[CALL TO ORDER]
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AFTERNOON. TO THE LESS THAN FULL HOUSE HERE TODAY. IT IS TUESDAY, JANUARY 2ND 2024 BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 222 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET. IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE
[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS]
AFTERNOON. WE ARE ON THE GREAT IN THE GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. AND OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND I HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, MR MATT HAMBLETON.HAPPY NEW YEAR COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME AND WELCOME TO 2024 . I KNOW YOU'RE GOING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, DISCUSS A BIG ITEM, AND I WON'T SAY THANK YOU FOR THE TIME YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS, UH AND WE'LL GIVE YOU MY SUPPORT AS A DOWNTOWN STAKEHOLDER. IN MAKING THIS DECISION AND WANTED TO COME HERE. I'M NOT AVAILABLE LATER BECOMES SAY TO YOU AS YOU GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT I KNOW THE WEIGHT OF A DECISION THAT IS 100 AND 50 TO 200 YEAR DECISION. THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1965, AND WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING IT MY BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET AND JUST TURNED 80 YEARS OLD. SO THESE BUILDINGS LAP THAT THIS BUILDING IS GOING AWAY? IT WAS BUILT SHORTSIGHTED. IT'S FINE. WE NEED TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT HAS LONG SIDED AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS A DECISION TO MAKE AS YOU SELECT DEVELOPMENT PARTNER TO GO INTO THE THIS WILL WORK WITH US. WHAT I CAME HERE TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IS NOT JUST PICKING THIS PARTNER. I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER AN ADVISORY BOARD TO HELP BE A PART OF THIS DESIGN. PROCESS THE AESTHETICS, THE COMPONENTS, THE BUSINESSES, I BELIEVE THERE ARE THREE KEY ELEMENTS THAT NEEDED THREE KEY GROUPS OF PEOPLE NEED TO BE CONSIDERED. IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, THE RESIDENTS OF OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF OUR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN. AND THE FUTURE BUSINESSES THAT WERE ASKING TO COME HERE. AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL IN PART OF THE DECISION PROCESS WILL, UM LOOK FOR A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP BRING VISION AND INSIGHT AND TRY TO PUT OUR PAST AND OUR INTO OUR FUTURE. BUT PAINT OUR FUTURE IN A WAY THAT IS NOT JUST FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE. BUT FOR THOSE THAT ARE COMING AND I VIEW EVERYTHING I DO. AS FOR MULTIPLE GENERATIONS AND KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING INTO THIS WITH THAT, I JUST WAS LIKE, THANK YOU FOR GOING INTO THIS DECISION WITH THAT. I KNOW. I SPOKE TO MANY OF YOU ON THIS AND YOU UNDERSTAND HOW BIG THIS IS? SO THANK YOU.
Y'ALL STAY WARM. STAY SAFE. STAY DRY. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING LATER. WHO ARE DEVELOPMENT PARTNER IS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MA'AM. PRINCIPAL APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. THANKS
[DISCUSS REGULAR MEETING AGENDA ITEMS for the City Council Regular Meeting to be held on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. ]
FOR YOUR TIME. ALRIGHT, DISCUSS REGULAR MEDIA AGENDA ITEMS. THEY WON'T HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO ASK OF STAFF. SEVEN.HERE WE GO. NUMBER 23-1072. WE HAVE, UM, AN ITEM DISCUSSING THE MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT. I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY ASK THAT WE TABLE THAT DISCUSSION FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. UM ONE. BARRY WAS GOING TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION TODAY, BUT HE IS SICK. SO WE'RE GONNA LET HIM COME BACK AND PRESENT THAT LATER . UM, BUT ALSO, THERE'S A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE ABOUT, UM, THE PROJECT THAT I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE SOME TIME TO CLARIFY HAVE STATED BEFORE THAT.
I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC OUR PLANS FOR THE NATIONAL AIRPORT. AND I WANT US TO TAKE OUR TIME AND NOT RUSH THROUGH IT TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC AND TO COME BACK WITH A REALLY GOOD PLAN IN TERMS OF WHAT WE SEE IN THE FUTURE OF THE AIRPORT, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING STAFF TO CLARIFY SOME OF THAT FOR US.
READ. SECOND THAT WELL, WE WILL. OF COURSE DO THAT IN THE NEXT MEETING. YES BUT I HAVE A STRONG FEELING THAT'S GOING TO BE THE WILL OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. SO WELL. BRING THAT UP AND IN OUR
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
MEETINGS OR ANY OTHER ITEM ANYONE WANTS TO DISCUSS. IF NOT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 55171 CONSULTATIONS WITH ATTORNEY ON ANY WORK SESSIONS. SPECIAL SESSION REGULAR SESSION AGENDA ITEM REQUIRING CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY ADVICE ASSESSED STATED BY THE DELIBERATION OR DISCUSSION SAID ITEMS SECTION 55107 TO DELIBERATIONS ABOUT REAL PROPERTY DOWNTOWN CITY ON PROPERTY REDEVELOPMENT. 23-38 R F Q AND MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING. YEAH. YES. THANK YOU.E[00:05:08]
WE READY TO. MOTION TO CLOSE TO A JOURNEY. EVERYBODY WAS IN THAT ROOM RIGHT THERE WITH CHARLIE A MOMENT AGO WHERE HE RAN OFF TO RICK WAS HERE. YEAH, WE HAVE. MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOVED* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.