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From the Mayor’s desk – 10/10/25

Happy Friday! 

I have been working out of state for the week so this update will be a bit shorter.

I heard great things about the Old Guys Surf Reunion last weekend at Stahlman Park, and the National Night Out hosted by the VFD in conjunction with our VOSB PD at their firehouse on Fort Velasco.  Good to see a really good turnout for both of those events hosted in the Village.

Beach & Parks:

A good deal of road work has been completed in conjunction with the Brazoria County Road Commission.  We supply the materials and they provide the equipment and labor to complete the projects.  New asphalt repairs are finished on Beach Drive, Francis Cove and Swordfish.  We will also be submitting our top 4 road asphalt projects to the County for this upcoming year that we will complete using the same interlocal agreement described above.  As I’ve mentioned previously, this is in addition to budgeted road repairs at beach entrances and other roads inside the Village.  Council has budgeted and we will complete more VOSB road and beach walkover repairs this fiscal year (Oct 2025 – Sept 2026) than ever before.

Public Works:

FloVac installed a few of their improved versions of the sewer pits on Middle St and Monument where we experience some of the worst inflow & infiltration (I&I).  The system has a pedestal attached to keep the controllers a few feet above ground level.  This pedestal is an attempt to avoid water infiltration that destroys the controller mechanism, which is required to trigger the system to empty pits using the main vacuum lines.

Other Items of Interest:

Things continue to shape up for the 50^th Anniversary of Surfside planned for October 25^th.  The epicenter  will be in and around City Hall and the Ft Velasco Monument & Timeline Fence.  The live music line up is set.  We kick off at 4:30pm with Surfside’s very own A Frames, followed up with headliner Little Screaming Kenny.  Culminating with fireworks to close the celebration after dark.  Our own VOSB PD will be grilling out some sausage-on-a-stick, and there will be other vendor booths and food trucks on site.  The Historical Committee will host a booth and provide tours through the timeline fence and museum.  Some pretty cool 50^th Anniversary merchandise will also be available for purchase.  I’m also hearing about some great 50^th celebration plans at local establishments throughout the day.  This should be a great time as we kick off the 50^th anniversary festivities for the Village.

As always, I hope that you have a great day in wonderful Surfside Beach!  Get out and enjoy the beach this weekend.

Thanks,

Zach

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