Feb 17, 2023 City Council Work Session on 2023-02-17 8:00 AM - City Council Strategic Goals Work Session

[CALL TO ORDER]

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ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH YEAR 2023 IT'S EIGHT. FOUR IN THE MORNING. WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 2 22, NORTH TENNESSEE STREET. GREAT CITY HELP MCKINNEY PUBLIC COMMENTS. I BELIEVE WE HAVE.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS]

E V S 6.110 USED IN COLLIN COUNTY. FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, HAS A BUG IN ITS ELECTION SOFTWARE. THIS KNOWN BUG CAN GIVE A FALSE POSITIVE RESULT. WHEN TESTING THE HASH VALIDATION OF THE SOFTWARE AND IS A BONER ABILITY OF THE ELECTION SYSTEM THAT COULD BE EXPLOITED IF NOT PATCHED. THE BUG WAS DISCOVERED BY ONE OF OUR STATE TECHNICAL EXAMINERS IN 2020. WHEN MR BRIAN MECKLER DISCOVERED THIS BUG, HIS RESPONSE TO THE OTHER EXAMINERS WAS THAT THE ISSUE IS A QUOTE, GIFT WRAPPED OPPORTUNITY TO AN INSIDER THREAT AND THAT IT'S SIMILAR TO A BANK ROBBER KNOWING THAT THE CAMERA COVERING TELLER NUMBER THREE IS BROKEN UNQUOTE IF THIS IS NOT A MISTAKE IN YOUR ORDINANCE, THEN THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN THE VERSIONS THAT YOUR GOING TO BE CONTRACTING WITH. I WOULD LIKE TO READ YOU. ANOTHER QUOTE FROM MR MECKLER QUOTE. THE RESPONSE FROM S AND S IS TROUBLING. THERE IS NO PAPER TRAIL DOCUMENTING THE EXCEPTION THE STL MADE FOR THIS BREAKDOWN IN THE HASH VERIFICATION PROCESS , NOR WAS WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED TO OR PREPARED FOR CUSTOMERS. WE ARE BEING ASKED TO TAKE S AND S AT THEIR WORD. THAT THERE BE STL SAID. THIS IS FINE . WE ARE ALSO BEING ASKED TO TAKE S AND S AT THEIR WORD THAT THEY PROVIDED APPROPRIATE GUIDANCE TO THEIR CUSTOMER. THIS ISSUE APPARENTLY ALSO EXISTS FOR 6.20. YET IT DOES NOT APPEAR IN ANY OF THE EXAMINER'S REPORTS. MY HOPE IS THAT BEFORE THIS MAY ELECTION THAT YOU WILL LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE AND A MAJOR CONTRACT WITH THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO REQUIRE THEM TO PERFORM A FULL PUBLIC LOGIC AND ACCURACY TEST ON ALL MACHINES USED BY THE CITIZENS OF COLLIN COUNTY. THIS IS REQUIRED BY T E C. 1 TO 9.23 LAST NOVEMBER. THE OFFICE DID NOT FOLLOW SEVERAL LINES OF THE CODE. YOU SHOULD ALSO REQUIRE THAT THE NEGATIVE HASH VALIDATION BE PUBLICLY TESTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VALIDATION BUT IS NOT ACTIVE IN OUR MAY ELECTIONS. THIS IS A WAY TO MAKE OUR ELECTIONS MORE SECURE FOR ALL CITIZENS, AND IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY SINCE YOU'RE CONTRACTING WITH THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LI MORE. AGAIN I'M LEAVE MORE IN MY ADDRESS IS ON THE ON THE CARD. SO THERE'S STILL TIME I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON THE ITEM, 230080, WHICH IS THE SPECIAL BOND ORDINANCE FOR THE MAY 6TH 2023 ELECTION. UM THERE'S STILL TIME TO CALL OFF THE WEDDING AND CONSIDER WITHDRAWING FROM THE $200 MILLION BOND FROM THE BALLOT WITH THE DEADLINE OF NEXT WEEK. I THINK IT'S THE 21ST. IT SEEMS THAT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND MCKINNEY ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE IN PUTTING THIS AIRPORT BOND MEASURE ON THE BALLOT AND EXPECTING THE VOTERS TO TRUST THAT THERE WILL BE VIABLE AIRLINES COMING THAT WILL MAKE THIS A GOOD INVESTMENT AND NOT JUST AN INVESTMENT THAT WILL LINE THE POCKETS OF CONTRACTORS HIRED TO DO THE WORK. YOU HAVE STATED THAT YOU CAN'T DIVULGE THE AIRLINES YOU ARE WORKING WITH, BUT YOU SHOULD, BUT THEY SHOULD JUST WE SHOULD JUST TRUST YOU. I CERTAINLY HAVE DEVELOPED A HUGE AMOUNT OF DISTRUST FOR THE GOVERNMENT BASED ON THEIR ACTIONS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. THIS IS A BIG ASK. FOR ALL WE KNOW THIS COULD BE AN AIRLINE RUN BY THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR, WHICH I'M BEGINNING.

I WAS BEGINNING TO SPECT THAT THEY WERE BEHIND THE SHENANIGANS AT THE DALLAS ZOO A COUPLE WEEKS AGO UNTIL THEY FOUND THE REAL CULPRIT. SO WHY DOES THIS TRUST ME? WE MUST BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME PROPOSITION HAVE TO BE AT THE MCKINNEY TAXPAYER'S EXPENSE EXCLUSIVELY. IF THIS IS

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THAT IS, IF ALL THE BEHIND THE DOOR AND UNDER THE TABLE DEALS COME TO FRUITION. AGAIN AND NOT TO BEAT THAT NOW DEAD HORSE THAT IS BEHIND THE CARD, WHICH IS, WHICH IS THE PLAN BEING PROMOTED AS A WIN FOR MCKINNEY VOTERS IN NORTH TEXAS RESIDENTS YET IT ISN'T A SOUND ENOUGH PLAN. TO SHOW TO BE STRUCTURED AS A REVENUE BOND. IT SHOULD PAY FOR ITSELF. IF IT IS SUCH A GREAT IDEA. THEN, AS I SAID, ABOVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE RUNNING TO PUT THEIR MONEY INTO THIS PROJECT OR THE CART. ANOTHER THING THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME IS THE RUSH TO PUT THIS BOND ON THE BALLOT BEFORE THE IMPACT STUDIES ARE COMPLETE. WHAT IF THEY COME BACK WITH NEGATIVE IMPACT WITH THE PROJECT? THIS IMPORTANT VOTERS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO TO TOWN HALLS OR OPEN HOUSES TO HEAR THIS INFORMATION. BUTTER HISTORY SHOWS THAT 15 TO 20% OR WITH THE CURRENT REGISTERED VOTERS. 18 TO 24,000 VOTERS WILL GO TO THE POLLS FOR THE SPRING ELECTION YET YOU ALSO EXPECT THEM TO ALSO GO TO OPEN HOUSES AND MEETINGS TO INFORM THEIR VOTE. THAT IS NOT LIKELY AND IT'S NOT RIGHT FOR AN AMOUNT AND PROJECT OF THIS SIZE. FINALLY FOR THE RECORD, DFW AND LOVE FIELD HAVE PLENTY OF CAPACITY THROUGH 2050 WHILE OFFERING FLIGHTS TO MORE THAN 330 DESTINATIONS. THERE IS NO NEED FOR RESIDENTS IN MCKINNEY TO TAKE ON THIS MONUMENT TO DEVELOPERS WHO WILL LIKELY DIE OF OLD AGE BEFORE THIS SCHEME MAKES MONEY. IF IT EVER DOES.

PLEASE CONSIDER WITHDRAWING THE BOND, AT LEAST UNTIL THE ASSESSMENTS ARE DONE, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE DONE FOR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. DO NOT SURE THAT WE HAVE ANY MORE. SIGN UP TO SPEAK. MOVED TO OUR MEETING. GENDER 23 YEARS AGO, 79

[Consider/Discuss/Act on an Amended and Restated Ordinance Calling for the May 6, 2023 General Election, Amending Election Day Voting Locations]

[Consider/Discuss/Act on an Amended and Restated Ordinance Calling for the May 6, 2023 Special Bond Election]

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UM YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT THIS POND MEANS IN PEOPLE'S MIND IN TERMS OF IT MOVING FORWARD, BUT IT'S JUST NOT THAT IT'S UM IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO KEEP MOVING WITHOUT THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES, THE NOISE STUDIES AND EVERYTHING WITHOUT THE SIGNING ON OF THE AIRLINES. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE BONDS ISSUE. THE CITY HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OF NOT ISSUING DEBT THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED. AND I'VE GIVEN THE EXAMPLE BEFORE IN 2015. WE APPROVED A LOT OF MONEY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. SOME OF THOSE BONDS STILL ARE AN ISSUE. UH, IF THINGS DON'T WORK OUT, I THINK IF YOU PROJECTED YOURSELF UP HERE, AND WE'RE ON COUNCIL, YOU WOULDN'T APPROVE THE BONDS IF THINGS DIDN'T WORK OUT. I'M NOT GOING TO EITHER. ONE OF THESE FOLKS ARE EITHER I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME VOTERS JUST DON'T WANT THE AIRPORT. I REALLY DO. AND THEY DON'T WANT TO COMMERCIAL AIRPORT. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE TO SAY NO . AH THAT IS GOING TO SAY NO TO THIS MEASURE OF FINANCING. IF THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES, BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO FINANCE THIS, BUT UH, THE MCKINNEY TAXPAYER. HIS SHOULDER THE BURDEN OF TK I SINCE 1979 THE BIGGEST ASSET OF MOST ANY AIRPORT THERE. ANY REPORT HAS TWO RUNWAY. WE'VE GOT IT. IT'S GONNA BE 8500 FT. THE BEGINNING.

TAXPAYER OUGHT TO HAVE A SAY IN WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND BECAME TAXPAYER WILL HAVE TO SAY. IN HOW WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS, SO I AM FOR THIS. WORDING AND CONTINUED BEFORE THE VOTERS HAVING A SWING OF THE BAT ON THIS THE OTHER COMMENTS. ENTERTAINING MOTION.

MR MAYOR. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS STAFFER COMMENDED. ALL IN FAVOR BY MOST MOTION PASSES.

[Overview and Expectations]

AND OUR WORK SESSION. WE ALSO WILL. LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE DID A FOLLOW UP MEETING ABOUT A MONTH LATER GAVE EVERYBODY TIME TO TAKE A BREAK AND MAYBE CHEW ON IT A LITTLE BIT AND REFLECT AND THEN IDENTIFY. ONE OF THESE ARE GOING TO YOUR PRIORITIES AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THE SAME THING. THIS YEAR. WE FOUND THAT VERY HELPFUL AND THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM THE COUNCIL WAS THAT IT WAS HELPFUL FOR YOU AS WELL. BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING AND IF WE CAN DO EVERYTHING GREAT, BUT IF WE PROBABLY CAN'T AND THEREFORE WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THOSE THINGS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU. SO LAST YEAR, DOUG THOMAS, UM FACILITATED THAT AND IT WENT VERY WELL. I DO WANT TO WELCOME DOUG THOMAS. HE'S NOW I THINK

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BEFORE DOUG COMES UP AND KICKS OFF. I WILL ASK FOR YOUR INDULGENCE A LITTLE BIT. THERE ARE SEVERAL OF US DOWN HERE, BUT I PROMISE YOU WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE YOU SIT THROUGH ALL OF US SPEAKING. WE'VE GOTTEN FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT. WE UNDERSTAND IT. BUT I DO ASK YOU IF YOU WILL.

LISTEN TO ME BLATHER ON A LITTLE BIT. I'M GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORIC BACKSWING BRIEFLY ON THIS LAST YEAR. AND THEN I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT WE SEE AS THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF. AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU WILL SET THOSE GOALS. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO PLANT SOME SEEDS AND GET YOU THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS, AND THEN WE'LL GET GOING IN EARNEST. SO A COUPLE OF THE AGAIN LIKE TALK ABOUT BACKSWING , THE SOME OF THE KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2022 HALL CONSTRUCTION GOT UNDERWAY. IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS. FINALLY WE GOT IT GOING. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. WE THINK THIS IS A REAL REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY. REVITALIZATION OPPORTUNITY, UH, ON THE EAST SIDE, MCKINNEY, YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE A WHOLE NEW DISTRICT EFFECTIVELY. AND THAT'S VERY EXCITING. UM. THERE'S NO PARTICULAR ORDER THAT I LISTED BY THE WAY WILL BE THE SAME FOR WHEN I GET TO THE NEXT PHASE, BUT WE DID ALSO MAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT UPDATES IF YOU WILL OR IMPACTS ON EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. THIS IS FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE COUNCIL YOUR SUPPORT, THANKFULLY AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. AND MAKING SURE THAT WE PAY COMPETITIVELY. WE'RE IN A VERY INFLATIONARY ENVIRONMENT. IT'S TOUGH ON MUNICIPALITIES BECAUSE WE CAN'T JUST OFFER AN INCREASE. WILLY NILLY. WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE BUDGETS. WE HAVE TO LIVE BY AND WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO SORT OF NIBBLE ON THE EDGES AND, UM, BUT WE'VE MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS. WE'LL GET INTO MORE OF THOSE, BUT WE'VE PUT THAT IN PLACE THIS PAST YEAR AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT IT, UM, DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND CODE REFORMS. AS YOU KNOW, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE WAS ADOPTED THIS PAST YEAR. A MAJOR MILESTONE BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN MULTIPLE YEARS IN PROGRESS AND WE APPRECIATE AGAIN THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT. THE R P IMPLEMENTATION IT GRINDS ON THIS PROJECT IS TAKING LONGER THAN WE EXPECTED THE CHALLENGE FOR A PRIMARY CHALLENGE FOR US IS VENDORS AND US IN THE INDUSTRY AND THE INDUSTRY IN THE TECH INDUSTRY IS KEEPING PEOPLE. UM THEY'RE FREE AGENTS IN MANY RESPECTS AND THE TURNOVER IN THIS INDUSTRY IS VERY HIGH, AND IT IS POSES A CHALLENGE. WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH IT. BUT THAT IS A PROJECT THAT IS CONTINUING TO OCCUPY OUR TIME AND EFFORT AND RESOURCES. UM WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY REFORMED THIS PAST YEAR, YOU SIGNIFICANTLY REFORMED HOW ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUBSEQUENTLY EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE FUNDED AND MAINTAINED OVER THE LONG TERM. BY PARTNERING WITH THE M E, D C AND THE M. C D C FOR A SHARE OF FUTURE REVENUE GROWTH SO AS THEIR REVENUE GROVES A PORTION OF THAT WILL BE, UH SORT OF CHANNELED TOWARDS A FUND TO HELP PAY FOR NEW AND ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH THEN FREES UP SOME RESOURCES ON THE BACK END TO BETTER MAINTAIN OUR EXISTING AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, THAT'S THAT'S A MAJOR REFORM. AND I KNOW THAT WAS A TOUGH DECISION THE COUNCIL HAD TO MAKE, BUT THAT SETS THE STAGE FOR THE FUTURE. ADOPTED YOU ADOPTED SIGNIFICANT TOOLS FOR AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING, INCLUDING PFC PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. THOSE ARE TWO BIG DECISIONS. THE COUNCIL HAS MADE TWO MAJOR TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX THAT YOU'VE PLACED AND WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. ADAPTED AND REVISED, MORE BALANCED, PARKLAND DEDICATION REGIME THAT BETTER BALANCES THE COSTS THAT HAVE TO BE SHOULDERED BY EXISTING RESIDENTS, VISITING NEW RESIDENTS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS AGAIN. NOT AN EASY DECISION BECAUSE YOU HEAR IT.

YOU GUYS HEAR IT FROM FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, BUT UM, THE DATA WAS PRESENTED. WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDERED THE DATA LOOKED AT IT AND MADE A DATABASE DECISION AS MUCH AS YOU COULD. SOMETIMES IT'S NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE, BUT WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN WE STARTED A 40,000 SQUARE FOOT HANGAR. A NEW, UM, CORP 10 HANGAR AT THE AIRPORT. THAT WILL AND THAT WAS IT WAS A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT AS WELL.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO OUTLAY OUR OWN CASH. PER SE. IT WAS CASH IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE WITH THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS, BUT WE KNOW THE DEMAND IS THERE AND WE FOUND A WAY TO DO IT. IN THAT PROJECT IS GETTING UNDERWAY AS WELL. UM SO, LOOKING AHEAD, CITY HALL CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO CONTINUE. OF COURSE, THAT'S THE TWO YEAR PROJECT. WE'VE GOT A WAYS TO GO. IT SHOULD BE DONE AROUND LATE 2024. WE SHOULD BE MOVING IN. FIRST QUARTER OF 2025. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE'S IT'S NOT JUST BUILDING A CITY HALL. THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF SURROUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS TO BE PUT IN PLACE. AND IF YOU DRIVE AROUND THAT AREA NOW YOU NOTICE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION. THERE'S SOME STREET CLOSURES. UM AND IT'S IT IS A TEMPORARY MESS RIGHT NOW OUT THERE AND WE APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE OF THE COMMUNITY. BUT IT IS GOING TO BE

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AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE FRONT AND CENTER. UM SCHEDULED BOND SALES. WE DETERMINED AND THEN, UM WE ALSO WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH GAINING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE COUNTY AND COG FOR RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENTS FOR THE NEW U. S. THE U. S 3 80 BYPASS ALIGNMENT. YOU ALL KNOW THIS. THAT WAS A DECISION JUST JUST MADE BY TEXT DOT OR WHAT THEIR ALIGNMENT IS GOING TO BE. THEY ARE TAKING IT FORWARD. THEY'RE HAVING SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS. THEY WILL BE BRINGING THE RECORD OF DECISION IN SEPTEMBER. I BELIEVE THEY WILL START ACQUIRING RIGHT AWAY AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT US. IN OTHER WAYS, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL HAVE TO BE AMENDED. TO REFLECT THE NEW ALIGNMENT OF THE BYPASS, CUTTING THROUGH A PART OF TOWN THAT PREVIOUSLY CONTEMPLATED DIFFERENT USES. AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO AMEND OUR COMPLAINT TO REFLECT THAT MAJOR TRANSPORTATION FACILITY THAT WILL BE PLACED AND IT'S THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES AND THERE'S IT'S WHILE IT'S GOING TO POST SOME CHALLENGES, AND THERE ARE SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT AREN'T ENTIRELY HAPPY. IT DOES ALSO POSE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE'LL JUST HAVE TO BRING THOSE TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION.

UM WE HAVE SOME ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES. WE TALKED ABOUT COMPENSATION EARLIER. WE ARE TRYING TO BE CREATIVE. OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS 45 VACANCIES, AND IT'S TOUGH TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS. UM, WE USE THE EXAMPLE OF BUCKY'S AND PROBABLY UNFAIRLY, SO OR OVERLY SO, BUT BUCKY'S, YOU KNOW, PAY 18 OR 20 BUCKS AN HOUR OR YOU CAN MAKE $17 AN HOUR WORKING, YOU KNOW, IN ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND HOT SUMMERS AND COLD WINTERS OUT IN A THE FIELD.

IT'S PRETTY TOUGH TO COMPETE IN THAT RECRUITMENT ENVIRONMENT. SUBSEQUENTLY WE HAVE PREPARED WE CREATED A PAY PLAN. SEPARATE PUBLIC WORKS PAY PLAN. WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE WE THE MARKET REQUIRES US TO BE RESPONSIVE. AND SO THIS PUBLIC WORKS PAY PLAN IS GOING TO HELP US, I THINK, DID ADDRESS SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES. RECRUITMENT OF SKILLED LABOR.

AND PARTICULARLY THOSE FOLKS WAS CDL COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES. WE HAVE 2% COLA THAT WE PROVIDED TO FULL TIME AND PART TIME EMPLOYEES. THIS WAS PUT IN THE BUDGET. AND YOU APPROVED IT. WE IMPLEMENTED IT. WE HAVE A PAIN. COPS STUDY THAT WE ARE MAKING SOME OF THOSE CHANGES RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO PAY TO THOSE POSITIONS THAT FELL BELOW THE MARKET. AND THEN WE ASSURED THINK WE REVIEWED AND AFFIRMED THE MARKET COMPETITIVENESS FOR MANY OTHER POSITIONS THAT WERE PAYING THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STILL WITHIN THE MARKET RANGE. WE TALKED ABOUT ER P IMPLEMENTATION THAT WILL BE CONTINUING. WE EXPECT TO GO LIVE IN 2023. IT'S DELAYED AND IT'S A TIGHTLY AWAY OVER TIME. UM WE HAVEN'T WE WILL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO SPEND ON IT. BUT SOME OF THIS IS REALLY ON THE VENDOR, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE VENDOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY LIVE UP TO THEIR OBLIGATIONS. BUT WHEN? AGAIN OF THE REAL CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE THE SINGLE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR FACING HIS TURNOVER AND STAFF ON THEIR SIDE, PRIMARILY AT THIS POINT. UM WE HAVE AN UPCOMING REVISED WASTE COLLECTION AND RECYCLING STRATEGY COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE PROVIDING POLICY DIRECTION THIS YEAR. UM, WHAT FOR OUR MAIN STREET PROGRAM OR TO INCLUDE OUR MAIN STREET GARBAGE COLLECTION PROGRAM. THAT'S FAIR FOR ALL AND WORKS FOR ALL. UM WE HAVE RFP I BELIEVE HAS WERE RECEIVING RECEIVED THEM. STEVE. THAT'S RIGHT YESTERDAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING THE PROPOSALS. FROM THE RFP THAT WE ISSUED FOR WASTE HAULING. WE'VE GOT SOME TIME, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD COMING MONTHS. BY THE END OF THE YEAR. WE WANT TO HAVE A VENDOR SELECTED ON WASTE HAULING. THAT'S NO SMALL TASK. WE THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE DO SOME THINGS DIFFERENTLY, PARTICULARLY WITH RECYCLING. UM UH, AND WE HOPE THAT SOME OF THE PROPOSALS HAVE

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WE'VE CREATED A POSITION OF PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR, UM GREG CONNOLLY IS GOING TO BE REALLY WORKING ON THREE KEY THINGS. NUMBER ONE IS RESTRUCTURING THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FUNCTION INTO AN INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENT. TO PLACE GREATER EMPHASIS, EMPHASIS ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE AND BETTER COORDINATION OF CITY RESOURCES TO OUR EMERGENCY EVENTS AMONG ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS. WITH THE RETIREMENT OF CHIEF KISSED HER. WE'VE GOT THE CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY OF HIRING A NEW FIRE CHIEF. WE HAVE A RECRUITMENT ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY ABOUT THE POST. WE MET EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH OUR RECRUITER ON THIS. WE'RE VERY THEY'RE VERY GOOD. THEY RECRUITER SPECIALIZES IN PUBLIC SAFETY. THEIR FORMER PUBLIC SAFETY IT RETIRED PUBLIC POLICE CHIEFS. THEMSELVES AND SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC SAFETY ENVIRONMENTS. WE THINK WE GOT THE RIGHT FIRM TO HELP US FIND THE NEXT FIRE CHIEF. IN THE MEANTIME, INTERIM CHIEF PAUL DOW IS DOING A GREAT JOB WHERE HE'S JUST RECENTLY WAS HIRED AS ASSISTANT CHIEF, AND HE'S DOING A VERY NICE JOB. UM PLEASE FIRE AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALSO WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER ON PLANNING AND TRAINING FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, DISASTER RESPONSE AND ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE. SO HE CONTINUED TO MONITOR AND WORK ON REVITALIZATION ON THE EAST SIDE , AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, INCLUDING BRINGING A TOUGH PROJECT TO COMPLETION AND OPENING LATE THIS SPRING, UM THAT IS AGAIN. SO YOU GOT THE CITY HALL ON THE ONE SIDE TUBS ON THE OTHER. AND THEN WE WERE VERY CONFIDENT THAT THOSE TWO PROJECTS COMBINED WILL BE A GREAT CATALYST FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES THAT ARE PRIVATELY HELD. MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS HAS BEEN APPOINTED EMPHASIS THIS PAST YEAR. WE WILL CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO ADD MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL BEING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS. DURING THE UP DURING THE COMING YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS MORE ON MENTAL HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE TO SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO EMPLOYEES THAT AS WE SAY IT'S OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY. WE HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL THAT WE DO HERE PUBLIC CASCADE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE BASICALLY COMMUNICATE INFORMATION TO EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE IN THE ORGANIZATION IS A BIT OF US OF A STAND DOWN THE MILITARY TERM OF YOU. BASICALLY FOLKS WILL STAND DOWN FOR HALF A DAY, AND THEY WILL MEET WITH THEIR IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR, AND THEN IT WILL CASCADE OUT ALL THE WAY TO EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE IN THE ORGANIZATION, AND THEN IT CREATES A FEEDBACK LOOP. TO GET US INFORMATION BACK. UH AND THAT FEEDBACK LOOP BY THE WAY IS FROM THE FOLKS IN THE FIELD. THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT. THEY HAVE TO DO A SURVEY AND SUBMITTED DIRECTLY, SO IT DOESN'T GET FILTERED BY THEIR SUPERVISOR, SO THAT CASCADE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY USEFUL TO US IN COMMUNICATING STRATEGIC INFORMATION. IT'S SOMEWHAT DISRUPTIVE BECAUSE IT'S TIME CONSUMING. BUT FOR MENTAL HEALTH, WE THINK MENTAL HEALTH IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. AND NOT JUST IN OUR ORGANIZATION BUT WRIT LARGE IN THE COMMUNITY. UM AND WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE ELSE, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY CAN MAKE SOME CONTROL OR CONTROL SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUR ORGANIZATION AND HOW WE DEAL WITH IT, AND THAT'S COMMUNICATING WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE AND HOW THEY CAN GET HELP OR THEIR DEPENDENTS. AND THEN, UM WE ALSO HAD OUR LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, WHICH IS AN EMPLOYEE GROUP THAT THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THEIR CAPSTONE PROJECTS, AND THEY MADE A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO US ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH MENTAL HEALTH, SO IT'S NOT AS IF PAUL GRAHAM AND JOE MAZZOLA ARE COMING UP WITH OUR MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.

UM IT DOESN'T WORK FOR HR. FOR THAT MATTER. IT'S OUR EMPLOYEES WHO GIVE US THE SUGGESTIONS, AND THEN WE TRY TO STRUCTURE IT AROUND THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR EMPLOYEES. FOR GENERAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. AS YOU KNOW, THIS COMMUNITY GROWTH HERE CONTINUES APACE. WE HAVE RECORD BREAKING LIBRARY USAGE THIS PAST YEAR. THIRD LIBRARY. WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO CONSIDER A THIRD LIBRARY, THE NORTHERN GROWTH AREAS IN THE NEAR FUTURE, ALONG WITH SOME RENOVATIONS TO THE WHOLE LIBRARY, THE WHOLE LIBRARIES GETTING OLDER, IT'S GOING TO COST RESOURCES TO BRING IT UP TO UP TO A SNUFF, SO TO SPEAK. UM WE'VE GOT THE PARKLAND USED FOR BRINKMAN RANCH FOREMAN BRINKMAN RANCH. THE 300 ACRES THAT WE ACQUIRED. WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WANT TO MOVE

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UM GETTING EITHER PUSHED OUT OF THEIR CURRENT HOMES BY RISING RENTS ARE CERTAINLY FACING SOME PRESSURE IN THAT REGARD. WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITY TO TACKLE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING PRODUCTS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS LIKE UPCOMING ONES LIKE HONEY CREEK AND OTHERS. AND THEN THE CITY CONTINUES TO PARTNER WITH SERVICE AGENCIES THAT SUPPORT HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, BUT WITHOUT ADDITIONAL, WITHOUT ADDITIONAL EFFORT, THE NUMBERS ARE UNLIKELY TO DECREASE. SO HOUSING IS HOT FRONT AND CENTER ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. TEXAS IT'S WHITE HOT HERE BECAUSE THE DEMAND IS SO HIGH. BUILDING HOMES, EVEN THOUGH WE SEE SO MANY BUILDING PERMITS, IT SLOWED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST RATES AND SOME OTHER THINGS. BUT IN SPITE OF THE HEAVY BUILDING OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES WERE STILL NOT KEEPING UP WITH THE DEMAND FOR HOUSING. AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT. YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY WITH THE NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION. THEY HAD AN ECONOMIST FROM SM YOU PRESENTED AND HE SAID, LISTEN, THE GOOD NEWS IS THE ECONOMY ARE WE'RE VERY BULLISH FOR TEXAS IN THE COMING YEARS. IT'S NOT GOING TO ABATE. TEXAS IS A VERY, VERY STRONG POSITION ECONOMICALLY IN TERMS OF GROWTH, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. THE DOWNSIDE IS, HE LISTED SIX THINGS THAT CAN GET IT AWAY AND HOUSINGS ONE OF THOSE THE ABILITY TO KEEP UP WITH HOUSING. IS 11 OF THE KEY AREAS THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A HEADWIND IN OUR ABILITY TO SUSTAIN THE GROWTH AND THE FUTURE HERE IN TEXAS, SO WITH THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR BEARING WITH ME. I DID, I SUMMARIZED. HOPEFULLY THE INPUT FROM ALL REGIMES, BUT THEY ARE HERE TO ANSWER THAT THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, THEY CAN ANSWER ANY

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UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS. REMEMBER LAST YEAR WHEN I CAME IN, I THINK I STAYED A TOTAL ABOUT TWO HOURS IN A HOTEL BECAUSE OF PLAIN DEPARTURES AND PLANE DELAYS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE YOUR STAFF KNOWS. BUT YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHEN, UM, ALTHOUGH THE EVENT REALLY WENT WELL HERE. UM TRAVEL LOGISTICS WERE PAYING BECAUSE WHEN I THEN AFTER I LEFT HERE, HAD LUNCH WITH YOUR STAFF WENT BACK TO THE AIRPORT IN 10 MINUTES OUT FROM LOVE FIELD, AND I FOUND OUT THAT THAT SOUTHWEST WAS GOING TO CANCEL MY FLIGHT. AND I WAS NOT GOING TO GET HOME THAT NIGHT AND GOT ONE MORE SO I WAS FINALLY GLAD TO GET HOME. I'LL BE AT A DAY AFTER WE HAD THOUGHT THAT WAS THE CASE, SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT YESTERDAY EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY AND AS FAR AS THIS MORNING, I THINK MY DEPARTURE FLIGHT IS STILL ON TRACK AS WELL. SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT EASIER. IT STRUCK ME THAT AS I WAS LISTENING TO THE NEWS THIS MORNING THAT TODAY IS RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS DAY, SO AS YOU'RE ENGAGING WITH STAFF AND PLANNING FOR YOUR FUTURE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST KIND OF KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND IN TERMS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT YOU DO HERE AND THEN IT'S REALLY AN ENJOYABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO BE INVOLVED WITH CITIES ON A MULTIPLE YEAR BASIS, BECAUSE I CAN FOLLOW YOUR PROGRESS AND SUCCESS. AND I WILL TELL YOU I SPEAK IN A LOT OF STATE NATIONAL CONFERENCES, AND TYPICALLY, I'M

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BUT MOST PEOPLE MISS THE FACT THAT THERE IS A CAPITAL LOGO DIRECTLY IN THERE AS WELL. UM WE JUST FINISHED SUPER BOWL WEEKEND AND SO EVERYBODY HAD THEIR PARTIES AND THEIR ACTIVITIES.

MANY PEOPLE HAVE MISSED THE FACT THEY WERE THEN TOSTITOS. THERE'S A WHOLE LITTLE PARTY GOING ON WITH PUS, SALSA AND CHIPS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THERE. AND THEN MY FAVORITE. MY WIFE HAS GOT ME INTO BECOMING A CHOCOHOLIC, AND SHE DOES A LOT OF BAKING WITH HERSHEY KISSES.

BUT WHEN YOU GET THE BAG OF KISSES, YOU GET SO MANY SO MANY KISSES WITHIN THAT, BUT THERE'S ALSO A BONUS. HERSHEY KISS. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY SEEING THIS I SEE THE DOCTOR RAISING THIS AS WELL, BUT WITHIN THAT AREA, THERE'S AN EXTRA KISS RIGHT THERE IN THE LOGO AS WELL.

SO I JUST RAISED THIS IN A FUN WAY TO SAY WE SEE THESE THINGS ALL AROUND US, BUT WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE THESE THINGS AND RECOGNIZE THERE'S THINGS BEYOND WHAT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR NOSES IN THE THAT THAT WE HAVE TO REACT TO, AND IN A SIMILAR VEIN, THE WORK THAT YOU DO AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS IS YOU HAVE TO NAVIGATE THIS STUFF, AND WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN PERCEPTIONS. AND SOME PEOPLE SEE THINGS AND OTHER PEOPLE DON'T SEE THINGS. AND COLLECTIVELY, THAT'S WHAT THIS DISCUSSION TODAY IS ALL ABOUT TO HELP YOU KIND OF SEE THINGS BEYOND WHAT IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL. SO I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE LIVE IN A VERY UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE AND LANDSCAPE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO NAVIGATE. AND I CAN SAY THIS FROM BEING NOW IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR WELL OVER 35 YEARS AS AN ACTIVE MANAGER AND 7.5 YEARS NOW AS A CONSULTANT WORKING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, IS THAT EVERYONE SEES THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. SO FOR EXAMPLE, DEPENDING ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE, YOU CAN SEE A SQUARE. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM ONE ANGLE, OR YOU CAN SEE A CIRCLE. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT

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WITH ME.

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UM ALL RIGHT NOW WE GO BACK TO. SO I'M CERTAINLY NOT IMPLYING THAT YOUR ROLES OR RESPONSIBILITIES TO CITY COUNCIL OR AS DEVASTATING IS TRYING TO BE TOM HANKS YOUNGER TOM HANKS AT THAT POINT ON D DAY INVASION , ENORMITY, UM, BUT I THINK YOU CAN GATHER THE FACT THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH PLANNING AND ACTIVITY YOU TAKE AND MAKE TO ADDRESS THE FUTURE OF YOUR COMMUNITY OF YOUR ORGANIZATION STUFF IS GOING TO HAPPEN THAT YOU DIDN'T THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, AND IT'S ALWAYS CRITICAL. NOT THAT IT DOES OCCUR. IT'S HOW YOU RESPOND TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS THOSE THINGS THAT YOU CANNOT PLAN FOR THE CONTINGENCIES, THE ISSUES, THE UNCERTAINTIES THAT ARE IN PLAY THERE AND SO RECOGNIZING THAT THAT BEING THE CASE AND ALWAYS ASKED TO SAY EVERYBODY HAS TO GIVE EVERYBODY SOME GRACE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO GET EVERYTHING THAT DESPITE YOUR BEST PLANS, AND EFFORTS ARE GOING TO WORK OUT EXACTLY THE WAY YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU STILL DON'T PROCEED. OTHERWISE YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE FEET STUCK IN THE MUD IN THE PROCESS. YOU'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO UNDERSTAND AND MAKE YOUR DECISIONS AND THE BEST INFORMATION YOU'VE GOT, BUT BE FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTABLE AS YOU DEAL WITH THINGS THAT ARE UNCERTAIN FROM THERE. SO AS PART OF THIS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT GOING FORWARD ON HOW YOU'RE GOING TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.

PART OF THIS IS A STRATEGIC FORESIGHT CONCEPT, AND I THINK THE CITY AND YOU KNOW PAUL AND TREVOR WERE AND ARE. THE SGR NOW MANAGES. UM THE T L G. UH THEY JUST IT'S A STRATEGIC LEARNING PROCESS WORK. WE INVOLVE FUTURIST AND WE INVOLVED A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES, LEADING COMMUNITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN VERY CUTTING EDGE PROCESSES TO LEARN BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.

AND AS PART OF THAT WE HAVE A SERIES OF FOLKS THAT DO STRATEGIC FORESIGHT TO LOOK AT TRENDS AND ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING AND THEN A VARIETY OF PAST THAT MIGHT BE OUTCOMES. AND THEN EACH COMMUNITY FIGURES OUT KIND OF WHERE THEY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO FIT INTO THAT EQUATION.

THE BEST PREPARE FOR THAT. AND SO IS YOUR THINKING TODAY AS YOU'RE THINKING LONG TERM A LITTLE. THIS IS STRATEGIC FORESIGHT. WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS? WHAT'S YOUR OPINIONS? WHERE DO YOU THINK THINGS ARE GOING TO LAND AND YOU'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS IN THAT OPINION AS WELL? AND JUST RECOGNIZING THAT'S THE PROCESS THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH. BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT. ALL RIGHT? NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PLAN AN EFFORT, I WILL TELL YOU THAT PROBABLY ARE NOT GOING TO BE LIKE THE FREIGHTER THAT JAMMED UP THE SUEZ CANAL SAID. WE'RE YEARS AGO WHERE IF YOU SCREW THINGS UP, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT FROM OUTER SPACE. YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MAKE THOSE SORT OF DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MAYBE IN PROPER THAT MIGHT CREATE SOME PROBLEMS. OR YOU MIGHT END UP BEING INVOLVED LIKE THE MINNESOTA FOLKS WHERE THEY WERE PRYING BUT THEIR MIDFIELD LOGO AND THEY ACTUALLY PUT IT ON THE 45 YARD LINE VERSUS THE 50 YARD LINE. THOSE ARE PRETTY BIG THINGS THAT PEOPLE NOTICE. AND NOT THAT ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO ARE GOING TO BE EXACTLY RIGHT. HOPEFULLY YOU'RE NOT INTO A SITUATION WHERE SOMEBODY LIKE ME IS PUTTING YOUR SLIDE OR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN MCKINNEY THAT YOU DIDN'T GET RIGHT ALONG THE LINE, SO JUST HAVE SOME HAVE SOME FUN WITH THAT AS WELL. SO AS WE'VE FOCUSED ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY, YOU HAVE AN OUTSTANDING STAFF THAT IS DOING THE BEST AND COMMITTED 110% IN THE WORK THAT THEY'VE GOT. AND THAT'S THEIR ROLE. AND YOUR ROLE AS THE POLICYMAKERS. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS TO REALLY KIND OF SET THAT HIGHER TONE, AND SO IF THEY'RE INVOLVED IN YOUR ROLE , THEY'RE NOT DOING THEIR STUFF . AND IF YOU'RE INVOLVED IN THEIR ROLE, YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR FOCUS OF ATTENTION AS WELL . SO EVERYTHING WE'VE TRIED TO DO THROUGH THESE DISCUSSIONS, NOT ONLY WITH YOU AN ADVANCED LEVEL, BUT ALSO GOING FORWARD. IS TO TRY TO KEEP YOU AT THAT HIGH LEVEL. WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU THINK? WANT TO GET DONE THAT YOU BELIEVE ARE THE TRENDS AND ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE TO REACT TO MOVE MCKINNEY FORWARD IN A DIRECTION THAT ALSO PUTS YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO BE STAFFS, DETAIL IS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT WORK AND THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THEIR BEST INSIGHTS AND THOUGHTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION.

BUT THE ROLE IS EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THERE'S THIS DIVIDE HERE BETWEEN THE TWO. IT'S A PARTNERSHIP. BUT YOU HAVE A CERTAIN ROLE RESPONSIBILITY AT THAT HIGH VISION LEVEL. THEY HAVE A TACTICAL OPERATIONAL LEVEL TO HELP YOU ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS. SO IF WE DO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, AND WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK HAPPENS SYMBIOTICALLY AS WELL. SO UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE AS WELL AND YOU GUYS DO A

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THAT WILL HELP YOU ARTICULATE AND REFINE AND REVISE AND MAKE WHATEVER ADJUSTMENTS YOU HAVE IN YOUR OVERALL PLAN. SO WHAT I'VE SAID IS I DON'T I'M GONNA PUT COMMENTS UP HERE THAT I'VE HEARD AND I TRIED TO CHARACTERIZE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY SUCH AND SUCH A PERSON SAID THIS. IF YOU WANT TO ELABORATE ON THAT, OR REACT TO IT, I THINK YOU'LL NOTICE THE COMMENTS AS THEY COME FORWARD, BUT THIS IS REALLY A CHANCE FOR YOU AS POLICYMAKERS TO KIND OF HEAR WHERE YOU'RE ALL COMING FROM INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS TODAY AS WELL. SO WITH THAT, UM , SINCE I'VE DONE THIS NOW, THREE YEARS WHEN I COME INTO AN ORGANIZATION FOR THE FIRST YEAR, TYPICALLY DO A SWAT ASSESSMENT AND I ASK YOU FROM THE GROUND UP. YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES OPPORTUNITIES. BUT SINCE WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A FEW YEARS TOGETHER NOW WHAT I WANTED TO GET FROM YOU IS RECOGNIZING IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS HAS ANYTHING FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED. THAT MIGHT IMPACT YOUR PERCEPTIONS OF STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS. SO THESE ARE NOT ALL INCLUSIVE. THESE ARE REALLY YOUR REACTIONS AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO THINGS THAT LOOK DIFFERENT THIS YEAR THAN MAYBE THEY DID A YEAR AGO. AND FOR AN EXAMPLE AND ACCEPTABLE YOU RAISED THIS AS WELL. A YEAR AGO. WE WERE NOT TALKING ABOUT INFLATION, AND WE WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT THE COST OF CAPITAL THE WAY WE ARE TODAY. INTEREST RATES ARE FAIRLY LOW.

INFLATION WAS ALMOST NON EXISTENT TO SPEAK UP. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT GAME CHANGER. SO THAT'S THE TYPE OF THING I WAS TRYING TO GET A CAPTURE FROM AS FAR AS WHAT LOOKED DIFFERENTLY GOING FORWARD IN THE AREAS OF STRENGTH ONCE AGAIN. UM THE PERCEPTIONS NIMBLE, REEVALUATING THE YOUR OPERATIONS AND LIGHTED INTEREST RATES AND SUPPLY SHORTAGES. UM, YOUR PERCEPTION OF VERY GOOD CITY COUNCIL RELATIONSHIPS AND DELIBERATIONS. ANYTIME YOU SEE THE AX. THAT'S JUST THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE GENERALLY WHO COMMENTED ON THAT AS WELL. UM THAT YOU ARE DIFFERENT. UM BUT YOU'RE NOT JUST LIKE FRISCO AND ALLEN AND SOMETIMES THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, ALTHOUGH THERE'S SOME OF YOU THAT WANT TO SEE SOME OF THAT DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL THAT ALSO BRINGS POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE RAMIFICATIONS. AND SO THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT YOU WANT TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN SOME OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, GENERATING INCREASED SALES TAX, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF COVID GET INFLATION ALL THAT WE STILL SEEM TO BE. I JUST SAW THE NUMBERS YESTERDAY. IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE STILL DESPITE THE FACT WE'RE GETTING, UM SLOWER INFLATIONARY RATES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST WERE ALSO SAYING INCREASED COST OF CAPITAL IN A PRETTY WEEKS CHRISTMAS SEASON SHOPPING SEASON. WE'RE SEEING INCREASED SPENDING. SO WITH THAT COMES SALES TAX.

THAT'S A BIG ELEMENT HERE IN TEXAS IN PARTICULAR. AND RECOGNIZING THE STRENGTH AS PAUL MENTIONED EARLIER, ESPECIALLY WORKING WITH YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES THAT YOU HAVE SOME AS A GROWING CITY. YOU'VE GOT SOME LONG TERM CONCERNS ABOUT CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THAT. AND SO THOSE WERE ALL CONSIDERED PRETTY SIGNIFICANT STRENGTHS IN THE LAST YEAR. SOME OTHER ONES. GREAT CITY MANAGER AND STAFF APPRECIATED THE DEDICATION WORK. SO HATS OFF TO STAFF. YOU GUYS I KNOW YOU DON'T GET A LOT OF BAD NEWS, BUT YOU DO GET SOME NEWS COMING OUT OF THIS PROCESS AS WELL GOING FORWARD. UH AND THAT THE ECONOMY HAS STABILIZED THE HOUSING MARKET. EVEN THOUGH PAUL HAS SAID AND I WILL TELL YOU I WORK ACROSS THE COUNTRY, EVERYBODY STILL DEALING WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EVEN IN THE WORLD THAT WE HAVE NOW WITH HIGHER INTEREST RATES AND AFFORDABILITY QUESTIONS, AND SO IT'S FUN TO SEE KIND OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AS WELL. BUT THE SENSE IS THAT THAT MAY HAVE SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT. AND MAYBE THAT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO PAUSE AND LET SOME OF THAT MIDDLE MARKET AND LOWER MARKET CATCH UP TO YOU AS WELL. UM SO THOSE ARE ALL CONSIDERED STRIKES IN THE AREA OF WEAKNESS IS PAUL MENTIONED AS WELL HIRING SHORTAGES AND LABOR COSTS THAT'S NOT GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON. I CONGRATULATE YOU FROM MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS PAUL MENTIONED ABOUT THE 2% ADJUSTMENTS, PLUS THE CLASS AND COMP STUDY. LAST YEAR, I SPOKE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ABOUT RECRUITMENT, RETENTION STRATEGIES. AND IF YOU THINK THIS IS JUST, YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO GO AWAY IN A COUPLE

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SOME OF THESE ALSO, YOU'LL SEE AS A THREAT. GENTRIFICATION CAN CERTAINLY BE A THREAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EQUATION. AND THEN, UM, YOU'RE STILL IN A POSITION TO GROW. YOU'VE GOT ACREAGE WITHIN YOUR CURRENT BOUNDARIES AS WELL AS YOUR E T. J AND HOW YOU CAN CONTROL WHAT YOUR DESTINY LOOKS LIKE. SO YOU'RE NOT FULLY DEVELOPED, AND NOW YOU'RE IN A REDEVELOPMENT MODE. ALTHOUGH THERE'LL BE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE NEED FOR REDEVELOPMENT, SOME OLDER SECTIONS OF YOUR COMMUNITY. THE BYRON NELSON TOURNAMENT AND THE FUTURE HOTEL DEVELOPMENT IN MCKINNEY. UM I CAN TELL YOU FROM SOMEBODY WHO WATCHED THAT TOURNAMENT I DO ENJOY GOLF. YOU GUYS GOT SOME GREAT NATIONAL ATTENTION ON THAT EFFORT. I KNOW YOU'RE ALL PROUD OF THAT ACTIVITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THAT WILL SPUR AND OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE GOT FIVE MORE.

I THINK FIVE MORE YEARS I'D HEARD THROUGH ONE OR MORE OF YOU TALKING ABOUT MOVING FORWARD ON THAT. HONEY CREEK DEVELOPMENT, I THINK WAS ALSO MENTIONED LAST BIG TRACT OF LAND IN MCKINNEY FOR OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO AS YOU'RE GROWING AND TRYING TO KEEP ALL THE WHEELS ON THE WAGON RECOGNIZING THERE'S A CZAR FOR ARTS AND CULTURE, AND THERE WAS A DESIRE TO SAY, CAN WE MAYBE THINK ABOUT PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO THE CULTURE COMPONENTS AND THE ARTS COMPONENTS SO THAT WE DON'T KIND OF LOSE THAT PART OF THE HERITAGE OF YOUR OF THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE FABRIC OF YOUR COMMUNITY. SO THE BOTTOM LINE MAYBE THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY

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DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION COSTS INCREASED INTEREST RATES SUPPLY CHAIN CHARGES. WE'VE ALL DEALT WITH THAT IN OUR OWN OPERATIONS AS WELL AS THE CITY. UM STATE LEGISLATURE CONTINUED THREATS TO LOCAL CONTROL. I DIDN'T CATCH THE STATE OF THE STATE LAST NIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING CAME OUT. THAT WOULD BE ALARMING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. BUT TYPICALLY I KNOW WE ALWAYS IN FLORIDA. ANYTIME. OUR STATE LEGISLATURES AND SESSION WE'RE ALWAYS AT RISK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS BATTLING OVER THERE DOING SOME THINGS TO REVENUES AND IN IN FLORIDA, AND I SUSPECT THAT TEXAS WILL BE VERY SIMILAR. THERE'S ALWAYS SOME DEBATE THERE. YOU GOT A LOCAL ELECTIONS COMING UP? YOU'VE HAD STABILITY IN THIS COUNCIL. YOU'VE HAD SOME TRANSITION AS WELL. BUT HOW DOES THAT POTENTIALLY AS YOU ALL KNOW WHAT ONE NEW PERSON IN THE COUNCIL CHANGES THE DYNAMIC OF THE COUNCIL AND CHANGES PRIORITIES POTENTIALLY GOING FORWARD. TALK ABOUT INTEREST RATES AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY , SLOWDOWN AND IN TERMS OF HOUSING. MIGHT BE A GOOD THING FOR YOU AS WELL. UM, GROWTH AND PROPERTY TAXES ARE GOOD. WE TALKED ABOUT GENTRIFICATION.

PAUL MENTIONED ABOUT INFLATION WAGE IN THE BUDGET IMPACTS, ESPECIALLY IN YOUR CAPITAL PROJECTS. I KNOW YOU'VE HAD SOME PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ISSUES HERE, AND SOME OF THOSE COSTS HAVE GONE UP AND YOU'VE HAD TO SHARE IN THAT, AND EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES THAT THAT HAS IMPLICATIONS IN YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT'S GOING TO HAVE TO CERTAINLY BE FLEXIBLE IN TERMS OF HOW THEY FINANCE AND TIME THESE PROJECTS. UM AND THAT'S CERTAINLY WE TALK ABOUT THE TALKS TOPS THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND THE COST OF IT IMPACTED ON YOU AS WELL. OTHER THREATS. UM, RELATION COST OF CAPITAL. NEW HOUSING, ESPECIALLY HIGH END HOUSING IS STARTING TO TEMPER A LITTLE BIT IN THE PROCESS. GENTRIFICATION COSTS, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE EAST SIDE OF YOUR DOWNTOWN AREA. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND ONE ASPECT? YOU'RE ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT. BUT ARE YOU POTENTIALLY HAVING HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THE FOLKS THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD HOUSING AND THEIR OPERATIONS GOING FORWARD. AND THEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION. I KNOW IT'S FAIRLY RECENT, BUT ON YOUR TEXT 0.3 80 BYPASS ALIGNMENT. ALL OF YOU SPOKE TO SOME EXTENT ABOUT THAT. I KNOW THAT'S WHEN SOMETHING THAT PAUL AND THE TEAM SPOKE TO ME ABOUT AS WELL. I KNOW THAT'S A LONGER TERM ISSUE, BUT THE QUESTION BECOMES, AS ANYTIME YOU TALK ABOUT ALIGNMENTS AND PROCESSES WHAT HAPPENS TO DEVELOPMENT? WHAT ARE THE POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES OF ALL THOSE ISSUES AS WELL? SO UM, I'LL STOP THERE FOR A SECOND ANYTHING. ANYBODY WANTED TO COMMENT ABOUT ANY OF THAT THAT MAYBE I MISSED OR DIDN'T CHARACTERIZED PROPERLY THAT ANY OF YOU HAD RAISED TERMS OF SWAT. GOOD TO GO. OKAY WE MISS ANYTHING ANYTHING THAT WE DIDN'T CATCH UP OR FROM STAFF PERSPECTIVE THAT MAYBE LOOKS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT THAT WE HAD NECESSARILY TOUCHED ON.

WE'RE GOOD, OKAY? ALL RIGHT. SO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE DISCUSSED WITH YOU, UM WHERE I WANTED TO GET A SENSE AS WE APPROACH THIS SESSION. WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT MAYBE YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU TEE UP FOR CONVERSATIONS, SO WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THESE AS WELL, BUT I WANT TO PUT IT THE FRONT END. SO AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOALS AND STRATEGIES, YOU THINK THROUGH IT, THERE'S A RECOGNITION OF THE FACT THAT MAYBE YOU CAN DO MORE IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING YOUR HERITAGE OF THIS COMMUNITY ARE VERY HISTORIC COMMUNITY. YOU'VE GOT A VARIETY OF DEMOGRAPHICS REFLECTED IN THAT AREA MADE SOME INROADS, AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT. THE QUESTION IS DO ARE YOU DOING ENOUGH? IS THERE MORE THAT CAN BE DONE? AND SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO KIND OF KEEP THAT IN YOUR THOUGHTS AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR DISCUSSIONS TODAY, AND IN SPECIFICALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS RAISED ABOUT ARE YOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS REFLECTIVE OF YOUR COMMUNITY. ARE THEY REFLECTIVE GEOGRAPHICALLY BUT ALSO CULTURALLY AND DIVERSITY STANDPOINT AS WELL. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY, BUT JUST KIND OF KEEP THAT PROCESS IN YOUR MIND. UM NOT SURPRISINGLY, AS WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS HERE IS ANOTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE WHOLE QUESTION ABOUT, UM AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT MULTI FAMILY HOUSING. AND HOW DOES THAT ALL KIND OF COME TOGETHER AND EVERY CITY WE DEAL WITH THIS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY THERE'S A RECOGNITION.

YOU MADE SOME MOVEMENT IN THAT DIRECTION. UM BUT YOU STILL NEED YOUR JUST THERE IS A CONCERN. I GET A SENSE OF A PUSH PULL TENSION ABOUT. IT'S NOT JUST MULTI FAMILY HOUSING. HOW DO WE MAKE IT WHERE PEOPLE BECOME INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY'RE NOT JUST A RENTER. AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE, BUT I GOT TO SENSE THE NUMBER OF YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT OVER THE TIME AND AS YOU TALK THROUGH YOUR HOUSING STRATEGY THAT'S GOING TO BE A DIALOGUE. THAT PUSH POOL HAS TO KIND OF COME TO SOME RESOLUTION IN ORDER TO PROVIDE STAFF. DIRECTION AND HOW YOU GO FORWARD TO DEAL WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUES HERE AS WELL. UM . DIGGING A LITTLE DEEPER SPECIFICALLY INTO YOUR HOUSING MARKET THERE SO SENSE THAT ALTHOUGH YOU'RE MAKING SOME INROADS OF DIVERSITY IN THE HOUSING MARKET IN THAT KIND OF MIDDLE MARKET IS MISSING IN IN MCKINNEY AND THAT YOU'RE STILL TRYING TO KIND OF FIGURE THAT SOLUTION OUT. UH AND HOW DO YOU FINANCE THAT? TYPICALLY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO

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SOMEBODY PICKS UP THAT GAP. AND HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT? BUT THERE WAS A SENSE THAT THAT MIDDLE MARKET IS SOMETHING YOU'RE STILL GRAPPLING WITH HERE AND HAVE NOT QUITE COME TO A SOLUTION YET. UM AND THEN WE ALSO TALKED TO PAUL MENTIONED TODAY, BUT THE TJ ISSUES AS WELL , UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE STATE LAW THAT MAYBE HELP YOU GET THE DESIRED TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE LOOK AND THE FEEL AND THE SCOPE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY NECESSARILY TOTALLY CONTROL THOSE THINGS AS WELL. SO KIND OF KEEP THAT IN MIND THE CONVERSATION AS WELL. AND A NUMBER OF YOU SAID HEY, YOU KNOW WE'RE DOING GREAT. I THINK WE GOT A LOT OF THINGS ON THE PLATE. NO I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NEW. WE THINK WE'VE GOT ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH GOING FORWARD, AND THAT'S OKAY AS WELL. SO UM OTHER THINGS THAT I WANTED YOU TO THINK ABOUT IS THAT AT THE END OF THE TIME WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH PUBLIC SERVICE WHENEVER YOU DECIDE THAT'S THE AND YOU'RE GOING TO PASS THE TORCH ON TO WHOEVER IS GOING TO SUCCEED YOU IN YOUR RESPECTIVE OFFICE. I ALWAYS ASK, YOU KNOW WHAT'S THE THING THAT MAKES YOU MOST PROUD, OR YOU WANT TO BE MOST PROUD THAT YOU'VE BEEN AFFILIATED WITH DURING YOUR TIME IN PUBLIC OFFICE, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE LEGACY QUESTION IF YOU WILL, AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO KEEP THOSE FRONT AND CENTER BECAUSE WHAT YOU DO NOW. WILL ULTIMATELY BECOME PART OF YOUR LEGACY. AND SO YOU ALL KNOW YOU'RE TYPICALLY I THINK EVERYBODY'S ELECTED IN FOUR YEAR TERMS HERE, CORRECT.

IT'S A FOUR YEAR STAGGERED TERM PROCESS. THOSE YEARS GO BY PRETTY QUICKLY, REGARDLESS AND AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE SOME TERM LIMITATIONS THAT AFFECT YOU. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DURING YOUR TIME, HOWEVER LONG OR BRIEF, IT MAY BE THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP ACCOMPLISH THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE MOST PROUD ABOUT. SO I'D LIKE TO BRING THIS QUESTION INTO THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE WHAT YOU DO TODAY, TOMORROW AND NEXT YEAR , WE'LL HAVE A BEARING ON YOUR LEGACY WHILE YOU WERE IN PUBLIC OFFICE AS WELL. SO UM, CONSTANT DISCUSSIONS OF THE DECK AND CLOUD PARK OVER HIGHWAY FIVE. I KNOW THIS ONE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT AND SOME OPTIONS. UH APEX CENTER AND THE PSA YOUTH SPORTS CENTER. UH MORE OF AN INITIATIVE, THE IMPROVED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND PROCEDURE IN THE CULTURE. A COUPLE OF YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU MADE CHANGES IN THAT ARENA. ARTS AND CULTURE DEVELOPMENT, MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT FINANCING OF SOME OF THAT THE REGENERATION OF THE EAST SIDE WITH CITY HALL AND TOUGH SO YOU BELIEVE THAT TO BE TRANSFORMATIVE TO THAT, THAT PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY? CERTAINLY HAD CONVERSATION TODAY ABOUT THE MCKINNEY AIRPORT PASSENGER COMMERCIAL SERVICE IN A RELATED DEVELOPMENT INCREASED TAX BASE CLOSE TO 100 20% YOU CABIN AND CONTINUOUS FROM FUN TO WHAT'S YOUR GROWTH AND SUCCESS HERE AS WELL. BUT AT SOME POINT, YOU WILL BECOME THAT REDEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WHERE YOU CAN'T LIVE ON GROWTH ALONE. AND SO IT'S FUN. I WOULD SAY IT'S KIND OF LIKE CRACK COCAINE. I'M NOT A DRUG USER, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS YOU CAN LIVE OFF THAT THAT GROWTH AND THAT NEW REVENUE BUT AT SOME POINT THAT STARTS TO BE WINNOWING OFF. AND ARE YOU PLANNING FOR THAT LONG TERM? UM AND THE NAVIGATION OF SOCIAL UNREST AND ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS. YOU MANY OF YOU SPOKE TO ME, UNLIKE MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WE WORK WITH WHEN YOU WENT THROUGH THE TRAVESTY OF COVID AND THE IMPACTS THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS ON YOUR SMALLER BUSINESSES. YOU'RE DOWNTOWN SHOPS DROVE AROUND LAST NIGHT TO WALK AROUND AND GET A FEEL FOR THAT AS WELL. I MEAN, ALL OF YOU SAID THINGS REALLY KIND OF WENT PRETTY WELL HERE.

SO UM, DURING A PERIOD OF THAT WHOLE 2.5 3 YEARS AND THE GEORGE FLOYD UNREST AND ALL THAT CAME THROUGH THAT PRETTY WELL AND YOUR BUSINESSES AND YOUR COMMUNITY CAME THROUGH THAT PRETTY WELL AS WELL. SO YOU'RE PROUD OF THAT, AND RIGHTFULLY SO. UM STILL OTHER OTHER GOALS THAT YOU WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE HOUSING OPTIONS IN CONVERSATION THERE.

UM, AND THAT YOU'RE SETTING SIX MCKINNEY UP FOR FUTURE SUCCESS IN A SUSTAINABLE MANNER. BECAUSE AT SOME POINT AS I MENTIONED, GROWTH WILL SLOW DOWN. AND ARE YOU DOING SMART GROWTH THAT WILL SUSTAIN ITSELF OVER TIME, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING. UM IT'S INTERESTING TO WATCH. I'VE GOT TO MILLENNIAL KIDS. ONE OF THEM NOW IS ABOUT TO BUY HIS SECOND HOUSE, A BIGGER HOUSES THEIR FAMILY HAS GROWN. THE OTHER IS GOT A LOT OF STUDENT DEBT, AND HE'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE BUYING A HOUSE FOR A LONG TERM, AND THE QUESTION BECOMES NOW THAT HE'S NO LONGER LIVING WITH MOM AND DAD. WHAT'S HIS HOUSING OPTIONS LOOK LIKE? AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT'S SAYING HOUSING TO US, AND OUR GENERATION LOOKS AND FEELS DIFFERENTLY TO HOUSING FOR SOME OF OUR KIDS AND THEIR KIDS, AND ARE WE PROVIDING THOSE TYPES OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR THEM AS WELL? UM TALKED ABOUT ADDRESSING ROAD AND HIGHWAY EXPANSIONS AND YOUR MAINTENANCE CONCERNS THAT YOU'RE VERY WELL RUN CITY AND PROVIDES VALUE TO THE TAXPAYERS AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW WHAT DO WE PAY FOR MY TAXES IN YOUR COMMUNITY? WE OFTEN USE COMPARISONS TO CABLE BILLS AND STREAMING SERVICES. YOU CAN'T JUST SAY CABLE. NOW YOU GOT TO ADD ALL THOSE STREAMING SERVICES, AND MANY PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THEY PAY MORE FOR THEIR CABLE BILL, THE INTERNET SERVICE AND THEIR VARIOUS STREAMING SERVICES AND PAY THE TAXES TO THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THEY GET LOST IN THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE SCHOOL

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[Discuss Strategies for Maximizing Council Effectiveness]

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I KNOW THAT SOME. THAT'S A MULTI YEAR PROCESS. SO FIVE YEARS NOW, OKAY. I KNEW FOR THE LAST THREE.

IT'S ADOPTED. IT'S NOW IN PLACE. AND I THINK AS I UNDERSTOOD SOMEWHERE I HEARD YOU GOT, LIKE, SIX MONTHS BEFORE IT FULLY COMES INTO PLAY OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT WAS IN IN PROCESS, THEY CAN FOLLOW THE OLD CODE. HMM. TIME. TO GOTCHA. OKAY. SIX MONTHS FROM THE ADOPTION OF. COMING UP THIS SUMMER. THAT YOU KNOW, THAT'S A HIGH FIVE. I'M TELLING YOU, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COMMUNITIES WILL WORK WITH THAT ARE IN THAT PROCESS, AND I WILL TELL YOUR STAFF AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS IN TWO YEARS.

WELL COMES THREE YEARS COMES TO FIVE OR SEVEN OR WHATEVER THE CASE WITH THE AND ON THE COUNCIL STYLES LIKE, CAN'T WE JUST GET THIS DONE? IT IS A THERE'S SO MUCH ENTANGLEMENT THERE SO HIGH FIVE TO STAFF AND YOUR ORGANIZATION FROM PULLING THAT TOGETHER AS WELL. UM ALSO DISCUSSION ABOUT YOU'VE GOT SOMEONE HIGHWAY FIVE WITH NOISE AND DEVELOPMENT RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITIONS. YOU'VE GOT SOME READY MIXED LAWSUITS THAT ARE NOW GETTING CLOSE TO BEING RESOLVED WITH ONE MORE OF THOSE TO BE COMPLETED. UH UM, A DIRECTION THAT YOU'VE BEEN MOVING FORWARD ON WORKFORCE HOUSING. UM THE QUESTION BECOMES IS, YOU KNOW WHAT CAN WE DO MORE TO START ON THAT FRONT? I DON'T KNOW. IT'S BEEN FULLY RESOLVED BASED ON MY CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF YET, BUT YOU KNOW, RECOGNITION THAT YOU'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I THINK. THREE YEARS AGO YOU STARTED WITH A STUDY. I THINK THERE WAS A GLOBAL STUDY OR HOUSING STUDY. YOU DID. AND THEN YOU STARTED ACTUALLY DOING SOME IMPLEMENTATION STUDIES LARGE AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES LAST YEAR. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RE USE OF YOUR DOWNTOWN YOUR FACILITIES HERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT REPRESENTS, BUT YOU

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AND THEY ACTUALLY RELOCATED THE WILLISTON AIRPORT FROM LITERALLY IN THE KIND OF THE CENTER OF THE DOWNTOWN, THE CENTER OF THE TOWN, NOT NECESSARILY DOWNTOWN, AND THEY'VE LOCATED OUTSIDE AND THEY WANT WHERE THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE AN AIRPORT AND BASICALLY CREATE A WHOLE NEW TOWN CENTER AND TALK ABOUT THOSE ARE THOSE ARE HUGE PROJECTS AND YOU'VE GOT A KIND OF THAT TYPE OF FEELING HERE. BY THE TIME YOU TAKE ALL YOUR SQUARE FOOTAGE AND ALL YOUR PARKING LOT. ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE GEM THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HISTORIC SQUARE. WHAT CAN THAT LOOK LIKE? AND SO THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BE A LEGACY DECISION THAT YOU'LL BE INVOLVED WITH AND THAT'LL BE A FUN WHEN IT KIND OF FOLLOW GOING FORWARD AS WELL. UM SO RECOGNIZING THAT THAT'S THAT'S IN PLAY. UM I WILL TELL YOU AND THIS SHOULD NOT BE A SHOCK TO ANY OF YOU AS WELL. THIS COUNCIL, PROBABLY MORE THAN SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITY THAT WORK WITH IS VERY FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND SO MOST OF YOUR GOALS MOST OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS MOST YOUR ACTIVITIES DO THAT. NOW THAT OFF FEEDS INTO EVERYTHING ELSE SHOULD DO SO. I DON'T WANT TO OVERPLAY THAT. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GOING ON HERE. THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE THE FOOTPRINTS THAT YOU'RE LEAVING IN THE SAND.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LONG TERM IMPLICATIONS THROUGH COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO I'M REALLY PROUD TO SEE SOME OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING THERE. UM SO CLEARLY YOU'RE BYRON NELSON STRAP OR THAT THAT EFFORT YOU GOT GREAT. I MENTIONED EVEN IN FLORIDA WATCHING THAT, BUT ALSO THE NATIONAL ATTENTION YOU'RE GETTING THERE. UM TRANSPORTATION HAS HE CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY TEXTILE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE EXTENSIONS ON 75 1 21. UH 3 80 BYPASS TAKING PLACE. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ALIGNMENT AND WHETHER THAT'S ALL GOOD OR NOT. THERE'S SOME DEBATES ON THAT POINT, BUT YOU CERTAINLY HAVE SOME BENEFITS WITH IT. AND THEN ALSO ON THE TECH SIDE COMPONENTS. UM THE EXTENSION IMPROVEMENTS EAST OF PRINCETON AND FARMVILLE, UM LONGER TERM COMPONENTS, BUT BASICALLY A SENSE THAT OVERALL THINGS WENT REALLY WELL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WISE AND DESPITE BEING A CHALLENGING ECONOMY IN THE MIDST OF ALL THAT, AND WHEN I DROVE AROUND LAST NIGHT, I COULDN'T BELIEVE THE NUMBER OF, UM SITES THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE UTILITIES GOING ON YOU. YOU'VE GOT A LOT TO BE PROUD OF HERE IN THIS OBVIOUSLY A QUALITY PRODUCT THAT DEVELOPERS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO COME TO YOUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO AN OPERATION EXCELLENCE A SENSE, AND LAST YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT REDISTRICTING PROBABLY KIND OF FOLLOWED YOUR THE CENSUS RESULTS AND SO YOU GOT THROUGH THAT EFFORT AS WELL. BUT OVERALL , THE CITY FACILITIES LOOK GOOD , AND THAT THAT THE OVERALL THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE ASSETS THAT THE TAXPAYERS HAVE ENTRUSTED TO YOU. A LOT OF CONVERSATION ON MAXIMIZING DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF THE AIRPORT GOT THE OBVIOUSLY THE BOND ISSUE YOU TALKED ABOUT REVISING TODAY AND THE FACT THAT AS PART OF THE TEXT DOT BYPASS PROCESS THAT THAT WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT THE ACCESS TO AND ALL THE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING AROUND THE AIRPORT, SO THERE'S ALWAYS THAT TRADE OFF THERE AS WELL. UM ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE, THE PARK SYSTEM AND THE REHABILITATION WORK. VERY GOOD EFFORTS UNDERWAY THERE. AND THE DECK PARK OVER HIGHWAY FIVE IS STILL IN DISCUSSIONS. BUT I GUESS THERE'S MY STUDY THAT LOOKS AT THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS GOING OVER UNDER AND REMEMBER WHAT THE THIRD OPTION WAS. WHAT WAS THAT? PARDON? THROW OVER UNDER OR THROUGH, OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE . I GUESS THEY'RE SO THAT WAS FIRST COMING IN KIND OF THE IT WAS GERMINATING LAST YEAR DURING THIS DISCUSSION DURING THE RETREAT. UM THIS IS A QUOTE PARKS DEPARTMENTS, KILLING IT INNOVATIVE APPROACHES WITH, LIKE ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ASSEMBLY ADOPTED OUTSIDE THE BOX APPROACH IS SO THERE'S A WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING IN THE PARK, SERENA IN TERMS OF ACQUISITION, DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECTIVITY, IT SEEMS TO BE VERY WELL RECEIVED. UM UNDER FINANCIALLY SOUND GOVERNMENT. TAX RATE DECREASE THIS YEAR, AND ALTHOUGH THIS RECOGNITION THAT THE CITY WAS NOT NECESSARILY THE LEAD ON IT, BUT IT WILL BE THE BENEFICIARY, WORKING IN CONCERT WITH YOUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND SELLING PACKAGE LIQUOR BECAUSE SHE HAD A LEAKAGE TAKING PLACE THERE THAT WAS TAKEN SALES TAX REVENUES OUT OF YOUR COMMUNITY, SO EVERY TIME YOU CAN CAPTURE THOSE INTERNALLY, THAT'S GOOD NEWS AS WELL. PROGRESS AND SET COMMUNITY CHIEF MOVING FROM ONE POSITION TO ANOTHER POSITION. AND WITH YOUR FAR CHIEF RETIRING AND THE OPPORTUNITY YOU'RE GOING THROUGH RECRUITMENT PROCESS THERE AS WELL. UM THESE ARE TOUGH POSITIONS TO GET. I WILL TELL YOU. I'M SURE THE CHIEF WILL TELL YOU IT'S EVERY BIT AS HARD TO HIRE POLICE AND FIRE CHIEFS NOW AS JUST A HIGHER CITY MANAGERS, UM ESPECIALLY ON THE ON THE POLICE SIDE THERE ONE CAMERA AWAY FROM BEING ON CNN THE NEXT DAY OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, SO IT'S AN INTERESTING EFFORT THERE. SO GOOD GOOD ACTIVITY THERE. ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THE COIN. LET ME STOP THERE LIKE CAPTURE. LET ME GO BACK TO THEIR ANYTHING. ANYTHING I DIDN'T RAISE THAT THAT ANY OF YOU TOLD ME ABOUT THAT. I DIDN'T KIND OF MENTIONED IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM IN TERMS OF PROGRESS. OKAY? OKAY? UM LET'S TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT GOT, MAYBE SLOW DOWN,

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TRYING TO HIRE ARTIE DIRECTORS RIGHT NOW IS AN INTERESTING CHALLENGE AS WELL. MANY OF THEM SAY I COULD DO THIS JOB, BUT I ONLY WANT TO BE IN THE OFFICE ONE OR TWO DAYS A WEEK TYPE OF THING, AND THEY WANT TO WORK WHEREVER THEY MAY BE ELSEWHERE, SO THAT'S AFFECTING YOUR YOUR IMPLEMENTATION SOFTWARE COMPANIES AS WELL. UM AND OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE INSTALLED IN THE ENHANCED QUALITY OF LIFE. MCKINNEY THE DECK PARK. I KNOW THERE'S WORK UNDERWAY DESIRE TO CONTINUE THAT PROCESS GOING FORWARD. UM I DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THIS, BUT I GUESS IN DISTRICT THREE, THIS CONCEPT OF THE ICEHOUSE PROJECT WHEN IT WENT THROUGH ANYTIME, SOMETIMES PROJECTS BECOME POINTS OF CONTROVERSY. YOU GOTTA KIND OF WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH THAT I SAW WHEN I PASSED. WHEN I CAME IN YESTERDAY, THERE WAS A DIFFERENT HOUSE THAT LOOKED LIKE A BAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I'M ASSUMING THAT'S NOT THE ICE HOUSE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FROM BEFORE. OKAY BUT THIS CONCEPT OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION HISTORIC COMMISSION BECOMING A CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT THAT WORK IS UNDERWAY. CLEARLY, YOU'VE GOT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HISTORY HERE. AND HOW DO YOU BEST KEEP THOSE THINGS MOVING FORWARD AND KEEPING THAT ALIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY? AND THEN GENTRIFICATION. CONCERNS CONTINUE AS WE MENTIONED ABOUT ELDERLY OWNED PROPERTIES AS WELL. UM SO LET ME STOP THERE ANYTHING I DIDN'T RAISE, STARTING TO FEEL LIKE I GOT THEM ALL CHECKED OFF, BUT I ALWAYS WANT TO ASK TO MAKE SURE IS THERE ANYTHING I DIDN'T CHARACTERIZED APPROPRIATELY OR ANYBODY HAD OWNERSHIP OF THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO ELABORATE ON? DISTRICT ONE, OKAY? I'M SORRY. I CAPTURED THIS WRONG I GOT THE WRONG ONE. ALRIGHT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. AH NOT A PROBLEM, OKAY? ALL RIGHT. SO, UM STAFF HASN'T HEARD THIS, BUT THE WAY I DESCRIBED THIS TO THE TO THE COUNCIL WILL SAY I'M BIGGER GIVING MAGIC WANDS AND I SAID IF I COULD GIVE YOU THE MAGIC WAND OR YOU'RE A KING OR QUEEN FOR THE DAY, AND YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING, AND SOME OF YOU SAID, THERE'S MORE THAN ONE THING YOU WANT TO CHANGE ABOUT WHATEVER YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT MCKINNEY, WHAT WOULD THAT BE, REGARDLESS OF COST POLITICS, GETTING FOUR OR FIVE OTHER PEOPLE ON BOARD WITH YOU ON THE COUNCIL? WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS LOOK LIKE TO YOU THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE BECAUSE THAT ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS THE STUFF YOU'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH. THIS IS GOALS THAT YOU WANT TO DO. IF YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT THEM, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET THERE. SO THE GOAL HERE IS TO USE THESE AS DRIVING POINTS FOR CONVERSATION AS THE DAY GOES FORWARD. UM WHAT DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE ABOUT MCKINNEY? THIS CONCEPT OF THE SALE, THE CITY OWNED DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES. WHAT A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS VENTURE THAT CAN BE FOR YOU AS WELL. UM THIS CONCEPT THAT YOU'RE STILL HEAVILY RELIANT ON AUTOMOBILE. YOU'RE STILL A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF THE DFW AREA. AND SO EVERYBODY HAS TO DRIVE TO GO SOMEWHERE. YOU'RE MAKING SOME INTER MOBILITY, MULTI MODAL APPROACHES AND YOUR PARK SYSTEM IN THAT, BUT ARE YOU REALLY DOING EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT GOING FORWARD THAT WORKS WELL THERE'S A GUY NAMED DAN BURTON USED TO BE WITH A COMMUNITY CALLED WALKABLE COMMUNITIES. UM AND HE INSPIRED ME. I'VE USED THEM IN A COUPLE OF CONSULTING PROJECTS WHEN I WAS SITTING MANAGER AND HE USED TO SAY THAT IF YOU BUILD YOUR SYSTEMS FOR THE YOUNGEST POPULATION, IT WILL WORK FOR EVERYONE. YOU THINK ABOUT MOMS AND YOU KNOW, PUSHING STROLLERS OR TRICYCLES AND BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS AS YOU GET OLDER WHEN YOU'RE NO LONGER DRIVING AS MUCH YOU MAY STILL HAVE THE SAME ACCESS POINTS. SO WHAT WORKS FOR ONE GENERATION REALLY KIND OF SPANS THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THAT. SO UM, THE CONCEPT THERE IS AT SOME POINT WHETHER WE'RE AUTONOMOUS AND DRIVING. I KNOW IT'S A BAD DAY AFTER TESLA'S NEWS YESTERDAY, BUT AT SOME POINT, WE'RE GONNA BECOME MORE AUTONOMOUS AND LESS DEPENDENT ON OUR AUTOS AND OTHER TREE. I THINK TRANSPORTATION MODES, MAKING SURE YOU'RE DEALING WITH THAT AND THINKING ABOUT THAT LONG TERM. UM THIS CONCEPT OF CAR DEALERSHIPS AT SOME POINT, WE WERE JUST TALKING BEFORE. A LOT OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION ISN'T WANTING TO GET DRIVER'S LICENSES. SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AS MANY CAR DEALERSHIPS IN THE FUTURE. HOW DO YOU HANDLE THOSE AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THOSE SITES? UM HOW DO WE IMPROVE THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS AND ATTRACT LARGE PROJECTS, AND HOW DO WE REMAIN COMPETITIVE IN OUR AREA TO ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN MCKINNEY VERSUS MAYBE SOME OF YOUR SURROUNDING AREAS? WHETHER THAT'S YOUR PROCESS YOUR PROCEDURE YOU KNEW LDU DC INCENTIVES? WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE. UH UM. TEXT ROADWAY TRASH PROBLEMS. IT'S BEEN THIS COME UP A COUPLE TIMES NOW THAT THAT AS ALL THIS TRASH OR ALL THIS MOVEMENT IS HAPPENING AROUND YOU , UH AND DID THEY CLEAN UP THEIR PROPERTIES ALONG THEIR RIGHTS OF WAY AS WELL AS YOU WOULD LIKE. AND HOW DO YOU ENCOURAGE THAT TO

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TOTALLY. NOTHING COMES TO MIND. ANOTHER CONCERN ABOUT MULTI FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS LIKE TO STOP THOSE ON THE FLIP SIDE ATTAINABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING OPTIONS, THE POSSIBILITY OR ACTUALLY GETTING AS I UNDERSTAND , AND I DON'T THINK I'VE TALKED TO PAUL THAT YOU ACTUALLY ACQUIRING OR GETTING FORECLOSED PROPERTIES ARE DOING LAND BANKING. THERE WAS A PERCEPTION OF THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK I'VE GOT THAT FULLY UNPACKED. OKAY SORRY. IT'S FUN YOU WANT YOU HAVE KIM GO AHEAD. UM WE IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. SO WE HAVE A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST THAT WE HAVEN'T USED THE FUNDING FOR BUT ARE IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES. BUT WE ALSO HAVE CDBG FUNDING AND WE ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING A LIST OF PROPERTIES IN MCKINNEY THAT WE COULD ACQUIRE, SO IT'S CHALLENGING AND ENVIRONMENT WITH LAND. PRICES ARE HIGH, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND TRYING TO PICK OFF SOME PROPERTIES THAT ARE ARE ACCESSIBLE. EXCELLENT GOOD. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THAT WOULD BE ONE WITH A MAGIC WAND TO ADDRESS I'VE SEEN LUMBER COMMUNITIES GETTING TITLE CHALLENGE PROPERTIES AND REALLY CITIES CAN KIND OF WALK THROUGH THAT BURDEN A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND ACQUIRING MULTIPLE PIECES AND THEN REASSEMBLING PROPERTIES FOR REDEVELOPMENT FOR SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AS WELL. THIS CONCEPT OF HOW DO YOU DEDICATE A PERCENTAGE OF NEW HOUSING TO WORKFORCE HOUSING PROPERTIES? THAT MAYBE SOME TRADE OFFS YOU HAVE WITH YOUR DEVELOPMENT? YOU'RE GOING TO MARKET BASED IF YOU GIVE SOME AS A PIECE OF SOME INCENTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THOSE ARE AVAILABLE FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING AND THIS IMPACT OF TRAFFIC AND COST INCREASES. UM THAT COMES WITH HOUSING AND BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL RECOGNIZING WHERE YOU ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATED, YOU ARE STILL VERY DEPENDENT UPON TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS TO GET TO AND FROM MCKINNEY. UM, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? CAN YOU POTENTIALLY CHANGE THE IMPACT OF THAT? AND OBVIOUSLY PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF TRAFFIC? STADIUM. UM. THIS CONCEPT OF NO MATTER WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR, AND YOU'VE MADE PROGRESS. I'VE HEARD THAT THROUGH YOU AND I'VE HEARD THAT THROUGH STAFF. BUT THIS SENSE THAT THERE'S STILL MORE THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE DONE IN TERMS OF MAKING MCKINNEY ATTRACTIVE FOR INVESTMENTS. AND SO THAT MAGIC WAND WOULD BE WHAT HE MAKES THIS. HOW DO YOU MAKE THIS WORK AND STILL HAVE SOME LEVEL OF STANDARDS AND DESIRED DESIGN STANDARDS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH? FROM THERE. I THINK THAT WAS IT ON THE CHANGES. THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS ASK THE QUESTION BEFORE I TRANSITIONED NEXT ONE. I MISS ANYTHING REFLECT YOUR YOUR THOUGHTS PRETTY ACCURATELY. IT'S A QUIET GROUP TODAY. I'M GETTING CONCERNED HERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY? LET'S TALK ABOUT. ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THE COIN. YOU STILL GOT THE MAGIC WAND IN YOUR HAND IN THE MIDST OF EVERYTHING YOU'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE? SURE YOU DON'T LOSE. WHAT IS IT ABOUT MCKINNEY? YOU WANT TO KEEP THE SAME? NO MATTER WHATEVER ELSE IS HAPPENING AROUND YOU. UM THIS YOUR YOUR JAM OF YOUR STORK SQUARE. HOW DO YOU HELP BUSINESSES GROW AND MAKE THAT WORK? AND MAYBE THAT LOOKS AND FEELS THIS CONCEPT OF THIS IS WHERE THE STUFF KIND OF COMES TOGETHER. UM, THE MULTIMODAL CONCEPT THAT PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THERE ARE OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR THAT, AS YOU'RE CONSIDERING THE SALE OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ONE OR TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM YOUR DOWNTOWN. SOME OF THAT HOUSING AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK AND FEEL LIKE? AND HOW DOES THAT SUPPORT YOUR BUSINESS IS? AS I SAID, THIS LIKE YELLOW, YOU SQUEEZE IT. IT'S GOING TO COME OUT THROUGH DIFFERENT PARTS OF YOUR FINGER IN THE AREA AND COMING TOGETHER. SO RECOGNIZING THAT AS A GEM, AND YOU'RE PROBABLY IN A POSITION TO DO SOME THINGS THAT ARE PRETTY GOOD HERE TO HELP SUPPORT THAT DOWNTOWN. UM BUSINESS FRIENDLY REPUTATION CLEARLY, DESPITE WHATEVER CONCERNS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN RAISED FROM YOU. AS I SAID, I TRAVEL ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. I DON'T SEE THE LEVEL OF ACTIVITY I SAW YESTERDAY IN ALL THE COMMUNITIES, SO SOME COMMUNITIES THAT ARE REALLY DEALING WITH THIS BUSINESS FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIP TO DEVELOPERS MAY NOT WALK THE TALK. I CAN TELL YOU I CAN SEE FROM THE LEVEL OF ACTIVITY YOU GOT WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING. YOU KNOW, THERE MAY ALWAYS BE A DESIRE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT YOU'RE SEEING INVESTMENT TAKING PLACE HERE, AND IF YOU WERE COMMUNITY , IT WAS REALLY HARD TO DO BUSINESS WITH. THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE HAPPENING TO THE DEGREE THAT I AT LEAST I'M SEEING IT OUT THERE. SO I THINK YOU MUST BE DOING SOMETHING GOOD EFFORTS IN THAT IN THAT REGARD. UM THIS PARK SYSTEM I NOTICED THAT AS WELL, BUT HOW DO YOU KEEP THAT? HOW DO YOU YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT A UNIQUE TOPOGRAPHY AT THIS PART OF THE OF THE STATE. YEAH AND, UM, HOW DO YOU ACQUIRE PROPERTY? I KNOW YOU'VE GOT MONEY SET ASIDE FOR ACQUIRING TARGETED AREAS THAT MIGHT NOT BE RIGHT FOR DEVELOPMENT BUT CAN CAN COMPLEMENT DEVELOPMENT AROUND IT AND USE IT FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES. AND THERE'S A GENERAL SENSE THAT PEOPLE ARE PROUD ABOUT BEING A MCKINNEY AND RIGHTFULLY SO. UNDERSTANDING THAT UM, IN THE MIDST OF THIS, AND THIS IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE. I CAN SAY THIS IN A SIMILAR RAIN. WHEN I WAS IN LAKELAND, WE HAD TAMPERED ORLANDO WHERE SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO HUGE 5.5 MILLION PEOPLE RIGHT AROUND OUR AREAS WITHIN 100 MILES, AND THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE CONSTANTLY ENCROACHING ON US. I GET THAT SENSE THAT YOU'VE GOT ALL THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING AROUND

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AND I JUST THREW THIS OUT FOR JUST DISCUSSION PURPOSES BECAUSE I THINK I THINK THE WAY YOU'VE ALL DESCRIBED IT AS THE WAY YOU DO. BUSINESS HERE REALLY REFLECTS THIS. THIS MAY NOT SET THE EXACT TONE, BUT I JUST WANT TO USE THEM AS EXAMPLE, THAT MAYBE WHAT YOU DO PRIOR TO IN YOUR PLAN OF YOUR SIX GOALS, WHETHER THEY'RE ADDING 1/7 GOAL , UM, THAT MAYBE YOU HAD A STATEMENT. SOMEHOW THE KIND OF REFLECTS WHAT YOUR WHAT YOUR HOW THESE GOALS RELATE TO THE WAY IN WHICH YOU DO BUSINESS, SO I JUST SUGGESTED THIS AND I KNEW LAST YEAR THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT UNIQUE BY NATURE, WHETHER THAT WAS GOING TO STAY OR NOT, BUT I USED IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THIS PURPOSES. ST STRIVE TO MAKE MCKINNEY UNIQUE BY NATURE, ENGAGING A RESIDENCE, BUSINESSES, STAKEHOLDERS AND A NEIGHBORLY FASHION AND ALL WE DO SEE THE FAWN GOALS AND STRATEGIES. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT GETS YOU A LITTLE CLOSER, BUT I KNOW SINCE THIS IS A TOPIC, I KNOW THAT THAT ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES HAS RAISED NOW FOR THREE YEARS, I THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE WE CAN MAYBE ADVANCE THAT CONVERSATION. WHETHER IT'S THIS LANGUAGE OR NOT JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT SAID THIS DOES THAT. DOES THAT HELP YOU GET THERE? AND THEY'RE REALLY NOTICED. YEAH. PLANET COMING. SELF. YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING. HE HAS HAD. OKAY? IS THAT MY GOAL IS TO HELP US FACILITATOR. IT'S BEEN AN ISSUE THEY HAVE MADE OF RESOLVE. IF YOU IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE THE WAY IT IS, SO BE IT. I'M NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE. BUT I WAS ONE OF THE LEAST THROW IT UP AS THE THERE BY THE TIME YOU'RE READY TO MAKE THAT, SO I'M GONNA ASK THE BALANCE OF THE YEAR. YOUR COLLEAGUES ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT APPROACH? THE PREAMBLE APPROACH. WE CAN THEN TWEAK THE LANGUAGE RIGHTS A COUPLE OF OPTIONS BUYING A FEW COUNCIL LIKES IT. WE CAN EASILY APPEND THAT TO THE OVERALL MCKINNEY FIRST GOLDEN STRATEGIES. OKAY? HEART LOVE. WALL. LIKE BETTER PAPER. WHILE AND SAY, GO TRY

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YEAH. I. I LIKE THAT CHANGE ONE WORD IN THAT IF IT WERE ME INSTEAD OF SAYING WE STRIVE TO MAKE MCKINNEY I'D SAY WE STRIVE TO KEEP MCKINNEY WITH THE RECOGNITION TO THAT WE ARE UNIQUE BY NATURE, AND IT'S NOT A GOAL THAT WE'RE IN THE COUNCIL WAS PEDDLING FAST TO ENDEAVOR TO. WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT AS SUCH. SO THAT'S THE ONE CHANGE. I WOULD MAKE THEIR PLAN LIKE IT.

SO IT'S GONNA MAKE IT WHAT WAS THE SUGGESTION TO KEEP THE KIDS MAKE AND KEEP MCKINNEY? GOTCHA.

OKAY. THAT'S MY GOAL HERE WAS NOT TO GET TO A WORDSMITHING, BUT JUST THE CONCEPT OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH STAFF AND WORK WITH YOU AND SEE IF THAT WORKS, BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT WERE YOU KNOW, I HATE TO COME BACK THE FOURTH YEAR AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION STILL CONTINUE ABOUT THIS. AND MAYBE THERE WAS A WAY WE COULD HELP YOU GET THERE. SO UM, OKAY, WE'RE GOOD. APPRECIATE THE INSIGHTS ON THAT IS THAT ALL RIGHT. IN FACT TO YOUR COMMENT, MR PHILLIPS, WE HAVE EARNED A GOOD REPUTATION FOR DOING SOME PRETTY COOL THINGS IN THE CITY AND KENNY AND OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE NOT KNOCKING ON THE DOOR, ASKING FOR SOME ADVICE AND SOME HELP AND WHAT THEY CAN LEARN FROM US. IN FACT, NEXT WEEK, WE'VE GOT A TRAINING CLASS. THAT IS, INCLUDING EMPLOYEES FROM THE CITY OF SALONEN AND ALEN. AND LAST NIGHT I JUST FORWARD INFORMATION RECEIVES FOR TO CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA ACTUALLY REACHED OUT AND SAID, HEY, WE HEARD MCCAIN'S DOING SOME COOL THINGS. WHAT CAN YOU SHARE WITH US CINEMA BUNCH INFORMATION LAST NIGHT. POINT IS, WE DO BELIEVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THING, AND WE'RE ACTIVELY DOING WE'RE SHARING INFORMATION WHERE WE CAN DO THAT. I USED TO JUST SAY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE PRETTY CREATED BY THEIR NATURE. I DON'T THINK WE GET THE CREDIT WE DESERVE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TIGHT CONSTRAINTS. AND HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE THINGS I THINK HAVE COME OUT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. BUT I'VE ALSO SAID THAT LITERALLY UM WE ALL ROB AND STEAL FROM EACH OTHER AND THEN MAKE CHANGES AND PUT OUR OWN STAMP ON IT TO MAKE IT WORK. SO YOU'RE A FACT AS WELL,

[01:50:03]

DEFINITELY. DOG I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS, BUT I'VE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF TEXTS.

CHARLIE WHEN YOU SPEAK, THEY CAN'T HEAR YOU ON THE VIDEO FEEDS, PROBABLY BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MY MICROPHONE ON BASICALLY SAID THEY COULD HEAR PAUL AND THEY CAN HEAR DOG BUT EVERYBODY ELSE IS SPOKEN CAN BE HEARD SO IF YOU WANT TO BE HEARD, BETTER TURN ON THE LIGHT THE NEIGHBORLY THING TO DO. AT THAT POINT THAT PAUL RAISED. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE READ, UM UM UM KATAYAMA, PETER, PETER PAUL PLAN PETER KAGAYAMA. I THINK IT IS FOR THE LOVE OF CITIES. IT'S A GOOD IT'S A GOOD READ, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT MAKES GREAT CITIES, AND IT GOES TO EXACTLY THE POINT THAT PAUL'S RELATING TO IT. IT'S GOT TO DO WITH COMMUNICATIONS HAVE GOT TO DO WITH BUILDING FAMILIES AND BUILDING CONNECTIVE ITTY, AND IT STARTS WITH THE PREMISE ABOUT WHEN YOU THINK OF YOUR OWN FAMILY. AND WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU DO WHEN YOU GET YOUR FAMILY TOGETHER? THEY START TALKING ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY'VE SHARED WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT THANKSGIVING DINNER OR WHAT HAPPENED AT CHRISTMAS AND ALL THAT THAT WE HAVE SHARED MEMORIES. AS A FAMILY. AND FOR THE MOST PART I KNOW IT CAN BE CRAZY WITH SOME OF OUR FAMILIES IS AGAINST GETS IN THE YOU KNOW THE POLITICS OF THE WORLD. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE SHARE THAT COMMON THAT UPBRINGING THOSE SHARED EXPERIENCES. AND PETER'S CONCEPT OF FOR THE LOVE OF CITIES IS HOW TO CITIES DO THIS, WHETHER THAT'S A UNIQUE PARK PROJECT, WHETHER THAT'S A GRAND RAPIDS DID A LIP SYNC THING WITH, UM UM . AMERICAN PIE WHERE THEY HAD ALL THESE PEOPLE SINGING IN DIFFERENT WORDS OF THE AREA. THINGS LIKE THAT. AND YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CITIES HAVE DONE TO KIND OF HAVE THAT SHARED SENSE OF COMMUNITY. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY IT'S A GOOD READ. IF YOU HAVEN'T ANY CHANCE TO CATCH A STORY, BUT ESPECIALLY, WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE GROWTH THAT'S GOING ON AROUND YOU AND ALL OF YOU WANTING TO SAY, HOW DO WE STILL RETAIN THAT SMALL TOWN FEEL? IT'S THAT'S POINT EXACTLY WHAT PAUL HAD RAISED ABOUT THAT BUILDING A SENSE OF SHARED COMMUNITY THROUGH EXPERIENCES AND HOPEFULLY HAVING THAT TO BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BUILD ON GOING FORWARD, AND PEOPLE WANT A PIECE OF THAT SO TO SPEAK SO GOOD STUFF. OKAY SO, UM, I WAS GONNA HAVE A BREAK THAT SINCE ALREADY TAKING A BREAK. LET'S ROLL INTO THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. SO UM, YOU PRESENTLY

[Referencing the Current Goals and Strategies, Discuss and Identify the Key Priorities for the Next Year to Two Years]

AND HOW DO YOU BEST BALANCE THAT AS WELL? UM LONG TERM EAST OF 75 . I KEEP SAYING, I 75 IT'S NOT I 75 I'M I APOLOGIZE ON THAT. IT'S JUST STAY RIGHT THERE. UM LONG TERM. WHAT IS THAT STUFF LOOK

[01:55:01]

AT ONE POINT, THERE WAS A 10 STORY. I THINK IN EARLIER YEARS SOMEONE TALKED ABOUT ONE IN 10 STORIES. YOU'RE GETTING CLOSER TO FLOORS AWAY FROM GETTING THE 10 THERE. UM IT'S THIS APPROACH OF LIVE WORK AND PLAY IN MCKINNEY, AND THE WORK PART IS STILL A CHALLENGE THAT YOU HAVE SOME EMPLOYMENT CENTERS THERE CERTAINLY SEEN THAT. BUT IS THERE MORE YOU CAN DO TO MAKE THAT WORK FOR YOU HERE AND LONG TERM? WHAT DO YOU INCENTIVIZING TO BRING THAT THAT EMPLOYMENT CENTERS TO MCKINNEY. UM THERE'S A SENSE THAT ALTHOUGH YOU'RE DOING REALLY WELL, IS THERE KIND OF A OF COURSE HALO PROJECT THAT TOWN CENTER DEVELOPMENT OR WHATEVER THAT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE, OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL THAT THAT YOU CAN GO AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO, WHETHER IT'S MOVIES OR RESTAURANTS OR MUSIC VENUES OR WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE IN SOME, SOME VENUE THAT AS WE KINDA KNOWN REGIONALLY AS WELL. AND ENHANCING YOUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. CLEARLY YOU'VE GOT SOME LONG TERM PLANS WITH REGARDS TO BYPASSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT WITH ALL THOSE WHEN YOU HAVE A BYPASS, THAT MEANS THERE'S LESS CARS COMING THROUGH JUST THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS. AND HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT WORK AS WELL? AND, UM KEEPING AND PROVIDING JOBS FROM MCKINNEY. FIVE STAR RESTAURANT AND THERE WAS A 10 STORY OFFICE MAKES STILL DESIRED AND THAT YOU NOW HAVE A FIVE STAR RESTAURANT THAT'S OPENING THIS SPRING. I THINK I SAW GOOGLED IT THE OTHER DAY TO GET A HANDLE. SO YOU GOT THAT THAT ONE COMING INTO PLAY? YOU GOT THE EIGHT STORY BUILDING IN CRAIG RANCH. AND STILL DESIRE FOR 40 MINUTES WORKSHOP IN MCKINNEY AS WELL. SO UM. ALSO IN THIS AREA FROM FEEDBACK THAT RECOGNIZING THAT YOU AS A GOVERNMENT DON'T BUILD YOUR COMMUNITY. YOU CERTAINLY HAVE A STAY IN SOME OF THE ASSETS YOU BRING TO THE TABLE BE AT NEW CITY HALL AND THE AND THE FACILITIES THAT CITY USES FOR ITS OPERATIONS. UM BUT THE QUESTION BECOMES, IS WHEN LOOKING AT SOME OF YOUR SISTER CITIES, ALLEN SAID. LN ISN'T OR IS THE ENTIRE GET RIGHT. IS IT IAN? GET IT RIGHT. OKAY I'M SORRY. I COULDN'T REMEMBER. IT WAS AN EARLY END OF THAT ONE LARGE EMPLOYERS AND BUILDINGS, EMPLOYMENT CENTERS. UM, YOU KNOW , OUTLETS CABELA'S THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU MAY HAVE THAT IN THE FUTURE, BUT ARE YOU KIND OF POSITIONING YOURSELF FOR THAT? OR IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT OR YOU COMFORTABLE? SOME OF YOU HAVE SAID, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT BEING ELSEWHERE. AS LONG AS IT'S CLOSE BY WHERE I CAN GET TO. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY BE HERE. BUT THAT'S PROBABLY PART OF YOUR CONVERSATION. IN AS WELL. SO LET ME GO BACK THEN TO THAT'S YOUR THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TOLD ME WHEN WE GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE. AND SAY. ARE THERE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES? THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO EXPLORE MAKE COMMENTS. 100 SITTING HERE AND THINKING ABOUT SOME RECENT CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE GONE ON IN THE COUNCIL AND HOW TECHNOLOGY IS INCREASING IN OUR EVERYDAY CONVERSATIONS. WHEN I GREW UP, SHE WAS INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY. THEN I REALIZED RECENTLY THAT HAD NO LONGER MEANS THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT COMPUTERS, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING, UM HI SPEED INTERNET MORE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE'RE CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT UPGRADING OUR SOFTWARE HERE WITHIN THE CITY. AND MAKING THAT KIND OF AND ACTUALLY BRINGING THE TECHNOLOGY FOR ONE VISIT GEE

[02:00:02]

AH AH AH, AND WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT ROADWAYS TODAY, BUT I THINK THE FEATURE IS DEFINITELY AND TECHNOLOGY AND DO WE NOT NEED TO MAKE THAT ONE OF OUR GOALS UP HERE AT SOME POINT IN TIME? I THINK THAT POINT'S WELL TAKEN COUNCILMAN AND IN SO MUCH AS OUR STRATEGIES OR FOCUSED ON NEW AND CHANGING THINGS, I THINK USING THE FIBER EXAMPLE SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE TREATING IT JUST LIKE WE WOULD A SEWER LINE OR A WATER LINE OR AN ELECTRIC LINE. UM AND IT'S MARRIED UP UNDER THE DIRECTION FOR STRATEGIC AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. NOW THAT'S A FUNCTION OF HOW THE ANNUAL PROCESS GOES. I THINK IT FITS WELL THERE, AND IT SHOWS THAT IT IS EQUITABLE WITH THOSE OTHER. UTILITIES OR QUASI UTILITIES THAT WERE CHARGED WITH INVESTING IN SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE MANAGED IT UNDERNEATH DIRECTION FOR STRATEGIC AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, BECAUSE WE SEE THAT AS IT'S BEEN NECESSARY TO INVEST IN THAT'S THE PARTICULAR AREA NOW, OBVIOUSLY, IT'LL HELP WITH THE OTHER FIVE PILLARS AS WELL TO SOME EXTENT, BUT I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT BEING THERE, BUT OBVIOUSLY OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS. YES ONE OF MY BOX WAS. I THINK WE TEND TO LUMP THAT INTO INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT IT'S THAT REALLY EMPHASIZING. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE BECAUSE I STILL THINK OF INFRASTRUCTURE IS . I T IS, I THINK ABOUT YOU AND SEARCH AND WATER LINES. UH I DON'T SEE IT AS TECHNOLOGY AND THE EXPANSION OF TECHNOLOGY, OR WE COULD JUST MAKE THE NEXT GOAL . CHARLIE'S ULTIMATE DESIRE TO CHANGE SOMETHING ON THIS BOARD BEFORE HE LEFT. IT'S GONNA HANG ON TO THAT MAGIC WAND AS LONG AS THEY CAN GET MY, YOU KNOW. TO YOUR POINT. UM SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE PRIORITIES UNDER HERE, AND WE TALK ABOUT YOU MENTIONED REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INCENTIVES UM. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT FULLY CAPTURES THAT OR WHETHER THAT'S A TWEAK. JUST GIVE YOU SOME KIND OF FOOD FOR THOUGHT THAT THIS CONCEPT DURING COVID IN THE WHOLE WORK FROM HOME STRATEGY HAS NOW BECOME COMMONPLACE. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS ARE STARTING TO REQUIRE EMPLOYEES TO BE BACK IN THEIR WORKFORCE AND THEIR BUILDINGS TO LIMITED SUCCESS WERE SAYING NATIONALLY. IS THAT SOMEWHERE AROUND 30 TO 40% OF POSITIONS THAT USED TO BE FULLY EMBEDDED IN AN OFFICE ENVIRONMENT ARE STILL BEING WORKED IN A HYBRID SITUATION WHERE 100% REMOTE AND IT'S CHANGED THE WAY IN WHICH A LOT OF OFFICE TRADITIONAL CLASS A OFFICE PARKS WERE DONE A LOT OF THOSE OFFICE PARKS. UM MOST OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOLKS IN THE MATERIAL WE'RE READING OR SAYING THAT AS MUCH OF A THIRD OF THAT THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE ISN'T COMING BACK. AND SO NOW YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE OFFICE CAMPUSES AND WHAT DO YOU DO? AND HOW DOES THAT MAKE IT WORK? BUT I'M SURE WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNET NOW HAVING COMING OUT OF COPING THE PROPERTY. SO DO YOU HAVE YOU HAVE SPECTRUM OR COMCAST HERE? WHO'S WHO'S YOUR PRIMARY PROVIDERS? HERE SPECTRUM? OKAY SO A COUPLE OTHER CITIES THAT I'M WORKING WITH. I WOULD DO RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF HARTFORD. THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING A PUBLIC WIFI SYSTEM. HIGH SPEED WIFI SYSTEM. THEY'VE BEEN ROLLING IT OUT. UM THERE IS

[02:05:02]

AND THEN I REALIZED IT WAS NOT THE SAME SCI FI THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, LONG LINE, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO MAYBE YOU TWEAK ON ON ONE A OTHER. CHANGES OR OTHER THINGS THAT I'LL JUST QUICKLY GO BACK TO YOUR SLIDES. HERE. LOOK THROUGH ANOTHER THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE. 11 THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP AND I DIDN'T SEE ON THERE.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WORKING FROM HOME AND NOT HAVING OFFICE SPACE AND BUT I STILL THINK THERE IS A NEED FOR CORPORATE CORPORATE CENTER. OKAY? AND WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED ONE UM I CAN REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT IT WHEN I WAS ON THE CDC. BUT 2006. AND LOOKING FOR THE NEXT CORPORATE CENTER, AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE CRAIG RANCH, DEVELOP OUT STUFF ALONG 1 21 DEVELOPED THAT AT SOME POINT YOU'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THOSE. AND WHERE DO WE PUT OUR NEXT CORPORATE CENTER OF CORPORATE CAMPUS? OKAY, SO LET'S SEE. WHERE DOES THAT FIT? WHAT DOES IT FIT UNDER YOUR CURRENT.

I'M OPEN FOR CONVERSATION. MAYBE AROUND. MAYBE. SOME OF YOU COULD FIT UNDER C WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONTINUE TO DEVELOP A RETAIL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY THAT SAYS RETAIL THERE, BUT UM, IF YOU TAKE THE WORD RETAIL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY TO IDENTIFY THESE THINGS SO IT COULD FIT UNDER THERE. RETAIL. IN ORDER TO COOPERATE. INCORPORATE BUSINESS OFFICE CENTERS. THINGS LIKE THAT, RIGHT? YEAH YOU KNOW, IT SAYS OF RETAIL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, AND I AND I CORPORATE YEAH. THERE YOU GO. AND THEN MAKING A. MAKING SOME LANGUAGE CHANGES, SO IT DOESN'T LOOK. THE REST OF THE SENTENCE DOESN'T FULLY REFLECT JUST COMMERCIAL OR RETAIL TO INCORPORATE EMPLOYMENT CENTERS MAKES SENSE. SUMMERS. ALL RIGHT. HE WAS GOING BACK THROUGH HERE IN TERMS OF SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS AGAIN, JUST TO LOOK AT THIS. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO INCORPORATE IN THIS?

[02:10:22]

HAVE THESE SO WITH THAT BACKGROUND, UM, NONE OF YOU REALLY RAISED ANYTHING NEW ON THAT. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON IT. BUT THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO KIND OF GO BACK AND THINK THROUGH, OR YOU STILL GOOD THERE. UH I THINK I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU DID SOME WORK ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TRAINING LAST YEAR. I DON'T KNOW. BUT SOMEWHERE IN MY CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF YOU, I THINK SOMEBODY HAD TOLD ME THAT, BUT, UM WHAT WAS IT ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION TRAINING FOR STAFF AND UM SO THEY KIND OF UNDERSTAND ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND UNDERSTAND THE GOALS OF THE CITY. I THOUGHT I HEARD ONE OF YOU MY CONVERSATION. I THOUGHT THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR. YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT. THINK COUNCILMAN PHILLIPS IS. DISCUSSION ABOUT DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND STAYING ABREAST OF TECHNOLOGY CLEARLY FITS HERE AS WELL AND THEIR OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THROUGH ALL OF THEM, ALL OF THEM, FRANKLY, THE TO SEE AND TO BE OUR BOAT. INTERVIEW.

WE HAVE CONSIDERATION NEW TECHNOLOGIES. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ACHIEVE TO BE IN TWO CITIES SPECIFICALLY, SO IT'S NOT LOST ON US. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S YEAH. AND, UM THINKING. IT'S OWN SEPARATE. GO BLIND HERE BECAUSE TECHNOLOGIES BECOME SO CENTRAL TO SOCIETY. THAT WE'RE DEMONSTRATING FORWARD THINKING BY MAKING IT AN INDIVIDUAL PRIORITY. UM IS TECHNOLOGIES CHANGING? I THINK THEY SAY CHANGES EVERY TWO YEARS. WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT? YEAH. A LITTLE LOVE COMING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN YOU TWO ON THIS TOPIC. WE'RE BOTH THE TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS HERE BUT OH, YOU SAID IT EARLIER THAT WE'VE GOT A WHOLE GENERATION OF CHILDREN WHO ARE

[02:15:08]

[02:20:07]

PHILLIPS POINT IS ALWAYS EVOLVING. IT WAS 2007. WHEN THE IPHONE CAME OUT, AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S THAT 15 YEARS AGO, 2008 WHEN THE FIRST APP CAME OUT? EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM. IS A DIGITAL IMMIGRANT. WE REMEMBER LIFE BEFORE IT BUT IT IS TIME MARCHES ON DIGITAL NATIVES ARE GOING TO BE TAKING OVER AND THEY'RE GOING TO COLLEGE NOW. AND SO THINGS ARE CHANGING AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE SAY WE DON'T LIKE TECHNOLOGY WHERE WE RECOGNIZE OUR PART IN THE MOVING LAVA FLOW, THAT IS HISTORY, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE. AND THAT IS THAT. THE CITIES THAT DO THE BEST JOB ARE GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT EMBRACE IT AND ACCEPT IT FOR WHAT IT IS. SO I COMMEND STAFF ON WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THAT. IT'S NOT EASY AND THERE'S RESISTANCE THERE. BUT IT JUST SIMPLY IS THE RIGHT TOOL AND THE ANSWER. ALL YOU MENTIONED ABOUT OUTWARD FACING SYSTEMS. WE'VE ALL SOMETIMES OUR DEMISE OR CREDIT CARDS, BUYING THINGS ON AMAZON AT TWO IN THE MORNING OR THREE IN THE MORNING, OR WHATEVER THE TIME WOULD BE TO OUR SYSTEMS AT THE CITY'S WORK THE SAME WAY NOT EVERYBODY OPERATES IN THE 9 TO 5 TO FIVE WORLD ANYMORE, AND THEY WANT TO DO IT THEIR WAY. AND TO THE POINT SAYING YOU DON'T HAVE AS MANY STAFF MEMBERS AROUND. YOU GOT VACANCIES. HOW DO YOU IMPROVE YOUR SYSTEMS THAT MAKE IT EASIER BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPECTING IT OUT OF EVERY OTHER PLACE THAT WORK AND DOES THE

[02:25:02]

IT'S NOT JUST TECHNOLOGY FOR TECHNOLOGY'S SAKE. I REMEMBER HIRING FIRST IT DIRECTOR I HAD THAT CAME OUT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND HE REALLY STRUGGLED THE FIRST YEAR UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE LIKE THE SAVIOR BECAUSE ALL I'M DOING IS HELPING YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. AND I CAN HELP YOU MAKE IT BETTER. BUT YOU GOTTA TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT TO DO FIRST. IT'S NOT A SOLUTION IN AND OF ITSELF. IT'S YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE SERVICES YOU'RE PROVIDING SO MAKES IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. SO I'M HERE IN A COUPLE EDITIONS, UM UM JUST DISCUSSIONS WILL FIGURE OUT HOW IT SORTS OUT. MAYBE HAVING A COMMON SENSE, WITH JOINT COUNCIL AND BOARD MEETINGS. CITY COUNCIL ON BOARD MEETINGS. SMART CITIES . DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IS A NEW KIND OF A NEW PRIORITY TO BE IDENTIFIED. AND ALSO AS IT RELATES TO YOUR TWO D WHETHER IT'S TOO EASY OR PART OF IT METRICS ABOUT HOW YOU CAPTURE, EVALUATE AND ALLOW AND EASE OF PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR YOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. I THINK THOSE ARE THE PIECES I GET OUT OF THIS ONE. ANYTHING ELSE THAT CAME UP? AND WE DIDN'T COVER THAT. THIS IS GOOD, BECAUSE NONE OF YOU ORIGINALLY HAD ANY NEW IDEAS. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PROCESS IS ABOUT TO HEAR EACH OTHER TALK AS WELL. SO GOOD STUFF. OKAY? UM.

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR AIRPORT. A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS GOING ON AT THE TIME. SO, UM EASIER.

CURRENT. GOALS AND STRATEGIES. AND BASICALLY THE FEEDBACK I GOT FROM ALL YEARS. HEY, WE'RE ROCKING IT. KEEP MOVING ON WHERE WE'RE GOING. WE GOT A BIG BIG DECISION COMING UP IN EARLY MAY THAT WILL HAVE SOME IMPLICATIONS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER FOR YOU AND THE GROWTH OF THAT. UM SO THE QUESTION IS GOING BACK. ARE YOU GOOD WITH THE FOUR BALLS YOU HAVE FOR THE AIRPORT. I HAVE TO ADMIT, THIS IS ALSO UM, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WHEN I'M WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES AND DOING THEIR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, AND PUBLIC SAFETY TYPICALLY BECOMES A FUNCTIONAL AREA ITSELF. I THINK YOU'RE THE FIRST COMMUNITY OF HAVE WHERE YOUR AIRPORT WAS A GOAL AS A AS AN OPERATING DEPARTMENTS, SO TO SPEAK, AND I KNOW IT'S A PUBLIC PRIVATE TYPE OPERATION WITH YOUR FIXED BASED COMPONENT, BUT IT REALLY GETS TO. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND OBVIOUSLY TIMING IS EVERYTHING TRYING TO DO NEW AIRLINES AND ALL THAT, IN THE MIDST OF COVID WHEN THE WHOLE AIRLINE INDUSTRY WAS COLLAPSING, BUT AS SOMEBODY WHO IS A VERY FREQUENT FLYER UM, THE ABILITY TO GET TO AND FROM AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN TO MARKETS HAVE SUCH AN IMPACT ON TERMS OF OPERATIONS. AND I KNOW IN OUR CASE IN LAKELAND, IF YOU TOOK ALL THE PROPERTY THAT WE OWN IN OUR AIRPORT AND ALL THE LEASING AND ALL THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYERS THAT COME AROUND, IT'S THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IF YOU TOOK THE AIRPORT AS A WHOLE VERSUS ANY OF OUR AND WE'VE GOT PUBLIC SUPERMARKETS FOR, YOU KNOW, CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO WE HAVE A BIG CORPORATE CENTER. BUT LITERALLY WHEN YOU TOOK ALL THE JOBS THAT COME WITH AVIATION AND ALL THIS SPIN OFF BENEFITS, AND I SEE ALL YOU GET LOGISTICS, AMAZON, YOUR PLANTS AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT YOU'RE SAYING COMING OUT OF THE GROUND THERE. THAT STUFF DOESN'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. TENDERLY IT HAS TO BE AROUND. AVIATION HAS TO BE AROUND GOOD TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. SO YOU'RE DOING GOOD WORK THERE. BUT SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS THOSE YEAR FOUR PRIORITIES. ARE YOU STILL GOOD WITH THOSE OR ANY OTHER CHANGES OR ANYTHING? YOU WANT TO ADD THINGS. I'M HOPING THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WE CAN GET RID OF 38. YEAH. OKAY THAT RESOLVED, UM. I RAISED THIS QUESTION YESTERDAY AND I AIRPORT FINANCE MEETING. KIM AND VERY PRESENT WITH US, BUT LOOKING AT THE STRUCTURE AND OPERATION OF THE AIRPORT GOING FORWARD BECAUSE IT'S BECOMING A DIFFERENT ANIMAL. ONCE COMMERCIAL. OH, I'M GETS INVOLVED AND MY QUESTIONS WERE. IS IT GOING TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THROUGH THE CITY'S CURRENT STAFF? UH ACCOUNTING AND BUDGET WISE, OR IS IT GOING TO BE SOMEWHAT AUTONOMOUS? BECAUSE YOU'RE LOADING UP YOUR CURRENT STAFF? WITH. AND THEN TURN TO OPERATION OUT THERE. GUESTS 20 MISS OUT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO CONSIDER FOR WHEN THE AIRPORT IS FULLY OPERATIONAL 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. DO YOU WANT EVERYBODY WHO'S IN THE CITY HALL PULLING

[02:30:06]

IT'S AN ENTERPRISE FUND. THEY MAY DO THEIR OWN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING, AND THAT HAS TO UNDER THE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF TUTELAGE IF YOU WILL EVER FINANCE DEPARTMENT, BUT THAT STILL HAS TO BE WORKED THROUGH BRINGING THOSE OPTIONS TO THE COUNCIL AS THIS PROGRESSES, KINDA LIKE TRUST, EVALUATE THE PRICE OF SUCCESS BEFORE WE GET THERE. BECAUSE I HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT WILL BE A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION IN 20 YEARS FROM NOW IT WILL BE OPERATING THE SAME LEVEL THAT THIS CITY IS OPERATING ON RIGHT NOW. RIGHT RIGHT NOW. IT'S PART OF YOUR GENERAL FUND OR AS A SEPARATE ISN'T AN ENTERPRISE FUND. IT'S SEPARATED. IT'S NOT SEPARATE.

I'M SORRY. YEAH IT IS. IT'S AN ENTERPRISE FUND. TODAY THE QUESTION WOULD BE WHETHER WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND. INTERNALLY WITH CITY STAFF, OR WE OUTSOURCE THAT COUNTY UNDERSTAND? YEAH THERE'S UM, LITANY OF THINGS THAT THAT WILL BRING. YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE PLANNING FOR THAT. BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT ARE OUT THERE AND THEN YOU'VE GOT ALL THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS AND LANDING FEES, RENTAL CAR AGENCIES, THE PARKING ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF THAT KIND OF COMES WITH IT IS. IT'S A BEAST IN AND OF ITSELF. IT'S DONALD CITY. EXACTLY.

EXACTLY. YEAH, DEFINITELY. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. SO MAYBE, UM, IT'S TOO EARLY TO TAKE THREE A OFF THE BOARD YET, BUT MY NEXT YEAR , YOU'LL HAVE AN OUTCOME OF WHAT YOUR ELECTION LOOKS TO BE AND WHAT THAT STARTS TO LOOK AND FEEL LIKE SO UM ARE THE OTHER THE OTHER STRATEGIES AND PRIORITIES ALL STILL GOOD. THE OTHER CHANGES YOU WANT TO DO. AS I SAID, THIS IS A SENSE OF TIMING WITH YOU RIGHT NOW. OKAY? RIGHT? OKAY, FINANCIALLY SOUND GOVERNMENT. GOT OUTSTANDING RATINGS RIGHT NOW. STILL GOT FUNDING IN ORDER OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. RESOURCES, PROPERTY TAIL SALES TAX. E IS AND FINANCIAL PLANS FOR FUTURE GROWTH. MAINTENANCE. UM. AND THAT WAS SAFE IN YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. THEY'RE GENERALLY PLEASED. AND HERE NO NEW COUNCIL GOALS, PRIORITIES. YOU'RE HITTING YOUR HITTING YOUR METRICS THERE, BUT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE TIME FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK OR THEY STILL ALL RELEVANT. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO CHANGE OR ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ELIMINATE OR ANYTHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADD, RELATES TO FINANCIALLY SOUND GOVERNMENT. I DON'T THINK THE REMARK THAT I SO APPRECIATE AND RESPECT THE CITY HAS DONE IN THIS REGARD, AND I DEEPLY APPRECIATE MARK HOLLOWAY, WHO MAY BE WATCHING ON TV RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S NOT IN THIS ROOM FOR HIS ACCESSIBILITY TO TALK WITH US AND WALK THROUGH THINGS WITH US. WE'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB FREQUENTLY RELY ON . WORK THE CITY'S DONE UNDER ALL

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SO YOU'RE YOU'RE IN THE GOOD YOU'RE IN GOOD COMPANY IN TERMS OF NOT BEING IN THAT ARENA WHERE THINGS SEEM TO BE OPERATING VERY, VERY WELL. SO THANK FROM STAFF TO REACT TO ON THAT. OKAY? QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. ANOTHER BIG BUCKET. ACQUIRING AND DEVELOPING YOUR GREEN SPACE.

IMMIGRATION AND CULTURAL ARTS. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT MAYBE ADDING SOME SOME DOLLARS FOR THAT GOING FORWARD. UM. YOU'RE DOWNTOWN HISTORY AND THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE. AND HOW DO YOU BALANCE REDEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT AND ENCOURAGE THAT SUPPORT? SUSTAINABLE QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS. ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP INITIATIVES AND CONNECTIVITY. UM, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK UM, AND THE PARK SYSTEM , THE DECK OVERLOOKED PARKER ACROSS OR WHATEVER, OTHER ABOVE BELOW WHATEVER. WE WANTED HER TO IT AS UM THIS CONCEPT OF MAYBE A NEW DEVELOPMENT OF A TOWN CENTER IN SOME FASHION. SO GENERAL HAVE TO TRAVEL OUT OF THE AREA. AND THEN ENHANCE SCRATCHED STATION AND CONNECTIVITY. THROUGHOUT. THE CITY. I THINK THAT WAS IT ON. YEAH GO BACK TO THAT. SO THOSE WERE YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS ARENA. AND THOSE ARE YOUR CURRENT PRIORITIES. GOOD CHANGES, ELIMINATIONS EDITIONS. NOT NECESSARILY IMPORTANT, BUT. JUST COMING IN SAME PAIN AS SOME OF THE OTHER COMMENTS, AND SOME OF THE OTHER STRATEGIES JUST CHANGED THE WORD FROM DEVELOPED CONTINUE PARK STRATEGY. CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS. OKAY? AND THE OTHER COMMENTS AND CHARLIE, LOOK LIKE YOU'RE READY TO SAY SOMETHING. OH, YEAH, I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE STAFF THAT IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO KEEP PULLING THEIR STRUGGLING MANAGER, MIKE KOWSKI ALONG WE ALL DISAGREE ON HIM AS BEING GOOD FOR THE CITY. MY KOWSKI IS YES. INCREDIBLE HE'S BEEN WITH US 134 YEARS NOW AND YES. WE GET COUNCIL MOMENTS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY ON OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE THINGS HE'S WORKING ON IS JUST BEEN SUCH A HUGE BLESSING CITY OF MCKINNEY MHM. OF COURSE, I'M JOKING WHEN I SAY ITS STAFF PULLS HIM ALONG, BUT IT'S JUST BEEN TREMENDOUS FOR THE CITY AND I DON'T WANT TO SOLVE THE GET TOGETHER WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT A GREAT ADDITION HE HAS BEEN TO THE CITY MCKINNEY AT NIGHT. MY SUGGESTION THAT WORD CHANGES SIMPLY. QUITE FRANKLY, THAT THAT YOU KNOW HE HAS COME IN AND DONE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE JOB AND HAS DEVELOPED SO WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE. WHAT HE'S DONE. I SAW WHEN I WAS DRIVING AROUND. I'M A PARTS GUY, SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO CHECK OUT YOUR FACILITIES AND I SAW A LOT OF REALLY NEAT ONES. BUT I HAD NOT ENCOUNTERED THE WATER PARK THAT WAS DOWN ACROSS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL. UM I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS THE CITY. IT'S I THINK IT WAS A HIGH SCHOOL THAT'S OFFICE ACCOUNTING RESULT WAS LIKE A POND OR YEAH, YEAH, THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN IN THAT AREA, AND SO IT KIND OF DRIVEN IN AND LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF THE OTHER REGIONAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS TO KIND OF GET A FLAVOR OF THAT, BUT I KNOW CHARLIE AND I HAVE TALKED OVER THE YEARS AND NOT SURPRISINGLY, SAYS, YOU KNOW, PART PERFORMANCE KILLING AND I REALLY WANTED TO GET A CHANCE BECAUSE THE TIMES HAVE BEEN HERE. IT'S BEEN DARK AND I REALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE IT

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EXCELLENT EXCELLENT, GREAT WORK . AS I SAID, FOR SOMEBODY THAT REALLY ENJOYS PARKS AND RECREATION, AND I MEAN NOT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, OVER COMPLIMENTARY, BUT YOU'RE REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB. THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES THAT TALK THAT GAME BUT DON'T DEMONSTRATE IT AND I COULD SEE IT IN ACTION HERE AS WELL FROM THERE. UM OUT OF CURIOSITY. AND JOE, YOU MAY HAVE THAT. SO WHEN I WHEN I TALKED TO PARKS AND REC ASSOCIATIONS LAST YEAR, ESPECIALLY ABOUT RECRUITMENT RETENTION, THEY WERE A GROUP THAT THEY WERE MORE HIGH STRUNG THAN ANYBODY I'VE EVER MET WITH, BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FILL LIFEGUARD DUTIES COULDN'T FILL THEIR SO OUT OF CURIOSITY BECAUSE ALL THIS STUFF TAKES PEOPLE JUST GIVE US A SNAPSHOT. WHERE ARE YOU AT IN TERMS OF TYPES OF VACANCIES AND CHALLENGES WE'RE FACING IN STAFFING BECAUSE THAT'S ONE WHERE YOU CAN'T DO A LOT OF AUTOMATION AND STILL TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO DO THE SERVICES.

WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT FRONT? THERE'S A NUCLEUS IN THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT FULL TIME STAFF. SUPPLEMENTED WITH PERMANENT PART TIME AND THEN THE SEASONAL WAVE THAT COMES ALONG WITH THAT. CHALLENGES DURING THE COVID HERO WAS KIND OF A SEASONAL STUFF. GETTING THOSE PART TIME LIFEGUARDS. EMPLOYEES COME INTO SUMMERTIME IN ORBIT. STEVE, YOU CAN PROBABLY SPEAK TO IT MORE SPECIFICALLY, CERTAINLY , I THINK CREDIT TO THE STAFF AND THE HR DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND SPECIFICALLY THE WATER PARK AT OUR AT OUR APEX CENTER VERY AGGRESSIVE EVERY SUMMER AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH LIFEGUARDS SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR POINT. UM FILL THOSE POSITIONS. IT WAS ALSO A KEY COMPONENT OF OUR CAMP STUDY THIS YEAR, SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING IT WAS A $2.50 RAISE THE STARTING PAY THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REMAINING COMPETITIVE. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT LIFEGUARD SPECIFICALLY IF YOU DON'T STAY ON TOP OF EVERY YEAR, YOU WILL FACE CHALLENGES AND FELT IT A LITTLE BIT, UM, AGAINST THE CREDIT OF THE HR IN THE PARK STAFF, NOT AS MUCH AS SOME OF OUR THAT'S RUNNING SISTER CITIES WANT TO STAY ON TOP OF ABOUT IN TERMS OF YOUR TURF, MAINTENANCE AND MORE AND BLOW CREWS AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF PRETTY PRETTY SOLID. THEY'RE EXCELLENT. NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN AND AGAIN, I THINK WE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB IDENTIFYING AS A COMMUNITY AND CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND IDENTIFYING CHALLENGES IN THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC OF THE WORKFORCE. WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT HERE AND HOW TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT, AND WHAT OUR EMPLOYEES MADISON PARKS BUT ACROSS THE CITY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORK ENVIRONMENT TODAY, AND IF YOU'RE NOT IF YOU'RE NOT ACTIVELY ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE BEHIND THE BALL, AND THAT'S NOT A PLACE THAT WE WANT TO BE. THE POINT THAT THAT'S THAT'S GOOD NEWS. I SAID MANY OF THOSE AREAS I SPOKE TOO LITTLE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE STRESSED OUT BEYOND BELIEF BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY OPEN THEIR FACILITIES. ARE THEY OPEN? THEIR REC CENTERS OUT JUST DIDN'T HAVE STAFFING GOING ON. AND SO, WITH THAT SUCCESS COMES THE ABILITY TO STAFF IT BECAUSE IT IS A LABOR INTENSIVE ELEMENT, AND YOU'RE ALSO RIGHT AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF A LOT OF THOSE WITH COMPETING PRIVATE SECTOR WAGE ISSUES, SO GOOD WORK ON THAT AFRICA. GOOD. YEAH THAT'S THAT HAS BEEN A REAL CHALLENGE THAT A LOT OF YOUR SISTER CITIES, YOU KNOW? OKAY? ALRIGHT UNDER QUALITY OF LIFE, ANYTHING TO CHANGE OR ADDRESS OR MODIFY.

WHY NOT? OKAY LAST ONE SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITY. UM YOU MADE SOME CHANGES IN THIS ARENA WITH YOUR CHIEF MOVING INTO A DIFFERENT ROLE OVERSEEING PUBLIC SAFETY AS A WHOLE, AS OPPOSED TO JUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THE OPERATION. UM THIS IS AN AREA IS CAPTURING A LOT OF ATTENTION ACROSS THE COUNTRY. PUBLIC SAFETY IS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW. AND THE WORLD THAT WE'RE NAVIGATING. UM SOME POLICE AND FIRE. YEAH I WANT TO POINT OUT EVERYBODY THEN. UH ACTUALLY WATCHED IN THESE BROADCAST, WHICH IS UNUSUAL FOR ME, BUT THEY POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER STUDY THAT FOUND FRISCO TO BE THE SAFEST COMMUNITY IN THE US AND MCKINNEY WAS NUMBER TWO AGAIN. OF COURSE, YOU UNDERSTAND. THE REASONS WHY WE'RE NUMBER TWO BECAUSE THEY DUMP THEIR FELONS HERE IN MCKINNEY WHEN THEY ARREST HIM. UM BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A DIFFERENT STUDY FROM THE ONE I HAD DECIDED EARLIER THIS YEAR WHILE YOU WERE

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NOTHING LIKE WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UM PART OF THAT IS JUST BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A DESIRABLE AREA. WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY WANTING TO COME HERE . OFFICERS FROM OTHER AREAS, UM , WANTED TO BE HERE IN THIS AREA , AND THAT THAT IS HELPED US.

TREMENDOUSLY SO WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT WITHOUT CHALLENGES IN RECRUITING LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE, OKAY? I SAW IT LOOKS. I THINK I SAW A SIGN FOR A NEW A NEW FIRE STATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION TWO OR FUTURE SITE OF FROM OUR STATION, RIGHT? YEAH WE HAVE SOME. YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE YOU KNOW THOSE ARE CHALLENGES WITH THE GROWTH OF FUTURE BUILDING A FIRE STATIONS AND FIRE HEADQUARTERS. OKAY PLANNED AND SO THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, OF COURSE, WHEN YOU BUILD IT, YOU GOTTA STAFF STAFF. EXACTLY. YEAH, DEFINITELY. OKAY.

GOTCHA. THERE WEREN'T UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WERE AS I SAID THERE WERE NO NEW COUNCIL GOALS OR IDENTIFIED THERE. SO YOU'RE ONCE AGAIN IF YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE IN A SIMILAR IN THE FINANCE SIDE, IF YOU'RE HITTING THE MARKS IN THIS ARENA, THAT'S A GOOD THING. YOU KNOW, SO I WOULD LIKE TO 0.1 THING THAT WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY IN THE AIRPORT FINANCE AND THIS CAME UP. WE GOT MORE INTO OPERATIONS AND FINANCE THINKING THAT WAS MY FAULT. BUT UM, VIRUS STATION NUMBER FOUR IS RIGHT. THE ENTRANCE OF THE AIRPORT. SOME POINT WHERE GOING TO NEED A DEDICATED FIRE STATION? UH FOR THE AIRPORT. OBVIOUSLY WE'VE ALREADY GOT THAT ONE THERE. I DON'T WANT TO SEE US SPENDING TO BUILD 1 200 YARDS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE. BUT THEN OPENS IS FOUR DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW FIRE DEPARTMENT. WHEN THAT ONE DOES BECOME UH, TOTALLY DEDICATED THAT WOULD SERVICE THAT REGION AND WE'VE GOT SOME LAND COMING AVAILABLE OVER THE

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THERE'S ONE TRUCK AND THEN I RESERVE TRUCK AND THEN WE KEEP OUR DRIVER THERE FOR THE ARF VEHICLE AT ALL TIMES. BUT THE SAME PERSONNEL RESPONDING EXTERNALLY VERSUS INTERNALLY TO THE AIRPORT. YEAH YEAH, THAT WE DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED AIRPORT FIRE SERVICE. WE HAVE MCKINNEY FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY ALSO SERVED BETTER REPORT SO TYPICALLY IN THAT STATION. WE HAVE A CAPTAIN. A NORMAL STATION. WE HAVE A CAPTAIN TO DRIVERS AND THREE FIREFIGHTERS THAT ONE HAS AN ADDITIONAL DRIVER ON EVERY SHIFT, SO WHEN THE REST OF THE CREWS ARE OUT SERVICING THE COMMUNITY PERSON THERE IN CASE THEY REPORTED. HOLIDAY. LOT OF LOT OF MOVING PARTS WITH THAT ONE AS WELL. NO DOUBT FROM THERE. BUT TO YOUR POINT. WE OFTEN SEE THOSE DOORS STATIONS, EVEN EVEN WHEN THEY BECOME DEDICATED, HAVE HALF THE TEAM RESPONDS INSIDE THE FENCE AND THE OTHER HALF THE TEAM RESPONDS OUTSIDE THE FENCE, BUT WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO BE BIG ENOUGH FOR ALL YOUR OTHER GROWTH REMAINS TO BE SEEN. PROBABLY THAT AREA IS POISED FOR TREMENDOUS GROWTH. MM HMM. YES IT'S THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE BURDEN OF ADDING A NEW FIRE STATIONS. YEP, CHIEF SAID. YOU GOTTA STAFFORD IF YOU BUILT YEAH, YEAH. LAST THING YOU WANT IS THE STATION SERVICE, WHERE A PORTION IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH THE SOUTHWEST PORTION WHERE WE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED THIS JOINT STATION AND LIKE MY FORMER COMMUNITY IN LAKELAND, BUT THERE WAS AN AREA OF RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT WAS STARTING TO GET. WE WERE NOT ISSO. ONE AT THAT POINT WERE SPLIT RATING, BUT WE'RE STRUGGLING IN THAT ARENA, AND WE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS. WELL LET'S BUILD THE FIRE STATION. BUT LET'S JUST NOT STAFFING AND I'M GOING WELL. THAT'S GOING TO WORK FINE UNTIL THE FIRST FIRE OCCURS, AND THEN THE NEWS CAMERAS GOING TO POINT TO AN EMPTY STATION AGO. WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE TIME, SO ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, WE DID THE RIGHT THING. DON'T YOU BUILD WITH STAFF THAT AS WELL? SO, YEAH, IT TAKES PEOPLE TO DO IT SO OKAY, UM, SO GOOD ON SAFE AND SECURE. NO CHANGES. EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE WITH THE APPROACH THERE. RIGHT? UM SO I WANT TO GO BACK TO BECAUSE THOSE ARE YOUR SIXTH GOAL AREAS BEFORE WE CLOSE THIS PIECE AND TALK ABOUT PRIORITIZATION. I JUST ALWAYS WANTED TO GO BACK. TO SAY THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE MOST PROUD ABOUT THAT YOU WANT TO LEAVE AS A LEGACY BECAUSE THE THINGS YOU'RE DOING TODAY WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE AN IMPACT, WHETHER YOU'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THESE OR NOT. SO UM, THIS IS REALLY JUST TO BRING IT BACK TO THE POINTS OF WHAT YOU WANT TO BE PART OF. UM I'LL GO THROUGH SEVERAL SLIDES HERE TO MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT GOALS AND STRATEGIES THAT HELP YOU GET THERE. I THINK WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE ON THAT ONE. BASED ON THE GOALS WE TALKED THROUGH. WE DIDN'T REALLY SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT HOUSING TODAY. I KNOW YOU'VE GOT SOME GOALS AND STRATEGIES IN YOUR EFFORTS OR IN YOUR PLAN. SO THAT'S OKAY UNLESS YOU WANT TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY THERE. UM TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY.

ABOUT KIND OF WHAT YOUR FUTURE OF THE LIVE WORK AND PLAY CONCEPT. WE'VE ADDED SOME STRATEGIES AS IT RELATES TO EMPLOYMENT CENTERS. LET ME TALK TO CERTAINLY ABOUT YOUR PARK SYSTEM HERE AS WELL. SO I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY HITTING THE MARKS THERE. GOLF TOURNAMENT. I DON'T KNOW, AND I'LL DEFER TO STAFF ON THIS ONE. CERTAINLY YOU'VE GOT ABOUT SUPPORTING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORTING YOUR DOWNTOWN. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THAT RELATIVE TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF YOUR EXISTING SITES? SO I KNOW YOU GOT STRATEGIES IN PLAY FOR GOING FROM MAYBE A MASTER DEVELOPMENT OR ACUTE TYPE OF PROCESS. SO MY SENTIENT SHE PROBABLY GOT THAT COVERED. FINANCES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS WELL. UM. ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT MULTI FAMILY CAR OR COMFORTABLE WITH WITH THE NEW U. D. C I DON'T WANT TO RE IN VISIT SEVEN YEAR EFFORT AND REHASH THAT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE MADE SOME CHANGES IN THAT APPROACH AS WELL. UM SO THOSE ARE THE ONES SO ANYTHING ANYTHING THAT WE DIDN'T ADDRESS IN YOUR SIXTH GOAL AREAS AND THE STRATEGIES BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT PRIORITIZATION COMMENT BECAUSE.

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BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME YOU'RE JUST SO BUSY ABOUT THE NEXT CRISIS, THE NEXT ISSUE, YOU JUST KIND OF MOVE ON. AND IF YOU DON'T TAKE A CHANCE TO STOP AND GIVE YOURSELVES A HIGH FIVE FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU DO, DO UM YOU JUST KIND OF GET IN THAT CONSTANT YOU NEVER FULLY SATISFIED WITH WHERE YOU'RE AT. AND SO THERE'S SOMETHING OF A POST IN THE SECOND CHAPTER OF MY CAREER, REALLY LEARNED TO APPRECIATE THAT THAT IT TAKES ALL OF YOU TO DO THE STUFF THAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU'RE REALLY DOING SOME EXCELLENT WORK HERE. I MEAN, I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU AFFILIATED WITH THE CITY AND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING HERE. BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CITIES THAT CAN'T CAN'T DON'T HAVE THIS TYPE OF SCORECARD THAT'S OUT THERE THAT THEY'RE NOT. THEY KIND OF JUST STUBBED THEIR TOES ON VARIOUS THINGS AND NOT REALLY BEEN ABLE TO GO FORWARD. AND THE FACT THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO NOW HAVING THREE YEARS WORTH I CAN SEE THE PROGRESS YOU'RE DOING AND SEEING THE SUCCESSES AS YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS. YOU THOUGHT 100 MILLION FOR THE CITY HALL WAS IT NOW YOU'RE 200 MILLION POTENTIALLY FOR THE AIRPORT, AND THAT'S BEEN A LONG TERM DISCUSSION AS A WHOLE. SO YOU ACTUALLY RIGHT? I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS WITH THAT. WE TRY TO BUILD THAT IN TO GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE TO PAUSE AND REFLECT UPON THE THINGS YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO, BECAUSE IT'S SO EASY TO JUST LOSE SIGHT OF IT AND JUST MOVE ONTO THE NEXT PROJECT AS WELL. SO GOOD WORK IN THAT EFFORT. WELL LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR. UM AND WHAT? WE'RE IMPALA SUGGESTED WE DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FOR US TO TALK THROUGH IT AS WELL COMING THROUGH IT SO LAST YEAR, AND WHAT WE TRY TO DO WITH EVERY CITY WE WORK WITH IS TAKE YOUR PLAN AND SAY, CAN WE HELP REFINE IT, TWEAK IT AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BETTER AND GO FORWARD.

AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY I'M A BIG GEORGE ORWELL FAN AND AN ANIMAL FARM. ALL ALL GOALS ARE ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, WHICH IS SOME ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS. WELL, YOU HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT GOALS OUT THERE AND STRATEGIES AND STAFF REALLY TRYING TO DO THE BEST THEY CAN TO MEET ALL YOUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND ACCOMPLISH THE THINGS YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, AND I THINK THEY'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB ON THAT. BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH BANDWIDTH AND THEY'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS. SO LAST YEAR, WE SUGGESTED AND THE STAFF AND YOU AGREED TO GO THROUGH THIS EFFORT WILL WE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH A PRIORITIZATION PROCESS SO SIMILAR TO THAT WHERE WE END UP DOING IS KIND OF TWEAKING YOUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. THEN WE SHOT THOSE ALL OUT TO YOU GAVE YOU A CHANCE TO KIND OF RANK WHAT YOU FELT WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITIES WITHIN THE SIX DIFFERENT AREAS YOU'VE GOT, AND THEN WE CAME BACK. AS A GROUP AND SHOWED YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND AS YOU'LL SEE IN SOME OF THOSE ARE PROBABLY REFLECTED SOME SLIDES HERE TO GIVE YOU USE IT AS A TOUCH POINT AGAIN. THERE WERE TIMES WHERE THERE'S KIND OF MIXED MESSAGES. WHAT WAS THE STRONG BOWL WITH ONE OR TWO OF YOU ARE A WEEK OLD, THE OTHERS. WE JUST KIND OF TALKED THROUGH THAT AS A GROUP. SO THE SENSE WAS THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING WE TRIED DIFFERENTLY. WE NEVER KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT WAS GOING TO

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AND SAFE AND SECURE COMMUNITY. TOTALLY YOU CAN SEE SOME TRENDS THERE AS WELL ON THE TOP TWO OR THREE CAME FORWARD. SO UM, WHAT WE DID IS I ASKED EACH OF YOU, UM WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT PROCESS? DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU OR NOT WORK FOR YOU OR SOMETHING? YOU WANT TO TRY? GENERALLY SPEAKING, PEOPLE WERE PRETTY SATISFIED WITH IT GAVE YOU A CHANCE TO NOT ONLY TALK THROUGH THIS SESSION, BUT THEN GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO REFLECT UPON THAT AND THEN REALLY WAY IN WHICH ONES ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU, INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY. AND SO THE SENSE WAS, YOU KNOW YOU LIKED IT THAT THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT STAFF COULD SEE WHERE IT WAS, UM THERE WAS A RECOGNITION THAT YOU'RE PUTTING A LOT ON YOUR STAFF AND AS IT WORKED FOR THEM AS WELL, AND THAT THERE'S AN HONEST DIALOGUE THAT IF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH JUST CAN'T BE DONE WITH THE CURRENT STAFFING AND RESOURCE YOU'VE GOT THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. SO THERE WAS A RECOGNITION THAT YOU WORK TOGETHER. NOT INDIVIDUALLY. UM BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO A SENSE OF WHAT AFTER YOU RANK THEM, YOU KNOW, STAFF KIND OF RAN THE BALL, AND I DON'T KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT SOMETIMES, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS DONE HERE OR NOT SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES ON EITHER ACCORDINGLY BASIS OR SEMI ANNUAL BASIS, COME BACK TO THEIR COUNCILS AND DO KIND OF A STATUS REPORT OF WHERE YOU'RE AT AND WHAT'S HAPPENING SO THAT YOU DON'T KIND OF LOSE SIGHT OF IT DURING THE WHOLE COURSE OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE, AS YOU ALL KNOW YOU GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. AND SO I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME METRICS OUTWARD FACING METRICS ON YOUR WEBSITE. BUT TO SOME EXTENT, THERE'S SOME COUNCILS AND SOME COMMUNITIES THAT LIKE TO AT LEAST HAVE AT LEAST AN UPDATE. AT LEAST THAT'S ON A SEMI ANNUAL BASIS OR QUARTERLY BASIS, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU'VE GOT GOING, SO THAT KEEPS THE STUFF FRESH IN YOUR MIND. SO IT ISN'T JUST A ONCE A YEAR. NOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT WHAT HAPPENED OR NOT THE GOOD NEWS HERE. IS THAT AS I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID, WERE SUCCESSES AND POTENTIAL STALLS. I HAD ALSO HEARD FROM THE STAFF STANDPOINT AS WELL. SO THERE WAS SOME SYMMETRY IN THAT REGARD. WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS AVOID SURPRISES. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND REALIZE THAT SOMETHING DIDN'T HAPPEN, YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHY. SO WHATEVER PROCESS YOU'VE WORKED SEEMED TO BE WORKING, BUT THAT MAY BE A SUGGESTION TO THINK THROUGH AS WELL. SO UM, WITH THAT WE ARE SCHEDULED TO COME BACK TO YOU. WE'LL TWEAK THE INFORMATION WE'VE GOT HERE WITH STAFF. WELL, THEN SUBMIT THAT BACK TO YOU. ASSUMING YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THIS PROCESS WITH A PRIORITIZATION AND WERE SCHEDULED TENTATIVELY FOR MARCH 17TH A MONTH OUT FROM WHERE WE ARE TODAY TO COME BACK AS A GROUP AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE GOT, AND WHAT I'LL DO IS I WOULD WE'LL HAVE THE RESULTS. BUT THEN, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER LAST YEAR, I ALSO SAID, HERE'S WHERE A COUPLE OF YOU VOTED REALLY HIGH, BUT A COUPLE YOU VOTED REALLY LOW. LET'S TALK THROUGH THAT SO THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO PROVIDE CLARITY AND DIRECTION TO STAFF TO GO FORWARD. SO I WAS ASKED TO JUST MAKE SURE YOU STILL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT APPROACH OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT, OR CHANGES IN THE WAY WE DO THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO WALK THROUGH THAT. NO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GETTING TO THE END OF THE DAY AND WE'RE ABOUT TO GO BACK TO PUTTING OUT THE FIRES. YEAH I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WALLETS. ON ON THE TABLE. AH! ON DIDN'T GO LAST YEAR FROM STAFFS PERSPECTIVE, DID THE FRUITS OF THIS MEETING. HELP YOU GOSH! YEAH, AND I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT BY ASKING THAT QUESTION WILL SPEAK FROM MY STANDPOINT WITH THE OTHERS CHIME IN. AS THEY WISH. I FIND IT VERY HELPFUL, VERY HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT COUNCIL THE RELATIVE SET OF PRIORITIES BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT SOMETIMES THINGS WILL COME UP THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE YEAR THAT MADE DOC SOMETHING'S OFF TRACK. WE MAY HAVE TO SET SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT ASIDE. PUSH IT BACK A LITTLE BIT AND TO KNOW WHAT THOSE SORT OF HOT BUTTONS ARE OR OR ITEMS THAT MAYBE IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT MAYBE IT WASN'T STATED AS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY. IT'S GOOD FOR US TO KNOW THAT I FIND IT VERY HELPFUL. I THINK IT'S A GOOD EXERCISE FOR BOTH STAFF AND FOR THE COUNCIL BECAUSE YOU KNOW MY INITIAL CONVERSATION WITH DOUG THIS YEAR WAS I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT OUR PRIORITIES WERE LAST

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IT'S WHOM ANONYMOUS SO WE DON'T KNOW WHICH EMAIL IS RESPONDING, BUT ONCE WE GET TO SEVEN WE SHUT THE SURVEY DOWN, BUT THAT WILL BE THE SAME PROCESS YOU GET AFTER THIS MEETING, WE AGGREGATE EVERYTHING BUT JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT PROCESS STANDPOINT TO YOU. ARE YOU SAYING THAT CHARLIE BLOGS IN THERE SEVEN TIMES EACH EMAIL CAN ONLY RESPOND ONCE, OKAY? NO MORE MULTI FAMILY GETS SEVEN NEIGHBORLY ITEMS WILL KNOW SOMETHING'S UP. SO I RICK RICK IS ALREADY SCHEMING WHEN YOU SAID THAT I CAN SEE THE TECHNOLOGY BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU, AND THEY'RE RIGHT. YOU WANT TO YEAH, BOY. OKAY UM, WELL, GOOD. WELL, HOPEFULLY THAT WORKED OUT. I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE QUICKER, QUIETER GROUP. BUT I, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THAT'S A REFLECTION THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE YOU'RE GOING, WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE PACE OF WHICH YOU'RE GOING FORWARD ON. UM IT'S OKAY. WE DIDN'T HAVE A BUNCH OF NEW STUFF WE'VE WE'VE TWEAKED SOME THINGS HERE. THAT'S FINE. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, AS WELL. UM BUT IT'S NOT FOR THE LACK OF EFFORT. I THINK YOU ALL DOING SOME OUTSTANDING WORK HERE, AND THE LEADERSHIP YOU'RE PROVIDING TO STAFF INTO THIS COMMUNITY IS VERY REFLECTIVE IN THE WORK PRODUCT THAT'S TAKING PLACE SO DON'T FEEL BADLY THAT WE FINISHED A LITTLE EARLIER DIDN'T HAVE A GAZILLION MORE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TO ADD THERE, SO I THINK YOU'RE IN GOOD SHAPE AS WELL. BUT WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY OTHER KIND OF TAKEAWAYS OR COMMENTS OR CLOSING FROM THAT POINT FROM THE COUNCIL OR FROM STAFF. I THINK THAT WRAPS UP GOOD MORNING, OTHER THAN BUT YOU'RE POINTED TO SOMEONE I THINK, 8. I DON'T. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE ASKED YOU TO REVISIT AGENDA ITEM 23 0079. FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION ORDINANCE AMENDMENT. FOLLOWING THE COMMENTS FROM THE FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENTS EARLIER IN THE MEETING, WE REVIEWED THE AMENDED ORDINANCE AND COMPARE THAT TO THE PENDING CONTRACT FOR SERVICES THAT'S COMING NEXT WEEK . WE DID FIND A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR DESCRIPTION FOR THE VOTING SYSTEM SHOULD BE E. V S. 6.1 POINT 1.0 WILL MAKE THEIR CORRECTION FROM 6.0 POINT 2.0. SO WE ASK THAT YOU ACCEPT THOSE CHANGES AS WELL. IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE CHANGES? IN FAVOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NOBODY ELSE

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EMPRESS VERY AND LEAVE ANYONE OUT. UM SO. I JUST ELATED THAT TO SERVE IN THIS, UH THIS TIME IN THE CITY WITH THESE PEOPLE. AND WITH THE STAFF. I'M JUST GOING TO CLOSE UP TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL. THIS IS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO. MANY CITIES AROUND AMERICA DO NOT CARVE OUT THE TIME TO DO STRATEGIC PLANNING OR GOAL SETTING. YOU'VE AFFORDED US RESOURCES. WE HAVE TO PAY FOR DOG TO BE HERE AND FACILITATE ALWAYS BEEN VERY GRACIOUS ABOUT THAT. THE FACT THAT THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING POLICY MAKING AND UNDERSTANDING THAT IMPORTANCE AS YOU PRIORITIZE YOUR YOUR POLICY OBJECTIVES GOING FORWARD. IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED BY US. THAT'S HOW PROFESSIONAL CITY MANAGEMENT SHOULD BE DONE, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BE A PART OF IT. OUR TEAM IS TERRIFIC. I TELL PEOPLE I'M NOT SHY TO SAY IT'S THE FINEST EXECUTIVE TEAM THAT I'VE EVER BEEN AFFILIATED WITH CITY MANAGEMENT. MY CAREER WE'VE GOT IN AN OUTSTANDING TEAM. BIG ISSUES. BIG PROJECTS, BIG CHALLENGES, BUT WE'RE UP TO IT, I THINK, AND WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT WE GET. NOT EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL'S GONNA AGREE WITH EACH OTHER. NOT ALWAYS. DOES A COUNCIL EVEN AGREE WITH STAFF, BUT THERE IS TRUST THERE. I THINK IT'S MUTUAL, AND THAT'S HOW WE CAN GET THINGS DONE. AND I VERY MUCH PERSONALLY VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU. AND I JUST LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO JOSH, WHO IS RELATED TO ALL OF TODAY'S DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE HE IS THE FAIRLY NEW PERFORMANCE MANAGER FOR THIS VIDEO. HIS JOB IS TO PUT MORE RIGOR AND DISCIPLINE INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF OBJECTIVES THAT SUPPORT YOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES MET WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT, THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF THAT SUPPORTS THIS AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL. AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN BREATHING MORE LIFE INTO KIND OF WHAT WE DO AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL BECAUSE OF THE GOOD WORK OF JOSH. YEAH JUST FOR THE RECORD ITEMS. PUT A LITTLE NOTE TO LEAVE EUROPE. JOSHUA BU OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. BUT THAT MOTION TO ADJOURN

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.