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TELLS ME. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. NO. GOOD AFTERNOON. BACK. GOOD AFTERNOON. ALL RIGHT.
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TODAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 18TH. IN THE YEAR 2024. WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 222 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET IN THE GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. AND IT IS 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. OUR CITY COUNCIL WORK[Building Inspections ISO Ratings for 2024]
SESSION. OUR FIRST ITEM IS A INFORMATION SHARING ITEM. ITEM 24 1651 BUILDING INSPECTIONS ISO RATINGS FOR 2024. GOOD AFTERNOON , MAYOR COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SUZANNE ARNOLD. I'M YOUR CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, ISO OR THE INSURANCE SERVICE, OFFICE RATES, BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENTS MUCH THE SAME WAY THAT THEY RATE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND THOSE RATINGS AFFECT PROPERTY INSURANCE RATES FOR THE CITY. THE PREMISE BEHIND EVALUATING BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENTS IS THAT BUILDINGS THAT ARE STRONG AND WELL BUILT WILL WITHSTAND THE FORCES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE LEAD TO COSTLY INSURANCE CLAIMS. AND WE DO THIS BY A COMMITMENT TO ADOPT AND ENFORCE EFFECTIVE BUILDING CODES WHEN IT COMES TO ASSESSING BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENTS ISO USES THE BUILDING CODES EFFECTIVENESS GRADING SCHEDULE, WHICH EVALUATES 27 POINTS OF OUR OPERATIONS, AND THAT INCLUDES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS OF OUR STAFF, OUR ADOPTED CODES, LOCAL POLICIES, AND LEADERSHIP CREDENTIALS. THEY REPEAT THESE EVALUATIONS ON APPROXIMATELY A FOUR YEAR CYCLE, JUST LIKE ISO RATINGS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IT'S ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10, WITH ONE BEING THE BEST. AND FOR BUILDING DEPARTMENTS, THERE ARE SEPARATE RATINGS FOR COMMERCIAL, CONSTRUCTION AND RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION ENFORCEMENT. ON OUR LAST EVALUATION IN 2019, MCKINNEY GOT A FOUR IN COMMERCIAL AND A FIVE IN RESIDENTIAL. ALL WELL, THE 2024 RATINGS ARE IN AND I AM VERY, VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE MCKINNEY BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT EARNED A TWO IN COMMERCIAL IN A THREE IN RESIDENTIAL, A FULL TWO POINT IMPROVEMENT FROM OUR LAST ASSESSMENT. THESE RATINGS PUT US IN THE TOP 5% OF BUILDING INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. I BROUGHT MY TEAM WITH ME AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE THEM STAND. I'VE GOT A LOT OF OUR FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE HERE. SO THESE FOLKS, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT EARN THESE SCORES EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. THEIR ACTIONS CONTRIBUTED TO EARNING THESE ISO SCORES, IT'S THIS HARD. IT'S THEIR HARD WORK. IT'S THEIR EXCELLENCE. INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY THAT GOT US HERE.SO WE ARE THRILLED TO REPORT THESE ISO SCORES OF TWO FOR COMMERCIAL AND THREE FOR RESIDENTIAL. AND WE HOPE THAT THIS BENEFITS ALL OF MCKINNEY. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY WELL THANK YOU. JENNIFER, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE I, IN THE INDUSTRY THAT I'M IN BUILDING, DEVELOPING, I DEAL WITH OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS DAIS ON A REGULAR BASIS, VERY REGULAR BASIS. AND I DEAL WITH THESE INSPECTORS ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS, AS I DO AS I DO WITH OTHER INSPECTORS AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER CITIES, AND YOU ARE YOU ARE CORRECT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISM, THE JOB THAT THEY DO, THE EXCELLENT WORK THAT THEY DO IN THE FIELD, OUR INSPECTORS ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE. WELL, THEY'RE THEY'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THEY ARE THEY'RE ENGAGED IN A WAY MUCH DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT I, THAT I WORK IN. SO I KNOW FIRSTHAND WHAT THEY DO. AND I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK THEM FOR THE JOB THEY DO, THE PRESENCE THEY HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE BUILDER COMMUNITY, THINGS HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY USED TO USED TO BE COMMENTS MADE NEGATIVELY YEARS AND YEARS AGO ABOUT MCKINNEY, THOSE COMMENTS ARE NO LONGER, PEOPLE ENJOY WORKING IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. THEY, THEY THEY HAVE A GREAT RESPECT FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS. SO THANK YOU GUYS. AND WOMEN. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON
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AGENDA ITEMS. I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE COMMENT. I THINK THAT WAS NOT ON AGENDA ITEM. WE'LL SAID, OKAY, WE'LL HEAR ALL OF THEM. IS IT. CORRECT WHEN YOU COME UP, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. BUT YOU GUYS ARE LEAVING. I'M GOING TO TAKE BACK MY COMMENTS. TONIGHT TALK ABOUT YOUR GREAT JOB, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WITNESS OURS. YOU'RE WELCOME. GEORGE I'M. ADJOURNED.[00:05:14]
ALL RIGHT. WHEN YOU COME UP, I'LL CALL YOUR NAME. YOU COME UP, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. YOU'LL SEE A TIMER TO YOUR LEFT AND RIGHT, IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BEFORE YOU SPEAK FOR THE RECORD, ONCE YOU BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS, THE CLOCK WILL START. IT WILL BE GREEN UNTIL THE LAST 30S. IT WILL TURN YELLOW AND RED IN YOUR LAST FIVE. IF YOU WOULD TRY TO STAY WITHIN YOUR TIME LIMIT, IT WOULD BE EQUITABLE FOR EVERYONE WISHING TO SPEAK. WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. FIRST IS HANK JOHNSON. HANK JOHNSON, 2627 CLUB LAKE TRAIL, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. I SENT ALL OF YOU AN EMAIL THIS WEEK IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION ON ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE TODAY. I THINK IT'S BEEN VERY IMPORTANT THAT MCKINNEY TAKE ACTION. WE HAVE MANY OLDER CITIZENS THAT ARE LIVING ON SOCIAL SECURITY, LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, THAT ARE SLOWLY BUT SURELY BEING TAXED OUT OF THEIR HOMES. WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE DID THIS YEAR WAS A TREMENDOUS HELP, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH. THE TAXING ENTITIES THAT HAVE FROZEN THEIR TAXES IS A TREMENDOUS HELP. ALSO MCKINNEY ALSO NEEDS TO CONSIDER DOING THAT. THEY NEED HELP. IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED BY SOME OF YOU RESPONDED TO ME THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR THE YOUNG FAMILIES, TOO. AND I AGREE WITH THAT. THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT COULD HELP THEM IS STOPPING THE ANNUAL APPRAISALS OF PROPERTIES. MUCH LIKE THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAS DONE, WHERE THEY REAPPRAISE PROPERTIES EVERY FIVE YEARS AND LIMIT THE INCREASE TO RESIDENTS OWNING HOMES TO 10. THAT HELPS DRAMATICALLY. THEY, LIKE MCKINNEY IN COLLIN COUNTY, ARE RAPID GROWTH COMMUNITIES AND THE RISE AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS MOVING IN WITH NEW HOUSE SALES AND ALSO THE NEW SALE, THE SALE OF RESALES AND THE INCREASES THERE HAVE MORE THAN COMPENSATED THEM IN LOST INCOME FROM THE PROPERTY TAX FREEZES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP THAT YOU CAN DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR MEGAN GALLEGOS. GOOD AFTERNOON, DOCTOR MEGAN GALLEGOS. CHIEF. CHIEF NURSING OFFICER AT MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY, 4500 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE. AS A MAJOR EMPLOYER IN MCKINNEY FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS, MEDICAL CITY RECOGNIZES THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF A SKILLED WORKFORCE. HOSPITALS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS HAVE FACED CHALLENGES IN SOURCING QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES, WHICH IMPACTS OPERATIONS AND THE BROADER ECONOMIC HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE MCKINNEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN ADDRESSING THESE CHALLENGES BY ENHANCING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND PREPARING STUDENTS FOR FUTURE CAREERS, EVEN THOSE IN HEALTH CARE. AT MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY, WE PROUDLY WE ARE PROUD TO REGULARLY LEND OUR SUPPORT TO THE FOUNDATION BY INVESTING IN MEDICAL, BY INVESTING IN MF THROUGH A CAPACITY BUILDING INVESTMENT, YOU CAN SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THEIR ABILITY TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES AND EXPAND THEIR REACH. THIS FUNDING WILL ALLOW MF TO DEVELOP NEW PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE STUDENT SUPPORT AND INCREASE COMMUNITY AND WORKFORCE ENGAGEMENT, SUPPORTING MECFS CAPACITY BUILDING EFFORTS MEANS INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE WORKFORCE. THIS WILL RESULT IN A LARGER POOL OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, FOSTERING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENSURING OUR COMMUNITY REMAINS COMPETITIVE.MEDICAL CITY HEALTHCARE IS HONORED TO SUPPORT MECFS REQUEST FOR THIS CAPACITY BUILDING INVESTMENT. TOGETHER, WE FEEL WE CAN CREATE A SUSTAINABLE AND THRIVING FUTURE FOR MCKINNEY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH . KIP DIXON. HELLO EVERYONE AND GOOD TO SEE SOME SMILING FACES, I AM CURRENTLY BLESSED TO BE THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE MCKINNEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND WHAT I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT TODAY WAS HOW IT HELPED ME WITH MY THREE SONS AS A SINGLE FATHER. THE ADVISORS, NOT ONLY THE ONE AT THE SCHOOL, BUT THE OTHER SCHOOLS WORKED WITH ME TO HELP EACH ONE OF MY KIDS WHO HAD INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. ONE WAS, HE'S GOING TO BE A TEACHER AND HE'S GOING TO BE, HOPEFULLY TEACHING IN MCKINNEY ISD. AND, AND I
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REMEMBER WHEN HE MADE THE DECISION TO GO INTO TEACHING, HE WAS LIKE, DAD, I WANT TO BE A BUSINESS MAN LIKE YOU. I SAID, WHY? AND I WAS LIKE, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE THINGS YOU ENJOY. AND HE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT HIS KIDS THAT WERE IN SPED, AND THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS. AND EVERY TIME HE JUST GLOWED AND I SAID, SON, YOU ALREADY PICK YOUR MAJOR. FOLLOW YOUR HEART. AND THANK GOD I HAD A GREAT ADVISOR WHO HELPED ME WITH THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND SHE WAS ABLE TO HELP HIM AND STEER HIM AND SAY, HEY, FOLLOW YOUR HEART. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT, YOUR DAD WAS TRYING TO SAY. AND THEN MY SECOND SON, WHO GOT A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP, I HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING WHAT'S NEXT. HOW TO DO THIS AND DO THAT, BUT FOLLOW THE RULES AND REGULATIONS . AND THE ADVISOR WAS ABLE TO HELP US NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT AND MAKE SURE HE HAD ALL THE INFORMATION HE NEEDED BECAUSE HE WAS GOING 15 HOURS AWAY FROM HERE. AND SO YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST IT WAS A GREAT SOURCE OF HELP FOR ME, AND THEN MY YOUNGEST SON, WHO IS NOW A FRESHMAN SOPHOMORE AT NORTH TEXAS, HE WAS IN THE SPED PROGRAM. AND SO HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN TOLD THAT HE WAS NOT COLLEGE MATERIAL, BUT HE WASN'T TOLD THAT BY ME. AND SO THE ADVISORS, THIS IS WHERE THE ALL THREE HELPED OUT RIGHT HERE. THEY HELPED ME FIND HIM AND GIVE HIM A PLACE WHERE HE FELT COMFORTABLE ENOUGH, AND HE APPLIED AND GOT ACCEPTED TO LIKE MORE SCHOOLS THAN OTHER TWO KIDS. AND SO THE ADVISORS DO A GREAT JOB IN HELPING THESE KIDS OBTAIN THEIR GOALS. AND I JUST I'M JUST BEYOND GRATEFUL FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR MY FAMILY. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND FOR M-A-F. THANK YOU, KATHY THOMAS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. MY NAME IS KATHY THOMAS. I AM THE ACCOUNTANT FOR MCKINNEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION. MEF IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING PROVIDING CLASSROOM GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MISD STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. CLASSROOM GRANTS DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR MISD STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS AND ABILITIES. STUDENTS ARE EXPOSED TO LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCES WHICH THEY WOULD NOT GET WITHOUT THESE GRANTS THAT WE SUPPORT THESE OPPORTUNITY PREPARE THEM FOR THEIR LIVES.AFTER THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION, STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING DIRECTLY AFFECTS THE STUDENT'S ABILITY TO PURSUE FURTHER EDUCATION, WHETHER THAT BE TRADE SCHOOL ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES OR BACHELOR'S DEGREES. THE COST AT OUR LAST GRANT AWARDS WERE $101,000, A LITTLE OVER. THIS FUNDING ONLY ALLOWED US TO AWARD ABOUT 25% OF THE REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE MISD TEACHERS. THIS YEAR'S SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS WERE OVER $800,000. THIS FUNDING ONLY ALLOWED US TO SUPPORT ABOUT HALF OF THE STUDENT REQUESTS WE GOT FOR MONEY. WHAT'S THE RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT IN MEF? THE REQUESTED $500,000 FOR REVENUE GENERATING POSITIONS WILL PAY FOR ITSELF IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS. SUPPORTED TEACHERS WITH INNOVATIVE AND WELL SUPPLIED CLASSROOMS WILL AID IN TEACHER RETENTION WITHIN THE MISD SYSTEM . AND INNOVATED SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL DRAW FAMILIES TO MCKINNEY AND WILL BRING OUR STUDENTS BACK AFTER THEIR FURTHER EDUCATION TO RAISE THEIR FAMILIES HERE, EDUCATED STUDENTS PROVIDE A HIGHER SKILLED WORKFORCE AND A HIGHER PAYING JOB. THOSE HIGHER PAYING JOBS PROVIDE A LARGER TAX BASE FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY.
YOUR INVESTMENT TODAY WILL PROVIDE RESIDUAL RETURNS FOR YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING AN INVESTMENT IN MCKINNEY'S KIDS. THANK YOU. JULIE ANNETTE FERRARO. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JULIE FERRARO, AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING FOR THE MCKINNEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION AS ONE OF THE COLLEGE, OR, I'M SORRY, THE HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE ADVISORS. IN MY JOB, I PROBABLY HAVE ONE OF THE BEST POSITIONS IN WHICH I GET TO KNOW OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND HELP THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES UNDERSTAND THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF COLLEGE APPLICATIONS AND HELP THEM FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR POST HIGH SCHOOL ENDEAVORS MAY BE. I
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GET TO BE A DREAM MAKER. I LIKE TO CALL IT AS A COLLEGE ADVISOR WITH THE MCKINNEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION MF, I SEE THE DAILY CHALLENGES AND THE UNMET NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. MANY ARE FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE HOPEFULS THAT ARE LACKING SOME OF THE NECESSARY RESOURCES AND GUIDANCE TO NAVIGATE THEIR EDUCATIONAL PATHS. DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS, THE DEMAND FOR SUPPORT OFTEN IS GOING TO EXCEED OUR CAPACITY AND THIS CAPACITY BUILDING INVESTMENT IS CRUCIAL. SO THAT WAY MF CAN CREATE PERSONAL GUIDANCE FOR THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, MEET WITH THESE KIDS IN ONE ON ONE TIMES, MAYBE DURING SUMMER OR OTHER BREAKS ALLOWS US TO HAVE, NEW PROGRAMS LIKE CAREER READINESS WORKSHOPS, COLLEGE APPLICATION BOOT CAMPS, AND FINANCIAL LITERACY. WE ALSO CAN REACH A BROADER CAPACITY OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES BEYOND OUR DISTRICT. THE INVESTMENT WILL ENABLE US TO BETTER SERVE OUR STUDENTS, HELPING THEM ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND POSITIVELY IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY. I SEE IT AS BEING A MOM OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WHO WILL GO THROUGH MISD AS WELL. I STRONGLY SUPPORT MECFS REQUEST FOR THIS CAPACITY BUILDING INVESTMENT TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY.THANK YOU. THANK YOU DAVID CRAIG. HELLO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
WOMEN AND MEN, I GUESS. SHOULD I SAY IT THAT WAY? ANYWAY I SAW THAT THE MF WAS ON THE AGENDA.
THIS EVENING AND I CAME. I'VE COME TO SUPPORT, MAKING THE INVESTMENT IN OUR STUDENTS. IT'S KIND OF A UNIQUE SITUATION BECAUSE CRAIG RANCH, IS NOT IN THE MISD, NOR HAS IT EVER BEEN, BUT YET THEY'RE MCKINNEY CITIZENS AND TAXPAYERS, AND SO I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT ON THE ECONOMIC SIDE FOR MANY YEARS. AND SO I KNOW THAT, THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE. BUT I THINK EDUCATING CHILDREN IS, IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT HELPING STUDENTS ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS EMPOWERS THEM TO BECOME PRODUCTIVE, SUCCESSFUL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, CONTRIBUTING POSITIVELY TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR ECONOMY, SUPPORTING STUDENTS EDUCATIONAL JOURNEYS LEADS TO LONG TERM ECONOMIC GROWTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE WITH THAT. IN MY MIND. MCKINNEY ECONOMIC FOUNDATION, EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT CAN HELP DRIVE THIS TO FRUITION. WITHOUT A DOUBT, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING HARD. THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 33, 35 YEARS, AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. I ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS, MAKING THIS INVESTMENT IN OUR STUDENTS.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ELIZABETH. MICHELLE. HELLO, LIZ. MICHELLE, 6205 EAGLE STONE DRIVE. I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, BECAUSE I FOUND IT ODD THAT A NONPROFIT WAS ASKING THE CITY FOR FUNDING ON A CITY COUNCIL AGENDA. SO I KIND OF ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT WAS CONFUSED, AND BECAUSE I THOUGHT, I GUESS THE WAY TO DO THAT WAS TO GO THROUGH THE COMMUNITY GRANTS ADVISORY BOARD OR MAYBE THE ARTS COMMISSION.
ANYWAYS, I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD PRECEDENT TO SET FOR THIS BODY TO SPEND ITS TIME DECIDING WHICH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION SHOULD GET CITY MONEY AND WHICH ONES DON'T EVEN IF THIS FUNDING IS WORKED INTO THE CITY BUDGET, WOULD THERE HAVE TO BE A DETERMINATION EACH YEAR AS TO WHICH NONPROFIT WOULD GET THAT MONEY, I'M ALSO ONE OF THE MANY MCKINNEY RESIDENTS WITH A MCKINNEY ISD WHOSE CHILDREN ATTEND FRISCO ISD AND THEREFORE WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO A SCHOLARSHIP FUND THAT MY CHILDREN WOULD HAVE NO CHANCE IN RECEIVING AT ALL, TO BE CLEAR, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF MEF, I'M FORMER TEACHER, PRO EDUCATION, PRO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NO VOUCHERS, BUT THEIR MISSION AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO TO GIVE KIDS IN MCKINNEY THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED IS WONDERFUL. AND I SUPPORT THAT FULLY. I JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT PROCESS TO GO ABOUT FUNDRAISING, AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, LYNN SPERRY. GOOD AFTERNOON. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON.
I TOO, AM IN SUPPORT OF MCKINNEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION. IT WAS MY DREAM ALL THOSE YEARS AGO TO START THIS ORGANIZATION. AND, YOU KNOW, A DREAM IS JUST A DREAM. BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A
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LOT OF PEOPLE BEHIND YOU TO HELP AND PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL NEED HELP AT A TIME IN OUR LIVES. AND EACH ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT GRADUATE FROM MCKINNEY HIGH SCHOOLS EACH SPRING HAS A DREAM. SOME OF THEM CAN YOU KNOW, EASILY PROCEED ON THROUGH LIFE AND PURSUE THOSE DREAMS. BUT A LOT OF THEM NEED SOME EXTRA HELP, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE SUPPORTED ME THROUGH THE YEARS AND THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE SO MANY SCHOLARSHIPS TO GIVE A BOOST. WE CAN'T PAY THE WHOLE THING, BUT WE DO OUR BEST TO SPREAD IT AS FAR AS WE CAN. NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER DREAM. WE HAVE A BRAND NEW DIRECTOR C C EO, WHO I BELIEVE IS ABLE TO TAKE US TO THE NEXT LEVEL. AND THE PERFECT PART OF THIS WOULD BE SHE HAS A DREAM THAT WITH THIS FINANCING AND THIS LITTLE BOOST FOR MEF, WE CAN STEP UP TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND WE CAN HELP LOTS MORE PEOPLE. IT'S A LOT BIGGER DREAM THAN I EVEN STARTED OUT WITH. WE HAVE A LOT MORE STUDENTS TO WORK WITH, BUT I SURE HOPE YOU CAN SUPPORT US ON THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CARDS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? THANK ALL[Consider/Discuss Property Tax Exemption Options]
RIGHT THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 241652. DISCUSS PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION OPTIONS.GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MARK HOLLOWAY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE CITY.
I JUST ABOUT EVERY YEAR WE BRING BEFORE YOU, OPTIONS FOR, PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS HERE IN THE CITY AS WE GET CLOSER TO MAKING OUR PROPERTY, SAYING OUR PROPERTY TAX RATES AS WE GO THROUGH THE SUMMER, WE DO HAVE A JULY 1ST DEADLINE WITH THE CALLING COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THE AND THE COLLIN COUNTY TAX OFFICE TO GIVE OUR EXEMPTIONS FOR THE YEAR. SO I'D LIKE TO GET AS MUCH DATA AS WE CAN AND THEN BRING IT TO YOU BEFORE THAT DATE. AND LET'S SEE, I DIDN'T TURN THIS ON. OF COURSE . THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXEMPTIONS TODAY, PROBABLY FAIRLY BRIEFLY. THEY'VE GOT A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION, FIRST WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE OVER 65 AND DISABLED EXEMPTION THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT'S TARGETED TO, TWO SPECIFIC POPULATIONS. THAT'S CHANGEABLE. AND WE EVALUATE THAT YEARLY. THERE'S ALSO A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OPTION THAT'S FOR ALL HOMEOWNERS, THAT CLAIM THAT CLAIM THAT AS A HOMESTEAD AND DO NOT USE IT AS A RENTAL PROPERTY, ONCE AGAIN, THAT WOULD ALSO BE CHANGEABLE EACH YEAR. AND REDUCES THE TAX BURDEN DIRECTLY TO HOMEOWNERS. THERE'S ALSO A NEW, EXEMPTION THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT IS A CHILD CARE FACILITY TAX EXEMPTION THAT IS TARGETED EXACTLY TO THOSE FACILITIES. AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES ON THOSE BECAUSE THOSE ARE NEW. AND I WANT TO TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE IN DETAIL. AND THEN WE HAVE THE OVER 65, AND DISABLED TAX FREEZE THAT'S TARGETED AND PERMANENT, FOR ONCE YOU SET THOSE THOSE BECOME PERMANENT, AND, SO THE FIRST ONE, THIS IS THE CURRENT ONE THAT WE HAVE, IT REDUCES THE, THE OVER 65 AND DISABLED TAX EXEMPTION. IT JUST REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF TAXABLE VALUE THAT ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNERS PAY. OUR CURRENT EXEMPTION IS ABOUT 80 IS NOT ABOUT IT'S $85,000. AND THAT EQUALS TO ABOUT $363 IN REDUCED TAXES AT OUR CURRENT RATE. AND YOU DID INCREASE THIS EXEMPTION LAST YEAR, FOR EVERY $5,000 OF INCREASE IN THAT, EXEMPTION, HOMEOWNERS PAY $21 LESS AT OUR CURRENT TAX RATE. AND FOR EVERY $5,000 INCREASE IN THAT EXEMPTION, NON-ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNERS PAY AN ESTIMATED ABOUT $3.34 MORE, TO REACH THE LEVEL, THE LEVEL, THE LEVY THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY AT AND THEN, AT THE EXEMPTION LEVEL, NON ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNERS WOULD PAY $54 A YEAR MORE. IN AT THE CURRENT TAX RATE. HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS. ONCE AGAIN, IT ALSO REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF TAXABLE VALUE THAT YOU PAY ON, THERE IS NO CURRENT, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION HERE IN THIS CITY, IF YOU DID CHOOSE TO ADOPT A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, YOU WOULD DO A MINIMUM OF $5,000. YOU CAN DO IT IN $5,000 INCREMENTS OR, OR, UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 20. SO IT CAN BE A FLAT AMOUNT OR A PERCENT. FRANKLY, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY,
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AROUND, THAT THAT WOULD BE DONE JUST ON A FLAT AMOUNT. MOST OF THEM ARE DONE ON A PERCENT BASIS, IF YOU HAD IMPLEMENTED A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN FISCAL YEAR 24, THIS JUST SHOWS THE EFFECT ON THE TAX RATE. WE HAVE A CURRENT TAX RATE OF ABOUT 42.7 CENTS. IF WE HAD DONE A FIVE, A 5% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOWER THE TAX RATE AS MUCH TO REACH THE SAME CURRENT LEVY. THAT WOULD PUT US AT ABOUT A 44.1 CENTS. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT'S ABOUT A CENT AND A HALF DIFFERENCE WITH A 5. HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. SO JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT, THAT WOULD BE ABOUT A 5% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WOULD WOULD REDUCE, AN AVERAGE HOME BILL BY ABOUT $44. SO THE CHILD CARE FACILITY TAX EXEMPTION IS NEW FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. IT WAS IT WAS ADOPTED BY VOTERS, PROPOSITION TWO IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR, TO BE ELIGIBLE, A CHILD CARE FACILITY MUST BE LICENSED AND PARTICIPATING IN THE TEXAS RISING STARS PROGRAM. THAT'S THROUGH THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION. THAT TEXAS RISING STAR PROGRAM IS A RATING SYSTEM. THEY GIVE TWO, THREE, FOUR STAR RATINGS TO DIFFERENT, OR, CHILD CARE FACILITIES, MAKING SURE THEY'RE MAINTAINING STANDARDS ABOVE THE MINIMUM STANDARDS SET BY THE STATE. SO, AND THEN IT ALSO MUST MAINTAIN A 20% ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN WHO RECEIVE SUBSIDIES. SO THAT'S WHAT WHAT WE REQUIRE TO BE ELIGIBLE. THE EXEMPTION IS A MINIMUM OF 50. AND IT COULD BE UP TO 100% OF THE TAXABLE VALUE. SO WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH OUR TAX ROLL, 17 CHILD CARE CENTERS IN IN MCKINNEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TEXAS RISING STAR THAT EXCUSE ME, 17 CHILD CARE FACILITIES CURRENTLY PARTICIPATE IN THAT TEXAS RISING STARS PROGRAM. AND ON THE INFO THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, FOUR OF THE 17 WOULD BE CURRENTLY ELIGIBLE, BUT SIX OTHERS WOULD BE FAIRLY CLOSE. WHEN WE'RE USING WHEN WE'RE SEEING THE MATH THAT THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, HOWEVER, IT'S KIND OF NEBULOUS HOW YOU ACTUALLY GET TO THAT 20% CALCULATION. SO WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO DO A MANUAL PROCESS TO REACH OUT TO EACH CENTER AND SEE WHETHER THEY MET THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT, THE OVERALL EFFECT, BASED ON 2023 TAX NUMBERS, ON THE FOUR ELIGIBLE CENTERS, THAT'S ABOUT $4.3 MILLION IN TOTAL VALUE EXEMPTED. IF THE EXEMPTION WAS SET AT THE 100, AND THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $19,000 OF THE TOTAL TAX LEVY BEING REDISTRIBUTED. SO THIS IS JUST THE OVERALL, KIND OF I ALWAYS PUT THIS SLIDE OUT HERE JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DO MOVE EXEMPTIONS AROUND OR WE INCREASE THINGS. BUT, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE AMOUNTS OF REVENUE THAT ARE EXEMPTED, ACROSS ALL OF OUR, THESE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE JUST THE KIND OF THE POPULATION MAKEUP, WE DO THIS COMPARISON OVER FIVE YEAR PERIOD, THE TOTAL PERCENT CHANGE OF, OF MCKINNEY'S POPULATION IN THAT TIME WAS ABOUT 13. SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, EXCLUDING, OVER 65 AND DISABLED, WENT UP ABOUT 8. THE OVER 65 AND DISABLED EXEMPTIONS WENT UP 26% DURING THAT TIME, SO IT'S A IT'S A LITTLE OUT OF, OF BALANCE WITH THE OVERALL GROWTH. BUT, YOU KNOW, NOTHING TOO SCARY THERE. BUT ANYWAY, JUST JUST WANTED TO SHOW THOSE SHOWS HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND THE OVER 65, FREEZE AS WELL. AND THEN HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF PRELIMINARY INFORMATION FOR, FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. AS WE TALK ABOUT THE TAX RATE, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE, THE BUDGET, AS WE MOVE INTO THE SUMMER, PRELIMINARY INCREASES ON EXISTING PROPERTIES ARE UP ABOUT 1.54, WE'VE SEEN SOME DIFFERENT NUMBERS FROM THE CAD FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, BUT THE BEST NUMBERS WE HAVE TODAY, ARE AT 1.5. THIS IS AN AGGREGATE ESTIMATE. I DON'T REALLY HAVE BREAKDOWNS OF COMMERCIAL, MULTIFAMILY OR OR, HOMESTEADS AT THIS POINT. THE EXCITING NEWS HERE IS ON OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION, WE'VE ADDED 4.4% THIS YEAR, IT'S KIND OF A NEW RECORD. THIS NUMBER PROBABLY WILL WILL STAY, FLAT BETWEEN NOW AND JULY 25TH. BUT WE'VE ADDED $1.6 BILLION TO THE TAX ROLL IN NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS YEAR, TO GIVE IT A LITTLE CONTEXT, WE ADDED $1 BILLION LAST YEAR AND THAT WAS A NEW RECORDORE THAT WE HAD ADDED 800 MILLION, WHICH WAS A NEW RECORD. SO WE'VE ALMOST DOUBLED OUR NEW RECORD, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE DOUBLED OUR NEW RECORD IN TWO YEARS. SO IS THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION WITH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL TOGETHER? IT'S ALL AGGREGATE.YES IT'S MULTIFAMILY, COMMERCIAL AND HOMES. SO WE'VE, WE'VE WE'VE SEEN A PERIOD OF, OF VERY HIGH
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GROWTH THE LAST THREE YEARS, ALSO FROM, FROM OUR PRELIMINARY VALUES, THE, OUR, OUR AVERAGE HOME MARKET VALUE HAS GONE UP ABOUT $14,000 FROM 561, WHICH WAS THE CERTIFIED AVERAGE LAST YEAR. AND OUR PRELIMINARY AVERAGES THIS YEAR ARE SHOWING ABOUT 575. AND AS I MENTIONED, ANY CHANGE TO OUR CURRENT EXEMPTION STRUCTURE MUST BE ADOPTED BY JULY 1ST, SO, JUST AND THEN WITH THAT, I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME DIRECTION TODAY IF WE'RE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD FOR THE JULY FIRST DEADLINE. THERE IS A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 25TH, SO. AND WE NEED TO PREPARE ORDINANCES FOR THAT. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY, ANY, ANY IDEAS WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THAT OR NOT SEE OR NOT CHANGE. BE HAPPY TO DO WHATEVER YOU GUYS NEED TO DO WITH THAT. I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS? MARK MARK, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE CHILDCARE CENTERS? SURE. FIRST ONE OR THE SECOND ONE? I THINK THE FIRST ONE WAS.THE I GUESS OPTION OF 50% OR 100. THAT'S JUST AT OUR DISCRETION AS FAR AS WE UNDERSTAND. YES. AND IT DOESN'T LIKE IN TERMS OF MEETING THE THRESHOLD. IT'S GOT TO MEET THE 20% THRESHOLD. BUT WE'RE INVESTIGATING HOW THAT'S CALCULATED. IF IT'S BASED OFF OF ENROLLMENT OR CAPACITY. CORRECT. AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION FROM ANY OF OUR CITIES AROUND, AROUND US OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. SO IF IT WERE CHOSEN, WE WOULD PROBABLY KIND OF BE, ON THE ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. EXACTLY. BUT YES, BUT TO THE 50 OR THE 100, YOU CAN DO ANY INCREMENT IN BETWEEN 50 AND 100. ANY, ANY INCREMENT. OKAY.
YEAH. AND CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE. SURE DO YOU. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE TAXABLE VALUE OF THE THERE IT IS. 4.3 MILLION TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE FROM TAX ROLL OFF EXEMPTIONS AT 100% FOR THE FOUR ELIGIBLE CENTERS. THAT'S THE ONES THAT WE FEEL WOULD BE ELIGIBLE WITH THE CRITERIA THAT WE'VE SEEN. NOW IT WE MAY BE MORE OR LESS, BUT THAT'S THAT'S OUR BEST ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. PATRICK, I'VE GOT A FEW MORE. LET'S STICK ON THIS CHILDCARE THING. I THINK THE MOTIVATION I REMEMBER THIS BEING ON THE BALLOT WAS THAT CHILD CARE IS GETTING TO BE RELATIVELY UNAFFORDABLE, ESPECIALLY FOR WORKING PEOPLE. AND THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, AT LEAST AUSPICIOUSLY, MITIGATE THE COST OF THOSE PEOPLE TO GIVE A TAX BREAK TO THE CHILD CARE FACILITY . BUT THE REALITY IS, TO ME IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE GIVING THE OWNER OF THE CHILD CARE FACILITY A BREAK, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ELECT TO PASS IT ON TO ANYBODY ELSE IS THEIR OWN DECISION, PER YOUR UNDERSTANDING. IS THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT? I WOULD I WOULD SAY THAT WOULD BE A FAIR ASSESSMENT. WE COULD NOT YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU GIVE THE EXEMPTION, YOU COULD NOT THEN DICTATE WHETHER OR NOT THEY RAISE OR LOWER THEIR RATES.
RIGHT. AND THEN WHAT CITIES, TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, AROUND HERE HAVE ADOPTED THIS. SO IN TALKING WITH CAD, WITH COLLIN COUNTY CAD, THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS, HAS DONE THIS, BUT WE ARE UNAWARE OF ANY OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE DONE THIS OR, AND WHETHER THEY'RE CONSIDERING OR THAT OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW. BUT RIGHT NOW, THE CITY OF DALLAS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS DONE IT, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IN COLLIN COUNTY. HOW LONG IS THIS? HOW LONG HAVE THEY HAD THAT JUST GOT IT. THIS IS THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST. THE FIRST YEAR THAT THIS WAS, WAS WAS AVAILABLE. SO WE DO KNOW THAT ONE ENTITY HAS DONE IT, WHETHER OTHERS DO IT OR NOT. I JUST DON'T KNOW, OKAY. I WILL SAY I'M GOING TO MAKE A STATEMENT THAT I'M GOING TO PIVOT TO ANOTHER QUESTION. MY STATEMENT IS, IS THAT I DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE THE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE ON THIS. I THINK THIS IS A VERY POTENTIALLY INDIRECT BENEFIT TO POTENTIALLY THESE FAMILIES THAT NEED IT.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE OWNERS OF THESE FACILITIES THAT THEY CURRENTLY ELECT TO GO TO AND MAY NOT ELECT TO GO TO THE NEXT WEEK OR MONTH. AND SO I WOULD MY DRUTHERS WOULD BE TO LEAVE THIS FOR ANOTHER DAY, GETTING TO THE GETTING TO THE CITY BUDGET, THOUGH, ONE THING I WANT TO ASK YOU IS THAT I THINK THE WAY IT GENERALLY WORKS IS THAT THE CITY COMES UP WITH A BUDGET OF, LET'S SAY IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND $201 MILLION. AND THEN THERE'S REALLY TWO WAYS TO FUND THAT. THERE ARE THE PROPERTY TAXES. WE CHARGE ON HOMES, BUSINESSES AND PERSONAL BUSINESS PROPERTY. AND THEN THERE'S SALES TAXES, THE SALES TAXES GO TO FUND IT. SO BASICALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE SAY, HERE'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE NEED TO RUN THE CITY. WE'RE GOING TO SUBTRACT OUT WHAT WE COLLECTED IN SALES TAXES BECAUSE WE DON'T GET TO LEGISLATE THAT. WE JUST GET TO CROSS OUR FINGERS
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AND HOPE IT'S THERE. AND THEN WE COME UP WITH A NUMBER THAT WE NEED TO ASSESS THE POPULATION TO FILL IN THE BLANK ON THE PROPERTY TAXES. IS THAT GENERALLY A FAIR ASSESSMENT? THAT'S FAIRLY ACCURATE. YES. OKAY. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS IF WE'RE GIVING AN EXEMPTION TO ONE, IT'S NOT A TAX SAVINGS, IT'S A TAX SHIFT. RIGHT. BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT THE PROPERTY TAXES WE NEED TO COLLECT. IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF WHO ARE WE GOING TO COLLECT THEM FROM. THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT TAX LEVY REDISTRIBUTION INSTEAD OF WHICH I APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU HANDLE THAT. SO LET'S GET TO THE SENIORS FOR A MOMENT, WE HAVE SENIORS. THERE'S A THERE'S TWO. LET ME SAY FIRST, THERE'S TWO CLASSES OF THEM. THERE ARE THOSE THAT OWN THEIR HOMES AND THERE'S THOSE THAT RENT. IF YOU'RE A RENTER, THERE ARE NO REAL TAX BREAKS. THERE'S NO, MR. JOHNSON MENTIONED IN SOUTH CAROLINA, THEY HAVE THE 10% ESCALATOR ON ASSESSED VALUE.WELL, WE HAVE THAT HERE IN TEXAS, TOO. BUT BUT AS A RENTER, IF THE ASSESSED VALUE, IF THE APPRAISED VALUE OF YOUR HOME, IF YOU'RE IN A RENTAL HOME OR AN APARTMENT GOES UP BY 20, YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH EXPECT A 20% INCREASE TO PAY FOR THAT PROPERTY TAX. IF THAT WOULD BE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE YES. RIGHT. I KNOW I'M GIVING YOU A HARD TIME HERE, BUT, THE SO WE'VE GOT THE RENTING CLASS AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE OWNING CLASS, IF WE ALSO IN THE OWNING CLASS, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HOMES THAT ARE WORTH MUCH MORE THAN THE AVERAGE HOME IN MCKINNEY THAT ARE OVER 65, WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE WORTH LESS, BUT IF WE WERE TO SAY WE WANT TO HAVE THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER THAT'S A SENIOR ENJOY ROUGHLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF CITY PROPERTY TAX THAT THEY PAID LAST YEAR, HOW MUCH WOULD WE NEED TO INCREASE THE EXEMPTION BY IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE AVERAGE? INTERESTINGLY, I ACTUALLY I DID A LITTLE BIT OF THAT MATH, BECAUSE THIS IS THIS HAS COME UP BEFORE, I BELIEVE, WITH THE INCREASE FROM 560 TO 575, AN INCREASE OF $5,000 IN THE EXEMPTION FROM 85,000 TO 90,000 WOULD ACCOMPLISH THAT. THAT IS CONSIDERING, POP A POTENTIAL, RATE DIFFERENTIAL. YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE OF OUR VALUES GOING UP, OVERALL, BUT YEAH, THE, THE $5,000 NUMBER WAS MADE IT VERY CLOSE. OKAY. SO ROUGHLY A 5000.
I KNOW HORSESHOES AND HAND GRENADES. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET EXACTLY, BUT ROUGHLY 5000 WOULD GIVE THE AVERAGE SENIOR HOMEOWNER OR DISABLED ROUGHLY THE SAME CITY TAX BILL AS WHAT THEY HAD BEFORE. IF YOU'VE GOT A MILLION DOLLAR HOME IN YOUR SENIOR, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE, IF YOU'VE GOT A 220 OR $250,000 HOME AND YOU'RE A SENIOR, YOU MAY SEE A LITTLE MODERATE DECREASE ON YOUR CITY TAX BILL, ESPECIALLY IF THE TAX RATE, NOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT OTHER DECISIONS YOU MAKE, WE GOT THAT TAX RATE MAY OR MAY NOT GO UP.
BUT IF THE TAX RATE HAD DECREASES EVEN A SMALL AMOUNT AT THE VALUE OF THE HOME IS LESS THAN, THE CURRENT MARKET VALUE, THEN YES, THE, THE TAX BILL WOULD GO ACTUALLY POSSIBLY GO DOWN. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEARING WITH ME, MR. MAYOR. I WANT TO MAKE ONE OTHER COMMENT, THOUGH, THAT I REALLY DO GET. AND I THINK EVERYBODY UP HERE GETS THAT TAXES ARE A PROBLEM FOR ALL OF US, BUT TAXES ARE ESPECIALLY A PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THE STATE IS RUN FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE RENTERS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE YOUNGER. IF YOU LIVE IN AN APARTMENT AND THAT APARTMENT BASICALLY HAS A $250,000 VALUE ON IT, WHICH IS NOT A FANCY APARTMENT, YOU HAVE NO BREAKS FOR HOMESTEAD. YOU HAVE NO BREAKS ON THE ESCALATION OF THE APPRAISAL, AND YOU'RE SITTING HERE TRYING TO SAVE FOR A HOUSE. NOW, I'M VERY FORTUNATE THAT TWO OF MY THREE DAUGHTERS ARE HOMEOWNERS AND THEY GET TO BE ON, I THINK, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT HILL, BUT ONE OF THEM IS NOT. AND SHE JUST THINKS THE DECK IS STACKED AGAINST HER. I'VE TOLD HER, BE PATIENT. THIS TOO SHALL CHANGE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I'M, I HAVE AN APPETITE TO HELP THE AVERAGE SENIOR MAINTAIN A SIMILAR TAX RATE. SO I PERSONALLY WOULD ADVOCATE FOR $5,000 INCREASE IN THE EXEMPTION. BUT THAT'S WHERE I STAND. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT, HANK JOHNSTON, YOU WHAT YOU HAD SAID IS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, THAT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU YOU PUSHED ON US TO LOOK AT IS IT'S SOUTH CAROLINA. IT'S NOT JUST THAT THEY LIMIT IT TO A 10% INCREASE, BUT THEY ONLY REAPPRAISE EVERY FIVE YEARS. RIGHT OBVIOUSLY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND AND I'M SURE YOU DO. BUT I'LL SAY IT FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY JUST ONE PIECE OF THE EQUATION AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS, PATRICK STARTED WITH HIS COMMENTS WITH MARK, YOU KNOW, WE IDENTIFY WHAT IS THE BUDGET, WHAT DO WE NEED TO RUN THE CITY, RIGHT. AND WE'RE GOING TO APPLY A TAX RATE TO THE APPRAISED VALUE TO ACCOMMODATE AND PAY FOR, WHAT WE WHAT WE DECIDE IS THE BUDGET THAT YEAR, FOR THE CITY. SO WHETHER WHETHER WE WERE CAD WAS APPRAISING AND OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT A CITY DECISION ANYWAY, BUT WHETHER THEY WERE APPRAISING EVERY YEAR AS THEY ARE OR EVERY FIVE YEARS. AND THE THOUGHT BEING THAT IT WAS FROZEN FOR FIVE YEARS, THE TAX RATE WOULD REFLECT THAT INCREASE IN REVENUE. IF THE
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BUDGET REQUIRED AN INCREASE IN REVENUE, IT'S EITHER ONE OF THOSE LOOKED AT INDIVIDUALLY AS KIND OF A MOOT POINT. YOU NEED TO LOOK AT BOTH THE APPRAISED VALUE AND THE TAX RATE COLLECTIVELY. ONE LOOKING AT ONE IS TRULY IRRELEVANT. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYTHING WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BASED ON THAT MODEL IN SOUTH CAROLINA OR HERE, ANYWHERE FOR THAT MATTER. I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE LIMIT THAT SOUTH CAROLINA PLACES ON, ON, REVENUE INCREASES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. IT THEY TIE THAT TO THE GROWTH THAT YOU HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT YOUR NEW CONSTRUCTION OF 1.6 BILLION AND THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE THAT COMES WITH THAT, THEY ALLOW YOU TO INCREASE YOUR REVENUE TO ADDRESS THAT GROWTH.SO IT'S A YEAH IT'S THE YEAH. NOT AND NOT TO. RIGHT. WELL NOT TO GET INTO A CONVERSATION NOW IT'S NOT THE APPROPRIATE TIME BEING THAT YOU'RE NOT ON MICROPHONE. AND I AM. SO NO ONE IS GOING TO KNOW WHAT I'M RESPONDING TO RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WATCHING A VIDEO. BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THE VERY SAME HERE. THERE'S ACTUALLY NO DIFFERENCE HERE, SO, SO, BUT BUT THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT AGAIN, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T HAVE NOW YOU'RE NOT ON MIKE. AND WHAT I JUST SAID MAKES NO SENSE TO ANYBODY THAT WATCHES THIS VIDEO. SO BUT I'D BE GLAD TO HAVE THAT DIALOG MORE WITH YOU OFFLINE WHEN WE CAN BOTH SPEAK. ANYONE ELSE HAVE A COMMENT OR A QUESTION? GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES TO WHERE YOU SHOW THE IMPACT OF THE $5,000 AND WHAT THAT TRANSLATES TO.
THEN FOR EVERYONE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY. OH SURE. SO THAT INCREASE OF $5,000 INCREASE MEANS THAT HOMEOWNERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL $3.34. IS THAT CORRECT? YES THAT'S AT THE CURRENT, THAT'S AT THEIR CURRENT RATE, SO YES, I THINK FROM MY STANDPOINT, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH PATRICK. I MEAN, WE WE'VE SEEN UNPRECEDENTED, YOU KNOW, INFLATION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND THE IMPACT ON SENIORS IS SIGNIFICANT. IT IS IT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT ON FAMILIES AS WELL.
BUT YOU KNOW, AS I'M LOOKING AT THIS, CAN CAN MOST OF US AFFORD THE $3.34 INCREASE. AND I THINK THAT NUMBER IS REALLY KIND OF THE ONE THAT I'M HONING IN ON THE MOST. SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF SIDE WITH PATRICK ON THIS ONE. SO I'M IN FAVOR OF A OF A SLIGHT BUMP HERE. MARK, HAVE YOU DONE A CALCULATION ON WHAT THE FOR THE AVERAGE HOMESTEAD HOME. AND I KNOW WE HAVEN'T SET A RATE , BUT WE, WE KIND OF KNOW WHERE THAT'S GOING TO END UP BEING. AND, WHAT THE 5% EXEMPTION WILL DO FOR A SENIOR IN THAT AVERAGE HOME. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU SHOWED THAT. OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 85,000 PLUS A HOMESTEAD. WE'RE GOING FROM 85 TO 90, GOING FROM 85 TO 90. IT WOULD IT AT THE RATE, LIKE I SAID, THE RATE WE HAD EARLIER, OR IF WE DROPPED THE RATE SLIGHTLY WOULD MAINTAIN THE, THE PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY TAX LEVEL OR THE, THE LEVY TO THEM TODAY.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THAT'S ON A, THAT'S ON AN AVERAGE MCKINNEY HOME, AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE RATE MIGHT CHANGE A LITTLE BIT, IF, IF I'M READING THE TEA LEAVES. RIGHT, IF THE VALUES CONTINUED TO GO UP , THEN I THINK THAT THAT THE 5000 WOULD ACTUALLY MAINTAIN THE RATE AT THE EXACT SAME, YOU KNOW, THE EFFECT OF A HOMESTEAD PLUS THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT. SO. RIGHT, RIGHT. THAT WOULD INCORPORATE THE RATES STAYING HIGHER ON THE CHILD CARE ONE. GOING BACK TO THAT, I DID WANT TO KIND OF RESPOND TO WHAT PATRICK HAD SAID ON THAT ONE. I THINK THAT THERE IS SOMETHING TO THE FACT THAT THIS WAS JUST APPROVED SIX MONTHS AGO, AND MOST PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY DOING THE SAME THING WE'RE DOING. I DID READ IN AN ARTICLE YESTERDAY THAT DENTON HAD PASSED THIS AS WELL, THAT MUST HAVE BEEN HAPPENED. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT HAPPENED, BUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE IDEA OF THIS BEING A WINDFALL TO OWNERS OF FACILITIES OR THINGS LIKE THAT, WHERE I WOULD SAY IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I SERVED ON THE BOARD OF HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL, WHICH WOULDN'T OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T PAY TAXES ANYWAY. BUT, I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THE STATE IS MORE THAN LIKELY TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM THAT PAYS THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, RATHER THAN NECESSARILY TRYING TO BOLSTER THEIR FINANCIALS, IN A YEAR. AND YOU'RE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $19,000 BETWEEN FOUR CENTERS. SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE ULTIMATELY TALKING ABOUT IF YOU WERE TO PASS THIS ON SOMETHING LIKE $8 A KID PER MONTH, I MEAN, IT'S NOT A BIG THING THAT YOU PASS ON TO KIDS OR TO THE
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FAMILIES. IT IS IT IS ALLOWING A FACILITY TO CONTINUE TO ACCEPT OR INCENTIVIZE A FACILITY TO CONTINUE TO ACCEPT THE FUNDS FROM THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, WHICH IS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO BECAUSE THERE ARE DELAYS IN THAT. THEY ARE A TYPICAL BUREAUCRATIC GROUP THAT MISSES PAYMENTS AND CAUSES WORKING CAPITAL ISSUES FOR THESE FACILITIES. AND I THINK THERE SCRAMBLING TO SAY WITH ALL THE DEMAND THAT'S OUT THERE, WE NEED PEOPLE TO STILL ACCEPT THE CHILD CARE SUBSIDY THAT'S PROVIDED TO LOW INCOME WORKERS AND NOT NECESSARILY THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO, INCENTIVIZE, THE, THE PROVIDERS IN SOME FINANCIAL WAY. THEY, THEY NEED THEM TO STAY IN THE PROGRAM. SO IN TERMS OF THE, THE SENIOR EXEMPTION, I'M OKAY WITH 5000 MORE. I'M OKAY TO, I WOULD JUST SAY, THOUGH, THE EMAILS THAT I GET IS REALLY ABOUT THE FREEZE. AND I THINK THAT'S THE THINGS MOST SENIOR CITIZENS WANT IS A TAX FREEZE. AND THE REASON WHY, AND I'LL SAY IT PUBLICLY AGAIN, WHY I'M AGAINST THE TAX FREEZE IS BECAUSE WE ARE UNABLE IT'S EITHER ALL OR NOTHING. I'M UNABLE TO SET AN AMOUNT LIKE THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE, TO RECEIVE THAT FREEZE. IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR HOMES AND THEY WOULD GET THAT FREEZE TOO. AND THEY NOT NECESSARILY WOULD NEED IT. I MEAN, I THINK THE EXEMPTIONS ARE FOR IT'S I THINK IT SHOULD BE ON A NEED BASIS. AND WE NOT BEING ABLE TO DICTATE THAT JUST TO ME I JUST CAN'T GET OVER THAT HUMP. I WILL SAY THAT WE'VE WE'VE BEEN ASKING THE PASSED BY THIS BOARD OR, AND OTHERS COULD, COULD WE, COULD WE DO IT THE WAY YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT OR CHANGE THE AGE OR AND WE'RE NOT ALLOWED BY, BY STATE TAX CODE TO, TO DO THAT. IT LIKE YOU SAID, IT IS ALL OR NOTHING. THREE QUESTIONS FOR MARK. I DO WANT TO ECHO. I WON'T TAKE THE TIME TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT JUSTIN SAID, BUT I ECHO WITH WHAT JUSTIN SAID IN REGARD TO THE, THE TAX BREAK FOR THE CHILD CARE FACILITIES. AND GRANTED, WE CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT THAT THAT MONEY DOESN'T GO INTO THE SAVINGS FOR THE PARENTS. BUT I'M GOING TO VENTURE TO GUESS WITH THOSE THAT QUALIFY, THAT'S THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY WOULD PROBABLY GO. AND I'M GOING TO ERROR ON HELPING OUT THOSE FAMILIES VERSUS NOT, BUT RIGHT NOW FROM US, IT'S NOT AN ACTION ITEM. YOU'RE JUST LOOKING FOR DIRECTION AS WE PREPARE FOR BUDGET. WELL WELL, WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 25TH WHERE WE'LL NEED TO, NEED TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT IF, IF THE IF THE CONSENSUS IS A $5,000 INCREASE ON THE ON THE SENIOR EXEMPTION, THAT'S A FAIRLY EASY PROCESS. WE HAVE THAT IF THIS WERE SOMETHING I THINK THAT MR. HAUSER'S OFFICE WOULD HAVE TO DRAFT THAT LANGUAGE AND HE PROBABLY NEEDS TO KNOW. SO DO WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON THE 5000? I'M GOOD ON THE FIVE. FIVE. WHERE IS EVERYBODY ON THE CHILD CARE FACILITY TAX EXEMPTION. AGAIN, THINK IN TERMS OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT THAT GETS REDISTRIBUTED IS SEVEN. EXCUSE ME 19,000. THAT WOULD BE FOR IT I'M FOR IT. THAT'S TWO FOURS. I'M NOT I WOULD JUST RATHER NOT BE THE GUY WHO SAID THE CANARY IN A COAL MINE. I'D RATHER LET OTHER CITIES FLESH THIS OUT AND SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT. ONCE WE ADOPT IT, CAN WE BACK OUT IF THAT WORKED FOR US? SO I DON'T THINK SO. BUT I WE CAN CHECK INTO THAT. THAT'S JUST THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. AND I'M NOT SURE, TREVOR ISN'T ISN'T IT LIKE OUR OTHER EXEMPTIONS THAT. YES. OKAY. LET'S DOUBLE CHECK. YEAH. IT'S POLICY. IT'S REVIEWED AND THAT ONE IS ONE. IT'S ON. IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE ACTUAL FREEZE. SO YOU COULD YOU COULD CHANGE IT. BUT THAT'S REALLY TOUGH TO GIVE IT BACK. YOU KNOW IT SEEMS VERY CRUEL TO DO THAT. SO I'M A BIT I'M A BIT ON THE FENCE. I MEAN, CHILD CARE IS A HUGE ISSUE. I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF DATA OUT AND ARTICLES AND, YOU KNOW, REPORTING ON THE NEWS ABOUT HOW CHILD CARE, IF YOU HAVE TWO KIDS NOW, IT WILL SURPASS YOUR MORTGAGE PAYMENT IN A LOT OF CASES. SO WE'VE GOT TO FIND SOME SOLUTIONS. AND WE'VE HEARD SOME SOLUTIONS AS WELL THROUGH CBDG JUST RECENTLY. BUT, IT'S A IT'S A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE THAT WE'VE GOT TO GET DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF. AND I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF, OF A TAX EXEMPTION. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT[00:50:02]
100. I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING 50, THAT'S A DEFINITELY A MORE DIGESTIBLE NUMBER FOR ME, AS WE TRY TO SEE IF IT ACTUALLY HAS AN IMPACT ON REDUCING THE OVERALL COST OF, OF CHILD CARE.THE OTHER PART OF IT IS THE WAGES FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THESE FACILITIES. IT MAY BE MORE IMPACTFUL IN THAT SENSE SO THAT THEY HAVE A MORE LIVABLE WAGE. AND IF THAT IS THE BENEFIT, THEN THAT'S GREAT AS WELL. BUT I'M A LITTLE LEERY LIKE PATRICK, IF THIS IS KIND OF OUR FIRST GO AT IT, WE'RE GOING TO LEARN A LOT THIS YEAR IF WE IF WE GO WITH THIS ONE. BUT I THINK A 50% EXEMPTION IS, FOR ME, A BETTER OPTION. YEAH, I WOULD JUST I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT MY SUPPORT COMES NOT JUST FROM THE INFORMATION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, BUT, A FAMILY IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT RUNS A NUMBER OF CHILD CARE FACILITIES THAT ARE NOT ONE THEY DON'T QUALIFY. THIS DOESN'T BENEFIT THEM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, BUT THEY HAVE THEIR, THEIR HANDS ON THE PULSE OF THE CHILD CARE FACILITY, COMMUNITY AND THOSE THAT ARE THAT DO QUALIFY AND, AND, AND IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, THEY HAVE CONVINCED ME THAT THIS WOULD BE A TANGIBLE BENEFIT TO FAMILIES IN THOSE PARTICULAR, FACILITIES. SO, AND I MAY NOT HAVE EXPLAINED IT VERY WELL, BUT THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION IS SUBSIDIZING A LOW INCOME WORKERS CHILD CARE. SO THEY ARE PAYING THE AT THE TIME THAT I WAS AT HOLY FAMILY, IT WAS ABOUT $130 A WEEK FOR THAT WORKER. AND THAT DAYCARE CENTER HAS TO BE INCENTIVIZED TO ACCEPT THAT PAYMENT BECAUSE IT IS NOT AN EASY ACCEPTANCE. IT'S A LOT OF PAPERWORK. IT'S A LOT OF WORK, AND AGAIN, IT DOESN'T COME IN IN THE WAY YOU WANT IT TO. AND SO WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO PREVENT IS CHILD CARE CENTERS, MOVING TOWARDS NOT TAKING THAT. SO THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY A BENEFIT THAT YOU'RE PASSING ON TO THE CHILD CARE THAT YOU'RE HOPING WILL WILL INFLUENCE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEY STAY IN THAT SYSTEM. SO THIS HELPS THEM STAY IN THE SYSTEM. IF WE DO THIS FOR SURE. OKAY, THAT I WASN'T VERY CLEAR ON IF THEY'RE NOT IF THEY'VE DECIDED WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, IT'S EASIER FOR US TO BE AT 100% CAPACITY WITH FULL PAYING KIDS. THEN THAT'S 20% OF THOSE KIDS.
NOW HAVE TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT WILL ACCEPT IT. IT'S A SIMILAR THING TO ACCEPTING A HOUSING VOUCHER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WHEN IT GETS WHEN A WHEN A PROPERTY OWNER DECIDES NOT TO ACCEPT THAT, THAT MEANS THAT THEY, THEY CAN'T FIND HOUSING. OKAY. IN THE COMMUNITY WHEN THE CHILD CARE FACILITY DECIDES NOT TO ACCEPT THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION SUBSIDY, THEN THERE'S NO CHILD CARE PROVIDERS. AND SO IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE CHANGING IT FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL PERSON. YOU'RE INCENTIVIZING THESE CENTERS TO TAKE CARRY THE BURDEN OF ACCEPTING OVER 20% OF THESE OF THESE VOUCHERS, ESSENTIALLY, OKAY, SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE THE STATE CAN CONTINUE TO SUBSIDIZE THE LOW INCOME WORKERS IN THIS WAY. AND SO. WELL, MR. MAYOR, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T GET THAT EARLIER. I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF AT LEAST STARTING AT THE 50% NOW TO GET OUR TOE DIPPED IN THIS AND SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT. AND THEN I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE 50. I'LL JUST SAY THAT. AND I'VE SHIFTED ALL THE WAY TO 100. YEAH. OKAY. FOR ME, I'M AT 100.
AS I STATED IT, I DIDN'T RESTATE WHAT JUSTIN SAID, BUT HE THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARITY. YEAH, I FELT HE HE ARTICULATED THAT WELL BOTH TIMES. I, I'M IN FAVOR OF 100% AND JUST AND I ASSUME YOU ARE. CHILD THAT GREW UP AS THE 20. YES SO WE HAVE CONSENSUS THAT. YEAH WELL, WE WILL PREPARE THAT ORDINANCE FOR THE FOR THE 25TH. I WILL NOT BE HERE. SO Y'ALL TAKE IT EASY ON MR. DAGEN, AND, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MARK ALWAYS FOR DOING THIS. YOU DO SUCH A GREAT
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JOB. THANK YOU. ITEM 241653 PRESENTATION BY MCKINNEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. MAYOR THANK YOU. CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT TODAY. WE WOULD MY I AM SHEILA DO. I AM THE CEO FOR THE MCKINNEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION. I HAVE SOME COLLEAGUES HERE TO HELP ME PRESENT THIS PRESENTATION. HI, I'M CAROLYN BROOKS, AND I'M A 12 YEAR BOARD MEMBER OF MCKINNEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND A COMMUNITY COMMUNITY ADVOCATE FOR EDUCATION . HI, I'M CURTIS BAGBY. I'M HERE REPRESENTING EMERSON, WHO'S BEEN A LONG TIME SUPPORTER OF MAF. BEING ONE OF THEIR ORIGINAL SPONSORS OF THEIR DREAM BUILDER PROGRAM. BEFORE WE MAKE OUR PRESENTATION OPEN, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS, THE ISSUE OF OUR[00:55:11]
PROCESS AND HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY. SO IN FALL OF 2023, MAF MET WITH MAYOR FULLER AND WITH CITY MANAGER GRIMES, TO DISCUSS OUR REQUEST AND GET THEIR GUIDANCE ON HOW TO PROCEED WITH THIS. WE WERE TOLD THAT MEDC AND MCDC DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO FUND OUR REQUEST BECAUSE WE DID NOT MEET THEIR STATUTES. OKAY, SO WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD NEED THAT THE MONEY WOULD, IF IT CAME, IT WOULD NEED TO COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND THAT WE WOULD NEED TO PRESENT BEFORE THE BUDGET WORK SESSION, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY, PRIOR TO TODAY, WE SPENT MONTHS WORKING ON OUR, PROPOSAL, HONING THE SUPPORT FOR THAT AND THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS OUR, VERY LONG, DETAILED SUPPORT FOR OUR PROPOSAL. AND YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE FRONT OF THAT THAT SEAN PRATT'S NAME IS THERE. AND I'D JUST LIKE FOR YOU TO NOTE THAT, DOCTOR, DOCTOR PRATT OR SUPERINTENDENT PRATT AND MISD SUPPORTS OUR PROPOSAL. I'M NOT TECHNOLOGY WIZARD, SO I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN DO THIS. THERE WE GO. MAF HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCELLENCE OVER THE YEARS. FOR 33 YEARS, MAF HAS PARTNERED WITH MISD AND MAINTAINED AN INFORMAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY ON EDUCATION. WE ALL WANT THE SAME THINGS THE BEST POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. FOR 33 YEARS, WE HAVE NEVER, EVER APPEARED BEFORE THIS COUNCIL. FOR 33 YEARS WE HAVE NEVER APPEARED BEFORE ANY COUNCIL FOR 33 YEARS. WE HAVE NEVER ASKED TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY IN AN INVESTMENT UNTIL NOW. MF IS SEEKING A ONE TIME AND ONLY TIME IN INVESTMENT OF HALF $1 MILLION, PAYABLE OVER THREE YEARS. THE INVESTMENT WILL ENABLE US TO LEVERAGE MORE SUPPORT, EXPAND OUR REACH, HELP MORE STUDENTS THROUGH POST HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES. IT WILL ENHANCE ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, BUT SPECIFICALLY OUR MOST VULNERABLE. IT WILL DRIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH. AS YOU CONSIDER THIS OPPORTUNITY, I WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND THAT MF IS A SOLID PARTNER. WE ARE RANKED NUMBER TWO IN THE STATE AS IT RELATES TO EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS ONLY SECOND TO HIGHLAND PARK IN DALLAS FOR 33 YEARS, MF HAS BEEN THE ONLY ORGANIZATION SOLELY DEDICATED TO PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MISD STUDENTS WHO SEEK MORE FOR THEIR LIVES. IT IS OUR MISSION.MI MF HAS NORTH OF $13 MILLION IN INVESTED ENDOWMENT ASSETS, INVESTMENTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS. OUR COMMUNITY CARES ABOUT EDUCATION, THE FUTURE OF OUR GREAT CITY AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
SO WE HAVE CHALLENGES TO ADDRESS . BIG CHALLENGES. ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS ARE GROWING IN MCKINNEY. OVER ONE THIRD OF OUR MISD STUDENTS ARE RECOGNIZED AS ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. THIS COMES FROM THE TCCB AND THE LATEST DATA POINT ON THAT IS FROM 2022, 31. NO OTHER DISTRICT EVEN COMES TO HALF OF THAT. THE OTHER POINT I WANT TO MAKE HERE. IS 351 STUDENTS ARE IDENTIFIED AS HOMELESS. AND ONLY 209 STUDENTS OF ALL OF THE COMBINED WITH ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS.
BUT THAT IS NOT ALL I HAVE DOG EARED. I HAVE PLACED A TAB IN YOUR PROPOSALS FOR PAGE NINE. AS OF MARCH 2ND, 2024, THE PERCENTAGE OF FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH IN MISD HAS RISEN TO 37.
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THE STUDENTS WHO IDENTIFY AS HOMELESS HAVE REACHED 545 STUDENTS. THAT'S A 55% INCREASE OVER TWO YEARS TIME. EVEN MORE STARTLING, WE ANTICIPATE THAT NUMBER TO GROW TO 600 HOMELESS STUDENTS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR . THIS INDICATOR IS GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION WHEN WE HAVE A MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY, WE CAN DO BETTER. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR OTHER NONPROFITS , BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THIS I HAVE BEEN IN IN NONPROFIT FUNDRAISING AND IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR FOR MORE THAN PROBABLY HALF MY CAREER. EDUCATION REPORT AFTER REPORT WILL SHOW YOU WILL DEMONSTRATE EDUCATION IS THE WAY OUT OF INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY . I WANT TO POINT YOU BACK TO WE EXPECT 600 HOMELESS STUDENTS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. SUBSEQUENTLY BY EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS, IT REDUCES THE BURDEN ON CITY IN PROVIDING OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES. THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS BEEN TOO GREAT NOT TO BRING TO THE COUNCIL, NOT TO ASK YOU TO PARTNER WITH US.IF NOT, THE COST BECOMES TOO HIGH, NEARLY INSURMOUNTABLE. WE HAD OUR, MEF SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS CEREMONY NIGHT ON MAY 1ST, AND SEVERAL OF YOU CAME, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, AS WAS STATED EARLIER, WE AWARDED OVER $800,000 IN MEF SCHOLARSHIPS TO 390 STUDENTS.
THIS IS THE HIGHEST DOLLAR AMOUNT EVER AWARDED TO THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF STUDENTS. THE UNFORTUNATE SIDE TO THIS IS THAT OVER HALF THE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS THAT MEF RECEIVED WERE LEFT UNAWARDED. SO WE HAD MORE THAN 400 STUDENTS THAT RECEIVED NO COLLEGE FUNDING.
WELL FORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE OUR COLLEGE ADVISOR PROGRAM, AND THE COLLEGE ADVISORS ALSO HELP TO FIND FUNDING FOR COLLEGE AND WAS WAS SAID EARLIER. MEF LOVES TO CONTRIBUTE TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FOUR YEAR COLLEGE CERTIFICATIONS, THE TRADES, ANYTHING THAT A STUDENT IS INTERESTED IN. TO BECOME BETTER PREPARED. EVERY SINGLE YEAR, OUR MEF COLLEGE ADVISORS, OF WHICH THERE ARE THREE, ONE OF EACH OF THE MEF HIGH SCHOOLS, THEY HELP CONNECT OUR MEF SENIORS WITH OVER $25 MILLION IN OUTSIDE SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIPS. THOSE ARE ACCEPT SCHOLARSHIPS BY OUR STUDENTS. MANY OF OUR STUDENTS WOULD HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING ABOUT THESE SOURCES OF FUNDING OR SCHOLARSHIPS. IF IT WERE NOT FOR OUR COLLEGE ADVISORS, ESPECIALLY THOSE STUDENTS FROM ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES. THEY ESPECIALLY NEED THAT HELP. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE THREE MEF ADVISORS, ARE EMPLOYED BY MEF, NOT MISD, AS ALL OF YOU I'M SURE ARE AWARE, MISD AND MEF ARE TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES. WE RECEIVE $60,000 A YEAR FROM MISD TO HELP WITH OUR COLLEGE ADVISOR PROGRAM. BUT THAT'S ALL SO. SO WE EMPLOY THESE ADVISORS AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. AND THAT IS WE WANT THESE COLLEGE ADVISORS TO SPEND 100% OF THEIR TIME DOING JUST THAT, HELPING STUDENTS WITH THE COLLEGE SELECTION AND APPLICATION PROCESS AND HELPING THEM FIND FUNDING FOR COLLEGE. THE CHALLENGE TO THIS IS THAT OUR STUDENT, I MEAN, YES, OUR STUDENT TO ADVISOR RATIO IS 591 STUDENTS TO ONE COLLEGE ADVISOR.
THAT IS WAY TOO HIGH. THE IDEAL OR THE GOLD STANDARD IS 250 STUDENTS TO ONE ADVISOR. SO YOU KNOW, AS YOU'VE HEARD, MISD CLEARLY HAS A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. AND I WANT TO JUST REITERATE THESE ADVISORS. THESE ARE THE SEGMENT OF OUR STUDENTS THAT GET THE MOST HELP AND ASSISTANCE FROM THESE ADVISORS. SO NEXT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A
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CHALLENGE WE SEE IN THE COMMUNITY. THE SLIDE SHOWS FROM 2017 TO 2022. WE'VE SEEN A 30% REDUCTION IN STUDENTS GOING ON TO HIGHER EDUCATION AFTER THEY LEAVE OUR SCHOOLS. AND THIS IS A CONCERN FOR US. WE'RE ACADEMICALLY PREPARING OUR STUDENTS TO DO THIS, BUT MANY OF THEM ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE FINANCIALLY NOT ABLE TO. AND YOU KNOW, THE NEXT SLIDE TALKS TO A NEXT CHALLENGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS AN EMPLOYER IN MCKINNEY, 75% OF OUR JOBS REQUIRE AN EDUCATION. PAST A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AT EMERSON, ALMOST ALL OUR JOBS REQUIRE THAT. IN FACT, WE'LL REQUIRE 90% OF OUR EMPLOYEES TO HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER. SO WE HAVE A GAP BETWEEN HOW WE'RE PREPARING OUR CHILDREN FOR THEIR THEIR JOBS AND THEIR HOMETOWN AND WHAT OUR EMPLOYERS NEED AND WE SEE THAT AT EMERSON EVERY DAY. SO WE'VE BEEN INVESTING NOT ONLY IN MEF BUT ALSO IN THE CANEY HIGH SCHOOL, PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE ROBOTICS CLUB AND THE ENGINEERING CLUB. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE SEE THIS NEED AND IT IS REAL, AND IT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS. SO WE'VE TALKED YOU THROUGH SEVERAL OF OUR CHALLENGES. I'D LIKE TO NOW WALK YOU THROUGH AN OPPORTUNITY. AN OPPORTUNITY THAT LEVERAGES, SUPPORT, MULTIPLY, IMPACT WITH THE ADDITION OF THESE THREE POSITIONS. AND I'LL WALK THROUGH THESE THREE POSITIONS WITH YOU, REVENUE GENERATING AND REVENUE SUPPORTING POSITIONS WITH THE MISSION TO FUND MORE SCHOLARSHIPS AND TO CREATE MORE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. MEF IS SPECIFICALLY ASKING THE CITY TO INVEST IN THREE KEY REVENUE GENERATING AND REVENUE SUPPORTING POSITIONS AN ANNUAL GIVING OFFICER. THIS POSITION IS CHARGED WITH ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT. WE HAVE A LOT OF ALUMNI HERE IN MCKINNEY. THIS POSITION IS CHARGED WITH RAISING SCHOLARSHIP DOLLARS IN ANNUAL SUPPORT. THIS POSITION IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR BROADENING OUR DONOR BASE. THE DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR KEY POSITION DEDICATED TO OPTIMIZING DATA DRIVEN STRATEGIES, ENHANCING FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES, AND MEASURING THE EFFECTIVENESS. A GRANT WRITER, RESEARCHER DEDICATED TO SECURING GRANTS SUPPORTING SCHOLARSHIPS, ADDITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ADVISOR SUPPORT. REALLY TRYING TO GET US TO THAT GOLD STANDARD 250 TO 1 AND OTHER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AFTER A RAMP UP PERIOD. THESE POSITIONS WILL BECOME SELF-SUSTAINING AND WILL GENERATE 5 TO 10 TIMES THEIR ANNUAL SALARIES. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE OVERALL SALARY EXPENSE WAS $250,000 AT A 5% GAIN, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT 1.25 MILLION IN THE COFFERS OF MEF TO DO EVERYTHING WE'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT. IF AT TEN TIMES IT'S $2.5 MILLION, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN SPECIFICALLY? MORE SCHOLARSHIPS. VIRTUALLY NO STUDENT WILL BE LEFT BEHIND, MORE INNOVATIVE CLASSROOM GRANTS AND PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES. THE INCREASED NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE ADVISORS WORKING TOWARD HITTING THAT GOLD STANDARD WORKFORCE ENGAGEMENT OFFICER THIS IS NEW. THIS POSITION WOULD BE DEDICATED TO COORDINATING BETWEEN EMPLOYERS, ADVISORS, STUDENTS TO MATCH OPPORTUNITIES WITH STUDENT APTITUDE. FOOD. DOES THIS OPPORTUNITY OF EMPLOYMENT ALIGN WITH THE APTITUDE OF THIS STUDENT? THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HIT THAT RIGHT. OKAY, SHEILA, I THINK YOU COVERED MY POINT, BUT I WILL MAKE THIS QUICK WITH THE ADDITION OF THE THREE POSITIONS THAT SHEILA DESCRIBED, WE WILL CLEARLY BE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR COLLEGE ADVISOR PROGRAM. LIKE SHE SAID, WE WILL REDUCE THE STUDENT TO ADVISOR RATIO TO BE CLOSER TO THAT, TO THAT STANDARD OF 250 TO 1. WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO TRAIN OUR MEF ADVISORS TO USE WORKFORCE DATA TO AND TO UNDERSTAND WORKFORCE NEEDS AND POINT STUDENTS IN THAT DIRECTION. ALSO, WITH MORE ADVISORS, THEY CAN COLLECT DATA AND BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CHOICES THAT OUR MISD STUDENTS ARE MAKING REGARDING THEIR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. SO IF THIS GRANT IS AWARDED, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO BE MORE PROACTIVE IN OUR COLLABORATION BETWEEN ALL THE ENTITIES IN MCKINNEY IN SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS, ALSO[01:10:04]
TRAINING THOSE ADVISORS, WHICH ARE SO CRITICAL FOR OUR STUDENTS FUTURE AND WORK IN SHARING, AS SHEILA POINTED OUT, SHARING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR STUDENTS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THEM IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS SLIDE IS REALLY SELF-EXPLANATORY . WE YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT EDUCATION ATTAINMENT HAS AN ENORMOUS IMPACT ON EARNING POTENTIAL AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY. THE MORE YOU LEARN, THE MORE YOU EARN. FROM 31,000 TO 92,000, THAT'S A DIFFERENCE MAKER FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO ANTICIPATED RESULTS. WE ANTICIPATE GRANT SOLICITATION IN ENHANCED DONOR RELATIONS, EFFICIENCY AND DATA MANAGEMENT, INCREASED UNDERSTANDING, IMPROVED REPORTING. ALL OF THIS LEADS TO MORE FUNDS RAISED BY MEF, MORE SCHOLARSHIP CHIPS AWARDED, A HIGHER COLLEGE GOING RATE, OR POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION AN GOING RATE. TRADE SCHOOL, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY. IT'S A HIGHER POST GRADUATE RATE AND ALIGNMENT, A BETTER ALIGNMENT WITH WORKFORCE NEEDS. ULTIMATELY, WE WILL ELEVATE MISD GRADUATES INTO HIGH DEMAND AND HIGHER WAGE JOBS, CULTIVATING A DYNAMIC AND INNOVATIVE LOCAL WORKFORCE. IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN MCKINNEY, AND ESTABLISH MCKINNEY AS AN EXEMPLAR FOR OUR PROSPERITY AND OPPORTUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE DAVID BROOKS UP TO CLOSE OUR PRESENTATION. SO I GET THE JOB OF FOLLOWING ALL OF THAT AND ALL THE GREAT COMMENTS THAT YOU HEARD EARLIER FROM OUR CITIZENS AND FOLKS ENGAGED IN MEF. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE BEFORE I'VE SAT ON YOUR SIDE OF THE DAIS. SO I'VE SAT THROUGH A FEW WORK SESSIONS IN MY DAY, AND I KNOW THEY GET SOME TIMES TO BE A LITTLE BIT LONG AND ENCUMBERING, BUT I, I WANTED TO TAKE A CHANCE TODAY TO JUST TALK TO YOU ABOUT MY PASSION AROUND EDUCATION. THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME, AND I KNOW EACH OF YOU KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN PASSIONATE FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT EDUCATION. AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE AND HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED SINCE I CAME TO THE REALIZATION SOMETIME IN MY 20S, WHICH WAS 10 OR 15 YEARS AGO, THAT THAT EDUCATION HAS A UNIQUE ROLE TO PLAY IN OUR SOCIETY ALMOST NO OTHER WAY CAN A PERSON WHO IS FROM A LOWER SOCIO ECONOMIC OR SOME CHALLENGE BACKGROUND AND ELEVATE THEMSELVES, TRANSFORM THEMSELVES INTO A CITIZEN WHO IS PRODUCING AND PRODUCTIVE THAN EDUCATION? THERE'S NO OTHER PATHWAY THAT ALLOWS THAT AND NOT ONLY TRANSFORMS THE PERSON, BUT IT ALLOWS THAT PERSON THEN TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR LIFE. REALLY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. IS THERE ON ONE LIFE PLAYING ONE LIFE PATH? AND WITH EDUCATION, THEY CAN TURN THAT ARROW UP INTO THE RIGHT THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIFE, THE QUALITY OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION. I'VE SEEN IT. IT'S MY STORY. YOU MAY WANT TO PUT THE TIMER ON MAYOR, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I GET TO PREACHING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ABOUT AS CLOSE AS I GET TO PREACHING. AND MY FATHER DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, HE LATER HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO JOIN THE AIR FORCE WHEN HE WAS 17. HE LIED ABOUT HIS AGE TO GET IN, HE MET MY MOM, WHO WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL IN AMARILLO, TEXAS. THEY GOT MARRIED AND THEY HAD TO WAIT . FOR HER BIRTHDAY TO TURN 18, BECAUSE THEY KNEW MY GRANDPARENTS WOULD HAVE IT ANNULLED BECAUSE SHE'S MARRIED AND BAD BOY FROM THE AIR FORCE.AND SO. BUT SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH ME BY THE TIME SHE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL TWO MONTHS LATER. THEY PROMPTLY HAD TWO MORE KIDS, TWO MORE SONS, BY THE TIME THEY WERE 22. SO UNEDUCATED. LOWEST RANK IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE RAISING THREE BOYS. THEY LATER ADDED A FOURTH SON, BUT MY PARENTS BELIEVED IN EDUCATION. THEY WERE ALWAYS ENCOURAGING TO US, BUT THEY HAD NO CLUE ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION. WELL, I'M THE OLDEST RIGHT? AND SO I'M HANGING OUT AT THE COLLEGE OFFICE WHERE THEY HAD SOME COLLEGE CATALOGS IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY, AND I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO COLLEGE IN THE US AND, AND A LADY CAME OUT OF THE COUNSELING OFFICE AND SHE SAT DOWN WITH ME AND SHE SAID, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SCHOOL, GOING TO COLLEGE? I SAID, YES, AND SHE SAID, WELL, LET ME HELP YOU. AND SHE HELPED ME WITH THE APPLICATION. SHE
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HELPED ME KIND OF DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF SCHOOL WOULD FIT ME. SHE TALKED TO ME ABOUT FINANCIAL AID. I DIDN'T THINK I COULD AFFORD TO GO. MY PARENTS WERE RAISING THREE OTHER KIDS BESIDES ME. BUT I GOT TO BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, I SHOWED UP, I COULDN'T PAY THE BILL. THEY GAVE ME A JOB WORKING IN THE CAFETERIA. GREAT. MY BROTHER'S SAW THE SCHOOL, THOUGHT, THAT'S GOOD. THEY ALL FOLLOWED ME THERE. WE ALL GOT A DEGREE FROM BAYLOR. WE ALL GOT A GRADUATE DEGREE FROM BAYLOR. BECAUSE OF THAT EDUCATIONAL, OPPORTUNITY IN OUR LIVES, DAN AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL BANKING COMPANY HERE IN MCKINNEY OVER THE LAST 36 YEARS. MY THIRD BROTHER, DWAYNE, IS A PHD IN THEOLOGY. PASTOR IS A BIG CHURCH IN HOUSTON. MY BABY BROTHER IS A LITIGATION LAWYER, A PARTNER IN A IN A PROMINENT HOUSTON FIRM. WHERE ELSE DOES THAT HAPPEN IN ONE GENERATION? IT HAPPENS BECAUSE OF EDUCATION. YOU GOT A CHANCE TO PARTNER HERE. YOU'VE HEARD THE NEED. THE NEED IS GREAT IN MCKINNEY. LOOK, WHEN I WAS PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD HERE IN 1995, WE HAD 30% OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION WAS LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC, AND WE WERE CHALLENGED. THEN THE CHALLENGE IS ONLY GROWN FROM 30,000 PEOPLE TO 250,000 PEOPLE. SO 30% IS A WHOLE LOT MORE KIDS, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HEARING TODAY IS A NEED FOR CAPACITY TO REACH THOSE KIDS, TO HELP THEM ONE AT A TIME, TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES AND CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR LIFE. IT CAN HAPPEN. THEY NEED A LITTLE HELP. THANKS ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SHEILA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHAT'S THAT? ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I, BECAUSE I HAVE SOME INVOLVEMENT WITH MEF, I'VE BEEN ADVISED TO LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION BUT NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONVERSATION. SO JUST WANT TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS. NO QUESTIONS. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. NO, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I MEAN, I GUESS KICK IT OFF I GUESS. SO I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION IS, SO WHY CAN'T THIS ORGANIZATION SERVE EVERYBODY IN MCKINNEY? 33 YEARS AGO, LYNN SPERRY AND SOME COLLEAGUES OF HERS. BUILT MF AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUR MISD STUDENTS. THAT IS THE MCKINNEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION'S CHARTER. OUR CHARTER IS TO SERVE MISD STUDENTS AS TEACHERS AND PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT INCE IN OPPORTUNITY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE ABOUT TODAY. WE CAN'T SERVE EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN, BUT NEITHER DOES ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT WALKS IN THIS DOOR. THERE'S NEVER AN OPPORTUNITY THAT SERVES 100. SHEILA SHEILA, I WOULD ADD TO THAT THAT THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALSO HAVE AN EDUCATION FOUNDATION. OH, YES. CORRECT AND I BELIEVE THAT MOST OF THOSE ARE FUNDED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. BY AND LARGE, YES, LARGE MCKINNEY IS FAIRLY UNIQUE AND THAT IT IS NOT FUNDED. AND I UNDERSTAND THE REASONING YOU MENTIONED BEFORE OR CAROLYN BROOKS DID, THAT THAT THOSE ADVISORS PLAY SUCH A INTEGRAL ROLE. WE JUST HAVE A PERSONAL STORY FROM MR. BROOKS ABOUT THE ROLE THAT HE PLAYED IN HIS LIFE, AND THE FACT THAT MCKINNEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS NOT UNDER MISD. IT'S NOT FUNDED BY MISD, YOU ENSURE THAT THOSE POSITIONS ARE FULL TIME. SO THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT SUBSTITUTE TEACHING ON DAYS WHEN SOMEONE DOESN'T SHOW UP, BUT THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT JACK OF ALL TRADES. THEY'RE THERE TO ACCOMPLISH ONE THING AND ONE THING ONLY. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THAT IS ALSO UNIQUE TO MCKINNEY. AND NOT JUST TO MCKINNEY, BUT BUT CERTAINLY IN THE MINORITY OF EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS. I PERSONALLY AM NOT AWARE OF ANOTHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION WHO SUPPORTS A COLLEGE ADVISOR UNDERNEATH THEIR OWN UMBRELLA THAT ISN'T A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE.RIGHT? THEN YOU MENTIONED IN THERE THAT YOU SERVED, I GUESS $800,000 IN GRANTS LAST YEAR, 831,000. AND YOU SAID THERE WAS MORE PEOPLE THAT WERE SCHOLARSHIPS. SCHOLARSHIPS? I'M SORRY. YES. AND THERE WERE MORE. AND WHAT WAS THE REASON WHY WE COULDN'T GET TO THE MORE? I'M JUST TRYING TO AS SOMEBODY THAT DOESN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE MEF, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO EDUCATE MYSELF. IF I LOVE THIS QUESTION. DONORS HAVE HAVE A NEED TO FULFILL THEIR PHILANTHROPIC
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OBJECTIVES. IT'S MY JOB TO MATCH A PHILANTHROPIC OBJECTIVE WITH SOMETHING THAT'S IN MY PORTFOLIO OF OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE DONORS THAT WANT TO SUPPORT THE CREAM OF THE CROP STUDENTS, THE TOP 10. AND THEN WE HAVE DONORS LIKE THE BROOKS WHO WANT TO HELP THE NEEDIEST OF THE NEEDY TO MOVE ON THAT TRAJECTORY OF THEIR LIFE. I CAN'T CHOOSE FOR DONORS WHAT THEY SUPPORT. I CAN'T CHOOSE FOR DONORS WHAT THEY SUPPORT. BUT I CAN HELP THEM GET THERE. CAN I? TWO QUICK THINGS I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOU, ONE IS OBVIOUSLY 861,000. ALL THE MONEY THEY HAD TO AWARD AND THEY AWARDED IT TO. AND BY THE TIME THEY GOT DONE AWARDING, IT WAS CAUGHT ABOUT HALF OF THE KIDS AND DIDN'T CATCH THE OTHER HALF, AND AS THEY SAID, THEY THEIR ADVISORS RAISED ANOTHER $25 MILLION FOR A LOT OF THOSE KIDS WHO DIDN'T GET THIS SPECIFIC SCHOLARSHIP, BUT THEY GOT A LOT OF HELP FROM THE ADVISORS. RIGHT? SO JUST KEEP IN MIND THEY'RE KIND OF TWO ARMS OF THAT PROGRAM. AND I THINK YOUR QUESTION, MICHAEL, WAS A GREAT ONE, WHICH IS WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS HERE IN MCKINNEY, THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. SO AND TO THE EARLIER SPEAKERS POINT IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHY WHY MF WHY ARE WE FOCUSING THIS TOWARD THE MCKINNEY ISD STUDENTS? NUMBER ONE, MISD SERVES THE VAST MAJORITY OF STUDENTS IN THE CITY LIMITS OF MCKINNEY. NUMBER ONE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THOUGH, FOR THIS PURPOSE AND FOR THIS GRANT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP AND JUSTIN, I THINK WOULD ATTEST TO THIS, REPRESENTING THE EAST SIDE OF MCKINNEY, THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC STUDENTS, THOSE WHO ARE FIRST GENERATION, WHO HAVE THE MOST NEED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY SERVED BY THE MISD. SO, YES, THERE ARE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE CITY, BUT THEY TEND TO BE IN THE HIGHER GROWTH, NEWER NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE HOMES ARE MORE EXPENSIVE. THE NEED IS SERVED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY BY THE MISD AND THE MF. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU DAVID. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE DATA POINT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THIS CONVERSATION. WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH MF, YOU ARE DEALING WITH A SOLID ROCK SOLID ORGANIZATION. OVER THE 33 YEARS SINCE WE'VE BEEN OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS AND SINCE WE HAVE HAD ADVISORS IN IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS, MF ADVISORS AND IN COMPLIMENT TO THE MISD COUNSELORS HAVE HELPED STUDENTS ACCEPT. OVER $270 MILLION IN EXTERNAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS. I DON'T KNOW ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT CAN LAY CLAIM TO THAT. AND THAT IS WITH A RATIO RIGHT NOW OF ONE ADVISOR TO HOW MANY STUDENTS? 591. AND THE GOAL IS TO GET TO ONE TO EVERY 250 TO 1 IS THE GOLD STANDARD. SO OBVIOUSLY THE UNDERLYING IDEA THERE IS THAT IF WE WERE TO MORE THAN DOUBLE THE CAPACITY THAT THAT 270 MILLION MIGHT BE 540 MILLION. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. OUR ADVISORS, WHEN THEY ARE NOT MEETING WITH STUDENTS AND ANXIOUS PARENTS, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND MF THAT THEY CAN INTRODUCE TO OUR STUDENTS. THEY HAVE A DATABASE OF OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY CAN NOW TALK TO STUDENTS ABOUT TO SEE. YOU WANT TO GO TO BAYLOR? HERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES AT BAYLOR. LET ME HOOK YOU UP WITH AN APPLICATION TO DO THAT. IF YOU WANT TO GO TO SOUTH TEXAS STATE, WE GOT THAT.YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY HAVE A DATABASE OF OPPORTUNITIES. AND IT IS CONTINUING TO GROW. I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS. I HAVE REMARKS, MY DAD, I'M A STORYTELLER, TOO, DAVID. AND MY DAD WAS THE SON OF A BOOTLEGGER, WORKED FOR JOE KENNEDY. AND AFTER PROHIBITION, THERE WAS NO WORK. AND SO HE DIDN'T HAVE AN EDUCATION. SO HE GOES TO SELL CHINA IN DANVILLE, VIRGINIA, AND DOES THAT. MY DAD WANTS TO GO TO THE ARMY OR DOESN'T WANT TO GO TO THE ARMY. HE WANTS TO BE A TEACHER. THERE'S NO WAY TO GO TO COLLEGE. THE WAY TO GO TO COLLEGE WAS ROTC. SO MY DAD WAS A LOVER, NOT A FIGHTER. HE GOES TO ROTC AND HE OWES THE ARMY WHATEVER IT WAS SIX YEARS BY THE
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TIME THAT SIX YEARS IS DONE. HE IS MARRIED TO AN IMMIGRANT. HE HAS A BABY. MOM IS PREGNANT WITH ME IN VIETNAM IS LOOMING. THERE WAS NO GETTING OUT. MY FATHER DID TWO TOURS IN VIETNAM. HE WAS NEVER THE SAME, BUT HE BROKE THE CHAINS FOR MY FAMILY AND IT WAS THROUGH EDUCATION, ALL OF HIS FOUR KIDS GOT THEIR COLLEGE DEGREES, THAT SAID, EDUCATION IS NOT AT ALL ON TRIAL HERE. THE MEF IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE. LIKE KIP DIXON. I HAVE THREE CHILDREN, LIKE KIP DIXON. ALL OF THEM GOT MEF SCHOLARSHIPS. CAROLINE GOT A $500 SCHOLARSHIP. MADELINE GOT 1500, AND MEREDITH GOT 500. NOW THE REALITY IS WITH US IS THAT I DO PRETTY WELL. AND THERE'S PROBABLY THE REALITY WITH A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO GET MEF SCHOLARSHIPS. I DO PRETTY WELL. THEY I LEFT $300,000 IN LEBAK MEF LEFT $2,500 IN LEBAK, GETTING MY THREE GIRLS THEIR DEGREES, THAT WASN'T THE DEAL BREAKER FOR US. IT JUST WASN'T. NOW THE PROBLEM I'VE GOT IS AND IT'S INTRACTABLE IS THAT I AM A FIDUCIARY FOR THE TAXPAYER OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. I'M IN DISTRICT TWO, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT MAKES THE MOST GEOGRAPHIC SENSE. BASICALLY, SOUTH OF EL DORADO WEST OF 75, EAST OF CUSTER, NORTH OF 121. I'VE GOT PROBABLY A THOUSAND KIDS IN ALLEN ISD. I'VE GOT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS IN FRISCO ISD. I'VE GOT SINGLE MOMS WHO HAVE THOSE KIDS IN FRISCO ISD. AND I'M TELLING THEM THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAYING A TAX TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, WHICH IS GOING TO NOT BENEFIT YOUR KIDS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. IF THERE IS AN APPROPRIATE TAXING ENTITY TO HANDLE THIS FOR YOU, IT'S NOT US. IT WOULD BE MISD BECAUSE THEIR BORDERS ARE THE EXACT SAME AS YOURS. NOW THERE MAY BE RED TAPE, THERE MAY BE PAPERWORK THERE, THERE MAY BE PROBLEMS. BUT, WE ARE NOT THE CORRECT PARTNER FOR YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT, PATRICK. THANK YOU. OTHER COMMENTS, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. WHAT A GREAT PRESENTATION. THAT WAS AWESOME.I WASN'T CONVINCED ALREADY BEFORE I GOT HERE. I AM NOW, THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU DO. YOU'RE YOU'RE A GREAT ASSET TO THIS COMMUNITY AND TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, I COME FROM A DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND AND THE FIRST QUESTION, WE'RE OUT HERE TRYING TO GET COMPANIES TO MOVE TO MCKINNEY. I BET THE TOP TWO, ONE OF THE TOP TWO QUESTIONS THEY ALWAYS ASK, WHAT'S YOUR WHAT'S YOUR WORKFORCE? IS IT EDUCATED? WHAT BETTER WAY TO BUILD OUR WORKFORCE THAN DO IT WITH OUR OWN KIDS? THAT'S RIGHT. AND BUILD IT UP. AND, WE'RE GOING TO NEED THAT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF COMPANIES LOOKING AT MCKINNEY. AND THAT'S ONE OF THEIR MAIN GOALS, IS TO HAVE AN EDUCATED WORKFORCE. I WANT TO COMMEND EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN, WITH THE MAYOR FOR THIS 33 YEARS. YOU'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB, AND I'M SO PROUD OF Y'ALL FOR COMING THIS FAR. SO I'M BASICALLY SOLD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. I ASKED THIS TO BE BROUGHT, SO I, I DID BECAUSE I AM AN ADVOCATE AND I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT PATRICK SAID.
AND, AND MICHAEL ALLUDED TO, THERE ARE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND, AND I COULD GET HUNG UP ON THAT, BUT I CHOOSE NOT TO BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T REMOVE THE OPPORTUNITY, THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE DO HAVE. AND THERE'S AN OLD EXPRESSION, DON'T REALLY LIKE IT, BUT DON'T WANT TO THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE WATER OUT WITH THE BABY OR WHATEVER THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER. I DON'T LIKE IT SO MUCH THAT I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER IT. BUT TO ME, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE THIS BEFORE. WE TAXPAYERS, PAID OVER. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY OVER $2 MILLION.
WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S ACCURATE, MARK, WITH THE MISD STADIUM INVESTMENT THAT WE MADE AND WE'VE DONE WE DID THAT. AND AGAIN, THAT WAS ALL TAXPAYERS IN THE CITY DID THAT. WE DO THAT WITH A LOT OF THINGS WE DO THAT WITH WITH MAIN GATE AND WHERE WE HAVE VERY ACTUALLY MUCH SMALLER GROUPS AND CLASSES OF CITIZENS THAT GET THAT BENEFIT. SO AND NO , OR I COULD OBVIOUSLY, IF I WAS GOING TO CORRECT MYSELF, I'D SAY, WELL, THAT'S EDC OR CDC, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S TAX DOLLARS THAT WERE SPENT HERE IN THE CITY AND NOT TO GET DOWN INTO THE WEEDS ABOUT WHETHER THOSE ARE RESIDENTS OR VISITORS. BUT THE POINT IS, WE AS A CITY IN ALL OF OUR ENTITIES, WE MAKE INVESTMENTS WHEN WE FEEL THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT CAN ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING REALLY GOOD. AND ALTHOUGH I IF I COULD WAVE A WAND, I WOULD GO BACK IN TIME AND OUR CITY BORDERS WOULD BE THE SAME AS OUR SCHOO THEY'RT I'M NOT GOING TO IGNORE A NEED, AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON ON STUDENTS HERE BECAUSE OF THAT. I CAN'T FIX THAT. BUT I CAN ALSO DECIDE
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NOT TO TURN MY HEAD ON AN OPPORTUNITY THAT I THINK WILL BE WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY. AND I DO RECOGNIZE 33 YEARS IN MY MIND. IT'S A SAY. IT'S NOT A FORMAL PARTNERSHIP, BUT IT'S A DE FACTO PARTNERSHIP. JUST LIKE WE HAVE A DE FACTO PARTNERSHIP WITH MISD, SO I VALUE THAT AND I VALUE WHAT M-F DOES AND I VALUE MORE THAN THE MORE THAN THE AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIPS. THE COMMENT WAS MADE THAT AND RIGHTFULLY SO, THAT THAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ISN'T NECESSARILY THE DEAL CHANGER. BUT IN THE PERSONAL STORY, WE HEARD AND KNOWING WHAT'S BEEN ACHIEVED WITH THE THREE ADVISORS WE HAVE NOW, THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. SO I IT'S A COLLECTIVE THING. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT THE ONE. IT'S THE IT'S THE COLLECTIVE THAT'S ACHIEVED. AND TO KNOW THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY AHEAD OF US THAT CAN DOUBLE THAT. AND, AND ON THE, ON THE FUND, SIDE, THE, THE SCHOLARSHIP SIDE, WE CAN I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MATH IS AND WHAT THE, THE MULTIPLE IS, BUT DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE AND INCREASE THAT. THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY I'M NOT WILLING TO, TO LOOK PAST, AND I WON'T LET MYSELF LOOK PAST IT BECAUSE I MAKE A BORDER ARGUMENT. I UNDERSTAND THAT ARGUMENT. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THOSE THAT I CAN. AND WHAT I WOULD HOPE IS THAT THE EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS OF THOSE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS GET AS RESOURCEFUL AND, AND PUT IN THE, THE SAME, THE SAME EFFORT AND WHATNOT THAT HAS BEEN DONE HERE FOR 33 YEARS. SO FOR ME, I'M ALL IN IN SUPPORT OF THIS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK THERE'S NO BETTER WAY, FOR US TO SPEND TAX DOLLARS THAN INVESTING IN OUR YOUTH. PERIOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I WANT TO JUST GO BACK TO FOR A SECOND THE BORDERS. I UNDERSTAND I CAN'T CHANGE THAT. WE CAN MAKE AN IMPACT ON OUR HOMELESS STUDENTS.IF I WAS GOING TO DO THAT, I'D DO THAT THROUGH OTHER THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY, LIFELINE, I THAT THAT WOULD BE WHERE I'D BE DOING IT. I UNDERSTAND, BUT YOU'RE SUPPORTING HOMELESSNESS SUPPORT.
EDUCATION PULLS PEOPLE OUT. IT'S AN INDIRECT IT'S AN INDIRECT LINK. BUT I'D RATHER FEED PEOPLE WITH THE HALF MILLION AND GET THEM OR GET THEM TEMPORARY SHELTER THAN I WOULD THIS. BUT IT'S NOT EITHER OR. IT'S JUST AS A FIDUCIARY OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND TAXPAYERS WHO DON'T SHARE THE BORDERS OF THE ISD, IT'S AN EXISTENTIAL JUST NO FOR ME, IT JUST IT THERE'S NO NOT ENOUGH MITIGATING FACTORS TO GET ME TO A YES ON THIS THING. IT'S JUST I'M A FIDUCIARY OF THE TAXPAYER OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. PATRICK ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO WE'LL BE TAKING THIS UP DURING BUDGET SESSION RIGHT. THIS IS NOT OBVIOUSLY AN ACTION ITEM TODAY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, STILL AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS A COUNCIL AND WE IDENTIFY WHAT THIS REALLY LOOKS LIKE FOR US, FOR TAXPAYERS. AGAIN, THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF MEF AND THE 33 YEARS WE'VE SERVED MCKINNEY, MCKINNEY ISD, I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING US TO PRESENT TODAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL LIAISON, ANYONE HAVE UPDATES THEY WANT TO SHARE NOW OR WAIT TILL LATER? OKAY. THEN WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE
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WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551071. CONSULTATIONS WITH THE ATTORNEY ON ANY WORK SESSION, SPECIAL SESSION OR REGULAR SESSION. AGENDA ITEM REQUIRING CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY CLIENT ADVICE NECESSITATED BY THE DELIBERATION OR DISCUSSION OF SAID ITEM. SECTION 551071 PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION. 310 EAST UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND ONE AND 1020 NORTH MCDONALD STREET, LOT ONE, BLOCK A OF THE HYZON MOTORS USA EDITION AND 11.034 ACRES OUT OF THE WILLIAMS DAVIS SURVEY. ABSTRACT 248 CITY OF MCKINNEY, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, SECTION 551072 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT REAL PROPERTY. SECTION 551074 PERSONNEL MATTERS. SECTION 551087 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS. PROJECT HEMISPHERES PROJECT.PANTHEON TUBS BREWERY AND ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION. WE AT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO WE ARE
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GOING TO. WE HAVE A FEW MOTIONS TO BE MADE. THEN WE WILL JOIN. EXCUSE ME. WE WILL ADJOURN OUR WORK SESSION. THEY'LL NEED 5 OR 7 MINUTES TO PREPARE. BEFORE WE CAN CALL INTO SESSION. OUR REGULAR WORK SESSION. SO WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS. MISTER MAYOR, I WANT TO MOVE THAT WE, AMEND THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER AND THE PROJECT 380 AGREEMENT. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. OPPOSED? AND MR. MAYOR , I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AMENDED 380 AGREEMENT WITH PROJECT PANTHEON. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.