[1. Invocation / Pledge of Allegiance;] [2. Proclamations;] [00:09:52] HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 [00:10:01] HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 [00:10:10] HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 HD492(CC1) #5662 [00:17:04] IN THIS TOWNSHIP DO HEREBY DESIGNATE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2026, AND EVERY SECOND, EVERY SEPTEMBER 2ND, GOING FORWARD AS THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP INDEPENDENCE DAY IN THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS. SO MANY PEOPLE HELPED ON THIS, AND NOT ALL OF THEM ARE HERE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ALL THE BOARD AND ALL THE STAFF HERE TO COME UP FOR A PICTURE WITH THIS INCREDIBLE PROCLAMATION. ALL RIGHT. SOMEONE, SOMEONE FROM THE. SOMEONE FROM THE. STEVE, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE FOR US. HE TAKES GREAT PICTURES. EVERYBODY COME UP. COME ON. YOU ARE HERE. YOU GET A W TWO STRONG UP HERE. RENEE. WE GOT. COME ON. COME ON, CHIEF ALL Y'ALL COME UP HERE. IF YOU'RE AN EMPLOYEE, COME UP HERE. WE MIGHT NEED TO DOUBLE UP. FRONT ROW. >> EVERYBODY, CAN WE GET A FEW PEOPLE SITTING IN FRONT? GREAT. >> WE DON'T WANT EMPTY CHAIRS. >> THAT LOOKS WEIRD. [00:20:33] [APPLAUSE] >> SO WHAT'S NOT SAID IN THIS DOCUMENT, THIS PROCLAMATION, IS IT WAS MENTIONED, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DRIVE IT HOME. WHEN WE START COLLECTING 100% OF OUR SALES TAXES IN 2030, IT'S 4 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AND GROWING EVERY YEAR FOREVER, FOREVER. THAT WAS ALL GOING TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. NOW IT STAYS RIGHT HERE IN THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP, 100% OF OUR SALES TAX DOLLARS. THE ANNEXATION NOTE WAS NICE. IT GOT A LOT OF HEADLINES THAT WE PAID $50 MILLION FOR ANNEXATION, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE PAID $50 MILLION, 26.3 WAS ALREADY WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO GET 100% OF OUR SALES TAXES FOREVER AND NOT BE PAYING A PENANCE TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. IT WAS A TOTAL TEAM EFFORT. EVERY MEMBER OF THIS BOARD, MONIQUE AND HER TEAM DID INCREDIBLE FINANCIALS ON THAT, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE ENTIRE CITY OF HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL FOR DOING THIS. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT. IT WAS A WIN-WIN, BUT WE HERE IN THE WOODLANDS THINK WE HAVE A W-I-N WIN. >> I AGREE. IT WAS A WIN-WIN. THEY RECEIVED $50 MILLION THAT THEY DESPERATELY NEEDED AT THE TIME, SO IT'S JUST GREAT WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT COME TOGETHER. IT WAS SEVERAL MONTHS OF A LOT OF NEGOTIATIONS, BUT IT WAS REALLY VERY EXCITING TO SEE THIS HAPPEN, AND I LOVE THIS PICTURE WE'RE LOOKING AT. >> THERE WERE A COUPLE TIMES WE DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GOING TO GET IT. A LITTLE DICEY AT THE END. >> AT THE END. >> HAPPY WE GOT IT DONE, AND JUST DON'T SPEND MONEY ON FRIVOLOUS THINGS. I'M LEAVING. [3. Call meeting to order;] [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL GO ON TO THE REGULAR MEETING. IT'S 6:23 P.M.. I DECLARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE LAW, NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS POSTED THREE DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. THE POSTING OCCURRED INSIDE THE THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP OFFICE BUILDING. STATE LAW REQUIRES AT LEAST FOUR BOARD MEMBERS BE IN ATTENDANCE. I ASK YOU TO STATE YOUR PRESENCE BY AUDIBLE SOUND BY ROLL CALL, I DETERMINE WE HAVE SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF [4. Receive, consider and act upon adoption of the meeting agenda;] MEMBERS PRESENT TO DECLARE A QUORUM. MEETING AGENDA LOCATED ON PAGES 1 TO 3. I CALL TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RESPOND BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED? [5. Recognize public officials;] MOTION CARRIES. RECOGNIZE PUBLIC OFFICIALS. WE HAVE TWO, LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR ALWAYS SHOWING UP, OUR DSC CHAIR. ARTHUR NEVER MISSES A MEETING. AND THEN SCOTT PRESTON, RDRC STERLING RIDGE, SCOTT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, BUDDY. >> ATTENDANCE BADGE. [6. Public comment;] >> YEAH, WE'RE GIVING BADGES OUT NOW. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, SIMON, YOUR HOMETOWN SOCCER CLUB, BUT I'M GOING TO READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT NOTES BEFORE WE START. >> PARTICIPATION, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN OPEN MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED. AGENDA ITEMS INCLUDE THE ITEMS... [READING] STEPS THE PUBLIC COMMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES. EACH PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD MUST SIGN THE ROSTER. INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO MAKE GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADDRESS TOPICS NOT INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA OR WISH TO SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS MUST DO SO UNDER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ITEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. IF MORE THAN 15 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL BE TAKEN IN THE ORDER THEY SIGNED AND NOT BE ALLOWED TO YIELD THEIR TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER ON THE LIST. ST [00:25:01] ANY BOARD DISCUSSION OF ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA IS LIMITED TO QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION, WHETHER OR NOT THE ITEM SHOULD BE PLACED ON FUTURE BOARD AGENDAS. SPEAKERS MAY EXPRESS OPINIONS, VIEWPOINTS AND ISSUE BUT ARE NOT PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEBATE. SPEAKERS WILL NOT USE PROFANITY OR RAP LYRICS. COMMENTS AND SPEAKERS CAN BE MADE TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE OR INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS. ALSO, PLEASE PLACE YOUR CELLPHONES ON SILENT MODE. I CALL ON SIMON, THE ONE AND ONLY PUBLIC COMMENT. SIMON? YOU GOT A LOT READ IN YOUR HONOUR TONIGHT. WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE TOWNSHIP STAFF, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT. MY NAME IS SIMON BODISON, DIRECTOR OF SOCCER OPERATIONS FOR YOUR HOMETOWN PROVIDER OF YOUTH SOCCER HDX SOCCER. YOU KNOW I USE A PHRASE, SOCCER NEVER SLEEPS. WELL, WE'RE IN THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AT THE TIME MOMENT, VERY, VERY BUSY. WE STARTED OUR SEASON OFF IN AUGUST WITH A PRE-SEASON EVENT, THE HOUSTON YOUTH CUP. VERY HOT TEMPS AT THAT TIME OF THE YEAR, VERY, VERY BUSY TIME OF THE YEAR WITH 320 TEAMS COMING INTO THE TOWNSHIP. IT'S AN EVENT THAT WE'VE HOSTED SINCE 2006. U-9S THROUGH U-19S WERE THE AGE GROUPS. SO IT WAS A BUSY WEEKEND, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, AUGUST THE 21ST THROUGH THE 23RD. SO IT WAS OUR BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR, HAS BEEN GOING FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, HELPS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE CLUB AND PUTS THE KIDS INTO A PRE-SEASON ENVIRONMENT BACK WITH THE TEAMS THAT WE FORMED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. SO IT WAS AN EXCELLENT EVENT. WE WERE A BEAR BRANCH, GOSLING, COLLEGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL, FALCON WING AND LAKESIDE, AND WE HAD TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE TOWNSHIP FOR EXTRA FIELDS BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE EVENT. SO IT WAS VERY GOOD. I'M DRESSED IN PINK TONIGHT FOR A REASON. HGX CHARITIES AND OUR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IS GOING ON AT THE MOMENT. WE SOLD OUT OF ABOUT A THOUSAND PLUS SHIRTS IN THE FIRST FOUR OR FIVE DAYS OF PUTTING THEM ON THE MARKET. WE SOLD THEM TO OUR MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS. BREAST CANCER AWARENESS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR US FOR ABOUT 10 TO 12 YEARS OF RAISING MONEY, RAISING FUNDS, AND WE'VE RAISED OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS IN THAT CATEGORY OVER THAT TIME PERIOD. IT'S PART OF THE HGX CHARITIES THAT WE GIVE BACK TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, OUR FAMILIES, PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED, AND THESE SHIRTS ARE WORN AND PRESENTED TO OUR PLAYERS. WE WEAR THEM FOR OUR WARMUPS, OUR TRAINING, AND ALSO ON GAME DAY TO RECOGNIZE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS THROUGH THE MONTH. SO THOSE FUNDS WILL -- THE EXCITING PART OF IT IS NOW GIVING MONEY BACK. SO WE'LL MEET AS A GROUP INTERNALLY AND DECIDE WHERE THAT MONEY WILL BE GOING, BUT THOUGHT I'D MENTION THAT BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN PART OF OUR DNA FOR A LONG, LONG TIME PERIOD, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO PUT BACK TOGETHER AND GIVE BACK. SO I'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH A BIGGER REPORT ON OUR REC PROGRAM THAT HAS STARTED. WE'RE THREE OR FOUR WEEKS INTO THAT. THAT'S A BUSY SATURDAY MORNING. IF YOU ARE IN TOWN, YOU WANT TO SEE SOME SOCCER, PLEASE COME DOWN AND VISIT AT THE BEAR BRANCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU, SIMON. >> APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. >> ANY MORE SHIRTS AVAILABLE? CAN WE BUY SOME MORE? >> WHERE CAN WE BUY A SHIRT? >> [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] >> ALL RIGHT, NO SHIRT FOR YOU. >> IT'S AWKWARD. PRICE OF FIELDS JUST WENT UP. [LAUGHTER] JUST JOKING, JUST JOKING. [ CONSENT AGENDA] THAT WAS A JOKE. CONSENT AGENDA. OUR NON-CONTROVERSIAL HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. NO DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE UNLESS REMOVED AND PLACED ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. THERE ARE SIX ITEMS LOCATED ON PAGES 10 THROUGH 103 OF THE PACKET. I'LL CALL THE MOTION IN A SECOND. >> SO MOVED. >> MOVED BY VICE CHAIRMAN EISSLER, SECONDED BY DIRECTOR SEKULA-GIBBS. [8. Receive, consider and act upon a quarterly update on Law Enforcement;] AGENDA 8, RECEIVING [INDISCERNIBLE] QUARTERLY UPDATE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT LOCATED ON PAGE 104 OF THE PACKET. [00:30:03] SHERIFF'S OFFICE PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND HARRIS COUNTY. WELCOME. >> I APPRECIATE IT. I'M LIEUTENANT BRADY FITZGERALD ASSIGNED TO THE WOODLANDS DIVISION AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. DO WE HAVE THE POWERPOINT? I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE BRIEF. THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF CALLS FOR THE OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST FEW MONTHS. THE KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL AND ON THE SCHEDULE. THERE'S NOTHING UNUSUAL AND THEN WE HAVE THE SUMMARY OF... AGAIN, USUALLY THE CALLS WILL BE VERY [INDISCERNIBLE] OF COURSE YOU'LL NOTICE IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, IT GOES UP, ESPECIALLY ON THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SIDE. A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE THE KIDS GET OUT OF SCHOOL AND THEY LOVE MESSING WITH CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS THAT PEOPLE PUT UP. YOU WILL SEE THE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF SKYROCKET DURING THOSE TIMES. OF COURSE, WE HAVE EXTRA PATROLS DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASONS, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE RETAIL CENTERS. IT'S COMING, HOLIDAY PATROL, WE HAVE EXTRA DEPUTIES OUT THERE. THEY'RE BEING DETERRED BY BEING IN THE AREA. WE'LL BE WORKING THE WATERWAY LIGHTS AGAIN THIS YEAR, HAVING DEPUTIES WALKING THE AREA ALONG THE WATERWAY TOO. OTHER THAN THAT, USUALLY THE -- ALTHOUGH THERE WAS ONE SPIKE DOWN IN I THINK IT'S APRIL, IF I CAN SEE IT CORRECTLY, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S QUITE NORMAL FOR WHAT WE SEE EVERY YEAR. OUR CRIME PREVENTION UNIT YEAR-TO-DATE, THEY'VE MADE 171 ARRESTS, 1219 TRAFFIC STOPS. A LOT OF THOSE TRAFFIC STOPS WERE AROUND THE ONE AREA. PETTY CABS AREN'T ALL FOLLOWING THE RULES OF THE ROADWAY AND WE'VE PULLED OVER SEVERAL OF THEM AT SEVERAL TIMES AT DIFFERENT EVENTS DURING THE YEAR OR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. ANOTHER THING WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON IS APPARENTLY THERE'S HOT DOG VENDORS AND OTHER VENDORS SELLING STUFF ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET AND ENTERING TRAFFIC TO SELL THE ITEMS. THE FIRE MARSHALS CONTACTED US AND REFERENCED THE PERMITTING THEY HAVE TO HAVE THAT WE CAN CITE THEM FOR THAT AND OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE NEW RULES JUST LIKE A SOLICITOR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, WE CAN GIVE THEM A WARNING AND THEN CITE THEM OR ARREST THEM AT A LATER TIME IF THEY'RE DISCOVERED DOING THAT AGAIN. WE'RE AWARE OF THAT STUFF. >> IS THAT NEAR THE PAVILION [00:35:02] WITH THE HOT DOGS? >> WHAT'S THAT? >> WHERE ARE THE HOT DOGS AND ALL THAT BEING SOLD? IS THAT NEAR THE PAVILION? >> I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THEM, BUT THE COMPLAINTS ARE THEY'RE AROUND THE PAVILION. THEY SPECIFICALLY SAID HOT DOGS AND APPARENTLY THE INDIVIDUALS ARE RUNNING OUT IN THE ROADWAYS AND SELLING DRINKS TOO. SO THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE OBVIOUSLY HAS COMPLAINTS TOO BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT THE PERMITTING FOR FOOD SERVICES AND THEY'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH WHAT WE CAN DO IN REFERENCE TO THAT TOO. >> DOES THE FIRE MARSHAL RUN FOOD PERMITTING? >> WHAT'S THAT? >> THE FIRE MARSHAL RUN FOOD PERMITTING? >> TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, BUT THAT'S WHO CONTACTED ME. >> CAN WE GET A RUNDOWN OF WHAT THE FIRE MARSHAL DOES AND DOES NOT DO IN THE WOODLANDS. I GET SO MANY REPORTS THAT THE FIRE MARSHAL ACTS AS A COP IN THE WOODLANDS. WHAT DOES HE DO AND NOT DO? >> [INAUDIBLE] >> OH, OKAY, BUT NOT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THANK YOU. >> LAST THREE MONTHS, THE CRIME REDUCTION UNIT HAS DONE RETAIL THEFT OPERATIONS, NARCOTIC DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS, AND ALSO IDENTITY FRAUD OPERATIONS, WHICH IS A RISING CRIME EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW. DURING THE -- THERE WAS A NATIONAL RETAIL THEFT PREVENTION WEEK. THE CRIME REDUCTION UNIT GOT WITH ALL THE STORES IN THE AREA TO SET UP A MULTI-DAY TASK FORCE. DURING THAT TASK FORCE, 23 ARRESTS WERE MADE INCLUDING FOR ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT, SHOPLIFTING, SEVERAL WARRANTS AND NARCOTICS. THEY RECOVERED OVER $5,000 WORTH OF THINGS THAT WERE STOLEN FROM THESE STORES. OF COURSE, THAT GETS RETURNED TO THE STORE AND THE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND IN REFERENCE TO THE ARREST. THE CRIME REDUCTION UNIT JUST MADE A TRAFFIC STOP THIS LAST MONTH. IT WAS A SUBJECT THAT HAD FELONY WARRANTS. THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THEM, FOUND THEM IN A VEHICLE AND PULLED THEM OVER. THEY FOUND FENTANYL IN THE CAR, OR SUSPECTED FENTANYL. STILL HAS TO BE TESTED, BUT IT WAS FENTANYL. THEY ALSO FOUND A POST OFFICE MASTER KEY, ONE OF THE KEYS USED FOR OPENING THE COMMUNITY BOXES ALL OVER THE PLACE. THEY ALSO FOUND HUNDREDS OF PIECES OF MAIL AND OTHER IDENTIFYING INFORMATION TO OTHER PEOPLE, PROBABLY FROM THEFTS FROM THESE MAILBOXES. OF COURSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR THAT, BUT THAT WAS A GOOD BUST IN REFERENCE TO FINDING THAT STUFF INSIDE THE CAR. THEY WANTED ME TO TALK ABOUT THE SAFE HAVEN BOX. IT WAS PUT IN I BELIEVE APRIL OF '25, IS THAT CORRECT? AND IN JULY THIS YEAR, SOMEONE ACTUALLY USED THE BOX, A PARENT PUT A -- WE ASSUME A PARENT PUT A BABY INSIDE THE BOX, FIRE DEPARTMENT OBVIOUSLY IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED OR WAS AT THE LOCATION, TOOK CUSTODY OF THE BABY. REASON I WANT TO DISCUSS THIS IS PEOPLE ASK WHAT OUR ROLE IS IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT, AND LEGISLATION IS CLEAR. WE CHECK FOR NEGLECT AND ABUSE AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE CONDUCT FURTHER INVESTIGATION, AND THE THIRD THING WE HAVE TO CHECK FOR, OF COURSE, IS TO SEE IF THE CHILD IS MISSING REPORTED MISSING SOMEWHERE. IF THOSE THREE ARE NEGATIVE, THE PERSON THAT PUT THE BABY IN THE BOX WILL REMAIN ANONYMOUS AND WE DON'T PURSUE IT ANY FURTHER. THAT IS OUR ROLE IN IT, AND DD DR. SEKULA-GIBBS, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? I KNOW YOU'RE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THIS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. FITZGERALD. IT IS VERY EXCITING TO SEE HOW MANY BABY BOXES ARE POPPING UP IN TEXAS. WE WERE NUMBER SIX BACK IN APRIL OF 2025. MANY OF YOU WERE THERE. IT WAS A WONDERFUL BLESSING AND WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WOULD EVER BE BLESSED WITH A BABY, BUT IT WAS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND WE WERE, AND SINCE THAT HAS HAPPENED, I KIND OF STAY UP. I TRY TO STAY UP WITH IT. THERE ARE NOW 20 IN TEXAS AND THERE ARE 479 IN THE UNITED STATES IN 27 STATES. NOW, THERE ARE SOME STATES HAVEN'T DONE IT, THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN ON BOARD, BUT IT'S GROWING. AND OUT OF THAT, 79 BABIES HAVE BEEN SURRENDERED AND DURING THAT SAME PERIOD, THAT'S ABOUT SINCE 2016, 197 BABIES HAVE BEEN SURRENDERED FACE TO FACE, BOTH AT FIRE STATIONS AND EMS FACILITIES AND HOSPITALS. SO IT'S A WONDERFUL LAW THAT REPRESENTATIVE TOTH AND OTHER PEOPLE AT THE STATE OF TEXAS PUT IN PLACE IN 1999. WE WERE THE FIRST STATE TO ENACT A BABY MOSES LAW WHERE A MOTHER COULD LEGALLY AND SAFELY SURRENDER HER CHILD. [00:40:02] BUT BACK THEN IN 1999, THEY HAD TO BE FACE TO FACE. AND WHAT WAS EVIDENT WAS THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF WOMEN WHO WERE IN CRISIS WHO COULDN'T DO THAT. SO THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX WAS INVENTED, PUT IN PLACE IN INDIANA. THEY HAVE NOW 150 IN LITTLE STATE OF INDIANA. WE'RE BEHIND, WE'RE SUCH A BIG STATE, BUT NEVERTHELESS, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. WOMEN HAVE OPTIONS. FATHERS HAVE OPTIONS WHO ARE IN CRISIS. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND DON'T THROW YOUR BABY IN A TRASH CAN OR IN A DUMPSTER. FIND A SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX. IT'S SAFE, IT'S ANONYMOUS AND LEGAL AND YOUR CHILD WILL BE PLACED IN A HOME THAT IS PRECERTIFIED AS BOTH FOSTERING AND ADOPTING, AND IT WILL HAVE A LOVING FAMILY TO TAKE CARE OF IT FOR THE REST OF ITS LIFE. THANK YOU, OFFICER, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT. >> THANK YOU. OBVIOUSLY IT'S A BLESSING IT WAS HERE, AND A PARENT IN CRISIS AND A BABY GOT TO BENEFIT AS A RESULT OF THIS. OUR CRIME PREVENTION UNIT, I PUT OUR CRIME PREVENTION UNIT AT THE TOP IF NOT THE STATE EVEN THE NATION. OUR GUYS ARE TRULY PROFESSIONAL. NOT ONLY DO THEY TEACH CRIME PREVENTION, THEY EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND HELP WITH THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. OUR CRIME PREVENTION UNIT WENT THROUGH THEIR YEARLY WITH ALL THE OTHER CRIME PREVENTION UNITS AND THE TEXAS CRIME PREVENTION ASSOCIATED, NOTICE DEPUTY CARLOS TAVERA GOT THE OVERALL CRIME PREVENTION SPECIALIST FOR THE YEAR FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE CRIME PREVENTION UNIT GOT OUTSTANDING CRIME PREVENTION AGENCY OF THE YEAR FOR A LARGE AGENCY, AND THESE THREE GUYS WORK WITH THE EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWNSHIP REGULARLY. AND THEY DO LOTS OF THINGS HERE IN THE WOODLANDS IN REFERENCE TO EDUCATION AND WORKING WITH THE CITIZENS OUT HERE. ANOTHER AWARD WE RECEIVED, MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING, M.A.D.D., RECOGNIZED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, TRAFFIC AND DWI ENFORCEMENT TEAM, GOT OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD OF THE YEAR. SHERIFF DOOLITTLE GOT OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AWARD OF THE YEAR AND SHERIFF DOOLITTLE HEADS UP SEVERAL TASK FORCES WITH OTHER AGENCIES AS WELL AS INITIATIVES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY LOOKING TO DETECT DWI DRIVERS AND HOLD THOSE INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTABLE. ALSO DURING THE AWARDS CEREMONY, DEPUTY JOSEPH O'NEILL, WHO IS A WOODLANDS DEPUTY, GOT ENFORCEMENT HERO AWARD, AND DEPUTY ESTEVAN GOT OUTSTANDING ROOKIE AWARD, WHO IS ALSO ONE OF YOUR WOODLANDS DEPUTIES ASSIGNED TO THE WOODLANDS. WE HAD TWO TASK FORCES DURING THE LAST THREE MONTHS. ONE WAS A 4TH OF JULY DWI TASK FORCE. IT WAS HONOURED BY DEPUTY SARADA WHO PASSED AWAY ON DUTY ON I-45. 52DWI ARRESTS WERE MADE, TWO BOATING WHILE INTOXICATED ARRESTS WERE MADE AND MULTIPLE CITATIONS AND WARNINGS ISSUED DURING THAT PERIOD. WE DID HAVE ONE FATALITY, NOT INSIDE THE WE WOULD SAY BUT INSIDE MONTGOMERY COUNTY. A DRUNK DRIVER CRASHED. IT WAS A SINGLE CAR VEHICLE CRASH. LABOUR DAY TASK FORCE, 127 TOTAL ARRESTS WERE MADE. THERE WERE SEVERAL NARCOTICS ARRESTS MADE AS WELL AS UNLAWFUL POSSESSIONS OF FIREARMS DURING THAT, AND OF COURSE, DURING THAT TIME, MULTIPLE CITATIONS AND WARNINGS WERE ISSUED DURING THOSE PERIODS. OPERATION SAFE START, THE SECOND YEAR WE'VE DONE IT. THE FIRST EIGHT DAYS OF SCHOOL, OUR UNITS GO OUT INTO THE SCHOOL ZONES, LOOK FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ISSUES AS WELL AS HELP WITH CROSSING, OUR SAFETY INSIDE THE SCHOOL ZONES. DURING THE TIME, OVER 800 TRAFFIC STOPS WERE MADE, 500 WERE WARNINGS, OVER -- I THINK 130 CITATIONS WERE ISSUED AS WELL AS A WHOLE LOT OF VERBAL WARNINGS DURING THAT TIME. THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC HAZARDS AS DEPUTIES WERE HAVING PEOPLE REMOVE CARS FROM CROSSWALKS OR AREAS THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO PARK AT THAT TIME AND THEY ALSO ASSISTED WITH GETTING THE STUDENTS IN AND OUT OF THE SCHOOL. IT'S AN EIGHT-DAY EVENT AND WE'VE DONE THAT THE LAST TWO YEARS AND EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL. THIS IS MY FAVORITE SLIDE BY FAR. IN REFERENCE, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP SPONSORS A SOFTBALL GAME BETWEEN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE FIGHTERS. SEE THEM BACK THERE. I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM A THANK YOU IN A SECOND, BUT THE COOKOFF OF THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WE HAVE THIS EVENT, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF BUCK WAS KIND ENOUGH TO SEND SEVERAL BOXES OF DOUGHNUTS BEFORE THE GAME OVER TO THE DUGOUT. SO, OF COURSE, WE ATE THOSE POWER PELLETS AND IT PROBABLY MADE OUR BATS MAYBE A LITTLE [00:45:02] STRONGER AND OUR HUSTLE IN THE FIELD A LITTLE STRONGER. I'M NOT SAYING IT CHANGED THE OUTCOME OF THE GAME. BUT IT DEFINITELY COULD HAVE HELPED. BUT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DID BEAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AGAIN. SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE NOTE OF THAT AND THANK CHIEF BUCK BACK THERE. SO THANK YOU. >> TELL ME ABOUT THE TWO ERRORS. >> THE TWO ERRORS? >> THE TWO ERRORS IN THE GAME. >> I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ERRORS, BUT... >> ALL RIGHT... >> BUT I BELIEVE THE SCORE, CHIEF, IF YOU CAN CONFIRM IT, 19-8? >> 19-8. >> THANK YOU, SIR. BUT IT WAS A FUN TIME TO BE HAD EITHER WAY. THAT'S GOING TO CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. LET ME, OF COURSE, SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CAN'T BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS IT IS IN THE WOODLANDS. >> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU, JUST A CLARIFICATION FOR THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WATCHING INCLUDING NANCY BECKER. THE NEW VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE, GETTING THE NEW RAPS AND THAT, IT DOES HAVE THE WOODLANDS ON IT THAT ARE SECURED BY THE WOODLANDS ON THE BACK WINDOW. >> IT WILL BE ON THE BACK WINDOW OF THE VEHICLE. THEY USED TO BE ON THE FRONT QUARTER PANEL AND THEY DECIDED TO PUT THEM ON THE BACK WINDOW. >> SO THEY'RE STILL THERE? >> YES, SIR. >> JUST MAKING SURE. I GOT A CALL ABOUT THAT THIS WEEK SAYING THEY DROPPED THE WOODLANDS. I'M LIKE, NO, THEY DIDN'T. >> SOME OF THE UNITS ASSIGNED TO THE WOODLANDS PURCHASED BY THE COUNTY MIGHT NOT HAVE THEM, BUT THE ONES PURCHASED BY THE WOODLANDS WILL HAVE THE WOODLANDS ON IT. >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. I WILL ADD THAT ON OUR PROPOSED AGREEMENT FOR MOUNTED PATROL, WE ARE REQUIRING THE SAME SORT OF BRANDING FOR THE MOUNTED PATROL. >> THEY'RE NOT BRANDING THE FOUR HORSES. [LAUGHTER] >> NOT AT ALL WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY. >> WE MAY HAVE IRATE RESIDENTS FOR BRANDING THE HORSES. >> GREAT NEWS, WE'RE NOT BRAND BEING ANY HORSES. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING A NATIONAL OUT. THERE WAS A LOT OF GREAT REPRESENTATION FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. >> IT WAS A FANTASTIC EVENT. >> QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANKS FOR KEEPING US SAFE. >> THANK YOU, ALL. >> SAME THING, LIKE LIEUTENANT FITZGERALD SAID, THANK YOU FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON BEHALF OF THE PRECINCT 4, WE THANK YOU. FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS OVERALL, THERE'S BEEN NO MAJOR CRIME, I WOULD SAY. WE HAVE HAD SOME PETTY CRIME, BUT OVERALL, THE HOME BURGLARIES HAVE REDUCED TO ZERO IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. NO OTHER MAJOR PATTERN OF CRIME THAT STANDS OUT AT THE TIME. WE ARE STILL ADDRESSING THE EBIKES, ESCOOTERS AND EBICYCLES. ALTHOUGH, I WILL SAY WITH EDUCATION, IT APPEARS THAT A LOT OF PARENTS ARE COMPLYING. NOT ALL, BUT SOME OF THE PARENTS ARE COMPLYING. THEY'RE BUYING THEIR KIDS LESS OF THE EMOTORCYCLES AND MORE OF THE EBICYCLES, WHICH MAKES IT LEGAL TO OPERATE BUT STILL A CONCERN WHEN THE KIDS ARE OUT BY THEMSELVES. WE STILL SEE THE KIDS OPERATING IN THE TRAILS AND THE ROADWAYS, AND WE ARE ENFORCING IT A WHOLE LOT MORE, GETTING PARENTS INVOLVED. SO THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. EARLIER IN THE YEAR, WE DID HAVE SEVERAL HOME BURGLARIES. NONE OF THOSE HAVE OCCURRED HERE RECENTLY, BUT WE'VE BEEN MORE HEAVY ON THE PATH AND WOODED SIDE, JUST TO ENSURE THERE'S NOBODY LINGERING AROUND TRYING TO WORK THEIR WAY INTO THE HOMES, AND I THINK THE CITIZENS THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN CALLING A WHOLE LOT MORE ON SUSPICIOUS PEOPLE. SO IT'S BEEN A BIG HELP. SO OVERALL, I WILL SAY ON THE HARRIS COUNTY VILLAGES OF CREEKSIDE, OVERALL, WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THE MOST IN SHAPE GUY IN THE BUILDING IS HERE. ADAM LAMB, DON'T TAKE YOUR SHIRT OFF. [LAUGHTER] >> I PICTURE HIM JUST GRABBING THESE GUYS. >> I'M A MARSHMALLOW. IT'S A HOAX. >> ALL RIGHT. >> SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. CONSTABLE GABLE IS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE AND TRIES TO RECIPROCATE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WITH OUR CONTRACT, WE HAVE THREE DETECTIVES THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THE SAFE HARBOR GROUP AND THREE DETECTIVES ASSIGNED TO THE CHILD EXPLOITATION, AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING GROUP AND WE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN AWARDED A SERGEANT WHO IS IN THE ROOM, NEWLY APPOINTED, SERGEANT BRIAN NORTON. [APPLAUSE] IT'S A WELCOME EXPERIENCE. WE WELCOME HIS LEADERSHIP IN MANAGING THAT GROUP JUST BECAUSE THE SIZE AND THE SCOPE, AS YOU [00:50:02] WILL SEE WITH THE STATS, CONTINUE TO GROW AND WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME SOLID LEADERSHIP TO CONTINUE TO DO GOOD WORK. SO WITH THE CASES THAT ARE ASSIGNED AND THE FORENSIC INTERVIEWS, THIS IS PRETTY STANDARD FOR HOW WE RUN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THERE ARE A FEW PEAKS OR BENCHMARKS THAT WE'VE SET THAT WE'VE SUPERSEDED. IN THE RED, THAT'S THIS YEAR AND IN THAT GREEN, WHATEVER, I DON'T KNOW COLORS, THE OTHER COLOR, 2025, AND YOU CAN SEE WITH THE CASES THAT ARE ASSIGNED, THEY'RE A LOT BUSIER NOW, WHICH IS ANOTHER NEED FOR HAVING SOME SUPERVISION IN THAT, AND WE'VE ALREADY EXCEEDED IN SOME OF THOSE SURPASSED EVEN UP TO THIS QUARTER ALL OF LAST YEAR. WITH THE CHILD EXPLOITATION GROUP, LOTS OF CASES ASSIGNED, A LOT OF CYBER TIPS. WE HAVE FOCUSED A LOT MORE ON THE CYBER TIPS, GETTING WHAT WE HAVE FROM HARRIS COUNTY THAT SEEMS TO PROPAGATE UP IN TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND GETTING PEOPLE MORE AWARE THAT THE CYBER TIPS ARE AVAILABLE FOR US TO USE AND UTILIZE HAS HELPED WITH SOME OF THE COMMUNICATION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN OUT. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. >> I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK THE CYBER TIPS, LIKE FOR PEOPLE -- SPEAK UP, MAN, YOU MIGHT BE SAVING A KID'S LIFE. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE LABELED, SO THEY REFUSE TO GET INVOLVED. LIKE I DON'T WANT TO SEE LIKE A RACIST OR HOMOPHOBIC, WHAT ARE THE LABEL MAY BE, SO THEY CHOOSE TO STEP BACK AND NOT SAY ANYTHING. WE'RE TRYING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE, SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING, BUT THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS DO SOMETHING, RIGHT? IT'S ANONYMOUS, MAKE YOUR TIP AND LET US TRY TO INVESTIGATE. IT MAY BE NOTHING. >> HOW DO YOU DO THAT? >> YOU CAN GO ONLINE. THERE'S LOTS OF RESOURCES ONLINE. YOU CAN USE ANY SEARCH ENGINE, SAFARI, GOOGLE, TYPE IN CYBER TIP AND IT PICKS A LOT OF THEM. AND YOU CAN GO -- IT DIALS IN TO YOUR AREA AND YOU CAN BE AS SPECIFIC, WHATEVER, BUT AFTER THE LEAST GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVESTIGATE IT BECAUSE IT MAY BE NOTHING. GREAT, WE CAN CLOSE THAT OUT, BUT IF IT IS SOMETHING, WE CAN PURSUE THAT AND WE'VE HAD LIVE VICTIM RESCUES OUT OF THIS THAT TURNS IN WITH THE GREAT WORK OF OUR DETECTIVES DOING THAT HARD WORK OF I MEAN, RUNNING EVERYTHING DOWN FROM DOWNLOADING PHONES TO, YOU KNOW, THIS TEXT MESSAGE LINKED UP TO THIS ACCOUNT. IT'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT THEY DO THAT WORK BECAUSE THERE'S A VICTIM ON THE OTHER END THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A SURVIVOR. >> YOU ALL HAVE A SPECIFIC WEB SITE FOR CYBER TIPS FOR -- >> NO, NOT FOR -- IT IS NATIONAL. THERE IS NATIONAL AND WHEN IT'S OUR AREA, WE GET THOSE TIPS THAT ARE IN OUR AREA AND, YOU KNOW, DALLAS WILL GET THEIR TIPS. IF THERE'S A NEXUS TO US, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS GENERATED IN DALLAS, WE'LL STILL PURSUE THAT. >> CAN WE ADD THAT TO OUR WEB SITE? >> YES, WE CAN. I JUST TOOK A NOTE AND LEANNE AND I WILL WORK TOGETHER AND GET THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE. >> THANK YOU. THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. >> THE RED IS 2026 AND THE LIGHTER COLOR IS 2025. WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE TOTAL CASES AND TOTAL CHARGES BEING FILED BECAUSE WE'RE INVESTIGATING MORE OF THOSE CASES. I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR. IT'S NOT THAT THERE'S MORE OF THAT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. IT'S JUST WE'RE FINDING MORE OF IT. IT'S NOT THAT THAT CRIME IS PEAKING OR ACCELERATING IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND CHILD CRIMES. NO, WE'RE JUST FINDING MORE OF THEM. THEY'RE HERE, BUT THEY'VE BEEN GETTING AWAY WITH IT FOR TOO LONG AND NOW WE'RE INVESTIGATING. >> CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT TWO OF THE CHARGES THAT ARE FILED MIGHT BE? >> FOR THE CHILD EXPLOITATION? WITH CHILD EXPLOITATION, IT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM CHILD PORNOGRAPHY THAT THEY'RE POSSESSING OR CREATING. IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, A TOUCH CASE. IT COULD BE -- WE GET REPORTS FROM OUTCRIES, SO YOU'LL HAVE SOMEBODY AT SCHOOL THAT WILL MAKE AN OUTCRY TO A COUNSELOR. THAT THEN GOES TO OUR TEAM THAT INVOLVES CPS AND THEY INVESTIGATE IT. WE HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS WHERE WE GO OVER EVERY CPS CASE FOR THAT MONTH AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH IT, AND HOW WE CAN MOVE THAT CASE ALONG OR DOES THIS CASE NEED TO BE CLOSED OUT? ARE WE AT A DEAD END OR SOMETHING ELSE WE CAN DO? WITH THOSE CASES, YOU GET THE OUTCRY. THEN WE START THE INVESTIGATION. THEY GO OUT, THEY INTERVIEW. THEY HAVE A FORENSIC EXAM. SO WE TAKE THEM FOR A FORENSIC EXAM, AND IN SAFE HARBOR, WE'RE HOUSED WITH THEM. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION SHARING IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND OTHER AGENCIES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY THAT ARE AT SAFE HARBOR. SO WE CAN POOL OUR RESOURCES AND ALSO SHARE INFORMATION A LOT BETTER HAVING THOSE DETECTIVES AT SAFE HARBOR. AND THEN ONCE THE FORENSIC INTERVIEW, OKAY, ARE THERE [00:55:01] CHARGES GOING TO BE FILED? WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION AND SO ON. SO A LOT OF IT IS REACTIVE AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY LAW ENFORCEMENT IS. OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF WHAT WE DO IS REACTIVE. NOW, THE CRIME PREVENTION UNIT, GREAT, THEY GO OUT AND THEY'RE PROACTIVE. CRIME INTERDICTION UNIT, GREAT, THEY GO OUT AND THEY'RE PROACTIVE. BUT IT'S A SMALL SUBSET. WE'RE NOT CALLING 911. THE PUBLIC IS. OR SOMEONE MAKES AN OUTCRY. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC WITH IS THERE'S NO FEAR OF BEING SHAMED IN THIS. IF YOU ARE A VICTIM OR YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE BEEN VICTIMIZED FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE CHILDREN DON'T HAVE AS MUCH A VOICE THEY THINK, SO THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING, BUT THEY'LL TELL THEIR FRIENDS. WE'RE TRYING TO SAY, LOOK, IF YOU -- BECAUSE I HAVE A 14-YEAR-OLD AS WELLING. IF YOU GET A TEXT MESSAGE FROM SOMEONE AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE A VICTIM OF SOMETHING, YOU GOTTA LET US KNOW AND WE GOTTA HAVE THAT OPEN LINE OF E COMMUNICATION. GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESCUE THAT KID FROM THAT SITUATION. CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR THE PATROL DIVISION, IT'S NOT DIRECTLY IN THE WOODLANDS, BUT ALL OF THE WOODLANDS SETS IN OUR PRECINCT. SO WE SUPPORT THAT. ALMOST 4,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE, ALMOST 6,000 TRAFFIC CONTACTS. MOST OF THOSE RESULT IN WARNINGS BECAUSE WE'RE HERE FOR MORE THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW THAN THE LETTER OF THE LAW WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION. IF WE CAN EDUCATE YOU, GREAT. SOME PEOPLE ARE EDUCATED BEST THROUGH CITATIONS AND WE HAVE ALMOST 300 ARRESTS. THE INTERDICTION UNITS ARE NOT CALL RESPONSIVE. THEY'RE GOING OUT AND BEING PROACTIVE AND TRYING TO PREVENT ALL THE DRUGS AND NARCOTICS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING IN TO OUR COMMUNITY AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED HERE. SO WITH THE CONTACTS JUST IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, 223 STOPS, 9 OUNCES OF MARIJUANA AND IT GOES THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT DRUGS. 27 FELONY CHARGES AND 16 MISDEMEANOR CHARGES AND THIS QUARTER WAS A LITTLE LOWER. WE HAD A BUNCH OF OUR CRIME INTERDICTION UNIT PERSONNEL GOING THROUGH TRAINING SO THEY CAN GET BETTER AT RECOGNIZING AND IDENTIFYING AND GETTING THEM OFF THE STREETS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> AWESOME. >> IS IT TRUE THERE'S SOMETHING GOING AROUND FLOATING AROUND OUT THERE THAT'S EVEN MORE POTENT THAN FENTANYL? >> OH, MAN, I CAN TALK FOR -- >> SORRY. >> NO. CARFENTANIL. IF YOU TAKE FENTANYL AND TAKE THE HEAD OF A PEN PIN AND PUT A DROP OF FENTANYL ON THERE, THAT INGESTION, WHETHER THROUGH INHALATION OR USING IT IN AN IV, THAT WOULD AFFECT ONE PERSON. THAT SAME AMOUNT OF CARFENTANIL WOULD EXPONENTIALLY AFFECT MORE PEOPLE. YOU CAN GET IT SHIPPED FROM CHINA, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE SOME OF OUR K9S, DRUG DETECTION DOGS, BEING REQUESTED BY THE POSTAL SERVICES IN THE WOODLANDS AREA TO GO AND DO SNIFFS AND GETTING THE DRUGS OFF THE STREETS THAT ARE COMING IN THROUGH THE MAIL. NOT ONLY IS IT THE TRAFFIC, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OTHER METHODS. HOW ARE THEY GETTING IN? LET'S FIND A WAY TO FIX THAT PROBLEM. AT LEAST CATCH IT BEFORE IT BECOMES MORE OF A PROBLEM. >> HAS THAT CARFENTANIL BEEN FOUND? >> I HAVEN'T HAD ANY REPORTS OF CARFENTANIL BEING FOUND IN THE WOODLANDS. BUT IN HARRIS COUNTY, I KNOW THEY HAVE SOME REPORTS WITH THAT. WITH ANY DRUG, IF YOU TRY TO MAXIMIZE YOUR PROFIT, YOUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT, YOU MIX IT WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF. WHEN IT MIXES WITH THE OTHER STUFF, YOU CAN SEE THE WAVES COME THROUGH, ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN WITH THE PROLIFERATION OF OVERDOSES. >> REGARDING THAT, IS IT STILL RESPONSIVE IF YOU GIVE IT NALOXONE? >> WHAT NARCAN IS -- IT'S A COMPETITIVE -- I'M ALSO A FLIGHT MEDIC, SO IT'S A COMPETITIVE [INDISCERNIBLE]. WHATEVER NARCOTIC MOLECULE THAT BINDS IN YOUR BLOOD, NARCAN BLOWS IT OFF AND THEN BINDS THOSE SPOTS SO IT CAN'T. >> IT STILL SAVES PEOPLE? >> IT'S STILL SAFE, AND THE EDUCATION WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, PRECINCT 4 AND US, OUR DEPUTIES HAVE ALL BEEN EDUCATED. WE TAKE ANNUAL RETRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS ON THIS TO MAKE [01:00:01] SURE WE'RE GIVING IT TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE. IF IT'S SUSPECTED THAT SOMEONE HAS OVERDOSED AND THEY'RE GIVEN NARCAN, IT DOESN'T HURT THEM. SO I WOULD RATHER YOU GIVE IT TO SOMEONE THAT'S MAYBE, MAYBE NOT THAN MISS THE ONE WHO REALLY NEEDED IT BECAUSE YOU WERE LIKE, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO HURT THEM. IT'S SAFE TO GIVE TO SOMEONE IF THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OPIOIDS IN THEIR SYSTEM. IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT THEM. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BLESSED TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS VALUES, PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT WHERE WE'RE LOCATED, THE SOUTHERN MOST POINT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NEXT TO HARRIS COUNTY AND SOME OF THE THINGS YOU SEE COMING FROM GREENS POINT 1960 OVER HERE, WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU GUYS ON THE FLOOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PROTECTING US BECAUSE IT CAN GET REAL BAD REAL QUICK. I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN EAST COUNTY WHERE THE CONSTABLE DOES A LOT OF PATROLS AND OUTREACH. THEY'RE ALL FRAGMENTED BASED ON THE MUD YOU LIVE IN. THEY HAVE INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS VERSUS ONE BIG CONTRACT LIKE WE [9. Receive, consider and act upon an update from the Development Standards Committee;] HAVE HERE. TO SEE YOU GUYS WORKING SO HARD, IT PROTECTS ALL OF US BECAUSE CRIME DOESN'T KNOW CITY LIMITS OR COUNTY LINES OR ANYTHING. SO I CAN'T SAY MORE THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE WE STAY ON TOP OF THIS. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOU DO. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 9 -- >> WE NEED TO ACCEPT THIS. I'M ALREADY FLOUNDERING. I CALL ON THE MOTION TO SECOND TO APPROVE THE REPORT? >> I MOVED. >> MOVED BY DR. SEKULA-GIBBS AND DIRECTOR EISSLER. MOVED. MOVING ON, PAGE 105 OF YOUR PACKET, I CALL ON ART ARTHUR [INDISCERNIBLE] REGARDING THESE MATTERS. ARTHUR, WELCOME. >> GEEK >> GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR, THOSE ATTENDING AND WATCHING FROM ABROAD. I'M THE DEVELOPMENTS STANDARDS COMMITTEE CHAIR. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE OF ACTIVITIES. OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS, COMMERCIAL STANDARDS, THE CHAIRMAN'S COUNCIL, AND WE'VE BARRED FROM DIRECTOR FRANKS OF HIS COUNCIL WITH THE VILLAGE PRESIDENTS AND INCORPORATED THAT IN TO THE RDRC/DSC'S ARCHITECTURE. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE JOINT SESSIONS AND A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT. IN WHAT'S NEXT, THE TOWNSHIP DIRECTORS HAVE COMMUNICATED THAT THEY WANT TO BRING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR COVENANTS. WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT IN WHAT'S NEXT ABOUT SUPPORT FROM THE DIRECTORS AND BUDGETARY ITEMS TO SUPPORT COVENANTS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS, WE'VE TAKEN SOME INITIATIVES THROUGH WORKING WITH KIM MCKENNA, YOU'RE DIRECTOR OF COVENANTS, AND THE DSC TO STANDARDIZE REVIVED ROOF STANDARDS THROUGHOUT THE WOODLANDS. WE FOUND IN SOME NEIGHBORHOOD CRITERIAS, YOU COULDN'T HAVE A BLACK ROOF, BUT IN THE OVERALL STANDARDS, YOU COULD HAVE A BLACK ROOF. SO IN THAT CASE, A RESIDENT WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR A VARIANCE, COME TO THE DSC COMMITTEE AND GRANT THE VARIANCE FOR THAT ROOF WHEN IF THEY WERE IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY OR ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY COULD APPLY THROUGH THE NORMAL STANDARDS. SO WE'VE ELIMINATED THAT ROADBLOCK, AND ALL THIS IS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE OF OUR RESIDENTS. AS YOU MAY KNOW, A RESIDENT MAY ONLY COME ONE TIME, MAYBE BEFORE AN RDRC OR A DSC IN THEIR ENTIRE LIFETIME IN THE WOODLANDS. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THAT EXPERIENCE FAIR, EQUITABLE, AND A GOOD EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY FINISH AND WALK AWAY AND ENJOY THEIR PROJECT. WE'VE REVISED THE GENERATOR STANDARDS. WE'VE IMPROVED WHERE LOCATIONS CAN GO ON A LOT, AND WE'VE ALLOWED STAFF TO APPROVE A LOT MORE GENERATORS. NOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH A MAJOR INVESTMENT BY RESIDENTS, AND SOMETIMES IT'S A TIGHT TURNAROUND TIME TO GET THAT GENERATOR IN, IN PARTICULAR BEFORE HURRICANE SEASON AND BEFORE THE WINTER. SO WE'RE TRYING TO STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS AND REDUCE TIME FRAMES. COVENANTS HAS REDUCED TIME [01:05:01] FRAMES IN CERTAIN CATEGORIES FROM 15 DAYS TO SIX DAYS TO TURN A PERMIT AROUND. NOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO STAY AT SIX DAYS. THERE'S FURTHER DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN '27 TO ENHANCE THAT TURN TIME AND GET IT BELOW THE SIX DAYS FOR COMPLETE TURNAROUND. WE'VE REVISED WATER CRAFT AND AQUATIC EQUIPMENT STANDARDS. YOU'D BE SURPRISED WHEN STAFF LOOKED IN TO THIS AND ASKED DSC TO FIRST MODIFY SOME RULES AND GIVE STAFF ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES HOW MUCH WATER IS IN THE WOODLANDS THAT BORDER PROPERTIES. A LOT OF LAKES, A LOT OF WATERFRONT PROPERTIES. THIS ACTUALLY CAME OUT OF A DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO NEIGHBORS. ONE NEIGHBOR DIDN'T LIKE THE OTHER NEIGHBOR WHERE THEY STORED THEIR KAYAKS. SO THE NEIGHBORS CAME TO THE MEETING. WE GOT INPUT FROM THE NEIGHBORS, AND WE CRAFTED SOME RULES, AND IN THIS YEAR'S REVISION OF RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS, WE'LL TAKE THE RULE AND MAKE AN ADDITIONAL STANDARD FOR WATER CRAFT AND HOW YOU STORE 'EM. RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS THAT WILL CHANGE FOR '27, WE WORKED ON HARDSCAPE. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO USE HARDSCAPE, PARTICULAR IN AREAS WHERE AS THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW AND AGE, THERE'S MORE AND MORE FOLIAGE THAT BLOCKS GROWING GRASS, AND ALSO, WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THE BORDERS ALONG DRIVEWAYS. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES, THESE ARE TWO TYPES, PROTOTYPES THAT STAFF IS WORKING WITH TO TRY TO IMPROVE HARDSCAPE, AND ACTUALLY REDUCE THE HARDSCAPE CALCULATION SO THAT IT DOESN'T IMPEDE APPLICATIONS FOR LET'S SAY SUMMER KITCHENS AND OTHER PROJECTS IN A NEIGHBOR'S YARD. WE'RE WORKING ON TRASH CAN AND RECYCLE CART ENCLOSURES AND LOCATIONS. THE TOWNSHIP SPENDS A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY CHASING TRASH CANS, AND IT'S A BETTER USE OF TOWNSHIP TIME AND DOLLARS NOT CHASING TRASH CANS BUT EXPAND THE LOCATIONS WHERE YOU CAN STORE A TRASH CAN, KEEP IT OUT OF SIGHT, BUT STILL EXPANDS PEOPLE'S CAPABILITY TO USE THAT LOT AND STORE TRASH CANS. IT'S NOT A GOOD USE OF TIME TO CHASE TRASH CANS SENDING OUT ENFORCEMENT LETTERS. THERE'S OTHER THINGS WE NEED TO PUT MORE TIME ON. SO WE THINK THESE STANDARDS WILL REALLY ENHANCE THIS TYPE OF TRASH CANS AND RECYCLE CARTS. >> COULD YOU ELABORATE ON WHAT YOU MEAN CHASING TRASH CANS? I DON'T UNDERSTAND. >> WELL, IF YOU KEEP IT OUT, YOU'RE CHASING IT, IT'S A VIOLATION, SO YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE VIOLATION PROCESS. YOU HAVE TO SEND OUT LETTERS, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW UP. >> I MEAN, ARE THE TRASH CANS BEING LEFT OUT? THEY'RE NOT MOVING? >> NO, THEY'RE NOT MOVING, BUT IT'S MY WORD, CHASING IT. YOU'RE ACTUALLY SPENDING A LOT OF TIME, THEY'RE LEFT OUT, SO YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS -- >> RESIDENTS OR COMMERCIAL OR BOTH? >> BOTH. YOU SEE IT IN BOTH. COMMERCIAL IS BIGGER. YOU SEE THE BIG IRON GATES AND THEIR VENDOR LEAVES THE IRON GATES OPEN, THE EMPLOYEE DOESN'T COME OUT AND CLOSE THEM, THEY'RE REALLY UNSIGHTLY IN OUR COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTERS AND OTHER LOCATIONS. >> DO YOU REQUIRE THE VENDORS TO CLOSE THE COMMERCIAL GATES? >> WE DO, AND A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY HAS TO WORK WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES AND MAKE THAT PART OF THEIR TRAINING AND MAKE IT PART OF THEIR PROCESS BECAUSE YOU CAN GO BY AND YOU CAN DRIVE BY AND SEE A WEEK OR TWO THAT THOSE GATES ARE OPEN. SO STAFF'S GOT TO SEND OUT LETTERS AND SPEND THAT KIND OF ENFORCEMENT TIME. IT'S JUST THAT PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY THE TOWNSHIP, IT'S NOT ONLY COVENANTS IN THE COMMITTEES, RESIDENTS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY. IT'S A MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITY. >> HOW MANY LETTERS, NOT JUST TRASH CAN, ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, WARNINGS, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, KIM, YOU MIGHT WANT TO COME UP HERE TOO, HOW MANY LETTERS ARE WE SENDING OUT A YEAR? >> PROBABLY CLOSE TO 7,000. >> 7,000? >> WHICH IRONICALLY PROBABLY MOST END UP IN THE TRASH CAN. BEING CHASED. >> WE TYPICALLY HAVE AROUND 6500 CASES THAT ARE OPERATING. USUALLY EACH OF THOSE CASES HAS THREE NOTICES SENT TO THE PROPERTY. SO YOU'RE TRIPLICATEING THAT NUMBER. >> DO YOU HAVE THEM BROKEN DOWN BY CATEGORY? >> WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. IN THE TRASH AND RECYCLE CART, THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE EVALUATE IT ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. WE DON'T WANT TO SEND SOMEONE A NOTICE ON THE ONE TIME A TRASH OR RECYCLE CART WAS OUT. WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE WE NEED MORE LOCATIONS FOR THOSE TO BE. THE IDEA BEHIND THE REVISIONS TO [01:10:02] THE STANDARDS IS TO ACCOMMODATE PLACEMENT OR ALLOWED ENCLOSURES THAT AFFORD A LITTLE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR WHERE THOSE ARE GOING TO BE LOCATED? >> WHAT PERCENTAGE WOULD YOU SAY ARE YOU CHASING TRASH CANS? >> IT DEPENDS ON THE VILLAGE. IN 2025 AND 2026, ALMOST 50% OF OUR NOTICES IN THE VILLAGE OF ALDEN BRIDGE WAS TRASH AND RECYCLE CART FOCUSED. >> GOTCHA. >> I THINK, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS, GRAB YOUR NEIGHBOR'S TRASH CAN. MY NEIGHBOR IS ALWAYS OUT OF TOWN. I GRAB IT AND TAKE IT. THAT'S WHO WE ARE IN THE WOODLANDS. MAYBE A LITTLE PROMOTION OF, HEY, WE'RE NEIGHBORS, WHEEL IT UP TO THE HOUSE. I JUST THINK THAT'S WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY AND WE SHOULD THINK OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS TOO. JUST BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. >> AND WE ARE TRYING TO WORK ON SOME OF THE ENCLOSURES WHERE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BETTER USE OFF OF THEIR DRIVEWAY TO BE ABLE TO STORE THOSE. >> TRASH CANS. >> COVETING THY NEIGHBOR'S TRASH. >> SEE, LEANNE CAN TAKE THAT AND MAKE IT IN TO A REAL -- WRITE THAT DOWN. AND MEETINGS, WE HAVE QUARTERLY WORKSHOPS WITH THE DSC. WE HAVE FOUR A YEAR. CHAIRMAN'S COUNCIL, WE HAVE TWO CHAIRMAN'S COUNCIL. THIS IS PROVIDED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE RDRC SEES A BETTER FOOTPRINT FOR EVERYTHING FROM PROPOSED STANDARDS. OUR FIRST TERM, WE TOOK NINE SETS OF BYLAWS. STAFF PUT IT TOGETHER AND STANDARDIZED NINE SETS OF BYLAWS ACROSS THE WOODLANDS TO HAVE ONE SET FOR THE RDRC. YOU COULDN'T BELIEVE THE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS IN DIFF DIFFERENT VILLAGES. WE GOT SUPPORT FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND ALL THE RDRCS PASSED A STANDARDIZED BYLAW. THAT REALLY HELPS IN ENFORCEMENT AND IT ALSO GIVES ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED TO RUN FOR THE RDRC TO HAVE A CLEAR SET OF GUIDELINES OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN RDRC MEMBER SHOULD THEY GET ELECTED. WE HAVE ONE JOINT SESSION, WHICH IS ALL THE RDRC MEMBERS ARE INVITED AND THE DSC IS THERE AND SENIOR STAFF OF COVENANTS IS THERE. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE RDRC MEMBERS, THAT THEY HEAR FROM THEIR RESIDENTS. IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF TO BRING THINGS FORWARD AND THIS HELPS US DEVELOP RULES AND IMPROVE THE STANDARDS. AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VOLUNTEER BASE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 45 RDRC MEMBERS, SO THERE'S NINE RDRC, FIVE MEMBERS TO AN RDRC, YOU'RE TALKING SEVEN DSC MEMBERS. ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, YOU HAVE 52 VOLUNTEERS WORKING WITH THE STAFF, WHICH IS ABOUT 48 FTES. SO THAT'S A LARGE FORCE TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE WOODLANDS AND KEEP IT WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE. COMMERCIAL STANDARDS, WE TALKED TO THE BOARD HERE IN '25 DECEMBER, THE DSC APPROVED THE REVISION TO THE COMMERCIAL STANDARDS. THE LAST TIME THE COMMERCIAL STANDARDS WERE UPDATED WAS BACK IN 2011. SO AS OF '25, THE COMMERCIAL STANDARDS WERE APPROVED BY THE DSC. WE BROUGHT A LOT OF MODERN REVISIONS TO COMMERCIAL STANDARDS THAT MAKE NOT ONLY COMMERCIAL SENSE FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE WOODLANDS AND BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO COME TO THE WOODLANDS. IN '26, AT THE END OF JULY, THE COMMERCIAL STANDARDS WERE FILED IN BOTH COUNTIES, HARRIS COUNTY AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IN THE PROPERTY RECORDS AND THEN THE TWO SUBCOMMITTEES, THE DRC AND THE CSC PASSED THE 25 COMMERCIAL STANDARDS. SO NOW ALL THREE COMMITTEES HAVE APPROVED THE COMMERCIAL A GOOD ON COMMERCIAL. THERE'S A LOT OF STREAMLINING IN THAT RELATED TO SIGNS AND OTHER THINGS THAT THE BUSINESS HAVE TO PROVIDE APPLICATIONS FOR. >> SO THREE COMMITTEES FOR COMMER COMMERCIAL? >> YES. >> THAT'S SO ARCHAIC. >> ACCORDING TO THE AGREEMENT, THE DRC AND THE CSC ARE FROM THE WOODLANDS COMMERCIAL OWNERS ASSOCIATION AND TWA. THEY HAVE DELEGATED THEIR COVENANTS AND RESPONSIBILITY TO THE DSC. BUT COMMERCIALLY, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE TWO SUBCOMMITTEES BEFORE IT'S PRESENTED TO THE DSC. THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE TO LOOK AT HOW DO YOU STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS. >> I UNDERSTAND THESE ARE -- >> LEGACY. >> -- LEGACY PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT THIS WAY, BUT THIS BOARD, FUTURE BOARDS REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT MODERNIZING THIS PROCESS. THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT I GET [01:15:04] ABOVE BATHROOMS IN CAPSTONE PARK, ESCOOTERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE COMBINED IS THIS, AND IT'S ARCHAIC. WE SHOULD BE USING A.I. TO HELP STREAMLINE THE PROCESS, TO LIMIT THE BURDEN ON KIM AND HER ENTIRE DEPARTMENT WHO ARE WORKING THEIR TAILS OFF. THIS IS NOT A PASSION OR A CARING PROBLEM OR WORK ETHIC PROBLEM. THIS IS AN ARCHAIC SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, AND I'M TALKING I.T. I.T., LIKE WE HAVE A SYSTEM RIGHT NOW THAT IS NOT WORKING, AND WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GO OUTSIDE AND LOOK AT NEW IMPROVED THINGS TO STREAMLINE THIS PROCESS BECAUSE -- AND WE GOT TO BRING IN SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THAT ARE FACING THIS PROBLEM FROM OUR COMMUNITY. HA HAILEY GARCIA, WHAT SHE FACES ON A DAILY BASIS IN TRYING TO REMODEL HOMES AND UPGRADE HOMES TO BECOME MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR HOMES FROM HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR HOMES, WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE DILAPIDATED HOMES. THIS ISN'T A PROBLEM WE'RE GOING TO REPORT AND LOOK ON. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE SYSTEM AND REFORMAT IT ALL AND HAVE A COMMITMENT FROM THE DEVELOPER AS WELL THAT THEY START TO MODERNIZE THE WAY THEY DO THINGS AS WELL. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TENURED DEAL, BUT IT'S A PROBLEM. HUGE PROBLEM. >> '27 IS EARMARKED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PROCESS, TOP TO BOTTOM, AND BRING FORWARD PROPOSALS FOR REVISIONS. GOING BACK ON THE COMMERCIAL STANDARDS, IT TOOK THREE YEARS TO REVISE THOSE COMMERCIAL STANDARDS. THERE WAS A TEAM PUT TOGETHER TO LOOK AT THAT, AND IT TOOK THREE YEARS TO GET THAT DONE AND APPROVED IN '25. WE GOT TO LOOK AT THIS TOP TO BOTTOM. WHAT WE REPORT TODAY, WE'RE NOT SAYING -- WE'RE REPORTING WHAT IS CURRENT. WE'RE NOT SAYING THIS SHOULD STAY GOING FORWARD. I THINK YOU MUST HAVE REALLY PRELOOKED AT THE LAST SLIDE. YOU'LL ENJOY THE LAST SLIDE. >> SORRY, I DIDN'T, I PROMISE. >> ARTHUR, WHAT IS THE PARKING RATIO? >> ON TO PARKING RATIOS -- SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS TO COME BACK. >> NUMBER OF SPOTS? >> RATIO BASED ON GREEN SPACE -- >> BASED UPON THE AMOUNT OF SPACE AND THERE'S A PARKING RATIO FOR THE AMOUNT OF SPACE ON THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. SO IT'S A FORMULA. I THINK THIS IS NOT WORKING WELL. IT IS BATTERIES. >> -- WORST PARKING LOT EVER. >> WE'RE OKAY. CAN YOU GET IT? WE'LL TALK ON THE LAST SLIDE. THIS IS THE FUTURE. NO, GO BACK ONE. RIGHT HERE. WE'RE WORKING WITH DIRECTOR LAMB. KIM AND I HAVE HAD A MEETING WITH DIRECTOR LAMB ON A.I., WHAT IS A.I., AND DIRECTOR LAMB ARRANGED THE CONFERENCE CALL FOR KIM AND I, AND WE TALKED TO TWO WHAT I'LL CALL GLOBAL EXPERTS THAT HAVE MERGED BOTH THE HUMAN ELEMENT AND A.I. SO WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT WHAT WE DO TODAY, WHAT IS NEEDED, AND WE'RE -- DR. [INDISCERNIBLE] IS PUTTING TOGETHER AN RFQ THAT WILL GO OUT TO THESE GUYS ON CERTAIN PROPOSALS. WE WANT TO LOOK AT IMPROVING THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. FOR EXAMPLE, DEVELOPMENT OF A BOT ON A WEB SITE, SO IF LINDA NELSON COMES ON A WEB SITE, THE BOT WILL COME UP AND SAY, LINDA, I'M HERE, CAN I HELP YOU? AND LINDA WILL SAY, I'M THINKING OF DOING A NEW FENCE. THE BOT WILL HELP DIRECT HER THROUGH ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TO GET HER TO THE FENCE STANDARDS SO SHE HAS THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF HER AND TRY TO LAY OUT A SIMPLE PROCESS. NOW, IF LINDA WANTS TO TALK TO A REAL PERSON, THEN THE BOT EVENTUALLY WILL TRANSFER YOU TO A REAL STAFF MEMBER THAT SHE CAN HAVE A FURTHER CONVERSATION. WHAT WE THINK TODAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL THE TOWNSHIP OR COME TO THE TOWNSHIP BECAUSE THE WEB SITE FOR MOST PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIND THAT INFORMATION IS A LITTLE CUMBERSOME. SO IT'S EASY TO CALL UP THE STAFF OR COME TO THE BUILDING AND KIM WILL TELL YOU EVENTUALLY THAT THERE'S ABOUT 175 PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE BUILDING EVERY MONTH SPECIFICALLY ON COVENANTS. >> THAT'S INSANE. >> AND THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. WE'RE ALSO TAKING A LOOK AT HOW DO YOU REDUCE PROCESSING TIME. KIM'S GOING TO BRING FORWARD SOME PROPOSALS ON WHAT DO YOU DO WITH OUR CURRENT PORTAL. THERE ARE SOME MODULES THAT WILL HELP AND REDUCE THE COMPLEXITY [01:20:02] OF THE PORTAL AND PROVIDE BETTER INFORMATION SO PEOPLE IMPROVE THAT EXPERIENCE. WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE WHEN WE WERE AN ANALOG ORGANIZATION AND WE DID PAPER APPLICATIONS, A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS WERE DEALT WITH FACE TO FACE. SO STAFF MEMBERS WERE THERE, RESIDENTS COULD TALK TO STAFF MEMBERS, AND SOME OF THAT CONFUSION OR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR WHAT, DO I BRING A SURVEY, DO I BRING PLANS, ALL OF THAT COULD TAKE PLACE IN THAT FACE-TO-FACE. WHEN YOU GO TO DIGITAL, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THE DIGITAL INTERFACE MORE HUMAN, AND THAT'S PART OF LOOKING AT A.I. IN SOME OF THESE PROPOSALS. >> IF YOU CAN'T DO IT ON YOUR PHONE, SOMETHING'S WRONG. WE CAN'T DO IT ON OUR PHONE RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE ARE TAKING PICTURES OF THIS, USING IT MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT. EVERY PERSON HAS THIS ON THEM RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE OUR TECHNOLOGY GOES WITH OUR RESIDENTS, AND I JUST THINK IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THAT. >> WE CAN'T DISAGREE WITH THAT -- >> HAS ANYBODY HERE USED THE USA.GOV WEB SITE? IT'S WONDERFUL HOW IT'S BEEN ENHANCED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD LOOK AT IT. IT'S A MODEL. USA.GOV, IF YOU WANT TO RENEW YOUR PASSPORT OR GET A NEW PASSPORT, THAT'S THE TIP OF IT. IT'S DEEP BUT SIMPLE. >> YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A BETTER WAY OF DOING IT. WE SAID IT WAS A PROCESS PROBLEM. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU BEGIN THINGS A LONG TIME AGO AND THOSE THINGS, WE WANT TO PROTECT THIS GREAT COMMUNITY, THE ESTHETIC OF THE COMMUNITY, SOMETIMES YOU START MAKING RULES AND YOU START MAKING RULES TO MAKE RULES AND THERE'S A WAY THAT HOW DO WE TRAIN A SYSTEM? BECAUSE IT CAN'T EXIST IN EVERYBODY'S HEAD. IF FIVE PEOPLE ARE HIT BY A BUS Z, DOES IT SHUT DOWN THE ENTIRE APPROVAL SYSTEM? THERE'S A PROBLEM AND I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR GOING DOWN THE PATH AND SAYING, HEY, HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THIS? IT'S GREAT. >> THERE'S NO ROADBLOCK TO LOOKING A HOW TO IMPROVE. IF WE DON'T IMPROVE, WE DIE. WE CANNOT DO WHAT WE DO TODAY TOMORROW. SO THERE'S AN OPENNESS TO LEARN AND GET THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING TO HELP US LEARN, GET RFQS, BRING SOFTWARE TOGETHER, BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO GET THIS DONE BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU COME TO A COMMITTEE OR COME AND SUBMIT THAT APPLICATION, IT'S GOT TO BE A GOOD EXPERIENCE. NOW, KIM AND I HAVE INTERVIEWED AT LEAST HALF THE BOARD. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE. WE HAVE THREE MORE BOARD MEMBERS TO SIT DOWN WITH AND GET YOUR INPUT ON WHAT YOU SEE, WHAT YOU DON'T SEE, WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE. SO WE THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. WE'RE GOING TO INTERVIEW KEY STAKEHOLDERS, EVENTUALLY PROBABLY BRING RESIDENTS IN AND GET SOME RESIDENT INPUT. YOU GUYS BRING FORWARD CONCERNS THAT COME TO YOU, WE APPRECIATE THAT AND TAKE THAT INFORMATION. WE SHARE THAT BACK WITH KIM'S TEAM, AND, YOU KNOW, ACTION TAKES PLACE. >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION, ARE THESE CONSULTANTS, THESE GLOBAL EXPERTS YOU'RE TALKING TO? THEY'RE CONSULTANTS -- >> OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS. >> I HAVE A CONSULTANT I WANT TO RECOMMEND AS WELL THAT'S DOING GOVERNMENTAL PERMITTING FOR MUNICIPALITIES IN A.I. >> YEAH, SO AFTER THIS, I STARTED TAKING A CLASS, MARKETING A.I. CLASS ONLINE TO LEARN A LITTLE MORE AND BRING MYSELF UP TO DATE ON SKILLS AND LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THIS AND THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WE CAN DO. YOU MENTIONED THROUGH CRM, AND THAT IS HAVE VERY EASY POSSIBILITY, IT CAN INTERFACE. >> WHAT KIM AND I WANTED TO DO WAS TAKE THE OFFER BY THE BOARD TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND TRY TO FORMALIZE IT, RIGHT, AND WE SEE THAT A.I., WE LISTENED TO THE BUDGET HEARINGS, LISTEN TO DIRECTOR LAMB TALK ABOUT IT, WE THINK A.I. IS THE WAY TO STEP FORWARD AND PUT US DOWN THAT ROAD A LOT FURTHER BECAUSE WHAT WE ENVISION IS IF WE TAKE THE FOREFRONT ON A.I., OTHER COMMUNITIES WILL LEARN FROM US AS THEY'VE DONE IN OUR SHORT-TERM RENTAL STANDARDS AND OTHER THINGS WE'VE DONE IN THIS COMMUNITY. >> I THINK WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THE ARCHAIC PROCESS, STAFF, JUST GET APPROVAL. THEY'RE WORKING HARD. BUT IF WE CAN HELP DO THAT IN A FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENT WAY WITH THE RESOURCES THAT EXISTS NOW, AND FOR THE WOODLANDS, PEOPLE KNOW WHO WE ARE. WE'RE A GREAT COMMUNITY. WHY NOT BE THIS GEM THAT SOLVES SOME PROBLEMS THAT THE REST OF THE NATION -- >> WE'RE A PREMIER COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS PREMIER SOLUTIONS AND AN ELEVATED USER EXPERIENCE. ARTHUR, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, TALKING ABOUT THE MEETING PREP TIME, ASSISTANCE AND WHATNOT WHERE TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP. BECAUSE WHERE I'M SEEING SOME OPPORTUNITY IS THE PROCESS IN [01:25:07] WHICH RESIDENTS ARE GOING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GOING TO GET THEIR PERMIT, YOU KNOW. MOST PEOPLE ARE MAKING THE ASSUMPTION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THIS ENHANCEMENT TO THEIR HOME, SO THEY GO HIRE AN ARCHITECT AND PAY THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO GET THESE PLANS AND WHATNOT, AND THEN THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO GET PERMITTED AND GET DENIED. THEN THAT'S WHEN THAT ANIMOSITY AND THAT -- >> THE ANXIETY RAISES. >> HIGH ANXIETY AND HIGH STRESS POINT, WHATNOT. JUST ASSISTING IN THAT PROCESS AND EDUCATION AS WELL FOR RESIDENTS AS FAR AS THE PROCESS AND THAT A.I. BOT CAN CERTAINLY BE HELPFUL. >> IN MY FOUR YEARS ON THIS BOARD, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY AND RIGHTFULLY SO RESEARCHING PAY PARITY FOR STAFF AND BENEFITS AND DOING ALL THESE STUDIES TO MAKE SURE STAFF WAS PAID ACCORDINGLY. WE NEED TO TAKE THAT SAME AGGRESSION, THAT SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT, IF NOT MORE TO THIS BECAUSE THERE'S 120,000 PLUS PEOPLE OUT THERE ROLLING IN AN ARCHAIC SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T WORK, THAT IS CUMBERSOME, THAT IS HARD ON STAFF. IT'S HARD ON THE COMMUNITY, AND WE LOOK LIKE A DOG CHASING OUR TAIL, AND WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE THAT. AND I JUST THINK -- I DIDN'T REALIZE THE DEPTH AND THE BREADTH OF HOW BAD IT WAS UNTIL THIS LAST YEAR, AND IT NEEDS TO BE A SPECIAL AGENDA ITEM THAT I'LL LET THIS BOARD AND FUTURE BOARDS LOOK AT THAT YOU PUT MONEY AT AS SOON AS THE NEW BOARD IS SET TO THIS PROBLEM TO REALLY, REALLY LAUNCH IT. BECAUSE THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN BIKE TRAILS. THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVEN TREES SOMETIMES IN THESE SITUATIONS. WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET SOMETHING DONE IN A STREAMLINED PROCESS AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS IN THOSE AVENUES. WE'VE GOT TO TAKE THAT SAME RIGOR TO THIS. >> LOOK, YOU HAVE THE COMMITMENT OF DSC, YOU HAVE THE COMMITMENT OF COVENANT ADMINISTRATION. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE A BOARD THAT'S COMMITTED TO. HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS DON'T HAVE A BOARD THAT'S COMMITTED TO IT. SO I THINK WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT FORMULA IN THIS COMMUNITY TO MOVE IT FORWARD. SO STAY TUNED. MORE TO FOLLOW. I SUPPORT YOU, CHAIRMAN. YOU GOTTA BRING SOME REAL ECONOMICS TO THIS. SOME OF THIS YOU CAN'T PIECEMEAL. YOU GOT TO BRING A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF DOLLARS IF WE WANT REALLY MORE THAN JUST INCREMENTAL CHANGE. >> IT WILL BE A PROCESS, BUT THANK YOU. >> LAST SLIDE WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS THAT HERE'S WHERE THE BOARD COMES IN AGAIN. THERE'S TWO MEMBERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS COMMITTEE THAT THEIR TERM EXPIRES AT THE END OF DECEMBER. APPLICATION FOR INTEREST TO BE CONSIDERED WILL BE LAUNCHED ON OCTOBER THE 30TH. KIM DEVELOPED AN ONLINE APPLICATION THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY TYPE IN THE APPLICATION. PRIOR TO THIS YEAR, YOU HAD TO PRINT THE APPLICATION, YOU HAD TO FILL IT OUT WITH A PEN, AND YOU HAD TO SCAN IT BACK IN BY EMAIL. THINK ABOUT HOW CUMBERSOME THAT PROCESS IS. NOW WE'RE ONLINE. AND ON THE NOVEMBER 19TH -- ON THE NOVEMBER 19TH, THE CANDIDATES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW BEFORE THE BOARD, AND ON DECEMBER 3RD, THE BOARD WILL APPOINT TWO CANDIDATES THAT WILL TAKE THEIR TERM STARTING IN JANUARY OF '27. AND ALSO, WE'LL COME FORWARD TO THE BOARD WILL BE THE THREE DEVELOPER CANDIDATES THAT THE HOWARD HUGHES ORGANIZATION WILL RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD. THAT'S THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD. AND AT THIS TIME, WE'RE OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> JUST A COMMENT. YOU'RE MY GO-TO PERSON. YOU'RE ON SPEED DIAL WITH ME AND YOU RESPOND FASTER THAN ANYBODY I'VE EVER WORKED WITH, SO I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> IMAGINE HAVING AN ARTHUR BRAIN, YOU COULD GRAB YOUR PHONE AND SAY HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO DO IN THE HOUSE AND WHERE DO I START? >> WE'LL NAME OUR A.I. SYSTEM FOR PERMITTING ARTHUR. >> I WANT TO SAY TO YOUR POINT ABOUT INTERDIGITATING THIS WITH OTHER RESOURCES, WE HAVE TO HAVE GOOD CELL SERVICE. OTHERWISE THIS IS JUST A PIPE DREAM, RIGHT? SO WE CANNOT -- >> IT'S A GREAT IDEA. >> WE CANNOT DROP THAT. THAT IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PART OF ULTIMATE SOLUTION. >> YOU TALK ABOUT USING ALL THE RESOURCES. THE PARKS FOLKS ON THESE PATHWAYS ARE NOW GIVING COVENANT STAFF WHEN THEY SEE FENCES THAT ARE DETERIORATED AND OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON. SO UTILIZING OUR FULL RESOURCES AS A TOWNSHIP IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, SO WE GET OUT OF THIS SILO MENTALITY AND WE USE ALL THESE RESOURCES THAT WE FUND EVERY YEAR. THINK ABOUT THE POWER OF UNLEASHING ALL OF OUR PEOPLE TO WORK ON CERTAIN ITEMS. [01:30:04] SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN '26 WITH COVENANTS. >> TO DR. SHELLEY'S POINT, CAN'T AGREE MORE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CELL SERVICE. [10. Receive, consider and act upon an update regarding the Village Presidents' Council;] I AM MEETING NEXT WITH THE EXECUTIVES FROM AT&T AND I'M CARRYING SOME WOODLANDS CELL TOWER PROPAGANDA WITH ME. THEY NEED TO SIGN THOSE CONTRACTS AND NOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR. MY WIFE IS AT&T SERVICE AND IT'S NOT PRETTY. >> IF SHE'S NOT HAPPY, YOU'RE NOT HAPPY. [LAUGHTER] >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ARTHUR. GREAT AS ALL THE. THANK YOU, KIM. YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB. I KNOW IT FIRSTHAND. CALL A MOTION TO SECOND TO RECEIVE THE REPORT. >> SO MOVED. SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR BY SAYING AYE. MOTION CARRIED. 10, UPDATE REGARDING VILLAGE [ CLOSED MEETING (if applicable)] PRESIDENTS' COUNCIL. I CALL ON DIRECTOR CINDY HEISER TAKING OVER FOR THE OLD RICHARD FR FRANKS. >> I DID ATTEND THE MEETING AND WE HAD KIM AND ARTHUR GIVE US A REPORT SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY GAVE TO YOU ALL. SO THEY'RE MAKING THEIR ROUNDS, DOING A GREAT JOB. APPRECIATE YOU ALL, AND I THINK THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ASKED THAT NIGHT, AND IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. SO I LEARN SOMETHING EVERY TIME I HEAR FROM YOU. >> ANY QUESTIONS OF CINDY? CALL A MOTION TO SECOND TO ACCEPT REPORT. MOVED BY VICE CHAIRMAN [13. Consideration of items to be placed on the agenda for next month's meeting;] >> 8:24 P.M. WE'RE RECONVENED IN PUBLIC SESSION. WE WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY ACTION, DISCUSS FUTURE AGENDA AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANYONE? BUELLER, BUELLER? >> WELL, CINDY ALLUDED TO IT BUT [14. Board announcements; and] I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WAS A TREMENDOUS EVENT. WE HOSTED ONE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND YEAH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP, SHERIFF'S OFFICE SHOWED UP. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. SO AND MET SOME NEW NEIGHBORS. AND WE LIKE 'EM. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.