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Council backs Manvel Fall Festival at daytime hours, approves $150,000 plan after debate over lighting and alcohol
Summary
After a lengthy discussion about hours, lighting, staffing and a beer-and-wine area, the council directed staff to move forward with a $150,000 festival package that will run 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; staff and the organizers said an evening version would raise costs to about $225,000.
The Manvel City Council voted unanimously to direct staff to move forward with a Manvel Fall Festival organized with Your Neighborhood Farmers Market Association and to authorize the city manager to execute the hotel/motel tax grant agreement and a services agreement, with the event scheduled from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and a $150,000 budget.
City Manager Dan Johnson and a representative of Your Neighborhood Farmers Market presented an event budget and options to the seven-member council. The market's representative said a daytime festival (11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) was the basis for the $150,000 proposal and that converting the event into an evening music festival with lighting and extended security would raise the cost to roughly $225,000. He…
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