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GOOD EVENING. TODAY IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH YEAR. 2024 WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 222 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET IN THE GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. THIS IS OUR CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING.
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE AN INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY REVEREND CHARLES WHATLEY OF SAINT MARK BAPTIST CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. YOU'LL PLEASE STAND WITH ME AND ON YOUR WAY UP, PASTOR WILDLY. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT? YOU DID ALL THE WORK AND EFFORT. THE EVENT. UM, THE COLLEGE MEGAFEST THIS WEEKEND. THE TEAM THAT DID THAT. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE EVENT THAT WAS OVER. I THINK 1500 YOUNG PEOPLE WERE THERE AND GETTING HELP FOR PREPARING FOR COLLEGE AND COLLEGE ADMISSIONS AND COLLEGE ADMISSION TEAMS WERE THERE AND WHAT A GREAT EFFORT AND GREAT SERVICE YOU DID. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AS WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH THROUGHOUT THESE UNITED STATES, AND ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, IT IS MY HONOR TO BRING YOU GREETINGS FROM THE HISTORICAL ST. MARK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH FOUNDED IN 1879 BY FORMER SLAVES IN THE ED BRANTLEY. UM ADDITION. UH WE GOT OUR HISTORICAL MARKER AND. 1979 AND WE HAVE BEEN SERVING THIS CITY FOR OVER 145 YEARS. SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE. SO IF WE COULD BOW OUR HEADS ETERNAL GOD. OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. THE KING. ETERNAL IMMORTAL AND INVISIBLE TO THE ONLY WISE GOD. BE HONOR AND GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. LORD I THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL WHO HAVE GATHERED HERE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY AND ABUNDANT BLESSINGS UPON US ALL.
TONIGHT WE ASK THAT YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR GUIDANCE FOR FRESH ON THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED TO LEAD THIS CITY IN WHICH WE LIVE WORK AND PLAY GIVE THEM AN UNDERSTANDING TO GOVERN AMID THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND ISSUES OF OUR TIME, A SENSE OF WELFARE AND TRUE NEEDS OF ALL PEOPLE. A KEEN THIRST FOR JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CONSCIENCE TO DO WHAT IS GOOD AND FITTING THE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER IN HARMONY, EVEN WHERE THERE IS HONEST DISAGREEMENT. LORD, WE PRAY FOR YOUR DIVINE PROTECTION ON ALL THE WONDERFUL, DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE UP OUR BELOVED CITY OF MCKINNEY AND UPON THIS COUNTRY, A GREAT COUNTRY IN WHICH WE LIVE. IT IS IN YOUR MOST BLESSED NAME. WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. RELIGIOUS TOOTH FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. INDIVIDUAL THE JUSTICE.
[Recognition of Support for Public Safety Active Attacker Response Training]
FIRST ORDER BUSINESSES INFORMATION SHARING ITEM. 24 1258 RECOGNITION OF SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, ACTIVE ATTACKER RESPONSE TRAINING. CHIEF. CHIEF SQUARED. WE HAVE TO MAKE THE. SO WE JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK A COUPLE OF PEOPLE. UH AND I'M GONNA READ SOMETHING FROM MY TRAINING STAFF . THIS TRAINING THAT WE PUT ON IS A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. IT'S REALLY HARD AND A LOT OF LOGISTICS GO INTO PULLING OFF. UH, TRAINING OF THIS MAGNITUDE.BUT THEY SAY THIS PAST OCTOBER, THE PASTOR, STAFF AND CONGREGATIONS FROM LIFECHURCH.
MCKINNEY AND GENESIS CHURCH GRACIOUSLY MADE THEIR BUILDINGS AVAILABLE TO THE MCKINNEY POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR ANNUAL AND SERVICE TRAINING. THESE SPACES ALLOWED US TO BUILD OUR INTEGRATED RESPONSE CAPABILITIES AND TEST OUR ACTIONS WHEN RESPONDING TO LARGE SCALE CRISIS EVENTS, STEVE COCHRAN AND LUCAS LAVETTE PARTNERED WITH OUR TRAINING STAFF, AND WE'RE ALWAYS EAGER TO ASSIST US AS OUR OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE THEIR TRAINING GOALS BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT FROM THESE TWO GREAT MCKINNEY CHURCHES. THE TRAINING WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND IT WAS INVALUABLE. AND FOR THIS WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL. AND AS WE ALL HOPE, AND PRAY THAT NOTHING LIKE THIS EVER HAPPENS IN OUR COMMUNITY MYSELF. THE FIRE CHIEF ARE COMMITTED TO BEHIND THE SCENES BEING PREPARED FOR WHEN IT DOES. WE WILL NOT ONLY STOP THE KILLING, BUT WE'LL WORK TOGETHER TO STOP THE BLEEDING. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT THIS WAS A OBVIOUSLY A HEAVY LIFT FOR BOTH DEPARTMENTS TO TAKE ALL THOSE MEMBERS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE FIELD AND THEN TO DEDICATE THEM FOR 30 DIFFERENT SESSIONS TO GO OUT TO THESE TWO CHURCHES. AND IT WAS NINE HOUR DAYS THAT THE MEMBERS WERE OUT THERE. SO THE MORNING SESSION.
BASICALLY WE SPLIT THEM UP, AND THEY HAVE PLACE IN ONE ROOM AND FIRE IN ANOTHER ROOM, WORKING ON VERY SPECIFIC TACTICS, UH, THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR, UH, THE OPERATION BREAK FOR LUNCH, AND IN THE AFTERNOON WE COMBINE THEM AND HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. AND WHY THE IS
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BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT SETTING. THEY ARE USED TO TRAINING AT THE COLLEGE AND SOME OTHER AREAS, BUT WE HAVE TO PUT THEM IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS TO CHALLENGE THEIR CRITICAL THINKING AND THEN PUT THEM IN SCENARIOS THAT THEY'RE NOT USED TO THE VALUE OF IT IS, THOUGH GOD FORBID, THERE IS AN INCIDENT IN ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS. EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THOSE BUILDINGS NOW. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO USE YOUR FACILITIES. UH, FOR THIS TRAINING, I APPRECIATE YOU.I CAN SEE ONE IN EIGHT. ALL THE.
RIGHT? NEXUS PUBLIC COMMENTS GENERALLY BE ON AGENDA ITEMS, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE A FEW NON
[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS (for Non-Public Hearing Items)]
AGENDA, SO I'M GONNA DECLINE THEM AS WELL. WE ALSO HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK, BUT THEY WANNA, UM WANT. TO THE OPPOSITION TO ITEM 23 172. MCKINNEY AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT, NOISE, WATER POLLUTION, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, AIR POLLUTION DECREASE IN QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS DECREASE IN PROPERTY HOME VALUES DUE TO DISRUPTION, NOISE OR BENEFITS, NOT THE PEOPLE, NOT THE PEOPLE, ONLY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS AND ADJOINING LANDOWNERS CORRUPTION AT ITS FINEST AS FROM A FAIRVIEW RESIDENT. UM MARGARET KERENSKY.UH, MICHELLE COUNTRYMEN. I BELIEVE FAIRVIEW. AGAIN AGENDA ITEM 203 172. THIS WILL SEVERELY AND NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY WITH NOISE CONGESTION TRAFFIC AND WILL CAUSE OUR PROPERTY VALUES TO DECREASE. I ASK YOU ALL THIS WOULD WANT AN AIRPORT IN YOUR BACKYARD. AS WE.
COMMENTS I DON'T WISH TO SPEAK, BUT THEY WANTED THOSE ON THE RECORD. SPEAKERS. JULIE LUTON. I KNOW THAT MAN. SO MY NAME IS JULIE LUTON. I'M A 23 YEAR RESIDENT OF COLLIN COUNTY, AND I AM MOVING TO MICHIGAN NEXT WEEK. UM SO I CAME TO SAY GOODBYE AND THANK YOU. SO I WROTE IT DOWN, SO I DON'T GET ALL EMOTIONAL TO COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. WELCOME AND I CAN'T SAY MUCH BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A BIT DISTRACTED SINCE YOU WERE ELECTED. SO I WISH YOU LUCK AND I ASK YOU TO REMEMBER THAT YOU WERE ELECTED BY A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF VOTERS AND TO HELP YOU GUIDE WHEN YOU'RE VOTING, AND I'M SORRY WHEN YOU ARE GOVERNING DOCTOR FUS. IT'S BEEN A JOY AND MY PRIVILEGE TO WATCH YOU ON COUNCIL. YOU ARE A BUSY INDIVIDUAL, BUT YOU ALWAYS ARE PREPARED. YOU ALWAYS HAVE TIME FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND YOU WERE NEVER. IT IS NEVER HARD FOR YOU TO TAKE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. AS A FELLOW WOMAN, I SAY THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING US SO WELL. COUNCIL MEMBER PHILLIPS, ALTHOUGH WE DIFFER ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY, I APPRECIATE YOU FOR YOUR UNDENIABLE PASSION FOR MCKINNEY AND FOR MCKINNEY SPORTS , AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY I REALLY LIKED YOUR SWEET POST TO YOUR WIFE. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO YOU BOTH. THANK YOU. THAT WAS MY LEGAL ASSISTANT WHO'S BEEN WITH ME FOR 20 YEARS AND WE ARE NOT MARRIED. OH, OK, WELL, BUT I'LL SHARE YOUR LOVE. JUST THE SAME. THANK YOU. IT WAS LOVELY. MAYOR FULLER. YOU AND I HAVE HAD AN HONEST RELATIONSHIP, SO IT'S NO SECRET THAT I HAVEN'T AGREED WITH EVERY DECISION YOU'VE MADE. HOWEVER I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT I CAN THINK OF NO ONE BETTER SUITED TO LEADING THIS COMMUNITY TO THE VERY TOUGH COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD. AND YOU HAVE TAKEN SIGNIFICANT FLACK FOR IT. YOU ARE MADE OF STERN STUFF. THANK YOU. MR GRIMES, YOU'RE AN EXCELLENT CITY MANAGER. PART OF WHAT MAKES YOU AN EXCELLENT CITY MANAGER IS YOU HIRE EXCELLENT PEOPLE. SO CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK WITH THIS CREW. COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUTIER, YOU ARE THE RARE INDIVIDUAL WHO LISTENS AND LEARNS TO FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS. YOU HAVE A HEART FOR INDIVIDUALS, AND THAT MAKES YOU A GREAT LEADER. I AM GLAD TO KNOW YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
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FRANKLIN YOU ARE MY DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I CAN ONLY OFFER THIS ADVICE TO YOU. PLEASE REACH OUT AND CHECK WITH YOUR EMAIL PROVIDER BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOMETHING WRONG AS I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE EVEN ONE RETURN EMAIL FROM YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, BELLA, YOU ARE A SHINING EXAMPLE OF A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. YOUR KNOWLEDGEABLE, PREPARED AND YOU DEMONSTRATE YOUR CARE FOR THIS COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY. MCKINNEY IS LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AND I AM LUCKY TO CALL YOU, MY FRIEND. THREE MORE THINGS TO SAY. AND THEN I'M DONE. I HAVE TO TALK FAST. NOT EVERYONE HAS THE ABILITY TO COME TO MEETINGS LIKE THIS. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO THEM. JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE SPEAKS SOFTLY DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE IMPORTANT THINGS TO SAY, ESPECIALLY IN TYPICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES NUMBER TWO AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME. PLEASE PLEASE, PLEASE CONTINUE TO WORK ON YOUR DIVERSITY ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT OF INCOME OF DEMOGRAPHICS OF POLITICS OF GENDER OF ETHNICITY. AFTER ALL, WHEN YOU'RE COOKING THANKSGIVING DINNER IF EVERYONE BRINGS MASHED POTATOES, NO MATTER HOW YUMMY IT IS NOT A FEAST. UNTIL ALL THE OTHER DISHES ARE ON THE TABLE. AND I BET YOU THOUGHT I'D FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS ONE. PLEASE GET RID OF THE CONFEDERATE STATUE DOWNSTAIRS. IT'S A TERRIBLE LOOK. AND FINALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I CRITIQUE BECAUSE I LOVE TRULY I WANT THE BEST FOR MCKINNEY AND I WISH YOU ALL PEACE AND HAPPINESS. DO YOU THINK YOU COULD YOU? COULD YOU WAIT A SECOND? UM BECAUSE I JUST GOT TO SAY FIRST OF ALL, I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR MOVE, AND YOU. YOU STARTED. WITH WITH YOUR COMMENTS TO ME THAT WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS AGREED. AND THAT IS SO TRUE. BUT WHAT I HAVE SO RESPECTED, UM AND I KNOW IT'S A MUTUAL THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD EXTREMELY RESPECTFUL DIALOGUE. UM THERE'S YOU, YOU DON'T YOU DON'T ATTACK IMPLIED. OR ASSUME MOTIVES. YOU TALK ABOUT THE FACTS AND THE ISSUES AND YOU DO IT. WELL YOU REPRESENT SO WELL, THE COMMUNITY THOSE THAT YOU SPEAK FOR, UM, IT HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS PLEASURE. DEALING WITH YOU TALKING WITH YOU LEARNING FROM YOU LEARNING SOME THINGS TOGETHER. AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH SOME OF THE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS I CAN THINK OF A COUPLE SPECIFICALLY THAT WE WE'VE WE'VE BEEN THROUGH AND YOU'VE BEEN A STEADFAST VOICE OF REASON. AND UH AND YOU WILL BE REALLY MISSED. THANK YOU. THAT REALLY MEANS A LOT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. I'M GONNA. ALAN SHARO. EVEN. HONEST, I AM. A BIT FRUSTRATED BEYOND FRUSTRATED, SO I'M JUST GONNA START VETTING HERE IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND. MY NAME IS ALAN SHARO. UM, I WAS WITH THIRD SPECIAL FORCES GROUP. I WAS WITH THE COMMANDERS AND EXTREMIST FORCE OF B 23. A SNIPER ASSAULTER AND A BREACHER. I DID THREE ROTATIONS 2008 2009. IN 2007. COMBAT MISSIONS ON ALL OF US. I KNOW WAR. WHAT'S GOING ON IN PALESTINE RIGHT NOW IS NOT A WAR. IT'S NOT IT IS THAT HUMANIZATION. MR GENOCIDE, ETHNIC CLEANSING. OF A SPECIFIC PEOPLE TO TAKE THEIR LAND. THIS IS NOT WAR. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE DEFENDING THEMSELVES. I SEE THIS CONSTANTLY WHERE PEOPLE ARE JUST REPEATEDLY DEHUMANIZING THESE PEOPLE. THIS IS WRONG. AND THERE IS NOTHING MORE AMERICAN THAN SPEAKING OUT AGAINST WHAT IS WRONG. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE SEEN HORRIBLE THINGS. THIS TAKES IT TO AN ENTIRELY NEW LEVEL. THE US TAXPAYER IS PAYING FOR THIS, WHICH MAKES IT EVEN MORE FRUSTRATING. AM PAYING FOR THIS. I AM SEEING WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THIS. I AM AN AMERICAN, A PATRIOT. FATHERS FROM BEIRUT, LEEDON. THAT DOES NOT CHANGE ANYTHING. IT STILL MAKES ME AN AMERICAN. IT MAKES ME A PATRIOT. THIS NEEDS TO STOP. THIS NEEDS TO STOP. WHATEVER YOU CAN DO. ANYTHING. THIS NEEDS TO STOP. CHRIS TREVINO. HELLO CHRIS[00:15:03]
TREVINO, 903 NORTH CHURCH STREET. MCKINNEY, TEXAS FOR THE LAST 49 YEARS. HE A CALLING HIM I GOT ONE GRIPE, REALLY? WE GOTTA DO BETTER AS A CITY WHEN IT COMES TO PLANNING. BECAUSE WHEN I DRIVE DOWN HIGHWAY FIVE, I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. I KNOW IT'S NOT IT MAKES THE OUR FAULT ON THE EAST SIDE. IT'S OUR FAULT FOR LETTING THIS HAPPEN. BUT WHEN I GO DOWN HIGHWAY FIVE AND LOOK ACROSS THE FIRE STATION. AND SEE THIS MONSTROSITY OF A FREAKING BUILDING AND CAN'T SEE MY EAST SIDE NO MORE. THAT'S PRETTY SAD. I MEAN, Y'ALL PUT A MURAL ON A S LOAN. THE JOCK CAN'T EVEN SEE. AND I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. BUT I TOLD MY WIFE I'M GONNA GO AND COMPLAIN AS SOON AS I GOT A DAY OFF. AS SOON AS I CAN COME UP HERE. I WILL COME UP HERE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE GOTTA DO BETTER AS A CITY TO BE PLANNING. BECAUSE WE GOT MORE PLANS COMING UP NORTH, RIGHT? DON'T DO THAT. DON'T DO THAT TO THEM PEOPLE DOWN THAT WAY THAT WE GOT GOING ON ON THE EAST SIDE. I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT EVEN GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE CITY HALL.I'M I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT THAT IS IN A PARKING GARAGE. IS IT? IS IT THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO COME UP OR OR WHAT IT IS. BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. BUT I THE ONLY REASON I CAME HERE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT. UM, I GUESS I GOT A COUPLE MORE THINGS ON THE AIRPORT THING. UM I THINK IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE MONEY FROM ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY, WHATEVER I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE PUT UP TO A VOTE. RIGHT LET THE CITIZENS VOTE ON IT IF WE WANT TO USE MC, DS WHATEVER OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MONEY LIKE WE DID WITH TUBS. I THINK IT NEEDS TO GO UP TO A VOTE WITH THE CITIZENS, LET THEM ALLOW THEM TO CHOOSE IF WE WANT TO USE THAT MONEY. TOWARDS THAT. I KNOW IT WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN. I MEAN, I WAS HEARING ABOUT THE AIRPORT WHEN I WAS A YOUNG KID, AND IT'S GONNA GO SO IT'S NOTHING NEW TO Y'ALL. WHOEVER CAME FROM FAIRVIEW AND THIS BEEN, I'LL BE 49 YEARS, RIGHT? THE GROWTH OF THAT AIRPORT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT PRIOR BEFORE ANYBODY ON THIS BOARD. ORDER OF COUNSEL. IT HAS BEEN UM THE NEXT THING IS YOUR THE EXTENDING THE TERMS. I THINK IT WAS TABLED LAST SUMMER. I BET IT'S GONNA COME BACK UP, AND IT WILL. UM LET THAT COME UP TO A VOTE, BUT I THINK NOT IN MAY. IT NEEDS TO BE IN NOVEMBER WHERE THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE PEOPLE VOTING BECAUSE IT'S THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SHOW UP IF YOU TRY TO DO IT IN MAY, WHEN IT'S IN THE RUNOFFS. KNOW FOR A FACT THAT PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO SHOW BACK UP. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I LOST AN ELECTION. 4000 PEOPLE DID NOT SHOW UP TO VOTE. SO, UM, THAT'S MY TWO CENTS. Y'ALL YARDING, BUT THE PAST, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE OF THAT REPRESENTED OUR CITY RUINED OUR EAST SIDE. BY PUTTING THAT BIG OLD BUILDING THERE. YOU CAN'T SEE IT. I MEAN, YOU, YOU DRIVE BY IT. IT'S THAT'S YOU'RE LOOKING UP AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHERE'S THE SILO? USED TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE SIDE LOW THE ICE HOUSE AND ALL THAT STUFF RIGHT NOW. IT COVERED UP CITY HALL. SO UH, IN THE LAST WE ARE IN A LITTLE ELECTION. I AM ON THE BALLOT. YOU ALREADY KNOW.
SO SHAME. THANK YOU, CHRIS. ARE WHAT CAR. SLAY RACHMAN IBRAHIM RESPECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M SOME VAR, A RESIDENT OF MCKINNEY THIS MORNING I SENT YOU ALL AN UPDATED RESOLUTION. I URGE YOU TO REVIEW THE UPDATED RESOLUTION IN SPONSOR IT ON THE AGENDA. I BELIEVE THIS RESOLUTION SPEAKS FOR ALL OF US AND OUR VALUES AND HIGHLIGHTS MCKINNEY'S VALUES OF SAFETY AND PEACE FOR ALL CITIZENS OF THE WORLD. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE HERE. WHILE WE WERE WATCHING THE SUPER BOWL, IDF STARTED BOMBING RAFAH USING ALL OF THEIR MILITARY ARSENALS.
MORE THAN A MILLION CIVILIANS ARE TRAPPED BETWEEN TWO SWORN ENEMIES, CIVILIANS. CHILDREN WOMEN, DISABLED, ELDERLY, ALL CIVILIANS, ALL OF WHOM WERE ORDERED TO MOVE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH WITH THE CLAIM THAT IT WAS THE ONLY SAFE PLACE FOR THEM NOW , THESE 1 MILLION PEOPLE ARE TOLD TO EVACUATE RAFAH. WHERE DO THESE 1 MILLION PEOPLE GO? THEY CAN'T NORTH BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY BEEN DECLARED UNSAFE. THERE IS NO EVACUATION STRATEGY IN PLACE. HUMANITARIAN AID IS BLOCKED. MY REQUEST TO YOU IS TO WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ABRAHAM , MOSES, JESUS AND MUHAMMAD, ALL OF WHOM ARE FROM THE SAME FAMILY AND ALL OF WHOM GAVE THE MESSAGE TO NEVER WORSHIP MATERIAL OBJECTS NOR IDOLS. DO NOT STEAL OR KILL TO LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY TO JUDGE NO ONE AND CARE MOST OF ALL FOR THE POOR AND THE OPPRESSED AND TO PRIORITIZE LOOKING AT OUR OWN FAULTS AND TO
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DEVOTE OURSELVES TO CORRECTION AND IMPROVEMENT AND TO NEVER FALL VICTIM TO FEELINGS OF ARROGANCE OR SOMEHOW BELIEVING THAT YOU ARE SUPERIOR TO SOMEBODY ELSE. VIOLENCE KILLING AND GENOCIDE IS NOT IN JUDAISM, NOT IN CHRISTIANITY, NOT IN ISLAM. NOT NOW AND NOT EVER SO NOTHING CAN EVER JUSTIFY KILLING GENOCIDE OR ANYTHING CONTRIBUTING TO VIOLENCE. AS A PART OF THIS WORLD, THE CITY OF MCKINNEY DEFINES THE WORLD IN ITS OWN CAPACITY. MCKINNEY NEEDS TO PROCLAIM HOW IT WANTS TO DEFINE THE WORLD. I AM ONLY ASKING YOU TO DO WHAT IS IN YOUR POLICE SPONSOR THE RESOLUTION AND BRING IT ON THE AGENDA TO PROCLAIM MCKINNEY'S STANDS FOR PEACE FOR ALL CITIZENS OF THE WORLD LAST I WOULD LIKE TO ADD. THANK YOU, MR SHARA FOR SPEAKING FOR PALESTINE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE R BARAKAT. EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS LILIA BARAKAT. A 22 YEAR RESIDENT OF MCKINNEY. VERY PROUD OF IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACIOUSNESS AND TO OUR RESPECTED GUESTS, INCLUDING OUR REVEREND ANCESTOR, JULIE AND BROTHER ALAN. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORDS. PART OF THE RESOLUTION THAT OUR SISTER SUMMER JUST MENTIONED INCLUDES TEXT THAT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY SUPPORTS FULL, SUSTAINED SAFE AND UNHINDERED HUMANITARIAN ACCESS TO DELIVER URGENT ASSISTANCE TO ALL CIVILIANS AFFECTED IN ARMED CONFLICTS. TODAY. WE STAND BEFORE YOU AGAIN DEEPLY MOVED. BY THE SPIRIT OF THE COMPASSION OF THE JUSTICE THAT DEFINES MCKINNEY. AS WE CONSIDER THIS RESOLUTION, LET'S REFLECT ON THE PROFOUND IMPACT OUR ACTIONS CAN HAVE ON THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY ARMED CONFLICTS WORLDWIDE. THE RESOLUTION AT HAND UNDERSCORES MCKINNEY'S UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING THE PRINCIPLES OF HUMANITY AND DIGNITY, EVEN IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY. BY SUPPORTING FULL, SUSTAINED, SAFE AND UNHINDERED HUMANITARIAN ACCESS TO DELIVER URGENT ASSISTANCE TO CIVILIANS AFFECTED BY ARMED CONFLICTS. WE AFFIRM OUR DEDICATION TO ALLEVIATING THE SUFFERING AND PROMOTING PEACE. CONSIDER THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION, INNOCENT CIVILIANS CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE FACING UNIMAGINABLE HARDSHIPS WITH NOWHERE TO TURN FOR HELP. IT IS OUR MORAL IMPERATIVE TO ENSURE THAT HUMANITARIAN AID REACHES THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST WITHOUT DELAY OR OBSTRUCTION. BY ADVOCATING FOR UNIMPEDED ACCESS TO HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. WE DEMONSTRATE MCKINNEY'S COMPASSION AND SOLIDARITY FOR THOSE IN NEED. MOREOVER THIS RESOLUTION EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING CIVILIAN LIFE AND HUMANITARIAN FACILITIES IN TIMES OF CONFLICT.THE TARGETING OF SCHOOLS. HOSPITALS AND REFUGEE CAMPS CONSTITUTES EGREGIOUS VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS. AS A CITY COMMITTED TO JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS. WE CANNOT STAND IDLY WHILE SUCH ATROCITIES OCCUR. OUR SUPPORT FOR THIS RESOLUTION IS A TESTAMENT TO MCKINNEY'S VALUES OF COMPASSION, INTEGRITY AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. IT SENDS A POWERFUL MESSAGE TO THE WORLD THAT WE STAND UNITED IN OUR COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING INNOCENT LIVES AND PROMOTING PEACE. IN CONCLUSION. I URGE EACH OF YOU TO JOIN US IN SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION AND STANDING ON THE SIDE OF JUSTICE AND HUMANITY. TOGETHER LET'S REAFFIRM MCKINNEY'S ROLE AS A BEACON OF COMPASSION AND HOPE. THANK YOU. RAHIM AMIR. IN THE NAME OF GOD. IN GOD, WE TRUST MY NAME IS RAHIM AMIR. I'M NOT ONLY A RESIDENT OF MCKINNEY. I HAD A WHOLE SPEECH BUT LISTENING TO ALAN AND THE OTHER SISTERS. THIS IS MY THIRD TIME HERE. I THINK WE HAVE GIVEN SPEECHES OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE SAME THING . UH, REPEATEDLY FOR, UH, FOR THREE EVENTS NOW, SO AT THIS POINT, I'M JUST GOING TO THE RESOLUTION ALREADY HAVE, UM WE HAVE SORT OF TONED THIS DOWN. IT IS. COMPLETELY BIPARTISAN. I JUST WANT TO COVER THE THREE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO, UH, PUT ON THE BALLOT AND VOTE FOR NUMBER ONE. STOP FIGHTING. I TALKED TO MY FOUR YEAR OLD NEPHEW. AND I THINK HE AGREED THAT WE SHOULD STOP FIGHTING,
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RIGHT? I THINK EVERYBODY CAN AGREE THAT WE SHOULD STOP FIGHTING. THAT'S IT. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS WE SHOULD STOP FIGHTING. NUMBER TWO, IT SAYS. IF YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO STOP FIGHTING, SOMEBODY SHOULD STEP IN AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT. SIMPLE AS THAT. AND NUMBER THREE WE SHOULD SEND FOOD TO THE HUNGRY AND MEDICINE TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HURT. THAT'S IT.THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS WE'RE ASKING YOU TO VOTE ON. I THINK IT'S SIMPLE ENOUGH. IF A FOUR YEAR CAN SAY THAT, YES, WE SHOULD DO THOSE THINGS WE AS CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY SHOULD SAY, HEY, SEEMS ABOUT RIGHT. LET'S PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. LET'S PUT IT TO VOTE. AND PUT IT AND MOVE IT FORWARD. THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING YOU GUYS TO DO AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR, CITY COUNCILS. I JUST CAME STRAIGHT FROM WORK. I HAD A CHANCE TO STOP BUYING CHANGE. BUT I FELT OBLIGATED TO BE HERE FOR THE THIRD TIME. AND AS THE PEOPLE PERFORMING SPOKE WE ALL HEARD THE SAME MESSAGE. BUT WHAT I'M HERE TO SAY TODAY. BACK IN 1987.
I TOOK MY CITIZENSHIP. AND I BECAME A US CITIZEN. AND I HAPPEN TO BE INTERVIEWED BY DALLAS TIMES HERALD, WHICH IS NO LONGER EXIST. THE NEWSPAPER AT THAT TIME BACK IN THE EIGHTIES.
AND THEY ASKED ME WHY DO I CHOOSE TO BE? A CITIZEN. AND MY ANSWER WAS AMERICA IS THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. OR YOU CAN SPEAK YOUR MIND AND YOU WILL NOT BE AFRAID OF THE CONSEQUENCES.
AMERICA IS THE LAND OF THE FREEDOM. A LAND OF JUSTICE. I LIVED IN MCKINNEY SINCE 1986. I AM VERY PROUD OF THE CITY, SEEING IT GROW FROM 20,000 PLUS TO 200 PLUS AND I SEEN THE PROSPERITY OF THE CITY AND I ENJOY IT. CAN I HAVE 11 KIDS AND 20 GRAND KIDS? MOST OF THEM ARE LIVING IN THE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE ANCESTORS AND PEOPLE IN GAZA. IN THE FIGHTING. THE DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE CONSEQUENCES THAT'S GOING ON. AND YOU ALL HEARD ABOUT IT FOR THE LAST FOUR MONTHS. THAT MAKE ME. THINK IT WAS WHEN I HAVE TO EVEN TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION THERE AND TRY TO EXPLAIN IT TO MY KIDS. AND TRY TO TELL THEM WE, THE AMERICAN, THE ARAB AMERICAN, THE MUSLIM AMERICANS, WHICH STAND WITH THEM, BUT I WOULD POLITICIANS ARE NOT ALL OUR ADMINISTRATION IS SENDING ROBINS NOT SENDING FOOD. WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO STOP THE FIGHTING OR ASK FOR A CEASEFIRE. ALL THE RESOLUTIONS IN THE UNITED NATIONS WAS BLOCKED. BY A VETO FROM THE US.
BUT I'M PRETTY SURE NO. ONE AS MANY PEOPLE AS I KNOW, IN MY LIFE BEING LIVING IN AMERICA FOR 45 YEARS, THIS IS NOT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE STANDS FOR OUR GOVERNMENT IS NOT STANDING FOR WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE. THE MAJORITY OF THE AMERICANS ARE WITH THE HUMANITARIANS. THEY DO NOT WANT TO SEE THIS. BUT OUR POLITICIANS AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE NOT SEEING IT THIS WAY BECAUSE OF LUENA FROM, YOU KNOW SPECIAL INTEREST. BUT WE ASK YOU BECAUSE WE IN THE SAME LEVEL WE IN THE SAME CITY. WE SHARE THE SAME VALUES. WE NEED TO THINK OF THE HUMANITY. WE NEED TO THINK OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING KILLED FOR NO REASON BOMBARDED, LIVING IN IN A WORSE CONDITION, AND THERE ARE ASKING FOR MERCY. LET'S PUT THIS A LITTLE BIT RESOLUTION TO VOTE AND LET'S HOPE THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO HELP THE HUMANITY. PAUL MILES.
THE COUNCIL. I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE REALLOCATION OF FUNDS, MOVING IT FROM M CDC TO THE AIRPORT. FULL DISCLOSURE. I VOTED FOR THE AIRPORT. UM I THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT MCKINNEY, GREATLY. UM, ONE OF THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD ASPECTS OF IT WOULD ACTUALLY REDUCE THE TAX RATE FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. SO AGAIN, I AM. APPROVE WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THE AIRPORT SPECIFICALLY WITH THE REALLOCATION OF FUNDS. ONE OF THE PEOPLE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE. ONE OF THE THINGS I AM 68 NOW, SO I'VE SEEN A LOT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. I KNEW
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FUNDS WERE BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM ARTS AND CULTURE IN BEING SHIFTED TO MORE BUSINESS TYPE OF ACTIVITY. UM BACK THEN, WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I DIDN'T CARE. UM BUT AS I'VE GOTTEN OLDER AND HOPEFULLY WISER, I REALIZE THE IMPACT OF THINGS LIKE MCKINNEY PERFORMED A REPERTORY THEATER IMPACT THE HERITAGE KILLED TIME OF THE FARMERS MARKET HAVE ON OUR CITIZENRY, AND I THINK SHIFTING THAT MONEY WOULD PROVE TO BE. ULTIMATELY WE WOULD SHOW HOW FRAGILE OUR HISTORIC SQUARE IS 95% OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO MCKINNEY REALIZE THAT THIS IS THE CROWN JEWEL, AND WE'RE DOING THINGS AS A CITY IN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT LIKE HUB HUB 121 OVER ON THE EAST. I AM FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE, BUT THAT PUTS THE HISTORIC SQUARE IN A FRAGILE STATE. I THINK ANY REALLOCATION OF FUNDS WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL. I AM A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR CHESTNUT SQUARE. I KNOW THAT THE FUNDING WE HAVE WE BARELY SCRAPE BY WITH THAT ALONE. SO REMOVING SOME OF THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR OUTSIDE SOURCES AND WHO KNOWS WHERE THOSE ARE GOING TO COME OR THERE ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE AT ALL. SO AGAIN. I THINK, MR TREVINO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT, UM, ABOUT SUGGESTING THAT PUTTING IT UP FOR A VOTE TO THE TO THE CITIZENS. I WOULD SUPPORT THAT GREATLY. AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME HERE, AND, UM, NEXT TIME I'LL TRY TO WRITE THINGS DOWN. I SAW A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE AND THEY CERTAINLY LOOK LIKE THEY HAD AN EASIER TIME OF ITYOU DID FINE. AND I EE YOU TO PAMELA SAYLOR. GOOD EVENING. UM GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS PAMELA. AND I AM YOUR NEIGHBOR. I'M FROM THE CITY OF FAIRVIEW. AND I COME TONIGHT TO TELL YOU THAT THE AIRPORT, WHICH SITS ON THE EDGE OF MCKINNEY CUTS THROUGH THE HEART OF FAIRVIEW. THAT'S RIGHT THROUGH MY HOUSE, BASICALLY. UM GOOD. NEIGHBORS ARE USUALLY AWARE OF HOW THEIR ACTIONS IMPACT OTHERS. I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS AND I CAN TELL YOU IF WE ARE MAKING A LOT OF NOISE, IF WE'RE, UM I DON'T KNOW, DOING ANYTHING THAT WOULD IMPACT THEM NEGATIVELY. WE ALL TALK TO ONE ANOTHER, AND WE LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF US ARE HEARD AND HONORED. UM SO I COME TO YOU TONIGHT TO SAY YOU'RE MY NEIGHBOR AND THIS AIRPORT IS GOING TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT MY HOME LIFE AND MY FAMILY. THE AIRPORT WILL HAVE MORE SOUND.THERE'LL BE MORE POLLUTION. THERE'S GONNA BE MORE TRAFFIC. THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT THERE.
SO YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD IT. THEN YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE FUEL TRUCKS BRING IN THE FUEL TO HAVE THE FUEL FOR THE AIRLINES. AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE TRAFFIC, AND THEN THERE'S MORE POLLUTION. I'VE ALSO SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM SHOULD BE PUT TO A VOTE. THE LAST TIME THAT THIS VOTE WAS PUT PEOPLE SAID NO. SO THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY SAID NO. AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN ASK YOUR GOOD NEIGHBORS. FAIRVIEW WHERE IT JUST FLIES RIGHT OVER OUR OWN HOUSES, AND THAT REALLY FELT, UM, DISAPPOINTING TO BE LEFT OUT OF THAT PROCESS, KNOWING THAT IT'S GOING TO INFECT ME THE MOST AND LIKELY NONE OF YOUR HOMES ARE RIGHT IN THE AIR PATH. UM I THINK THAT THIS FUNDING TAKING IT FROM THE ARTS AND OTHER WONDERFUL ASPECTS THAT MAKE MCKINNEY THE TOP 15 PLACE TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY. UM I THINK IT'S GONNA HURT YOUR RESIDENTS, AND I THINK THAT YOU REALLY SHOULD BE CONSIDERING ABOUT HOW WHAT MCKINNEY'S MOTTO IS REALLY IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE, AND THIS FEELS LIKE, UM, YOU ARE SEEKING DOLLARS FOR WITH THIS AIRPORT EXPANSION AND BEING REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT AND NOT THE RESIDENTS. UM, SO I'M HERE TONIGHT. LIKE I SAID. NEIGHBORS TELL NEIGHBORS WHEN THEIR ACTIONS ARE HURTING OTHERS. I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT I BELIEVE THAT THIS AIRPORT AND TAKING MONEY FROM THE ARTS, UM IS GONNA HURT YOUR RESIDENTS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, EXPANDING THIS AIRPORT AND MAKING IT COMMERCIAL. IT HURTS MY FAMILY AND IT HURTS US AND I LOVE WHERE I LIVE. I LOVE HOW QUIET IT IS. I LOVE MY NEIGHBORS AND I LOVE MCKINNEY AS WELL. SO I JUST CAME HERE TONIGHT TO SAY PLEASE BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO YOUR FAIRVIEW NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU. KEEP IN MIND. MORE.
HI. BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU SEEM TO MAKE IT AN ISSUE. I JUST WANT TO VERIFY AGAIN FOR THE PUBLIC AND ONLINE THAT I DO LIVE IN FAIRVIEW. I SHARE A ZIP CODE AND AN ISD. BUT I DON'T GET TO VOTE.
JUST LIKE THE LAST. UM UH, LADY SAID WAS WE DON'T GET TO VOTE ON ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE PASSED
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HERE THAT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE DUE TO DECISIONS MADE HERE THAT SHOW THAT MCKINNEY IS NOT REALLY BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO US. ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT BEFORE I GET TO THE MAIN TOPIC, UM, COMES FROM A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION MEETING WHERE I PROVIDED PUBLIC COMMENT, AND A COUPLE OF YOU MADE SOME NOT SO NICE COMMENTS ABOUT BEING CURIOUS ABOUT WHY I WOULD COME AND SPEAK AT A MEETING WHERE QUOTE NO VOTES ARE BEING TAKEN. I KNOW WORK SESSIONS ARE NOT WHERE VOTES ARE TAKEN. BUT TELL ME WHEN WOULD BE A BETTER TIME TO BRING UP ISSUES TO LIGHT FOR THE COUNCIL THAN BEFORE YOU ALL DISCUSS THEM AND LET'S PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR YOUR STANDARD 70 VOTES THAT WHY I COME TO WORK SESSIONS AND TALK TO Y'ALL NOW ON TO THE AIRPORT. THERE WAS A LENGTHY COMMENT TIME BY THE MAYOR AT THE LAST MEETING, WHERE HE PRESENTED RESULTS FROM A FIVE QUESTION SURVEY THAT HE HAD ADMINISTERED ON HOW IT PROVED THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY REALLY ONLY CARED ABOUT VOTING NO ON ALL TAX MONEY BEING USED FOR THE COMMERCIAL EXPANSION AND NOT KNOW TO THE COMMERCIAL AIRPORT ITSELF. I THINK IT WAS EVEN STATED STATED THAT WE ASKED FOR A SURVEY AND NOW WE HAVE ONE. WELL WE DIDN'T ASK FOR A SURVEY TO ASK ABOUT THE MONEY BECAUSE THAT THAT WAS ASKED AND ANSWERED SOUNDLY. NO ON THE BALLOT. WHAT WE WANTED WAS A SURVEY THAT ASKED THE QUESTION OF IF NORTH TEXAS IS IN NEED OF A THIRD COMMERCIAL AIRPORT. IS MCKINNEY THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THAT AIRPORT ? I THINK YOU CHALLENGE US TO DO OUR OWN SURVEY AND THEN ADDED, BUT YOU WON'T WELL COME TO FIND OUT. WE HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED A SURVEY THAT ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS STRAIGHT OUT, AND IN MY SHORT TIME, I PROBABLY WON'T HAVE TIME TO GO OVER THOSE RESULTS. BUT THE SURVEY RAN FOR FOUR DAYS. IT WAS THREE QUESTIONS AND IT COLLECTED, UM, RESPONSES OF WHICH 77% OF THOSE WERE FROM THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. THE THREE MAIN QUESTIONS WERE ALL ABOUT THE AIRPORT AND NOT ABOUT THE MONEY AND UM, LET'S SAY THAT THE SMALLEST PERCENTAGE WAS IN ABOUT 81% SAYING NO TO A COMMERCIAL AIRPORT IN MCKINNEY. WHICH IS INTERESTING IN THAT RESPONSE, BECAUSE IT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE CITY TO CONVINCE VOTERS OF TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS RELATED TO GAINING SUPPORT FOR EXPANDING TK, BUT INSTEAD LIKE TODAY, YOU WILL GO AROUND THE VOTERS TO NICKEL AND DIME THEM USING MONIES THAT THEY DON'T GET TO VOTE ON. UM AND, UM AND WISH PUT IT INTO EXISTENCE. SOMETIMES THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY DON'T DO NOT WANT AND UNLESS, UM THEY LIVE IN THE AIRPORT, UM, TOUR ZONE. THEN THEY'RE NOT REALLY GETTING THE BENEFIT FROM, UM, WHICH IS ANOTHER SUBJECT AND WHICH I WON'T HAVE TIME TO GO INTO. BUT UM, I'D SAY, JUST JUST PUT IT UP FOR A VOTE. UM THE ACTUAL VOTE ON THE AIRPORT ITSELF AND NOT ON THE MONEY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL FIND THE ANSWER TO TOM MCCARROLL.TOM. I AM TOM MACARO. I LIVE AT 1108 TUCKER. THANK YOU ALL. AND I WISH YOU ALL, UM HEALTH AND HAPPINESS. I KNOW I HAVE BEEN A THORN IN YOUR SIDE AND ASKED MORE QUESTIONS THAN UH THAN YOU WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER, BUT YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF PROVIDING ME INFORMATION. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT REALLY, WHAT IT KIND OF COMES DOWN TO IS WHAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING OUT. HERE IS TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES. ONE OF THEM IS , HOW ARE PEOPLE GOING TO COME TO MCKINNEY? BUT THE BIG QUESTION IS, WHY ARE THEY GOING TO COME TO MCKINNEY AND I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GETS OVERLOOKED IN ALL OF THIS, AND THE CDC HAS ALREADY SPENT $5.5 MILLION ON THE AIRPORT, AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A UNFORTUNATE PRECEDENT BECAUSE THAT MONEY COULD HAVE GONE TO MORE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. MORE PARKS MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MORE HIKING AND BIKE TRAILS. MORE ENTERTAINMENT, MORE JOB TRAINING, MORE SPORTING EVENTS, MORE ARTS AND CULTURE EVENTS, MORE FESTIVALS VISIT MCKINNEY. PROMOTIONS MORE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CONVENTION FACILITIES, MORE MASS TRANSIT OPPORTUNITIES, MORE TRADE FAIRS, AND IT COULD HAVE ALSO PROVIDED MORE FUNDING FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. OCTOBERFEST HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. FARM FARMERS MARKET EMPTY BOWLS, THE MCKINNEY REPERTORY THEATRE, WHICH HE MENTIONED THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THEM AND THE HERC CENTER FOR THE ARTS, ARTS AND BLOOM MCKINNEY PHILHARMONIC. DE STILLS. THE HERD. NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND CHESTNUT SQUARE.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT MEAN SOMETHING TO THE PEOPLE OF MCKINNEY. THIS WHOLE THING ABOUT A COMMERCIAL AIRPORT OUT THERE JUST DOES NOT MEAN ANYTHING EXCEPT TO MAYBE A SMALL FRACTION OF THE PEOPLE. HE MAY SAY THAT THERE IS A FINANCIAL BENEFIT FROM IT, BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN
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THAT WE HAVE SEEN PROJECTIONS, BUT THESE ARE REAL BENEFITS THAT ARE HAPPENING TO PEOPLE RIGHT NOW. EVERY DAY THAT WE HAVE THESE FESTIVALS. IT BRINGS PEOPLE FROM FAIRVIEW. FRISCO DALLAS GREENVILLE. THEY COME HERE BECAUSE THEY LIKE WHAT MCKINNEY OFFERS. THE THING IS WHATEVER MONEY GOES TO THE AIRPORT DOES NOT GO TO THESE COMMUNITY BUILDING ENTERPRISES THAT IS GOING TO KILL MCKINNEY. YOU'VE ALL GOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. YOU CANNOT. YOU JUST GOTTA PAY ATTENTION TO THAT IF WE SPEND MORE MONEY ON WHY PEOPLE COME TO MCKINNEY THE HOW PEOPLE COME TO MCKINNEY CAN PAY FOR. I URGE YOU LET US KEEP MCKINNA UNIQUE AND DO NOT TAKE MONEY OR EVEN ASK FOR MONEY FROM THE M CDC. THANK YOU, I. I FEEL HURT. I APPRECIATE IT. CAN I ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS? BECAUSE I SAW YOUR POSTS. DO YOU KNOW WHAT OUR WHAT? THE CURRENT BALANCE IN CASH AND DIVIDEND AND INVESTMENTS ARE WITH CDC RIGHT NOW IN OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. IF YOU HAVE $20 IN YOUR POCKET, AND I'M JUST ASKING, DO YOU THINK IT'S ABOUT $50 MILLION AT YEAR END? IT'S 90,000,090. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROJECTED REVENUES ARE THIS YEAR? FOR MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. NO. 24.5 MILLION, GROWING IT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FOUR AND 6% COMPOUNDED ANNUALLY. GREAT THAT'S GREAT. LET ME JUST LET ME ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS BECAUSE THIS IS ALL PUBLIC INFORMATION. BECAUSE YOU YOU PUT SOMETHING OUT. THAT WAS THAT WAS MISLEADING. I BELIEVE, AND I JUST WANT TO GET YOUR OPINION.YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE CDC IS BEING ASKED FOR THE AIRPORT IN THIS IN THIS MOTION TONIGHT. I 78 MILLION 4 MILLION. YOU LISTED 15 ORGANIZATIONS. YOU JUST REPEATED THEM. OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE AMOUNT THAT CDC HAS CONTRIBUTED? BY THE WAY, THESE ORGANIZATIONS FOR EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE COME AND ASK FOR MCDC MONEY AND M CDC PROVIDES THAT GRANT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? THE AVERAGE AMOUNT FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. EACH YEAR HAS BEEN THAT TO ALL THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU CLAIMED WERE GOING TO BE POTENTIALLY DEFUNDED 200,000. $365,000 A YEAR. AGAIN. WE'RE WE'RE COLLECTING $24.5 MILLION GROWING. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE 70 MILLION NOW, 90 MILLION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, COLLECTING 24.5 MILLION GROWING IN 4 TO 6. ACTUALLY IN THE PAST YEARS, IT'S BEEN 12 AND 14% ANNUALLY IN GROWTH. PUT OUT A POST THAT SUGGESTS THAT THOSE 15 ENTITIES THAT ARE COLLECTING ON AVERAGE $365,000 A YEAR IS SOMEHOW GOING TO BE ALL OF A SUDDEN DEFUNDED.
AND ASKING THOSE PEOPLE TO RISE UP AND JOIN THIS BATTLE CRY AND SEND THESE SEND EMAILS AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE DEFUNDING THE ARTS AND DEFUNDING SOMEHOW THAT THAT WOULD BE THE CASE IS EXTREMELY DISINGENUOUS. IT'S INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST. THERE'S TALK ABOUT A VOTE. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THE FOUR B STATUTE IS? TO WHICH THE FOUR B WHICH IS THE STATUTE THAT THAT SPECIFIES WHAT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MONEY IS USED FOR WELL, WE SHOULD IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IT IT AND FOUR A AND FOUR B ARE BOTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS. FOUR B, WHICH IS THE CDC SIDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SIDE DOES HAVE SOME EXTRA LATITUDE. BUT LET ME READ IT FOR YOU REAL QUICK. THE ADOPTION OF ADDITIONAL ONE. THIS IS WHAT WAS VOTED ON. WE TALK ABOUT A VOTE CHRIS. THIS WAS VOTED ON IN 1996 BY THE RESIDENTS. THE ADOPTION OF ADDITIONAL ONE HALF CENT SALES TAX AND USE TAX WITHIN THE CITY FOR PROJECTS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION FOUR B, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CULTURAL AND CIVIC MEETING, PERFORMING AND EXHIBITION FACILITIES, OPEN SPACE PARKS, NEW AND EXISTING ATHLETIC AND PUBLIC GOLF FACILITIES, COMPETITIVE SPORTS FACILITIES, SENIOR CITIZEN FACILITIES, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION FACILITIES. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS. PUBLIC LIBRARY FACILITIES, REPLACEMENT OR PROVISION OF NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE STREETS AND DRAINAGE AND OTHER RELATED IMPROVEMENTS AND FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL COSTS OF FACILITIES CONSTRUCTED. I WILL TELL YOU THE RESPONSE TO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WERE STATED. THAT THE INCREDIBLE BUSINESS GROWTH AND JOBS CREATED HERE IN MCKINNEY ARE INSIGNIFICANT PART TO THE AIRPORT. YOU KNOW, OUR TWO AND I UNDERSTAND GENERAL PUBLIC DOESN'T NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR AIRPORT. I CERTAINLY LET ME TELL YOU RIGHT NOW. I ABSOLUTELY DID NOT BEFORE I WAS ELECTED. I DID NOT. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND IF YOU IF YOU SAT ME DOWN AND MADE ME TAKE BEST GUESS AT IT. I COULD HAVE COME UP WITH SOMETHING I'M SURE BUT I. I WAS NOT NEARLY IS KNOWLEDGEABLE AS I AM NOW IN IT BECAUSE WE ARE ELECTED. IT IS OUR DUTY AND WE ARE CHARGED TO UNDERSTAND. OUR TWO LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN THE CITY. WHICH HAS MADE OVER A BILLION DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY A BILLION DOLLARS AND THEY EMPLOYED NEARLY 5000 EMPLOYEES. OK IN BOTH CASES. THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT THE AIRPORT IS
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CRITICAL. WAS A DECIDING FACTOR IN THEIR DECISION TO LOCATE MCKINNEY AND TO CONTINUE THEIR EXPANSION HERE, INCLUDING THE LAST $300 MILLION.01 OF THEM AND $250 MILLION. ANOTHER. THE CEO OF ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES TODAY TOLD ME QUOTE QUOTE, AND BY THE WAY, I WAS SPEAKING TO ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE YOU HAD. SOME ISSUES OR QUESTIONS FOR ME. BUT IF THE AIRPORT WENT AWAY. WE WOULD RELOCATE. WE WOULD MOVE OUT OF THE CITY. IT'S THAT IMPORTANT TO THEM AND THEIR OPERATIONS. THESE ARE OUR TWO LARGEST EMPLOYERS, AND THERE'S MANY, MANY MORE BUSINESSES. IT'S EASY TO LOSE SIGHT, FRANKLY. OR MISS IT ALL TOGETHER THE ROLE THAT THE AIRPORT PLAYS IN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND RETENTION IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE HUGE ECONOMIC IMPACT IT HAS ON OUR CITY, AND I'M EVEN TALKING COMMERCIAL SERVICE. I'M TALKING OUR GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT. BUT OUR ACTIONS APPEAR MUST REFLECT ANY MUST REFLECT THAT ANYTHING LESS WOULD BE A DERELICTION OF OUR DUTY. YOU KNOW THE POST. AS I SAID, THE POST THAT YOU MADE TOM WAS IT WAS INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST AND DISINGENUOUS. ALL THE INFORMATION I JUST PROVIDED THAT YOU DID NOT KNOW IS PUBLIC INFORMATION. AND TO SAY, AND TO PUT THAT THREAT IN PEOPLE THAT THOSE 15 ORGANIZATIONS YOU'VE LISTED ARE GOING TO BE DEFUNDED. AND NOT FUNDED ANYMORE, AND WE'RE AT RISK OF LOSING THEM. IS IT? UH UH, 10 MINUTES LOOKING AT AT THE INFORMATION ON OUR ON THE SITE OPEN PUBLIC INFORMATION WOULD TELL ANYBODY. THAT THAT IS LUDICROUS THAT IS IN NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM A THREAT. NOT TO MENTION THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SHOULD BE PUT TO A VOTE. IT HAS BEEN VOTED ON, AND IT SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS SPECIFICALLY. THE REASON AGAIN IS FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE AND THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE STATE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL WHEN THAT WAS INTRODUCED IS THAT THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS IMPORTANT FOR CITIES. AND WHAT DOES THAT DO? I MEAN, NEVER MIND THE TWO LARGEST EMPLOYEES IN 5000 JOBS AND BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT. IT'S ALL THE REST. THAT IT'S. IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS GOT TO BE CONSIDERED, AND THAT HOMEWORK HAS TO BE DONE AND POSTS HAVE TO BE LESS RECKLESS. THE AT LEAST I'LL REFER TO THEM AS RECKLESS. THE EMAILS. I GOT THAT. YOU KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW.SURELY I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR MOTIVATION WAS IN THAT POST BECAUSE, I KNOW ONE OF I KNOW A COUPLE OF THINGS. YOU'RE A SMART GUY. WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS. AND YOU HAD THE ABILITY TO LOOK UP ALL THIS INFORMATION. WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED HIM TO MAKE THAT SAME STATEMENT. IF YOU DID THAT HOMEWORK, OR YOU KNEW IT, AND YOU DIDN'T CARE AND TRUTH IS AN IMPORTANT I'M NOT SAYING THAT. BUT THERE'S ONLY CAN THERE CAN ONLY BE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MOTIVATIONS, BUT THE RESULT OF YOUR BATTLE CRY TO GET PEOPLE TO EMAIL. TODAY I GOT YOU ARE A DISGUSTING P OS FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT STANDS FOR PIECE OF YOU FILL OUT THE REST.
YOU THINK YOU OWN THE CITY AND ARE NOW TRYING TO STEAL MONEY FROM OUR ARTS IN THIS GREAT CITY FOR YOUR QUOTE FULLER AIRPORT. YOU ARE A CORRUPT AND SELFISH LEADER. I AM A MAN OF FAITH, AND I GENERALLY PRAY FOR THE WELL BEING OF OUR LEADERS DOT DOT DOT GENERALLY. ANOTHER ONE. TAKING MONEY FROM OUR CITIZENS WON'T GET YOU SUPPORT AND GUARANTEES YOUR JOB. SECURITY IS GONE. YOU ARE A HORRIBLE LEADER AND TRULY A SELFISH, ELITIST. THE LAST ONE. WELL, NOT LAST. LAST LAST I'LL READ. I SAW YOUR POST, WHICH I DO NOT KNOW WHAT POST THIS IS BUT CLAIMING YOU AND YOUR PHONY WIFE SUPPORT THE ARTS BS. SHE IS AS CORRUPT AS YOU AND YOU HAVE BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF YOUR POSITION SINCE THE DAY YOU WERE ELECTED NOW STEALING MONEY FROM OUR COMMUNITY ARTS AND NEEDY PROGRAMS SO YOU CAN LINE YOUR POCKETS WITH THE AIRPORT. YOU BOTH DISCUSS ME AND THE COMMUNITY. NOW I GOTTA BELIEVE THAT. THAT THESE THESE EMAILS, EMAILS ARE BORN OUT OF EMOTION FROM PEOPLE READING YOUR POST AND ASSUMING THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS ACCURATE. A PERSONAL NOTE. WHOEVER WROTE THAT LAST EMAIL. YOU KNOW, I. I LET THAT GO. I'LL JUST SAY THIS. WHOEVER THAT PERSON IS. I'M NOT GONNA LET LET ME LET ME LET ME I'LL SAY THIS. A PERSON THAT ISN'T IN THE SAME UNIVERSE. AS THE TYPE OF PERSON MY WIFE IS. MY WIFE HAS DEDICATED 33 YEARS OF HER LIFE TO GIVE HIM BACK TO OTHERS, HELPING OTHERS HAS RAISED TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO WHOEVER WROTE THAT I. I ASKED YOU TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO COME TALK TO ME FACE TO FACE. YOU WANT TO BRING MY WIFE INTO IT AND ACCUSE HER OF BEING CORRUPT AND A FRAUD. NERVE. LEAVE MORE. YOU SPEAK EVERY MEETING AGAINST THE AIRPORT. UNDERSTAND WHY I DO. YOU BOUGHT A HOUSE IN FAIRVIEW, ALBEIT KNOWING THAT THERE WAS AN AIRPORT. PRIOR TO YOUR DECISION, BUT I GET IT. AND TO PAMELA, I REALLY DO. BY THE WAY, YOUR YOUR COMMENTS. RESPECTFUL. AND I COULD TELL THEY'RE FROM THE HEART. AND I AND II I UNDERSTAND
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THAT AND I, I HAVE EMPATHY. I. I APPRECIATE YOU AND THE WAY YOU HAVE EXPRESSED. WHAT YOU DID. IT MEANS SOMETHING TO HEAR IT. LIKE THAT. BUT. WE HAVE A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY. THE CITY IN THAT ASSET THAT WE DO OWN, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. WE OWN THE AIRPORT. AND UNDERSTANDING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT CURRENT AND FUTURE. THE ROLE OF THE AIR PORT PLAYS FOR OUR LARGEST EMPLOYERS AND SO MANY OTHER BUSINESSES IN MCKINNEY. IF I WAS LIVING IN FAIRVIEW AND DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT CONCERN. MAN, I'D BE RIGHT THERE WITH LEE MOORE. EVERYONE ELSE FROM FAIRVIEW. I WOULD I. I DON'T. I WOULDN'T WANT THE AIRPLANE I OVER OVERHEAD. I GET IT. WILL TELL YOU THAT. I BELIEVE THAT AS. LARGER CORPORATE AIRCRAFT, AND IF WE DO END UP WITH COMMERCIAL SERVICE HAPPENS. THE FACT THAT WE'LL PROBABLY LOSE CLOSE TO 350. TRAINING EXERCISE AIRPORTS FLYING AROUND LOW ALTITUDE BUZZING YOUR HOUSE I. I BET YOU'LL SEE A DIFFERENCE.ACTUALLY THAT'S FOR THE POSITIVE. AND IF WE HAVE COMMERCIAL SERVICE AND I GUESS, EVEN IF NOT, I THINK AND I DON'T KNOW I. I CAN'T SPEAK THIS. VERY GOOD. BUT IN THE REQUEST THAT WE'VE MADE TO THE FAA JUST SO YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO LOOK AT AN ALTERNATE FLIGHT PATH, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD PERTAIN TO ALL AIRCRAFT. SEE WHETHER IT'S COMMERCIAL OR NOT, BUT WE HAVE WE HAVE MADE THAT PLEA TO THE FAA TO LOOK AT THAT AS A SOUTH AS I LEAVE FROM THE SOUTH IMMEDIATELY GOING TO THE, UH, GOING TO THE EAST. OVER THE LAKE. SO YOU KNOW NOW WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S GOING TO GO. BUT WE ARE. WE ARE DILIGENTLY PURSUING THAT, REGARDLESS. SO UM THAT'S WHAT I SAY IN THE MATTER. COMMENT TOM, BUT NOW I'M NOT GONNA HAVE ANY MORE DISCUSSION, SIR. WELL I'M NOT GOING TO DISCUSS I AM JUST GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. I SAY THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU ALL ALONG. IT IS IT IS HARD TO FIND. IT'S NOT HARD TO FIND. GO TO MCKINNEY TEXAS.ORG GO TO GO TO M CDC.
I'VE LOOKED AT THE AT THE BUDGET . I'VE LOOKED AT THE MC DC DEPARTMENT CALLED ME AND SAID, GEORGE, I WANT TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION ON THE AIRPORT. I CANNOT SEEM TO GO AND MAKE TWO CLICKS ON TO FIND IT. CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE TO GO? WHAT WOULD I SAY TO YOU? I GIVE IT TO YOU.
I DON'T KNOW. I'LL TRY THAT. WELL, I'VE BEEN ASKING YOU FOR A YEAR. NOW THAT WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER TO CALL AND ASK ME YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT YET. SO I'LL SAY IT AGAIN IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY HERE BEFORE YOU MAKE A POST LIKE YOU DID THAT'S EXTREMELY MISLEADING AND INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST. CALL ME ASK ME FOR INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP YOU MAKE A MORE ACCURATE AND HONEST.
ON POST. THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO IN EVERY SINGLE PERSON, NOT JUST IN THE CITY TO EVERYONE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. IT IS AVAILABLE. I'M DONE WITH SPEAKING ON THIS SUBJECT. THANK
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YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENT TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO NOW MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM. BEEN SENT AGENDA. THIS. IS INCONSISTENT. NON-CONTROVERSIAL HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS ACQUIRED BY LAW ITEMS MAY BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY BY ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAKING SUCH REQUESTS PRIOR TO A MOTION TO VOTE ON THE CONSENT ITEMS. MR MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL DOWN ITEM 24-1266. I'VE STATED BEFORE THAT I'LL PROBABLY PULL DOWN EVERY AIRPORT, UM, CONSENT AGENDA ITEM AND WE'RE GONNA STAY WITH THAT JUST TO HAVE A CLEAR EXPLANATION AS TO WHERE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM FOR THIS.I IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEM TO BE PULLED DOWN BY COUNCIL? YES I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. IS THERE ANY POST? REGULAR GENDER PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS REQUIRING AN INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION BY THE COUNCIL PURSUANT TO SECTION 551007 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO ANY PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL FOR ITEMS LISTED AS PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE RECOGNIZED WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPENED. 241272 THAT ONE. OH, I I'M SO SORRY, DRE, YOU PULLED THAT DOWN AND I SKIPPED RIGHT OVER. I APOLOGIZE.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Garver, LLC for McKinney National Airport Project AI2455, Access Taxilane A4]
IT WAS NOT INTENTIONAL. 241 266 CONSIDER AN ACT ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH G LLC FOR NATIONAL AIRPORT PROJECT A 12455. ACCESS TAXI LANE. THREE.THE LOCATION MAP, OK? GOOD EVENING MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. BARRY SHELTON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. UH THIS ITEM IS A RESOLUTION THAT'S APPROVING A DESIGN CONTRACT FOR TAXIWAY. A FOUR SHOWN ON THIS LOCATION MAP ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THIS IS THE ITEM THAT THE TUR BOARD BACK ON NOVEMBER, 7TH OF 2023 APPROVED THE FUNDING FOR THAT OPENS UP THE THREE PROPERTIES, INCLUDING THE HANGAR THAT'S SHOWN ON THIS MAP THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY FUND. THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE,
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AND THIS IS A DESIGN CONTRACT FOR $370,500. TO DESIGN THE TAXIWAY AND IT WILL BRING A CONSTRUCTION ITEM BACK TO THE COUNCIL AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE DESIGN. UM BUT JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS FUNDING HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED PREVIOUSLY BY THE CHURCH BOARD. FUNDING IS COMING FROM WHERE THE TOURIST DISTRICT 22. YES, SIR. OK, AND IF YOU COULD JUST BRIEFLY GO OVER WHAT T MEANS FOR FOLKS WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE SO IT'S A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.THESE ARE ZONES THAT ARE SET UP BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS ONE WAS SET UP IN 2010. ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT DOES IS IT CAPTURES THE INCREMENTAL TAX REVENUE THAT COMES IN ABOVE THAT BASE YEAR OF 2010. UH, IT CAPTURES IT AND KEEPS IT IN A SEPARATE FUND. THAT FUND IS DESIGNATED FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE IN AND ADOPTED PROJECT PLAN FOR THAT TOURS, NUMBER TWO, WHICH INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS, HANGARS, TAXIWAYS AND GENERALLY, THOSE FUNDS ARE SET ASIDE FOR PURPOSES WITHIN THAT DISTRICT, AND THE BENEFIT OF A TUR ZONE IS TO INVEST IN THE DISTRICT TO RAISE THE VALUE OF PROPERTIES TO SPUR DEVELOPMENT. AND IN THIS CASE, IT IS HELPING TO FUND A TAXIWAY THAT OPENS UP THREE. THEY WILL BRING IN SIGNIFICANT GROUND RENTS FOR THE THREE ENTITIES BEING BUILT THERE AS WELL AS ALLOW US TO BASE NEW AIRCRAFT AT THE AIRPORT, WHICH WOULD PAY BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES , WHICH ARE, UH, TAXES THAT GO TO THE GENERAL FUND. UH REAL PROPERTY TAXES ARE CAPTURED BY THE TOURS. BUT BPP IS NOT AND IT GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND. RIGHT. SO WHAT THIS IS THE TOURS IS FUNDED BY TAXES, AN INCREMENTAL OF TAXES OVER WHAT WAS COLLECTED IN 2010 FROM THIS PARTICULAR ZONE. AND THIS IS THIS ZONE, REINVESTING IN ITSELF WITH THE GENERAL IDEA THAT WE'RE SPURRING ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THIS ZONE, AND THIS IS A CATALYST TO DO THAT, SIR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR BARRY. VERY APPRECIATE. YOU ALWAYS BEING HERE TO EXPLAIN THESE. HOPEFULLY KEN WILL COME BACK SOON, AND I'LL JUST SIT BACK AND WATCH HIM PRESENT YOU ANYWHERE YET? BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GONNA KEEP YOU RIGHT THERE. BUT BARRY, YOU'RE HERE PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY BETWEEN EIGHT AND FIVE.
CORRECT MORE LONGER AND PEOPLE HAVE QUESTION ABOUT FUNDING. YOU COULD CERTAINLY ANSWER IT. YES I I'M ALWAYS WILLING FOR ANYONE TO REACH OUT AND I CAN HELP ANYONE FIND THE INFORMATION THEY'RE SEEKING. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING AVAILABLE TO US. WE APPRECIATE YOUR GOOD WORK. YES, SIR. MOVING TO REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS ON THAT, MR. YEAH, I'M SORRY. IS THERE A MOTION I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS SECOND THAT THIS GESTURE VOTES. SORRY, READING THINGS SAID ABOUT MY WIFE. GETS ME A LITTLE BIT DISCOMBOBULATED. I SKIPPED OVER ALL THE STUFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA. UM. ALL RIGHT. I. BARRY WE'RE GONNA CALL YOU UP IN JUST A SECOND. THE FIRST ITEM
[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Parkland Dedication Appeal for City Park Place Townhomes, Located Generally at the Northwest Corner of Ridge Road and Stacy Road]
241272. IT'S BEEN ASKED TO BE TABLED. IT'S CONSIDERED AN ACT ON PARKLAND. DEDICATION APPEAL FOR CITY PARK PLACE TOWN HOMES LOCATED GENERALLY AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BRIDGE ROAD AND STACY ROAD. UM DID WE KNOW WHEN WE WANTED AT THE TABLE AT TWO. I THINK IT'S INDEFINITELY.OK, MARCH 6TH. MARCH, 5TH. FIFTH OR SIXTH. IS THERE A MOTION A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS ITEM TO MARCH? 5TH? ONE SECOND. DISCUSS YOUR VOTES. ITEM. 23172 CONCERN ACT ON A RESOLUTION
[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Directing the City Manager to Request Grant Funding from the McKinney Economic Development Corporation and the McKinney Community Development Corporation for Planning and Design of the East Side of McKinney National Airport]
DIRECTING CITY MANAGER TO GRESS GRANT TO REQUEST GRANT FUNDING FOR THE MCKINNEY ECONOMIC CORPORATION AND MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THE EAST SIDE OF MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT. ALL RIGHT. A PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM TONIGHT. THIS IS THE ITEM THAT WAS SPOKEN OF IN THE CITIZEN COMMENTS. WE WILL GO THROUGH A BRIEF PRESENTATION. THERE WE GO. SO I. I ALWAYS START THE AIRPORT PRESENTATIONS WITH TWO SLIDES. THE FIRST ONE IS THE CITY COUNCIL GOALS AND STRATEGIES, WHICH INCLUDE THE STRATEGIC PLAN. THAT IS THE DOCUMENT THAT IS OVER ON THE WALL TO MY RIGHT. UH, THIS IS, UH, ONE OF THE SIX PILLARS OF THE PLAN MAXIMIZE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT. THAT HAS BEEN ON THE PLAN. I BELIEVE WE LOOKED IT UP. IT WAS SINCE 2015 AND HAS BEEN CARRIED FORWARD. THREE A OF THAT IS IMPLEMENT INITIATIVES AND STRATEGIES, INCLUDING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO ATTRACT AND EXPAND. CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL AVIATION, INCLUDING THE VIABILITY OF PASSENGER SERVICE WHEN THE COUNCIL ADOPTS ITS STRATEGIC PLAN EACH YEAR.THIS IS KIND OF OUR MARCHING ORDERS TO STAFF TO IMPLEMENT THE ITEMS ON THAT PLAN. THAT'S HOW THE COUNCIL COMMUNICATES THEIR POLICY DECISIONS AND DIRECTION TO US. THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE
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GOING FORWARD AS PART OF THIS, WE HAVE BEEN IN FRONT OF A NUMBER OF TIMES TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS EXPANSION. AND UH UH, BENEFIT OF THE AIRPORT. THE SECOND SLIDE WE HAVE, AND I USUALLY PUT AT THE BEGINNING OF MY PRESENTATION IS A SLIDE FROM THE MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT MASTER PLAN. THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE FAA FOR AIRPORTS TO. COMPLETE AND UPDATE ON A REGULAR BASIS THAT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE A MASTER PLAN FOR THE FUTURE EXPANSION AND USES AT THE AIRPORT. THIS ALLOWS US TO QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL GRANTS THROUGH VARIOUS, UH, FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS. UH, BUT GENERALLY IT'S, UH, TO HELP US EFFICIENTLY MEET AVIATION DEMAND THROUGH THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE AT TK I AND RESPOND TO CHANGING INDUSTRY CONDITIONS. IT IS NOT AN EXACT PLAN. I WOULD LIKEN THIS TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND NOT OUR ZONING MAP. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A GENERAL PLAN FOR HOW THE COMMUNITY WILL DEVELOP JUST LIKE THIS AS A GENERAL PLAN FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE AIRPORT. IT ALSO PROVIDES, LIKE I SAID GUIDELINES FOR ADHERING TO THE FAA AND TECH STANDARDS, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDED TO UPDATE THIS EVERY 7 TO 10 YEARS. THE LAST UPDATE WAS IN. I BELIEVE IT WAS ADOPTED IN 2018. BUT I SHOW THAT AND THEN I'VE BEEN USING THIS SLIDE IN A COUPLE PRESENTATIONS RECENTLY. THIS IS A MAP OF THE AVAILABLE LEASE LAND AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE MAXIMIZATION OF THE BENEFIT OF THE AIRPORT TO THE COMMUNITY IS THE FACT THAT ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENT TO DATE HAS OCCURRED ON THE WEST SIDE, WHICH IS THE TOP OF THIS IMAGE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT RUNWAY, AND THAT'S THE AREA. WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING OUR FB TERMINALS, T HANGARS, CORPORATE HANGERS FIRE STATION. ALL OF THOSE ARE LOCATED ON THAT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AS YOU SEE IN THIS IMAGE. IT'S A LITTLE WASHED OUT ON THE SCREEN. BUT YOU CAN SEE, UH, OF THE PROPERTIES THAT REMAIN THAT ARE OWNED BY THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, UH, OF THOSE PROPERTIES. UH, GREAT NUMBER OF THEM ARE UNDER CURRENT DEVELOPMENT OR DESIGN FOR DEVELOPMENT ONCE THOSE EXISTING PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE ARE COMPLETED, WE WILL BE LEFT WITH ONLY 11 ACRES, WHICH ARE THE RED PROPERTIES ONE THAT IS UP HERE ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE CITY PROPERTY AND ONE THAT IS ON THE FAR SOUTH WEST CORNER OF THE CITY PROPERTY THAT BEING SAID, WE WANT TO START PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE OF EXPANSION OF THE AIRPORT, AND OUR FUTURE IS GOING TO OCCUR TO THE WEST. SORRY TO THE EAST OF THE RUNWAY. THIS IS A GREAT PROPERTY AND EVERYONE LOOKS AT AND IT IS A GREAT PROPERTY WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AS PART OF THE AIRPORT. IT IS NOT OWNED BY THE CITY. IT IS IN FACT OWNED BY ENCORE WIRE, AND THEY HAVE PLANS FOR EXPANSION. THIS IS ON CORE WIRE, ONE OF OUR LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN TOWN, UH AND THEY OWN THAT LAND FOR THEIR FUTURE CORPORATE EXPANSION. SO THAT BEING SAID, WE LOOK EASTWARD TO THE PROPERTY THAT WAS PURCHASED BY THE CITY. WE PURCHASED 190 ACRES OF WHICH ABOUT 123 ACRES ARE SITUATED VERY WELL. TO INCORPORATE FUTURE USES AT THE AIRPORT. SO THE ITEM TONIGHT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FUNDING ON THE DESIGN OR PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THAT EAST SIDE, BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE NOT GROWN OVER THERE IN THE PAST OR TO DATE. THERE IS A LOT OF NEEDS IN TERMS OF MAKING THAT SITE DEVELOPMENT READY OR SHOVEL READY. AND I'M GONNA GO BACK ONE SLIDE HERE. UH, THE FIRST AND FOREMOST IS TAXIWAY, CHARLIE BECAUSE WE CAN'T USE OUR RUNWAY AS A TAXIWAY. WE NEED AN EAST SIDE TAXIWAY AND THAT TAXIWAY IS VITAL FOR WHATEVER THE USES ARE ON THE EAST SIDE, BUT OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE OR WATER, OUR FRANCHISE UTILITIES, SEWER AS WELL AS ROADWAY CONNECTIONS, PARKING DRIVES, ACCESS DRIVES. ALL OF THOSE ARE NECESSARY FOR THAT PROPERTY TO BE READY FOR DEVELOPMENT. SO WHEN THINGS COME THROUGH THE PIPELINE, THE NEXT BIG PROJECT COMES. WE HAVE LAND READY FOR DEVELOPMENT. I HAVE A I'VE HAD, UH, A COUPLE OF IMAGES DRAWN UP AND THESE ARE JUST CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS. THESE ARE NOT PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT. TO DATE. THIS WOULD BE GENERAL AVIATION DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS. IT COULD BE DEVELOPED AS GENERAL AVIATION IF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WAS NOT VIABLE FOR OUR AIRPORT, AND IT WAS NOT AN OPTION FOR US TO GO FORWARD WITH, WE COULD VERY WELL DEVELOP THIS AS CORPORATE AND PRIVATE HANGARS AND YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT AND HANGARS THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED WITH RI. IF NOT EXCEED WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON THE AIRPORT TO DATE. I DO HAVE A SLIDE THAT SHOWS POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS AND SO A COUPLE OPTIONS THAT ARE SHOWN HERE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T PLANNED AND DESIGNED IT YET, UH, ONE COULD BE WHAT WAS ASKED OF THE CITIZENS IN MAY OF LAST YEAR FOR THE ELECTION. IT COULD BE THE $300 MILLION PROJECT THAT INCLUDED APPROXIMATELY 100 AND $75 MILLION TERMINAL BUILDING.[01:05:03]
THAT WAS KIND OF OUR FIRST IN CLASS, YOU KNOW, FIRST CLASS, UH, FULLY DEVELOPED FOR GATE TERMINAL THAT WE WERE PROPOSING AT THAT TIME. ANOTHER OPTION WE HAVE LOOKED AT IS MAYBE A PROBABILITY IS THAT WE DO A WHAT WE CALL A PROOF OF CONCEPT OR A PHASE ONE DEVELOPMENT AT THE AIRPORT, WHICH WOULD BE A MUCH SMALLER ASK WITH A FACILITY THAT WOULD BE EXPANDABLE SO WE COULD GET SERVICE IN THAT MANNER. SO THESE ARE OPTIONS THAT COULD GO ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE. AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE A CONCEPTUAL DRAWING OF HOW THESE COULD COEXIST IN ONE SHAPE OR ANOTHER.AND THIS IS VERY WELL COULD BE THE FUTURE OF MCKINNEY, WHETHER IT IS IN THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS 20 YEARS. THIS COULD BE THE FUTURE OF THE EAST SIDE WHERE YOU HAVE A COMBINATION OF A COMMERCIAL TERMINAL WITH PASSENGER SERVICE ALONG WITH THE GENERAL AVIATION. I BELIEVE THIS RED BOX HERE IS A FUTURE FIRE STATION TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SAFETY FOR THE AIRPORT. THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT. UH, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PLANNING PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND FIRST WHAT CAN BE BUILT SECOND WHAT THE DESIGN NEEDS TO BE. TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE AND THIRD. MOST IMPORTANTLY, PROBABLY ULTIMATELY IS THE COST OF WHAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE. SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS, AND THIS WAS ALREADY SPOKEN OF EARLIER IS THE BOND ELECTION LANGUAGE WAS VERY SPECIFIC TO AUTHORIZE THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $200 MILLION IN GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT THAT WOULD BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTING, ENLARGING AND IMPROVING AND EQUIPPING A COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE TERMINAL. BECAUSE IT FAILED IN THE VOTERS SAID THEY DID NOT WISH TO ISSUE THIS DEBT. WE ARE RESTRICTED BY STATE LAW IN OUR USE OF ANY PROPERTY, TAX BASED DEBT INSTRUMENT TO FUND THE THINGS THAT THE VOTERS TURNED DOWN. SO WE COULD NOT GO WITHIN A THREE YEAR PERIOD AND ISSUE HAVE ANOTHER ELECTION FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT. WE ALSO COULD NOT ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, WHICH ARE NONVOTER AUTHORIZED. THAT THERE CAN BE ISSUED FOR PURPOSES AND THE CITY CHOOSES, HOWEVER, THOSE TWO BECAUSE THEY'RE EXCUSE ME, BACKED BY PROPERTY TAX. UH TAX. PROPERTY TAXES. UH, THEY THEY CANNOT BE UTILIZED FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS. WHAT IS BEING ASKED OF TONIGHT IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION THAT DIRECTS STAFF TO APPROACH THE MEC MCKINNEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE M CDC MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR FUNDING TO DO THE PLANNING AND DESIGN WORK NECESSARY TO SPUR GROWTH ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. THAT BEING SAID MUCH OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WAS SHOWN ON THE IMAGES. THEY IT IS NECESSARY REGARDLESS OF WHAT TYPE OF AVIATION USES ARE ULTIMATELY DEVELOPED ON THE EAST SIDE, UH, BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S TODAY OR TOMORROW IF COMMERCIAL SERVICE WAS TO UTILIZE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE USED PROPERTY TAX, UH, DEBT TO FUND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS EVEN IF WE FUNDED THE IMPROVEMENTS WITH PROPERTY TAX DEBT TODAY AND SAID IT'S G A. IF COMMERCIAL CAME IN 20 YEARS, WE WOULD HAVE VIOL. STATE LAW BY UTILIZING A TAX INSTRUMENT WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO. SO THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE LOOKING FOR OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING THE IMPROVEMENTS BEING PLANNED. SO NUMBER ONE, THE GRANTS WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE FROM THOSE TWO ENTITIES. MANY OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FAA REIMBURSEMENT GRANTS AND IN FACT WERE ATTEMPTING TO GET GRANT FUNDING FOR TAXIWAY CHARLIE IN ADVANCE. UH SO THAT WE COULD GET THAT FUNDED, UH, UPFRONT, BUT ULTIMATELY IF WE HAVE GRANTS REQUESTED FROM THE ME DC AND THE M CDC WE COULD TAKE FUTURE FEDERAL GRANT MONEY AND REIMBURSE THOSE ENTITIES FOR THE COST OF THAT DESIGN WORK. CAN I INTERRUPT YOU FOR A MOMENT ? DIDN'T WE JUST REDO TAXIWAY ALPHA? SO TAXIWAY ALPHA. I WILL SHOW YOU I'M GONNA GO BACK TO AN IMAGE HERE SO TAXIWAY. SORRY.
TAXIWAY ALPHA IS THE WESTERNMOST TAXIWAY. UH, IF YOU LOOK AT A CLOSE UP OF THAT, I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE IT'S MORE CRACK SEAL THAN ACTUAL PAVEMENT. TODAY IT'S BEEN RECONSTRUCTED AND PATCHED A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE YEARS, AND THE CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY APPROVED FUNDING TO RECONSTRUCT THIS CENTER PORTION OF IT, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY WIDENING THAT, UH, IN THAT RECONSTRUCTION, WE'RE ACTUALLY WE'RE MOVING IT A LITTLE BIT TO THE EAST SO THAT WE HAVE MORE RAMP SPACE FOR THE CORPORATE AIRCRAFT THAT UTILIZE OUR FBO TERMINAL. HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY FOCUS ON WHAT KIND OF GRANTS WE'RE GOING TO GET? UH WITH RESPECT TO THE REBUILDING OF THAT, UH, WE HAVE NOT TO DATE. UM ACTUALLY. SORRY TAXIWAY ALPHA . YES, SIR. UH, THE TEXT, UH, IS PARTICIPATING. UM TO A LARGE EXTENT ON THAT PROJECT, I BELIEVE THEY ARE FUNDING. 90% OF
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THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF THAT PROJECT. SO WITH THIS TAXI WE, CHARLIE, UH, WE ARE FACING. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF REIMBURSEMENT WE'RE GOING TO GET . BUT SOME LEVEL OF REIMBURSEMENT IS ACHIEVABLE. AND WE CAN LOOK AT TAXIWAY ALPHA AS PERHAPS A GUIDE FOR THAT. IS THAT FAIR? YES IT'S CLEARLY ELIGIBLE. IT IS A COMPETITIVE GRANT BASED PROGRAM THAT THE FAA RUNS IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, THEY SAID THEIR PRIORITIES FOR ISSUANCE OF GRANTS START AT THINNER LINE OF RUNWAYS THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THEY LOOK AT, AND THEN IT WORKS OUTWARDS.SO TAXI WAY CHARLIE BEING THE NEAR TAXIWAY TO THE RUNWAY. UH, THEY SAID, WE'LL COMPETE VERY WELL FOR FEDERAL FUNDING. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT, IT COSTS X NUMBER OF MILLION DOLLARS TO DO THAT, AND THE CITY PUTS IT IN THE REALITY IS THAT IF WE DO SOME FORENSIC ACCOUNTING ON THIS, WE'RE GOING TO SEE WE SEE A LOT OF REIMBURSEMENTS FROM EITHER TEXT DO OR THE FAA WITH RESPECT TO THE MONEY THE CITY HAS SPENT IN THE AIRPORT. IS THAT FAIR TO SAY THAT IS FAIR TO SAY. IN PARTICULAR ON THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AT THE AIRPORT, TAXIWAYS RUNWAYS. NOT AS MUCH ON PRIVATE HANGERS, BUT YES, WE DO SEE A GREAT DEAL OF REIMBURSEMENTS. THOSE OTHER MONIES ARE, OF COURSE, ARE FOR REVENUE GENERATING ASSETS. THAT IS CORRECT, AND I SAID IT FOR OTHERS, RIGHT? SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. WERE YOU AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION? LET ME GO BACK TO THAT FINAL SLIDE. I BELIEVE THAT WAS ALL I HAD.
TONIGHT WAS, UH YES, THE CONVERSATION OF THE FUTURE REIMBURSEMENTS SO WITHOUT ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS. I'LL JUST START I I'M THE ONE WHO ASKED TO PUT THIS BACK ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE I FEEL ESPECIALLY AFTER SPEAKING TO SOME OF OUR OUR EMPLOYERS AND HAVING INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS AND KNOWING UM HOW WE WILL BE CAUGHT WITH OUR PANTS DOWN TO USE AN ANALOGY. IF WE ARE NOT PREPARED, AS WE HAVE JUST TALKING STRICTLY RIGHT NOW IN THE GENERAL AVIATION SIDE, UM, THOUGH, CERTAINLY, AS I'VE BEEN VERY VOCAL, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE AND LOOK AT AND IF IT MAKES SENSE, WE'LL WE'LL THOSE DISCUSSIONS AGAIN AT SOME POINT, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT THAT IS ABOUT TO BE BUILT OUT. AND IF ONE OF ONE OF OUR CURRENT LARGEST EMPLOYERS OR ANY OTHER COMPANY WERE TO COME RIGHT NOW WE ARE YEARS AWAY FROM BEING READY TO ACCOMMODATE ON THE EAST SIDE. SO AND WE ARE. EITHER POINT TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE AIRPORT AS A GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT OR IT WOULD BE SOME COMBINATION OF GENERAL AVIATION AND COMMERCIAL SERVICE, OR MAYBE WILL END UP BEING GENERAL. AVIATION AND CARGO. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK, AS WAS STATED EARLIER UM WE CANNOT. AND DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANYONE ANY THREE OF THOSE, IF, IF THEY USER CAME ON THEIR OWN. UM. SO I ASKED TO BRING THIS UP BECAUSE AGAIN WE HAVE A FIRMLY BELIEVE AND I. I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE. UM RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE AS FIDUCIARIES OF THAT ASSET AND THE IMPACT AND RELIANCE THAT BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE ON IT. AND OUR UM DETERMINATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CONTINUES TO BE A ECONOMIC DRIVING ASSET FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN THE REGION AND A UM, AND A TRACTOR. FOR CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESSES THAT ARE CONCERNING MCKINNEY. SO ME. IT IS TOO IMPORTANT TO DO NOT MOVE FORWARD. UM PERIOD, AND IT. WAS NOT BY THE WAY BASED MY DECISION TO PULL THIS FORWARD WAS NOT BASED IN THE SURVEY AND AGAIN. THAT WAS NOT MY SURVEY. IT WAS A SURVEY OF COMPANY PROFESSIONAL COMPANY THAT HIRED I DID HEAR RESULTS OF THE SURVEY THAT YOU BROUGHT UP. I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER UM. HOW MUCH VALIDITY YOU WOULD PUT IN THAT YOU SAID THAT 81% WE'RE OPPOSED TO COMMERCIAL SERVICE YET WE JUST HAD AN ELECTION WHERE WHERE MORE THAN DOUBLE SHE SAID, WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF NOT ONLY IN FAVOR OF IT, BUT WANTED TO SIGN UP FOR $200 MILLION IN DEBT. SO I WOULD QUESTION THOSE RESULTS JUST GOING FORWARD. UM ENGAGE IN A PROFESSIONAL COMPANY WOULD HELP YOU. GET GET THOSE NUMBERS A LITTLE MORE. REALISTIC. UM. SO NEITHER HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH MY ASKING THIS TO BE BACK ON THE AGENDA. WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT ASSET THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN. UM, READINESS. IN THE MARKET. I THINK IT'S. INCUMBENT ON THIS COUNCIL. WE HAVE A FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY TO DEVELOP THAT AIRPORT AND THAT WAS SET BEFORE ANY OF US WERE ELECTED TO BE ON HERE, AND IT'S THE FUTURE OF MCKINNEY AND I'M NOT GOING TO SIT BACK AND UH, THINK THAT BECAUSE SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE UPSET BECAUSE THEY BOUGHT A HOUSE NEXT TO AN
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AIRPORT AND THAT THERE'S NOISE THERE. UM MAKES ABOUT AS MUCH SENSE AS THE FOLKS WHO MOVED HERE FROM CALIFORNIA AND SAY, HEY, DON'T BUILD THAT GREEN FIELD NEXT TO ME BECAUSE MY REALTOR SAID THEY WERE NEVER GOING TO DEVELOP THAT. UH AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY FROM THE CITY COUNCIL OF MCKINNEY TEXAS EVER ANNOUNCED IN 1979 OR 80. WHEN WE ACQUIRED THE AIRPORT THAT WE WOULD NEVER DEVELOP THAT AIRPORT. UH AND I THINK ANYONE WITH A LICK OF COMMON SENSE MOVING INTO NEXT TO AN AIRPORT IS GOING TO KNOW THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE NOISE AND YOU SHOULD THINK THESE THINGS THROUGH BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO CALL A PLACE HOME. I'M PROUD TO CALL MCKINNEY MY HOME AND I'M PROUD TO BE THE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER HERE WHO HAS FLOWN OUT OF THE MCKINNEY AIRPORT, UH, MEDIATED A CASE UP IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS THAT FLEW BACK, GOT IN MY TRUCK AND DROVE TO THE SHERATON AND WENT TO THE COMMUNITY AWARDS PROGRAM THAT NIGHT. AND IT WAS SUCH AN HONOR AND SUCH A GREAT BENEFIT TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT IN A COMMERCIAL PURPOSE. OF COURSE, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THE NATIONAL PRACTICE. I'M HAPPY TO STAY RIGHT HERE IN MCKINNEY EVERY DAY, BUT IT'S NICE TO KNOW YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, SO I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF IT. I'M GONNA GO OVER A COUPLE OF STORIES. WE GOT AN EMAIL FROM A DOCTOR IN FAIRVIEW.I KNOW THE MAYOR GOT IT, AND I GOT IT. I THINK EVERYONE GOT IT. BUT HE WAS TALKING. I'LL NEVER FORGET, HE SAID THIS, HE SAID, THERE'S A CACOPHONY OF NOISE. FROM THE AIRPORT. AND THAT THAT REALLY HIT ME. I THOUGHT CACOPHONY OF NOISE. SO IT WASN'T TOO LONG AFTER THAT. MY FRIEND JASON HERNANDEZ, WHO RUNS A STORE CALLED LA TDI AT THE CORNER OF MURRAY IN GREENVILLE, INVITED ME OUT ON A MONDAY EVENING TO TASTE FOOD THAT HE'S GOING TO BE SELLING, AND SO I WENT OUT THERE. AND I ENCOUNTERED A CACOPHONY OF NOISE FROM THE AIRPORT. IT WAS PISTON ENGINE AIRCRAFT. AND THEY WERE CIRCLING. THEY WERE LIKE DOING TOUCH AND GO. IT WAS LIKE LESSONS. AND IT WAS NOISY. JUST PLAIN NOISY NOW. NEXT MONTH IN MARCH. UH I THINK THAT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT WRONG ON THAT. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE ENVIRONMENT. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT RESULTS FROM THE STUDY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR BEFORE THE BALLOT INITIATIVE, AND THEY LOOK AT NOISE AND SOME STUFF. UM YOU CAN GET FOR FREE, BUT I PAID A DOLLAR 99, A DECIBEL READER ON YOUR IPHONE. PROBABLY YOUR ANDROID TWO. AND WHAT I KNOW IS WHAT I THINK I KNOW IS THAT IT'S 65 DECIBELS. THAT'S THAT'S WHERE THE FAA HAS A PROBLEM WITH AIR AIR AIR THESE PLANES AND IT HAS TO BE STAY ON THE AIRPORT GROUNDS TO BE 65 DECIBELS. IF IT'S OVER 65 DECIBELS OUTSIDE THAT. THAT'S A PROBLEM WITH THIS COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT. UM I HAVE BEEN BY THE AIRPORT WITH BIG JETS ARE COMING OUT. IT'S NOWHERE CLOSE TO THAT, BUT BUT THE PISTON ENGINES IT IS SOMETHING, THE MAYOR SAID. AND I CAN'T GUARANTEE BUT IT MAKES SENSE TO ME WHEN WE TAKE OFF IN A JET. WE'RE ON A FLIGHT PATH. YOU KNOW IT WHEN WE TAKE OFF, WE'RE GOING STRAIGHT UNTIL IT CLIMBS TO A CERTAIN ALTITUDE. THEN THE CAPTAIN SAYS, OK, Y'ALL COULD DO STUFF RIGHT AND YOU'RE STAYING PRETTY STRAIGHT. THAT'S NOT THE WAY THESE PISTON AIRCRAFT ARE. THEY'RE CIRCLING AND GOING EVERYWHERE. THEY'RE THE ONES CAUSING A LOT OF NOISE.
NOW, UH I MY FIRST HOME. THIS IS THE NEXT STORY. MY FIRST HOME WAS AT 1006 KINGSTON DRIVE IN LEWISVILLE, TEXAS. IN 1991. I BOUGHT IT FOR $67,500. AND IT WAS IN THE FLIGHT PATH OF DFW.
AND UM I HATED THAT HOME THE DAY I BOUGHT IT HATE IT THE DAY I SOLD IT, BUT I SOLD IT FOR $77,000 AND THOUGHT I WAS J PAUL GETTY. FOR ALL YOU GUYS LIKE PAUL, MILES OUT THERE WHO REMEMBER THAT GUY? THAT HOME NOW IN THE FLIGHT PATH IS GOING FOR $300,000. I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE HOMES DOWN THERE, AND I DON'T PRETEND LIKE THE AIRPORT HAS NO WINNERS AND LOSERS. BUT AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM SAID, AND THE MAYOR SAID, AND I'VE SAID A NUMBER OF TIMES THAT THESE THINGS I'M A FIDUCIARY THIS AIRPORT. I'M A FIDUCIARY TO THE TAXPAYER TO THE CITIZEN OF MCKINNEY. I AM PROFOUNDLY INTERESTED IN ANY THREATS OR. WEAKNESSES THAT THE AIRPORT PROVIDES, AND I WANT TO MITIGATE THOSE. BUT I'M JUST NOT SEEING THEM EXCEPT WHERE IT COMES DOWN TO. SOME NEIGHBORS ARE HAVING THE NOISE AND I GET THAT AND I HOPE THAT'S MITIGATED AND I ALSO GET THERE ARE EMOTIVE REASONS. AND TOM I AM JUST GOING TO SAY THIS BECAUSE YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT. UM YOU GAVE A LIST OF THE THINGS THAT CDC CAN DO AND YOU USE KIND OF. AND THESE ARE MY WORDS, NOT YOURS, BUT KIND OF AN OPPORTUNITY COST TO WHAT THE CDC HAS PUT INTO THE
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AIRPORT. IT SAYS IT COULD HAVE GONE TO THIS STUFF, AND THOSE ARE CULTURAL THINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ARTS AND LOW INCOME HOUSING. I REALLY DO HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH SOME OF THE THINGS CDC DOES . IT IS RATHER SUBJECTIVE. I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE THAT SAY, I DON'T WANT MY SALES TAX DOLLARS GOING TO LOW INCOME HOUSING. I'VE HAD HIM SAY, I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THIS CERTAIN CULTURAL EVENT. NOW WHAT SOME CITIES DO AND LET ME TALK ABOUT THE CDC AND THE E DC FOR A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, 1% SALES TAX IN MCKINNEY GOES TO THAT. YOU KNOW WHY DALLAS AND PLANO DON'T HAVE CDC AND E DC. GARLAND BECAUSE THEY HAVE D A RT. ARTS GETTING ALL THAT MONEY. WE DON'T HAVE D A RT. SO WE HAVE THIS UH, I'LL SAVE MY OPINIONS ON THAT. BUT I'LL SAY THAT THAT'S THE REASON WE HAVE IT. WE ARE THE SECOND LARGEST CDC AND E DC IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. NUMBER ONE BY A LONG SHOT IS FRISCO. UH, NUMBER THREE IS ALLEN. WE'RE NUMBER TWO. UH, WHAT SOME CITIES DO IS THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE AN INDEPENDENT BOARD FOR THEIR CDC.ALL THE CDC MONEY GOES TO SOMETHING LIKE PARKS OR SOMETHING. WE DO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT BOARD AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF MEMBERS IN HERE. I'M NOT GOING TO CALL THEM OUT. BUT THEY SCRUB THIS STUFF AND I GET CALLS FROM THEM SOMETIMES TO SAY, MAN, I'M HAVING A TOUGH TIME WITH THIS. WHAT DO I DO? AND I SAY YOU ARE A FIDUCIARY FOR THE TAXPAYER AND THE CITIZEN OF MCKINNEY. YOU SCRUB THIS AND MAKE THE BEST DECISION YOU CAN. IT'S NOT MY JOB TO TELL YOU HOW TO VOTE. SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF HEADS. IN THIS THING. THE MAYOR IS RIGHT ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRPORT, BUT I WANT TO SHARE THOSE THINGS ABOUT WHAT THE CDC IS WHAT IT'S LIKE LIVING NEAR AN AIRPORT. UM WHAT THE AIRPORT MEANS TO OUR CITY. AND, UH, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE. BUT THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. NO OTHER COMMENTS WOULD TAKE A MOTION OR THERE'S MORE COMMENTS.
ALL I WOULD SAY IS THAT UH, MAYOR FULLER JUST GAVE YOU KNOW, THIS IS A REQUEST FROM NICK. C AND CDC AND, UH FULLER WAS TALKING ABOUT THE CDC. REMEMBER THIS IS A FULL PERCENT A FULL PENNY THAT BOTH OF THEM SPLIT IN HALF. SO THE NUMBERS THAT HE WAS GIVING WAS JUST ONE SIDE OF THE PENNY. SO I WAS JUST RESPONDING TO THE ARTS THAT WE WERE STEALING MONEY FROM BY YEAH. SO SO YOU'RE TALKING 90 MILLION WHOEVER IN GEORGIA IS TALKING ABOUT, YOU HAVE TO DOUBLE THAT NUMBER. IT'S A LOT LARGER THAN WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. AND THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS LIKE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE, I ACTUALLY PROBABLY LIVE IN THE NOISIEST PART OF MCKINNEY. I LIVE BEHIND BAYLOR HOSPITAL. AND THEY'RE NOT REGULATED WHEN SOMEBODY'S DYING.
THERE'S NOT A THERE'S NO REGULATION THAT SAYS A HELICOPTER CAN'T FLY OVER YOUR HOUSE AT TWO O'CLOCK THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. AND THE NOISE IS IT'S EXTRAORDINARY LOUD . I MEAN, WHEN I SAY I LIVE NEXT TO BAYLOR HOSPITAL, I LIVE NEXT TO THE HOSPITAL. THE HELICOPTER LANDS AND TAKES OFF AND I CAN SEE IT FROM MY BACKYARD. AND I CHOSE TO LIVE THERE. I. I KNEW WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO. AND YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THAT HAPPENS. 2 TO 3 TIMES A WEEK TWO, YOU KNOW, AND I HAVE A YOUNG, YOU KNOW, YOUNG CHILD AT HOME THAT WAKES UP AND COMES AND JUMPS IN THE BED BECAUSE SHE HEARS A HELICOPTER. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE NOISE YOU KNOW, COULD BE AN ISSUE FOR SOME PEOPLE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE DO HAVE CHOICES, AND I AND I CHOSE TO DO LIVE WHERE I WANTED TO LIVE. NOW. THIS REQUEST TODAY IS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
NOBODY YOU KNOW THE DIALOGUE OF WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA SEE TOMORROW THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE BUILDING A BUILDING TOMORROW. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE YOU JUST WENT OVER A GREAT PRESENTATION AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT THAT'S WRONG WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE'RE MOST LIKELY GOING TO GET ALL THIS MONEY. YOU KNOW, GRANTED BACK TO US FROM THE FAA. OR TEXTILE SO THIS IS JUST MY THOUGHTS. MR MAYOR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ITEM AS WRITTEN. A SECOND. WHO CAST YOUR VOTES.
[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from “PD” - Planned Development District and “C” - Planned Center District to “PD” - Planned Development District to Allow for Multi-Family Residential Uses and to Modify the Development Standards, Located on the Southeast Corner of Wilmeth Road and Community Avenue, and Accompanying Ordinance]
ITEM. 230069 Z FOUR, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON A REQUEST TO VISA ON SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND C PLAN CENTER DISTRICT TWO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES AND TO MODIFY THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WILMOUTH ROAD AND COMMUNITY AVENUE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. EVENING COUNCIL. KATE STRICKLAND, PLANNING MANAGER FOR CITY OF MCKINNEY, SINCE THE TIME THAT THIS AGENDA WAS POSTED, THE APPLICANT HAS ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO STAFF TO REQUEST THAT THIS ITEM THE PUBLIC HEARING BE CLOSED AND THAT THIS ITEM IS TABLED INDEFINITELY AND I CAN STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO THAT.YOU KNOW WHEN HE WANTS IT INDEFINITELY. I DO NOT THE APPLICANT ASKED BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING ON SOME CONTRACT ITEMS, BUT DID HE SAY HE WANTED IT TO BE TABLED INDEFINITELY? CORRECT
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AND WE WILL RENOT FOR THIS NEXT MEETING THAT IT COMES TO ARE YOU HAD TO STAY HERE? THAT LATE FOR JUST THAT? THANK YOU, CAITLIN. MR. MERO. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS INDEFINITELY.INCLUDING THE PUBLIC HEARING. ONE SECOND PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. ITEM 241273 CONSIDER AN
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Adoption of a Resolution Determining a Public Necessity to Acquire Certain Property for Public Use by Eminent Domain for Right-of-Way (in Fee Simple) Associated with the Virginia and Throckmorton Streets Infrastructure Improvements Project (CO2235) which Property is Located on the Northeast Corner of Virginia and Throckmorton Streets and Authorizing the City Manager to Establish Procedures for Acquiring the Right-of-Way (in Fee Simple) of Said Property, and Take All Steps Necessary to Acquire the Needed Property Rights in Compliance with all Applicable Laws and Resolutions]
ACT ON ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION DETERMINING A PUBLIC NECESSITY TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC USE BY EMINENT DOMAIN BY RIGHT OF WAY. FEW SIMPLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIRGINIA AND THROCKMORTON STREETS. INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF VIRGINIA AND THROCKMORTON STREETS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR ACQUIRING THE RIGHT OF WAY IN FEE, SIMPLE UPSET PROPERTY AND TAKE ALL STEPS NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE THE NEED OF PROPERTY RIGHTS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND RESOLUTIONS. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. OK SIR GARY , IF YOU WOULD ALSO SPEAK TO, UM THE NOW I GUESS YOU CAN REALLY SPEAK TO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME, OR CAN YOU I CAN I CAN I CAN GET CLOSE, OK? YEAH CERTAINLY CONSIDER SE, BUT YEAH. IF YOU'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ITEM IN 241274, PLEASE. YES SIR. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL GARY GRAHAM, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING. UH, WE ARE HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON TWO IIN DOMAIN. UM, ITEMS. UH, THE FIRST IS AT, UM. THROCKMORTON VIRGINIA . IT IS PART OF OUR THROCKMORTON VIRGINIA RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WE HAVE NOW BID AND GETTING READY TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION. UM THIS IS PROPERTIES OWNED BY SOUTHWESTER. BILL WE HAVE HEARD THAT THEY ARE NEGOTIATING A SALE OF THE PROPERTY AND SO TO EXPEDITE OUR CLOSING OF THE PROPERTY AND GET IT USE ABLE FOR US TO USE AS PART OF OUR PROJECT. WE ARE ASKING FOR THE PROCESS OF IMMUNO DOMAIN. SECOND PROJECT IS PART OF THE HIGHWAY FIVE PROJECT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN NUMEROUS TIMES. UM THIS IS THE, UM. SWEET BUFFALO. UH, RESTAURANT. UM, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN RESPONSIVE TO OUR OFFERS. AND I BELIEVE IF MY MEMORY SERVES THIS ONE ALSO MAY BE UP FOR SALE. MIGHT HAVE THAT BACKWARDS, BUT, UH, I KNOW THEY HAVE NOT BEEN RESPONSIVE TO OUR REQUEST FOR, UH, THE EASEMENTS WE NEEDED FOR THIS ONE. THIS THE FIRST ONE WAS AN ACTUAL RIDE AWAY TAKING THESE ARE FOR, UM, EASEMENTS FOR THE WATER AND SEWER RELOCATION. SO, UM, WITH THAT, UM, I'LL GO INTO MY, UH, STANDARD. UH, EXPLANATION OF IMMINENT DOMAIN. THIS IS THESE AREN'T TAKINGS OF A PROPERTY. THIS IS A PROCESS TO ESTABLISH FAIR MARKET VALUE. THE CITY ESTABLISHES A FAIR MARKET VALUE BY A HAVING AN APPRAISAL DONE FOR THE PROPERTY. UM, THAT LOOKS AT THE USE OF THE PROPERTY AVAILABLE LAND THAT WE'RE TAKING AND SO ON AND SETS THE PRICE. WE IN TURN, TAKE THAT AND MAKE AN OFFER TO THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT PROPERTY OWNER CAN ACCEPT THAT REJECT IT. THEY CAN GO GET THEIR OWN APPRAISAL. MAKE A COUNTEROFFER NEGOTIATE WITH THE CITY. AFTER PRESCRIBED AMOUNT OF DAYS PER STATE LAW. WE MAKE A FINAL OFFER. UH THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN THEN UM AGAIN, UM, NEGOTIATE WITH US. UM BUT IF WE CAN'T COME TO AGREEMENT AND WE NEED IT FOR THE PARTICULAR PROJECT, WE DO HAVE THE PROCESS AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO TAKE THIS EMINENT DOMAIN. THE IMMINENT REMAIN PROCESS IS WHERE THE COLLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SET A GROUP OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS USUALLY THREE PEOPLE. THAT WILL, UH HEAR THE TESTIMONY FROM THE CITY AND FROM THE APPLICANT AND THEY THEMSELVES WILL DECIDE WHAT THAT , UH, THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THAT, UM, ACQUISITION WILL BE, UM ONCE WE HAVE THAT UH, PRICE. WE AGREE WITH IT. EACH PROPERTY OR PERSON CAN STILL APPEAL TO THAT. BUT IT AT LEAST SETS UP A PRICE IN A MECHANISM FOR THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR PROJECT, SO WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YEAH. SEE NO QUESTIONS. A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THIS ITEM AS WRITTEN AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION DESCRIBING THIS AGENDA ITEM AND AUTHORIZED THE USE OF THE POWER OF IIN DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE FOR PUBLIC USE ALL NECESSARY, RIGHT OF WAY IN FEE SIMPLE FROM SOUTHWESTER BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY IDENTIFIED AS OWNER OF RECORD BY THE COLLINS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND ANY OTHER PERSONS OR ENTITIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST TO THE PROPERTY DEPICTED ON DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS ATTACHED TO SAID RESOLUTION. SAID DEPICTIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS BEING INCORPORATED IN THEIR ENTIRETY IN THIS MOTION FOR ALL PURPOSES, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION ACCESS MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF VIRGINIA AND THROUGH MORTON STREETS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIRGINIA AND THROCKMORTON STREETS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT CO2 235. SHOULD BE A ROLL CALL VOTE. IS THERE A SECOND TO SECOND? YES. HAVE TO REMEMBER? YES. YES. 1000 . YES YES, YES. AND FOR ITEM 24[Consider/Discuss/Act on Adoption of a Resolution Determining a Public Necessity to Acquire Property Easement Rights for Public Use by Eminent Domain for a Sanitary Sewer Easement and a Temporary Construction Easement associated with the SH 5 Utility Relocation Project (WA1633 & WW1633) which Property is Located on the Southeast Corner of S. McDonald Street and Franklin Avenue and Authorizing the City Manager to Establish Procedures for Acquiring the Easements on Said Property, and Take All Steps Necessary to Acquire the Needed Property Rights in Compliance with all Applicable Laws and Resolutions]
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1274. IS THERE A MOTION? YES, SIR. I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THIS ITEM AS WRITTEN AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION DESCRIBING THIS AGENDA ITEM AND AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE FOR PUBLIC USE ALL NECESSARY PROPERTY INTEREST FROM A AND D SWEET BUFFALO LLC, IDENTIFIED AS THE OWNER OF RECORD BY THE COLLINS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, AND ANY OF THE OTHER PERSONS OR ENTITIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST TO THE PROPERTY, DEPICTED ON AND DESCRIBED BY MEATS AND BOUNDS ATTACHED TO SAID RESOLUTION SAID. AND DESCRIPTIONS BEING INCORPORATED IN THEIR ENTIRETY INTO THIS MOTION FOR ALL PURPOSES, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION ACCESS, MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH MCDONALD STREET IN FRANKLIN AVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SH FIVE UTILITY RELOCATION PROJECT, W A 1633 AND WW 1633.OUR CIRCUIT. AGAIN, THERE SHOULD BE ROAD CALL. YES. I REMEMBER. YES YES, YES, YES. YES, YES. IS THE END OF OUR AGENDA AND PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. COMMENTS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO MAKE JUST ANY
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COMMENTS. YOU HAVE UH, I MENTION THREE THINGS ONE. I MENTIONED THAT IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN LAST TIME. SO I'M GOING TO MENTION THAT IT DID HAPPEN THIS TIME. BUT UH, PASTOR BRADFORD AND NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH. UH, MR WALKLEY AND ST MARK'S CHURCH. UM. COACH CROSBIE AND GOOD HOPE. CAROL WOOD AND CITY CHURCH. KENNETH BENTLEY AND ST JAMES CHURCH. I'M FORGETTING ONE. WELL, I REMEMBER HER. I'M FORGETTING A CHURCH, THE CHURCH ACROSS FROM THE LIBRARY OVER HERE. REDEMPTION POINT. ALONG WITH ANGIE RICHARDSON, WOODS COMMUNITY LIFELINE. TO THE COUNCILMAN FOR MICHAEL JONES. STAFF OF WOODSIDE VILLAGE, A BUNCH OF VENDORS, A BUNCH OF VOLUNTEERS. I'M GONNA GONNA PRONOUNCE THIS RIGHT? BUT REVATHI WITH OUR LIBRARY. SYSTEM AND TAMMY WITH OUR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ALL SHOWED UP TO WOODSIDE VILLAGE ON SATURDAY, THE 10TH TO LOVE ON A COMMUNITY AND IT WAS, UM FUN TO WATCH. IT WAS RAINING, BUT THERE WAS GOOD FOOD. AND THERE WAS LOTS OF, UM UM HOPE. THAT WAS WAS PASSED ALONG, AND IT WAS JUST AAA GOOD DAY, AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE TWO OF Y'ALL THAT ARE IN HERE FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE AND DOING THAT.THIS IS THE SECOND EVENT. I THINK. MR BRADFORD, YOUR CHURCH LED THIS EVENT AND PASTOR OF YOUR CHURCH LED THE LAST EVENT. AND UH, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL DOING THAT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL ARE RECOGNIZED EVERY TIME I GET A CHANCE TO MENTION WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING THERE, UM. THIS PAST WEEK. JAMIE PETTIGO, UH, HAD A RETIREMENT PARTY FROM CHESTNUT SQUARE. I THINK SHE HAS WORKED THERE. ANYBODY HAVE A NUMBER? MR. MAYOR, YOU SPOKE THERE. AND UH, I. I WAS ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LATE FOR YOUR SPEECH. BUT UH, JAMIE HAS SPENT A LONG TIME WORKING, UH, NOT IN NOT ONLY A CHESTNUT SQUARE BUT ALSO IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND, UH, SO EXCITED THAT SHE'LL GET TO DO WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO AND EXCITED FOR HER. THANK YOU TO JAMIE FOR WHAT SHE DOES FOR THIS COMMUNITY. AND THEN, LASTLY, YESTERDAY IN A DELAYED UH DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR CEREMONY. UM THE COLLIN COUNTY. UM. DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY COMMITTEE GAVE THEIR DRUM MAJOR AWARDS. THEY GAVE ONE TO A GENTLEMAN FROM FRISCO THAT NEEDS TO MOVE TO MCKINNEY. BUT THEY ALSO GAVE ONE TO MY FRIEND JASON HERNANDEZ FOR THE WORK HE'S DONE AND SO WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND RECOGNIZE HIM. FOR THAT, UM, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT PUT MCKINNEY ON A NATIONAL STAGE. AND WE GET KNOWN FOR UM, I WENT TO A GALA THIS WEEKEND. UH, AND HUGS. IT WAS THE HUGS GALA. AND IT'S TRULY A TREASURE AT MCKINNEY. AND RUTH THOMPSON AND LAUREN SMITH AND ALL THE STAFF. HAVE PUT MCKINNEY ON THE NATIONAL MAP. SHE WAS ON. SHE WAS ON THE KELLY CLARKSON SHOW AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE STARTING TO GET PEOPLE CALLING IN. WANTING TO
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GIVE MONEY TO HUGS AND REALLY EMBRACING THE CONCEPT. UH, THAT THEY'VE CREATED. AND IT'S A HOMEGROWN ORGANIZATION. ROTH THOMSON WILL TELL YOU IT STARTED IN MARKET STREET. OVER COFFEE.AND SHE NEVER REALIZED. HOW IT WOULD TAKE OFF AND HOW IT WOULD, UH I WOULD DO IN IT'S SUCH A TESTAMENT THEY ARE NOW BUILDING A BUILDING NEXT TO TUFTS. WHICH I GUESS WILL BE THEIR HEADQUARTERS AND THEIR TRAINING FACILITY. AND I JUST THINK THAT, UH IT'S A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION . I'M GLAD WE HAVE HIM IN MCKINNEY AND I WISH HIM THE BEST. THIS WAS TALKED ABOUT IN OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING. BUT IN EARLY FEBRUARY, A GUY NAMED ZACHARIAH DEAR. WAS IN AUSTIN.
HE JUST GOT THROUGH BEING AT A PROTEST. UH, FOR CEASE FIRE. I'M GUESSING HE WAS DRAGGED OUT OF THE CAR. AND HE WAS STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES. I HAD A VISIT WITH ONE OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY AND I DON'T WANT TO CALL THIS INDIVIDUAL OUT BECAUSE I DIDN'T CLEAR IT WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL. I'D BE TALKING ABOUT OUR CONVERSATION TODAY. BUT THAT'S GOT TO BE REALLY UPSETTING. AND I KNOW IT IS. IT WEARS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TO ME, THOUGH.
SITTING UP HERE BECAUSE WHAT I SEE IN AUSTIN IS I SAW THREE CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE. CALL FOR AN UNCONDITIONAL CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. AND THEN THIS HAPPENS. WE GET EMAILS. THEY HAVEN'T SHOWN UP HERE YET, BUT WE GET EMAILS. FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE WANT US TO MAKE A RESOLUTION FOR THE UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF THE HOSTAGES BY HAMAS. WE DON'T DO IT. MY CONCERN IS I HEAR YOU. MY CONCERN IS. MY JOB IS NOT TO FOMENT ANY HATE. ANY ANGER, ANY ISOLATION OR FRUSTRATION? INVOLVING MYSELF IN THIS ISSUE, WHICH I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER. THAT'S WHAT I'M AFRAID THAT I'M DOING TO THE COMMUNITY THAT I'M CHARGED WITH. YOU ARE MY PEOPLE. PRO HOSTAGE RELEASE. PEOPLE WHO ARE EMAILING ME, ARE MY PEOPLE. EVERYBODY ELSE HERE IS MY PEOPLE. WE UP HERE CHARGE. TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT AND IT'S HARD. I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU AS I WOULD SPEAK TO A FRIEND RIGHT NOW. SOMETIMES SPEAKING TO A FRIEND ISN'T EASY. BUT IT'S TRUE. IN SYRIA. THERE'S BEEN BETWEEN 1,080,000 PEOPLE KILLED IN THE CIVIL WAR VIOLENCE. IN YEMEN ABOUT 150,000. WITH ADDITIONAL 220,000 FROM FAMINE. I DON'T KNOW. HOW MANY UIGHUR MUSLIMS CHINA HAS KILLED DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY DAVID SLAVED BUT IT'S A LOT BUT WE'RE NOT HERE TALKING ABOUT THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TODAY IS AND THIS IS WHAT'S TRUE. THESE ARE TWO SWORN ENEMIES.
NEITHER OF THEM CARE. WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. AND YOU AND YOU KNOW THAT. RIGHT? THERE IS NO.
GREAT ANSWER HERE FOR ME, AND I'VE LOST A LOT OF SLEEP OVER THIS. BUT THE ANSWER THAT KEEPS COMING BACK IS THAT I NEED TO STAY IN MY LANE. MY LANE IS DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO PROTECT THE PEACE OF THE CITIZENS IN MCKINNEY. TO ME. THAT MEANS NOT INVOLVING MYSELF IN THIS YOU ARE MY PEOPLE. I RECOGNIZE THAT MANY OF YOU AS IMMIGRANTS. IN FIRST GENERATION. WOULD PROBABLY AGREE THAT YOUR PEOPLE ARE HERE, BUT YOUR PEOPLE ARE ALSO OVER THERE. AND I RECOGNIZE THAT I RECOGNIZE THOSE ARE YOUR PEOPLE. WHAT I WOULD. ASK YOU, THOUGH, IS AND I KNOW THIS ISN'T EASY, AND MAYBE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME. MAYBE IT NEVER HAPPENS. LOOK AT MCKINNEY. AS YOUR PEOPLE. WHAT ACTIONS? CAN TAKE THE PROMOTE PEACE HERE. SO THAT WE DON'T. END UP IN A SITUATION LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON OVERSEAS. I. I DON'T EVEN WANNA END UP LIKE AUSTIN. I DON'T WANT THAT. AND YOU'RE RIGHT. UH, MOOSE, I THINK YOU SAID THIS THAT AMERICA IS THE COUNTRY THAT YOU CAN COME AND TALK TO. WE ARE YOUR GOVERNMENT. WE ARE YOUR REPRESENTATIVES. YOU'RE WELCOME
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TO COME HERE AND TALK ABOUT THIS AS MUCH AS YOU WANT. AND GIVE US AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU WANT FOR AS LONG AS YOU WANT. AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT. BUT I WANTED TO EXPLAIN MYSELF TO YOU AND MY THINKING. IS. TO THE UNIQUE SITUATION WE FIND, AND I'M ONLY SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.BUT THE UNIQUE SITUATION WE FIND OURSELVES UP HERE. WITH RESPECT TO THE PLIGHT GOING ON IN GAZA.
AND IN ISRAEL. I'LL MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT, AND THAT IS THAT. NOT ONLY CAN YOU COME UP HERE AND TALK, BUT YOU'RE ENTITLED IN AMERICA TO PRIORITIZE WHATEVER ISSUE YOU WANT. AND IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT ARE ADVOCATION OR LACK OF ADVOCATION FOR THE CEASEFIRE PROCLAMATION WOULD BE THE DECIDING FACTOR. THAT IS OK. IF I'M NOT YOUR GUY, THAT'S OK. IF THAT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, AND I'M REALLY OK WITH THAT, BECAUSE II I WANT YOU TO BE EMPOWERED. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOUR GOVERNMENT SHOULD SPEAK FOR YOU IN THE WAY THAT YOU WANT TO WHAT'S IMPORTANT. BUT I ALWAYS SAY THAT I'M NOT THE BEST CITY COUNCILMAN YOU CAN HAVE. I'M THE SECOND BEST. THE BEST ONE WHO DOES WHAT YOU WANT. THE SECOND ONE IS JUST HONEST WITH YOU. ABOUT WHAT THE REALITY IS, AND THAT'S THE KIND THAT I HAVE TRIED TO BE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE WHICH IS TO BE HONEST AND FRANK WITH YOU. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. EXCUSE ME. THE RESOLUTION THAT'S INFIRMITY IS NOW SAYING ANY OF WHAT I WOULD CHALLENGE CHALLENGE THIS INDIVIDUAL THAT I WAS WITH. GO AND MAKE A RESOLUTION WITH THE ZIONIST JEWS AND WITH THE CHRISTIANS MAKE THAT RESOLUTION. YOU KNOW WHAT A ZIONIST IS? ZIONIST IS SOMEONE THAT BELIEVES THAT ISRAEL SHOULD HAVE A HOMELAND. THAT'S THE TECHNICAL DEFINITION. I BELIEVE ISRAEL SHOULD HAVE A HOMELAND. I BELIEVE THAT MOST DO. I BELIEVE THERE'D BE A LOT OF AGREEMENT.
BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME UP. AND IF YOU DID THAT IF YOU DID THAT IT CAME UP WITH THAT. ALL WE ARE IS BACKGROUND NOISE BECAUSE YOU CAME UP WITH A WITH A RESOLUTION THAT CHRISTIANS AND JEWS AND MUSLIMS AGREED WITH THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN FOR US TO DO THIS. SO, MR COUNCIL. THIS DOES NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO OTHER THE IT'S WRONG TO TAKE UP. I AND . UM MA'AM. CHICKEN. ZIONIST BY THE TECHNICAL DEFINITION, NOT BY YOUR DEFINITION. GOING TO. BY THE TECHNICAL DEFINITION, YOU CAN LOOK IT UP, JUST LIKE I CAN IS SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES THERE SHOULD BE A JEWISH HOMELAND. AND WE ALSO WITH WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS IS RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON COUNCIL COMMENTS. YOU'RE WELCOME TO CALL ME OR EMAIL ME. I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THAT DIALOGUE OFF OFFLINE. BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS IT'S COUNCIL COMMENTS. WANTED TO COMMENT ON, UH PASTOR WILEY. UH UM. THANK YOU THAT YOU STAYED FOR THE WHOLE MEETING. YEAH. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO. YOU DID, BUT, UM, YOU DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY. WHY DID YOU? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO STAY HERE? SHOWS THE TECHNIQUE. YEAH YOU KNOW WHEN I WAS, UH, RUNNING FOR OFFICE, AND YOU KNOW, I'M SITTING IN YOUR OFFICE AND WE WERE HAVING A, YOU KNOW TALK, YOU KNOW, AND I, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, I ASKED YOU, YOU KNOW? I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW, FROM FROM WHERE I LIVE, YOU KNOW, FAR WEST SIDE TO YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THE SIDE AND I, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST DO ANYTHING FOR ME. I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME EYES AND EARS AND HELP ME ON WHAT I CAN DO TO HELP THE COMMUNITY. SIDE OF WHERE SURE ENOUGH, YOU KNOW YOU BE MY EYES AND EARS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO AND MAKING SURE THAT I'M INFORMED AND I'M ABLE TO YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW. SO BUT IF I KNOW I'M GONNA BE THERE SO HAD A GREAT EVENT, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO KEEPING THIS UP. BUT THIS IS NOT A ONESIE OR A TWO EVENT. WE'RE WE'RE GONNA STAY IN THE COMMUNITY AND, UH AS LONG AS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE UPLIFT EVERYBODY OVER THERE AND, UH MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT THE KIDS THERE UNDERSTAND THAT THE, UH THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY IS THERE TO LOVE ON THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING. ALL YOU DO FOR US.
YOU. UM OVER THE WEEKEND. UH, JUST, UH, ON ON A SIDE NOTE. UM UH, MY BASKETBALL TEAM IS CALLED
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THE HONEY BADGERS. UM, WE, UH WE ARE OLD MAN LEAGUE AND WE PLAY TEAMS ALL OVER THE ALL OVER COLLIN COUNTY. AND, UH, WE HAD OUR CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, UH, ON SUNDAY, AND WE WON AND IS, YOU KNOW? UH UH, WITH THESE KNEES. I JUST THINK I NEED TO JUST TELL EVERYBODY THAT YOU KNOW THESE THESE KNEES WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP , YOU KNOW? I'M EXCITED. I JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE TO THE TEAM. WE'RE GONNA DO THIS AGAIN. UM AS LONG AS I AS LONG AS THE KNEE BRACES WORK, I'LL I'LL I'LL GO OUT THERE AND I'LL I'LL PLAY WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT. I FEEL LIKE I'M A BROKEN RECORD IN FEBRUARY MCKINNEY BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I THINK MCKINNEY BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2024 WILL BE REMEMBERED. THE MONTH WE TOOK MCKINNEY TO CHURCH IS WHAT WE DID. STARTED OFF THE MONTH AT THE MCKINNEY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. WE HAD CHURCH AT THE LIBRARY WITH BETH BENTLEY. UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND HAD AN AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME , AWESOME COLLEGE MEGAFEST IN SAINT MARK'S CHURCH IS THE ONE THAT PUTS THAT ON. AND WAS JUST THRILLED TO SEE HOW SUCCESSFUL THAT ACTUALLY WAS AND HOW HOW EXCITED THE KIDS WERE AND HOW THANKFUL THE PARENTS WERE TO GET SO MUCH RICH INFORMATION TO HELP THEM ALONG THE WAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK PASTOR WHATLEY, UM, FOR YOU KNOW, ALLOWING YOUR MEMBERS TO CONTINUE TO PUT THAT VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAM ON FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S GROWN SO MUCH OVER THE LAST JUST THREE YEARS. IT'S GROWN TREMENDOUSLY, AND WE WERE BUSTING AT THE SCENES. THE COLIN COLLEGE CONFERENCE CENTER. SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR A BIGGER PLACE SO THAT WE CAN BLESS MORE KIDS NEXT YEAR. AND THEN WE ROUNDED OUT ON SUNDAY WITH A GOSPEL BRUNCH. AND HAD AMAZING PERFORMANCES. WE HAD THE GOSPEL GATHER GROUP WE HAD ARIEL CAMPBELL, WHO WAS ON TOUR WITH KIRK FRANKLIN THIS SUMMER AND WAS JUST PHENOMENAL. WE HAD THE HARMONY OF UNITY CHOIR, AND WE CLOSE IT OUT WITH ZACARDI CORTEZ, WHO JUST BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN, SO WE HAD CHURCH CHURCH CHURCH ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT GO SINGER AND OH, WE HAD A GUEST SINGER MEI LEE CAME AND YOU KNOW MALE'S SOUL SISTER FOR SURE, AND JUST BLESS THE AUDIENCE ON ON SUNDAY AS WELL. SO JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE THAT HELPED THESE EVENTS TOGETHER. IT IS DEFINITELY NOT ME. I Y'ALL GIVE ME WAY. WAY WAY TOO MUCH CREDIT.I HAVE AN ENTIRE TEAM WHO WORKS VERY, VERY HARD, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE DETAILS ARE EXECUTED. WE STILL HAVE A FEW MORE THINGS COMING UP. UM ON, UH , THIS THURSDAY. WE'RE HOSTING ST MARSHALL, THE CEO OF THE DALLAS MAVERICKS. SHE'S KNOWN TO OUR BUSINESS LECTURE. WE ARE AT CAPACITY. WE ARE AT CAPACITY FOR THAT ONE. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO WELCOME HER WITH SO MANY OF OUR, UM RESIDENTS WHO ARE EXCITED TO RECEIVE AND THEN UM. THE MARCH 1ST. WE HAVE A NINETIES HIP HOP PARTY. I KEEP SAYING, I'M WAITING TO SEE MC HAMMER PANTS FROM FROM GEORGIA.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE. UM ON THE 25TH. THE HARMONY OF UNITY CHOIR, WHICH IS JUST AN OUTSTANDING CHOIR IS HAVING A CONCERT. PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE MCKINNEY BHM.COM FOR TICKETS. IT IS GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC EVENT. KAREN CLARK SHARED WHO IS A LEGEND IN GOSPEL MUSIC AND A GRAMMY AWARD WINNER IS GONNA BE THE GUEST THERE. AND THEN FINALLY, UM, THE ADAPTATION OF THE BOOK BY RWANDA MACHARIA, WHO IS A LONG TERM MCKINNEY RESIDENT. WILL BE, UM, AAA STAGE PLAY, SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED. WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH THE MONTH . STILL SOME GREAT THINGS TO, UH , ENGAGE YOURSELF IN THE DISPLAY FROM THE LEGACY KEEPERS OF MCKINNEY IS STILL IN THE LIBRARY. FASCINATING STUFF. PLEASE GO CHECK IT OUT. IT'S FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. UM BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE ALL THIS WONDERFUL PROGRAMMING. CONTINUING FOR THE MONTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND EVERYONE AT ST MARK'S WERE JUST THE LEGACY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN HERE IN MCKINNEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JULIE. YOU WILL, UH. FLY BACK INTO MCKINNEY. I'LL PICK YOU UP AT THE AIRPORT. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW JULIE. I APPRECIATE THE REMARKS YOU MADE THINKING THAT THAT WAS MY WIFE I WAS TALKING ABOUT, AND THAT WAS AN APPROPRIATE USE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS. FAMILIES HOWEVER, WE HEARD ANOTHER EXAMPLE THIS EVENING, WHICH WAS NOT INAPPROPRIATE USE, AND OUR FAMILIES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUNNING THIS CITY, AND IT BOTHERS ME WHEN I HEAR THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IF ANY OF YOU KNOW WHO WROTE THAT EMAIL, WOULD YOU ASK? GENTLEMEN TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT WITH HIM AT MCKINNEY HIGH SCHOOL. WE ARE STILL IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. UH, HUNT. THEY HAVE A GAME COMING UP ON FRIDAY.
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WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE OPPONENT IS. THEY WON TODAY BY EIGHT POINTS AND THE MCKINNEY NORTH GIRLS WILL ALSO BE PLAYING AN UNKNOWN OPPONENT ON FRIDAY, GET OUT THERE AND SUPPORT SOME GREAT YOUNG KIDS FROM MCKINNEY, TEXAS, BECAUSE NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE REPRESENTING MCKINNEY IN THE WORLD, AND I WANT YOU TO SAY, HEY, I KNOW I WIN. THANK YOU. MR MAYOR. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS JUST GENERAL PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, SO TO SPEAK. THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS HOLDING A SUMMER JOB HIRING EVENT FOR A VARIETY OF POSITIONS AT ALL OF OUR FACILITIES FROM 8 A.M. TO 1 P.M. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH AT THE PUBLIC WORKS NORTH CAMPUS AGAIN. THE HIRING IS EVENT IS FOR POSITIONS AND ALL OF OUR FACILITIES IN ITS 8 TO 1. EXCUSE ME. THIS SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 24TH AT THE PUBLIC WORKS NORTH CAMPUS AND THEN ALSO IT'S ALMOST SPRING BREAK, SO WE WANT TO REMIND THAT OUR RECREATION CENTERS AND A PC CENTER HAVE BOTH HALF AND FULL DAY CAMPS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS . YOU CAN REGISTER YOUR CHILDREN FOR THESE PROGRAMS ONLINE. AT, UH MCKINNEY TEXAS.ORG. BELIEVE IT IS FORWARD SLASH PARKS. BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY FIND IT. UH, WHEN YOU GO TO THE MAIN WEBSITE, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. ALL RIGHT. I SAID IT EARLIER, PASTOR WILEY, UM SAY IT AGAIN. IT'S BEEN SAID THE COLLEGE MEGAFEST. I CAN'T THINK OF AN EVENT THAT IS MORE MORE CONSTRUCTIVE, PRODUCTIVE, HELPFUL FOR OUR YOUTH IN PREPARING FOR THEIR FUTURE FOR COLLEGE IN EVERY ASPECT FROM FROM HELP ON ON ON TESTING THAT NEEDED TO ACTUAL ADMISSIONS COLLEGES WITH ADMISSIONS TABLES RIGHT THERE, UH, TALKING TO, UH, STUDENTS AND JUST ALL THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT WERE THERE IN 1500. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN 1500 PEOPLE THERE, UM IT WAS GREAT TO SEE.AND DRE. BLACK HISTORY, MONTH EVENTS. YEAH YOU HAVE A TEAM, NO DOUBT. AND I'VE SEEN THAT TEAM WORK HARD, BUT WITHOUT WITHOUT THE TEAM LEADER WITHOUT THE VISION WITHOUT THE PASSION. UM IT IT UH IT DOESN'T GET DONE. AND YOU YOU HAVE REALLY KNOCKED IT OUT OF OUT OF THE KNOCK. I KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK AND ALL THE EVENTS SO FAR FANTASTIC. AND AS I THINK I TOLD YOU ON SUNDAY AT THE GOSPEL BRUNCH I HAD JUST COME FROM A AN EVENT I WAS SPEAKING WITH, UM MIKE RAWLINGS, FORMER MAYOR OF DALLAS AND RON KIRK, WHO WAS ALSO FORMER MAYOR OF DALLAS, BUT ALSO IN OBAMA'S CABINET AND AMBASSADOR. TRADE. AND WE. I SAY THERE ARE TWO REASONS ONE THESE ARE WE SPOKE TO THESE COLLEGE KIDS, AND THEY'RE THE BRIGHTEST OF THE BRIGHT FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, UH, FROM ALL OVER. HAVE THEM THERE. AND BUT IT WAS ALSO GREAT WHEN I TALKED WITH RON BEFOREHAND. UM, TALKS ABOUT YOU. AND SOMETIMES THAT HE HAS SPENT WITH YOU AND HE IS A BIG FAN, AND HE SAID THINGS HAD TO STOP MYSELF. WHO YOU TALKING TO? YOU DON'T THINK I KNOW I WORK. I'M RIGHT. I KNOW THE GREATNESS AND I'VE EXPERIENCED IT FIRSTHAND. SO YOU ARE A BLESSING TO THIS COMMUNITY, NOT JUST DURING THIS MONTH AND FOR THE EVENTS, BUT JUST IN GENERAL, YOU'RE REAL.
YOU'RE A REAL GEM OF THIS COMMUNITY. JULIE. GOD BLESS YOU. AGAIN YOU KNOW, I SAID EARLIER, AND I SAY IT AGAIN AND I WISH YOU THE VERY, VERY BEST. YOU HAVE BEEN A JUST A GREAT.
ENGAGED PERSON IN THIS COMMUNITY AND YOU. YOU HANDLE YOURSELF JUST SO WELL AND YOU REPRESENT EVERY ISSUE YOU'RE TALKING ON DEFENDING, ADVOCATING FOR OPPOSING WHATEVER IT IS YOU DO IT WITH CLASS WITH PREPARATION AND WITH JUST RESPECT AND KINDNESS. AND IT'S RARE AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE OFTEN BEEN MET WITH SOMETHING MUCH OTHER THAN THAT, AND IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN UNFAIR, BUT YOU NEVER WAVER. SO I'M REALLY GONNA MISS INTERACTION WITH YOU AND YOU BETTER BE GROOMING. BE WATCHING AND. MAKE SURE YOUR YOU KNOW, HELPING SOMEBODY GET GROOMING SOMEONE ELSE TO FILL THOSE SHOES BECAUSE YOUR PARTY WILL MISS IT, AND IN THIS COMMUNITY WILL MISS YOU. UM. AND THAT'S THAT'S IT, UH, WITH THAT, TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.