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GOOD MORNING.THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
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WE WILL NOW CALL THE MEETING ON THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO ORDER.THE TIME IS 8:03 AM WE ARE HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 2 22 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET, MCKINNEY, TEXAS.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE THE, UH, INVOCATION PROVIDED BY PASTOR LERA ARMSTRONG OF THE PROCLAIMING THE WORD MINISTRIES IN MCKINNEY, PASTOR ARMSTRONG, MORNING BOARD MEMBERS AND ALL WHO ARE PRESENT TODAY.
I WILL PRAY THIS MORNING TO THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB.
GOD, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS FRESH DAY.
EVERY DAY IS A GIFT THAT YOU GIVE TO US THAT WE'RE NOT WORTHY OF.
SO WE DO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE TODAY.
THE BREATH THAT WE BREATHE, THE AIR THAT WE BREATHE COMES FROM YOU.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS GATHERING TO SEEK THE WELFARE, THE GOOD OF THIS CITY THROUGH INVESTING IN THIS CITY.
I PRAY FOR THESE BOARD MEMBERS.
EACH OF THEM COME TO THIS DES LORD WITH THEIR OWN PERSONAL CONCERNS AT HOME, YET THEY GIVE OF THEIR TIME TO INVEST IN THIS CITY.
WE PRAY YOU WILL BLESS THEM FOR THEIR LABOR OF LOVE.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF THAT SUPPORTS THEM FOR THE BUSINESS THAT IS BEFORE THEM TODAY.
WE ASK FOR WISDOM AS THEY DELIBERATE.
LORD, I PRAY FOR EQUITY, FOR FAIRNESS TO CHARACTERIZE THEIR PROCEEDINGS TODAY AND FOR ALL OF IT WE GIVE YOU THANKS.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF LIVING IN MCKINNEY, A CITY SUCH AS THIS LORD.
WE ARE BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE, AND WE DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.
I PRAY THIS PRAYER THIS MORNING IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR SAVIOR.
WE WILL NOW HAVE THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
OUR PLEDGE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE OF AMERICA IS THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS NATION, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, JUSTICE.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NONPUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEMS TODAY? I DON'T.
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WE HAVE CONSENT ITEMS. I WILL READ EACH ONE.23 DASH 0 0 0 1 MINUTES IN THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING OF DECEMBER THE 15TH, 2022 ITEM 23 DASH 0 0 2 MINUTES OF THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, TUFTS SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING OF DECEMBER, THE 19TH, 2022 ITEM 23 DASH 0 0 3 MINUTES OF THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, TUFTS SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON DECEMBER THE 21ST, 2022.
CAN, DOES ANYONE WANT TO PULL ANY OF THE ITEMS DOWN FOR DISCUSSION? CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE CONSENT ITEMS? SO MOVED, MOVED BY DAVID.
[Financial Report]
HAVE ITEM 23 DASH 0 0 0 4 FINANCIAL REPORT BY CHANCE.UM, YEAH, SEE WE HAVE TWO, UM, FINANCIAL REPORTS, UM, THIS MONTH.
YEAH, I, I THOUGHT MARK DID NOVEMBER LAST MONTH, BUT MAYBE I'M MISTAKEN.
UM, WE'LL DO DECEMBER THOUGH, AND IF I NEED TO COME BACK AND DO IT NOVEMBER, THEN I WILL.
I THINK HE HANDLED IT LAST MONTH THOUGH.
UM, CAN YOU PULL IT NOVEMBER AND I'LL START THERE.
UM, FOR NOVEMBER, WE HAD A PRETTY QUIET MONTH.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD ABOUT 2.1 MILLION IN A REVENUE.
UM, YOU SEE THE BREAKOUT, WE HAD 1.9 MILLION IN SALES TAX REVENUE, 180,000 IN INTEREST INCOME.
AS WE MOVE DOWN TO EXPENSES, WE HAD 43,000 IN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES.
UH, THEN THE REMAINING, UH, 650,000 IS BROKEN OUT BETWEEN PROJECTS AND NON-DEPARTMENTAL.
UM, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO, AM I ABLE TO, I KNOW IT USUALLY PUTS IT INTO, OH, NO, THAT WORKED WELL.
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ALL RIGHT.UM, SO FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, COLLECTIONS APPLIES TO SEPTEMBER SALES TAX.
SO YOU CAN SEE WE HAD A 10.4% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR.
FRISCO HAD A 16.7% INCREASE, AND PLANO HAD A 2% DECREASE.
UM, PLANOS DECREASE IS MAINLY FROM A LARGE AUDIT COLLECTION AND THE PRIOR YEAR, SO THEY REALLY HAD AROUND A 5% INCREASE.
THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW THE WAY THE AUDIT COLLECTIONS AND ALL THAT WORKS OUT.
SO IT'S ALL PRETTY STANDARD BESIDES FRISCO WHO'S BEEN TRENDING ABOVE US.
AND I'LL MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS ON THAT ON DECEMBER, IF WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GO TO DECEMBER'S, DECEMBER'S FINANCIALS, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTIVITY IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER FOR REVENUES.
YOU CAN SEE WE HAD 2.2 MILLION IN SALES TAX REVENUES, BUT WE WENT AHEAD AND 1.7 MILLION IS RELATED TO SALES TAX.
UM, OUR UNREALIZED GAIN LOSSES FOR GASBYS ACCOUNTING STANDARDS, WE HAVE TO REPORT THAT.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE NOT REALIZED.
THOSE ARE JUST UN REALIZED AT THIS TIME.
UM, THE 250,000 CONTRIBUTIONS, I THINK FROM TUFTS, UM, AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF MISS LANE'S REVENUE.
SO THAT BROUGHT IT TO 2.2 MILLION FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
AND EXPENSES, YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN BELOW 30,000 IN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES AND ABOUT 2.5 MILLION, UH, BETWEEN PROJECTS AND NONDEPARTMENTAL.
AND IF WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SKIP TO THE SALES TAX PAGE, UM, SO DECEMBER COLLECTIONS APPLIES TO THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
FRI FRISCO HAD A 20.3% INCREASE, AND PLANO HAD AN 8.4% INCREASE.
THAT BRINGS OUR YEAR TO DATE TO 11.1%.
UM, I KNOW IT'S ONLY THREE MONTHS AS WE'RE IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, BUT STILL THEY'RE TRENDING WELL ABOVE THE BUDGETED FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT.
UM, AND I WILL HAVE GOT A LITTLE INFORMATION ON FRISCO, FOR INSTANCE.
UM, AT THEIR ANNUAL REPORTS I WAS ABLE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT.
THEY'RE STILL BUDGETING MOVING FORWARD AROUND LIKE AT THREE AND A HALF, 4%, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE SEEING CRAZY INCREASES FROM EVERYTHING I CAN SEE IS THAT THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE SAYING IT'S NATURAL GROWTH, IT'S CONTRIBUTING TO THE HIGHER, UM, SALES TAX REVENUE.
BUT WHENEVER I'M LOOKING AT IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A NEW, UM, AGREEMENT THAT THEY REACH FOR THE COMPANY THAT THEIR PERCENTAGE OF SALES TAX THAT THEY GIVE BACK TO, UH, COMPANIES IS AROUND 15%.
FOR US, IT'S ABOUT FOUR OR 5%.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT 10% COULD EASILY MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE THERE, THAT IT COULD BE A NEW COMPANY.
THEY, THE SELL SETS THEY RECEIVED, THEY'RE JUST GIVING RIGHT BACK OUT TO THE COMPANIES COMING IN OUT.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE THE INFORMATION TO DETERMINE THAT FOR SURE, BUT THAT'S THE BEST ESTIMATE I HAVE AT THIS TIME.
AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I, I WILL NOTE THAT RETAIL TRADE IS STARTING TO LEVEL OUT FOR US.
ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS, WE'RE GETTING ABOUT THREE TO 4% INCREASES.
AND SO THAT MEANS, UM, MOVING FORWARD THAT'S MORE SUSTAINABLE, THAT OUR INCREASES WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE FIVE, 6% RANGE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY ANYTHING WOULD CHANGE ON A DIME, BUT BASING OFF TRENDS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, IF OUR BIGGEST INDICATORS STAYING IN THAT LEVELING OUT, THEN THAT LIKELY MEANS THE REST OF OUR SALES TAX WILL BE LEVELING OUT TOO.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR REPORTS AND STATEMENTS WERE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA QUESTION? SORRY, CHANCE? CAN YOU JUST SAY THAT AGAIN ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING WITH THE SALES TAX IN FRISCO? SO EVERY, UH, CITY HAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE EDC AND UM, CHECK WITH RADIO AGREEMENTS THAT IF IT'S PROPERTY TAXES OR SALES TAX THAT THEY'RE REIMBURSED BACK TO THE COMPANY.
AND THAT'S AGREEMENTS MET WITH THE COMPANIES, UH, BEFOREHAND.
AND SO EDC OR THE FRISCO HAS A LOT MORE AGREEMENTS THAN WE HAVE IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING THE PROPORTION OF SALES TAX REVENUE.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT HAVE MORE AGREEMENTS, THEY'RE GIVING BACK A LOT MORE OF THEIR SALES TAX REVENUE TO COMPANIES TO COME TO FRISCO AND STUFF LIKE THAT AT THIS TIME.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT ALL KIND OF DEPENDS ON HOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT.
IF WE'RE LOOKING PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX AND ALL, BUT I'M LOOKING DIRECTLY AT SALES TAX RIGHT NOW, AND SO THEY'RE GIVING A BIGGER PORTION OF THEIR SALES TAX BACK TO COMPANIES COMING TO FRISCO.
AND AND THEN YOU THINK THAT THAT'S ACCOUNTING FOR THEIR, UH, THEIR SALES TAX REVENUE GROWTH? IT COULD, I MEAN, IF WE SEE A JUMP LIKE THAT, THEN WE SEE THAT JUMP UP AS WELL, THEN THAT'S A LIKELY INDICATOR.
BUT I'LL LIKELY NEVER KNOW FOR SURE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'LL ONLY KNOW IN THEIR ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR REPORTS THEY GET FROM THE STATE.
CAUSE I CAN'T SEE THAT INFORMATION.
SO, BUT EVERYTHING I CAN SEE THAT POINTS TO THAT, BUT I, I'LL NEVER KNOW FOR SURE.
SO IT'S THE IDEA THAT THEY'RE INCENTIVIZING BUSINESS TO COME TO FRISCO, THEN THAT BUSINESS COMES AND IT GENERATES MORE SALES AND THEREFORE THEIR SALES TAX.
YEAH, JUST ABOUT EVERY CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS DOES THAT.
UM, AND IT JUST, DIFFERENT TIMES WILL BE DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LITTLE HIGHER PROPORTION.
SO, UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S THE IDEA BEHIND IT.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ACROSS EVERY CITY ACROSS THE STATE.
[Board and Liaison Reports Board Chair City of McKinney Visit McKinney McKinney Economic Development Corporation McKinney Main Street/MPAC McKinney Parks and Recreation TUPPS Subcommittee]
AGENDA, ITEM 23 DASH 0 0 0 5 BOARD IN LA LIAISON REPORT.I JUST HAVE A FEW THINGS, UM, THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS AND SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE'VE, UH, IT'S BEEN A SLOWER OF TIME FOR MC D C AS FAR AS COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES AS WE COME UP ON SATURDAY.
UM, FROM NINE TO FOUR IS THE COTTON GROVES
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PLAYGROUND BUILD OUT.UH, THIS IS THE EVENT THAT WAS RESCHEDULED FROM EARLIER THIS MONTH.
IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER ON THE PROJECT THAT MC D C, UM, WAS FUNDING.
SO TAKING AN OPPORTUNITY AND I DIDN'T GET TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE.
I, I NORMALLY LEAD OFF BEFORE WE HAVE THE INVOCATION, BUT HAPPY NEW YEAR AND LOOKING FOR GREAT THINGS TO HAPPEN HERE IN 2023.
ONE THING I'LL ALSO MENTION, CUZ WE WON'T BE HERE BEFORE FEBRUARY, THE FIRST OF THE MCKINNEY BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
UH, WE'LL BE HAVING A SERIES OF DIFFERENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
THERE WILL BE SOME SIGNATURE EVENTS.
THERE'S AN ART SHOW THAT WILL BE ON FEBRUARY THE THIRD AT THE MCKINNEY PERFORMING ARTS, UH, CENTER.
UH, ALSO WE WILL HAVE A SIGNATURE EVENT THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL BE THE SOLE TRAINS SEVENTIES CELEBRATION.
SO FIND YOUR SLEEKEST SOUL TRAIN OUTFIT, YOUR YOUR OUT, YOUR PLATFORMS, YOUR AFROS, YOUR YOUR PRESS, WHATEVER, WHATEVER IS YOU ARE LIKING, UH, AND COME OUT ON FEBRUARY THE 17TH.
THIS WILL BE HELD AT THE SANCTUARY.
ALSO OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WILL HAPPEN IN FEBRUARY.
THE JACK AND JILL BLACK HISTORY EVENT WILL BE AT THE MCKINNEY, UM, CONFERENCE CENTER OVER AT ON COMMUNITY ON FEBRUARY THE 18TH.
THERE'S A COLLEGE FEST MEGAFEST, WHICH WILL BE HELD AT COLIN COLLEGE.
THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, ST.
MARK CHURCH ON FEBRUARY THE 19TH.
UH, HONORING THE HISTORY OF BLACK CHURCHES WILL HAPPEN ON FEBRUARY THE 25TH, WILL BE THE MCKINNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY'S JUBILEE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A SERIES OF AMAZING, UH, LECTURE SERIES ON FEBRUARY THE SECOND.
WE WILL BE HONORED TO HAVE DR.
OPAL LEE, THE GRANDMOTHER OF JUNETEENTH WILL BE HERE, UM, ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY THE SECOND ON THE NINTH.
UH, DEREK EVERS WILL BE PROVIDING HIS LECTURE.
AND THEN THE ONE THAT EVERYONE WILL ALSO WANNA BE AT IS ON FEBRUARY THE 16TH, A CONVERSATION WITH EMMETT SMITH.
AND IF I REMEMBER THERE WAS A SELLOUT AND WE'VE HAD TO OPEN UP SOME ADDITIONAL SEATING.
AND THEN ON FEBRUARY THE 23RD, UH, FORMER MAYOR RON, KURT OF DALLAS, WE'LL BE THERE.
HE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE HAPPENING NEXT MONTH FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO DR.
THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR OF REALLY ROLLING OUT SOME, AN AMAZING PROGRAMMING.
AND AGAIN, IT'S AN INCLUSIVE EVENT.
THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SO WE ARE ASKING FOR EVERYONE'S SUPPORT, SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS, COME OUT.
WE, I'M TELLING YOU, THE SEVENTIES EVENT WILL BE SOLD OUT SO THAT IF YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA WAIT, THEN WILL, YOU'LL BE STANDING OUTSIDE AND MAYBE, MAYBE YOU, MAYBE YOU CAN START A SOUL TRAIN LINE OUTSIDE
UM, BUT WE, WE ARE SUPER EXCITED OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE HAPPENING, UM, THIS UPCOMING MONTH.
I WILL GO DOWN OR THE, ANY OTHER EVENTS THAT ANYONE ATTEND, ANYTHING WE DIDN'T DO MUCH AFTER OUR LAST KIND OF SLOW.
NEXT WE WILL HAVE THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, MR. PAUL GRIMES.
WELL, GOOD MORNING, MADAME CHAIR, MADAME PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS PAUL GRIMES, CITY MANAGER.
I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR MY VOICE.
I'M GETTING OVER A NASTY HEAD COLD AND, UH, SOMEHOW TOOK ITS TOLL ON MY VOICE AS WELL.
BUT, UM, THE BARK IS WORSE THAN THE BITE, I PROMISE YOU.
SO, HAPPY NEW YEAR AND SEVERAL THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU.
SO FEBRUARY 7TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE HAVE AN AIRPORT BOND QUESTION.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, SOME OF YOU PARTICIPATED IN THE AIRPORT BOND COMMITTEE.
THE QUESTION IS GONNA BE PLACED BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOND COMMITTEE AND OTHERS.
UH, THAT IS A DATA POINT THAT IS NOT THE DECISIVE FACTOR.
UM, BUT CITY COUNCIL CERTAINLY LISTENS TO THE INPUT FROM THE BOND COMMITTEE, UM, AS COUNCIL AND ADVICE, UM, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY WILL CONSIDER THE VOTE.
THEY NEED A VOTE BY FEBRUARY 7TH, FRANKLY, IF THEY NEED TO, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET THE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT FOR MAY.
SO, UH, THAT QUESTION, THAT WILL BE A BIG DECISION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
AGAIN, AT THE FEBRUARY 7TH MEETING ON FEBRUARY 17TH, THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL WILL WRITE IT PROBABLY RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL STRATEGIC GOAL SETTING MEETING.
WHY DO WE PICK FEBRUARY? WHY DOES IT HAPPEN AT THIS
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TIME? IT'S ALL PART OF THE BUDGET CYCLE.CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO EVERY YEAR TO TELL, BASICALLY TELL US WHAT ARE THEIR STRATEGIC GOALS? WHAT ARE THE THINGS THEY WANT US TO BE FOCUSING ON AND EMPHASIZING, UM, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE THEN STAFF GOES BACK AND PUTS TOGETHER SMART MEANING SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, ATTAINABLE, REALISTIC, AND TIMELY MEASURES, UH, THAT GET ATTACHED TO EACH OF THOSE GOALS.
WE BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL THEY ADOPTED IN THE MAY TIMEFRAME.
THE REASON WHY WE NEED IT BY MAY IS BECAUSE WE START THE BUDGET PROCESS IN EARNEST AROUND THAT TIME.
AND THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE TO PREPARE THEIR BUDGETS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE REFLECTING THE COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC GOALS.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE THE POLICY MAKING MESH WITH THE EXECUTION, THE STEERING, THE BICYCLE PEDAL, WORKING WITH THE PEDALERS.
UM, ON JANUARY FOUR, 24TH, THIS PAST, UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK, I SHOULD SAY, IT WAS, WE HAD A WORK SESSION.
MICHAEL QUINT GAVE A PRESENTATION, UH, TO START THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THESE PROPERTIES HERE WHERE WE ARE SITTING TODAY, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE NEW CITY HALLS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S GONNA BE TWO YEARS, BUT IT'S NOT TOO EARLY TO START TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THE EXISTING CITY HALL FACILITY, THE FACILITY ACROSS THE STREET, AND EVEN IN THE PARKING LOTS ADJACENT TO US.
UM, CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS.
YOU'LL SEE MORE OF MICHAEL QUENT AS HE WALKS THEM THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
THE INTENT IS TO GET A DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL ON WHAT IS THE DECISION MAKING CRITERIA AND PROCESS FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF CITY HALL, CITY PROPERTIES, UM, THAT WILL SOON BE FORMALLY KNOWN AS CITY HALL.
AND, UM, SO THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC, WE WILL, WE WILL MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WE WILL MEET WITH OUR HISTORIC FOLKS, AND WE WILL INFORM OURSELVES.
THE COUNCIL WILL PROBABLY PREPARE A SET OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO ADOPT AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.
AND THEN WE'LL HOPE TO HAVE AN RFQ ON THE STREET, UM, BY EARLY NEXT YEAR, IF NOT LATE YET, LATE IN 2023, BUT PROBABLY EARLY 24.
SO, UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S THE NEXT BIGGEST THING.
SO OBVIOUSLY CITY HALL AND THE EAST SIDE REDEVELOPMENT IS A REALLY BIG DEAL.
GETTING THIS REDEVELOPED IS A MAJOR INFLECTION POINT FOR THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE AREA.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYTICS.
UM, WE'LL STRIKE THIS IN YOUR G WHIZZ CATEGORY.
THE G WHIZZ BUCKET, BUT IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING.
WE GOT, WE CONTINUE TO SEE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN OUR, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS WHEN WE FACTOR IN ALL OF OUR COMPONENT UNITS, INCLUDING THE CDC, EDC, VISIT MCKINNEY AND OTHERS, AS WELL AS OUR MEDIA PLATFORMS, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, LINKEDIN.
WE HAD 53.3 MILLION IMPRESSIONS IN 2023, I'M SORRY, 2022.
UM, THE INDUSTRY AVERAGE IS 3.2 MILLION.
UH, WE HAD 6,300 POSTS PUBLISHED.
AND TOTAL ENGAGEMENT, 17.4 MILLION.
SO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CONTINUES TO GROW AS A MAJOR, MAJOR PLATFORM.
THE MAJOR PLATFORM, FRANKLY, FOR HOW PEOPLE GET INFORMATION AND HOW WE INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHY OUR GRAND STRATEGY IN MANY RESPECTS IS DIGITAL SELF-SERVICE FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHERE THEY CAN GO GET INFORMATION IN ONE PLACE.
SO WE'RE MAKING GOOD MOVEMENT, UH, IN THAT REGARD.
AND I THINK I HAVE ONE MORE ITEM.
OUR BIANNUAL COMMUNITY-WIDE SURVEY IS GETTING UNDERWAY.
WE DO IT AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ARE ASKED.
IT'S THE ONLY SCIENTIFIC SURVEY THAT WE DO OF OUR COMMUNITY.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS SELF-SELECTED BY SELF-SELECTION BIAS.
PEOPLE CAN OPT INTO A SURVEY AND IT'S PRONE TO VARIOUS DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UH, NON-SCIENTIFIC BIASES.
THIS IS THE ONE SURVEY THAT IS SCIENTIFICALLY VALIDATED, AND IT IS, UM, UM, IT GOES TO 1200 HOUSEHOLDS.
AND THE FEEDBACK FROM THAT ON A WHOLE BATTERY OF QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, INCLUDING MANY ISSUES THAT ARE GERMANE TO THE CDC, ARE, ARE ADDRESSED IN THAT SURVEY.
AND THEN WE REPORT THAT BACK USUALLY AROUND THE MAY TIMEFRAME.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL TRY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GRIMES? NO, COURSE.
I'M GONNA PIVOT AND GO BACK BEFORE, UH, ERIN, UH, VISIT MCKINNEY COMES UP AND JUST RECOGNIZE DURING THE FINANCIAL PART REGARDING, UH, THE CHECKS THAT WERE PROCESSED IN NOVEMBER.
UM, SO DID ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CHECKS THAT WERE PROCESSED? IS OKAY.
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GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ERIN WARNER, DIRECTOR AT VISIT MCKINNEY.
UH, TODAY'S A BUSY DAY FOR US.
UH, WE ARE, UH, PARTNERING WITH, UH, THE ME DC TEAM TO HOST OUR FIRST EVER, WHAT WE'RE CALLING A HOSPITALITY SHOWCASE, AN INDEPENDENT, INDEPENDENT BANK.
UM, SO WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING INTO THEIR HEADQUARTERS TODAY AND WE'VE INVITED, UM, SOME, UH, OF OUR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY FOLKS FROM AROUND, UM, MCKINNEY TO JOIN US.
AND ESSENTIALLY ARE SETTING UP A CONFERENCE STYLE, UM, WELCOME RECEPTION FOR ALL OF THEIR ADMINS AND ALL OF THEIR MEETING PLANNERS THROUGHOUT THAT CORPORATION, UM, THAT ARE CONSTANTLY BRINGING IN GROUPS OR, OR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAVELING IN FOR BUSINESS, UM, AND LETTING THEM MEET THE CATERERS, MEET THE RESTAURANTS, MEET THE VENUES, MEET THE HOTELERS, THINGS LIKE THAT, ALL IN THEIR OWN HEADQUARTERS.
UM, AND WE'LL, UH, BOTH DO A SHORT PRESENTATION ABOUT MCKINNEY AND HOW WE, UM, CAN HELP AND, AND BE OF SERVICE.
IT, IT CAME ABOUT ORGANICALLY AND WE FEEL THAT, UM, IF IF THIS GOES WELL, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE ON THE ROAD TO OTHERS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING BUT WALK DOWNSTAIRS TO A MEETING SPACE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S THERE TO MEET THEM.
SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO TELLING YOU HOW THAT GOES.
UM, AFTER WE GO THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE TODAY, UH, I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO, UH, ONE BRAG ON THE MAIN STREET TEAM WITH THE BRIDAL SHOW.
UH, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN AS VISIT MCKINNEY EVERY YEAR.
UH, I KNOW IT WAS A RECORD ATTENDANCE HERE FOR THEM, BUT ALSO FOR US.
UM, AND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM THAT SHOW.
UH, I KNOW WE WALKED AWAY WITH, UH, OVER 50 PEOPLE WHO DIRECTLY SAID THEY NEEDED HOTEL ROOM BLOCKS, AND YOU CAN DO THE MATH THAT THAT CAN ADD UP TO, TO QUITE A BIT OF BUSINESS FOR MCKINNEY.
UM, BUT THEN THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHERS THAT, UM, ARE STILL REACHING OUT THAT DIDN'T EVEN LEAVE THEIR NAME WITH US.
THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ALL THE OTHER VENDORS THERE IN THE AMOUNT OF BUSINESS THAT WENT TO MCKINNEY, UH, WEDDING INDUSTRY FOLKS.
SO, UM, KUDOS TO, TO THAT TEAM AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UH, ALSO WANNA MAKE NOTE THAT OUR TOURISM GRANT IS, UH, LIVE RIGHT NOW.
UM, THOSE ARE DUE ON FEBRUARY 10TH.
WE'VE HAD A, A COUPLE PEOPLE APPLY SO FAR AND A FEW OTHERS THAT ARE WORKING ON THEIR APPLICATIONS, BUT FEEL FREE TO SHARE THAT OUT WITH, UH, YOUR, YOUR GROUPS IF YOU HAVE ANYONE THAT THAT MIGHT THAT WORK FOR.
WE'RE ALSO TRACKING, UM, TWO NEW, PRETTY LARGE EVENTS FROM MCKINNEY THIS YEAR.
UH, ONE OF THEM, UM, IS THE COMMUNITY LEADERS OF AMERICA, UM, WHICH WILL BE COMING TO MCKINNEY, UM, HERE IN A COUPLE MONTHS.
AND THE OTHER, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH COLIN COLLEGE, OUR PARKS TEAM AND THE COURTS TO HOST THE NJ C A A D ONE NATIONAL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
SO THAT'S THE JUNIOR COLLEGE, UM, TENNIS, UH, NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
UM, AND THAT WILL KICK OFF THE DAY AFTER THE BYRON, SO GET READY MCKINNEY.
IT'S GONNA BE A BUSY COUPLE WEEKS FOR US.
UM, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO, TO HAVE THAT HERE.
AND, AND IF ALL GOES WELL, THERE MIGHT BE, UH, POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE YEARS OF THAT EVENT STAYING IN MCKINNEY.
SO, UM, COUPLE MORE THINGS FOR YOU REAL QUICK.
I'VE MENTIONED IN THIS ROOM BEFORE, OUR GROUP INCENTIVE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
BASICALLY THAT'S AN INCENTIVE FOR OUR HOTEL YEARS WHEN THEY'RE WORKING ON, UH, LARGE GROUPS, UM, THAT HAS BEEN, UM, FORMALIZED, UM, THAT'S PUT TOGETHER.
AND SO NOW WE ARE READY TO, UM, BASICALLY GO OUT TO OUR HOTEL YEARS AND MEET WITH THEIR SALES STAFF AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOW, UM, THIS TOOL CAN BE U UTILIZED, UM, WHEN THEY'RE RECRUITING, UM, GROUPS OF A HUNDRED OR GREATER ROOM NIGHTS.
AND SO, UM, THANK YOU TO TO MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS THAT HELPED, UH, WALK THIS THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND, UM, WE'RE CALLING IT A PILOT PROGRAM AND WE'LL SEE, UH, HOW IT GOES AND IF IT, IF IT BECOMES A USEFUL TOOL FOR US, THEN WE'LL KEEP IT THERE.
UM, LAST THING I HAVE FOR YOU IS, UM, JUST LIKE PAUL MENTIONED WITH, UH, COUNCIL DOING THEIR STRATEGIC, UH, SESSION IN FEBRUARY.
WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW THAT UP, UH, UM, DURING OUR BOARD MEETING TIME, FEBRUARY 28TH, AND HAVE OUR, UM, FIRST STRATEGIC SESSION, UH, WITH ME, UM, WITH THE DE UH, DEPARTMENT.
SO AS A NEW DEPARTMENT, UM, HEAD, I'M, I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR THIS PROCESS WITH OUR BOARD AND WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
I KNOW WE'VE INVITED, UM, CINDY AND, AND OTHERS FROM ACROSS THE CITY, UM, THAT WE INTERACT WITH A LOT TO BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS WITH US.
CUZ AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES HERE, OUR SUCCESS AND HOW WE, HOW WE GROW.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS DEPENDING ON OUR ABILITY TO, TO PARTNER AND CONNECT WITH OUR OTHER ORGANIZATION.
SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT PROCESS AND FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU AFTER WE GO THROUGH IT.
YOU, ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR AARON? I'M NOT A QUESTION, BUT JUST A COMMENT.
I MAY LEAVE THE DAY AS EARLY, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THE MEETING GOES TO JOIN YOU AT THE HOSPITALITY EVENT.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL CONNECTION WITH ONE OF THE BIGGER BUSINESSES IN THE CITY AND VISIT MCKINNEY AND EDC.
WILL THERE BE FOOD? DO I NEED TO COME?
THERE'LL BE, SO I'LL BE THERE.
WE WILL HAVE PETER TOCAR FROM M E D C.
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BEST CLASS EVER.UH, MADAM CHAIRMAN, MADAM PRESIDENT, REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
PETER TO OUR PRESIDENT OF THE MCKINNEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UH, YESTERDAY WAS AN EXCITING DAY FOR THE EDC.
AS YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, ONE OF THOSE BEING WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
UM, THAT WE HAD A LOT OF MEDIA BUZZ AROUND THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM WE LAUNCHED, UH, LAST YEAR WITH RAYTHEON AND WITH COLIN COLLEGE AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS WITH A GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
UH, THAT'S A GREAT STEP FORWARD IN, IN, UH, KIND OF A FIRST STEP FORWARD FOR OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE LAUNCHING, THAT WE HAVE LAUNCHED AT THE EDC.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT AND BECAUSE OF SEVERAL OTHER, UH, WONDERFUL THINGS THAT OUR NEW, UH, DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS RETENTION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT MADISON CLARK IS DOING, UM, WE RECEIVED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNER OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM TEXAS, UH, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS YESTERDAY.
SO WE WENT DOWN TO THEIR, UH, AWARD CEREMONY YESTERDAY AND RECEIVED THAT AWARD.
AND WE'RE VERY HONORED TO BE CHOSEN.
UH, BUT IT DOES, IT IS A, A GREAT TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THE EDC DOES IN TRYING TO PROMOTE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS SUCH A CRITICAL NEED WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, UH, IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO, AND ON THAT, UH, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT TOO, I KNOW, UM, ANDREW, YOU MENTIONED IT.
UH, WE, WE ARE A PROUD SPONSOR THIS YEAR.
WE JUST HAVE TO SPONSOR THE, UH, LE UH, BLACK HISTORY MONTH LECTURE SERIES WITH, UH, DEREK EVERS, WHICH IS GONNA BE ON FEBRUARY 9TH.
SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DEFINITELY COME OUT AND SEE THAT ONE CUZ UH, DEREK BEING THE, ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS OF, UH, KAISER DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS WHO HELPED US GET INTO OUR NEW, OUR NEW BUILDING BY BUILDING IT.
SO WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS AND INVESTMENT THAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO WE'RE PROUD TO SPONSOR OF THAT.
UM, AND ON THAT, KEEP IN MIND TOO, THAT SAME DAY AS THE LECTURE, LECTURE SERIES, FEBRUARY 9TH IS ALSO THE OPEN HOUSE WE'RE HAVING AT THE OFFICE.
SO THE, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE'RE PARTNERED WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND CDC, ALL THREE OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING THAT FOR THE OPEN HOUSE.
SO JUST KEEP THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
UH, THIS PAST TUESDAY WE HAD OUR STRATEGIC, UH, BOARD RETREAT, UM, AT OUR OFFICES WHERE WE KIND OF RESET OUR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC DIRECTION, POLICIES, PROCEDURES, EVERYTHING.
KIND OF A 360 DEGREE LOOK AT THE ORGANIZATION.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE ROLLING OUT THE, UH, OUR NEW KPIS AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, UH, IN FEBRUARY.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, BYRON NELSON IS IN FULL SWING
OKAY, SO, UH, SO WE TEED OFF OUR WEEKLY MEETINGS.
UH, SO WE WE'RE, WE'RE IN, UH, IN, IN GO GO, GO MODE FOR BYRON NELSON.
AS YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO OUR, OUR RED CARPET TOUR THIS YEAR.
WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, THE PAST TWO HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A KEY EVENT WHERE WE BRING IN OUTSIDE, UH, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SITE SELECTORS, UH, TO LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY, SHOW 'EM THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL THAT WE ACTUALLY NOW HAVE SITE SELECTORS CALLING US TO COME.
SO THAT'S, UH, BEFORE WHEN IT WAS A, HEY, DO YOU WANT TO COME DO THIS? DO YOU WANNA COME SEE IT? NOW WE, WE ARE, WE'RE ACTUALLY INBOUNDING PEOPLE SAYING, HEY, ARE YOU DOING THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR? WE'D LIKE TO COME.
AND ACTUALLY I HAVE A COUPLE COLLEAGUES THAT WANT TO COME TOO.
SO, UH, IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE.
UH, SO, BUT WE ARE, UH, DEFINITELY, UH, WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO TRY TO GET THAT SCHEDULED AND, AND IT WILL BE AS SUCCESSFUL IT HAS BEEN IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR PETER? NO QUESTIONS.
WE WILL HAVE MAIN STREET IMPACT.
MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, VICE, UH, PRESIDENT AND MC, D C BOARD.
ANDREW JONES, CULTURAL DISTRICT DIRECTOR.
UH, WE HAD A GREAT BRIDAL SHOW RECORD SETTING THIS YEAR.
UM, AARON HIT ON A LOT OF THE GREAT POINTS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS SO THAT, UH, COME TO PARTNER WITH THAT TO MAKE THAT A SUCCESS.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND IT WAS A, A GREAT EVENT.
SHOUT OUT TO OUR IMPACT STAFF.
JOY STONE DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB ON THAT EVENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A, A BIG TURNAROUND FOR THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
UM, NOT TO BE LEFT OUT, MAIN STREET'S ALSO PLANNING.
WE'RE DOING SOME STRATEGIC PLANNING TOO.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF A CHECK-IN.
THIS IS MIDPOINT FOR US, UM, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO KIND OF REVISIT THAT.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE LOTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS, BOTH WITHIN IMPACT AND DOWNTOWN.
UM, THANK YOU ANGELA, FOR MENTIONING THAT.
FOR MENTIONING THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THERE'S LOTS OF ACTIVITIES THERE AND IT IS A PHENOMENAL SERIES OF EVENTS.
UH, SO AT IMPACT WE'LL HAVE OPAL LEE, THAT IS LIKE A DO DO NOT MISS, THAT'S GONNA BE A PHENOMENAL, UH, LECTURE.
AND THEN WE, ON FEBRUARY 3RD, WE'RE KICKING OFF THE ART SHOW.
SO THAT'S A HOLD MONTH LONG ART SHOW INSIDE IMPACT IN THE
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GALLERY, IN THE BASEMENT.AND THEN, UM, ALSO AT IMPACT, WE HAVE EMMETT SMITH COMING ON THE 16TH.
UM, IF IT'S NOT ALREADY SOLD OUT, IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN YOUR TICKETS, PLEASE DO.
UM, WE HAVE YAG, OUR YOUNG ACTORS GUILD IS DOING, UH, PERFORMANCE OF MIDSUMMERS NINTH STREAM.
THAT'S FEBRUARY 9TH THROUGH 11TH.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE TEXANS JAZZ BAND.
MARDI GRAS IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
THEY'RE DOING A BIG MARDI GRAS, UM, JAZZ, UH, JAZZ CONCERT IN AN IN IMPACT.
AND THEN WE ARE GEARING READY FOR THE PUPPY DOG PARADE, OUR CREW OF BARCUS, WHICH IS, UH, ANNUAL FAVORITE EVENT THIS YEAR WE HAVE SOMETHING, UH, YOU KNOW, UP OUR SLEEVE.
WE'RE, WE'RE UNVEILING A NEW BINGY STATUE DURING CREW BARAS.
SO, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE A, A VERY EXCITING KIND OF COMPONENT TO THE CREW BARAS.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO DO THAT ON THE 19TH OF FEBRUARY.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, COMING FOR COMING UP, UH, WE DO, WE'RE WORKING ON A RETAIL BOOTCAMP.
THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THAT WE'VE DONE THIS.
UH, WE HAVE, WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED SMALL BUSINESSES JOIN US LAST YEAR AND WE DID A WHOLE RETAIL DAY OF, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR OUR RETAILERS, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY, SOME OF WHOM, UM, YOU KNOW, GET A LOT OF VALUE OUT OF THESE SORT OF TRAININGS.
THEY DON'T GET A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF STEP BACK FROM THEIR BUSINESS AND, AND GET SOME EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, OR GO TO CONFERENCES.
THEY'RE KIND OF ALWAYS IN THE WEEDS.
AND SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO, TO GET SOME REALLY IMPORTANT EDUCATION.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT ON THE MARCH 20TH.
SO IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THAT'S ALL I GOT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY, ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
WHAT WAS THE ATTENDANCE OF THE BRIDAL SHOW? UM, WE HAD OVER 600 PEOPLE THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, THAT'S 600, UH, YOU KNOW, GUESTS.
SO TYPICALLY BRIDAL PARTY BRIDE, AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, GROOM AND MOTHERS IN-LAW.
ALRIGHT, APPRECIATE WE WILL HAVE PARKS AND REC, MR. COUNTY.
MICHAEL KOWSKI, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
WE HAVE A HIRING FAIR COMING UP.
THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR THAT WE NEED TO ONBOARD HUNDREDS OF OUR YOUNG ADULTS TO HELP US RUN OUR POOLS IN OUR CAMPS AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.
IT'S BEING HELD ON FEBRUARY 25TH AT THE APEX CENTER.
WE HAVE FLYERS POSTED AS WELL AS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA IS ANNOUNCING THAT.
SO IF YOU HAVE A KIDDO AT HOME, UH, PLEASE SEND THEM, UH, TO, UH, APPLY FOR A POSITION 15 YEARS OLD.
THAT'S HOW YOUNG YOU CAN BE TO START THE WORK FOR US.
AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE ONE OF THE MAJOR EMPLOYERS FOR OUR, OUR YOUNG MCKINNEY RESIDENTS AND BEYOND OFTEN THEIR FIRST JOB, WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY.
SO, UH, I WILL SAY THEY WILL GET MENTORING AND COACHING MUCH MORE SO THAN THEY WOULD AT A TYPICAL RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT.
SO THAT'S MY SALES PITCH FOR TODAY.
LOTS OF, UH, PEOPLE OF ALL GENERATIONS COMING OUT AND, UH, TESTING THEIR FISHING SKILLS.
WE'LL STOCK THE POND THE DAY BEFORE AND, AND EVERYBODY TENDS TO CATCH AT LEAST ONE FISH.
SO IT'S A GREAT, A GREAT TIME.
INDOOR TENNIS IS STILL IN PROGRESS.
UH, THE ELEVATOR AND SOME OTHER ITEMS ARE STILL DELAYED.
WE OPEN UP IN A COUPLE, UH, I'LL SAY WEEKS, BUT MAYBE A MONTH OR SO.
WE ARE ALREADY GETTING SOME NEW TOURNAMENTS TO MCKINNEY AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENT WE'RE MAKING IN INTO OUR PARK SYSTEM.
ROBINSON RIDGE PARK,
MURPHY PARK IS WRAPPING UP AND MARY RO CRAIG PARK AS WELL.
ALL PARKS, THIS GROUP HELPED FUND IN LARGE PARK, UH, WE'LL ALL BE OPEN BEFORE THE SPRING, SO VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.
THAT'S ALSO COMING UP IN FEBRUARY.
WE HAVE A COUPLE DOZEN SPACES AVAILABLE AT BOTH THE REC CENTER, TOWN LAKE AND OLD CELLAR.
SO PLEASE JOIN US FOR THAT IF YOU CAN.
UH, AND THEN LASTLY, WE DID OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING LAST MONTH IN PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, MEMBER KELLY, VICE CHAIR KELLY MAY BE HAPPY TO HEAR THIS.
OUT OF ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THINGS WE SHOULD FOCUS ON OUT OF OUR TEAM TRAILS WAS NUMBER ONE.
AND SO WE'LL BE SHIFTING AND HYPER FOCUSING ON THAT OVER THE COMING YEARS.
SO NUMBER ONE RESPONSE FROM OUR RESIDENCES.
TRAILS NUMBER ONE THING COMING OUT OF OUR, UH, MASTER PLANT UPDATE, WHICH TRAILS AND NOW OUR STAFF DOESN'T EVEN SAYING TRAILS, SO I'M LISTENING AND I HEAR IT.
UM, OTHERWISE I'D BE, UH, CLOSE SECOND, UM,
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BEHIND DOG PARKS.BUT, UH, EXCITED THAT TRAILS ARE GONNA BE, UH, A FOCUS, I THINK CONNECTING ALL OF THE AMAZING PARKS THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY THROUGH TRAILS SO THAT WE CAN RUN FROM ONE END OF THE, OF THE CITY TO THE NEXT WITHOUT EVER HAVING TO GET ON A SIDEWALK OR A STREET WOULD BE AWESOME.
AND, UM, WOULD BE A LEGACY FOR, UH, THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO EXCITED THAT TRAILS ARE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY LITTLE RECREATION AREA?
OH, WE, WE DID PURCHASE SOME PROPERTY JUST NORTH OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THERE WE'RE LOOKING AT A TRAIL CONNECTION YES.
UH, STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGES.
SO THAT WOULD BE, WE'LL PROBABLY BE PART OF OUR VISIONING SESSION WITH MC D C PARK RECREATION BOARD COMING UP IN A COUPLE MONTHS.
I'VE BEEN HERE LONGER, SO I'VE BEEN ON THE, WE'RE MY, WE'RE MY RECREATIONAL SPACE.
OVER BY ME AT, SO, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, THE TS UP COMMITTEE FOR REPORT, UM, WE WON'T HAVE A REPORT CUZ WE'LL BE SHARING INFORMATION DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION IN DOING THE TUFTS AGENDA ITEM LATER IN THIS PARTICULAR MEETING, WE WILL NOW GO
[President’s Report]
TO ITEM 23 DASH 0 0 6 PRESIDENT'S REPORT.MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, COUPLE OF DATE REMINDERS.
FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE ACCEPTING RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS THROUGH TUESDAY AT 5:00 PM I THINK, UM, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS NOW IN ITS THIRD YEAR AND I THINK HAS BEGUN TO PICK UP, UH, A LITTLE MORE INTEREST, A LITTLE MORE STEAM.
I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH FOUR PEOPLE SO FAR WHO ARE TAKING A LOOK AT MAKING APPLICATION FOR THIS FIRST CYCLE.
SO, UM, WE'LL HAVE THOSE PRESENTATIONS NEXT MONTH.
THE PROJECT GRANTS THAT ARE PRESENTED TODAY WILL BE VOTED ON BY THE BOARD IN FEBRUARY AT THAT MEETING.
AND THEN RIGHT BEHIND THAT IN MARCH, OUR SECOND PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION CYCLE WILL OPEN.
AND, UM, WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED A COUPLE OF APPLICATIONS, EARLY APPLICATIONS FOR THAT.
SO THOSE WILL BE PRESENTED LATER IN THE SPRING.
PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE REPORTS THAT ARE INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA.
THE MARKETING REPORT THAT LINDA HAS PREPARED.
AND SHE DID INCLUDE, UM, THE STATISTICS THAT PAUL MENTIONED DURING HIS REPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, RESULTS FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND ALL OF THE REPORTING ENTITIES I LEFT.
AND, AND THERE'S ALSO FROM OUR, UH, OWNERS REP ON THE TUBS PROJECT, THERE'S A MONTHLY REPORT INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA AS WELL FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
UM, LEFT SOME INFORMATION FOR BOARD MEMBERS AT YOUR PLACES.
ONE IS A FEATURE ON ONE HEART MCKINNEY THAT JUST WAS PUBLISHED IN, UH, MCKINNEY PROSPER MAGAZINE.
GREAT INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION AND THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO'S FORMER MC D C BOARD CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT ELLIOT.
SO THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IS HIGHLIGHTED THEIR, AND I'VE ALSO LEFT THE NEWSLETTER FROM HEARD CRAIG WITH, UM, AN OUTSTANDING, UH, LIST OF UPCOMING EVENTS THAT I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by McKinney Community Concert Association (PC 23-01) in the Amount of $6,000 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2023-2024 Season Including Six Unique Productions.]
MOVE ON TO REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. SO TODAY WE WILL VOTE ON 13 PROMOTIONAL GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED AT OUR DECEMBER MEETING.I WANNA FIRST SAY THANK YOU TO OUR PROMOTIONAL GRANT SUBCOMMITTEE, DAVID ROCHE J BOOTH, AND DEBORAH BRADFORD, UM, FOR THEIR DETAIL REVIEW AND, AND TAKING OUT ADDITIONAL TIME TO REVIEW THOSE APPLICATIONS AND, AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, SO FOR CONSIDERATION FOR EACH APPLICANT AND DAVID ROCHE WILL BE REPORTING AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
I WILL START WITH ITEM 23 DASH 0 0 7.
CONSIDER DISCUSS ACT ON PROMOTIONAL AND COMMUNITY EVENT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION, PC 23 DASH OH ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,000 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 20 23 20 24 SEASON, INCLUDING SIX UNIQUE PRODUCTIONS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA SAY SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT ARE CONSIDERED, UH, FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS DID THE APPLICANT PROVIDE A REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION? UH, DOES EACH EVENT HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHOWCASE THE CITY MCKINNEY FOR PURPOSES OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
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AND TOURISM? UH, WHAT IS AN ANTICIPATED ATTENDANCE FOR MCKINNEY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS AND HOW MANY EVENTS ARE SUPPORTED BY THE SINGLE, UH, GRANT? SO THE TOTAL FUNDS THIS CYCLE WAS 119,000.THAT INCLUDES, UH, RE APPROPRIATIONS OF UNSPENT LOANS OR UNSPENT FUNDS FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2022.
UH, SO FOR THE, UH, COMMUNITY CONCERTS ASSOCIATION, THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, HAS GAVE A RECOMMENDATION OF $3,000.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THIS SECOND APPROVE, UH, RECOMMENDED MOVE BY DAVID ROCHE, SECOND BY DEBORAH BRADFORD.
I'M STILL NOT GETTING THE, OKAY.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by Ovation Academy, dba Shakespeare McKinney, (PC 23-02) in the Amount of $5,000 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2023 Shakespeare McKinney.]
DASH 0 0 0 8 CONSIDERED DISCUSSED ACT ON THE PROMOTIONAL GRANTS EVENT.GRANTS APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY OVATION ACADEMY DOING BI DBA SHAKESPEARE MCKINNEY, PC 2302, AND THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2023 SHAKESPEARE MCKINNEY.
AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, RECOMMENDED 2,500.
I GET A, A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.
UH, MOTION PASSES AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A REFERENCE OR ON ON RECORD THE AGENDA ITEM FOR THE HERITAGE GIL GRANT, PC 23 DASH OH THREE WAS ACCIDENTALLY LEFT OFF OF TODAY'S AGENDA.
THE BOARD WILL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON MONDAY, JANUARY 30TH AT 10:00 AM TO VOTE ON THIS GRANT.
THE MEETING WILL BE HELD AT M C D C OFFICES AT 7 7300 STATE HIGHWAY 1 21 SUITE 200.
SO WE WILL 8:00 AM AT 8:00 AM JUST WANTED TO MAKE REFERENCE THAT WE DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT OVERSIGHT.
UM, FOR THAT, UH, NEXT AGENDA, ITEM
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by SBG Hospitality (PC 23-04) in the Amount of $15,000 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2023 Sip and Stroll Series.]
23 DASH 0 0 0 9, CONSIDER DISCUSS, ACT ON THE PROMOTIONAL AND COMMUNITY EVENT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY SBG HOSPITALITY PC 23 DASH OH FOUR IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2023 SIPP AND STROLL SERIES.SO THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE FULL $15,000 AND I'M A COM MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM.
SECOND, MOVED BY DAVID RICK RICH SHADE.
MOTION PASSES ITEM 23 DASH 0 0 1 10
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by Marching Music Made in McKinney (PC 23-05) in the Amount of $5,600 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2023 Drum Corps International Competition in McKinney.]
CONSIDERED DISCUSSED ACT ON PROMOTIONAL AND COMMUNITY EVENT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY MARCHING MUSIC MADE IN MCKINNEY PC 23 OH DASH OH FIVE AND THE AMOUNT OF $5,600 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2023 DRUM COURTS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION IN MCKINNEY.UH, THE SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $5,600 AND I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM.
SECOND, MOVED BY DAVID ROCHE, SECOND BY DEBORAH BRADFORD.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by St. Peter’s Episcopal Church (PC 23-06) in the Amount of $9,500 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2023 Empty Bowls Event.]
DASH ZERO 11 CONSIDERED DISCUSSED ACT ON PROMOTIONAL AND COMMUNITY EVENT GRANT APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY ST.PETER'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, PC 2301 IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,500 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2023 EMPTY VOLES
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EVENT.UH, SO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $9,500 AND I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
SECOND, MOVE BY DAVID CHE, SECOND BY CATHERINE MCK.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by Kiwanis Foundation of McKinney (PC 23-07) in the Amount of $3,000 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2023 McKinney Kiwanis Triathlon.]
DASH 0 0 12 CONSIDERED.DISCUSS, ACT ON PROMOTIONAL AND COMMUNITY EVENT GRANT.
EVENT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE KWANS FOUNDATION OF MCKINNEY PC 23 DASH OH SEVEN IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,000 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2023 MCKINNEY COWANS TRIATHLON.
SO COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED A $2,500 AND I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by ManeGait Therapeutic Horsemanship (PC 23-08) in the Amount of $12,500 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2023 ManeGait LIVE at the Gait Country Fair and Concert.]
CONSIDERED DISCUSS, ACT ON PROMOTIONAL IN IN COMMUNITY EVENT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY MAIN GATE THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP PC 2308 IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,500 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2023 MAIN GATE LIVE AT THE GATE COUNTRY FAIR.IN CONCERT, UH, SME RECOMMENDS $7,500 AND I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
WAS THAT YOU? MARY? MOTION PASSES.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by McKinney Garden Club (PC 23-09) in the Amount of $3,000 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2023 Art Meets Floral Event.]
DASH 0 0 1 14.CONSIDER DISCUSSED ACT ON PROMOTIONAL AND COMMUNITY EVENT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY MCKINNEY GARDEN CLUB PC 2309 IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,000 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2023 ART MEETS FLORAL EVENT.
SECOND MEDIA RECOMMENDS $3,000 AND I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by McKinney Main Street (PC 23-10) in the Amount of $11,000 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2023 Arts in Bloom.]
23 DASH 15.CONSIDER DISCUSS ACT ON PROMOTIONAL AND COMMUNITY EVENT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE MCKINNEY MAIN STREET PC 23 DASH ONE 10 IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,000 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2023 ARTS AND BLOOM SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE $11,000 AND I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by Collin County History Museum (PC 23-11) in the Amount of $15,000 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2023 Created in Collin Exhibit.]
DASH 0 0 16 CONSIDERED.DISCUSS, ACT ON PROMOTIONAL AND COMMUNITY EVENT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE POLLEN COUNTY HISTORY MUSEUM, PC 23 DASH 11 IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2023.
CREATED IN CO EXHIBIT SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $12,000 AND I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
SECOND, MOVED BY DAVID CHE, SECOND BY JOY WHO MOTION PASSES.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by McKinney Chamber Foundation (PC 23-12) in the Amount of $15,000 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2023 Black History Month events in McKinney.]
DASH 0 0 1 17 CONSIDERED DISCUSSED ACT ON PROMOTIONAL AND COMMUNITY EVENT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY MCKINNEY CHAMBER FOUNDATION, PC 23 DASH ONE TWO IN THE AMOUNT OF 15,000 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2023 BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENTS[00:50:01]
IN MCKINNEY.SO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $14,000 AND I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
SECOND MOTION MADE BY DAVID RICK CHE'S.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by Millhouse Foundation (PC 23-13) in the Amount of $12,475 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2023 Millhouse Arts Festivals, a series of two-day events held at McKinney Cotton Mill.]
18 CONSIDERED DISCUSSED ACT ON PROMOTIONAL AND COMMUNITY EVENT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY MILLHOUSE FOUNDATION, PC 23 DASH 13 IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,475 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2023 MILL HOUSE ARTS FESTIVAL.A SERIES OF TWO DAY EVENTS HELD AT THE MCKINNEY COTTON MILL SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $10,000 AND I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
SECOND MOVE BY DAVID ROCHE, SECOND BY DEBORAH S THIS CONCLUDES OUR VOTING FOR THE PROMOTIONAL GRANTS FOR TODAY.
UH, WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE RECIPIENTS, UH, OF THESE PROMOTIONAL GRANT UH, APPLICATIONS.
UM, THIS REPRESENTS MORE THAN 50 UNIQUE EVENTS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
SO DEFINITELY ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT THESE EVENTS.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING I'LL SAY IS THAT THE, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PUTTING THESE EVENTS TOGETHER ARE PUTTING IN MUCH MORE, MANY MORE HOURS THAN WHAT IS REPRESENTED IN THE ASK.
SO JUST WANT, WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THESE AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND MAYBE EVERY EVENT IS NOT FOR YOU.
WILL PLEASE FIND ONE OR TWO, UH, OR FIND SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH AND GO CHECK IT OUT.
I THINK THERE IS VALUE IN EX, YOU KNOW, EXPOSING YOURSELF TO THINGS THAT ARE NOT FAMILIAR TO YOU.
SO I MAY, I'M GONNA FIND ME SOMETHING ON HERE TO GO TO THAT I'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE.
PEOPLE WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK, UH, FOR PUTTING YOUR APPLICATIONS TOGETHER AND ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING TO MAKE MCKINNEY A BETTER PLACE.
UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request Submitted by Boys and Girls Club of Collin County to Allocate Remaining Grant Funds on Project Grant #22-07, in the amount of Two Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Six and 32/100 Dollars ($2,646.32), to be Used for Plumbing Required for Installation of a Water Fountain at the McKinney Club Location.]
NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS THE 2020, UH, 20 3019.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER DISCUSS, ACT ON A REQUEST SUBMITTED BY THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COLIN COUNTY TO ALLOCATE REMAINING GRANT FUNDS ON PROJECT DASH 22 DASH OH SEVEN IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,646 AND 32 CENTS TO BE USED FOR THE PLUMBING REQUIRED FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A WATER FOUNTAIN AT THE MCKINNEY CLUB LOCATION.
MADAM CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UM, YOU RECALL THAT THIS BOARD APPROVED, UH, GRANT A YEAR AGO FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIN COUNTY FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE MCKINNEY CLUBHOUSE.
UM, THEY HAVE FINISHED THE MAJORITY OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS DO HAVE FUNDS LEFT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO, TO REALLOCATE TOWARDS, UM, THIS SEGMENT OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS PLUMBING TO INSTALL A WATER FOUNTAIN BECAUSE IT WAS AN EXISTING PROJECT AND WOULD REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT IF THE BOARD APPROVES THAT.
THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
BUT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER AND, UH, APPROVE THEIR REQUEST.
SO THEY'VE DONE ALL THE WORK THAT WE GRANTED FOR THIS IS JUST EXTRA MONEY THAT THEY WANT TO REALLOCATE.
THEY ACTUALLY INTENDED TO INCLUDE THIS ON THE LIST AND IT JUST WAS OMITTED, UH, WHEN THEY PUT TOGETHER THEIR REQUIRE, THEIR APPLICATION.
I HAVE TO, OH, CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING? OH, SO MOVED.
AND CAN I GET A MOTION ON, UH, ON THE AGENDA ITEM? I'M SORRY, I'M I'M MOVING FAST TOO.
WE ALL TRYING TO MOTION PASSES TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? MR. KELLY? GO AHEAD.
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MOTION PASSES.[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by Haddington Fund, LP (#23-02) in an Amount of Seventy-Seven Thousand, Three Hundred Seventy and NO/100 Dollars ($77,370.00) for Construction and Installation of Two Neon Signs at The Flour Mill Located at 407 E. Louisiana Street, McKinney, Texas.]
NOW HEAR FROM THREE PROJECT GRANT APPLICANTS.AS A REMINDER, EACH APPLICANT WOULD HAVE UP TO FIVE MINUTES TO PRESENT, WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS.
THESE ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS, SO THERE WILL BE, UH, ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AFTER EACH PRESENTATION BEFORE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE BOARD WILL VOTE ON PROJECTS, UH, PROJECT GRANTS AT THE FEBRUARY 23RD MEETING.
SO THE FIRST ITEM WE HAVE IS 23 DASH ZERO 20, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER DISCUSSED ACT ON PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY HATTINGTON FUND, LP 23 DASH OH TWO IN THE AMOUNT OF $77,370 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF TWO NEON SIGNS AT THE FLOWER MILL, LOCATED AT 4 0 7 EAST LOUISIANA STREET, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, AND MR. BRAHAM BREK, BRE HAMRE HAM.
AND UH, I DO HAVE A POWERPOINT.
AND TO, TO, UH, PROCEED TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO MOST PEOPLE HAVE IN THIS ROOM HAVE BEEN TO THE MCKINNEY FLOWER MILL, BUT IT'S NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME HOW MANY PEOPLE IN MCKINNEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE EXIST.
A LOT OF PEOPLE CONFUSE US WITH ANOTHER MILL IN TOWN,
AND UM, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL COME TO OUR, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO COME TO OUR BUILDING, BUT THEY END UP GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEN THEY CALL AND THEY GO, WHERE ARE YOU? AND WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN, WE'RE AT 4 0 7 EAST LOUISIANA STREET IN THAT TALL RED BRICK BUILDING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
AND THEN THEY SEE IT AND THEY GO, WELL I THOUGHT THIS PLACE WAS ABANDONED.
AND SO IT'S, IT SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING THEME, BUT WE'RE NOT ABANDONED.
AND WE WE'RE ACTUALLY 150 YEAR OLD BUILDING.
SO WE'VE BEEN IN MCKINNEY FOR A WHILE AND UM, IT USED TO BE THE CENTER OF ACTIVITY A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
AND OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT HAS MOVED TO THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.
BUT REMARKABLY IT'S NOW COMING BACK TO THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, UH, MAIN STREET.
THE ORIGINAL MAIN STREET IS ACTUALLY RUNS RIGHT THROUGH OUR PROPERTY IS TWO OF OUR BUILDINGS ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ORIGINAL MAIN STREET.
SO, UM, WHAT WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO IS BRING THE, THE FLOWER MILL OUT OF THE DARK.
AND, UM, THE BEST THOUGHT WE HAD WAS PUT A PUT A SIGN ON THE ROOF, HAVE FLOWER MILL ON LIT UP AT NIGHT, AND DURING THE DAY PEOPLE CAN SEE IT.
YOU CAN NOW SEE, UM, THE FLOWER MILL FROM DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY.
WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ON LOUISIANA STREET.
THEY'VE CUT DOWN SOME OF THE TREES AND NOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE BUILDING FROM, IF YOU STAND ON, ON THE RIGHT PART OF TOWN ON DOWNTOWN, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WAY DOWN, SEE THAT BUILDING.
AND NOW IF WE HAVE A SIGN THEY'LL SAY, OH, THAT'S THE FLOWER MILL.
THAT'S THE BUILDING THAT'S OVER THERE.
AND SO THAT WAS THE REASON THAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A SIGN.
THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AT NIGHT.
WE DO HAVE TENANTS IN THE BUILDING NOW, UM, DAYTIME TENANTS, BUT WE DO HAVE AN EVENT IN BUSINESS.
AND SO MANY PEOPLE DO COME TO THE BUILDING AT NIGHT TO HAVE A WEDDING OR A PARTY, A CHRISTMAS PARTY OR A BUSINESS EVENT.
IN FACT, MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE, UH, DURING THE DAY, DAY AND AT NIGHT.
AND, UH, YOU MAY AGREE WITH ME THAT IT IS SOMETIMES CHALLENGING TO FIND OUT WHICH BUILDING THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN GOING INTO AND SO FORTH.
SO IT TAKES FIVE OR 10 MINUTES BEFORE YOU FIND THE PLACE TO KNOW WHICH BUILDING YOU'RE GOING INTO.
SO, UM, THERE'S ANOTHER SIGN THAT WE WANNA PUT ON THE, ON THE PROPERTY THAT WILL HELP GET PEOPLE TO THE RIGHT BUILDING.
THIS IS SOME PRECEDENCE TO THE SIGN ON THE BUILDING.
THERE USED TO BE WHITE BILLOWS WAS THE NAME BRAND OF ONE OF THE FLOWER PRODUCTS THAT THEY MADE, UM, BACK THEN.
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DO HAVE A HISTORY OF HAVING A SIGN ON THE BUILDING.THIS IS THE ACTUAL ENGINEERING OF THE SIGN ITSELF.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD IT ENGINEERED AND IT WILL FIT ON THE BUILDING AND IT WILL BE, UH, IT WILL WORK, UH, TO FASTEN IT TO THE ROOF.
WE, WHEN IT RAN IT THROUGH THE CITY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY GET IT DONE.
AND THEY, THEY, THE CITY DEPARTMENT SAID THAT YES, THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN PUT A BUILDING, YOU CAN PUT A SIGN ON THE BUILDING, ON THE ROOF.
SO WE KNOW THAT WE CAN, AND THIS IS THE OTHER SIGN.
IT'S, UM, DIAMOND HALL IS THE NAME OF THIS, THIS BUILDING.
AND, UH, RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO, NO SIGNAGE BESIDES A SMALL SILVER SIGN RIGHT BELOW THE ADDRESS THAT SAYS DIAMOND HALL.
SAME IDEA IS THAT EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE CAN GET TO THE PROPERTY, THEY'RE NOT SURE WHICH ONE IS DIAMOND HALL.
AND SO IT TAKES ANOTHER FIVE OR 10 MINUTES FOR PEOPLE TO WALK AROUND AND THE PROPERTY, UM, BY HAVING DIAMOND HALL LIT UP ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
THIS IS FACING NORTH VIRGINIA TO VIRGINIA STREET.
AND, UM, IF YOU WERE STANDING ACROSS THE STREET IN THE FUTURE CITY HALL, YOU WOULD LOOK OVER AND YOU WOULD SEE THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING WITH THE SIGN.
THIS IS THE SAME BUILDING FACING LOUISIANA STREET, THE SOUTH SIDE, FACING THE, THE NEW TUFTS PROPERTY.
PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT, OKAY, THAT BUILDING RIGHT THERE IS DIAMOND HALL INSTEAD OF WHAT IS THAT BUILDING? WHO OWNS THAT? WHAT DO THEY DO THERE? SO IT'S, THAT'S THE, THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING.
CUZ AGAIN, WE'RE 150 YEAR OLD BUILDING AND I ENJOY GIVING TOURS BECAUSE EVERYONE'S LIKE, OH MY GOSH, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS BUILDING WAS HERE.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT HAD BEEN RENOVATED AND THAT WE'VE BEEN REPURPOSING A LOT OF THE MATERIALS THAT ARE THERE.
SO IT'S A, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE FOR ME TO GIVE A TOUR BECAUSE I, I COULD JUST TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PERSON THAT ARRIVED AT THE BEGINNING AND AFTER THEY LEAVE, THEY JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT, UH, RECOGNITION OF WHAT THIS PROPERTY MEANS TO MCKINNEY.
THESE ARE JUST ENGINEERING DRAWINGS OF THE, UM, THE SIGN.
AND SO I'M, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE AGENDA SAYS, UH, THE PROPOSALS FOR TWO SIGNS, BUT THE PACKET IS ASKING FOR THREE, IS THAT CORRECT? THE FUNDING WOULD COVER THE TWO DIAMOND HALL AND THE LARGE ROOF SIGN? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEN I, I WAS WONDERING, I KNOW THAT THE BUILDING IS INHABITED.
NOW YOU HAVE, I THINK ABOUT, I THINK I READ NINE TENANTS SOMEWHERE AROUND 10.
IS THERE NO, UM, COMMON AREA MAINTENANCE, UH, FEE CAM FEE THAT THOSE TENANTS PAY, THAT THEY COULD HELP SUPPORT THIS? BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS ZERO BEING PUT FORWARD IN THE PROPOSAL.
AND YOU'RE ASKING MC D C FOR TOTAL FUNDING? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE DON'T HAVE A, A, A, A, WE, WHEN WE CHARGE RENT, WE JUST CHARGE FOR THE SPACE THAT THEY OCCUPY.
AND IT'S A MARKET RATE FROM WHAT WE NOTICE IN, IN THE AREA.
IT'S A MARKET RATE THAT WE CHARGE.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM, THE HATTINGTON FUND IS A PRIVATE CORPORATION, ESSENTIALLY DOING BUSINESS AS THE HOLDING CORP FOR THE BUILDING.
SO YOUR PRIVATE COMPANY, UH, THAT OWNS THIS BUILDING AND YOU HAVE TENANTS IN IT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
KIND OF STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
SO DISTINGUISH THIS REQUEST FROM ANY OTHER POTENTIAL REQUEST FROM FRANKLY, ANY OTHER BUSINESS OWNER, UM, ACROSS TOWN WHO WANTS TO PUT SIGNAGE ON THEIR BUILDING.
UM, WHY SHOULD TAXPAYERS PAY FOR THESE SIGNS WHEN OTHER, UH, OTHER PRIVATE CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE TENANTS IN THEIR BUILDING PAY FOR THEIR OWN SIGNAGE ON THEIR BUILDING AND ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PRECEDENT WE MIGHT BE SETTING BY, UM, PAYING FOR THESE SIGNS FOR YOU.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S ANOTHER MILL DOWN THE STREET THAT MAY WANT US TO PAY FOR THEIR SIGNS AS WELL, OR OTHER BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN.
UM, SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRECEDENT WE MIGHT BE SETTING BY PICKING ONE PARTICULAR DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OVER OTHERS.
UM, THE, WE'RE WANTING TO BECOME A PUBLIC SPACE SO THAT PEOPLE IN MCKINNEY, UH, THAT ALREADY LIVE HERE HAVE, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE EXIST.
AND WE'RE 150 YEARS IN THE, IN THE, IN THE CITY REALLY BRINGING A, AN
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AWARENESS TO THE, TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY THAT THIS IS A, A HISTORIC LANDMARK IN WHICH WE ARE A NATIONAL REGISTRY, UH, LANDMARK.SO IT'S REALLY SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON THE PROPERTY FOR THE REST OF THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY.
NUMBER TWO, WHEN VISITORS FROM OUT OF TOWN COME, COME INTO MCKINNEY, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE ANYTHING IS, AND THIS SIGN WOULD BE A HIGHLIGHT FOR THEM TO HELP IDENTIFY WHERE THEY'RE GOING, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE PROBABLY A HUNDRED TO 200 PEOPLE ON AN AVERAGE WEEKEND COME TO OUR PROPERTY TO, UH, HAVE A WEDDING OR A PARTY WITH OUR EVENT BUSINESS.
AND IT'S JUST HARD FOR THEM TO FIND, FIND THE LOCATION.
UM, YES, THE COMPANY OWNS THE PROPERTY.
UM, I'M THE MAJORITY OF THE OWNERSHIP, AND IT'S BEEN A LOSING BUSINESS.
IT'S, UH, WE'RE IN THE RED EVERY YEAR HAVING, IT SOUNDS NICE TO OWN 150 YEAR OLD BUILDING, BUT THE EXPENSE OF OPERATING AND KEEPING IT, MAINTAINING IT IS, UM, FINANCIALLY NOT A, NOT A VIABLE ALWAYS.
AND SO I'VE BEEN PERSONALLY KEEPING THE PROPERTY AFLOAT OUT OF MY OWN FUNDS FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS THAT I'VE OWNED IT.
SO YES, A COMPANY OWNS IT, BUT IF I WASN'T MANAGING IT, IT WOULD PROBABLY NOT SURVIVE.
AND, UH, ALL OF OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES HAVE, UM, OWNERS WHO OWN THEM AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF, UH, OPERATING A BUSINESS DOWNTOWN, I COMPLETELY SUPPORT THE IDEA OF THE SIGNAGE FOR THE BUILDING.
AND I, I GET WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO TO ACTIVATE THE SPACE AND, AND BRING PEOPLE TO YOUR, TO YOUR BUSINESS AND TO YOUR TENANTS.
UM, I JUST PERSONALLY, UH, QUESTION ONE.
UH, THIS ONE PARTICULAR BUSINESS, GETTING TAXPAYER FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE AND THE PRECEDENT THAT SETS.
BUT, UM, THANKS VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
AND, AND I JUST HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION.
UM, IF THE, UH, DO, DO YOU HAVE ALTERNATIVE PLANS FOR ONE, ANY ALTERNATIVE FUNDERS TO HELP YOU OUT WITH YOUR SIGNAGE? AND NUMBER TWO, UM, ARE THERE ALTERNATIVE SIGNAGE TYPES THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY, UM, YOU KNOW, ALLOW PEOPLE TO SEE THE SIGNAGE, BUT MAY NOT BE OF THE SAME, UM, TYPE WITH, WITH THE FLUORESCENT SIGN? UM, I, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVE.
UM, AND AS FAR AS OTHER TYPES, WE JUST, WE WENT WITH THE COMPANY THAT HAD DONE THE SIGNAGE IN, UH, DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY AND THIS IS WHAT THEY RECOMMEND.
AND SO WE'VE, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GONE WITH.
DID YOU CONSIDER TO GET ANY ADDITIONAL QUOTES, JUST, JUST FOR COMPARISON? I MEAN, I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO GO WITH THE AESTHETIC OF WHAT WAS DONE.
JUST CURIOUS TO HAVE COMPARISON TO SAY THAT THIS WAS THE BEST OPTION BASED ON THE SIZE, BASED ON HAVING SOME CONTINUITY OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO HAVE.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A SECOND QUOTE.
SO WHAT WE WILL DO, WE WILL LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN, UM, TO BE ABLE TO DO THE AMENDMENT TO MOVE IT FROM THREE NEON, FROM TWO NEON SIGNS TO THREE.
SO WE WON'T CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, TODAY, SO THAT WE CAN, WE GONNA WAIT FOR THE COMMENT THEN? YEAH.
WE WILL WAIT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, CUZ WE WILL LEAVE THIS PUBLIC, UM, THIS ITEM OPEN.
SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN TWO SIGNS.
IT'S JUST ONE OF 'EM IS A TWO AND ON A BUILDING AND ONE IS ANOTHER ON A BUILDING, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
BUT IT'S THREE STILL THREE SIGNS, TWO DESIGNS.
TWO DESIGNS DESIGNS, THREE SIGNS, TWO DESIGNS, THREE SIGNS.
THAT'S A BETTER WAY OF SAYING IT.
WE'LL, WE'LL LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS AND, UM, PUT ON THE AGENDA NEXT, PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH.
[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by Heard-Craig Center for the Arts (#23-03) in the Amount of One Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand Three Hundred Dollars and No/100 Dollars ($135,300.00) for Improvements to the West Garden at Heard-Craig Center for the Arts Including Additional Brickwork, Repairs to Existing Brickwork, Audio, Lighting, Gazebo Speakers, Additional Irrigation, New All-Weather Tables Chairs, Planter and New Bushes. Amount Requested Represents 94% of Total Project Cost.]
ITEM, WE WILL PAUSE.WE WILL, MR. KELLY WILL ACCUSE HIMSELF FROM A DISCUSSION, UH, FROM THIS ITEM.
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PRESIDENT.SO ITEM 23 DASH 0 21, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSS, UH, CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE HERD CREEK CENTER FOR ARTS 23 DASH OH THREE IN THE AMOUNT OF $135,000 300, UH, $35,300, UH, FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WEST GARDEN AT THE HERD.
CRAIG CENTER FOR THE ARTS, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL BRICKWORK REPAIRS TO THE EXISTING BRICK WORK, AUDIO LOBBYING, GAZEBO SPEAKERS, ADDITIONAL IRRIGATION, NEW ALL WEATHER TABLES AND CHAIRS, PLANTER AND NEW BUSHES AMOUNT REQUEST AND REPRESENTS 94% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IN MS. TYSON.
MADAM PRESIDENT MC D C THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY.
I SERVE AS A TRUSTEE FOR THE HERD, CRAIG CENTER FOR THE ARTS, UH, HERE IN MCKINNEY.
UM, OUR BOARD OVERSEES THIS, UH, 120 YEAR OLD ESTATE THAT HAS BEEN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS, UH, AS THE FIRST ART MUSEUM IN MCKINNEY, UH, A SMITHSONIAN AFFILIATE AND A CENTER FOR EVENTS SUCH AS WEDDINGS, AFTERNOON TEES, MUSIC AND ART, LECTURES AND EXHIBITS.
UM, THE HERD, CRAIG IS, UM, A PHILANTHROPIC HUB FOR OVER 20 ORGANIZATIONS THAT IS VOLUNTEER BASED AND PRESERVES AND PROMOTES THE LEGACY OF ART, PHILANTHROPY, AND EDUCATION.
UH, IN ADDITION TO PRESERVING AND PROMOTING WORKS OF ART AND LOCAL ARTISTS, UM, OUR NONPROFIT PRIVATE FOUNDATION PROVIDES FREE MEETING SPACE AS OUTLINED BY OUR TRUST DOCUMENTS AND BYLAWS.
UH, SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT MEET THERE WERE FORMED AS EARLY AS THE MID 18 HUNDREDS AND UP TO 1500 PARTICIPANTS USE OUR FACILITY PER MONTH.
UM, THIS SLIDE, UH, SUMMARIZES OUR GRANT ELIGIBILITY AS THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WE ARE REQUESTING, UM, FUNDING FOR ENABLE US TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MEETING SPACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY GROUPS, UH, RELY ON THE SERVICES OF LOCAL BUSINESSES, UH, FOR, UM, UH, HISTORICAL PRESERVATION AND CONTRIBUTE TO MCKINNEY'S ENTERTAINMENT AND TOURIST, UH, INDUSTRY.
UM, THIS WILL, THIS SLIDES, UH, THIS TALKS ABOUT, UH, SHOWS SOME OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND OUR BUSINESS CON CONNECTIONS.
UM, THIS IS, THE RELATIONSHIPS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE BRING TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, KEEPING THE HERD CRAIG IN BUSINESS SUPPORTS OTHER BUSINESSES.
UH, THIS IS NOT AN ALL INCLUSIVE LIST THAT YOU SEE HERE, BUT OUR MEMBERSHIP ALLIANCE WITH CHESTNUT SQUARE AND THE COLLIN COUNTY HISTORY MUSEUM, A FEW OF OUR FUNDING PARTNERS AND SOME RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT OUR ART, UM, OR SHOWN HERE.
UM, SO THIS, UH, I'D LOVE, THIS IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE, BUT TWO YEARS AGO, UM, YOU ALL FUNDED, UM, GAVE US FUNDING THAT ENABLED US TO REPAIR AND RENOVATE OUR WEST GARDEN.
AND I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE BEFORE, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO CLEAR OUT A LOT OF FOLIAGE AND THINGS, ESPECIALLY IN THE, IN THE BACK, UM, THE ASTROTURF, THE BRICK WORK, AND IT, AND IT OPENS IT UP TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO NOW PEOPLE WALKING BY CAN, CAN STOP IN AND HAVE A PICNIC.
THEY CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN TAKE PICTURES, THEY CAN, UM, WE HA WE HAVE FREE PUBLIC EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE HERE.
WE HA WE'VE HAD LECTURES IN THE GAZEBO.
SO IT REALLY, UM, HAS ADDED A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, FOR DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY ESPECIALLY.
UM, SO OUR, OUR REQUEST TODAY THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORTH IS TO DO SOME PRESERVATION ON THE EAST GARDEN, WHICH IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE HOME.
UH, AND, UM, SO YOU CAN SEE HERE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
WELL, WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE CURRENTLY, THERE WERE SOME NARROW WALKWAYS, NO SPACE FOR TABLES AND SEATING.
WE HAVE ALREADY REMOVED ALL OF THE, THE, UM, THE PLANTS OR, OR FRANKLY WEEDS THAT YOU SEE IN THOSE TWO SECTIONS UP FRONT.
AND SO, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, WE NEED, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO REPAIR THE, SOME OF THE BRICKS THAT ARE, UM, DAMAGED AND THEN ALSO REPLACE THOSE PLANTING AREAS WITH MORE BRICKS, UH, AS WELL AS RAISED PLANNERS FOR, FOR SEATING.
UM, SO THIS COULD BE, UM, MORE EVENT SPACE, MORE PARK SPACE, AND IS ON CHURCH STREET, WHICH IS A MAIN THOROUGHFARE
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FOR VISITORS.SO, SO THIS SHOWS OUR, OUR PLANNED TIMELINE FOR DOING THAT.
THE LIGHTING AND SOUND EDITIONS, UH, THAT YOU SEE HERE, UM, ARE NOTED.
THE BRICK REPAIR, YOU CAN SEE THE BROKEN, UH, BRICKS THERE.
THAT COULD BE A, A HAZARD FOR PEOPLE WALKING.
UH, AND THEN, UM, MORE BRICK WORK IN THE CENTER SQUARES.
UM, SO THE, THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF, UM, ESTIMATES THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO HELP US WITH THIS PROJECT.
AND WE, WE ARE, UM, PROVIDING BUSHES, PLANTS, BENCHES, TABLES, CHAIRS, URNS, ALL OF THE PRETTY THINGS TO, UH, TO DRESS IT UP.
SO, UM, SO IN, IN SUMMARY, UM, WE, WE THANK YOU AGAIN SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PAST SUPPORT.
IT IS REALLY, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME AND VISIT OUR, OUR WEST GARDEN JUST TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AND SO WE APPRECIATE THAT WE, UM, ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF OUR CONTINUED PRESERVATION OF THE PROPERTY.
SO, UM, SO EVERYBODY CAN ENJOY IT.
ANY QUESTIONS? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ANOTHER CLARIFICATION.
SO THE AGENDA INDICATES THAT THE MONEY THAT IS BEING REQUESTED OF M CBC WOULD, WOULD COVER THE TABLES, CHAIRS, PLANNER, AND NEW BUSHES.
BUT AS FAR AS MY READ IS THOSE THREE THINGS ARE NOT ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THE REQUEST.
SO THE FIRST TWO AMOUNTS THAT YOU SEE THERE THAT ARE ON THE ASTERISK ARE WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING.
I DUNNO IF WE HAVE TO MODIFY THE WAY THE AGENDA READS.
THE SAME WAY WE DID WITH THE EARLIER ISSUE ON THE SIGNAGE.
THE AMOUNT REQUESTED SHOULD MATCH HOW YOU WOULD PROPOSE ACTUALLY USING IT.
SO IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE WELL, THE AMOUNT IS CORRECT.
BUT ON THE AGENDA, IT INDICATES THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE FUNDED INCLUDE THREE THINGS THAT ARE NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE FUNDED WITH MCD C'S SUPPORT THE TABLES AND CHAIRS, TABLES, THE, THE CHAIRS, THE PLANNER, AND THE NEW BUSHES.
SO I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO AMEND FOR THE RECORD.
BUSHES, IS THAT TABLES CHAIRS? I THINK SO.
THOSE ARE NOT ASTERISK, BUT SHE'S NOT AS, SHOULD THOSE COME OUT OF THE DESCRIPTION? I GUESS THAT'S, IS THAT WHAT I'M, IF IT PASSES AS WRITTEN, IT LOOKS LIKE THE MONEY WOULD BE USED FOR THOSE ITEMS, BUT IT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE USED FOR THOSE ITEMS. I THINK THAT IF THE BOARD, WHEN IT COMES UP NEXT MONTH, IF THE BOARD IS INCLINED TO SUPPORT IT AND THE MOTION THAT IS MADE, IT CAN BE DEFINED HOW THE FUNDS WOULD BE USED ARE LIMITED.
SO IT COULD BE THAT AMOUNT FOR THESE I, THESE ITEMS, WHICH WOULD EXCLUDE THOSE.
IF THAT IS THE WISH OF THE BOARD, I CAN HANDLE IT THAT WAY.
SO, SO THE AMOUNT REQUESTED IS A MAXIMUM.
IT CAN ALWAYS BE THE BOARD CAN CHOOSE TO DO THAT, DO A LESSER AMOUNT OR NO AMOUNT.
UM, AND I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU, STEPHANIE.
I CAN CERTAINLY AGREE WITH THAT.
UM, IS THERE ANY KIND OF, UM, NOISE ORDINANCE OR ANYTHING THAT THE MUSEUM IS SUBJECT TO, IF I'M JUST IMAGINING LARGER PARTIES OUT IN THESE GARDENS IN THE EVENINGS AND RESIDENCES ABUTTING THE PROPERTY, DOES THAT POSE ANY KIND OF COMMUNITY CONCERN? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
DO YOU WANNA ANSWER THAT? IT HAS NOT POSED AN ISSUE.
BUT, BUT COULD IT POSSIBLY CREATE AN ISSUE? YEAH, IF SOMEONE HAD A 300 PERSON PARTY, IT COULD, WHICH MEANS CAN YOU, CAN YOU COME UP TO THE DI SO THAT, I'M SORRY.
ALL KAREN, KAREN IS OUR EXECUTIVE.
THANK YOU FOR, THAT'S FOR, FOR OUR VIEWERS THAT ARE WATCHING FROM, UM, CAN SEE.
SO IF WE HAD A THREE OR 400 OR 500 PERSON PARTY, IT MIGHT CAUSE CONCERN.
WE CAP AT 200 AND WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT ISSUE IN THE PAST, IF THAT HELPS.
AND THEN MAY I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION OR DO YOU WANNA GO AROUND? NO, GO AHEAD.
UM, SO PART OF THE APPLICATION, UM, REQUESTS SOME INDICATION OF METRICS, HOW YOU'LL GAUGE WHETHER OR NOT THIS, THIS IS SUCCESSFUL.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE PACKET, BUT I CAN INTUIT, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF PARTIES BOOKED, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT? SURE.
IF YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE WEST GARDEN, WE DO KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT COME THROUGH.
THAT IS ABOVE WHAT IT USED TO BE WHEN IT WAS COVERED UP AND NO ONE SAW IT.
AND WHEN THERE WERE SIGNS THAT, SAY IT WAS PRIVATE PROPERTY, THOSE SIGNS HAVE COME DOWN, THE FOLIAGE HAS COME DOWN, AND NOW WE CAN SEE OUT THE MUSEUM WINDOWS.
AND SO WE TRACK WHO COMES THROUGH.
WE WILL DO THE SAME WITH THE OTHER GARDEN WHEN IT'S DONE.
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AND WHEN THE PLANTERS GO IN, AND WHEN THE BRICK WORK, UH, WHEN, WHEN THE BRICK WORK GOES IN, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE LARGER SPACE TO PUT TABLES AND CHAIRS THAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY RAISE THE EVENT SPACE WITHIN MCKINNEY.
AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK, UM, INSTEAD OF HAVING ZERO BUSINESS ON THAT SIDE MM-HMM.
AND WE DO A LOT OF BUSINESS WITH SENIOR CITIZEN GROUPS OR, OR COMPANIES ASSISTED LIVING, AND THEY BRING 40, 50, 60 PEOPLE AT A POP.
AND SO WE PUT THEM INSIDE THE MUSEUM, BUT WE HAVE TO CAP AT 60 INSIDE FOR EACH EVENT UNLESS WE PUT PEOPLE UPSTAIRS, WHICH WE DON'T DO BECAUSE THE FAMILY'S ORIGINAL, UM, FURNISHINGS ARE ALL THERE.
SO WE KEEP EVERYBODY DOWNSTAIRS.
IF WE CAN EXPAND OUTSIDE, IT WILL BE QUITE SIGNIFICANT.
AND THEN JUST FINALLY, THIS WILL BE A LOT MORE MAINTENANCE THEN FOR THE MUSEUM TO KEEP THIS BRICK WORK INTACT AND TO WATER THESE PLANTS AND KEEP THEM ALIVE.
SO HAS THAT BEEN BUILT INTO YOUR BUDGET ACTUALLY AS FAR YES.
AS FAR AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE HAVE NOT, LIKE THE TWO YEARS AGO WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD RECEIVED FUNDING TO MY KNOWLEDGE FOR ANY OF THIS WORK.
AND THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN THERE, LIKE I SAID, SINCE THE 18 HUNDREDS.
SO THESE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE BE WITH YOUR HELP, UM, WILL BE LONG LASTING.
AND WE ALSO, ONE OF OUR, UH, WOMEN'S CLUBS THAT MEETS, MEETS AT OUR FACILITY FOR FREE IS THE GARDEN CLUB.
AND THEY HAVE PARTNERED WITH US.
THEY, THEY PUT THEIR OWN FUNDING INTO, UH, A LOT OF OUR LANDSCAPING AND OUR, OUR FLOWERS AND OUR PLANTS AND, AND HELPING US MAINTAIN ALL OF THAT.
SO THAT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT PARTNERSHIP AS WELL.
AND THEY WILL BE HELPING US WITH THIS AS IN ADDITION TO THAT.
THE QUESTION, SO THE, THE GUARDS THAT WE'RE HE, THAT WE'RE HELPING RENOVATE, UH, FORGIVE ME FOR NOT, WELL NOT KNOW THIS ANSWER, BUT IS IT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? SO IF A FAMILY WANT TO COME OUT THERE AND HAVE A PICNIC, WHATEVER, DO THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT? OR THEY CAN JUST GO OUT THERE AND NO PLOP DOWN.
UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE NICE BENCHES AND LIKE I SAID, THE GAZEBO IS THERE.
UM, AS LONG AS THERE'S NOT AN EVENT HAPPENING.
WE DO HAVE, UH, WE WEDDINGS, UM, THERE FROM TIME TO TIME AND, AND OTHER EVENTS.
BUT, UH, AND, AND EXHIBITS WITH OUR LOCAL ARTISTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND ANYONE CAN JUST WANDER ON IF THEY WANT.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM? AGENDA ITEM.
WAIT FOR THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
OH, IS THAT, WHAT IS HE, DID YOU DO THAT, MARY? OH, OH, MARY HAS MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IT WAS SECOND BY JOY BOOTH.
I WAS LIKE, MARY, DID YOU DO IT?
DID YOU GET THAT, LINDA? OKAY.
YOU WILL YOU TELL DAVID? OH YEAH.
[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application (#23-04), Submitted by McKinney Roots in the Amount of Twenty-Two Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($22,000.00), for the Construction of a Chicken Coop Which Will Allow for Tripling Current Egg Production. Amount Requested Represents 36% of Total Project Cost.]
IS ITEM 23 DASH 0 22.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON THE PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION 23 DASH OH FOUR SUBMITTED BY MCKINNEY ROOTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,000 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CHICKEN COOP, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR TRIPLING CURRENT EGG PRODUCTION.
AMOUNT REQUESTED, REPRESENTS 36% OF TOTAL PROJECT COSTS, AND IN THESE DAYS AND TIMES WITH THE PRICE OF EGGS.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MCKINNEY ROOTS, AND I ALSO BROUGHT ALONG WITH ME CASEY CUTLER AND TUCKER COLAS.
THEY'RE OUR FARMERS AT MCKINNEY ROOTS.
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UM, I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MCKINNEY ROOTS.I'M, I'M PRETTY SURE YOU GUYS KNOW ALL ABOUT IT, BUT JUST AS A LITTLE REVIEW, UM, WHAT WE DO IS WE ARE A FIVE ACRE FARM IN MCKINNEY.
SO EVERYTHING WE GROW, WHICH IS NUTRITIONALLY DENSE FOODS, UH, WE GIVE AWAY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE FOOD INSECURE IN MCKINNEY.
AND WE DO THAT BY WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE LISTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE.
WE ACTUALLY ADDED THIS YEAR, ONE NEIGHBORS NOURISHING NEIGHBORS, WHICH IS IN PROSPER.
UM, AND WE, UH, WE GET OUR FOOD OUT VERY QUICKLY.
WE HARVEST IT, AND THEN WE GET IT OUT THROUGH OUR PARTNERS WHO PROVIDE MEALS FOR PEOPLE LIKE SAMARITAN INN AND, AND COMMUNITY GARDEN KITCHEN.
AND, UH, OR THEY GIVE IT DIRECTLY TO LIKE 200 FAMILIES EVERY WEEK ARE BENEFIC BENEFITED BY WHAT WE GROW.
AND, UM, YOU GUYS WERE A PART OF THAT.
YOU HELPED US BUILD OUR HYDROPONIC GREENHOUSE, WHICH OPENED IN THE FALL.
AND WE HAVE BEEN, UM, HARVESTING, UH, BIB LETTUCE FROM THERE EVER SINCE WE OPENED.
AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO GROW WHAT WE'VE GIVE AWAY EVERY YEAR BECAUSE WE'LL BE ABLE TO PRODU PRODUCE THAT LETTUCE YEAR ROUND.
SO LAST YEAR WE PRODUCED 20 12,000 POUNDS OF, OF, UH, CROPS THAT WE DONATED AND, UM, AND 3000 DOZEN EGGS.
THE EGGS ARE SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S A SOURCE OF PROTEIN FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED IT, AND WE ARE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT OF EGGS WE CAN GIVE AWAY, EVEN THOUGH EVERYBODY WANTS MORE, UH, BECAUSE OF OUR SIZE OF OUR COOP AND THEREFORE OUR FLOCK.
SO OUR PROJECT, UM, IS TO BUILD A BIGGER COOP, AND THIS COOP WILL BE MULTIPURPOSE, UH, AND IT WILL BE, UM, SUSTAINABLE.
AND THIS WILL BE ENABLE US TO GO FROM 3000 DOZEN EGGS A YEAR, DONATING TO OVER 10,000 DOZEN EGGS PER YEAR.
UM, WE SAY THE COUP IS MULTIPURPOSE BECAUSE IT WILL HAVE A RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM.
IT WILL BE EVERYTHING AUTOMATIC.
IT WILL HAVE AUTOMATIC DRINKERS, IT WILL HAVE AUTOMATIC DOORS, IT WILL BE SOLAR POWERED.
IT WILL, UM, UH, HAVE THESE, UH, NESTING BOXES THAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE PICTURE WHERE THE EGGS ROLL DOWN.
AND THAT WILL KEEP THE EGGS CLEAN AND IT'LL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE VOLUNTEERS OR STAFF TO HARVEST THE EGGS AND GET THEM OUT QUICKLY TO PEOPLE.
UM, ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS ABOUT THE COOP THOUGH, IT WILL BE, IT WILL BE A COMPOSTER.
SO AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, CHICKEN, UM, WASTE IS ONE OF THE BEST FERTILIZERS.
AND SO OUR COOP DESIGN WILL A**L WILL ALLOW US TO, AND CHICKENS DO THEIR BUSINESS WHEN THEY'RE ROOSTING IN THE COOP.
SO MOST OF THAT MANURE ENDS UP IN THE COOP.
SO WE WANNA GET THAT OUT OF THERE FOR CLEANLINESS.
SO OUR DESIGN WILL ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE ALL OF THAT AND MIX IT WITH, UH, FOOD WASTE AND, UH, SHREDDED UP BARKS, THAT SORT OF THING, TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THE COMPOST FOR THE FARM.
SO IT WILL CREATE A HIGH QUALITY COMPOST AND THAT WILL SAVE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE WATER THAT WE WILL HARVEST FROM THE, THE ROOF AND ALL THAT AS WELL, WILL, UM, HELP WITH OUR NEEDS ON THE FARM.
SO, UM, THIS IS OUR TOTAL BUDGET AND FOR THE PROJECT.
SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS $22,000 TO COVER JUST THE BUILDING MATERIALS AND LIKE THE RAINWATER COLLECTION COMPONENT.
AND THEN THE REST OF THE, THE REST OF IT THEN WE WILL COVER AS FAR AS LIKE GETTING THE CHICKENS AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING THAT WE WILL NEED.
OUR, OUR, UH, CURRENT FLOCK IS, UM, HAS BEEN REDUCED IN SIZE RECENTLY.
UM, WE WILL AGE THEM OUT IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
WE WILL HAVE A GAP BETWEEN, UM, UM, THIS NEW COOP AND OUR CURRENT FLOCK.
SO, UH, WE WANT TO GET THE NEW CHICKENS IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THIS COMPLETED BY, UM, JUNE, AROUND JUNE, SO WE CAN, UM, INTRODUCE THE NEW CHICKENS AND GET MOVING ON THE EGGS.
IT TAKES ABOUT FOUR MONTHS FOR THE EGGS TO, FOR THE CHICKENS TO START TO PRODUCE.
UM, TUCKER HAS DRAWN A DRAWING OF THE COOP.
WE DIDN'T HAVE IT READY FOR THE PRESENTATION, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT, HE CAN BRING IT UP HERE AND, AND, UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND EX AND, UH, ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
SO YEAH, IT'D BE GREAT IF YOU CAN JUST SCAN IN, UM, THE COPY OF THE IN AND THEN SEND AND LINDA CAN EMAIL IT TO THE BOARD.
I CAN DO THAT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS, UH, AGENDA ITEM? IT'S A PUBLIC AGEN, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
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THINKING IN A REALLY EXPANSIVE AND INNOVATIVE WAY.UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A WIDE COMMUNITY BENEFIT, UM, A GRANT REQUEST THAT BENEFITS, UM, A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY ALSO APPRECIATE YOU'RE GIVING THE BEES CREDIT ON YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, SO GLAD THAT THEY'RE WORKING, UH, ALONGSIDE YOU.
UM, I SAW IN A PICTURE THAT, UH, THE COOP THAT YOU HAD THERE, LOOKS LIKE IT'S A MOBILE COOP THAT IS PULLED BY A TRAILER AND THEY KIND OF MOVES TO THE BIRDS EVERY NIGHT, OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? AND IS THE, IS THE NEW COOP GONNA BE MOBILE AND PASTURE READY? GREAT, GREAT QUESTIONS.
SO WE, WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE FIRST COOP, WE BUILT THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND WE WANTED TO BE MOBILE SO IT COULD GO AROUND THE PROPERTY AND FERTILIZE AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, BUT WE, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH AND WE JUST, TUCKER CAME UP WITH THIS GREAT DESIGN BASED ON SOME THINGS HE HAD READ WHERE THE COOP WILL BE STATIONARY.
UM, IT WILL HAVE SECTIONS AND SO THE BIRDS WILL NOT BE, UH, ROOSTING IN THE SAME SECTIONS ALL THE TIME.
AND THEN, UH, HE WILL FEATHER NET WITH ELECTRIC FENCING THE PASTURE.
SO THEY WILL GO OUT AND, AND GRAZE ON THAT SECTION.
AND THEN THE NEXT, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW OFTEN THEY ROTATE, BUT NEXT WEEK OR SOMETHING, THEN THEY'LL ROTATE TO THE NEXT SECTION AND GRAZE THAT, WHICH ALLOWS THAT FIRST SECTION TO RECUPERATE AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, CUZ IF THE CHICKENS PICK, THEY PICK ALL OF THE GREEN STUFF.
AND SO THEN THAT SECTION NEEDS TO GET, UH, RECUPERATE FROM THAT.
AND THEN, SO I HAVE SEVERAL SECTIONS AND THEN THEY'LL ROTATE THROUGH THERE.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT BECAUSE CHICKENS ARE OUTSIDE GRAZING AROUND ALL DAY LONG, THEN THEIR EGGS ARE MORE NUTRITIOUS AND ESPECIALLY LIKE IN THE OMEGA-3 S AND STUFF THAT YOU NEED, UM, FOR YOUR BODIES.
SO VITAMIN D, THEY'RE HIGHER IN THAT SORT OF MINERALS.
UM, SO YES, STATIONARY, BUT THEY'LL STILL BE GRAZING ON, ON, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE AREAS AT A TIME OR INDIVIDUALLY.
THANK YOU FOR THINKING ABOUT SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES AND, AND PASTURING OPEN PASTURING THE, UH, THE CHICKENS AND EVERYTHING.
SO LAST THING IS I DIDN'T, I DON'T SEE LABOR IN HERE.
SO IS, UH, IS, UH, TUCKER GONNA BE BUILDING THIS HIMSELF, EVEN BUILD IT WITH THE HELP OF A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE WE HAVE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A BIG PROJECT FOR HIM, BUT HE'S, HE'S VERY CAPABLE OF BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.
TUCKER, YOU CAN COME OVER TO THE HOUSE AND BUILD ME ONE TOO WHEN YOU'RE DONE
SO GLAD YOU'RE DOING IT IN HOUSE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I, I LIKE ALL OF THE METRICS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU SHOW.
UM, THE $22,000 THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING, UM, CAN YOU ADD THAT UP TO GET THERE FOR ME? SO I SEE THE 18 7 23, UM, BUT WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT ELSE IS BEING TALLIED TO GET TO THE, UM, 22? SO IT WILL INCLUDE THE BUILDING MATERIALS, WHICH IS THE 18, WE, I THINK WE DID A LITTLE ROUNDING
AND THEN THE, UM, COOP, THE, THE NEXT SECTION THERE.
I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY THE RAINWATER COSTS.
IS THAT YES, WHICH IS THE 2000.
SO YES, THAT WOULD BE THE RAINWATER AND THEN YOU'RE RIGHT, THE BUILDING MATERIALS.
SO IS THE, THE REQUEST THEN, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE IF I ADD THOSE THINGS LIKE AT 21,273, SO LIKE I SAID, WE THINK WE JUST DID A LITTLE ROUNDING AND SAID, WELL LET'S ASK FOR 22
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE BOARD WHEN THE PREVIOUS FUNDING WAS MADE.
UM, SO THIS MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, UH, UM, A QUESTION OUT OF LEFT FIELD FOR YOU SINCE YOU GOT FUNDING FOR A SOMEWHAT SIMILAR PROJECT.
BUT, AND MAYBE MY COMPANION MEMBERS CAN HELP ME, BUT, UM, THIS SEEMS LIKE IT CERTAINLY HAS WIDE COMMUNITY BENEFIT FOR THOSE WHO ARE, UM, FOOD INSECURE.
BUT I DON'T SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN OUR CRITERIA LIST FOR THIS TYPE OF GRANT.
BUT IN THIS CASE, IT'S NOT REALLY, UM, THERE'S NO, SO WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR ANYBODY.
THERE'S NO EMPLOYEES IN THIS SENSE.
IT'S AN EXPANDING, IT'S, IT IS EXPANDING THEIR CAPACITY, EXPANDING THEIR CAPACITY.
AND WE, SO WE WOULD CONSIDER THAT AS AN EXPANDED BUSINESS EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO SALES TAX GENERATED, THERE'S NO, UH, SALARIES PAID.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE LIMITED STAFF.
SO, UH, TUCKER AND CASEY BOTH ARE FULL-TIME
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EMPLOYEES.NONPROFIT BUSINESS IS STILL A BUSINESS.
SO I MEAN, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MY COLLEAGUES EARLIER POINT ABOUT SETTING PRECEDENT, I MEAN, ANY BUSINESS COULD COME FORWARD AND SAY, I'M EXPANDING MY BUSINESS CAPACITY BY ENLARGING MY FOOTPRINT OR BY ADDING A PATIO OR BY, UM, ADDING A ROOFTOP DECK.
AND SO WE WOULD CONSIDER THAT TO FALL UNDER THAT CATEGORY AS WELL AS AN EXPANDED BUSINESS CAPACITY.
IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD.
UM, I THINK THERE ARE OTHER, I THINK YOU WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT THE OTHER CATEGORIES OF PROJECTS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT.
SO THERE ARE GENERAL PROJECTS FOR, FOR NEWER EXPANDED BUSINESS, THERE ARE INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISIONS IN THE, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
THERE ARE PROVISIONS FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SPECIFICALLY FOR ENTERTAINMENT MUSEUM RETAIL, UM, IN ADDITION TO EXPANDING THEIR BUSINESS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE JOBS THAT ARE INABLE NOT MADE UP WORD, UM, AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE JOBS DO FALL ON THAT PRIMARY, UH, JOB LIST THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
I I, THIS IS JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, UM, CUZ I'M, I'M DOING THE MATH ON THE NUMBER OF CHICKENS THAT FROM 80 TO 480 AND THEN FROM 3000 TO 10,000.
AND IS THAT JUST A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OR DOES SOMETHING HAPPEN, DO THEY NOT? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE 18,000 EGGS IF I CALCULATE
BUT THEN YOU'RE ESTIMATING 10.
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOW CHICKENS PRODUCE EGGS THAT THE, THE UM, THE VARIETY THAT WE GET TYPICALLY PRODUCE WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG ABOUT, UM, ONE EGG, A LITTLE LESS THAN ONE EGG PER DAY PER CHICKENS.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, IF WE HAD 400 THEN THAT WOULD BE ALMOST 400 EGGS A DAY.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO JUST DO THE MATH ON THAT.
OKAY, SO YOU'RE, THEN YOU MAY HAVE SOME THAT DON'T COME OUT RIGHT? YES.
SOME, SOME BREAK, SOME THAT BREAK AND TRUE.
I, THAT WAS JUST ME BEING CURIOUS CUZ I'M SO IMPRESSED BY, BY EVERYTHING THAT WAS PRESENTED.
BUT THEN I WAS THINKING WITH THE NUMBER THAT YOU'RE INCREASING WAS AN INCREDIBLY LARGE NUMBER AND SO I WAS LIKE, BY MY CALCULATIONS, YOU SHOULD HAVE 18,000 EGGS.
BUT I FIGURED I WAS
BUT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT, GET MY CALCULATOR ENDED UP WITH 18,000 EGGS.
I, I, FROM MY EXPERIENCE WITH CHICKEN, SIX EGGS A WEEK IS REALLY GOOD.
UM, IF, AND THEY WILL DO THAT WHEN THEY'RE YOUNGER, BUT, UH, DEFINITELY SLOW DOWN WHEN THEY'RE OLDER.
BUT TYPICALLY YOU'LL SEE FIVE EGGS A WEEK PER CHICKEN, PROBABLY ON AVERAGE DEPENDING ON THE BREED.
NOT, NOT EVERY DAY, BUT MOST DAYS FOR MOST OF THEM.
AND OUR CURRENT FLOCK IS, UM, TWO YEARS OLD.
SO AFTER THAT THEY TEND TO DECREASE IN THEIR PRODUCTION, WHICH IS WHY WHEN YOU HAVE A COMMERCIAL FARM, YOU
UH, SO SINCE YOU'RE INCREASING YOUR FLOCK BY THAT MUCH, UH, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF PRECAUTION ARE YOU GUYS GONNA TAKE? CAUSE I'M SURE THAT THE PREDATORS AROUND YOU ARE JUST WAITING AND, AND FOAMING AT THE MOUTH TO GET TO THESE CHICKENS.
UH, CUZ WE HAVE HAD A FEW ISSUES LATELY WITH COYOTES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN IDEA, UH, TUCKER'S GONNA GET SOME, UH, GEESE THAT ARE AGGRESSIVE.
WHAT ARE AGGRESSIVE GEESE? AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE IN THERE WITH THE PLOT TO OH, NICE.
OH, THEY CAN FIGHT OFF COMPETITORS, THE COYOTES, AGGRESSIVE GEESE.
OH GIRL, HAVE YOU SEEN A GOOSE? OOH, KNEE
AND I SAID, I'M AFRAID OF THOSE FROM WHEN I'M GROWING UP AND, YOU KNOW, SO LUCKILY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO AROUND BEHIND THE BACKSIDE OF THE COOP TO BE ABLE TO HARVEST THE EGGS WITHOUT HAVING TO GO IN THERE WITH THE KEYS
BUT, UM, THEY DO GO IN AND ARE LOCKED IN AT NIGHT.
SO IT'S REALLY KIND OF LIKE THE EARLY MORNINGS WHEN THEY COME OUT THAT THE, THAT THE PREDATORS TEND TO COME.
UM, SO AT NIGHT THEY'RE PROTECTED COMPLETELY.
AND THAT'S WHY THOSE MOBILE COOPS ARE GREAT CUZ THEY CAN FOLLOW THE CHICKENS AROUND AND BE RIGHT THERE WHERE THEY'RE FEEDING THAT
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DAY.BUT YOU GUYS HAVE A PLAN FOR, UH, EXPANDING THAT AND MOVING IT AROUND, SO THAT'S FINE.
BUT, UM, YEAH, THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY YOU WANT TO HAVE THE COOPS CLOSE TO THEM SO THEY CAN GO IN AT NIGHT AND BE SAFE.
AND THEY DO, THEY, THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN BED.
I'LL JUST ALSO SAY, I JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO, TO TUCKER, HE, UH, I, I'VE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO MEET HIM AND TALK TO HIM IN THE PAST.
AND IF YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW, HE'S A PRETTY HARDCORE DUDE WHO, UH, HAS TAKEN SOME SHOTS AND, UH, KEPT ON TICKING.
SO YEAH, UH, TUCKER AND YOU GUY, YOU GOT A GREAT GUY WORKING ON THIS PROJECT, SO, YES.
TUCKER, THIS IS THE FINAL QUESTION.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO WITH THE CHICKENS AS THEY AGE OUT?
I THINK WE'RE GONNA GIVE 'EM TO, YOU KNOW, BACKYARD FARMERS WHO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, KNOW CON THEY'LL CONTINUE TO LAY.
SO THEY'LL JUST FOR, WE'LL JUST GIVE 'EM AWAY.
AND JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, HOW, UH, HOW IS THE LETTUCE GROWING GOING? CAUSE I KNOW RICK SAID YOU GUYS HAD ISSUES WITH ONE OF 'EM THAT GOT LEAKING OR WHATEVER.
ONE OF OUR BEDS HAD A, HAD A LEAK AND SO WE DRAINED IT COMPLETELY AND CASEY PATCHED IT ALL UP.
AND SO IT'S DOING REALLY WELL NOW AND IT'S FULLY OPERATIONAL.
AND, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF A BRAG.
MY HUSBAND DESIGNED A SYSTEM TO HEAT THE WATER IN THE BED SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE HEATING IN THE GREENHOUSE.
AND THAT'S WORKING FABULOUSLY.
SO IT'S KEEPING OUR AWESOME, OUR WATER WARM.
AND UH, SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN DOING REALLY WELL.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A LEARNING PROCESS.
IT'S OUR FIRST WINTER, SO THAT COLD WEATHER WEATHER WE HAD IN DECEMBER WAS, WE WERE LIKE, OH, WELL MAYBE WE DO NEED A LITTLE BIT OF A HEATER.
BUT ALL THE SEEDLINGS MADE IT THROUGH FINE.
AND WE'VE GOT TWO FULL BEDS NOW OF SEEDLINGS, SO WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT READY TO BE IN THE FULL PRODUCTION ON THAT.
YOU GUYS HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, YOU GOTTA GO CHECK IT OUT.
IT'S A PRETTY COOL FACILITY THAT GOT THERE.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED, MOVED BY, UH, JOY.
I DON'T HAVE A MOTION, BUT YEAH, I DON'T EITHER.
ANY NAGS? AYE I'LL, UM, MOTION PASSES.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
UM, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THE BOARD WILL BE VOTING ON THESE APPLICATIONS AT OUR NEXT MEETING, FEBRUARY THE 23RD, NEXT MONTH.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
WILL BE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.WE WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO, UM, IN ACCORDANCE TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
ITEMS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED INCLUDE PROJECT 23 DASH OH TWO HATING TEAM FUN PROJECT 23 DASH OH THREE, HER CRAIG CENTER OF THE ART FOR THE ARTS PROJECT, 23 DASH OH FOUR MCKINNEY ROOTS PROJECT 20 DASH OH NINE TUFTS BREWERY IN ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION IN PROJECT BLUE SKY AND PROJECT TAR TARAN.
THERE WILL BE ACTION AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE WILL ALSO BE DOING THE QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, IT IS TIME 9:46 AM AND WE ARE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I WILL NOW RECONVENE THE MANY OF THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD.
IT IS 10:34 AM AND WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM 23
[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on Additional Funding Resources to TUPPS Brewery, LLC to Supplement the Grant Fund as such is described in the Second Amended and Restated Lease Agreement Executed Between McKinney Community Development Corporation (Landlord) and TUPPS Brewery, LLC (Tenant) and to accordingly Amend Project #20-09 to Meet All Eligible Project Costs Contained in the Approved Budget for the Rehabilitation and Revitalization of the Property Located at 402 E. Louisiana Street, McKinney, Texas, to Create a World-Class Cultural and Entertainment Destination to Serve as a Catalyst for Economic Development in McKinney, Texas, and having a Project Completion Date of April 30, 2023.]
DASH 0 23, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSS, CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING RESOURCES TO TUFTS BREWERY LLC TO SUPPLEMENT THE GRANT FUND, AS SUCH IS DESCRIBED IN THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LEASE AGREEMENT EXECUTIVE EXECUTED BETWEEN MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, LANDLORD IN TUFTS BREWERY, LLC, TENANT INTO, INTO ACCORDINGLY AMENDED PROJECT 20 DASH OH NINE TO MEET ALL ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS CONTAINED IN THE APPROVED BUDGET FOR THE REHABILITATION AND REVITALIZATION OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 0 2 EAST LOUISIANA STREET, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, TO CREATE WORLD-CLASS CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION TO SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MCKINNEY, UM, MCKINNEY TEXAS, AND HAVING PROJECT COMPLETION DATE OF APRIL 30TH, 2023.AND I WILL JUST NOTE THAT BOARD MEMBER, UH, JOY BOOTH AND BOARD MEMBER KATHERINE MCGILL HAS STEPPED OUT, BUT WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM.
SO PRESIDENT, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIRMAN.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD JUST, UM, IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO
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AT THIS TIME THAT WE BROKE GROUND ON THE TUBS PROJECT.SO WANT TO PROVIDE SOME GENERAL, UM, BACKGROUND AND UPDATE AND THEN GET INTO THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS TODAY.
SO THE ORIGINAL COMPLETION DATE ON THE PROJECT WAS NOVEMBER 2ND, 2022.
THE CONTRACT DELIVERY DATE HAS BEEN AMENDED AND EXTENDED TO APRIL 30TH, 2023.
WE HAVE THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE, UH, END OF Q2 AT THIS POINT.
AND WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE TUBBS TEAM IN THE CITY TO, UH, BE ABLE TO ISSUE A TCO TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY SO THAT BREWERY PRODUCTION CAN BEGIN PRIOR TO THE FULL SITE OPENING.
AND THE TARGET DATE FOR THAT IS MARCH 15TH.
UM, BECAUSE OF THE DELAY IN THE TIMEFRAME, TUBS HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN EXTENDING THEIR LEASE AT THEIR CURRENT LOCATION THROUGH THE END OF MARCH.
JUST SOME PROGRESS PHOTOS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE, UH, PROJECT CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE.
THESE ARE FROM EARLIER THIS MONTH, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S COMBINATION OF THE OVERALL SITE AND THEN MORE SPECIFICALLY, UH, THE BUILDING ON THE, THE TOP RIGHT, THE BREWERY BUILDING THE EXTERIOR, UH, FIRE LANE IN FRONT.
AND THEN THERE'S AN INSIDE AN IMAGE OF THE, THE BREWERY ON THE INSIDE AND YOU CAN SEE THE TANKS, UH, THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'VE STARTED LOADING INTO THAT PROJECT, MORE OF THE INTERIOR.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE AND THE BREWERY, UH, IN EACH OF THOSE PHOTOS.
SO A LOT HAS HAPPENED ON THE SITE.
THERE'S STILL QUITE A BIT THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE, BUT, UM, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING AT THIS POINT.
SO EVERYBODY IS AWARE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN BUDGET CONCERNS, UM, CHALLENGES I GUESS I WOULD SAY THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT THROUGH A VARIETY OF, OF APPROACHES.
SOME IN TERMS OF VALUE ENGINEERING, SOME IN TERMS OF, UH, DEFERRING A PORTION OF THE PROJECT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
BUT WHEN OURT SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, CHAIRMAN RICHARDSON WOODS, VICE CHAIR, DAVID, UH, KELLY, AND, UH, OUR SECRETARY, DEBORAH BRADFORD, WHO ARE ALL MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, DAVID ROCHE IS AN ALTERNATE OF THAT COMMITTEE.
UM, WE'RE AT OUR MONTHLY MEETING ON THE 21ST OF DECEMBER.
WE'RE NOTIFIED BY TUFTS OWNER AT THAT TIME THAT HE ANTICIPATED AN EIGHT, APPROXIMATELY $800,000 SHORTFALL FROM THE APPROVED PROJECT AMOUNT.
WE RECEIVED AN OFFICIAL REQUEST ON DECEMBER 31ST FROM TUFTS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 6 44, 4 27.
AND ALSO ALONG WITH THAT REQUEST, UM, THERE WAS INCLUSION OF AN ASK TO RELEASE 400,000, WHICH HAD BEEN SEGREGATED TO ENSURE THAT AMENITIES ON THE PROJECT SITE WERE COVERED.
AS SOON AS WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION, UM, THE TUBBS SUBCOMMITTEE AND CDC AT LARGE BEGAN TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL TO IDENTIFY WHAT OPTIONS MIGHT BE.
WE'LL REMIND THE TEAM THAT UNDER OUR CONTRACT WITH TUFTS, THE THEY ARE THE OWNER AND THE TENANT AND THEY'RE OBLIGATED TO COVER SHORTFALLS.
BUT I THINK THERE WAS A SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP THAT EVERYBODY HAD AND WANTED TO, UM, REALLY BE A PARTICIPANT IN FINDING A SOLUTION TO WHERE WE ARE.
SO BEGINNING IN, UH, EARLY JANUARY, JANUARY 3RD, HAD OUR FIRST MEETING WITH COUNSEL, THE TUBB SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, TO TALK ABOUT OPTIONS, BUT, UH, ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE SHORTFALL THERE, ONE OF THE, THE STRUCTURES ON SITE, WHICH WILL BE THE TAP ROOM WHEN THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED.
UH, THERE WERE SERIOUS STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THAT WERE NOT KNOWN AT THE TIME THE PROJECT STARTED AND THE ESTIMATED FIX FOR THAT'S ABOUT 250,000.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REQUIREMENTS FOR DRAINAGE, UH, THAT WERE NOT IN THE, IN THE GMP IDENTIFIED AT FULL COST ELECTRICAL ISSUES, HAVING TO INSULATE THE BREWERY.
THOSE ARE SUBSTANTIAL COSTS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE OVERAGE.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, CONTRIBUTORY AS WELL.
ADDITIONAL AN ADDITIONAL DUMPSTER ON THE SITE, COOLERS, EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, AND REQUESTED ALLOWANCES FOR FUTURE EXPANSION.
SO JUST IN TERMS OF BACKGROUND, THAT'S WHAT IS BEHIND THE SHORTFALL IN WORKING WITH COUNCIL AND IN WORKING WITH THE TBS TEAM, UH, WE WENT BACK AND AND FORTH ON WHAT, UM, RESOURCES MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION OVER A PERIOD OF A COUPLE WEEKS.
AND WHERE WE HAVE LANDED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS TO, UH, PROVIDE AN A LOAN ADDITIONAL
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FUNDING FROM MC D C CAPPED AT 750,000 FOR 10 YEARS.THAT AN INTEREST RATE OF 4.33%, WHICH IS THE EFFECTIVE FEDERAL FUNDS RATE.
UM, AT THIS TIME, FIRST YEAR REPAYMENT WOULD BE INTEREST ONLY AND REPAYMENT WOULD BEGIN THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH FOLLOWING THE ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR JULY 1ST, WHICHEVER IS SOONER.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, TES WOULD PUT IN 150,000.
SO IT WOULD BE IN TOTAL AN ADDITIONAL 900,000 CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROJECT.
UM, ANOTHER IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS AS A LOAN, AS YOU WOULD FIND IN ANY COMMERCIAL LOAN, IT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO CDC HAVING AN EARLY CALL, RIGHT? IF THERE WERE CERTAIN, UM, CORPORATE EVENTS, RESTRUCTURING EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE.
AND IT IS, IT WOULD, UM, MIRROR WHAT'S IN PLACE FOR THE CITY'S THREE 80 AGREEMENT.
SO THAT IS IN A NUTSHELL WHAT WE WOULD ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, UH, TODAY.
I, KEITH LEWIS IS HERE FROM TUFTS.
I TOLD HIM NOT TO EXPECT TO HAVE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION, BUT HE IS HERE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO DIRECT TO HIM.
AND OUR OWNERS REP, BRENDA SPINELLI, I THINK IS HERE AS WELL.
UM, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT HER WAY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? AND OF COURSE, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. UH KEITH? OKAY.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE AGENDA ITEM AS DISCUSSED IN A ENCLOSED SESSION? SO MOVED SECOND, MOVED BY DA, UH, MOVED BY DAVID KELLY, SECOND BY DAVID ROCHE.
THE AGENDA ITEM, UH, HAS BEEN PROPERLY CLOSED AND APPROVED AS DISCUSSED.
SO WHAT WE WILL DO IS BEGIN TO WORK, UM, WITH MR. HAUSER TO GET THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS IN PLACE AND GET THOSE EXECUTED.
NEXT AGENDA ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS, UM, 20 3024.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on the 2023 Quality of Life Award Nominations.]
I MEAN CONS,AND I WILL, SO EACH BOARD MEMBER HA RECEIVED TWO BALLOTS.
THE BLUE SHEET IS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL NOMINEES, AND THE YELLOW SHEET IS FOR THE ORGANIZATION NOMINEES.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL START WITH THE INDIVIDUAL AWARD.
ANYONE CAN MAKE A NOMINATION USING THE CORRESPONDING NUMBER, NOT NAME ASSIGNED TO EACH INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE.
WE'LL ACCEPT MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS AND THEN VOTE BY A SHOW OF WE'RE USING HANDS.
BY A SHOW OF HANDS, A NOMINEE MUST RECEIVE MAJORITY VOTES OF FOUR TO BE CONSIDERED THE WINNER.
AND IF NECESSARY, WE WILL HAVE A RUNOFF TO VOTE.
I WILL, UH, NOW, UH, ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE INDIVIDUAL.
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE NUMBER FIVE.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AWARD? I'M NATE.
NUMBER TWO, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL QUALITY OF MIND? ARE THERE, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO DISCUSS ONE NUMBER OVER THE OTHER NUMBER? YEAH, IT, YEAH.
UM, WELL, I, I'LL SAY FIRST, AS IS ALWAYS THE CASE, WE HAVE, UM, A STRONG LIST OF ALL QUALIFIED CANDIDATES.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, IN FACT SOME CANDIDATES WHO WERE, WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE AWARD IN THE PAST, WHICH IS REALLY THEIR ONLY DISQUALIFICATION OR, UH, REASON THAT THEY MIGHT NOT GET AT THIS TIME.
SO, UM, DEFINITELY THINK THE ENTIRE LIST IS STRONG AND DON'T ARGUE FOR ONE REALLY OVER THE OTHER, EXCEPT THAT'S WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DO.
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UM, DEEPLY INGRAINED IN ALL KINDS OF LEADERSHIP, UM, ORGANIZATIONS AND, UH, ROLES THROUGH THE CITY'S LAST 35 YEARS OR SO.UM, THEY ARE DEEPLY INGRAINED IN A NUMBER OF CHARITY ACTIVITIES, UM, THAT IS BROAD AND DIVERSE AND MAY NOT BE VERY WELL KNOWN TO A LOT OF FOLKS, BUT HAVE BEEN, UM, JUST QUIETLY BEING, UH, A STRONG FOUNDATION OF THIS COMMUNITY AND, UM, REALLY WORKING TO BRING MULTIPLE, UH, DISPARATE GROUPS ACROSS THE CITY TOGETHER, UM, TO KIND OF HAVE OPEN DISCUSSIONS AND, UM, FIND THE BEST SOLUTIONS FOR MCKINNEY.
SO THAT'S WHY I NOMINATED THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE AND WHY I, UH, SUPPORT THEM TODAY.
AARON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE, SIR? I SAYING MUCH
AND SO, UM, THAT WAS THE REASON FOR MY NOMINATION OR FOR MY, YEAH, MY NOMINATION ON THAT ONE.
ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AROUND, OKAY.
UH, AT THIS TIME, BY A SHOW OF HANDS OF THOSE THAT VOTE FOR NUMBER FIVE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, CUZ WE GOT TO HAVE FOUR AND FOR, UM, NUMBER, UH, ITEM TWO.
MM-HMM
ONE AN INDIVIDUAL AND ONE AN ORGANIZATION.
DON'T YOU HAVE ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER BACK THERE? OH, SHE'S ON THE CALL.
THINK SHE'S STILL HERE, CATHERINE, SHE'S BACK IN, BACK THERE STAYING FOR SOME REASON.
WELL, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS SEATING YOU.
BUT YOU HAVE ONE THAT I THINK IT'S STILL HERE.
YOU SEE DIRECTION, BUT SHE'S, I DON'T THINK SHE'S AVAILABLE.
SO, UM, MR. JOHN DELTON, IF YOU CAN BE, COME TO BE SEATED AT THE DIAS AND THEN YOU CAN, UH, CAST, YOU CAN BREAK THE TIE.
HE PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO NOT MAKE IT OR MAKE ART.
GO BACK AND, AND EITHER MAKE A NO OR MAKE A NOMINATION IF YOU'RE GOING TO I DON'T HAVE A NOMINATION.
I'M GONNA BE ANYTHING ABOUT SIX.
YOU HAVE ANOTHER BALLOT TO DO.
YOU HAVE A BATH, YOU HAVE YOUR, OKAY.
UM, SO I WILL, DO YOU NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK OR ARE YOU PREPARED TO NO, I GET LISTENING.
SO, UM, VOTING FOR NUMBER FIVE.
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THAT'S IT.NUMBER FIVE, RECEIVE MAJORITY VOTES.
NOW WE WILL GO TO ORGANIZATION NOMINEES.
WE WILL START WITH THE, WITH UM, ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION USING THE CORRESPONDING LETTER FOR EACH, UM, FOR THE ORGANIZATION OR PROJECT.
WHO'S THAT? UM, OH, IS THAT NOT ON THE LIST? IT IT'S ON THE DIFFERENT LIST IN THE LARGER PACKET, BUT IT'S NOT ON THE FINAL ONE.
WHO'S GOT IT BEFORE? IT'S NOT ON THE BALLOT.
UM, AND IS THIS THE, UM, IS THIS NOT THE BALLOT? THIS IS THE BALLOT.
THE BALLOT IN THE PACKET THAT IS NOTED.
IT'S ALSO NOTED THAT B HAS MM-HMM.
SO I WILL NOW ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FOR ORGANIZATION LIKE TO NOMINATE.
SO SHOWING OURS BY A SHOW,
SO THE WINNERS NOW, THEY'LL BE NOTIFIED BEFORE, RIGHT? YES.
AND THEY WILL BE OUR GUESTS AT THE EVENT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR VOTING AND NOMINATIONS.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY
AGENDA ITEMS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[BOARD COMMENTS]
BOARD COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING ORARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? BOARD COMMENTS? NONE.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS AGAIN TO THE TUBS SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, IN STICKING WITH THE CONVERSATIONS AND THE MEETINGS AND PROVIDING YOUR TIME AND YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR WISDOM TO UM, WHAT IS A VERY COMPLEX PROJECT AND JUST TO APPRECIATE YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND YOUR SUPPORT.
WELL WE PROTECTING, SO APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING US IN LINE, KEEPING US INFORMED.
I'LL BE RECOMMENDING ANY TYPE OF COMPENSATION WHICH I CAN OFFER
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, AND YOU LINDA AS WELL.
SO JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT AND KEEPING THIS BOARD, UH, IN LINE.
SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT.
UM, FOR HONESTLY, BEING ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR ME HAS BEEN EASIER BE, UH, OR EASY BECAUSE I KNOW I CAN COUNT ON YOU GUYS WHO ARE MUCH MORE INVOLVED IN THE DAY-TO-DAY, UM, AND REALLY KEEPING TRACK OF THIS REGULARLY.
ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE FOLKS WHO ARE BEHIND THE SCENES.
UM, PARTICULARLY BRENDA SPINELLI, OUR, UH, OWNER'S REP.
AND, UH, TRISH JACKSON, JACKSON FROM THE CITY, UM, WHO HAVE BEEN PROTECTING THIS BOARD'S INTEREST.
UM, ALSO, UH, TREVOR, UM, WHO HAS BEEN REALLY SPEARHEADING THIS FOR THE CITY.
AND SO THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE TEAM THAT HAS MADE SURE THAT THIS BOARD IS PROTECTED AND THAT, UM, TAXPAYERS ARE PROTECTED AS WE, UM, MOVE FORWARD ON THAT PROJECT.
SO, UM, ALSO THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR FOR PROVIDING YOUR LEADERSHIP, UM, TO THAT, TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND, UM, GIVING US YOUR DIRECTION.
SO THANKS TO THE WHOLE TEAM, I CAN DO NOTHING WITHOUT THE DIRECTION AND THE GUIDANCE AND THE SUPPORT THAT I RECEIVE, OF COURSE, FROM OFFICERS AND THE BOARD OVERALL.
MR. KELLY, I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT TREVOR IS IN THE BEST CLASS OF LEADERSHIP EVER.
SO JUST GONNA SAY, YEAH, THAT'S TOO BAD.
UH, AND THEN ALSO, UH, ISN'T IT,
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UH, FEBRUARY THE NINTH, OUR OPEN HOUSE? YES.SO PLEASE COME OUT
IF YOU'RE LISTENING, PLEASE COME OUT TO THE OPEN HOUSE.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, UH, LOCATION, UH, IN A LOT OF HARD WORK.
WENT INTO THE DESIGN, THE IN INTERIOR DESIGN.
IT'S STILL IN WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF, OF OUR NEW HOME.
BOARD MEMBER BRADFORD, DID YOU HAVE, UH, ANOTHER COMMENT REGARDING THE, UH, UH, TUFT SUBCOMMITTEE? JUST WANT TO SAY YES AND AMEN.
HALLELU OUR COLLEAGUES HALL TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE AS A WHOLE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, A PLEASURE TO, UH, WORK ON YES, ME TO BE HERE, FINISH UP.
AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH TUFTS.
I'VE, AT LEAST ON MY EXPERIENCE, IN MY OPINION, WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THEM AGAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS WITH ANOTHER REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
AND I, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT DURING YOUR DISCUSSIONS, YOU JUST HAVE TO TELL 'EM ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOTTA DRAW THE LINE SOMEWHERE.
AND I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY TODAY, IT WAS IT, BUT THE NEXT REQUEST WILL HAVE OTHER, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA GO OUT OF BUSINESS AND WE'RE NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW WHAT THE STORY IS.
I COULD GIVE YOU THE STORY TODAY, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS THE END OF IT.
I THINK THERE'S A, THEY BELIEVE THERE'S A, JUST AN OPEN CHECKBOOK HERE.
WE, SIDNEY WANTS THE PROJECT, WE WANT THE PROJECT.
AND SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA LET US NOT HAVE WHAT WE WANT.
IT'S SAD TO SAY I'M, SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S WHERE THEIR MINDSET IS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, CAN I GET A, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA JUMP AT IT.
WE'RE GONNA GET RUN OVER BY MARY.
OH, CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.
SO WE GUYS, DAVID, ROCHE, DEBORAH BRADFORD, ANGELA, EVERYBODY.
AND, AND IT IS 10:58 AM THANK YOU SYDNEY.