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CALL TO ORDER THE CITY COUNCIL. WORK SESSION. IT IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20TH, 2022, 3 O'CLOCK AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 2, 22. NORTH TENNESSEE STREET. MCKINNEY, TEXAS. FIRST ORDER ON THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ANYBODY HAS OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON. WE WE EXCUSE THE MAYOR. HE'S TAKEN HIS LAST SICK DAY BEFORE YOU BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. SO WE, UH I WILL NOT JOIN US, THEN EITHER MEETING. SO DISCUSS REGULAR ITEMS. FOR OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ANYBODY WANT TO BRING ANYTHING? SINCE NOBODY
[FY22 Performance Management Report to Mayor and City Council]
DOES, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR WORK TEST AND ITEMS STARTING WITH ITEM NUMBER 2 TO 1169.PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT REPORT TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MR STEVENS. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR PRO TEM COUNSEL, MR GRIMES, JOSHUA STEVENSON, PERFORMANCE MANAGER. THIS PRESENTATION.
WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THESE FIVE TOPICS. FIRST A SHORT REVIEW OF THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT CYCLE. SECONDLY WE'LL GO OVER THE HEADWIND SPACE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. THESE MADE IT UNUSUALLY CHALLENGING TO ACCOMPLISH MANY OF OUR GOALS. THIRD WILL GO THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR END OF THE FISCAL YEAR SCORECARD. WE WILL THEN SWITCH GEARS AND SHOW YOU HOW OUR STAFF AND DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR OUR DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE. AND LASTLY, WE LIKE TO BRIEFLY MENTION HOW STAFF HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE. DECIDE SHOWS THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT CYCLE WE GO THROUGH EACH YEAR STARTS IN FEBRUARY WITH THE STRATEGY SETTING WORK SESSION IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WHERE YOU SET YOUR PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY ONCE DONE. STAFF THEN DEVELOPS DEPARTMENT LEVEL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. THEN WE RETURN TO YOU IN MAY, WHERE YOU REVIEW AND APPROVE THOSE. THERE WAS THEN TAKE EFFECT IN BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER ONE. AND IN DECEMBER, WE RETURN TO YOU WITH A SCORECARD FOR THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 DEPARTMENTS PROPOSED AND YOU APPROVED 207 DEPARTMENT LEVEL OBJECTIVES. HOWEVER IT WAS NOT A TYPICAL YEAR AND WE FACE AND PARTICULARLY TOUGH CHALLENGES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE EXCEPTIONAL AMOUNT OF TIME AND RESOURCES FOR EUROPE AND OTHER SOFTWARE UPGRADES. THIS. BOGGED DOWN MANY DEPARTMENTS, BUT PARTICULARLY HIT I T FINANCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES PARTICULARLY HARD. BUT IT DID AFFECT EVERYONE. WE ALSO FACE IN MANAGING STAFFING CHALLENGES, PARTICULARLY STAFF TURNOVER AND LONGER TERM VACANCIES. FOR EXAMPLE, CURRENTLY PUBLIC WORKS DOES HAVE 43 OPEN POSITIONS. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET FILLED. AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS ON BOARD 32 EMPLOYEES. ADDITIONALLY STAFF WORKING ON SOME VERY BIG TICKET HIGH PARTY PROJECTS SUCH AS THE MAJOR CODE OVERHAUL PROJECTS OVER AT THE MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT. AND PUBLIC WORKS MOVING INTO THEIR NEW FACILITY. FOR MORE. WE WERE DEALING WITH SOME COVID 19 RIPPLE EFFECTS. AND FOR FISCAL YEAR 22. WE ENCOURAGE DEPARTMENTS TO SET RIGOROUS STRETCH GOALS REALLY, TO PUSH THE NEEDLE IN MEANINGFUL WAYS. COMBINED ALL THESE MADE IT PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TO MEET ALL OF OUR GOALS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. HAVING SAID THIS DEPARTMENTS WERE ABLE TO MEET 132 OF THE OBJECTIVES. THERE'S SOME ON THE BOARD AND I JUST LIKE TO GO THROUGH SOME EXAMPLES. FIRST ENGINEERING SET A GOAL TO DO 30 MILLION IN CRP PROJECTS THEY WILL DO 40. THEY ALSO HAD A GOAL OF DOING SIX MILLION PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE AND THEIR ROLE TO DO NINE MILLION.
PUBLIC WORKS HAD TO GO OF COMPLETING THE RENOVATION AND TRANSITIONING STAFF INTO THEIR NEW FACILITIES IN NORTH CAMPUS SERVICE CENTER. THIS PROJECT ALONE SAVED ABOUT 20 MILLION BECAUSE COMPARED TO BUILDING A NEW FACILITY. HUMAN RESOURCES COMPLETED THE REVIEW OF THE INSURANCE PORTFOLIO. THE SAME ABOUT $100,000 AT RENEWAL. THE APEX CENTER HAVE THE GOAL TO OPERATE AT 50% COST RECOVERY THEY WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE 100. AND THE LIBRARY TARGETED TO HOLD 1000 EVENTS. THEY WILL DO 1300. ADDITIONALLY WE HAD ANOTHER EIGHT GOALS THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO BE COMPLETED IN THE FISCAL YEAR BUT ARE NOW DONE OR SOON WILL BE. YOU MAY RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS. STAFF WILL BE COMPLETING THESE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO MONTH OR TWO.
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FURTHERMORE WE HAD 58 OBJECTIVES THAT WERE PARTIALLY COMPLETED AND WILL BE CARRIED INTO THE NEW FISCAL YEAR. DESPITE THE CHALLENGES WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER STAFF MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON A LOT OF THESE. THESE WILL BE COMPLETED OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS INTO THE NEW YEAR. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE EXAMPLES FOR EACH ONE. YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH PROGRESS WAS MADE ON EACH. LASTLY THAT LEAVES NINE THAT WERE NOT ACHIEVED OR PUT ON HOLD FOR REASONS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER. ALL NINE ARE ON THE SCREEN FOR TRANSPARENCY SAKE. IN THE SCORECARD REPORT THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA YOU CAN SEE ALL OF FISCAL 22 YEAR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND A SHORT SUMMARY ON THE STATUS OF EACH OF THOSE TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR REVIEW. WE USE A COLOR CODING SYSTEM GRAIN MEANS MET 100% OR EXCEEDED YELLOW IS PARTIAL AND CARRIED OVER AND IN RED IS NOT ACHIEVED OR ON HOLD. SHIFTING GEARS A BIT. WE BELIEVE ANOTHER IMPORTANT GAUGE OF HER OVERALL PERFORMANCE IS HOW OUR EMPLOYEES AND CITY IS RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.AND YOU'LL BE PLEASED TO KNOW THAT WE DID VERY WELL ON THAT FRONT. THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS SOME OF THE DIFFERENT WARDS WE'VE GOTTEN FROM REGIONAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL AGENCIES. FOR PARKS AND RECREATION DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PUBLIC SAFETY. COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING FINANCIAL SERVICES, MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT. AND MCKINNEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. IN ALL THE CITY RECEIVED ABOUT 52 AWARDS. FINALLY WE'D LIKE TO FINISH WITH SOME STAFF WHO ARE FULLY ENGAGED IN PERFORMING TOP QUALITY SERVICE TO OUR CITY.
DURING THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE PROMOTED 37 LOWER LEVEL SUPERVISORS INTO POSITIONS OF HIGHER AUTHORITY. THESE ARE JUST SIX WE THINK THE LEVEL OF DEDICATION WE CONTINUE TO SEE FROM SO MANY EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE CITY IS ALSO A REFLECTION OF OUR OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND SOMETHING YOU WOULD WANT TO KNOW ABOUT. AND JUST AS A RECAP AFTER REVIEWING THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT CYCLE, WE LOOKED AT SOME HEADWINDS AND CHALLENGES THAT WE FACED. AS WELL AS THE RESULTS FROM THE SCORECARD OF FISCAL YEAR 22. AS WELL AS THE OBJECTIVES MET OR EXCEEDED, PARTIALLY AND CARRIED OVER THE ONES NOT MET. THEN SOME SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF RECOGNITION OUR CITY HAS RECEIVED FOR DEDICATION EXCELLENCE. AND LASTLY, SOME EXAMPLES OF GREAT EMPLOYEES DOING GREAT THINGS FOR THE CITY. AND WITH THAT, I THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION, AND I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU FACING US FOR CHANGE. CONGRATULATIONS THANK YOU ON YOUR STEP UP AND YOUR PROMOTION. UH I DO WANT TO SAY RATHER THAN WAIT FOR THE COMMENTS AT THE END OF PUBLIC WORKS. UH ALWAYS DOES A TREMENDOUS JOB. 24 HOURS A DAY. THEY'RE OUT THERE.
ABSOLUTELY. AT THE PARADE THIS LAST WEEK. I TRIED TO THANK HIS MANY OF THEM AS A POSSIBLY COULD WHILE DRIVING BY AND I'M PARADE MOBILE BECAUSE THOSE GUYS MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ALL OF US TO LOOKS VERY GOOD AND JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE THEM. FOR ALL OF THOSE GUYS DO EACH AND EVERY DAY ABSOLUTELY. AND. I HOPE THEY DON'T THINK THAT THAT GOES UNNOTICED. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. THANK YOU. WELL DONE. NEXT ITEM, 221170 PRESENTATION
[Presentation on Central Expressway (US 75) Maintenance and Landscaping]
OF CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY MAINTENANCE AND LANDSCAPING. GOOD AFTERNOON CITY COUNCIL.RYAN DILLINGHAM, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, SO THIS AFTERNOON , I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT US 75. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TOPICS WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT MAINTENANCE OF US 75 SOME POTENTIAL CHANGES TO IT, AS WELL AS SOME LANDSCAPING ENHANCEMENTS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED. SO. FIRST SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT US. 75 WAS BUILT IN 1956. THE MOST RECENT RECONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED IN 2015. THERE'S ABOUT 150,000 VEHICLES PER DAY THAT TRAVEL ON US 75. AND WITH THAT MUCH TRAFFIC, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF MAINTENANCE. GENERALLY SPEAKING TEXT HANDLES THE MAJORITY OF THE MAINTENANCE ON US 75 THEY DO HIGHWAY SWEEPING 12 TIMES PER YEAR MOWING THREE TIMES PER YEAR. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE LITTLE PICTURE TO THE RIGHT TEXT DATA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOWING THAT CENTER CENTER LINE BETWEEN THE MAIN LINES, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT AS MCKINNEY'S RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE AREA BETWEEN THE MAIN TRAVEL WAYS IN THE OUTER OUTER LINES. LET HER PICK UP OCCURS THREE TIMES PER YEAR, AND
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THAT'S THE SMALL DEBRIS AND THEN TEXT DOT DOES LARGE DEBRIS PICKUP, SO THOSE ARE ITEMS OVER SIX INCHES IN DIAMETER THREE TIMES PER WEEK, AND THERE'S NO COST TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY FOR THAT. RIGHT I'M GONNA INTERRUPT YOU. FORGIVE ME. THAT SEEMS AWFULLY ASPIRATIONAL TO ME. DO WE THINK THAT'S REALITY? BECAUSE MAN, WE GET SO MUCH TRASH THAT ACCUMULATES IN THAT MEDIUM.THAT'S HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE THAT'S PICKED UP THAT FREQUENTLY. WELL FOR THE SMALL DEBRIS. IT'S NOT FREQUENT THREE TIMES PER YEAR, I WOULD SAY IS NOT A LOT, BUT THAT IS THEIR STANDARD. ONE OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES WITH US 75 IS THE MINUTE YOU PICK UP. YOU KNOW THE GARBAGE THAT'S OUT THERE. THERE'S 10 PIECES EVERY PLACE IT IT'S WITH THAT VOLUME OF TRAFFIC. THERE IS A LOT OF MATERIAL THAT ENDS UP GETTING BLOWN OUT ONTO THE ROADWAY THERE. DO WE GET NOTICE ON THAT THREE TIMES PER YEAR WHEN THEY DO IT? OR DOES IT JUST HAPPENS? LIKE MANNA FROM HEAVEN? IT HAPPENS. UM I WOULD SAY THAT WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE IN THAT WE HAVE PAUL SPARKMAN, WHO HAS DEVELOPED GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH TEXT DOT SO IF WE NOTICE THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM ON THE ROADWAY, WE CONTACT THEM IMMEDIATELY. WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN THAT WE EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN IF THEY HAVE A CALENDAR. SO THAT I CAN HAVE SOME AWARENESS AND COUNCIL CAN HAVE SOME AWARENESS ON THE REALITY OF IT HAPPENING. SURE SO ONE OF THE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT TECHSTAT HAS COMMUNICATED TO US IS THAT THEY HAVE ALSO HAD CHALLENGES WITH STAFFING AS WELL . AND SO THE FREQUENCY AT WHICH THE SWEEPING OCCURS HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT LIMITED BY THOSE STAFFING CHALLENGES AS WELL.
OKAY? BUT YOUR REGULAR. SO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE AS I WAS MENTIONING FOR MAINTAINING THE LANDSCAPING BETWEEN THE CENTER LINES AND THE OUTER LINES, AND THIS IS FROM ELDORADO TO WILMOTH. AND SO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT MANAGES THAT CONTRACT. UH AND IT'S EVERY SEVEN DAYS WE DO THE MOWING DURING THE MOWING SEASON. THEN WE DO THE LITTER PICK UP EVERY SEVEN DAYS AS WELL. THE APPROXIMATE COST OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, FOR THAT IS ABOUT $50,000. SO HERE'S THE AREAS THAT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY MAINTAINS BOTH GRASS CUTTING AS WELL AS THE LANDSCAPING IN THE UPPER PICTURE. SO ONE OF THE OPTIONS UM, THAT IS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS AFTERNOON IS WHETHER TO ENHANCE THAT MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY. WE HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL REQUESTS FROM CITIZENS TO DO THE SAME TYPE OF LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE FROM WILMOT, THE LORD HOWE AND SO RIGHT NOW, AS I MENTIONED TEXT THAT CURRENTLY DOES IT THREE TIMES PER YEAR. WHAT YOU SEE LISTED THERE IS OPTION ONE IF THE CITY WERE TO SWITCH TO ONCE PER WEEK, THE APPROXIMATE COST THERE WOULD BE ABOUT $75,000 AND WOULD NEED TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE CITY'S BUDGET AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. OPTION TWO, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT TEXT DOT HAS REQUESTED OF THE CITY IS TO TAKE OVER MAINTENANCE OF THE CENTER TURN LINES OF WHAT YOU SEE IN BLUE THERE. THAT WOULD AT ONCE PER WEEK AND MAINTAINING THE SOUTH, THE CENTER LANDSCAPED AREA THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $100,000, AND IT'S. IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF THE EQUIPMENT REQUIRED AND THE TRAFFIC CONTROL AS WELL. WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY STAFF DOES NOT RECOMMEND TAKING OVER MAINTENANCE OF THE CENTER LANE THERE, UM I GUESS THERE'S THREE REASONS ONE IS THE COST. IT'S $100,000 TO IS THE SAFETY WE WOULD HAVE EMPLOYEES OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF US 75, WHICH WHICH IS NOT RECOMMENDED, AND THEN THE THIRD PIECES, WE'D HAVE TO BUY EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE FOR THAT FOR THE SAFE OPERATIONS OF DOING THAT WORK. SO HERE'S EXCUSE ME WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE CENTER LANE, CLOSING OFF THE LINE OF TRAFFIC IN ORDER TO OR YOU LETTING THE FULL FLOW OF TRAFFIC TEXT DOT HAS STANDARDS BY WHICH THEY DO THE MOWING AND GENERALLY WHAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY HAVE THE THESE CRASH BARRIERS THAT ARE FOLLOWED BY LARGE TRUCKS THAT PROTECT THE EQUIPMENT WHEN THEY'RE IN THE CENTER MEDIA.
YEAH AND RYAN, FORGIVE ME FOR ERUPTING AGAIN ARE THEIR THIRD PARTY SERVICES THAT WE CAN CONTRACT THAT OUT, TOO? BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND I DON'T VIEW TEXTILE AS A RELIABLE PARTNER TO GET THAT DONE MORE FREQUENTLY OR TO BE RESPONSIVE, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I DON'T HAVE ANY APPETITE. DRIVER CITY PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE. SO THEIR THIRD PARTY SERVICES WHOSE BUSINESS IS TO DO THAT. YEAH AND I APOLOGIZE THAT THE $100,000 IS PREDICATED ON A CONTRACTUAL SERVICE DOING THAT WORK. WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT MCKINNEY BEING OUT THERE WOULD BE MCKINNEY EMPLOYEES INSPECTING BEING OUT THERE FOR THE WORK AS WELL. BUT THE $100,000 IS BASED ON CONTRACTING FOR THAT WORK, OKAY? SO HERE IS THE FINANCIAL SUMMARY OUR CURRENT COSTS ABOUT $50,000 AND SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL WANT TO EXTEND THE MAINTENANCE NORTH ON THE OUTER LINES? IT WOULD BE ABOUT $75,000 AND FOR THE CENTER MEDIANS FROM ELDORADO ALL THE WAY UP TO LORD HOWE WOULD BE ABOUT $100,000. SO THE SECOND PIECE OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS RELATED TO SOME LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS, SO THE CITY RECEIVED TWO GOVERNORS COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS, AND WE RECEIVED TWO GRANTS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ABOUT $600,000.01 IN 2016 AND ONE IN 2021. SO THAT
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THOSE GRANT FUNDS ARE TO BE USED FOR LANDSCAPING ENHANCEMENTS ON STATE ROADWAYS AND SO WORKING WITH TEXT DOT U. S. 75 IN VIRGINIA, AS WELL AS US 75 3 80 WERE IDENTIFIED AS THE AREAS FOR THOSE ENHANCEMENTS. UM THE INSTALLATION WOULD BE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR 2023.AH FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH TEXT THAT IS NOT REQUIRED BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE USING THE GRAND FUNDS FOR THAT, HOWEVER, THOUGH A LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WOULD BE REQUIRED AS THE CITY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT MAINTENANCE. GO BACK. SURE. SO, UM IN 2016. WE GOT 200. $90,000 SPENT IT YET. NO, NO, SIR. IT'S A GRANT AMOUNT THAT IS IDENTIFIED FOR LANDSCAPING, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TEXT DOT FOR SIX YEARS. THAT'S CORRECT. I DON'T HAVE THE HISTORY AS TO WHY IT HASN'T BEEN SPENT YET, BUT IT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR VIRGINIA FOR THIS PROJECT. IT WOULD SEEM LIKE WE COULD FIGURE OUT A FASTER WAY TO SPEND THAT, WOULDN'T IT? BECAUSE NOW WE GOT INFLATION. YOU KNOW, I MEAN THAT THAT'S NOW PROBABLY $250,000. I WOULDN'T DISAGREE WITH THAT. OKAY? HERE ARE A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF WHERE OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE USED THAT LANDSCAPING MONEY. THERE'S A PICTURE SHOWING A DESK IN ODESSA OF SOME LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN JUST UP THE ROAD WAY YOU CAN SEE THE LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN MELISSA. HERE'S SOME OF THE DRAWINGS. I'M GOING TO SHOW THE LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE AND THAT WE HAVE MARTY SELETTO WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT WHO IS A REGISTERED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WHO'S BEEN WORKING WITH TEXT DOT ON THESE IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO, UH, HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH HIM ON THE DESIGN. SO HERE'S US 75 IN VIRGINIA, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE LANDSCAPING IS GOING AROUND THE BRIDGE APARTMENTS THERE. AS WELL AS THAT US 75 3 80. SO IN SUMMARY TEXT THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF THE CITY'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE AREAS. THE NEXT STEP IN WHICH IS ON YOUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS TO AUTHORIZE A TEXTILE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR THAT FOR THAT PROJECT. TOTAL PROJECT COST $600,000 IN THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $7000. SO IN THAT IN THAT LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CAN YOU DO WAY FINDING LIKE THE. BIG PILLARS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, FROM THE WAY FINDING STUDY OR WHATEVER IS THAT PART OF LANDSCAPING? SO SPECIFICALLY FOR THESE GRANTS, IDENTIFICATION SIGNS ARE NOT ALLOWED. THERE WAS SORRY. GO AHEAD, TREY. OKAY, SO THE $600,000 THAT WE'RE PROPOSING RIGHT NOW. WHAT IS THE LIKELY I DON'T. I GUESS I'M KIND OF CIRCLING BACK TO THIS QUESTION. IF WE'VE HAD A PROBLEM SPENDING 290,006 YEARS WHAT IS DIFFERENT NOW THAT WILL ENSURE THAT THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY WILL GET DONE. BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING WITH TEXT, DOC. CORRECT? YEAH, UM A COUPLE OF REASONS. ONE IS, UM, WE HAVE THE AGREEMENT IN FRONT OF US AND THEY'RE THEY'RE ANXIOUS FOR THE CITY TO EXECUTE THAT AGREEMENT. AND SECONDLY, THE DESIGN IS ALMOST COMPLETE. THE DESIGN DRAWINGS YOU SEE HERE HAVE BEEN VETTED BY TEXT OUT AS WELL AS WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR THE DESIGN. SO WE'RE READY, RELIABLE, HIGH PROBABILITY OF IT MOVING FORWARD THIS SPRING. HOW QUICKLY IS THAT? BUT WHAT TIMELINE ARE WE LOOKING AT? I WOULD EXPECT IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE 4 TO 6 MONTHS TO COMPLETE. MARTY. LET'S GO 6 TO 8 TO COMPLETE THE LANDSCAPING. I WANT TO TELL YOU IT REALLY BOTHERS ME. THE FACT THAT WE WAIT SIX YEARS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I MEAN. SURELY SOMEBODY DROPPED THE BALL. AND I WEIGH IN ON IT. FIRST OF ALL, MR GILLINGHAM WASN'T HERE SO HE CAN'T REALLY COMMENT WHAT WAS HAPPENING BEFORE 2016 WHEN WE GOT THE GRANT MY BEST RECOLLECTION AND THE BEST THING I CAN TELL YOU IS IT PROBABLY WASN'T A PRIORITY IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AT THAT TIME. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP AT THAT TIME, AND WE GOT ANOTHER GRANT.
AND SO WHEN THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLE THE MONEY, AND NOW RYAN GILLINGHAM HAS TAKEN CHARGE WITH HIS STAFF AND WORKING WITH MARTY STILETTO, WHO ALSO WASN'T HERE IN 2016 TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN TO GET THIS MONEY SPENT TEXT DOT SPENDS IT THEY INSTALL IT AS YOU SAID, BUT THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S HAPPENED VERY CANDIDLY. I DON'T THINK IT WAS A PRIORITY. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN 2016. MHM. ALRIGHT SO IN SUMMARY STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, THE FIRST IS THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE AMENDMENT FOR MAINTAINING WILMOTH, UH TO BLOOM, DALE OR EXCUSE ME A LOT. HOW EXCLUDING THE CENTER MEDIAN AND THEN, SECONDLY APPROVED THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AMENDMENT WITH TEXT OUT FOR LANDSCAPING
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MAINTENANCE AT THE INTERSECTION OF US 75 IN VIRGINIA. US 75 3 80 SO WITH THAT I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE $100,000 OPTIONS STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IS THAT FAIR RYAN STAFF IS. IF THE CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO MAKE IT BACK TO THIS ONE. IF THE CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO MAKE THE MAINTENANCE OF US 75 CONSISTENT, SO WE WILL BE DOING THE OUTER LANES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PORTION OF THE CITY LIMITS. THAT WOULD BE THE $75,000 TO EXTEND IT FROM WILMOTH TO LORD HOWE. THE $100,000 IS FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE CENTER MEDIAN. WHICH STAFF IS NOT RECOMMENDING. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFICATION. MR GILLINGHAM IS THE 74,100. IS THAT ADDITIONAL 74,100 OR IS THAT THE AGGREGATE WITH THE ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL TO THAT IS ADDITIONAL TO THE 50,000 ON THE LEFT, SO THE TOTAL WOULD BE THAN 100 AND THAT'S CORRECT. $25,000 APPROXIMATELY. YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS TWO THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO APPROVE, RIGHT? SO THE YEAH. LET ME GO BACK HERE. SO THE FIRST ONE AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD SUGGEST BE PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR, 24 TO CONSIDER IMMUNE INSULIN WILL MAINTENANCE AMENDMENT FOR THAT $75,000 FROM WILMOT. THE LOT OF HOW THE SECOND ONE IS ON THE AGENDA LATER THIS EVENING FOR THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LANDSCAPING PROJECT. IS THAT IS THAT THE 20 TO 11 79 TODAY? I'M SORRY. WHAT? THERE'S AN ITEM. REGARDING TO AMEND LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE THE ONE BUT THE OTHER ONE IS NOT GONNA IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. WE'RE SEEKING DIRECTION ON THE FIRST BULLET POINT FROM COUNSEL AS TO WHETHER WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH TEXT HAD TO CONSIDER THAT ENHANCED LANDSCAPING. ALRIGHT THE HANDSOME MAINTENANCE ON THE LANDSCAPE. ESCAPING IS THE OTHER THING THAT'S ON THE AGENDA. YES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE FROM ONE WITH BLOOM DOWN ON IT OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. TEXT STOP, AND THEY DO IT THREE TIMES PER YEAR AND SO MY OPINION ON THE THING IS. BEING ON THE COUNCIL 56 YEARS AND I'VE NEVER HAD A CALL FROM A SINGLE CITIZENS SAYING, HEY, WE'RE LACKING IN MAINTENANCE ALONG HIGHWAY 75. UM AND SO WHY WOULD I? SCREW UP THE BUDGET BY TAKING MORE MONEY OUT OF IT FOR SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE A PROBLEM. ON BOTH COUNTS IN THE CENTER MEDIAN AND THE OUTSIDE. WELL AND IT'S CERTAINLY A POLICY DECISION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING IT FORWARD HERE TODAY. THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. JUST IF I WANT TO MAKE SURE FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU DO TONIGHT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA IS THE ITEM ON THE LANDSCAPING. THE GRANT MONEY. ARE YOU OKAY WITH MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH TEXT MOVING FORWARD WITH LANDSCAPING PLAN. THE OTHER ONE WAS JUST WANTING SOME DIRECTION BECAUSE WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU ANOTHER TIME. TO DO A EITHER UNAMENDED MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT OR ANOTHER MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT ON WHETHER OR NOT WE HIRE CONTRACTOR TO AUGMENT. THE WORK THAT WE'RE RELYING ON TEXT DOT TO BE DOING, BUT BY MANY ACCOUNTS, I SHOULD SAY ALL ACCOUNTS, BUT BY MANY ACCOUNTS ARE YOU ALL HAVE GOTTEN SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT GARBAGE THAT COLLECTS ALONG THE ROADWAY, AND THERE'S SOME DISPLEASURE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, OF COURSE, DOESN'T DOESN'T LOOK GREAT, AND SO THE SOLUTION WOULD BE. WE COULD STEP IT UP AND PAY OUR TAXPAYERS MECHANIC IN STEP UP AND PAY SOME MORE MONEY TO CLEAN UP THE ROADWAY. IN ADDITION TO WHAT TEXT THE BASIC SERVICES ATTACKS THAT PROVIDES OR IF NOT, YOU COULD SAY YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS WHAT IT IS. THAT'S WHAT TEXT DOTS BASIC CORE SERVICES. WE DON'T LIKE IT. WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION AND TRY TO ENHANCE IT. I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY PRODUCTIVE BECAUSE TEXT THAT'S GOOD. YOU KNOW THEY'RE CONSTRAINED AS WELL . AND THEY ALSO DEAL WITH TIGHT LABOR MARKET LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IS DEALING WITH GETTING FOLKS TO WORK OUT THERE AND TO DO THAT JOB, WHICH IS A VERY DIFFICULT, NOT PARTICULARLY PLEASANT JOB.IS NOT GOING TO BE THAT EASY. I REMEMBER WHEN FREDERICK FRAZIER WAS ON COUNCIL, WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TRASH ALONG HIGHWAY FIVE. SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAINTAIN OUR LANDSCAPING AND THE MEDIANS AND THE TRASH IN THIS AREA, I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THIS IS ANOTHER ENTRANCE INTO THE CITY. UM SO IF WE CAN STRIVE TO KEEP THAT, LOOKING BETTER, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I DO AGREE WITH CHARLIE, THOUGH FURTHER NORTH IS A LOT LESS TRAFFIC. ZERO COMPLAINTS. WE DRIVE THERE. I DON'T SEE A LOT. WHEN I DRIVE THERE, SO I THINK THE PRIORITY IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE FROM ELDORADO. THE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY. MHM. I WOULD TEND TO AGREE, AND I BELIEVE THE SAME WAY IT IS THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO OUR CITY. PEOPLE SEE, I DON'T
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KNOW WHY WE DON'T GET MORE COMPLAINTS. MAYBE THEY THINK IT'S PART OF TEXT AND WE HAVE NO SAY SO IN THE MATTER. UM, BUT IF YOU GO FURTHER I AGREE, WILMOTH , BUT IF YOU GO INTO THE OTHER CITIES, I MEAN, IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO TALK TO THE OTHER CITIES ABOUT MAYBE DOING SOME TYPE OF BIGGER AGREEMENT. BECAUSE YOU GO UP INTO AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY A DISASTER AREA. I MEAN, THEY'RE PILES OF TRASH AND MAKING AN ALMOST I DON'T WANT TO SEE MCKINNEY GET TO THAT POINT, AND IT'S OBVIOUS THAT TEXT ANALYSES TEXT THAT IS NOT BEEN ABLE TO TAKE MANPOWER OR WHATEVER BEEN ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE, UH 75 COMING THROUGH MCKINNEY. SO I THINK WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. YEAH, I'M ALL FOR THE YOU KNOW, TO GET THAT LANDSCAPING DONE TO PROVE IT. WE NEED TO GET THAT SPENT BECAUSE I'VE GONE UP TO MELISSA, TOO. AND I'VE HAD SOME ENVY THINKING MANUAL. YOU'VE GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD LOOKING STUFF UP HERE GOING ON WITH THE LANDSCAPE YOU'VE GOTTEN. WE DON'T HAVE THAT. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT.UM NORTH OF WILMOTH. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GET TO BLOOM, DALE, BUT THAT'S COME ON MY RADAR HERE LATELY, AND MAYBE SOME OTHER COUNCIL PEOPLE'S RADAR AS FAR AS AND THINGS COMING UP. THAT WE'VE THAT YOU WERE GOING TO BE SEEING THAT AREA DEVELOPED AND I DO HAVE AN APPETITE BECAUSE THE TOPOGRAPHY THERE IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL, ESPECIALLY THERE ON THE WEST SIDE THAT I DO HAVE AN APPETITE TO KEEP THAT GOING AND LOOKING GOOD AND 75 PROVIDES US A LOT OF CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW? THERE'S A SKELETON OF A POLARIS DEALERSHIP UP THERE ON IT. NOW I'VE GOT THE LONG MUMMIFICATION SKELETON OF THE CULVERTS THAT WAS THERE BY THE MOVIE THEATER, YOU KNOW, AND SO THESE THINGS FRUSTRATE JUST ABOUT ALL PEOPLE IN MCKINNEY, WHETHER THEY SAY MUCH ABOUT IT OR NOT, AND, UH, I WANTED TO DO WHAT WE CAN WITHIN REASON TO KEEP. THAT AREA LOOKING AS BEST WE CAN AND BEING CONSCIOUS OF THAT, SO THAT WOULD HAVE MY SUPPORT, TOO. TAKE OVER THAT MAINTENANCE. OKAY LET'S MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR. I'M OKAY WITH THE YOU'RE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED FOR THE INTERSECTIONS AND LANDSCAPE. NO, IT'S JUST I DON'T WANT TO TAKE OVER THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. I'M KIND OF FEEL LIKE CHARLIE IS THIS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S NOT BEEN A PROBLEM AT THIS POINT TO WHERE WE'RE HEARING ABOUT IT. I'M SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I WANT TO PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE ON WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. SO I'D LIKE TO THINK IT'S NOT THE FOLKS FROM MCKINNEY, WHO ARE THROWING TRASH OUT ON 75 TO SO YOU GOT A MUDDLED UH, RESPONSE THERE. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE A WELL, I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO CAME OUT FOR IT. I THINK THAT YOU KNOW AS FAR AS DOING THAT MAINTENANCE, BUT Y'ALL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
NO, I'M PROUD OF THE MAINTENANCE. ARE YOU ARE SORRY FOR EXPANDING IT, EXPANDING IT FURTHER NORTH. I AM TOO. ELSE WE'VE GOT. BEFORE AND THREE AGAINST. THERE YOU GO, OKAY? THANKS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY NEXT ON THE NEXT ISLAND IS UPDATE ON EAST MCKINNEY
[Update on East McKinney Projects]
PROJECTS. AND FORMED. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL CAME FROM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SHARE INFORMATION AND OUR EAST MCKINNEY PROJECTS. THERE ARE THREE COMPONENTS TO TODAY'S CHAT . ONE IS AN OVERVIEW AND REMINDER OF WHAT THE INITIATIVE IS. SECOND WILL GO THROUGH VERY QUICK PROJECT UPDATES LIKE WE HAVE IN THE PAST, AND THIRD WILL SPEND A FEW MINUTES TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. HOW DOES IMPACT EVOLVE? SO QUICK REMINDER. EAST MCKINNEY PROJECT OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS IS THE MEANING BEHIND THE ACRONYM WE CALL IMPACT AND IT IS A TEAM OF FOLKS AND WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO.AND REALLY THE ENTIRE INTENT HERE IS TO COMMUNICATE AND ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE MYRIAD OF PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY EAST OF HIGHWAY FIVE. WHY WELL, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. THERE ARE ACTUALLY MORE PROJECTS ON THIS SLIDE THAN THERE WAS WHEN YOU SAW THE SAME SLIDE IN EARLY 2021 . WE KNEW WITH THIS MANY THINGS GOING ON AND THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THE PROJECTS ON THIS LIST NEEDED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT WE WANTED TO PULL A UNIFIED COMMUNICATION PLAN TOGETHER. SO HOW DID WE DO THIS? WE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAIT
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SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS, AND IT WAS ULTIMATELY VERY TEAM BASED. WE HAD A CORE GROUP OF ABOUT EIGHT CITY STAFF THAT KIND OF STEERED THE SHIP AS RELATED TO ALL OF OUR INITIATIVES. BUT ON THAT SHIP WE HAD OVER 20 CITY STAFF MEMBERS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING UPDATES ABOUT THE PRO.AND THEN WE HAD ABOUT 20 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. WHO ARE LIAISON GROUP, AND THEY WERE REALLY THE BRIDGE FOR ALL OF OUR INFORMATION TO GET INTO THE COMMUNITY, AND WE GOT THAT INFORMATION OUT IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS. WE HAD A WEBSITE THAT SERVES AS THE HUB OF ALL INFORMATION, SO EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED TO KNOW WAS THERE WE DID EVERYTHING FROM EMAILS TO DOOR HANGERS. TO ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARD TO COMMUNICATE AND DIFFERENT PROJECTS AT DIFFERENT TIMES. WE ALSO HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS. A LOT OF MEETINGS WERE PROJECT SPECIFIC. SO THE STREETS IN MOBILITY PROJECT HAD PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS. WE HAD A VERY WELL ATTENDED MEETING ON THE DECK PARK PROJECT OVER AT IMPACT, SO THEY WERE PROJECT SPECIFIC, BUT WE ALSO HAD TWO BROAD NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS. THE FIRST WAS IN 2021. AND THE LAST WAS IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, AND BOTH WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL, BUT WE WERE ESPECIALLY PROUD OF THE ONE IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR WE HAD OVER 100 ATTENDEES. WE HAD SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM CITY STAFF THAT PROVIDED INFORMATION ON ALL SORTS OF ASPECTS FROM THE CITY, AND IT WAS REALLY A CHANCE FOR RESIDENTS WHETHER YOU LIVED IN THAT PART OF THE COMMUNITY OR OTHER PARTS OF MCKINNEY. WE HAD A LOT OF FOLKS ATTEND WHO LIVED IN OTHER PARTS OF MCKINNEY, BUT YOU CAN GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY, BUT YOU CAN ALSO CONNECT WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS. SO NOW LET'S MOVE INTO SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND FOR THE PROJECTS. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERY PIECE OF TEXT ON EVERY SLIDE. THESE ARE REALLY PROVIDED HERE FOR REFERENCE. I'M GONNA MAKE SOME BROAD STATEMENTS. BUT WE HAVE STAFF HERE THAT CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS IF THEY COME UP ALONG THE WAY OR AFTERWARDS, BUT WE'LL START WITH STREETS AND TRAFFIC. OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS USUALLY TOP OF MIND FOR MOST IMPACTS YOUR DAY TO DAY IF YOU ARE DRIVING AROUND, AND WHEN IT COMES TO STREETS AND TRAFFIC, THERE IS A LOT HAPPENING. EAST OF HIGHWAY FIVE IN MCKINNEY. AND THIS SIDE, I'M JUST GOING TO TOUCH ON THE STREETS AND TRAFFIC STUDY ALSO CALLED THE STREETS OF MOBILITY STUDY. WE PRESENTED THIS AT WORK SESSION TO COUNCIL SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND HAD SOME REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION, PARTICULARLY ABOUT ONE OF THE PROPOSED THOROUGHFARES, AND WE HAVE REVISED THAT PLAN, AND THERE WAS SOME INFORMATION PROVIDED MANAGERS NOTES ON THAT, AND WE PLAN ON BRINGING THE PLAN TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN EARLY 2023. ONCE THAT'S ADAPTED . IT PAVES THE WAY FOR US TO UPDATE OUR THOROUGHFARE. PLAN AND THAT HELPS DRIVE R C I P PRIORITIES. THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING OUT THERE AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN OUT THERE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE AREAS OF LOUISIANA, VIRGINIA AND EVEN GREEN AND ANDREWS. THESE PROJECTS ARE WRAPPING UP WE HAVE BEEN REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE GOOD CONTRACTORS AND BOARD AS WELL AS INCREDIBLY CAPABLE CITY STAFF. WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE RESIDENTS, SO THEY KNOW ABOUT WIND ROADS MIGHT BE CLOSED DOWN OR DETOURS, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. UM BUT IT IS. CONSTRUCTION IS ALWAYS DISRUPTIVE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO ENSURE THAT IT IS, UM AS MANAGEABLE AS POSSIBLE , AND I THINK THE END RESULT WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYBODY. AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION SIDE AT TOP OF MIND FOR MANY MIGHT BE THAT DECK PARK THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE OR WHAT WE ALSO CALL THE STATE HIGHWAY FIVE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION, STUDY. OUR PRELIMINARY WORK AND REACTIONS IS DONE. OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PHASE IS DONE, AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THE THREE OPTIONS BACK TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW. AND REQUESTS FOR DIRECTION. WE ARE WAITING FOR SOME INFORMATION FROM THE NORTH TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, AND ONCE WE HAVE THIS CRITICAL MEETING WITH THEM THAT LAYS OUT CRITICAL INFORMATION ON FUNDING AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT TO COUNCIL . WE ARE HOPING FOR EARLY 2023 ON THAT. SO WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SOME LIGHT SHED ON THIS AND FIRST QUARTER OR IS THAT TOO OPTIMISTIC? I AM VERY OPTIMISTIC . RIGHT NOW. THE BALL IS NOT IN OUR CORNER. THE BALL IS IN COG SCORE, BUT I AM I'M OPTIMISTIC, OPTIMISTIC AND KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED. THANK YOU. SO I'M THE REDEVELOPMENT SIDE. IT'S CRAZY TO THINK THAT TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, REALLY NONE OF THESE PROJECTS WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THEY WERE JUST PLANS ON PAPER, AND NOW THEY'RE ALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND IN FACT, THE TOPS IS HOPEFULLY WRAPPING UP CONSTRUCTION. NOW TOPS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS SLIPPED A LITTLE BIT IN THE TIMELINE, BUT THEY ARE STILL HOPEFUL FOR FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR. FINGERS CROSSED, LIKE ALL PROJECTS. THEY'RE DEALING WITH ALL KINDS OF THINGS. I DON'T THINK THERE ARE REALLY MANY PROJECTS OUT THERE TODAY THAT ARE FINISHING AND TIME OR BEFORE SCHEDULE. CITY HALL. GROUNDBREAKING HAS OCCURRED AND
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THE PUBLIC PARKING LOT AS WELL. AND IF YOU'VE BEEN OVER THERE LATELY, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THE BULLDOZERS AND THE PRIVATE PROPERTY, WHICH IS AT VIRGINIA STATE HIGHWAY FIVE. THAT'S THE COLUMBUS REALTY APARTMENT PROJECTS, SO THEY ARE DOING SOME ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION OUT THERE, SO WE'RE SEEING PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME AS THE PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT. AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOUSINGS ASIDE , WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION STUDY AT THE LAST WORK SESSION MEETING . WE ARE WORKING TO SCHEDULE A TIME FOR THE CONSULTANT TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR AS REQUESTED, AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT HAS COME OUT OF THESE EFFORTS HAVE REALLY BEEN SOME OF THESE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT WEREN'T PART OF THE PROJECT OR IMPACTS ROLE INITIALLY, BUT MANAGED TO COME OUT OF IT, AND I THINK HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. AND TO THAT I'LL MENTION OUR STREET SIGN TOPPER PROGRAM, WHICH IDENTIFIES THE LEGACY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS REALLY AN IDEA THAT CAME OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEMSELVES, AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.ADDITIONALLY OUR WORK RIGHT NOW , DANA RILEY AND HER CREW ARE REALLY WORKING TO CONNECT WITH THE LIAISONS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO BUILD A FRAMEWORK FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT FOLKS CAN BE EMPOWERED IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SILO PROJECT DOES NOT NEED AN INTRODUCTION. WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT, BUT WE'RE REALLY HOPING IT SETS THE STAGE FOR WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT AREA IN CITY HALL AT THE PLAZA, THE TYPES OF EVENTS THAT OCCUR THERE AS WELL AS THE EXHIBITS IN FUTURE ART. SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? WE ARE AT SORT OF AN INTERESTING TIME. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR TWO YEARS. AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR INITIAL CORE PURPOSE, WE'VE REALLY SORT OF ACHIEVED THAT GOAL. THE PROJECTS THAT WERE OUT THERE THAT NEEDED THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT INPUT THERE BEYOND THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT PERIOD. BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE WANT TO STOP. WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PIECES IN PLACE. WE KNOW THE PROJECTS ARE MOVING ON. WE HAVE SOME GREAT INFRASTRUCTURE SET UP. WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM OF CITY STAFF. WE HAVE OUR LIAISON GROUP. WE HAVE THE WEBSITE. WE ARE AT A REALLY GREAT POINT TO EVOLVE. THE EFFORTS OF WHAT IMPACT IS IN OUR VISION FOR THAT IS THAT WE MOVE FROM WHAT WAS A VERY CITY LED APPROACH. TWO MORE OF A CITY COLLABORATION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD APPROACH, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR LIAISON GROUP TO HELP DEFINE WHAT THAT MEANS. I MENTIONED THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS BEFORE AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE LIAISON GROUP TO HELP IDENTIFY WHAT TYPES OF THINGS DO YOU NEED FROM THE CITY THAT CAN HELP YOU CONNECT WITH YOUR COMMUNITY SO THAT YOU CAN FEEL LIKE YOU CAN GET THE INFORMATION YOU NEED AND BUILD THE RELATIONSHIPS YOU NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS ISN'T A TURN THE SWITCH OFF AND TURN THE SWITCH ON INITIATIVE OR IN WHAT? I WILL CALL A TRANSITION PERIOD.
WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT THE PURPOSE OF IMPACT IS IT STATED BEFORE IS NOT REALLY RELEVANT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING ANY MORE. WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT MEANS, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO LEAD TO A REALLY GREAT PLACE AND WE'RE EXCITED TO WORK WITH BOTH STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY AND THIS AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT INFORMATION TO YOU IN 2023 AS WE BUILD THAT PLAN TOGETHER. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO QUESTIONS. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT EXTEND TO THANKS TO YOU, THE COUNCIL. THE IMPACT EFFORTS OVER THE LAST YEAR ADDED A LOT OF EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES TO YOUR CALENDARS AND YOU SHOW UP EVERY TIME AND VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT, BUT ALSO VERY THANKFUL TO THE MULTITUDE OF STAFF, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE REALLY DOVE RIGHT IN ON THIS AND HAVE HELPED WITH ALL OF OUR EFFORTS, AND IT TAKES AN ARMY AND WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST IN MCKINNEY. SO WITH THAT I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS, AND WE HAD STAFF IN THE AUDIENCE THAT CAN ANSWER PROJECT SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? WELL DONE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AH NEXT ITEM IS 22 117 TO DISCUSS HISTORIC
[Discuss Historic Preservation Opportunities for the future of McKinney]
PRESERVATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE OF MCKINNEY. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. SO WE HAVE BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES THIS YEAR TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT HISTORIC PRESERVATION ITEMS OVER THE OVER THE COURSE OF TIME. TODAY WE ARE COMING BACK TO SEEK A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECTION FROM COUNSEL AS TO HOW YOU WANT US TO PROCEED WITH HISTORY PRESERVATION PROGRAM WILL GO OVER KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AND SOME OF THE POSSIBLE OPTIONS AND THEN TALK ABOUT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND DIRECTIONS. OKAY SO CURRENTLY OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION INVOLVED REGULATION . THEY INVOLVE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AND INCENTIVES. CONTINUING INCENTIVE PROGRAMS WE HAVE HAD GOING ON FOR A WHILE.[00:40:03]
WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT THESE SEVERAL TIMES THIS YEAR WHETHER ITS TERRORISTS H AND IZ OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE PROJECTS HAVE SEEN BUSY OR THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT. ZONE TAX EXEMPTION REVISIONS HERE BACK IN MARCH. UM ENHANCED OUTREACH AND EDUCATION . WE HAVE KIND OF STEPPED UP THE NUMBER OF TOURS AND TALKS THAT WE'VE GIVEN IN THE LAST LITTLE BIT, UM AND KIND OF BRANCHED OUT WITH OUR TOURS, WORKING WITH VISIT MCKINNEY ON THOSE, AND THEN WE'VE KIND OF DIPPED OUR FEET OR TOES INTO THE SOCIAL MEDIA. PURVIEW TRYING TO GET SOME MORE WORRIED ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION. OUT THAT WAY. WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON IMPROVING OUR CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS ADMINISTRATION. WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT UP AND RUNNING MORE SUCCESSFULLY IN THE CUSTOMER SELF SERVICE PORTALS SO PEOPLE CAN APPLY THAT WAY AND WILL BE WORKING FOR FORWARD ON GETTING SOME IMPROVEMENTS THERE. AND THEN, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, WE ALSO HAVE A HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY COMING UP HERE IN THE SPRING LOOKING TO FINALIZE AT RFK YOU IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. SO THAT CAN GET OUT IN THE SPRING WITH OUR PROJECT START AND AFTER APRIL OF NEXT YEAR. UM AND WHERE WILL THAT TAKE US? WELL, THAT HISTORIC PRESERVATION SURVEY WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST STOP STARTING POINTS OF WHERE WE CAN GO IN THE FUTURE WITH HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY. WE WILL BE LOOKING AT EXISTING PROPERTIES THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE DISTRICT AND KIND OF AN UPDATE ON WHERE THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY HAVE MOVED IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS SINCE OUR LAST SURVEY, AND WE HOPE TO ALSO LOOK AT PROPERTIES AT THE BROADER AREA ON THE OLD MCKINNEY SO WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT PROPERTIES WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT SINCE 1985 AND SOME PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOW OLD ENOUGH. AH IN TO BE CONSIDERED HISTORIC, SO THAT WOULD BE KIND OF THAT LARGER AREA. AND WITH THAT SURVEY THAT COULD GIVE US OR AT LEAST INFORM US AS TO SOME POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT OR DESIGNATION OF NEW DISTRICTS MOVING FORWARD. AS I SAID, THAT WILL HAVE TO COME AFTER THE HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY. SOME OTHER OPTIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S VERY TYPICAL IN MANY CITIES WITH HISTORIC DISTRICTS IS TO HAVE A HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN. IT'S SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE WOULD DO FOR PLANNING IN GENERAL FOR THE OVERALL PLANNING OF THE CITY , BUT IN THE PURPOSE OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN THAT WOULD BE TO KIND OF SET A LIST OF GOALS FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM, MOVING FORWARD AND HELP US ANTICIPATE NEEDS AND SURVEY WHETHER THEY'RE SURVEY NEEDS OR INCENTIVE NEEDS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PLAN.IT'S GENERALLY A GUIDELINE TO KIND OF SEE. HOW ARE YOU KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD OVER TIME? AS YOU AS WE GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES YOU WILL SEE ON THE SIDE RIGHT HERE. THIS AREA THAT WE HAVE KIND OF A GRAPH SHOWING WHAT OTHER CITIES IN THE AREA HAVE AS COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE, AND SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES AROUND US THAT HAVE HISTORIC DISTRICTS DO HAVE PRESERVATION PLANS. UM DESIGN GUIDELINES OR STANDARDS, DESIGN GUIDELINES OR STANDARDS OR SOMETHING WE'VE LOOKED AT ONCE, AT LEAST IN THE PAST. HERE IN MCKINNEY, WE DO HAVE DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR POTENTIAL NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HISTORIC AREA, PARTICULARLY IF THEY WANT IMPACT FEE WAIVERS ABOUT WHAT DESIGN GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS COULD HELP US DO IN THE CITY. IS MAKE THE APPROVAL AND REVIEW PROCESS FOR HISTORIC PROPERTY MODIFICATIONS AND ALTERATIONS A LITTLE BIT MORE PREDICTABLE AND POSSIBLY CONSISTENT. IT MAY HELP YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE A KIND OF BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S NEEDED AND WHAT'S REQUIRED. IT CAN HELP ENCOURAGE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS AND OFTEN PROVIDES OR PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS IS WHEN IT'S DESIGN GUIDELINES, SOME KIND OF ILLUSTRATIVE RESOURCE GUIDE TO THE COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. WHETHER IT'S STYLES OF BUILDINGS OR POTENTIAL CHANGES AND DEFINITIONS OF PRODUCTS. AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE WAS THE CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM. THIS CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LOCAL CITIES OR COUNTIES, AND THE STATE HAS STATE OF TEXAS IN OUR CASE IN THEIR HISTORIC COMMISSION TO HELP PROMOTE HISTORIC PRESERVATION MOVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES WITHIN EACH LOCAL JURISDICTION THAT IS A MEMBER OF THE C LG WAYS OF DOING THAT WITH THROUGH THE C L G PROGRAM ARE FUNDS WHERE THEY AS A PARTICULAR SET OF GRANT FUNDS THAT CAN BE GIVEN EACH YEAR. UM TO SEE LG CITIES THAT APPLY OR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. UM. LOOKING AT THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL REQUIREMENTS TO BE A C L G STATUS. UM ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD ASKED THAT WAS ASKED OF US RATHER LAST TIME WE WERE HERE WAS. DOES THE COUNTY HAVE ITS OWN C LG? OR DO WE? ARE WE IN IT ALONE? KIND OF THING WE MET BACK IN OCTOBER ACTUALLY WASN'T OCTOBER NOVEMBER. WITH THE COLLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND SEVERAL OTHER NONPROFITS FROM AROUND COLLIN COUNTY FOR A BRIEF
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WORKSHOP WITH THE SERVICE CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT COORDINATOR FROM TEXAS HISTORIC MISSION. SHE WAS INVITED UP HERE AND SHE CAME UP AND SPOKE WITH US ABOUT WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM WERE AND WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES WERE. BECAUSE COLLIN COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE THE L G STATUS AS A COUNTY, IN FACT , THE ONLY PLACE IN COLLIN COUNTY THAT HAS CLD STATUS RIGHT NOW IS PLAYING OUT. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO HEAR FROM THEIR C LG COORDINATOR AT THE STATE LEVEL AND FROM THE PLANO C. LG COORDINATOR. UM WE REVIEWED AT THAT MEETING WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE C L G STATUS WOULD BE. YOU CAN SEE THE LIST OF THEM UP HERE, AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE BY THE CHECK MARKS ON THE LIST OF THEM UP HERE THAT WE ARE ALREADY ON OUR WAY TO HAVING MOST OF THE ITEMS REQUIRED TO BE A C L G, UM ONE OF THEM, YOU'LL SEE THAT'S NOTABLY EMPTY. IS THIS ONE RIGHT HERE? ENFORCE A 60 DAY STAY OF DEMOLITION. ON LANDMARKS OR CONTRIBUTING PROPERTIES IN OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT. WE HAVE A DEMOLITION DELAY THAT IS AN OPTION IN OUR RESIDENTIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE IT ACROSS THE BOARD. 60 DAYS STAY ON ALL DEMOLITIONS. THE INTENT OF THAT OF THAT REQUIREMENT IS TO GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK ADAPTIVE REUSE SOLUTIONS OR ALTERNATIVE PURCHASERS FOR A PROPERTY RATHER THAN DEMOLISH IT. UM SO THAT IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY NEED TO CHANGE IF WE WERE TO BE A C L G BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO KIND OF TWEAK OUR CHANGE OUR ORDINANCE AND LITTLE BIT THERE.UM AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM THAT WE ARE MISSING. YOU CAN SEE AS THE ANNUAL REPORT ON THE H P A B OR THE HBO ACTIONS. WE DON'T DO THAT NOW BECAUSE WE ARE NOT A C, L G AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT REPORT ANNUALLY. THAT WOULDN'T COME ABOUT UNTIL WE WERE ACTUALLY A C L G. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAD IN THE PAST ABOUT R C L G STATUS WAS HOW MUCH CHANGE WHAT OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD OR COMMISSION HAVE TO HAVE MADE TO IT IN ORDER TO BE A C L G. WE DID HEAR BACK ON A PRELIMINARY COURTESY REVIEW FROM THE COORDINATOR DOWN THERE AT THC, AND SHE SAID, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE ALREADY. WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE REQUIREMENTS AND OUR ORDINANCE THAT COMPLY WITH THE STATE ON THE MAKEUP AND COMPOSITION OF OUR BOARD. WE ALREADY MEET PRETTY REGULARLY. THEY DO REQUIRE SIX TIMES A YEAR, AND WE MEET SIX TIMES A YEAR, BUT OUR ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY SAYS RIGHT NOW AS NEEDED, IT WORKS OUT. WE GENERALLY MEET SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SIX AND 10 TIMES A YEAR. DEPENDING ON WHAT BUSINESS IS AT HAND. SO THAT MEAN YOU MIGHT NEED SOME CHANGES. AND THEN THEY DO. DO THEY DO HAVE EXCUSE ME? SOME DESIGN REVIEW NOW, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE KIND OF THE POLICY THAT WE ARE MOVING THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH AFTER AUGUST OF LETTING THEM DO DEMOLITION REVIEW IN THE RESIDENTIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT, BUT WITH FOR REGULAR REVIEWS. WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEND THEM A REVIEW FROM TIME TO TIME, SO THOSE ARE AWESOME ELEMENTS THERE. BENEFITS OF THE C L G.
THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST. UM THERE IS THE GRANT PROGRAM. THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST BENEFITS TO THE C. L G IS HAVING OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS SOME OF THAT FUN THAT THOSE FUNDS. EXCUSE ME. THE C L G GETS THEIR FUNDS FROM A KIND OF PASSED THROUGH FROM THE FEDERAL PARK SERVICE WITH A PARK SERVICE GIVES OUT C LG FUNDS TO EACH STATE EVERY YEAR AND THEN THAT MONEY CAN BE GIVEN OUT TO INDIVIDUAL CITIES OR COUNTIES THAT HAVE C LG STATUS FOR PROJECTS RELATED TO PRESERVATION , WHETHER IT'S ACTUAL BRICKS AND MORTAR TYPE ACTIVITIES OR ITS FUNDS TO DO A PRESERVATION PLAN OR DESIGN GUIDELINES SET FOR YOUR CITY. AND SO THOSE FUNDS VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR, BUT THEY HAVE GENERALLY BEEN RUNNING BETWEEN 152 $100,000 A YEAR AS THE GENERAL POOL. IN TALKING WITH THE C LG COORDINATOR LAST MONTH. SHE INDICATED THAT THIS 2022 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET OF THE C LG FUNDS FOR THE GRANT WAS ABOUT $173,000 AND THE AVERAGE GRANT GIVEN TO EACH CITY OR APPLICANT WAS BETWEEN 2000 OR $30,000. THEY ARE MATCHING FUND GRANTS.
AND SO IF WE WERE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WERE A C, L G, AND WE GOT A GRANT OR APPLIED FOR A GRANT FROM THEM, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A MATCHING COMPONENT TO WHATEVER DOLLAR FIGURE WE WOULD REQUEST HOWEVER, THAT MATCHING COULD BE IN TIME. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE IN DOLLARS. AND SO IF WE HAD UH , YOU KNOW, AN APPLICATION THAT WENT THROUGH FOR A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT AND WE COULD MATCH THAT IN BAN HOURS THAT WOULD COUNT. ONE OTHER THING THAT WE DID LEARN IS THAT THE BENEFITS OF THE C L G PROGRAM ARE ALSO OPEN TO THE NONPROFITS LOCATED WITHIN THE AREA THAT HAS THE C L G. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WERE A CL G ARE NONPROFITS WORKING IN PRESERVATION WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THOSE C LG FUNDS AS WELL AS LONG AS WE SIGNED OFF ON THE PROJECT AND SAID THAT IT WAS
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SOMETHING THAT WE THOUGHT BENEFITED THE COMMUNITY. SO I WILL RE NOTE NOTE JUST THIS LITTLE HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE AT THE BOTTOM C. LG STATUS ALONE DOESN'T PROVIDE ANY STRONGER REGULATORY PROTECTION IF WE WERE SEEKING ANY STRONGER REGULATORY PROTECTION IN THE CITY THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM THE COUNCIL AND CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE. SO LOOKING AT ALL FOUR OF THOSE THINGS WE JUST WANT TO KNOW FROM COUNCIL WHAT YOUR DIRECTION IS FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM. DO WE KIND OF CONTINUE ON THIS PATH THAT WE'VE BEEN ON FOR THE LAST LITTLE BIT AND MAINTAIN OUR STATUS QUO KIND OF GOING FORWARD, WORKING ON IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND WORKING ON SPURNING OUR AWARENESS, OR DO WE LOOK AT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS? TRYING TO ENGAGE SOME OF THOSE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WHETHER IT'S MOVING FORWARD WITH DESIGN GUIDELINES OR GOING AFTER GOING AHEAD AND DOING A FORMAL APPLICATION FOR C L G, OR DOING A HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN AND POSSIBLY EXPANDING THE DISTRICT . WE DID MEET WITH THE H P A. B IN DECEMBER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, JUST TO GET THEIR KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS. AND THEY FELT THAT DOING ALL FOUR OF THOSE WOULD BE A GREAT WAYS TO NOT ONLY EXPAND BUT MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE OUR PROGRAMS. AND SO WE'RE HERE LOOKING FOR YOUR DIRECTION. AND WITH THAT, I WILL STOP TALKING AND BUT YOU GUYS HAVE THE FLOOR. QUESTIONS CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE? SIX FOR ME, PLEASE? SURE.TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICT EXTINCTION EXPANSION AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT GENTRIFICATION ON THE EAST SIDE WITH THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING THAT WAY. WHEN WILL THE HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY COMPLETED? SO WE WON'T BE STARTED UNTIL THE SPRING SO SOMETIME AFTER APRIL. UM, AND IT DEPENDS ON CONTRACTS AND LENGTH OF TIME. IT COULD TAKE ANYWHERE FROM SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR AND A HALF. HOPEFULLY IT WOULD BE DONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. BUT SUCH A DELAY ON THAT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION LIKE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO ABOUT THIS HAPPENING. SO WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE WERE ASKED TO START IT IN IN THE SPRING, AND SO WE WILL. THAT'S OUR PLAN IS TO TRY TO GET IT DONE IN THE SPRING, AND THEN IT WILL JUST BE AN ISSUE OF GETTING MOBILIZED AND GET THAT MOVING. AS YOU KNOW.
ONCE THE CONTRACT IS DONE, AND THEN THERE WILL BE A WHOLE SERIES OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN. SO ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN ONCE A CONSULTANT IS SELECTED. AND THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT. THEY WILL HAVE TO DO THE VARIOUS STEPS LIKE A WINDSHIELD SURVEY COGNIZANT SURVEY TO GO AROUND AND LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES AND DO ASSESSMENTS AND THEN DO ANY OF THE RESEARCH THAT IS REQUIRED TO IDENTIFY SIGNIFICANCE IN AGE AND PROPERTY OWNERS AND THAT KIND OF THING AND THEN CREATE A MAP OF THOSE DOCUMENTS THE CATALOG AND FINDINGS THAT THEY HAVE AND THERE WILL BE SOME MEETINGS INVOLVED IN THERE. WHETHER IT'S MEETINGS WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE BABY OR THE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WILL HAVE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT THE PROCESSING. MOVING FORWARD. SO RIGHT NOW, THE, UM HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICT IS EAST OF FIVE CORRECT WEST OF FIRE WEST OF FIVE. SO THIS THIS LITTLE TREE SHAPE IS THE TWO DISTRICTS RIGHT NOW. THE WHILE THE WHAT IT'S NOW ONE DISTRICT, THE HISTORIC OUT OF THIS SURVEY WITH THAT SURVEY. INVESTIGATE THE NEED TO MAYBE EXPAND THAT ALSO EASTER FIVE BECAUSE THEIR OBVIOUSLY HISTORIC STRUCTURES CORRECT AS WELL. CORRECT THE LAT YES, THAT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO DO A SURVEY OF THAT KIND OF WHOLE AREA, WHICH IS THAT SOUTH OF 3 80, EAST OF 75. AND THE LAST TIME WE LOOKED AT THAT BREADTH OF PROPERTIES WAS OUR 1985 ARE 2005 SURVEY 2000. SO IT'S BEEN ALMOST 20 YEARS SINCE WE LOOKED AT THE MOST. MY OTHER QUESTION IS ABOUT THE H AND C ACTUALLY, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AS WELL AS WE KIND OF UM, REVAMPED OUR INCENTIVES. UM HOW MANY RESIDENTS EAST OF FIVE HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN CARE, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT? SO NONE SO FAR, WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF ENQUIRIES, BUT NO ACTUAL APPLICATIONS YET. SO WE'VE AND WE'VE ONLY SEEN FIVE APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR. WHAT IS THIS STRATEGY FOR EDUCATING RESIDENTS EAST OF FIVE ABOUT THE H AND I SEE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL THINKING WHAT ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP FOLKS MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTIES AND NOT HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF THAT SIDE, AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT GREAT TOOL THAT COULD BE UTILIZED. I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS AND WILL APPLY FOR IT RIGHT? SO WE DID GO OUT TO THAT MARCH, MEANING THAT KIM MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO WHEN WE DID THE MEETING WITH EAST SIDE COMMUNITY MEETING BACK IN MARCH, AND THEN WE HAVE HELD WITH THE LIBRARY'S A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND THE H N I. C ONE WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE EASY
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ONE SPECIFICALLY FOR ARCHITECTURE IN THIS IN THE CITY. AND SO THOSE WERE NOT AS WELL ATTENDED AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKED, BUT THEY WERE THERE AND WERE OPERATING. THERE WAS THAT OPPORTUNITY. WE WILL BE DOING ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES IN THE SPRING. WITH THROUGH THE LIBRARIES AS WELL. AND SO WE'VE DONE THOSE AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OTHER GROUPS TO TRY TO GET THE WORD OUT. WE JUST MET WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY THE OTHER DAY TO GIVE THEM SOME TRAINING ON THE C O A PROCESS IN THE PROCESS IN THE N EASY SO THAT THEY CAN RECOMMEND TO THEIR HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE OWNER OCCUPIED HOME OWNERS OF THE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE BUSY AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO TRY TO GET SOME COMMUNICATION WITH THE REALTY COMMUNITY TO TRY TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT THAT WAY. AND SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR NEW AND INVENTIVE WAYS TO TRY TO GET THE WORD OUT AND GET TO THE CONNECTIONS WITH THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE MET WITH LEGACY KEEPERS AND BETH BENTLEY'S TEAM AND SO DIFFERENT DIFFERENT GROUPS. IT'S GREAT, BECAUSE I THINK THE MORE THEY SEE YOU. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY RESIDENTS WOULD COME TO A LIBRARY EVENT IS GOING TO BE HONEST, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU WILL EVER HAVE REALLY GREAT ATTENDANCE THERE, BUT FOR THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT GO ON AT OLD SETTLERS OR WITH LEGACY KEEPERS OR WITH THE CHURCHES. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER WAY TO KIND OF REACH THAT AUDIENCE. AND WE CAN CERTAINLY TRY THAT. WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO FIND NEW WAYS TO REACH OUT. THANK YOU ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM US LOOKING FOR DIRECTION? SO DO YOU WANT US TO KIND OF KEEP AS A COUNCIL? DO YOU WANT US TO KIND OF KEEP WITH THIS? THIS STATUS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, WITH JUST CONTINUING TO SPREAD AWARENESS AND WORKING ON IMPROVING THE ADMINISTRATION, OR DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE GOING FOR C L G STATUS OR GETTING, YOU KNOW TOGETHER AND TRYING TO COME UP WITH A SET OF DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT WE CAN THEN USE OBVIOUSLY, THOSE WOULD BE YOU KNOW THINGS THAT WOULD TAKE SOME MOST OF THOSE WOULD BE THINGS THAT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME BLOGS PROBABLY THE LOWEST HANGING FRUIT OF THOSE, BUT I THINK, STARTING WITH THE L G. YES. GO AHEAD. IF WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONTINUE. WORKING TOWARDS THE SEA LG STATUS SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GIVING YOU A LOT MORE WORK AND THE H P A V A LOT MORE WORK. HAVE YOU CONSIDERED IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT? SO ONE OF THE YES, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT. AND THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT HP HAD ABOUT WHETHER IT WAS C LG OR ANY OF THESE OTHER ITEMS, AND SO WE POINTED OUT THAT THESE ARE THINGS THAT WILL TAKE. THEY WILL TAKE STAFF TIME. AND SO THAT IS A CONSIDERATION, BUT THEY ARE ALSO ITEMS THAT COULD BE DONE OVER TIME. WE DON'T EXPECT ANY OF THEM TO BE DONE OVERNIGHT. WE KNOW THAT THEY WOULD TAKE TIME TO GET THROUGH. WE ALSO KNOW THAT WITH THINGS LIKE THE CLD STATUS, A LOT OF THAT THERE'S THAT THAT REPORT PROCESS. WE ARE TOLD BY THE THC THAT THAT REPORT IS NOW A SURVEYMONKEY FORM. THAT WE FELL OUT WHEN IT'S REQUIRED ANNUALLY, SO THAT SEEMS TO HAVE SHAVED OFF SOME TIME. AND SO WE KNOW THAT THERE IS THAT OPPORTUNITY. UM AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO. WE WOULD HAVE TO BROACH THAT SUBJECT OF TIME AND HOW WE MANAGED IT. BUT WE ARE WORKING ON FINDING WAYS TO STREAMLINE OUR PROCESSES, WHETHER IT'S IMPROVING THE CEO, A ADMINISTRATION WHERE NOW WE'RE PUTTING IT ONLINE SO HOMEOWNERS CAN HAVE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT APPLICATION PERIOD, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WOULD SAVE UP SOME TIME AS WELL. AND WE KNOW DOING THINGS LIKE THE DESIGN GUIDELINES OR THE PRESERVATION PLAN IN EXPLAINING THE DISTRICTS ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN NOT ONLY DO OVERTIME, BUT THEY COULD POTENTIALLY BE CONSULTANT ITEMS OR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS THERE. SO WE'RE NOT THINKING THAT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING WE TRY TO ACHIEVE IN FISCAL YEAR, 2023, BUT, UM SO IF LET'S SAY WE DO EVENTUALLY ESTABLISHED THE C L G. DO YOU FORESEE THE NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL STAFF PERSON TO BE THE C LG COORDINATOR LIKE PLANO HAS NO SO IN PLANO, THERE, UM THEY DO HAVE SOME CLD COORDINATORS WHILE THEY HAVE A YOU KNOW THEIR INDIVIDUAL THAT DOES THE HBO AND C LG STUFF AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH HIM. HE DID. WE DID SPEAK WITH HIM WHEN HE WAS AT THE MEETING IN NOVEMBER, AND SO WE ALREADY ARE EXPANDING OUR GROUP A LITTLE BIT, SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE OPEN POSITIONS FOR THE DOWNTOWN PLANNER AND FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNER THAT KIM MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO. AND SO THAT WILL KIND OF DIVIDE UP SOME OF THE TIME THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNER WILL HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC JOB. BUT WE THERE ARE TWO OF US NOW, RATHER THAN THE ONE THAT WE HAD FOR YEARS, AND SO WITH THE DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT PLANNER THAT WILL SPREAD OUT SOME OF THAT TIME, A LITTLE BIT, TOO, SO I'M CERTAINLY IN FAVOR OF GETTING THE C L G STATUS BECAUSE I CERTAINLY THINK IT ENHANCES THE CREDIBILITY OF THE BABY AS WELL AS THIS HISTORIC DISTRICT AND PROBABLY HEIGHTENS THE VALUES IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.AND I CERTAINLY THINK IT AND STRENGTH. TO YOUR REGULATIONS AS WELL IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE SAME, SO I'M ALL FOR IT. AS LONG AS YOU UNDERSTAND, WORK GOING FORWARD. WELL IT DOESN'T. IT
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DOESN'T DO TOO MUCH FOR REGULATION REGULATION WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IN HOUSE. IT'S REALLY MORE ABOUT TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND FUNDS AND THAT KIND OF THING AND THAT AND THAT, AS YOU NOTED THAT ANNUAL REPORT SO, YEAH, I WOULD BE FOR IT AS WELL. WHAT WE HMM. PERHAPS IT'S MORE THE PERCEPTION OF ENFORCEMENT THAT I SHOULD YOU GO DOWN. OKAY THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I JUST ONCE I WISH COUNCILMAN BELLA, WE'RE HERE, BUT I THINK HE'D PROBABLY SAY THE SAME THING. BUT I WITH THE REST OF MY FELLOW COUNCIL PEOPLE THAT I'M FOR IT. OKAY YOU GOT YOUR SO CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. DO WE WANT TO DO ANY OF THE OTHER THREE OR WE I THINK ALL OF THE ABOVE. YEAH I MEAN, THERE'S NOT ANY OF THEM THAT WE DON'T NEED THAT. I MEAN, YEAH, I THINK WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB SO JOB SO FAR. I THINK CONTINUING TO EXPAND AND GROW IS A GOOD THING. THEN WE WILL SCOPE . THOSE OUT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IS THE PRIORITY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CASES THAT COME TO THE H B A B IN TERMS OF DESIGN, AND I THINK ESTABLISHING THE DESIGN GUIDELINES IS GOING TO BE SUPER IMPORTANT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ENFORCED THEN. YES, SOME OF OUR POLICIES HERE. YEAH THAT WAS THAT WAS ONE OF THE SENTIMENTS OF THE BABY AS WELL. IS THAT TRYING TO GET THE DESIGN GUIDELINES IF THERE WAS, YOU KNOW IF THERE WAS ONE TO DO FIRST, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE TO DO FIRST, THE ADVANTAGE TO TRY TO KIND OF SEEKING THAT C L G THAT STATUS EARLY IS BECAUSE THEN THERE IS THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR FUNDS TO HELP PAY FOR THE OTHER THINGS, TOO, SO, BUT AGAIN, THAT REVIEW WILL BE JUST OUR APPLICATION. AND THEN THEY'LL TELL US YOUR NAME. WHAT WE HAVE TO CHANGE. ENCOURAGE YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN GUIDELINES PROMPTLY WHILE YOU STILL HAVE THE BENEFIT OF JAMES WEST ON YOUR BOARD. THAT'S AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE THAT CANNOT BE REPLACED. YES OKAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. WELL DONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO. ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. WE HAVE THE.ITEM 11 81 ABOUT THE. CONSENT CREATION OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT FOR HONEY CREEK. I KNOW WE KIND OF HAVE THE RESIDENT EXPERT OUT THERE THAT HAD STAYED IF WE HAD ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ASK. THE GENTLEMAN ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT PARTICULAR ITEM? THAT'S WHY HE'S HERE. SO OKAY, THERE WE GO. COUNCIL, LEON LAYS ON UPDATES. REGARDING. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. ANYBODY THINK SO WISE MOVE INTO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
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GOVERNMENT. TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551 CONSULTANT LIMITATIONS WITH UM, ATTORNEY ON ANY WORK SESSIONS. SPECIAL SESSION OF REGULAR SESSION ITEMS REQUIRING CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY CLIENT ADVISE NECESSITATED BY THE DELIBERATION. DISCUSSION OF SAID ITEMS SECTION 551 PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATIONS DELIBERATIONS ABOUT REAL PROPERTY MUNICIPAL FACILITIES PERSONNEL MATTERS. DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC MATTERS. PROJECT 29 TOPS BURIAN ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION PROJECT TARRAGON ANY ITEMS.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.