Board and Liaison Reports Board Chair City of McKinney Visit McKinney McKinney Economic Development Corporation McKinney Main Street/MPAC McKinney Parks and Recreation

[Board and Liaison Reports Board Chair City of McKinney Visit McKinney McKinney Economic Development Corporation McKinney Main Street/MPAC McKinney Parks and Recreation]

BOARD AND LAYS ON REPORTS. UM THIS LAST 30 DAYS HAS HAVE BEEN REALLY, REALLY BUSY. GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN THE CITY IN THE COMMUNITY THIS PAST MONTH. WE HAD OUR DISTRICT 121 GRAND OPENING PROJECT GRANT PROMOTIONAL GRAND EVENTS THAT OCCURRED. COLLIN COUNTY HISTORY MUSEUM GRAND OPENING OF THE CREATED IN COLLIN EXHIBIT HOLIDAY TOURS OF HOMES PARADE OF LIGHTS. MCKINNEY DYLAN HARMONICA , ALL STAR CHRISTMAS AND, OF COURSE, OUR HOLIDAY. EVENT LAST FRIDAY. UM I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT IT IS REALLY GREAT TO JUST LIVE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY WHEN I DRIVE AROUND, AND I JUST SEE ALL OF THE LOVE IN THE GIVING THAT HAPPENS, IT REALLY MAKES MY HEART JUST REALLY FEEL GREAT. UM THE PARADE . THE GREATEST EVENT FOR US WAS ME AND MY KIDS JUMPING IN IN THE TRUCK WITH DR SHELTERS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE GRANDSTAND. WE NEARLY PROBABLY STOPPED THE PARADE FOR LIKE FIVE MINUTES TO JUMP ON. BUT AS WE ROLLED AROUND THE PARADE AND JUST SEEN THE CHILDREN HOW MUCH THAT EVENT MEANS TO THEM. I MEAN, THEY GET EXCITED, ALTHOUGH I KNOW MANY OF THEM PROBABLY COULD HAVE SAID, WHERE THE CANDY BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOKING AT US AS WE WERE DRIVING BY, LIKE THEY HAD NFL SO BAD BECAUSE SOME OF THEM HAD THEIR LITTLE BAGS READY TO CATCH THE CANDY. AND I WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOD. THEY PROBABLY DON'T THROW SOME CORN. LET US OR SOMETHING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY CANDY. BUT JUST SEEING THAT HOW MUCH AND THEY WERE THEY WERE HAPPY. MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND JUST HOW MUCH THOSE THINGS WE YOU KNOW, WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. HOW THAT PARADE REALLY BRINGS OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

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SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ROTARY CLUB FOR DOING ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT. THANK YOU FOR THE CITY STAFF. I KNOW RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING, WE HAD COME DOWN HERE. ME AND MY DAUGHTER'S, UM TO GO. TO THE EVENT AND JUST THE STAFF LIKE MAIN STREET. THEY WERE DOWN THERE. THE DAY AFTER THINGS NO, IT WAS LIKE EITHER THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES.

PUTTING UP THE TREES AND I'M LIKE THE SACRIFICE OUR STAFF WERE WORKING TO 1011 O'CLOCK OR LATER TO DO THAT FOR US FOR CITY . SO ALWAYS SAY THANK YOU TO OUR CITY STAFF AND PUBLIC WORKS WHO SACRIFICE AFTER LATE HOURS SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, OF COURSE, SO COMPETITIVE CHRISTMAS PARTY, SO IF YOU EVER BEEN TO THE CHRISTMAS PARTY, YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T COME IN THERE WITH YOUR FEELINGS ON YOUR SLEEVE BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS A GREAT GIFT. LET ME JUST SAY YOU, EVERYBODY THAT BRING YOUR GIFT IS GREAT IN DON'T WORK. WELCOME OUT WITH YOUR FEELINGS ON YOUR SLEEVES, BUT THAT IS PROBABLY THE SO IT'S SO FUNNY. IT'S JUST THE SEA. EVERYBODY LIKE. YEAH, THAT'S A KEEPER, AND I THINK I GOT THERE FROM PAUL GRIMES. HE WAS LIKE, OH, YEAH. YOU'RE THE OWNER OF THAT GIFT. SO JUST A GREAT TIME AND THANK YOU TO LINDA AND THEN CINDY FOR MAKING A GREAT EVENT. THANK YOU. TWO MET HAMBLETON FOR OFFERING UP HIS VENUE. UM TO US AND THE GREAT FOOD ALSO, WE HAD IN THAT EVENT. WE ASKED JUST DONATIONS FROM OUR BOARD AND THOSE THAT ARE ATTENDING TO DONATE GIFT CARDS THAT WE SELECT A NONPROFIT IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE, YOU KNOW, A GOOD DONATION, AND SO WE SELECTED HANDS TO OFFER THIS YEAR ASIA SMITH AND WHEN I SAY WE REALLY SHOWED UP WE REALLY SHOWED UP, AND YESTERDAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ASIA WITH THOSE GIFT CARDS AND SHE WAS IN TOTAL TOTAL ARE OF THE GENEROSITY FROM JUST THOSE THAT ATTENDED THE EVENT. AND SO IT'S GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE AND WHO'S IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE KIDS THAT SHE IS ABLE TO HELP. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND EVERYONE THAT WAS IN ATTENDANCE THAT WERE ABLE TO BRING A DONATION AND GIFT CARDS AGAIN. YOU'RE CONTINUALLY CHANGING THE LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY EVERY DAY, SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT, UM, I'LL GO REAL QUICK AND I'LL START WITH CATHERINE. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH SOME EVENTS YOU ATTEND A COUPLE OF THINGS. STANDOUTS FOR ME WERE WAS THE HOLIDAY HOME TOUR, JAMIE , YOUR GROUP DID AN AWESOME JOB. THE VOLUNTEERS, EACH OF THE HOUSES WERE JUST AMAZING. SING AND THERE WAS A WONDERFUL TURNOUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. THE WEATHER WAS NICE, BOTH WEEKENDS SO THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN, AND I SO ENJOYED THE, UH MCKENNEY PHILHARMONIC CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY CONCERT. IT WAS THE STANDARDS AND JUST QUALITY THAT THE MUSICIANSHIP THE ARRANGING. IT WAS JUST REALLY FIRST CLASS, SO I FEEL LIKE I'VE JUST GOTTEN IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT THIS YEAR. AND I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PARADE ALLIANCE. HOW FANTASTIC. IT WAS, UM, I THINK LAST YEAR THERE WAS LIKE 70 PLUS FLOATS IN IN THIS YEAR WE HAD OVER 100. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE THE NUMBERS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY DOWN THERE THIS YEAR. AND A LOT OF, UM OTHER FRIENDS AND OTHER CITIES JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW GREAT OUR DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY IS AND HOW IT'S SO DIFFERENT THAN EVERYBODY ELSE'S SIDE IS REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE CITIZENS COMING OUT AND SHOWING OUT AND HAVING A GOOD TIME. YES THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR . I WILL ECHO. UM MY COLLEAGUE'S COMMENTS, ESPECIALLY THE CHAIRS WHEN SHE SAYS IT IS JUST AMAZING TO LIVE IN MCKINNEY. UM THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE THAT WE HAVE, REALLY? I AM HONORED TO BE A PART OF I COME DOWNTOWN. A LOT, UM, WALKED THE DOG DOWNTOWN. AND UM, THIS TIME OF YEAR I AM JUST.

I'M AMAZED AND JOY. OVERJOYED AT , UM, JUST HOW QUAINT DOWNTOWN IS IT'S LIKE WALKING INTO A HALLMARK MOVIE. GUYS LIKE I'M SERIOUS, YOU KNOW THE PART THE BEGINNING PART OF THE HALLMARK MOVIE WHERE THERE'S THE GAZEBO DOWNTOWN, AND IT'S LIKE FREAKING PERFECT. AND UM, IT'S JUST LIKE THE PERFECT LITTLE TOWN AND THE MEET CUTE IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN ON THE CORNER, AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT. WE GET TO LIVE IN THIS PICTURE. PERFECT PLACE. UM AND I WAS DOWNTOWN YESTERDAY.

UM, WALKING THE DOG AROUND AND IT WAS BUSY AND IT WAS. YOU KNOW, OUR MERCHANTS WERE MAKING SOME MONEY AND, UM PEOPLE WANT TO BE HERE AND, UM IT IS AN HONOR TO GET TO LIVE HERE. IT'S

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AN HONOR TO GET TO LIVE CLOSE TO THIS, UM THIS DOWNTOWN, BUT IT'S AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF THE CITY. AS A WHOLE. UM AND I THINK IT IS. I HOPE THAT MCKINNEY CITIZENS DON'T TAKE FOR GRANTED.

THE REALLY AWESOME LIFE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE REALLY AWESOME UM, OPPORTUNITY AND. COMMUNITY THAT IS PROVIDED FOR BY THE CITY. AND IS CULTIVATED AND CREATED BY OUR STAFF AND BY THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE. BY OUR STAFF IN THIS CITY AND OUR COUNSEL IN THIS CITY AND THESE BOARDS AND WE HAVE ALL COME TOGETHER TO CREATE AN AMAZING PLACE TO LIVE. AND THAT'S AWESOME. AND I LOVE IT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING YOUR FREE TIME WATCHING HALLMARK MOVIES. YOU KNOW WHAT? UM THEY'RE ON IN THE HOUSE. I SEE THEM OCCASIONALLY.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE'S SOMETHING SO BAD IT'S GOOD ABOUT . ABSOLUTELY THEY'RE VERY PREDICTABLE. THEY'RE VERY EASY TO WATCH. UM YOU KNOW HOW IT'S GONNA WORK OUT. UM BUT NO FOR REAL, LIKE THEY HAVE A STEREOTYPICAL TOWN AND THAT'S OUR SETS. BEGINNING WE GET TO LIVE IN IT, AND THAT'S COOL. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE I CAN ADD, BUT I WOULD JUST ECHO EVERYONE'S REMARKS. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE CITY AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AND YOU SAID IT, ANGIE AS WELL. DON'T FORGET THOSE THAT ARE I DON'T HAVE AS MUCH AND ARE NOT AS FORTUNATE AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. SO WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO PICK UP A GIFT FOR SOMEBODY PICK UP AN EXTRA ONE AND MAKE A CONTRIBUTION. WHAT I THINK IT'S BEEN TEARED UP ALL OF A SUDDEN, BUT YEAH, THAT'S UM THAT'S WHAT MAKES US SPECIAL. WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL CRY, HEART EVERYTHING SO DO NOT START CRYING. OKAY, THAT'S IT BETTER. ALSO ENJOY THE PARADE AND LOVED THE FEEL THAT WE HAVE, AND IT IS A VERY UNIQUE FEEL. THE. I MADE AN EFFORT IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THAT HAVE SINCE I'M DOING THE BOARD TO TRY TO VISIT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE SUPPORT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WENT OVER TO, UM LAST MONTH OF THAT OF A FAIRLY REGULAR ARTIST, THE FARMER'S MARKET. AND WALKING AROUND AND SEEING IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, SO THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THERE. BUT REMEMBERING BACK WHERE WHERE THAT HAD STARTED AND WHAT IT HAS TURNED INTO NOW, UM, REALLY IS BRINGING A LOT OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE SURROUNDING AREA FROM FROM PLACES IN BIKINI THAT DON'T NECESSARILY GET TO DOWNTOWN AND BRINGING IN THAT THAT FEEL THAT DAVID WAS TALKING ABOUT COUNTING DAVIS TALKING BOARD MEMBER DAVID WAS TALKING ABOUT AND YOU KNOW, WE LOVED IT. THE OTHER THING THAT I KNOW WHEN WE WENT AND TOURED THE HOMES AND LISTEN TO THE HISTORY OF THE HOMES. AND WAS STRUCK WITH HOW. THERE ARE HOMES HERE THAT WERE BUILT OVER 100 YEARS AGO, AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE BUILDING THEM WERE ALSO ON THESE BOARDS WERE ALSO MAKING DECISIONS FOR THE CITY AND FOR WHAT WE ARE DOING. WE ARE JUST ANOTHER BRICK IN THE PATH. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LAY THAT BRICK PROPERLY AND DON'T TAKE A WEIRD TURN. BUT IT IS A LONG PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN LAID BY MANY PEOPLE BEFORE US AND WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS AS WE GO THROUGH HOURS. THANK YOU. THEY WANT LAST THING I'LL ADD, UM, WASN'T A M C, D. C UM, EVENT BUT LAST WEEK MYSELF AND COUNCILMAN JONES AND OTHER LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND JUST SHOW SOME LOVE TO THE, UM THE UNIT WOODSIDE VILLAGE. ANYONE THAT'S FAMILIAR WITH THE VILLAGE THAT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX ON BUMPERS THAT THAT PARTICULAR COMPLEX HAS JUST ENDURED A LOT IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO. SO ABOUT 30 DAYS AGO, UM PASTOR WHAT LEE JUST CALLED TOGETHER SOME DIFFERENT LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND SAY, HEY, WE JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY JUST TO LOVE ON THIS COMMUNITY. AND SO HE PULLED TOGETHER JUST A SMALL GROUP AND IN 30 DAYS WHEN I SAY WE POUR TOGETHER A REALLY AWESOME EVENT, AND IT WAS REALLY FOCUSING ON THE FAMILIES AND THE CHILDREN. AND SO LAST WEEK WE WENT OVER THERE. THEY HAD BOUNCED HOUSES. THEY HAD SPONSORS TO DONATE FOOD. SO WE HAD MEN FROM THE CHURCH THAT CAME OVER AND THEY PULLED OUT THE GRILL, AND THEY HAD HOT DOGS AND SAUSAGES. THEY HAD CORNHOLE.

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I HAD NEVER PLAYED CORNHOLE BEFORE, AND BUT IT WAS SOME COMPETITIVE KIDS PLAYING CORNHOLE. BUT IN THAT MOMENT, I MEAN, I GOT THERE. PROBABLY ABOUT 1030. I'M THINKING, NO KID . NOBODY'S GONNA BE OUT THAT EARLY AND COUNCILMAN JONES SHOWED UP WITH HIS FAMILY. THOSE KIDS WERE OUT THERE. RATHER IT WAS THE PARENTS TO SAY, JUST GET OUT THE HOUSE. GO ON OUTSIDE.

BUT THOSE KIDS WERE OUT THERE AND THEN BOUNCE HOUSES. WE HAD MUSIC. YOU KNOW PASTOR MYRON BRADFORD AND LADY BRADFORD CAME WITH THEIR CHURCH AND THEIR LEADERSHIP AND FOR TWO HOURS OR THREE HOURS, THOSE FAMILIES AND THOSE KIDS DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING BUT JUST BEING KIDS AND YOU KNOW THEY HAD THERE WERE SOME DONATIONS. THEY GOT SOME GIFT CARDS. THEY HAVE SOME BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS. AH WITH SOME, YOU KNOW, SHOOTING IN IT JUST AGAIN WHEN I TALK ABOUT JUST WHAT WE DO AS A COMMUNITY AGAIN. I'M NOT GONNA CRY BECAUSE MARY, GIVE ME STARTED. BUT IT REALLY JUST IN 30 DAYS. WE POUR THAT TOGETHER AND I'M THINKING WHAT IF WE HAD HAD 60? HOW BIG YOU KNOW BIG COULDN'T HAVE BEEN SO AGAIN JUST TO CONTINUE TESTAMENT TO THE HEARTS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND THE PEOPLE THAT JUST GO UP BEYOND TO SHOW LOVE, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR JUST BEING WHO YOU ARE. UM YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? MHM. OKAY WE'VE SAID ENOUGH TO MAKE US ALL CRY. SO WE'RE GONNA GO ON AND CITY UH, SYRIA MCKINNEY, MR GRIMES. AND WE MISSED YOU IN WE DID ON FRIDAY WAS CRYING AS WELL . BECAUSE MY TEAM MY TEAM LOST TO KANSAS. SO I WAS AT THE INDIANA KANSAS DIDN'T LET YOU FORGET THAT, RIGHT? YES ROCK CHALK SOMETHING, UM. WELL SPEAKING OF TEARS. I'M JUST GONNA ADD TO THE TEARS BECAUSE YOU TALK ABOUT TRUCK AT THE PARADE. I WAS IN A TRUCK. I WAS IN THE NEW TILLER TRUCK OF THE MCKINNEY FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS ABOUT 80 FT LONG IF YOU'VE SEEN IT, SO THAT'S A TRUCK, SO IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY GREAT. UM TILLER TRUCK IS ABOUT $2 MILLION . THAT IS. IT'S A STATION 11 DOWN IN THE CRAIG RANCH HERE AND THE REASON WHY WE HAVE A TILLER TRUCK IS INDEPENDENTLY STEERED FROM THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. SO YOU CAN MAKE BELIEVE IT OR NOT COUNTERINTUITIVE, BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE SHARPER TURNS. THEY LET YOU DRIVE. THE TRUCK IS EXTREMELY LONG DID YOU DRIVE THE BACK? I DID NOT. THEY WOULD NOT OUR INSURANCE. WE CALL THE INSURANCE IN ADVANCE AND THEY WOULD NOT LET ME DRIVE IT BACK TO THE TRUCK. I SAT SAFELY IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, WARM PASSENGER SEAT IN FRONT. SO ANYWAY, UM BUT, YES, IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE TEARS AND THE SENTIMENTAL TEARS OF WRITING IN A BIG TILLER TRUCK ANYWAY, UM AND OUR REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL THIS PAST TUESDAY. WE HAD OUR OWN VERY GREAT DOCTOR , JOHN PRUDISH WHO SERVED AS A CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOND COMMITTEE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THE REPORT OF THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOND COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND A BOND QUESTION OR I SHOULD SAY A BOND ELECTION IN MAY OF 2024 FOR FIVE QUESTIONS. FIVE QUESTIONS ON DIFFERENT AREAS, UM, AT A TOTAL OF $485.5 MILLION, SO THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION. THE BOND COMMITTEE CITY COUNCIL WILL TAKE THAT INTO ADVISEMENT. THEY WILL HAVE TO ACT IN FEBRUARY 1ST MEETING OF FEBRUARY IN ORDER TO CALL AN ELECTION FOR MAY OF 2024 . SO HISTORICALLY, THE COUNCIL DOES. TAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE DISCRETION IS, OF COURSE LEFT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND WHETHER WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO. UM WE ALSO AT THAT MEETING IN THE COUNCIL OPTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A NEW, UM, GENERAL AVIATION TERMINAL TERMINAL. I'M SORRY. HANG HER HANGAR NUMBER 10 . WE CALL THAT CORP 10. WE HAVE A 4 TO 40,000 SQUARE FOOT HANGAR THAT WE USE FOR LEASING FOR GENERAL AVIATION PURPOSES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. AS ALL IT ALSO INCLUDES A CUSTOMS FACILITY. THE HANGAR WILL GENERATE REVENUE. THE CUSTOMS FACILITY WILL NOT, BUT NONETHELESS, WE NEED TO HAVE A CUSTOMS FACILITY TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THE VARIETY OF SERVICES AT THE FBO, WHICH IS THE FIXED BASE OPERATOR, THE GENERAL AVIATION SIDE OF MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT. AND THEN, UM. FINALLY THE CITY COUNCIL IS ALSO CURRENTLY IN THE DELIBERATION STAGE OF READING, SELECTING A PARTNER DEVELOPMENT PARTNER FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS BUILDING AND THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET, THE OLD CITY FACILITIES ONCE WE MOVE INTO NEW CITY HALL, INCLUDING THE PARKING LOTS TO THE NORTH, WE ARE WE'VE GOT THREE FINALISTS DEVELOPMENT FIRMS ALL VERY GOOD, ALL VERY CREATIVE. CITY COUNCIL HAS TO MAKE A SELECTION WHO THEY THINK IS THE BEST FOR US TO START NEGOTIATING WITH AND REPRESENTS.

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WE THINK THE BEST PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS AND THE BEST FIT FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL MAKE A SELECTION VERY SOON AND THAT THAT WILL LIKELY BE MORE MEMORIALIZED IN A RESOLUTION, PROBABLY IN JANUARY THAT THEY WOULD ADOPT FOR MOVING TO THE NEXT PHASE OF NEGOTIATING WITH A PARTNER. SO WITH THAT. I WANT TO WISH YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON AND I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY THANKS SO MUCH.

ISN'T MCKINNEY. GOOD MORNING, ALICIA HAMBURG AND REPRESENTING MRS MCKINNEY TODAY. UM SO SOME QUICK UPDATES FROM US LAST WEEKEND WAS THE DIVISION TO FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP OVER AT M.

I S T STADIUM. THEY HAD RECORD NUMBERS WITH 12,552 IN ATTENDANCE, WHICH WAS THE SECOND LARGEST CROWD EVER FOR A D TWO FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE OUR SORRY THE SECOND LARGEST SINCE 2015 AND THEN ONLY THE SECOND TIME SINCE 1996 THAT THEY'VE HAD OVER 10,000 FANS. HANDS AND ATTENDANCE AT A GAME, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. IT WAS HARDING UNIVERSITY AND COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES AND CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCILMAN BELLER. THAT'S HIS HARDING UNIVERSITY, HIS ALMA MATER, AND THEY PULLED OUT THE WIND. SO THAT WAS EXCITING TO HAVE SOMEONE HERE IN OUR HOMETOWN. GET THE WIN. WANT TO ADD THAT IT'S ALSO COUNSELORS? JONES WIPES ALL MY MOM. OKAY? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. VERY EXCITED WITH GOLDEN TO, UM, UM WE HAVE ONE MORE YEAR LEFT ON THAT CONTRACT, AND THEN WE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH MY SD AGAIN TO BID FOR THE FURTHER CORRECT THE CONTRACT AGAIN THROUGH 2029. SO WE HEARD A LOT. ERIN WAS THERE IN SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE THERE. I BELIEVE YOU WERE THERE RIGHT WITH WITH AARON. UM AND I KNOW THAT THEY CHECKED IN WITH ALL THE N C DOUBLE REPRESENTATIVES, AND THEY WERE VERY HAPPY WITH MCKINNEY, UM, ASKING IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE COULD DO, AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY ANY FEEDBACK. OTHER THAN THAT. THEY'RE VERY HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING THAT MCKINNEY DOES TO WELCOME THE STUDENTS HERE, SO WE WERE HAPPY TO SEE THAT SO WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT THE BID FOR THE NEXT CONTRACT. AND THEN AS FAR AS IN OUR OFFICE ENDING THE YEAR ON A GOOD NOTE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD LEADS COMING IN, UM, MAINLY IN THE SPORTS CATEGORY. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING ON FIVE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT ARE COMING IN STAYING IN OUR HOTELS AND VARIOUS SIZES. ALL DIFFERENT SPORTS FROM 100 ROOM NIGHTS TO UP TO 1000 ROOM NIGHTS, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE IN THAT DIRECTION. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. MERRY CHRISTMAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. M E D. C, MR KOWSKI. GOOD MORNING. MICHAEL OKONSKI, PRESIDENT OF THE M E D. C BRIEF UPDATES SINCE OUR LAST VISIT. WE HAVE SOME BREAKING NATIONAL NEWS IN OUR ORGANIZATION. WE SIGNED A CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH PLUG AND PLAY PLUG AND PLAY IS A GLOBAL COMPANY THAT HELPS STARTUPS FIND CORPORATIONS TO MOVE FROM THAT IDEA STAGE TO BECOME A BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY, ALSO KNOWN AS A UNICORN. YOU MAY BE CALLED PART OF OUR MANY PILLARS OF STRATEGY IS ABOUT SUPPORTING INNOVATION IN MCKINNEY. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN INNOVATION FUND WE HAVE ABOUT 40 COMPANIES SUPPORT THROUGH THAT THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH PLUG AND PLAY HAS LOCATED IN SILICON VALLEY WILL HELP ACCELERATE THOSE STARTUPS AND MANY MORE IN THE AREA. PLUG AND PLAY WILL OPEN AN OFFICE IN MCKINNEY THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, OR 2024, AND YOU'LL SEE MANY EVENTS THAT THEY'RE HOSTING. AND REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT NATIONAL ATTENTION COMING TO MCKINNEY. AND PUTTING OUR FLAG OUT THERE THAT WE ARE A SPACE THAT NURTURES GROWTH. UM AND DEVELOPS TALENT AND YOU KNOW AGAIN SO PROUD OF THAT RELATIONSHIP, AND WITH THAT I WILL STAND WITH ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ST. WARNING. GOOD MORNING. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ANDROGENS. MY NAME IS JACKIE BRUNO AND I'M WITH MCKINNEY MAIN STREET IMPACT . SO I'M BRINGING SOME NOTES THAT ANDREW WROTE SAYS THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. 2023 WE HAVE LOTS OF WINDS AND THE WEATHER WAS FANTASTIC. IT WAS A RECORD YEAR FOR ACTIVITIES AND SALES FAVORITES THIS YEAR INCLUDED THE LIGHTS OF MITCHELL PARK AND A RECORD TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY. ALSO, THE GIVING MACHINES ARRIVED IN DOWNTOWN THIS PAST TUESDAY AT LOCAL OR L. Y OUTFITTERS PATIO. AND THEY KICK OFF WITH THE RIBBON SERUM CARIBBEAN CUTTING CEREMONY. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT THERE. GIVING MACHINES WILL BE UP THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR AND FEATURE NATIONAL AND LOCAL CHARITIES, INCLUDING HUGS CAFE AND NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR, BUT HUGS WAS ALSO FEATURED ON THE KELLY CLARKSON SHOW, SO THAT'S PRETTY COOL. THE BRIDAL SHOW IS HAPPENING ON JANUARY. 13TH AT IMPACT. UM THIS IS OUR ANNUAL BRIDAL SHOW, AND IT'S ONE OF THE PREMIER BOUTIQUE BRIDAL SHOWS IN TEXAS. UM AND IT

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HOSTS DJS AND EVENT VENUES CATERING AND MORE, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY. ANYTHING ELSE? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT A COMMENT ABOUT THE GIVING MACHINES. I WAS READING ABOUT THE ONES THAT THEY PUT IN NEW YORK RIGHT NEXT TO ROCKEFELLER CENTER. AND I MUST HAVE HEARD SOMETHING. AND THEN THIS MORNING I DRIVE BY AND I SEE ALL THREE OF THOSE THERE AND SO JUST IN THE SPIRIT OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE AND I KNOW THERE'S A PURPOSE OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED, BUT IT'S GREAT LOCATION SO AGAIN AS YOU'RE GOING AND SHOPPING, STOP BY AND GIVE, SO I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT MCKINNEY IS DOING THAT. IT'S A FUN ACTIVITY. YOU SEE LOTS OF FAMILIES OUT THERE WITH KIDS EXCITED TO GIVE, SO THAT'S A REALLY GREAT TRADITION TO BEGIN OR CONTINUE, SO WE'RE HAPPY THAT IT'S HERE. GOOD. DO WE HAVE? CELLPHONE NUMBERS YET FROM THE PARADE. NO IT TAKES A MINIMUM OF 45 DAYS. 45 DAYS, OKAY? I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE. IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT. I THINK THE PICTURE THE IMAGE, UM FROM THE DRONE WAS JUST LIKE IT WAS ALL THOSE PEOPLE. THE WEATHER WAS TOO GOOD MAN WAS CRAZY. IT WAS IT WAS PERFECT TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE. AT THE END OF THAT PRE STARTED COMING IN, BUT IT'S A GREAT CHRISTMAS REMINDS ME THAT WE NEED TO. UM UM PARKING REMAINS A PROBLEM, BUT THAT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE. OKAY THANK YOU. I I'M NEVER MIND. ONE SIDE OF THE STREET PARKING ON CHURCH STREET IS ALL I'M GONNA SAY. YEAH I THINK THAT'S THE STREET THAT I DID NOT KNOW IF I WOULD MAKE IT THROUGH. YEAH THERE WAS A MOMENT. WHERE THAT VERY, UM I DON'T. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU JUST GET STUCK LIKE BECAUSE IT WAS IT WAS REALLY IT MADE ME NERVOUS, AND I WOULD EVEN PUSH MY MIRRORS IN. THAT'S HOW TIGHT IT WAS. BUT THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO BECAUSE YOU GOT FIVE CARS BEHIND YOU AND FOUND FRONT. SO YEAH. GOOD POINT. NEVER DO THAT AGAIN. IT'S FOR REAL. ANDREWS LISTENING. HE'LL MAKE NOTE OF THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE HAVE PARKS AND REC. RYAN. GOOD MORNING, BRIAN MULLINS, MCKINNEY PARKS AND RECREATION. AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE FENCE AROUND ROBINSON RIDGE PARK DID COME DOWN ON DECEMBER 2ND PROBABLY NERVOUS ABOUT THAT. WE WANT TO SAY IT'S COMING DOWN, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT COULD, UH, DELAY THAT, BUT WE'RE HAPPY THAT CAME DOWN OPEN UP TO THE RESIDENTS, NOTHING BUT POSITIVE FEEDBACK THAT HAS COME THROUGH PICKLEBALL COURT. THAT IS THERE. I HAVE YET TO SEE SOMEONE PLAYING PICKLEBALL ACTUALLY ON IN ARSAL, FATHER AND HIS KIDS PLAYING A VERSION OF BASKETBALL VOLLEYBALL ON IT OR SO, BUT I'M SURE IT'S BEING USED. JUST NOT THERE. AT THE TIMES, WHERE IT'S BEING USED PICK BALL WAS FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN THE COUNTRY. I THINK I'VE HEARD ONCE OR TWICE BEFORE, AND A DOZEN EMAILS OR SO, UM, ALSO ON DECEMBER 2ND WE HOSTED OUR ANNUAL BREAKFAST WITH SANTA EVENT THIS YEAR WAS THAT OLD SETTLERS RECREATION CENTER.

NORMALLY, IT'S AT RECREATION CENTER IN TOWN, LIKE BECAUSE OF THE INNOVATIONS, WE MOVED IT, THEY'RE SOLD OUT EVENT AGAIN. SANTA CLAUS HIMSELF WAS THERE. THAT MAN DOES NOT PASS UP A FREE BREAKFAST, SO IT WAS IN ATTENDANCE. WE ALSO HELD THE MERRY BASEMENTS EVENT AT THE OLD SETTLERS RECREATION CENTER THIS PAST TUESDAY. THANKS STAND UP BASS WE HAD ABOUT 95 PLAYERS THERE WERE HOPING TO GET TO 100 ABOUT 150 SPECTATORS THERE WATCHING THE EVENT. IT WAS. IT WAS AMAZING. I GOT TO VISIT BEFORE COUNCIL AND SITTING IN THERE AND JUST KIND OF HEARING AND FEELING THE BASE FROM THE INSTRUMENTS THERE WERE LOOKING TO TRY TO SET A WORLD RECORD NEXT YEAR. BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ONE. SO I THINK IF WE GET ANYONE, THERE WILL BE A WORLD RECORD, SO WE'LL TRY TO GET AS MANY AS WE CAN AT LEAST PUSH IT OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE AREN'T GOING WELL. WE'LL GO CAPTURE THAT ONE. BUT THAT'LL BE A NEAT EVENT FOR US TO HOST THEIR TRICK OR TREAT TRAIL. WE DID GET CELL PHONE NUMBERS BACK FROM IT, LOOKING AT IT AND KIND OF DISCUSSING WITH CINDY. SOME OF THE IDEAS WHERE IT'S AN EVENT WITH A LOT OF KIDS. THE KIDS DON'T HAVE CELL PHONES WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO KIND OF EXTRAPOLATE THAT OUT. IT SHOWED 4300 UNIQUE VISITORS TO THE EVENT ABOUT 60. WHAT WAS IT 6600 VISIT FOR THE DAY TRYING TO LOOK AT? HOW DO YOU MULTIPLY THAT OUT FOR ALL THE KIDS THEY DIDN'T HAVE CELL PHONES WERE THINKING ABOUT 8500 PEOPLE TOTAL ATTENDANCE FOR THAT EVENT. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO HIT THOSE NUMBERS. SEE IF WE CAN TRY TO BEAT THAT SO IT GIVES US A GOAL FOR THAT EVENT. OLD SETTLER'S PARK DESIGN IS STILL UNDERWAY. SURVEY CREWS WERE OUT THIS WEEK SURVEYING THE LAND, SO WE GET THAT DESIGN FINALIZED.

RANDALL'S DIRT IS MOVING. WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT PARK IS DOWN THE NEXT 10 MONTHS. GOT SOME NUMBERS BACK IF YOU REMEMBER A WHILE BACK. I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT KAYAK RENTAL KIOSK THAT WE PUT DOWN AT TOWN LAKE. SO THAT WENT IN IN LATE AUGUST. WE'VE HAD THE MONTHS PRETTY MUCH OF SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER NOT SO MUCH 211 RENTALS OVER THAT TIME, WITH THE MAJORITY OF THEM COMING IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THE WEATHER WAS BETTER SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT

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WAS ABOUT $2300 IN REVENUE FROM IT ARE CUT OF THAT IS ABOUT 10. SO HOPEFULLY FOR THE NEXT SUMMER TIME WE'RE GOING TO HIT THOSE NUMBERS A LOT HIGHER. SO WHAT I'M SAYING, AND THOSE MONTHS THERE? I'M EXPECTING PROBABLY 1000 RENTALS FOR THE YEAR OR SO THAT WE'LL HAVE, UM KNOCK ON WOOD. HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING GOES WELL ALSO GOLF REVENUE. LOOKING AT IT. SO WE HAD THE REPLACEMENT OF THE GREENS AND THE TEE BOXES AT OAK HOLLOW. SO FAR ON THE TWO MONTHS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, BOTH OF THEM HAVE BEEN RECORD MONTHS AT OAK HOLLOW, SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR WHAT THE SUMMER WILL BRING FOR THAT AS WELL. AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE KIND WORDS YOU SAID ABOUT MY HOMETOWN AND WHAT I GREW UP IN SO EXCITING TO SEE EVERYONE ENJOY THE MCKINNEY HOLIDAY SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAY FOR HOMES TOUR. I THINK MY MOM DRAGGED ME TO THAT A FEW TIMES WHEN I WAS A KID. I DIDN'T APPRECIATE IT AS MUCH AS I PROBABLY WOULD APPRECIATE IT NOW AND THINK OF THE HOME I GREW UP IN WAS 100 YEARS OLD, AND IT'S BEEN ON THAT TOUR A FEW TIMES. UM, FOR THAT I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT BECAUSE AT THE THAT EVENT I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH RYAN AS WE WERE STANDING IN A LINE TO GET SOME SOME KIND OF SWEET TREAT, AND HE JUST SHARED WITH ME ABOUT HIS PERSONAL HISTORY AND GROWING UP AND HAVE THE BANK IN FRONT. SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT JUST TO GET TO KNOW YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE PERSONAL CONNECTION THAT YOU HAVE WITH MCKINNEY. SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST AWESOME. MY MOM'S OFFICE WAS IN THE OLD NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, AND THAT BUILDING HAS A BASEMENT IN IT. IT'S CREEPY BASEMENT. NOT MANY OF THOSE IN MCKINNEY AND IT WAS CREEPY. BUT YOU GET ON THE ROOF THERE AND YOU HAVE A GREAT VANTAGE POINT FOR PARADES AND THEY WERE COMING IN. VERY GOOD.

[President’s Report]

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE GO TO ITEM 23-10. PRESIDENTS REPORT THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND WANTED TO START OUT WITH A CONGRATULATIONS TO JAMIE PEDIGO AND HER TEAM ON SUCCESSFUL HOLIDAY HOME TOUR THEIR ANNIVERSARY YEAR. TWO WEEKENDS. EXCUSE ME, AND I THINK THEY HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE VISIT MCKINNEY AND VISIT THE HOMES AND JUST CONGRATULATE JAMIE AND RECOGNIZE THE LEGACY THAT SHE LEAVES AT CHESTNUT SQUARE AS SHE MOVES ON TO THE NEXT STEP IN HER LIFE JOURNEY. UM. I HAVE HAD OVER THE PAST MONTH THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT INFORMATION ABOUT MCD SEEN CITY MCKINNEY TO THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS. THE MCKINNEY RETIRED ACTIVE TEXANS BETTER KNOWN AS THE MAC RATS, BUSINESS ALLIANCE NETWORKING GROUP AND THEN MCKINNEY LIONS CLUB, AND IT'S REALLY BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT THIS BORN IS COMMITTED TO DOING IN THE IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY AS WELL. LOT OF INTEREST, A LOT OF COMMITMENT ON IMPORTANT AND THE FOLKS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH. SO UM, HAVE ENJOYED DOING THAT QUITE A BIT. THE RECALL THAT WE, ALONG WITH ABC INVESTED AND DIGITAL BILLBOARD AT DISTRICT 121. IT IS UP AND OPERATING. LUKE GUY JERRY, WHO IS THE ABC SOCIAL MEDIA? AND MARKETING PERSON HAS HAS BEEN, INVOLVED IN WITH LINDA AND HELPING TO CREATE A CALENDAR OF WHAT WE WILL PROMOTE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. UM AND ACTUALLY PREPARING THE GRAPHICS THAT WILL BE USED. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO DRIVE BY AND TAKE NOTE, WE'VE GOT A GREAT MESSAGE UP RIGHT NOW CARRYING OUT THE SANTA SHOP SMALL THEME THAT WAS A PART OF HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SHOP AND DYING IN MCKINNEY. SO CHECK THAT OUT. IT LOOKS GREAT. OUR PROJECT GRANT DEADLINE IS COMING UP ON THE 29TH OF THIS MONTH. FIVE PM SO FOR ANYBODY CONSIDERING APPLYING FOR A PROJECT GRANT, KEEP THAT IN MIND OUR RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT APPLICATION PERIOD WILL OPEN JANUARY 1 JUST AS A REMINDER. IT'S UM IT WILL SUPPORT EXTERIOR INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S A MATCHING GRANT. JANUARY 1 THROUGH 31 IS THE APPLICATION PERIOD. AND TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT CHICAGO WAS WAS SAYING ABOUT THE GIVING MACHINES. THE TO LOCAL CHARITIES ARE HUGS AND SAMARITAN IN SO IN ADDITION TO MANY NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CHARITIES, SO PLEASE DO CHECK THAT OUT. AND PLEASE BE SURE TO REVIEW THE REPORTS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. THEREFORE FINAL REPORTS FOR PROJECT GRANTS FUNDED TO PROMOTIONAL GRANTS. UM AND THEN LINDA'S GOT HER. THE MARKETING REPORT THAT SHE PREPARES MONTHLY ALSO THERE FOR YOUR INFORMATION. ONE LAST THING, TAPS, UM GETTING CLOSE TO THAT PROJECT BEING COMPLETE. THEY THEY HAVE STARTED THE BREWING PROCESS WORKING OUT

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KINKS AND THE EQUIPMENT. THEY'RE CANNING LINE. THEY WENT THROUGH COMMISSIONING PROCESS EARLIER THIS WEEK. UM THE A. D. A WALK TOOK PLACE THIS WEEK, SO WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO THE FINAL INSPECTIONS AND FORWARD. TO OPENING OF THAT NEW CAMPUS, SO AND I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THE A D, A WALK FOR THE BREWERY OR FOR THE ENTIRE ENTIRE CAMPUS CAMPUS. QUESTION.

THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM. WE'RE GOING INTO REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 23-098. UPDATE ON PROJECT FOR B

[Update on Project 4B 18-06 Submitted by Habitat for Humanity of Collin County for The Cotton Groves Community.]

18-62 METER BY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLLIN COUNTY WITH A CUT AND GROVES COMMUNITY. READY CHAIR, MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. I'M THE LAST COX CEO OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. MERRY CHRISTMAS. I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE. I KNOW THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN NOVEMBER, SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT YOU'RE GETTING ME IN DECEMBER. THIS IS A PHOTO FROM LOOKING FROM THE PLAYGROUND INTO THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE TOWN HOMES. AND IT'S NOT WORKING.

THERE WE GO. SO THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE PLAYGROUND AND THE BEAUTIFUL BENCHES FROM THE PARKS FOUNDATION. THEY ARE CONCRETE AND THEY'RE HOLDING UP GREAT. UM THIS IS THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

AS YOU KNOW, THEY STARTED OPERATION LAST JANUARY. SO THEY HAVE BEEN THERE ONE YEAR IN JANUARY. THEY HAVE 46 STUDENTS ENROLLED. THEIR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE IS 25. UM ALL OF THE STUDENTS AT THIS LOCATION ARE LOW INCOME AND THEY'RE ALL ON SCHOLARSHIP. THEY WILL BE APPLYING FOR CHARTER SITE IN JANUARY AS A COMMUNITY IMPACT PROGRAMS SO THEY WILL BE, UM APPLYING TO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INTERNATIONAL FOR THAT LOCATION TO BE LICENSED. UM THIS YEAR WE PARTICIPATED IN THE TOUR OF HOMES. THE ONE ON THE RIGHT WAS IN THE TOUR OF HOMES AND ALSO THE AMENITY CENTER. SO IF YOU'VE GOT TO COME SEE IT LET TANYA'S HOUSE WAS OPEN. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL . UM I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE APPRAISALS. WE CLOSED ON CJ'S HOUSE IN OCTOBER.

THAT APPRAISAL WAS 2 7500 AND IN ONE MONTH BY NOVEMBER. WHEN WE CLOSED ON TANYA'S HOUSE, THE APPRAISAL IS TO 76. SO OUR APPRAISALS ARE SKYROCKETING REALLY FAST. UM AND WE'RE CHASING THEM JUST BY MONTH, SO THAT'S THAT'S JUST GOING CRAZY FOR US FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UM, THAT JUMP WAS A SHOCK TO US JUST IN ONE MONTH. THE NEXT FOUR GROUPS, THE NEXT FOUR THAT ARE TO THE RIGHT. THOSE WILL BE FINISHED IN MARCH. SO WE'RE FINISHING THOSE UP. REALLY QUICKLY. UM AND THEN THOSE FAMILIES WILL BE MOVING IN. UM THE FIRST BLOCK THAT YOU SEE IN THE HASHTAG AT THE TOP LEFT. THAT IS THE FIRST BLOCK THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER. THAT IS THE SECOND BLOCK THAT WE WILL BE STARTING. THE PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, UM CITY HAS FIVE MORE DAYS LEFT ON THE 10 DAYS PROMISED. SO WE ARE JUST WAITING ON THAT TO BE RETURNED TO US. SO I EXPECT WITH THE HOLIDAYS AND WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE BACK BY THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, SO TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THE NEXT BLOCK OF FIVE. THE CONTAINER HOMES. SO THESE ARE THE NEXT ONES THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. OUR CHALLENGES WITH THE CONTAINER HOMES AND I KNOW THAT'S WHY YOU WANTED ME TO COME TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS. WE HAD HUGE CHALLENGES WITH THE CONTAINER HOMES, MAINLY THE COST . UM BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF OTHER CHALLENGES. ONE WE HAD WELDER SHORTAGES. WE HAD SUBCONTRACTOR, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE. SO ALL OF OUR SUBCONTRACTORS ON THIS, UM IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET THEM TO EVEN COME BID ON IT TO COME WORK ON IT BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING NEW AND DIFFERENT, AND THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. UM THERE WAS ALSO LACK OF INTEREST. THEY JUST DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO WORK ON IT FROM THE DAY WE STARTED OUR CONTAINER PRICES. WE BOUGHT SOME AHEAD OF TIME AT 3000, BUT THE NEXT ONES COST 7000. SO THEY WENT FROM 3 TO 7000 ON THE SHIPPING CONTAINERS. UM ARE MATERIAL COSTS INCREASE OUR STEEL PRICES ALMOST WENT UP 1010 FOLD FROM THE DAY WE STARTED OUR FABRICATOR COSTS INCREASED. UM HMM. UM OUR LINE OF CREDIT FROM OUR BANK. UM IT STARTED OUT AT

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160,000 PER UNIT AND THEN OUR TOTAL COST BY THE TIME WE WERE FINISHED WITH IT, 206, SO EVERYTHING IN THIS WHOLE PROJECT WAS WAY MORE THAN WHEN WE STARTED AND THEN ARE PERMITTING PROCESS. SO WHEN YOU PERMIT WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, UM YOU START WITH THIS LAB AND THEN YOU DO FRAMING SO EVERYTHING IS IN AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM. WELL THE CITY WORKED WITH US. GREAT UM AND THE INSPECTORS WERE AWESOME. AND THEY WANTED THIS PROJECT TO WORK. BUT EVERY SINGLE PERMIT HAD TO BE WALKED BY HAND BECAUSE IT DIDN'T. WE COULDN'T GO THROUGH THE NORMAL. PERMIT SYSTEM BECAUSE IT WAS AUTOMATED. AND WHEN YOU DO ONE THING, IT TRIGGERS ANOTHER THING. AND SO THIS. THIS PROJECT DIDN'T WORK WITH THAT. SO THEY WERE WONDERFUL AND AWESOME AND EVERYTHING, AND WE LOVED WORKING WITH HIM, BUT THIS PROJECT DIDN'T FIT THAT THAT BLOCK IN THAT MOLD, SO THAT WAS ANOTHER THING. IT WORKED, BUT IT DIDN'T FOLLOW THE NORMAL PROCESS. SO THAT WAS ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FOUND IN THIS PROJECT. WE DID ENLIST A NEW ARCHITECT 97 W ARCHITECTS. THEY HAVE JUST COMPLETED A PROJECT IN FORT WORTH WITH TRINITY HABITAT. THEY DID SOME TOWN HOMES FOR THEM, UM, FOR, UM, A PROJECT THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH OVER THERE.

THIS IS OUR NEW LEAD DESIGNED ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT FROM OUR HOMEOWNERS WAS OUR DECKS, ALTHOUGH THE DECKS ARE AMAZING, THEY'RE HUGE. THEY'RE 40 FT LONG BY 10 FT WIDE, BUT WAS THE SEPARATION FROM THE NEIGHBOR'S DECK IN HAVING SOME SEPARATION. SO ON THESE NEWLY DESIGNED DECKS WE HAVE THAT SEPARATION, SO THEY HAVE PRIVATE DECKS. UM UM EACH ONE HAS THEIR OWN WITH SEPARATION, BUT THEY HAVE A FRONT DECK AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE A REAR DICK. SO THEY HAVE A FIRST FLOOR DECK IN THE REAR. AND THEN A FRONT DECK. UM UH, IN THE FRONT SIDE, SO THE SPACE IS A LITTLE BETTER UTILIZED IN THESE, UM AND THEIR LITTLE MODERN, BUT WE'VE ALSO TIED IN ALL OF THE STEEL CONTAINER. LOOK WITH THE SAME TYPE OF MATERIALS AND THEN ON THE FIRST FLOOR, THE SAME STONE SO WE'VE TIED IN ALL OF THE SAME MATERIALS TO TIE THE FIRST UNITS IN WITH THE REST UNITS. UM BUT THE COST IS GOING TO GO DOWN TO 199 FOR OUR THREE BEDROOMS AND 230 FOR THE FOUR BEDROOMS, SO IT'S GOING TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT A NORMAL CONSTRUCTION COST IS JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION ON OUR 2.75 ACRES. THE LAND WHICH CDC PAID FOR OUR PER UNIT, SQUARE FOOT COST IS 11.2 WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COSTS ARE PER LOT COST WITH INFRASTRUCTURE IS 36,006 99. PER LOT. THAT'S LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WE CANNOT BUY AN INFILL LOT FOR $36,000. SO THIS WHOLE PROJECT IS AMAZING. UM WITH THE LOT COST RIGHT NOW, IF YOU KNOW OUR LAST LOT THAT WE PURCHASED WAS $85,000 JUST FOR AN INFILL LOT.

WE CAN'T FIND LAND ANYWHERE. UM SO FOR US TO PUT IN TO BUY THE LAND AND PUT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, WITH THE PER LOT COST. IT'S A IT'S A MUCH BETTER DEAL FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO EVEN EVEN WITH THE ER UNIT COST, UM WE'RE STILL GOING TO COME OUT BETTER. SO WE STILL HAVE 29 LOTS REMAINING. AND THEY'RE ALL READY TO GO. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE FRONT ELEVATION. UM STILL HAS THE SAME LOOK AND DESIGN AS OUR EXISTING UNITS. UM HERE'S SOME OF THE SOURCES AND USES AT THE TOP, OF COURSE, IS WHAT HAS PUT INTO THE PROJECT. THE 1.8 TOTAL. IT'S ABOUT $17 MILLION PROJECT WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT INPUTS. IF YOU SEE ON HERE BENCHMARK BANK IS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PARTNERS. THEY ARE FUNDING THE UPFRONT CONSTRUCTION LOAN AND THEY'RE BUYING THE MORTGAGES ON THE BACK END. SO WE FINALLY GOT AWAY THAT WE HAVE VERY LITTLE CASH GO ON GOING INTO THE PROJECT. UM WE'VE GOT THEM TO INCREASE OUR LINE OF CREDIT OR CONSTRUCTION LINE OF CREDIT UP TO 200,000 PER UNIT. SO GOING FORWARD. THEY'RE GOING TO FUND THE UPFRONT CONSTRUCTION LINE OF CREDIT SO WE CAN ROCK AND ROLL AND THEN THEY'RE BUYING THE MORTGAGE ON THE BACK END, SO THEIR FUNDING CONSTRUCTION COST UP FRONT AND THEN AS SOON AS WE CLOSE, THEY'RE BUYING THE MORTGAGE SO THAT WE CAN INVEST THAT BACK INTO THE NEXT UNITS.

SO WE'RE JUST GONNA KEEP ROLLING AS WE GO SO HAVING THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT BANK AND THEY'RE USING IT. THEY'RE BUYING THEM AT 100% LOAN TO VALUE, WHICH IS VERY HARD TO FIND IN ANYWHERE, SO THEY'RE FUNDING IT 0% INTEREST LINE OF CREDIT ON THE FRONT END AND BUYING THE

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MORTGAGES AT 100% ON THE BACK END AND THEY GET A C R A CREDIT FOR THAT, SO UM BANKS ARE AMAZING, AND THIS IS THE BEST DEAL WE WERE ABLE TO FIND. SO WITHOUT THAT PARTNERSHIP, THIS PROJECT WOULDN'T GO AS BEST AS IT'S GOING TO GO NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP. UM TDH SEE, A BOOTSTRAP ALSO IS ANOTHER PARTNER WITH US ON SOME OF THE LOANS THAT BENCHMARK IT IS NOT BUYING THE REPAYABLE NOTES. UM BOOTSTRAP WILL ALSO FUND ABOUT 18 OF THEM AT 45,000. SO THEY WILL FUND A PORTION OF THEM AND THEN WE ALSO GET FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE ON WILL PROBABLY GET IT ON ABOUT 12. THEY OPEN UP THEIR FUNDING CYCLE AND THIS WILL PROBABLY INCREASE IN JANUARY. UNDERSTAND THAT'S GOING UP TO ABOUT 10,000 OF LOAN.

RIGHT NOW. IT'S AT 8000. SO JANUARY THEY OPEN UP AND THERE'S SO MANY LOANS AVAILABLE, UM, FOR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, AND WE TRY TO GET AS MANY AS WE CAN FOR OUR PARTNERS, AND THAT'S A GRANT . IT'S NOT THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY IT BACK. SO WE TRY TO GET AS MANY AS WE CAN CLOSED AT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT FOR OUR PARTNERS. AND SO THIS IS THE TOTAL COST.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS BEFORE I GO FORWARD. YES JUST REFRESH ME. IT'S GOING TO SERVE HOW MANY UNITS ARE FAMILIES? PHASE ONE IS 35 UNITS. OKAY OKAY. AND WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL ON THE CONTAINER HOMES? WAS THAT GOING TO BE LIKE THIRD SAME 35. WE'RE STILL USING THE SAME EXACT LOTS.

IT'S JUST FOR SHIFTING FROM CONTAINER HOMES TO STICK FRAME. UM WHAT WE CALL IT STICK BUILD, BUT IT'S UM SAME SAME LOTS, SAME EXACT PADS, EVERYTHING WE'RE JUST SHIFTING TO, UM WOULD BUILD VERSUS STEEL. UM WHAT ELSE ARE WE WORKING ON? WE'RE BECAUSE WE'RE COMING UP ON YOUR FIVE OF OWNING THE LAND WERE DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET OUR CLT, UM, PROCESS IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN SHIFT THIS LAND INTO THE CLT SO THAT WE'RE NOT PAYING TAXES ON IT AND GET IT INTO LONG TERM AFFORDABILITY AND GET THOSE SO THAT WE CAN ALSO SHIFT THAT COST OF THE LAND INTO, UM, LONG TERM AFFORDABILITY FOR THOSE FAMILIES AS THOSE APPRAISALS KEEP GOING UP. UM THAT'S ALSO GOING TO BE AN ISSUE FOR OUR FAMILIES. WE DO HAVE A 99 YEAR DEED RESTRICTION RIGHT NOW, ON EVERY HOUSE THAT WE SELL, SO THAT HOLDS THEIR PREY OR OTHER UM, COST OF TAXES. IT CAN ONLY GO UP 1.5% PER YEAR, SO THAT'S HELPING RIGHT NOW. BUT THE CLT WILL ALSO ADD ANOTHER ADDITIONAL LAYER ONTO THAT TO HELP AS THOSE APPRAISALS KEEP GOING UP. PHASE TWO COTTON GROWS THE ADDITIONAL FOUR ACRES NEXT DOOR. UM WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND I THINK I HAVE THAT. RIGHT THERE, SO THAT THE DASH LINE RIGHT THERE. THE FIRST DASH LINE IS THE FOUR ACRES THAT WE CURRENTLY OWN THAT YOU HELPED US PURCHASE. UM THE BACK. LITTLE DASH LINE IS AN ADDITIONAL ONE ACRE SO AT THE VERY TOP I THINK THERE'S A POINTER ON HERE. UH, NO. IS THERE. YEAH SO THIS RIGHT HERE IS KINGS ROW, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE BUILDING RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE THIS SIDE AND THIS SIDE THAT'S THE 35 TOWN HOMES. THIS IS THE HAMMERHEAD TURN AROUND. THAT'S THE END. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TIE THAT HAMMERHEAD INTO THIS DEVELOPMENT OVER HERE. WHAT THAT WILL ENTAIL IS ACQUIRING OR DONATING OR WHAT, HOWEVER, WE GET IT THIS LITTLE ONE ACRE PIECE FROM ENCORE WIRE. UM WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. BUT WHAT? WHAT IS HOLDING THIS UP? IS THIS THIS. THIS HEAD DRAINAGE RIGHT HERE, OUR ENGINEER AND THEIR ENGINEER IS WORKING ON THIS. THIS LITTLE PIECE RIGHT HERE AFFECTS EVERYTHING. BECAUSE THIS IS THE HEAD WALL THAT GOES THROUGH THIS PROPERTY AND ONTO ENCORE WIRES, PROPERTY AND ALL THE WAY OUT TO ALL OF THEIR PROPERTY. IT AFFECTS EVERYTHING AND UNTIL THIS IS SOLVED. EVERY SINGLE BIT OF THEIR NEXT 30 ACRES IS AFFECTED, AND SO WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THEIR ENGINEER TO RESOLVE THIS HEDWALL RIGHT HERE, AND SO THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT WE'VE RESOLVED THIS SUFFICIENTLY, UM TO THEIR SATISFACTION BEFORE THEY'LL GIVE US THIS OR HOWEVER MUCH THERE. THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US SO WE'RE WORKING TO RESOLVE THIS SO THAT THEY'RE SATISFIED. WE'RE SATISFIED AND THEN HOPEFULLY WILL BE WORKING ON THIS PART RIGHT HERE. SO IF THAT HAPPENS, THIS WILL BE ANOTHER 100. UM. PIECES OF TOWN HOMES DUPLEXES TO

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ADD TO THESE 35. SO THIS IS GREAT NEWS, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO RESOLVE THIS HEDWALL RIGHT HERE OR THIS HEAD. DRAINAGE EASEMENT GOING THROUGH OUR PROPERTY AND POURING THE WATER ONTO THE REST OF IT. THAT'S VERY HIGH LEVEL TERMS, NOT ENGINEERING TERMS OR ANYTHING, BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN ENGINEERING TERMS THERE, THE ENGINEERS HAVE IT UNDER CONTROL. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. DOMINION IS ANOTHER PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH. THEY ARE ANOTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PROFIT DEVELOPER. THEY ARE ALSO THEY HAVE THEIR DEVELOPERS AND ENGINEERS LOOKING AT THIS WITH US AS WELL. THEY ARE. THEY HAVE A NONPROFIT, UM, ARM OF THEIR FOR PROFIT DEVELOPER. UM THAT IS GIVING US PRO PRO BONO SERVICES TO ALSO HELP US WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OF OUR PART OF IT, SO THEY ARE ALSO HELPING US, SO IT'S CALLED DOMINION GIVES, UM AND SO THEY'RE THEY'RE BEING VERY KIND IN, UM GIVING US THEIR ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS AND PRO BONO SERVICES SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM. UM AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR ABOUT 6 TO 8 MONTHS. UM, WITH THEIR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. UM SO ANY QUESTIONS. THAT INFORMATION. THANKS. A LOT OF INFORMATION.

YES. GOOD LUCK. COME ON. RESOLVING YES. HEDWALL WATER? YEAH HI. LEVEL STUFF. THANK YOU.

IT'S ALL CIVIL ENGINEERS, AND THEY'VE GOT IT UNDER CONTROL. AWESOME THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WELCOME. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET THAT NEXT PART AND TO GET THE NEXT FIVE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS SOON AS WE HAVE OUR PERMITS WERE GOING TO BE ROCKING AND ROLLING. AWESOME. YEAH. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on an Amendment to Project #23-10 Submitted by McKinney Parks Foundation to Reallocate Funding in an Amount of Up to Three Thousand Thirteen and 10/100 Dollars ($3013.10) for the Purchase of a 16-Foot Trailer to Haul Mowers and Utility Vehicles Used for Trail Maintenance.]

REGULAR AGENDA ITEM IS 23-10 TO 5 CONDUCTED PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERED DISCUSSED DISCUSSED ACT ON THE AMENDMENT OF PROJECT 23-10 SUBMITTED BY THE MCKINNEY PARKS FOUNDATION TO RELOCATE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT UP TO $3013.10 FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE 16 FT TRAILER. TO HOW MOORS AND UTILITY VEHICLES USED FOR THE TRAIL MAINTENANCE AND AGAIN THE YOU HAVE THE HANDOUT WITH THE TRAILER. THEY ARE PROPOSING TO PURCHASE THAT WAS IN OUR PACKAGE. IT'S NOT REALLY IT'S NOT NEW MONEY. WE'RE JUST MOVING AROUND, RIGHT. I WAS JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY REQUESTED 25,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF A FOUR WHEELER ARRANGER. VEHICLE BECAUSE THAT WAS A FROM THE TIME IN WHICH WE PUT DOWN THE PROPOSAL. THE PRICE WENT DOWN AS A SURPRISE, AND WE ALSO GOT REALLY WORKED WITH MACHINE POWER SPORTS AND A NEW VENDOR HERE IN TOWN. AND THEY REALLY WERE VERY COOPERATIVE WITH US. SO WE GOT IT FOR $4000 LESS THAN THAT, 25. SO WE HAVE ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 3000 THAT WE DIDN'T USE YET. AND WE'D LIKE TO BUY A TRAILER SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO IN MOVING IT AROUND. IT'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN WE THOUGHT. IN TERMS OF FITTING ON OUR CURRENT TRAILERS, SO A NEW ONE IS REALLY INDICATED HERE. PLEASE QUESTIONS OR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DO DILIGENCE RESPONSIBLE WITH THE FUNDS. ALSO, THANK M C D. C SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN US. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AGAIN? THIS IS, UH PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY? THANKS. UM CAN I GET A LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? CAN I GET A MOTION TO POSE THE PUBLIC? SO MOVE. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT MATTER IT UP. OH CATHERINE, SHE APPROVED AND SECOND BY MARY. SOMETIMES. MOTION PASSES. AND THERE WAS A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. NOW I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM. MOVED BY DAVID KELLEY DAVID RACHET. I CAN HELP. OKAY? AND PASSES. AGENDA APPROVED. THANK YOU. NEXT SO

[Consider/Discuss Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by Texas Women Society (PC 24-01) in the Amount of $12,500 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2024 McKinney Asian Festival]

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TODAY WE WILL HEAR 13 PROMOTIONAL GRANT AFRICANS, EACH APPLICANT WOULD HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO PRESENT AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN. YOU WILL HAVE UP TO FIVE MINUTES 2% THEN WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND AGAIN BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY. WE ALSO WANT TO JUST BE VERY PRUDENT IN YOU DOING YOUR PRESENTATION TO ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, AND JUST TO BE FAIR TO EVERYONE, UM SO I DON'T WANT TO PUT UP THE CHURCH FINGER LIKE TIME. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO. I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT TO ANYBODY IN THE SPIRIT IN THE SPIRIT, SO JUST BE MOVING. YEAH, I KNOW. BUT HEY, WE CAN BE HERE TO TWO O'CLOCK. WOULD YOU LIKE THAT? NO YOU WOULD NOT JUST ASKING EVERYONE, UM, TO BE VERY, UM, AWARE OF YOUR TIME. LINDA WILL HAVE IT UP ON THE THING AND JUST KIND OF PAY ATTENTION IF YOU CAN TO THAT, SO WE WILL GO TO THE 1ST 1 23-10. CONSIDERED DISCUSSED PROMOTIONAL AND COMMUNITY EVENT GRANT APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY TEXAS WOMEN'S SOCIETY. PC 24 DASH OR ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,500 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2024 MCKINNEY AGENT FESTIVAL. YOU CAN STROLL FORMING THIS WAY WHEN YOU GET TO THE SLIDE. LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU WANT ME TO START IT. I'LL HAVE TO START. OKAY WE'LL WAIT TO MAKE SURE THAT LINDA'S ABLE TO START THE CLOCK SOMETIMES, OK, CLAP WOULDN'T GO AND THEN YOU MIGHT GET MORE TIME. HMM. AND WE DON'T WE DON'T WANT TO AGAIN. WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. SO OKAY. ALRIGHT UM, THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TO HAVE THIS PRESENTATION HERE. MY NAME IS JENNY SHIN AND WITH TEXAS WOMAN SOCIETY. MY PRESENTATION GOING TO START WITH OUR VERY SHORT VIDEO. LINDA, CAN YOU PLAY FOR ME? COMMUNISTIC. LET'S GO.

OKAY, UM. ALRIGHT TAXES. ALMOST SOCIETY IS A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION IN COLLIN COUNTY.

WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ABOUT 12 EVENTS, INCLUDING PLANO ASIAN FESTIVAL IN PLANO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL THIS YEAR MICKEY NEEF ASIAN FESTIVAL IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING ON NEXT YEAR. MARCH THE 23RD. IT'S GOING TO BE A ONE DAY EVENT. IT'S FREE ENTRY FOR UM KIDS AND THE FAMILY OR AGES AND WE PLAN TO TARGET TO ABOUT 100 MILES RADIUS OF BIKINI IN THIS IS GOING TO BE THE VERY FIRST INTERNATIONAL ASIAN FESTIVAL IN BIKINI, SO THERE WILL BE A GREAT CHANCE FOR US TO INTRODUCING OUR ASIAN COMMUNITY TO THE MCKINNEY. UM CITY. OKAY OKAY. GREAT. UM. NEXT YEAR. 2024 IS GOING TO BE THE YEAR OF DRAGON AND LANTERN YEARS, ALWAYS A VERY TRADITIONAL SYMBOL OF CELEBRATION. SO OUR THEME WILL BE LANTERN AND THE DRAGON AND, UM, I WANT OBJECTIVE IS A VERY CLEAR WE TRIED TO CREATE CREATE A SHOWCASE TO BRIDGE BOTH CITY OF MCKINNEY AND ASIAN COMMUNITY AND WE WANT TO SHOW OUR ASIAN COMMUNITY THE BEAUTY OF DOWNTOWN BIKINI. IN THE MEANTIME, WE WANT TO INTRODUCE THE ASIAN COMMUNITY TOO. MCKINNEY THIS GOING TO BE A PLATFORM FOR US TO BUILD UP THIS

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COLLABORATION. AND WE DESIGNED INTO FIVE DIFFERENT FACES FOR THIS FESTIVAL FROM FROM FOUNDATION WORK ALL THE WAY TO PRE EVENT PLANNING AND THE POST EVENT PLANNING. THIS GIVES A VERY DETAIL OF MARKETING BUDGET WE HAVE. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT MARKETING WAY. TRADITIONAL MARKETING AND SOCIAL MEDIA. MOST ASIAN, THEY ARE NOT IN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THEY ARE STILL USING A VERY TRADITIONAL ON PRINT OUT FLYER AND GIVING THE FLYER AT A SUPERMARKET. SO THAT'S WHY WE PUT QUITE A LOT BUDGET ON THE TRADITIONAL FLYER INSTEAD OF, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA PLAYS A MAJORITY OF THE MARKETING UM, THE WHOLE BY THIS SHOWS THE WHOLE BUDGET OF OUR EVENT ON JUST KEEP IN MIND. OUR EVENT IS FREE TO EVERYONE. WE DO NOT GET ANY INCOME FROM THE EVENT. SO OUR INCOME BASED ON GRANT ON SPONSORSHIP AND A PERSONAL DONATION, THE PERSONAL DONATIONS, INCLUDING THE FROM TEXAS WOMAN'S SOCIETY, THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE VENDOR APPLICATION. IT JUST JUST BARELY COVERED. THE COST OF THE VENDOR BOOTH. UM YOU KNOW, SET UP EVERYTHING. UM THIS SHOWS THE DESIGN OF OUR FLYER AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGE IN VIETNAMESE AND KOREAN AND CHINESE OR AN INDIAN.

AND THIS IS OUR WEB DESIGN. IT'S LIKE I SAID EARLIER. WE START FROM ZERO. WE HAVE NOTHING BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR SO THE FOUNDATION WORK HAS, UM, USE IT QUITE OFTEN. TIME FOR OUR FOR OUR BOARD MEMBER. UM I WANT TO EMPHASIZE ONE THING HERE, AND WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS EVENT WAS SHORT TERM GOAL IS TO ATTRACT ABOUT 3000 TO 4000 OUR AUDIENCE FROM OUTSIDE OF MCKINNEY COMING TO MCKINNEY HOUR LONG VISION IS TO HAVE A MULTI DAY CELEBRATION IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S MY PRESIDENT. PRESENTATION. I'M OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? WHO IS YOUR WHO IS THE TARGET MARKET? ARE YOU ARE YOU TRYING TO TARGET ASIANS TO COME TO THIS ASIAN FESTIVAL? ARE YOU TRYING TO TARGET NON ASIANS TO UNDERSTAND THE AGING COMMUNITY? TALKING BOTH. THAT'S WHY I HAVE BOTH IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE TRADITIONAL WAY SO THE SOCIAL MEDIA IS REALLY TARGETED AT NON ASIANS CORRECT. COOL. ADDITIONAL QUESTION. THANK YOU.

GREAT PRESENTATION AND IN LOOK TO HERE TO HERE MORE. THANK YOU. NEXT I DON'T 23-10 UM. 23-10 TO

[Consider/Discuss Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by ArtByMetta, LLC (PC 24-02) in the Amount of $5,600 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2024 RNB Picnic Festival.]

7 CONSIDERED DISCUSSED PROMOTIONAL COMMUNITY BEING GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY ART BY META L. L C P C 24-2 IN THE AMOUNT OF $5600 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2024 ARE IN B TECHNIQUE FESTIVAL. AND LINDA AND ME. DEPICTING WORN OUT ON THE. THIS ONE'S FORWARD, OKAY? HI MY NAME IS META, HENCE THE NAME OF HIS COMPANY OR BY META.

SO UM, WHAT I DO, I, UM I'M A DECORATOR AND DESIGNER FOR EVENTS, UH, BABY SHOWERS AND ALL THE NINE YARDS. WELL THIS WILL NEXT YEAR I'M TRYING TO BRING AN R AND B PICNIC FESTIVAL TO TOWN.

WELL I'M SORRY TO FINCH PARK ON MAY 11TH, WHICH WILL BE THE WEEKEND OF MOTHER'S DAY. I'M TRYING TO BRING LIKE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF, UM MUSIC FESTIVAL. UM FOR YOU KNOW, ALL WALKS OF PEOPLE. UM, LET'S SEE. I'M ONE OF MARKET FOR EVERYBODY TO WEAR PINK TO GIVE IT LIKE A NICE AMBIANCE. SO WHENEVER YOU SEE PEOPLE, UM THE SETTING WILL BE A PICNIC STYLE. THEY'LL BE SITTING ON A PICNIC BLANKET. I'LL HAVE LIKE A LOT OF ART INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PART, GIVING PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE PICTURES. UM LET'S SEE. AH THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE DESIGN OF THE LAYOUT OF THE PARK. THE SCHEDULE OF THE EVENT WILL BE FROM THE ACTUAL TIMING WILL BE 3

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TO 8, BUT WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE SETTING UP AS EARLY AS ONE O'CLOCK. UM, THE EVENT THE ACTIVITIES WILL HAVE IS LIKE GIANT YARD GAMES. GIANT MURALS TO PAINT. UM AS I MENTIONED POP UP INSTALLATIONS FOR PICTURES WILL HAVE VENDOR SHOPPING. THIS EVENT IS FREE TO EVERYBODY TO THE COMMUNITY. WE WON'T BE, UM WE WILL NOT BE POCKETING ANY LEFTOVER MONEY. UM, THE WAY THAT WILL BE FUNDING. IT WILL BE LET ME SEE. I THOUGHT I PUT THAT OKAY. HERE IS THE WAY THEY WILL BE FUNDING IT IS THROUGH, UM UM, CYCLE BACK. I DIDN'T ASK THAT IN , BUT TYPICALLY I'LL BE GETTING THE PEOPLE TO, UM, BE VENDOR. THE VENDOR MONEY WILL BE GOING TOWARDS THE INSURANCE THE ALL THE LOGISTICS REQUIRED TO HAVE AN EVENT AT, UM AT THE PARK IN THE CITY. AH! I DON'T KNOW.

PRETTY MUCH RAMBLING, BUT. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF IT, SO THE ATTRACTION WILL BE A DJ FROM K 104 TO START IT OUT. I'M TRYING NOT TO ADD A LOT OF PEOPLE TO COME IN AND PERFORM BECAUSE SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, I WANT TO JUST GIVE IT A SOFT SETTING WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE THE DJ. HE'S EXPERT . HE'S AN EXPERT AT PLAYING THE SOFT R AND B MUSIC. UM LIKE I SAID, PEOPLE WILL BE SITTING PICNIC STYLE THEY'LL BE ENJOYING THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. IT'LL BE AN AREA WHERE THE KIDS CAN ENJOY FELLOWSHIP WITH THE OTHER KIDS AND PRETTY MUCH SO FAR. WHAT I HAVE PLANS. OH ARE YOU DONE? OKAY. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU GO BACK TO YOUR BUDGET. SO HOW, UM FROM THE MARKETING USING SOCIAL MEDIA. WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO FOR OUR SOCIAL MEDIA? I'LL BE TARGETING A LOT OF FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM PEOPLE I HAVE TO SOCIAL INFLUENCERS WITH OVER 50,000 FOLLOWERS, SO I'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO ADVERTISE AND KIND OF GEAR UP THE EVENT. GET EVERYBODY YOU KNOW, IN THE SPIRIT OF ONE TO ATTEND, AND SINCE IT'S THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, I WANT TO TRY TO REACH A BROAD AREA. UM MY TARGET IS FROM I'LL SAY, LIKE 5050 RADIUS. FROM MCKINNEY. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO FOURTH WORTH. BUT SO THAT'S I FEEL LIKE WITH THE ADVERTISER WITH K 104 AND THE ADVERTISING WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS WILL BE ABLE TO REACH YOUNG TARGET. UM THE YOUNG TARGET GENERATION AND THEN ME MYSELF ALSO WILL BE ADVERTISING AND PASSING DOOR DOOR FLYERS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THE HEY GUYS, THIS IS ANOTHER MUSIC FESTIVAL THAT I THINK THAT YOU WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST SOMETHING SOMETHING OF A UNIQUE KIND. HERE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS AND THINKING ABOUT , UM, SOME DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE'VE EVEN HAD, PARTICULARLY IT, UM, BENCH PARK. UM THE EQUIPMENT GENERATOR. WHERE LIKE? IS THAT SOMETHING, I GUESS FROM YOUR THE SALES OF THE BOOTH VENDOR BOOTHS. HAVING THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST YEARS. HOW THAT HAS, UM , REALLY IMPACTED, CORRECT THE EVENTS AND PERFORMERS BEING ABLE TO PERFORM DO YOU HAVE? YES SO WITH THE PROCEEDS FROM VENDORS PROCEEDS FROM FOOD TRUCKS DONATIONS I'VE REACHED OUT TO BUSINESS BUSINESSES THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, GENERATOR ALL HAVE, UM, THE LUXURY STYLE. UM TOILET, SO TO SPEAK, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE RESTAURANTS PROVIDED WILL NOT BE ENOUGH. UM I'M EXPECTING ABOUT 1500 ATTENDANCE, SO WILL BE STRATEGICALLY. I USED TO DO THIS, UH, IN MY PREVIOUS POSITION, SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE BUSINESSES THAT THE FESTIVALS GO OUT AND GET ASSISTANCE FROM OR LET'S SAY THE GENERATOR COMPANY. I'M FAMILIAR WITH THEM. UM, I'M FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE VENDORS OF ALREADY, UM, TARGETED 30.

THEY'VE COMMITTED TO BEING A VENDOR, AND IT WILL BE SOFT VENDORS LIKE CANDLE MAKING, AND YOU KNOW THINGS THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE WHILE YOU'RE AT A PICNIC. SO, UM YEAH. SO I'VE. I SHOULD T JIK LEE, UH, ALLOCATED THE FUNDS TO GO TOWARDS THE NEEDS OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE NEEDING, BECAUSE, AS YOU STATED LIKE THE SOUND SYSTEM IF YOU'RE USING THE SAME GENERATOR THAT IS ALSO PUSHING THE FOOD TRUCKS. IT'S JUST NOT GONNA WORK, SO I'VE STRATEGICALLY MAPPED OUT

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HOW MANY VINTAGE IS GOING TO TAKE IN ORDER TO AFFORD THE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED SO YES. SO AS I UNDERSTAND. THIS IS A MAINLY A MUSIC FESTIVAL, BUT YOU MENTIONED SOME ART JUST TO KIND OF DRESS UP THE AREA CORRECT, BUT IT'S NOT A ART FOR SALE. IT'S JUST HARD ATTRACTIONS , JUST ACTIVITIES. UM SO FOR ONE OF MY PRODUCTS THAT I HAVE ON MY BUSINESS WILL BE A 20 FT BANNER THAT KIDS CAN COME AND COLOR ON. IT'LL HAVE COLOR PICTURES ON IT, AND THEN THEY'LL USE CRAYOLA MARKERS TO COLOR ON THAT BANNER JUST TO GIVE KIDS SOMETHING TO DO, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE SITTING AT A PICNIC STYLE, THE TEACHER SPAN OF A CHILD IS A SNAP OF A FINGER , SO I'LL HAVE AN AREA WHERE KIDS AND YOU CAN SIT COMFORTABLY AND SEE YOUR CHILDREN. PLAYING AND I'LL HAVE A VOLUNTEER, YOU KNOW, MONITORING THAT AREA TO GIVE YOUR KID A SAFE PLACE TO PLAY IN SO THAT YOUR FAMILY CAN ALSO ENJOY THEMSELVES LISTENING TO MUSIC. UM AND I CHOSE R AND B SO THAT IT DOESN'T GET THE CROWD ROWDY. IT GIVES THEM LIKE AN AMBIANCE OF LETS, YOU KNOW.

THANK GOODNESS HIS MOTHER'S DAY. LET'S THANK MY FAMILY FOR INVITING ME TO A PICNIC FOR MOTHER IF YOU WANT TO CELEBRATE THAT WITH YOUR MOTHER, UM THINGS OF THAT NATURE. OKAY? ITEM 23-10

[Consider/Discuss Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by St. Peter’s Episcopal Church (PC 24-03) in the Amount of $12,000 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2024 Empty Bowls Event.]

TO 8 CONSIDERED DISCUSSED PROMOTIONAL COMMUNITY EVENT GRANT APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BOB ST PETER'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH PC 24-3 IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,000 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2024 EMPTY BOWLS EVENT. GOOD MORNING. UM I FEEL A BIT LIKE I'M BEFORE SANTA CLAUS SAYING ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS THIS GRANT? UM I'M MOLLY JONES AND I'M CO CHAIR OF EMPTY BALLS FOR 2024. AND I BELIEVE MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE EVENT. UM AND IF I HIT THE RIGHT BUTTON THERE WE GO. THIS IS OUR 13TH YEAR, AND IT'S AN ANNUAL EVENT WHERE YOU HAVE THE UNIQUE CAPACITY OF COMBINING LOCAL RESTAURANTS, ARTISANS AND, UM, COMMUNITY ON THE SQUARE AND OUR GOALS ARE TO RAISE AWARENESS OF, UM FOOD, INSECURITY AND HUNGER IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY AND ALSO RAISED MONEY FOR UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT BRING FOOD TO THE PEOPLE IN NEED, UM, THIS YEAR ARE PROCEEDS WILL BE GOING TO COMMUNITY LIFELINE HAS HAS BEEN TRADITIONAL SINCE THE START OF THE EVENT COMMUNITY GARDEN KITCHEN, WHICH HAS GROWN LEAPS AND BOUNDS SINCE THEY'RE OPENING A YEAR AGO IN JUNE, AND WE WILL BE GIVING A SMALL PORTION OF THE TEST DONATION, TOO LITTLE FREE PANTRIES. OUR GOAL, ALWAYS BEING TO BUY FOOD THAT'S PLAIN AND SIMPLE. UM FOR ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW FOOD INSECURITY IS THE LACK OF CONSISTENT ACCESS TO ENOUGH FOOD FOR ALL FAMILY MEMBERS SO THAT THEY CAN LEAVE PRODUCTIVE LIVES. AND AT THIS POINT WE'RE GUESSTIMATING.

THERE'S SOMEWHERE OVER 4000 RESIDENTS IN THE 69 ZIP CODE THAT SUFFER FROM FOOD INSECURITY. AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS COMMUNITY GARDEN KITCHEN IS NOW SERVING OVER 200 PEOPLE A NIGHT. THE EVENT IS REALLY NEAT COMBINATION FOR $35, WHICH YOU CAN'T EVEN GO ANYWHERE FOR $35 THESE DAYS. UM YOU GET A BOWL MADE BY A LOCAL ARTISAN. YOU CAN SAMPLE FOOD FROM 12 TO 13 RESTAURANTS AND FOOD FACILITIES. WE HAVE RAFFLES. WE HAVE SILENT AUCTIONS. IF YOU WANT TO COME SPEND MONEY. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU. UM AND WE'LL BE ADDING SOME EXCITING NEW ART EVENTS AT THIS AS WELL. UM ARE GRANT REQUEST IS FOR $12,000. YOU SEE HERE. BREAKDOWN OF THE BUDGET FOR A TOTAL OF $15,000 IS OUR TOTAL BUDGET. UM WHERE WE'VE WE'RE FINDING, UM, THAT WE REALLY WANT TO EXPAND IS IN PRINT AND DIGITAL MEDIA BEYOND MCKINNEY'S BORDERS. UM WE DABBLED WITH DALLAS OBSERVER LAST YEAR. WE ARE COMMUNITY IMPACT HAS BEEN A HUGE PARTNER, AND IT DOES A GREAT JOB. BUT WE WENT DALLAS OBSERVER. WE GOT CONTACTED BY NEWSPAPER AND DENTON AND WE'RE LIKE, OH, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE AND AN UNSCIENTIFIC IT, UM, DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY. OUR OUR PEOPLE ARE STILL PAPER PEOPLE. THEY STILL WANT TO SEE A POSTER IN A STORE SIMILAR TO THE OTHER PRESENTATION. UM BECAUSE OF OUR DEMOGRAPHIC AGE GROUPS, SOCIAL MEDIA ISN'T NECESSARILY THE FIRST PERSON THEIR PLACE THEY'RE FINDING THINGS. THEY MAY REFERENCE. IS IT AFTERWARDS? OUR GREAT REQUESTS FOR 80% OF OUR BUDGET. UM THIS IS THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR

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THE EVENT. UM WE'RE LOOKING TO, UM, THE COST. THE EVENT IS ABOUT 48,000, AND OUR GOAL IS TO NET INCOME OF OVER $90,000 THIS YEAR . 45% OF THE PROCEEDS WILL BE GOING TO COMMUNITY LIFETIME 45% COMMUNITY GARDEN KITCHEN AND 5% TO THE LITTLE FREE PANTRY. WE WILL HOLD OVER 5% IN STARTUP FUNDS. UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO BE WELL SUPPORTED BY ST PETER'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. IF WE DO GET A LITTLE DEEP IN THE HOLE AT THE BEGINNING, THEY'RE KIND ENOUGH TO HELP US OUT. UM ARE SOCIAL MEDIA PLAN OUR MARKETING PLAN AND ACTIONS FOR 2024? THE SOCIAL MEDIA? UM BOOSTING INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK. WE HAVE FOUND TWO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE MUCH BETTER AT THIS THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, AND THEY'LL BE HELPING US OUT AND BEING MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THAT CAMPAIGN, AND WE'LL BE ADDING TO THAT SOME BOOST. UM, THE DIGITAL IMPRINT MEDIA. UM THERE'LL BE A LOT OF NEGOTIATIONS AND WON'T IT BE WONDERFUL FOR YOU TO WORK WITH US? UM BUT AMONG THOSE IS EDIBLE MAGAZINE HAS ALREADY AGREED TO DO AN EDITORIAL FOR US. UM ALAN NEWCOMERS IS A DIRECT CUSTOMER THAT WE GOT A NICE RESPONSE OFF OF THEY GO TO OVER 8000 PEOPLE AND SAID, THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. UM WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE OUR LOOK DRAMATICALLY.

WE'VE GOT OUR SIGNATURE PURPLE. UM AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH. THESE ARE THE ADS FROM LAST YEAR. OUR BENEFICIARIES AS I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT COMMUNITY LIFELINE AND COMMUNITY GARDEN KITCHEN, AND, UM, UM, LITTLE FREE PANTRIES OF MCKINNEY. UH EVENT ATTENDANCE.

WE WERE REALLY WANT TO BREAK PAST THAT 25% MARK AND REALLY INCREASE THE OUTSIDE ATTENDANCE, AND THAT'S WHERE OUR MARKETING IS DIRECTED AT UM, WE WORK WITH 12 LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND FOOD PURVEYORS. UM BLOUNT FOODS CONTINUES TO BE OUR TITLE SPONSOR. EXTREMELY GENEROUS, WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND THEN GLOBAL LIFE AND CHAD WATTS STATE FARM ARE THREE BIG SPONSORS. AND THESE ARE ARTISTS. AND SAVE THE DATE. I STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THE DATE IS APRIL 20TH. APRIL 25TH.

AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BECAUSE I THINK A LITTLE LATER IN THE MONTH EASY FROM A PROMOTIONAL BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHERE THE VERY FIRST THURSDAY IN MAY AND PEOPLE AREN'T THAT ORGANIZED YET. AND WE HAVE TO WATCH FOR THE BYRON NELSON. WE CAN'T CONFLICT WITH THAT. YEAH I WANT TO MAKE SURE ANY QUESTIONS. NO QUESTION. UH JUST I GUESS A COMMENT. THIS IS IN MY MIND. NO BRAINER. WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS EVENT IS AWESOME, AND YOU GUYS DO AN AMAZING JOB WITH IT EVERY YEAR, AND IT'S ONE THAT WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO AND ALL HAVE A GREAT TIME AT AND, UM IT'S AN EXCELLENT EVENT. YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB, AND, UM I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS JUST KEEP IT UP. I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US. AND, UM I HOPE YOU'LL PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF OUR WORKSHOPS AND PAINTS AND BALLS AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME CELEBRITY ARTISTS HERE AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM. WE HAVE 23-10 TO 9 CONSIDERED

[Consider/Discuss Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by McKinney Community Concert Association (PC 23-04) in the Amount of $10,000 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2024-2025 Season Including Six Unique Productions.]

DISCUSSED PROMOTIONAL COMMUNITY GRANT GRANT APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION. PC 23-4 IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2024 25 SEASONS, INCLUDING SIX UNIQUE PRODUCTIONS. GOOD MORNING. I'M TOM SCHULTZ, PRESIDENT AND MCKINNEY COMMUNITY COUNCIL ASSOCIATION. WE'RE KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THIS. NEXT YEAR. WE STARTED 1974. SO NEXT YEAR, THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY IT'S MANAGED BY AN ALL VOLUNTEER BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHO PARTICIPATE NOT ONLY MANAGING THE ORGANIZATION BUT VOLUNTEERED FOR USHERS. TAKING TICKETS, PROVIDING. PROGRAMS AND HELPING AT THE, UH AT THE CONCERTS THEMSELVES. WORSE SUPPORTED BY SEASON TICKET HOLDERS, BUSINESS AND PERSONAL DONATIONS AND GRANTS LIKE M C M D. C M. C. D. C. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR 49TH SEASON. AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE HAD TFG LIE SOUNDS OF SILENCE AND STEVE LIBYA. STEVE LIBYA. WE HONORED OUR VETERANS WE HAD OVER 50 YEARS 60 VETERANS OUTSIDE OF OUR CURRENT SUBSCRIBER. WE AWARDED THEM EACH WEATHER. THANK YOU, SIR. FOR YOUR SERVICE MEDALLION. WE HAD POSTERS. WE HAD A LOT OF GRADERS. IT WAS REALLY A GREAT GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ADVERTISE WITH OUR VETERANS ADMINISTRATION KIND OF VETERANS SOCIETIES IN THE AREA. THESE ARE THE THREE

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WE'VE HAD. STEVE LIBYA WAS ACTUALLY A THE BOTTOM THERE. UM THE EVENT WHERE WE INVITED OUR VETERANS AND A 16 PIECE ORCHESTRA. VERY PATRIOTIC CONCERT. AS I MENTIONED WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS CURRENT SEASON. THESE ARE THE THREE REMAINING CONCERTS. THE LAST ONE FOLK LEGACY TRIO. YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER, BUT TWO OF THOSE GUYS PLAYED WITH THE KINGSTON TRIO.

THEY IMPORTANT THE MIDDLE PLAYED WITH THE DIAMONDS. WE ARE PART OF OUR MARKETING CAMPAIGN. WE'VE ALLOWED IT 100 TICKETS FOR MARKETING COMMITTEE. TO INVITE SPECIFIC GROUPS LIKE FOR EXAMPLE , THE LAST CONCERT WE'RE GOING TO TARGET THE MCKINNEY RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. SO WE WANT TO FOCUS ON GETTING MORE INTO THE MARKET IN THE COMMUNITY. SIX WE HAVE A SIX CONCERT SEASON. WE START IN SEPTEMBER. THROUGH APRIL. ALL CONCERTS ARE HELD AT CHRIST FELLOWSHIP. WE HAVE AN EARLY BIRD TICKETS SEASON FOR SEASON TICKETS FOR $135 FOR ALL SIX CONCERTS. REGULAR SEASON TICKETS. 150 FOR ALL SIX CONCERTS. YOU SEE, WE REALLY FOCUS ON THE EARLY BIRD SPECIAL TO GET, UM, HEAD START BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY DOWN PAYMENTS ON THE PERFORMERS FOR THE NEXT SEASON. WE DO SELL SINGLE TICKETS WITH THE VERY RARE FOR $50 ENCOURAGEMENT IS TO BUY SEASON TICKETS. WE HAVE ABOUT 650 SEASON TICKET HOLDERS. WE HAVE EACH CONCERT 5 52 800 ATTENDEES. WE BEGIN SELLING AND ADVERTISING FOR THE NEXT SEASON IN FEBRUARY, SO AS THEY GET CONTRACTS SIGNED PERMISSION TO PRINT AUDIENCE COMES FROM MCKINNEY AND ABOUT HALF OF IT FROM MCKINNEY. THE OTHERS ARE 20 SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. WE ARE A LOT FROM ALAN LOT FROM PLANO.

THIS IS OUR MARKETING PLAN. AS I MENTIONED THE 100 SEATS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY FOR GROUPS. SOCIAL BROCHURES. SEASON BROCHURES AND POSTERS, PRINT MEDIA. WE HAVE A LOT OF ADVERTISING WE'VE DONE IN THE LOCAL AREA OF NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLICATIONS LIKE STONEBRIDGE HERITAGE RANCH. DIGITAL MEDIA, WHICH IS NEW TO US, AND A LOT OF OUR AUDIENCE DOESN'T APPRECIATE DIGITAL MEDIA, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BOOST THAT UP. TO GET A YOUNGER AUDIENCE AS WE AS WE GET OLDER, BRING THE YOUNGER FOLKS IN PRESENTATIONS TO GROUPS , RETIRED TEACHERS NEWCOMERS GROUP GARDEN CLUB GROUPS. A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN WORD AMOUNT IN THE PAST, AND WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING INTO THE ADVERTISING MARKETING BECAUSE IT'S SO EXPENSIVE. SO I HAVE TIME FOR THE ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. I'M JUST CURIOUS. YOU YOU HOLD IT AT CHRIST FELLOWSHIP. UM WHAT'S THE CAPACITY? IF YOU WERE TO, YOU KNOW, INCREASE BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE AN AVERAGE OF 5 52 5 80 ATTENDEES. CAN IT HOLD A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER MORE THAN 2000? OKAY PORTABLE, SO THEY KIND OF ADJUST AS WE GET MORE. WE'D LIKE TO GET AROUND 800. HE LEAVES PLENTY OF SPACE.

IT'S A GREAT VENUE. AMPLE PARKING LIGHTING. GOOD FOR SENIORS. SOUND SYSTEM. BOTH SOUND SYSTEM WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME TO OUR CONCERTS. I THINK JOY CAME LAST YEAR. ON OUR WEBSITE AS A PHONE NUMBER. IF YOU CALL WILL GIVE YOU GAS PASSES. SO YOU PART OF THE MARKETING BUDGET IS BASICALLY FREEBIE TICKETS THAT YOU'RE. HANDING OUT TO GROUP THAT YOU'RE TARGETING GROUPS WITH, BUT THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FROM US. OKAY, BUT THAT'S JUST PART OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO EXPAND. WE MET WITH THREE VETERANS GROUPS THAT I WAS AWARE OF VETERANS OF VIETNAM VETERANS, TRINITY FALLS.

AND A CHURCH GROUP COTTONWOOD CREEK. THAT HAS A SOLDIERS. THE FAITH. I FORGET WHAT IT'S CALLED. BUT I MET WITH EACH OF THOSE GROUPS AND INVITED THEM IN THEIR SPOUSES WITH THREE FREE TICKETS. IT'S PRETTY SHOW THAT 100 TICKETS PER SHOW. OKAY, AND THAT THAT'S ON YOU GUYS. THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING FROM US STYLE. OH, GOOD OVER ABOUT. THANK YOU. I SAW YOUR INDIVIDUAL TICKETS. YOU SAID THEY'RE $50. DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE ECONOMICAL FOR REQUESTING OTHER PEOPLE. THE SEASON TICKET IS WHAT WE WHAT WE PROMOTE. SURE THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE.

BUT THAT MADE ME SOMETHING. SOMEBODY'S NOT FAMILIAR WITH. YOU GUYS WANT TO GO FOR, YOU KNOW ONE TIME TO CHECK IT OUT THAT YOU HAVE ANYTHING UNDER $50. WE LOOK AT INDIVIDUALS LIKE THAT, AND WE PROVIDE GUEST PASSES. FOR SOME THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE PERMISSION TO DO THAT. ALSO PEOPLE COME FROM OUT OF TOWN LIKE RELATIVES, AMOUNT OF TIME TO GIVE THEM GUEST

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PASSES. THEY DON'T CHARGE THEM. YOU KNOW, SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE TYPICALLY YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF COURSE, BEING ABLE TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE TO ALL YOU KNOW, AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE'RE LIKE $35 KIND OF THRESHOLD, SO AND I'M SURE YOU'VE ESTABLISHED THAT $50 THRESHOLD TO BE ABLE TO MEET YOUR COSTS. BUT IS THERE ANYWHERE IN THERE WHERE YOU CAN POTENTIALLY ADJUSTED, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT IT ALSO FROM A MARKETING EVEN THOUGH IT'S A $15 DIFFERENCE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS TO SOMEONE'S INTEREST. YOU KNOW, $35 IS DIFFERENT THAN THE $50. SO UM, JUST SOMETHING AS YOU'RE CONTINUING TO PLAN TO SEE IF THERE IS A SPACE I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS TO ENCOURAGE THE SEASON TICKETS. BUT IF SOMEONE MYSELF WHO I DON'T. I'M NOT A SEASON TICKET HOLDER, AND MAYBE IT MAY BE MORE PALATABLE TO ME TO GO PAY $35 AND TO PAY $50 SO IN AS WE TRY, YOU KNOW, YOU TRY TO MARKET IT TO OTHERS. THAT MAY BE ON FIXED INCOME AND I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVING SO IS IT A SITUATION WHERE MAYBE YOU DON'T DO AS MANY OF YOUR GUEST PASSES? MAYBE TWO.

MAYBE OFFSET, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU CAN DO THAT IN YOUR BUDGETING. BUT IF YOU'RE GIVING GUESTS PASSES, SO THAT'S I WILL SAY THAT'S $50 BECAUSE YOU'RE GIVING A GUEST PASS. IS THERE A WAY TO MAYBE EITHER THEM AT THE NUMBER OF GUESTS PASSES YOU MAY DO TO BE ABLE TO MARKET A CHEAPER TICKET. THERE'S JUST SOMETHING YOU CAN COME IF YOU WANT. YOU CAN COME UP AND TALK IF YOU WANT. OKAY. COME ON. COME ON. YEAH HE OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO HISTORY GROW OUR AUDITS. I'M STEVE BELL, BY THE WAY. AND, UM I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE ON THE TICKET PRICE, AND HERE'S HERE'S WHAT I'M WILLING TO DO WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE. I'LL MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 15TH EVERY YEAR WITH THE 35 AND 50 PERSONALLY SO WE'LL SELL TICKETS FOR $35. THEY'LL GIVE ME AN ACCOUNTING AND I'LL JUST WRITE THEM CHECK FOR THAT. BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE GOT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR YOU KNOW WHERE THE OUR SENIORS ARE THE SECOND GREATEST ASSET. WE HAVE MOVING INTO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. THEY WANT TO BE HERE NEXT TO THEIR GRANDCHILDREN AND THAT TYPE OF THING AND MY FAMILY AND I ARE DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH THIS GROUP BECAUSE IT'S A FANTASTIC THING. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN YOU NEED TO COME AS A GUEST THAT WILL GET YOU TICKETS BECAUSE YOU WILL REALLY ENJOY IT. IT'S A GREAT PROCESS AND THE THING THAT I NOTICED LAST TIME WE'RE GETTING YOUNGER PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, WITH THE TYPE OF TALENT AND SO FORTH, SO IT'S REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO UNITY FOR OUR OUR GROUP TO GROW. YOU KNOW FOR THE DEMOGRAPHIC TO PROVIDE THEM WITH SOME GOOD, WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT AND A LOT OF LOT OF FUN, SO WE'D APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THIS RIGHT AND DEFINITELY WE DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING A LOT TO SAY OH, I'LL MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE OUT OF MY PERSONAL CHECK. THAT IS NOT WHAT WE'RE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE THE CONFLICT COMFORT TO THE GROUP THAT YOU KNOW THEY CAN COUNT ON THE MONEY. THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, AND I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT SECTION OF IT. ALRIGHT WE'RE GETTING TO A TRIO HERE. DO WE GET SOME SONG ? IS THIS THE THREE TENORS? NOT HARTMAN WOULD LIKE TO ADD A COMMENT, THOUGH I'M ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS WELL, AND MY NAME IS DAVID'S ABBY. UM I'VE BEEN RESPONSIBLE THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND IT'S THE ONLY TWO YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS PROCESS OF PUTTING THE GRANT APPLICATION TOGETHER. AND I'M HOLDING THE GRANT APPLICATION OF MY HAND HERE, AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT ONE THING BECAUSE THIS WAS A BIT OF AN ISSUE LAST YEAR WAS NOT DISCUSSED HERE, BUT LINDA AND I HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS $50 PRICE THAT WE CHARGE FOR A SINGLE TICKET APPLICATION ACTUALLY SAYS, PLEASE NOTE AT LEAST ONE CATEGORY OF TICKETS MUST BE 30 TICKETS, PLURAL. MUST BE $35 OR UNDER WE DO HAVE A CATEGORY OF $35 OR UNDER ITS A SEASON SUBSCRIPTION. IF YOU BUY IT, THE EARLY BIRD. IT'S $22.50 FOR EACH CONCERT. IF YOU BUY IT WHEN THE EARLY BIRD PERIOD HAS EXPIRED. IT'S $25. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE A PART OF WHAT WE PRODUCE FOR MUCH LESS THAN $35. SO TECHNICALLY, YES. THE WATER, SON. I'M SORRY. TECHNICALLY YES. YOU SELL A PER CONCERT TICKET THAT IS LESS THAN $35. BUT ACTUALLY, I CAN'T JUST BUY THAT $22 TICKET. UM AND WHEN , AND THAT'S NOT REALLY THE

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SPIRIT OF WHY WE HAVE THAT $35 LIMIT THERE AS THE CHAIR CHAIRWOMAN SAID THE PURPOSE AND THE SPIRIT AND THE POINT OF THAT $35 LIMIT IS TO MAKE THE EVENT ACCESSIBLE TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND, UM AND SO. I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF THAT PER PRODUCT PER TICKET PRICE OF THE SEASON PACKAGE WOULD QUALIFY, AND IT WOULD BE UP TO THE BOARD. IN MY MIND. THAT'S NOT THE POINT OR THE REASON WE'RE WE HAVE THAT IN THERE. HOWEVER. I'M I'M HAPPY WITH THE SOLUTION. THAT'S VERY GENEROUS OF YOU. IF YOU WANT TO WORK WITH US? WE CAN WORK WITH THAT. AND THAT SATISFIES ME THE PER PRICE PER CONCERT PRICE WITHIN THE SEASON PACKAGE DOES NOT, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOOD. I'M SATISFIED. I THINK THE POINT THAT DAVID AND, UM ANGIE BROUGHT UP IS VERY WELL NOTED, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOOD. OKAY THANK YOU. BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE SAYING THAT YOU WANTED TO. WHEN FAMILY AND FRIENDS COME INTO TOWN. YOU WANT THEM TO BRING THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WELL, IF I LIVE IN HOUSTON AND KIND OF UNCANNY I'M NOT GONNA BUY A SEASON TICKET CAUSE I'M COMING IN FOR ONE CONCERT, SO THEREFORE THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET TICKET PRICES AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYBODY.

LIKE I SAY, AND NOT JUST COUNTING ON. OH, WE'LL GIVE YOU A GUEST. PASS ME, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL A COST SOMEWHERE. THERE'S STILL A COST OF DOLLARS, RIGHT? $35 AGAIN. WE THANK YOU FOR THAT DISCUSSION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY? I THINK THAT BRINGS UP A EXCELLENT POINT, THOUGH, ON THE APPLICATION THAT WE MAY NEED TO CLARIFY JUST WITH SOME LANGUAGE BECAUSE IT IS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, WE WANT TO MAKE IT AS USER FRIENDLY FOR THOSE THAT ARE PUTTING THE GRANT APPLICATION TOGETHER. JAN SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT THIS EVENT OR OTHERS THAT IT HAS TO BE. ONE CLASS OF TICKET IS, YOU KNOW, FRONT ROW FOR A DISCOUNTED PRICE, RIGHT? I MEAN, THERE'S WAYS TO DO THAT AND THIS EVENT AND OTHERS WHERE WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE ACCESS TO EVENTS, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE. ONE OF THE ROAD FOR PRIME TIME OR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. YEAH I WOULD HAVE WANTED TO MAKE THE POINT WITH THOSE GENTLEMEN THAT WE DEAL WITH THIS SAME QUESTION WITH A LOT OF THESE EVENTS. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH EVENT MANAGERS. ON OTHER EVENTS. AND SO IT'S NOT JUST THIS EVENT, FOR EXAMPLE, TO YOUR POINT, I THINK, SPG WITH THE WINE FESTIVAL, THEY DO A I UH, ACCESS ADMISSION ONLY $10 TICKET THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE WINE. I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AS WELL. AND WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT. I WONDER IF THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, UM, ACCESS TO THE EVENT, BUT IN THE SAME WAY, I THINK THE EFFORT TO CREATE SOME OPTION. LIKE YOU SAID, NOT FRONT ROW. NOT YOU KNOW, OR IN ALL OF CART OPTION IF YOU YOU KNOW, BASIC ENTRY TO AN EVENT AND THEN ALA CARTE GLASSES OF WINE AS YOU GO AROUND . I'M OKAY WITH THAT, TOO. SO THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS THAT GROUPS CAN DO IT. BUT UM, AND WE'VE I THINK IN THE PAST TALKED ABOUT, UM THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE ESSENTIALLY TO THAT MINIMUM TICKET PRICE. I DON'T LOVE THAT IDEA. I WANT TO KEEP IT WHERE IT IS BECAUSE I WANT TO KEEP IT AS AFFORDABLE AS POSSIBLE. BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT EVENT ORGANIZERS. FEEL THAT AND. AS MUCH AS WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE. I THINK WE SHOULD. BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY HAVE ACCESS TO THESE EVENTS. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM, 23-1030 DISCUSSED PROMOTIONAL COMMUNITY

[Consider/Discuss Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by ManeGait Therapeutic Horsemanship (PC 24-05) in the Amount of $12,500 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2024 ManeGait LIVE at the Gait Country Fair and Concert.]

EVENTS. APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY MAIN GATE THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP. PC 24-05 IN THE AMOUNT OF 12,500 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2024 MAIN GATE LIVE AT THE GATE COUNTRY FEAR IN CONCERT. FORWARD IF YOU WERE HOLDING IT FORWARD, SEE IT. THIS IS FOR REFUGEE. GOTCHA. I CAN SEE THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT WEARING MY GLASSES, BUT ANYTHING RIGHT HERE. I CANNOT SEE ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, MADAM PRESIDENT. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS MEGAN AND THIS IS JENNIFER AND WE ARE FROM MAIN GATE. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY. LET'S GET STARTED. SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR $12,500 FROM MAIN GATE, LIVE COUNTRY FAIR AND CONCERT. SO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE REBRANDED OURSELVES, AND

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THIS EVENT IS FOR THREE MAIN REASONS, SO WE WANT TO BRING THE COMMUNITY OUT SO THAT THEY CAN SEE WHAT WE DO AT MAIN GATE. OUR MAIN I MEAN, EVERYBODY PRETTY MUCH KNOWS MAIN GATE. WHEN YOU SEE OUR SHIRTS AROUND TOWN, PEOPLE GO OH MENG GATE. UM, BUT WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME OUT TO SEE WHAT WE DO. THERAPEUTIC WRITING. WE GET A BLAST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND IT IS SUCH A PRIVILEGE THAT WE GET TO WORK THERE. UM THE OTHER TWO BIG THINGS THAT THAT DAY GETS TO DO IS SHOW PEOPLE THAT WE ARE A COMMUNITY CENTER. WE GET TO DO STUFF WITH OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE CLIENTS ARE DONORS ARE SPONSORS. LOCAL COMMUNITY BUSINESSES GET TO COME OUT AND BE VENDORS THERE THAT DAY. THEY GET TO SEE THEIR INTERACTIONS AND SEE HOW THEY CAN COME TO MAIN GATE AND GET THEIR BRAND KNOWN. YEAH. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE DID REBRAND AND WE GREW UP. WE LIKE TO SAY WE MATURED OUR BRANDING WHICH REALLY WAS FANTASTIC FOR US, WE FOCUSED A LITTLE BIT MORE ON OUR ENTERTAINMENT AND 2022. WE BROUGHT COFFEE. ANDERSON OUT IS OUR HEADLINER. LAST YEAR WE HAD DRAKE WHITE. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. WE ADDED MORE ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS. WE STILL KEEP KEPT ALL OF THE FUN STUFF THERE FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR YOUNGER AGE STUFF. BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS. US A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE OUR SPONSORS WERE GIVING US FEEDBACK AND SAYING I WOULD PREFER TO DO YOUR OTHER EVENTS BECAUSE LIVE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO PUT MY BRAND ON.

SO WE HEARD THAT WE LISTENED. SO THAT'S WHY WE DRESSED IT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR OUR SPONSORS, AND OUR FEEDBACK HAS BEEN FANTASTIC, WHICH HAS HELPED US TO STRENGTHEN THOSE PARTNERSHIPS. WE'VE ADDED SOME MORE HIGHER END RAFFLE ITEMS. WE'VE ADDED A VIP PACKAGE. UM AND AR CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT WHICH IS REALLY FOCUSED ON OUR END OF OUR VETERAN PROGRAM. SO ALL OF THE FUNDS ON THAT SIDE GO STRICTLY TO HELP OUR MAIN GATE TO FREEDOM PROGRAM. WE HAVE THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT OUR MARKETING LOOKED LIKE. LAST YEAR . UM IT SHOWS A LITTLE SNIPPET OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THEY'RE PICTURES OF ALL OF THE FUND THAT GETS TO HAPPEN A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT EVERYTHING AND SOME OF OUR SPONSORS. SO THIS IS THE SCHEDULE AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PRICES OF STUFF THAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. OUR GENERAL MISSION FIVE BUCKS A PERSON, AND THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE FUN. YOU CAN LISTEN TO MUSIC ALL OVER THE FACE, PAINTING THE CARNIVAL ACTIVITIES FOR ALL OF THE KIDS, UM BEING ABLE TO SEE MEET AND GREETS WITH SOME OF OUR PONIES TASK FOR THE TROT. THAT IS OUR CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT FOR THE VETERANS 50 BUCKS FOR A TEAM OF TWO TO COME AND COMPETE, AND THAT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN TO WATCH, AND IT GETS PRETTY COMPETITIVE OUT. THERE ARE GENERAL ADMISSION FOR OUR CONCERT THAT STARTS ABOUT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. WE HAVE A COUPLE BANDS THAT OPEN UP FOR OUR HEADLINER. LAST YEAR. WE HAD REMIND ME MAINLY THOMAS SPAN IS THE IS THE OPENER AND THEN WE HAD AS IT HODGKINS AS SEEN ON YELLOWSTONE. THAT'S RIGHT. HAVE TO ADD THAT TAGLINE. YES YES.

AND THEN OUR V I P CONCERT. UM HEADLINER DRAKE WHITE WAS LAST YEAR AND, UH, WE HAVE A REALLY COOL ONE THIS YEAR. ARE YOU ALLOWED TO SAY IT? YEAH. RANDALL KING. HE'S OUT OF WEST TEXAS. HE IS BLOWING UP. HE ACTUALLY HAD TO MOVE THE DATE BECAUSE HE'S GOING ON TOUR WITH TIM, A GIRL SO GREAT POTENTIAL THERE, AND I WILL ALSO ADD THAT THROUGHOUT THE DAY THERE IS LOCAL TALENT, MAINLY THOMAS AND GUITAR SANCTUARY. THEY RUN THAT STAGE FOR US, AND IT'S JUST GREAT LOCAL TALENT THAT GOES ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY PRIOR TO THIS V I P CONCERT STARTING YES, IT'S WONDERFUL. HURRY ON TIME. OKAY LET'S GET HERE BUDGET STUFF. WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR GOALS FOR THIS YEAR ATTENDEES BRINGING IN ABOUT $2600 GROSS PROCEEDS ABOUT 2 266,000. OUR COSTS WILL BE ABOUT 149,000 AND OUR NET PROCEEDS 117 SINCE WE RE BRANDED US OUR NET REVENUE HAS INCREASED 45,000. SO JUST TAKING THAT STEP AND I'M GROWING OURSELVES UP HAS REALLY BENEFITED US SINCE 2019.

I THINK IT'S 65% INCREASE, WHICH IS BEEN A HUGE BLESSING FOR MAIN GATE. YOU'LL SEE THAT 68% OF OUR ATTENDEES TO THIS EVENT IS FROM OUTSIDE OF MAKENI. UM AND 28% OF OUR WRITER FAMILIES IS FROM MAKENI AREA. UM THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR MCKENNEY AREA SPONSORS AND PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE. AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT ALL OF OUR MONEY. FROM OUR PROMOTIONAL STUFF. LAST YEAR, WE REALLY FOCUSED IT ONLINE AND HUGE. IT WAS PHENOMENAL. ARE TICKET SALES WERE THROUGH THE ROOF BECAUSE OF THAT. THIS IS REALLY OUR LAST SLIDE. ALRIGHT OLD TIME. VERY

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TIMELY. UM ANY QUESTIONS FOR MEGAN? QUESTION AND GET YOUR NAME JENNIFER. JENNIFER MAKING AND JENNIFER. THANK YOU. I HAVE A COMMENT AND A QUESTION. FIRST OF ALL, MEGAN, UM I OWE YOU A DEBT OF GRATITUDE. AND THANKS, IT'S FIVE AM GONNA OUT MYSELF WHEN WE WENT TO THE MAIN GATE GALA. UM, I BOUGHT SOME SILENT AUCTION ITEMS WE LEFT BEFORE THE SILENT AUCTION FINISHED. I WAS NEGLIGENT AND GOING TO PICK UP MY SILENT AUCTION ITEMS, AND MEGAN WAS KIND ENOUGH TO BRING THEM TO MY HOUSE BECAUSE SIX WEEKS LATER, SHE WANTED THEM OUT OF HER OFFICE. AND UM SO I APPRECIATE MEGAN. YOU DROPPING THEM OFF AT MY HOUSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU REQUEST ASSISTANCE IN FUNDING THIS EVENT FROM OTHER CITIES OR OTHER MUNICIPAL FUNDING SOURCES. WE DO NOT SOW. MCKINNEY IS THE ONLY ONE DESPITE YOUR BROADER FOCUS AND REACH AND LOCATION? YES. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THERE'S NO QUESTION COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VERY CHRISTMASSY OFFICES. NEXT UP. WE HAVE ITEM 23-1031 CONSIDERED DISCUSSED PROMOTIONAL

[Consider/Discuss Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by SBG Hospitality (PC 24-06) in the Amount of $15,000 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2024 Sip and Stroll Series.]

COMMUNITY EVENT GRANT APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY SPG HOSPITALITY PC 24-06 IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000 FOR THE ADVERTISING MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2024 7 STROLL SERIES. GOOD MORNING, MADAM PRESIDENT, MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME MY NAME IS ANDREW STEFAN WITH SPG HOSPITALITY. UM. THE AND SOCIAL STRONG SERIES IS BACK FOR ITS FOURTH YEAR, MCKINNEY RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ARE INVITED TO EXPERIENCE GOOD TIMES AND COLD BEVERAGES AND DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY AT THE 2024 AND STROLL, SERIES STROLLS BRING LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY AND INSIDE THE SHOPS WHERE, THOUGH ENGAGE WITH LOCAL MERCHANTS SPEND MONEY IN MCKINNEY AND ENJOYED THE LIST DELICIOUS BEVERAGES WHILE TAKING IN THE SIGHTS OF BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. NOT ONLY DO THE WALKS, INCREASED SALES AND FOOT TRAFFIC FOR DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS, BUT THEY ALSO HELP IN PROMOTING DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY ON A CONSISTENT BASIS, KEEPING ON TOP OF MIND WITH COLLIN COUNTY SHOPPERS. THE WALKS ATTRACT MCKINNEY RESIDENTS AND ALSO BRING MANY VISITORS FROM OUTSIDE OF MCKINNEY. EACH WALK IS CAPPED AT AROUND 1500 PARTICIPANTS TO NOT OVERWHELM THE MERCHANTS AND TO KEEP LINES SHORT AND ENJOYABLE FOR ATTENDEES. IN ADDITION TO BRINGING TOURISM TO MCKINNEY, OUR GOALS ARE TO CREATE FUN EXPERIENCES FOR RESIDENTS THAT INCREASE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE TO SHOWCASE.

MCKINNEY HAS A UNIQUE DESTINATION AND SUPPORT. LOCAL NONPROFITS ARE WALKS. ALSO FEATURE COSTUME CONTEST PHOTO BOOTH, SCAVENGER HUNTS AND FUN SWAG. PARTICIPATING DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS LOVE THE FOOT TRAFFIC, THE STROLLS BRING INTO THEIR STORES. MERCHANTS ARE ALWAYS QUICK TO REGISTER AND HAVE A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE. THE WALKS HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL IN DOWNTOWN. A COUPLE OF THESE QUOTES ARE FROM SOME OF THE MERCHANTS. I WON'T READ THROUGH THEM ALL IN THE INTEREST OF TIME. UM BUT THE MERCHANTS ALL HAVE OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FOR US WITH THE STROLLS. EACH WALK, DONATES 20% OF ITS NET PROCEEDS TO MCKINNEY MAIN STREET AND AN ADDITIONAL 1500 PER EVENT TO A LOCAL NONPROFIT. MCKINNEY MAIN STREET IS PARTNERED ON EVERY EVENT. WE ALSO PARTNER WITH THE LOCAL MCKINNEY NON PROFIT ON EACH EVENT AS WELL. IN 2023, THE SIMPLEST ROLL SERIES WAS ABLE TO DONATE OVER 10,000 TO MCKINNEY NONPROFITS. WE WILL MEASURE THE EVENT SUCCESS BASED ON OUR ATTENDANCE, WE HOPE TO SELL OUT EACH WALK AT ANYWHERE FROM 1000 TO 1500 TICKETS. OUR SUCCESS WILL ALSO BE DEPENDENT ON FEEDBACK FROM THE LOCAL MERCHANTS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD A SPECTACULAR SALES DAY AS WELL. ATTENDEES RECEIVE A SIGNATURE EVENT CUP, AN EVENT MAP DIRECTING THEM ON THEIR TASTING JOURNEY AROUND DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY AND 20 TO 25 DELICIOUS BEVERAGE TASTINGS.

EACH WALK HAS ITS OWN FUN ACTIVITY AND FUN. SWAG ITEMS EXAMPLE. IRISH MUSIC, PHOTO BOOTHS, COSTUME CONTESTS. THE FEE FOR PARTICIPANTS IS $35 PER WALK, HOWEVER, FOR THE MARGARITA STROLL WILL OFFER A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TICKETS AT $35 AND THEN EVENTUALLY INCREASED THE FEET OF $40 BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN COSTS FOR THAT PARTICULAR EVENT. THE 2024 WALKS ARE MARCH 16TH MCKINNON ST PATRICK'S DAY BEER WALK. JUNE 15TH MCKINNEY CRAFT BEER WALK JULY 13TH, THE MCKINNEY MARGARITAS ROLE AND OCTOBER 26TH MCKINNEY, SPECTACULAR BRUISE AND BOOBS WALK. WE HOPE TO SELL OUT ANYWHERE FROM 1000 1500 TICKETS AT $35 PER TIFF IQ PER TICKET SO ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 35 TO 52,500 IN TOTAL REVENUE, THE MEDIAN COST FOR EACH EVENT IS ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 20 TO 28,000. OF COURSE, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE

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THE SALARIES THAT WE PAY OUR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES TO ORGANIZE THESE EVENTS. SOME WALKS WILL COST A LITTLE LESS. SOME WILL COST MORE THAN EXAMPLE. EXPENSE SHEET HAS BEEN ATTACHED AFTER HEART EVENT COST. WE WILL PAY OUT 20% NET PROCEEDS TO MCKINNEY MAIN STREET, AND OF COURSE, WE'LL ALSO PAY THE $1500 DONATION TO THE NONPROFIT PARTNERED ON EACH WALK. WE WILL TRY AND OFFSET SOME OF THE COST WAS SPONSORSHIPS SUCH AS PRESENTING PHOTO BOOTH, UM, AND A FEW VENDOR SPOTS AT THE EVENT. OUR HOPES ARE TO RAISE 5000 SPONSORSHIPS PER WALK TO HELP US WITH OUR BOTTOM LINE, SO WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS SERIES FOR YEARS TO COME. HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF HOW THE GRANT WILL BE SPENT AS THERE ARE MULTIPLE EVENTS IN THE SERIES. WE REALLY DO NEED EVERY BIT OF THE 15,000 ADVERTISING GRANT EFFECTIVELY PROMOTE THE EVENTS TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INCREASE IN COSTS WE'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS WE GAUGE RESULTS FROM EACH EVENT AND CHANGE OUR MARKETING EFFORTS, SLIGHTLY, DEPENDING ON WHAT FORM OF MARKETING IS MOST EFFECTIVE. OUR MARKETING PLAN INCLUDES AN IMPACTFUL SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN WITH PAID ADS AND ORGANIC POSTINGS. NPR ASSISTANCE, PROMOTING THE EVENTS THROUGH ONLINE CALENDARS AND PITCHING THE MEDIA. TRADITIONAL EVENT. FLYERS LOCAL ADS, UM, WITH PLACES LIKE MCKINNEY OR THE COMMUNITY IMPACT UP WORK. UM. TO CREATE ADS AND MARKETING MATERIALS FOR THE EVENTS AND OUR MASS TEXT MESSAGE THROUGH OUR TEXT DATABASE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE CDC. THE 15,000 TO PUT TOWARDS ADVERTISING. THE FOUR EVENTS WOULD BE INSTRUMENTAL INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS SERIES SUCCESS. WE WERE GREATLY GREATLY APPRECIATED, CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH BDC ON THIS IMPACTFUL EVENT SERIES IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. THANK YOU. STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. YOU HAVE A QUESTION. UM SO I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE SOME BECAUSE YOU TRY TO YOU TRY TO MOVE AROUND TO DIFFERENT, UM BUSINESSES BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ALL OF THEM DON'T PARTICIPATE. YOU HAVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK. BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY? IS THERE ANY I WANT TO SAY NEGATIVE BUT UNFAVORABLE FEEDBACK. YOU KNOW? HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT FROM NO, UM, THE DIFFERENT MERCHANTS THAT ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. THAT'S USUALLY BECAUSE THEY DO IT. IT'S A IT'S A RANDOMIZED GENERATED DRAWING, SO IT'S USUALLY YOU KNOW, FILLS UP WITHIN AN HOUR OF THEM, SENDING IT OUT. WE MOVE AROUND BECAUSE SOME MERCHANTS ARE ABLE TO GET INTO THAT DRAWING. SOME AREN'T THERE'S ONLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SLOTS. ANY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET IS, UM A MERCHANT THAT JUST GETS STRESSED WITH THE WITH THE ALL THE ATTENDEES IN AT ONE GIVEN TIME. UM YOU KNOW THE THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF TICKETS THE TIMEFRAMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY, SO IT DOESN'T CREATE A STRESSOR. BUT UM, YOU KNOW IF A MERCHANT IS THERE ON THEIR OWN, AND THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, 400 PEOPLE COMING IN, AND THEY HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES. LIMITED STAFF AVAILABLE. UM YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY CAN BE OVERWHELMED, BUT THAT'S TYPICALLY BUT I MEAN OVERALL, I MEAN, IT'S YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THEY WOULD, UM, WAY THE BENEFIT OF GETTING YOU KNOW 1500 PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR DOORS THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH ANY STRESS THAT YOU KNOW WAS SHORT LIVED. SO TO SPEAK. AND I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION. FOR CINDY. UM AND DO WE SEE ANY KIND OF BUMP UP IN SALES TAX THOSE DAYS OR WHAT THE PROCEEDS ARE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL MERCHANTS TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAPTURE THAT MONTHLY INFORMATION, BUT I DON'T THINK DAILY DAY BY DAY. YEAH YEAH, BECAUSE IF WE'RE IF WE'RE IF WE'RE BRINGING AN EVENT LIKE THIS, THEN YOU WOULD YOU WOULD HAVE SOME EXPECTATION THAT WITH 1500, MORE PEOPLE COMING IN ON ANY GIVEN DAY. THERE WOULD BE SOME BLIP ON THE ON THE SALES TAX FOR THAT DAY, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE MEASURED THAT THE CITY'S FINANCE TEAM DOES BREAK OUT SALES TAX GENERATED FROM THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AND THEIR MONTHLY REPORT THAT YOU CAN ACCESS ONLINE, BUT I DON'T WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT IT ON A MONTHLY BASIS. YEAH. I'LL TAKE THE YOU KNOW. THEY'RE ONLY EXTRAPOLATE THAT LOOKING AT THE DAY SPECIFICALLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THAT BROKEN DOWN LIKE THAT. AND YOU SAID THAT YOU SELL OUT EACH EACH OF THOSE FOUR EVENTS AS WELL AS ALL WORRIED. THEY SELL EACH AND EVERY YEAR AS I'VE JUST SAID, YES, SIR. WELL THE SOUTHERN MARGARITA STROLL ALWAYS SELLS OUT WHILE IN ADVANCE. I MEAN, WE GET BOMBARDED WITH EMAILS WITH PEOPLE WANTING TICKETS OF THAT. I MEAN, IT'S JUST THAT POPULAR OF AN EVENT. ALL OF THE OTHER ONES HAVE DONE REALLY WELL, IF WE DID SEE THE BRUISE AND BOOZE BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER ATTENDANCE. BUT YEAH, THEY ALL ALL OTHER THREE HAD A MINIMUM OF 1000 PARTICIPANTS. UM, SO ANYWHERE FROM 1000 TO 1500. IF IT'S YOU KNOW ON THE OTHER THREE IS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT. THE MARGARITA STROLL WAS IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF

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IN A CATEGORY ON ITS OWN. IT JUST GETS SO MUCH. ANSWER. THE TWO TWO GROUPS THAT GO YOU START THE LIKE EARLIER GROUP. THEN YOU GOT THE AFTERNOON GROUPS THAT CORRECT YES. THREE SO THERE'S ONE LIKE 11 TO 2 AND THEN WONDER FOUR AND THEN FOUR TO SEVEN. I BELIEVE ON THE MARGARITA STROLL, BUT THERE'S AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT TIME FRAMES ON EACH STROLL. SO, UM THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION. UM THERE USED TO BE A WINE ONE. I THOUGHT AND THEN NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY BEER MARGARITAS. YEAH BUT THAT'S NOT THAT WASN'T WHAT I ASKED. I THOUGHT THAT ONE OF THESE USED TO BE A WINE WALKED TWO, AND I SEE BEER, BEER, MARGARITAS AND BRUISE. SO I WAS JUST GOING TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE OF THE PRESIDENT. THE PRESENCE OF ALL OF THE WINERIES THAT ARE LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. THEY WANTED, UM KIND OF CONTROL OVER THE ONE OF THE WINE SPECIFIC, OKAY? SO WE CAN MAKE OUR OWN WINE WALK OUT, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, PARENTS CREATING LAND.

I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL GREAT. YOU KNOW, LONE STAR. IT'S YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S SAYING IS THAT THEY READING BETWEEN THE LINES. THEY APPROACHED YOU AND SAID THEY WANT TO DO THEIR OWN THING.

PLEASE DON'T DO A WINE WALK, BECAUSE THAT'S CUTTING INTO OUR EVENT. WELL YEAH, BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP WITH MCKINNEY MAIN STREET AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM. I THINK THAT THERE WAS A CONVERSATION BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME OTHER ONES, TOO. I THINK THAT THERE'S A ONE THAT'S VALENTINE'S DAY THEMED. THEY KIND OF WANTED TO DO SOME OF THEM ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT US.

MONOPOLIZING ALL OF THE YOU ALSO HAVE THE WINE FESTIVAL. YES, SEPARATE AND SO THERE'S YOUR WINE. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO SIT AND STROLL. BUT I'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT. AND THESE OTHERS, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE NICE. YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW AS THEY DO END UP, EVERYBODY THAT'S DOWN. THERE DOES END UP AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE WINERIES ARE ONE OF THE RESTAURANTS. UM YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE DAY WHETHER IT'S BEFORE THEY START OR AFTER THEY FINISH, SO THE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE, THE NEXT ONE. CHRIS WILL RECUSE HIMSELF FROM THIS. SO WE'LL GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO .

HMM. I DON'T 23 DEATHS 103 TO CONSIDER DISCUSSED PROMOTIONAL COMMUNITY EVENT GRANT

[Consider/Discuss Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by McKinney Main Street (PC 24-07) in the Amount of $11,000 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2024 Arts in Bloom Event.]

APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY MCKINNEY MAIN STREET. PC 24-7 IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,000 FOR THE ADVERTISING MARKETING PROMOTION OF THE 2024 ARTS AND BLOOM EVENT DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION, SO I HAVE TO LOOK VERY SPRING LIKE A RHODES BUD. YOU GUYS IN THE MOOD FOR ALL THINGS BLOOMING. WHAT DID YOU SAY? I'M READY. COFFEE. LET'S DO IT. LOOK AROUND. LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE. BEAUTY IS EVERYWHERE, AND YOU ONLY HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE IT. BOB ROSS. EVERY APRIL, DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY TRANSFORMS INTO A BEAUTIFUL OPEN AIR MUSEUM FEATURING A PLETHORA SPIERINGS FINE ART FROM TALENTED ARTISTS FROM BOTH FAR AND WIDE, COUPLED WITH THE MERRY MINGLING OF SHOWCASING LOCAL WINERIES, ARTS AND BLOOM IS OUR OFFICIAL JUMP START TO THE SPRING SEASON CELEBRATING CREATIVITY AND DELICIOUS FERMENTED GRAPES. EVERY YEAR IS AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE LAST OF THIS YEAR IS NO DIFFERENT. FRIDAY APRIL 12TH TO SUNDAY, APRIL 14TH THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY WILL WELCOME 40,000 ENTHUSIASTIC AND WANNA FISHING AUDIENCE WITH 120 ART VENDORS AND 14 TEXTING WINERIES. BLOOM IS AN EXTRAORDINARY FESTIVAL THAT FEATURES ARE VIBRANT CULTURAL DISTRICT AND EXCEPTIONAL SHOPPING AND DINING EXPERIENCES. RETURNING IN 2024 ARE THE KIDS CREATION STATION AND POP UP CORNER LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES. REALLY EXCITED FOR THE RETURN OF THE OPEN AIR DEMONSTRATION AREA FEATURING THE TALENTED ARTISTS FROM MILHOUSE, THIS NEW ATTRACTION WAS A HUGE SUCCESS, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO EXPANDING THE PROGRAMMING AND OBSERVATION AREA. MCKINNEY MAIN STREET PROUDLY PRODUCES OUR SIGNATURE EVENTS YEAR AFTER YEAR WITH THE INTENDED PURPOSE TO MARKET A DISTRICT THAT IS HOME TO 170 SMALL BUSINESSES. WE ARE HONORED THAT SO MANY ENTREPRENEURS AND ORGANIZATIONS CALLED DOWNTOWN ANY HOME.

THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THEIR PRESENCE CONTRIBUTES TO UNPARALLELED SHOPPING AND ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION FOR LOCALS AND VISITORS TO ENJOY ALL PROCEEDS FROM MCKINNEY MAIN STREET SIGNATURE EVENT IS REINVESTED BACK INTO DOWNTOWN THROUGH ADVERTISING OR PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT THE CULTURAL DISTRICT. TO GET HER IMPACT WILL COLLECT SALES DATA FROM

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PARTICIPATING ARTISTS IN THE VENDORS IN ADDITION TO CELLPHONE DATA MEANS STREET WILL CONDUCT AN AFTER VIEW SURVEY WITH DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR FOOT TRAFFIC AND SALES TO MARKET ARTS AND BLOOM. WE PLAN TO DO THE FOLLOWING SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS THAT INCLUDE BRAND AMBASSADOR PARTNERSHIPS, PROMOTION, GOOD SHOP AND GIVEAWAYS, BILLBOARD ADVERTISEMENT AND PRINT PUBLICATIONS LIKE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND COMMUNITY IMPACT. IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO THIS PRESTIGIOUS BOARD, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT IS SHARED INTERESTS AND PROMOTING DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY EXPERIENCE. THAT WE ARE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN UNIQUE AND CELEBRATORY WAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THAT WAS GOOD. THANK YOU, EVERY TIME COME ON, THAT'S JUST PART FOR THE COURSE FOR HER, LIKE, COME ON. I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. YOU ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS, ANDREW? I MEAN, I'M WAITING FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO TAKE A LESSON FROM JAKAYA AND LIKE, DO THEIR THING. A IN, UH, TWO MINUTES AND 10 SECONDS INSTEAD OF FIVE AND BE LIKE WITH SO MUCH FUN AND FLAIR AND POSSESS. I APPRECIATE IT AS ALWAYS QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? YOU SAID IT ALL. AWESOME MERRY CHRISTMAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CHRIS.

AND BEFORE I GO TO THIS NEXT ITEM, I DO WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY. JAMIE, IF YOU'LL STAND, TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE JAMIE PEDIGO FOR SHE'S RETIRING AFTER NINE YEARS AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE HERITAGE, GUILT AND CHESTNUT SQUARE. THE WAY HER TENURE JAMIE HAS WORKED LONG HOURS TO CONSISTENTLY IMPROVE AND PRESERVE THE BUILDINGS AT THE HISTORIC VILLAGE AND HAS BEEN INNOVATIVE IN DEVELOPING AND BRINGING EDUCATIONAL ENTERTAINING PROGRAMMING. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO NOT JUST. CHESTNUT SQUARE. BUT TO EVERYONE , I MEAN, EVERY TIME I'VE COME AND PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT, YOUR ENTHUSIASM. YOUR ENERGY JUST DEFINITELY MAKES IT SO MUCH MORE INVITING. SO WE DEFINITELY HOPE THAT YOUR NEXT JOURNEY IS HAS BEEN AS REWARDING AS WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE AND GIVEN TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE NEXT ITEM

[Consider/Discuss Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by The Heritage Guild of Collin County (PC 24-08) in the Amount of $13,222 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of 2024 Events Including, But Not Limited to, Farmers Market at Chestnut Square and the Following Events: Murder Mystery, Bar Wars and Farm Fresh Market Dinner.]

23-1033 CONSIDERED DISCUSSED PROMOTIONAL COMMUNITY EVENT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE HERITAGE GUILD OF CARBON COUNTY. PC 24-8 IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,222 THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF 2020 40 EVENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FARMERS MARKET CHESTNUT SQUARE. AND THE FOLLOWING EVENTS, MURDER MYSTERY BAR WARS FOR FRESH, UM, FARM FRESH MARKET DINNER IN MARK WILL BE PRESENTING GREAT. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING BOARD. MY NAME IS MARK MISURATA. I HAVE THE HONOR OF BEING THE INCOMING CHAIR FOR CHESTNUT SQUARE CHAIR OF THE BOARD FOR CHESTNUT SQUARE AND WE HAVE A BIG YEAR PLAN AHEAD. YOU YOU ALL. UH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT RECOGNITION. I WAS GOING TO DO IT IF YOU WEREN'T SO , UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN. THANK YOU TO JAMIE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER GUEST IN THE AUDIENCE THAT I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AS WELL AS THE IN A STONE IS GOING TO BE THE NEW INCOMING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. AND, UM I WE? WE CANNOT WAIT FOR YOU TO GET TO KNOW HER AND THE TWO ARE SITTING THERE TOGETHER BECAUSE THERE ARE COLLABORATING AND WE'RE WE HAVE A TRANSITION PLAN. AND SO THAT WE WERE NOT GONNA WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE ANY MOMENTUM MOVING FORWARD. SO UH, SO AGAIN. UM THANK YOU AGAIN, JAMIE. WE WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT YOU. AND WE WOULDN'T BE HAVE THE SUCCESS WITHOUT YOU. UM 2024 IS GOING TO BE A HUGE YEAR FOR CHESTNUT SQUARE. WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING THE YEAR CELEBRATING. 50 YEARS IN MCKINNEY. SO OUR FOCUS OF THE EVENTS THAT AT LEAST IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR ARE RS FOLLOWS. AND AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE FIRST ONE BOOGIE WONDERLAND 50 YEARS WHEN IT WAS THAT I WAS 1974, SO WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING A SEVENTIES THEME PARTY. IT'S OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO START GETTING YOUR GO, GO, BOOTS ORDERED AND YOUR BELL BOTTOMS. IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY MERGE THAT THIS SLIDE WAS DONE A

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LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE FINALIZED SOME THINGS. WE MADE SOME CHANGES. SO WE'RE GONNA WE'RE GONNA KIND OF MERGE OR CONCEPT FOR FARM TO TABLE WITH OUR OUR ANNIVERSARY PARTY AND REALLY BLOW IT OUT WITH A BIG MUSIC AND THE SEVENTIES THEME. IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN. NUMBER TWO ON THIS IS THE FARMER'S MARKET. UM I MIGHT MENTION THE NUMBER ONE FARMER'S MARKET VOTED IN TEXAS AND BY THE WAY IN THE SOUTHWEST, SO, UM, KUDOS TO THE WHOLE GROUP FOR ELEVATING WHERE WE ARE ON THAT. AND THEN SPRING WAR BAR WARS. THAT IS ANOTHER THING THAT HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF ATTENTION. IT'S GROWING A LOT OF COMPETITION BETWEEN OUR BARTENDERS HERE IN IN THE TOWN AROUND THAT IT'S BECOMING VERY, VERY COMPETITIVE. WE HAVE SOME REALLY EXCELLENT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. UM IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING FINALIZED, WE PROBABLY GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. BUT I'M GOING TO GOING TO TEASE YOU WITH SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY DO IN COLLABORATION WITH M R T AROUND SOME EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING IN THE SPRING ON THAT, AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR PRAIRIE CAMPS WILL BE THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO.

SO THOSE ARE BIG EVENTS FOR THE FIRST HALF AND AS STATED $13,222 IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT 79% OF OUR BUDGET FOR THIS FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR. SO WHAT'S OUR MARKETING STRATEGY? WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS? WE REALLY ARE FOCUSED ON VERY SELECTIVE MARKETING OUTLETS. UM THAT HAVE PROVEN SUCCESS FOR US. UM WE HAVE ACTUALLY KIND OF WHITTLED DOWN.

UM WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND LOOKED FOR GOOD RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT WE'RE MAKING, BUT ALSO ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT ONLY THE PRINT ADS, BUT BUT A DIGITAL COMPONENT TO THAT SO UM, IN HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THIS MONEY, WE HAVE THREE PARTICULAR MARKETING OUTLETS SHOWN HERE THAT'S DOWN FROM 72 YEARS AGO. SO AGAIN, WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT WHO'S PERFORMING FOR US. HOW DO WE WORK BETTER? HOW DO WE DO THAT COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH BOTH PRINT AND DIGITAL, BECAUSE THAT'S A TRICKY THING. SO WE'RE PRETTY WELL SOLIDIFIED WITH THAT . WE DO HAVE ONE TOPIC UP HERE FOR KIND OF A DISCRETIONARY. SPEND AGAIN. AS I MENTIONED, UM, THE BOARD HAS APPROVED OUR BUDGET HERE, BUT OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAS NOT EVEN ATTENDED A BOARD MEETING YET. SO WE ARE. WE'RE WANTING TO HAVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY FOR HOW WE MOVE THIS MONEY AROUND. UM, FOR SOME DISCRETION ON THAT. BEGIN EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING HERE HAS SOME REALLY NICE COMBINATION OF BOTH PRINT AND DIGITAL ADS. UM, COMPONENTS. UM AS I AS I MENTIONED WE. WE HAVE HAD A STELLAR YEAR IN A LOT OF AND A LOT OF CASES, AND 2023 WAS JUST A STELLAR YEAR FORCE AND WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU, UM IN A TIME WHEN NONPROFITS OR CUTTING STAFF. THEY'RE CUTTING HOURS AND SERVICES. WE'RE GROWING. AND I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT GIVES YOU THE CONFIDENCE IN US IN WHAT WE'RE DOING AND PLEASE, NO, THE MONEY'S THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED IN THE PAST WERE CRITICAL TO THIS SUCCESS. SO HERE'S SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM LAST YEAR. WE REVIVED THE FORMATIVE TABLE DINNER. UH WHICH WAS A HUGE SUCCESS, EVEN WITH A CHANGE IN VENUE AT THE LAST MINUTE FARMERS MARKET I MENTIONED NUMBER ONE IN TEXAS KIND OF BLEW THAT ONE OUT OF THE WATER. WE COMPLETELY REVAMPED THE PUBLIC VILLAGE TOUR. AND THAT WAS A BIG SUCCESS IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE MURDER MYSTERY DINNER. YEAH YOU GOTTA GO TO ONE OF THESE THINGS. THEY ARE HOOT, AND IT'S ALSO DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH, UM, UH MCKINNEY REPERTOIRE THEATER AND THEN WE ABSOLUTELY RECOGNIZED EARLIER. THE HOME TOUR WAS A COMPLETE ABSOLUTE UTTER SUCCESS ABOUT JUST A LITTLE BELOW 1800 TICKETS SOLD FOR THAT SET RECORDS TO THAT, AND HONESTLY, WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW THAT WAS GOING TO WORK OUT, BUT IT DID. SO AGAIN, UH, PLEASE KNOW THAT WHAT YOU DO FOR US, WE PUT THE GOOD WORK AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. BOOM BOOM.

YEAH LOOK AT IT. ECONOMY DID ANY QUESTIONS? ALL I'LL SAY I'M AVAILABLE FOR BAR WARS. UM JUDGING ALWAYS NEED SOME JUDGES. WE HAVE SOME VOLUNTEERS, BUT YOU HAVEN'T REMEMBER CHAIR THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRINK THE WHOLE THING. I CAN'T GET THE FULL EXPERIENCE AND GIVE A GOOD REPORT. IF I DON'T HAVE IT ALSO GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS IS ON THE HOME TOUR. YOU SAID YOU HAD 100 AND 50% WITH THAT INCREASE, OR IS THAT AN INCREASE OF WHAT? YOUR BUDGETED THAT WAS INCREASED OVER OUR BUDGET. SO WE HAD A WE HAD A BUDGETED NUMBER AND WE WERE 150 OVER THAT, MAKING SURE

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THAT BECAUSE YOU DID HAVE TWO WEEKENDS THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF JUST ONE WE DID, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, WE ALLOWED IT FOR THAT. BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW SUCCESSFUL WE'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE WEEKENDS. IT WAS LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA SHOW UP ONE WEEKEND. ARE THEY GOING TO FORGET ABOUT THE OTHER WEEKEND? WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? YOU KNOW, AND IT THEY CAME FOR BOTH WEEKENDS. SO ALONG THAT LINE WAS IT MORE THAN DOUBLE LAST YEAR, MORE THAN DOUBLE U S.

YEAH, IT WAS ABOUT 50. 50% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR AND THEN ON THE BAR WARS. FANTASTIC. I LOVE IT, UH, BUT I NOTICED AS A YEAR GOES ON. YOU HAVE FEWER AND FEWER AND FEWER RESTAURANTS PARTICIPATING. WHERE YOU GOING TO DO TO TRY TO GET THAT BACK TO GET MORE MORE OF THE RESTAURANTS TO GET TO GET INVOLVED WITH IT? YES, SO A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON THE THEME WE HAVE FOR THE FOR THAT AND HOW AND IN WHAT WE'VE ALSO DONE IS ACTUALLY STARTED TO INVOLVE THE RESTAURANTS IN HELPING US PICK OUT THE THEME. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE WE WENT WITH A FARMERS MARKET THEME. UM AND YOU KNOW THEY HAD TO GET INGREDIENTS FROM THE FARMERS MARKET AGAIN, TYING ALL THE THINGS WE DO TOGETHER WITH. WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW THEY GO OVER. THEY ACTUALLY REQUESTED TO DO THAT AGAIN. SO I LIKE THIS. I THINK THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN US WILL HELP WITH THAT BECAUSE I DID NOTICE. ANY ALBUM OVER TO THE HAGUE HAS GOT HOTTER THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE GETTING LESS RESTAURANTS IS GETTING INVOLVED. IT'S A TIME CONSTRAINTS, TIMING FOR THEM. THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT KIND OF GO INTO IT. UM BUT AND YEAH, BUT THERE IT'S HIGHLY CONTESTED. THOSE LITTLE TROPHY YOU'LL SEE AROUND IT AROUND TOWN IS PRETTY PRETTY COVETED. YEAH SEE IT QUITE OFTEN AT THE COCKTAIL CREAM RATE BECAUSE I JUST PASSED BY THERE AND THEY HAVE THEY COULD BE.

THEY COULD BE ANY MORE PROUD OF THAT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW? YEAH FOR NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK WITH THAT RIGHT THERE EXCITED, BUT GREAT WORK. AND SO ONE THING I ALSO NOTICED. IS LIKE, UM. OF COURSE, THE TIMING AND AS IT GETS LATER, EVEN MOVING AROUND ON THE GROUNDS BECAUSE IT'S DARK. UM SO HAVE YOU SEEN A DECLINE? AND EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY SEE A INCREASE OR A STANDARD IN TICKET PURCHASE, BUT FOR THOSE WHO ACTUALLY ATTEND TO SEEM LIKE I'VE SEEN A DECLINE IN THE ACTUAL PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE. VERSUS I MEAN, YOU MAY BE SELLING THE TICKETS, BUT THEN THE ACTUAL THAT ARE SHOWING UP SAYING LIKE I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW WHEN WE FIRST STARTED HAVING THEM AND WIPE FIRST STARTED ATTENDING THEM THAT THERE WERE LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SEEMS LIKE KIND OF OVERTIME, THE ACTUAL ATTENDANCE, IT'S GETTING DARK. IT KIND OF ALSO WALKING AROUND AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S SOME THINGS WE NEED TO PROVE ON OUR LIGHTING OR SOUND SYSTEM.

THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE MADE NOTE OF THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF STEP IT UP ON OUR PROGRAMMING AROUND THAT, SO YEAH , THAT'S OUR GOAL RIGHT AND MAKE THIS AN EVENT LIKE LIKE THESE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. AND YOU JUST YOU NEED TO GET YOUR TICKET BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE. AND THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE I'VE HEARD JUST BEING A DEBATE IN THIS HEARING SHATTER OR WHATEVER. BECAUSE YOU HAD THE WINNER THAT THE JUDGES PICK AND THEN YOU HAVE THE WINNER. THAT PEOPLE'S CHOICE CHOICE AWARD HAVE HEARD FROM THE RESTAURANT COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS ARE GOING IN AND BUYING A BUNCH OF COINS WHATEVER AND PUTTING IT IN THEIR OWN BOX SYSTEM. I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT, BUT OKAY, ALRIGHT.

YEAH AND JUST JUST A FINAL NOTE OF THANKS. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS A LIAISON AND ALSO, UM, FACILITY TO FACILITATING SEVERAL YEARS AGO BOARD RETREAT AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO YOUR BOARD INTO YOU AND ALL THE PEOPLE. THAT YOU HAVE SUCH A MYRIAD OF ACTIVITIES , BUT FOR ME, THE CORE IS ALWAYS THE FARMERS MARKET AND THIS SORT OF HISTORIC NATURE OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. HOLD ON TO AND BRING THAT. CONTINUING AWARENESS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB AND IN AN AREA OF THE CITY WHERE THERE IS A FOOD DESERT TO HAVE THAT FOCUS ON A FARMERS MARKET AND HEALTHY EATING JUST BRINGS SUCH A TREMENDOUS FOCUS. TO WHAT WHAT YOUR PURPOSE AND MISSION IS OVER THE YEARS. SO, UM YOU. YOU YOU HAVE JUST SUCH AN AMAZING WHEN YOU WHEN WE SEE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING IN A YEAR AND NOW KNOWING THAT YOU MAINTAIN THAT FABULOUS FARMERS MARKET, UM WE COVER A WEEK BRINGS A TREMENDOUS VALUE TO THE CITY, SO KEEP BRINGING ON THAT CREATIVITY. IT'S FABULOUS AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE A NEW

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PERSON COMING IN. UM AND THAT COLLABORATE THAT COLLABORATION. SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.

IT'S WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANKS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

BEFORE I GO INTO THE LITTLE HAVE MR KELLY. RECUSE HIMSELF. NO THAT'S NOT. THAT'S NOT TRUE YET NOT READY TO ACCUSE YOURSELF. JUST I'M SORRY. MOVING FAST ITEM 23-134 CONSIDERED DISCUSS

[Consider/Discuss Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by Marching Music Made in McKinney (PC 24-09) in the Amount of $5,600 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2024 Drum Corps International Competition in McKinney.]

PROMOTIONAL, PROMOTE PROMOTIONAL COMMUNITY BEING GRANT APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY THE MARCHING MUSIC MADE IN MCKINNEY. PC 24 09 IN THE AMOUNT ABOUT 1006 100 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2024 DRUM CORPSE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION IN MCKINNEY. YES.

MADAM CHAIR, MADAM PRESIDENT BOARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM I'M DEAN SIMMONS. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MARCHING MUSIC MADE MCKINNEY AND I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT OUR EVENT AND THE APPLICATION THAT WE SUBMITTED TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. UM. THAT WORKS PERFECT. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH WHAT DRAMA CORAL LOOKS LIKE IT IS 11. OF PERFORMANCE OF OUR CORE THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 100 AND 50 MEMBERS . AND THIS IS SOMETHING FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ATTENDED PAST YEARS OR PARTICIPATE, OR PERHAPS IN YOUR OWN IN YOUR OWN DAYS. IT STIMULATES YOUR AUDITORY AND VISUAL SENSATION SENSES AND WHEN YOU'RE IN THE STADIUM, YOU CAN REALLY FEEL WHAT THAT MUSIC FEELS LIKE. UM SO I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A STORY ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE. IT ALL STARTED WITH THE FUNDING OF THE GRANT FOR THE STADIUM BACK IN 2016 AND A FRIEND OF MINE WHO'S INVOLVED IN DRUM CORPS. WHEN I TOLD THEM WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL NEW STADIUM. HE TOLD ME THAT D C. I WAS LOOKING FOR A LOCATION IN NORTH TEXAS. AND SO QUICKLY I GOT WITH RICK MCDANIEL AND WITH MAYOR FULLER. TALK TO THEM ABOUT THIS KIND OF SOUGHT THEIR PERMISSION FOR ME TO PROCEED FORWARD AND NOW WHEN WE ROLL FORWARD THIS MANY YEARS LATER WITH A WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A COVID PAUSE, UM WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR THIRD YEAR OF HOSTING THIS EVENT IN 2020 FOR EDUCATION, SEE THE DRUM CORES AND THESE ARE CALLED WORLD CLASS SCORES. THESE ARE THE TOP PERFORMING CORES. IF YOU RECALL FROM MY PAST PRESENTATIONS, THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE 18 TO 22 YEARS OLD. THEY WILL PERFORM FROM ROUGHLY JUNE UNTIL AUGUST, JUNE, STARTING AND WHEREVER THEIR LOCATION IS AND YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF THE NINE THAT WE WILL HAVE ULTIMATELY LEADING TO INDIANAPOLIS, WHERE THE FINALS OCCUR. TEXAS IS RIGHT IN THE MID SEASON. THERE IS A BIG EVENT IN IN SAN ANTONIO. THAT IS THE SATURDAY BEFORE OUR SCHEDULED TIME. AND THAT MEANS THAT THE DRUM CORPS FANS ARE COMING TO TEXAS IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME. THERE ARE TWO EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE TWO DAYS FOLLOWING SAN ANTONIO ONES IN MESQUITE ON MONDAY NIGHT, AND THEN WE'VE GOT OURS ON TUESDAY EVENING. THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT ALL OF THIS IS THAT AS THE FANS COME TO TEXAS, WE'RE WORKING. IN FACT, WITH WHEN ALICIA WAS HERE FROM VISIT MCKINNEY, WORKING TO REACH OUT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND PARTNERSHIP WITH MCKINNEY THROUGH OUR OWN LIST THAT WE HAVE OF PRIOR ATTENDANCE AND ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DRUM CORPS INTERNATIONAL TO DRIVE ATTENDANCE TO OUR EVENT. SO YOU CAN SEE DRUM CORES FROM ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. UM WHO ARE COMING? THIS REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY 1350 PERFORMERS IN TOTAL. A LOT OF THE FANS WHO WILL ATTEND ARE NOT JUST LOCAL TO MCKINNEY. IN FACT, 30% OF THE ATTENDEES LAST YEAR CAME FROM 15 MILES OR FURTHER AWAY FROM MCKINNEY. SOME OF THOSE ARE CERTAINLY THE FAMILIES OF THE DRUM CORPS PERFORMERS. BUT WE KNOW FROM CASUAL SURVEYING AND ALSO FROM SOME OF THE, UM AND DATA THAT WE COULD GET FROM RETAIL COACH. WE COULD SEE WHERE THOSE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM. SO ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR IS GOING TO REPRESENT SORT OF THREE DAYS OF ACTIVITY AND MCKINNEY WITH THE CORES ARRIVING ON SUNDAY, THE 23RD OF JULY THEY'LL STAY IN OUR FOUR OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THEN OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE SURROUNDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE WORK WITH THE C I A TO FACILITATE HOUSING. WE'VE GOT WE ARE ON THE TOP SCHEDULE THIS YEAR TO HAVE OUR DRUM WINE EXHIBITION OR DRUMLINE BATTLE AT TUFTS BREWERY . WE WERE SET TO GO THERE LAST YEAR. BUT OF COURSE, THERE WERE SOME DELAYS. AND SO WE SHIFTED AND WENT TO STICKS, WHICH WAS A FABULOUS HOST AND PARTNER FOR US, BUT WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND HAVE THIS EVENT AT TOPS. WE'RE WORKING. WE'RE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ANDREW JONES AND THAT DOWNTOWN TEAM AS WELL. AND, OF COURSE, IS WITH WITH YOU AND WITH ITS MCKINNEY AND THEN THE BIG NIGHT IS TUESDAY. THE 25TH. THAT WILL BE THE COMPETITION IN THE STADIUM.

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THERE ARE NINE CORES WHO WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS YEAR AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE, UH, QUITE A SHOW. UM SO AS I CONCLUDE HERE ARE FULL BUDGET, UM, IS $50,100. WERE REQUESTING, UM 5600 FROM MCD TO SUPPORT PROMOTION AND ADVERTISING THAT WILL COVER THINGS SUCH AS, UM DIGITAL MEDIA , SOCIAL PRINT. WHICH WAS A MISS . FRANKLY, LAST YEAR. WE LAST YEAR WE CHOSE THE FIRST YEAR WE DID A LOT OF PRINT KIND OF LIGHT ON SOCIAL LAST YEAR, VERY HEAVY ON DIGITAL, AND I GOT SOME ANECDOTAL FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE AS I WALKED AROUND THE EVENTS, ASKING THEM HOW THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY DID STUMBLE UPON THE DIGITAL ADVERTISING THAT WE HAD KIOSKS IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING FLYERS AS WELL AGAIN THIS YEAR IN LOCAL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE 380 CORRIDOR, UP AND DOWN CUSTER ROAD DOWNTOWN ESTABLISHMENTS FOR SURE. AND THEN THE MUSIC SHOPS AND THE SCHOOLS AS WELL. SO WE'RE REQUESTING $5600 OF GRANT FROM CDC. I'LL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. SO OF YOUR THAT'S YOUR TOTAL BUDGET. UM 50,100 THE COST. UM IS THE 5600 THE TOTAL THAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON SPENDING ON PROMOTION? OR IS THAT JUST THE PORTION THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR FROM US? JUST THE PORTION OR ASKING FOR FROM YOU. WE DID RECEIVE $4000 FROM VISIT MCKINNEY JUST RECENTLY. AWESOME.

BUT WILL ALSO BE, UM, SOLICITING SPONSORS AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. SO YOU'RE USING VISIT MCKINNEY'S 4000 FOR PROMOTION AS WELL OR YOU'RE USING THAT FOR OTHER EVENTS, EXPENSES, SOME FOR PROMOTION, DAVID AND THEN FOR SOME OTHER EVENT, BUT IT'S PRIMARILY FOR PROMOTION ADVERTISING AS WELL. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND IN THE FIELDS AT THE END OF JULY AND TEXAS. MHM YEAH, YES, UNIFORM. YOU KNOW WHAT? THESE BEAUTIFUL? YEAH I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP. I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT AS DEAN CAME UP BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT THAT EVERY YEAR, AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT IT WHEN WE'RE THERE. THE REALITY IS, THOUGH, THAT THE PEOPLE IN THESE DRUM CORES OR COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND THAT'S WHEN THEY DO THIS, AND THAT'S WHY THEY DO IT. AND TO ME, IT'S INSANE. IT WAS LIKE 100. IT WAS LITERALLY 100 DEGREES AT EIGHT PM WHEN THEY START THIS THING, AND THEY HAVE PUSHED THE START BACK. YEAH WE PUSHED IT FROM 7 TO 8 P.M. IT'S STILL 100 DEGREES. IT IS WHAT IT IS I THERE'S NO WAY AROUND IT. IT'S TEXAS IN JULY, AND THAT'S WHEN D C I IS AND THESE KIDS ARE USED TO. IT IS ALWAYS USED TO IT THAT THE FANS ARE USED TO IT, PRESS IT, BUT IT'S A GREAT OBSERVATION AT THE FIELD WAS ACTUALLY 180 DEGREES AT ONE PM, FORTUNATELY, THE PRESS BOX AND THE STADIUM IS GOOD AS SHADOW ONTO THE FIELD AND IT COOLS DOWN VERY QUICKLY. BUT UM, THEY HAVE THESE KIDS, THESE ALCOHOL AND KIDS. THEY'RE YOUNG ADULTS, RIGHT, BUT THERE TRAVELING ON BUSSES, COACH BUSSES. THEY'RE SLEEPING ON BAND FLOOR BAND HALL FLOORS AND GYMNASIUM FLOORS AND THEN PERFORMING IN THE HEAT OF TEXAS AND EVERYWHERE ELSE THAT THEY'RE TRAVELING, AND IT'S BUT WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THEM, THEY'RE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING THAT I'VE NEVER WE HAD TO THROW THEM OFF OF THE FIELD THAT ONE PM LAST YEAR BECAUSE THE MSD FIELD WHERE SOME OF THEM WERE PRACTICING WAS SO HOT. WE HAD A PUSH THEM OFF THE FIELD. THEY NEVER SAID, WOW, IT'S REALLY HOT, LIKE THEY WERE FOCUSED ON THEIR CRAFT, AND IT'S PHENOMENAL WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SEE THAT KIND OF DEDICATION DINA. I LOVE THE VAN. I THINK IT'S A GREAT EVENT FROM MCKINNEY. MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY LIMITED ON THE AMOUNT OF MORE PEOPLE. WE CAN BRING IT SINCE WE ONLY DO HALF THE STADIUM, SO I'M JUST YEAH, THAT'S THE WAY DAVID THAT THE PERFORMANCE OF PERFORMS TO ONE SIDE BECAUSE OF THE VISUAL ELEMENT OF THE PERFORMANCE SO THAT THAT STADIUM AS YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW, HAS A CAPACITY OF 6000 PEOPLE ON THE WEST SIDE.

BOTH SIDES REALLY HAVE 6000. BUT ON THE WEST SIDE 6000 OUR FIRST YEAR UM, WAS OUR INAUGURAL YEAR.

WE HAD APPROXIMATELY, UM 4800 FANS IN THE STADIUM LAST YEAR, WHICH DC, TOLD US AS A NORMAL YEAR TO DIP. WE WERE MORE AROUND 3500. WE EXPECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BUMPING BACK UP. WE'VE GOT A GREAT LINEUP. OF COURSE COMING IN THIS YEAR. UM AND, UH BUT, YEAH, SO, DAVID. THE IMPORTANT THING IS IF I GO BACK JUST A PAGE HERE. IS IT REALLY BECOMES KIND OF WHAT'S THAT THOSE THAT MIDDLE DAY THERE IN THIS CASE MONDAY, 24TH OF NEXT YEAR, AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH TOPS? UM

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WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT TOPS BECAUSE THERE ARE NEW SPACE CREATES SOME UNIQUE VENUES WHERE WE CAN DO SOME OTHER THINGS. WE'VE EVEN TALKED TO D. C I ABOUT POTENTIALLY SIMULCASTING THE TUESDAY NIGHT EVENT AT TOPS FOR PEOPLE WHO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A BEER OR WINE WHILE THEY'RE LISTENING TO THE SHOW. AND SO WE'RE EXPLORING THAT THROUGH FLOW MARCHING .COM, WHICH IS DC'S GLOBAL PLATFORM, WE'RE ACTUALLY FOCUSING ON CAN WE SIMULCAST AT TUBS? AND CAN WE ALSO SIMULCAST THROUGH FLOW MARCHING DOT COM, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT EXPOSURE GLOBALLY FOR MCKINNEY, UH, OF OUR YOU KNOW THE STADIUM AND THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITY, DRONE FOOTAGE AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO. BY PROMOTING MCKINNEY AS A PART OF THAT FLOW, MARCHING .COM WILL KNOW IN THE SPRING IF WE CAN LOCK THAT IN OR NOT GREAT IDEA, YEAH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER. THANK YOU, DEAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP. APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANKS SO MUCH. MR KELLY WILL WORK USES SELF SO, ARI.

[Consider/Discuss Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by Odysseus Chamber Orchestra (dba McKinney Philharmonic Orchestra) (PC 24-10) in the Amount of $15,000.00 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2024-2025 Concert Season Including a Minimum of Seven Performances.]

ITEM 23-1035. CONSIDERED DISCUSSED PROMOTIONAL COMMUNITY BEING GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY ODESSA'S CHAMBER ORCHESTRA DB A MCKINNEY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. PC 24-10 IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2024 2025 CONCERT SERIES, INCLUDING A MINIMUM OF SEVEN PERFORMANCES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JASON LIM AND THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. I NORMALLY APPLY IN JUNE, UM, BUT ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS WHO IS, UH, MARKETING EXPERT TOLD ME WE NEED TO ANNOUNCE OUR SEASON IN JUNE OR IN MAY AND KICKSTART OUR PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS IN JUNE. SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY I'VE APPLIED FOR 2024 2025 SEASON. EARLIER THAN NORMAL. 2524 AND 25 WILL BE 10 YEARS IN MCKINNEY. WE STARTED IN 2012 IN DENTON, AND WE MOVED TO MCKINNEY IN 2014 CHANGED OUR NAME TO MCKINNEY PHILHARMONIC IN 2019. SO HERE WE ARE. WITH YOUR HELP. WE ARE HALFWAY IN OUR SEASON. WE HAVE SURPRISED ALL OUR PROJECTIONS WITH BROOKLYN ALL OUT 2023. RECORDS AND WE HAVE SOLD OUT CONCERTS. SO THIS IS THE ONE THING THAT WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED. UM THIS YEAR WE HAVE MANY, MANY PATRONS COME TO OUR CONCERTS AND SAYS THIS IS OUR FIRST CONCERT. WE'VE BEEN HERE ALL OUR LIVES AND WE'VE NEVER HEARD THAT MCKINNEY HAD A PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA, SO WE WANT TO BREAK THAT BARRIER AND KEEP KEEP PROMOTING SO THAT PEOPLE IN MCKINNEY KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA. SO OUR 2024 25 SEASON OR 10 YEARS IN MCKINNEY. UM WHAT I'VE DONE IS PLANNED TO CLASSICAL CONCERTS. HOPEFULLY, WE CAN DO THREE. UM SEPTEMBER 7TH APRIL 5TH. WE'RE GONNA DO BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY. IT'S A MASTERPIECE, AND I HOPE THAT THIS WILL BE A GREAT ONE. TWO POPS CONCERTS. WE'RE BRINGING IN, UM, THE DAVE ALEXANDER BAND AND HE'S GOING TH A LOT OF TEXAS SONGS. FORT WORTH, TEXAS DEEP IN THE HEART, BIG BALL'S IN COWTOWN. TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA. MARCH 1ST. WE'RE GOING TO DO A SEVENTIES EIGHTIES ROCK POP HITS. INCLUDE HIS BEATLES, ELEANOR ECCLESIA. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HEARD OF THE CODY FRIAR VERSION. WE'RE GOING TO DO THE CODING FOR FROM THAT'S IT'S A SENSATION. UM NOWADAYS WE DON'T WANNA GO QUEEN. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY JOURNEY. SOME LIONEL RICHIE BGS. MICHAEL JACKSON AND MANY MORE. UM WE STARTED THIS CONCERT TWO YEARS AGO. AND IT'S BEEN, UM, QUITE A HIT. UM WE HAVE PRE CONCERT ACTIVITIES. ON THE LEFT. WE HAVE LITTLE KID. WE HAVE A KID CONDUCTORS. SO FOR ABOUT AN HOUR WE HAVE KIDS COME IN AND SIGN UP AND THEY GET TO CONDUCT THE ORCHESTRA. WE HAVE ARTS AND CRAFTS. IN THE VERY FAR RIDE. DUMBBELL DOOR IS ONE OF OUR HORN PLAYERS. AND PEOPLE COME IN AND COSTUMES AND WE HAVE A COSTUME CONTEST WITH THREE H GROUPS. THIS IS A CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE WE SEE THE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF LITTLE CHILDREN COME TO THE CONCERT. AND IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR US TO INTRODUCE CLASSICAL MUSIC AND ORCHESTRA MUSIC TO YOUNG CHILDREN. AND OF COURSE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT

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WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR STEP SIX YEARS. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE DOING THIS BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A HIT. WE HAD SOLD OUT CONCERT THIS LAST CHRISTMAS. AND OF COURSE WE DO. CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS UP TO 2 TO 3. MEMBERS OF THE MCKINNEY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. UM REMEMBERS ALSO DO FREE CONCERT FREE RECITAL CONCERT. SO UM, WE HAVE 233 OF RECITAL CONCERTS A YEAR. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BECOME QUITE WELL KNOWN FOR. THIS IS ALL SIDE BY SIDE CLASSICAL CONCERT. UM AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES THERE IS ABOUT MORE THAN 100 MUSICIANS ON STAGE. WITH OUR YOUTH ORCHESTRA WITH THE GREATER NORTH TAXES YOUTH ORCHESTRA BASED IN MCKINNEY. AND WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR IN MAY. I'LL FUNDING REQUEST IS $15,000. UM IT'S FLEXIBLE. WE HAVE NOW A VERY, VERY GOOD, UM, MARKETER IN ABOARD, AND SHE MANAGES ALL OF THAT, AND IT'S STILL VERY FLEXIBLE. SO WITH THAT I LEAVE FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY? THANK YOU. OH AND THE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS IS MHM. ME RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT OKAY, I THINK I HAVE IT ON MY CALENDAR TO MAKE SURE I'M STILL IN THIS CONCERT SERIES. STILL JUST TWO SEASONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

YOU. WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM 23-1036 CONSIDERED DISCUSSED PROMOTIONAL COMMUNITY EVENT

[Consider/Discuss Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by Millhouse Foundation (PC 24-10) in the Amount of $13,950 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2024 Millhouse Arts Festivals, and Makers Market Events, Held at McKinney Cotton Mill.]

GRANT APPLICATIONS AND MADE IT BY MAIL HOUSE FOUNDATION PC 24-10 IN THE AMOUNT OF 13,950.

FOR ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2024 MILHOUSE ARTS FESTIVAL IN MAKERS, MARKET EVENTS. OH YOUR TIME. TIME'S UP. THANK YOU. MAKERS MARKET EVENTS HELD AT THE MCKINNEY COTTON MEAL. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. I'M AMY WOLVERTON. I'M ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF MILHOUSE, MY CO FOUNDER AND SISTER, BETH BECK IS IN SOUTH AFRICA RIGHT NOW WITH HER GRAND BABIES, SO I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING BEFORE YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. OKAY MILHOUSE. OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE INCOME ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, ACTUALLY MICRO AT THE MICRO MICRO LEVEL WE FOCUS ON WOMEN, BUT ANYONE MALE AND FEMALE ARE ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR FESTIVALS. OUR PROGRAM. PRIORITIES ARE ON THE SCREEN, BUT BASICALLY THEY BOIL DOWN TO THE FACT THAT WE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATIVES TO SHOWCASE AND SELL THEIR WORK. AND IN DOING SO, THAT BRINGS SALES TAX DOLLARS INTO THE CITY. AS PEOPLE COME IN FROM OUT OF THIS CITY WILL SHOW YOU AT THE END AND ACTUALLY HAS SPEND THE MONEY HERE. WE DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE COTTON MILL AND THEIR GENEROSITY FOR LETTING US HOST ALL OF OUR FESTIVALS, UM, AND ALMOST ALWAYS IN KIND, UM, SO WE APPRECIATE THEM. THEY'VE BEEN VERY GENEROUS WITH THIS. SO WE NOW HAVE HAD EIGHT FINE ART FESTIVALS, ALL MANAGED BY MILHOUSE ARTISTS. WE'VE HAD SIX MAKERS MARKETS. WE HAD THREE DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT WE'RE OUTSIDE AND THIS YEAR WITH THE COTTON MILL FACILITY. HELL ATRIUM HALLWAY GETTING H FACTUM PERMANENT. WE'VE HAD THREE OF THE THREE MAKERS MARKETS. IN THERE. WHAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THE MAKER'S MARK IS IT'S IT ALLOWS FOR A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC OF CREATIVES TO COME IN. SO RATHER THAN JUST FINE ART WE HAVE ARTISANS ARE FIBER ARTISTS, CANDLE MAKERS, PEOPLE WHO DO PLANTS, ALL KINDS OF THINGS GET TO COME IN AND HAVE INCOME OPPORTUNITIES. WE'VE ALSO HAD TO TODAY MURAL FESTIVALS ON THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE COTTON MILL THIS YEAR IN 2023. WE ADDED A MUSIC STAGE WITH BACK TO BACK PERFORMANCES. SO THAT WAS REALLY , UM, WE CONSIDER THAT A GREAT SUCCESS AND THE MURALS, OF COURSE, CONTRIBUTE TO THE CULTURAL FABRIC OF MCKINNEY IN 2024. WE HAVE, UM TO FINE ART FESTIVALS PLANNED NINE MAKERS MARKETS PLANNED INSIDE THE COTTON MILL, AND OUR MURAL FESTIVAL WILL BE IN JUNE. THIS YEAR. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL POSTCARD EXHIBIT. IT USED TO BE CALLED THE TWITTER ART EXHIBIT.

BUT WHEN TWITTER RENAMED THEMSELVES X, THAT BECAME A LITTLE WEIRD AS FAR AS THE NAME, SO THEY NAMED IT THE INTERNATIONAL POSTCARD EXHIBIT, BUT THIS WILL BE CURATED BY ROBIN PEDREIRA, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR ARTISTS. IT'S THE 13TH YEAR THAT THEY'VE HOSTED THIS. SHE CURATED IT 10 YEARS AGO IN ORLANDO. AND THEY CHOSE MILHOUSE THIS YEAR, SO WE WILL BE BRINGING IN. AND UM, WE EXPECT 700 TO 1000 ENTRIES FROM ARTISTS AROUND THE WORLD. MANY OF THOSE

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ARTISTS WILL COME TO THE RECEPTION AND THE ENTIRE INTERNATIONAL BOARD WILL BE COMING TO MCKENNY FURTHER RECEPTION IN SEPTEMBER, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. OUR TARGET AUDIENCE HAS NOW EXPANDED BEYOND MCKINNEY AND BEYOND THE DALLAS AREA. WE HAVE MANY OF OUR ARTISTS COMING FROM OTHER STATES AND AS FAR AS COLORADO AND BRINGING SOME OF THEIR PATRONS WITH THEM, WHICH HAS BEEN AS EXCITING AS WELL. THIS IS OUR MARKETING STRATEGY. WE FOCUS ON IT. MAINLY WE DO DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA. WE DO ALSO ADVERTISING AND COMMUNITY IMPACT SOMETIMES IN LIVING MAGAZINE. UM GENERALLY, WE MAKE THE TOP FIVE OR 10 THINGS TO DO IN COLLIN COUNTY. EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN EVENT, DALLAS MORNING NEWS REGULARLY GIVES US A SHOUT OUT.

AND THIS YEAR WE WERE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE TEXAS MONTHLY DO AN ARTICLE ON MILHOUSE. I MEAN ON MURAL FEST TO BRING IN SOME MORE OF THE STATEWIDE PEOPLE TO COME. THIS IS OUR MARKETING FOR THE EVENT. I WILL NOTE THAT WE DO GET MONEY FROM VISIT MCKENNEY , UM, WHERE THAT SAYS MEDIA CONTENT AND DESIGN THAT'S ALSO PART OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA BUDGET. AND THE BOTTOM ONE IS THE PRINT BUDGET. SO UM, BETWEEN THAT AND VISIT MCKINNEY OR BUDGET IS ABOUT $20,000 AND ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR MARKETING BUDGET COMES FROM OUR GRANTS. AS A NONPROFIT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY IN OUR BUDGET TO TAKE CARE OF THE MARKETING. THIS IS OUR MILHOUSE 2024 BUDGET. I WANT THE ONE THING I DO WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT IS OUR INCOME IS ALWAYS DEPENDENT UPON THE NUMBER OF VENDORS THAT APPLY FOR OUR EVENTS. IT CAN GO UP OR DOWN, DEPENDING UPON THAT. AND FINALLY I WANT TO CLOSE BY SAYING MILL. UM M C D. C DID GIVE US SOME CELL PHONE DATA THIS YEAR, AND THE DATA SHOWED THAT OVER 70% OF OUR EVENT PARTICIPANTS ACTUALLY COME FROM OUTSIDE AND MCKINNEY.

THEY'RE COMING INTO MCKENNEY. WE WATCHED THE CELL PHONE TRACKING. THEY CAME TO OUR EVENTS, AND THEN THEY WENT DOWNTOWN AND WENT SHOPPING AND WHEN EATING AND BROUGHT IN MORE TAX DOLLARS INTO THE CITY. WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND MANY OF OUR ARTISTS REPORTED RECORD SALES AGAIN AT ART FIST. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR GRANT. UM AND SUPPORT IN THE PAST, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTION. I JUST SAID I'D LIKE TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING US KNOW THE ATTENDEES COMING OUTSIDE FOR THESE EVENTS. I MEAN, EVERYBODY THAT PRESENTED . WE LIKE TO SEE THAT BECAUSE THAT CAN KIND OF GIVE US ANOTHER. DATA POINT AS WE'RE REVIEWING THESE TO KNOW HOW MANY ARE BRINGING JUST THOSE IN MCKINNEY HERE ARE THOSE OUTSIDE, SO THAT'S A HELPFUL, HELPFUL DATA POINT. WELL, THAT'S THANKS TO YOUR PRESIDENT, MR. LEE SNIVEL WHO GOT US THAT REPORT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND ARE YOU DOING ANY KIND OF GRANT? WRITING OR REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT FROM, YOU KNOW, LIKE TEXAS ARTS OR ANY KIND OF OPERATING EXPENSE FUNDING. YEAH THAT IS ON OUR AGENDA. UM WE ARE IT'S JUST MY SISTER AND ME WRITING MILHOUSE AND SO GRANTS ARE A LITTLE OVERWHELMING. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD ON OUR AGENDA.

SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO. WE DO HAVE OUR INTERNS THIS YEAR PUT TOGETHER A GRANT CALENDAR FOR US SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST KNOW WHEN THEY'RE COMING UP, AND WE'VE HAD SOME. WE ACTUALLY HAD ONE OF OUR MEMBERS OFFER TO WRITE GRANTS FOR US, SO WE'RE HOPING TO GO BEFORE THE TEXAS ART COMMISSION THIS YEAR. FABULOUS. YEAH. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[Consider/Discuss Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by Collin County History Museum (PC 24-12) in the Amount of $15,000 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2024 Created in Collin Exhibit and Associated Events.]

THANK YOU. NEXT AGENDA ITEM 23-1037. DISCUSSED PROMOTIONAL COMMUNITY BEING TO GRANT APPLICATION BY COLLIN COUNTY HISTORY MUSEUM PC 2412 IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000 FOR ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2024 CREATED IN COLLIN EXHIBIT AND ASSOCIATED EVENTS, MASON HI. MY NAME IS MASON. KELLY GOOD MORNING. UM UNFORTUNATELY, OUR DIRECTOR CHRISTIAN SPALDING CAME DOWN WITH COVID. SO I'M HERE IN HER PLACE TODAY. WE'LL WELCOME.

THANK YOU, UM EXACTLY. I'M READY. ALREADY SO THE CALLING COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS IF I WANT 501 C THREE AND PROVIDES A FREE MUSEUM EXPERIENCE TO ALL THE VISITORS OF DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. THE GOAL OF THE COLLIN COUNTY HISTORY MUSEUM IS TO SHARE THE RICH HERITAGE OF COLLIN COUNTY AND ESTABLISHED A LASTING AND MEMORABLE CONNECTION WITH OUR VISITORS. UM A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF OUR VISITORS ACTUALLY ABOUT 25 TO 30. COME TO US FROM OUT OF STATE. WE WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT OUR MUSEUM IS AMONG ONE OF THE AMENITIES IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY THAT DRAWS THEM TO STAY HERE. UM MORE THAN 65% OF OUR VISITORS. TELL US THAT IT'S ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME TO VISIT THE MUSEUM. UM, THE MUSEUM HAS TOURS AVAILABLE FOR LARGE GROUPS, AS WELL AS

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PROGRAMMING THAT APPEALS TO ALL AGES. UH UM PAT ROGERS ARE LIVING HISTORIAN HELP SPRING GROUPS SUCH AS THE DOLLARS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS FROM ACROSS THE STATE TO MEET HERE IN MCKINNEY. WE'VE ALSO JUST OPENED A NEW EXHIBIT CALLED CREATED AND COLLIN COUNTY. IT HAS BROAD APPEAL, AND THERE IS SOMETHING OF INTEREST FOR EVERYONE. AH THERE IS SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT FOOD HISTORY, SCIENTIFIC, SOCIAL TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, BUSINESS HISTORY AS WELL. SO IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN OUR LATEST EXHIBIT, PLEASE STOP BY FOR A PERSONALIZED TOUR ONE OF OUR MORE SUCCESSFUL AD CAMPAIGNS FEATURES POSTCARDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR VISITORS TO MAIL TO LOVED ONES OUTSIDE OF MCKINNEY. AH UM AND ENCOURAGE THE PEOPLE THAT RECEIVE THOSE POSTCARDS TO VISIT THE MUSEUM FOR THEMSELVES. UM WE FOUND THAT ONE OF THE BEST ADVERTISEMENTS FOR MUSEUM HAS BEEN THE NEWS COVERAGE FOR ARE CREATED IN COLLIN COUNTY EXHIBIT. THE RECEPTION HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE TO THIS NEWS COVERAGE, AND ONE OF OUR NEW GOALS IS TO REMAIN NEWSWORTHY IN FEBRUARY, WILL OPEN A NEW VIDEO EXHIBIT CALLED THE CARROLL SHELBY EXPERIENCE, WHICH FEATURES THE ICONIC TEXAS RACECAR DRIVER AND ENTREPRENEUR WHO ACTUALLY HAS TWO BUSINESSES TO BUSINESSES IN MCKINNEY, A WHEEL FACTORY AND A CHILI FACTORY. AH CELEBRATION MAGAZINE. PUBLISHES ARE COLLIN COUNTY HISTORY STORIES. UM THAT OUR VISITORS CONTINUE TO TELL US DRAWS THEM TO OUR MUSEUM AND TO MCKINNEY THE DAY TRIPPER, A PBS CELEBRITY AND TRAVEL INFLUENCER ENCOURAGES TEXAS TOURISM. AND HE HAS A VERY LARGE FOLLOWING. THE MUSEUM IS THE EXCLUSIVE SPONSOR OF HIS MONTHLY TALKING TEXAS PODCAST, WHERE HE SHARES THE STORIES OF COLLIN COUNTY THAT ARE FEATURED IN OUR LATEST EXHIBIT. UH UM. WE HAVE OUR SECOND AH, BIGGER AND BETTER.

CARROLL SHELBY EVENT COMING UP IN APRIL ON THE 20TH, WHICH WILL UM, CORRESPOND WITH THE OPENING OF OUR NEW EXHIBIT. THE CARROLL SHELBY EXPERIENCE. UM WE ARE HOPING TO BRING 150 TO 250.

SHELBY DESIGNED RACE CARS TO DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. COOL UM THIS EVENT WILL DRAW MANY NEW TYPES OF VISITORS TO DOWNTOWN. THE CAR. THE CAR ENTHUSIASTS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE WILL HOPE TO COME TO THIS EVENT. AH IT IS ALSO OUR HOPE TO SHOW THEM THE ADVANTAGES OF MEETING HERE IN MCKINNEY. AND WE HOPE TO HAVE A RACE CAR SIMULATORS. UM GREEN SCREEN PHOTOGRAPHY OPPORTUNITIES AND EVEN A CHILI COOK OFF TO CORRESPOND WITH OUR CAROL SHELBY EXPERIENCE, AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE. THANK YOU AND HAPPY TO BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? AND WHEN WILL THE SHELBY EXHIBIT AND THE CARS BECOMING SO THE EVENT IS ON APRIL 20TH AND THAT IS GOING TO CORRESPOND WITH THE OPENING OF OUR CARE SHALL BE EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS A UM, ACTUALLY A VIDEO EXHIBIT WHICH IS SOMETHING NEW FOR OUR FOR OUR MUSEUM. IT'S KIND OF EXCITING. THANK YOU. SO A COUPLE OF 100 SHELBY DESIGNED CARS. WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO BE? SO THEY WILL BE? UM PRIMARILY, I BELIEVE THEY'LL BE PARKED ALONG THE STREET ON VIRGINIA. UM KIND OF AROUND IN FRONT OF THE MUSEUM AND THEN ALSO, I BELIEVE WE HAVE, UM YOU CAN CONTACT OUR DIRECTOR. IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I'M NOT DRAWN 100% OF THE DETAILS, BUT I BELIEVE WE WILL ALSO BE HAVING UM A LOT SOMEWHERE AS WELL FOR THE CARS. THANK YOU. THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. AWESOME.

THANK YOU. RACING AROUND THEM. BE AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS 23-1038 CONSIDERED

[Consider/Discuss Promotional and Community Event Grant Application Submitted by Direction 61:3 (PC 24-13) in the Amount of $5,000 for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2024 BBQ & Bingo and the 2024 Christmas Mosaix Concert.]

DISGUSTING, PROMOTIONAL COMMUNITY EVENT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY DIRECTION 61 3. PC 24 13TH. ANY EMAILS OF $5000 FOR THE ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE 2024 BARBECUE AND BINGO, THE 2020 FOR CHRISTMAS. MOSAIC CONCERT. I THINK YES. WELL THANK YOU FOR INVITING US HERE. MY NAME IS KATHY BLANK, UM, DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR DIRECTION. 613 AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF INTRODUCING OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DR MYRON WILSON. AND WHEN YOU ALL OPENED THE MEETING AND TALKED ABOUT THE AMAZING COMMUNITY, WE LIVE IN MYRON'S DR MYRON WILSON IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. SOMEBODY ENCOUNTERING A HOMELESS TEEN, AN 18 YEAR OLD HOMELESS TEAM AND CREATING A NONPROFIT TO SUPPORT

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THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS FOSTER USE . SOME INTRODUCING ADMIRING THANK YOU, KATHY AND THANK YOU BOARD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU. JUST BRIEFLY, UH , IN NORTH TEXAS, ROUGHLY ABOUT 550 KIDS AGE OUT OF FOSTER CARE AT AGE 18 EVERY YEAR AND BECOME IMMEDIATELY HOMELESS. THESE YOUTH FEED INTO OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, ROUGHLY 40% OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION. THE STATE OF TEXAS IS MADE UP OF YOUTH THAT AGE OUT OF FOSTER CARE 65 TO 80% OF SEX TRAFFICKING OR YOUTH THAT AGE OUT OF FOSTER CARE. SO WE HAVE A PROGRAM AND A MINISTRY AND AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES HOUSING PROGRAMMING AND SO FORTH FOR THESE YOUTH. AS RELATED ALSO, WE HAVE FUNDRAISERS AND WE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY TO OFFER A CONCERT. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE APPROACHING IT HERE TODAY AND LET KATHY TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR EVENTS. AND, UM SEE HERE. OH, I SEE. YES. SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE DIFFERENCE WE MAKE WITH THE YOUTH, SO YOU'LL SEE OUR LIFE SKILLS ACCOMPLISHED EDUCATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THESE YOUTH THAT LIVED WITH US. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE THAT THIS MINISTRY MAKES AND ALSO THAT WE DO A LOT OF FUNDRAISING. SO WE'RE NOT RELYING ON STATE AID, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT TOO MANY KIDS IN A ROOM OR FUNDRAISING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. SO WE HOST A BARBECUE AND BINGO. THE DATE FOR MARCH IS MARCH 22ND 2024. THIS IS OUR FOURTH YEAR OF THE BARBECUE AND BINGO WE HOSTED AT THE FLOUR MILL. WE HAVE A TYPICALLY DELICIOUS BARBECUE AND BINGO LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 200 PEOPLE COMING, SO WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE OUTGROWING THE FLOUR MILL, BUT IT'S AN AMAZING EVENT. GREAT FUN, AND WE ALWAYS HIGHLIGHT THE CAUSE THAT WE SUPPORT. AND THEN THE SECOND EVENT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS OUR CHRISTMAS WITH MOSAICS. SO ALL OF YOU THAT WENT TO THE TREE LIGHTING. YOU GOT TO WITNESS THE INCREDIBLE MUSICAL TALENT OF THE MOSAIC SPANNED AND SO WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS THE WEEKEND AFTER THANKSGIVING IS WHEN WE HOST OUR CHRISTMAS WITH MOSAIC CONCERT THIS YEAR, WE DID THREE CONCERTS. ONE ON THURSDAY AND TWO ON FRIDAY. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATES FOR NEXT YEAR FOR THE CHRISTMAS CONCERT AS WELL.

SO ON THE RIGHT YOU'LL SEE THE BARBECUE AND BINGO. WE DO A RECEPTION BEFORE. UH WE INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO OUR MINISTRY AND WE YOU CAN SEE WE FILLED THE FLOUR MILL. UM AND SO THAT'S THAT EVENT. AND THEN THE CHRISTMAS WITH MOSAICS. SOME PICTURES THERE. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO JUST LIKE ONE OF THE OTHER PRESENTERS HAS SAID, WE REALLY FOCUS OUR BUDGET MONEY ON THE KIDS AND THE PROGRAM. SO ANY KIND OF SUPPORT THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US WOULD HELP US EXPAND OUR REACH WITH MARKETING. SO TYPICALLY, WE SPEND ABOUT $1000 ON GRAPHIC DESIGN BETWEEN THE TWO EVENTS ABOUT 2000 FOR PRINTING AND POSTAGE. WE DO BUSINESS. WE DO POST CARDS THAT WE SEND OUT. TO OUR CONSTITUENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE OBVIOUSLY PUT THAT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE AND A BULK OF THE MONEY THAT WE'RE REQUESTING THE $5000 WOULD HELP WITH THE ADVERTISING BOTH IN PRINT, SUCH AS COMMUNITY IMPACT AND RADIO, A LAKE AND THE WAVE AND WE LOOK TO DO PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR MEDIA SO THAT WE CAN UNDERCUT THE COST AS WELL. SO OUR TOTAL MARKETING BUDGET FOR BOTH EVENTS IS 7500. AND THEN JUST OUR MARKETING PLAN IS THE PRINT POSTCARDS, POSTERS LOOKING AT MEDIA PARTNERSHIPS. OBVIOUSLY I TALKED ABOUT THE ADVERTISING AND THEN THIS YEAR WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR FOCUS ON NEWS RELEASES TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT WHAT WE DO, AND ALSO HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE EVENTS HERE LOCALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN I JUST WANT MYRON TO JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHAT OUR FUTURE PLANS ARE REAL QUICK, OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE. WE HAVE FIVE ACRES THAT WE REQUIRED NEAR MYERS PARK IN MCKINNEY. CURRENTLY OUR OFFICES ARE IN THE BUILDING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PICTURE. THAT'S AN OLD FARMHOUSE AND WE ARE WORKING TO DEVELOP THIS INTO ROUGHLY 18 CARRIAGES THAT WOULD HOUSE 48 TO 52 YOUTH WHO ARE AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE. HE JUST 14 TO 24. OKAY? AND WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS.

I WAS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. KATHY ARE YOU A GRADUATE OF LEADERSHIP? MCKINNEY YES. THE BEST CLASS EVER. 2019 DAVID. THANK YOU, THAT'S ALL. WELL THAT GOES DEDUCTION. YEAH YOU

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SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID YEAH. ACTION YEAH. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU EXPECT FOR THE BARBECUE? OH, I THINK WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 250. WE'VE GROWN EVERY YEAR. WE HAD ROUGHLY 220 LAST YEAR. AND WHAT ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS THING WE HAD 575 THIS YEAR? I'M HOPING TO GROW THAT I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH HIM EARLIER, TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SATURDAY. WE HAVE A THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WE'RE HOSTED AT THE IMPACT EVERY YEAR. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET A SATURDAY TO HELP OUR NUMBERS GO UP. AND I THINK YOU KNOW I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME DURING THE PRESENTATION, BUT THE QUALITY OF THE MUSIC EVERYONE THAT CAME TO THE CONCERT SO TWO YEARS AGO TWO DECEMBERS AGO I WENT TO THE CONCERT. IT WAS SUCH A MOVING EXPERIENCE. I WAS JUST SO MOVED THAT I ENDED UP WORKING WITH MYRON AND THE TEAM AT DIRECTION 613 SO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE TO COME THIS YEAR IT KICKS OFF THE HOLIDAY SEASON. IT'S THE PERFECT SEGUE FROM THE TREE LYING SINCE MOSAIC TYPICALLY PERFORMS WITH MALEY AND GEORGE AT THE TREE LIGHTING INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS FROM ALL OVER NORTH TEXAS. THEY PLAY WITH MUSICIANS LIKE EAGLES, EARTH, WIND AND FIRE, INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS. THE QUALITY OF THE MUSIC AND MYRON. HE WAS THE FORMER WORSHIP PASTOR AT A LOCAL CHURCH, SO HE USES HIS TALENT IN THE MUSIC MINISTRY TO MAKE JUST SUCH AN INCREDIBLE HOLIDAY EVENT . SO IT'S REALLY THE PERFECT SEGUE FROM THE TREE LIGHTING TO GET PEOPLE BACK DOWNTOWN. A LOT OF OUR FOLKS WOULD COME TO THE CONCERT. WE HAD A VIP RECEPTION.

THEY COULD NOT STAY VERY LONG, BECAUSE THEN THEY WENT DINING IN TOWN, SO REALLY AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE MCKINNEY. WHEN WE DO WE DO A RAFFLE ALSO CALLED DYING AROUND TOWN, AND IT'S 12 DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS IN THE MCKINNEY AREA, AND THEY WIN THAT RAFFLE AND THEY GET ONE PER MONTH FOR THE YEAR. I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. I, UM WE HAVE A FOSTER UH, PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS AT COLLIN COLLEGE, AND I SEE THAT ONE MADE THE DEAN'S LIST FROM YOUR PROGRAM, WHICH IS GREAT. UM BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY HAVE SPECIAL. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS THAN OUR TYPICAL STUDENT. BUT UM, SO I COMMEND YOU FOR THAT WORK BECAUSE IT IS, UM IT IS SO IMPORTANT, AND I'M CURIOUS WHEN YOU UM WHEN YOU GET KIDS THAT ARE THEY REACHED THAT 18 MARK. HOW LONG DO YOU EXPECT THEM TO BE IN THE PROGRAM BEFORE THEY CAN THEN MOVE ON. THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, APARTMENT OR PLACE OR KIND OF MOVED BEYOND THE SUPPORT OF YOUR PROGRAM VARIES FOR THE FOR THE YOUTH THAT COME IN. MANY OF THE KIDS ARE DELAYED ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO YEARS BASED ON BEING BOUNCED AROUND FROM HOME TO HOME AND THE TRAUMA THAT THEY HAVE INCURRED. IF THEY WE HAVE GIRLS THAT HAVE BEEN TRAFFICKED AND SO FORTH, SO IT TAKES LONGER. UH WE HAVE A HARD STOP AT AGE 24 IS WHAT WE HAVE. AH SO THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT IF YOU WENT TO COLLEGE AT 22 AND FINISHED AT 22 THAT GIVES AN EXTRA TWO YEARS FOR KIDS TO HELP THEM FINISH COLLEGE . UM BUT THEY LEAVE AT DIFFERENT AGES. SOME LEAVE AT 19 SOME LEAD AT 21, BUT THEN WE SUPPORT THEM AFTER THEY LEAVE. AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE PLANS THE SMALL BUILDINGS AROUND THE POOL THOSE ARE TWO BEDROOMS, INDEPENDENT LIVING HOMES WHERE KIDS CAN LIVE IN THE HOME WITHOUT A PARENT. ALL THE OTHER HOMES HAVE A HAVE A PARENT LIVING WITH HIM, 24 7, BUT WE SUPPORT THEM AFTER THEY LEAVE, AND WE JUST WANT TO ENSURE SUCCESS, SO IT'S KIND OF A TERRORIST TYPE OF EXIT STRATEGY. AND MARY WE HAVE THREE HOMES IN MCKINNEY NEAR MCKINNEY BOYD HIGH SCHOOL. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE KIDS TURN 18 WE HAVE A YOUNG LADY. AH SHE WAS ACTUALLY, UH, GRADUATED RECENTLY . SHE'S STILL IN THAT HOME, BUT HER NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER TEENS IN THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL, SO THIS COMMUNITY IS GOING TO SERVE THAT NEED WHERE INSTEAD OF THAT THE HOMESTEADER NEAR THE SCHOOLS, WE CAN HAVE THE OLDER TEENS THAT AGE OUT. LIVE HERE IN A MORE SUPERVISED SITUATION SO THAT WE CAN TAKE IN MORE YOUNGER TEAMS FROM FRESHMAN UP TO SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A BOTTLENECK, SO THIS IS WHAT THIS COMMUNITY WILL DO, BUT WE HAVE ONE YOUNG LADY WHO'S ENROLLED IN COLLIN COLLEGE ON HER 18TH BIRTHDAY. SHE WAS GOING TO BE PLACED IN A HOMELESS SHELTER IN DALLAS, AND MYRON TOOK HER IN. SHE'S THE ONE ON THE DEAN'S LIST. WHILE SHE STAYED WITH US CRY AGAIN TODAY.

OH LORD. YEAH THAT'S A GREAT STORY WHILE SHE STAYED WITH US, SHE SAVED $2500 TO BUY A CAR FROM US. MYRON MET WITH HER. SHE HAS ANOTHER $10,000 SAVED. SHE'S GOING TO COLLEGE, AND SHE WAS WORKING AT SCHLOTZSKY'S. NOW SHE'S WORKING AT CHICK FIL A. SO THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE THAT

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MYRON AND THE PROGRAM HAVE MADE FOR SOMEBODY LIKE THIS YOUNG LADY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND I HOPE SHE'S ALSO ON ONE OF OUR SCHOLARSHIPS, AND IF SHE'S NOT MAKE SURE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE ON BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY THE PHENOMENAL GIRL. IT'S PRETTY AMAZING AND ONE OF OUR GOALS. MARY IS TO CONNECT IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SO BUSY GETTING THIS PROGRAM GOING FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS WITH THE HOMES, WE HAVE SIX HOMES IN DENTON AND COLLIN COUNTY, BUT THREE IN MCKINNEY ONE IN LUCAS, BUT WE NEED THE SUPPORT OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WHEN OUR KIDS AGE OUT, THEY NEED RESOURCES RELATIONSHIPS AND THEY NEED OPPORTUNITY. AND THAT'S WHY THE COMMUNITY CONNECTION IS REALLY IMPORTANT, SO THESE EVENTS ARE ALSO ANOTHER WAY TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT US SO THAT WE CAN GET THE SUPPORT THAT OUR YOUNG ADULTS NEED AS THEY AGE OUT. THANK THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL WORK YOU'RE DOING.

PEOPLE JUST DON'T REALIZE THAT SEGMENT OF SOCIETY AND IF THEY DON'T GET THE HELP AS THEY'RE APPROACHING JOBS AND TRYING TO GET EDUCATION. IT WILL IMPACT THEIR LIVES AND IT IMPACTS ALL OF US. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. WE ARE DONE WITH THAT. SO THE SUBCOMMITTEE WILL REVIEW ALL OF THE SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS AND PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD THAT WILL BE DONE IN JANUARY. CORRECT BEFORE THE NEXT BOARD BEFORE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS. THANK YOU.

ALL WHO ARE STILL HERE? WHO FOR YOUR TIMELINESS AND PRESENTING THE NEXT ITEM? WE HAVE 23-1039

[Consider/Discuss/Act on Increasing the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Annual Budget for Project 4B 20-09 (TUPPS Brewery and Entertainment Destination) to Include Funding Deposited by TUPPS Brewery, LLC in the Amount of Two Hundred Fifty-Three Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Eight and 72/100 Dollars ($253,228.72).]

DISCUSSED. ACT ON INCREASING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 2024. ANNUAL BUDGET FOR PROJECT OR B 20-09.

MADAM CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM WILL JUST FACILITATE. THE FINANCE TEAM'S ABILITY TO MOVE MONEY THAT WAS RECEIVED FROM TUBBS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM TUBS FOR THE PROJECT INTO THE PROJECT, SO IT'S RECORDED IN ONE ACCOUNT AND NEEDS TO BE WITH APPROVAL OF THIS BOARD MOVED INTO THE PROJECT ACCOUNT AND WILL ALSO GO TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL ON JANUARY, 2ND. UM. CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? BUT REQUEST RECENT SO MOVED WELL BY MARY. 2ND 2ND MAN, DAVID RASHEAN. IT'S WORKING BECAUSE MY. HURTS THAT WORKS.

PASSES THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA. ON. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL BOARD COMMENTS? HMM WE WILL BE GOING

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE ITEMS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MATTERS THAT MAY BE DISCUSSED INCLUDE PROJECT 20, DACHAU, NINE TOUPS BREWERY AND ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION PROJECT BLUE SKY.

PROJECT BOB'S PROJECT HEMISPHERE . THERE WILL BE AN ACTION AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM WILL NOW RECONVENE THE TIME. UM WE WILL NOW. RECESS WE WERE OKAY. I WILL NOW RECONVENE THE MEDIA AND THE MCKINNEY COMMUNICATED DEVELOPMENT BOARD. THE TIME IS 841 AM 1141 1141 LAST NIGHT 1141 AM DO HAVE THAT, UM I MOVED TO APPROVE AMENDING THE TERM SHEET FOR THE PROJECT FOR B 17 DACHAU FOUR CRAIG RANCH RESORT HOTEL, AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SECOND SECOND BY DAVID KELLEY. I MEAN MOTION MOVED BY THE KILL YOU MOVE, YOU WILL GET A VOTE BY YES. I YEP. MOTION PASSES NOW CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVED SECOND. DAVID RACHET SECOND BY DAVID KELLEY. BYE. I. HI BABE. THANK YOU PASSES AT THIS TIME. IT IS 1142 AM WE ARE

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Dec 21, 2023 McKinney Community Development Corporation

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