[CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD AFTERNOON. TODAY IS TUESDAY , MAY 7TH YEAR 2024. IT IS THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 222 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET. TO MCKINNEY. THIS IS OUR CITY COUNCIL WORK
[Police Department Officer Recognition Program]
SESSION. THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS OUR INFORMATION SHARING ITEMS. 24 157 POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER RECOGNITION PROGRAM. CHIEF. PROT COUNCIL CITY MANAGER. THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME THIS TIME TO DO THIS. THIS IS MY ONGOING EFFORT TO SHOWCASE SOME OF THE FINE WORK THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MCKINNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT DO ON A DAILY BASIS. SOMETIMES THE STORIES I HAVE TO TELL TO SHOWCASE UH, PERFORMANCE IS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST FEEL GOOD STORY.SO BEAR WITH ME. ON APRIL 28 THIS YEAR AT APPROXIMATELY 2 P.M. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE 900 BLOCK OF NORTH JORDAN STREET IN REFERENCE TO A SHOOTING THAT HAD JUST OCCURRED. WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING TWO MALE SUBJECTS SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER, WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A 21 YEAR OLD OR 23 YEAR OLD MELISSA RESIDENTS. THE SUSPECT WAS SEEN RUNNING SOUTH FROM THE LOCATION. FIRST RESPONDING OFFICERS QUICKLY ARRIVED ON SCENE AND FOUND THE VICTIM DECEASED IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT OF A WHITE PASSENGER CAR. THE RESPONDING OFFICER SET UP A PERIMETER IN HOPES OF CONTAINING THE SUSPECT WHO WAS SEEN RUNNING SOUTH AFTER THE SHOOTING.
OFFICER JACKSON ARRIVED AND BEGAN IMMEDIATELY INTERVIEWING WITNESSES WHEN HE LEARNED THAT THE SUSPECT WAS BELIEVED TO LIVE IN THE AREA. OFFICER JACKSON THEN BEGAN CANVASSING THE SURROUNDING STREETS AND TAKING STATEMENTS AND LOOKING FOR RELEVANT HOME VIDEO SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE THAT COULD HELP IDENTIFY OR BE HELPFUL IN THE INVESTIGATION. A VIDEO FROM ONE OF THE HOUSES SHOWED A MALE SUBJECT WALKING IN THE AREA WHO MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN BY WITNESSES OF THE SHOOTER. OFFICER JACKSON FORWARD THAT PICTURE TO OFFICER FORWARDED THAT PICTURE TO OFFICERS ON THE SCENE. ADDITIONALLY A VIDEO FROM ANOTHER HOUSE SHOWED THE SAME MALE SUBJECT BEING DROPPED OFF IN A GRAY CHRYSLER VAN A FEW STREETS AWAY FROM THE CRIME SCENE JUST PRIOR TO THE SHOOTING. ATTEMPTS TO TRACK THE SUSPECT WITH K. NINE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL IN THE DPS HELICOPTER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. WHEN DETECTIVES ARRIVED ON SCENE OFFICER JACKSON WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS OF THE SUSPECT SUSPECT VEHICLE AND THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. THE SUSPECT'S VEHICLE WAS LOCATED IN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION WORK OF OFFICER JACKSON THIS CRITICAL INFORMATION ENABLED DETECTIVES TO OBTAIN SEARCH AND ARREST WARRANTS, AND WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE TWO ARRESTS FOR CAPITAL MURDER. OFFICER JACKSON'S ACTIONS DURING THIS INCIDENT EXEMPLIFY OUR CORE VALUES OF RISE AND BRING GREAT CREDIT UPON THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND THE MCKINNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HIM AS THE CHIEF CHALLENGE COIN. AND BUT THE COUNCIL DOWN FOR A PHOTO IF YOU SO LOT.
MAYBE YOU WANNA MAYBE CO YOU GUYS COME TO THE OTHER SIDE. IF YOU DON'T MIND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. TRY TO BALANCE IT OUT A LITTLE BIT. HE ALWAYS MAKES ME LOOK GOOD. THANK YOU.
[Proclamation for Building Safety Month]
NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS ITEM 241508 PROCLAMATION FOR BUILDING SAFETY MONTH. WHO'S GONNA COME UP.YEAH. RIGHT CITY MCKINNEY PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS THE CITY OF MCKINNEY IS COMMITTED TO RECOGNIZING THAT OUR GROWTH AND STRENGTH DEPENDS ON THE SAFETY AND ROLES OF OUR OUR HOMES,
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BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLAY BOTH IN EVERYDAY LIFE AND WHEN DISASTERS STRIKE WHEREAS OUR CONFIDENCE IN THE RESILIENCE OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT MAKE UP OUR COMMUNITY IS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE DEVOTION OF VIGILANT GUARDIANS, BUILDING SAFETY AND FIRE PREVENTION OFFICIALS, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, BUILDERS, TRADESPEOPLE, LABORERS, PLUMBERS AND OTHERS WHO WORK TO ENSURE SAFE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. WHEREAS THESE MODERN BUILDING CODES INCLUDE SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM HURRICANES, SNOWSTORMS, TORNADOES, WILDLAND FIRES, FLOODS AND EARTHQUAKES. WHEREAS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH IS SPONSORED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL TO REMIND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE CRITICAL ROLE OF OUR LOCAL CODE OFFICIALS WHO ASSURE US OF SAFE, SUSTAINABLE AND AFFORDABLE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR PROSPERITY.WHEREAS MISSION IMPOSSIBLE. THE THEME FOR BUILDING SAFETY MONTH 2024 ENCOURAGES US ALL TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT BUILDING SAFETY. ON A PERSONAL, LOCAL AND GLOBAL SCALE. AND WHEREAS EACH YEAR AN OBSERVANCE OF BUILDING SAFETY MONTH WE ARE ASKED TO CONSIDER THE COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING BUILDING SAFETY, RESILIENCE AND ECONOMIC INVESTMENT AT HOME AND IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDED TO ALL OF US BY LOCAL BUILDING DEPARTMENTS AND FIRE PROTECTION BUREAUS. NOW. THEREFORE I GEORGE FULLER, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY 2024 AS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH IN THE CITY, ENCOURAGING ALL RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDED TO ALL OF US BY LOCAL BUILDING DEPARTMENTS AND FIRE PREVENTION BUREAUS IN PROTECTING LIVES AND PROPERTY. THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL EVERY YEAR, THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL PUTS ON BUILDING SAFETY AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON ALL THAT IT TAKES TO CREATE SAFE BUILDINGS AND THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT HAPPEN. THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL OR THE FOLKS THAT WRITE OUR CODE BOOKS THAT WE, UH PRETTY MUCH LIVE BY, UM THEY ALSO COME UP WITH ALL THE EDUCATION MATERIAL AND ALL THE CERTIFICATION CRITERIA THAT WE GO BY IN OUR INDUSTRY AS WELL. AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS GROUP HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST HIGHLY CERTIFIED AND HIGHLY EDUCATED, HIGHLY QUALIFIED FOLKS IN THE BUSINESS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY DO. YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY EXCITING. HOW BUSY WE ARE, UH, BUT IT'S REALLY EXCITING HOW BUSY WE ARE. WITH ALL DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN MCKINNEY. THESE FOLKS ARE MAKING IT HAPPEN. THEY'RE DOING IT WITH EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH. AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL FOR GIVING US THIS DECLARATION OF BUILDING SAFETY MONTH. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. IS THERE SOMEONE GOING TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH? MR RICHER? SURE. YEAH. ACT LIKE YOU LIKE ONE ANOTHER. THERE WE GO. FOUR WEEKS. SAID THAT DENVER THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT PROCLAMATION FOR
[Proclamation for Municipal Clerks Week]
MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK. COME ON. YOU. CITY OF MCKINNEY PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS THE OFFICE SAID THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK A TIME HONORED AND VITAL PART OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXIST THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IS THE OLDEST AMONG PUBLIC SERVANTS. WHEREAS THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK PROVIDES THE PROFESSIONAL LINK BETWEEN THE CITIZENS, THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES AND AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT AT OTHER LEVELS, WHEREAS PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS HAVE PLEDGED TO BE EVER MINDFUL OF THEIR NEUTRALITY AND IMPARTIALITY, RENDERING EQUAL SERVICE TO ALL WHILE SERVING AS THE INFORMATION CENTER ON FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.WHEREAS PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS CONTINUALLY STRIVE TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL. PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND INFORMATION PROGRAMS AND MEETINGS OF THEIR LOCAL STATE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS PEER TO PEER NETWORKING, INFORMATION SHARING AND MENTORING. WHEREAS IT IS MOST APPROPRIATE TO RECOGNIZE THE SERVICE AND VITAL ROLE OF THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK, WHICH IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, INCLUDES THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY AND THE NUMEROUS CLERKS OF OUR CITY BOARDS OF COMMISSIONS. NOW. THEREFORE I GEORGE FULLER, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 5TH TO 11TH 2024 AS MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, SENDING APPRECIATION TO ALL OF OUR PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS AND BOARD CLERKS FOR THEIR VITAL SERVICES THEY PERFORM AND THEY'RE EXEMPLARY DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY. WITNESS MOHANAN SEAL. 7 MAY 2024. MR ROCHE. AND OUR LAST PROCLAMATION. UH,
[Proclamation for Public Works Week]
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FOR PUBLIC WORKS WEEK. YOU KNOW? KNOW THE BOND PASSED FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS SOUTH CAMPUS. YES.YES. SURE. IT'S GOOD. NO, YOU DON'T. CITY MCKINNEY PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS THE STAFF OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY'S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FOCUS ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT ARE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO THE SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITY AND TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH. HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING OF THE CITY. WHEREAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES AND SERVICES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS. PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING IMPROVING AND PROTECTING OUR STREETS, WATER AND WASTE WATER SYSTEMS FLEET, SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR THE OF THE FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CIVIC LEADERS IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF AND MAINTAIN A PROGRESSIVE INTEREST IN UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC AND PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS. AND WHEREAS THE YEAR 2024 MARKS THE 64TH ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION. AND IT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS ADVANCING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL NOW, THEREFORE, I GEORGE FULLER, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 19 TO 25 2024 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, AND URGED ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS TO ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THE WORK INVOLVED IN PROVIDING OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS WHICH PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS MAKE EVERY DAY TO OUR HEALTH, SAFETY AND COMFORT AND QUALITY OF LIFE. WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY. THANK YOU. ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND WE COULDN'T HARDLY DO THIS WITHOUT EVER EVERYONE'S SUPPORT COUNCIL, MAYOR COUNCIL AND ALL THE CITIZENS SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL.
MR. THAT IS SQUEEZING GUYS. NO, I DON'T. IT'S QUITE I THINK, I IN THE TRACK. OK?
[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS]
NEXT. WE'LL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. THE FIRST IS DONNA SILVER, SILVER.AM DONALD SILVER RESIDENT MCKINNEY. MY ADDRESS IS CORRECT ON THE FORM. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I HAVE TWO POINTS TO MAKE ONE FOR ANY CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT CHANGES TERM LIMITS. I AM OPPOSED TO THAT. I FEEL THAT WHEN WE HAVE NEW MEMBERS, WE GET FRESH BLOOD. FRESH IDEAS. SECOND POINT IF WE VOTE TO HAVE THIS ON THE BALLOT, I WOULD LIKE IT TO EXCLUDE ANYONE THAT HAS VOTED TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. THANK. SUE SILVER. GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND A PLEASURE TO BE BACK. UM AGAIN. I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO. UM THAT WAS MY HUSBAND AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REQUEST IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS OF A CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT MAINTAIN THE CURRENT TERM LIMITS THE TERM THE TERM LENGTHS AND THE COUNCIL COMPENSATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MIKE GILES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR MAYOR AND COUNCIL
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MEMBERS. I'M MIKE GILES 3213 GILLESPIE ROAD. CAN I GET THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS PROPOSED SPECIFICALLY TERM LENGTH TERM LIMITS AND THE COUNCIL COMPENSATION CHANGES. AS OF 2011 , WITH THE CURRENT TERMS WERE RATIFIED, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS GOT TWO FOURYEAR TERMS. IT USED TO BE 23 YEAR TERMS OR EIGHT YEARS TOTAL. THIS THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON. IT SEEMED LIKELY ENOUGH FOR YOU FOLKS TO THE THEORY IS, WE CAN'T GET EVERYTHING DONE IN EIGHT YEARS. IT'S TIME TO BRING IN NEW BLOOD. AND GIVE THEM A SHOT. APPARENTLY YOU THINK THAT YOU IDEAS OF TERM MOST ARE BETTER THAN THE FOUNDER OF THE COUNTRY. HIS IDEAS OF BOW OUT AFTER EIGHT YEARS ARE REALLY QUITE GOOD. UH I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY WILL FOLD IF YOU GUYS IF YOU DO NOT GET THE EXTRA TERM. UH, I REALIZED THAT THAT PART OF THE PLAN IS TO GET THESE CHANGES UNOBTRUSIVELY THROUGH PEOPLE BEFORE THEY REALIZE WHAT'S HAPPENING. AS A RECENT BOND ELECTION KIND OF ILLUSTRATED, AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME. WE GOT 6.6% OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY CAME OUT AND VOTED IN ABOUT 4% ACTUALLY COMMITTED THE REST OF THE CITIZENS TO ALMOST HALF A BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF BONDS, WHICH IS YOU THINK PEOPLE WOULD HAVE AN INTEREST IN THAT, BUT APPARENTLY NOT. BUT THAT'S KIND OF TYPICAL OF OUR ELECTIONS. SO AND THAT DOES MEAN THAT THE TAXES WILL HAVE TO BE HIGHER DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE MAY BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE SAME TAX RATE. IT DOES TAKE A PRODUCT OF THE TAX RATE AND THE APPRAISALS AS WE KNOW. UH, TERMINALS AND, UH TERM LIFE AND REMAIN EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE AT. ACTUALLY, I WOULD VOTE FOR REDUCE THEM, BUT I AM NOT SURE I AM SURE THAT IS NOT GOING TO FLY HERE. UH, THE OTHER TERMS OF COMPENSATION. THE BEST ANSWER TO THIS ONE IS TO LOOK SOUTH. IF YOU LOOK AT DALLAS, THERE'S A COMPENSATED. UH, CITY COUNCIL DOWN THERE, AND IN MY OPINION, DALLAS IS PRETTY MUCH A DISASTER, AND I'D LIKE US NOT TO GET TO THAT STAGE. GENERALLY THAT COULD BECOME THE PROFESSIONAL CITY MANAGER CITY COUNCIL. WE HAD THAT WITH MR GRIMES AND HIS HIS STAFF OF THE PROFESSIONAL BUREAUCRACY. BUT SURE THE ADMINISTRATIVE CLEAN UP WHICH I CAN DO THAT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU NOT PUT THESE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON. MARY JANE MANNING.GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK. TODAY I AM AGAINST THE TERM, INCREASING THE TERM LIMITS AS WELL. I THINK YOU KNOW WE NEED NEW BLOOD IN HERE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AND JUST KEEPING EVERYTHING THE SAME. LET'S KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS. NOW LET'S NOT INCREASE IT AND LET'S GET SOME NEW IDEAS AND SOME NEW BLOOD IN HERE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK TODAY.
THANK YOU. AND FOR YOU. THANK YOU. POOR CO FIVE MCKINNEY PLACE DRIVE. I HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF VERY CAREFULLY WORDED. PARAGRAPHS. UM I WISH I COULD GET BEHIND THIS EXTENDING THE TERM. AMENDMENT. AS WAS PREVIOUSLY STATED THE FOUNDERS NEVER INTENDED. CIVIL SERVANTS TO BE PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS. I DO NOT HAVE AN ISSUE WITH WHAT ANY OF YOU HAVE DONE. SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THE CITY HAS THRIVED. MR MAYOR. I GET I GET YOU WANTING TO HAVE FOUR MORE YEARS AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME. BUT GO AHEAD. I UNDERSTAND, BUT ANY ANY ANY OF YOU? YOU WANNA HAVE A LEGACY? AND WHETHER IT'S THE AIRPORT, WHETHER IT'S YOU KNOW, NOTES, LIVE AMPHITHEATER. WHAT? WHATEVER IT IS, YOU WANT TO HAVE A LEGACY. AND NOW YOU'RE FACING THE END OF THE LINE, SO TO SPEAK. YOU WANT MORE TIME? YOU KNOW, I I'VE GOT MY NAME ON THE PLAQUE ON A ON A SCHOOL THAT MY COMPANY BUILT YEARS AGO. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT WAS REALLY COOL FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. NOW WHEN I GO TO THE SCHOOL, MY NAME'S ON THE PLAQUE, BUT THAT'S NOT MY LEGACY. MY KIDS ARE MY LEGACY. DO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO MORE WORK TO DO? MORE DEVELOPMENT TO BRING IN BUT THIS HAVE NOT MET ANYBODY THAT SAYS THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA. TERM LIMITS. ARE THERE FOR
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A REASON. WHEN YOU'RE DONE. WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF TALENT. LEADERSHIP. MCKINNEY IS OVERFLOWING WITH APPLICANTS, AND THAT'S ONE THING I'VE SEEN. PEOPLE ARE TALENTED AND THEY HAVE TALENT. SO AS MUCH AS MUCH AS I ENJOY. WATCHING THE CITY GROW AND THRIVE. MAYBE. MAY BE TIME TO LET OTHERS DO IT. AND I REALIZE THAT THERE ARE THOSE OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL. THEY ARE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH MAYOR FULLER. HE IS A DYNAMIC LEADER. HE GETS THINGS DONE. HE GETS ON THE PHONE AND MAKES THINGS HAPPEN. WELL, WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE THAT. BUT 12 YEARS. UM, I DON'T KNOW. IT. I JUST CANNOT GET BEHIND IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE ONE MORE, BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO HOLD OFF ONE SECOND, BRIAN, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA COME UP AND SPEAK A MINUTE. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR, BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF YOU ARE CONFUSED AND I WANT YOU TO BE CLEAR AS YOU CONTINUE ON IN YOUR LIFE JOURNEY. AND WHETHER IT GOES ON THE BALLOT OR NOT, WHETHER THERE ARE EXTENDED TERM LIMITS OR NOT. NEW BLOOD IS DECIDED BY YOU, NOT BY US. BY VOTING. YOU MAY NOT HAVE REALIZED THAT BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY GO AND VOTE AT THE BALLOT BOX THAT THAT'S HOW WE DETERMINE WHO IS ELECTED. NOT US. WITH CHARTER AMENDMENTS WITH TERM EXTENSIONS, NOT WITH NO TERM LIMITS, NOT WITH ONE TERM LIMIT. IT IS ACTUALLY PEOPLE THAT GROUND VOTE SO NEW BLOOD FOR OLD BLOOD. THAT'S ALL IN THE POWER OF YOU SITTING IN THE ROOM. YOU MAY HAVE NOT REALIZED THAT YOU MAY THINK THAT IT SEEMS LIKE BASED ON THE COMMENTS. THE THOUGHT IS IF THERE IS AN EXTENSION TERM LIMITS THAT PRECLUDE OTHERS FROM SERVING, I'M NOT SPEAKING RIGHT NOW FOR OR AGAINST TERM LIMITS, EXTENDING NOT EXTENDING.ABOLISHING NONE OF IT. JUST SEEM TO BE CONFUSED. I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER YOU ACTUALLY DECIDE WHO SITS UP HERE. BY VOTING. THAT THAT IS THE DEMOCRATIC WAY TO LIMIT TERMS. IT'S ALSO WE'VE SEEN IN A WE HAD ONE SITUATION ALREADY IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS WHERE WE HAD A SPECIAL ELECTION.
WHERE THERE WAS A RECALL. HAD NOTHING THAT THAT PERSON WAS EVEN FINISHED WITH THE TERM LIMIT, BUT VOTERS DECIDED THEY WERE NOT CAPABLE TO SERVE IN THE WAY THAT THEY FELT THEY SHOULD VOTERS FELT THEY SHOULD, AND SO THERE WAS AN ELECTION AND THEY WERE REMOVED. THE POWER RESTS WITH YOU. AS YOU REST WITH US. DOESN'T REST IN WORDS ON A PAPER WORDS ON A BALLOT. IT RESTS WITH PEOPLE GOING AND VOTING. UM, BRIAN LUCK, MILLER. Y. UM, I'M ACTUALLY HERE TO SPEAK ON A DIFFERENT SUBJECT. AND UM, BRIAN LOCHNER. I LIVE AT 6305 WILDWOOD DRIVE HERE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, AND I'M HERE. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, BYRON NELSON GOLF TOURNAMENT . AND OF COURSE, WE JUST HAD THAT AND AS YOU ALL KNOW THAT I SERVE ON THE ME DC BOARD, AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF SOME ANECDOTAL. UM COMMENTS ABOUT JUST THE IMPACT OF THIS TOURNAMENT, AND I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA GET A LOT MORE FROM YOUR STAFF. THAT'S MORE OF, UM HISTORICAL OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS. BUT UH, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF JUST ONE YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE YEAR FROM THE DATA, AND THIS ALL COMES FROM THE SALESMANSHIP CLUB IN ONE YEAR. UH, THE DIRECT ECONOMIC AND I'M JUST TALKING CITY MCKINNEY, NOT CON COUNTY.
BUT ONE YEAR DIRECT ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE CITY OUT OF $55.4 MILLION COUNTYWIDE. THEY ESTIMATE 28.8 MILLION OF THAT WAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON MCKINNEY, TEXAS. THIS INCLUDED, UH, $2.9 MILLION IN DIRECT SPENDING IN RETAIL 2.27 MILLION IN LODGING. UH UH, WITH ROOM NIGHTS THAT WE HAVE, AND, OF COURSE, ALL EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON WITH THAT. AND THEN ALSO AS IT RELATES TO THE ME DC, UM YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO OBVIOUSLY IS, YOU KNOW OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HERE IN MCKINNEY AND BRINGING BUSINESSES AND OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR DAYS WE HAD OVER 13 COMPANIES, BOTH LOCAL AND, UH, SOME PROSPECTIVE COMPANIES COMING IN TO MCKINNEY. WE HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE THAT WERE HERE IN MEETINGS WITH US, UH, SITE SELECTORS FROM CHICAGO, ATLANTA, NEW YORK. UH, SO IT IS A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE CITY. FROM OUR STANDPOINT AS WELL. AND AGAIN. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THIS, YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF
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THIS GOING FORWARD, AND THEN THE LAST THING I SAY IT'S JUST FROM A KIND OF A HUMAN INTEREST STANDPOINT, I WAS TALKING TO RUTH THOMPSON OUT AT THE TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR. AND UH, YOU KNOW, WITH HUGS CAFE AND AS YOU KNOW THAT SHE WAS MAKING THEY WERE MAKING SANDWICHES FOR SELLING SANDWICHES TO PEOPLE, WHICH DOES TWO THINGS NUMBER ONE. IT BRINGS THE ATTENTION OF HUGS CAFE TO PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN MCKINNEY. THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT HUGS CAFE IS ABOUT. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO THAT NONPROFIT. SHE INDICATED THAT THEY RAISED UH OVER $30,000 IN FOUR DAYS SELLING SANDWICHES. AND THERE ISN'T AND I AND I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THERE'S NO OTHER METHOD. NO OTHER UH, FUNDRAISER. ANYTHING I'VE SEEN IN MCKINNEY IN ALL THE YEARS.I'VE BEEN HERE WHERE THEY COULD SAY FOR ONE ENTITY. WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE $30,000 IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. BUT AGAIN, I'M JUST, UH I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WHENEVER YOU HAD THE ITEM, SO I THOUGHT I A LOT OF CORD AND APPRECIATES CONSIDERATION AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE TOURNAMENT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT REALLY IS. IT'S NOT IT'S REALLY ABOUT AN ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR THE CITY THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PGA OF AMERICA PGA TOUR. AND THE SALESMANSHIP CLUB. THAT'S WHAT IT'S REALLY ABOUT. AND I BELIEVE MY TIME IS UP. THANK YOU, BRIAN. THANK YOU, BRIAN. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO DISCUSS, UH, REGULAR MEETING AGENDA ITEMS. ANYBODY HAVE AN ITEM THEY WANNA DISCUSS WITH STAFF PRIOR TO THE MEETING THIS EVENING. OK? MOVE TO OUR WORK SESSION ITEMS 241511 DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND DISCUSS
[Consider/Discuss Potential Extension of Byron Nelson Sponsorship Agreement]
POTENTIAL EXTENSION OF BISON SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT. COOL. ALL RIGHT, UH, MAYOR FULLER, MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL. STEVE TILTON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. TIMELY DISCUSSION TODAY AFTER WRAPPING UP I CAN'T BELIEVE OUR FOURTH OUT OF FIFTH FROM THE FIRST AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE BYRON NELSON JUST WRAPPED UP. ANOTHER GREAT TOURNAMENT CAME DOWN TO LITERALLY THE LAST PUT ON THE LAST DAY AND THE LAST HOLE, SO THAT HAS BEEN KIND OF THE NORM FOR THIS TOURNAMENT, THREE OUT OF FOUR YEARS ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN DECIDED BY ONE STROKE WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS A POTENTIAL EXPANSION WE NOW HAVE AT THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE A FORMAL KIND OF HIGH LEVEL. UM, SHELL OF WHAT AN EXPANSION. EXTENSION OF THE AGREEMENT MAY LOOK LIKE FROM BOTH INVITED THE COURSE OWNER AS WELL AS A SALESMAN SALESMANSHIP CLUB OF DALLAS. SO KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF, UH, VERY SHORT BACKGROUND TIMELINE. I'M GONNA DELIVER IT ON THE AGREEMENT HIGHLIGHTS WHAT THE ACTUAL EXTENSION REQUEST IS THE INITIAL PROPOSAL, THEN, OBVIOUSLY A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, UH, CHAIRMAN LOCKE MILLER OBVIOUSLY TOUCHED ON SOME OF THAT. WE'LL PRESENT A LITTLE BIT MORE DATA TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND OF COURSE, AT THE END OF THE DAY.WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANY FORMAL APPROVAL TODAY. UH, WE WOULD GO BACK ASSUMING THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US TO DO THAT, UH, FINALIZE THE ACTUAL TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT. AND OF COURSE, THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, FORMAL APPROVAL. SO THE STORY FOR TODAY STARTS 2020. I THINK I'D PROBABLY BE REMISS IF IT TO NOT TO NOTE THAT OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT WENT INTO PRIOR 2020 PREVIOUS ELECTED APPOINTED OFFICIALS, DAVID CRAIG, A LOT OF WORK TO BRING THE NELSON TO MCKINNEY ORIGINALLY, BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE DISCUSSION TODAY , THIS STORY KIND OF STARTS IN 2020. THAT IS WHEN THE EDC SIGNED THEIR FIRST SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT, THE CITY AND THE CDC BASICALLY HAVE A JOINT AGREEMENT , WHICH IS BASICALLY A CHAPTER 380 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. I AM NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THIS. YOU CAN SEE THE HISTORY OF WHEN THE EVENTS HAVE BEEN TWO THINGS I DO WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU, THOUGH, IN, UM 2020 IN JUNE, AND, UH, CHAIRMAN LOCKE MILLER REFERENCED IT. UH, THE SALESMANSHIP CLUB DID, UM, DID COMMISSION ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY REPTILE FIRM CALLED DESTINATION ANALYTICS. THEY ARE OUT OF CALIFORNIA. THIS IS WHAT THEY DO, UM, WHAT THEY DO PROFESSIONALLY, UM, SO WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE NUMBERS LATER WHEN WE GET INTO THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, AND THAT'S THE BASIS FOR THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS. IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT THAT STAFF USED AND THEN SECONDARILY CLEARLY THE E DC IS SEEN VALUE IN WHAT THE WHAT THE BYRON NELSON BRINGS IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THEY HAVE AMENDED THEIR AGREEMENT TWICE WITH THEM FOR A HIGHER SPONSORSHIP LEVEL. OF COURSE, IN RETURN, THEY'VE GOT SOME HIGHER AMENITIES FOR THAT, FIRST ONE IN 21, AND THEN APRIL JUST BEFORE THIS ONE. THEY AMENDED IT ONE MORE TIME. AND WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. UM, AS WE GO ON SO WHERE ARE WE AT NOW? UH, A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY . ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WAS FOR FIVE YEARS 2021 TO 2025. THE CDC AND THE CITY HAVE A COMBINED SPONSORSHIP OF $400,000. THE 1ST 12345 BULLET POINTS. YOU SEE, THERE ARE REALLY THE AMENITIES THE HIGHLIGHTS, AT LEAST THE BIG PICTURE OF WHAT WE GET FOR THAT SPONSORSHIP. WE HAVE A SUITE AND THE 17TH HOLE FOR PRO AM POSITIONS TO HONORARY OBSERVERS. VARIOUS HOSPITALITY GENERAL MISSION TICKETS TO THE VARIOUS OTHER TYPES OF AMENITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE. HOST CITY. PREMIER PARTNERS REALLY MEANS
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MEDIA ATTENTION. WE ARE IN A LOT OF THE ADVERTISEMENTS THAT ARE PUT ON FOR THE BYRON NELSON.OBVIOUSLY IF YOU WATCH IT ON TV ON CBS, YOU HEAR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY MENTIONED QUITE A FEW TIMES AND THE LAST BULLET POINT THERE IS REALLY OUR LARGEST EXPENSE OUTSIDE OF OBVIOUSLY THE SPONSORSHIP AS WE PROVIDE THE POLICE AND FIRE SERVICE FOR THE EVENT EACH YEAR, THE EDC AND WHY I WANTED TO MAKE NOTE ON THE FIRST SLIDE THAT THEY HAVE AMENDED THEIR AGREEMENT TWICE THIS $250,000 ANNUAL SPONSORSHIP. WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY AT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT. IN 2021. IT HAS BEEN AMENDED. NOW THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY AMENITIES THAT THEY GET.
UH, THEY HAVE TWO NELSON SUITES ON THE 18TH HOLE. THEY ALSO SIMILAR TO THE CITY HAVE SOME VARIOUS HOSPITALITY AND GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS. SO THE EXTENSION AND THE INITIAL PROPOSAL WHERE WE ARE AT TO WHERE WE WOULD BE GOING. IF THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US TO MOVE FORWARD AND NEGOTIATE THIS, BASICALLY WHERE THE CITY AND THE CDC ARE COMBINED, UH, COSTING US $400,000 RIGHT NOW FOR THE ANNUAL SPONSORSHIP, STARTING IN 2026 THAT WOULD MOVE TO 425,000.
THEN THERE WOULD BE A 5% ANNUAL ESCALATOR. UH FOR EACH YEAR 27 THROUGH 2023 2033 EXCUSE ME, UH, WE WOULD. THE CITY OF MCKINNEY WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES. THERE IS A REQUEST FROM OR THE COURSE OWNER FOR A $1.5 MILLION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT. THERE IS A $1 MILLION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT FROM THE SALESMANSHIP SALESMANSHIP CLUB OF DALLAS. UH, FROM THE CITY AND THE CDC S PERSPECTIVE, WE WILL RECEIVE SIMILAR AMENITIES TO WHAT YOU SAW IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. AND THEN THE SALESMANSHIP CLUB. UM ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY THAT WAS PERFORMED IN 2022, WHICH IS THE BASIS OF OUR STAFF'S ANALYTICS. UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL. THEY WOULD PERFORM THREE MORE OF THOSE IN 20. 26, 2029 AND 2032. UH, THE EDC. THEIR SPONSORSHIP STARTING IN 26 WOULD GO FROM 250 TO $285,000. THEY AS WELL WOULD HAVE A 5% ANNUAL ESCALATOR AND AGAIN SIMILAR TO THE CITY. THE REST OF THE AMENITIES THAT THEY GOT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE RECEIVING NOW. AND SO THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS. SO WHAT IS THIS? COSTING THE CITY AND WHAT ARE WE GETTING BACK IN RETURN FOR IT? SO THE CHART THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE IS DIVIDED INTO THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS. COSTS ARE THE CITY OF MCKINNEY'S DIRECT COSTS, AND THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF THOSE ARE THREEFOLD. UH, OUR OUR SPONSORSHIP. SO WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR TO GET THE AMENITIES BACK THE COST FOR POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES AND TO A SMALLER DEGREE, SOME MARKETING AND OTHER SMALLER ANCILLARY COSTS THAT ARE IN THERE, UH, ECONOMIC IMPACT AGAIN. THIS IS THE NEXT TWO ARE DIRECT REFERENCE FROM THE 2022. IMPACT STUDY THE COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, LOCK MILLER REFERENCED AND I REFERENCED EARLIER AND THE DIRECT TAX REVENUE IS DIRECT TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY DIRECT TAX BENEFIT THAT RECEIVE EACH OF THOSE RESPECTIVE YEARS. SO THREE DIFFERENT COLUMNS THERE 2021 TO 2025. THAT'S THE TERM OF THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT. THE OPPOSED EXTENSION. IF YOU DO THE MATH IS EIGHT YEARS 2026 TO 2033 SEE THE COLUMNS THERE AND THEN THE TOTAL OVER THE COST THE TOTAL OVER THE 722 MILLION IN COSTS, ECONOMIC IMPACT A LITTLE MORE THAN $400 MILLION TAX REVENUE TO THE CITY ABOUT 12.5 $12.6 MILLION IN DIRECT TAX REVENUE TO THE CITY. ON THE BIG PICTURE. WHAT STAFF IS LOOKING FOR TODAY AGAIN IS DIRECTION IS THE CITY COUNCIL INTERESTED IN MCKINNEY CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE BYRON NELSON AFTER OUR CURRENT AGREEMENT EXPIRES AFTER NEXT YEAR. 2025 TOURNAMENT ONE MORE, ONE MORE TOURNAMENT LEFT ON THE EXISTING AGREEMENT, AND THEN THOUGHTS AND FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED EXTENSION TERMS DISCUSSED EARLIER, SO THAT WILL BRING ME BACK TO THIS SLIDE. UH, WHICH AGAIN IS REALLY, UH, KIND OF THREEFOLD. ARE YOU OK WITH THE ESCALATOR THAT IS IN THERE 5% AFTER THE INITIAL $25,000 INCREASE, ARE YOU OK? WITH CONTINUING TO PROVIDE POLICE AND FIRE SERVICE? AND ARE YOU OK WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS AGAIN? 1.1 0.5 MILLION FOR INVITED OR THE COURSE OWNER. I SHOULD NOTE THAT THAT REQUEST HAS BEEN ASKED TO BE PAID THIS, UH, THIS YEAR, THERE ARE SOME STORMWATER RUNOFF IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE AT THE 710 MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE COURSE. ASSUMING THAT THE NELSON STAYS THERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT FOR THE SALESMANSHIP CLUB, UH, CAN BE PRORATED OVER MULTIPLE YEARS, BUT THE VALUE OF THAT IN TOTAL IS $1 MILLION. AND THE E DC, OF COURSE, WILL CONSIDER THAT REQUEST ON THEIR OWN. BUT THOSE WERE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT THE ASK OF THE DC IS. HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. SO COULD YOU GO BACK A MINUTE? TO THE SLIDER TWO FORWARD BACK. SORRY. UH BACK. I'M SORRY. TOWARDS THE END TOWARDS THE END THE COST BENEFIT. ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS WHAT WE SEE AS DOLLAR SPENT AND CAPTURED. THE COMMITTEE. UM
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THERE IS A STRONG ARGUMENT TO BE MADE FOR THE VISIBILITY EXPOSURE OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY ON THE WORLD STAGE. HAPPY. SOMETHING THAT'S NOT REFLECTED HERE THAT IT IS AN INTANGIBLE. THAT'S CORRECT IT BASICALLY THE WAY THAT THE IMPACT OF THE STUDY WAS DONE IS THEY DIVIDED IT INTO THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS WITHOUT GETTING TOO DEEP DIRECT, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND WHILE THE TOURNAMENT IS GOING ON ANOTHER CATEGORY CALLED INDIRECT, WHICH IS BASICALLY BUSINESS TO BUSINESS, SO A BUSINESS UTILIZES OR RESOURCES. IF YOU'RE SELLING PIZZAS, YOU SELL MORE PIZZAS BECAUSE THE BUYER IS HERE. NOW I GOTTA BUY MORE INGREDIENTS AND THEN ONE CALLED INDUCED WHICH BASICALLY MEANS LET'S SAY I WAS A WORKER THERE, UH AT LET'S JUST SAY CADILLAC, UH AND I WORKED OVERTIME THERE. THAT'S NOW MORE MONEY IN MY SO AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE OF DIRECT BENEFIT, I AM GOING TO BE SPENDING MORE DOLLARS IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I NOW HAVE MORE DOLLARS IN MY POCKET. RIGHT SO THAT'S MY POINT. THANKS FOR BREAKING THOSE OUT. THAT'S THE ECONOMIC IMPACT. IN ADDITION TO ME, IT'S NOT REPRESENTED ON THE SLIDE IS THE IS JUST THE EXPOSURE. THE EXPOSURE OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. IF ANYONE WATCHED THE BYRON THEY SHOWED PICTURES OF OUR DOWNTOWN TALKED ABOUT MCKINNEY, UM, TALKED ABOUT HER COMMUNITY AND THAT'S SEEN BY BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS NOT REFLECTED IN THAT BENEFIT IS NOT REFLECTED THERE. THAT IS CORRECT. I POINT OUT THAT IN 21 WHEN WE HAD THE FIRST BIT AND THAT THERE WAS A PICTURE OF THE BYRON NELSON FEATURING MCKINNEY, TEXAS, IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. CAN'T PUT A PRICE ON THAT KIND OF COVERAGE. STEVE CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE, SHOWING THE 1.5 MILLION TO THE INVITED NOW TELL ME WHAT INVITED US NEEDING THAT MONEY FOR HOW MUCH THEY'RE PUTTING IN AND WHAT THAT MONEY IS GOING TO DO IN THEIR IN THEIR REQUEST LETTER. THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT IN ORDER FOR THE NELSON TO CONTINUE TO HOST THE BYRON NELSON, THERE IS, OF COURSE, IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE, AND THEY WILL BE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COURSE OF THE TUNE OF $10 MILLION SPECIFICALLY WHAT THEY REFERENCED THIS 1.5 MILLION FOR IS IF WHERE THE PRACTICE TEAS ARE BEHIND. THAT AREA IS BASICALLY WHERE ROLLICK CREEK IS AT. THERE'S SOME DETENTION AND THERE'S SOME RUNOFF STORM WATER RUNS THROUGH THERE, AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEARS WE ADD OUR STAFF OUT THERE. IT IS IN NEED OF SOME REPAIR. IT NEEDS SOME ADDITIONAL SHORING. IT'S GONNA NEED PROBABLY SOME NEW RETENTION 71.05 MILLION DOLLARS WILL GO TOWARDS THAT REPAIR. OK, SO, UM SOME ENTITY IS TELLING. INVITED THAT THEY NEED TO DO THIS IN ORDER FOR INVITED, WHICH, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE ELSE USED TO BE KNOWN AS CLUBCORP. UM BUT SOMEONE'S TELLING THEM WHO IS TELLING THEM THAT THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR THEM TO KEEP THE TOURNAMENT AS I UNDERSTAND IT THE PGA OK, SO THE PGA IS TELLING THEM NOW I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY THAT WE WOULD THIS THING WOULD BE LOCKED DOWN RIGHT? SO IN OTHER WORDS INVITED IS INTERESTED IN THE PGA LOCKING IT DOWN TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO THIS COURSE FOR THE EIGHT YEARS AND THEN CONSEQUENTLY WE ARE BUT THEN ALSO, CONSEQUENTLY, IF THE PGA COMES BACK TO INVITE IT IN SIX YEARS AND SAYS, OK, WELL, NOW WE NEED TO DO XYZ THE CITY'S PROTECTED BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY HAD OUR AGREEMENT. IT? CERTAINLY I'M NOT SAYING THEY WOULDN'T COME BACK TO THE CITY FOR THEY MIGHT, BUT WE'VE GOT OUR EIGHT YEAR COMMITMENT THAT WAS IN PLACE AT THAT POINT IN TIME. AND OBVIOUSLY THE COUNCIL. WHAT ABOUT THE GRANT FOR THE SALESMANSHIP CLUB? WHAT KIND OF, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IS THAT? THEY SAID THAT IS FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT THERE WAS NOT A SPECIFIC PROJECT OR PROJECTS TIED TO THAT THAT THEY WOULD WORK WITH THE CITY IN THE FUTURE WHEN THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THERE WAS DEFINITELY MORE OPEN ENDED THAN THE ONE FROM IN B. OK, BUT BUT, UM, WE'RE WE'RE ESSENTIALLY COMMITTING TO THAT, BUT THEN NEGOTIATE THE DETAILS LATER. AS FAR AS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WHETHER IT'S A AND I'M JUST MAKING THIS UP, WHETHER IT'S A PARKING GARAGE OR WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU WOULD BE COMMITTING TO WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT THE PROJECT IS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ONE LAST POINT IS, YOU'RE ALSO GONNA BE PROBABLY JUST GONNA BE A REIMBURSEMENT. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THE WORK, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE A MILLION BUCKS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT A 3D GRIM WOULD LOOK LIKE, THOUGH, RIGHT? YES. AND FROM WHAT LEAVE, UH, WHERE IT STATES IS THAT THE MILLION DOLLARS WOULD BE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE SALESMANSHIP CLUB ON IMPROVEMENT, THEY PURCHASED TWO PARCELS OF PROPERTY LAND AROUND THE COURSE THAT THEY WOULD DEVELOP SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HAD TO DATE AS MENTIONED A PARKING STRUCTURE, UM, PAVING SOMETHING THAT WOULD SERVE THE BYRON FOR THAT EVENT, BUT THEN ALSO SERVE OTHER POTENTIAL PUBLIC USE YEAR ROUND, BUT SOMETHING TO BE NEGOTIATED AND DISCUSSED AND WE HAVE TO QUALIFY. IN OUR MINDS FOR US TO FUND IT. I ALSO KNOW THAT REQUEST IS A CLAWBACK PROVISION IF THE BYRON PULLED OUT IN, UH[00:40:01]
IN FOUR YEARS FOR WHATEVER REASON THAN 60% OF THE MILLION AND A HALF WOULD BE BE CALLED BACK. UM AND THAT GOES FOR THE MILLION AS WELL. UM ALSO KNOW OF THAT CLARIFICATION AND I KNOW IF, UM WE IF IT IS DECIDED THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS, THE AGREEMENT THAT WE WILL PUT IN PLACE WILL IDENTIFY THE FACT THAT THEY ARE SPENDING THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY AS WELL. FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. I KNOW THAT THE AMOUNT HAS GONE UP ABOUT 30% AFTER THEIR MEETINGS WITH THE PGA AFTER BEING HERE, SO THE INITIAL LETTER THAT WAS WRITTEN TWO WEEKS AGO OF 10 MILLION, I BELIEVE IS NOW 13.5. THE INVESTMENT. THEY MAKE RATIFICATION. THANK YOU. UM JUST SOME COMMENTS ON MY END BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION. UM, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN EXTREMELY PROUD OF THIS TOURNAMENT AND PROUD OF WHAT MCKINNEY HAS DONE, AND I TALKED IF YOU GOT RED PANTS ON CHANCE OF ME TALKING TO YOU ABOUT 100% IF I SEE YOU OUT THERE AND, UM YOU KNOW, WE GET SUCH MAGNIFICENT ACCOLADES ON OUR POLICE AND FIRE AND EVERYTHING ABOUT MCKINNEY THAT WE DO, AND UM YOU KNOW, THE SALESMANSHIP CLUB FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING THE AREN'T AS FAMILIAR. THEY THEY LIVE AND BREATHE TO BENEFIT. THE MOMENTOUS INSTITUTE, WHICH IS A SCHOOL IN DALLAS FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH, AND THEY'VE HAD SIGNIFICANT SUCCESS WITH THAT FOR GENERATIONS, AND THEY'RE ONE OF THE HIGHEST PER TOURNAMENTS. I BELIEVE. ON THE TOUR. THAT'S NOT MAYBE A MAJOR, UM AND THESE SALESMANSHIP CLUB. GUYS ARE SMART, SUCCESSFUL. VERY UH, ALTRUISTIC PEOPLE AND IT IS STRUCK ME THAT THEY FIT WELL WITH MCKINNEY AND I'VE BEEN GRATEFUL MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS THAT UH, IRVING SQUANDERED THIS IN DALLAS SQUANDERED THIS AND I THINK WE'RE LOOKED AT NOW BY OTHER CITIES AS WE WOULD LIKE TO BITE AT THAT APPLE AND THIS IS A VERY ATTRACTIVE THING AND UM, I LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THAT'S IN MY DISTRICT. I LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THERE WITH SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS AND SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S GONE UP. AND IT STRIKES ME THAT YOU KNOW THESE THINGS DO TO SOME EXTENT, GO HAND IN HAND AND THIS IS DEREK EVERS DESCRIBED THIS. THE GUY FROM KAIZEN DESCRIBED THIS AS A UNICORN. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD DESCRIPTION, BECAUSE, UH, THESE THINGS JUST AREN'T AROUND TO GO GRAB. AND SO THIS SEEMS LIKE A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET A LONGER TERM COMMITMENT AND CONTINUED TO HAVE THE ROOTS OF THIS TOURNAMENT PLANTED HERE IN MCKINNEY. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. STEVE JUST TO CLARIFY SOMETHING. I THINK THAT OUR AGREEMENT IS WITH THE SALESMANSHIP CLUB, SIR. AND THEN THERE THEIR HOSTING A PGA TOUR EVENT. THAT'S CORRECT, AND THAT IS THAT EXTENDED FOR EIGHT YEARS OR IS THAT THEY WOULD BE BASICALLY IN CONJUNCTION AND TO THE EARLIER POINT THAT I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED ABOUT A CLAWBACK IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, OBVIOUSLY THE SALESMANSHIP CLUB LOSES THAT THAT SPONSORSHIP OF THAT AGREEMENT WITH THE PGA. THERE WOULD BE THE CLAW BACK TO THE CITY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD NOT HAVE AN EVENT TO SPONSOR AND DO WE HAVE ANY ANY INSIGHT TO THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MERGER AGREEMENT THAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN THE PG AND L, THEY SAY WHAT? THAT MAY IMPACT THAT I'M THE EXPERT ON IT. NO, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THE COUNCIL WAS HAVING THIS CONVERSATION TODAY, AS OPPOSED TO MAYBE A YEAR OR TWO AGO, QUITE HONESTLY WAS THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THE LIVE ON THIS PARTICULAR TOURNAMENT, NOT KNOWING EXACTLY HOW IT WAS GOING TO AFFECT IT, BUT AT LEAST IN TERMS OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH THE SALESMANSHIP CLUB, THEY FEEL STRONGLY THAT IF THE IMPROVEMENT MADE AT THE GOLF COURSE THEY WILL CERTAINLY BE ABLE TO SECURE THE TOURNAMENT FOR THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS. MM. AND THEN AGAIN, IF NOT, WE HAVE A CLAWBACK IN ALL OF THAT. AND, OF COURSE, THE HOSPITALITY THAT WE CURRENTLY PURCHASE. IF IT'S NOT THERE, WE'RE NOT PURCHASING, CORRECT, AND IF IT'S NOT THERE, WE'RE NOT WE DON'T HAVE POLICE AND FIRE. THAT'S CORRECT. I JUST LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK BRIAN LOCKMILLER FOR BEING A DRIVING FORCE AND GETTING THIS TOURNAMENT HERE AND CONTINUING TO BE A DRIVING FORCE IN KEEPING IT HERE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR 14 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THIS COUNCIL. UM HUGE FAN OF THIS EVENT FOR MULTIPLE REASONS. I THINK AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM 20, WAS IT 21 UNTIL NOW WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE FIRST YEAR WAS A COVID YEAR AND THE SALES WERE NOT AS HIGH BECAUSE THEY WERE RESTRICTIONS IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT COULD ACCESS THE TOURNAMENT. SO IF YOU KIND OF FACTOR OUT THAT ONE, I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HERE, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS REMARKABLE. UM IN ADDITION TO THAT, I MEAN, I GOT TO GO TO THE[00:45:01]
CITY SUITE AND THE E DC SUITE AND SORT OF WATCH THE STAFF ENGAGE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. THERE IS NO OTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENGAGE VERY UNIQUE BUSINESSES.WE'VE GOTTEN TO ENGAGE PEOPLE. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT I THINK I WE WOULD HAVE NEVER MET HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE TOURNAMENT THAT WOULD HELP TO PUSH THE CITY FORWARD AS WE'RE LOOKING AT PROJECTS AND FUNDING FOR PROJECTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO UM, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC IMPACT IS GREAT OPPORTUNITY. I'M I'M A I HATE A MISSED OPPORTUNITY, AND I THINK WITH THIS TOURNAMENT PROVIDES US IS OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE ENDLESS TO MAKE OUR CITY BETTER SO FOR YOU. I THINK CONSENSUS FROM SPEAKING FOR COUNCILS TO MOVE FORWARD. MR. MAY I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE THING AND FORGIVE ME. I DIDN'T MENTION THIS BEFORE. BUT I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO ONE OF THE, UM, FOOD STANDS THAT TRIED THE, UM I THINK IT WAS BIBBLE GO. THE PEOPLE GO THE CJ BRAND KOREAN FOOD, WHICH WAS MAGNIFICENT IN THE WOMAN WHO WAS HELPING ME SAID, YOU KNOW, FORGIVE ME IF I'M A LITTLE BIT, UM, YOU KNOW, FUMBLING BECAUSE I'M A VOLUNTEER. I SAID, WELL, WHO ARE YOU VOLUNTEERING WITH? AND SHE SAID ARLINGTON HIGH CHEER BOOSTER CLUB, WHICH WAS GREAT THAT USED TO BE MY LIFE. BOOSTER CLUB. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HAPPENED AND I'M NOT SURE THIS GOES INTO THE INK AND THE NEGOTIATIONS OR INTO THE SPIRIT OF IT. BUT I TRUST THE SALESMANSHIP CLUB IS THAT ISDS THAT HAVE A FOOTPRINT HERE IN MCKINNEY, WHETHER IT'S MISD, FRISCO, ISD PROSPER ID OR WHEREVER HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEIR BOOSTER CLUBS IN THIS THING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, RAISE FUNDS, AND SO IF WE'RE HOSTING I'D LOVE FOR THAT TO BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
[Consider/Discuss a Potential Charter Amendment Election]
NEXT ITEM. 241 502 CONSIDER DISCUSS POTENTIAL CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTION. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. TREVOR MY DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC SERVICES. I HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST WE RECEIVED FROM A COUPLE MEMBERS TO DO A WORK SESSION ON A POTENTIAL CHARTER REVIEW OR CHARTER COMMITTEE OR ALL OF THE ABOVE, OR NONE OF THE ABOVE. BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU ALL. UH, IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME, I'M GONNA DO A BRIEF 20 YEAR HISTORY LITERALLY OF THE PREVIOUS FEW CHARTER AMENDMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD HERE IN THE CITY. THEN I'LL GIVE KIND OF A HIGHLIGHT OF THE REQUEST AND WE WILL SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF A MATRIX ABOUT HOW CHARTER COMMITTEES WORK IN OTHER AREAS AROUND THE METROPLEX. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, WE'VE HAD FIVE DIFFERENT CHARTER AMENDMENT ELECTIONS OCCUR IN MCKINNEY IN 2001. THERE WERE 10 PROPOSITIONS , ALL OF WHICH PASSED, YOU WILL SEE A THEME HERE. FIVE OF THOSE WERE GENERAL CLEANUP OR ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS THAT THE CITY SECRETARY LIKE MS DRAIN, MENTIONED THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT PURCHASING ETCETERA JUST TO MAKE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER. ON THE STAFF SIDE. THERE WERE TWO ITEMS FOR PARLIAMENTARY CLEANUP.THAT'S THINGS LIKE WE WANNA VOTE FOR A MAYOR, PRO TEM, ETC. THINGS THAT ARE ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE OR PARLIAMENTARY IN NATURE, NOT NECESSARILY MOVING THE NEEDLE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, AND THEN A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT IMPACT THE COMPOSITION OF THE COUNCIL, THE COMPOSITION OF THE CITY AND, FOR INSTANCE, IN 2001, THERE WAS A CONFIRMATION OF WHAT THE ROLE IS BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER. AT THAT TIME, THEY ALSO HAD AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE TERM LIMITS THEY INTRODUCED 33 YEAR. TERMS IN 2001, AND THEN THEY AMENDED WHAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF A STIPEND PER MEETING WOULD BE. IN 2004. THERE WERE TWO ITEMS. UH, ONE PASSED FOR GENERAL CLEANUP AND THEN ONE FAILED TO REMOVE THE CAP FOR THOSE STIPENDS THAT I MENTIONED IN 2001. IN 2011.
THERE WERE TWO ITEMS OR EXCUSE ME. THREE ITEMS. TWO FOR GENERAL CLEANUP, ADMINISTRATIVE CLEAN UP AND THEN ONE ITEM TO SHIFT FROM THE 33 YEAR TERMS TO TWO FOURYEAR TERMS, WHICH IS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TODAY. IN 2014. THERE WERE ANOTHER 10 PROPOSITIONS THAT PASSED THREE RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS THAT COULD RUN FOR COUNCIL. WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR. YOU LIVE IN THE DISTRICT, ETCETERA, ETCETERA. TWO ITEMS FOR GENERAL CLEANUP. TWO ITEMS TO AGAIN CLARIFY WHAT THE COUNCIL'S POSITION WAS ON THE APPOINTMENT OF REMOVAL OF CERTAIN POSITIONS IN THE CITY, ONE ITEM TO REMOVE THE MEETING CAP STIPEND. ONE ITEM TO FILL COUNCIL VACANCIES BY APPOINTMENT BY THE COUNCIL AND THEN FINALLY, ONE ITEM TO GIVE MORE INVESTIGATION AUTHORITY TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN IN 2019, THERE WAS A CITIZEN LED CHARTER AMENDMENT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES NEEDED TO DO A RECALL AND THEN ALSO TO CLARIFY THAT RECALL ELECTIONS WOULD BE CITYWIDE. SO THAT'S A REAL BRIEF, QUICK 20 YEAR HISTORY OF THESE CHARTER AMENDMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST TWO DECADES. CAN I ASK YOU
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A QUESTION? WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE REMEMBER THE T. UH, 2014. ITEM TO REMOVE CAP FOR ME STIPEND. BUT SO THERE WAS PREVIOUSLY I BELIEVE A $2500 CAP AND THAT I MAY HAVE THAT NUMBER WRONG. I'M STARING AT MR HOUSER AND HE'S SHAKING AND SAID YES. SO FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU HAD A $50 PER MEETING STIPEND FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER, AND SOMEBODY ELSE CAN DO THE MATH BETTER THAN ME, BUT YOU MET THAT IN, SAY, NOVEMBER OF $2500. THEN YOU WERE ON THE FREE FOR THE TWO MEETINGS IN DECEMBER, THE CAP WAS REMOVED IN 2014, SO IT WASN'T THE CAP FOR THE ACTUAL PER MEETING. WAS THE GROSS THE GROSS YEAH. OK? ALL RIGHT. SO I HAD ALREADY MENTIONED ON APRIL 10TH, COUNCILWOMAN FELTUS AND COUNCILWOMAN BELLER SENT AN EMAIL REQUESTING THAT A FEW ITEMS BE DISCUSSED. THERE WERE A RANGE OF ETC. INCLUDED IN THE EMAIL. THESE WERE THE FOUR ITEMS THAT WERE SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED , UH, TERM LENGTHS, TERM LIMITS COUNCIL COMPENSATION AND DISTRICT COMPOSITION OR ADDITIONS. ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE CLEANUP SIDE JUST BECAUSE WE FEEL COMPELLED TO SHARE THIS. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ITEMS IF THERE WERE A CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT WAS GOING TO BE CALLED, THESE ARE PERTINENT. THEY ARE NOT HAVE TO DO RIGHT NOW, BUT WE WOULD HAVE A FEW ITEMS. ONE IS LANGUAGE ITEMS WITHIN THE CHARTER BASED ON STATE LAW THAT PASSED THAT WE WOULD FIX. UH, ONE IS A MINOR FINANCIAL ITEM WHERE WE WOULD CHANGE THE SIGNATURE AUTHORITY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON PURCHASING FOR THE CITY MANAGERS DELEGATE FROM 50,000 TO 100,000 BY WAY, OF EXAMPLE. CITY OF GARLAND, THE CITY OF PLANO. THEY HAVE THAT $100,000 SIGNATURE AUTHORITY. AND THEN REALLY WHAT? I'M GONNA REQUEST OF YOU AFTER WE GO THROUGH THIS MATRIX SLIDE IS WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE IN REGARDS TO CLARITY. HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE A TIMELINE OR EVEN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE A TIMELINE FOR NOVEMBER 24 ELECTION WHAT THE COMMITTEE PROCESS WILL OR WON'T LOOK LIKE IN THE TYPE OF PROCESS YOU'D LIKE TO DO. SO I'LL EXPLAIN THIS AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, IT WAS MR GRIMES'S IDEA. IF YOU DO LIKE IT, IT WAS MY IDEA. UM SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAME UP WITH SOMEWHAT DESCRIBE HOW CHARTER AMENDMENTS HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST, BOTH REGIONALLY BUT SPECIFICALLY IN MCKINNEY AS WELL . ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU WILL SEE CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT GOING LOWER AND HIGHER ON THE BOTTOM. YOU'LL SEE THAT THE COUNCIL'S SPECIFIC DIRECTION OR THE SCOPE OF WHAT A GIVEN CHARTER AMENDMENT GETTING LESS TO MORE SPECIFIC, FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2014, THE ONE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE COUNCIL DIRECTED THEIR COMMITTEE, SO THEY DID APPOINT A COMMITTEE. BUT THEY THAT COMMITTEE TO FOCUS ON A FEW THINGS, THE 10 THINGS THAT ENDED UP BEING ON THE CHARTER. SO WHILE THERE WAS CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT, THE COUNCIL STILL GAVE DIRECTION TO WHAT THEY WANTED THAT CITIZEN COMMITTEE TO FOCUS ON THE CONTRAST THAT IN 2019 THAT WAS A CITIZEN LED PETITION THAT LED TO A CHARTER AMENDMENT. IT WAS AS YOU KNOW, ALMOST AS HIGH AS YOU CAN GET ON THE CITIZEN L SIDE.UH, THE ONLY REASON IT'S NOT UP THERE IS BECAUSE I WANTED TO MENTION THAT IN DALLAS. THEY JUST FINISHED THIS PROCESS IN 2024, AND THAT PART IS A PART OF THEIR ONGOING AND OR EVERY 10 YEARS. MY CHARTER THEY DO A CHARTER REVIEW, HOWEVER, IT WAS CITIZENS ON THE COMMITTEE. A CITIZEN COULD LITERALLY SUBMIT A AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER TO BE CONSIDERED, SO I THINK THEY GOT SOMETHING LIKE 130 AMENDMENT REQUESTS FROM ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
SO THAT WAS A VERY CITIZEN LED, UH, CHARTER. COMMITTEE REVIEW PROCESS. CITY OF AUSTIN IS CURRENTLY DOING ONE AGAIN. THEY WENT FARTHER ONTO THE COUNCIL DIRECTION SIDE THEY DID APPOINT A COMMITTEE. BUT THEY SAID COMMITTEE FOCUS ON THIS, HOWEVER , IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE CENTERED. THEY HAD A FEW WORKSHOPS, NIGHT MEETINGS WHERE THEY GOT INPUT FROM, UM CITIZENS , BUT THEY STILL STAYED FOCUSED ON THOSE BRACKETS OF WHAT THE COUNCIL DIRECTED. A COUPLE MORE LOCALLY 2023 WAY ON THE FAR SIDE OF COUNCIL DIRECTION, THE CITY OF IRVING APPOINTED THEMSELVES TO BE A CHARTER COMMISSION AS THE COUNCIL AND THEN THEY FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON ITEMS SO IT WAS CO DIRECTED COUNCIL FOCUSED AND ULTIMATELY DECIDED BY THE COUNCIL. WHAT THE CHARTER AMENDMENT LANGUAGE WOULD BE. AND THEN FINALLY, CURRENTLY, THE CITY OF FRISCO IS GOING THROUGH A CHARTER AMENDMENT PROCESS. THEY HAVE CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT, AND THEY'RE RECRUITING RIGHT NOW . THEY DON'T HAVE A SET OF AT LEAST I COULDN'T FIND IT A SET OF ITEMS. THEY WANT THAT COMMITTEE TO FOCUS ON, BUT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE COMMITTEE APPLICATION PROCESS AS WE SPEAK. SO THAT'S REALLY TO JUST GIVE YOU A FLAVOR OF HOW THIS PROCESS SHOULD YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD CAN WORK. UH WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A PREFERENCE ON HOW YOU DO IT. WE PROMISE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON THE STAFF SIDE, BUT IT'S REALLY UP FOR DISCUSSION FROM YOU ALL AND I'D BE HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS, BUT MOSTLY, UH, WANT TO HEAR THE DISCUSSION FROM THE BODY. AND THEN ANY DIRECTION YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE US AND MR HOUSER GREAT THE ELECTION WOULD
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BE CALLED BY IS IT AUGUST? 16TH 19 EXCUSE ME. SO IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN ELECTION FOR NOVEMBER, I SHOULD SAY IT WOULD NEED TO BE CALLED BY AUGUST 19TH IF IT WAS GOING TO SLIP TO MAY 2025 IT WOULD BE IN FEBRUARY OF 2025. JUST START BY MAKING A COMMENT BECAUSE I OVERHEARD SOME DISCUSSION OUTSIDE. THERE IS A DISCUSSION THAT, UM THEY FELT THAT COUNCIL WAS WANTING TO BRING THIS. IF WE BROUGHT IT, IT WAS BRINGING IT DURING A HOLIDAY. WHICH WOULD PRODUCE LESSER TURNOUT. OBVIOUSLY THE REASON WHY WE DECIDED TO PUSH THIS DISCUSSION WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT RESULT IN A REFERENDUM. WAS BECAUSE WE FELT IF WE WERE GOING TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT THIS NOVEMBER BEING A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION COULDN'T IMAGINE A HIGHER TURNOUT. YOUR POINT, MR GO. I THINK YOU WOULD AGREE. THAT WOULD BE THE HIGHEST WE COULD EXPECT OUT OF THE CITY.AND THAT'S THE REASON WE PUSHED IT SO THE COMMON I OVERHEARD JUST YOU KNOW, I GUESS YOU'RE THINKING OF THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS. BUT REMEMBER, IT'S A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND WHAT I HEARD IT'S HIGHLY CONTESTED. THIS CAN BE A LOT OF PEOPLE VOTING SO THAT THAT WAS THE REASON TO PUSH THE DISCUSSION TO NOW. CLARIFICATION. SO A COUPLE OTHER THINGS BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO BROUGHT THIS FORWARD. UM THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT IS THE COMPOSITION OF OUR CITY. OUR POPULATION HAS GROWN SUBSTANTIALLY SINCE WE ON A TERM LIMIT. CHANGE UM WE, BY NO MEANS ARE TAKING AWAY THE ABILITY FOR ANYONE TO VOTE ON WHAT THEY PREFER TO HAPPEN, WHETHER IT KEEP THE TERMS EXACTLY AS ARE OR TO CHANGE IT. WHETHER THAT BE AN ADDITIONAL TERM OR CHANGE TO THREE YEAR TERMS BACK TO WHERE WE WERE BEFORE AND HAVE THREE TERMS. UM BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT WITH AS MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE MOVED INTO THE CITY, IT IS ONLY FAIR TO ASK THE QUESTION WHAT PEOPLE PREFER. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IS THE POPULATION. WITHIN EACH DISTRICT . IT HAS GROWN SUBSTANTIALLY. WE'RE NOW AT ABOUT 50,000 GREAT PER PER SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT WITH TWO AT LARGE. SO THE OTHER QUESTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING IS, DOES IT NEED TO STAY THAT WAY? UM, BECAUSE WE'RE ANTICIPATING STILL MORE GROWTH. AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SERVE THE OTHER THING IS COMPENSATION. UM PERSONALLY, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT COMPENSATION. WHAT I DO WORRY ABOUT IN IN THE FUTURE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABSOLUTELY QUALIFIED TO SIT IN THIS SEAT, BUT DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO DO SO. AND ARE WE PROVIDING THEM WITH THE MEANS TO COVER ALL THE TIMES THAT THEY HAVE TO MISS WORK? BECAUSE THERE ARE WEEKS OF WHEN WE ARE ALL WORKING ON COUNCIL? 2030 HOURS, SOMETIMES 40 HOURS, GOING TO DIFFERENT EVENTS, PLUS MEETINGS AND ANSWERING EMAILS AND ATTENDING MEETINGS WITH CONSTITUENTS SO IT CAN BE EXTREMELY TIME CONSUMING. AND WHAT ARE WE SAYING TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T NECESSARILY YOU KNOW, HAVE THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO DO THIS WORK BUT HAVE THE HEART TO DO THIS WORK TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY . UM SO I JUST WANT OUR CITIZENS TO KIND OF LOOK AT THOSE ISSUES AND DETERMINE WHAT THEY FEEL IS A FAIR COMPENSATION FOR SOMEONE AND THINK ABOUT THE ENTIRE POPULATION. NOT JUST THE PEOPLE. THE TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED IN I WOULD AGREE WITH ALL THAT BECAUSE I'M THE I'M THE ONE WHO KEPT FOR THIS, AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF DALLAS DOING A 10 YEAR REVIEW IN THIS KIND OF PUTS US AT A 10 YEAR REVIEW MARK BECAUSE THE LAST TIME UH, THERE WAS A CHARTER ELECTION THAT REALLY DID THIS. IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO. I THINK THAT THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS. HAS REALLY INCREASED THE BURDEN TO UM, I GUESS PROVIDE REPRESENTATION. YOU MENTIONED MEMBERS, DOCTOR FELTUS THAT WE'RE RIGHT AROUND 50,020 YEARS AGO, IT WAS 13,000 THAT A THAT A DISTRICT MEMBER WAS REPRESENTING 13,000 PEOPLE AND 10 YEARS AGO. THAT WAS 30,000 PEOPLE AND SO WHERE THAT IS AND ANOTHER 10 YEARS, MAYBE 75,000 PEOPLE IN THIS THE ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF DISTRICTS WAS TO PROVIDE DIRECT REPRESENTATION AND IT BECOMES HARDER AND HARDER , AND WE INCREASE THAT BARRIER MORE AND MORE AS WE RAISE THE COST TO CAMPAIGN WE RAISED COST OF TIME AND ENERGY THAT GOES INTO IT, AND I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A GROUP THAT LOOKS AT IT. UM FROM ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED THE DISTRICT MAKE UP THE NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS THE TERM LIMIT. THE TERM LENGTH THE COMPENSATION AND UM MEAN ANYTHING ELSE THAT CAN BE ON THERE. WHETHER IT IS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE ELECTIONS IN MAY OR NOVEMBER OR SOME RANDOM THING LIKE THAT, BUT JUST I LIKE FOR
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IT TO BE REVIEWED BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE'VE CHANGED AS A CITY. I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW. THERE WAS A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT WHEN YOU SPOKE YOU EVERYBODY MENTIONED. YOU KNOW, WE LIKE TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS, AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT MEANS.YOU KNOW THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW IS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A COUNCIL SEAT. YOUR TERM LIMIT IS TWO TERMS, WHICH IS EIGHT YEARS. IF YOU ARE IN AN AT LARGE SEAT LIKE MYSELF OR MR PHILLIPS YOU COULD RUN AGAIN. MY DISTRICT, WHICH IS DISTRICT ONE IS MR JUSTIN BAYLOR'S DISTRICT. I CAN GO ANOTHER EIGHT YEARS. THAT'S ANOTHER. THAT'S 16 RIGHT THERE. AND THEN IF I CHOOSE, I CAN GO TO THE MAYOR. I CAN RUN ANOTHER EIGHT YEARS. IT IS NOT ABOUT EXTENDING THE TERM LIMITS. IT'S MORE ABOUT CLEAN UP AND SOLIDIFYING. WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? GOING FORWARD? AS FAR AS YOU KNOW WHETHER WE KEEP IT THE SAME , EVEN IF WE KEEP IT THE SAME. SHOULD WE CLEAN IT UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW, YOUR TERM IS A TERM AND YOU HAVE TO REST OR WE KEEP IT THE SAME. BY THE STANDARDS THAT PEOPLE HAVE JUST SPOKE. THERE IS NO TERM LIMIT, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN I HEAR THAT, KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS. FINE WITH NO TERM LIMITS. SO YOU KIND OF CONTRADICTING YOURSELF. MY GOAL, AND THE COUNCIL'S GOAL IS TO COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT'S FAIR AND UM, AND IT'S STREAMLINED AND THE CITIZENS UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY VOTING FOR, BECAUSE I THINK IF WE WERE TO HAVE AN ELECTION TODAY, YOU WERE SAYING THAT EVERYBODY WOULD RA RA NO TERM LIMITS AND YOU JUST VOTED YOURSELF. IT IS A TERM LIMIT TO NO TERM LIMIT FOR ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PUT TOGETHER SOME KIND OF COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH GOING FORWARD, AND I THINK THAT THE CITIZENS DESERVE TO SEE THAT THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD POINT. EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THIS COUNCIL FOR MYSELF TO EVERYONE TO MY LEFT AND TO MY RIGHT CAN RUN RIGHT NOW IN IN MAY. NEED ANY CHARTER AMENDMENT TO RUN IN MAY. AND RUN RIGHT NOW. BY RUNNING ALTERNATE SEATS. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT. THE YOU KNOW, THE CYNICAL THING IS OH, MY GOD, THEY THEY'RE TRYING TO GIVE THEMSELVES MORE MONEY FOR ME. I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE MONEY, I. I DONATE AND SPEND FAR MORE MONEY THAN I EVER MAKE. UM, BACK TO THE CITY. THINGS WE DO, THEN WE MAKE. I DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE MONEY. UM BUT TO YOUR POINT UM AND I SAY THAT I DON'T MEAN TO SOUND FINANCIALLY ARROGANT OR ANYTHING. IT'S JUST HAPPENS. I'M BLESSED ENOUGH AND LAID ENOUGH IN MY YEARS. I'LL SAY IT THAT WAY. I DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT IT. BUT BUT FOR A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, IT IT IS IMPORTANT. AND WHEN YOU SPEND A WEEK WITH THE BUDGET, UM MEETING FOR HALF A DAY, AND STARTING COUNCIL AT THREE AND MUTD MEETINGS AND THIS MEETING TO MEETING THAT MEETING, AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF, THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE THAT MAKE THE THAT CAN'T MAKE THE DECISION TO SERVE BECAUSE FINANCIALLY IT'S IT IS NOT AVAILABLE TO THEM AGAIN, VERY CONTRADICTING A LOT OF THE COMMENTS I MADE. I HEARD MADE BOY IF YOU WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO ALL THE RESIDENTS NEW BLOOD. WELL, LET'S THINK IN TERMS OF NEW BLOODED PEOPLE THAT CAN'T AFFORD, YOU KNOW, AND STATISTICALLY, WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK IN OUR COUNTRY, SO I THINK YOU CAN APPLY THAT, STATISTICALLY TO SOME EXTENT HERE AND REALIZE THAT THE OPPORTUNITY OF NEW BLOOD ULTIMATELY, OF COURSE, AL TERM LIMIT ARE ALWAYS DECIDED. ULTIMATELY AT THE BALLOT BOX, UM, VIRTUALLY UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR EVERY OFFICE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS OTHER THAN AND SOME OF THE CITY COUNCIL OFFICES OR SEATS. IT. BUT YES, TALK ABOUT OPENING UP TO NEW BLOOD. UM PEOPLE THAT COULD THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, MAYBE AFFORD TO SERVE. WE JUST OPENED UP 80% OF THE MARKET. 80% OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY MAY NOW HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YESTERDAY. IF THERE WAS A PAYCHECK, AT LEAST SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO AND TO COVER WHAT THEY HAVE TO GIVE UP BEING AWAY FROM WORK AGAIN FOR ME. OK, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE THAT IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE, AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. ONE MORE COMMENT ON COMPENSATION IN 2023. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTED THEMSELVES A PAY RAISE. EACH COUNTY COMMISSIONER MAKES $140,000 A YEAR. NOW, I WOULD ARGUE THAT THE WORK THAT IS DONE ON CITY COUNCIL IMPACTS OUR CITY WAY MORE THAN THE COUNTY IMPACTS THE COUNTY OF COLLIN COUNTY. IS OVER A MILLION PEOPLE IN COLLIN COUNTY. IF YOU EXTRAPOLATE THAT FROM 140,000 TO 220,000 PEOPLE IN MCKINNEY, YOU'RE TALKING AROUND 35 TO $36,000 A YEAR. CURRENTLY HAVE $50 PER MEETING.
I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD BE COMPENSATED AT $36,000 A YEAR. BUT THE REASON WHY THIS IS A
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GREAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, UH, COMPARISON IS THAT YOU KNOW? I'VE BEEN TO COUNTY COMMISSION MEETINGS. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY COME UP THERE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THEM VOTING THEMSELVES $140,000. THEY HAVE NO TERM LIMITS. NOBODY HAS EVER SITTING THERE AND CAME IN THERE AND SPOKE ABOUT A TERM LIMIT FOR A COUNTY COMMISSIONER. I DO WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEY GET A PASS. IN IN THE WORK THAT'S DONE AT THE CITY LEVEL IS SO IMPORTANT. I MEAN, WE CONTROL SO MUCH OF YOUR YOUR DAILY LIVES WITH TAX MONEY AND THINGS OF THAT SORT, BUT, UM THERE IS THE FEELING THAT WE SHOULD. THERE SHOULD BE NO COMPENSATION FOR THAT ROLE. AND I AGREE WITH DR FELTUS. UM YOU KNOW, I THE POINT. I AM IN MY LIFE. I DON'T YEAH, I DON'T NEED TO BE COMPENSATED, BUT I WANT EVERYBODY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS . YOU KNOW, IN THIS PROCESS, AND SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST EXCLUDED. I MEAN, WE STARTED AT THREE O'CLOCK. UM THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT CAN'T GET OFF WORK. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE 9 TO 5 AND COME HERE FOR A WORK SESSION.YOU KNOW, I'M BLESSED TO BE IN A IN A POSITION WHERE I CAN MAKE MY OWN SCHEDULE, AS IS THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, BUT THAT IS NOT THE SAME AGREEMENT. EVERYBODY IN IN MCKINNEY HAS SO AGAIN. IT'S JUST OPENING YOUR MIND AND JUST AND JUST THINKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE THERE RIGHT NOW THAT FOR SOME REASON, THEY GET NO COMPLAINTS. BUT AS SOON AS IT'S THE CITY, IT'S SOME . IT'S ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S A IT'S A BIG ISSUE. IT'S NOT A BIG ISSUE BECAUSE YOU YOU PAY COUNTY TAXES AND YOU'RE OK WITH COUNTY COMMISSIONER $140,000 A YEAR AND THEY MEET LESS THAN US. WONDER WHAT THAT IS. I SAY TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU SAID OR GIVE ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE. I GO, UM NOT EVERY COUNTY COMMISSIONER VOTED. SO IT WAS JUST THE MAJORITY, SO I WANNA THERE'S A COUPLE THAT DIDN'T AND I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN THREE PAY RAISES OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS. BUT I AM SO CERTAIN THAT WITH THE PASSION I HEARD THIS GROUP TODAY THAT THEY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE AT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S MEETING NEXT MONDAY, RIGHT AND YOU'RE GONNA VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION TO THE NO TERM LIMITS AND GIVING THEMSELVES RAISES. I'M SURE YOU CAN DO THAT. SO I WANT TO APOLOGIZE PUBLICLY TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE STAMPEDED WITH THE PASSION I HEARD IN HERE TODAY. UM WHERE WILL THEY IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO WATCH NEXT WEEK. YES, PLEASE. I JUST WANTED TO WON A COUPLE OF THINGS OUT IS ONE. YOU DO HAVE A BODY OF PROFESSIONALS UP HERE IN THE STIPEND THAT WE RECEIVE IS $50 PER MEETING THAT COVERS. I BELIEVE THIS WORK SESSION AND THEN OUR REGULAR MEETING THIS EVENING. IT DOES NOT COVER THE MEETING THAT WE HAVE AT 430 OF T NUMBER ONE OR THE MEETING OF THE MCKINNEY URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT THAT WE HAVE AT FIVE O'CLOCK OR TOURIST NUMBER TWO THAT WE HAVE.
I'M 30 THIS EVENING. IT DOES NOT COVER THE OTHER POSITIONS THAT EACH OF US ARE ASKED TO FILL BEING LIAISONS TO EACH OF OUR 20 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT EACH OF THE MEMBERS ON THIS COUNCIL DONATE FAR MORE TO OUR NONPROFITS IN MCKINNEY THAN WE EVER MAKE FROM THE STIPEND THAT'S GIVEN TO US AND YOU LITERALLY HAVE A ANY OF PROFESSIONALS, MOST OF US SELF EMPLOYED OR IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS WITH OUR CORPORATIONS WHO ARE BASICALLY DONATING OUR TIME. AND IF YOU WANNA OPEN IT UP TO NEW BLOOD. THERE'S A LOT OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE PUNCHING THE CLOCK WHO SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD TO BE HERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T OCCUPY A POSITION IN LIFE WHERE THEY CAN TAKE THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY. UH, AS FAR AS TERM LIMITS GO, UM THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED THIS CITY IN LONGER CAPACITIES, AND THERE IS A LOT OF THE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO STILL SERVE ON OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND NO ONE HAS EVER COME TO US AND SAID WAIT A MINUTE. I DON'T WANT BRIAN LOCKMILLER TO SERVE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE DC BECAUSE HE'S TAKEN HIS TURN. AND WE NEED SOME NEW BLOOD . SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THAT AND ALSO CONSIDER THE FATE OF ONE OF OUR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO YOU TERM LIMITED TO TWO YEARS, AND YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT TO DO THAT TO EACH AND ALL OF US, AND I WILL POINT OUT THAT, UH, FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT WAS NOT ABRUPTLY BOOTED OUT OF OFFICE AFTER COMPLETING HIS TERM LIMITS AND YOU YOURSELF MIGHT FIND YOURSELF IN A POSITION WHERE YOU HAVE A LEADER THAT YOU NEED. UH, THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO YOU BECAUSE OF TERM LIMITS, AND I'LL ECHO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID. YOU HOLD TERM LIMITS OVER EACH AND
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EVERY ONE OF US BY YOUR BOAT. AND BY YOUR POWER. YOU CAN GO EXECUTE A PETITION THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO RECALL ANY OF US. RIGHT NOW, UH AND SO YOU'VE GOT TERM LIMITS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND. UH FOR ME, I'M ONE OF THOSE WHO CAN RUN FOR ANOTHER POSITION INTEND TO DO SO. AND UH, SO THANK YOU FOR TIME. I'M GONNA TELL YOU ABOUT STUFF. I LIKE THAT. I DON'T LIKE WHAT I THINK. UM I DON'T LIKE RUNNING. I'VE DONE IT TWICE, MAN. I HATED IT. UM, BUT I LOVE SERVING MUCH MORE THAN I THOUGHT. I WOULD, UM I DON'T THINK MOST OF US AND MAYBE IT'S JUST ME AND I'M JUST GOING TO OWN IT. Y'ALL CAN OWN WHATEVER YOU WANT. I DON'T LIKE ALL THE POLITICAL SIGNS AND IT SEEMS LIKE POLITICAL SEASON IS COMMON AS NON-POLITICAL SEASON RIGHT NOW. UH, IF WE MOVE TO THREE YEAR TERMS, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE SIGNS IF WE MOVE TO THREE YEAR TERMS. THERE'S MORE ELECTIONS. MORE MONEY FOR THE CITY TO PAY FOR ELECTIONS. UM, WE'D SPEND MORE TIME RUNNING. UH, MY FIRST TERM WAS A PARTIAL TERM 15 MONTHS AND YOU KNOW, AND I FELT LIKE I NEVER STOPPED RUNNING AND THAT WAS FINE. I WAS PROBABLY GOOD FOR A LOT OF THINGS AS FAR AS ME JUST TAKING IT SERIOUSLY. UH, IN IN WORKING AS HARD AS I COULD. UM BUT I DON'T LIKE THREE YEAR TERMS. WHAT I LIKE WELL, I HAVE TO LIKE, AND I HAVE TO RESPECT IS I LIKE CITIZENS WEIGHING IN ON IT. SO IF THE TALK HERE IS ABOUT HAVING A CITIZEN COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT IS THEY LIKE, THEN THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY THE HEIGHT OF ME BEING RATHER ARROGANT UP HERE AND SAYING NO, I DON'T WANT TO FORM A CITIZEN COMMITTEE. YOU KNOW, SO CAN WE FORM A CITIZEN COMMITTEE? SURE. UM, AS FAR AS COMPENSATION GOES. I I'LL PUT IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS DID. EACH ONE OF US UP HERE. DID NOT DO IT FOR THE MONEY. UM WE CAN'T AND WE HAVE TO HAVE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE TO IN MY 27 YEARS IN THE CITY. I ONLY REALLY KNOW OF ONE PERSON. WHO NEEDED MONEY TO DO THIS, AND THAT WAS GILDA GARZA. SHE WAS A WORKING PERSON SHE REPRESENTED DISTRICT ONE FOR TWO TERMS WOULD BE LOCK MILLER.UH, SHE WORKED AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB NOW, HOW DID THAT WORK OUT? WELL THE FACT IS THAT EMPLOYER WAS EXTREMELY ACCOMMODATIVE OF HER TO BE ABLE TO KEEP PAYING HER AND BE ABLE TO DO THIS AND THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A UNICORN SITUATION. BUT I WOULD WHAT I WOULD SAY FOR THE FOR THE FOLKS THAT DISTRICT ONE WAS REAL LUCKY TO HAVE HAD HER REAL LUCKY TO HAVE HAD HER PASSION. THE CITY COUNCIL IS LUCKY TO HAVE HAD HER PASSION UP HERE. UH, IT WASN'T BUT, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS AGO THAT WE THE SWIMMING POOL ON THE EAST SIDE THAT MAY AND SHE DROVE HARD TO GET THAT SWIMMING POOL OVER THERE, AND WE RENAMED IT AFTER HER. I'M REALLY MIXED ABOUT THE WHOLE. COMPENSATION BECAUSE THEY'RE RIGHT. YOU KNOW MORE PEOPLE COULD SERVE IF WE PAID MORE. BUT HOW MUCH WOULD WE HAVE TO PAY? AND THAT'S THIS RABBIT HOLE THAT I GO DOWN? THINK MAN.
IF IT WAS 30,000, YOU'RE STILL NOT GETTING THAT'S STILL NOT MOVING THE NEEDLE FOR ANYBODY, TOO. I COULD DO THIS FULL TIME NOW, RIGHT? UH, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A REAL MEANINGFUL NUMBER. SO I'M REALLY FINE TO LET GO OF THAT QUESTION AND ABDICATE IT TO CITIZENS TO TALK ABOUT IN CHUAN.
UH I WILL ALSO MAKE A COMMENT THAT ONE AGAIN. I'LL LET CITIZENS CHEW ON THIS. BUT HERE'S SOMETHING I DON'T LIKE. I DON'T LIKE HAVING ALL DISTRICTS. I SERVED AT LARGE. MY 1ST 15 MONTHS I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO. I WORK DOWNTOWN HERE. THAT'S BEEN THE CASE FOR I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 28 YEARS. I'VE WORKED DOWNTOWN HERE FOR 26. I AM AND AT LARGE GUY IN MY MIND, UH, I. I THINK ABOUT THE WHOLE CITY WHEN I'M VOTING ON SOMETHING. UM, I DON'T WANT TO MOVE TO SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS. BUT I'M WILLING TO LET THE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT AND SEE WHAT THEY THINK. UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING. BUT SO CAN WE TALK ABOUT IT? CAN WE GET THE CITIZEN INPUT? YEAH, I LOVE IT. I GUESS SO. UM THERE WAS ONE GENTLEMAN WHO'S NOT HERE TODAY. WHO I WON'T NAME BY NAME, BUT HE WAS A HE WAS VERY VOCIFEROUS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN WE WERE KICKING THIS AROUND, AND HE'S THE ONE WHO SAID WE REALLY NEED A CITIZEN COMMITTEE. IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DOING THIS AND IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO ARGUE AGAINST HAVING THE CITIZENS SIT DOWN. SHE WANTED THOSE WHO WANT TO AND WEIGH INTO US IS TO WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT? BECAUSE DR FELTUS IS CORRECT. YOU KNOW, THE YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T WE LAST WENT THROUGH THIS AND FORGIVE ME. I DON'T REMEMBER THE YEAR OR TWO S ON IT. BUT BUT POPULATION WAS LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT IT IS TODAY WHEN WE REALLY DID THIS, AND THAT'S A LOT OF NEW FOLKS HERE. UM SO CAN WE TALK ABOUT IT? SURE UM, I A FAN OF EVERYTHING WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT. NO. SO THANK YOU, MR
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MAYOR. UM AM ALSO IN FAVOR. I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING A 10 YEAR REVIEW. THE CHARTER. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REVIEW BECAUSE THINGS ARE CHANGING REALLY FAST RIGHT NOW.SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING. ALSO BELIEVE IN THE UM CITIZEN DISCUSSION. THE COMMITTEES. BECAUSE THEY NEED TO HAVE INPUT. BUT ALSO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY. TO LISTEN TO THE INFORMATION. GET ALL THE INFORMATION GET ALL THE FACTS. SO EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS ARE AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CERTAIN THINGS HAPPEN. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT. BUT I'M IN. I'M IN FAVOR OF TAKING IT TO THE ELECTION. TREVOR. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE FOLLOW UPS. IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE IS PULLING UP HIS GRAPH. THE BECAUSE IT WAS GOOD, RIGHT? YEAH. SO WHAT WE NEED TO GET FROM THE COUNCIL TONIGHT. SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS, UM, COMPENSATION. BRING THAT FORWARD . WHAT I AM HEARING. IS THE COUNCIL BEING FAIRLY SPECIFIC. SO YOU WOULD MOVE TOWARD THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS GRAPH BECAUSE YOU'RE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT ARE THE IT'S NARROWLY TAILORED RIGHT? YOU'RE NARROWLY TAILORING THE TYPES OF TOPICS YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COMPENSATION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, TERM NUMBER OF TERM LIMITS. WE TALKED ABOUT CONVERSATION. WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE IS LENGTH OF TERM LENGTH AND DISTRICTS. ARE THOSE ARE ALL FOUR OF THOSE TOPICS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO AND ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? IF YOU'RE NOT SURE. THEN WHAT THAT WOULD SUGGEST IS YOU WANT TO BE MOVED FURTHER TO THE LEFT ON THE ON THIS GRAPH AND BE LESS SPECIFIC AND LET THE COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE HELP DETERMINE THAT. THAT'S KIND OF YOU. IF YOU KNOW THAT'S REALLY UP TO THE COUNCIL. IF YOU WANT TO BE FAIRLY NARROWLY TAILORED, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE TOWARD THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS GRAPH. THEN IT'S GONNA THEN THE NEXT QUESTION IS GONNA BE IN WHAT TYPE OF CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT DO YOU WANT? DO YOU WANT TO MOVE UP OR DOWN IN THIS? YOU COULD IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A COMMITTEE, UM WHERE IT'S YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT. UH, YOU COULD JUST AS THE COUNCIL BRING THE BRING IT FORWARD AND CALL THE ELECTION.
BUT IF WE WANT TO HAVE A COMMITTEE, IT IS SMALLER. MAYBE MORE. UH MAYBE THAT'S BETTER SUITED FOR MORE NARROWLY TAILORED SUBJECTS. BUT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A COMMISSION THAT GENERALLY SUGGESTS THAT YOU WIDER DISCUSSION. UM, WHICH ALSO SUGGESTS MORE TIME. JUST SO YOU KNOW, HAVING A NUMBER LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. I THINK DALLAS FINISHED THEIR PROCESS FOR THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, SO THEY'RE ALREADY DONE AND WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING STARTED. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. UM AND SO THE QUESTION FOR YOU IS NARROWLY TAILORED YES OR NO, I AM THINKING THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. AND WHAT TYPE OF CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT ARE YOU WANTING? WOULDN'T LIKE IT NARROWLY TAILORED. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED IS INCLUDED AT LEAST THOSE FOUR ITEMS. OK BUT DOING A ENTIRE CHARTER REVIEW AND LET'S LET'S HEAR FROM THE COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY THINK SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. WHEN I LOOK AT THE CHARTER, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD POP OUT, BUT I DON'T WANNA NECESSARILY RESTRICT IT AND SAY WE DON'T WANT TO CONSIDER ANYTHING ELSE. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO, UH, MICHAEL, YOU YOU BROUGHT. THIS UP IS ABOUT HOW WE CAN RUN FOR THIS AND RUN FOR THAT. THEN RUN FOR THIS. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TALKED ABOUT. DO WE CLOSE THOSE DOORS AS TO WHAT THE REAL ULTIMATE TERM LIMITS BECAUSE UP UNTIL REALLY UP UNTIL WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN JANUARY FEBRUARY, I THOUGHT YOU COULD RUN FOR COUNCIL TWICE AND THEN MAYOR TWICE. AND THAT WAS REALLY ALL YOU COULD DO. SO, UM, I DIDN'T.
REALIZED THAT IT WAS DIFFERENT, BUT I WOULDN'T MIND HAVING THAT DISCUSSED, BUT I'M ONE OF SEVEN SO THE OTHER SIDE MARKET IS AN ACCURATE STATEMENT TO SAY THAT THEORETICALLY. ANY OF US COULD BE ON COUNCIL FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES, ASSUMING VOTERS VOTED FOR THEM. MOVING FROM POSITION TO POSITION. THAT IS CORRECT AS LONG AS MOVE FROM SEAT TO SEAT TO 160. I COULD SERVE ANOTHER 100 YEARS. IF I COULD GET PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR ME IF YOU'RE UP TO IT. OH YES, HE'S FINE PEOPLE HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHY I WOULDN'T BE AND IT'S FROM A PROCEDURAL STANDPOINT, WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD EMBODY THE PROCESS THAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. WHETHER IT'S A COMMITTEE. HOW MANY MEMBERS DO YOU WANT TO APPOINT THEM INDIVIDUALLY? EACH OF THEM AND THEN YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET THINGS GOING AND A, UH, PROBABLY THE PROPOSITIONS THEMSELVES BACK TO YOU IN LATE JULY OR EARLY AUGUST . SO THIS COMMITTEE IF THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO GO GIVEN IN NOVEMBER ELECTION FOR SURE IF YOU WANT TO GO TO NEXT YEAR, YOU GOT MORE TIME. BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO MEET WITH THIS COMMITTEE, PROBABLY EVERY WEEK OR SO. THE
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NEXT SIX WEEKS. DOES EVERYONE FEEL ABOUT THAT? I WOULDN'T HAVE WOULD LIKE SOME ASPECT OF, UH LIKE A BLEND. MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBERS PICK A COUPLE BUT I WANT SOME KIND OF UNANIMITY. THE CITY PUTS OUT SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE CAN VOLUNTEER AND DO IT BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT THIS TO COME BACK AND BE LIKE THIS. THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAND PICKED THEIR PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS THE NEXT THING THAT SOMEBODY WOULD SAY THEY HAND PICK THEIR PEOPLE. AND THEY THEY, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS THEY CAME UP WITH AND HERE WE ARE, SO I WOULD LIKE SOME KIND OF DIVERSITY THERE. IF I COULD RECOMMEND I WOULD MENTION THAT IF THE INTENT IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE NOVEMBER OF 2024 STANDING UP IN APPLICATION PROCESSES. A STRETCH AT BEST, BUT WE WOULD ENDEAVOR IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL TO THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT AND OTHER CHANNELS MAKE THOSE OPEN PUBLIC AND BIDEN MEETINGS OF FOLKS THAT NOT NECESSARILY ARE STANDING MEMBERS OF A COMMITTEE OR APPOINTED MEMBERS OF A COMMITTEE BUT MESSAGE IT IN A WAY THAT THEY COULD. IT WAS CLEARLY INTENDED THAT THEY COULD ATTEND AND PROVIDE INPUT AND FEEDBACK TO THE PROCESS. I WOULD EVEN IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT THAT WAY, MY PREFERENCE. WOULD BE IF THERE WAS JUST A COMPLETE AND UTTER RANDOM. THIS. YOU PULLED IN UTTER RANDOM SAMPLING OF WATER BILL. PROPERTY OWNERS AND SENT THEM A QUESTIONNAIRE APPLICATION TO FILL OUT WHERE I MEAN IT'S TRULY RANDOM. I THINK THE THING YOU'RE RUNNING INTO IS TIME. SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID THAT IN A PROCESS THAT WAS FAIR, NOT ONLY TO THE RESIDENT BUT TO THE COUNCIL THAT WAS QUALITY. IT IS NOT TO SAY THAT WE COULD NOT JUST BURN AND DO IT. BUT I I'D REALLY CAUTION WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE HAVE BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST 19TH ON SOMETHING THAT IS . IS THAT ROBUST. YOU WILL NEED THE PEOPLE YOU SELECT WHO ARE SELECTED TO BE WILLING TO COME DOWN HERE AND WORK WITH US ALL THE TIME. YOU WANT SOMEONE THAT IS INTEREST IT REMIND ME WHEN WE I HATE TO BRING IT UP, BUT HOW DO WE GET TO THE COMMITTEE? AND THE COMMITTEE IS ON. THE STATUTE. BECAUSE WE ENDED UP WITH A VERY SPLIT. SOMEHOW WE ENDED UP WITH A THANK YOU. THE COUNCIL APPOINTED HIM AND WE DID A GREAT DIVERSITY AND IT ALMOST SPLIT ALMOST STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE FOR FAVOR AND AGAINST ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TO BRING IT UP TO SAY IT OUT LOUD ON THE STATUTE? BUT BUT YEAH. I ONLY UH THAT'S WHAT STICKS OUT IN MY MIND IS THAT WE HAD TWO VERY WE HAD VERY GOOD SPLIT, OR I SAY GOOD. YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY HEARD BOTH SIDES AND I WOULD SAY EQUAL. OBVIOUSLY IF YOU THE COUNCIL WANTS TO THINK ABOUT IT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR YOU IN THE NEXT MEETING. UH, IF YOU WOULD ASK CONSTITUENTS TO RIGHT, YOU AND GIVE YOU THEIR OPINION ABOUT WHY THEY WANT TO BE ON YOUR COMMITTEE. YOU MAY NOT KNOW ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE, BUT YOU CERTAINLY INVITE THEIR THEIR INQUIRY. IF THAT'S ONE WAY TO GET MR HAUSER. WE HAVE TO SPECIFY ALL THESE ISSUES BY AUGUST. 19TH WE'RE LOOKING AT MID MAY, UH HAVING A COUNCIL VOTE, WHETHER THIS IS GOING FORWARD OR NOT, UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN HAVE THE VOTE AND DESIGNATE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SO THE EARLIEST THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET IS THE FIRST OF JUNE AND THAT LEAVES HIM VERY LITTLE TIME TO GET MULTIPLE PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THIS BY AUGUST, 19TH IN THAT YOU'RE CORRECT, BUT IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH MEMBERS, WE GET AS MANY AS WE CAN. FOR A GIVEN MEETING. WE WORK WITH WE ARE GOING TO HAVE STAFF PEOPLE THERE TO ASSIST AND ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, TECHNICAL QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, I'LL BE THERE, MR MAYER, AND OF COURSE, I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE COMPREHENSIVE, BUT YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN US FOUR OR FIVE TOPICS THAT WILL CERTAINLY BE STUDIED. IT'S DOABLE. I REALLY THINK IT IS. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S DOABLE. BUT THE HOURS GETTING LATE, AND I JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF BUDGET PROCESS RIGHT NOW. WE'VE GOT, UM YOU KNOW OUR NORMAL THINGS THAT ARE IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THE COUNCIL HAS SET FOR US IN OUR WORK PLAN.WE WILL ABSOLUTELY DELIVER WHAT YOU ASK US TO DO. WE'RE GOING TO DELIVER IT. BUT SOMETHING'S GONNA PROBABLY HAVE TO BE PUSHED BACK A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE ROOM AND THAT'S OK. BUT JUST I. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T REMIND THE COUNSEL THAT THERE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RESOURCES AND TIME AND THE HOURS GETTING LATE, AND WE NEED TO GET MOVING ON IT. IS THERE ANY MERIT TO IT? AND THIS IS A COMPLETELY OFF THE DOME AND THERE BEING I MAY SHOOT IT DOWN MYSELF BEFORE I FINISH THE SENTENCE, BUT SHE MENTIONED GILD GARZA. SHE'S OBVIOUSLY NOT WITH
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US ANYMORE, BUT IT MAKES ME THINK THAT THERE IS THERE ANY MERIT TO PUTTING TOGETHER A AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WHETHER IT IS COMMITTEE OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANOTHER, BUT OF PEOPLE, FORMER PEOPLE THAT ARE NO LONGER THAT AREN'T SERVING TODAY, BUT THE GUILD GAS NOT GUILTY, BUT OF OUR PAST DEBT. AND MY THINKING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WOULD BE THAT THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED AND SERVED. THAT KNOW THE CITY KNEW THE CITY. THEN THE CHALLENGE IS IT NOW I HAVE SEEN IT FROM BOTH SIDE AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEIR PERSPECTIVE WOULD BE. BUT UM YOU KNOW THEY THEY THE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE THAT, UH, HAS SERVED OF ALL ALL DISTRICTS AND ALL YOU KNOW, GO BACK TO THE YOU KNOW TO DEEP INTO THE WELL OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SERVED HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THIS COMMUNITY AND KNOW IT FROM SERVING, BUT ALSO KNOW IT FROM BEING A RESIDENT, POST SERVING MAN. ANY MERIT TO THAT. OH, I. I THINK HOW WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST ON ALL THE COMMITTEES THAT WE'VE SELECTED FOR BONDS IN VARIOUS ISSUES THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER SUBMITS 5 TO 7 NAMES AND AS LONG AS THERE'S NO DOUBLE NOMINATIONS, AND IT WOULD BE UP TO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WHETHER THEY SELECT SELECTED PEOPLE WHO HAD SERVED IN THE PAST OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THAT'S REALLY THE WAY I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, UM EACH OF US COME UP WITH THOSE NAMES. I'LL CERTAINLY BE INCORPORATING, YOU KNOW, PEPPERING IN SOME PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE WHO COME ON THIS THING, AT LEAST NEED TO BE RAMPED UP TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE CITY WORKS. THAT MAY MEAN THEIR FORMAL COUNSEL. THAT MAY MEAN THEY'VE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF COMMISSION, BUT THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE AN INTEREST, BUT I LIKE TO BE ABLE TO NAME OUR AND OFF THE I THINK IT'S WORTH TALKING ABOUT. JUST TALKING WITH PAUL. I WOULD IF WE DO IT THAT WAY. UM WOULD SUGGEST. LITTLE BIT SMALLER GROUP THAN FIVE.MAYBE THREE PEOPLE PER COUNCIL PERSON. I'M OK WITH THAT. MR HAUSER, DO WE, UH UM, JUST THINKING PROCEDURALLY AND TIME WISE. IF THIS APPEARS ON OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE MID MAY CORRECT, UH ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK AT THE FIRST MEETING IN JUNE TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE FOR THE COMMITTEE CAN MEET, OR WOULD IT BE WISE FOR THIS COUNCIL IF THEY INTENDED TO MAKE A VOTE ON HAVING AN ELECTION THAT THEY'D BE PREPARED TO SUBMIT THEIR NAMES AT THAT TIME. THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT TREVOR WILL HAVE ALL THE TIMELINE READY. SO WE CAN FROM A TIMELINE PERSPECTIVE, IF THE INTENT IS GOING TO BE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD FOR A NOVEMBER ELECTION, MY REQUEST WOULD BE THAT IF WE STICK WITH THREE, GO TO FIVE, GO TO ONE. WHATEVER IT IS, LET ME TAKE A STEP AHEAD. IS EVERYONE OK? WITH THREE MAKE IT MANAGEABLE. IT'S THE INTENT WOULD BE THAT ON MAY 21ST SO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO SEND US AN EMAIL AHEAD OF TIME. BUT ON MAY 21ST PREPARE TO HAVE YOUR THREE NAMES. WE'LL PUT ALL THOSE ONTO THE SCREEN. WE WOULD ALSO IN CONCERT LIKELY HAVE A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE COMMITTEE WITH THE NAMES ESTABLISHING THE FRAMEWORK. THE CHARGE THE FRAMEWORK THAT THE COUNCIL HAS DISCUSSED TONIGHT. SO THE VARIOUS ITEMS THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY IF THERE IS CONSENSUS TO LEAVE IT OPEN FOR POTENTIAL ADDITIONS BY THE COMMITTEE. WE'D PUT SOME LANGUAGE IN THE RESOLUTION FOR THAT, AND THAT WOULD THEN GET ADOPTED ON THE 21ST AS WELL. SO THAT YOU KNOCK OUT TWO ITEMS IN ONE MEETING TO SAVE A LITTLE BIT ON THE TIME THEREAFTER. TO MR HOUSER'S POINT, WE WOULD LIKELY MEET WEEKLY BY WEEKLY OVER THE COURSE OF JUNE INTO THE MIDDLE OF JULY AND THEN PREPARE TO BRING BACK THE RESULTS. PROBABLY IN A WORK SESSION, UH, FIRST MEETING OF AUGUST LAST MEETING OF JULY, AND THEN IF IT'S THE INTENT OF THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN ACTION ITEM BEFORE AUGUST 19. AND CAN I IS THERE ANYONE ON COUNCIL THAT WOULD NOT BE COMFORTABLE IF THEY WERE ASKED TO SUBMIT THE NAMES TO TREVOR VIA EMAIL WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. GOOD. YEAH. FOR ME, AND, UM, YOU COULD PROVIDE CONTACT INFORMATION. WE COULD VERIFY THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO DO IT. YEAH. THAT CAN EVERYONE DO THAT? PICK A LITTLE BIT ON THE FLY. WE COULD PROBABLY SET THESE MEETINGS UP TO WHERE WE WOULD HAVE A ROOM. BUT WE WOULD ALSO HAVE AN ABILITY TO HAVE A CALL IN, UH, PARTICIPATION BECAUSE THIS IS VACATION SUMMER, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE THAT COULD ATTEND EACH MEETING
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AS THEY CAN, AS WE CAN. AND THEN IN THAT EARLY AUGUST MEETING, IF THAT'S THE WEATHER COUNCIL WANTS TO GO, WE WOULD HAVE ESSENTIALLY SOME PROPOSITION LANGUAGE THAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT WHICH YOU WOULD BE SELECTING FROM TO PUT INTO YOUR BALLOT IF YOU CHOSE TO HAVE THE ELECTION.BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE VARIANTS THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET. WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT TERM LIMITS.
ONE WILL HAVE THIS AND ONE WILL HAVE THIS AND THEN YOU WILL. COMMITTEE MAY DESPITE CONSENSUS IS WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE IN THE EVENT THAT TWO OR MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS MAKE THE SAME NOMINATION SO THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER OBTAINS THREE SEATS ON THE COMMITTEE. I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE WENT BACK TO THE WELL, SO SAY, FOR INSTANCE, IF THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR BROUGHT TO HIM, UH, POINTED EMPRESS WHICH DON'T DO THAT, BUT IF THEY DID, I WOULD LET ONE OF, YOU KNOW.
HEY IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPOINTED. PLEASE SELECT ANOTHER MEMBER THAT WE CAN DO IT IN T SEVEN DAYS AND HAVE SOME TIME BACK GEORGE CHARLIE'S ALREADY NOMINATED THESE TWO AND I'LL PICK TWO OTHERS. WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE BEING TRANSPARENT. THANK YOU. AND THEN AGAIN TO THE POINT ABOUT CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT. UM, WE WOULD TAKE THE LIBERTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WIDER CITIZENRY. R KNEW THAT IT WAS AN OPEN MEETING THAT THEY WERE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ATTEND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A GOOD ENOUGH DIRECTION. I THINK SO. I DON'T KNOW, MR PETER GRIMES AND ANYTHING ELSE WE HAVE TO MOVE ON, OK? THANKS, JEREMY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA SKIP LIAISON UPDATES RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO HAVE AN MD MEETING TO GET STARTED. WE DO EXECUTIVE SESSION LATER. UM AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A TOURS MEETING ANOTHER TOURIST MEETING. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED HOW LONG DO YOU NEED? FIVE MINUTES.
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