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HERE. YEAH. HE'S GOT A CAR. GOOD AFTERNOON. TODAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 21ST, 2024. IT IS ROUGHLY 305 IN
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THE AFTERNOON. WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 222 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET IN THE GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. I SHOW NONE. WE WILL MOVE TO DISCUSS REGULAR MEETING AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE REGULAR MEETING THIS EVENING. IS THERE ANYBODY ON COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS ANY OF OUR REGULAR AGENDA MEETING ITEMS[Consider/Discuss City Council Strategic Goals for Fiscal Year 25]
WITH STAFF? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL THEN MOVE TO OUR WORK SESSION ITEMS ITEM 241567. CONSIDER DISCUSS CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC GOALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25. GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR COUNCIL. MISTER GRIMES, MY NAME IS SAIMA ALI, AND I'M THE PERFORMANCE MANAGER FOR THE CITY IN SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC GOALS, WE'VE ESTABLISHED THE FISCAL YEAR 25 DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL OBJECTIVES.AND TODAY I'M HERE TO PRESENT THESE OBJECTIVES AND BRIEFLY PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH TO SET AND ESTABLISH THESE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS. FIRST, A SHORT TIMELINE REVIEW OF HOW WE REACHED TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE TODAY. AS YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE START OFF WITH THE COUNCIL'S STRATEGY SETTING SESSION, WHICH WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY 16TH OF THIS YEAR TO DISCUSS AND REAFFIRM YOUR PRIORITIES BETWEEN THEN AND NOW, WE'VE MET WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO CREATE THESE OBJECTIVES LEADING INTO MY DEPARTMENT PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, WHERE WE DID A THOROUGH ANALYSIS AND REVIEW OF THE OBJECTIVES THAT WERE CREATED. WE THEN MET WITH ALL OF THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, THE DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC SERVICES, TO REVIEW THE GOALS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY OVERSEE. AND LAST WE WENT, WE MET WITH MR. GRIMES TO DO A FINAL REVIEW BEFORE COMING HERE FOR YOUR APPROVAL. WE HAVE SIX STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT WERE SET WITH 4 TO 5 GOALS ESTABLISHED UNDER EACH. FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, WE HAVE 187 DEPARTMENT LEVEL OBJECTIVES TO SUPPORT YOUR PRIORITIES. SO WHEN CREATING THESE OBJECTIVES AND REVIEWING THEM, WE USE MULTIPLE TESTS. AND EACH TEST SERVES SERVES A PURPOSE. FIRST, IS IT SMART? IS IT SPECIFIC, IS IT MEASURABLE. AND SO ON. THIS IS AN INTERNAL PROCESS THAT WE USE TO MANAGE THE OBJECTIVES AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE ACTIONABLE. SECOND, DOES IT PASS THE AVERAGE CITIZENS TEST? WOULD A NORMAL CITIZEN ON THE STREET BE ABLE TO READ THE OBJECTIVE AND UNDERSTAND CLEARLY WHAT IT'S MEASURING, OR THE DESIRED OUTCOME? THIS IS FOR EXTERNAL PURPOSES. SO SINCE WE POST THESE ON A PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD, IT NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTANDABLE WITHOUT ANY JARGON OR ACRONYMS. AND LAST, DOES IT STRETCH THE ORGANIZATION? WE DON'T WANT THE OBJECTIVES TO JUST CHECK THE BOXES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MOVING THE CITY FORWARD IN MORE MEANINGFUL WAYS. IN SUMMARY, WE'VE CREATED 187 DEPARTMENT LEVEL OBJECTIVES TO SUPPORT THE PRIORITIES. AND EACH OF THESE OBJECTIVES HAVE GONE THROUGH MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF REVIEW. AND THE CITY MANAGEMENT AND CITY STAFF ALL FEEL THAT THESE OBJECTIVES WILL PUSH US CLOSER TO THESE PRIORITIES. THERE IS A RESOLUTION ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA TO FORMALLY ADOPT THESE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. I STAND HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. QUESTIONS THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM 241568. CONSIDER AND DISCUSS
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES. CRYSTAL. GOOD AFTERNOON. CRYSTAL TODD, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS AFTERNOON.I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE ON OUR HOUSING INITIATIVES AND ANTICIPATION OF MOVING FORWARD ON SOME VERY EXCITING HOUSING ITEMS. ALL RIGHT, SO IN DISCUSSION TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO JUST BRIEFLY GO OVER OUR HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION COMMUNITY LAND TRUST OUR LOCAL GAP VOUCHER PROGRAM, OUR CODE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE 2025 AND HOME PARTICIPATING JURISDICTION A PJ, WHICH IS TOTALLY NEW TO US, WHICH IS AWESOME. PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT UTILIZING THE MCKINNEY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AS A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST PARTNER. SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY, ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, WE
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ACTUALLY HAVE TWO RESOLUTIONS ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING. ONE WILL BE DESIGNATING THE HFC AS A CLT PER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. 373B. WE CAN THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY CAN DESIGNATE IT A HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AS A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT TODAY. AND THEN ALSO PERMITTING THE HFC TO ACQUIRE PROPERTIES UNDER THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE PLANS TO PURCHASE UP TO THREE PROPERTIES QUICKLY SO WE CAN START USING SOME OF THAT SEED MONEY THAT COUNCIL HAS FUNDED US ALREADY. WE ALSO DISCUSSED LAST TIME WE WERE HERE OUR LOCAL VOUCHER. PROGRAM. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO OUR TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. IT'S PROVIDING THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR OUR LOCAL, ELDERLY, DISABLED HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE 30 TO 50% THE HIGHEST. AM I ON THIS WE FOCUS ON IS OUR 50. AND IT'S USUALLY OUR ELDERLY AND DISABLED THAT ARE ALREADY IN TAX CREDIT, PROPERTY, PROPERTIES THAT ARE ALREADY NOT AFFORDABLE. WE ANTICIPATE, FOR THIS FIRST YEAR, FUNDING ABOUT TEN HOUSEHOLDS.THESE WILL BE HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN WITH THE 24 MONTH PERIOD WITH OUR, TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SECURE VOUCHERS TO CONTINUE TO LIVE AFFORDABLE. SO WE WILL ASSIST THEM WITH THIS FUNDING. THIS FUNDING WAS RECENTLY AT ONE OF THE LAST COUNCIL MEETINGS, $500,000 WAS SET ASIDE FROM THE PUBLIC PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION MONEY, SO WE HAVE THAT MONEY SET ASIDE. AND TODAY WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS TO UTILIZE 150,000 OF THAT TOWARDS THIS LOCAL VOUCHER PROGRAM. WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO BE ABOUT $150,000 ANNUALLY. AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO FUND THIS WITH THE PFC MONEY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THERE'S WHEN WE ORIGINALLY DID THE PFC DEAL, WE RECEIVED ABOUT $2 MILLION UP FRONT. AND THEN THERE'S ONGOING FEES THAT WE RECEIVE, SUCH AS $420,000 ANNUALLY FOR RENT, FROM THAT, RENTING THOSE 400 UNITS FROM JPI. SO WITH THAT CRYSTAL, I'M SORRY, WALK ME THROUGH THAT.
WE'RE RECEIVING MONEY FROM THE PFC THING OF 400 SOMETHING THOUSAND A YEAR. IS THAT LIKE THE PILOT PAYMENT? THE PAYMENT LIEU OF TAXES OR IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE, THE PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES WAS THE $2 MILLION WE RECEIVED UP FRONT. WE CONTINUALLY RECEIVED THE $420,000 ANNUALLY FOR KIND OF RENTING IT OUT TO THEM, BECAUSE WE OWN THE DEVELOPMENT, THE PROPERTY REVENUE SHARE. YES. OKAY. BUT HELP ME WITH THIS BECAUSE THE PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES, TAXES ARE DUE EVERY YEAR ON A TAXABLE PROPERTY. SO ARE THERE IS THERE A PILOT PAYMENT COMING FROM THIS PFC THAT'S IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. NO. OKAY. SO IT'S JUST THE 420. YES OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN WE HAVE ADDITIONAL WE STILL HAVE ABOUT $2.5 MILLION WE WILL RECEIVE BY THE TIME THEY RECEIVE THEIR CO. AND THESE ARE PAYMENTS WE RECEIVE MONTHLY UP FOR THAT 24 MONTH PERIOD OF TIME. SO THERE IS MORE FUNDING THAT'S OUT THERE THAT WE WILL STILL RECEIVE. BUT ANNUALLY WE'LL RECEIVE THE 420,000, WHICH WILL INCREASE 3% ANNUALLY. OKAY.
THANK YOU. YES, SIR. LET'S SEE. SO THAT THAT'S HOW WE ANTICIPATE FUNDING THAT. SO THERE IS A RESOLUTION ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA AS WELL TO APPROVE USING THOSE THOSE FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE.
OKAY. I'VE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION. YES, SIR, WALK ME THROUGH WHY IF THESE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY IN A TAX CREDIT PROPERTY WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AFFORDABLE, WALK ME THROUGH WHY THEY'RE NOT AFFORDABLE, IS IT RENT INCREASES? IS IT DECREASE IN INCOME FOR THEM? IS IT. IT WAS NEVER REALLY AFFORDABLE TO THEM. IF AND REALLY THAT'S THE CASE. I MEAN EVEN IF YOU KNEW SOME FOR INSTANCE, A ONE BEDROOM AT NEWSOME IS $1,100 A MONTH. SO IF YOU ARE RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY OF $800 A MONTH, THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE. YOU CANNOT EVEN AFFORD THAT $1,100 A MONTH.
RIGHT? SO IT'S THE PRICES THAT ARE IN OUR AREA, WHICH I MEAN, WHAT'S CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE FOR A ONE BEDROOM IN OUR SIX NINE ZIP CODE, IS $1,400. OKAY, IN THAT SCENARIO, YOU JUST PAINTED WITH THE $800 INCOME, $1,100 RENT. IS THAT $1,100 RENT HIGHER THAN IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS? DID IT GO UP OR HAS IT? THIS IS HAS IT BEEN PRETTY STATIC? IT GOES UP ANNUALLY. IT DOES. OKAY. SO THIS IS A GROWING PROBLEM. PERHAPS THESE ARE MY WORDS, NOT YOURS.
BETWEEN SOCIAL SECURITY GOING UP BY BUT RENT GOING UP HIGHER. AND IT WAS ALWAYS KIND OF ON THE RAZOR'S EDGE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT OR NOT. AND THESE PEOPLE MIGHT BE HOMELESS IF IT WEREN'T FOR THIS KIND OF PROGRAM. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CRYSTAL, JUST ON THAT, LIKE WE'RE OUR RECIPIENTS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE 30 TO 50% AMI THE TAX CREDIT PROPERTIES ARE UNDERWRITTEN FOR SOMEBODY AT A 60% AMI SO THAT GAP ALWAYS EXISTED FOR THEM. AND THEY EITHER EXPECTED THAT THEY WOULD CATCH UP OR THEY WOULD GET A HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER BY, BY A
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CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THEY DIPPED INTO THEIR SAVINGS FOR A YEAR. AND FROM THE STANDPOINT OF HOW MANY VOUCHERS ARE AVAILABLE, THERE'S JUST NOT HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS AVAILABLE. AND SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A PRODUCT THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO SUPPLEMENT THE LACK OF HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS THAT ARE OUT THERE. YES, THERE'S DEFINITELY A SHORTAGE OF THE VOUCHERS. IT USED TO BE WHEN WE WOULD FUND, AN APPLICANT ON OUR TBRA PROGRAM WITHIN THAT 24 MONTH PERIOD WHEN WE COMPLETED OUR TIME WITH THEM, THEY WOULD HAVE A HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER.BUT NOW THAT'S NOT THE CASE. IT IS TAKING MULTIPLE YEARS TO GET THOSE VOUCHERS. AND SO THIS IS US TRYING TO STEP IN TO PREVENT OUR ELDERLY AND DISABLED FROM BECOMING HOMELESS. I'LL GENERALIZE THE NUMBERS, BUT MCKINNEY WAS GRANTED ABOUT 204 PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY ALL BE PUBLIC VOUCHERS, IN THE 50S AND 60S, WHICH HAS NEVER INCREASED. AND THEN IN THE 80S, WE'RE, PROVIDED ABOUT 350 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS, WHICH HAS NEVER INCREASED AND ACTUALLY HAS GONE DOWN BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH FUNDING AVAILABLE TO FUND THOSE VOUCHERS. AND OUR RENTS ARE SO HIGH. SO IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS GROWN EIGHT TIMES OVER SINCE THE 1980S, OUR VOUCHERS HAVE ACTUALLY DECREASE IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME FROM 350 TO 300 THAT ARE AVAILABLE. SO UNLESS THESE PEOPLE GET A VOUCHER FROM ANOTHER COMMUNITY, THE MCKINNEY HOUSING AUTHORITY, IT TAKES YEARS TO GET A VOUCHER FROM THEM. SO YEAH, WE USUALLY REFER TO DALLAS JUST BECAUSE THEY RECEIVE A LARGER AMOUNT. YOU CAN USE THOSE VOUCHERS WITHIN A 50 MILE RADIUS. OUR NEXT ITEM IS A CO-DEVELOPMENT FOR 2025. YOU KNOW, WE SPOKE ABOUT WE DIDN'T DO ONE FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DEVELOPMENTS STILL UNDERWAY, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO ISSUE AN RFQ FOR THIS SUMMER, WHICH WE WILL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. CURRENTLY OUR CODE DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT'S WHEN WE PARTNER WITH OUR HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. MOST OF THESE DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENTS RECEIVE THE 4% TAX CREDIT AND THEN ALSO RECEIVE A TAX EXEMPTION. WE HAVE TWO CO DEVELOPMENTS AT THE MOMENT. WE HAVE OUR INDEPENDENCE WHICH IS JUST OVER 204 UNITS AND PALLADIUM WHICH IS 172. AND IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY SEEN IT RIGHT THERE AT VIRGINIA. IT'S GOING UP VERY QUICK. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE THOSE UNITS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE SOON. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PFC CODE DEVELOPMENT, CODE DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S THE JEFFERSON VERDANT WHICH IS WHERE WE RECEIVE THE PFC FUNDING FROM.
AND THAT'S 400 JUST RIGHT OVER 400 UNITS ON THAT. SO WE WILL BE BACK TO YOU GUYS IN SUMMER TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT OUR RFQ AND PRESENT THAT TO YOU BEFORE WE ISSUE IT FOR AN HFC CODE DEVELOPMENT. CRYSTAL, DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THE PROJECT IN THE SUMMER YOU'RE GOING TO COME TO US WITH WILL BE A PFC PROJECT , OR IT'LL JUST BE A CODE DEVELOPMENT DEAL? IT WOULD NOT BE A PFC. OKAY WE'D LIKE TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THOSE TARGETED UNITS AT THAT LOWER ARMY. AND OUR PFC DEAL IS USUALLY THE 80, RIGHT? YEAH AND THE LAST ITEM THAT I KIND OF WANTED TO TELL YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TODAY, WHICH WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE ARE NOW ELIGIBLE TO BE A HOME PARTICIPATING JURISDICTION. SO A PJ, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS. SO THROUGH CDBG, WE GET AN ANNUAL ALLOCATION EVERY YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE AN ENTITLEMENT CITY. WELL, NOW WE GET TO BE CALLED A PJ, WHICH MEANS WE ALSO GET HOME FUNDING. SO TRADITIONALLY, LIKE RIGHT NOW, WE RECEIVE ALL OF OUR HOME FUNDING FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. SO WE GET ALL OF OUR HOME THROUGH THEM. WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET A DIRECT ALLOCATION ANNUALLY NOW FROM HUD, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE STATE AND JUMP THROUGH OUR EXTRA HOOPS TO GET THAT FUNDING. SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET MORE MONEY LOCALLY AND USE IT AS NEEDED. SO IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE QUICKER AND MORE EFFICIENT FOR OUR PROGRAMS. AND CURRENTLY WE ARE RECEIVING CAN WE USE THE TDCJ RESERVATION SYSTEM AND WE RESERVE ABOUT $500,000 FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD.
OUR ALLOCATION FOR THIS FY 25 WILL BE $500,000. AND THEN AFTER THIS YEAR, WE WILL GET JUST RIGHT OVER $300,000 ANNUALLY. SO THIS WORKS LIKE OUR CDBG FUNDING. IT'S A DIRECT ALLOCATION. WE PULL IT DIRECTLY DOWN FROM HUD. SO ALL THE THINGS THAT KIND OF WHAT WE DO TO GO THROUGH THE STEPS FOR OUR CDBG, WITH OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THINGS, WE WILL DO THE SAME THING FOR HOME, WHICH FOCUSES ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO WITH THE PJ SIDE OF IT, OF SO HOME IS ACTUALLY THE LARGEST FEDERALLY BLOCK GRANT THAT IS PROVIDED TO STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND IT'S ALL ABOUT HOUSING. AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS, RENTAL HOUSING. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE NOW, BUT WE WILL JUST FUND IT
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DIRECTLY. AND ANOTHER PLUS SIDE OF USING OUR PFC FUNDS FOR OUR LOCAL VOUCHER PROGRAM IS WE CAN USE THAT TOWARDS MATCH. WHEN WE GET THESE FEDERAL GRANTS, WE HAVE MATCH DOLLARS. WE HAVE TO MEET A HOME IS ONE OF THOSE. AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THAT FUNDING TOWARDS OUR MATCH TO MEET THOSE OBLIGATIONS. AND THERE'S ACTUALLY NO ACTION TAKEN FOR ANY OF THIS TODAY. IT'S JUST KIND OF TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THESE HOME FUNDS DIRECTLY FROM HUD. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY ALL I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS. SO I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW THAT WAS KIND OF A LOT QUESTIONS I HAVE ONE, YOU HAD MENTIONED THE CLT BUYING THREE PROPERTIES IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WOULD THAT BE HOUSES OR WOULD THAT BE RAW LAND? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE? AND DO YOU HAVE ANY PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED? WE HAVE A COUPLE PROPERTIES WE'VE LOOKED AT. WE HAVE NOT NECESSARILY IDENTIFIED THE PARTICULAR ONES TO PURCHASE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO BUY LOTS. AND WE'VE ALSO KIND OF DISCUSSED WHAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO IN WITH A HOME BUYER BUYING A LOT AND US BUY THE LAND. SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THOSE, BUT THAT IS ONE OF OUR FY 25 GOALS. OKAY, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. AND I THINK YOU'RE DOING A MARVELOUS JOB. AND THIS WAS MAGNIFICENT TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO I KNOW THAT, YOU SAID THAT THERE'S AN RFQ GOING OUT, AN RFP , RIGHT? GOING OUT, AND I KNOW WE HAD TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT JUST ACCEPTING MOUS AS, AS A DEVELOPER, FINDS A PROJECT THAT THEY FEEL BENEFITS BOTH COURSE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY AND MEETS OUR GOALS THAT THEY COULD, POTENTIALLY OR WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO COME FORWARD WITH AN MOU AND NOT NOT WAIT ON AN RFP OR AN RFQ TO BE ISSUED BY THE CITY. SO YOUR TAKE ON THAT, WE HAVE DONE THAT AS WELL. SO THE LAST TIME WE ISSUED AN RFQ, WE ACTUALLY CHOSE A DEVELOPER THAT ENDED UP NOT MOVING FORWARD. WE DID AN RFQ FOR THE CO-DEVELOPMENT AND FOR THE PFC AND THE PFC ONE. WE MOVED FORWARD WITH. OUR DEVELOPER DID NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING THE FUNDS THAT HE NEEDED, THE LIGHT TECH FUNDS. SO WE HAD PALLADIUM APPROACH US AND THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP DOING THE CODE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE PALLADIUM DEAL. SO IT'S I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S EVER OFF THE TABLE. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST WE ISSUE AT THAT ONE TIME. AND IF SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP, WE ABSOLUTELY WOULD BRING IT TO COUNCIL AND SAY WHAT DO YOU GUYS WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE COULD PURSUE WITH THE NEED THAT WE HAVE? THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE FLUID. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU[Consider/Discuss the Parks & Recreation Fields and Facilities Usage Policy]
. 241569 CONSIDER DISCUSS THE PARKS AND RECREATION FIELDS AND FACILITIES USAGE POLICY. IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN ONE. YES. IT IS. GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR COUNCIL. MR. GRIMES, AMY KINCAID, THE NEW PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR. I DO HAVE A TEAM BEHIND ME TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I MIGHT NOT HAVE THE ANSWER FOR, TODAY I AM PRESENTING ON ATHLETIC FIELD RENTALS. I'M JUST GIVING A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF THE FIELDS, CURRENT RECOGNIZED USERS, AND WHAT THE FUTURE MIGHT HOLD AS IT RELATES TO USAGE. JUST A QUICK HISTORY OF FIELDS USAGES. I'M IN 2012. THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, DECIDED THAT WE WERE NO LONGER GOING TO RENT THE FIELDS FOR PRACTICE AND GAMES. THIS WAS RECOMMENDED BY A STUDY THAT WAS COMPLETED IN THE SPRING OF 2011 BY THE TEXAS A&M EXTENSION SERVICES. I'M JUST DUE TO OVERUSE OF THE FIELDS, MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THE FIELDS, AND THE STAFFING TO PREP THE FIELDS FOR THE GAMES AND RENTALS. JUST A REMINDER. ALSO, BACK IN THIS TIME, IT WAS ALL SOD FIELDS AND SO WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, RESTED THOSE FIELDS TO KEEP THEM PLAYABLE, THE ONLY OTHER USERS THAT WERE APPROVED WERE FOR TOURNAMENTS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THROUGH THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, WE WERE ABLE TO, HOLD 18 TOURNAMENTS LAST SUMMER. AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE 19 SCHEDULED TOURNAMENTS FOR THE SUMMER. SO THERE'S AN INCREASE OF NEED AND DEMAND ON FIELD USAGE. AMY, CAN YOU DEFINE A NON-RECOGNIZED USER? YES. SO LET ME GO BACK. SO NON-RECOGNIZED WOULD BE YOUR RESIDENT TEAMS THAT AREN'T A PART OF THE ASSOCIATION, THAT WE HAVE A MOD WITH, AND IN A COUPLE SLIDES WE'LL GO THROUGH WHO THOSE RECOGNIZED USERS ARE. SO IT'S EVERYONE BUT THOSE CURRENT GROUPS. THANK YOU. SO HERE THIS WAS TAKEN FROM THE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS COMPLETED LAST YEAR.THIS IS RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES. BASED ON POPULATION FOR EACH FACILITY. THIS JUST SHOWS THAT
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WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SUPPLY ENOUGH FIELDS FOR THE DEMAND BASED ON POPULATION AND THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SEEING HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. CURRENT RECOGNIZED USERS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE A MOD FOR WOULD BE ALL OF THESE LISTED ASSOCIATIONS, FOR A TOTAL OF JUST OVER 6800 PARTICIPANTS, FOR THIS SPRING. JUST IN COMPARISON, IN SPRING OF 18, WHICH WAS PRE-COVID, WE SAW WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE OF 18% IN PARTICIPATION. SO AGAIN, WE'RE BACK TO HIGHER THAN PRE-COVID NUMBERS, AMY. ALL THOSE HAVE A SPORT ATTACHED TO THEM, EXCEPT FOR MCKINNEY SPORTS CONNECTION, WHICH SEEMS RATHER NEBULOUS. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THAT IS? IT'S FOOTBALL. IT'S FOOTBALL. FOOTBALL. FLAG FOOTBALL. FLAG FOOTBALL. THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I'M CURRENTLY WE HAVE SEVERAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR SPORTS FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE SOCCER COMPLEX AT CRAIG RANCH. WE ARE NEAR COMPLETION OF PHASE ONE WITH SIX SYNTHETIC FIELDS. WITH PHASE TWO BEGINNING THE BID PROCESS LATER THIS SUMMER WITH THE CONSTRUCTION TO BE COMPLETE. PROBABLY EARLY 2026 IS WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING. GRADY LITTLEJOHN, WE HAVE AWARDED THE BID FOR THE DESIGN FIRM, THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN SOMETIME IN 2025, AND THEN OUR SOCCER COMPLEX, PHASE TWO, CURRENTLY CLOSED UNTIL THE END OF JULY FOR SOD REPAIRS AND WORK, THE PARKING LOT CONNECTION ROAD CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN EARLY 2025. AND THEN WITH THE CURRENT PASSED BONDS, WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FOR SYNTHETIC YOUTH SOFTBALL FIELDS ON THE EAST SIDE OF GABE NESBITT, WHICH IS SUPER EXCITING. WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE DESIGN WORK, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE DIRECTLY INTO CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR. GRADY LITTLEJOHN IS THAT JUST A REPLACEMENT OF THE CONCESSION STAND, OR IS THERE SOME OTHER WORK BEING DESIGNED OUT THERE? IT'S THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A RESTROOM RENOVATIONS. I'M WORKING ON SOME FIELD AND SOME JUST GENERAL UPKEEP ON THAT FACILITY. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE IN LINE WITH WHAT OTHER CITIES AROUND US ARE DOING. SO WE BENCHMARKED ALLEN FRESCO IN PLANO. AND HERE'S THE FINDINGS THAT WE HAD. CITY OF ALLEN HAS ONE TWO HOUR RENTAL PER WEEK PER INDIVIDUAL. THIS IS ONLY FOR PRACTICES. SO ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT, SUCH AS GAMES, CLINICS, CAMPS HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEIR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT. THEY DO NOT RUN OUT SOCCER FIELDS, BUT THEY DO RUN OUT SOFTBALL, FOOTBALL, LACROSSE AND BASEBALL. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ALL OF THESE FIELDS ARE ALWAYS CLOSED. NOVEMBER THROUGH MID FEBRUARY. AGAIN, JUST TO GIVE THE FIELDS A BREAK. I KNOW WE'RE SPECULATING, BUT WOULD YOU GUESS THAT SOCCER IS NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MUCH DEMAND FOR IT AND THE FIELDS ARE BEING USED TOO FREQUENTLY AND THEY'RE JUST NOT AVAILABLE? ABSOLUTELY. BASED ON THE DEMAND, FOR FRISCO, THEY HAVE ONE 90 MINUTE RENTAL PER WEEK PER INDIVIDUAL. AGAIN SAME, ONLY FOR PRACTICES. EVERYTHING ELSE HAS TO GO THROUGH THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AND THEY DO HAVE A PRIORITIZED LIST THAT THEY GO BY. SO YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS GET PRIORITY OF THE USE OF THE FIELDS. SECOND WOULD BE YOUTH SPORT CAMPS, FOLLOWED BY TOURNAMENTS, IN-HOUSE LEAGUES, ADULT CLUBS, AND THEN LASTLY THE PUBLIC FIELD RESERVATION IS, THERE. ABLE TO BE RESERVED EVERY MONDAY AT NOON. MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS EVIDENTLY DOES INCLUDE SOCCER BECAUSE I'M NOT SEEING THAT BEING. YES. CORRECT. THANK YOU. CORRECT AND THEN PLANO, YOU MUST BE A PLANO RESIDENT TO RESERVE THE FIELDS. YOU ALSO MUST COMPLETE A ATHLETIC MEMBERSHIP FORM THROUGH THE ATHLETIC OFFICE. AGAIN, THEY'VE PRIORITIZED WHO'S ABLE TO USE THOSE FIELDS WITH PARTNERED ORGANIZATIONS BEING FIRST AND HOUSE LEAGUES BEING SECOND, OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS THIRD AND RESIDENT RESERVATIONS AGAIN FOR PRACTICE FIELDS ONLY LAST, YOU CAN MAKE RESERVATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 10 DAYS IN ADVANCE, AND AGAIN, THEY'RE CLOSED NOVEMBER THROUGH MID FEBRUARY. CURRENTLY FOR THE RENTALS OF SOCCER COMPLEX AT CRAIG RANCH AND WE'RE NOT ALLOWING RENTALS OR NON RECOGNIZED USERS DUE TO THE LIMITED SPACE. OF COURSE WE ONLY HAVE SYNTHETIC SIX SYNTHETIC FIELDS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, WITH THE REST OF THEM BEING[00:25:07]
COMPLETED SOMETIME IN THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF. THE ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS WHEN WE WENT STARTED THE PHASE. FOR THE FIRST PHASE WE HAD 13 FIELDS. WE'RE ONLY WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE 13TH FIELDS, BUT WE ARE ADDING SYNTHETIC WHICH WILL MAKE THE FIELDS MORE PLAYABLE. SO WE'LL HAVE LESS MAKE UP GAMES DUE TO RAIN, AND FLOODING ON THE FIELDS . THESE FIELDS HAVE BEEN USED BY OR ARE CURRENTLY BEING USED BY MSA. STILL UNITED, WHO IS A PART OF THE SOCCER ASSOCIATION, A NATIONAL PREMIER LEAGUE WHICH IS THROUGH U 90 FLAG FOOTBALL, WHICH IS SPORT CONNECTION AND SPECIAL OLYMPICS TEXAS. SINCE CONSTRUCTION, WE'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL PHONE CALLS, BUT EVERYONE IS UNDERSTOOD JUST BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS. WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT, SEEKING OUTSIDE USE OTHER THAN RECOGNIZED AND USERS AT THIS TIME. PART OF IT IS JUST THE SAFETY OF DURING THE CONSTRUCTION. AND SO LESS IS MORE. AND KNOWING THAT WE ONLY HAVE SIX FIELDS OUT THERE. SO WITH THAT, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE SOME OUTDATED ORDINANCE, WE WILL BE BRINGING SOME UPDATES BASED ON JUST PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS, BUT JUST WANTED TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU GUYS AS FAR AS WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE US TO BRING BACK FOR REVIEW, BUT SOME OF THE OPTIONS WE CAME UP WITH WAS A TIER PROGRAM, MUCH LIKE MANY CITIES AROUND US HAVE, STARTING WITH RECOGNIZED USERS FOR GAMES ONLY TOURNAMENTS AND FOR GAMES, WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A PRIORITY BECAUSE THERE IS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT, AND IT'S ON THE WEEKENDS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A NORMAL LEAGUE GAMES AT THAT POINT. RESIDENT TEAMS FOR PRACTICE, RESIDENT TEAMS, IS ANYONE WITHIN, THE TEAM IS MADE UP OF 55% OR MORE RESIDENTS AND ARE CONSIDERED RESIDENT TEAMS AND THEN RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL RENTALS WOULD BE NUMBER FOUR. I ADDED TEAMS AS THE LAST, I DON'T SEE THAT WE'LL HAVE THAT, BUT AND REALLY, DO WE WANT TO RENT OUT SIDE MCKINNEY WITH THE HIGH DEMAND THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE SOME OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE IS OPEN PLAY, MUCH LIKE, OPEN GYM TIME, WHICH WE WOULD OPEN A DESIGNATED FIELD TWICE A WEEK FOR ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UTILIZE A FIELD, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO SO WITH THE STAFF MEMBER ON HAND, AND THEN WE COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK AT HAVING ONE FIELD FOR PUBLIC RENTAL. AND THIS, HOWEVER, WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM ANY YOUTH LEAGUES THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY RECOGNIZE USERS.AND SO THAT WOULD JUST BE A CONVERSATION. BUT ANYWAY, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ANY FEEDBACK AND I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. CAN I HAVE AMY CLARIFY SOMETHING REAL QUICK, AMY, GO BACK ONE SLIDE AND, ON THE NOTE RIGHT THERE, RECOGNIZE USERS AND THEN RESIDENT TEAMS. CAN YOU CREATE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THOSE BECAUSE THE RECOGNIZED USERS ARE GENERALLY RESIDENTS AS WELL? ARE THEY NOT? RIGHT SO TO BE A RECOGNIZED USER, YOU HAVE TO MEET QUALIFICATIONS THROUGH THE ORDINANCE. AND THIS CONSISTS OF HAVING 90% OF YOUR TEAM, RESIDENTS. AND YOU ALSO HAVE TO, AGAIN, THERE'S A LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO QUALIFY TO BE A RECOGNIZED USER. AND THIS IS DONE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THROUGH THE ATHLETIC OFFICE. S AND WE GO INTO A CONTRACT WITH THOSE GROUPS. A RESIDENT TEAMS ARE THOSE THAT AREN'T ASSOCIATED, SUCH AS, LET'S SAY, THERE'S A SOCCER TEAM THAT THEY CURRENTLY ARE HERE, THE MAJORITY, BUT THEY'RE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOCCER ASSOCIATION, LIKE THE RENEGADES OR YOUR SOLAR TEAMS. AND THEIR HOME BASE IS HERE, BUT THEY'RE NOT A PART OF MSA. AND I JUST LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS JUST IN MY EXPERIENCE IN WORKING IN OTHER CITIES, THE IDEA OF HAVING RECOGNIZED LEAGUES IS A VERY COMMON THING. THE REASON WHY CITIES DO THAT OR MUNICIPALITIES IS BECAUSE THAT WAY THEY'RE ASSURED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GENERALLY GIVE FIRST PRIORITY TO TAXPAYERS, RIGHT? CORRECT SO IF SOMEONE IS A RESIDENT TEAM, THE
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WAY THEY WOULD MOVE UP THAT FOOD CHAIN IS TO BECOME A RECOGNIZED USER. USING SOCCER AS AN EXAMPLE , THEY WOULD THEN GO TO MSA AND NEED TO QUALIFY BASED ON MSA'S CRITERIA TO BE A RECOGNIZED TEAM. WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE HURDLES IN MSA THAT THEY MIGHT BE FACED WITH? I AM TO CLARIFY ONE THING REAL QUICK, WE ONLY ALLOW ONE SPORT PER RECOGNIZED USER, SO WE ONLY RECOGNIZE, MCKINNEY SOCCER ASSOCIATION AS THE RECOGNIZED USER. SO ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM FALLS WITHIN. I'M TRYING TO THINK I THINK A BETTER WAY TO PUT IT. IT SAID OUR RECOGNIZED USERS RECOGNIZE ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE IT'S USUALLY THE ORGANIZATION THAT APPLIES FOR THIS. AND THEN EVERYTHING UNDER THAT ORGANIZATION BECOMES A USER. SO YOU HAVE A MCKINNEY SOCCER ASSOCIATION. THEY MAY HAVE 30 TEAMS. SO THOSE 30 TEAMS ARE RECOGNIZED USERS NOW. CORRECT? I GUESS THOUGH MY QUESTION REMAINS, WHICH IS I'M A RESIDENT TEAM, I WANT TO BE A RECOGNIZED USER. I CALL MSA. THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO BE A RECOGNIZED USER. WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO DO TO BE GET THE BLESSING OF MSA? GO AHEAD. I'M GOING TO REFER TO OKAY. THANK YOU, MIKE, BECAUSE I DON'T I THINK I CAN CLEAR THIS UP, SO THE RECOGNIZED USER IS MCKINNEY SOCCER ASSOCIATION. SO, THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT EVERY JANUARY 1ST SIGNED A NEW MOU, THEY ARE THE RECOGNIZED, PROVIDER OF YOUTH SOCCER IN MCKINNEY FOR, FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR. EVERY JANUARY 1ST, THEY HAVE TO SIGN A NEW CONTRACT. IS IT GOING TO CHANGE? MOST LIKELY NOT. BUT SOMEONE COULD COME IN AND I POTENTIALLY IT COULD. BUT MOST LIKELY IT WOULDN'T. THEY RECOGNIZED, TEAMS. I'M SORRY.THE RESIDENT TEAMS DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO PLAY UNDER MCKINNEY SOCCER. THEY DON'T HAVE TO CALL MCKINNEY SOCCER AND SAY, WE WANT TO BE A RESIDENT TEAM. THERE COULD BE A TEAM THAT SIMPLY PLAYS FOR A STING SOCCER CLUB, RIGHT? BUT HOW DID THEY GET AFFILIATED WITH WITH WITH MSA? THEY IF THEY WANT TO CLIMB UP THAT FOOD CHAIN TO BE AN MSA, THEY WOULD HAVE TO REGISTER THEIR TEAM TO PLAY RECREATION SOCCER THROUGH MCKINNEY SOCCER ASSOCIATION. OKAY. BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT RECREATIONAL TEAMS. THEY'RE CLUB TEAMS. AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. THE MSA IS GOING TO REQUIRE THEM TO BE A RECREATIONAL TEAM. THAT'S CORRECT. AND MOST OF THESE FOLKS DON'T WANT TO BE A RECREATIONAL TEAM, OR THEY'RE GOING TO REQUIRE THAT TEAM, LET'S SAY A STINK TEAM CALLS AND SAYS, HEY, WE WANT TO MOVE UP THAT CHAIN. THEY'RE GOING TO REQUIRE THAT ENTIRE TEAM TO THEN PICK UP AND MOVE OVER TO PLAY UNDER. STILL, UNITED, WHICH IS THE CLUB THAT PLAYS UNDER MCKINNEY SOCCER ASSOCIATION I SEE OKAY. SO DOES THAT. SO ARE THERE ARE THERE NON RESIDENT TEAMS THERE IN THE MCKINNEY SOCCER ASSOCIATION. YES THERE ARE OKAY. YES THERE ARE.
BECAUSE WHERE MCKINNEY SETS WERE THE FURTHEST NORTH OF THE LARGER CITIES IN COLLIN COUNTY, WE HAVE A LOT OF, OF PARTICIPANTS FROM ANNA AND, AND PROSPER AND MELISSA BECAUSE THOSE CITIES AREN'T LARGE ENOUGH TO HOST THEIR OWN LEAGUES. SO THEY REGISTER THEIR TEAMS THROUGH MCKINNEY SOCCER ASSOCIATION. OKAY OKAY. SO AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME ON THIS.
OH, NO. THAT'S FINE. SO IF I'M A RESIDENT TEAM AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE PART OF MSA, I'M IN LINE FOR A FIELD. BUT I'M NUMBER THREE ON THE FOOD CHAIN BASED ON THE PROPOSED CRITERIA UP HERE.
AND THAT MAY RESULT IN ME BEING ABLE TO GET A FIELD SOMETIMES, AND IT MAY ULTIMATELY, THE DEMAND MAY GET SUCKED UP BY THE FIRST TWO. IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? IT IS FAIR TO SAY ALSO, KEEP IN MIND THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT RECOGNIZED USERS, THE NUMBER ONE TYPICALLY WE'LL FILL IN THOSE SPOTS UP WITH GAMES BEFORE WE EVER FILL THOSE UP WITH PRACTICES. SO VERY SELDOM WHAT WE GET TO. WE'LL GET TO NUMBER TWO BECAUSE WE'RE PLAYING NUMBER TWO OUTSIDE OF LEAGUE GAMES, IN MCKINNEY WE ONLY RUN WITH A WITH AN EXCEPTION OR TWO. WE ONLY RUN OUR TOURNAMENTS IN THE MONTHS THAT MCKINNEY SOCCER IS NOT PLAYING LEAGUE PLAY. SO WE DON'T REALLY INTERFERE. WE DON'T MIX ONE AND TWO IN THAT SCENARIO, WHEN WE GET DOWN TO NUMBER THREE, THERE REALLY ISN'T MUCH LEFT FOR ANYONE, WHETHER YOU'RE A RESIDENT TEAM OR NON RESIDENT TEAM AT THAT POINT. BUT IF THERE HAPPENS TO BE A FEW SPOTS LEFT, IT WOULD GO TO YOUR RESIDENT TEAMS AT THAT POINT. IS THERE MORE. OH GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THERE'S A COUPLE ISSUES HAPPENING HERE. THERE'S THE, THE ISSUE OF, YOU KNOW, THE LEAGUES, WHICH I THINK THEY'RE EXPLAINING THAT VERY WELL. BUT THE OTHER PART OF IT IS CAPACITY. AND RIGHT NOW OUR
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CAPACITY IS REALLY LIMITED BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING NEW FIELDS. HOWEVER, ONCE THAT CAPACITY IS GREATLY EXPANDED WITH TURF, ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELDS, WHICH IS ALL WEATHER, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET DOWN THE FOLKS DOWN THAT FOOD CHAIN ARE GOING TO BE IN A LOT BETTER POSITION THAN ABSOLUTELY. IT'S ALSO FAIR TO NOTE THAT ONCE MCKINNEY, I'M SORRY, ONCE CRAIG RANCH IS COMPLETE AND WE ARE AT FULL CAPACITY AGAIN WITH ALL 13 FIELDS OPEN, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO RESERVE OUT TEN OF THOSE 13 FIELDS BECAUSE THREE ARE GOING TO STAY GRASS. WE DON'T WANT TO RESERVE OUT OUR GRASS FIELDS AND GET INTO THE SAME BOAT OF DAMAGING OUR GRASS. BUT AT THAT POINT, OUR RUSH OFF, WHICH HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN A PRACTICE FACILITY THAT WE LIGHT UP MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE PRACTICES, WILL OPEN BACK UP FOR FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE PRACTICES. SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF THAT PRESSURE OF PEOPLE WANTING TO USE CRAIG RANCH AS WELL. SO WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM. WE WON'T HAVE A PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE. AS FAR AS GAME FIELDS, BUT IS THERE ALWAYS GOING TO BE A SHORTAGE FOR PRACTICE FIELDS? IT'S ALWAYS. AND IN EVERY CITY YOU GO TO, IT'S THE SAME PROBLEM. OKAY THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND THANK YOU GUYS. 241570 UPDATE ON THE 2024 CITY BOARDS AND[Update on the 2024 City Boards & Commissions Members Appointment Program]
COMMISSIONS. MEMBERS APPOINTMENT PROGRAM. EMPRESS I HAVE YOU ON THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR FULLER AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND FOR AUSTRALIAN CITY SECRETARY, I WANT TO TAKE UP THE REST OF YOUR AFTERNOON, GIVING A REVIEW OF THE UPCOMING APPOINTMENTS PROCESS FOR YOUR VOLUNTEER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEMBERS WHO ARE A GREAT ASSET TO OUR CITY. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FIRST SLIDE, THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PROGRAM IS A YEAR ROUND PROGRAM THAT REQUIRES QUITE A BIT OF ACTIVITY AND MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THE CALENDAR. WE'RE IN THE PERIOD RIGHT NOW OF PRESENTING INFORMATION ACROSS ALL OF OUR BOARDS THAT HAVE MET THROUGH THE MONTHS OF APRIL AND MAY AND THE SPRING, THE FINAL UPDATE WILL BE ACTUALLY THIS WEEK, THURSDAY, TO THE MCD BOARD, WHERE WE'RE GIVING INFORMATION AGAIN TO REMIND THOSE BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC, OF THE OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE WITH THE CITY, FROM THERE, WE'LL GO INTO THE SUMMER OF THE APPLICATION PERIOD, WHICH ENDS ON JUNE 21ST, COMPILED THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU FOR THE PREFERENCING PROCESS THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH. AS THE COUNCIL SUBMITS YOUR NOMINEES AND WE'LL PROVIDE THOSE, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE YOU ALL STAND IN TERMS OF POSITIONING TO APPOINT MEMBERS. FROM THERE, WE'LL HAVE AN ACTIONABLE MEETING WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL WILL ACTUALLY DETERMINE WHO MOVES FORWARD WITH SERVING ON THE BOARDS IN THE FALL OF EACH OF THOSE APPOINTEES, OR WHETHER THEY'RE RE APPOINTEES WILL CONDUCT TRAINING OR PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING TO REMAIN ABREAST OF THE ISSUES AND PROGRAM PROCESSES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THEM, ON OCTOBER FIRST, THE NEW TERMS WILL START, AND FROM THERE, THE CITY SECRETARIES OFFICE WILL SPEND THE REST OF THE CALENDAR YEAR MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR MEMBERS ARE IN COMPLIANCE. OF COURSE, WITH THE HELP OF OUR VARIOUS BOARD STAFF ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY, A COUPLE OF THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND AS FAR AS THE COUNCIL AND THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEMBERS. THERE ARE REGULAR MEMBERS OF THAT NUMBER OF MEMBERS. FOR EACH BOARD IS GENERALLY ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE OR BYLAWS TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS SOME NUMBER, GENERALLY SEVEN, BUT THAT VARIES ACROSS A COUPLE OF OTHER BOARDS. THEY ARE YOUR ACTIVE MEMBERS WHO ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE OF ISSUES, ENGAGED WITH STAFF AND ACTUALLY MAKE DETERMINATIONS AS THEIR BOARDS ARE ASSIGNED TO DO AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU ALL TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE CITY. WE ALSO HAVE ALTERNATE MEMBERS WHO SERVE TO BASICALLY TAKE OPPORTUNITY, GENERALLY A YEAR OR TWO TO LEARN ABOUT THOSE BOARDS, TO UNDERSTAND AND GAIN FAMILIARITY WITH THEIR BUSINESS AND PROCESS ACES AS THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD, AND THE COUNCIL FINDS IT APPROPRIATE TO PROMOTE THEM TO REGULAR MEMBERS. WHEN YOU SEE FIT TO DO THAT, ALL BOARDS HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY HAD ALTERNATE MEMBERS. THAT'S RELATIVELY RECENT THAT ALL DO, AND WE FOUND THAT TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR SUCCESSION AND TRANSITION OF MEMBERS. AGAIN, THE SERVICE PERIOD FOR THIS TERM BEGINS IN OCTOBER, OCTOBER 1ST AND GOES TWO YEARS. UNLESS YOU ARE APPOINTING MEMBERS TO FILL VACANCIES, EACH BOARD HAS A MAXIMUM TERM LIMIT OF 2 OR 3 FULL YEAR FULL TERMS AS ESTABLISHED BY THE POLICY. BUT OF COURSE, THE COUNCIL HAS THE POWER TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS ABOUT PLACEMENT AND REMOVAL AT ANY TIME AND FOR ANY DURATION OF TERM LENGTHS. FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED AGAIN IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT POSITIONS ARE AVAILABLE, THE CITY'S WEBSITE HAS A FULL LIST OF ALL CURRENT AND ACTIVE MEMBERS, AS WELL AS A SPECIFICATION OF WHAT THEIR TERM LIMIT OR THEIR TERM, END OF TERM IS. THOSE WHO ARE LISTED AS TERMS EXPIRING IN 2025 ARE THE SEATS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE[00:40:06]
APPOINTMENTS. IT DOESN'T SAY BY POLICY WHETHER THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR REAPPOINTMENT OR NOT, BUT WE WILL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE COUNCIL. SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL.SO THAT INFORMATION AGAIN IS ONLINE ON. AS CANDIDATES ARE OUR APPLICANTS ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING. WE DO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE FOR THE SUCCESS OF THOSE BOARDS THAT THEY TAKE TIME BEFORE APPOINTMENT OR EVEN BEFORE THE PROCESS OF APPLYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THOSE BOARDS BY ATTENDING CITY MEETINGS AND TO ALSO VISIT OUR CITY WEBSITE, WHERE QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION IN TERMS OF COMPLIANCE, BOARD ACTIVITIES AND RULES ARE AVAILABLE THERE, AND THEN OF COURSE, TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED TO THOSE WHO ARE ACTUALLY APPOINTED. THIS FLIER IS AVAILABLE ACROSS SEVERAL DIFFERENT PUBLIC FACILITIES OF THE CITY. AND FOLLOWING OUR FINAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS UPDATE THIS WEEK, CITY SECRETARY STAFF WILL ALSO BE AT THE MCKINNEY CHAMBERS SERVE MCKINNEY EVENT WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY ONLINE, AS WELL AS TO LEARN ABOUT AND TALK WITH US AND ASK QUESTIONS. THERE WILL ALSO BE SEVERAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THERE AS WELL, TO PROMOTE SERVICE TO THE CITY AND WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER WHO DOES THIS ANNUALLY. SO WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND YOU CAN SEE SOME IMPORTANT DATES. AGAIN, WE'VE GOT JUNE 11TH, WHICH IS TO SERVE MCKINNEY EVENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH AUGUST 27TH, WHICH IS THE APPOINTMENT EVENT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU MIGHT NOTE THE CITY, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONDUCT CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS ON THE DATES THAT ARE LISTED THERE BETWEEN JULY AND AUGUST SEVENTH. AND THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE TODAY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR THOSE. SO OUR APPLICATION IS LOOKING THE APPLICATIONS. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 100 APPLICATIONS. WE GENERALLY EXPECT 150 OR SO. OUR OUR HIGH MARK WAS ABOUT 227 AND 2021. AND WE'RE WE'RE USUALLY FLOATING AROUND THAT 150 MARK. SO IT'S A BUSY SUMMER FOR YOU ALL. QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, ANY COUNCIL LIAISON UPDATE THAT YOU WANT TO DISCLOSE NOW, OR CAN WE WAIT TILL NEXT MEETING? YES. NO. ALL RIGHT THEN WE WILL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS
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GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551071. CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY ON ANY WORK SESSION. SPECIAL SESSION. THE REGULAR SESSION AGENDA ITEM REQUIRING CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY CLIENT ADVICE NECESSITATED BY THE DELIBERATION OR DISCUSSION OF SAID ITEMS AS NEEDED. SECTION 551.071 PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION. CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS VERSUS SIERRA. CEDAR CEDAR, LLC. CIVIL ACTION NUMBER 424 CV 290. SECTION 5510.072. DELIBERATIONS ABOUT REAL PROPERTY DOWNTOWN CITY OWNED PROPERTY REDEVELOPMENT UPDATE SECTION 551.07 FOR PERSONNEL MATTERS. CITY MANAGER, ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW. PRESIDING MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE IN SECTION 551087 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS AND THERE IS ACTION ON ALL RIGHT, WE READY? WE ARE MAYOR. YES. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE[ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION]
THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CITY MANAGER, PAUL GRIMES. AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. IS THERE A SECOND? ANYBODY? A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. I OPPOSED. SHOULD I IT PASSES. AND FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT HUMOR, THAT WE ARE ALL ECSTATIC, TO AMEND THAT CONTRACT AND TO RETAIN PAUL GRIMES ONWARD. WE ARE WITH THE IDEA. BUT THAT SURE WAS FUN. WE'RE GONNA MAKE HIM SWEAT FAILS . WE SHOULDN'T FAILS. ALL RIGHT, MOTION TO ADJOURN* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.