[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;] [00:00:09] >> GOOD EVENING, IT IS 6:00 P.M., JUNE 25TH 2026, I CALLED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING TO ORDER. STARTING OFF WITH AGENDA ITEM ONE, THE INVOCATION. I CALL ON MY GOOD FRIEND AND PASTOR, LEAD PASTOR OF THE METHODIST CHURCH, THE FASTEST GROWING CHURCH IN THE WOODLANDS METHODIST CHURCH, HE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF IT. HE RECEIVED HIS MASTER'S DIVINITY FROM DUKE IN DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, I'M SHOCKED HE LEFT OFF HIS BACHELOR FROM THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. YOU DO NOT INCLUDE IT IN YOUR BIO. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW. YOU ARE GOING TO DUKE. [LAUGHS] BUT DANIEL'S WIFE HAVE THREE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS CAMERON, GRACE AND SCOTTY AND ONE MALE DOG? HE HAS SOME SUPPORT IN HIS HOUSEHOLD, RECENTLY. WE ARE TRYING TO RECRUIT HIM TO THE WOODLANDS EVERY SINGLE DAY. DANIEL? LET US PRAY. >> ALMIGHTY GOD WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR YOUR LOVE THAT GUIDES US, FOR YOUR JOY THAT SUSTAINS US AND YOUR GRACE THAT GIVES US LIFE. WE PRAISE YOU FOR THE GIFT OF THIS DAY FOR THE BEATING OF OUR HEARTS AND THE BREATH IN OUR LUNGS. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS REMARKABLE PLACE THAT WE CALL THE WOODLANDS. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE COMMUNITY, THE NEIGHBORS WHO MAKE IT STRONG AND FOR ALL THOSE WHO FAITHFULLY MAKE IT A SAFE, HEALTHY AND WELCOMING PLACE TO LIVE. WE PRAY THAT THE WOODLANDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PLACE WHERE GENERATIONS CAN LIVE, WORSHIP, WE PRAY FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR BUSINESSES, OUR CHURCHES AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP SHAPE THE LIFE OF THIS COMMUNITY. MAY YOUR LOVE AND GRACE FILL THESE PLACES AND MAY WE CONTINUE TO GROW AS A COMMUNITY MARKED BY WISDOM COMPASSION GENEROSITY AND PEACE. WE PRAY FOR YOUR PROTECTION OVER ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR SHERIFF'S, FIREFIGHTERS, EMTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND ALL THOSE WHO SELFLESSLY AND SACRIFICIALLY WORK TO KEEP US SAFE. STRENGTHEN THEM, ENCOURAGE THEM AND SURROUND THEM WITH YOUR CARE. FINALLY WE ASK THAT YOUR SPIRIT WILL BE PRESENT IN THIS MEETING. GUIDE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE, GRANT WISDOM TO THE DECISIONS THAT WILL BE MADE AND HELP ALL WHO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY LEAD WITH HUMILITY, INTEGRITY, COURAGE AND GRACE. WE WORK TO HONOR YOU AND BLESS THE PEOPLE OF WOODLANDS. ALL THESE THINGS WE PRAY IN YOUR HOLY NAME, AMEN. >> THANK YOU DANIEL, APPRECIATE YOU. AND I WILL ASK DIRECTOR FRANKS FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. >> THANK YOU. >> FELT LIKE I WAS DOING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO LINDA HERE. [LAUGHS] 9:00, WE'VE GOT THE BIG GAME. THE U.S. VERSUS -- WHO ARE WE PLAYING? >> BUT IT IS AT 9:00. [2. Proclamations;] HIS GOAL IS NINE. >> BIG GAME TODAY, LET'S GO USA. MOVING ON, PROCLAMATIONS. LOCATED ON PAGE 4-6 OF YOUR PACKET, I CALL ON DIRECTOR LINDA NELSON FOR THE PROCLAMATION. >> DECLARING IT AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN THE WOODLANDS. CAN YOU PLEASE COME UP WHILE I READ THIS? BE IT PROCLAIMED, WHEREAS IN SUPPORT OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP, 151 PARKS, 14 POOLS, 200 PLUS MILES OF PATHWAY, COUNTLESS GREENBELTS, TWO RECREATION CENTERS, TWO BOATHOUSES AND AN AERIAL ADVENTURE PARK. AND IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION. AND WHEREAS PARKS RECREATION ACTIVITIES AND LEISURE EXPERIENCES PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE GROW AND DEVELOP AND GENERATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND EXPERIENCE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY THROUGH FUN, RECREATIONAL PURSUITS AND EVENTS. AND WERE AS PART RECREATION PROGRAMS AND SERVICES PROVIDE OUTLETS FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SOCIALIZATION AND STRESS REDUCING EXPERIENCES. AND WHEREAS PARKS, FOREST PRESERVES AND OPEN SPACES PROVIDE A WELCOME RESPITE FROM OUR FAST PACED, HIGH TECH LIFESTYLES WHERE PROTECTING AND PRESERVING OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. AND, WHEREAS, THE WOODLANDS HAS BEEN DESIGNED AROUND THE CONCEPT THAT PERSONAL AND FAMILY LIFE ARE MEANT TO BE ENJOYED AND THAT THE NATURAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT SHOULD ENHANCE OUR COMMON LIFE. AND, WHEREAS, THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP UNDERSTANDS THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF PRESERVING AND PROTECTING OPEN SPACES, STRATEGICALLY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING PARKS AND RECREATION AMENITIES TO SUSTAIN PROPERTY VALUES AND THE VALUE OF OUR PARKS, ENJOYING TOURISTS AND VISITORS. AND, WHEREAS THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT TOUCHES THE LIVES OF [00:05:01] INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, GROUPS AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF POSITIVE PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND SPECIAL EVENTS. AND FINALLY, WHEREAS THE TOWNSHIP ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS OF THE WOODLANDS TO CELEBRATE BY PARTICIPATING IN THEIR CHOICE OF LEISURE ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE IN THE WOODLANDS TO FIND REFRESHMENT AND ENJOYMENT. NOW, THEREFORE I, LINDA NELSON ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP PARK DO HEREBY DESIGNATE THE MONTH OF JULY AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS. [APPLAUSE] >> I WOULD LIKE TO GET A PIC PICTURE. [APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, -- PARDON ME. [4. Receive, consider and act upon adoption of the meeting agenda;] AGENDA, RECEIVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE ADOPTION OF MEETINGS LOCATED IN PAGES ONE THROUGH THREE OF YOUR PACKET. DO I CALL A MOTION AND A SECOND? MOVED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR HEIZER, ALL THOSE? [5. Recognize public officials;] MOTION CARRIES. RECOMMENDATIONS OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS. MY FRIEND, THE PRECINCT CHAIR, WELCOME. EVERY OTHER ACRONYM KNOWN TO MANKIND, THE HARDEST WORKING VOLUNTEER THAT WE HAVE. AND SCOTT PRESTON,.ORG STERLING RIDGE, SCOTT, YOU'VE CHANGED. YOU HAD THE ADVICE EARLIER, I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD SHOW US A GOOD LOOK, BUT IT'S OKAY. WE APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR ASSOCIATION [6. Public comment;] MEMBERS WE WILL RECOGNIZE HERE MOMENTARILY. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 6. PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS LONG. WE HAVE 16 PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT SO WE WILL HAVE SOME RULES APPLIED HERE. WILL YOU GO AHEAD? >> I BELIEVE YOU SKIPPED OVER ADOPTION OF THE MEETING AGENDA. >> DID WE? WE ADOPTED IT. WE DID. THERE WAS A MOTION BY DIRECTOR FRANKS. >> I SAID YES. >> WE CAN ADOPT IT AGAIN. >> IT'S ADOPTED! [LAUGHS] SO WE HAVE 16 MEMBERS OF. IF YOU BEAR WITH ME, LET ME READ SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT RULES. PARTICIPATION BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED, THE PUBLIC COMMENT AGENDA ITEM IS INCLUDED AT THE BEGINNING OF ALL REGULAR BOARD AGENDA -- BOARD MEETING AGENDAS AND IN CORRELATION WITH THE POLICY, FOR THE MOST SYSTEMIC BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACCEPTS THE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES, FOR PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC MEETINGS. EACH PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD MUST FIRST SIGN INTO THE SPEAKER'S ROSTER NEXT TO THE SECRETARY. INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO MAKE INDIVIDUAL 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 3 MINUTES, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF TOPICS. IF THERE ARE ANY MORE THAN 15 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON A COMMENT EACH SPEAKER WILL BE LIMITED TO 2 MINUTES, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF TOPICS. WE HAVE THAT IN ACCORDANCE TODAY WILL BE A TWO MINUTE THRESHOLD. SPEAKERS WILL BE TAKEN IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY HAVE SIGNED UP, SPEAKERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO YIELD THEIR TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER ON THE LIST. STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE BOARD FROM ACTING ON SPECIFIC ITEMS OR COMMENT UNLESS IT APPEARS ON THE AGENDA. THEREFORE, ANY BOARD DISCUSSION OF ITEMS NOT INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA IS LIMITED TO QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION AND WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM SHOULD BE PLACED ON A FUTURE BOARD AGENDA. SPEAKERS MAY EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS AND VIEWPOINTS ON ALL ISSUES BUT ARE NOT PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEBATE OF AN ISSUE. SPEAKERS WILL NOT USE PROFANITY OR CALL A BOARD MEMBER OUT. COMMENTS ON SPEAKERS CAN BE MADE TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE OR INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS. ALSO, PLEASE PUT YOUR CELL PHONES ON SILENT MODE. WE HAVE 16 SPEAKERS TONIGHT, I ASK -- A. LOT OF INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED ON THIS. A LOT OF INFORMATION HAS BEEN [00:10:02] SENT OUT. AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, IF YOU CAN, PLEASE HANG AROUND FOR THE AGENDA ITEM SO YOU CAN HEAR WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON IN THE DEBATE AND FACTUAL KNOWLEDGE BEHIND IT. I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT. WE CANNOT REPLY TO YOU WE CANNOT TALK TO YOU UP THERE, WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING SO PLEASE DO NOT THINK WE ARE BEING RUDE BY NOT SAYING ANYTHING. IT IS RULES OF THE STATE LAW. >> POINT OF INFORMATION. DO WE HAVE MORE THAN -- IS IT TEN IN ONE TOPIC? >> I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS DOWN TO 2 MINUTES PER PERSON. >> THE WAY THE POLICY IS WRITTEN, IT IS NOT ABOUT PER TOPIC, IT IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND IF THERE IS MORE THAN 15, THEN IT IS REDUCED TO 2 MINUTES PER SPEAKER. >> WE HAVE 16. FIRST UP, MR. VINCE DALTON. WELCOME. RIGHT THERE BEHIND THE PODIUM, YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES. WE WILL HAVE TO STRICTLY FOLLOW THAT TONIGHT, I APOLOGIZE. THEY HAVE THE TIMER OVER HERE. >> I DON'T SEE IT ANYWHERE. >> THESE LADIES RIGHT OVER HERE. >> I'M SORRY I CAN'T SEE FAR AWAY. I WILL USE MY OWN, IF THAT IS OKAY? JUST A MOMENT PLEASE. GREETINGS TOWNSHIP MINISTERS AND ALL WOODLAND CITIZENS PRESENT HERE. TODAY I WANT TO RELAY A COUNTER AGENCY PRESERVATION TO INTRODUCE A CONCEPT AD ABOUT IMPLEMENTING A 3-4-ACRE LINEAR FOUNTAIN GREEN SPACE AREA SOMEWHERE AT THE 50-ACRE SOUTH FACING TRACK AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE GOLF COURSE IN PROSPECTS. THIS EXACT FOUNTAIN WAS ONCE LOCATED AT WINTER GARDENS IN VANCOUVER, CANADA. IT HAS SINCE BEEN DEMOLISHED DUE TO INABILITY TO MAINTAIN THE FACILITY OF FUNDS. YET THIS VERY DESIGN COULD BE GIVEN REVIVAL AND PURPOSE HERE IN THE WOODLANDS. AS IT IS AN ESSENTIAL ART PIECE THAT IS DEFYING INTENTIONALITY AND CALMING. IT WOULD EXTEND ABOUT 260 FEET. HERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY INTERCONNECT LOW IMPACT NATURE TRAILS OR GREENWAYS SUCH AS WHAT IS SEEN IN NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH IS ALSO A TOWN QUITE SIMILAR TO THE WOODLANDS. THE FOUNTAIN WOULD HAVE A WAY OF SYMBOLIZING THE CLOSING OF THE NATURE PRESERVES OR SURROUNDING IT, IN A WAY. IT WOULD GENERATE VENERATION, CONTEMPLATION AND SOLACE. AND I THOROUGHLY BELIEVE IT WOULD FIT SEAMLESSLY WITH THE TOWN'S DESIGN BASIS, VALUES AND ALIGNMENTS. HERE I WILL SHOW YOU THE PICTURE -- OR A FEW PICTURES OF THE FOUNTAIN ON MY BINDER HERE. THERE IS THE FIRST. WHEN I FIRST WITNESSED IT I THOUGHT IT FIT PERFECTLY WITH THE WOODLANDS. HERE IS ANOTHER FEW PICTURES RIGHT HERE. I HAVE QUITE A FEW MORE TO SAY -- I. WAS PREPARED FOR 3 MINUTES. SO I REALIZE A LOT OF INTRICATE AND RESPECTFUL PLANNING HAS GONE INTO THIS REGARD FOR THE GOLF COURSE, AN AREA THAT IS PART OF AN IMPORTANT DECISION TO REVISIT. >> MR. DALTON, WE ARE OUT OF TIME. IF YOU COULD LEAVE US A COPY OF THAT WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO -- >> I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WOULD GO SO QUICK. >> I UNDERSTAND. >> HOPEFULLY I CAN EXTEND JUST TO RELAY A FEW POINTS? >> I'M SORRY, WE HAVE 16 DIFFERENT MEMBERS HERE. BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO GO OVER IT WITH YOU AND MAKE STAFF AVAILABLE. WE LOVE FOUNTAINS AND RESTORATION PROJECTS HERE. >> I DID EMAIL Y'ALL ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT THE WOODLANDS WITH TRAFFIC AND A LOT OF NO NOTICE. AND I WAS ALSO WANTING TO -- THE FACT ABOUT BOX TURTLES WHICH ARE AN IMPORTANT SPECIES AND DURING THIS DEVELOPMENT, I WOULDN'T WANT THEM TO BE HARMED IN ANY WAY. >> I LIKE TURTLES. >> LATER I WANT TO COME AND DISCUSS THAT, PERHAPS. >> PLEASE DO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> IT'S APPRECIATED. >> NEXT UP, VALERIE SILVA. MISS SILVA, WELCOME. >> I WORKED FOR GEORGE MITCHELL [00:15:10] FOR 30 YEARS AND MY CURRENT RESIDENCE -- >> SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE. >> WE CANNOT HEAR YOU, I'M SO SORRY. IF YOU DON'T MIND STARTING IT OVER, 2 MINUTES RIGHT OVER. >> I WORK FOR GEORGE MITCHELL FOR 30 YEARS AND I HAVE LIVED IN THE WOODLANDS SINCE 1977. AND MY CURRENT RESIDENCE FOR 34 YEARS. OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, THE QUALITY OF HIGH OAKS HAS STEADILY GONE DOWNHILL. SOME PEOPLE REFER TO OUR AREA AS THE FOOT LANDS. I DON'T THINK THIS IS WHAT GEORGE MITCHELL ENVISIONED. WHY ARE RESTRICTIONS VIOLATIONS NOT BEING ADDRESSED AND ENFORCED IN HIGH OAKS? WE HAVE MANY RENTALS OWNED BY LARGE INVESTMENT FIRMS, BUT ALSO PERMANENT HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE NO PRIDE IN THEIR PROPERTY. TRASH ON PROPERTY, DISABLED CARS, DEAD TREES, MOLD, BLACK AND GREEN, FALLING DOWN FENCES, ROTTEN FENCES, TRASH CONTAINERS LEFT OUT ALL WEEK LONG, FADED PAINT. WE ALSO HAVE A HUGE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, BUT I WILL TAKE THAT UP WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. HERE IS MY CHALLENGE TO YOU. TAKE A DRIVE THROUGH HIGH OAKS AND ASK YOURSELF THESE TWO QUESTIONS. WOULD I BE PROUD TO LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? AND WOULD THESE VIOLATIONS BE TOLERATED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD I LIVE IN NOW? THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, APPRECIATE IT. LINDA ESTRADA? >> I AM LINDA ESTRADA AND I'M REPRESENTING THE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION. I CAME TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I THINK YOU CALL THE PEDESTRIAN BRANCH. THE BRIDGE, WHICH IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAWDUST ROAD FROM US, IT HAS BEEN OUT FOR TWO YEARS BECAUSE OF THE FLOODED RIVER. I REMEMBER A HURRICANE PUT IT OUT AS WELL. SO ANYWAY, GROGAN'S POINT, THINK OF A THUMB, IT IS LIKE A THUMB. WE ARE THE THUMB AND HERE'S THE REST OF THE WOODLANDS. AND WE NEED THIS BRIDGE TO GET OVER TO THE REST OF YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, GROGAN'S POINT HAS HAD A BIG TURNOVER OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH KIDS WHO WANT TO GO TO THE LIBRARY. AND THEY WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO THE LIBRARY ON THEIR BICYCLES WITH THEIR PARENTS THIS SUMMER. IT HAS TAKEN SUCH A LONG TIME. I UNDERSTAND THE STEPS, I WANT YOU TO BUILD A GOOD BRANCH WITH A STRONG BRIDGE TO WITHSTAND ALL THAT WATER. WE UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF WATER BECAUSE GROGAN'S POINT -- I. WAS ACTUALLY WORRIED TO BUY IN THERE ONE TIME BECAUSE GROGAN'S POINT IS NOT COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY THE WOODLANDS. WE HAVE GOT TWO CREEKS AND WE BACK UP TO ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS NOT THE WOODLANDS. AND WE HAVE HAD FLOODS, FERAL HOGS AND NOW WE HAVE BURGLARS COMING IN THROUGH THE GOLF COURSE. AND THROUGH THE WOODS. THAT IS REALLY SCARY FOR US. SO ANYWAY, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO FORGET ABOUT US, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE THIS THUMB OVER HERE. WE WANT TO GET CONNECTED AGAIN. AND WE HAVE SO MANY NEIGHBORS WHO ARE ATHLETIC, THEY WANT TO RIDE THEIR BIKES, THEY WANT TO RUN. AND THEY WANT TO GET TO THE REST OF THE WOODLANDS WITHOUT GETTING ON SAWDUST. SO ANYWAY, WE HOPE THAT IT WILL MOVE ALONG AND NOT HAVE THE DELAYS THAT IT HAS ALREADY HAD. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> EDWARD FELDMAN. MR. FELDMAN, WELCOME. >> I AM A RETIRED ATTORNEY LIVING IN GROGAN'S POINT. AND I AM ADDRESSING THE SAME ISSUE THAT LINDA ESTRADA JUST ADDRESSED. AND AS YOU KNOW THE WOODLAND HAS OVER 200 MILES OF BEAUTIFUL BIKE PATHS. AND MY WIFE AND I WOULD DAILY TAKE A BIKE RIDE AND ENJOY THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE PERKS OF LIVING IN THE WOODLANDS. AND WHEN THIS MASSIVE STORM OCCURRED IN SEPTEMBER 2024, THE BRIDGE THAT MISS ESTRADA REFERRED TO COLLAPSED OR BECAME UNUSABLE. THE SEPTEMBER 2024 WAS ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, AND HERE WE ARE TWO YEARS LATER AND CONSTRUCTION HASN'T EVEN BEGUN. AND I REALIZED THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE TO CHANGE WHAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. BUT I WOULD ASK THAT IN REACHING A DEAL WITH THE CONTRACTOR, THAT YOU EMPHASIZE THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE QUICKLY. I THINK WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT [00:20:03] A HUGE CAR BRIDGE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A RELATIVELY SMALL PASSENGER -- PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE BRIDGE AND IT IS UNREASONABLE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER IT WILL TAKE BUT IT WILL BE WELL OVER TWO YEARS. IT IS SIMPLY UNREASONABLE THAT IT SHOULD TAKE SO LONG. AND I ASK THAT THIS BE GIVEN SOME PRIORITY, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> PASTOR DAN GREER? >> PASTOR, WELCOME BACK. BOTH OF MY KIDS WENT TO THE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH PRESCHOOL, SO -- GRADUATES. [LAUGHS] THERE IS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WATCHING PASTOR, SO WATCH OUT. >> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GET UP AND SPEAK AGAIN. I REALLY LOVE THE WOODLANDS. I LOVE THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS. EVERYTHING WE HAVE HERE. IT IS SUCH A BLESSING TO BE HERE AND I REALLY THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR CONCERN ON ALL OF THESE AREAS. ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE WOODLANDS, THE WAY IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION LATELY, IS SOME OF THE BANDS THAT ARE COMING IN NOW WITH INCREDIBLY CAUSTIC AND ABUSIVE, GRAPHIC, LOUD LANGUAGE. I DON'T KNOW THESE BANDS, I'M A KITTY -- KENNY G-MAN. I DON'T LISTEN TO THIS. BUT I WENT AND LISTENED AND READ SOME OF THE LYRICS, THIS ONE CALLED GHOST. AND INCLUDES LYRICS THAT SPEAK OF CHILD SEX ABUSE, NECROPHILIA, ASSASSINATION, ASSAULT, SATANIC THEMES AND IMAGERY. THIS -- HOW DO YOU SAY THIS... AIN'T NO FACE -- I. CAN'T SAY IT. BUT THEY ARE A CHORUS THAT GOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS -- I. CAN'T SAY IT HERE. IT'S JUST LIKE F, F, F, THAT'S THE FIRST LINE. THEN THEY GO TO THE NEXT LINE AND THEY SAY YOU ARE EFFING AND BETTER CUT OFF, I WROTE THIS LETTER TILL MY SKIN PEELED OFF. BIG RED BUTTON, PICKING TO NUKE DROP. THEY MAKE USE OF VIOLENCE AND SATANIC STUFF, AND IT IS LOUD. WHEN YOU ARE DOING YOUR GROCERY SHOPPING, LIMP BIZKIT READS A PACK OF CHAINSAW AND SKIN YOUR A, DOUBLE S. THIS IS WHAT IS GOING ON. FALLING IN REVERSE, THIS EXPLICIT SEXUAL ACTIVITY THAT USES THE F WORD CONSTANTLY. AND THEIR LYRICS ARE CENSORED ON RADIO STATIONS. THEY CAN'T USE THEM. PIT BULL, 2026 -- I'M ALREADY OUT OF TIME. DO YOU GET MY POINT? I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T DO A LOT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT INCORPORATED. BUT MAYBE, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MAYBE THE BOARD CAN SEND A LETTER TO THE PAVILION WITH OUR CONCERNS. MAYBE WE CAN START A CONCERNS CITIZENS COMMITTEE. I'M OUT OF TIME AND I WANT TO RESPECT THAT. >> THANK YOU PASTOR, APPRECIATE THAT. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU PASTOR. >> NEXT UP, BETTY ANDERSON. BETTY? >> I AM BETTY ANDERSON AND I AM THE DULY ELECTED PRECINCT CHAIRMAN OF PRECINCT 31 FOR OVER 20 YEARS NOW. AND MY PRECINCT INCLUDES ALDEN WOODS, THE NORTH ENDS OF THE MILL AND SOUTH CONROE, SOUTH OF 242. AND I KNOW EVERY STREET, I HAVE VOLUNTEERS WHO HELP ME. BUT THESE ARE AREAS THAT -- THESE AREAS I REPRESENT ARE LOCATED NORTH OF THE WOODLANDS PAVILION. AND SOME OF THE PERFORMANCES CAN GET VERY LOUD AND CAN BE HEARD FROM OUR YARDS. AND SOMETIMES, ACTUALLY THE INTERIOR OF OUR HOMES, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. I REPRESENT FAMILIES, ADULTS, CHILDREN, TEENAGERS. AND IN MY PRECINCT, BABIES. AND WHEN -- OUR PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN WE MOVED HERE, THERE WASN'T A PAVILION WITH LOUD MUSIC. BUT THINGS DO CHANGE. AND WE HAVE SEEN PROGRESS. AND SOMETIMES REGRESS. BUT I HAVE ENJOYED MANY OF THE [00:25:04] PRESENTATIONS AT THE PAVILION. OUR FAMILY HAS ENJOYED THE PAVILION. BUT THE ISSUE TONIGHT IS THAT THERE ARE NOW A NUMBER OF BANDS THAT PASTOR GREER JUST DESCRIBED, THAT PRODUCE ANTI-CHRISTIAN MUSIC AND SPOUT HORRIBLE LYRICS THAT I REALLY DON'T WANT MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN LISTENING TO. AND HOW DO YOU GET AWAY FROM IT? I WOULD APPRECIATE B BOARD B BRAINSTORMING OVER WAYS THAT THE TOWNSHIP COULD LIMIT THE VOLUME AND NATURE OF WHAT THE BANDS ARE PRODUCING, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT. NEXT UP, OUR NEW CEO, SCOTT BURNS. WELCOME, SCOTT. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY SAY THAT I MOVED TO THE WOODLANDS IN 2009 AND RAISED FOUR KIDS HERE. MY PARENTS MOVED BACK TO TOWN AFTER BEING IN THE MILITARY, MY FAMILY BEGGED ME TO GO ELSEWHERE BUT WE HAD THE WOODLANDS EXPRESS. SO I RODE THE WOODLANDS EXPRESS DOWNTOWN FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS. PHENOMENAL. MY KIDS HAVE REALLY FLOURISHED HERE AND I REALLY WANT TO JUST COMMEND THE TOWNSHIP AND THE DIRECTORS FOR THE PHENOMENAL JOB THEY ARE DOING. I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OVER THE LAST -- I. WAS WORKING DOWNTOWN FOR A LARGE CORPORATE AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF TO WORK AT THE FOOD BANK AND JUST THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY IN A MUCH DEEPER WAY. IT'S PHENOMENAL. I WANT TO CONFIRM THE PHENOMENAL JOB ALL OF YOU ARE DOING AND JUST VERY GRATEFUL. I KNOW YOU DON'T GET PAID A BUNCH IN YOUR CURRENT ROLES SO I WOULD JUST SAY THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO AND FOR THE INCREDIBLE PLACE YOU HAVE ALLOWED ME AND MY FAMILY TO LIVE IN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SCOTT. [APPLAUSE] >> NEXT UP, MR. CARL? WELCOME. >> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. MY NAME IS ROB CARL, I LIVE IN WINDSOR HILLS. AND I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE PAVILION. A VERY WISE MAN ONCE SAID, BETTER IS A POOR MAN WHO WALKS WITH INTEGRITY THAN HE WHO IS PERVERSE IN SPEECH. THERE'S A SPEECH, LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF. WE'RE ALL TOGETHER NEIGHBORS IN THIS ROOM. WE COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT CULTURES, DIFFERENT ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS AND DIFFERENT RELIGIONS. WE DRIVE THE STREETS OF THE WOODLANDS TOGETHER, WE SHOP AT STORES TOGETHER, WE DINE TOGETHER IN OUR RESTAURANTS. MANY OF US GO TO CHURCH TOGETHER. WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER BECAUSE WE ARE NEIGHBORS OF THIS COMMUNITY. THERE IS A GROUP IN CHARGE OF THE PAVILION THAT DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE CULTURE WE ARE TRYING TO MAINTAIN IN THE WOODLANDS. THREE YEARS AGO I STOOD IN THIS VERY SPOT, SPEAKING ABOUT OUR NEIGHBOR, THE PAVILION. AT THAT TIME THEY BROUGHT IN A BAND THAT WAS ANTI-GOD, ANTI-CHURCH, ANTI-CATHOLIC AND ANTI-CHRISTIAN. I HEARD THE WORDS OF THE BAND AS I SPOKE -- AS THEY SPOKE WHILE I WAS AT THE GROCERY STORE AND THEY WERE AGAINST EVERYTHING OUR COMMUNITY STANDS FOR. AT THAT TIME THE PAVILION ASSURED US THAT THEY WOULD BE MORE CAREFUL IN THE FUTURE AND YET HERE I AM AGAIN, BECAUSE I'M HEARING THAT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. IF THE PAVILION CONTINUES INSISTING ON THEIR FREEDOM OF SPEECH, THAT THEY NEED TO MOVE THEIR CONCERTS INDOORS. OUR FOUNDING FATHERS GAVE US FREE SPEECH BUT FREEDOM OF SPEECH COMES WITH A RESPONSIBILITY. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE SUBJECTED TO LISTENING TO FOUL LANGUAGE COMING FROM THE PERFORMANCES AT THE PAVILION WHILE I AM SHOPPING WITH MY FAMILY OR DINING OUTSIDE. THE WOODLANDS IS A FAMILY ORIENTED COMMUNITY, MY KIDS, GRANDKIDS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS DESERVE TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS VALUES AND DECENCY. OBVIOUSLY THE PAVILION HAS NOT BEEN TRUE TO ITS WORD. IF WE DO NOT ADDRESS THIS ISSUE NOW AND FIND A WAY TO PUT A STOP TO IT, WHAT DOES OUR FUTURE HOLD? WE ARE NOW ON A SLIPPERY SLOPE AND MUST MAINTAIN DECENCY CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY AND EXCELLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MR. CARL. [APPLAUSE] NEXT UP, STEPHANIE COX, STEPHANIE? >> GOOD EVENING. I'M STEPHANIE COX, I'M THE PRECINCT CHAIR IN THE WOODLANDS. I LIVE IN EASTVILLE, I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 20 YEARS. I AM ALSO SPEAKING ABOUT A LOT [00:30:02] OF WHAT THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME SAID. I ECHO. I AM A 20 YEAR RESIDENT AND A LOCAL REALTOR HERE ALSO. SO WHILE THE FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTS THE RIGHTS OF BANDS LIKE GHOST TO PERFORM, THAT DOES NOT MAKE THEIR TYPE OF PERFORMANCE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. VULGAR, PROFANE AND OVERTLY SATANIC LYRICS ARE PROJECTED FROM THE OPEN AIR PAVILION, THE AUDIENCE EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THOSE WHO VOLUNTARILY PURCHASE TICKETS. FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND NEARBY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ARE INVOLUNTARILY EXPOSED TO LANGUAGE AND MESSAGES THEY DID NOT CHOOSE TO HEAR. IT IS ALSO OFFENSIVE TO GOD AND HIS PEOPLE. INSTEAD OF HAVING CONCERN AND RESPECT FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, THE PAVILION EXPECTS US TO COMPROMISE OUR VALUES, RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS A CHERISHED CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, BUT IT SHOULD ALSO BE EXERCISED WITH RESPECT FOR THE RIGHTS AND WELL-BEING OF OTHERS. THE PAVILION SHOULD HOST ENTERTAINMENT THAT REFLECTS AND REPRESENTS THE VALUES OF OUR COMMUNITY RATHER THAN IMPOSING OFFENSIVE CONTENT ON THOSE WHO SIMPLY HAPPEN TO LIVE AND PLAY NEARBY. BECAUSE THE WOODLANDS DOES NOT HAVE A TRADITIONAL MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT WITH DIRECT REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER THE PAVILION, OUR OPTIONS ARE LIMITED. BUT COLLECTIVELY, THIS BOARD HAS A POWERFUL VOICE AND SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE, SO I URGE EACH OF YOU TO SUPPORT DR. GIBBS REQUEST THAT THE PAVILION TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT FROM BEING BROADCAST BEYOND ITS PROPERTY AND TO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. I ALSO ASK THAT YOU REVIEW THE TOWNSHIP'S FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PAVILION, INCLUDING ANY TAX REBATES OR OTHER PUBLIC INCENTIVES AND TO CONSIDER WHETHER THOSE BENEFITS SHOULD CONTINUE IF THE PAVILION REFUSES TO BE A RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY PARTNER. IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL, LAWFUL APPROPRIATE WAYS FOR THE TOWNSHIP TO ENCOURAGE GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY, I URGE YOU TO PURSUE THEM. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THIS BOARD TO USE ITS INFLUENCE TO HOLD THE PAVILION TO A HIGHER STANDARD, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MISS COX. [APPLAUSE] >> NEXT UP, LYNN GOODING. WELCOME. >> HELLO. I AM LYNN GOODING, I LIVE IN TOWN CENTER, ACTUALLY. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAD A SETTLEMENT IN MARCH 2026 AGAINST LIVE NATION FOR ACTING AS A MONOPOLY. AS A RESULT, THEY CAN NO LONGER REQUIRE THE PAVILION TO STRICTLY BOOK WITH THEM. OR THROUGH THEM. WITH ITS NEWFOUND FREEDOM, I BEGAN TO WONDER HOW THOSE IN CHARGE WOULD USE IT IN THE FUTURE. SO I BEGAN CORRESPONDING. THIS IS MY FINAL EMAIL THAT I SENT RECENTLY TO JEFF YOUNG. I SENT THE EMAIL TO HIM, IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN CHARGE OF THE PAVILION BOOKINGS. JEFF, THE PAVILION IS UNIQUE AS AN OPEN AIR LARGE AMPHITHEATER. AND MAKES THE WOODLANDS TOWN CENTER SPECIAL AND ATTRACTS EVEN MORE TO IT, ME AND MANY OTHERS. I RECENTLY SENT AN EMAIL TO KELLY RICH -- SHE IS THE DIRECTOR OF EVENTS OR OPERATING EVENTS. ABOUT THE NEW FREEDOM YOU HAVE FOR CHOOSING THE BANDS TO PERFORM AT THE PAVILION. THE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS BOOKS A VARIETY OF GENRES OF MUSIC. SHE INFERRED THAT I WAS SUGGESTING CENSORSHIP OF SPEECH OF THE ARTISTS. THAT WAS NOT THE POINT. MY ASSUMPTION WAS THAT THIS CHOICE OF WHICH BAND WILL PERFORM IN ANY GENRE IS UP TO THE STAFF. I WAS MERELY SUGGESTING THAT WITH MORE CHOICES, THE BANDS AND PERFORMERS FOR AN OPEN AIR VENUE BE SELECTED AND ACCEPTABLE FAMILY-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY STANDARDS IN MIND. HERE'S HOW I AM THINKING. SUPPOSE IN YOUR POSITION WITH THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, YOU INVITE YOUR BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, POTENTIAL SPONSORS, YOUR PASTOR, NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, GRANDPARENTS, CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN TO GATHER IN TOWN GREEN PARK FOR FOOD AND GOOD TIMES DURING A CONCERT. WOULD THEY FEEL JOY AS THEY LISTEN? OR WOULD YOU BE EMBARRASSED BY WHAT CAME OUT OF PAVILION S LOUDSPEAKERS THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR? IT IS ONE THING TO DISLIKE A PARTICULAR KIND OF MUSIC. BUT IT IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT TO HEAR SOME WORDS. I BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE PAVILION'S MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT TO BE DIVERSE AND AT THE SAME TIME TO BE INOFFENSIVE. CHOICES CAN BE MADE WITH RESPECT FOR THIS FAMILY-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY OF THE WOODLANDS BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IT SHOULD NOT DEPEND ON THOSE FROM OUTSIDE THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FORCING THOSE DECISIONS [00:35:01] AND CHOICES. YOU AND YOUR STAFF MAKE THE CHOICES. SO YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE COERCED BY MONEY OR PUBLICITY TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT. >> ♪ ♪ , WE ARE ABOVE 2 MINUTES. >> IT MAY TAKE MORE TIME AND EFFORT FOR YOUR STAFF TO RESEARCH THE BANDS. BUT IT IS WORTH IT AND IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. I BELIEVE YOU KNOW THAT AND AS A HUSBAND AND FATHER AND ONE WHO LIVES HERE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY, SURELY YOU WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO DO THIS IN 2027. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MISS GOODING. [APPLAUSE] >> NEXT UP, MICHAEL COUSINS. MICHAEL, WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING. I WILL CHANGE THE SUBJECT A LITTLE BIT AND TALK ABOUT NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION FROM THE VOLLEYBALL COURTS IN NORTH SHORE PARK. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW AND MANY OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT THE VOLLEYBALL COURTS IN NORTH SHORE PARK HAVE A TIMING MECHANISM THAT ALLOWS THEM TO STAY ON UNTIL 11:00 P.M., 365 DAYS A YEAR. THIS CREATES, OBVIOUSLY, LIGHT INTO OUR HOMES, ADJACENT TO NORTH SHORE PARK. THE LIGHT POLLUTION IS NOT THE ONLY ISSUE. THERE IS EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM THE COURTS AS THE TEAMS PLAY. ALL GOOD FUN, BUT THE YELLING CAN BE HEARD INSIDE OUR HOMES, PARTICULARLY BY THE OVERENTHUSIASTIC YOUNG MEN AS THEY WIN A POINT ON THE VOLLEYBALL COURTS. AGAIN, UNTIL 10:30 OR 11:00 P.M. EVERY SINGLE NIGHT, JUST ABOUT. OVER THE YEARS, THE PLAYERS HAVE COUPLED THIS WITH PORTABLE MUSIC. WHICH I MUST SAY, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN RESPONSIVE AND THREE OF THE LAST FOUR NIGHTS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE RANGERS HAVE COME OVER AND MADE THEM TURN OFF THEIR SPEAKERS. BUT THEY CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT THE LIGHTS AND THE YELLING. THERE ARE SIGNS SAYING TO RESPECT THE NEIGHBORS, BUT FRANKLY THEY DON'T CARE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER MOVING THE VOLLEYBALL COURTS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF NORTH SHORE PARK, BETWEEN THE BOATHOUSES AND PLAYGROUND. THAT IS ABOUT 100 YARDS AWAY AND WILL TAKE SOME TIME AND MONEY. THE ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS AT NO COST, I WOULD ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER HAVING THE LIGHTS SWITCH OFF AT 9:00 P.M. THERE IS NO REASON THEY ARE ON UNTIL 11:00 P.M. EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. THAT WOULD SOLVE A LOT OF THE NOISE AND A LOT OF THE LIGHT POLLUTION COMING INTO OUR HOMES. AS A 30-YEAR RESIDENT OF THE WOODLANDS, 25 YEARS IN WYNNEWOOD COVE, ADJACENT TO NORTH SHORE PARK AND BEFORE THE AREA GREW SO MUCH, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP TO CONSIDER THESE OPTIONS, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MR. COUSINS. [APPLAUSE] YOU ARE WELL TIMED RIGHT THERE, MY FRIEND. GOOD JOB! TRUST ME, THEY TEACH YOU TO BE ON TIME AT EXXON. DAMIEN? WELCOME BACK. >> I AM HERE TO REPRESENT MY FAMILY, WE HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 93 BUT ALSO THE CHURCH I ATTEND, COMMUNITY BAPTIST. ALSO HAVING TO DO WITH THE PAVILION AND THE PERFORMANCES THEY ARE HAVING THERE. THESE ARE SOME UPCOMING PERFORMANCES, YOU'VE GOT MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, THEY WILL BE PERFORMING ON JULY 25TH. ONE OF THEIR SONGS, THE LYRICS HAVE TO DO WITH NECROPHILIA. PULL HER FROM THE DIRT, CAUGHT A LOOK IN HER EYE, SHE'S GOT WORMS IN HER MOUTH, SPIDERWEBS IN HER HAIR. SHE MAY BE EFFING DEAD, BUT I DON'T CARE. AND IT GOES ON TO DESCRIBE THE WITH THE DEAD CORPSE. THEN THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER SONG. WHAT THE F, PUT YOUR TEETH ON THE CURB BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO STOMP YOUR EFFING FACE IN. YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER BAND, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH PERFORMING SEPTEMBER 27TH. THEY'VE GOT A SONG, "YOU'RE A FAKE M.F., I'LL BREAK EM F, YOU'RE A JOKE, MF, MF, MF." BRYSON TILLER IS PERFORMING OCTOBER 15TH. HE HAS A SONG WHERE HE IS GRAPHICALLY DESCRIBING, CONSTANTLY DROPPING THE N-WORD AND JUST THINGS THAT ARE NOT APPROPRIATE. I MEAN, IF I WAS AT A PUBLIC PARK, IF I WAS IN MARKET STREET SAYING ANY OF THIS STUFF I WOULD BE ASKED TO LEAVE AT THE VERY LEAST. THERE IS A PUBLIC PARK PERFORMING RIGHT NEXT TO THE PAVILION, THE RIVERWALK IS RIGHT THERE. I'VE GOT A FRIEND IN FLORIDA AND I'M LIKE YOU'VE GOT TO MOVE DOWN HERE, IT'S AWESOME. IF I TOOK HIM IN THE PARK WITH HIS FAMILY, HIS LITTLE KIDS AND WE WERE WALKING AROUND THE RIVERWALK AND THEY ARE HEARING THIS, THAT IS EMBARRASSING. SO WE HAVE SOME VERY VALID REASONS TO GO TO THE PAVILION AND SAY HEY, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT IS CHRISTIAN BASED EVEN OUTSIDE OF CHRISTIANITY, THIS IS JUST OFFENSIVE. THAT IS DISGUSTING. WHO WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT CORPSES AND THAT STUFF? THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PAY TO HEAR THAT, DO WE WANT THEM WALKING AROUND HERE? I DON'T THINK SO. IT IS JUST A CONCERN. [00:40:02] PEOPLE COME TO THE PAVILION -- A. LOT OF OUTSIDE PEOPLE COME IN BECAUSE IT IS A BIG VENUE. BUT THE PEOPLE LIVING HERE WHO ARE WALKING AROUND AND JUST GENERALLY BEING IN THE WOODLANDS, WE DON'T WANT THAT HERE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] NEXT UP, MICHELLE KNUCKLES. WELCOME. >> HELLO MY NAME IS MICHELLE KNUCKLES, I'M IN GROGAN'S MILL. AND I WILL BE READING LYRICS. SO ANY CHILDREN OR ANYBODY WHO WOULD NOT LIKE TO HEAR IT, YOU SHOULD LEAVE. THE FOLLOWING LYRICS ARE PART OF LIL JOHN'S SET LIST, WHO PERFORMED RECENTLY AT THE PAVILION. "AND I AIN'T SELFISH, I WILL LET YOU AND YOUR FOLK FEEL IT. TALKING BIG BOY... ." >> MA'AM, YOU CANNOT -- YOU CANNOT CUSS. THAT IS PART OF THE RULES. YOU CAN ABBREVIATE THAT. I UNDERSTAND IT IS THE LYRICS BUT YOU HAVE TO ABBREVIATE IT. THAT IS PART OF THE RULES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THAT IS INTERESTING, CONSIDERING THAT THESE ARE THE WORDS THAT WERE PROJECTED OVER THE PARK, RIGHT NEXT DOOR WHERE CHILDREN PLAY. AND WHERE FAMILIES TAKE THEIR CHILDREN TO THE HEB. AND THESE WORDS CANNOT BE READ HERE IN THIS MEETING? THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. I HOPE YOU DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> NEXT UP, JEFF HODGES. MR. HODGES, WELCOME. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD. I WAS HERE AT THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND I DID GO BACK TO THE GROGAN'S MILL WOODLANDS PLANTINGS. I DID DO AN INVENTORY, I PROVIDED IT TO YOU. IT DOES SHOW SOME OF THE PLANTS ARE INVASIVE. BUT THAT IS NOT WHY I AM HERE TONIGHT. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE NATURE TRAIL. IT IS A VERY UNIQUE ASSET TO THE WOODLANDS, IT RUNS THROUGH THE LAND THAT IS CLOSE TO SPRING CREEK. THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS IT AND ENJOY TIME WITH NATURE ON THE DIRT TRAIL. THROUGH FOREST RIPARIAN AREAS, CROSSING CREEKS PROVIDES ACCESS TO SMALL PONDS, LAKES AND SPRING CREEK. I DO NOT SUPPORT THE BOARD'S PREVIOUS DECISION TO ALLOCATE $5 MILLION TO HELP THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PAVED PATH AS IT IS NOT NECESSARY AND WOULD REQUIRE THOUSANDS OF TREES TO BE CUT DOWN. OLD, BEAUTIFUL TREES, WE NEED MORE TREES, NOT LESS. I DISCOVERED THE CURRENT NATURE TRAIL ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AND ENJOYED SPENDING TIME IN THE TRAIL WATCHING WILDLIFE. AND WHILE IN SOME PLACES YOU CAN FEEL LIKE YOU ARE AT AN ESTATE OR A NATIONAL PARK. I JOINED THE BLK, WHICH IS THE TRAIL CREW MANY YEARS AGO AND HAVE HELPED BUILD THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO IT, BUILDING BOARDWALKS, BRIDGES, STEPS AND REMOVING TRUCKLOADS OF DEBRIS AND LITTER. AND EVERY TIME I HAVE TALKED TO SOME OF THE 75,000 PEOPLE WHO ENJOY THIS TRAIL AND I TELL THEM THAT THIS PATH IS GOING TO BE PAVED, THEY ALL SAY THE SAME THING. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT AND DESTROY SUCH A UNIQUE AREA AND ASSET OF THE WOODLANDS? THERE ARE CURRENTLY 220 MILES OF BIKE PATHS IN THE WOODLANDS, I DON'T THINK WE NEED MORE PAVED PATHS. I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS GOT APPROVED BECAUSE IT IS IN A FLOODPLAIN AND IN MANY PLACES IT IS A WETLAND. THE ASPHALT WILL LEAK INTO THE WATERWAYS. OUR PONDS, CREEKS ALREADY HAVE HORRIBLE WATER QUALITY ISSUES AND THIS WILL NOT HELP. TO CREATE THE PAVED PATH TO SUPPORT AMBULANCE -- I. APOLOGIZE. >> NO PROBLEM. >> I SPENT A LOT OF TIME OUT THERE AND I JUST HOPE YOU RECONSIDER ALLOCATING THOSE $5 MILLION AS I KNOW YOU ARE BUDGETING TIME IS COMING UP HERE IN AUGUST. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] CHRISTINA JOHNSON IS NEXT UP. CHRISTINA, WELCOME. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA JOHNSON, I'M HERE TALKING ABOUT THE BANDS AS WELL THAT ARE COMING IN. ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS TURN ON OUR NEWS AND LOOK AT OUR PHONES AND PAY A LITTLE BIT OF ATTENTION ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD. WE ARE IN SPIRITUAL WARFARE. [00:45:01] AND WE NEED COMMUNITIES THAT ARE POSITIVE AND LOVED WITH FAMILY. AND ALLOWING THESE BANDS TO COME IN IS REALLY DESTRUCTION FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS SPIRITUAL. IT IS NOT JUST PHYSICAL. WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PLACE THAT WE LIVE IN, BUT THIS IS SPIRITUAL. AND OUR KIDS ARE -- EVEN IN SCHOOLS, EVEN WHAT THEY SEE ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA. THEY ARE SEEING HATE, THEY ARE SEEING VIOLENCE, THERE IS PERVERSION, THERE IS CONFUSION, THERE IS ANXIETY, THERE IS DEPRESSION. AND WHAT THIS LANGUAGE IS, WHAT THESE BANDS ARE DOING IS CAUSING THOSE THINGS TO HAPPEN. IT IS PUTTING IT OUT IN THE ATMOSPHERE. OUR WORDS ARE LIFE OR DEATH AND THEY ARE PUTTING DEATH INTO OUR COMMUNITY. AND I BELIEVE THAT IT IS JUST NOT A GOOD THING TO DO TO JUST BROADCAST ACROSS THE LAND. AND FOR LITTLE CHILDREN, FOR TEENAGERS, FOR ADULTS, FOR GRANDCHILDREN, FOR ANYONE TO HEAR THAT EXPLICIT LANGUAGE AND VIOLENCE AND CORRUPTION IS -- IT IS JUST HORRIFIC TO ALLOW THAT TO GO ON IN THIS COMMUNITY, IN ANY COMMUNITY. WE SEE IT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IT IS VERY SAD. AND ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, WE HAVE TO BE BETTER AS A SOCIETY AND STAND UP FOR GOOD VALUES. AND I AM A FOLLOWER OF AND I BELIEVE IT IS DEMONIC. THAT IS IT. >> THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE IT. [APPLAUSE] >> NEXT UP, DON. WELCOME. >> HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, MA'AM. >> MY NAME IS DON KEMP. I WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT THIS ISSUE UP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. I LIVE ON THE TOWN CENTER, I LIVE IN ONE OF THE APARTMENTS THERE. AND AS I HAD SAID BEFORE, I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND I HAVE PUT UP WITH THIS MUSIC, THIS DEGRADATION, BASICALLY, THAT'S WHAT I CALL IT. CHRISTINA MENTIONED THE WHOLE IDEA THAT WORDS HAVE POWER. WORDS HAVE POWER. THEY HAVE SOME OF THE BEST STATE OF THE ART SPEAKERS AT THE PAVILION. THOSE REACH MILES AWAY. IT IS GREAT FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE LAWN, IT IS GREAT FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE PAVILION, THEY HEAR THE BEST MUSIC EVER. BUT WE ALSO HEAR MUSIC THAT WE DIDN'T ASK TO HEAR. WE HEAR THINGS THAT ARE DISHONORING TO GOD, DISHONORING TO YOUNG GIRLS. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW FRUSTRATING IT IS TO THINK THAT IF I BROUGHT MY GRANDDAUGHTER, SOMEONE BROUGHT THEIR YOUNG TEENAGE DAUGHTER AND HEARD SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT COMES OUT OF HERE, THE DEGRADATION TO WOMEN, THE WHOLE IDEA OF THIS IMMORALITY, WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO SAY TO THESE YOUNG GIRLS? ARE WE SAYING THAT WE BELIEVE IN ALL OF THIS CHRISTIAN STUFF OR WE BELIEVE IN THIS FAMILY VALUE BUT WE ARE GOING TO LET THIS BLAST FOR 2-3 MILES AS FAR AS IT CAN CARRY? I WAS -- THE IDEA THAT THE FCC HAS A STANDARD, THE STANDARD IS THAT WE CLEAN UP OUR SONGS FOR THE RADIO. BUT WE DON'T CLEAN THEM UP WHEN WE SING THEM AT THE PAVILION. HERE IS THE SONG FROM LITTLE JOHN. THROUGH THE WINDOW, TO THE WALL, TO THE SWEAT RIGHT DOWN AND FALL -- THIS IS THE CLEAN VERSION. TO WHERE ALL THESE FEMALES CRAWL, TO ALL SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET, I GOT WHAT. ALL SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET, I GOT WHAT. NOW THAT IS THE CLEAN VERSION. OF THE CHORUS I HAD TO LISTEN TO SIX TIMES. HERE IS THE RAW VERSION. "TO THE WINDOW, TO THE WALL, TILL SWEAT DROPS DOWN MY BALLS. TILL ALL THESE B CRAWL, TILL ALL SKEET SKEET, MF, TO ALL SKEET SKEET, GD, TO ALL SKEET SKEET MF, TO ALL SKEET SKEET GD." I KNOW THAT MY TIME IS UP. I WILL GIVE YOU MATTHEW WEST'S SONG, I DON'T HAVE TO CLEAN IT UP. "SO WHAT'S GOING TO BE SAID OF ME WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE? WILL I STAND FOR MY BELIEFS OR WILL I TURN AROUND AND RUN?" THE FAMOUS QUOTE, "EVIL ONLY PREVAILS WHEN GOOD MEN AND WOMEN DO NOTHING." THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY. [APPLAUSE] >> NEXT, CALI SOUTHERN? DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? [00:50:03] DID I SAY IT RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I AM STANDING HERE TONIGHT -- I'M STANDING HERE TONIGHT WITH MY FAMILY. WE ARE HAND-DELIVERING A FORMAL COMPLAINT REGARDING CASE VIO, 042026011924, DEMANDING AN IMMEDIATE OPERATIONAL AUDIT INTO THE HOSTILE MISCONDUCT OF THE COVENANT DEPARTMENT. WE ARE HERE TO ASK THIS BOARD A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION. WHY IS YOUR STAFF MANIPULATING DATA AND IGNORING SAFETY? OUR FAMILY HAS ACTED IN GOOD FAITH, INDEPENDENTLY RESOLVING . THREE OF THE FOUR INITIAL CITATIONS. YET OUR COOPERATION WAS MET WITH SEVERE ADMINISTRATIVE -- ADMINISTRATIVE HOSTILITY. AS DOCUMENTED IN EXHIBIT E ON JUNE 11TH, A COMPLIANCE ANALYSIS PLACED A DIRECT CALL TO OUR PERSONAL LINE. TRYING TO INTIMIDATE MY PARENTS AND ABRUPTLY HUNG UP THE PHONE TO AVOID LEAVING A WRITTEN RECORD OF HER ACTIONS. FURTHERMORE, LOOK AT THE SYSTEM'S LOG FROM MAY 20TH, COMPLIANCE PERSONNEL MANUALLY MANIPULATING SYSTEM DATA TO INSTANTLY INFLATE AN AGGRESSIVE -- PROPERTY THREAT FROM $2000 TO $5000 IN A SINGLE AFTERNOON WITHOUT A SINGLE INSPECTION. FOR COMPARISON, EXHIBIT B SHOWS AN ADJACENT PROPERTY WITH SEVERAL STRUCTURAL FAILURES QUIETLY GRANTED 131 DAYS. OUR COOPERATIVE HOUSEHOLD WAS TARGETED WITH LESS THAN HALF THAT TIME FOR NATURAL CANOPY WEATHERING. MOST CRITICALLY, LOOK AT EXHIBIT C AND D. WHILE STAFF WEAPONIZE COSMETIC FINES AGAINST US, THEY COMPLETELY IGNORED A 50-FOOT DEAD STANDING POND HAZARD OVERHANGING OUR DRIVEWAY. WHEN THAT UNCITED TREE COLLAPSED, SMASHING HEAVY LOGS INTO THE RUBBER, WE WALKED TO THE SCHOOL BUS AND STAFF ABANDONED. >> UMPIRE: WE HAD TO CLEAR THOSE HEAVY LOGS OUT OF THE STREET WITH OUR OWN HANDS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. TODAY THE DANGEROUS DEBRIS IS STILL SITTING OUT THERE AND THE REMAINING PORTION OF THOSE DEAD TREES IS STILL ACTIVELY ROTTING AND ABOUT TO FALL. THIS FINANCIAL INTIMIDATION IS DRIVING OUR FAMILY OUT OF THE WOODLANDS ENTIRELY WHEN OUR LEASE EXPIRES IN AUGUST. WE URGE THIS BOARD TO ORDER AN IMMEDIATE OPERATIONAL AUDIT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING. >> AND LAST UP, NATALIE. WELCOME. >> HELLO. GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS NATALIE HAGG, I LIVE IN COCHRAN'S CROSSING AND I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE MY FAMILY RECENTLY RECEIVED CITATIONS FOR CONDITIONS THAT EXISTED BEFORE WE PURCHASED OUR HOME. AND I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER HOW THIS IMPACTS NEW HOMEOWNERS. WE MOVE BACK TO THE WOODLANDS IN 2023 BECAUSE WE LOVE THIS COMMUNITY. WE PREVIOUSLY OWNED A HOME IN PANTHER CREEK, WE HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 2014. AND WE HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED AN ISSUE IN TERMS OF CITATIONS WITH PAST -- BEFORE WE MOVED IN. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN REAL ESTATE, SO WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF DUE DILIGENCE. MAINTAIN INSPECTIONS, REVIEW DISCLOSURES AND DO EVERYTHING WE REASONABLY CAN BEFORE PURCHASING YOUR HOME. NEARLY THREE YEARS, WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE ACTUALLY IN 2023, WE ARE JUST NOW GETTING THE CITATION OF STUFF THAT HAPPENED IN 2020, WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE IN 2023. SO WE HAD NO REASONABLE WAY OF KNOWING WHETHER THOSE CHANGES HAD RECEIVED TOWNSHIP APPROVAL BEFORE WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY. TO BE CLEAR, THIS ISN'T ABOUT AVOIDING RESPONSIBILITY, THERE ARE ITEMS THAT WE CHANGED OURSELVES AND WE WILL WORK THROUGH THOSE. MY CONCERN IS THAT NEW HOMEOWNERS SHOULD NOT AUTOMATICALLY INHERIT RESPONSIBILITY FOR PERMANENT MODIFICATIONS MADE BY PREVIOUS OWNERS. I ALSO DID NOT LIKE THE RESPONSE WE RECEIVED FROM TOWNSHIP STAFF, STATING THE VIOLATIONS PROGRESS TO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARD COMMITTEE, WE WILL DO LEGAL ACTION AGAINST YOUR PROPERTY IF YOU DO NOT PURSUE THIS. IT SAID AS HOMEOWNERS WHO PURCHASED OUR HOME IN GOOD FAITH, IT IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD FACE POTENTIAL LEGAL ACTION OVER MODIFICATIONS WE DIDN'T EVEN MAKE AND HAVE NO REASONABLE WAY OF DISCOVERING BEFORE CLOSING. SO MY QUESTIONS IS WHY WEREN'T THESE ADDRESSED WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNERS, WHY SIX YEARS LATER? WHY WERE THESE VISIBLE ITEMS -- WAS THIS PROPERTY PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR THE SAME ISSUES? [00:55:01] AND IF THE WOODLANDS EXPECTS BUYERS TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY WHETHER EVERY EXTERIOR MODIFICATION OVER THE LIFE OF A HOME RECEIVED TOWNSHIP APPROVAL, SHOULD THAT EXPECTATION BE CLEARLY COMMUNICATED TO PROSPECTIVE BUYERS? I'M SIMPLY ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER A FAIRER PROCESS SO THAT HOMEOWNERS ARE NOT CARRYING THE BURDEN OF PREVIOUS OWNER'S DECISIONS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT. [APPLAUSE] [7. President/CEO's Report;] THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. MOVING ON TO AGENDA SEVEN. PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS REPORT. >> GOOD EVENING. I AM EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE TOWNSHIP HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A GOLD STAR AFFILIATE, BY KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL. THIS PRESTIGIOUS DISTINCTION HIGHLIGHTS THE TOWNSHIP'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. THIS DESIGNATION REFLECTS A LEVEL OF EFFORT AND COMMITMENT THAT SETS THE TOWNSHIP APART AS LEADERS IN CREATING LASTING, VISIBLE CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE DO HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TEAM, AMBER BARNES AND GRACE. [APPLAUSE] I AM ALSO PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT EARNED STATEWIDE RECOGNITION, RECEIVING FOUR AWARDS AT THE 2026 TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPAL INFORMATION OFFICERS AWARDS COMPETITION. I WILL JUST BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE AWARDS THAT WERE WON. TOWNSHIP SENIOR SPECIALIST PERRY FRANK AND THE PHOTOGRAPHY SINGLE IMAGE CATEGORY WON THE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR HIS LABOR DAY PIE EATING CONTEST PHOTO. RED, WHITE AND PIE FACE. THE TOWNSHIP GRAPHIC DESIGNER IN THE SPECIAL PUBLICATION CATEGORY -- WINNING THE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR HER DESIGN OF THE JR. PARK RANGER FIELD GUIDE, WHICH I THINK YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT. THAT WAS PLACED WITH YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, JACQUELINE. CONGRATULATIONS, PERRY. AND FINALLY, TOWNSHIP VIDEO PRODUCER STEVEN ROMERO WON FOR BEST SOCIAL MEDIA POST FOR POPULATIONS OF 75,000 TO 150,000 FOR THE AWARD OF HONOR FOR THE ROBOT DOG VIDEO. AND ALSO FOR THE VIDEO CAMPAIGN HE WON AN AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR SET AT, DON'T FORGET IT VIDEO SERIES. THREE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ALL SUPPORTED BY THE REST OF THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ON A STATEWIDE LEVEL. RECOGNIZED BY THEIR PEERS OUT OF CLOSE TO 1000 ENTRIES IN ONE OF THESE AWARDS, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THEM. I JUST NAMED MOST OF THEIR NAMES BUT HERE WE ARE RIGHT HERE. [APPLAUSE] >> GREAT JOB. [8. Receive, consider and act upon reports from Village Association representatives;] IS THAT EVERYBODY? MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES. STARTING OFF AT THE TOP OF THE ORDER, ALDEN BRIDGE AND MARION, WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTORS. MY NAME IS MARY ANN BRADEN, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE FROM ALDEN BRIDGE. WE HELD OUR LAST MEETING ON JUNE NINTH TO RECEIVE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT FROM SPECIALIST TAVARES. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK RICHARD FRANKS FOR ATTENDING THE MEETING AND GIVING US AN UPDATE ON THE MANY FOURTH OF JULY EVENTS THAT WILL BE COMING UP SOON. AND WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK CHRIS FOR BEING OUR SPEAKER. WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT OUR POOL PARTY ON JUNE SIXTH, RESIDENTS ENJOYING THE BLUE TWISTER, THE MAGICIAN, SNACKS, SNO CONES AND LUNCH FROM CHICK FIL A. WE WERE JUST FINISHING LUNCH WHEN IT THUNDERED AND STARTED TO RAIN SO WE HAD TO CLOSE DOWN A LITTLE BIT EARLY. BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHICK FIL A AND KROGER FOR SPONSORING THE EVENT. AND THE TOWNSHIP FOLKS WHO ALWAYS BRING US THE SUPPLIES THAT WE NEED. YOU HAVE THE BEST LIFEGUARDS AT THE ALDEN BRIDGE POOL. THEY WERE JUST AMAZING AND WE REALLY ENJOYED HAVING OUR PARTY THERE. OUR WINNER OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE WAS 83 SOUTH PLUMB CREST CIRCLE, WE WILL BE AWARDING THE JULY-YARD OF THE MONTH SOON. THEY ARE BUSY GETTING READY FOR OUR FALL FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER SEVENTH. THAT WILL BE FROM ONE TO FOUR AT LAKESIDE PARK AND I WILL SHARE MORE DETAILS IN THE FUTURE. WE DO NOT HOLD A MEETING IN JULY AND OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 11TH. WE HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE OUR NOVEMBER MEETING AT FIRE STATION [01:00:02] NUMBER 4, WE WILL HAVE A TOUR OF THE FIRE STATION AND THEN THE MEETING WILL BE HELD IN THE BAY AFTER THE TOUR IS FINISHED. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. >> THANK YOU MARY ANN. APPRECIATE IT. [APPLAUSE] NEXT UP, COCHRAN'S CROSSING, WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT, AS ALWAYS. ONE THING THAT MARY ANN SAID IS THAT WE HAVE THE BEST LIFEGUARDS, BUT WE THINK THEY HAVE THE BEST ONES AT THE BRANCH WHERE WE HAD OUR POOL PARTY. 250 PEOPLE WERE THERE. AND WE DO WANT TO THANK PARKS AND RECREATION FOR ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DO WITH US AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WE JUST HAD OUR MEETING ON TUESDAY NIGHT, THANK YOU TO DIRECTOR FRANKS FOR VISITING WITH US AND WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOU BEING THERE. WE DID HAVE TWO OF OUR SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS PRESENT, SO ALL THREE OF OUR SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS HAVE BEEN AT THE AWARD MEETINGS. AT THE POOL PARTY, WHICH WAS HELD ON JUNE SIXTH, WE HAD ABOUT 250 PEOPLE AND WAS HELD ON THE SAME DAY AS ALDEN BRIDGE BUT OTHERWISE WAS AT NIGHT, WE HAD PERFECT WEATHER. AND WE HAD 400 SNOW CONES GIVEN AWAY TO RESIDENTS. THOSE WERE ALWAYS GOOD. I WILL SAY I HAD MY OWN AS WELL. SO WE DID HAVE A MEETING ON TUESDAY. WE ARE MAKING PLANS FOR THE FALL FESTIVAL WHERE WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 1400 UP TO 2000 RESIDENTS THAT WILL COME TO THAT. AND WE ARE ALSO MAKING PLANS FOR THE BEST DECORATIONS FOR THE HOUSES IN HALLOWEEN SEASON AND ALSO FOR THE HOLIDAY LIGHTS IN DECEMBER. WE ARE ALREADY ACCEPTING BOOTH RENTALS FOR THE FALL FESTIVAL AS WELL AS PATRONAGE FOR OUR BAGS THAT WE GIVE AWAY FOR FREE. AND THEN ALL OF THAT MONEY GOES TOWARDS OUR EDUCATION FUNDS SO WE CAN GIVE MONEY TO OUR TEACHERS, THROUGH THE TEACHER GRANTS, WHICH LAST YEAR WE GAVE $10,000 AND ALSO TO OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR VILLAGE. >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT. [APPLAUSE] >> FINALLY, ERIC, WELCOME. WE WILL MIX IT UP NEXT TIME. >> YOU ARE FIRST NEXT TIME. >> GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN AND THE BOARD. WE HELD OUR SUMMER KICK OFF KIDS FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, MAY NINTH. IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS, HELD AT CRANBROOK PARK. WE HAD SOMEWHERE AROUND 2000 RESIDENTS. WE HAD BOUNCY HOUSES, RIDES, FACE PAINTING AND SO ON FOR THE KIDS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE SHERIFF, THE TOWNSHIP. ALPHA OMEGA AND THEIR WANTED POLICE. AS WELL AS 40 OR SO DIFFERENT SPONSORS AND SEVEN FOOD VENDORS. WE MANAGED TO RAISE OVER $10,000 THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF OUR SPONSORS. AND THAT WILL GO TOWARDS OUR GRANTS TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES GOING ON TO HIGHER EDUCATION. SPEAKING OF WHICH, AT OUR APRIL MEETING, WE AWARDED GRANTS TO THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. $2500 TO EACH SCHOOL WERE AWARDED TO THE PRINCIPALS WHO GAVE US A REPORT ON HOW THEY USED THEIR FUNDS IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND WHAT THEY PLAN TO USE THE FUNDS FOR NEXT YEAR. AND THEN, AT OUR MAY MEETING, WE HAD THE AWARDS TO OUR EIGHT SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS, $2000 PER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE WHICH IS GOING ON TO HIGHER EDUCATION. WE HAD KIDS THAT WERE GOING -- THAT ARE ATTENDING THE WOODLANDS HIGH SCHOOL AND MAGNOLIA HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEY ARE GOING ON TO UT AUSTIN, PURDUE, UNIVERSITY OF TULSA AND SOME STILL TO BE DETERMINED. OUR NEXT BIG EVENT COMING UP WILL BE OUR POOL PARTY ON SATURDAY, JULY 18TH. 11:00 TO 2:00 AT THE POOL, WHICH I'M TOLD IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST POOLS IN THE WOODLANDS. [LAUGHS] >> THE COMPETITION KEEPS GOING, BYE BYE! >> DON'T ASK ME WHY, BUT IT IS! AND THE FOLLOWING EVENT WILL BE OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT WHERE WE HOPE TO RAISE EVEN MORE FUNDS FOR OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AT OUR SCHOOLS. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE AUGUST SIXTH, WE HOPE TO SEE SOME OF YOU THERE. >> THANK YOU I APPRECIATE IT. [APPLAUSE] >> THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORTS FROM THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT. WE CALL A MOTION AND A SECOND TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORT. >> SECOND. >> MOVED BY DIRECTOR FRANK, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RESPOND. [ CONSENT AGENDA] [01:05:02] ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES. CONSENT AGENDA. THESE ARE NONCONTROVERSIAL ITEMS, HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE CONSIDERED APPROVAL AS ONE GROUP WITH ONE MOTION. NO DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS AN ITEM IS PLACED ON THE REGULAR AGENDA BY ANY BOARD MEMBER BY TAKING A VOTE ON THE MOTION. THESE ARE LOCATED ON PAGES SEVEN THROUGH 182 OF YOUR PACKET. DO I HAVE A MOTION. >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RESPOND. ANY OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES. >> CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY, REAL QUICK, AND PART OF YOUR CONSENT AGENDA THAT YOU JUST APPROVED, YOU DID AWARD THE BID FOR THE NATURE BRANCH THAT A COUPLE OF OUR RESIDENTS TALKED ABOUT. >> CAN I BACK UP AND PULL THAT OUT? WHERE IS THAT AT? AGENDA ITEM WHAT? H? I'M SORRY. LET'S PULL AND RECEIVE AND CONSIDER THE ACT FOR THE 2026 GROGANS POINT BRIDGE REPLACEMENT LOCATED ON PAGES 96 THROUGH 133 OF YOUR PACKET. I CALL ON OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER. CHRIS? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIRMAN BAILEY AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PULLING THIS OUT WITH THE RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE. THIS IS TO AWARD THE BID FOR THE BRIDGE REPAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO SOMEWHAT ADDRESS THE TIME OR THE AMOUNT OF TIME DUE TO THE RESIDENTS CONCERN, BUT I THINK THIS WAS -- THE TIME ISSUE WAS ACTUALLY ADDRESSED TO THE BOARD I WANT TO SAY BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2025, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHERE WE WERE TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THE MOST LONG TERM SOLUTION FOR THIS BRIDGE AND THIS LOCATION. TO RECAP BACK THE BRIDGE CROSSES PANTHER BRIDGE. WE HAVE SEEN VOLUMES INCREASE AND WE HAVE ALSO BEEN ON THE SECOND BRIDGE. THIS IS NOW THE THIRD BRIDGE THAT WILL BE REPLACED. WE ALSO, DURING THIS TIME. IN THE EARLIER PARTS IN 2025, WERE IN GOVERNMENTAL SHUTDOWN, AT THAT TIME WE WERE HEARING THAT THERE WERE RUMORS THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A BRIDGE EXTENSION ON SAWDUST THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A SOLUTION FOR US. WELL THAT BRIDGE HAS NOW BEEN PUSHED OFF JUST A LITTLE BIT, IT IS ACTUALLY A DESIGN. THIS IS THE BRIDGE VEHICLE BRIDGE. OUR LONG TERM SOLUTION -- THE SHORT TERM SOLUTION IS TO BUILD THIS BRIDGE RIGHT NOW. BUT ALSO, FORTHCOMING TO YOU IN THE 2027 BUDGET IS THE BUDGET INITIATIVE THAT LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR ENGINEERING, POTENTIAL RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, WORKING WITH THE PIPELINES, ET CETERA, TO PROVIDE A LONG TERM SOLUTION. WE HAVE HEARD WORD FROM PRECINCT THREE THAT THERE WILL BE WHAT I WILL CALL A PATHWAY WING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BRIDGE BACK ON THE SAWDUST BRIDGE. THE BRIDGE WILL BE RAISED IN ELEVATION SEVERAL FEET TO GET IT OUT OF THE FLOODWAY AND FLOODPLAIN AREA THERE. SO PART OF THIS SCOPE LONG TERM IS WORKING TO FIND THAT ROUTE FOR PEOPLE TO BE, WHAT I WOULD SAY WITH SOMEWHAT FINGERS CROSSED, PERMANENTLY CONNECTED SO WE DO NOT HAVE BRIDGE OUTAGES IN THE FUTURE. WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE DESIGNED A VERY GOOD BRIDGE. AND PART OF THE CHALLENGE WITH DESIGNING A BRIDGE IN THE FLOODWAY IS THE FACT THAT IT HAS TO GO THROUGH EXTENSIVE MODELING AND ALSO EXTENSIVE PERMITTING THAT WAS PART OF THIS PROCESS. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO ADVERSE IMPACTS UP AND DOWNSTREAM. AND IF THE BOARD APPROVES THIS, OUR GOAL IS TO GET THIS DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO WE ARE LOOKING IN THAT OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER TIME. AGAIN, IF WEATHER HOLDS OUT FOR US. WE HAVE GOT TO DEMO EVERYTHING, WE'VE GOT TO BE SURE IT IS CLEAN, AND THEN BUILD IT BACK UP. THAT IS PART OF THE DELAY. AND ALSO, FOR THE BOARD TO FIND THE LONG TERM SOLUTION. >> CAN WE EXPEDITE THIS IN A FAST WAY? WE WANT THEM TO BE MOVING ALONG REALLY FAST, AND I UNDERSTAND IT IS A FLOODED ZONE BUT I THINK MISS ESTRADA'S COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT THE THUMB KIND OF RESONATES. I'VE GOT IN-LAWS THERE AS WELL THAT I'VE BEEN GETTING EARFUL ON THIS DEAL. SO IF WE CAN EXPEDITE IT, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. >> POINT TAKEN. >> YOU EXPLAIN IT SO WELL. I THINK THAT MOVING FORWARD, PARTICULARLY THIS BRANCH, FOR SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, WHERE RESIDENTS MAY FEEL LIKE NO ONE IS LISTENING TO THEM. IF MAYBE THE PARTNERSHIP OR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT -- I. KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THE SORE THUMB OF I KNOW THE BRIDGE HAS BEEN OUT FOR 18 MONTHS OR SO, BUT ALMOST EIGHT YEARS WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO A PARTNERSHIP, TRYING TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER. AND I THINK THE RESIDENTS ARE LIKE OKAY, THEY ARE WORKING ON IT. AND I THINK THAT IS PART OF IT. ME BEING NEW, I'M KIND OF LIKE WHY IS THE BRIDGE STOPPED? BUT YOU EXPLAIN IT I'M LIKE [01:10:03] COOL, YOU WERE THINKING AHEAD. SO THAT IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. BUT I THINK THAT IF WE COMMUNICATE THAT BETTER, JUST TO THE RESIDENTS -- I. DON'T KNOW HOW, MAYBE THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, IT WOULD BE AWESOME. >> I THINK THAT IS A GREAT IDEA. WE CAN USE OUR MAGAZINE AND EVEN THE WATERWAY, WHERE'S IT STANDING AT THIS POINT? JUST SOME KIND OF UPDATE SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME HERE JUST TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. >> YES. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, ACTION IS REQUIRED TO AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR THE CIVIL LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $407,370 FOR THE 2026 GROGAN'S POINT NATURE TRAIL PATHWAY BRIDGE REPLACEMENT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY AGREEMENTS AS APPROVED IN THE FINAL FORM BY THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RESPOND BY SAYING I. ALL THOSE OPPOSED THE MOTION [10. Receive, consider and act upon the results of the 2026 Resident Survey;] CARRIES. ALL RIGHT MOVING ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. AGENDA ITEM TEN, RECEIVE AND CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE RESULTS OF THE 2026 RESIDENTS SURVEY, LOCATED IN PAGE 183 OF YOUR PACKET. I CALL ON THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS TO REPORT. >> GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTORS. WE HAVE COMPLETED THE 2026 SURVEY. OUR RESIDENT SURVEY. WE DO THIS SURVEY EVERY TWO YEARS. AND WE DID IT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN THE YEAR THAN WE DID BACK IN 2024 AND IN 2024 WE HAD PLANNED TO DO THE SURVEY AROUND AUGUST HOWEVER, THE HURRICANE CAME THROUGH IN JULY, SO WE HAD TO POSTPONE THE SURVEY TO NOVEMBER OF THAT YEAR. SO YOU ACTUALLY DIDN'T RECEIVE THE RESULTS OF THE 2024 SURVEY UNTIL JANUARY OF 2025. IT MAY SEEM LIKE WE JUST DID THIS, BUT I PROMISE IT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN TWO YEARS. SO I WILL INTRODUCE OUR VENDOR FROM THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER TO GIVE YOU THE REPORT. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THE 2026 RESIDENTIAL SURVEY FOR THE WOODLANDS. I DID THE AIR FORCE FOR 25 YEARS, GOT OUT AND DID A FEW THINGS AND I AM NOW THE COO. BEFORE I BEGIN I WOULD LIKE TO THANK LEANNE PETERSON, WHO HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SURVEY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY COLLEAGUE, MOST OF YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW HIM, BUT HE WAS THE PRIMARY PRODUCT MANAGER AND DID A LOT OF WORK AND EVERYTHING THAT WE SEE OUT HERE. I JUST GET THE GLORY TO PRESENT THIS. I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW ABOUT US. OUR MISSION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS DATA AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS ARE COMBINED IN ORDER TO MAKE BETTER DATA INFORMED DECISIONS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY THRIVE AND IMPROVE THE OVERALL RESIDENTS QUALITY OF LIFE. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SURVEY. THIS IS THE SEVENTH ITERATION DOING A RESIDENT SURVEY, YOU CAN SEE THE PAST YEARS WE HAVE DONE IT, EVERY OTHER YEAR. YOU CONDUCTED IT IN THE SPRING OF LAST YEAR AND THESE DATES. WE SEND OUT THE SURVEY -- WE SEND OUT A POSTCARD AT TWO DIFFERENT TOUCH POINTS. FIRST, RESIDENTS GET A POSTCARD THAT INVITES THEM TO TAKE THE SURVEY WHICH INCLUDES A URL AND A QR CODE FOR THEM TO GO ON AND TAKE IT. AND THE SECOND IS THEY GET A REMINDER, YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN THIS YET AND WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE IT? WITH THE URL AND THE QR CODE. IN ORDER TO GET THE SURVEY GIVEN TO THEM -- TO GET THE POSTCARD, WE FIRST TAKE A SAMPLE, WE TAKE ALL HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE WITHIN THE ZIP CODES SERVING THE COMMUNITY OF THE WOODLANDS. WE THEN OVERLAY THE BOUNDARY FILE IN ORDER TO OVERSEE THE ACTUAL DEMARCATION OF WHERE THE WOODLANDS IS. SO WE HAVE ALL HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN THE WOODLANDS, WITHIN THOSE ZIP CODES SERVING. WE THEN RANDOMLY SELECT AMONGST THOSE HOUSEHOLDS, 10,000 DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLDS TO RECEIVE THE SURVEY. BECAUSE WE RANDOMLY SELECT THIS, IT IS A PROBABILITY BASED SURVEY. BECAUSE IT IS A PROBABILITY BASED SURVEY, WE CAN BE SURE OF STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE ON WHAT IT IS WE ARE PRESENTING YOU. OUT OF THOSE 10,000 HOUSEHOLDS THAT RECEIVED THE SURVEY, EACH ONE OF THEM HAS AN ASSIGNED PIN CODE TO VALIDATE THAT THEY ARE THE ONES RECEIVING IT AND THERE IS A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER FOR EACH HOUSEHOLD. SO THEY CANNOT GIVE THIS POSTCARD TO ANOTHER HOUSEHOLD AND THEN TAKE IT, UNLESS THEY HAVE THEN VOIDED THEIR RIGHT TO TAKE IT, BECAUSE THEY CAN ONLY USE THAT PANEL ONE TIME. OUT OF THOSE 10,000 HOUSEHOLDS, WE RECEIVED 1438 TOTAL BALLOT RESPONSES. BUT 90 OF THOSE WERE ACTUALLY DUPLICATE PENS AND THUS YOU SEE THAT OUR FINAL NUMBER IS 1348 THAT TOOK THE SURVEY, GIVING US A 14% RESPONSE RATE. SO OUT OF THE 10,000, YOU HAVE 1348, ROUGHLY THE 48% RESPONSE RATE. RELATIVE TO THE NATION, THIS IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE IT. THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS ABOUT A 13% RESPONSE RATE, WE HAVE ABOUT 400 DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND OUR BENCHMARKS THAT WE CAN [01:15:01] ACTUALLY BENCHMARK YOU AGAINST, THAT IS WHERE WE GET THE 13%. WE ALSO BENCHMARK YOU LATER ON AND YOU WILL SEE IT AGAINST TEXAS COMMUNITIES. TEXAS ACTUALLY HAS A LOWER RESPONSE RATE OF ABOUT 8.5%. SO YOU WERE ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AND YOU ARE WELL ABOVE THE TEXAS AVERAGE. WHILE THAT RESPONSE RATE IS IMPORTANT, REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO SAY FOR THE PRECISION OF ESTIMATES AND THE MARGIN OF ERROR. THAT ALLOWS US TO SAY BECAUSE OF THE 1400 RESPONSES THAT WE HAVE A 95% CONFIDENCE WITHIN A 3% MARGIN OF ERROR. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT THE SAMPLE -- IF THE SURVEY WAS GIVEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN, OUR ESTIMATES THAT I WILL PRESENT ARE WITHIN THREE PERCENTAGE POINTS OF THE ACTUAL VALUE OF YOUR COMMUNITY, 95% OF THE TIME. LAST, WE DO STATISTICALLY WEIGHT YOUR SURVEY RESULTS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE REPRESENTATION AMONGST YOUR COMMUNITY. WHAT WEIGHING IS IS THE BEST PRACTICE WHERE WE USE THE CENSUS DEMOGRAPHICS IN ORDER TO SAY OKAY, HERE'S HOW THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY FEELS. A REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS IMAGINE IF YOU HAD 1000 MALES AND 1000 FEMALES AND WE SENT THIS OUT TO 500 OF THEM AND HEARD FROM 200 MALES AND 100 FEMALES. WE WOULD DOUBLE THE WEIGHT OF THE FEMALE RESPONSES SO THAT WE CAN GET AN EQUAL REPRESENTATION OF THAT. >> JUST A MINUTE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I FIND INTERESTING. WE'VE GOT A PRETTY EDUCATED, PASSIONATE COMMUNITY HERE. INCLUDING THE BOARD. BY SHOW OF HANDS, WHO HAS EVER RECEIVED THIS IN THE MAIL AND FILLED IT OUT AND TURNED IT IN? OKAY, THAT IS MORE THAN I EXPECTED, I STAND CORRECTED. >> OPEN YOUR MAIL! >> I CHECK MY MAIL A LOT. BUT I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ONE. >> BUT IF WE WERE TO PURPOSEFULLY SELECT YOU... [LAUGHS] >> I THINK I'M TOO OPINIONATED. I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON. I HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED. IT'S ALL RIGHT. >> SO NOW I WILL GO INTO AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESULTS. I WILL STAY HIGH LEVEL AND THEN GET DETAILED AFTER THIS HIGH LEVEL PORTION. YOUR SURVEY PERTAINS OR CONTAINS MANY QUESTIONS. OF THE ONES WE CAN COMPARE TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL, THERE ARE 18 OF THOSE QUESTIONS, 16 OF THEM ACTUALLY RECEIVED HIGHER RATINGS, SIX OF THEM RECEIVED MUCH HIGHER, TEN OF THEM RECEIVED HIGHER RATINGS THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. WE WILL GO INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT THOSE ARE. AND KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO GET HIGHER OR MUCH HIGHER, YOU HAVE TO BE TEN PERCENTAGE POINTS HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OR 20. NONE OF YOURS RECEIVED LOWER RATINGS. WHEN WE COMPARE YOU TO THE TEXAS BENCHMARK, IT IS A SIMILAR STORY. FEWER QUESTIONS WE CAN COMPARE TO THE TEXAS BENCHMARKS. BUT AGAIN, YOU HAVE TEN THAT ARE ABOVE AVERAGE, THEY ARE HIGHER RATINGS AND ACTUALLY FOUR OF THOSE ARE MUCH HIGHER. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, NONE RECEIVED LOWER RATINGS. SO NOW I WILL GET INTO THE KEY FINDINGS. I POLLED FIVE DIFFERENT KEY FINDINGS OUT. EACH TIME I WILL SHOW YOU I PUT THE KEY FINDING IS AND THEN THE SLIDES SUPPORTING THAT. REALIZED THAT THERE IS MUCH MORE DETAIL IN THE PDF REPORT THAT YOU ALL HAVE ACCESS TO IF YOU WANT, THAT ALLOWS YOU TO BREAK IT DOWN BY DEMOGRAPHICS AND SEE SPECIFICS OF DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, DIFFERENT RACES, HOW PEOPLE ARE THINKING THROUGH EACH OF THESE QUESTIONS DEMOGRAPHICALLY. >> I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE RAW DATA? >> TO THE DATA OR TO THE PDF? YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO EITHER, YES. THE PDF SUMMARIZES ALL OF THE DATA, THE ORIGINAL DATA. >> I'M ALWAYS CURIOUS WHEN WE SEE THE GRAPHS, HOW WE GET THERE. AND SEEING THAT AS WELL. BUT JUST WE KIND OF DO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DATA. COOL, THANK YOU. >> SO THE FIRST KEY FINDING IS THAT NATURAL AMENITIES AND QUALITY OF LIFE DRIVE RESIDENT SATISFACTION. SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE FROM WHAT WE HAVE HEARD TODAY. QUALITY OF LIFE IS TYPICALLY ALWAYS AT THE TOP OF RESIDENTS PRIORITY. AND SO WHY DO I SAY THAT? IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT LIVING IN THE WOODLANDS, THE TOP TWO ARE SOMETHING ABOUT NATURAL BEAUTY, THE APPEARANCE, BEAUTY OF AREA, TREES, PARKS, OPEN SPACE, ALL 85% OF YOUR RESIDENTS OR MORE SAY THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THEY LIKE ABOUT LIVING HERE. QUALITY OF LIFE COMES IN THIRD, IT IS SAFE, AGAIN, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT DECLINE. BUT IT IS ALL STILL VERY IMPORTANT THINGS TO YOUR RESIDENTS. THE ARROWS THAT ARE NEXT TO THE ESTHETIC, THE SCHOOLS, THOSE ARROWS ALL SHOW RELATIVE TO YOUR 2024 SURVEY, HOW YOUR RESIDENTS RESPOND. SO YOU SEE DECLINES IN ESTHETICS AND SCHOOLS AS FAR AS WHAT YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT LIVING HERE IN THE WOODLANDS, BUT YOU ALSO SAW AN INCREASE RELATIVE TO 24 IN THE FACT THAT IT IS A QUIET AND PEACEFUL PLACE. IN ORDER TO SEE THE INCREASE OR DECREASE, IT HAS TO BE GOING DOWN FOUR PERCENTAGE POINTS. HOW IMPORTANT IS PRESERVING PROPERTY VALUES AND MAINTAINING THE LOOK AND CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY IN YOUR DECISION TO LIVE IN THE WOODLANDS? WE LIKE TO SUM UP THE POSITIVE RESPONSES. HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT 96% OF PEOPLE SAID THAT THIS WAS SOMEWHAT OR VERY IMPORTANT. VERY FEW THOUGHT THAT WAS NOT IMPORTANT. [01:20:04] A KEY ASPECT OF THE FINDING -- >> ONE MORE QUESTION. AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU SAID THIS IN THE BEGINNING. THIS IS HOMEOWNERS VERSUS RENTERS AS WELL? LIKE A RENTER, HOMEOWNER VERSUS -- >> IT CAN BE EITHER. WE SEND IT TO THE HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE WITHIN. >> WHAT ABOUT AN APARTMENT? WOULD THEY RECEIVE THIS? >> THEY WOULD ALSO RECEIVE IT. THEY COULD IF THEY WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED. BUT THE POPULATION WOULD BE SELECTED. >> OKAY. >> KEY FINDING NUMBER 2, TOWNSHIP SERVICES CONTINUE TO EARN EXCEPTIONAL RATINGS. POINTING OUT HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TOWNSHIP SERVICES. SO HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE FOLLOWING TOWNSHIP SERVICES? THIS IS AMAZING TO ME. TO SEE THAT 92% OR MORE IN EVERY CASE RATE IT AS VERY GOOD OR GOOD, YOU WERE DOING VERY GOOD IN THE TOWNSHIP SERVICES YOU ARE PROVIDING. SO FIRE DEPARTMENT RATING 100%, I HAVE NEVER SEEN 100%. BUT THAT'S PRETTY AWESOME GOOD JOB TO YOU ALL AND EVERYONE HERE. AND EVERYTHING IS JUST REALLY SHOWING POSITIVE. OVER THERE TO THE LEFT, OF EACH OF THESE YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE MAP OF THE U.S., THAT JUST MEANS IT DID BETTER THAN THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK. AND IF YOU SEE A LITTLE MAP OF TEXAS AND AN UP ARROW, THAT MEANS IT DID BETTER THAN THE OTHER BENCHMARK. THESE ARE SOME OF THOSE AREAS WHEN I SAID THERE WERE 16 AND TEN, WITHIN THE NATIONAL AND TEXAS THAT WERE BETTER, HERE'S SOME OF THE AREAS THAT ARE ACTUALLY BETTER. THE VALUE OF THE TOWNSHIP SERVICES ALSO RECEIVED VERY GOOD MARKS FROM RESIDENTS, 95% RATING THEM AS A GOOD VALUE OR VERY GOOD VALUE FOR THE MONEY. BUT VERY FEW SAYING POOR VALUE FOR THE MONEY. AND IF I COMPARE IT TO HOW IT HAS BEEN OVER TIME, YOU CAN SEE IT IS PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS. THOSE WERE ALL A SLIGHT INCREASE OVER 2018. SO I WENT TOWNSHIP SERVICES, NOW WE WILL GO COUNTY SERVICES. COUNTY SERVICES AND PUBLIC SAFETY RECEIVED STRONG RESIDENT SUPPORT. IT IS NOT AS STRONG AS YOUR TOWNSHIP SERVICES BUT IS STILL STRONG. SO EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT AREAS RECEIVED 94% OR HIGHER, IF YOU ARE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES SO THE COUNTY VALUES ARE ALSO BEING VERY WELL RESPECTED. MOBILITY THROUGHOUT THE WOODLANDS, 84% OF RESIDENTS SAYING IT IS VERY GOOD OR GOOD. THE ONLY ONE OF THESE THAT DID NOT RECEIVE BETTER THAN THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK IS THE LAST ONE, WHICH IS TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS, INCLUDING SPEED AND TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. THERE'S NOT A DOWN ARROW, THAT JUST MEANS IT WAS ON PAR WITH THE NATION, NOT ABOVE IT, ALSO NOT BELOW IT. YOU CAN SEE THE ONES THAT ARE BETTER THAN TEXAS BENCHMARKS AND NATIONAL BENCHMARKS, THAT KEY ON THE LEFT. OKAY HOW SAFE DO YOUR RESIDENTS FEEL RELATIVE TO THE LAST TIME THEY TOOK THE SURVEY? WE DID SEE 60% THE SAME, 11% SAFER AND 28% LESS SAFE THAN HOW THEY FELT IN 2024. THIS IS ABOUT HOW THEY'VE BEEN RANKING IT IN THE PAST YEARS BUT ACTUALLY AN IMPROVEMENT IF YOU CONSIDER THE SAFE OR SAFER HAS GONE UP, JUST A LITTLE BIT. AND THE LESS SAFE HAS GONE DOWN RELATIVE TO PAST YEARS SURVEYS. KEY FINDING NUMBER 4 IS COMMUNICATION EFFORTS REACHING RESIDENTS EFFECTIVELY. SO HOW IS IT WE ARE ACTUALLY COMMUNICATING WITH RESIDENTS. THE QUESTION HOW YOU PRIMARILY LEARN ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES AND YOU CAN SEE THAT A MAJORITY OF THEM LEARN FROM THE COMMUNITY MAGAZINE, WORD OF MOUTH, COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER AND TOWNSHIP WEBSITE. ALL THOSE WITHIN 30 OR 40% OF PEOPLE LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS GOING ON. COMMUNITY THINGS. THEY MUST BE RELATIVE TO 2024 IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE THE INCREASING ARROW SO YOU CAN SEE THE THINGS THAT YOU CONTROL IN THE COMMUNICATIONS WORLD, THE MAGAZINE, THE WEBSITE, THE EMAILS, THOSE ARE ALL ACTUALLY ACTIVELY BEING USED BY RESIDENTS MORE THAN THEY WERE BACK IN 2024. HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE QUALITY OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP? 93% ARE VERY HAPPY. THEY ARE SAYING GOOD OR VERY GOOD. 8% ARE SAYING POOR. AND THE FUTURE FINDING IS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AS KEY COMMUNITY CONSIDERATIONS. HOW WOULD YOU RATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE WOODLANDS PUCK A VERY POSITIVE RESPONSE, HAVING 92% OF PEOPLE SAYING GOOD OR VERY GOOD AND VERY FEW SAYING POOR. LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE WOODLANDS, HERE WE ARE SEEING A SPLIT. ABOUT HALF OF YOUR RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE YOU ARE OVERDEVELOPED, 45% THINK JUST RIGHT AND 4% ARE SAYING UNDERDEVELOPED. RELATIVE TO HOW IT IS ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE HOW IT WAS IN THE PAST AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME SCALE. AND THE LAST THING IS HOW YOU WOULD RATE THE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE WOODLANDS. HERE YOU ARE SEEING THAT 67% SAY [01:25:01] GOOD OR VERY GOOD AND 34% SAY POOR. SO OUT OF ALL OF THE SLIDES I HAVE SHOWN YOU, THIS IS THE ONE THAT I FEEL LIKE SHOWS WHERE WE COULD MAYBE IMPROVE THE MOST. EITHER TO HAVE BETTER EFFORTS OR MAYBE IT IS MORE, LIKE WHAT YOU WERE SAYING WITH THE MARKETING, WHAT IT IS YOU ARE DOING AND MAKING SURE THAT IS GETTING PUBLICIZED SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN SEE HEY CAN I HEAR THE THINGS WE ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. AND HERE'S A SUMMARY OF THE FIVE KEY FINDINGS. AGAIN, THERE'S MORE ON THAT PDF DOCUMENT. YOU CAN HAVE THE KEY FV IF YOU WANTED, THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO SEE MORE DETAILS BUT TO KEEP THIS BRIEF, WE WANTED TO SUMMARIZE THE FIVE THINGS WE THOUGHT WERE MOST IMPORTANT. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE GRAPH WITH THE SCHOOL? >> THE SCHOOL? >> WE WERE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX DOWN AND NORMALLY WE ARE MUCH HIGHER. DO YOU REMEMBER HOW HIGH WE USED TO BE? ONE MORE. >> THEY KEEP FINDING THEM. >> DO I REMEMBER WHAT? >> THE SCHOOLS QUALITY OF EDUCATION AT 48%. SO MANY PEOPLE TALK TO US BECAUSE OF SCHOOLS MOVING HERE. SO TO THINK THAT WE WERE THAT MUCH LOWER, YOU REMEMBER WHERE WE WERE LAST TIME BY ANY CHANCE? >> I DO ACTUALLY. IN 2024, YOU WERE RATED 55%. AND SO WE SAW MORE THAN A FOUR PERCENTAGE POINT DECREASE, THUS THE DECREASING NARROWED IT DOWN TO 48%. >> THE ESTHETIC DECREASED BY FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN AT 71. >> WHAT ABOUT THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY? DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON THAT? THAT IS THE LOWEST RATING AT THE BOTTOM. >> I DON'T HAVE THE ONES ON ME, BUT I CAN LOOK IN THE PDF AND TELL YOU BEFORE I LEAVE. >> OKAY. I KNOW WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY, WE DON'T SPEND MONEY ON SCHOOLS. THAT IS NOT IN THE PURVIEW. BUT WE DO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND I'M CURIOUS IF OUR MONEY IS NOT BEING WELL SPENT, MAYBE WE SHOULD REALLOCATE IT TO OTHER AREAS THAT WE WORK. SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO HEAR. >> YES, MA'AM. I CAN PASS IT ON BEFORE I LEAVE OR DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST GIVE IT TO YOU? >> EITHER WAY. >> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY HERE THAT THESE PERCENTAGES AREN'T HOW THEY RATED OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THIS IS JUST LISTING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT IS IMPORTANT OR WHAT IS BEST ABOUT LIVING IN THE WOODLANDS, THIS IS HOW IT CAME OUT. I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. IT DOESN'T MEAN IT ONLY GOT A 48% RATING. >> I DO KNOW IT IS NOT MORE THAN FOUR PERCENTAGE POINTS DIFFERENT THAN WHEN LAST SURVEYED BECAUSE THERE IS NO ARROW NEXT TO IT. WE WOULD HAVE PUT AN ARROW NEXT TO IT IF IT WAS. >> THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY WASN'T THE HIGHEST MARK. >> IT MUST HAVE BEEN 43% OR LOWER. >> SO HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES? IS THAT PRETTY MUCH A LOW LEVEL FOR ALL COMMUNITIES? WITH THE IPHONE IT IS HARD TO GET PEOPLE OFF AND ENJOYING THE COMMUNITIES, RIGHT? >> YES, DEFINITELY A PROBLEM AMONGST ALL COMMUNITIES. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE ALWAYS SEE IS QUALITY OF LIFE AND LIFESTYLE. SO WHEN WE ASK WHAT YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT LIVING HERE, THEY WILL CARE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE. YOURS IS A LITTLE LOWER, PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE THE NOVELTY OF BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON OTHER THINGS BECAUSE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS SO HIGH HERE. SO MANY RESIDENTS STILL THINK ABOUT THAT, OBVIOUSLY. THAT IS A GIVEN TO THEM. SO THE FACT THAT YOU ARE NOT HAVING THAT AT THE TOP IS ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD SIGN BECAUSE THEY ARE ABLE TO WORRY ABOUT OTHER THINGS BESIDES JUST HOW THEIR LIFE IS RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, I APPRECIATE IT. >> YES, MA'AM. THIS HAS BEEN FANTASTIC, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT. [APPLAUSE] EVERYBODY IS CLAPPING HERE. ALL RIGHT. NO BOARD ACTION IS REQUIRED ON THIS, I CALL A MOTION AND SECOND TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. >> SECOND. [11. Receive, consider and act upon an update regarding performances/performers at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion; ] >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES. RECEIVE AND CONSIDER ACTING UPON THE AMERICA -- RECEIVE AND CONSIDER ACTING UPON THE UPDATE REGARDING THE PERFORMANCE AND PERFORMANCE AT THE CYNTHIA WOODS MITCHELL PERFORMERS LOCATED ON PAGE 184 OF YOUR PACKET, I CALL ON PRESIDENT CEO MONIQUE SHARP TO PRESENT. MONIQUE? DO YOU WANT TO GO UP THERE WITH HER? >> THANK YOU YES, I AM GOING TO LET LEGAL COUNSEL ADDRESS THE LEGAL MATTERS ASSOCIATED WITH [01:30:01] THIS. I JUST WANT TO READ A STATEMENT FROM THE PAVILION, IN TERMS OF WHAT THEIR RESPONSE IS WHEN THEY RECEIVE THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT -- THAT WE HEARD TONIGHT FROM THE RESIDENTS. THE PAVILION PRIDES ITSELF ON PREVENTING -- PRESENTING A DIVERSE OPTION OF MUSICAL GENRES, INCLUDING ORCHESTRA, COUNTRY, ROCK, HEAVY METAL, ET CETERA. WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THAT NOT ALL ARTISTS APPEAL TO EVERYONE, WE DO NOT DICTATE ARTISTIC EXPRESSION OR CENSOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH ON OUR STAGES. THAT IS THEIR COMMENT. AND THEN I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BRETT FOR NOW AND WE'LL ASSIST WHERE I CAN. >> THANK YOU, MONIQUE. AND I WILL SAY THIS, THANK YOU BOARD FOR ADDRESSING DIFFICULT AND VERY -- I. GUESS DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH ISSUES. LET ME START WITH A HISTORY OF THE PAVILION. THERE HAS BEEN TALK ABOUT CONTRACT SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP AND THE HISTORY OF OUR RELATIONSHIP AS A TOWNSHIP WITH THE PAVILION. IN 2009, SENATE BILL 2515 MODIFIED THE TOWNSHIP'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA OR LEGISLATIVE POWERS TO ALLOW FOR AN EVENT TAX. THAT THEN REQUIRED US TO BASICALLY PUT TOGETHER A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE AN EVENT TAX AND THAT WAS DONE IN 2011 AFTER THAT WAS PASSED IN 2009. THAT EVENT TAX IS UP TO 5% OF ANY TICKET SALES. THE AGREEMENT -- AND WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PAVILION, IT IS A 20 YEAR AGREEMENT THAT WAS SIGNED IN 2011 AND GOES THROUGH 2030. THAT DOES NOT ADDRESS CONTENT. THE ONLY THING IT ADDRESSES IS THE FACT THAT WE WILL SHARE THAT EVENT TAX IN A CERTAIN WAY. AND 90% OF THAT GOES BACK TO THEM, FOR THEM TO PROMOTE CULTURAL ARTS RELATED ACTIVITIES, GENERALLY THAT MONEY IS DONE FOR EDUCATIONAL THINGS AND THOSE SORTS OF ACTIVITIES. THAT MONEY DOES NOT PROMOTE BRINGING SOME OF THE ARTISTS THAT YOU HAVE MENTIONED TO NIGHT. THAT AGREEMENT CAN BE MODIFIED ONLY WITH THE MUTUAL CONSENT OF BOTH PARTIES. SO THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE PAVILION ADHERE TO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, THERE IS NO CONTRACT BETWEEN US AND THE PAVILION THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT UNTIL THE CONTRACT IS REVIEWED AND MAYBE AT THAT POINT THE WORK COULD CONSIDER THAT. LET ME ALSO ADDRESS THE FCC, BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP A LOT TONIGHT. THE FCC'S AUTHORITY IS VERY SPECIFIC TO OVER-THE-AIR BROADCASTING. AND SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDES LIVE PERFORMANCES, INCLUDING LIVE PERFORMANCES AND WHERE THOSE LANGUAGES PROJECT. SO THERE IS NO ABILITY FOR US TO CALL THE FCC, COMPLAINT TO THE FCC AND SAY THAT THIS LANGUAGE THAT WE ARE HEARING FROM THE PAVILION IS SOMEHOW VIOLATING SOME FEDERAL LAW. THAT IS NOT AN OPTION AVAILABLE TO US. IF THERE WERE, I THINK A COMMENT WAS MADE IN FACT LET'S GET THE PAVILION TO AGREE TO BASICALLY CENSOR THEIR SHOWS TO THE LEVEL OF THE FCC, THEN GOOD LUCK. I DON'T SEE HOW THE PAVILION WOULD WANT TO DO THAT IN FACT THE STATEMENT MONIQUE READ WAS PRETTY CLEAR. THEY BELIEVE IT IS FREE SPEECH UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT. SO THAT IS THE BACKGROUND ON IT FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE. AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR WHERE WE GO FROM HERE. >> I WILL KICK IT OFF, THIS IS DOCTOR SHELLY AND CINDY HEIZER THAT ASKED TO BE ON THE AGENDA SO I WILL LET YOU GUYS TAKE IT IN THAT ORDER. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIRMAN. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE DIRECTOR GIVING ME A SECOND ON THIS AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO US AND DOING SO IN A RESPECTFUL WAY. I REALLY VALUE YOUR COURTESY AND IN SOME WAYS IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE RECIPROCATED. FIRST OF ALL, OUR ATTORNEY NOTES THE LAW -- AND I APPRECIATE T THAT. AND I THINK THAT WHEN OUR CHAIRMAN BECOMES A STATE REPRESENTATIVE, HE WILL HAVE A DIRECT WAY TO IMPACT THAT LAW. MAYBE NOT FEDERAL YET, WHO KNOWS, BUT CERTAINLY AT THE STATE LEVEL. HE CAN DO SOME THINGS. AND ALL OF THESE ENGAGEMENTS THAT WE ARE HAVING HERE MAKE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE BURNED INTO HIS CONSCIOUSNESS ABOUT WHAT HIS [01:35:01] CONSTITUENTS CARE ABOUT. THIS IS WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT. AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. THAT SAID, I WILL ADDRESS THE IDEA THAT THIS IS FREE SPEECH PROTECTED SPEECH. IT IS VERY CLEAR, UNDER THE FCC RULES, THAT PROFANITY -- AND THIS IS A SUPREME COURT DECISION, THIS IS NOT LEGISLATURE -- IT SAYS THAT IN THEIR WEBSITE IT SAYS IN THE SUPREME COURT'S 1964 LANDMARK CASE ON OBSCENITY AND, JUSTICE STEWART POTTER FAMOUSLY WROTE, I KNOW IT WHEN I SEE IT. AND THAT CASE STILL INFLUENCES THE FCC TODAY. AND IT IMPACTS THEIR REGUL REGULATIONS. SO THE WOODLANDS PAVILION DOES NOT HAVE TO HIDE UNDER THAT PENUMBRA OF FIRST AMENDMENT. I DARE SAY, IF THERE WAS A BAND THAT CURSED MUHAMMAD OR CURSED ISLAM OR CURSED JEWISH PEOPLE OR CURSED BLACK PEOPLE, THEY WOULD SAY ABSOLUTELY NOT. BUT BECAUSE IT CURSES GOD AND CHRISTIANS AND THE CHURCH AND THE POPE, THAT'S ART. MY DEAR FRIENDS, THAT IS NOT ART. I WOULD SAY IT IS HATE SPEECH, IT IS UNACCEPTABLE PROFANITY AND PROFANE CONTENT IS CALLED "GROSSLY OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE THAT IS CONSIDERED A PUBLIC NUISANCE." SO WHETHER THE FCC GUIDELINES APPLY ARE IRRELEVANT. THIS IS A NONPROFIT THAT MAKES $5 MILLION A YEAR, LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO THEIR 990 REPORT, 2 MILLION OF THAT CAME FROM WOODLANDS TAXPAYERS WHO COULD HAVE KEPT THAT $2 MILLION AND PUT IT TOWARDS ANOTHER REASONABLE USE. AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, AS A BODY TODAY, TAKE THIS ON. THANK YOU FOR THANKING US FOR TAKING ON TOUGH TOPICS, IT IS IMPORTANT. TO NOTE THAT YOU SUPPORT THAT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE AS A BOARD COULD DO SOMETHING AND WE ARE NOT A CITY, WE CANNOT ESTABLISH ORDINANCES THAT IMPACT THAT PROPERTY. BUT WE CAN SEND A LETTER AND ASK THE MITCHELL PAVILION'S BOARD AND THE CEO, ASKED THEM TO SET UP VOLUNTARY REGULATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE FCC, THAT REGULATE OBSCENITY AND DECENCY AND PROFANE CONTENT. AND ALSO TO APPEAR STRICTLY TO SENATE BILL 12, WHICH PROHIBITS SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT WHICH, WHEN I WAS REVIEWING SOME OF THESE ACTS, THEY DO HAVE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT PERFORMED ON THE STAGE. SO I THINK THEY NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT LAW APPLIES, BECAUSE LITTLE CHILDREN ARE IN THE AUDIENCE. LITTLE CHILDREN GO INTO THESE CONCERTS. SO THESE ARE TWO VERY IMPORTANT FACTS THAT WE HEAR AND RECOGNIZE BY VIDEOS THAT IS GOING ON. SO A LETTER FROM US, SIGNED BY US, ASKING THEM WITH GREAT CARE, TO PLEASE KEEP SETTING UP RULES TO ADHERE TO FCC VOLUNTARILY GUIDELINES. I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. THAT IS NUMBER 1. NUMBER 2 IS THAT WE HAVE HAD DIFFERENT AD HOC COMMITTEES, ESPECIALLY THE MOST RECENT ONE WOULD BE THE GOLF COURSE COMMITTEE. IT HAD TWO PUBLIC MEMBERS AND HAD TWO MEMBERS FROM THE BOARD. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE SET UP AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AGAIN, ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS NOT GOING AWAY, FOLKS. IT IS NOT GOING AWAY. AND HAVING TWO BOARD MEMBERS ON IT, TWO BOARD MEMBERS AND I SUGGEST PASTOR GREER AND PASTOR NELSON, THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS FOR A LONG TIME, PASTOR NELSON SERVED ON OUR BOARD JUST LIKE KYLE WATSON DID BEFORE YOU PUT HIM ON THE GOLF COMMITTEE. AND THEN ALSO TWO MEMBERS FROM THE CYNTHIA WOODS PAVILION, IT WOULD BE JEFF YOUNG, MAYBE KELLY, THE OTHER PERSON. LET US GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT THIS AND SEE WHERE WE CAN COME TOGETHER WITH COMMON GOALS. I THINK THESE TWO IDEAS ARE VALUABLE. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SINCERELY CONSIDER THEM TODAY, RESPECTFULLY. >> COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS. IF YOU KNOW ME, I MANAGE MY FACTS AND I SECOND THE MOTION TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA, BECAUSE I WANT EVERYONE TO BE EDUCATED ON WHAT THEY DO, HOW THEY OPERATE, THE HISTORY, ANY REGULATORY BODIES THAT CAN TAKE ACTION ON LIVE MUSIC THEATER. SO THERE'S A LOT THERE. I HAVE FOUR OR FIVE PAGES, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT AT SOME [01:40:01] POINT. BUT BASICALLY, TO ADD ON TO WHAT BRETT SAID, THE FCC WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1934 BY CONGRESS. AND IT COVERS RADIO TELEGRAPH, TV AND CABLE. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE LIVE MUSIC, THAT IS JUST A FACT. IT DOES NOT COVER LIVE MUSIC. SO THE FCC WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE SOMETHING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO COVER LIVE MUSIC AND ITS CONTENTS. IT HAS FREQUENCIES AND SYSTEMS IN FACT BUT NOT ARTISTIC CONTENT AND NOT THE SITE. THAT IS JUST THE FACT. AND I ASK WHY DID THEY NOT INCLUDE LIVE MUSIC? LIVE MUSIC HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL. AND THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934 IS LIMITED TO INTERSTATE AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BY WIRE OR RADIO, IT DOES NOT EXTEND TO WHAT HAPPENS IN A PRIVATE STAGE. AND IT REALLY DOES GO BACK TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT. AND BEING VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE ALLOW AND DISALLOW. AND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL SUPREME COURT CASES. I'M NOT A LAWYER AND I DON'T PLAY ONE ON TV. I WILL NOT PRETEND TO KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE LAW LIKE BRETT DOES. BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL SUPREME COURT CASES REGARDING LIVE MUSIC AND A LOT OF RULINGS HAVE BEEN IN FAVOR OF FREE SPEECH, EVERY TIME THAT I COULD FIND. AND I COULD NOT FIND ONE THAT FAVORS -- >> LET ME ADD TO THAT. IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, GOVERNMENT ACTION TAKING SOMEONE'S RIGHT TO SPEECH IS A HIGHER STANDARD. IF THEY WERE A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS WALKING THROUGH THE STREET AND SAID THEY WILL SUE THE PAVILION BECAUSE THIS ISN'T ACCEPTABLE SPEECH, IT IS NOT PROTECTED, THEY ARE PROBABLY BETTER STANDING THAN THE TOWNSHIP IS BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO DICTATE HOW PEOPLE SPEAK. >> HAS ANY OF THE PUBLIC, THAT YOU KNOW OF, MADE A PUBLIC NUISANCE COMPLAINT TO THE FCC ABOUT THE PAVILION? >> OR TO THE COUNTY OR TO THE SHERIFF? THAT IS SOMETHING I AM INTERESTED IN AS WELL AND I DO NOT KNOW. >> TO THE POINT OF THE FCC, IF WE WANT TO GET AN ANSWER AND PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY HAVE SOME COMPLAINTS HERE, IF THEY FILE A COMPLAINT OF THE FCC, I THINK WE WOULD GET A PRETTY GOOD ANSWER FROM THE FCC ON WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT HOW THE ORDINANCE -- >> I DON'T THINK WHAT ANYONE IS ASKING FCC TO GET INVOLVED HERE. I THINK WE ARE ASKING THE SELF CONTROL COMING FROM THE PAVILION, THAT THEY WOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE, BASED ON THE COMMUNITY'S REQUEST. THEY WERE STARTING TO BE A CULTURAL DESTINATION THAT GEORGE MITCHELL KNEW WAS GOING TO BE A GREAT THING. THEY WERE NOT STARTED TO DEGRADE AND PROMOTE VIOLENCE, THAT WAS NEVER IN GEORGE MITCHELL'S VISION. OR ANY OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE WOODLANDS. SO THIS IS A PERVERSION OF HIS VISION. AND IF THEY WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING, THEY WILL TAKE SOME STEPS TO DO SO. THAT IS WHY I AM SAYING IT IS A PROCESS, THIS IS A PROCESS. BUT IF WE WRITE THEM A LETTER SAYING PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS, PLEASE DO SOMETHING, THIS GIVES THEM SOME GROUNDS TO ACTUALLY MOVE. AND MAYBE THEY ARE BORED, WHICH IS COMPOSED OF DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE, COMMUNITY LEADERS, MAYBE THEY WILL SEE THIS AS A SERIOUS MATTER NOT TO BE IGNORED. >> BRETT, FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT DR. SHELLEY IS REQUESTING, A LETTER SENT TO THE PAVILION. A PRIVATE ENTITY. COMING FROM A PUBLIC ENTITY, WOULDN'T THAT IN A WAY, PIERCE THE VEIL OF, AS YOU WERE ALLUDING TO, THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS PRESSURING A PRIVATE ENTITY? >> I DON'T LIKE GIVING WHAT COULD BE CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE DAIS, BUT LET'S JUST SAY THIS. ANY COMMUNICATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO A PRIVATE ENTITY, WHICH MAY BE CONSIDERED AS BEING LIMITING FREE SPEECH HAS RISK. >> AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER, WHICH IS A NONPARTISAN, NONPOLITICAL GROUP BY CONGRESS, IT SAYS COURTS OF GOVERNMENTS NOT TO BE MORAL GATEKEEPERS LINKED TOWARDS I HAVE RESEARCHED EVERYTHING ELSE. THEY RAISE SERIOUS FIRST AMENDMENT CONCERNS, MUSIC IS PROTECTED SPEECH. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DEALING W WITH. FOR LIVE MUSIC, NONE OF THAT EXISTS. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A CONCERN I DON'T LOVE A LOT OF THE MUSIC THAT IS THERE -- >> I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME SOLUTIONS YOU WANT TO PROPOSE, WILL YOU PROPOSE THOSE ALONG WITH THE SOLUTIONS? >> I DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION [01:45:01] BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ACTION WE CAN TAKE AT THIS TIME. I THINK IT WOULD BE TO NO AVAIL TO WHAT I'M SEEING. >> I HAVE AN IDEA OF A SOLUTION. I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS AND AS A CHRISTIAN, I'M THINKING IT SOUNDS CLICHE, WHAT WOULD DO? HE WOULDN'T WRITE A LETTER HE WOULDN'T WRITE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, HE WOULD JUST GO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND SAY HEY, WE REPRESENT AS A RESIDENT OR NOT A DIRECTOR BUT JUST CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS? CAN WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS? AND IT ISN'T FOR OR AGAINST, IT IS JUST PEOPLE HAVING A CONVERSATION. WE ARE ALL RESIDENTS HERE, WE ARE ALL NEIGHBORS, I THINK HAVING A COMMUNICATION IS WHERE THIS STARTS. WHEN WE START DRAFTING LETTERS AND START TALKING ABOUT FCC, THAT DOESN'T BRING US TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. THAT CREATES DIVISION. AND I THINK A SOLUTION, POTENTIALLY, IS A CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE THAT MAY BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION. AND TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN, WHAT DID JESUS DO? DID HE HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE? >> I AGREE. I HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH THE CEO OF WOOD NATIONAL BANK, ONE OF THE LARGEST DONORS TO THE PAVILION. HE IS A PASSIONATE PASSIONATE CONSERVATIVE AND -- BANGING THE DRUM. THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES. GHOST WAS BROUGHT UP, THE TIP OF THE SPEAR GOING TO JEFF YOUNG, TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO BETTER. WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT. HE SAID A HANDFUL OF TIMES HE HAS HAD THAT CONVERSATION AND GONE BACK. BUT PUTTING THAT PRESSURE ON THE BOARD SIDE OF THE PAVILION, NOT OUR BOARD BUT THE PAVILION BOARD, I SPOKE TO AARON RUBIN WHO I WORK WITH, HE SERVES ON THE BOARD. THEY HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. JUST LIKE THE AUDIENCE HERE IS PRESSURING OUR BOARD TO ACT, WE CAN PUT PRESSURE ON THEIR BOARD TO ACT. BUT I HAVE ANOTHER IDEA. AND WE HAVE A TICKET TAX THAT RUNS THROUGH 2030. A TICKET TAX, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MONIQUE OR BRETT, A TICKET TAX IS CREATED OVER A DECADE AGO. >> 2011. >> 2011. IN WHICH THE TICKETS THAT ARE BOUGHT FOR THE PAVILIONS, THERE'S A TAX ON IT. ABOVE WHAT A TYPICAL SALES TAX IS. IT GOES TO THE TOWNSHIP. WE GIVE 90% BACK TO THE PAVILION FOR ARTS. AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF THINGS TODAY AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE -- CINDY BROUGHT UP THAT WE CAN TALK ALL THE WAY ABOUT THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY AND WHAT THE PAVILION DOES. WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF UGLY TODAY. WE HAVEN'T HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE GOOD. THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GOOD THAT IS TO BE DONE BY THE PAVILION IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN THE ARTS. AND THAT IS WHERE THIS MONEY FROM THE TICKET TAX GOES. BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO GIVE THE TICKET TAX LIKE THIS, I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO WORK THROUGH MONIQUE, TO SAY THEY HAVE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE ON THERE. WE SHOULD HAVE THE BOARD SEAT ON THE PAVILION TO MAKE OUR CASE. IT CAN BE THE CEO OR IT CAN BE THE CHAIRMAN. THAT SERVES ON THAT BOARD -- MAYBE IT'S NOT A VOTING MEMBER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. BUT THEY ARE IN THE ROOM AND REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR BOARD. I THINK THAT IS A VIABLE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT DIALOG WITH THE PAVILION. I TALKED TO ROBERT MARLEY ABOUT IT, HE THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA. >> PUT IT IN A LETTER. >> I THINK HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE. THAT OUR INTERESTS ARE ALSO REPRESENTED AND TALKED ABOUT AT THE TABLE. >> I SECOND THAT MOTION. AND I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO DO THE OTHERS -- PUT IT IN A LETTER, LETTERS HAVE WEIGHT, LETTERS HAVE MEANING. THEY PASS IN PERPETUITY FOR NEW BOARDS. I WILL SAY THIS TO YOU, DIRECTOR. ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO I MET WITH JEFF YOUNG AS WELL AS THE PASTOR, STEVE AND WE HAD A VERY NICE MEETING. THEY SAID THE VERY SAME THING THAT THEY ARE SAYING IN THIS LETTER. THEY WILL NOT ENGAGE IN CENSORSHIP. AND I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT, YOU WOULD CENSOR IF YOU HAD SOMEBODY FROM THE KKK ASKING TO RENT THE PAVILION AND CELEBRATE THEIR PLATFORM. YOU WOULD CENSOR -- I. WON'T GO THROUGH THE WHOLE LIST AGAIN, BUT ALL THE PROTECTED GROUPS THAT WE HAVE, WOULD CENSOR THEM. YOU JUST CHOOSE NOT TO CENSOR ANY SPEECH THAT AFFECTS CHRISTIANS, WOMEN, FAMILIES AND ALL OF THE OTHER HORRIBLE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN REPEATED HERE TONIGHT. YOU CHOOSE NOT TO CENSOR THAT. BUT YOU WOULD CENSOR A VERY LARGE GROUP. WHY PUCK I CAN ONLY SAY BECAUSE OF FEAR, PERHAPS BECAUSE THEY THINK IT IS A BRIDGE TOO FAR. [01:50:03] I THINK THIS IS A BRIDGE TOO FAR AND WE NEED TO TAKE A STAND. YES, IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE. I RECOGNIZE IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE. AND MAYBE IT WILL TRIGGER SOME BACKLASH AND A LACK OF INVITATION TO A PARTY. BUT I THINK IT IS STILL THE RIGHT THING TO DO. I DID WANT TO ADD, I GOT THE INFORMATION LAST NIGHT THAT THE MISSION SPENT AT THE PAVILION IS $4.6 MILLION TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY GIVE BACK FOR EDUCATION, FOR THE FREE CONCERTS, GRANTS SCHOLARSHIPS, MICRO-GRANTS. >> THERE IS MORE. THEY HAVE HAD ATTRACTING OVER 11 MILLION GUESTS TO OUR COMMUNITY, THEY SHOP IN OUR RESTAURANTS, THEY SHOP IN OUR CLOTHING STORES, THEY STAY IN OUR HOTELS, OUR HOTELS ARE IN THERE. THEY HAVE OUR GOLF COURSES AND SO ON. WE EMPLOY OVER 600 PART TIME AND FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AND VENDORS. THE NONPROFITS WORKING THE CONCESSION STANDS ARE ALL BASED HERE IN THE WOODLANDS AREA. OVER $750,000 GOES TO THESE CHARITIES FOR WORKING THE CONVENIENCE STANDS. THEY INVEST MORE THAN $6 MILLION BACK IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH PERFORMING ARTS EVENTS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS SCHOLARSHIPS. THEY ARE HUGE PARTNERS OF CONROE SD ARTS. SO WHILE SOME OF THE THINGS -- A. LOT OF THE THINGS PEOPLE BROUGHT HERE CONCERNS ME. BUT I HAVE THAT DIRECT DIALOG WITH JEFF. I KNOW CINDY HAS HAD A, I KNOW LINDA HAS HAD IT, I KNOW I HAVE HAD IT. ABOUT THE GHOST SITUATION. AS SOON AS WE HEARD ABOUT LITTLEJOHN GOING CRAZY -- I. ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION. WE HAVE ALL HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS. BUT I THINK HAVING THE CONVERSATION AT A MORE INTIMATE LEVEL AT THE BOARD SEAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE. WE ARE A MAJOR SPONSOR, OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE LISTED AS A COMMUNITY PARTNER. WE ARE LOOKING AT -- WE OWN THE PARKING GARAGE. >> MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION? AS I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH JEFF YOUNG SINCE THAT MEETING ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, WHAT DO THEY SAY ABOUT THE NOTION THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THEY SAID WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT IS THAT LIVE NATION GIVES THEM A LIST OF BANDS AND THEY HAD TO TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT. EVERYONE ON THAT LIST, OTHERWISE THE BANDS WOULD REBEL, LIVE NATION WOULD HAVE TROUBLE, LIVE NATION WOULD SAY NO, YOU TAKE EVERYBODY WE OFFER YOU. WHAT ABOUT THE LAWSUIT THAT BASICALLY SLAPPED LIVE NATION AND SAID YOU DO NOT HAVE A MONOPOLY ON THIS? >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE LAWSUIT. >> I JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP. >> THAT SHOULD HELP. >> I KNOW THEY ARE NOT A MONOPOLY BUT THEY HAVE A LONG TERM AGREEMENT AS LIVE NATION IS THE CONCERT PROMOTER, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT. THEY HAVE A LONG TERM -- I'M TELLING YOU. LIVE NATION REPRESENTS ACTS THAT YOU REALLY LIKE. LIVE NATION REPRESENTED -- >> DAVE MATTHEWS. LIVE NATION REPRESENTS ROD STEWART. LIVE NATION REPRESENTS CHRISTIAN ARTIST. MERCY ME IS COMING TO THE PAVILION. >> AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. BUT THAT IS NOT THE POINT. THE POINT IS THAT IT IS AN OPEN AIR ARENA AND CHILDREN ARE GOING IN THERE. AND WHAT THEY ARE BEING EXPOSED TO IS INAPPROPRIATE. >> I HEAR YOU. >> MAY I SUGGEST THAT WE FOLLOW UP ON THE CHAIRMAN'S SUGGESTION AND PUT SOME MONEY IN THE BOARD AND SPLASH SOME WATER ON THEM ABOUT THAT AND SEE WHETHER THAT WILL BE AN ACCEPTABLE THOUGHT SO THAT WE HAVE SOME REPRESENTATION DIRECTLY WITH THEM IN A MANNER, THAT WE CAN EXPRESS? I KNOW THEY HAVE RECEIVED -- WE HAVE SEEN COPIES OF THE LETTERS THAT FOLKS HAVE ALSO SENT -- THAT CITIZENS HAVE SENT TO US. AND AS YOU SUGGEST, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH JEFF. I THINK WE SHOULD APPROACH THE CHAIRMAN'S SUGGESTION AND LET'S TAKE THAT AS THE FIRST STEP ABOUT ESTABLISHING THIS DIALOG SO WE CAN SEE WHAT WE CAN IN FACT, DO WITHIN THE LAW AND WITHIN THE RULES OF PROPRIETY TO COME TO THIS THING AND MOVE IT FORWARD. >> WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DEMAND THAT WE GET A BOARD SEAT. NOR ARE WE PROPOSING THAT, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY NO. BUT I THINK HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AND BEING ABLE TO BE IN THE ROOM WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY MAKING THE DECISIONS -- THIS IS PETER HUNTSMAN, THIS IS ROBERT MARLEY. THESE ARE THE REALLY BIG DONORS THAT ARE GIVING THEM THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, BEING IN THE ROOM AND BEING ABLE TO REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWNSHIP I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WILL LISTEN TO. >> AND I SECOND IT! >> I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THIS [01:55:01] STEP NOW AND SEE -- I THINK THINGS COULD COME FROM THAT. AND I THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS FOR HOURS AND HOURS. >> BEFORE WE WRAP UP, JUST ONE MINUTE ON SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP, THE TOWNSHIP IS NOT A CITY, DOES NOT HAVE ORDINANCE MAKING CAPABILITIES, SO WE CANNOT HAVE A NOISE ORDINANCE, WE CANNOT CREATE AN ORDINANCE ON A NUISANCE AND HAVE MUNICIPAL ENFORCEMENT ON THAT, THAT IS NOT IN OUR LEGISLATION. JUST SO WE ARE CLEAR ON THAT. THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT THE PAVILION -- I. KNOW THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT THE VOLUME OF THE MUSIC, TAKING AWAY WHAT IS BEING SAID, IT HAS A SELF-IMPOSED CURFEW, THEY HAVE A SELF-IMPOSED MONITORING OF THE DECIBEL LEVELS TO TRY TO KEEP THE SOUND NOT PAST 11 AND NOT PAST A CERTAIN DECIBEL LEVEL. THERE ARE SELF-IMPOSED ISSUES RELATED TO THAT. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS AWARE OF THAT. >> WHAT ACTION DO WE NEED TO TAKE TO APPROVE THIS? >> I THINK THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION? DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING, LINDA? >> NO, I THINK GETTING ON THE BOARD WOULD BE A GREAT PART. WERE YOU ARE SAYING LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION, WHEN YOU WERE ON THE BOARD WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING DECISIONS. >> OBVIOUSLY THERE IS CONCERN, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING TODAY, HONESTLY. >> I THINK VOICES ARE BEING HEARD. THE MEDIA IS HERE AND POINTING IT OUT, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE DIALOG. EVERYTHING WE DO IN THE WOODLANDS IS COLLABORATIVE IN NATURE. AND HAVING THIS DISCUSSION AND WORKING THROUGH THIS I THINK IS IMPORTANT. THIS IS STEP ONE. I THINK THERE ARE MORE STEPS TO TAKE BUT I THINK IT IS A GOOD FRESH START. >> WHAT MOTION DO WE NEED TO MAKE? >> I HAVE A MOTION ON THE DOCKET? >> WE CAN CALL THE QUESTION. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES [12. Receive, consider and act upon an update regarding the America250 Celebration and Red, Hot & Blue Festival (July 4, 2026) and related programs and events;] 7-0. THANK YOU BOTH. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 12, RECEIVE AND CONSIDER ACTING UPON AN UPDATE ON THE AMERICA 250 CELEBRATION, THE RED HOT AND BLUE FESTIVAL ON JULY FOURTH, RELATED PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD ONE GUYS, DON'T LEAVE YET. [LAUGHS] WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY VULGARITY AT THE RED-HOT AND BLUE. I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT. AND THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN. GOD BLESS AMERICA, A LOT OF FLAG WAVING. I CALL ON PAMELA WOODS WHO JUST GOT RECOGNITION TODAY, CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUICK UPDATE ON AN EXCITING TIME HERE AT, THE FOURTH OF JULY IN THE WOODLANDS. THE 250TH, WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THE WOODLANDS AND A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AND HISTORY ON THE RED HOT AND BLUE FESTIVAL AND THE SPECIAL THINGS WE ARE DOING FOR AMERICA 250 THIS YEAR. AND JUST A TOUCHING POINT ON SOME OTHER STABLE TRADITIONAL EVENTS THAT HAPPEN HERE IN THE WOODLANDS THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO GO AND DO. THERE'S A WHOLE WEEK FULL OF EVENTS. SO THIS FIRST BULLET POINT I HAVE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH NICK ON IT, IT IS ACTUALLY 1997 WAS THE FIRST RED-HOT AND BLUE FESTIVAL. NOT 1998. SO NEXT YEAR WILL BE 30 YEARS. THAT IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. VERY COOL. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, IT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 1997, STARTED AROUND THE WOODLANDS MALL AREA WITH FIREWORKS OVER BY THE BRIDGE OVER THERE. IN 2004 IT MOVED OVER TO TOWN GREEN. AND THEN 2008 THE WATERWAY CAME ON BOARD AND SO THERE WAS TWO LOCATIONS AND THEN COME 2015, WE ADDED NORTH SHORE PARK AND ROB FLEMING. SO NOW THE RED HOT AND BLUE FESTIVAL IS AT FIVE LOCATIONS WITH AN ESTIMATED 100,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. SO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF. OF COURSE WE ARE HONORING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, BUT WE ARE PROVIDING A SAFE AND FAMILY-FRIENDLY EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY TO DO SO. AND ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR, WE ARE GOING TO BE HONORING AMERICA 250. SO I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THOSE THINGS. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. FOR EVERYBODY TO TAKE PART IN OR SPREAD THE NEWS, WE ARE DOING LET FREEDOM CHALK. THAT IS GOING ON NEXT WEEK. WE ARE ASKING RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES TO GO OUT AND DECORATE THE PATHWAYS, YOU CAN DO FLAGS, FIREWORKS, AMERICAN LANDMARKS, MILITARY TRIBUTES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR CREATIONS TO WIN COMMUNICATIONS HAS DONE SOME OUTREACH AND MARKETING ON OUR WEBSITE, THAT IS WHERE YOU CAN T YOUR ARTWORK. YOUR NAME, YOUR EMAIL, AND THEN WE WILL DO SOME JUDGING. AND THEN THERE ARE TROPHIES FOR [02:00:04] EACH VILLAGE THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AFTER THE HOLIDAY. SO WE WILL DO SOME PRESS ON THAT AND WE CAN SEE ALL OF THE GREAT ARTWORK SUBMITTED. >> MY KIDS WILL BE DOING GOD BLESS AMERICA, NO E BIKES ON THE TRAILS. >> I WILL SUBMIT. WE ARE GIVING AWAY FREE CHALK PACKS THROUGH JULY 2ND. SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO COME UP TO TOWN HALL AND GET SOME FREE CHALK PACKS, THEY CAN COME BETWEEN 8:00-5:30 TO COME DO THAT. >> CAN YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN? THE DATES AND TIMES. >> YES, SO IT IS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THROUGH JULY 2ND BETWEEN 8:00 AND 5:30 P.M. ANOTHER ONE TIME HONOR OF AMERICA 250 AS WE ARE DOING THE FIRECRACKER 5K HERE ON THE WOODLANDS WATERWAY. SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS REALLY COOL LOGO THAT COMMUNICATIONS MADE FOR US WITH THE LITTLE FIRECRACKER. THEY HAVE DONE SOME PRESS WHERE THE FIRECRACKER IS RUNNING AROUND THE WATERWAY. SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE LOGO. SO THIS IS A ONE TIME RACE, REGISTRATION INCLUDES A LIMITED EDITION FIRECRACKER 5K SHIRT WITH AMERICA 250 ON IT. CUSTOM FINISHER MEDAL AND SOME OTHER GOODIES IN THE PARTICIPANT PACKETS. RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT ABOUT 650 RUNNERS. >> WOW. >> THAT'S AMAZING. >> YES, AND WE DID NOT PUT IT OUT UNTIL A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. SO PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED. EVEN THOUGH IT IS HOT, BUT IT IS AT NIGHT. BUT WE DO HAVE ABOUT 150 SPACES LEFT, SO ANYONE STILL WANTING TO RUN, PLEASE GO ON AND REGISTER. WE DO HAVE SOME SPONSORS THAT CAME OUT FOR THIS EVENT AS WELL. FOR THIS ONE TIME EVENT, THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL IS OUR PRESENTING A MEDICAL SPONSOR. >> LOOKING AT THE UNIFORM ON. >> PEOPLE DRESS UP COME AND THEY DRESS UP FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT RACES, SO WE ARE EXCITED. WE ALSO ARE DOING OUR ANNUAL RED, HOT AND POOL EVENT IF YOU LOOK AT SPLASH DAY, THIS IS WHERE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT POOLS ARE OPEN FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M. COME ALL 14 DIFFERENT POOLS IN THE PAST HAVE PICKED A THEME AND ALL THE LIFEGUARDS GET REALLY INTO IT AND THEY HAVE ACTIVITIES AND GAMES, THIS YEAR FOR AMERICA 250 WE ARE STICKING TO PATRIOTIC THEMED GAMES AND ACTIVITIES AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT POOLS BUT STILL COMPETING FOR THE BEST ACTIVITIES AND GAMES, YOU CAN GET OUT TO THE POOLS AND SEE WHAT EACH ONE IS DOING BETWEEN NOON AND 4:00 P.M., THEY LOVE IT. WE WANT EVERYONE TO GO OUT TO THE POOL, ENJOY BEFORE YOU GO OUT TO RED-HOT BLUE AT NIGHT. POOL PASSES YOU GET IN FOR FREE BUT THERE ARE DAILY FEES THAT GO TO THE POOLS. AND THEN HERE IS OUR BIG EVENT SO THE RED-HOT AND BLUE FESTIVAL JULY 4TH FROM 6:00 TO 10:00 P.M. AT THE FIVE LOCATIONS. TOWN GREEN PARK HAS TWO STAGES AND A FIREWORKS SHOW. NORTH SHORE PARK HAS A STAGE AND A AMERICA 250 DRONE SHOW FOR THE 250TH ALONG WITH FIREWORKS. THE PARADE AWARDS WILL ALSO BE DISTRIBUTED AT NORTH SHORE PARK THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF WATERWAY SQUARE, WATERWAY SQUARE WILL STILL HAVE A CONCERT AND FIREWORKS USE LANDING IS STILL DOING A CONCERT, AND ROB FLEMING PARK HAS AN AMAZING FIREWORKS SHOW, SO JUST FIREWORKS. SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR FIREWORKS, THEY WILL GO OFF AT 9:30 AT WATERWAY, AND BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DRONE SHOW. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE DRONE SHOW, SO IT WILL BE A SURPRISE, BUT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT ADDITION. >> DRONE SHOWS ARE BIG DRAWS. >> YES, THEY ARE ALSO DOING SOME FUN BACKDROPS AND DIFFERENT INFLATABLES, THINGS FOR THE 250TH AT ALL OF THE EVENT SITES. I DO NOT WANT TO FORGET, BECAUSE A BIG EVENT LIKE THIS HAS A LOT OF LOGISTICS. SO I JUST WANTED SO EVERYONE WOULD KNOW THAT WE ARE OFFERING A FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE OUT OF THE RESEARCH FOREST PARK RIDE THAT IS STARTING AT 5:00 P.M. OVER THERE THE FIRST BUSSES WILL LEAVE AND THEN THEY WILL BE STOPPING AT 30 DIFFERENT SITES WHERE THEY WILL BE STARTING AT LAKEFRONT CIRCLE FOR PEOPLE TO WALK TO NORTH SHORE OR HUGHES LANDING. THEY WILL STOP AT TOWN GREEN PARK AND STOP AT WATERWAY [02:05:03] SQUARE, SO YOU CAN GET ON A FREE SHUTTLE AND STOP AT WHICHEVER PARK YOU WANT TO GO TO AT THE LAST SHUTTLE WILL LEAVE AT 8:15 FROM THE PARK AND RIDE, THAT WAY THEY CAN GET EVERYBODY TO THE LOCATIONS AND START STAGING THEMSELVES TO BRING EVERYBODY BACK AFTER THE FIREWORKS SHOW. >> GREAT. >> AND THEN THE TOWN CENTER TROLLIES ARE STILL IN OPERATION FROM 10:00 TO 10:00 ON THE FOURTH OF JULY. AND THEN PARKING, I WOULD RECOMMEND EVERYBODY GO TO RED HOT BLUE.ORG TO ARRANGE AND PRE-ARRANGE PARKING, TRY TO CARPOOL, BUT THERE IS PARKING AVAILABLE, PAID PARKING AT THE WATERWAY GARAGES AND THE SERVICE LOT. TOWN CENTER, THERE IS THE COLOR LOTS, THE ORANGE, BLUE, YELLOW, WHITE LOTS ARE OPEN FOR PARKING. TOWN HALL BUILDING IS OPEN FOR PARKING FOR NORTH SHORE AND THE REC CENTER AQUATIC CENTER, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OVER THERE ARE ALL OPEN FOR FIREWORK PARKING. AND THEN I JUST DID NOT WANT TO FORGET TO MENTION THESE OTHER TRADITIONAL EVENTS THAT GO ON EVERY YEAR, SO THE STAR SPANGLED SALUTE AT THE CYNTHIA WOODS MITCHELL PAVILION WILL GO ON, FRIDAY AT 8:00 P.M. AND THEN THE SOUTH COUNTY FOURTH OF JULY PARADE, THIS IS THEIR 50TH YEAR. I RECOMMEND YOU GO TO THEIR WEBSITE, THEY ARE DOING A LOT OF SPECIAL THINGS FOR THE 250TH. THE PARADE STARTS AT 9:00 THROUGH MARKET STREET AND TOWN CENTER. ALSO I'M GOING TO PUT A PLUG FOR OUR BOATHOUSE, THEY ARE DOING A STAR SPANGLED PADDLE AND STAR SPANGLED SWAN RIDE JULY 3RD AT 9:00 P.M. WITH THE BOATHOUSE TO SIGN UP. SO THEY ARE GOING TO DO SOME FUN THINGS WITH THAT. SO BASICALLY IN A NUTSHELL THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IN THE WOODLANDS FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY. AGAIN, REDHOTBLUE.ORG IS EVERYTHING THAT I TALKED ABOUT TODAY, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> IT IS UNBELIEVABLE HOW AWESOME OUR FOURTH OF JULY IS. SO HATS OFF. I KNOW THAT YOU DO A LOT OF WORK ON THIS COME ALL OF THE BANDS THAT WE WILL BE USING WITH NON VULGAR LANGUAGE, BUT IT'S A MASSIVE THING TO PUT TOGETHER AND ADDING ON A CHALKATHON AND A 5K. IT'S IMPRESSIVE. >> THE STAR SPANGLED SALUTE THE NIGHT BEFORE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. THEY HONOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT MILITARY GROUPS THERE. IT IS WONDERFUL. IT'S WELL WORTH. I AM GOING TO. ALL WEEKEND LONG. >> I WILL GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE FOURTH OF JULY PARADE IN CELEBRATION OF YOU SAID 50 YEARS, THAT IS TREMENDOUS. WHAT A GREAT COINCIDENCE. I MEAN, WHO COULD HAVE ORGANIZED THAT. THAT IS TREMENDOUS. AND JUST TO TELL ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT AND VISITORS THAT THE PARADE IS VERY SPECIAL AND BRING YOUR FAMILY COME AND BRING YOUR CHILDREN COME WEAR YOUR SUNSCREEN COME I AM A DERMATOLOGIST. BECAUSE -- >> STAY HYDRATED. >> OF COURSE, AND THE PARADE WAS FORMED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING A CELEBRATION OF THE USA INDEPENDENCE DAY AND A FAMILY ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT, SO COME OUT AND ENJOY THE CELEBRATION COME A BRING YOUR CHILDREN AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME A WONDERFUL COUNTRY THEY ARE PRIVILEGED TO GROW UP IN. THANK YOU. >> AND PAMELA, I. KNOW IT WAS A YEAR AGO WE ALL STARTED PLANNING THIS, AND I KEEP FORGETTING, THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL. >> SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL. >> HALF OF 500. >> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND? >> MOTION. >> MOVED BY DIRECTOR FRANK, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR START BY SAYING [13. Receive, consider and act upon the financial report;] AYE. >> AYE. >> THE MOTION CARRIES. >> ON THE FILE REPORT, CALL ON THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO PRESENT, LOOKING AT PAGE 2704 OF YOUR PACKET. GIVE US SOME GOOD NEWS. I DO WANT TO SAY ONE THING KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE POINT OF PRIVILEGE HERE, AND I KNOW NOT HERE, BUT LINDA WENT TO THE WORLD CUP THIS WEEK ON THE BUS AND I THINK THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO HEAR, THIS IS INCREDIBLE. >> YES, SO THEY HAD THREE BUSSES GOING OUT FOR THREE DIFFERENT SITES, ONE WAS THE RESORTS, ONE WAS THE EMBASSY, I FORGET, AND WHERE THE THIRD ONE WAS, SO THREE BUSSES STARTING AT 8:30, 9:00, 9:30. EACH BUS CARRYING 55 PEOPLE COME A COMPLETELY SOLD OUT, MY BUS [02:10:01] LEFT AT 8:30 FROM THE RESORT, AND WHILE I WAS GETTING A STARBUCKS CUP I WAS LISTENING TO SOME OTHER PEOPLE IN LINE COME AND THE TWO WERE FROM PORTUGAL, ONE WAS FROM LA, THEY WERE ALL STAYING IN THE HOTELS HERE BECAUSE OF THIS BUS, AND I THINK I WAS THE ONLY ONE SPEAKING ENGLISH ON THE ENTIRE BUS, SO IT WASN'T OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS THAT WERE USING IT. IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE HAD PLANNED WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THESE BUSSES. AND IT WAS THE ENERGY IN THAT BUS COMING AND GOING COME IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL COME A WONDERFUL DAY FOR SURE. >> I BRING THAT UP AND TYING IT TO IT, BECAUSE OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES ARE A BIG PART OF IT. OUR SALES TAXES, THE CUP OF COFFEE, THEY ALL ADD UP. I THINK THE WOODLANDS RUTH ANN AND HER TEAM TO SEE 15 BUSSES LINED UP AT ENERGY WITH OUR LOGOS ON IT PROUDLY DISPLAYED WAS PRETTY COOL KNOWING THEY WERE ALL FULL, SO THAT'S OUTSIDE THE BOX THINKING AND I THINK THAT THAT WAS A BIG CHORE, SO -- >> AND THOSE BUSSES? >> SO IT WAS A PARKING LOT SO BIG AND THE ONLY THINGS THAT WERE PARKING WERE THE WOODLANDS BUSSES, CLEARLY BRANDED THE WOODLANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WALKING PAST THOSE BUSSES. I WAS VERY PROUD. SO AT THE VERY END I STOOD UP IN THE BUS AND I JUST SAID COME I AM WITH THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP AND I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE A PICTURE OF ALL OF YOU, SO THEY ALL WAVED THEIR HANDS, AND ONE GUY -- DID DUCK, I THINK HE WAS PLAYING HOOKY. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, LINDA. >> IT WAS A SUGAR HIGH. >> I WILL ALSO ADD, CHAIRMAN, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT RUTH ANN AND HER TEAM ARE SO EFFECTIVE IS THAT THEY WORK CLOSELY WITH HGAC, WITH THE GALVESTON COUNCIL, IN THAT RELATIONSHIP, THIS WOULD REALLY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAPPEN, BUT IT'S KNOWING WHAT TO DO, WHEN TO DO IT, HAVING THE INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE AND THEN PRESSING THE BUTTONS THAT HAVE TO BE PRESSED, SHE WORKED HARD ON GETTING THIS DONE. >> AND SHE SUCCEEDED. >> I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT COMMENT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO RUTH ANN AND HER TEAM. >> WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE AGENDA. TO KELLEN, KELLEN COME AND GIVE US SOME GOOD NEWS. >> OKAY, SO I WILL BE PRESENTING THE MAY GENERAL FINANCIALS. FOR THE YEAR TO DATE BUDGET REVENUE IS 91.8 MILLION COMING YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL COLLECTED 95.4 MILLION FOR YEAR TO DATE FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF 1.1 MILLION. THE MAIN COMPONENT OF THE FAVORABLE VARIANCE IS GOING TO BE THE 1.4 MILLION VARIABLE IN SALES TAX. WE HAVE HIGHER THAN BUDGETED GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS MAINLY FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SERVICE STATE MUTUAL AID. AND THEN HIGHER THAN BUDGETED RENTALS AND APPROVALS MAINLY DRIVEN BY THE PHILIP REYNOLDS CHORUS. HERE TO NOMINATE EXPENDITURES, 58.5 MILLION, YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL 53 MILLION, FOR YEAR TO DATE FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF 5.4 MILLION. THE MAIN COMPONENT OF THIS VARIANCE IS GOING TO BE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND IS JUST GOING TO BE THE TIMING OF THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE VEHICLES, CAMERAS, AND CONTRACTED PERSONNEL. WE ALSO HAVE A FAVORABLE VARIANCE IN PARKS AND RECS THAT IS AT ONE POINT EIGHT MILLION, AND THAT'S MAINLY THE TIMING OF THE CONTRACTED SERVICES FOR THE PARK AND PATHWAYS AS THEY HAVE HAD SOME OPEN POSITIONS. SALES TAX REVENUE WILL BE THROUGH JUNE COME OF THE YEAR TO DATE BUDGETED IS 42.3 MILLION. YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL, 43.3 MILLION FOR A YEAR TO DATE FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF 1,095,000. WHEN COMPARING THIS YEAR TO LAST YEAR COLLECTED A LITTLE OVER 2 MILLION ADDITIONAL REVENUE DOLLARS. I DO WANT TO SHOW THIS SLIDE AS WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR AND IT IS JUST A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT THIS COLLECTIONS REPRESENT WITH THE LARGEST ONE BEING THE RETAIL TRADE, FOLLOWED BY THE COMBINATION OF FOOD SERVICES, MANUFACTURING, AND INFORMATION AND THESE FOUR TOGETHER MAKE ABOUT 75% OF THE SALES TAX REVENUE. NEXT SLIDE IS HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, YEAR TO DATE BUDGETED IS 4.3 MILLION, YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL 4.23 MILLION FOR A YEAR TO DATE FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF 69,000, AND WE ARE A LITTLE UNDER WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR OF ABOUT 12 AND A HALF, 12,500. I DO WANT TO NOTE WE HAD A HOTEL THAT SPENT -- THAT HAS BEEN UNAVAILABLE FOR RENOVATIONS, I THINK THAT SOME [02:15:01] OF IT IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE IN JULY WITH MAYBE A COUPLE MORE IN AUGUST, SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONLINE I THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD. IT'S ABOUT 40 OR 50,000. >> WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE MAKEUP? >> WE'D SEE THAT IN JULY. NEXT IS THE MIXED BEVERAGE TAX REVENUE, YEAR TO DATE BEVERAGE -- BUDGETED, 19000, YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL 731000. FOR THE YEAR TO DATE FAVORABLE VARIANCE ABOUT 11,000 AND ABOUT 4000 OVER WHERE WE WERE AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, SO HOPEFULLY THE WORLD CUP WILL PUSH US OVER AS WELL. >> WE HAD THE SCOTTS HERE, WE WOULD BE BANKING. >> AND WE WILL NOT SEE THIS UNTIL AUGUST. FOR JUNE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, ANY QUESTIONS? >> GOOD JOB, VERY STRONG, VERY STRONG. IT LOOKS GREAT. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY IS GOOD, CALL THE MOTION TO SECOND TO ACCEPT THE FINANCIAL REPORT, MAY 31ST 2026? >> SECONDED. >> SECONDED BY DIRECTOR FRANKS, [14. Receive, consider and act upon a recommendation from the Audit Committee on the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and the Single Audit Reports for the year ended December 31, 2025; ] ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES. NOW RECEIVING ACT BETWEEN THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, THE FINANCIAL REPORT AND SINGLE AUDIT REPORTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST 2025, LOCATED ON PAGES 205, 206 OF YOUR PACKET, KELLEN SHORE IS BACK. HELLO, KELLEN. >> SO ON THE INDEPENDENT AUDITING OF THE TOWNSHIP'S FINANCIALS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 2025 AND THE ISSUE OF THE MODIFIED REPORT, WHICH IS A GOOD CLEAN REPORT WITH NO MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS AND BASICALLY MEANS THAT THE FINANCIALS ARE STATED ACCURATE AND CAN BE RELIABLE. AND YOU CAN FIND THEIR LETTER, THEIR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR LETTER ON PAGES 13 AND 14 OF THIS AUDIT HERE APPEARED THEY ALSO PERFORMED ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS ON THE SINGLE REPORT, WHICH IS THE SMALL ONE, AND IS SPECIFIC TO THE EXPENDITURES OF THE FEDERAL AWARDS RELATED TO THE TRANSPORTATION GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVED. SO THOSE ARE TWO AUDITS AND THEY ARE -- THEY LOOK AT COMPLIANCE AND INTERNAL CONTROL, AND THEY HAVE ISSUED CLEAN REPORTS AS WELL. SO ONCE AGAIN, IT MET ON MONDAY WITH THE COMMITTEE AND GAVE THESE REPORTS TO THEM, AND SO THEY ALSO APPROVED A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE BOARD ACCEPT THESE AUDIT REPORTS FOR THE YEAR END DECEMBER 1ST 2025, WHICH IS YOUR AGENDA 14. >> I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING AND THEY WERE VERY, VERY COMPLIMENTARY OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. THERE WERE NO FINDINGS WHATSOEVER AND THEY COULD NOT GO ON OR AROUND HOW PROFESSIONAL EVERYONE WAS. GOOD JOB COME A GREAT JOB ACTUALLY. >> THANK YOU. THE REPORT WILL BE ON PAGE 4 AN AUDIT. >> ANY QUESTIONS? I CALL THE MOTION TO SECOND TO APPROVE AND SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 16TH REGARDING PROPOSED -- ROUND ONE, SORRY, GS. TO ACCEPT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST IN 2025? >> SO MOVED. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RESPOND [15. Receive, consider and act upon a Covenant Administration Permit Fee Waiver Policy;] BY SAYING AYE, NOW CARRIES. AND ON THE COVENANT ADMINISTRATION PERMIT WAIVER POLICY, CALLING TO LOOK ON PAGES 207 AND CALL ON DIRECTOR OF COVENANT ADMINISTRATION TO REPORT ON THIS. I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING, I BROUGHT THIS UP, MY HOUSE HAD A FIRE IN JANUARY I PAID ALL MY FEES COME I'M NOT ASKING FOR A WAIVER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I HAVE A LADY THAT LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME COME A SINGLE LADY COME ELDERLY, AND SHE IS HAVING -- HER HOUSE CAUGHT ON FIRE TWO WEEKS AFTER MY HOUSE, ASK THE FIRE MARSHAL, HE WILL TELL YOU, IT'S CRAZY THAT IT HAPPENS ACROSS THE STREET, BUT I DIGRESS, SHE IS HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME COMING AND IT'S NOT JUST -- IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, INSURANCE, HAVING A WHOLE DIFFERENT TIME, AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVE THOSE ISSUES AND HOW WE CAN LOOK AT IT IS WHY I BROUGHT IT UP, THIS IS NOT FOR SELF PURPOSE, I HAVE PAID ALL OF MY IN, PAID THE BUILDING LOT LOWER THAN THE PROCESS, SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM'S WORK, BUT I THINK TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTS THAT HAVE THOSE ISSUES, WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES AND HOW WE CAN HELP OUT I THINK IS IMPORTANT. >> ABSOLUTELY. SO THIS IS TO ACT ON THAT AND ADMINISTRATION B WAIVER WHICH WAS MOVING FORWARD IN MANY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHO GAVE THOSE THOUGHTS, SO WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD FOR THAT POLICY, WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON PREDOMINANTLY THOSE CASUALTY DAMAGES YOU SEE, [02:20:01] FIRE, HURRICANE, TORNADO AND ALSO DRAFTING THE POLICY THAT WE THOUGHT WAS WISE TO LOOK AT THE ORGANIZATION IN SOME OF THE HARDSHIPS YOU SEE THAT RESULT IN CASUALTY DAMAGE AND FIRE PERMITS, BUT THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO WAIVE THOSE FEES OR THEIR ITEMS, SO FOCUSING ON THOSE THREE COMPONENTS CASUALTY DAMAGE, REVITALIZATION, HARDSHIPS OR IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED AT SOMEONE'S HOME. SO THE PROPOSED POLICY DOES INCORPORATE THE RESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DOES DESIGNATE THE NEED TO HAVE DETERMINATION ON THE FEE WAIVER AND DOES IDENTIFY POLICY SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUAL TO COME FORWARD ASKING FOR THE REQUEST FOR THAT WAIVER AND TO OUTLINE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THAT WE CAN HAVE INSURANCE REPORTS, INFORMATION FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS COME OR WE JUST HAVE THE NATURAL INCLEMENT WEATHER WE ENDURE THAT WE ARE AWARE CAUSES THOSE TYPES OF DAMAGES. AND SO IF THE COMMITTEE DOES NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, THIS WOULD BE TO MOVE FORWARD TO A PUBLIC HEARING JULY 16TH. >> ANY QUESTIONS? GREAT, GREAT WORK. >> YES, I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT GOING BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND COMING BACK TO US AND HAVING SOME EMPATHY FOR THOSE THAT DO HAVE HARDSHIP. SOME OUT OF THEIR CONTROL. I MEAN EVEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL GIVE PEOPLE A TAX BREAK FOR A CASUALTY LOSS, FOR A STORM, SO I THINK THAT THIS IS IS GOING TO SERVE -- >> THEY DEALT WITH IT VERY WELL. >> I LOVE THAT YOU INCLUDED THE SLIDE IN THERE TOO APPEARED. >> SO I THINK ANY QUESTIONS? CALLING A MOTION TO SCHEDULE THE HEARING FOR 16TH 2026, FOR THE FEE WAIVER POLICY. SECOND BY DIRECTOR ISAAC, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION CARRIES. >> I DO HAVE A QUESTION OTHER THAN THIS, SO WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT PREEXISTING OR SOMETHING THAT HAD ALREADY GONE ON BUT WAS NOT COMPLIANT THAT SHE IS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS A LOT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT HER SITUATION? >> IT IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN SAY FOR THE DECADES THAT I HAVE BEEN IS A CONCERN. IT IS ONE THAT -- >> KIM IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA COME I WILL TELL YOU IT HAS BEEN ON OUR ATTENTION AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING A MEETING FOR THE CHAIRMAN'S COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS. >> AUTHOR AND KIM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND, YOU PROBABLY -- YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE PROBABLY THE TOUGHEST JOB IN HERE. NO OFFENSE, CHRIS, BUT I AM SERIOUS, IT'S NOT A FUN THING, PERMITS AND PEOPLE COME A WEEK AT THEM COME A WE FORWARD THEM ON. THEY ARE NOT -- PLEASE DON'T THINK THAT OUR QUESTIONING IS NOT DISMISSING OF YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT, HOW CAN WE BRING THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ACT APPROPRIATELY. WE CAN ALWAYS LEARN FROM OURSELVES. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW THAT AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DID. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. [16. Receive, consider, and act upon revisions to Order No. 002-26, Adopting a Policy Related to Memorials, Artwork and Commemorative Donations on Township-owned property;] >> ALWAYS ON A POSITIVE TOO. >> AND JULY 16TH, FOR ORDER NUMBER 002-26, RELATED TO MEMORIALS, ARTWORK, AND POTENTIAL NON PROPERTY, LOCATED ON THESE PAGES OF YOUR PACKET, NOW GOING TO PRESENT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THIS IS ANOTHER KIND OF CLEANUP ITEM THAT WAS REQUESTED IN APRIL OF 2026 WHERE THE BOARD WHEN THEY REPRESENTED THE DONATION, MEMORIAL DONATION FOR ACTS OF MERCY ACTUALLY HAD MORE QUESTIONS THAN POLICY, SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE TOOK THOSE COMMENTS AND WHAT WE WERE PRESENTING IS TWO MAIN ITEMS THAT ARE REQUESTED FOR BEING REVISITED. ONE IS THE TERM OF A DONATION, WHICH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS TEN YEARS, AND THE SECOND PART OF THAT WOULD BE THE NUMBER OF POTENTIAL LOCATIONS FOR ARTWORK TO BE IDENTIFIED A MAXIMUM OF 5, THAT WOULD BE THE TOWN CENTER AREA AND THEN ONE PER VILLAGE. SO THEORETICALLY YOU WERE IN THAT EIGHT, 213 LOCATIONS THAT WE PROVIDED AS IT WERE, AGAIN THE POLICY PROVIDES A LOT OF DISCRETION TO THE WORK AT ANY TIME THEY CAN PRESENT ANYTHING AND EXTEND THINGS IF THEY SO CHOOSE, SO IT REALLY MAXIMIZES THE POSSIBILITY FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. >> COULD YOU ELABORATE, PLEASE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN ONE LOCATION PER VILLAGE? CAN YOU ELABORATE? >> SO FOR THE VILLAGE CONFERENCE CROSS IF THERE WAS A DONATION AND IT WOULD BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN COCHRANE'S [02:25:07] GREEN PARK, JUST FOR EXAMPLE, WELL, THE NEXT PERSON WHO COMES IN COULD NOT CHOOSE A LOCATION WITHIN THE LIMITS OF CONFERENCE CROSSING, EXCUSE ME, WE WOULD SAY, OH, BY THE WAY, THERE SPACE AVAILABLE AT INDIAN SPRINGS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, BUT BECAUSE THAT HIT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF LOCATIONS, THAT ENDS THAT DISCUSSION. >> OKAY, SO WHAT YOU WOULD THEN TELL THAT APPLICANT WOULD BE IF YOU REALLY WANTED IT AT COCHRANE'S CROSSING IN TEN YEARS YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IT? >> THAT WOULD BE THEORETICALLY YES. >> JUST TO MAKE IT, THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> I JUST WANT TO ASK THAT THIS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT KIM PRESENTED, THIS WOULD BE -- BECAUSE IT IS ACTUALLY AN ORDER, SO IT WOULD BE TO APPROVE BEFORE WITH A PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 16TH AND BACK UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. >> I CALL A MOTION TO SECOND TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 16TH 2026 REGARDING ADOPTING A POLICY RELATED TO MEMORIALS ARTWORK AND DONATIONS FOR THE TOWNSHIP OWNED PROPERTY. >> SO MOVED. >> SECONDED, AND EVERYONE SAY -- [17. Receive, consider and act upon an update regarding the Village Presidents' Council;] JULY 17TH, CONSIDERING THE BANK REGARDING VILLAGE COUNCIL, LOCATED ON PAGES 226 OF YOUR PACKET AND CALLING ON RICHARD FRANKS TO PRESENT. >> YES, OUR GUEST SPEAKER WAS JIM CARMAN OF HUGHES CORPORATION THAT WE ALL KNOW AND GAVE A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION, EVERYONE PRESENT THAT WAS DESIGNATED THERE, AS A REPRESENTATIVE. A VERY GOOD MEETING, HE BROUGHT US ALL UP TO DATE ON WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND MENTIONED QUITE A BIT OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE WERE OTHER AREAS, IT WAS GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE VILLAGES TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THEY WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES. IT WENT VERY WELL. >> I HAVE A QUESTION, CHAIRMAN, DIRECTED TO BOTH OF YOU. I WISH I HAD BEEN AT THAT MEETING. I WISH I HAD HEARD WHAT MR. CARMAN HAD TO SAY. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ALSO RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM HIM TO OUR BOARD? >> HE WOULD BE GLAD TO DO SO COMING YES. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT. I KNOW IT'S AN AGENDA ITEM LATER, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD ASK. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOW ACCEPTING THE REPORT? >> MOVED. >> SECONDED BY DIRECTOR NELSON -- SORRY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES. [18. Recess to Executive Session to discuss matters relating to real property pursuant to §551.072, Texas Government Code; deliberation of economic development negotiations pursuant to §551.087, Texas Government Code; discuss personnel matters pursuant to §551.074, Texas Government Code; discuss IT network or critical infrastructure security pursuant to §551.089, Texas Government Code; and to consult with The Woodlands Township’s attorney pursuant to §551.071, Texas Government Code;] WE ARE GOING TO HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, SO WE ARE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, REFERRING TO 55172, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, DELIBERATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPING ISSUES 5.0187 OF THE CODE, THE PERSONNEL MATTERS, IN SECTION 551.7 AT A DIFFERENT CODE, WITH CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AT 65.0189, AND A TOUCH OF ATTORNEY ON 7.17 IN THE GOVERNMENT CODE, NO ACTION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION COME AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT. >> IT IS 9:29 P.M. WE ARE BACK INTO SESSION. WE DO NOT NEED NUMBER 20. [21. Consideration of items to be placed on the agenda for next month's meeting;] CONSIDER ITEMS BE ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH'S ITEM. >> I HAVE ONE. >> TALKING ABOUT THE VOLLEYBALL COURTS AND I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TIME FRAME A LITTLE BIT MORE. THAT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT LATE. >> A SECOND. ALL SEVEN DAYS. >> THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME YOU FOR THAT COMPLAINT. IT IS ONGOING. >> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT AGENDA ITEM TO DISCUSS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO PROTECT THE PATHWAY BUT I WAS AT THE PARKS THIS WEEK. SO MANY OF THOSE ASTROTURF FEELS THEY JUST THROW BOTTLES DOWN AND TRASHED AT. HAD WE DEVELOP A CAMPAIGN TO START TALKING ABOUT LIKE THAT -- -- DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS AND THE WOODLAND. IT IS EVERYWHERE. I JUST SEE MORE AND MORE OF IT AND THE MORE WE CAN LOOK AT HOW WE CAN EDUCATE PEOPLE TO PICK THINGS UP AND TO BE TIDY. [02:30:15] >> MAYBE THEY WOULD FEEL MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGED IF EVERYBODY PICKED UP SOME LITTER. IT'S ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. >> ANYBODY ELSE? >> CAN WE HAVE A CONVERSATION OF THE LIGHTS OF THE NORTH SHORE PARK? >> WE JUST DID THAT. >> THANK YOU. [22. Board announcements; and] [LAUGHTER] >> ALL RIGHT. ANY BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS? >> HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY. >> TAKE AND UBER. >> WEAR SUNSCREEN. I CALL A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. ALL THOSE IN * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.