[13. Receive, consider and act upon proposed amendments to Township Park Order No. 019-09, related to the use of the park, recreation and open space areas of the Township and scheduling a public hearing in connection therewith; ]

MOTION CARRIES. AGENDA ITEM 13.

CONGRATULATIONS JOHN, YOU GUYS ENJOY IT.

INVITE US TO LUNCH WHEN EVERYONE CAN EAT TOGETHER.

ALRIGHT. 13.

RECEIVE AND CONSIDER AND ACT UPON TOWNSHIP PARK ORDER NUMBER 019-09 RELATED TO PARK AND RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE AREAS OF THE TOWNSHIP AND SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING IN CONNECTION TO THERE WITH. I CALL ON DR. CHRIS TO PRESENT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE ITEMS THAT WILL REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS IS REALLY A CLEAN UP ITEM. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE NEEDED TO TWEAK AND WE REVIEW THE TOWN SHIP ORDER EVERY FEW YEARS AND THERE'S TWO RELATED TO SENATE BILL 12 THAT RELATES TO THE AUTHORITY OF REGULATING TO PERFORMANCES IN VARIOUS SPACES, AS WELL AS BUSKING WHICH IS PLAYING GUITAR AND COLLECTING MONEY. THAT'S A FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOM OF SPEECH SO WE HAD TO MODIFY OUR RULES AND ESTABLISH VARIOUS PERIMETERS AROUND THAT. THE BOARD CHOOSES TO MOVE FORWARD YOU CAN HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, WE BELIEVE THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY AND THERE WILL BE HOPEFULLY TWO MORE HEARINGS, AS

WELL FOR THE NEXT TWO. >> BUT BEINGS?

>> YES. >> THAT'S JUST LIKE SOMEONE LIKE PLAYING FREEDOM MUSIC ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD?

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. >> IT USED TO BE CALLED A STREET MUSICIAN. THAT'S MORE ROMANTIC THAN

BUSKING. >> YOU BUT BEINGER YOU, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? IF NOT I CALL MOTION AND SECOND TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING ON MAY 21ST IN RELATION TO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN SHIP ORDER NUMBER TO 019-09 AS PRESENTED.

>> MOVED. >> MOVED BY DIRECTOR HEISER AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR EISSLER. MOTION CARRIES.

[14. Receive, consider and act upon proposed revisions to Township Order No. 020-09 and the Special Event Policies and Procedures and scheduling a public hearing in connection therewith;]

AGENDA ITEM 14. RECEIVE AND CONSIDER AND ACT UPON TOWNSHIP ORDER NUMBER 02-009 AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING.

I CALL ON OR REFER TO PAGES IN YOUR PACKET AND THE ASSISTANT TO PRESENT. YOU GETTING A NEW OFFICE WITH

THIS COMPLEX? >> I ACTUALLY OFFICE OUT OF TOWN

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HALL. >> OH.

>> SHE DID. >> I'M GIVING JOHN A BREAK TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING BOARD OF DIRECTORS I'M HERE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF OUR 2026 PARK AND REC FEE STUDY AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

SOME BACKGROUND THE TOWN SHIP CONDUCTS THESE STUDIES EVERY FEW YEARS WITH THE LAST IN 2021. OUR GOAL IS TO REMAIN ALIGNED MARKET CONDITIONS AND ENSURE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CONSIDERATION WITH THE PUBLIC TO PAY AT THE PROPOSED RATES. IN ADDITION, IT IS TO ADHERE TO THE REVENUE PHILOSOPHY SET FORTH 100% COST RECOVERY AND 50% FOR THE AQUATICS OPERATING BUDGETS AND OUR STUDY EVALUATED 8 PEER COMMUNITIES AS LISTED. THE FEE AREAS THAT WE REVIEWED ARE PAVILIONS AND COMMERCIAL USE AND TOWN CENTER, SUPPORTS FIELDS, COURTS, AQUATICS AND SOME ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS ARE NOT PART OF THE ORDER 020-029 BUT WE THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT TO ANALYZE WITH THIS STUDY.

SO FIRST I'LL GO INTO PAVILIONS AND THE TOWNSHIP HAS THREE TEARS OF THESE FACILITATES. NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AND VILLAGE PARKS AND ANOTHER. AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF PEOPLE RESERVING PARK A SILL YANS AND WE'RE SEEING PERMIT GROWTH OUTPACING REVENUE GROWTH INDICATING PRICEING IS MODEST RELATIVE TO DEMAND AND WITH THE FEE STUDY WE SAW THAT WOODLANDS TIER ONE AND TWO SHOWED BELOW MOST COMMUNITIES.

TIER THREE GIVEN THE SIZE AND SUCH WERE IN LINE AND STILL

COMPETITIVE. >> LOOKS LIKE WE HAD BUT KERRS

IN THOSE PAVILIONS. >> I'M SURE.

SO OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR PAVILIONS IS TO INCREASE TIER ONE AND TIER TWO FOR NON-RESIDENT AND RESIDENT PRICING BRINGING THEM TO WHEN YOU DIVIDE IT OUT TO $10.00 PER HOUR FOR RESIDENTS AND THEN ALSO TO REMOVE GIVING FAIR PLACE WITH WOOD, WE DO NO LONGER OFFER THAT SERVICE UNLESS YA'LL WANT US TO.

>> MORE BUT KERRS. >> NEXT WE HAVE COMMERCIAL USE IN THE PARKS SO CURRENTLY COMMERCIAL EVENTS ARE ONLY PERMITTED AT TOWN GREEN PARK AND SUPPORTS COMPLEXES AND OUR PARK AND RIDE FACILITATES. WITH THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVE TO INCREASE ACTIVATION IN TOWN CENTER WE'RE RECOMMENDING ADDING FEES FOR WATERWAY SQUARE AND HUGHES LANDING AND FOR GENERAL WATERWAY USE FOR WALKS AND RUNS AND CURRENTLY THOSE ARE UNRESERVEABLE AMENITIES AND THEN WE WANT TO IN ADDITION ALLOW LIKE IF THEY HAD 200 HOTEL NIGHT MINIMUMS IN THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP THE FEES WOULD NOT APPLY AND THAT WOULD BE VERIFIED WITH VISIT THE WOODLAND, SO IF WE INCORPORATE CHANGES THEY REQUIRE AN UPDATE TO THE SPECIAL EVENTS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND THAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKET.

RED-LINED. SO TO SUM ALL OF THAT UP, WE HAVE AN ADDITION OF HUGHES LANDING A PRICE OF 3,000 DOLLARS PER DAY. AND WATERWAY USE $500 PER DAY AND THAT WOULD BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PARK RESERVATION LIKE TOWN GREEN SO IF SOMEONE WANTED TO WALK ALONG THE WATERWAY.

WE HAVE THE FEES AS HIGHER AND WITH THE PEER COMMUNITIES OF MANAGE BY PRICE AND HAVE THE SPECIAL EVENTS COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY SO WE'RE NOT OVERWHELMED.

IN ADDITION THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR A ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR REFUNDABLE DISPOSE FOR IT THE AMENITY AND LASTLY TO MEET THE NEEDS WE'RE RECOMMENDING A RESIDENT NONPROFIT PER SPACE FEE AT THE PARK AND RIDE FACILITATES.

THERE'S BEEN SOME DEMAND FOR THAT, IF NONPROFIT DOESN'T NEED TO USE THE ENTIRE PARK AND RIDE FACILITY THAT THEY CAN DO A

CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SPOTS. >> ALRIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS? THERE'S MORE.

SORRY. >> THERE'S MORE.

YES. >> MY QUESTION IS CAN WE LET HER

FINISH? >> NEXT UP IS A LOT OF PEOPLE'S FAVORITE. WE HAVE SUPPORTS FIELDS HERE SO WE HAVE 43 WITH 13 BEING ALL WEATHERED TURF.

OUR DEMAND IS INCREASING AND HOURS UTILIZEED WITH A SLIGHT

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DIP IN 2024 DUE TO TURF RENOVATIONS AND OUR REVENUE IS INCREASING AND I'LL NOTE THERE ARE TIMING OF PAYMENTS IN 2025 SO IT'S NOT QUITE THAT HIGH FOR 2025.

SOME OF THOSE SHOULD HAVE WENT IN 23 AND 24 BUT REGARDLESS IT IS INCREASING. BUT WHAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE IS ACROSS-PIER COMMUNITY. IT FALLS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE RANGE OF COMPARE I BELIEVES SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING AN 8% INCREASE TO GET CLOSER TO MARKET COMPARABLES AND WE WANT TO KEEP ON THE LOWER END TO KEEP IT ACCESSIBLE.

THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION AT THE 8% SO IT'S A SLIGHT INCREASE BUT NOT TOO MUCH. FIELD LIGHTING REMAINS THE SAME.

NEXT UP ANOTHER FAVORITE. TENNIS AND PICKLE BALL.

OF COURSE TENNIS AND PICKLE BALL HAVE A ROBUST AMOUNT OF COURTS WITH 80 TENNIS COURT AND NOW 19 DEDICATED PICKLE BALL COURTS.

THE REVENUE GROWTH YOU CAN SEE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE PICKLE BALL COURT AND A LOT OF THEM LIKE TO RESERVE THEIR SPOT. WE HAVE AN E Z REGISTRATION.

YOU CAN BOOK YOUR COURT ON-SITE SO THE EASE AND ACCESSIBILITY CONTRIBUTES TO THAT. WE DID LOOK AT PICKLE BALL PRICING WHEN WE ADDED THE COURT AND WE DID SEE IN OUR COMPARABLES THE CURRENT PRICES WERE ALL STILL WITHIN MARK SOCIETY WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCREASE THE FEES AT THIS TIME BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD A NON-RESIDENT FEE FOR OUTDOOR BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL FOR CONSISTENCY.

>> DO WE HAVE INFORMATION ON HOW MANY NON-RESIDENTS ARE USING THESE VERSES RESIDENTS? IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE BEFORE THIS. I'M LOOKING AT THE PICKLE BALL.

RESIDENT VERSES NON--RESIDENT. CURIOUS, ARE THE MAJORITY STILL

RESIDENTS OF THE WOODLAND? >> I DON'T HAVE THAT OFFHAND BUT I KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMMING AND ESPECIALLY FOR TENNIS AND PRIVATE LEAGUES IS VERY HIGH ON THE RESIDENTS SIDE.

AND FROM EVERYBODY, A LOT OF PEOPLE I SPEAK TO IS A LOT OF RESIDENTS RESERVING. THEY LIKE TO RESERVE IT IN

ADVANCE IS WHAT I'M SEEING. >> NEXT UP IS RECREATION CENTERS. OVER THE YEARS RECREATION CENTER PRICING HAS REGULARLY COME TO THE BOARD SO WE HAVE BEEN REMAINING CONSISTENT AND COMPETITIVE WITH THE MARKET AS WE SAW WITH OUR COMPARABLE CITIES SO NO CHANGES ARE RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE DO SEE INCREASING DEMAND FOR MEETING AND EVENT SPACES AND WE'RE SEEING GREATER AWARENESS OF THE ROB FLEMMING OUTDOOR CAMPUS THAT

WE ACQUIRED IN 2017. >> PAMELA, DO WE HAVE NON--RESIDENT RATES FOR MEETING ROOMS AND CONFERENCE CENTERS?

NO CHANGE TO THAT EITHER? >> NO CHANGE FOR THE RECREATION CENTER. NEXT UP IS AQUATICS.

SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE SECOND CHART WE HAVE A HEALTHY USE OF THE POOLS AMONG MULTIPLE USER GROUPS.

THE TAP CHART SHOWS OUR AQUATIC SEASON PASS SALES THAT IS ONE SOURCE OF INCOME AND HAS REMAINED CONSISTENT SLOWLY INCREASING BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THAT THE RESIDENT RATES ARE SHOWING BELOW MARKET RANGES DESPITE US PROVIDING ONE OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE POOL SYSTEMS WITH 14 POOL AND SIX SPRAY GROUNDS SO IN THE 2021 FEE STUDY WE DID RAISE FEES BUT WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO RAISE AGAIN AS A TIERED APPROACH SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING A SLIGHT INCREASE TO OUR RESIDENT RATE FOR 2027, NOT 2026. THAT BEING 0 TO 2-YEAR-OLDS GOING FROM $8 TO $10 AND OLDER $45, $50.

AND SENIOR PASSES FOR $20 TO $25.

DAYCARE GROUPS GO FROM $5 TO $7 AND OUR LAP LANES GOING FROM $8 AND 25 CENTS TO $10 A LANE FOR INFLATION AND OPERATING COSTS.

ALMOST DONE, I PROMISE. HERE'S COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS.

AGAIN THESE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE TOWNSHIP ORDER BUT WE FELT IT IMPORTANT TO LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND SEE IF WE'RE COMPETITIVELY ALIGNED AND WHAT WE DID FIND IS THAT WE ARE WITH TEXAS TREE VENTURES AVERAGING $20 AN HOUR FOR THE EXPERIENCE.

THE BOAT HOUSES WE'VE BEEN COMING BACK TO THE BOARD WITH

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OUR NEW COMMERCIAL OPERATOR SO WE'RE STILL COMPETITIVELY PRICED BUT WE RECOMMEND THAT WE WERE BELOW ON THE ADDITIONAL HOURS.

IF THEY ARE OUT ON THE WATER AND WANT ADDITIONAL HOUR WE RECOMMEND A SLIGHT INCREASE TO THAT.

WE ALSO DID SEE THAT WE WERE SLIGHTLY BELOW MARKET FOR THE WOODLANDS ICE RIN SOCK WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH SPECTRUM OUR OPERATORS TO EXPLORE SOME POTENTIAL HIGH DEMAND SESSION INCREASES AND SOME OTHER CREATIVE ENDEAVORS TO TRY TO GET THOSE NUMBERS UP. LASTLY, WE WANTED TO EXPLORE OUR PROGRAM REGISTRATION FEE, SO CURRENTLY THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP ABSORBS ALL THE CREDIT CARD AND ONLINE FEES FOR OUR REGISTRATION SOFTWARE ACTIVE NET SO WE DO RECOMMEND TRANSITIONING TOGETHER A MODEL WHERE ONLINE FEES ARE PASSED TO THE CUSTOMER THAT HAS BECOME THE INDUSTRY STANDARD AND IS ALSO OUR STANDARD FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AND WE UTILIZE FAIR HARBOR AND HAVE NOT HAD NEGATIVE FEEDBACK ON THAT AND IT ALLOWS US NOT TO BROADLY INCREASE OUR PROGRAM FEE AND YOU WILL SEE THE SAVINGS THAT WE WOULD HAVE HAD IF THE CUSTOMERS ABSORBED THOSE FEES IN THE PAST

FOUR YEARS. >> THAT'S GOOD.

>> AND THAT IS MY PRESENTATION. SO ANY QUESTIONS?

>> VERY WELL DONE. >> GOING BACK TO THE SLIDE ABOUT RENTING THE TOWN CENTER AT HUGHES LANDING.

WHAT WAS THE REASON PREVIOUSLY THAT WE WERE NOT OFFERING THAT

TO BE AVAILABLE FOR RENT? >> SURE.

>> THAT HAD A LOT DO WITH PRE--WATERWAY CONVEYANCE TO THE TOWNSHIPS SO A LOT OF THE PARKS WERE STILL, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THEY WERE OWNED BUT THE WATERWAY IS CONTROLLED BY HOWARD HUGHES.

WHEN 2023 CAME AND WE TOOK OWNERSHIP WE HAD PROVISION FOR THE 200 HOTEL WHICH IS STILL MAINTAINED SO YOU HAVE THE FEE OR THE 200 HOTEL NIGHTS BECAUSE WE STILL WIN WITH 200 HOTEL NIGHTS WITH THE HOTEL TAX BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IN HEARING SOME OF THE THINGS YOU SAID ABOUT HOW DO WE GET MORE ACTIVITY DOWN IN THE WOODLANDS WATERWAY CORRIDOR, ONE OF THE WAYS IS FOR THIRD PARTIES TO DO IT AND HAVE THE FINANCIAL RISK AND WE NOW HAVE A POLICY RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU TO REVIEW AND THERE WOULD BE A FEE TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO USE THOSE PARKS AND PUT PEOPLE DOWN TO THE WATERWAY AND THEN OF COURSE WE'LL BE COLLECTING THE SALES TAX AND LIQUOR TAX SO WE GET THE

DOUBLE BENEFIT OF THAT. >> OKAY.

THERE WAS TALKING ABOUT POLICY, SO THERE'S NOT OVERWHELMING

AMOUNT? >> SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT POLICIES, THE STAFF HAS THE ABILITY TO SAY NO.

IF THERE ARE TOO MANY EVENTS BACK-TO-BACK, THAT ACTUALLY WAS CREATED MANY YEARS AGO AT TOWN GREEN PARK BECAUSE THE PARK WAS GETTING OVERRUN WITH EVENT AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN QUALITY CONTROL ON THE ACTUAL PARK.

THAT ALSO WITH THE BRINGING UP ROB FLEMMING, AS WELL, HELPED BECAUSE IT BALANCED THE LOAD BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESOURCE, THE PARK ARE ACCESS TO BE ABLE RESIDENT AND NOT JUST THIRD PARTY USERS AND PROMOTERS.

WE WANT TO FIND THAT BALANCE. >> THANK YOU.

>> CHRIS I HAVE A QUESTION. HOW MANY INQUIRIES DO YOU GET TO USE WATERWAY SQUARE AND WHAT KIND OF INQUIRIES ARE THEY?

>> THIS IS, WE'VE HAD NONE. WELL I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT.

WE HAVE HAD THEM OFF AND ON BUT WE BASICALLY SAID YOU HAVE TO GET 200 HOTEL NIGHT AND FOR SOME EVENTS THEY CAN'T MEET THAT THRESHOLD BUT THEY STILL WANT AN EVENT AND IN THIS CASE MOST RECENTY THERE WAS, I CAN'T SAY THE WORD WORLD CUP BUT THAT EVENT THAT WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ON WATERWAY SQUARE AND I SAID YOU CAN'T BE THERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE 200 HOTEL NIGHTS BUT HE COULDN'T GET THAT.

THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. AGAIN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT NOT BEING ACTIVATED BECAUSE BY THE TIME THE COMMUNITY KNOW THIS CAN RESERVE IT YOU ARE A PROGRAM CYCLE SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR FROM NOW. PEOPLE SAY HOLD THE 5K.

WHEN DO YOU WANT TO DO IT? NEXT WEEK.

THAT'S NOT REALISTIC BUT THOSE PEOPLE PLANNING A YEAR AHEAD,

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THAT'S RIGHT ON BECAUSE THEY HAVE REALLY GOOD EVENTS.

WE'RE PROBABLY A YEAR OFF FROM SEEING ACTIVATION OF THIS BUT WE UNDERSTAND THIS WAS AN INITIATIVE LAST YEAR AND THAT'S WHY WE BRING IT FORTH AS PART OF THE PACKAGE.

>> I'M STARTING A LUCKY CHARMS A.K. WHEN I GET OFF THE BOARD.

>> THE TOWN SHIP CAN SAY NO TO THE PROPOSE FOR NO REASON?

HOW DOES THAT WORK? >> THERE'S REASONS IN THE SPECIAL EVENTS POLICIES AND PROCEDURE, SO THERE'S A LIST OF REASONS OF WHY WE CAN DENY AN EVENT.

>> THIS IS A RESIDENT ASKED ME THIS.

IS THERE A DECIBEL LIMIT HERE IN THE WOODLANDS.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE RESIDENTS COME FROM.

>> DO YOU KNOW? HEY, AS LONG AS I AM NOT.

>> WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THE OFFICERS ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE AS THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP WE DON'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO SOUND SO IT DEFERS TO THE COUNTY AND THEN THAT DEFERS TO THE STATE AND THAT'S 85 DECIBELS AT THE

PROPERTY LINE. >> DO WE HAVE A READER?

>> PARK RANGERS HAVE READERS BUT YOU HAVE TO BE UP THERE TO GET 85 DECIBELS AT THE PROPERTY LINE.

>> MY WATCH TELLS ME. >> BY THE WAY THOSE WATCHES ARE TYPICALLY TEN DECIBELS HIGHER THAN THE HIGHER LEVEL EQUIPMENT.

>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS I HEAR IS NOT FROM PARKS BUT I DON'T LIVE THERE BUT IT'S, THE PERFORMANCES THE PAVILION PERFORMANCES, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE SOUTH OF THAT AND EVEN THE ONES NORTH, I'VE HAD COMPLAINTS ALL THE WAY INTO GROGAN'S FOREST

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS AMAZING. >> ALL I WILL SAY ABOUT THAT IS

THE CONDITIONS. >> THAT'S RIGHT.

IT DEPENDS WHEN I LIVED IN COCHRAN'S CROSSING I HEARD IT AS

WELL BUT NOT EVERY NIGHT. >> BUT I DO THINK THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE, I GUESS YOU CALL IT THE NORTH MILL BEND SECTOR OF GROGAN'S MILL THAT THEY DO HEAR IT A LOT AND IT IS JUST THE

NATURE OF AN OPEN AIR PAVILION. >> THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LOVE IT. IF IT'S SOME SORT OF DIABOLICAL

BAND. >> SOMEBODY WANTED A MOTLEY CRU.

>> WE WOULD PROBABLY DO IT THEN. >> ALL JOKING ASIDE IS WE WOULD LOOK AT THE EVENT. WE WOULD LOOK AT THEIR SECURITY PLAN. WE DON'T APPROVE SECURITY PLANS BUT WE WOULD LOOK AT IT IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND LOOK AT THEIR PARKING PLAN AND FLOW ROUTES

>> THEY HAVE TO PRESENT THIS. >> YEAH.

IT'S NOT JUST I WANT TO USE IT. THERE IS A SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATION WITH PROBABLY TEN DIFFERENT PARK AND MAYBE MORE, THAT HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLANS THAT PAMELA IS REVIEWING AND JOHN AND SOME OF THEM I ACTUALLY REVIEW ESPECIALLY ON THE ONES AT WATERWAY SQUARE, AS WELL AS TOWN GREEN PARK.

>> YOU GUYS ARE EFFICIENT. >> WE'RE NOT APPROVING A

6-YEAR-OLD BIRTHDAY PARK? >> IF THEY WANT TO PAY 3,000

DOLLARS. >> DON'T PUT IT PAST THEM.

I'VE SEEN SOME RAGERS. >> I THINK IT'S BEEN, YOU DID A GREAT JOB PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER AND IT SEEMS REASONABLE AND WELL THOUGHT OUT AS ALWAYS THANK YOU.

>> GREAT JOB, PAM LOUISIANA I CALL A MOTION AND SECOND TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD DURING TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETINGS ON MAY 21ST OF 26 IN PROPOSED TO TOWNSHIP ORDER 02-09

AS PRESENTED >> MOVED.

>> DIRECTOR FRANK: AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR

[15. Receive, consider and act upon proposed revisions and amendments to Covenant Administration Administrative Fees and adoption of revised Resolution No. 014-24 associated therewith and scheduling a public hearing in connection therewith;]

HEISER. ALL THOSE APPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. AGENDA ITEM 15 RECEIVE AND CONSIDER ACT UPON THE AMENDMENT OF THE COVENANT OF ADMINISTRATIVE FEE AND ADOPTION OF REVISED RESOLUTIONS NUMBER 014-24 ASSOCIATED AND THE SCHEDUING OF A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR PUBLIC HEARING IN MAY.

REFER TO PAGES 359 THROUGH 364 AND I CALL ON THE DIRECTOR OF THE CODE ADMINISTRATION TO REPORT.

HOW ARE YOU? >> DOING WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SORRY.

I'M, GOOD EVENING I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE AND ADOPTION OF A REVISED RESOLUTION FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15 AND THIS IS AS AN IT RELATES TO ADMINISTRATIVE FEES.

THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU IN 2024 AND WAS LAUNCHED IN 2025 AND WE HAVE A MIN ENTERTAINED THE ORIGINAL PHILOSOPHY AS THE

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ADOPTION BROUGHT FORWARD TO MAINTAIN BASE SERVICES WITHOUT INCURRING FEES. THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY VALUE AND ENCOURAGE APPLICATION SUBMISSION, SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE WHICH WILL BE YOUR COLOR CHANGES AND REPLACING YOUR ROOF AND THOSE THINGS THAT ARE BEAUTIFICATION FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. IT FOCUSED ON PUTTING ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE ON THE ITEM THAT'S WERE REQUIRING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND TECHNICAL REVIEW MUCH LIKE WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER. YOUR COMMITTEE REVIEW ITEMS THINGS THAT HAVE TO GO TO YOUR DESIGN COMMITTEE OR ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES THIRD PARTY CODE INSPECTIONS.

IN KEEPING WITH THAT AND AFTER IMPLEMENTATION IN 2025 WE IDENTIFIED MODIFICATION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE FOR CONSIDERATION AND THESE ARE TO TRY TO CAPTURE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE PERHAPS NOT ORIGINALLY IMPOSED DURING YOUR FIRST CYCLE AND TO IDENTIFY EXPENSE FEES THAT WOULD BE NEEDED PER VARIANCE REQUEST AS APPOSED TO HEARING TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEED OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS COMMITTEE AND THEIR REVIEW AND TO ENCOURAGE PROACTIVE SUBMISSION THAT WILL BE THE BIGGER COMPONENT OF REVIEW TO FOCUS ON HOW WE CAN MITIGATE EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS THAT DO NOT HAVE AN APPLICATION AND BE MORE PROACTIVE IN THOSE AND THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS WITHOUT PERMITTING AND THE IMPOSITIONS THOSE CAUSE. THEY GENERALLY LACK SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION AND CHALLENGE THE COMMITTEE REVIEW.

THERE IS A COMPONENT IN A PROPOSED PHASE THAT YOUR STAFF AND YOUR COMMITTEE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MITIGATE ISSUES WHETHER THAT IMPACTS A NEIGHBOR OR A LOCATION AND THIS GIVES THAT OPPORTUNITY. EXISTING IMPROVEMENT IN PINGS ON ACTIONS AND CAUSES CONCERNED WITH AFFECTS BETWEEN NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES SO IT'S TO FOCUS ON THOSE MODIFICATIONS.

LOOKING AT YOUR SCHEDULE WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND HIGH LIGHTED THE AREA WHERE'S THERE ARE ADDITIONS.

ANYTHING IN LAVENDER ARE ADDITIONS TO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED SCHEDULE AND THIS IS PREDOMINANTLY COMMERCIAL.

THERE ARE A MINOR CHANGE TO RESIDENTIAL.

IN COMMERCIAL WE HAVE IMPROVEMENTS NOT INCORPORATED WITH SQUARE FEET AND ALSO, TO IDENTIFY CELL TOWERS AND INCLUDING OF LIGHTING, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE SIGNAGE AS ARTHUR MENTIONED THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED FOR YOUR BUILDING SIGNS AND THEN A PREDOMINANT FOCUS ON TREE REMOVAL AND LAND FORREST STATION THAT WAS NOT IN THE FIRST PASS IF YOU WILL AND THAT'S ALL FOR YOUR COMMERCIAL ITEMS. FOR YOUR RESIDENTIAL THERE WAS A MINOR ADJUSTMENT. WE DID IDENTIFY THAT WE HAD A STRUCTURE FOR FULL HOME DEMOLITIONS BUT DIDN'T HAVE FOR POOL OR PARTIAL DEMOLITIONS SO THIS IS FOR A LOWER FEE BUT INCORPORATION OF THOSE TYPES OF DEMOLITIONS REVIEWED AND MINOR ADJUSTMENT TO YOUR STRUCTURE AND BUSINESS IN THE HOME FOR WHAT THAT REVIEW FEE IS. WHAT IS APPLYED TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IS THE REPRESENTATION HERE TO INCREASE THAT VARIANCE AND RE-HEARING REQUEST FEE TO ACCOMMODATE FOR WHAT IS REVIEWED AT THE COMITTEE LEVEL AND ALSO, FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MOVING AWAY FROM VARIANCES WHEN THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMETHING TO MEET THE STANDARD AND COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENT FOR A VARIANCE.

>> CAN YOU GO BACK REAL QUICK? >> RESIDENTIAL?

>> SHORT-TERM RENTAL APPLICATION? ARE YOU GETTING, I'M NOT, YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS BUT ARE YOU GETTING EVERY PERSON THAT'S DOING THESE TO PUT IN AN

APPLICATION? >> I DON'T BELIEVE WE ARE.

WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON WAYS THAT WE CAN WORK THROUGH OUR ENFORCEMENT FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

WE HAVE APPLICATIONS BUT IN SOME OF OUR CONSULTATION WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WHAT WE HAVE APPLICATION-WISE WE WOULD SAY IS LIKE, LET'S SAY ROUGHLY 160 BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WORKING WITH RESOURCES OUTSIDE OF THE TOWNSHIP IS THAT'S PROBABLY

DOUBLE THAT AMOUNT. >> OKAY.

>> IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. IF SOMEBODY REMOVE AS TREE WITHOUT APPROVAL WE'RE FINING THEM.

THAT'S A FINE OF $150. >> TODAY WE DON'T DO THAT?

>> WE CURRENTLY DON'T IN OUR EXPENSE FEE SCHEDULE AND EXPENSE FOR THAT ITEM BUT IN THIS PROPOSAL THE INTENT WOULD BE TO HAVE AN EXPENSE FEE AND THAT'S REALLY TO ADDRESS THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST FOR WHEN WE HAVE TO DO A CEASE AND DESIST.

POST A STOP WORK ORDER AND FOR THE EVALUATION OF THINGS THAT ARE MORE TIME CONSUMING AND COMPROMISEING FOR THE

COMMITTEE'S ACTION. >> TO ADD TO THAT, SO WHAT WE'RE

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TRYING TO DO THE TOWNSHIP ABLING LEGISLATION HAS THE ABILITY TO CHARGE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES BUT WHAT WE HAVE NOT DONE WELL WITH THESE IS MATCHING THE STAFF TIME AND POTENTIALLY LEGAL FEE THAT GO WITH HANDLING SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE WITHOUT PERMISSION.

YOU HEARD EARLIER ABOUT THEY RUBBER STAMP EVERYTHING.

THAT IS NOT THE CASE. WHAT THIS DOES IS MATCH FEES TO WHOEVER IS DOING THE BAD ACT AND THAT'S DOING SOMETHING WITHOUT PERMISSION AND THAT'S WHAT THE IDEA IS HERE.

NOT FINING SOMEONE. MORE LIKE SAYING, OKAY, YOU HAVE TAKEN A TREE DOWN AND SOME PEOPLE SAY I DIDN'T KNOW.

SOME PEOPLE SAY IT'S DEAD. THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT TO PROCESS THAT. VERSES SOMEONE THAT SAYS I WANT TO TAKE A TREE DOWN, THAT FEE IS LESS.

>> APPLY IN THE REARS TO PEOPLE THAT TOOK A TREE DOWN A YEAR AGO? HOW STRINGENT ARE WE GOING TO BE

ABOUT THAT? >> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WOULD GO INTO AFFECT ONCE IT'S ADOPTED AND THEN BE FOR ALL THE PERMITS MOVING FORWARD FROM THAT POINT.

THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY PROPOSEED IF IT WAS CONSIDERED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE AN ADOPTION DATE OF JULY FIRST SO WE CAN GET COMMUNITY EDUCATION OUT ON THE CHANGES.

>> COULD YOU DELINEATE THE CONSEQUENCES OF AN UNAPPROVED TREE REMOVAL FOR EVERYONE? WHAT THEY ARE AT THIS MOMENT AND HOW THE TOWN SHIP IS ABLE TO DEAL WITH THAT? BECAUSE I DO GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

>> CERTAINLY. WE DO ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS TO CONTACT US FIRST SO WE CAN HELP UP THEM IN REGARDS TO TREE REMOVAL. WE ACKNOWLEDGE IT'S OFTEN BECAUSE IT IS HAZARDOUS OR DEAD AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE PLACE PRIORITY ON BUT IN THE INSTANCE THERE IS A LIVE TREE THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED AND HAS NOT BE PERMITTED TO DO SO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ENFORCEMENT ACTION. IN THAT WE DO ASK THAT INDIVIDUAL APPLIES FOR WHAT THEY REMOVED, OUR ENFORCEMENT TO CEASE AND DESIST AND ASK THEM TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION AND WE'LL INCLUDE THE DOCUMENTATION OF THE TREE REMOVED SO THAT WE HAVE AN IDEA OF THE SIZE OF THE TREE AND THE LOCATION OF THE TREE AND HEALTH OF WHAT WAS REMOVED AND COMMONLY, THAT'S PASSED THROUGH YOUR PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEES THAT WILL FOCUS ON THE REFORESTING AND THAT REQUIRES SIZE TYPE BASED ON WHAT WAS REMOVED AND BASED ON THE CANOPY OF THE TREES ON THAT LOT.

IF THAT IS NOT RESOLVED THROUGH AN APPLICATION TO MITIGATE THAT ISSUE THEN IT WOULD MOVE THROUGH OUR ENFORCEMENT PROCESS UP TO

AND INCLUDING LEGAL ACTION >> WHEN YOU REQUEST NEW TREE TO BE PLACED DO YOU GIVE THEM A RANGE? LIKE WITHIN TEN FEET OF THE ORIGINAL OR 20 FEET OF THE

ORIGINAL? >> IT'S NOT NECESSARILY IN THE SAME LOCATION. SOMETIMES THE ONES PROPOSED TO BE MOVED WOULD BE BENEFIT TO BE PLACED IN ANOTHER LOCATION.

SOMETIMES IT'S BASED ON THE EVALUATION OF THE CANOPY ON THE LOT AND CAN BE BEST SERVED IN THE REAR YARD OR FRONT YARD AND WE PROVIDE A LIST OF SPECIES THAT ARE NATIVE THAT ARE BROKEN DOWN BY TIER OF YOUR CANOPY TREES AND YOUR MID STORY TREES AND BASED ON THE NEED FOR THE LOT MAY FALL UNDER THE MID

GROWTH VERSES CANOPY TREES. >> THE OTHER THING THAT IS DONE IS THEY LOOK AT CALL PER ON WHAT YOU WANTED TO REMOVE AND TRY TO GET THAT SAME TO YOU. YOU MAY END UP REMOVING ONE TREE AND HAVE TO PLANT FIVE AND IN THE END WE END UP WITH MORE TREE CANOPY AND MORE CALIBER OF TREE AND THAT'S OFTEN WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU COME IN AND I WANT TO REMOVE A 12-INCH PINE AND WE MAY SAY YOU HAVE TO PUT IN FIVE OR SIX TWO INCH CALIBER TREES TO REPLACE THOSE AND WE DO WORK WITH THE PEOPLE ON WHERE THEY WANT TO PUT THEM BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE TREES ARE TOO CLOSE TO THE STRUCTURE. THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS LIKE THAT. WE DON'T WANT TO REPLACE A TREE WITH THE STRUCTURE. WHAT WE'RE PROMOTING IS CANOPY

COVERAGE AND A FOREST. >> THANK YOU.

TO HIS POINT I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS IS THE CASE FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL. THE REVIEW VARY, SO THE REFORESTING REQUIREMENTS ARE UNIQUE IN THE COMMERCIAL ARENA CALIBER AND IN THE RESIDENTIAL IT'S MORE IN REGARDS TO THE

CANOPY OF THE LOT. >> DO WE HAVE TO ASK PERMISSION

TO PLANT TREES? >> NO.

YOU DON'T BUT WE CAN ALWAYS ADD ADVISE ANY ASSISTANCE IN REGARDS TO LOCATIONS OR TO DIRECT YOU TO THE SPECIES LIST SO YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S NATIVE AND WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE AREA.

>> IS THAT SOMEWHERE ON OUR WEB, LIKE THE TOWN SHIP WEBSITE?

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>> WE DO HAVE THAT. I'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT INFOR INFORMATION.

>> ON THIS LIST. LET'S DO THE POOL DEMOLITION.

>> I HAVE A LANDSCAPING PROVISION AND THERE IS A FOCUS THERE IN REGARDS TO YOUR FRONT YARD AND THE AMOUNT THAT SHOULD BE NON-GRASS SO THERE IS A FOCUS THAT ENCOURAGES VEGETATION OUTSIDE OF GRASS WHICH WOULD INCLUDE TREE AND SHRUB AND

NATIVE PLANTS. >> PLANT SOME MILK WEED FOR THE

BUTTERFLIES. >> KIM, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THE PURPOSE FOR THE FEES, RIGHT? WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS, WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY A FEE FOR THIS PERMIT AND THIS PERMIT, SO UNDERSTANDING ALL THE LEGAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS BEHIND ALL THOSE THINGS AND THAT SAID, WE ALSO FIELD QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THERE IS A LONG LIST OF SCHEDULE OF DIFFERENT PERMITS, YOU KNOW, IF I'M DOING CERTAIN THINGS IN MY BACKYARD I HAVE TO GET A PERMIT FOR THIS AND THIS.

HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT TO IF SOMEONE IS DOING A STANDARD BACKYARD REMODEL. HERE'S A PACKAGE, IS MY TIME UP?

>> BIG BEN. >> PACEMAKER WENT OFF.

DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE. >> HAVE THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHTS TO LIKE, PUTTING LIKE A PACKAGE TOGETHER LIKE I'M DOING A STANDARD BACKYARD REMODEL THAT WILL INCLUDE A POOL AND A

KITCHEN. >> YOU MAKE AN EXCELLENT POINT.

SOME OF THE VARIATION DOES WORK WITH THE DATABASE AND HOW WE ORIGINALLY IMPLEMENTED IT AND BEING ABLE TO CAPTURE EACH IMPROVEMENT AND POST THOSE. BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OUR GROUP IN-HOUSE FOR HOW WE CAN DO SOME KIND OF A MULTI-PACKAGE PERMIT. WE HAVE THAT WITH OUR NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION. IF YOU DO THAT THERE'S AN AREA FOR YOUR DRIVEWAY OR GENERATOR OR FENCE.

WE'D LIKE TO IMPOSE THAT SAME IDEA TO THE LARGER REMODEL AND I'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND BUT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS IT.

>> GOOD POINT. THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN YOUR

BACKYARD ANYWAY. >> THEN YOU CAN SAY CAN I INTEREST YOU IN A FIRE PIT? I SEE YOU ARE DOING THE

STANDARD. >> LIKE A PIZZA TO OVEN.

>> WE DID IT ALL WITH OUR POOL THAT PRAISE THE LORD IS ALMOST DONE AND IT WAS ALL SUPER SMOOTH, SO I WAS GRATEFUL.

>> DID YOU PULL A PERMIT? >> AND HE CALLED IN ADVANCE.

>> ALRIGHT. >> I'M EVEN ASKING TO PLANT

TREES. >> WITHIN THE GUIDELINES.

>> THE FENCE IS NEXT. I'LL ASK PERMISSION FOR THAT.

>> THIS IS A HARD JOB SO THANK . >> ABSOLUTELY.

THAT WAS THE COMPLETION IN THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SO THAT LAST COMPONENT IS IS THE AREA REGARDING EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS WHERE YOU WILL SEE THE CHANGE FOR BOTH AND JUST THE BOARD, DOES THE BOARD HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME?

>> I DON'T. >> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHT. CALL A MOTION AND SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING. MAY 21ST PROPOSED PROVISIONS TO

TOWNSHIP 014-24 DEPARTMENT FEES >> MOVED.

>> SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

[16. Receive, consider and act upon a Request For Proposal for cell tower marketing and management services on Township-owned properties and parkland sites (C-2025-0243);]

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 16.

RECEIVE AND CONSIDER PROPOSE FOR A CELL TOWER MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICE ON TOWNSHIP OWNED PROPERTIES.

C225-0243 ON PAGES LISTED. I CALL ON WILLIAM TO PRESENT.

WIL WILLIAM?

>> GOOD EVENING. 40 PAGES.

ALRIGHT. CELL TOWERS NOT TO BE CONFUSED

WITH SMALL CELL NODES. >> GOOD DISTINCTION.

>> YOU WANT ME TO DEFINE THE DIFFERENCE?

>> SMALL CELL NODES ARE TRADITIONALLY WHAT YOU SEE AS THEY REFER TO THIS EVENING, THE STREET LIGHT POLES AND IT IS A SMALL CELL. 4 OR 5G BACK IN THE DAY AND ALL THAT. THOSE ARE GENERALLY SELF-CONTAINED. THERE'S A BATTERY AND THEY ARE NOT TIED TO GENERATORS AND HAVE LIMITED RANGE.

THOSE ARE TYPICALLY THE SOLUTIONS THAT CARRIERS DO WHEN

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THEY CAN'T PUT 120 FOOT TOWER IN THE AREA.

JUST LIKE ANY CELL TOWER OR NODE TO BE EFFECTIVE THEY HAVE TO BE

NEAR PEOPLE OR FACILITATES >> WHAT IS THE PROCESS IN A CELL NODE FOR US TO BE NOTIFIED OR WHAT'S THE PROCESS? WHO DOES IT? I MEAN THIS IS, UNTIL THIS WAS BROUGHT UP WAS THE FIRST I'D SEEN IT.

I SEE A LOT OF THEM UP AND DOWN THE WOODLAND BUT NEVER SEEN THEM IN NEIGHBORHOODS BUT I DON'T GO TO A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS SO WHAT'S THE PROCESS AND HOW'S THE TOWNSHIP INVOLVED OR NOT

INVOLVED? >> GENERALLY SPEAKING, NOT INVOLVED. SMALL CELL NODES ARE TYPICALLY INSTALLED ON THE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY WHICH IS IN OUR CASE IS THE COUNTY. NOW IN SOME CASES THEY MAY PUT IT ON A PRIVATE PARKING LOT AND CHRIS OR SOMEBODY CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG AND AT THAT POINT MAYBE WE WOULD STEP IN BUT ON THE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT.

THOSE ARE COUNTY APPROVED TYPICALLY AND DUE TO SOME F.C.C.

LAWS THEY HAVE LIMITED AUTHORITY ON THAT.

PROBABLY MILLIONS OF VIEWERS THAT WILL CORRECT ME BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE AGENCY, THE GOVERNMENT HAS A VERY LIMITED CAPABILITY OF REJECTING, SO YOU CAN BASICALLY SAY THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE IT TO LOOK LIKE BUT YOU CAN'T SAY IT NEEDS TO BE DIAMOND CRESTED. YOU CAN'T SLOW WALK THE PERMIT.

YOU CAN'T EVEN MAKE THE PERMIT SO EXCESSIVE THAT IT IS

UNAFFORDABLE. >> ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY.

EASY FOR YOU TO SAY. THAT ALSO INCLUDES NEIGHBORHOOD

STREET? >> YES.

>> TYPICALLY WE'RE NOT. IF THE INSTALLATION IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR LAND, LIKE IF THEY ARE GOING TO DESTROY OUR PATHWAY THEN WE WOULD NEED TO BE NOTIFIED.

IF IT IS ON THE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, I'LL PROBABLY GET THAT BY THE END OF THE NIGHT, IT'S REALLY A COUNTY FUNCTION.

>> LET ME ADD TO THAT. THIS STARTED COMING UP PROBABLY SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO WHEN CROWN CASTLE FIRST SHOWED UP IN THE WOODLANDS AND STARTED TO LAY FIBER EVERYWHERE.

THEY ARE A PUBLIC UTILITIES HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LANE, LAYING DOWN FIBER AND THEN THEY THROW UP THE CELL NODES. IF THEY ARE IN THE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, WE HAVE NO ABILITY TO REALLY REGULATE THEM.

THE COVENANTS ARE NOT PUT ON THE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THAT'S WHAT GIVES US THE POWER TO REGULATE IMPROVEMENTS.

HOWEVER WE WORKED WITH A LOT OF THE CARRIERS ON A DESIGN THAT IS WOODLANDS FRIENDLY THAT MEANS IT NEEDS TO BE BROWN, IT NEEDS TO BE PUT WHERE THERE IS A LIGHT POLE IF POSSIBLE, PUT IT ON A LIGHT POLE. MANY OF THEM WORK WITH THESE FOLK AND END UP BEING LIGHT POLE TOWERS THAT LOOK LIKE A BEEHIVE ON TOP. PAINTED BROWN.

THE PICTURES I'VE SEEN OF THE ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT LOOKED LIKE IT DID NOT HAVE THE BEE LIVE CASE INSTALLED

ON THE TOP OF IT. >> THAT'S AN INCOMPLETE INSTALL,

RIGHT. >> BUT IT IS A VERY COMMON LOOK AND FEEL THAT WE'VE CREATED. AND A LOT OF THESE CELL NODE MANUFACTURERS AND COMPANIES DON'T WANT TOO MAKE ENEMIES IN NEIGHBORHOOD, SO THEY TRY TO MAKE THEM COMPATIBLE.

WE'VE SEEN THEM ON LIGHT STANDARDS WITH LIGHTS OFF TO THE SIDE AND THEY DO VARIOUS THINGS TO HIDE THEM.

YOU CAN SEE SOME BAD EXAMPLES IN NEIGHBORHOODS IN CITIES ADJACENT SO US. SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE AS THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP ESPECIALLY THIS BOARD DOES NOT HAVE ANY AUTHORITY OVER WHERE THOSE GET PLACED OR HOW.

THERE IS LIMITED AUTHORITY IF THEY ARE LOOKING FOR AN EASEMENT FOR ELECTRIC. WE CAN SAY MOVE IT HERE OR PUT IT ON A LIGHT POLE BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE TO COME TO US FOR AN EASEMENT SOMETIMES BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THEY PUT IT ON A LIGHT POLE WITH POWER AND ENTERGY TEXAS, INC. SAID THIS.

>> I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO COME UP WITH A POLICY OR SEND A LETTER THAT ALL OF US SIGN THAT WE SEND TO ENTERGY TEXAS, INC.

AND ASK THEM IF THEY ARE GOING TO CONNECT POWER ON YOUR LIGHT POLE WE WOULD LIKE TO BE NOTIFIED.

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I THINK YOU WOULD AGREE TO THAT. >> YEAH.

>> THEY ARE SAYING THEY PUT THE POLE UP AND CONNECTED IT TO ENTERGY TEXAS, INC. THE STREET LIGHT POLE, AND IF THAT'S HAPPENING WE ASK THEM, WHICH WE TALK TO THEM ALL THE TIME, CAN WE PLEASE BE NOTIFIED SO WE CAN WORK WITH OUR RESIDENTS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT THE LOCATION, THE LOOK, THE FEEL AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK THE RESIDENTS HAVE A VALID POINT. I HOPE THEY UNDERSTAND WE'RE LIMITED AND HANDCUFFED ON WHAT WE CAN DO BUT IF ENTERGY TEXAS, INC. CAN GIVE US A HEAD'S UP BECAUSE THEY WILL BE GETTING POWER SOMEHOW, I THINK THEY WILL WORK WITH US THERE.

>> THAT IS A GREAT IDEA. >> SOME OF THE NODES REQUIRE

EXTRA POWER THOUGH? >> THEY WILL REQUIRE POWER.

RIGHT? >> EASEMENTS FROM ENTERGY TEXAS,

INC. THAT WE APPROVED. >> THERE MAY BE EASEMENTS AND THEY MAY NEED AN EASEMENT FOR US.

THE NODE PEOPLE WILL GET EASEMENTS FROM US BUT GENERALLY IT'S THE POWER COMPANY THAT SAYS, HEY, WE GOT TO PUT SOMETHING HERE AND WE NEED POWER TO GO FROM THIS LOCATION ACROSS YOUR PATHWAY AND ACROSS YOUR RESERVE TO THIS LOCATION.

THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY WHILE CHRIS WALKS UP IS ON THE LIGHT POLES IN THE WOODLANDS, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THOSE ARE INSTALLED BY ENTERGY TEXAS, INC. AND THEN WE HAVE MAINTENANCE.

WE HAVE SOMETHING DO WITH THEM. OH, NO LONGER.

>> WE PAY A PER MONTH ELECTRIC CHARGE.

>> GOT YOU. BACK TO YOUR POINT DIRECTOR, YOU ARE CORRECT WE WORK CLOSE WITH ENERGY ON LIGHT POLES AND THIS MIGHT NOT BE A HEAVY LEFT BUT WE'LL BE GLAD TO WORK WITH

STAFF. >> I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AS IT'S GROWING I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK AT.

PLEASE COORDINATE WITH STAFF AND HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT I THINK WOULD BE GREAT BUT I THINK AS WE LOOK AT CELL TOWERS AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, RESPONSIBLY PLACED TOWERS THAT WOULD CURE THE NEED TO HAVE AS MANY CELL NODES AS THERE ARE RIGHT NOW.

>> NOT NECESSARILY. BECAUSE IT ALSO DEPENDS ON REACH. IN SOME CASES WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT A CELL TOWER NEAR-BY OR THAT CARRIER MAY DECIDE THAT IT MAY BE MORE EFFICIENT FOR THEM TO PLACE

SMALL CELLS IN THAT AREA. >> TO BRAD'S POINT IS THERE A WAY TO GET, HEY, DO YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR 26-27 WHERE YOU MAY BE

PLACING THESE? >> GENERALLY THAT'S NOT UP TO THEM. IT'S GENERALLY THE CARRIERS THAT COME TO THEM AND ASK FOR PERMISSION TO PUT EQUIPMENT ON THEIR STREET LIGHT, AND IF THAT SECIFIC ONE DOESN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY BECAUSE IT'S OLDER THEY TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY NO. THAT CARRIER WOULD SAY WE'LL REPLACE IT WITH, WHATEVER SPECS YOU NEED.

GENERALLY WHEN YOU SEE IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE LIGHT POLE TYPICALLY AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION IS DONE THERE'S USUALLY A DEAL,

IT'S REDUNDANT AT THAT POINT. >> THERE'S A LACK OF SERVICE THAT THEY SAID THEY NEED TO PUT A NODE?

>> TYPICALLY. >> ALL THOSE PLANS TYPICALLY COME THROUGH THE COUNTY SO THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER STOP THAT WE CAN MAKE OUTREACH OUT TO THEM C.

BECAUSE OVER DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR IN THE PAST THEY MAY SAY THIS IS GOING TO CROSS AND YOU'LL HAVE AN ISSUE.

>> I WOULD POINT OUT ON D AND E OR VERY EASEMENTS FOR THIS VERY THING TO COME TO US WHERE EASEMENTS ARE REQUESTED SO JUST IN CASE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON A TOPIC THAT'S ON OUR AGENDA THAT IS JUST TO POINT THAT OUT TO THE BOARD.

>> ALRIGHT. CELL TOWERS

>> IF YOU RECALL IN DECEMBER THE BOARD DIRECTED STAFF TO START TO LOOK AT TOWERS IN OUR PARK LOCA LOCATIONS. SO WE PUT OUT ON RFP AND RECEIVED SIX RESPONDENT AND THEY RECOMMENDED ROB FLEMMING RECREATION CENTERS AND CAT TAIL PARK.

AND SOME OTHERS. SHADOW BEND PARK.

ALDEN BRIDGE SUPPORTS PARK, WIND VEIL PARK AND THE WOODLANDS FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER.

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SO HERE'S THE ISSUE WE HAVE. >> I FEEL THAT MAP.

>> THIS IS A MAP OF THE EXISTING TOWERS THAT ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GREEN YOU CAN SEE PRETTY MUCH FOR THE MOST PART SURROUNDED THE WOODLANDS WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TOWERS WITHIN THE WOODLANDS. THESE ARE THE PROPOSED SITES IN BLEW THAT WILL HOPEFULLY RESOLVE THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ISSUES.

>> WHAT ARE THE BLACK CIRCLES? >> THAT'S WHERE WE SHOWED THE RED STUFF. LIKE DEAD SPOTS.

I WOULDN'T CALL THEM DEAD SPOTS BUT CHALLENGED SPOTS.

>> I'LL CALL THEM DEAD SPOTS. >> I DROP CALLS LIKE CRAZY HERE.

>> DEAD AS A DOOR NAIL. >> HALF GLASS FULL RIGHT NOW

>> WITH THE TEN PROPOSED TOWERS ON THE LEFT IS THE BEFORE AND ON THE RIGHT IS AFTER SO GREEN IS GOOD.

ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? ALRIGHT. SO LOOKING AT THE SITES THEY PROPOSED THIS IS ROB FLEMMING PARK AND THESE ARE NOT EXACT PLACEMENTS BUT HEY, WILL THIS WORK, IF APPROVED WE'LL WORK WITH THE TOWER COMPANIES TO DO THE DUE DILIGENCE SOIL STUDY AND ALL THAT SO MAKE SURE IT'S ACTUALLY PROPER.

>> TEXAS TREE VENTURE IS BACK THERE.

>> ALL THE WAY IN THE UPPER RIGHT, YES, SIR.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER HERE ON, I WOULD SAY THE WEST SIDE OF THE PARK AND THEN ONE AND TWO IF YOU CAN SEE THAT.

THOSE FOR VIEWPOINTS I'LL SHOW. THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING AND AGAIN WE CAN CHANGE THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THE ACTUAL TOWERS THEMSELVES. THIS IS JUST A MOCK-UP.

>> LOOKS LIKE A TREE. >> LOOKS LIKE A TREE.

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A LOLLIPOP THEY CAN PROBABLY DO

THAT. >> NEGATIVE, NEGATIVE.

>> COULD PUT LIGHT ON IT THOUGH. >> CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, YEAH.

AND THEN FROM THE PARKING LOT. AND THEN BEAR BRANCH PARK SUPPORTS FIELD. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LOWER RIGHT-HAND SIDE AND THEN I'LL SHOW YOU A VIEW FROM THE PARKING LOT AND ALSO, FROM RESEARCH FOREST.

YOU CAN SEE IT OVER HERE IN THE MIDDLE AND THEN FROM THE ROAD

I'D SAY IT'S FAIRLY OBSCURE. >> YEP.

>> AND THEN CAT TAIL PARK. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SITE NEAR COCHRAN'S CROSSING. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE TREE FROM HERE OR THE TOWER, EXCUSE ME.

HERE'S THE PARK. IT WILL BE IN THE TREES.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT IN THE MIDDLE.

THEN FROM THE DISTANCE ALL THE WAY BACK THERE.

WE PUT IT SOMEWHERE OVER HERE, PROPOSAL.

THERE IS THE TOWER. FROM A DISTANCE.

LAKESIDE PARK. PUT IT NEAR THE TENNIS COURTS.

SEE IT FROM THERE. AND FROM THE DISTANCE.

SHADOW BEND. WE'RE PROPOSING JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LITTLE DITCH. AND ALDEN BRIDGE SUPPORTS PARK.

WE KNOW IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THIS RIGHT NOW SO WE'LL PROBABLY TAKE A HARDER LOOK AT THAT. THEN WIND VEIL.

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RIGHT IN THE CORNER. AND THEN WOODLANDS FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER WOULD BE IN THE BACK CORNER NEAR THE RAILROAD TRACK, SO YOU CAN

SEE IT ALL THE WAY OUT THERE. >> I CAN'T TELL ANYTHING.

>> THEN WAY BACK THERE AT THE TRAIN TRACKS.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SITES? >> ARE ALL OF THESE TOWERS ARE THEY GOING TO BE ALL CARRIERS GOING TO BE ON THEM? ARE THEY EXPECTING ALL AT&T AND HORIZON?

>> THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BUILD IT UNLESS THEY HAVE ONE AND AT TWO THEY START TO TURN THE MAJORITY OF THE PROFIT AND ALSO, ON THE MODEL THAT'S WHERE WE SEE MORE PROFIT.

>> AND AGAIN, THOSE LOCATIONS WITHIN THOSE PARKS ARE JUST

HYPOTHETICAL. >> HYPOTHETICAL.

THE POINT HERE IS THAT YOU ARE, IF YOU MOVE FORWARD THAT YOU ARE APPROVING SOMEWHERE ON THAT PARK AND THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE COMPANY WILL COME BACK AND SAY THIS IS WHERE WE WANT IT AND THIS IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE AND THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE WE CAN PUT IT AND THERE WOULD BE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT AS WELL.

>> TELL ME AGAIN GOING BACK TO THE CELL NODES.

HOW FAR IS THE REACH? >> SO THAT DEPENDS AND OF COURSE THE ENERGY GUY NEARS, OUT IN THE PUBLIC WILL PROBABLY CHALLENGE ME BUT DEPENDING ON WHAT'S BETWEEN YOU AND THE STREET LIGHT FACILITATES, BUILDINGS, TREES AND ALL OF THAT IT COULD BE A MILE OR TWO MILES OR IT COULD BE 500 FEET.

JUST DEPENDS. >> ARE THOSE PLACED OUTSIDE THE

CIRCLE COVERAGE? >> ARE THOSE PLACED OUTSIDE OF WHERE THE TOWERS ARE GOING TO INCREASE COVERAGE?

>> WE DO NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON WHERE SMALL CELLS

ARE INSTALLED. >> COULD WE GET THAT TO WHERE

THEY ARE NOW? >> UNLIKELY.

UNTIL IT'S SEND TO THE COUNTY AND HOPEFULLY THE COUNTY WOULD SEND THAT BUT THE CARRIERS WILL TYPICALLY NOT TELL US.

>> IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW.

>> IF THEY HAD A PLAN MAYBE TO PUT A CELL NODE 500 YARDS FROM A

TOWER THEY MAY BE LESS LIKELY. >> GENERALLY IN THE PAST THEY HAVE COME TO THE COUNTY AND IN FIVES OR TENS OR 20S AND SAY AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO INSTALL THESE.

IT MAY NOT HAPPEN BUT THEY ARE GOING TO FILE THE PAPERWORK FOR

IT. >> I IMAGINE THESE CELL TOWER COMPANIES HAVE FAIRLY STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CARRIERS, SO THE CARRIERS PROBABLY HAVE A GENERAL IDEA THAT WE THE TOWN SHIP ARE LOOKING INTO FUTURE PLANS.

>> WHETHER OR NOT THEY DIVULGE THAT INFORMATION.

>> NO. BUT IT IS A GOOD BIT.

>> OKAY. NUMBERS.

SO CELL TOWER OR THE FINANCIALS ON THESE ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW. GENERALLY THEY'LL GIVE US A BASE PRICE, A BASE RENT OR THEY'LL GIVE US A PROFIT PERCENTAGE SO IT'S QUITE DIFFICULT TO ACTUALLY SAY THIS IS HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO GET BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT A BASE RENT, WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT ACROSS THE BOARD, WE HAD CITY SWITCH, CROWN CASTLE, DIAMOND TOWERS, MILESTONE AND SUBMITTED PROPOSALS AT A PER SITE PER TOWER COST. AT BASE RENT 31,000, 15,000.

30,000 PER YEAR. AND THEN IT GETS REALLY CONFUSING WHEN YOU ADD PERCENTAGES OF PROFIT SO WHICH IS A REVENUE SHARE OF THEIR GROSS RECEIPTS.

SO FOR THE VAST MAJORITY WE HAD 25%, 40%, 40% AND THEN 35 PERCENT AND THEN DIAMOND IS OFFERING 55 PERCENT BUT THAT'S TIERED SO WITH ONE CARRIER THEY OFFER 40% REVENUE SHARE WITH TWO ON THE TOWER 50%, AND IF THEY GET ALL THREE 55 PERCENT.

AND THEN IF THEY ARE ABLE TO GET OTHER IO T, RADIO ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S NOT CARRIER RELATED IT'S 75 PERCENT REVENUE SHARING.

>> DOES IT SHOW LIKE ANTICIPATED REVENUE?

>> THEY GIVE YOU REALLY GLOWING NUMBERS, SO ONE CAN BE AS HIGH AS 13 MILLION BUT THAT'S OVER A 20 YEAR SPAN IF THEY GET 75

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PERCENT ALL THREE CARRIERS ON DAY ONE SO IT IS A LITTLE TRICKY

TO DO. >> DO THEY GIVE YOU A PERFORMANCE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

>> THEY DID AND I'LL SHOW THAT. MOST OF THE TOWER COMPANIES ARE OFFERING A SIGNING BONUS AND THIS IS CONTINGENT ON THE IT'S APPROVED THE CONSTRUCTION PERMITS ARE APPROVED, AS WELL AND ALSO, THEY HAVE AT LEAST ONE CARRIER SIGNED ON.

IT RANGES FROM 50,000 TO 50,000 TOTAL, 250000, 500,000.

SO DIAMOND IS OR THROUGHOUT AS A MONTHLY STIPEND.

>> DOES THAT INCLUDE THE MONTHLY RENT DIAMOND SPECIFICALLY?

>> YES. SO GENERALLY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. FOR THE FIRST YEAR.

>> ASSUMING ALL TEN. >> YEAH.

>> OKAY. >> THIS IS RANKING SO WITH ALL OF THE RESPONDENTS WE RANK THEM ON COVERAGE IMPROVEMENT VISUALS WHICH WAS KEY FINANCES AND QUALIFICATIONS AND TIME-LINE, TOTAL SCORE AND DIAMOND WAS RANKED THE HIGHEST.

SO MOVING FORWARD, IF APPROVED WE WOULD AWARD THE BID AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A PRE APPLICATION STAFF MEETING AND INITIAL REVIEW OF THE PLANNING AND ALL THE ENGINEERING STAFF AND THAT'S WHERE WE TALKING ABOUT LOOK AND FEEL AND THEN THEY'LL GET INTO ENGINEERING STUFF OF SOIL SAMPLES AND STUDIES TO MAKE SURE THIS SPOT IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE AND IS EVERYONE GOOD WITH IT.

AT THAT POINT THEY'LL DO A SITE PLAN IN ZONE AND THEN WE WOULD DO, THEY WOULD DO A PUBLIC NOTICE AND SEND MAIL OUTS TO THE AFFECTED NEIGHBORS AND THAT'S GENERALLY I THINK 500 FEET FROM THE IMPACTED SITE. THERE WOULD BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE BOARD WOULD DECIDE.

>> IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD GET COPIES OF THE PUBLIC NOTICES SO BE AWARE OF WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE GETTING WHEN THEY

START CALLING US. >> SURE.

>> CAN WE GO BACK ONE SLIDE ON THE FINANCIAL RATING? THIS ONE IS FINE. BASED ON THE BASED ON THE SCORE. I GUESS THE ONE RIGHT BEFORE

THIS. >> I'M SORRY, THIS ONE?

>> NO THE OTHER ONE. TOWARDS.

>> THIS ONE? >> NO.

YES. SO WHEN WE ARE RANKING THIS FINANCIAL VALUE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DECISIONS YOU GUYS ARE CONSIDERING AND FINANCIAL VALUE SHORT-TERM, LONG-TERM?

>> AT WHAT ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR WAS A BASE RENT FEET, A BASE LEASE, AND THEN A REVENUE SHARE, AND THEN BONUS STRUCTURE AND THAT ALSO A LEAST A LONG-TERM LEASE TEN YEARS WITH RENEWABLE AT FIVE AFTERWARDS. THE REASON WHY WE WERE LOOKING, TEN IS FIVE IS TOO SHORT AND 20 WOULD BE TOO LONG TO SEE IF THIS

IS A GOOD FIT OR NOT SO. >> SO TEN YEARS IS THERE SOME SORT OF FORMULA THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

>> ULTIMATELY 20 YEARS AS THE ULTIMATE RETURN YOU WERE LOOKING

AT. >> OKAY.

AND THAT IS HOW YOU RECKON EACH COMPANY.

>> YES. >> COULD WE LOOK AT THE ONE THAT IS BACKED BY TWO SLIDES. ONE MORE.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, WHERE DO WE FEEL WE ARE ARE MOST HEAVILY INCENTIVIZED LIKE, WHERE DO WE BEST BELIEVE THAT THE REVENUE SOURCES ARE PRIMARILY FOCUSED HERE?

>> THE BASIC LEASE. IS THAT THERE IS A REALLY NOT

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MANY PLACES THAT THERE IS A PLACE TO PUT A CELL AT TAUBER.

YOU STILL NEED IT WHERE PEOPLE LIVE OR WORK AND THERE IS NOT MANY PLACES FOR THAT. WITH THE DEVELOPER HAVING FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL NOBODY WILL SO THERE LAND TO THIS COMPANY.

>> DO WE FEEL CONFIDENT MAYBE BECAUSE I THINK THESE NUMBERS

ARE KIND OF BEST CASE SCENARIOS. >> THIS SHEET HERE IS JUST ONE A

CARRIER. >> SO ONE CARRIER.

AND IF WE HIT TO CARRIER'S DOES THE PERCENTAGE GET BETTER?

>> WITH DOCUMENT, THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO DID THE ESTIMATE, WITH ONE CARRIER THEY GIVE YOU 40% WITH TWO CARRIERS THEY GIVE YOU 50% AND THREE CARRIERS THEY GIVE YOU.

>> SO THIS IS TO CARRIER. >> THIS IS ONE CARRIER.

>> BUT DIAMOND IS 55%. >> THIS IS ULTIMATELY, THEIR

HIGHEST IS 50 5%. >> THE MACS THEY WILL GET.

>> THIS IS THE MAX EVERYBODY ELSE THIS IS THERE MAX.

MY FAMILY OWNS ONE OF THESE IN LAKE CITY AND OF PROPERTY OWNED IT LOOKS LIKE A FLAGPOLE BUT IT HAS BEEN PAYING FOR 15 YEARS LIKE CLOCKWORK AND IT JUST GROWS AND GROWS AND GROWS.

IT IS A GREAT THING TO START LOOKING AT.

AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS CRAG AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS I MEAN IF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CAN CALL, YOU KNOW, A SPACESHIP HALFWAY TO THE MOON, AND HAVE A PRETTY GOOD CONVERSATION, BUT WE CAN'T HOLD A PHONE CALL GOING DOWN THE PARKWAY SOMETHING'S WRONG.

AND I THINK THESE THINGS WE HAVE TO I DO NOT HAVE A HOME PHONE I THINK MOST PEOPLE USE THEIR CELL AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE HURRICANES OR FREEZES.

AND POWER GOES DOWN FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME.

AND THEN THE CELL TOWER BATTERIES GO OUT.

WE HAVE NOBODY IT CAN COMMUNICATE ACROSS OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THAT IS A MAJOR LIFE SAFETY ISSUE. SO I DO NOT THINK THE INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY WE CANNOT WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT HOW WE EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE AND THIS REVENUE SHARE IS DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH MY FAMILY'S CONTRACT ON THERE AND IT IS A WIN FOR THE TAXPAYERS. I MEAN IT IS AN ABSOLUTE WIND FOR TAXPAYERS. THE ONLY THING I REQUEST IS AND YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY IT MANY TIMES, WITH THE M, I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH DIAMOND TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO NATURAL GAS BACKUP GENERATORS FOR THESE SO TAUBER'S.

SO WHEN POWER DOES GO DOWN WE ARE NOT JUST RELYING ON THE GRID WE HAVE NATURAL GAS BACK UP A LITTLE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES THAT CAN POWER THESE GENERATORS ALL THE TIME.

>> GENERALLY SPEAKING ALSO TAUBER SUB GENERATORS AND THEY ARE TYPICALLY DO SO. ON SOME OF THE FOOTPRINTS THAT WE HAVE THERE IS A NATURAL GAS PRESENT SO THERE IS AN OPTION FOR THEM BUT THAT IS UP TO THE CARRIER AND SELF.

THEY TOWER COMPANY WILL JUST BUILD THE TAUBER IT IS UP TO THE CARRIERS TO DECIDE THIS IS THE POWER REQUIREMENT WE HAVE THIS IS WHAT WE WANT. TYPICALLY IT IS DIESEL BUT THEY MAY CONSIDER NATURAL GAS IF IT IS PRESENT.

IN SOME CASES WHERE WE ARE LOCATED AT THE SITES WHERE WE ARE PUTTING THE TAUBER ALL THE WAY AND THE STICKS THEY PROBABLY WILL NOT RUN ON NATURAL GAS LINE THERE BECAUSE IT WILL BE INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE. BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE HOW CAN THEY GET A DIESEL TRUCK BACK THERE OR A GAS TRUCK BACK THERE.

THEY MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT AS WELL BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT THEM LOVELY -- LEVELING THE WHOLE AREA TO PUT A GRAVEL ROAD.

>> IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A DUAL FUEL GENERATOR?

>> THERE ARE BUT AGAIN IT IS UP TO THE CARRIER TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO HAVE THAT EXPENSE. SMALL CELLS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE BATTERY-POWERED THOSE ARE THE STREET ONCE THOSE ARE THE ONES IMPACTED AFTER A FEW HOURS AFTER THEY'RE A MAJOR POWER OUTAGE. WE KNOW THEY WILL FAIL WE EXPERIENCE THAT EVERY TIME. WITH THE CELL TOWERS ARE YOUR MOST LIKELY STRUCTURE TO KEEP STANDING BECAUSE LONG AS THEY DO NOT GET KNOCKED DOWN OR THEY KNOCK THE DATACENTRE THAT IS THE MOTHER SHIP FOR ALL OF THE DATA IF THAT DOES NOT FAIL.

>> CHAIRMAN BAILEY, TO YOUR POINT, YES, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY WORK WITH THE VERY YEARS -- THE CARRIERS.

HOPEFULLY THEY WILL COOPERATE AND YOU ARE RIGHT.

>> IF WE COULD ALL ASSIGN A LETTER TO ALL THE DIFFERENT CARRIERS SAYING THAT WE HAVE APPROVED THIS AND WE ARE EXCITED TO MAKE CELL SERVICE GREAT AGAIN IN THE WETLANDS I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD, SYRIA'S LEE -- SERIOUSLY, JUST THE ONES WE CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH SAY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US.

AND READ A FEATURE OF SELL COMMUNICATION AND DO WITH THE

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RIGHT WAY. I TRULY BELIEVE THIS IS A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE THAT WHEN PEOPLE CAN COMMUNICATE THEIR POWER GOES

DOWN. >> WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME ON

THESE. >> THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS CAN PROBABLY TELL US HOW LONG THAT WILL TAKE.

DEPENDS ON. >> MEANING IN THEIR BIDS THEY

PROPOSED HOW LONG OF A LEASE. >> GENERALLY RENEWAL TERMS ARE

UP TO HOW LONG? >> TEN, UP TO 20.

>> DIAMOND HAS A STANDARD KIND OF GROUND LEASE THEY USE SO THEY WILL NOT BE OVERLY COMPLICATED. WILL MAKE THAT -- WILL NOT TAKE LONG TO DETERMINE THAT THE ISSUE TO DO THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTION AND ALSO THE DEALS WITH THE CARRIERS BECAUSE THAT IS OUT OF OUR HANDS REALLY. THEY ARE THE ONES NEGOTIATING

WITH THE CARRIERS. >> SO OBVIOUSLY WE SAW WE ARE IN GREAT NEED FOR BETTER CELL PHONE COVERAGE.

THE FINANCIALS ARE ENTICING. WHAT CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY IMPLICATIONS? THE RADIO FREQUENCY WAVES COMING OFF THE CELL PHONE TAUBER AND HOW THOSE ARE DIFFERENT THAN IT, YOU, HOLDING A PHONE UP TO YOUR EAR.

>> DOCTOR YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.

>> LIKE YOU HEARD THIS EVENING THERE IS REALLY NOT ENOUGH DATA OUT THERE TO SAY WHETHER IT IS GOOD OR BAD.

SO. THE TAUBER COMPANY, THE CARRIERS PROBABLY HAVE A LOT BETTER DATA TO SAY IT MOST LIKELY THEY WILL

SAY IT IS OKAY. >> ARE WE GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY FROM DIAMOND COMMUNICATIONS COME PRESENT TO US IF WE APPROVE

THIS? >> WOULD BECOME TO THE PUBLIC HEARING PEACE THAT IS WHEN YOU WILL SEE THEM.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT IF SOMEBODY DOES COME REGARDING THE HEALTH ISSUES OF THESE TOWERS, THEY BRING ALSO DATA THAT IS RELATED TO RADIATION THAT COMES FROM HERE, FROM OUR PHONES, FROM ALL OF OUR EARBUDS THAT WE ARE STICKING INSIDE OF OUR HEADS ON A REGULAR BASIS. PEOPLE FORGET THAT PROXIMITY MATTERS. AND THEY THINK IT IS A GIANT TAUBER AT MUST BE TERRIBLE BECAUSE IT IS IT IS A FOREIGN-LOOKING. BUT YOU KNOW WE ARE DOING THINGS TO OURSELVES THAT WE DO NOT REALLY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT.

SO AND THERE HAS BEEN DATA THAT IS INSUFFICIENT ON THAT EITHER BUT IT ALWAYS NEEDS TO BE PUT INTO THE EQUATION LIKE WHERE IS THE OTHER SOURCE OF THAT IS COMING EVERY DAY IT YOUR

CHILDREN'S WAY? >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT IF NOT I HAVE A LONG PARAGRAPH THE READER.

>> JUST TO CLARIFY WE ARE APPROVING THE BED AND THEN CAN YOU PUT UP THE TIMELINE AGAIN, WILLIAM?

>> THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT IS IMPORTANT.

>> RIGHT. SO THEY ENGINEERING PART COULD TAKE A MONTH IT COULD TAKE TWO MONTHS AFTER CONTRACT IS SIGNED ON ALL OF THAT SO AFTER THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN FROM THERE YOU WOULD DECIDE TO PROCEED ALL OR NOTHING OR IF YOU WANT PIECEMEAL ONE TAUBER VERSUS ANOTHER WAY TO GO FROM THERE AND THEN THAT MAY CHANGE THE ECONOMICS AS WELL.

>> I THINK YOU'VE EXPLAINED THAT IT WOULD CHANGE THE ECONOMICS.

>> MOST LIKELY. >> SIGNIFICANTLY.

>> WHEN WE HAVE DIAMOND COMMUNICATIONS COME I WOULD LIKE THEM TO COME PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT WHEN WE HAVE IRON MAN, WHEN WE HAVE CONCERTS, WHEN WE HAVE THE WATERWAY ARTS FESTIVAL, YOU KNOW ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT IS BRINGING IN MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EACH YEAR, HOW DO WE RAMP-UP OR SO COVERAGE COVERAGE DURING THOSE BUSY TIMES TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS IN EAST SHORE CAN COMMUNICATE BUT WE ARE NOT DROPPING CALLS YOU CAN'T SEND TEXT MESSAGES YOU CANNOT DO HASHTAG WOODLANDS ARTS FESTIVAL OR WHATEVER IT IS, HOW CAN WE BOOST THAT UP THERE HAS TO BE A WAY WE CAN DO THAT AND WORKING WITH THE CARRIERS AND OTHER WOULD BE GOOD. MAYBE THEY CAN DO A SPONSORSHIP ON THAT AND BRING IN BOOSTERS DURING THE BIG CONCERT OR

SOMETHIG I DO NOT KNOW. >> WE MAKE THAT REQUEST EVERY YEAR EVERY MAJOR EVENT WE HAVE. SO WE DID OUR USUAL REQUEST FOR IRON MAN JUST LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR AND LAST YEAR THE CARRIERS OF PROOF ADDING CELL PHONE ON WHEELS WHICH IS BASICALLY GOING TO BOOST CAPACITY. THIS YEAR ALL THREE OF THEM SAID THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS THEY HAVE MADE AROUND TOWN THEY BELIEVE IS

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SUFFICIENT TO HANDLE THIS SO THEY DENIED OUR REQUEST.

>> INTERESTING. >> ANOTHER LETTER.

>> I KNOW PEOPLE IN THE SELL BUSINESS SO I THINK WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO THEM. SO I HAVE AT&T, BUT I HAVE AT&T CONTACT THE HEAD OF ALL OF TEXAS FOR AT&T I THINK WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND SAY WE HAVE A SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY

FOR YOU. >> THAT IS GOOD AND THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE DURING THE ARTS FESTIVAL EVERY YEAR VENDORS CANNOT CHARGE CUSTOMERS SOME YEARS IT SOMETIMES DEPENDED ON THE CROWDS BECAUSE THEY CANNOT GET SELL COVERAGE.

>> I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM SO I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, FEEDBACK. I CALL A MOTION SECOND TO AWARD THE BID TO DIAMOND COMMUNICATIONS AND URGE THE PRESIDENT AND CEO TO INTRODUCE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS INCLUDNG LEASE AGREEMENT TERMS ON ANY ON-SITE MODIFICATIONS.

IF THEY ARE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE TO FINALIZE THE AGREEMNT WITH DIAMOND COMMUNICATIONS WE AUTHORIZE THE FINALIZED AGREEMENT WITH THE SECOND RESPONDED AND SO FORTH.

AUTHORIZED PRESIDENCY TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT IS APPROVED IN FINAL FORM WITH TOWNSHIP LEGAL COUNCIL.

>> MOVED BY THE DIRECTOR. SECOND BY DIRECTOR FRANK'S.

[17. Receive, consider and act upon a quarterly update from Visit The Woodlands (Convention & Visitors Bureau);]

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. >> 7-0.THOSE OPPOSED?- CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A VISIT TO WOODLANDS.

I CALL ON NICK, PRESIDENT A VISIT TO WOODLANDS TO PRESENT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FRESH HAIRCUT.

>> LIKE A CHARM. >> YES.

>> GOOD SOUL TAUBER. [LAUGHTER] SOLE TAUBER RIGHT ON TOP OF THE PAVILION IS.

>> RIGHT. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN BAILEY SO A LOT OF INFORMATION IN YOUR POCKET SO FEEL FREE TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THAT. GIVEN THE TIME FRAME RIGHT HERE I WILL BE VERY BRIEF I DO WANT TO MAKE SOME VERY VALID POINTS AND VICE CHAIRMAN I HAD SOME SKITTLES FOR DINNER SO I'M IN GOOD SHAPE. THE BUSKER IS NOT PART OF THE PRESENTATION HERE TONIGHT. AS WE GO THROUGH THIS THIS PRESENTATION I GAVE LAST WEEK TO VISIT THE WOODLANDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS SO WOULD LIKE TO THANK DIRECTOR NELSON AND DIRECTOR WILLIAM DIRECTOR SHARP THEY HEARD THIS INFORMATION SO I APPRECIATE THEM HEARING THIS AGAIN.

EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS DATA-DRIVEN WITHIN A VISIT TO WOODLANDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REACHING THE RIGHT SALESPEOPLE, THE RIGHT LEISURE MARKET.

SO AS WE LOOK AT THINGS THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT I WILL GO THROUGH THIS SLIDE WITH THESE ARE ALL THE KEY METRICS THAT WE TAKE A LOOK, AGAIN OUR BIGGEST MEASUREMENT OF SUCCESS IS THE COLLECTION OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX SO AS YOU MIGHT RECALL LAST YEAR OR 2024 WAS A RECORD YEAR, 2025 WE MISSED IT BY JUST 13,000.

10.3 MILLION. WE'RE OFF TO A GREAT START THIS YEAR WE DO HAVE ONE HOTEL THAT IS OFF-LINE RIGHT NOW THAT IS THE HILTON GARDEN INN WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR INTO OUR HOTEL TAX, LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THEM BACK ONLINE IN JUNE BUT WE AS STAFF ARE PROJECTING THAT WE COULD SET ANOTHER RECORD THIS YEAR THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS LOOK VERY GOOD.

BUSINESS CORPORATE BUSINESS IS GOOD.

SO WE WILL SEE MUCH MORE ON THE CONVENTION SIDE OF THINGS I THINK IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

WE TAKE A LOOK I WOULD LIKE TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THIS OUT PARTICULARLY AT THE SLOT OF THE OCCUPANCY GRAPH ON THIS WE CAN SEE WE ARE RUNNING AT HIGH OCCUPANCIES AND THE STRONG 70S. THIS GAVE CREDENCE TO THE STUDY THAT WE SAID THAT WE NEED TO NEW HOTELS UPWARDS OF 400 KEYS BECAUSE OF LOST BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MEASURE ALMOST 250 MILLION OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

HAVE LOST BUSINESS BECAUSE WE JUST DO NOT HAVE QUITE THE CAPACITY HERE. WHAT YOU CAN SEE OUR TOUGHEST MONTHS ARE GOING TO BE IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.

I THINK THAT THE HOLIDAY LIGHTING PROGRAM IS A HUGE START TO HELP MAKE US TOWARDS HOW WE CAN COME ALIVE HERE IN THE DECEMBER TIME FRAME. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS A VISIT TO WOODLANDS STAFF WANT TO REALLY KIND OF FOCUS ON BUT ALSO WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE PAVILION THE SHOPPING DESTINATIONS OF HOW WE CAN INCREASE OCCUPANCY IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

OF COURSE YOU KNOW MY STORY ABOUT SUNDAY NIGHTS.

THIS IS VERY INTERESTING WE TRACK ALL OF OUR WELL A GOOD PORTION OF OUR VISITORS THAT COME IN FROM OTHER PLACES THE DALLAS DFW MARKET IS OUR LARGEST TEXAS MARKET SO WE WILL TAKE OUR

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ADVERTISING AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS AND FOCUS ON THE CAMPAIGNS A LOT OF THE ADVERTISING THAT WE DO RESIDENTS WILL NEVER SEE AND SOME OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT SEE IT JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE HITTING IT HEAVY AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR PUBLICATIONS AND ALSO ELECTRONIC MEDIA.

MEETING PLANNERS. HEAVILY AT WHAT WE ARE HITTING.

AGAIN THIS IS TRAVEL. SO YOU SHOULD SEE THE WOODLANDS AND ALL OF THESE THINGS. IF YOU COME ACROSS IN PUBLICATIONS THAT YOU THINK A BIG PUBLICATIONS THAT YOU DO NOT SEE YES PLEASE LET US KNOW WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

ARE MARKETING NUMBERS HAVE BEEN VERY SIGNIFICANT THESE ARE Q1 NUMBERS ADVERTISING IMPRESSIONS HAVE 3 MILLION THAT IS THE ADVERTISING THAT YOU JUST SAW THERE.

ARE SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS AND 5.4 MILLION.

TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA HAVE HAD HUGE SUCCESS IN THIS OVER THE LAST YEAR WE HAVE FINALLY OR NOT FINALLY BUT WE HAVE TALKED 100,000 FOLLOWERS. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH OF 26-POINT 9%.

SO 26% GROWTH IN SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS.

SO WE ARE PUSHING HARD FOR THAT. SO OUR GLADNESS CAMPAIGN YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THAT THAT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.

THIS WAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH MARCH MADNESS.

SO A LOT OF IMPRESSIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR CAMPAIGN THE DREAMER DID WENT OUT ON THIS PARTICULAR CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR.

WILL WORK OUT THROUGH ALL OF THAT.

EXPANSION VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

THE HOUSTON TO DOUBTLESS RUN HAS BEEN VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL SO STARTING ON MAY THE 7TH IS A ROUND NUMBER 2 AUSTIN AND IT WILL DROP OFF JUST STEPS A WAY FROM I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE STADIUM IF THERE ARE ANY LONGHORNS THAT ARE IN HERE.

>> THE FOOTBALL STADIUM? >> SO YOU CAN TAKE THE BUS HERE FROM THE MARRIOTT AND BE JUST A FEW STEPS A WAY FROM THE FOOTBALL STADIUM. SO LOOK AT YOUR GAME DATES ONCE THIS IS LAUNCHED THAT CALENDAR WILL BE UP AND THEN GOING FOR THE SESSION AS WELL FOR IT WHEN THE TEXAS LEGISLATOR SAYS.

WE THINK THIS WILL BE VERY POPULAR.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> AND THEN GROUP SALES HAVE BEEN JUST TREMENDOUS. KUDOS TO THE SALES TEAM YOU CAN SEE THESE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW WE SET A RECORD IN 2025 FOR THE BUSINESS BOOK. WE ARE LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE IN THE 25-30% HIGHER THIS YEAR IS WHAT WE ARE ON TRACK FOR JUST A GREAT JOB. WE HAVE HAD ALREADY SOME GREAT CONVENTIONS IN THE FIRST QUARTER WITH THE LUNAR PLANETARY SCIENCE CONVENTION THAT WAS 2000 ROCKET SCIENTISTS THAT CAME HERE WE HAVE THE WORLD CHEMICAL FORUM IN THE MONTH OF APRIL AND WE HAVE SOME GREAT GROUPS COMING UP IN JUNE.

THIS IS A BIG EVENT AND A GREAT WIN FOR US.

IT IS CALLED THE LEADER HER SHIP TEXAS SOCIETY ASSOCIATION OF EXECUTIVES AND TEXAS TRAVEL ALLIANCE AND KUDOS TO THE ONE WHO SECURED THAT AND BROUGHT THAT HERE.

AND IN OCTOBER YOU WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THIS THIS IS BIG FOR US. CONNECTED TEXAS AND A MEDICAL THAT IS A BIG MARKET WE ARE GOING AFTER RIGHT NOW.

AND THE DISPATCH SPORTS INNOVATIVE FORUM.

SO WE HAVE MAJOR NATIONAL PODCASTERS THAT WILL BE COMING TO THE WOODLANDS IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AGAIN MORE INFORMATION COMING ON THAT. SO HOPEFULLY I GET ALL OF THIS DONE THEM. THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE ON THIS

REPORT SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> GREAT WORK AS ALWAYS THANK YOU.

>> I CALL A MOTION SECOND TO ACCEPT THE WOODLANDS CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU REPORT KNOWN AS VISIT WITH ONE'S QUARTERLY

REPORT. >> SECOND.

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

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY YES. >> YES.

>> ACTED UPDATE REGARDING PRESENCE OF VILLAGE COUNCIL ON

PAGE 394 I CALL RICHARD. >> I WILL BE VERY BRIEF WITH THIS ONE. HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO PRESENT AT THE PRESIDENTS COUNCIL LAST MEETING.

ALL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT AND WE HAD A COUPLE EXTRA PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP AND SHE GAVE THE SAME PRESENTATION, THE SAME VERY GOOD PRESENTATION THAT SHE MADE IT TO US WITH REGARD TO ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO 26 WE HAD A LOT OF REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS AND JUST AS IMPORTANT WE HAD A LOT OF REALLY GOOD ANSWERS. SO I THINK WE APPRECIATED A VERY GOOD MEETING AND CONTINUES TO BE VERY INTERESTING AND I THINK

VERY EDUCATIONAL TO OUR FOLKS. >> ALL RIGHT MOTION TO ACCEPT.

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>> DIRECTOR SECOND BUY. >> SECOND.

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RESPOND BY SAYING GUESS.

[ CLOSED MEETING (if applicable)]

[19. 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;]

>> YES. >> WE WILL BE HAVING AN EXTENSIVE CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT.

SO EVERYBODY ANNOUNCE THE BOARD EXECUTIVE RELATING TO PROPERTY PURSUANT TO 501102 TEXAS CODE SECTION 155.108.

SECTION 551-POINT TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS CRITICAL TO WORK PURSUANT TO SECTION 1089.

SECTION 551.70 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

WE TAKE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE PORTABLE RECONVENE AND PULL

SESSION IS >> IT IS 11:03 WE ARE

[20. Reconvene in public session;]

[21. Receive, consider and act upon an Interlocal Agreement with Montgomery County and the City of Conroe related to the use of Regional Participation Agreement Funds for the David Memorial Drive extension project;]

RECONVENING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

PROCEEDING SENT IN THE LOCAL AGREEMENT AND THE CITY OF CONROE RELATED TO THE USE OF THE REGIONAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT FUNDS FOR DAVID MEMORIAL DRIVE EXTENSION PROJECT.

WE DISCUSSED THIS EARLIER SO IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?

>> NO. >> GREAT IDEA.

>> SIXTEEN AGENDA ITEMS TO GO. ALL RIGHT.

I CALL A MOTION TO SECOND THE APPROVAL OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN THE CITY OF CONROE RELATED TO THE USE OF THE REGIONAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT FUNDS FOR DAVID MEMORIAL DRIVE EXTENSION PROJECT. AND AUTHORIZE PRESENT CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY AGREEMENTS AS APPROVED FOR THE FINAL FORM OF THE TOWNSHIP LEGAL COUNCIL.

>> YES. >> SECOND.

>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. CLOSE THE MOTION CARRIES.

[23. Board announcements; and]

ITEM 22 DISCUSS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. THERE ARE NONE. ANYMORE ANNOUNCEMENTS?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF FOR THE GREAT JOB THEY DID IN TERMS OF PARTICIPATING AND TAKING DOWN OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE IRON MAN CONTEST. GREAT JOB.

NEXT MORNING YOU GET UP AND GONE.