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          06:00 PM. MONDAY, MAY 28TH, 2026. I CALLED THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS
REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER. 
          AGENDA ITEM ONE IS OUR INVOCATION AND I TAKE PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE HERE. 
          [1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;]
MY PASTOR, DOCTOR MARK SORENSEN, SENIOR PASTOR OF THE WOODLANDS METHODIST CHURCH RECEIVED
HIS MASTER OF DIVINITY FROM ASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND HAS BEEN IN MINISTRY FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS. BEFORE THAT, HE WAS A DJ. 
          TRUE STORY. HE FELT THE CALL OF CHRIST FROM FROM A ROCK STATION IN MARSHALL,
TEXAS. 
          BUT HE'S ALSO AN ACCOMPLISHED AUTHOR. HE'S AN INCREDIBLE PAINTER AND DOODLER ONE OF THE
BEST DOODLERS I'VE EVER MET IN MY LIFE. 
          BUT IT'S VERY, VERY GIFTED, GIFTED PREACHER THAT WE JUST LOVE SO MUCH. 
          AND HE HAS A BIG, BIG SHOES TO FILL WITH DOCTOR ED. 
          ROB. SO NO, NO PRESSURE. MARK. BUT HE AND HIS WIFE NIKKI HAVE TWO ADULT CHILDREN AND A
GRANDSON. 
          SO PASTOR, WELCOME. THANKS FOR COMING OUT AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU. HI. GOOD EVENING. ALL RIGHT. LET'S WILL YOU JOIN ME IN PRAYER? IT'S AN HONOR TO PRAY OVER US TONIGHT. OH, GRACIOUS LORD,
WE THANK YOU FOR THE DAY. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER THAT'S FOUND IN YOUR WORD,
THAT IF ANY OF US LACK WISDOM, WE SHOULD ASK GOD, WHO GIVES GENEROUSLY TO ALL. SO TONIGHT WE DO JUST THAT. 
          WE ASK FOR WISDOM. WISDOM FOR THOSE WHO NEED,
WISDOM FOR THOSE WHO SPEAK, AND WISDOM FOR THOSE WHO CARRY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE LOVE AND THE PEOPLE WHO CALL THE WOODLANDS
HOME. 
          LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR LEADERS WILLING TO SERVE,
TO LISTEN, TO STEP INTO THE HARD WORK OF SEEKING WHAT'S BEST FOR OTHERS IN A WORLD THAT SO OFTEN MARKED BY DIVISION AND NOISE, HELP THIS ROOM TO BE MARKED BY HUMILITY,
RESPECT, DISCERNMENT, AND A SHARED DESIRE FOR THE COMMON GOOD. GUIDE EVERY CONVERSATION TONIGHT. 
          DIRECT EVERY DECISION TONIGHT. GIVE CLARITY WHERE THERE'S UNCERTAINTY. 
          UNITY. WHERE THERE'S TENSION AND COURAGE. WHERE DIFFICULT CHOICES HAVE TO BE MADE. 
          AND LORD REMIND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US THAT COMMUNITIES ARE STRENGTHENED NOT SIMPLY
THROUGH POLICIES AND PLANS, BUT THROUGH KINDNESS, INTEGRITY, COMPASSION,
SERVICE, AND THE WAY THAT WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR. 
          MAY YOUR WILL BE DONE RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM,
IN THIS COMMUNITY, IN OUR NATION AND IN OUR LIVES, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. AND GOD'S PEOPLE SAID, AMEN. 
          AMEN. THANK YOU MARK. APPRECIATE YOU, BUD. ALL RIGHT. 
          DIRECTOR FRANKS, WE LISTEN TO THE PLEDGE. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE JOIN ME. 
          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 PLEDGE, PLEASE HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. 
          TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO PULL THE PROCLAMATION OUR
OUR HONORED GUEST, 
          [2. Proclamations;]
LPGA CHAMPION LEGEND IN THE LPGA WORLD. STACY LEWIS,
WHO GREW UP HERE IN THE WOODLANDS, COULD NOT MAKE IT TONIGHT. 
          AND THIS IS ONE OF THESE PROCLAMATIONS THAT WE GOT TO HAVE THE STAR IN THE BUILDING TO
RECOGNIZE THEM. 
          SO I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND, MONIQUE, IF I PULL THIS AND WE WILL,
I'M GOING TO WORK WITH OUR SCHEDULE AND GET THEM HERE, BUT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER. SHE'S AN INCREDIBLE TALENT AND A GREAT,
GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR THE WOODLANDS, SO WE'LL BE MOVING THAT ON. WE HAVE NO OTHER PROCLAMATIONS AT THIS TIME. 
          [3. Call meeting to order;]
IT IS 6:03 P.M. I DECLARE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW. 
          NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS POSTED THREE DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THIS MEETING. 
          THE POSTING OCCURRED 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. I ASK THAT EACH BOARD MEMBER INDICATE YOUR PRESENCE BY RESPONDING THE
AUDIBLE SOUND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS I CALL ROLL DIRECTOR EISSLER HERE. 
          DIRECTOR. FRANKS. DIRECTOR. HEISER HERE. DIRECTOR. 
          LIAM. HERE. DIRECTOR. GIBBS. HERE. LINDA NELSON IS IS ON VACATION. 
          HER LAST BIT OF VACATION. LET'S ALL WAVE TO HER BECAUSE I KNOW SHE'S WATCHING. AND SHE
HAS. 
          PORTUGAL. PORTUGAL. PORTUGAL. WE MISS YOU, LINDA. 
          WELCOME BACK. COME ON HOME. OH, MY ROLL CALL IS DETERMINED. 
          WE HAVE SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF MEMBERS PRESENT TO DECLARE. WE HAVE A QUORUM FOR RECEIVING. 
          [4. Receive, consider and act upon adoption of the meeting agenda;]
CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE ADOPTION OF THE MEETING AGENDA LOCATED ON PAGES ONE THROUGH TWO
OF YOUR AGENDA. I CALL A MOTION A SECOND TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. SECOND, MOVED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RESPOND BY SAYING AYE. AYE. 
          ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. RECOGNITION OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS. 
          [5. Recognize public officials;]
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME AND PLEASE STAND HERE OUR NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR COUNTY LEADERSHIP,
OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, MIKE HOLLEY SWORN IN FROM TAKING OVER FROM THE LEGENDARY BRETT LOGAN,
WHO IS NOW SENATOR LIGON. 
          SO MIKE, WE WORKED I'VE WORKED WITH MIKE A LONG TIME AND REALLY EXCITED ABOUT YOU AND THE
TEAM YOU'VE COMMITTED. 
          HE GAVE ME A TOUR THE OTHER DAY. WE TALKED ALL ABOUT E-BIKES,
E-SCOOTERS, AND I. 
          MIKE'S, MIKE'S ON TOP OF IT. THANKS, MIKE, FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. 
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NEXT UP, THE LEGENDARY ARTHUR BRENNAN OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY LIBRARY APPRAISAL BOARD. 
          DSC CHAIRMAN AND EVERY OTHER COMMITTEE IN THE TOWNSHIP. 
          ARTHUR. THANK YOU. AND THEN FINALLY, THE RDCRDRC STERLING RIDGE THE HONORABLE SCOTT
PRESTON. 
          SCOTT. YOU'RE IN THE BACK ROW, USUALLY IN THE FRONT,
BUT YOU'RE BACK. 
          WELCOME, WELCOME. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE AS FAR AS OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS. 
          MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM SIX, PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          [6. Public comment;]
WE HAVE SIX PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT. GOTTA READ A LONG DISSERTATION,
SO BEAR WITH ME. 
          PARTICIPATION BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. AN OPEN MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS
WELCOME AND ENCOURAGE A PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          AGENDA ITEM IS INCLUDED AT THE BEGINNING OF ALL REGULAR BOARD MEETING AGENDAS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD ADOPTED POLICY TO PRODUCE THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESS FOR ALLOWING THE CONSTITUENTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD,
THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACCEPTS PUBLIC COMMENT IN ACCORDANCE TO THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES AND PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC MEETINGS,
EACH PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD MUST FIRST SIGN IN THE SPEAKER'S ROSTER PROVIDED BY THE BOARD SECRETARY. INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO MAKE GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ADDRESS A TOPIC
THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA OR WISH TO ADDRESS. 
          A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM MUST DO SO UNDER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AGENDA ITEM AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE MEETING. 
          INDIVIDUALS WILL BE LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF
TOPICS. 
          IF THERE ARE ANY MORE THAN 15 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT,
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES. REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF TOPICS. SPEAKERS WILL BE TAKING THE ORDER WHICH THEY. THEY SIGN UP. SPEAKERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO YIELD
THEIR TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER ON THE LIST. STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE BOARD FROM FORMALLY ACTING ON A SPECIFIC ITEM OR PUBLIC COMMENT,
UNLESS IT APPEARS ON THE POSTED AGENDA. 
          THEREFORE, ANY BOARD DISCUSSION OF THE ITEMS NOT INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA IS LIMITED TO
QUESTIONS. 
          FOR CLARIFICATION INTO WHETHER OR NOT AN ITEM SHOULD BE PLACED ON A FUTURE BOARD AGENDA. 
          SPEAKERS MAY EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS OR VIEWPOINTS ON ANY ISSUE,
BUT ARE NOT PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEBATE OF AN ISSUE. 
          SPEAKERS WILL NOT USE PROFANITY. COMMENTS FROM SPEAKERS BE MADE FOR THE BOARD AS A WHOLE
OR TO INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS ALSO. 
          I REMIND YOU TO PLEASE PLACE YOUR CELL PHONES ON QUIET. 
          I CALL ON THE SPEAKERS ROSTER HERE. SO WE HAVE SIX THIS EVENING. 
          FIRST UP, MY FRIEND JOHN BOUCHER. JOHN, WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. PREPARED COMMENTS. MY NAME IS JOHN BOUCHER. 
          I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MYSELF TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC OF FLOCK CAMERAS. 
          YOU KNOW, OUR FOUNDING FATHERS, I DON'T THINK THEY COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED THIS WORLD
WHERE WE HAVE CAMERAS TRACKING OUR MOVEMENTS, DATABASES, STORING OUR INFORMATION, TRAVEL, OUR TRAVEL PATTERNS,
AND DRONES FLYING ABOVE US. 
          YET THE PRINCIPLE THEY SOUGHT TO PROTECT REMAINS UNCHANGED TODAY,
ALL ACROSS MONTGOMERY COUNTY RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THESE FLOCK CAMERAS RECORDING VEHICLES TRAVELING ON OUR ROADS. 
          WE HAVE DRONES FLYING OVER US, AND NEW SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES CONTINUE TO EMERGE AND
EVOLVE AND EXPAND THE GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO MONITOR, MONITOR THE DAILY LIVES OF OUR ORDINARY CITIZENS,
AND EACH NEW TOOL IS ALWAYS JUSTIFIED IN THE NAME OF SAFETY. 
          YOU KNOW, I NOTICED THIS DISTURBING TREND A WHILE BACK. 
          SO IN MY RECENT CAMPAIGN FOR THE TEXAS HOUSE,
I TOOK THIS POSITION THAT I DIDN'T THINK SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONTROVERSIAL, AND THAT WAS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOULD HAVE A WARRANT TO SEIZE YOUR PROPERTY AND A
CRIMINAL CONVICTION TO KEEP IT. 
          BUT APPARENTLY THAT WAS PRETTY CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE THAT BELIEF HAD LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS, INCLUDING OUR SHERIFF, AT THE POLLS, WORKING AGAINST ME,
SAYING I WAS A THREAT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          BUT LET ME BE CLEAR DEFENDING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IS NOT ANTI-LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          IT'S PRO-CONSTITUTION. AND MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOULD BE CONCERNED AS WELL,
BECAUSE PUBLIC SAFETY LARGELY DEPENDS ON TRUST AND COOPERATION OF THE ELECTORATE. 
          AND WHEN CITIZENS BEGIN TO FEEL SURVEILLED AND POLICED RATHER THAN SERVED AND PROTECTED,
THEY BECOME LESS COOPERATIVE, WHICH MAKES THE JOB OF LAW ENFORCEMENT MORE DANGEROUS AND CERTAINLY LESS ENJOYABLE. 
          BUT YES, WE SHOULD FIGHT CRIME. WE SHOULD STRIVE TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE,
BUT WE SHOULD ALSO RECOGNIZE WHEN WE HAVE CROSSED THE LINE AND ARE HEADED TOWARD A SURVEILLANCE STATE. SO WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? WE CERTAINLY DO WANT TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY
WHILE PRESERVING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY. 
          SO I BELIEVE THAT ANY INITIATIVE INVOLVING FLOCK CAMERAS,
DRONES, OR SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES THAT COULD INFRINGE UPON CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS THROUGH A PUBLIC REFERENDUM. 
          YOU KNOW, LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE WHETHER THESE MEASURES BELONG IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IS BUILT ON THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED,
AND MEASURES THAT AFFECT FUNDAMENTAL LIBERTIES SHOULD NOT BE IMPOSED WITHOUT THAT CONSENT. 
          AND IF CITIZENS CHOOSE TO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THAT DECISION,
THEY SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED BY WHAT THEY GET, BECAUSE SELF-GOVERNMENT DOES REQUIRE ENGAGEMENT. 
          YOU KNOW, I PRAY THAT WE NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED THE FREEDOMS WE HAVE INHERITED,
NOR FAIL IN OUR DUTY TO PRESERVE THEM FOR THOSE WHO COME AFTER US. 
          BECAUSE THE PRICE OF LIBERTY IS ETERNAL VIGILANCE,
FOLKS. 
          AND THE TIME TO BE VIGILANT IS RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW. 
          MAY GOD BLESS MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS AND THE GREAT UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          JOHN. AND THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. ALL RIGHT,
JOHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, JEFF HODGES. 
          JEFF, WELCOME. I AM JEFF HODGES. 
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I'VE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1980 OR 1993. 
          AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EACH OF YOU VOLUNTEERING TO BE A BOARD
MEMBER. 
          I KNOW IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB AND YOU'VE DECIDED TO DO IT ANYWAY,
SO THANK YOU. 
          I CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY, AND BOTH MY WIFE AND I WERE DRAWN TO THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE
OF NATURE AND THE PRESERVATION OF TREES WHEN DEVELOPMENT WAS DONE. 
          AND UP UNTIL A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE THAT ALL GREEN PLANTS WERE GOOD. 
          BUT I'VE RECENTLY LEARNED THAT NATIVE PLANTS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INVASIVE PLANTS
ARE. 
          NON-NATIVES CAN ACTUALLY HARM THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          THE AREA AROUND HOUSTON IS VERY BIODIVERSE AND IS ALSO PART OF THE CENTRAL FLYWAY FOR
MIGRATORY BIRDS. 
          I FEEL THE WOODLANDS COULD SUPPORT BETTER NATURE,
COULD SUPPORT NATURE BETTER, AND INCREASE THE JOY COMMUNITY MEMBERS RECEIVE FROM A RICHER ENVIRONMENT FOR WILDLIFE, PRIMARILY BIRDS, BUTTERFLIES AND BEES. 
          I HAVE WATCHED WITH INTEREST THE RECENT CONSTRUCTION AND PLANTING OF THE INTERSECTION OF
WOODLANDS PARKWAY AND GROGAN'S MILL. 
          WE CAN NOW SEE THE FINISHED PRODUCT. I NOTICED A COUPLE OF SPECIES. 
          SPECIES ARE NATIVE, BUT A MAJORITY ARE NON-NATIVE,
AND I BELIEVE THREE OF THEM MAY BE ACTUALLY INVASIVE. 
          I THINK IT WOULD. WE SHOULD STRIVE FOR A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF NATIVE PLANTS AND MAKE SURE
WE DON'T PLAN TO INVASIVE SPECIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED WHEN I HEAR ABOUT AN ACTIVITY WHICH IS MEANT TO SUPPORT NATIVE
PLANTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          I WAS EXCITED TO COME SEE THE SEED BANK FOR NATIVES AND VEGETABLES AT THIS HEADQUARTERS. 
          AS I WALKED INTO THE BUILDING FROM THE PARKING LOT,
I WAS STRUCK BY HOW THE LANDSCAPE AROUND THE BUILDING WAS DOMINATED BY NON-NATIVE PLANTS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL GREEN ENVIRONMENT,
BUT LIKE A DESERT OR STERILE, I FEEL WE WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR ALL FUTURE LANDSCAPING PROJECTS TO REQUIRE 100% NATIVE PLANTS,
OR AT LEAST A MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGE. 
          THIS WOULD INCLUDE TREES, SHRUBS AND PERENNIALS AND NO ANNUAL FLOWERS SOMETIMES ARE USED
TO ADD COLOR. 
          CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR AND I DO THE SAME. I DON'T WANT TO LIST ALL THE BENEFITS OF
USING NATIVE PLANTS, BUT I. I COULD SAVE THE TOWNSHIP MONEY ON REDUCING WATERING NEEDS,
REDUCING THE NUMBER OF DEAD PLANTS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED ANNUALLY, AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THE WATER IN OUR STREAMS AND LAKES. 
          NATIVE PLANTS DON'T NEED FERTILIZER. I HAVE BROUGHT YOU A COPY OF NATURE'S BEST HOPE FOR
EACH BOARD MEMBER. 
          AS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I NOW UNDERSTAND ALL GREEN PLANTS ARE NOT EQUAL,
AND THAT WHY PLANTING NATIVE PLANTS IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          IT'S AN EASY BOOK TO READ. WAS ON THE NEW YORK BESTSELLER'S LIST,
AND I THINK YOU WILL FIND IT INTERESTING, VERY INFORMATIVE, AND IT MIGHT JUST CHANGE THE WAY YOU LOOK AT THE WORLD. 
          I'VE CONDUCTED AN EXPERIMENT WITH MY YARD, USING AS MANY NATIVE PLANTS AS POSSIBLE,
AND THE COLOR AND WILDLIFE THAT VISIT VISITED ARE SURPRISING. 
          I HAVE INCLUDED MY CONTACT INFORMATION ON A BUSINESS CARD IN THE BOOK,
ALONG WITH A PIECE OF PAPER THAT HAS MY ADDRESS. 
          I'M HOPEFUL YOU WILL BE INTRIGUED ENOUGH TO DRIVE BY AND MAYBE STOP TO TAKE A WALK THROUGH
WHAT IS BECOMING KNOWN AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
          IF YOU DO, PLEASE PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY. A VISIT WILL HOPEFULLY HELP YOU SEE WHAT IS
POSSIBLE. 
          ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE IS TO VISIT THE FIELDS AT THE TRAILHEAD OF THE
END OF DOCTOR ANNE SNYDER DRIVE. 
          THE INDIAN BLANKET IS AMAZING AND THE NATIVE BEES LOVE IT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME LISTENING TO ME, AND IF I CAN EVER BE OF HELP IN SUPPORTING THE
USE OF MORE NATIVE PLANTS IN THE WOODLANDS, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT YOUR CONVENIENCE. THANK YOU,
THANK YOU JEFF, APPRECIATE YOU AND WE APPRECIATE THE BOOKS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. DO YOU EVER GO TO THE WATERWAY AND SEE THE HERONS? IT'S AMAZING. THANKS SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL MAKE SURE SHE GETS IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, JEFF, I APPRECIATE IT. NEXT UP,
STEPHANIE REINDEL. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? I'M SORRY I MESSED UP, I APOLOGIZE. 
          WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE KORNEGAY RANDALL,
AND I'M HERE TODAY TO HELP INTRODUCE THE 2026 NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY PROCLAMATION AND RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT MEMBERS BRING IT FORWARD IN FUTURE YEARS SO THAT IT
CAN BE ADOPTED. 
          IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE TOWNSHIP HAS ADOPTED THE PROCLAMATION PROCLAMATION UNANIMOUSLY. 
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HOWEVER, A PREVIOUS ATTEMPT TO ADOPT THIS PROCLAMATION IN 2023 WAS DERAILED BY A SINGLE
MEMBER OF THE BOARD. 
          THE MEETING AGENDA WAS MANIPULATED AND OUTSIDE VOICES WERE BROUGHT IN SPECIFICALLY TO SHUT
DOWN THE CONVERSATION BEFORE IT COULD BEGIN. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT WHERE WHERE ORANGE PROCLAMATION ALIGNS WITH THE VALUES THAT WE ALL HOLD
DEAR, THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. THAT'S WHY WE ARE GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION
TODAY AND TO THE RECORD. 
          BUT BEFORE MY FRIEND JANE COMES TO READ THE PROCLAMATION,
I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY SHARE THE MEANING BEHIND THE AWARENESS DAY. 
          SO WEAR ORANGE IS A TRIBUTE TO HADIYA PENDLETON,
A 15 YEAR OLD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FROM CHICAGO WHO WAS TRAGICALLY SHOT AND KILLED IN 2013, JUST DAYS AFTER PERFORMING AT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SECOND INAUGURATION. 
          HER FRIENDS CHOSE THE COLOR ORANGE BECAUSE, AS MANY OF US TEXANS KNOW,
IT IS THE COLOR THAT HUNTERS WEAR IN THE WOODS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND OTHERS, A SYMBOL OF SAFETY AND ALSO THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE. 
          SINCE 2015, THE NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY IS OBSERVED EACH YEAR ON THE LAST
FRIDAY IN JUNE, AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY RECOGNIZE IT IN WAYS THAT REFLECT SHARED VALUES
HONORING VICTIMS, SUPPORTING SURVIVORS, PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP,
AND ENCOURAGING SAFER COMMUNITIES FOR EVERYONE. 
          THE WOODLANDS HAS RECOGNIZED THIS DAY IN YEARS PAST,
AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES LIKE TOMBALL AND SUGARLAND HAVE DONE THE SAME BY ISSUING THEIR OWN PROCLAMATIONS RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY. 
          WE MARK THIS WEEK WITH LOCAL EVENTS THAT BRING NEIGHBORS TOGETHER,
INCLUDING A BLOOD DRIVE AND ALSO HOLDING A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL TO HONOR THE 21 LIVES LOST IN UVALDE. THESE MEMBERS, THESE SORRY, THESE MOMENTS ARE NOT ABOUT POLITICS. 
          THEY ARE ABOUT COMPASSION, REMEMBRANCE AND SHARED RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER
AS NEIGHBORS. 
          I'M ASKING THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER THAT TRADITION TODAY BY CARRYING FORWARD THIS
PROCLAMATION, WITH HOPES TO ADOPT IT AS A REAFFIRMATION OF OUR COMMUNITY'S COMMITMENT TO SAFETY,
RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP, AND THE VALUE OF EVERY HUMAN LIFE. AND MY FRIEND JANE HAS SIGNED UP TO READ THE
PROCLAMATION FOR THE RECORD. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. THANK YOU. NEXT UP. 
          JANE. WINNER. JANE. WELCOME. 
          GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. I'M JANE WINTER. 
          I LIVE HERE IN THE WOODLANDS, AND I'M THE LOCAL GROUP LEAD FOR THE MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR
GUN SENSE. 
          IN PRIOR YEARS, THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP HAS UNANIMOUSLY DECLARED THE FIRST FRIDAY IN JUNE
TO BE NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY AND IN THE CITY OF WOODLANDS TO HONOR AND REMEMBER THOSE LOST TO GUN VIOLENCE, SUPPORT SURVIVORS AND REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO THE
SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF EVERY FAMILY IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ADOPTING THIS NON-BINDING PROCLAMATION WAS NOT CONSIDERED POLITICAL AND DOES NOT REQUIRE
DEBATE. 
          I WILL NOW BE READING THE WEAR ORANGE PROCLAMATION INTO THE RECORD. WHEREAS WE BELIEVE IN
THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT OF EVERY CITIZEN TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR HOME, THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEIR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR
FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS IS AMONG THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES AS A COMMUNITY. 
          AND WHEREAS TEXAS HAS AN AVERAGE OF ALMOST 5000 GUN DEATHS EVERY YEAR,
WITH A RATE OF 14.8 DEATHS PER 100,000 PEOPLE, A CRISIS THAT COST THE STATE $51.3 BILLION EACH YEAR,
OF WHICH 1.1 BILLION IS PAID BY TAXPAYERS. 
          TEXAS HAS THE 25TH HIGHEST RATE OF GUN DEATHS IN THE U.S.,
AND WHEREAS CITIES ACROSS THE NATION ARE WORKING TO END THE SENSELESS VIOLENCE WITH EVIDENCE BASED SOLUTIONS. AND WHEREAS, BY WEARING ORANGE THE FIRST WEEKEND IN JUNE,
PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WILL RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AND HONOR THE LIVES OF GUN VIOLENCE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS. AND WHEREAS SUPPORT FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT
RIGHTS OF LAW ABIDING CITIZENS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH KEEPING GUNS AWAY FROM THOSE WHO ARE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS. AND WHEREAS MAYORS,
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL VIOLENCE INTERVENTION ACTIVISTS AND RESOURCES KNOW THEIR
COMMUNITIES BEST AND MOST FAMILIAR WITH LOCAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND HOW TO ADDRESS IT. 
          AND OUR BEST POSITION TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO KEEP THEIR CITIZENS SAFE. 
          AND WHEREAS OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP FIREARMS OUT OF THE WRONG HANDS AND ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBLE
GUN OWNERSHIP TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE. 
          NOW, BE IT RESOLVED THAT WE ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY'S
EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE TRAGIC EFFECTS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND TO HONOR AND VALUE HUMAN LIVES. 
          AND I HAVE A COPY OF THE PROCLAMATION, SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ADOPT IT IN FUTURE YEARS. 
          HERE THAT WE CAN PASS OUT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
JANE. 
          APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YEAH, SURE. THANK YOU. 
          JANE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT UP, SIMON BATESON. 
          SIMON. WELCOME. 
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GOOD EVENING. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. TOWNSHIP STAFF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ONCE AGAIN. 
          MY NAME IS SIMON BODISON THE DIRECTOR OF SOCCER OPERATIONS OF YOUR HOMETOWN PROVIDER FOR
YOUTH SOCCER TEAM SOCCER. 
          THE MONTH OF APRIL AND MAY WERE VERY BUSY. WE HAD FOUR EVENTS COMING INTO THE TOWNSHIP. 
          WE HAD A NEW CONCEPT OF PUTTING ON A PENALTY KICK CONTEST,
WHERE YOU CAME AND YOU ENTERED A TEAM AND ALL YOU DID WAS SHOOT PENALTY KICKS. 
          SO INSTEAD OF PLAYING THE GAME, WE ACTUALLY DID A PK FEST AND WE OPENED THIS UP INTERNALLY
TO OUR MEMBERS ON GOOD FRIDAY. 
          SO IT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO START THAT WEEKEND OFF. 
          THAT WAS AT BEAR BRANCH. EASTER WEEKEND WAS OUR THREE VERSUS THREE TURF CUP. 
          WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR ABOUT A DECADE NOW. 
          WE HAD 200 TEAMS COME IN TO GOSLING. IT WAS A THREE VERSUS THREE FORMAT. 
          AND THAT LASTED THE ENTIRE DAY. WE USED THE TOWNSHIP HOTELS AND INVITED TEAMS TO STAY AT
THOSE FACILITIES. 
          AND OUR SPONSOR FOR THAT EVENT WAS THE MEMORIAL HERMANN GOHEALTH URGENT CARE SET UP. 
          SO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE GUYS FOR GETTING BEHIND THAT. 
          APRIL THE 24TH, WE HAD A HOUSTON GIRLS ELITE COLLEGE EVENT WHERE WE BROUGHT COLLEGE
COACHES IN FROM AROUND THE UNITED STATES, AND WE INVITED GIRLS. IT WAS A FEMALE EVENT TO COME OUT AND PLAY IN FRONT OF THE
COLLEGE COACHES, SO IT HELPS THEM IN THEIR RECRUITING PROCESS. 
          FIRST TIME WE DID IT, IT WAS AT THE BEAR BRANCH FACILITY ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. 
          WE HAD ABOUT 120 PLAYERS, 17 YOUTH CLUBS GOT INVOLVED ACROSS THE REGION,
AND WE HAD ABOUT 2020 COLLEGES FROM REGIONAL STATES SURROUNDING AREAS THAT CAME OUT AND SUPPORTED. 
          SO IT WAS VERY GOOD. AND FINALLY, MAY 2ND, MAY 3RD WAS THE SOUTH TEXAS SPRING SHOWDOWN. 
          200 TEAMS AT GOSLING FOR THE AGE GROUPS OF U8 THROUGH U18,
BOYS AND GIRLS FIVE VERSUS FIVE, SEVEN VERSUS SEVEN NINE VERSUS 911 VERSUS 11 FOR THE FORMATS THAT WERE OFFERED. 
          WE'VE DONE THAT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. SO WE CONTINUE TO BRING GROUPS INTO THE TOWNSHIP
LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD AND THE STAFF FOR ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE TO PUT ON A PROGRAM TO HELP OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS AND KIDS. 
          IT'S BEEN A FANTASTIC SPRING SEASON. THE WORLD CUP IS COMING AROUND. 
          HOPEFULLY YOU'VE GOT YOUR TICKETS BOUGHT AND YOUR FLIGHTS BOOKED. 
          AND IT SHOULD BE A GOOD, EXCITING NEXT 30 DAYS OF WORLD CUP SOCCER HERE IN THE US,
WHICH IS THE WORLD'S BIGGEST GAME. 
          SO GET ON BOARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU,
SIMON, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND BUY YOUR TICKETS TO THE SOCCER SHUTTLE. ALL RIGHT. 
          OUR LAST PUBLIC COMMENT, DON KEMPF. IS THAT RIGHT? DON? WELCOME. WELCOME. I THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GRIEVE MY ISSUE TODAY. I'VE LIVED IN THE WOODLANDS FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE ATTENDED ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS. 
          I REALLY LIKE WHAT I SEE ALREADY, SO CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE,
PLEASE? THANK YOU. I'VE LIVED IN THE WOODLANDS FOR FOUR YEARS NOW,
AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT I'M SEEING AT YOUR TOWNSHIP MEETING. 
          I'VE BEEN AT OTHER TOWNSHIP MEETINGS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN IT OPEN WITH A
PRAYER, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I LIVE IN THE BOARDWALK APARTMENTS RIGHT THERE ON THE GREEN,
AND I HAVE SENT A MESSAGE OR I EMAILED SEVERAL OF YOU THIS WEEK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF THE CYNTHIA WOODS PAVILION THIS WEEKEND. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT AS AN OPEN AIR PAVILION, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THINGS THAT ARE NOT ALWAYS
WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR. 
          BUT OVER THE FOUR YEARS, I'VE KIND OF SAT QUIET AS I'VE LISTENED TO SOME OF THE STUFF
THAT'S COME THROUGH THERE. 
          AND AND THIS FRIDAY, I WAS JUST KIND OF JUST,
I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS WITH THE SENSE OF UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE EMAIL I SENT YOU GUYS, I WAS ALLOWED TO SWEAR,
BUT HERE I'M NOT ALLOWED TO SWEAR. 
          SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY. BUT WE DID HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE. 
          CAN YOU USE INITIALS? YES, M F WORD NUMEROUS TIMES THE LORD'S NAME IN VAIN. 
          NUMEROUS TIMES. AND IF YOU WANT TO LOOK UP THE LYRICS TO WHAT LITTLE JOHN PLAYED,
IT'S VERY VULGAR. 
          HIS. HIS MUSIC IS KNOWN FOR BEING VERY VULGAR. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT AS THE TOWNSHIP, YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE A LOT OF SAY OVER WHAT THEY PLAY AT
THE PAVILION, BUT I THINK WE PROBABLY DO HAVE MORE SAY IN THE SENSE OF WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE WE SHOULD BE
ALLOWING FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO HEAR. 
          [00:25:06]
I GET WITH, YOU'RE GOING TO BUY A TICKET. YOU CAN GO IF THIS IS IN A CLOSED IN AREA AND
LITTLE JOHN IS GOING TO PLAY AND PITBULL'S GOING TO PLAY, I'M NOT AGAINST YOU BUYING THAT TICKET AND LISTENING TO THAT MUSIC. 
          WHAT I'M AGAINST IS ME BEING FORCED, AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT'S OUT THERE IN THE GREEN,
WALKING BY BY, WITH LITTLE KIDS, HAVING TO LISTEN TO SOME OF THE VULGARITY THAT COMES OUT OF THE MOUTH OF
THOSE ARTISTS. 
          DO WE HAVE TO SIT AND LISTEN TO THE LORD'S NAME IN VAIN? DO WE HAVE TO SIT AND LISTEN TO THE F WORD OVER AND OVER? DO WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE WINDOWS RATTLE BECAUSE THEY'RE SCREAMING? BECAUSE THE NAME OF THE MUSIC IS CALLED CRUNK STYLE,
WHICH IS LIKE A DRUNK SLASH SCREAMING KIND OF STYLE MUSIC, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO THAT. 
          AND IS THAT THE BEST INTEREST? IS THAT WHAT THE ORIGINAL. 
          WAS IT GEORGE AND CYNTHIA MITCHELL THAT STARTED THE PAVILION? WAS THAT THEIR ORIGINAL INTENTION FOR THIS? I JUST DON'T REALLY BELIEVE IT WAS. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD MAYBE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO KEEP SOME OF THESE ARTISTS
OUT, EITHER A COMMITTEE THAT SAYS, LET'S LOOK AT THE LYRICS BEFORE THEY COME. 
          NO, WE DON'T WANT TO. I UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS,
THAT IT'S DONE BY THE ART COUNCIL. 
          THEY GO THROUGH LIVE NATION. LIVE NATION SETS UP THE ARTISTS,
BUT THERE'S STILL GOT TO BE SOMETHING THAT SAYS WE, AS A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO THIS. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT. TEN YEAR OLD KIDS DON'T NEED TO HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE
SEXUAL VULGARITY THAT WENT ON FRIDAY NIGHT. 
          I JUST I'M SORRY, BUT THAT'S OFFENSIVE TO ME. 
          I DON'T HAVE KIDS THAT YOUNG ANYMORE, BUT I KNOW PEOPLE DO,
AND THEY'RE OUT THERE ON THE GREEN, SO I JUST WOULD APPRECIATE IF SOMETHING COULD BE DONE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST A CORRECTION. 
          IT'S NOT DONE BY THE ART WOODLANDS ARTS COUNCIL. 
          THE PAVILION IS A SEPARATE ENTITY. THE ARTS COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. 
          WHO WHO IS IT? I MEAN, BECAUSE IT'S A PRIVATE ENTITY,
BUT THE PAVILION HAS ITS OWN BOARD AND A BOARD. 
          THEIR EXECUTIVES ACTUALLY GO TO THEIR MEETINGS AND NO,
THEY DON'T THEY'RE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 
          YEAH, BUT THE BOARD, THE BOARD COULD HEAR FROM YOU AND THE EXECUTIVES COULD HEAR FROM YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE GOT A HAVE TO BEAT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. 
          [7. Receive, consider and act upon reports from Village Association representatives;]
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN RECEIVING CONSIDER ACT. UPON THE REPORTS FROM THE VILLAGE
ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES. WE HAVE FOUR OF THEM HERE TODAY STARTING OFF WITH ALDERMAN MARY ANN BRAID. MARIANNE WELCOME BACK. 
          SOMEBODY NEEDS THEIR GLASSES. SOMEONE LEFT THEIR GLASSES AT THE PODIUM. 
          DID SOMEONE LOSE THEIR GLASSES AT THE PODIUM? MAYBE. 
          MARK MARK SORENSEN. OKAY. NO. LOST AND FOUND. 
          YEAH. THERE WE GO. JEFF. THANK YOU. OH, THERE YOU GO. 
          THERE WE GO. THERE'S BETTER BE NATIVE GLASSES. 
          THANKS, JEFF. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. MARIANNE,
WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN BAILEY AND DIRECTORS. 
          MY NAME IS MARY ANN BRAID. AND AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ALTON BRIDGE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION,
I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. 
          WE HAD OUR LAST MEETING ON MAY 12TH. WE HELD OUR SCHOLARSHIP RECEPTION RECEPTION BEFORE
THE MEETING TO RECOGNIZE THE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          WE WERE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE BOARD DECIDED TO AWARD FOR SCHOLARSHIPS TO HIGH SCHOOL
SENIORS THIS YEAR. 
          THE AWARDEES ARE DYLAN MA, WHO WAS AWARDED THE SCHOLARSHIP,
DAVID FERNANDEZ, KATE TALIAFERRO AND AMELIA LOFTUS. 
          THE BOARD. THE BOARD ALSO DECIDED TO SPONSOR A SCHOLARSHIP TO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY
WOMEN'S CENTER. 
          WE WISH ALL OF THEM SUCCESS IN THEIR ENDEAVORS,
AND WOULD REALLY LIKE TO THANK OUR SPONSORS FOR SUPPORTING OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 
          WE APPROVED OUR BUDGET FOR 2026. OUR. OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR STARTS ON JUNE 1ST. 
          THE FIRST YARD OF THE MONTH WENT TO TEN LAURELHURST,
AND WE WILL BE AWARDING THIS MONTH'S AWARD TO 83 SOUTH PLUMB CREST CIRCLE. 
          IN A FEW DAYS. SEVERAL OF US VOLUNTEERED AT STATION NUMBER FOUR ON SATURDAY,
MAY 9TH DURING THE FIRED UP TOUR, AND OUR POOL PARTY WILL BE AT THE ALDERN BRIDGE PARK POOL ON SATURDAY,
JUNE 6TH FROM 10 TO 1. 
          THE EVENT IS FREE AND YOU CAN GET INTO THE POOL ALSO FOR FREE THAT DAY. 
          PLEASE COME AND ENJOY THE POOL. A BALLOON TWISTER,
A MAGICIAN, AND CHICK FIL A FOR LUNCH. 
          THERE WILL BE SNACKS, DRINKS AND TOYS. OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON TUESDAY,
JUNE 9TH. 
          CHRIS NUNES, THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE WOODLANDS,
WILL BE OUR SPEAKER AND ALL RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU MARIANNE. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT UP, MY FAVORITE ONE, JC HARVILLE,
BECAUSE I LIVE IN COCHRAN'S CROSSING. 
          JC WELCOME. NOT MY FAVORITE. REALLY. PROMISE. 
          [00:30:02]
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN BAILEY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SERVICE AS YOU HELP SUPPORT ALL OF US. 
          WE DID GIVE OUR SCHOLARSHIP OUT. WE HAD 27 APPLICANTS THIS YEAR,
WHICH IS THE MOST WE'VE EVER HAD. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THREE $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS. 
          THOSE WERE AWARDED TO ANDREW HAINES FROM COLLEGE PARK,
ABIGAIL BOUCHER FROM THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL, AND MATTHEW BANKER FROM THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL. 
          ONE WILL BE GOING TO PRINCETON, ONE WILL BE GOING TO A&M AND THE OTHER WILL BE GOING TO UT
AUSTIN. 
          SO WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          AND IT WAS A LOT OF READING. SO WE DID HAVE OUR AT A,
THE FIRE FIRE UP STATION AT FIRE UP AT STATION TWO LAST SATURDAY. 
          WE HAD A TABLE THERE. THERE WERE PROBABLY 400 PEOPLE THERE. 
          WE GAVE OUT A TONS OF CANDY AND THE KIDS WERE EXCITED TO PLAY OUR LITTLE SPINNING GAME. 
          WE DO HAVE A FULL BOARD NOW AS WE GOT OUR LAST POSITION FILLED. 
          SO WE DO HAVE ALL 18 MEMBERS. OUR POOL PARTY IS ALSO ON SATURDAY,
JUNE 6TH, THE SAME AS ALDEN BRIDGE HOURS IS FROM 6 TO 8 AT BEAR BRANCH. WE'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO COME OUT. 
          WE'LL HAVE KONA ICE AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON. 
          BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT,
AS ALWAYS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. THANKS, JESSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TRACY. 
          APPRECIATE IT. VILLAGE. CREEKSIDE. PARK. NANCY. 
          BECKER. NANCY. WELCOME BACK. 
          GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN BAILEY AND BOARD. WE CAN SEE SUMMER COMING INTO VIEW AS THE DAYS
ARE GETTING LONGER AND THE RAYS ARE GETTING STRONGER. 
          WHAT BETTER WAY TO ROLL INTO SUMMER THAN TO HAVE A POOL PARTY? WE WILL BE HOSTING OUR ANNUAL CREEKSIDE PARK GLOW IN THE DARK POOL PARTY THIS SATURDAY,
MAY 30TH FROM 830 TO 10:30 P.M. 
          AT THE ROB FLEMING AQUATIC CENTER. WE WILL BE HAVING FREE ICEE AND FREE ICE CREAM TREATS
FROM A PLACE CALLED CAROUSELS. 
          WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE BIG TORPEDO INFLATABLE IN THE LAP POOL. 
          WE HAVE SEVERAL EVENT SPONSORS THIS YEAR. I'D LIKE TO GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT. 
          THEY ARE FIRST WATCH CREEKSIDE PARK ALLOY, THE REFUGE,
SOUTHERN ICE CO AND HAVEN. 
          EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND. THE SUBJECT OF VEHICLES REMAINS A VERY ACTIVE TOPIC IN
CREEKSIDE PARK. 
          WE CONTINUALLY CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR CONSTABLES. 
          THE FEEDBACK AFTER OUR APRIL MEETING, WHERE WE HAD 70 PEOPLE ATTEND,
HAS RAISED THE VISIBILITY OF THE SITUATION EVEN MORE. 
          AS A RESULT, OUR CONSTABLES HAVE RAMPED UP ENFORCEMENT ON THE MOTORCYCLES AND RECKLESS
BEHAVIOR. 
          CHILDREN ARE RIDING ILLEGAL E MOTOS AND ARE BEING STOPPED NOW,
AND CITATIONS ARE BEING ISSUED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE OFFICER. 
          WE HAPPEN TO BE AT THE VILLAGE GREEN A FEW WEEKS AGO,
EATING DINNER AT CRUST AND HEARD OF A CHILD BEING ISSUED TWO CITATIONS THAT EVENING AND THE MOTHER WAS CALLED. SPEAKING OF THE VILLAGE GREEN,
IT REMAINS A MAGNET FOR KIDS AND KIDS AND TEENS TO GATHER ON THEIR VEHICLES. 
          THIS HAS BEEN MOST PREVALENT ON THE WEEKENDS,
BUT NOW THAT SCHOOL IS OUT, IS LIKELY TO OCCUR DURING THE WEEK. 
          I KNOW DIRECTOR HEISER AND THE BOARD ARE TRYING TO ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NEW
OWNERS. 
          WE REMAIN HOPEFUL THAT THE NEW OWNERS WILL BE OPEN TO IMPROVING THE SITUATION,
WHICH PRESENTS A SAFETY RISK WITH LARGE GATHERING OF RIDERS. 
          THIS APPEARS TO BE LESS EMOTIVE NOW BECAUSE THE CONSTABLES ARE CRACKING DOWN ON IT,
BUT THERE ARE STILL MANY E-SCOOTERS RIDING EVERYWHERE IN THE AREA. 
          THE VILLAGE GREEN CONSISTS OF PRIVATE BUSINESSES SURROUNDING A GREEN SPACE OWNED BY THE
TOWNSHIP. 
          WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE SECURITY GUARD THAT KIDS ARE GOING INTO THE GREEN SPACE TO AVOID
ACTION BY HIM. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TOWNSHIP PUT UP SIGNAGE THAT PROHIBITS E-VEHICLES ON THE GREEN
SPACE AREA, AND MOVE BIKE RACKS OUTSIDE NEAR THE PARKING LOT OR ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SPLASH PAD. 
          MY HUSBAND AND I RECENTLY ATTENDED A MEETING AT THE CREEK PARK CREEKSIDE PARK JUNIOR HIGH, PUT ON BY OUR RIDE BIKES IN TOMBALL AND COORDINATED WITH THE JUNIOR HIGH. 
          WAYNE ARRINGTON DID A GREAT PRESENTATION COVERING COVER,
SORRY, COVERING PRIMARILY E-BIKES, BUT SCOOTERS ANY MOTOS WERE ALSO DISCUSSED. WE BOTH THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY GOOD
PRESENTATION WITH INTERACTION BY BOTH PARENTS AND KIDS. 
          THE TIMING WAS UNFORTUNATE SINCE IT WAS THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          WAYNE EXPLAINED THAT THIS WAS JUST THE FIRST STEP AND THEY PLAN TO DO PRESENTATIONS IN THE
FALL. 
          WE KNOW SUMMER VACATIONS HAVE STARTED, SO WE'VE BEEN ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO ENSURE THEY
SUBMIT VACATION WATCHES AND ASK NEIGHBORS TO KEEP AN EYE ON EACH OTHER'S PROPERTY TO HELP KEEP EVERYONE SAFE DURING THE SUMMER. LASTLY,
WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A BIG THANKS TO OUR DEPARTING VICE PRESIDENT, BOB WISNIEWSKI. HE IS MOVING TO FLORIDA TO BE CLOSER TO HIS CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. 
          BOB HAS SERVED ON OUR BOARD AS VICE PRESIDENT AND ALSO THE FOCAL POINT FOR PARKS AND
RECREATION. 
          WE WANT TO WISH BOB AND HIS FAMILY HAPPY TIMES WITH HIS FAMILY. 
          HOPE TO SEE SOME OF YOU AT OUR POOL PARTY. THANK YOU,
THANK YOU NANCY. 
          THANK YOU NANCY. WE HAVE. I DID GO MEET WITH OUR NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
WHO IS RIGHT THERE TO YOUR LEFT. 
          AND WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL THINGS POSSIBLE ON E-BIKE E-SCOOTER MODE. 
          [00:35:01]
I LIKE THE MOTO, RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I LIKE,
HEY, I LIKE IT, BUT NO, WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THIS IN A WAY. 
          WE'RE WORKING WITH WITH CAPTAIN BRODY AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ALSO. 
          IT'S SOMETHING I THINK IS REALLY HIGH ON THE PRIORITY OF ALL OF US. THIS IS NOT A
WOODLANDS ONLY PROBLEM. THIS IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          AND WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT. 
          AND SOMETHING GETS DONE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A DEATH OF A CHILD AT OUR HANDS. 
          AND THE WAY THEY'RE RUNNING, ESPECIALLY IN SUMMERTIME,
IT GETS IT GETS INTENSE. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE,
LOOKING AT EVERY AVENUE. SO THANKS FOR TRYING TO PROTECT BOTH THE CHILD AND BOTH THE PERSON. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THANKS. AND MIKE. MIKE HAS GOT A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS THAT CAN
HELP US ON THAT. 
          SO LASTLY, ANDREW FREEMAN FROM THE VILLAGE OF PANTHER CREEK. 
          ANDREW WELCOME BACK. YOUR VILLAGE CENTER IS LOOKING BETTER AND BETTER BY THE DAY. 
          YEAH IT DOES, BUT SOMEONE WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. 
          THIS IS ME NOT SAYING ANYTHING. ACTUALLY, MY NEIGHBOR COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SIGN FOR PLANET
FITNESS THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE DSC. 
          SO ANDREW SAID THAT, NOT US. THAT'S OUR PROBLEM. 
          YEAH. GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN BAILEY AND MEMBERS OF THE TOWNSHIP BOARD. 
          I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. IN APRIL,
WE HOSTED A COMMUNITY INFO NIGHT WITH CHIEF BUCK AND MONIQUE SHARP. 
          CHIEF BUCK GAVE AN UPDATE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND E-SCOOTER SAFETY. 
          AND THE MONIQUE PRESENTED HER OVERVIEW OF THE 2025 FINANCIALS AND THE 26 BUDGET. 
          SO THE EVENT WAS WELL ATTENDED, 5050 MEMBERS PLUS RESIDENTS ATTENDED. 
          SO IT WAS OVERWHELMING. THE FEEDBACK WAS POSITIVE ON THE EVENT FROM BOTH THE BOARD MEMBERS
AND THE PEOPLE ATTENDING, INCLUDING MY FATHER IN LAW. WE APPRECIATE CHIEF BUCK AND MONIQUE TAKING TIME TO
PARTICIPATE IN THAT. 
          SINCE THE FORMAT WAS SO POSITIVE, I THINK IN SEPTEMBER WE'RE PLANNING TO DO SOMETHING
SIMILAR. 
          TOPICS STILL OPEN TO DEBATE, BUT I'M THINKING COVENANT ADMINISTRATION. 
          SO I THINK I KNOW A FEW PEOPLE IN THAT. LET'S SEE. 
          SO WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING OUR,
OUR SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS. 
          WE HAD EIGHT APPLICANTS THIS YEAR. WE WILL AWARD THEM IN AT OUR JUNE MEETING AND TWO WEEKS
FROM NOW. 
          SO OUR NEXT BIG EVENT IS OUR FLAG DAY PICNIC,
WHICH IS JUNE 13TH, WHERE WE, THE BOARD WILL BE BARBECUING HAMBURGERS, HOT DOGS. KONA ICE WILL BE THERE FROM 12 TO 2. 
          THE EVENT STARTS AT 11 TO 2. IT'S FREE TO ALL RESIDENTS,
INCLUDING THE FOOD AND KONA ICE AND THE POOL. 
          SO WE ALSO WILL BE THERE SELLING OUR T SHIRTS FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND. 
          SO AND OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS JUNE 12TH AT 6 P.M. 
          HERE AT THE TOWNSHIP OFFICES. ALSO LOOKING AHEAD,
OUR FALL MOVIE NIGHT IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH. HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER COOPERATES SO WE DON'T HAVE TO RESCHEDULE IT. 
          WE ARE ALSO GOING TO TRY A DIFFERENT DIRECTOR,
FRANK SNOW'S. 
          WE DON'T GET A LOT OF PEOPLE ATTENDING THAT,
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE ARE GOING TO GO WITH MORE OF A PG FAMILY FAMILY MOVIE, SUCH AS BACK TO THE FUTURE. TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN GRAB A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE
SINCE IT'S SO LATE AT NIGHT. 
          WE FEEL LIKE THE THE CARTOON MOVIE DOESN'T GET THE AUDIENCE THAT WE NEED. 
          SO. AND AT THAT EVENT. SO WE'LL MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AS WE GO. 
          SO JUST A REMINDER, OUR. WE MEET SECOND THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 6 P.M. 
          HERE. SO AWESOME. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. AWESOME. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU GUYS. 
          ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT FROM OUR VILLAGE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS. 
          I CALL FOR A MOTION AND SECOND TO FILE THE REPORTS. SO MOVED. SECOND. MOVED BY DIRECTOR
FRANK. SECOND BY DIRECTOR HEIZER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RESPOND BY SAYING AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO CONSENT AGENDA. CONSENT AGENDA ARE NONCONTROVERSIAL ITEMS,
HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW WILL BE CONSIDERED AS APPROVAL AS A GROUP WITH ONE 
          [ CONSENT AGENDA]
MOTION, NO DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE ON ANY OF THE ITEMS UNLESS THE ITEM IS REMOVED FROM
THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PLACED ON THE REGULAR AGENDA BY ANY BOARD MEMBER PRIOR TO TAKING A VOTE ON THE MOTION. THERE IS ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA LOCATED ON PAGES FIVE THROUGH
18 OF YOUR PACKET. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND BY DIRECTOR FRANK,
SECONDED BY DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RESPOND BY SAYING AYE. AYE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO REGULAR AGENDA. AGENDA NUMBER NINE. 
          [9.  Receive, consider and act upon a briefing from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office related to Flock Safety License Plate Reader Cameras;]
RECEIVING CONSIDER AND ACT. UPON BRIEFING BY THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
RELATED TO FLOCK SAFETY LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERAS. I CALL ON OUR GOOD CAPTAIN, CAPTAIN RYAN DOUGHERTY, THE SOUTH PATROL DIVISION FOR THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE TO PRESENT. 
          GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN, DIRECTORS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP THAT THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE AND THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP HAS THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP. 
          WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. AND WE WORK WELL TOGETHER. 
          THANK YOU. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FLOCK CAMERAS. 
          I'LL TALK ABOUT THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE POLICY. 
          THE POLICY. SHERIFF DOOLITTLE IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS A VERY STRICT
POLICY. 
          [00:40:02]
WHEN ACCESSING ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT DATABASE,
WE INCLUDE THE FLOCK LPR READERS. 
          AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT DATABASE, YOU MUST HAVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT REASON WHEN GOING INTO
THEIR ACCESSING IT AND USING IT. 
          YOU CAN'T JUST RUN LICENSE PLATES. THERE HAS TO BE A CRIMINAL JUSTICE REASON. 
          IT'S A STRICTLY ENFORCED POLICY VIOLATION, COULD RESULT IN TERMINATION AND EVEN CRIMINAL
CHARGES POSSIBLY BEING FILED THROUGH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, IN THE VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE FLOCK CAMERAS HAVE
BEEN ACTIVE HERE IN THE TOWNSHIP. 
          I BELIEVE IT WAS IN MID FEBRUARY IS WHEN THEY STARTED BEING INSTALLED AND THEY WERE
COMPLETED IN MIDDLE OF MARCH. 
          THIS IS A ROUGH ESTIMATE. WE SENT OUT AN EMAIL AND IT'S THE RESPONSES WE GOT. 
          A ARSONIST WAS CAPTURED. HE WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH FLOCK. 
          FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATION LED TO HIS ARREST, FELONY THEFT WARRANTS,
BURGLARY OF A HABITATION. 
          THE GUY ALSO ASSAULTED THE SPOUSE VIA STRANGULATION. 
          HE WAS ARRESTED, LOCATED AND ARRESTED. SHOPLIFTING,
FRESH STOLEN VEHICLES, PROPERTY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, ARREST, CREDIT CARD, ABUSE OF AN ELDERLY. WE HAVE ONE ARREST. 
          ONE IS STILL PENDING THE INVESTIGATION. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT THAT HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF THE
TOWNSHIP. 
          BUT THE ARREST WAS MADE HERE IN THE TOWNSHIP UTILIZING FLOCK FELONY EVADING IN A MOTOR
VEHICLE. 
          SUSPECT EVADED LAW ENFORCEMENT. HOWEVER, THROUGH THE FLOCK LICENSE PLATE READERS. 
          THE VEHICLE WAS IDENTIFIED LATER ARRESTED THE STOLEN VEHICLES. 
          THERE'S TOO MANY TO TALK ABOUT. MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARRESTED IN THESE VEHICLES,
MULTIPLE STOLEN VEHICLES, SOME OF THEM VERY FRESH. RECOVERED BURGLARY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE,
SUSPECT'S CREDIT CARD ABUSE, CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFTS. YOU'LL YOU SAW LAST MONTH,
I THINK WE IT WAS 20 CATALYTIC CONVERTERS WERE SEIZED FLOCK ASSISTED IN THAT INVESTIGATION AND ULTIMATELY ARREST. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME I'LL ANSWER THEM. 
          OTHERWISE I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO FLOCK SO HE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CAPTAIN JODY, OBVIOUSLY,
PLEASE HANG AROUND. 
          THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT THAT I THINK A LOT OF THE BOARD WANTS TO REALLY GET OUR ARMS
AROUND. 
          WE'VE ASKED, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW TO HAVE CAPTAIN JODY
BRING THE FLOCK IN TO KIND OF ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS. 
          I'VE ALSO ASKED OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, MIKE HOLLY,
TO ATTEND THE MEETING. 
          HE IS THE GUY, IF THEY ARE ABUSING THE SYSTEM,
IS GOING TO PROSECUTE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOR NOT FOLLOWING LAW. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALL OF THIS. AND MIKE IS A LEGAL SCHOLAR. 
          OBVIOUSLY, HE CAN ALSO ADDRESS THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS NOT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, SUNLIGHT IS THE BEST TRANSPARENT TRANSPARENCY. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO SHED SUNLIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS. WRITE YOUR QUESTIONS DOWN.
LET'S LET'S LET THE, THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLOCK GO THROUGH THEIR PRESENTATION. 
          AND I'M SURE WE ALL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO FOLLOW UP. AND WE'LL BRING MIKE UP AT THAT
TIME AS WELL AS CAPTAIN GERAGHTY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST MAKE SURE THAT WORKS. 
          CHAIRMAN BOARD, COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF THE WOODLAND TOWNSHIP. 
          MY NAME IS IAN LESLIE. I'M THE REGIONAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR TEXAS,
AND I'M HONORED TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS TODAY. WHAT I HAVE IS A PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHO WE ARE AT FLOCK,
AS WELL AS THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE ADMINISTER TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT CUSTOMERS. 
          I AM HERE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER QUESTIONS. 
          I ASK THAT YOU ALLOW ME TO GET THROUGH THE FULL PRESENTATION,
AND THEN THAT WILL BE OPEN TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 
          STARTING WITH WHO WE ARE IN FLOCK. SO FLOCK IS A IS A PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
THAT WAS THAT WAS CREATED IN 2017. 
          AND OUT OF OUT OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA. AND THE KEY THING THAT I WANT FOLKS TO,
TO REMEMBER OUT OF THIS ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION IS FLOCK. 
          I ACTUALLY DIDN'T START WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT BEING OUR PRIMARY CUSTOMER. 
          OUR PRIMARY CUSTOMER WAS HOA'S TOWNSHIPS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WERE DEALING WITH
PETTY CRIME, THEFT LOCAL CRIME THAT THEY COULD NOT SOLVE. AND SO OUR CEO,
GARRETT LANGLEY IN 2016 HAD AN IDEA OF, HEY, I'M EXPERIENCING CRIME IN MY COMMUNITY. WHAT IS THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS BEING USED TO
HELP OUR, OUR AGENCIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES TO SOLVE CRIME? BECAUSE IF YOU NOTICE, WHEN A CRIME HAPPENS,
WHAT'S THE MAIN THING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WILL ASK FOR? DID YOU GET THE PICTURE OF THE CAR? DID YOU GET ANY INFORMATION ON THE CAR? AND IF NOT,
THAT CRIME GOES A LOT OF TIMES GOES UNSOLVED. 
          AND SO WE STARTED WE STARTED OUR STORY WITH HOA'S AND TOWNSHIPS AND GREW INTO THIS ENTITY
TO WHERE WE'RE REPRESENTING IN OVER 5000 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION THAT IS BUILT ON TRUST, THAT IS BUILT ON TRANSPARENCY, THAT IS BUILT ON EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS
FOR ACCOUNTABLE AND TRANSPARENT POLICING. 
          TO DATE, AND I GUESS THIS IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OUTDATED,
WE JUST REDID OUR NUMBERS TO DATE. 
          FLOCK IS ACTUALLY SOLVING ABOUT 14% OF CRIME ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM,
FROM MURDER, FROM ASSAULTS, 
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FROM PETTY THEFT, PETTY CRIME, VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF,
OF CRIME. 
          WE'RE UP TO 14%. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE IN ABOUT 5000 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
COLLABORATIVE POLICING. 
          WE ARE SEEING BOATLOADS OF AGENCIES DEALING WITH BUDGET CONSTRAINTS,
PERSONAL CONSTRAINTS, BUT HAVING EVEN MORE OF A REALM OF TO SOLVE MORE INNOVATIVE CRIME CRIMES,
GETTING INNOVATIVE CRIMINALS ARE GETTING MORE INNOVATIVE. 
          SO THEY NEED EFFECTIVE POLICING TOOLS THAT ALLOW THEM TO MORE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY
DO THEIR JOB. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE LIKE TO INTRODUCE COLLABORATIVE POLICING THROUGH AN ECOSYSTEM OF TECHNOLOGY THAT NOT ONLY HELPS THEM SOLVE CRIMES,
BUT WORKS TOGETHER AS WELL. 
          SO TODAY, HERE'S A LITTLE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE CALL A ALPR AUTOMATED LICENSE
PLATE READERS. 
          NOW, THIS ISN'T NEW TECHNOLOGY, BUT WE'VE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO UPDATE IT AND MAKE IT
MAKE IT ITS MOST, MAKE IT AS MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION OUT HERE ABOUT ALPR,
AND THAT'S PRIMARILY WHAT MY WHAT MY ROLE AND WHAT I AM HERE TODAY IS SPEAKING WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THAT WAY, YOU GUYS FILL IN THE LOOP ABOUT HOW FLOC IS DEVELOPING RESPONSIBLE TECHNOLOGY,
BUT ALSO HOW COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE ADOPTING RESPONSIBLE TECHNOLOGY. 
          AND SO AN ALPR CAPTURES A POINT IN TIME IMAGE OF THE BACK OF A VEHICLE CAPTURING THE
LICENSE PLATE MAKE MODEL. 
          THAT'S IT. AND ALPR DOES NOT COLLECT ANY PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION. 
          WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT? IT'S NOT CAPTURING RACE. 
          IT'S NOT CAPTURING GENDER. IT'S NOT TIED TO YOUR DMV RECORDS. 
          AND IT'S NOT IT'S NOT CAPTURING ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE BACK OF A LICENSE PLATE,
WHICH IS A GOVERNMENT ISSUED ID THAT YOU HAVE TO SHOW VISIBLY IN A PUBLIC SPACE. 
          THERE'S NO FACIAL RECOGNITION, THERE'S NO PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION CAPTURED. 
          AND AND AGAIN, IT'S REAL TIME ALERTING. SO QUICK,
QUICK REMS ON HOW LPR WORKS, A CAR THAT CREATED A CRIME, MAYBE LET'S SAY IT'S DOWNTOWN CITY OF HOUSTON ENTERS THE TOWNSHIP. 
          YOUR AGENCY WITHIN 20 20S IS AUTOMATICALLY ALERTED VIA OUR SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT,
HEY, THIS CAR THAT ENTERED THE TOWNSHIP IS LINKED TO A CRIME. 
          WE'RE NOT CAPTURING IMAGES. WE'RE NOT CAPTURING DATA ON REGULAR EVERYDAY CITIZENS GOING
ABOUT THEIR THEIR BUSINESS. 
          THIS IS AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL USED TO EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY HELP YOUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT TRACK VEHICLES LINKED TO CRIME. 
          FULL STOP. REAL TIME ALERTS INCLUDE NCIC ALERTS,
WHICH IS A. 
          WHICH IS A NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION DATABASE WHERE. 
          KIND OF LIKE A HOT LIST TO SAY WHERE WHERE CRIMES ARE REPORTED AND GENERATED ON A NATIONAL
SCALE. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE ALERTS FROM TCC, WHICH IS A TEXAS BASED ALERT SYSTEM AS WELL. 
          A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE ARE RESPONSIBLY DEVELOPING THIS TECHNOLOGY. 
          FULL STOP. YOUR COMMUNITY OWNS 100% OF THE DATA THAT IS CAPTURED. 
          AND AGAIN, TO RE-ARTICULATE, IT IS NOT PERSONAL. 
          IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IS LICENSE PLATE. BUT YOU GUYS HAVE FULL OWNERSHIP OF THE DATA
FLOCK AS A REPRESENTATIVE DOES NOT HAVE CONTROL OR ACCESS TO THE DATA. 
          OKAY. AND THEN AS A, AS A, AS A, AS A DEFAULT,
THAT DATA IS AUTOMATICALLY HARD DELETED AND SANITIZED AFTER 30 DAYS. 
          SO WHATEVER LICENSE PLATE, WHATEVER VEHICLE INFORMATION IS CAPTURED WITHIN THAT 30 DAY
PERIOD IS DELETED AFTER THAT 30 DAYS IRRECOVERABLE. 
          ALSO, THERE'S AUDIT TRAILS BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM TO. 
          AS CAPTAIN WAS ALLUDED, YOU NEED A LAW ENFORCEMENT REASON TO SEARCH THE SYSTEM. 
          EVERY REASON IS AUDITABLE AND RECORDED IN THAT SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO SHOW AND BE REFERENCED
IN AN AUDIT THAT NOT ONLY HELPS YOU ARTICULATE WHAT TYPE OF CRIMES, WHAT WHAT TYPE OF CRIMES ARE BEING HAPPENING,
BUT HOW IS THE SYSTEM BEING UTILIZED? THAT'S WHERE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY COME IN. FLOCK NEVER WANTS COMMUNITY SAFETY. 
          PUBLIC SAFETY TO BE AT THE EXPENSE OF COMMUNITY VALUES. 
          ALSO, WE HIGHLY INCENTIVIZE AND ALLOW FOR YOU GUYS TO DEVELOP A POLICY THAT WORKS FOR YOUR
COMMUNITY. 
          FLOCK DOES NOT SET YOUR POLICY OF HOW THE TECHNOLOGY IS USED BY THE AGENCY THAT IS SOLELY
UP TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AS WELL AS WHO THAT DATA IS SHARED WITH. IF YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES
SURROUNDING, YOU'RE ABLE TO, IF YOU'RE WANTING TO SHARE STATEWIDE,
YOU'RE ABLE TO. 
          BUT AGAIN, THAT DECISION IS MADE BY YOU AND NOT BY FLOCK. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, JUST TO RE-ARTICULATE, THERE'S NO FACIAL RECOGNITION IN FLOCK CAMERAS. 
          VEHICLE FINGERPRINT. THIS IS THE THIS IS. I PUT THIS SLIDE IN HERE TO JUST SHOW THE
EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY. 
          AGAIN, LPR STARTED WITH JUST CAPTURING THE BACK OF A LICENSE PLATE IN THE BACK OF THE
VEHICLE. 
          BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T GET THE LICENSE PLATE? WHATEVER IMAGE ONLY CAPTURES HALF OF THE LICENSE PLATE. 
          IT'S BLURRY. IT'S YOU CAN'T READ IT. THIS IS WHERE WE'VE INTRODUCED VEHICLE FINGERPRINT TO
WHERE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE LICENSE PLATE, YOU'RE STILL ABLE TO TRACK THE VEHICLE DOWN BY FIGURING OUT WHAT THE MAKE MODEL BODY TYPE
IS. 
          AGAIN, THAT IS IN THE THAT IS IN THE INSTANCE THAT THE LICENSE PLATE IS UNREADABLE OR THE
IMAGE IS BLURRY. 
          TRANSPARENCY. THIS IS. WE ARE AN INDUSTRY LEADER IN TECHNOLOGY AS FAR AS TRANSPARENT
TECHNOLOGY TO WHERE. 
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LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE IN THE SYSTEM IS AUDITABLE. 
          EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE IN THE SYSTEM CAN BE SHOWN AND CAN BE REFLECTED IN WHAT WE CALL
YOUR GUYS'S TRANSPARENT TRANSPARENCY PORTAL. 
          THIS WILL HOUSE NOT ONLY YOUR POLICY. IT'LL. IT'LL ALSO HOUSE HOW MANY HITS YOU HAVE,
HOW MANY SEARCHES HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE SYSTEM, WHO YOU SHARE WITH. IF YOU IF YOU ELECT TO SHARE IN ANY DETAILS PERTINENT TO HOW THE
SYSTEM IS BEING USED WILL BE REFERENCED IN THIS TRANSPARENCY PORTAL. 
          HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THE COMMUNITY VALUES AND COMMUNITY SAFETY THAT'S BUILT INTO THE
SYSTEM. 
          SO SEARCH FILTERS. SEARCH FILTERS. AGAIN, THERE HAS TO BE A REASON FOR. 
          FOR AN OFFICER. LAW ENFORCEMENT TO GO IN AND USE THE SYSTEM. 
          I CAN'T JUST GO IN THERE ALL WILLY NILLY ANYTIME AND JUST SEARCH. 
          SEARCH THE SYSTEM. WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE USE CASE? WHAT IS WHAT IS THE REASON? AND AGAIN, ALL OF THE ALL OF WHAT IS ENTERED IN THE SYSTEM IS
PERMANENTLY AUDITABLE. 
          OKAY. FEDERAL LIMITATIONS YOU GUYS HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER. 
          IF YOU GUYS WANT TO SHARE WITH FEDERAL ENTITIES. 
          FLOC DOES NOT MAKE THAT DECISION. YOU GUYS HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL IF THE SYSTEM CAN BE
SHARED STATEWIDE. 
          AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S KIND OF A LOT OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE WHEN IT COMES TO SHARING
DATA, WHO OWNS IT, WHO CONTROLS IT. SO I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR,
FULL STOP, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE CONTROL OVER HOW THE SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE USED. 
          AND TO RE-ARTICULATE, AGAIN, EVERYTHING IS AUDITABLE IN THE SYSTEM. 
          CAN YOU PAUSE THERE? I KNOW YOU'RE ON A ROLL. 
          GO AHEAD. CAN YOU CAN YOU ELABORATE ON WHAT ACTUALLY IS HAPPENING IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY? CAN WE WAIT TILL LET HIM FINISH? THEN WE CAN GO BACK SLIDES. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET EVERYTHING OUT THERE. AND THEN WE ALL GOT QUESTIONS
AND WE CAN ROLL BACK SLIDES. RIGHT? SO WE GOT ABOUT THREE MORE SLIDES. THEN I'M GONNA KEEP ROLLING. ALL RIGHT. YOUR DATA IS BEING STORED AT THE EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT PERSONAL
IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION, YOUR DATA IS BEING STORED AT THE HIGHEST SECURITY STANDARDS. 
          AND SO HERE I HAVE LISTED OUT WE ARE CJIS COMPLIANT. 
          WE ARE SOC TWO TYPE TWO COMPLIANT AS WELL AS A LOT OF OTHER INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS AS
WELL. 
          IN TERMS OF FOURTH AMENDMENT, I KNOW WE HAD A GENTLEMAN COME UP HERE AND SPEAK ABOUT
PRIVATE PRIVACY CONCERNS. 
          WE HAVE OVER 30 CASE LAW FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT UNANIMOUSLY,
UNANIMOUSLY STATES THAT LPR USING LPR DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY FOURTH AMENDMENT PRIVACY RIGHTS. AND THAT IS WHY THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE,
AGAIN, WE ARE NOT COLLECTING PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION. 
          AND AGAIN, THE INFORMATION THAT IS COLLECTED OR THE DATA THAT IS BEING COLLECTED IS
DELETED AFTER 30 DAYS. 
          SO THESE ARE JUST TWO ARTICLES FROM ORGANIZATIONS TO REFERENCE ON HOW THE HOW LPR DO NOT
VIOLATE THE FOURTH AMENDMENT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE TRUSTED PARTNERS THAT ARE USING OUR TECHNOLOGY TO SOLVE SOME OF SOCIETY'S
MOST CRITICAL CRIMES. 
          SO WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN USING
THE LPR SYSTEM, AS WELL AS MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING. AND AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL,
THE NAACP. 
          AND THEN THIS SLIDE HERE, THIS IS, THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE HERE. THIS JUST SHOWS REAL LIVE,
REAL IMPACT HOW THIS IS JUST NOT TECHNOLOGY THAT I'M UP HERE SPEAKING ABOUT. 
          THESE ARE REAL LIVES. THESE ARE REAL CRIMES THAT ARE BEING SOLVED IN EVERYDAY COMMUNITIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT, DIRECTOR GIBBS. 
          YES. GO BACK TO THAT PARTICULAR SLIDE, SIR. FIRST OF ALL,
THANK YOU. 
          THAT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE, BUT OBVIOUSLY COMPLICATED. 
          YOU'RE AN EXPERT AND I'M NOT AN EXPERT. AND PEOPLE ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ALL THE
TIME. 
          AND I HAVE TO CONFESS THAT I DON'T KNOW. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT COMPLETELY. 
          YOU DO. AND I'M SURE CAPTAIN BRODY DOES. THEY WANT IT. 
          THEY USE IT. IT'S HIGHLY TECHNICAL. SO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT. 
          GIVE US GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS DAY TO DAY IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 
          AND IF AND IF A REGULAR PERSON IS JUST DRIVING,
ARE WE BEING FLOCKED OR IS IS JUST ONLY ON TARGETED LICENSE PLATES BEING FLOCKED? I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND. SO WOULD YOU PLEASE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. GREAT. GREAT QUESTION. AND THAT'S WHY I LOVE MY JOB. 
          SO FROM, FROM START TO FINISH YOUR, YOUR CAMERAS ARE PLACED AT THE EGRESS AND INGRESS OF
YOUR TOWNSHIP OR CITY. 
          IF A, IF A VEHICLE ENTERS THE TOWNSHIP THAT IS,
IS THAT IS CONNECTED TO A CRIME. 
          AND I'M USING SPECIFIC WORDS CONNECTED TO A CRIME,
YOUR AGENCY IS AUTOMATICALLY FLAGGED. 
          THE REASON I'M PUTTING IT THE WAY THAT I'M PUTTING IT IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT LOOKING FOR
FOLKS COMMITTING CRIME. 
          THIS THIS IS A VEHICLE THAT HAS ENTERED THE TOWNSHIP THAT HAS ALREADY COMMITTED A CRIME.
WHETHER IT'S MURDER, WHETHER THEY'VE STOLEN A CHILD, WHETHER IT WAS A HIT AND RUN DOESN'T MATTER. WITHIN 20S, YOUR AGENCY IS IDENTIFIED BY OUR SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT,
HEY, THIS CAR HAS ENTERED THE TOWNSHIP. 
          THAT IS JUST AN IDENTIFIER. IT IS AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL THAT ALLOWS THEM TO EFFECTIVELY
KNOW, HEY, THIS CAR IS HERE. OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T KNOW THE CAR IS HERE. 
          THERE IS STILL AN INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS THAT HAS TO GO INTO FINDING OR TO INVESTIGATING
THAT VEHICLE. 
          FOR INSTANCE, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S DRIVING THE VEHICLE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE PERSON WHO
ACTUALLY COMMITTED THE CRIME IS THE ONE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE PERSON DRIVING THE VEHICLE IS THE ONE WHO OWNS THE VEHICLE. 
          AND SO THERE'S STILL AN INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS THAT NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED UP AFTER THE ALERT
IS GETS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
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TO CLARIFY, JUST BECAUSE I NEED TO HEAR IT, YOU'RE NOT TAKING A PICTURE OF EVERY LICENSE
PLATE THAT'S GOING BY. 
          IT IS SO GREAT QUESTION. LET ME CLARIFY. SO EVERY EVERY CAR THAT PASSES THE CAMERA IS
BEING IS TAKING A STILL POINT IN TIME IMAGE. 
          IT IS BEING. IT IS BEING PHOTOGRAPHED ONLY THE. 
          THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ONLY ALERTED IF THAT CRIME. 
          IF THAT VEHICLE IS LINKED TO A CRIME, ANY DATA THAT IS CAPTURED IN THAT 30 DAY PERIOD,
IF IT'S NOT TIED TO A VEHICLE THAT WAS CONNECTED WITH A CRIME, IS HARD DELETED AND SANITIZED. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YOU KNOW, I DRIVE ON THE TOLL ROAD BECAUSE IT'S FASTER. IS IT SOMEWHAT SIMILAR? I MEAN, THE TOLL ROAD SNAPS A PICTURE AND ACTUALLY SENDS ME A BILL IN THE MAIL SO THEY
KNOW WHO I AM, WHERE I LIVE. AND WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU GUYS,
THE DATA OR INTERACTION IS EVEN LESS THAN A TOLL ROAD? ABSOLUTELY. SO SAME TECHNOLOGY. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE TOLL ROAD HAS YOUR INFORMATION. 
          IT HAS YOUR ADDRESS, IT HAS YOUR CREDIT CARD ON FILE. 
          IT HAS WHATEVER YOU SIGNED UP WHEN YOU WHEN YOU WHEN YOU WANT TO DRIVE THE TOLL THAT THAT
THAT IS, THAT'S DATA THAT'S STORED THERE. WE ARE SIMPLY COLLECTING THE BACK OF A LICENSE,
THE BACK OF A VEHICLE, THE LICENSE PLATE, THE MAKE MODEL OF THE CAR. 
          GREAT QUESTION. SO YOU'RE JUST PROVIDING THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER OR THE FLAG. 
          HEY, THIS LICENSE PLATE SHOWED UP. YEP, AND YOU'RE PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO TO THE TO
THE PD? ABSOLUTELY. AND THE PICTURE THAT YOU SHOWED SEVERAL SLIDES BACK IS THAT ACTUALLY THE DATA
THAT'S BEING CAPTURED? IS THAT A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE FLOCK CAMERAS CAPTURE? YES. OKAY. AND IN THIS SITUATION, SEMANTICS ARE IMPORTANT. 
          SO I KNOW YOU HAD SAID AGENCY OR AGENCY HAS THE CHOICE TO DO WITH DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO
WITH THE INFORMATION OR DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE ENTITIES. AND THIS IS PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR YOU,
CAPTAIN JODIE, BUT AS I UNDERSTOOD IT IS ONLY LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS RECEIVING THIS DATA, NOT THE TOWNSHIP, NOT ANY OTHER CITY SURROUNDING CITY,
ONLY LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          COULD YOU CLARIFY THAT? THAT THAT IS THAT IS CORRECT. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. ONLY THE PD HAS ACCESS TO THE DATA. 
          SO THAT'S AND I WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING. SO AGAIN WE'VE KIND OF GROWN OUR BUSINESSES,
RIGHT? AND SO FOR INSTANCE, LOWE'S IS A IS A BIG CUSTOMERS ARE CVS IS A BIG CUSTOMERS OF OURS
INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES. 
          IF, IF THOSE ENTITIES DECIDE TO SHARE THEIR DATA WITH THE PD,
THEY CAN, BUT THAT THAT INFORMATION IS NOT 1 TO 1 WHERE THEY CAN HAVE ACCESS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA. SO THE AGENCY IS THE ONE THAT THAT HOLDS AND COLLECTS THAT DATA. 
          YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND JUST BECAUSE MR. BOUCHER HAD COMMENTED,
YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO MONITOR AND THAT THAT CONCERNED ME A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, OUR GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET THIS
INFORMATION. 
          ONLY THE LAW, ONLY LAW ENFORCEMENT. ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND YOU GUYS HAVE YOU GUYS BEING WHATEVER YOUR POLICY THAT YOU ABIDE BY,
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE FULL ABILITY. 
          IF YOU GUYS DECIDE TO JUST KEEP IT IN-HOUSE,
IF YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITIES, THAT IS COMPLETELY UP TO YOUR GUYS'S CONTROL. 
          THERE'S NO BACKDOOR ACCESS. AND THEN EVEN IF THE EVEN IF YOU GUYS SHARE YOUR DATA THERE'S
MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION TO, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY WHO ACCESS TO THE DATA FOR WHAT PURPOSE. BUT AGAIN,
IT'S VERY LIMITED IN ACCESS. IF I IF I'M A SURROUNDING MR., I CAN'T JUST GO IN THERE AND TYPE IN A REASON AND HAVE FULL ACCESS TO YOUR SYSTEM. 
          I'M TYPING IN A SPECIFIC SEARCH REASON, AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO SHOW ME WITHIN THOSE
PARAMETERS. 
          CAN I REAL QUICK? MONIQUE, I HAVE A QUESTION I'VE WILLIAMS HERE. 
          BUT PEOPLE AT HOME ARE SAYING THAT VIDEO IS UNAVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. 
          IS THAT THE CASE? WE ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH SWAGIT WITH OUR WITH THE COMPANY THAT DOES THE
VIDEO. 
          SO THEY ARE WORKING ON IT. YEAH. THIS IS IMPORTANT. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE. IT'S FIXED IN WILLIAMS IN THE BACK. 
          IT'S FIXED. OKAY. YEAH. SO IT IS FIXED NOW I'M GETTING A LOT OF TEXT MESSAGES. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WAS IT FIXED. BECAUSE I'M GETTING TEXT MESSAGES TO 15
MINUTES AGO, 515 MINUTES AGO. OKAY. I HAVE ALL OF HIS REPORT. 
          ALL OF HIS PRESENTATION WAS AVAILABLE. IT IS WELL,
STILL, BUT I MEAN, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE DATA. AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE COLLECTING DATA HERE. 
          AND IF THAT LICENSE PLATE IS CONNECTED TO A CRIME THAT'S BEEN REPORTED. 
          IT'S GOING TO FLAG IT. SO IF SOMEONE STEALS A CAR IN FLORIDA AND THEY'RE DRIVING THROUGH
THE WOODLANDS, IS THAT LIKELY SOMEBODY THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO,
WOULD THAT FLAG IT? LIKE I GUESS BECAUSE I'M WONDERING IN THE BACK,
RIGHT. SO THERE'S INFORMATION THAT THE CAMERAS GIVE TO THE SYSTEM. 
          WHAT ABOUT THE INFORMATION THAT IS FEEDING THE INFORMATION TO THE SYSTEM OF WHO THE BAD
GUYS ARE? SO THAT THAT IS THAT'S WHERE THE NCIC OR NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER,
THAT THAT IS THAT ENTITY THAT HOLDS WHICH WHICH VEHICLES ARE CONNECTED TO THE CRIME. 
          FLOCK. FLOCK IS NOT MONITORING THAT. WE UPDATE OUR LIST EVERY SIX HOURS. 
          I THINK NCIC UPDATES THEIRS EVERY 12. WE'RE JUST BEING A GREAT COMPANY AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE HAVE THE MOST UPDATED LIST. 
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BUT ALL OF THOSE COME FROM NCIC. AGAIN, TEXAS HAS ITS OWN CIC. 
          SO THERE'S DIFFERENT LIST THAT THE AGENCY CAN OPT INTO TO RECEIVE THOSE ALERTS. 
          CAN CAN YOU GO INTO MORE SPECIFICITY? BECAUSE WHEN WE START USING ACRONYMS,
I THINK PEOPLE GET LOST. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. IN C, I, A C AND THE TEXAS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO,
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? BOTH OF Y'ALL JUST I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM. 
          AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING LIKE THIRD PARTY ORGANIZATION. IT'S LIKE I JUST SAW A WEIRD LICENSE
PLATE. 
          SO IF I MAKE A TRAFFIC STOP AND I RUN A DRIVER'S LICENSE,
I RUN IT THROUGH THE TEXAS CRIME INFORMATION CENTER, TCIC THEN YOU HAVE THE NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER,
NCIC, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY RUNS THE TCIC. 
          ALL THE AGENCIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS SUBMIT TO THAT AND PULL INFORMATION FROM IT. 
          SO IF I ENTER A STOLEN VEHICLE, IT'S GOING TO GO TO TCIC ARKANSAS. 
          THEY DO THAT AND EVERYTHING GOES INTO NCIC. SO THAT WAY I CAN CHECK ARKANSAS LICENSE
PLATES. 
          SO NCIC IS THE BIG HUB. TCI. C IS FOR OUR INDIVIDUAL STATE,
BUT BY GOING THROUGH TCI C TO NCIC. 
          THEN I CAN CHECK ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. 
          SO WHAT HAPPENS IS YOUR VEHICLE STOLEN? AS SOON AS THE POLICE REPORT IS MADE,
WE ENTER THE VEHICLE INTO TCI, SEE TEXAS CRIME INFORMATION CENTER, AND IT IS UPLOADED INTO THE NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION
CENTER DATABASE. 
          SO IF IT HITS FLOCK. FLOCK WILL CHECK IT AGAINST THE RECORDS. 
          IT'LL ALERT US IF YOU HAVE IT PULLED UP AS WELL AS I CAN. 
          GO BACK AND SEARCH YOUR LICENSE PLATE AND SAY IT WAS STOLEN APPROXIMATELY AT THIS TIME
BECAUSE IT HIT THIS LICENSE PLATE READER. 
          SO WE HAVE A DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. IF IT'S A FRESH STOLEN,
SOMEBODY SAW IT. 
          WE CAN GET IN THERE AND WE CAN, WE CAN PLOT WHERE IT'S GOING AND SET UP AND GET AHEAD OF
IT. 
          SO GOING BACK TO MY QUESTION, IF IF A CAR IS STOLEN IN FLORIDA AND THAT PERSON DECIDES TO
COME HERE TO THE WOODLANDS BASED ON HOW YOU HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY SET UP, WOULD WE WOULD, WOULD OUR LICENSE PLATE READER. 
          IT WILL ALERT US THAT IT IS STOLEN OUT OF FLORIDA. 
          AS LONG AS IT'S IN THE NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER DATABASE. HERE'S THE POINT I WANT
TO MAKE. HERE'S WHY IT'S GOOD. AND I THINK OF LIKE CRIMINALS. I LOVE THAT BILLBOARD WE USED TO HAVE. THEY DON'T COME TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 
          WE PROSECUTE PEOPLE. AND THERE'S A PART OF THE COMMUNITY OBVIOUSLY IS AWARE THAT WE HAVE
THESE FLOCK CAMERAS. 
          YES, SIR. AND SO I THINK IT'S ALSO A DETERRENT KNOWING LIKE,
HEY, IF I ROLL IN THERE, I MIGHT GET POPPED, RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT THAT THAT'S WHY I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE QUESTION,
BECAUSE SOMEONE FROM OUT OF SOMEWHERE ELSE COULD COME IN HERE. 
          AND SO IT'S REALLY PROTECTING US FROM THE OUTSIDE PEOPLE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE CRIMINALS THAT HAVE PLOTTED THEM AND THEY GO AROUND NOT NOT IN OUR
AREA. 
          THEY'RE VERY FRESH. BUT IN HOUSTON BECAUSE YOU SAID 5000 COMMUNITIES OVER. 
          BUT THEY ALSO WHAT IS SO GOOD ABOUT THESE FINGERPRINTS IS A LOT OF CRIMINALS. 
          WE HAVE SAT THERE AND WATCHED THEM BEFORE THEY DO BANK JEGGINGS. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WHERE THEY WATCH FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND THEN THEY GET THE
CUSTOMER'S MONEY WHEN THEY GO TO THE GROCERY STORE OR THE THE 7-ELEVEN, WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY WILL STOP BEFORE THEY DO THE CRIME IS THEY'LL CHANGE THE LICENSE
PLATE OUT WITH A STOLEN LICENSE PLATE. 
          IT MAY OR MAY NOT MATCH THE VEHICLE. SO WHEN WE RUN THE LICENSE PLATE,
IT COMES BACK TO A 2000 CHEVROLET PICKUP. 
          WHEN THIS IS A 2019 BLUE IN COLOR IMPALA, YOU KNOW. 
          OKAY, SO IT'S READING ALL THIS TO SAY, HEY, THIS DOESN'T ADD UP. 
          CORRECT. SO THE BUMPER STICKER DOESN'T MATCH AND WHAT COLOR MAKE? OKAY, I DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. YES,
SIR. THE FINGERPRINT IS VERY HELPFUL. YEAH. IT'S INTERESTING. OKAY. IF YOU HAVE A BURGLARY AT YOUR HOUSE AND WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THE LAST FOUR HOURS AND YOU THINK IT WAS A
RED TRUCK, WE COULD RUN ALL THE RED TRUCKS, AND IT'LL SHOW US ALL THE LICENSE PLATE AND NARROW IT
DOWN FROM, JUST, SAY, 5000 IN THE AREA TO SEVEN BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT TRAVELED THROUGH THAT AREA. 
          IF YOU HAVE A FLOCK CAMERA IN THE AREA, IF YOU DON'T,
IT MAKES IT A LOT TOUGHER. 
          CAN OTHER AGENCIES LIKE. SO JUST TO CLARIFY,
FOR THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING, WHICH I BELIEVE WE HAVE PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST HITS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I'M GETTING A
LOT OF TEXTS ON THIS. THIS IS NOT A SOMETHING THAT IS SET UP THROUGH THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. THIS IS THROUGH THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT WE HAVE OUR CONTRACT
WITH. 
          THEY ARE THE MONITORING AGENCY. WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM ON THIS THAT WE CAN TIGHTEN
UP OR CHANGE WORDS TO, BUT WE ARE NOT THE HOLDER OF THIS INFORMATION. 
          WE NEVER SEE THIS INFORMATION. WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION,
ONLY LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          BUT MY QUESTION IS, DO OTHER AGENCIES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY THAT ARE NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT,
DO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO FLOCK TO THE DATA THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM FLOCK? NEGATIVE. WE ONLY SHARE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. 
          OKAY. AND THAT IS CORRECT STATEMENT. THE CONTRACT IS THROUGH THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, NOT THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. SO THEREFORE, EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT NO VIDEO IS INVOLVED IN THIS AT ALL. 
          IT'S A STILL POINT IN TIME IMAGE OF A VEHICLE. 
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THERE'S NO ABILITY FOR FOR FLOCK TO BE USED TO MONITOR PROTESTED,
YOU KNOW, CHURCHES OR CLINICS OR GUN STORES OR ANY POLITICAL ACTIVITY. WE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM. 
          RIGHT. BESIDES, BESIDES THE DATA, SANITATION THAT'S WIPED FROM THE AGENCY. 
          SO AS THE VENDOR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S CERTAIN DATA WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO EXTRACT,
BUT IT'S LIKE YOUR, THE, YOUR GUYS'S NAME AND ALL THAT STUFF IS WIPED. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE CALL DATA SANITATION. WHAT ABOUT OUR VILLAGE IN CREEKSIDE PARK
SINCE IT'S IN HARRIS COUNTY, DO THEY HAVE FLOCK CAMERAS? NONE DOWN THERE. NOT THROUGH OUR OFFICE. 
          I AM UNSURE IF PRECINCT FOUR HAS THEM. IT HAS HAS THEM IN PLACE. 
          I KNOW THEY HAVE THEM AROUND THE AREA. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S IN THE TOWNSHIP. YEAH,
WE CAN FIND THAT OUT. 
          I WANT TO IF I CAN. I WANT TO BRING UP A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE THAT JUST HAPPENED. 
          SO AGAIN, I STAY IN NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS. AND SO I'M SURE EVERYONE HERE WAS AWARE OF WHAT
HAPPENED IN AUSTIN. 
          AUSTIN WAS AND THIS IS NO WAY IN TERM OF ME BE DOGGING AUSTIN. 
          OKAY. AUSTIN, YOU KNOW, THROUGH A POLITICAL PROCESS DECIDED TO TURN THEIR CAMERAS OFF. 
          THAT SHOOTING SPREE WAS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN, AND THE PERPETRATORS WERE ALLOWED TO GO FREELY
WHEREVER THEY CHOOSE WITHOUT GETTING CAPTURED UNTIL THEY WENT INTO A ANOTHER CITY. MAYNOR, WHO WAS A WHO WAS A CUSTOMER OF FALCON,
HAD THEIR CAMERAS ON AND WAS ABLE TO BE IDENTIFIED. 
          WHO KNOWS HOW LONG THAT THAT THAT SHOOTING SPREE WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF A CAMERA NEVER
CAPTURED THE LICENSE PLATE FOR THE AGENCY TO GO IN THERE AND MAKE THE ARREST. 
          SO. SO JUST TO END ON THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF CRIME THAT
HAPPENS THAT WE ARE UNAWARE OF. 
          UNTIL TECHNOLOGY LIKE CAMERAS COMES IN AND IS ABLE TO CAPTURE DIFFERENT IMAGES. 
          A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IS EMERGENCY EMERGING TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES,
YOU KNOW, ARE THE IPHONE ONES A LOT DIFFERENT THAN THE IPHONE 18 OR WHATEVER IT IS NOW? RIGHT. SO AS, AS TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES, DOES FLOCK PLAN ON INTEGRATING THEIR TECHNOLOGY TO
DRONES AND ARE YOU USING ANYTHING WITH RAVEN SYSTEMS TO DETECT GUNSHOT SOUNDS OR AUDIO SOUNDS IN YOUR PLATFORM? SO WE, WE, SO WE DO HAVE A WHOLE ECOSYSTEM OF TECHNOLOGY THAT DRONES IS UNDER OUR
ECOSYSTEM. 
          AUDIO DETECTION. GUN DETECTION IS UNDER OUR AUDIO. 
          THAT IS, IF THAT'S NOT IF THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU PAID FOR,
THEN THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU GET. AND THERE'S NO WORLD WHERE WE WERE AUTOMATICALLY UPGRADE TECHNOLOGY OR INPUT TECHNOLOGY WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT DECREE. 
          YEAH. SO COULD WE PUT INTO OUR CONTRACT UPDATE TO SAY THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE FLOCK
INTEGRATED TO ANY OF THEIR DRONE ACTIVITY IN THE TOWNSHIP THROUGH OUR CONTRACT WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND WE DO NOT WANT RAVEN SYSTEMS AND AUDIO
TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT. 
          YEAH. JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, THERE IS NO TOWNSHIP AGREEMENT WITH FLOCK. 
          TOWNSHIP AGREEMENT IS ONLY WITH M, C, S O AND MCSO HAS AN AGREEMENT. 
          YEAH. COULD WE? MY QUESTION IS, COULD WE AMEND OUR CONTRACT WITH THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE? IS THAT RIGHT? JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE ASKING TO AMEND OUR CONTRACT WITH MCSO BETWEEN THE TOWNSHIP AND IN REGARDS TO WOULD BE DIRECTING HOW THEY USE THEIR
FLOCK CAMERAS IN OUR AREA? YES. I THINK THAT THAT REQUIRES MORE DISCUSSION. 
          WE CAN LOOK INTO IT. I, WE ARE NOT THE ONLY COMMUNITY THAT HAS FLOCK CAMERAS. 
          MCSO HAS DEPLOYED THEM OR WILL BE DEPLOYING THEM IN OTHER AREAS. 
          AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET A SEPARATE QUALIFICATION THAN WHAT. 
          WELL THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY I UNDERSTAND LOOKING AT IT,
BUT IF THEY'RE NOT, IF THEY'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW, OUR THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE IS NO WAY,
SHAPE OR FORM TRACKING AUDIO OR DRONES THROUGH THEIR TECHNOLOGY. 
          IF WE COULD CODIFY THAT IN A CONTRACT, JUST TO KIND OF,
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ALL THAT COSTS MONEY. 
          CHAIRMAN. YEAH. SO UNLESS THE TOWNSHIP WOULD LIKE TO PRODUCE THE FUNDS,
MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS NO PLANS TO GET THAT TECHNOLOGY. IT IS NOT CHEAP. 
          I DO NOT SEE IT AS USEFUL AROUND HERE. THE RAVEN TECHNOLOGY IS VERY EXPENSIVE. 
          IT'S BUILT AT ABOUT I THINK IT'S A HALF OR A QUARTER MILE. 
          TOWNSHIP'S GOT A LOT OF SQUARE MILES AROUND HERE. 
          I DON'T SEE IT BEING USEFUL HERE. I THINK IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY. 
          AS FAR AS THE RAVEN TECHNOLOGY, THE DRONES, I'M UNFAMILIAR WITH THE PRODUCT THEY HAVE. 
          THOSE ARE ONLY FLOWN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT MANNER AS WELL. 
          SO AND ONCE AGAIN, COULD YOU JUST QUICKLY REPEAT THE SECURITY THAT'S HELD AT THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE ON THIS INFORMATION. 
          SO WE TREAT THIS AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT DATABASE. 
          IT IS IT IS WHAT THEY CALL IT CJIS CRIMINAL JUSTICE,
SOMETHING OR OTHER SECURITY. 
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SO WE HAVE VERY WE HAVE TO TAKE UPDATED LEARNING EVERY 12 MONTHS AND CERTIFY THAT WE WENT
THROUGH THE SECURITY TRAINING. 
          YOU CAN ONLY ACCESS IT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES IF YOU DO IT. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, YOU CAN RECEIVE SUSPENSION TERMINATION AND POSSIBLY CRIMINAL CHARGES
FILED AGAINST YOU. 
          THANK YOU. VERY SIMILARLY, IF I WAS LIKE, HEY,
OFFICER JODY, CAN YOU RUN THIS LICENSE PLATE FOR ME? ABSOLUTELY. AND IT WASN'T LIKE, YOU CAN'T DO THAT LIKE THAT,
RIGHT? SURE. AND SO I THINK IT'S THE SAME SITUATION OF YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE PLUGGING STUFF
AROUND LOOKING FOR THINGS. 
          RIGHT? CORRECT. CAN THEY? YES. IT IS STRICTLY ENFORCED AND MONITORED. 
          AND IF WE FIND OUT WHICH WE WILL, YOU WILL BE DEALT WITH APPROPRIATELY. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IAN MENTIONED LIKE IT'S IT'S TOTALLY AUDITED. 
          YEAH. EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE SYSTEM IS ALL ACTIVITY IS,
IS MEASURED. 
          ABSOLUTELY. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST ROLLING OUT A FEATURE CALLED AUDIT ASSIST THAT WILL
AUTOMATICALLY FLAG IF WE'RE SEEING SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY. AND I THINK I SAW BUT IT'S NOT OUT YET. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU CAN HAVE AUTOMATIC AUDITING LIKE,
LIKE YOU COULD SET UP SOME SORT OF THING IN THERE. 
          THAT'S LIKE, IF CAPTAIN JODIE'S IN THERE EVERY DAY LOOKING AT LIKE IT'S GOING TO FLAG AND
SAY, HEY, WHY ARE YOU IT'LL GET US NOTIFICATIONS TO THE ADMINISTRATOR. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH,
I SAW THAT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT WASN'T AVAILABLE YET. I THINK I THINK WE'RE IN LIKE BETA TESTING THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'LL BE FULL FLEDGED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. GOT IT. AND I
KNOW IT WAS ASKING ME EARLIER ABOUT RED LIGHT CAMERAS. 
          RED LIGHT CAMERAS ARE ILLEGAL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          WHAT ARE THEY HAVE BEEN OUTLAWED. I BELIEVE SINCE 2017. 
          WHAT IS A RED LIGHT CAMERA? SO WHAT IT IS, IS IT'S A CAMERA THAT IS SET TO. 
          ONCE THE LIGHT TURNS RED, YOU CROSS THE. IT'S CALLED THE BOX,
THE. 
          THE WHITE LINE. YOU CROSS THAT. AFTER THE LIGHT TURNS RED,
IT WILL SNAP A PICTURE, SEND IT IN AND THEN SEND YOU A CIVIL PENALTY. 
          WE NEED THEM. THE RED LIGHT INITIATIVES THAT MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE DOES. 
          WE HAVE A POLICE OFFICER STANDING THERE WATCHING IT,
CALLING OUT THE VEHICLE, THE RED CORVETTE. 
          WE HAD THOSE RED LIGHT CAMERAS AT ONE TIME HERE,
AND THEY WERE PULLED BY THE STATE AND SAID, NO MORE. YEAH. SO MAY I HAVE YOU HAVEN'T ASKED. 
          GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. CATHERINE. YOU MENTIONED CRIMINAL JUSTICE REASON. 
          I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT I MEAN,
IS THAT THE SAME AS SAYING A PROBABLE CAUSE? NO. NO, SIR. IT HAS NOWHERE NEAR PROBABLE CAUSE. 
          WHAT I CAN DO IS I CAN DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AND I CAN RUN LICENSE PLATES JUST TO SEE IF
THE REGISTRATION'S OUT OR ANY OTHER VIOLATIONS. 
          A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL SEE VEHICLES WITH THE LOCKS POPPED,
WHICH SOMETIMES MEANS THAT THEY'RE BROKEN INTO, OR SOMEBODY LOCKED THEIR KEYS IN THE CAR AND DECIDED TO POP THE LOCK SO I CAN RUN THAT
LICENSE PLATE. IT'S NOT STOLEN. I'LL MOVE ON TO ANOTHER ONE. REGISTRATION'S OUT I MAY CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STOP. I MAY MOVE ON AN INVESTIGATION,
WHETHER IT BE REASONABLE SUSPICION OR PROBABLE CAUSE. 
          YOU CAN RUN THAT, YOU KNOW DIRECTOR LAM TELLS ME HIS VEHICLE STOLEN. 
          I'M GOING TO RUN IT TO CHECK AND SEE WHERE IT LAST HIT. 
          WE HAD LIKE SIX VEHICLES, SO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT ONE. 
          YES, SIR. NOW, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? OH, YES. 
          OF COURSE. WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT INGRESS EGRESS IN THE TOWNSHIP,
BUT WITHIN THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP, YOU KNOW, CRIMES COMMITTED THAT STAY WITHIN THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. 
          I KNOW WE DON'T LIKE TO THINK THAT THAT HAPPENS,
BUT THERE ARE CAMERAS WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP, NOT JUST AT THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT. RIGHT. HOW MANY HOW MANY CAMERAS ARE WE TALKING? THE CONTRACT THROUGH THE TOWNSHIP IS 30 CAMERAS. 
          HOWEVER, THERE ARE PRIVATE COMPANIES THAT HAVE THEIR OWN. 
          SOME HAVE GRANTED US ACCESS TO THEM, SOME HAVE NOT. 
          OKAY. AND THOSE ARE PERMANENT. OR ARE THEY? YOU MOVE THEM AROUND. 
          IT IS BILLED AT AN ANNUAL FEE. AND IF WE PAY THE ANNUAL FEE,
THEY STAY UP. 
          IF THEY DON'T, THEY COME. THE LOCATIONS, THE LOCATIONS,
THE LOCATIONS CAN BE MOVED. 
          COST MORE MONEY? SURE, BUT THEY CAN BE MOVED. 
          IF THERE IS CAMERAS THAT ARE NOT EFFECTIVE, THEN WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE THE DISCUSSION WITH
THE TOWNSHIP TO SEE ABOUT HAVING THEM MOVED. 
          IT IT'S NOT VERY EXPENSIVE UNLESS YOU START MOVING A LOT. 
          SO YOU ALL PRETTY EXPENSIVE DECIDED THE LOCATIONS BASED UPON ASSUMPTIONS OF. 
          YES, SIR. AND DEMAND. YES, SIR. I GOT WITH THE THE PEOPLE THAT BOOTS ON THE GROUND. 
          I GOT WITH THE PATROL OFFICERS. I GOT WITH THE DETECTIVES. 
          I GOT WITH THE AREAS OF CRIME. YOU SEE A LOT OF CRIME AT DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          I SAY A LOT. YOU SEE CRIME AT DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          AND WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AROUND YOUR RETAIL STORES,
STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          ALSO ALONG YOUR MAJOR ROADWAYS. WOODLANDS PARKWAY,
GOSLING, KUYKENDAHL, LAKE. 
          WOODLANDS, STUFF LIKE THAT. AND THEY'RE SOLAR POWERED,
I'LL SAY. RIGHT? YES. PROBABLY HAD TO HAVE A CLEAR LINE TO SUNSHINE. 
          WE HAD SOME ISSUES IN THE TOWNSHIP WITH THE AMOUNT OF TREES YOU HAVE,
AND WE HAD TO MOVE SOME OF THE CAMERAS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T GETTING ENOUGH LIGHT OR WE 
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KNEW THEY WOULDN'T GET ENOUGH LIGHT. TREES WERE CUT DOWN,
THOUGH. NONE. OKAY. 
          DIRECTOR. SCHOOL. YES. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN. CAPTAIN GERARDI,
SINCE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS THE MOST VISIBLE AND MOST PROMINENT REPRESENTATION OF GOVERNMENT IN THE COMMUNITY I THINK PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS VERY EITHER
WELCOMING WHEN THEY SEE YOU COMING OR THEY'RE AFRAID WHEN THEY SEE YOU COMING. SO I THINK THAT WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO ALWAYS HOLD YOU IN THE
HIGHEST STANDARDS AND IN THE HIGHEST REGARD, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE PAY EXTRA. WE WANT SUPPLEMENTAL FIRST CLASS LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO CURIOUS AND SO INTERESTED IN AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'RE
PAYING FOR HERE. 
          AND WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING VERY MUCH. I WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE MEMORY I HAVE OF LAST
BUDGET. 
          WHEN YOU CAME AND YOU ASKED FOR SOME DRONES,
FOR MONEY FOR DRONES, WE GAVE YOU SOME FUNDING. 
          IT WASN'T A WHOLE LOT, BUT WE GAVE YOU SOME FUNDING FOR DRONES. 
          SO CAN YOU KIND OF CIRCLE BACK AND EXPLAIN WHAT THOSE DRONES ARE BEING USED FOR? AND IF THEY'RE SEPARATE AND APART FROM THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE,
OR ARE THEY EVENTUALLY? YOU SAID IT COSTS MONEY, BUT WE ALREADY SPENT THE MONEY ON DRONES. 
          SO CAN YOU CLOSE THAT CIRCLE FOR ME? I WAS TALKING MORE OF THE FLOCK DRONES. 
          I KNOW I'VE DONE NO RESEARCH ON THEIR DRONES. 
          I HAVE DONE IT ON THEIR RAVEN TECHNOLOGY. SO THERE'S IS MOST LIKELY GOING TO COST EXTRA
MONEY. 
          WE DON'T SEE US GOING TO THAT. THE DRONES WE CURRENTLY HAVE ARE ONE TIME COST. 
          UNLESS WE BREAK SOMETHING, THEN WE HAVE TO SPEND MONEY. 
          THOSE DRONES ARE FLOWN FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES,
UNLESS IT'S TRAINING. 
          WE WILL DO THAT, SUCH AS MISSING CHILDREN. WE'VE GOT A SUSPECT THAT HAS EVADED ON FOOT. 
          THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHAT THOSE DRONES ARE USED FOR. 
          IF WE HAVE A BARRICADED SUSPECT, WE'LL DEFINITELY PUT A DRONE UP ABOVE THE AREA. 
          OUR OFFICERS CAN GET BACK, AND THE DRONE CAN WATCH THE WHOLE HOUSE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
SUSPECT DOES NOT LEAVE THE HOUSE. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S USED FOR. TWO DIFFERENT TWO DIFFERENT TOOLS FOR TECHNOLOGY. 
          ABSOLUTELY NOT CONNECTED WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. NOT CONNECTED. 
          YEAH. SO THE DRONES PROVIDE US LIVE VIDEO FEED. 
          WE ALSO USE THAT TOOLS BEFORE PEOPLE. SO WE WILL PUT A DRONE INSIDE OF A HOUSE. 
          IF THE DRONE IS SHOT WE'RE JUST OUT SOME MONEY. 
          POLICE OFFICERS WERE NOT SHOT. HOWEVER, IT GIVES THE GUYS THAT ARE GOING TO GO IN THERE A
LOT BETTER IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND GIVES THEM LIVE DATA ABOUT THE SITUATION. I THINK TO PAINT THAT PICTURE LIKE THE DRONES THAT WE'VE HAD,
WE'VE PAID FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH FLOCK TO NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. AND YOU GUYS ARE USING FOR EXAMPLES LIKE THAT OF BUZZING A DRONE IN A
HOUSE TO VERSUS A POLICE OFFICER GETTING SHOT. 
          YEAH. I MEAN, BUT THEY'RE UNRELATED, RIGHT, TO THIS AGENDA. 
          ITEM TWO ARE THE CAMERAS INTEGRATED WITH THE COMPUTER ASSISTED DISPATCH WITH THE REAL TIME
CRIME CENTER? ARE THEY WORKING TO HELP THE OFFICERS AT ALL THROUGH THEIR,
THEIR VEHICLE? THEY DO HAVE ACCESS TO IT. THEY ARE ANALYSTS. 
          SO THEREFORE, IF THEY'RE WATCHING A CALL FOR SERVICE,
WHETHER IT BE A STOLEN VEHICLE, MISSING PERSON, WHATNOT, THEY WILL ACTUALLY CHECK THE DATABASE FOR THE FLOCK HITS. 
          ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. I THINK YOU'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB EXPLAINING IT,
BUT I WILL I WILL SUMMARIZE BY SAYING, IT'S SAD THAT WE HAVE COME TO A PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHERE WE ARE PAYING
TO BE SURVEILLED MORE. 
          IN A WAY, I HATE IT, AND I WISH WE COULD GO BACK TO THOSE DAYS WHEN WE DIDN'T NEED TOOLS
LIKE THIS. 
          BUT WE DO. AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TAKES SUCH CHANCES,
SUCH RISKS, PUTS THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY DAY. 
          AND WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE YOUR JOB SAFER AND EASIER
AND KEEP OUR FAMILIES SAFE, WE WANT TO GIVE IT FULL CONSIDERATION. NOW, DOES THAT MEAN WE'LL KEEP GOING WITH THIS? NO, WE CAN ALWAYS PULL BACK ON IT. I SUPPORT IT,
DIRECTOR SHELLEY, IF I MAY RESPOND TO THAT. 
          SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO TAKE MY HAT OFF AND SPEAK AS A REGULAR,
EVERYDAY COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT'S JUST WORKED IN BIG TECH FOR A NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF YEARS. 
          EVERYBODY IN HERE HAS A CELL PHONE. RIGHT? RIGHT. THAT THAT IS THAT IS OUR BIGGEST ENEMY
IN TERMS OF TRACKING YOUR GPS, YOUR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION, YOUR SOCIAL, YOU KNOW,
ALL OF THAT IS HOUSED ON THAT DEVICE WHERE IT'S PINGING TO A TOWER WHERE I CAN IDENTIFY EXACTLY WHERE YOU WERE, HOW LONG YOU SPENT IT. 
          THAT IS, THAT IS THE TRUE, YOU KNOW, SURVEILLANCE THAT WE. 
          ANYBODY IN HERE READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS? WHEN I JUST GOT THE NEW IPHONE 17,
I JUST CLICKED, YOU KNOW, CLICKING THROUGH IT. 
          AND SO I SAID THAT TO SAY ALL OF THESE PRIVACY CONCERNS ARE VERY VALID. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT TO RE-ARTICULATE. THAT'S WHY. THAT'S WHY FLOCK TAKES TRUST,
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO WHERE AGAIN, 
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EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE IN THIS SYSTEM IS AUDITABLE. SO THAT WAY IT CAN BE SHOWN TO
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS ON HOW THE SYSTEM IS BEING USED VERSUS EVERYBODY KIND OF BEING IN THE
DARK. 
          GREAT POINT. THANK YOU. I WANT TO READ A COUPLE THINGS THAT I GOT TO. 
          I DID A TON OF RESEARCH ON THIS. I'VE GOT, I'VE GOT THREE GUYS THAT LIVE IN MY CUL DE SAC
THAT HAVE GIVEN ME EARFUL ON THIS. 
          AND A LOT OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE RUMOR MILL,
WHAT'S GOING ON? WORST CASE SCENARIO, I THINK YOU'VE ADDRESSED A LOT OF THAT. 
          BUT I ALSO TALKED TO THE TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION,
THE AUTHORITY ON THEY HAVE A RIGHT ON CRIME CENTER IN WHICH THEY TALK ABOUT EMERGING TECHNOLOGY, EVERYTHING FROM AI ON, BUT LICENSE PLATE READERS IS ALSO ON THERE. 
          AND I SPOKE TO THE HEAD OF THE, OF, OF THE TPPF ABOUT THIS. 
          AND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS, AND THEY ADMIT THIS IS NOT A VIOLATION OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT
RIGHTS. 
          THEIR CONCERN WAS WITH ALL THE DATA BEING COLLECTED TO BE ONLY USED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
PURPOSES. 
          THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT FOR SELLING OFF DATA TO A THIRD PARTY DATA MINING OF NON-LAW
ENFORCEMENT SCENARIOS. 
          SO I THINK WE'VE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR. THAT IS NOT HAPPENING WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 
          THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP CONTRACT WITH THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT ALL. 
          BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THAT WE SAY WHAT IT IS TO MY FRIENDS AT FLOCK. 
          YOU GOT A LOT OF RUMOR MILL GOING OUT THERE? I MEAN,
ESPECIALLY IN ALL THE DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE AISLE AND THAT. 
          BUT WE SHOULD BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT AND TECHNOLOGY
STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT. 
          HERE'S WHAT WE ARE AND HERE'S WHAT WE ARE NOT AS A BOARD CAN CLARIFY THAT THROUGH A A
LETTER TO SHERIFF DOOLITTLE AND, AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY MIKE HOLLY. I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT. 
          BECAUSE I THINK IT'S BEING TRANSPARENT OF WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT. 
          WE IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM ARE GOING TO BE SELLING THIS DATA TO MINE IT FOR CREDIT CARD
PURPOSES OF WHERE PEOPLE TRAVEL. 
          SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT AND WE LOOK AT THAT. 
          I THINK WE CAN LEAD ON THAT. BUT I'LL SAY THE OTHER PERSON I SPOKE TO WAS RAY HUNT
LIFELONG POLICE OFFICER, 30 PLUS YEARS. HE'S HEAD OF THE HOUSTON POLICE OFFICERS UNION. 
          AND HE SAID TO ME IN TALKING ABOUT THIS FLOCK CAMERA HAVE BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT, BETTER THAN DNA TECHNOLOGY. LIKE, I GOT THAT ON. 
          HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. I GOT THAT ON THE SLIDE THERE. 
          BETTER THAN DNA TECHNOLOGY. AND BECAUSE I CANNOT THINK OF A CRIME IN THE LAST TWO YEARS
WHERE FLOCK CAMERAS WERE NOT USED TO APPREHEND CRIMINALS, NOT ONE INCLUDING THE MURDERS, KIDNAPING BANK JOGGERS,
SEX TRAFFICKING, STOLEN VEHICLES, MISSING PERSON. 
          AND HIS LAST THING HE TOLD ME WAS A STORY ABOUT JOSE ALTUVE,
OUR STAR PLAYER. 
          THE ASTROS 2023 OPENING DAY. HE'S PLAYING THERE AT WHATEVER IT'S CALLED NOW,
THE JUICE BOX OR THE ICE BOX. 
          THE ICE BOX. AND HIS HOME WAS BROKEN INTO IN HEDWIG VILLAGE IN HOUSTON. 
          THEY HAD FLOCK CAMERAS. THEY STOLE OVER FOUR INDIVIDUALS,
STOLE OVER $1 MILLION WORTH OF WATCHES AND JEWELRY, AND WERE GONE WITHIN 48 HOURS. THOSE FOUR CRIMINALS WERE ARRESTED. 
          70% OF THE OF THE JEWELRY WAS WAS RETRIEVED. AND ALL OF THEM ARE IN JAIL TO THIS DAY
BECAUSE OF IT. 
          BUT THEY SAID IT WAS OFF LOCK. IT WAS OFF LOCK. 
          SO MY CHALLENGE TO US AS A BOARD, HOW DO WE CLARIFY WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS OF HERE'S WHAT
OUR CONTRACT READS. 
          AND HERE'S THE GREAT THINGS THAT MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFFS ARE DOING WITH THIS
TECHNOLOGY. AND HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT AREN'T, BECAUSE OUR INTENTION AS A BOARD WAS NOT TO BE COLLECTING DATA AND WHERE YOU'RE GOING,
AND THAT OURS WAS TO STOP CRIME. 
          AND WE HAD REAL CRIME HAPPENING THAT THIS BOARD KNOWS ABOUT IN CERTAIN AREAS OF OUR
COMMUNITY. 
          AND THIS WAS A TOOL THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT SAID WE NEED NOT TO ABUSE. 
          WE NEED. AND WE'VE GOT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY HERE IS IF IF SOMEONE WAS ABUSING THIS,
I CAN I CAN PROMISE YOU, MY COLLEAGUE IS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE,
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THIS OPENLY. 
          WE MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT IS,
BUT MAYBE WE CAN PUT AN ARTICLE IN, IN OUR, IN OUR THE WOODLANDS MAGAZINE ABOUT WHAT IT IS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          BUT THAT'S OUR INTENTION. IT'S NOT TO TO BE BIG BROTHER AND TO SEE WHERE EVERYBODY'S AT. 
          I SEE ENOUGH OF MY COMMUNITY. I DON'T NEED TO SEE ANY MORE OF IT,
BUT IT SHOULD GIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT THE TOOLS THEY NEED. 
          AND I APPLAUD YOU GUYS FOR DOING IT BECAUSE YOU'RE ON TOP OF IT. WE HAVE SEEN A MASSIVE
UPTICK IN THE PRESENCE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SINCE SHERIFF DOOLITTLE HAS TAKEN OVER. 
          I MEAN, A BIG AMOUNT. BUT WHEN A POLICE OFFICER COMES AND ASKS FOR TOOLS TO MAKE SURE A
CRIMINAL'S NOT GOING TO TAKE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MY TWO CHILDREN OR MY WIFE OR MY NEIGHBORS. I WANT TO USE THE TOOLS. I DON'T WANT TO. 
          I DON'T WANT TO BREAK SOMEONE'S CIVIL RIGHTS OR THEIR THEIR FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS OR ANY
RIGHTS. 
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BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SAFE COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S EVERYTHING. IT'S OUR NUMBER ONE CHALLENGE,
I THINK, IS PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          WE SAY IT ALL THE TIME, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PUTTING GIVING LAW ENFORCEMENT
THE TOOLS THEY NEED. SO I APPLAUD YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT. 
          I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO MORE OF IT THROUGHOUT THE STATE,
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU ADDRESS WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I CONCUR. 
          ALL RIGHT DOCTOR. I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID. I FEEL THE SAME WAY. 
          BUT SADLY, IT IS NECESSARY. AND WE DO HAVE PROBABLY MANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          IF YOU GUYS WILL HANG OUT, OUT, OUT BACK. ABSOLUTELY. 
          YOU CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THESE UP FRONT AND PERSONAL. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD. AND IF WE GET ANY OTHERS,
WE CAN GET SOME CONTACT INFORMATION AND WE'LL GET MORE. GREAT PRESENTATION, GENTLEMEN. AND THEN I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS SO THIS IS ON THE RECORD FOR THOSE
THAT COME AND ASK QUESTIONS. IF YOU GO ON TO FOX WEBSITE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TRUST HUB THAT IT KIND OF WALKS THROUGH DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND DIFFERENT INFORMATION AND RESOURCES
THAT YOU CAN EDUCATE YOURSELF ON, ON THE TECHNOLOGY AND USE CASES FOR IT AS WELL. SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT ON THE,
WHERE'S THE TRANSPARENCY PORTAL GOING TO BE ROLLING OUT? SO YOU GUYS DON'T ALREADY HAVE ONE SET, DO YOU? OR DO YOU? IT'S NOT SET UP YET. 
          OKAY. SO WE CAN, WE CAN WORK TO HAVE THAT A PRIORITY AND GET THAT SET UP AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE WITH, WITH OUR CSMS. AWESOME. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR YOUR,
YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MIKE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          IF ANY PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE HAVE QUESTIONS,
I'M SURE MIKE WILL HANG AROUND AND ANSWER AS WELL. THANK YOU. AS YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          I CALL A MOTION A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND. MOVED BY DIRECTOR HEIZER, SECONDED BY SECRETARY GIBBS. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RESPOND BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. AGENDA ITEM TEN. RECEIVING. CONSIDER AND ACT UPON RECOMMENDATION FROM AD
HOC COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE ON THE BUS WRAPS THE WOODLANDS EXPRESS, LOCATED ON PAGES 20 
          [10.  Receive, consider and act upon a recommendation from the Ad Hoc Communications Committee for bus wraps for The Woodlands Express;]
AND 21. COLLIN PETERSON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS TO PRESENT. 
          OKAY. GOOD EVENING BOARD. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT. 
          SO I COME TO YOU TONIGHT WITH A RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE. 
          AS YOU ALL KNOW, IN MARCH WE FORMED A COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE. 
          AND ON THAT COMMITTEE IS DIRECTOR LINDA NELSON,
CINDY HEIZER AND ADAM LAM. 
          AND CINDY IS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. AND OUR FIRST TASK,
BECAUSE IT'S A PRIORITY. 
          WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE DESIGN APPROVED FOR THE EXPRESS BUS WRAP,
SO RUTH ANN CAN ISSUE THE RFP FOR THE INSTALLATION. 
          SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND DID IN THE COMMITTEE. 
          SO HERE'S THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE. 
          IT GOES ALONG WITH A SIMILAR THEME OF THE ENERGY CORRIDOR BUS WHILE ALSO MAINTAINING,
OF COURSE, THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP BRAND. AND I'M GOING TO JUST KIND OF OPEN IT UP TO THE
COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS SO THEY CAN KIND OF DISCUSS WHY THEY DECIDED ON THIS ONE. 
          DO YOU WANT TO START? YOU GO AHEAD. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WE SAT IN AND WENT THROUGH THE DESIGN IDEAS AND REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURED
WHAT THE WOODLANDS IS AND THAT IT'S DIFFERENT WITHOUT GOING OVERBOARD. AND WE TALKED ABOUT QUALITY AND DURABILITY OF THESE,
RIGHT? SO WE'RE NOT REWRAPPING THESE THINGS IN A YEAR OR TWO. 
          AND I CAME UP WITH THIS DESIGN AS BELIEVING THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO REPRESENT OUR
COMMUNITY. 
          I MISS THE DREAMER. WASN'T THERE THE DREAMER IN THERE EARLIER? DID HE DISAPPEAR? YEAH, I THINK WE GOT RID OF SOME OF THE DETAILS. 
          YOU CALLED THE DREAMER DETAIL. SO LINDA WAS MISSING,
WHICH I SAY MISSING. 
          WE KNEW EXACTLY WHERE SHE WAS. SHE WAS ON A WONDERFUL VACATION,
BUT SHE HAD TO MISS THE MEETING. SO IT WAS JUST ADAM AND I. AND I CAME IN WITH A PRETTY CLEAR VISION OF STICKING TO OUR TRADITION, YOU KNOW,
LOOKING JUST UPDATING WHAT WE HAD ALREADY AND MAKING IT LOOK MORE CURRENT. AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT I CAME IN WITH. 
          THERE WERE TWO EXAMPLES, AND ANOTHER ONE HAD HAD STRIPES. 
          WE LIKE THE COLOR THAT WAS INCLUDED IN HERE. THIS KIND OF BURNT ORANGE COLOR,
OF COURSE. 
          BURNT ORANGE FOR ALL YOU LONGHORNS OUT THERE,
BUT IT'S MORE OF A RUST COLOR. 
          IT'S JUST THE MONITORS. YES. IT'S RUST. WE CAN'T LOSE AGGIE RIDERS. 
          IT'S IT'S THE RUST. IF YOU LOOK BEHIND YOU AT THE LOGO,
IT'S THE RUST. 
          THAT'S THE RUST IS THE COLOR FOR AN ORANGE. BUT WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE A LITTLE CREATIVE UP
QUITE A BIT THIS MEETING, HASN'T IT? I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT. YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE A LITTLE CREATIVE LIBERTY
THOUGH TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO, YOU KNOW, TO TWEAK IT. WE'D ASK THEM TO ADD A LITTLE COLOR INTO THE TREES AND YOU KNOW,
LIKE I SAID, LINDA HASN'T SEEN IT YET. SO IF THAT'S OKAY,
WE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR COLOR WISE AND WE CAN GIVE IT BACK TO YOU, TO YOU GUYS TO, BUT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR US TODAY TO SAY LET'S GO? OKAY, SO WE DO NEED TO MAKE A DECISION. IF IT IS THE WISH OF THE BOARD THAT THERE ARE SOME
MORE TWEAKS, 
          [01:30:05]
IF YOU COULD GIVE THE ABILITY FOR THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION. 
          SO WE'RE NOT COMING BACK TO THE FULL BOARD. I BELIEVE,
KAREN, WE COULD DO THAT SINCE THERE'S NO BUDGET ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 
          THE BOARD'S ALREADY APPROVED ALL THE THE BUDGET,
BUT WE ARE IN A TIMELINE. 
          YES, WE ARE ON A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE. GET THIS GOING,
GET THIS ROLLING. 
          SO THAT WHEN ALL THESE BUSSES WERE BEING BLESSED WITH OR YOU LOVE IT. 
          I, I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S GREAT. I THINK IT'S ON BRAND. 
          I LIKE THAT IT'S OUR BRAND AND NOT LIKE THE ENERGY CORRIDOR'S BRAND. 
          I THINK WE KNOW MORE THAN THE ENERGY CORRIDOR DOES. 
          NO OFFENSE, BUT CAN I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THIS. 
          I LIKE IT SO I THINK IT'S ON BRAND. Y'ALL ARE GOOD WITH THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE
ACCEPT THE DESIGN. SECOND THE COMMITTEE. ALL RIGHT. HANG ON. I CALL THE MOTION A SECOND TO APPROVE THE AD HOC COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND THE WOODLANDS EXPRESS BUS ROUTE
AS PRESENTED, AND AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO EXECUTE ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION AS APPROVED. FINAL FORM BY THE TOWNSHIP LEGAL COUNCIL. SO MOVED. 
          MOVED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS. SECOND BY DIRECTOR EISNER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING
AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. COMMITTEE. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. 
          GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JEANETTE. 11 RECEIVING. 
          [11.  Receive, consider and act upon the financial report;]
CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE FINANCIAL REPORT LOCATED ON PAGES 22 THROUGH 29 OF YOUR PACKET. 
          I CALL ON COLIN SHAW, COUNCIL CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO PRESENT GOOD NEWS,
KELLEN SHORE. GIVE US SOME GOOD NEWS. ALWAYS GOOD NEWS. 
          OKAY. SO THIS EVENING I'LL BE PRESENTING THE FINANCIALS THROUGH APRIL 2026. 
          THE FIRST SLIDE I HAVE IS REVENUE. THE YEAR TO DATE BUDGETED REVENUE IS 82.7 MILLION. 
          YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL 86.2 MILLION FOR A YEAR TO DATE. 
          FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF 3.5 MILLION. THE MAIN COMPONENT OF THE FAVORABLE FAVORABLE VARIANCE
IS GOING TO BE THE SALES TAX. 
          IT'S 1.4 OVER BUDGET. CURRENTLY WE ALSO HAVE SOME HIGHER THAN BUDGETED PROGRAM REVENUES
AND RENTAL REVENUES, WHICH SOME OF THAT IS TIMING. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME UNBUDGETED CONTRIBUTIONS. 
          AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME TIMING OF SOME GRANT REVENUE COMING IN. 
          THE INTEREST INCOME THAT'S THE FAVORABLE VARIANCE ISN'T INTEREST REVENUE. 
          AS FAR AS EARNED IS ON OUR INVESTMENTS. IT'S MORE OF A TIMING OF THE PRIORITY PAYMENTS
BETWEEN THE TOWNSHIP AND ZONE TWO AND ZONE THREE. 
          GREAT. POSITIVE. NEXT SLIDE IS THE EXPENDITURES. 
          YEAR TO DATE BUDGETED IS 46.2 MILLION. YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL 41 MILLION. 
          YEAR TO DATE FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF 5.4 MILLION. 
          ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ARE RUNNING FAVORABLE VARIANCE. 
          A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE TIMING. THE LARGEST ONE IS GOING TO BE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          THAT'S TIMING OF THE EXPENDITURES AND THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLES,
CAMERAS AND CONTRACTED PERSONNEL. THEY'RE STILL NOT COMPLETELY FULLY STAFFED. 
          WE DO HAVE SOME TIMING AND CONTRACTED SERVICES AND PARKS,
AND WE HAVE SOME TIMING AND CONTRACTED SERVICES WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          SALES TAX REVENUE YEAR TO DATE BUDGETED IS 35.6 MILLION. 
          YEAR TO DATE, ACTUAL 36.7 MILLION FOR YEAR TO DATE. 
          FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF $1 MILLION OVER BUDGET AT THIS TIME. 
          COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR, IT'S WE'VE COLLECTED 2.4 MILLION ADDITIONAL SALES TAX
REVENUE DOLLARS. 
          WOW. AND THE MAJORITY OF THIS IS IN GOING TO BE IN OIL AND GAS AND THE MANUFACTURING AND
THE WAREHOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION. 
          THEY SAY WITH THE WAR GOING ON THAT, THAT'S HELPING A LOT OF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY FOR
THE STATE. 
          LIKE IT'S GOING TO REALLY HELP THE STATE BUDGET. MAYBE NOT OUR POCKETBOOKS GOING TO AND
FROM WORK OR HOME, BUT YEAH. NEXT WE HAVE THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          THIS WILL BE THROUGH APRIL. AND I WILL SAY THE SALES TAX WAS THROUGH MAY. 
          SO THIS IS THROUGH APRIL. YEAR TO DATE BUDGETED IS 3.7 MILLION. 
          I'M SORRY 3.3 MILLION. YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL 3.25 MILLION FOR AN UNFAVORABLE VARIANCE UNDER
BUDGET OF 2620 $7,000. THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE'VE COLLECTED ABOUT $4,300 LESS THAN THE SAME TIME PERIOD. 
          AND I WILL MENTION WE HAVE ONE HOTEL THAT'S UNDER RENOVATION. 
          AND SO THAT'S MAKING A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE THERE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT APRIL NUMBERS, ONE OF THE LARGEST WE'VE EVER COLLECTED IN A MONTH TIME
FRAME. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. YES. AND THAT WOULD BE FOR MARCH STAYS. 
          AWESOME. WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO? KELLAN. 
          I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK BACK IN OUR ANALYSIS AND SEE,
BUT THAT I WILL POINT OUT AGAIN WITH THE HILTON GARDEN INN IS UNDER RENOVATIONS. 
          AND SO THEY WERE THAT'S INCLUDING THAT AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT A LOT OF OUR MAJOR EVENTS WERE KIND OF GOING ON IN THAT MONTH. 
          AND THIS IS THE WOODLANDS IRONMAN. YEAH. DARE I SAY A POTENTIAL REBOUND? 
          [01:35:05]
YEAH. DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK. ARTS COUNCIL. 
          ALL RIGHT. MIXED BEVERAGE TAX. YEAR TO DATE BUDGETED 595,000. 
          YEAR TO DATE. ACTUAL 612,000 FOR A YEAR TO DATE. 
          FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF A LITTLE OVER 16,000 COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR. 
          WE'VE COLLECTED ALMOST 12,000 ADDITIONAL MIXED BEVERAGE TAX REVENUE THAT WILL KEEP GOING
UP ON APRIL. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KELLEN. 
          GREAT JOB KELLEN. YOU CONTINUE THE GOOD NEWS STREAK. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. I'LL TRY. THANKS. 
          ALL RIGHT. I CALL A MOTION A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FOUR MONTHS
ENDING ON APRIL 30TH, 2026. SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. MOVED BY DIRECTOR FRANK. SECONDED BY DIRECTOR. SCHOOL OF GIBBS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
RESPOND BY SAYING AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. 
          12 RECEIVE AND CONSIDER AN UPDATE REGARDING THE VILLAGE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL LOCATED ON
PAGE 40 OF YOUR PACKET. 
          [12.  Receive, consider and act upon an update regarding the Village Presidents' Council;]
I CALL ON RICHARD FRANKS TO PRESENT. YES, SIR. 
          WE HAD A GOOD MEETING. DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION JOHN MCGOWAN,
PRESENTED AND WAS ABLE TO SHARE WITH THE PRESIDENTS, THE VILLAGES, THE ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN THE PARKS FOR THIS YEAR AT A VERY GOOD
DISCUSSION, AND EXPLAINED A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT WAS GOING ON,
PARTICULARLY THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT AND INTERESTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AT THE VARIOUS PARKS IN THEIR VILLAGES. SO WE HAD A VERY GOOD MEETING AS ALWAYS,
AND STAFF DID A GREAT JOB. 
          JOHN DID A GREAT JOB PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I CALL A MOTION SECOND TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. 
          SO MOVED BY DIRECTOR HEIZER, SECOND BY DIRECTOR GIBBS. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RESPOND BY SAYING AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. 
          AGENDA ITEM 13. WE'RE GOING TO BE RECESSING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          [13. 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;]
THE CHAIRMAN, I HEREBY ANNOUNCE THAT THE BOARD WILL BE RECESSING EXECUTIVE SESSION TO
DISCUSS MATTERS RELATING TO THE REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE FIVE, 1.072, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. DELIBERATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO
SECTION FIVE FIVE. 1.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.074, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. 
          DISCUSS IT. NETWORK AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY. SECTION 551.089 TEXAS GOVERNMENT
CODE AND TO CONSULT WITH THE TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY. 
          SECTION 551.071 THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN IN THE EXECUTIVE
SESSION. 
          THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE IN PUBLIC SESSION IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS
OVER. IT IS 7:37 P.M.. 
          WE ARE ADJOURNED. IT IS 8:21 P.M. WE ARE 
          [14. Reconvene in public session;]
RECONVENING IN TO REGULAR SESSION. WE WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY NECESSARY. 
          WE WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY ACTION AT THIS TIME TO DISCUSS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. 
          [ DISCUSS FUTURE AGENDA /ANNOUNCEMENTS]
          [15. Consideration of items to be placed on the agenda for next month's meeting;]
AN ANNOUNCEMENT AGENDA ITEM 15 PLACE ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA ITEM. 
          ARE YOU DUE TO CHAIRMAN? GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD,
GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. OKAY. 
          SOME OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN HERE A LITTLE BIT LONGER WILL REMEMBER THAT I HAVE FROM TIME TO
TIME, BROUGHT UP CONCERNS THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE BROUGHT TO ME ABOUT THE CYNTHIA WOODS MITCHELL
PAVILION AND THE THE BLASPHEMIES, THE CURSING, THE VULGARITIES THAT COME OUT AT CERTAIN BANDS WITH CERTAIN BANDS. 
          AND HERE WE ARE TODAY HAVING ANOTHER COMPLAINT. 
          AND I DON'T LIVE CLOSE ENOUGH TO HEAR THAT. BUT I THINK WE DO A LOT OF THINGS THAT,
YOU KNOW, ARE INTERESTING THAT ARE NOT YET. THAT'S RIGHT. 
          YET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BUT I LIKE LITTLE JOHN. 
          YOU KNOW, I DON'T IT'S ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT GETTING OLDER IS YOUR HEARING IS NOT
AS GOOD AS IT USED TO BE. 
          BUT THE POINT IS, I THINK IT'S BEARS OUR CONSIDERATION TO HAVE SOME TIME DEVOTED TO SEE
WHAT CAN WE DO, WHAT CAN WE DO TO INFLUENCE THIS? BECAUSE WE'VE JUST BEEN TAKING IT NOW. 
          AND EVIDENTLY IT'S GETTING WORSE BECAUSE IT'S ALL EVERY YEAR,
TWICE A YEAR, THREE TIMES A YEAR THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WHAT'S GOING ON? SO I JUST I'M NOT SAYING I HAVE A SOLUTION,
BUT I THINK IF WE HAVE SOME DISCUSSION, LIKE WITH E-BIKES, LIKE WITH MANY THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN OUR DIRECT PURVIEW,
THAT SMART MINDS CAN COME TOGETHER AND COME TO SOME IDEAS OF, OF IMPROVEMENTS. SO MY AGENDA REQUEST IS THAT WE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA,
LET PEOPLE KNOW WE'RE LOOKING INTO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE NEXT MONTH, BUT MAYBE IN TWO MONTHS, LET THE STAFF THINK ABOUT WHAT IDEAS THEY COULD PUT FORTH. 
          AND LET'S, LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH. 
          AND, AND OUR ATTORNEY AND OUR. YES, OF COURSE TAKES,
TAKES A SECOND TO BE ABLE TO GET AN AGENDA. 
          CORRECT. AND I'M GONNA BE HONEST, I'M GOING TO SECOND THAT DISCUSSION. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO,
QUITE HONESTLY. THEY'RE A PRIVATE ENTITY. THEY'RE THEIR OWN ORGANIZATION, BUT IT MIGHT BE WORTH TALKING ABOUT. I DO KNOW SOME NEW MEMBERS OF THE OF THEIR BOARD THAT MIGHT BE
INTERESTED IN HAVING THOSE TYPES OF DISCUSSIONS. 
          [01:40:09]
SO THANK YOU. I WILL SECOND IT. OKAY. YEAH, IT'S ON THERE. 
          ANYONE ELSE? I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT WE HAVEN'T HAD AN UPDATE ON WATER RECENTLY. 
          DO WE HAVE THAT SCHEDULED FROM ERIC OR SARA? YES. 
          OKAY. I ALSO ASKED THAT THAT THE LONE STAR GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT ALSO COME. 
          THEY JUST HAD SOME A REALLY GOOD REPORT DONE. 
          THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE KIND OF FACTS VERSUS FICTION ON WHAT'S GOING ON,
ON GROUNDWATER AND WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          AND I THINK IS A GOOD TOOL FOR US TO LOOK AT AS WE HEAR FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES. 
          IS THAT AN AGENDA ITEM? IT'S ALREADY COMING. CORRECT. 
          AND I'LL SECOND CINDY'S DEAL, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO DO WOODLANDS,
WATER AND THE LONE STAR GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT. 
          WILL THAT ALSO INCLUDE AN UPDATE ON THE DAM ISSUE? WOULD YOU GET THE FUNDING? YES. OKAY. YEP. ALL RIGHT. 
          DAMN RIGHT, DAMN RIGHT. DAMN RIGHT. THERE. THERE YOU GO. 
          I TEED IT UP FOR YOU. EISLER ISM. YEAH. SO I'LL SECOND CINDY'S AS LONG AS WE HAVE THAT. 
          DO I HAVE YOUR SECOND? OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMISSIONER RICH
WHEELER TO TALK ABOUT THE NEEDS WE HAVE IN LIGHT TECHNOLOGY,
STOPLIGHT TECHNOLOGY THROUGHOUT THE WOODLANDS. 
          HE'S GOT A GRANT HE'S LOOKING TO GET AND HOW THE TOWNSHIP CAN HELP FILL THAT VOID. 
          UNTIL THE GRANT COMES THROUGH, I THINK PARKING IS SOMETHING OR TRAFFIC IS SOMETHING THAT'S
REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. IT'S ONE OF SHELLEY'S THREE T'S T'S TRAFFIC. 
          TREES AND TAXES. TUNNELS AND TUNNELS FOR UNDERGROUND TUNNELS. 
          TUNNELS. SO YEAH, SO YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY ADVANTAGEOUS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE ALL FACE IT, TRAFFIC'S GETTING WORSE,
BUT I THINK A LOT OF IT, AND I TALKED TO ROBERT HEINEMAN ABOUT THIS IS CAN BE LOOKED AT WITH TECHNOLOGY AND HOW WE WORK TOGETHER WITH THEM. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT THE AGENDA ITEM,
DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY CHAIRMAN. 
          NUMBER MY SECOND MY THIRD ONE IS LOOK, WE ALL HEARD THE CONVERSATION TODAY ON ON FLOCK. 
          I THINK BEING TRANSPARENT, I KNOW I DON'T WANT TO MEND CONTRACTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT,
BUT IF WE CAN HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT BY THIS BOARD THAT WE SIGN ON TO THAT ALL OF US SIGN ON TO TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT LAYING OUT THE PRINCIPLES OF WHAT WE
BELIEVE FLOCK SHOULD BE AND WHAT IT IS AND WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY DOING. 
          BUT I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S GOOD TRANSPARENT TO SAY,
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO AND HERE'S WHAT WE HEARD. 
          AND THIS IS THE BELIEF OF THE TOWNSHIP BOARD. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A RESOLUTION, MONIQUE, OR WHAT,
BUT SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SIGNED THAT GOES TO THE SHERIFF AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY LAYING OUT THE PARAMETERS THAT WE HEARD TONIGHT, AND THAT THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO US. 
          AND WE WANT TO BE SURE WHATEVER PART OF THE CONTRACT INSTRUMENT TO DO THAT. 
          THAT'S GREAT. SECOND. OKAY. WE GOT A SECOND. THAT'S THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          ANYONE ELSE? I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. OKAY. ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING NEXT. 
          ANY ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS. GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. 
          ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS,
DOCTOR SHELLY GIBBS. 
          [16. Board announcements; and]
I'LL START WITH THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE. IT'S AROUND THE CORNER. 
          AND I WANT TO INVITE ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WOODLANDS,
ENTITIES LIKE PRIVATE BUSINESSES AND ALSO THE VILLAGES TO BRING A FLOAT, WALK IN THE PARADE, DO SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE AMERICA'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY,
250TH BIRTHDAY. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT AND HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER WILL COOPERATE. 
          BUT THE VILLAGES, I WOULD HOPE, WILL PARTICIPATE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THIS YEAR
ESPECIALLY, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE. AND I THINK THE TOWNSHIP'S GOING TO HAVE A
FLOAT. 
          THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT. 
          GREAT. SO THE SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT I HAVE IS THAT ON JUNE THE 6TH,
WE'RE HAVING OUR THIRD ANNUAL SKIN CANCER SCREENING FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          I'M VERY HAPPY TO TO HAVE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES COME UP FROM OUR CLINIC IN HOUSTON TO DO
IT. 
          IT'S A VOLUNTEER EFFORT ON OUR BEHALF, BE ON OUR BEHALF TO,
AS A, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SAFETY OF FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE AT INCREASED RISK OF NOT ONLY SKIN CANCER, BUT INTERNAL CANCER. 
          AND SO WE LOVE TO DO OUR LITTLE PART, WHATEVER WE CAN TO HELP THEM. 
          SO JUNE THE 6TH, WE'LL WORK WITH CHIEF BUCK AND ERIC PETERSON,
ERIC SEACREST, FURTHER AND IT'LL BE A GREAT EVENT, I THINK, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          IT'S GREAT THAT YOU DO THAT. ANYONE ELSE? ONE MORE. 
          I WANT TO SAY I NEGLECTED TO POINT OUT FROM THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL MEETING THAT THE
PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL IS WORKING VILLAGE BY VILLAGE TO BE VOLUNTEERS. 
          [01:45:08]
WATER BOYS, WATER LADIES, WHATEVER FOR THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE AS WELL. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN STRATEGIC SPOTS ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE FOR WATER FOR ALL THE
PARTICIPANTS, ETC. THAT'S SOMETHING THEY PUT TOGETHER AT THE MEETING. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE STAFF AND PARKS AND REC ON ANOTHER TREMENDOUS EVENT. 
          THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE WAS WAS WONDERFUL. AND JUST WASN'T ABLE TO STICK AROUND FOR THE
FIREWORKS, BUT I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THEY WERE A BANG UP JOB. 
          I MENTIONED THE SWEARING IN. VICE CHAIRMAN MENTIONED THE SWEARING IN,
THE SWEARING IN OF THE NEW RECRUITS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S ANOTHER NICE TOUCH FOR ESPECIALLY ON MEMORIAL DAY TO TO
GET, GET NEW RECRUITS INTO THE, INTO THE ARMED SERVICES. 
          IT'S A, JUST A REAL SPECIAL MOMENT THAT WE GET TO SHARE THAT WITH THEM AND HONOR THEM WITH
THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND I WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, AS FAR AS I KNOW, FROM TALKING TO THOSE MARINES TO ACTUALLY GO TO
THE ARMY INSTEAD. 
          SO I, I KNOW WE'LL BE ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT
THE FESTIVITIES ON THE FOURTH. 
          I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S BIG. IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG ONE. 
          I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN TALKING IT UP. YEP. SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          JUST LIKE OUR FIRST MEETING. THAT WAY THAT WE CAN POP IT UP. 
          OH, YEAH. OKAY. ARE WE READY? JUST SAY YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT,
RIGHT? YEAH. FOMO. ALL RIGHT. SLEEP THROUGH THAT ONE. 
          IF NO MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS. I CALL ON A MOTION. 
          SECOND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. SO MOVED BY DIRECTOR FRANK,
SECOND BY DIRECTOR GIBBS. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. 8:30 P.M.. 
          WE ARE ADJOURNED. MRS POST AT YOUR OWN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.