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GOT A LOT TO COVER THIS MORNING, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.FIRST AND FOREMOST, HAPPY NEW YEAR.
UM, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
JUST SOME, UH, SOME, UH, KIND OF STAGE SETTING IF YOU WILL.
WE ARE RECORDING THIS FOR EVERYBODY THAT COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, SO I'M GONNA TRY AND TALK LOUD.
HOPEFULLY THE MICROPHONE WILL PICK ME UP SO THAT EVERYBODY WATCHING WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH LATER.
SO, UM, COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, UH, WANT TO EVERY YEAR, SO WE'VE DONE THIS FOR SIX, SEVEN YEARS NOW.
SO YOU GUYS KIND OF, THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A WHILE, KIND OF KNOW THE FLOW, BUT I TRY AND KEEP THIS INTERACTIVE.
I BROUGHT SCOOBY SNACKS TODAY, SO I'M GONNA TRY AND MAKE THIS INTERACTIVE.
IF YOU GUYS INTERACT WITH ME, I MIGHT THROW A SCOOBY SNACK AT YOU, SO PLEASE PAY ATTENTION.
PLEASE DON'T LET ME JUST STAND UP HERE AND TALK AT YOU FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
UH, AND SO, UH, YEAH, THAT'S REALLY ALL I GOT.
UH, DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE KIM LAMA, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
SHE'S GONNA KICK US OFF TODAY WITH A FUN REMARKS.
SHE SAID SHE HAD ABOUT 45 SLIDES, SO MINE IS ONLY ABOUT 20.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH KIM.
TALK HERE, OR HANDHELD IF YOU WANT IT.
SO, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS BEING RECORDED, SO NOW I HAVE TO SAY TOTALLY DIFFERENT THINGS.
HOW IS EVERYBODY TODAY? HAPPY NEW YEAR.
I'M SORRY, MICHAEL SAID I HAD FUN REMARKS.
YOU CAN GIVE AWAY SCOOBY SNACKS.
I'M GONNA EARN A SCOOBY SNACK LATER YOU GO.
UM, THANK YOU MICHAEL, FOR LETTING ME POP IN AND KIND OF CRASH YOUR PARTY AND SET THE STAGE A LITTLE BIT.
UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'VE BEEN BOWLING OR AT LEAST KNOW WHAT BOWLING IS? YEAH.
DOES ANYONE BOWL A 300? JUST CURIOUS ME THERE.
SO THERE IS, I WAS READING THIS INTERESTING ARTICLE THIS WEEK AND THERE IS THIS BIG STIR IN THE BOWLING WORLD RIGHT NOW.
APPARENTLY IF YOU'VE BEEN BOWLING AND YOU'VE ROLLED THE BOWLING BALL DOWN THE LANE AND IT'S DISAPPEARED WITH THE PINS, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THE BIG ARM COME DOWN, SWEEP THE PINS BACK.
MAGIC HAPPENS, PINS COME BACK DOWN.
THERE'S A NEW SYSTEM NOW WHERE THEY ARE PUTTING A STRING IN ALL THE PINS SO WHEN THEY KNOCK DOWN THE STRINGS, POP 'EM BACK UP AND THEY ARE PERFECT.
WELL, IN THE PROFESSIONAL BOWLING WORLD, THIS HAS CREATED QUITE A TIZZY BECAUSE STATISTICS SHOW THAT WITH THIS NEW SYSTEM, IT'S A JUST A TINY BIT HARDER TO GET STRIKES AND SPARES JUST A LITTLE BIT.
NOW, FOR MOST OF US, LIKE ME, WHO JUST HANGS OUT AT PINT STACK, IT IS NOT GOING TO AFFECT ANYTHING.
BUT IT IS REALLY CAUSING DEBATE AND A LOT OF CONNATION IN THE BOWLING WORLD.
BOWLING IS KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT LITERALLY REALLY HASN'T CHANGED MUCH SINCE IT WAS CREATED IN THE 18 HUNDREDS.
THERE HAVE REALLY ONLY BEEN TWO OTHER TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES IN BOWLING IN THAT ENTIRE TIME.
THE FIRST IS JUST USING THE AUTOMATIC PIN SETTING AT ALL.
THERE IS ONE BOWLING ALLEY IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN THAT STILL DOESN'T, LITERALLY THE PINS FALL DOWN AND THERE'S SOMEONE WHO PICKS THEM UP AND PUTS THEM IN A LITTLE THING THAT DROPS THEM DOWN.
BUT HAVING THAT AUTOMATIC, THAT WAS A BIG INNOVATION.
THE OTHER THING, AUTOMATIC SCORING.
RAISE YOUR HAND IF, LIKE ME, YOU GREW UP IN BOWLING ALLEYS WHERE YOU HAD TO TAKE SCORE BY HAND AND DO ALL THE MATH WITH THE SPARE AND THEN ADD THE NEXT ONE OVER.
SO THIS IS THE THIRD ONE AND IT IS CAUSING A HUGE ISSUE.
WHY DO I BRING THAT UP? HIS CHANGE IS HARD.
IT'S REALLY HARD FOR VERY LIKE, STABLE THINGS LIKE BOWLING THAT HASN'T CHANGED IN A LONG TIME.
IT'S EVEN HARD WHEN YOU ARE IN ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRY WHERE CHANGE IS HAPPENING AROUND YOU EVERY DAY.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MICHAEL'S GONNA TOUCH ON A LITTLE BIT TODAY.
CHANGE IS IN THE AIR, BUT CHANGE IS NOT ALWAYS BAD.
THIS CHANGE WITH THE BOWLING, WITH THE PINS AND THE STRINGS, THAT IS GOING TO REDUCE COSTS FOR OPERATORS.
IT IS GOING TO KEEP THE SPORT IN BUSINESS.
IT POSSIBLY COULD INCREASE THE SPORT IF MORE CAN COME ONLINE.
IT IS NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING, BUT CHANGE IS HARD.
SO WHAT I WANNA DO TODAY IS SET THE STAGE A LITTLE BIT FOR MICHAEL.
HE HAS A GREAT PRESENTATION OUTLINE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY, THE GREAT WORK YOU DID IN 2022, AND THINGS THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN 2023.
I'M GONNA PULL OUT A LITTLE BIT, TALK A LITTLE BIT GLOBAL, NATIONAL AND TEXAS TO PRIME HIM FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU'RE GONNA HEAR.
SO GLOBALLY, 2022, VERY INTERESTING YEAR, RIGHT? WE KICKED IT OFF WITH RUSSIA INVADING UKRAINE, WHICH HAS HAD GLOBAL ECONOMIC IMPACTS EVERYWHERE.
AND IT'S DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE GLOBE, BUT EVERYWHERE IS FEELING THAT.
THE OTHER THING THAT'S BEEN KIND OF INTERESTING AND AT TOP OF A LOT OF HEADLINES FOR 2022 AND WILL BE MORE FOR 2023, WEATHER CLIMATE CHANGE STILL EVOKES SORT
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OF AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.BUT THE REALITY IS, WEATHER'S GETTING A LITTLE CRAZY AND PEOPLE ARE MOVING BECAUSE OF IT.
IN FACT, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ESTIMATING THAT MORE THAN A BILLION PEOPLE WILL MOVE BECAUSE OF WEATHER BY 2050.
THAT HAS IMPLICATIONS ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS DEPENDING ON WHERE PEOPLE MOVE.
AND AS PARTICULARLY FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, IT IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF BUILDING DESIGN RIGHT NOW.
UM, IF YOU GO TO ANY OF THE CONFERENCES, LIKE I ATTEND URBAN LAND INSTITUTE, UM, MAYBE AN ARCHITECTURE.
I DON'T ATTEND ARCHITECTURE CONFERENCE, BUT SUZANNE MIGHT KNOW.
YOU'RE SEEING THESE ARTICLES POP UP IN THE JOURNALS THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE REDESIGN OUR BUILDINGS AND OUR SPACES TO MAKE THEM RESILIENT TO THE WEATHER EVENTS THAT WE CONTINUE TO FACE.
I THINK YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT.
NOW, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY FEELING A LOT IN TEXAS.
YEAH, WE'VE HAD SOME PRETTY COLD WEATHER, BUT THERE ARE OTHER PARTS OF THE GLOBE THAT ARE FEELING IT MUCH MORE SUBSTANTIALLY THAN WE ARE ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
I DON'T NEED TO DEFINE THAT FOR ANY OF YOU.
UM, THERE ARE CONCERNS ON THE HORIZON ABOUT A RECESSION, OR I SAW A DIFFERENT TERM FOR IT THAT WASN'T QUITE A RECESSION CUZ WE LIKE TO MAKE UP WORDS FOR THINGS WHEN WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEFINE THEM.
UM, BUT EVEN UM, AS OF LAST WEEK, THE WORLD BANK SHARPLY LOWERED KIND OF THEIR GROWTH FORECAST FOR THE GLOBE.
ALSO, NATIONALLY, YOU KNOW, POLITICALLY WE'RE STILL VERY LIKE RED AND BLUE AND YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF PURPLE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAPS.
LIKE ALL THE STATES ARE RED AND BLUE AND RED AND BLUE.
AND THAT MAKES HOW WE DO OUR WORK OF GOVERNMENTS A LITTLE CHALLENGING.
NOW, UM, ON THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE, HOUSING WE KNOW IS CHALLENGED AND IN AREAS, PARTICULAR POPULAR AREAS WHERE PEOPLE WANNA LIVE, HOME OWNERSHIP IS INCREASINGLY BECOMING OUT OF REACH.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PLANS IN PLACE TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT HAS SHOWN DRAMATIC IMPACT RIGHT AWAY, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL TAKE TIME.
THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK WILL BE INTERESTING TO WATCH IN 2023 AND BEYOND ARE OUR OFFICE SPACES.
SO NOW THAT WE ARE SORT OF SETTLING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, UM, SOME COMPANIES ARE BACK TO WORK IN OFFICE.
SOME ARE FULLY REMOTE AND SOME ARE IN THE MIDDLE.
BUT AS WE SETTLE, WHAT WE DO SEE IS THAT HOW WE USE OUR OFFICE SPACES MIGHT BE DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT HAVE GONE REMOTE DON'T NEED THAT SPACE ANYMORE.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO REUSE AND ADAPT OUR EXISTING OFFICE STRUCTURES AND ALSO ABOUT HOW OUR FUTURE OFFICE STRUCTURES IN THE SPACE.
WELL LOOK TEXAS AMONGST ALL THE THINGS I'VE SAID, AND SOME OF IT WAS A LITTLE DOOM AND GLOOM, BUT TEXAS IS A BRIGHT SPOT.
YOU GUYS, IT IS A GOOD PLACE TO BE RIGHT NOW.
UM, ULI RANKED DALLAS FORT WORTH AS THE NUMBER ONE REAL ESTATE MARKET IN THE COUNTRY.
AND, UM, THE, I THINK IT WAS SIXTH, FOURTH OR SIXTH FOR NEW HOUSING STARTS, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD WHEN WE HAVE SUCH A BIG HOUSING PROBLEM.
UM, ACTUALLY ALL OF THE MAJOR DALLAS AREAS WERE IN THE TOP 10 OF ULI FOR HOUSING.
AND IN MCKINNEY WE HAVE A TON TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2023 AS WELL, WE HAVE AN AIRPORT BOND ELECTION THAT THE COUNCIL WILL BE DECIDING ON, UM, PROBABLY AN EARLY FEBRUARY.
AND IF THAT GOES THROUGH, IT COULD BRING COMMERCIAL SERVICE TO TKI, WHICH MEANS THAT IF YOU LIKE TO FLY TO NEW YORK OR CHICAGO OR FLORIDA, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FLY OUT OF MCKINNEY.
UM, WE HAVE A REALLY STABLE, EVEN THOUGH I TALKED ABOUT THE RED AND BLUE, WE HAVE A PRETTY STABLE COUNCIL HERE AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND SOMETIMES THEY TALK A LOT ABOUT IT AND, UM, BUT THEY DO, THEY SUPPORT OUR WORK, THEY RESPECT OUR WORK, AND THEY LAUD OUR WORK.
IF THEY DIDN'T, WE WOULDN'T HAVE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR CITY HALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE IN COMMUNITIES.
I HAVE WORKED IN CITIES WHERE IT WAS NOT THAT TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP.
SO WE HAVE A STABLE COUNCIL THAT REALLY APPRECIATES WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THE WORK YOU DO IS SOMETIMES CHALLENGING.
UM, COMPENSATION CITYWIDE HAS ALSO BEEN TOP OF MIND, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HOPE TO HAVE A MULTIFACETED APPROACH OUT EARLY THIS YEAR.
THIS IS NOT A MULTIFACETED APPROACH.
THAT MEANS WE HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM.
WE LOOK AS COMPENSATION NOW AND EVEN HOW WE ADDRESS ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEE ATTRACTION AND RETAINING IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO DYNAMICALLY.
SO IT'S NOT JUST DO A STUDY EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS AND ADJUST EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS.
THE LABOR MARKET IS CHANGING AND SHIFTING SO QUICKLY.
WE NEED TO CHANGE AND SHIFT AS QUICKLY TO KEEP UP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RETAINING OUR NUMBER ONE, UM, ASSET, WHICH IS YOU IN THIS ROOM.
SO TO WRAP UP AND INTRODUCE MICHAEL QUINT CHANGES IN THE AIR, THE RIDE MIGHT BE A LITTLE TURBULENT, BUT YOU ARE IN AN INCREDIBLY STABLE AIRCRAFT WITH THE BEST PILOT AND THE ABSOLUTE BEST PASSENGERS.
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OVER TO YOU.SO I HAVE TO ADMIT, THAT'S THE HIGH POINT OF THIS WHOLE THING.
WAY TO GO, KIM, YOU SET THE BAR REALLY HIGH AND NOW WE'RE GONNA CRASH AND BURN THE VERY STABLE AIRPLANE.
UM, YOU GUYS, UM, WE'VE GOT, CAN YOU RAISE YOUR HAND IF THERE'S A SEAT OPEN NEXT TO YOU? WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE.
ANY SEATS OVER HERE? THERE'S ONE UP FRONT.
UM, AND KATE, IF, CAN YOU OPEN THAT DOOR SO PEOPLE CAN AT LEAST HEAR YOU GUYS? COME IN.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE COME IN.
ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO PLAY COUNCIL FOR THE DAY CAN SIT BACK THERE AND PLAY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
JUST DON'T ADJUST THE SEAT HEIGHTS.
GUYS, COME IN, COME IN, COME IN.
I WILL LITERALLY PAUSE THE WHOLE THING UNTIL EVERY ONE OF YOU COME IN THIS ROOM.
YOU THINK I'M TALKING TO YOU? THANK YOU GUYS.
UM, FEEL FREE TO GET SOME FOOD.
SO ONE LAST, ONE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY BEFORE I JUMP INTO THIS.
YOU GUYS KNOW I JUST MENTIONED TRY TO MAKE THIS ENGAGING WATCH FOR WALDO.
SO KIM SET THE STAGE, UH, VERY, VERY WELL.
CHANGES IN THE AIR, UH, AS YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THROUGHOUT 2022, UH, CHANGES EVERYWHERE.
IT'S NOT JUST IN THE DIVISION OR IN THE CITY.
AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE MORE OF IT IN 2023.
BUT BEFORE WE GET TO LOOKING FORWARD, WANTED TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK BACK AT WHAT Y'ALL DID, UH, IN 2022.
SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, OVER, UH, 5,000 NEW PEOPLE JOINED THE CITY OF MCKINNEY.
SO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE CROSSED THE 200,000 PEOPLE MARK, UH, IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, WHICH IS A HUGE, HUGE MARK, UH, WHO'S BEEN HERE THE LONGEST.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN HERE? I KNOW, RANDY, YOU'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.
WHAT WAS THE POPULATION IN 1951?
WHAT WAS THE POPULATION 30 YEARS AGO? IT WAS LITTLE, LITTLE, LITTLE ENOUGH WHERE YOU COULD FIND A NICE TREE AND KIND OF HANG OUT FOR THE DAY.
WELL, THOSE DAYS ARE QUICKLY CHANGING.
5,000 NEW PEOPLE ARE CALLING THE CITY OF MCKINNEY HOME, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, WHICH PROVIDE NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE GREAT SERVICES, GREAT EXPERIENCES, UH, FOR THEM.
SO WANT TO CELEBRATE THAT NEW TEAM MEMBERS.
MAN, I GOTTA TELL YOU, I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS ROOM SO FULL AND I THINK IT'S PARTLY BECAUSE THERE'S A BUNCH OF COOL STUFF GOING ON IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY.
WE'VE HAD 32 NEW PEOPLE JOIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES JUST LAST YEAR ALONE.
THREE OF THEM REHIRES, BEN, UH, I'M GONNA FORGET ONE.
STEVEN AND DONNIE, UH, JOINED US FOR THE SECOND TIME.
MAN, THEY COULDN'T GET ENOUGH AND WANTED TO COME BACK TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
WE'RE THAT GOOD? THERE'S SOME SPECIAL SAUCE HERE, UH, THAT PEOPLE WANT A PART OF.
SO EXCITED TO HAVE 32 NEW PEOPLE, UH, JOIN OUR TEAM THIS YEAR.
WE DO THIS EVERY, UH, THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
NEW MODEL CODES AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS FROM ELECTRICAL TO PLUMBING.
I LEARNED THIS YEAR THAT THERE IS A, WHAT IS IT? SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE.
I MEAN, AS IF THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH CODES.
BUT MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK WENT INTO THAT.
SO KUDOS TIP OF THE CAP TO THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS TEAM, UH, AND GREAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN GETTING THAT ADOPTED.
I WENT TO SOME OF SUZANNE'S PRESENTATIONS, BY THE WAY, SHE SHOULD BE UP HERE.
SHE DOES A MUCH BETTER JOB PRESENTING THAN I DO.
SO AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE THAT YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME.
INSTEAD OF SOMEONE LIKE KIM OR SUZANNE, I TOLD YOU IT WAS GONNA NOSE DIVE
SO I'LL TELL YOU THIS ONE WAS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE NOT AS LONG AS JEFF, BUT I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME AND I'VE SEEN MCKINNEY CHANGE.
BUT WHAT I HAVEN'T SEEN IS MCKINNEY'S REGULATIONS CHANGE WITH IT.
SO THESE REGULATIONS, UM, IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, ZONING ORDINANCE, THE, UH, STORM WATER ORDINANCE, THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF ORDINANCES PACKED INTO OUR NEW UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND A LOT OF THOSE ORDINANCES HAVEN'T BEEN CHANGED IN 20, 30, 40 YEARS.
SO AGAIN, BACK TO MY QUESTION TO JEFF, WHAT WAS IT LIKE HERE 30 YEARS AGO? IT WAS DIFFERENT.
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SO IMAGINE TAKING CODES THAT WERE WRITTEN IN A VERY DIFFERENT TIME AND APPLYING IT TO TODAY.IT WASN'T GOOD FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
SO A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THIS A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS IT TOOK TO GET THIS JOB DONE.
SO CREDIT TO EVERYBODY THAT HAD A HAND IN THIS.
THIS WASN'T A PLANNING THING, IT WASN'T AN ENGINEERING THING.
LITERALLY EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THIS ROOM WAS ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS.
SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL, I THINK I DON'T WANNA GET SUPER SOAPBOXY, BUT I WILL TELL YOU FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OLD CODES WE HAD, THEY WERE IN PLACE FOR 40 YEARS, ALMOST SOME OF THEM.
UH, AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT MCKINNEY WAS 40 YEARS AGO, HOPEFULLY IT WON'T TAKE 40 YEARS TO UPDATE THESE CODES.
BUT IF IT DOES, IMAGINE THE IMPACT YOU GUYS WILL HAVE ON MCKINNEY FOR THE NEXT 40 YEARS JUST BY ADOPTING THESE CODES.
EVERYBODY AWAKE? SCOOBY SNACKS? YES.
WHAT ARE THE, WHAT'S THAT? SNAPCHAT.
SNAPCHAT? NO, THAT'S THE, THE, THE, THE ANSWER WAS SNAPCHAT.
THE WRONG ANSWER WAS SNAPCHAT,
SO I ASK THIS EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT CULTURE.
WHAT ARE THE THREE THINGS IN THE H P O METHODOLOGY? WHAT ARE THE THREE THINGS IN LOLA? CAN'T ANSWER SHE DOES EVERY TIME.
UH, WHAT ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT KIND OF FEED INTO OUR WORKPLACE CULTURE? THERE ARE THREE THINGS SPECIFICALLY I'M LOOKING FOR.
WHAT ARE THEY? VISION, VALUE, LEADERSHIP, PHILOSOPHY.
I'M GETTING THAT DARN CANDY BAR
SO LAST YEAR WE PUT THAT OUT TO YOU GUYS AND YOUR, UH, LEADERSHIP TEAMS, UH, AND SAID, HEY, HOW CAN WE OPERATIONALIZE OUR CULTURE? AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE BUILT WAS THIS HONEYCOMB.
THIS HONEYCOMB IS BASICALLY A, A SUMMARY OF ALL THE WAYS THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAMMATES SAID ABOUT OPERATIONALIZING OUR WORKPLACE CULTURE, OUR LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY, OUR VISION, AND OUR VALUES.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, UM, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND I WEREN'T REALLY SURE WHAT WE WERE GONNA GET FROM THIS.
UM, BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU, I WAS BLOWN AWAY WITH THE INVESTMENT THAT YOU GUYS MADE.
I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE IDEAS YOU CAME UP WITH.
AND WE'RE GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT THE H P O HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT LATER AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO 2023.
BUT, UM, VERY, VERY IMPRESSED BY YOU GUYS AND YOUR INVESTMENT IN OUR CULTURE.
WE WENT OUT THERE AND ASKED YOU GUYS, HEY, WHAT DO YOU LIKE, WHAT DO YOU THINK COULD BE BETTER? WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE? UM, AND SO I WILL TELL YOU, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF DATA HERE.
I'M SURE YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND YOUR TEAMMATES ARE STILL UNPACKING A LOT OF THIS DATA.
WHAT TO DO WITH IT, HOW TO, HOW TO TAKE THINGS THAT COULD BE BETTER AND MAKE THEM BETTER.
SO A LOT OF THAT WILL COME, UH, IN THE 2023 YEAR.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU MY TAKEAWAYS.
ONE AMAZING RESPONSE RATE FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
I'LL TELL YOU CITYWIDE, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN YEARS PAST, BUT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TOP-NOTCH.
I THINK WE WERE SECOND ONLY TO THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS A DEPARTMENT OF LIKE 50 PEOPLE.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, THERE ARE HUNDRED FORTY NINE, A HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE EMPLOYEES IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AND I WANT TO SAY OUR RESPONSE RATE WAS RIGHT AROUND 90%.
SO 90% OF THOSE, ALMOST 150 PEOPLE TOOK THIS SURVEY, TOOK TIME OUTTA YOUR DAY TO TELL US HOW THINGS ARE GOING, HOW, WHAT, WHAT'S WORKING, AND WHAT COULD BE BETTER.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF BLUE ON THIS CHART ABOVE.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, THIS IS THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES KIND OF SNAPSHOT OF THE TELE MAP SURVEY FEEDBACK.
UM, THIS IS INCLUSIVE OF EVERYBODY FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT, THAT, UH, TOOK THE SURVEY.
SO YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF BLUE, BUT DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM, THOSE BOTTOM KIND OF BARS, THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT.
SO WE'LL BE UNPACKING THAT, AS I MENTIONED IN THE 2023 YEAR WITH YOU ALL YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, AND YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAM.
SO I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH, UM, AND READ EVERY ONE OF THESE, BUT JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, DONNA MENTIONED 149 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.
WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING FOR MORE.
WE KNOW YOU GUYS ARE RUNNING LEAN.
WE KNOW IT SOUNDS GOOD WHEN YOU'RE, UH, ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE RUNNING LEAN, BUT I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL IS TAKING NOTE.
HEY, WE GOTTA GET, WE GOTTA GET THIS TEAM SOME, SOME HELP.
ALSO CITYWIDE, THERE'S SOME LIMITATIONS, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, UH, THERE ARE SOME FINANCIAL LIMITATIONS.
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HOW MUCH, UH, WE CAN DO FINANCIALLY.UH, TAXES ALL PLAY INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED YOUR HELP TO GET MORE PEOPLE IS DATA METRICS.
YOU'RE GONNA HEAR MORE ABOUT IT.
I KNOW IT'S THIS TABOO THING THAT NOBODY LIKES TALKING ABOUT.
UM, BUT THIS ORGANIZATION AND THIS DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO MAKE DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS.
SO IF WE SAY WE NEED PEOPLE, WE NEED DATA TO SUPPORT IT.
SO HELP ME HELP YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, GET THAT DATA PULLED TOGETHER SO WE CAN MAKE AN ARGUMENT TO GET SOME HELP.
YOU'VE HEARD, UH, KIM ALREADY MENTIONED KIND OF THIS WIDE RANGING MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO ADDRESS COMPENSATION.
THAT WAS SOMETHING WE HEARD IN THE T MAP SURVEY THAT WE'VE GOTTA DO SOME WORK ON AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING.
SO THE FIRST STEP WAS, UH, GETTING THAT COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN AN EMAIL FROM THE CITY MANAGER THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ANOTHER ONE, UH, EARLY THIS YEAR.
EVERYBODY GOT YOUR, UH, STEP INCREASE? UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, IT'S NOT YOUR ANNIVERSARY YET, YOU WILL GET IT.
UM, BUT THERE'S MORE COMING ON THAT, THERE'S MORE BREWING.
SO DEFINITELY EVERYBODY'S TAKING STOCK OF COMPENSATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE CURRENT MARKET, UH, COMP STUDY.
IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN MARKET.
EVERYBODY'S PAID APPROPRIATELY.
AND SO PART OF THAT MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH, UH, EXECUTIVE, UH, LEADERSHIP TEAMS, DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP TEAMS WORKING ON A FOURTH PRONG.
SO NEXT YEAR WHEN I ASK WHAT ARE THE FOUR THINGS THAT FEED OUR CULTURE? IT'LL BE, WHAT ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT FEED OUR CULTURE? IT'LL BE FOUR.
LEADERSHIP, PHILOSOPHY, VISION, VALUES AND DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION STATEMENT.
IT'LL BE THE FOURTH PILLAR TO OUR CULTURE, UH, SHOULD BE ROLLING OUT LATER THIS YEAR.
AGAIN, I I, I HESITATE TO BRING UP ENERGOV BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S EVERYBODY'S BEST FRIEND AND WORST FRIEND ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, BUT I GOTTA TIP MY CAP TO ALL OF YOU GUYS THAT UPGRADE, UH, IN NOVEMBER WASN'T EASY.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU, Y'ALL SMOOTH OUT A LOT OF ROUGH WATERS.
I WILL TELL YOU IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAD WITH A NUMBER OF FOLKS OUTSIDE OUR ORGANIZATION, YOU GUYS WERE VERY, VERY HELPFUL, VERY RESPONSIVE, AND VERY ACCOMMODATING.
SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU, JUMP IN FROM 2020 TO 2022.
THAT WAS A MASSIVE JUMP IN TALKING TO THE TYLER TECHNOLOGY FOLKS.
THEY EVEN INDICATED THAT'S A MASSIVE JUMP.
A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE SOFTWARE, BUT YOU GUYS MADE IT HAPPEN.
I KNOW IT WASN'T EASY, BUT I APPRECIATE IT.
UM, PROMOTIONS, AGAIN, VERY BIG, UH, ABOUT PROMOTING FROM WITHIN IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN PROMOTED DURING YOUR TIME IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES? I KNOW I HAVE.
ANYBODY ELSE? A GOOD CHUNK? UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS WHEN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE OPEN, APPLY FOR 'EM.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY AND DO HERE IS PROMOTE FROM WITHIN.
UH, AND THEN A LOT OF CONTINUING, UH, EDUCATION.
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE GETTING NEW CERTIFICATIONS, NEW LICENSES AND NEW DEGREES.
I KNOW KATE, WHERE IS KATE? SHE DISAPPEARED.
I KNOW GARY GRAHAM GOT A NEW DEGREE.
I'M SURE MORE OF YOU GOT NEW DEGREES.
AGAIN, FEEDING OUR CULTURE OF CONTINUOUS LEARNING.
THIS IS MORE KIND OF OUTWARDLY FOCUSED.
THAT LAST SLIDE WAS MORE INTERNALLY FOCUSED.
THE CENSUS 2020 CENSUS DATA IS OUT AND WE'RE RESPONDING TO IT.
SO WE GOT NEW COUNCIL DISTRICTS, UH, NEW.
SO I KNOW MY COUNCIL REP, UH, CHANGED.
UH, EDC CDC DIVERTED SOME FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR STREET MAINTENANCE.
THAT MEANS A LOT MORE WORK FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND CIP P ENGINEERING TEAMS. SO MORE TO DO ON THAT.
SO NOW YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BUY YOUR LIQUOR IN MCKINNEY RATHER THAN GOING TO ANNA PRINCETON HAS LIQUOR.
UM, SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THOSE POPPING UP IN 2023.
UM, KIM ALREADY MENTIONED THE, UH, BOND PROPOSITION PLAN FOR THE MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT.
I MEAN, HOW COOL IS THAT? IF WE COULD GET MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT TO BE THE THIRD REGIONAL HUB IN DALLAS FORT WORTH, YOU COULD GO TO DALLAS, FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LOVEFIELD OR MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT.
UM, NOT ON THIS SLIDE IS THE NEW, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF THAT WILL HAVE HIRED THIS YEAR, BUT HAVE A NEW, UH, POLICE CHIEF GREG CONLEY, AS I MENTIONED, PROMOTING FROM, OR JOE ELLENBERG REPLACING GREG CONNOLLY, AS I MENTIONED, UM, PROMOTING FROM WITHIN.
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LONG, LONG TIME AND HAS WORKED HIS WAY UP THROUGH THE RANKS.AND JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF US TRYING TO PROMOTE FROM WITHIN FOCUS ON THAT CONTINUOUS LEARNING FOCUS ON EXPANDING YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE AND NEXT TIME WHEN THE POSITION OPENS, IT MIGHT BE YOURS.
AND THEN LAST, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT, UH, BEHIND THE SCREEN OR BEHIND THE WORDS, BUT THE MURAL OVER THERE ON THE, UH, FLOWER MILL SILOS, THE GRAIN SILOS.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN SWING BY CHECK 'EM OUT.
I KNOW THERE'S, UH, PROS AND CONS IF YOU GO OUT IN THE PUBLIC, BUT I THINK THEY'RE FANTASTIC.
UH, AND I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THAT ADDED TO OUR DOWNTOWN.
SO THAT'S JUST A FEW THINGS FROM 2022 THAT I SAW WHEN I WAS PULLING TOGETHER.
NOW I WANT TO KIND OF BREAK OUT A LITTLE BIT AND ME STOP TALKING.
I KNOW YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH OF ME ALREADY.
UH, BUT KICK IT OVER TO, UH, SOME OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.
YOU WANT TO COME UP FOR BUILDING INSPECTIONS? SURE.
YOU'RE B SO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO GO FIRST.
SO IF YOU WANT THE HANDHELD OR IF YOU WANT TO JUST TALK FROM THE, OKAY.
UM, I, IF YOU KNOW ME, YOU'LL KNOW THAT I SING THE PRAISES OF MY DEPARTMENT ALL THE TIME BECAUSE I TRULY AND SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE I GET TO WORK WITH EVERY DAY ARE AWESOME.
BUT TODAY I WANNA PRAISE ALL OF THOSE THAT HAVE GOTTEN CERTIFICATIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR, SOME OF Y'ALL MULTIPLE CERTIFICATIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR.
AND FOR THOSE IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT THESE, UH, TESTS ARE OVER THE ENTIRE CODE BOOKS AND THE ENTIRE CODE BOOKS ARE THAT THICK AND PRETTY HORRIBLE TO READ.
SO THE FACT THAT SOME OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS ARE TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO DO ONE OR MORE, OR MORE THAN TWO, MORE THAN THREE CERTIFICATIONS IN ANY GIVEN YEAR, JUST PROVES THAT THIS DEPARTMENT BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE.
AND I, I LOVE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.
I CAME ON JUST OVER A YEAR AGO AND I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THIS CREW EVERY SINGLE DAY SINCE THIS IS THE BEST JOB I'VE EVER HAD.
AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE.
I'M NOT GONNA BE QUITE AS QUICK AS SHE WAS.
NOW I'M LIKE, I'M GONNA GET RID OF THESE 15 PAGES AND IT'S, HI FOLKS.
BUILD AN INSPECTION IS AWESOME.
BEFORE I TALK ABOUT MY GROUP, I WANNA JUST SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE FOLKS THAT HAVE FOUND OPPORTUNITIES ELSEWHERE.
UM, I LOST RAY AND CARLOS TO PLACES OUTSIDE OF OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF SEAN, MIKE MCCLEAN, ERIN AND IVAN THAT GOT PROMOTIONS WITHIN THE, UM, BIGGER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UM, SO COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF IVAN, UM, WITH ALL HIS CERTS.
SO JUST WANNA TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT MY TEAM.
SO I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UM, JAMIE AND LETHA OBTAINED THE ICC CERTS AND WERE PROMOTED TO SENIOR CODE.
WE DID A LOT OF, UM, PROMOTIONS IN MY TEAM.
THE FOUR NEW CODE FOLKS CAN, IF YOU ARE HERE, CAN YOU STAND UP? BECAUSE SOME OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN BY ENGINEERING.
CHRIS AND MARJORIE CAME FROM HOAS.
VERN CAME FROM MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
IF HE CAN DO CODE IN MEMPHIS, HE COULD DO CODE ANYWHERE.
SO, UM, WE ARE TAKING ON THE RENTAL HOUSING PROGRAM WHERE MATT VERNON LEFT.
SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED, UM, DOING SOME RENTAL HOUSING INSPECTIONS AND WE'RE GONNA BE HIRING A NEW PERSON.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK ON THE WEBSITE.
SHANE AND VICTORIA WERE RECLASSIFIED TO SENIORS.
I HATE TO DO THIS CUZ JAYDEN'S SUCH AS SILENT HERO.
JAYDEN, ARE YOU HERE, JAYDEN? STAND UP.
SHE'S OUR, UM, SHE'S IN TRAINING.
SHE'S ALREADY PASSED A BUNCH OF CERTIFICATIONS.
AND I WILL SAY ANECDOTALLY, OUR HEALTH COMPLIANCE TEAM WITH FOUR PEOPLE HAVE EXCEEDED MANY DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
UM, HEALTH COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF INSPECTIONS THEY'VE DONE.
SO I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF THOSE FOLKS.
UM, ANIMAL SERVICES, OKAY, ALL OF YOU, ASHLEY BAKER'S BEEN HERE A MINUTE, BUT THE OTHER THREE FOLKS, WE'VE GOT ASHLEY T UM, SHELBY AND HANNAH, ARE YOU HERE? CAN YOU STAND UP? STAND UP.
AND I, AND I'M HAVING 'EM STAND UP BECAUSE YOU GUYS CALLED ME.
GUYS PROBABLY HAVEN'T SEEN HIM.
HE'S STARTING THIS GUY, STARTING WITH THESE FOUR STRONG WOMEN.
THAT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING FOR HIM.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT I DON'T THINK PEOPLE RECOGNIZE IS THAT THE T THE GROUPS THAT I HAVE ARE SILENT HEROES.
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU ONE STORY.
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ASHLEY T AND I DON'T MEAN TO CALL YOU OUT, ASHLEY T IS GONNA GET RECOGNIZED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE ON THE 17TH, ASHLEY T CHASED A DOG, DOG RAN IN THE HOUSE, ASHLEY WENT UP TO THE DOOR, SHE COULD HAVE JUST GONE, THAT WAS HER DEAL.SHE GOT THE DOG HOME, SHE COULD HAVE GONE.
SHE HAD CALLS PENDING, BUT SHE SMELLED GAS.
AND SHE CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY WENT IN, THEY WENT INTO THE HOUSE CUZ THE DOOR WAS OPEN.
QUICKLY REALIZED WITH THEIR METERS THAT THE GAS LEVEL WAS TOO EXPLOSIVE.
THEY BACKED OUT AND GOT SUITED UP.
TWO THINGS COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
HE COULD HAVE EITHER DIED OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.
ALL THE GAS LEVEL WAS SO HIGH, THE BUILDING COULD HAVE EXPLODED WHEN THE KIDS CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL AND TURNED THE LIGHTS ON.
AND SO ASHLEY IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE SILENT HEROES.
I COULD TELL YOU A STORY AFTER STORY ABOUT MY TEAMS, BUT YOU KNOW, POLICE AND FIRE ARE AMAZING, BUT WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN MY DEPARTMENT THAT, THAT KIND OF DEAL WITH THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO I, UH, I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT WHAT WE DO IS, IS GREAT AND I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD.
AND THERE ARE OTHER CERTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN THAT I'VE PROBABLY FORGOTTEN.
BUT I'M PROUD OF MY TEAM AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO 2023 FOR DOING MUCH MORE.
HE'S AT A, UH, TECH STOP MEETING.
SO MICHAEL PINCH HIT, HE'S GONNA KNOCK IT OUTTA THE PARK.
UH, HE'S GONNA DO FAR BETTER THAN GARY EVER COULD.
SO
UH, AS MICHAEL MENTIONED, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GONNA SHARE WITH, HE DID GET HIS MPA.
SO, UM, HE'S GONNA BE A GREAT ASSISTANT TO ALL OF US.
UM, SO QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, UM, HE'LL BE AN EXCELLENT PERSON TO DO.
NOW ONE THING IS, UM, I HAVE A LITTLE CONCERN.
I'M I'M SO HAPPY Y'ALL SAT UP THERE, BUT IT REMINDED ME OF THE OLD DAYS OF CITY COUNCIL WHERE WHEN YOU GET UP TO GIVE A PRESENTATION, THEY GET OUT THERE LASER POINTER AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MAKE DESIGNS ON YOU.
SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW, THIS GROUP MIGHT DO THE SAME THING.
BUT, UM, THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS, I GUESS WHEN HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE FUN.
UM, DEPARTMENT WIDE, THE BIGGEST THING I WANNA SAY IS EVERYBODY IS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND I KNOW THAT'S TRUE OF ALL DEPARTMENTS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
WE HAVE SO MANY DIVERSE GROUPS WITHIN ENGINEERING THAT THE FACT THAT EVERYBODY IS, IS SO PARTICIPATIVE HELPING OUT IS FANTASTIC.
AS MICHAEL MENTIONED, GARY IS AT A MEETING WITH RESPECT TO THE US THREE 80 ALIGNMENT.
WE, OF COURSE KNOW THEY'RE GONNA DO EXACTLY WHAT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY WANTS TO DO.
UH, WE DID GET OUR WAY WITH SPUR 3 99, UM, THREE 80.
WE'LL FIND OUT, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES, I GUESS, UH, THEY'RE GIVING THE, UM, GARY AND, AND A FEW OF THE CITY, UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS.
A LITTLE HEADS UP IN ADVANCE OF THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, SO IF YOU SEE 'EM COMING BACK LIKE THIS
UH, I'M GONNA GET INTO SOME OF THE OTHER TEAMS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
LET'S START OFF WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
FAR MORE THAN WE EVEN DID LAST YEAR.
DOUBLE THE VALUE ON THE GROUND OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE GONE IN.
SO FOUND THAT TO BE REALLY INTERESTING.
HAVE LOTS OF COMPLEX PROJECTS SUCH AS, UH, PAINTED TREE IS ALWAYS THE EXAMPLE.
UM, IT, IT'S REALLY, UH, TAKEN A TEAM EFFORT TO GET THEM ACROSS THE GOAL LINE.
UM, SOMETIMES HELPING THEM GET OUT OF THEIR OWN WAY.
APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY DO.
JUST A COUPLE PROJECTS WANTED TO POINT OUT.
UM, START WITH SOME OF THAT STUFF AROUND CITY HALL.
UH, WOULD NOT BE A GOOD CITY HALL UNLESS WE
THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORT GOING INTO THAT.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF EFFORT, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, CONSTRUCTING WILMOTH OR, UM, RIDGE ROAD FROM WILM MISSH TO THREE 80, INCLUDING A ROUNDABOUT.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GETTING ROUNDABOUTS NOW.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG TIME.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT MORE OF THOSE HOPEFULLY GOING IN.
AND WHILE PEOPLE WILL HATE THEM TO START
UM, SO LOTS OF RELOCATION PROJECTS.
OBVIOUSLY HIGHWAY FIVE, MAJOR WATER AND SEWER RELOCATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED TECH STOCK CONSTRUCTIONS, YOU KNOW, KICKING OUR BUTTS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS.
UH, WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AND GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO IT WITH KRISHNA HELPING OUT.
I KNOW SHE'S HELPING OUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY, UH, AS, AS BEST SHE CAN.
UM, AS ONE THING SHE'S DONE FOR ME AND FOR ALL OF US IS A REVISION OF THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACES LAYER.
UM, THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO USING COLIN CAD DATA FOR IMPERVIOUS SURFACES.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW ACCURATE THAT IS.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING NOW WITH A LITTLE BIT BETTER TECHNOLOGY WE CAN GET EVERYBODY BILLED THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE
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BILLED.ALSO, THEY, UH, HELPED TO ROLL OUT THE NEAR MAP STUFF.
I THINK THAT'S A BENEFIT TO EVERYBODY AS WELL.
IT HELPS US ALL DO OUR JOBS, ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE AREN'T DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
UM, IN ON PROPERTIES ACQUISITIONS TEAM, UH, ONE TO POINT, I GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT, 113 PARCELS ACQUIRED LAST YEAR, ONLY EIGHT TIMES HAD TO USE EMINENT DOMAIN.
AND TWO OF THOSE WERE FOR THE CITY HALL.
SO IF YOU TAKE OUT THE CITY HALL, WE ACTUALLY BEAT OUR AVERAGE OF 6% EMINENT DOMAIN CASES, WHICH IS EXTREMELY LOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT.
JUST HOW FEW TIMES WE'VE HAD TO THAT WE COULDN'T FIND A WAY TO REACH AGREEMENT WITH PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, AND THIS YEAR, TODD, SORRY NAOMI, SORRY, IT'S GONNA BE THE BUSIEST YEAR EVER
SO, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING Y'ALL CAN DO TO HELP THEM, I WOULD APPRECIATE.
UM, CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION, OVER 120,000 FEET OF ROADS PUT IN, UH, ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE, ALMOST THE SAME AMOUNT OF, OF WATER, SEWER AND STORM DRAIN GOING IN.
UM, AND AT THE YEAR END, THEY HAD ACTUALLY 260 ACTIVE PROJECTS UP FROM 227.
SO, AND THE EROSION CONTROL TEAM ASSIST THEM WITH ALL THAT.
UH, HOWEVER, A BRAND NEW GROUP DOING AMAZING WORK, UH, ALREADY ALL OF THEM ARE EITHER CERTIFIED INSPECTORS OR ARE READY TO SIT FOR THE CERTIFICATION EXAM.
TONS OF WORK GOING ON THERE TOO.
UM, JUST POINTING OUT A FEW OF THEM, AND I APOLOGIZE CUZ THERE'S SO MUCH ALLALL HAVE DONE THAT I CAN'T, I'M NOT GONNA MENTION IT ALL.
UM, SIGNAL EQUIPMENT INVENTORY, UH, IMPLEMENTED SERVICE REQUESTS AND WORK ORDERS THROUGH CITY WORKS.
YOU INSTALLED DETECTION UPGRADES FOR US THREE 80 AS PART OF THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, NEARING COMPLETION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM CONSTRUCTS THREE SIGNALS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY ONE OF THEM IMPACTS EVERYBODY HERE.
SO THERE'S ONE AT US, THREE 80 AND NN UM, AT THE LANDFILL, ALSO AT LAKE FOREST IN DALE.
UM, JUST IN, THEY ALSO WORKED ON A DOWNTOWN LIGHTING STUDY.
UM, JUST LOTS OF GOOD EFFORT THERE.
ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM, UH, WE HAD A LOT OF TURNOVER IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
TWO, TWO KEY FOLKS WITH RESPECT TO OUR, UM, FOR THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN.
WE HAD BRIANNA AND JEREMY STEP IN, DO AN AMAZING JOB OF CATCHING UP AND LEARNING EVERYTHING.
VERY IMPRESSIVE JONATHAN, THANK YOU FOR HELPING THAT GROUP AS WELL.
UM, ADMIN TEAM, LOTS OF TRAINING THAT THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.
UM, THEY TRAIN STAFF MEMBERS ON THE USE OF BOTH THE CITY WORKS PROGRAM AND ALSO THE E WORD, I'M SORRY, INGO ROLLOUT.
UM, PUT TOGETHER SEVERAL EVENTS BOTH FOR ENGINEERING AND, AND OTHER GROUPS, UM, INCLUDING AN ICE CREAM SOLTRA AND OUR FAVORITE TEAM DAY WHEN, UM, TED JERSEY'S COMING IN.
AND THEY ALSO CONTINUE WORK ON SOMETHING THAT IS PROBABLY NEAR AND DEAR TO ALL OUR HEARTS.
ENGINEERING IS THE REPOSITORY FOR ALL INFORMATION, UM, IN THE CITY OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, RECORD DRAWINGS, THIS AND THAT.
UM, TRYING TO GO THROUGH A HUNDRED YEARS ROUGHLY
FIND OUT WHAT WE HAVE TO KEEP WITH RESPECT TO THE STATE, WHAT WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP.
AND THEN TRYING TO FIND THAT IN BETWEEN STUFF THAT WE MIGHT USE SOMEDAY.
MASSIVE TASKS THAT THEY'RE UNDERTAKING.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT AS WELL.
UM, SO BASICALLY VERY PRODUCTIVE YEAR.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO.
I KNOW GARY FEELS THE SAME WAY, WISH HE COULD BE HERE, BUT, UM, LET'S JUST HOPE HE COMES BACK LIKE THIS AND NOT LIKE THIS TODAY.
EVERY TIME I HEAR SOMEBODY TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC SIGNALS, I, UH, AM REMINDED OF MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE BATTERY BACKUPS.
UM, JUST NOTE TO YOU GUYS, IF YOU'RE EVER OUT THERE, DON'T CARRY TWO BATTERIES AT ONCE.
JENNIFER, I DUNNO WHAT THAT JOKE MEANS.
SO, UM, 2022 FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WAS A YEAR OF PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, MICHAEL MENTIONED EARLIER THE CODE OVERHAUL, NEW CODE MCKINNEY INITIATIVE, WHICH, UM, ALTHOUGH THE LONG RANGE TEAM IN PLANNING SORT OF SPEARHEADED THAT, THAT PROJECT, IT WAS WITH THE HELP OF EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM BECAUSE IT WAS NOT JUST A PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, INITIATIVE.
IT INVOLVED ENGINEERING AND CODE AND THE FIRE MARSHALS OFFICE, UM, BUILDING INSPECTIONS.
EVERYBODY HAS, UH, THEIR FINGERPRINTS ON THAT.
AND THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UM, PROJECT TO HAVE GOTTEN, UH, COMPLETED LAST YEAR.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, PAULA OVER IN OUR, UH, DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT, UH, SIDE OF THE HOUSE, UH, ALMOST COMPLETELY REVAMPED THE WAY WE LOOK AT HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN MCKINNEY.
UM, OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT ZONE PROGRAM GOT A MAJOR OVERHAUL.
OUR, UM, UH, OH, OUR, UM, HISTORIC HOME RECOGNITION PROGRAM, UM, IS GETTING A
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MAJOR OVERHAUL.AND WE ARE ACTUALLY EXPANDING AND IMPROVING THE WAY IN WHICH WE DO OUTREACH AND EDUCATION WITH, UM, DOWNTOWN WALKING TOURS.
SHE, UH, LAUNCHED EARLIER, OR I GUESS LATE LAST YEAR, UM, SOME, UM, SORT OF, UM, NUANCED TOURS, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, FAMOUS PEOPLE TOURS, FAMOUS LOCATION TOURS.
SHE DID SOME THAT WERE DEDICATED TO KIDS, UM, AND REALLY TRYING TO EXPAND THE WAY IN WHICH WE SHARE MCKINNEY'S, UH, RICH HISTORY WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND SHE'S BEEN RECOGNIZED A NUMBER OF TIMES THROUGHOUT, UM, THE REGION FOR SOME OF THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING ON THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
SO, UM, LOOKING BACK AT 2022, I SEE A LOT OF PROGRAM CHANGES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, WHICH ARE NO SMALL TASKS.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 2023 WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE FRUITS OF SOME OF THAT LABOR AND REALLY GET INTO IMPROVING THE WAY WE DO OUR WORK, ADMINISTRATIVELY, SOPS, UM, AND HELP HOPEFULLY HELPING TO MAKE OUR WORK A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
ON TOP OF ALL THOSE PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS, WE ALSO, WHAT I CALL, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT IT, UM, IN OUR TEAM MEETINGS, UH, RECENTLY, 2022 WAS A YEAR OF A GRIND, UM, FOR A LOT OF OUR CURRENT PLANNERS.
UM, WE PROCESSED OVER 400, UH, PLANNING SUBMITTALS.
AND WHILE I KNOW THAT, UM, MANY OF YOU TOUCH A LOT OF THOSE PLANNING SUBMITTAL THAT COME THROUGH, THOSE, UH, CURRENT PLANNERS ARE THE FACE OF THOSE PROJECTS.
NOT ONLY WITH THE APPLICANTS, BUT ALSO WITH OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, WHEN IT COMES TIME TO PRESENT THEM, EDUCATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND SO, UM, ACTUALLY, UH, FACILITATING THOSE PROJECTS, UM, WRITING THE STAFF REPORTS, UM, STAYING ON TOP OF REVISIONS AND COMMENTS BACK, IT IS A LOT OF WORK, UH, FOR A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE.
AND IN ADDITION TO HELPING TO SUPPORT SOME OF THOSE PROGRAM, UM, IMPROVEMENTS, THEY'RE ALSO CONTINUING THAT GRIND.
UM, JUST LIKE YOU ALL ARE WITH, UH, PROCESSING THOSE DEVELOPMENT, UM, APPLICATIONS.
OUR PERMIT TECHNICIANS OR OUR PLANNING TECHNICIANS HELP TO PROCESS OVER A THOUSAND RESIDENTIAL, UH, PERMIT REVIEWS.
UM, AND WHEN I SAY PERMIT TECHNICIANS, WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT ONE PERSON.
NOW, WE'VE, UH, AB HERE, UM, OUR ELLI HAS HELPED, UH, FILL IN THE GAP A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.
AND KATHY WRIGHT, UM, TO HELP, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CONTINUE TO GET REVIEWED.
HOWEVER, THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT WORK WAS, WAS SHOULDERED BY, BY PAM.
UM, AND IN ADDITION TO DOING ALL OF THOSE THINGS, SHE'S ALSO HELPING TO, UH, RELEASE SITE PLANS FOR PER, UH, FOR PERMITTING.
SHE'S ALSO HELPING TO MAKE SURE THAT PLATS GET FILED.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, WHEN SOMEBODY COMES TO THE DOOR AND SAYS, WE'RE READY TO HAVE OUR PLAT FILED, THEY WANT IT DONE YESTERDAY.
AND SO A LOT OF WHAT SHE HAS TO DO IS, UH, TRY AND HELP TEMPER EXPECTATIONS, GET SIGNATURES AND GET THINGS MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE WORKED AT THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW THAT THEY MOVE AT A GLACIAL PACE.
AND SO THAT REALLY IS A BIG, UH, CHUNK OF HER TIME IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES THAT SHE HAS.
SO, UH, CONTINUING, UH, TO GRIND.
UM, I THINK 2023 HOPEFULLY WILL BE A BUSY YEAR, WHICH IS GOOD.
IT'S GOOD JOB SECURITY FOR EVERYBODY, BUT OUR GOAL IS THAT THE PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE IN 2022 WILL MAKE FOR A GREAT 2023.
ASIDE FROM ALL THE WORK, UH, THAT THIS DEPARTMENT HAS DONE.
I WILL LOOK BACK AT 2022 AS A YEAR OF TEAMWORK WITHIN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE GOT A FANTASTIC TEAM AND THE RESULTS OF OUR TALENT MAP SURVEY SORT OF SUPPORTED THAT, UM, WITH VERY HIGH MARKS ON, UH, THE WAY IN WHICH OUR TEAM IS WORKING TOGETHER AND THE UNIFIED FRONT THAT WE ALL HAVE TOGETHER.
WE'VE GOT FOLKS WHO ARE NOT JUST SURVIVING IN THEIR POSITIONS, BUT THEY'RE NOW THRIVING.
MICHAEL MENTIONED KATE'S GOTTEN HER, UM, MASTER'S DEGREE.
WE HAVE LOTS OF FOLKS WHO HAVE GOTTEN ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS.
CAITLIN SHEFFIELD HAS, UH, GOTTEN HER C N UUA.
UH, WE HAVE A ELLI WHO I SAW THERE, A ELLI REPRESENTED US VERY WELL AT THE REGIONAL TOASTMASTERS, UM, COMPETITION.
SO WE'VE GOT FOLKS WHO ARE REALLY NOT JUST DOING THEIR JOB, BUT THEY'RE GOING OUT TO MAKE THEMSELVES BETTER, UH, MAKE WHAT WE DO BETTER AND REALLY A GREAT REPRESENTATION OF WHAT MCKINNEY IS ALL ABOUT.
SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE ALL ACCOMPLISHED IN 2022 AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A SMOOTH 2023.
AM I RIGHT, UH, BRANDON, UH, IS GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STRATEGIC SERVICES TEAM.
AND NORMALLY I WOULD PLUG IN A POWERPOINT JUST TO BE AN OVERACHIEVER, BUT I WILL NOT TODAY.
AND I'LL ALSO START OFF WITH KIM.
WHEN YOU TALK TO ABOUT THE, UM, BOWLING STORY, MY GRANDFATHER BACK IN LIKE THE FORTIES, USED TO DO THE PIN STACKING THING.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF A, I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN FOREVER.
SO, UM, SUPER PROUD OF MY TEAM THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S KIND OF SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS SAY IT'S VERY SPECIAL FOR OUR TEAM TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU GUYS.
OUR TEAM IS KIND OF HERE TO SERVE YOU AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS, BUT WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU AND IT'S REALLY COOL TO BE ABLE TO, UM,
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BE TRUSTED TO WORK WITH YOUR TEAMS AND UM, BE A PART OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.SO ON THE CONTINUOUS LEARNING FRONT, SUPER PROUD OF DANA.
GOT HER ICC CODE SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION.
LOLA BECAME, UH, ONE OF ONLY 49 IN EFFECT CERTIFIED MASTER FACILITATORS IN THE NATION, I THINK HOW MANY? THREE IN TEXAS? MM-HMM.
AND SHE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT IS THAT IN A MUNICIPAL SETTING.
UM, DONNA TOOK HER EXPERTISE ON THE ROAD AND HAS STARTED TEACHING MICROSOFT OFFICE CLASSES ACROSS THE CITY.
SO SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN A PART OF THAT.
UM, BUT THAT WAS REALLY COOL TOO FOR DONNA TO KIND OF STEP OUT OF HER COMFORT ZONE AND START TEACHING OTHERS, UH, THE, UH, WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE THAT SHE HAS.
LOLA HAS NOW TAUGHT 34 AND I THINK THIS WEEK WILL BE, OR NEXT WEEK WILL BE THE 35TH INNOVATION ACADEMY COHORT.
UH, I'M NOT GOOD AT MATH THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING, BUT 35 TIMES 12 ISH PEOPLE.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE CITY GO THROUGH THE INNOVATION ACADEMY AND IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT THING.
AND THEN LASTLY, ON THE LEARNING FRONT, STEVEN EARNED HIS, UH, GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS FROM THE U T D AND THAT WAS, UH, REALLY A REALLY BIG ACHIEVEMENT AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM THE CITY THAT WENT THROUGH THAT AS WELL WITH HIM.
I'M SUPER PROUD OF MY TEAM FOR THERE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING FRONT, UH, YOU MAY HAVE BEEN AT SNAPCHAT, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR TEAM CAME UP WITH TO HELP WITH RELATIONSHIP BUILDING IN A KIND OF A DIFFERENT WAY, IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CUZ YOU WENT, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU GOTTA GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
UM, AS FAR AS OTHER KIND OF BREACH OR BRANCHING OUT, UH, OUR COUPLE OF PEOPLE ON OUR TEAM, STEVEN AND LOLA HELPED DO SOME STRATEGIC PLANNING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY'VE ALSO DONE SOME FACILITATION WITH OTHER DLTS AND, AND THE ELT EVEN.
UM, OUR GROUP IS HERE TO HELP YOU GUYS DO YOUR JOBS BETTER.
UH, AND IT'S REALLY COOL TO BE KIND OF INSERTED ACROSS THE CITY NOW, EVEN JUST OUTSIDE OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ON THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FRONT, UH, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT I'M ABOUT TO LIST AND KIND OF JUST GO THROUGH REALLY QUICKLY, UM, THESE ARE NOT THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE, WE'VE BEEN A PART OF IT, BUT IT'S ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE TO MAKE, UH, YOUR PROCESSES BETTER.
UH, SO I'LL JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH 'EM.
WE'RE WORKING ON THE TCO AND CO PROCESS, MULTI-FAMILY INSPECTIONS, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PROCESS, TENANT COMPLAINT PROCESS CITATIONS, STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PROCESS, PLAT FILING PROCEDURE, MEDC BOARD.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT WITH DIVISION, DIVISION WITH OUR DIVISION, BUT THE CITY IS NOW ASKING US FOR THEIR HELP AS WELL, GOING THROUGH SOME OF THESE THINGS.
AND SO THAT IS A LOT OF WORK THOUGH, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IN TO MAKE THINGS WORK BETTER, MORE EFFICIENTLY.
AND IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME OF THAT TIME, RIGHT? QUENTIN MENTIONED THAT WE RUN VERY LEAN AND THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
AND SO ANY WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE OUR JOBS A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE DOING, WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP YOU WITH THAT.
SO, SHAMELESS PLUG HERE, IF YOU NEED HELP WITH REVAMPING A PROCESS, CALL US.
UM, IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WE DID HAVE THREE NEW GREEN BELTS THIS YEAR.
WE DID COMPLETE SEVEN DOCUMENTED, UH, IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, UH, 15 ACROSS THE CITY AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS AND CODE.
UH, WERE THE TWO DEPARTMENTS WITH THE MOST PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS THIS YEAR, AND I THINK I SAID THAT LAST TIME TOO.
SO YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF KILLING IT ON THE, ON THE IMPROVEMENT FRONT.
SO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE.
HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS, THE HIGH PRIORITY TEAM, IF YOU'RE ON THAT, YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT IT.
UH, BUT WE'VE KIND OF CARRIED 30 HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS OVER THE PAST YEAR WITHIN THOSE HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF SUB PERMIT OR SUB-PROJECTS.
SO I MEAN, IT ENDS UP BEING, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIST, THERE'S LIKE A HUNDRED THINGS ON THE LIST, RIGHT? UM, BUT THAT IS A VERY, UH, IMPORTANT TEAM AND, UM, AS KO WOULD SAY, YOU GUYS ARE CRUSHING IT.
SO ON THE DATA REPORTING FRONT, STEVEN HAS ALSO BEEN CRUSHING IT.
UM, HE HAS, UH, WORKED ON OVER 40 NEW REPORTS AND DASHBOARDS FOR YOU, UM, AND IMPROVED AND MODIFIED IN ADDITIONAL 92 REPORTS.
I KNOW THAT THAT MAY SEEM, OH, IS THAT A LOT? IS THAT A LITTLE? IT'S A LOT AND IT'S VERY TECHNICAL, HARD WORK, BUT IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO DO YOUR JOB BETTER, RIGHT? YOU NEED THE DATA TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY OR CHANGE, AS KIM WAS SAYING, CHANGE IS HARD.
AND AS QUENT WAS SAYING, DATA DRIVEN, UH, DECISIONS ARE GONNA BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MIND.
WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THE DATA.
SO ANOTHER SHAMELESS PLUG, IF YOU NEED HELP FIGURING OUT DA DATA, IF YOU NEED HELP FIGURING OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH IT, CALL US.
UH, AND THEN LASTLY ON INTEREV.
I KNOW WE'VE SAID THE E WORD A COUPLE TIMES A DAY ALREADY, SO KIND OF FEEL BAD ALREADY, BUT, UM, I'M SUPER PROUD OF SAM AND THE JOB THAT SHE DID, IT HAS BEEN ROUGH ON THIS UPGRADE AND I THINK SHE'S HAD OVER 150 CHANGE REQUESTS AND MODIFICATIONS OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS.
UM, AND SO THAT IS A LOT TO DEAL WITH FOR ONE PERSON, BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE TEAMS THAT WERE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE, UH, UPGRADE.
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BUILDING PERMIT TECHS.AND ELIZABETH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE EVEN HERE, THEY'RE PROBABLY CRANKING THROUGH, UH, PERMITS AS WE SPEAK, BUT THEY WERE KIND OF GROUND ZERO, JOHNNY AND JORDAN AS WELL.
GROUND ZERO OF MAKING SURE THIS THING DIDN'T JUST CRASH AND BURN.
IT WAS ROUGH THE FIRST FEW WEEKS.
UH, AND THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN KEEPING IT KIND OF UP AND RUNNING, COMING UP WITH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT ASIDE FROM THE PROGRAM NOT WORKING.
UM, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING ONE MORE DATA PERSON TO KIND OF COME IN, HELP, UH, IN WHAT STEVEN'S DOING.
SO ONE LAST REFLECTION FROM ME ON 2022.
WE TALK A LOT IN THE HBO KIND OF METHODOLOGY ABOUT LEADERSHIP.
UM, AND WHEN I REFLECT ON 2022 AND WHEN I THINK THROUGH AND LISTEN TO, UM, WHAT ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS JUST SAID ABOUT YOU GUYS AND THE WORK YOU'RE DOING, YOU GUYS ARE LEADERS AND EVERYBODY IS WATCHING CITYWIDE.
THEY'RE WATCHING WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING DEPARTMENT WIDE FIRE PUBLIC WORKS.
THEY'RE WATCHING WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING EXTERNALLY.
WE HAVE OTHER CITIES WATCHING WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT.
YOU GUYS ARE LEADING IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD TO REPRESENT YOU.
I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA GET ALL SAPPY AND TEARY-EYED.
I'M GONNA FIGHT THE URGE, BUT JUST SO PROUD OF THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING, GENUINELY.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
SO, UM, GUYS, COME ON, BY THE WAY, METALLICA SELLS THE BEVIS METALLICA T-SHIRT.
I WAS THAT CLOSE TO BUYING IT.
ANYWAY, UM, SO LET'S FO LOOK FORWARD TO 2023 AND SEE WHAT'S IN STORE FOR US.
SO, UM, I TRY AND DO THIS EVERY YEAR.
I TRY AND GIVE YOU WHERE ARE WE GOING? I KNOW THAT'S THE QUESTION OF KIND OF WHERE IS THE DEPARTMENT HEADED? WHAT ARE WE GONNA FOCUS ON THIS YEAR? IS IT JUST MORE MUNDANE KIND OF DAY-TO-DAY STUFF? NO, THERE ARE SOME OVERARCHING THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE US TO FOCUS ON VERY SIMILAR TO YEARS PAST.
FIRST, UM, WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND OPERATIONALIZE OUR VISION, UH, OUR VALUES, OUR LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY.
WE'RE GONNA DO THAT EVERY YEAR.
YOU'RE GONNA HEAR MORE ABOUT HPO.
IT'S IMPORTANT, THE CULTURE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, THE FACT THAT WE'RE HIRING NEW PEOPLE AND BRINGING THEM IN THAT CULTURE IS GONNA BE WHAT DIFFERENTIATES US FROM EVERYBODY ELSE THAT THEY COULD GO TO WORK RIGHT NOW, UH, OR EVERYWHERE ELSE THEY COULD GO.
SO I THINK PUTTING OUR VISION, PUTTING OUR VALUES, PUTTING OUR CULTURE TO WORK IS GONNA BE SUPER, SUPER IMPORTANT.
IF YOU KNOW ME, IF YOU WORK CLOSELY WITH ME, YOU KNOW THE NEXT ONE.
FACILITATORS VERSUS REGULATORS.
YES, I RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE HERE TO ENFORCE REGULATIONS.
I'M NOT, I I I GET THAT, BUT DEVELOPMENT IS HARD.
KNOWING THE CITY CODES IS HARD.
KNOWING WHAT I CAN DO WITH MY PROPERTY AND WHAT I CAN'T DO WITH MY PROPERTY.
THERE ARE CODE BOOKS THIS DEEP IN BUILDING INSPECTION.
THERE ARE CODE BOOKS THIS DEEP.
UH, WE CAN'T EXPECT OUR CUSTOMERS TO KNOW THEM THE WAY WE KNOW THEM.
AND THAT'S WHY I SAY WE ARE FACILITATORS, NOT REGULATORS.
YES, WE MAKE SURE THAT HIGH QUALITY, UH, GOOD STUFF COMES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ENSURE THAT IT'S HIGH QUALITY, THAT PEOPLE WANNA LIVE, WORK AND PLAY HERE.
IF ANYBODY COULD DO IT, THEN EVERYBODY WOULD DO IT.
AND SO WE'VE GOTTA HOLD THEIR HANDS, UH, TO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND SO IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT FACILITATING VERSUS REGULATING SWING BY MY OFFICE, I LOVE TALKING ABOUT IT.
BUT THE UNDERSCORING THAT I WOULD PUT ON THAT IS DEVELOPMENT IS HARD.
I KNOW NOT EVERYBODY IS IN DEVELOPMENT HERE, BUT EVEN OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM, YOU GUYS ARE ENFORCING CODES.
WE HAVE TO FACILITATE THEIR UNDERSTANDING.
AND SO PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU MOVE FORWARD.
LET'S FACILITATE NOT REGULATE DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS.
YOU HEARD BRANDON TALK ABOUT IT.
WE ARE GONNA MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS BASED ON DATA.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE WIND'S BLOWING THAT WAY.
WHEN WE ASK FOR MORE PEOPLE, IT'LL BE BASED ON DATA.
WHEN WE CHANGE PROCESSES, IT'LL BE BASED ON DATA.
WE HAVE TO WORK SMARTER AND THAT DATA WILL HELP US DO THAT.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE LOOK FOR THAT DATA.
UM, MOVING CHANGE IS IN THE AIR.
WE'RE MOVING TO A NEW CITY HALL.
THE TIME IS NOW TO START PLANNING AND WORKING FOR IT.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS,
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THE THE CHANGE MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WAS CREATED, THE ETIQUETTE GUIDE.UM, BUT LISTEN, THAT 20 24, 20 25 MOVE TO THE NEW CITY HALL WILL HAPPEN FAST.
AND I KNOW ALMOST EVERYBODY IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WILL BE MOVING THERE.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE SOMETHING FOR ALMOST EVERY ONE OF US TO FOCUS ON OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
AND I ASSURE YOU, CHANGE WHEN YOU'RE IN, IT FEELS SLOW AND METHODICAL AND CLUNKY AND IT, IT, IT'S TOUGH TO GET THROUGH, BUT IN TWO YEARS YOU'RE GONNA LOOK BACK AND IT'S GONNA GO BY FAST.
SO THE TIME IS NOW TO START FOCUSING ON, UH, PREPPING FOR THAT NEW HOME.
SO MORE LOOKING FORWARD, EASTSIDE REDEVELOPMENT CONTINUING.
YOU HEARD MICHAEL SPEAK TO SOME OF THE C I P WORK THAT'S BEING DONE, UH, OVER BY THE CITY HALL.
NOT ONLY CITY HALL, UH, IS GONNA POP OUT OF THE GROUND.
YOU'VE GOT TUFTS, UH, THAT IS OPENING A NEW BREWERY OVER THERE.
YOU'VE GOT, UM, A NUMBER OF PRIVATELY OWNED, UH, PROPERTY OVER THERE THAT'S GONNA BE REDEVELOPED OVER THE COMING, UH, YEARS.
SO A LOT OF FOCUS IS GONNA BE OVER THERE.
AND AS THAT DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE FOLKS THAT WANT TO STAY THERE, THOSE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THEIR HISTORY? HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THE PRIDE THAT COMES WITH BEING PARTS OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT STILL GROWING AND EXPANDING WHAT EVERYBODY LOVES ABOUT OUR DOWNTOWN? IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF WORK AND IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM A LOT OF FOLKS IN THIS ROOM STILL GROWING, UM, BOTH INTERNALLY AS WELL AS EXTERNALLY IN THE CITY.
HOW DO WE THINK THROUGH OPERATING, UH, OFFERING, UH, YOU KNOW, BETTER WAYS TO DO THINGS? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT AS THINGS CHANGE, AS THEY GROW, THAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY CENTER AND, UH, CRITICALLY, UH, FOCUSED? UH, OR LET ME SAY IT A BETTER WAY.
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS STAY AT THE CORE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO? OUR CUSTOMERS ARE AT THE CENTER OF OUR FOCUS.
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT? I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS WORK WITH YOUR TEAMS, UH, WORK WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS AND OUR CUSTOMERS STAY, UH, FRONT AND CENTER OPENING.
UM, WE ADDED 32 NEW PEOPLE, UH, THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA ADD MORE NEXT YEAR.
THERE'S A BUNCH TRAFFIC, UH, ENGINEER WE'VE HAD OPEN FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
IF YOU KNOW ANY TRAFFIC ENGINEERS, SEND 'EM OUR WAY.
UM, E R P I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS, IT'S KIND OF LESS IMPACTFUL TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TEAM, BUT THERE ARE GONNA BE IMPACTS, UH, OVER THE NEXT COMING MONTHS AND YEARS.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE, UH, EXECUTIVE TIME GO AWAY AND HOW OUR PAYROLL IS HANDLED WILL CHANGE.
AND SO MORE SOFTWARE CHANGES ARE COMING.
UH, I KNOW, UH, IN OUR TRAFFIC TEAM, THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH THE NEW, UH, WHAT, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE SOFTWARE OVER THERE? CITY WORKS.
YEAH, FOR THE, THE, THE MANAGEMENT OF ASSETS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, MCKINNEY NATIONAL, A AIRPORT, I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT.
NOT ONLY FOR, UH, MCKINNEY, BUT ALSO THE REGION.
IF THE VOTERS APPROVE, UH, THAT BOND.
UM, BIG, BIG, BIG CHANGE, UH, IS COMING.
SO A LAST LITTLE NUGGET ON LEADERSHIP.
YOU ALREADY HEARD ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT I BELIEVE LEADERSHIP.
READ THE BOOKS, READ THE ARTICLES.
I BELIEVE LEADERSHIP IS EQUAL TO INFLUENCE.
AND MY QUESTION TO YOU GUYS IS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, HOW WILL YOU USE YOUR INFLUENCE? EVERY ONE OF YOU IS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT IN YOUR FIELD.
UM, I MENTIONED BEFORE EVERYONE AROUND, WHETHER IT'S INTERNAL AND ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, EXTERNAL IN ANOTHER CITY OR JUST OUR CITIZENS, EVERYONE IS WATCHING YOU GUYS BECAUSE YOU ARE ALL PHENOMENAL AT WHAT YOU DO.
HOW WILL YOU USE THE INFLUENCE THAT COMES WITH THAT? WILL YOU GO ONE STEP FURTHER AND HELP YOUR CITIZENS? WILL YOU MAYBE TACKLE THAT ISSUE AND BE A BIT MORE INTENTIONAL WITH YOUR PROBLEM SOLVING? THE CHOICE IS YOURS, BUT I ASK YOU, I ENCOURAGE YOU, USE YOUR INFLUENCE IN A WAY THAT HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT ON YOUR CITIZENS, YOUR TEAMMATES, OUR ORGANIZATION, UH, AND MAYBE UH, ENTITIES OUTSIDE THE CITY OF MCKINNEY.
TWO LAST THINGS THAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO, UH, WE PULLED TOGETHER THIS PAST YEAR, A CHANGE MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT CHANGE MANAGEMENT TEAM WAS TASKED WITH, UM, BASICALLY SAYING, HEY, WE'RE MOVING TO CITY HALL.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET READY? WILL YOU THINK THROUGH? WILL YOU TURN OVER EVERY ROCK, EVERY STONE AND THINK THROUGH WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THERE THINKING, YOU KNOW, UH, KIM MENTIONED CHANGE IN OFFICE ENVIRONMENT OFFICES ARE CHANGING.
IF YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH OUR OFFICES, I WILL TELL YOU THEY ARE ANTIQUATED.
THIS NEW CITY HALL WILL BE A RADICAL CHANGE THE WAY WE WORK.
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SOME OF THAT.IN 2017 WHEN WE LAUNCHED ENERGOV, WE GOT OUT OF THE PAPER, THE PAPER BUSINESS, AND WE GOT INTO THE DIGITAL BUSINESS.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE MORE OF THAT.
BUT THE PROBLEM I SEE, AND I THINK THE CHANGE MANAGEMENT SAW WITH THAT DIGITAL CONVERSION IS WE JUST KIND OF JUMPED.
WE DIDN'T THINK THROUGH IT STRATEGICALLY.
SO THE NETWORK STORAGE, THE ACCESSING FILES ISN'T THE GREATEST.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF NOT REALLY SEXY THINGS TO TALK ABOUT AND SAY SPLASHY THAT, HEY, WE CHANGED THE NETWORK STRUCTURE AND WE MADE THINGS EASIER TO FIND.
BUT IF WE CAN BE A BIT MORE EFFICIENT IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, EVERYBODY'S JOB IS EASIER.
YOU HEARD BRANDON TALK A LITTLE BIT, UH, ABOUT THAT.
SO IF YOU WERE ON THE CHANGE MANAGEMENT TEAM, WILL YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? JUST A SHOUT OUT TO THOSE GUYS.
BRANDON OP, STEVEN SMITH, JEFF HARRIS, ELIZABETH FORSYTH, UH, RICHARD MILAM, LETHA FRAME, NICOLE BRAMMER, MARTER, UH, LEXI SCHRADER, AND MARY SMITH, WHO'S NO LONGER WITH THE CITY, BUT DID GREAT WORK ON THIS STUFF.
GUYS WORKED FOR THE BETTER PART OF SIX MONTHS TO THINK THROUGH.
HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY OF YOU TO POPULATE THESE THINGS.
AND WHAT THEY CAME UP, CAME UP WITH WAS TWO DOCUMENTS.
ONE OF THEM IS THE ETIQUETTE GUIDE AND THIS ETIQUETTE GUIDE, UH, LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I'LL EMAIL IT OUT AFTER THIS MEETING SO EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A COPY OF IT.
BUT IT BASICALLY, UH, ANSWERS THE QUESTION, HOW DO YOU CREATE A COOL WORKPLACE? HOW DO YOU CREATE A WORKPLACE THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE IN THAT PEOPLE CAN THRIVE IN? THEY ANSWER THAT QUESTION WITH A SERIES OF DOS AND DON'TS.
UH, YOU'LL SEE, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THOSE DOS AND DON'TS, UH, UP ON THE SCREEN.
BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU, YES, IT'S TARGETED AT THE NEW ENVIRONMENT IN CITY HALL, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS.
IF I'VE BEEN DOING SOMETHING, I'M 42 YEARS OLD.
IF I'VE BEEN DOING SOMETHING FOR 42 YEARS, IT'S GONNA BE REAL HARD TO CHANGE LIKE THAT.
SO I'M GONNA START PRACTICING NOW AND I ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS, I'M GONNA STRUGGLE.
AND ONE OF THESE DO DON'TS YOU'LL SEE IS DON'T BE LIKE QUINT AND TALK SO FREAKING LOUD.
SO I'M GONNA TRY AND BE A BIT MORE MUTED, BUT I ASK FOR YOUR ALL'S HELP.
HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE IF YOU, HEY, QUINT, MAN, YOU'RE GETTING LOUD, CALM DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS, GUYS, YES, IT'S FOR CITY HALL, BUT LET'S START PRACTICING NOW.
UM, AND IT'S OKAY TO HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD POSITIVE CHANGE.
SO YOU'LL SEE, UH, THAT CITY HALL, UH, ETIQUETTE GUIDE COMING OUT SOON.
THE OTHER THING THAT THEY CREATED, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT LESS ABOUT, BUT YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR SOME ABOUT IS THE CHANGE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
SO THIS IS NOT GONNA BE OFFICIALLY ROLLED OUT THE SAME WAY.
SO THE ETIQUETTE GUIDE IS GONNA BE KIND OF OPERATIONALIZED BY EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
THE CHANGE MANAGEMENT GUIDE IS GONNA BE MORE, UH, TRADITIONAL IN THE HIERARCHY ROLLOUT.
IT'S GONNA BE ROLLED OUT BY YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND IT ADDRESSED MORE TECHNICAL TASKS LIKE THAT NETWORK STORAGE THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
YEAH, NOT EVERYBODY IS GONNA HAVE A HAND IN THAT, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND SO THIS CHANGE MANAGEMENT PLAN WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES, THE NEW HBO HIGHLIGHT.
SO, UM, WE HAD SUCH A PHENOMENAL, UH, SUCCESS WITH OUR CULTURE.
HBO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE NEW HBO HIGHLIGHT, UH, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES ARE GONNA HAVE A BIT OF CHANGES.
SO I WOULD PITCH TO YOU GUYS, THIS IS THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF OUR 2023 HBO HIGHLIGHT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECTION THAN WE DID LAST TIME.
YOU'LL REMEMBER WHEN WE ROLLED OUT CULTURE, IT WAS JUST LIKE, OKAY, CULTURE GO.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA SAY CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES.
LET'S TALK FOR A SECOND AND THEN GO.
ALL RIGHT, SO FIRST OFF, UM, SOME, UH, QUESTIONS TO HELP SHAPE HOW YOU GUYS AND YOUR TEAMS FROM THE, THE LAST HBO HIGHLIGHT.
HOPEFULLY THOSE TEAMS ARE STILL INTACT.
UM, SOME QUESTIONS TO JOG THE MIND OF YOUR TEAM.
WILL YOU WORK TO IDENTIFY WHO YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE AND WHAT THEY VALUE? WILL YOU WORK TO IDENTIFY OR REINFORCE WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU OR YOUR CUSTOMERS? LESS YOU, MORE YOUR CUSTOMERS? WILL YOU IMPROVE YOUR CUSTOMER'S EXPERIENCES WITH YOUR TEAM AND YOUR PROCESSES? WILL YOU CREATE NEW SERVICES FOR YOUR CUSTOMERS? JUST SOME QUESTIONS TO GET THE JUICES FLOWING.
AGAIN, THE GOAL HERE IS HOW DO YOU OPERATIONALIZE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES? JUST SOME QUESTIONS TO, TO HELP YOU DOWN THAT ROAD.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD WAS MAN TO BRAINSTORM WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT, TO DO IT.
AND THEN TO SUMMARIZE IT ALL IN SIX MONTHS, THAT WAS A LOT REALLY FAST.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NOW IS WE'RE GONNA SPAN THE ENTIRE YEAR.
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SO, UM, WHAT WHAT WE TRIED TO DO WAS KIND OF ROLL OUT A TIMEFRAME TO HELP YOU GAUGE WHAT TO DO WHEN.SO MAYBE THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, MAYBE YOU BRAINSTORM IDEAS, MAP OUT SOME PLANS AND START LAYING OUT SOME IMPLEMENTATION STEPS.
MAYBE THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO, DO WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOUR TEAM, UH, SET OUT OR PLAN TO DO.
MAYBE WRAP IT UP, UH, PUT THE, UH, FANCY BOW ON IT.
AND THEN IN DECEMBER, LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, WE'LL PULL TOGETHER ANOTHER H P O MG MEETING AND WE'LL COME TO TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE WHAT YOU GUYS DID OVER THE YEAR.
UM, AND KIND OF PUTTING A, PUT A BUTTON ON IT AND UH, MOVE ON TO 2024.
SO AGAIN, WRAPPING UP 2023 OR LOOKING FORWARD TO 2023.
THERE'S JUST, THAT'S JUST ONE GUY'S PERSPECTIVE.
I'M SURE THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT YOU GUYS SEE.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAMS, UH, YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, IF YOU'VE GOT AN IDEA OF SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON OR DOING, UH, DIFFERENTLY, BETTER IN 2023, SWING BY, YOU KNOW WHERE I LIVE.
SWING BY, TALK TO YOUR DEPARTMENT, HEAD SHARE WITH YOUR SUPERVISOR.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS.
I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS AS MUCH AS Y'ALL THINK I DO.
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE WORKING ON, LET US KNOW.
THE ONE LAST THING I HAVE FOR YOU AND I GOT MORE SCOOBY SNACKS.
ANY IDEAS ON HOW MANY TIMES WALDO SHOWED UP? ONE, ONE TIME.
WE'RE JUST THROWING OUT RANDOM NUMBERS.
GIMME TO THE NEXT NEAREST PERSON CAUSE I CAN'T ASK YOU.
GUYS, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GREAT WORK IN 20 23, 2.
LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT 2023.
GET SOME FOOD BEFORE YOU LEAVE.