[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;] [2. Proclamations;] [00:04:11] MEMORY PRESERVATION, CAREGIVER RESOURCES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH WHILE FOSTERING DIGNITY, AND COMPASSION; AND WHEREAS, THE >> TWO MY GRANDPARENTS HAD ALZ HYMNER, SO SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORK ON AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PATRICK HAS DONE THAT IN SETTING UP THE FUND HERE IN TEXAS SO CHAMPION TO ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE SO KUDOS TO THE [3. Call meeting to order;] LEGISLATURE FOR DOING THAT LAST SESSION. MOVING ON CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND I DECLARE NOTICE WAS POSTED THREE DAYS IN ADVANCE AND IT OCCURRED IN THE TOWN SHIP AT THIS OFFICE BUILDING. STATE LAW REQUIRES WE HAVE LEAST [00:05:02] FOUR BOARD MEMBERS TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM FOR BUSINESS. I'M ASKING EACH MEMBER TO INDICATE YOUR PRESENCE WITH AUDIBLE SOUND AS I CALL ROLE. WE ARE SLIM TONIGHT BUT LINDA NELSON IS ON HER WAY AND SHE'S STUCK IN TRAFFIC. LEFT VACATION EARLY TO COME TONIGHT AND THAT DAMAGE 45 TRAFFIC DOCTOR SHELLEY. >> I'M WORKING ON IT. >> I'M SURE YOU ARE. YOU ARE ON IT. SO, GOING THROUGH DIRECTOR HEISER? >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR LAMB? >> HERE. >> DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS? >> HERE. I AM HERE AND I DETERMINE THAT SUFFICIENT [4. Receive, consider and act upon adoption of the meeting agenda;] MEMBERS ARE PRESENT FOR A QUORUM. RECEIVE AND ACT UPON THE ADOPTION OF THE MEETING AGENDA ON PAGES 1-3 OF YOUR PACKET. CALL THE MOTION AND SECOND TO ADOPT? >> SO MOVED. >> MOVED BY DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR HEISER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [5. Recognize public officials;] MOTION CARRIES. NEXT UP? RECOGNIZING PUBLIC OFFICIALS. BRANDON HUH?. YOU ARE ON A DIFFERENT SIDE OF THE AISLE TONIGHT. WELCOME AND SCOTT PRESTON. SCOTT, WELCOME? [6. Public comment;] DON'T SEE ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE ONE TONIGHT. SO BEAR WITH ME AS I READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT RULES. PARTICIPATION BY MEMBERS IN THE OPEN MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED AND PUBLIC COMMENT AGENDA ITEMS INCLUDED AT THE BEGINNING OF ALL REGULAR MEETING AND GUESS AND TO PRODUCE THE MOST EFFECTIVE PROCESS FOR ALLOWING CONSTITUENTS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXCEPTED PUBLIC COMMENT WITH PARTICIPATING IN A PUBLIC MEETING. EACH PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS MUST SIGN INTO THE SPEAKER'S ROSTER. INDIVIDUAL WHO IS WISH TO MAKE GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ADDRESS THE TOPIC NOT ON THE AGENDA OR WISH TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC ITEMS MUST DO SO UNDER THE PUBLIC COMMENT AGENDA ITEM AT THE BEGIN OF THE MEETING. THREE. INDIVIDUALS ARE LIMITED THREE MINUTES REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF TOPICS. IF THERE ARE MORE THAN 15 SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC TOPIC EACH WILL BE LIMITED TWO MINUTES. NUMBER FOUR SPEAKERS WILL BE TAKEN IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGNED UP. NUMBER FIVE. STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE BOARD FROM ACTING ON A PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS IT APPEARS ON THE POSTED AGENDA SO BOARD DISCUSSION NOT INCLUDED IS LIMITED QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION AND WHETHER OR NOT IT CAN BE PLACE ODD UP A FUTURE AGENDA. SPEAKERS MAY EXPRESS VIEWPOINT ON AN ISSUE BUT NOT PERMITTED TO DEBATE. THEY WILL NOT USE PROFANITY. COMMENTS FROM SPEAKERS MADE TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE OR TO INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS AND NINE, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU TO PLACE YOUR CELLPHONES ON SILENT. I HAVE BEEN WATCHING PUBLIC COMMENTS AT OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES. WE HAVE AN OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT THAT'S SOMETIMES ACTIVELY USE AND SOMETIMES NOT. WE HAVE ONE TONIGHT BUT IT'S GOOD FOR CITIZENS TO HAVE EASE OF ADDRESSING ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THEM. WITH THAT I'LL CALL THE ONLY SPEAKER. MICHELLE NICHOLS. WEL WELCOME. >> I WON'T BE READING ANY LYRICS TODAY SO EVERYONE CAN RELAX. >> YOU'RE A SOCIAL MEDIA STAR MS. NICHOLS. >> STUDENT: I'M SORRY? TERRIBLE. GOOD EVENING. BOARD AND PRESIDENT BAILEY. I AM, I FIRST CAME TO ASK YOU TO RECONSIDER SENDING THE LETTER TO THE PAVILION WHICH I STILL HOPE YOU WILL. BUT HOWEVER I GOT A NEW IDEA I THINK YOU WILL LIKE. WHAT IF THE TOWN SHIP PUBLISH AND PAVILION SCHEDULE WITH FAMILY-FRIENDLY RATINGS? A FRIEND CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA AND SHE WAS ABLE TO USE AI TO CREATE A SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY. IT HAD VARIOUS CATEGORIES LIKE LANGUAGE, SEXUAL CONTENT, A CULT OR SATANIC IMAGES AND THEN IT HAD A RESEARCH METHOD LIST LIKE OFFICIAL CONTENT FLAGS, PROFESSIONAL CONCERT REVIEWS, THE IMPORTANCE OF AVOIDING ASSUMPTIONS BY GENRE AND THEN IT GENERATED FOUR CATEGORIES. GENERAL AUDIENCES, PARENTAL GUIDANCE, 13 PLUS, AND MATURE. THE TOWN SHIP, IT WAS ABLE TO RATE THE ENTIRE LIST AND THEN THE AI DID IT AND I MEAN WE WOULD HAVE TO CHECK. IF I WERE YOU I WOULD WANT TO CHECK THAT I'M SURE. IT REALLY HELPS. THEN THE TOWN SHIP COULD PUBLISH THE PAVILION SCHEDULE WITH THE RATING INS THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE [00:10:04] THAT WE GET IN OUR MAILBOXES AND IT WOULD BE A SERVICE TO RESIDENTS. I THINK RESIDENTS WOULD APPRECIATE HAVING THIS HANDY GUIDE ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO LIVE ON THE WATERWAY AND MIGHT BE SCHEDULING VISITS WITH GRAND KIDS. I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER THIS OPTION. I ALSO HOPE, IT IS A HASSLE TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, AM I GOING TO WATER WAY TODAY? AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GOOGLE I LIKE IF YOU ARE GOING TO WALK WITH YOUR KIDS DOWN THE WATERWAY YOU HAVE TO GOOGLE. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A HASSLE SO ANYWAY I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL AND I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER THIS OPTION AND I ALSO HOPE, I HOPE YOU'LL RECONSIDER AND WRITE A PUBLIC LETTER, CAREFULLY WORDED AND FRIENDLY TO THE PAVILION SO THE PUBLIC CAN KNOW WHERE YOU STAND. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. [7. Receive, consider and act upon reports from Village Association representatives;] >> THAT CONSISTS OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT. AGENDA ITEM 7 RECEIVE , CONSIDER AND ACT UPON RECEIVE REPORTS FROM THE VILLAGE ASSOCIATION. TONIGHT WE HAVE ONE. MARIANNE? WELCOME. NO SUMMER BREAK FOR YOU. >> GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTORS I'M MARYANN AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. BEFORE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE CHAIRMAN BAILEY AS HE WAS SELECTED AS THE 2026 COMMUNITY CITIZEN OF THE YEAR BY THE WOODLANDS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO IN THIS COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WE DO NOT HOLD A MEETING IN JULY. OUR 2026 AUDIT WAS SUBMITTED THIS WEEK DOCUMENTING OUR EXPENSES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING ON MAY 31ST OF 2026. THE JULIARD OF THE MONTH WAS AWARDED TO 135 CAITY MAPLE PATH PLACE AND WE'RE OUT THIS WEEK VOTING FOR THE LAST YARD OF THE MONTH AWARD FOR THIS YEAR. WE'RE BUSY GETTING READY FOR THE FALL FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 7TH FROM 1 TO 4:00 P.M. UP AT LAKESIDE PARK. WE'LL HAVE BOUNCE HOUSES, BALLOON TWISTERS AND PHOTO BOOTHS AND SNACKS INCLUDING CHICKEN NUGGETS PROVIDED BY CHICK-FIL-A. THE EVENT IS FREE AND WE HOPE THE RESIDENTS WILL ENJOY IT AND WE HOPE THE DIRECTORS CAN STOP BY, AS WELL. OUR NEXT MEETING IS TUESDAY AUGUST 11TH AND OUR MEETINGS ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH AND ALL RESIDENTS ARE INVITED. VERY SHORT. >> THANK YOU MARYANN. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO. AND ALL OF OUR VILLAGE PRESIDENTS. LOT OF THEM ARE TRAVEL BUT A HUGE PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT MAKES IT SO SPECIAL HERE. WITH THAT ONE REPORT I CALL A MOTION AND SECOND TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE ARE YOU IMPORTANT. SECONDED BY DIRECTOR LAMB. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [ CONSENT AGENDA] MOTION CARRIES. AGENDA ITEM 8. RECEIVE , CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE NON-CONTROVERSIAL REQUIRED BY LAW AND WILL BE CONSIDERED UNDER ONE MOTION. NO DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE UNLESS THE ITEMS REMOVED AND PLACE ON THE REGULAR AGENDA BY ANY BOARD MEMBER PRIOR TO THE VOTE ON THE MOTION. A THEY ARE LOCATED ON PAGES 6-77 IN YOUR PACKET. DO I HAVE A MOTION. MOVED BY DIRECTOR HEISER AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS. THOSE IN FAVOR RESPOND BY SAVING AYE. [9. Receive, consider and act upon a quarterly update on Law Enforcement;] MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 9. HANG ON. REGULAR AGENDA ARE RECEIVE , CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ON THE QUARTERLY UPDATE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT ON PAGE 78 OF YOUR PACKET. WE NOW HAVE DIRECTOR NELSON HERE. IT'S THE TRAFFIC. WE BLAMED SHELLEY FOR NOT FIXING THE TRAFFIC SITUATION. >> MAKING ME LOOK BAD, LINDA. >> WE ALL KNOW SHELLEY IS GOING TO THE MATT ON THE TRAFFIC SITUATION. WE APPRECIATE THAT. SO MOVING ON THE PAGE 78 OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT. PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE DO HERE. NOT PROBABLY FOR SURE, IS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. WE HAVE CAPTAIN OF THE SOUTH PATROL FOR THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HERE TO PRESENT. WE HAVE LIEUTENANT JASON FROM THE PRECINCT FOUR TO PRESENT AND LIEUTENANT BOBBIE SELLERS THE MOST IN SHAPE GOO I IN THE ROOM FOR PRECINCT THREE. WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTORS. THIS IS YOUR 2026 SECOND QUARTER REPORT. YOUR COMBINED LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT. THE TOWN SHIP SECOND QUARTER REPORT THESE ARE TOTAL CALLS WE RESPONDED TO. AS YOU CAN SEE IT EBBS AND FLOWS AND ACTUALLY IS A LIGHT JUNE WHICH IS GOOD. [00:15:02] WE'RE NOT COMPLAINING. SAME THING WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT FOUR. THESE ARE THE SUMMARY CRIMES OF NOTE AND WE'LL GO ON TO WHAT THOSE ARE. WE'RE A LITTLE LIGHT, AS WELL WHICH IS ANOTHER GOOD THING HERE IN THE TOWN SHIP. IN THE PRECINCT FOUR, HOLDS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. THESE ARE YOUR CLIMBS OF NOTE AND THIS IS THE SIX MONTH PERIOD. SO IT IS HALF THE YEAR. NOTHING JUMPS OUT AT ME AS FAR AS ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. WE DID HAVE ONE HOMICIDE IN PANTHER CREEK AS YOU ARE AWARE. IT WAS A TRAGIC ACCIDENT BUT SOMETIMES THERE IS ENOUGH NEGLIGENCE IN AN ACCIDENT TO INVOLVE CRIMINAL CHARGES AND THAT'S WHAT THIS WENT TO. CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE SO THERE WAS ONE HOMICIDE. FRAUD AND FORGERIES. THERE WAS ONE BIG FRAUD AND FORGERY GOING ON RIGHT NOW AS THEY ARE CALLING AND ACTING LIKE THE MONTGOMERY SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR PUT IN WHATEVER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY YOU WANT IN THERE AND YOU HAVE A SUP BE IN AN AND THEY TRY TO KEEP YOU ON THE PHONE TO GET CASH, BITCOIN AND TO MEET YOU AT THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THEY ACTUALLY TELL YOU THE ADDRESS BECAUSE THEY WANT YOU TO GO THERE WITH THAT MONEY AND THEY'LL WILL TAKE IT FROM YOU AND WON'T ARREST YOU. THAT IS FALSE. DO NOT, LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT GOING TO ASK FOR MONEY. YOU KNOW? THIS IS THE TOWN SHIP SECOND QUARTER. SHOWS THE 12 MONTH CRIME TREND. IT EBBS AND FLOWS LIKE THE STOCK MARKET. WE HAD TWO, ONE WAS A COUNTY-WIDE AND ONE WAS SOUTH COUNTY ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS ONE WAS A MEMORIAL DAY TASK FORCE COUNTY-WIDE AND THAT INVOLVED YOUR P.D.'S AND CONSTABLE, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEY HAD 589 STOPS, 145 CITATIONS AND 42 ARRESTS AND 23 DWIS AND THREE WEAPONS SEIZED AND 0 FATALITIES OR ALCOHOL RELATED FATALITIES THAT THE SHERIFF IS VERY PROUD OF. WE HAD A SOUTH COUNTY INITIATIVE THAT CONSISTED OF EIGHT DAYS FOR ONE WEEK FOR THE NEXT AND IT WAS MORE OF AN AFTERNOON OR EVENING OPERATION AND THIS BROUGHT IN EVERY PROACTIVE UNIT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS AND WE BLITZED THEM DOWN INTO SOUTH COUNTY WHETHER IN THE TOWN SHIP OR JUST EAST OF 45 INTO SPRING. YOU HAD BANK JUGGING OPERATIONS AND RETAIL SHIFT OPERATIONS, OBVIOUSLY TRAFFIC STOPS AT 1219. 220 CITATIONS AND 110 ARRESTS AND 6DWI. 13 WEAPON SEIZURES AND FIVE STOLEN VEHICLES RECOVERED. THIS WAS WITH US. SHANNON AND OAK RIDGE NORTH AND PRECINCT THREE HERE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THIS IS YOUR WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP CRIME REDUCTION UNIT. YEAR-TO-DATE IS 52 FELONY ARRESTS AND 40 MISDEMEANOR ARRESTS. WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS PROVIDING COMMUNITY SAFETY THROUGH MULTI-AGENCIES. WE TEAM UP WITH PRECINCT THREE AND DPS. ALL THE FEDS. AND WE PUT TOGETHER OPERATIONS DEPENDING WHAT THE CRIME TREND IS OR IF SOME INFORMATION COMES OUT. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DID DO IS THEY ASSISTED I BELIEVE IT WAS WILLIS P.D. WITH, THEY'D STOLEN 20 CATALYTIC CONVERTERS AND THIS IS THE FIRST ONE I'M AWARE OF IN A WHILE THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH AND THEY BROKE UP A BIG THEFT RING, SO TWO ARRESTS AND 20 CATALYTIC RECONERTERS AND THAT SAVED OWNERS A LOT OF MONEY. ALSO THEY HAD A BURGLARY RING OR THE INVESTIGATION STARTED HERE IN THE TOWN SHIP AT WOODLANDS PARKWAY WHERE THEY BROKE INTO THE SHELL GAS STATION AND STOLE A LOT OF LOTTERY TICKETS THE. CRIME REDUCTION UNIT WAS ABLE TO LINK THIS TO ANOTHER ONE IN CONROY AND THEY IDENTIFIED A VEHICLE AND IDENTIFIED OCCUPANTS OF THAT VEHICLE AND THEN IT BLEW UP AND IT WAS MULTI-COUNTIES AND IT WAS US, HARRIS COUNTY, WALKER COUNTY, GRIMES COUNTY AND I BELIEVE THERE WERE SIX ARRESTS, SO ALL WERE GANG MEMBERS AND FE FELONS. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD SLIDE HERE. SO THERE WAS A MALL TAKE OVER EVENT ON WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP. THIS IS A COMMENT THEY ARE NOT READY FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY. [00:20:02] ULTIMATELY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. WE HAD AN OVERWHELMING PRESENCE THE SAME TIME OF THE BLITZ SO I PUSHED EVERYONE IN THERE. OUR UNDERCOVERS AND MARCH UNIT AN WE HAD NO PROBLEMS. MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND PARTNER WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR TWO MENTALLY HELP DEPUTIES AND WE HAVE PHONE NUMBERS FOR THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY NON-EMERGENCY IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO A MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER WE CAN SEND SOMEONE TO TALK WITH YOU AND THERE'S OTHER AVENUES YOU CAN GO TO. THROUGH CONCERNS FROM THE TOWN SHIPBOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE CHAIRMAN, CITIZENS ALSO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE PETTY CABS BLARING MUSIC, VIOLATING TRAFFIC LAWS AND PUTTING PEOPLE IN DANGER. WE WENT OUT AND STARTED ENFORCEMENT. ONE OF THEM WAS ARRESTED FROM A TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS OR A TRAFFIC TICKET THAT IT WAS YEAR PRIOR THAT HE DIDN'T PAY AND IT WAS RUNNING RED LIGHT THAT IT WAS SAME VIOLATION HE WAS STOPPED FOR THAT NIGHT. HE WENT TO JAIL AND HIS PETTY CAB WAS TOWED. IF THE VIOLATION IS EGREGIOUS THEN A CITATION WILL BE ISSUED. OBVIOUSLY AS YOU KNOW, UNIT 2225 INTO WATCH JUNE 28TH OF 2026. QUESTIONS? >> THAT WAS I KNOW DIRECTOR NELSON AND I ATTENDED THE FUNERAL AND THE DEPARTMENT DID A GREAT JOB HONORING DEPUTY WHICH HAPPENED RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE MALL, CORRECT SO OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND THE ENTIRE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. >> QUITE A SHOW OF BROTHERHOOD AT THAT SERVICE. >> YES. INCREDIBLE. ALRIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? >> YES. I HAVE A QUESTION. CAPTAIN? THERE ARE CONTINUED CITIZENS BRINGING CONCERNS TO US ABOUT, I'LL SAY ME, PROBABLY US, ABOUT THE FLOCK CAMERAS. CAN YOU POINT TO ANY OF YOUR SLIDES THAT WOULD SHOW EVIDENCE THAT FLOCK CAMERAS ARE BEING USED THESE PURSUITS OR ARRESTS AND THAT THESE PARTICULAR CRIMES ARE BEING, CRIMINALS ARE BEING CAUGHT WITH THE USE OF THE FLOCK CAMERAS? OR IS THIS ALL BURIED TOGETHER? >> WE DON'T ADVERTISE THAT FLOCK WAS USED OR UTILIZED HOWEVER I KNOW SOME OF THE STOLEN VEHICLES DURING THE SOUTH COUNTY BLITZ WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE FUNCTIONS OF FLOCK, IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE THEY WERE TRAVELING IN AS STOLEN, AND THEN ALSO IDENTIFY A VEHICLE THAT THEY USED TO TRAVEL TO AND PICK UP THE STOLEN VEHICLE SO MULTIPLE ARRESTS WERE MADE AND ONE STOLEN VEHICLE WAS RECOVERED AND THE OTHER WAS TOWED BECAUSE IT WAS LEGAL. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS WERE, WE GOT A LICENSE PLATE AND RAN IT AND THE ARREST WAS MADE AND THOSE FOR TWO THAT I DEFINITELY CAN POINT TO. ANOTHER ONE WAS THE CRIME RING. THE MULTI-COUNTY CRIME RING. THE VEHICLES IDENTIFIED BY FLOCK. THAT'S HOW THE INVESTIGATION WAS ABLE TO PROCEED AND PEOPLE WERE IDENTIFIED. OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE OTHER INVESTIGATIVE AVENUES WHERE THAT'S SURVEILLANCE. >> ONE LAST THING ON THAT. IF A PERSON FEEL THESE WERE WRONGFULLY CHARGED WITH SOMETHING BASED ON FLOCK OR JUST HARASS IN SOME WAY BASED ON WHAT THEY THINK WOULD BE OVER REACH, WHAT ARE THEIR AVENUES OF REDRESS? >> I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE IF I AM USING SYSTEM IT ALERTS ME THAT THE VEHICLE YOU ARE TRAVELING IN IS STOLEN AND THEN I TURN AROUND AND RUN IT IN THE SYSTEM BECAUSE FLOCK DOES AN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM AND WON'T GIVE ME ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT THAT IT'S STOLEN. I WILL CHECK THE SYSTEM AND WHICH I'VE DONE MANY TIMES AND THE VEHICLE IS NOT STOLEN, OR THE INFORMATION THAT FLOCK HAD FOR WHATEVER REASON IT HADN'T BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE SYSTEM YET. MOST OF THEM, LARGE MAJORITY WILL SHOW STOLEN AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ENFORCEMENT ACTION IS TAKEN. >> THANK YOU. >> CAN I ASK YOU ONE QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED THE FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY REGARDING MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF SERVICE OFFICE IS THAT ONLY THROUGH PHONE CALLS OR ALSO OTHER WAYS THAT THEY ARE DOING IT? >> THEY ARE DOING IT ALL. I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE SAYING I OWED THE DMV. >> I HAD SOMEONE CALL ME AND SAY I DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR JURY DUTY [00:25:06] THE SAME WAY MY WIFE HAD IT. LIKE, I WAS TRYING TO BE NICE AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT'S THE ADDRESS? AND IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS NOT OUR ADDRESS. SO YEAH. >> THEY ARE VERY CONVINCING. THEY ARE VERY CONVINCEING SO NO MATTER HOW SMART YOU ARE, YOU ARE GOING TO SECOND GUESS IT. MY ADVICE IS HANG UP AND DO SOME RESEARCH. RUN THE PHONE NUMBER. SOMETIMES THEY'LL SPOOF THEIR NUMBERS AS LEGITIMATE COUNTY NUMBER BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CALL AND ASK FOR MONEY. >> TO YOUR POINT, IT'S NOT HOW OUR COUNTY OPERATES. WE'RE NOT STRONG ARMING YOU BECAUSE YOU MISSED JURY DUTY. >> SOME OF OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE MORE TRUSTING ARE GETTING CAUGHT UP IN IT I THINK. THEY HEAR ABOUT SO IT IT'S GOOD TO GET THAT OUT THERE. >> DO WE NEED TO DO A VIDEO WITH YOU GUYS FOR THE TOWN SHIP COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO SHARE IT OUT THERE BECAUSE I THINK GETTING THE WORD OUT ON THIS IS IMPORTANT. >> MUCH BETTER LOOKING DEPUTYS CAN HANDLE THAT FOR US. >> ALRIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FOR CAPTAIN AND THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. NEXT UP. FROM THE HARRIS CONSTABLE PRECINCT FOUR OFFICE. >> HOW IS EVERYONE THIS EVENING? >> I DO WANT TO COMMEND CONSTABLE HARMON FOR JOINING THE OTHER CONSTABLES TO SEND ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND A LETTER OF BAN OF-BIKES FOR CHILDREN THAT ARE UNDER AGE. I THINK THAT'S A VERY RESPONSIBLE THING AND JUST PLEASE TELL THE SKON STABLE HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP. >> I AGREE 100 PERCENT. CREEK SIDE WE STILL HAVE THE SCOOTERS AND MOTORCYCLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHICH WE ARE DEALING WITH. WE'RE DEALING WITH THEM A LOT MORE AGGRESSIVELY THAN WE DID IN THE PAST, BUT THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE HAVE OUR WAY WHERE'S WE'RE KEEPING TABS ON WHO WE HAVE WARNED AND WHO'S PARENTS HAVE BEEN CONTACTED AND WHEN THEY TOPPED THE SECOND TIME AFTER BEING WARNED AND TOWED CITATIONS WERE BEING ISSUED. THEN IF I TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS AGAIN YOU DIDN'T GET A CITATION. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH DEALING WITH THOSE. WE'VE SEEN THEM SLOW-DOWN A LOT BECAUSE I'VE SEEN LESS AND LESS OF THE ACTUAL MOTORCYCLES OUT THERE. THEY ARE STILL THERE BUT UNFORTUNATELY REMOVING PEDALS OFF THE ONES THEY HAD WHICH THEN TURNS THEM INTO THE ILLEGAL MOTORCYCLES THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO BEGIN. WITH IT'S CALMED DOWN AND I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THEM MYSELF AND HAD SOME MAD PARENTS AT ME FOR THAT ONE BUT THE FRAUD ISSUE, WE DO HAVE IN HARRIS COUNTY. SAME EXACT. IN SOME WAYS THEY COME THROUGH E-MAIL AND PHONE CALLS AND I WAS CALLED AND THEY USE HARRIS COUNTY COURTS AND THEY HAD THE WRONG NUMBERS FOR THE HARRIS COUNTY COURTS AND ONCE I DECIDED TO CALL IT THE NUMBER WAS NO GOOD SO I AGREE WITH CAPTAIN. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT GOING TO CALL YOU FOR MONEY. THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS OR WE WORK. SO THAT'S YOUR BIGGEST INDICATION FOR THOSE GETTING THE CALLS IF THEY ARE ASKING FOR MONEY HANG UP ON THEM AND DO YOUR RESEARCH AND GO FROM THERE. OTHER THAN THAT CREEK SIDE HAS BEEN, ACTUALLY I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT, THEY'VE BEEN DOING WELL. I ALMOST DID. BUT THEY'VE BEEN DOING WELL, AND IT'S CREEK SIDE AND IT'S UP THERE RIGHT NOW. BUT ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY? >> I HAD A QUESTION. I GOT AN E-MAIL TODAY FROM A RESIDENT. ALL THE PEOPLE THEY SENT IN PICTURES OF E-SCOOTERS. DO YOU HAVE ADULTS REALLY? >> ANYBODY ON THOSE THINGS. >> I WAS CURIOUS. SOMEONE SENT ME PROBABLY 12 PICTURES. 100 PERCENT PROBABLY PEOPLE OVER 40 ON THEM. >> ADULTS ARE DEFINITELY ON THEM A LOT MORE AND THEY ARE PUTTING WRONG ONES ON THE STREETS. IT'S NOT THE RIDER, IT'S THE BI BIKE. >> THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A BIG JOB. LONG TIME YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. >> MY HUSBAND AND I WERE DRIVING THROUGH EASTSHORE YESTERDAY AND WE HAD THE RIGHT AWAY TO GO THROUGH ONE OF THE BIGGER INTERSECTIONS THERE AND I GUESS I WAS CRAWLING A LONG, WASN'T GOING VERY FAST THANK GOD BECAUSE AN E-BIKE I GUESS A MOTOR SCOOTER, BECAUSE IT WAS [00:30:03] FLYING WITH A PRETTY LARGE MALE ON IT. HE WENT SO FAST BUT HE WAS BIG. HE ALMOST CAME INTO OUR CAR. HE DIDN'T LOOK. HE HAD THE STOP SIGN AND JUST WENT RIGHT IN FRONT OF US AND NARROW I WILL MISSED US AND MY HUSBAND ALMOST HAD A HEART ATTACK AND I THOUGHT, WOW, THAT WAS RECKLESS BUT THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO. HE WAS GONE IN A ZIP. I JUST KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME BAD ACCIDENTS. EVERYONE IS EXPERIENCING IT. THEY COME OUT OF NOWHERE. THIS WAS NO CHILD. YEAH. THIS WAS AN ADULT. >> HAVE ON A HELMET? >> NO. >> I SAW TWO OF THEM ON ONE OF THOSE LITTLE DIRT BIKES, YOU KNOW? RIDING TOGETHER, NO SHOES OR HELMET. >> OH YEAH. >> I KNOW TOMORROW WE'RE HAVING A MEETING WITH THE C O OF MEMORIAL HER MAN AND WE'LL HAVE THE TRAUMA SURGEON BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING SO MUCH AT THE HOSPITAL SO I WANT TO TALKING ABOUT TO SHOW THEM WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FROM THE TOWN SHIP SIDE. THIS IS ACTUALLY MORE FROM THE MEDICAL SIDE AND WE'LL HAVE JAMES CAMPBELL THERE, AS WELL. >> THE ACCIDENTS ON THOSE THINGS ARE DEFINITELY BAD WHEN THEY HAPPEN. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S VEHICLE VERSES, YOU KNOW? I THINK THE WORSE ONE WE HAD LATELY WAS A REGULAR BICYCLE AGAINST E-BIKE BUT EVEN THEN, THE BICYCLE WON ON THAT ONE, BUT LUCKILY, NO HEAVY INJURIES JUST SKINNED UP KIDS BUT THAT'S ON THE PATHWAYS AND ROADWAYS AND I THANK GOD EVERY DAY THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVING THE VEHICLES EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE ON THE SCOOTERS THEY ARE STILL AUTOPADS BUT HOPEFULLY WITH THE GRACE OF GOD THEY DON'T START WITH THOSE SO THAT'S THE ONE THING I'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH AND HOPE I CONTINUE TO BE BLESSED. WITH >> ARE YOU PURSUING ANY KIND OF LEGISLATION IN THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN TEXAS NOT YOU PERSONALLY, BUT THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE. ARE THEY LOOKING TOWARDS ANY LEGISLATION THAT MIGHT GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE CLOUT TO STOP THIS? >> RIGHT NOW I REALLY CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT THE CONSTABLE IS DOING BECAUSE HE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS UNTIL IT'S TIME TO LET US KNOW ABOUT IT. BUT HE'S FOREVER TALKING ABOUT THE LEGISLATURE, AND IF HE'S DOING WHAT HE'S DOING NOW I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE HE HAS INTEREST SOMEWHERE BUT HE'S DEFINITELY SPEAKING UP AND SPOKEN WELL. >> IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO AS A BOARD LIKE WRITE A LETER OR TESTIFY? >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. BOBBIE SELLERS WITH THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRECINCT THREE. HOW ARE YOU BUD? >> LIVING THE DREAM. I'M WAY TOO LOUD FOR THAT. THANKS. OKAY. REALLY APPRECIATE YA'LL HAVING US UP HERE. WE'RE GOING TO TALKING ABOUT PRECINCT THREE, ORDER TWO. THE SAFE HARBOR UNIT WAS ABLE TO FILE 24 CASES AND YOU CAN SEE IS STAT ON THE INTERVIEWS. SEARCH WARRANT AND DEVICES AND FELONY CHARGES. THE RED IS GOING TO BE 2026 AND THE YELLOW IS 2025. THERE IS A LOT OF POSITIVE IN THIS. SOME PEOPLE SEE GRAPHS AND THEY ARE LIKE, IT'S NOT AS BIG AS THE OTHER ONE. YES BECAUSE WE'RE DOING OUR JOB AND REDUCING THAT CRIME IN THE WOODLANDS. WITH THE CHILD EXPLOITATION WE HAD 30 CASES. 231 CYBER TIPS AND THOSE PROGRESS NO MATTER HOW MUCH AFFECT WE TRY TO MAKE. WITH THE CHILD EXPLOITATION UNIT YOU CAN SEE THE PURPLE IS 2026 AND IN 2025 WILL BE IN THE GREEN WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE ALREADY ALMOST EXCEEDED WHAT WE DID IN 2025. AGAIN WITH THE CASES IN THE CYBER TIPS BECAUSE THE MORE CHILDREN THAT GET ONLINE THE MORE EXPOSED THEY ARE TO THESE HORRIBLE PEOPLE. ONE THING WE DID DO THIS QUARTER WAS OPERATION OFF SIDE SO IN OCTOBER OF 2025 THE CHILD EXPLOITATION UNIT BEGAN TO PREPARE FOR THE INCREASED RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2026 F IFA WORLD CUP. WE KNEW EVENTS WOULD ATTRACT PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD BUT UNFORTUNATELY CRIMINALS WHO EXPLOIT PEOPLE FOR PROFIT. [00:35:03] FOR MONTHS INVESTIGATORS LEAD MET WITH PARTNER AND SHARED INTELLIGENCE AND COORDINATED RESOURCES ASSEMBLE AND TEAM. WHEN JUNE ARRIVED THAT PLAN WAS PUT IN ACTION. AS A RESULT OF THE HARD WORK OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, RESULTED IN IMPACT. SO OPERATION OFF SIDE WE HAD 79 CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED. 61 OFFENDERS ARRESTED AND 28 VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFIC RESCUED. NOW WITH THAT, WHEN WE PRESENT THE STATS DURING THE MEETINGS THE VAST MAJORITY IS ON CRIME FLUCTUATION THE CALLS FOR SERVICE AND INCREASED OF THIS AND THE TOWN SHIP IS PAYING FOR SERVICE AND NEED TO KNOW THEY ARE GETTING A GOOD RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT WITH THE COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. LOOKING AT THE STATS DURING THE STING OPERATIONS MOST PEOPLE FOCUS ON THE CHARGES AND ARREST AND THE CRIMINALS WE'VE TAKEN OFF THE STREET. CRIME WILL NEVER CEASE TO EXIST AND WE THE MEN AND WOMEN WORKING FOR THE CONSTABLE WILL MAKE SURE THE BAD GUY AND GIRLS HAVE THEIR DAY IN COURT TO RECEIVE A FULL MEASURE OF JUSTICE AND WE'LL COMBAT IT AND COME UP WITH NEW STRATEGIES TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. MOST PEOPLE OVERLOOK THE NUMBER THAT SHOULD BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WHICH IS RESCUED. ALTHOUGH THE LOWEST NUMBERS IN THE STATS THE FACT THAT ONE HUMAN LIFE WAS SAVED FROM A LIFE OF MODERN DAY SLAVERY SHOULD BE CELEBRATED. THEIR LIFE IS NO LESS PRECIOUS THAN YOURS OR MINE. SO 28 PRECIOUS HUMANS WERE RESCUED AND NOW CAN BE COUNTED AS SURVIVORS. I WOULD BE RE-MISSED IF I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT THAT VICTORY AND RECOGNIZE THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE DEDICATED AND PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS PROFESSION AND THANK THE TOWN SHIP IN ALLOWING THIS TEAM OF ONLY SIX PEOPLE TO MAKE SUCH A HUGE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> OUR PATROL DIVISION ALTHOUGH NOT COMPLETELY FOCUSED ON THE WOODLANDS IT IS A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR PRECINCT IN THIS QUARTER WE HAD CLOSE TO 5500 CALLS FOR SERVICE. ALMOST 600 REPORTS. 5600 TRAFFIC STOPS AND CITATIONS AND ARRESTED. OUR CRIMINAL INTERDICTION UNIT HAD 399 STOPS AND ONE I CAN LOW OF COCAINE SEIZED AND METHAMPHETAMINES AND OVER 32 KILOS OF OTHER NARCOTICS RECOVERED. 22 FELONY CHARGES AND 27 MISDEMEANORS WERE FILED. THIS IS ALL IMPACTING THE WOODLANDS IF NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH IT IS ATTACHED TO IT. NOW WHAT EVERYBODY WANT AND THE FASTER I CAN GET TO THIS PART IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO AND THAT'S WHY I TALK SO FAST IS FOR OUR ELECTRONIC STORAGE DETECTION DOG TO DO A DEMONSTRATION. THIS IS DETECTIVE BRIAN NORTON, CAPTAIN ACOSTA AND I INTRODUCED ANDY THE HARDEST WORKING DETECTIVE AT PRECINCT THREE. >> I NEEDS A NEEDS A HAIRCUT. >> I LIKE THIS. >> OH WOW. >> HE SMELLED A SD CARD? >> THAT'S AWESOME. >> WOW. THAT IS AMAZING. I LOVE HOW HE JUST LAID DOWN INSTEAD OF ATTACKING IT. >> THAT IS HOW HE INDICATES THAT HE'S COME ON A SCENT. IT'S A CHEMICAL USED ALL LAPTOPS. ANYTHING THAT HAS STORAGE CAPABILITIES IT'S THE CHEMICAL THEY SPRAY ON THERE TO KEEP IT FROM OVERHEATING. THAT IS ACTUALLY HOW HE EATS EVERY DAY. HE DOESN'T EAT OUT OF A BOWL BUT DIRECTLY FROM MY HAND SO HE HAS TO WORK EVERY DAY TO BE ABLE TO EAT. IT'S PRETTY NEED HOW THEY DO IT. [00:40:03] >> IS THIS HOW YOU, DO YOU GET SEARCH WARRANTS AND THEY ARE HIDING THESE THINGS IN WALLS. >> WE USE THEM MAINLY FOR CHILD EXPLOITATION CASES. WE RAN TWO SEARCHES THIS WEEK. ONE JUST YESTERDAY AND THEY TRY TO HIDE DEVICES IN WALLS AND BEDS. >> THE LAPTOP WAS VERY UNDER GUARDED. >> DIRTY DIAPERS. >> I WOULD IT WAS JUST LITERALLY MOUNDS OF GARBAGE AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET THROUGH IT TO HELP US WITH AN INVESTIGATION. >> WOW. HOW MUCH TRAINING DOES ANDY GO THROUGH TO GET TO WHERE HE IS? >> PROBABLY APPROXIMATELY ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AND THEN I GOT HIM AND TRAINED WITH HIM FOR FOUR MONTHS AND THEN DID FORMAL TRAINING WITH TWO WEEKS WITH HIM, AS WELL. HE'S ALSO CROSS TRAINED IN THERAPY TOO SO HE CAN SIT WITH KIDS DURING INTERVIEWS AND KEEPS THEM COMFORTABLE AND HE CAN LAY-UP ON THEIR LAP AND CALLED DEEP PRESSURE THERAPY TO KEEP THEM CALM. >> I HAVE A DOG NAMED ANDY TOO AND THAT'S THE TREATS. HE'LL FIND THOSE. THAT'S ABOUT IT. >> THAT'S GREAT. >> THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT DEMONSTRATION THAT WAS COOL. SHOWS A LOT OF WHAT YOU FACE ALL THE TIME SO WE APPRECIATE IT. PLEASE TELL CONSTABLE GABLE HELLO FOR US. ALRIGHT. I CALL MOTION AND SECOND TO RECEIVE AND ACCEPT THE REPORTS. SEE ANDED COY BY DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. [10. Receive, consider and act upon an update on the Respect the Path Educational Initiative;] RECEIVE , CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ON THE PATH OF EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE ON PAGE 79 OF YOUR PACKET. I CALL THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS TO REPORT. >> GOOD EVENING. CHAIRMAN, DIRECTORS. DOING ALL KINDS OF STUFF. IT WANTS TO OPEN. LET ME GO BACK HERE. ALRIGHT. SO THE LAST REPORT WE GAVE YOU WITH US IN MARCH AND WE HAVE CONTINUED THE CAMPAIGN AND IT'S BEEN A FULL YEAR. BELIEVE IT OR NOT IT'S BEEN A FULL YEAR SO IT WAS IN JULY OF LAST YEAR THAT THE BOARD RECEIVED AN UPDATE ABOUT PATHWAY SAFETY AND THAT'S WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BEGAN TO MONITOR INCIDENTS IN AUGUST ON AUGUST 6TH THEY HELD A SPECIAL PARTNER MEETING AND THAT'S WHEN WE OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF THE CAMPAIGN AND LAUNCHED OUR PARTNERSHIP VIDEO AND THEN WE JUST CONTINUED FROM THERE. IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER WE REALLY SATURATED THE MARKET. WE WERE PUTTING OUT CONTENT WHETHER IT WAS A REEL OR POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE HAVE IT IN THE MAGAZINE AND IN TALK OF THE TOWNSHIP. VERY MUCH SATURATED THE MARKET IN JANUARY WE TRANSITIONED TO PROJECT 365 WHERE IT WAS MORE OF A MONTHLY FOCUS WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND THEIR THEMES AND SO EACH MONTH HAD A DIFFERENT THEME AND WE DID A REEL AROUND THAT THEME. WE'VE DONE VIDEOS FOR EVERY MONTH IN ADDITION TO THAT AND THAT LITERALLY BRINGS US TO JULY 2026 AND THIS MONTH'S THEME IS SHARE THE PATH. WE RELEASED THE MOST RECENT VIDEO YESTERDAY. BEFORE I DIVE INTO THE VIDEOS I DO WANT TO DIVE INTO THE DATA AND THIS IS PROVIDED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THERE IS SPECIFICALLY LOOKING BASED OFF CALLS FOR SERVICE THEY ARE RECEIVING SO IF PEOPLE ARE NOT CALLING AND THEY ARE GOING DIRECTLY TO AN E R OR URGENT CARE, THAT MIGHT NOT BE SEEN HERE. SO LIKE I SAID THE LAST TIME WE GAVE THE UPDATE WAS IN MARCH AND WE HAVE MORE DATA SINCE THEN. WE'VE HAD FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR A TOTAL OF 55 INCIDENTS THAT WERE REPORTED AND 28 OF THOSE WERE INVOLVED A PEDAL OR PUSH TYPE OF VEHICLE, BICYCLE AND MOTORIZED WAS 27. SO WE'RE REALLY AT THAT KIND OF 50/50, LOOKING AT THAT NOW. JUST TO KIND OF LOOK INTO THE DATA A LITTLE MORE THE AGE RANGE, I KNOW DIRECTOR LAMB MENTIONED THIS. WE'RE STILL REALLY SEEING THE 13 TO 19-YEAR-OLD BE THE HIGHEST GROUP BUT I WILL SAY THAT BOTH THE 12 AND UNDER AND THE 60 AND OLDER WENT UP SLIGHTLY IN PERCENTAGES SINCE THE REPORT IN MARCH. AS FAR AS HELMET DATA IT'S STILL, WE STILL HAVE MORE THAN 70 PERCENT NOT WEARING THE HELMET, SO THIS IS SOMEWHAT FLUCTUATED. I WILL SAY ANECDOTALLY THOUGH, WE DO HEAR OF MORE PEOPLE WEARING THEIR HELMETS AND THIS IS JUST THE INCIDENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING TO SO IT'S NOT AN [00:45:05] EXACT REPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE WEARING HELMETS VERSES NOT. THEN CONVEYANCE, AGAIN LIKE I MENTIONED, MOTORIZED WENT UP 9 PERCENT SO WE WERE KIND OF SEEING WHERE CONVEYANCE WAS MORE OF THE PEDAL AND PUSH INCIDENTS AND WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE MOTORIZED THIS LAST GO AROUND. INJURY TYPE REMAINS MINOR. ALTHOUGH, MODERATE INJURIES DID GO UP 6 PERCENT THIS TIME IN ADDITION TO THAT. SO AS FAR AS CONTENT THAT WE PUSHED OUT IN MAY. THE FOCUS WAS ALL ABOUT HELMETS. I'M NOT GOING TO PLAY THESE VIDEOS BECAUSE THESE ARE A LONGER FORM VIDEOS BUT TRISHA WITH BIKE THE WOODLAND AS HELMET SAVED HER LIFE AND I GET CHILLS TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE VIDEO YOURSELF IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED IT, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE YOU THINK TWICE. IT STARTS OUT SAYING IF I HAD NOT HAD A HELMET ON I WOULD NOT BE HERE TO TAKE CARE OF MY DOUBTER SO AGAIN, I HAVE CHILLS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT BUT IT IS A REALLY GOOD VIDEO THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AND IN JUNE THE THEME WAS ABOUT STAYING HYDRATED AND ALL THE HEAT THAT'S OCCURRING SO WE WORKED WITH THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND INTERVIEW AND EMS TALKING ABOUT SIGNS OF DEHYDRATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING HYDRATED AND HOW TO TELL IF YOU DO NEED TO GET INTO SOME SHADE OR GET INSIDE AND WHEN TO CALL 911. THEN THAT BRINGS US TO THE BOARD'S VIDEO. YOU WOULD NOTICE IN MAY AND IN JUNE, WE HAD AROUND 6 THOUSAND OR 7,000 VIEWS AND WE RELEASED THE BOARD MESSAGE YESTERDAY AND WE'VE HAD OVER 25,000 VIEW, SO FAR. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. YA'LL HAVE BEAT CHIEF AND BEAT MONTGOMERY COUNTY, JAMES. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WILL SAY THAT THE UNIFORMS ARE DOING WELL, BUT YOU FOLKS, YA'LL KILLED IT. BUT SIMPLICITY IN THIS VIDEO AND THE MESSAGE THAT YOU ALL BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITY IS BEING WELL RECEIVED ON BOTH SIDES. SOME PEOPLE AGAINST IT AND SOME PEOPLE PRO BUT THE CONVERSATION IS BEING HAD AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS WHOLE CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GOOD HOW UNITED WE WERE. YOU DON'T FIND IT IN TODAY'S WORLD EVERYONE UNITED ON THE CAUSE AND WE HAVE SEEN THE STAT AND THE NUMBERS AND TALKED TO SAFETY OFFICIAL, SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE US UNITED WITH ONE VOICE ON THIS. >> ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE I HAVE IS PARTNER UPDATES. SO CONROY ISD PUT OUT A SURVEY AND THIS INFORMATION I SOURCED FROM COURIER AND IT WAS RELEASED TODAY. ON THAT SURVEY, IT WAS PARENTS, ADMINISTRATION, CROSSING GUARDS, THEY RECEIVED 102 RESPONSES AND 70 PERCENT SAID-BIKES ARE UNSAFE FOR KIDS. 69% SAID IT MAKES TRAVEL TO SCHOOL LESS SAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND 62% SUPPORTED BANNING THE DEVICES FROM CAMPUSES. THE ARTICLE SAID THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING A DISTRICT WIDE BAN BUT I WILL SAY, HOWEVER, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THEY CAN'T RIDE THEM TO SCHOOL. THEY CAN RIDE THEM TO SCHOOL BUT THEY CAN GET OFF OF IT AND PARK IT IN THE BIKE RACK SO THEY JUST CAN'T RIDE IT ON CAMPUS. SO IT'S NOT A COMPLETE BAN. I THINK IT IS A STEP FORWARD BUT THAT IS THE LATEST FROM ISD. LINDA, DIRECTOR NELSON MENTIONED THERE IS AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN AND THEY REACHED OUT THE US TO SEE WHAT ALL WE'RE DOING AND WE'LL BE SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH THEM TOO SO ANOTHER POSITIVE PARTNER. >> ANY NEWS ON THE OTHER ISD? >> WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM EARLIER THIS YEAR. THEY RECEIVED THE LATEST VIDEO THAT WE PUSHED OUT AND WERE ENCOURAGED TO SHARE IT. AS FAR AS POLICY UPDATES I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING. CINDY? >> I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT I DO BELIEVE THEY SHARED SOME OF THEIR MEETINGS, JUST SOME, SOME OF THE SAFETY MESSAGES WE WERE PUTTING OUT. I HAD HEARD THAT. >> I KNOW TRISHA ADDRESSED THE SCHOOL BOARD THIS LAST WEEK. I'VE HAD TWO REACH OUT TO ME JUST TO TALKING ABOUT THIS TO GET UP-TO-DATE ON IT MORE WHICH I THINK IS PROGRESS BECAUSE THIS IS MUCH MORE OF A SAFETY ISSUE THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS THOUGHT AND IT'S ALSO NOT JUST A WOODLANDS PROBLEM BUT THIS IS ACROSS THE DISTRICT NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. >> ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> EVEN INTERNATIONAL WE HEAR REPORTS TOO. [00:50:04] SO THAT'S THE REPORT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? >> THIS IS GREAT. >> GOOD JOB. >> GREAT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AND MAKING HEAD WAY ALONG THE WAY. JUST THE FACT THAT THEY ARE SAYING YOU HAVE TO WALK THE BIKE IN ONCE YOU ARE THERE. THEY ARE REALLY ADDRESSING IT. >> I THINK IF ONE PARENT HAS NOT BOUGHT A DEVICE THAT'S A SMALL WIN BUT IT IS A WIN. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ASK CIS D FOR THEM TO UNDERSCORE THAT MOTORIZED VEHICLES ARE NOT ALLOWED ON TOWNSHIP PATHWAYS BECAUSE APPARENTLY THAT'S STILL NOT RESONATING. IT IS A START. I THINK IT'S FABULOUS THAT CIS D IS NOW SAYING THEY WILL NOT ALLOW CHILDREN ON MOTORIZED VEHICLES ON THEIR PROPERTY. THAT'S A HUGE WIN. VERY BIG. BUT THE NEXT ROLL-OUT SHOULD BE AND DO YOU REALIZE PARENTS THAT YOU'RE BREAKING THE RULES LETTING YOUR CHILDREN RIDE ON THE PATHWAY TO SCHOOL? AND I DO KNOW THEY HAVE SHARED OUR MESSAGES. >> SPECIFICALLY, SCHOOL WIDE THE SCHOOLS IN THE WOODLANDS, WHEN WE SEND IT OUT THEY HAVE BEEN SHARING THAT AND WE CAN SEE THROUGH OUR STATS ON YOUTUBE, WHENEVER PEOPLE ARE WATCHING IT THROUGH THOSE PLATFORM THIS SHOW UP AND WE SEE SPIKE, SO WE DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE SHARING IT BASED OFF THE SCHOOLS HERE. THE PRINCIPLES ARE SHARING IT. >> THANK YOU LEEANN. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT NOW CALL MOTION AND SECOND TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. MOVED BY DIRECTOR HEISER AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS. RESPOND BY SAYING AYE. ALL THOSE APPOSED? [11. Receive, consider and act upon the financial report;] MOTION CARRIES. RE RECIEVE, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON FINANCIAL REPORT. BRING US SOME GOOD NEWS. >> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I'LL BE PRESENTING THE JUNE 2026 FINANCIALS. THE FIRST SLIDE WE HAVE IS REVENUE. THE YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGETED REVENUE IS 100.7 MILLION AND THE YEAR-TO-DATE ACTUAL COLLECTED IS 104.4 MILLION AND VARIABLE OF 3.36,000,000. THE MAIN COMPONENT OF THIS VARIANCE WILL BE THE OF COURSE THE VARIANCE AND THE SALES TAX. AND ALSO THE UNBUDGETED GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS MAINLY BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOING THEIR DEPLOYMENTS AND THEN WE HAVE SOME PROGRAM REVENUE THAT'S OF EXCEEDED OUR BUDGET IN THE REC CENTERS. EXPENDITURES YEAR-TO-DATE IS 71.5 MILLION. YEAR-TO-DATE 64.9 MILLION. FOR YEAR-TO-DATE FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF 6.6 MILLION. THE MAIN COMPONENT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE THE TIME OF EXPEN EXPENDITURES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES AND CAMERAS AND PERSONNEL. THIS IS FOLLOWED BY TIME OF EXPENDITURES IN CONTRACTED SERVICES AND SOME OPEN POSITIONS THROUGHOUT SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS. >> CAN YOU GO BACK AND EXPLAIN THE EVENT TAX? >> THE EVENT TAX HAS AN UNFAVORABLE VARIANCE BUT THIS IS OFF SEAT BY FAVORABLE VARIANCE IN REVENUE BECAUSE THE MORE REVENUE WE HAVE THE MORE WE PAY OUT. >> THAT'S MONTHLY? >> THAT IS - WE PAY THEM MONTHLY. THE EVENT TAX. IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE REVENUE YOU'LL SEE THE ADMISSIONS TAX IS OVER BUDGET BY 174. 239 IS FAVORABLE VARIANCE AND WE PAY THE PAVILION 90% OF THAT SO THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR 156. NEXT SLIDE IS SALES TAX REVENUE. YEAR-TO-DATE BUDGETED IS 49 MILLION. YEAR-TO-DATE ACTUAL IS 50 MILLION. FOR A YEAR-TO-DATE FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF 973743 AND THAT'S 2% OVER BUDGET WHEN COMPARING TO COLLECTIONS WITH 2025 TO 2026 WE HAVE COLLECTED ABOUT 2.3 MILLION. ADDITIONAL SALES TAX DOLLARS. NEXT SLIDE IS HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE. YEAR-TO-DATE IS 5.3 MILLION. YEAR-TO-DATE COLLECTED 5.2 MILLION. FOR UNFAVORABLE VARIANCE OF 95559 AND WE TALKED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DUE TO ONE HOTEL BEING IN RENOVATION. THAT IS, HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THAT JUST ON THEIR SCALE FOR LAST YEAR WE WOULD BE IN BUDGET. >> CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION. WAS THAT SOMETHING DURING BUDGET [00:55:03] TIME THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE GOING TO DO RENOVATIONS LIKE LAST YEAR? I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE'RE COMING UP ON BUDGET SEASON AND I WONDER IF THERE'S ANY PROACTIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH SO TO SPEAK DO. WE REACH OUT AND SAY HEY, YOU GUYS GOT ANYTHING PLANNED THAT MIGHT CHANGE THAT STUFF? >> I BELIEVE - >> NOT JUST HOTEL. IT COULD BE ANYBODY. >> I BELIEVE THERE WAS A FLOOD. >> YEAH. THEY HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE FACILITY ITSELF AND WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT AT THE TIME OF THE BUDGETING TIME AND IT'S ALSO TAKEN A LONGER THAN WHAT WE HAVE ANTICIPATED SO I THINK IT WENT FURTHER OUT ON SOME THINGS. >> COOL. >> NO, WE HAVE ALMOST DAILY CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL OF THE PROPERTY SO WE KNOW WHEN RENOVATIONS ARE COMING UP. BUT GENERALLY YOU DON'T HAVE AN ENTIRE PROPERTY OFF-LINE FOR PARTICULARLY FOR SIX MONTHS. >> ANYTHING FROM EDP STANDPOINT IF THERE IS A BUSINESS THAT WE RELY ON FOR DECENT SALES TAX COME IN THAT MIGHT BE MOVING OUT, PAYING ATTENTION THOSE THINGS PRACTICALLY I THINK IS WISE. >> YEAH. >> THANK YOU. >> FOR CLUE OR CLARIFYING. >> NEXT SLIDE IS MIXED BEVERAGE. THE YEAR-TO-DATE IS $852000. 871 THOUSAND FOR FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF $18589. WE'VE COLLECTED $5800 ADDITIONAL DOLLARS WHEN COMPARED TO 2025 COLLECTIONS AT THIS TIME. ANY QUESTIONS?>> ANY QUESTIONS? >> ALL GOOD. >> LOOKS GOOD. >> THANK YOU. >> QUESTION FOR YOU REALLY QUICK. UNDER THE CAPITOL PROJECT DETAIL THERE WERE QUITE A FEW THINGS AGING FROM LIKE THE YEAR 2022. WILL WE BE GOING OVER THAT IN BUDGETING? >> THE PROJECTS THAT STARTD? I BELIEVE THOSE WILL BE ADDRESSED DURING THE NEXT PRESENTATION. >> THEY ARE? >> WE DRESSED THEM WHEN YOU DID THE CAPITOL CARRY-OVERS BUT WE'LL GO OVER THOSE IN DETAIL. >> JUST FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, I WAS CURIOUS. >> ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. I CALL MOTION AND SECOND TO ACCEPT THE FINANCIAL REBOARD ENDING JUNE 30TH OF 2026. MOVED BY DIRECTOR LAMB AND [12. Receive, consider and act upon calling Directors Election to be held on November 3, 2026, and determining procedure for giving notice of same, and the adoption of an order in connection therewith (with Supplemental Agenda for Adoption of Order Calling Elections);] SECONDED BY DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS. MOTION CARRIES. CALLING DIRECTORS ACT UPON CALLING DIRECTOR'S ELECTION ON NOVEMBER THIRD OF 2026 AND DETERMINE PROCEDURE FOR GIVING NOTICE OF THE SAME IN THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDER CONNECTING THERE WITH AND FOR THE ADOPTION ORDER LOCATED ON PAGES 98 THROUGH 113 AND I CALL ON KAREN. >> THANK YOU. AS YOU ARE AWARE THE TOWN SHIP HOLDS ELECTIONS TO ELECT FIVE POSITIONS EITHER THREE OR FOUR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS POSITIONS AND IN 2026 THAT'S POSITION 1, 2, 3 AND 4. EACH POSITION IS FOR A TWO-YEAR TERM AND ELECTION DATE IS NOVEMBER 3RD OF 2026. THE BOARD CALLS THE ELECTION BY ORDER. THE FORM OF WHICH WAS PREPARED BY THE TOWN SHIP SECRETARY'S OFFICE WITH ASSISTANCE OF LEGAL COUNSEL AND THE FORM OF THE ORDER WAS PROVIDED FOR YOU. THE ELECTIONS ARE COORDINATED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT COUNCIL AND THE ORDER INCLUDES THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ELECTION AGENT WHICH IS THE TOWN SHIP STAFF POSITION OF TOWN SHIP SECRETARY RENE HUGGINS AND THE CONTRACTS WITH HARRIS COUNTY WERE EASE OF ACCESS TO VOTING BY A RESIDENTS AND TO HOLD JOINT ELECTIONS AND THIS IS AUTHORIZED THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF THE ELECTION ORDER. THE ORDER FORM OF THE ORDER THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU IS MISSING CERTAIN INFORMATION WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE. IT'S PRIMARILY VOTING LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE-UP UNTIL VERY CLOSE TO THE ELECTION AND THAT'S WHY YOU ADOPT THE FORM OF THE ORDER RATHER THAN THE FINAL VERSION. THE ORDER WILL BE TRANSLATED INTO THE REQUIRED LANGUAGES WHICH OR THE TOWN SHIP, SPANISH, VIETNAMESE AND CHINESE. THE ACTION BEFORE YOU IS TO ADOPT THE FORM OF THE ORDER CALLING THE DIRECTOR'S ELECTION WHICH SPECIFIES THE NOTICE OF THE ELECTION WILL BE GIVEN BY POSTING AND DESIGNATES STAFF POSITION OF TOWN SHIP SECRETARY AS THE ELECTION AGENT. >> ANY QUESTION? I CALL A MOTION AND SECOND TO ADOPT THE FORM OF ORDER CALLING DIRECTOR SERVICE ELECTION NOTICE OF THE ELECTION GIVEN POSTING AND DESIGNATE STAFF POSITION AS THE TOWNSHIP'S ELECTION AGENT. MOVED BY DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR HEISER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RESPOND BY AYE. [13. Recess to Executive Session to discuss matters relating to real property pursuant to §551.072, Texas Government Code; deliberation of economic development negotiations pursuant to §551.087, Texas Government Code; discuss personnel matters pursuant to §551.074, Texas Government Code; discuss IT network or critical infrastructure security pursuant to §551.089, Texas Government Code; and to consult with The Woodlands Township’s attorney pursuant to §551.071, Texas Government Code;] MOTION CARRIES. WEAVE WE'RE RECESS TOGETHER [01:00:04] EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'LL HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION BUT WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM AFTER IF YOU LOOK ON YOUR PACKETS THAT WE'LL COME OUT TO ADDRESS, I HOPE POSSIBLY. IF NOT WE'LL STILL BE HERE SO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO HANG AROUND. WE HAVE AN EXCITING ONE AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCED THE BOARD WILL RECESS TO DISCUSS MATTERS RELATED TO REAL PROPERTY 551 .02. CLUBERATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS TO 55.1 .074. I.T. NETWORK CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO 5510518 AND PURSUANT TO 5 THE GOVERNMENT CODE. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE BOARD ARE RECONVENE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS OVER. [14. Reconvene in public session;] >> 7:39 P.M. WE'LL BE NECESSARY TO TAKE ACTION AT THIS TIME. [15. Receive, consider and act upon a Ground Lease Agreement between The Woodlands Township and Forest Capital Partners, LP for a short course golf complex and associated amenities;] ITEM 15 RECEIVE , CONSIDER AND ACT UPON UPON THE GROUND LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN FOREST CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP. FOR SHORT COURSE GOLF COMPLEX IN ASSOCIATED AMENITIES. I CALL ON OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER TO REPORT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHAIRMAN. I'M WAITING FOR IT TO COME UP ON THE SCREEN. THERE WE GO. THE SHORT COURSE. I WANT TO USE THIS, LIKE SIX SLIDES AT LEAST TO REALLY KIND OF GIVE THE PUBLIC THE COMMUNITY HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT AND THEN THE LAST TWO SLIDES REALLY GET INTO MORE OF THE DETAILS ABOUT YOU KNOW THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT WHICH I THINK ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. THIS CONCEPT REALLY STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO AT STRATEGIC PLANNING AND INITIATIVE. I BELIEVE MAY 2025 WHERE OUT OF THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING IDENTIFIED PUBLIC GOLF AS AN UNMET NEED. WE HAVE TONS OF SOCCER FIELD AND BASKETBALL COURT AND TENNIS COURTS BUT ONE THING MISSING WAS PUBLIC GOLF AND THE BOARD IS A SAW THAT. WE HAVE A LOT OF PRIVATE GOLF BUT I CANNOT GO OUT ON TO A GOLF COURSE WITH A RANGE OF BALL ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR VERSES GETTING A MEMBERSHIP AND INITIATION FEES AND SO ON SO WE REALLY AT THAT TIME SINCE 2023 THREW A LAND TRADE, TRADE SWAP WITH HOWARD HUGHES HAVE THIS, 208 ACRE OF LAND CALLED THE SOUTH GOZ LYNN TRACK SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS AND IT JUST LEADS US TO A GREAT IDEA FOR THIS TRACK. TO GIVE YOU MORE ORIENTATION THE 200 ACRE IS IN HARRIS COUNTY AT CREEK SIDE PARK. WE TRADED THIS PARCEL WITH THE WOODLANDS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THIS. IT IS BORDERED BY GOZLING TO THE WEST SPRING CREEK TO KIND OF THE NORTH AND EAST AND HARRIS COUNTY OR TOWNSHIP BORDERS BASICALLY TO THE SOUTH. AND REALLY AN INTERESTING PART OF THIS IS REALLY WORKING WITH HARRIS COUNTY ON THE SPRING CREEK GREEN WAY THAT SABBATH WAY THAT IS GOING TO GO FROM 59 AND 69 ALL THE WAY THROUGH OUR GEORGE MITCHELL PRESERVE AND THE SOUTH TRACK AND ON TO 249 SO ONE OF THE LARGEST URBAN GREEN WAYS IN THE COUNTRY. THIS WILL BE PART OF. A LOT OF BACKGROUND WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS PARCEL. WE LOOKED AT CULTURAL RESOURCE REPORT. WETLANDS DELINEATION AND DUE DILIGENCE AND ASPECTS AS UTILITIES AND THE TEN YEAR STORM STUDY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALSO LOOKED AT WAS A WILDLIFE REPORT ON THAT AREA AND I KNOW SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE COME UP HERE AND MADE CONCERNS ABOUT VARIOUS ANIMALS. ONE WAS A BOX TURTLE AND I COULD NOT FIND THAT LISTED IN AREA. IT WAS IN THE APPENDIX AS AN, ANIMAL THAT COULD BE IN HARRIS COUNTY BUT IT'S VERY BIG BUT WE HAVE 78 OTHER POND WHERE'S THEY FLOURISH. THIS IS NORTH. ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER LOOKING AT TRAILS ACCESS BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE PARCEL AND IT STILL LEAVES THE YELLOW AREA FOR WHATEVER THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE FROM AN ACTIVE REPARATIONS ASPECT BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE ABOVE THE HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN SO DOES GIVE YOU FLEXIBILITY. WHEN WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS IT HAS TO BE THROUGH HOW WE GOT TO THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. OPERATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT [01:05:02] THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS CALLED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND WE SENT THEM TO TWO KNOWN INTERESTED PARTIES AND I ACTUALLY SPOKE TO FIVE OR SIX COMPANIES ACROSS UNITED STATES. YOU SEE THE PROPOSAL DUE DEADLINES. WE HAD THREE AND THE BOARD BECAUSE OF THE CONCEPT SHOWS EARLY BIRD MANAGEMENTS AND ANOTHER THING TOO WHILE THIS WAS AN OPEN PROCESS THERE WAS NO PROPOSAL SUBMITTED. EVERYONE HAD A RIGHT BUT THERE WAS NO PROPOSAL SUBMITTED AND THEN THE BOARD APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 26TH AND WE ACTUALLY APPROVED A TERM SHEET ABOUT TWO MONTHS LATER TO GO INTO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS. THE MEAT AND THE POTATOES OF THE LEASE AND OPERATIONAL AGREEMENT IS AS FOLLOWS. INITIAL TERM IS 15-YEARS AND THERE'S TWO TEN YEAR TERMS. THE COMPANY WILL BE MAKING A 12,000,000 CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND WILL MAKE A 2.5 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT. LOOKING AT VARIOUS BASE RENTS BASED ON THE SUCCESS OF THE VENTURE. IT SAYS THAT IT WILL GROW TO AN ADDITIONAL 6% ONCE THEY MET THE 1.5 OF THE MINIMUM CAPITAL GROSS RECEIPTS OF 1.5 AND THEY ARE PROJECTED IN SOMEWHERE YEAR 6, 7, 8 SOMEWHERE TO BE AT THAT 1.5 ASPECT. WE ALSO SEE THAT IN THE OUT TERMS IN THE SECOND TERM AND THIRD TERM THAT WE'LL HAVE A BASE RIGHT OF 9 PERCENT PLUS, CPI SO THOSE ARE TERMS WE HAVE IN TERMS OF BRINGING REVENUE IN FROM A USE OF THE PARCEL IN THE SOUTH AREA. THE OTHER FINAL THINGS THAT WE WORKED WITH THEM IS REALLY LIKE ONE OF THE KEYS TO THE SUCCESS OF THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP HAS BEEN MAKING SURE OUR AMENITIES LOOKING GOOD FROM DAY ONE THROUGH I GUESS DAY 52 YEAR AND THAT IS WHY WE ASKED IN THIS AGREEMENT TO SET ASIDE A CAPITAL RESERVE IN THE FIRST TERM 400,000 AND IN THE SECOND 600,000 AND IN THE THIRD TERM 800 THOUSAND AND IF THEY USE DOLLARS THEY WILL HAVE TO REPLENISH THOSE SO IT'S NOT JUST A ONE SHOT. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PUT 1.8 MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF 35 YEARS. THEY HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS. INITIAL IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT POTENTIALLY MOVING FORWARD AND TRYING TO GET THIS DONE IN 30 MONTHSTHEY ARE READY TO GO FROM OUR DISCUSSION WITH THEM. WATER. >> CHRIS, LET ME STOP YOU BECAUSE I THINK YOU LET AN ATTORNEY DO MATH AND I BUT EARLY 2028. I THINK IT'S EARLY 2029. IF YOU DO 30 MONTH, SO THAT'S MY FAULT. >> THANK YOU, BRAD. >> SAYS COLORADO UNIVERSITY MATH CLASS. >> THEY DON'T TEACH MATH IN BOULDER. >> LET MONIQUE DO THE MATH. >> AND THEN LOOKING AT USING WATER WE LOOKED AT FIVE SOURCES. WE IDENTIFIED THE MOST RELIABLE WOULD BE ACTUALLY BE INSTEAD OF PUMPING IT FROM THE GROUND THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT THAT AND TIMELINESS OF POTENTIALLY AND COST OF USING WASTE WATER FROM 386 IN THERE AND WE WORKED ON PROCURING, OR GOING THROUGH THE VARIOUS CHECKS AND BALANCES OF WHAT WE NEED DO WITH THE STATE TO USE BASICALLY OUR OWN WATER. BIG THING THAT'S OF CONCERN IS TREE PRESERVATION AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE COURSE DESIGNER TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REMOVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TREES BUT IT'S STILL A GOLF COURSE BUT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING SPECIMEN TREES OUT THERE REALLY FRAME THE COURSE LIKE WE DO WITH MANY PARK PROJECTS. THEY HAVE TO MEET OPERATIONAL STANDARDS WITH THE UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION STANDARDS AND STANDARDS FROM HARRIS COUNTY FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE AGREEMENT IF THEY DEFAULT, THE PROPERTY BECOMES, REVERTS BACK TO THE TOWNSHIP AND YOU SEE IF THERE IS A DEFAULT AND DEFAULT IS FAILURE TO PAY THE RENT AND PREACHS OF MATERIAL OBLIGATIONS AND THAT IS THE MAIN TERMS THAT ARE IN THIS AGREEMENT SO RIGHT NOW CHAIRMAN THE RECOMMENDATION IS IN FRONT OF YOU. >> OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OF CHRIS? >> THANKS THAT WAS THOROUGH. >> IS THAT A YES? >> I SAID THANK YOU. >> I THINK THIS IS A BIG DEAL AND ONE OF THE MOST FUN PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HAD, I THINK, IT'S NOT A BATHROOM. YOU KNOW? I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE UPSET FROM THIS. MAYBE A FEW BUT I THINK OVERALL THIS IS A WIN/WIN FOR THE [01:10:04] TOWNSHIP AND FOR THE RESIDENTS AND FOR ALL OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE NEEDING EXPOSURE TO GOLF THAT THEY CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE BECAUSE IT'S ALL PRIVATE RIGHT NOW. I THINK THAT'S THE MESSAGE WE'RE TRYING TO SEND IS THAT WE WANT YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT RIGHT NOW ABLE TO PLAY GOLF TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN TO PLAY GOLF. IT IS A THRILLING THING. I DID IT WHEN I WAS GROWING UP AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, THE WINDOW CLOSES AND YOU ARE TOO OLD REALLY TO LEARN AND I THINK THAT THIS IS FABULOUS. I'M PROUD OF THE WOODLANDS FOR DOING THIS AND LINDA NELSON, YOU ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF YOUR PASSIONS AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT AND TOLD YOU I WOULD SUPPORT YOU FROM THE BEGINNING ON IT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A GOOD, GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE SO I SUPPORT IT WHOLEHEARTEDLY. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS AND CHALLENGES COMING FORWARD WE WANT RESIDENTS TO BRING THEM TO US AND WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS OR IDEAS OR CONCERNS. LET US KNOW. THANK YOU CHRIS. >> THE OTHER ASPECT I THINK IS VISITING THE WOODLANDS HAT ON. IT IS A GREAT TEAM BUILDING FOR CORPORATE FOLKS TO DO. GREAT WAY TO SPEND A FRIDAY EVENING WITH YOUR FAMILY ENJOYING GOLF. IT'S GOING TO BE, THE 2029 CANNOT COME SOON ENOUGH. I LIKE THE OTHER MATH WHEN IT WAS 28. >> I TRIED. I TRIED. >> THANK YOU. >> I THINK ONE THING IS WE'VE GOT AN INCREDIBLE PARK SYSTEM. OVER 220 MILES OF PARKS. 151, 220 MILES OF PATHWAYS. IS THIS 152 TECHNICALLY? >> YEAH I THINK IT WOULD BE. JOHN MCGOWEN WE GO BACK AND FORTH IF WE'RE AT 151 OR 152. >> MAYBE IT'S 153. DON'T LET BRET DO THE MATH. I DO WANT TO BRAG ON THE BOARD HERE. THIS IS SOMETHING YOU KNOW IN FOUR YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF MAJOR PARK PROJECTS. NOT JUST, WE DID A LOT OF TURF PROJECTS AND I TALK ABOUT THE TURF A LOT BUT THEY ARE UTILIZED AND WE GET RENT APART FROM THESE CLUBS THAT ARE PLAYING IN TOURNAMENTS THAT HELL TO LOWER THE TAX BURDEN. IF YOU DON'T MIND SO THE MILLIONS WATCHING UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'VE DONE TO THE PARKS IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS FROM PATHWAYS TO SOCCER FIELDS AND SUPPORTS PLEXES AND SO ON AND NOW ADDING THIS NEW AMENITY THAT'S NEVER BEEN HERE AND WE'VE NEVER HAD AND ACCESS TO PUBLIC GOLF IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND GREAT FOR BRINGING PEOPLE IN AND SHOWING OFF WHAT WE HAVE BUT ALSO WE HAVE A GREAT PRACTICE FACILITY THAT PEOPLE CAN PRACTICE AT. NOT JUST HAVE TO PLAY. TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE AND THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT. >> IT'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND FOUR YEARS NOT ONLY ON THE NEW BUT ALSO THE, WITH ONE OF THE KEYS TO THE SUCCESS OF THE WOODLANDS HAS BEEN THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND AND THAT FUNDS THE ROUTINE REPLACEMENTS BUTTON NEW STUFF THE TOWNSHIP AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS PUT ON 19 NEW PICKLE BALL COURTS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. WE HAVE ADDED TURF FIELDS AT FALCON PARK, AS WELL AS GOZ LIN FIELD FOUR. RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH A 10 MILLION PLUS, OR MINUS OF ALDEN SUPPORTS PARK THAT WILL ADD TWO MORE TURF FIELD AND A PLAYGROUND, PAVILION, ROOMS AT THE RUGBY COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR, FOR PROBABLY 15-YEARS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO WALK ALL THE WAY TO THE BASEBALL FIELDS. WE LOOK AT ANOTHER KEY IS WE'VE RENOVATED AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF AND LAST WEEK YOU APPROVED 1.8 MILLION TO RENOVATE THE REMAINING BATHROOMS IN THE SYSTEM. YOU ARE LOOKING, ANOTHER THING THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE BOARD IS YOU ARE REPLACING FIVE TO SIX MAYBE EVEN SEVEN PLAYGROUND AS YEAR. WE HAVE 92 IN THE SYSTEM. THE PARK POOL WAS RENOVATED AND OVER AT BEAR BRANCH SUPPORTS FIELDS AND PARK WE ADDED 100 DIFFERENT PARKING SPACES TO BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE OFF RESEARCH FOREST. WE PUT A NEW SPRAY GROUND THERE WHICH WAS ABOUT A MILLION DOLLAR 1.2 MILLION LIFT THERE. WE ALSO DID A NEW BATHROOM ON THE SUPPORT FIELD SO IT IS CONSTANT SUPPORT FOR THE PARK SYSTEM, NOT JUST FOR THE GOLF COURSE IDEA BUT KEEPING AND MAINTAINING THE AMENITIES THAT ARE THERE AND LAUNCHING OFF NEW [01:15:05] AMENITIES TO MEET THE DEMAND OF RESIDENTS. >> WE DID THAT WITHOUT RAISING ANY TAXES. WE DID THAT WITH IMPLEMENTING A 3 PERCENT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TAX AND DID THAT BY BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TAXPAYER MONEY. THIS IS NOT GOING CRAZY BUT A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT MEET AS NEED IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S NOT THERE RIGHT NOW AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE APPLAUDED THAT WE DO THIS. WE HAD A COMMITTEE THAT I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE MYSELF BUT LINDA NELSON AND DIRECTOR EISSLER AND WE HAD THREE MEMBERS THAT BROUGHT A LOT OF VALUE. KYLE WATSON FORMER VICE-CHAIRMAN AND SCHOOL LYLE AND MR. MURPHY BROUGHT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE GAME OF GOLF TO THE COMMITTEE AND THIS WILL BE A REALLY INCREDIBLE FACILITY. CHRIS HATS OFF TO YOUR TEAM. YOU DID A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK NEGOTIATING THIS AND UNDERSTANDING IT AND WORKING THROUGH IT AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTIRE WORK. >> KUDOS TO HIM TOO. >> HE GOT PAID FOR IT. THANKS BRET. YOU DAVID GREAT JOB. IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT AND THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT LAST FOR A LONG TIME AND BRINGS REVENUE IN FOR OUR COMMUNITY. DOESN'T COST US, BRINGS IT IN WHICH IS GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT I CALL A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE GROUND LEASE WITH FOREST CAPTITAL PARTNERS, LP. MATERIALLY INFORM PRESENTED TO THE BOARD TONIGHT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION BY THE TENANT OF A SHORT COURSE RECREATIONAL GOLF COMPLEX AND ASSOCIATED AMENITIES AND AUTHORIZE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS AS A PROVED TO FINAL FORM BY THE TOWNSHIP LEGAL COUNSEL. >> LINDA? >> SECOND. >> MOVED THREE LINDA NELSON AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RESPOND BY SAYING AYE? IT IS 5-0. >> SUPER EXCITING. >> VERY, VERY, VERY EXCITING. MONIQUE TELL THEM WE WANT A COOL GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY. MAYBE ALL OF US HITTING A GOLF BALL OFF INTO THE TRACK. >> LONGEST DRIVE. [16. Consideration of items to be placed on the agenda for next month's meeting;] >> ALRIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM 16. DISCUSS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENT? >> I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. >> ALRIGHT. >> SOMETHING THAT RELATES TO THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES I WANT TO AGAIN CONGRATULATE THE TEAM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TEAM AT FIRE STATION SIX FOR HAVING THE FIRST BABY IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA SURRENDERED TO A BABY BOX. KUDOS TO THEM. THEY ARE AWESOME. ALSO TO TELL EVERYONE THAT AN ANONYMOUS DONOR DONATED I THINK 100,000 DOLLARS TO THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX FOUNDATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF OTHER COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS PUTTING IN A BABY BOX BECAUSE IT RUNS ABOUT 15 TO $20,000 TO PUT IT IN AND ABOUT $600 A YEAR FOR MAINTENANCE TO BE PART OF THE TEAM FOR THE FOUNDATION AND GET YOUR BABY BOX LISTED ON THE NETWORK AND ON THE MAP, AND THE 24-HOUR HOTLINE BUT IT'S THE $20,000. SOME COMMUNITIES BALK AT THAT. SO FIVE BABY BOXES CAN GO IN NOW IN TEXAS AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL TO DO IT BECAUSE A DONOR HAS PAID FOR YOU TO DO IT SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IF ANYONE WANTS TO DONATE TO THE BABY BOX FOUNDATION THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL. >> AWESOME. GREAT. >> RECENT? >> THAT WAS RIGHT AFTER OUR BABY CAME. YES. IT WAS SAID ONLINE I HEARD IT FROM MONICA KELSEY, THE FOUNDER. >> ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS OR AGENDA ITEMS? [17. Board announcements; and] IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 17. BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS. I GUESS WE DID THAT. >> I GUESS YOU SHOULD SAY SOMETHING ABOUT BUDGET WORKSHOP TO LET EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP COMING UP ON AUGUST 17TH THROUGH THE 20TH, AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO ATTEND, THE EXCELLENT PEOPLE OUT THERE WILL PROBABLY COME, AND IT'S FROM 8:30 AM TO NOON. MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE WILL BE A POSSIBLE EXTRA DAY ON FRIDAY IF WE CAN'T GET IT DONE BY THURSDAY AND HOPEFULLY WE'D LIKE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE. COME TO THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND PARTICIPATE IN YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU. IT WILL BE HERE IN THIS ROOM IN THE TOWN SHIN A CHAMBERS. WELCOME EVERYONE. >> ALRIGHT. ANYMORE ANNOUNCEMENTS? ADJOURNMENT. MOTION AND SECOND ADJOURN THE MEETING. MOVED BY LINDA NELSON AND SECONDED BY DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RESPOND BY SAYING * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.