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A.D. Heath <adrian@countycitizens.com>

RE: FELLOW RESIDENTS ASSISTING UTILITY DISTRICTS

3 messages Mike Page <mpage@sphllp.com> Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:05 AM To: "peghausman@sbcglobal.net" <peghausman@sbcglobal.net>, Alex Sutton <alex.sutton@thewoodlandstownshiptx.gov> Cc: "adrian@countycitizen.com" <adrian@countycitizen.com>

As we have discussed on several previous occasions, the RUD has been in existence since 1991 to assist in nancing major road improvement projects; as was discussed with Steve Burke during his tenure as General Manager of WCA, and with John Rutledge, Assistant Manager of WCSC, who aended and monitored the meengs of the RUD Board of Directors for approximately two years before his departure, the boundaries and taxing jurisdicon of the RUD include only commericial and retail properes that were included/added by peon of the landowner; no residenal properes are included or subject to taxaon; the RUD nances improvements to major thoroughfares only, when the County is unable or unwilling to do so; the completed projects are then turned over to the County for operaon and maintenance; since the last two houses were torn down for construcon of the Waterway west under Grogan's Mill Road, there have been no residents or voters in the RUD; the directors receive a per diem of $25 for a day of service; if either the County or TWDC advances funds to the RUD, at the RUD's request, to nance a project for which the RUD has insucient funds unl its next bond issue, those advanced funds are repaid at the me of the next bond issue; the current tax rate is approximately $0.476 per $100 of taxable valuaon on business properes only; the RUD is administered by its Board of Directors consisng of ve long-term residents of The Woodlands.

For almost 20 years, the RUD has represented the business community's undertaking to pay a substanal addional tax not applicable to any resident in order to nance road improvements well in advance of, or in addion to, what the County is willing or able to do; these improvements benet both the business community and the residents of The Woodlands; all of this has been discussed with Mr. Heath; while the benets to the community are readily apparent, I fail to understand the "fraud" angle.

From: peghausman@sbcglobal.net [mailto:peghausman@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 2:06 PM To: Alex Sutton; Mike Page Subject: Fw: FELLOW RESIDENTS ASSISTING UTILITY DISTRICTS

Who are the voters in this election? What are the directors reimbursed? How much is the developer reimbursed on road construction? What is the tax rate and who pays? Who is the administrator of the RUDS? Please let me know. Peggy Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile From: "A.D. Heath" <adrian@countycitizen.com> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:08:33 -0600 To: Peggy Hausman<peghausman@sbcglobal.net>

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Subject: FELLOW RESIDENTS ASSISTING UTILITY DISTRICTS

Peggy, any feedback on the WRUD? http://www.fellowresidents.info/

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Mike Page <mpage@sphllp.com> Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:24 AM To: "peghausman@sbcglobal.net" <peghausman@sbcglobal.net>, Alex Sutton <alex.sutton@thewoodlandstownshiptx.gov> Cc: Adrian Heath <adrian@countycitizen.com>, Julie Kime <jkime@sphllp.com>

Sorry, but you did not ask those quesons previously; as discussed with Mr. Heath, any qualied person (a cizen of the State of Texas and 18 or over) may le an applicaon to be on the ballot by the close of business today with the Secretary of the Board of Directors or with the Elecon Agent, Ms. Julie Kime, at our oces at 1300 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1400, Houston, TX 77056; when and if there are again voters in the RUD, they will decide who serves.

From: peghausman@sbcglobal.net [mailto:peghausman@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 10:10 AM To: Mike Page; Alex Sutton Cc: Adrian Heath Subject: Re: FELLOW RESIDENTS ASSISTING UTILITY DISTRICTS

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The question is still the election. Who can run and where do they file? If it is tax dollars, who decides who serves on this board? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile From: Mike Page <mpage@sphllp.com> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:05:09 -0600 To: peghausman@sbcglobal.net<peghausman@sbcglobal.net>; Alex Sutton<alex.sutton@thewoodlandstownshiptx.gov> Cc: adrian@countycitizen.com<adrian@countycitizen.com> Subject: RE: FELLOW RESIDENTS ASSISTING UTILITY DISTRICTS

As we have discussed on several previous occasions, the RUD has been in existence since 1991 to assist in nancing major road improvement projects; as was discussed with Steve Burke during his tenure as General Manager of WCA, and with John Rutledge, Assistant Manager of WCSC, who aended and monitored the meengs of the RUD Board of Directors for approximately two years before his departure, the boundaries and taxing jurisdicon of the RUD include only commericial and retail properes that were included/added by peon of the landowner; no residenal properes are included or subject to taxaon; the RUD nances improvements to major thoroughfares only, when the County is unable or unwilling to do so; the completed projects are then turned over to the County for operaon and maintenance; since the last two houses were torn down for construcon of the Waterway west under Grogan's Mill Road, there have been no residents or voters in the RUD; the directors receive a per diem of $25 for a day of service; if either the County or TWDC advances funds to the RUD, at the RUD's request, to nance a project for which the RUD has insucient funds unl its next bond issue, those advanced funds are repaid at the me of the next bond issue; the current tax rate is approximately $0.476 per $100 of taxable valuaon on business properes only; the RUD is administered by its Board of Directors consisng of ve long-term residents of The Woodlands.

For almost 20 years, the RUD has represented the business community's undertaking to pay a substanal addional tax not applicable to any resident in order to nance road improvements well in advance of, or in addion to, what the County is willing or able to do; these improvements benet both the business community and the residents of The Woodlands; all of this has been discussed with Mr. Heath; while the benets to the community are readily apparent, I fail to understand the "fraud" angle.

From: peghausman@sbcglobal.net [mailto:peghausman@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 2:06 PM To: Alex Sutton; Mike Page Subject: Fw: FELLOW RESIDENTS ASSISTING UTILITY DISTRICTS

Who are the voters in this election? What are the directors reimbursed? How much is the developer reimbursed on road construction? What is the tax rate and who pays? Who is the administrator of the RUDS? Please let me know. Peggy

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Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile From: "A.D. Heath" <adrian@countycitizen.com> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:08:33 -0600 To: Peggy Hausman<peghausman@sbcglobal.net> Subject: FELLOW RESIDENTS ASSISTING UTILITY DISTRICTS

Peggy, any feedback on the WRUD? http://www.fellowresidents.info/

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or the information contained herein is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone and/or return email, delete this email from your system and destroy any printed copies which you may have made of this email. Thank you.

**************** IRS Circular 230 Disclosure **************** To the extent this communication contains any statement regarding federal taxes, such statement was not written or intended to be used, and cannot be used, by any person as a basis for avoiding federal tax penalties that may be imposed on that person.
Mike Page <mpage@sphllp.com> Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 11:14 AM To: "peghausman@sbcglobal.net" <peghausman@sbcglobal.net>, Alex Sutton <alex.sutton@thewoodlandstownshiptx.gov> Cc: Adrian Heath <adrian@countycitizen.com>, Julie Kime <jkime@sphllp.com>

the RUD had annual elecons up unl the me when there were no more voters; they will have elecons again when they have voters again.

From: peghausman@sbcglobal.net [mailto:peghausman@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 10:29 AM To: Mike Page; Alex Sutton Cc: Adrian Heath; Julie Kime Subject: Re: FELLOW RESIDENTS ASSISTING UTILITY DISTRICTS

So the answer is there is never an election only appointments if someone steps down. And I assume their fellow directors decide. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile From: Mike Page <mpage@sphllp.com> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:24:06 -0600 To: peghausman@sbcglobal.net<peghausman@sbcglobal.net>; Alex Sutton<alex.sutton@thewoodlandstownshiptx.gov> Cc: Adrian Heath<adrian@countycitizen.com>; Julie Kime<jkime@sphllp.com> Subject: RE: FELLOW RESIDENTS ASSISTING UTILITY DISTRICTS

Sorry, but you did not ask those quesons previously; as discussed with Mr. Heath, any qualied person (a cizen of the State of Texas and 18 or over) may le an applicaon to be on the ballot by the close of business today with the Secretary of the Board of Directors or with the Elecon Agent, Ms. Julie Kime, at our oces at 1300 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1400, Houston, TX 77056; when and if there are again voters in the RUD, they will decide who serves.

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From: peghausman@sbcglobal.net [mailto:peghausman@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 10:10 AM To: Mike Page; Alex Sutton Cc: Adrian Heath Subject: Re: FELLOW RESIDENTS ASSISTING UTILITY DISTRICTS

The question is still the election. Who can run and where do they file? If it is tax dollars, who decides who serves on this board? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile From: Mike Page <mpage@sphllp.com> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:05:09 -0600 To: peghausman@sbcglobal.net<peghausman@sbcglobal.net>; Alex Sutton<alex.sutton@thewoodlandstownshiptx.gov> Cc: adrian@countycitizen.com<adrian@countycitizen.com> Subject: RE: FELLOW RESIDENTS ASSISTING UTILITY DISTRICTS

As we have discussed on several previous occasions, the RUD has been in existence since 1991 to assist in nancing major road improvement projects; as was discussed with Steve Burke during his tenure as General Manager of WCA, and with John Rutledge, Assistant Manager of WCSC, who aended and monitored the meengs of the RUD Board of Directors for approximately two years before his departure, the boundaries and taxing jurisdicon of the RUD include only commericial and retail properes that were included/added by peon of the landowner; no residenal properes are included or subject to taxaon; the RUD nances improvements to major thoroughfares only, when the County is unable or unwilling to do so; the completed projects are then turned over to the County for operaon and maintenance; since the last two houses were torn down for construcon of the Waterway west under Grogan's Mill Road, there have been no residents or voters in the RUD; the directors receive a per diem of $25 for a day of service; if either the County or TWDC advances funds to the RUD, at the RUD's request, to nance a project for which the RUD has insucient funds unl its next bond issue, those advanced funds are repaid at the me of the next bond issue; the current tax rate is approximately $0.476 per $100 of taxable valuaon on business properes only; the RUD is administered by its Board of Directors consisng of ve long-term residents of The Woodlands.

For almost 20 years, the RUD has represented the business community's undertaking to pay a substanal addional tax not applicable to any resident in order to nance road improvements well in advance of, or in addion to, what the County is willing or able to do; these improvements benet both the business community and the residents of The Woodlands; all of this has been discussed with Mr. Heath; while the benets to the community are readily apparent, I fail to understand the "fraud" angle.

From: peghausman@sbcglobal.net [mailto:peghausman@sbcglobal.net]

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Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 2:06 PM To: Alex Sutton; Mike Page Subject: Fw: FELLOW RESIDENTS ASSISTING UTILITY DISTRICTS

Who are the voters in this election? What are the directors reimbursed? How much is the developer reimbursed on road construction? What is the tax rate and who pays? Who is the administrator of the RUDS? Please let me know. Peggy Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile From: "A.D. Heath" <adrian@countycitizen.com> Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:08:33 -0600 To: Peggy Hausman<peghausman@sbcglobal.net> Subject: FELLOW RESIDENTS ASSISTING UTILITY DISTRICTS

Peggy, any feedback on the WRUD? http://www.fellowresidents.info/

****************ATTENTION TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS:**************** A "REPLY TO ALL" OF THIS EMAIL COULD LEAD TO VIOLATIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. PLEASE REPLY ONLY TO SENDER. **************** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE **************** The information in this email may be confidential and/or privileged. This email is intended to be reviewed by only the individual or organization named above. If you are not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this email and its attachments, if any, or the information contained herein is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone and/or return email, delete this email from your system and destroy any printed copies which you may have made of this email. Thank you.

**************** IRS Circular 230 Disclosure **************** To the extent this communication contains any statement regarding federal taxes, such statement was not written or intended to be used, and cannot be used, by any person as a basis for avoiding federal tax penalties that may be imposed on that person.

****************ATTENTION TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS:****************

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**************** IRS Circular 230 Disclosure **************** To the extent this communication contains any statement regarding federal taxes, such statement was not written or intended to be used, and cannot be used, by any person as a basis for avoiding federal tax penalties that may be imposed on that person.

****************ATTENTION TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS:**************** A "REPLY TO ALL" OF THIS EMAIL COULD LEAD TO VIOLATIONS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. PLEASE REPLY ONLY TO SENDER. **************** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE **************** The information in this email may be confidential and/or privileged. This email is intended to be reviewed by only the individual or organization named above. If you are not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this email and its attachments, if any, or the information contained herein is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone and/or return email, delete this email from your system and destroy any printed copies which you may have made of this email. Thank you.

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