AND CROSS THE STREET, MY QUESTION IS, COULD THEY THEN STILL BE CHARGED? IS IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CHARGE BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN ACCIDENT? MY THOUGHT IS, THERE IS GOING TO BE LIABILITY IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. AS FAR AS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WE DETERMINE CAUSING FACTORS, NOT LIABILITY OR WHO IS AT FAULT. ALSO, SOME OF THESE DEVICES ARE NOT REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO HAVE DRIVERS LICENSES. SOME OF THEM DO HAVE A MINIMUM AGE. IT IS VERY COMPLICATED IF YOU LOOK AT THE DIAGRAM. IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER THEY HAVE A DECK TO STAND ON, A SEED, IF THE BIKE ASSIST DURING PEDALING OR NOT. IT IS VERY CONFUSING. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION. BUT IF LAWS ARE BROKEN ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, YES, IT CAN BE ENFORCED.

>> WE HAVE 50 YEARS OF PRECEDENT OF HAVING THIS RULE, THIS LAW, IN PLACE. SO IF WE BREAK THAT, AND REINSTATE IT LATER, THAT ADDS CONFUSION. WE DON'T HAVE THAT TO STAND ON.

>> I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION AND SITUATION.

> MAYBE CAPTAIN CAN TALK TO THIS A LITTLE BIT. I AM LOOKING AT MY FUN FACT SHEET OF THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS FROM JANUARY 1 THROUGH JUNE 30 FIRST, JUNE 30. 651 MADE BY THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. EVEN MORE BY THE CONSTABLES OFFICE. IF YOU ARE GETTING CALLS FROM E-SCOOTERS TRAVELING AROUND, WOULD YOU HAVE TO PULL POLICE OFFICERS OFF OF THESE CRIMES TO GO PATROL PATHWAY CROSSINGS?

>> YES, SIR. >> I'M TALKING ABOUT ACCIDENTS.

IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS. THEIR COMING TO AN ACCIDENT ANYWAY. AS HE HEARD FROM THE EMS CAPTAIN, WHEN THERE IS AN E-VEHICLE ACCIDENT, THEY ARE CALLING, NOT JUST EMS, BUT THEY ARE CALLING THE HIGH LEVEL FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY ARE CALLING -- THEY ARE GETTING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN AS WELL. THEIR COMING ANYWAY.

THE QUESTION IS, ARE THEY LIABLE FOR A CRIMINAL TRESPASS AS WELL?

>> OKAY. IF THEY GET HURT THEY ARE CRIMINALLY TRESPASSING.

>> AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD? >> THE QUESTION IS, DO THEY HAVE

LIABILITY OR NOT? >> I WE GOING TO ARREST AN

EIGHT-YEAR-OLD? >> NOBODY'S BEING ARRESTED. BUT

THEN THERE IS A LAWSUIT, -- >> LIABILITY HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP A LOT. TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE REPRESENTS THE TOWNSHIP. WHAT IS

A LIABILITY ON THE TOWNSHIP? >> IT WOULD DEPEND ON CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT IN GENERAL, WITHOUT GROSS NEGLIGENCE, THE TOWNSHIP IS GOING TO BE COVERED FROM OUR LIABILITY. WE HAVE TALKED TO OUR INSURANCE PROVIDER ABOUT THIS. BRANCH CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON SPECIFIC LAW. BASICALLY, WHAT THEY TELL US, EDUCATION AND SIGNAGE. OVER AND OVER. THAT IS WHAT THEY TELL US.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ON TOP OF THAT IN ORDER TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM THE TOWNSHIP PERSPECTIVE.

>> THE SPECIFIC LAW IS THAT THERE IS A RECREATIONAL EXCEPTION. THESE ARE RECREATIONAL PATHS. WEATHER THE TYPE OF VEHICLE -- THE TYPE OF VEHICLE FRANKLY DOESN'T MATTER AS LONG AS IT IS WITHIN THE EXCLUSION OF RECREATIONAL USE.

OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU HAVE A HARLEY-DAVIDSON GOING DOWN THE PATHWAY, THAT IS NOT RECREATIONAL USE. RECREATIONAL USE, THERE IS AN EXCLUSION WITH REGARD TO LIABILITY . THAT IS WHAT TML IS FOCUSED ON. BASED ON THAT EXCLUSION, THEY FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WE WOULD BE COVERED BY BOTH INSURANCE, AND ALSO WOULD NOT HAVE LIABILITY IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.

>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I THINK IT STILL GETS TO THE POINT WHERE THERE ARE EAGER LAWYERS OUT THERE LOOKING AT THESE ACCIDENTS AND TO TRY TO FIND SOME REASON TO BLAME . WHERE IS THE LIABILITY? IF A CHILD IS PERMANENTLY DAMAGED, A PERMANENT

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EXPOSED TO THAT. >> DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? TO YOU CAN'T -- YOU ARE CORRECT. ATTORNEYS WILL FIND SOMEONE TO TRY TO BLAME . IF THEY SUE THE TOWNSHIP, THE TOWNSHIP HAS INSURANCE TO COVER THAT. IF IT IS WITHIN THE EXCEPTION, INSURANCE WOULD COVER IT. INCLUDING THE DEFENSE. THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN WIRE AROUND NOT GETTING SUED. BUT ONCE AGAIN, THESE EXCLUSIONS GAVE GREAT PROTECTION, PROVIDED WE ARE EDUCATED /EDUCATING, PROVIDING SIGNAGE AS TO WHAT OUR STANDARD ARE. IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER YOU ALLOW THESE ON THE PATHWAY OR DON'T, THAT IS IRRELEVANT TO THE QUESTION. IT IS ABOUT EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, EDUCATING THE USERS FOR RECREATIONAL USE AS TO WHAT THE RULES ARE AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF WHAT THEY ARE.

>> OKAY. SPEAKING OF EDUCATION, WHAT DO YOU SEE BEING NEEDED FOR EDUCATION ? ARE YOU WILLING TO PARTNER WITH US TO GET THAT

MESSAGE OUT? >> WE WILL DEFINITELY PARTNER. I LEARNED A LOT LISTENING TO THE EMS CHIEF AND SOME OTHERS. THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION TO GET OUT THERE. AS FAR AS WHAT, I'M NOT THE PERSON TO GO TO. WE CAN DEFINITELY HELP OUT WITH THE SAFETY AND GETTING IT OUT THERE. WE DO HAVE THE PREVENTION UNIT AND OTHERS WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT CAN ASSIST . THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, WHETHER BE SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER THINGS.

>> TERRIFIC. HAPTIC , THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK? DEPUTY

SUPERINTENDENT . WELCOME. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. IN TOMBALL ISD WE HAVE A SMALL SECTION OF OUR DISTRICT FOR CAMPUSE OF 25 CAMPUSES FOCUSED IN THE CREEKSIDE ZONE. FIRST OF ALL, THE QUESTION IS, WILL WE PARTNER , ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE EDUCATION OUT IS TO HAVE A STRONG PARTNERSHIP. WE DO HAVE A LARGE GROUP OF STUDENTS WITHIN THE CREEKSIDE ZONE WHO DO USE THE E-SCOOTERS TO GET TO SCHOOL.

LIKE CONROE ISD, I WOULD ECHO A LOT OF WITH THE CHIEF SHARED THAT WE HAVE EXPECTATIONS ON CAMPUS. OUR STUDENTS DO A GREAT JOB IN FOLLOWING THE EXPECTATIONS. AS FAR AS WHAT THEY SHOULD DO WHEN THEY COME TO CAMPUS WITH THAT, AND WHEN THEY APPROACHED THE CROSSWALK, WE HAVE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH THAT ON CAMPUS. WHEN THEY LEAVE CAMPUS, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR WHAT 60S -- SUCCESSES SAFETY IS, BUT WHAT I CAN SPEAK WHOLEHEARTEDLY ON IS THAT THE COMMUNITY IN CREEKSIDE, I KNOW THOSE PARENTS WOULD PARTNER WITH US ON THE EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN.

THE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS THAT THE STRATEGY I WOULD USE BEYOND ALL OF THE EDUCATIONAL THINGS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF PTO MEETINGS AND VIDEOS AND ALL OF THAT, WE WILL DO ALL OF THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO EMPOWER PARENTS TO TAKE PART IN THAT EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN , BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PARENTS PARTNERING TOGETHER IS VERY STRONG IN THAT COMMUNITY. THEY WILL LISTEN TO EACH OTHER. THEY CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER UP AS KIDS, JUST LIKE WE CARE ABOUT EVERY OTHER KID. I WOULD ADD THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPOWER THE PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE PART IN THE EDUCATION, NOT JUST THE PARTNERS THAT ARE HERE, BUT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. I KNOW IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO THEM THAT THEIR KIDS ARE SAFE. NO ONE PUTS THEIR KID ON THE ROAD WANTING THEM TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT OR TO NOT BE SAFE. WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THEM TOGETHER INTO THE SCHOOLS, WHICH IS THE PERFECT PLACE TO DO THAT. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT.

BUT ABSOLUTELY, WE WILL PARTNER.

>> WE APPRECIATE THAT. >> DO YOU OBSERVE HOW MANY PARENTS WILL ACCOMMODATE THEIR CHILD ON AN E-SCOOTER? USUALLY IF THEY ARE SMALLER, THE PARENTS ARE WITH HIM. BUILT AT WHAT AGE DO YOU SEE A BREAK? I'M SURE THEY ARE HARD TO KEEP UP WITH.

>> YES. IF YOU COME TO ONE OF OUR THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN CREEKSIDE OR THE JUNIOR HIGH, THAT COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY SERVES STUDENTS K-8. AND SO, YOU WILL SEE THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE BUILDING LINED WITH THE E-SCOOTERS. AT THE ELEMENTARY AGE IS, AS THEY ARE STARTING, WE DO HAVE PARENTS WHO WILL

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THE SAFETY. >> IF WE DECIDE -- THANK YOU FOR COMING, BY THE WAY. I KNOW YOU ARE VERY BUSY THIS TIME OF YEAR.

IF WE DECIDE NOT TO CHANGE OUR BAN ON MOTORIZED VEHICLES ON TOWNSHIP PATHWAYS, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PUSH OUT THAT MESSAGE TO YOUR CHILDREN AND THE PARENTS? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL ARE PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE . A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE NOT. IF WE DECIDE NOT TO CHANGE IT, WOULD YOU HELP US PUT THE MESSAGE OUT THAT THIS IS NOT ALLOWED ON TOWNSHIP PATHWAYS? THAT IS ACCURATE INFORMATION, BUT ON CAMPUS, IT IS NOT A PATHWAY. THEY ARE ALLOWED. BUT YES, AS PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO INCLUDE ANY OF THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU. >> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EDUCATION AND HAVING PARENTS PARTNER, I HONESTLY FEEL LIKE SO MANY OF THEM TRULY ARE CLUELESS AS TO HOW DANGEROUS THESE ARE. I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF PARENTS WATCHING. I KNOW WE DO. I THINK THEY ARE VERY SURPRISED AT WHAT THEY ARE HEARING RIGHT NOW. IF WE CAN JUST KEEP DRUMMING INTO THEIR MIND WHAT CHIEF CAMPBELL IS TALKING ABOUT AND SEVERAL OF THE OTHERS. AS THEY ARE BUYING THIS EQUIPMENT FOR THEIR KID STARTING NEXT WEEK, IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING FOR THEM.

>> I AGREE. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU. GOOD LUCK AT SCHOOL. CONSTABLE

GABLE, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY. GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY. TAKING THIS -- IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC. I THINK LISTENING TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT , PUBLIC SAFETY AND THINGS, VERY DIFFICULT FOR US AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO ENFORCE ANYTHING , TOWNSHIP, RESTRICTION, HOA RESTRICTION, THINGS OF THAT WE CAN'T DO. WE CAN'T ENFORCE. WHEN IT DOES COME OUT ON THE ROADWAY, WE CAN.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING IS AGE OF CULPABILITY. TO HOLD A CHILD RESPONSIBLE FOR A CRIMINAL OFFENSE , WE CAN'T DO THAT IF THEY ARE UNDER THE AGE 10 AND UNDER. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CHILDREN ON SCOOTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEY COMMIT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE, YOU TALKED ABOUT LIABILITY AND WHO TO LOOK FORWARD TO IF A CHILD DOES GET INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OR CREATE AN ACCIDENT BASED ON THEIR ACTIONS WITH A SCOOTER OR E-BIKES OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, WE CAN LOOK AT PARENTS AND SEEING IF THEY WERE UTILIZING GOOD PARENTAL JUDGMENT . DID THEY ALLOW THE CHILD TO LEAVE THE HOUSE WITH A HELMET , THE CHILD TOOK THE HELMET OFF ON HIS OWN DOWN THE ROAD ? WE HAVE TO GET PAST THOSE FACTORS TO LOOK AT ANY ASPECT OF AN OFFENSE IF WE DO SEE SOMETHING OUT ON THE ROADWAY. JUST THINKING LIABILITY WISE TO COUNTY, TO TOWNSHIP , YOU PUT IN BIKE LANES AND PUT UP SOME SORT OF DESIGNATED BARRIER THINGS LIKE THAT TO MOVE E BIKES AND E-SCOOTERS OVER TO THE SIDE OF A PUBLIC ROADWAY , WE FIGHT SPEEDING VEHICLES THROUGH MAJOR THOROUGHFARES CONSTANTLY. IT IS A HUGE ISSUE. I CAN ATTEST TRAN60 SIX GETS UP IN THE MORNING AND RUNS TRAFFIC EVERY MORNING ON HIS WAY INTO WORK.

WORKING DILIGENTLY FOR YOU GUYS, BUT IT IS AN ISSUE. NOW YOU PUT CHILDREN ON FAST SCOOTERS AND E-BIKES INTO NARROW PUBLIC ROADWAYS, WHAT KIND OF LIABILITY DO WE SUSTAIN IF A CHILD IS HIT OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES? THOSE ARE FACTORS WE'VE GOT TO GET PAST AND THINK ABOUT AS WELL. AND THEN, HOW DO WE

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YOU KNOW. WE TALK ABOUT A CRIMINAL TRESPASS MATTER . HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO IDENTIFY THAT THESE PERSONS ARE CRIMINALLY TRESPASSING. THEY HAVE TO BE TOLD THEY ARE TRESPASSING, AT WHICH POINT WE CAN ISSUE A CRIMINAL TRESPASS WARNING, WHICH GOES ON FILE WITH DISPATCH FOR TWO YEARS MAYBE. AND SO, IF THEY ARE DEALT WITH IN THE FUTURE WHY THE MAC ON A BIKE PATH, THEN WE CAN HOLD THEM CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASSING. WE WILL PARTNER ALL DAY LONG THROUGH EDUCATION. WE CAN SEND PERSONNEL IN. I HAVE GOTTEN INSTRUCTOR THAT TEACHES THE BICYCLE LAW ENFORCEMENT RIDING TRAINING THAT COULD COME IN AND TALK ABOUT LAWS OF THE ROADS , YOUR BIG CYCLING CLUBS. WE CAN PROVIDE SPEAKERS. I WILL PAY FOR FOOD AND SNACKS . WHATEVER WE HAVE GOT TO DO TO HELP OUT. WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP ANYWAY WE CAN. BUT RARELY DIFFICULT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT . OUR HANDS ARE TIED WHILE THERE ON THE GREEN BELTS. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEM IF THEY ENTER THE ROADWAY. NOW, YOU GUYS HAVE A RESIDENCE THAT LIVES HERE IN THE WOODLANDS THAT HAS BEEN HERE FOREVER THAT CONSTANTLY SENDS ME VIDEOS OF PEOPLE SPEEDING, ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS. THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE WE CAN ENFORCE LAWS . IF A LAW IS BROKEN, UTILIZING WHAT IF YOU OR A REPRESENTATIVE AS A COMPLAINANT. BUT AT THAT POINT, YOU ARE THE COMPLAINANT AND HAVE TO TESTIFY. IT TAKES US AWAY FROM THAT TYPE OF CHARGE, WRITING A TICKET, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, THAT EVEN MAKE SENSE BUT I HOPE IT DOES. WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP EDUCATION WISE , WE ARE ALL ON BOARD . IF THERE IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO ON THE ROADWAYS, WE CAN TASK FORCE THINGS. WE CAN TRY AND MAKE AN IMPACT THERE. REALLY HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE SHERIFF OR OUR STAFF WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE STAFF . CONROE ISD , AND COME UP WITH A ZERO TOLERANCE , YOU KNOW, WEEKEND OR TASK FORCE OR SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY STOP PEOPLE. BUT THEY'VE GOT TO BE ON THE ROADWAY VIOLATING LAWS FOR US TO INTERACT WITH THEM. BUT JUST LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP, AND WE WISH YOU GUYS LOTS OF LUCK. TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT.

IT IS A BIG DEAL. IS ONLY GOING TO GET BUSIER. THE SCOOTERS AND E-BIKES, I THINK CAPTAIN DRODDY MENTIONED, IT IS SOPHISTICATED BECAUSE THERE IS A SERIES OF THEM. THERE ARE SPECIFIC CLASSES. MOST OF THE CLASSES THEY CONSIDER AGE-SPECIFIC AND SAFE, AND THEN THEY REACH A CLASS THAT THEY CLAIM IS NOT LEGAL ON THE ROADWAYS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE GOT GOLF CARTS ALL OVER THE ROADWAYS THESE DAYS. THE LEGISLATURE, THE STATUTES PROTECTING . IT IS A BATTLE ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF THINGS. JUST LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP.

>> THANK YOU, CONSTABLE. HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT 3 , TOM RAMSEY'S OFFICE.

>> JUST WANT TO ECHO A FEW THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, SAFETY IS FIRST FOR ALL THE COMMISSIONERS YOU HAVE REPRESENTING YOU. THERE IS NOTHING THAT THE COMMISSIONER DOES NOT DO THAT SAFETY IS NOT INVOLVED IN IT. I AM AN OLD ROAD AND BRIDGE GUY BEFORE HE CAME OVER TO DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH. I SERVED THREE COMMISSIONERS. THE FIRST PHASE I WANTED TO PUSH OUT WHEN I CAME OVER WAS, WHEN YOU

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THAT IS NUMBER ONE. WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU ON THAT. THE COMMISSIONER HAS A GOOD FACE FOR NVIDIA. HE CAN DEFINITELY VOLUNTEER. I WILL VOLUNTEER HIM FOR THAT. WE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB AT COMMUNITY CENTERS ACROSS THE BOARD, AND ALSO I RUN SPECIAL EVENTS AND PARK PROGRAMS. WE CAN ALWAYS PUSH OUT THAT WITH THE MOVIE NIGHTS. WE HAVE THE LARGEST FALL FESTIVAL IN THE AREA THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE WOODLANDS . WE WILL SEE ABOUT 12,000 PEOPLE IN THAT EVERY YEAR DURING OCTOBER. WE LOVE TO HAVE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT EDUCATION. THIS WOULD BE A PERFECT TIME TO ROLL THAT OUT. ANY WHICH WAY WE CAN. AS YOU GUYS MUST KNOW DRIVING THROUGH CREEKSIDE AND THE WOODLANDS, THE COMMISSIONER LOVES HIS SIGNAGE. ANYWAY WE CAN HELP YOU GUYS WITH THAT . I WROTE DOWN HERE, EVEN THE MOBILE SIGNAGE, I THINK THAT KIND OF STUFF IS A GOOD IDEA. I'M SURE THE COMMISSIONER WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IDEAS ON THAT. BUT TO ROUTER RATE A COUPLE OTHER THINGS, ESPECIALLY COMMISSIONER WHEELER. WE DO SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE STATE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SPECIAL SESSIONS WE WILL HAVE THIS YEAR. YOU NEVER CAN TELL. BUT WHEN THE SESSION ENDS, THIS IS THE TIME TO TALK TO STATE REPS ABOUT ISSUES . WE HAVE A BUNCH IN OUR AREA. I'M SURE THE COMMISSIONER WILL USE MY TEAM TO HELP YOU GUYS IN EVERY WAY WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR SOME KIND OF THING THAT COULD POSSIBLY HELP. BUT THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE KIND OF THINGS. BEING A RESIDENT OVER THERE, MY WIFE TEACHES AT TIMBER CREEK . WE LIVE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE EDGE OF THE WOODLANDS. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM I SEE WITH THIS, AND THAT IS ALSO WITH TOMBALL I STAY. THE KIDS ASK RIGHT COMING INTO SCHOOL. BUT MAN, COMING ACROSS FROM THE MOVIE, THEY WILL NOT USE OUR CROSSWALKS. THEY WILL USE THE CROSSWALK ON THE OTHER GREENSIDE. THEY'RE SITTING RIGHT THERE WERE CAR COULD TURN INTO THEM ON THOSE LITTLE E-VEHICLES ISSUE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. THOSE OF THE CONCERNS I SEE ACROSS THE BOARD THAT ARE HARD. THEIR HARD ONCE TO TACKLE. THE STATE IN DIFFERENT THINGS NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT. BUT WE HAVE PARTNERED WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY WITH YOU GUYS WE WORKED WITH CHRIS THIS YEAR DOING SOME STUFF OVER THERE , AS WELL WITH THE PARKS PROGRAM. I WANTED TO MENTION THAT. WE DO DO SOME EDUCATION. WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THAT AND PARK PROGRAMS. WE CAN DO MORE THINGS AS WELL WITH YOU GUYS ON THAT END OF IT. THE ONE OTHER THING , I KNOW THE WOODLANDS HAS THIS TOO. THINK ABOUT THIS IF I'M NOT AT OTHER MEETINGS. CREEKSIDE IS ONE OF OUR UNIQUE AREAS IN HARRIS COUNTY. WE HAVE A LOT OF LANGUAGE BARRIERS OVER THERE. I SEE THAT BEING A HUGE ISSUE WITH THIS AS YOU ROLL IT OUT . EDUCATING THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS WITH THAT. WE ARE NOT JUST TALKING TO HER THREE LANGUAGES. I'M SURE DOCTOR MAX SCHNEIDER COULD GIVE US A GOOD RUN DOWN OF HOW MANY LANGUAGES IT IS. I ALWAYS HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THAT . IT BLOWS ME AWAY WILL MY WIFE TELLS ME WHAT DIFFERENT LANGUAGES SHE HAS GOTTEN HER CLASS. WE ARE HERE FOR YOU GUYS.

JUST LET US KNOW. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED STATE LAW, AND YOU MENTIONED THERE IN SPECIAL SESSION RIGHT NOW , OR HAVEN'T ACTUALLY MADE A QUORUM YET, BUT SOONER OR LATER THEY WILL. SINCE WE DON'T ALLOW IN THE STATE OF TEXAS ANYONE TO BUY TOBACCO UNTIL THEY ARE AGE 21, AND WE DON'T LET THEM BUY ALCOHOL UNTIL THEY ARE 21, WHY ARE WE PUTTING A DEADLY WEAPON IN THE HANDS OF A FIVE-YEAR-OLD?

>> THAT IS A LEGISLATIVE DEAL. >> I KNOW.

>> THAT IS NOT THE COMMISSIONER'S JOB. CALL YOUR STATE LEGISLATURE AND TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT.

>> YOU'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION. DON'T GET YOUR HAIR ON FIRE.

>> YOU ARE CREATING BOGEYMAN SCENARIOS. IT IS NOT HIS JOB.

THE SHOULD BE DONE BY THE STATE TOO. BUT IT IS NOT.

>> OKAY. >> THEY SERVE AT THE PLEASURE --

>> WHEN YOU ARE IN THERE, YOU WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, IF YOU WIN. MY POINT IS THAT WE DO NEED HELP. WE CAN'T DO IT. IT HAS BEEN SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY. IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO PUT IN A WORD, WE WILL PUT ANY WORK, YOU PUT IN A WORD, IT'S A BIG DEAL. LET'S NOT

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STATE REPS. >> I TOTALLY AGREE. I ALSO AGREE WITH, I'M NOT GOING TO WRITE TRESPASSING ON THE KID JUST HIT BY A CAR . THAT'S RIDICULOUS. WE NEED TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN.

THAT IS A WHOLE THING OF THIS. WERE TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO GET POLITICAL. YOU ARE.

>> RELAX. >> YOU KNOW, IT'S SAD. WE HAVE

A GREAT COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I HAVE BEEN TAKING A LOT OF NOTES AND COMMENTS. WHAT HAS BEEN THE COMMON THREAD HAS BEEN SAFETY AND EDUCATION FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WERE INITIATED TO ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS TO ALL SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS. I WANT TO SHARE THAT I HAVE LIVED HERE A LONG TIME. YOU KNOW, PART OF MR. MITCHELL'S GENIUS WAS REALLY HIS INCREDIBLE INSIGHT INTO WHAT PARTNERS WOULD BE NEEDED TO MAKE THE WOODLANDS SUCCESSFUL. AND THEN ENGAGING THE RIGHT ENTITIES TO ENSURE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF COLLABORATION AND APPLY THEM , CHAIRMAN BAILEY, FOR YOU CALLING A SPECIAL MEETING AND INVITING ALL OF YOU HERE THIS EVENING. SAFETY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE PRIMARY COMPONENTS AND THE MOST IMPORTANT FOR THE WOODLANDS. FROM BEFORE WE WERE A TOWNSHIP TO NOW BEING A TOWNSHIP. THE OTHER IS COLLABORATION . THAT IS WHAT MAKES GOOD THINGS HAPPEN. OUR STAKEHOLDERS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT . I THINK, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE CHALLENGES THAT YOU POINTED OUT , ATLANTA, AS WELL AS CISD, THE CHIEF FROM THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT, AND EVERYONE ELSE , I THINK IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO LOOK AT PUTTING TOGETHER A SAFETY CAMPAIGN THAT WE ALL ARE MOST IMPORTANT, OUR CHILDREN, BUT ALSO OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO USE THE PATHWAYS, THE ROADS, AND MOVE FORWARD. I THINK THAT IS THE INTEREST. I'VE HEARD FROM EVERYONE HERE THIS EVENING THAT THAT -- THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE

THAT HAPPEN. >> I CONCUR.

>> ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO ADD. I WANT TO MAKE SURE CHRIS DOESN'T STICK ME WITH A PITCHFORK OR ANYTHING ON THIS. I HAVE SEEN FURTHER UP NORTH SOMETHING KIND OF LIKE A TOWNSHIP WOULD DO WITH THIS KIND OF SITUATION. ENCOURAGING EDUCATION SOMETIMES BY HAVING SOME KIND OF DISCOUNT FOR A FEE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BY SHOWING THAT YOU TAKE SOME KIND OF COURSE AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE I WAS AT CREEKSIDE LAST NIGHT IT ONE OF THE MEETINGS.

THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS MEETING GOING FORWARD. I KNOW CHRIS WANTS TO KEEP WHAT MONEY HE CAN TO KEEP GOING FOR THE PARKS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING SOMETIMES SOME KIND OF HE WAS A TOWNSHIP POSSIBLY SHOWING YOU GET YOUR FAMILY EDUCATED ON IT. I HAVE SEEN THAT WORK WITH SOME OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND STUFF. SHOWING CREDIT.

>> INTERESTING. THANK YOU. CHRIS IS GOING TO HIT YOU WITH A BLOW DART. TAKING HIS MONEY FROM HIM. ARE RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO

SPEAK? I'M SORRY. LIEUTENANT. >> HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING PRETTY GOOD. I ALWAYS HAVE TO ADJUST THIS BECAUSE I AM KIND OF SURE. I TELL YOU WHAT, I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO, BECAUSE Y'ALL HAVE HEARD IT FROM SEVERAL OTHER AGENCIES ALREADY. I ECHO WHAT THEY SAY. WE ARE ALL. THAT WE ARE THE SAFETY OF KIDS. THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE INTO. EVEN IN TRAFFIC STOP, WE ARE INTO SAFETY OF KIDS. CREEKSIDE HAS 9 MILLION E-SCOOTERS RUNNING THROUGH. THE E-BIKES, THE E-MOTORCYCLES ARE NOW SHOWING UP. I WOULD TELL YOU, EVEN A TRAFFIC STOP ON AN E-SCOOTERS IS KIDS. SOME OF THEM ARE 15, SOMMER 16, SOME ARE EIGHT. I HAVE MADE A TRAFFIC STOP ON AN E-BIKE THAT THE CHILD HAD NO IDEA OF THE RULES . INSTEAD OF GETTING OUT AND JUMPING ON HIM, YOU KNOW, WHICHEVER, I TOLD HIM WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A GAME OUT OF IT. ME THREE OF THE RULES OF THE TOP OF HER HEAD, AND I WILL LET YOU GO ON. HE COULDN'T. BUT HE CAN NOW. BECAUSE I WENT OVER THEM WITH HIM. IT IS AN EDUCATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. I WILL TELL YOU, AS FAR AS , CONSTABLE

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>> THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. APPRECIATE ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

YOU ALL HAVE BEEN GREAT. >> I WANTED TO BE A MULTITIERED APPROACH TOO. THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE A MULTITIERED APPROACH IF WE DECIDE TO GO THIS ROUTE, WHICH IS SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE.

EDUCATION. WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

>> LAST CALL. LET TED GO, THEN WE GET YOU IN, MAYOR.

>> I WAITED THIS LONG. >> AT LEAST I DON'T HAVE TO ADJUST THE MIC.

OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. GREAT TO SEE SUCH COLLABORATION ON SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. WE APPRECIATE THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE TAKEN THE TIME AND EVERYBODY SHOWING UPPER COLLEGE PARK, AS YOU KNOW, I REPRESENT COLLEGE PARK.

PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE PARK VILLAGE ASSOCIATION. WE ARE A VERY UNIQUE VILLAGE. I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT , MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU SAID IT FIRST WHEN YOU OPENED YOUR REMARK, THAT THE MOTORIZED VEHICLES ARE PROHIBITED ON THE PATHWAYS. NO MATTER WHAT EDUCATION PIECE WE COME OUT WITH, THAT SHOULD BE THE BANNER. AFTER THAT, WE CAN FIGURE EVERYTHING ELSE OUT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP REMINDING PEOPLE OF THAT BUT THE REASON I WANT TO SAY THAT IS BECAUSE I WORRY ABOUT THE TRANSITION PIECES FROM THE PATHWAY TO THE STREET TO THE PATHWAY AGAIN. I SEE KIDS, JUST LIKE THE LAST GENTLEMAN MENTIONED, THAT HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY ARE DOING. I THOUGHT IT COULD DRIVING DOWN MY STREET WITHOUT A HELMET ON A SCOOTER BUT I DO KNOW HOW FAST HE WAS GOING, BUT HE WAS GOING AS FAST AS SOME OF THE CARS DO DOWN THE STREET. I WORRY IF THERE ON THE PATHWAY, AND THE TRANSITION ONTO A ROAD, NO ONE SEES THEM COMING.

THEY DON'T SEE THE CARPET THEY'RE TRYING TO GET BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PATHWAY. WILL WE HAVE ALL OF THE PATHWAY DEVELOPED AND HOOKED UP WITH HARPERS LANDING TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, YOU WILL TRAVERSE I-45. BEFORE WE ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO GET ON SCOOTERS ON THE PATHWAYS, I THINK WE NEED TO DO AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT EDUCATION PIECE BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU, AND I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR ALL THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION, BUT I'M SURE MARIANNE WILL CONCUR THAT ALL THE ASSOCIATIONS HAVE WEBSITES. SOME SEND OUT NEWSLETTERS. WE HAVE FUNCTION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT WE CERTAINLY CAN ENHANCE THE EDUCATION PIECE WITH. DON'T FORGET ABOUT UTILIZING THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS WE START PUTTING OUT THIS EDUCATION PIECE. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANKS, TED. MAYOR? >> I WILL BE BRIEF. JUST RAISED THAT MICROPHONE UP.

DIRECTORS, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE WOODLANDS AND YOUR COMMUNITY. APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. I AM NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING NEW FROM WHAT YOU ALREADY HEARD TONIGHT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS THE SAME THING. THE MORE YOU GROW, THE MORE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW. EDUCATION IS KEY. PUBLIC SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT . YOUR DECISIONS NEED TO FOLLOW ALONG THOSE GUIDELINES. I HOPE YOU WILL LOOK AT YOUR -- WHAT IS IN YOUR HEART AND YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY CONVICTIONS. NOT ONLY IS IT GOING TO IMPACT THE WOODLANDS , THE SURROUNDING AREA WILL BE IMPACTED TOO. A LOT OF THESE FOLKS HAVE TALKED ABOUT STATUTES THAT COME OUT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. WELL, OUR ORDINANCE -- ORDINANCES, ARE A REFLECTION OF THOSE . THEY ARE REVISED ACCORDINGLY. I DON'T LIKE IT, BUT IF YOU FOLKS WANT ANYTHING TO CHANGE, YOU NEED TO GRAB THEIR HAIR AND LET THEM KNOW IT.

THAT IS WHERE IT STARTS. THEY CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN, OR THEY CAN STOP IT IN ITS TRACKS. VERY IMPORTANT THAT Y'ALL UNDERSTAND THAT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO APPLAUD THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOLKS THAT SHOWED UP TONIGHT, THE EMERGENCY FOLKS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO MAKE ALL THIS HAPPEN. YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT TOPIC FOR ME, BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A SIDEWALK AND PATHWAY PLAN FOR WALK ABILITY. WE ARE DOING A LOT. WE ARE SMALL. WE ARE TRYING TO CATCH UP. IT IS GOING TO TAKE US A LITTLE LONGER. BUT GREAT INPUT TONIGHT. I WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS WITH ME AND UTILIZE IT FOR THE CITY. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE PEOPLE OUT HERE UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR

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>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> THAT WAS GREAT.

>> MY WIFE GREW UP IN OREGON RIDGE NORTH. WE DRIVE BY HER OLD HOUSE ALL THE TIME AND SHOW THE KIDS. VICKI SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THE JOB YOU'RE DOING. ANYONE ELSE? LAST CALL. ALL RIGHT.

VICKI SO MUCH, BOARD. I GUESS IT IS OUR DISCUSSION MOVING FORWARD. AS HE SAID EARLIER, SCHOOL IS STARTING IN A WEEK. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. THIS COULD BE A HUGE PROJECT, BUT I AM A BIG BELIEVER OF NOT LETTING GOVERNMENT GET IN THE WAY THEY CAN WE CAN'T DO THIS. WE HAVE GOT TO ACT AND DO SOMETHING PRETTY QUICK. I WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH ALL THE AGENCIES WE'VE HAD HERE TODAY, AND SOME OF THE OTHER ONES AS WELL , AND PUT TOGETHER A SAFETY VIDEO SERIES, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A SERIES OR WHAT HAVE YOU. I WILL LET THE CREATORS FIGURE THAT OUT. BUT REALLY LOOK AT PUSHING SOMETHING OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO TALK ABOUT SAFETY ON THIS. BECAUSE WE DON'T DO SOMETHING, IT IS GOING TO BE TRAGIC. WE CAN'T HAVE THAT

HAPPEN. >> CAN WE ALSO ACTIVATE OUR VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS KIND OF AT THE SAME TIME ?

>> EVERYONE. I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE AN EMAIL, WHATEVER IT IS. WE

NEED TO ACTIVATE IT. >> WE NEED TO STRATEGIZE . I

THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT ONE. >> THE RECENT BOARD MEETING, THE WONDERFUL COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT PUT TOGETHER AN

OUTLINE, A TEMPLATE ALREADY. >> I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT IF YOU DID WHAT VILLAGE PRESIDENT STANLEY SAID. THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT AT THE TOP OF EVERY PRIMARY PAGE, EVERY REPORT PAGE, IT SAYS WHAT THE CURRENT RULE IS IN THE WOODLANDS. THAT E-SCOOTERS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE TOWNSHIP PATHWAYS.

OTHERWISE, IT IS NOT CLEAR. I MENTIONED IN MY OPENING COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE THAT. WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TOGETHER. THIS WAS A HERCULEAN LEFT GETTING THIS MEETING WITH ALL THESE IMPORTANT PEOPLE HERE IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS. I APPLAUD YOU, CHAIRMAN,

FOR THAT. >> WAS A GROUP EFFORT. WE APPRECIATE THAT. MONIQUE, HELP GUIDE US HERE. I THINK WERE ABOUT AS UNITED AS YOU CAN BE IN DOING THIS. TO HEAR ALL OF OUR PARTNERS BE WILLING TO JUST OPEN UP THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT. WHERE DO WE MOVE FROM HERE? WHAT YOU NEED FROM US?

>> I THINK WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU. I DON'T THINK A SPECIFIC MISSION IS NEEDED TONIGHT. NOT SURPRISINGLY, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE SAID THEY ARE WILLING TO ASSIST US AND COLLABORATE WITH US, JUST LIKE THEY DO ON EVERYTHING ELSE.

AS DIRECTOR JUST MENTIONED, OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS PUT TOGETHER A TEMPLATE. IT IS A GREAT START FOR WHAT WE WANT TO DO. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE LET OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TAKE THE LEAD IN DEVELOPING THIS INITIAL THING. ON A SHORT-TERM BASIS, THE VIDEO YOU MENTIONED, OR A SERIES OF VIDEOS. I CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE BOARD THROUGH EMAIL ON WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. WE WILL IMMEDIATELY START GETTING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO SEE , TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO ALIGN WITH THE START OF SCHOOL.

>> THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S IMPRESSIVE. ARE YOU GOING TO BE SLEEPING APPEAR THE NEXT WEEK? THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP AS WELL. BUT MAKING SURE WE GET SOMETHING OUT THAT WE CAN BUILD UPON. I THINK THIS IS -- I LOOK AT THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT'S THIS IS HAPPENING ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, PROBABLY AROUND THE WORLD. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING DOES HAPPENING IN OUR BACK DOOR. I BEEN ON THE INTERNET LOOKING AND LOOKING. THERE IS NOT MUCH CONTENT ON THAT. I THINK WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE THE UNITED STATES AND TALKING ABOUT THIS IN A SAFE WAY BUT I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT. I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE DO IN THE WOODLANDS . WE LEAD. WE DON'T SIT BACK AND LET THINGS HAPPEN. IF WE CAN TAKE A MAJOR LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THIS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE AND REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN EXPAND UPON IT. IT IS NOT A PROBLEM GOING AWAY.

ALL RIGHT. >> AND SHOWING HOW WE ARE ALL UNITED WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS. IT IS NOT JUST THE

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MORE POWERFUL. >> ALL RIGHT. MOVING ONTO THE NEXT ITEM. I NEED ANYTHING ON THAT?

>> WHAT IS YOUR PREFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS AND

THE TOWNSHIP SECRETARY'S OFFICE. >> THIS WAS NOT FOR ACTION, WE WILL TAKE THE DIRECTION BASED ON BOARD FEEDBACK.

>> MOVING ON TO ITEM 7, CLOSED SESSION. WE DO NOT HAVE CLOSED

[10. Board announcements; and]

ANY FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS, AGENDA ANNOUNCEMENTS? I WOULD JUST SAY, STAY ALERT FOR ANY HURRICANE AND STORM WATCHES, BECAUSE WE ARE IN THAT SEASON. I'M ASKING -- I'M TELLING RESIDENTS TO STAY ALERT AND PAY ATTENTION TO WHETHER BULLETINS AND WARNINGS COMING

FROM FIRE DEPARTMENTS. >> LET'S HAVE A SAFE START TO SCHOOL . I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE REALLY BUSY WITH THAT RIGHT NOW.

>> THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. >> THIS WAS GREAT. THANK YOU, MONIQUE AND THE STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE COMING. THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.

>> YOU WILL BE BACK.

>> ONLY THE BEGINNING. ALL RIGHT. IF

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.