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I CALL IMMEDIATE ORDER.HAVE A COUPLE OF STAFF PRESENTATIONS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
PETER, SIGN, LIBRARY DIRECTOR.
WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THINGS SPRING BREAK AND DINOSAURS, 'CAUSE NOTHING SAYS SPRING BREAK, LIKE DINOSAURS.
WHY THAT? OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'M STILL TRYING TO CATCH UP FROM DEALING WITH DINOSAURS ALL DAY ON SATURDAY, MARCH 21ST FROM 12:00 PM TO 5:00 PM THE LIBRARY, ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS IN PARKS, ARTS AND RECREATION, AND EPIC CENTRAL, WILL BE HOLDING OUR THIRD ANNUAL DNO FEST.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL AND EXEMPLIFIES THE LIBRARY'S MISSION OF BRINGING LEARNING LITERACY AND FUN TO EVERYONE, AS WE DID LAST YEAR.
THIS YEAR WILL BE EVEN BIGGER WITH MORE DINOSAURS, MORE PROGRAM TENTS, MORE ACTIVITIES LIKE THE DINO SLIDE.
THIS YEAR WE EVEN HAVE A DINOSAUR WHO'S BEEN DESIGNED BY ONE OF OUR GP STUDENTS, AND THAT WILL BE ON DISPLAY AS WELL.
EVERYTHING ABOUT DNO FEST IS ABOUT MERGING EDUCATION AND FUN.
IF Y'ALL REMEMBER LAST YEAR, WE HAD ABOUT 11,000 PEOPLE COME OUT FOR DNO FEST, AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED FOR THIS YEAR.
AND THE DINOSAURS ARE BEING INSTALLED AS I SPEAK.
THEY'LL BE UP BY THE EIGHTH AND THEY'LL RUN THROUGH THE 27TH DOWN AT EPIC CENTRAL IN PREPARATION FOR DINO FEST AND FOR OUR OTHER MAJOR DINO EVENT.
AND I'M GONNA HAND IT OFF TO CHRISTIAN APP TO TALK ABOUT DINO DASH.
PETER CHRISTIAN, APP GENERAL MANAGER, EPIC REC, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THIS, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS.
CHRIS, OH, DIVISION CHIEF EPIC CENTRAL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
UH, BUT I DO WANNA JUST QUICKLY ANNOUNCE THIS IS OUR, NONE OF US READ THE EMAIL
IT'S, IT'S QUITE A TITLE, UM, DINO DASH.
THIS IS OUR FOURTH YEAR IN EXISTENCE.
AND I DO WANT TO TURN THIS OVER REALLY QUICK TO OUR, UH, FITNESS SUPERVISOR, UH, ROBERT CERNER.
HE IS THE ARCHITECT OF FITNESS AT THE EPIC AND BRINGING YOU GREAT, UM, MARKETING, UH, OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS THIS.
UM, HE HAS BEEN PIVOTAL IN THE SUCCESS OF OVER 13,000 MEMBERS OF EPIC REC, AS WELL AS HITTING A ALL TIME RECORD REVENUE OF OVER $3 MILLION THIS PAST YEAR.
WELL, UH, IT'S OUR FOURTH ANNUAL DNO DASH.
UH, THE POINT OF IT IS TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
UM, IT, IT SO HAPPENS TO COINCIDE WITH HAVING ALL THE DINOSAURS OUT THERE.
SO IF YOU ARE A FITNESS ENTHUSIAST OR YOU'RE LOOKING TO BECOME ONE, UH, AND YOU WANNA GET YOUR FAMILY INVOLVED, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
MAY GOD BLESS US WITH GREAT WEATHER ON THAT DAY.
WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS OUT THERE, FRIENDS, COWORKERS, SPOUSES, AND UH, JUST GET GREAT PARTICIPATION.
UH, LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 200 PEOPLE SIGN UP.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED, UH, TO HAVE THIS EVENT.
SO VERY QUICKLY, UH, THE EVENT IS SPLIT INTO THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO DO ONE OR PARTICIPATE IN MULTIPLE.
YOU HAVE THE KIDS ONE MILE FUN RUN.
YOU CAN DO IT AS A FAMILY, AS PARTNERS, OR YOU CAN RUN IT AS A INDIVIDUAL IF YOU ARE MORE SERIOUS ABOUT YOUR 5K AND MANY PEOPLE ARE.
AND THEN KIND OF THE, THE BIG THING, THE THING THAT PEOPLE COME OUT THERE, THE SPECTACLE OF IT ALL IS OUR RELAY RACE.
SO WE DRESS UP IN INFLATABLE DINOSAUR COSTUMES.
I KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE THINKING.
AND, UM, UH, IT'S A, UH, TEAM OF FOUR.
YOU RUN AROUND THE POND IN THAT INFLATABLE COSTUME.
UH, IT'S ABOUT 300 METERS AROUND.
YOU TOSS THE BATON TO YOUR TEAMMATE, ALL FOUR GET AROUND.
WE CAN RUN ABOUT SIX TEAMS PER
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HEAT.SO, UH, IF YOU GUYS GET A CHANCE TO COME OUT THERE AND PARTICIPATE, I STRONGLY URGE YOU DO.
AND WHILE YOU'RE, SIR, THERE YES SIR.
I THINK YOU'VE BEEN THE EPIC SINCE IT STARTED.
AND THIS IS REALLY JUST A HIGHLIGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT EPIC CENTRAL IS DOING, BECAUSE WHILE ALL OF THIS IS GOING ON, WE HAVE LIVE MUSIC EVERY SINGLE NIGHT FROM SIX TO EIGHT 30.
THIS IS MAINLY FOR OUR HOTEL GUESTS, BUT ALSO DURING THE WEEK OF, UH, UH, DURING THE WEEK OF GRAND PRAIRIE SPRING BREAK, LOTS OF LOCAL ARTISTS.
AND THEN, UH, HALL, NEW UV EXPRESSION STARTING AT 8 30, 9 30, AND 10 30 AND 1130 EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMETHING TO DO.
BUT ALSO ON MARCH 14TH, THIS IS THE VERY FIRST SHAMROCK SOCIAL.
THIS IS OUR PARTNERSHIP EVENT WITH ALL OF OUR SITE PARTNERS.
THIS IS A BAR CRAWL THAT IS GOING ON AT EPIC CENTRAL ON ST.
UM, IT, BUT IT'S ALSO A NON-ALCOHOLIC OPTION, SO YOU CAN DO EITHER ONE THAT YOU WANT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEING PUT ON BY OUR PARTNERS.
UH, THIS IS, UH, GONNA BE A FUN EVENT.
WE'VE TRIED LOTS OF THINGS AT, UH, FOR SPRING BREAK AND FOR, UH, ST.
SO NOW WE ARE TRYING SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE EVER HAD ALL OF OUR RESTAURANT PARTNERS INVOLVED IN SOMETHING.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY REAL QUICKLY, UM, ALEX IS HAVING SOMETHING.
ISN'T HE HAVING SOMETHING ON MARCH 14TH AS WELL, ALEX? YES, SIR.
THERE IS A CONCERT AT THE EPIC THEATER, ALEX CRAWFORD, IT'S CALLED, YOU HAD TO BE THERE.
THERE, IT'S, UH, THERE'S A TICKETED EVENT THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, IT'S A MARKETED SEPARATELY FROM OH, OKAY.
AND I'M KAMI MCKILLOP WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE'VE DONE A LOT TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT DINO FEST.
UM, WE HAVE A FEATURE IN THIS MONTH'S, UH, TEXAS MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
OF COURSE, LIFE IS GRAND PARKS MAGAZINE.
UM, ALL THE DIGITAL SCREENS AROUND, UM, THE CITY, AND ALSO THE PIPELINE NEWSLETTER, OF COURSE.
AND WE HAVE LOTS OF DIGITAL OUTREACH AS OF TODAY.
WE'VE HAD 382,000 VIEWS ON OUR FACEBOOK EVENT FOR THIS.
AND WE'VE HAD 1200 WEBSITE VISITS, AND IT'S BEEN MENTIONED ON THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE.
AND, UM, WHICH IS AVAILABLE OF COURSE ON YOUTUBE AND GPTV.
AND WE HAVE MUCH MORE TO COME.
OUR PR AGENCY ON RA IS HELPING US REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE PUBLICATIONS LISTED BELOW.
WE HAVE A CBS, UH, LIVE SHOT IN THE MORNING OF MARCH 9TH.
AND, UM, WE'RE DOING A PROMOTIONAL VIDEO AFTER ALL THE DINOSAURS GET PUT UP AND, UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO PITCH THE EVENT.
ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENT? COUN, COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ? NO, IT'S, IT LOOKS A LOT OF FUN.
UM, I KNOW WE JUST HAD AN EVENT OUT THERE, UM, LAST WEEK OR SO.
UM, THEY WERE ASKING ABOUT THE ELEVATOR.
I MEAN, I WAS ASKED LIKE THREE SEPARATE TIMES.
YEAH, WE'RE ON THE THIRD ELEVATOR YEAH.
SO I MEAN, IT IS JUST, WHAT'S THE STATUS? WE ARE WAITING FOR THE PART TO ARRIVE.
IF THIS DOES NOT FIX IT, THEN WE WILL INITIATE AN EMERGENCY REPAIR WITH THE MANUFACTURER.
MAYBE ANOTHER OPTION TOO IS MAYBE RUNNING A GOLF CART DOWN THERE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
DURING THESE HIGH PEAK TIMES AND, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVING THEM AN OPTION AND, BUT YEAH, I JUST, I KNOW I TOLD HIM, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT COULD BE A PART, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER WAS, BUT YES SIR.
AND WE, WE WILL HAVE OUR CART, WE WILL HAVE OUR CART DRIVERS ON SITE DURING SPRING BREAK.
AND WHAT HE'S SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT IS ON SITE DOWNSTAIRS.
FOR THOSE THAT NEED TO PARK DOWN THERE THAT ARE HANDICAPPED.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS ON THE, UH, LARGE DIGITAL SIGN THAT'S ON ARKANSAS AND WHERE YOU TURN TO GO TO EPIC WATERS.
IS THAT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY? AND IF NOT, WHEN WILL IT BE? YES MA'AM.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JONATHAN THOMPSON WITH THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT.
IT IS FUNCTIONING AS OF YESTERDAY.
WE JUST GET THE ELEVATOR WORKING.
ALRIGHT, FIFA AND INDY GRAND PRIX AND ARLINGTON.
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WAIT.WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL, MR. HILLS.
I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE OF IMMERSED MANAGEMENT.
UH, CO-PRESENTING WITH US IS SARAH, OUR DIRECTOR OF TOURISM AND CULTURE, AND ZANE, OUR CREATIVE PRODUCER.
WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE THIS EVENING JUST SOME INFORMATION ABOUT FIFA, WHAT WE'RE DOING LOCALLY, WHAT WE'RE DOING REGIONALLY, AND REALLY WHERE WE FIT INTO THAT REGIONAL STRUCTURE AS A SUPPORT, UM, ENTITY FOR THE GAMES OVERALL.
YES, FIFA STILL COMING TO TOWN, WE'VE GOT A TOTAL OF NINE MATCHES THAT'LL BE PLAYED NEXT DOOR IN ARLINGTON.
UH, THE FIRST MATCH WILL BE ON JUNE 14TH, UH, CARRIED ALL THE WAY THROUGH JULY 14TH, WHICH WILL BE THE SEMIFINAL MATCH.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SOCCER IS THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONALLY WATCH SPORT IN THE WORLD.
WE WE'RE, AND CRICKET'S NUMBER TWO.
UM, AND WE HAD THAT RANKED FOR A WHILE UNTIL WORLD CUPS COME TO TOWN WHERE 5 BILLION PEOPLE ARE ANTICIPATED TO WATCH THESE WORLD CUP GAMES OVER THE MONTH.
WE'RE ALSO ANTICIPATED TO HAVE CLOSE TO 4 MILLION PEOPLE VISIT THE DFW AREA.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE VISITING, OBVIOUSLY, THE STADIUM, THE VARIOUS WATCH PARTIES, THE FIFA FAN FEST THAT'LL BE HELD, UM, IN DALLAS AT FAIR PARK.
AND JUST HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO THE STADIUM? WE ALWAYS KNEW WE'RE CLOSE, BUT FROM WHERE WE SIT HERE TODAY, WE ARE ONLY FIVE MILES FROM WHERE THOSE GAMES WILL BE PLAYED.
WE'RE 4.7 MILES FROM EPIC CENTRAL.
HOPEFULLY WE'RE, UH, WE MAY HAVE A WATCH PARTY AND WE'RE SEVEN MILES FROM HENSLEY FIELD, WHICH IS THE NEWLY NAMED FIFA TRANSPORTATION DEPOT, UM, THAT IS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS CITY LIMITS AND OWNED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS.
BUT IT HAS A GRAND PRAIRIE ADDRESS.
I KNOW THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION ON THAT.
WE'RE HELPING CORRECT THAT WITH FIFA, UM, IN THE LONG RUN.
BUT, UM, THAT IS BEING COORDINATED AND COMMUNICATED THROUGH THE DALLAS SIDE.
WHAT I'VE HEARD IS NO ONE WILL GO PICK UP A BUS THERE.
I'VE HEARD NO ONE WILL GO PICK UP A BUS THERE.
SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S JUST THE HUB FOR THEM TO SEND BUSES OUT TO PICK UP PEOPLE.
THAT'S NOBODY WILL BE THE, YOU CAN'T GO GET A BUS THERE.
IT'LL, IT'S A LOCKDOWN FACILITY.
BUT YOU CAN, PATRONS, YOU CAN'T GO THERE AND GET A, THERE'LL BE EMPTY BUSES AND THEY'LL STAY EMPTY UNTIL THEY GO PICK UP THE TEAMS. YES, SIR.
SO I DON'T CARE WHAT THE ADDRESS IS,
SO THIS SLIDE JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT A BIG DEAL THIS IS.
UM, A RECORD NUMBER OF 500 MILLION TICKET REQUEST TO BEEN A REQUESTED FOR FIFA.
THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THEIR LOTTERY SYSTEM.
SO IF EARLY INDICATORS HOLD, UM, THIS WILL BE AT THE MOST IN DEMAND SPORTING EVENT EVER STAGE.
UM, SOJOURN IS A COMPANY THAT THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT IS THEY GIVE US, UM, INFORMATION ON AIRPORT DATA AS FAR AS BOOKINGS.
SO WITH THAT, UM, WE KIND OF HAD TO REALLY NARROW DOWN AND BE TARGETED WITH OUR AUDIENCE.
AND SO WE USE A TOOL CALLED RESONATE.
AND UM, THIS HELPS US TO BUILD PERSONAS.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO EASILY BUILD OUR, UM, OUR AUDIENCE AND TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYTHING THAT THAT DESIRED AUDIENCE PERSON, UM, DOES.
FROM DEMOGRAPHICS, PERSONAL VALUES, AND HOW THEY CONSUME MEDIA.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE AUDIENCE, UM, THAT FIFA WILL BE ATTRACTING IS PREDOMINANTLY, UM, MARRIED MEN.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEIR TOP HOBBIES IS OBVIOUSLY SOCCER.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY CONSUME THEIR MEDIA, THEIR TOP STREAMING SERVICES, UM, ESPN BEING THE MOST POPULAR.
AND THEN, UH, THE TARGET DESIGNATED MARKET AREA.
THAT'S, UM, WHERE MAJORITY OF OUR AUDIENCE WILL BE COMING FROM.
YES, WE'RE GETTING AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE, BUT MOST OF THEM WILL BE COMING FROM WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THEIR HOBBIES AND HABITS OF, UH, THEY, THEY TRAVEL, UM, AND THEY LOVE TO WATCH PRO SPORTS.
SO WITH THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT WE KNOW.
WE KNOW THAT 48.9% OF OUR GUESTS ARE COMING FROM WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.
BASED OFF THE DATA THAT SOJOURN HAS GIVEN US ON AIRLINE BOOKINGS.
WE KNOW THAT 50%, 52% OF THOSE GUESTS ARE STAYING SIX OR MORE NIGHTS.
IN FACT, THE AVERAGE IS ABOUT NINE NIGHTS.
UM, BUT 52% ARE STAYING OVER SIX NIGHTS.
AND WE KNOW THAT DFW AIRLINE BOOKINGS ARE UP, UH, 91%, AND THIS IS JUST AS OF LAST WEEK.
AND SO I KNOW YOU CAN'T PROBABLY READ THAT DATE UP THERE, BUT THE ORANGE LINES ARE, UH, 2026 BOOKINGS FOR, FOR THE MONTH THAT THE MATCHES WILL BE TAKING PLACE COMPARED TO THE BLUE LINES, WHICH IS LAST YEAR DURING REGULAR SUMMER TRAVEL.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, THAT BIG JUMP.
SO WE KNOW THE DEMAND, WE KNOW THE TARGET AUDIENCE, WE KNOW THE TRAVEL INTENTIONS AND SPENDING HABITS FROM OUR, UM, AUDIENCE, AND WE KNOW WHERE THEY'LL BE COMING FROM.
SO WITH THAT, WE REALLY, UM, HAD TO DETERMINE THAT OUR GOAL IS TO POSITION GRAND PRAIRIE AS A FIRST CHOICE HOME BASE FOR FIFA FANS.
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UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR NORTH STAR OF HOW WE'RE, UM, MOVING ABOUT TO ATTRACT THIS AUDIENCE TO STAY IN PLAY IN GRAND PRAIRIE.SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR? SO, SO FAR, PARTNERING WITH, WITH FIFA, WE HAVE SENT ALL THE INFORMATION, UM, AS REQUESTED WITH FIFA, WHEN THEY WENT TO DC FOR THE DRAW BACK IN DECEMBER, WE'VE SENT ALL THE INFORMATION THEY'VE REQUESTED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE FIFA APP, WHICH IS LIVE NOW, I WILL TELL YOU THAT I'VE DOWNLOADED THE FIFA APP.
THERE'S A LOT OF FIFA INFORMATION, BUT ALL OF THE CITY INFO HAS NOT BEEN LOADED YET.
UM, WE HAVE APPLIED FOR THE PUBLIC VIEWING PARTIES AND HOPE TO HAVE THAT AT EPIC CENTRAL.
UM, ALL OF OUR GRAND PRAIRIE ATTRACTIONS AND UNIQUE DINING HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAYBOOK THAT IS ALSO ONLINE.
YOU COULD GO AND SEE IT, HOWEVER, IT'S A LIVE DOCUMENT, SO THEY'RE UP CON UH, CONSTANTLY UPDATING IT.
AND THEN, UH, WE'VE SUBMITTED EVERYTHING.
THIS WAS LIKE A 30 PAGE DOCUMENT OF EVERYTHING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE NORTH TEXAS HOSPITALITY TRAINING.
FIFA, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, PLANS ON ROLLING THAT OUT TO CITIES THIS MONTH.
UM, MARCH 25TH IS KIND OF THE DATE THAT THEY GAVE US.
AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO START TRAINING OUR HOTELS, OUR RESTAURANTS, OUR ATTRACTIONS, OUR BUSINESSES ON WHAT TO EXPECT, TRADITIONS, UH, CURRENCY EXCHANGES, UH, FAUX PAS, AND THINGS THAT YOU DON'T WANNA MESS UP ON TO AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE THAT YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF.
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TO US TO WHERE WE CAN START DOING THOSE TRAININGS.
SO WITH ALL OF THAT, WE, UM, OUR MEDIA TACTICS, EVERYTHING WENT LIVE IN JANUARY.
UH, WE HAVE A DEDICATED PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE THAT IS EVER EVOLVING.
THE MORE INFORMATION WE GET, THE MORE CONTENT WE KEEP ADDING TO THAT SITE.
WE'RE DOING, OBVIOUSLY ALL OF OUR SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING.
SO ANYBODY SEARCHING FOR ANYTHING TO DO WITH FIFA OR SOCCER OR INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT, UH, THEY'RE GETTING OUR ADVERTISING.
WE'RE REACHING OUR GUESTS THROUGH THEIR PREFERRED, UM, PLACES OF EXPEDIA AND HOTELS.COM WHEN BOOKING THEIR HOTELS.
ES ESPN PLUS, AS YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, IS ONE OF THEIR TOP, UM, PLACES WHERE THEY GET, UH, THEIR INFORMATION FOR SPORTING EVENTS.
AND SO WE'RE, UM, SENDING 'EM ADS THERE AS WELL.
OBVIOUSLY DOING, UH, SOCIAL AND MEDIA OUTREACH AS WELL.
SO WHERE DO WE FIT IN ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE? ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, ESSENTIALLY WE'RE A SUPPORT ENTITY FOR THE REGION.
AT THE VERY TOP, WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER, WHICH WILL BE LOCATED IN DALLAS.
THAT JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER HAS A PRESIDENTIALLY APPOINTED INDIVIDUAL FROM THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE, ALONG WITH A FIFA REPRESENTATIVE THAT'S MAKING ALL DECISIONS FOR FIFA IN THE REGION.
ANYTHING, ANY MOVEMENTS, ANY COMMUNICATIONS, ANYTHING OPERATIONALLY IS MADE, UH, FROM THIS JOINT OPERATION CENTER, LED BY THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS SUPPORTED BY AN ARRAY OF OTHER STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES, ALONG WITH NOTABLY A FEW KEY LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS LIKE GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE AND GRAND PRAIRIE POLICE THAT'S BEEN INVITED TO THE TABLE, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A FIFA ELEMENT DIRECTLY IN OUR CITY.
UM, OUR TEAMS ARE REGIONAL AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN BOTH OF THOSE, UM, DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO THEY'VE BEEN INVITED TO THE TABLE.
IT GIVES US, UH, PERSONNEL THERE TO BE ABLE TO FEED US INFORMATION BACK LOCALLY.
UM, BELOW THAT YOU HAVE AREA COMMANDS.
THE EASIEST WAY TO TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS IF YOU HAVE A FIFA ELEMENT IN YOUR AREA, IN YOUR JURISDICTION, YOU'RE CONSIDERED THIS AREA COMMAND.
AND BELOW THEM YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF SUPPORTING EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES THAT WILL BE, UM, INTERACTING WITHIN THE REGION.
SO OUR GRAND PRAIRIE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER WILL BE ACTIVATED FOR EACH OF THOSE NINE GAMES.
WE'LL HAVE STAFF SUPPORT FROM ACROSS THE CITY SITTING IN THERE FOR EACH OF THOSE GAMES RATED TO SUPPORT THE REGION.
UM, IF A REQUEST COMES DOWN FROM THE JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER ON GAME DAY BECAUSE SOMETHING'S SPINNING UP IN ONE OF OUR OTHER CITIES, UM, THAT IS OUR ROLE TO HELP FILL IF WE CAN, TO CATCH THAT RESOURCE REQUEST AND DEPLOY OUT, WHETHER THAT'S PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT, RESOURCES, UM, WHATEVER MAY BE TO THAT IMPACTED AREA AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE AT THAT, THAT SUPPORT LEVEL ALONG WITH IRVING AND, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER, UM, JURISDICTIONS AROUND US.
NOW, HOW DO WE PLAN ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE FOR SUCH A LARGE EVENT? LUCKILY, WE'VE GOT A STRUCTURE IN PLACE.
WHAT WE DID DURING SUPER BOWL.
UH, THE EASIEST WAY TO EXPLAIN IT IS WE'VE GOT EXPERT PLANNING TEAMS THAT HAVE VERY SPECIFIC DISCIPLINES THAT THEY SIT WITHIN.
SO YOU HAVE A LAW ENFORCEMENT DISCIPLINE, YOU HAVE A FIRE SERVICE DISCIPLINE, UH, AN AVIATION DISCIPLINE.
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FROM THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL SIDE ARE SITTING AROUND FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF PLUS, UH, PLANNING FOR AN ARRAY OF PLANNING TOPICS.
UM, ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF IS, IS DELVED SOMEWHERE INTO SOME OF THESE EXPERT PLANNING TEAMS. THEY'RE BRIEFED UP TO A HIGHER LEVEL TO COMMITTEES THAT WE SIT ON TO MAKE SURE INFORMATION'S FLOWING BACK AND FORTH.
AND THAT COLLECTIVELY AS A REGION, WE HAVE A GOOD POSTURE AND A PLANNING, UH, STANCE OF KNOWING, UM, WHAT,
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WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A REGION TO PREPARE FOR THESE GAMES.I'LL SAY ALSO NOTABLY ON HERE THAT, UM, EVEN THOUGH, AGAIN, GRAND PRAIRIE DOESN'T HAVE A FIFA ELEMENT WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS BECAUSE OF THE CITY STAFF THAT WE HAVE, UM, AND THE REGIONALISM THAT WE HAVE, WE'VE BEEN INVITED TO THE TABLE AT A NUMBER OF THESE EXPERT PLANNING TEAMS, WHICH IS A GREAT VALUE.
'CAUSE MOST OF THOSE FOLKS ON THE PLANNING TEAMS ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE FIFA ELEMENTS IN IT.
SO IT'S A GREAT, UM, IT'S A GREAT SERVICE FOR US TO BE A PART OF THESE WE'RE RECEIVING INFORMATION AND BRING IT BACK LOCALLY TO OUR INTERNAL PLANNING FOLKS AS WELL.
UH, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE GET TO OUR INTERNAL PLANNING.
WE KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT A TON OF STUFF IN THE REGION THAT'S GOING ON, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE WATCH PARTIES AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE OTHER THINGS HERE IN THE CITY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE MONITORING AND, UM, AND, AND RESPONDING TO.
SO, UM, WE HAVE HAVE FORMED OUR OWN PLANNING TEAM IN THE CITY ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS.
UM, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF CRITICAL DEPARTMENTS FROM POLICE, FIRE, MARSH MANAGEMENT, FINANCE, AVIATION, TOURISM, COMMUNICATIONS, YOU NAME IT.
WE'VE BEEN AROUND THE TABLE FOR A WHILE AND WE'LL CONTINUE, UH, TO BE MEETING REGULARLY PLANNING FOR THESE EVENTS.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT GOALS IN MIND, BUT, BUT OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY ANY GAPS IN UNMET NEEDS, THIS PLANNING PROCESS.
SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PLUGGING ANY GAPS THAT WE HAVE AND, AND, UM, APPLYING ADDITIONAL, UH, PLANNING MATRIXES AS AS WE NEED TO.
UH, I'LL SAY THAT THE OTHER KIND OF IMPORTANT FACTORS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TRACKING, UH, EQUIPMENT, RESOURCES AND PERSONNEL, UH, THAT ORGANIZATIONAL OR THAT REGIONAL COMPONENT IS IMPORTANT.
'CAUSE THIS IS WHERE IT PLAYS IN OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BEEN WORKING WITH MANSFIELD AND SUPPORTING THEM AT THE BASE CAMP, BUT THEY'VE ALSO SUPPORTING THE CITY OF DALLAS WITH ADDITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM SWAT AND OTHER BIKE PATROLS, BUT FIRES ALSO SUPPORTING ARLINGTON, UH, WITH SOME HAZMAT RESOURCES AS WELL.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN THE REGION, WE'VE GOT FOLKS ALL OVER THAT ARE PRE-PLANNED, BUT WE'RE AGAIN, READY TO CATCH ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO DEPLOY OUT, UM, IN THE EVENT OF FREE STEVEN, THOSE REQUESTS FROM, UH, THE JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER, UM, OVER IN DALLAS.
SO I'LL LEAVE YOU ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE WITH JUST ASSURANCE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE IN PLACES, PLANS IN PLACE, AND UM, WE'RE, WE'RE READY.
AND WE HAVE A VERY PROACTIVE PLANNING APPROACH.
UM, AND THAT WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE PLUGGED INTO THE RIGHT INFORMATION STRINGS AT ALL LEVELS OF THE GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO STAY UP TO SPEED ON THE EVER-CHANGING ENVIRONMENT, UM, ON THE PLANNING SIDE, UH, WITH THESE INTERNATIONAL GAMES.
SO, ZANE, WAIT, THIS IS YOUR, OKAY.
SO WHAT'S NEXT? SO WE HAVE A HUNDRED DAYS TO GO UNTIL THIS ALL STARTS.
UH, MARCH 18TH IS A PARTNERS CALL WITH SOUR AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND TRACK HOTEL OCCUPANCY AND THEN PLANNING FOR THE WATCH PARTIES.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE WATCH PARTIES THAT ARE PLANNED ACROSS THE CITY AT LOCAL BUSINESSES.
BUT OF COURSE THEN EPIC CENTRAL DOING OURS FOR THE CITY.
AND THEN SARAH MENTIONED A SERIES OF TRAINING FOR THE TOURISM PARTNERS.
UM, BUT BEFORE THE FIFA WORLD CUP IS THE GRAND PRIX OF ARLINGTON.
UM, ARLINGTON IS GOING TO BECOME THE FIRST, UH, WE WANT TO ONCE AGAIN POSITION GRAND PRAIRIE AS THE FIRST CHOICE FOR RACE FANS.
SO WE ARE HOSTING A WATCH PARTY THAT'LL BE OUT AT ANDRETTI'S.
UH, THEY DO SOME AMAZING STUFF OUT THERE.
SO WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THEM AND THAT'S NOW OUR OFFICIAL GRAND PRAIRIE WATCH PARTY.
UM, THE, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE SAME TYPE OF MEDIA TACTICS THAT WE'RE DOING FOR, UH, FOR FIFA.
SARAH AND HER TEAM AND OUR MARKETING DEPARTMENT ARE DOING THE SAME THING FOR THE RACE.
THE IMPORTANT PART TO KNOW IS THESE ARE THE DATES THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME EFFECT ON TRAFFIC.
UH, THIS IS, AS CHASE ALLUDED TO EARLIER, THEY ARE OUR SUPER BOWL LEVEL PREPARATIONS.
THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE, THIS IS COWBOY HOME GAME LEVEL PREPARATIONS.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE SHUTTING DOWN 30.
THERE IS GONNA BE SOME TRAFFIC, BUT WE'RE NOT EXPECTING, YOU KNOW, SHUTDOWNS.
UH, BUT MARCH 13TH OF THE PRACTICE, THEN MARCH 14TH QUALIFYING, AND THEN OF COURSE SUNDAY, THE ACTUAL RACE DAY.
SO, UM, IF YOU GO OUT THERE, HAVE FUN, BUT IF YOU ARE NOT GOING OUT THERE, THEN I WOULD ADVISE TAKING A DIFFERENT ROUTE 'CAUSE IT IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BUSY.
UM, THAT SAID, I THINK WE'RE DONE.
UH, COUNCIL, UH, DEPUTY MAYOR PRO, TIM JOHNSON.
BEEN WAITING TO HEAR WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH GRAND PRAIRIE.
JUST CURIOUS, UM, THE MAYOR KNOWS AS WELL AS I DO WHEN WE GO TO THE COTTON BOWL, TEXAS LIVE FENCE, EVERYTHING OFF AND MAKE YOU PAY TO GO IN TO TEXAS LIVE.
ARE WE GONNA BE DOING THE SAME THING AT EPIC? OR IS THIS OKAY? LET'S, NO, IS GOOD.
I LIKE THAT BECAUSE I HATE PAYING TO GO OVER THERE AND YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN.
UM, WITH ALL THE MANPOWER THAT WE'RE PROVIDING, ANY REIMBURSEMENTS FROM SOMEBODY.
SO
UM, SO CHECKS IN THE MAIL, RIGHT? CHECKS IN THE MAIL.
SO THERE IS, THERE IS POTENTIAL, RIGHT? AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CRITICAL MOMENTS OF WHY WE HAVE FINANCE ALREADY ENGAGED.
'CAUSE WE ARE TRACKING THOSE COSTS ON THE FRONT END.
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POTS OF MONEY THAT THAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED BY THE PRESIDENT DOWN, UM, TO THE HOST JURISDICTIONS.WE ARE NOT NAMED A HOST JURISDICTION 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A FEE ELEMENT, BUT THOSE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING ARE.
AND SO, UM, THERE ARE SOME REIMBURSEMENTS, UH, THAT WILL COME HOPEFULLY IN, IN THOSE FORMS. BUT SOME OF IT WE WON'T, WE, WE WON'T HAVE REIMBURSEMENTS FOR IF WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR OWN WATCH PARTIES, UM, WITHIN OUR OWN CITY.
AS FOR ZANE, UH, THE FRIDAY SATURDAY'S, THE RACE FOR FORMULA ONE IN ARLINGTON, RIGHT? SO, WELL, THE SUNDAY, SUNDAY'S SUNDAY, THE ACTUAL RACE DAY.
SO DOES THAT MEAN ON FRIDAY WE GET OUR TICKETS? JUST CHECKING
COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS, I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY.
WELL FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO QUESTIONS NUMBER ONE, I GUESS, UM, THE FIFA, UM, INSTALLATIONS, HOW DO, HOW DID, HOW DID CITIES GO ABOUT SECURING THOSE INSTALLATIONS? WAS THERE SOME TYPE OF BID OR THE FIFA JUST ASIDE? YEAH, IT WAS A VERY CONVOLUTED PROCESS.
A LOT OF IT WAS DRIVEN FROM THE DALLAS SPORTS COMMISSION, WHICH IS CONTRACTED BY FIFA.
UM, A LOT OF THE INFORMATION WAS DONE, UM, THROUGH THAT SPECIAL SELECTION PROCESS.
THE TEAMS HAD SOME INPUT INTO WHERE MAYBE THEY WANTED TO GO, UM, AS WELL.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF, A LOT OF, UH, BASE CAMPS THAT WERE ON THE MARKET AND AVAILABLE.
UM, BUT TO DATE, UH, REALLY TEXAS DIDN'T HAVE MANY FOLKS THAT WERE CHOSEN TO BE A BASE CAMP.
UM, MOST OF THEM WENT TO OTHER STATES FOR WHATEVER REASONS WE DON'T KNOW.
UM, BUT IT DOES SOUND LIKE AS OF TODAY THAT THERE ARE TWO BASE CAMPS.
SPAN WILL BE IN ONE OF 'EM, UH, THAT WAS ANNOUNCED.
SO, UM, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TEAMS WILL BE THERE YET.
BUT, UM, AS FAR AS THE SELECTION PROCESS GOES, A LOT OF IT WAS DRIVEN FROM THE DALLAS SPORTS COMMISSION.
SO THEY ACTUALLY WENT TO FRISCO AND NOT OVER HERE TO YEAH, THEY WERE SPREAD ALL OVER THE REGION.
'CAUSE THE BASE CAMP HAS TWO MAJOR COMPONENTS.
IT'S A PRACTICE FACILITY THAT MEETS CERTAIN STANDARDS MM-HMM
ALONG WITH LIKE A, A PREMIUM HOTEL RIGHT.
FOR THE, FOR THE TEAMS TO STAY AT.
AND IDEALLY IT'D BE IN THE SAME CITY.
MANSFIELD'S A LITTLE UNIQUE BECAUSE, UH, THE HOTEL'S NOT IN THE CITY.
THAT'S THE ONLY CAVEAT FOR THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.
UM, BUT THEY REALLY ARE LOOKING FOR THE HIGH QUALITY, UM, HOTEL PAIRED WITH A NICE PRACTICE FACILITY THAT'S CONTROLLED.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FANS THAT ARE GONNA WANT TO GO AND PARTAKE IN THOSE, UM, PRACTICE, UM, TIMEFRAMES AS WELL.
AND DO YOU KNOW THE OCCUPANCY RATE OF OUR HOTELS RIGHT NOW BASED ON THE TRAVEL DATA? SO WE'RE TRACKING 'EM, ODDLY ENOUGH, WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE HOTEL THAT HAS OPENED UP BOOKING FOR THOSE DATES.
AND THEY ARE JUST ABOUT SOLD OUT.
THE OTHERS ARE HOLDING THEIR INVENTORY.
UM, FROM WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD, THE BOOKING WINDOW IS GONNA BE ABOUT 30 DAYS BECAUSE OF THIS LOTTERY TICKETED LOTTERY THING THAT THEY'RE DOING.
PEOPLE AREN'T BOOKING THEIR HOTELS UNTIL THEY KNOW THEY'RE, THEY HAVE A TICKET.
UM, WHICH IS WHY THE AIRLINE DATA IS IMPORTANT.
'CAUSE AT LEAST WE CAN FORECAST THAT PEOPLE ARE MOST DEFINITELY COMING.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BOOKING THEIR AIRLINE FIRST, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A, A PLACE ON THE PLANE AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA WAIT TO SEE IF THEY GET A TICKET.
AND THEN, BUT IF THEY ARE, THEN THEY'LL GET THEIR HOTEL.
SO OUR HOTELS ARE FROM WHAT, UM, SCOTT DID HOTEL ROUNDS YESTERDAY AND FROM WHAT THE MAJORITY ARE SAYING, THEY'RE ABOUT TO OPEN, BUT THEY AREN'T OPEN YET.
ARE THERE ANY TYPE OF MARKETING OR ADVERTISING TO OFFER ANY TYPE OF ENTERTAINMENT OR PACKAGES FOR THIS? SO ALL OF ALL OF ALL OF THE, THE MEDIA PLAN THAT WE'RE DOING IS BOOKING IS SENDING EVERYBODY TO OUR FIFA PAGE AND ON OUR FIFA PAGE WE TALK ABOUT OUR HOTELS AND HOW TO BOOK.
AND CAN YOU TELL US HOW, BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE COMPLICATED FOR ME TO GET THERE.
SO CAN YOU TELL US HOW TO GET TO THAT PAGE WITH ALL OF OUR FIFA INFORMATION? SO YOU CAN GO TO VISIT GRAND PRAIRIE TX.COM/ IT'S FWC 26 FIFA WORLD CUP 26 IS WHAT IT STANDS FOR.
WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY FIFA OR WORLD CUP IN ANY CONTEXT, WHICH IS WHY WE CALL IT THE INTERNATIONAL SOCCER TOURNAMENT.
WE HAD TO GET CREATIVE SO WE DON'T GET FINED.
UM, SO, BUT UM, WHEN WE GET CLOSER AFTER, UM, AFTER GRAND PRIX ON OUR HOMEPAGE, ONE OF OUR HOMEPAGE BUTTONS, WE'LL DIRECT PEOPLE DIRECTLY TO THE FIFA PAGE.
AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S GONNA BE OVER EVOLVING.
SO AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION, WE'RE CONSTANTLY UPDATING IT.
UM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT I LEARNED ON FRIDAYS, THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS SUPPOSED TO BE SUPPOSED TO BE, UM, LAUNCHED IN THIS MONTH AS WELL.
AND SO THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADD THAT INFORMATION ON THERE AND THAT WILL BE ABLE TO TELL US LIKE, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC ROUTES AND THINGS TO AVOID AND ALL OF THAT.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES, WHAT DO THEY NEED TO KNOW? WHAT
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ARE LIKE MAYBE TOP TWO OR THREE THINGS THEY NEED TO KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVE 5 MILLION PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR CITY, GET OUT OF TOWN,SO WE'RE BASICALLY ALL THE CONTENT'S GONNA BE ON THAT ONE PAGE.
AS WE LEARN MORE, WE'LL KEEP ADDING TO THAT PAGE.
UM, WITH OUR TRAINING, ONCE THAT'S LAUNCHED FROM OUR, FROM FIFA, HOPEFULLY SOMETIME THIS MONTH.
THEY GAVE US MARCH 25TH AS IS THE DATE.
UM, ONCE THAT'S LAUNCHED, THEN WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A SERIES OF TRAININGS WITH ALL OF OUR, UM, NOT ONLY TOURISM PARTNERS, OUR ATTRACTIONS AND HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS, BUT ALSO BUSINESSES.
AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT.
I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION OPEN.
I DID SAY ONE MORE QUESTION, OPEN A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.
SO WITH, UM, SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, ANY TYPE OF CYBERSECURITY, ANY TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE CONCERNS? SO OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING'S DYNAMIC, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES GOING ON INTERNATIONALLY.
UH, THERE'S A HIGHER THREAT, RIGHT? A HIGHER THREAT.
BUT THERE'S THE ANSWER YES AND YES.
I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S NO KNOWN THREAT AT THIS POINT, BUT, BUT ARE WE PREPARING? ARE WE PREPARING OR AB ABSOLUTELY.
WE'RE, WE ARE IN LOCKSTEP WITH THE FEDS, UM, ON EVERY LEVEL.
UM, FROM THE CYBERSECURITY FOLKS OR THE FBI, CHIEF SNE SITS ON, COME ON UP.
CHIEF, CHIEF SD BECAUSE I GOT ANOTHER, I GOT ANOTHER QUESTION.
AND CHIEF, WHILE YOU'RE UP, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CYBERSECURITY.
CAN YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT SAFETY? ANYTHING THAT AGAIN, OUR BUSINESSES OR RESIDENTS NEED TO KNOW, I'LL BE PREPARED FOR.
SO, UM, CYBERSECURITY IS ALWAYS A CONCERN, BUT MY BROADER CONCERN IS BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE INTERNATIONAL, HOW, HOW, UH, TUMULTUOUS IT IS IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.
AND PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN AUSTIN.
SO I CAN'T TELL YOU THE, THE, UH, FBI'S VIOLENT CRIME TASK FORCE EXECUTIVE BOARD.
IN FACT, WE'RE MEETING TOMORROW.
UM, THERE'S NO KNOWN THREATS RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT THAT BEING SAID, UM, I I SENT YOU AN EMAIL EARLIER TODAY IN YOUR, WITH YOUR, UH, PEERS.
WE, WE AREN'T WAITING, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF PROACTIVE THINGS THAT I'M NOT GONNA PUT OUT IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE THAT, UM, TO PREPARE FOR ANY POTENTIAL THREATS.
UH, EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE FROM, UH, DRONE THREATS TO, UH, ACTIVE SHOOTERS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT TIME.
I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BE CONCERNED.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MA'AM? IT DID.
AND ONE QUESTION BACK TO SARAH, UM, CHAMBER.
ARE WE PARTNERING WITH OUR CHAMBERS? YES.
SO THAT'LL THE SAME THING THAT THE TRAINING, LIKE RIGHT NOW WE JUST DON'T HAVE A MESSAGE TO SHARE OTHER THAN FIFA'S COMING AND WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE.
BUT ONCE WE GET THAT TRAINING FROM FIFA, WE'LL BE SHARING IT WITH THEM.
'CAUSE THERE'LL BE VIRTUAL OPTIONS AND IN-PERSON TRAINING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S PREPARED FOR THIS INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE.
SO SAY I OWN A FOOD TRUCK, DO I GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS? HAVE WE STREAMLINED THE PROCESS? IS THAT SOMETHING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT AS IT RELATES TO FIFA? AGAIN, MAYBE BACK TO THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THINGS.
SO ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS SOME GUIDANCE IN CASE OUR BUSINESS OWNERS WANT TO PARTICIPATE? MAYBE A T-SHIRT, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M SURE THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR ALL THINGS TEXAS, ALL THINGS GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO THERE, SO FIFA ON THE WEBSITE, ON FIFA'S SITE, NOT ON OUR SITE, BUT ON FIFA'S SITE, WHICH YOU CAN GET TO FROM OUR PAGE, UM, THERE IS A PROCUREMENT OPTION THERE WHERE PEOPLE COULD BID ON, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO SELL FIFA BRANDED STUFF OR HAVE FOOD TRUCKS.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT EVEN JUST OUR PIECE OF THE WATCH PARTY, UM, THEY DON'T WANT ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA COME CONFLICT WITH ANY FIFA SPONSORS.
AND YOU THINK, WELL, OUR LITTLE FOOD TRUCK IS NOT GONNA CONFLICT WITH THE FIFA SPONSOR.
IF YOU SELL A COKE PRODUCT, YOU ARE IN CONFLICT WITH FIFA.
SO, UM, THEY, IT'S JUST VERY, UH, THE PUBLIC VIEWING, JUST FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THE PUBLIC VIEWING REQUIREMENTS, WE'VE HAD TO REALLY CHISEL THOSE DOWN.
UM, ALL THE WAY TO, OKAY, IF FOOD TRUCKS, IF YOU, IF FOOD, IF I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT THEY DON'T SELL COKE PRODUCTS ON THEIR FOOD TRUCK, THEN WE JUST WON'T HAVE FOOD TRUCKS.
YOU KNOW, LIKE JUST GIVE US THE PERMISSION.
WE JUST WANT THE LICENSE TO BE ABLE TO HOST.
AND SO IT'S VERY TICKY TACK, BUT I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE ANY BUSINESSES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN TRYING TO WORK WITH FIFA TO GO TO THE FIFA SITES BECAUSE THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN APPLICATION PROCESS, UM, FOR THAT.
SARAH, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PAGE WITH ALL WHAT WE APPLIED FOR? AND WHILE YOU PULL THAT UP, ZANE, WHAT'S THE VISION FOR, UM, THE EPIC CENTRAL, UM, WATCH PARTY? IS IT GONNA
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BE ON THE LAWN LIKE A BIG SCREEN INDOOR ALSO? YES, MA'AM.SO WE ARE, WE HAVE, UH, WE ARE INSTALLING AN LED WALL, UM, AT THE BACK OF THE JAM BOX.
SO IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID FOR CRICKET.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE ONE CHEAPER THIS YEAR THAN WHAT WE RENTED THE CRICKET WALL.
AND SO WE JUST HAD TO WAIT A LITTLE WHILE TO GET IT.
BUT WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.
SO WE'RE PUTTING THAT UP PERMANENTLY.
SO WE CAN ALSO DO COWBOYS, WATCH PARTIES IF THE MAVS MAKE A RUN, IF THE RANGERS MAKE A, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, IN THIS CASE, THE GOAL IS THAT WE WOULD SHOW EVERY GAME THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US, THE 12 O'CLOCK AND THE THREE O'CLOCK GAMES.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HONESTLY GOING TO COME OUTSIDE AND WATCH A GAME IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY HEAT.
WE HAD A FEW FOLKS THAT DID IT FOR CRICKET, BUT ESPECIALLY THE NIGHT GAMES, WE EXPECT A FAIRLY LARGE CROWD.
AND, UM, IF WE, ASSUMING THAT WE GET THE, THE APPROVAL, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT YET.
SO, BUT THAT'S THE PLAN IS THAT IT WILL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
UM, I COULD SEE THE PEOPLE AT THE RESTAURANTS WATCHING.
THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF LAWN THAT WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THE TV OR THE SCREEN.
I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THE CONFIGURATION.
IT'S LARGE ENOUGH, YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THE, FROM THE PATIO OF THE LANDING.
OH REALLY? AND YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THE PATIO OF THE FINCH AND FEDORA AND SIRIUS AND FROM THE SECOND IT'S, IT'S MASSIVE.
IT'S 20 FEET TALL, IT'S, OR 20 FEET WIDE BY 10 FEET TALL, SO IT'S NOW WE JUST GOTTA GET APPROVAL.
WE JUST GOTTA GET APPROVAL TO PUT IT ON THE SCREEN.
UM, YEAH, THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAYBOOK, WHAT IS THAT? SO IT'S A, IT'S BASICALLY AN AMPLIFIED VISITOR GUIDE FOR OKAY.
ALL THINGS HAVING TO DO WITH FIFA FROM ALL THE BASE CAMPS, INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THE TEAMS. UM, ALL EACH CITY WILL HAVE A SECTION IN THAT.
UM, WE'RE HOPING TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT.
JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE'RE, WE'RE NOT DRIVING THE BUS ON THIS AND WE'RE JUST HOPING TO HAVE A SEAT ON THE BUS.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT GRAND PRAIRIE IS INCLUDED IN THAT.
WE'VE PROVIDED THEM WITH EVERYTHING, UM, THAT THEY, THAT THEY NEED FOR THAT.
UM, SO IT'S A ONLINE DOCUMENT.
IT WILL ALSO BE LIKE A COFFEE TABLE PRINTED BOOK, AND YOU CAN, IF YOU GO TO THE FIFA SITE, YOU CAN SEE IT FOR WHAT IT IS NOW.
BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY ON THERE, IT'S A LIVE DOCUMENT AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE ADDING TO IT CONSTANTLY AND THEN THEY'LL PRINT, YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO MATCH TIME.
AND FOR OUR, UH, APPLICATION FOR CONSIDERATION, WAS IT JUST KIND OF ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS, FILL IN THE BLANK? OR DID WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT MORE WHY YOU KIND OF SELL THEM ON WHY WE FEEL WE'RE SO RELEVANT? OR IS IT JUST LIKE, CHECK THE BOXES YES.
NO TYPE OF THING? NO, WE, WE GAVE THEM EVERYTHING.
WE GAVE THEM VIDEO B ROLL OUR COMMERCIALS, OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FORM ITSELF WAS AN UPLOAD CONTACT INFORMATION, THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT THEN, UM, WE ALSO, UM, SUBMITTED ON THE PORTAL, ALL THE OTHER INFO, OUR VISITOR GUIDES, OUR SEASONAL GUIDES, OUR COMMERCIALS, OUR, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY COULD USE IN ANY TYPE OF MEDIUM THAT THEY NEEDED IT IN.
UM, SO YEAH, BEING FIVE MILES AWAY, I MEAN, NOT A LOT OF PLACES IN DFW ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR LEVEL OF ATTRACTIONS.
SO I HOPE THEY REALLY DIG INTO ALL, UH, WHAT WE SENT, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS EXTENSIVE AND, UM, HOPING WE CAN MAKE THEIR, THEIR COFFEE TABLE BOOK AND, AND HANDOUTS.
WELL, ONE OF THE, LET ME JUST SAY ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF WHAT YOU AS A COUNCIL DID WHENEVER Y'ALL BROUGHT TIFFANY DAIRY IN IS TIFFANY DAIRY IS ONE OF THE OFFICIAL FIFA SPOKESPERSONS.
SO SHE GETS HER OWN SET OF PROMOTIONS.
THEY'RE GONNA BE PROMOTING RADII.
I THINK OUR HOTELS ARE GONNA BE SOLD OUT.
OUR BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO BE BUSY.
I MEAN, WE JUST DON'T HAVE A SOCCER STADIUM THAT YOU GUESTS CAN COME WATCH.
UM, AND YEAH, AND ONCE WE, ONCE WE DO OUR LITTLE MAGIC OUT THERE AT, AT A NIGHT GAME WITH FIFA, IT'LL GO NATIONAL FOR SOME OF THE THINGS IT WILL THAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
UM, I'VE SEEING US HAVE SOME PARKING PROBLEMS JUST WITH OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY EVENTS.
UH, WHAT IS OUR PLAN FOR THAT? I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOMETIMES WE PRE-PLAN TO USE DUBISKI OR SHUTTLES OR SOMETHING AS WE HOLD UM, EVENTS.
WE DO STILL HAVE A SHUTTLE AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH DUBISKI.
WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH, UH, THE SPECIAL EVENTS OFFICE IN PD AND WE HAVE A TRAFFIC CLOSURE PLAN NOW.
SO WHENEVER THE GARAGE STARTS TO FILL UP, WHENEVER ALL OF EPIC CENTRAL STARTS TO FILL UP, WE HAVE A STAGGERED CLOSING IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T RUN INTO SOME OF THE TRAFFIC ISSUES WE FELT, UH, DEALT WITH PREVIOUSLY.
AND, AND BLACK TOPPING THE VACANT LOT DOWN IN FRONT OF THE SUMMIT HELPED A LOT.
THAT'S A HUGE, THAT'S A, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 350 PARKING SPOTS.
THEN ONCE THAT WHOLE AREA IS FULL, WE CLOSE OFF THAT AREA, THEN EVERYONE IS DIRECTED BACK OVER TO EPIC AND EPIC WATERS
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THUS FAR WITH OUR, WE SHOW 'EM FROM EPIC AND WE SHUT 'EM FROM THERE.WE'VE HAD ONE EVENT THAT THAT HAS NOT WORKED FOR AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
BUT, UH, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE ALSO HAVE CART SERVICE THAT'S ON SITE THAT IS GETTING FOLKS FROM THOSE FAR OFF PLACES.
WHEN YOU MENTION, UM, I'LL MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, UH, SHUTTING THINGS OFF OR THE STAGGER, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? SO PD WILL PHYSICALLY, WILL PHYSICALLY BLOCK ENTRANCES TO EPIC CENTRAL.
OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU MEANT.
SO HOW DOES THAT WORK IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO LEAVE? THERE IS, THERE'S ALWAYS AN EXIT.
IT'S JUST CONTROLLED ENTRANCE BECAUSE ONCE THE SITE GETS COMPLETELY FULL, WE SHUT OFF THE ENTRANCES AND DO CONTROLLED EXITS.
SO BASICALLY SOMEONE WILL BE STANDING THERE SOME AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT CONTINUING TO COME IN.
THEY, THEY BRING POLICE, UH, CARS AND, AND CONES AND WITH LIGHTS AND I MEAN, IT'S A FULL TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN THAT'S LOCK IT OFF AND WE BLOCK IT OFF.
IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S A'S A PLAN THAT'S IN PLACE WITH PD THAT THEY CAN PULL UP AND INSTANTLY SAY, THIS IS HOW WE DEAL WITH TRAFFIC SEARCHES BECAUSE WE LEARNED OUR LESSON LAST SUMMER.
I COULD SEE US NEEDING TO DO THAT AFTER WE DO MAYBE THE FIRST VIEWING PARTY OR, AND WE'RE GETTING OUT THAT EPIC CENTRAL'S THE PLACE TO BE.
OH, THEY'LL BE READY AS NEEDED.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.
YEAH, THE ONLY THING I HAD TO ADD, UM, I'M NOT SURE, BUT SOMEBODY IN MARKETING, UM, CURRENTLY WE DO HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG 360 THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING FLYERS TO RENT OUT THEIR HOME.
AND I'M GETTING CALLS AND SAYING, HEY, IS THIS A GOOD PERSON? IS THIS A GOOD COMPANY? CAN I RENT OUT MY HOME? SO I JUST DON'T KNOW.
UM, AS A CITY, WE'RE NOT TAKING YEAH,
BUT, UM, JUST, I MEAN, JUST IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO JUST TO TELL PEOPLE TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT JUMPING INTO THAT SPACE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S REQUIRED AND NOT REQUIRED.
I'LL TELL YOU, UM, AIRBNB IS A FIFA SPONSOR AND SO THEY MOST DEFINITELY ARE PUSHING THE SHORT TERM RENTALS AND WITH THE HIGH, YOU KNOW, THE DAYS AND WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS SIX TO NINE DAYS PEOPLE THAT AREN'T SIGNED UP FOR AIRBNB, THEY'RE JUST WANTING PEOPLE TO RENT THEIR HOUSES.
SO, UM, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION 'CAUSE WE'VE REACHED OUT AND GOT THE INFORMATION.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE 313 SHORT TERM RENTALS IDENTIFIED IN GRAND.
WE EXPECT THAT TO GROW EXPONENTIALLY.
BUT WHAT HE IS, AGAIN, ALLUDING TO, PEOPLE ARE GETTING ASKED TO RENT THEIR HOME, TAG ME IN COACH
SO TELL US WE WE'RE ON TOP OF THAT.
SO THERE, WE, WE PARTNER WITH A VENDOR THAT SCRUBS THE INTERNET LOOKING FOR THESE RENTALS THAT ARE POPPING UP, WHETHER THEY'RE REGISTERED WITH US AS SHORT TERM RENTALS OR NOT.
SO IF THESE COMPANIES, LET'S SAY A CITIZEN, UM, PARTNERS WITH ONE OF THESE COMPANIES AND IT POPS UP ON A WEBSITE FOR, UH, RENTAL, WE'RE GONNA BE ALERTED TO IT.
NUMBER TWO, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT SHORT TERM RENTALS HAVE BEEN PROBLEMATIC IN THE PAST.
I THINK THE BIG PART OF OUR ISSUE IS, IS THAT YOU GET, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WILL RENT IT AND THEN THEY'LL BRING 40 OF THEIR FRIENDS OVER THERE.
WHEREAS MY THINKING IS ON THIS PARTICULAR DEAL, THESE ARE GONNA BE A LOT OF INTERNATIONAL GUESTS THAT AREN'T BRINGING 40 OTHER FRIENDS.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME IS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE GOOD CLEAR COMMUNICATION WITH OWNERSHIP.
AND SO IF SOMEBODY LIKE YOUR, UH, CONSTITUENT RENTS OUT THEIR HOUSE, THEIR WATER FILE'S PROBABLY PRETTY ACCURATE.
OUR POLICE AND CODE TEAM HAVE ACCESS TO THE WATER FILE AROUND THE CLOCK SO WE CAN GET AHOLD OF AN OWNER AT THREE IN THE MORNING IF NEED BE AND SHUT THOSE ISSUES DOWN.
SO I KNOW THERE'S SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, HOTEL MOTEL TAXES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT'S A, AN ISSUE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.
AND I THINK, UM, JUST, I KNOW MAYOR MAYBE PUT IN YOUR MAYOR'S MESSAGE AND I MEAN, SOMEWHERE THEY COULD JUST LOOK AT WHAT THE RULES ARE IN THEIR CITY JUST TO GUIDE PEOPLE'S LIKE, HEY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THESE OPTIONS OR NOT.
THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE THAT GET THAT FLYER THOUGH AND RENT THEIR HOUSE OUT AND FLY THE RADAR AND YEAH, I'M, I'M, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT PROACTIVELY TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THIS LUCRATIVE OPPORTUNITY
I MEAN, WE MIGHT START GETTING EMAILS AND STUFF.
SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, CLEMSON MAYOR, REGARDING THE CHAMBER'S INVOLVEMENT IN THIS UPCOMING EVENT.
UM, THE EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DALLAS SPORTS COMMISSION, UH, MONICA PAUL WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE GRAND PRIX CHAMBER MONTHLY LUNCHEON ON 3 25 TO DISCUSS ALL THINGS FIFA.
THANK YOU BARRY SANDERS FOR THAT BIT OF INFORMATION.
BESSIE, COUNCIL MEMBER ADAMS. I WANNA GO BACK TO THE AIRBNB AND THE SHORT TERM RENTALS.
I KNOW OUR CITY HAS A PERMITTING REQUIREMENT.
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SO WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION? WELL, THE EXPECTATION IS NO ONE RENTS OUT THEIR HOMELESS.OH, THEY'RE GONNA RENT IT OUT.
BUT THE QUESTION IS, ONCE THE, ONCE POLICE CHIEF IDENTIFIED THAT HOMEOWNER, WHAT DO WE DO AS A CITY? WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? YEAH, SO IN ORDER TO HAVE A SHORT TERM RENTAL, YOU HAVE TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
UH, MY GUESS IS MOST OF THE INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT GOING TO DURING THIS TIMEFRAME.
SO WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF ISSUES.
ONE IS JUST THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPONENT, WHICH I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.
THE SECOND PART IS THE ORDINANCE VIOLATION.
UM, IF THEY WERE TO DO EVERYTHING PROPERLY AND BE REGISTERED, THAT'S IDEAL FOR US BECAUSE THAT TRIGGERS OTHER PARTS OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WE CAN FORCE.
NAMELY, UH, THE, UH, PARKING ISSUE THAT, UH, CITY MANAGER HILLS CAME UP WITH SOME TIME.
THAT'S BY FAR THE, THE BEST, MOST STRING STRINGENT PART OF THE ORDINANCE.
SO IDEALLY THEY DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, BUT WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE WORST WAY.
SO, TO ANSWER YOUR DIRECT QUESTION, MA'AM, WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO? REGISTER IS SHORT TERM RENTAL.
AND SO WHAT ARE WE DOING? SO ONCE YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT HOMEOWNER MM-HMM
DOES THAT TRIGGER CODE, DOES THAT TRIGGER SOMEBODY TO REACH OUT TO THE HOMEOWNER AND SAY, THIS IS YOUR NEXT STEP, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO DO? YEAH.
SO TO BE WITHIN AN ORDINANCE YES MA'AM.
BUT THAT HAPPENS WHETHER THEY BECOME A SHORT TERM RENTAL FOR FIFA OR ANY OTHER TIME.
IT, IT SHOULD BE, BUT BECAUSE IT'S A QUICK WINDOW.
AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND GONNA BE SOME PEOPLE PROBABLY RENTING OUT THEIR OWN HOMES THAT WILL NEVER KNOW ABOUT THAT THEY LIVE IN AN APARTMENT BUT ARE LIVE IN A HOTEL AT THAT TIME.
BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING AS FAR AS PROACTIVELY PREPARING FOR THAT? YEAH, SO WE HAVE, UM, OUR CO TEAM IS, WE'VE GOT FOLKS ON OUR CO TEAM THAT ARE DESIGNED STRICTLY FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS.
OUR, UH, SPECIAL OPERATIONS TEAM IS PREPARING FOR THIS VERY THING.
SO I, BUT AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THE, THE MAJORITY OF OUR FOLKS, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE A SURGE IN STR REGISTRATION.
I THINK, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER BRIEFING ON THIS.
WE'VE GOT A MEETING THAT STARTS IN 14 MINUTES.
UM, LET'S DO BRIEFING AND I CAN ALSO SPEAK WITH YOU OFFLINE, MAN.
UM, AND IF SO, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND DO AN AGENDA REVIEW 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT PEOPLE COMING IN THAT ARE GONNA BE READY FOR A SIX 30 MEETING AND WE'RE JUST GONNA SKIP SUPPER.
SO, UM, COUNCILMAN HEADLESS, JUST DEFER AND OTHERS THAT HAVE QUESTIONS, DEFER IT TO THE NEXT BRIEFING.
AND LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND Y'ALL CAN REACH OUT TO THEM, GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THERE ARE GONNA BE PEOPLE RENT THEIR HOMES OUT THAT WE'LL NEVER KNOW ABOUT AND THAT'S JUST WHAT HAPPENS DURING SUPER BOWL AND EVERYTHING.
AND SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TIM JOHNSON FOR THE AGENDA REVIEW.
UH, COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEMS FOUR THROUGH 19 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, MAYOR, UH, BACK TO YOU.
UM, I WOULD SAY IF WE'RE GONNA START AT SIX 30, IF YOU WANNA GO GRAB SOMETHING FINE, BUT BE BACK HERE.
WE'RE GONNA START AT SIX 30 'CAUSE WE GOT, UH, THINGS TO DO TONIGHT AFTER THE MEETING.