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I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE PLACES TO BE.
UM, WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL AND START DOWN THERE.
I WORK WITH THE CBV JOSE MIRANDA, UH, SOUTH SHORE HARBOR RESORT.
STEPHANIE POLK, LEAGUE CITY CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.
AMBER MURPHY WITH BUTLER'S COURTYARD.
CHAVA GENSLER, JUDITH BURLESON, RETIRED CORPORATE MARKETING.
SARAH OSBORNE, CITY OF LEAGUE CITY.
PROUD CHRISTIE WRIGHT, THE LEAGUE CITY PROUD ORGANIZATION.
OR IF XANDER'S JOINING US VIA YES.
AND WE HAVE XRA ON THE OH, OKAY.
UM, ANY CITIZENS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? ALRIGHT.
[4. Approval of Minutes: January 2026]
WE NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY OF TWO.[5. HOT Grant Follow-up Presentation: Holiday In the Park 2025 ]
WE HAVE A FOLLOW UP PRESENTATION FROM, UH, THE LAKE CITY PROUD ORGANIZATION WITH THE HOLIDAY IN THE PARK EVENT.WELL THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE APPRECIATE OBVIOUSLY THE FUNDS VERY MUCH AND ACTUALLY IT'S HELPED US GET OUR STUFF IN ORDER AND, UH, BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ORGANIZED.
AND WE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND THIS YEAR WITH OUR ADVERTISEMENT.
UM, WE, AUDRA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THIS.
SHE HAD TO GO OUTTA TOWN 'CAUSE HER UNCLE SIX.
SO PENNY AND I ARE REPRESENTING, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU NEED IT.
BUT I WAS JUST GONNA KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME BULLET POINTS REAL FAST.
UM, TO KIND OF REITERATE SOME OF THE THINGS WE DID, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST YEARS, BUT WE USED THE PROGRAM A WHOLE LOT MORE, IS WE HAVE AN ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR OUR, UH, MERCHANTS.
I CAN'T CALL 'EM VENDORS ANYMORE.
UM, AND SO WE HAD ZIP CODE DATA FROM THAT, SO WE WERE ABLE TO COLLECT THAT.
THAT IS IN YOUR PACKETS AS WELL.
WE HAD, UH, 39, UH, VENDORS OR MERCHANTS THAT WERE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY, 54 THAT WERE OUTSIDE OF LEAGUE CITY AND 89 THAT WERE IN LAKE CITY.
SO IT WAS KIND OF COOL TO SEE THAT DATA.
SO WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THAT AND GONNA USE THAT DATA EVEN MORE.
UH, THIS YEAR WE ADVERTISED IN THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS THIS YEAR.
UM, WE WERE IN THE COMMUNITY IMPACT, UM, PAPER.
WE HAD THE ROOM BLOCKS AT HAMPTON INN AND SOUTHSHORE HARBOR.
UM, AND WE DID HAVE, I THINK THAT'S IN THE PACKET AS WELL, OR AT LEAST ON THE ONLINE SUBMISSION FORM OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT, HOW MANY HEADS AND BEDS I GUESS THAT WE HAD ON THAT.
UM, FOR AS FAR AS ADVERTISING TOO, WE HAD IKA KNIGHT WAS OUR GRAND MARSHALL, SO SHE IS ON THE A, B, C CHANNEL 13 EARLY MORNING SHOW.
SO THAT BROUGHT A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL OF EXPOSURE TO US THIS YEAR.
SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY THRILLED TO BE HERE.
SHE'S GONNA DO IT WITH US NEXT YEAR.
AND HER NEWS CREW WAS THERE AS WELL AS OUR, UH, CLEAR LIFE MEDIA.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL GOT TO SEE US ON CHANNEL 13 NEWS.
YEAH, SO, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THE PARADE, IT REALLY, IT WAS LIKE A MACY'S DAY PARADE THIS YEAR.
YOU, THEY HAD LIKE ABOVE, YOU CAN SEE 'EM KICKING.
I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS A BIG MORE PROFESSIONAL THING.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO UP OUR GAME EVERY YEAR WITH THAT.
UM, WE ADVERTISED IN THE NEWSPAPER, WE DID, UH, 50,000 DIRECT MAILERS.
UH, WE HAD VISIT LAKE CITY IMPRESSIONS, THAT'S IN THE PACKET AS WELL.
UM, WE HAD OVER 25,000 VISITORS.
UM, 85% WERE LEAGUE CITY RESIDENTS.
12% WERE FROM THE BAY AREA AND 5% WERE OUT OF THE AREA.
UM, WE ALSO DID DOOR HANGERS, UM, IN THE SEDONA, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEN WE DID THE SCHOOL FLYERS TO ALL THE LEAGUE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE HIGHLIGHTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT AGAIN, WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE'RE GONNA REALLY GO AFTER THE HOTELS EVEN MORE THIS YEAR AND TRY TO GET MORE ROOM BLOCKS THAN WHAT WE HAD, GET MORE PARTICIPATION.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH
VERY, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
NEXT YEAR WHEN WE ASK THAT QUESTION, EVERYBODY READS THEIR YEAH.
YOURS, YOURS WILL BE OLD ENOUGH NEXT YEAR TO TAKE IT.
WELL THEN I GUESS THAT'S IT, RIGHT? ANYTHING ELSE? UH,
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NO, I, I I THINK THAT'S GOOD.I SUBMITTED IT AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING Y'ALL IN AND HAVE A LITTLE FOLLOW UP PRESENTATION SO EVERYBODY, IF ANYBODY HAD QUESTIONS, WE CAN ASK THEM.
BUT, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF ADVERTISING THAT WENT WITH IT.
THERE WAS ROOM NIGHT TRACKING.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WAS REQUESTED THIS YEAR WAS TO DO BETTER ON THE TRACKING, TRACKING ZIP CODES.
AND Y'ALL PROVIDED THAT MATERIAL FOR US AND, UM, IN DETAIL.
SO, AND WE'RE GONNA DO EVEN BETTER NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? YES.
WE WE'RE LEARNING, THERE'S FACEBOOK ANALYTICS AND STUFF IN HERE TOO.
I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT THAT, BUT THE PACKET'S PRETTY THOROUGH, I GUESS.
YEAH, NO, THAT'S A VERY DETAILED PACKET.
YEAH, THAT'S ONE OF THE BETTER ONES.
I DID HAVE ONE, ONE QUICK QUESTION.
I HAVE AN EXTRA, I'LL LEAVE MINE HERE.
IF ANYBODY, IF IF THERE'S SOMEBODY MISSING THAT, THAT NEEDS ONE, I'LL JUST LEAVE THIS HERE.
AND THAT WAY SOMEBODY ELSE, YOU CAN TAKE IT BACK TO THE OFFICE OR, I DON'T KNOW, WILL JOHN WANT ONE OR MICHAEL HAS A QUESTION.
YOU MENTIONED SEDONA, YOU DID FLYERS IN SEDONA MM-HMM
IS, IS THERE A PLAN TO DO MORE NEIGHBORHOODS? YES.
IS THERE JUST A SPECIFIC REASON SOMEBODY LIVES IN SEDONA? WELL, WE WERE TRYING TO TARGET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREEWAY BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE THE WEST SIDE, THIS SIDE, THEY KIND OF KNOW ABOUT IT OR THEY'RE GOING DOWN MAIN STREET OR WHATEVER.
I KNOW THERE'S STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T, BUT WE WERE TRYING TO GET THAT SIDE OF THE FREEWAY.
SO YES, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE BOARD'S, TALKED ABOUT IT, AND WE'RE GONNA DO MORE HOUSES, SO I GET IT.
THIS SIDE, MORE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND WE'VE GOT SO MUCH GROWING ON THE WEST SIDE.
I THINK THEY'RE BUILDING 6,500, WELL, 1600 ALONE IN LEGACY.
BUT 1600, I MEAN, YESTERDAY I SAW THE NEIGHBORHOODS PUT UP AND IT WAS 1600.
IT'S, I THOUGHT IT WAS 6,500 TOTAL.
WEST SAW WESTWOOD AND EVERYTHING ELSE YEAH.
THAT ARE CONSIDERED LAKE CITY.
BUT YES, WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THAT IN OUR FINANCES FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO YEAH, IT WAS JUST A TRIAL THING THIS YEAR.
[6. Communications update]
UPDATE.SO I'LL KIND OF FOLLOW ALONG WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN.
SO, UM, FIRST PICTURE IS BECKY STEELE, OUR MURAL ARTIST WHO PAINTED OUR LEAD CITY SOCCER BALL, WHICH IS NOW DONE AND IT'S AT THE POST, UM, IN HOUSTON, WHICH, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO THE HIP POST, IT'S KIND OF A BIG ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX.
AND, UM, THEY HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THERE.
IT'S MOVING TO ANOTHER LOCATION IN MARCH.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE OTHER LOCATION IS YET.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO EMAIL ME, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE TRAVELING BASICALLY EVERY MONTH TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I HAVE TO SAY, OUR BALL LOOKED A LOT BETTER THAN A LOT OF THE OTHER BALLS.
I MEAN, NO, NO JUDGMENT, BUT
UM, AND IT'S VERY CLEARLY LEAGUE CITY AND IT'S REALLY VISUAL.
CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? OF COURSE.
WHAT DO WE HAVE, UH, MONEYWISE IN INVESTED IN THAT $10,000, 10 I VESTED IN IT.
AND THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, MOVING IT AROUND THE, THE BALL ITSELF, GETTING IT PAINTED THE WHOLE THING.
NO, ACTUALLY GETTING IT PAINTED.
IT'S 14,000 BECAUSE WE PAID HER 4,000 TO PAINT IT.
THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE FOR THE SOCCER BALLS WERE PAYING, PAYING THEIR ARTISTS BECAUSE SHE HAD TO PUT SEVERAL COATS OF CLEAR COAT ON IT.
JUST THE SUPPLIES ALONE WAS A, A BIG CHUNK OF CHANGE.
IN ADDITION TO HER DESIGN AND OF COURSE HER PAINTING IT AS WELL, WHICH TOOK A COUPLE WEEKS.
UM, YOU'LL HAVE A FLYER ON YOUR, UH, THAT I HANDED OUT.
PART OF IT IS HUNG UP ALREADY.
THIS IS A LOCAL MAN WHO IS AUTISTIC AND HE AND HIS FATHER HAVE WRITTEN A BOOK, UM, THAT THEY'VE, UH, THAT'S COMING OUT AND IS EXPECTED TO BE A PRETTY BIG SUCCESS.
UM, ADAM HAS, UM, ILLUSTRATED IT.
HIS FATHER, WHO IS A LOCAL PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIOLOGIST, USES THIS STORY ABOUT A SPACEMAN GOING OUT TO SPACE.
AND SO AS HE HOOKS UP ALL THE DEVICES TO THE KIDS BEFORE THEY GO UNDER, UM, THE ANESTHESIA, HE TELLS THE STORY, YOU'RE GOING ON A SPACESHIP AND THIS IS THE STUFF WE HAVE TO PUT ON YOU.
AND SO HE DECIDED AFTER ALL THIS YEARS, BECAUSE HE GETS ASKED AGAIN AND AGAIN TO TELL THE STORY AND SHARE WITH OTHER ANESTHESIOLOGISTS THAT HE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT, UM, AS A NI AS A BEDTIME STORY.
SO ACTUALLY THE EVENT IS NEXT FRIDAY FROM FIVE TO NINE.
WE EXPECT A PRETTY BIG, PRETTY BIG MM-HMM
UM, RECEPTION DASH GORDON IS INVOLVED WITH IT, WITH HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH THE SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY OR KEEP LAKE CITY BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THEN ALL OF THESE MEETING ROOMS ARE GONNA BE FILLED WITH HIS ART AS WELL.
IT'S BASICALLY A, FROM WHAT HE STARTED ART AS PRACTICALLY A TODDLER TO THE FEW TO WHAT HE'S BEEN PRODUCING, UM, WILL BE ON DISPLAY.
SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME TO THAT.
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THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS.IT WILL BE, UH, THEY'RE DUE MARCH 2ND.
WE'VE HAD 14 APPLICANTS SO FAR.
UM, TWO OF OUR RESIDENT ARTISTS ARE GONNA BE APPLYING AGAIN FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY ARTISTS LIKE TO WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE TO PUT IN THEIR APPLICATIONS
SO I, THAT'S WHY MARCH 2ND, WE'LL HAVE, UM, A LOT MORE, UM, APPLICATIONS THAT COME ON IN, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THEY'LL START TO THE NEW ARTIST IN RESIDENCY IN JUNE.
I THINK I CAN PASS SOME OF THIS OVER TO YOU.
HERE'S A WHOLE, HERE'S A WHOLE PACKET.
THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF PAPER
SO, UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE ARE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER OPEN HOUSE EVENT AT THE, UH, AT THE STUDIO SPACE IN APRIL.
WE WERE KIND OF WAITING UNTIL THE TIME CHANGE, JUST SO THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN PARK, WALK, WALK THERE FROM SIX TO EIGHT, AND IT'LL BE LAST, LAST TIME WE HAD TORCHES AND PEOPLE, IT WAS, IT WAS KIND OF COOL.
THEY WALKED ALONG THE PATH AND WE HAD TIKI TORCHES SO THEY CAN SEE.
BUT WE WANTED TO WAIT, UM, AND DO ONE IN THE, IN THE SPRING WHEN THEIR TIME CHANGES.
SO IT WON'T BE SO DANGEROUS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE PATH.
UM, WE HAD A, WE HAD A RECENT, UM, UM, I WANNA CALL IT A OPEN, I GUESS AN OPEN STUDIO DAY WHERE THE ARTISTS WERE THERE ON A FRIDAY, UH, ALL DAY LONG.
AND THEY WERE DOING ART PROJECTS WITH PEOPLE THAT STOPPED BY AND VISITED, SHOWING OFF THEIR ARTWORK.
AND WE HAD 65 PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP FOR THAT.
UM, SO THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING.
WE PLANNED TO DO ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS AS WELL, SINCE IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL.
STATE OF THE CITY IS, OF COURSE, THIS FRIDAY, I HOPE YOU ALL SHOW UP.
WE HAVE SPECIAL LITTLE TRINKETS AND GIFTS FOR YOU.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE'LL HEAR FROM, UM, YOU'LL GET TO SEE A VIDEO OF ME WALKING AROUND AND TALKING AS ALWAYS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, I'LL BE DOING A Q AND A WITH, UH, MAYOR NICK LONG AND CITY MANAGER JOHN BAUMGARTNER.
AND THEN RESIDENTS, OR EXCUSE ME, ATTENDEES WILL BE ABLE TO ASK THEIR OWN QUESTIONS AT THE END, WHICH IS ALWAYS KIND OF EXCITING AS I SHUFFLE THROUGH AND TRY TO READ PEOPLE'S HANDWRITING,
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER FLYER, UH, I HAVE IN THERE IS FOR A DAY OF MUSIC THAT'S COMING UP ON MARCH 21ST.
THIS IS OUR MUSIC COMMITTEE THAT WE FORMED IS PART OF BEING A MUSIC, OFFICIALLY MUSIC CERTIFIED COMMUNITY FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UH, THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN VERY, VERY ACTIVE, AND SO THEY'RE HOSTING AN EVENT MARCH 21ST AT LEAGUE FAR AT LEAGUE PARK.
UM, AMBER HAS BEEN MOST GRACIOUS, UH, SHE'S PARTNERING WITH US ON THIS.
SO SHE IS GOING TO BE HOSTING THE SONGWRITING WORKSHOP AT BUTLER'S COURTYARD.
SHE'S OPENING THE BUTLER'S COURTYARD PARKING LOT FOR PARKING.
I THINK SHE MIGHT HAVE THE BAR OPEN AS WELL.
SO FOR PEOPLE DEFINITELY TO HAVE DRINKS FOR THIS CONCERT.
BUT IT'S BASICALLY, UM, FROM ONE 30 TO NINE FROM ONE 30.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THE SCHEDULE TO ABOUT FIVE 30 OR SIX MORE LIKE SEVEN O'CLOCK WILL BE LOCAL MUSICIANS, UH, AMATEUR ARTISTS.
A LOT OF OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS, THE LEAGUE CITY BAND, THE BAY AREA BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION, THE LEAGUE CITY FOLK ASSOCIATION.
AND THEN OUR HEADLINER AT SEVEN 30 IS TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA.
AND I WROTE IN THERE, THEY'RE THE ONLY MUSICAL ACT THAT IS OPEN FOR BOB DYLAN AND BARNEY, THE PURPLE DINOSAUR
WE EXPECT QUITE A FEW PEOPLE FROM HOUSTON TO COME TO TAKE PART IN THEIR SONGWRITING WORKSHOP.
THEY'RE VERY POPULAR KIND OF FOLK GROUP.
UM, I'M LEARNING A LOT MORE ABOUT THEM.
THEIR SONGS ARE PRETTY FAMILY FRIENDLY AND FUN.
THEY HOST A LOT OF CHILDREN'S WORKSHOPS FOR SONGWRITING.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT TO BRING THE KIDS OUT, UM, TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.
AND THEN, UH, I WANTED TO SHARE THE POSTER FOR WHITE LINE AND KNIGHT.
WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO TWO, AND THEN WE HAD A CON UH, VOTING A VOTE OFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND THIS WAS OUR OVERWHELMING WINNER.
UM, SO THIS WILL BE THE POSTER THAT'S FEATURED.
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, I THINK IT'S JUNE 13TH, IF I REMEMBER THE DATE CORRECTLY.
IT'S ALWAYS THE SECOND SATURDAY.
IT'S ALWAYS THE SECOND SATURDAY.
IT WILL BE ON THE FANS, IT'LL BE ON ALL OF THE PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS THAT YOU, UH, THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT.
AND RIGHT NOW ARTISTS CAN START APPLYING TO HAVE A BOOTH AT WHITELY AND KNIGHT.
AND WE JUST PUT THAT OUT LAST WEEK.
AND I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE 20 APPLICANTS WITHIN A WEEK.
AND AGAIN, THANKS TO AMBER WHO IS SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE FOR WHITE LINE KNIGHT.
WE'RE JUST GETTING AMBER ON EVERYTHING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE COMMITTEES AND PROJECTS YOU CAN BE WORKING ON.
SO AMBER'S ON THE WHITE LINE KNIGHT COMMITTEE THAT'S ALREADY STARTED WORKING ON THE EVENT AS WELL.
SO A LOT OF STUFF, A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON WITH THE ART INITIATIVE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UM, AND A LOT OF EVENTS COMING UP BETWEEN WHITE LAND AND NIGHT.
UM, AND THERE'LL MOST LIKELY BE ANOTHER EVENT OR TWO THAT POPS UP.
WE ALWAYS SEEM TO HAVE MM-HMM
THINGS THAT POP UP AT THE LAST, WHETHER THERE'S A MARKET OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT POPS UP.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY.
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YOU, SARAH.AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL STATE OF THE CITY ON FRIDAY, SARAH.
WHAT'S THE, IS THE SOCCER BALL MADE OUT OF THE SAME MATERIALS OR A REGULAR SOCCER BALL? IT'S, IT'S FIBERGLASS.
YEAH, IT WAS BROKEN AND IT, WELL, IT, WHEN IT, WE GOT IT, PUT IT OVER AT THE BALLPARK AT LEAGUE CITY THINKING IT COULD BE REALLY COOL TO BE ON DISPLAY WHILE SHE WAS PAINTING IT
SO WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, YOU'RE PAINTING IT IN YOUR GARAGE, YOU'RE NOT DOING, SO WE HAD IT, WE SENT IT OFF TO HAVE A FIBERGLASS EXPERT FIX IT, AND HE DID A GREAT JOB.
UM, IT'S, IN FACT, I TAPPED ON IT COMPARED TO ALL THE OTHER SOCCER BALLS AT THE POST.
UM, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY, IT'S BEEN REINFORCED
IT HAS BEEN LIKE TRIPLE REINFORCED BY THIS GUY THAT FIXED IT AND, UM, SO, SO YEAH, IT'S MADE OUT OF FIBERGLASS.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW BIG IT IS.
IT'S THREE FOOT BY THREE FEET.
I HOPE IT GOES TO ONE OF THE AIRPORTS.
IT'D BE REALLY COOL IF IT WAS THAT HOBBY.
ARE Y'ALL DO, ARE Y'ALL GONNA BE ABLE TO TRACK IT AND LIKE POST PICTURES AND YEAH.
LOOK FOR YEAH, WE'RE GONNA TRACK IT IN THOSE PICTURES.
SO I TOOK A PICTURE OF MYSELF ACTUALLY WITH IT AT THE POST, BUT SINCE IT'S ONLY GONNA BE THERE FOR ANOTHER WEEK, I FIGURED WE'D WAIT TILL THE MARCH WHERE IT'S GONNA BE IN MARCH, APRIL.
I ALMOST WISH WE COULD HAVE PUT LIKE A AIR TAG OR GET AN AIR TAG ON IT TO TRACK IT TRACKER.
WE COULD BE LIKE, HERE, HERE'S WHERE IT IS.
MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT'S LIKE IT'S TRAVELING AND TRACK IT.
LIKE WE KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING.
BUT YEAH, WE PLAN AND THEN WE GET IT BACK.
THIS EXCITING PART WHEN IT'S ALL DONE WORLD CUP'S OVER AND SO WE CAN, WE HAVE TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHERE TO PUT IT, WHERE IT'S SAFE AND HAS TO SIGNED.
WELL, IT ALMOST NEEDS TO BE UP HIGH, UP KIND OF HIGH.
THE THING IS THAT THE BALLPARKS, THEY DO HAVE THOSE LIKE YEAH.
THEY HAVE THOSE CEMENT THINGS THAT THE KIDS CAN JUMP ON.
SO IT'S PROBABLY, SO WE'RE GONNA FIGURE THAT OUT SINCE WE WON'T GET IT BACK UNTIL END OF THE SUMMER.
WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO THINK OF SOMEPLACE CREATIVE TO PUT IT.
SO THE KIDS, I MEAN, I GET IT.
YOU WANNA STAND ON IT, YOU WANNA JUMP ON IT.
IT'S A NATURAL KIND OF INCLINATION TO WANNA DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, KIDS, I MEAN, EVEN ADULTS, I CAN SEE THEM WANTING TO GET ON TOP OF IT OR SIT ON IT YOU OR LEAN ON IT OR, YEAH.
DEPENDING HOW BIG YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT SUPPORT YOU, SO.
[7. Tourism Report ]
UH, TOURISM REPORT.YOU HAVE MY PRINTED DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF YOU, SO THERE'S THAT.
BUT I'M GONNA JUST KIND OF GO ON THE SCREEN IF THAT'S OKAY.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON EVERYTHING FOR OUR SPRING ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN.
UH, WE HAVE ADVERTISING THAT LAUNCHED YESTERDAY WITH DIGITAL AND WE HAD, UH, SPRING BREAK LANDING PAGES CREATED, TOP ACTIVITIES.
UM, ALL THOSE BACK LINKS HAVE TO ALL BE CONNECTED SO THAT WE CAN LAUNCH THAT CAMPAIGN.
SO THAT IS UP AND RUNNING NOW.
UH, ALSO I WAS ON THE, UH, NPR HOUSTON RADIO MATTERS, HOUSTON MATTERS RADIO PROGRAM RECENTLY IN JANUARY TALKING ABOUT, UH, TRIPS, STAY TRIPS IN THE HOUSTON AREA.
UH, WE ALSO, IN OUR WEBSITE HAVE LAUNCHED OUR AI CHAT FEATURE.
WE KIND OF MENTIONED AI LAST MONTH AT THE MEETING.
UM, NOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY TALK TO OUR WEBSITE UNDER THE START YOUR ADVENTURE PROGRAM.
IT'S, YOU CAN JUST ASK IT LIKE WHAT IS THERE TO DO IN LEAGUE CITY? AND IT'S ALL TIED TO OUR DATABASE.
IT WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND GIVE YOU SUGGESTIONS THERE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE NEW BROCHURES.
I GAVE YOU A COPY OF OUR BRAND NEW DINING GUIDE.
I JUST GOT THAT IN I THINK THE YESTERDAY OR DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY.
WE HAVE A SHOPPING GUIDE COMING IN TOO THAT'S BEEN UPDATED.
I DON'T THINK IT'S IN JUST YET.
UH, WE UPDATED THIS, THIS IS ONE OF OUR MORE, OUR MOST POPULAR BROCHURES.
UM, WE HAD SOME CHANGES ON THAT.
ALMOST AS SOON AS YOU PRINT IT, THERE'S A CHANGE, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING OPENS OR CLOSED, SOMETHING HAPPENS.
BUT THIS TIME I ADDED LITTLE, UH, FOOTPRINTS ON THERE, IF YOU NOTICE.
UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE TO TRAVEL WITH THEIR PETS.
SO I WANTED TO ADD WHERE DOG FRIENDLY LOCATIONS WERE.
SO WE ADDED THE LITTLE PAW PRINTS THERE AND THERE WERE A LOT MORE THAN I THOUGHT THERE WERE IN THIS AREA.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT YOU HAVE IS, UH, THIS IS THE NEW TRAVEL MAP AND WE HAD NEW, UH, STATE TRAVEL GUIDES AND WE HAVE AN AD IN THERE TOO.
SO WE JUST RECEIVED OUR SHIPMENT OF THIS YEAR'S STUFF.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS A COPY OF THAT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A, A CONTRACT WITH CERTIFIED FOLDER DISTRIBUTION.
THEY HAVE THOSE BIG, IF YOU SEE THAT LITTLE PICTURE THERE OF THE RACK WITH ALL THE BROCHURES IN IT, WE DISTRIBUTE TO 219 SITES AROUND THIS REGION IN THE HOUSTON, UH, SECTION AND ALL THE WAY TO GALVESTON.
SO WE JUST RESTOCKED ALL OF OUR BROCHURE DISTRIBUTION STUFF AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
SO THAT'S WHY WE DEPLETED OUR SUPPLIES.
AND HAD TO ORDER NEW DINING GUIDES.
ALSO ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD, UH, HELP US GET OUR BIRDING GUIDES OUT.
SO THEY PICKED UP OUR ENTIRE INVENTORY OF BIRD GUIDES.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF BONUSING US THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A SCREENSHOT THERE OF THE, UH, THE SPRING BREAK, THE SPRING AD THAT'S, IT'S, IT FEATURES ANIMATION.
IT TOOK ME FOREVER FIGURED OUT, BUT I GOT IT.
UH, SO SPRING BREAK STARTS HERE.
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IT'S ANIMATED.IT SHOWS LIKE THERE'S A VIDEO REEL BEHIND IT AND IT SHOWS LIKE, DIFFERENT SCENES OF THE, THE AREA.
ANOTHER THING, UH, WE HAVE SOME MEDIA COVERAGE AND PLACEMENTS RECENTLY.
WE HAVE, WE WORKED WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PART DEPARTMENT AND THEY ARE PUTTING FOUR DIFFERENT EDITORIAL FEATURES IN CEO MAGAZINE.
SO THE SCREENSHOT ON THE, ON THE RIGHT IS LAKE CITY, WHERE THE WATER MEETS YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE IS FEATURES AN ARTICLE FROM JOSE.
YOU CAN SEE IT AND YOU CAN LIKE, LOOK, LOOK AT IT.
THERE'S A ALSO A TOURISM VIDEO THAT'S EMBEDDED ON THAT PAGE AS WELL.
SO YOU CAN JUST SEE HOW THAT LOOKS.
UH, WE ALSO HAD A PLACEMENT IN TEXAS MEETING EVENTS, WINTER ISSUE.
THEY INTERVIEWED ONE OF OUR RECENT CONVENTIONS THAT WAS HELD AT SOUTH SHORE HARBOR.
UH, THEY INTERVIEWED CHANCE CHAPMAN, WHO BROUGHT THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR GROUP.
AND HE WAS TALKING, THEIR, THEIR ARTICLE WAS ABOUT MEETINGS ON THE WATER.
I HAD HOPED THAT MY COPIES WOULD'VE BEEN HERE IN TIME FOR TODAY, BUT THEY ARE NOT HERE.
SO I'LL PROBABLY SHOW THOSE TO YOU NEXT TIME.
SO THAT'S A NICE LITTLE PLACEMENT WE HAD.
THERE'S NOT AN AD IN THERE FOR THIS, THIS ISSUE, BUT WE HAVE AN AD IN THE MEET TEXAS MAGAZINE COMING UP.
SO LOTS OF, UH, WEBSITE WORK RECENTLY.
LOVE IS IN THE AIR IS A LANDING PAGE.
JULIANA CREATIVE ABOUT VALENTINE'S DATE.
NIGHT IDEAS, WE PROBABLY COULD REPURPOSE THAT AND JUST PULL OFF THE VALENTINE'S DAY MENTIONS.
AND JUST, THIS IS DATE NIGHT SUGGESTIONS.
UH, WE HAVE OUR SPRING BREAK LANDING PAGE.
I MENTIONED THAT IN OUR NEW AI THING, WEBSITE TRAFFIC.
SO JANUARY'S TRAFFIC, THIS IS ANOTHER SCREENSHOT.
I THOUGHT IT LOOKED NICER ON THE SCREEN THAN THE ONES THAT ARE IN THIS PRINTED THING.
BUT OVERALL, OUR TRAFFIC FROM DECEMBER IN JANUARY WAS DOWN A LOT.
BUT THAT'S NOT A BIG SURPRISE BECAUSE DECEMBER, WE HAD A LOT GOING ON IN JANUARY.
WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT GOING ON, SO OUR TRAFFIC HAS DECLINED A GOOD BIT.
BUT, UH, I EXPECT THAT TO, TO START TICKING BACK UP.
NOW THAT WE HAVE SOME EVENTS COMING UP.
WE HAVE SPRING BREAK AND WE HAVE SOME ADVERTISING DROPPING TRAFFIC TO THAT THERE.
UH, SOCIAL MEDIA WISE THINGS ARE ON POINT.
UH, WE HAD, THERE'S OUR FALL ACCOUNT.
SO OUR, OUR, OUR PAGE IN OUR AUDIENCE IS GROWING SUBSTANTIALLY IN FACEBOOK.
UM, LAST MONTH WE HAD OVER 48,000 IMPRESSIONS AND OUR REACH WAS OVER 44,000.
SO WE HAD A BIG SPIKE EARLY JANUARY AND IT WAS REALLY ABOUT THE NEW YEAR'S NEW RESOLUTIONS.
THAT ONE DID REALLY, REALLY WELL.
UH, INSTAGRAM IS ALSO THERE FOR YOU.
WE HAD IN JANUARY 19 POST AND, UM, WE GOT 54 BRAND NEW FOLLOWERS, WHICH IS COOL.
UH, AND THEN OUR CONTENT WAS REALLY GOOD.
UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST ALL ABOUT NEW, NEW EXPLORATION IN THIS YEAR.
SO YOUR PRINTED PIECE HAS A LITTLE BIT BETTER, UH, HAS MORE OF THE ENTIRE REPORT ON THERE FOR YOU.
SO IF YOU WANNA DIG INTO THAT, YOU CAN.
I MENTIONED OUR BROCHURE DISTRIBUTION.
SO WE JUST UPDATED, UH, THE DINING GUIDE AND WE ALSO DID OUR SHOPPING GUIDE.
I ADDED ON THE SHOPPING GUIDE.
I WANTED TO, UH, INDICATE THE MAIN STREET DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT, NOT THE TECHNICAL DISTRICT BECAUSE THAT'S VERY SPECIFIC, BUT LIKE, THESE ARE OUR DOWNTOWN, UH, BOUTIQUES AND, AND SHOPS.
SO I HAVE LITTLE, UH, A LITTLE ICON THERE FOR THOSE.
'CAUSE I GOT, I GUESS I GOT ICON HAPPY WITH THESE LAST TWO PRINT PRINTINGS.
I JUST, I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE CLEAR A QUESTION.
DID THE PEOPLE IN THE DINING GUIDE PAY TO GET IN IT? NO.
HOW DID YOU, HOW DID YOU DECIDE WHO WAS YELP REVIEWS? GOOGLE REVIEWS, JUST TOP PLACES.
IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS OF SOMEBODY THAT I MAY HAVE MISSED, PLEASE CURIOUS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I'M ALWAYS OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS ON THAT.
I MEAN GOT ALL THE PLACES WE, WE HAVE EVERYBODY LISTED THAT COULD BE ANYWHERE ON OUR WEBSITE.
BUT THE PRINTED, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE LIMITED ON SPACE, SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SOME OF THE TOP PLACES AND I KIND OF REORGANIZED THEM TOO BY CATEGORY LAST.
AND THEY'RE ALL IN LEAGUE CITY, RIGHT? THEY CAN'T, THEY CAN'T BE IN LIKE KEA OR CORRECT.
NOW ON THE BACK PAGE I INCLUDE ABOUT, UM, WATERSIDE VIEWS BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF OUR TOP REQUESTED.
LIKE WHERE CAN I GO EAT BY THE WATER? IF YOU'RE COMING IN TOWN AND YOU'RE A VISITOR, YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU CAN EAT BY THE WATER.
SO THAT DOES INCLUDE OTHER PLACES.
AND THEN ALSO THE BREWERIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT'S SURE.
THAT'S MORE OF A REGIONAL FOCUS TOO.
AND THAT IS IT ON THAT, WHERE'S THE LAKE CITY CAFE? OH, IT'S RUSTICA HAS RENAMED OH, OKAY.
I HAVE A MEETING WITH HIM AT 11.
I'M SURE THAT'S HIS BIG NEWS FOR ME.
SO I'M DANG, THERE'S A CUTE PLACE ON THIS OUT.
IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE BACKYARD.
YOU'VE BEEN THERE, YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS CHANGED.
BESIDES THE NAME ON THIS BROCHURE, APPARENTLY
[8. Financial Update]
FINANCIAL UPDATE.THIS IS OUR CURRENT SNAPSHOT OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.
UH, ACTUALS TO DATE FOR OUR REVENUE WE'RE $209,620.
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TOTAL REVENUES, UH, WITH INTEREST IN EVERYTHING IS 211 30 $4.UM, I DID NOT, UH, GO IN AND LIKE, COMPARE THAT TO LAST QUARTER.
I DIDN'T DO MY WHOLE ANALYSIS LIKE I NORMALLY DID.
BUT THIS IS OUR CURRENT FINANCIALS.
UM, WE'VE BEEN BUSY CREATING SOME NEW CONTRACTS.
UM, I THINK I MENTIONED IT AT THE LAST MEETING.
SHERPA IS SOMETHING THAT IS COMING UP AND WE HAVE A COUPLE NEW PROGRAMS THAT HAVE GONE INTO THERE.
BUDGET PREPARATIONS WILL BE STARTING VERY SOON.
I GOT MY FIRST CALENDAR ENTRY TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET PREPARATION FOR NEXT YEAR IN MARCH.
WE ARE, UH, QUICKLY GETTING IN THERE.
WE HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE THERE AND, AND WE ARE GOOD.
WE'RE SPENDING AS FAST AS WE CAN.
ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL? THERE'S A PRINTED COPY IN THE VERY BACK PAGE OF YOUR PACKET IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT.
[9. Board member comments and updates ]
BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AND UPDATES.JOSE? UM, WELL WITH SOUTH SHORE HARBOR, UH, JUST KIND OF REITERATING, UH, LAST MEETING I MENTIONED, UH, IN 2026, THIS FIRST QUARTER, UM, FOR US AND I, I THINK GENERALLY IN THE AREA, UH, WE'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPTICK, UM, ON OUR GROUP AND, UH, CORPORATE SIDE.
UH, WHICH LAST YEAR IT WAS A LITTLE SLOW TO START.
UH, IT'S ALWAYS A, UH, A GREAT SIGN FOR US, UM, IN THE AREA, UH, WHEN WE HAVE THAT GROUP CORPORATE TRAVEL COMING IN, UH, A LOT OF TIMES THAT USUALLY ENTAILS NOT ONLY THE ROOM, BUT UH, THE F AND B SIDE OF THINGS AS WELL.
UM, AS FAR AS EVENTS GO, WE'VE ALREADY HAD A COUPLE OF REALLY BIG EVENTS, UH, IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
UM, FROM AMACO TO OUR BEHE GROUP.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, A COUPLE OF LARGER ONES IN, IN FEBRUARY, ONE COMING UP THIS WEEKEND AS WELL.
UH, T-A-B-T-A-P-T, WHICH IS A PEOPLE TRANSPORTATION SCHOOL BUS, UH, GROUP.
UM, SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE WORKED WITH HER BEFORE.
THE CONTACT IS MARISSA WEISINGER.
UM, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL GROUPS WITH HER OVER THE YEARS.
SO AGAIN, JUST REEMPHASIZING THE FIRST QUARTER AT SOUTH SHORE.
UM, A LOT OF POSITIVES, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN I LOOK YEAR OVER YEAR FOR OUR PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY.
BUT, UM, WE'RE RAMPING UP FOR SPRING BREAK AND SO IT JUST CAME FROM A MEETING BEFORE HERE WHERE WE'RE, UM, LOOKING AT, UH, TEAM MEMBERS AND RECRUITING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR WONDERFUL POOL BAR AREA AND POOL STAFFED UP AND READY TO GO.
SO THAT'LL BE THE NEXT TURN HERE.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AROUND THE CORNER.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT THOUGH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR SOUTH SHORE.
UM, THE ONLY THING I HAVE, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, WE MARRIED SEVEN COUPLES ON VALENTINE'S DAY.
SO NOT ONE OF OUR HIGHEST NUMBERS, WHICH WAS SURPRISING 'CAUSE I THOUGHT FOR SURE WITH IT BEING ON A SATURDAY IT WOULD BE REALLY POPULAR, BUT IT WAS STILL REALLY FUN.
UM, AND SO SEVEN PEOPLE FOR SURE GOT MARRIED IN LEAGUE CITY ON VALENTINE'S DAY.
IT'S MY JOB TO GET THEM MARRIED, NOT KEEP THEM MARRIED.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT? YEAH, I SIGN THE MARRIAGE LICENSE, I PUT IT IN THE MAIL AND THEN IT'S UP TO THEM AFTER THAT CUSTOMER.
I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY GET TOO MANY REPEAT CUSTOMERS, BUT THAT'S A LITTLE AWKWARD.
BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, SO THAT WAS REALLY FUN AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO YOU STEPHANIE AND THE CITY FOR, YOU KNOW, SHARING THAT.
'CAUSE WE WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT A DAY WHERE WE MAKE ANY MONEY, BUT IT IS JUST LIKE A COMMUNITY THING.
AND WE DID DONATE SOME OF THE CEREMONIES TO ANCHOR POINT AND OH, THAT'S, AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT JUST TO KIND GET SOME PEOPLE MARRIED BEFORE THE BABIES COME.
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT WAS REALLY FUN AND THAT'S KIND OF BEEN THE THING WE WERE WORKING ON MOST RECENTLY.
SO, JACOB, I'LL JUST, UH, I'LL MENTION THAT ON THE 28TH OF THIS MONTH, THE LEAGUE CITY GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION AND THE LEAGUE CITY LITTLE LEAGUE HAVING AN OPENING DAY.
SO I'LL BE, I'LL BE OUT THERE DOING ALL KINDS OF STUFF AND I'LL BE, I'LL BE COACHING.
EIGHTH TAKE THIS MAP TO, THIS IS MY EIGHTH SEASON, SO WOW.
TAKE THIS MAP TO YOUR NEXT PRACTICE.
AND I SHOULD RECORD THE GIRLS GOING.
WHAT IS THIS PRACTICE TONIGHT? DUDE, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
WHAT IS THIS AND HOW DO YOU USE IT?
AND JESSE DID COME IN SOMEWHERE DURING THE COMMUNICATIONS UPDATE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO SAY THAT FOR THE PEOPLE LISTENING, BUT
[10. Requests for future agenda items]
REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? NO.WE GONNA DO, WE'RE GONNA DO THE OFFICERS.
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OH, THAT'S RIGHT.UH, WE DO NEED TO DISCUSS THE BOARD OFFICERS AT THE NEXT MEETING, UM, AS FAR AS LIKE WHO'S DOING WHAT AND SWITCH AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
NEED CHAIR? HUH? WE NEED A BOARD CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR.
WE NEED A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR.
JUST 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN DOING IT A LONG TIME.
SO BE PREPARED TO BE VOLUNTOLD.
THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME, STEPHANIE.
AND THEN IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, UM, WE'LL ADJOURN AT 9 33.