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RIGHT? THAT'S ONE OF THE PLANES LANDING AT THE AIRPORT. UM TODAY IS OUR SIXTH SESSIONS AUGUST 7TH 2023. IT'S OUR SIXTH SESSION OF BOARDS AND COMMISSION INTERVIEWS WERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL HAVE YOU COME UP. YOU ALL FEEL THAT AN APPLICATION PARTICIPATE ON BOARDING COMMISSION. SOME ARE CURRENTLY SERVING. SOME HAVE NEVER SERVED. WE HAVE YOUR APPLICATIONS WE'VE READ THROUGH THOSE WHEN YOU COME UP. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. INTRODUCE YOURSELF. OF COURSE, MAYBE MENTIONED THE BOARDS AND THAT YOU ARE APPLYING FOR BUT SPEND MOST OF TIME JUST TALKING ABOUT WHY YOU WANT TO SERVE IN MCKINNEY AND WHAT? WHAT SKILL SET AND WHATNOT YOU BRING TO THAT YOU BELIEVE IT BRINGS THAT BOARD AND COMMISSION WHY YOU FEEL THAT YOU'D BE A GOOD FIT? IF YOU WOULD, UM IF YOU WOULD DO THAT. THAT'D BE GREAT.
WE DO HAVE WELL OVER 100. I THINK OVER 150 APPLICANTS, UM FOR MANY, OR MUCH LESS OPENINGS , SO NOT EVERYONE. WILL BE APPOINTED TO THE BOARD AND COMMISSION AT ALL.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS YEAR UM BUT THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND VOLUNTEER MCKINNEY IS ONE OF THE GREAT ORGANIZATIONS. IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, YOU CAN LOOK THEM UP ONLINE VOLUNTEER MCKINNEY AND THEY CAN PUT YOU IMMEDIATELY TO WORK AND ENGAGE YOU IN THE COMMUNITY. BE INVOLVED IN IN AND ENGAGE IN THAT WAY, BUT WE ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU ARE NOT APPOINTED TO A BOARDING COMMISSION. THIS ROUND. PLEASE CONTINUE TO APPLY ANNUALLY ALSO KNOW THAT DURING THE YEAR WE WILL PERIODICALLY HAVE BOARD MEMBERS THAT FALL OUT THEY MAYBE MOVE. TAKE ANOTHER JOB SOMEWHERE. THERE WERE THE BOARDING COMMISSION. THEY HAVE BEEN PUT ON THE REALIZES, TAKING MORE TIME THAN THEY WERE. THEY WERE EXPECTING, AND FOR WHATEVER NUMBER OF REASONS THEY MAY DECIDE THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO SERVE AND SO WE WILL APPOINT PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO IF YOU'RE NOT APPOINTED IN OUR UPCOMING APPOINTMENT SESSION THAT ARE THAT THAT MEETING WILL BE WHAT'S THE DATE? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE AARP REFERENCING DATE WILL BE AUGUST 22ND. IF YOU ARE NOT APPOINTED THAT DAY AGAIN, PLEASE, UM PLEASE STAY ENGAGED. PLEASE APPLY AGAIN AND ALSO KNOW THAT WE MAY BE CALLING YOU FROM THE FROM THE BENCH AT SOME POINT DURING THE YEAR. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR WILLING AND BEING DESIROUS OF SERVING IN THE CITY MCKINNEY. IT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE ALL UP HERE HAVE DONE AND ARE DOING AND IT'S FULFILLING AND IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK GOOD FOR GOOD FOR ALL OF US, AMERICAN. I HAD ONE THING SOME OF YOU PUT DOWN THAT YOU'D BE WILLING TO SERVE ON MORE THAN ONE DIFFERENT BOARD. WE ONLY HAVE ONE BOARD LISTED ON YOUR APPLICATION. SO WHEN YOU DO COME UP, MAKE SURE YOU INDICATE TO US WHAT BORDER BOARDS YOU'RE INTERESTED IN. SO WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PROPER INVENTORY. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. ALRIGHT SO I'LL CALL YOU UP. YOU'RE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER AGAIN. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. UM, THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO OUT OF ALPHABETICAL ORDER JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE LATER ON THE SIGN UP.
SO IF YOU ARE THAT PERSON OR PERSONS, I APOLOGIZE. BUT WE'LL START WITH DARRELL ANDERSON.
THAT'S NOT GOOD GETS AN X, UM SHANNON BURTON. WELL, TWO FOR TWO. ALL OF YOU ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD RIGHT NOW. BUT THAT'S GONNA CHANGE. IT'S GONNA CHANGE UP TODD BURTON HERE. I WAS ASSUMING THAT IF SHANNON WAS NOT HERE, TODD WOULD NOT BE HERE BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY ARE RELATED. UM OBVIOUSLY, SOMETHING MAY HAVE COME UP AND I EXPECT THAT IS THE CASE. TAMMY CHEW. SO YOU ARE JUST I WANT TO SAY FOR THE FIRST FIVE YORK'S SELLING RIGHT NOW YOU ARE REALLY JUST DON'T BLOW IT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU'RE ON TOP VERSE FIVE. OKAY UM, MY NAME IS TAMMY CHEW AND THE BOARD THAT I'M LOOKING LOOKING AT. IT IS THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. BOARD.
AND I ALSO PUT THE BIKINI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AS WELL. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'VE ONLY BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. WE LIVED IN DIFFERENT PLACES. I'M A WIFE 24 YEARS. TODAY IS MY ANNIVERSARY. AND I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, UM AND BEING IN HIS COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. UM COMING HERE , MOVING FROM THE MIDWEST. I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET
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INVOLVED. GET ENGAGED AND BEING I WENT THROUGH LEADERSHIP. MCKINNEY ALSO ON SERVING WITH THE AS WELL AS VOLUNTEER MCKINNEY. I ALSO AM ALSO INVOLVED IN THERE AS WELL. AND AS A PERSON MYSELF. I MUST SERVANT LEADER FIRST, YOU KNOW, AND I LOVE BEING INVOLVED GETTING ENGAGED AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT I LIVE IN. MOVED SIX TIMES. SO EVERYWHERE I'VE GONE. I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. AND I FEEL LIKE WHAT I CAN BRING TO THIS COMMUNITY IS MORE DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT. I BROUGHT A THINKING , UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY FROM THE THINGS I'VE LEARNED. NOT LIVING, YOU KNOW, LIVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN DIFFERENT PLACES , AND ALSO I'M A STRATEGIC THINKER. YOU KNOW, I LOVE TO SIT DOWN PLAN, ORGANIZE AND FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE GET THINGS DONE? I AM ALSO. CHANGE ADVOCATE LOVE CHANGE. I EMBRACE IT, AND I LIKE TALKING TO PEOPLE AND HELPING BRINGING THEM ALONG. AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE WHY BEHIND THE CHANGE. MM. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, BEING LEARNING MORE AND MORE ABOUT MCKINNEY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M SCOTT DAVIS. HELLO MY NAME IS SCOTT DAVIS. I RESIDED 11. 01. HOYT I'M INTERESTED IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND I BELIEVE I ALSO PUT ON THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT IN ANYTHING TO DO WITH TRANSPORTATION, RECENTLY RETIRED IN SEPTEMBER IN MOVED HERE IN OCTOBER AS MY WIFE AND I HAVE A DAUGHTER HERE IN MCKINNEY AND A SON THAT LIVES IN KELLER, TEXAS, MY QUALIFICATIONS FOR THESE DIFFERENT BOARDS WOULD BE THAT I HAVE 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE BANKING AND FINANCE INDUSTRY. 15 YEARS OF THOSE WAS PRESIDENT OF SMALL BANK AND PEKIN, ILLINOIS, AND I WAS ALSO A CFO FOR A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN PURITY. SERVED 13 YEARS IN THE CITY OF TROY PLANNING COMMISSION IN THE LAST TWO YEARS , SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THAT COMMISSION OUR RESPONSIBILITIES IN THAT COMMISSION AND UNDER STATE STATUTES WAS APPROVAL OF SUBDIVISIONS, ANNEXATION AGREEMENT, AND THEN WE COMPLETED OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY THE STATE EVERY SO MANY YEARS. SO THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING AND MONTHLY. FOR THAT COMMISSION. AH UM, ALSO INVOLVED IN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT , BOTH IN THE BANKING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND SERVED ON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEES, BOTH IMPERIAL IN OY, PEKIN, ILLINOIS . AND WHILE I WAS IN PEKING, PRESIDENT OF THE BANK THERE I WAS PRESIDENT, CHAIRMAN OF THE PEAK AND MAIN STREET COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS A STATE SANCTIONED COMMITTEE, WHICH FUNDED STOREFRONT RENOVATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS AND IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. I'M INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING MY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY WHEREVER I'VE BEEN, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING SOME HEARING MCKINNEY. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME . THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU. WELCOME TO MCKINNEY, SIR. THANK YOU. BRIAN FENTON.HELLO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS RYAN FENTON. I'M LICENSED STRUCTURAL ENGINEER RECENTLY MOVED HERE TO MCKINNEY TWO YEARS AGO. AND ME AND MY WIFE HAVE GROWN TO LOVE IT, AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT CONSTANTLY HOW GREAT IT IS, AND WE'VE RECENTLY GOT THREE OTHER HOUSEHOLDS IN OUR FAMILY TO MOVE TO MCKINNEY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE A PART OF EVERYTHING MCKINNEY IS DOING TO FURTHER ITSELF FURTHER THE GROWTH AND I AM APPLYING TO THE BOARDS ARE THE BUILDINGS AND STANDARDS COMMISSION. UM SO, LIKE I SAID, I'M A LICENSED STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. I WORK FOR A LARGE NATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTING FIRM. UM WE DO PROJECTS FROM WASHINGTON TO FLORIDA, CALIFORNIA TO MASSACHUSETTS. AND SO I INTERACT WITH BUILDING OFFICIALS AND BUILDING DEPARTMENTS ON A DAILY BASIS, AND THERE ARE CODE INTERPRETATIONS. UM UNSAFE BUILDINGS. WE GET A LOT OF REQUESTS, SO I FEEL LIKE I BRING THAT EXPERIENCE AND, UM. IN WORKING WITH THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AND THE CITY COUNCIL ON YOU KNOW, BUILDING TYPE ISSUES AND STANDARDS, CODE INTERPRETATIONS, AND I HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE. HOW OTHER CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES OF MCKINNEY SIZE LARGER, SMALLER HOW THEY VIEW ALL THE CODES AND HOW WHAT? WHAT IS BEHIND THOSE CODES AND WHAT
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DROVE THEM. SO, UM THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL. I APPRECIATE THAT, OR ARE YOU INTERESTED IN ANY OTHER BOARDS BESIDES BUILDING STANDARDS? THEY'RE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OUT OF MY WHEELHOUSE.PLANNING AND ZONING STUFF LIKE I WOULD LOVE TO SERVE WHEREVER I COULD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
VERY MUCH. I'M A STRUGGLE BACK FOR A MINUTE. MIKE BUCHANAN. I MIGHT BE CANON HAVE BEEN HERE.
25 YEARS, ECONOMIST AND STATISTICIAN, AS YOU CAN TELL, I HAVE DONE THAT FOR 25 YEARS.
ACTUALLY THAT'S MY TRAINING. I'VE SERVED AS AN EXPERT WITNESS AND SOME OF THE MOST HIGH PROFILE CASES IN THE COUNTRY. BUT 2.5 YEARS AGO I STARTED MCKINNEY HAT COMPANY, SOMETHING THAT I REALLY LOVE AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS ENOUGH. BUT GETTING INVOLVED IN DOWNTOWN IS REALLY VITAL TO MY BUSINESS, AND IT JUST KEPT SUCKING ME IN. SO I WAS INTERESTED IN PLAYING FOR MCKINNEY MAIN STREET. AND THE EVENTS THAT GO ON FOR MCKINNEY MAIN STREET ARE VITAL TO THE BUSINESSES IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY AND I WANT TO BE NOT ONLY A PART OF THAT, AND I HAVE EXPERIENCE IN PUTTING ON CONCERTS AND DOING THINGS FOR OTHER CHARITY EVENTS THAT WERE PART OF BUT NOW WE'RE EXPANDING TO THE EAST SIDE AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE. YOU KNOW A LOT OF FINESSING AS FAR AS THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY AND GOING OVER TO THE EAST SIDE, AND I STARTED TALKING TO THE PEOPLE. WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE KENTUCKY STREET VENDORS ARE TAKING THE FIRST STEPS AND GETTING THE COMMUNICATION AS TO WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH MCKINNEY MAIN STREET AND WITH WHAT WE WANT TO DO ON THE EAST SIDE AS WE DEVELOP THAT WITH TOPS, AND ALL THAT. I'VE ALSO STARTED TAKING THE FIRST STEPS TO MEET WITH KEITH AT TOPS TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE DO EVENTS IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY THAT'S STILL BENEFIT THE STORES THERE AND START TO BRING IN THE EAST SIDE AND VICE VERSA. WHEN THEY'RE DOING EVENT. HOW DO WE GET THE TOURIST OVER TUBE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY? SO, UH, I THOUGHT JUST DOING MCKINNEY HAT COMPANY WAS ENOUGH, BUT I JUST WANT TO GET MORE INVOLVED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COS GREAT. THANK YOU PARTICIPATING AND BEING A SPONSOR FOR EVENTS AND WHATNOT IN THE CITY AND REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANKS. DAVID GREENE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DAVID GREENE. MY WIFE, JULIE, AND I RESIDE IN THE TUCKER HILL NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK RICK YOU'RE PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. AND WE MOVED HERE ALMOST FOUR YEARS AGO AFTER A SON AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO PROSPER. SO WE DID CHOOSE MCKINNEY OVER PROSPER WHERE 20 MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD, AND THAT'S BEEN JUST CLOSE ENOUGH, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS IS GRANDCHILDREN HAVE GROWN. I DID INDICATED THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THE LIBRARY BOARD OR THE LIBRARY COMMITTEE. I AM REGULAR USER. THE LIBRARIES. UH I MET THE JOHN AND JUDY GETTY LIBRARY QUITE OFTEN, NOT ONLY TO CHECK OUT BOOKS BUT TO WORK. AND I'VE RESERVED MANY CONFERENCE ROOMS THERE. I THINK IT'S A GREAT UM, JUST A GREAT THING THAT THE CITY HAS PUT TOGETHER IN TERMS OF ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE LIBRARY AND NOT ONLY CHECK OUT BOOKS AND RETURN BOOKS BUT TO WORK AND SOCIALIZE , AND IT'S A GREAT FACILITY AND I'VE GOT TO KNOW SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE. THE OTHER HAD INDICATED ALSO THE PARKS. AREA UH, I AM ALSO QUITE AN AVID USER OF, UM BONNIE WHEAT PARK AND IRWIN PARK FOR JOGGING WALKING. AND JUST ENJOYING THE TREES AND THE FACILITIES THERE AT THOSE TWO PARKS, SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SERVING THERE. AND THEN FINALLY, I THINK THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN, UM SOME NEED IN THE WATER DISTRICT. UM, JUST FROM A PERSONAL SAMPLE, AND I HAVE NO BACKGROUND PROFESSIONALLY AND WATER, BUT I'M INTERESTED IN WATER, CLEAN WATER. WHERE IS THE WATER GOING TO COME FROM 10 2030 YEARS FROM NOW. JUST ISSUES RELATING TO WATER. IF THERE WAS A NEED THERE, I'D BE GLAD TO SURF. UM MY BACKGROUND IS IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BEEN ON LICENSE, TEXAS REAL ESTATE. BROKER FOR OVER 30 YEARS. WELL, THAT WAS QUICK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU, DAVID. YEAH AND BY THE WAY, ONCE YOU'VE COME UP IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MAY HAVE A LIFE OUTSIDE OF MCKINNEY. SERVICE, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LEAVE. UM THEY WILL NOT BE HELD AGAINST YOU AT ALL.
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UM, GINA HAMMOCK. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS GINA HAMMOCK. I'M SORRY. I WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT MIGHT BUCHANAN LEFT. DID YOU GUYS SEE THAT? IT WAS A TRICK. I JUST WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT.I SEE HIM LEAVING KITTY, PLEASE . OKAY UM, I'M INTERESTED IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OR POSSIBLY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. I THINK IT ALSO EXPRESSED INSTRUMENT.
THE APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD APPRAISAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SO ANY OF THOSE WOULD BE WITHIN MY AREA OF EXPERTISE. MY HUSBAND. NOW WE'VE LIVED IN MCKINNEY FOR 23 YEARS NOW AND THE ELDER OTHER STATES NEIGHBORHOOD. UM WE RAISED OUR TWO BOYS HERE. I THINK YOU'RE ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS . AH, UM, ANYWAY, WE RAISED OUR TWO BOYS HERE WENT TO VALLEY CREEK, BOBBY AND ELEMENTARY MCKINNEY HIGH PLAY FOOTBALL THERE. THEN THE LOT FOOTBALL GAMES. WERE ACTIVE MEMBERS AT FIRST BAPTIST, MCKINNEY ACTUALLY STARTED A CHARITY GROUP. THEY'RE NOT DIRECTLY DEALING WITH FIRST MCKINNEY, BUT IT'S CALLED THE ORANGE OF HOPE. WE'RE A CHARITY , KNITTING AND CROCHET GROUP. WE DONATE ITEMS TO, UM UH, LOCAL CANCER CENTERS AND THE MCKINNEY, BAYLOR HOSPITAL, ALSO MEDICAL CITY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. AH ON A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL, THAT'S KIND OF THE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LEVEL. I AM A CERTIFIED GENERAL APPRAISER. I HAVE WORKED WITH MIKE MASSEY WITH MASSEY AND ASSOCIATES FOR ABOUT OF 78 YEARS NOW. I JUST GOT MY ASSERTED BY GENERAL LICENSE BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND WE WORK WIDE RANGE OF PROPERTIES. EVERYTHING FROM COMMERCIAL LARGE TRACTS OF LAND DEVELOPMENT TRACKS. UM OUR EXPERTISE IS COLIN PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE FW BUT ALSO CALLING COUNTY GRAYSON COUNTY TENDS TO BE OUR PRIMARY FOCUS. UH WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT TRACKS LATELY. IT SEEMS LIKE SO UH, ALSO FORMALLY, I WAS A UM, STATE LICENSE PROPERTY TAX CONSULTANT. WE WORKED. I WORKED WITH STUFF. LET'S GO FASTER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, TODD? BURDEN. I THINK YOU CAME IN. I MIGHT START BURTON. BOB APPLIED, I THINK FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION AND HISTORIC SOCIETY. BOARD. UM, I'VE BEEN A. GENERAL PEDIATRICIAN MCKINNEY SINCE 1999 AND. UM WE'VE RAISED THREE KIDS HERE. WE JUST HAD OUR THIRD GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL. UM. I ENJOYED BEING A PART NOT ONLY OF BEGINNING THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO HELPING SERVE ON THE BOARDS HAVE BEEN PART OF THE COMMUNITY GRANTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UM THREE SEPARATE TERMS HERE, I GUESS SINCE 2016 UM AND ROTATE OFF OF THAT, AND I'M JUST LOOKING TO HELP OUT. UM ANYWHERE THAT I CAN SERVE. AWESOME THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS, TODD. SHANNON. COME IN WITH YOU, SHANNON BURTON. SHE'S SHE'S SORRY. OKAY? UM MOHAMMED. THANKS FOR BRINGING COAT, MOHAMMED. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING TEAMMATE FULLER. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M EXCITED TO TODAY TONIGHT TO EXPRESS MY GENERAL INTEREST AND DESIRE. TO CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THE MAKIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS. FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. I SUPPORTED SEVERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVELS. SOME OF THEM PRESENT TONIGHT, SOME OTHERS IN DIFFERENT PATIENTS. GIVING BACK AND SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY IS IN OUR DNA. AS YOU MENTIONED THE VOLUNTEER IN MY FAMILY, AND I SUPPORT OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS NORTH TEXAS LIKE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK, SUSAN KOMEN, OTHERS AS MANY FACTS. I WAS THE OH, FOUNDER OR CO CHAIRMAN OF THE INTERFACE AND PLAYING UP BEFORE I MOVED TO MAKING ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO. SO AS FAR AS MY BIO FROM PROFESSIONAL CAREER I HAVE 20 PLUS YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE TECH WORLD. WHERE I SERVED AN UNFORTUNATE 500 COMPANIES, IBM, DELOITTE AND OTHERS AND ALSO I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO SERVE ONE OF THE TOP WORD INDUSTRY COMPANY OF THE WORLD SEPARATELY IN DOLLARS. THAT WAS ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO WITH CARLYLE GROUP HERE IN TEXAS. SO I ALSO HAD SEVERAL EXECUTIVE POSITIONS AT SEA DEVIL. UH,
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DIFFERENT FORTUNE COMPANIES AND CURRENTLY AM LEADING A COMPLEMENT OF COMPANIES AS FAR AS CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS OFFICER AND THEY HAVE ABOUT 500 PEOPLE REPORTING TO ME, SO, AS YOU KNOW, I START WITH LIBRARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS ABOUT COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND THEN ROTATE FOR ONE TERM AS AN ALTERNATE BOARD MEMBER. BDC WANT TO THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU FOR APPOINTED ME LAST FEBRUARY. I BELIEVE MARCH NOT MISTAKEN FOR THE FULL TERM. I HAVE SINCERE DESIRE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE. BECAUSE I SAID TECHNOLOGY AND WHAT WE HAVE IN THE PIPELINE, MCKINNEY WE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT MCKINNON THE MAP IN THE FUTURE IF ONE OF THOSE PIPELINE WOULD HAPPEN. SO WHAT BRINGS TO THE PICTURE IS THE LEADERSHIP MY WORLDWIDE EXPERIENCE. MCKINNEY AND MY RELATIONSHIP. I THINK I CAN CONTINUE TO LEARN. LISTEN. AND TOGETHER WE CAN WORK WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE THE STRATEGIC DECISIONS THAT PUT MCKINNON THE MAP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. KEVIN UM PARENTEAU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS KEVIN CORINTH. ALL I'M, A SIX YEAR RESIDENT OF MCKINNEY , TEXAS, COME TO YOU VIA CALIFORNIA, WHERE I SERVED AS A PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSIONER WITH THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA FOR FOUR YEARS I COME INTERESTED TODAY TO PRESENT MYSELF FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. PROFESSIONALLY I'M A LOCAL REAL ESTATE AGENT, AND I ALSO SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PARK FOUNDATIONS , WHICH IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES THE USE OF NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO CLOSE FUNDING GAPS IN PARKS AND RECREATION COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION. I ALSO SERVE AS THE SECRETARY OF THE LOCAL PARKS FOUNDATION, WHICH IS THE BIKINI PARKS FOUNDATION. I REALLY ENJOY DOING THAT AS WELL . I'M ALSO A DISABLED, INDIVIDUAL OR PERSON WHO'S DIFFERENTLY. ABLED DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THAT. AND THAT HAS INSPIRED ME TO BE INVOLVED IN ABILITY AND MOBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO PARKS, ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES THAT I HAVE PROMOTED WHEN I WAS IN SANTA CLARITA. AND HERE TODAY IS WHAT I CALL FIRST MILE, WHICH IS CREATING PARK INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS THE MOST ACCESSIBILITY POSSIBLE. OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T TAKE A WHEELCHAIR EVERYWHERE. BUT THERE ARE MANY PLACES, TRAILS AND PARKS WHERE THEY'RE CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE AT ALL. TO USE THOSE FACILITIES AND TO ENGINEER AND PLAN THOSE PARKS IN A WAY THAT ACCESSIBILITY IS PRIMARY, I THINK IS A GOOD GOAL.I THINK FROM THE POSITION OF BEING A VOLUNTEER ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE COULD BE USEFUL IN THAT CAPACITY AND PERHAPS OTHERS. I'M ALSO A CERTIFIED ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE, SO I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE INS AND OUTS OF WORKING WITH PUBLIC BOARDS AND PUBLIC COMMUNITIES AND WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THIS GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KEVIN. CHRISTOPHER KRAMER. HMM.
ALRIGHT. MY NAME IS CHRIS KRAMER. UM I HAVE LIVED IN MCKINNEY. SINCE ABOUT I THINK, 2007. AND, UH, I WANT TO SAY ABOUT 2014 15 SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE. I HAD MY DAUGHTER WANTED TO GET INTERESTED TO GET INVOLVED IN. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THE CITY VOLUNTEERING THE WORDS OUT, YOU KNOW THE INNER WORKINGS AND ALL THAT AND ACTUALLY CAME UP HERE ABOUT THAT TIME TO VOLUNTEER TO BE ON THE BOARD BACK THEN. FIND OUT MY WIFE WAS PREGNANT, SO I DECIDED TO LET'S FOCUS ON THE KID AND DO THAT FIRST. THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS LATER. HE'S SEVEN. NOW WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE WHO'S ALMOST FOUR. SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S SAFER TO KIND OF YOU KNOW, GET OUT OF THE HOUSE A LITTLE BIT MORE OFTEN NOW. I'M A SOFTWARE ENGINEER BY TRADE. UM I'M LOOKING TO KIND OF GET OUT OF THAT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. UM I , MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A FRANCHISE HERE IN MCKINNEY THAT REQUIRES US TO KIND OF GET MORE INVOLVED, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND WITH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY AND VARIOUS PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE YOU KNOW UM, VARIOUS PUBLIC OFFICES, AND THIS FELT LIKE A NATURAL FIT WITH THAT REMINDED ME THAT I WANTED TO DO THIS BACK IN THE DAY. I WANTED TO STILL DO IT. UM, MY THE BOARDS THAT I PUT DOWN ON THE APPLICATION WERE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE MAIN STREET. UM THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO I'M INTERESTED IN. BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO I WAS MOST INTERESTED IN, UH TO EXPLAIN WHY WOULD TAKE MORE THAN MY 36 SECONDS REMAINING, BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT I WOULD PROBABLY ENJOY MOST BEING PART OF. UM I BELIEVE THAT'S IT. CHRISTOPHER WHAT'S THE FRANCHISE SNAP APOLOGY? IT'S A SISTER COMPANY TO URBAN AIR AND LITTLE GYM THAT DOES LIKE STEAM
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PROGRAMS FOR KIDS AFTER SCHOOL THINGS LIKE THAT, RIGHT? GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BRIAN MAGNUSON. HMM. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING ME TO BE HERE. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU ALL DO AND ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE ARTS COMMISSION AS AN ALTERNATIVE RIGHT NOW. I AM HERE TO FURTHER THAT AND CONTINUE WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION IF POSSIBLE. UM I AM A ARTIST AND ART EDUCATOR HERE IN TOWN. UH WE'VE LIVED HERE FOR 18 YEARS MY WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN WHO ARE VERY INVOLVED AS WELL. UM I THINK WE'VE DONE A LOT IN THIS LAST SESSION WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION AND DEFINITELY LOVE TO CONTINUE. TO HELP OUT WHERE I CAN IN THAT IN THAT VENUE, UM I'M A VETERAN UNITED STATES ARMY DISABLED VIRGIN. UM SO I'LL BRING SOME ASPECTS OF THAT LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION WITH THAT THAT EXPERIENCE SO I'D LOVE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE MCKINNEY MCKINNEY AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL DO, RIGHT? YOU DO A GREAT JOB ON THERE. OH, THANK YOU APPRECIATE THAT MAYOR AND LOVE YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER WAYS THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS ALWAYS OUT THERE ALWAYS ENGAGED. SO THANK YOU.THANK YOU, SIR. AND I'LL SAY THAT WHAT I KNOW ABOUT ARTISTS I KNOW BRIAN MAGNUSON, BUT IF YOU ARE EVER IN THE AUGUSTUS BEHIND LOCAL YOKEL, THERE IS A SKETCH IN PENCIL DONE OF A PANORAMIC PHOTO TAKEN IN WHAT WAS LIKE 25 20 BETWEEN 22 AND 24TH. AND IT WAS BRIAN SUMMER JOB LAST YEAR TO MAKE THAT SKETCH FROM THAT PANORAMIC PHOTO, AND IT IS REMARKABLE THANK YOU FANTASTIC.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. KEVIN MCGRAW. ANNETTE MILLER. HI I'M ANNETTE MILLER. I MOVED HERE ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO. I CAN TELL YOU I WAS LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF PLACES TO LIVE. AND WHEN THE ARTICLE CAME OUT, I THINK IT WAS IN 2014 ABOUT ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY. I CAME HERE IN JULY FOR A WEEKEND TO SAY THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO BE. UM MY JOB THAT PAYS ME IS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR AN I T COMPANY. SO AFTER I MOVED HERE, I THOUGHT, WELL, I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LOOKED AT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. AND I THOUGHT, OH, COLLIN COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES. I ONLY HAVE TO COMMIT FOUR HOURS A MONTH. THAT'LL BE EASY. SO I'M APPLYING FOR THE ANIMAL SERVICES FACILITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND TURNED INTO A LOT MORE THAN FOUR HOURS A MONTH ON ONE OF THE CATS LEAD CAT VOLUNTEERS THERE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AT CCS IS, YOU KNOW WE COULDN'T OPERATE WITHOUT THE VOLUNTEERS. IT'S JUST THERE'S A GREAT THERE'S A STAFF THERE THAT THEIR HEARTS ARE SO FULL RIGHT AND, UM AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR THEM, AND THE FACILITY COULD USE A LITTLE WORK TO AND SO AS A LEAD WHAT WE DO, AND BONNIE IS ANOTHER ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES. WE TRY AND COVER. A LITTLE BIT OF THE DAY EVERY DAY, SO THERE MIGHT BE A DAY WHEN ONE OF US GOES INTO DO MEDS AT THE END OF THE DAY, OR BONNIE MIGHT BE THERE ALL DAY. I USUALLY COVER ON SUNDAYS. WE DO EVERYTHING FROM CHANGING THE YOU KNOW THE CAT BOXES TO FEEDING TO GIVING VACCINATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND I JUST THINK SOMEBODY THAT'S INVOLVED IN THAT INTIMATELY AND KNOWS WHAT THE STAFF GOES THROUGH AND EVERYTHING WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN AND YOU KNOW. WHO ELSE CARES ABOUT THOSE ANIMALS? IF WE DON'T SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE. RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANKS. I'M TODD NOBEL. GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE. I FEEL LIKE I'M THE ROOKIE IN THE ROOM.
WE'VE ONLY BEEN HERE A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT NEW TO BE BACK IN TEXAS. WE LIVED OUT OF THE STATE FROM ABOUT 17 YEARS BUT WERE MOVED BACK HOME FOR FAMILY REASONS. SO WE CHOSE MCKINNEY AND THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT. THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE BE AVAILABLE FOR CURRENT RESIDENTS IN FUTURE RESIDENTS. IF YOU LET US CRITICAL TO BE INVOLVED IN YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THINGS HAPPEN. UM THE COMMITTEE'S I WAS LOOKING AT WORK, COMMUNITY GRANTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PARKS AND REC. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HAD ON THERE. JUST SOME VERY QUICK BACKGROUND. UM I AM IN HUMAN RESOURCES. THAT'S ACTUALLY MY SECOND CAREER. PRIOR THAT I WAS IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE ON THE OPERATION SIDE. SO FINANCE IT ALL THE FUN STUFF ON THAT BACK END FROM A HUMAN RESOURCES PERSPECTIVE HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE ON THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE. I'VE BEEN ON THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF HUMAN RESOURCES LEGISLATIVE LIAISON COMMISSION, WHERE I LIVED IN VIRGINIA DID A LOT OF INTERACTION WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS. THERE. WE WENT UP EVERY YEAR, WE LOBBIED ON BEHALF OF CRITICAL COMPONENTS FOR BOTH EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS . WHEN I WORKED AT FIZER WAS ON
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THEIR COMMUNITY GRANTS COMMITTEE. SO IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT AGAIN TO BE INVOLVED IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE. THREE SOURCES OF THE EMPLOYER I HAVE TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESS ON COMMITTEES FOR HUMAN RESOURCES MATTERS, UM AND CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED ON THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME. DO YOU? DO YOU HAVE A BROTHER NAMED DENNIS DO OKAY. I'VE GOT FOUR BROTHERS, ACTUALLY. BUT YES, THIS IS THE OLDEST. YEAH, OKAY. KIMBERLY PAGE. HELLO. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR A HOME TO PURCHASE IN APRIL 2006. I WAS DRIVING NORTH TO KNOW I WAS DRIVING NORTH ON 75 THE COSTCO AND NOTICE THE BILLBOARD OF A TOWN HOME COMMUNITY AND MCKINNEY NEAR PARKER ROAD. I HAD NOT BEEN TO BIKINI BEFORE. PER SE, BUT I HAD DRIVEN THROUGH MCKINNEY ON MY WAY TO LAKE TEXOMA. I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO INFORMATION ABOUTT IS TOO FAR. TODAY YOU CANNOT REMOVE ME FROM MCKINNEY. THIS IS WHERE I CALL HOME. ART HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE, EITHER AS A PERFORMER, PATRON. AND NOW ARTS MANAGEMENT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PREVIOUS SUPPORT OF ME TO SERVE ON THE ARTS COMMISSION. I'VE ENJOYED SERVING ON THIS COMMISSION AND DESIRE TO CONTINUE SERVING ON THIS COMMISSION. IN 2022. I GRADUATED FROM LEADERSHIP ARTS INSTITUTE, THE BEST CLASS EVER. AND CURRENTLY I SERVED AS VICE CHAIR OF THE ARTS COMMISSION. I FEEL IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY AS A RESIDENT OF MCKINNEY TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY IN THOSE THINGS THAT HAPPEN HERE. UM ALTHOUGH I MAY WORK IN DALLAS PROPER, THIS IS WHERE I CALL HOME. AND THIS IS WHY I FEEL I SHOULD GET MY TRUE SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THE BOARD. CAN YOU DO A GREAT JOB, KIMBERLY? THANK YOU. I'M STACEY RIDENHOUR. I SPRAINED MY ANKLE. SORRY. I HAD APPLIED FOR THE. PARKS AND REC, BUT THE ONE I MOST WANTED WAS THE LIBRARY, BUT I'M OPEN TO SERVING IN ANY POSITION. MY NAME IS STACY RYAN.OUR I AM 37 YEARS OLD AND I LIVE IN MCCAIN. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND TO SHARE. I HAVE MY MASTER'S IN COUNSELING. I'M MARRIED. I HAVE THREE CHILDREN THAT ARE 37 AND NINE IN ATHLETE AND I LOVE TO BE OUTDOORS AND VERY ACTIVE IN OUR FAMILY IS CURRENTLY HOMESCHOOL.
OUR CHILDREN FULL TIME PREVIOUSLY LIVED OVERSEAS FOR 10 YEARS WHERE I LEARNED CHINESE PRACTICE COUNSELING AND TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY. I MET UP. UM, I'M SORRY. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AS I GOT MORE INVOLVED IN THE HOME SCHOOL COMMUNITY HERE AND PLUGGED IN, I STARTED VISITING LOCAL LIBRARIES TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMMING AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE. THAT'S WHEN I LEARNED MANY LIBRARIES AND OTHER CITIES, OPERA, HOMESCHOOL PROGRAMMING AND THE RESOURCES BUT THE MCKINNEY LIBRARIES AND THAT GIVEN THE LARGE AND GROWING HOME SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND MCKINNEY, I FELT STRONGLY THAT THAT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED, AND IT'S A LONG STORY BUT TO KEEP IT SHORT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS AND OVER LOTS OF MEETINGS WITH LIBRARY STAFF TO OTHER MOTHERS, AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ALONGSIDE STUFF GARY UM SMITH AND GARY, I'M SORRY.
SPENCER SMITH AND GARY LAND LI TO BRING ABOUT THAT CHANGE, INITIATED AND CONDUCTED A SURVEY AMONG HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES WITHIN MCKINNEY, WHICH INCLUDED THEIR FEEDBACK AND WHAT THEY HOPE TO SEE THE LIBRARY PROVIDE. UM. WE GATHERED ALL THE DATA AND PRESENTED THAT SURVEY ALONG WITH OTHER INFORMATION TO THE LIBRARY STAFF INTO THE LAYER TO THE LIBRARY BOARD. ALONG WITH THAT WE COMPILED ACADEMIC JOURNAL FINDINGS AND, UM PROTESTERS SUGGESTIONS ON PROGRAMMING, SO I'M VERY NERVOUS AND SUGGESTIONS ON COLLECTION PURCHASES THEY'VE TOOK. THEY TOLD US NUMEROUS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATED THAT INPUT THAT THEY HAVE USED THAT MATERIAL THAT WE PROVIDED TO HELP MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON LARGE PURCHASES. THE THREE PRINTERS THAT THEY'VE ADDED, UM THAT WAS ONE OF OUR SUGGESTIONS, ALONG WITH A LOT OF STEM RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS, SUGGESTIONS THAT ARE NOW BENEFITING THE WHOLE OF MCKINNEY MCKINNEY COMMUNITY WHO VISITS THE LIBRARY. ALONG WITH THAT, WITH THE SUPPORT OF GARY AND SPENCER AND TWO OTHER MOTHERS THAT I HAVE PILOTED TO HOMESCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT JOHN AND JUDY GAY LIBRARY. WE ARE THEIR WEEKLY MANAGING THE PROGRAMS PROMOTING THEM AND SEEING THEM RUN SMOOTHLY OURSELVES. IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, BUT BOTH PROGRAMS ARE SUCCESSFUL AND WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH THOSE THANK YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A VOICE WITH HOME SCHOOL COMMUNITY. I WANNA SPORTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND SOUTHWORTH.
MILLION SOUTHWORTH. AND I APPLIED FOR THE ARTS BOARD, AND MY MAIN INTEREST IS THE MAIN STREET BOARD, AND I RECENTLY RETIRED AND MOVED TO MCKINNEY, TEXAS, FROM A SMALL, VIBRANT
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CITY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. I WORKED AS A REAL ESTATE AGENT AND CAME TO HAVE A VERY REAL UNDERSTANDING. OF WHAT FAMILIES FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WANT IN THEIR COMMUNITY? EASY ACCESS TO AMENITIES, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, GOURMET AND CASUAL DINING. PARKS MOVIES, SHOPPING CHILDCARE. PURSUING HOBBIES AND AN EASY COMMUTE. EASY CAN COMMUTE CAN CREATE ITS OWN SET OF CHALLENGES, WHICH MUST BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. I BELIEVE THAT MY EXPERIENCE LIVING IN A LITTLE CITY WITH ITS RICHNESS AND ITS ISSUES. MY PROBLEM SOLVING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS. MY EXPERIENCE IS REAL ESTATE AGENT HELPING PEOPLE FIND HOMES AND COMMUNITY.AND WORKING WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. MAKES ME UNIQUELY SUITED TO BE ON THE MAIN STREET BOARD. I AM HARDWORKING, A LIFELONG WARNER. ABLE TO PLAN AND REACH OBJECTIVES.
PROGRESSIVE THINKER ENTHUSIASTIC , AND I HOPE THAT TIMES INSPIRING. I HAVE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED HOW I WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY COMMUNITY, AND I FIND THE MAIN STREET BOARD TO BE MOST APPEALING. I HAVE LOTS OF IDEAS THAT I BELIEVE WILL BRING EVEN MORE ACTIVITY TO DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. SOME OF THEM ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER. KITCHENWARE STORE WITH COOKING CLASSES THROUGH A TAB. AH BOOKSTORE. YOU MAY REMEMBER ME BRINGING THIS UP, GEORGE. GREEN BROCHURE WOULD BE FABULOUS DOWN HERE, A FISHMONGER AND ARTIE LITTLE MOVIE THEATER SUNDANCE FILMS. UM, A CHEESE SHOP. CHEESE WINE SHOP. UM CHILDREN'S PLEDGED STATION WITH CHILDCARE LIKE THEY HAVE IT, RK UM, A GAME TOWARDS STORE AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUE BEYOND THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOR LECTURES AND MORE MODERN MUSIC, A TRANSPORTATION HUB, MORE HOUSING ANOTHER PARKING TOWER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION SO MUCH. I HOPE VOID. YES MY NAME IS CARL VOID. MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE BROUGHT ME TO MCKINNEY FOR THE FIRST TIME BACK IN 2000 WORKING WITH RAYTHEON AND KIND OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT OR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS THAT THEY HOLD. MY PERSONAL LIFE. WE MOVED HERE IN 2005 AND HAVE BEEN HERE.
PRETTY MUCH EVER SINCE. EXCEPT FOR ABOUT A 16 MONTH PERIOD WHERE WE WERE RELOCATED TO THE NORTHEAST, BUT COULDN'T WAIT TO GET BACK HERE TO MCKINNEY. BOTH OF MY GIRLS HAVE. GOING TO SCHOOL HERE IN MCKINNEY, MY WIFE AND I LOVE MCKINNEY, LOOKING TO SERVE ON ANY BOARD JUST LOOKING TO GIVE BACK TO MCKINNEY. THAT'S GIVEN US SO MUCH. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OR THE BOARD AND THEN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD OR A PARTICULAR INTEREST. THANK YOU.
YOU VERY MUCH. CHARLES WATLEY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CHARLES WHITELY BORN AND RAISED IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. I WAS HERE WHEN THE POPULATION WAS 20,000 AND I'VE WATCHED IT GROW TO OVER 200,000. GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I'VE GROWN UP DOING AND THAT I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE DOING PASTOR OF ST MARK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN MCKINNEY, WHICH IS THE OLDEST AFRICAN AMERICAN CONGREGATION IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. SO EACH DAY I GET UP I AM AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. FEW YEARS AGO, THE COUNCIL ALLOWED ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS AN ALTERNATE. ON THE PLANNING AND SOUNDING BOARD. FROM AN ALTERNATE TO A REGULAR COMMISSIONER AND OBSERVED WINTER SO I REALIZED THAT WE SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL AND IT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FOR ALL YOU DO NOT JUST ON P AND Z BUT IN THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE TRANSPORT, GREAT MAN. ISLA WILLIAMS. OKAY, LET ME JUST PULL THIS UP. ALL RIGHT. SO GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS AYLA WILLIAMS. I AM A MCKINNEY, TEXAS NATIVE. MY DESIRE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. I WANT TO BE A PART OF SUPPORTING MY COMMUNITY AND FULFILLING THE NEEDS AND WANTS OF THE CITIZENS TO BE MORE SPECIFIC. DISABLED CITIZENS, YOUTH, SENIOR CITIZENS, VETERANS AND OTHERS ALSO FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF WALKS OF LIFE. I HAVE
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WORKED FOR THE CITY OF RICHARDSON FOR TWO YEARS PREVIOUSLY ALSO FOR THE RICHEST IN SCHOOL DISTRICT. I'VE DONE UM PLENTY OF NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION WORK FEED THE HOMELESS FOR THE BIG HEART FOUNDATION ALSO WORKED FOR THE CHILDREN'S BUCKNER'S HOME IN DALLAS. UM UM, LISTEN, I'M OPEN MINDED. I LOVE TO HEAR THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS AND I LOVE TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE NEEDS OF EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I HAVE YOU AS, UM ARE YOU A MCKINNEY RESIDENT, OR PLANO, PLANO RESIDENT, BUT I'M A NATIVE MCKINNEY NATIVE. THERE IS, THOUGH THERE IS A REQUIREMENT ON ALL THE BOARDS EXCEPTION OF TWO AND THAT YOU MUST BE A MCKINNEY RESIN. I WAS GOING TO ALSO SAY THAT TO DIANE. OKAY THE THERE IS A REQUIREMENT TO BE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.OKAY? I THINK THERE'S ONLY TWO EXCEPTIONS. SO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN MAIN STREET IF YOU HAVE A POSITION ON ON MAIN STREET. OKAY EXCEPT THERE MAY BE AN EXCEPTION ON THIRD BOARD AS WELL. BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, SO AS WE REVIEW I'M OPEN TO OTHERS IS JUST THAT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS LIKE. MY BIGGEST DESIRE. RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. UM FROM WINDHAM. GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS EPHRAIM. WYNDHAM. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. GOOD EVENING TO ALL OF YOU. AH WOW. I CAME TO MCKINNEY BY THE WAY OF A PERSONAL, UH, LIFE CHANGED WHEN I GOT MARRIED.
MY WIFE WAS LIVING IN MCKINNEY. SHE SAID. HEY, WHERE ARE WE MOVING, TOO, SHE SAID. I'M IN MCKINNEY. I SAID, WELL, WHERE WE MOVE INTO SHE'S I'M NOT LEAVING MCKINNEY. I SAID, WELL, I GUESS WE'RE GONNA BE IN MCKINNEY AND MY DAUGHTER JUST GRADUATED FROM MCKINNEY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL WITH THIS PAST JUNIOR. BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL WISE, I AM A REALTOR, BEEN A REALTOR SINCE 2002 ALSO HAVE TWO OTHER COMPANIES, TRADE FOUNDER AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE FIND WHAT THEY NEED. ALSO MY LIFE COACH AND COUNSELOR. MAYORS, COUNCILORS WILL I STARTED MY CHURCH BACK IN LITTLE AIRMAN 2002. AND WHEN COVID CAME SHUT DOWN THE CHURCH BECAUSE SO MUCH WAS GOING ON. AND MY WIFE SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT ? YOU YOU JUST YOU MAKE AN IMPACT ON SO MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES. YOU OUGHT TO LOOK INTO A SERVING IN THE IN THE CITY. I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK I WILL DO THAT. AND SO I PLAN TO SERVE ON THE VISIT MCKINNEY BOARD. UH BECAUSE I'M THE BIGGEST CHILI DIDN'T MCKINNEY. I THINK I'LL CALL MYSELF THE BIGGEST TRUMPET PLAYER IN MCKINNEY BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO NAVIGATE PEOPLE HERE.
AND I HAVE BECOME A SUCH A LOVE OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. I KID? YOU NOT. I TOLD MY WIFE. WE'RE NOT LEAVING MCKINNEY. WE'RE GOING TO STAY HERE FOREVER. AND SO I LOVE THIS GREAT CITY. I LOVE THE PEOPLE OF MCKINNEY. I LOVE THE LEADERSHIP OF MCKINNEY. AND ONCE AGAIN, I THINK ALL OF YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THIS. AND EVEN IF I DON'T GET CHOSEN, I'M STILL A GREAT SUPPORT. AND CHEERLEADER FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. THIS CHARACTERISTIC AND SCOTT, UM WOODRUFF. HELLO, SIR. HOW Y'ALL DOING GOOD. I APPRECIATE THE TIME SCOTT WOULD DRIFT 27 7 CARRIAGE TRAIL AS MANY ALL KNOW, I MOVED UP HERE IN NOVEMBER. 2002 AND KIND OF STAYED OUT OF THE CITY FOR YEARS AND HELPED MY WIFE GROW THE KIDS UP AND THEN ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO. WE UH YEAH . I GOT ASKED TO BE ON THE P AND Z AND SO I JOINED THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION AS AN ALTERNATE SERVED ON THERE FOR TWO YEARS AND THEN TWO YEARS AGO BECAME A FULL TIME MEMBER OF P AND Z. SUBSEQUENT THAT I'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN ON NOW. THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. I SIT ON THE BOARD FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AND THEN YOU GUYS GRACIOUSLY IN MARCH PUT ME ON AS THE ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SO I AM HERE TO REAPPLY FOR EITHER PNC OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MY PREFERENCE OBVIOUSLY BE TO GO ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FULL TIME. BUT IF THERE'S NOT A RULE WOULD LOVE TO STAY ON THE P AND Z BOARD. I STILL HAVE FOUR YEARS LEFT TO SERVE, AND, UH REALLY ENJOY WORKING WITH THE CITY AND TRYING TO HELP IT GROW AND BE PART OF THE TEAM. SO THAT YOUR YOUR YOUR SKILL SET EXPERTISE. EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN A REAL AN ASSET. I BELIEVE FIRMLY ON NBC.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT APPRECIATE. THANKS. THANKS, SCOTT. I'VE BEEN THROUGH, EVERYONE HAS. IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT CAME IN AFTER OR MAYBE AFTER THEIR NAME WAS CALLED THAT
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HAS NOT SPOKEN. ONE GAME IN THE BACK. THAT GUY IN THE BACK. HE'S HERE. EVERY MEETING, SIR. YOU HMM. THIS IS ALMOST STALKING HERE AT EVERY ONE OF THESE, AND YET I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU AT THE PODIUM YET, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. YEAH. AS I HAVE POINTED OUT IN PAST MEETINGS IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHO THAT MAN IS, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHO THAT MAN IS. THAT IS OUR CITY MANAGER PAUL GRIMES AND OUR CITY MANAGER. YOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT EVERYONE BASICALLY HAS BEEN UP TALKS ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY LOVE THE CITY AND THEY WANT TO SERVE THIS CITY AND THEY, UM, CALL THIS PLACE HOME AND CAN'T IMAGINE ANY OTHER PLACE BEING HOME. WELL, THAT'S THE MAN THAT THAT YOU'RE A DAY TO DAY THAT MAKES THE CITY RUN THE WAY IT DOES, AND IT IS TRULY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GREATNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO PROGRAMS IS THAT MAN. IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIM, YOU NEED TO KNOW HIM. UM THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOWING UP AND BEING HERE AND WANTING TO SERVE. AS I SAID THERE ARE MANY MORE APPLICANTS THAN POSITIONS AVAILABLE, BUT BUT PLEASE DON'T BE DISCOURAGED. IF YOU ARE NOT APPOINTED THIS ROUND. THERE ARE OPENINGS THAT HAPPENED AS I SAID THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND THEN WE , UH IF SOMEBODY HAS NOT APPOINTED THAT HAS APPLIED THIS THIS YEAR. AND THEY'RE BACK APPLYING NEXT YEAR. THAT'S THAT MAKES A BIG IMPRESSION AND YOU WILL. YOU WILL FIND YOUR WAY TO SERVE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HERE IF YOU ARE TENACIOUS, AND THAT IS YOUR WILL. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR B* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.