Apr 23, 2024 Visit McKinney

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GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS KATIE SCOTT.

WE ARE MEETING AT MCKINNEY CITY HALL IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, LOCATED AT 2 2 2 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET, MCKINNEY, TEXAS.

TODAY IS TUESDAY, APRIL 23RD, 2024, AND IT IS 8:01 AM WE ARE JOINED BY BOARD MEMBERS, KEITH GALL, WHITNEY NASH, JANIE PENA, RAIM WINDHAM, EMILY MCCLURE, AND OUR ALTERNATE BRIAN MEDINA AND MYSELF.

WE'RE JOINED BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUSTIN BELLA AND PATRICK KLEIER.

WE HAVE CITY STAFF, TREVOR ARD, PAUL GRIMES, MIKE KOWSKI, AND I THINK THAT'S IT.

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RIGHT.

OKAY.

VISIT MCKINNEY STAFF.

WE HAVE AARON WERNER, BETH SHUMATE, MARIE WOODARD, ALICIA HOLMBERG, AMBER LACEY, AND PAULA MARTIN.

NOW'S THE TIME WE CAN ACCEPT PUBLIC COMMENTS.

DOES ANYONE WANNA SPEAK? OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON

[2024 Municipal Bond Informational Update]

TREVOR MINARD, DO YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION.

HOPE EVERYONE'S DOING WELL.

UM, I'M HERE TO GIVE A SHORT PRESENTATION ON THE MCKINNEY BOND FOR MAY 4TH, 2024.

TODAY IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND DAY OF EARLY VOTING, AND USUALLY AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION I TALK ABOUT THE DATES BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T HAPPENED YET.

BUT I'D ENCOURAGE YOU, AFTER YOU END THE MEETING TODAY, YOU CAN WALK ABOUT 400 FEET TO, TO THE LIBRARY AND YOU CAN CAST YOUR VOTE IF YOU'RE A MCKINNEY RESIDENT THAT'S REGISTERED.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF.

BACK IN THE FALL OF 2023, THE MCKINNEY CITY COUNCIL HELD THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET WORK SESSION IN AUGUST.

DURING THAT WORK SESSION, THEY HEARD FROM CITY STAFF ABOUT A VARIETY OF BUDGET ISSUES, UH, LEAST OF NOT LEAST OF WHICH WAS THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE CITY.

SO OUR LONG RANGE CAPITAL PLAN AND THAT DISCUSSION, UH, STAFF WAS MENTIONING TO THE COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN CLOSE TO DRAWING DOWN ALL OF OUR 2019 BOND FUNDS.

AND FROM THAT DISCUSSION, THE COUNCIL INSTRUCTED STAFF TO START THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING A BOND COMMITTEE FOR A POTENTIAL ELECTION IN 2024.

IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHED THE 36 MEMBER BOND COMMITTEE THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU AND DRAFTED THEM, IF YOU WILL, INTO FIVE DIFFERENT SUBCOMMITTEES BETWEEN FINANCE, PUBLIC SAFETY, TRANSPORTATION, FACILITIES AND PARKS.

OVER THE COURSE OF SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER, THOSE 36 MEMBERS MET FOR ANYWHERE BETWEEN TWO TO THREE HOURS ACROSS AROUND SIX TO SEVEN MEETINGS.

UM, THEY HEARD FROM SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, UH, FROM OUR BOND COUNCIL, FOR INSTANCE, ABOUT WHAT BONDS CAN BE USED FOR.

THEY TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WERE IN THE HOPPER ALREADY, AND THEY SHARED PROJECTS THEY THOUGHT THE CITY SHOULD FOCUS ON MOVING FORWARD.

THEN ON DECEMBER 19TH, THE BOND COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL A RECOMMENDATION OF FIVE PROPOSITIONS TOTALING $485.5 MILLION FEBRUARY 6TH OF THIS YEAR.

SO JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE COUNCIL CALLED AN ELECTION WITH NO CHANGES TO THAT RECOMMENDATION.

AND I'LL GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE PROPOSITIONS FOR YOU NOW.

SO THE FULL AMOUNT IS FIVE PROPOSITIONS FOR 485 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

THE FIRST PROPOSITION IS PROPOSITION A, PARKS AND RECREATION.

I'LL BE QUICK TO MENTION, UH, JUST A LITTLE ASTERISK YOU MAY SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH SCREEN.

THESE PROJECTS ARE PLANNED AND, UH, WE INTEND TO DO THEM HOWEVER YOU ARE VOTING ON THE PROPOSITION AT LARGE, NOT SPECIFIC PROJECTS DURING EACH VOTE.

SO THEY'RE REPRESENTATIVE IN NATURE FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD WHEN WE ARE ISSUING PARKS, BONDS, UM, OR ANY OTHER BOND FOR THAT MATTER.

THERE COULD BE A DIFFERENT PROJECT THAT IS, UM, ON THE HOT SEAT AT THAT MOMENT.

SO I JUST PUT THAT ASTERISK OUT THERE.

BUT THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WERE PRESENTED AND ARE ON OUR LONG RANGE PLAN.

SO PARKS $106 MILLION.

THE LARGEST, UH, PIECE OF THIS IS CONSIDERATION FOR A $60 MILLION MULTI-GENERATIONAL RECREATION FACILITY.

UH, THAT'S SOMEWHAT OF A COMBINATION FACILITY LIKE APEX, BUT WITH A SENIOR CENTER USE AND COMPONENT INCLUDED WITH IT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

WE HAVE THREE COMMUNITY CENTER RECREATION CENTERS.

THERE'S OLD SETTLERS ON THE EAST SIDE.

THERE'S TOWN LAKE ON THE SOUTHERN, UH, PIECE OF MCKINNEY, AND THEN APEX, AS I MENTIONED ON THE WEST SIDE OF MCKINNEY.

OUR NORTHWEST SECTOR IS A BIT OF A GAP THAT WE HAVE.

SO THIS FACILITY WOULD VERY LIKELY BE LOCATED NORTH OF THREE 80 AND WEST OF 75.

THE SECOND LARGEST PIECE OF THE PARKS FUNDING IS

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UH, I THINK MR. MURKOWSKI'S BEHIND ME, AND HE CAN TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AFTER THE MEETING.

UH, BUT SPECIFICALLY THERE'S GONNA BE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CROSSINGS ACROSS THE LAKE, THE PLAY AREAS SURROUNDING THE LAKE AND THE WOODED AREA TO THE SOUTH OF THE LAKE.

SO THAT'S ALL PHASES IN ONE FAILED SWOOP.

IT WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED, UH, THAT IT WOULD BE IN TWO PHASES.

HOWEVER, THE PARKS BOND COMMITTEE FELT COMPELLED TO RECOMMEND IT, UH, TO BE FULLY FUNDED IN ONE FAIL SWOOP.

AND THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS LOOKED AT FAVORABLY BY THE COUNCIL.

THERE'S $20 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR REDOING THE BALL FIELDS AT GABE NESBITT, SPECIFICALLY FOR SOFTBALL FIELDS, ALBEIT THERE CAN BE SOME YOUNGER BASEBALL, UH, PLAYED ON THOSE SHORTER FIELDS.

IT INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CONCESSION STANDS, THE PARKING AREA, THE INGRESS EGRESS, AND JUST THE GENERAL GATHERING SPACES AROUND THE FIELDS IN ADDITION TO THE FIELDS.

AND THEN FINALLY, PICKLEBALL IS EXTREMELY POPULAR, AS SOME PEOPLE MAY KNOW.

I'VE ACTUALLY NEVER PLAYED.

UM, IT'S LIKE BIG BING PONG, I GUESS .

AND, UM, THE COMMITTEE WENT AHEAD AND THREW IN A MILLION DOLLARS FOR PICKLEBALL COURTS.

NOW, A MILLION DOLLARS DOESN'T GO AS FAR AS WE'D LIKE IT TO GO.

THIS IS GONNA BE ROUGHLY A COUPLE, MAYBE THREE COURTS THAT ARE SPREAD AMONG COMMUNITY OR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS IN THE CITY.

BUT IT IS ADDRESSING A NEED THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

THERE'S TWO STANDALONE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES THAT ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION ON TWO SEPARATE PROPOSITIONS.

THE FIRST IS PROPOSITION B FOR $36 MILLION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW MUNICIPAL COURT.

THE CURRENT MUNICIPAL COURT'S A COUPLE BLOCKS SOUTH OF US TODAY WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN 1966 AND WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1967.

UH, THE INTENT FOR THE NEW FACILITY IS THAT IT WILL BE A 36,000 FAC, 36,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY.

HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE DOING MATH IN YOUR HEAD, IT'S NOT QUITE A THOUSAND DOLLARS A SQUARE FOOT.

THERE'S A SU A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S INCLUDED FOR PARKING IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, IF YOU'VE HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF HAVING TO PAY A TICKET, YOU MAY HAVE CIRCLED THAT SMALL PARKING LOT THERE A FEW TIMES.

AND THERE'S ALSO, AS ALWAYS, ENGINEERING DESIGN FEES.

BUT WE HAVE ABOUT $2 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR LAND ACQUISITION.

UH, SHOULD WE NOT BE ABLE TO FIND A LOCATION THAT WE ALREADY OWN TO PLACE THIS FACILITY.

ALL THE VARIOUS, UH, DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS OF THE COURT ARE LISTED THERE.

THERE'LL BE HOUSED, UM, IN THE NEW FACILITY.

IT WILL LIKELY NOT BE LOCATED IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION.

UH, HOWEVER, THE CITY OF MCKINNEY DOES OWN THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.

SO, UM, SHOULD, SHOULD THIS PASS IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL BE REEVALUATING WHAT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY IS.

A COUPLE BLOCKS SOUTH OF US.

PROPOSITION C IS $30 MILLION TO BE ADDED INTO A LARGER PROGRAM FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS SOUTH CAMPUS.

PUBLIC WORKS SOUTH IS ON SOUTH COLLEGE ACROSS FROM THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

UH, AS IT DEAD ENDS INTO EL DORADO.

THERE'S SOME PUBLIC WORKS OFFICES THAT, UH, FRONT SOUTH COLLEGE AND BEHIND THOSE OFFICES IS SOME ACREAGE THAT MAINTAINS OUR FLEET AND MATERIALS YARD AND THE FACIL AND THE ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS, UH, WITH THOSE USES.

THE FACILITY THERE IS A LITTLE AGED.

UM, WE HAVE A LONG RANGE PLAN FOR THAT FACILITY THAT GETS US TO ABOUT A 30 TO 40 YEAR USE.

THIS $30 MILLION IS A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS A LARGER DOLLAR AMOUNT, UH, TO ACCOMPLISH THAT PLAN, UH, IN THREE PHASES.

UM, WITH THIS IN INFUSION, YOU GET THROUGH PHASE A AND B, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS LISTED THERE ARE, UM, REPRESENTED IN THAT LOCATION THERE ON SOUTH COLLEGE.

SO THAT'S $30 MILLION FOR PROPOSITION C FOR PUBLIC WORKS, PROPOSITION D IS $70 MILLION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE ABOUT HALF OF THE FUNDING IS TO RENOVATE OR CONSTRUCT FIRE STATIONS.

THERE'S FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ALLOCATED FOR THE RENOVATION OF FIRE STATION THREE AT ORCHID IN EL DORADO.

THERE IS 12 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION EIGHT ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, SOUTH OF THE APEX CENTER ADJACENT TO THE CRAIG RANCH AREA.

AND THEN THERE'S $22 MILLION FOR A FUTURE FIRE STATION.

MUCH LIKE, UM, THE PARKS BOND, THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOLLOWING THE ROOFTOPS NORTH AND WEST, UH, THE VERY LIKELIHOOD WOULD BE A NEW CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRE STATION WOULD OCCUR IN THE NORTHWEST SECTOR AS WELL.

THEN YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME ACTIVITY ON TAYLOR BURKE NORTH OF LOWE'S.

THE CURRENT, UH, 2019 BOND AUTHORIZATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IS BEING UTILIZED TO DEVELOP A FIRE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING A RECONSTRUCTION OF FIRE STATION TWO AND A PUBLIC SAFETY LOGISTICS BUILDING THERE NORTH OF TAYLOR BURKE, UM, NORTH OF THE LOWE'S THAT'S THERE OFF OF US 75.

THAT CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY AND ONCE COMPLETE, THE FIRE ADMINISTRATION AND

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WHEN THOSE USES MOVE OUT, THERE WILL BE MORE CAPACITY IN THERE.

HOWEVER, THAT BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED AROUND 2006.

UM, SO IT'S COMING UP ON A 20 YEAR REFRESH.

THERE'S $20 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR POLICE TO SOLELY OCCUPY THAT BUILDING, EXPAND TO THE NORTH SIDE OF IT, AND THEN RENOVATE THE CURRENT USES THAT ARE BEING JOINED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT THIS TIME.

AND THERE'S TWO SMALLER AMOUNTS, UH, $5 BILLION FOR FUTURE LAND ACQUISITION AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW.

SO WE CAN STRATEGICALLY TAKE DOWN SMALL PARCELS, UH, TO LOCATE FIRE STATIONS, MOST LIKELY, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A ROBUST RESPONSE TIME AND THEN $5 MILLION FOR A TRAINING PAD.

UM, I'VE BEEN TELLING FOLKS, I STARTED IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND I SAW $5 MILLION FOR A TRAINING PAD, AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS.

UM, HOWEVER, IT'S A VERY LARGE, VERY THICK PIECE OF CONCRETE, I THINK FOOTBALL SIZE, DOUBLE FOOTBALL SIZE, UH, PIECE OF CONCRETE.

AND IT IS A FACILITY THAT'S USED TO TRAIN FOR THE HEAVY, HEAVY, UH, INTENSIVE VEHICLES, LIKE A A HUNDRED FOOT, 50 FOOT, 40 FOOT FIRETRUCK THAT HAS TO DO REPETITIVE MOTIONS SO THAT A TRAINER, UH, CAN GET THEIR CERTIFICATION TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE SUCH A VEHICLE.

RIGHT NOW, WE DISPATCH OUR FOLKS TO DIFFERENT AREAS, SOMETIMES ALL THE WAY UP TO TARRANT COUNTY.

USUALLY CITIES OF OUR SIZE HAVE ONE OF THESE IN OUR BACKYARD.

WE DO HAVE A LOCATION IN MIND, NORTH OF THE CURRENT, UH, JOINT TRAINING FACILITY.

THAT'S THE CITY OF ALLEN, THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND COLLIN COLLEGE HAVE ON REDBUD.

THE CITY OF MCKINNEY HAS SOME ACREAGE THERE NORTH OF THAT FACILITY.

SO THAT'S $70 MILLION FOR, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY PROPOSITION D.

FINALLY, PROPOSITION E IS 243 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

THERE'S TWO MAJOR COMPONENTS OF PROPOSITION E.

UH, THE FIRST IS WHAT WE'VE TRADITIONALLY PUT ON BOND PACKAGES IN THE PAST $140 MILLION FOR STREET, UH, INVESTMENT OR EXPANSIONS.

THIS IS NEW CAPACITY.

IN 2019, WE, UH, RECEIVED AROUND A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS AND WE ADDED, FOR INSTANCE, LANES FIVE IN LANE SIX TO VIRGINIA.

THAT'S A STREET EXPANSION ON AN ARTERIAL.

HOWEVER, OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 18 TO 24 MONTHS, THE MCKINNEY CITY COUNCIL, UM, THE MCKINNEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HEARD FROM MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND THE FINANCE TEAM, ABOUT HOW TO REINVEST AND FUND FUTURE STREET RECONSTRUCTIONS.

THAT PROCESS INCLUDED, UM, SOME STUDY THAT WAS, UH, THE RESULT OF WHICH WAS SOMETHING CALLED PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX SCORES FOR EVERY STREET IN THE CITY.

THOSE PCI SCORES GIVE YOU A LETTER GRADE, OR EXCUSE ME, GIVE YOU A NUMBER GRADE, AND THEN A COLOR CODING FOR EVERY STREET THAT WE HAVE.

UM, GREEN IS GREAT, YELLOW IS OKAY, RED IS BAD, GRAY IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S GRAY, IT'S DEAD.

UM, AND THEN CORRESPONDINGLY, THERE'S A NUMER, THERE'S A NUMERICAL NUMBER ASSIGNED TO THOSE THINGS.

THE INTENT IS THAT ANYTHING, UM, IN THE YELLOW TO RED RANGE, WE WOULD START TO ATTACK, IF YOU WILL, ON RECONSTRUCTION.

PART OF THAT GRAND, UH, DISCUSSION WAS THAT THE EDC AND THE CDC WOULD ALLOCATE FUTURE DOLLARS, AN INCREMENT OF THEIR FUTURE SALES TAX DOLLARS TOWARDS THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS SIDE OF OUR STREET PROGRAM.

THAT'S NEW ROADS THAT SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD FREE UP SOME FUNDING ON THE CITY SIDE FOR US TO INVEST IN STREET RECONSTRUCTION.

WHILE THAT RAMPS UP, THE COUNCIL COMMITTED THAT IN FUTURE BOND, UH, QUESTIONS THEY WOULD REQUEST, UH, LARGER AMOUNTS FOR STREET RECONSTRUCTION.

THE FIRST TRANCHE OF THOSE AMOUNTS IS WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU, A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FOR STREET RECONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE PLACED TOWARDS THE STREETS THAT HAVE THE LOWEST PCI SCORES FIRST OR RED ON THE MAP, OR GRAY ON THE MAP.

UM, IT'S IN IT'S COORDINATION WITH OUR CURRENT TENURE CIP PLAN THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED.

AND I'D AL I ALSO AM ADDING NOW THAT I'VE ASKED, BEEN ASKED THE QUESTION A FEW TIMES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IS THIS IN NO WAY IS GONNA PAY FOR EVERY STREET TO BE RE RECONSTRUCTED ACROSS THE CITY OF MCKINNEY.

IT'S THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS A LONG RANGE, UH, PROBABLY DECADES LONG PROCESS THAT WE'LL BE DOING IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY.

SO THAT'S $243.5 MILLION FOR PROPOSITION E ON STREET IMPROVEMENTS FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE PROPOSITIONS, 485 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, EARLY VOTING.

YOU CAN'T REGISTER IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.

THAT'S ALREADY PASSED, BUT TODAY IS THE SECOND DAY OF EARLY VOTING.

I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.

ELECTION DAY IS GONNA BE ON SATURDAY AND MAY 4TH.

THERE'S ALSO SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES HAPPENING THAT WEEKEND.

SO, UM, YOU MAY WANT TO EARLY VOTE.

AND THEN IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING THAT I'VE PRESENTED OR YOU WANNA KNOW MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT ANY OF THE PROPOSITIONS, WE'VE ESTABLISHED MCKINNEY TEXAS.ORG 2024 BOND, UH, WHICH IS THERE ON

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BUT THE QR CODE ALSO TAKES YOU THERE THAT HAS ALL OF THE DATA AND INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOND COMMITTEES AND A FEW OF THESE TYPES OF PRESENTATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

SO I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

UH, I KNOW THAT YOU GOT A SHORT AGENDA TODAY, SO I'LL RESPECTFULLY SIT DOWN AS WELL.

ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY, MOVING ON TO CONSENT ITEMS. WE ARE

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MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT A MOTION TO ACCEPT MOTION BY KEITH? MAY I HAVE A SECOND? A MOTION SECOND BY RAIM.

ALL IN FAVOR TO ACCEPT, SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

MOTION IS PASSED.

OKAY, MOVING ON TO BOARD

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UH, TWO FOUR DASH 1 4 6 4.

WE WILL START WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

Y'ALL CAN PICK WHO GOES FOR IT.

PATRICK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? , UM, MAN, I HAVE VERY LITTLE.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE LAST WEEK WAS, WE KIND OF WAS SWALLOWED UP AS FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED BY THE AMPHITHEATER, WHICH WE DID WIND UP PASSING.

AND THE AMPHITHEATER'S GONNA BE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 75 AND 1 21.

UH, HOPING TO OPEN IN 2026.

UH, WE ARE CONTINUING TALKS WITH M TWO G.

UM, THOSE WERE ACTUALLY HAPPENING YESTERDAY ABOUT DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT FOR AFTER LESS THAN A YEAR WILL BE VACATING THIS BUILDING MOVING EAST AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN OVER HERE.

AND, UM, THAT IS ABOUT IT.

AND, UH, SO FORGIVE ME IF I'M MISSING STUFF, BUT, UM, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

SO SEE IF JUSTIN HAS ANYTHING.

JUSTIN, GOOD UP HERE.

OKAY, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CITY MANAGER, PAUL GRIMES.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD DIRECTOR WARNER.

MY NAME'S PAUL GRIMES, CITY MANAGER.

A FEW THINGS TO UPDATE YOU ON.

SO, UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF, WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES.

UH, AT THE DIRECTOR LEVEL.

WE HAVE A CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR POSITION AND A HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR POSITION THAT ARE VACANT.

WE ARE CURRENTLY RECRUITING FOR BOTH POSITIONS, SO NOT EASY ONES TO FILL, FRANKLY, CODE ENFORCEMENT IS TOUGH, TOUGH, UH, POSITION, TOUGH JOB.

UH, THERE'S ALWAYS ISSUES, UH, IN COMMUNITIES AND IN TERMS OF ENFORCING CODE.

AND YOU GOTTA, OF COURSE, HAVE THE RIGHT SKILL TO DO A DIPLOMATICALLY.

USUALLY WHEN YOU ARE ENFORCING CODES, UM, FOLKS DON'T REALLY WANNA HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY OR AREN'T REAL HAPPY ABOUT IT.

SO, UH, THAT'S A SPECIAL SKILL.

UH, WE LOOK FORWARD THOUGH, WE HAVE BIG SHOES TO FILL.

CARRIE SIMPSON, UH, MOVED BACK TO CALIFORNIA WITH HER HUSBAND WHO GOT A PROMOTION AS A CITY MANAGER AND A CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY WHERE THEY'RE FROM.

SO IT'S A BIG, BIG LOSS FOR US.

UH, SHE WAS TERRIFIC, BUT, UM, WE NEED TO FILL HER POSITION.

SHE DID A GREAT JOB.

SHE WAS A BRITISH ACCENT.

I MEAN, WHAT BETTER WAY TO DELIVER BAD NEWS THAN WITH A NICE BRITISH ACCENT? SO, UM, WE, UH, AND THEN OF COURSE OUR, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND HOUSING, UH, DIRECTOR POSITION.

ALSO VERY DIFFICULT POSITION, BUT, UM, WE, THE, THE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE, WHAT THE NATIONAL MARKETPLACE MIGHT HAVE TO OFFER FOR US.

UH, AS COUNCILMAN CL MENTIONED, WE ARE ONGOING, UH, IN ONGOING DISCUSSIONS, REALLY STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES WITH M TWO G, OUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNER.

UH, WE'RE DANCING TOGETHER, UH, IF YOU WILL, UM, SIZING EACH OTHER UP, DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO FIND THE RIGHT HOUSE TO BUILD FOR OURSELVES, UH, TO MOVE INTO TOGETHER, IF YOU WILL, AND GET MARRIED IN AGREEMENT.

AND WE, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE EXPLORING THOSE STAGES, BUT THE MARKETPLACE BRINGS CERTAIN CHALLENGES, THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT, ET CETERA.

WE ARE EXPLORING ALL OF THOSE THINGS WITH M TWO G IN TERMS OF WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAM WORKS BEST FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF CITY HALL AND THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET, AS WELL AS THE PARKING LOTS, ET CETERA.

THERE'LL BE MUCH MORE TO FOLLOW ON THAT IN THE COMING MONTHS, BUT, UH, WE ARE STILL WORKING, UM, DILIGENTLY TOWARD THAT.

A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, UM, IN THE LIQUOR PERMIT SIDE, WE GET UPDATES EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS FROM OUR CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE.

WE'VE HAD 29 APPLICATIONS FOR LIQUOR LICENSES, 18 OF WHICH HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE 18 LIQUOR STORES, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW, UH, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

ALL THAT SAYS IS THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY, THEY'VE MET ALL OF THEIR APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS, AND IT'S A MATTER NOW OF JIM ACTUALLY OPENING THE STORE.

BUT 18 OF, WE HAVE 29 APPLICATIONS, 18 HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

UM, WE HAVE REAFFIRMED OUR ISO CLASS ONE, UH, STATUS WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UH, THIS IS A, UM, UM, A COOPERATIVE EFFORT, A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AMONG STAFF BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, OF COURSE, IT'S OUR WATER DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE TO HAVE WATER PRESSURE CHECKS IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

UM, WE HAVE TO WORK WITH, UM,

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ALL OF THOSE FACTOR INTO THE EVALUATION PROCESS IN DETERMINING OUR IO STATUS.

AND WE ARE PLEASED TO, UH, UM, ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE BEEN REAFFIRM AS IO ONE.

SO THAT HELPS.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR REG RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY? IT MEANS YOUR INSURANCE RATES ARE A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER FOR YOUR HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE.

AND WITH THAT, I HAVE A G WHIZ CATEGORY ITEM SOMEWHERE.

OUR POPULATION ESTIMATE, OUR MOST RECENT POPULATION ESTIMATE AS OF APRIL 1ST, 216,000 507, 2 16, 517.

AND I, WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY.

WELL, YOU, YOU SPOKE ABOUT M TWO G THAT Y'ALL ARE IN TALKS.

YES.

IS THERE A TIMELINE ON ON THAT IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT? YES, WE HAVE A PERIOD.

WHAT WE DID WAS WE, WE, WE CAST A NET, WE HAD A LOOK GREAT SUBMITTAL, UM, UM, FROM MANY VERY GOOD FIRMS. WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO I THINK, THREE FINALISTS.

AND THE COUNCIL SAID, WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THEM AND WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A PERIOD OF TIME FOR EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATIONS.

I BELIEVE THAT WAS 180 DAYS.

OKAY.

NOW WE COULD MUTUALLY EXTEND THAT.

UM, UM, BUT IF WE ULTIMATELY RUN A GROUND, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BASICALLY SAY, OKAY, WE'RE DONE.

AND WE'RE GONNA EITHER GO TO THE NEXT ONE OR WAIT.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU, PAUL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

FOR MEDC, MIKE KOWSKI.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD DIRECTOR BOER, THE, UM, BIG NEWS, THE NOTES LIVE DEVELOPMENT WAS INDEED IMP UH, APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK.

UM, COUNCILMAN CLAUDIER DID MENTION THE ANTICIPATED OPENING IS 2026, WHICH MEANS THAT DIRT COULDN'T MOVE AS SOON AS THIS FALL ON THE PROPERTY.

UH, WE DO HAVE A FEW THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON STILL, INCLUDING SITE PLANNING AND SO ON.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT I'VE HANDED OFF THE PROJECT TO MY COLLEAGUES IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AS WELL AS THE FIRE MARSHAL TO GO AHEAD AND, AND WORK THROUGH THOSE PROCEDURES.

IN THAT SAME VEIN, AARON AND I HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH NOTES LIVE LAST WEEK WHEREBY HE IS REALLY PROMOTING WHAT VIS MCKINNEY CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT THAT PROJECT OVERALL.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME LAST WEEK ON THAT ONE.

UH, IF PHONE CALLS OR ANY INDICATION OF HOW IT'S GOING SO FAR, IT'S GOING FANTASTIC.

THE NUMBER OF HOTELS YOU NOW WANNA COME TO, MCKINNEY, NUMBER OF NEW OFFICE BUILDINGS, WE'RE SEEING AN UPTICK IN ALL OF THAT.

THIS MADE NATIONAL NEWS AS YOU SUSPECT, AND IF YOU DO A, A QUICK LOOK AT OUR HOTEL INVENTORY, UH, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR WE NEED MORE INVENTORY ON THE GROUND.

SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THOSE GET KICKED OFF AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

BYRON NELSON PLANNING IS IN FULL EFFECT, IT'S NEXT WEEK.

IN FACT, UH, AARON AND I ARE PART OF A LARGE TEAM WORKING ON THAT, SO STAY TUNED.

I'M SURE IT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER GREAT, GREAT, UH, EVENT.

THE WEATHER LOOKS ACTUALLY OKAY IF WE PREDICT AHEAD, MAYBE LOW EIGHTIES, WHICH IS TOLERABLE THIS TIME OF YEAR, OF COURSE.

UH, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, ON A SMALLER SCALE, BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT, THERE'S A COMPANY CALLED BOOK IO.

BOOK IO IS FUNDED IN PART BY THE MEDC IN OUR INNOVATION FUND.

THEY'RE, THEY WERE STARTUP, NOW THEY'VE GRADUATED TO SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THAT.

THEY ACTUALLY HOSTED THEIR FIRST CONVENTION HERE IN MCKINNEY.

UH, AS A REMINDER, THEY HAVE THEIR OFFICE IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN, AND THEY BROUGHT IN PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO MCKINNEY THIS PAST SATURDAY AND EVEN FRIDAY TO EXPERIENCE WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

UM, I WAS BLESSED TO GIVE THE WELCOMING ADDRESS AT THE EVENT, AND PEOPLE'S IMPRESSION OF MCKINNEY WAS OFF THE CHARTS, UH, COMING HERE, UH, I BELIEVE ON FRIDAY THEY KICKED OFF THE EVENT AT THE GATHERING.

UH, SO WHAT A GREAT FIRST IMPRESSION OF MCKINNEY OVERALL, AND THAT'S A, A LARGE PART OF WHAT YOU FOLKS DO HERE.

SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR AGAIN, ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET.

THANK YOU AARON, AGAIN FOR YOUR HELP WITH SETTING THAT UP.

UM, IT WAS A, A GREAT EVENT AND SO I MAKE SURE WE HIGHLIGHT THIS, THE ONES THAT ARE KIND OF OFF THE RADAR AS MUCH AS THE BIG ONES.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD.

THANK MIKE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, FOR CDC, DEBORAH BRADFORD, COME ON BACK, .

GOOD MORNING.

ALL RIGHT.

MCDC, PROMOTIONAL AND COMMUNITY.

GOOD MORNING.

BOARD, BOARD CHAIR, UH, THE PROMOTIONAL AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, GRANTS.

NEXT APPLICATION PERIOD IS MAY THE FIRST THROUGH THE 31ST PROJECT.

GRANTS, UH, APPLICATIONS FOR THE SECOND CYCLE.

WERE ACCEPTED IN MARCH.

WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THOSE ON THIS THURSDAY AT OUR BOARD MEETING.

AND THE BOARD ACTION IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY TS BUREAU IS ROCKING AND ROLLING.

THE TCO IS STILL IN PLACE.

I HAD THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, GO THERE FOR THE ECLIPSE AND THEY ACTUALLY SOLD OUT OF FOOD BEFORE 10:00 AM ACTUALLY BETWEEN 10 AND 11.

SO AGAIN, IT WAS CREATED

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SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING, UH, WHAT THAT WILL DO THIS SUMMER AND HOW IT WILL INCREASE THINGS FOR VISIT MCKINNEY.

THAT IS MY REPORT, AND AT THIS POINT I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

GREAT.

THANK YOU, DEBRA.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

IN LIEU OF ANDREW JONES, WE WILL HAVE AARON WARNER WITH THE UPDATE FOR MAIN STREET.

YEAH.

YEAH.

ANDREW IS OUT TRAVELING.

HE SENT ME SOME NOTES.

UH, SO REAL QUICK, I'LL, I'LL SHARE A FEW THINGS GOING ON.

THEY'VE GOT A LOT HAPPENING BETWEEN IMPACT AND MAIN STREET.

UM, SO I'LL FLY THROUGH THESE.

UH, MRT IS PRESENTING CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, MAY 3RD THROUGH THE 11TH AT IMPACT.

UH, THEY ALSO HAVE A REALLY FUN, UM, TEJANO COUNTRY BLEND CONCERT, UM, ON APRIL 27TH.

IF YOU GO TO IMPACT'S WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS ON THAT, GIRLS NIGHT OUT IS BACK ON MAY 9TH.

UH, THIS WAS A VERY POPULAR EVENT LAST TIME.

IT'S JUST IN TIME FOR MOTHER'S DAY.

UH, SO THEY'VE GOT A BIG PACKAGE OF, UH, OF, OF, CREATED A FULL EXPERIENCE HERE, $20 IN, UM, DOWNTOWN DOLLARS TO SPEND AT THE STORES, UM, DEALS AND DISCOUNTS THROUGHOUT ALL OF DOWNTOWN FREE MASSAGES, A FREE WELCOME WA UH, COCKTAIL AND A FREE SWEET TREAT.

SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE A FUN, UH, DAY DOWNTOWN.

AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO RETURNING THE NIGHT MARKET.

UH, THIS WILL BEGIN ON THURSDAY, MAY 23RD.

SO YOU CAN STROLL THROUGH NORTH, UH, KENTUCKY STREET, UM, BETWEEN VIRGINIA AND HERNDON FROM SIX TO NINE 30, UH, FOR A NIGHT MARKET IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY.

I THINK THAT'S IT FOR MAIN STREET.

THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.

OKAY.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, AN UPDATE ON PARKS AND REC FROM OUR LIAISON, EMILY MCCLURE.

GOOD MORNING.

SO THE PARKS AND REC HAS QUITE A FEW PROJECTS THAT ARE CONTINGENT ON THE BOT APPROVAL.

IT'S VERY EXCITING TO BE IN THE ROOM WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IT.

SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT SORTS OUT.

THERE'S AN EXCITING EVENT THAT'S NEW TO THE CITY ON APRIL 27TH CALLED THE BOYLE AND BREW FEST, THREE TO SEVEN AT TOWN LAKE, AND THAT'S PUT ON BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

AND THE GRADY LITTLE JOHN BALL FIELDS WILL BE RENOVATED DUE TO A FIRE.

JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

MOVING ON TO A FINANCE COMMITTEE, A JANIE PENA.

WELL, WE HAVE, UH, GOOD NEWS ON FINANCE COMMITTEE.

I THINK, UH, BEGINNING WITH THE OUR OWN BALANCE SHEET.

UM, WE, WE ARE 50% THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR, AND EVERYTHING IS TRENDING AS IT SHOULD, UM, WHICH IS ALWAYS A POSITIVE.

AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO, UM, WITH ALL OF YOU, UH, ELECTEDS AND HIGH OFFICIALS IN THE ROOM.

SO WE WANT YOU TO KNOW WE'RE DOING OUR BEST.

I DO WANNA POINT SOMETHING OUT THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN TO BE VERY POSITIVE, UM, AN INVESTMENT THAT'S VERY POSITIVE IS A LOT OF THE, UM, SOFTWARE WHERE WE CAN COMMUNICATE MORE, UM, SPECIFICALLY WITH HOTELS, ET CETERA, AND MAKE, UH, EVERYONE LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO WE'RE REALLY GOING INTO THE, UH, MOVING FROM WHERE WE WERE TO CURRENT TIMES, IF YOU WILL.

AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE RESULT OF THAT AND, AND AS PEOPLE COME HERE AND WHEN THEY COME HERE.

SO IT'S MORE TARGETED MARKETING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO, BUT WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH, IF I COULD FIND MY NOTES HERE, UM, ON OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, UM, WE ARE, LET'S SEE, OUR HOT TAX COLLECTIONS FOR FEBRUARY, WERE 226,000, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT 15% INCREASE.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S FROM THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

SO IT GOES BACK TO THE POINT THAT WE'VE UPDATED HOW WE COMMUNICATE, AND I THINK WE'RE SEEING THE RESULTS OF SOME OF THAT.

SO I, I, I APPLAUD EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE HOTELS WE'RE WORKING WITH.

UH, WE ARE NOW AT 8.4% OVERALL, AND, AND THAT ALSO WE SHOULD KNOW THAT ONE HOTEL DID NOT SUBMIT THEIR NUMBERS.

SO YOU, YOU KNOW, WE MAY SEE AN INCREASE.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR FEBRUARY, SO LET'S ANTICIPATE POSITIVE NEWS, I THINK FOR MARCH.

UH, I THINK THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF VISITORS AND LET'S SEE WHERE, WHERE THAT GOES.

UM, AND THEN ON OUR, UH, STAR PORT, THE OCCUPANCY WAS 73.8%.

IT WAS A, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DOWN, UM, ABOUT 0.6 FROM THE LAST YEAR, BUT, BUT IT'S STILL THE HIGHEST.

AND THIS WAS, THIS IS INTRIGUING TO ME THE HIGHEST OF ALL COLLIN COUNTY NUMBERS.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO REALLY, UH, THINK ABOUT BECAUSE,

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SO CONGRATS ON THE NEW HOTELS AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING ALL OF US, WE AS A CITY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND WE'LL CERTAINLY KEEP YOU, UH, POSTED ON IT.

AND THEN, UM, NEW TO THE REPORT, I WANTED, WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE TIER THREE PROPERTIES OR THE OLDER, SMALLER, UH, HOTELS.

AND, UM, OUR TIER THREE IS MUCH LOWER.

OUR TIER ONE IS HIGHER, SO WE WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT, ERIN.

THE, THE MAIN, SO, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE TRACKED TIER THREE, UH, HOTELS.

WE WERE ONLY TRACKING TIER ONE AND TWO.

UH, WE DID REMOVE EDMUND, OKLAHOMA FROM OUR REPORT, UM, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T, WE DIDN'T SEE THAT AS DATA THAT WAS BENEFICIAL TO US TODAY.

UM, SO WE ADDED TIER THREE.

AND THE MAIN THING I WANT, WE WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW OUR AVERAGE DAILY RATE IS MUCH LOWER THAN OUR COLLIN COUNTY NEIGHBORS.

UM, NOW THAT WE HAVE TIER THREE THREE BROKEN OUT WITH THOSE PROPERTIES, YOU CAN SEE IN THAT SECOND COLUMN THAT THE AVERAGE DAILY RATE IN THOSE PROPERTIES IS $64 AND 52 CENTS.

UH, WHEREAS OUR TIER ONE PROPERTIES IS A HUNDRED TWENTY TWO NINETY THREE, WHICH IS MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE WITH, UH, MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORS, AGAIN, BEING THE COUNTY SEAT.

UH, WE DO HAVE MORE OF THOSE OLDER PROPERTIES AND OUR PORTFOLIO THAN MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

UM, BUT THAT HELPS US BREAK DOWN WHY OUR AVERAGE DAILY RATE COMBINED IS BELOW $100, UH, AT 98 POINT 55.

UM, SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE THE DATA IN FRONT OF US TO SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAUSES THOSE NUMBERS.

AND, UM, WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

AND I, I'D JUST REALLY LIKE TO EXTEND THE THANKS, UH, TO ERIN BECAUSE THAT BREAKDOWN REALLY HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

AND AS WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO, HOW DO, DO WE WANNA ADDRESS IT? AND IF WE DO, HOW DO WE ADDRESS IT? YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO MAYBE DO SOMETHING CREATIVE.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS, BUT I'LL HAND THAT OVER TO EVERYBODY .

UM, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S REALLY SUMS UP THE, UH, FINANCE REPORT FOR THIS MONTH.

THANK YOU.

DOES THE MARKETING COMMITTEE HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE? YES.

WE MET YESTERDAY AND JUST WANTED TO SHARE.

WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO SEE HIGH NUMBERS REGARDING THE ECLIPSE AND HIGH FIVE TO THE STAFF FOR PREPARING BUYING MERCH THAT SOLD OUT.

WE ARE SO PROUD TO JUST HAVE OUR NAME EVERYWHERE THAT WANTED TO BE .

THE, UH, BETH LIVES LOOKING TO ATTEND AN SEO CONFERENCE TO BOOST OUR NUMBERS AND TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT KNOW WHERE WE ARE.

SO WE CAN FIND THAT THEY CAN FIND US.

AND WE'RE EXPLORING NEW OPPORTUNITIES ON YOUTUBE IN LONG AND SHORT FORMAT AS WE RECOGNIZE MANY PEOPLE GO TO YOUTUBE FOR INFORMATION.

THAT'S ALL.

SO, HAL BEAR IS THE STORE RIGHT NOW, .

UH, WE HAVE BEEN ORDERING LIKE CRAZY, SO, UH, NOT EVERYTHING HAS COME IN YET, BUT WE PROBABLY HAVE 15 OR 20 ORDERS OUT, I THINK RIGHT NOW, UH, TRYING TO RESTOCK, SO THAT'S AWESOME.

BUT YES, WE HAD TO MOVE A TABLE OUT TEMPORARILY.

GREAT.

GREAT JOB.

GREAT JOB ON THAT.

YES.

[Executive Director’s Report]

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

UH, I, I'LL BEGIN WITH A, AN ECHO ON THE ASSUMING OF THE SOLAR ECLIPSE.

COUNCILMAN BELLA BACK THERE GAVE US A SHOUT OUT FOR ME BRAGGING ABOUT T-SHIRT SALES.

I'M GONNA DO IT ONE MORE TIME, UH, MAYBE, MAYBE TWO MORE TIMES, UH, WE'LL SEE.

UM, BUT OUR, UH, OUR TEAM, FIRST OF ALL, KUDOS TO OUR TEAM.

THE, THE, WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE COME IN, UH, IN MARCH TO THE STORE.

UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE REPORT ON THAT, COMPARED TO PREVIOUS MONTHS, IT'S, IT'S A DRASTIC INCREASE.

UM, AND SO WE CAPITALIZE ON SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T CONTROL BEING THE SOLAR ECLIPSE, UH, COUNCILMAN.

UM, PHILLIPS DID SAY THAT I BROUGHT THE ECLIPSE TO MCKINNEY.

I, I TRY TO TAKE CREDIT FOR AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT I DON'T THINK I CAN TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT ONE.

UM, BUT WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE WALK IN OUR, OUR STAFF, ESPECIALLY THE LAST WEEK OF THE ECLIPSE WHEN, UH, THE VISITORS WERE IN TOWN.

UH, WE OPENED UP ON SUNDAY, WHICH IS NOT TYPICAL TO, UM, JUST BE THERE FOR, UH, ALL THE CELLS COMBINED.

I THINK WE'RE AROUND $36,000 IN SOLAR OR IN MERCHANDISE CELLS FOR THE ECLIPSE.

UM, AND THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AND A LOT OF T-SHIRTS THAT ARE OUT AND ABOUT.

UH, I HAD JOKED THAT I'M WAITING TO SEE THE FIRST ONE POP UP ON EBAY, AND I GUARANTEE YOU, YOU CAN MAKE MORE THAN YOU PAID FOR IT, BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL WALKING INTO OUR STORE ASKING FOR ECLIPSED SHIRTS.

UM, BUT THAT WAS REALLY FUN.

AND ALSO IT JUST KUDOS TO THE DEPARTMENTS THAT TOOK UP, UH, EXTRA WORK TO CREATE EVENTS DURING THE ECLIPSE.

UM, OUR TEAM GATHERED A BIG GROUP TOGETHER IN JULY OF 23, UH, TO SAY,

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SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE A NEW STAFF MEMBER AT VISIT MCKINNEY.

UM, A PART-TIME STAFF ASSISTANT, EMILY MYRICK HAS JOINED THE TEAM.

UM, SO ALEXIS IS ACTUALLY IN THE ROOM WITH US.

SHE'S OUR OTHER PART-TIME STAFF ASSISTANT TODAY, SO I'M GLAD SHE'S HERE.

UM, AND SO NOW WE ARE FULLY STAFFED AGAIN, AND IF YOU WALK IN ON A SATURDAY, YOU'LL EITHER SEE ALEXIS OR YOU'LL SEE EMILY WORKING THE STORE.

AND SO WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THEM.

UM, THE OTHER THING, THE HIGHLAND GAMES, THEY WERE LAST WEEKEND, UH, IT WAS A, IT WAS A REALLY POOR WEATHER WEEKEND, UH, FOR AN EVENT TO BE IN MCKINNEY.

UH, UH, SATURDAY OBVIOUSLY WAS JUST SOLID RAIN.

AND AND YOU HATE THAT WHEN YOU SEE AN EVENT THAT'S, THAT'S WORKED SO HARD TO PLAN, UM, TO, TO BE IN MCKINNEY.

UH, BUT I DO WANNA GIVE A QUICK, UH, SHOUT OUT TO OUR TEAM.

SO OUR VISION THAT OUR BOARD AND OUR STAFF HELPED CREATE IS TO BE THE MOST WELCOMING GYM IN TEXAS.

UM, THIS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE WANT TO LIVE UP TO THAT.

UM, ON SATURDAY, ALICIA GETTING TEXT MESSAGES FROM THE EVENT PLANNER.

THEY'RE THE PART, THE REASON THEY CAME TO MCKINNEY IS BECAUSE THEY RAN OUT OF PARKING IN GRAPEVINE.

WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE THAT MUCH RAIN PARKING IS NON-EXISTENT OUT AT MYERS PARK EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE SURFACE LOTS.

UM, SUNDAY WAS GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL, RIGHT? IT WAS GONNA BE PRETTY, BUT ALL THE LOTS ARE, UH, ARE, UH, SOPPING WET AND YOU CAN'T PARK ON THEM.

SO ALICIA'S GETTING MESSAGES AND, UH, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY CAN DO TO, UH, PLAN AROUND THAT.

UM, WE STARTED A MESS, A THREAD ON OUR, UM, OUR STAFF TEAMS. PAUL IS MAKING CALLS TO MISD AND GETS ACCESS TO, UH, UH, PARKING LOTS AT, UM, ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS IF THEY NEED IT.

UH, WE CONNECT THEM WITH, UH, UH, A BUS TRANSFER COMPANY THAT, UH, AT ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON WAS ABLE TO PULL SHUTTLES TO MCKINNEY FOR SUNDAY WITH DRIVERS SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE, UM, UM, LOOPING SHUTTLES.

UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET COUNTS.

OUR COUNCILMAN PHILLIPS WAS ABLE TO MOVE HIS SCHEDULE SO THAT HE COULD STILL GO OUT AND WELCOME THEM ON SUNDAY.

AND ALL IN ALL, MULTIPLE THROUGH MULTIPLE THINGS, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO, TO MAKE IT THE BEST IT COULD POSSIBLY BE, UM, AT THE LAST MINUTE.

AND, AND THAT'S, I JUST, AGAIN, THAT'S NOT NORMAL FOR, UM, EVERYONE TO GET THAT TYPE OF, UH, UH, SUPPORT FROM A TEAM.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FROM THE VISIT MCKINNEY TEAM.

AND I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL FOR DOING THAT ON A SATURDAY.

UM, AND WE, THEY, UH, ECHO THAT, THAT SENTIMENT.

THEY HAVEN'T BEEN HAD SUPPORT FROM A CITY, UH, FROM CITY COUNCIL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, ANY, ANY STAFF THAT THEY HAD OUT THERE.

SO, THANK YOU.

UM, THE LAST, UH, LAST COUPLE THINGS.

UPCOMING EVENTS WE'VE ALREADY MENTIONED.

THE BYRON NELSON.

UH, THAT'S A, OBVIOUSLY A, UH, NATIONAL SHOWCASE FROM MCKINNEY.

ANYTIME YOU GET TO SEE MCKINNEY'S NAME MENTIONED ON UH, NA, UH, NATIONAL TV, THAT'S A WIN FOR US.

UH, BETWEEN OUR STAFF AND OTHER, AND OTHERS ON THE COMMITTEE, WE'RE WORKING THE WELCOME BOOTH AT THE ENTRANCE.

UM, AND WE'VE CHANGED THAT UP A LITTLE BIT.

SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO STOP BY AS YOU ATTEND AND SEE, SEE HOW THAT BOOTH IS SET UP.

UM, MR. MURKOWSKI'S GOT THE EDC AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR PLANS OVER THERE.

UM, BUT THE LAST THING WE, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT MCKINNEY BEING THE 19TH HOLE.

UH, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COME UP TO BOOTH LAST YEAR AND ASK US, WHAT IS THE 19TH HOLE? WHERE'S THE 19TH HOLE? HOW DO WE, WHAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ASKING QUESTIONS.

THIS YEAR, UH, OUR, UM, OUR GROUP, OUR COMMITTEE GOT TOGETHER AND WE, WE DECIDED TO CREATE AN OFFICIAL 19TH HOLE EVENT.

UM, SO WE PARTNERED WITH SBG HOSPITALITY FOR SATURDAY MAY 4TH AT DISTRICT 1 21.

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE TOURNAMENT, THERE WILL BE AN OFFICIAL, UH, PROMOTED 19TH HOLE EVENT, UM, THAT IS SPONSORED BY VISIT MCKINNEY.

AND THERE WILL BE, UH, A LOT OF FUN LIVE MUSIC MARIACHI BANDS, 'CAUSE IT IS MAY 4TH, UH, ALMOST CINCO DE MAYO, SO KIND OF GOT A GOLF AND CINCO DE MAYO THEME, UH, FOOD, UH, MARGARITAS, ALL THE GOOD STUFF.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE MCKINNEY, UM, RIGHT NEXT TO THE, THE, UM, GOLF TOURNAMENT.

UH, LAST THING I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH, UH, FOR OUR BOARD, UH, TOURISM GRANTS ARE LIVE RIGHT NOW.

AND, UH, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHARE THAT WITH ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED, UH, OR, OR QUALIFY.

AND THEN NEXT MONTH WE'LL BE BUSY LISTENING TO PRESENTATIONS.

SO THAT'S MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, AARON.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING

[Consider/Discuss/Act on the Sixth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the McKinney Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc]

CONSIDER DISCUSS, ACT ON THE SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF THE MCKINNEY CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

I'M ACTUALLY GONNA STAND AT THE PODIUM TO, UH, PRESENT THIS ONE.

ALRIGHT, I'LL GET A DIFFERENT VIEW HERE, , NOW I CAN SEE YOUR FACE.

UM, SO LAST, UH, I GUESS IT WAS AT OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION FOR VISIT MCKINNEY.

UH, WE SPENT, UM, A HALF DAY WITH OUR BOARD AND, UM, DID SEVERAL EXERCISES.

THE LAST ONE THOUGH

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UH, THE HISTORY, UH, THAT WAS PRESENTED THERE WAS THAT OUR BOARD STRUCTURE, OUR REPORTING STRUCTURE HAS CHANGED MULTIPLE TIMES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR ORGANIZATION.

UH, THE LAST TIME, I THINK WAS AROUND 2015 IF, UH, IF I RECALL THAT BEING RIGHT.

UM, WE DID AN EXERCISE LOOKING AT, UH, PROS AND CONS OF REP, UH, REPORTING, UH, AS A COMPONENT UNIT AS WE'RE STRUCTURED TODAY OR REPORTING UNDER THE CITY'S OFFICIAL, UM, STRUCTURE, UH, LIKE UNDER, THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND DOWN IN THE ORG CHART STRUCTURE THAT THE CITY HAS, UM, CREATED.

THERE WAS, UH, REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS, UM, REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS ASKED.

UH, I THINK IF YOU RECALL, UH, THE SHEET ON THE PRO LIST WAS, WAS HEAVY AND THE CON LIST WAS, WAS, UH, QUITE LIGHT.

BUT THE CON LIST, THOSE WERE GREAT THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.

AND I THINK, UM, WE HAD, UH, GOOD CONVERSATIONS AROUND THEM.

UH, FROM THAT MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT BRINGING BACK A, UH, BYLAWS CHANGE THAT WOULD MATCH THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD.

AND SO I WORKED WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY WITH MR. HOUSER ON WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS WHAT THE BYLAWS LOOK LIKE IN 2015 PRIOR TO, UH, THE CHANGE.

UM, ANOTHER KIND OF, UH, UH, SIDE NOTE FOR YOU IS THAT, UH, ALL OF OUR OTHER, UM, UH, NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, THE, THE STRUCTURE IS THROUGH THE CITY, UH, WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES.

AND SO IT'S MORE COMMON THAN NOT FOR CBBS TO GO THROUGH THAT.

I'LL SAY FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, UM, THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD FROM THE DAY THAT I I ARRIVED IS THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR US IS ALIGNING FULLY WITH THE CITY'S, UH, VISION VALUES, AND THAT WE'RE ALL MOVING DOWN THE ROAD TOGETHER, UM, IN, IN ALL WAYS.

UM, AND THE CONVERSATION WE HAD THAT DAY WAS THAT THIS IS JUST ONE MORE WAY THAT WE CAN FULLY ALIGN AND SHOW THAT, THAT WE'RE ALL, UM, ON THE SAME TEAM AND THAT, UH, WE'RE MOVING TOGETHER.

AND SO I DID CREATE A QUICK PRESENTATION.

THE FULL BYLAWS WERE SENT OUT LAST WEDNESDAY FOR YOU TO REVIEW.

I DO HAVE A QUICK PRESENTATION FOR ANY, IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

UM, BUT I KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED WHERE THE CHANGES, UM, TAKE PLACE AND WHAT SECTIONS THEY TAKE PLACE IN.

UH, ONE OF THOSE BEING, UM, HERE IN, UH, THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS, UM, UH, THERE ARE TWO THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING IN HERE.