Oct 15, 2025 League City Convention and Visitors Advisory Board Meeting

SARAH, DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOUR COMMUNICATIONS UPDATE? YEAH, I'M HAPPY IT'LL BE QUICK.

UM, AND THEN NEXT IS THE HOT GRANT.

WE ARE WAITING ON .

SHOULD WE SKIP THAT AND COME BACK TO IT? YES.

[IX. Communications update]

SO I HANDED OUT A LITTLE PACKET.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT OUR ARTISTS IN RESIDENCY, OPEN HOUSE AND GALLERY RECEPTION IS THIS FRIDAY FROM SIX TO NINE.

SO THIS IS THE FORMER GIRARDI HOUSE THAT WE'VE TURNED INTO.

FREE STUDIO SPACE FOR THREE ARTISTS.

AND SO, UH, PEOPLE, PEOPLE GET TO PEEK INTO THE HOUSE, SEE ALL THE ART THAT THEY'VE CREATED.

THE ART ACTUALLY WILL BE ON FOR SALE.

WE'LL HAVE LIGHT REFRESHMENTS.

UM, I HAVE A MAP BECAUSE PARKING IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.

SO THIS GIVES YOU KIND OF A MAP.

LOVE TO HAVE YOU GUYS THERE.

IT'S KIND OF COME AND GO.

SO ANYTIME BETWEEN SIX AND NINE, UM, IT'LL BE KIND OF NICE.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TIKI TORCHES THAT LEAD THE LITTLE PATH ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE.

SO IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE FUN.

SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

IT'S GOING REALLY, REALLY WELL.

PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY STEPPING BY AND JUST KNOCKING ON THE DOOR WITH THE ARTIST AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON? WHO ARE YOU? WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HERE? SO IT'S GETTING A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF, UM, PUBLICITY FROM PEOPLE WALKING THE PARK.

SECONDLY, I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL SEEN THE COMPLETED MASONIC LODGE LOOKS GREAT.

UH, WE'VE GOT NOTHING BUT POSITIVE FEEDBACK, UM, FROM FOLKS.

SO I THINK IT REALLY BEAUTIFIES THE BUILDING AND KIND OF BLENDS IN NICELY WITH THE PARK BEHIND, UH, THAT BUILDING.

THE MASONIC LODGE OWNS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.

ADAMS. SO THE SAME ARTIST, AND THESE ARE HIS RENDERINGS OF WHAT HE'S KIND OF COME UP WITH.

THE MASONS ARE LOOKING AT IT NOW.

AND SO ARE THE KEY LEAD CITY.

BEAUTIFUL MEANING, EXCUSE ME, COMMITTEE, BUT REALLY IT'S PROMOTING OUR TEXAS MUSIC FRIENDLY CITY DESIGNATION.

SO IT WOULD BE ON THE BACK OF THE ONE, WOULD BE ON THE BACK OF THE BUILDING HE ALREADY PAINTED, AND THE LITTLE BUILDING ON THE SIDE.

SO IT KIND OF HAS A DIFFERENT LOOK AND FEEL TO IT.

AND IT'S REALLY TO PROMOTE THE FACT THAT WE'RE A MUSIC FRIENDLY CITY AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE JAZZ MUSICIANS LOOK LIKE MASONS BECAUSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, QUITE A FEW JAZZ MUSICIANS WHO LIKE COUNT BASSY AND ALL THE NAMES ARE ESCAPING ME RIGHT NOW OF ALL THE FAMOUS JAZZ MUSICIANS, BUT THEY WERE ALL MASONS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FROM THAT PERIOD.

SO, UM, SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE THEM.

SO IT KIND OF LIKE PLAYS INTO THE MASONIC LODGE FEEL.

SO I'LL BRING YOU BACK, UH, THE FINAL DESIGN ONCE WE HAVE THEM.

SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF PRELIMINARY RENDER RELEASE.

AND THEN, UM, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.

WE ARE HAVING A TOWN HALL MEETING WITH TECH STOCK NEXT WEEK.

THE GRAND PARKWAY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IS GONNA, UH, GO OUT TO BID FOR CONSTRUCTION IN 2026.

AND THEN CONSTRUCTION IS CHARTING IN 2027.

THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR AREA QUITE A BIT.

SPECIFICALLY HOBBS CALDER AND FM 6 46.

SO THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING, UM, JUST FOR FOLKS CAN ASK QUESTIONS, PROVIDE COMMENTS TO TDOT, AND REALLY GET A BETTER IDEA OF HOW THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT, UM, THE AREA.

SO SPECIFICALLY ANYBODY THAT LIVES AROUND THOSE AREAS, I KNOW ARE GONNA WANNA ATTEND THE MEETING.

AND THEN UP ON THE BOARD, WE HAVE A COUPLE THINGS, UH, GOING ON.

LOBIT PARK IS CLOSED, UH, PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT WHILE THEY START PHASE ONE OF A IMPROVEMENT RENOVATION PROJECT.

THEY'RE FREE PICKLEBALL COURTS.

YAY.

SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

SO, SORT OF HIGH PICKLEBALL DEMAND IN THE CITY.

UM, DAY OF THE DOG AND CAT IS COMING UP OCTOBER 25TH.

THIS IS A FUN EVENT THAT OUR ANIMAL SHELTER DOES WHERE THEY, UH, THEY HAVE A COSTUME CONTEST AND THEY HAVE A BIG, A FRIEND OF WHERE THEY AND WHITE FOLKS WHO HAVE LOST A PET TO COME AND BRING A PICTURE AND LIGHT A CANDLE.

UM, THEY HAVE GAMES AND LOTS OF STUFF FOR THE KIDS AND OF COURSE FREE ADOPTIONS.

AND THEN, UH, THIS IS A NEW EVENT WE'RE DOING ON NOVEMBER 2ND CALLED PUMPKIN

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PALOOZA, WHERE WE'RE INVITING EVERYONE TO BRING THEIR HALLOWEEN PUMPKINS SO THEY NO LONGER NEED THE JACKO LANTERNS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO SMASH THEM.

WE'RE GOING TO THROW THEM, WE'RE GOING TO WEIGH THEM.

UM, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THE TOTAL WEIGHT, UH, THE NEXT DAY.

AND THEN THEY WILL ALL BE COMPOSTED BY A LOCAL COMPANY AND RETURN TO THE SOIL.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS EVENT.

CAMERON'S CUTE CAMERON PARKER IN OUR PARKS.

UM, ASSISTANT DIRECTORS MAKING SOME KIND OF SPECIAL SPING MACHINE.

SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE ONCE CAMERA GETS IN HIS MIND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE SOMETHING, UH, I'LL HAVE TO PROBABLY DO A VIDEO OF IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

SO THAT'S A NEW EVENT THAT WE'RE DOING THAT I THINK'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.

IT GIVES ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KIDS TO WEAR THEIR COSTUMES 'CAUSE GOSH KNOWS THOSE COSTUMES ARE NOT, ARE NOT CHEAP, RIGHT? SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE 'EM WEAR 'EM THREE OR FOUR TIMES.

SO, UH, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN COMMUNICATIONS.

UH, KEEP YOU GUYS UPDATED ON THE MURALS AND THE NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD, UH, WITH THE ART INITIATIVE IN THE COMING YEAR THAT AFFECT THE HOT, FUN, HOT FUN BUDGET.

BUT THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I'VE GOT.

UM, SO NOW THAT SHE'S HERE, WE CAN GO

[VII. HOT Grant Presentation: 2025 Holiday In the Park]

UP TO THE HOT GRANT PRESENTATION FOR THE 2025 HOLIDAY IN THE PARK WITH LAKE CITY, THE LAKE CITY PROUD ORGANIZATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT'S GONNA STAND HERE IF THAT'S OKAY.

AS LONG AS THE MIC IS ON.

YEP.

BOY, IF YOU CAN'T HEAR ME, .

SO GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

WE'RE JUST HERE TO TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT, UH, WHAT WE CAN ALL DO TOGETHER REALLY, UH, TO PROMOTE LEAGUE CITY AND HEADS AND BEDS AND MORE ACTIVITIES.

UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE IN LEAGUE CITY FOR 28 YEARS? OKAY, SO 28 YEARS AGO WE STARTED HOLIDAY IN THE PARK AND IT HAS JUST GROWN FROM 20 FLOATS, DOVER, ABOUT 60 FLOATS LAST YEAR, AND MASSES AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE THAT COME OUT.

UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TOLD US LAST YEAR THERE WERE EASILY 15,000 PLUS PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREET.

IF YOU'RE AT MY END OF THE STREET WHERE WE, WHERE I LINE EVERYBODY UP AND I LOOK DOWN THERE AT THE OTHER END, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN THE PARADE AND WHO ISN'T, BECAUSE IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A SEA OF PEOPLE HAVING A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL TIME.

SO OUR OBJECT IS TO BRING MAGIC TO MAIN STREET.

UM, SO I'M REALLY HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

WE HAVE FILLED OUT THE FORM.

WE ARE ENHANCING OUR MEDIA, UH, THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE WANNA SEE AND WANT VERY MUCH TO ENHANCE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR VENDORS.

IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE SOLD OUT A VENDOR SPACE WHEN JULY.

SO NO TELLING HOW THIS IS ALL GONNA PLAY.

JULY FOR DECEMBER.

WE'RE ALWAYS THE FIRST WEEKEND IN DECEMBER.

SO WE'RE UP TO RIGHT AT WHAT, 120 VENDORS MM-HMM .

AND UP TO, I THINK IT'S 10, 11, 11 FOOD TRUCKS.

SO THERE IS REALLY SOMETHING OUT THERE FOR EVERYONE.

WE HAVE FOUR PARADES.

WE START OFF FRIDAY NIGHT, UH, FAMILY NIGHT WITH THE CLASSIC MOVIES.

WE HAVE ACTUALLY FOUND WITH OUR THEME THIS YEAR, THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME.

WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE A FUN WAY TO THINK ABOUT HOW THE HOLIDAYS WOULD BE IN THE EMERALD CITY.

UM, SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY FOUND A, A CARTOON THAT'S ABOUT THE WIZARD OF OZ.

SO, AND CHRISTMAS.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY CUTE TO SHOW.

UH, SO THAT'S FRIDAY NIGHT.

THE CITY IS GRACIOUS.

THEY COME OUT AND GIVE AWAY RIGHT FREE POPCORN.

WE DO, WE GIVE FREE POPCORN.

STILL GOING TO, WE BOUGHT NEW POPCORN MACHINES, JUST .

YAY.

SO WE KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND, , AND I MEAN, YOU WERE OUT THERE ON YOUR FEET FOR HOURS LAST YEAR AND THE LINE, YOU KNOW, WAS A MILLION MILES LONG.

AND I ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR IT'S FREE.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST SO SHOCKED.

AND THEN THE, UH, CHAMBER GIVES OUT FREE HOT CHOCOLATE.

AND AGAIN, THE LINE WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT EVENT THAT FRIDAY NIGHT EVERYTHING'S FREE.

BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE KIDS LOVE IS THAT IT'S AT NIGHT.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE LITTLE, WE GOT TO GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY AT NIGHT.

MOST OF THOSE KIDS DON'T GET TO GO OUTSIDE AT NIGHT, EVER.

SO IT'S REALLY A LOT OF FUN.

SATURDAY MORNING WE KICK OFF WITH OUR BEAUTIFUL, UH, CHILDREN'S HOLIDAY COSTUME PARADE OVER IN FRONT OF BUTLER'S COURTYARD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR ME FOR 28 YEARS, 27 YEARS, I THINK.

UH, THEN WE KICK OFF ALL KINDS OF ENTERTAINMENT DURING THE DAY, AND THEN WE WIND DOWN AND INTO THE GRAND NIGHT PARADE, WHICH IT'S JUST, JUST GROWING EVERY YEAR.

I KNOW MOST PEOPLE GO, THANK GOD SHE CAN'T GO ACROSS TWO 70, UM, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE BIGGER AND BETTER, BUT WE CAN GO DOWN THE SIDE STREETS.

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THE POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN ASSISTING US WITH EVERY KIND OF SECURITY YOU CAN IMAGINE.

UH, POLICE OFFICERS ON EVERY STREET.

UH, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT FLY OVER? DRONES? DRONES FLYING OVER.

UH, THEY HAD UNDERCOVER POLICE OFFICERS WALKING THROUGH THE CROWD, WHICH IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE WE WANT OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS TO FEEL SAFE.

AND IT, YOU KNOW, IT BEGINS AND IT'S A, A SOLID, I HOPE, TWO HOURS PLUS PARADES.

PLUS, PLUS PLUS.

I LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO COME OUT TO ME AND THEY GO, CAN YOU MAKE THIS ANY SHORTER? YES.

AND I GO, GO HOME.

YEAH, , I GO HOME BECAUSE I LIKE IT BIGGER AND BETTER.

SO THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES.

UH, THEN WE'RE ALL FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GO OVER NOW TO THE PARTY AT BUTLER'S COURTYARD AFTER AND HAVE A GREAT TIME.

SUNDAY MORNING, WE KICK OFF WITH OUR, UH, NOW THIRD ANNUAL EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE'S PARADE.

AND THAT IS GROWING.

UH, AND WE HAVE CLEAR CREEK, UH, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY, UH, HELPING US WITH THAT.

AND WHEN WE DID MEET WITH THEM, JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW, UM, WE SAID WE WANTED TO KEEP THAT INFORMATION AS TIGHT AS POSSIBLE.

THAT MIGHT BE VERY HARD, BUT WE WANNA FOCUS JUST HERE.

WE DON'T WANNA GO OUT TO HOUSTON AND GALVESTON AND ANYWHERE ELSE JUST TO BRING MORE IN BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE HARD TO GAUGE FOR SECURITY, UH, AND HAPPINESS FOR THEM.

SO WE HAVE IT STARTING IN THE MORNING AT 10 30 AT THE PARK BEFORE THE PARK OPENS SO THAT THERE'S MORE PARKING FOR THEM.

WE, UH, PARADE THROUGH THE PARK AROUND THE GAZEBO, BACK DOWN BY THE, UH, CABOOSE AND BACK TO THEIR STARTING PLACE.

AND I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH, SO MANY SMILES AND SO MUCH HAPPINESS ON PEOPLE'S FACES.

AND THE VENDORS ARE VERY GENEROUS, UH, TO THAT GROUP.

AND IT'S WONDERFUL.

THEN THERE'S, THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, WE HAVE THE PEP PARADE, COSTUME PARADE.

WE'RE DOING A TOTO LOOKALIKE, UH, IN THE CONTEST THIS YEAR.

SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN.

UM, BUT GOING BACK TO SOME OF Y'ALL'S NEEDS, AND THAT IS, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME IN 10 YEARS THAT THEY CAME TO US AND WANTED TO DO A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT INTO THE NEWSPAPER.

AND I'M GONNA WRITE ALL THE CONTENT FOR IT.

THEY'RE GONNA GO OUT AND SELL ADVERTISEMENT, HINT, HINT, UH, IT WILL GO INTO EVERY NEWSPAPER.

THEY'RE GONNA DO MAILINGS.

IT'LL BE ON THEIR, UM, THEIR WEBSITE.

EVERYTHING THEY HAVE AVAILABLE WILL HAVE ALL OF OUR INFORMATION IN THAT.

AND I'M REALLY, WE'RE REALLY DOING IT SO THAT WE CAN PROMOTE AS MUCH BUSINESS FOR THE VENDORS.

IF THEY GO OUT TO OUR WEBSITE AND THEY SEE THE PARADES AND THEY SEE THE ART CONTEST AND ALL THAT, HOPEFULLY THAT'LL ENCOURAGE SOME PEOPLE TO COME.

BUT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON BRINGING THE VENDORS.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT BRINGS PEOPLE INTO TOWN TO SPEND THE NIGHT.

SO I'VE BEEN TALKING TO CAL PASH ABOUT USING THE HOTEL.

HOPEFULLY MAYBE YOU CAN HELP US, UH, WITH A DEAL WITH THE HOTEL AS WELL, UH, BOTH OF YOU.

SO, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, UH, IS BRINGING EVERYBODY TO LEAGUE CITY TO HAVE A FUN, SAFE TIME.

UM, SO WE'RE INCREASING OUR, UH, MEDIA WITH THEM.

WE'RE ALSO DOING THAT TAG.

HOW MANY OF Y'ALL GET A NEWSPAPER AT HOME FROM THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS? BESIDES ME? OH, .

NOBODY.

I'VE BEEN A LOYAL GALVESTON DAILY NEWS PERSON FOR 41 YEARS THAT GETS IT.

BUT WHEN YOU PICK UP THE NEWSPAPER, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S LIKE THIS.

YOU CAN BUY THIS HUGE TAG THAT GOES ON THE FRONT.

LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO IT WAS THE TEXAS CITY MUSIC FESTIVAL.

IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.

NEXT TIME IT'LL BE BIKER, BIKER, RALLY, ET CETERA.

SO WE HAVE PURCHASED THAT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE AND HAVE IT RIGHT THERE IN THEIR FACE.

THE WEEK OF OUR EVENT AND MANY OTHER THINGS, WE'VE INCREASED OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

UH, UH, LINDSAY DOES A FABULOUS JOB OF PUTTING SOMETHING OUT DAILY, IF NOT TWICE.

SHE'S DOING A BEAUTIFUL JOB ON OUR GORGEOUS WEBSITE, THE LEAGUE CITY PROUD ORG.COM.

WE KEPT CHANGING IT, SO WE HAD TO PUT ALL THESE THINGS IN.

IT JUST DRIVES ME CRAZY.

UM, BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL WEBSITE AND WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO ON THERE, UH, ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY.

ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE BIG ABOUT, UM, IS WE FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO, FOR INSTANCE, WE COULD NOT DO THE GRAND KNIGHT PARADE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE, UH, KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FROM ST.

MARY'S CHURCH.

THERE'S AT LEAST 25 GUYS BACK THERE WORKING THAT CHURCH OF CHRIST PARKING LOT.

IF WE LOSE THAT CHURCH OF CHRIST PARKING LOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUNK.

MOST OF OUR FLOATS GO BACK THERE.

SO WE MAKE

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A DONATION TO THE KNIGHTS.

WE MAKE A DONATION TO THE CHURCH.

UH, THE CHURCH DONATION IS TO, UH, HELP FUND KIDS WHO CAN'T NECESSARILY PAY TO GO TO THEIR CHURCH CAMP.

SO WE GIVE MONEY TO THAT.

WE DONATE MONEY TO THE, UM, MASONS BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM ORIGINALLY, HOW THAT ALL STARTED, THE POLICE OFFICERS SAID, COULD YOU PLEASE MOVE THE JUDGES STAND WAY DOWN HERE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO TRAFFIC AND WORRY ABOUT YOUR BOOTH WAY OVER HERE.

SO WE MOVED IT DOWN THERE TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT FOR EVERYBODY.

AND THE MASONS, WHEN WE FIRST ASKED THEM, THEY WERE THRILLED TO DO IT.

THEY STILL ARE BECAUSE THEY SAID THIS GAVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN LEAGUE CITY AND TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEY'RE GREAT ABOUT THAT.

AND THEY'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THEIR ARTWORK, .

I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST CRAZY ABOUT IT.

UH, SO WE MAKE A DONATION TO THEM.

UH, WE'VE MADE DONA WELL, IF I WENT OVER ALL THE YEARS OF ALL THE DONATIONS, IT, WE'D BE HERE FOREVER.

BUT IF THEY HELP US, WE HELP THEM.

WE, UH, DO NICE BIG CHRISTMAS CAKES.

WE TAKE A BIG ONE TO KILL GORE'S HARDWARE.

WE TAKE ONE TO CROWDER, WE TAKE ONE, UH, TO THE CHURCH.

AND A BIG BENEFIT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IS THE COOPERATION.

THANK YOU LORD, WITH C-C-I-S-D.

AND WE WORK CLOSE WITH GREG GOODMAN, UH, WHO'S REALLY HELPED US COORDINATE ALL OF THE BUSES ARRIVING WITH ALL THE BANDS, ALL THE CHEERLEADERS, ALL THE DANCERS, ALL EVERYBODY.

BECAUSE FOR YEARS IT WAS CHAOS, UH, THAT HE HAS DONE A FABULOUS JOB WORKING WITH US.

AND HE HAS SO MUCH FUN DOING THAT.

WE'RE HOPING HE'S WORKING ON IT THIS YEAR TO BRING OUT VOLUNTEERS FOR, FROM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, WHICH WILL BE GREAT.

AND OF COURSE WE'LL MAKE A DONATION TO THEM AS WELL.

AGAIN, I THINK THANKING EVERYBODY IS SO IMPORTANT.

WE COME TO CITY COUNCIL, WE ENTERTAIN THEM, AND THEN WE ALWAYS GIVE THEM COOKIES OR CAKES OR WHATEVER, UH, TO MAKE THEM HAPPY.

WE ARE GOING TO DECORATE, UM, THE BIRDHOUSE THIS YEAR.

YEAH, COOL.

AND PUT SOME DECORATIONS OUT FRONT TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A GINGERBREAD HOUSE.

SO WE'VE GOT A GREAT BIG GINGERBREAD INFLATABLE, UH, SOME THINGS THAT ADHERE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE HEAVY DUTY PLASTIC, BUT IT STICKS.

THERE WON'T BE ANY PAINT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE MORE FUN TO INVITE THEM TO BE A PART OF US, UH, THAN NOT.

SO SHE'S REAL EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE GONNA, UH, HOST ONE OF THEIR, THE CHAMBER'S COFFEES, UH, IN TWO WEEKS.

SO WE'D LIKE Y'ALL TO COME OUT TO THAT.

IF ANYBODY HAS LOOSE CHANGE IN THEIR PURSE, WE'LL HAPPILY PUT IT INTO OUR BANK ACCOUNT.

, UH, I ALWAYS SAY, AND MY WHOLE GROUP WORKS AGAINST ME, BUT MY MONEY, THE MONIES THAT WE RAISE, I LIKE TO CONTINUOUSLY ENHANCE OUR PARADE.

YOU KNOW, COSTUME CHARACTERS ARE NOT CHEAP.

SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT COSTUME, HOW MUCH THEY COST.

UM, THIS YEAR WE'VE INVITED, UH, SHE JUST ACCEPTED YESTERDAY.

WE HAVE MISS JUNETEENTH COMING FROM GALVESTON.

SHE'S GONNA BE IN THE PARADE.

AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE GREAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, BUT THE MORE MONEY WE HAVE, THE MORE MONEY WE CAN SPEND ON GETTING MORE COSTUME CHARACTERS USED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST FUN THINGS IN THE WORLD TO GO TO ASTRO WORLD AND TO SEE ALL THE COSTUME CHARACTERS.

OR WHEN WE WENT TO DISNEY WORLD, MY DAUGHTER TOLD ME, SHE WENT, I'LL NEVER GO TO DISNEY WORLD WITH YOU AGAIN.

NEVER.

ALL YOU WANNA DO IS SEE ALL THOSE PEOPLE AND TAKE PICTURES WITH THEM.

AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.

BUT IT BRINGS SO MUCH EXCITEMENT TO SO MANY PEOPLE.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEMORIES OF THE, UH, GRAND NIGHT PARADE, I LIKE TO WALK FROM THE BACK AND THERE WAS A MAN OVER HERE, UM, SITTING IN A WHEELCHAIR AND IT WAS TOWARD THE BACK OF THE PARADE AND PEOPLE WERE TOSSING OUT THINGS AND HE COULDN'T QUITE REACH HIM.

IF I'D ONLY HAD A CAMERA.

AT ONE POINT, THIS LADY THREW HIM LIKE THREE OR FOUR BEADS AND HE WAS SITTING THERE IN HIS WHEELCHAIR LIKE THIS.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE HIM GO.

AND IT WAS GREAT IF I JUST HAD A CAMERA, BUT I'VE NEVER EVER FORGOTTEN THAT IMAGE.

SO PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS.

I THINK, UH, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN, YOU KNOW HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS.

OUR GOAL IS TO BRING MAGIC TO MAIN STREET.

I THINK WE DO A GOOD JOB OF THAT.

AND OUR BEST COMPLIMENT IS WHAT HALLMARK.

IT LOOKS LIKE A HALLMARK.

SO MANY PEOPLE COME UP TO US THAT WEEKEND AND THEY GO, THIS REMINDS US OF A HALLMARK MOVIE.

BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENING WHEN THE LIGHTS ALL COME ON AND PEOPLE ARE AROUND AND ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL WHITE TENTS THAT ARE DECORATED FOR THE HOLIDAYS, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT GET EXCITED.

IS A SOCIAL EVENT TO INVITE OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE LEAGUE CITY, OUR HERITAGE.

AND PEOPLE ALWAYS, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID OVER THE YEARS, WHY DON'T Y'ALL CALL IT THE CHRISTMAS PARADE? IT'S NOT A RELIGIOUS EVENT.

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WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE THOSE MAGNIFICENT OAK TREES, THAT BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE CHURCH PLAYING THE CHURCH BELLS AT 5 55.

UM, AND EVERYTHING ELSE MAIN STREET HAS TO OFFER.

IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

AND THEN TO COME INTO LEAGUE PARK, IT'S, IT'S MAGICAL.

IT'S MAGICAL.

IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, WE INVITE YOU.

IT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST WEEKEND IN DECEMBER.

ALWAYS.

FRIDAYS, UH, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FACEBOOK PAGE, A HOLIDAY IN THE PARK.

UH, IF SOMETHING ELSE POPS UP, TYPE IN HOLIDAY IN THE PARK LEAGUE CITY.

I DID STEAL THE NAME FOR MASTER WORLD HOLIDAY IN THE PARK .

UH, BUT IT WORKED 28 YEARS AGO.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE.

ANYTHING Y'ALL CAN DO OR WANT TO HELP US WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND WE'D APPRECIATE THE TIME.

NOW, WHAT CAN I ANSWER? I JUST WANNA INTERJECT TWO THINGS THAT, UH, MS. JANICE FORGOT.

UM, WE ALSO DO A ART CONTEST.

WHICH IS RELEVANT TO OUR, YOU KNOW, PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, UM, RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY.

AND, UM, THAT'S BEEN GAINING IN POPULARITY.

WE'VE DONE IT TWICE.

THIS WOULD BE THIRD YEAR.

THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR.

UM, SO THAT IS REALLY NEAT TO SEE.

UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'RE ENCOURAGING THE STUDENTS IN CCIC TO DO BE INVOLVED IN THE ART CONTEST, AND IT HAS TO BE THAT DAY AT A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD.

IT'S NOT WHERE THEY CAN LEAVE AND COME BACK OR DO IT AND BRING IT HAS TO BE DONE THERE.

SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY NEAT TO SEE THAT LITTLE PROGRAM GROW.

AND THEN, UM, LAST YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME IT WAS LIVE STREAMED.

UH, WE DID PARTNER WITH QUEER LIFE MEDIA, WHICH IS CITY BASED, UH, MEDIA COMPANY.

AND, UM, THEY ARE GETTING ALL THE CONTENT, DOING THE MEDIA.

AND IT WAS LIVE STREAMED THROUGH THEIR, I DON'T KNOW, FANCY SCHMANCY ABILITIES.

UM, AND WE HAD PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WATCHING IT.

UH, WHICH NEXT YEAR WE WILL DO BETTER ABOUT BRINGING THOSE STATS TO YOU.

BUT WE DID LOOK AT THEM AND IT WAS CRAZY WHO WAS WATCHING.

UM, SOME OF THEM WERE MY IN-LAWS IN IRELAND WATCHING .

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ANY OF OUR CITIZENS MAYBE WHO ARE OUT OF TOWN, THEY WERE ABLE TO TUNE IN AND WATCH IT.

OR LIKE, PEOPLE WERE, YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU KNOW, MY KIDS GONNA BE IN THIS DANCING IN THIS PARADE.

HERE'S THE LINK.

YOU KNOW, SO IT, IT, IT NOT ONLY IS GREAT FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S GREAT FOR, YOU KNOW, REACHING THE GLOBE POTENTIALLY.

SO, UM, I AM, UH, THE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE CHILDREN'S PARADE, SO I'LL BE UPSTANDING FROM THE BOAT.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO ADD IN THOSE TWO THINGS 'CAUSE I THOUGHT THEY WERE RELEVANT TO SPECIFICALLY THIS, UH, GRANT.

AND IF YOU'VE NOT MET CHRISTIE WRIGHT, SHE'S ON OUR BOARD.

AND THIS IS THE LADY THAT LURED EVERYBODY IN.

WE GOT ALL THOSE VENDORS.

SHE'S OUR VENDOR CHAIRMAN, DOES A GREAT JOB.

WE'RE SO EXCITED.

I HAD A QUICK QUESTION.

SO YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S 10 TO 15,000 PEOPLE TOTAL, BUT THIS SAYS 5,000.

WELL, IT'S 10 TO 15.

AND THEN THERE'S NO ROOM BLOCK.

IS THERE A REASON WHY? WE JUST HAVEN'T WORKED ON IT YET.

WELL, WE PUT IT ON WHEN, SO WHEN I SEND OUT MY VENDOR FORM TOO, IT'S ON THE VENDOR FORM AND WE HAVE ALL THE HOTEL INFORMATION ON IT.

ARE YOU COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN? YOU KNOW, HERE'S, IT HAS ALL THE HOTELS.

THIS IS WHERE YOU COULD POSSIBLY STAY OR WHATEVER.

BUT, UM, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ACTUALLY USE IT.

I DON'T HAVE .

IS THERE A TRACKING TO WHAT THE, THE, YES.

WHAT WAS IT ON THE WHAT FOR THE ROOM NIGHTS FOR DISCOUNT RATE? YEAH.

WELL YOU SAID YOU WERE IN, YOU WERE TALKING TO CAL PE MM-HMM .

I HAVE ONCE AND THEN WE NEED TO FIX THAT EVERYBODY.

THAT'S DEFINITELY AN AREA IN WHICH WE CAN IMPROVE UPON IT.

IT IS PRIMARILY A LOCAL EVENT AND WE KNOW THAT.

UM, BUT IT DEFINITELY IS, IT'S VALID FOR THIS GRANT BECAUSE IT DOES, UM, MAJORLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE OUR CITIZENS.

I MEAN, THIS IS THE BIGGEST EVENT THAT THE CITY HAS ALL YEAR, PRETTY MUCH.

I THINK IT'S EVEN BIGGER THAN IF WE ADDED IT UP THAN THE CITY EVENTS.

UM, AND IT'S RUN BY ALL LOCAL LEAGUE CITY RESIDENT VOLUNTEERS.

UH, IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE ARTS.

UM, IT DOES ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION BECAUSE IT IS THERE IN LEAGUE PARTY.

AND WE DO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE HISTORIC SOCIETY TO HELP MANAGE SOME OF THESE EVENTS.

UM, AS WELL AS SO MANY BUSINESSES BEING INVOLVED IN DONATING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, IT, IT'S NOT A HUGE HEADS AND BEDS EVENT.

I DO THINK WE HAVE MORE THAN WE KNOW AND WE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN GOOD AT TRACKING IT.

UM, BUT I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT .

AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD NOT DO THIS EVENT.

WE, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.

SO YEAH.

COULD YOU SEND THE VENDORS A SURVEY AFTERWARDS TO SAY, YES, I COULD DO THAT.

YOU KNOW, DID YOU STAY IN LEAGUE CITY? YOU KNOW, AND WHERE DID YOU STAY? YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING.

SO THAT WAY THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO PROVIDE FOR US, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.

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AND I'M NOT SAYING IT 'CAUSE SARAH'S HERE, .

WE COULD NOT DO THIS EVENT WITHOUT THE CITY OF LAKE CITY.

I MEAN, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP.

IT'S DEFINITELY, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP FOR EVERYBODY TO GET INVOLVED WITH.

IT'S ONLY GONNA GROW.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS IS RIGHT NOW.

THE FIRE STATION OVER THERE ON THAT CORNER, I'VE HEARD TALK OFF AND ON THROUGH THE YEARS, YOU KNOW, THAT IT MAY MOVE, EXPAND IF THAT CAN BECOMES A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT OPENS UP A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF VENDORS WHO DON'T WANNA BE OUTSIDE MM-HMM .

AND IN THE VERY BEGINNING WE DID DO IT HERE AT THE CIVIC CENTER.

UH, THEN IT WAS JUST TOO HARD TO MANAGE.

BUT THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL ASSET IS TO HAVE THAT EVENTUALLY ALL OF US ARE GONNA ALL BE INVOLVED.

IT'S JUST GONNA GET TOO BIG AND TOO IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I LOVE IT THE MOST WHEN PEOPLE SAY, OH, OF COURSE I'LL BE THERE.

IT'S A TRADITION.

OR TO HEAR, HEAR MY DAUGHTER'S FRIENDS NOW.

SHE WAS EIGHT OR NINE WHEN IT STARTED, YOU KNOW, AND HERE WE ARE ALL THESE YEARS LATER AND HER FRIENDS ARE BRINGING THEIR KIDS.

SO THAT'S ALWAYS A HUGE COMPLIMENT AND A LOT OF FUN.

BUT THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY OUT THERE.

AND I WILL SAY THE SALES TAX FROM THE VENDORS GOES TO THE CITY AS WELL.

YOU DON'T REALIZE THAT ADDS UP WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THOSE VENDORS CHARGING SALES TAX BECAUSE WE'RE, THEY'RE DOING IT IN THE CITY.

EVEN IF THEY'RE FROM HOUSTON OR TEXAS CITY OR WHATEVER.

IT GOES TO THE CITY.

EVERY CARD TRANSACTION, EVERY CARD TRANSACTION, THE SALES TAX.

AND I HAVE ALSO CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SHOPS AND FOUNDERS SQUARE.

AND THEY ALL DO REALLY WELL THAT WEEKEND.

I MEAN, OF COURSE THEY HAVE THEIR PAIN POINTS, BUT IN GENERAL THEY ENJOY IT.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I MAKE REVENUE THAT DAY WITH THE SALES.

I FEEL LIKE THE RESTAURANTS ALWAYS DOES WELL THAT WEEKEND.

AND BAR PROBABLY AND BAR, YEAH.

CLOSE YEAR.

REALLY GOOD.

SHE IS VERY ACCEPTED.

SO PRETTY MUCH ALL OF US ON THE PARADE ROUTE, RUSTICA, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO PRETTY WELL WITH IT.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT WEDDING REVENUE, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD.

AND ALL THE VENDORS, THEY'RE NOT ALL LOCAL.

A LOT OF THEM ARE, BUT NO, THEY'RE NOT ALL LOCAL.

I KNOW SOME OF FOOD TRUCKS ARE NOT.

THERE'S SOME IN HOUSTON AND OTHER AREAS.

I WANNA ADD ONE THING THAT WE HAVE FOR TECHNOLOGY TRACKING PURPOSES NOW.

OH, GOOD.

SO I'M, I'VE GOT A FAIR ON THE SCREEN IS THIS DATA FIGHT, UH, DASHBOARD WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE AREA DOWN THERE WHERE THE EVENT IS LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, GEOFENCED.

AND SO, UH, THEY HAVE AN EVENT IMPACT TOOL ON THERE THAT WE HAVE.

IT'S, IT'S PART OF OUR SUBSCRIPTION AND WE'RE ABLE TO SEE WHERE PEOPLE CAME FROM.

AND THIS IS TRACKING PEOPLE, UH, THEIR BY CELL PHONE DEVICES.

THIS IS, YOU KNOW, VERY BIG DATA STUFF, REALLY BIG BROTHER.

UM, AND SO IF A CELL PHONE DEVICE CAME FROM MORE THAN 15, YOU CAN'T SEE IT.

15.

THIS DISTANCE IS ZERO TO 4,000 MILES.

SO THIS IS TRACKING, UH, EVERYBODY THAT CAME INTO THE AREA AND STAYED FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS IN THAT GEOFENCED AREA.

AND THEN IT WILL BREAK IT DOWN WHAT I CONSIDER AND DEFINE A VISITOR FROM 50 MILES AWAY.

SO IF THAT DEVICE TRAVELED FOR MORE THAN 50 MILES AWAY AND STAYED IN THIS CERTAIN AREA FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS, THAT'S COUNTED AS A VISIT.

AND SO IT'S ABLE TO TRACK THE PERCENTAGE OF, OF VISITORS.

BUT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR ME AND MARKETING PURPOSES IS WHERE THEY CAME FROM AND ALSO WHAT THE TOP SPENDING MARKETS ARE FOR THE SPECIFIC EVENTS.

AND THEN I'M ABLE TO TRACK AND GET, UH, IT IS GOOD TO HAVE YOUR ATTENDANCE NUMBERS.

IT'S ALSO GOOD TO LIKE PULL OH YEAH.

TRAFFIC COUNTERS AND THAT.

THIS ONE'S NOT AS, IT SAYS IT'S NOT FOR TRAFFIC COUNTING PURPOSES, BUT IT TELLS ME HOW MANY VISITORS AND HOW MANY TRIPS.

SO I'M COUNTING THAT.

SO I USE THAT INFORMATION.

WE HAVE ANOTHER TOOL WITH THE DESTINATIONS, UH, INTERNATIONAL.

IT'S CALLED AN, UH, EVENT IMPACT CALCULATOR.

AND WE'RE GONNA BE USING THIS, THIS, THESE TWO TOOLS FROM HERE ON OUT WITH ALL OF THESE GRANTS.

'CAUSE IT WILL GENERATE AN ACTUAL EVENT IMPACT SUMMARY FOR US.

THAT'S GOOD.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOGGING ALL THE RETURN ROIS FOR ALL OF THESE HOT TAX EVENTS.

THIS IS DATA FROM LAST YEAR FOR THE EVENT WEEKEND, WHICH IS GREAT THAT IT'S A OVERNIGHT, MULTIPLE DAY EVENT THAT DOES, UH, DRAW PEOPLE THE FIRST WEEKEND OF DECEMBER TWO WEEK CITY FOR TOURISM.

AND I USE IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL OVER MY TOURISM CAMPAIGN FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

LIKE COME TO LEAGUE CITY, DO ALL THESE THINGS, PRODUCT OFFERING, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF IT.

UH, BUT WE'LL BE USING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT SUMMARY, WHICH I HAVE FROM LAST YEAR.

AND THEN I HAVE A FORM THAT I'M GONNA BE GIVING TO ALL OF OUR GRANT RECIPIENTS WHERE THEY CAN, IT SHOWS HOW IT WORKS.

AND IT'S REALLY COOL.

IT'S SPECIFIC FOR LEAK CITY.

AND THEN I JUST NEED TO HAVE THE VARIABLES TO INPUT INTO THE CALCULATOR.

THE INFORMATION THAT I ADD IN THERE IS ONLY THAT IT GIVES ME AS GOOD AS I PUT IN.

IT USES THE MATH FOR THAT.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE USING THESE TOOLS FROM HERE ON OUT AND, UH, IT, IT HAS MULTIPLIERS BUILT IN.

AND THIS IS USING THE INDUSTRY STANDARDS FOR ALL THE, FOR, YOU KNOW, EVENT IMPACT.

AND IT, YOU CAN SKIN IT FOR, UH, FESTIVAL AND EVENTS AND PARADES.

SO IT'S SPECIFIC FOR THAT, NOT JUST FOR CONFERENCES AND SPORTING UNITS.

LIKE IT, YOU HAVE TO TELL IT WHAT IT IS.

AND IT USES,

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SO, AND IT'S SPECIFIC TO LEAKS THAT ARE USING OUR AVERAGE DAILY RATE AND ALL OF THOSE GOOD THINGS.

SO THAT'S AMAZING.

IT'S REALLY COOL.

SO WE WILL BE USING THIS AND I HAVE THE EVENT IMPACT SURVEY FROM LAST YEAR THAT I PULLED.

AND IT GIVES A GOOD, UM, IT SAYS ESTIMATED ROOM DEMAND METRICS.

UH, WE'RE 108 ROOMS OVER THE COURSE OF LAST YEAR IS BASED OFF OF, OFF OF TRAFFIC NUMBERS, PERCENTAGE OF LOCAL VERSUS NON-LOCAL AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE USING THESE AS OUR TRACKING METHODS BECAUSE THE ROOM BLOCKS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

YES, THEY ARE.

BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THEM WHEN WE HAVE THESE LEISURE EVENTS TRACKING MM-HMM .

IS VERY HARD.

AND ATTRIBUTION FOR THAT EVENT IS VERY HARD FOR US WITHOUT THOSE ROOM BLOCKS.

SO ANYWAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING IN YOUR, AND I'M GONNA GIVE Y'ALL THE FORM SO YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF INPUTS I NEED.

THANK YOU.

HAVE TEACHER REFERENCE TO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

ANY DISCUSSION? UM, I JUST HAVE A, MAYBE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING.

PAT A HUG FOR US.

[VIII. Discuss and vote on HOT Grant Application for 2025 Holiday In the Park Event]

REALLY.

SO IS THERE, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER FOR THE LIFE OF ME, BUT IS THERE FIRST, IS THIS THEIR FIRST TIME, UM, ASKING FOR POT TAX GRANT MONEY OR DID THEY ASK LAST YEAR? WE DID NOT ASK LAST YEAR, BUT I THINK WE DID ASK A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT THEN WE, WE ONLY GOT PART OF IT RIGHT.

BECAUSE WE DIDN'T, OR NONE OF IT.

WE, NONE OF IT NEVER INVOICES.

WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A TURNOVER THAT YEAR.

JUST TO BE CLEAR, I'M NOT THE TREASURER, I'M NOT INVOLVED IN THE MONEY OF ANY OF THIS, BUT, UM, THERE WAS A YEAR THAT WE CAME IN PRISON AND IT GOT APPROVED, BUT IT NEVER GOT PAID OUT, I GUESS, RIGHT? YES.

BECAUSE YOU GUYS NEVER DID THE POST REPORT BECAUSE WE NEVER DID THE POST REPORT.

'CAUSE WE HAD A SITUATIONSHIP.

UM, BUT, UM, I THINK IT'S BEEN, I DON'T REMEMBER ANOTHER TIME THAT THEY ASKED FOR IT.

I, I ASKED MY DAD 'CAUSE HE WAS ON THE BOARD BEFORE ME.

HE DIDN'T REMEMBER.

AND HE SAID THEY SHOULD BE COMING EVERY YEAR.

BUT, UM, I, I MEAN I'VE BEEN HERE EIGHT YEARS.

THAT'S I'M ASKING YEAH.

I'VE BEEN HERE EIGHT YEARS AND THEY HAVEN'T EVER EXCEPT FOR THAT ONE TIME.

THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER TOO.

AND, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE AS IF, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THEY SAID THAT THEIR VENDORS' FACES ARE COMPLETELY SOLD OUT NOW.

WE SOLD OUT, I THINK SHE SAID IN JULY, DEFINITELY IN THE SUMMER.

AND THAT WAS LIKE THE FIRST TIME.

SO WE HAVE A VERY ORGANIZED BOARD RIGHT NOW.

INCLUDING CHRISTIE.

SO THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

YEAH, SURE.

JUST PERIOD.

UM, SO THE VENDOR SPACES HAVE BEEN SOLD OUT.

THEY'VE, I GUESS SHE FIND SHE, SHE HAD A COUPLE MORE FOOD TRUCKS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE SOLD THOSE.

UM, AND NOW THEY'RE WORKING ON PARADE REGISTRATION, WHICH THAT'S USUALLY A KIND OF A LAST MINUTE THING.

UM, THOSE START ROLLING IN HEAVIER IN NOVEMBER.

PEOPLE AREN'T REALLY THINKING HOLIDAYS JUST YET, YOU KNOW.

ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS JUST SAY, I'M GOING TO GO TO THE PARADE.

NO, YOU MEAN TO WATCH OR TO BE IN IT? WATCH.

OH YEAH.

ANYONE CAN SHOW UP UP AND THEY DO ALL THE MAIN STREET IS LIKE COMPLETELY YEAH.

GET THERE EARLY, SHUT DOWN THE ROAD.

UM, THEY SHUT DOWN FROM HIGHWAY THREE ALL THE WAY TO OR PARK STREET AT LEAST FIVE CORNERS.

ALL THE WAY TO FIVE CORNERS.

I THINK THEY COVERED FROM THE RAILROAD BASICALLY TO YEAH.

UM, AND THEY SHUT IT DOWN AROUND FIVE.

UM, JUST TO START, YOU KNOW, CLEARING THE STREET AND LETTING PEOPLE, PEOPLE START BRINGING THEIR CHAIRS OUT.

I MEAN, I TAKE CHAIRS OUT, YOU KNOW, AROUND ONE O'CLOCK AND KIND OF PUT 'EM OUT ON THE STREET.

UM, AND IF THE POLICE ESTIMATED 15,000 LAST YEAR, I CAN TELL YOU LAST YEAR WAS A, A LIGHT YEAR BECAUSE THE WEATHER WAS QUESTIONABLE.

AND I CAN PROVE THAT 'CAUSE OF MY SALES AND THE CHILDREN'S PARADE WAS SMALLER.

I MEAN, IT WAS STILL HUGE.

IT STILL HAD HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, BUT IT WAS THAT, THAT WEATHER THAT REMEMBER WE WERE LIKE, ARE WE CANCELING IT? ARE WE NOT? AND SO I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT SCARED AWAY.

UM, BUT IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S THE BIGGEST EVENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY EVERY YEAR FOR SURE.

AND IT'S FREE, WHICH IS AMAZING.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I, I'M JUST GONNA HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS.

UM, SO, AND I'VE BEEN TO THIS PARADE.

I LOVE THIS PARADE.

TOWN STAYING, YOU KNOW, JUST TO HELP WITH TRACKING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC EVENT.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT A HEADS AND BEDS EVENT, AS YOU ALSO STATED EARLIER MM-HMM .

UM, IS THERE, AND I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND LAST YEAR, BUT IS THERE ANY SORT OF LIKE POST EVENT SURVEY? I KNOW IT'S HARD BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST SHOW UP, BUT LIKE SOME SORT OF MARKETING OR SOMETHING THAT GETS SENT OUT TO RESIDENTS SAYING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ASKING, HEY, HOW WAS THE EVENT? OH, BY THE WAY, DID YOU HAVE PEOPLE FROM OUT OF

[00:35:01]

UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, OR, TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE? IT IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA AND I CAN CERTAINLY PUSH IT NOW.

UM, AS SHE SAID, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PRETTY DECENT SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE COMPARED TO OTHER YEARS.

SO I THINK WE WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT AS THINGS ARE GETTING MORE ORGANIZED.

SO I'LL DEFINITELY SUGGEST THAT.

I DID SUGGEST TO THEM LAST YEAR FINDING OUT WHERE DID THE VENDORS STAY, WHERE DID THE FOOD TRUCK COME FROM? SO I THINK THESE ARE JUST THINGS THAT WE'RE JUST LIKE SLOWLY INCORPORATING INTO THE PROCESS, WHICH CHRISTIE WILL BE ORGANIZED TO DO THAT.

BUT YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.

UM, IT, IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS LIKE WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT QUESTIONS TO ASK.

'CAUSE WE DON'T REALLY WANT THEIR OPINIONS.

LIKE, WAS IT PRAY TOO LONG? WAS IT, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.

NO, OF COURSE.

UM, BUT DEFINITELY DID YOU SHARE THE STREAMING LINK? YOU KNOW, DID YOU STAY HERE? SO THOSE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS.

UM, I KNOW MY SISTER WAS OUTTA TOWN LAST YEAR AND SHE WATCHED IT SO , IT WAS SENDING ME SCREENSHOTS OF PEOPLE WE KNOW ON THE VIDEO .

NO, FOR SURE.

AND I FORGOT MY SECOND QUESTION.

SO IF IT COMES TO ME, I'LL ASK IT.

BUT , I, I HAD ONE JUST QUICK ONE.

THERE WAS A, UH, THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT NOT MARKETING OUTSIDE OF THE AREA.

AND I, I KIND OF WONDER IF IT MIGHT NOT BE WORTH DOING THAT.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S TRAFFIC CONCERNS AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF, BUT, AND I KNOW IT'S ALSO THE LOCAL EVENT, BUT YOU ALSO HEAR THIS HALLMARK MOMENT IDEA, RIGHT? AND THERE'S, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT GO AROUND LOOKING FOR THIS KIND OF STUFF.

WELL, STEPHANIE, STEPHANIE MARKETS IT LIKE RACE.

I CAN CLARIFY THAT.

MICHAEL.

WE MARKET THE EVENT.

WHAT SHE MEANT IS WE DON'T HEAVILY MARKET THE EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUALS PARADE.

OH YEAH.

BECAUSE THESE ARE SENSORY SENSITIVE CHILDREN.

AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP IT ON THE SMALLER SIDE.

WE DON'T EXCLUDE ANYONE, OF COURSE.

BUT, UM, WE'VE INTENTIONALLY, IT STARTED WITH THE LIONS CLUB, UM, HELPING US RUN THAT.

AND THEN WE, WE'VE MOVED TO THE SHEAR CCD SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HELPING US.

SO THEY ARE, THEY'RE TELLING THE SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY, WE'RE NOT POSTING LIKE, HEY, SPECIAL NEEDS PARADE.

UM, BECAUSE IF IT GETS TOO BIG, IT KIND OF DEFEATS THE PURPOSE.

BUT WE MARKET THE EVENT AS A WHOLE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH, UM, WE HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA SLASH WEB PERSON WHO DOES A GREAT JOB, AND THEN WE PARTNER WITH CLEAR LIFE MEDIA THAT ALSO WORK WITH HER.

LAST YEAR WE DID SOME REALLY FUN VIDEOS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WE WOULD NOT GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT THE IN KIND SERVICES THAT THE CITY GIVES US.

UM, YEAH, I, I USE IT, UH, THIS EVENT AS A LOT OF THE CREATIVE FOR CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGN.

UH, AND I HAVE MY TARGET MARKET SET UP FOR WACO TEMPLE, SAN ANTONIO, AUSTIN FORT WORTH, DALLAS AREA.

SO DEFINITELY OUT OF MARKET.

AND I MEAN, YOU CAN EVEN SEE FROM HER HEAT MAP, WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM HOUSTON, WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, SO TO ME THAT'S PRETTY GOOD FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SAY.

AND IRONICALLY, I JUST GOT A TEXT FROM THAT GO BANKING RATES.

THEY DO A LOT OF WRITINGS ON MOST AFFORDABLE CITIES.

THEY RATED LEAGUE CITY THE MOST 13TH AFFORDABLE PLACE TO VISIT IN THE STATE.

OH, WOW.

I MEAN, IT JUST CAME OUT.

I'LL SEND IT TO YOU GUYS TO PUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

I GOT AN ALERT.

I'M LIKE, WOW, THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

SO WE'RE THE 13TH MOST AFFORDABLE PLACE TO VISIT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

NICE.

CHRISTMAS PARADE.

HOLIDAY PARK HOLIDAY IN THE PARK.

WHAT'S CRAZY ABOUT THIS IS THE AVERAGE PERSON THINKS THIS IS A CITY EVENT BECAUSE IT IS SO LARGE SCALE.

AND I DO HAVE TO GIVE PROPS.

I MEAN, I, I'VE ONLY BEEN A PART OF IT, YOU KNOW, FOR I GUESS EIGHT OF THOSE 28 YEARS.

BUT IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY CRAZY WHAT THIS HANDFUL OF VOLUNTEERS CAN PUT OFF EVERY PUT, YOU KNOW, PULL OFF EVERY YEAR.

AND OF COURSE THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY BETWEEN MARKETING, POLICE, EMERGENCY SERVICES.

LIKE, IT'S A PRETTY LARGE SCALE THING FOR US TO PULL OFF EVERY YEAR.

SO, UM, THIS, THIS GRANT WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO HELP US.

WE DO GET A LOT OF SPONSORSHIPS.

IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A 5 0 1 C3, YOU KNOW, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

SO WE SPEND A LOT OF OUR TIME GETTING SPONSORSHIPS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES AND STUFF.

SO THIS WOULD HELP AMBER.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD, UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE PRESENTATION, I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY THOROUGH.

I PERSONALLY HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE HOLIDAY INN, THE PARK MM-HMM .

UH, BUT I HAD A REALLY GOOD VISUAL.

UH, I, AGAIN, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY THOROUGH, BUT WHAT I, WHAT I HEARD, AND SOMETIMES I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE INDUSTRY I'M IN, WE MAY NOT GET THE, THE ROOM SIDE OF THINGS AS MUCH, BUT I HEARD COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, DIFFERENT HANDS, VOLUNTEERS.

UM, AND SOMETIMES, UH, I THINK THAT GOES A LONG WAY.

BUT AGAIN, I, I THOUGHT IN THIS INSTANCE WITH THE PRESENTATION, I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY THOROUGH AND, AND, AND, UH, I THINK THAT THEY HAVE IT SET UP FOR SUCCESS

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CURRENTLY.

AND IT, AND IT SEEMS AS IF, UH, YOU KNOW, IT CONTINUES THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE GROWTH ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

BUT, UH, I THINK AT THE ROOT OF IT, UH, COMMUNITY'S GONNA BE THE KEY HERE WITH THIS ONE.

AND, AND, UH, I, I, I, I LIKE THE CONCEPT, JUST MY 2 CENTS.

UM, AND ON THAT, I REMEMBER MY SECOND QUESTION.

UM, AND THIS MIGHT BE ACTUALLY A STEPHANIE QUESTION.

SO THERE ASK IS 10 GRAND.

UM, HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE HAVE LEFT IN OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR TO, WE JUST STARTED A BRAND NEW BUDGET YEAR AS OF OCTOBER 1ST.

WE HAVE 10 THOU, I'M SORRY, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE NEED TO AWARD FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.

AND THIS GOES INTO THAT.

IT'LL GO INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

THIS THIS BRAND NEW ONE? YES.

WE HAVE A WHOLE NEW POT.

WE, UH, LAST YEAR AWARDED, UM, RIGHT AT RIGHT AT HALF THE AMOUNT.

THERE ANY OTHER APPLICATIONS COMING UP TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS? UH, DO YOU HAVE LIKE A ROUGH ESTIMATE ON THAT? YES.

MAYBE 50,000.

SO WE, YEAH, WE DO NEED TO, WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB OF SPENDING.

ARE

[V. HOT Grant Presentation: 2026 Blue Knights Law Enforcement Conference]

OH, SORT OF LIKE, I GUESS LIKE ROUGH DOLLAR AMOUNT, MAYBE DOLLAR AMOUNT.

WE'RE, WE'RE NOWHERE NEAR HALF AT THIS POINT, BUT, UM, WE HAVE ONE NEW THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TODAY.

WE'RE GONNA POSTPONE IT FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

AND THEY HAVE A CONVENTION PLAN FOR APRIL, NO, I'M SORRY, MAY, 2026.

THEY'RE BRINGING, THEY HAVE 300 HOTEL ROOMS ALREADY BLOCKED FOR IT, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE REQUESTING MONEY FOR A TRANSPORTATION COMPONENT FOR THAT EVENT.

SO, UH, THAT'S A NEW ONE, BUT THE REST OF THEM WILL BE SIMILAR.

WE, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, UH, GET A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE WORD OUT ABOUT THIS, BUT, UM, THE BALLET WITH THE SUGAR POINT FERRY WEEKEND, WE'LL PROBABLY ASK IN NEXT YEAR, UH, THE HOUSTON AIR SHOW, UH, THE BOAT PARADE, THE HISTORY PROGRAM, THE ONES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, REGULARS.

BUT WE HAVE, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A NEW ASK FOR AN EVENT THAT'S GROWING EVERYTHING, BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT OF NEW ONES.

WE HAD THE TEXAS OUTLAW CHALLENGE THIS YEAR.

THAT WAS A NEW ONE.

THE BOAT.

AND THEN I REMEMBERED ANOTHER SIDE QUESTION.

I'M SO SORRY.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE AS IF THEY'RE GONNA BE PUTTING A LOT OF THAT MONEY INTO SOME SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY YOU LIKE WHAT THE CITY'S DOING? OR ARE THEY DOING THAT? NO, THEY'LL BE DOING THAT.

THEY'LL BE DOING ALL THAT.

WE DO, WE DO SUPPORT IT AND WE DO USE THAT EVENT, UH, WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF AS WELL, BUT THEY'RE DOING THEIR OWN THING AS WELL.

FROM THE BRAND NEW AGENCY THAT WAS HIRED BY THE HOST COMMITTEE ABOUT SOME MARKETING EFFORTS UP THERE JUST STARTING TO DO, TO INTRODUCE HOUSTON TO THE WORLD.

COOL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

DOES ANYONE HAVE A MOTION? I WILL SEE THIS AS WELL.

ADDITIONALLY, I DO THINK THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN GROWING AND I THINK IT DOES BRING VALUE, UM, ESPECIALLY GIVEN HOW IT SUPPORTS OUR HOLIDAY MARKETING THAT WE DO FOR TOURISM.

UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO, UM, MAYBE THIS IS YOUR FIRST YEAR, STEPHANIE, OUR TEAM DOES AN AMAZING JOB TO DO OUTREACH, UM, TO GET PEOPLE TO COME HERE DURING THE HOLIDAYS ESPECIALLY.

UM, SO I THINK THAT THIS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A HEADS AND BEDS EVENT, I DO THINK THAT IT WILL HELP OUR OVERHAUL INITIATIVES.

SO I WILL PUT IN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE $10,000 FOR RECENT PROUD.

I'LL SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? AND I'LL, SO THAT'S FIVE YESES.

[X. CVB update]

SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF PAPERS IN FRONT OF ME.

WE HAD SEVERAL TREES TODAY, .

SO OCTOBER IS, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE ARE HERE, BUT WE ARE HERE.

UH, IT'S BEEN VERY BUSY THIS LAST MONTH, JUST RECAPPING.

LAST SEPTEMBER PRODUCTION, I ATTENDED, UH, THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF CONVENTION OF ISRAEL BUREAU'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE THAT WAS HELD IN FORT WORTH.

NOW IT'S REBRANDED AS DESTINATIONS, TEXAS.

THEY DID A WHOLE LIKE, UNVEILING THING THERE.

UM, AND THEN AT THE VERY END OF THE MONTH, I ATTENDED THE TEXAS TRAVEL SUMMIT, WHICH WAS HELD IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, WITH TEXAS TRAVEL ALLIANCE.

AND BOTH OF THEM WERE EXCELLENT CONFERENCES.

UH, A TON OF NOTES AND GOOD INFORMATION THERE FOR NEW IDEAS, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD FOR ME TO GET EXCITED AND COME, YOU KNOW, GET REINSPIRED FOR EVERYTHING.

SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.

ALSO, BEEN PARTICIPATING IN A LOT OF WORLD CUP HOUSTON HOST COMMITTEE UPDATES ABOUT THE, THE SOCCER EVENT HAPPENING NEXT YEAR.

THE GIANT SOCCER EVENT, UH, ATTENDED IN ONE MONTH, FIVE OF THOSE MEETINGS.

1, 2, 2 MEETINGS IN ONE WHAT? SOCCER EVENT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

SOCCER THING HAPPENING.

I DON'T KNOW.

UH, SO A LOT OF UPDATES FINALLY COMING THROUGH ON THAT.

TRANSPORTATION ISN'T STARTING TO, I'M FEELING A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT IT.

SO WE ARE STILL DOING PARTNERSHIP COLLABORATIONS.

THIS LAST FRIDAY WE HAD A, OUR TOURISM, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING AT BAY H WE HEARD

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SO IT'S GONNA BE GREAT.

UH, SO WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, COMING TOGETHER SAYING, OKAY, HOW CAN WE DO THE BEST WE CAN TO WELCOME THE GROUP? SO WE'RE EXPECTING A LOT OF SHORT TERM RENTAL ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

THEY HAVE A PARTNERSHIP ALREADY SET UP WITH AIRBNB, AND THEY'RE ALSO GONNA BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON RIDESHARE.

SO WE'RE TALKING TO TRANSPORTATION, UH, TO UBER, TO LYFT AND, UM, WORKING THROUGH LIKE DROP OFF LOGISTICS AND ALL THAT STUFF.

THE BIG FAN FESTIVAL THAT WE'LL BE RUNNING FOR 39 DAYS IN EDO, UH, THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT IS, IS KIND OF BEING BUILT STILL ALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE FUN.

SO AS SOON AS WE GET REAL, YOU KNOW, DROP OFF PICK UP LOCATIONS AND SPECIFICS ON THINGS LIKE THAT, WE WILL, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO SHARE ALL THAT STUFF OUT.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE DOING A LOT OF OF MEETINGS.

SO ALSO I'M WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UH, SCOTT LIVINGSTON AND, UH, TRAN.

AND WE HAVE A MEETING SET UP, I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK OR MAYBE THIS MAYBE TOMORROW, UH, WITH C-C-I-C-C-I-S-D TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT USING THEIR BUSES OR TRANSPORTATION THAT WE WOULD USE TO SHUTTLE AND PICK UP FROM OUR LOCAL LAKE CITY HOTELS AND DROP OFF AT AND HAVE SOME SORT OF A PROGRAM THEN SET UP.

AND THAT WOULD BE FREE TRANSPORTATION OR MAYBE A CHARGE.

I'M NOT SURE HOW HIS HOT TAXES CAN BE USED FOR TOURISM, TRANSPORTATION, ESPECIALLY TO OUR HOTELS, TO A DROP OFF LOCATION LIKE THAT.

SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE WANNA LOOK AT.

I DON'T KNOW IF, IF WE DO A GRANT REQUEST FOR IT OR IF WE JUST FIND OUT HOW MUCH IT IS AND JUST DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO ANYWAY, SO THESE ARE KIND OF IN THE WORKS AND WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS.

UM, SO YEAH, IT'S BEEN A PRETTY ACTIVE MONTH ON SOCCER STUFF.

UH, BIG STAFF ANNOUNCEMENT.

OUR FISCAL YEAR ROLLED OVER OCTOBER 1ST AND I, IT WAS APPROVED THAT JULIANA AGUILAR IS NOW PROMOTED TO EMPLOYEE JULIANA.

SO WE HAVE DOUBLED OUR STAFF NOW.

SHE SO EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON.

SHE RUNS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, HELPS ME WITH WEBSITE AND, UH, CONTENT AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT.

SO WELCOME JULIANA.

THANK YOU .

UH, SO WE'VE ALSO BEEN WRAPPING UP OUR FISCAL YEAR 25 AND OUR NEW, WE'RE IN OUR NEW BUDGET YEAR, SO I, I GAVE YOU A COPY IN YOUR PACKET THERE OF, UM, THE LINE ITEM DETAIL, SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS THAT ARE NOTED IN YOUR PACKET HERE.

UM, I'M JUST SKIPPING ALL OVER THE PLACE HERE, BUT TOWARDS THE END PAGES, UH, I GUESS PAGE 10 SHOWS YOU THE ADOPTED BUDGET NUMBER AND IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT ON, I'M, I'M SORRY, THE BLUE PACKET THAT HAS THE DOCUMENTS UP ON IT.

UH, THIS SHOWS YOU LIKE THE OVERVIEW OF ALL THE ACCOUNTS AND THEN THIS DOCUMENT HERE IS LIKE THE DETAILS OF WHAT MAKES UP THESE KIND OF TOTALS THERE.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE, WHERE WE ARE.

THIS IS HOW THE CITY GIVES IT TO US.

SO IT'S NOT AS PRETTY AS THIS, BUT IT'S OKAY.

UM, SO WE DO HAVE, LET ME SEE THE OVERALL, AND THERE'S A SUMMARY DETAIL HERE.

I GUESS I COULD SKIP TO THAT.

UM, SINCE WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW, DO YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THAT REAL QUICK? SO ABOUT THE FUND HIGHLIGHTS, UH, THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE AND THE SUMMARY THERE.

THE FUNDS USED TO, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT IS PUBLISHED IN THE CITY'S BUDGET BOOK.

SOME OF THE NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE WERE, THAT WE WERE APPROVED FOR WAS JULIANA, UM, BEING FULL-TIME.

AND THEN ALSO THERE'S A PORTION THAT OF THE SALES PERSON OUT AT THE BALLPARK AT LEAGUE CITY'S SALARY, THERE'S A PORTION OF HER, UH, SALARY THAT COMES OUT OF THE HOT BUDGET THERE.

UM, SHE'S CALLED THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.

SO IT'S 0.25% OF HER SALARIES PAID LOT.

HAS SOMEONE BEEN HIRED FOR THAT YET? YEAH.

OH, GOOD.

SHE JUST GOT HIRED TO MEET, TO BRING HER IN MAYBE AT A FUTURE MEETING.

UH, ALSO A COOL THING IS THAT A VISITOR INTERACTIVE KIOSK IS GOING TO BE PUT OUT AT THE BALLPARK.

SO I HAVE, I GOT APPROVAL FOR THAT.

AND THEN THE REST OF OUR, OUR BUDGET IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN YEARS PAST.

UM, THERE IS MONEY IN THERE FOR OUR ART INITIATIVE.

THERE'S MONEY IN THERE FOR, UM, UH, THE HOT TAX GRANTS, WHICH IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AGAIN THIS YEAR.

SO WE NEED TO SPREAD THE WORD TO OUR AREA ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, AVAILABILITY AND LET PEOPLE KNOW IF THEY HAVE TOURISM PROGRAMS THAT WOULD COME AND, YOU KNOW, IMPACT OUR LOCAL TOURISM INDUSTRY THAT THEY NEED TO PUT THESE APPLICATIONS IN FOR THAT.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ALL HAD A COPY OF THEIR BUDGET THERE.

OKAY, I'M GONNA GO BACK UP REAL QUICK.

UH, MEDIA PROMOTIONS.

THIS PAST WEEK WE FILMED A SEGMENT WITH, UH, EXPEDITION TEXAS THAT WILL BE AIRING IN NOVEMBER ON CW 39 IN HOUSTON.

IT'S A TOURISM SPOT AND IT'S ABOUT A TWO MINUTE LONG SEGMENT TALKING ABOUT LEE CITY, UM, WHY WE SHOULD COME VISIT AND TALKING ABOUT OUR HISTORY AND OUR STORY AND JUST SHOWCASING OUR AREA.

AND I WILL ADD THAT ERRORS ACROSS STATIONS ACROSS TEXAS AS WELL, NOT JUST HOUSTON.

SO, UM, SO YEAH, IT'LL BE LOCAL AFFILIATES.

YEAH, LOCAL AFFILIATES

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SPOT.

SO IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, OUR TV SPOT FIRST THING OF THE YEAR.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF ADVERTISING THAT I'M WORKING ON RIGHT NOW FOR OUR HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN, OUR ADS AND OUR CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR.

SO GOOD.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW 'EM TO YOU.

I DON'T HAVE THEM TO SHOW YOU RIGHT.

THIS SECOND BECAUSECAUSE, I JUST GOT THEM THIS MORNING.

UH, BUT WE HAVE A NEW VIDEOGRAPHER AND HE HELPED ME ADD SOME SPARKLES TO MY, SO MY ADS AREN'T JUST STATIC FLAT BANNERS ANYMORE.

THEY TWINKLE AND SO I'M JUST , BUT THEY'RE SO PRETTY AND THEY'RE VERY CUTE.

SO I'LL SHOW THEM TO YOU NEXT TIME.

UH, AND THEY'LL BE PLACED, I HAVE 'EM, I HAVE TARGETED ADS RUNNING THROUGH DATA FI ORANGE 1 42 AND THERE WILL BE PIECES IN CULTURE BACK HOUSTON THAT ALSO GOES OUTTA THE MARKET AS WELL.

UH, AND THEN I'M WORKING ON PLANNING FOR THE KIOSK.

I'VE GOTTA PULL EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND GET PLACEMENT, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF DONE.

SO, ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN OUR MONTHLY STATS, I'M SO SORRY.

UH, HERE'S OUR MONTHLY DASHBOARD FOR TRAFFIC.

WE HAD IN SEPTEMBER, 3000 300 USERS, 3,700 SESSIONS, AND OUR ENGAGEMENT RATES ARE IMPROVING TO 57% THERE.

IS THAT RIGHT? AND, UM, LET'S SEE, YES.

AND OUR OVERALL TRAFFIC AT PAGE VIEWS WERE HIGHER.

THEY'RE SPENDING MORE TIME INTERACTING WITH OUR CONTENT.

AND YOU CAN SEE OUR TOP PAGES FOR LAST MONTH FOR OUR HOMEPAGE IS AT LEAGUE CITY, OUR TOURISM ATTRACTION THINGS TO DO.

EVENTS, EVENTS, EVENTS.

AND WE STILL ARE HAVING SOME ERRORS, BUT THEY'RE GETTING RESOLVED TOO.

SO, UH, THE SEARCH ENGINES HAVE, UH, BOOKMARKED OLD, OLD PAGES AND THAT ARE STILL SHOWING UP IN SEARCH RESULTS AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET ALL THOSE REDIRECTS DONE.

SO THAT'S ALWAYS FUN.

UH, VISIT WIDGET APP, THINGS ARE GOING WELL.

OUR TOP PERFORMING CONTENT LAST MONTH WERE HELEN GARDENS, HELEN'S GARDENS, THE PARTY BOATS, AND THE HISTORIC DISTRICT BUS GROUP TOUR THAT I MADE A LITTLE ITINERARY, SO THAT'S GETTING SOME TRACTION JUST RANDOMLY, WHICH IS GOOD.

UH, WE HAD OVER 3000 USERS AND 17 DOWNLOADS AND OVER 8,000 PAGES FOR THE THAT APP, UH, FOR SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE HAD, UH, FOR, FOR FACEBOOK ALONE, UH, 98,000 IMPRESSIONS AND A REACH OF 43,200.

UH, WE HAVE NOW OVER 6,000, ALMOST 6,500 FOLLOWERS ON FACEBOOK, WHICH IS GREAT.

UM, AND OUR TOP CONTENT WAS ALL, YOU KNOW, OUR NEW MURAL THAT DID VERY, VERY WELL.

YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE PICTURE OF THERE.

AND THEN THE HALL HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES IN THE MUSIC AND HISTORIC DISTRICT.

AND THEN THIS IS FOR INSTAGRAM WITH OVER 3000 FOLLOWERS NOW.

AND OUR IMPRESSION NUMBERS 13,400.

OUR REACH WAS A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THAT 1,900, WHICH IS A HUGE, BUT STILL VERY NICE, UH, THAT THAT CHANNEL IS GROWING FOR US.

UH, THE HAPPY SEPTEMBER, THE EVENT PREVIEWS FOR THE MONTH DID REALLY WELL.

AND THEN THAT'S OUR BUDGET TALK.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY.

UH, YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A COPY OF LAST YEAR'S TOURISM PLAN.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD A COPY OF LAST YEAR.

SO YOU CAN SEE I'VE GOTTA UPDATE IT FOR THIS YEAR.

AND I WANTED TO GET YOUR INPUT ON ANY CHANGES OR IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE.

WE CAN DO A DISCUSSION.

I'VE MADE A LITTLE SURVEY, I PRINTED IT OUT, AND I HAVE A QR CODE, IF YOU'D RATHER DO IT THAT WAY.

I'M NOT SURE.

I JUST WANT YOUR FEEDBACK.

I WANT YOUR DIRECTION, YOU'RE MY ADVISORY BOARD.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

YOU GUYS THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS BRINGING VALUE TO LEAGUE CITY AND BRINGING THE RIGHT KIND OF ECONOMIC IMPACT TO US.

SO I WANTED TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT.

OVERALL DIRECTIONS, PRIORITIES, MARKETING, PROMOTIONS, NEW IDEAS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO YOU'RE WELCOME, WELCOME TO TELL IT TO ME AND HAVE SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT.

TAKE THE SURVEY, SEND IT BACK TO ME, AND THAT WILL HELP ME, UH, WITH THE ANNUAL PLAN THAT I'M WORKING ON RIGHT THIS SECOND.

SO, ANY IDEAS OR THOUGHTS ON THAT, OR YOU JUST WANT TO TAKE, YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL 'EM.

I KNOW IT KIND OF HIT YOU ON THE SPOT.

SORRY.

DOING LOT RIGHT NOW.

I GET IT.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA THAT YOU DID THAT AND DEFINITELY I WILL DEFINITELY TAKE THE TIME TO FILL IT OUT.

ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.

HONESTLY, I THINK THIS IS AMAZING, BUT I ALSO MYSELF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SOME TIME RIGHT NOW.

READY? SAID GO.

THAT'S FINE.

UH, LET'S SEE WHAT'S NEXT.

BEFORE I LET Y'ALL OFF WITH THIS, SO ANOTHER THING I HAVE BESIDES THE TOURISM PLAN THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, OUR ANNUAL CBB BOARD REPORT IS DUE TO CITY COUNCIL TODAY BY FIVE, AND I GAVE YOU A COPY FROM WHAT YOUR BOARD REPORT IS .

IT'S A DRAFT, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY, YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO PRESENT IT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL ANYMORE.

DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE DAYS? NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO PRESENT, IT'S JUST A REPORT.

THAT IS A REPORT.

IS IT THIS, IT IS THAT.

UH, ROOM NIGHTS ARE SOLD.

SO THAT'S THE DRAFT.

I MEAN, I WILL TO, IT'S GOTTA BE ONLY TWO PAGES, SO I HAVEN'T FORMATTED IT AND MADE IT PRETTY YET, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE WORDING ON IT.

I'VE BEEN, I, I'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR TO KIND OF CLARIFY WHAT TOURISM BRINGS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW DOES IT, YOU KNOW, REALLY IMPACT AND, AND WHAT DOES IT DO FOR OUR, OUR CITIZENS AND OUR RESIDENTS.

AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY CLEAR ON THAT, THAT IT'S A POSITIVE AND A POSITIVE.

IT IS NEW MONEY COMING INTO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.

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PEOPLE COME HERE, THEY BRING, THEY BRING THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

IT'S GOOD PR, IT'S GOOD AWARENESS.

IT BRINGS BUSINESS NEW MONEY INTO OUR, THEY STAY IN OUR HOTELS, THEY EAT IN OUR RESTAURANTS.

THEY SPEND MONEY, THEY GENERATE TAX REVENUE.

AND SO JUST, YOU KNOW, REALLY FOCUSING ON THAT ROI THERE.

SO I, I WAS TRYING TO KIND OF ADD THAT IN BECAUSE I'VE HAD TO DO A LOT OF THOSE REPORTS LATELY.

AND I JUST WANT TO, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AND MAYBE GET ANY SORT OF INPUT FROM YOU ON THAT.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

WE'RE DOING A LOT OF REPORTS RIGHT NOW, AND ON MY DOOR.

I'VE HAD IT SHUT ALL WEEK.

SOMETHING YOU'RE WORKING ON REPORTS, I'VE GOTTA DO MY REPORTS.

SO ANY INPUT OR FEEDBACK YOU HAVE ON THAT, IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

WHAT ELSE? IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE? I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S THE MOST WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS.

UH, AIRSHOW IS THIS WEEKEND.

IF WE DID, UH, AS PART OF OUR HOT GRANT PROGRAM, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TICKETS FOR THE CITY AND WE DISTRIBUTED TICKETS TO OUR HOTELS, UH, SO THAT THEY COULD SHARE THAT WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES, THEIR HOUSEKEEPING STAFF.

UH, EVERY YEAR I, I GET, YOU KNOW, A CALL FROM HAMPTON, UH, FROM CAL PE AND HE'S LIKE, HEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY TICKETS RIGHT HERE? SO I'M LIKE, ABSOLUTELY I DO.

SO, UH, WE, WE GAVE THEM TICKETS THIS YEAR.

SO WE SENT THEM OUT TO ALL OF OUR HOTELS HERE IN LAKE CITY TO THANK THE WORKERS AND EVERYTHING SO THAT THEY CAN GET, ATTEND THAT EVENT.

AND IF YOU HAVE NOT TOLD ME YOU WANTED SOME, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

I HAVE THEM.

UH, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE USING THEM FOR, UH, CITY EMPLOYEES WITH HR.

I'M GONNA CALL HR AND GET THEM OUT.

AND SO WE'VE HAD, AND YOU DID A LITTLE CONTEST TOO.

AND WE DID A CONTEST.

NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 22ND.

WE USE 'EM FOR MARKETING, UH, FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AT THE AIR SHOW.

UH, THERE IS SOME DISRUPTIONS WITH THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN RIGHT NOW WITH THAT.

SO THERE'S A LITTLE EXTRA BUZZ GOING ON.

UM, THAT SHUTDOWN IS AFFECTING NOT ONLY THE AIR SHOW BECAUSE THE, THE THUNDERBIRDS AREN'T ABLE TO TO FLY IF, IF IT'S STILL NOT WORKING.

UH, BUT ALSO FLEET WEEK IS BEING AFFECTED, WHICH IS THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER.

SO THAT'S GONNA BE SOME, THAT'S A DISRUPTION AS WELL.

YEAH, THAT'S BAD.

YI, THAT WAS AN UPDATE LAST WEEK FROM BAY HEADS COMMITTEE.

SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND AIR SHOW AND YOU NEED TICKETS.

UH, ALSO THE SUGAR PLUM FERRY WEEKEND.

WE HAVE A TABLE AT THE BREAKFAST THIS YEAR, AND I NEED TO KNOW IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THAT ON BEHALF OF THE CBB IN LEE CITY TOO.

SO LET ME KNOW.

IT'S PERFECT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.

WHAT IS THE DATE? UM, I KNOW I ALWAYS FORGET HOW LONG.

I WAS GONNA SAY WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS YOU.

IT IT BE SATURDAY, IT'LL BE THE 23RD I THINK.

NOVEMBER THE 21ST.

NO, 22ND, 22.

SO IT'S RIGHT BEFORE THE, IT'S SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER.

, IT'S NOVEMBER THE 22ND AND IT'S IN THE MORNING, I THINK EIGHT O'CLOCK, EIGHT 30 MAYBE.

I HAVE, WE HAVE A TABLE UP FOR THE BREAKFAST.

JUST ONE.

WERE YOU LOOKING TO FILL THAT? AND THAT IS THE END OF OUR REPORT.

THANK YOU.

COMMENTS AND UPDATES, , UH, NO COMMENTS AND UPDATES, BUT JUST A QUESTION ABOUT THE SURVEY.

SO EVERYONE PLEASE DO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO FILL THAT SURVEY OUT FOR HER.

THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY.

UM, AND MAYBE WE, IF YOU WANNA GIVE US LIKE A SUMMARY? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

[XI. Board member comments and updates]

UM, WHEN DO YOU WANT IT BY? OH, THAT'S GOOD.

UH, RIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW.

GIVE PREFERABLY ASAP, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST IN CASE WE NEEDED THAT, I WAS PROCRASTINATE.

I KNOW I LUNCH MAYBE TWO WEEKS.

TWO WEEKS, TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.

IS THAT OKAY? YEAH, NO, THAT'S FINE.

THAT WAY I CAN, UM, YEAH.

AND I GET IT.

THIS IS TWO WEEKS ACTUALLY, AND I GET IT BY OCTOBER 30TH.

AND THAT CAN BE, THAT CAN BE THE ONLINE OR VIA THE PAPER COPY.

CAN WE GET AN EMAIL WITH THE, THE LINK UHHUH? .

AND THE DATE IT'S DUE.

SEND US AN EMAIL WITH THE LINK.

UH, MORE TO COME AND THAT PRECEDES THE, UH, SUGAR PLUM FERRY EVENT THAT WE HAVE THAT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

IS THAT IT? ? OH YEAH, THAT WAS, SORRY.

NO, NO.

THOSE JOSE, UH, NO COMMENTS REALLY.

JUST ACTUALLY WE DO HAVE, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE WE'RE JUST OVER A MONTH AWAY FROM, UH, SOUTH SHORE HARBOR RESORT, OUR GINGERBREAD HOUSE UNVEILING.

WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE MADE THE HOUSE LARGER THIS YEAR.

IT'S, IT'S, OH, THAT'S AWESOME.

IT'S GONNA BE THE BIG ONE.

I'M GONNA BE BIGGER.

I KNOW.

BACK TO THE BIG HOUSE.

IF YOU'LL, IS IT GONNA FIT ? IT, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO PUSH IT UP THE RAMP THROUGH THE DRIVEWAY.

SO IT'S GONNA BE A WORK, UH, PIECE OF WORK.

BUT, UH, THE CHEF AND HIS TEAM HAVE STARTED THAT.

UH, WE START ABOUT A MONTH OUT.

SO,

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IT'S A GREAT EVENT.

GLAD TO HEAR WE HAVE A TABLE THERE.

UH, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE, I ACTUALLY SAT IN ON IT LAST YEAR.

IT'S A PHENOMENAL EVENT.

IT'S, IT'S, AGAIN, KEEPING WITH FESTIVE AND, AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT HOLIDAY IN THE PARK.

UH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES LAKE CITY GREAT.

IT'S, IT'S THAT, IT'S THAT FEEL.

IT'S THE VIBE, IT'S THE COMMUNITY.

UM, YES, IT'S HELD AT SOUTH SHO HARBOR RESORT, HOWEVER MM-HMM .

UH, THIS, THESE EVENTS I'M TALKING ABOUT.

BUT IT'S, IT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO, UH, THIS, THE HOLIDAYS ARE, ARE CLOSE BY.

AND, UH, ON THAT NOTE, WE ARE RECEIVING MORE, UH, CALLS, IF YOU WILL, UH, BUSINESS LEADS FOR THIS HOLIDAY SEASON THAN WE DID LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR PRIOR.

I THINK FOR EVERYONE IN HERE, YOU KNOW, THAT TRANSLATES, UH, FOR ME.

IT MAKES ME THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE MORE TRAFFIC THE END OF, UH, NOVEMBER INTO DECEMBER.

WE HAVE MORE HOLIDAY PARTIES THIS YEAR.

UH, SO AGAIN, EVERYONE WINS WITH THAT.

AND IT'S JUST GOING OFF OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PHONES ARE RINGING.

SO THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD, UH, WAY TO WRAP UP 2025 AND GO INTO 26.

THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE.

I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.

I DID HAVE

[XII. Discuss requests for future agenda items]

A POTENTIAL REQUEST FOR FUTURE, UH, AGENDA ITEMS THOUGH.

SO DO YOU WANT ME TO BRING THAT UP NOW? SURE.

I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF MAYBE WE COULD PUT AN ITEM ON THE, ON THE LIST TO DISCUSS THE MEETING TIMES.

LIKE SPECIFICALLY 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING FOR ME PERSONALLY IS SORT OF TRICKY.

UM, NOT THAT I CAN'T BE HERE 'CAUSE I'M HERE , BUT , IT'S SOMETIMES IT'S, UH, I WORK DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, SO MY MORNING IS BASICALLY SHOT.

SO IT'D JUST BE SOMETHING TO DISCUSS IN THE FUTURE.

SO WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.

YEAH, LIKE AT 10, LIKE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, SOMETHING EARLY OR LATE 6:00 AM SOMETHING.

YEAH, .

IT'S JUST, I'M, THIS IS A PERSONAL THING, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST MEETINGS AND STUFF ARE TOUGH TO SCHEDULE OUR, WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THE JUNK I WENT THROUGH TO KEEP IT AT THIS SIDE.

UM, STEPHANIE, YOU'VE ALREADY SAID, I DID SAY A LOT.

I WILL SAY ABOUT MEETINGS.

UH, THE NEXT ONE THAT'S SCHEDULED, I THINK THE THIRD WEEK OF NOVEMBER, I'M GONNA BE ON A CRUISE.

SO I WASN'T GONNA ASK IF WE CAN BRING IT UP A WEEK, PUSH IT BACK A WEEK.

IT'S IF WE PUSH IT BACK A WEEK, THAT'S THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING, WHICH MAY NOT BE GOOD FOR YOU GUYS.

SO WOULD WE POSTPONE IT TO DECEMBER OR UH, MOVE IT UP? WELL, THESE PEOPLE NEED TO COME TO US, RIGHT? THEY DO.

THEY DO.

WE HAVE TO PROBABLY HAVE A MEETING IN NOVEMBER TO SKIP A MEETING IN DECEMBER.

THEIR EVENT'S NOT UNTIL APRIL.

SO WE COULD PUSH IT TO DECEMBER TO DECEMBER IF WE WANT.

GO AHEAD AND DO HAVE A MEETING IN DECEMBER, WE CAN DO THAT.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING PRESSING IS THERE FOR NOVEMBER THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE PRESSING.

NO.

A QUESTION ON THAT.

UM, GOSH, I HAVE LIKE REALLY BAD BRAIN FOGS THERE.

I'M SO SORRY.

BUT LIKE, UH, ROLL OFFS.

DO WE HAVE ANY PEOPLE ROLLING OFF THIS YEAR? UH, LIKE IN THEIR LAST MEETING WOULD BE DECEMBER.

WE NEED, IF YOUR, UH, TERM IS EXPIRING THIS YEAR, WE NEED YOU TO SUBMIT A NEW APPLICATION.

I THINK YOUR, YOUR TERM WILL BE, UH, EXPIRING AT THE END OF DECEMBER.

IT'S, IT'S STAGGERED TERMS, SO I, I WILL BE REACHING OUT, UH, VERY SOON WITH THAT INFORMATION.

DID DIANA EMAIL YOU THE NAMES? SHE DID.

SHE DID.

I DON'T KNOW IF SHE DID.

I THINK SHE SAID THAT I WILL BE SENDING YOU THE NAMES.

I GOT MINE.

SO YOU MIGHT BE IN THE EMAIL BOX.

SO SHE'LL YEAH, STEPHANIE CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO THOSE THAT NEED AND SHE CAN SEND YOU A LINK TO THE FORM.

SO THAT WAY, WELL, THE REASON I WAS ASKING IS LIKE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED? DEFINITELY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR IN TERMS OF NEW BOARD APPOINTMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO KIND OF HELP US WITH WHEN WE WANNA HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING TO.

I'M HOPING THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CHANGES ON OUR BOARD, BUT THAT NICK NORMALLY WILL SIGN OFF AND COUNSEL WILL SIGN OFF ON THOSE IN DECEMBER AND IT'S SOMETIMES AS LATE AS JANUARY.

SO IT REALLY SHOULDN'T, I MEAN, ULTIMATELY THEY MAKE THE DECISION BASED ON THE APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN, BUT PROBABLY WON'T AFFECT YOUR BOARD REALLY UNTIL JANUARY WHEN YOU HAVE TO DO NEW APPOINTMENTS FOR WHO'S YOUR CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, SECRETARY, OR, OR WHATEVER.

I FORGET WHAT POSITIONS YOU GUYS HAVE, BUT YOU WON'T REALLY BE IMPACTED UNTIL JANUARY.

WE JUST HAVE, IT'S JUST YOU, IS IT JUST PRESENT OF THE I HAVE A VICE CHAIR, SO.

JUDY, AL XRA.

JODY.

NOW JODY MAY DECIDE NOT TO DO IT 'CAUSE SHE'S HAVING A HARD TIME, UH, WITH HER SCHEDULING ATTENDING.

UH, JESSIE.

THIS MAY BE NOT RIGHT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PULLING OFF, SO JUST, I DIDN'T MIND.

SO YEAH, YOU, YOU'RE FINE.

ALL RIGHT.

I'LL SEND YOU ALL THE RIGHT INFORMATION SOON SINCE I GET IT FROM DIANA.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE FOR THAT BEFORE WE JUST NO, Y'ALL JUST MAKE IT, WE JUST CAN DECIDE.

SO DO WE NEED A VOTE ON SKIPPING THE MEETING? CAN WE JUST DECIDE THAT

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EVERYONE OKAY WITH SKIPPING NOVEMBER? MM-HMM .

ARE YOU OKAY WITH SKIPPING NOVEMBER? YEAH.

I MEAN, I'M GOOD WITH IT.

SO, UH, THERE WILL BE NO MEETING IN NOVEMBER.

WE WILL GROUP UP IN DECEMBER.

MAYBE WE WOULD WANNA TALK ABOUT MOVING THAT UP A WEEK JUST TO NOT BE SO CLOSE TO THE HOLIDAYS.

THAT'S COMPLETELY FINE.

UH, THERE WILL ALSO BE A PRESENTATION BY THE, UH, STATE OF TEXAS.

WE RECEIVE OUR TOURISM FRIENDLY DESIGNATION THIS YEAR FROM THE STATE.

IF THEY'RE GONNA COME AND PRESENT IT TO US AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I THINK ON DECEMBER, THE SIX 16TH, I THINK.

16TH OR 18TH, I FORGET.

UH, I WILL SEND THAT DATE OUT TO YOU AS WELL.

PLEASE DO.

I WOULD LOVE FOR Y'ALL TO BE THERE.

WE HAVE A PHOTO OFF FOR THAT.

THE STATE'S GONNA BE THERE TO PRESENT THAT.

DECEMBER SIX.

DECEMBER 16TH AT ROUGHLY SIX O'CLOCK, LIKE 6 0 5, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY COUNCIL YEAH.

AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.

SO MAYBE NEXT MEETING, LIKE DECEMBER 10TH, JUST MOVE IT UP A WEEK IN DECEMBER.

DOES THAT FINE WITH EVERYONE? GET IT FARTHER AWAY FROM THE HOLIDAYS.

DECEMBER 10TH.

UM, DO WE HAVE TO PUT ON THE AGENDA TO CHANGE OUR TIME OR CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT NOW SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP? I, I, YES.

COULD WE JUST MOVE IT UP AN HOUR? SO LIKE NINE? IS THAT, WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL? THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME.

AGAIN, I, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST ONE PERSON, SO RIGHT.

I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PUT IT UP.

SO WE FOUGHT TO KEEP IT DURING THE DAY AND NOT IN THE EVENING.

SINCE WE ARE ALL HERE REPRESENTING OUR BUSINESSES, WE WANTED TO DO IT DURING WORK HOURS.

UM, BUT I THINK NINE O'CLOCK WOULD BE FINE.

I PREFER, WHAT DO WE HAVE? DO YOU PREFER NINE? I PREFER EARLIER, YEAH.

WORKS.

JOSE, DOES IT MATTER? NO.

SO EARLY EARLY WORKS.

I, SO HOW DO WE DO THAT THOUGH? UH, I DON'T, IT'S, I THINK IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.

LIKE LOOK.

I KNOW, I KNOW, BUT WELL, THE ONLY PARAMETER WAS WE HAD TO STREAM IT LIVE.

SO, SO YEAH.

SO IF IT'S A DIFFERENT TIME, I MEAN TIME.

I JUST NEED TO LET THE SCHEDULING GO.

SO DECEMBER 10TH AT 9:00 AM AND THEN WE CAN IS THIS INDEFINITELY OR IS THIS JUST FOR UNTIL I THINK IT SHOULD BE INDEFINITELY.

I MEAN, IT DOES GET US BACK TO OUR JOBS FASTER.

ALL WE SHOULD HAVE TO DO, ALL WE SHOULD HAVE TO DO IS WHEN WE POST IT HAS THE NEW TIME WEBSITE ON THE BOARD AND THEN IT'S ALWAYS AVAILABLE AFTER THE MEETING ANYWAY, SO.

AND THAT WORKS OKAY WITH THE OTHER STUFF YOU GUYS HAVE? YEAH.

CITY COUNCIL WILL BE OKAY WITH THAT.

YES, WE SHOULD, AS LONG AS WE RECORD IT, WE'RE GONNA ADD FOR 10:00 AM I DON'T WHY 9:00 AM WOULD BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN 10:00 AM YES.

THE MAIN THING WAS BEFORE EVENING TIME.

EVENING.

THE MAIN STICKING POINT WAS HAVING IT AFTER FIVE, WHICH WAS WHAT THE COUNCIL REALLY WANTED.

WE'RE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE.

BUT WE GOT A REPRIEVE AND SO WELL WHERE THAT'S WHY WE, THAT'S WHY WE'RE BEING RECORDED.

SO IT CAN BE ON THE WEBSITE.

WE'RE NOT JUST HERE AS CITIZENS.

WE'RE HERE AS BUSINESS YEAH.

WHAT, WHAT DID I ALREADY FORGOT? DECEMBER 10TH.

YEP.

NINE O'CLOCK AND THEN GOING FORWARD WE WILL CHANGE 'EM TO NINE O'CLOCK.

COOL.

ANY COMMENTS? CONGRATULATIONS JULIANA , I THINK YOU WERE ALREADY WORKING FULL TIME, BUT I'M GLAD YOU'RE OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED FOR, UM, MY ONLY COMMENT I'D LIKE, I WOULD NEED TO PUT MY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAT ON.

WE HAD THE PUMPKIN PARADE AND THAT WE KIND OF, WE KIND OF LATCHED OURSELVES ONTO THE FALL FESTIVAL AND IT WORKED REALLY GREAT.

UH, HISTORICALLY THIS PARADE WAS JULY 4TH AND IT WAS DEATHLY HOT, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING A MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUN THIS ARE ELDERLY PEOPLE.

SO WE, UH, THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE DONE IT IN THE FALL, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FALL FEST AND, UM, WE HAD ABOUT 45 KIDS REGISTER.

UM, SO THAT'S PERFECT FOR THIS EVENT.

IT'S INTENDED TO BE KIND OF MORE INTIMATE AND WE WALK FROM THE, UM, UH, WEST BAY COMMON SCHOOL MUSEUM TO THE PARK AND THEN KIND OF, HERE YOU GO, SARAH.

AND HERE YOU GO, SARAH.

GIVE THEM ALL SWAG AND WE CAN GO.

SO, UM, I, I DID SEND AN EMAIL TO MAYOR LONG THANKING, UM, HIM AND THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVING OUR, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? OUR, UH, WE GET A PERMIT TO CLOSE THE STREETS, UH, AND THEY GENEROUSLY WAIVED THE FEE SINCE IT IS THE LAKE CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

WE'RE A NONPROFIT.

UM, SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

AND THERE'S ONE BEYOND THESE RECORDS, BEING GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THANK SARAH AND STEPHANIE AND ASHLEY FOR, UM, THEY DO, UH, GIVE US, THEY SPONSOR US

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WITH SWAG BAGS.

UM, HOPEFULLY THAT'S A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL 'CAUSE MY KIDS GREAT STUFF.

SOME, AND THEN WE BRING THE LEFTOVERS TO SARAH.

SO, UM, IT WORKS GREAT.

UM, AND I WANNA THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT.

UM, AND JUST THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BECAUSE THOSE LITTLE EVENTS ARE GOOD.

'CAUSE IT GETS THE PEOPLE WITH THE YOUNGER KIDS TO COME AND SEE THE MUSEUM.

AND WE DID HAVE THE MUSEUM OPEN AND THEY WENT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GOT TO GO THROUGH.

SO THAT WAS NICE.

THAT REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING REAL QUICK, NOT TO INTERRUPT, BUT I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS SINCE WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A MEETING IN NOVEMBER MM-HMM .

UM, WE'RE HAVING A PLAIN AIR EVENT, WHICH IS BASICALLY PLAIN AIR WHERE YOU PAINT OUTSIDE AND YOU HAVE TO BE DONE WITHIN THREE OR FOUR HOURS.

SO WE'RE HAVING ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE STATE COME TO PLAIN AIR IN NOVEMBER 4TH AND FIFTH.

AND THEN WE'RE HAVING AN ART GALLERY ON THE SIXTH.

BUT THE COOL PART IS ON THE SIXTH THEY HAVE AN OPEN WINDOW BETWEEN NOON AND SIXTH BEFORE THE RECEPTION.

AND SO MIKE AND THE GANG OVER THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS GRACIOUS, GRACIOUSLY ALLOWED THE, THE, THE WHOLE SCHOOL HOUSE AND THE MUSEUM TO BE OPEN.

SO WE CAN SEND THOSE ARTISTS OVER THERE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO.

AND THEN THEY'LL ALSO GO TO THE ARTIST RESIDENCY BUILDING, SO THAT WAY WE'RE KEEPING 'EM IN THE CITY, COMBINING 'EM AND THEY COULD GO SEE THE MUSEUM AND THEN THEY CAN GO TO THE ARTIST OF RESIDENCY.

SO WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THAT FOR US SO WE CAN, UM, WELL WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE OVER TO THE MUSEUM AND SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND THEY'LL BE MAINLY FROM OUT OF THE CITY, SO, WELL, AND IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY GREAT TO HAVE THE MUSEUM HAVING CONSISTENT OPEN HOURS.

WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF TRAFFIC, WHICH I KNOW MIKE WILL COME AND TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT THAT AGAIN.

BUT, UM, PEOPLE ARE GOING, SO IT'S, IT'S AWESOME.

AND THEN OF COURSE WE DO HAVE THE WALKABOUTS, SO IT IS SPOOKY SEASON.

SO IF YOU WANNA COME IN HERE ABOUT MURDER AND MAYHEM IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, I WOULD INVITE ALL OF YOU TO COME BECAUSE THEY'RE SELLING OUT.

THEY ARE SELLING OUT.

BUT IF THERE'S ONE YOU WANNA GO ON, YOU KNOW, A GUY.

SO JUST, UM, BUT THAT'S BEEN A GREAT PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT IS, IT DOES BRING US SOME FUNDS, BUT IT'S JUST BEEN GOOD FOR EXPOSURE AND, AND THANK YOU TO THE, THE CITY AND JULIANA FOR MARKETING THAT FOR US.

UM, AND THEN, UH, YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT LAKE CITY PROUD, SO I'LL SKIP THAT.

BUT, UM, BUTLER'S COURTYARD HAS OUR ANNUAL FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS ONE OF THESE.

IF YOU WANT MORE TO TAKE BACK TO FRIENDS, FAMILY, PLACE OF BUSINESS, I HAVE MORE AND I CAN BRING MORE TO YOU.

UM, THIS IS OUR ANNUAL FREE EVENT THAT WE DO THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WEDDINGS AND, UM, IT'S JUST A CHANCE FOR US TO SHARE THE PROPERTY AND THE BUILDING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER AND, UM, THE CITY GETS A TABLE TO HAND OUT SWAG AND, UH, LAKE CITY PROW GETS A TABLE TO SELL THEIR RAFFLE TICKETS.

I ALSO, UM, GIVE A LITTLE SPACE TO GULF COAST TINY PAWS TO DO ANIMAL ADOPTION.

SO I DON'T HAVE ANY VENDORS SELLING THINGS HERE, BUT I DO HAVE SOME COMMUNITY, UM, PARTNERSHIPS THAT COME AND GET EXPOSURE, EDIT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE SELLING FOOD.

UH, WE DO HAVE THE BAR OPEN AND THEN I'VE HIRED THE REPTILE GUY AGAIN 'CAUSE HE'S ALWAYS, OH, THE REPTILE VERY POPULAR.

AND A CARICATURE ARTIST WHO IS A LEAD CITY RESIDENT.

WE HIRE HIM.

SO IT IS FREE TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THAT.

UM, AND WEDDING WISE, 2025 IS GONNA WRAP UP TO BE REALLY GOOD.

I ECHO WHAT JOSE SAID.

ALL OF OUR COM CORPORATE CHRISTMAS PARTIES THAT WERE COMING BEFORE ARE COMING BACK.

SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD SIGN.

UM, AND SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

AND THEN 2026 IS GONNA PROBABLY BE A PRETTY DECENT YEAR AS WELL.

UM, SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, TAYLOR SWIFT IS MAKING MARRIAGE COOL AGAIN, SO , UM, YEAH, SHE'S REALLY, SHE'S REALLY HELPING OUT THE WEDDING INDUSTRY, SO, UM, THAT'S CRAZY.

IT'S TRUE.

THERE'S, THEY'RE CALLING IT THE SWIFT EFFECTS, THE SWIFT EFFECT ON THE WINNING INDUSTRY AND THERE ARE PEOPLE CURRENTLY STUDYING IT, SO WE'LL SEE.

CRAZY.