Board and Liaison Reports Board Chair City of McKinney Visit McKinney McKinney Economic Development Corporation McKinney Main Street/MPAC McKinney Parks and Recreation

[Board and Liaison Reports Board Chair City of McKinney Visit McKinney McKinney Economic Development Corporation McKinney Main Street/MPAC McKinney Parks and Recreation]

MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. EVERYONE SITTING HERE, EVERYONE LISTENING THAT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BEING ON A BOARD THAT'S COMING UP IN JUNE. PRETTY SOON WE'LL HAVE THOSE APPLICATIONS. UM, INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF WHATEVER THE CITY HAS TO OFFER. GO OUT TO THE MEETING'S COME TO MEETINGS. COME TO BOARD MEETINGS. GO. YOU THE FACILITIES GO VOLUNTEER ONCE. ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO BECAUSE THAT GOES BACK TO MY WORD OF UNDERSTANDING. I WANT EVERYONE AS A NOUN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS DO COME TO A COUNCIL MEETING SAID, COME TO A BOARD MEETING AND TRULY TRY TO UNDERSTAND. WHAT EACH GROUP DOES, UM, YOU CAN SEE FROM OUR MINUTES THAT WE HAD TO APPROVE HOW BUSY WE ARE. IT'S NOT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VOLUNTEER GROUP. BUT WE'RE ALL ON SUBCOMMITTEES. THIS HAS REALLY BEEN. SURPRISINGLY A VERY BUSY YEAR, CONSIDERING IT WAS COVERT. WE'VE HAD MANY, MANY OUTSIDE MEETINGS BESIDES THIS, SO JUST KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO KNOW WHAT THESE GROUPS DO, AND THAT WILL HELP YOU BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW YOU COULD BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY HOW YOU CAN HELP. AND HOW YOU CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT GOES ON IN THE COMMUNITY. DON'T JUST ASSUME THAT YOU COULD DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR YOU COULD DO SOMETHING BETTER. COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO WHAT WE DO.

AND THEN THAT WAY THAT WILL HELP YOU MAKE BETTER CHOICES AS FAR AS HOW YOU CAN HELP AND WHERE YOU'RE. ABILITIES WILL BEST FIT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. I HAD TO SAY. UM, POP. GOOD MORNING, MADAM. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. MADAM PRESIDENT. MY NAME IS PAUL GRIMES CITY MANAGER. A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO UPDATE YOU ON THIS MORNING. SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED, OF COURSE, TOO. HE SLOWLY MOVING BACK TO NORMAL OPERATIONS EVEN INTERNALLY HERE IN THE CITY ORGANIZATION, SO WE HAVE A STEP PLAN IF YOU WOULD CALL IT THAT TO RETURN TO NORMAL OPERATIONS. WE ARE ON APRIL 5TH WILL BE PROGRESSING TO STEP THREE OF 44 IS SORT OF NORMAL OPERATIONS. AS IT WERE, BUT STEP THREE GETS US CLOSER. WE ARE CURRENTLY AT STEP TWO AND WE'LL BE MOVING TO STEP THREE. SO WHAT THAT BASICALLY MEANS IS WHERE WE ARE ENCOURAGING. IN SOME CASES, FOLKS TO CONTINUE TO WORK REMOTELY. ON APRIL 5TH. IT'LL BE INVERTED. WE'RE HAVING FOLKS RETURNED TO WORK AND THEN WORKING REMOTELY WILL BE BY EXCEPTION AND THEN OVER, YOU KNOW, A FEW WEEKS AND FOLKS, YOU KNOW THAT KIDS IN SCHOOL OR WHATEVER. WHEN SCHOOL'S OUT. THAT REALLY WILL BE. THE INTENT IS TO GET FOLKS BACK TO WORK WHENEVER POSSIBLE, UNLESS THERE WAS SOME PARTICULAR EXCEPTION, REASON WHY THEY NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK REMOTELY. WE'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS ON VACCINES. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ARE. WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING OUR VACCINE HUB SINCE JANUARY ON WE WILL BE. WINDING DOWN THOSE

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OPERATIONS AS A CITY OPERATION ON APRIL 30TH. IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE ANTICIPATE WE WOULD HAVE GIVEN BY APRIL 30TH 50,000 SHOTS. VACCINES TO FOLKS WE'RE HAPPY TO DO IT GETTING THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. IN THE EARLY DAYS WHEN OUR SUPPLIES WERE LOW, AND WE HAD TO EFFECTIVELY HAVE A RATIONING PROGRAM IN PLACE, THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET THIS.

VACCINES AND PEOPLE'S ARMS WAS TO HAVE A HUB TYPE OF SYSTEM. IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE WERE HAPPY TO DO IT, BUT IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON AND LET THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OF FACTS AND THE VACCINES TO TAKE A TEAM TO PICK UP AND THEY ARE. WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE VACCINES IN THE MARKETPLACE. AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. SO MORTAR FOLLOWING THAT, BUT WE'VE BEEN VERY HAPPY ON. IT'S BEEN A REALLY A GREAT OPERATION. ON MARCH 18TH. WE HELD A PROJECT OVERVIEW MEETING AN OLD SETTLERS PARK. IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. WE HAD. I THINK THE ATTENDANCE AT THAT MEETING ON THE EAST SIDE THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. EAST OF HIGHWAY FIVE. THERE ARE SLATED FOR THE COMING YEARS, AND WE'VE GOT LOTS OF GREAT FEEDBACK. SOME OF YOU WERE THERE. WE HAD REALLY A GREAT TURNOUT, AND WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER. A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. BUT RELATED TOPIC AND THAT IS ON MARCH 31ST AGAIN AT OLD SETTLERS PARK AND THAT IS GOING TO BE. GIVE THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AND WEIGH IN ON SOME CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OPTIONS OR PLANS FOR CITY HALL.

IN THE CITY WHOLE CAMPUS, WHICH WILL BE A NORTH OF VIRGINIA ST. JUST EAST OF THE HIGHWAY FIVE.

JUST EAST. I'M REALLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND THAT WHOLE AREA NORTH OF VIRGINIA STREET, JUST NORTH OF THE FLOUR MILL. VERY EXCITING. THIS IS NOT A CITY HOLDS THE DESIGN OF THE ELEVATIONS OR THE SKIN OF THE BUILDING OR NOT AT THAT LEVEL OF THE ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL. THIS IS REALLY MORE SITE PLAN AND MASSING MODELS. TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE ORIENTATION THE BUILDINGS COULD BE PLACED, ETCETERA, AND THEN WE'LL GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THAT S SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE THINK THERE WILL BE LOTS OF LOTS OF ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY. UM. BYRON NELSON. GOLF OUTING LESS 60 DAYS WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. WE ARE WORKING HARD THERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE. OUR STAFF IS WORKING HARD WITH THEIRS AND PREPARING FOR THE EVENT. THEY'RE GONNA BE LIMITING ATTENDANTS TO 10,000 PER DAY. NORMALLY THEY ANTICIPATED THE WEATHER'S GOOD THEY COULD HAVE 50,000 PEOPLE PER DAY, PARTICULARLY ON THE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY THEY ARE GOING TO LIMIT THE ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING. SAFETY IS ALWAYS MOST IMPORTANT, BUT NUMBER TWO. IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO YOU SORT OF TEST RUN IT WITHOUT HAVING HUGE NUMBERS TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE PARKING DEMANDS AND ALL THAT THAT WE CAN SCALE UP IN FUTURE YEARS. VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND YOU HAVE MORE TO FOLLOW ON THAT.

AND FINALLY, I WOULD JUST POINT OUT TO YOU A ZOO REMINDER REALLY, TO TAKE A LOOK AT PERIODICALLY OUR SNAPSHOT OR INTERACTIVE DEVELOPMENT SNAPSHOT PORTAL. SNAP SHOT PORTAL. SORRY ABOUT THAT. IT'S MCKINNEY, TEXAS DOT AWARD FORWARD SLASH SNAPSHOT AND WHAT YOU COULD DO IS YOU CAN GET ALL KINDS OF DEVELOPMENT RELATED DATA ON THEIR INTERACTIVE DATA.

FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S VERY, VERY USEFUL. I THINK IT'S YOU KNOW, I TELL PEOPLE. I'M NOT USUALLY CITY MANAGERS AREN'T REALLY FOR HYPERBOLE, BUT I THINK IT'S THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY. SO ANYWAY, IT REALLY IS. THE STAFF HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB PUTTING TOGETHER THAT SNAPSHOT PORTAL HAD TO PROVIDE THE KIND OF INFORMATION. THAT PUBLIC DEVELOPERS ANYBODY, FRANKLY WOULD WANT TO GET IN THAT INFORMATION IS GOOD NUGGET OF INFORMATION. BLUE MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT HAS A 82,000 SQUARE FOOT EXPANSION. IT'S GOING TO DOUBLE THE ALMOST DOUBLED THEIR EXISTING 100,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING ON BITS OFF OF INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF AIRPORT DRIVE. TOTAL VALUATION OF THIS EDITION OF $6.4 MILLION, BUT. BLUE MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT, AS ARE MANY COMPANIES ARE CONTINUING TO GROW HERE THRIVE HERE AND NEARLY DOUBLING IN SIZE. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY ALONG WITH SOME STAFF MEMBERS TO SEE THE NEW AMAZON BUILDING OVER BY THE AIRPORT. IT'S A DISTRIBUTION.

CENTER. IT'S REALLY WHAT THEY WOULD CALL THEIR LAST MILE DISTRIBUTION. ALL OF THE PRODUCT THAT COMES INTO THAT FACILITY WILL BE AND FROM AN AMAZON FACILITY AND ITS THEN FROM THAT FACILITY THAT THEY SENT IT OUT. DISTRIBUTION. SO THEY ARE GOING TO BE OPERATIONAL, PROBABLY WITHIN ABOUT THE NEXT 60 DAYS. THE COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING IS NEARLY FINAL AND THEY'RE NOW IN EQUIPPING IT WITH. FF IN EITHER FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT, WHICH ARE REALLY IS FASCINATING. IT'S A BIG SHOW WITH A BUNCH OF CAGES, WHICH ARE YOUR MOBILE, WHICH ARE USED TO MOVE THE STUFF AROUND THE PRODUCT, AND PROBABLY SOME REALLY SMART SOFTWARE. SO IT'S REALLY THAT SIMPLE. ANYWAY. YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR DISTRIBUTION HAVE RADIUS IS WELL, REMEMBER, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LOT MORE OF THESE IN NORTH TEXAS REGION. AND THAT HUB YOU KNOW, THEY'VE THEY'VE TOLD US COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND 20. MILES, IF NOT LESS. YOU KNOW,

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IDEALLY TO HAVE THEM SPACED APART IF YOU WILL, SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN UBER POST OFFICE. IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY, AND IT REALLY IS FASCINATING TO SEE HOW PRODUCT.

AND GOODS AND MATERIALS ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED TO PEOPLE. NOWADAYS WE TALKED ABOUT RETAIL SALES, YOU KNOW WHEN NUMBER ONE PANDEMIC RELATED PEOPLE AREN'T TRAVELING AND SPENDING MONEY ON BIG VACATIONS OR SPENDING MORE MONEY. ONLINE ON I THINK WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THAT EFFECT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHEN, WHEN THINGS KIND OF RETURN BACK TO QUOTE NORMAL. IS THERE GOING TO BE A SOMEWHAT OF A LAW IN SALES, TAX ACTIVITY? RETAIL ACTIVITY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GONNA START BUYING THOSE VACATIONS AGAIN AND TRAVELING AGAIN IN THE BOOK IN AIRLINES.

MM. BUT NONETHELESS THE LARGER TREND. THE LONGER TERM TREND IS CONTINUING FOR ONLINE SALES.

AND IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IT'S TRANSFORMING THE ENTIRE MARKETPLACE. BUT WITH THAT I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. IS THAT DISTRIBUTION CENTER ALREADY BEEN STAFFED OR WILL THERE BE A WE'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW? I BELIEVE THEY ARE. IT'S THROUGH AMAZON SO. I HAD TO BE THE ONLY FOLKS WHO WERE STILL IN THERE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION FOLKS. SO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. WE'LL QUESTION FOR YOU, PAUL AND ALSO POSSIBLY FOR DEBRA TO CAN YOU SHARE ANY OF THE INITIAL FEEDBACK YOU GOT FROM THE EAST MCKINNEY EVENT THAT YOU HAVE. BACK WAS ACTUALLY QUITE POSITIVE. WE YOU KNOW FOLKS WERE ENGAGED. I THINK MOSTLY THEY WERE EAGER FOR THE ACTIVITY. THERE'S SOME TREPIDATION SOME CONCERN ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THE HOUSE IS GONNA AFFECT THEM TO THE. THERE'S A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS THERE. THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE THEIR CHARACTER OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. DIMINISHED ON DOES THAT IS OUR CHALLENGE IS WE HAVE IN FACT. WITH THIS PROGRAM COMES A NUMBER OF SATELLITE PROGRAMS. SO YOU HAVE THE MAIN PROGRAM IS THE EAST MCKINNEY REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.

BUT WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT BEGETS OTHER PROGRAMS, ONE OF WHICH IS A NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION PROGRAM. AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE FACT WE'RE ISSUING AN R F P R I Q. MAYBE UM, FOR CONSULTANTS TO HELP US NAVIGATE EVALUATE. THE TOOLS THAT ARE BEST SUITED FOR MCKINNEY AND FOR THIS AREA TO HELP PRESERVE SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THERE'S THE THERE'S THE TERM GENTRIFICATION. I THINK THATS TERM IS OFTENTIMES MISUSED. NONETHELESS IT IS A REAL CONCERN, AND THERE ARE STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN PUT IN PLACE AS A CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS POLICY TO HELP ADDRESS THOSE OR MITIGATE THOSE CONCERNS. BUT IT'S A COMMUNITY DECISION. WE'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH THAT ANALYSIS AND PRESENT THOSE OPTIONS. AND THEN THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM. BUT THOSE AIR AN EXAMPLE OF THIS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, BUT I THINK IT WAS REALLY A VERY POSITIVE MOOD AND PEOPLE WERE IN A GREAT MOOD. MAYBE THEY WERE JUST HAPPY TO GET OUTSIDE. AND IT WAS A NICE EVENING. AND SO IT WAS GREAT FOR PEOPLE JUST TO FEEL LIKE THEY COULD GET BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. BUT I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT, THOUGH, IS TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND GIVE THEM MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO WEIGH IN ON WHAT THEY MIGHT THINK OR WHAT THEIR CONCERNS MIGHT BE, SO WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE IF WE DON'T HEAR FROM THEM. WE'RE NOT GONNA KNOW SO WE GOT TO GO TO THEM AGAIN. WHATEVER I KNOW YOU WERE ONE OF THE BOOTHS MOST THE TIME. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO PAUL'S COMMENTS? I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. IT WAS A VERY POSITIVE MOVE ON THE OVERALL. I FEEL THAT IT WAS VERY POSITIVELY RECEIVED. AND THERE'S A PASTOR AS WELL AS A BOARD MEMBER TO GET SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS RECEIVED WAS GOOD. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A MIXED BODY, BUT I DON'T FEEL THAT IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN'T WORK. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THAT MCKINNEY? GOOD MORNING, GORDON IN BOARD MEMBERS AND CINDY. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AN UPDATE TODAY. FIRST OFF OUR BOARD MEETING WILL BE NEXT TUESDAY, AND THEY'LL BE VOTING ON GRANT FUNDING FOR THREE APPLICANTS.

THE QANTAS CLUB OF MCKINNEY FOR THEIR FOR THE QANTAS TRIATHLON, THE HERITAGE KILLED OF COLLIN COUNTY CHESTON SQUARE FOR THEIR WEDDING VENUE AND THE TEXAS MUSIC PROJECT FOR A SOUND OF MUSIC SOUND OF TEXAS MUSIC EVENT. WE JUST GOT WORD YESTERDAY THAT THEY'RE RESTRUCTURING THAT PROJECT SO WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE DETAILS ARE GOING TO BE, BUT WHAT WE EXPECT THOSE TO COME TODAY AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'LL BE VOTING ON THAT ONE.

HIS FIRST SALES GO. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH PARKS AND REC. MY KOWSKI AND HIS TEAM ALONG WITH MATT HANDLING OF THE COURTS FOR THE BIG QUALIFIER YUSA PICKLEBALL SANCTIONED TOURNAMENT. IT'S GOING TO BE HERE APRIL 22ND TWO 25TH THAT THE REGISTRATION JUST CLOSED LAST WEEK, AND THEY HAD 965 PLAYERS WHO REGISTERED S O. THEY KNOW THAT THEY'LL BE AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE. POSSIBLY THREE FOR EACH OF THOSE THAT SO WE'LL HAVE WELL OVER 1000

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PEOPLE IN TOWN FOR THAT, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HOTELS TO GET SOME SPECIAL RATES FOR THEM. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON DINING. WE'RE PARTNERING WITH SOME OF THE LOCALLY OWNED RESTAURANTS HERE IN TOWN TO OFFER SOME REALLY GREAT DISCOUNTS AND THINGS FOR THEM TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET OUT AND EAT IN OUR COMMUNITY TO GET OUT AND SEE THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S. RESTAURANTS ARE REALLY ALL ACROSS THE CITY S SO THAT THEY WON'T JUST GO AND EAT YOU NOT A FAST FOOD PLACE THAT'S CLOSE TO THEIR HOTEL. WE WANTED TO GET OUT AND ENJOY WHAT MCKINNEY HAS TO OFFER. WE'VE ALSO BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF OUR FPS AND THE WEDDING'S MARKET IS REALLY STARTING TO PICK UP AGAIN. THE VENUES ARE GETTING BUSY THERE STARTED.

WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THE WEDDINGS THAT HAD TO CANCEL LAST YEAR AND THAT THEY HAD RESCHEDULED, SO THAT'S A REALLY EXCITING THING FOR US, TOO. ON THE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT. YOLO TEXAS RE AIRED THE LOCAL YOKEL. BARBECUE GRILL SEGMENT, THE WEEKEND FAVORITE 26, 2 27TH. MATT TOLD ME ABOUT HAMILTON TOLD ME THAT HE'D HAD PEOPLE COMING IN ALREADY LIKE THE NEXT DAY. SAYING THAT THEY HAD SEEN IT ON THE TV SHOW. SO THEN THEY WERE COMING IN BECAUSE OF THAT, SO WE ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR THAT. THAT'S A GREAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT. THAT WAS A VERY SMALL INVESTMENT, SO IT'S PRETTY COOL. WE HAD A REGULAR CHECK IN CALL WITH THE TEXAS MUSIC OFFICE AND THEN MET WITH OUR MCKINNEY TEXAS MUSIC FRIENDLY ADVISORY BOARD ON TUESDAY. AT THIS EVENING JUST TO UPDATE THEM ON ON SOME EVENTS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP FOR MUSIC. THE DAY TRIPPER MARCH NEWSLETTER WE ADVERTISE IN THAT NEWSLETTER. IT'S LIKE A $300 PLACEMENT. IT'S REALLY NOTHING. BUT IT GETS OUT TO A LARGE NUMBER OF HIS SUBSCRIBERS. SO WE HELPED FEATURE THE ST PATRICK'S DAY BEER WALK IN DOWNTOWN FOR THAT ONE. UM AND THEN WE ARE WE HAVE A VISITOR. VISITING INFLUENCER COUPLE, THEIR TRAVEL COUPLE BLOGGERS, AND THEY'LL BE IN THIS WEEKEND. WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT PARTNERS WORKING WITH US. HELP US HOST THEM. AND THEN ONE FINAL THING. WE HAVE A PHOTO CONTEST THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOME GREAT PHOTOS FROM OUR FROM OUR RESIDENTS OF THEM DOING THINGS THE MCKINNEY SHOWING US WHAT THEY LOVE ABOUT MCKINNEY. ONDO WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN SOME REALLY GREAT ENTRIES, AND WE JUST YOU'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THE RESIDENTS HELP US TO POPULATE THE PHOTO CONTENT OF OUR NEW WEBSITE LITTLE LAUNCH IN JUNE, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO IF YOU WANT TO SUBMIT ANY PHOTOS, WHICH I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO. IT'S YOU JUST GO TO VISIT MCKINNEY .COM/ PHOTO CONTEST AND YOU CAN. THERE'S A LITTLE THING THAT YOU FEEL OUT AND YOU CAN JUST UPLOAD YOUR PHOTOS THERE. SO ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SOMETIMES, LIKE GREAT NEWS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. I'M SORRY. I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE THE REPORTS ATTACHED. OKAY, MCKINNEY MEIN STREAK. I THOUGHT AMY WAS ON A POWER GRAB. I'M TRAINING FOR THE PICKLE BALL TOURNAMENT, YOU KNOW. REALLY GETTING READY? NO AMY ROSENTHAL MCKINNEY MAINSTREAM MCKINNEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, SO JUST A PIGGY BACK A LITTLE BIT ON CHANCE'S REPORT. WE WERE UP 12% IN DECEMBER IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY.

FANTASTIC THAT WAS THAT WAS AWESOME. AND I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU ALL WERE PART OF OUR HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES. WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AND GOT A REPORT OVER TO CINDY. SO YEAH, GOOD, GOOD STUFF, AND I ALSO HAVE A DEAL FOR YOU TODAY. AND THE COMMUNITY IMPACT. THERE IS A $5 COUPON TO USE IT ANY OF THE BUSINESSES ON LIGHT UP LOUISIANA. SO YOU KNOW THOSE BUSINESSES, ITS CONSTRUCTION IS ALWAYS A LITTLE TOUGH. BUT $5 COUPON 22 STORES. YEAH, PRETTY PRETTY GOOD DEAL. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS KNEW ABOUT THAT. THERE'S ALSO A VERY LOVELY FULL PAGE AD FOR ARTS AND BLOOM. THAT'S COMING UP APRIL 9TH, 10TH AND 11TH. WE'RE VERY EXCITED 15 BLOCKS THERE'S GONNA BE LOTS OF ELBOW ROOM.

THE TENSE OR SPREAD OUT. IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY GREAT WAY TO EXPLORE AN OPEN AIR. ART MARKET WE HAVE OVER 100 ARTISTS, 10 STATES, UM. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. SO WE ALSO IN MID APRIL ARE GOING TO RELOCATE THE HISTORIC SEATS IN THE COURTROOM THEATER. SO THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD WITH THE STATE. THERE WILL BE INDIVIDUAL SEATS THAT WILL ALLOW FOR FLEXIBLE CONFIGURATIONS. SO. INNER THEATER BANQUET DANCEHALL, ALL KINDS OF REALLY GREAT STUFF. SO THAT HAPPENS IN MID APRIL, THE HISTORIC SEATS WILL STILL BE AROUND. JUST IN CASE WE EVER HAVE TOE PUT HIM BACK IN FOR A COURTROOM OR SOMETHING, BUT BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP TRANSFORM THE THEATER A LITTLE ON BEN.

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FINALLY WE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD ON THE TEXAS MUSIC REVOLUTION. IT'S THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY. IT'S JUNE 4TH AND FIFTH TICKET SALES ARE TREMENDOUS. PEOPLE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO COME TO MCKINNEY. FOR THIS EVENT, THERE'LL BE MUSIC IT FOUR KIND OF MAIN STAGING AREAS AND THEN MUSIC IN 25 DIFFERENT STORES AND RESTAURANTS IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. SO. WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE ALREADY MAKING RESERVATIONS AT THE HOTELS. THE GRAND HAS GOT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE ALMOST BOOKED UP. SHERATON HAS A SPECIAL SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO TEXAS MUSIC REVOLUTION. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. YES, SIR. GIVEN THE RETAIL SALES SUCCESS IN DECEMBER. WOULD YOU SAY THAT? YOU'RE CONSIDERING THE HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS EVENT TO BE CONTINUED TO BE MORE OF AN EXTENDED SUPPORT THE CITY THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF DECEMBER KIND OF EVENT, AS OPPOSED TO JUST THE ONE WEEKEND. RAIN OR SHINE. YES NO, I THINK THAT BRINGS UP A GREAT POINT. YOU KNOW, WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE SOME ACTIVITIES THAT KIND OF HOME FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. LIKE OUR CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING IS A REALLY, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL MCKINNEY TRADITION, AND SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE KIND OF KEYSTONE. UM, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL MOMENTS THAT WEEKEND, BUT I THINK PEOPLE YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I HEARD A COUPLE OF LIKE ALL THE PARKING SPACES, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T. I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, THAT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SPACE WHERE YOU COULD KIND OF ENJOY. YOU KNOW, LITTLE TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY. YOU COULD REALLY TAKE NICE PICTURES IN FRONT OF THE TREE FOR THE YOU KNOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE CARS THERE.

YOU KNOW, SO I DO FEEL LIKE THAT MONTH LONG APPROACH. THERE IS SO MUCH VALUE INTO THAT, AND I THINK THIS KIND OF THIS FIRST YEAR THE RISK I MEAN, PART OF ME MINIMAL WHETHER RISK MANIMAL WEATHER RISK ABSOLUTELY SPREAD OUT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, SO I THINK THAT WE CAN'T WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT WOULD HELP SUPPORT THAT CONCEPT AS WELL. AND JUST A JUST A QUICK COMMENT AS THE M CDC LIAISON TO TOULON ABOARD. I JUST WANTED TO UM. CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE. HOW HOW EACH OF YOUR MEMBERS HAS COME TOGETHER TO REALLY LOOK AT AND SERVE. THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, BUT ESPECIALLY IN WORKING DOING SOME OF THE WORK, THE SUPPORTIVE WORK AND A DEEP, DEEP MARKETING THAT IS GOING ON TO HELP INDIVIDUAL MERCHANTS REALIZED THEIR GREATEST POTENTIAL. IT'S JUST BEEN AMAZING TO SEE HOW COLLABORATIVE YOUR BOARD IS WITH JUST THAT WHOLE DOWNTOWN AREA, SO KUDOS TO YOU FOR STAYING FLEXIBLE. AND RESPONDING TO SO MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE ALL GONE THROUGH IN THE LAST YEAR AND TO COME THROUGH WITH THIS MUCH PARTICIPATION AND ENTHUSIASM FOR THINGS COMING UP. IT'S REALLY INSPIRING. SO THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THOSE KIND WORDS AND THOSE NOT. THAT'S A FANTASTIC OBSERVATION THAT I WILL PASS ALONG. SO THAT MEANS A LOT. THANK YOU. I'M JUST ALWAYS I'M JUST I ALWAYS FEEL SO HUMBLED AND ODD FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING STRATEGICALLY TO STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE, SO KEEP IT UP, RIGHT. GOOD WORK. THANK YOU. THANKS. OKAY. NEXT IS MCKINNEY PARKS AND REC. RYAN. GOOD MORNING, RYAN MULLINS, MCKINNEY, PARKS AND RECREATION FILLING IN FOR MR KOWSKI, WHO IS CURRENTLY. ATTENDING A MEETING ABOUT ANOTHER POTENTIALLY AWARD WINNING PROJECT. I WAS GONNA SAY THEY'RE ALL POTENTIAL AWARD WINNING JUST KIND OF EASIER THAT WAY, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS. WOW DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY HAD A GREAT TIME. I WOULD SAY THEY HAD A DECEMBER TO REMEMBER, BUT I THINK THAT'S TRADEMARKS OF PLEASE DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT.

UM, SOME UPDATES, WOULD SETTLERS RECREATION CENTER? WE'RE GETTING CLOSER S SO IT'S FUNNY HOW YOU KNOW WE MADE IT A YEAR THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. THERE WAS SOME CHALLENGES, OF COURSE DURING CONSTRUCTION THAT TIME. THIS LAST WINTER STORM IS PREVENTED EVEN MORE CHALLENGES BECAUSE WE MAY BE CORRECTING, TRICKING ALL OF OUR ISSUES THAT HAPPENED, BUT THE SUPPLIERS HAD ISSUES AND THEN THEIR SUPPLIERS HAD ISSUES, SO IT IS A RIPPLE EFFECT. IT IS STILL. HITTING US WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING PRODUCTS AND ARE FINISHING THE FINER DETAILS IN SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. THE SENIOR CENTER SENIOR PULL PROJECT SAME BOAT, WE ARE JUST AT THE FINISH LINE'S OF THESE PROJECTS. WE WERE JUST TRYING TO GET THEIR IT ZILLOW PROCESS. MEETING WITH STAFF AT THE SENIOR REC CENTER YESTERDAY. THEY SAID THE SENIORS ARE EAGER THERE. WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION SITE GOING ON, AND THEY'RE IN THE BUILDING STAFF IS PUTTING BOXES AWAY TRYING TO PACK STUFF WAY AND LOOK UP. AND THERE'S SENIOR BEHIND GOING. HEY, WHEN YOU'RE GONNA OPEN, SO YOU KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE BUILDING. SO WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT, BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE THEIR PASSION OF COMING BACK TO THE FACILITY. AND YOU KNOW US

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REALIZING THAT THAT CENTER IS A HUB. FOR COMMUNITY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET THAT FACILITY BACK AND GOING BACK UP IN GOING, UH, PRESTWICK PRESTWICK PARK SO THE TRAILS ARE MOSTLY IN BASKETBALL COURT IS DOWN AND THE PLUMBERS ARE WORKING ON THE SPLASH PAD SO THAT PROJECT IS REALLY COMING ALONG. EXCITED ABOUT IT, ROBINSON RIDGE TO HAVE ANYBODY LIVES HERE. THERE WE GO. THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT ROBERT'S BEEN RICH, FINALIZING THE DESIGN RIGHT NOW TO CREATE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS ON THAT, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PARK AS WELL. I LIVE CLOSE BY AND THERE BE NEED TO SEE THE SYNERGY BETWEEN IT AND LEDBETTER PART BUT YOU'RE REALLY CLOSE TOGETHER. WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT SO OFTEN AND SOME OF OUR PARTS WHERE THEY'RE THAT CLOSE TOGETHER SO EXCITING PROJECT AND IT'S GREAT TO TAKE THAT EMPTY, OPEN FLAT SPACE AND MAKE A PARK OUT OF IT. COTTONWOOD IS WRAPPING UP COMPLETION AS WE SPEAK, SO WE'RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO HAVE THAT KIND OF READY TO GO AND POLISHED UP AND FOR EVERYONE TO SEE AND BRAG A LITTLE BIT ON OUR PARKS, MAINTENANCE CREWS.

WELL AFTER LAST NIGHT. THEY'RE GONNA BE PRETTY BUSY WITH A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON, ESPECIALLY PROBABLY FLOODING IN AREAS, BUT THEY TOOK SOME TIME AND RECREATED THE UNIQUE LETTERS, THE ONES THAT YOU USED TO SEE DOWNTOWN. THEY WERE MADE OUT OF WOOD THAT ENDED UP FLOATING IN TOWN LAKE AND. VANDALIZED WELL, WE'VE MADE THEM SOLIDLY OUT OF METAL. DON'T HAVE YOUR OF COURSE, BUT OUR GUYS DID AN AMAZING JOB OF WELDING THESE THINGS UP, PAINTING THEM, SO YOU'LL SEE SOME PICTURES THAT COMING SOON, BUT YOU'RE ALSO SEE IT OUT. JUST LIKE THE OLD ONES IN THE PARKS AND PLACES OR PEOPLE THAT HEATHER PICTURE TAKEN WITH IT. WE DIDN'T MAKE THE EYE, OF COURSE SO IT'S UP TO US. ANY QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY. WHAT DID YOU CALL THEM? LETTERS DO WHAT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU SAID. IT REALLY QUICKLY. SAID SOMETHING WAS MADE OUT OF WHICH THE EYE, OKAY. GOT IT, OKAY. AND WHEN RIGHT? I KNOW IT'S HARD TO PIN DOWN, BUT. WHEN WOULD YOU CONFIDENTLY SAY THE SENIOR CENTER WILL BE OPEN AND THE HOLD SETTLERS WILL BE OPEN 2020 MONTHS. YEAH, UH WAY WERE JUST LOOKS LIKE WE GOT A POLITICIAN, SCOTT. SO UH, WE WERE DISCUSSING IT AT LENGTH YESTERDAY AT THE CENTER CENTER. I WAS AT A STAFF MEETING WITH THEM. YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING MAY, THE FIRST PART OF MIDDLE PART WORK. ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS JUST THE FINAL TOUCHES LIKE I SAID, BUT THAT STORM ACTUALLY KNOCKED OUT THE HEATER FOR THE POOL. THOSE HEATERS FOR PULLS LIKE THAT ERNEST NOT KEPT ON A SHELF ANYWHERE, SO IT'S HAVING TO BE MADE FROM THE MANUFACTURER SHIPPED HERE. WE ONLY HAVE A TIMELINE ON THAT YET. DO YOU THINK THAT WILL BE DONE BY THAT TIME, BUT WE WANT TO KIND OF OPEN UP THE FACILITY AS A WHOLE AND EVERYTHING THEY'RE SENIORS WILL NOT BE HAPPY WITH A 52 DEGREE POOL. SO WE'LL NEED TO GET THAT HEATER IN. BUT WE WILL KNOW MORE PROBABLY ABOUT THREE WEEKS TO BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY REALLY PINNED TO PINPOINT A DATE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO. WE WHAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IS ADVERTISE A DATE AND MISS IT. I DON'T WANT TO KEEP DOING THAT. KEEP DOING THAT IF THINGS COME UP, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO, YOU KNOW, BRIGHT LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL BEFORE HE REALLY SAY ANYTHING. THANK YOU.

[President’s Report]

I'M 21-0 PRESIDENTS REPORT. THANK YOU, MADAME. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PLEASE BE SURE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE REPORTS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. THERE'S RECAP OF WHERE WE ARE. WITH RESPECT TONTO EXPENDITURES AGAINST THE GRANT ALLOCATIONS. SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. THE REPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA METRIX FOR THE MONTH IS ATTACHED AND THEN ALSO, UM. WHEN DID THIS GREAT JOB OF TRACKING OUR SUPPORT FOR THE PROMOTIONAL GRANT RECIPIENTS, SO THAT REPORT IS ATTACHED AS WELL. SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EVENTS COMING UP. THAT ARE ORGANIZED BY GROUPS THAT WE'VE SUPPORTED THROUGH OUR PROMOTIONAL GRANT PROGRAM THIS WEEKEND AT JUSTIN SQUARE. THERE'S A MURDER MYSTERY SCHEDULED MURDER MYSTERY DINNER. UM AND ALSO OVATION ACADEMY IS PRESENTING DESCENDANTS, WHICH IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY MUSICAL. APRIL. 3RD MCKINNEY PHILHARMONIC IS PERFORMING TANGO MUSIC. AMY MENTIONED ARTS AND BLOOM APRIL 9TH TO THE 11TH. APRIL 15TH OF 17TH SALVATION HAS ANOTHER PERFORMANCE SCHEDULED CALLED SIDESHOW. APRIL 22ND MCKINNEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL COMMUNITY AWARDS EVENT IS SCHEDULED ON THEN EMPTY BOWLS IS COMING UP. APRIL 29TH. IT'LL BE HELD FROM 6 TO 8. THE EMPTY BULLS TEAM DID PROVIDE TICKETS FOR BOARD MEMBERS. IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA USE YOURS, PLEASE LET LINDA KNOW AND THEN IF WE HAVE EXTRAS WEEKEND CHARLIE. UM. OUR PROJECT GRANT DEADLINE FOR THE SECOND CYCLE IS COMING UP ON

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MARCH 31ST. SO NEXT MONTH WILL BE. THOSE APPLICATIONS THAT WE SEEM TO BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD. AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I'LL MENTION IS THE TAPS TEAM IS WORKING. THEIR ARCHITECTS. THEY'RE WORKING TO FINALIZE THEIR DESIGN DOCUMENTS RESPONDING. TO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS THAT THE PLANNING TEAM AND FIRE MARSHAL AND SO ON HAVE RAISED FROM THE INITIAL PLANS ADDRESSING THOSE, AND WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT PROJECT NEXT MONTH. I'M THE TOP SCREWED. I NEED TO ADD THAT OUR GROUP. AS AN EVENT COMING AT ADOPTED PARK WORKDAY IS GOING TO BE APRIL 10TH. SO IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF IT AFTER EASTER CLEANUP FOR OUR GROUP, SO 8 10 30 IS WHEN THAT SCHEDULED. I ENCOURAGE ALL BOARDS TO ADOPT A PARK. AND ALL OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO ADOPT A PARK. IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM THAT PARKS AND REC HAS PUT TOGETHER AND WE'RE EXCITED TO DO THIS A SECOND TIME. WILL BE ANYWAY. BONNIE WINK. THAT'S OUR PARK MONEY WEEK. APRIL TAMP 8 TO 10 30. WITH FUNNY WINK EVER LOOKS LIKE IT'S MESSY. YOU KNOW WHO TO BLAME? I HAVE TO GO TODAY. HAPPENING, ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS? MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS ITEM 21 DAY SHE WENT TO 53 UPDATE ON PROJECT 20-11 SUBMITTED BY

[Update on Project 20-11, Submitted by Sanchez Charities, LLC to Locate a Monument at the Mexican Cemetery Located in Pecan Grove Cemetery at 1701 McDonald Street, McKinney, Texas]

SANCHEZ CHARITIES LOC TO LOCATE A MONUMENT AT THE MEXICAN CEMETERY. LOCATED HIM. CONGREVE CEMETERY AT 17, 01. MCDONALD STREET. MCKINNEY, TEXAS. JASON. GIVE ME A LITTLE SECOND OR TWO ONLY GOT ONE GOOD ARM RIGHT NOW. WELL FIRST OF ALL, GOOD MORNING, SO HONORED TO BE HERE.

GET HIM. I THINK EVERYBODY FOR THE LAST TIME WHEN EVERYBODY IN THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE THAT APPEARED AT THE CEMETERY AND DID A TOUR OF IT, IT WAS JUST MEANT A LOT TO ME AND EVERYBODY ELSE. SO TODAY. I'M HERE TODAY ABOUT THE MEXICAN CEMETERY PERTAINING TO PERS PACIFIC PROJECT CALLED THE PICASSO PROJECTS. WHICH IS TO PLACE A MONUMENT AT PECAN GROVE AT A SECTION OF PECAN GROVE, WHICH IS WHICH WE CALL MEXICAN CEMETERY AND IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE MEXICAN SECTION OR HISPANIC SECTION. CONNECTED TO POTTER'S FIELD. IT'S VERY COMPLICATED ENOUGH EXPLAINS HOW THAT ALL CAME ABOUT. UH, THE MONUMENT WAS TO BE PLACED AT THE CEMETERY IN HONOR OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE BURIED THERE WHO HELPED IN THE CREATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF MCKINNEY AND COLLIN COUNTY, MAJORITY OF WHICH AT THE CEMETERY OF THE 178 PEOPLE BURIED THERE. 175 OF THEM ARE MEXICANS AND MAJORITY OF THEM WERE HAD LIVED ON THE EAST SIDE OF MCKINNEY. WE ASKED FOR A MONUMENT THAT WOULD. HONORED THE TRADITION OF MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT WERE FARMERS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, RANCHERS, AND WE WANTED SOMETHING IN THAT TYPE OF SAID AND WHETHER IT WAS A WOMAN WERE MAN WITH TWO WITH CHILDREN. BECAUSE A LOT OF THE CHILDREN AT THAT TIME WHETHER THEY WERE 8 1911 YEARS OLD ALSO WORKED IN THE FIELDS, PICKING COTTON, ONIONS AND THINGS OF THAT EXTENT. HE ASKED FOR $50,000. AND. THE BOARD GRANTED THAT $50.50,000 DOLLARS FOR THIS MONUMENT. WITH STIPULATIONS. ONE OF THEM STIPULATIONS WAS THAT PECAN GROVE BOARD WOULD GIVE WRITTEN CONSENT FOR THIS MONUMENT. OVER A MONTH AGO, WE RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM PECAN GROVE. AND OUR OUR REQUEST TO PLACE A MONUMENT AT THE MEXICAN CEMETERY WAS DENIED.

IMPERTINENT PART. THIS WAS STATED. WE ARE UNABLE TO CONFIRM THAT A PROPERLY INSTALLED STATUE WOULD NOT DISRUPT A BURIAL SITE AND THEREFORE WE ARE UNABLE TO APPROVE A STATUE TO BE ERECTED. AN ALTERNATIVE RECOGNITION COULD BE A PLAQUE TO BE PLACED IN A DESIGNATED LOCATION IN THE AREA. WHICH WOULD BE APPROVED BY PECAN GROVE BOARD CEMETERY.

AND THEY ALSO MENTIONED. THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW, WITH OUR CLEANUP AND WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE PEOPLE TO GO OUT THERE AND DO METAL DETECTING PROGRAM AND WE LOCATED NEARLY 18 GRAVES THAT WERE MISSING SOMETHING. SOME OF THEM A FOOT OR TWO BELOW THE SURFACE LEVEL. AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE LOCATED 178. WE HAVE LOCATED. WE KNOW FOR A FACT 178 PEOPLE ARE BURIED THERE. OF THOSE 178 PEOPLE. WE'VE LOCATED 110 OF THOSE GRAVES AND MARKERS. OUTSIDE THAT 178 PEOPLE THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE NEARLY. 120 MORE PEOPLE BURIED THERE, WHICH WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE RED BECAUSE OF THAT LOCATION, THEY DID NOT MARK WHERE PEOPLE WERE WERE BURIED AT. SO YOU KNOW. INDEED PECAN GROWS CONCERNED ABOUT PLACING A MARKER AT THAT

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CEMETERY AND COVER IN A GRAVE. IS A IS A GREAT CONCERN, RIGHT? AREA THAT I SUGGESTED THAT WE PUT IT AT WE DID BLOCK OFF AN EIGHT BY 10 LOCATION WE DID METAL DETECTING AND WE ALSO PROBE IT. TWO FT. DOWN WE FELT KIND OF SECURITY WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CEMETERY, WHICH WE FELT THAT WE SHOULD BE AT. WE FELT SECURE THAT THAT WOULD BE THE RIGHT PLACE TO PUT IT AND THAT WE HAD DID DUE DILIGENCE TO ASSURE THAT NOBODY WAS BURIED THERE. COULD SOMEBODY BE STILL BURIED THERE? YES, IN THAT LOCATION, SO MAYBE WE. I THINK THEY'RE JUST WITH ALL THE PASSION AND ALL THE EXCITEMENT AND WANTED TO GIVE THESE PEOPLE. YOU KNOW THEY'RE DUE RESPECT AND HONOR. I THINK MAYBE WE KIND OF MAYBE MOVED TOO QUICK WITH THIS. I MEAN, I DID I TAKE THE TAKE THE BRUNT OF THAT BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M EXTREMELY PASSIONATE ABOUT. HAVE REACHED OUT TO KAMENGE. CAMERON CHANDLER, WHO IS THE BOARD PRESIDENT, AND I DID IT. I DID ADVISE HIM THAT. AT THE MOMENT, THIS FOREST PLACING THEY MARK US A SMALL MARKER THERE. UH, THAT WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO IS BASED ON MORE RESEARCH INVESTIGATION IS COME BACK TO HIM AT A LATER DATE. AND FIND A LOCATION THAT IS SUITABLE TO PUT THIS MARKER. AND. WHAT I MEAN SUITABLE IS THAT I HAVE EVER REACHED OUT A SPOKEN WITH CHRISTOPHER. GOOD GOOD MASTER OF INTEGRA GATED ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS. TO DO G P R SCANNING OF THE ENTIRE CEMETERY SO WE CAN ACTUALLY DETERMINE WHERE PEOPLE ARE BURIED AT AND NOT BURIED IT. AND THEN, IN ADDITION, IT ONCE WE FIND OUT WHERE PEOPLE ARE BURIED THAT PUT MARKERS, SMALL MARKETS FOR THEM AS WELL WHERE THERE'S A STATUE OR A CROSS. SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST FOR THE PAST YEAR. ONCE THAT'S ESTABLISHED, IF WE DO FIND THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES IF WE DO FIND AN AREA WHERE WE CAN'T PUT THIS MARKER IT AND AGAIN IT'S AH. IT WOULD BE WHAT IT WOULD BE A WOMAN OR A MAN WITH TWO CHILDREN AND EIGHT BY 10. BASE THE BASE BUT ALSO HAVE PILLARS AND BE CONNECTED BY A CONCRETE SMALL WATCH WHERE PEOPLE COULD SIT DOWN BECAUSE THERE'S NO RIGHT NOW. THERE'S NOT AN AREA THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE CAN REST IT. UH, IF THERE'S NOT AN AREA IN THAT, WITH EIGHT BY 10. THE SECOND PLAN IS TO DO SOMETHING SMALLER, MAYBE WOULD BE ONCE A ONE STATUE WITH A CHILD OR JUST ONE STATUE ALONE. PROBABLY SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT IS THAT? TOWN LAKE RIGHT NOW, WITH THE MAN IN THE IRON SMITH AND HIS KIDS SOMETHING I THINK THAT'S TWO BY TWO OR THREE BY THREE. IF WE CAN'T FIND A LOCATION LIKE THAT, OR PECAN GROVE STILL DOES NOT ALLOW. FOR US TO PUT A STATUE THERE IN FEAR THAT IT MIGHT BE COVERING A GRAVE AND AGAIN. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS GREAT CONCERN TO ME AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED AS WELL. MR SANCHEZ AND SANCHEZ CHARITIES. THE THIRD PLAN WOULD BE WHEN YOU COME DOWN HARRY MCCALEB BOULEVARD AND YOU ENTER THE MEXICAN CEMETERY. THERE'S A BIG, HUGE PIECE OF LAND RIGHT THERE THAT COULD BE SEEN FROM HIGHWAY FIVE AND WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN HARRY MCCALEB BOULEVARD. THAT WOULD BE WE WOULD FIND IT SUFFICIENT TO PUT A STATUE INSIDE THE CEMETERY. BUT AGAIN IF WE CAN'T WE THINK THAT SOMETHING SHOULD BE PLAYED PLACED ON THE OUTSIDE. IF SOMETHING IS PLACED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE GATE. WE THINK THERE'S SOMETHING MORE GRAND SHOULD BE PRESENTED BEING THAT IS GOING TO BE SO VIEWABLE FROM HIGHWAY FIVE AND MACKILLOP HAIR MCCALEB BOULEVARD ME AND, UH, I MEAN, UH, BEING BETH. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO FRIEDMAN'S MEMORIAL CEMETERY. IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS NEAR DOWNTOWN DALLAS. AND. ALSO IT ALSO VIEW OTHER CEMETERIES SO WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT WOULD BE WHAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT AND APPROPRIATE. AND. SOMETHING THAT WOULD DEDICATE AN HONOR THAT THE INDIVIDUALS BURIED IN THAT CEMETERY AND ALSO ALSO AT ROSS CEMETERY. AND THEN COME BACK AT A LATER DATE. TO M C. D. C. AND ASK FOR A DISH. ASK FOR ANOTHER GRANT.

WE'LL ASK FOR A GRANT BECAUSE WE WOULD ASK THAT THIS GRANT BE RESCINDED AT THE MOMENT. AGAIN.

I THINK THAT I. NOT MR SANCHEZ. BUT ME. I JUMPED THE GUN WERE JUST MOVING TOO FAST WITH THIS PROJECT AGAINST, I THINK JUST WITH ALL THE EXCITEMENT AND WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS, SO AT THE MOMENT RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD ASK THAT THIS GRAND BE RESENTED.

YOU COME BACK AT A LATER DATE. AND PROBABLY WHAT THEY PROJECT THAT WILL BE MORE GRANTED. THEN WHAT IS PRESENTED RIGHT NOW AND WHICH WILL COST MORE THAN THE $50,000 EVERY IMAGE ORIGINALLY REQUESTED, AND WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY OUTSIDE.

THE GATES THAT YOU WOULD PLACE THIS MORE GRAND. FROM WHAT WE RESEARCH. WE THINK PECAN GROVE OWNS IT. HAVE NOT ASKED CAMERA CHANDLER OR ANYBODY FROM THE BOARD. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. IT'S LIKE THEY'RE EASEMENT TO THE ROADWAY, THEN YES, YES. I JUST

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SAW. I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE WITHOUT THE HARD WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE AND THANK YOU WHEN YOU ALLOWED US TO COME OUT AND DO THE TOUR. UM I GUESS KIND OF GOING BACK TO MATTER, CHIEF MADAM CHEERS QUESTION. WELL, YOU ARE YOU STILL TRYING TO POTENTIALLY GET CLEARANCE FROM PECAN GROVE? THAT EVEN IF YOU DIRECT SOMETHING OUTSIDE. YES. ONCE WE ESTABLISH PECAN GROVE OWNS THE MATERIAL. I MEAN THE LAND OUTSIDE FROM THE GATE TO MARY MACKILLOP. WAY WILL FIRST ASK THEM FOR PERMISSION BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MISTER MISTER PROPERTY.

BUT EVEN WITH THAT. WE STILL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CEMETERY AND THEN AS WELL, SOMETHING ON THE INSIDE OF THE INSIDE OF THE CEMETERY IS WELL, WHETHER THAT IS A SMALL PLAQUE OR A SMALL STATUE OR SOMETHING. SO THE GOAL IS, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS NOT A SETBACK. BELIEVE THAT AGAIN IS GOING TO GIVE US TIME TO SIT BACK AND THINK, WHAT CAN WE DO AGAIN TO HONOR AND RESPECT ALL THE GRAVES OVER THERE, BUT DO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE THAT BEAUTIFIES THE CEMETERY? ALL RIGHT. INSIDE AND OUTSIDE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF LAND ON HARRY MACKILLOP BOULEVARD, AND IT WOULD BE. I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE SOMETHING OUT THERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN DRIVE AND DRAW THEIR ATTENTION TO THE CEMETERY. WELL AND AS SOMEBODY WHO TOOK THE TOUR WITH A NUMBER OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD ALSO JUST ECHO ANGELES COMMENTS THAT YOU REALLY ARE TO BE COMMENDED, TOO, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF MCKINNEY. ALL THE DIFFERENT. PEOPLE THAT ARE IN WITHIN THE CEMETERY, ALL THE FAMILIES AND LIVES THAT THAT ARE TO BE RECOGNIZED. AND YOU INSPIRED ME TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH POST VISIT AND TO LOOK AROUND. THE COUNTRY AT THE TYPES OF CEMETERIES THAT EXIST THAT DO BRING IN NUMBERS OF TOURS TO LEARN ABOUT THE PAST HISTORY, SO I THINK THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY THERE. SO I CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO DO THE RESEARCH. LOOK AT WHAT'S OUT THERE AND COME BACK WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WAYS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY. JUST GET TO KNOW WHAT WHAT PART OF HISTORY IS THERE AND MAYBE SOME OF THE WAY FINDING AND. THINGS THAT COULD HELP ALL OF US LEARN AND APPRECIATE MORE. JUST THE ROOTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO, UM. GREAT, GREAT WORK, AND YOUR PASSION IS TO BE COMMENDED. AND YOU'RE JUST ONGOING WORK ETHIC TO KEEP IT GOING SO WAY JUST ALL WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEIR HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO COMMENT ON THAT. ARE. WHAT WE SIT DOWN TO DO IS JUST UP ON LEE HONOR AND PRESERVE AND SHOW THE HISTORY OF THE MEXICAN CEMETERY BUT ALSO OF RAW CEMETERY AND PECAN GROVE CEMETERY. I MEAN, MCKINNEY IS HERE TODAY BECAUSE THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS OF EVERYBODY IN THAT LOCATION BLACK BROWN OR WHITE. AND I THINK THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THERE THAT COULD BE. EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, EXCITING AND EDUCATIONAL, FORD'S CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS TO LEARN ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED BUILD THIS. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE SCHOOLS, ALL THE STREETS ARE THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE NAMED. EVERYBODY'S BURIED RIGHT THERE, AND IT JUST KIND OF GETS LOST ON WHEN REPRESENTED THE MCKINNEY HISTORY AND WE SEEK TO DO STICK TO CHANGE THAT. I GUESS AS YOU WORK TO ESTABLISH PERHAPS THE ENTRANCE WAY KIND OF IDEA. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY IT BRINGS UP AN OPPORTUNITY AGAIN TO WORK WITH. THE PECAN GROVE CEMETERY ON SIGNAGE WAY FINDING SIGNAGE, SOME KIND OF INTRODUCTORY. DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ROSS CEMETERY, THE MEXICAN CEMETERY, THE OTHER PARTS, SO IT'S. IT IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE DON'T JUST GET LOST. BUT WE'LL QUIT. KIM FLOM CONTACTED ME. BETH HENSLEY. TO PLACE WAY FINDING SIGNS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE STREETS S O WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH PECAN GROVE BOARD. BECAUSE WE CAN'T NECESSARILY TELL THE CITY TO SAY. PUT RAW CEMETERY, PECAN GROVE AND MEXICAN CEMETERY. MAKE A RIGHT MAKE A LEFT BECAUSE THAT IS NOT OUR PROPERTY. WE ARE SPEAKING OF PECAN GROVE. IT PROBABLY WILL NOT SAY MEXICAN CEMETERY IT'S REFERRED TO IN THE ME MOTHER THAT THEY THAT THEY SENT US. THE MEXICAN SECTION. SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE. SPEAK BACK WITH KIM KIM FLINT AND DETERMINE WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE ACTUAL NAME THAT PECAN GROVE WILL APPROVE OF TO PUT ON THIS WAY. FIND INSIDE ON THE OUTSIDE NOW ON THE INSIDE. UH, I CAN'T COMMENT ON WHAT PECAN BROKE. PECAN GROVE BOARD WILL DO OR WON'T DO. MOMENT, BUT DON'T EVER SAY YOU JUMPED THE GUN. I MEAN, YOU'RE THIS INITIATIVE IS CREATING SOMETHING. YEAH BIGGER AND GREATER AND WELL. WILL END UP IMPACTING WHAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND ABOUT OUR HISTORY,

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SO YEAH, AND WE WANT TO DO IT. DON'T APOLOGIZE HERE, MAN YOU WANT TO DO AND MY FATHER FROM JUMPING. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. I DIDN'T DO IT. RIGHT MR GLUE IF I COULD MARTIN SANCHEZ WITH SANCHEZ CHARITIES, I'D LIKE TO JUST A PINE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. THAT COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH WITH PECAN GROW BOARD MEMBERS HAS BEEN MORE ENCOMPASSING VIEW OF. HOW TO IMPROVE THE SITE FOR VISITORS. CULTURAL LONGEVITY, ETCETERA.

ALL OF THAT, I THINK WILL BE MORE EVIDENT, YOU KNOW, IN A MORE HOLISTIC, COMPREHENSIVE REQUEST THE NEXT TIME WE COME IN. ON IT DOES INCLUDE WAY FINDING IT DOESN'T CREW INCLUDED THE SOME IMPROVEMENT OF SOME LIGHTING FACILITY. I'VE EVEN GONE AS FAR TO SAY. YOU KNOW WHAT IS YOUR SECURITY SYSTEM LIKE LITERALLY HAVE CAMERAS, BUT THEY HAVE TWO CAMERAS. AND THAT'S IT, AND THEY WORK OFF OF AN OLD COMPUTER THAT NOTHING THAT REALLY DOESN'T WORK. SO WE'VE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT HAVING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH, NOT JUST FOR THE MEXICAN CEMETERY, BUT CERTAINLY JASON'S FOCUS HAS BEEN THAT. SO THAT WILL BE THE CATALYST IN THIS BROADER DISCUSSION. AWESOME. JACKIE AND I, UNFORTUNATELY WEREN'T A PART OF THE OFFICIAL TOUR, SO WE TRIED TO DO A SELF GUIDED TOUR. I WAS BORN OFFICIAL STORY. OH YOU WERE, TOO. SHE HAD BEEN ON THE TOUR AND SHE STILL GOT LOST. SO THIS IS EVEN WORSE. UH AND WE WERE DRIVING AROUND LIKE FOOLS FOR AN HOUR, TRYING TO FIND THINGS AND UNDERSTAND WHERE WE WERE, AND SHE HAD HER DAUGHTER ON THE PHONE. WHO KNOWS? THERE'S GOT IT. HE'S GOT 911 DISPATCHER TRIED TO HELP US. YEAH S OH, BOY, IS IT NEEDED BUT IT DOES GIVE YOU A SENSE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THERE OF THE TRUE TIMELINE. OF MCKINNEY AND THE RICH CULTURE AND HERITAGE THAT WE THAT WE ALL SHARE. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET GET TO THE END ON THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE WILL WORK ON GETTING THAT ON AN AGENDA ITEM NEXT MONTH, TOO. RESENTED AND THEN GO FORWARD FROM THERE. LIKE YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application (#21-06), Submitted by Sanchez Charities, LLC, in the Amount of Three Hundred Forty-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Seventeen and No/100 Dollars ($343,917.00), for Construction of Horizontal Infrastructure for The Mustard Seed Center for Nonprofits to be Located on White Street Approximately 500 Feet East of Redbud Drive in McKinney Texas. Amount Requested Represents 18% of Total Project Cost.]

21-8 TO 8 TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER DISCUSS ACT ON A PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION 21-6 MINUTE BY SANCHEZ CHARITIES LLC AND THE AMOUNT OF 300. $43,917 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HORIZONTAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE MISTRESS EAT CENTER FOR NONPROFITS TO BE LOCATED ON WHITE STREET, APPROXIMATELY 500 FT. EAST OF RED, BUT DR MCKINNEY, TEXAS AND NOT REQUESTED REPRESENTS. 18% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING SAID. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? CHAIRWOMAN AGAIN. MARTIN SANCHEZ SANCHEZ CHARITIES. WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT. IN FACT, WE'RE CLOSING ON THE PROPERTY EITHER TOMORROW OR MONDAY. ON WE JUST CONTINUE TO LOOK FORWARD TO POSSIBLE TO BEING ABLE TO GET THIS PROJECT ON THE GROUND BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE CONCEPT OF UNIFYING THE NONPROFIT. WORK AND SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY IS A POSITIVE THING TO CONTINUE TO DO SO. FOR THAT I WOULD STAND ANY QUESTIONS. I'M GONNA I'M GONNA MAKE A COMMENT. THE IDEA OF A COLLABORATIVE SPACE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS FOR NONPROFITS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT. THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING THE SPACE. THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING THE PARTNERS THAT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY INVOLVED AND SIGNED UP. THERE'S A NEW ELEMENT IN UNDERSTANDING. NOT JUST THE SPACE AND THE PROPERTY, BUT THE PROCESS OF COLLABORATION AND THE WAY YOU KNOW VISITORS ARE PERHAPS POINTED TO 11 NONPROFIT OR ANOTHER ANOTHER. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT WE'VE IT'S CAUSED US TO THINK AS WELL AND DO EVEN MORE DUE DILIGENCE WE VISITED SERVED. DENTON IS AN EXAMPLE TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND THAT. AND IT'S A COMPLEX. IT'S A VERY COMPLEX THING. SO WE'D LIKE TO TABLE OF VOTE. PROBABLY FOR ANOTHER MONTH. YOU NEVER KNOW THERE MAY BE ANOTHER TABLE IN AGAIN. UM, UH, I THINK WE WANNA MEET WITH WE HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE KATHERINE ON MYSELF AND DAVID, I THINK THAT IS THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE. YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH YOU AND KIM PUT. OH, AND DEBRA. SORRY. I'M SORRY. UM. UM AND BUT FOR THIS.

FOR THIS REVIEW. WE WANT A TABLE IT I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE. THIS

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DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO A LATER DATE THAT THERE'S A LOT TO GET INTO. CERTAINLY IF I COULD JUST MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM, NOT THE TABLE ON THE TABLE IN THIS FINE, SIR.

UH THIS HAS BEEN AN IDEA THAT HAS BEEN FLOATED AROUND FOR QUITE SOME TIME. IN ALL OF US IN THAT SPACE THAT HELP. THROUGH A NONPROFIT THROUGH VARIOUS NONPROFITS AND FIBER.

ONE C. 30 IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S HELPING THAT HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL OR HUGS OR AT COMMUNITY GARDEN KITCHEN OR AT MANY OTHER WONDERFUL ORGANIZATIONS ROUTE ETCETERA.

KEY A LITTLE FREE PANTRY ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS. IT SEEMS LIKE IT ALMOST AT EVERY MEETING. PEOPLE SAY GOSH OF ONLY WE COULD COLLABORATE BETTER. AND. NO, MY NORMAL JOB IN LAND DEVELOPMENT.

I LOOK AT EVERYTHING THROUGH THE PRISM OF RESULTS. LET'S JUST GET TO THE END. RIGHT, LET'S AND SO THROUGH THAT PRISM, I REALIZED. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED CONCEPTUALIZING.

THIS IS THAT. NOBODY WAS, ALTHOUGH EVERYBODY WANTED TO DO THIS AND EVERYBODY THOUGHT WAS A GREAT IDEA. IT WAS GONNA BE THE CHALLENGE OF WHO WAS GOING TO SPEND THE FIRST DOLLAR. THAT IS THE BIGGEST HURDLE. SO I FINALLY JUST SAID TO THE POINT WHERE, BECAUSE I WAS EXPLAINING TO MISSION ABLE. I'M TO THE POINT WHERE I'M GETTING A LITTLE OLDER. I DON'T FIGHT WITH THE CITY IS MUCH. MR GRIMES IS HAPPY ABOUT THAT. BUT THAT I SPEND MY TIME DOING OTHER THINGS. LIKE MORE PHILANTHROPY. AND SO I COMMITTED TO BEING THE ONE TO SPEND THE FIRST DOLLAR. BECAUSE THAT AT LEAST GETS THE MO MENTUM GOING THAT AT LEAST STOPS IT BEING A CONVERSATION WE HAVE HAPHAZARDLY AT THIS MEETING OR THAT MEETING. IT PUTS SOME ARMS AND LEGS TO IT. THAT SAYS, ALL RIGHT, LET'S REALLY DO THIS RIGHT. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS NOT THE ULTIMATE UM. SITE FOR A SERVE DENTON, RIGHT? THIS IS THAT FIRST STEPPING STONE, SO I GOT TO SPEND THE FIRST DOLLAR TO GET TO THE FIRST STEP IS DOWN TO EVENTUALLY. HOPEFULLY GET THAT QUOTE UNQUOTE SERVED DENTON MODEL, BUT I'M WILLING TO DO THAT ON HENCE WHY WE'RE JUST GOING TO CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY. THAT'S WHY I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE TAKING IT SO COMPASSIONATELY AND WE WOULD LOVE TO MEET WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU KNOW MORE HEADS MORE THOUGHTS. BETTER PROJECT. SO FOR THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. BOND THIS IS SOMETHING WE BROUGHT UP TRYING TO THINK ABOUT A PROACTIVELY FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO. YES SIR. IT'S HARD FOR US AS A PURELY PROACTIVE KIND OF ORGANIZATION TO ACTUALLY GET ANYTHING DONE. WE HAVE TO REACTED IN A WAY SEEING WHAT PROJECTS ARE BROUGHT BEFORE US. YES, SIR, ANYWAY, SO WE'RE TRYING TO TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THE BEST THE BEST JOB POSSIBLE, AND WE JUST NEED MORE DUE DILIGENCE, MORE INFIRM.

ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY. WE DO REALIZE THAT SERVED IT AND DIDN'T START OUT WHERE IT IS NO MAN. THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US AND OUR VISIT. SO WE DO REALIZE THAT NO. MOTION BY RICK TO TABLE THIS ITEM. ONE MONTH FOR WOMEN. CONTEMPT SECOND BY MARY MM HMM. SHOULD PASSES. THANK YOU. THERE HE IS GOING TO SAY GOODBYE. SHE HAS A. SHE HAS THE PLACE SHE NEEDS TO BE. SO THANK YOU, MARY FOR YOU TODAY. ADAM 21-186 CONDUCTED PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER DISCUSSED ACT ON A

[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Retail Development Infrastructure Grant Application Submitted by Haddington Fund, LP (RI21-01) in an Amount of Up to Twenty-Five Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($25,000.00) for Reimbursement of Expenses Related to Dirt and Concrete, Retaining Walls, ADA Compliant Ramp, Artificial Turf, Landscaping, Irrigation and Electrical Work for Ashlee’s Garden Special Events Space, Located at The Mill at East McKinney, 601 E. Louisiana Street, McKinney, Texas.]

RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT APPLICATION, SUBMITTING BY HANDING TUNE FUN LP ARE 1 TO 1. MAYBE THAT'S OUR 21 DAYS SHOW ONE AND AN AMOUNT UP TO $25,000 FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES RELATED TO DIRT AND CONCRETE RETAINING WALLS. 88 COMPLIANT RANT, ARTIFICIAL TURF, LANDSCAPING, IRRIGATION, ELECTRICAL WORK. ASHLEY'S GARDEN SPECIAL EVENT SPACE LOCATED AT THE MILL AT EAST MCKINNEY, SIX. SO ONE EASTERN LOUISIANA STREET. MCKINNEY, TEXAS. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? MOVED MOTION BY RICK 2ND. 2ND BY ANGIE MM.

OKAY. MENTION ASKED US TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR DISCUSSION.

WE HAVING DISCUSSION DO WE NEED. THESE GARDEN HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CAPTAINS GOT A REPORT THAT A

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RAPID OAK AND WAY HAD A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON MARCH 17TH, WHERE RICK. JOHN AND MYSELF, CINDY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO WEAVE. LOOKED AT ALL OF THE PARAMETERS AND THE PROJECTS TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY AND. PROJECT FALLS WITHIN OUR FUNDING PARAMETERS ON GO. WE'RE JUST REALLY PLEASED TO RECOMMEND THAT. DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST IN THIS AREA. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION ARE SOME COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD WAS THAT WE WERE IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS FUND. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD TO APPROVE. OTHER EMOTIONS TO APPROVE THIS, ADAM I COULD.

MOTION PASSES. CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE EXCITED. HUH? ADAM 21 DESK 0254 CONDUCT A PUBLIC

[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on an Amended Retail Development Infrastructure Grant Application Submitted by James West, Architect (RI21-02) in an Amount of Up to Twenty-Five Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($25,000.00), Increased from Nine Thousand Seventy-Seven and 80/100 Dollars, for Reimbursement of Expenses Related to Storm Drainage Improvements Including Asphalt, Concrete and Gutter Replacement to the Alleyway Behind 208 East Louisiana Street and 208 Johnson Street, Between Louisiana Street and Cloyd Street, McKinney, Texas.]

HEARING AND CONSIDER DISCUSS ACT ON THEM. MENDED RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY JAMES WEST ARCHITECT RI 21-2, IN THE AMOUNT OF UP TO $25,000 INCREASE FROM 9000. $77. FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES RELATED TO STORM DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING ASPHALT CONCRETE AND GOT A REPLACEMENT AT THE ALLEYWAY BEHIND TO EIGHT EAST LOUISIANA STREET AND TOO LATE JOHNSON STREET. TWIN LOUISIANA STREET AND COID STREET. MCKINNEY TEXAS, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A UPDATED PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO COME BACK. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK ALL OF YOU. THE BOARD.

SENDING FOR HELPING US IN THIS VISIT OF THIS SITE, BUT NOW BUILDING OTHERS MOST SIGNIFICANT OF THE THREE STORY HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY REMAINING AND ATTACHED TO KEN SHOPPING BACK. OUR WORK IS BASICALLY PROGRESSING. AZIZ WE SPEAK AND HAVE MADE IMPROVEMENTS AS WE'RE GOING. NEEDLESS TO SAY, WHEN YOU DO THIS, YOU FIND OTHER THINGS YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO. IN THE COURSE OF THAT WE'VE RE SUBMITTED AS YOU HAD SO KINDLY SAID. ARE THERE OTHER THINGS WERE CONSTANTLY DISCOVERING AN HISTORIC BUILDINGS? THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. WE'RE NOT GONNA ASK YOU THAT ANYMORE. THAT'S THE NAME OF THE GAME. SO UH, AS YOU SEE, NEXT TO THE DOUBT BUILDING THERE WAS ANOTHER BUILDING THERE, WHICH WAS ALSO DAMAGED OVER TIME. SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGES OF THIS SORT THAT WE'VE SHOWN WITH TO YOU IN THE PAST ARE RESULT OF. CONTOUR, SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE AND SURFACE STRANGE AND IN THE PAST THAT AL BUILDING OWNED THAT OUT, FAMILY OWNED ALL THE BUILDINGS ON EAST LOUISIANA FROM THE CORNER DOWN TO WHERE THE PANTRY IS TODAY. PART OF THEIR LARGE DEVELOPMENT.

BRINGING SERVICES TO COME IN. EVER SEEN BEFORE, IN THE COURSE OF DISCOVERY HERE, WHETHER TOPO AND DOING CONSTRUCTION, WE FOUND EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ON THE INSIDE ON THE WEST WALL WHERE WATER HAS INFILTRATED FROM THIS ALLEY OFF PLOYS STREET. AND WE'VE PROPOSED ORIGINALLY PAVING THE ENTIRE AREA, AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. THE DRAINAGE FLUME FROM THE NORTH END OF THE ALLEY, WHICH IS TO YOUR RIGHT. TO THE SOUTH, WHICH IS CLAUDE STREET, AND THAT DRAINAGE BASICALLY WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE. FOR IT AND LONGEVITY OF THE BUILDING BUILDING BUILT IN 18 88 HAS HAD SURFACE DRAINAGE ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH HAS BEEN MILITARY ASLEEP AFFECTED THE BUILDING OVER YEARS. THESE GUTTERS HAVE BEEN IMPROVED AS YOU SEE. NEED IMPROVEMENT. ORIGINALLY THAT WATER WITHIN COME ON INTO THE BUILDING, AND WE'VE BASICALLY VERIFIED THE FACT THAT THE BUILDING FINISHED FOR HIS SUB GRADE. TO THE OUTSIDE FINISH, AND WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE THAT THIS GUTTER SYSTEM, WHICH WAS PUT IN ORIGINALLY IN 18 88 HAS NEIGHBOR. SHOWING US THAT IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND WE HAVE SHOW YOU PICTURES LATER HOW THIS WILL BE DONE. DAMAGE. OFFENSIVE. AND WE BASICALLY ANTICIPATE THAT THIS RANGE WHITE WE'RE CATCHING NEW DRAINAGE IN THE SURFACE WILL BE REPLACED WITH CONCRETE SURFACE LARGE ENOUGH, IN FACT, TO SERVE. 88 ACCESS TO THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH GIVES US FOR THE FIRST TIME. GREAT ENTRY TO THE REAR OF THE DOW BUILDING.

FIRST FLOOR WHERE. THE GIFT SHOPS ARE LOCATED, SO WE'LL BE SERVING BOTH. RETAIL ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE DAL BUILDING IN FRONT OF 28, EAST, LOUISIANA, AND TIN SHOP IT TO IT. HE'S A SOUTH JOHNSON STREET. THE DAMAGE BASICALLY. THING IS YOU SEE HERE THIS WALL HERE?

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MM. ALL THE GUTTER SYSTEMS FROM THE JASON PROPERTIES BASICALLY DRAIN AGAINST THIS BUILDING. IN THE PAST THE. FOR EMPIRE COMPANY BUILDING, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY RICH FARMER JEWELRY.

HAD THE REAR WALL FALL BECAUSE OF THIS KIND OF EROSION OVER TIME, SO WE'RE VERY MUCH CONCERNED THAT WE ARREST US. DAMAGE FROM FURTHER DESTRUCTION. AS WE STARTED LAST PRESENTATION WE FOUND AT THE NORTH END OF THIS WALL WAS DAMAGED. AND SUBSEQUENTLY AND DOING OUR LASER CHECKS. WE FOUND THE WHOLE FLOOR AGAINST THAT WEST WALL IS DAMAGED AND NOW IS PART OF ANOTHER CONTRACT. WE'RE BASICALLY PREPARING ALL OF THAT CONSTRUCTION. WE'VE LIFTED THAT FLOOR AND RE CONDUCTED DAMAGE JOYCE TO THE WALL. WAS ORIGINAL PROPOSAL.

THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY. YOU SEE THE CANCER CAUSED BY THE. DRAINAGE OVERTIME IS BASICALLY CAUSING THE BRICK TOO. HEAR RATE THE BASE THE WALL THIS WHAT HAPPENED? IT'S THE EMPORIUM BUILDING WHERE THE BIKE BASEBALL WAS COMPROMISED AND ESSENTIAL PART OF THE OVERALL DRAIN. HIS GAME IS TO SEE SUBSURFACE AND SURFACE DRAINAGE PREPARED. I UNDERSTAND THAT WILL NOT BE REVIEWED AT THIS TIME, BUT IT IS PART OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM THAT'S ESSENTIAL TO STORM STORM. PROTECTION OF THIS BUILDING. WE'VE ADDED NEW DOWNSPOUT SYSTEM. AS YOU SEE THE LAST RAIN. WE'RE HAVING THE WATER BUBBLING HERE THAT WOULD BE CARRIED AWAY. NEW DOOR TO THE. FIRST FLOOR OBEY BETWEEN THAT DOWNSPOUT AND THE NEW ELECTRICAL PANELS, WHICH WE'VE INSTALLED. OVERALL THE GUTTERS ON BEYOND HAVE BEEN IMPROVED AS WELL. SO WE THINK WE'RE TAKING THE WATER SUCCESSFULLY AWAY FROM THE BUILDINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME. IN A NUMBER OF YEARS. OVERALL, WE APPRECIATE YOUR. CONSIDERATION OUR PROPOSAL WAS RISEN FOR 33,000 AND CHANGE, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S ISSUES WITH THIS OVERALL APPROACH TO THE DRAINAGE, PREPARE AND STORM DRAINAGE. I THINK THAT WHEN YOU AS AN ARCHITECT C THE OVERALL EFFECT OF TERRIBLE. DAMAGE CAUSED BY A STORM WATER. YOU CAN SEE WHY WE PRESENTED AS WE DID AS AN OVERALL SYSTEMS APPROACH TO HOW TO SOLVE THIS.

THIS PROBLEM. IT'S BEEN ONGOING FOR YEARS. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. JUST COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY THE AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT NOW? UH I UNDERSTAND. UNDER COUNCIL WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO. MARSHAL PROTECTION OUTSIDE THE WALL AND SUB GRADE THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S REASONABLE FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW. I'M MERELY EXPRESSING WHAT WE SAW IN THE COURSE OF THE. OPENING UP OF THE BUILDING AND DOING THE RESTORATION WORK. APPRECIATE IT, CINDY. INPUT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM OUR COUNCIL IS, YOU KNOW THIS GRAND PROGRAM IS FOR HORIZONTAL INFRASTRUCTURE EXTERIOR TO THE BUILDING, SO THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE. EARLY FOR THE CONCRETE. IT'S BEEN.

DESIGNED AND INSTALLED TIOGA ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT 88. IT WAS INITIALLY LISTED HIS 88 REVIEW IF IT'S ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTION OF A RAMP, THAT WOULD BE AGAIN EXTERIOR INFRASTRUCTURE. UNFORTUNATELY THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILDINGS WHERE THE DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED DOESN'T FIT WITH THE GRAND PROGRAM. THAT'S THE BIGGEST. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT'S BEEN REQUESTED WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY THROUGH THIS PROGRAM FUND. ON THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. THE ITEMS THAT ARE DIRECTLY LISTED NEARER DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE CONCRETE AND THE 88. IF THAT'S IT, THAT IS A RAMP. WOULD ALSO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION. YOU RECALL. THIS IS A MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS 25,000. AND WOULD REQUIRE A LIKE MATCH. SO WITH THE AGENDA ITEM, THE WEIGHTS LISTED. THE REQUEST IS UP TO 25,000 FOR ELIGIBLE EXPENSES, SO THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO UM. PERHAPS FOR THE REFINED THIS LIST AS THEY GO FORWARD. SO HE'S ASKING FOR THE FULL AMOUNT. SOMEONE NOT ELIGIBLE WAY DON'T HAVE A FULL LIST OF ALL THE ITEMS THAT MIGHT BE OLD WILL IN SOME ON THIS LIST AREN'T ELIGIBLE, AND IT'S ALL BASED ON A REIMBURSEMENT. WE WILL DEFINE THOSE AS YOU ASKED FOR REIMBURSEMENT. YES WE CAN PAY FOR THIS AND THEY'RE THEY'RE REVIEWED PROCESS. OKAY. GOT YOU. WE CAN VOTE ON IT THE WAY IT IS. AND THE COMMITTEE HAVE AH, YES, AND YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE ELIGIBLE PORTIONS OF THIS ANDHRA CRITERIA MET. IT WAS OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A PROVING THAT THE

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FUNDING FOR THIS IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO MM. IT BRINGS A POSITIVE IMPACT TO THE RETAIL IN HISTORIC CULTURAL DISTRICT ON BO'S IMPROVEMENTS ARE SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE HAPPY AND GLAD TO, UM PROOF. DOES WE SAID LAST WEEK LAST MONTH. THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF PROJECT THAT WE HAD IN MIND WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THIS WHOLE GRANT PROCESS. SO I WOULD MAKE MAKE MOTION MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD. WE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT. GOOD. SECOND JACKIE SECONDS. NO. I'M SORRY. LET ME TAKE THAT BACK GUN. OH FIRST WE NEED TO MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC. OKAY I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I SECOND THAT. OKAY? THANK YOU. RIGHT? JUST MAKE A COMMENT. I'M JUST HAPPY THAT THIS PROJECT IS THIS IS ONE OF THE. GREAT PROGRAMS THAT WE WAVE ALWAYS STRUGGLE TO TRY TO FIND PROJECTS THAT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF IT, SO I'M EXCITED THAT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE THE PROGRAM FOR WHAT IT WAS INTENDED TO. WHAT DO WE NEED EMOTION FOR THEM? HOLD ON. OKAY I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT. MY SECOND. THIS. THANK YOU. HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING ANY NON AGENDA ITEMS. ORDER COMMISSIONER WHO LEFT THE ROOM COMMENTS FOR COMMENTS. OKAY SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA