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KIND OF SEEMS DIFFERENT TO BE IN HERE.UH, CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER OUR BRIEFING SESSION.
UM, BILL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF.
FIRST WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, DO, IN OUR LAST MEETING WE DID A OPERATIONAL REVIEW OF THE EPIC RECREATIONAL FACILITY.
I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR PARKS, ARTS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR RAY SERTA.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL, RAY SERTA, PARKS DIRECTOR.
AS YOU CAN RECALL, AS YOU RECALL THE LAST WORK SESSION YOU HAD ASKED US TO COME IN AND PROVIDE UP, PROVIDE YOU WITH UPDATES ON THE LT SPORTS RECOMMENDATION OF THE EPIC.
IN THIS PRESENTATION, WE WILL PRESENTING THE OPERATIONAL CHANGES ALREADY COMPLETED, POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE IN FISCAL YEAR 26, POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS, AND THEN RECOMMENDED FEE CHARGES CHANGES.
AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, WE'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION TO SEE HOW YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO PROCEED.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHRISTIAN KNAPP, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE EPIC AND DANIEL KAIN, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER TO MAKE THE PRESENTATIONS.
MAYOR, COUNCIL, UH, CHRISTIAN MANAGER OF THE EPIC JOE'S MIC ON, PUSH UP A LITTLE BIT.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? ALL THERE WE GO.
UM, REALLY QUICK BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU GUYS TONIGHT, UH, OVER THE LT SPORTS, AS RAY MENTIONED, YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
UH, DANIEL AND I HIT ON LAST TIME THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE ALREADY COMPLETED.
UM, HE, HE AND I SPOKE ON THESE, SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN READ THOSE AT YOUR OWN LEDGER.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
UM, POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO BE COMPLETED IN FISCAL YEAR 26.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HIT ON JUST A COUPLE OF THESE.
WE'RE GONNA ADD NOVELTY AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE VENDING UPFRONT, INCLUDING MARKET STYLE, GRAB AND GO VENDING MACHINES.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO RENOVATE THE YOUTH PROGRAMS ROOM WITH CIP FUNDING.
THAT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO TAKE IN MORE ZERO TO THREE YEAR OLDS.
THAT IS OUR MAIN DEMOGRAPHIC FOR THAT SPACE.
AND THEN WE GOING TO WORK WITH THE MARKETING TEAM TO ADD AN IDENTIFIER TO OUR LOGO FROM THE EPIC TO EPIC REC.
UM, THIS WILL HELP US FURTHER DEFINE WHO WE ARE AS THERE ARE A LOT OF ENTITIES INSIDE THE 1 61 CORRIDOR THAT HAVE THE NAME EPIC.
UH, THIS WILL ALSO, WE GET ASKED FREQUENTLY IF WE ARE THE WATER PARK SPECIFICALLY BY OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
AND NO, WE ARE NOT THE WATER PARK
UH, THIS, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE ALREADY.
UH, WE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE AMOUNT OF $135,000, UM, THAT WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE VENDING AND NOVELTY ITEMS. SO THIS IS GONNA HELP OUR BOTTOM LINE.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DISCUSS TODAY.
AND WE TOOK YOUR FEEDBACK LAST TIME AND WE DECIDED THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA FIND DIFFERENT AUDIENCES TO, TO, WE'RE NOT GONNA HIT THE SAME AUDIENCE TWICE, ESSENTIALLY.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA IN FEE INTRODUCE FEE INCREASES TO OUR CAMPS, TO OUR CLASSES.
BUT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER THE FAMILY MEMBERSHIP, THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIPS, AND THEN OUR LOWER LEVEL RENTAL SPACES.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE LOWER LEVEL RENTAL SPACES WOULD ONLY WITH, WITH THESE FEE INCREASES, ONLY BRINGING ABOUT 30,000.
THE BIG HIT WOULD COME FROM THE MEMBERSHIP INCREASES.
IF THIS IS APPROVED, THIS WILL BE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE EPICS OPENING, WE'LL BE NEAR THE $1 MILLION SUBSIDY MARK.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU TWO DECIDE.
BOY, THOSE ARE LOUD
UM, UH, Y'ALL WERE IN A TOUGH POSITION.
ON THE ONE HAND WE'RE SAYING, MY GOSH, WE CAN'T SUBSIDIZE IT SO MUCH.
WE GET THAT 'CAUSE WE SAID THAT.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER HAND, WE GET TO SEE IT.
OH, WE CAN'T HIT THOSE FAMILIES THAT HARD.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR HEARING OUR COMMENTS THE LAST MINUTE, TAKING IT BACK AND BRING US SOMETHING FORWARD, UH, THAT'S LESS IMPACTFUL.
SO, I MEAN THAT IT'S REALLY A, Y'ALL.
IT'S, IT'S HERE FOR YOU TO DISCUSS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE, LOOK COUNSEL GUIDANCE.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD COMPROMISE BETWEEN WHAT THEY SHOWED US BEFORE WE KICKED IT BACK TO 'EM FOR GOOD REASON.
BUT THEY BROUGHT IT TO US FOR GOOD REASON.
'CAUSE WE BASICALLY TOLD THEM TO.
SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL, HOW MUCH DOES THAT MAKE TO MEMBERSHIP DATE? THE INDIVIDUAL? INDIVIDUAL FAMILY? YEAH.
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A MONTH FOR THE FAMILY MEMBERSHIP TO $59 A MONTH.AND FOR INDIVIDUALS, FOR ADULTS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT FROM 29 TO 39 34.
AND FOR THE YOUTH, YOU'D GO FROM 19 TO 24, 2 A MONTH.
I I THINK THESE ARE VERY REASON REASONABLE.
YOU'D GO, IS THAT A ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL JUST DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS.
WOULDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS DOUBLE OR WHAT.
UM, AND RAY, I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THAT MORE TEENS ARE COMING UP.
UH, I, MY, MY BOSS TAUGHT ME SOMETHING A LONG, LONG TIME AGO.
WITHOUT DATA, IT'S ONLY AN OPINION.
AND I'VE LEARNED THAT THERE ARE MORE TEAMS. SO I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.
'CAUSE THEY CAN'T GO AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AT CRUNCH, OR, THAT IS CORRECT.
UH, WE, WE ARE HAVING, AND DANIEL AND CAN TESTIFY FOR THIS, THAT THERE ARE MORE TEENS COMING RIGHT TO THE EPIC UTILIZING THAT FACILITY.
UH, UH, MY, MY NIECE IS ONE OF THEM.
I MEAN IT'S LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS.
WELL, THE OPEN PLAY FOR BASKETBALL YEAH.
I PLAYED OPEN, PLAYED BASKETBALL WHEN I WAS SEVENTH GRADE UP.
SO I THINK YOU'RE HEARING US LOUD AND CLEAR.
UH, MAYOR PRO TEM HAS SOME COMMENTS.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE SUGGESTIONS.
UM, WHAT IS GONNA BE THE INCREASE FOR THE, UH, THEATER FOR THERE, THERE WOULD BE NO INCREASE FOR THE THEATER OF THE WAREHOUSE.
IF WE COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, COMPLY WITH THEIR SUGGESTIONS, BUT KEEP THE YOUTH MEMBERSHIP AT THE $19 A MONTH.
THAT'S WHAT SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE OR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER SINCE I WAS A YOUTH YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
UH, AND, UH, I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT? UH, NO.
I, LET'S, LET'S DO, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A BAD SUGGESTION.
THERE'S NOT, MOST OF 'EM ARE FAM PART OF THE FAMILIES, BUT THAT IS CORRECT.
WE DON'T WANT A YOUTH TO BE, AS YOU SAY, THAT FREE BASKETBALL PLACE.
SOME OF 'EM CAN, LET'S, LET'S LEAVE IT THERE.
SO WITH THAT MIND OR CORRECTION, LET'S GO FORWARD.
SO CAN YOU, UH, TELL ME WHAT ARE THE RATES, THE SIMILAR QUESTIONS THEY ASKED THAT IT COMES OUT TO FOR THE POOL PARTY? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RATE WAS BEFORE.
HOW MUCH IS THE POOL PARTY NOW? SO THE POOL PARTIES RIGHT NOW ARE 200 FOR NON-MEMBERS AND 1 75 FOR MEMBERS.
DOES THAT COME WITH THE PARTY ROOM OR THAT'S SEPARATE FEE THAT COMES WITH THE PARTY ROOM.
AND THAT'S FOR THE LIKE OPEN PARTY.
SO THERE'S MULTIPLE GOING ON AT ONCE.
IF YOU WANTED THE ENTIRE, UH, POOL, LIKE A PRIVATE POOL PARTY THAT'S LOOKING LIKE THREE 50, WELL THE POOL PARTY IN THE ROOM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SHARED THAT, THAT'S A GOOD DEAL.
UM, AND THEN EXPLORING CROMPTON, IS CRO IN THE ROOM WITH THE LIKE KIND OF THE BAR LOOK? THAT'S CORRECT.
WHAT IS EXPLORER? EXPLORER IS THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, UM, ON THE SECOND FLOOR NEXT TO THE TEEN ROOM AND NEXT TO THE, UM, THE TRACK.
THAT'S JUST KIND OF AN OPEN FLOOR PLAN HOLDS 60 PEOPLE.
UM, AND THEN GOING BACK, YOU, YOU MENTIONED TURNING SOME SPACES INTO ANOTHER WAREHOUSE.
UM, WHAT WOULD THAT GET THE SAME KIND OF VIEWS? 'CAUSE PEOPLE LOVE THAT YOU CAN SEE THE DALLAS SKYLINE AND THAT WOULD BE THE CROTONS AREA.
RIGHT NOW CROTONS IS ONE SIDE, THERE'S A WALL AND THEN YOU GET THE OTHER ART SIDE AND YOU GET BOTH OF THEM RENTED.
WE'D WANT TO TAKE THAT WALL DOWN AND MAKE IT ONE FULL ROOM.
AND THAT VIEWS OUT TO THE LAKE OVER AT EPIC WATERS.
THE, UH, BREEZEWAY IN BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A LITTLE DIFFERENT VIEW.
OPPOSITE SIDE, RIGHT? EPIC WATERS.
YOU GET THE VIEW OF THE WATER'S THAT ANGLE OR INSTEAD OF THE OTHER.
HOW BIG WILL THAT BE? IS IT GONNA BE COMPARABLE TO THE WAREHOUSE ONCE YOU PUT THE ROOMS TOGETHER? IT DEPENDS.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A THIRD ROOM THERE AS WELL, ANOTHER ART ROOM.
SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT WE, UH, WITH FASHION.
RIGHT NOW, WITH THE ONE WALL REMOVED, HOW BIG WILL IT BE? 50 PLUS.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S 50, BUT WITH THE WALL REMOVED YOU COULD GET UP 75 AGAIN.
FIRE CODE VERSUS THE WAREHOUSE IS 1 25.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE FINDING SOMETHING TO DO WITH CROMPTON.
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR LOOKING INTO FINDING A MIDDLE GROUND.
UM, AT LEAST WE'RE NOT GOING INTO A HUGE DEFICIT AND TRYING TO SUPPLEMENT, BUT WE'RE KIND OF AT LEAST INCREASING PRICES SO WE CAN KEEP THE MAINTENANCE UP SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT IS THE STELLAR, UM, LOCATION THAT WE WANTED TO CONTINUE TO BE.
SO THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING WHAT WE PRINT, WHAT WE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE AND NOW YOU HAVE CLEAR DIRECTION.
I DON'T OPPOSE, UH, NOT INCREASING THE UM, YOUTH, UM, DOLLAR AMOUNT TO $5 FROM TO $5, BUT I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A GOOD PROJECTED
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REVENUE THAT WILL OFFSET THE LOSS.SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS FOR YES MA'AM.
COUNCILMAN ADAMS. I DON'T SEE ANY MORE LIKES.
I THINK Y'ALL BEEN GIVEN DIRECTIONS.
I THINK MAIN STREET FEST UPDATES IS NEXT.
WHICH IS COMING UP QUICK AGAIN.
UH, I WANNA KNOW, IS THERE A, IS THERE A WEEKEND THAT I DON'T HAVE SOMETHING AT EPIC?
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE HERE TODAY GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON MAIN STREET FIFTH, WHICH BEGINS NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.
FOLLOWING LAST YEAR'S AWARD-WINNING EVENT RECOGNIZED BY THE DALLAS OBSERVER.
WE'RE THRILLED TO BE BRING BACK THE FESTIVAL, YOU KNOW AND LOVE THIS TIME IN THE FALL SESSION WITH AN EXPANDED FOOTPRINT AND SEVERAL NEW ATTRACTIONS THROUGHOUT THE SITE.
WE'RE IN TEST PETTING OUR BEST MAIN STREET FEST YET THIS YEAR'S LINEUP INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL TOURING HEADLINERS, A FULL SCALE CARNIVAL, A BRAND NEW MARKET SQUARE LOUNGE, AND ALL NEW KIDS ZONE ON THE LAWN.
AND MORE THAN 100 VENDORS OFFERING A GREAT MIX OF FOOD, ART AND ENTERTAINMENT TO SHARE MORE WHAT'S IN STORE.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO EMILY LENNAR, OUR SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGER WHO PROVIDES DETAILS ON THE EVENT ITSELF, FOLLOWED BY JONATHAN THOMPSON, OUR MARKETING SUPERVISOR, WHO WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THIS YEAR'S MARKETING PLAN.
UH, EMILY EZ, SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGER.
SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO BE BRINGING BACK MAIN STREET FEST AGAIN.
IT FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE THE LAST ONE, BUT I THINK THE FALL IS GONNA BE EVEN BETTER FOR US.
SO THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO IS THIS YEAR'S UPDATED FESTIVAL MAP.
LAST YEAR WE CAME TO YOU AND SAID, WE'RE DOUBLING THE FOOTPRINT.
AND TURNS OUT THIS YEAR WE'RE KIND OF DOING IT AGAIN.
SO, UM, WE'RE MOST EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO TAKE IN MAIN STREET THIS YEAR AND THAT'S COME WITH A LOT OF COLLABORATION WITH STREETS AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND TXDOT.
UM, BUT BEING ABLE TO CLOSE THE STREET FROM FRIDAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH SUNDAY IS ALLOWING US THANK YOU FIGHT
IT IS A BIG, IT'S A BIG TASK TO TAKE ON, BUT WE'RE GETTING LOTS OF EXTRA SQUARE FOOTAGE TO PROGRAM.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME CHANGES ON THE LAWN.
SO THE AREA WHERE THE ANNEX AND THE FAB BUILDING USED TO BE IS A BEAUTIFUL GRASS AREA THAT WE'RE GETTING TO PROGRAM.
AND THEN SOME OF THE CHANGES OVER AT CALVARY ARE SLIGHTLY ADJUSTING OUR CARNIVAL FOOTPRINT.
SO, UM, WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW HERE AS WE GO INTO EACH OF THE SECTIONS AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS YEAR'S EVENT.
SO OUR CARNIVAL COMING BACK AGAIN, UM, IS A GIANT FULL SCALE CARNIVAL.
WE'LL BE BRINGING TWO FERRIS WHEELS ONCE AGAIN, BUT THIS YEAR WE HAVE A NEW PROVIDER.
SO MIDWEST RIDES COMES TO US FROM, UH, MINNESOTA AND THEY DO SOME STATE FAIRS IN IOWA AND MINNESOTA.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE BRINGING A LOT OF THE NEW BIGGER RIDES THAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER.
WITH THE CARNIVAL, ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE DOING OUR GRAND PRAIRIE RESIDENT COUPON AND WE'VE BEEN DISTRIBUTING THOSE IN OUR LIFE AS GRAND MAGAZINE, PROMOTING THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
THEY'RE AVAILABLE AT ALL OF OUR RECREATION CENTERS AND CITY FACILITIES AND THAT GIVES RESIDENTS THE ABILITY TO GET UNLIMITED CARNIVAL RIDES FOR $25 INSTEAD OF THE STANDARD 45.
I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT VENDORS.
SO WITH AN EXPANDED FOOTPRINT ALLOWS US TO TAKE IN SOME ADDITIONAL VENDORS AND WE REALLY WANTED TO PRIORITIZE A WIDE VARIETY OF FOOD VENDORS THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE TAKING IN SOME NEW OPTIONS.
I'M PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING TURKEY LEGS AND KOREAN CORN DOGS, SOME DIFFERENT ASIAN FOOD OFFERINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD IN THE PAST.
SO WE'VE GOT A GOOD VARIETY AS WELL AS THE CARNIVAL.
PROVIDE TRADITIONAL FOOD OFFERINGS LIKE FUNNEL CAKES, LEMONADE, THAT SORT OF THING.
OUR ARTISAN AND BUSINESS VENDORS HAVE EXPANDED AS WELL.
AND ONE THING WE SAW WAS THAT WE HAD A LOT OF INTEREST IN RETURNING VENDORS.
SO PEOPLE THAT WERE SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR WANTED TO COME BACK AND TAKE TWO BOOTHS.
SO THAT SHOWS TO US THAT THE EVENT IS SUCCESSFUL FOR THEM AND WE WANNA CONTINUE TO SUPPORT LOCAL.
AND THEN ONE OF THE MOST FUN PARTS OF THE EVENT IS OUR ENTERTAINMENT.
SO IN YOUR LITTLE BAGS THERE, YOU'VE GOT A FULL SCHEDULE OF THE MAIN STAGE ENTERTAINMENT FOR ALL THREE DAYS.
BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR HEADLINERS THIS YEAR.
THE JACKSONS LONE STAR AND DAVID LEE GARZA AND EACH OF THOSE WILL KIND OF KICK OFF THE EVENING.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT OUR OPENERS.
I WOULDN'T CALL STARTING AT 10, KICKING OFF THE EVENING, DEPENDS WHAT KIND OF EVENING YOU'RE LOOKING, WHAT TIME YOU GO TO BED.
I THINK THAT'S THE LULLABY STORY.
UH, OUR OPENERS, UM, WE'RE BRINGING BACK ALL FUNK RADIO SHOW MATT CASTILLO, WHO IS NEW TO US AND HAS PERFORMED LOCALLY
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IN LATIN BREED COMMUNITY STAGE, WILL BE ONCE AGAIN AT THE FARMER'S MARKET AND WE'RE WORKING WITH GRAND PRAIRIE ARTS COUNCIL ON THAT ONE.SO I'VE GOT THE LINEUP HERE ON THE SCREEN.
AND ALL OF OUR MUSIC LINEUPS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON THE MAIN STREET FEST WEBSITE.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT A WIDE VARIETY HERE OF GROUPS THAT WE'VE BEEN BROUGHT IN AND LOCAL DANCE GROUPS AND SINGING GROUPS ON SUNDAY FOR THE COMMUNITY STAGE.
WE'VE GOT THE DANCE STUDIOS, UM, SOME STUDENTS FROM THE GRAND PRAIRIE ARTS COUNCIL AND AN EIGHTIES BAND.
AND THEN SOME ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES FROM GRAND PRAIRIE, ISD
WHAT? SO ONE OF THE NEW ACTIVATIONS WE'VE GOT THIS YEAR IS AT MARKET SQUARE.
SO WE HAVE A NEW ALCOHOL VENDOR.
UM, WE WENT OUT TO BID THIS YEAR FOR A BRAND NEW OPTION AND FIREHOUSE AND MAMA'S MEDICINE CAME TO US WITH A REALLY CREATIVE PROPOSAL AND OFFERED US THE HIGHEST REVENUE PERCENTAGE WE'VE EVER RECEIVED AT THIS EVENT FOR ALCOHOL SALES.
SO THEY'RE COMING TO US WITH NEW DRINK OPTIONS, LIKE MIXED DRINKS THAT ARE WINE BASED AND, UM,
SO MARKET SQUARE IS TURNING INTO A WHOLE LOUNGE AND WE'RE BRINGING IN TVS TO SHOW FOOTBALL GAMES.
'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY IN THE FALL THAT'S A BIG IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT PEOPLE DO ON THE WEEKENDS AND PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO HANG OUT, LISTEN TO THE MUSIC ON THE STAGE, UM, ENJOY THE DRINKS AND THE YARD GAMES AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH A LOCAL BUSINESS.
OUR OTHER NEW AREA IS THE LAWN THAT I MENTIONED AND WE'RE TURNING IT INTO A KID ZONE.
SO IN THE PAST WE HAVE DONE A KID ZONE WITH SOME OF THE SMALLER CARNIVAL RIDES, BUT WE HAD GOTTEN FEEDBACK THAT THE LITTLEST KIDS AREN'T ALWAYS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE BRINGING IN SOME INFLATABLE ACTIVITIES AND THEN WE WERE LIKE, LET'S AMP IT UP EVEN MORE.
SO WE'RE BRINGING IN A FULL SCALE AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR COURSE AND THIS ONE IS SOMETHING I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE
I'D LOVE TO SEE SOMEONE PARTICIPATE.
YEAH, ANY OF US PERFORM, WE HAVE TO SIGN THE, SO A FULL SCALE NINJA WARRIOR COURSE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE THERE.
SO, UM, THAT'S BEING LED BY AN ACTUAL NINJA ALL STAR.
AND CARSON ACTUALLY JUST CAME BACK FROM FILMING THE SHOW, SO HE'S GONNA BE THERE THIS WEEKEND.
WE'VE GOT A REAL PRO ON OUR HANDS AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE'LL ALSO BE OFFERING BMX SHOWS.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN DONE, UM, AT MAIN STREET FEST IN YEARS PAST.
WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH OUR SKATE PARK AGAIN AND BRING THOSE BACK.
SO ON FOURTH STREET WE'LL BE HAVING A COUPLE DIFFERENT SHOWTIMES THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.
GREAT IDEA WHERE YOU CAN WATCH ACTUAL X GAMES ATHLETES PARTICIPATE SPONSORSHIPS.
SO LAST YEAR THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY STARTED WORKING ON QUITE A BIT AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR CURRENT COMMITTED TOTAL, WHICH IS AHEAD OF LAST YEAR.
SO CURRENTLY WE'VE GOT $96,500 PAID AND COMMITTED IN SPONSORSHIPS.
I'M TRYING TO SQUEEZE OUT A FEW, I'D LOVE TO BEAT A HUNDRED.
UM, BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS NUMBER AND VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO BE SUPPORTING SO MANY OF THESE BUSINESSES.
OVER HALF OF THESE ARE BASED IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
UM, AND THAT'S A COOL WAY THAT THEY'RE SHOWING UP AND SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE GETTING TO BENEFIT FROM THAT.
SO YOUR VIP ACCOMMODATIONS IN YOUR PACKET, YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED THERE, BUT IF FOR SOME REASON THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON, YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL RAY KELLY OR MYSELF, WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED.
WE ARE BRINGING BACK THE STUDENTS FROM DUBISKI TO DO THE CATERING.
UM, THAT WAS REALLY FUN LAST YEAR AND THEY MADE SOME GOOD FOOD, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH THEM AGAIN.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE LAYOUT OF THE EVENT ITSELF IN THE PINK THERE.
AND YOU'VE GOT A COPY OF THIS IN YOUR BAG, BUT IN THE PINK THERE IS WHERE THE VIP AREAS WILL BE LOCATED AND THEN THE REST OF THE FESTIVAL GROUND.
UM, AND THEN AT THIS POINT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JONATHAN FOR MARKETING.
SO FOR FOR MARKETING FOR MAIN STREET FEST THIS YEAR, EACH YEAR WE KIND OF LOOK AT DIFFERENT STRATEGIES WE CAN IMPLEMENT.
UM, AND THIS YEAR WAS NO DIFFERENT.
UM, SO FOR THE MEDIA BUY THIS YEAR, WE DECIDED TO GO A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ROUTE WITH THE RADIO BUY.
UM, SO FOR RADIO SPOTS WE KIND OF, WE STARTED TO BROADEN, UM, THE REACH OF WHAT WE WANTED TO DO AS FAR AS RADIO GOES.
SO WE'RE SPREADING, UM, WE'RE SPREADING OUT OUR RADIO, OUR ADS ACROSS DIFFERENT TRAFFIC SEGMENTS ACROSS THESE 15 DIFFERENT RADIO STATIONS.
AND THEY COVER MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF GENRES AS WELL TO KIND OF COVER A LOT OF DIFFERENT LISTENING TASTES AND INTERESTS TO KIND OF BRING IN THE MOST AMOUNT OF LISTENERS TO HEAR OUR ADS.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, A NEW THING WE ARE DOING AS WELL IS DIGITAL OUT-OF-HOME ADS, WHICH ARE KIND OF PROMOTIONAL GRAPHICS THAT RUN ON DIFFERENT SCREENS ACROSS DFW AREA AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF VENUES INCLUDING SHOPPING MALLS, GAS STATIONS, HOTELS, UM, OFFICE DIGITAL OUTDOOR BOARDS AND THE LIKE,
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UM, TO KIND OF JUST BE ABLE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO SEE THE BRANDING, TO BE ABLE TO BE ENTICED BY WHAT MAIN STREET FEST HAS TO OFFER AND BE BROUGHT TO THE EVENT.UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY UTILIZING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL AS AS PART OF THE CITY, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, THE PIPELINE NEWSLETTER SIGNS AROUND TOWN, THE DIGITAL BOARDS ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT'S MAKING THE MOST OF THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH TEXAS MONTHLY, UM, BEING ABLE TO PROMOTE MAIN STREET FEST WITHIN THEIR, BOTH THEIR PRINT ADS, THEIR PRINT, THEIR PRINT MAGAZINES, AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THEIR DIGITAL PLATFORMS. ALSO, UM, WE'RE UTILIZING THE CITY OWNED BILLBOARDS ON I 20 AND I 30.
UM, AND AS WELL IN ADDITION THIS YEAR WE ARE ALSO BEING ABLE TO BE FEATURED ON THE DIGITAL BILLBOARDS WITHIN GRAND PRAIRIE THROUGH CLEAR CHANNEL'S PSA PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE.
SO THOSE BOARDS, WE ABLE TO GET THOSE FOR FREE.
UM, AS WELL AS I'M SURE ALL OF YOU GUYS HAVE RECEIVED, YOUR LIFE IS GRAND IN THE MAIL EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR THE FALL.
UM, IT INCLUDES LIFE IS GRAND, INCLUDES MAIN STREET FEST, AS WELL AS THE COUPON ON THE BACK AS WELL FOR THE EVENTS.
UM, AND, AND ON A COUPLE OF THE DIFFERENT GPTV SHOWS AS WELL, THE MAIN STREET FEST WAS FEATURED.
UM, ON SOCIAL MEDIA SIDE, WE'RE DOING SOME TARGETED SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AS WELL AS POSTING A VARIETY OF ENGAGING CONTENT BOTH BEFORE AND DURING THE EVENT AS WELL AS IN THE MIDST OF THAT HIGHLIGHTING, AS EMILY MENTIONED, THE RESIDENT COUPON TO MAKE SURE RESIDENTS ARE AWARE THAT IT'S WHERE THAT IT'S AVAILABLE AND THEY CAN PICK THEM UP.
UM, BUT LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR AGENCY PARTNER TO KIND OF ON THE PUBLIC RELATIONS SIDE TO KIND OF ENGAGE OUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA AND TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF CREATE DIFFERENT, UM, PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING THROUGH THAT.
HAVE SOME DEFINITELY SOME, SOME PROMISING ASPECTS TO IT, UM, TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF ENGAGE WITH THEM.
WE'RE KIND OF TRYING TO PITCH MORE INDUSTRY SPECIFIC STORYTELLING, SO THINGS THAT INCLUDE LIKE FAMILY FOCUSED OR KIND OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF GENRES.
SO FAMILY FOCUSED, FOOD AND BEVERAGE, THE MUSIC, JUST TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE EVENT TO KIND OF ENGAGE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDIA.
AND FINALLY, WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO GET THE EVENT INCLUDED ON ALL THE ONLINE EVENT CALENDARS.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE KIND OF, I IMPLEMENTED A LOT OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO BE ABLE TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE EVENT, TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT THIS YEAR'S EVENT HAS TO OFFER.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? CAN'T WAIT TO ATTEND SOME OF IT.
WE'VE GOT OTHER THINGS GOING ON THAT WEEKEND, BUT ALL OF US WILL TRY TO MAKE BOTH EVERYTHING WE CAN THIS WEEKEND.
ALRIGHT, CON DOWNTOWN MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
I AM MEGAN MAHAN, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, AND I AM PROUD TO REPORT THAT THINGS ARE ABOUT TO START RAMPING UP DOWNTOWN.
SO FIRST OF ALL, AS Y'ALL HAVE SEEN, UM, THE CALVARY SITE PREPARATION IS WELL UNDERWAY.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THROUGH THAT.
THERE'S TWO CIRCLES WHERE, WHERE WE STARTED AND WHERE WE HOPE TO END.
WE HAVE COMPLETED THE FIRST PHASE, WHICH WAS IN THE RED BOX RIGHT THERE.
AND AFTER MAIN STREET FEST IS COMPLETED, THEN WE WILL BEGIN ON THE BLUE BOX WITH THE YELLOW STAR.
UM, THAT WILL TAKE US UNTIL MARCH OF 2026.
AND THEN WE WILL THEN MOVE TO PHASE THREE WITH THE COMPLETION OF JULY OF 2026.
WE WILL BE TAKING THE STAGE TO Y'ALL FOR CONSIDERATION, UM, AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND IF, IF APPROVED, WE WILL BE STARTING CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THAT SAME WEEK.
SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU, WE'VE BEEN WORKING FAST AND FURIOUS BETWEEN ANDY HENNING, STEVE PLUMER, WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON, UM, THE DESIGN AND GETTING THINGS READY.
AND SO WE'VE, AND WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE THE LIBERTY BELL A FOCAL PIECE FOR THIS AREA.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE THE COVER HAVE, UM, JUST A LITTLE EXTRA SPECIAL TOUCHES, KEEP ALL THE SAME PLAQUES, ADD OF COURSE A NEW PLAQUE TO COMMEMORATE THE NEW ADDITION AND, UM, AND REALLY TRY TO MAKE THIS A REALLY SPECIAL PLACE.
SO WE, WE WOULD BE IF, IF APPROVED AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE WOULD BE STARTING THAT SAME WEEK WITH THE TARGET FOR NOVEMBER, 2026, WHERE WE WOULD BE POTENTIALLY, UM, HAVING THE GRAND OPENING FOR THE NEXT MAIN STREET FEST FOR 2026.
AND NOW WE MOVE ON TO THE STREETS.
SO CAROL, IF YOU WANNA COME ON UP HERE IN CASE THERE'S OTHER QUESTIONS THAT, THAT I CAN'T ANSWER.
UM, WE'VE GOT A FEW THINGS THAT'LL BE HAPPENING ON JEFFERSON OVER THE NEXT YEAR TO, IN PREPARATION FOR THE BIG START OF CONSTRUCTION, UM, AT THE BE AT THE END OF 2026.
SO THE JEFFERSON, MAINE BIG ROUNDABOUT,
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THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE TA AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THAT UM, YELLOW BOX.THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE MOVING AND DIVERTING TRUCKS ONTO JEFFERSON FROM MAINE.
AND WE HAVE A, UM, TENTATIVE RENDERING OF WHAT A VISION OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE, UM, PAYING HOMAGE TO OUR HISTORY THROUGH THE, UM, THROUGH THE ART AND HAVING BEAUTIFIED, UM, LANDSCAPING AND EVERYTHING IS ATTACHED TO THAT.
IS THAT THE FIRST ROUNDABOUT TO BE CONSTRUCTED? YES SIR.
WHEN WILL IT START? IT WILL START SPRING OF 2026.
TO BE COMPLETED SUMMER OF 2027.
AND I BET THE OTHER SLIDES SHOW WHEN THE OTHER TWO ARE COMING, WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
WE, NOT NECESSARILY THE ROUNDABOUTS, BUT I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THIS, THE PHASING OF THE ROADS.
THE NEXT PART OF JEFFERSON THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON IN 2026 IS THE JEFFERSON RECONSTRUCT THAT WILL BE GOING FROM THE IN BETWEEN THE TWO STARS.
SO FROM HIGHWAY 1 61 TO CIMARRON.
SO IF YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE YOU'VE GOT THE BANK OF BANK OF AMERICA CARRIER, IT'S RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S THE WORST PART OF JEFFERSON FOR TRUCK TRAFFIC.
SO WE'LL BE DOING, CAROL CALLS IT THE PICKUP AND THE PUT DOWN.
SO WE'LL BASICALLY BE REDOING THAT STREET, UM, TO MAKE IT A A GIVE IT THE ABILITY FOR TRUCKS TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY TRAVEL ON IT IN THAT PARTICULAR PART.
AND THAT WILL GO FROM SPRING 2026 TO SUMMER OF 2027.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LOT ON THE MAIN STREET CORE CONSTRUCTION AND THE TIMING AND THE PHASING OF EVERYTHING.
THE MOST PAINFUL PART WILL BE THIS CORE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WILL BE FROM NORTHWEST SIXTH TO NORTHEAST FIFTH, UM, BETWEEN THE TWO STARS.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS IT'S, YOU'VE GOT MONTEREYS IN THE FIREHOUSE FIRE STATION AND THEN ON NORTHEAST, NORTHWEST SIXTH AND THEN NORTHEAST FIFTH IS DOLLAR TREE FUNERAL HOME OVER THERE.
AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE THE, THE HEAVIEST CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE SAID, LET'S JUST RIP THE BANDAID OFF, LET'S GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY.
LET'S START WITH THAT CONSTRUCTION WITH THE IDEA THAT THAT WOULD, UM, IT WOULD BE EASY TO JUST THEN KIND OF HANDLE THE OTHER STUFF IN A MORE, IN A LIGHTER FASHION.
SO, UM, IT WOULD NOT BE THE ROUNDABOUTS, WE WOULD JUST START WITH THE MAIN, UM, UTILITIES, SIDEWALKS, STREETS, THAT TYPE OF THING, AND THEN MOVE TO THE ROUNDABOUTS AND THEN THE OUTER, THE OUTER LIMITS.
SO THAT WOULD TARGETED START WINTER OF 2026 WITH SPRING OF 2028.
AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING BASED ON THE LAST CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH Y'ALL, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON UPDATING THE DESIGN AND THE RENDERINGS TO KIND OF ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND COMMENTS THAT Y'ALL HAD.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WAS WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH TXDOT TO ELIMINATE THE, UM, THE EXTRA BIKE LANE.
NOW IT'S GOING TO BE A SHARED USE, UM, IN ORDER TO WIDEN THE SIDEWALKS SO THAT BIKES CAN EITHER GO ON THE STREET WITH THE CARS OR ON THE SIDEWALKS, GIVING US A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A SIDEWALK OPPORTUNITY.
THE, UM, THE LANDSCAPING YOU SEE IS JUST A VISION RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS ON WHAT THE LANDSCAPING WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT WE, WE HEARD YOU THAT THE SIDEWALKS ARE, ARE REALLY A CRITICAL PIECE OF THIS.
AND SO WE TRIED TO GET AS MUCH BANG FOR OUR BUCK IN TERMS OF SIDEWALKS THAT WE COULD.
AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW WIDE THE SIDEWALKS WILL BE.
UM, RIGHT NOW IT KIND OF VARIES.
IT GOES FROM EITHER SIX FEET TO UP TO 20 FEET.
MOST OF IT NOW WILL BE ON ONE SIDE WILL BE FROM 19 FEET TO 20 FEET WITH THE OTHER SIDE BEING 18 FEET TO 20 FEET.
SO TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE VERSUS WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO, UM, THAT JET OUT IN FRONT OF THE UPTOWN IS 20 FEET.
SO, AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, NEXT TO SUBWAY, THAT'S ABOUT 15 FEET.
SO YOU'RE GONNA BE GETTING A PRETTY WIDE SIDEWALK THERE ALL THE WAY DOWN.
WITH THAT, I WILL BE TAKING QUESTION MEMBER HEDEN.
I HAD TWO QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT THE RENDERINGS.
THE FIRST ONE WITH THE BELL, UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY NICE, THESE COVERED AREAS ON THE LAWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.
I WAS CURIOUS, ARE THOSE UM, LIKE PER GLOVES THAT ARE OPEN OR IS THAT TOTALLY UH, AN ENCLOSED TOP? THE BELL WILL BE TOTALLY ENCLOSED.
UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY FOUR DIFFERENT SHADE STRUCTURES.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT THERE'S TWO ON EACH SIDE AND THEY WILL BE, UM, IT'LL NOT BE WEATHER PROTECTED.
THEY WILL MAINLY JUST BE SHADE, SHADE CREAM.
SO PROBABLY A PERGOLAS PROBABLY A GOOD EXAMPLE.
AND THEN FOR THE ROUNDABOUT, I KNOW THERE WAS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT, UM, WALTER WAS LEADING.
ARE WE GONNA GET THAT BACK TOGETHER, UH, TO SELECT AND WORK ON THE ART COMMISSION FOR THIS? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE, I DON'T RECALL WHAT AD
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HOC COMMITTEE THAT WAS.MAYBE WALTER DOES OR IT WASN'T.
YEAH, IT WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO AGO.
THERE WAS A AGO THERE WAS AN ART COMMITTEE LOOKING AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT ART COMPONENTS.
UH, ASKING COUNCIL, UM, YOURSELF WAS INCLUDED AND A COUPLE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS MM-HMM
COUNCIL COUNCIL WAS PART OF THAT.
AND I DO ANTICIPATE US COMING BACK TO THAT ONCE WE GET THINGS CONSTRUCTION.
WANNA GET THINGS STARTED ON CONSTRUCTION THEN? IS YOUR MIC ON? YEAH, IT'S NOT COMING ON.
UM, BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE COMING BACK TO THAT GOOD WITH THE HEART.
I DO BELIEVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. WELL I WAS GONNA SAY, I BELIEVE THAT THIS, THIS VISION WAS, IF I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THIS, THIS VISION WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL OR TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND Y'ALL, UM, LIKED THIS PARTICULAR THING.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T REMEMBER IT QUITE THAT WAY.
WAS THE NEXT OH REALLY?
SO I THINK WHAT IT WAS IS THAT THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING BROUGHT OUT FOR THE INITIAL MEETING AND THEN WE REALIZED WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE A BIT MORE.
AND YOU AND I PROBABLY HAVE SOME GREAT RESOURCES AFTER THE CONFERENCE WE WENT TO ON PUBLIC ART, UH, ON THAT TOPIC.
NOW, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS YES, I DO LIKE THE, THE AEROSPACE.
WELL REALLY JUST, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME HISTORY ABOUT THE LIBERTY BELL? I KNOW THAT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT TO OUR CITY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW RAY, I I I KNOW THAT WE HAD STEVE PLUMER KIND OF DO SOME RESEARCH ON THAT.
I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN, UM, I DON'T THINK HE'S HERE.
BUT IT'S BEEN, IT IT WAS, WE, WE PUT IN THE LIBERTY BELL.
MS. GEORGIA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY HISTORY EITHER, BUT IT'S BEEN FOR ABOUT 50 YEARS.
IS THAT RIGHT? IN IN OUR CITY? YES SIR.
ACTUALLY, BONNIE COCHRAN DID A PRESENTATION ON MY SHOW ABOUT THE LIBERTY BELL WITH ALL THAT HISTORY.
AND SHE WILL BE HERE THIS EVENING.
WE CAN, WE CAN PICK HER BRAIN ON MORE OF THE HISTORY ON THE LIBERTY BELL.
I WOULD DEFINITELY, BUT MIGHT MIGHT BE A GREAT IDEA.
WE CAN BRING BACK SOME, SOME INFORMATION AND TALKING POINTS FOR Y'ALL ABOUT THE HISTORY BECAUSE IT IS A REAL, IT'S AN ICONIC POINT OF OUR, OF OUR CITY.
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, CAN YOU GO OVER THE BIKE LANE AGAIN? 'CAUSE I THOUGHT YOU SAID THAT THE BIKES WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO TRAVEL ON THE SIDEWALKS.
I JUST WANNA GET SOME CLARITY AROUND THAT.
THEY'RE GONNA BE GO ON THE STREET AND OR THE SIDEWALK IS WHAT SHE SAID.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU SAID.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE BIKES ON THE SIDEWALK.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA HAVE MORE LIKE A BI BISTRO TYPE ENVIRONMENT ALONG THE STREET AND SO WOULD BE WALKING, RIDING THROUGH THE BIKES.
IT'D BE HARD TO RIDE BIKES ON IT.
THE I CAN'T WHAT WHAT WHAT? SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING I WAS SAYING THEY NEED TO BE ON THE STREETS, RIGHT? THEY HAVE SIGN.
YEAH, BUT WHAT YOU DID SAY WOULD BE BOTH.
AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ON THIS RENDER AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT IT TO BE BOTH.
SO IT SO WILL THE BIKES RIDE BETWEEN BUT I GUESS BETWEEN THE LANDSCAPING AND THE PARKING.
OH, DID I TELL THEM WRONG? NO, YOU'RE FINE.
YOU SEE THE SHERO SYMBOLS CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
IT'S REALLY ONLY IN THE STREET IN THE SHARE.
WE'RE CALLING IT A SHARED USE PATH IN THE, THERE IT IS THE CAR.
SO IT'S NOT ON THE SIDEWALK TOO.
SEE THESE SYMBOLS, THESE ARE CALLED SHEROS.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE ON THE SIDEWALK.
THAT'S WHY IT'S 15 FEET WALKING BUT IT'S NOT THE SIDEWALK.
APOLOGIES FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
WE ALL HEARD THE SAME THING BESSIE DID.
OH, YOU GOOD BES COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMSON.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
ONCE WE OBTAIN THE ACCURATE HISTORY, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A LITTLE, UM, SOME SORT OF PLAQUE.
AND I DON'T, DON'T WISH TO MICROMANAGE THAT.
I KNOW THAT'S, WE'LL GET MORE INFORMATION ON IT, BUT YOU SEE HOW THAT'S A LONG STRIP OF BUSH'S LITTLE SHRUBS THERE.
AND IF YOU'LL UH, THINK ABOUT AT THE, UH, EPIC PARKING LOT, HOW YOU HAVE TO WALK FROM ONE END OF THE PARKING LOT NEARLY TO THE OTHER TO GET TO THE FINCH OR ADORA.
I, I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE PATHWAYS, MORE OPTIONS OF PATHWAYS THROUGH THE SHRUBS.
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THANK YOU MAYOR.UH, I GUESS IF YOU START THE COMMITTEE AGAIN, MAYBE REPLACE COLE WITH ME.
POSSIBLY THAT WOULD BE A WISE MOVE.
SINCE THEY WERE BOTH REPRESENT DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
THAT'S PROBABLY WHY COLE WAS ON IT.
'CAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE A LICK.
UM, CAROL, THE, UH, THE PART OF JEFFERSON, YOU'RE REALLY JUST GOING TO, ARE YOU GOING JUST CHANGE THE ASPHALT PART TO CONCRETE? THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
THAT'S THE ONLY ASPHALT SECTION.
THAT'S WHY I CALL IT PICK IT UP AND PUT IT DOWN.
WE'RE GONNA PICK UP ASPHALT AND PUT IT DOWN CONCRETE.
AND PART OF IT BETWEEN, BETWEEN FIFTH AND 1 61 IS CONCRETE ALREADY YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE THAT CONCRETE.
YOU CAN PRETTY WELL SEE THE JOINT RIGHT THERE ABOUT SIM CIMARRON AND THEN IT 1 61.
CARRIER THOUGH IT'S CONCRETE TOO, ISN'T IT? YEAH, IT'LL GO THROUGH THERE AS WELL.
AND YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT OBVIOUSLY ONE LANE AT A TIME.
IT HAS A VERY EXTENSIVE PHASING PLAN, BUT I WANT TO SEE WHAT THE CONTRACTOR SAYS ABOUT THAT.
I THINK IT CAN BE DONE MORE EFFICIENTLY, SO MORE TO COME ON THAT.
BECAUSE IT'S, IT IS A PRETTY BUSY ROAD.
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE A TRAIN AND WE KNOW THAT.
SO YEAH, IT DOES HAVE A VERY, UH, COMPLEX PHASING AND I WANNA SEE HOW, HOW THAT CAN BE REWORKED.
AS WE GET CLOSER AND, UH, LET'S SEE, I GUESS MAYBE STILL YOU, UH, Y'ALL, THIS ALL WAS DESIGNED BEFORE I GOT BACK ON COUNCIL AGAIN.
AND I'M LOOKING AT THESE DRAWINGS AND THESE PICTURES AND I DON'T, I, I GUESS I'M LOST IN THE SECTION BETWEEN EAST FIFTH AND, UH, SEVENTH, WEST SEVENTH, HOW MANY LANES ARE GOING TO BE ON THE ROAD? ONE LANE EACH DIRECTION AND TURN LANE.
SO SEE THESE PICTURES, THESE PICTURES ARE SHOWING TWO LANES, LIKE THE BOTTOM CROSS SECTION.
UH, IT'LL, IT'LL COME IN, YOU'LL GET PARALLEL PARKING.
YOU'LL GAIN A 15 FOOT LANE AND A TURN LANE OUT OF THE EXISTING AND THEN SOUTH.
SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE HAVE A CONTINUOUS TURN LANE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE MEDIAN IN THIS SECTION SO THAT IN THE FUTURE IF WE WANTED TO HAVE PARADES THROUGH HERE, THEY DON'T HAVE A MEDIAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WALKWAY.
AND PLUS TONY, ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAID, IT TOOK AWAY SPACE FOR THE BISTROS.
IF YOU PUT A MEDIAN IN IT JUST WINDS.
I DON'T WANT, DON'T WANT A MEDIAN SHORTENS THE UH, SIDEWALK.
UH, BUT IT IS GONNA BE CONTINUOUS LEFT TURN LANE ALL THE WAY.
UM, YEAH, WE CAN, I'VE GOT A FULL SCHEMATIC IF YOU WANNA GET IN THE WEEDS, WE CAN LOOK AT IT.
I GUESS THIS WILL BE MEGAN NOW I GUESS MAYBE YOU CAN GO SIT DOWN.
UM, ON THE STAGE THAT YOU'RE BUILDING.
UH, I'M ASSUMING WE'RE DOING AS MUCH IN-HOUSE DESIGNING AS WE CAN.
WE HAD A, UM, WE HAD A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WHO HELPED WITH THE, HE'S THE KIND OF PREMIER STAGE ARCHITECT, UM, FOR THE STATE.
AND SO WE HAD HIM COME IN AND DO THAT DESIGN.
BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE SOMEBODY THAT'S FAMILIAR WITH ACOUSTICS WITH ABSOLUTELY, YES SIR.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE PICTURE HERE LOOKS LIKE A BOX, WHICH WOULD BE REALLY HORRIBLE.
SO I'M HOPING IT'S NOT GONNA LOOK LIKE THIS.
IT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE THIS, BUT, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE ACOUSTICS HAVE BEEN WELL ACCOUNTED FOR.
MAYBE WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND YOU CAN TELL ME WHO THAT IS THAT'S HELPING YOU WITH THAT.
UM, I GUESS THAT'S ALL I'VE WRITTEN DOWN.
UM, MINE, I GUESS AS WE GET READY TO GO NLC IN MARCH, DEFINITELY I KNOW OUR CONGRESSIONAL PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ALL HAPPENING IN OUR DOWNTOWN.
SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE COULD GET A PACKET TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIVERTING TRAFFIC AND THEN ADDING MORE DENSITY TO DOWNTOWN.
I THINK A LOT OF, UM, STATE AND AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE LOOKING FOR THAT TYPE OF PROJECTS.
UM, I THINK CONGRESSMAN BC WHEN HE WAS IN TOWN MENTIONED THAT TRY AND PROVIDE SOME FUNDING FOR DOWNTOWN.
SO HOPEFULLY WE KEEP HIM ENGAGED AND HOPEFULLY WE GET MORE FUNDING.
SO WHATEVER Y'ALL COULD DO ON THAT, THAT POINT, JUST MAKE SURE WE TIE THAT INTO THAT.
OKAY, HERE'S THE LIBERTY BILL HISTORY PRESENTED BY BARRY SANDERS.
THE LIBERTY BELL WAS DEDICATED IN 1976 AS PART OF THE NATION'S BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
THERE WAS A PLAQUE OF ALL THE DONORS AND GROUPS THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE.
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GROUP LISTED WAS THE FIFTH GRADE CLASS OF G-P-I-S-D SINCE I WAS 10 YEARS OLD.AND IN THE FIFTH GRADE, 1976, I WAS NOWHERE CLOSE TO 10 YEARS OLD.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, AGENDA REVIEW, MAYOR PRO TEM.
UH, COUNCIL, WE HAVE ITEMS SIX THROUGH 33 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO.
I, UH, ON NUMBER 13, CHIEF 13 CHIEF, YOU.
IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY VENDORS? YES.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET AMMUNITION.
YOU GOTTA HAVE A LOT TO GET ANY, YES, THAT'S IT.
IT'S JUST LIKE HAVING, HAVING TO HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF SPORTING GOODS STORES.
AND THEN ON, UM, I, I HAD, I HAD ASKED CINDY A QUESTION ABOUT NUMBER 15, UH, AND I JUST WANT TO REPEAT HER ANSWER BECAUSE IT WAS A PERFECT ANSWER.
UM, IT SEEMED THAT THE AMOUNT OF 1 25 A YEAR WAS HIGH BECAUSE SHE HADN'T EVEN USED THE 1 25 IN THE LAST THREE YEARS PUT TOGETHER.
BUT THIS IS FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS, NOT JUST HER DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S, THAT MAKES SENSE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL PASS IT BACK TO YOU MAYOR.
UM, IT, THE DRAFT SUGGESTION WAS IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET.
UM, AND WE COULD DISCUSS THAT DRAFT IN HERE OR WE COULD DISCUSS IT IN THE OPEN SESSION.
IT WAS A, I THOUGHT A DECENT DRAFT THAT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, BUT, UH, UH, WE CAN'T VOTE ON IT IN HERE.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS PERTINENT TO IT OR WE CAN SAVE THOSE QUESTIONS TILL THE OPEN MEETING.
THE OTHER, THE, WHEN WE'RE IN THE SIX 30 AGENDA, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING.
YEAH, I'LL HAVE SOME BUT I THINK I NEED TO HOLD UNTIL SIX 30.
SO, UM, THE COUNCIL CAN HAVE A CLO MAY CONDUCT A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 51, SUB CHAPTER D OF THE GOVERNMENT CO VTCA TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING.
TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON TWO NUMBER ONE SECTION 5 51 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH AN ATTORNEY REGARDING ITEM 49, ITEM FIVE, SECTION 5 5 1 0.087 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
WE'LL TAKE A RE RASHAD, WHAT WAS THAT ONE THAT YOU SAID WE NEED TO TABLE APPLICANT ITEM 40 OR 43? I REQUESTED THE TABLE 42 AND 43.
AND MAYOR AT THE SAME TIME, I'M GONNA ASK THE TABLE NUMBER 46 AND 46.
WELL ASK FOR IT TO BE TABLED AND SEE HOW THE VOTE GOES.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A RECESS, EAT, HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, SEE Y'ALL BACK HERE AT SIX 30.
UM, WE'LL GET OUR FOOD AND JOIN RIGHT BEHIND US.