* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. OKAY, WE ARE [00:00:01] READY TO START [I. Call to order] 10 0 1, UH, WITH A ROLL CALL AND WE WILL START WITH THE HANDSOME MAN ON THE END. OH. UM, HEY, MY NAME IS MIKE PETERSON, UM, THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. AND I'M HERE TODAY JUST TO GIVE KNOW FOR WHAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE TO HELP US OUT. SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE. HI, I'M MIRANDA HART. I'M MISS PLUS ONE FOR TODAY, JUST SITTING IN AND LISTENING. HI EVERYONE. TAISHA PATEL WITH THE FAIRFIELD IN SWEETS LAKE CITY. JOSE MIRANDA, UH, GENERAL MANAGER AT SOUTH SHORE HARBOR RESORT IN LAKE CITY. COLTON TROUT WITH VIS BAY AREA HOUSTON, AMBER MURPHY, THE OWNER OF BUTLER'S COURTYARD. STEPHANIE POLK, LEAGUE CITY CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU MANAGER, JULIANA AGUILA OF LAKE CITY CONVENTION AND VISITOR BUREAU. JACOB PR ESTEBAN'S CAFE. UH, SARAH OSBORNE, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS FOR THE CITY OF THE CITY. , JUDITH BURLESON, RETIRED CORPORATE MARKETING. PAUL ROBINSON, THE ORIGINATOR AND PRODUCER OF THE TEXAS OUTLAW CHALLENGE EVENT, WHICH I'LL BE REPRESEN PRESENTING TODAY. THANK YOU. UH, ANY CITIZENS WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? DON'T SEE ANY. OKAY. UM, [IV. Approval of August 2024 meeting minutes] APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST MEETING MINUTES. EVERYONE, THEY'RE ON THE BACK SENT THOSE. AND THEY'RE ALSO PRINTED HERE. MOVE TO APPROVE. THANK YOU. AND A SECOND. I DO. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MINUTES APPROVED. UH, NOW WE WILL [V. Presentation of Texas Outlaw Challenge HOT Grant Application - Paul Robinson] HEAR FROM, UH, MR. PAUL ROBINSON WITH THE TEXAS OUTLAW CHALLENGE. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. ? YES. UH, PAUL ROBINSON. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. I, UM, STARTED LOCALLY HERE WITH A CAREER AT, UH, JOHNSON SPACE CENTER AS A CONTRACTOR FOR ABOUT 18 YEARS. AND THEN I WAS A CONSULTANT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON TO BE PHD STUDENTS ON TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FROM NASA. SO RIGHT NOW I'M SEMI-RETIRED. AND, UM, FOR 17 YEARS I'VE BEEN PRODUCING THE TEXAS AT OUTLET CHALLENGE, WHICH IS A BOATING EVENT IN CLEAR LAKE AND GALVESTON BAY STARTED IN 2008. I THINK AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, EACH OF US GET AN EDGE TO DO SOME CHARITY TYPE OF ACTIVITY. SO IN 2008, I CALLED SOME OF MY BOAT FRIENDS AND SAID, LET'S GET TOGETHER AND WE'LL BOAT TO GALVESTON AND GO BACK AND FORTH AND PLAY A HAND OF, YOU KNOW, CARDS AT EACH PLACE KIND OF THING. AND WE'LL HAVE A, A MEAL AT THE END AND WE'LL HAVE A CHARITY THAT WE DO SOME FUNDING FOR. FIRST CHARITY WAS THE PASADENA WOMEN'S SHELTER, UH, BATTERED WOMEN AND CHILDREN. AND IT STILL IS, UH, WE HAVE NINE CHARITIES AT THE MOMENT. AND, UH, SO ANYWAY, WE HAD THAT EVENT. I HAD 26 FRIENDS WITH BOATS SHOW UP, AND WE HAD A GREAT DAY. UH, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU START AND CALL AN ANNUAL BECAUSE, UH, THIS YEAR WAS OUR 17TH ANNUAL AND, UH, 200 BOATS, 15, 1800 PEOPLE, UH, CONSECUTIVELY. UH, EACH YEAR IT GROWS. AND, UM, IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY EVENT. WE'RE SUPPORTED BY, UH, SEA BROOK, UH, KIMA MASSA BAY. I'M HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY AND, UH, I'M HERE TO REQUEST HOT TAX FUNDS. AND A LITTLE REFRESHER FOR YOU THAT NEED A REFRESHER ON HOT TAX FUNDS. UH, THERE'S A 6% TAX ON EVERY HOTEL ROOM IN YOUR CITY THAT'S COLLECTED. IT GOES INTO A FUND, AND THE STATE ALLOWS THE CITY TO DISPERSE THOSE FUNDS, UH, THROUGH A COMMITTEE TO EVENTS THAT BRING IN HEADS IN BEDS, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, MORE HOTEL ROOMS FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR 17 YEARS HERE AT LAKE CITY WITH SOUTH SHORE HARBOR. GREAT FACILITY, OF COURSE, WITH THE DOCKAGE. IT'S, IT'S A NATURAL FOR OUT OF TOWN VISITORS, UH, TO BOAT AND, UH, ENJOY THE AMENITIES ON THE LAKE THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. SO OVER THE PAST 17 YEARS, WE HAVE, UM, BROUGHT WITH 200 AND SOME BOATS EVERY YEAR. I PICK A NUMBER OF 10 JUST AS A, AS A NUMBER. UH, 10 BOATS STAY AT HARBOR. UH, THERE'S FOUR COUPLES, VERY MUCH, UH, PRETTY CONSECUTIVE OR MORE ON EACH BOAT. UH, DO THE MATH. UH, $150 GENERAL ROOM RATE, 6% OF THAT. OVER THE 17 YEARS, WE'VE HELPED FUND THE UPWARDS OF $24,000 TO YOUR HIGH TAX FUND AND WE'VE NEVER ASKED FOR ANYTHING. UM, I THOUGHT THIS YEAR I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE YOU IN OUR EFFORTS BECAUSE WE DO SO MUCH. AND OUR, OUR RULE OR OUR LAW, UH, THAT WE CAN ONLY USE THE FUNDS FOR IS [00:05:01] ADVERTISING. AND LIKE A FARMER, THE MORE SEEDS YOU HAVE IN ADVERTISING OUT FRONT, THE MORE PRODUCT YOU'LL HAVE AT THE, AT THE HARVEST. AND THAT'S EXACTLY HOW IT WORKS WITH A, A, A EVENT LIKE THIS. SO IN YOUR PACKAGE TOWARDS THE BACK, I ADDED OUR 2024 MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS. THIS GIVES YOU THE VALUE OR THE, THE, THE REPRESENTATION THAT EACH OF OUR SPONSORS GETS BECAUSE OF OUR MARKETING PROGRAM. AND IT'S, IT'S QUITE SUBSTANTIAL. UH, YOU'LL SEE, UM, PUBLICATIONS THERE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL. WE GET EUROPEANS, WE GET CANADIANS, WE GET, UH, ALL KINDS OF, UH, VISITORS FROM OUT OF COUNTRY. SO WE'RE OVER A MILLION, ALMOST 2 MILLION IN, UH, PUBLICATIONS, UH, REACHED THROUGH RADIOS, ALMOST HALF A MILLION AGAIN TELEVISION, HALF A MILLION ADVERTISERS LOCALLY IS LISTED THERE. FACE-TO-FACE PROMOTIONS. WE CARRY OUR SPONSORED LOGOS AND OF COURSE ALL OUR LINKS TO OUR WEBSITE AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGHOUT OUR MARKETING UP TO THE EVENT IN JUNE. IT'S ALWAYS THE THIRD WEEKEND IN JUNE, THE WEEKEND AFTER FATHER'S DAY. UM, YOU GET THE NUMBERS THERE IN FRONT OF YOU. IT IS QUITE SUBSTANTIAL FOR, FOR THE EFFORT WE DO, WE SPEND 120,000, 105,000, I FORGET IT'S IN MY NOTES HERE. OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN ADVERTISING EVERY YEAR TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AND OF COURSE, SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, IS HUGE AS WELL WITH ALL THE, THE SHARES AND THE LIKES AND ALL THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE. UH, WE'RE OVER A MILLION AND A HALF THERE AS FAR AS THE REACH WE GIVE OUR SPONSORS WHO SUPPORT US AND HELP US GET THE MESSAGE OUT FOR ADVERTISING. SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. I DON'T WANT TO JUST SPEAK, UH, ALL MY WORDS, BUT, UH, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I CAN FILL IN SOME OTHER, UH, INFORMATION. I'LL START WITH, UH, WHO ARE OUR CHARITIES? AND WE HAVE THE HONORS CHILDREN HOSPITAL AT BRIDGE WOMAN'S SHELTER. UH, TODAY'S HARBOR FOR KITCHEN CHILDREN. USED TO BE BOYS AND GIRLS HARBOR, UH, CLERK CREEK CONSERVATION FOUNDATION, ENVIRONMENTAL HELP CLEAN THE, THE WATERWAYS FOR US. KE LION CLUB. UH, A GROUP CALLED SPECIAL SPACES WHO DOES, UH, BEDROOMS OVER FOR TERMINALLY ILL CHILDREN WHO HAVE COME HOME. THEY DO, UH, ROBIN HOOD OR PRINCESS OR YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPE OF THEMES IN THE VETERAN SPIDER-MAN. UM, SEABROOK ROTARY, UM, HOME, WHICH IS OUT OF WEBSTER HERE, HELPING OUR MILITARY END ENDURE. THEY DO THE PACKAGING FOR, FOR, UH, GOODIE BOXES THAT GO OVERSEAS TO OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN. UH, THAT'S A GOOD ONE. AND, UH, WELL, THEY'RE ALL GREAT. AND, UH, WE ALSO DO THE, UM, GALVESTON HOUSTON FAMILIES EXPERIENCING DOWN SYNDROME GROUP. UH, WE SPONSORED THEM QUITE FREQUENTLY AS WELL. UH, SPONSORSHIPS GO, UH, IT'S NOT DETERMINED HOW MUCH OR WHO AT THE TIME, UH, OF, OF WHAT'S GOING ON FOR THAT YEAR, BUT WE TRY AND MOVE IT AROUND AND KEEP THAT GROUP ALL ALWAYS IN OUR FAMILY OF, OF RECIPIENTS. SO, UH, THIS YEAR WE HAD, UH, HERE'S SOME NUMBERS HERE. WE HAD A HUNDRED AND THAT SHOULD ACTUALLY, WE FORGOT TO PUT OUR SPONSOR BOATS ON THERE. SO IT WAS 140 THIS YEAR, 1500 GUESTS. AND THOSE ARE SOME COSTS THAT ARE INVOLVED. UH, AND ALSO IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THAT IT'S NOT JUST HOTEL ROOMS, ALTHOUGH THAT'S ALL WE CAN USE THE HOT TECH FUNDS FOR. UH, THIS YEAR WE BROUGHT OVER THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO LOCAL COMMERCE, RESTAURANTS, GROCERIES, FUEL, HOTEL ROOMS, RENTALS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN HERE. UM, YOU KNOW, OUR MARKETING, UH, LADY, OUR, HER, HER ORGANIZATION IS OUT OF, UH, SEABROOK. WHEREVER WE CAN SPEND LOCALLY, THAT'S WHERE WE SPEND OBVIOUSLY. SO I WANTED TO SHARE THOSE NUMBERS WITH YOU AS WELL. AND REALLY I'M HERE TO SAY, I HOPE YOU'LL LOOK TO US WITH HOT TAX FUNDS. I DO HAVE A REQUEST IN THERE AND, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, I'D BE VERY HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. YOU? YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL BE IN TOUCH SOON, BUT YOU NEED ANYTHING? ALRIGHT, I WILL EXCUSE MYSELF. THANK, IS THAT ALL RIGHT? YEAH. THANK YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LIKE SAY I'M GOING GOLFING, BUT I'M NOT . ENJOY THIS WORK ON A BOAT. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT STEP IS [VI. League City Historical Society update - Mike Peterson] MIKE PETERSON. HANG ON JUST A SECOND. LEMME GET YOUR PHONE PULLED UP, MIKE. OKAY. YES, YOU ARE RIGHT. GO AHEAD. YOU DON'T MIND PUSHING THE [00:10:01] BUTTON? I DON'T MIND IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE ME LIKE A LOOK. . GIVE A LITTLE WINK. YEAH. YEAH. WELL FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE AND DEFINITELY MIRANDA, WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GREAT THINGS THAT SHE'S DONE. UH, I WON'T TAKE TOO MUCH OF EVERYBODY'S TIME HERE, BUT I NOW, EACH OF YOU WENT AHEAD AND HELPED US OPEN THE MUSEUM AND THIS IS REALLY GOOD FOR LEAGUE CITY. AND IT GOES BACK TO ONE OF OUR HOT TECHS MEETINGS THAT WE HAD BEFORE. AND THERE WAS SOMEBODY THAT MENTIONED, WE HAVE SUCH A UNIQUE MUSEUM HERE IN LAKE CITY, BUT IT'S NEVER OPENED. SO WITH YOUR HELP, WE WERE ABLE TO OPEN THE MUSEUM. SO, UM, SO THIS IS, AGAIN, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, PLEASE GO BACK. OKAY. IF YOU COULD, IT SHOWS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR, UM, 18 98 1 ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE THAT WAS MOVED IN HERE FROM CHAMBERS COUNTY. IT ALSO SHOWS THE BARN MUSEUM THAT USED TO BE USED FOR ONE OF OUR FIRST FIRE STATIONS HERE IN LAKE CITY. AND THEN ALSO FOR OUR BUS BARN WHEN LAKE CITY ONLY HAD THREE BUSES. AND I THINK NOW WE'RE OVER 600 BUSES. SO IT TELLS YOU HOW FAR BACK THIS GOES. BUT ALSO THE FIRST ICE HOUSE IN LAKE CITY, WHICH IS THE ONE ON THE VERY LEFT, A VERY, VERY UNIQUE PROGRAM. AND, UH, WHAT WE, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT WHAT LAKE CITY AND JC LEAGUE HAS DONE FOR LAKE CITY. HE DONATED THIS LAND IN 1894 TO LAKE CITY, TO BE A SCHOOL LOCATION FOR OUR CITY. HE ALSO DONATED TWO OTHER PARCELS OF LAND, WHICH WAS LAKE PARK AND THEN ALSO ST. MARY'S CHURCH. SO IT'S REALLY UNIQUE WHAT HE DID. AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS KEEP IT ALIVE. SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO DO THIS IS REALLY THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP. AND, UM, AND THE PARTNERSHIP IS DEFINITELY HISTORICAL PRESERVATION. MM-HMM. . SO AGAIN, GREAT THING. THESE ARE OUR HOTELS THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH MORE. AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT HERE A LITTLE BIT. UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S ALL ABOUT PARTNERSHIP 'CAUSE WE COULD NOT DO IT IT WITHOUT THE HOT TAX. OKAY. UM, WHEN I WAS PUTTING THE SLIDE DECK TOGETHER WITH MIRANDA'S HEALTH, I STARTED LOOKING AT THE MISSION STATEMENT FOR CBB. IT'S A LOT SIMILAR TO THE MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE LAKE CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. YOU KNOW, WE WON'T GET INTO THE TOP ONE, BUT IF WE LOOK AT THE BOTTOM ONE, REALLY LIKE THE SECOND, UH, SENTENCE THERE IS THAT OUR GOAL INCLUDES EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ON OUR RICH HISTORY WHILE FOSTERING A POSITIVE COMMUNITY SPIRIT FOR REBUILDING, RESTORING AND PRESERVING THE HISTORICAL AREA OF LAKE CITY. WHEN Y'ALL HAVE GUESTS THAT COMES INTO YOUR HOTELS, THIS IS VERY UNIQUE FOR THEM TO SEE REALLY WHERE LAKE CITY STARTED FROM. SO, SO REALLY OUR MISSION STATEMENT, UM, IF YOU DON'T GO AHEAD AND GET UP. YEAH. FEEL FREE. YEAH. UM, SO REALLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR GOALS WHENEVER WE STARTED LOOKING AT OPENING UP THE MUSEUM. SO REALLY OUR FIRST GOAL WAS WE REALLY WANT A ONE OF A KIND EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF OUR GUESTS. UH, WE ALSO WANT TO SHARE THE HISTORY LIKE I JUST TALKED ABOUT HERE, OF LAKE CITY. 'CAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH RICH HISTORY AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALLY REALIZE THE HISTORY THAT WE HAVE HERE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF LAKE CITY AFTER THE 1900 STORE. UM, ALSO WE'RE CREATING PROGRAMS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT ARE VERY MEMORABLE FOR ALL OF OUR GUESTS. UM, NOT ONLY THE WALKABOUTS, IF YOU'VE NOT ATTENDED ONE OF THESE WALKABOUTS, THEY GO ABOUT AND THEY TALK IN ALL OF THE HISTORICAL HOMES THAT WE HAVE IN SOME OF THE STORIES. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW THEY'RE DOING MURDER IN MAYHAN IN LAKE CITY, SUCH AS THE FIRST FUNERAL HOME. AND WE HAVE PICTURES OF A GHOST IN ONE OF THE WINDOWS. IT'S A PRETTY COOL THING. UM, AND THEN ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED PROBABLY TWO YEARS AGO WAS MUSIC IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. BUT ONE THING I MENTIONED TO MIRANDA THAT I FAILED TO PUT IN HERE IS WE'RE ALSO DEVELOPING QR CODES FOR ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS THAT YOU CAN GO AROUND, THERE'S A QR CODE AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SCAN THE QR CODE THAT GIVES YOU THE HISTORY OF WHAT THAT BUILDING WAS, THE HISTORY OF LAKE CITY, THE HISTORY OF THE ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE. SO THE FUNDING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PROVIDE IS NOT ONLY ALLOWING US TO OPEN THE MUSEUM, IT'S GIVING US A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IN THE BACKGROUND TO REALLY HELP LAKE CITY. SO REALLY WHEN WE GO TO THE NEXT BULLET, STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CPP BOARD AND OUR LOCAL HOTELS. AGAIN, WE HAVE TO PARTNER WITH OUR HOTELS FOR THAT WAY. YOU GUYS CAN REALLY HELP US WITH THIS. AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO OFFER SOME TICKETS. UM, I HAD SENT AN EMAIL OFF, I THINK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, THE LATTER PART OF LA LAST MONTH TO EACH OF THE DIFFERENT HOTELS. AND I WAS ASKING Y'ALL TO COME TO THE, UM, MUSEUM FOR THAT WAY. WE COULD DO A LITTLE SIMPLE TOUR, BUT THEN ALSO WE COULD SHARE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THESE TICKETS. BECAUSE WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, LIKE I'VE GOT LISTED DOWN THERE, IS WE WANT TO BE CREATIVE WITH THESE TICKETS FOR WHEN PEOPLE COME TO YOUR HOTELS, THEY'RE EXCITED TO SEE THIS. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M, I'M A TRUE BELIEVER YOU GIVE CREDIT FOR CREDIT TO DO. AND IT'S MIRANDA, SHE STARTED REALLY WORKING WITH SOME OF THESE TICKETS. AND WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO IS JUST MAKE THE TICKETS TO WHERE THEY'RE MEMORABLE. ALSO FOR ALL OF YOUR GUESTS. HOWEVER, WE'VE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT VERSIONS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE A LITTLE BIT. YOU'LL SEE SOME [00:15:01] OF THE PICTURES AND THAT. BUT WE WANT IT TO BE SORT OF LIKE POLAR EXPRESS. IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN THERE IN THE ALSTON WITH YOUR CHILDREN BEFORE, I MEAN THE TICKETS THAT YOU GET ARE REALLY COOL AND IT'S SUCH A GREAT EXPERIENCE. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. WE WANT TO OFFER ALSO THE SCHOOLHOUSE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, WE'VE SEEN OVER 120,000 STUDENTS OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. WHAT'S SO UNIQUE IS NOW WE EVEN HAVE A LOT OF RETURNING STUDENTS THAT ARE NOW PARENTS BRINGING THEIR, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN TO THE SCHOOLHOUSE FOR THE PROGRAM. SO WE CAN DEVELOP THESE PROGRAMS FOR YOUR GUESTS, SUCH AS, I HAD MY SON-IN-LAW JUST STAY THERE AT SOUTH SHORE HARBOR AND HE BROUGHT IN A BUNCH OF THE EXECUTIVES FROM HIS COMPANY. AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A GREAT EXAMPLE. IF THEY BRING IN FAMILIES, IF THE FAMILIES ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO WHILE MOM AND DAD ARE IN MEETINGS, THEY CAN DEFINITELY COME BY THE MUSEUM. THEY CAN COME BY FREE OF CHARGE. OR IF THEY WANT TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM AND GO THROUGH A THREE HOUR STRUCTURED PROGRAM LIKE WE DO WITH A LOT OF LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS, WE CAN ALSO DEVELOP THAT FOR THE HOTELS. SO, UM, AGAIN, SHOW VALUE. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. WE HAVE TO SHOW VALUE, YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING. 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA WASTE ANYBODY'S TIME. SO AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA MONITOR, WE'RE GONNA TRACK DEFINITELY ACCEPT FEEDBACK AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE CHANGES. THAT'S WHAT'S SO CRITICAL. IF WE DON'T MAKE CHANGES, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE OVER TO PERFECT IT. SO THEN AGAIN, ULTIMATELY IS WE'RE MEETING THE GOALS HERE REALLY OF THE CITY, OF LAKE CITY. SO THE NEXT SLIDE, OKAY, SO UM, ONCE WE WERE APPROVED, WHAT DID WE DO? YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'VE CREATED THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND WE WENT AHEAD AND DEVELOPED ONE FOR A MUSEUM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND A MUSEUM ASSISTANT INTERVIEWS TOOK PLACE. KRISTEN TYSON TOOK ON THE MUSEUM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. SHE'S A MOTHER, SHE HAS THREE CHILDREN. SHE'S ALSO A SCHOOL TEACHER. SO IT WAS A GREAT ROLE 'CAUSE SHE BRINGS SO MUCH VALUE, UH, TO THE MUSEUM WITH HER FEEDBACK. AND THEN DEFINITELY MIRANDA HART, SHE TOOK ON A MUSEUM ASSISTANT ROLE FOR US. SO THE COOL THING ABOUT MIRANDA, SHE HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY. SO THE TWO LADIES WORK TOGETHER AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE ALWAYS GOT SOMEBODY THERE AT THE MUSEUM. AND EACH ONE OF 'EM BRINGS SO MANY UNIQUE SKILLS TO THE TABLE. SO TRAINING STARTED, WE WENT AHEAD AND WE REVIEWED ALL THE PROCEDURES FOR THE BARN MUSEUM FOR THE ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE. UM, WE ALSO SHADOWED ALL THE TEACHERS SO THAT WAY THEY SEE HOW THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WORKS. SO IT WORKED OUT VERY WELL. UH, WE DEVELOPED SCHEDULES FOR THE STAFFING AND THEN GUESS WHAT? WE STARTED OPENING THE MUSEUM. SO ON JUNE THE 13TH WAS OUR FIRST DAY TO OPEN THE MUSEUM. SO YOU'LL SEE IT HERE THURSDAY, ONE TO FIVE, FRIDAY ONE TO FIVE, AND THEN SATURDAY 10 TO TWO. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS WHAT, WHEN WE START COLLECTING THE DATA, THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE Y'ALL NEED IT. WE NEED IT. SO AGAIN, HOW MANY PEOPLE DID WE HAVE IN JUNE? WE HAD 74 PEOPLE COME THROUGH. AND AGAIN, THIS IS ONLY THREE DAYS, FOUR HOURS PER DAY. AND THEN SURE ENOUGH, JULY WE HAD 83 PEOPLE. AUGUST 86 PEOPLE. AND THEN LOOK AT WHAT WE DID HERE IN SEPTEMBER 95 PEOPLE. SO WE'RE GROWING. PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO REALLY BECOME FAMILIAR WITH LAKE CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN HISTORICAL, THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT OF LAKE CITY. OKAY? AS WE START COLLECTING THIS, THIS IS A FORM THAT WE WENT AHEAD AND BUILT. AND THIS IS WHAT MIRANDA AND KRISTEN DO. AS PEOPLE COME THROUGH, WE START COLLECTING THE DATA. HEY, WHERE ARE YOU FROM? HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT US? YOU KNOW, FOR THAT WAY WE KNOW ARE WE DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE COMMUNITY? ARE WE DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR ALL OF OUR HOTELS? WHAT WE'D LOVE TO DO IS HAVE MORE PEOPLE COMING IN FROM THE HOTEL FOR THAT WAY WE CAN CIRCLE IT AND THEN WE CAN GO ON AND ACTUALLY BRING THE VALUE BACK TO YOU GUYS. AND REALLY, HOW MANY OF YOUR GUESTS SHOWED UP? WHAT WERE THEIR FEELINGS? WHAT WERE THEIR COMMENTS? SO THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE SLIDES. SO NEXT SLIDE OR ONE OF THE FORMS. SO THIS IS WHAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY COOL, IS THAT IT TELLS US WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM. I MEAN, AGAIN, WHEN WE START LOOKING AT ZIP CODES, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE COMING FROM ALVIN BAYTOWN, YOU KNOW, DICKINSON. YOU CAN JUST SEE WE EVEN HAD SOMEBODY FROM PARIS, FRANCE COME THROUGH, WHICH WAS SO COOL. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW KIMA, LAMAR LAKE, JACKSON, OKLAHOMA, WYOMING. I MEAN WE'VE GOT 'EM COMING FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND THEY'RE COMING HERE TO LEAD CITY AND THIS IS REALLY COOL. SO THEY'VE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THIS. SO NEXT SLIDE. OKAY, UH, NOW AGAIN, WHENEVER WE ASK, HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS? THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US WITH THE MEDIA AND SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGES THAT ARE COMING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THEY ALL LIVE LOCAL OR THEY'RE EXPLORING THE TOWN WEBPAGE, RETURNING STUDENT. THAT'S WHAT'S SO COOL. SO MANY OF THESE MOTHERS WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM 20, 30 YEARS AGO AND NOW THEY'RE BRINGING THEIR CHILDREN BACK. SO FRIENDS FACEBOOK PASSING BY PEOPLE FROM THE CITY BOARD. SO SARAH, YOUR STAFF HAS COME BY. THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF VIDEO CLIPS FOR US AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT NEXT [00:20:01] SLIDE. SO FEEDBACK. Y'ALL HAVE TO READ THIS. I JUST WANT TO SORT OF INCLUDE THIS AND I THINK EVERYBODY WILL PROBABLY GET A COPY OF THIS. BUT THE FEEDBACK'S IMPORTANT FOR US. ARE WE DOING SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING DIFFERENT? YOU KNOW, BUT YOU'LL JUST SEE SOME OF THE COMMENTS HERE ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY LOVE LEARNING ABOUT OUR HISTORY, HOW MUCH THEY HAVE GAINED FROM MIRANDA OR FROM KRISTEN. YOU KNOW, THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY BRING TO THE TABLE. YOU KNOW, HOW WELCOMING, YOU KNOW OUR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE WITHIN THE LAKE CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 'CAUSE AGAIN, WE WANT THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A GREAT VIEW OF OUR CITY, MORE IMPORTANTLY OF THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT. OKAY, NEXT SLIDE. SO WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT TICKETS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE. WE STARTED FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE TRACK THESE TICKETS? HOW DO WE MAKE IT TO WHERE IF YOU PUT IT ON YOUR COUNTER AT YOUR HOTEL, HOW DOES IT LOOK? WHENEVER I WAS IN HEALTHCARE FOR 40 YEARS BEFORE I RETIRED, I WOULD TRAVEL ALL THE TIME TO ALL OF Y'ALL'S HOTELS. AND THE THING IS IS I KNOW YOU HAVE NO SPACE ON YOUR COUNTERTOP AT ALL, PERIOD. SO WE SAID, WELL WE PROBABLY CAN'T HAVE HORIZONTAL TICKETS THE WAY THESE ARE. SO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE STARTED MAKING VER VERTICAL TICKETS WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY MAYBE PUT THESE TICKETS THERE ON YOUR COUNTER. AND AGAIN, WE REALLY WANT YOUR FEEDBACK RELATED TO THIS 'CAUSE IT'S YOUR HOTEL. BUT HOW DO WE HELP YOU SHOW YOUR GUESTS THAT THERE'S GREAT THINGS IN LAKE CITY AND THEY CAN DO IT FREE OF CHARGE WHEN THEY'RE IN TOWN. OR IF THEY DO WANT TO HAVE ONE OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, WE CAN WORK WITH MIRANDA KRISTEN, WE CAN SET IT UP FOR 10, 20, 30 PEOPLE. WE'VE USUALLY HAD UP TO LIKE 90 PEOPLE PER DAY. WE'LL COME BY OUR MUSEUM FOR SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. 'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE 30 PEOPLE IN THE BAR MUSEUM, 30 PEOPLE IN THE ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE, AND THEN 30 PEOPLE IN THE OUTDOOR CLASSROOM. SO THERE'S DIFFERENT STUDIES THAT WE TEACH ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM. SO, SO WE LOVE IT. AND WE ALSO COLOR CODED THESE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD SEE IT. WE HAVE GREEN, BLUE, UH, UH, LIKE A TURO OR A A BURGUNDY TYPE COLOR. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THAT FOR THAT WAY WE CAN IDENTIFY FROM WHICH HOTEL, WHERE ARE PEOPLE COMING FROM? THAT'S FINE. HOW CAN WE HELP EACH OF THE HOTELS DIFFERENTLY? YOU KNOW, ARE WE GETTING MORE FROM SOUTH SHORE? YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GETTING AS MANY FROM YOURS. SO IS THERE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU AGAIN, SHOW VALUE FOR ALL OF YOUR GUESTS? SO, UM, THE NEXT SLIDE I THINK WE'RE GETTING TOWARDS THE END. OKAY, SO THIS IS IT. SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST REALLY ENOUGH THAT YOU SEE WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE IN THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EACH OF Y'ALL FOR SUPPORTING THIS INITIATIVE HERE AT BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. AND WE'VE MADE GREAT PROGRESS. THIS IS A COOL PICTURE BECAUSE I HAPPEN TO BE STANDING OVER HERE BY THE STAIRS HERE AND MIRANDA DID NOT KNOW I WAS OUT THERE. SO I'M TAKING THIS PICTURE OF MIRANDA AND YOU CAN SEE HOW SHE GOT INVOLVED WITH ALL OF THE GUESTS AND JUST SHOWING THEM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROPERTY. SO WE HAVE SO MANY MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN AND EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING BY. THE OTHER THING WE'RE FINDING OUT A LOT OF HOMESCHOOLING PEOPLE TOO ARE COMING BY, BRINGING THEIR CHILDREN BY. SO, BUT THERE'S MIRANDA ON THE LEFT IN FRONT OF THE 19 OR 1898, UH, SLATE BOARD THAT WE HAVE IN THE BACK. SO IF Y'ALL HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THIS, Y'ALL NEED TO COME BY. IT'S SOMETHING REALLY PRETTY COOL FOR LAKE CITY. MM-HMM. . SO ANYWAY, SO ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE OR ANYTHING MORE THAT WE CAN BE DOING, MIKE, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE, THE TICKET OR LIKE THE PRESENTATION OF THE TICKET? YEAH. IS THAT SOMETHING, ARE THE TICKETS, WOULD GUESTS GO THROUGH THE QR CODE OR IS, HOW DOES THAT WORK WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING IT'S QR CODE THAT WE HAVE ON THERE NOW? THE TICKETS ARE THERE. IT REALLY JUST GOES TO MY, THEY'RE THE TWO TELLS. SO WHAT IT DOES IS THAT THE QR CODE ON THE BOTTOM ACTUALLY GOES TO THE LAKE CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. OKAY. AND THEN IT WILL GIVE MORE DETAILS VIA OUR WEBSITE OF WHAT IS OFFERED. AND IT ALSO GETS INTO A LOT OF THE HISTORY OF LAKE CITY. AND THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, A LOT OF THE EVENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN LAKE CITY. 'CAUSE WE PARTNER VERY, VERY CLOSE WITH THE CITY OF LAKE CITY FOR THAT WAY. IF ANYTHING'S ON THEIR FACEBOOK OR ON OUR FACEBOOK FOR THAT WAY WE CAN ALL SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE. SO DO YOU GIVE PHYSICAL TICKETS TO THE HOTELS? THAT'S WHAT WE'D LOVE TO DO. SO YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT YET. OKAY. HOW MANY TICKETS WOULD THE FAIRFIELD WANNA HAVE AND HOW MANY TICKETS WOULD THE SOUTH SHORE WANNA HAVE? AND WE'LL UPDATE THE TICKETS. 'CAUSE MIRANDA CAN SWING BY AND DROP 'EM OFF TO YOU GUYS AND 'CAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING TO HELP YOU FOR THAT WAY YOU CAN CONTINUE TO HELP US. I MEAN I THINK IT MAKES THE HOTEL LOOK GOOD TOO. HERE'S SOME FREE TICKETS TO OUR LOCAL MUSEUM, YOU KNOW, ON US COOL TICKETS. YEAH, THEY'RE VERY PAPER TICKETS. TAKE CREDIT FOR IT. WANT. SO THAT'S MEMORABLE FOR THESE FAMILIES. YEAH, WE COULD GET A NUMBER. I DON'T, I MEAN INITIALLY I DON'T KNOW WHERE, WHAT THAT NUMBER WOULD BE. I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO OVERSTATE AND THEN WE HAVE A TON OF TICKETS, BUT, UH, [00:25:01] I, I, I LIKE THE PRESENTATION OF HOW THAT LOOKS. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO THE OTHER THING IS, IS MAYBE WE CAN GIVE LIKE EACH OF Y'ALL 50 TICKETS OR 25 TICKETS AND THEN WE CAN CALL ON A MONTHLY BASIS, SEE HOW WE'RE DOING. IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DROP OFF MORE TICKETS, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY FOR YOUR GUESTS, WE CAN DEFINITELY SET IT UP. 'CAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS GONNA TAKE PLACE OVER A A ONE MONTH, TWO MONTH PERIOD. THIS IS GONNA BE A RELATIONSHIP MOVING FORWARD. I SEE. AND THESE TICKETS LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES THAT UM, YOU SELL OR TO GENERAL PUBLIC, RIGHT? THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HOTELS. THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HOTELS. BUT NOW THEY'RE GONNA BE VERTICAL. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT. SORT OF LIKE THAT PICTURE THERE. 'CAUSE I I, I'M TRYING TO RESPECT YOUR SPACE ON YOUR COUNTER. 'CAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE SO MANY THINGS ON THE COUNTERS, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU LIKE THEM? AND THIS IS, WE'RE STILL IN THE IMPLEMENTATION STAGES OF THIS AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SIGN SHOP RIGHT NOW TO WHERE WE CAN DO 'EM, YOU KNOW, HORIZONTAL OR WE CAN DO 'EM VERTICAL FOR THAT. UH, JUST ONE MINOR SUGGESTION. JUST, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A SAMPLE BUT UM, JUST IN MAYBE THE, THE WORD THING A LITTLE BIT CLEARER LOOKS A LITTLE BIT BLURRY. SO SOMETIMES OLDER FOLKS CAN'T READ RIGHT THERE. YEAH. BUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL TICKET. I LIKE IT. BUT IT'S LITTLE BLUR. WELL GOOD. SO DO YOU THINK WE MAYBE NEED TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT LARGER NECESSARILY? THINK IT'S THE PRINTING. I THINK IT'S THE PRINTING. YEAH, I THINK IT'S THE PRINTING. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S EITHER FUZZY. YEAH IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S LIKE LOWER BUZZ. THIS, THAT MIRANDA, THE IMAGE JUST NEEDS TO BE VECTORIZED. SO THAT WAY THAT'S GREAT FEEDBACK. SEE THIS IS WHY, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO PUT ALL OF OUR STUFF TOGETHER, BUT Y'ALL COME WITH A DIFFERENT IDEA AND A DIFFERENT VIEW. YOU KNOW, I MEAN EVEN IF WE HAD TO PUT LIKE YOUR HOTEL NAME ON IT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST LET'S THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. WE CAN DO THAT. MM-HMM. TO REALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GONNA WORK BEST FOR ALL OF US. YEAH. YOU CAN GET A GOOD QUALITY CARD STOCK, THICK PAPER PRINTED PRETTY INEXPENSIVELY. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE A, A CARDBOARD. IT CAN BE A NICE THICK, YOU KNOW, 16 STOCK PAPER. THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD. AND THEY'RE NOT TOO BAD. YEAH. DARRELL RUNS, AS WE ALL KNOW, HE OWNS THE SIGN SHOP HERE AT LAKE CITY. HE'S ON THE BOARD FOR LAKE CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. OKAY. OKAY. SO THE GREAT THING IS A LOT FOR THAT WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES. GO TO DARYL. HE MAKES THE CHANGES FOR US. YEAH. GOOD. SO WE, I JUST MAKE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO PUT THE HOTEL BECAUSE WE CAN KIND OF GIVE THEM CREDIT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, YEAH, I MEAN LEASE CITY HOTELS ARE PAYING. I WOULD LIKE TO TRACK IT IF WE COULD PUT MAYBE LIKE THE HOTEL NAME ON THERE. THAT WAY WE CAN SEE LIKE WHICH GUESTS ARE COMING FROM GUESTS FROM THE FAIRFIELD. YEAH. AND THEN YOU COULD PUT COMPLIMENTS OF COMPLIMENTS OF KIND OF ACT GIVING YOU ACCOLADE, LIKE FREE GIFT TO YOU KIND OF THING. BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE, YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE MAKE THE HOTEL LOOK GOOD. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. YEAH. MAKE THE HOTEL LOOK GOOD. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE WANT YOUR GUESTS TO BE EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THAT'D BE GOOD WITH THAT. IT'S NICE. DO IT. SO IF IT'S OKAY THEN LET US LIKE, YOU KNOW, MIRANDA AND I AND CRYSTAL WILL SIT DOWN, WE'LL WORK ON SOMETHING AND THEN I'LL GET Y'ALL'S EMAIL AND THEN WE'LL SEND EXAMPLES TO Y'ALL. I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CANVA. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THREE YEARS NOW AND I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY. THAT'S WHERE MIRANDA COMES IN. SHE'S TEACHING ME ALL THIS COOL STUFF ON CANVA. SO LET US DO THAT. LET US RUN A LITTLE TEST IN THAT THEN WE CAN SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS. 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA GIVE DIFFERENT COLORS TO EACH OF THE HOTELS SO THAT WAY WE CAN SEE WHERE ALL THE TRAFFIC'S COMING FROM. BUT IF WE PUT YOUR NAME ON IT, MAKING IT CUSTOMIZED FOR YOUR HOTEL OR YOUR HOTEL, THEN THAT WAY IT ACTUALLY SHOWS WHERE THE TICKET'S COMING FROM. MM-HMM. IT COULD SEND YOU THE LOGO. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE PERFECT. YEAH. MAKE SURE IT'S A VECTORIZED. YEP. GOOD. WELL THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEAH. AND BEFORE THEY LEAVE, UM, RELATED TOPIC. BUT WE HAD THE PUMPKIN PARADE THIS PAST WEEKEND, WHICH IS OUR ANNUAL LITTLE CHILDREN'S PARADE. AND I WANNA THANK UM, SARAH AND STEPHANIE AND ASHLEY JACKSON AND THEIR TEAM FOR HELPING US. UM, THEY ALWAYS SPONSOR WITH THE SWAG BAGS, WHICH WE GLADLY STUFF AND THEN BRING THE LEFTOVER SIGNS. SO IT'S A PERFECT, UM, PARTNERSHIP. 'CAUSE THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO HAND 'EM OUT. BUT UM, YOU KNOW, IN PAST YEARS WE'VE JUST HAD PEOPLE HANGING OUT OUTSIDE BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE LIKE, THEY COULDN'T GO IN THE MUSEUM BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE TO WORK THE MUSEUM. SO I WANNA THANK MIRANDA FOR OPENING AN HOUR EARLY FOR US LAST SATURDAY BECAUSE THE FEEDBACK I GOT WAS PEOPLE WERE LIKE, THIS WAS SO GREAT. YOU KNOW, OUR KID, WE GOT TO KIND OF GO IN AND MAYBE THEY DIDN'T GET TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THERE, BUT THEY GOT TO AT LEAST CHECK IT OUT AND NOW THEY KNOW THEY WANNA COME BACK. SO THANK YOU FOR OPENING EARLY AND BEING THERE TO RECEIVE THAT. AND WE HAD, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 43 KIDS, IT WAS WAS OVER 40 KIDS REGISTERED. SO IT WAS JUST PERFECT LITTLE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY WEAR THEIR COSTUMES AND WE JUST WALK DOWN TO HARVEST FEST. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR UH, OPENING EARLY FOR US MIRANDA, IF YOU WERE LOUD. GOOD. YEAH, THANKS. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, JUST REAL, REAL QUICK, I DID GET TWO OF THESE COPIES. I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE HAS PROBABLY SEEN THEM. MM-HMM. [00:30:01] . BUT ONE IS REALLY ABOUT THE WHOLE PROGRAM, UM, OF WHAT THEY DO FOR THE, UH, SCHOOL HOUSE PROGRAM. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS A MAP OF THE HISTORICAL ORDER AND IT GIVES ALL THE HISTORICAL SITES THAT WE'VE GOT IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. SO. YEP. SO THEY BOTH GOT COPIES NOW. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE US TO SIT HERE OR WOULD YOU NO, YOU HAVE TO LEAVE HAVE TO LEAVE. NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIT FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE. BUT ALSO, YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME TO LEAVE IF YOU WANNA MOVE ON. IF YOU, IT'S AN OPEN MEETING TO THE PUBLIC. SO YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO STAY. I'D LOVE TO STAY FOR THAT WAY MIRANDA, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THROUGH I FOR MIRANDA TO GO THROUGH. OKAY. GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR HER. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, SO [VII. Discuss and vote on Texas Outlaw Challenge HOT Grant Application] NEXT WE DO NEED TO DISCUSS AND VOTE ON THE OUTLAW CHALLENGE, UM, THAT MR. PAUL PRESENTED EARLIER. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YOU HAVE A PRINTED VERSION OF HIS APPLICATION HERE TRYING IF YOU NEED IT. UM, I FORGOT TO ASK HIM. UM, JUST 'CAUSE HE'S ASKED I THINK NAAU BAY SEABROOK AND SOMEONE ELSE, UM, DID THEY MENTION HOW MUCH FUNDING THEY'VE RECEIVED OR REQUESTED? YEAH, THEY PUT THAT ON THERE. IT'S 25,000 FROM C BROOK. HE HAS 15,000. THAT'S THE BASE. 5,000. YEAH. UH, IT'S A SECOND PAGE. YEAH, SECOND PAGE OR THE BACK OF THE FIRST PAGE. SO WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE DID FOR THE OTHER, UH, VALET IS NO, WELL WHAT DID HE ASK FOR? HE'S ASKING FOR, HE'S ASKING FOR 10,000. YEAH. SO WE CAN EITHER APPROVE THAT AMOUNT OR WE CAN CHANGE IT AND GIVE THEM LESS IF WE WANT. WELL WHAT DID WE DO? THE OTHER ONE WE DID FIVE FOR THIS YEAR AND FIVE FOR THE OTHER. WAS THAT THE BALLET OR SOMETHING? SO THE WAY WITH THE BALLET THEY RECEIVED $10,000 AND SO YOU CAN GET HALF OF IT UPON RECEIPT. LIKE, I'M SORRY, UPON A AWARD UHHUH, WE'LL DO A CONTRACT AND WE CAN GET THEM FIVE. AND AT THE END OF IT, WHENEVER HE DOES HIS FOLLOW UP REPORT, HE CAN GET THE OTHER FIVE UHHUH. SO THAT'S HOW IT WORKS WITH THAT. SO YOU GET HALF AT THE VERY BEGINNING AND THEN HALF. BUT THIS COULD BE DIFFERENT OR WE TREATED, UM, DIFFERENTLY. OR DIDN'T WE HAVE, WAS IT JILL OR WAS IT WINGS OVERUSE AND THAT CAME AND IT WAS LIKE WE CAN GIVE SOME FROM THIS BUDGET AND SOME FROM NEXT. WELL THAT'S YES. BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE DATE WHO WAS, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE DATES FELT. YEAH. THIS IS GONNA BE, NEXT YEAR IS ALL GONNA BE ALL IN FISCAL YEAR FIVE, JUNE 20, WHICH IS ALREADY NOW BECAUSE IT'S OH YEAH, OCTOBER. SO YOU WOULD GIVE NOW, I MEAN YOU WOULD AWARD NOW AND THEN YOU WOULD GIVE THE REST AFTER THE EVENT ONCE THEY DO THEIR, ONCE YOU, BUT IT'S IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET IS TECHNICALLY 25. 'CAUSE IT STARTS IN OCTOBER. OCTOBER 1ST. WE'RE IN IT. IT'S SO CONFUSING. I KNOW WE'RE IN IT NOW. UM, I MEAN I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS MOSTLY IN CLEAR LAKE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO STAY AT SOUTH SHORE. I DON'T KNOW IF JOSE WAS ABLE TO LIKE I KNOW THEY HAVE BLOCKS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN PEOPLE ARE GONNA STAY THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN OFFICIALLY, I I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A, UH, A ROOM BLOCK TOGETHER. THEY'RE, THEY'RE BOOKING A LOT OF OUTSIDE THIRD PARTY, UM, UH, INTERNET RESERVATION IF YOU WILL. YOUR EXPEDIA ON WIRE. YEAH. UH, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. UM, I KNOW HISTORY HAS THEM, THEY, THEY DO BRING BUSINESS. UM, OKAY. BUT, UH, IN TERMS OF THEM HAVING A DEDICATED BLOCK, UM, THIS YEAR WE COULD NOT LOCATE ONE. UH, AND SO WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE BOOKING THROUGH OUTSIDE THIRD PARTIES. SO HE'S JUST ESTIMATING THAT THAT NUMBER IS GONNA BE AT SOUTHWARD. CORRECT. BUT WELL, YOU, YOU, WERE YOU THERE LAST YEAR DURING THIS EVENT? I DON'T REMEMBER. UM, I, I WAS THERE. MM-HMM. . UM, YEAH, MY FAMILIARITY, I I I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THIS GROUP. I'M, I, I KNOW OF SOME OF THE LIKE POKER TYPE RUNS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE. UH, BUT I, I DO RECALL THIS GROUP. UM, BUT I WAS, I WAS STILL KIND OF, KIND OF OVER THERE BRUSH NOW. YEAH. OKAY. UM, DO WE RECALL, I REMEMBER THAT THEY, UM, PRESENTED BEFORE. DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT WE DID GIVE THEM? IF WE GAVE THEM ANYTHING ELSE? WE DID NOT GIVE THEM ANYTHING BEFORE. BEFORE. YEAH. WE DID NOT BECAUSE OF THE NO CONTRACT WITH THE HOTEL DIRECTLY. I THINK AT THAT TIME, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. SO THEY'VE RECEIVED 25 FROM SEABROOK? MM-HMM. 15 KEA AND FIVE FROM NEST ALL DAY. MM-HMM. . I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE THEY DO A DECENT AMOUNT ON LAKEWOOD. MM-HMM. . YEAH. ONE OF THEIR EVENTS IS USUALLY AT LAKEWOOD. RIGHT. ONE OF THEIR DINNERS OR SOMETHING. IT'S LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY EVENTS AT SOUTH SHORE DO THEY? JOSE? NO. SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANY NO COCKTAIL RECEPTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YEAH, I THINK CURRENTLY SET UP? YEAH. OR ORGANIZED. I MEAN I DO KNOW THIS DOES USUALLY BRING PEOPLE TO THE AREA, BUT I'M NOT SURE IT LIKE BRINGS THEM TO OUR, IT'S LIKE CLEAR LAKE, CLEAR LAKE SHORES, MAYBE SEABROOK. MM-HMM. KEA. [00:35:02] WELL IT'S LIKE WHEN I'VE HAD MY BAR AND OUTLAW CHALLENGES COME IN, PREDOMINANTLY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THE NASSAU BAY, SEABROOK BARGE 2 95, UH, OR THE KEMA BOARDWALK AREA. UM, THEY DON'T, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY DON'T TYPICALLY GO TOO MUCH FURTHER PAST THAT. MM-HMM. . UM, I THINK IT'D BE COOL IF THEY COULD PUT LIKE MAYBE THE SOUTH SHORE HARBOR LIKE LINK AND LOGO ON ALL OF THEIR BRANDING. MM-HMM. OR OF THEIR, UM, MARKETING EFFORTS. 'CAUSE I MEAN IF THEY'RE HITTING THESE NUMBERS THAT THEY DID LAST YEAR, I MEAN THAT'S A DECENT AMOUNT OF, OF EXPOSURE. OF EXPOSURE. YEAH. IT IS. FOR EITHER THE CITY CVS LOGO AND WEBSITE TO BE ON MM-HMM. OR EVEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SOUTH SHORE, UH, AND THE OTHER HOTELS THAT ARE IN THE AREA THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM IT. MM-HMM. . UM, SO IF YOU DO GIVE ANYTHING, I DON'T WANNA SAY IT'S LIKE, SHOULD BE KIND OF CONTINGENT UPON YEAH. PUTTING THOSE AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE EASILY SOMETHING LIKE HE ALREADY SAID THAT THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD WORK WITH US ON THAT. YEAH. SO YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GIVE THEM 5,000, NOT THE FULL 10, BUT THE 5,000. BUT THEY NEED TO LIST ESPECIALLY SOFTWARE HOTEL IF NOT ALL OF THEM. UM, AND THE VISIT LEAGUE CITY STUFF SO THAT WE CAN BE TRYING TO FUNNEL THEM INTO SOME OF OUR RESTAURANTS, SOME OF OUR SHOPPING CENTERS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, UH, WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ON LEAGUE CITY FOR THIS JUST BECAUSE OF OUR PROXIMITY. THEY HAVE TO DRIVE THROUGH US TO GET TO THERE DEPENDING ON WHICH WAY THEY GO. SO, UM, MY MOTION IS $5,000 AND THEN PUT IN OUR LOGOS THAT STEPHANIE AND SARAH DEEM APPROPRIATE. EVERYWHERE. LINKS, BACK LINKS. I WANT BACK LINKS. I WANT LINKS. I WANT FACEBOOK POSTS, LINK. I WANT ALL THE THINGS, ALL THE LINKS. YEAH. WE CAN HAVE THAT PERMISSION. SO, OKAY. WE HAVE ANY SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR A AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? NO. OKAY. $5,000 I AND WE'LL TRUST YOUR TEAM TO MAKE SURE THEY LINK US UP. OKAY. UM, NOW SARAH'S [VIII. Communication update - Sarah Osborne] COMMUNICATION UPDATE, I'LL BE PRETTY QUICK. UM, JUST SOME SUPPORT, IMPORTANT REMINDERS THAT EARLY VOTING STARTS ON MONDAY. UM, WE ANTICIPATE IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY BUSY THIS YEAR SINCE IT'S OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. SO EARLY VOTING MAY BE THE WAY TO GO RATHER THAN WAITING TILL ELECTION DAY BECAUSE YEAH, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WILL BE OUT, UM, OUT THE DOOR. COUPLE EXCITING EVENTS THAT WE HAVE COME UP, COMING UP AS PART OF, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IS DOING. THE FIRST ONE IS THIS, UM, SUNDAY. IT'S PART OF OUR, UH, PUBLIC ART INITIATIVE THAT SUPPORTS NOT ONLY THE VISUAL ARTS BUT THE PERFORMING ARTS AS WELL. SO YOU HAVE A FLYER, UH, THIS SUNDAY. IT'S GONNA BE AN AFTERNOON CONCERT FROM ONE TO 5:00 PM TOTALLY FREE. IT'S THE SOUTHERN SHANKS SPAN. WE'LL HAVE A FOOD TRUCK THERE. AND THEN SOLF FREAK, UH, DOES SELL BEER AND WINE AND HOT, DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER, YOU MAY WANT A HOT DRINK. UM, OR, OR A COLD, COLD BREW. UM, SO IT SHOULD BE A FUN EVENT. AND SO JUST BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS, BRING YOUR BLANKETS. UH, WE KIND OF PLANNED IT, YOU KNOW, AFTER CHURCH LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO IN THE AFTERNOON EARLY ENOUGH. WE CAN GET THE KIDS HOME TO BED AND BATHE AND ALL OF THAT. SO WE'RE EXCITED. WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO MORE OF THESE. THE KEY THING IS THE OFFERING OF THE BANDS FOR FREE. 'CAUSE WE DON'T REALLY WANNA PUT ANY MONEY INTO THE EVENTS JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A LIMITED BUDGET WITH OUR PUBLIC ART INITIATIVE. BUT I THINK, UM, WE JUST GOT THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN OFF ON OUR MUSIC CERTIFICATION. UM, SO WE'RE OFFICIALLY GOING TO BE A MUSIC FRIENDLY CITY. UM, THERE'S A COUPLE STEPS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH BEFORE WE'RE OFFICIAL, OFFICIAL. WE HAVE TO FORM A COMMITTEE. I KNOW THAT YOUR PARENTS ARE INTERESTED IN BEING ON THAT COMMITTEE. WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER MUSICAL, UM, GROUPS. SO BASICALLY WE JUST NEED TO GET FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE MUSIC COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY AND LEAGUE CITY TO SERVE ON A BOARD THAT MEETS QUARTERLY. AND THEN BASICALLY HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE LOCAL BANDS AND MUSICAL PERFORMERS IN OUR AREA, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE ALREADY. SO ONCE WE DO THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, WE'LL BE OFFICIALLY A MUSIC FRIENDLY CERTIFIED CITY. SO, WHICH IS PRETTY EXCITING BETWEEN, BETWEEN THESE CONCERTS, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE MUSIC AND THE HISTORIC DISTRICT EVERY MONTH, UM, WITH THE JAZZ FEST THAT WE'RE DOING. SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED THAT, UH, THAT WAS KIND OF A NO BRAINER THAT, UM, THE GOVERNOR SIGNED OFF ON THE CERTIFICATION. IT'S A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE, UM, THE STATE AND UM, AND THE CITY. SO I HOPE, UH, FOLKS COME OUT TO THAT. THE WEATHER'S SUPPOSED TO BE NICE, SO . SO IT'S A NICE, UH, NICE THING TO COME ON OUT. UM, SECONDLY, I WANNA PLUG ECO FEST 'CAUSE THAT'S OUR NEXT EVENT. IT IS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND. WE'RE GIVING OUT FREE TREES. WE HAVE OVER 500 FREE TREES. SOME OF THESE ARE SMALL, SOME OF THESE [00:40:01] ARE UP TO SIX FEET IN SIZE. SO BRING YOUR SUV. UH, TNMP GIVES US $4,000 TO BUY TREES. UH, THEY SPONSOR THE EVENT. AND THEN TREES FOR HOUSTON DONATES TREES AS WELL. LITTLE SMALLER ONES BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE'S CAR CAN ACCOMMODATE A SIX FOOT TREE . UM, BUT IT'S A PRETTY FUN EVENT. IT'S FAMILY FRIENDLY. UM, AND ON THE BACK OF IT IS, UH, GO GREEN BINGO THAT YOU CAN PLAY NOW UP UNTIL THE EVENT. WHAT'S COOL IS ASHLEY JACKSON HAS GOTTEN SOME AMAZING PRIZES. SO BASICALLY YOU COMPLETE BINGO AND THERE'S A WAY YOU CAN COMPLETE BINGO AT THE EVENT. SO NO MATTER WHAT, YOU COMPLETE THE BINGO, YOU'RE IN THE RAFFLE TO WIN THE PRIZES. BUT THE MORE YOU GET, UM, THE MORE CHANCES YOU HAVE TO WIN PRIZES. AND I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD PRIZES THAT SHE'S GOT THIS YEAR FROM RAIN BARRELS TO, UM, COMPOST, UM, LITTLE MINI COMPOST TO TO BEING MORE ECO-FRIENDLY IN YOUR OWN HOME. LIKE A, UH, OFFICIALLY A SOURDOUGH BREAD MAKER THAT YOU START FROM SCRATCH. I MEAN, SHE THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT MAKES, MAKES YOUR LIFE ECO FRIENDLY. AND WE'LL HAVE A NATIVE PLANT SITE, A NATIVE PLANT SALE THERE, UM, AS WELL. FOOD TRUCKS, VENDORS, CRAFT FOR THE KIDS. WE'RE DOING OUR YARD SALE AS WELL, WHERE WE, IT'S UH, BASICALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, RECYCLED ITEMS. SO YOU COME AND ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE WELCOME TO HAVE A BOOTH AND, 'CAUSE WE CAN'T GARAGE SALES WITH HOAS ARE PRETTY LIMITED. ELITE CITY, YOU KNOW, THE RULES ON THAT. THEY DON'T LIKE GARAGE SALES. SO THIS IS A GOOD WAY FOR FOLKS TO HAVE THEIR OWN KIND OF GARAGE SALE THERE. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS EVENT. WE ARE TAKING VETERANS DAY AND KIND OF, UM, DOING SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE OVER A TWO DAY TIME PERIOD. SO A GROUP CALLED TRANSITIONS PLUS, WHICH IS, UH, BASED OUT OF BAY HARBOR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. THEY HAVE VETERANS THAT MEET THERE EVERY THURSDAY. IT'S A SUPPORT GROUP TO SUPPORT VETERANS TRANSITIONING FROM THEIR MILITARY LIFE TO THEIR CIVILIAN LIFE. AND SO THEY HAVE OVER 50 MEMBERS, AND WE'RE TALKING FROM FOLKS THAT HAD MEMORABILIA FROM WORLD WAR II ALL THE WAY TO THE PRESENT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING, UH, I'LL CALL IT AN EXHIBIT MORE THAN AN ART GALLERY. UM, AN ARTIFACT, AN ART EXHIBIT THAT'S GONNA RUN FROM SUNDAY TILL THAT FRIDAY. BUT ON SUNDAY WE HAVE NOT ONLY THE EXHIBIT, BUT WE HAVE A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH VETS OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, UM, AND I SAY IT'S FROM WORLD WAR II TO THE PRESENT BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WOMAN WHO WROTE A BOOK ABOUT HER FATHER'S EXPERIENCING EXPERIENCE BEING A POW DURING WORLD WAR II. UM, HE WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE AND WAS A POW AND SHE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT. AND THEN WE HAVE QUITE A FEW VIETNAM VETERANS, RECENT GULF WAR VETERANS THAT ARE GONNA BE, UM, HAVING A PANEL DISCUSSION. AND THEN WE'RE SHOWING THIS REALLY AMAZING DOCUMENTARY CALLED HELLER HIGH SEAS. UM, IT IS ACTUALLY A GROUP CALLED THE SKELETON CREW ADVENTURES THAT IS BASED OUT OF KEAH. AND THEY TAKE VETERAN SUFFERING WITH PTSD AND THEY TAKE THEM ON BOAT JOURNEYS AND THEY TEACH THEM HOW TO SAIL. AND THIS HELLER HIGH SEAS IS ABOUT, UH, A VETERAN THAT SAILED AROUND CAPE HORN. UM, AND IT WAS A PRETTY AMAZING EXPERIENCE AND ANDY TALKS ABOUT HOW IT HELPED HIM DEAL WITH THE TRAUMA, UM, FROM SERVING DURING THE GULF WAR AND DEALING WITH THAT. SO THAT SUNDAY, AND THEN MONDAY IS OUR TYPICAL VETERANS DAY CEREMONY THAT WE HAVE WHERE WE SERVE FREE BARBECUE TO OUR VETERANS. UM, AND WE'RE GONNA SHOW THE HELL OR HIGH SEAS DOCUMENTARY AGAIN. SO THE SUNDAY EVENT IS A REALLY GOOD EVENT FOR OUR FAMILIES. MM-HMM. FOR, FOR KIDS AND, AND ADULTS OF ALL AGES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT OUR VETS HAVE BEEN THROUGH AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THEM. UM, SO I JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME OUT ON SUNDAY AND THEN OUR VETS TO COME OUT ON MONDAY. AND IF YOU CAN'T, THE EXHIBIT'S GONNA BE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OF THAT WEEK, UH, EXCUSE ME, TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OF THAT WEEK. UM, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE HAVE TO WORK ON SCHOOL. WE DON'T HAVE, THE KIDS DON'T HAVE OFF ON VETERAN'S DAY ON MONDAY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ENCOURAGING FAMILIES TO COME OUT ON SUNDAY FOR THE EVENT BECAUSE MONDAY IS A SCHOOL DAY. SO JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I MEAN, YOU WOULD, WE ARE, YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW MANY ARTIFACTS AND PICTURES AND UNIFORMS, UM, AND, AND EVERYTHING YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE THAT THE GROUP'S BEEN COLLECTING. SO IT'S GONNA BE A PRETTY ROBUST DISPLAY THAT'S GONNA BE ON DISPLAY FOR ABOUT A WEEK, UM, STARTING ON THAT SUNDAY ALL THE WAY TO THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY. SO PASS IT ON TO ANY VETERANS THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST IN GENERAL TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY, REALLY GREAT EVENT. AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANKS TO THE HISTORIC SOCIETY FOR PARTNERING WITH US FOR MUSIC IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. IT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY POPULAR. UM, AND IT JUST IS REALLY EXCITING THAT WE HAVE MORE LIVE MUSIC COMING TO LEAD PARK. AND I ALSO OUGHT TO THANK AMBER JUST BECAUSE WE COORDINATE WHEN SHE'S HAVING WEDDINGS AND NOT HAVING WEDDINGS, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE I'M GRATEFUL THAT Y'ALL DO. UH, I'M GRATEFUL. MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT INTERRUPTING ANY CEREMONIES WITH LIVE MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE OF SAYING I DO. SO, UH, WE COORDINATE PRETTY CLOSELY WITH THE AMBER [00:45:01] TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT, NOT THAT YEAH, NO PROBLEM. WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE GOOD PARTNERS AND GOOD STEWARDS. UM, WITH THE HISTORIC, I DON'T NEED A BAD REVEAL. HI. PLAYING AT THE PARK. DAUGHTER WAS LOCK DOWN, WHICH HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. NOT WITH THESE GROUPS, BUT OTHERS. WITH OTHERS. YEAH. SO, UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. UM, BUT I JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET OUT AN EARLY VOTE BECAUSE TYPICALLY I'M VOTING DAY THAT CIVIC CENTER, I MEAN HERE RATHER LINES AROUND IS THE LINE IS OUT THE DOOR. UM, IT'S, IT GETS SAME AT HOMETOWN HEROES. IT GETS REALLY, REALLY BUSY. SO I JUST PUSHING FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE EARLY. UM, SO, UM, SO WE CAN GET EVERYBODY TO VOTE. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANKS SARAH. UM, AND [IX. CVB Manager update - Stephanie Polk] NOW STEPHANIE'S UPDATES. YES. WE'RE SO GLAD SHE'S BACK. I'M BACK, STEPHANIE, I'M BACK. PRAISE THE ONE PIECE. I'M IN ONE PIECE. YES. I HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA NEW CLAP. CRAP CALL THING HERE, . UM, I WAS IN A, IF YOU DON'T HAVEN'T HEARD YET, I WAS IN A PRETTY SEVERE MOTORCYCLE WRECK ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, SO I JUST NOW AM BACK, UH, LAST THURSDAY I THINK IS WHENEVER I, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT DAY. I DON'T KNOW, WHICH IS WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE THE LAST MEETING. YES. BECAUSE I WAS DRINKING OUT OF A FIRE HOSE WHILE SHE WAS GONE. I WAS LIKE, THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE HAVING A MEETING. I CAN'T EVEN ANSWER HER EMAIL, LET ALONE. YEAH. SO I JUST, YEAH. FIRST, FIRST OFF, I JUST NOW SEE MY, UH, DISGUST WORD UP THERE IS MISSPELLED. AND I'M SORRY, I AM TYPING WITH ONE HAND AND, AND I, I APPARENTLY I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW DECIDED ABOUT THAT. I JUST LOOKED, OH MY GOSH. I JUST REALIZED THAT MY BRAIN, THAT IS WHY BECAUSE OF THE, THIS, THIS IS HARD. BUT ANYWAY, I'M DOING REALLY WELL EXCEPT THAT OBVIOUSLY, BUT WE'LL JUST GET RID OF THAT. YEAH. UH, STARING AT ME IN THE FACE. ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE BEEN OUT. SO PRODUCTION WISE, EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, WE HAD PROGRAMS ALREADY PLANNED IN ADVERTISING RUNNING, SO I'M GONNA REPORT ON THAT BECAUSE I JUST WANNA SAY HATS OFF TO SARAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND JULIANA AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE OFFICE FOR COVERING MY DESK FOR ME WHILE I WAS OUT. UM, TOTALLY DID NOT SEEM TO BE OUT THAT LONG. AND IT, IT WAS RIGHT AT ALMOST TWO FULL MONTHS BEING OUT. SO I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR SEVERAL DAYS. WOW. UM, MY HUSBAND WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR MORE THAN ME, AND, UH, BUT WE'RE BOTH FINE. WE'RE GONNA BE FINE. UM, I STILL HAVE ONE MORE SURGERY, SO I WILL, ONCE I GET THAT, I'LL BE OUT AGAIN, BUT I HOPE TO COME BACK REALLY QUICK, SO I'M ON THE MEND. WE'RE ALMOST THERE. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH Y'ALL FOR, FOR COVERING EVERYTHING FOR ME AS FAR AS OUR WEBSITE. LET'S GET INTO THE STATS REAL QUICK. UM, OUR WEBSITE PERFORMANCE FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, UH, WE HAD OVER 9,000 USERS. OUR, UH, SESSIONS COUNT WERE 11,400. UM, PAGE VIEWS 24,804. UM, THE MAJORITY OF OUR TR YOU'LL SEE UNDERNEATH THAT, IT SHOWS YOU A TREND FOR DOWN OR TRAFFIC IS DOWN COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS 61 DAYS, WHICH WAS OUR SUMMERTIME MONTHS. AND THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, USUALLY A LOT HIGHER. SO I'M NOT REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. THAT IS RIGHT ON PAR WITH KIND OF LIKE LAST YEAR. YOU CAN SEE IT A LITTLE, UH, USER TREND THERE. WE HAD A SPIKE LAST YEAR, UH, AT THE BANK. LOOKS LIKE LABOR DAY THIS YEAR THAT WE DIDN'T. SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ALARMING ME AT ALL. I THINK THIS IS RIGHT AT WHERE WE ARE NORMALLY EVERY YEAR. UM, OUR ORIGIN TRAFFIC BY CITY IS PREDOMINANTLY HOUSTON, DALLAS, AND THEN LEAGUE CITY, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING, UH, TO SEE THE OUT OF TOWN, UH, USERS LOOKING AT OUR WEBSITE. THAT MEANS THAT'S WHO WE'RE TARGETING. THAT WORKS FOR ME. GOTCHA. UM, AND THEN OUR TOP PAGE, SORRY, QUICK QUESTION. WHAT IS NOT SET LEAVE NOT SET. IT'S, THIS IS COMING FROM GOOGLE ANALYTICS, SO, UH, IT WON'T TELL YOU EVERYTHING UNLESS YOU START PAYING FOR ADWORDS CAMPAIGN. YOU CAN'T GET LIKE A TOTAL AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ORIGIN. SO IT JUST, IT SAYS NOT SET THAT THEY STARTED DOING THAT LIKE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO. SO WE DON'T GET A COMPLETE PICTURE UNLESS WE DO LIKE A PRETTY HEFTY ADWORDS CAMPAIGN. EVEN THOUGH EVEN THEN YOU STILL ARE GONNA SEE NOT SET ON THERE. SO. GOTCHA. IT'S JUST, I'M USED TO SEEING IT NOW. AND SOME OF THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, USING VPNS. OH, THAT'S LIKE PRIVATE MODE. MM-HMM. . YEAH. PRIVATE MODE. UM, OUR TOP PAGE CONTENT HOMEPAGE THERE, UH, NUMBER TWO CONTENT IS 16 MUST SEE WATERFRONT RESTAURANT. THAT IS CONSISTENTLY ONE OF THE TOP THINGS PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR IN LANDING ON EVENTS. NUMBER THREE, CLEAR CREEK, PADDLE TRAIL NUMBER FOUR, HIKE AND BIKE TRAILS. AND THOSE ARE OUR TOP 10 PAGES RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN SEE THOSE. UM, OUR, MOST OF OUR TRAFFIC IS MO OUR MOBILE USERS. WE HAD, UH, OVER 6,000 MOBILE USERS COMPARED TO DESKTOP AT 2000. UM, TOP SEARCH TERMS, UM, I DON'T KNOW THESE, I ACTUALLY DUG MORE INTO THE GOOGLE SEARCH RESERVE RESULTS YESTERDAY LOOKING AT THIS. UH, BUT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SEPTEMBER 8TH EVENT, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT WAS ON SEPTEMBER 8TH. I DON'T KNOW. UM, IT WAS A BLUR TO ME, BUT THEN THE EVENT COUNT ONLY IS TWO, SO I'M NOT JUMPING IN TOO MUCH TO THAT. BUT THE ACTUAL, UH, QUERIES THERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE JUST REALLY LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DO, IT'S ON A SUNDAY. IT'S WEIRD. YEAH, IT WAS A SUNDAY AND IT'S NOT A HOLIDAY. IT'S WEIRD. WELL, TWO PEOPLE WANTED SOMETHING TO DO. SOURCES WERE PRIMARILY GOOGLE, UH, FACEBOOK DIRECT, UH, ORANGE 1 42 AND DATA FIRE NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE ON OUR RESULTS. AND THOSE WERE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS THERE. AND [00:50:01] THEN LEAGUE CITY'S WEBSITE, FACEBOOK BEING FACEBOOK, YAHOO. SO THAT'S HOW PEOPLE ARE FINDING US FOR OUR LEAGUE CITY APP. OUR PERFORMANCE WAS VERY GOOD. UH, WE HAD 659 TOTAL USERS. OUR AVERAGE SESSION DURATION FOR THE APP WAS OVER TWO MINUTES. WE HAD OVER, UH, 5,417 PAGE VIEWS AND, UH, 124 NEW DOWNLOADS OF OUR APP IN THOSE TWO MONTHS, WHICH IS VERY, VERY GOOD. I'M, I'M PLEASED. LIKE I AM SURPRISED BY THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR APP OVERALL. LIKE JUST THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TIME. I'VE NEVER BEEN A FAN OF TRAVEL APPS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE JUST GONNA GOOGLE THINGS AND FIND THINGS. BUT OURS HAS REALLY BEEN SERVING OUR, OUR AUDIENCE VERY WELL. PEOPLE KEEP DOWNLOADING IT, THEY USE IT AND THEY STAY ON THERE FOR A LONG TIME LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT DO. I REALLY LIKE IT. BUT YOU CAN SEE OUR TRAFFIC SPIKES THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE SEPTEMBER 18TH, AROUND THAT TIME. WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT RIGHT BEFORE THAT AND THEN ALSO RIGHT AFTER AUGUST. SO YOU CAN SEE OUR TRENDS THERE. UM, AND THEN WHAT ARE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR? WHAT ARE THEY LANDING ON? SUNSET BAZAARS PERFORMING VERY WELL. SOUL FREAKS PERFORMING VERY WELL. SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, KINGS OF BEER HOUSE, CHANDY TOUR, THESE PICTURE PERFECT LOCATIONS. LINGER POND PEDAL. BARGE PARTY BOATS. NOW THIS IS ALSO LIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER TOO, SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR BOAT STUFF. HERITAGE PARK, UH, GR POND GARDEN, SALTED HIPPIE NATURE CENTER, THE CAJUN MARKET, THE TJ AND MARY DICK HOUSE. YOUR HOUSE HAD 17 PEOPLE. CHECK IT OUT THERE. COOL. UM, SPACE CITY ROCK CLIMBING AND CLEAR CREEK PADDLE TRAIL FOR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, OUR REACH WAS OVER 151,000, WHICH WAS ALL UP OUR CONTENT INTERACTIONS WERE UP. OUR FOLLOWERS ARE, ARE STRONG FOR OVER 4,000 FOLLOWERS THERE. AND THEN, UH, LOTS OF CLICKS. OVER 2000 CLICKS. EVERYTHING IS TRENDING UP ON THAT, AND OUR REACH IS ALL UP. I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THIS AND A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH OUR CONTENT, UH, STRATEGY BEING UPDATED AND CHANGED WITH DOING, WE'RE DOING MORE REELS. WE'RE JULIANA'S JUST KILLING IT ON THAT. AND, UH, WE HAVE A NEW INTERN TOO THAT'S HELPING US CREATE SOME NEW FILM AND REELS OUR TOP CONTENT. THE PICTURES ARE KIND OF SMALL AT THE TOP, BUT UH, DID YOU KNOW, LEAGUE CITY HAS A SYSTEM OF TRAILS AND WALKING TRAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN, UH, GOING PADDLING AND THEN IT'S TREAT YOURSELF KIND OF DAY. SO THAT WAS ONE OF OUR REELS. AND JUST THOSE ARE OUR TOP FOUR. I CAN'T READ ALL OF IT. MM-HMM. . THIS IS KIND OF TINY. BUT ANYWAY, THOSE WERE OUR TOP CONTENT FOR THAT TIME PERIOD. AND THEN FOR INSTAGRAM, OUR REACH WAS ALSO UP. OUR CONTENT INTERACTIONS WERE DOWN A LITTLE BIT. UM, BUT FOLLOWER ACCOUNTS GROWING STRONG AND EVERYTHING IS DOING VERY WELL. UH, THIS IS JUST SCREENSHOTS FOR OUR CAMPAIGN WITH ORANGE 1 42 FOR AUGUST. UH, THAT WAS KIND OF, I DON'T THINK IT RAN IN SEPTEMBER, BUT I WILL FIND OUT SOON. I CAN'T, HONESTLY, I CAN'T REMEMBER. I AM A LITTLE BIT FOGGY FOR THAT. UM, WE HAD 939 CLICKS AND, UM, IT WAS KIND OF, I KNOW IT WAS TAPERING OFF, BUT IT WAS OUR SUMMER CAMPAIGN. UH, OUR TOP IMPRESSIONS THERE, HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, YOU CAN SEE OUR AREA OF INTEREST THAT WE'RE TARGETING THERE. SO WE HAD GOOD IMPRESSION COUNT AND CLICKS TO OUR WEBSITE. AND THEN ALSO FOR DATA FI, UM, OUR CAMPAIGN ACTUALLY RAN, I THINK THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER IN THAT ONE YEP. REPORT PERIOD THROUGH NINE. NO, IT STOPPED, UH, AT THE VERY END OF AUGUST. SO THE VERY BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER IT ENDED. SO WE HAD OVER 625,000 IMPRESSIONS WITH THAT ONE. OUR QUICK COUNT WAS OVER 1,001 THOUSAND 129 AND, UH, OUR REACH WAS HIGH 39,962. UM, AND YOU CAN SEE WE DO HAVE ATTRIBUTION WITH THAT PROGRAM, AND I REALLY DO LIKE SEEING, LIKE THEY CAN TAG A VISITOR WHO SAW AN IMPRESSION OF ONE OF OUR ADS AND TRACK TRACK THEM ALL THE WAY TO OUR DESTINATION AND GIVE US A SPENDING ESTIMATE ON THAT BASED OFF OF BIG DATA. IT'S VERY CREEPY. I KNOW. BUT FOR MARKETING , SO THE TOTAL SPEND, THE TOTAL SPEND FOR THE CAMPAIGN WAS JUST 4,909 AND $6. AND THEN THE ESTIMATED CAMPAIGN IMPACT OF THEY'RE PULLING IN, THAT WAS QUITE LARGE. YOU CAN SEE $1.3 MILLION. THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S BRINGING IN MULTIPLIERS AND VARIABLES, SO YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA LOOK REALLY GREAT. BUT THE, THE OUR, THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT THERE FOR EVERY $1 IS BRINGING IN ALLEGEDLY $265. SO THAT'S AMAZING. RIGHT? YEAH. AND WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS IS THAT YOU CAN REALLY SEE WHERE PEOPLE GO AND THEY COME INTO OUR MARKET. YOU CAN SEE HOW I'VE GOT AREAS GEOFENCE, INCLUDING THE VISITOR CENTER AND THE LITTLE MUSEUM AND EVERYTHING. SO I CAN LIKE, LOOK AND SEE WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM, WHEN THEY'RE COMING AND HOW LONG THEY STAY. SO THAT'S REALLY NICE FOR HOTEL PERFORMANCE, EVERYTHING IS GOING VERY, VERY WELL. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. OUR, UM, AUGUST STATS NOW, THIS IS FROM OUR STR REPORT AND IT'S USUALLY TRAILS ABOUT A MONTH BEHIND. SO I, THE LATEST I HAVE IS FOR AUGUST. SO OCCUPANCY IS SITTING AT 77.6% FOR THE CITY, WHICH IS UP YEAR OVER YEAR OVER 27%, WHICH IS AMAZING. OUR A DR IS UP, OUR AVERAGE A DR FOR, UH, SORRY, FOR AUGUST WAS 1 21 82 REVPAR 94 52. [00:55:01] LET'S SEE. OUR NUMBER OF ROOMS SOLD CITYWIDE FOR AUGUST WAS 13,205. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE OUR REVENUE NUMBER THERE. UH, YEAR TO DATE, WE ARE TRENDING UP ON ALL THOSE DIFFERENT, UH, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. OCCUPANCY IS UP 9.5%. UM, ADR R IS UP, REVPAR'S UP DEMAND IS UP. SUPPLY ABOUT THE SAME. I DON'T KNOW, SUPPLY, SUPPLY IS THE NUMBER OF ROOM NIGHTS AVAILABLE. SO I THINK THAT DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE EXCEPT FOR MAYBE WITH, UM, AIRBNB'S AND OUR REVENUE IS UP. SO THINGS ARE LOOKING VERY GOOD. MM-HMM, THE GRAPH AT THE TOP IS THE PERCENT MONTHLY CHANGE. SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHY IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. UH, FOR OUR, OUR BUDGET. UH, THE BUDGET, THE FISCAL YEAR STARTED OCTOBER THE FIRST THIS YEAR. SO THIS IS THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER. HOWEVER, UM, OUR HOT TAX REVENUE COMES IN, UM, IT'S DUE 20 DAYS AFTER THE PERIOD, THE QUARTER CLOSES. SO WE WILL BE GETTING OUR ACTUALS FOR 24 PROBABLY AT THE NEXT MEETING. I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT THAT IS BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW OUR ACTUALS RIGHT NOW ARE, UM, $749,041, WHICH THAT ONLY SHOWS THREE QUARTERS OF THE YEAR. SO THAT LAST QUARTER IS GONNA PUT US OVER OUR ACTUAL PROJECTED AMOUNT. SO I'M, SO, SO I CAN'T WAIT BECAUSE EVERY YEAR, EVERY UH, QUARTER WE'VE HAD HAS BEEN TRENDING UP 16%, 10%, LIKE SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY POSITIVE. SO OUR COLLECTIONS ARE UP, UH, ALL ACROSS THE BOARD. THAT'S VERY, VERY POSITIVE. UH, WE ALSO HAD SOME REVENUE THERE FOR VISITORS IN OUR SALES. I DID UPDATE THAT RECENTLY. WHERE AT SARAH WAS AT SIX. SO WAS THAT 6,000? YEAH. AND THEN THE PROFIT WAS AT LIKE, DO YOU HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU? HOLD ON. I DID, I DID. . YEAH. SORRY. I AM STILL VERY FOGGY. THE VISITOR IN OUR SALES WERE $6,758 FOR THE YEAR. WE NETTED 5,000 TO $69 AFTER COMMISSIONS WERE PAID TO SOUL FREE. A TOTAL OF 715 ITEMS WERE SOLD. THE TOP SELLERS MUGS, TUMBLERS, T-SHIRTS, STICKERS, POSTCARDS AND HATS, UH, MILBY AND IN TOTE BAGS. SO THIS IS ALL VERY GOOD. THAT IS GOOD. YEAH. YEAH. WONDERFUL SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR US. SO WE DIDN'T QUITE YEAH. EXPECT. YEAH. SO WE, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH TURNING THAT ASSET INTO A VISITOR CENTER, WE'VE INCREASED THE ACTIVITY TO THAT SPACE. MM-HMM. , WE'VE BROUGHT IN RENT REVENUES, WE'VE BROUGHT IN SALES TAX DOLLARS FROM THE SALE OF GOODS, FROM PEOPLE VISITING THAT. AND WE'VE ALSO MADE MONEY WITH, UH, VISITOR CENTER, CENTER MERCHANDISE. SO THAT'S VERY POSITIVE. SO IT'S, UH, I THINK IT'S A WIN. I'M VERY, ABSOLUTELY VERY PROUD OF IT. DONE GREAT SINCE I LIVE, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. IT'S ALSO JUST ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. YES. YOU'RE SEEING ALL THE FAMILIES THERE NOW. THEY'RE ALL SITTING OUT THERE IN THE PARKING AREA AND THE KIDS ARE PLAYING. WHAT A CHANGE FOR LAKE PARK. I AGREE. I LOVE IT. I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, CAUSING INCREASE OF FOOT TRAFFIC AND STREET TRAFFIC AND THERE'S ISSUES WITH THAT, BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT AND IT'S JUST REALLY NICE TO WELCOME PEOPLE AND HAVE THAT BE A FIRST IMPRESSION TO LEAGUE CITY. THAT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL SPOT IN GENERAL. LET'S SEE. OKAY. UH, EXPENDITURES, EVERYTHING WAS PRETTY MUCH ON PAR. I MEAN, THIS IS SHOWING THEM CLOSING OUT OUR FISCAL YEAR. IT'S HARD TO TELL. LIKE THERE IS A PRINTED OUT VERSION, I THINK SOMEWHERE IN FRONT OF YOU, RIGHT? MM-HMM. . UM, I'LL GIVE YOU, UH, AN UPDATED REALLY GOOD ONE FOR THE NEXT, NEXT, NEXT MEETING. UM, WE DID, I DID HAVE A SCREENSHOT OF OUR ADOPTED 25 HOT BUDGET THERE. SO YOU CAN SEE PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT WE ASKED FOR. UM, THE REQUESTED WAS APPROVED. OH, GOOD. UM, SO THERE WERE NO CHANGES. I DON'T THINK THERE WERE ANY CHANGES TODAY AT ALL. NOT TO OUR BUDGET. MM-HMM. THAT IS ALL VERY POSITIVE NOW FOR OUR, UM, HOT TAX GRANT BUDGET FOR THE YEAR. WE DID INCREASE THAT. THAT IS ACTUALLY CALLED SPECIAL EVENTS OVER THERE ON THE DESCRIPTION THERE. UH, WE HAVE, UH, A HUNDRED THOUSAND THIS YEAR TO, TO ALLOCATE. SO WE JUST GAVE AWAY FIVE. JUST GIVE AWAY FIVE. YEP. YEP. OKAY. AND THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS ON MY REPORT? NOPE. AND, UM, SARAH, CAN I HAVE ONE OF THOSE HAVING A YEAH. TREE. THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE. THIS IS WHAT WE'VE GIVEN SO FAR IS ALWAYS HELPFUL FOR US TOO, IN MAKING OUR DECISIONS. MM-HMM. BECAUSE WE MIGHT, I MAKE DIFFERENT DECISIONS IF WE'RE RUNNING LOW OR YEAH. YOU KNOW? YEP. OKAY. FOR SURE. I'LL AND DO THAT IN THE NEXT YEAH, AND SOMETIMES YOU DO JUST TO HAVE IT. YEAH. YEAH. UM, OKAY. ANY BOARD? THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. OH [X. Board member comments] YEAH. ANY BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS? UM, BUTLER'S COURTYARD HAS OUR BLOCK PARTY ON FRIDAY. I BROUGHT SOME OF THESE. PLEASE TAKE THEM TO YOUR FRIENDS', FAMILY, WORKPLACES. THESE ARE ALL I HAVE LEFT AND I WANT THEM GONE BY EVENT ON FRIDAY. UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY AND PICKING IT UP. OUR BANNER, THIS IS A FREE EVENT. JUST TO BE TRANSPARENT. I DO NOT MAKE MONEY. I HAVE THE BAR OPEN, BUT THAT MONEY THEN GOES RIGHT BACK INTO THE EVENT BECAUSE I HIRE A CARICATURE ARTIST. IF PEOPLE CAN GET FREE CHARACTERS, I HIRE A REPTILE GUY. UM, [01:00:01] AND WE PAY DJS AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE A GOOD TIME. THERE'S GONNA BE FOUR FOOD TRUCKS AND KIDS ARE WELCOME. PETS ARE WELCOME. MY KIDS, I THINK, ARE EXCITED TO HAVE AN EXCUSE TO WEAR THEIR HALLOWEEN COSTUME. SO PLEASE HELP US SHARE THIS. UM, WE'RE ALSO GEARING UP FOR ENGAGEMENT SEASON, WHICH STARTS NEXT MONTH. SO I'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING TO MY MARKETING TEAM ABOUT THAT. AND ANY HELP I CAN GET FROM BAY AREA, CBB AND LOCAL CBB, I CAN WRITE SOME BLOGS AND SEND THEM OR WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO. UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED SOME WEDDINGS FOR 2025 RIGHT NOW. THERE'S NOT THAT MANY, BUT THEY'LL COME, THEY'RE COMING, UH, ONCE WE GET PAST THE ELECTION, I THINK THAT'LL OPEN UP FOR A LOT OF EVENT SPACES AND RETAIL SPACES THAT ARE SUFFERING FOR NEXT MONTH UNTIL WE SEE WHERE WHAT'S HAPPENING. UM, AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, ALSO JUST ON ANOTHER NOTE, HOLIDAY IN THE PARK IS ALSO COMING UP, SO PLEASE PUT THE FIRST WEEKEND OF DECEMBER ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR THAT. UM, THE CHILDREN'S PARADE ON SATURDAY MORNING, OF COURSE, THE GRAND NIGHT PARADE. UM, AND SPECIAL THEME THIS YEAR. WHAT'S THE VISUAL? IS THAT HOW I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY IT? PARADE? WHAT'S THE THEME THIS YEAR FOR THE PARADE? UH, OH, EXTRAORDINARY. UH, SANTA'S WORKSHOP. SANTA'S WORKSHOP. OKAY. YOU THINK ? UM, UH, SO THERE'S FOUR PARADES NOW. THERE'S THE CHILDREN'S PARADE, THE GRAND NIGHT PARADE, THE EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUALS PARADE, WHICH IS A LOW SENSORY PARADE ON SUNDAY, I THINK, WHERE THEY KIND, IT'S LIKE AN OPPOSITE PARADE. SO YEAH, INSTEAD OF LIKE THE PARADES KIND OF PASSING OUT STUFF, ALL THE VENDORS, VENDORS AND OTHER PEOPLE COME AND GIVE, UM, LIKE CANDY AND LITTLE TREATS AND STUFF TO EVERYBODY THAT'S WALKING IN IT. SO THEY JUST WALK AROUND THE PARK WHERE IT'S A LITTLE MORE, UM, SENSORY FRIENDLY TO THEM. MM-HMM. . AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, OF COURSE, THE PET PARADE, WHICH IS A FUN FAVORITE. SO, UM, DEFINITELY PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR. THERE'LL BE LOTS OF LOCAL VENDORS TO SUPPORT. I'LL HAVE THE BAR OPEN SO YOU CAN COME AND GET A DRINK. UM, AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S KIND OF ON MY PLATE RIGHT NOW IS HOLIDAY IN THE PARK, FOOD, TRUCK AND WEDDING ENGAGEMENT SEASON. SO WE SHOULD ALSO PROBABLY MENTION THAT, 'CAUSE WE GAVE MONEY TO THEM THE OCTOBER THE 25TH AND 26TH FOR WINGS OVER. OH, YES. THE OF THE MONTH. YES. WE HAVE SHOW. SO THAT'S COMING UP AIR. SO I LOVE THE AIR SHOW. YES. I NEED TO REMEMBER TO GET TICKETS BACK. YES. YEAH. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE, JACOB? NOTHING. I DID HAVE ONE. SORRY. ONE GO. YEAH. I WAS THINKING OF THIS WHEN YOU WERE, WHEN YOU WERE ASKING, UM, AND I HEARD SANTA SO COMING. WE'RE HEADED INTO UHHUH EVENTS, JUST LIKE YOU. AND, UH, IN THIS LAST QUARTER. UM, THIS WEEK WE HAVE OUR LAST, UH, WINE DINNER OF THE YEAR, UM, TOMORROW, ACTUALLY THURSDAY, UH, IT'S APOSTLE ROBLES AND NAPA VALLEY WINE DINNER AT SOUTH SHORE. UH, SATURDAY WILL BE OUR LAST SIP AND SALE OF THE YEAR. IT'S, UH, POSTED BY GHOST TEQUILA. UH, I BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE SOME SPOTS LEFT ON THAT. UM, AT GOING INTO NOVEMBER THE WE'LL HAVE OUR, UH, BAY AREA HOUSTON, UH, VALET, UH, THE TERM SLIP HANG, THE SUGAR PUMP BAY AREA CALLED SUGAR PLUM. I, I FORGET THAT NAME. SUGAR PLUM. SUGAR PLUM, UH, GOING INTO NOVEMBER. THAT IS, UH, THE WEEK OF THE 21ST, OR THE 21ST AND 22ND. YES. I'M MIXING THAT UP. UH, THAT'S A FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. UM, SO THAT'S A GREAT EVENT THAT WE HOSTED SOUTH SHORE. THE FOLLOWING WEEK WE WILL HAVE OUR THANKSGIVING BUFFET, OUR SPREAD, OUR BRUNCH. WE ARE ACTUALLY HOSTING THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR. AFTER THE LAST THREE, FOUR YEARS, WE WERE DOING THANKSGIVING TO GO ORDERS, UM, FOR, FOR PICKUP AND DELIVERY OR FOR PICKUP. SO WE'RE GOING BACK TO OUR TRADITIONAL, UH, UH, BUFFET ON THANKSGIVING. NICE. UH, THAT FOLLOWING, UH, ALSO WE'LL HAVE OUR GINGERBREAD UNVEILING, UH, THAT WEEK AS WELL. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON IN NOVEMBER. AND THEN IN DECEMBER, THE FIRST THREE SATURDAYS WE HAVE BREAKFAST WITH SANTA, WHICH IS ALWAYS A BIG, BIG, BIG, UH, TURNOUT. UH, THOSE ARE THE FIRST THREE SATURDAYS WINE AND ALL THINGS CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY AND SUCH AT THE HOTEL. UH, SO WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT EVENTS COMING UP, UH, AS WELL GOING INTO THAT LAST QUARTER. AND ACTUALLY TODAY IS A SIDE NOTE. UH, MYSELF AND OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, WE'RE GOING TO THE CLEAR CREEK ISD, UH, CAREER FAIR THAT THEY'RE HAVING THIS EVENING. I BELIEVE IT'S AT SS FALLS HIGH. I'M SORRY. UH, YEAH, CLEAR FALLS. CLEAR FALLS CLEAR FALLS THIS TONIGHT. YEAH. THAT'S WHERE MY KIDS GO. YEAH. YEAH. SO WE'LL BE THERE. AND IT'S, UH, FOR US, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, KIND OF GET OUT AND, AND, AND GET SOME EXPOSURE, BUT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME UP AND COMINGS AND SOME PEOPLE THAT, UH, MAYBE WANT TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, [01:05:01] THE, THE HOTEL INDUSTRY. SO, VERY GOOD. UH, SO SOME GOOD THINGS THERE. GOOD. JUST A LITTLE BIT TO ADD. THANK YOU. GINGERBREAD UNVEILING IS A BIG DEAL THERE FOR THAT. GET SOME PICTURES. AND THE GINGERBREAD UNVEILING IS A HUGE, UH, IT'S VERY POPULAR. UM, AND WE HAVE, UH, OUR MC IS, UH, TJ ALTS UHHUH . UM, AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT EVENT. WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, DRINKS AND COOKIES AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MUSIC. AND THE, THE LAST TWO SEASONS THAT WE'VE DONE THAT I, I, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SOUTH SHORE HARBOR, TO ME IT IS, IT, THE VIBE IS JUST TREMENDOUS. AND, AND, AND YOU JUST KIND OF FEEL THE SEASON IS COMING AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, CHRISTMAS IS THERE. MM-HMM. . MM-HMM. . SO IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY GOOD EVENT AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CHEF TO SHOWCASE. UH, HE AND HIS, UH, CULINARY TEAM TALENTS. THEY DO A GREAT JOB. THEY'RE ALREADY PREPPING THIS GINGERBREAD HOUSE. THEY STARTED. HOW MANY POUNDS OF SUGAR DOES THAT TAKE? OH, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT STAT, LIKE BREAD STATS. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE ACTUAL GINGERBREAD HOUSE AND THE BRICKS THAT THEY PUT IT TOGETHER WITH, THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED BAKING. THEY'VE BAKED THOSE IN ADVANCE. THEY SAND THEM AND FILE 'EM. AND IT'S A WHOLE PROCESS. I'VE LEARNED EVERY WHERE DO THEY KEEP THEM AT? THERE'S A ROOM THAT IN THE KITCHEN, FREEZER. FREEZER. THEY'LL, THEY'LL, THEY'LL, THEY'LL STORE, THEY'LL, THEY'LL BAKE THEM, STORE THEM. AND THEN WHEN WE PUT THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE TOGETHER, UM, WE, WE, WE PRETTY MUCH, UH, PIPE AND DRAPED THAT SECTION OF THE HOTEL. HOTEL SO THAT WAY NOBODY CAN SEE. AND THEN WE WORK FROM THERE, OR THEY DO, IT'S CRAZY. IT A PROFIT. IT'S A REALLY GOOD, YEAH, DEFINITELY. YOU COULD GET SOME LIKE TRIVIA GOING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. HOW MANY, HOW MANY POUNDS OF ICING OR HOW MANY, YEAH, I'VE GOT SOME GOOD PICTURES FROM LAST YEAR TOO. IF YOU NEED ANY OF THOSE. I'M SURE I DO. YES. WE ALWAYS DO. ANY OTHER, UH, BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS? NO. OKAY. WELL, UM, ANY REQUESTS FOR FUTURE MEETING AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY. MEETING ADJOURNED. 1108. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.