DO WE CAN DO THAT? GOOD AFTERNOON. WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER TODAY IS
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH 2023, IT IS 3 15 IN THE AFTERNOON. WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO 22 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET IN THE GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. I DO NOT SHOW ANYBODY HAS SIGNED UP. YOU WILL MOVE TO DISCUSS REGULAR MEDIA AGENDA ITEMS. IF THERE IS ANY ITEM THAT COUNSELOR TO DISCUSS WITH STAFF THAT IS PRESENT. IF[Update on McKinney Broadband Initiative]
NOT, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO OUR WORK SESSION ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE IS ITEM 23 0035 UPDATE ON MCKINNEY BROADBAND INITIATIVE. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET UP EVERYONE LIKE BEING SUPPORTED, AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT PROTEST. FAMOUS MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MY NAME'S TREVOR, MINIATURE DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC SERVICES WILL BE GOING OVER OVER SPECIFICALLY A LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UM, TO ENTER INTO A AGREEMENT WITH SCI FI NETWORKS MCKINNEY FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THE BROADBAND WORK WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE PAST FEW YEARS. UM, BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT ALL KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE TRAVEL OF ALL OF THIS SINCE 2019 AND THEN STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. SEAN PARKER WITH SCI FI NETWORKS IS HERE. SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HE'S THE VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FOR THEM. ALSO WE'VE HAD A LARGE PORTION OF OUR STAFF BE INVOLVED WITH THIS FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. PUBLIC WORKS. UM I T PURCHASING THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO A FEW FOLKS IN THE CROWD TO HELP ME SHOULD SOMETHING STUMPED ME THAT MAY COME TO YOU, BUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.WE'LL TOUCH BASE ON QUITE A FEW ITEMS. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO RALPH, FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW. I WANT TO START BACK WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTED IN 2020. THESE WERE TO SET THE STAGE FOR THE PHASE ONE RFP WE DID IN REGARDS TO WIRELESS, UM, TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICES GOING INTO THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY, WHICH IS REALLY IN 2019, WHERE THIS ALL STARTED FROM, UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, 2020 HIT AND THEN THE PANDEMIC. UM PUT A LITTLE STOP ON SOME WORK THAT WE WERE DOING. LUCKILY WE WERE MASTER PLANNING WHICH YOU CAN DO THAT REMOTELY. SO THROUGHOUT THE BALANCE OF 2022 2021. WE FINISHED UP OUR WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY ASPECT OF THIS INITIATIVE AND THEN THE COUNCIL IN 2021 EARLY 21 22 GAVE US THE GO AHEAD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PHASE TWO AND PHASE TWO IS WHAT IS CULMINATING THIS EVENING WITH THE LICENSE AGREEMENT WILL CONTINUE INTO SOME FUTURE MEETINGS THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT LATER. BUT IT'S ULTIMATELY THE RESULTS OF THE BROADBAND ASSESSMENT BEING OPERATIONALIZED. SO JUST TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT YOU'VE SEEN THIS PICTURE QUITE A FEW TIMES DURING THE PRESENTATIONS I'VE GIVEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN REGARDS TO OUR CURRENT COVERAGE , AND EVERY TIME I'VE MENTIONED WE FOUND THIS TO BE OVERSTATED. IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THERE MAY NOT BE GREAT COVERAGE AND ONE SPECIFIC ADDRESS IN ANY OF THE CENSUS BLOCKS, BUT WHAT WE FOUND IN SOME OF OUR SURVEY DATA AND SOME OF OUR TECHNICAL DATA WAS THAT THERE WAS DISPARATE COVERAGE THROUGHOUT MCKINNEY, FOR SURE NOT GIG LEVEL SERVICE UP AND DOWN IN EVERY ADDRESS THAT MCKINNEY SERVES. THAT INITIAL ASSESSMENT THAT'S LED US TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTED EARLIER IN, 2022 SAID. HEY, YOUR INTERNET OPTIONS ARE GOOD. THERE COULD BE IMPROVEMENT AND THE BIG TAKEAWAY IN 2021 WAS THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 33% COVERAGE OF FIBER IN THE GROUND PHYSICALLY THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE CITY, SO THAT LEFT ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE CITY UNCOVERED. NOW THERE'S BEEN SOME ACTIVITY FROM DIFFERENT PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT THE LAST COUPLE OF 18 MONTHS OR SO. THAT'S GONE UP SLIGHTLY TICK, BUT THEY'RE STILL WIDE STRETCHES OF MCKINNEY THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY FIBER. SO THE TOUCH ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS JUST BECAUSE THE FORTHCOMING LICENSE AGREEMENT DURING THE REGULAR MEETING IS WHAT IS ACCOMPLISHING SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. THE COUNCIL ADOPTED WITH THE HELP OF HR GREEN ARE ENGINEERING FIRM THAT WE BROUGHT ON BOARD TO HELP US WITH THE INITIATIVE. TO ESTABLISH COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE BASE. THIS IS OPERATIONALIZED IN A FIBER TO THE PREMISES MODEL, MEANING THAT EVERY PREMISES ADDRESS IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY WOULD RECEIVE FIBER TO ITS SIDEWALK, BASICALLY CURB IT'S CONTEMPLATION OF CONNECTING CITY FACILITIES WE FOUND THROUGH SOME STAFF WORK, 60 ODD PERSPECTIVE AND CURRENT FACILITIES THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM BEING CONNECTED TO A FIBER NETWORK. IT'S AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT KIND OF MOONSHOT ALONG COLUMN. MCKINNEY PARKWAY.
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WE'D LOVE TO DESIGNATE THAT AS A SMART CITY APPLICATIONS SANDBOXES. I LIKE TO SAY SO.THAT WAS PART THREE. AND THEN FINALLY, IT WAS HELPING WITH SOME ADOPTION ISSUES. NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE OF SERVED OR UNDERSERVED, BUT JUST FOLKS, NOT EVEN KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO HIGHER OR LOWER SPEED LEVELS AT DIFFERENT RATES. SO ALL OF THAT'S KIND OF THE BACKGROUND. WHAT WE DID MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR UNTIL LATE LAST YEAR, AND, UM TONIGHT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IS ADDRESSING THIS BROADBAND RFP, SO WE PUT SOMETHING ON THE STREET THAT SAID, MARKET CAN YOU MEET THESE FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED? THAT WENT OUT MARCH 27TH. WE GOT ABOUT 11 PROPOSALS BY MAY 12TH. AND THEN WE DID SOME INTERVIEWS WITH THE TOP THREE FIRMS AS YOU SEE THERE ON THE SCREEN SCI FI NETWORKS ENDED UP BEING THE TOP FIRM ON UNDER ALL FOUR CATEGORIES. AND. THE COUNCIL. THEN ON AUGUST 16TH AUTHORIZED US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATIONS TOWARDS A LICENSE AGREEMENT TO ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE NEEDED A LITTLE EXTRA TIME AROUND THE HOLIDAYS, SO WE DID GET A 60 MONTH EXTENSION TO THOSE NEGOTIATIONS IN DECEMBER, AND THAT BRINGS US TO THIS AFTERNOON'S PRESENTATION IN THIS EVENING'S PROPOSED ACTION. JUST DO A QUICK HIGHLIGHT ON SCI FI, AND THIS SEEMS TO BE VERY HIGH LEVEL. IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, SEAN IS HERE AS A RESOURCE AS WELL. UM THEY ARE A FIBER PROVIDER THAT BUILDS WHAT'S CALLED AN OPEN ACCESS NETWORK. UM THEY ARE IN QUITE A FEW CITIES IN CALIFORNIA. THEY ARE RECENTLY WITH THE CITY OF ARLINGTON AND ODESSA IN TEXAS, THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND. TEXAS IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERING A LICENSE AGREEMENT SIMILAR TO OURS THIS EVENING AND THEN OBVIOUSLY MCKINNEY, TEXAS, AND THEN THEY HAVE A FEW OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE EAST COAST AND UP IN THE MIDWEST. ALL IN ALL, WHAT THEY DO IS BUILD AN OPEN ACCESS FIBER NETWORK THAT IS ESSENTIALLY DARK FIBER. IF YOU WILL, AND THEN THEY LEASED THAT OUT TO INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS. UM NOT ONE SINGLE PROVIDER. MULTIPLE PROVIDERS CAN BE ON THAT SAME NETWORK THAT GOES BACK TO THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF FOSTERING COMPETITION. UM, WITH THESE TYPES OF REFORM RESOURCES AND IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE DELIVER OUT TO OUR CITIZENS. JUST A FEW HIGH POINTS BEFORE BUILD IS TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INVESTMENT THAT WILL GO INTO THE RIGHT AWAY. THERE IS NO HARD COST EXPECTED FROM THE CITY WILL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE LATER IT HAS THE ABILITY TO GO TYG 10 GIGABIT SYMMETRICAL, WHICH THAT MEANS YOU CAN UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD AT THAT SPEED. AND IT'S GOING TO COVER AGAIN EVERY PREMISES ACROSS THE CITY. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE PROCESS.
SO AUGUST 16TH WHEN YOU ALL ALLOWED US TO ENTER INTO A NEGOTIATION PERIOD. WE WANTED TO SEE THIS IN THE FIELD. SO MYSELF . THE ENGINEERING DIRECTOR GARY GRAHAM, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, RYAN WILLINGHAM, THE I T DIRECTOR, SAID HUDSON AND THEN REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM WENT TO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, THE FIRST CITY THAT SCI FI EVER IN YOUR INTO AGREEMENT WITH FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA JUST TO KIND OF YOU KNOW, LEARN ABOUT ALL THEIR LOVE AND BLOOD AND SWEAT AND TEARS THAT THEY'VE SHARED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. UM WE GOT TO SEE THE PROCESS OF THEIR MICRO TRENCHING BOTH IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE HARDSCAPE AND THE SOFT SCAPE TO SEE THAT IN ACTION . WE ALSO WENT ON A VISIT TO A CITY IN CONNECTICUT DOING IT IN THE SOFT SCAPE, WHICH IS WHAT CONTEMPLATED IN THE LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. JUST A REALLY PUT EYES ON THE PROCESS, AS OPPOSED TO JUST HEARING ABOUT IT AND SLIDE SHOW ON PAPER. UM IN ADDITION, WE WERE ABLE TO REFERENCE AND LOOK AT THE WORK THAT HAPPENED IN ARLINGTON AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WORKING IN TEXAS WITH THE SPECIFIC PROVIDER AND WHAT'S NOT WORKING, AND THAT HAS LED US IN MY OPINION TO DRAFT A BETTER AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. UM AND THEN FINALLY, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF CITY EMPLOYEES FROM THE MANAGEMENT OFFICE. TO THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE . EVERYBODY SEE ON THE SCREEN PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING I T E. D. C AND PURCHASING. THAT'S HELPED US GET TO THIS POINT. TREVOR, WHAT IS THE WHAT ARE IF YOU COULD SUMMARIZE THE MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE AGREEMENT WE WOULD HAVE IN THE ONE ARLINGTON HAS WOULD SAY OURS IS CONTEMPLATING PRIMARY DEPLOYMENT IN THE SOFT SCAPE, MEANING GRASS OR DIRT, AND THERE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN REGARDS TO HOW THEY DEPLOY WHETHER IT'S IN THE STREET. OR AT THE CURB.
SPECIFICALLY THAT WAS JUST A CONTEMPLATION THAT WE HAD ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF OUR REINFORCED CONCRETE STREETS VERSUS THEM, HAVING MORE ASPHALT AVAILABLE TO THEM. WE DECIDED ALONG WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING THAT IT WAS BETTER TO NOT POTENTIALLY DAMAGING, REINFORCED CONCRETE STREET TO PUT IT INTO THE SOFT SCAPE TO ALLOW FOR EASE OF ACCESS. EASY PREPARE,
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ETCETERA, ETCETERA. AGAIN AS A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE AGREEMENT. I'LL GET INTO TERMS ON THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT UM MOSTLY , OR PARTIALLY. ALL ASPECTS OF THE RECOMMENDED STATION ARE COVERED IN THE LICENSE AGREEMENTS GOING TO BE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. SO THERE IS A COMMITMENT AND AN EXPECTATION THEY WILL DELIVER FIBER TO THE PREMISES IN MCKINNEY SATISFIES NUMBER ONE. EXCUSE ME. WE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS TO CITY FACILITIES AT OUR CHOOSING. SATISFIES NUMBER TWO. UM THE SMART CITIES APPLICATION WOULD BE A SECONDARY AGREEMENT OF FUTURE PERSPECTIVE AGREEMENT. BUT THERE IS LANGUAGE WITHIN THE LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT CONTEMPLATES SCI FI BEING THE PROVIDER THAT CAN AND SHOULD SATISFY THAT FOR US, AND THEN FINALLY, WE'VE GOT A COMMITMENT FROM SCI FI AS THE NETWORKS BEING DESIGNED TO START THE BUILD. EAST OF HIGHWAY FIVE SOUTH OF US 3 80, NORTH OF INDUSTRIAL AND WEST OF THE AIRPORT ROAD TO SATISFY NOT ONLY THE AREAS THAT ARE MOST UNDER SERVED AS REGARDS TO CONNECTIVITY, BUT THEN TO HELP SPUR THE ONGOING INVESTMENTS WE'VE MADE IN EAST MCKINNEY AS A CITY. SO THE TERMS IT'S A LONG DOCUMENT, AND THIS IS ONE SLIDE.SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER IT, BUT I HOPE I'VE COVERED MOST OF THE HIGH POINTS HERE AGAIN. THERE'S NO HARD COST OUTLAY REQUIRED FROM THE CITY.
WE AREN'T DOING ANY TYPE OF MATCH. YES, WE WILL FACILITATE ADMINISTRATIVELY. THIS RATHER LARGE INVESTMENT ARE RIGHT AWAY , BUT THERE IS NO BUDGETED DOLLAR AMOUNT GOING TOWARDS THE SPECIFIC BILL FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT. IT'S A 30 YEAR TERM WITH A SERIES OF 10 YEAR RENEWAL TO ALLOW SCI FI TO RECRUIT THEIR RATHER LARGE INVESTMENT THAT THEY'RE MAKING AND DELIVERING THIS NETWORK. UM, IT'S GOING TO TAKE THEM ROUGHLY 12 TO 24 MONTHS TO DESIGN THE NETWORK WHEN THEY DESIGN A PORTION OF THE NETWORK WHAT THEY CALL A ZONE THEY WILL COME IN AND ASK FOR A PERMIT, WHICH WE'LL GET TO IN A MINUTE FOR THAT ZONE, AND WE WILL REQUIRE THEM TO GIVE US DESIGN DOCUMENTS SHOWING THAT NETWORK DESIGNED SO IS THAT 60 MONTHS TOTAL BILL. UM EXCUSE ME. ONE GEOGRAPHIC AREA DOES HIS OWN COVER. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PERMIT PROCESS NEXT, WHICH THE LICENSE AGREEMENT AND IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, COUNCILMAN PHILLIPS THE LICENSE AGREEMENTS BEING CONTEMPLATED THIS EVENING WILL ALLOW US TO ENTER INTO THE AGREEMENT WITH SCI FI. THEY'LL GET STARTED WORK ON THEIR DESIGN OF THE NETWORK, WHICH IS GOING TO TAKE QUITE A FEW MONTHS. IN THE MEANTIME, LIKELY AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, WE WILL BRING FORWARD A NEW FEE AND PERMIT THAT SPECIFICALLY CONTEMPLATES AN OPEN ACCESS FIBER NETWORK BEING DEPLOYED. THEY'LL PULL THOSE PERMITS. AND THEN, UM WILL ARRIVE WITH THAT GEOGRAPHIC AREA IS ROUGHLY. IT'S BEEN ANYWHERE FROM A MILE TO TWO SQUARE MILES , WHICH IN MCKINNEY THAT'S GONNA BE QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT ZONES. UM ARLINGTON IS ANOTHER CITY THAT'S FAIRLY NEW AT LARGE FROM A GEOGRAPHIC STANDPOINT, SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT WITH OUR SCI FI FOLKS. BUT THE ZONES WON'T BE FOUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION. WE HAVE PUT IN OUR EXCUSE ME, SO THE FEE THAT COMES BACK TO MCKINNEY IS CONTEMPLATED TO BE ONE OF TWO THINGS. IT'S THE GREATER OF ONE OF THESE SO EARLY ON AS THEY'RE BUILDING THE NETWORK AS THEY'RE GETTING SUBSCRIBERS, WE WILL RECEIVE A $10,000 QUARTERLY FEE. ONCE THEY GET TO A CAPACITY WHERE THEY HAVE ENOUGH SUBSCRIBERS TO ECLIPSE THAT, $10,000. WE WILL RECEIVE A CONNECTION SHARE OF 2 99 A QUARTER PER PREMISES. SO FOR INSTANCE, THEY GET 10,000 SUBSCRIBERS WILL RECEIVE 29,900 CHANGE PER QUARTER. THAT SPECIFIC FEE NUMBER. WILL GO UP AT A HALF OF CPI INCREASE EVERY ANNUAL YEAR. REALIZE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN MCKINNEY, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE SOFT SCAPE. SO WE PUT IN A $1 MILLION RESOLVING REVOLVING ESCROW FOR DAMAGE AND REMEDIATION. THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC POINT OF CONTACT.
PRETTY AGREEMENT THAT THAT WE CAN CONTACT AND SAY, HEY, YOU BROKE THIS LINE OR YOU BROKE THAT LINE BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN A BILL THAT IS THIS LARGE. UM AND WE'RE GONNA DO OUR LEVEL BEST THROUGH THE PERMIT PROCESS TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS. TALKED ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION METHOD OF LITTLE EARLIER. THE PRIMARY CONSTRUCTION METHODS GOING TO BE WHAT'S CALLED MICRO TRENCHING. THAT'S A 12 INCH TRENCH WITH A DITCH WITCH IN THE SOFT SCAPE.
IT CAN BE DONE AND HARDSCAPE. BUT AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE , WE DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS THE SOLUTION FOR MCKINNEY, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH REINFORCED CONCRETE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO DEGRADE THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE IN THOSE STREETS AND ROADWAYS OVER THE YEARS OVER THE SIDEWALKS, FOR THAT MATTER. UM IN THE EVENT THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO CROSS REINFORCED CONCRETE. IT
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WILL BE DIRECTIONALLY BOARD, WHICH IS THE TRADITIONAL DEPLOYMENT METHOD FOR UTILITIES THAT ARE GOING UNDER REINFORCED STEEL OR EXCUSE ME REINFORCED CONCRETE. WE'LL HAVE ALL THE STANDARD REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCATION NOTICES. SHOULD THEY START DIGGING COORDINATION WITH OTHER UTILITIES SHOULD THEY NEED TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE UTILITY ALREADY EXISTS, AND CITY ASSETS IN THE RIGHT WAY? AND THEN FINALLY, AS WITH MOST CONTRACTS , WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENJOY A STOP WORK. IF THERE'S ANY POINT THEY'RE NOT DELIVERING ON ASPECTS OF THE AGREEMENT. THOSE ARE THE VERY HIGH LEVEL TERMS. I WANT TO GET THE NEXT STEPS. UM JUST BECAUSE THE PERMANENT QUESTION IS WHAT'S GONNA COME BEFORE YOU AS AN ACTION ITEM MIXED SO BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW TYPE OF UTILITY, QUASI UTILITY DEPLOYMENT. WILL BE CREATING A NEW PERMIT THAT WILL IN ESSENCE , DO TWO THINGS ALLOW US TO MANAGE THIS AND THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY BUT ALSO CONTEMPLATEHIS USE IN GENERAL , SO THERE WILL BE A NOMINAL FEE WITH PULLING A PERMIT. A COUPLE 100 BUCKS HERE THERE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T LANDED ON THAT YET. THE SECOND BULLET POINT IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT REINFORCES THE CONCEPT THAT I SAID EARLIER, ABOUT ZERO COST OUTLET FROM THE CITY. UM SCI FI IS ACKNOWLEDGED, AND THEY REPRESENTED. ANOTHER COMMUNITY'S COMMITMENT TO REIMBURSE OUR CITY EXPENDITURES IN RELATION TO THE BUILD THAT THE TRUE PARTNERSHIP IS THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE SOME OUTRAGEOUS CAPITAL OUTLAY OR COST OUTLAY. UM AND THEN SCI FI DOES ENJOY ACCESS TO ART RIGHT AWAY, AND THAT'S THE EXCHANGE. SO WE'LL BE SETTING UP A PROCESS TO WHERE IF WE HAVE A CITY LINE LOCATOR GO OUT AT THE REQUEST OF SCI FI TO LOCATE A CITY ASSET AND THAT TAKES THEM AN HOUR. IT'LL BE CODED, YOU KNOW, SCI FI PROJECT AND THAT OUR IS CHARGED THE PROJECT WILL INVOICE ON AN ONGOING BASIS WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE PERMIT THAT THEY ARE GIVEN WHETHER IT'S A ONE ZONE PERMIT OR FOR EVERY ZONE IN THE CITY. UM AGAIN. I ANTICIPATE THAT WILL BRING THAT WITH THE ANNUAL FEE AND ORDINANCE UPDATE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. FINALLY THE SHED LOCATIONS SHEDS OR AN AFFECTIONATE WAY TO REFER TO A 1000 SQUARE FOOT PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT HOLDS A BUNCH OF INTERNET STUFF INSIDE OF IT, UM , SO THEY'LL NEED NO LESS THAN TWO OF THESE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AS THEY DESIGN THE NETWORK TO BE IN POINTS FOR THE NETWORK TO GET TURNED ON AT FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY OF DESCRIBING IT. THESE LOCATIONS WILL LIKELY BE NEGOTIATED TO BE ON CITY PROPERTY. MORE THAN LIKELY UNDER AN ELEVATED STORAGE TANK WHERE THERE'S AMPLE FOOT PRINT FOR US TO ENTER INTO A MARKET BASED LEASE FOR THAT LAND . UM AND THEN THOSE WILL BE SECONDARY LICENSE AGREEMENTS ONCE WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER UM AGAIN. AS THEY DESIGNED THE NETWORK. THOSE ZONES OF WHERE THE SHEDS WORK BEST WILL START TO REVEAL THEMSELVES. AND THEN WE'LL COME FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL AND SAY, HEY, REMEMBER, I TALKED ABOUT THIS BACK, UM, A FEW MONTHS AGO. THESE ARE THE TWO LOCATIONS THAT WE LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER AS LOCATIONS ON CITY PROPERTY THAN TO DO YOU ANTICIPATE IT'S GONNA BE IT'S GONNA BE DEPENDENT ON HOW EFFICIENT THEY CAN BE WITH THE ORIGINAL TWO LOCATIONS ARE INDUCEMENT TO BE ON THE EAST SIDE MAY IMPACT THAT SONG, BUT NO LESS THAN TWO. THEY HAVE TO HAVE TO BECAUSE YOU GOTTA GO 1 TO 1. FINALLY, UM THE SMALLER TYPES OF VERTICAL POLES OR BOXES THAT YOU SEE WITH OTHER UTILITY PROVIDERS. THOSE WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THIS DEPLOYMENT . THOSE ALREADY CONTEMPLATED AND THE RIGHT OF WAY ORDINANCE LIKELY BE CALLED OUT IN THE PERMITTING SIDE, BUT THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD FARE. UM. AND THEN SWITCHING GEARS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR MODEL TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY WILL BE HOSTING ALL SORTS OF MEET AND GREETS EATING, GREETS AS THEY CALL IT JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHO THEY ARE. UM BECAUSE OF THE NAME RECOGNITION MAY NOT BE SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE LARGER BRANDS IN THE MARKET. UM THEY'LL BE BRANDING IT. FIBER CITY MCKINNEY. YOU SEE HERE? SIMI VALLEY FIBER CITY, YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING SIMILAR. THIS IS MCKINNEY FIBER CITY. DOING DOOR KNOCKERS AS THEY'RE DIGGING. THERE'S A COMMITMENT THAT WHEN THEY DIG THEY FILLED BACK IN THE SAME DAY, SO THAT'S GREAT. IT'S A QUICK, UH, DEPLOYMENT. YES. MY TIME. ONE TIME. I'M ALMOST FINISHED. I PROMISE TO SUGGEST THE TRADITIONAL MARKING THAT YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AS THEY GET TO CAPACITY. AND THEN FINALLY, THEY'LL DO STANDARD MEDIA ATTENTION THAT IS EXPECTED WITH A DEPLOYMENT THIS LARGE. THAT WAS MY FAST OVERVIEW OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT THIS EVENING.UM, I DON'T WANT TO QUICKLY. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AGAIN. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY
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ONE MORE TIME PURCHASING PUBLIC WORKS. ENGINEERING CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE E D. C I T WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS QUITE A LONG TIME AND WITHOUT THEIR ASSISTANCE THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, BUT I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS AGAINST SEAN IS HERE AS WELL FROM SCI FI. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR SEAN, OTHERWISE, WE'LL LET YOU MOVE ON ABOUT THE AGENDA.CURIOSITY. TO THE EAST SIDE. WILL BE A TRUNK LAID OUT THERE, BUT WE GOT TO HAVE A PROVIDER.
CORRECT CORRECT. UH, AND I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS ASSUMPTION THAT THERE'S PROBABLY NOT AS MUCH POPULATION ON THE EAST SIDE AS STONEBRIDGE WILL SAY. THAT'S CORRECT. IS THERE SOME THOUGHT PROCESS FOR METHODOLOGY WHERE WE COULD COUPLE ANY SERVICE PROVIDER GOING INTO THE MORE POPULATED AREAS TO REQUIRE THEM TO BRING SERVICES TO THE EAST SIDE. I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE. ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE. UM HOWEVER, OUR AGREEMENT IS WITH SCI FI TO DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY WILL HAVE A SECONDARY PRIVATE AGREEMENT WITH ANY INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS. THE BEAUTY OF THEIR NETWORK IS IT IS AN OPEN ACCESS NETWORK. UM IT IS A VERY, VERY CRUDE EXAMPLE. BUT IT'S SIMILAR TO ELECTRICITY. UM ENCORE HAS ELECTRIC. UM ELECTRIC LINES IN THE GROUND ABOVE THE GROUND. AND THEN THERE ARE RETAIL PROVIDERS THAT SELL ME MY ELECTRICITY AT MY HOME. IT'S A SIMILAR CONCEPT. I COULD SWITCH MY RETAIL PROVIDER TOMORROW. IF I WANTED. WELL MAYBE NOT. I MIGHT BE IN A CONTRACT. I COULD SWITCH MY RETAIL PROVIDER AT A POINT IN THE FUTURE. IF I FOUND A BETTER DEAL NOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE COULD KNOWLEDGE ENCOURAGE SCI FI TO THINK ABOUT. UM. THE UNDERSERVED NATURE OR THE LACK OF CONNECTIVITY THAT EXISTS VERSUS THE CAPACITY AND THE DENSITY THAT EXISTS IN A DIFFERENT PART OF TOWN. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD ON OUR MIND THE WHOLE TIME, PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT'S PART FOUR OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE RFP THAT THEY'RE RESPONDING TO AND THE REASON I WAS ASKING IS I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT WE HAVE CAPABILITIES THAT WERE THERE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A SERVICE PROVIDER WHO IS WILLING TO GO IN THERE. I WOULD SUBMIT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A SERVICE PROVIDER. UM ON A DEPLOYMENT THAT THEY HAVE, AND IT CAN'T JUST PICK ONE PART OF THE CITY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT. MOST DEFINITELY, ARE WE AT THE SPOT WHERE WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT WAS SOME FORETHOUGHT TO WHAT MAY HAPPEN. I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THAT IT BE SOMETHING THAT WE SHIFT THE LICENSE AGREEMENT. NO, SIR. TREVOR IN YOUR EXAMPLE. AND THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION FROM COUNCILMAN PHILLIPS. WITH THE ELECTRICITY. THE INFRASTRUCTURE GOES INTO MY HOUSE WITH THIS DOES THE FIBER GO INTO OUR HOUSE AND THEN? DIFFERENT PROVIDERS COULD THEORETICALLY COMPETE FOR THAT SAME PIECE OF FIBER IN TERMS OF WHO I'M USING. IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THEY WILL PASS YOUR PREMISES FIBER TO THE PREMISES.
OKAY, IT WILL BE IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE AT THE CURB, MORE OR LESS WITH THE SIDEWALK OR LESS. THEN ONCE AN INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER ENTERS INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH SCI FI, THAT RETAIL CONNECTION WILL OCCUR. SO YOU'LL ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH AN IN THIS SCENARIO YOU WOULD ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH AN ISP AND THEY WOULD CONNECT TO THAT FIBER OKAY, AND TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU WANTED TO SWITCH YOUR ISP, OR YOU FOUND A BETTER DEAL THREE YEARS FROM NOW, IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT, UM, MARKET THAT YOU ENJOY FOR CABLE OR INTERNET SERVICES TODAY. IT'S JUST THAT THE TRUNK LINE BEING AN OPEN ACCESS NETWORK, IN OUR OPINION LEADS TO MORE COMPETITION, WHICH INEVITABLY AND HOPEFULLY LEADS TO LOWER PRICING. OKAY, SO HELP ME TAKE THIS HOME TRUNK LINE IS GOING TO THE CURB. BUT IF I CALL AND I'M GOING TO PICK TWO OF THE BIG NAMES, I DON'T MEAN ANYTHING BY IT, BUT 80 AND T AND I HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM, BUT I WANT TO MOVE TO SPECTRUM. SPECTRUM THAT NEEDS TO COME IN AND PUT A NEW PIECE OF FIBER THROUGH EXISTING CONDUIT THAT THESE FOLKS PUT IN TO CONNECT TO MY HOME. IF THAT'S THE IF THAT'S THE DEPLOYMENT, USE THAT THEY PICK. YES SIR. OKAY, SO BASICALLY THE CONDUIT IS ALREADY THERE BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO ME TO BE THE HURDLE TO GET IT FROM THE CURB TO THE HOUSE ON ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY. SCI FI WON'T BE STEPPING ONTO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY. OKAY, DEPLOYING INTO THE PUBLIC FOR EDWARD. SORRY. GO AHEAD, MAYOR. YEAH, NEITHER DOES ELECTRIC. THAT'S A SECONDARY.
SERVICE THAT GETS PUT IN BY THE BY THE PROVIDER THAT YOU'RE SETTING THAT YOUR POWER WITH OKAY, SO. IF THE INITIAL WHOEVER THE INITIAL ONE PUTS IN THE CONDUIT TO GET TO MY HOUSE.
WOULD THE NEXT MAN UP IF I WERE TO SWITCH THAT CONTRACTOR NEED TO PUT IN NEW CONDUIT OR COULD THEY USE THAT EXISTING CONDUIT THAT HAS GONE IN A HYPOTHETICAL THAT I DON'T HAVE? THE ANSWER
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TO? WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT IT'S AT THE CURB HECK OF A LOT BETTER THAN WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SEAN MAY HAVE A MARKET BASED EXAMPLE. MY HUNCH WOULD BE THAT IF IT'S PROVIDER A AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT BUILT THE CONNECTION ON YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY TO YOUR HOUSE . THEY WOULD EITHER SELL IT OFF IF THEY HAD SOME AGREEMENT THAT WAS THIRD PARTY THAT'S UNLIKELY OR THE NEXT PRIVATE ENTITY WHICH HAVE TO DO A NEW WIRE LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO TODAY. IF YOU SWITCH CABLE PROVIDERS, FOR EXAMPLE, OKAY? I DON'T KNOW. SORRY EXCUSE ME. UM, SO TO TRY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, SO SCI FI OWNS THE ENTIRETY OF THE NETWORK. SO WE HAVE THAT MAIN LINE RIGHT? THAT'S FIBER IN THE CONDUITS IN THE GROUND. IT'S GONNA GO PAST EVERYBODY'S HOME.EVERYONE'S BUSINESS. AND THEN UPON THEM WANTING SERVICE, THEY WILL CALL SCI FI NETWORKS RIGHT OR ACTUALLY MORE, SPECIFICALLY ONE OF THE SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE ON THE NETWORK AT THAT POINT, WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT COMES OUT AND THEY DO A CURB TO HOME ATTACHMENT, RIGHT. BUT NOT BEFORE THE RESIDENT WOULD CALL FOR THAT SERVICE. AT WHICH TIME SCI FI STILL OWNS FROM THAT CURB TO THAT HOME THAT ENTIRETY OF THAT NETWORK. THEY PUT AN O AND T ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
THAT'S WHAT TURNS UP THEIR SERVICE. UM BUT THAT O. N. T IS CAPABLE OF HAVING MULTIPLE PROVIDERS CONNECT THROUGH THAT MAIN LINE TO THE AND THEN FROM THE CURB TO THE HOME SO THEY CAN SWITCH JUST LIKE TREVOR WAS TALKING ABOUT THE RETAIL ELECTRIC MARKET. THEY CAN JUST CHANGE LIKE THAT, IF THEY WANTED TO WRITE, PROVIDED THAT THERE'S NOT UNDER A CONTRACT OBLIGATION TO THAT ONE PARTICULAR ISP ON THIS NETWORK. BUT I COMCAST AND AT AND T THEY COULD ALL JOIN THIS NETWORK. IF THEY WANT TO. THEY CAN ALL BE ON THIS IF THEY WANTED TO BE, THERE WERE PERFECTLY WILLING TO BRING ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY ON BOARD AS LONG AS THEY ARE QUALIFIED SP SEAN, MAYBE EXPLAIN WHAT AN O N T IS? OPTICAL NETWORKING NETWORK TERMINAL? UH IT'S A BOX SMART BOX. ALL THE TECHNOLOGY STUFF THAT NOKIA SELLS. I WORK FOR NOKIA FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. SO THEY A PASSIVE PART OF THE NETWORK. SO JUST IT'S JUST THE IT'S JUST THE GUTS OF THE TECHNOLOGY PART OF THE NETWORK. SO YOU HAVE ROUTERS THAT ARE SITTING BACK THERE IN THOSE HUTS THAT THAT TREVOR WAS MENTIONING , THEN YOU HAVE THOSE CABINETS THAT ARE OUT IN THE FIELD. THOSE WHO WERE LTS OPTICAL LINE TERMINALS ARE AND THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY KIND OF CONNECTS INTO IN SOME WAY, RIGHT, AND THEN THEY FEED OUT. INTO THE GREATER PART OF THE COMMUNITY. DONT IS JUST IT'S COMMUNICATION ADVICE FOR THAT PARTICULAR ADDRESS. AND SO THAT'S HOW WE'LL SEE EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO THERE AND CONNECT EVERYBODY. HOPEFULLY THAT MAKES SENSE. CORRECT ME WHERE I'M WRONG ON THIS STATEMENT. I HAVE WE HAVE THE SCI FI LINE THAT COMES OUT WE HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO A FIBER INTERNET IN OUR HOUSE NOW THROUGH X COMPANY. WE WANT TO CHANGE TO WHY COMPANY THERE IS NO NEW LINES OR ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE ATTACHED TO OUR HOUSE BECAUSE IT ALL GOES THROUGH SCI FI STUFF. SO YOU'RE SERIOUS TALKING ABOUT YOUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU CURRENTLY HAVEN'T SCI FI COMES IN AND FAST FORWARD. THE CALENDAR DID HOWEVER MANY YEARS FROM TODAY AND I SUBSCRIBE TO A FIBER INTERNET PROVIDER THROUGH SCI FI NETWORK IN O N. T S AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. YEAH, AND THEN A YEAR LATER, I GET SICK OF THEM, AND I WANT TO COMPANY B. COMPANY B DOESN'T NEED TO COME IN AND RUN ANY NEW CONDUIT OR DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT TO MY HOUSE. THEY JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY NEW PROVIDER. ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THAT'S THE GENIUS OF THE OPEN ACCESS MODEL. WHEN IT'S DONE IN ITS PUREST STATE, YOU CAN SWITCH US LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THE ONLY CAVEAT IN AFRICA OUTPUT NEXT TO THAT IS IF YOUR SECONDARY PROVIDER WITH SOMEBODY THAT WAS GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OPEN ACCESS NETWORK IF THEY WERE DOING THEIR PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE. I GET IT. YOU WOULD HAVE TO CALL THE 1 800 NUMBER AND SCHEDULE A TIME FOR THE BIG. I'M VERY SATISFIED, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS. SO THANK YOU. PLEASURE WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE IN MCKINNEY AND IT'S I LIVE IN KAPPEL. I WISH THEY HAD IT IN CABELL. QUITE FRANKLY, BECAUSE WE'RE WE DON'T HAVE THE BEST OF SERVICE THERE. SO WHERE EXACTLY DO YOU PLUG YOUR SERVICE INTO THE INTERNET? SO ME AT YOUR HOME. NO YOU'RE WERE WE PLUG KIDS HERE? I GOTCHA. I GOTCHA. BROADER QUESTION. WHERE IS THE INTERNET ? YES THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE BIG DOWN, HAVE A BEER AND TALK ABOUT ALL THAT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S A LONG RANGE CARRIERS IN THE IN THE UNITED STATES. UM NO FEW REALLY BIG ONES. WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY PATCH INTO THEIR NETWORK THAT PROVIDES ALL THE COVERAGE TO EVERYBODY AROUND THE COUNTRY. UM AND THAT'S WHAT GIVES US OUR OUTSIDE CONNECTIONS TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. YOU SAY LONG RANGE IS A GIRL FROM TEXAS TO CALIFORNIA AND THEN AROUND UNDER THE OCEAN UNDER THE OCEAN ALL AROUND THE GLOBE. YEAH, IT'S
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PRETTY FASCINATING. SOME OF THEIR HOW? HOW FAR THEY STRETCH . YOU FOUND THAT QUESTION FASCINATING. DEMONSTRATE A GREAT DEAL OF IGNORANCE ON MY PART NOT AT NOT AT ALL. NOT AT ALL. THANK YOU. OF COURSE, SIR. IF I COULD JUST ADD. I'M SORRY IF I WAS GONNA GET MADE THE QUESTION THE VALUE OF THIS PROGRAM. THIS INITIATIVE IS. RIGHT NOW. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE SERVICE, YOU'D HAVE TO GO TO A T AND T OR SOME OTHER COMPANIES, AND THEY ALL HAVE TO EITHER THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE IF THEY'RE NOT UM, THERE AREN'T MANY THAT DO BECAUSE IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO PUT A CAPITAL PLANT INTO THE INVESTMENT INTO THE GROUND. UM THERE ARE WIRELESS SOLUTIONS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE BAND WITH THE PROBLEM IS, WE END UP WITH DIFFERENT PROVIDERS DIGGING TRENCHES AND HOLES IN OUR RIGHT AWAY. AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS COME UP WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE MANAGED WAY OF DOING IT IS WE WILL NUMBER ONE. WE THINK OUR FIBER PENETRATION ISN'T NEARLY AS MUCH AS IT SHOULD BE. SO NUMBER ONE. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT NUMBER TWO. WE WANT TO DO IT IN A MANAGED WAY. THE COMPETITION SHOULD BE AT THE SERVICE LEVEL IF WE CAN CREATE COMPETITION OR FOSTER MORE COMPETITION AT THE SERVICE LEVEL, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT ALL THOSE SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE TODAY BECAUSE INNOVATIONS IN THE MARKETPLACE WILL OCCUR. AND WHAT HAPPENS TODAY VERSUS 10 YEARS FROM NOW, OR A BIG DIFFERENCE, BUT WE'VE GOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE GROUND AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS KEY. AND SO THAT FEWER STREET CUTS WE CAN DEAL WITH THE BETTER FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR OWN ASSETS . UM WE, AS YOU KNOW, UNDER THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT, WE CAN'T JUST SAY NO. SO SOMEBODY COULD INSIST NOW WE'RE GOING. WE DON'T WE DON'T DO THE SCI FI NETWORK. WE'RE GOING TO BUILD OUR OWN PARALLEL NETWORK. THEY COULD DO THAT, BUT I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO FIND THAT IT'S A LOT CHEAPER AND SMARTER FOR THEM TO PIGGYBACK ONTO WHAT SCI FI HAS IS AN OPEN ACCESS NETWORK. AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. CAPACITY AND EXPAND ABILITY. AND CAPACITY AND TERMS OF WHATEVER YOU PROJECT INTO THE FUTURE AND YEARS. YEAH, SO, UM. SO IT'S FIBER OPTICS SO FAR TODAY. FIBER OPTICS, THERE'S NO LIMIT TO ITS CAPACITY. UH SO BASICALLY WITH THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE ON THE NETWORK AND HOW THE NETWORK IS DESIGNED INITIALLY, UM, YOU CAN ESSENTIALLY JUST PULL OUT AN OLD LINE CARD. PUT IN A NEW LINE CARD THAT TAKES UP TWO TERABYTES SPEEDS TOMORROW, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU JUST HAVE TO SWITCH ANOTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ON THE ON THE HOUSE OR BUSINESS OR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT THE REAL INVESTMENT IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF FIBER OPTICS THAT'S IN THE GROUND. THE EQUIPMENT IS A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE PRICE ULTIMATELY, AND YOU JUST SWITCH THAT OUT AS YOU GO, BUT THERE'S NO MAJOR FORK LIFTING. NOTHING LIKE THAT OF ANY OF EQUIPMENT. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, SWITCHING OUT A LINE CARD IF YOU'VE SEEN THOSE THERE. ABOUT THAT SIZE, AND YOU JUST KIND OF SWITCH THEM OUT ANYWAY. WE CAN TAKE YOU OUT TOUR OF NOKIA SOME POINT YOU CAN SEE ALL THAT THE FUN LITTLE GADGETS THEY HAVE, BUT BUT THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE CAPACITY OF IT. SO WHATEVER THE CITY SHOULD NEED IN THE NEXT 30 40 50 YEARS THIS NETWORK SHOULD BE DESIGNED IN ORDER TO YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT ON SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY COMES ALONG AND DOESN'T IT DOESN'T DOESN'T MATTER. EVERYBODY HAS ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THERE'S A NEW TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY IS ALWAYS CHANGING. THAT IS TRUE. BUT FIBER OPTICS IS WHAT IS ENABLING ALL THOSE TECHNOLOGIES AND WILL FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. QUESTIONS FASCINATING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VERY WELL.TREVOR WAS ONE OTHER QUESTION. IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ADDRESSING, UM I THINK THAT WAS ABOUT UNDERSERVED AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY, POOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND SUCH OUR ISPS ARE REQUIRED TO SERVE. CITY WIDE AND WE ALSO INCENTIVIZE THOSE ISPS THROUGH WHAT WE CALL A FIBER CITY AID PROGRAM TO ACTUALLY GIVE A DISCOUNTED SERVICE TO UNDERSERVED AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WORK WITH THE CITY TO HELP IDENTIFY ABOUT 10% OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE OFFER DISCOUNTED SERVICE TO GIVES THOSE ISPS EVEN MORE INCENTIVE TO GO AND OFFER SERVICES TO THOSE UNDER CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY DISCOUNT SERVICE. SAME SPEED, THIS KIND OF DISCOUNT SERVICE STILL SEEMS SPEED GIGABIT SPEEDS. YEAH ABSOLUTELY . AND THAT'S ALL PRIVATELY SUBSIDIZED BY SCI FI NETWORKS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. THERE WILL BE A LICENSE AGREEMENT THIS EVENING ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA
[Update on the May 6, 2023 Election]
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, TREVOR. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. SO MUCH TO 30036 UPDATE ON THE MAY 6TH 2023 ELECTION. AND RESTRAINT.GOOD AFTERNOON. MARIAN COUNCIL. MEMPHIS DRAIN CITY SECRETARY. 222 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET
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FULLER. THIS IS A QUICK UPDATE ON THE UPCOMING MAY 6TH ELECTION OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY WILL POST TO SEPARATE, UH VALID ITEMS WHICH WILL BE ON THE AGENDA THIS YEAR EVENING FOR YOUR APPROVAL, JUST A QUICK REMINDER THAT THESE APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCES ARE NOT ADVOCATING ANY PARTICULAR POSITION OR ANY CANDIDATES IN THE ELECTION, BUT THEY'RE JUST FOLLOWING THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS THE PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING AN ELECTION. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE THREE COUNCIL SEATS THAT ARE UP FOR ELECTION AT THIS TIME. THEY'RE CURRENTLY APPLICANTS FOR ALL OF THOSE SEATS THEY'RE CURRENTLY LISTED ON THE CITY'S ELECTION WEB PAGE. THERE ALSO BE A BALLAD ITEM FOR A BOND ELECTION RELATED TO THE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE PROVIDED SOME KEY DATES THAT ARE HELPFUL FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESSES THAT GO ALONG WITH CONDUCTING THE ELECTION, OF COURSE, THE CANDIDATE APPLICATIONS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BEGAN ON JANUARY 18TH AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL FIVE PM ON FEBRUARY 17TH. THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC INFORMATION SEMINAR FOR POLITICAL SIGNS AND ELECTION NEARING ON. PUBLIC PROPERTY. THIS IS AN OPEN AND PUBLIC EVENT THAT WE WILL POST INFORMATION ABOUT AND ALL CANDIDATES WILL BE INVITED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT. APRIL 6TH DEVELOPED REGISTRATION DEADLINE.AND YOU CAN SEE THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD AS WELL AS MAY SIX FOR THE ACTUAL ELECTION DAY. HERE IS A VISUAL MAP OF THE CITY FACILITIES THAT WILL BE POSTING VOTING WE TRY TO PROVIDE AS MANY CITY FACILITIES AS POSSIBLE TO MINIMIZE THE COST. NON PUBLIC FACILITIES ARE ABLE TO APPLY RENTAL FEES TO UTILIZE THOSE SPACES. SO WE TRY TO ACCOMPLISH ACCOMPLISH AS MANY PUBLIC FAITH SPACES AS POSSIBLE SO YOU CAN SEE THE CITY LOCATIONS IN GREEN. THERE'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF VOID AS YOU RUN THROUGH DISTRICT THREE ALONG VIRGINIA, BUT THOSE WILL BE FILLED IN WITH SOME, UH MCKINNEY I SD FACILITIES THAT ARE NOT LISTED AT THIS TIME, BUT THE MCKINNEY I SD WILL ADD FOUR ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS FOR VOTING WITH THOSE LOCATIONS BE FOR EARLY VOTING AND FOR ELECTION DAY OR JUST POSSIBLY ELECTION DAY. THE MAJORITY OF THE FACILITIES HERE FOR ELECTION DAY AND EARLY VOTING, THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE ONE OR THE OTHER IS THE SENIOR RECREATION CENTER WILL BE FOR ELECTION. TODAY ONLY AND HALL LIBRARY NEAR DOWNTOWN WILL BE EARLY VOTING ONLY. SO, WITH THOSE TWO FACILITIES YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE SAME PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER, SO THAT STILL PROVIDES SOME OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS ALSO THE RECREATION CENTER IN THAT SAME VICINITY, WHICH WILL BE OPEN FOR ELECTION DAY IN EARLY VOTING, SO THEY STILL HAVE SOME OPTIONS THERE. I TYPICALLY VOTE. AND THIS AREA OVER HERE THAT HAS LOTS OF OPTIONS. AND SO I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE GAPS THAT EXIST. UM THERE IN THE MIDDLE. WHEN DOES THE SD FACILITIES TYPICALLY PARTICIPATE IN UM NON ISTEA ELECTIONS WITH US OR IS IT JUST ME? NOT TYPICALLY, NOT WHEN THERE'S A M I S D ITEM. THEY OPEN UP THOSE SPACES FOR A PARTISAN PRIMARY OR FOR A NOVEMBER ELECTION. TYPICALLY THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE. SD LOCATION, CORRECT. TYPICALLY, THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE, BUT WE DID. UH LISTEN TO YOUR FEEDBACK FROM OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS AND MOVING FORWARD. THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON IS THE POSSIBILITY OF OPENING THAT UP. BUT OF COURSE DURING SCHOOL HOURS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE TRY TO BE MINDFUL OF THE DISRUPTION THAT THAT MIGHT UH, CAUSE BUT BUT STILL THE SAME. WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM. I MEAN, COMMUNICATING WITH THEM ON THOSE NINE ELECTION DATES TO TRY TO PROVIDE THOSE LOCATIONS. BUT IN TERMS OF THIS LARGE GAP THAT TENDS TO MAYBE PUSH A LOT OF PEOPLE. TO THE JOHN AND JUDY GAY LIBRARY. WE DO HAVE FIRE STATIONS OR OTHER CITY FACILITIES THAT MAY SERVE THAT IF WE SO CHOSE TO LOOK AT THOSE AS WELL. UM AND THERE ARE SOME CONSIDERATIONS IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY AND THE ADDITIONAL BUSINESS FLOW THAT GOES INTO THAT DECISION IN SPECIFICALLY FOR JOHN AND JUDY GAY FOR THIS PARTICULAR ELECTION, EVANS MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM JOHN AND JUDY GAY WILL BE OPEN. MHM. I JUST I WHEN I SAW THAT MAP, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL ADD TO THAT. BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT CREATING THAT HABIT THAT IS CREATED OF WHERE WE TYPICALLY VOTE IF THOSE SCHOOL LOCATIONS AREN'T OPEN ON HALF THE ELECTION TIMES. PEOPLE GET INTO THE HABIT OF GOING THAT DISTANCE AND THAT ULTIMATELY IS WHAT CREATES A BURDEN ON THAT AREA. YES SIR.
DEFINITELY THAT'S A VERY VALID POINT, SO WE'LL TRY TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION IN AND THAT
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WAS DISCUSSIONS AND WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THE ELECTION. AARON, UH, INFORMATION THAT WILL BE SHARING VERY THANKFUL TO OUR CODE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. THE ACTIVITIES THAT SOME SOMETIMES CAN CREATE CHALLENGES DURING THE ELECTION SEASON WILL TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT EXPECTATIONS ARE ACROSS THE CITY. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL KIND OF ADDRESS SOME OF THAT STUFF AS WELL. I LOOK AT THE SIDE OVER HERE, AND I THINK I NEVER SEE ANYBODY WHEN I GO VOTE BECAUSE THERE'S SEVEN LOCATIONS. IN THAT AREA, SO. THERE'S A BIG GAP AROUND JOHN AND JUDY GAVE LIBRARY. THANK YOU. OKAY AND FINALLY, PEOPLE CAN FIND INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AS WELL AS THE COLLIN COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION WILL BE WHO WILL TAKE A MAJORITY OF THE ROLE IN THE PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF RUNNING THE ELECTION, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT ITEM PRESENTED AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING BUT TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY'S WEB PAGE, THERE'S AMPLE INFORMATION ABOUT CANDIDATES, AS THEY BECOME APPROVED, WILL BE POSTED THERE AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL PROCESSES. WITH THAT I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE SINCE THANK YOU, EMPRESS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, THE A'S ON UPDATES. COUNCIL, THE UPDATES. I DIDN'T GET TO WITNESS[COUNCIL LIAISON UPDATES regarding city Boards & Commissions]
THE NORTH TEXAS TELEVISION DEBUT OF RYAN GILLING HAM. SPURRED ON SALT. MADE US ALL VERY PROUD.SORRY HE LEFT BEFORE YOU HEARD THAT COMMENT. RIGHT WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551071 CONSULTATIONS WITH ATTORNEY ON ANY WORK SESSIONS. SPECIAL SESSION REGULAR SESSION AGENDA ITEM REQUIRING CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY CLIENT ADVICE AND ASSASSINATED BY THE DELIBERATION OR DISCUSSION OF SAID ITEMS. MM ANNEXATION AGREEMENT WITH CERTAIN FIELD INVESTMENTS LLC FACILITY FOR ACRES OF LAND LOOK AT NORTH OF FM 14 61 WITHIN COLEMAN WATSON AND SEE A BURN SURVEYS CITY AND MELISSA IN HER LOCAL AGREEMENT REGARDING E T. J BOUNDARIES SECTION 551071, DEPENDING ON CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION TO OPERATIONS HELP PEOPLE VERSUS CITY MCKINNEY, TEXAS DEFENDANT CIVIL ACTION NUMBER 4 TO 0 CB 00353 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS.SECTION 55172 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT REAL PROPERTY MUNICIPAL FACILITIES SECTION 551 76 DELIBERATION REGARDING DEVICES, SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS, PUBLIC SAFETY SECURITY AND SECTION 551087 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS. PROJECT 2009 TUBS, BREWERY AND ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION. THEY HAVE ACCESS HAVE ACTION. ALL
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RIGHT. YOU READY? UM OKAY. MR MARY MOVED THAT WE APPROVED THE SETTLEMENT WITH TX I AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. I POST MOTION PASSES. MOTION TO ADJOURN . SO M* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.