[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;]
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          >> ON MARCH 26TH, 2,026, I CALL THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER. 
          STARTING WITH ITEM ONE, AND INVOCATION. 
          WELCOME BACK. REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH OF THE WOODLANDS, HERE TO PROVIDE TONIGHT'S INVOCATION. SINCE RETIRING IN 2,018, HE SPENDS MUCH OF HIS TIME MENTORING THE FOUNDATION. 
          FOR SEVERAL YEARS HE RAN THE SATURDAY MORNING WORKOUT PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TRYING TO GET TO THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY. HE AND HIS WIFE OF 61 YEARS HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND THREE GRANDDAUGHTERS. 
          WELCOME. YOU CAN JOIN US HERE AT THE 
          PODIUM, THANK YOU. >> LET'S GO BACK TO MAY 1945. 
          WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE HAS JUST ENDED. 
          ALLIED TROOPS WERE LIBERATING PRISONERS, MANY OF THEM JEWS FROM CONCENTRATION CAMPS. THE SITE OF STARVING, SHATTERED HUMAN BEINGS WAS HORRIFYING. ONE OF THE MEDICS MET A POLISH PRISONER WITH A DROOPING HANDLEBAR MUSTACHE WHOM THEY CALLED WILD BILL CODY BECAUSE HE REMINDED THEM OF THE BILL CODY OF WESTERN MOVIE FAME, I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT. 
          HE STOOD ERECT, HIS EYES WERE BRIGHT. 
          HIS ENERGY NEVER WAVERED. HE HAD LIVED IN THE JEWISH SECTION OF WARSAW KNOWN AS THE WARSAW GHETTO. 
          WHEN THE GERMANS REACHED HIS STREET, THEY LINED UP EVERYONE, INCLUDING HIS WIFE, TWO DAUGHTERS AND THREE LITTLE BOYS AGAINST A WALL AND MACHINE-GUNNED THEM. 
          REJECTING HIS PLEAS TO DIE WITH THEM. 
          HE WAS A LAWYER WHO WAS FLUENT IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, RUSSIAN AND POLISH. THESE LANGUAGE SKILLS WERE PUT TO USE BY THE GERMAN FORCES AND ALSO AS THE ALLIED TROOPS CAME TO CLEAR UP THE MESS, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, AT THE PRISON CAMPS. HE WAS A GREAT HELP TO THEM. 
          HE HAD TO DECIDE, RIGHT AFTER HIS FAMILY HAD BEEN KILLED, WHETHER TO HATE THE SOLDIERS WHO HAD DONE THIS. 
          AND HE HAD SEEN IN HIS LAW PRACTICE WHAT HATE COULD DO TO PEOPLE'S MINDS AND BODIES. AMAZINGLY, HE DECIDED THAT HE WOULD SPEND THE REST OF HIS L LIFE, WHETHER IT WAS A FEW DAYS OR MANY YEARS, LOVING EVERY PERSON WHOM HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH. THAT LOVE WAS THE POWER THAT HAD KEPT HIM WELL IN THE FACE OF EXTREME -- MOST PRISONERS THOUGHT HE HAD BEEN A PRISONER FOR MAYBE TWO OR THREE YEARS. 
          ACTUALLY, HE HAD BEEN IN PRISON FOR SIX YEARS. 
          UNDER TERRIBLE CONDITIONS, I THINK WE CAN BE SURE TO SAY. 
          NEXT TIME ANGER IS GETTING THE BETTER OF US, TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK OF WHAT BILL CODY FACED AND HOW HE HAD RESPONDED TO IT. 
          HOW FORGIVENESS EXPRESSES THE LOVE OF GOD HIMSELF. 
          AND, LIKE THE SUN THAT SHINES EQUALLY ON ALL OF US. 
          >> EXCUSE ME. >> DO I NOW SAY -- 
          >> THERE. >> THE LORD'S PRAYER. 
          LET'S POWER HEADS AND SAY THE LORD'S PRAYER. 
          OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HAVE BEEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME, THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. 
          GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES AS 
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WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US. 
          AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL. 
          FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 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. 
          >> TEXAS FLAG. >> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE 
          AND INDIVISIBLE. >> MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM TWO. 
          [2. Proclamations;]
WE ARE GOING TO PROCLAMATIONS. FIRST ONE IS RECOGNIZING THEATER AND SCHOOLS MONTH LOCATED ON PAGE 4 AND 5 OF OUR POCKETS. 
          I CALL ON OUR LOCAL THESPIAN TO READ THE PROCLAMATION. 
          >> I'M DELIGHTED TO READ. >> HE SHOULD SING IT. 
          [LAUGHTER] >> WHEREAS, EVERY YEAR IN MARCH, THE AMERICAN ALLEGIANCE FOR THEATRE & EDUCATION, THE EDUCATIONAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY PARTNER FOR THEATRE IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE VALUE OF THEATRE EDUCATION AND TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEED FOR STUDENTS TO ACCESS QUALITY THEATRE PROGRAMS; AND WHEREAS, THEATE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF ARTS EDUCATION AND LIFE, AND THE ARTS ARE AN INSEPARABLE PART OF THE HUMAN JOURNEY, DESCRIBING, DEFINING, AND DEEPENING THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND ADDING DEPTH AND DIMENSION TO OUR ENVIRONMENT; AND WHEREAS, ALL STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN ARTS EDUCATION COURSES BENEFIT FROM THE SKILLS AND PROCESSES DEVELOPED THROUGH THE ARTS AND APPLY THOSE SKILLS IN A VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES, SETTINGS, AND CAREER PATHS; AND WHEREAS, PARTICIPATING IN THEATRE CONTRIBUTES TO STUDENT DEVELOPMENT THROUGH HEIGHTENED LISTENING SKILLS, UNDERSTANDING HUMAN EXPERIENCES, RESPECTING DIVERSE WAYS OF THINKING AND COMMUNICATING, AND ENHANCING READING SKILLS, CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING, TEAM BUILDING SKILLS, SELF-EXPRESSION, AND NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; AND WHEREAS, AS A CREATIVE OUTLET, OR AS THE BEGINNING STEPS TOWARD A PROFESSIONAL CAREER, THEATRE PROGRAMS IN THE WOODLANDS SHAPE THE FUTURE OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS, DEVELOPING WELL-ROUNDED, CONFIDENT, EMPATHETIC, AND THOUGHTFUL LEADERS; NOW, THEREFORE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP, WE DO PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026 AS THEATRE IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH IN THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS. 
          >> PLEASE COME ON UP AND WE WILL GET A PICTURE TAKEN WITH THE PROCLAMATION. [APPLASE] PICAULT AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL THEATER TROUPE IN RECOGNIZING THEATER SCHOOLS MONTH. 
          NEXT UP WE HAVE DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS TO RECOGNIZE A PROCLAMATION OF EARTH MONTH IN THE WOODLANDS. 
          >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. BE IT PROCLAIMED: WHEREAS, THE FIRST EARTH DAY WAS CELEBRATED ON APRIL 22, 1970 WITH THE GOAL OF INSPIRING AN APPRECIATION OF OUR NATION'S NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES THROUGH CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION, AND IS NOW OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF 
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APRIL AND RECOGNIZED AS EARTH MONTH. 
          WHY NOT EARTH YEAR? AND WHEREAS, THE WOODLANDS HAS SINCE ITS INCEPTION, COMMITTED TO PRESERVING, MAINTAINING AND ENHANCING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; AND WHEREAS, THE WOODLANDS' COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP IS EVIDENCED BY ITS SUPPORT OF VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND EVENTS SUCH AS COMPOSTING AND GARDENING CLASSES, ARBOR DAY TREE GIVEAWAY AND COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING EVENTS, RECYCLING DRIVE-THRU AND ADOPT-A-PATH LITTER REMOVAL, MOSQUITO EDUCATION AND THE CREATION OF POLLINATOR HABITATS; AND WHEREAS, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP CONSIDERS THE PRESERVATION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND FOSTERING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY TO BE ESSENTIAL TO KEEPING THE HOMETOWN VISION ALIVE; AND WHEREAS, THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP HEREBY ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN CELEBRATING EARTH DAY AS A MONTH-LONG CELEBRATION IN APRIL BY PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES THAT RAISE AWARENESS, FOSTER ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND ENCOURAGE SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES TO PROTECT OUR HOME FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS; NOW, THEREFORE I ON BEHALF OF CHAIRMAN BRAD BAILEY AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WOODLAND TOWNSHIP HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL AS EARTH MONTH 2026. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO CALL -- UP TO GET A PICTRE WITH THE 
          PROCLAMATION. >> ALL RIGHT. 
          [3. Call meeting to order;]
IT'S 612 -- 6:13 P.M. I DECLARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW NOTICE OF THE MEETING WAS POSTED THREE DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THIS MEETING. 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 FOR CONDUCTING BUSINESS. 
          AND I ASK EACH BOARD MEMBER TO INDICATE YOUR PRESENCE AS I CALL ROLE? VICE CHAIRMAN EISSLER, DIRECTOR FRANKS, DIRECTOR EISSLER, DIRECTOR LAMB, DIRECTOR NELSON, DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS. TO DECLARE THAT WE HAVE A 
          [4. Receive, consider and act upon adoption of the meeting agenda;]
QUORUM. AGENDA ITEM FOUR, RECEIVED, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE MEETING AGENDA LOCATED PAGES 1-3. I CALL A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADOPT A MOTION. MOVED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS, SECOND BY DIRECTOR NELSON. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WE HAVE -- IMPACT MEETING TODAY AND WE WILL HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. 
          >> YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT? > MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS WE WILL BE HERE A WHILE. ALL RIGHT. 
          [5. Recognize public officials;]
          >> I'M JUST GOING TO REMOVE IT. TELLING ME NOT TO? 
          >> PUBLIC OFFICIALS, REPRESENTING DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR REPRESENTATIVE VALERIE SWANSON, VICTORIA, IS THAT RIGHT? WELCOME. 
          AND THEN VICE PRESIDENT, VILLAGE PRESIDENT, WELCOME. 
          DO WE HAVE EVERYBODY ELSE? IS ARTHUR HERE? 
          >> HE COULD NOT MAKE IT TONIGHT. >> SITTING IN HIS SEAT. 
          [6. Public comment;]
          >> THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S ALL THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS. 
          WE HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          AGENDA ITEM SIX PUBLIC COMMENTS HAS A BIT OF A BRIEFING WE NEED TO GO THROUGH BEFOREHAND. PARTICIPATION BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN OPEN MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED. PUBLIC COMMENT AGENDA IS INCLUDED AT THE BEGINNING OF REGULAR BOARD MEETING AGENDAS. 
          IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY TO PRODUCE THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESS FOR ALLOWING CONSTITUENTS TO ADDRESS THE 
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BOARD, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACCEPTS PUBLIC COMMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES ARE PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC MEETINGS. NUMBER 1, EACH PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD MUST FIRST SIGN THE SPEAKER'S ROSTER PROVIDED BY THE BOARD SECRETARY. NUMBER 2, INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO MAKE GENERAL COMMENTS, ADDRESS A TOPIC NOT INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA OR WISH TO ADDRESS A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM MUST DO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. NUMBER 3, INDIVIDUALS WILL BE LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 3 MINUTES REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF TOPICS. IF THERE ARE ANY MORE SPEAKERS, ANY MORE THAN 15 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF TOPICS. 
          NUMBER 4, WHERE SPEAKERS WILL BE TAKEN IN THE ORDER THEY SPEAK UP. NOT BE ALLOWED TO YELL TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER ON THE LIST. NUMBER 5, STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE BOARD FOR FORMALLY ACTING ON A SPECIFIC ITEM OR CUT PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS IT APPEARS ON THE POSTED AGENDA. 
          THEREFORE ANY DISCUSSION OF THE ITEMS NOT INCLUDED ON THE POSTED AGENDA IS LIMITED TO QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION AND WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM SHOULD BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA. 
          SPEAKERS MAY NOT EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS, VIEWPOINTS OR ISSUES THAT ARE NOT PARTICIPATED DE DEBATE. 
          SPEAKERS WILL NOT USE PROFANITY. COMMENTS FROM SPEAKERS CAN BE MADE TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE ARE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS. 
          I ASK YOU TO PLEASE PUT YOUR CELL PHONES ON SILENT. 
          I CALL ON THE FIRST...PERSON, PATRICIA. 
          BIKE THE WOODLANDS. WELCOME. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU TONIGHT. I'M BOARD PRESIDENT UP LIKE THE WOODLANDS COALITION. OUR COMMUNITIES BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION. 
          I'M HERE TO ADDRESS ITEM 11 ON THE AGENDA REGARDING AN UPDATE ON THE STATE OF ELECTRIC MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES. 
          OUR ORGANIZATION HAS REMAIN ENGAGED OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS. 
          LAST MONTH MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD ATTENDED A NATIONAL TOWN HALL MEETING ABOUT THE RISE OF THESE DEVICES IN COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS. WE HEARD ABOUT THE IMPACT OF LEGISLATION IN NEW JERSEY THAT HAS PLACED UNWIELDY LIMITATIONS ON ANY DEVICE WITH AN ELECTRIC MOTOR. 
          WE ALSO HEARD FROM ADVOCATES FOR THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED. 
          ONE MAN SAID, I DON'T WRITE RIDE IN E-BIKE SO I CAN GO FAST, BUT SO I CAN GO AS FAST AS I USED TO. 
          WE HEARD ABOUT HOW YOUNG CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTION CAPABILITIES FOR HIGH-SPEED DECISION-MAKING AT HIGHER SPEEDS BUT THAT MERELY PUNISHING KIDS IS LESS EFFECTIVE THAN WORKING WITH KIDS TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE RULES AND OFFERING THEM CLEAR GUIDELINES FOR SAVE RIDING. 
          ELECTRIC MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL. 
          THERE'S A NEW WANTS TO THIS ISSUE THAT REQUIRES THOUGHTFUL ATTENTION AND COOPERATION. WE DON'T WANT TO LIMIT THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH LIMITED MOBILITY WHO SHARE OUR PATHWAYS AND WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO BE SO PERMISSIVE WITH WHAT'S ALLOWED THAT WE END UP WITH 11-YEAR-OLDS RIDING MOTORCYCLES AND RUNNING PEOPLE OVER AND COLLIDING WITH CARS. 
          IT'S DANGEROUS OUT THERE AND PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN SERIALLY INJURED. IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE UNLESS WE WORK TOGETHER TO TAKE DECISIVE ACTION. 
          AS MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD HAVE SAID, THIS COMMUNITY IS AT ITS BEST WHEN WE WORKED TOGETHER. SO HERE'S WHERE I HAVE SEEN US WORKING TOGETHER REALLY WELL SO FAR. 
          AS A PARENT, I'M A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY PARENT, A PARENT LED BODY THAT ASSIST IN ASSURING THAT LOCAL COMMUNITY VALUES AND HEALTH ISSUES ARE REFLECTED IN THE DISTRICT HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTION. 
          I'M THE CHAIR OF A SUBCOMMITTEE ADDRESSING STUDENT PHYSICAL HEALTH AND SAFETY SPECIFICALLY THE RISE OF ELECTRIC MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES. WE DEVELOPED A SURVEY TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE DEVICES ARE BEING USED IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO INVITE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON HOW SCHOOL LEADERS, A DISTRICT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT MIGHT HELP ADDRESS SAFETY CONCERNS RELATED. 
          SURVEY RESPONSES WERE COLLECTED FROM MARCH SECOND THROUGH 20TH AND WE RECEIVED MORE THAN 100 RESPONSES FROM CROSSING GUARDS, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, IT MINISTER RAIDERS AND PARENTS. 
          STAFF REVIEWED THE RESULTS AND WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD REGARDING NEXT STEPS. 
          AS A WOODLANDS RESIDENT I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THEM ON COMRIE SHERIFFS COUNTY DEPUTY ABOUT HIS EFFORTS TO ENFORCE RELATIVE LAWS REGARDING CHILDREN OPERATING E MOTOCYCLES. 
          I'VE SEEN DEPUTIES ENFORCING THE LAW WHEN THEY CAN BUT NOT ALL DEPUTIES ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE LAWS AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE THE LAWS WHEN THOSE CAUSING OFFENSES ARE TRAVELING AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED. I GOT A TEXT FROM A FELLOW HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI LAST NIGHT THAT A FRIENDS CHILD WAS HIT BY A KID WRITING A DIRT BIKE AS YOU WALK HOME FROM SCHOOL. 
          THAT PARENT HAD FILLED OUT THE SURVEY EXPRESSING HER CONCERNS ABOUT THE ACCIDENT -- BEFORE HER ACCIDENT AND A CONSTABLE SHE SPOKE WITH AFTER SAID THE DEVICES ARE INDEED ILLEGAL ON THE SIDEWALKS AN ILLEGAL ON THE STREET BUT THEY CAN'T CHASE KIDS DOWN WHEN THEY SE THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO CAUSE ANOTHER ACCIDENT. THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP DOES NOT HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITY ON THE PATHWAYS. 
          HOWEVER WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS ACROSS OUR TWO COUNTIES, IN SCHOOLS ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND BEYOND, TO DEVELOP POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT OFFER CLEAR COMMON SENSE APPROACH IS TO PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          BECAUSE DOING NOTHING IS NOT AN OPTION. 
          AND WE HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THINGS SAFER AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HELP HOWEVER WE CAN. 
          THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          IF YOU DON'T MIND EMAILING US YOUR COMMENTS. 
          A LOT OF GOOD CONTENT THERE WE COULD REFLECT ON. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> 3 MINUTES, YOU PRACTICED. 
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          >> HOW FAST SHE READ. >> YOU ARE GOING, I LIKE IT. 
          [LAUGHTER] >> I LIKE IT. 
          RIDE UP LIKE FAST AND TALK FAST. THERE YOU GO. 
          JOHN, YOU WILL HAVE TO HELP ME WITH YOUR LAST NAME. 
          DON'T WANT TO PUSH IT. >> I'M WITH THE BIKE THE WOODLANDS COALITION, BEEN HERE 23 YEARS, LIVE IN CAPSTONE AND I'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE E-BIKE VERSUS THE MOTORCYCLE PROBLEM BEFORE. SEEMS LIKE IT WAS JULY WHEN WE WERE HERE, HAD A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMS HERE. 
          IT'S GETTING WORSE, NOT GETTING BETTER. 
          WHAT I'M SEEING ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN ADDITION TO ON THE PATHWAYS AND THE STREETS AND IN THE PARKING LOTS AND VILLAGE CENTERS IS THAT IT SEEMS PARENTS DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LETTER E-BIKE AND A MOTORCYCLE. WHAT WE ARE SEEING THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WITH, AND I JUST SOUGHT ON THE WAY HERE, I JUST SAW TWO KIDS WRITING MOTORCYCLES ON OUR PATHWAYS. 
          YOU PROHIBIT RIGHT NOW, THE TOWNSHIP PROHIBITS ALL MOTORIZED VEHICLES. BIKE THE WOODLANDS BELIEVES CLASS ONE AND CLASS THREE E-BIKES MIGHT WELL BE APPROPRIATE AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP LOOKING AT IT BUT MOTORCYCLE, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S GAS OR ELECTRIC, IT'S GOT NO PLACE ON PATHWAYS. IF YOU ARE NOT LICENSED BECAUSE YOU ARE TOO YOUNG, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A MOTORCYCLE ENDORSEMENT, IF YOU ARE ON A DARK BIKE, GAS OR ELECTRIC, IT'S NOT STREET LEGAL AND NOT INSURED, THEN WHO ARE THE PARENTS THAT ARE BUYING THESE THINGS? WE NEED MORE IN THE EXCELLENT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM YOU HAVE PUT TOGETHE ABOUT THIS DISTINCTION BECAUSE WHEN WE SAY E-BIKES AND SO MANY IN THE COMMUNITY CALLED HIM ALL E-BIKES, THESE KIDS ARE RIDING MOTORCYCLES. 
          YOU CAN'T POP A WHEELIE ON IN E-BIKE. 
          YOU CAN'T RIDE A WHEELIE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF A STREET ON IN E-BIKE. THOSE ARE MOTORCYCLES. 
          A LOT OF THEM ACCELERATE FASTER THAN A GASOLINE POWERED MOTORCYCLE. SOME OF THEM COST FIVE, SIX, $7,000. AT LEAST THEY HAVE ADEQUATE BIKE -- BREAKS. THE ONES PARENTS BY OFF OF AMAZON FOR LESS THAN 1,000 DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE BREAKS. 
          THEY ARE DANGEROUS ON THAT PRODUCTS LIABILITY BASIS TOO. 
          I AM A LAWYER. I AM NOT HERE TO GIVE LEGAL ADVICE BUT IT'S BEEN SAID, AND I HEARD MURMURING TODAY, THERE IS NO ENFORCEMENT, NO ABILITY TO ENFORCE. 
          WE ARE NOT A CITY, WE CANNOT ENACT A STATUTE OR ORDINANCE. 
          BUT THE STATE OF TEXAS DID IN SEPTEMBER AMEND AN EXISTING STATUTE THAT DESCRIBES WHAT A SIDEWALK USER IS. 
          USED TO BE ONLY PEDESTRIANS WERE COVERED BY THE STATUTE BUT NOW PEOPLE ON TRADITIONAL BICYCLES, E-BIKES, E-SCOOTER'S, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE COVERED BY THE STATUTE YOUR GUY BROUGHT ONE COPY BUT IT'S TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE 551 -- 541 DEFINED SIDEWALK USER AND ANOTHER SECTION TELLS US THERE'S A PRESUMPTIVE SPEED LIMIT OF 8 MILES PER HOUR FOR ANY SIDEWALK USER APPROACHING OR ENTERING AN INTERSECTION. 
          WE ARE CONTRACTED WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. 
          THAT'S NOT RIGHT. CONTRACTED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF OOMPH YOU GUYS HAVE WITH THE AGENCIES TO INSERT -- ENFORCE THESE LAWS BUT THAT ONE NEEDS ENFORCING. ONE MORE THING, I KNOW I'M OUT OF TIME, THE AGENDA ITEM ABOUT THE LEASE AGREEMENT, THE GEORGE MITCHELL NATURE PRESERVE, I'M IN THERE ALMOST EVERY DAY, I WAS IN THERE TODAY, I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO TAKE CONTROL AND TO MAKE IT 
          BETTER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          ALL RIGHT. GREAT. 
          I WILL TAKE IT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT, THEY CAN MAKE COPIES FOR US. NEXT UP, SAM. 
          >> MY NAME IS SAM, I USED TO WORK FOR TOWNSHIP, LIVED IN WOODLANDS OVER 20 YEARS. I'VE SEEN WOODLANDS PARKWAY GO FROM TWO LANES TO SIX LANES. I REMEMBER LIKE WOODLANDS WHEN IT USED T HAVE WOODS AROUND IT. MAYBE WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT CHANGING THE NAME. CLOSER TO HOME IS FALCON WING PARK ACROSS FROM MY HOUSE. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR I HAVE NOT SEEN A BUNNY RABBIT. TEN YEARS AGO, YOU WOULD SEE 
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DEAR WALKING. THE OTHER NIGHT I CAN'T SEE THE STARS FOR HALF OF THE SKYLINE IS BLOCKED BY L.E.D. LIGHTS FROM THE SOCCER FIELD AND BEYOND. THE SOCCER FIELD LIGHTS WERE NOT EVEN ON, ACTUALLY, BUT THERE IS SO MUCH LIGHT IN THAT AREA. 
          SPECIAL LIGHT FIXTURES MEANT TO LIGHT ONLY BELOW THE SKYLINE, I USED TO WORK ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN AND WHEN I WOULD DRIVE IN, THE TEMPERATURE WOULD LITERALLY DROP 5 DEGREES BEFORE YOU GET HERE TO THE WOODLANDS. I GUESS I'M HERE TONIGHT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT FOLIAGE DISAPPEARING ALONG FLINT RIDGE AND PLACES IN BETWEEN. I WAS WOKEN UP ONE MORNING AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY IN MY FLOWER BED TRIMMING OUT COMBINES AND SUCH -- VINES AND SUCH. THE PROBLEM IS THEY BLEW MOST OF IT BACK INTO THE FLOWER BED. I DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS NOT NOTIFIED BEFORE 8:00 A.M. THAT MORNING, BUT IT WAS A RUDE AWAKENING. I SUFFER A LITTLE ANXIETY EVERY TIME I HEAR A CHAINSAW. I ASKED MY NEIGHBORS, WHY DID THEY MOVE HERE? IF YOU DON'T LIKE TREES, MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE. WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON MONUMENTS, WOODLANDS PARKWAY, SEEMS LIKE WE COULD USE THAT MONEY TO KEEP... WE COULD SPEND A LOT OF THIS MONEY TO PRESERVE THE TREES AND FIGHT THE PINE BEETLES THAT COST ME $750 LAST -- TWO MONTHS AGO TO GET TWO TREES CUT DOWN. 
          RIDES AT THE PARK HAVE BEEN REPLACED, BUT I LIKE THE OLD ONES BETTER, HONESTLY. SOMEBODY -- IF YOU GET PICKLEBALL COURTS, THEY ARE GREAT. 
          IF YOU CAN GET THEM. IF YOU SHOW UP THERE, YOU HAVE TO LITERALLY PAY $20 TO RESERVE. THESE PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T EVEN LIVE IN THE WOODLANDS. BUT THE SOCCER FIELD IS FINISHED AND USEFUL, ESPECIALLY IF YOU PLAY SOCCER. 
          NOW THAT NORTH INDIGO IS CLEAR, MORE PEOPLE ARE PARKING IN FRONT OF MY YARD WHICH MAKES IT KIND OF DIFFICULT TO ENTER MY DRIVEWAY THE WAY I USED TO. WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP CALL THEMSELVES PLANTING TREES BUT THEN THEY DIE AND NOBODY SEEMS TO REPLACE THEM. ALL I'M SAYING IS, THE WOODLANDS ALONE WITH ATTENDING OUT EVERYTHING CAN ONLY LEAD TO WARMER CLIMATE. PLEASE DON'T TAKE THE WOODS OUT OF WOODLANDS. THANKS FOR LISTENING. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT, SAM. 
          [7. Receive, consider and act upon reports from Village Association representatives;]
ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          MOVING ON TO EDGE ITEM -- AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES. WE HAVE A FULL LIST TONIGHT. 
          STARTING OFF WITH ALDEN BRIDGE. WELCOME BACK. 
          >> GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN BAILEY AND DIRECTORS. 
          I AM HAPPY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. 
          WE HELD OUR ANNUAL MEETING ON MARCH 17TH AND SEATED THE BOARD FOR THIS YEAR. THE BOARD REELECTED THE OFFICERS FROM LAST YEAR. MYSELF AS PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE SECRETARY, AND THE TREASURER. 
          WE WELCOME NEW BOARD MEMBER JOHN WILLIAMS AND CURRENTLY HAVE TWO OPENINGS ON THE BOARD. WE RECEIVED 23 APPLICATIONS FOR OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS. WE WILL DETERMINE THE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AT OUR APRIL MEETING. 
          WE'VE SET OUR SCHEDULE FOR EVENTS FOR THIS YEAR, INCLUDING THE YARD OF THE MONTH PROGRAM, A POOL PARTY AT THE ALDEN BRIDGE PARK POOL ON SATURDAY JUNE SIXTH FROM 10-1, AND OUR FALL FESTIVAL WILL BE ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER SEVENTH AT LAKESIDE PARK. WE DECIDED TO HAVE OUR NOVEMBER MEETING AT FIRE STATION NUMBER 4. 
          WE THANK THE TOWNSHIP ARE PROVIDING THE FUNDS FOR THESE EVENTS AND I SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR THE 2026 FUNDING THIS EVENING. OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON TUESDAY APRIL 14TH. FOLKS FROM WOODLANDS WATER WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT THE WATER RENEWAL PROGRAM IN THE 
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WOODLANDS. ALL RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> CONGRATS ON BEING PRESIDENT 
          AGAIN. >> NEXT UP, MY PERSONAL FAV FAVORITE, VILLAGE PRESIDENT, THE ONE AND ONLY. 
          I SAY THAT BECAUSE I LIVE IN COCHRANE'S CROSSING. 
          >> WE ARE GLAD YOU LIVE THERE. WE HAD OUR MEETING ON TUESDAY AND WE REELECTED OUR FOUR CURRENT OFFICERS SO WE WILL CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER TERM. WE WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR FRANKS FOR COMING BY AND GIVING US A FEW WORDS. 
          THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. WE DID HAVE KAREN DEMPSEY TO SPEAK AND SHARE WITH US ABOUT ALL THAT HAPPENS WITHIN HER DEPARTMENT. AND HAD TIME FOR QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS AND SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. WE DID APPROVE OUR FINANCIAL REVIEW COMMITTEE. WE DO THAT TWICE A YEAR TO CHECK ON THE BUDGETS AND EVERYTHING, MAKE SURE WE ARE SPENDING AT THE RIGHT WAY. WE ADOPTED OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          WE ALSO MADE PLANS FOR OUR SWIMMING PARTNERS SO WE HAVE EVERYTHING READY FOR THAT, WE WILL BE READY ON JUNE SIXTH, THE SAME DAY THAT MARIANNE IS. FROM 6-8. 
          THEN OVERALL, WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. WE DID GET ALL OF OUR STUFF IN TODAY SO WE ARE ALL DONE WITH OUR -- WITH THE SERVICE ATTACHMENT, SO WE ARE READY FOR THAT. 
          OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE SHARING IN APRIL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PEACOAT THANK YOU, APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO. NEXT UP, NANCY. 
          YOU ARE A FAVORITE TOO, NANCY. I KNOW, BUT DOCTORS PROBABLY BEEN, LIKE, FOUR VILLAGE PRESIDENTS. 
          [LAUGHTER] >> GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN BAILEY AND BOARD. THERE ARE A FEW TOPICS I WANT TO COVER TONIGHT. FIRST, THE COMMUNITY IS FEELING A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE SINCE THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY MORE BREAK-INS THAT WE KNOW OF SINCE A FEW WEEKS AGO. 
          WE CONDUCTED TWO SPECIAL SAFETY DAYS COORDINATED BY OUR VILLAGE LIAISON ALEX, BOTH OF THEM WERE VERY WELL ATTENDED BY NEIGHBORS IN EACH AREA. AS A RESULT OF THE EVENTS AND SHARING TIPS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WE ARE AWARE OF PEOPLE TAKING STEPS TO BETTER PROTECT AND DETER THEIR HOMES FROM BEING TARGETED. 
          IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE THERE HAVE BEEN BREAK-INS, BUT THE AWARENESS THAT THEY CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE AND SHARING WHAT WE CAN DO BY OURSELVES IS HELPING THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING WITH LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. EVERYONE SINCERELY HOPES THE PERPETRATORS ARE CAUGHT. THE OTHER IMPORTANT TOPIC IN CREEKSIDE PARK, DRUMROLL, I GUESS THEY ARE NOW CALLED MICRO MOBILITY VEHICLES. SPOKE LAST WEEK ABOUT THIS TOPIC. I WILL USE THIS TIME T EMPHASIZE A FEW POINTS. FIRST, IT'S GETTING WORSE BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE E-SCOOTER'S, E-BIKES AND E- MOTORCYCLES. SECOND THERE ARE GROUPS OF KIDS THAT CAUSE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS WITH RECKLESS BEHAVIOR. 
          I'M PRETTY SURE YOU HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE VIDEOS. 
          THE VILLGE GREEN, BUT ESPECIALLY -- SPOTS WORKGROUP CONGREGATE CONGREGATE AND CAUSE MOST PROBLEMS. ONE ACTION IS FOR THE TOWNSHIP TO HELP US TO REACH OUT WITH THE NEW OWNERS OF THE VILLAGE GREEN AND PERSUADE THEM TO ACT ON SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS. IN ADDITION, WE RECOMMEND CONSIDERATION FOR GIVEN TO USE OFF-DUTY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR SECURITY, AT LEAST ON WEEKENDS AND MAYBE EVENINGS. 
          THE SECURITY IN PLACE NOW IS COMPLETELY UNPROFESSIONAL AND A JOKE. I HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR HEISER REGARDING HER NEW EV OF A LIAISON ROLE. 
          WE ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING WITH OTHERS TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS POSSIBLE TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION. 
          I KNOW YOU HAVE HEARD IT BEFORE BUT THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT COULD LEAD TO A CHILD BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED AND KILLED -- OR KILLED. SPEAKING OF POSSIBLE INJURIES, THERE HAVE BEEN RECENT CONFRONTATIONS BETWEEN RIDERS AND INDIVIDUALS. IN ONE CASE, A GROUP OF RIDERS BLOCKED THE ROAD AND WOULD NOT LET THE CAR THROUGH. 
          WHEN THEY FINALLY GOT THROUGH, THE KIDS WERE NOT BEING KIDS. 
          AND AFTER THE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN AN ADULT AND RIDER LAST WEEK ON THE PATHWAY IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. 
          TENSIONS ARE INCREASING OVER THESE PROBLEMS. PLEASE, LET'S DO WHAT WE CAN DO NOW WHILE WE WAIT ON STATE LEGISLATION. ONE THING WE WILL BE DOING AT OUR CREEKSIDE PARK MEETING ON APRIL SEVENTH IS INVITING PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE EV VEHICLES TO ATTEND. 
          WE WILL BE DISCUSSING POSSIBLE CHANGES IN HOW THE CONSTABLES WILL HANDLE ENCOUNTERS WITH RIDERS ON THESE E VEHICLES. 
          I KNOW DIRECTOR HEISER IS PLANNING TO ATTEND WHICH WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS HER ROLE IN COORDINATING WITH OTHERS ON WHAT IS POSSIBLE AND ADDITIONAL COMMUNE OCCASION WITH OUR COMMUNITY. IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH FUN, CENTERPOINT WILL ALSO BE ATTENDING THAT MEETING PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON A FEW ADDITIONAL OUTAGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO COME BUT BRING YOUR OWN POPCORN. I WILL CLOSE ON A MORE POSITIVE 
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NOTE. WE HAVE SCHEDULED OUR BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER POOL PARTY ON MAY 30TH SO YOU CAN GO TO OUR PARTY AND THEN THE OTHER PARTIES AND AFTER THAT -- THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT ROB FLEMING AQUATIC CENTER SINCE WE WERE UNABLE TO HOLD OUR WINTER FESTIVAL, PLANS ARE UNDERWAY TO MAKE THIS THE BEST BULL PARTY EVER. MARK YOUR CALENDARS, PULL OUT A BATHING SUIT AND JOIN THE FUN. LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOARD AND STAFF AT THE TOWNSHIP. 
          I REACH OUT TO YOU REGULARLY ON BEHALF OF CREEKSIDE PARK ON VARIOUS TOPICS AND SINCERELY APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US ON OUR PATH. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, NANCY, APPRECIATE IT. 
          'S. >> I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF INVITING PARENTS TO EACH OF THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS TO TALK ABOUT THE E-BIKES. IT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          >> NEXT UP, AARON HOFFSTETTER. WELCOME. 
          YOU ARE A FAVORITE. MY FAVORITE FARMERS' MARKET. 
          HOW ABOUT THAT? >> I WILL TAKE IT. 
          GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN, DIRECTORS AND STAFF. 
          PRESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR ACIVITIES. 
          WE DID HAVE A CONTESTED ELECTION IN FEBRUARY RESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. WE WERE EXCITED TO SEE THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT FROM RESIDENTS. AS A RESULT OF THE ELECTION, WE WELCOME BACK SEVEN INCUMBENT DIRECTORS AS WELL AS INCOMING DIRECTOR DEBORAH SARGENT. DIRECTOR SERGEANT IS FAMILIAR, PREVIOUSLY HAVING SERVED, INCLUDING A STINT AS PRESIDENT. 
          MOST RECENTLY SHE HAS BEEN SUPPORTING AS OUR OUTSIDE BOOKKEEPER. SINCE OUR LAST UPDATE, WE HAVE HELD PUBLIC MEETINGS ON FEBRUARY 16TH AND MARCH MARCH 16TH. OUR SCHEDULED PUBLIC MEETING IN JANUARY WAS CANCELED DUE TO THE TOWNSHIP OFFICE IS BEING CLOSED DUE TO THE WINTER STORM. WE HOLD MONTHLY MEETINGS ON THE THIRD MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 6:00 P.M. AT THE TOWNSHIP AND THEY ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IN OUR MARCH MEETING WE DID ELECT OFFICERS. MYSELF AS PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE SECRETARY, AND TREASURER. 
          WE ALSO RECEIVED A SPECIAL PRESENTATION FROM AGING IN PLACE THE WOODLANDS. AGING IN PLACE IS AN INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON PROVIDING SERVICES TO SENIOR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS ORGANIZING SOME SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR SOME RESIDENTS THAT CHOOSE TO AGE INDEPENDENTLY IN THEIR HOMES. 
          WE DID RECENTLY MAKE A 2,000-DOLLAR DONATION TO THAT ORGANIZATION AND WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS. WE HAVE RESUMED OUR YARD OF THE MONTH PROGRAM. THE PRESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE A NEIGHBOR, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US. 
          WE RECOGNIZE THE WINTERS -- WINNERS IN OUR NEWSLETTER AND GIVE THEM A $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO THE WOODLANDS FARMERS' MARKET. OT SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION IS CURRENTLY OPEN. WE HAVE A DEADLINE OF APRIL 3RD SO RESIDENTS THAT WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE. ALL OF OUR PHILANTHROPIC WORK IS FUNDED BY PROCEEDS FROM THE MARKET. 
          THE GMBA CONTINUES TO HOLD WEEKLY EVENTS AT THE FARMERS' MARKET. CERTAINLY AS THE WEATHER REMAINS FAVORABLE WE WOULD ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO CHECK OUT THE GREAT FOOD AND PRODUCE AN VARIETY OF GREAT CRAFT VENDORS AS WELL AS ENJOY GAMES FOR KIDS AND LIVE MUSIC. 
          I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK COMMISSIONER WHEELER AND HIS TEAM. WE RECENTLY EXECUTED A NEW LONG-TERM LEASE AGREEMENT TO KEEP THE WOODLANDS FARMERS' MARKET AT THE VILLAGE CENTER FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. SO FAR THEY HAVE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER AND IT REALLY HAS BEEN GREAT SEEING FAMILIES COME BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE NEW LIBRARY AND THE MARKET EACH SATURDAY. THE WOODLANDS FARMERS' MARKET IS LOCATED AT THE VILLAGE CENTER AND OPEN EVERY SATURDAY FROM 9:00 UNTIL 1:00 AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO VISITS. 
          THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT. >> THAT'S AWESOME. 
          YOU ALL DO A GREAT JOB. >> WHERE'D YOU GET THE GIFT CERTIFICATE FROM FURTHER FARMERS' MARKET? I DID NOT KNOW THAT WAS A POSSIBILITY. 
          DO WE JUST GO ONLINE AND GET IT? >> WE DON'T NECESSARILY SELL GIFT CERTIFICATES, WE JUST GIVE THE WINNER OF THE YARD OF THE MONTH ONE. WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED MARKET BUCKS THAT CAN BE USED AS CASH FOR VENDORS. 
          >> GOOD IDEA. >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT. 
          NEXT UP, ANDREW FRIEDMAN. GETTING A GROCERY STORE. 
          PRETTY BIG DEAL. WE LOVE IT. 
          [LAUGHTER] TOOK ALL THE PARKING AWAY THERE 
          TOO. >> EVERYONE IS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CLEANUP OF THE CENTER. SHOCKING. 
          >> WELCOME. >> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN BAILEY AND MEMBERS OF THE TOWNSHIP BOARD. GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION. PANTHER CREEK DID NOT HAVE A CONTESTED ELECTION IN FEBRUARY SO ALL INCUMBENTS REMAINED ON THE BOARD. WE WELCOMED TWO NEW MEMBERS. 
          OF THE 18 BOARD POSITIONS WE HAVE, WE STILL HAVE FOUR OPEN 
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POSITIONS, THREE IN THE ODD YEAR AND ONE IN THE EVEN YEAR. 
          WE ARE STILL ACTIVELY RECR RECRUITING. 
          WE ALSO HELD OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, HELD OUR ELECTION IN MARCH FOR EXECUTIVE POSITIONS. REELECTED AS VICE PRESIDENT, REELECTED AS TREASURER, I WAS REELECTED AS PRESIDENT. 
          LUCKY YOU GUYS. OUR SECRETARY POSITION REMAINS OPEN. WE ARE TRYING TO RECRUIT FOR THAT. IT'S A TOUGH ONE. 
          OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, WE ARE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE PANTHER CREEK SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 
          THIS YEAR WE WILL BE OFFERING $2,000 SCHOLARSHIPS AGAIN. 
          THE DEADLINE FOR THAT IS MAY FIRST. 
          THE APPLICATION IS ONLINE AND ALSO ON HER FACEBOOK PAGE. 
          WE ALSO FINALIZED OUR COMMUNITY CALENDAR FOR OUR EVENTS THIS YEAR FOR 2,026. THE COMMUNITY FAVORITE FLAG DAY WILL BE ON JUNE 13TH FROM 11:00 A.M. UNTIL 1:30. 
          WE WILL BE DOING HAMBURGERS, HOT DOGS, THE POOL WILL BE FREE. 
          EVERYTHING WILL BE THERE. YOU CAN GO TO ALL THREE -- ALL FOUR VILLAGE EVENTS IN A THREE-WEEK SPAN. 
          OUR MOVIE NIGHT IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 17TH AT MEADOW LAKE PARK. HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER WILL COOPERATE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO MOVE IT TO DECEMBER. 
          MR. FRANKS WAS THERE FOR THAT ONE. 
          A BIT OF A DISASTER. BUT I ALSO -- FACEBOOK. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, BRIDGET, SHE'S BEEN MANAGING OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. IF YOU GUYS HAVE A LINK TO IT, PLEASE FOLLOW IT. SHE HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB KEEPING UP-TO-DATE WITH INFORMATION WHICH IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR FOREVER IN A BOARD MEMBER. 
          IT'S PERFECT. SHE POSTS OUR STAFF, SHE REPOSTS THE TOWNSHIP STUFF. THE TOWNSHIP HAS HAD A LOT OF STUFF. THEY GIVE US SOMETHING, OR ANYONE ELSE. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO GET INFORMATION ON PANTHER CREEK, PLEASE FOLLOW THE PAGE. 
          IT'S THE ONE WITH THE DRAGON LOGO. 
          OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON APRIL NINTH AT 6:00 P.M. HERE AT TOWNSHIP OFFICES. WE MEET EVERY THURSDAY OR THE SECOND THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. SPEAK 
          >> THANK YOU, ANDREW. I JUST JOINED YOUR FACEBOOK 
          GROUP. >> I THINK I DID. 
          THE VILLAGE OF PANTHER CREEK. THE WRONG ONE. 
          >> THE DRAGON. THE OTHER ONE IS THE COMMUNITY ONE WHERE PEOPLE COMPLAIN. WELL THEY COMPLAIN EVERYWHERE. 
          [LAUGHTER] >> WE TRACK THAT ONE PRETTY 
          CLOSELY, ANDREW. >> COMPLAINT AND HOURS BECAUSE WE POSTED SOMETHING ABOUT THE WEATHER. 
          ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHERE WE HAD FREEZING COLD WEATHER. 
          >> WE FEEL YOUR PAIN. WELCOME TO OUR WORLD. 
          [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT, FINALLY, STERLING RIDGE, ERICA, WELCOME. -- ERIC -- 
          >> GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN AND BOARD. 
          I AM THE PRESIDENT OF STERLING RIDGE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION. 
          OUR ELECTIONS, PAST ELECTIONS, WERE UNCONTESTED SO WE HAVE THE SAME BOARD MEMBERS, ALTHOUGH WE LOST ONE DUE TO FAMILY COMPLICATIONS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO OPEN POSITIONS. AT OUR LAST MEETING WE HAD OUR EXECUTIVE ELECTIONS AND OUR COMPLETE SLATE OF OFFICERS REMAINED. MYSELF, OUR VICE PRESIDENT, OUR TREASURER, AND OUR SECRETARY. OUR EVENTS DIRECTOR. 
          OUR UPCOMING EVENTS OUR KIDS FISHING FESTIVAL SATURDAY APRIL 11TH AT PEMBERTON PARK. 9:30 A.M. 
          WE EXPECT ABOUT 50-75 YOUNG ANGLERS AND WE GIVE AWAY AWARDS FOR THREE DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS, BOTH BIGGEST FISH CAUGHT AND TO THE LARGEST NUMBER OF FISH. WE HAVE A RAFFLE WITH LOTS OF PRIZES. IT'S A FUN TIME. 
          YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO STOP BY AND SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING. 
          OUR NEXT EVENT IS OUR BIGGEST ANNUAL EVENT, OUR KIDS FESTIVAL. 
          THIS YEAR IT'S OUR SUMMER KICKOFF KIDS FESTIVAL THAT WILL BE MAY NINTH, SATURDAY MAY MAY NINTH, 11:30 UNTIL -- 11:00 UNTIL 2:30, SORRY. WE EXPECT ABOUT 2500 RESIDENTS. 
          WE INVITE SPONSORS, WE HAVE BOOTHS AND RIDES AND BOUNCY HOUSES FOR THE KIDS. LOTS OF DIFFERENT FOOD VENDORS. 
          IT'S A GREAT TIME. AGAIN, ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE NEXT THURSDAY, APRIL SECOND, AND WE WILL BE AWARDING OUR DONATIONS 
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TO OUR LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 
          WE WILL HAVE THE PRINCIPLES FROM EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COME AND GIVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT HOW THEY USE THE DONATION LAST YEAR AND HOW THEY INTEND TO USE THEIR NEW DONATIONS. 
          WE WILL BE DONATING $2,500 TO EACH OF THE SCHOOLS. 
          AND OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM APPLICATION WINDOW HAS JUST CLOSED AS OF SUNDAY NIGHT. SO WE ARE NOW EVALUATING THE APPLICATIONS AND WE WILL BE AWARDING THOSE SCHOLARSHIPS AT OUR MAY MEETING. I BELIEVE THAT IS MAY SEVENTH. 
          AND WE EXPECT TO GIVE AWAY EIGHT $2,000 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES THAT ARE ATTENDING SOME TYPE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. 
          THAT IS ALL THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS. I CALL A MOTION TO SECOND. 
          MOVED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS, SECOND BY DIRECTOR HEISER. 
          [ CONSENT AGENDA]
THE MOTION CARRIES. NEXT UP, CONSENT AGENDA. 
          AGENDA ITEMS ARE NONCONTROVERSIAL HIGHS KEEP -- HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS, WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL AS A GROUP. NO DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE ON THESE ITEMS UNLESS THE ITEMS REMOVED ARE PLACED ON THE REGULAR AGENDA PRIOR TO TAKING VOTE. 
          THERE ARE TWO ITEMS LOCATED ON PAGES 80-11 OF YOUR PACKET. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> I'M GOING TO REMOVE -- JUST SO WE CAN INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE SURVEY COMING UP. 
          >> ALL RIGHT, REMOVING AGENDA ITEM A. 
          ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, I CALL ON A MOTION TO SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA BY REMOVING ITEM A. 
          >> IT'S MOVED. >> MOVED BY DIRECTOR 
          [a.  Receive, consider and act upon the 2026 Residential Survey for The Woodlands Township (C-2026-0292);]
SEKULA-GIBBS, SECOND BY DIRECTOR FRANKS. 
          ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AGENDA ITEM A WAS PULLED. 
          [INDISTINCT] ACTION IS REQUIRED TO APPROVE THE SELECTION OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER TO PERFORM THE 2026 RESIDENT SURVEY UNAUTHORIZED THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT FOR THE SERVICES APPROVED BY FINAL LEGAL COUNCIL. I CALL ON THE DIRECTOR OF 
          COMMUNICATIONS TO REPORT. >> THANK YOU. 
          SO WE CONDUCT A RESIDENT SURVEY EVERY TWO YEARS, THE LAST ONE WAS IN 2024. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEW ON THE BOARD, YOU GET TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS. 
          BASICALLY IT IS A BENCHMARK SURVEY TO SEE HOW OUR SERVICES ARE DOING. IN 2024 WE HAD MORE THAN 1400 RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE AND IT'S A SELECTED RANDOM SAMPLE. 
          SO RESIDENTS ARE MAILED TO THE SURVEY, THEY HAVE TO PARTICIPATE BY GOING TO A SPECIFIC LENGTH. SO IT'S VERY SCIENTIFIC AND IT'S NOT SELF-SELECTED. WITH THAT SAID, WE VALUE THE RESIDENCE INPUT. OVER THE YEARS. 
          IT HELPS WITH POLICY, WITH BUDGET. 
          WE TRY TO DO IT AROUND BUDGET SEASON. 
          IN 2024 IT WAS LATER IN THE YEAR BECAUSE OF THE HURRICANE. 
          THAT HAPPENED RIGHT AROUND THE TIME WE WERE ABOUT TO MAIL OUT THE SURVEY TO HAVE THE RESULTS FOR THE AUGUST WORKSHOPS AND SO WE PUSHED IT BACK FURTHER BECAUSE OF THE HURRICANE. 
          WE ARE DOING IT EVEN EARLIER THIS TIME. 
          WE ARE STARTING NOW. WE WILL DO THE SURVEY IN MAY AND PRESENT THE RESULTS IN JUNE. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> I'M JUST WENT TO MAKE THE COMMENT THAT IN 2022 THERE WERE SOME ISSUES FROM RESIDENTS WITH THE SURVEY AS I CAME ONTO THE BOARD AND KUDOS TO THE STAFF FOR MAKING GREAT IMPROVEMENTS. 
          I THINK THE RESPONSES WERE HIGHER IN 2024 BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE POINT THAT IF YOU DO RECEIVE A SURVEY, YOU KNOW, KNOW THAT YOU WERE SELECTED RANDOMLY FOR THAT. 
          PLEASE FILL IT OUT. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT IS THE DATA THAT MAKES THE DECISIONS THAT YOU SEE UP HERE. 
          FOR WHAT WE DO MOVING FORWARD. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          >> HOW MANY SURVEYS DO YOU SEND OUT? 
          >> CLOSE TO AROUND 8,000 I BELIEVE. 
          >> AND WHAT DID WE GET BACK? >> ABOUT 1400. 
          >> HOW WE LOOKED AT AN ONLINE SURVEY VERSUS A SURVEY THAT COMES IN THE MAIL THAT SOMEONE HAS TO GET A LINCOLN GO ON THE 
          COMPUTER AND FILL IT OUT? >> IT IS STILL DONE ONLINE. 
          THE REASON WHY WE DO THE MAIL IS BECAUSE IT'S A SUREFIRE WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REACHING THE ENTIRE POPULATION. 
          IT IS A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO HAVE EMAIL DATABASES AND TEXT MESSAGE DATABASES. POLCO OFFERS TEXT MESSAGING BUT THEN YOU RUN INTO THE ISSUE WITH IT NOT BEING SELF-SELECTED BECAUSE THEY CANNOT NECESSARILY CONTROL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE 
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TAKING IT. WHERE IT COULD BE EASILY SHARED AND THINGS LIKE THAT VERSUS WITH THE PRINTED VERSION WE ARE GUARANTEED THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER TO BE 
          ABLE TO TAKE THAT SURVEY. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, ACTION REQUIRED TO APPROVE POLCO NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER RESIDENT SURVEY TO AUTHORIZE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT FOR THESE SERVICES AS APPROVED BY THE TOWNSHIP LEGAL COUNCIL. 
          >> MOVED. >> MOVED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS. 
          QUICK ON THE MIC. SECONDED BY DIRECTOR HEISER. 
          -- DIRECTOR EISSLER. MOVED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS. 
          [9.  Receive, consider and act upon a presentation from Waste Management regarding funding to enhance environmental education and 2025 Waste Management highlights;]
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES. 
          ONTO THE REGULAR AGENDA, WASTE MANAGEMENT REGARDED FUNDING ENHANCED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND THE 2025 WASTE MANAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS LOCATED ON PAGES 12-13. 
          CALL ON THE CHIEF IN MINISTRY OF OFFICER TO PRESENT. 
          >> THANK YOU. THIS EVENING WE HAVE WASTE MANAGEMENT, OUR SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR WHO MANAGES OUR ACCOUNT, AS WELL AS OUR DISTRICT MANAGER FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT. I NEED... 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTORS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS I WAS PREPARING FOR THIS MEETING, I LOOKED AT THE CALENDAR AND SAID, WHILE, HOW DID I LET FEBRUARY 2026 PASS? AND NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT WHAT DATE IT WAS. 30 YEARS AGO, WE STARTED WITH THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP UNDER CONTRACT AND IT HAS MADE AN AMAZING PARTNERSHIP. SO I BROUGHT A LITTLE BIT OF A TREAT FOR YOUR EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT. 
          TO CELEBRATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOUR STAFF HAS HELPED TO PARTNERSHIP TO MAKE A SUCCESSFUL IN THE WOODLANDS, FOR THE RESIDENCE, FOR RECYCLING. IF IT WAS NOT FOR YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TEAM AND OUR PARTNERSHIP TO MAKE IT AN OUTSTANDING PARTNERSHIP EVERY DAY. 
          SO I WANT TO START OUT WITH THAT SAYING THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALSO TO THE RESIDENCE. THROUGH THE YEARS, MANY CHANGES, MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS ADDED AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB WITH RECYCLING AND ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE EVERY DAY TO YOUR RESIDENCE. 
          SO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PRETTY MUCH DO A RECAP AND GIVE YOU YOUR EDUCATION FUNDING CHECK. AND SO IT'S JUST A WAY TO CELEBRATE AND SAY THANK YOU ALL. SO IN THE YEAR 2025, THANKFULLY WE DID NOT HAVE ANY NATURAL DISASTERS. 
          IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE HAVE NOT HAD A WINTER STORM, A HURRICANE. WHEN I HEARD HURRICANE BERYL TONIGHT I WAS LIKE OH, NO. BUT 2025 WAS JUST A GREAT YEAR. 
          WE ARE READY, PREPARED. BUT WE WOULD RATHER YEARS LIKE 2025. THERE IS NO EXTRA... LITTLE NUANCE THAT OCCURS THAT CAUSES, YOU KNOW, MORE TRASH THAN NORMAL. 
          SO WITH ALL THE COLLECTION SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO YOUR OVER 35,000 HOMES, OUR DRIVERS MAKE ABOUT 5 MILLION TOUCHES IN A YEAR. THAT'S PROBABLY MORE THAN THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, BUT IT'S PROBABLY CLOSE TO THE AMAZON PACKAGES, RIGHT? WE ARE SEEING ALL OF THAT AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE YOUR EYES IN YOUR COMMUNITY, WE KNOW YOUR 
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STRAITS AND WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THINGS ARE SAFE. 
          THAT IS THE NUMBER 1 CONCERN FOR US. 
          BESIDES CUSTOMER SERVICE, BEING THAT WORLD-CLASS SERVICE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SAFE IN YOUR COMMUNITIES AND HEARING ABOUT THE E-BIKES AND MOTORCYCLES AND ALL OF THAT, IT'S DEFINITELY A CONCERN FOR US ON THE STREETS AND WHAT OUR DRIVERS ARE WATCHING AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR AS WE ARE SERVICING YOUR RESIDENCE, THAT WE ARE WATCHING FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL BIKES THAT ARE ON THE ROADS NOW. 
          IN THE YEAR OF 2025, WE DELIVERED AN EXTRA 30,000 OF THE PINK TAGS. OF RESIDENCE HAVE AN EXTRA BAG, MAYBE THEY'RE HAVING A PARTY, MAYBE IT'S THE HOLIDAYS, IT'S HER HOME FROM COLLEGE OVER THE SUMMER, THEY ARE PURCHASING THOSE EXTRA BAGS. SO LAST YEAR I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 24,000. IT WAS UP ABOUT 6,000 THIS YEAR. 
          ALSO, WE LOVE TO BE PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND BRING OUR TRUCK AND SHOW OUR TRUCK OFF SO WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE INVITED EVERY YEAR TO MEET THE FLEET. LAST YEAR OUR FLEET WON KIDS CHOICE AWARD, SO OUR DRIVERS LOVE THAT AS WELL. 
          WE'VE HAD LOTS OF BIRTHDAY REQUESTS. 
          SO OUR TRUCKS ACTUALLY DO DRIVE-BY BIRTHDAY PARTIES LATELY. WE'VE HAD ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT 
          REQUESTS. >> TRASH TRUCK. 
          [LAUGHTER] >> I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP BROUGHT YOU UP QUITE A NOTCH. HE'S ONE OF THE BEST TRASH DRIVERS I'VE EVER SEEN. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION, I WAS LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS FOR 2025, MOST OF THE NUMBERS HAVE WENT DOWN. CONSIDERABLY, THE YARD WASTE WENT DOWN AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF HURRICANE BERYL FROM 2024, WE KNOW THAT. RECYCLING WENT DOWN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN 2025 THAT CAUSED THAT TO GO DOWN. 
          SO THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING TO ME. 
          WE DO KNOW THAT RECYCLING IS A SHRINKING TONNAGE, SO SOMETIMES THAT TONNAGE DOESN'T GO DOWN BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE NOT PARTICIPATING AND YOUR RESIDENCE ARE NOT USING IT, IT JUST MEANS THE MATERIALS WE ARE USING AN RECYCLING ARE GETTING THINNER SO THEY WEIGH LESS. SO I WILL WATCH IT FOR 2026 AND SEE. IT'S NOTHING TO BE STARTLED OVER AT THIS POINT. JUST AN OBSERVATION THAT I SAW IN THE DATA FROM 2025. AS WE LOOK AT THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP, I BROUGHT A FEW LITTLE DEMONSTRATIONS BECAUSE IN 2025 WE HAVE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF CAMPAIGNING. 
          NORMALLY WE COME AND SAY WE CANNOT TAKE THIS OR THEY ARE TAKING IT OFF THE MARKET. WE ARE ACTUALLY PROMOTING. 
          IF YOU NOTICED IN A LOT OF YOUR RESTAURANT CHAINS AND EVEN IN YOUR COFFEE AND DIFFERENT BEVERAGES, THEY ARE CHANGING THE PLASTIC CUPS. IN YEARS PAST, THEY WERE CLASSIFIED AS SIXES ON PLASTIC CUPS. 
          A LOT OF THE COPS NOW ARE FIVES. AND THEY ARE VERY, VERY RECYCLABLE. SO ANY TIME THAT YOU GET COFFEE, T, SODA AT YOUR FAST FOOD, MAKE SURE YOU ARE RECYCLING. 
          TAKE OFF THE LIDS, WE JUST WANT THE CUP. 
          ALSO, WITH THE PAPER CUPS, WE ALSO WANT PAPER CUPS. 
          SO IN YEARS PAST, YOU KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THEY ARE DIRTY, WE DON'T WANT THOSE. WE WANT THESE. 
          SO IF THEY HAVE THE SLEEVES, KEEP THE SLEEVES ON BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE SLEEVES GET REALLY SMALL LIKE THIS AND THEY BECOME PART OF RESIDUE. SO KEEP THE SLEEVES ON. 
          WE DEFINITELY WANT THEM. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD TIME TO SHARE BECAUSE WE DID A LOT OF CAMPAIGNING. 
          YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SEEN IT. HE WILL PROBABLY SEE IT MORE IN 2026 BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO PROMOTE MORE PLASTIC CUPS AND 
          PAPER CUPS. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          88% OF RESIDENTS RECYCLE FROM THEIR HOME. 
          IS THAT A HIGH NUMBER COMPARED TO MOST COMMUNITIES OF OUR SIZE? 
          >> I WOULD SAY YES. TYPICALLY WE SEE IT IN THE 50-65% RANGE. BUT FOR THE WOODLANDS, YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS IN BETWEEN THAT 88, 90% RANGE, WHICH IS TERRIFIC. 
          I WOULD SAY THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT MOST OF YOUR RESIDENCE RECYCLE. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 88 PERCENT, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THE 12 PERCENT DON'T RECYCLE, BECAUU KNOW, I'M AN EMPTY NESTER, IT'S MY HUSBAND AND I, SO WE MIGHT NOT PUT OUR RECYCLING CART OUT EVERY WEEK, WE MAY DO IT EVERY OTHER WEEK. SO THOSE WEEKS WE DON'T PUT IT OUT, IT WOULD CHANGE THE PARTICIPATION. 
          WE ARE LOOKING AT EVERY WEEK, THOSE CARDS ARE GETTING PUT OUT AT THE CURB. SO YOUR PARTICIPATION MAYBE CLOSER TO 95% IF SOMEONE IS ONLY PUTTING OUT THERE RECYCLING 
          EVERY OTHER WEEK. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE 
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AGGREGATED CONTAMINATION RATE OF 12% AND 
          DIVERSION RATE OF 26%? >> GREAT QUESTION. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT THE AGGREGATED CONTAMINATION RATE OF 12 PERCENT, WHICH IS TERRIFIC, BY THE WAY, MOST COMMUNITIES ARE ROUGHLY IN THAT 25% RANGE, THAT, WHEN WE TAKE IN ALL OF THE TONNAGE OF THE TRUCK THAT IS RECYCLING AND ONLY 12% OF THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE RECYCLED. SO 88% YOU ARE RECYCLING, 12% IS SOME KIND OF RESIDUE, WHETHER IT'S TRASH, YARD WASTE -- 
          >> PIZZA BOXES. >> SPEAKER-06: 
          >> PIZZA BOXES CAN BE RECYCLED. STYROFOAM. 
          >> MY KIDS ARE PROBABLY PART ABOUT 12%. 
          >> STUFF WE ALSO SEE IS WHEN YOU GET YOUR SHIPPING BOXES AND ALL THE PLASTIC THAT IS IN THERE. THAT IS CONTAMINATION. 
          SO WE WANT TO THE COPS, WE WANT THE BOXES, WE WANT THE PLASTIC 
          CONTAINERS. >> REITERATE, YOU CAN DO PIZZA 
          BOXES NOW? >> WE CAN DO PIZZA BOXES. 
          >> THAT'S A BIG DEAL. WHAT ABOUT JUNK MAIL? 
          CAN YOU ELABORATE ON JUNK MAIL? >> 100%. 
          IN THE PAST, THERE WAS SOME CONTROVERSY ON PIZZA BOXES BECAUSE AT ONE TIME IT WAS LOOKED AT IT UP A PIZZA BOX WAS IN WITH ALL THE OTHER BOXES, THEY WERE GOING TO DOWNGRADE THAT LOAD OF CARDBOARD BECAUSE THEY SAW PIZZA BOX AND AUTOMATICALLY THOUGHT IT WAS GREASY. 
          THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE GREASY OR MAYBE PIZZA SO IF A PIZZA IS LEFT IN THE BOX, WE DON'T WANT IT. 
          BUT IF IT HAS SMALL PARTS OF GREECE, PERFECTLY FINE. 
          PERFECTLY FINE. WE WANT THE BOXES. 
          IF IT'S REALLY GREASY, THROW AWAY THE TOP THAT IS GREASY OR THE BOTTOM THAT IS GREASY, DEPENDING IF YOUR CHEESE STOP TO THE TOP OR GREECE WENT TO THE BOTTOM. 
          TAKE THE HALF THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO KEEP AND RECYCLED. 
          >> WE ARE ABOUT TO IMPROVE THESE NUMBERS RIGHT AWAY. 
          [LAUGHTER] >> I THINK I GOT A LETTER ONE TIME BECAUSE I WAS BAGGING MY RECYCLING AND THROWING THE BAG IN THE RECYCLE, THE PLASTIC BAG. THEY SAID TO STOP THAT. 
          I'M THINKING GOSH, THEY ARE LOOKING AT MY GARBAGE. 
          BUT I DID STOP AFTER THAT. >> YES, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. 
          WHEN WE PICK UP YOUR RECYCLE CONTAINER, IT'S DUMPED INTO THE TRUCK AND IF IT'S BACKED IT DOES NOT GET SORTED. 
          THERE IS NO WAY TO OPEN THAT BAG UNLESS WE PUT MANUAL FOLKS. 
          SO IF WE SEE BAGS, WE AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME THEY ARE TRASH AND SO WE TAKE THOSE AND THROW THOSE AWAY. 
          UNLESS IT IS SOMETHING REALLY OBVIOUS, IT'S GOING TO GO IN THE TRASH. THAT'S A GREAT POINT. 
          MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF YOUR ITEMS IN YOUR RUSS EICHEL CART ARE JUST SINGLE AND NOT BAGGED AND THEY ARE LOOSE SO THAT THEY 
          CANNOT BE SORTED. >> PERFECT. 
          WHAT WE LOOK AT IS ALL THE MATERIAL THAT WE TAKEN, GARBAGE, BULK PICKUP, YOUR HEAVY STUFF, YOUR RECYCLING, YOUR YARD WASTE, 26% OF THAT IS RECYCLED. SO THAT'S WHAT WE TALK ABOUT THE DIVERSION. OUT OF ALL OF THAT TONNAGE THAT WE RECEIVED, 26% THAT WE PICKUP WE RUSS EICHEL OUT OF THE GARBAGE, ALL OF THAT MATERIAL THAT WE COLLECT. 
          >> ON THAT 26 PERCENT, ARE YOU ACTUALLY ABLE TO SELL THAT TO MANUFACTURERS WHO WILL THEN PROCESS IT AND MAKE NEW PRODUCTS 
          OUT OF IT? >> SOME OF THAT 26% IS YOUR YARD WASTE WHICH GOES TO LIVING EARTH AND THEN THEY MAKE MULCH AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE HAVE TO PAY THEM TO TAKE THE MATERIAL TO MAKE IT INTO MULCH. 
          ON THE OTHER PART OF IT, THE RECYCLING PART, DEPENDING ON THE COMMODITY VALUE, IS IF IT'S VALUED AT ANYTHING. 
          SO ED ANY GIVEN TIME, PLASTICS MIGHT BE LOW, HIGH, CARDBOARD SAME THING. IT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, IT JUST DEPENDSON THE ECONOMY. AND THEN WHAT ARE THEY MAKING WITH THIS NEW PRODUCT. SO IF THEY ARE TAKING THIS AND THEY ARE MAKING IT INTO THOSE RED CUPS THAT STARBUCKS USES ON THAT ONE DAY A YEAR, THEY ARE DOING THAT. 
          SO IT'S JUST DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY ARE MAKING WITH THE PRODUCT AND THEN WHAT IS THE DEMAND IS REALLY WHAT IS SHIFTING IF THAT COMMODITY IS WORTH ANYTHING. 
          ONE OF THE, LIKE, GLASS FOR INSTANCE. 
          WE HAVE TO PAY SOMEONE TO PROCESS GLASS. 
          SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE COMMODITY. 
          AND SO GIVE OR TAKE. AND WE SEE A LOT OF GLASS FROM THE WOODLANDS. I MEAN, IT JUST VARIES. 
          >> WE ARE DRINKERS AND WE LOVE PIZZA. 
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          [LAUGHTER] >> ALL RIGHT. 
          NOW TO THE FUN PART. THIS IS THE BEST PART. 
          EVERY YEAR, WE GIVE BACK 1% OF OUR ANNUAL REVENUES. 
          LAST YEAR WE PRESENTED THE WOODLANDS WITH AN 84,000 DOLLAR CHECK. WITH THE HELP OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TEAM, THEY DO SOME WONDERFUL, AMAZING PROJECTS WITH THAT MONEY THAT WE SUPPLY THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. 
          A FEW OF THE THINGS THEY IMPLEMENTED WAS THE RECYCLE RIGHT TOOLS, WHICH IS WONDERFUL. YOU CAN PUT ANYTHING IN THAT YOU ARE THINKING OF, LIKE THESE PIZZA BOXES, THESE CUPS, AND IT'S GOING TO TELL YOU IF YOU CAN RECYCLE IT, YOU PUT IT IN YOUR CART, IS THERE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE WOODLANDS YOU CAN BRING IT BACK TO DROP OFF CENTER, ALL OF THAT GREAT INFORMATION. THE TENNIS BALL AND PICKLEBALL RECYCLING, THEY USE THOSE FUNDS TO HELP FURNISH THAT PROGRAM. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE TOO IS DURING THE SUMMER, THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY TAGGING THE RECYCLE CARDS. 
          SO HOW DO YOU GET YOUR CONTAMINATION RATE TO 12%? TAGGING HELPS THAT. MOST COMMUNITIES ARE 25%. 
          WITH THIS TYPE OF ENHANCEMENT, YOU GUYS ARE WELL, LIKE, PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THAT 12%. 
          I'M NOT EXAGGERATING. >> QUESTION ABOUT THE VALUE OF RECYCLING. A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THIS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO CREATE GREATER AND GREATER LANDFILLS. 
          SO CAN WE CONFIDENTLY TELL OUR RESIDENTS THAT WHEN YOU RECYCLE, THAT THIS TRASH IS NOT GOING TO END UP IN A LANDFILL? 
          >> ABSOLUTELY. >> PERFECT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR. >> I HAVE ALWAYS SAID ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO COME TO OUR MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY IN HOUSTON. 
          WE WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU A TOUR, SHOW YOU WHAT WE DO, SHOW YOU HOW IT'S PROCESSED AND MADE INTO CUBES AND SHIPPED OUT FROM 
          OUR FACILITY HERE IN HOUSTON. >> I HAVE BEEN THERE AND IT'S AN 
          AWESOME TOUR. >> I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD IF OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TOOK A VIDEO. 
          SO MANY PEOPLE ASK ABOUT IT. WHAT IT IS AND HOW AND WHY. 
          TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT WOULD BE A COOL THING TO LOOK. 
          >> AWESOME. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I TRIED TO KEEP IT SHORT. 
          I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A VERY LONG NIGHT. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN, ENJOY THE CAKE TONIGHT. 
          WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE PARTNERSHIP. 
          IT CONTINUES. YOUR STAFF IS AMAZING AND JUST 
          THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          >> CHECK PRESENTATION, ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE LIKED GETTING MONEY. >> THANK YOU TO YOUR DRIVERS. 
          NAVIGATING SOME OF OUR STREETS, ESPECIALLY OUR STREETS, THERE ARE SO SLENDER AND TIGHT AND GETTING THOSE TRUCKS IN AND OUT IS NOT AN EASY TASK. PLEASE GIVE -- LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEM. ALL RIGHT, CALLING ON A MOTION TO SECOND TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. MOVED BY DIRECT DIRT FRANKS, SECOND BY DIRECTOR HEISER. MOTION CARRIES. 
          [10.  Receive, consider and act upon an update from Alpha & Omega Mounted Patrol (as requested by Director Eissler);]
AGENDA ITEM TEN, UPDATE FROM ALPHA & OMEGA MOUNTED PATROL AS REQUESTED BY DIRECTOR EISSLER. PAGE 14. 
          JUST READING THE SCRIPT. REFERRED TO PAGE 14. 
          CALLS UPON THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER TO 
          PRESENT. >> THANK YOU. 
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FOR TODAY'S MEETING WE HAVE MIKE HENDRICKS, A LOBBYIST FOR ALPHA & OMEGA MOUNTED PATROL AND ALSO OUR HOUSTON MANAGER. 
          >> I SURE WISH I HAD BROUGHT A CHECK. 
          [LAUGHTER] MEMBERS, REPRESENTATIVE -- I MEAN CHAIRMAN BAILEY, HOPEFULLY SOON TO BE, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT. 
          IN ORDER TO TRY TO KEEP ON SCHEDULE, I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND, I'VE WRITTEN SOME OF MY THOUGHTS DOWN. 
          FOR 31 YEARS, ALPHA & OMEGA MOUNTED PATROL HAS SERVED THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP AS THE TOWNSHIPS MOUNTED PATROL. 
          IN 2025, THE TOWNSHIPS MOUNTED PATROL DOCUMENTED 85,000 -- 85,317 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN PUBLIC CONTACT EVENTS ACROSS THE WOODLANDS. THAT'S MORE MEASURABLE INTERACTIONS THEN SOLD OUT NFL STADIUM HOLDS. 
          IT AVERAGES OVER 230 DOCUMENTED CONTACTS PER DAY, EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE YEAR. THAT'S NOT SYMBOLIC, THAT IS DAILY OPERATIONAL PRESENCE. THOSE CONTACTS INCLUDE ENFORCEMENT LEVEL INCIDENTS, LAW-ENFORCEMENT ASSETS, SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY DISRUPTIONS, TRAFFIC DIRECTION DURING PEAK SHOPPING PERIODS, AND EVENTS. [INDISTINCT] AND THEY DO INCLUDE PHOTOS WITH THE HORSES. 
          AND LET'S BE HONEST, PEOPLE DON'T USUALLY LINEUP TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH A PATROL VEHICLE. MOUNTED PATROL CHANGES HOW PEOPLE INTERACT WITH PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          A TROOPER ON A HORSE IS ELE ELEVATED, VISIBLE AND DIRECTLY APPROACHABLE. THERE IS NO GLASS DOOR, THERE IS NO GLASS WINDOW, NO BARRIER. THAT LEADS TO EARLIER AND MORE FREQUENT REPORTING. EARLIER REPORTING PREVENTS ESCALATION. PUBLIC SAFETY WORKS BEST AS A SYSTEM. THE TOWNSHIP MOUNTED PATROL SUPPORTED BY AI NO OPERATES WITH ONE LAYER WITHIN A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY FRAMEWORK THAT INCLUDES LAW-ENFORCEMENT, CAMERAS, BIKE PATROLS, MOBILE PATROL UNITS AND LICENSE PLATE READERS. 
          NO SINGLE LAYER STANDS ALONE. LAW ENFORCEMENT PROVIDES ENFORCEMENT AND ACTIVE RESPONSE. THE TOWNSHIPS MOUNTED PATROL OPERATES IN THE PRODUCTIVE DETERRENCE LAYER. 
          OUR ROLE IS TO REDUCE HOW OFTEN ESCALATIONS REQUIRE ENFORCEMENT INTERVENTION. VISIBILITY EQUALS DETERRENCE. 
          SAFETY YOU CAN SEE. THERE IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT ABOUT A VISIBLE STEADY PRESENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          PEOPLE ADJUST THEIR BEHAVIOR BASED ON WHAT THEY CONSTANTLY SEE. WHEN VISIBILITY IS PREDICTABLE AND STRUCTURED AND PROFESSIONAL, IT BUILDS CONFIDENCE. 
          IT TREASURES AND REASSURES RESIDENTS THAT SOMEONE IS PRESENT NOT JUST WANT SOME WEDDING GOES WRONG BUT BEFORE IT DOES. THAT KIND OF -- WORKS AND MATTERS. DETERRENCE DOES NOT SHOW UP NEATLY IN A SPREADSHEET COLUMN LABELED CRIME PREVENTION. 
          ACROSS ALL PUBLIC SAFETY MODELS, IT IS MEASURED INDIRECTLY THROUGH ACTIVITY VOLUME, INTERVENTION FREQUENCY, CONTACT DENSITY, AND COORDINATED RESPONSE MATRIX. 
          THOSE ARE TRACKED CONSTANTLY. IN ADDITION TO THE 85,317 DOCUMENTED CONTACTS, ANO GENERATES APPROXIMATELY 100 FORMAL INCIDENT REPORTS PER MONTH. 
          INCLUDING LAW-ENFORCEMENT ASSIST AND COORDINATED RESPONSE SUPPORT. THAT REFLECTS STRUCTURED OPERATIONAL. [INDISTINCT] NOT CASUAL PRESENCE. FROM A PHYSICAL STANDPOINT THE TOWNSHIPS 2,025 RATE OF 56.74 CENTS PER FULLY BURDENED PATROL. 
          THAT RATE REFLECTS THE TOTAL COST OF MAINTAINING FULLY STRUCTURED PATROL PROGRAM. IT INCLUDES TRAINED TROOPERS, BENEFITS, CONDITION PATROL HORSES AND DAILY CARRYING STABLE TRAINING FACILITIES, ONGOING PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, RADIO COMMUNICATIONS, INFRASTRUCTURE, OFFICE SPACE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. 3 MILLION IN LIABILITY INSURANCE AND SUPERVISORY OVERSIGHT WITH STRUCTURED REPORTING SYSTEMS. THAT IS NOT A TEMPORARY STAFFING MODEL, IT IS A FULLY SUPPORTED PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM. PREVENTATIVE PLAYERS REDUCE DOWNSTREAM ENFORCEMENT DEMAND. OVER 31 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE, ANO HAS DEVELOPED WRITTEN OPERATING PROCEDURES, 
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EIGHT-POINT HEALTH PROTOCOLS, SUPERVISORY STANDARDS, PROPERTY SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT, AND INTEGRATED RESPONSE CONDITIONING WITH THE TOWNSHIPS PUBLIC SAFETY FRAMEWORK. 
          AFTER THREE DECADES, OUR TROOPERS KNOW THIS TOWNSHIP. 
          THEY KNOW HOW IT MOVES, THEY KNOW EVENT CYCLES, THEY KNOW WHERE ISSUES TEND TO DEVELOP BEFORE THEY ESCALATE. 
          THE FAMILIARITY REDUCES RISK AND WE ARE NOT STATIC. 
          WE ARE FULLY MOBILE EVEN UNDER THE MOST DIFFICULT OF CIRCUMSTANCES. INCLUDING LARGE CROWDS, AT FIRST TERRAIN, PARKED VEHICLES, I TRAFFIC. 
          , SPILLOVER AND ONGOING CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. WE ARE MODERNIZING PATROL SCHEDULING TO REDUCE PREDICTABILITY AND STRENGTH DETERRENCE IMPACT AS BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS DEVELOP. 
          I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME IMPORTANT -- FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES, SUCCESSIVE TOWNSHIP BOARDS HAVE ENTRUSTED ANO ALPHA & OMEGA MOUNTED PATROL WITH THIS RESPONSIBILITY. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY PUBLIC DOLLARS AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY PUBLIC DOLLAR MUST BE JUSTIFIED THROUGH ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND MEASURABILITY. 
          WE DO NOT TAKE THAT TRUST LIGHTLY. 
          WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE WOODLANDS AND WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO EARNING YOUR TRUST EVERY YEAR. 
          THE TOWNSHIP MOUNTED PATROL IS SUPPORTED BY ANO, NOT A SYMBOLIC PRESENCE. IT IS A STRUCTURED, MEASURABLE DETERRENCE, LAYER OPERATING SCALE WITHIN THOSE COMMUNITIES PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM. VISIBILITY EQUALS DETERRENCE, SAFETY THAT YOU CAN SEE. I AM A STATS AND DATA GUY, SO I BROUGHT SOME DATA POINTS I WOULD LIKE TO QUICKLY GO OVER WITH YOU. AND THEN OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. YES, OKAY. 
          COOL. IT IS NO SECRET TO ANYONE WHO HAS LIVED AND/OR WAS RAISED IN THE WOODLANDS THAT WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR OVER 31 YEARS AND WE HAVE A VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. I WAS JOKING AROUND THE OTHER DAY AND I TOLD A PARTICULAR PERSON, WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 31 YEARS, WE MIGHT AS WELL BE MARRIED. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, WE STARTED IN 1994 WITH 1,037 HOURS A WEEK. 
          THIS PARTICULAR GRAPH SHOWS WHERE WE ARE AT WITH EACH BOARD AND WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR HOURS EVERY WEEK. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE OUR WEEKLY HOURS. 
          IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR PACKETS, YOU HAVE TWO MAPS. 
          THIS PARTICULAR MAP RIGHT HERE IS WHERE WE STARTED IN 1994. 
          THESE MAPS RIGHT HERE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE ARE PATROLLING. 
          I HAD RECEIVED A COUPLE QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS ON WHICH AREAS SO I WANTED TO KIND OF MAKE SURE IT WAS VERY VISUAL. 
          OUR 2025 STATS IN REVIEW, THEY ARE QUITE IMPRESSIVE. 
          WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THESE...AND YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, WE HAVE CALLS FOR SERVICE FROM LAW-ENFORCEMENT FOR 2,025, WE DID OVER 189 CALLS. THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM LAW-ENFORCEMENT ASSIST, FIRE AMBULANCE ASSIST, CRIMINAL TRESPASS, CRIMINAL. [INDISTINCT] ASSAULT, SHOOTING WEAPONS. WE EVEN FOUND A BABY IN A CARRIER THAT WAS LEFT BY THE CAR BY I MOTHER BY MISTAKE. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT BACK TO HER. 
          SO FOR CALLS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, 189. 
          TOTAL SECURITY CALLS, 2,372. THAT IS ON SECURITY VEHICLES, SECURITY ASSIST, WHERE SOMEONE IS VERY NERVOUS BECAUSE THERE'S A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER OUT IN THE PARKING LOT. 
          IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE THEY ARE CALLING FOR THE MOUNTED PATROL TO COME HELP ESCORT THEM TO THEIR CAR. 
          ALSO, WHEN WE LOOK AT TOTAL PUBLIC INTERACTIONS AND CALLS FOR SERVICE, WE ARE LOOKING AT 16,711. 
          PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, 29,862 INTERACTIONS. 
          FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2026, OF COURSE WE OBVIOUSLY ARE NOT -- WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED MARCH YET, WE ARE STILL IN THAT MONTH, 
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BUT YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK HERE AT THE 2026 QUARTER AND WE ARE ALREADY AT 15,148 INTERACTIONS. TOTAL LAW-ENFORCEMENT CALLS FOR HELP, 24. BY THE MOUNTED. 
          TOTAL SECURITY CALLS, 769. THEN OUR TOTAL PUBLIC INTERACTIONS, LIKE PERSONAL ESCORTS, 700. 
          IT JUST KIND OF CONTINUES ON FROM THERE. 
          >> AM I READING THIS RIGHT, IN JANUARY YOU HAD 2,144 HORSE 
          PETTING'S? >> THAT'S CORRECT. 
          WE AVERAGE ABOUT 200 PER DAY AND JANUARY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE OFF, 
          THERE WILL PROBABLY BE MORE. >> 1244 PICTURES. 
          >> AND ALSO I SHOULD ADD THAT WE ARE DOING A PROGRAM FOR THE KIDS BECAUSE WE HAVE OVER 7,000 KIDS WHO ARE A MEMBER OF OUR ALPHA & OMEGA COUNTED PATROL KIDS CLUB SO I SENT OUT A TEXT MESSAGE TO ALL OF THE PARENTS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE GIVING AWAY A SPECIAL CARD AND IT'S AN ANNIVERSARY CARD BECAUSE WE ARE RETIRING ONE OF OUR HORSES THAT THE KIDS GREW UP WITH. 
          SO THAT PARTICULAR CARD IS LIKE THE GOLDEN TICKET AND A KID CAN WIN $500 AND ANOTHER $250. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM 
          THE COMMUNITY. >> 387 HOURS YOU ARE WORKING A 
          MONTH, RIGHT? >> CORRECT. 
          >> A WEEK. >> 387 TIMES 4.33. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE A CALCULATOR OUT THERE? 
          387 TIMES 4.33 EQUALS WHAT? >> A LOT. 
          >> 1675 HOURS. AND YOU ARE SAYING THAT 2144 PEOPLE AND 1675 HOURS YOU PATTED 21 OR 44 COURSES. 
          MAYBE SOMEBODY GOT FAT FINGER ON THAT ONE. 
          THAT SEEMS A LITTLE A LOT. >> THAT WOULD BE GROUP PICTURES, WE ARE ALSO AT THE PARKS DOING COMMUNITY EVENTS AND THEN WE ALSO DID OUR LAUNCH FOR OUR GOLDEN TICKET PROGRAM. 
          IF YOU KIND OF LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THAT I BASE THIS ON, THAT'S OVER 230 INTERACTIONS PER DAY. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE 85,000 INTERACTIONS FOR 2026 -- 2025, AND YOU ESTIMATE THE DAILY -- GO AHEAD AND DIVIDE THAT, 2303 INTERACTIONS A DAY. -- 233 INTERACTIONS A DAY. 
          EVERY SINGLE DAY OVER 200 INTERACTIONS ARE HAPPENING IN 
          THE FIELD AT LEAST. >> MAY I ASK A QUESTION? 
          >> SURE. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, VERY WELL DONE. I HAVE SOME CONCERNS AGAIN ABOUT SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY TO PROVIDE PRIVATE SECURITY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT IS NOT OWNED BY THE TOWNSHIP. 
          AND I THINK THAT YOUR PROGRAM MAYBE VALUABLE, AND TO THE CHAIRMAN'S POINT, IT'S PREDOMINANTLY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND IT IS NOT LAW-ENFORCEMENT. 
          THE PEOPLE WHO RIDE THE HORSES ARE NOT SWORN LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, THEY DON'T CARRY WEAPONS, THEY CAN'T ARREST OR DETAIN, AND THEY HAVE LIMITED ABILITIES TO ACTUALLY IMPACT A CRIME. SO THEY ARE PRIVATE SECURITY AND MOST PRIVATE SECURITY IN THE WOODLANDS IS PAID BY THE PROPERTY OWNER. EXCEPT FOR A FEW PLACES IN TOWN CENTER WHICH ENDS UP COSTING THE TOWNSHIP TAXPAYERS 1.5-$1.8 MILLION A YEAR. IT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR US TO PROVIDE PRIVATE SECURITY FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          THE OTHER ISSUE IS, AND YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS BECAUSE YOU ARE AN ATTORNEY, THAT WE HAVE ASKED THOSE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO SIGN A DOCUMENT TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY INCIDENTS OR ACCIDENTS, MISHAPS THAT MIGHT OCCUR ON THEIR PROPERTY, BUT THEY HAVE DECLINED. 
          TO DO SO. SO THAT FORCES THE TOWNSHIP TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INCIDENTS THAT SHOULD HAPPEN ON THAT PROPERTY. AND I THINK THAT IS AN OPEN PROBLEM, ALMOST AN OPEN SORE THAT IS WAITING FOR AN ISSUE TO HAPPEN. AND WITH MORE AND MORE 
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E-SCOOTER'S, E-BIKES, MOTORCYCLES THAT ARE RUNNING AROUND EVERYWHERE, IT EVEN INCREASES THE RISK. 
          SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A ROLE IN THE WOODLANDS, I JUST DON'T SEE WHY THE TOWNSHIP TAXPAYERS SHOULD PAY IT. 
          IF YOU SHOULD GO TO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS AND SELL YOURSELVES, MAKE YOUR CASE TO THEM, TO THEM ALL, MAKE YOUR CASE AND LET THEM TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY. 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE MARKETING VERSUS SAFETY. 
          THE TOWNSHIP MOUNTED PATROL OPERATES WITHIN THE PROACTIVE DETERRENCE LAYER AND WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE ON A HORSE THAT IS HOW MANY FEET? 10 FEET HIGH, THAT IS VERY VISIBLE TO ANYONE WHO IS TRAINED TO STEAL A CARBURETOR, KIDNAP A CHILD OR ROB SOMEONE LEAVING THEM ALL. 
          SO THERE IS NOTHING FOR ME TO ARTICULATE TO YOU OR GIVE YOU EVIDENCE ON HOW MUCH CRIME WE PREVENT, BUT IF YOU JUST LOOK ON THE AMOUNT OF INTERACTIONS AND THAT WE ARE REVOLVING AROUND, SO WE ARE PATROLLING THE WHOLE A AREA, THE WHOLE TOWNSHIP -- 
          >> YOU ARE NOT PATROLLING THE WHOLE TOWNSHIP. 
          >> THE MAP I GAVE YOU, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE. 
          IN THESE PARTICULAR AREAS RIGHT HERE, THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY PATROLLING. AND THESE AREAS, THAT WOULD BE WHERE OUR INTERACTIONS ARE HAPPENING. 
          THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE CONSTABLE AND SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THEY HAVE ADVISED US THAT THOSE ARE THE AREAS WE NEED TO FOCUS ON. THE VISIBILITY OF THE MOUNTED UNIT CREATES STRONG COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OPERATIONAL METRICS DEMONSTRATE, INCIDENT REPORTS AND COORDINATED RESPONSE SUPPORT, DETERRENCE AN EARLY REPORTING ARE NOT MARKETING 
          FUNCTIONS. >> YOU USED THE TERM CONTACT DENSITY EARLIER. CAN YOU ELABORATE A BIT ABOUT WHAT IS THAT AND WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? 
          >> ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE REPORT? 
          >> YOU HAD -- >> THE 85,317 CONTACTS? 
          >> YEAH, I THINK YOU USED THE TERM THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DENSITY OF THE CONTACTS. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO ELABORATE ON THAT AND WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT. 
          >> IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S A VIBRANT RANGE OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDING LAW-ENFORCEMENT INCIDENTS WHERE WE ARE WORKING WITH COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WORKING WITH THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE. ALSO DISRUPTIONS, SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, MANY TIMES THE CONSTABLES WILL ASK THE MOUNTED PATROL TO HELP WITH TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ISSUES. 
          ESPECIALLY DURING BUSY TIMES. MEDICAL ASSIST. 
          WE DO A LOT OF MEDICAL ASSIST. CALLING AMBULANCES. 
          HORNADAY DID RESPONSE EFFORTS AND DOCUMENTED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. SO WE ARE ALSO APR ARM OF THE TOWNSHIP. THESE INTERACTIONS ARE THOUGHTFULLY ORGANIZED, LOGS AND TRACKED ON A DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY AND YEARLY BASIS. IT TRULY SHOWCASES A STRONG ONGOING OPERATIONAL PRESENCE, NOT BEYOND MERE SYMBOLISM TO ACTUALLY SERVE AND PROTECT THE COMMUNITY. 
          >> IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU GUYS COULD BE THE E-BIKE PATROL? IS THERE A WAY THAT COMES TOGETHER? BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE PROBLEMS AND WE HAVE THIS OTHER THING AND THAT WOULD BE A GREAT STATISTIC, HOW MANY KIDS YOU SLOW DOWN ON ANY BIKE. I THINK THE WHOLE COMMUNITY 
          WOULD BE EXCITED. >> WE USED TO PATROL THE WATERWAY, THE TRAILS. THE E-BIKES HAVE MORE HORS HORSEPOWER. [LAUGHTER] SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY DO. 
          WE WOULD BE ABLE TO IN A HEARTBEAT MOVE BACK TO THE TRAILS TO HELP ALLEVIATE THIS ISSUE. 
          >> MICHAEL, HOW DOES THAT TOWNSHIP'S COUNTED PATROL COORDINATE WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT? 
          HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE? >> IN THE PAST, BEFORE THE EXPENSIVE RADIO INCIDENT WE ALL UNDERSTAND WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WE WERE -- SAME RADIO SYSTEM SO THE TROOPERS HAD A RADIO AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WOULD THEN COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY AND SAY WHO IS CLOSER, A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY OR MOUNTED PATROL NUMBER THAT IS AVAILABLE TO HELP BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET SOMEONE HERE RIGHT AWAY. 
          THERE WAS JUST A 911 CALL. FORTUNATELY -- UNFORTUNATELY 
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BECAUSE OF THE COST OF THE RADIOS, WE HAVE MOVED TO THE CONSTABLE OR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WILL CALL US, OUR RADIO, AND THEN THAT ONE PERSON HAS TO GET OUT THROUGH OUR RADIO SYSTEM AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS THE ALERT THAT HEY, THERE'S A BABY THAT'S BEEN LEFT OF THE PARKING LOT AT THE MALL. 
          THE MOM DROVE OFF, SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET TO IT RIGHT AWAY. 
          >> SO YOU CALL 911, JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE? 
          >> NO. >> NONEMERGENCY LINE. 
          >> WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN A CASE LIKE THAT IS THE MOUNTED PATROL, SHE IMMEDIATELY WENT OVER TO THE BABY, SECURED THE BABY THEN CALLED 911 AND SHORTLY, THE MOM, BLESS ER HEART, WHO IS A NEW MOM, SHE REALIZED SHE DID NOT HAVE HER BABY AND SHE UNLOADED THE PACKAGES A LEFT THE BABY AND SHE CAME OUT IN A PANIC. 
          THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT CASES LIKE THIS, WERE A KID GETS LOST AND THE MOUNTED PATROL ASSISTS. IN THE CASE OF THE RECENT BOMB SCARE AT THE MALL WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A HOAX, THE MOUNTED PATROL WAS CALLED IN BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND ALSO BY THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE. WERE THE FIRST ONES ON-SITE AND THEN TOOK DIRECTION FROM THEM, IS MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          >> CAN YOU TELL US A BIT ABOUT HOW YOU TRAIN YOUR TROOPERS FOR THIS GAMUT OF INSTANCES THAT YOU GUYS ENCOUNTER AND ARE THERE OTHERS BESIDES THE USE THAT YOU GUYS SEE THAT WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT? I MEAN ARE THESE THE ONLY THINGS 
          YOU TRACK? >> THEY ARE ALL THINGS WE TRACK. 
          LET ME LOOK -- BECAUSE I'M NOT A HORSE GUY PERSONALLY. 
          I LOVE HORSES BUT I DON'T DO OPERATION -- LET ME LOOK AT MY NOTES ON OUR TRAINING. IF YOU HAVE ANY... 
          >> TO GET THE JOB YOU HAVE TO COME AND INTERVIEW. 
          [INDISTINCT] OBSTACLES, LIKE SENSORY, GROUND CONTROL, DIFFERENT THINGS. EVERY SCENARIO BEFORE WE BRING THEM ONTO OUR TEAM. ONCE THEY JOIN OUR TEAM WE HAVE A LOT OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. THE CROWDS, THE PAVILIONS, WE DO A LOT OF CROWD CONTROL. BUT AS FAR AS DESENSITIZING AND E-BIKES, VEHICLES YOU CAN'T EVEN HEAR WHEN THEY COME UP BEHIND YOU, IT'S A LOT OF TRAINING. WE DO AN ANNUAL ACADEMY AS WELL WHERE WE BRING IN SEVERAL TROOPERS AND WE HAVE WEEKLONG TRAINING. I'M SORRY. 
          I'M USUALLY PRETTY LOUD. WE BRING THEM ALL IN, WE USUALLY GO TO A LOCAL ARENA WHERE WE DO A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, HEAVIER SENSORY AND A LOT OF TRAFFIC SITUATIONS. 
          THINGS THEY ENCOUNTER. >> WHAT ABOUT FOR THE HUMANS? YOU MENTION MEDICAL INCIDENTS, A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TYPE 
          INCIDENTS. >> WE ALSO DO -- WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? A ROUNDTABLE WHERE WE GET WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND WE GET WITH THE CONSTABLES OFFICE AND OUR TROOPERS AND WE ALL SIT DOWN AT A TABLE AND FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A BOMB THREAT AT THE MALL, WHAT DO WE DO? IF THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, RIOT THAT CAME IN FROM HOUSTON, HOW DO WE HELP FACILITATE STOPPING THAT BEFORE THEY GET INTO THE TOWNSHIP. WHICH DID HAPPEN DURING BLM RIOTS. THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT ROUNDTABLE EXERCISES THAT ARE DONE AND USUALLY FRANK WORKS WITH THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT ON THOSE. 
          THEY SPENT A WHOLE DAY JUST KIND OF FIGURING OUT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT THE TOWNSHIP COULD BE FACED WITH. 
          HOW TO USE THOSE EFFECTIVELY. EVEN IN THE CASE I UNDERSTAND IN THE PAST THEY BROUGHT IN HELICOPTERS. 
          AND SO OUR PATROLLER, PATROL UNITS LEARN HOW TO CLEAR THE SPACE SO THAT THE HELICOPTER COULD LAND IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY. ON-SITE AT AN EVENT. 
          DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. >> WHAT ABOUT THINGS LIKE CPR? 
          ARE THEY ALL TRAINED IN CPR? >> THEY ARE. 
          >> CERTIFICATION TRAINING THAT, LIKE, AS THE PUBLIC WE COULD SAY IF SOMETHING GOES DOWN, PERSON ON A HORSE HAS THIS, THIS AND THEN IT'S LIKE A RESOURCE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT EXISTS? 
          >> THAT IS CORRECT, IT DOES. ALL TRAINED IN CPR. 
          ALSO TRAINED IN CROWD CONTROL. >> I WOULD NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO IN THOSE SITUATIONS BUT I THINK THOSE KIND OF TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS, UNDERSTANDING WHAT EXISTS THERE, FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMEONE WHO IS TRAINED, OUT ON A 
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          THIS. >> WHAT I WILL DO IS PLEDGE TO GET TO EACH OF YOU TOMORROW AND EMAIL ON EXACTLY WHAT THE TRAINING PARTICULARS ARE SO THAT I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          >> I THINK THERE IS SOME VALUE IN THAT, YEAH. 
          >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> I GUESS IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT OR ASKING THE QUESTION HOW MANY COMMUNITIES DO YOU PROVIDE SERVICE FOR THAT IS SIMILAR OR IDENTICAL THAT YOU PROVIDE IN THE WOODLANDS? ARE WE THE ONLY -- YOU'RE ONLY PLACE THAT YOU ACTUALLY OPERATE TO THIS DEGREE? LIKE, IF WE DON'T PAY FOR THESE SERVICES, ARE YOU GOING TO GO BANKRUPT? IS YOUR COMPANY GOING OUT OF 
          BUSINESS? >> IT'S NOT MY COMPANY AND I 
          CAN'T SPEAK TO -- >> AS YOU REPRESENT THEM. 
          >> THAT WOULD BE A FRANK KELLER QUESTION HOWEVER WE ARE THE NUMBER 1 MOUNTED PATROL AGENCY IN THE COUNTRY. 
          WE HANDLE ALMOST EVERY SINGLE MAJOR EVENT INCLUDING THE 
          WORLD CUP. >> THAT DOES NOT ANSWER MY QUESTION. I MEAN ARE WE YOUR BIGGEST 
          CLIENT? >> NO, DEFINITELY NOT. 
          >> WHERE ARE THEY? WHERE ARE YOUR OTHER CLIENTS? 
          >> WE HAVE OVER 400 MOUNTED PATROL AROUND THE COUNTRY. 
          WE ARE THE LARGEST MOUNTED PATROL COMPANY IN THE U.S. 
          >> THAT'S REASSURING. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IF WE -- IT SEEMED TO BE SUCH A DRAMATIC THING, EVERY TERMINATED YOUR CONTRACT IT WOULD BE THE END OF THE WORLD. 
          >> I THINK IT WOULD BE THE END OF THE WORLD FOR MANY OF US, LIKE MYSELF WHOSE 8-YEAR-OLD RAN AROUND CHASING THE HORSES AT THE MALL TRYING TO COLLECT THE CARDS AND GREW UP AROUND HORSES. 
          I THINK THERE'S MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE IT WOULD BE THE END OF THE WORLD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONE THING. 
          I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO GET WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT A CONSTABLES OFFICE JUST TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR JOINT TRAINING SESSIONS ARE GOING AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND. WE CAN WORK WITH THEM ON THAT BUT MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE CPR TRAINED, BEING ABLE TO HANDLE TOUGH SITUATIONS LIKE THE SHERIFFS AND CONSTABLES DO, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE THAT. WE WILL GET THAT ANOTHER DAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. CALLING A MOTION. 
          MOVED BY DIRECTOR EISSLER, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THAT'S CARRIED. 
          >> ALL OPPOSED. >> WHAT'S THAT? 
          >> NO. >> STILL APPROVED. 
          >> I KNOW BUT I'M JUST REGISTERING MY NO. 
          >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT, A HARD TO KNOW. 
          [11.  Receive, consider and act upon a briefing related to e-vehicle injury statistics and safety concerns;]
AGENDA ITEM 11. CONSIDERING AND ACT UPON BRIEFING RELATED TO E-VEHICLES INJURY STATISTICS AND SAFETY CONCERNS. AND MIGHT AT THE RIGHT PLACE 
          HERE? >> I THINK YOU ARE. 
          >> I CALL ON PAGES 15-16, CALL ON THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS TO PRESENT. WILL BEGIN AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEN FROM THE MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. 
          THIS WEEK I WAS MEETING WITH THE TEXAS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, PARENTS ASSOCIATION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT LEGISLATION, LOOKING TO DO IN THE FUTURE, BUT THEY MADE A COMMENT, THEY ARE NOT OFF THE HOOK UNTIL THERE KID GETS HOME SAFELY, WHETHER IT'S A BUS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. [INDISTINCT] THE VIDEOS YOU HAVE DONE ON E-VEHICLES, WHATEVER THEY ARE CALLED NOW. THEY WERE REALLY IMPRESSED. 
          IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IN SHOWING THAT AND HIGHLIGHTING THAT IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SHE IS TAKING THAT BACK TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS. 
          I THINK -- THAT THEY COULD SUPPORT. 
          I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD PARTNERSHIP. 
          IS NOT PERFECT. THIS IS HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS IS NOT JUST A WOODLANDS ONLY PROBLEM BUT WE CAN LEAD THE WAY IN ADDRESSING IT. 
          I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT. 
          GO-AHEAD. >> APPRECIATE THAT, CHAIRMAN, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN OUR CHATTER ON ALL OF OUR MUNICIPAL COMMUNICATION GROUPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATORS GROUPS, THEY ARE ALL -- IS ANYBODY DOING THINGS? SO HAPPY TO SHARE WHAT WE ARE DOING. WE ARE GOING TO COVER A FEW THINGS TONIGHT, IF A COMMUNICATIONS UPDATE ON WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO DATE AND THEN I AM GOING TO HANDED OVER TO THE CHIEF SO HE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THE INCIDENTS AND WHAT IS HAPPENING. ALONG WITH CHIEF CAMPBELL WHO IS HERE AS WELL AND THEN JUST A GENERAL PUBLIC SAFETY DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS IN THE ROOM AS WELL. SO I'M JUST GOING TO COVER SOME OF THE COMMUNICATION STUFF. WE HAVE DONE A LOT. 
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WE REALLY KIND OF STARTED THIS CONVERSATION BACK IN JULY AND BEGAN MONITORING THE INCIDENT DATA. 
          AND THEN IN AUGUST WE KICKED THINGS OFF. 
          WE HAD A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, WE OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF THE CAMPAIGN WITH PRESS RELEASES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OUR PARTNERSHIP VIDEO. 
          AT THAT TIME WE BEGAN WEEKLY INCLUSION AND TALK OF THE TOWNSHIP AND TWICE PER WEEK SOCIAL MEDIA POST. 
          THAT CONCLUDED -- CONTINUED INTO SEPTEMBER. 
          WE PUT A MESSAGE IN OUR MAGAZINE THAT WAS A BOARD MESSAGE TALKING ABOUT THE PRIORITIES WE HAVE. OUR VIDEO WHERE SHARED BY EMAIL AND WE SAW A MAJOR UPTAKE AND VIEWS WHEN WE DID THAT. 
          NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES BEGAN THEIR WALK AND ROLL PROGRAM TO SCHOOL. WE STARTED WORKING WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT ON INJURY STATISTICS AND AGAIN JUST CONTINUED. WE KEEP GOING. 
          I DON'T WANT TO READ EVERY SINGLE MONTH BUT IN OCTOBER WE DID SOME HOLIDAY SEASONAL STUFF. NOVEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT WHY THESE ARE NOT GOOD DEVICES TO PURCHASE FOR CHRISTMAS AHEAD OF THE TIME, WE PUT THAT IN A MAGAZINE. 
          AND IN DECEMBER WE HAD SOME ENGAGING RULES THAT WE RELEASED 
          AS WELL. >> DID -- REACH OUT? 
          >> NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE BUT I AM GOING TO MENTION MORE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AGAIN. 
          IN JANUARY WE TRANSITIONED THE PROJECT TO OR TRANSITIONED THE CAMPAIGN TO PROJECT 365 PART OF THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROJECT. 
          NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES IS NOW REALLY KICKED INTO ACTION AND I MEAN REALLY KICKED INTO ACTION. WITH ALL KINDS OF POP-UP EVENTS, THEY ARE GOING OUT TO SCHOOLS, BIKE RODEOS, ALL KINDS OF THINGS. THEY ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND PUSHING THE MESSAGE IN PERSON. 
          WE HAVE MONTHLY THEMES. IN JANUARY IT WAS THE RIGHT, BE SEEN. IN FEBRUARY IT WAS LOVE YOUR CROSSWALK. THIS MONTH IT'S HEADS UP, PHONE DOWN. WE'VE CREATED REELS TO GO ALONG WITH THOSE IN ADDITION TO OT OTHERS. 
          WE JUST CREATED A REAL WITH THE CHIEF THIS WEEK AND THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR WE DID MENTION THE MOTORCYCLE TYPE ATV VEHICLES THAT NOT ONLY ARE THEY PROHIBITED ON THE PATHWAYS BUT THEY ARE ALSO PROHIBITED IN THE STREET AS WELL. 
          SO THE CONSTABLE VIDEO IS A SHARE SOME OF THESE THAT ARE NOT QUITE SO LONG. THIS IS OUR THEME FOR MARCH, 
          HEADS UP, PHONE DOWN. >> HEADS UP, PHONES DOWN. 
          DON'T GET DISTRACTED WHILE CRUISING OR WALKING ON A PATH. 
          TO AVOID INJURY TO YOURSELF AND THOSE AROUND YOU. 
          BY BIKING SMART, YOU AND OTHERS STAY SAFE. 
          >> SO AGAIN, JUST REALLY QUICK, GOING ALONG WITH THAT THEME, I DO WANT TO PLAY THE ONE THAT WE DID WITH THE CHIEF. 
          IT'S 2 MINUTES LONG. BUT WE HAVE ALREADY HAD OVER 8,000 VIEWS AND WE JUST RELEASED IT ON TUESDAY. 
          SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR MESSAGE, WE DID SHARE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ASKING IF THEY WILL SHARE THIS MESSAGE AS WELL. 
          LET ME PLAY THE VIDEO. >> I'M THE FIRE CHIEF OR THE WOODLANDS AND WE WANT TO TALK TO ABOUT PATHWAY SAFETY ESPECIALLY AS WE GET INTO THE WARMER SPRINGTIME MONTH AND INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS. EVERYBODY IS OUT AND ABOUT ENJOYING THE OVER 200 MILES A PATHWAYS THAT WE HAVE. 
          WHEN YOU ARE OUT THERE WE WANT YOU TOLD YOU TO THEM SAFELY. 
          -- WANT YOU TO UTILIZE THEM SAFELY -- WHEN YOU COME OUT OF A TREE SCREEN AND GET READY TO CROSS THE ROADWAY, WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL INCIDENTS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT GIVING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY SO MAKE SURE YOU STOP WHEN YOU ARE GOING OVER A CROSSING INTERSECTION AND CLEAR BEFORE YOU CROSS. LOW RISE VEHICLES ARE NOT ALLOWED ON OUR PATHWAYS. THE SPEED IS TOO GREAT. 
          THE FACT WE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PLACES LIMITED SITE DISTANCES, THEY GO TOO FAST. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE SEEN HIS ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES AND E-MOTORCYCLES AND DIRT BIKES. 
          THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THE PATH OR THE STREET. 
          WE ARE OUT ENJOYING OUR PATHWAYS, ENJOY -- ENSURE YOU ARE PASSING ON THE LEFT, ALERT THOSE WHO ARE PASSING. 
          IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO MUSIC, LEAVE ONE EAR OPEN SO YOU CAN HEAR PEOPLE COMING UP BEHIND YOU AND BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS. KEEP SPEED BELOW 10 MILES AN HOUR AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU CLEAR THOSE INTERSECTIONS BEFORE YOU CROSS. WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING INCIDENTS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS ON OUR PATHWAYS AND AROUND OUR TOWNSHIP AND WHAT WE HAVE NOTICED AS MANY OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THESE ACCIDENTS ARE NOT WEARING HELMETS. 
          IN FACT ALMOST 85% OF THE TIME PEOPLE ARE NOT WEARING A HELMET. 
          IF YOU ARE RIDING A BICYCLE, E-SCOOTER, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A HELMET ON. ANOTHER THING WE CAN DO TO KEEP OUR PATHWAYS SAFE IS KEEP YOUR DOG ON A LEASH. 
          MONITOR YOUR DOG AS YOU ARE GOING ALONG SO OTHER PEOPLE CAN UTILIZE THE PATH AS YOU PASS EACH OTHER AND CLEAN UP AFTER YOUR PETS. FINALLY, RESPECT THE PATH GOT BE COURTEOUS TO ALL OTHER PATHWAY USERS ALL YEAR LONG. 
          >> SO WHAT WE HAVE NOTICED IS THAT WHENEVER WE DO HAVE PUBLIC 
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SAFETY OFFICIALS IN UNIFORM ON CAMERA, THOSE VIDEOS DO VERY WELL. PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE VIDEOS, THE VIDEOS THAT WE DID WITH THE CHIEF, CHIEF CAMPELL, THEY DID REALLY WELL LAST FALL AND SO WE HAVE TAKEN THIS VIDEO AND WE'VE BROKEN IT DOWN INTO A LOT OF THE SEGMENTS THAT WE WILL RERELEASE AS A SMALL REELS SO THAT WE GET MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH PEOPLE WATCHING THOSE SMALL REELS. 
          >> WHOSE DID BETTER? WHOSE VIDEO DID BETTER? 
          >> BOTH INFLUENCERS. >> I WILL SAY THAT WITH THE CHIEF CAMPELL, WE DID THE SMALLER REELS, SO HE HAS MORE REELS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. IN TOTAL HE HAS PROBABLY DONE BETTER. BUT ONCE WE RELEASE THE CHIEFS REELS, WHO KNOWS, THE CHIEF MIGHT GET IN THE LEAD. 
          THAT WILL BE AN INTERESTING METRIC THAT I CAN PROVIDE LATER ON IN THE YEAR. SKIP AHEAD HERE. 
          I MENTIONED THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES IS DOING A LOT AND THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN MARCH AND APRIL. 
          THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OR WHAT THEY WILL BE DOING LATER ON IN THE YEAR. 
          THEY ARE OUT AND ABOUT, THEY ARE AT SENIOR EVENTS, AT SCHOOL EVENTS, THEY ARE HOSTING POP-UPS IN NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THIS PAST MONTH WE STARTED A CONNECTING WITH THE TOWNSHIP EVENT WHERE WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND ANY DEPARTMENT THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE EVENTS, WHERE THEY JUST GO TO A CERTAIN PARK AND INVITE PEOPLE TO COME OUT. 
          THEN ALL OF THEIR COMMUNITY EVENTS, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMEROUS COFFEE WITH A COP EVENTS IN MARCH AND APRIL. 
          THEY ARE PUSHING ALL OF THE REST BACK TO THE PATH INFORMATION THEY HAVE CARDS THEY ARE PUSHING, TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE VIDEOS AND ASKING THEM TO SHARE AND SO THEY ARE JUST DOING AN AMAZING JOB ON ALL OF THE CONNECTIONS THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY MAKING WITH PEOPLE IN REAL PERSON CONNECTIONS. 
          AND THEN I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COLLABORATION. AS MENTION WE DID SEND AN EMAIL TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA WHICH WOULD BE...TO PLEASE SHARE OUR SPRING SAFETY VIDEO AND SHARE ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA IF THEY ARE ABLE BUT YOU DID HERE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT THE IST SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
          I WAS PROVIDED WITH HIS INFORMATION AS WELL TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT. THEY FORMED A SUBCOMMITTEE TO DEVELOP A SURVEY ABOUT THESE EMTS, ELECTRIC MICRO MOBILITY DEVICE, AND THEN THEY SENT THAT SURVEY OUT BETWEEN MARCH SECOND TO THE 20TH WITH OVER 100 RESPONSES AND SO AS THEY GET THE DATA BACK, THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD AND HAPPY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WHENEVER WE GET THAT AS WELL. AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANT TO MENTION, AND I WILL LET DIRECTOR HEISER TALK MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT SHE IS COORDINATING A COMMUNICATIONS MEETING WITH SEE 
          IST. >> THANKS TO CHAIRMAN BAILEY FOR KICKING THIS OFF. YOU HAVE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS REGARDING THIS. EVERYONE I TALKED TO SAYS I'VE TALKED TO CHAIRMAN BAILEY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A STEP FURTHER AND MEET WITH CISD, SOME OF THE TRUSTEES, WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT WHO HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL. THEY JUST WANT TO PARTNER WITH US IN THIS EFFORT TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO MODEL -- JUST COME UP WITH AN IDEA, COME UP WITH A MODEL TO SHARE AS W WELL. 
          THAT'S KIND OF THE PLAN AS FAR AS THE IST GOES. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT THERE ARE SO MANY STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN THIS EMD ISSUE SO WE ARE GOING TO TRY JUST TO COORDINATE WITH ALL LAW-ENFORCEMENT, HARRIS COUNTY AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS IN THE AREA JUST TO GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE AND HAVE A 
          CONSISTENT RESPONSE TO EMD. >> I REALLY ENCOURAGE THAT WE INVITE IN TANDEM -- TO THE TABLE BECAUSE I HAVE PERSONALLY BEEN TO THE VILLAGE CREEKSIDE PARK AND IT IS A MASSIVE PROBLEM. 
          I MEAN IT IS LIKE I CAN'T EVEN -- IT'S LIKE THEY HAVE TAKING OVER THERE SHOPPING CENTER AND NOBODY IS WATCHING -- AS NANCY READ IN HER REPORT, THE NEW PROPERTY OWNER, WE PROBABLY NEED TO SEND THEM A LETTER THAT ALL OF US SIGN TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING AND IT'S JUST LIKE ARE WE GETTING IN THEIR? I WANT TO INVITE THEM AND TRY TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PUT PRESSURE TO SHOW UP BECAUSE THEY SHOWED UP ON TIME AND SAID WE ARE GOING TO DO IT BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. I'M REALLY -- WE HAVE TO REALLY 
          FOCUS IN ON THEM. >> LET'S DO IT, THAT'S GREAT. 
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          THE MORE THE MERRIER. >> I THINK ONE OF THE FEARS TOO IS, LIKE, SHARING THAT THERE WAS AN ALTERCATION WITH, LIKE, A CAR RIDER AND, LIKE, THAT'S THE FEAR I THINK, THAT PEOPLE WILL TAKE THINGS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. THAT VIDEO WITH THE FOOTBALL PLAYER, THAT STUFF IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH SOME OF THESE KIDS THAT ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE? THERE'S A CERTAIN POINT WHERE WHAT WE ARE DOING KIND OF LOOKS LIKE NOTHING. CAN WE START IMPOUNDING THESE 
          MOTORCYCLES? >> I WILL LET THE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE A BIT OUT OF THE COMMUNICATIONS REALM BUT I ALSO WANT TO SHARE, I DON'T HAVE IT IN MY SLIDES, BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM ACROSS THE STATE HAVE BEEN RUNNING INTO THIS ISSUE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE MOTORCYCLES AND DIRT BIKE TYPE. 
          AND THEY ARE CREATING COLLATERAL THAT SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT AN E-BIKE E-SCOOTER IS VERSUS THESE OTHER MOTORIZED DEVICES THAT DON'T HAVE PEDALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS WORKING ON SOME STUFF FOR THAT AS WELL TOO BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT A LEGAL AND THE ROADWAYS, NOT JUST PROHIBITED ON OUR PATHWAYS. SO I DO WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF HEISER TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE DATA HE'S BEEN 
          COLLECTING. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          FOR THE RECORD, I JUST SHARED CHIEF BUCK'S VIDEO SO HE'S NOW 
          -- >> 8,020. 
          >> WAS THAT FILMED ON ST. PADDY'S DAY? 
          >> IT WAS. >> I KNEW IT! 
          >> GOOD EVENING DIRECTORS. WE JUST WANT TO TALK A BIT ABOUT SINCE WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM JULY FIRST, WE STARTED COLLECTING DATA WHEN OUR FIRE TRUCKS AND AMBULANCES RESPONDED TO INCIDENTS AND THAT, WE LOOK AT INCIDENTS INVOLVING BOTH BICYCLES AND E-SCOOTER'S AND WHATNOT. 
          37 INCIDENTS THAT WE HAVE HAD SINCE JULY FIRST. 
          WE HAVE TRANSPORTED TEN PEOPLE WE HAD I THINK EIGHT MODERATE INJURIES. WE UPDATED THAT WE HAD A MAN, 55-YEAR-OLD MAN THAT FELL OFF HIS E-SCOOTER ON SUNDAY. 
          SO PROBABLY OVER THE AGE TO BE ON AND E-SCOOTER AS WELL. 
          BUT EIGHT MINOR INJURIES AND TWO MAJOR INJURIES. 
          MOST INCIDENTS ARE INVOLVING THESE DEVICES AT INTERSECTIONS AND INTERACTING WITH CARS. SO THAT CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM. THAT'S WHY THE COMMUNICATIONS CONTINUES TO DO A FANTASTIC JOB OF GETTING OUT THE MESSAGE ABOUT THE HOLISTIC VIEW OF OUR 200 MILES OF PATHWAYS AND HOW YOU NEED TO BE SAFE AND COURTEOUS AS YOU UTILIZE THE PATHS. MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN BICYCLE ACCIDENTS. WE CONTINUE TO EDUCATE OUR PEOPLE ABOUT BICYCLES AS WELL BUT THE E-SCOOTER'S CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE AND MORE -- WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE INJURIES AND MORE AND MORE SERIOUS INJURIES, THE SPEEDS THAT THEY CAN GET, THAT THE SCOOTERS AND THE E-BIKES CAN GET UPWARDS OF 20 AND 30 MILES AN HOUR AND JUST THOSE INCREDIBLE SPEEDS, YOU DON'T REALLY APPRECIATE UNTIL YOU CRASH. 
          SO THAT'S THE WOODLANDS DATA THAT WE HAVE SHARED. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THE POINT OTHER THAN THAT TEENAGERS TEND TO BE A HIGH PROPONENT OF THE PEOPLE WE ARE SEEING INJURED BUT IT'S ACROSS ALL AGE RANGES. HELMET DATA AS I SAID IN THE VIDEO, 80-85% ARE NOT WEARING A HELMET AND WE HAVE SEEN BOTH OF THE TWO MAJOR INJURIES, CRITICALLY INJURED WERE NOT WEARING HELMETS AND THEY WERE BOTH HEAD INJURED. 
          MOTORIZED, 40% BICYCLE, 60% OF THE INSTANCES WE SAW IN THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE INJURIES, MODERATE INJURIES 20 PERCENT, MAJOR INJURIES 5% AND THEN MINOR INJURIES 75%. WE HAVE TRANSPORTED I THINK 25 OF THOSE PEOPLE. THAT'S IN THE WOODLANDS. 
          I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF CAMPBELL ABOUT WHAT HE'S SEEING 
          ACROSS MONTGOMERY COUNTY. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK IN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE COMMUNICATION VIDEO. I WOULD SAY THE VIDEO DID HAVE REACH. WHEN I VISIT WITH FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY OR PEOPLE AROUND THE COMMUNITY, I HAVE BECOME THE E-SCOOTER TATTLETALE. I SAW SOMEBODY RIDING E-SCOOTER WITHOUT A HELMET, I'M HAPPY TO DO SO. 
          I THINK IT HAS REACHED AND I THINK THAT IF YOU ARE TRYING TO TRULY IMPACT POPULATION HEALTH, IT'S DIFFICULT AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN STOP DOING. 
          YOU HAVE STARTED DOWN THIS PATH, YOU HAVE TO KEEP GOING AND I THINK IT WILL HAVE IMPACT. THE CHIEF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH HIS DATA. IT'S VERY HARD FOR US COVERING 
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THE ENTIRE COUNTY TO DRILL DOWN THE WAY THAT THE WOODLANDS FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS. EVERY CALL THAT THEY GO ON, HE'S GOT A MESSAGE TO HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT HE WANTS THAT IN AN EMAIL SO THEY CAN TRACK IT WHICH IS GOOD. 
          COUNTY WISE WE SEE SIMILAR INCIDENT BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU ARE AT. THERE'S DIFFERENT POCKETS OF NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE FOUR-WHEELERS AND SIDE-BY-SIDE'S ARE MORE PREVALENT THAN E-SCOOTER'S. 
          THERE'S ACCIDENTS ON WATERWAYS, TURD BIKES, FOUR-WHEELERS, SCOOTERS RUNNING INTO PARK SCHOOL BUSSES. 
          WE SEE A MIX OF EVERYTHING. I THINK SOME OF THE INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THE WOODLANDS DATA SPECIFICALLY IS THE AGE RANGE. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT BICYCLE ACCIDENTS, THOSE ARE MID 30S, AVERAGE AGE, THEY E-VEHICLES ARE 16. 
          THERE'S ABOUT A TEN OR 15 YEAR AGE DIFFERENCE. 
          LOOKING AT YOUNG FOLKS ON THE SCOOTER. 
          THEN THE INJURY PATTERN FOR SCOOTERS, IN THE WOODLANDS IT'S LOW, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN A LOT BUT THERE'S MORE MODERATE INJURY PATTERNS. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY RELATED TO SPEED. WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS LOOK AT THE DATA OVERALL. WE SEE CONSISTENT DATA ACROSS TH COUNTY AND REALLY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. 
          >> THAT'S GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          ANY QUESTIONS?" I HAVE A REQUEST AND I THINK I MADE THIS BEFORE. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SPLIT OUT THE INJURIES THAT ARE BASICALLY INFLICTED UPON PEDESTRIAN? RIGHT NOW WE ARE LUMPING EVERYONE AS INJURED. 
          MILD, MODERATE, SEVERE. CAN YOU SEPARATE THOSE OUT? I GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE WHO SAY IT WAS A NEAR MISS OR SOMEBODY HIT ME OR SOMEBODY HIT MY NEIGHBOR AND THEY WERE NOT ON A BICYCLE OR THEY WERE NOT ON A E-VEHICLES. 
          >> WE HAVE ONLY HAD ONE SINCE JULY FIRST OF A PERSON, A PEDESTRIAN THAT WAS STRUCK BY A SCOOTER. 
          MODERATELY INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. 
          >> I THINK I MUST HAVE HEARD ABOUT HER. 
          THE OTHER INJURIES THAT I'M AFRAID WE ARE SEEING ON OUR POPULATION ARE PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURIES. 
          THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST TELLING ME, MAYBE OTHERS TOO, THEY ARE AFRAID TO GO OUT ON THE PATHWAYS. 
          THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE THEIR STROLLERS WITH THE BABY AND IT, THEY DON'T WANT TO GO OUT WALKING IN THE EVENING LIKE THEY ARE ACCUSTOMED TO DO BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID THEY WILL BE HIT. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE MEASURE THAT 
          BUT IT'S A FACTOR. >> I DON'T THINK YOU CAN MEASURE 
          THAT. >> I KNOW, I SAID WE CAN'T BUT WE ARE GOING TO SEE. I THINK IT'S A REAL ISSUE. 
          >> I MEAN LUCK, THERE'S NO DOUBT IT'S ANISSUE. 
          WE HAVE ALL HEARD IT AND SEEN IT. 
          LIKE SOMEONE SAID EARLIER, I SOUGHT ON THE WAY TO THIS MEETING TONIGHT. SO WE HAVE TO PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER. EDUCATION I THINK WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB WITH BUT MAKING SURE WE REINFORCE THAT. 
          WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FROM LAW-ENFORCEMENT IS WHAT NEEDS TO 
          BE -- >> MY LIEUTENANTS WHILE WE ARE 
          TALKING. >> WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED IN THE LAW TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE ABILITY -- I MEAN EVEN IF IT DOES CHANGE THE LAW, YOU CAN'T BE -- I THINK EVERYONE ON THE BOARD NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THEY CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AT ALL TIMES. THERE'S NO WAY TO PATROL 220 MILES OF PATHWAYS EVERY SINGLE TIME. 
          BUT WHAT TEETH DOESN'T NEED TO HAVE? OBVIOUSLY WE WILL HAVE TO CHANGE OUR LEGISLATION TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS BUT IN GENERAL, WHAT COULD BE DONE, IS THAT THE TRANSPORTATION STATUTE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS TO CHANGE 
          IT. >> LEGISLATION. 
          THE LEGISLATION COVERS DEFINITIONS OF WHAT IN A BICYCLE IS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP THE NEW JERSEY LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED. 
          NEW JERSEY LEGISLATION DEFINED E BICYCLES SIMILAR TO MOPEDS NOW. 
          YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LICENSE TO OPERATE AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE REGISTERED. YOU HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE. 
          OF COURSE NEW JERSEY YOU HAVE TO WEAR A HELMET OR OTHERWISE IT'S A VIOLATION OF THE LAW. UNTIL THE STATE OF TEXAS DEFINES RULES AGAINST THE VIOLATIONS, WE CAN'T TAKE ANY KIND OF ACTION 
          AGAINST THOSE. >> CAN YOU FIND THAT FOR US AND 
          SEND THAT TO THE BOARD? >> IF THEY ARE, LIKE, DOING 
          SOMETHING -- >> COMMITTING A VIOLATION, ON AN ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE ON A PUBLIC ROADWAY, YOU CAN'T BE ON A PUBLIC ROADWAY WITH AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE BUT YOU WOULD STILL HAVE TO HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE TREATED AS AN ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE, A VEHICLE. 
          IF YOU DON'T HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE, WE CAN TOW IT. 
          >> IF THERE WAS A ZERO-TOLERANCE AND IT'S LIKE WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME EXAMPLES AND SOME KIDS HAVE TO GET THEIR 3,000-DOLLAR BIKES THROWN IN THE BACK OF A COP SUV TO GET PARENTS TO GO WAIT A MINUTE, LIKE, SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN. 
          >> WE CANNOT NECESSARILY AND POUND THEM BECAUSE THERE IS NO LOT TO STATE WE CAN DO THAT. WE CAN TELL THEM IF THEY ARE ON 
          A PUBLIC ROADWAY. >> YOU CAN TELL THEM. 
          BUT IT'S LIKE THE CRIMINALS, THEY DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO GUN 
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LAWS. THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T CARE ABOUT THE RULES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO NOT CARE ABOUT THE RULES UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS. LIKE WE TAKE -- 
          >> PART OF IT IS EDUCATION TOO. SOMEBODY ASKED WHAT HAVE WE DONE SINCE THE LAST TIME WE COME HERE. 
          NONE OF THE LEGISLATION HAS CHANGED BUT WE ARE TRYING TO EDUCATE THE DEPUTIES BETWEEN THE DEFINITION OF A E BICYCLE WHICH WE HAVE TO TREAT AS A BICYCLE BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT'S DEFINED. 
          AND WHAT IS NOT E BICYCLE. >> IF IT'S -- 
          >> AN ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE, THERE'S THREE CATEGORIES FOR E BICYCLES. ONE, TWO, THREE. 
          ONE AND TWO ARE SIMILAR, MAXIMUM SPEED CAN ONLY BE 20 MILES PER HOUR. A BIG DIFFERENCE IS ONE HAS TO HAVE A THROTTLE AND THE OTHER DOES NOT. 
          CATEGORY THREE IS AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE THAT CAN TRAVEL UP TO 2. 
          IT HAS TO HAVE A SPEEDOMETER AND IT HAS TO HAVE AN OPERATOR ON THE BICYCLE 15 YEARS OR OLDER. THE PROBLEM IS WITH THAT IS THERE'S NO VIOLATION OF LAW. IT DEFINES IT BUT THERE'S NO VIOLATION, WHAT WE CAN DO IF THE OPERATOR IS YOUNGER THAN 15. 
          >> IF I'M ON A TWO STROKE DIRT BIKE AND RIPPING DOWN A SIDEWALK. CAN YOU TAKE MY DIRT BIKE AWAY? 
          >> IF IT'S ON A RIGHT-OF-WAY WE CAN TOW IT BECAUSE YOU WOULD BE VIOLATING THE LAW. ON THE SIDEWALK -- 
          >> LIKE WHERE IS THE LINE? AND HAVING YOUR BACK, THE PRESSURE OF MAKING THOSE DECISIONS. 
          >> CERTAIN LAWS WE CAN ENFORCE WHICH WOULD BE RECKLESS DRIVING OR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED BY THAT'S AN AREA OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THERE IS SOME ACTION WE CAN TAKE AGAINST THAT BUT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, THESE ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS, DRIVERS OF THOSE ARE JUVENILES THAT ARE NOT EVEN ELIGIBLE TO HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE LICENSE, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAWS ARE. 
          EVEN THOUGH YOU ELECTRIC BICYCLES, THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAWS JUST LIKE A BICYCLE WOULD HAVE TO DO ON A ROADWAY. 
          WE CAN CITE THEM FOR THAT. WE CAN EVEN IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES TOLD A BICYCLE. 
          >> DOING A WHEELIE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKWAY. 
          ALL OF A SUDDEN MOM AND DAD ARE INVOLVED AND THEN MAYBE WE START 
          GETTING -- >> CITED INDIVIDUALS ON THE 
          ELECTRIC BICYCLES. >> DOUBT MOM AND DAD WILL BE LIKE POOR LITTLE JOHNNY JUST SITTING, TOOK HIS BIKE. 
          >> 3,000-DOLLAR SUPER MOTORCYCLE IMPOUND AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN 
          -- >> I THINK YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN. IF THEY IMPOUND THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO MAKE A BIG WAVE AT HOME FOR SURE. 
          >> YES. ONE OF THE DEPUTIES RECENTLY PULLED OVER A SERIES OF KIDS THAT WERE TOLD THEY COULD NOT HAVE THE ELECTRIC BICYCLES ON THE ROADWAY. 
          WE ENDED UP -- RECALLED IN THE PARENTS TO GET THE BIKES. 
          WE KNOW THE KIDS WERE EDGY -- PARENTS WERE EDUCATED THAT THE KIDS CAN'T BE DOING THAT. IF WE HAD TO DEAL WITH THEM AGAIN WE MIGHT TOLD HER BICYCLES BUT WE ARE MOSTLY TRYING TO DO 
          EDUCATION. >> UNDERSTANDING YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PATROL THE 200 MILES OF PATHWAYS, RIGHT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT, WHAT IF WE POSTED NO TRESPASSING SIGNS AND EXPLAIN THAT IF YOU ARE RIDING A MOTORIZED VEHICLE ON THE TOWNSHIP PATHWAY, YOU ARE TRESPASSING? SAYING THIS APPLIES TO TRESPASSING APPLIES TO, AND THEN THAT WAY IF A RESIDENT SEASON INCIDENT, THEY CAN CALL AND SAY THIS PERSON IS TRESPASSING ON TOWNSHIP PROPERTY. 
          >> WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THE RULES ON THOSE PATHWAYS. THE TRESPASSING, WE WILL NEED A 
          COMPLAINANT. >> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          THEY ARE COMPLAINANTS. THEY BECOME COMPLAINANTS. 
          IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEE. 
          >> IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE TOWNSHIP FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, MAKE AN 
          ARREST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> IT CAN'T BE A RESIDENT? 
          >> IF A RANGER TELLS ONE OF THESE KIDS THAT THEY DON'T WANT THEM ON THE PATHWAY AND THEY REFUSED TO LEAVE, WE WILL GO OUT THERE AND TAKE CARE OF THAT AS A CRIMINAL TRESPASS CALL. 
          BUT WE JUST CAN'T HAVE ANYBODY -- 
          PATHWAYS? >> PRIVATE PROPERTY AND FOR VIOLATIONS OF LAW WE HAVE JURISDICTION. 
          THINGS LIKE THAT FOR A CRIMINAL TRUST BLAST -- TRESPASS WE NEED A COMPLAINANT. WE ISSUE A WARNING. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO BUT THAT'S USUALLY SOMETHING WE DO THAT 
          STAYS ON OUR FILE FOR TWO YEARS. >> WE MAKE A VIDEO THAT'S LIKE YOU GUYS THROWING SOME ELECTRIC BIKES IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND HEY, WOODLANDS, I MEAN SOMETHING LIKE WE WILL SEE WHAT THAT DOES. SOMETIMES THE LOVEY-DOVEY, RESPECT TO THE PATH, THEY ARE NOT LISTENING. 
          >> WE COULD PROBABLY POST SOMETHING IN REFERENCE TO THE 
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          CITATIONS WE ISSUE. >> SAY WE ARE IMPOUNDING ELECTRIC BIKES, AT THE RUMOR OUT THERE, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PARENTS ARE LIKE WE DON'T WANT THAT. 
          >> WE ARE TOWING THE VEHICLES. IS JUST LIKE A CAR. 
          TOW TRUCK DRIVER TAKES POSSESSION. 
          THEY WILL HAVE TO GO PICK UP THE BICYCLE. 
          AND ALL OF A SUDDEN -- >> THAT COULD BE TRUE -- MAYBE, LIKE, A PARTICULAR WEEKEND. 
          I THINK YOU ALL DID A RED LIGHT STAYING. 
          >> ACUALLY TODAY. >> I SAW THIS MORNING. 
          I WAS IMPRESSED. IT WAS GREAT. 
          >> I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD WOULD IT BE WORTHWHILE TO HAVE A SIMILAR TYPE OF STAYING OPERATION, BLITZ IF YOU WILL. 
          >> A BLITZ. >> WE COULD TARGET THE BICYCLES BUT I WILL SAY THAT OUR DEPUTIES ARE OUT THERE. 
          IF THEY ARE OPERATING ELECTRIC BICYCLES WITHIN THE MEANS OF THE LAW, LIKE A BICYCLE, WE ARE GOING ON DOWN THE ROAD, JUST LIKE A REGULAR BICYCLE WOULD. IF WE SEE VIOLATIONS, WE WILL 
          ADDRESS IT. >> I THINK THE PROBLEM, RIDING THE BIKE, I THINK THE KIDS -- I'VE SEEN THEM AND IT'S 
          FRUSTRATING. >> WE HAVE SEEN THEM FOR SURE. 
          I CAN TELL YOU WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO FIND THEM. 
          >> WE SEE THE ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND THOSE MOTOR ASSISTED SCOOTERS ALL THE TIME. WE KNOW THE NUMBER IS INCR INCREASING. WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS WHAT WE CAN AND ARE ALLOWED TO ADDRESS. AGAIN, THE LEGISLATION THAT W DISCUSSED WOULD OBVIOUSLY HELP OUT A LOT. 
          >> IF WE COULD HELP GET THAT LANGUAGE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW WE CAN FINE-TUNE THAT. 
          >> I WANT TO MENTION THAT VALERIE SWANSON'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE LISTENING AND TAKING NOTES AS WELL AND I'M SURE SHE WOULD BE AN ALLY IN HELPING, SINCE SHE COVERS AND REPRESENTS CREEKSIDE PARK WHICH HAS BEEN INUNDATED WITH MOTORIZED VEHICLES ON NOT JUST THE PATHWAYS BUT EVERYWHERE, PARKING 
          LOTS, STREETS. >> CREEKSIDE PARK IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE MAINSTAYS FOR THE E-BIKES. 
          YOU CAN GO OUT THERE AT ANY TIME ÚOF THE DAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY SATURDAY ONE SCHOOL IS NOT EVEN IN SESSION, AND YOU WILL FIND 40, 50, 60-100 E-BIKES IN THAT AREA. 
          >> IT'S INSANE. 
          >> CAME TO VISIT ME, DEALING WITH BURGLARIES WE'VE BEEN HAVING, TOOK HIM UP TO CREEKSIDE PARK. 
          BIG MISTAKE BECAUSE YOU CAN HARDLY MOVE THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL THERE. WHAT I DID NOTICE, I PARKED IN THE BACK PARKING LOT. I'M STILL IN UNIFORM. 
          I WALKED OUT THERE AND STEPPED RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF EVERYBODY AND YOU SEE KIDS START YELLING AT OTHER KIDS TO GET OFF YOUR E-BIKES, PUT THEM OVER H HERE. 
          IT'S AN AUTOMATIC WHEN THEY FIGURE OUT, I HATE TO SAY IT THIS WAY, BUT WE ARE NOT THE SECURITY GUARD. 
          I DON'T TREAT THEM AS SUCH. IF I SEE THEM -- IT OFF YOUR BIKE, PUT IT OVER THERE WERE IT SUPPOSED TO BE AND THAT'S THE WAY I TREAT THEM. WE HAVE DRIVEN BY SEVERAL TIMES WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PARKING LOTS, RUNNING EVERYWHERE AND DOING WHEELIES. I WILL GET OUT AND WILL DEAL WITH THEM MYSELF AT THAT POINT. WHETHER IT BE SCHOOLING THEM ON LAWS OF WHAT IS GOING ON, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE STILL ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, I STILL GET OUT AND TALK TO YOU, YOU KNOW. 
          I ASKED THEM THE RULES OF THE BIKES EVERY TIME I GET OUT. 
          I ASKED THEM WHAT IS THIS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE SO ANGRY WITH YOU, YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF THEM WILL TELL YOU WHY THEY ARE SO ANGRY, THEY JUST DON'T GET WHY 
          THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO IT. >> THEY DON'T CARE. 
          >> THE REASON I CALLED NANCY AND ASKED FOR THE MEETING IS SHE HAS PARENTS OF KIDS WITH E-BIKES. WE ARE TARGETING SOME OF THESE E-BIKES BECAUSE THEY ARE RIDING THEM EVERYWHERE. 
          AS LIEUTENANT SAID, WE ARE ENFORCING THE LAW THAT WE CAN ENFORCE, WHICH I'M ACROSS-THE-BOARD WITH THAT, NOT JUST E-BIKES, BICYCLES, CYCLISTS THAT LIKE TO RUN STOP SIGNS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. EVERYBODY IS GETTING A TASTE OF IT. UNUP TO WHERE I HAVE SEPARATED FROM MY REPORTS TO THE VILLAGES THE STOPS WE ARE MAKING ON THESE E-BIKES OR CYCLISTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT COMPARED TO OUR REGULAR VEHICLE STOPS. WHAT I HAVE SEEN, BECAUSE I HAVE TURNED THE LIGHTS ON ONE OF THE MOTORCYCLES. 
          THEY RUN VERY FAST. >> THAT'S A CRIME. 
          >> IT IS BUT THERE'S NO MAR MARKINGS, THEY DO HAVE ON THEIR HELMETS. THE WORST PART ABOUT IT IS, ESPECIALLY IN CREEKSIDE, A LITTLE PATHWAYS CUT RIGHT INTO 
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THE NEIGHBORHOODS FROM CREEKSIDE GREEN. 
          WE CAN'T GO THROUGH THOSE. THEY CAN AND THEN THEY ARE GONE. 
          >> LIEUTENANT, IF THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY WOULD POST THE WAY THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, NO SKATEBOARDS ALLOWED, IF THEY WOULD POST NO ELECTRIC VEHICLES ALLOWED OR MOTORIZED VEHICLES, 
          WOULD THAT BE OF ASSISTANCE? >> THEY CAN POSTED ALL BUT WE WILL STILL NEED A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PROPERTY EACH TIME THEY WANT US OUT THERE. THERE WILL HAVE TO BE A COMPLAINANT, THE SAME AS ON THE PATHWAYS. 
          IS PRIVATE PROPERTY. WE HAVE TO HAVE A COMPLAINANT TO ENFORCE THAT. WITHOUT THEM, WE CAN'T. 
          [INDISTINCT] >> HOW OFTEN DO YOU GET THAT? 
          >> NOT A LOT. I REALLY DON'T -- LAST TIME I WAS OUT THERE WAS LAST WEEKEND BEFORE I DID THE THINGS I'M DOING WITH THE BURGLARIES THAT ARE GOING ON AND THERE WAS PROBABLY 80 SITTING ON THE WALKWAY FROM THE PARKING LOT INTO THE GREEN AND THEY WERE SITTING, SITTING ON THEIR BIKES BECAUSE THE PARKING LOT WAS COMPLETELY PACKED. 
          >> THEY ARE NOT BREAKING THE LAW THEN? 
          >> NO. >> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, IF THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW, WE'VE SEEN SOME EXAMPLES -- BIKES 
          TOWED. >> THE PROPERTY OWNER DON'T WANT THAT MANY PEOPLE STANDING THERE, DON'T WANT ANY OF THEM THERE, IT WOULD TAKE THEM COMING OUT THERE TO SAY THESE GUYS WON'T LEAVE 
          AND EYES ASKED THEM TO LEAVE. >> IT'S LIKE SEE YOU TOMORROW, 
          THEY ARE ALL BACK. >> THAT DOES OCCUR, YES. 
          >> TOW TRUCKS UP, GRAB BIKES, IT'D IN THE NEWS. 
          MAYBE THEY STOP. I DON'T KNOW. 
          SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. 
          >> THAT WILL FALL IN LEGIS LEGISLATION, FALL IN YOU ALL COMING TO GIVE US THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO. 
          >> OKAY. IT'S AN ISSUE I WANT TO TRY TO SEND A LETTER TO THE NEW OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY. 
          NANCY SENT THE INFORMATION BUT WE HAVE TO GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND IN CREEKSIDE PARK IS AN ISSUE. 
          >> IT DEFINITELY IS. >> I ENCOURAGE EVERY PERSON ON A FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHT, IT'S CRAZY. 
          >> DEFINITELY. >> EVEN IN THE AFTERNOON. 
          THE MOTORCYCLES. >> ALL RIGHT. 
          ANYBODY WITH ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF YOU CAN GET US ANY INFORMATION FOR WHAT WE CAN CHANGE OF THE STATE LEVEL, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT TRAFFIC, YOU WERE OUT IN FORCE 
          TODAY. >> WE WILL BE OUT THERE EVERY 
          MONTH. >> IT WAS REALLY GOOD. 
          YOU HAD A LOT OF -- THAT'S A PROBLEM, PEOPLE ARE FLYING THROUGH. TWO, THREE SECONDS AFTER IT TURNS RED. IT'S KIND OF SCARY. 
          THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. 
          >> EXCEPT THE REPORT? DIRECTOR HEISER, MOTION CARRIES. 
          WE ARE GOING TO POSTPONE MONIQUE'S SUMMARY UNTIL NEXT 
          MONTH DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS. >> ALREADY POSTPONED ONCE. 
          [13.  Receive, consider, and act upon the Amended and Restated Lease Agreement of the George Mitchell Nature Preserve with The Woodlands Land Development Company, L.P. (C-2025-0478);]
          >> ALL RIGHT RESTATED LEASE AGREEMENT WITH GEORGE MITCHELL NATURE FOR THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. 
          PAGES 18-38 OF YOUR PACKET. CALL ON CHRIS TO PRESENT. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIRMAN BAILEY, BOARD DIRECTORS. 
          IRONICALLY I REALIZED THAT THE EARTH MONTH PROCLAMATION FALLS VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THIS ITEM AS WELL. 
          MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT THE GEORGE MITCHELL NATURE, WHICH IS ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 2,000 ACRES, THAT SPANS WELL ON BOTH SIDES OF SPRING CREEK, ALL THE WAY ALMOST TO BURROWS PARK HAS HAD A SIGNIFICANT HISTORY IN OUR COMMUNITY DATING BACK OVER ABOUT 17, 18 YEARS, MAYBE A BIT LONGER NOW. 
          ORIGINALLY IT WAS A PROJECT OF HARRIS COUNTY, MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRECINCT THREE, THE WOODLANDS ASSOCIATION, PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS HOWARD HUGHES AND THE WITH AND STUFF ELEMENT CORPORATION. OVER TIME, SOME OF THOSE PARTNERS HAVE DISSIPATED. MONTGOMERY COUNTY HAS SIGNED THE RIGHTS TO THE TOWNSHIP IN 2017 AND THEN HOWARD HUGHES OVER THE COURSE OF 2023, SOME OF YOU WERE ON THE BOARD AT THAT TIME, ACCEPTED THE OWNERSHIP AND FEE TITLE OF JUST THE TRAIL SEG SEGMENTS. NOT THE ENTIRE PARCEL OF LAND. 
          AND WE AS THE TOWNSHIP HAS BEEN ACTIVELY MAINTAINING THOSE TRAILS SINCE 2017. FINAL PIECE IS THE FUTURE SPRING CREEK GREEN WEIGHT WHICH IS A HARRIS COUNTY PROJECT WHICH 
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THE TOWNSHIP HAS PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO AND IS STILL IN DESIGN PHASE. THIS LEASE IS VERY COMPLIANT WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING INITIATIVES IN TERMS OF PROVIDING SUPERIOR PARKS INTEGRATION FACILITIES. 
          ONE OF THE UNKNOWNS IS THE AMOUNT OF USE OF THESE FACILITIES. IN 2,025, YOU SEE THE DAILY USE, THESE ARE CLICKERS, BASICALLY LASER BEAMS THAT ARE TABULATING INDIVIDUALS. FLINT RIDGE'S BUSIEST, ON THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SIDE. IF YOU GO THERE ON THE EEKEND YOU SEE TONS OF PEOPLE, TONS OF PEOPLE ALL YEAR ROUND. 
          INTERESTING THING THAT WE SAW JUST EVEN THIS YEAR, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY STATISTICS WERE 41% ABOVE LAST YEAR, TRACKING MONTH TO MONTH WELL USED FACILITY. THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS LEASE AS YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN PAYING FOR MANY OF THESE DOLLARS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TRAILS, THE OVERALL MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE FACILITY, A HALFTIME TRAIL SPECIALIST IS ALREADY ALLOCATED TO THIS. WE WORK WITH THE LAND CONSERVANCY CLOSELY AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER. 
          THEY DO A LOT OF BRIDGE BUI BUILDING, WHICH IS STAIR BUILDING JUST FOR CREEK CROSSINGS, DETAIL LEVEL WORK THAT WE DO NOT HAVE. AND REALLY WHAT THE LEASE TERMS ARE IS A FIFTY-YEAR TERM. WHAT THE PERMITTED USES ARE ART REALLY EXCLUSIVELY FOR OPEN SPACE GREEN BELT, KEEPING THE CONSERVATION ALL ASPECT OF THE TRACK OF LAND WITH OUTDOOR RECREATION IN MIND. NATURE, THE HIKING, THE WALKING, BIRDWATCHING, ORIENTEERING, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          ALREADY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROGRAMMING OPERATIONS. 
          HOWARD HUGHES WOULD GRANT US RIGHTS TO CONVEY ADDITIONAL TRACTS OF LAND TO US AS THOSE GET DEVELOPED. 
          AND WHAT WE HAVE IS A LONG-TERM PROCEDURE THAT THIS WOULD BE FULLY CONVEYED OVER TO US IN THE LONG RUN. 
          THIS IS KIND OF THAT FIRST STEP IN A LONGER PROCESS TO HAVE THAT LAND OWNERSHIP IN PERPETUITY TO THE TOWNSHIP FROM THAT STANDPOINT. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT AND RESTATED LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE LONG-TERM LEASE OF THE GEORGE MITCHELL NATURE PRESERVE WITH THE LAND 
          DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. >> ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS A BIG DEAL. A REALLY BIG DEAL. 
          I KNOW YOU HAVE WORKED A LONG TIME ON THIS. 
          >> BRETT AND I, MANY, MANY DRAFTS OF THIS, YEARS. 
          WE COULD HAVE BUILT A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOR THE LEGAL FEELS 
          ON THIS D -- DEAL. >> WORKING ON THIS FOR THREE 
          YEARS. >> TALKING ABOUT IT EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD. IT'S A BIG DEAL. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK IT JUST MAKES US EVEN 
          BETTER. >> I CALL A MOTION AND SECOND TO 
          APPROVE THE RESTATED LEASE. >> SO MOVED. 
          >> AS APPROVED TO FINAL FORM BY THE TOWNSHIP LEGAL COUNCIL. 
          >> SO MOVED. >> MOVED BY DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS, SECOND BY DIRECTOR EISSLER. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES. 
          [14.  Receive, consider and act upon the financial report;]
14, THE FINANCE REPORT LOCATED PAGES 39-56. 
          OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO PRESENT. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING. 
          >> THIS EVENING I WILL PRESENTING THE YEAR END FINANCIALS THROUGH DECEMBER. THE FIRST SLIDE, WE HAVE OUR YEAR TO DATE THROUGH DECEMBER REVENUES. 
          THE YEAR TO BAIT -- DATE BUDGETED REVENUES AND ACTUAL COLLECTED. FOR YEAR-TO-DATE FAVORABLE VARIANTS OF 5.4 MILLION. THE MAIN COMPONENT OF THE FAVORABLE VARIANTS IS GOING TO BE IN OUR TOTAL TAX REVENUE, ABOUT 3.7 FAVORABLE IN SALES TAX OFFSET BY UNFAVORABLE VARIANTS IN ADMISSION TAX. HIGHER THAN BUDGETED PROGRAM REVENUES WHICH INCLUDE OUR RENTALS AND TENNIS PROGRAMS. WE HAD A MUCH LARGER THAN BUDGETED GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS, MAINLY DUE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DEPLOYMENTS AND SOME UNBUDGETED CONTRIBUTIONS FOR OUR STATION FIVE. 
          >> CAN YOU GO BACK WHEN YOU FINISH THIS SLIDE, I JUST WANT 
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TO GET ONE NUMBER. SORRY. 
          >> OKAY. AND THEN INSURANCE PROCEEDS, CONVEYANCE AGREEMENTS AND TRANSFERS MAKE UP THE 
          DIFFERENCE. >> CAN YOU GO BACK ONE? 
          >> SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE LOOKING AT THIS ONE. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD. 
          >> WOULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT -- THE SLIDE RIGHT THERE? 
          >> OKAY. >> WHEN YOU SAY THE GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS, COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT? 
          >> YES, I CAN. SO ON THE GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE GRANTS THAT WE DID NOT BUDGET FOR. OR WE BUDGET FOR GRANTS BUT WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE GRANTS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS DEPLOYED FROM JULY THROUGH DECEMBER FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY FLOODS. 
          THAT WAS SOMETHING WE DID NOT BUDGET FOR. 
          MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT CONTRIBUTED A LITTLE OVER 700,000 I BELIEVE FOR STATION FIVE, THAT WAS NOT BUDGETED. THEN WE HAD SOME GRANT REVENUE THAT WAS BACK FROM COVID THAT WAS ALMOST RIGHT AT 700,000. 
          THEY WERE STILL DEBATIN ON. WE ENDED UP RECEIVING THAT. 
          THOSE WERE JUST AMOUNTS THAT WE DID NOT BUDGET FOR BECAUSE WE 
          WEREN'T AWARE OF THEM. >> TO DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT REGARDING THE FLOODS ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, WAS THAT STATE 
          GRANT THAT CAME TO US? >> YES, STATE. 
          >> FOR EMERGENCY SUPPORT SERVICES. 
          >> YES, THEY DEPLOY I BELIEVE HER TWO WEEKS AT A TIME. 
          BUT WE ALSO SENT TRUCKS DOWN THERE AND WE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR ONE SURVIVOR OR ONE I'M SORRY VICTIM OF THE FLOOD. 
          >> IS THAT PRETTY COMMON, WHENEVER THE FIREFIGHTERS ASSIST OTHERS -- OTHER AREAS, THAT WE RECEIVE GRANT FUNDING? 
          >> IT IS. THEY PAY FOR THE SALARIES FOR THE PERSON GOING DOWN THERE. THEY ALLOW US PAYMENT FOR THE TRUCKS WHEN WE GO DOWN THERE. THEY PAY FOR BACKFILL FOR FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE BACKFILLING FOR THE PEOPLE GONE. 
          IT'S ALL OVER THE STATE OF TEXAS, NOT JUST US. 
          >> AND IT'S STATE, NOT FEDERAL. >> IT IS STATE. 
          TEXAS -- TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          IT FLOWS THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR ONE, A DIVISION FOR THE FIRE 
          DEPARTMENT I BELIEVE. >> THAT'S GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          >> NEXT SLIDE HIS EXPENDITURES. YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGETED IS 137.3 MILLION. YEAR-TO-DATE ACTUAL, 131.9 MILLION. FOR YEAR-TO-DATE FAVORABLE VARIANTS OF 5.3 MILLION. THE MAIN COMPONENT OF THIS IS PRETTY MUCH LOWER THAN BUDGETED EMPLOYEE BENEFITS DUE TO OPEN POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND A SAVINGS CONTRACTED SERVICES. NEXT LINE IS OUR SALES TAX REVENUE. YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGETED IS GOING TO BE 77.5. YEAR-TO-DATE ACTUAL 78.9 FOR A YEAR-TO-DATE FAVORABLE VARIANTS OF 1.4 MILLION. 
          WE ARE ABOUT 7% OVER COLLECTIONS IN 2024. 
          A LITTLE OVER 5 MILLION. >> THAT'S A PRETTY BIG NUMBER. 
          7 PERCENT, IS IT USUALLY LIKE THAT? 
          >> NO IT'S NOT LIKE THAT EVERY YEAR. 
          THIS SLIDE KIND OF SHOWS YOU WHERE THE VARIANTS IS FROM 24-25 AND IT IS IN THE MANUFACTURING. WE HAVE HAD AN INCREASE IN RETAIL AS WELL. THIS NEXT SLIDE, I DON'T SHOW IT OFTEN BUT IT PRETTY MUCH STAYS THE SAME. 
          IT'S OUR TOP FOUR THAT MAKE UP ABOUT 78% OF OUR REVENUE COLLECTIONS. WITH RETAIL BEING ANYWHERE FROM 47-49%. NEXT SLIDE IS YEAR-TO-DATE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE. YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGETED, 10.6 MILLION. YEAR-TO-DATE ACTUAL, 10.4 MILLION FOR A YEAR-TO-DATE UNFAVORABLE VARIANTS OF A LITTLE OVER 200,000. WE ARE ABOUT 13,000 UNDER COLLECTIONS FOR 2024. YEAR-TO-DATE MIXED BEVERAGE TAX REVENUE. YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGETED, 1.4 MILLION. YEAR-TO-DATE ACTUAL, 1.46 MILLION FOR A YEAR-TO-DATE FAVORABLE VARIANTS OF A LITTLE OVER 18,000. WE WERE ABOUT 59,000 BELOW WHAT WE COLLECTED IN 2024. I DO THINK WE ARE REBOUNDING FOR 2026. SO THAT IS INFORMATION FOR 2025. 
          [02:25:08]
I DID ADD A FEW SLIDES FOR 2026 IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON 2025 I WILL MOVE ON. SO YEAR-TO-DATE SALES TAX REVENUE, YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGETED, 22.5 MILLION, YEAR-TO-DATE COLLECTED, 23.5 MILLION -- 4 MILLION FOR A YEAR-TO-DATE FAVORABLE VARIANTS OF 931,000. ABOUT 1.5 MILLION OVER THE SAME TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR, 2025. ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS MAINLY DUE TO OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY MANUFACTURING. 
          YEAR-TO-DATE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX WOULD BE THROUGH FEBRUARY. 
          YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGETED, 10.7 -- 1.4 MILLION, YEAR-TO-DATE ACTUAL, 1.3 FOR A YEAR-TO-DATE UNFAVORABLE VARIANTS OF 77,852. 
          YEAR-TO-DATE MIXED BEVERAGE TAX REVENUE. 
          YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGETED, 360,000. YEAR-TO-DATE ACTUAL, 374,000 FOR A YEAR-TO-DATE FAVORABLE VARIANTS OF 13,641. 
          A LITTLE OVER 9,000 FOR THE YEAR FAVORABLE. 
          I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH THE GLASS RECYCLING MAYBE THAT SHANNON MENTIONED, I DON'T KNOW. [LAUGHTER] 
          THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT. >> ANY QUESTIONS? GREAT JOB, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I CALL THE MOTION SECONDED. 
          FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE 12 MONTHS, DECEMBER 312025 MOVE BY VICE CHAIRMAN EISSLER, SECONDED BY SEKULA-GIBBS. 
          [15.  Receive, consider and act upon an Ad Hoc Communications and Marketing Committee Charter and related appointments;]
MOTION CARRIED. ACTING UPON THE AD HOC COMMUNICATIONS MARKETING COMMITTEE. 
          APPOINTMENTS. PAGES 57 THROUGH 79. 
          I CALL ON A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT TO THE AD HOC MITIGATION CHARTER AND AFFIRMED THE APPOINTMENTS OF LANDON NELSON, ADAM LAMB AND CINDY HEISER TO THE COMMITTEE. 
          MOVED BY VICE CHAIRMAN HEISER, SECOND BY DIRECTOR NELSON. 
          [16.  Receive, consider and act upon a quarterly update on transportation-related matters;]
THAT'S CARRIED. ITEM 16, ACT UPON THE QUARTERLY UPDATE FOR TRANSPORTATION-RELATED MATTERS LOCATED ON PAGE 60. CALL UPON TODD STEVENS TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY LONG EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT. I'M SORRY BUT IT IS LONG. 
          >> I'M GOING TO DEFER TO DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS, YOUR TRANSPORTATION REPRESENTATIVE TO GIVE THE REPORT. 
          YOU HAVE THIS MATERIAL IN YOUR FOLDER BUT I'VE BLOWN IT UPWARDS LEGIBLE SO I WILL PASS THAT OUT WHILE SHE DOES HER PRESENTATION. 
          >> I HAVE NARROWED IT DOWN TO JUST ISSUES RELATED TO STATE HIGHWAY 242. WE CAN DISCUSS OTHER THINGS ANOTHER DAY. THE REASON I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT PEOPLE ARE QUESTIONING WHEN THE PROJECT WILL BE DONE AND WHAT IT WILL COST. 
          SO ON THIS ENLARGED A DOCUMENT THAT I HAVE ASKED TODD TO PRODUCE, I WILL START WITH LINE ONE AND THAT IS -- IT'S NOT AN AGENDA ITEM, IT'S A TEXT ON NUMBER. 
          967. THIS IS TEXT ON HOUSTON DISTRICT STATE HIGHWAY 242 FROM FM 1488 TO INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 45 NORTH. 
          EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THAT IS. COLLEGE PARK DRIVE. 
          ESSENTIALLY ONE THING VERY IMPORTANT I WILL GET YOU IN A MINUTE, THIS WAS STARTED OUT AS A WIDENING OF SIX LANES ALL THE WAY ACROSS AND IT WAS NEGOTIATED DOWN TO NOT BE A WIDENING, SO INSTEAD WE HAVE IMPROVEMENTS, MULTIPLE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND SHOULDER IMPROVEMENTS AND IT COST YOUR TAX MONEY AT THE STATE LEVEL IS $38 MILLION AND IT SHOULD BE FINISHED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. WHICH IS VERY EXCITING. 
          IT STARTED IN JUNE OF 2023. SOMETHING OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE ESPECIALLY WHO LIVE AROUND THERE IS THAT THE THIRD DETENTION POND IS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE BUILT WHERE IT WAS INITIALLY THOUGHT TO BE BUILT AT THE CORNER BASICALLY OF GOSLING AND 242 AND THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE PEOPLE DID NOT WANT THAT THERE AND THAT'S NOT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THAT PROPERTY OWNED BY HOWARD HUGHES AND SITTING NEXT TO THE HOSPITAL. 
          SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. IT WON'T BE A BIG DITCH, THEY WILL BE MAINTAINING OWNERSHIP OF THAT PROPERTY. 
          SO THAT'S WONDERFUL AND I THANK THEM FOR THINKING BROADLY ABOUT THAT. THE NEXT LINE IS PROJECT NUMBER 17221 AND THIS ONE IS THE HIGH 45 INTERSECTION AT 242 AND 
          [02:30:03]
DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMING THERE. 
          YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE THEM IN OPERATION AND THAT IS NEEDED DEFINITELY. IT'S A COST OF $25 MILLION AND IT WILL BE FINISHED IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2028. 
          22% COMPLETED. THEN THE FINAL ONE IS THE PROJECT, THIS ONE IS FUNDED BY MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRECINCT FOUR AND IT'S THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DIRECT CONNECTOR THAT WILL BE ON I-40 FIVE AND IT WILL CONNECT TO STATE HIGHWAY 242 GOING EASTBOUND. THAT SHOULD BE FINISHED IN THIRD QUARTER OF 2028 AT A COST OF $17 MILLION AND IT'S 22% COMPLETED. THAT SHOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC THAT HAS JAMMED UP IN FRONT OF METHODIST HOSPITAL THERE. IN COSTCO. 
          THAT'S IT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, APPRECIATE 
          THAT. >> 242 IS ALSO RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S VERY NICE. >> WASN'T NICE A COUPLE OF 
          MONTHS AGO. >> VERY NICE NOW. 
          >> IT IS NICE NOW. I DROVE IT TODAY. 
          >> AND I WOULD SAY AGAIN, THEY REALLY WORKED WITH US, THIS WAS BEFORE SOME OF YOU JOINS THE BOARD BUT THERE REALLY WORKED WITH US SO SOMETIMES IT'S EASY TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS AND THAT 
          BUT THEY ACTUALLY LISTENED. >> ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? I CALL ON A MOTION TO SECOND AND EXCEPT THE REPORT. 
          [17.  Receive, consider and act upon an update regarding the Village Presidents' Council;]
MOVED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR HEISER. 
          MOTION CARRIES. UPDATE REGARDING VILLAGE PRESIDENTS COUNCIL ON PAGE 61 OF YOUR PACKET. 
          CALL ON RICHARD FRANK'S. WE TRIED TO GET THE REPORT LAST WEEK BUT IT DID NOT GO OVER WELL. 
          >> WE HAD A VERY GOOD COUNCIL MEETING. 
          ALL PRESIDENTS AND/OR REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT AND THE SHERIFF GAVE A VERY ENLIGHTENING CONVERSATION AND PRESENTATION TO ALL THE PRESIDENTS. IN FACT I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE LONGEST MEETINGS WE HAVE EVER HAD. 
          BUT HE WAS CERTAINLY VERY OPEN IN TERMS OF ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS THAT THE REPRESENTATIVES HAD, THE PRESIDENTS HAD, AND I THINK PROVIDED A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION. A VERY GOOD MEETING. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS OF DIRECTOR FRANKS? COMMENTS? IF NOT I CALL ON A MOTION TO SECOND AND EXCEPT THE REPORT. MOVED BY DIRECTOR HEISER, SECOND 
          [18. Recess to Executive Session to discuss matters relating to real property pursuant to §551.072, Texas Government Code; deliberation of economic development negotiations pursuant to §551.087, Texas Government Code; discuss personnel matters pursuant to §551.074, Texas Government Code; discuss IT network or critical infrastructure security pursuant to §551.089, Texas Government Code; and to consult with The Woodlands Township’s attorney pursuant to §551.071, Texas Government Code;]
BY DIRECTOR EISSLER. MOTION CARRIES. 
          CLOSED SESSION'S, WE WILL NEED TO TAKE EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT, WE WILL BE A BIT TO RECESS EXECUTIVE SESSION AND DISCUSS -- THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. 
          DELIBERATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. 
          FIVE PIPE -- DISCUSSING PERSONAL MATTERS WITH SECTION 551, I.T. 
          NETWORK AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY PURSUANT TO SECTION, AND CONSULT WITH THE TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY. 
          [19. Reconvene in public session;]
          [20. Receive, consider and act upon a Term Sheet regarding a ground lease and development agreement for a short course golf complex and associated amenities on the South Gosling Tract;]
          >> 9:41, WE WILL RECONVENE BACK IN PUBLIC SESSION. 
          AND WE ARE GOING TO DO AGENDA ITEM 20. 
          REGARDING A GROUND LEASE AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON A SHORT COURSE GOLF COMPLEX ASSOCIATED WITH -- AND ASSOCIATED AMENITIES ON THE SOUTH GOSLING TRACK. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS A TERM SHEET, A NONBINDING TERM SHEET FOR A GROUND LEASE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE SHORT COURSE. IF YOU REMEMBER BACK LAST MONTH, I THINK FEBRUARY, THAT WE CAME TO THE BOARD WITH AN RFP, THREE PROPOSALS THAT WERE VETTED BY STAFF AND WE SELECTED EARLY BIRD TO MOVE FORWARD INTO NEGOTIATION AS WELL AS AN ALTERNATE. 
          OVER THE LAST SIX WEEKS, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A TERM SHEET WITH EARLY BIRD DISCUSSING A NUMBER OF TERMS. ONE IS THE LENGTH OF THE AGREEMENT. 
          ALSO THE VARIOUS REVENUE SHARES OF THIS ENTITY AS WELL. 
          AND SO WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A TERM SHEET THAT IS SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          IF YOU APPROVE IT, WE WILL ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN APRIL, ADD IN APRIL BOARD MEETING, APRIL 23RD I BELIEVE IT IS. 
          >> ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? 
          [02:35:04]
I THINK THIS IS AN EXTREMELY EXCITING -- CHRIS, I KNOW YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE A LOT. MONIQUE. 
          OUR GENERAL COUNSEL. BRETT STRONG IN NEGOTIATING THIS OUT. THIS IS A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT BRINGS AMENITY TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY IN MANY COMMUNITIES AT ALL. 
          NINE WHOLE SHORT COURSE THAT HAS LIGHTS FOR NIGHTS, IT WILL BE A DRIVING RANGE, FULL DRIVING RANGE, A PRACTICE FACILITY, A RESTAURANT, SHOP, PLENTY OF PARKING BUT ALSO BEHIND TREES AND THE WOODLANDS WAY CUTS INTO TREES, NOT A CLEAR-CUT. 
          ALSO HIKING AND BIKING TRAILS ADDED IN THE FUTURE AS WELL AS PICKLEBALL THAT WILL BE THERE IN TIME. 
          IT IS A WIN WIN THAT BRINGS MONEY TO THE TABLE, REVENUE FOR THE TABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IF YOU LIVE IN THE WOODLANDS AND ARE A WOODLANDS TAXPAYER, RESIDENT, YOUR GREEN PEAS WILL BE LESS THAN SOMEONE THAT'S MOVING IN FROM THE OUTSIDE WHICH I THINK IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE VALUING OUR RESIDENTS. 
          I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          IT BRINGS ANOTHER AMENITY TO THE WOODLANDS THAT MOST COMMUNITIES WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AND I THINK IT'S PUBLIC GOLF IS A BIG DEAL AND RIGHT NOW IT COSTS 75,000-DOLLAR INITIATION FEE TO BECOME A MEMBER AT A PRIVATE COUNTRY CLUB. 
          NOW WE ARE OPENING UP ACCESS TO ANYONE THAT PLAYS GOLF FOR PAY TO PLAY. NOT JUST -- NOT PAY TO PLAY BUT, 
          YOU KNOW, PAY TO PLAY GOLF. >> THIS WILL BE GREAT. 
          AN OUTING THAT THEY CAN DO, TEAM BUILDING, PLAY GAMES. 
          AN HOUR AND 20 MINUTES, GAVIN NEWSOM DRINKS AND THEN COME BACK TO HOTELS HERE. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY GREAT. 
          >> COMPLETE PROGRAM WHICH IS FABULOUS. 
          >> I WILL ALSO ADD, THIS PIECE OF LAND, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT THAT CAN BE DONE WITH IT. I COMMEND THIS BOARD AND THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AND BRINGING THIS TO THE TABLE, BRINGING THIS TO WHERE IT IS AT THIS POINT, EVERYTHING THAT CHAIRMAN BAILEY SAID, THE AMENITIES, THE ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, REVENUE, TAX BASE FOR THE RESIDENCE. 
          I'M EXCITED. >> BRING IT ON. 
          >> PUT A CHERRY ON TOP. WE HAVE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT BY DOING THIS SORT OF THING AND ENHANCING OUR AMENITIES, INCREASING REVENUE FROM LIQUOR TAX, FROM SALES TAX, THAT WE ARE HELPING TO KEEP PEOPLE'S PROPERTY TAX AT THE VERY LOWEST POSSIBLE RATE AND STILL KEEP IT THE BEST COMMUNITY TO LIVE IN IN AMERICA. SO WE ARE WORKING HARD FOR THE 
          RESIDENTS. >> I'VE GONE TO AUSTIN A BUNCH LATELY BUT WHEN I TELL PEOPLE THAT 70% OF OUR REVENUE COMES FROM SALES TAX AND 30% FROM PROPERTY TAX AND WE HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST PROPERTY TAX RATES IN THE STATE, THEY ARE BLOWN AWAY. 
          >> THEY DON'T BELIEVE IT. >> THAT'S THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF EVERY OTHER CITY IN THE STATE SO WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE HIGH PROPERTY TAX RATE, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO HERE BUT IT'S A GREAT MODEL. WE'VE HAD GREAT STEWARDS OF OUR FINANCIALS FOR A LONG TIME HERE IN MONIQUE AND GOOD NEWS, MANY OTHERS, BUT ALSO PROGRAMMING. WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE PARKS DEPARTMENT THAT PROGRAMS EXTREMELY WELL AND BRINGS REVENUE. I THINK THAT'S A BIG PART OF THIS. NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO SELL AND BRING PEOPLE SO I COMMEND THAT. 
          WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION? SORRY, SPECIAL ONE. 
          >> IS THERE -- >> HERE IT IS. 
          ON THE TERM SHEET REGARDING THE GROUND LEASE AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE SHORT COURSE GOLF CLUB...MOVED BY DIRECTOR -- ARE GOING TO APPROVE A TERM SHEET REGARDING GROUND LEASE -- 
          >> MOTION TO APPROVE THE TERM SHEET REGARDING THE GROUND LEASE AND DEVELOPMENT. AGREEMENT FOR THE GOLF COURSE, ASSOCIATED A MENU -- AMENITIES. MOVED BY DIRECTOR NELSON, SECOND BY DIRECTOR EISSLER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 
          [21. Consideration of items to be placed on the agenda for next month's meeting;]
          [22. Board announcements; and]
MOTION CARRIES 7-0. FUTURE AGENDA ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          >> I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. WOODLANDS RODEO BUS, I'VE WROTE THAT TWICE. THAT WAS AWESOME. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU THAT PUT IT TOGETHER. 
          IT WAS ON TIME, CLEAN, A WONDERFUL WAY TO GET DOWN THERE AND PARKING COME BACK SAFELY. IT WAS GREAT. 
          >> I SECOND THAT BECAUSE I RODE IT AS WELL. 
          [02:40:04]
          >> I COULD NOT GET A TICKET. [LAUGHTER] 
          SOLD OUT. >> CAN WAIT -- CAN WE PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING OR NEXT MONTH SOME TIME TO HEAR A REPORT FROM WHAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE RENEWAL -- SEEMS LIKE WE ARE DUE FOR A REPORT. IS THAT RIGHT? 
          WOODLANDS WATER AND/OR AS JRA. >> ANYTHING ELSE? 
          >> JUST A REMINDER THAT WE DO HAVE -- COMING UP, A VERY EXCITING TIME, 11TH AND 19 19TH. 
          >> ANYTHING ELSE? MOVING ONTO BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM. ADJOURNMENT. 
          I CALL A MOTION TO SECOND AND ADJOURN THE MEETING. 
          MOVED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS WHO CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT OF HERE. 
          SECOND BY DIRECTOR EISSLER. ALL
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