Oct 03, 2023 City Council Meeting

EVERYBODY READY? YES, SIR.

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[1. Invocation: Pastor Doug Page with First Baptist Church]

LET'S PRAY. FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE THIS COMMUNITY SO WELL.

LORD, I PRAY THAT, FIRST OF ALL, THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THEIR TIME AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR WORK.

AND, LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU FATHER WILL BE PRESENT IN THIS CHAMBER AS WE MAKE DECISIONS.

YOUR WORD SAYS THAT WE MAKE PLANS, BUT THAT YOU ARE THERE IN OUR STEPS.

AND SO, LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL ORDAIN THEIR STEPS TODAY.

LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL GIVE THEM WISDOM AND INSIGHT INTO WHO YOU ARE AS THEY LEAD YOUR PEOPLE.

FATHER. FATHER, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL FILL THEIR HEARTS WITH YOUR HOPE SO THEY WILL GO FARTHER AND SHOW THIS COMMUNITY HOPE.

AND LORD, I PRAY THAT IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS, LORD, THAT THEY WILL KNOW YOUR POWER THAT GOES BEFORE THEM, THAT OPENS DOORS, FATHER, THAT MOVES MOUNTAINS AND MAKES A WAY IN SPACES THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE A WAY, FATHER.

SO I PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE PRESENT FOR THEY IN OUR STEPS, IN OUR TIME TOGETHER.

IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN. AMEN. AMEN.

AND WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE?

[2. Posting of the Colors and Pledges of Allegiance: Boy Scouts]

WELCOME TO OUR MEETING TONIGHT.

WE HAVE AN ABBREVIATED MEETING AND AN EARLY MEETING BECAUSE IT'S NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND WE'LL BEGIN OUR MEETING WITH CITIZEN COMMENTS.

[CITIZEN COMMENTS]

ONE? ALL RIGHT.

CITIZEN COMMENTS IS AN AGENDA ITEM WHERE ANY CITIZEN CAN MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA OR NOT ON THE AGENDA.

THEY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO DO SO.

AND UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE COUNCIL IS LIMITED OR RESTRICTED FROM COMMENTING OR TAKING ANY ACTION.

ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU INTRODUCE THE REQUEST? YES, SIR. DAVID BISGROVE, 409 SOUTH MAIN STREET.

WELL, GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

AND MY NAME IS DAVID BISGROVE.

I AM THE OWNER OF GRAPEVINE SPRINGS WINERY.

AND OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, 2 TO 3 MONTHS, THE WINERIES AND MANY OF THE MERCHANTS IN DOWNTOWN HAVE BEEN COLLECTING SIGNATURES.

WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER MAKING THE DOWNTOWN AREA AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT WHICH ALLOWS PEOPLE TO WALK AROUND WITH THE BEER OR WINE IN THEIR HAND.

THIS IS ALL OVER THE STATE.

THERE ARE MANY ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY, FOR THAT MATTER.

IT'S A MATTER OF THE CITY COUNCIL CHOOSING TO DO THIS AND SETTING THE PARAMETERS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

I TALKED TO TABC.

IT'S UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

I'VE TALKED TO OTHER CITIES, AND THIS IS HOW IT'S DEVELOPED.

I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH THIS.

MANY CITIES HAVE THIS GRANBURY AND MCKINNEY STOCKYARDS, FREDERICKSBURG AND I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH THIS, BUT I WOULD SURE ASK.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SIGNATURES HERE.

WE ACTUALLY STILL ARE COLLECTING MORE.

I WASN'T ABLE TO GET ALL OF THE SIGNATURE SHEETS BACK, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO FURNISH THOSE TO YOU, AND I WILL LEAVE THESE WITH YOU.

SO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AT THIS POINT.

ALL RIGHT. WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHTY.

ANY OTHERS? NO, YOUR HONOR. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO DECLARE OCTOBER AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.

[4. Mayor Tate to present a proclamation declaring October 2023 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. ]

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AND TOUCHES ALL COMMUNITIES, REGARDLESS OF RACE, AGE, DISABILITY, GENDER IDENTITY OR SOCIAL ECONOMIC STATUS. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT BY CREATING COMMUNITIES WHERE ALL INDIVIDUALS ARE CONNECTED, SUPPORTIVE AND ABLE TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER CAN REDUCE INCIDENTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

EACH DAY, INDIVIDUALS IN GRAPEVINE AND TARRANT COUNTY PLAY A KEY ROLE IN SUPPORTING PEOPLE IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PROVIDING SERVICES SUCH AS MEDICAL SHELTER, TRANSPORTATION, EDUCATION AND LEGAL THERAPY AND ADVOCACY.

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SO, AS THE MAYOR OF OUR COMMUNITY, I DECLARE OCTOBER 23RD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND URGE OUR CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO ABUSERS THAT THAT'S NOT TOLERATED.

CHIEF HAMLIN, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO COME UP AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROCLAMATION.

OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON.

BETWEEN 2022 AND 2023, WE SERVED APPROXIMATELY 330 CLIENTS IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, STALKING, HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT, ALL IN SOME FORM BY A PARTNER OR BOYFRIEND.

IN 2023 ALONE, WE SAW 229 CASES OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND STALKING.

OUR DEPARTMENT HAS PROVIDED OVER 2002 HUNDRED CONTACT POINTS WITH CLIENTS, WHETHER THAT'S PHONE CALLS, IN-PERSON INTERVIEWS, EMAILS, REFERRALS BETWEEN ME AND MY SOCIAL WORK, STUDENT INTERNS.

WE HAVE SUBMITTED 300 SUBMITTED 13 CRIME VICTIMS' COMPENSATION APPLICATIONS, HAVE HAD SIX COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS ON VICTIM SERVICES AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

THIS MONTH, THERE ARE 330 FLAGS IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, REPRESENTING THE 330 CLIENTS SERVED SINCE THE VICTIM SERVICES PROGRAM STARTED LAST JANUARY. THERE ARE ALSO TWO INFORMATIONAL TABLES GOING TO BE SET UP, ONE CURRENTLY AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING AND THEN ONE AT GRACE.

GOING TO HAVE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES AND THEN A LITTLE GOODIES FOR PEOPLE TO PICK UP IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

ALL OF OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

AND THEN YOU ALL HAVE BEEN PROVIDED LITTLE INFORMATIONAL BAGS.

AND THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME INFORMATION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND DIFFERENT SUBPOPULATIONS, SOME KIND OF AWARENESS SWAG, SOME LAPEL PINS, SOME STICKERS AND BRACELETS TO PROMOTE IT BEING DV AWARENESS MONTH AND THEN SOME INFORMATION ON OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, SPECIFICALLY GRACE ONE SAFE PLACE AND HOUSE OF SHINE THEY CREATED JUST FOR US PURPLE HOUSE OF SHINE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TOKENS TO GIVE OUT TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNER AGENCY HEADS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY, SURE. I'M SORRY.

WE HAVE A NEED FOR YOUR EXPERTISE.

HOWEVER, SINCE YOU'VE COME, WHAT A DIFFERENCE YOU'VE MADE.

I JUST THINK ABOUT ALL THE WOMEN WHO WOULD NOT HAVE HAD, MAYBE NOT HAVE HAD THE SAME CARE OR RESOURCES SINCE YOU TOOK THAT JOB.

SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MICHAELA.

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOWN WATCH IS SPONSORING A NATIONWIDE CRIME DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM ON OCTOBER 3RD.

[5. Mayor Tate to present a proclamation recognizing National Night Out on October 3, 2023.]

THE BEST WAY TO BUILD A SAFER COMMUNITY IS TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS AND YOUR SURROUNDINGS.

THE 40TH ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROVIDES A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO JOIN FORCES WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING 493 CITIES IN TEXAS IN PROMOTING COOPERATIVE POLICE COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS.

THE RESIDENTS OF GRAPEVINE PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN ASSISTING THE GRAPEVINE POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGH JOINT CRIME, DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION EFFORTS AND ARE SUPPORTING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT LOCALLY.

IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ALL CITIZENS OF GRAPEVINE BE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND IMPACT THAT THEIR PARTICIPATION CAN HAVE ON REDUCING CRIME AND DRUGS AND VIOLENCE IN GRAPEVINE THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE AND IS VISIBLE, PARTICIPATION FOR THIS EVENT WILL HAVE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY BUT ALSO OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THIS GREAT STATE.

SO AS YOUR MAYOR, I PROCLAIM TONIGHT, OCTOBER THE 3RD, AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, CALL UPON OUR CITIZENS TO JOIN WITH THE GRAPEVINE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOWN WATCH AND SUPPORTING THE 40TH NATIONAL ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT CHIEF.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

JUST. JUST A QUICK THANK YOU TO FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO.

EXCUSE ME. TO SUPPORT US.

CERTAINLY, CITY MANAGEMENT.

AND AS WE WILL SEE TONIGHT, JUST.

HUNDREDS FROM OUR COMMUNITY POURING OUT TO JUST SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH US.

I BELIEVE WE'RE ALMOST 40 COMMUNITIES THAT WILL DO OUR BEST TO GET TO TONIGHT.

AND I SAY IT ALL THE TIME.

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AND TONIGHT IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SAY THANK YOU TO EACH ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING OUT THERE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, CHIEF.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE GOT A PRESENTATION IN REGARD TO THE CHRISTMAS CAPITAL OF TEXAS COMING UP IN NOVEMBER AND

[6. Staff to present an update on Christmas Capital of Texas planning.]

YOU WEREN'T IN YOUR USUAL PLACE.

ALL RIGHTY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, CITIZENS FOLLOWING THE VERY SUCCESSFUL CHRISTMAS CAPITAL OF TEXAS THIS PAST YEAR, WE VISITED WITH MANY OF THE MERCHANTS AND SURROUNDING BUSINESSES, GOT DIRECT FEEDBACK FROM THEM ON THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND SAFETY MEASURES AND SUCH THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE.

AND WE GOT VERY, VERY STRONG SUPPORT FROM THEM ON THE THINGS THAT THE CITY HAD PUT IN PLACE.

THEY WERE VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT HAD TAKEN PLACE.

AND THEN IN FEBRUARY, THE CITY MANAGER CALLED ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TOGETHER AND FOR US TO DEBRIEF ON THE VARIOUS ROLES THAT WE ALL PLAYED IN THE CHRISTMAS CAPITAL, AND WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD RECEIVED, WHAT WE'D EXPERIENCED OURSELVES, AND WE BEGAN TO SORT OF LAY OUT A PROGRAM.

IT WAS VERY FULFILLING TO SEE THAT JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD DONE, WE WOULD KEEP IN PLACE AND THAT WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WAS ACTUALLY EXPANDING SOME THINGS THAT WERE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED BY THE BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY AND A FEW THINGS THAT TURNED OUT TO BE UNNECESSARILY OR PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, OVER APPROACHED.

AND SO WE MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO THEM.

AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE CONTINUED TO LOOK AT IT.

AND SO HERE WHERE WE ARE NOW IN TERMS OF OUR PROGRAM, AND I'LL JUST SORT OF RUN THROUGH THE OFFICIAL DATES OF THE CHRISTMAS CAPITAL OF TEXAS THIS YEAR IS NOVEMBER THE 20TH, AND IT WILL CONCLUDE ON JANUARY THE SEVENTH.

I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL BUSINESSES THAT WILL BEGIN NOVEMBER THE 10TH, ONE BEING THE GAYLORD TEXAN WILL START LONE STAR CHRISTMAS ON NOVEMBER THE 10TH.

AND BASS PRO ALSO WILL START ON NOVEMBER THE 10TH.

BUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ELSE IN TOWN BEGINS ON NOVEMBER THE 20TH.

WE KICK OFF OUR HOURS OR WE END THE FALL SEASON WITH THE PARDONING OF TOM T TURKEY ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER THE 20TH.

AND THAT HAS BECOME SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO THE METROPLEX COMMUNITY.

IT'S VERY WELL SUPPORTED BY THE MEDIA.

ALSO ON THAT DAY WE KICK OFF OUR COMMUNITY RUN AND THIS IS REALLY FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, ET CETERA.

TO EXPERIENCE THAT FIRST RUN WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE NOT NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO AFFORD NORTH POLE EXPRESS.

AND THAT ALSO TAKES PLACE ON THE 20TH.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR FABULOUS KICKOFF EVENT THAT IS PULLED TOGETHER BY PARKS AND REC IS THE CAROL OF LIGHTS. AND THAT REALLY SETS IT ALL IN MOTION AGAIN ON THE 20TH.

AND THAT EVENING WILL BE THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING PROGRAM.

AND SO, IT ROLLED INTO THAT AS WELL IS THE PEACE PLAZA ICE RINK.

AND THOSE TWO THINGS WILL BE A WONDERFUL PROGRAM THERE FOR THE LIGHTING OF THE TREE AS WELL AS THE OPENING OF THE ICE RINK.

NOW, JUST TO SORT OF WHERE IT ALL STARTS, THERE ARE ACTUALLY SOME THINGS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW.

ALL THE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES ARE IN PLACE.

BUT INSTALLATION, SOME OF THAT WILL BEGIN OCTOBER 15TH.

HOMETOWN CHRISTMAS, FOR EXAMPLE, WILL.

AGAIN AT THAT PERIOD OF TIME, ALFRED VENTURE INSTALLS THE NORTH POLE VILLAGE INSTALLS WILL BEGIN.

THEN NOVEMBER THE 6TH WILL BE THE ARRIVAL OF THE 52 FOOT LIVE CHRISTMAS TREE, TWO FEET TALLER THAN LAST YEAR. YOU SAID GO BIGGER.

COUNCILMAN LEAL.

SO WE WENT BIGGER.

WE WANTED TO GO BIGGER THAN THAT, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY ANY BIGGER THAN THAT.

ALSO ON THE SIXTH, WE'LL BEGIN THE INSTALLATION OF THE PEACE PLAZA ICE RINK.

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OTHER THINGS OF IMPORTANT ARE THE SAFETY BARRICADES AND EXPANSION OF THE SIDEWALK.

VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY ISSUE THERE.

AND THAT WILL THE FIRST OF THOSE BEGINS ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER THE 1ST THROUGH SUNDAY THE THIRD, AND THEN IT REPEATS ITSELF THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND, DECEMBER, FRIDAY THE EIGHTH THROUGH SUNDAY, THE 10TH, FOLLOWED BY FRIDAY, THE 15TH AND SUNDAY, THE 17TH.

AND THEN FRIDAY, THE DECEMBER 22ND.

AND IT WILL BE UP TILL TUESDAY THE 26TH.

SO DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, WE KNOW FROM OUR DEBRIEFS THAT BARRICADING IS NOT NECESSARY OVER THANKSGIVING NOR THE NEW YEAR'S WEEKEND. WE DID THAT LAST TIME, AND IT REALLY DID NOT PROVE TO BE BENEFICIAL TO THE MERCHANTS, ETCETERA OR NECESSARY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

ALSO, OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS PROGRAM BEGINS ON NOVEMBER THE 1ST.

WE ALREADY HAVE A NUMBER OF ON AIR INTERVIEWS AND SUCH THAT WILL IN PLACE FOR THAT.

AND THEN THE PAID ADVERTISING IN THE OUTER MARKETS WILL BEGIN NOVEMBER THE 6TH.

AND AGAIN, WE SAW A LOT OF RESPONSE FROM THESE AREAS OKLAHOMA CITY, HOUSTON.

AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO.

MIDLAND, ODESSA, LUBBOCK, ABILENE, WACO.

TYLER, LONGVIEW AND SHREVEPORT.

THE WITHIN THE METROPLEX ITSELF.

IT'S ONLY FOUR DAYS LATER, BUT ON NOVEMBER THE 10TH WE BEGIN THE ALL IN MARKET ADVERTISING, AND THAT GOES ABOUT 75 MILES OUT FROM THE METROPLEX.

AND WE FOUND THAT HAVE GREAT SUCCESS WITH THAT.

THE OUR THEME IS SHARE THE JOY.

AND AGAIN THERE WILL BE OVER 1400 EVENTS IN 40 PLUS DAYS TO GIVE DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER NOW ON SOME STUFF WILL AARON BURKE WILL COME UP AND SHARE SOME OF THE MORE IN DEPTH DETAILS ON SOME OF THE EVENTS.

AND OF COURSE AARON IS WITH PARKS AND REC.

SO THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, I WAS THINKING AT TWO FEET A YEAR, IT'S 20 YEARS BEFORE WE GET TO THE LARGEST TREE IN THE UNITED STATES.

I THINK WE NEED BETTER THAN 20 YEARS, BUT I APPRECIATE TWO FEET.

WE'LL TAKE IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT CHRISTMAS CAPITAL OF TEXAS IN FRONT OF YOU.

PLEASE FIND SOME INFORMATIONAL SHEETS.

THE FIRST ONE WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT IS OUR RED AND WHITE SHEET REGARDING CAROL OF LIGHTS.

I'M ALSO GOING TO PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN.

OKAY. SO AS I SAID, CAROL OF LIGHTS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST EVENT TO KICK OFF THE CHRISTMAS CAPITAL OF TEXAS.

THAT EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH.

AND IT IS A FREE EVENT HERE IN THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE.

SO FREE ADMISSION IN ALMOST ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES ARE ALSO FREE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS THAT ARE ATTENDING THAT EVENT.

AS FAR AS THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE DAY, WE WILL START THE EVENT AT 4:00.

THOSE WILL BE ACTIVITIES UP AND DOWN THE STREET ON MAIN STREET FROM NORTHWEST HIGHWAY TO DALLAS ROAD.

AT 630 WE WILL BE HAVING OUR TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY AT PEACE PLAZA.

WE HAVE A COUPLE VIPS HERE WITH US THAT WILL BE JOINING US AT THAT TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY.

WE HAVE, OF COURSE, MAYOR TATE AND MRS. CLAUS WILL BE WITH US AT THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY.

THE OTHER TWO LARGE ACTIVATIONS DURING THAT EVENT ARE OUR 730 AND OUR 830 FIREWORK AND LASER SHOWS.

THOSE ARE TWO IDENTICAL SHOWS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT CITY HALL.

THE EVENT ITSELF WILL END RIGHT ABOUT 8:45, SO THAT 4-8:45 TIME FRAME WILL BE WHEN THE STREET IS ACTIVATED, THE STREET WILL BE CLOSED FROM 1:00 UNTIL 11 P.M. THAT EVENING.

THE ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON THE STREETS ARE VERY RECREATION BASED.

BUT KEEPING IN MIND THAT GRAPEVINE ALWAYS DOES BIGGER AND BETTER, RIGHT AS COUNCIL MEMBER LEAL WAS TALKING ABOUT THERE.

SO, SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TONIGHT ARE SOME OF THE NEW THINGS THAT WILL BE ADDING TO CAROL OF LIGHTS THIS YEAR.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE'LL BE ADDING WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE GIFTS FOR GROWN-UPS MARKET.

THIS IS AN EXCITING NEW ACTIVATION AT CAROL OF LIGHTS THAT WILL ALLOW CHILDREN TO GO AND PICK OUT A GIFT, WHETHER THAT BE FOR THEIR MOM, DAD, GRANDMA, GRANDPA, CARETAKER OF SOME KIND, AND BRING THAT HOME TO PRESENT TO THEM ON CHRISTMAS, DECORATING THEIR OWN BAG, MAKING SURE WE KEEP THAT RECREATION FEEL BY GIVING THEM SOMETHING NEW AND EXCITING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

WE ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WILL BE JOINING US THIS YEAR, MAIN STREET SANTA, WHICH IS WITH DAVID AT MARKET ON MAIN.

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WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH TALKING ANIMALS BOOKS, TALKING ANIMALS BOOKS WERE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THEM ON BOARD THIS YEAR.

THEY WILL BE DOING STORYTIME AND CRAFTS AND THAT IS A GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP NOT ONLY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE NEW ACTIVITIES, BUT ALSO TO GET THEIR NAME OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AS A NEW VENDOR HERE IN THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE.

SOME OF THE OTHER FUN ACTIVITIES WE'LL BE ADDING THIS YEAR IS TWO OF OUR TEN FOOT ICE SLIDES.

I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THAT SLIDE.

I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT PHOTO OP, BUT WE'LL BE DOING TWO OF THOSE THIS YEAR.

WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE WORLD'S LARGEST INFLATABLE MAZE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE SOME OF OUR, AGAIN, OUR RECREATION BASED PROGRAMING CRAFTS, GIFTS, FACE PAINTING, LIVE REINDEER, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT PEOPLE COME TO EXPECT FROM THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE AT CAROL OF LIGHTS.

AS FAR AS PERFORMANCES, YOU'LL FIND PERFORMANCES ALL NIGHT LONG ON THE GAZEBO STAGE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY GROUPS AND SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA, INCLUDING CHHS, GHS, ARTISTRY IN MOTION, OH.LOOK PERFORMING ARTS, WHICH IS BASED RIGHT AT THE VINE ARTS AND EVENTS CENTER AND SOME OF OUR OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

WE'LL ALSO HAVE ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCES.

SO, ALL NIGHT LONG, FROM THE TIME THE EVENT STARTS AT FOUR TO THE LAST FIREWORK AND LASER SHOW, THEY WILL BE FUN COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES ON THE GAZEBO STAGE.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING SOME POP-UP PERFORMANCES WITH THIS.

WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE MAGIC OF DISNEYLAND BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.

SO, IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN THE INTERSECTION WHEN OH.

LOOK SHOWS UP OR OUR UPTOWN CAROLERS OR DOVE DYNAMIC DRUMMERS, WHICH IS THE DRUM LINE FROM DOVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, YOU'RE IN FOR A TREAT.

THEY WILL BE DOING FUN, INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCES, GETTING THE CROWD INVOLVED.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S THE MAGIC OF BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.

SO, THAT'S SOME OF OUR PERFORMANCES.

YOU'LL SEE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THAT FLIER IN FRONT OF YOU SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE LOVE TO TOUCH ON THIS EVENING.

FOOD VENDORS.

LAST YEAR, WE HAD ABOUT 11 FOOD VENDORS ON THE STREET.

WE FOUND THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO BRING IN SOME NEW ONES, MAKE SURE THAT THOSE LINES ARE SHORTENED.

SO WE HAVE ABOUT 20 FOOD VENDORS THAT WILL BE JOINING US THIS YEAR.

WE'RE ALSO EXCITED TO SAY A LOT OF THESE ARE LOCAL BUSINESSES HERE IN THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE TO MEET YOU ANYWHERE.

SON OF A BUTCHER. AND THEN TOM'S TRAVELING COFFEE, WHO WORKS WITH US ALL THE TIME.

THEY WILL BE JOINING US THIS YEAR.

WE'RE ALSO BRINGING IN A GROUP CALLED CARNIVAL CATERING.

THEY HAVE PROVIDED OVER $30,000 IN SPONSORSHIPS THIS YEAR FOR OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS.

SO, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO BRING THEM ON.

CHRISTMAS MARKET IS ANOTHER AREA THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT.

LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE DID THAT AND WE'LL BE BRINGING IT BACK.

THIS YEAR WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 30 CHRISTMAS MARKET VENDORS SELLING EVERYTHING FROM CHILDREN'S TOYS, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FASHIONS, SOAPS, YOU NAME IT.

WE'LL HAVE IT IN THE CHRISTMAS MARKET.

AND WHAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IS WE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

NOT ONLY WILL THEY BE AT THE EVENT TO HELP US WITH THE SAFETY ASPECTS, THEY WILL BE SELLING SOME OF THEIR MERCHANDISE AND THEY WILL HAVE THEIR SANTA COPS DONATION BINS AT THIS EVENT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PLACING THEM VERY CLOSE TO OUR CHRISTMAS MARKET.

SO IF YOU GO DOWN, NOT ONLY CAN YOU PURCHASE A GIFT FOR YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS YOURSELF, BUT YOU CAN ALSO DONATE TO SANTA COPS THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS MARKET THIS YEAR.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT ADDITION.

I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE VOLUNTEERS ARE SUCH A LARGE PART OF THIS EVENT.

WE EXPECT APPROXIMATELY 260 VOLUNTEERS THIS YEAR.

IT'S ABOUT WHAT'S NEEDED TO RUN THIS EVENT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S FOUR HOURS LONG.

AGAIN, IT GOES FROM NORTHWEST ALL THE WAY TO DALLAS, ACTIVITIES UP AND DOWN.

SO WE COUNT ON THOSE VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS EVENT RUNS AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE.

ON THE PAGE IN FRONT OF YOU, IT LISTS THE WEBSITE.

GO GRAPEVINE.COM/CAROL OF LIGHTS.

NOT ONLY IS THAT WHERE YOU'LL FIND INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT IN GENERAL, BUT YOU'LL ALSO FIND A LINK TO VOLUNTEER LOCAL WHICH IS WHERE INTERESTED PARTIES CAN LOOK UP WHAT DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES WE HAVE FOR VOLUNTEERING, WHAT THE TIME FRAMES ARE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

GENERALLY, WE GET A LOT OF INTEREST FROM OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS, FROM OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS, OUR CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT EVENT.

THAT IS CAROL OF LIGHTS.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO CAROL OF LIGHTS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

MAIN STREET, JENKINS AND BARTON ARE ALL GOING TO BE CLOSED.

WHAT IS THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF JENKINS AND BARTON? WILL THEY BE CLOSED AT NORTHWEST HIGHWAY OR AT WALL STREET OR SO? THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL WOMAN.

ROGERS SO ON JENKINS IT WILL BE CLOSED FROM NORTHWEST ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WORTH.

THAT WILL BE CLOSED. THAT IS A STAGING AREA FOR US.

BARTON STREET WILL REALLY ONLY BE CLOSED BEHIND CITY HALL, SO IT WILL BE CLOSED BACK THERE.

THAT'S WHERE WE DO A LOT OF OUR STAGING AND OUR PREPARATION FOR THE FIREWORK AND LASER SHOW.

SO IT WILL BE CLOSED RIGHT THERE, BUT THE REST OF BARTON WOULD BE AVAILABLE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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OKAY. THE FINAL EVENT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS TONIGHT IS OUR MERRY AND BRIGHT DRONE SHOWS.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO GO FROM TWO SHOWS THIS YEAR TO THREE SHOWS, THREE SATURDAYS IN A ROW HERE ON GRAPEVINE MAIN STREET.

THE TIMELINES FOR THIS AND AGAIN, THIS IS THAT GREEN FORM IN FRONT OF YOU.

THE TIMELINE FOR THIS IS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9TH AND DECEMBER 16TH.

ALL THREE SHOWS ARE AT 8 P.M.

THE LOCATION OF THE THREE SHOWS IS WHAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

SO IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE SHOWS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, AGAIN, THIS IS OUR THIRD ANNUAL.

THE FIRST SHOW, THE SECOND AND THE FINAL SHOW, THE 16TH WILL LAUNCH FROM THE SAME LOCATION THEY'LL BE LAUNCHING FROM THE FORMER MASTER MAID FEED PARKING LOT.

THE VIEWING ZONE IS REALLY IN FRONT OF PEACE PLAZA ALL THE WAY TO HUDGENS.

RIGHT THERE WILL BE PACKING IN 10,000 PLUS PEOPLE TO WATCH THAT SHOW.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

THE MIDDLE SHOW, WHICH IS OUR DECEMBER 9TH SHOW, WILL BE PUSHED TO THE NORTH SIDE OF MAIN STREET HERE.

AND SO WE WILL BE LAUNCHING IN THE 100 BLOCK.

THOSE DRONES WILL GO UP AND OVER MAIN STREET AND IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY GREAT VIEWING ZONE.

WE'LL BE SHUT DOWN FROM NORTHWEST HIGHWAY ALL THE WAY TO WORTH STREET.

AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE FOR ALMOST THE MAJORITY OF THAT STREET.

WORTH STREET IS REALLY THE STREET TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE THINKING OF STREET CLOSURES FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FOR ALL OF THE DRONE SHOWS FOR OUR SOUTHERN SHOWS, THEY WILL BE CLOSED FROM DALLAS TO WORTH STREET.

AND THEN FOR OUR NORTH SHOW, THE STREET WILL BE CLOSED FROM NORTHWEST TO WORTH STREET.

SO WORTH IS OUR MIDDLE POINT FOR ALL OF THOSE.

THE STREET WILL BE CLOSED FROM 630 TO 930.

ALLOW US TIME TO PREP THE STREET TO GET PEOPLE ON IT TO FIND THEIR BEST PLACE.

AND THEN WE WILL REOPEN BY 930, MAKING SURE THAT IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.

OF COURSE, PARTNERING WITH POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR, WE HAVE SOME NEW ADDITIONS THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT AS WELL.

FOR THE DRONE SHOW.

WE WILL BE GOING FROM 160 TO 200 DRONES, WHICH IS QUITE A JUMP THAT 40 DRONES REALLY ADD A MORE INTERACTIVE ELEMENT.

SO, THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE MOVEMENT OUT AND KIND OF THAT FLUID NATURE TO THE DRONES THIS YEAR.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ADDING CUSTOM FORMATIONS.

SO NOT ONLY WILL WE HAVE THE GRAPEVINE LOGO, WHICH YOU'VE SEEN IN YEARS PAST, BUT WE'LL HAVE THE TRAIN OUT THERE TO MIMIC OUR TRAIN WITH SOME MOVING WHEELS AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU CLOCKTOWER, WHICH WILL BE REALLY FUN.

THE CLOCK WILL ACTUALLY MOVE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A LARGE WREATH ON IT, WHICH MOVES AS WELL.

SO SOME OF THOSE COOL NEW ELEMENTS THAT WE'LL BE INTRODUCING THIS YEAR.

THE THE THING THAT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS GOING TO BE THE SOUND.

AND SO THIS SHOW WILL BE CHOREOGRAPHED TO MUSIC.

WE'LL HAVE SPEAKERS ON THE STREET.

SO AS YOU'RE WATCHING THE SHOW, YOU'LL HAVE DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS SONGS COMING UP IN THE DRONES WILL ACTUALLY BE MOVING TO THE CHRISTMAS MUSIC, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING FOR US.

WE THINK IT'LL BE A MUCH NEEDED ELEMENT FOR THE SHOW.

THE MUSIC WILL ALSO BE PLAYING BEFORE AND AFTER, SO THERE'LL BE THAT AMBIANCE SET AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS, TALK ABOUT SPONSORS, AND THEN OF COURSE HIT ON SOME OF THOSE OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP DURING CHRISTMAS CAPITAL OF TEXAS.

BUT OVERALL, THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN EVENTS AND I SAY TWO, BUT REALLY, IF WE COUNT FOR THERE THAT PARKS AND RECREATION WILL BE TAKING ON THIS YEAR FOR CHRISTMAS CAPITAL OF TEXAS. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS EVENING, BUT I AM OPEN TO TAKING ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? APPARENTLY NOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. PRETTY EXCITING.

ALL RIGHTY. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER THE AWARD OF THE BID FOR THE SETTLER'S PARK IMPROVEMENT PHASE ONE.

[7. Consider the award of RFB 40-23 for Settlers Park Improvements Phase 1 to RLM Earthco, Ordinance No. 2023-062 to appropriate the funds, and take any necessary action. ]

AT THE COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, A PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN TO UPDATE YOU ON THE STATUS AND THE PLANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SETTLER'S PARK.

AS MENTIONED IN THAT PRESENTATION, I'M BACK TONIGHT TO REQUEST YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF RFP 40 DASH 23 FOR SETTLER'S PARK IMPROVEMENTS PHASE ONE TO RLM ERCO AND TO REQUEST APPROVAL OF AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,346,000 IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE FUND.

TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE WILL REIMBURSE $500,000 OF THAT AMOUNT THROUGH THEIR NON URBAN LOCAL PARK GRANT PROGRAM.

THE BID WAS ADVERTISED ON JUNE 1ST AND JUNE 8TH.

TWO BIDS WERE SUBMITTED AND THEY WERE OPENED ON JUNE 22ND.

AND BASED ON THE EVALUATION BY PURCHASING A PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT STAFF AND LA SIERRA STUDIOS, RLM ERCO WILL PROVIDE THE SERVICES REQUESTED AT THE BEST PRICE TO THE CITY.

A BREAKDOWN OF THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH EACH PORTION OF PHASE ONE WAS INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKET, ALONG WITH THE BREAKDOWN OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS THAT

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AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS. APPARENTLY NOT, CHRIS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

CONSIDERATION IS IN ORDER.

I WOULD MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES.

BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

ANY GUESTS CAN REQUEST ANY ITEM BE REMOVED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME.

DO WE HAVE ANY REQUEST? AND. ALL RIGHT, THEN.

8 TO 30 IS A CONSENT AND A MOTION IS IN ORDER.

A MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS EIGHT THROUGH 30.

SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR.

ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES.

THAT COMPLETES OUR AGENDA.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

MOTION TO ADJOURN IS IN ORDER.

MOVE TO ADJOURN SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR. ALL OPPOSED.

COUNCIL STANDS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.