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TODAY IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21ST YEAR 2021 WERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 2 22 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET IN THE GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY IS SIX O'CLOCK ON THE DOT. AND WE WILL BEGIN TONIGHT WITH AN INVOCATION AND THEN FOLLOWED BY A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE INDICATION WILL BE GIVEN BY TRENTON WIT, FIRST MCKINNEY BAPTIST CHURCH. THE DESPERATE. FATHER GOD, WE HUMBLY COME BEFORE YOU IN THIS MEETING. LORD WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH HER. MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE LEADING OUR CITY LORD THAT YOU WOULD HELP THEM TO LEAD US WISELY AS WE GROW, LORD. WE PRAY FOR THIS CITY AND THAT IT WOULD BE A CITY THAT IS UNITED WITH ONE GOAL AND ONE PURPOSE LORD THAT WE CAN GROW TOGETHER WHETHER. THE DEMOGRAPHICS WERE THE. RANGE OF FINANCIAL LORD, WE JUST WE WOULD COME TOGETHER AS ONE. LORD I PRAY FOR THIS NATION ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH OUR LEADERS BE WITH OUR NATION AND THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE US TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS AS WE GO THROUGH.
THIS TRYING TIME. AS IT IS NEW TO US AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THESE FEW YEARS OF THE VIRUS AND JUST GUIDE US AS WE NEED TO AND DECISIONS THEIR LORD. WE LIFT UP. YOUR CHURCH LORD AROUND THE GLOBE AND IN THIS CITY. ASK THAT YOU WOULD UNITE US FOR YOU THAT WE WOULD BE EXAMPLES FOR YOU.
THAT YOUR LIGHT AND YOUR LOVE AND YOUR MESSAGE WOULD BE SHARED IN A WAY THAT IS GLORIFYING TO YOU, LORD. WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE POURED OUT ON US THE WAYS THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED FOR US THAT YOU SUSTAIN US LORD THROUGH HARD TIMES THROUGH GOOD. LORD I JUST WANT TO GLORIFY YOU FOR COMING AND. WE LOOK IN THIS SEASON THIS TIME PERIOD AT YOUR BIRTH WHEN YOU WERE HERE. AND WE THANK YOU FOR COMING. DO YOU LIVE THE PERFECT LIFE FOR US, LORD THAT YOU TOOK OUR SIN. SACRIFICE YOURSELF ON THE CROSS AND ROSE AGAIN. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. LAUREN WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU WOULD HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT IN THIS SEASON.
AND POINT US TOWARDS YOU, LORD, I JUST AGAIN LIFT UP THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE LEADING THE CITY.
THOSE ARE SERVING THIS CITY LORD , OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ASSETS. YOU WOULD HAVE YOUR HANDS, ESPECIALLY UPON THEM. AND GIVE THEM WISDOM AND STRENGTH TO GUIDE US JUNIOR MM. FLAG STATES IN AMERICA. REPUBLICAN WHICH WOULD YOU SAY IS ONE NATION UNDER GOD? EVER SEEN. THIS PROBLEM. FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS I DO NOT SHOW
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ANYONE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA. HIS OWN CONSISTENT ON CONTROVERSIAL HOUSEKEEPING. I'M REQUIRED BY LAW ITEMS MAY BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY BY ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAKING SUCH A QUESTION PART OF EMOTION VOTING CONSENT ITEMS. IS THERE ANYTHING? COUNCIL MEMBER LIKE TO PULL DOWNWARDS THEIR EMOTIONS. AND MAKE THE MOTION. WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND IS CAST. ROBERTS. HELLO. I SHOULD PASSES. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS PORTION CONSISTS ADAMS REQUIRING INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION BY THE COUNCIL THE FIRST AND ONLY ITEM 211156 CONDUCTED PUBLIC HEARING[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss on an Update of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER), Program Year 2020-2021]
TO CONSIDER. DISCUSS ON AN UPDATE OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT PROGRAM HERE. 2020 21. SURELY TO BEST IT'S GONNA BE A SHORT PRESENTATION. SEE. TEXT. I CAN TAKE US THROUGH. DO IT. SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE HIM PULL IT UP YET? WE CAN LET'S PULL UP THE PATIENT PRESENTATION. MR MAYOR. I'LL JUST PREFACE THIS. THIS IS REQUIRED EVERY YEAR AS PART OF OUR CDBG FUNDS. WE HAVE TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CONSOLIDATED IN PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PRESENTATION IS. IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN FLIP THROUGH THEM OR TOGGLE THROUGH THEM. AND IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT COME UP. SURELY IT IS NOT HERE YET. I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S RUNNING LATE OR WHAT? BUT. SHE MIGHT HAVE ANTICIPATED THAT WE'D HAVE A FEW MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS. SHE HAD MORE TIME TO WORK WITH. YOU WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH? WELL I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH AND I WILL DO[00:05:12]
EXACTLY WHAT ALL OF YOU ARE GOING TO DO, AND I'M GOING TO READ THE BULLET POINTS BUT. I WILL READ THE FIRST SENTENCE HER TO I WON'T BE READ EVERY SINGLE WORD. THE KEEPERS A YEAR END REPORT AS I MENTIONED BEFORE THE DETAILS OF PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES UNDER OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. UM. WE PROVIDE THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AT THE START OF THE PROGRAM YEAR AND THEN KEEPER. UM FOR THE CAPERS SUMMARIZED GRANT PERFORMANCE OF THE CDBG BLOCK, GRANT OTHER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES, AND THEN THE FUNDS AND ACTIVITIES ARE PREDOMINANTLY USED TO MEET THE C B G NATIONAL OBJECTIVES HAVE BENEFITING LOW TO MODERATE INCOME PERSONS AND HOUSEHOLDS. AND SHE'S HERE. SHE SAVED ME SURELY THAT I JUST DID THE FIRST SLIDE. YOU MUST HAVE.REMOVING ALONG FASTER THAN YOU PROBABLY ANTICIPATED. WE WOULD SO ALRIGHT, NO PROBLEM. I'M SURELY TO BEST COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT . WE ARE REPORTING ON WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE CAPER, WHICH IS THE END OF THE YEAR REPORT. FOUR CDBG COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND CDBG CB, WHICH CAME FROM THE CARES ACT. TO SAY. OKAY? SO THESE ARE THE ELEMENTS OF THE CAPER REPORT THAT INCLUDES OUTCOMES AND GOALS. WE CAME TO COUNCIL IN AUGUST. TALKED ABOUT THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, AND THIS IS THE SUMMARY. WE ARE REQUIRED. TO PROVIDE AT LEAST 70% OF OUR FUNDS, WHICH WE DO 100% TOO LOW TO MODERATE INCOME PERSONS. NO MORE THAN 20% OF THE GRANT CAN BE USED FOR GRANT ADMINISTRATION. OR NO MORE THAN 15% FOR EXCUSE ME FOR PUBLIC SERVICES. YOU SAY THE MINIMUM 70. WE DO 100% WE DO AND THE WAY THAT WE COUNT THAT IF THAT AT MINIMUM, WE HAVE TO USE 70% DIRECTLY. TO BENEFIT PERSONS OF LOW TO MODERATE INCOME 20% OF OUR DISTRIBUTION SUPPORTS THE ENTIRE GRANT. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 100% EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. IS TOWARDS THE BENEFIT OF THOSE PERSONS, OKAY? OKAY SO THIS IS THE DISTRIBUTION AS WE HAVE IT RIGHT NOW. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE. 20% AND FORGIVE ME A LITTLE WINDED. 20% OF OUR FUNDS IS USED FOR THE GRANT TO SUPPORT THE ENTIRE PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES AUDITING. IT INCLUDES TRAINING SUPPORT. IT INCLUDES ALL THE RESOURCES THAT IMPACTS THE GRANT TO SUPPORT THE OVERALL ADVANTAGE OF ASSISTING THOSE PERSONS. WITH PUBLIC SERVICES THAT INCLUDES THE DISTRIBUTION OF OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THEY IN TURN PROVIDES SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY OF WHICH INCLUDES VERY THREE SOURCES. THAT WOULD INCLUDE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD BE COMMUNITY LIFELINE FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. IT COULD ALSO INCLUDE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND THE OTHER SEVEN AGENCIES THAT ARE PROVIDED AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. AND THEN 65% OF OUR FUNDS.
ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT IT IS USED FOR OUR HOUSING PROGRAM , WHICH WE PROVIDE EMERGENCY REPAIRS. WE ALSO PROVIDE REHABILITATION, WHICH IS MAJOR REPAIRS, SUCH AS ROOFING OR FOUNDATION. OR WE CAN RECONSTRUCT THE AND PRODUCT IN THE ENTIRE PROPERTY OF THE HOUSEHOLD THAT IS ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE FUNDS. SO THIS IS PROVIDING YOU WITH A SUMMARY. OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES THAT WAS AWARDED AN ALLOCATED DURING THE PROGRAM YEAR AND AS I MENTIONED WE HAD TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WE PROVIDE.
SERVICES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. SPOUSES SHYLA PLACE ASSISTED AT RISK MOTHERS, THE SAMARITAN IN PROVIDED CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SHELTER RESIDENTS. AND CASA PROVIDED ASSISTANCE FOR ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN. AND FINALLYY PROVIDED ASSISTANCE FOR AT RISK STUDENTS THAT CALDWELL ELEMENTARY. IT IS OF NOTE THAT UNDER MCKINNEY ISD, THIS IS THE ONLY SCHOOL THAT HAS A DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM. WITH OUR HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
WE DO HAVE FUNDS THAT CARRY OVER INTO THE NEXT PROGRAM YEAR, SO THIS ALLOCATION IS SHOWING YOU WHAT WAS ALLOCATED FROM HER DURING THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM YEAR. AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF REPAIRS, AND THEN WHAT WE ALSO PROVIDE FOR GRANT ADMINISTRATION, IN ADDITION TO COMPLIANCE, WE DO ALSO PROVIDE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
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THAT COULD BE IN SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS WHERE WE ARE SUPPLEMENTING ANOTHER PERSON'S PROGRAM. FOR EXAMPLE, WE ASSISTED MCKINNEY ISD WITH RESOURCE IS BY BEING THERE AND BEING ABLE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS, BUT WE ALSO PROVIDE OTHER OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. FOR EXAMPLE, FAIR HOUSING. WE PROVIDED, PARTICULARLY IN THE FEAR ASSISTANCE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE. UM. FORECLOSURE INFORMATION. THEY'RE FAIR HOUSING RIGHTS, THEIR TENANTS RIGHTS THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE HOUSING OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY IMPACT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY UNDER THIS PROGRAM. SO HOW MUCH DID WE RECEIVE FROM HUD? NOT ONLY DO WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE RECEIVED FROM HER, BUT WE ALSO TALK ABOUT HOW WE LEVERAGE OTHER RESOURCE IS SO THIS IS THE ALLOCATION THAT YOU SEE HERE. UM WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ADJUSTMENT ABOUT $131. SO THIS IS THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION THAT YOU SEE HERE. WE ALSO HAD DIRECT CARES ACT OF FUNDING, WHICH CAME UNDER THE 2020 PROGRAM YEAR. SO AS WE IF YOU RECALL WE HAD QUITE EXTENSIVE. AMOUNT OF PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WE HAD TO HAVE IN ORDER TO GET THOSE FUNDS IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR . AND SO DURING THIS PROGRAM YEAR, WE STARTED TO REALLY UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU'RE PROBABLY ALSO AWARE OF HOW WE LEVERAGE OTHER RESOURCES, WHICH INCLUDES OUR CONTINUING CARE PROGRAM, WHICH WE ASSIST UNDER RAPID RE HOUSING WHERE WE'RE ASSISTING 12. FAMILIES IN SUPPORT THAT IS REPORTED UNDER ANOTHER GRANT. BUT WE DO LET HUD NO ONE A NARRATIVE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING . AND THEN, OF COURSE, HOW THE CITY CONTINUES TO PROVIDE SUPPORT THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND WITH THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT. THESE ARE SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. WE HAVE HAD DIRECT IMPACT OVER 600 RESIDENTS IN NEED. WE CONTINUE SINCE 2000 AND THREE BEING A FISCALLY FOUND RESPONSIBILITY, RESPONSIBLE ENTITY. OF THOSE FUNDS. WE ARE ALSO KNOWN NATIONALLY FOR OUR PROGRAMS. WE ASSISTED FIVE HOMEOWNERS WITH REPAIRS. AS I MENTIONED WE HAVE THE HOUSING REHAB PROGRAM AS WELL AS A RAPID RE HOUSING PROGRAM. AND WE HAVE BEEN RENEWED FOR THE COMING YEAR , WHICH IS THE CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. AND AMID ALL THE CHANGES THAT TOOK PLACE WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT IMPACTS THAT WE HAD DURING COVID 19, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD WAIVERS, WE STILL MET OUR TIMELINESS AND OUR FISCAL REQUIREMENTS. LET'S TRANSITION NOW TO CONTINUUM OF CARE. WE KNOW THE IMPACT OF HOMELESSNESS, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THE IMPACT OF HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION. WE WANT TO ENSURE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED. THOSE THAT ARE NOT HOUSED. WE WANT TO FIND A WAY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. THIS IS JUST GIVING YOU THE DEFINITION OF THE CONTINUUM OF CARE GRANT AS IT'S DEFINED BY HUD, BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT DEFINITION. IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT UNDER THE U. S DEPARTMENT. OF EDUCATION. BUT WHAT WE'RE MOST PROUD OF IS THAT THE CITY OF MAKENI SAW THE NEED . WE ALSO CREATED OR I SHOULD SAY THE MAYOR CREATED A TASK FORCE. WE HAVE HAD A WEALTH OF RESOURCES AND INFORMATION REGARDING ASSISTANCE WITH THAT. AND THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU AGAIN SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS EVERY YEAR IN NOVEMBER. WE COME BEFORE COUNCIL AND THERE IS A PROCLAMATION, WHICH WE ALSO FEATURE OUR PARTNERS, AND WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT TAKE PLACE. SO WE TALK ABOUT THIS IN NOVEMBER, BUT EACH JANUARY WE HAVE A POINT IN TIME. COUNT WHERE WE HAVE ONE NIGHT WHERE WE WILL WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER COMMUNITY.PROVIDERS THAT WILL TRY TO FIND THOSE THAT ARE AND SHELTER UNSHELTERED AND TO BE ABLE TO COUNT THOSE PERSONS AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME, USUALLY THE LAST WEEK IN JANUARY AND THIS AIDS US IN BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE BENEFITS AND TO ALSO PROVIDE HUD WITH THE NUMBERS. TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE FUNDING AND WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY LIAISONS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO NOW OUR LIBRARY SERVICES TEAMS. UNDER CITIZEN PARTICIPATION THAT IS YEAR ROUND. LET'S JUST GIVING YOU MORE OF A VISUAL WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST ASSISTANCE WITH MEALS ON WHEELS SHOWING YOU CLASSROOM AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS, AND THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE WERE WORKING WITH HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL AND BEING ABLE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE EACH AND EVERY ACTIVITY THAT WE HAVE IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF LIFE. EVERYTHING THAT WE DO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOVERNING, AS WE KNOW, IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT THIS IS SHOWING YOU JUST A VISUAL OF DIRECT IMPACT. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. AS YOU RECALL, WE HAVE THE NOT ONLY THE PROCLAMATION, BUT WE ALSO TALKED
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ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CENSUS 2020. AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THAT IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WE KNOW THAT THOSE NUMBERS THAT WE'LL START TO HEAR FROM WHEN WE GET THOSE OFFICIAL NUMBERS NEXT YEAR. IT WILL IMPACT CDBG. IT WILL IMPACT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR RESOURCES FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, SO IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A VARIETY OF SUPPORT ACROSS THE BOARD, AND THIS IS JUST A REMINDER OF SOME OF THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT YOU POINTED TO BE ABLE TO HELP US IN THAT PROCESS. THIS IS SHOWING YOU BEFORE AND AFTER. OF OUR HOUSING PRESERVATION PROGRAM . THIS WAS A FAMILY WE EVEN THOUGH THIS DIDN'T TAKE PLACE DURING THE PARTICULAR YEAR. WE JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT IN IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY, MOST OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING REHAB REALLY SHOW THE TREMENDOUS IMPACT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OLDER. NEIGHBORHOODS OR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, BUT KEEPING IN MIND EACH AND EVERY DISTRICT THAT WE'VE HAD. THERE HAS BEEN A HOME THAT HAS BEEN TOUCHED AND BENEFITED. FROM OUR PROGRAM AT LEAST ONE IN EVERY DISTRICT OF OUR FOUR DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVEG BENEFICIARIES AND ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY GRANTS ADVISORY COMMISSION WE THANK YOU FOR BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE THE SUPPORT OF THESE FUNDS. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESOURCES, LEVERAGING. AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS WELL BECAUSE YOU ARE PART OF THIS. AND THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.THANK YOU. SHOULD YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? NOT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM SURELY THE I JUST WANTED TO SAY WE HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. I AM. I THINK YOU'RE WONDERFUL ASSET TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. LET ME PRESENT YOUR FIRST SLIDE, PLEASE . YOU SAVED US. YES WHATEVER THEY'RE PAYING YOU. MAYOR PRO TEMP SO I THINK ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY UP HERE WE ALL FEEL THAT WAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. NO SOMEBODY WAS COME ON SOMEBODY THAT WAS COMEDY. GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE TO WANT ACKNOWLEDGED AGAIN. ECHO WHAT YOU JUST SHARED AND ALL THE WORK THAT IS BEST HAS DONE AND.
THIS MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT FORUM FOR THIS ONE. BUT I JUST WANT TO SHARE IT THAT THERE ARE. I KNOW THERE'S HOMELESSNESS, AND THERE'S UM THERE ARE THOSE THAT ARE IN HOMES THAT ARE HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEING REPAIRED. BUT THERE'S ALSO THAT TRANSITIONAL PIECE IN THIS JUST MAYBE MY EDUCATION THAT IS NEEDED. FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE IN THE PROGRAM THAT ARE HAVING THEIR HOMES REPAIRED. WHERE THEY GET THEIR ASSISTANCE WHILE THAT IS HAPPENING IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE REVIEW. AND I KNOW THERE ARE PLATE LIKE COMMUNITY LIFELINE. THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES, BUT I THINK SOME OF THAT MAY BE LIMITED AND I KNOW WITH THE SHELTER. THERE ARE PLACES THAT ARE LIMITED. SO IF THERE'S LIKE A TRANSITIONAL PIECE THAT MAY ALSO BE CONSIDERED AS. THESE CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE JUST TO KIND OF KEEP THAT. IN MIND AS WE GROW AND GO, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. Q. RIGHT WITH THAT ENTERTAINING MOTION. REALLY THERE'S NO ACTION. IT'S JUST CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY. YOUR MOTION. I'LL MOVE THAT WOULD CAUSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. A SECOND. CAST YOUR VOTES. THANK YOU AGAIN. THAT TAKES US TO
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CITIZEN COMMENTS ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA. IF WE HAVE HAROLD WILSON. GOING ONCE. UM HUGO SANCHEZ. EVEN INTO EVERYONE SAID I AM FROM BEING FROM MARIE. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU. BECAUSE THIS MORNING I DID THAT DURING THE MAQUINA AIRPORT. I WAS A I MISSING THE TOUR LIKE A LOT OF THESE ARE UNABLE. ARE STILL A VERY NICE MAN DAYS. EIGHT PORT MANAGER. THANK YOU FOR THIS,[00:20:04]
TOO. MARY GREECE, MASTERY ONE. THANK YOU. VERY WELL DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MM NINA DOWELL RINGLEY. HELLO I'M NINA GAL RINGLEY. I LIVE IN THIS STORE AT DISTRICT AND MY LIFELONG MCKINNEY RESIDENT. I WANTED TO READ AFTER YOU THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT I WAS ON IN THE 1985. THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. THE CITY OF MCKINNEY HAS BECOME A LEADER IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE STATE. MCKINNEY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM. AND THE PROJECT'S SUCCESS ENABLING DEMONSTRATED BY THE BUSTLING COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND THE NUMEROUS REHABILITATION EFFORTS DOWNTOWN. CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO REVITALIZE THE OLD COURTHOUSE BUILDING AND ITS SURROUNDING SQUARE. FINALLY THE DECISION BY THE CITY'S PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO UNDERTAKE THIS SURVEY EFFORT ILLUSTRATES A CONCERN FOR THE PRESERVATION AND MCKINNEY'S IRREPLACEABLE HISTORIC RESEARCH RESOURCES. MARTHA LOVE AS YOU. MARTHA WOODS RATHER SPEARHEADED THIS INITIAL PROJECT. MY LOVE PERSONALLY FOR HISTORY, AND ITS PRESERVATION IS ALSO DEEP ROOTED. UM BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WELL, WHAT I KNOW. RECENT CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED IN VARIOUS HIGH PRIORITY PROPERTIES LISTED IN THIS BOOK. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THESE PROPERTY OWNERS EACH WENT THROUGH THE CORRECT PROCESS OF MAKING THESE CHANGES. THEY WERE APPROVED BY THE CITY TO CUT DOWN THE MATURE TREES OVER ON CHURCH STREET. THEY WERE APPROVED BY THE CITY TO PAINT THE HISTORIC BRICK FACADE. THEY WERE APPROVED BY THE CITY TO DEMOLISH THE HISTORIC KIRBY HOME ON CHURCH AND REPLANTING IS OCCURRING CURRENTLY FOR HANDS ON BIG LOTS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. ALL LOCATED NEARBY ALL AREAS WE REALLY ENJOY AND LOVE. I REALIZED THERE HAS BEEN MANY CHANGES TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT . UM JUST THINK ABOUT THE DAL BENJI HOUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, DESTINED FOR DOOM AND NOW IS BEING REVITALIZED AND RENOVATED. AND WAS A GREAT PLACE TO SEE ON THE HOME TOUR MOVING FORWARD.I'M HOPEFUL WE COULD MAKE SOME POSITIVE CHANGES SO THAT HISTORIC PRESENT PRESERVATION MAY AGAIN BE A HIGH PRIORITY. POSSIBLY THERE SHOULD BE A BETTER SYSTEM IN PLACE. I WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION AMONGST OUR CITY PLANNERS PERMIT OFFICE OR COUNCIL PLANNING, ZONING BUILDING AND STANDARDS, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND, OF COURSE, YOUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. THAT I PROUDLY SERVE ON. THANK YOU, AND I WANT TO GIVE THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME TO BETTY. EDDIE BECAUSE IT. BETTY PET CARSICK 11 OH, ONE WEST LOUISIANA STREET. LAST WEEK. 18 SOUTH CHURCH STREET. A HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1915, WAS THAT WAS LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND WAS LISTED AS A HIGH PRIORITY PRESERVATION PROPERTY WAS DEMOLISHED. I HAVE TO ASK. WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? AND WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO THE DEMOLITION OF THIS PROPERTY ? I MUST ADMIT THAT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS AS I SHOULD BE. BUT FROM WHERE I STAND, IT SEEMED EASY AND WITH VERY LITTLE CONTROVERSY. IF THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1950 CAN BE LEVELED. THEN WHAT IS GOING TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING TO OUR OTHER HISTORIC PROPERTIES? MY FEAR IS THAT THIS COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF A PATTERN, A TREND OF LOSING. THESE HISTORIC STRUCTURES. THESE STRUCTURES THAT FOR YEARS HAVE TOLD OUR STORIES FROM THE PAST. THAT I PROVIDED A SENSE OF PLACE AND THE FEELING THAT OUR TOWN'S HISTORY IS ALIVE. I BELIEVE THAT MCKINNEY RESIDENTS HAVE GROWN TO LOVE THIS. I STARTED THINKING ABOUT MY INVOLVEMENT ON THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD AND WONDERING HOW DID THIS HAPPEN WITHOUT OUR BOARD HAVING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE DEMOLITION? I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE JUST AN ADVISORY BOARD. AND I AND. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE A GROUP OF CITIZENS THAT YOU HAVE APPOINTED. I AM HONORED TO SERVE BUT I MUST ADMIT THAT AFTER WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK, I FIND MYSELF QUESTIONING MY PURPOSE. OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS MAINTAINED MCKINNEY'S ARCHITECTURAL LEGACY ENRICHING THE CULTURAL IDENTITY OF THE COMMUNITY AND STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC VALUE THROUGH PRESERVATION AND EDUCATION. THIS THIS MISSION STATEMENT WILL BE HARD TO FULFILL IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY . I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A PIVOTAL TIME FOR OUR HISTORY HISTORIC DISTRICT. IT IS EXCITING. WITH MANY OPPORTUNITIES BUT MANY CHALLENGES. HOW CAN WE, AS A CITY NURTURE, MAINTAIN AND
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SUPPORT SUCH GROWTH, ALONG WITH KEEPING THAT SENSE OF PLACE? THAT HOMETOWN FIELD. HOW CAN I KNOW THAT OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS COUNCIL. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY AS A WHOLE, WE ARE A SIGNATURE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. THAT I BELIEVE THAT DIFFERENTIATES US FROM CITIES AROUND US. THERE IS NO WAY THAT WE CAN EVER REPLACE THIS STRUCTURE. BUT LOOKING FORWARD WE CAN DO. WHAT WE CAN DO TO TRY TO HOLD ONTO THESE HISTORIC PROPERTIES. WHAT CAN WE DO? I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE CONSIDER THREE POINTS. DEMOLITION OF A HISTORIC STRUCTURE SHOULD BE MADE AS DIFFICULT AS POSSIBLE. OUR CITY COUNCIL ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS SHOULD HAS SOME SAY SO IN WHAT HAPPENS, OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD SHOULD BE CONSULTED. OUR BOARD IS MADE UP OF INDIVIDUALS WITH. FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. BUT THE ONE THING THAT WE HAVE IN COMMON IS THAT WE LOVE OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT. WE CAN PROVIDE A PERSPECTIVE AS SOMEONE THAT LIVES HERE UNDERSTANDS THE CULTURAL FILL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND PROVIDE AN INSIGHT ABOUT THE HISTORIC EXPECTATION OF OUR COMMUNITY. IF WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE DEMOLITION OF THIS STRUCTURE MIGHT HAVE COME UP WITH THE SAME CONCLUSION. I JUST THINK THAT TO PERMANENTLY REMOVE A STRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OVER 100 YEARS SHOULD BE LOOKED AT FROM ALL DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IN CLOSING. I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM SO EXCITED. ABOUT WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE NCDC HAVE AGREED TO DO TO PUT 13 MILLION INTO RENOVATING THE CITY'S HISTORIC GRAIN SITE. THIS TYPE OF INVESTMENT SPEAKS VOLUMES OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO TRY TO PRESERVE OUR HISTORIC SITES. I WISH THAT 18 SOUTH CHURCH COULD HAVE HAD A SIMILAR OUTCOME. THANK YOU. YOU ALL HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND WE WILL CERTAINLY IDENTIFY THAT. HOW THAT CAME TO PASS AND DISCUSS MOVING FORWARD. TOM PENCE. EVERY CHRISTMAS. I'M TOM PENCE. I LIVE ON FIVE OR SIX WEST HOT STREET. GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU ALL AND APPRECIATE ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU GUYS DO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY MCKINNEY. I WANT TO JUST ADD MY VOICE TO THOSE OF NINA AND BETTY WHEN IT COMES TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THAT BUILDING LOOKS LIKE THAT GOT TORN DOWN. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL CAN OR NOT, BUT I CAN'T. THAT'S A MISSED OPPORTUNITY. OBVIOUSLY FOR ME AS A RESIDENT, THAT I'M NOT TAKING GREATER APPRECIATION FROM WHAT'S DOWN HERE, AND I CAN TELL YOU HAVING ONLY MOVED INTO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. COUPLE YEARS AGO. JUST NOW STARTING TO GET A FEEL FOR THE VALUE. OF WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE. MY NATURE SO I WOULD. I WOULD ADD MY VOICE TO THOSE OF NEEDLES AND BETTY AND KNOW THAT THIS THIS LEADERSHIP HERE WILL FIND AN AGREEABLE SOLUTION. HAWAII TOO. PRESERVE WHAT WE HAVE. THAT MAKES US SO SPECIAL. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THIS OPPORTUNITY SPEAK. THANK YOU, TOMMY TOM. AT BENTLEY. JUST POP. DO YOU DO FOR A DIFFERENT ITEM? GOOD EVENING AGAIN. OKAY SO I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE ITEMS THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE WORK SESSION. SO THE LENS THROUGH WHICH WE EVALUATE QUESTIONS IS CRITICAL. IT COULD BE THROUGH OUR UPBRINGING. OUR FAITH. OUR FRIENDSHIPS ARE ACADEMIA ARE POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS. THE FACTS. OUR HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, ETCETERA. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBJECT MATTER. IT IS EASY TO CONSIDER A COMBINATION OF ALL. BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THE DAY WOULD COME TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. I KEPT SOME CONVERSATIONAL NOTES THAT I TOOK THIS SUMMER THAT ADDRESS THE THROCKMORTON STREET, RENAMING. THAT WAS DISCUSSED DURING TODAY'S WORK SESSION. DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. JUNE 20TH TO BE EXACT. I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH MY GREAT AUNT FRANCES AND MY MOTHER. BOTH LIFELONG RESIDENTS OF MCKINNEY. BOTH GRADUATES OF S DUTY HIGH SCHOOL. BOTH CURRENT EAST MCKINNEY, PROPERTY OWNERS AND CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS COMMUNITY. MY OLD FRANCIS'S HUSBAND, UNCLE BENJAMIN NORRIS, WAS THE PASTOR OF THE THROCKMORTON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST FOR 50 YEARS UNTIL HE PASSED AWAY JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. AT THE AGE OF 91. MY AUNT FRANCES IS STILL A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF THAT CHURCH. THIS SUMMER. WHEN I ASKED HER ABOUT THE RENAMING THIS WAS HER RESPONSE. I'M FOR ANYTHING THAT PRESENTS PROGRESS ALWAYS WANT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND CHRISTIAN.[00:30:06]
WHEN I ASKED MY MOTHER ABOUT THE RENAMING, SHE SHARED THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT REFLECTS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY SOMETHING LIKE LEWISVILLE LANE. REGARDING THE SURVEY. I HEARD COMMENTS DURING THE WORK SESSION THAT THEY DON'T CARE. DEPENDING ON TO WHOM THE QUESTION IS ASKED. THAT COMMENT MIGHT HOLD TRUE. HOWEVER WE MAY WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS TO THE PEOPLE TO WHICH THE RESPONSES REALLY MATTER. PERHAPS WE SHOULD NOT MAKE A SOMEWHAT CARELESS ASSUMPTION THAT ASKING ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS WILL SKEW RESULTS OR INCITE A DIVIDE. HANDLING THE PEOPLE, THE QUESTIONS AND THE PROCESS WITH CARE. PERHAPS EVERYONE CAN BE SATISFIED AND FEEL AS IF THEIR VOICE WAS HEARD AND THAT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY EVEN FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, WERE EMBRACED THROUGH PROGRESSIVE CHANGE.IS MP OF THE COMMUNITY EMBRACES THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER OPTIONS OF WHAT CAN BE IF NOT A STREET NAME CHANGE, PERHAPS CONSIDERED NEIGHBORHOOD TOPPERS. TO REFLECT THE HISTORIC NAME MEANS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THAT IS WHAT I BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY SHARED NOT A COMPETITION OF WHO'S SIDE OR WHOSE HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE. WE BELIEVE WHAT WE HEARD IS A CHANCE FOR PROGRESS IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS BEING CHANGED EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND AS WE SHARE WITH OUR ELEMENTS, ELEMENTARY STUDENTS EVERY DAY WE TRULY CAN DO HARD THINGS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BETH. RIGHT. DO NOT SHOW ANY OTHER SPEAKERS. COUNCIL AND MANAGER COMMENTS.[COUNCIL AND MANAGER COMMENTS]
START AT THAT END. YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN MILLER, BUT THE ONLY THING I'D HAVE TO SAY IS. EVERYBODY HAS AMERICAN ISTHMUS HAPPY NEW YEAR. WE COME BACK HERE ON. THE FOURTH SO PRETTY QUICK. UM BUT EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD HOLIDAYS AND, UM. I'LL DO THE SAME. I WISH EVERYBODY A MERRY CHRISTMAS. HAPPY AND SAFE HOLIDAY. AND I JUST MOVED TO TELL EVERYBODY THAT THIS YEAR HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. HAVE ENJOYED SERVING THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. AND HOPEFULLY I CAN CONTINUE DOING THAT. DAVE CAMPBELL DIED LAST WEEK AND IT BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR ME NOT CALL ATTENTION TO THAT BECAUSE THEY, CAMPBELL WROTE THE BOOK, TEXAS FOOTBALL AND STARTED IN 1960. FOR 51 YEARS, YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO PARTICIPATE IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN THAT MAGAZINE, AND IT IS CALLED TO A NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT. UH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PROGRAM HERE IN TEXAS. I EVEN THOUGH HE LED A GREAT LONG LINE FOR ONE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS WORTH THE DAVE CAMPBELL PASSED THIS LAST WEEK, RIGHT BEFORE THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS. THIS WEEK WAS ALSO OUR LAST WEEK WAS ALSO NATIONALS SIGNING DAY FOR OUR YOUNG ATHLETES. WE HAD 15 ATHLETES FROM THE MCKINNEY HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS ALL THREE OF THEM WHO SIGNED NATIONAL LETTERS OF INTENT. HANNAH BILLET. ER WAS ONE OF THOSE FROM MCKINNEY BOYD AND SHE WAS ALSO NAMED TO THE ALL AREA HAS SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TEAM IS OUTSIDE HITTER AND SHE SIGNED A LETTER OF INTENT TO GO TO BYU. ALSO LILY NICHOLSON WAS NAMED CETERA OF THE YEAR FOR THE ALL AREA TEAM, AND WE'RE TEACH FROM MCKINNEY NORTH, CERTAINLY PROUD OF LILY FIRM BEING NAMED CENTER OF THE YEAR AND CALLED OUT WITH THOSE GREAT HONORS.ISRAEL YOUNG PEOPLE THAT MCKINNEY SHOULD BE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEIR WILL BE REPRESENTING MCKINNEY AND NATIONWIDE NEXT YEAR AND CERTAINLY PROUD OF EACH AND ALL OF THEM. AND BESIDES THAT MERRY CHRISTMAS EACH HAVE YOU THANK YOU. I ALWAYS HAVE TO FOLLOW HIM . IT'S JUST NOT FAIR. ALRIGHT YOU FEEL SCOTT ELLIOTT PAIN DO I REALLY DO? I REALLY DO. THIS IS SEVEN ON COUNCIL FOR ME, AND I HAVE TO SAY IT'S BEEN A WORLD WIND OF A SEVEN MONTHS. LOTS OF FUN. I'VE GOTTEN A GREAT CHANCE TO MEET A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY JUST GRATEFUL EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND WHEN I WISH EACH OF YOU AND MERRY CHRISTMAS A HAPPY NEW YEAR, I HOPE YOU TAKE SOME TIME TO REST. AND REJUVENATE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, BUT I'M JUST TRULY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT MCKINNEY HAS IN STORE FOR 2022. SO I HAVE THE CHANCE TO ATTEND THE AH CHAMPIONSHIP. DIVISION TWO CHAMPIONSHIP AND PLAYED AT MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL. I WANT TO
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THANK MCKINNEY ISD FOR HOSTING THAT AGAIN, AND THEY INVITE ALL ALL OF US ON COUNCIL TO UM.THEY'RE SWEET, AND THEN THEY FEED US AND IT WAS FOR THE FIRST HALF. IT WAS A GREAT GAME. UM.
AND BUT THE SECOND HALF WAS MORE OF A BLOWOUT. FERRIS STATE WHO WAS TRULY THE BETTER TEAM WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND IT WAS. UM IT WAS. IT WAS A GOOD GAME. AND WE, UM WE LOVED HAVING PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN OUR GREAT CITY. UM. SOMETHING'S ON A SAD NOTE. THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN IN MCKINNEY A LONG TIME, ESPECIALLY WHO WENT TO SCHOOL. MR LOKI WAS ONE OF OUR TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, COACHES. AND MR LUCKY I GRADUATED WITH JASON LOKI, HIS SON. HE HAD A YOUNGER SON BY THE NAME OF ERIC, LOKI AND ERICA PLAYED FOOTBALL. HE WAS THE ONLY STATE ALL AMERICAN GREAT KID WENT ON TO PLAY COLLEGE BALL. HE BECAME A COACH. HE PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY WITH CANCER. HE LOST HIS 10 YEAR BATTLE WITH CANCER. THE AIR OF THE LOCAL FAMILY OF MCKINNEY FOR A LONG TIME, AND I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT. MCKINNEY LOST A GOOD ONE YESTERDAY IN ERIC WAS A FINE EXAMPLE OF A COACH OF A TEACHER OF A HUSBAND AND A FATHER AND A GREAT GUY. AND WE HAD SOME EXCITEMENT IN OUR FAMILY LAST WEEK I'M A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. AND WE HAVE WE SEND OUR KIDS OFF ON MISSIONS. THE YOUNG MEN WILL SERVE TWO YEARS AND SO MY FOUR SONS ALL SERVED TWO YEARS. WE'VE GOT HIM BACK AND MY DAUGHTER JUST GOT HOME LAST THURSDAY FROM HER MISSION. SHE HAD A TOUGH GIG IN HAWAII. SO SHE WAS. AH, BUT SHE YOU GET THEM BACK SO MUCH BETTER THAN THEY LEFT. AND SO IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR THE ROGERS FAMILY LAST WEEK, SO I JUST ADDED PERSONAL NOTE. ALSO, I JUST WANTED HIM. I WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS . THE SAFE NEW YEAR. GOD BLESS YOU, AND I HOPE LIFE IS GOOD.
THANK YOU. WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO DONATED TO W F A SANTA'S HELPERS TOY DRIVE IN MCKINNEY EARLIER THIS MONTH. OUR COMMUNITY CAME THROUGH IN A BIG WAY WITH MORE THAN 3760 TOYS AND 88 BIKES FOR CHILDREN IN COLLIN COUNTY. THAT IS A RECORDY EMPLOYEES FOR DONATING MORE THAN 900 TOYS THIS YEAR, SO ALMOST ONE IN FOUR OF THE TOYS THAT WERE DONATED CAME FROM CITY EMPLOYEES SO BIG SHOUT OUT TO THEM. FURTHER I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH THE WEEK THIS WEEKEND'S IN DIVISION TWO CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. THANKS OF COURSE, GO TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO REALLY ORGANIZE IT. WORKING WITH THE N C. DOUBLE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. OUR VISIT MCKINNEY FOLKS OR THE CVB. THEY ARE CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU.
THEY GO BY THE NAME OF VISIT MCKINNEY. AND OF COURSE, ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED PULL THIS OFF, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY WHO REALLY HELPED SHOW GENUINE HOSPITALITY TO THE FANS AND PLAYERS FROM THE VALDOSTA STATE AND FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITIES. UM I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO DD GARA GARA IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF VISIT MCKINNEY. SHE IS LEAVING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. SHE'S BEEN HERE 14 OR SO YEARS. AND SHE'S DECIDED IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT I'LL TELL YOU SHE'S BEEN WORKING HER TAIL OFF ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS TOURNAMENT. UM AND IT WAS HERE THIS MORNING AT THE CONTINUING TO SHARE INFORMATION AS SHE ALWAYS DOES. UM SHE'S SHE'S DONE AN AWFUL LOT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU FUNCTION. WE WISH HER ALL THE BEST, BUT I WILL TELL YOU JUST FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, THE FERRIS STATE COACH NOW THEY HAVE JUST WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
VERY EXCITING TIME HE ACTUALLY TOOK TIME OUT OF HIS COMMENTS TO CALL OUT MCKINNEY. THAT'S UNUSUAL. THE COACH ACTUALLY CALLED OUT MCKINNEY AND RAVED ABOUT HOW GREAT IT WAS, HE SAID . AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING IT BECAUSE WE WON, HE SAID, BECAUSE THREE YEARS AGO THESE TWO VERY TEAMS WERE IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN 2018, AND THEY LOST. ANY SAID THE SAME THING, HE SAID. BOTH YEARS THAT HE WAS HERE. HE SAID THAT IT WAS REALLY AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE TO MCKINNEY THAT THEY HAD A MCKINNEY AND THE HOSPITALITY AND ALL OF THAT. AS A TESTIMONY TO DD AND HER TEAM AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE TEAM THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES AN AWFUL LOT AND WELCOMING THESE KIDS AND MAKING THEM FEEL AT HOME AND THE FANS WE PUT ON A GREAT SHOW AT TOPS THE FAN FEST AND IT'S A LOT OF FUN. MAYOR WAS THERE, CHEERING THEM ON AND SORT OF GETTING BOTH SIDES TO SORT OF HAVE FUN AND COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER IN A FRIENDLY WAY, AND THAT'S REALLY
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, REALLY A WONDERFUL THING TO SEE. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT. UM. THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS, WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL OF YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. OF COURSE, BE SAFE. WE'RE ALL PARODYING THE SAME THING, BUT WE ALL MEAN IT FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS. SO MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. I WANT TO KNOW IF IT'S TOO LATE TO SEND MY KIDS TO YOUR MISSION AND CUT A FEW. I NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT AFTER. THE ANSWERS E DIVISION TWO CHAMPIONSHIP. THAT WAS GREAT. I WAS PARTICULARLY FOND OF THE WOMAN WHO SANG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. MY WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL WIFE MAY LEAD THOMAS FULLER KIND OF INTERESTING EVERY OTHER WORD SHE DID THAT THE SOUND SYSTEM WAS HAVING SOME ISSUES. BUT SHE STILL DID IT LIKE A TROOPER AND. AND SHE IS SHE IS WITH ONE OF MY CHILDREN RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE SHE IS SUPER MOM. AND I'M GONNA ACTUALLY PROBABLY WITHOUT HER FOR CHRISTMAS. AS A RESULT, AND I TELL HER I LOVE HER AND MISS HER AND I. CAN'T WAIT TILL SHE GETS BACK. WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS OUT THERE. ALSO WE WELCOME THE DESK TO FAMILY FAMILY. UM, EXCUSE ME. ETHIOPIAN FAMILY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY JUST THE OTHER NIGHT, AND THAT WAS THAT WAS GREAT TO SEE. YET ANOTHER HOME BUILT IN MCKINNEY FOR A DESERVING. FAMILY SO AND I KNOW JUSTIN, YOU WERE OUT THERE. THANKS FOR. IN THERE. I THINK, ANDRE, YOU WERE THERE TOO, RIGHT? UM BUT IT WAS ALWAYS IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT RIGHT WHEN THE. YOU WERE THERE. EVERYONE WAS THERE IN SPIRIT. YOU KNOW, WE ALL SUPPORT HABITAT ALSO AND APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO. AND SO THAT WAS GREAT. I WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND WE WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? I THINK WE'RE DONE FOR THE YEAR. SO MOTION TO ADJOURN SOME OF YOUR ADJOURNED. ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.