Consider/Discuss Potential Amendments to Chapter 26 (Animal Control) of the Code of Ordinances to Prohibit Feeding Wildlife in City of McKinney Parks

[Consider/Discuss Potential Amendments to Chapter 26 (Animal Control) of the Code of Ordinances to Prohibit Feeding Wildlife in City of McKinney Parks]

ITEM. 241187 CONSIDER DISCUSS POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 26 ANIMAL CONTROL OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PROHIBIT EATING WILDLIFE AND CITY OF MCKINNEY PARKS. HMM. RIGHT? GOOD AFTERNOON, MR MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR GRIMES. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE AT THIS WORK SESSION TODAY. MY NAME IS ASHLEY THOMPSON. AND I AM THE ANIMAL SERVICES MANAGER FOR THE CITY.

AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, ONE OF THE PRIMARY TASKS OF ANIMAL SERVICES IS ENSURING THE SAFETY OF OUR PUBLIC. I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU TODAY REGARDING FEEDING WILDLIFE IN OUR CITY PARKS. WE ARE SEEKING GUIDANCE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN AMENDMENT TO OUR ORDINANCE.

ALRIGHT LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION. UM, A GROUP OF MCKINNEY RESIDENTS ARE FEEDING RACCOONS, PET AND HUMAN FOOD AT BONNIE WINK PARK. PILES OF DOG AND CAT FOOD ARE BEING DUMPED ON THE BRIDGE NEAR THE HARDENED ROAD EXIT, AND WE EVEN FOUND A CHICKEN CAESAR SALAD WRAP LEFT FOR THE RACCOONS. THE RACCOONS ARE BECOMING DEPENDENT ON THE FOOD AND THEY HAVE LOST THEIR NATURAL FEAR OF PEOPLE. THEY ARE APPROACHING HUMANS SEEKING FOOD. ONE OF MY OFFICERS WITNESSED A RACCOON SITTING IN A WOMAN'S LAP BEING FED BY HAND. UM THIS IS CAUSING THE RACCOONS TO CONGREGATE IN LARGE NUMBERS, WHICH IS LEADING TO TERRITORIAL FIGHTING AND OVERPOPULATION.

UNFORTUNATELY ONE RACCOON WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE AND HAD TO BE HUMANELY EUTHANIZED. SO WHAT ARE THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF FEEDING WILDLIFE? UM THEY MAY BITE, SCRATCH OR THREATEN OTHER PARK VISITORS. WE DID HAVE REPORTS OF RACCOONS CHASING PEOPLE SEEKING FOOD. THEY ALSO CAN COME IN CONTACT WITH PETS, WHICH LEADS TO THE RISK OF DISEASE TRANSMISSION. RACCOONS ARE RABIES, VECTOR SPECIES, AND THEY ALSO CARRY DISTEMPER. UM SINCE NOVEMBER, WE HAVE IMPOUNDED 56 WILDLIFE, EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS OF DISTEMPER AND 85% OF THOSE WERE RACCOONS.

AND A SEPARATE INCIDENT, A CITIZEN WAS BITTEN BY A RACCOON WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FEED IT. BUT THIS DID NOT OCCUR AT BONNIE WEEK. THIS WAS AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. UM SO WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES DOING? ALAN FRISCO? THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY ORDINANCES PROHIBITING FEEDING WILDLIFE, BUT THEY DO DISCOURAGE IT. PLANO HAS AN ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY FOR FEEDING WILDLIFE IN THEIR PARKS. GARLANDS ORDINANCE STATES THAT IT'S A VIOLATION IF IT CREATES A NUISANCE AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEN IRVING HAS AN ORDINANCE THAT STATES FEEDING WILDLIFE IS A VIOLATION IF IT CREATES A DANGER TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY. RIGHT? AND SO THIS IS THE EXAMPLE OF THE POSSIBLE AMENDMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO OUR ORDINANCE. IT JUST STATES THAT IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO INTENTIONALLY FEED ANY WILDLIFE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY PARK OR MAKE FOOD AVAILABLE FOR ANIMAL CONSUMPTION IN A MANNER THAT CREATES A DANGER TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY. OR DESTROYED PUBLIC PROPERTY. SO WE'RE BEING VERY SPECIFIC. I'M NOT TARGETING . YOU KNOW, I JUST BASICALLY WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO FEED. RACCOONS FOR THE MOST PART BECAUSE THEY'RE DANGEROUS, SO IF IT CREATES A DANGER THAT THE VIOLATION THAT YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL THE CITIZENS. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. I'M SEEKING YOUR GUIDANCE TODAY, ASKING IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO AMEND THE ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE PROHIBITIONS AGAINST FEEDING WILDLIFE IN OUR CITY PARKS. CAN YOU GO BACK SLIDE? UM, SO I WOULD IMAGINE, THOUGH, THAT YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD COME UP WITH OR ARGUMENT AS TO WHY LEAVING JUST PUTTING OUT FOOD FOR RACCOONS ON, YOU KNOW, SIDE OF THE BRIDGE OR ON THE PROPERTY. THEY WOULD ARGUE THAT IT'S NOT CREATING A DANGER TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY, WHICH UNDERSTAND WHY THE THIS WOULD BE THE ORDINANCE. THE SIGNAGE YOU WOULD PUT OUT WITH JUST SIMPLY STATE? NO FEEDING RIGHT? IT WOULDN'T WRITE. DO NOT FEED THE WILDLIFE AND THEN WE COULD REFERENCE THE ORDINANCE. YOU KNOW, ON THE SIGN, BUT WE HAVE WORKED WITH PARKS TO DEVELOP A

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SIGN AND THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT OUT AT BONNIE LINK. UM JUST FOR THIS REASON SPECIFICALLY, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS THE ONLY ISSUE WE'RE HAVING. IT'S ONLY RIGHT NOW. BONNIE LINK. IT'S NOT ALL THE OTHER PARTS. UM SO IT'S JUST SEEMS TO BE ONE LITTLE CLUSTER. WHAT? WHAT IS THE PENALTY? FOR FEEDING. SO WHENEVER WE ISSUE CITATIONS THAT THE COURT IS THE THEY SET THE FINES, SO I HONESTLY IT WOULD BE UP TO THE COURT TO DECIDE. YOU KNOW WHAT FIND THE SET IT AT, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE. ALL OF THE ART CITATIONS ARE CLASS C MISDEMEANOR, SO THEY ONLY GO UP TO $500, OKAY? HOW DO YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN EVEN THE GOOSE SOMETIME LIKE AND FIND A RACCOON. YEAH, OR SOMETHING. WELL I UNDERSTAND THE FEELING OF THE DUCKS AND THE GEESE. THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY CAUSE IT TO BE A DANGER TO PUBLIC. I MEAN, GEESE ARE MEAN IN MY OPINION, BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY A THEY DON'T CARRY RABIES, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IT MORE FROM A DISEASE SIDE TO HUMANS SIGN WOULDN'T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THAT RIGHT, BUT. WE'RE GONNA SPECIFICALLY IT'LL BE A VIOLATION ONLY IF IT CREATES A DANGER TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY. UM SO IT WILL SHOW THAT THAT WILL BE THE DIFFERENCE. AND SO WE WON'T ENFORCE BASICALLY UNLESS IT CAUSES THAT VIOLATION THAT PEOPLE CAN COMPLAIN. WE HONESTLY HAVE NEVER GOTTEN ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT FEEDING THE DUCKS. UM IT'S JUST THE RECORDS. JUST IF WE PUT UP SIGNS THAT SAY GENERIC DO NOT FEED THE WILDLIFE. WITHOUT THE SPECIFICATION OF YOU KNOW THAT IT CREATES A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH. IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE WE'RE COMMUNICATING TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING OUT THERE FEEDING THE DUCK OR FISH OR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DISCOURAGING THAT BEHAVIOR, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE COULD REFERENCE THE ORDINANCE. YEAH, I'M LIKE WE CAN WORK WITH THE PARTS DEPARTMENT TO MAKE THAT MORE CLEAR. MAYBE WE CAN INCLUDE SOME SMALL LANGUAGE. WE COULD EVEN MODIFY THIS LANGUAGE BUILDING EXEMPTION FOR, UM BIRDS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. JUST MAMMALS. THE CONSENSUS OF THE COUNCIL IS THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO EXPLORE. WE CAN WORK ON THOSE DETAILS. I DON'T I GUESS I DON'T MIND IT. I JUST DON'T WANT TO STICK UP SOMETHING THAT I'M JUST GOING TO HEAR ABOUT. PEOPLE SAY, WHY DO THAT? TRUE NOT WANT US FEEDING DUCKS AND FUN THING TO DO AT TOWN LIKE AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO. RIGHT.

I AGREE. NOW WE DON'T REALLY WANT THEM FEEDING THE DUCKS BREAD BECAUSE THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR THEM, BUT YOU KNOW IF THEY FEED THEM BIRDS AND WHATNOT. THAT'S OKAY. BUT YES, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. YEAH I IT STRUCK ME THE SAME THING. I THINK THAT THE BIRDS NEED TO BE EXCLUDED. UM, YOU KNOW, THE FEEDING OF THE DUCKS THAT STUFF NEEDS TO OVERTLY BE EXCLUDED. MY MOTHER USED TO BUY HAVE ME BY BIG BAGS OF WILD BIRD SEED SAM'S, AND SHE'D PROBABLY DOING 5 TO 10 UNDERSHERIFF SKINNER IF SHE WAS STILL HERE, SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE THING ABOUT THE RACCOONS, BUT I'D LIKE TO GET THE WORDING MASSAGE CORRECTLY ON THAT DEFINITELY. YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. UM. CONCERNED ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE ITSELF , BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE YOU COULD NEVER PROVED BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. WHETHER OR NOT IT CREATES A DANGER TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY. AND I'M SAYING THIS AND THAT. I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE IT A VERY SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND MEANINGS, PERHAPS SOMETHING THAT SAYS IN A MANNER THAT MAKES FOOD AVAILABLE FOR CONSUMPTION BY WILDLIFE OR THE PUBLIC MHM BECAUSE THAT WAY, IT'S MUCH EASIER TO GET A CONVICTION ON YOUR STATUTE AND TO HAVE TO CREATE A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY BECAUSE THAT'S AN OPINION AND REASONABLE MINDS MAY DIFFER ON THAT SO. I THINK WE NEED TO CLEAN UP THAT LANGUAGE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER TO CONVICT RATHER THAN MAKING IT EASY FOR GUYS ON MY SIDE. WOW. RIGHT? EXACTLY. I WOULD DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO THE PROSECUTOR, AND YOU KNOW THE CITY ATTORNEY AS WELL AND GET THEIR EXACT LANGUAGE. SO THERE FOR TODAY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A CONSENSUS THAT WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF IT RIGHT BACK WITH YOUR SPEND MORE TIME ON LANGUAGE AND WHATNOT, BUT I THINK YOU HEAR ALL THE CONCERNS. I THINK THEY'RE ALL OBVIOUS CONCERNS YOU PROBABLY THE SAME CONCERNS. DEFINITELY THROW THIS OUT. WHILE YOU'RE CONSIDERING IT. NOT THAT YOU NEED TO DO ANYTHING BUT UH, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT PUTTING EXCLUSIONS ON THERE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO READ THE SIGN ANYWAY. AND THE MORE LANGUAGE YOU PUT ON THERE THAT LOOKS LIKE A LAWYER WROTE UP. THE MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DISREGARD IT, RIGHT. OKAY SO THAT IT HELPS YOU OKAY? AND QUITE FRANKLY, SIMPLY SIGNS THAT SAY FEEDING RACCOONS ARE PROHIBITED. YOU KNOW MHM MIGHT WANT TO PUT THOSE TYPES OF SCIENCE AS WELL. JUST

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SPECIFICALLY, OKAY. BUT YES. CONSENSUS. YES, WE ALL AGREE AND YOU GOT TO FORGET THE LANGUAGE AND WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO CONVEY IT? OKAY GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU, GUYS. THANK YOU.

[Discuss Sidewalk Construction In Residential Neighborhoods]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 24 1188 DISCUSS SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, GARY THANK YOU, MAYOR. JERRY GRAHAM, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING. SO IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WE CAME AND ASKED FOR SOME CLARIFICATION AND YOU KNOW, DIRECTION, YOU KNOW, TOLD YOU HOW WE WERE ADDRESSING SIDEWALKS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OR EAST OF 75 REALLY IN THOSE AREAS THAT AREN'T BEING SIDEWALKS AREN'T BEING BUILT WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION. AND SO WE THOUGHT WE HAD THE RIGHT GUIDANCE AND WE MOVE FORWARD AND BEHOLD THE NEXT PROJECT. WE THOUGHT WE NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION FROM ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. SO JUST A LITTLE RECAP FROM SEPTEMBER. RECONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS THAT ARE IN DISREPAIR OR ADDING SIDEWALKS AND RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. VARIOUS REPAIR REQUESTS IN 88 COMPLIANCE , THERE'S THREE ENTITIES THAT DO THAT WE'VE GOT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. WE'VE GOT PUBLIC WORKS ON VARIOUS PROJECTS DURING THE TWO AND THEN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ALSO BUILD SOME OF THAT AS THEY DEVELOP THEIR PROJECTS. WE HAVE ABOUT 51 MILES OF STREETS THAT DO NOT HAVE SIDEWALK ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STREET AND AS WE CAN SEE HOW MUCH OF THOSE ARE CONCENTRATED EAST OF 75, AND SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AS WE FOCUS ON THESE THREE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE STREETS, HOW DO WE WANT TO HANDLE THAT? UM, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE STREET RECONSTRUCTIONS BEFORE PICTURE ON THE LEFT. YOU CAN SEE THE SIDEWALL OR THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS. THE STREET WAS IN NEED OF REPAIR. SO WE DID UTILITIES. WE DID THE STREET WORK. WE ADDED A SIDEWALK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THAT PHOTO ON THE RIGHT. WE TALKED ALSO BACK THEN IN SEPTEMBER OF SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE DO STREAK, SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION UM VERY LIMITED RIGHT AWAY, SO WHEN WE HAVE TO GET RIGHT AWAY FOR THE SIDEWALK THAT CAN BE COSTLY, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A LONG CORRIDOR. YOU HAVE AREAS THAT HAVE MATURE LANDSCAPING, AND SO THAT CAN BE A REAL RUB TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THAT THERE TREE COULD BE DAMAGED BY PUTTING THE SIDEWALK IN. IT ALSO MAY DISRUPT HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, CONTEXT, THE CHARACTER WE ALSO IN THE BOTTOM PHOTO. YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS WITH SIGNIFICANT GRADE. YOU KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS 88 COMPLIANT BUT STILL ALLOW THAT PERSON TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR DRIVEWAY. WE ALSO HAVE FRANCHISES UTILITIES IS THAT WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH AND GET MOVED OUT OF THE WAY OF THE SIDEWALK, WHICH COULD INCREASE THE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT. AND THEN WE GAVE THIS EXAMPLE BACK IN SEPTEMBER AS WELL. THIS IS ON PEACHTREE. THIS IS WESTERN US 75 AND RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD SOUTH OF VIRGINIA. WE WERE DOING UTILITY RELOCATION PROJECT OR NOT RELOCATION, REPAIR PROJECTS FIXING THE WATER AND SEWER, BUT WE DID THE STREET THE SAME TIME, SO WE AND THERE WAS SECTIONS OF SIDEWALK OUT THERE, SO WE JUST STARTED CONNECTING THE DOTS. WE HAD SOME RESIDENTS COME OUT AND SAY HEY, LOOK AT THESE TREES. WE DO NOT WANT OUR SIDEWALK TO DAMAGE THESE TREES AND SO STAFF AT THE TIME, WE DECIDED NOT TO PUT THE SIDEWALKS IN. SO THE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS WERE HAPPY.

BUT RESIDENTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR WERE FRUSTRATED. WE DIDN'T COMPLETE THE SIDEWALK. THE NEXT PROJECT I WAS ALLUDING TO IS THIS WE'RE DOING A SERIES OF STREET RECONSTRUCTIONS. UM TWO OF THESE PROJECTS ON THIS LIST OF SEVEN IS, UM, HAVE ACTUALLY A DIFFERENT LITTLE DIFFERENT SCHEDULE. BROOK LANE AND CHESTNUT. WE ACTUALLY DID A WATER REPAIR ON THE STREETS, AND , UM, WE DID IT IN HOUSE. SAVE THE CITY A LOT OF MONEY BY DOING THAT, BUT WE DIDN'T FOLLOW UP IMMEDIATELY WITH STREET RECONSTRUCTION. WE WERE FOLLOWING UP A BIGGER PACKAGE.

ALL THESE STREETS HERE UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID NOT GET GOOD BIDS. IT WASN'T THE BEST, UH, IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR PROJECT, SO IT GOT DELAYED.

THOSE RESIDENTS ON CHESTNUT AND ON BROOK LANE WERE FRUSTRATED WITH THE DELAY THE CONDITION OF THEIR STREET SO THEY REACHED OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SAID. HEY, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? WE WANT OUR STREET REPAIRED. UM SO MR GILLINGHAM, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR SENT A LETTER OUT TO THE RESIDENTS EXPLAINING THE SCHEDULE AND TELLING THEM WHAT THEY WERE GONNA BE DOING FROM THE STREET REPAIRS, BUT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THEY WOULD BE DOING SIDEWALKS ON ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET. AS PART OF THE PROJECT. HE HAD MULTIPLE RESIDENTS REACHED BACK OUT AFTER SENDING THE LETTER ON BROOKLYN SPECIFICALLY SAYING, WE DON'T WANT SIDEWALK. AND SO YOU KNOW, THE TWO OF US CAN CONSULTED AND SAID, WHAT DO WE DO? WE HAVE ANOTHER PETITION PROCESS FOR SPEED HUMPS AND TRAFFIC HOMING DEVICES WHERE PEOPLE CAN PETITION TO HAVE THOSE SO WE COLLECTIVELY DECIDED. LET'S GIVE THESE CITIZENS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS WHAT THEIR DESIRE IS FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. UM SO THE LIMITS OF BROOK LANE ARE FROM GREENWOOD DOWN TO HUNT STREET. UM THIS IS A PHOTO OF WHAT BROOKLYN LOOKS LIKE. THERE ARE SOME MATURE TREES, YOU KNOW? CERTAINLY I THINK WE COULD GET THE SIDEWALK IN IF WE WANTED TO, BUT THEY

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EXPRESSED A DESIRE NOT TO HAVE THE SIDEWALK IN THERE'S 28 HOUSES ON THE ON THE STREET. 21 OF THEM SAID WE DON'T WANT A SIDEWALK. SEVEN OF THEM DIDN'T SIGN THE PETITION, SO WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE IN FAVOR OF SIDEWALKS OR JUST DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SIGN THE PETITION. SO WE ASSUME THEY'RE IN FAVOR. WE COULD BE WRONG THERE. BUT 75% NONETHELESS SAID THEY DON'T WANT SIDEWALK WOULDN'T GIVE YOU A REASON FOR THAT OPINION. I'M GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT MR GILLON HAND. DOES HE HAVE ANY SPECIFICS? UM, A LOT. SORRY, RYAN. GOOD AFTERNOON. BRIAN WILLINGHAM, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. THE OPINIONS VARIED. SOME HAD OPPOSED DUE TO THE LOSS OF MATURE LANDSCAPING. OTHERS LIKE THE CURRENT FORMAT OF THE STREET WITHOUT HAVING THE SIDEWALKS, SO THOSE WERE GENERALLY I ONLY SPOKE TO A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUALS, BUT THOSE WERE THEIR REASONS. AH! WHAT? WHEN YOU WERE DISCUSSING THAT EARLIER, MR GRAHAM AND SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT HIM TO AFFECT THE GROWTH OF THEIR TREES. DID ANYONE. CONSIDER OR MENTIONED THAT WE COULD ON JULY THE SIDEWALK AROUND THE TREES, AND I KNOW I'M TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF COST JUST CURIOSITY. SO ON PEACHTREE WALKS OR ANTI STRAIGHT SIDEWALKS, SO I'M GONNA SKIP TO THE END AND SHOW YOU THIS IS THE LEADER OF THE PLAN SHEETS FROM PEACHTREE. SO ONE SIDEWALK YOU CAN SEE HERE THE TREE WOULD BE IN FRONT OF THE SIDEWALK IT WAS GONNA GO BEHIND AND THE OTHER EXAMPLE WE PUSH THE SIDEWALK CLOSER TO THE FRONT OF THE SIDE TO THE BACK OF CURB. TO TRY TO MISS THAT SIDEWALK, BUT THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH THE DAMAGE TO THE ROOT SYSTEM. AND OUR OUR BEST SAYS A TREE. THIS MATURITY YOU KNOW IT. MAY YOU MAY IMPACT ONE OR TWO ROUTES. BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA YOU KNOW, KILL THE TREE. THAT WAS OUR OUR BUSINESS OPINION, BUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WITH THEIR HOUSEHOLDS HAVE VERY PERSONAL OPINIONS. AND UM, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO GET VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT A TREE OF THIS THIS NATURE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND, YOU KNOW, UM VERY RESOLUTE IN THEIR OPINION ABOUT NOT WANTING THE SIDEWALK. HELPFUL DEPENDING ALSO, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU DO WITH THE VERY OF THE SIDEWALK LOCATION. YOU MAY BE INCREASING YOUR RIGHT AWAY. COST NEEDS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING OUTSIDE OF THE PRESCRIBED RIGHT AWAY AND NOW NEED TO ACQUIRE EITHER SIDEWALK EASEMENT PERMANENT IS RIGHT AWAY. WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. UM SO THAT WAS WHAT WE GOT ON BROOKLYN SEPARATELY. ANOTHER STREET. THIS IS NOT.

IT'S ONE OF THE PACKAGE, BUT NOT THE ONE OF THE TWO THAT MR GILLINGHAM IS WORKING ON. MORRIS WE'VE HAD ONE RESIDENT REACH OUT AND SAY WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PUTTING SIDEWALK ON OUR STREET.

WE HAVEN'T GOT THE SAME MAGNITUDE OF FOLKS, BUT WE'VE TOLD THIS RESIDENT WE'RE GOING TO COME TO COUNCIL KIND OF GET MORE DIRECTION. BEFORE WE PROCEEDED SO THAT PERSONS ON HOLD, BUT THIS WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WITHIN THE LIMITS FROM JOSEPHINE UP TO SHELLEY STREET. NOT QUITE AS MANY CONCERNS TO ME AS FAR AS THE MATURE TREES AND THIS PHOTO. OF COURSE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, UM NOT DURING THE SUMMER WHEN WE TOOK THIS PHOTO, SO YOU DON'T GET TO SEE THE LUSHNESS OF THE TREES THAT WE DID IN THE OTHER ONE. SO THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE A STAFF UM IS, YOU KNOW WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY, CITY COUNCIL STAFF AGREE THAT OUR PROFESSORS PREFERENCES TO INSTALL SIDEWALKS . IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. LET'S MOVE THE PEOPLE OUT OF THE STREETS MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES MORE WALKABLE. LET'S PUT SIDEWALKS IN. THAT'S WHY ON ALL OUR NEW COMMUNITIES, THAT'S WHAT WE REQUIRE THEM TO DO. IT MAKES FOR YOU KNOW, A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE'S EYES. UM THERE'S 88 COMPLIANCE. YOU KNOW, 88 DOESN'T REQUIRE SPLIT SIDEWALKS IN WHEN WE DO PUT THEM IN. THEY HAVE TO BE ACCESSIBLE, THOUGH. UM WE SEE WHAT WE CALL GOAT PAST. YOU CAN SEE WHERE PEOPLE ARE WALKING, AND THERE IS NO SIDE WALKING TO SEE THE KIND OF THE WARREN TRAIL. THAT'S INDICATION THAT WE NEED TO PUT SIDEWALKS IN. SO THERE'S THAT SIDE OF IT, UM YOU ALSO HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT YOU KNOW WHEN THEY MOVE TO THIS SIDE OF TOWN, EAST, YOU KNOW, BEEN APART LIVED EASTE FOR DECADES. THEY MOVED TO THIS AREA BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT SIDEWALKS. THEY LIKE THE LOOKS AS MR WILLINGHAM REFERENCED, YOU KNOW, THEY LIKE THE CHARACTER IN THE LOOK OF IT. SO WE WANTED TO FIGURE OUT A PROCESS THAT RESIDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO LET INFORM STAFF HOW THEY WANT TO PROCEED. WE DON'T HAVE A PETITION PROCESS RIGHT NOW FOR SIDEWALKS, HOW WE WOULD DO THAT VARIANCE, AND SO WE TRY TO DEVISE A PLAN AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU. NOW THIS IS JUST A PLAN PROPOSED PROCESS. IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL, TELL ME WE CAN. WE CAN WORK WITH IT AND MODIFY IT. SO WHEN WE GET A DESIGN DURING THE C I P PROCESS. WE'VE JUST WE'VE PICKED THESE STREETS TO BE IMPROVED.

WE'RE GONNA GET DESIGN CONSULTANT ON BOARD. ONCE WE KNOW THAT DESIGN SCHEDULE, OUR PROCESS WOULD BE TO LET THEM SEND A LETTER TO ALL THE RESIDENTS LET HIM KNOW WHAT THE

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SCOPE OF WORK. HERE'S OUR HERE'S OUR GENERAL SCHEDULE STARTING OUT. WE'RE GOING TO DO STREET CONSTRUCTION, WATER, SEWER, DRAINAGE, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO PUT SIDEWALKS ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET. WHEN WE START THESE PROJECTS, WE HAVE A ROUGH IDEA WHICH STREET SIDE OF THE STREET. WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HONEST SIDE WEST SIDE NORTH SOUTH WHATEVER. AND WE CAN INCLUDE THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONSTRUCT A SIDEWALK AND, YOU KNOW, DESIGN HASN'T BEEN COMPLETED, BUT WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET. THEN AT THE 30% DESIGN SURVEY OF THE CONTRACT DESIGN ENGINEERS GONE OUT AND DONE THE SURVEY. HE'S DONE ENOUGH DESIGNED TO KNOW WHERE THE SIDEWALK COULD GO. WE KNOW WHAT THE ENTIRE STREETS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. WE KNOW WHAT THE WATERLINE AND EVERYTHING IS. WE HOST A PUBLIC MEETING, UM, SECOND LETTER PUBLIC MEETING. HERE'S THE IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN AS WE GET TO THE END, ANOTHER LETTER SAYING, HEY, WE'RE ABOUT DONE. WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS PROJECT. HERE'S THE SCHEDULE. WE'VE YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SOMETIMES BETWEEN 30 90, WE CAN HAVE UTILITY DELAYS. UM, RIGHT AWAY. ACQUISITION DELAYS, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, AND SO JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO THE RESIDENT AND JUST SAY HERE THIS IS THE NEW SCHEDULE IS AGAIN. THIS IS WHAT THE PROJECT IS. AT NO POINT. ARE WE SAYING ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST THE SIDEWALK? WE'RE JUST TRYING TO INFORM THE PEOPLE THE RESIDENTS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THEIR STREET. BUT DURING ANY OF THESE PHASES IF WE'VE RECEIVED A CONCERN ABOUT SIDEWALKS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE A PROCESS FOR THEM TO FULFILL OUT OF PETITION THAT LET US KNOW WHAT THAT WHAT THE INTENT OF THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT JUST ONE INDIVIDUAL BUT THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M GOING TO ADD ON THE ON THE PUBLIC MEETING. IT'S TOUGH ON STAFF TO PUT THIS PROGRAM MEETINGS ON BECAUSE USUALLY GET ONE OR TWO PEOPLE TO SHOW UP. WE JUST DID ONE FOR SOME STREETS JUST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN. UM UH, DAVIS FORGETTING ALL THE STREETS OFF TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IT WAS LIKE THREE STREETS. WE HAD TWO PEOPLE SHOW UP AND THEY WERE ONE WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF ANOTHER CITY, SO HE KNEW IT WOULD BE LOOKING FOR IT. AND THE OTHER ONE IS A DEVELOPER. AND SO HE KNEW TO BE LOOKING FOR IT. BUT THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY FEEDBACK. AND SO PART OF ME THINKS THREE LETTERS SEEMS LIKE AN OVERKILL. WHY WE KEEP GOING BACK TO THE RESIDENTS. BUT WE ALSO HERE ON THE FLIP SIDE. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND SO YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T WANT TO LIMIT THE OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS. SO WHAT WERE THE PETITION PROCESS BE SO STAFF WOULD PREPARE A PETITION. YOU GET ONE SIGNATURE PER HOUSEHOLD.

YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLETE IT. WE JUST WANT TO SET A TIME FRAME TO CREATE SOME SORT OF URGENCY ON THE PRESIDENT'S PART TO GET IT DONE, BUT WE COULD EXTEND IT. THAT'S NOT A HARD AND FAST YOU ONLY GET 30 DAYS TO DO IT. AND THEN THIS IS ARBITRARY NUMBER 75% OF THE RESIDENTS MUST BE IN OPPOSITION FOR US TO NOT DO THE PROJECT. IF THEY HAVE LESS THAN 75. THEY WOULD GET SIDEWALKS. SO IF IT'S 5050 THERE WOULD BE SIDEWALKS. CAN I ASK? YES, SIR. YES I'M WRESTLING WITH THIS IN MY MIND, BUT, UM NO WONDER OPT OUT OF HAVING A CURB. I LIVE ON A CITY STREET HERE, KENNY. I COULDN'T OPT OUT OF OCCUR BEING PUT IN THE RIGHT AWAY. COULD, UH, YOU COULDN'T THAT'S CORRECT.

AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS. SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ENCOURAGING DISPUTES OVER WHETHER OR NOT THERE SHOULD BE SIDEWALKS OUT THERE. I WOULD PREFER THAT OUR POLICY WAS EVERY STREET HAS A SIDEWALK AND LEAVE IT AT THAT. AND IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION THE COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO GO, I WE'RE HAPPY WITH THAT. WE HAVE JUST BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT WHERE WE'RE GETTING THOSE DISPUTES AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THAT YOU KNOW THAT THAT POLICY RIGHT? DO WE WANT A CLEAR CUT POLICY ASIDE WALKING EVERY STREET OR DO WE WANT TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OF THE SIDEWALK SIDEWALK SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN OCCUR, BUT YOUR YOUR POINTS A GOOD ONE.

I WAS JUST GONNA SAY MAYOR PRO TEM THE ONE WE'RE RETROFITTING SIDEWALKS IN THESE CASES. UM IN SOME CASES, WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE CURVES, CURVES. AND IF WE GO IN AND REDO THE STREET COURAGE, WE ARE PUTTING CURVES IN BY DEFAULT. THEY DON'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY OUT OF THOSE WHEN I WAS THINKING IS THE CITY BASICALLY OWNS THE RIGHT OF WAY AND CAN DO WITH WHAT THEY WANT. WHY WOULD WE LEAVE THAT CHOICE TO THE CITIZENS? NOT THAT I'M TRYING TO. TAKE THEIR RIGHTS AWAY FROM HIM, BUT I THINK IT WOULD LESSEN THE WORKLOAD ON THE CITY STAFF BUT NOT PUTTING THAT PROCEDURE IN PLACE. AND THEN THERE IS THERE IS THERE IS THAT, UM IT MAY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF EMAILS YOU GET. IT MAY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT COME AND TAKE THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THREE MINUTES OF THEIR TIME BEFORE COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO WEIGH. GIVING US CLEAR DIRECTION. THIS IS WHAT THE POLICY IS, OR ISN'T. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. MY SUGGESTION RIGHT NOW WOULD BE NOT TO MAKE THAT. PART OF OUR POLICY THAT WE WOULD REPETITION FOR THE USE AND JUST. ACCEPT ANY COMPLAINTS AS

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TO WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. AND THAT WAY IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE LIMITED AND YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY ADVERTISING THAT. HEY WE'VE GOT THIS NEW PROCEDURE. YOU SHOULD TRY OUT AT THE EXPENSE OF STAFF'S TIME. I APPRECIATE THAT WAS YOU WERE DESCRIBING THAT THAT ONE PAUSE THAT CAME TO MIND WAS DO WE WANT TO CREATE A SITUATION WHERE NOW? WE HAVE A GROUP OF RESIDENTS ARE BRINGING A STREET TO YOU AS COUNSEL AND I YOU'RE DECIDING UM, ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS IS I THOUGHT I JUST HEARD YOU SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO A SIDEWALK ON THE STREET OR NOT. DOES THAT PUT MORE BURDEN ON THE COUNCIL OR IF THAT'S WHAT YOU LIKE TO GO? WE CAN CERTAINLY GO THAT WAY. AND WE WOULD. THE ANSWER WOULD BE IF YOU DON'T WANT A SIDEWALK ON YOUR STREET. YOU NEED TO BRING A PETITION TO COME HERE. AGAIN. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WE DON'T HAVE A VARIANCE PROCESS. IT'S NOT LIKE A DEVELOPER PROJECT WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE APPROVING A PLAT OR SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BRING A VARIANCE TO COUNSEL FOR YOUR ACTION. AND THAT THIS INSTANCE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A CLEAR CUT. POLICY TO BRING IT TO YOU.

YEAH, I WOULD JUST WEIGH IN AND SAY THAT WITH SOME YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND SCARVES TO BEAR.

IN CASE BY CASE BASIS, UM. INVITES POLITICIZATION OF THE DECISION MAKING ON THESE TYPES OF THINGS AGAIN. ONE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW THE POLICY THAT IS NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY BE THE CASE FOR ANOTHER COUNCIL. AND YOU WILL BE INUNDATED WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING WELL, IT'S A CASE BY CASE BASIS. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAFF WILL BE WHIP SOLID OVER THE YEARS ON WHAT THAT WOULD BE. SO WE RECOMMEND A POLICY. WE ARE BIASED TOWARDS SIDEWALKS. WE THINK SIDEWALKS ARE A GOOD THING. I SENSED THAT THE COUNCIL DOES AS WELL. BUT WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A POLICY ON HOW IF YOU WANTED TO BE VERY RESTRICTIVE OR NOT REALLY PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT OR MAKE IT REALLY HIGH THRESHOLD OR HIGHER THRESHOLD. THAT'S FINE, TOO. WE JUST NEED THAT KIND OF GUIDANCE. THIS MIGHT HELP. I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO ADVERTISE IT AS BEING OUR POLICY AND GO OUT TO THE CITIZENS AND SAYING GUESS WHAT? HERE'S THE NEW PROCEDURE. YOU CAN TRY OUT. I JUST BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE BY DEFAULT.

WE ARE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS IF ANYONE WERE TO COME AND MAKE THAT COMPLAINT TO US RIGHT NOW, I MEAN WHAT? WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND WHAT WE WHAT WE JUST DID ON BROOKLYN IS WE HAD A COMPLAINT THAT WE DON'T WANT SIDEWALKS. AND SO WE PUT IN A MECHANISM THAT SAID, OKAY, IF THIS MANY PEOPLE ON YOUR STREET DON'T WANT SIDEWALKS. WE WON'T DO IT, YOU KNOW? SO IT IS A CASE BY CASE, BUT WE TRY TO TAKE IT OUT OF YOUR HANDS OTHER THAN GIVING US THE GUIDANCE ON WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE THRESHOLD NEEDS TO BE. WHAT IS THE OTHER? WHAT'S THE COUNSEL'S OPINION ON SIDEWALKS. I'M I'M IN LINE WITH CHARLIE. I THINK I DON'T THINK YOU GIVE AND PETITION OUT THERE BECAUSE IT JUST CREATES AN EASY AVENUE FOR OH, I CAN SIGN MY NAME ON A SHEET. VERSUS THE STANDARD PRACTICE OF CASE BY CASE, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENS TODAY, WHICH IS THEY'RE GOING TO SAY THEY DON'T LIKE IT. AND IF YOU DO IT ANYWAY, THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO US AND COMPLAIN, BUT THAT THRESHOLD STILL PRETTY HIGH. FOR WHAT THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE ULTIMATELY RIGHT NOW NOT STOPPING YOU FROM BUILDING A SIDEWALK TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS MY ISSUE WITH GIVEN IT TO RESIDENTS, AND WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION IN SEPTEMBER IF YOU GO BACK TO THE BROOKLYN MA'AM. THAT'S ONE MORE. JUST 100. FEET FROM THE TOP OF THAT MAP IS PROBABLY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND FABIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ACCESSIBLE BY ONE SIDEWALK. EVEN THOUGH IT SERVES THIS ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO YOU KNOW? I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON BROOKLYN, INCLUDING PASSED TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT I'M NOT BUILDING THE SIDEWALK. FOR THEM.

I'M BUILDING IT FOR KIDS THAT NEED TO WALK TO SCHOOL OUT OF THE ROADWAY, BUILDING IT FOR FAMILIES THAT ARE GOING TO MOVE IN THE FUTURE. THAT THAT NEED ACCESS TO IT. AND SO IF I PUT A THRESHOLD AND PUTTING IT AT 100% YOU KNOW WE'RE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I'M NOT MAKING IT EASY FOR HIM BECAUSE IT'S NOT FOR THEM. IT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT IT SERVES, WHICH IS GETTING KIDS TO SCHOOLS GETTING FAMILIES TO PARKS. I WALK ON THE SIDEWALK AND DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. JUST ABOUT EVERY WEEK. AND I AM CONSTANTLY SWITCHING SIDES WATCHING FOR CARS. AND LUCKILY I DON'T HAVE SMALL KIDS ANYMORE. BUT IT'S STRESSFUL AND IT'S NOT FUN. AND IF WE JUST SAY WE'RE GONNA LET PEOPLE OPT OUT. I'D GO WITH HIM. HERE'S THE STANDARD STREET PACKAGE THAT PUT IN WE IMPROVE YOUR ROADS. WE IMPROVE YOUR SEWER WATER. AND YOUR SIDEWALK AND. IF YOU'VE GOT AN ISSUE WITH WITH THAT PACKAGE THAT'S COMING TALK TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE WE CAN GO ON. WE

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GOT 30 MILES OF ROADWAYS AND 50 MILES OF SIDEWALKS WE NEED TO PUT IN IF YOU DON'T WANT US TO DO THE STREET PACKAGE ON YOUR STREET AND DON'T DO ANY OF IT. MOVE ON TO ANOTHER ONE. SO KIND OF A THIS IS THE PACKAGE. YOU GET IT. IT'S UP TO THE CITY'S CODE. THIS IS WHAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT. AND YOU GO TO THE NEXT MAP. THE MORRIS MAP. THEY AGREED ON THAT ONE. OR AT LEAST YOU DON'T HAVE IT ON THAT ONE. BUT MURPHY PARK RIGHT THERE AT THE BOTTOM IS THE ONLY PARK NORTH OF DOWNTOWN. BETWEEN 75 AND 380. IT HAS ONE SIDEWALK TO IT. ON JOSEPHINE MURPHY DOESN'T HAVE SIDEWALKS. AND SO, LIKE I SEE THESE AS PRIORITIES FOR US SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD JUST FOR ME. I AGREE. I DON'T THINK I THINK IT SHOULD JUST BE OUR POLICY AND WE'RE PUTTING IN SIDEWALKS AND I DON'T I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF EVEN THE POSITION THAT THE PETITION WITH ANY THRESHOLD AT ALL. I THINK THAT IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, AND THAT'S IMAGINE IF WE PULLED THE COMMUNITY. DO WE THINK THIS COMMUNITY IS BETTER SERVED WITH SIDEWALKS FOR OUR CHILDREN TO WALK ON OR NOT? HE'S GONNA SAY ABSOLUTELY, UM PERIOD. SO FOR ME, I'D RATHER JUST IMPLEMENT THE POLICY THAT WERE PUT IN SIDEWALKS AS WE'RE ABLE TO PUT IN SIDEWALKS, AND THAT'S JUST IT IS POLICY. KEEP YOUR MICHAEL. AND ADJUSTING KIND OF SAID WHAT I WAS THINKING IS LIKE WE DIDN'T NEED PART OF IZATION OR DENSITY STUDIES STUDIES. I TALKED TO HIM, I SD SAY, CAN WE GET A, YOU KNOW? A SCHOOL LISTING AND KIND OF PRIORITIZE THOSE STREETS WHERE WE KNOW KIDS ARE WALKING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. IT STARTS THERE. YOU KNOW THE PICTURES THAT YOU WERE SHOWING ON THESE.

SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS LOOK AT THEIR HEAD, NICE, MATURE TREES AND PROBABLY SENIOR CITIZENS. THAT THEY HAVE A REASON FOR NO SIDEWALKS. THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT AS MOBILE AND THEY PROBABLY LOVE THE PISTOL, READ THE PICTURESQUE LAWNS THE WAY THEY LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW, BUT THE KID FACTOR DOESN'T PLAY IN THEIR IN THEIR IN THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS. SO I MEAN, THOSE STREETS I COULD SEE COULD BE AN ISSUE. BUT IS THAT WHERE WE NEED TO START FIRST? SO THAT WAS MY ONLY I WOULD AGREE. THAT SHOULD BE OUR PRIORITY. I THINK, KID. I KNOW WHY IT'S ON THE LIST AND IT WAS ON THE LIST BEFORE I GOT HERE. BUT THE NUMBER OF KIDS I SEE WALKING AND WHITE IS TRAGIC.

YEAH, THEY'RE WALKING TO FABIAN. THEN. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CONSENSUS THAT COUNCIL WITH PATRICK, YOU MAY WANT TO ADD SOMETHING. IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST FOR A MOMENT, I REALLY STARTED THE SOUTH PRETTY CONFLICTED. YOU KNOW, SOMEONE BUYS ON THE STREET THAT DOES NEVER SIDEWALK AND WE'RE BEING A LITTLE BIT HEAVY HANDED COMING IN. PERHAPS THEY DON'T WANT PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ON THE STREET. IN THE INTEREST OF FULL DISCLOSURE. I HAVE A 15 MONTH OLD GRANDDAUGHTER WHO LIVES FEET FOR MORRIS STREET RIGHT HERE, AND SHE DOES GET WALKED OVER THERE, AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT HER SAFETY, BUT I AM ALSO THINKING PROPERTY RIGHTS. UH, WHAT SWAYS IT FOR ME, THOUGH, IS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUE THE KIDS AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT BIG MAP THAT YOU HAD BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I COULD LOOK IN MY DISTRICT AND I CAN LOOK IN WEST MCKINNEY AND I SEE SOME SPOTS THERE. BUT MY GUESS IS A LOT OF THEM ARE LIKE THE SPOT SLICE YOUNG HARDENED JUST SOUTH OF VIRGINIA, WHERE YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE DEVELOPER WHO'S COMING ON THIS PIECE OF LAND WHO IS MANDATED TO PUT IN THE SIDEWALK, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE HOLES THERE. BUT THE HOLES AREN'T GONNA LAST FOREVER WHEN THE DEVELOPER COMES IN. THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE. AND UM UH, SO I. I KIND OF SWITCHED MY THINKING A LITTLE BIT THAT I THINK THAT YES, IT MAY COST YOU YOUR MATURE TREE. YES, THAT'S A SHAME. PERHAPS SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT BEFORE PLANTING A TREE WITHIN A FEW FEET OF THE CURB OF THE STREET, BUT FOR THE GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE WALK ABILITY, I THINK THAT'S A SACRIFICE THAT. SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SO I'M WITH THE CONSENSUS HERE. OKAY? YEAH THAT MAKES IT DEFINITELY EASIER FOR STAFF. WE WILL DIRECT THOSE RESIDENTS TO CONTACT THEIR YOU KNOW. EITHER THE OUT LARGE OR THE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE ON COUNCIL AND WILL BE HERE TO ASSIST AS THOSE ISSUES COME UP AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, JUST I WORRY ABOUT THIS GOING FORWARD, AND I'M JUST SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF STAFF ON THIS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET TO A STREET AND THERE ARE MAYBE SOME TREES? THE RESIDENTS DON'T WANT TO SIDEWALK . WHAT IS THE COUNCIL GOING TO TELL US POLICY IS THAT WE PUT IN SIDEWALKS BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY OF RESIDENTS. AND UH AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT AWAY. THE RIGHT AWAY IS THERE FOR PROVIDING US THE ABILITY TO DO SO. AND THAT IS THE DECISION OF THIS COUNCIL. NOW WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE RIGHT AWAY. SO THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES WILL HAVE TO BUY SOME ADDITIONAL TO FIT THE STREET PACKAGE INSIDE, WALK IN, AND I THINK THERE WE START WITH THE PRIORITY OF WHERE THERE ARE SCHOOLS WHERE THERE ARE PREDOMINANT TRAFFIC PATTERNS OF KIDS SPECIFICALLY FOR STARVING KIDS. IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE FOR EVERYBODY. BUT YEAH, SO I THINK I AM SPEAKING FOR THE CONSENSUS HERE, THEN THAT'S OUR POLICY. I TO ME. SOMEBODY CALLS ME AND COMPLAINS ABOUT IT BY MY

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RESPONSES VOICE SO SORRY, BUT NOW IT'S SIDEWALKS OVER NECESSITY AND IMPORTANT. I'D KIND OF LIKE AN ASSISTANT ON BOTH SIDES OF EVERY STREAKS. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME STREETS IN THE WEST SIDE THAT ARE JUST ONE SIDE . OUR APPROACH IN THIS AREA BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED RIGHT AWAY HAS BEEN TO GET IT ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER ON THE EAST SIDE. I MEAN, IT JUST DEPENDS, RIGHT. I MEAN, IT DEPENDS ON EACH STREET. AND UNFORTUNATELY, MR BELLER, THE WAY YOU REFERENCE SOMETIMES YOU'RE HAVING TO CROSS OVER BECAUSE IT'S BEEN EASIER TO HAVE A SIDEWALK ON THIS STRETCH OF ROAD. BUT ONCE YOU GET TO THIS AREA, WE NEED TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. UM, RIGHT. IT'S THE RELIANCE. WE ALSO PLACED ON DEVELOPERS. YOU'VE GOT THEM IN PLACES WHERE NEW HOUSES HAVE BEEN BUILT, NOT WHERE OLD HOUSE HOUSES HAVE BEEN BUILT. AND SO IT'S JUST A MISMATCH THROUGH GAPS EVERYWHERE . LET'S BACK UP A MINUTE. GO BACK TO BROOKLYN. YEAH AND WE ALREADY TOLD THEM THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT IN THE SIDE WHILE BECAUSE I AGREE WITH MR COUNCILMAN BELLER. THAT BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL THERE, THAT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. CAN WE GO BACK TO HIM? SURE WHAT? WHAT WE COMMUNICATED TO THE RESIDENTS THAT WE WOULD NOT BE INSTALLING THE SIDEWALK AS PART OF THE RESURFACING PROJECT. WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND PUT IT IN LATER AND COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE RESIDENTS. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT STREET FOR A SIDEWALK.

ABSOLUTELY. SO LET US KNOW HOW THAT CONVERSATION GOES, RESIDENTS MIGHT AS WELL SURE THEY WILL. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? REASONABLE PEOPLE WILL AUTOMATE COME TO REASONABLE CONCLUSIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANKS. UNLESS THEY HAVE A PLETHORA OF THOSE PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO 41189 UPDATE ON ONGOING AIRPORT PROJECTS VERY . GOOD AFTERNOON. EXCUSE ME.

[Update on Ongoing Airport Projects]

GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR. UM THIS IS PART OF OUR ONGOING INFORMATION SERIES ON THE AIRPORT THROUGH OUR EFFORTS. LAST YEAR, WE REALIZED THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE OF AT THE AIRPORT, SO WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK. PROBABLY EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS EVERY QUARTER TO GIVE UPDATES ON THE ONGOING PROJECTS AND TALK ABOUT THE NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE AIRPORT. A COUPLE OF SLIDES. I'D LIKE TO LEAD OUT WITH A LOT. UH THE FIRST ONE IS THE COUNCIL GOALS AND STRATEGIES AND THE COUNCILS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS INCLUDED. THIS IS ONE OF THE SIX PEERS. OR PILLARS OF THE PLAN, AND SPECIFICALLY, WE TALK ABOUT MAXIMIZING THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF THE AIRPORT. WE SEE IT AS AN ASSET AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PREPARE OURSELVES FOR WHATEVER IT IS THAT COMES DOWN THE PIPE NEXT, AND WE WANT TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT TONIGHT IN TERMS OF BEING PREPARED FOR PROJECTS THAT THEY COME FORWARD.

THE NEXT THING I WISH SHOWS THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN AND WHAT THIS IS, IS REALLY A ROADMAP SAYS HERE AT THE TOP LEFT OF ROADMAP FOR EFFICIENTLY MEETING AVIATION DEMAND THROUGH THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE WHILE MAINTAINING FLEXIBILITY, SO WE ADOPT A MASTER PLAN. THIS IS JUST ONE PAGE OUT OF A NICE, THICK DOCUMENT THAT GIVES US A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF THE AIRPORT ALLOWS FLEXIBILITY, MUCH LIKE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY, BUT IT HELPS US TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE NEEDS OF THE AIRPORT BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO GROW OVER TIME.

SOMETIMES WE JUST DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT IS GOING TO GROW. SO WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT IN THE PAST, BUT GENERALLY AND I GUESS EXCLUSIVELY TO DATE OUR DEVELOPMENT OF GENERAL AVIATION HAS BEEN ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT, WHICH IS ON THE TOP OF THE PAGE HERE. AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP. WE HAVE PROPERTIES THAT ARE CROSSHATCHED. AND PROPERTIES THAT ARE RED. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE OUTLINE OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF MCKINNEY OWNED PROPERTY, INCLUDING WHAT'S NORTH OF THE CREEK, WHICH IS ACTUALLY PARKLAND. AH, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CROSS HATCH PROPERTIES. THOSE ARE ACTUAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE OWNED BY THE AIRPORT THAT WE HAVE ONGOING OR UPCOMING PROJECTS, AND I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE AS THOSE DEVELOP OUT OVER THE NEXT YEAR, TWO YEARS WE'RE GOING TO START TO SEE A SHORTAGE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. WHICH LEADS TO SOME SOME PLANNING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE FUTURE. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THE AVAILABLE PROPERTIES AFTER THE ONGOING PROJECTS. IS 11 ACRES, WHICH ARE SOMEWHAT LIMITED IN SCOPE. SO SOME OF THE ONGOING PROJECTS JUST TO SPEAK TO HIM THAT THE TWO THAT HAVE THE BLUE BOXES.

THOSE ARE THE CORPORATE TIN HANGER AND THE CUSTOMS BUILDING THOSE PROJECTS. THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH GRIFFITHS WINTERTON BACK IN DECEMBER. WE HAVE RECENTLY FINALIZE ALL THE DETAILS. WE HAVE SIGNED THAT AND THEY'RE MOVING TOWARDS GETTING THEIR BUILDING PERMITS. THEY SHOULD HAVE THOSE IN A MATTER OF WEEKS. UH ONCE THOSE GO UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THE ONE TO THE FAR LEFT IS THE CORPORATE IN HANGAR, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 40,000 SQUARE FOOT HANGER THAT WILL GIVE US MORE. WHAT WE CALL TRANSIENT HANGAR SPACE WHERE WE CAN LEASE THAT OUT TO CORPORATE AND PRIVATE AIRCRAFTS. THE SMALLER BOX THAT'S AT THE TOP WITH THE ARROW POINTING DOWN THAT IS THE CUSTOMS BUILDING. SO AS I'VE STATED IN THE PAST WEEK

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CURRENTLY HAVE CUSTOMS AT THE AIRPORT, THEY OPERATE OUT OF OUR OLD FBO TERMINAL BUILDING.

THEY'VE BEEN TELLING US FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD A FACILITY THAT MEETS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S REGULATIONS FOR CUSTOMS. THIS CUSTOMS BUILDING IS ABOUT 3500 SQUARE FEET, AND IT WILL PROVIDE EVERYTHING FROM THEIR CUSTOMS STATIONS WHERE THEY GO THROUGH BAGGAGE AND TALK TO CUSTOMERS BUT ALSO HOLDS OR HAS HOLD ROOMS FOR PEOPLE THAT THEY DETERMINE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO ENTER THE COUNTRY OR NEED TO BE HELD FOR OTHER REASONS. SO WE'RE BUILDING THAT BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS INDICATED THAT IF WE DON'T PROVIDE THE FACILITY IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT THERE COULD BE A LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY WOULD CEASE TO OPERATE CUSTOMS AT OUR AIRPORT. THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS WE HAVE CORPORATE TENANTS THAT FLY INTERNATIONALLY ON A REGULAR BASIS, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH CUSTOMS AT THIS FACILITY . JUST TO BE CLEAR. THIS IS A GENERAL AVIATION CUSTOMS FACILITY, NOT WHAT YOU WOULD SEE AT DFW OR OTHER INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL AIRFIELDS. THE BIG BOX AT THE TOP. THAT IS THE SERIOUS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. IF YOU GO OUT THERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT IS FULLY FRAMED UP AND IS TAKING SHAPE AND THEY'RE FINISHING THEIR TWO BUILDINGS. THAT IS A $14.5 MILLION PROJECT THAT IS ENTIRELY FUNDED WITH PRIVATE FUNDS. NO CITY FUNDS ARE GOING TOWARDS THAT PROJECT. OTHER THAN CDC GRANT FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED FOR THE EXPANSION PROJECT THAT WILL BE A STATION WHERE THEY TRAIN AND MAINTAIN THE SERIOUS AIRCRAFT, SO PRIVATE USERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL COME HERE TO MCKINNEY TO HAVE THEIR MAINTENANCE DONE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, WITH THE ARROW POINTING UPWARD. THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN DECEMBER AS WELL AND IT ACTUALLY I THINK IT WAS NOVEMBER FOR THE TAXIWAY ALPHA FOUR, AND THAT IS A $2.8 MILLION PROJECT FUNDED BY THE TOURIST DISTRICT THAT IS OPENING UP THOSE THREE PROPERTIES. OF THOSE THREE PROPERTIES. THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE IS A CORPORATE AIRCRAFT HANGAR THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT'S FULLY FUNDED WITH PRIVATE FUNDS. UH AND THEN THE LARGE HANGAR TO THE NORTH.

ALRIGHT, I GUESS IT'S TO THE TOP OF THE PAGE, WHICH IS THE WEST. THAT IS ANOTHER EXISTING CORPORATE TENANTS AT THE AIRPORT THAT IS LOOKING TO BUILD A LARGE HANGAR FOR THEIR TWO NEW AIRCRAFT, AND THAT IS IN THE DESIGN PHASE AND WORKING TOWARDS PERMITTING THE LAST SMALLEST, UH . HANG HER ON THAT PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HANGER. THIS WAS A $5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS TO BUILD THIS HANGAR. THEY ARE CURRENTLY PREPARING TO START THE DESIGN PROCESS USING THE STATE FUNDS AND WE ARE WORKING WITH DPS TO COME UP WITH THE FUNDING FOR THE REMAINING PORTION OF THAT HANGAR SO THAT OF THESE 32 WILL BE PRIVATELY OWNED HANGERS THAT WILL PAY GROUND LEASES. TO THE AIRPORT AND THE DPS HANGAR WILL BE A CITY OWNED HANGER ONCE IT'S COMPLETED AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY RELEASE THE FACILITY FROM US. SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE PROJECTS. ONE OTHER PROJECT THAT IS CROSSHATCHED IS JUST YES, SIR.

OR BEFORE YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE IS THIS PORTION OF PROPERTY OWNED BY CORPORATE TENANTS, SO THAT PORTION OF PROPERTY IS NOT OWNED BY THE AIRPORT. IT IS OWNED BY ENCORE WIRE, WHICH IS JUST ACROSS AIRPORT DRIVE, AND IT'S NOT IN CITY CONTROL. SO THAT'S THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, SO THAT IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE FOR THE AIRPORT TO DEVELOP. AND I WANT TO ASK ON HISTORY WITHOUT GETTING YOU TOO FAR OFF SUBJECT.

BUT ON THE HISTORY OF THAT TOPIC , HAS THERE EVER BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OBTAINING A PORTION OF THAT? THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS OVER THE YEARS RIGHT NOW. ENCORE IS NOT INTERESTED IN SELLING ESPECIALLY THE PRIME PORTIONS OF THAT PROPERTY AS THEY HAVE THEIR CORPORATE EXPANSION PLANS AND INCORPORATING THIS PROPERTY INTO THEIR THEIR USE. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. YES, SIR. UM. BACK TO THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE CORP TIN HANGER, SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE BOX ON THE LEFT IS POINTING TOWARDS A PROPERTY ADJACENT TO OUR EXISTING CORPORATE NINE HANGAR. JUST SOUTH OF THAT, OR TO THE LEFT ON THIS PAGE IS A LARGE USER THAT'S AVIATION AND EDUCATION RELATED THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH TO BRING A NEW USE TO THE AIRPORT, WHICH WILL BE A GREAT THING. NOT READY TO ANNOUNCE WHAT THAT IS YET, BUT THAT PROPERTY WE CONSIDER IT SPOKEN FOR HOLDING THAT PROPERTY AND RESERVED FOR THAT USE. SO ONCE THOSE ARE BUILT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE RED PROPERTIES OR WHAT IS REMAINING FOR US TO UTILIZE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE BECAUSE WE'RE SUCCESSFUL AND WE'RE GROWING AT THE AIRPORT, BUT IT LEADS TO THE NEXT ISSUE THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, AND THAT IS THE 190 ACRES OF PROPERTY THAT IT WAS PURCHASED BACK IN 2018. I BELIEVE BY THE CITY OF MCKINNEY

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FOR THE AIRPORT. OF THAT 190 ACRES. 123 IS READILY AVAILABLE AND ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. BUT AS WE START TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF THE AIRPORT, AND REALLY THE CONCERN IS IF WE WERE TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY, AND WE KIND OF REPLENISH OUR SUPPLY OF DEVELOPABLE PROPERTIES IF WE'RE NOT PREPARED WE COULD HAVE A LARGE USER WHETHER IT'S A CORPORATE USER, INDUSTRIAL USER OR OTHERWISE THAT WOULD COME ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT.

COME TO MCKINNEY AND ASK FOR LAND AND WE WOULD NOT BE POSITIONED TO ACCOMMODATE THEM.

A GREAT EXAMPLE WOULD BE JUST USING CITY TENANT OF RAYTHEON. RAYTHEON IS A GREAT CORPORATE TENANT IN MCKINNEY DAY. FOR INSTANCE, COULD COME WITH A LARGE, UH, PLAN FOR EXPANSION OF THEIR AVIATION HERE IN MCKINNEY, AND CURRENTLY WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE PROPERTY TO SERVE THEM. SO THE REASON WE'RE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT WAS REALLY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THE EAST SIDE PROPERTY TO JUST BE READY FOR WHATEVER THAT NEXT THING COULD BE, UM THE FIRST THING WOULD BE TAXIWAY, CHARLIE, THIS IS VITALLY IMPORTANT. WELL WHAT? WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THAT TAXIWAY? CHARLIE? YES. TAXIWAY CHARLIE GEORGE? YES WHAT'S SHOWN HERE WOULD BE A PORTION OF THE ENTIRE TAXIWAY THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO SERVE THE PROPERTY WE CURRENTLY OWN. THAT CURRENTLY AS IT'S SHOWN THERE, WHICH IS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE ENTIRETY OF FUTURE TAXIWAY, CHARLIE. THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $11.4 MILLION AND WE HAVE BEGUN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE REGIONAL OFFICE OF THE FAA ABOUT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THERE. INDICATION TO US IS WHEN THEY HAVE YEAH, GRANT FUNDS AVAILABLE AND THEY'RE WEIGHING A LOT OF GRANTS SUBMITTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR FUNDING THEY LIKE TO START AT THE CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY. THE RUNWAYS ARE MOST IMPORTANT AND THEN THEY WORK OUT SO TAXIWAYS WOULD BE RIGHT IN THAT SECOND CATEGORY OF IMPORTANCE FOR THEM, THE FURTHER YOU GET FROM THE RUNWAY. INTO DRIVEWAYS AND PARKING LOTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THOSE ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE FUNDED. BUT TAXIWAY CHARLIE COULD BE POSITIONED VERY WELL. IF WE HAVE PLANS IN PLACE TO APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS TO HELP US BUILD THAT SO TAXIWAY CHARLIE IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE ALSO WOULD NEED ROADWAY ACCESS TO THE SITE SO 546 WOULD BE POSITIONED TO GIVE US ACCESS, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO BUILD DRIVER APPROACHES AND INTERNAL DRIVES TO ACCESS THE PROPERTY, SO IT'S READY FOR DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN, OF COURSE , YOU HAVE YOUR UNDERGROUND UTILITIES THAT WOULD NEED TO BE EXTENDED, AND DEPENDING ON WHAT THE USES THERE WOULD BE SOME CITY EXPENSE FOR THE OTHER TAXIWAYS OTHER THAN TAXIWAY, CHARLIE, THE PERPENDICULAR TAXIWAYS THAT ACCESS THE PROPERTIES. SO THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS WE WANTED TO PUT IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL TONIGHT AND JUST TALK ABOUT OUR EFFORTS. FIRST TO ACQUIRE FUNDING FOR TAXIWAY CHARLIE, BUT FURTHERMORE , PLANNING FOR WHAT THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ARE SO THAT IF WE HAVE THAT USER THAT COMES IN THE DOOR WE'RE PREPARED TO DO SO. AS WE CURRENTLY STAND WITHOUT HAVING BEGUN THOSE PLANNING PROCESSES IN EARNEST, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A COUPLE YEAR PROCESS TO GET THINGS DESIGNED AND ON THE GROUND AS WELL AS FUNDED, OF COURSE, AND WE WANT TO POSITION OURSELVES TO BE READY FOR DEVELOPMENT WHEN IT WHEN IT'S READY. WITH THAT. I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SLIDES. IT'S A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL FOR 399 DOWN THERE THE FUTURE SPREE FOR 399. CAN YOU GIVE US ANY SENSE ON THE TIMING OF THAT WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW? AND WHEN WE MIGHT REALISTICALLY OPTIMISTICALLY HOPED FOR A FOR COMPLETION. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, SO CURRENTLY THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING RIGHT OF WAY. SO THIS WAS PART OF OR PARALLEL TO THE 380 BYPASS PROBLEM. PROCESS HOWEVER, THIS BEING A LITTLE LESS CONTENTIOUS WAS SETTLED ON THE ALIGNMENT WAS SETTLED ON EARLIER AND SO THEY HAVE A FINAL DETERMINATION ABOUT ALIGNMENT AND THEY HAVE ALREADY ACQUIRED PROPERTY AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE CLOSED ON THE CITY PROPERTIES, BUT THEY HAVE MADE AN OFFER FOR RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION FOR THE CITY AS WELL. SO THAT'S GREAT NEWS. ONCE THEY BUY THE RIGHT OF WAY, THEN IT'S IN DESIGN AND WILL BE SHOVEL READY. I ANTICIPATE IN WHAT I'VE HEARD THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE COULD EXPECT THIS CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE NEXT 5 TO 8 YEARS. SO IT'S ON THE NEARER. NEAR TERM HORIZON. AND THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT IS GOING TO PROVIDE GREAT ACCESS, BOTH TO COMMUTERS COMING FROM EAST COLLIN COUNTY, BUT ALSO OPENING UP PROPERTIES FOR DEVELOPMENT. SO ARE PLANNING EFFORTS. WE WOULD LIKE TO GET IN FRONT OF THAT EFFORT SO THAT WE'RE PREPARED WHEN THE ROADWAY COMES IN PLACE, AND WE KNOW WHAT PROPERTIES WE INTEND TO HAVE AS AIRPORT PROPERTIES SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS AIRPORT BE ALL THAT IT CAN BE. UM RATHER THAN BE FENCED IN BY DEVELOPMENT

[01:00:03]

PRESSURES LIKE SOME OF OUR REGIONAL AIRPORTS ARE SO WITH WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW. UH PERHAPS A REALISTIC WINDOW OF WHEN IT MIGHT BE COMPLETED AS BETWEEN 2029 AND 2032 IS WHAT I'M HERE. YOU SAYING THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD ESTIMATE. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. UM, BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S BEEN EQUALLY IMPORTANT POINT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT GIVE AN EXAMPLE BEFORE RAYTHEON JUST WE USE THEM ARBITRARILY. IF THEY IF THEY CAME WANTING TO EXPAND THEIR CORPORATE FLEET, THEIR PRESENCE SPUR 399. THE LACK OF ITS COMPLETION DOES NOT IN ANY WAY IMPEDE THEM FROM DOING THAT TODAY. MATTER OF FACT, ALL THE TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT WERE DONE EVEN ON A COMMERCIAL SIDE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO HANDLE THAT TRAFFIC WITHOUT ANY ISSUE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE SPUR BEFORE SPUR 399 FM 546 DOES HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HANDLE THE TRAFFIC ASSOCIATED WITH THE AVIATION USES AT THE AIRPORT. OKAY, I'LL MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE POSITION NOW TO CORRECT TO ACCOMMODATE VIRTUALLY ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN ON THE ON THE 46 WILL ACCOMMODATE OUR USES SPUR. THREE D 399 IS GOING TO SPUR ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS EAST OF THE AIRPORT, AND IT'S GOING TO GIVE US MORE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES. UM GREAT ANY OTHER. QUESTIONS ARE YOU YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR DIRECTION. THERE'S NOTHING NEEDED TONIGHT. THIS WAS PART OF OUR INFORMATION SESSIONS, SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PLAN FOR WHAT TO BRING IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL IN TERMS OF AT DESIGN PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN START THE EFFORTS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE THE COUNCIL AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. YOU KNOW WHAT YEAR THAT THE AIRPORT WAS INCLUDED IN OUR GOALS. I WOULD HAVE TO WOULD BE GUESSING. I THINK IT IS PROBABLY SOMEWHERE. AROUND. 2012 15 SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE. IT'S BEEN ON OUR BOARD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. EVEN EARLIER THAN THAT. I DON'T RECALL IT EVER NOT BEING ON THE BOARD. I BELIEVE BEFORE IT WAS ITS OWN CATEGORY OR PILLAR ON THE GOALS. IT WAS UNDERNEATH THE. WHAT DID WE DIRECTION FOR STRATEGIC AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. IT WAS A SUBCATEGORY WELL BEFORE IT BECAME ITS OWN CATEGORY. INTERESTING IF YOU COME ACROSS THAT I FIND THAT FOR MY NEXT PRESENTATION FOR YOU, THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR GOOD WORK. THANK YOU, BARRY. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO I WANT TO GO BACK THAT ISSUE WITH TREATING WILDLIFE BECAUSE IT INVOLVES OUR ANIMAL CONTROL. PEOPLE ARE THOUGHT WEAKER. FOR THE CLASS TOGETHER AND TRYING SOME OF THE STRAY DOGS OUT THERE TO DO SOME NON AT THE BODY WENT APART TO MAKE SURE ANIMALS ARE GETTING PLENTY OF EXERCISE. RIGHT? AND ON THAT COMMITTEE. I THINK JIM COULD. ALRIGHT WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, ACCORDING TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

CODE SECTION, 551071 CONSULTATIONS WITH ATTORNEY ON ANY WORK SESSIONS. SPECIAL SESSION REGULAR SESSION AGENDA REQUIRING CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY CLIENT ADVICE NECESSITATED BY THE DELIBERATION, DISCUSSION OF SAID ITEMS SECTION 551071 PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT BUYING BETWEEN CITY MCKINNEY, TEXAS, AND SIERRA'S CEDAR LLC, DATED JANUARY 25TH 2021. SECTION 551.72 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT REAL PROPERTY DOWNTOWN CITY ON PROPERTY REDEVELOPMENT. 23-38 R F Q. SECTION 55187 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS, PROJECT 29 TUBS, BREWERY AND ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION PROJECT DELA VEGA PROJECT HEMISPHERES AND PROJECT VIBES. WILL BE NO ACTION AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE, GERARD, JUST GIVE US A VOTE. MOTION TO ADJOURN MOVED IN FAVOR. AYE. POST BABY. WE'RE DONE, YOU GUYS. HI, BUDDY. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Feb 06, 2024 City Council Work Session

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