[5. Consider and act upon authorizing the Town Manager to approve the purchase of a striping machine and various signs, markings materials, and supplies from Centerline Supply, Inc. in the amount of $95,000. (CJ) ]

BARTLEY. ALL IN FAVOR? THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, SO I BELIEVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

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CARRIE JONES, WE GET TO BE INTRODUCED TO OUR NEW NEWEST STAFF MEMBER. YES. YEAH SO WE WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HELLO TO EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO, THIS ITEM IS BASICALLY A BLANKET POA TO CENTER LINE. WE'VE SPENT CLOSE TO THE $50,000, WHICH IS PRESCRIBED BY STATE LAW. AND SO WE'RE PURCHASING A STRIPING MACHINE AND IT'S A LITTLE OVER $18,000. AND SO THAT WILL PUSH US UP OVER THAT $50,000 LIMIT. AND THEN THAT WILL ALSO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF CUSHION TO CONTINUE PURCHASING SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS FOR THE REST OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. PERFECT. THANK YOU. YOU APPEAR TO HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT, PRESENTATION STYLE THAN THE PREVIOUS PERSON. HOPEFULLY IN A GOOD WAY. WE'LL SEE. I SAY THAT WITH ALL POSITIVITY FOR BOTH OF YOU. SO. WELL, WELCOME TO THE TOWN OF PROSPER. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. WITH THAT, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE. MAY I MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM FIVE. SECOND, I GOT A MOTION BY MARCUS RAY. SECOND BY JEFF HODGES. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. CARRI. ALL RIGHT, THEN, WE'LL MOVE TO

[CITIZEN COMMENTS]

OUR CITIZENS. COMMENTS. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC. HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL IS UNABLE TO DISCUSS OR TAKE ACTION ON ANY TOPIC NOT LISTED ON THIS AGENDA. PLEASE COMPLETE A PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST FORM AND PRESENT IT TO THE TOWN SECRETARY. PRIOR TO THE MEETING. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. IF MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS WISH TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC, THEY MAY YIELD THREE MINUTES TO ONE INDIVIDUAL APPOINTED TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF. ALL INDIVIDUALS YIELDING THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING, AND THE APPOINTED INDIVIDUAL BE LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 15 MINUTES. I DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, FORM AND THAT MR. PERRY. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN AND LADIES, I'M SORRY, MY NAME IS CAP PERRY.

P A R R Y. I LIVE AT 850 KINGSVIEW DRIVE IN PROSPER, TEXAS. AND THAT'S IN LAKES OF PROSPER, I COME TONIGHT JUST TO MAKE A COMMENT IN HOPES OF ENCOURAGING YOU IN THE DIRECTION OF ART. OKAY, I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL SEEN THIS. THE, THE PROSPER ARTS DISTRICT, THAT IT'S GOING TO START S DEVELOPMENT THIS YEA. THE NEW ARTS DISTRICT IS COMING TO PROSPER, TOWN COUNCIL APPROVED A PARTNERSHIP TO DEVELOP OUR, TO BRING PROSPER ARTS DISTRICT TO DOWNTOWN WITH A 5 TO 1 VOTE. AND CHRIS VOTED AGAINST IT, IT'S A 35 ACRE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY AND PROSPER TRAIL, WHICH IS LIKE MY BACKYARD, IT WILL FEATURE THREE HOTEL CONCEPTS, 515, MULTI MULTIFAMILY UNITS AND AN EXTENSIVE RETAIL VILLAGE. THAT'S ART, I, I REALLY GOT EXCITED MYSELF. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ART DISTRICT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A RETAIL DISTRICT WITH 515 APARTMENTS. I AM, AT BEST, I CAN SAY I'M DISAPPOINTED, BUT SOME YEARS AGO, MY WIFE AND I, SERVED ON THE BOARD OF A OF A AND IT'S JUST AN ARTS CENTER IN A SMALL TOWN. AND, WE GOT AN OLD HOUSE GIVEN TO US, AND IT WAS A BIG OLD, BIG OLD HOUSE, FIXED IT UP IN THE OPEN THE DOORS. AND WE HAD A WONDERFUL GROUP OF, VOLUNTEERS. WE OFFERED PAINTING, SCULPTURE, PIANO, BALLET, JEWELRY MAKING, WEAVING, JAZZ CONCERTS, CHAMBER MUSIC AND MORE. THAT SOUNDS MORE LIKE ART TO ME. OKAY WELL, WE HAVE MORE OFFERINGS, CHANGES. VOLUNTEERS WERE AVAILABLE. I UNDERSTAND THAT, THEY HAVE SINCE HAD TO SELL MEMBERSHIPS IN THIS TINY COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THE IT GO CROWDED, THE ART CENTER GOT SO CROWDED, OVERFLOWING. SO THEY HAD TO START SELLING MEMBERSHIPS. IT'S PRETTY ENCOURAGING. THAT'S AN ART CENTER. WHAT'S COUNCIL DOING FOR THE ARTS? WELL, FOR WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, FOR THAT MATTER, WHO BENEFIT FROM ALL THESE ARTS? I KNOW YOU CAN'T. OR WON'T ANSWER ME, BUT

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IT PROBABLY WON'T. I PROBABLY WON'T PLAY MUCH SOCCER. OKAY I SORT OF GIVEN UP ON THAT. AND INCIDENTALLY, CHRIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE ON THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE

[8. Receive an update on the Freedom Fest and Celebrate Prosper events. (DB)]

ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.007, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL FOR ITEMS LISTED AS PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE RECOGNIZED WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON FREEDOM FEST AND CELEBRATE PROSPER EVENTS. MR. DAN BAKER. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL JUST WE'VE GOT A COUPLE EVENTS COMING UP IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS AND JUST WANTED TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH BOTH OF THOSE, THE FIRST ONE COMING UP, FREEDOM FEST, 24, 2024, SEPTEMBER 7TH. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, COFFEE GLOBAL ON IRON OUT SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS. I ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY, SO I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE CHANGE ON HERE. I NEED TO UPDATE, JOHN, BUT, NEW FOR THIS YEAR. WE ARE MOVING THE EVENT TO BROADWAY DOWNTOWN, INITIALLY WE WERE CONCERNED WITH POTENTIAL, CONSTRUCTION ON FIRST STREET, HOW IT WOULD IMPACT THE VENUE. BUT WE ALSO HAD HEARD FROM OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES THAT THEY WERE, THAT THEY'D LIKE TO BE A LITTLE MORE INCLUDED AT THIS EVENT. SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THE EVENT SITE TO DOWNTOWN, WITH THE STAGE BEING LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF BROAD AND MAIN PLAYING BACK TO THE WEST.

SO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAD DONE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WITH BOOTS ON BROADWAY, SO, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, JUST LIKE LAST YEAR, GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS ARE FOR FREE, THEY'RE GOING TO USE THE SAME TICKET SYSTEM AND LIMIT TICKETS TO FIVE PER PERSON GOING ONLINE TO GET THOSE TICKETS, WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM RIGHT NOW ON THE VIP PRICING. LAST YEAR. AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, IT WAS $200. WE FELT THAT WAS TOO HIGH. WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TICKET SALES, SO WE'RE STILL WAITING ON A PROPOSAL FROM THEM, THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH WHAT? THAT VIP TICKET IS GOING TO GET THE PERSON. SO, SO STILL SOME THINGS IN PLACE, WE'LL MEET WITH THEM SOON, ALL THESE TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AUGUST 1ST. SO YOU'LL SEE SOME PROMOTIONS GOING ON HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEK, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THIS IS THE ONE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON. WE INITIALLY HAD LOOKED AT A MAXIMUM ATTENDANCE OF 2000 PEOPLE. WE MET WITH, POLICE AND FIRE. THAT'S WHAT WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT. WE DID THE MEASUREMENTS ON THE EVENT AREA. THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE COMFORTABLE WITH WHEN WE MET YESTERDAY. POLICE AND FIRE WERE IN THAT ROOM. WE DISCUSSED IT A LITTLE FURTHER AND FELT THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM TO POSSIBLY EXPAND THAT. SO STILL WORKING ON THE MATH ON THAT, BUT I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT NUMBER GO UP BY A FEW HUNDRED, PEOPLE. SO FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE, LAST YEAR, WE HAVE FOOD TRUCKS. WE BROUGHT IN A THIRD PARTY, BEVERAGE COMPANY TO SELL BEER. THIS YEAR. WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO PARTNER UP WITH THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, THERE WAS ANOTHER EVENT BACK IN APRIL, WHERE THAT HAPPENED. AND I THINK IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. AND WE ALSO FEEL THEY HAD A LOT OF INTEREST IN DOING THAT. SO THERE'S A MEETING COMING UP. IT HASN'T BEEN SCHEDULED YET, BUT WE'LL HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE FOR THAT MEETING. JUST TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WANT TO DO. BUT WE INITIAL CONVERSATIONS ARE THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING AGAIN. AND THEN WE WILL ALSO WE'LL BRING IN SOME FOOD TRUCKS, BUT THE FOOD TRUCKS CAN SUPPLEMENT THE FOOD, BUT ALSO THOSE BUSINESSES AS WELL. IF THEY WANT TO SELL FOOD, THEY CAN DO SO. WE'LL DO THE SAME. SHUTTLE SERVICES LAST YEAR FROM REYNOLDS MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE'LL HAVE WE WILL UTILIZE OUR PARKING LOT HERE AT TOWN HALL FOR OUR VIP FOLKS. AND, THE TOWN'S THE TOWN WILL PROVIDE POLICE, FIRE OR SITE OPS AND THEN TRAFFIC CONTROL. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BE CHECKING THE FOOD TRUCKS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S ON THE UP AND UP FOR THEIR SO THAT'S REALLY IT FOR FREEDOM FEST. LIKE, IF YOU GUYS, YOU CAN I GUESS YOU CAN ASK ME QUESTIONS ON FREEDOM FEST IF YOU HAVE ANY OR WE CAN GO THROUGH THE SECOND EVENT. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON FREEDOM FEST. YES SIR. ARE WE GOING TO FENCE THE AREA OFF? IS THAT WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY? YES, SIR. SO WE ARE REQUIRED BY TABC. IF WE ARE SELLING ALCOHOL, WHETHER WE ARE OR THE BUSINESSES ARE, SO THERE WILL BE A PERIMETER, AN EVENT PERIMETER. AND WILL IT HAVE MORE THAN ONE ENTRY POINT? YES. SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE DISCUSSED COMING OFF OF TOWN HALL WITH THE WALKWAY THAT TAKES YOU STRAIGHT UP THROUGH TO BROADWAY, AND THEN ALSO DOING ANOTHER ENTRANCE ON THE WEST SIDE OF, RIGHT IN FRONT OF BLACK HAWK BREWERY. SO WE WOULD ALSO HAVE THAT AS A SECOND

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ENTRANCE EXIT. OKAY. I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. HOW MANY DO YOU KNOW? HOW MANY? I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY PEOPLE LAST CAME LAST YEAR. YEAH. IT WAS IT WAS LIKE 18, 1900 PEOPLE. SO WE WERE PUSHING 2000. I KNOW ONE OF THE SCHOOLS HAD, HOMECOMING DANCE THAT NIGHT, SO THEY THOUGHT THAT MIGHT HAVE IMPACTED THE HEADCOUNT, WE HAD WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE DONE ANOTHER 5 TO 800 PEOPLE. I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD A GOOD CROWD, BUT WE HAD MORE ROOM. AND, AGAIN, WE ARE BETTING THAT THROUGH POLICE AND FIRE, AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE GIVING US THUMBS UP ON ALL OF THAT. AND SO I ASSUME WITH THE PERIMETER FENCING, THEN IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO THE MUSIC AND YOU'RE IN THE CONCERT AND YOU WANT TO POP INTO ONE ESTABLISHMENT AND GRAB A BEVERAGE OR OR GO TO A DIFFERENT ONE, YOU CAN WALK AROUND OUT IN THE STREET, THEY WILL BE WITHIN THE FESTIVAL PERIMETER. IF THEY AGREE, THEY WILL BE WITHIN THE FESTIVAL PERIMETER. SO YES, AS LONG AS AS LONG AS THEIR LICENSE IS ALLOW IT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT. BUT THE IDEA IS YES, YOU CAN POP IN TO THE TAVERN, GRAB A BEVERAGE, TAKE IT OUT, WALK AROUND. SAME WITH PROSPER WINEHOUSE OR BLACK HAWK OR THE GIN OR WHOMEVER IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT. JUST ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? CHRIS I HAVE A. AND I KNOW WE APPROVED A CERTAIN AMOUNT FOR THIS EVENT. OR IS THIS PART OF YOUR GENERAL BUDGET AT THIS POINT, I THOUGHT LAST YEAR IT WAS THE PRICING WAS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THEIR OWN VENDING, LIKE MAYBE WITH THE BEVERAGE, AND THEY GOT DIFFERENT PRICING. I MEAN, YOU HAVE YOU ALREADY WORKED ALL THAT OUT? YES. SO WE HAVE A BASICALLY A SCHEDULE OF COSTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY A TURNKEY EVENT OTHER THAN THE STAFF THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE DOING TRAFFIC CONTROL, SAFETY SIDE OPS. THEY'RE HANDLING EVERYTHING. OKAY. SO DID THE COST GO UP BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT CONTROLLING THE BEVERAGES? BECAUSE SO REMEMBERING THAT THE COST DID GO UP OKAY. IT DID GO UP. HOWEVER WE HAD PAID A CERTAIN FEE FOR THE ARTISTS AND THEIR SERVICES. WE HAD COVERED FEES FOR SHUTTLE. I DON'T REMEMBER ALL OF THEM, BUT FENCING SHUTTLES, RESTROOMS. SO THAT WAS ON TOP OF WHAT WE HAD PAID. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT WE SPENT LAST YEAR, WE JUST KIND OF MADE TWO SEPARATE PAYMENTS, IF YOU WILL. OKAY I'M JUST THINKING LIKE, WITH THE BUDGET COMING AROUND AND, AND WHAT KIND OF DECISIONS WE MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE BEFORE THE EVENT OCCURS, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S. I'M THAT'S I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MINDFUL OF THAT. UNDERSTOOD. I WOULD SAY THE TOWN'S OUTLAY PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR, JUST IN MULTIPLE PAYMENTS.

SO QUICK QUESTION ON THE ORIENTATION OF THE CONCERT, BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE HAD IT OUT FRONT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN HALL. NOT ONLY WAS IT DEEP, IT WAS WIDE AND IT WAS FULL. HERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COMPRESSING IT INTO MUCH MORE NARROW SPACE, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT ELONGATED.

IS THERE A THOUGHT TO SOUND AND VISUAL? SAY YOU'RE FURTHER DOWN FROM THE STAGE OR HERE YOU CAN BE FAIRLY CLOSE. RIGHT. AND THE SUN IS ALSO FACING THE ARTISTS AT THAT POINT. YES. AND HE'S AWARE OF THAT. AND THIS WAS THEIR IDEA. OKAY SO YES. AND WE'VE WE'VE EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT MAKING SURE THE SOUND CAN TRAVEL DOWN. SO THEY'VE ASSURED US. YEAH OKAY. THAT'LL HAPPEN.

YOU GOT A BIG COWBOY HAT THAT IS USUALLY. YES. HIS HIS OPEN. YEAH. HIS OPENER. YEAH. HE'LL.

YEAH THEY WILL. SO I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. YES SIR, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE PERIMETER IS GOING TO LINE UP. IS. WELL, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. THIS IS COPYING ANDERSON. ARE THEY ARRANGING FOR THE FOOD TRUCKS? YES SIR. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A FOOD TRUCK PARKED DOWNTOWN. ARE THEY OUTSIDE THAT PERIMETER OR. THEY ARE OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER? OKAY, OKAY. OKAY I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW ALL THAT MESHES TOGETHER. OKAY. NOW, THAT'S AS OF RIGHT. I'M SORRY. IN BETWEEN THE BUILDING WHERE THE PERFORMANCE STUFF IS, THERE'S A WALKWAY AND YOU CAN GET BACK THERE AS WELL AS PARK. IF YOU WALK OUT THERE AND GOT SOMETHING AND CAME BACK AROUND, YOU'RE STILL OUTSIDE THE PERFORMERS. SO WE WOULD SO AGAIN, WE'RE RELYING ON COFFEE GLOBAL TO DO THESE RELATIONSHIPS. IF THEY WANTED TO PULL THEM IN, WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO EXTEND OUR FENCING OUT BASICALLY AROUND, SILO PARK AND TIE IT BACK IN. RIGHT NOW, THOSE WALKWAYS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALONG THAT SHOPPING CENTER, WE WOULD PUT FENCING. WE'D BE BLOCKING OFF THOSE WALKWAYS. OKAY, WE HAVE TO HAVE A TIGHT PERIMETER. IT IS THE REQUEST FROM THE COUNCIL THAT STAFF WORK WITH CAFE TO WORK WITH SILO PARK TO SEE HOW AGAIN, PART OF THE FENCING IS ABOUT ALCOHOL. SO IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOOD, I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY THE CONCERN. CORRECT. I'M

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NOT. YOU'RE CORRECT. BUT IT'S REALLY MORE ABOUT THE ALCOHOL. SO IF IT'S ABOUT TRYING TO GET A CHEESEBURGER FROM SILO PARK BECAUSE THERE'S A CHEESEBURGER FOOD TRUCK THAT'S THERE AND THERE'S NOT ONE AT THE SITE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S A BIG ISSUE, BUT IT'S IF YOU'RE TRYING TO OBTAIN A BEVERAGE, AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE FROM SILO PARK AND BRING IT INTO THE EVENT VENUE, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. OKAY, SO IT'S JUST ABOUT LIKE, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE GO THERE WITH THEIR KIDS BECAUSE THERE'S STUFF TO DO, AND IF THEY CAN HEAR THE MUSIC THERE AND THEIR KIDS ARE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DONE WITH THE CONCERT PART, I WOULD I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE BLOCKED OFF TO THE POINT THEY CAN'T GET OVER THERE WITH THEIR KIDS, BECAUSE IF THEY CAN HEAR THE MUSIC FROM THERE, THEY MAY WANT TO HANG OUT, LET THEIR KIDS PLAY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE WHILE THEY'RE DRINKING OR WHATEVER? YEAH. AND I THINK IF WE DO HAVE THAT CLOSED OFF, YOU COULD WALK TO BLACK HAWK AND JUST UP A BLOCK. YES, MA'AM. I WAS JUST I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T TOTALLY BLOCKED OFF TO WHERE THEY'RE ISOLATED. NO, THAT THOSE WALKWAYS WILL BE LEFT OPEN. WE'RE GOING TO BRING OUR FENCE IN JUST PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, ALMOST EVEN WITH BLACK HAWK, WE'LL HAVE AN OPENING, OBVIOUSLY FOR THE, THE ENTRANCE AND THEN TIE IT INTO THE SOUTH.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, TOO, THAT WE'RE NOT CUTTING OFF. I MEAN, MY BIG CONCERN WAS CUTTING OFF SILO PARK. AND, YOU KNOW, I GET KIND OF. I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN YOU JUST SAID ABOUT THERE MAY BE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE THEIR KIDS IF YOU IF YOU PUT A FENCE. SO IF WE PUT A FENCE AROUND THAT AND SAY YOU BRING THAT INTO THE AREA, DOES THAT, THEN BASICALLY SAY, I MEAN, IS IT GOING TO PRECLUDE KIDS FROM BEING OUT THERE OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THERE LAST YEAR? YEAH. OKAY. SO YEAH, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT MINIMIZING COULD YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. IT'S JUST YEAH. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. LIKE ACCESS TO IT IS. BUT PEOPLE COME ESPECIALLY WITH THAT PARKING LOT BUYING THERE PEOPLE. PEOPLE FEEL THAT IF COUNCIL WILL LIKE WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK WITH THE EVENT PRODUCER AND SEE IF WE CAN'T INVITE SILO PARK TO THAT CONVERSATION AND SEE NOW OUR COST WILL GO UP BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE YOU'RE TALKING I THINK I REMEMBER WHAT WE SPENT LAST YEAR. IT'S 3 OR 4 BUCKS A FOOT ON FENCING, SO PROBABLY GOING TO BE A FEW GRAND MORE TO DO THAT. THAT'S WHAT I SAID TO. OKAY. CAN I ASK YOU, DAN? YES. SO THE SELLING OF THE OF THE ALCOHOL IS NOT NECESSARILY IN THE ESTABLISHMENT, RIGHT. ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE WE. SO I DON'T OUTSIDE. I'M SORRY. I SHOULDN'T CUT YOU OFF. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT YET. I KNOW FOR, INAPPROPRIATE TRUCKER HATS EVENT, I BELIEVE THEY HAD TENTS ON THE OUTSIDE. WE'RE DOING BOTH, WE IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON WHAT THEY'RE. THEY ALL HAVE SEPARATE TABC LICENSES, SO IT'S GOING TO DEPEND WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO. SO WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT CONVERSATION. WE'RE GOING TO FIND THOSE THINGS OUT HERE SOON. IF THAT'S THE CASE THEN THEY ARE GOING TO SET UP SATELLITE. SO LET'S SAY SALES AREAS THEN. YEAH I WOULD I WOULD LIKE FOR SILO PARK TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, A DOWNTOWN ESTABLISHMENT AND IT FEELS ALMOST LIKE WE'RE BEING EXCLUDED. WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM IF THEY'RE WILLING. AND THEY ARE ALLOWED, THEN AT THE VERY LEAST, I WOULD THINK WE WOULD OFFER THEM AN AREA SOMEWHERE IN THE PERIMETER WHERE THEY CAN SELL BEVERAGES. YEAH THAT'S A GOOD COMPROMISE. THAT'S GOOD. YEAH, WE COULD FUND THAT AGAIN. IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THEIR LICENSE. AND SO THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT. SO THE GENS IS DIFFERENT I THINK HE HAS TO SELL IN HIS BUILDING OR JUST ON HIS PROPERTY ADJACENT TO HIS PROPERTY. WINEHOUSE. WELL AND THEN I DON'T THINK THEY CAN TAKE IT OFF HIS PREMISES. THAT'S THE TYPE OF LICENSE HE HAS. THIS WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, PROSPER WINEHOUSE, YOU STILL HAVE TO BE ON THE PROPERTY TO BUY IT, BUT YOU THEIR LICENSE ALLOWS YOU TO TAKE AND CARRY. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WHAT THE NEW FOLKS, WHAT THEY HAVE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. YEAH. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JUST JUST SO THAT HE'S INCLUDED IN AS MUCH AS HE CAN BE IN THE PROCESS, BE HAPPY TO. OKAY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE READY TO MOVE ON TO CELEBRATE PROSPER. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. YEAH THANK YOU, SO I WANTED TO BRING YOU GUYS UP TO DATE ON ON SOME THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR CELEBRATE. PROSPER, FIRST OF ALL, GOALS FOR CELEBRATE, PROSPER. THIS. WE REALLY BELIEVE OUR STAFF BELIEVES THIS COULD BECOME OUR FLAGSHIP EVENT FOR THE TOWN, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO EVOLVE. WE LOOK AT ALL OF OUR EVENTS BEFOR.

AFTER WE DO A DOWNLOAD MEETING AFTERWARDS. WHAT WENT WELL? WHAT DIDN'T GO WELL? HOW CAN WE IMPROVE? IT? CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE YEAR AFTER YEAR, DO WE NEED TO STEER A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY? DO WE NEED TO CHANGE IT TO MEET A CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC OR, OR DEMAND OR WHATEVER THOSE THINGS ARE? SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT, AGAIN. SO, YOU KNOW, OUR GOALS AGAIN, POTENTIALLY BE OUR FLAGSHIP EVENT, BE ALL ABOUT PROSPER, WE HAVE WE'RE WORKING ON INCREASING SPONSORSHIP FOR EVERY EVENT, BUT THAT ONE FOR SURE. WE'RE WORKING ON AND THEN APPEAL TO A LARGER AUDIENCE. AND

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OBVIOUSLY, JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, WE DO BE A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE MATTERS. SO BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING, CHANGES ON, WE DO A LOT OF GOOD, A LOT OF THINGS.

WELL, AND THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY LOVES. AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THOSE AND WE WANT TO GET BETTER AT THOSE. SO, OUR OPPORTUNITIES WITH FAMILIES, WITH CHILDREN, WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, THAT'S BEEN A HUGE HIT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING, WE REALLY HANG OUR HAT ON. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND IMPROVE IT IF WE CAN. THE LOCAL NONPROFIT EXHIBITS, THEY LIKE COMING OUT. WE WANT THEM THERE. WE WANT TO EXHIBIT THEM, MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT. WE WANT TO KEEP INCREASING THE QUALITY OF THAT. THIS YEAR, WE'VE GOT THE JOSH WEATHERS BAND, SO WE'RE TRYING TO STEP IT UP FROM MORE SO FROM JUST, COVER BANDS AND THAT WE MAY STILL HAVE SOME OF THOSE THINGS FOR OPENERS. BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD JOSH WEATHERS GO ON YOUTUBE, GO FIND THEM. HE'S A VERY TALENTED MUSICIAN, AND THEN AS ALWAYS, BEING A COMMUNITY EVENT, WE WANT TO KEEP WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEERISM, AND WE NEED THE HELP. SO IT'S A GOOD MATCH FOR US, THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE WANT TO REALLY BRING TO YOU TONIGHT AND GET YOUR APPROVAL, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO US BY THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, I DID TALK WITH I DID ATTEND OTHER MEETINGS. WE DISCUSSED THIS, WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE NEW RESIDENT MIXER AN ANNUAL EVENT INSTEAD OF TWICE A YEAR, WE FEEL THE NUMBERS ARE STARTING TO TAIL OFF, WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON THOSE TWO EVENTS. WE FEEL THOSE DOLLARS COULD BE SPENT TO SUPPLEMENT, CELEBRATE, PROSPER. WE CAN STILL GIVE OUR NEW RESIDENTS A REALLY NICE EXPERIENCE. INVITE THEM OUT, DO THE SAME THING. INVITE THEM. BASICALLY, GIVE THEM A GOLDEN TICKET. JUST LIKE THE WILLY WONKA. I'M SORRY. BUT. BUT GIVE THEM THOSE EXPERIENCES, WE CAN STILL BRING OUT TOWN DEPARTMENTS TO REPRESENT THEIR DEPARTMENTS. SO THAT'S REALLY THE IDEA.

INSTEAD OF BRINGING THEM OUT HERE FOR 30, 45 MINUTES, GIVE THEM A SNOW CONE. THEY WALK AROUND, THEY TALK TO SOME DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN REALLY, THAT'S IT. THEY GO HOME. WHY NOT INVITE THEM OUT FOR THE DAY OR THE AFTERNOON? HAVE THEM COME OUT, LISTEN TO BANDS, LISTEN TO MUSIC, GET THE FACE PAINTERS GOING. STILL, WE CAN STILL GIVE THEM A FOOD TRUCK COUPON OR TOWN T SHIRTS OR SOME KIND OF BAG AND STILL MEET COUNCIL AND TOWN STAFF. SO WE'D LIKE TO. THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT CHANGING. AND I KNOW MARCUS AND I GOT COUNCILMAN RAY. PARDON ME, HAVE HAD THAT CONVERSATION AND, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE WAS PUSHING IN THAT DIRECTION. WE'VE TALKED TO THE PARKS BOARD ABOUT IT AS WELL. THEY AGREE THAT IT'S PROBABLY TIME FOR A CHANGE. AND AGAIN, IT MAKES SENSE. RIGHT? WE HADN'T DONE THIS BEFORE. WE HAD OUR BASICALLY OUR FULL COMMUNITY TO PICK FROM. SO THE NUMBERS WERE BIGGER EARLY ON. NOW THAT WE'VE DONE IT FIVE, SIX, SEVEN TIMES, THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LESSEN BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH THIS LARGER GROUP. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TO YOU ALL. SOME FUTURE CHANGES. WE CAN'T DO ALL OF THESE, I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE DOING ALL THESE THIS OCTOBER. WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE WHAT WE CAN, BUT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT UPGRADING OUR MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT, WE HAVE THE IDEA TO MAYBE DO A LOCAL BATTLE OF THE BANDS. SOME IDEAS ON HOW WE WOULD DO THAT FOR RESIDENTS, AND FOLKS WHO ATTEND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE TALKED ABOUT INCLUDING FOR PROFIT VENDORS AND EXHIBITORS. WHY NOT? IT'S LIKE AN LIKE A FESTIVAL, RIGHT? PEOPLE COME OUT, THEY WANT TO BUY HATS AND SUNGLASSES OR WHATEVER. YOU'RE SELLING. LET'S MAKE THAT AVAILABLE, THIS ONE. I HAVE TROUBLE LOOKING AT COUNCILMAN RAY WHEN I SAY THIS ONE, BUT HE AND I HAVE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THIS, DOING AWAY WITH THE FREE BARBECUE, HOT DOGS AND HAMBURGERS, REALLY, THE REASON FOR THIS IS IT'S PROBABLY NOT SOMETHING THAT'S SCALABLE. NOW, WE WILL DO IT. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. THIS OCTOBER. WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE SPONSORS ON BOARD, AND WE'RE READY TO GO. BUT WE SAW HUGE NUMBERS LAST YEAR, AND WE KNOW THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO KEEP GETTING BIGGE. SO THE THOUGHT IS BUT BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THE INTERACTION FOR COUNCIL. AND OUR PUBLIC IS VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU ALL. SO WE'D LIKE TO CONSIDER HAVING A GIVEAWAY WHETHER IT'S ICE CREAM CONE, SNOW CONE, COFFEE, WHATEVER THAT IS STILL GIVE YOU THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHAKE HANDS AND PRESENT THEM WITH SOMETHING, WE THINK THAT MAY BE A BETTER FIT, AND WE'RE ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT MORE PEOPLE ASKING FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN A HOT DOG OR A BARBECUE SANDWICH. SO WE'VE GOT, DIFFERENT FOOD, REQUIREMENTS, WE'VE GOT MULTICULTURAL, REQUESTS. SO THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO RAMP UP WITH A BUNCH OF FOOD TRUCKS. COME ON OUT. REALLY ENJOY THAT EXPERIENCE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE, HAD A TALK WITH TRACY WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WE'D LIKE TO GET THEM INVOLVED. THEY'RE. THEY'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED, WE'VE TALKED

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ABOUT. AND THE BARBECUE COMPETITION HAS BEEN HOT AND COLD DEPENDENT. WE'VE TALKED TO YOU, BUT SHE'S LOOKING FOR A FUNDRAISER. SO IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO AT THE EVENT WHERE SHE COULD DO A WINE TASTING OR A BARBECUE TASTING OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, BUT ALSO ALLOW HER TO INVITE THE NEW BUSINESSES IN TOWN. WE'RE INVITING NEW, NEW RESIDENTS. WHY NOT GET THE NEW BUSINESSES OUT HERE AS WELL? THEY'RE PART OF PROSPER. MULTICULTURALISM, WHETHER IT'S ART, FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT, VISUAL ARTS, PROSPER. THEY'VE BEEN CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO DO AN ART EVENT WITH US. WE COULD HAVE THEM COME OUT, BRING OUT SOME ARTISTS, THEY COULD SELL THEIR WARES, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, AS THIS RAMPS UP AND GETS BIGGER, WE PROBABLY WANT TO EXTEND OUR EVENT HOURS. SO INSTEAD OF A 3 TO 8, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE START MORE EARLIER. 1112 YOU KNOW, EARLIER IN THE DAY AND GO TO 7 OR 8:00, AGAIN, AS I TALKED ABOUT, THESE WOULD BE GRADUAL. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES. BUT THAT'S HOW WE THAT'S HOW WE SEE THIS EVENT GOING FORWARD. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. YOU GUYS. YEAH. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. YES MA'AM, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE RAMPING UP FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. SO MY ASK IS THAT AS WE MAKE THESE ADDITIONS THAT WE REALLY GET, CEC INVOLVED BECAUSE I KNOW THEY HAD THE IDEA OF DOING THE NEW RESIDENT MIXER THERE. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU KNOW, A VIP AREA FOR THOSE PEOPLE.

SOMEHOW WE IDENTIFY THEM AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MAKE IT A SPECIAL EVENT FOR THEM RATHER THAN JUST, HEY, YOU GET A FREE ICE CREAM OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I WANT IT TO MAKE IT REALLY SPECIAL FOR THEM. THEIR NEW RESIDENTS, BUT MY ASK, IS THAT AS WE ADD THESE THINGS AND WE VET BANDS AND WE TALK ABOUT WHAT DOES OUR COMMUNITY WANT, I REALLY WANT CEC SUPER INVOLVED IN THE FRONT END PLANNING PART, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE RAMPING UP INTO THE BUDGET, BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE ARE GOING TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. SO I REALLY WANT THEM SPEAKING INTO THAT.

AND SAYING, WE THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON A DIFFERENT BAND OR SPEND MORE MONEY ON X, Y, Z, WHATEVER IT IS THEY COME UP WITH VERY CREATIVE GROUP OF PEOPLE.

THEY'VE DONE SOME AMAZING INITIATIVES THERE, A GOOD BRAINSTORMING GROUP. AND SO THAT'S JUST MY ASK, IS THAT THEY GET INVOLVED NOW FOR NEXT YEAR AS WE START TO LOOK AT WHAT TO ADD AND THE FUNDS, WE DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO THE DETAILS AT THIS POINT, BUT I WANT THEM INVOLVED ON THIS END BEFORE WE DO THE BUDGET. ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I BELIEVE YOU'RE ALLUDING TO WITH COUNCILMAN RAY IS, AS WE ARE HANDING OUT THE FOOD, WE RECOGNIZE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO THE NORTH OF US. AND SO MY QUESTION WOULD GO, WE CAN CELEBRATE, PROSPER, BUT HOW DO WE YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT REALLY WE KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF NON PROSPER RESIDENTS COMING IN THERE. SO YEAH. YEAH. AND I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU ON THAT. I MEAN YOU COULD WE COULD REQUIRE THEM TO SHOW A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR A WATER BILL. THEY GOT TO SHOW THEIR WATER BILL.

THEY HAVE TO SHOW THE WATER BILL. HOWEVER I WILL JUST TELL YOU THE NATURE OF COMMUNITY EVENTS OR THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE COMMUNITIES. AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS A BAD THING, RIGHT? WE'RE SHOWING WE'RE SHOWCASING PROSPER. MAYBE WE CAN CONVINCE THEM TO MOVE ACROSS THE LINE AND, BUY A HOUSE DOWN HERE. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR DAN? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS

[9. Receive an update regarding the Downtown Advisory Committee. (RB)]

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

MISS ROBIN BATTLE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THREE COUNCIL LIAISONS, BUT IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN WHERE WE GET TO COME AND UPDATE YOU ON WHAT THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS. AND THEY HAVE DONE QUITE A BIT. SO JUST TO REVIEW THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED BY COUNCIL LAST NOVEMBER AS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE. THEY HAVE EIGHT RESIDENTS AND THREE COUNCIL LIAISONS. AND THE COMMITTEE MEETS ON THE FIRST AND THIRD MONDAYS OF EVERY MONTH, THE MEMBERS ARE CHRIS WARDLAW, THE CHAIR, MELISSA RANDALL, VICE CHAIR, GAVIN HERNANDEZ, MIKE LOPEZ, MIKE PETTIS, GRANT MENDELSON, DON PERRY AND CITRUS. THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO PROVIDE SUPPORT ARE MYSELF, MARIO GONZALES, THE TOWN MANAGER, ASSISTANT TOWN MANAGER, CHUCK EWINGS, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR DAVID HOOVER, PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR DAN BAKER, AND IT DIRECTOR LEE JOHNSON, THE COUNCIL'S ORIGINAL DIRECTIVE FOR THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS PRETTY SIMPLE TO ASSIST WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN, SPECIFICALLY TO IDENTIFY

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PROJECTS FOR DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS WITH TOWN AND PD. PDC FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $1.4 MILLION. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SEE HOW THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ALIGNS WITH THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN, SINCE THIS SERVES AS THE GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR THE COMMITTEE, AND THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE SIX FOCUS AREAS OF THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN. SO WE'LL SEE HOW THE COMMITTEE FITS IN WITH THAT. FIRST, FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL STANDPOINT, THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE SERVES AS PART OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN. OTHER STAKEHOLDER GROUPS INCLUDE OF COURSE, THE TOWN COUNCIL, THE PROSPER EDC, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE. AND THERE MAY BE OTHERS. THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN RECOMMENDS THAT EACH STAKEHOLDER GROUP HAS CLEAR ROLES THAT DEFINE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IN IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN. ALTHOUGH SOME GROUPS MAY HAVE OVERLAPPING ROLES. IN THE PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENT SECTION, THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS ALREADY MADE SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND COMPLETED PROJECTS USING THE FUNDS ALLOCATED BY THE TOWN AND THE EDC. I'LL GO OVER SEVERAL OF THOSE PROJECTS IN A MOMENT, BUT SOME OF THEM INCLUDE A PARKING STRATEGY, A BRANDING PLAN, AND STREET FURNISHINGS, JUST TO NAME A FEW OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON. IN THE FINANCIAL SECTION OF THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THE TOWN AND EDC TOGETHER HAVE ALLOCATED OVER $1.4 MILLION TOWARD DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE TOWN COUNCIL CHARGED THE DOWNTOWN COMMITTEE WITH MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS. AND FINALLY, UNDER THE MARKET SECTION, THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONDUCTED A DOWNTOWN LOGO COMPETITION TO HELP REBRAND DOWNTOWN AND THE MONUMENTATION PROJECT THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN STAGE IS INTENDED TO HELP ESTABLISH DOWNTOWN AS A UNIQUE DESTINATIO. I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE'S WORK OVER THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS, MEETINGS STARTED WITH BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS CENTERED AROUND IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN DOWNTOWN IDEAS WERE VETTED AND DISCUSSED, AND THEN NARROWED DOWN TO ACTIONABLE PROJECTS.

FROM THERE, A TOWN STAFF MEMBER WAS ASSIGNED TO EACH PROJECT TO GATHER INFORMATION, DEFINE THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, OBTAIN A COST ESTIMATE, AND ESTIMATE A TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION. IF THE COMMITTEE WAS IN AGREEMENT, THEN STAFF MOVED FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE PROJECT LIST IN THE AGENDA PACKET AT EACH COMMITTEE MEETING, THE MEMBERS RECEIVE UPDATES ON THE PROJECTS. THERE ARE ABOUT 25 PROJECTS ON THE LIST AND THOSE THAT ARE AWAITING UPDATED COST ESTIMATES ARE IN ORANGE. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE COLOR CODING, THOSE THAT ARE STILL PENDING CONSIDERATION ARE IN WHITE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ARE MARKED IN GREEN, AND PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL IN PROGRESS ARE MARKED IN BLUE. THE PROJECT LIST IS UPDATED PRIOR TO EACH MEETING, AND THE MEETING AGENDAS ARE DRIVEN BY WHATEVER PROJECTS HAVE MADE PROGRESS OR NEED DIRECTION FROM THE COMMITTEE. SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU THROUGH AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECTS THE COMMITTEE HAS WORKED ON. SO FAR. THE COMMITTEE WAS FORMED IN NOVEMBER, RIGHT BEFORE WE STARTED DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS, SO ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS THEY RECOMMENDED WAS TO HAVE THE TREES ON BROADWAY LIT YEAR ROUND. SO WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR CONTRACT WITH OUR CHRISTMAS LIGHTING VENDOR TO DO THAT. WE ALSO ADDED ELECTRICAL OUTLETS TO THE LIGHT POLES ALONG MAIN STREET. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DID THIS FOR US FOR A VERY MINIMAL COST. THERE WAS ALSO A DESIRE TO CHANGE THE LIGHT AND SIGN POLE COLOR FROM THE TRADITIONAL PROSPER BROWN TO BLACK. SO WE HAD A CONTRACTOR COME DOWNTOWN AND REPAINT OVER 40 ENLIGHTENED SIGN POLES. ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED WAS ADDING TRASH RECEPTACLES TO DOWNTOWN AND BENCHES, CHOOSING BLACK TO MATCH THE NEWLY REPAINTED LIGHT POLE LIGHT AND SIGN POLES. ADDITIONAL BENCHES WILL BE INSTALLED ALONG THE WALKWAY BETWEEN THE TOWN HALL PARKING LOT AND BROADWAY. WE DESIGNATED SOME ADDITIONAL HANDICAPPED PARKING IN THE TOWN HALL NORTH PARKING LOT, AND ALSO INSTALLED NEW BANNERS AND POLE SIGNS ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO USE THE FREE PUBLIC PARKING AT TOWN HALL. THE DOWNTOWN COMMITTEE INITIATED A LOGO COMPETITION FOR ALL PROSPER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO HELP REBRAND DOWNTOWN. OVER 50 STUDENTS ENTERED THE COMPETITION AND THE WINNER WAS RECOGNIZED AT

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THE JUNE 25TH COUNCIL MEETING. MOVING ON TO PROJECTS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS, THE DOWNTOWN MONUMENTATION PROJECT IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST PROJECT WE HAVE TAKEN ON SO FAR. WHAT STARTED AS AN IDEA FOR AN ARCHWAY STRUCTURE IN DOWNTOWN HAS EVOLVED INTO A COMPREHENSIVE MONUMENTATION PLAN, COMPRISED OF A SERIES OF LARGE AND SMALL MONUMENTS TO BE PLACED THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN. OLSON STUDIO WAS HIRED AS THE DESIGN CONSULTANT FOR THE PROJECT, AND IN JUNE, THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM OLSON TOOK THE COMMITTEE AND SEVERAL OTHER DOWNTOWN STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH A DESIGN CHARRETTE OVER THE COURSE OF THREE DAYS TO DEVELOP THE CONCEPT FOR THE DOWNTOWN MONUMENTATION. THE COMMITTEE WILL SEE THE LATEST CONCEPT RENDERINGS AT THEIR MEETING ON AUGUST THE 5TH. ANOTHER PROJECT THAT IS IN PROGRESS IS THE PAVING OF THE LOT AND ALLEY BEHIND THE EDC BUILDING. THAT'S THE AREA SHOWN IN PINK ON THE MAP. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE ABOUT 30 TO 35 ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES IN DOWNTOWN, AND THE ALLEY WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER ACCESS POINT. TO OTHER PROJECTS IN PROGRESS INCLUDE REPLACING THE EXISTING YELLOW BOLLARDS IN THE TOWN HALL PARKING LOT WITH LIGHTING, LIGHTING AND BOLLARDS TO ILLUMINATE THE WALKWAY AT NIGHT. ALSO, AN OUTDOOR WIRELESS SOUND SYSTEM TO PLAY MUSIC IN DOWNTOWN, AND SOME ADDITIONAL BENCHES ALONG THE WALKWAY. THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT THE COMMITTEE IS CONSIDERING. ONE IS A PROPOSAL TO LIGHT THE SILOS. THAT ONE WE ARE WORKING ON SOME ADDITIONAL COST ESTIMATES DEPENDING ON THE LIGHTING PATTERN. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS. WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS FOR A DOWNTOWN PLAZA OR OPEN SPACE. CONSTRUCTION OF THE DOWNTOWN MONUMENTATION, WHICH IS A SEPARATE PROJECT FROM DESIGN THAT WE WILL FINISH FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE DESIGN PHASE. A PROJECT TO INSTALL HISTORICAL MARKERS IN DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS A JOINT PROJECT WITH THE PROSPER HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE. WAYFINDING SIGNAGE DIRECTING VISITORS TO KEY LOCATIONS IN DOWNTOWN. THIS PROJECT MAY BE COMBINED WITH THE DOWNTOWN MONUMENTATION PROJECT. WE'RE LOOKING AT REFINISHING THE CONCRETE WALKWAY THAT RUNS FROM TOWN HALL TO BROADWAY TO CREATE A VISUAL PATHWAY TO DOWNTOWN, AND THE CREATION OF A MARKETING AND BRAND GUIDE THAT CREATES DISTINCT BRAND GUIDELINES FOR DOWNTOWN THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THE EXISTING TOWN LOGO AND BRAND. I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, FOR THEIR FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK, THEY'VE BEEN MEETING EVERY TWO WEEKS SINCE NOVEMBER, AND THEIR HARD WORK HAS PRODUCED QUITE A BIT OF SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. SO IN CONCLUSION, I'D LIKE TO SUBMIT A FEW IDEAS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THE DOWNTOWN COMMITTEE. I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANY ACTION TONIGHT, BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER AS FAR AS THE FUTURE OF THE COMMITTEE, THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS ORIGINALLY APPOINTED AS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, WHICH TYPICALLY SERVES FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR A SPECIFIC TIME. SO THE COUNCIL MAY WANT TO CONSIDER WHETHER THEY WANT TO KEEP THE DOWNTOWN COMMITTEE AS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OR EVENTUALLY CHANGE IT TO A STANDING COMMITTEE. THIS MAY DEPEND ON THE NEXT QUESTION, WHICH IS WHETHER YOU'D LIKE TO EXPAND THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THEIR SCOPE TO LOOK AT OTHER AREAS OF THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN. THIS MIGHT INCLUDE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON SOME OF THOSE OTHER COMPONENTS CONTAINED IN THE MASTER PLAN.

AND FINALLY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE WORK ON DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WOULD YOU WANT TO CONSIDER ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2425 BUDGET TO CONTINUE WORKING ON PROJECTS OR TO RECOMMEND NEW ONES SO TO DATE, THE DOWNTOWN ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS COMMITTED JUST OVER 1.1 MILLION OF THE $1.4 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED.

THEY STILL HAVE ABOUT $2 MILLION IN PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN RECOMMENDED YET AND COULD BE FUNDED, ALTHOUGH THE MAJORITY OF THAT $2 MILLION IS EARMARKED FOR THE DOWNTOWN MONUMENTATION AND THE LIGHTING OF THE SILOS PROJECT AND POTENTIALLY, A DOWNTOWN OPEN SPACE PROJECT. SO WITH THAT, I AM OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS. YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE ONE OF THE ITEMS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND CONSIDERING IS AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT FOR DOWNTOWN. DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THAT? I DO NOT, AND I BELIEVE DAVID HOOVER IS WORKING WITH OUR TOWN ATTORNEY ON, ON THOSE THOSE DETAILS. OKAY, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE DOWNTOWN

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE ALSO CONTAINS TWO BUSINESS OWNERS AND A MEMBER OF THE EDC. VERY GOOD POINT.

YES, SIR. SO, A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM THOSE GROUPS. SO ADDITIONALLY, I BELIEVE IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT WHEN THE OTHER ITEMS THAT THEY DID THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN COMMITTEE WAS THE CONSOLIDATED MAILBOX, SECTIONS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S I DIDN'T I THINK THAT WAS THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ALLIANCE DOWNTOWN. YES. THAT WAS THE GROUP THAT WORKS WITH THE EDC. BUT YES, THAT WAS A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT IN DOWNTOWN. THAT WAS DONE, I THINK, BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED. COULD YOU AGAIN STATE THE SO WE GOT $1.4 MILLION THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED TO THIS. WHAT WHAT OF THAT MONEY IS ACTUALLY THEY HAVE THEY HAVE ACTUALLY COMMITTED $1.1 MILLION OF THAT MONEY. OKAY. I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND IT ON. AND THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER COMPLETE OR THE COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED AND ARE IN PROGRESS. YEAH. WITH THE MAJOR COMPONENT BEING THE PAVING ON THE LOT AND THE ALLEY BEHIND EDC, THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION. YES, SIR. I THINK THAT'S AROUND $400,000 WORTH. OKAY OKAY. THIS IS ONE THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN DURING THOSE ISSUES. AND SOME OTHER. IT WAS IT WAS MORE THAN JUST THE QUESTIONS. OKAY SO I GUESS THIS IS A CONSIDERATION TIME I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS COMMITTEE CONTINUE. AND MY INTENT WOULD BE THAT EVENTUALLY IT BECOMES A DOWNTOWN EVENTS COMMITTEE, ADVISORY AND EVENTS COMMITTEE. BUT I THINK WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO DOWNTOWN. I HATE TO DISBAND THE COMMITTEE AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALLOCATE JOINT EDC AND TOWN FUNDING TO THIS. IF THE COUNCIL WOULD SUPPORT THAT IF WE GO FORWARD. SO MY QUESTION WOULD. GREAT. SO IF THE COUNCIL SAYS YES, WHAT NUMBER IS THAT? WE ACTUALLY CHOSE A NUMBER LAST YEAR TO GET TO A ROUND NUMBER OF A MILLION. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I'M ASKING FOR TONIGHT.

THAT IS JUST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THE QUESTION I THINK RIGHT NOW IS ONCE WE HAVE COMMITTED THE INITIAL $1.4 MILLION, IS THERE OTHER WORK THAT YOU WOULD LIKE THIS COMMITTEE TO DO, AND IS IT GOING TO REMAIN IDENTIFYING DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, OR DO YOU WANT US TO LOOK AT EXPANDING THE SCOPE INTO OTHER AREAS OF THE MASTER PLAN AND STAFF, IF THAT'S YOUR DIRECTION? YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO GO AND LOOK AT OPTIONS AND BRING BRING YOU OPTIONS BACK, WE STILL HAVE SOME DECISIONS TO MAKE. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE DOWNTOWN MONUMENTATION. SO ONCE THAT'S DONE, ABSOLUTELY. THAT ITEM IS GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU ONCE THE CONCEPT, THE CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT IS FINISHED. AND IF THE COMMITTEE DECIDES THAT THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS THAT WILL COME BACK TO YOU. SO THERE IS STILL WORK TO BE DONE. SO, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS, YOU KNOW, LET'S BUTTON UP THIS MONUMENTATION PROJECT, BRING THAT TO YOU, AND THEN MAYBE SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE. I THINK THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN IS PRETTY ROBUST. I THINK THEY WILL HAVE WORK FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS IF WE I MEAN, WE SORT OF FOCUSED ON ONE AREA OF THE DOWNTOWN AND KIND OF WANTED SOME IMMEDIATE, VISIBLE IMPROVEMENTS, YOU KNOW, AS CONSTRUCTION WAS GOING. BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT A STANDING COMMITTEE JUST BECAUSE I THINK RIGHT NOW AS AN AD HOC, IT WORKS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A REALLY FOCUSED GOAL. I DON'T THINK WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE FOR THIS COMMITTEE. SO I WOULDN'T MAKE IT A STANDING COMMITTEE YET JUST BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT FUTURE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO DO. AND THIS COMMITTEE HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO STILL. AND EVEN IF THEY DECIDE TO PARE BACK THEIR MEETINGS A LITTLE BIT, I KNOW THEY WERE REALLY AGGRESSIVE AT THE BEGINNING BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH THEY MIGHT WANT TO START MEETING ONCE A MONTH, EVEN. SURE, AND IS THAT DIRECTIVE WOULD KNOW THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION. I WOULD SAY WE CAN MAKE IT DIRECT. ONLY ONE PERSON.

THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING THAT UP AS A DISCUSSION ITEM, YOU KNOW, AT A FUTURE MEETING, IF THEY WANT TO CONTINUE THIS, YOU KNOW, MEETING EVERY TWO WEEKS OR, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT GO GO TO ONCE A MONTH, THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS. I WOULD LEAVE IT TO THE TO THE GROUP. I THINK THE AD HOC IS THE RIGHT APPROACH RIGHT NOW. I LIKE I AGREE ABOUT HAVING A DOWNTOWN EVENTS RECOMMENDATION COMMITTEE, I THINK THERE'S STILL A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE ON THAT LIST THAT HAVE SOME VETTING TO DO. AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER FUNDING IN THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE. PERFECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ANOTHER COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION BEFORE I FORGOT, WE ARE MAKING SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS FOR DOWNTOWN, THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT DID A PHOTO SHOOT IN DOWNTOWN SO THAT

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WE COULD GET SOME NEW PHOTO ASSETS FOR USE ON THE TOWN WEBSITE AND THE EDC WEBSITE.

SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THAT. I'M NOT SURE, SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE ASSETS AND THAT WILL REALLY HELP US PUNCH UP OUR WEBSITE, WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON A DEDICATED WEB PAGE ON THE TOWN WEBSITE TO HELP SHOWCASE DOWNTOWN THE DINING, THE SHOPPING, THE VISITING, THE ENTERTAINMENT SO THAT WE CAN REALLY TRY TO FOCUS ON THAT. AND OF COURSE, WE'LL WE'LL WORK WITH THE EDC. THEY'RE DOING THE SAME THING ON THEIR END. WHILE THE TOWN WEBSITE WILL REALLY FOCUS ON DOWNTOWN AS A WHOLE, AS A DESTINATION AND NOT FOCUS ON PROMOTING INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES, THE EDC PAGE, WHICH WILL KIND OF WORK IN TANDEM, WILL BE ABLE TO FOCUS THOSE SPECIFIC BUSINESSES AND HAVE LINKS TO THEIR, THEIR WEBSITES, THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA. SO WE'RE KIND OF WORKING ON THIS JOINT PROJECT TO PROMOTE DOWNTOWN AS A DESTINATION, AND OF COURSE, ONCE THAT IS UP AND RUNNING, WE'RE PLANNING ON LAUNCHING BOTH OF THOSE WEBSITES AROUND AUGUST THE 1ST, AND THEN WE'LL DO A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE PR CAMPAIGN ON ALL OF OUR SOCIAL CHANNELS TO TRY TO GENERATE SOME INTEREST IN DOWNTOWN, AND THAT'LL BE AN ONGOING EFFORT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR ROBIN? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THE IN-DEPTH BRIEFING. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO

[10. Discuss and consider Town Council Subcommittee reports. (DFB)]

TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TEN, WHICH IS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE TOWN COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS, ONE OF WHICH IS DOWNTOWN. SO I'LL CONSIDER THAT BRIEF. IT'S FULLY, CIP COMMITTEE, YES, WE MET, JULY THE 1ST. WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING COMING, PROBABLY THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST, AND WE DISCUSSED THE PROSPER TRAIL PROJECTS. WE ARE GETTING AN OPINION OF COST FOR THAT. SO WE'LL MEET BACK UP AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL IN THE BUDGET CYCLE, WE ALSO LOOKING AT KIND OF FLIP FLOPPING A FEW PROJECTS JUST BECAUSE OF DELAYS DUE TO, RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND UTILITIES. SO SINCE THOSE ARE GOING TO BE DELAYED, WE WANTED TO DEPLOY THOSE FUNDS ELSEWHERE. SO WE'LL BE COMING OUT WITH A NEW LIST FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR OF PROJECTS AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON FOR NEXT YEAR. BUT IT'S GOOD MEETING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEN OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS TO POSSIBLY DIRECT TOWN STAFF TO SCHEDULE TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION AT FUTURE MEETINGS. DISCOUNT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE ANYTHING IN THE LAKE BROUGHT FORWARD TO A FUTURE MEETING? OKAY ALL RIGHT THEN THE COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS INTO

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

CLOSED SESSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 551.001 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT TO DELIBERATE REGARDING SECTION 551.087 TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES AND ALL MATTERS INCENTIVE RELATED THERETO. SECTION 551.072 TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES AND ALL MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED THERET.

SECTION 551.074 TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PERSONNEL MATTERS. ALL MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED THERETO. SECTION 551.071. TO CONSULT WITH THE TOWN ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES AND SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES, AND ALL MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED THERETO. T OUR TIME NOW IS 750. AND, MAYOR PRO TEM. RAY, DO WE HAVE ANY

[Reconvene in Regular Session and take any action necessary as a result of the Closed Session. ]

RESULTS OF OUR CLOSED SESSION? YES SIR. OKAY, THEN. IN THAT CASE, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION FROM CHRIS. SECOND BY AMY. ALL IN FAVOR? THAT PASSES FIVE. DO I SEE A SIX BACK THERE? SIX. YES WE'RE SIX ZERO. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. TH

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Jul 09, 2024 Town Council

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