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AND I'LL DEFER THE FLORIDA YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE. WELL LISTEN EVERY YEAR. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE HERE IN MCKINNEY BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE VOLUNTEERS FOR OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND MORE PEOPLE WILLING TO STEP UP AND GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY. THEN WE HAVE POSITIONS AVAILABLE, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY ON THE 20 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WE SEE. PEOPLE AREN'T VOLUNTEER. MCKINNEY HAS HUNDREDS OF NONPROFITS THAT ARE MCKINNEY HOMETOWN ORGANIZATIONS THAT DESPERATELY NEED HELP AND NEED PEOPLE VOLUNTEERING AND YOU CAN GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE SELECTED ON ONE OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT THERE ARE TONS OF WAYS TO GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY. SO IF YOU'RE NOT ONE OF THE ONES WHO IS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE SELECTED THIS YEAR, FIRST OF ALL, PLEASE COME BACK NEXT YEAR ALSO KNOW THAT IT DOESN'T SEEM POSSIBLE. BUT DURING THE TERMS IN BETWEEN OUR APPOINTMENTS WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO MOVE AWAY FROM MCKINNEY AND LEAVE THEIR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND SO WE HAVE TO REPLACE HIM, AND WE ALWAYS LOOK BACK AT THE LIST OF APPLICANTS WHO WERE KIND ENOUGH TO COME DOWN HERE AND SPEND THEIR TIME WITH US. WE ALSO HAVE CREATED ALTERNATES FOR EACH AND ALL OF OUR BOARDS TO WHERE WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO FILL ANYBODY . CONCEZIO WHO'S BEEN THERE AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE MEETINGS, JUST NOT VOTING. SO THAT WE DON'T PUT SOMEONE IN THERE WHO'S TOTALLY GREEN AND GENERALLY, THE COUNCIL ALWAYS PROMOTES THE ALTERNATE TO ANY VACANCY, AND THEN WE FILL THE ALTERNATE POSITION. BUT THOSE PEOPLE GET MOVED UP SO FREQUENTLY THAT WE HAD ONE GENTLEMAN HERE LAST NIGHT WHO WAS APPOINTED ALTERNATE FOR ONE WEEK, AND HE WAS IN A SEATED POSITION. SO I DON'T THINK ANY LESS OF BEING ALTERNATE BECAUSE VACANCIES DO HAPPEN. BUT IF YOU DON'T MAKE IT AS ALTERNATE OR ON ONE OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH VOLUNTEER MCKINNEY AND KEEP GIVING BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE THE THING THAT MAKES MCKINNEY GREAT. AND IT'S MCKINNEY HELPING MCKINNEY.
THANK YOU. MOST OF YOU ARE MAKING MCKINNEY GREAT MOST. I DON'T WANT THAT GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK. THAT'S A LITTLE DICEY. UM SO WE WILL START. I'VE GOT A LIST THE WAY THIS WORKS IS WE HAVE A LIST OF APPLICANTS HERE TONIGHT. I WILL CALL YOU UP IN THE ORDER THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO ME. THERE IS NO ALPHABETICALLY. ALPHABETICAL ORDER, OKAY, HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN BUT TODAY IT'S IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. SO YOU WILL COME UP IN ALPHABETIC ORDER IF YOU'LL SPEND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING A COUPLE OF MINUTES MINUTES. TWO MINUTES. TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF.
REMEMBER YOU FILLED OUT AN APPLICATION, SO WE'RE GOING TO KNOW. UM YOU KNOW YOUR YOUR WHAT YOU DO FOR WORK. HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN HERE? SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE VERY BRIEF ON THOSE THINGS.
MAYBE MORE. I HAVE A DOG UNDERNEATH. MY WE HAVE ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL UP HERE, JIM, YOU CAN'T SEE HIM, BUT IT'S A BLACK LAB AND HE JUST CAME BETWEEN MY LEGS AND IT WAS QUITE A SHOCK I WAS LOOKING FOR WHO MIGHT BE THAT, UM THE BUT YOU HAVE TO SPEND TIME. TELL US, YOU KNOW WHY? WHAT WHAT DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU BRING TO THE BOARD HAVE APPLIED FOR WHAT SKILL SET THAT YOU HAVE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT IS DRIVING YOUR DESIRE TO BE ON THAT BOARD SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT BE IN THE PACKAGE THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IN ON THAT FORM BECAUSE THE QUESTION WASN'T ANSWERED ON THAT KIND OF PERSONAL LEVEL, SO IF YOU DO THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT AND WE START WITH MARY BARNES, TILLY. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME . UM I'M MARY BARNES. SILLY. I AM ACTUALLY CURRENTLY ON CDC AND BEEN PROUD TO SERVE FUTURE COUPLE OF TERMS FOR CDC SO FAR. UM I AM I SERVED PROFESSIONALLY . I'M A CAMPUS PROVOST AT COLLIN COLLEGE ON OUR PLANO CAMPUS, SO I LIVE IN MCKINNEY. I WORK IN PLANO, SO I GET TO GET TO SERVE A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH COMMUNITIES . UM I AM STILL INTERESTED IN SERVING ON CDC. I WOULD LOVE I'D BE HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ONE MORE TERM. YOU ALL GAVE ME THE PRIVILEGE OF A FEW YEARS AGO TO APPOINT ME TO THIS BOARD AND, UM AND I WANT TO REFLECT ON WHERE I CAME FROM AND KIND OF WHERE I AM TODAY, WITH WITH SERVICE. I'VE SERVED MY COMMUNITY MY ENTIRE LIFE FROM WHEN I WAS A CHILD, AND MY MOM WAS DRAGGING ME TO VOLUNTEER AT THINGS, BUT I REALLY IT SOMETHING IN ME HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY. PRIOR TO COMING TO MCKINNEY. I WAS ON BRENHAM CITY COUNCIL. I LOVED THAT SERVICE, SO I GOT A LITTLE TASTE OF WHAT YOU DO, UM , LOVED WORKING WITH NONPROFITS . AND SO I KNEW WHEN I MOVED HERE, I WANTED TO SERVE AND I
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WANTED TO SERVE IN A CAPACITY THAT SOMEONE FELT WAS RIGHT. AND I FELT LIKE CDC AND I FEEL LIKE THAT TODAY IS REALLY THE RIGHT FIT FOR ME. I LOVED MCKINNEY AND I CHOSE MCKINNEY FOR A REASON.AND I FEEL LIKE NOW I GET TO GIVE BACK TO UM, AND MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND SO IN THESE PAST FIVE YEARS, SERVING ON THE BOARD GETTING TO WORK WITH MAIN STREET GETTING TO WORK WITH THE PARKS BOARD GETTING TO SERVE ON DIFFERENT SUBCOMMITTEES HAVE REALLY GOTTEN TO BE PART OF A LOT OF THE DECISIONS TO BRING THINGS TO MCKINNEY, WHETHER IT'S RETAIL DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER IT'S PROJECTS OR WHETHER IT'S UM YOU KNOW, PROMOTIONAL GRANTS AND GETTING EXCITING ACTIVITIES HERE, BUT IT REALLY DOES MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I COULD. MOVE HERE. I COULD GET INVOLVED HERE AND I COULD REALLY BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT I PICKED MCKINNEY SPECIFICALLY. WE TRAVELED ALL AROUND, AND I SAID NO. THIS IS THE PLACE SO I'D BE HONORED TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM ON CDC. SO THANK YOU. OH GOD. TIMING TIMING IS PERFECT THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. THAT'S A SCORE OF 10 ON THAT ALONE. BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN. HAVE YOU HAD FUN? I'VE HAD A LOT OF FUN, AND I'M LAUGHING BECAUSE WE'RE WITH HCB. UM THE RIBBON CUTTING THE OTHER DAY AND WE WERE IN A GROUP TOUR TOGETHER, AND I JUST REALIZED THAT PEOPLE I WORK WITH ARE JUST SUCH A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE. BUT WE REALLY DO HAVE FUN. UM WE GET TO SUPPORT THE EVENTS THAT WE SUPPORT BY VOTING FOR THEM, AND THEN WE GET TO GO TO SUPPORT HIM. AND JUST GET TO SEE WHAT WE GET TO BRING TO COMMITTEE ARE TO MCKINNEY BY THE LITTLE BIT THAT WE GET TO SUPPORT. AND SO I LOVE IT. I LOVE WHAT I DO. YOU DO KNOW I'M USING YOU FOR ADVERTISING OUT HERE. OKAY OKAY , MARY, YOU'VE BEEN YOU'VE BEEN QUITE AN ASSET ON THAT BOARD AND THIS LIAISON TO THAT BOARD, OF COURSE, GET TO SEE YOU UP CLOSE AND HOW YOU INTERACT ON THAT BOARD IN YOUR CONTRIBUTION, SO THANK YOU. NOT JUST THE BOARD. IT'S THE ENTIRE CITY OF MCKINNEY BEEN ASSET TO EVERYTHING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING MCKINNEY . ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. SO AFTER YOU COME UP, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY BE WONDERING, DO I HAVE TO SIT THROUGH THE REST? DO I LEAVE? FEEL FREE TO LEAVE. WE KNOW THAT EVERYONE HERE HAS OTHER THINGS TO DO, AND FAMILIES AND LIVES AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE PUT ON A BOARD, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SACRIFICED ENOUGH OF THAT DOWN THE ROAD, SO CERTAINLY FEEL FREE TO LEAVE. IT WILL NOT BE A MARK AGAINST YOU AT ALL. AND ALSO BEFORE I MOVE ON, YOU KNOW, I MADE A COUPLE OF REFERENCES TO THE GENTLEMAN. THE BACK FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW EXCEPT TO REMEMBER. NOT EVERYONE KNOWS PAUL GRIMES. PROGRAMS OR CITY MANAGER. SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW PAUL GRIMES, YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT OUR CITY IS THE WELL RUN CITY THAT IT IS AND IS THE GREAT CITY THAT IT IS AND IT'S A IT'S THE PRODUCT OF HIM, AND PAUL HAS BEEN THE CITY MANAGER FOR JUST OVER SIX YEARS NOW AND HAS REALLY DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
IN THIS COMMUNITY. HE IS REVERED. IN THE CITY MANAGER WORLD AS A TOP TOP TOP TIER CITY MANAGER, AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I CAN TALK TO ALL THE MAYORS AND OTHER THERE ARE LESS FORTUNATE SITUATIONS OF THEIR CITY MANAGERS. SO ALTHOUGH I WAS JOKING ABOUT PAUL AGAIN AFTER REMEMBER, THEN EVERYONE KNOWS IT WOULD KNOW WHERE THAT WAS COMING FROM. I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR THAT MAN. AND HE IS, IF YOU WHEN PEOPLE TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW GREAT THE COMMUNITY IS. YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER NAMED PROGRAMS AMEN. YOU SHOULD, BECAUSE THAT'S AS GOOD AS IT'S GONNA GET. SO IT GETS FROM HERE. IT CAN ONLY GO DOWN AND HE WAS IN ROSEMARY BEACH A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND TEXTED ME THAT HE FOUND DRINKABLE CHOCOLATE, SO IT HAS NOW BEEN MY DESIRE TO EMINENT DOMAIN. SOMETHING TO GET A DRINKABLE CHOCOLATE THING HERE SO WE CAN KEEP HIM. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. I LOVE CHOCOLATE DREAM NICE. WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU, SIR. YES, SIR. CHIEF GOLF. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CANCELED. KEITH GO. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF BIKINI FOR OVER 15 YEARS. OFF AND ON PRETTY MUCH THROUGHOUT MY LIFE. UM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. UM GOT A WIFE TWO KIDS. LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO. HOPEFULLY ONE DAY CAN RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL. VERY HAPPY WITH WHERE YOU'RE AT, UM, CHALLENGE STRUGGLED A LITTLE FORWARD. YES SO FOR WORK, I WORK FOR THE CITY OF FRISCO FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I'M A BATTALION, CHIEF. THERE. UM THINGS THAT I THINK I CAN OFFER THROUGH MY TIME OF WORK. I'VE UNDERSTOOD. KIND OF MORE. SO THE 50,000 FT VIEW. YOU KNOW, NOT JUST ON THE TASK LEVEL WITH THE OVERALL STRATEGY LEVEL. OF A CITY. I GET TO WORK WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT MANAGERS OVER THERE. DIFFERENT DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WITH VISIT FRISCO , CDC AND THE FRISCO I THINK THAT THAT OFFERS A GOOD LOOK INTO HOW THE CITY WORKS. A LOT OF THE CITY. MCKINNEY ALSO LOVE
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THE CITY OF FRISCO. I THINK TWO SISTERS, HE'S WORKED REALLY WELL TOGETHER SO THE BOARDS THAT I WOULD LOVE. I DIDN'T REALLY PUT DOWN ANYTHING SPECIFIC, BUT THE E D. C. THE CDC MAIN STREET ANYTHING LIKE THAT WOULD LOVE TO SERVE PREVIOUSLY SERVED ON THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION. I SERVED ON THEIR THROUGH THE TIME OF COVID. SO MY TIME WAS ACTUALLY EXTENDED FOR THEIR SO I FELT LIKE I WAS ON THERE FOR A LONG TIME. LOVE THAT BOARD FELT LIKE WE DID A LOT OF GOOD STUFF AND LISTEN TO ALL THE ALL THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON THAT, BUT I GOT MY DEGREE AND ECONOMICS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE BE HELPFUL AS WELL FOR THE C, D. C OR A D. C. BUT THAT'S IT.THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. THANKS KEITH. THANKS FOR SERVING, AND, UM I REMEMBER LAST YEAR WAS MY FIRST YEAR DOING THIS AND I REMEMBER BEING SO IMPRESSED THAT YOUR BATTALION CHIEF IN FRISCO AND YOU WERE SERVING HERE IN MCKINNEY, I THOUGHT THAT WAS AWESOME. YES VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. BENJAMIN GERALD. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AS I HAVE HAD THE HONOR OF MEETING SEVERAL VIEW PRIOR AS A RECENT GRADUATE OF LEADERSHIP MCKINNEY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AS AN OUTCOME OF THAT CLASS WAS LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE CITY AND THE WONDERFUL THINGS MY WIFE AND I AND OUR FOUR CHILDREN. WE MOVED HERE IN MAY OF 20 SOMETHING GOING ON DURING THAT TIME, BUT WE CHOSE MCKINNEY OUT OF LOOKING OVER THE ENTIRE AREA, AND SINCE THEN I'LL TELL YOU WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO MCKINNEY IN THIS PART OF MY APPLICATION. I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE CITY BECAUSE WE AT THE TIME WE LIVED IN FRISCO RANDOM HOUSE OUT OF THERE, AND WHEN WE MOVED, WE ARE LOOKING ALL OVER THE AREA AND MY RELATIONS SAID YOU REALLY SHOULD CHECK OUT MCKENNY. I SAID THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GIRL'S NAME, LIKE I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD LIVE IN A CITY WITH A GIRL'S NAME. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I THOUGHT THAT BUT I'LL TELL YOU SINCE WE MOVED HERE WE GO TO CHURCH OF ST PETER'S HAVE MOVED MY BUSINESS HERE. WE'RE IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. I'M, A FINANCIAL ADVISOR, FINANCIAL PLANNER. WE SET UP SHOP. WE'VE GOT THREE EMPLOYEES HERE OUT OF THE COMMON DESK AND WE'VE FALLEN IN LOVE. WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO SIT ON THE BOARDS FOR MCKINNEY SOCCER ASSOCIATION AS WELL, SEVERAL FINANCIAL INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS IN ALL OF NORTH DALLAS AND BEING ABLE TO APPLY AND BE A PART OF LEADERSHIP. MCKINNEY WAS VERY EXCITING AM SPECIFICALLY APPLYING FOR THE CDC. AS A FURTHER EXTENSION OF THE INFLUENCE AND ABILITY TO HELP CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES. MY BACKGROUND WAS ORIGINALLY ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING WITH A DEGREE IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT. SO I BUILT STADIUMS FOR 10 YEARS AND I'VE BEEN IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY FOR 15. I THINK COMBINING BOTH OF THOSE BACKGROUNDS PROVIDES A UNIQUE ASPECT OF BOTH BRINGING IN REVENUE AND ALSO UNDERSTANDING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT CITIES THAT HAVE LIVED IN BUT D C. ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE. INFLUENCE THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE HAD VERY SUCCESSFULLY TO BRING HERE. WITH THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BENJAMIN, I WE KNOW EACH OTHER BY NOTICED ON YOUR APPLICATION. YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY. YOU LIVE IN THE E T. J RIGHT? CORRECT OKAY, THAT LIMITS THE BOARDS YOU CAN BE ON AND C, D C AND E D C OR TWO THAT YOU CAN'T BE ON IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN OUR CITY LIMITS.
BASICALLY THERE'S A FEW THINGS YOU CAN DO. I THINK CURRENTLY WE HAVE STEVE WILSON ON ALL THOSE THINGS THAT HE CAN DO, SO MAYBE YOU CAN RELIEVE HIM ON ONE OF THOSE, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO VISIT WITH YOU PERSONALLY ON IT, BUT WE'RE LIMITED FOR FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THE T. J AS TO WHAT THEY CAN DO. ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. OH YEAH. VERSUS POINTING OUT THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT YEAH, WE GO OVER, BUT I CAN TALK TO YOU ONE PART THAT I UNDERSTOOD. THERE WAS SOME LIMITATIONS WITH THAT, IF ANYTHING BEING THAT OLIVE BRANCH TO TRINITY FALLS TO HOPEFULLY ONE DAY, GET US INTO THE CITY LIMITS, RIGHT? RIGHT. WE'LL GET YOU THERE SOMEDAY.
THANK YOU, SIR. THAT HEALTHY? IS THERE A THAD HELPLESSLY HERE? YES SIR. IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU GOT INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY. I'M WORKING ON IT. I'M WORKING ON THAT. APPRECIATE BEING HERE.
THANK YOU STARTED WHEN HE WAS 12 0? YEAH, LOOK AT ME. I CAN THAT HELMSLEY. I'M ON PRESENTLY MEMBER OF THE M E. D. C. GREATLY ENJOYED THAT BOARD. UM ASKING TO BE REAPPOINTED, HAVE SERVED A FULL TERM AND CAME IN FOR DR FELTUS WHEN SHE RAN FOR OFFICE A FEW YEARS BACK, SO PART OF ANOTHER TERM, SO ANYWAY, UH I HAVE LIVED AND WORKED IN MCKINNEY FOR. NORTH OF 35 YEARS , UM, RAISED MY FAMILY HERE. SERVED ON THIS COUNCIL FOR A FEW YEARS. SOME YEARS BACK, AND CDC WAS ALWAYS AN IMPORTANT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOARDS TO ME. I FEEL THAT IN A GROWING COMMUNITY, WE'VE BEEN A GROWING COMMUNITY FOR AS LONG AS I'VE LIVED HERE, I GUESS AND I FEEL LIKE THE E. D C AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS IMPORTANT AS THING WE NEED TO STAY ON TOP OF
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AS A GROWING COMMUNITY, SO ENJOY THAT BOARD. UM AND I BELIEVE THAT MY EXPERIENCE SERVING THE CITY IN OTHER WAYS AS AN ASSET TO THAT MY BUSINESS HERE IN MCKINNEY, I THINK BRINGS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND HISTORICAL HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. THAT WOULD BE A VALUE ON THE M A. D.C. SO ANYWAY, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT AGAIN, ROB RESPECTFULLY ASKED TO BE REAPPOINTED. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU'VE BEEN OBVIOUSLY A REAL ASSET ON THAT BOARD AND YOUR EXPERTISE, YOUR EXPERIENCE BOTH IN YOUR PROFESSION AND YOUR HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE HERE IN THE CITY HAS SHOWN ITSELF TO BE VALUABLE VIRTUALLY EVERY MEETING, SO I ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AS WE DISCUSSED. SOME OF THE PROJECTS ALWAYS ALWAYS GREAT INPUT. ALWAYS ALWAYS ON POINT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU LOT OF EXCITING THINGS GOING ON OVER THERE. WHAT YEARS WERE YOU ON CITY COUNCIL? 98 08. SO YOU WERE . I'VE BEEN HERE WHEN I MOVED MY BUSINESS HERE 25 YEARS AGO YOU WERE ON CITY COUNCIL. YES YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. YEAH. YOU'VE BEEN I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW MCKINNEY WITHOUT YOU, SO, YEAH, WE'RE WELL, YOU LANDED IN A GREAT SPOT . THAT'S FOR SURE. WE DID. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. YES, GRANDFATHER, AMSCOT. WOW WHEN WAS HE BORN? AND WHEN DID HE PASS AWAY? MORNING 17 PASSED AWAY IN 99. AGAIN SO HE GOT TO SEE ME ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND I, YOU KNOW AT HIS POINT IN LIFE AT THAT TIME, THAT WAS A THAT WAS A GREAT SOMETHING VERY PROUD FOR HIM. SO THAT'S GREAT. GLAD HE WAS STILL HERE TO SEE THAT SO AWESOME. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANKS. CHANTELLE GONDOLA. HMM HELLO, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M SHOCK UP, SHANTEL. I KNOW MY NAME. ADALA UM, I HAVE AH BEEN INTRODUCED TO MANY OF YOU THROUGH VARIOUS THINGS HERE IN THE CITY. UM MY PARTICIPATION IN THE AIRPORT BANK COMMITTEE? AH THE MCKINNEY BLACK HISTORY MONTH . A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU'LL SEE ME DOING AROUND THE CITY. I AM A RECENT GRADUATE OF MCKINNEY'S BEST CLASS EVER. UNDISPUTED THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE THAN ONE SETTLE DOWN. AND SO I AM A WRITER BY TRADE. I AM MARKETER.
THAT'S WHAT I DO TO PAY BILLS AND I HAVE MOVED HERE SEVEN YEARS AGO WITH MY HUSBAND AND THREE KIDS. I HAVE TWO GT ABBOTT . I'M A BRAG ON THEM KIDS AT COCKEREL MIDDLE SCHOOL. I ALSO HAVE A 27 YEAR OLD WHO WORKS HERE IN MCKINNEY. AND MY HUSBAND WORKS AT BANK OF AMERICA NUMBER SEVEN BANKER IN ALL OF BANK OF AMERICA. ALL OF THAT IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I'M REALLY GOOD AT WHAT I DO, AND THAT'S BEING A MOM AND BEING A WIFE AND I WANT TO SERVE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE BEST CITY IN AMERICA. WE PICKED IT. TO MOVE HERE TO RAISE MY KIDS, AND I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED BY THE GREAT THINGS THAT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY DOES. I WOULD LIKE TO PROTECT. WHAT IS MCKINNEY AND I WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE WHAT CAN BE IMPROVED AND I BELIEVE THAT ONLY HAPPENS THROUGH SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP. I THINK LEADERSHIP IS SERVITUDE IS SERVITUDE AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO DO. SO I APPLIED FOR TWO COMMITTEES AND I , BUT I'M OPEN TO OTHER COMMITTEES. I CANNOT BE IN A COMMITTEE THAT HAS TO DO WITH ANIMALS BECAUSE I WILL ADOPT ALL OF THEM OR CHILDREN BECAUSE THAT WILL ADOPT ALL OF THEM OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, MY BUSINESS EXPERTISE, MY MARKETING EXPERTISE. MY COMMUNITY SERVICE EXPERTISE CAN APPLY TO A LOT OF COMMITTEES AND, UM I'M PROBABLY FORGETTING SOMETHING, BUT YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT WERE THE TWO BOARDS THAT YOU I AM LISTED FOR THE. THE GRANT COMMITTEE COMMUNITY COMMITTEE COMMITTEE AND VISIT MCKINNEY. I'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, I YOU JUST JUMPED IN. AND I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST MET YOU. I THOUGHT I HAD KNOWN HER BEFORE, BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMED LIKE YOU WERE NATURAL. YOU JUST JUMPED IN AND FIT IN. YOUR SOMETIMES TRAIN GOES 80 MILES AN HOUR AND YOU'RE GOING 80 MILES AN HOUR. I THINK IT WAS FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SO I KNOW YOU'RE A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE CITY AND NEW RESIDENTS COULD LEARN A LOT FROM YOU. YOU DONE TERRIFIC WORK AND VERY SHORT TIME YOU'VE BEEN HERE. THANK YOU. GREAT ATTITUDE AND GREAT SMILES. THANK YOU. I LIKE THE WAY YOU THINK. THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. MARY ALICE KETCHUM. TWO TIMES FIVE. MAY I CALL MARY ALLISON THAT GOT UP? I THOUGHT THAT'S NOT AN AERIALIST. I KNOW THAT'S NOT MARY ALICE. OKAY, SO MARY ALICE DID NOT MAKE
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IT. I KNOW WHO THIS CHARACTER IS. ADRIAN MITCHELL ETO, ADRIAN . HAVE TO DO MY ROCKY IMPRESSION YOU, ADRIAN. HELLO COUNCIL AND MR MAYOR. I MADE A MITCHELL ETO. YOU GUYS ALL KNOW ME. I'VE BEEN IN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR ABOUT 18 YEARS GOING ON 19 YEARS RAISED MY FAMILY HERE HAVE A BACKGROUND, SIGNIFICANT BACKGROUND IN MARKETING BUT HAVE DEDICATED MOST OF MY LIFE TO GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH VARIETY OF WAYS. FIRST TIME I SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR NONPROFIT WAS RIGHT OUT OF GRAD SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 22. UM AND SINCE THEN THAT GAVE ME THE REAL NEED TO GIVE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO HERE AT MAKENI, I HAVE HAD THE AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF COMMUNITY LIFE LINE CENTER AS DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT. UM THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR ONE HEART, MCKENNEY CURRENTLY WORKING WITH LOVE LIFE AS WELL AS JUST SO MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN MCKINNEY, AND THAT PASSION IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO CONTINUE AND THAT THE ABILITY TO GET BACK ALSO HAD THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR, UM, ONE OF THE AMAZING LEADERS OF MCKINNEY, INCLUDING THIS ONE, BUT DON DAY AND RICK WELLS. IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS TO BE A BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY AND WHAT IT TAKES TO MARKET AND , UM WHAT? THE EVENTS HERE IN DOWNTOWN REALLY MEAN THE. TWO THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF WOULD BE DC AND MAINSTREAM MCKINNEY. BUT OF COURSE, I'D BE OPEN TO DOING ANYTHING TO GIVE BACK AND I FEEL LIKE I'M ACTUALLY AT THE OPPORTUNITY NOW THAT MY KIDS ARE AT THE AGE THAT I CAN ALLOW THEM TO GO ON THEIR OWN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT I CAN GIVE BACK MORE.SO THAT'S WHY I APPLIED. I KNOW THAT YOU YOU. YOU ALSO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH WITH AMY ROSENTHAL THROUGH THE LOUISIANA REDEVELOPMENT, ANOTHER TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH WITH ANDREW THROUGH TMR, YOU ARE A YOU ARE TREMENDOUS FORCE. I WOULD SAY THAT YOU. YOU YOU MANAGE HALF OF THAT EVENT? QUITE FRANKLY. SO UM , THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT. I THINK EVERYONE APPEARS AWARE OF THOSE THINGS, TOO. BUT I WANT TO JUST PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR THAT AND COMMEND YOU FOR THAT, BECAUSE UM EVENTS ARE MY PASSION. I LOVE I LOVE GIVING BACK SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW EVENTS OF ALL SIZES AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN AN EVENT BUT ALSO MARKETED EVENT AND MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL NOT ONLY FOR THE EVENT ITSELF BUT FOR THE CITY.
OKAY I GOTTA BE HONEST WITH YOU. I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING YOU SAID AFTER YOU SAID YOU GRADUATED FROM GRADUATE SCHOOL AT 22 I'M SAYING 22. YES, SIR. I WAS IN MY THIRD JUNIOR YEAR 20 TO 13 YEARS . I WAS A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL. YES. I WASN'T OVERACHIEVER AND MAYBE STILL AM, BUT YES. THAT WAS YOU ARE IN YOUR I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. YOU'RE INCREDIBLE. AND YOU'RE EVERYWHERE. AND YOU'RE AT LEAST EVERYWHERE. I AM ALL THE TIME. IT SEEMS SO, UH, WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU INTEREST IN BEING A CITY MANAGER . ER TOLD YOU WAS JUST GONNA GO DOWN FROM THE SPORT, HE SAID DRINKABLE CHOCOLATE NETWORK OUT. ACTUALLY I WAS I WORKED FOR STARBUCKS WHEN WE DO WE GAVE OR WE LAUNCHED DRINKABLE CHOCOLATE DID NOT GO VERY WELL. SO JUST LET YOU GUYS STARBUCKS DID HAVE IT IN THE DAY, BUT, YEAH, I DON'T REMEMBER THAT. THAT FIVE. THANKS FOR CHOOSING MCKINNEY.
THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. SURGERY. AND WHITNEY NASH. ANY GOOD EVENING. IF I'M A REALLY QUICK, THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN PHILLIPS FOR GIVING A SHOUT OUT TO VOLUNTEER MCKINNEY AND THE OTHER NONPROFITS. AND A SHAMELESS PLUG THAT VOLUNTEER MCKINNEY ITSELF IS LOOKING FOR BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU. SO YES, I'M WHITNEY NASH. I'VE LIVED IN MCKINNEY FOR A LITTLE OVER SEVEN YEARS WITH MY HUSBAND AND MY SON. I ALSO OWN AND OPERATE A 10 31 EXCHANGE COMPANY HERE IN MCKINNEY. UM SINCE MOVING HERE. I HAVE SOUGHT OUT OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE BEEN GRANTED THE HONOR OF SERVING AND SEVERAL CAPACITIES INCLUDING MY PREVIOUS WHEN YOUR TERM ON THE ARMED SERVICE MEMORIAL BOARD SERVING AS A SECRETARY AND MY CURRENT APPOINTMENT TO THE VISIT MCKINNEY BOARD AS LAST YEAR'S HR COMMITTEE CHAIR. AND THE SHARES SECRETARY TREASURER AND FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR. IN ADDITION TO CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, I'M CURRENTLY SERVING THE FIRST OF MY TWO YEAR TERM AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR
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VOLUNTEER. MCKINNEY AND I ALSO JOINED THE MCKINNEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN JANUARY. I AM ALSO PROUD GRADUATE OF LEADERSHIP. MCKINNEY PROGRAM CLASS OF 2021 BEST CLASS EVER. SO EVEN THOUGH ALL OF THIS HAS KEPT ME VERY BUSY, I LOVE IT . I WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING AND I WANT TO CONTINUE BEING THIS BUSY. I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM OWNING A BUSINESS SERVING ON BOARDS, HOLDING LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN THEM AND GOING THROUGH LEADERSHIP. MCKINNEY AND I HOPE THAT I CAN CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES THAT I'VE GAINED.ONCE AGAIN BY SERVING ON THE BOARD ONCE AGAIN. SINCE I'M COMING UP ON THE END OF MY FIRST YEAR OF A TWO YEAR TERM WITH ISN'T MCKINNEY WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE MY SERVICE FOR A SECOND TWO YEAR TERM? SO THAT I MAY SEE THROUGH THE CHANGES IN STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED UNLESS YOU BELIEVE ME TO BE A BETTER FIT ELSEWHERE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOW YOU'RE YOU'RE AGAIN ABUSIVE WORD DETERMINED ALL THE TIMES, BUT REAL ASSET IN THE COMMUNITY AND VERY, VERY ENGAGED IN WHAT YOU DO WITH VOLUNTEER MCKINNEY AND SERVICE AND VISIT MCKINNEY. IT'S VERY, VERY VALUED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU'RE GREAT. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU DO PRESIDENT'S WALLS. GOOD EVENING PRESS CONTROLS. I GO BY CHASE BILL NAME RELIGIOUS FROM MY PARENTS, SO ALWAYS. CORRECTING PEOPLE, BUT THAT'S OKAY. UH WORK FOR S FIVE PARTNERS. WE OWN A LITTLE BIT OF PROPERTY DOWN HERE AROUND THE DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY SQUARE FAMILY IS HIGHLY INVESTED IN THE SQUARE HAVE LIVED IN MCKINNEY FOR 20 YEARS. I HAD MY OWN FAMILY HERE FOR 10. NOW IN MY FIVE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AS WELL, UM I'VE BEEN ON MAIN STREET BOARD FOR A COUPLE OF TERMS ALREADY, AND I'M ASKING TO SERVE ANOTHER. WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME REALLY GOOD WORK ON THE BOARD THERE, AND I'D LIKE TO KIND OF HELP SEE A FEW MORE THINGS THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE GONE DONE AS WE'VE GOTTEN THE CART THAT HELPS WITH PARKING AND DELIVERING SOME PEOPLE AROUND. ALSO ANOTHER BIG THING. SECURITY WE ACTUALLY HAVE SECURITY WALKING AROUND THE SQUARE NOW AND SO, AH! I'D REALLY LIKE TO STAY ON AND SEE ABOUT REALLY GETTING SOME PEDESTRIAN AREAS. DEDICATED FOR PEDESTRIANS DOWN AROUND THE SQUARE, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE FEW OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING, AND SO I JUST REALLY LIKE TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM AND HOPE THAT YOU GUYS GIVE ME THE PRIVILEGE TO DO IT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I HAD HAD. I HAD THOUGHT PERSON THAT YOU WERE TERMED OUT. HE IS, BUT HE WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ONE MORE. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND ME INTERRUPTING, MR MAYOR. YOU KNOW, WE MADE LAST YEAR DECISION TO LIMIT THE TERMS AND EXCEPT ON A FEW BOARDS, AND I THINK HONESTLY THAT WE OUGHT TO RETHINK THAT BOARD MAIN STREET BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE LONG RANGE PLANNING NEEDS TO BE DONE. I THINK THAT WE MAY NEED TO CONSIDER. OBVIOUSLY WE CAN CONSIDER COUNCIL COULD WE COULD DO WHAT WE WANT REALLY ON THIS STUFF, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S POLICY. WE OUGHT TO RECONSIDER THAT BOARD TO BE AS POSSIBLE THREE TERM BOARD. BUT YOU KNOW MY EXPERIENCE WITH WITH WITH CHASE IS THAT HE? IS IT ASSET. THE STAFF CERTAINLY AGREES. AND I'VE BEEN ON THAT BOARD FOR A WHILE. AND YOU GREAT PRESIDENT. AND YEAH, WE CERTAINLY HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING. I UNDERSTAND THAT I'VE TURNED OUT JUST FINE. I THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE'S NOT A PATH FORWARD . I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAD MY NOTES, RIGHT? THAT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT THAT CAN'T BE UM, CONSIDERED WOULD BE THE WRONG TIME TO THROW IN THE TOWEL, PRESTON. THANK YOU, SIR.
PRESIDENT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO ON MAIN STREET. I WANT TO MAKE A REMARK. MR BIRD CHASING SIT DOWN, BUT, YOU KNOW ON THE ONE HAND, WE ON COUNCIL TO BALANCE SOMETHING WE BALANCE. WE WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF PEOPLE A SHOT. WE'RE A CITY OF TWO AND 12,000 PEOPLE NOW WHEN I FIRST APPLIED FOR A BOARD, REMEMBER ROGER HARRIS, SWEATING THERE, SWEATING, GRIPPING THE CHAIR BEGGED ME TO SERVE ON ONE. YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO GET FOLKS TO DO IT. THOSE DAYS ARE GONE. WE'VE GOT SO MANY TALENT PEOPLE OUT HERE NOW, BUT YOU KNOW, ON THE OTHER HAND, WE'VE GOT ON SOME OF THE BOARDS. THERE'S THE INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL THAT WE HAVE, AND IN THIS CASE THE EQUITY PEOPLE HAVE ON OUR DOWNTOWN SQUARE AND WE ALL KNOW THE DOWNTOWN SQUARES OF JEWEL. RIGHT WELL, IT'S NOT BY ACCIDENT. THERE IS HEAVY, HEAVY LIFTING THAT GOES ON BY A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, TOO. KEEP IT THAT WAY. AND SO YOU KNOW, SO ON THE OTHER HAND, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE STEWARDSHIP OF THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS, JUST LIFT UP THE HOOD A LITTLE BIT AS TO WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION, SO THANK YOU, MR MAYOR CHASE I IN A BURTON LEE CALLED YOU BY YOUR FIRST NAME THAT YOU TOLD ME NOT
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TO CALL YOU BY AND THAT WAS NOT INTENTIONAL ON OUR APOLOGIZE. MM HMM. CHASE. UM THANKS, JASON KATIE SCOTT. GOT THE READERS. YOU ME BOTH. WELCOME TO THE DARK SIDE. HELLO EVERYONE. I AM KATIE SCOTT. I AM MCKINNEY RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER AND MOTHER OF FOUR TEENAGERS. I WRITE. UM YOU MAY KNOW ME BY SOME OF MY STORES DOWNTOWN. I HAVE THE GROOVY COOP AND REDS UP ON RECORDS. I PRIDE MYSELF AND HAVING BUSINESSES THAT MAKE EVERYBODY FEEL INCLUDED. WELCOME AND ALSO I FEEL PROUD THAT I FEEL LIKE WE'VE KIND OF PAVED THE WAY FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE A LITTLE LEFT OF CENTER TO COME AND FILL WELCOME TO OPEN THEIR BUSINESSES HERE AS WELL AND BE SUCCESSFUL, SO I AM VERY PROUD OF THAT. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE APPOINTED TO THE VISIT MCKINNEY BOARD TWO YEARS AGO WHERE I NOW SERVE AS VICE CHAIR AND SHARE OF THE MARKETING COMMITTEE. WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A LOT OF CHANGES THERE HAVE THOUGHT THIS THROUGH REVISION OF OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR REVISION OF OUR MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS AND ASSISTED IN REVAMPING THE VISIT MCKINNEY STORE, YOUR VISITOR'S CENTER AND STORE ARE COHESIVE REPRESENTATION OF OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. IN THE TWO YEARS SINCE US SAW ME HERE. I'VE BEEN PRETTY BUSY I HAVE HELPED CO FOUND AND CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE BOARD OF MCKINNEY PRIDE, WHICH IS NOW A NONPROFIT, PROVIDING A SAFE SPACE RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR OUR LGBT Q. I A PLUS RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES. I GRADUATED FROM THE 2023 COSTS OF LEADERSHIP MCKINNEY BEST COSTS EVER. MY GROUP PROJECT WAS HOW TO ADDRESS ATTAINABLE HOUSING AND THE LACK OF IT IN OUR TOWN.THIS IS A TOPIC I'M EXTREMELY PASSIONATE ABOUT AS BEING A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNER AND EAST SIDE RESIDENT. I SEE THE STRUGGLES WITH HOMELESSNESS AND LACK OF HOUSING OPTIONS FOR THE 30 TO 60% AM I FOLKS AND BECAUSE OF THIS PROJECT, I'VE CONNECTED WITH A TINY POCKET COMMUNITY WHERE I ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARD AS VICE CHAIR. I AM PASSIONATE, SOMETIMES TO A FAULT ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN IT. OUR TOWN IS BOOMING AND BUSTLING WITH NEW PROJECTS AND FUTURE POSSIBLE ENDEAVORS. I WOULD BE HONORED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AND USE MY BUSINESS SENSE FORWARD THINKING MINDSET AND COMPASSION FOR OTHERS, AND WHATEVER CAPACITY YOU FEEL I COULD BE YOUR BEST UTILIZED. THANK YOU. KATIE I WANT TO PUBLICLY STATE THAT I LOVE YOUR COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE DEDICATION TO INCLUSIVITY THE EVENTS THAT YOU PUT ON, EVEN IN THE FACE OF SOME, UM, YOU KNOW ADVERSITY NOT BE NAMED. YES WILL BE NAMED, BUT BUT I'M NOT ONE OF THE, UM NOT ONE TO SHY AWAY FROM MAKING STATEMENTS AND BEING EXPRESSING WHAT I BELIEVE AND FEEL. I DON'T CARE ABOUT POLITICAL NONSENSE. I THINK WHAT YOU DO IS INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY YOU SERVE IN THE COMPASSION YOU SHOW FOR THE COMMUNITY AS AWESOME. AND UH AND I AM SO PROUD THAT YOU ARE A BUSINESS OWNER IN OUR DOWNTOWN THAT YOU HAVE TO BUSINESSES.
THEY'RE INCREDIBLY COOL. THEY SERVE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IT'S ALSO KNOWN THAT THAT YOU YOU WELCOME THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND IN A WORLD THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THAT WAY. YOU ARE BY FAR ON THE RIGHT PATH. AND YOU ARE THE RIGHTEOUS ONE. AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. LET'S SEE OTHER BUSINESS, SO I HAVE A RECORD STORE AND THE GROOVY COOP. THE GROUP HAS BEEN OPEN FOR EIGHT YEARS IN THE RECORD STORE IS THREE YEARS OLD. WE OPENED THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID REDS THERE RIGHT ON THE CORNER, SO ONES ON TENNESSEE AND ONE'S ON LOUISIANA. RIGHT OVER THERE.
WHAT WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE OUTSIDE THE RECORD STORE? I COULDN'T RECORDS AND THE GROOVY COOP. HMM. HMM THANK YOU. YEAH I DON'T KNOW. I ONLY LEARNED RECENTLY YOU HAD A BUNCH OF KIDS. I DO. I HAVE A LOT, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST I DIDN'T EVEN JOIN THE CHAMBER UNTIL MY YOUNGEST TURNED 16. YEAH IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH OPEN THE STORY YEARS AGO, AND THEY GREW UP A SHOP KIDS, YOU KNOW, AND SO NOW I WANT TO WORK IN MY STORE ANYMORE. SO I'VE GOT ONE GOING TO FILTERED. I'VE GOT ONE TRYING TO GET ON A MARRIES, YOU KNOW? THEY WORKED FOR MOM A LITTLE BIT, BUT WELL, YOU'RE VERY IMPRESSIVE. I'LL NEVER BE COOL TO THEM. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I DIDN'T STATE IT, BUT OBVIOUSLY I WOULD LIKE TO REAPPLY FOR A VISIT MCKINNEY, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO STATE INTEREST IN E. D. C. C, D C AND HOUSING AUTHORITY. THANKS KATIE.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO . THANKS FOR CHOOSING MCKINNEY FOR HERE A FEW MINUTES. LAUREN SMITH. HELLO, LAUREN. MR MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
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APPLY FOR THE CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. MY NAME IS LAWRENCE SMITH, AND I AM PASSIONATE MEMBER OF THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY. I CAME TO MCKINNEY NEARLY SEVEN YEARS AGO LOOKING TO FIND THE NEXT CHAPTER OF MY LIFE, BOY, DID I EVER OCTOBER 20TH OF 2017. I WALKED INTO HUGS CAFE LOOKING TO VOLUNTEER, AND THAT WAS THE MOMENT THAT CHANGED IT ALL FOR ME. I IMMEDIATELY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE QUAINT CAFE. THE MOTIVATED THE CITY TO THINK DIFFERENTLY. HUGS WAS PROVIDING A PLACE OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY TO THOSE THAT ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED IN THE WORKFORCE. HUGS CAFE INC WAS THE PERFECT COMBINATION OF ADVOCACY AND OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR. WHEN I STARTED IT HUGS CAFE INC AS A VOLUNTEER. WE WERE GENERATING $300,000 IN ANNUAL REVENUE. LAST YEAR. WE ENDED THE YEAR AND OVER $1.2 MILLION IN CONTRIBUTIONS BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE MY SKILLS AND NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING TO BRING AWARENESS AND OPPORTUNITY TO A CUTTING EDGE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM THAT IS NOW POISED FOR NATIONAL SCALE. WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE HUGS CAFE INC HEADQUARTERS AND HUGS TRAINING ACADEMY TO THE HEART OF THE DOWNTOWN EAST MCKINNEY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A MODEL FOR OTHER CITIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE DIVERSELY ABLE POPULATION. NOW SERVING MY COMMUNITY AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HUGS CAFE INC MY ROLE ALLOWS ME TO INTRODUCE DONORS, PARTNERS AND NEIGHBORS TO THE GREATNESS THAT IS MCKINNEY, TEXAS. IN ADDITION TO MY ROLE AT HUGS, CAFE INC I HAVE MENTORED AND VOLUNTEERED FOR A NUMBER OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING E Y. L AT LAST HANDS TO OFFER EMBRACE TEXAS. THE BOOMERANG CARES FOUNDATION AND THE LIST GOES ON. YOU WILL OFTEN FIND ME SPENDING MY NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS AT COMMUNITY EVENTS SUPPORTING MY COLLEAGUES AS THEY CONTINUE TO INSPIRE MCKINNEY TO BE GREAT. IT WOULD BE MY GOAL TO SERVE AS A BOARD MEMBER WHO LISTENS, LEARNS AND PROVIDES OUT OF THE BOX THINKING AND SOLUTIONS TO MEET OUR EVER CHANGING AND EVOLVING ECONOMY. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING MY SKILLS AND SERVANT HEART TO THE CITY. I FEEL MY TRACK RECORD OF ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WOULD PROVIDE A MUCH NEEDED PHILANTHROPIC ANGLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION TODAY. THANK YOU. WHAT IS IT GONNA TAKE FOR US TO GET YOU AND BRIAN TO MOVE TO MAKIN? NO WE'RE WE. ACTUALLY HE TEXTED ME A HOUSE TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO LOOK AT IT TOMORROW AND MAKE AN OFFER, SO IT'S NOT THERE'S ALSO NOT RIGHT IN MY WORLD WITH YOU LIVING IN PLAY NOW. MINE TOO. MINE TOO. IT IS DEFINITELY BEEN A MISSION OF MINE AND MY HUSBANDS AND NOW THE ENTIRE BOARD OF HUGS CAFE TO GET ME INTO MAKE ANY PROPER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THAT'S PROBABLY MY BIGGEST FLAW. IF I HAD TO SAY SO, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE IT WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND HUGS? WHATEVER TREMENDOUS ASSET. YOU ARE THERE AND LAST EVENT, BY THE WAY, WAS FANTASTIC. THANK YOU KNOW THAT YOU WE'RE VERY MUCH RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. SO YOU'RE INCREDIBLE. UM I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS, BEST FRIENDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND JUST PART OF OUR FAMILY. AND SO WE JUST NEED TO GET YOU TO MCKINNEY AND THAT CHOCOLATE SHOP DOESN'T WORK OUT. MAYBE YEAH, I'M PRETTY MUCH GONNA MOVE INTO DAD'S OFFICE RIGHT ABOVE LAYER. THAT'S WHERE I'VE BEEN OFFICES SO I CAN PUT A COT THERE IF I GOT TO, BUT I'LL GET HERE. I PROMISE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JESSE TUCKER. JESSE YOU GET THE RESIDENT PATIENTS OR DO I WAS HERE? 15 MINUTES EARLY? NO BUT IT'S LEAST IT'S NOT 7 30, BUT THIS IS MY FIRST TIME IN FRONT OF A CITY COUNCIL AND NOT THE LAST TIME, OF COURSE, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. JESSE TUCKER AND EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE MCKINNEY. UM I'VE LIVED HERE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR, AND ACTUALLY LAST YEAR I LOOKED INTO JOINING ABOUT A MONTH IN AND I'M LIKE, OH, I HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR, SO FINALLY HERE AFTER THAT TIME, I AM OPEN TO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. BUT I BELIEVE THE GRANTS. UM THE COMMUNITY GRANTS ADVISORY COMMISSION IS THE BEST SPOT. I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE. I'VE WORKED AT A SCHOOL LIBRARY, THREE NONPROFITS SERVING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND HEALTHCARE AND I'M IN HR CONSULTANT WORKING WITH A FIRM FOR MANY DIFFERENT NONPROFITS ACROSS THE U. S. SO I REALLY KNOW THE INS AND OUTS OF NOT PROFITS AND WHAT THEY GO THROUGH AND WHY THEY'RE APPLYING FOR THESE GRANTS. UM I WAS A BOARD MEMBER FOR A SMALL ANIMAL FOUNDATION THAT AWARDED GRANTS ACROSS OHIO, WHERE I MOVED FROM , AND WE WENT THROUGH THAT SELECTION PROCESS, SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH THAT KIND OF PROCESS IS THAT THE GRANTS COMMISSION WOULD GO THROUGH. I'M ALSO A LEADER FOR GAY FOR GOOD WHICH WE WERE AT PRIDE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROCLAMATION. I APPRECIATE THAT AS A SET OF CINEMA OF MCKINNEY, BUT WE ARE DOING WORK AND PROMOTING VOLUNTEERISM THROUGHOUT NORTH TEXAS ON JUST NEXT WEEK WHERE VOLUNTEERING WITH COMMUNITY LIFELINE AND DOING A FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENT, HELPING PREPARE FOR THEM SO I'M REALLY INVOLVED IN TRYING TO GET TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY AND GETTING TO KNOW THE ORGANIZATIONS AND I FEEL THE GRANTS COMMITTEE IS A GOOD SPOT FOR THAT, UM ANOTHER THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS A VERY EASY TO WORK WITH. SO UM, YOU KNOW, IN THAT COMMITTEE, I WANT TO BE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE[00:40:04]
. I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WORK TOGETHER WITH PEOPLE, AND I BELIEVE I HAVE, UM TRY TO KEEP THINGS LIGHT BRING HUMOR AND WHERE APRIL AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PART OF BEING A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND A COMMITTEE MEMBER. UM I SHARE THAT THOUGHT BY EXACTLY NOTICED. I'VE BEEN PART OF DIFFERENT BOARDS AND SUCH WHERE THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE . SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, BUT, UM YEAH, I REALLY WANT TO JUST MAKE IT MAKE AN IMPACT IN MCKINNEY AND IN THE COMMISSION ITSELF AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YEAH. 10 POINTS FOR TIME FOR YOUR TIMING, OKAY? CAN YOU FEEL MISS NASH KIND OF SUCKING YOU BACK AND ACTUALLY CAN AND YEAH, I'M KIND OF SEEING THE GRAVITY WAVES. YEAH I HEARD. HR I HEARD VOLUNTEER. YEAH. YEAH I'LL TELL YOU, JESSE, YOU YOU'RE THIS PERSON. I'VE GOT TO MEET YOU. I'M REALLY GLAD YOU'RE HERE AND GLAD YOU'RE IN MCKINNEY AND JUST YOU'RE AN EXAMPLE OF THE DEEP BENCH WE HAVE HERE IN MCKINNEY. I MEAN, YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY VERY TALENTED GUY, AND YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN A ROOM WHERE YOU'VE GOT. THIS IS THE BEST ROOM I'VE EVER BEEN IN AS FAR AS THE FOLKS WHO HAVE INTERVIEWED FOR THESE BOARDS, SO YOU NEED TO MEET EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE YOUR FRIENDS FOR NEXT 30 YEARS. SO UM, UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. REALLY GLAD YOU'RE HERE. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOU WERE THE LAST LIST, BUT I BELIEVE MARY ALICE CATCHEM HAS YOUR YOU MADE IT IN.SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME UP. WELL LIKE CHASE TO HAVE A NICKNAME OR A DIFFERENT NAME.
RUDY GO, WHICH IS LIKE EVERYBODY CALLS ME FRIENDS, WHICH IS MY GERMAN NICKNAME FOR MY FATHER.
SO ON MY RESUME IT SAYS MARY ALICE BRITS, KETCHUM A LITTLE CONFUSING, BUT UM, I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW JUSTIN BELL ARE QUITE WELL. HE SERVES OUR DISTRICT AND NO MAYOR FULLER A LITTLE BIT. I SPOKE HERE LAST YEAR. I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE ARTS COMMISSION AND CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE ANIMAL FACILITIES. ANIMALS IS ANIMAL SERVICES FACILITIES COMMISSION AND THAT HAS BEEN REALLY REWARDING TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS. I'M NOW NOT JUST AN YEAH, ALTERNATE VOTING MEMBER. WE LOST ONE OF OUR MEMBERS. SO I ALSO DO HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DO A LOT OF VOLUNTEER WORK SINCE LIVING IN MCKINNEY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. I VOLUNTEER IT MAIN GATE WITH THE HORSES AND DISABLED RIDERS. AND REALLY RIGHT NOW, IT'S TOO HOT, SO WE'RE NOT HAVING CLASSES RIGHT NOW, BUT I'LL BE BACK IN THE FALL. I HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF BEING BOTH A UNIVERSITY ADJUNCT PROFESSOR. AH HAVING SERVED THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS AT UT DALLAS OR IN KIND OF A NOT LAY OFF, BUT THERE IS A MERGER GOING ON, SO I'M NOT TEACHING THERE. CURRENTLY I ALSO SERVED AS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT COLLINS. ALL OF THESE ARE IN THEATER DEPARTMENTS, BY THE WAY , TCU SIX YEARS UT ARLINGTON, THREE YEARS LONG HISTORY AND NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT, SERVING ON BOARDS OF DIRECTORS FOR MOSTLY THEATER COMPANIES. MY PASSION PROJECT WOULD BE TOO AND I'VE MET WITH CINDY SCHNEIDER IS ACTUALLY BIBLE TO CONNECT KIND OF THE DOTS ABOUT WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A POSSIBILITY TO BUILD A BLACK BOX STATE OF THE ART THEATER FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. I HAVE WORKED A LITTLE BIT. I DID THE SCENE DESIGN WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE FOR, UM MCKINNEY REP. AND THERE'S SO MANY OBSTACLES THERE WHEN YOU'RE SHARING SPACE . UM AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT. THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT NEED OKAY , CONTINUE. JUST GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP QUESTIONS IF YOU'D LIKE TO FINISH YOUR HMM. OH OKAY, JUST, UM HI. IN ADDITION TO THE ANIMAL FACILITIES COMMISSION, I WOULD JUST MY PASSION IS THE ARTS AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE A MEMBER OF THAT COMMISSION AND BRING MY LENGTHY EXPERTISE IN SERVING ON BOARDS OF DIRECTORS AND HELPING DEVELOP AUTHORITY GOT A THRIVING COMMUNITY, BUT A COUPLE OF PIECES OF THE PUZZLE I THINK ARE MISSING. ONE IS BLACK BOX THEATER THAT MANY DIFFERENT ARTS GROUPS. YEAH, ONLY WHAT YOU MEAN BY BLACK BOX BLACK BOX THEATER IS JUST BASICALLY AND EMPTY SPACE IN WHICH YOU CAN CONFIGURE THROUGH USING RISERS AND CHAIRS ANY KIND OF CONFIGURATION YOU WANT AND BUILD A STAGE WITH PLATFORM NG. OKAY AND SO IT'LL AND THEN YOU HAVE LIGHTING THAT IS THROUGHOUT THE SPACE RATHER THAN JUST LIMITED TO AIMED AT A STAGE. OKAY IT IS PERFECT FOR WORKED IN BLACK BOX THEATERS MANY, MANY YEARS IN ADDITION TO PROCEED IEM THEATERS BUT TO BUILD A BIG. PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. THAT IS YOUR STANDARD SORT OF FOUR OR 500
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SEAT THEATER WOULD NOT BE REALISTIC, BUT A BLACK BOX THEATER WOULD BE IT WOULD BE ATTRACTIVE TO MY FRIEND AT UT DALLAS THOMAS RICCIO JUST DID A THING IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ARTIST, AND HE HAD A COLLEAGUE FROM UT DALLAS THEATER PROGRAM ACTED OUT SOME OF THE PAINTINGS.AND SO IT WAS THIS MULTIMEDIA IMMERSIVE PROJECT AND I COULD SEE THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPENING IN ADDITION TO SORT OF THE CLASSIC MODEL OF PLAYS AN AUDIENCE OUR AUDIENCE ON THREE SIDES OR FOUR SITES OR IN JUST THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH BLACK BOXES ARE REALLY AN INTEGRAL PART OF GIVING THAT FLEXIBILITY AND OWNERSHIP TO DIFFERENT GROUPS. SO IN THEORY, THAT'S A PLACE THAT MY FRIEND COUNSELOR, FRANKLIN CAN READ HIS POETRY. YEP THERE WAS CERTAIN THAT I MEAN THAT THOSE ARE THE POSSIBILITIES ARE REALLY ENDLESS FOR DANCE FOR MUSIC.
PERFORMANCES FOR THEATER FOR POETRY JAMS. I MEAN, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI, THE FAMOUS POET, POETRY JAM. POETRY JAIL POETRY JAM GO THAT STARTED IN THE LATE FIFTIES EARLY SIXTIES AND DATING BACK TO THE LATE FORTIES. AND OF COURSE I WASN'T AROUND THEN, BUT BY THE WAY, I HAVE THREE TEENAGERS THAT LIKE THEY'RE NOT TEENAGERS ANYMORE. THEY'RE ALL GROUND.
THANK GOD. BUT I HAD THREE AT ONE TIME SO I CAN EMPATHIZE. MARY ALICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THANK YOU. I WANT TO MENTION ONE THING TO YOU. HAD A BOARD MEETING WITH CORNERSTONE RANCH THE OTHER NIGHT, AND YOU WORKED AT MAIN GATE AND WE'RE ADOPTING TWO MINIATURE HORSES, UH OUT THERE, AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO. I THINK YOUR SKILLS WOULD FIT IN WITH BOTH THE SPECIAL NEEDS AND THE HORSES . HMM AND I HAVE A GREAT NIECE WHO IS A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD.
AND THAT'S HOW IT WAS INTRODUCED TO THERAPEUTIC RIDING OR HYPNOTHERAPY IS WHAT IT'S CALLED AND THAT'S I STARTED OUT BEFORE WE MOVED TO MCKINNEY. I WAS VOLUNTEERING AT QUEST, WHICH IS A MASSIVE FACILITY WAY IN SOUTH DALLAS. AND I'VE SEEN MY NIECE. YOU KNOW WHAT IT HAS DONE FOR HER, AND I HAD A, UH, A CLIENT FOR MAIN CAKE NAMED HENRY, WHO I THINK HAD CEREBRAL POLICY. THEY DON'T TELL US WHAT THE DISABILITY IS, AND HE BECAME BROUGHT HIM OUT OF HIS SHELL ASIDE WALKER FOR HIM, AND IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING TRANSFORMATION. TO SEE HIM QUICKLY. I MEAN, A KID WHO IS PHYSICALLY DISABLED. HE COULD RIDE WITHOUT ANY HELP AND NO LONGER NEEDS ME TOO. AND I'M BEING ASSIGNED TO A DIFFERENT CLIENT CORNERSTONE, WHERE A HOME FOR ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AND I DID SAY MINIATURE HORSES, SO I WAS KIND OF HOPING YOU'D KEEP THEM OFF THE HORSES FOR US. OKAY? YEAH WILL DO. THANK THANKS. SO THANK YOU, FOR EVERYONE BEING HERE VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. GREAT GROUP. I THINK WE HAVE INTERVIEWS THROUGH AUGUST.
WHAT'S HER LAST DAY? SEVENTH OR NINTH EVERY DAY? YEAH SO THANKFULLY, NOT EVERY DAY. BUT THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING THANK YOU FOR THOSE WANTING TO SERVE. THANK YOU. WE THINK WE HAVE A GREAT CITY IN THIS ROOM EMBODIES THAT GREATNESS, SELF MAN. THANK YOU VE
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