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MCKINNEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING IS EIGHT O'CLOCK AM TUESDAY, DECEMBER, THE 15TH 2020. WE'RE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF KENNY CITY COUNCIL TO 22 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET. CAN YOU TEXAS? SOME FIVE OR 69. FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES. THIS MEETING WILL BE BROADCAST ON CABLE TELEVISION TO SEE HIS WEBSITE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO WASH THIS MEETING. THEY WATCHED THE LIVE BROADCAST ON. SPECTRUM CHANNEL 16 18 TO YOU FIRST CHANNEL 99. BUT YOU'RE ALSO OWNED BY CHANNEL EIGHT. AND ONLINE WITH ME, KENNY, LET'S START CALM. PLEASE NOTE THAT, ACCORDING TO KITTY SAID, ECONOMIC CORPORATE EXCUSE ME.
MCKINNEY CITY COUNCIL MAY BE PRESIDENT. AND BUT THEY WILL NOT BE VOTING ON ANY MATTER.
THIS TIME. ALL THE MEETING TO ORDER OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA WOULD BE PUBLIC COMMENTS
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ON ANY AGENDA ITEM. IS THERE ANYBODY. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD THIS TIME.SEEING DOWN WHEN WE WANT TO THE CONSENT ITEMS. THESE. VERSIONS OF THE GENDER. THEY'RE NON
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CONTROVERSIAL OR HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. REQUIRED BY LAW. THEY MAY BE CONCERNED INDIVIDUALLY BY ANY BOARD MEMBER OR VOTED A ZOO GROUP, AND WE HAVE. 21 081, WHICH IS THE MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER, 17. 21 02 MINUTES OF THE 24TH. MEETING. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS CHANGES ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOTION TO ACCEPT CERTAINLY. MISSION BY MR KANE SECOND PLAN. FELTUS. ASK YOUR BOOTS. AND THE MOTION IS IN PROGRESS. RYAN. IT'S HIM. YES. AND THERE IT GOES. IN THAT MOUNTAIN MOTION PASSES. THANKS. WE HAVE REPORTS. BORDER LIAISON REPORTS FIRST SUPPORT CHAIRMAN.[Board and Liaison Updates Board Chairman City of McKinney Chamber of Commerce Community Development Corporation Visit McKinney]
I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO SAY WE'VE HAD. NO, THAT I GUESS THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR.WE'VE HAD A BANNER YEAR THIS YEAR FOR THE D. C. DESPITE COVE IN WE'VE A ZOO, YOU WILL SEE SURE. IN OUR LATER REPORTS WE'VE EXCEEDED. METRICS AND LOVE THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR STAFF WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON AND LOOK LIKE, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A GREAT. 2021 JUST WANT TO THANK AND APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. APPEAR TO YOUR VARIOUS WORKS ON DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. AND JUST THE ACTIVITY THAT YOU PARTICIPATE IN A SWELL AS OUR STAFF. AND YOU KNOW THE CITY STAFF BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY. OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITY WITH CDC. ALSO HELP US WITH THESE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND DO THIS AGAIN IN 2021. SO NEXT WE HAVE AH CITY MCKINNEY, MR GRIMES. MORNING, MR CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MR PRESIDENT, PAUL GRIMES, CITY MANAGER. WANTED TONTO UPDATE YOU ON A COUPLE OF MATTERS NUMBER ONE. WE WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO DONATED TO THE W F A SANTA'S HELPERS TOY DRIVE, SO. THIS YEAR IN SPITE OF EXCUSE ME, IN SPITE OF ALL THE CHALLENGES OUR COMMUNITY CAME THROUGH IN A BIG WAY. 3100 TOYS ON BICYCLES FOR CHILDREN AND COLLIN COUNTY WERE DONATED. UM AND OF THE 310,650 WERE DONATED BY THE CITY MCKINNEY EMPLOYEES WHO WERE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT, AND CERTAINLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN HERE, EVEN WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION TO HELP OUT. UM THIS NEXT YEAR, OF COURSE WAY.
HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND REST FEL HOLIDAYS. IT'S THE MOST UNUSUAL OF CHRISTMAS SEASONS, BUT WE WON'T FORGET IT. THAT'S FOR SURE. AND WE CERTAINLY WISH EVERYBODY SOME TIME. REST AND SPEND IT WITH YOUR FAMILIES. WE'RE GONNA BE BUSY YEAR COMING UP ARE CONSIDERED COUNCIL WILL BE KICKING OFF IN EARLY FEBRUARY WITH THE NEXT COUNCILMAN WOULD BE JANUARY 5TH, AND IN EARLY FEBRUARY, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR ANNUAL GOAL SETTIN STRATEGIC GOAL SETTING. THAT BASICALLY IS WHERE THEY CONVENE AND THEY OUTLINE A REVIEW THEIR PRIORITIES AND THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT US TO BE REALLY EMPHASIZING, AND THEN THAT EFFECTIVELY SERVES AS A WORK PLAN FOR STAFF. THEN WE TURN AROUND AND ADD SOME DETAILS AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES TO IT AND THEN PREPARE A BUDGET ACCORDINGLY. SO THAT OUR BUDGET REFLECTS THE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY COUNCIL S O. WE'RE GONNA THERE WON'T BE MUCH TIME TO REST, BUT CERTAINLY OVER THE HOLIDAYS. WE HOPE YOU ALL D AND I WISH YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. IT'S ALL I HAVE. BUT YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? FANTASTIC. TIZER. THANK YOU. I WAS SAYING THAT THIS IS ALMOST AS UGLY AS MY
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UGLY SWEATER THAT I'LL BE WEARING THIS WAY. YOU'RE WEARING IT. WELL, YOU'RE WEARING IT WELL, MAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS. DESCRIBED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. HERE FROM THE CHAMBER. NEXT WEEK, HEAD OF THE CDC. GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MR PRESIDENT'S CONDITION. I WILL CDC. I ATTACHED THE REPORT TO THE BOARD DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT OTHER THAN HIGHLIGHT. CDC BOARD MEETS THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK, AND WE'LL HEAR A NUMBER OF PROMOTIONAL GRANT PRESENTATIONS AND WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM IN THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO DO WAS WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY HOLIDAYS. ENJOY YOUR CHRISTMAS AND. HOPEFULLY 2021 BRING ABOUT A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT THAN WE'VE.EXPERIENCE THIS YEAR. SO HAPPY HOLIDAYS. THANK YOU. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO THANK YOU. AND VISIT MCKINNEY. DD. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS MORNING DEDE YEAR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF VISIT MCKINNEY ON GUY WILL SPEAK FOR LISA. REAL QUICK. SHE DID TEXT ME THIS MORNING AND I WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE. SHE WANTED ME TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE LEADERSHIP MCKINNEY CLASS HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THIS 2021. AND PLEASE HELP ME CONGRATULATE PETER TOOK CAR BECAUSE HE WAS SELECTED FOR THE CLASS. SO CONGRATULATIONS. IT WAS TELL YOU. YEAH HE'S GETTING OR DID YOU SEE, THERE S O PURPOSE IT, KENNY. LAST MONTH, OUR BOARD AWARDED GRANTS AND AMOUNT OF $15,000 SPG HOSPITALITY RECEIVED $8000 FOR THEIR SECOND STROLL EVENTS. A DISUSED PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA RECEIVED $2000 FOR THEIR EVENTS AND MCKINNEY AND C W DESIGNS FOR THEIR VIRTUAL TOUR OF HOMES FOR THE HOLIDAYS RECEIVED $5000. I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT DRUM COURT INTERNATIONAL HAS DECIDED NOT TO COME THIS SUMMER, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN INDIANA, DOING A 3 TO 4 DAY ENSEMBLE IN INDIANA. ONDO ALSO, A ZAFAR IS ADVERTISING WE HAD, UM, ACTUALLY, WE RECEIVED AN AD PLACEMENT AGAIN FROM THE DAY TRIPPER THE YOU KNOW THAT. IT'S A GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING TO US THE DAY TRIPPER SO WE ACTUALLY WERE PROMOTED IN THE CHRISTMAS EVENTS FOR THEM. AND THEN I'M SORRY. THAT WAS FOR TEXAS HIGHWAYS, AND WE DID ACTUALLY PUT SOMETHING IN THE NEWSLETTER FOR THE DAY TRIPPER. UM AND THEN WE DID HAVE TWO MORE INFLUENCERS WHO APPROACHED US, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. WE ALREADY HAVE OUR FIVE LINED UP FOR THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE ALREADY SECURING PEOPLE FOR NEXT YEAR. UM IN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I JUST WANT TO MENTION IF YOU ALL COULD PLEASE GO TO BEST. BEST. BEST IN DFW DOT COM AND VOTE FOR THE YARD. THE YARD IS WINNING RIGHT NOW FOR THE BEST PATIO, THEIR NUMBER ONE WITH 903 BOATS UNDER JOE T.
GARCIA'S, WHICH HAS 624 VOTES. DESERT RACER, WHICH IS 170 BOATS AND OTIS B. TIPSY OAK WITH 143 OAKS. SO WE REALLY WANT ON THE YARD TOL WIN THIS THE BEST PATIO IN DFW. SO IF YOU OFFERED, PLEASE GO VOTE ON BEN. OTHER THAN THAT, JUST WANT TO WISH YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKENDS HAVE BEEN DOWNTOWN. IT'S AH. DOING SOME SHOPPING AND WHAT NOT, AND JUST THE ATMOSPHERE IS THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE HAS JUST BEEN FANTASTIC. EVEN. WHAT'S GOING ON. SO YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB IN TERMS OF MOTION. EVEN EVEN WITH COVERT AND. STUFF IN YOUR STORE IS GREAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. THAT DOESN'T AMAZING JOB AND NO DONNA COMES AND VISITS US ALL THE TIME. SO THANK YOU. RIGHT? NEXT IS 20-1 IS A FORD CONCERN DISCUSS M E
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D. C MONTHLY ORGANIZATIONAL REPORT. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. IN ADDITION TO THE REPORT, OTHER THAN JANUARY WILL BE PRESENTING OUR FULL K P I'S RESULTS FOR 2020. AND UM, I'M GONNA GIVE A PREVIEW OF OUR HOLIDAY PART OF THE OTHER OTHER NIGHT. WE WE'VE BEEN REALLY WELL, DESPITE ALL THE CHALLENGES WERE FED THIS YEAR, AND I THINK. IT JUST GOES TO THE STRENGTH, THE CITY AND THE STRENGTH OF ALL THE INNOVATIVE IDEAS THAT WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING HERE AND CREDIT THE STAFF. UM LARGELY FOR BEING VERY, VERY PROACTIVE THIS YEAR, DESPITE ALL THE CHALLENGES ON. ALSO JUST WISH EVERYONE HAPPY HOLIDAYS. ME. 1085 IMMEDIACY[Consider/Discuss MEDC Monthly Metrics Dashboard Report]
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MONTHLY METRICS DASHBOARD REPORT. AGAIN. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HIGHLIGHT ON OUR, UM THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT WERE IN OUR KPS THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE JUST UNATTAINABLE, LIKE TRADE SHOWS AND EVENTS, THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN CANCELED WAY THROUGH MUCH NOT TRAVELED THE ENTIRE YEAR. EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN DONE IT KIND OF WE'VE BEEN ARMCHAIR QUARTERBACKS THIS YEAR. SO AGAIN. WE'VE STILL STILL DONE REALLY? WELL, WE'RE. 155% OF OUR PROJECT GOALS.SHE'LL C 138% OF OUR CAPITAL INVESTMENT GOALS, WHICH IS AMAZING. UM SEEING THAT WE STRODE FOR 20% OVER LAST YEAR WHERE WE'RE CLOSE TO 40% OVER LAST YEAR, SO THAT'S AN AMAZING STAT IN AND OF ITSELF VERY WELL AGAIN. WELL, FAIL TO MEET THIS YEAR, JUST BASED ON IT'S JUST REALLY HARD TO GET MEETINGS THIS YEAR. WE DID AS MANY VIRTUAL AS WE CAN, BUT ZOOM FATIGUE SETTING IN PRETTY MUCH GLOBALLY. IT'S. ANY HARDER AND HARDER TO EVEN HAVE ZOOM CALLS THAT ARE THAT ARE MEANINGFUL. BUT WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL WITH ALL OF OUR, UM. STEPS THE ONE THING THAT NOTE IS THAT OUR EMAIL MARKETING OPEN OPEN RATE IS STILL PERFORMING WELL, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THE DECLINE WE STRIVE FOR 40% THERE. WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 33.
THE AMOUNT OF EMAILS THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING NOW BECAUSE OF IN PERSON MEETINGS JUST MAKES IT EVEN MORE COMPETITIVE FOR US TO GET THOSE QUICK RATES AND OPEN RATES. BUT WE'RE WORKING ON SOME CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO SOLVE THAT. QUESTIONS. NEXT FAVOR. REGULAR
[Consider/Discuss/Act on October 2020 Financials]
AGENDA. 20 DEATHS 1086 CONSIDERED DISCUSS ACT ON OCTOBER FINANCIALS. MORNING CHANCE. MILLER FINANCIAL COMPLIANCE MANAGER I'M OVER AND FINANCE KIND OF OUR BUSY TIME OF THE YEAR, WHICH HAD TO CLOSE OUT THE LAST FISCAL YEAR AND OUR AUDIT OUR AUDITORS AARON IN TOWN, SO WE HAVE TWO WEEKS OF FIELD WORK. SO ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AWAY OF CLOSING OUT LAST FISCAL YEAR AND HAVENAAR KAFFIR ISSUED AND ALL THAT STUFF, BUT THAT MEANS FOR Y'ALL IS WE'LL HAVE OUR FINAL FUND BALANCE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE ESTIMATES OF WHAT WILL BE AT CLOSED OUT. BUT IN ABOUT A MONTH OR SO WE'LL HAVE THE OFFICIAL MEMBERS AND KIND HELPS FOR PLANNING OF STUFF. ONCE WE GET THE NEXT ROUND OF FINANCIALS, UM SO WE'RE GOING BACK A FEW MONTHS TO OCTOBER'S FINANCIALS IS THE FIRST IS OUR FIRST MONTH OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR PHYSICAL GEAR, 21. AND, UM. FOR REVENUES. WE HAD 1.3 MILLION EXPENDITURES WE HAD RIGHT AT ONE MILLION, AND SO THE MAJORITY OF THOSE EXPENDITURES WERE FOR PROJECT EXPENDITURES, THOSE AIR PLAN AND ACCORDINGLY YOU'LL SEE HIM COME THERE EVERY MONTH. UM THAT RESULTED IN THAT INCREASE OF 250,000 TO START OFF THE FISCAL YEAR. MOVING ON TO CELLS TAX.SELL STOCKS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS ACTUALLY FOR THE AUGUST SALES TAX. SO THIS DATES BACK TO LAST FISCAL YEAR. SO THIS IS THE 11TH MONTH. THAT'S WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO SEEING HOW HOW WE CAN COMPARE TO OUR BUDGET FOR OVER UNDER. BE FINISHED AT HER COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. WE HAD A 400,000 INCREASE, WHICH WAS 8.7. ARE SISTER CITIES, ALAN HAD A 5.5% INCREASE. FIRST GO HAD A DECREASE OF 2.9% AND PLAY KNOW HOW TO DECREASE THE 1.4. SO WE'RE BEING CONSISTENT NOW KIND OF THOSE AIR. THE NORMAL NUMBERS WE'VE SEEN FROM MONTH TO MONTH. IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE DECEMBER IS OUR BIGGEST MONTH. THAT'S COMING UP. YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE RIGHT NOW. WE'LL SEE HOW THOSE NUMBE SO, UM, YOU KNOW, FIRST ONE WITH THE PANDEMIC, SO. BIGGEST MOTHER OF THE YEAR, SO WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE ALL THOSE COME BACK. I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS LIKE THE NEXT MONTH, I'LL BUILD TO TELL YOU ALL HOW WE DID IN FISCAL YEAR 20 ON OUR BUDGET AND SEE HOW MUCH IS GOING TO GO TO FUND BALANCE, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A REAL LITTLE OVER A MILLION RIGHT NOW. BUT. GET THAT THEY GIVE OR TAKE, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE NUMBERS COME IN AT, BUT I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. RUSSIANS. NO. NO QUESTIONS. WE NEED A MOTION APPROVED REMOVED.
THE SECOND. SECOND. BYE, MR CLOONEY, A SECOND BODY. BONES. ITS ROOTS. SHE PASSES. OKAY? EXT. ACCORDING TO MY AND IT'S CITIZEN COMMENTS. WAS ELIMINATED THREE MINUTES IN LENGTH. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BRING BEFORE THE BOARD. ANYBODY WANT T OH, WORK TIME AND SOMEBODY ON THE BOARD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING LAST CHANCE FOR 2020. RIGHT? YOU WILL NOW GO
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
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INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551071 SUB PARAGRAPH TWO. CONSULTATION WITH GENERAL COUNSEL IN ANY WORK SESSIONS, SPECIAL OR REGULAR SESSION AGENDA ITEM. REQUIRING CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY CLIENT ADVICE NECESSITATE BUT THE DELIBERATION OF DISCUSSION OF SAID ITEMS AS NEEDED. LEGAL CONSULTATION ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, IF ANY 51074 PERSONNEL MATTERS. SECTION 551087 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS TO PROJECTS ARE LISTED IN THE AGENDA. IT IS NOW EIGHT. 17 WE WILL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND THEN WE WILL RECONVENE AFTERWARDS.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.