* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] IDEAL WEATHER AND A GREAT CAUSE. OFFERED THE PERFECT SCENARIO FOR THE TRADITIONAL OCTOBER SATURDAY MORNING STROLL AROUND DOWNTOWN GRAND PRAIRIE WITH MAYOR RON JENSEN. PEAK OUT. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS THE STROLL WITH THE MAYOR AND PINK OUT THE TWO MILE DOWNTOWN TOUR THAT ALWAYS BEGINS AND ENDS AT THE CITY'S FARMER'S MARKET. DREW ANOTHER ENERGETIC, ENTHUSIASTIC, AND ENORMOUS ENTOURAGE THAT EVEN INCLUDES AN IMPRESSIVE SHOW OF SUPPORT FROM THE FOUR-LEGGED COMMUNITY FOUNDED BY JENSEN IN 2018. THE EVENTS MISSION IS TO RAISE AWARENESS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER. AND EVERYONE WHO TAKES PART IS ENCOURAGED TO GET DECKED OUT IN PINK BECAUSE THAT IS THE COLOR RECOGNIZED AROUND THE WORLD AS A SYMBOL OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS AND GRAND PRAIRIE'S. PINK OUT STROLL IS ALWAYS HELD AT THIS TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE OCTOBER IS NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. BUT WE ALL KNOW SOMEBODY THAT'S GONE THROUGH CANCER. OUR OWN DEPUTY MAYOR PROTON GEORGIA CLEMSON IS A CANCER SURVIVOR. MY SISTER WAS A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THE AWARENESS OUT. WE WANT TO PREVENT BREAST CANCER. SO IF THIS GETS YOU TO WALKING IS GETTING TOGETHER COMMUNITY, LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO STAY HEALTHY IN EARLY DETECTION, BUT GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER IN THE COMMUNITY IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. AND NOW THE MAYOR IS INVITING EVERYONE TO JOIN IN FOR HIS FINAL CYCLING WITH THE MAYOR BIKE RIDE OF 2024, WHICH IS THE ANNUAL SNEAK, A PEAK RIDE THROUGH PRAIRIE LIGHTS AT LYNN CREEK PARK TO KICK OFF THE HOLIDAY SEASON ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, PLEASE VISIT GPTX.ORG/GETFIT GP SO SHE CAN COME UP HIGHER. SHE COULD COME UP LOWER. THERE ARE MULTIPLE AREAS THAT SHE CAN PLACE HER HANDS. FITNESS COURTS ARE THE NEWEST WAY TO STAY HEALTHY IN GRAND PRAIRIE FITNESS COURTS ARE AN OUTDOOR INNOVATION TO CIRCUIT TRAINING THAT PROVIDES A FULL BODY WORKOUT IN JUST SEVEN MINUTES, GRAND PRAIRIE IS GETTING SIX FITNESS COURTS THANKS TO A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY, THE NATIONAL FITNESS CAMPAIGN, AND BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS. THE COURTS ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND EACH ONE FEATURES A UNIQUE DESIGN CREATED BY LOCAL ARTISTS. TWO, ONE ON THURSDAY, ALL THE COURTS WERE OFFICIALLY OPENED WITH ONE RIBBON CUTTING. I'VE NEVER WANTED TO LIVE IN A TOWN THAT ON THAT DIDN'T HAVE PARKS. I NEVER WANTED TO LIVE IN A TOWN THAT DIDN'T HAVE LIBRARIES. AND I'M THANKFUL TO BE HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE WHERE OUR CITIZENS AND OUR COUNCIL AND OUR STAFF HAS MADE THAT A BIG PRIORITY. AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE SHOWING THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE ALL IN FOR EVERYTHING. WE WANT TO. WE WANT YOU TO ENJOY LIFE. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU OPPORTUNITIES TO GET OUT AND ENJOY IT. WE KNOW THAT ON AVERAGE, ABOUT ONE IN TWO INDIVIDUALS DO NOT GET ENOUGH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. AND THAT LEADS TO, UM, MORE PREVENTATIVE CHRONIC ILLNESS THAT WE SEE TIME AND TIME AGAIN THROUGHOUT, UM, OUR CLAIMS HISTORY. UH, WE JOINED WITH THE NATIONAL FITNESS CAMPAIGN TO TRY TO TRY TO REDUCE THOSE BARRIERS TO FITNESS AND AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. OFFICIALS ALSO PRESENTED COMMISSION CHECKS TO THE ARTIST WHO CREATED THE SIGNATURE LOOK FOR EACH FITNESS COURT. I NEVER QUITE UNDERSTOOD THE PHRASE OF, UM, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE SOMETHING UNTIL IT'S GONE, OR, UM, UNTIL YOU'RE AWAY UNTIL I WENT TO COLLEGE. AND SO MY ARTWORK IS ACTUALLY THINGS THAT UNEXPECTEDLY REMINDED ME OF HOME WHILE I WAS AWAY AT COLLEGE. AND, UM, YEAH, AND I DID IT IN A STAINED GLASS STYLE TO REPRESENT LIKE A SACRED REMEMBRANCE BECAUSE IT'S MY HOME. YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE GRAND PRAIRIE FITNESS COURTS BY VISITING GRAND FUND GP.COM. IT WAS A CELEBRATION OF EPIC PROPORTIONS AS THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE ROLLED OUT THE PROVERBIAL RED, WHITE AND BLUE CARPET TO WELCOME BACK ONE OF THEIR OWN 20 20 14 USA AND PARIS OLYMPICS DOUBLE BRONZE MEDALIST AND GRAND PRAIRIE NATIVE JASMINE MOORE. JASMINE IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE SELECTED FOR THE SAME OLYMPICS IN BOTH EVENTS. FIRST, THE SPECIAL WELCOME HOME EVENT AT EPIC CENTRAL. TO CONGRATULATE JASMINE FOR HER EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THE WORLD'S BIGGEST ATHLETIC STAGE WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY A PEP RALLY STYLE SALUTE, COURTESY OF THE DRUMLINE, CHEERLEADERS AND DANCE TEAM FROM HER HIGH SCHOOL ALMA MATER, MANSFIELD LAKE RIDGE. THERE WERE COMMUNITY LEADERS AND GUEST SPEAKERS BEARING LOTS OF GIFTS FROM US TO YOU. QUESTION NUMBER ONE, A CASUAL SIT DOWN TALK SHOW STYLE Q AND A SESSION WITH [00:05:01] QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND A SPECIAL PARTING GIFT FROM JASMINE. WE HAVE THESE SPECIAL JASMINE MOORE COMMEMORATIVE CARDS, FOUR BY SIX. SHE SIGNED ALL OF THEM. SO EVERY ONE OF YOU GET ONE. A KEEPSAKE SOUVENIR OF THE EXCEPTIONAL AND APPRECIATIVE YOUNG WOMAN WHO CONTINUES TO MAKE GRAND PRAIRIE PROUD. IT'S NICE, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING BE BACK HOME AND JUST TO BE IN THE SAME TOWN THAT I SPENT SO MUCH TIME GROWING UP WITH DIFFERENT SPORTS, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I DID. AND SO YEAH, JUST SO EXCITED TO BE HERE AND THEN TO FINALLY CELEBRATE AND TO HAVE SO MUCH SUPPORT OUT FROM ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, AND THEN YEAH, TO REALLY CELEBRATE, YOU KNOW, MY TIME IN PARIS AND EVERYTHING THAT I ACCOMPLISHED. AND JASMINE SAYS SHE'S NOT DONE YET, ALREADY SETTING HER SIGHTS ON BEING A PART OF THE US TEAM THAT WILL HOST THE OLYMPICS IN LOS ANGELES IN THE SUMMER OF 2028. SO I JUST WANNA TO THANK YOU FOR BEING MOM. AND ACCORDING TO SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HER VERY WELL, SHE'LL BE AIMING EVEN HIGHER WHEN SHE GETS THERE. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED PREPARING AND PRAYING THAT YOU KNOW, SHE REMAINS HEALTHY AND THAT HER AND HER COACH CAN PUT TOGETHER A PLAN THAT GIVES HER TO THE GOAL. AND THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO GET THE GOALS. YES. WE'LL DO THIS AGAIN HERE. YES. AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE AT THE EPIC TO CELEBRATE BIG, BIGGER THAN EVER. NOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A PLANE. I'LL GO AROUND AND KINDA SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON. SO THE SPEED GOES UP AS WE GO. SLOWER. THERE'S LESS PRESSURE. THE RUNWAY AT THE GRAND PRAIRIE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ON A BEAUTIFUL SATURDAY MORNING WAS THE PERFECT PLACE TO BE FOR DOZENS OF NORTH TEXAS YOUNG PEOPLE EAGER TO LEARN HOW TO FLY. THEY'RE CALLED THE YOUNG EAGLES. 65 ASPIRING AVIATORS READY TO LEARN WHAT IT TAKES TO BE ABLE TO GET IN THE COCKPIT AND TAKE TO THE SKIES. THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF SOME PROFESSIONAL PILOTS FROM THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION NOW IN ITS FOURTH DECADE, THE NATIONWIDE PROGRAM TEACHES KIDS AND TEENAGERS FROM EIGHT TO 17 ABOUT SOME OF THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN AVIATION. AND ON THIS DAY, WITH THE COOPERATION OF AIRPORT STAFF AND THE 12 PILOTS WHO VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME, KNOWLEDGE AND AIRPLANES, THESE YOUNG EAGLES ALSO GOT THE RARE CHANCE TO NOT ONLY FLY WITH THEM, BUT ALSO TO TAKE THE WHEEL. YOU WERE UP REALLY HIGH. MAYBE WHAT? A THOUSAND FEET IN THE AIR. HE WAS 1,500 FEET IN THE AIR. REALLY? OH NO. SO WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? IT'S COOL. I WANT YOU TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. IT WAS AWESOME. JUST NICE BEING OFF THE GROUND. YOU HAD TO SEE LIKE HOW THE WORLD LOOKS FROM LIKE ABOVE. SO YOU THINK YOU WANNA BE A PILOT SOMEDAY? YEAH, AND THAT IS THE PROGRAM'S MISSION TO INSPIRE A NEW GENERATION OF PILOTS FOR AN INDUSTRY THAT SERIOUSLY NEEDS THEM IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY. WE'RE STILL SHORT PILOTS, WE'RE STILL HIRING AS FAST AS WE CAN. WE STILL HAVE TO GET THE INTEREST. WE NEED TO START 'EM FROM OUR, OUR FARM TEAMS. AND THIS IS KIND OF THE FARM TEAM. WE GET KIDS INTERESTED, WE TELL 'EM THE BASICS OF AVIATION, THE AERODYNAMICS, WE GIVE 'EM AN ORIENTATION RIDE, THEY GET TO FLY THE PLANE AND HOPEFULLY THAT SPARKS A LITTLE, UH, LIGHT IN THEM AND THEY WANT TO GO AFTER IT. IN THE FUTURE, THERE IS A SHORTAGE, BUT I DO HAVE MORE FOR THE PASSION. I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I GET THEM STARTED SOON. THE ONES THAT ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT, ABOUT FLYING, GET THEM, UM, GOING AT THE VERY BEGINNING. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OTHER KIDS GET THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT I'VE HAD OR SIMILAR OPPORTUNITIES AND THEY GET TO FEEL THAT ELATION, THAT WONDERFUL FEELING AND FREEDOM OF FLIGHT. IT WAS AMAZING. ALMOST, ALMOST A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE YOUNG EAGLES PROGRAM OR THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION, PLEASE VISIT THEIR WEBSITE@EAA.ORG. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.