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WE ARE MEETING AT MCKINNEY CITY HALL IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, LOCATED AT 2 2 2 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET, MCKINNEY, TEXAS.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 25TH, 2024 AT 8:00 AM THE FOLLOWING VISIT.
MCKINNEY BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
KEITH GAHL, WHITNEY NASH, JANIE PENA, REM.
WE WINDHAM, EMILY MCCLURE, PATRICK MCGUIRE, MYSELF, ALTERNATE BOARD MEMBER BRIAN MEDINA IS ATTENDING AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AND A NON-VOTING CAPACITY.
TODAY WE ARE JOINED BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PATRICK CLAUDIER.
WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY CITY STAFF, PAUL GRIMES, UH, MEDC, MICHAEL TALLEY'S HERE, DEBORAH BRADFORD FROM MCDC AND ANDREW JONES.
FROM IMPACT MAIN STREET VISIT MCKINNEY STAFF, WE HAVE ERIN WARNER, BETH SHUMATE, ALICIA HOLMBERG, AND PAULA MARTIN.
NOW IS THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
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OKAY.MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO FOUR DASH 1 16 85.
TOM BURNETT, PRESIDENT, CEO OF SOUTHWEST SPORTS PARTNERS, LLC.
WELL, THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING.
IT'S, UH, GREAT TO SEE ALL OF YOU.
LIKE I'M SURE ALL OF YOU ARE OF 8:00 AM MEETINGS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE, UH, EVERYONE'S HERE.
SO, UM, BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION, UH, AGAIN, TOM BURNETT.
UM, I AM A LONG TIME MCKINNEY RESIDENT.
IN FACT, WE MOVED HERE FROM LOUISIANA IN 2003 AND OUR KIDS GREW UP HERE AND GRADUATED FROM NORTH AND HAVE GONE ON TO GRADUATE COLLEGE AND SUCH.
AND WE, UH, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, UH, HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, PROFESSIONALLY, I HAVE, UH, WORKED IN COLLEGE ATHLETICS, UH, MY, UH, PROFESSIONAL CAREER, UH, PRIMARILY, UH, RECENTLY, UH, AS THE COMMISSIONER OF THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE, AN NCAA DIVISION ONE ORGANIZATION BASED IN FRISCO.
UM, BEEN RESPONSIBLE AND, AND HELPED OUT, UH, THE FRISCO CITY LEADERS, BRING SOME EVENTS TO THAT COMMUNITY, SUCH AS THE NCAA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, WHICH WILL BE PLAYED FOR ITS 15TH TIME, UH, AT TOYOTA STADIUM.
SO I DID A LOT OF THAT, DID A LOT OF NCAA WORK.
I CHAIRED THE NCA MEN'S BASKETBALL COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES MARCH MADNESS AND THE FINAL FOUR, UH, CHAIRED THAT COMMITTEE IN 2022.
BUT I LEFT THE COMMISSIONER ROLE TO START, UH, MY NEW, UH, BUSINESS.
UH, ALSO DABBLE A LITTLE BIT ON THE SIDE IN THE NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS BUSINESS.
IF YOU FOLLOW COLLEGE SPORTS, YOU, YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT NOMENCLATURE.
BUT WHAT I'VE HAD THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO IS INTRODUCE MYSELF TO, UH, MR. GRIMES, UH, AARON, UH, HIS STAFF.
UH, UH, WE WERE AT A COFFEE MEETING.
I THINK MIKE TALLEY WAS THERE AS WELL.
MAYBE MIKE KOWSKI WHEN HE WAS IN HIS PARKS ROLE.
TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UH, THE SPORTS TOURISM OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE, THAT CERTAINLY THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH, WHETHER IT'S IN, UH, LOCALLY IN FRISCO OR IN MY PREVIOUS POSITION MANY, MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS IN NEW ORLEANS.
AND I WAS PART OF THE SPORTS TOURISM, UM, COLLECTIVE EFFORT, UH, THERE, UH, FOR GREAT EVENTS THAT CAME TO, UH, THAT GREAT CITY.
UM, SO I GOT INTO THIS CONVERSATION WITH AARON AND, AND MR. GRIMES AND, AND, AND EVERYONE ELSE, UM, THAT WOULD LISTEN THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY NEEDED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
UH, AS LONG AS I'VE LIVED HERE.
UM, I WAS KIND OF EMBARRASSED TO SAY MY WAKING HOURS WERE ALWAYS IN FRISCO, BUT, YOU KNOW, I LIVED HERE AND LOVE THIS COMMUNITY AND WE, UH, WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE ELSE.
WE'RE GONNA BE HERE, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, SHARED SOME THOUGHTS WITH, UH, ALL OF THEM ABOUT THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, RAMPING UP SOME SPORTS TOURISM OPPORTUNITIES.
OBVIOUSLY THE CITY HAS EXPERIENCE WITH THAT ALREADY, WITH THE DIVISION TWO FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
THAT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
BUT THEN TALKING ABOUT SOME OTHER EVENTS AND TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE EXPANDED AND THE, THE ADDITIONS AT THE TENNIS CENTER GAVE NESBITT AND SOME OTHER IDEAS AT THE TIME THAT MIKE KOWSKI WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH, WITH HIS PARKS PLAN GOING FORWARD.
AND WE'VE MET RECENTLY WITH AMY KINCAID, UH, ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE SHE IS ON THAT PLANNING AND SUCH.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME THINGS.
UH, I WILL TELL YOU, AARON AND HIS STAFF DID ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING ON THE NCAA BID.
I KIND OF CAME IN TOWARD THE END TO HELP THEM, UH, MAYBE, UH, DOT, DOT AN I OR CROSS THE T AND, UH, LET THEM KNOW, HEY, I KNOW THIS PERSON, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I CAN CALL AND
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MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING WHATEVER PRIORITY, UH, OR, UH, COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE WE CAN GET, UH, IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A TENNIS FACILITY THAT'S WORLD CLASS, AND THE NEW INDOOR COURTS HAVE ONLY ENHANCED THAT, AND IT'S AS GOOD AS ANYTHING YOU'LL SEE AROUND THE COUNTRY.
SO IT MADE SENSE FOR, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY MAYBE NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUT ALSO CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR GREAT NEUTRAL LOCATIONS TO PLAY.
THEY PLAY A LOT OF THESE COMPETITIONS ON THEIR CAMPUSES WHERE THERE IS A HOME COURT ADVANTAGE, UM, UH, FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. SO THAT THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THAT.
OF COURSE, ALL OF THAT TIES IN, OBVIOUSLY, TO HOTELS, UH, THAT ARE HERE ARE COMING IN THE FUTURE.
AND I KNOW, UH, WHEN I, WHEN I SPOKE WITH, WITH MIKE KOWSKI ORIGINALLY, HE, HE SHOWED ME HIS BIG MAP AND HIS IDEAS ON THE NORTH PART OF TOWN OVER ON THE EAST SIDE, AND REALLY EXCITING TO SEE WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE COMING, UM, UH, TO MCKINNEY.
AND I'VE JUST TRIED TO HELP AND, AND ADD, YOU KNOW, MY 2 CENTS HERE AND THERE, MY BACKGROUND, MY CONTACTS ON, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE GO AFTER THIS OR PERHAPS IN A CONVERSATION MORE, UH, SPECIFIC TO PARKS AND REC, IS IF YOU BUILT THIS KIND OF FACILITY, NOT ONLY WOULD IT BE WONDERFUL FOR YOUR CITIZENS, WHICH ARE YOUR PRIORITY, YOUR FUTURE CITIZENS, BUT IT WOULD BE VERY ATTRACTIVE FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER, UH, SPORTS ENTITIES TO COME VISIT.
CERTAINLY STAY IN ALL OF YOUR HOTELS, MAKE A GREAT ECONOMIC IMPACT, UH, ON YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
UM, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I I, I'VE MADE MYSELF AVAILABLE TO AARON AND HIS STAFF OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
UH, HE MAY PROBABLY HAS A BETTER UPDATE ON WHERE THE NCAA IS.
WE, WE, WE THOUGHT THIS SUMMER THEY WOULD FINE TUNE A FEW THINGS AND, AND, AND MAYBE WE, WE, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT UPDATE SOON.
BUT THE, THE ONE THING I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU, AND, AND I KNOW AARON HAS ACCESS TO THIS, AND AS A BOARD, YOU PROBABLY DO TOO.
YOU, YOU MAY SEE THE SPORTS ETA, UH, GROUP AND THEIR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SPORTS TOURISM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THIS, THIS BUSINESS IS GROWING EXPONENTIALLY, UH, EVERYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD IN OUR COUNTRY, IN TEXAS.
UH, EVERYBODY WANTS SPORTS EVENTS TO COME TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATE OF THAT INDUSTRY, IT'S NOW A $128 BILLION OPPORTUNITY IN THE US ALONE, THAT'S JUMPED FROM I THINK, 90 SOMETHING MILLION, UH, IN THE PAST REPORT.
UH, I THINK ABOUT 75 OF THAT IS SPENT DIRECTLY ON HOTEL LODGING.
UM, AND CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF IT IS SPENT ELSEWHERE IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE JUST TRYING TO ATTEMPT TO HELP AARON AND HIS STAFF, AND OF COURSE, ANYONE ELSE WITH THE CITY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN IDENTIFY OUT THERE, AND CERTAINLY KIND OF MATCH THAT WITH WHAT'S COMING PERHAPS, UH, WITH OTHER FACILITIES, UH, THE, THE SOCCER FIELDS AT CRAIG RANCH WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE, UH, DONE THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE EXCITING.
YOU KNOW, I'M AS EXCITED AS ANYONE ABOUT THE AMPHITHEATER.
I CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO A SHOW, MULTIPLE CONCERTS, BUT I, I TEND TO, MY MIND TENDS TO LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT'S THE SPORTS APPLICATION HERE? MM-HMM.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT A LOT OF THAT IS A KIND OF A SPECTATOR SPORT WHERE THEY'RE WATCHING BIG SCREENS.
AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, UH, IT'S NEW, IT'S DIFFERENT.
BUT, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I, I LOOK AT THE WORLD THROUGH A SPORTS LENS, SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN, UH, MAYBE ATTRACT SOMEONE TO COME INTO THE AMPHITHEATER OR BE PART OF A LARGER SPORT EVENT, AND YOU UTILIZE THE AMPHITHEATER IN THE FUTURE, PERHAPS AS THAT.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO RUN THROUGH.
UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO HELP, UH, AARON AND TRY TO BRING SOME, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER LEVEL OF EXPERTISE, UH, WE CAN, AND CONTACTS AND RELATIONSHIPS, UH, TO THIS EFFORT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WORKED OUT FRISCO FOR A LONG TIME, BUT FRISCO DOESN'T HAVE EVERYTHING, AND THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY SUCH AS THIS, UM, TO REALLY, UM, STEP UP AND DO SOME GREAT THINGS WITH SPORTS EVENTS.
I HAVE A QUESTION, UH, REGARDING, YOU KNOW, TOMORROW'S THE, UM, NBA DRAFT MM-HMM.
UM, WHAT DOES A CITY HAVE TO CITY HAVE TO HAVE TO ATTRACT, UH, HAVING A DRAFT HERE? UM, BECAUSE THAT CAN BRING IN A LOT OF TOURISM, UM, THE NCAA, UH, DRAFT INTO THE NBA.
YEAH, I, I, THAT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE THE, THE BEST ANSWER FOR IT, BUT IT JUST STRUCK ME THAT'S A GREAT PLACE, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE AMPHITHEATER AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I THINK IT MIGHT BE CHALLENGING
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TO PULL THAT FROM AN NBA CITY.SO WHILE DALLAS COULD PROBABLY HOST THAT, UH, IT MAY BE A LITTLE CHALLENGE TO PULL IT OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO A, TO A EXTENDED, UH, PART OF, OF THE, THE, THE LARGER METRO AREA.
BUT CERTAINLY IT'S, UH, IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND I LOVE THINKING LIKE THAT REALLY OUT OF THE BOX AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT, UH, UH, WHAT, UH, NO ONE ELSE IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT.
YOU MENTIONED NCAA FOR SPORTS POTENTIALLY COMING HERE.
WHICH SPORTS IN PARTICULAR, DO YOU KNOW? WELL, THE CURRENT, UH, OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE PURSUED, UH, THAT, THAT AARON, HIS STAFF IN THE CITY HAVE PURSUED IS, UH, UH, I THINK A THREE TOTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
THERE WAS ONE YEAR WE COULD NOT BID ON, UH, JUST TENNIS FOR DIVISION TWO, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SPRING SPORTS FESTIVAL WHERE THEY HAVE MULTIPLE SPORTS, WHICH I DON'T KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE PREPARED FOR THIS TIME, BUT IT MAY BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE TO BRING, YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE A SOFTBALL, YOU'D HAVE GOLF, YOU'D HAVE TENNIS.
UM, I THINK FIELD HOCKEY IS ANOTHER SPRING SPORT, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU CAN DO THAT ON A FOOTBALL FIELD.
SO, YOU KNOW, UTILIZING MCKINNEY ISD STADIUM PERHAPS.
SO THERE, THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD AT CRAIG RANCH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT COULD DRAW SOME CHAMPIONSHIP OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
UH, I WAS WONDERING, IN THE OTHER CITIES WHERE YOU'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN, ARE THERE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD POINT OUT AND SAY, THIS IS CRITICAL THAT YOU HAVE? I THINK WE BELIEVE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, AND WE KNOW THE BEAUTY OF IT.
UH, SO WE KNOW THAT'S LIKE AN INSTANT DRAW WHERE WE FEEL LIKE THAT.
I, YOU KNOW, I, I MIGHT LIKEN IT TO WHEN ADDRESSING OTHER CRITICAL NEEDS OF A COMMUNITY, AGAIN, WITH YOUR SPORTS CAP ON OR SOMETHING, SEEING WHAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE OUT THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, SOME COMMUNITIES THAT ARE GONNA HAVE MAYBE THE, THE BEST OR ONE OF THE, THE BEST FACILITIES IN A CERTAIN SPORT, OR THEY MAY HAVE HOTELS NEARBY.
THEY MAY HAVE A CERTAIN ADVANTAGE TO DO THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE SO MANY SPORTS OUT THERE.
UM, I THINK YOU, YOU MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT WHAT'S GROWING IN OUR METRO AREA IS THE NEED AND SPACE FOR CRICKET, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY INTERNATIONAL, UH, YOU KNOW, TRANSPLANTS THAT HAVE COME TO DFW.
AND IF YOU, I THINK A LITTLE SOUTH TO US IN PLANO AND SUCH, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF CRICKET ACTIVITY.
BUT I KNOW FRISCO'S TALKING ABOUT THAT, I THINK POINTS NORTH THAT MAY HAVE A LITTLE MORE AVAILABLE LAND, MAY BE THINKING ABOUT THAT IN THEIR PARK SPACE.
BUT, UH, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S REALLY NO, UH, LIMIT TO WHAT YOU CAN THINK ABOUT AND MAYBE PURSUE.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, A LOT OF ENTITIES OUT THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, SPORTS THAT YOU'RE NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT BEYOND THE FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL AND THE BASEBALL, THERE'S SOME, UH, INTERESTING THINGS OUT THERE THAT, THAT CERTAINLY BRING A LOT OF, UH, TOURISM, UH, DOLLARS WITH THEM.
ANYTHING ELSE? I'M GONNA MAKE ONE QUICK BRAG, UH, ON MR. BURNETT, JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, HE WENT TO LOUISIANA AND WAS INDUCTED INTO THE LOUISIANA SPORTS HALL OF FAME.
AND SO THAT IS QUITE THE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
WELL, I THINK EITHER THEY GOT TO THE END OF THE LIST OR, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST RAN OUT OF PEOPLE TO GIVE IT TO, AND THEY, THEY WERE FORCED TO GIVE OUT AN AWARD.
I THINK HOPEFULLY, UH, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT OTHER SPORTS MM-HMM.
UH, IS THERE ANYTHING AROUND THAT THAT WE MIGHT PURSUE? WELL, THAT THERE'S A EXPANDING, EXPLODING, MAYBE PICKLEBALL INDUSTRY OUT THERE.
I WAS READING SOMETHING YESTERDAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MAYBE SEVEN OR EIGHT GOVERNING OR CONTROLLING AGENCIES IN THAT SPORT, WHICH THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT, KIND OF WHO'S IN CHARGE AND WHO'S DIRECTING THINGS IN THAT SPORT.
BUT IT'S PART OF BEING BRAND NEW, BEING THE HOT NEW THING THAT, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, A LOT OF US CAN CONTINUE TO PLAY IT AS WE GET OLDER.
I, I COULD, I COULDN'T PLAY TENNIS RIGHT NOW WITH A BAD KNEE, AND, BUT I CAN GET OUT THERE AND DON'T HAVE TO MOVE AROUND A LOT FOR PICKLEBALL.
SO IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES TO GROW.
I KNOW THERE'S A NEW FACILITY COMING IN, UH, I THINK OFF CUSTER AND SILVERADO.
UH, A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ARE MAKING THE MOVE INTO PICKLEBALL.
SO, UM, THERE MAY BE OTHER SPORTS LIKE THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT NOW, THAT, THAT WILL DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AS OUR, UH, POPULATION GROWS A LITTLE BIT OLDER AND CAN CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE.
I APPRECIATE THIS AS A FORMER COLLEGE ATHLETE.
THE MEMORIES MADE IN THE CITIES THAT WE PLAYED IS VALUABLE, SO I'M THRILLED TO HEAR THAT MCKINNEY WOULD BE A PART OF MORE OF THAT.
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MY QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO THE NAIA, ARE YOU PURSUING ANY OF THAT, OR IS THAT NOT REALLY A PRIORITY RIGHT NOW? WELL, I HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, RELATIONSHIPS THERE.AARON AND I HAVE, HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE NIIA.
THERE ARE SOME SPORTS RIGHT NOW, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE AUTOMATICALLY LOOK AT TENNIS AND SEE, BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL FACILITY, UH, THEY'VE BEEN LOCKED IN AT A CERTAIN LOCATION FOR A LONG TIME.
I, I THINK TRYING TO MAYBE PRY THAT EVENT AWAY, MAYBE A BIT OF A CHALLENGE.
WE HAD A TIGHT DEADLINE THAT THE, THE, UM, THE NAIA DEADLINE WAS JUNE ONE.
SO WE'VE, FOR THIS YEAR AT LEAST, WE'VE PASSED IT.
BUT I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT AND, AND STUDY AND PLAN.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT MAYBE GETS MISSED HERE TOO IS OBVIOUSLY THERE'S WONDERFUL GOLF OPPORTUNITIES.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE BYRON NELSON'S HERE AT AT TPC, CRAIG RANCH, YOU'VE GOT OTHER STONEBRIDGE RANCH IS, YOU KNOW, A, A US OPEN QUALIFYING KIND OF COURSE.
SO THERE'S, THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE COLLEGE GOLF AS WELL, UH, AS WELL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE, THERE'S A JUST A TON OF OTHER THINGS THAT, AGAIN, I THINK AS A FORMER STUDENT ATHLETE, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A GREAT EXPERIENCE IN CHAMPIONSHIPS WHEN YOU TRAVEL, WHERE YOU STAY, HOW YOU PARTICIPATE, HOW THEY TREAT YOU.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE I THINK MCKINNEY COULD REALLY HAVE A GREAT ADVANTAGE IN.
UH, ALWAYS AVAILABLE IF I CAN HELP WITH ANYTHING.
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OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO FOUR DASH 16 8 6 MINUTES OF THE VISIT MCKINNEY MEETING OF MAY 28TH, 2024.MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE VISIT? MCKINNEY MEETING OF MAY 28TH.
CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND BY KEITH? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
A MOTION IS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
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OKAY.ITEM NUMBER TWO FOUR DASH 1 6 87 BOARD AND LIAISON REPORTS.
WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER.
CLOUTIER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
YEAH, I'M GONNA LEAVE MUCH FOR CITY MANAGER GRIMES, BUT WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.
UH, WE NORMALLY GET OFF AROUND THE 4TH OF JULY, SO NEXT WEEK WOULD NORMALLY BE A CITY COUNCIL WEEK, AND IT WON'T BE FOR US.
UH, WE WILL BE, UM, EN ENJOYING THE ANTICIPATION OF THE THURSDAY PARADE, WHICH I'M NOW SEAL HIS THUNDER.
BUT TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO BE, UM, DOING A FEW CIP THINGS, SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME WATER AND WASTEWATER STUFF.
AND, UM, UH, THEN WE'RE ALSO TOUCHING ON THE FIRST PARTS OF THE BUDGET, WHICH ARE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR SENIORS EXEMPTION, AND THEN A NEW EXEMPTION, WHICH, UH, IS, WAS APPROVED BY THE STATE.
BUT WHAT IT DEALS WITH IS, IS DAYCARE CENTERS THAT HAVE MORE THAN 20% OR 20% OR MORE POPULATION OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGE CHILDREN BEING ABLE TO GIVE THEM A TAX ABATEMENT, WHICH EVIDENTLY HELPS WITH, UM, ENROLLMENT OF SAID KIDS, WHICH IS A PROBLEM THESE DAYS.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY.
WE HAVE THE, UM, CITY CHARTER COMMISSION MEETING HAVING WHAT I BELIEVE IS ITS THIRD OR MAYBE FOURTH MEETING, THIRD, THIRD, THIRD MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT, WHICH IS EVERY TWO WEEKS.
Y'ALL ARE WELCOME TO COME AND SEE KEITH IN ACTION.
SO, UM, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT OR ANYTHING ELSE.
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. DIRECTOR.
UH, MY NAME IS PAUL GRIME, CITY MANAGER.
UH, A COUPLE THINGS TO ADD TO COUNCILMAN CLAUDIER COMMENTS.
YES, TONIGHT, UH, WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME DEBT ISSUANCES.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO CLARIFY FOR FOLKS OR MAKE SURE THAT, UH, FOLKS UNDERSTAND WHILE THE VOTER APPROVED 450 MILLION ISH, UM, AND CHANGE MAYBE 460 MILLION IN AUTHORIZATION, UH, FOR VARIOUS DIFFERENT CAPITAL PROJECTS.
WE CAN'T ISSUE ALL THAT DEBT IN ONE TIME.
UH, WE HAVE TO SPREAD IT OUT OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS.
TYPICALLY, WE, WE LIMIT OURSELVES TO AROUND 60 TO $70 MILLION IN ANY YEAR.
AND TONIGHT'S, UH, ONE OF THE FIRST, UH, THE COUNCIL'S GONNA BE SETTING PARAMETERS, GOING PARAMETERS ORDINANCE FOR OUR DEBT ISSUANCE.
THAT'LL HAPPEN LATER THIS SUMMER.
UM, UH, WE DO ACTUALLY ARE, WE ARE EXTINGUISHING THE REMAINING, UM, DEBT AUTHORIZATION FROM THE 2019 ELECTION, UH, REFERENDUM.
AND THEN WE'LL BE USING SOME OF TAPPING INTO SOME OF THE NEW AUTHORIZATION.
BUT, UH, THAT'S WHY WE DO THAT.
UH, WE DON'T ISSUE AT ALL AT ONE TIME.
UM, AND NOR WE COULDN'T POSSIBLY GET ALL THE PROJECTS DONE AT ONE TIME, YOU HAVE TO SPREAD IT OUT OVER TIME.
SO, UM, LITTLE EXPLANATION THERE.
LITTLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT 1 0 1 FOR YOU TO START YOUR DAY.
UM, IN ADDITION TO, UH, WHAT COUNCILMAN CLAUDIER TOUCHED ON, UH, TOMORROW IS THE THIRD OF FOUR SCHEDULED MEETINGS WITH THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.
TWO MEMBERS HERE, TWO BOARD MEMBERS
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ARE PARTICIPATING ON THAT VERY COMMISSION.UM, THE TOMORROW'S, UM, MEETING WILL BE DISCUSSING, UH, COMPENSATION, POTENTIAL COMPENSATION CHANGES FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, FUTURE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, PERHAPS, OR I SHOULD SAY AFTER FUTURE ELECTIONS THAT'S, THEY TYPICALLY TAKE EFFECT IN A OUT IN THE FUTURE.
UH, THE LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT COMPOSITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND, UH, THEY WILL TOUCH ON THAT AGAIN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING TOMORROW, AND THEN THEY'LL, UH, GO INTO THE COMPENSATION DISCUSSIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR JULY 10TH.
THAT WILL BE THE MEETING WHERE HOPEFULLY THE, UM, COMMISSION WILL ROLL UP ALL OF THEIR WORK INTO AN ADVISORY OPINION, COMING UP TO A CONSENSUS ON AN ADVISORY OPINION TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON WHAT, UH, UH, ITEMS TO PLACE ON THE BALLOT UNDER WHAT TERMS, IF YOU WILL.
UM, AND SO THEY WILL BE DECIDING THAT, UH, HOPEFULLY ON THE 10TH OF JULY.
AND THEN ON JULY 23RD, WE HAVE A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THE TWO, THE CHAIRPERSON, THE VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WILL CERTAINLY PERHAPS COME TO THE MEETING.
BUT, UH, THE CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIR WILL PRESENT THE ADVISORY OPINION OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.
SO WE WILL BE ON SCHEDULE AND A HAIR'S LICK OF TIME, IF YOU WILL.
WE HAD TO MOVE IT ALONG BECAUSE, UH, WHEN WE WERE CHARGED WITH THIS, WE HAD TO GET RIGHT AFTER IT.
BUT, UH, IT'S GONE FAIRLY SMOOTHLY.
I THOUGHT THE LAST MEETING WENT VERY SMOOTHLY.
WE EXPECT THE SAME FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF THEM.
SO, UM, WE ARE ALSO IN THE MIDST OF PREPARING A BUDGET.
UM, WE ARE HOT AND HEAVY WITH BUDGET, UH, PREPARATION, AND WE EXPECT TO BE MAKING OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION.
I BELIEVE IT'S SCHEDULED FOR AROUND AUGUST 9TH.
I PROBABLY HAVE THE DATE WRONG, BUT IT IS A FRIDAY, UM, UH, IN AUGUST OR EARLY AUGUST THAT WE'LL BE PRESENTING THE BUDGET TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO MEET THE PRIORITIES THAT THE COUNCIL SET FOR US.
IF YOU RECALL, BACK IN FEBRUARY, THEY HAVE A STRATEGIC GOAL SETTING MEETING, AND THEY SET THE TONE, UH, AND THEN STAFF GOES BACK AND PUTS TOGETHER KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT ATTACH TO THOSE GOALS.
AND, UH, THAT HELPS US, INFORMS US IN MAKING A BUDGET.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE BUDGET REFLECTS THE COUNCIL'S GOALS AND PRIORITIES.
SO, UH, THAT'S, UH, ALL PART OF THE PROCESS.
AND THEN FINALLY, I DO HAVE A, UM, GOOD TO KNOW ITEM ON HERE FOR YOU.
AND OF COURSE, INEVITABLY I LOSE, LOSE THAT PAGE THAT I HAD PULLED UP.
BUT IT WAS OUR LATEST POPULATION ESTIMATE, WHICH EVERYBODY LIKES TO KNOW.
UM, OUR LATEST POPULATION ESTIMATE, IF I FIND IT AS I SCROLL THROUGH HERE AND BEFORE YOU THINK THAT IT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE, AND THEY COULD BE, YOU KNOW, PADDING THE NUMBERS.
I MIGHT REMIND YOU AT THE LAST CENSUS, WE LITERALLY, OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S ESTIMATE WAS WITHIN 50 PEOPLE OF THE 2020 CENSUS.
SO THEIR ESTIMATES ARE VERY, VERY GOOD, VERY ACCURATE.
WE HAVE A FORMULA FOR DOING IT BASED ON NUMBER OF HOUSING STARTS OR HOUSING PERMITS ISSUED, ET CETERA, TYPES OF PERMITS.
ANYWAY, THE ESTIMATED POPULATION AS OF JUNE 1ST IS 218,000 386 2 18, 386.
THAT IS MCKINNEY'S MOST RECENT POPULATION ESTIMATE.
WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
WHERE DOES THAT RANK US IN THE, UH, CITIES? IN THE COUNTRY? I THINK LAST I CHECKED, OH, GEEZ, THROUGH ABOUT ONE 10 OR SO.
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT ROUND.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL CHANGE IT THAT, THAT ENOUGH.
WE'LL CHANGE IT, BUT, UM, WE'RE CERTAINLY MOVING UP THE LIST FOR SURE.
IN TEXAS, I BELIEVE WE'RE AROUND 10TH.
UM, NINTH OR 10TH, YOU KNOW, IN THE DFW REGION ITSELF, WE ARE A CITY OF CITIES.
UH, IT'S A METROPOLITAN REGION WITH A BUNCH OF SMALLER CITIES.
THERE'S AN INTERESTING GRAPH THAT I SHOW, I, I GET IT FROM THE CHAMBER OF THE DALLAS REGIONAL CHAMBER, BUT I SHOW IT AT OUR GOAL SETTING MEETING AND OTHERS, AND IT'S, UH, SHOWS DFW.
BUT IF YOU WERE TO SUPERIMPOSE CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE OF THE SAME SIZE, AND I THINK MCKINNEY WAS LIKE SALT LAKE CITY, AND ONE, ONE YEAR, ONE YEAR WE WERE A LITTLE ROCK, BUT WE'VE GROWN.
SO NOW SALT LAKE CITY AND FRISCO WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, I FORGET WHAT FRISCO WAS.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THIS IS REALLY A CITY STATE IN MANY RESPECTS.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, YEAH, WE, WE WILL BE MOVING UP THAT LIST IN THE COMING YEARS, SLOWLY BUT SURELY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANKS VERY MUCH.
MICHAEL TALLEY, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT IN EDC.
YOU SHOULD HAVE AN ATTACHED REPORT, BUT I WANT TO COVER A FEW THINGS.
YOU TOUCHED ON THE PICKLEBALL BADMINTON FACILITY.
WE ACTUALLY GOT INVOLVED IN THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT PROJECT, WHICH IS AN OFFICE, UH, PROJECT, ABOUT 30,000 SQUARE FEET, A LITTLE OVER $18 MILLION OF INVESTMENT IN THAT TOTAL PROJECT AND OVER 106 FIGURE JOBS.
SO THAT'S THE, THE EDCS ROLE IN THAT TYPE OF PROJECT.
MAY 22ND, YOU'LL SEE ON THAT SHEET IS THE, WAS THE PLUG AND PLAY EXPO.
WE HAD SUCCESS WITH OVER 200 ATTENDEES, EVEN WITH THE INCLEMENT WEATHER.
WE ALSO, UH, CELEBRATED IN SHOWCASE STARTUPS THAT WERE PART OF THE FIRST COHORT HERE IN
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MCKINNEY WITH THE PLUG AND PLAY.UM, AND THEN WE HAVE STAFF DIVIDED AND CONQUERING, REPRESENTING THE EDC ACROSS A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS.
PLUG AND PLAY SUMMIT JUNE 11TH AND 12TH.
WE HAD MIKE WILKES AND MR. KOWSKI THERE.
WE ALSO ATTENDED, EXCUSE ME, COLLISION, WHICH IS A STARTUP CONFERENCE IN TORONTO.
OVER 40,000 ATTENDEES, 115 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES REPRESENTED THERE.
THAT WAS OUR FIRST YEAR TO HAVE A BOOTH, BUT HAD SOME GREAT SUCCESS GIVEN THE INNOVATION FUND AND THE RESOURCES WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THE STARTUPS.
AND THEN WE HAVE REPRESENTATION IN DC THIS WEEK AT SELECT USA WITH CAROLINE COZY, ONE OF OUR PROJECT MANAGERS, MR. KOWSKI IS IN CANADA AT A CONSULTANT EVENT.
AND THEN HE WILL BE ATTENDING THE ASIA TRIP WITH, UH, GOVERNOR ABBOTT HERE IN JULY.
AND THEY'LL BE HITTING JAPAN, TAIWAN, AND SOUTH KOREA.
EDC MEETING WILL BE ON THE 16TH.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A JOINT MEETING TALKING SOME STRATEGY JUST LIKE MR. GRIMES SPOKE OF EARLIER, TO GET THAT APPROVED INTO COUNCIL.
AND HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
HOW ARE YA? MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.
DEBRA BRADFORD, CDC BOARD MEMBER UPDATES ARE AS FOLLOWS.
SO OUR PROMOTIONAL AND COMMUNITY, UH, EVENTS APPLICATION PERIOD TOOK PLACE FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.
AND WE WILL, UM, BE HEARING PRESENTATIONS THIS THURSDAY AT OUR BOARD MEETING.
THE SUMMARY IS ATTACHED, BUT I'LL HIGHLIGHT A FEW THAT WE WILL BE HEARING.
SO THE ROTARY CLUB PARADE OF LIGHTS, UH, SBG HOSPITALITY, UH, MCKINNEY MAIN STREET, OCTOBER FEST, THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF, I THINK ABOUT 14 IN TOTAL.
UH, THE AMOUNT WILL BE 1 4 9 9 1 5.
UM, CYCLE TWO BUDGET IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
WE HAVE REA REALLOCATED FROM OUR PREVIOUS BUDGET, WHICH WAS UNSPENT OF 54.
SO TOTAL IS 1 54, 6 0 6 PROJECT GRANTS APPLICATION, PERIOD.
ACTION TAKEN WILL BE IN AUGUST.
UH, STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR OUR BUDGET, UH, I'M SORRY, OUR PROJECT GRANT REQUESTS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PARKS AND OPEN SPACES, HISTORIC CULTURAL DISTRICT AND EAST SIDE DEVELOPMENT, MULTI-USE, MIXED USE AND ENTERTAINMENT PROJECTS, AND THE COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE.
AND WE WILL HAVE OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING IN JULY.
I BELIEVE IT'S JULY THE NINTH, UH, RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS APPLICATION PERIOD IS JULY PRESENTATION AUGUST 22ND, AND BOARD ACTION IN SEPTEMBER.
AND THAT IS MY REPORT AND I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
VISIT MCKINNEY BOARD, MADAM CHAIR, UM, ANDREW JONES, CULTURAL DISTRICT DIRECTOR.
UH, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A VERY BUSY HALL, UM, SUMMER SEASON FOR US.
UH, AND SPECIAL THANK YOU TO KATIE AND VISIT MCKINNEY FOR THEIR HELP DURING TEXAS MUSIC REVOLUTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COME DOWNTOWN DURING THAT EVENT AND YOU SEE ALL THIS LIVE MUSIC ALL AROUND, IT IS A REALLY UNIQUE AND SPECIAL EVENT.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE'RE KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT EVENT AS BIG AS POSSIBLE FOR DOWNTOWN AND BETTER, UH, FOR, FOR THE COMING YEARS.
SO AGAIN, THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR HELP FOR THAT.
UH, WE ARE AT, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THIS LITTLE TROLLEY RUNNING AROUND IN DOWNTOWN THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS.
IT'S GOTTEN, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, MENTIONS AND, UH, SOME PRESS ALREADY, UH, LEAKING IT.
BUT WE ARE OUT TESTING THE TROLLEY THIS WEEKEND.
WE ARE ACTUALLY GONNA DO A SOFT LAUNCH, SO WE'RE GONNA START TAKING RIDERSHIP THIS WEEKEND.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO A VERY BIG PUBLIC LAUNCH RIGHT AFTER THE 4TH OF JULY, UH, WITH OUR CITY MARKETING TEAM.
WE'VE, UH, FILMED SOME GREAT, UH, FUNNY PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS.
UH, I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A MR. ROGERS THEME MIGHT POP IN HERE,
SO, UH, WE ARE GEARING UP FOR THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE.
UH, RUTH FROM HUGS IS OUR GRAND MARSHAL THIS YEAR, UH, VERY WELL, UH, WELL EARNED.
UM, THE ROUTE IS THE SAME, BUT WE ARE CHANGING OUR STAGING LOCATION, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE STAGING IN FINCH PARK THIS YEAR AND GOING, UH, THE SAME DIRECTION, BUT WE'RE GONNA STAGE IN FINCH PARK AND COME UP, UH, STAND FOR IN ORDER TO HIT THE ROUTE.
UM, AND WE DO, WE'RE DOING THAT IN ANTICIPATION OF SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BE HAPPENING HERE, UH, JUST THE NORTH OF THE SQUARE, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE FACED,
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UH, DURING THE ROTARY CONGESTION AND THE DEMANDS, UH, DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.SO THIS IS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TEST A NEW WAY OF DOING PARADES IN DOWNTOWN.
UM, WE ARE GEARING UP FOR A COUPLE OF, UH, SMALLER EVENTS.
THE SIDEWALK SALE ON JULY 27TH, AS WELL AS THE MARGARITAS STROLL ON JULY 13TH.
AND THEN A NEW EVENT IS COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE, OUR CLASSIC CAR SHOW AUGUST 17TH.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE OVER 150 CLASSIC CARS.
AND WE'RE ALSO PAIRING THIS UP WITH A RISE IN SHOP, UH, EARLY MORNING SHOPPING EVENT THAT'S GONNA BE IN DOWNTOWN AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN SOME UPDATES ON SOME CONSTRUCTION.
SO, UH, IF YOU'VE BEEN OVER TO THE TOPS, YOU, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT THE ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION IS DEFINITELY HAPPENING.
THERE'S BEEN A SHIFT THOUGH, UH, LOUISIANA HAS OPENED FOR TWO-WAY TRAFFIC AND THEY'RE, UH, TRANSITIONING, UH, TO, TO WORK ON VIRGINIA.
THEY'VE ALREADY KIND OF COMPLETED SOME OF THE WORK AT THE, UH, RAILROAD INTERSECTION, BUT YOU'LL SEE VIRGINIA WILL BE CLOSED AND, UH, LOUISIANA WILL BE TWO WAY FOR THE TIME BEING, WHICH IS A HUGE, UH, RELIEF FOR, UH, LOCAL YOKEL, SOME OF THE BUSINESSES OVER THERE AS WELL AS TUFTS.
UM, AND THEN, UH, FOR IMPACT, A FEW SHOWS COMING UP, WE HAVE TAYLOR RAY, JULY 19TH, BET SMITH, UH, JULY 20TH, AND THEN MRT PRESENTS FOREVER PLAID.
UM, WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE, DID YOU MENTION THE COFFEE CRAWL? I DIDN'T.
IT WAS GREAT WITH THE COFFEE CRAWL.
UM, THAT IS ONE OF, UH, IT'S AN AMAZING EVENT PUT ON BY OUR LOCAL DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS WITH THE HELP OF, UH, HITTING MAIN STREET.
UM, BUT THAT HAS CONTINUED TO GROW AND GROW AND WE ARE GETTING, UH, QUITE THE REPUTATION FOR HAVING, UH, CAFFEINATED BEVERAGES IN DOWNTOWN
UM, THE BIG QUESTION IS, ARE YOU GONNA BE MR. ROGERS? UM, I
WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO EMILY MCCLURE FOR ANY UPDATES.
THEY HAD A JOINT MEETING LAST WITH MCDC IN REGARDS TO ALL THE PROJECTS AND, UM, ABILITY THAT THEY'LL HAVE WITH THE BOND PASSING.
SO IT, THERE'S TOO MANY TO MENTION, BUT IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING, YOU CAN GO WATCH IT FOR YOURSELF.
BUT LOTS OF EXCITING THINGS TO COME.
MOVING ON TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AT JANIE PENA.
UM, WELL, MR. GRIMES, YOU'LL BE GLAD TO KNOW THAT WE'RE WITHIN BUDGET, SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT
SO ON, ON, UH, THIS FIRST, UH, VERSION OF IT, WE ARE, UM, AS I SAID, WITHIN, UH, OUR BUDGET, BUT WE ARE LOOKING, CONTINUE TO LOOK AT PROJECTS AND WE FEEL, UH, DON'T FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH WHAT'S COMING, UH, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY RATE, WHICH IS THE NEXT ONE.
UM, THE, THE DIFFERENCE IS THERE HAS BEEN, UH, UH, LET'S SEE, A BIT OF A DECREASE ON SOME OF THE OCCUPANCY, BUT IT'S VERY, IT'S VERY, VERY LOW.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, I STUCK MY PAPER HERE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
UH, UM, BUT I THINK THAT WE, WE WANNA LOOK AT, AND I THINK THE POINT THAT WAS MADE EARLIER THAT WE ALL KNOW EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM UNDERSTANDS MORE HOTELS ARE IN OUR BEST INTEREST.
WE THINK WE HAVE THE DRAW FOR THAT.
AND, UM, BUT ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE ARE, SO AS WE LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS THERE, THERE'S NOT ANYTHING THAT STANDS OUT IN A, IN A NEGATIVE WAY.
BUT AS I LOOK AT THE NEXT PAGE, IF I COULD, I THINK, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THIS, ERIN? THIS ONE ACTUALLY IS THE, UH, THE HOT TAX REVENUE.
IF YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT REAL QUICK FOR THE MONTH.
UM, THE HOT TAX WAS, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MY MESSING UP MY NOTES HERE REALLY FINE.
UM, I CAN HELP YOU WITH THIS ONE.
UH, SO THE, UH, REVENUE FOR THIS MONTH WAS UP, UH, 12.27%.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE A NOTE ABOUT LAST MONTH WE WERE MISSING A HOTEL PAYMENT.
AND SO, UM, SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS.
UM, THEY TYPICALLY ALWAYS PAY, UM, BUT IF THEY DON'T PAY BEFORE OUR REPORT COMES OUT, THEN IT WON'T BE UPDATED TILL THE, TILL THE FOLLOWING MONTH.
SO LAST MONTH, IF YOU LOOK, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY A SIX POINT, UH, ONE 8% INCREASE IN REVENUE.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS SOMEWHERE IN
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LIKE THREE OR 4% LAST, LAST MONTH WHEN WE PRESENTED.SO THERE WAS AN INCREASE THERE.
ARE WE STILL MISSING ONE FROM MARCH? BECAUSE IT SAYS 19TH? YEAH, ACTUALLY, YES.
UH, I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT AS WELL.
THE SAME HOTEL, UM, IS MISSING FOR THIS MONTH.
SO THAT WILL ALSO GO UP, UH, WHEN WE HAVE OUR REPORT NEXT MONTH, IT'S PROBABLY JUST THE DATE THAT THEY'RE SENDING IN THEIR PAYMENTS.
IT ISN'T ALIGNING WITH WHEN WE GET OUR REPORT.
SO, AND THE MOST, I'LL POINT OUT THE MOST EXCITING THING ABOUT THAT REPORT OF COURSE, IS THAT, UH, WE'RE UP 8% OVER LAST YEAR.
SO VERY STRONG GROWTH AND UH, THAT MEANS THE HOTELS ARE DOING WELL AND OBVIOUSLY WE ARE AS WELL.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANYONE? ALL RIGHT THEN.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY, DO WE WANNA GO TO THE, WE CAN TOUCH ON THE, UH, ON THIS ONE? YEAH, WE CAN TOUCH ON THE STAR REPORT REAL QUICK.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO, YEAH, SEE THAT.
I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO SEE THE, UM, ON THE STAR REPORT, THE CHART.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE, THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE.
SO, UH, THAT, SO THE A DR IS, IS, THERE WE GO.
UM, THE A DR IS UP, BUT IT WAS, IT'S A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE, THAN THE PREVIOUS YEARS.
REVPAR IS DOWN AND OCCUPANCY RATE IS DOWN LIKE 1%.
AM I CORRECT ON THAT? UM, OCCUPANCY RATE WAS YEAH, YEAH.
SO, UM, JUST TO STILL UP FOR THE YEAR.
AND WE'RE STILL DOING WELL IN COLLIN COUNTY, UH, IN, IN OUR COMPARISONS.
UH, MY, YEAH, I, WHEN I WAS SAYING UP FOR THE YEAR, YEAR, UH, YEAR TO DATE IS DOWN, BUT THE RUNNING 12 MONTHS IS UP.
SO, AND THAT'S BEEN VERY CONSISTENT, WHICH I THINK IS, IS OVER THE LAST YEAR, I WOULD SAY, UH, IT'S BEEN VERY, THAT'S BEEN VERY CONSISTENT, WHICH IS A POSITIVE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.
WE'VE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, AND AS A COMMITTEE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TIERS AND THAT IMPACT, UM, OF THE, YOU KNOW, SO THE GROWTH OF TIER ONES WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
AND TWO AND THREE IS, IS IT REMAINS THE SAME.
I HAD ASKED PATRICK TO TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT.
PATRICK'S BACKGROUND IS IN THIS, SO I THOUGHT HE SHOULD SHARE WITH US SOMETHING.
SO THE, THE THREE METRICS WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE ARE THE THREE PRIMARY METRICS YOU LOOK AT WHEN LOOKING AT HOTEL PERFORMANCE.
UH, OCCUPANCY IS THE PERCENTAGE OF ROOMS AVAILABLE THAT ARE FILLED.
UH, THE A DR IS THAT AVERAGE RATE THAT, UH, HOTEL IS CHARGING OR ALL OF AT, IN THIS CASE, IT'S THE AVERAGE RATE ACROSS ALL HOTEL ROOMS FOR THE PERIOD.
AND THE REVPAR IS THE REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM.
SO IT'S HOW MUCH REVENUE, UH, THE HOTELS HAVE TAKEN IN, UH, DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ROOMS, UH, AVAILABLE TO SELL.
AND SO WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO SEE HERE, THE A DR, OF COURSE, IS SHOWING HOW, UH, WELL THE HOTELS ARE IN DEMAND, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH THEY THINK THEY CAN CHARGE FOR A ROOM EACH NIGHT.
UH, THE OCCUPANCY IS HOW WELL THEY'RE DOING, FILLING THOSE ROOMS. AND, UH, SO OVERALL YOU GET THE REVPAR, WHICH IS HOW MUCH THEY'RE ACTUALLY BRINGING IN FOR THE HOTEL'S BENEFIT, THEY WANT TO SEE MORE REVPAR.
THAT MEANS THE HIGHER THE REVPAR, THE MORE THEY'RE MAKING FOR EACH ROOM, THEY'VE GOT, UH, UH, WE WANT TO SEE MORE REV PAR TWO BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE GET MORE IN OCCUPANCY TAX.
UH, BUT OUR SECOND, UH, REMIT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BALANCE BECAUSE WE ALSO WANT HIGHER OCCUPANCY.
WE WANT MORE PEOPLE COMING TO VISIT AND SPENDING TIME DOWNTOWN AND DOING MORE THINGS, UH, AROUND THE CITY AND SPENDING MORE MONEY DOWNTOWN AND, UH, AROUND THE CITY.
SO WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO SEE HIGHER REVPAR, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO SEE A HIGHER OCCUPANCY RATES.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BALANCE THERE BETWEEN CHARGING MORE FOR YOUR ROOMS AND FILLING MORE ROOMS. THANK YOU, PATRICK.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
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A COUPLE MORE VRBO AND BED AND BREAKFAST.ARE THOSE NEW TO THE EQUATION OR JUST NOW REPORTING? SO WE, UH, I'VE BEEN WORKING A LITTLE BIT WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT ON, UM, VRBO SPECIFICALLY.
SO AIRBNB, WE GET AN, UH, AN AUTOMATIC PAYMENT THAT INCLUDES ALL AIRBNB HOT TECHS.
IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING THOUGH, 'CAUSE YOU ALMOST HAVE TO DO IT ONE, ONE AT A TIME,
SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON SOME OTHER OPTIONS TOO.
BUT, UM, BUT THAT IS IN OUR, KIND OF OUR PRIORITY LIST.
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT EVEN AT OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING IS HOW WE, WE WANT TO SEE KIND OF A, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD, LIKE A STANDARD THERE.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO DO THAT.
BUT YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE POP UP BECAUSE THEY ARE MAKING SOME, SOME EFFORT INTO REACHING OUT AND NOTIFYING AND STUFF.
ANYTHING, ANYBODY ELSE? WHITNEY
WELL, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIKE MAY AND APRIL WE HAD THE BYRON AND THE TOTAL ECLIPSE, SO I WAS JUST KINDA LOOKING.
APRIL HAD HIGHER NUMBERS THAN MAY DID.
YEAH, SO IT SOUNDS, SEEMS INTERESTING LIKE YEAH, WITH THE BYRON THERE WHOLE WEEK.
THAT'S, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT.
UH, I DON'T THINK IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BYRON WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WEEKLY, UH, 'CAUSE WE GET WEEKLY DATA TOO.
THAT WOULD BE WAY TOO MUCH TO TO SHOW HERE.
UM, WEEKLY DATA FOR BUYER NUMBERS LOOKS PRETTY CONSISTENT.
I WILL SAY LAST YEAR DURING THE BY END, FRISCO HAD THE CMAS THE SAME DAY AS THE BYRON NELSON.
UM, THIS YEAR THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.
SO, UH, WE LOST SOME, UH, WELL, WE LOST SEVERAL HUNDRED ROOM NIGHTS BACK TO FRISCO, UM, TO SOME OF THEIR HIGHER END PROPERTIES.
I KNOW FOR SURE THE WESTIN AND THE OMNI, UM, RECEIVED SOME OF THE, UH, THE SALESMANSHIP CLUB, UM, UH, ROOM BLOCK.
UH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS SOMETHING WE, THEY HAD TO PUT ALL THEIR ROOMS IN MCKINNEY THE YEAR BEFORE.
AND SO WE BENEFITED FROM THAT.
UM, THAT'S JUST THE SALESMANSHIP CLUBS BLOCK.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE ACTUAL JUST, YOU KNOW, VISITOR, UH, WAS DOING.
'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ROOM BLOCKS FOR THAT.
AND SO, UH, OVERALL OCCUPANCY WISE THOUGH, IT WAS STILL SOLID.
UM, WHAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE, IF YOU LOOK AT WEEKLIES AND THEN EVEN MONTHLY, IS THAT FROM A SUPPLY STANDPOINT, UM, NOTHING'S CHANGED.
AND SO YEAR OVER YEAR YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE ALMOST THE EXACT SAME OCCUPANCY RATES WITH VERY MINIMAL, UH, INCREASES OR DECREASES, LIKE YOU'RE WITHIN A PERCENT INCREASE OR A PERCENT DECREASE.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT MORE TO DO.
WE'RE WE'RE FILLING UP OUR WEEKENDS, UM, TO THE POINT WHERE I THINK ALYSSA AND I LOOKED AT IT A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WE'RE BOTH AT 96% OCCUPANCY.
UM, SO THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT LEFT YOU CAN DO THERE.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE MIDWEEKS THAT ARE COMING IN MORE LIKE MID TO MID SEVENTIES, UP TO LIKE HIGH EIGHTIES, DEPENDING ON LIKE WHAT TYPE OF GROUP IS THERE, UM, THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITY KIND OF FOR LIKE SOME CORPORATE OR GROUP TYPE STUFF THERE.
UM, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE TREND WE'RE SEEING ON OCCUPANCY RATES IS WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF HITTING WHERE WE CAN GET TO.
AND I, IT WOULD BE REALLY HARD TO SEE A BIGGER INCREASE, BUT AS EIGHT AVERAGE DAILY RATES INCREASE, OUR REVENUE IS STARTING TO GO UP A LOT MORE TOO.
SO YOU'RE SEEING $106 AVERAGE DAILY RATE.
THAT'S NOT FOR ALL OF US THAT HAVE SEEN IT FOR A WHILE.
IT'S NOT COMMON TO SEE OVER A HUNDRED DOLLARS IN MCKINNEY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE TREND THAT WE'RE WATCHING AND, UM, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT IN THE FUTURE.
EMILY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? NOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT IN GRANT, WHICH IS MOST OF OUR BEAN, BUT I WANTED TO GO BACK BECAUSE I DID A POOR JOB WITH THE PARKS.
THERE'S JUST SOME EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING.
SO IN IRWIN, THEY'RE GONNA DO A DOUBLE DECKER LOOKOUT AT THE TALLEST POINT OF IRWIN.
I THINK THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING.
THEY'RE PUTTING IN SHOWERS, UM, AND BATHROOMS, WHICH WILL BE GREAT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE THERE FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS TARGETING SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO CONNECT TO MAKE THE TRAIL AS LONG AS PEOPLE DESIRE.
SO THEY HAVE THE MARGINS TO GO FARTHER AND THEN TO OUR SPORTS EXCITEMENT.
UM, CRAIG RANCH HAS REPLACED THE TURF AS YOU KNOW, THOSE MAIN FIELDS, BUT THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING TO REPLACE ALL OF THE SOD, WHICH IS NEEDED IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY.
SO, SORRY, I JUST WANTED TO RECAP 'CAUSE I DID A POOR JOB, BUT THE MARKETING COMMITTEE WILL MAINLY BE THE GRANT REQUESTS.
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TWO FOUR DASH 1 6 8 8 EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REPORT.AS ALWAYS, THE FULL REPORT WITH ALL OF OUR KPIS AND STATISTICS, UH, IS ATTACHED AND I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS BASED ON THAT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY, UH, I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW QUICK, UH, UPDATES AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO OUR GRANTS BECAUSE I DEFINITELY WANNA, UM, UH, GET THAT, UM, FOR, UH, GOING FOR YOU GUYS.
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UM, SOMETHING CALLED TOURISM COLLEGE.THIS IS DONE BY THE TEXAS TRAVEL ALLIANCE.
UH, THIS WEEK, UH, ALICIA AND MARIE WILL BE GRADUATING FROM TOURISM COLLEGE WITH THEIR CERTIFIED TOURISM EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATION.
UM, ALSO IT'S CALLED CTE ON HERE.
UM, BETH GRADUATED LAST YEAR, AND SO, UM, ALL THREE OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE HEADED OUT IN THE COLLEGE STATION FOR KIND OF THE, UH, ALUMNI AND THE GRADUATION CEREMONY AT THE, UM, TEXAS A AND M HOTEL.
UM, WE'LL MISS THEM IN THE OFFICE.
WE'LL BE QUIET WITHOUT EVERYBODY.
UM, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS, UH, TO NOTE SUPPORTING THE DISCUSSION WE HAD EARLIER WITH, UH, MR. BURNETT.
UH, SPORTS HAS BEEN HOT FOR US RECENTLY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE WEEK OF TMR, UH, MARIE AND I HEADED TO MESA, ARIZONA FOR A TRADE SHOW CALLED SPORTS THE INVITATIONALS, KIND OF A BOUTIQUE, UH, TRADE SHOW WHERE YOU HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE RATIO WITH, UH, SPORTS PLANNERS.
AND IT WAS BY INVITATION ONLY.
ONE OF THE, UH, JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE SAT DOWN WITH AT A TABLE AND HAD DISCUSSIONS.
UM, AND SO IT WAS, IT WAS THE BIG, BIGGEST AND THE BEST.
AND IT WAS, UH, GREAT CONVERSATIONS.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO ASK UP FOR UPDATES.
THE ONE THING ABOUT NCAA THAT WE WERE NOTIFIED OF IS THEY DO NOT GIVE ANY UPDATE AT ALL OF WHAT THEY'RE THINKING OR WHERE THEY'RE, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO UNTIL OCTOBER WHEN THEY JUST ANNOUNCED WE'RE GOING THERE.
AND SO, UM, THEY DON'T DO, HE SAID THEY TYPICALLY DON'T DO SITE VISITS UNLESS THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT NEED TO GO SEE SOMETHING.
THEY JUST LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL WE GAVE AND THE INFORMATION WE GAVE THEM.
AND IF THEY LIKE WHAT WE HAVE, THEN THEY'RE GONNA ANNOUNCE THEY'RE COMING TO, TO MCKINNEY IN OCTOBER.
SO, UH, WE'RE STILL IN A, A HOLDING PATTERN THERE.
I WILL SAY, UH, FROM THE NCAA PROFESSIONAL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, UM, YOUTH SPORTS, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
UH, MCKINNEY WAS A HOT TOPIC OF CONVERSATION.
WE DO HAVE PHENOMENAL SPORTS FACILITIES.
WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE THINGS IN THE WORKS AND SOME FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND I WALKED AWAY WITH A, WITH SEVERAL BUSINESS CARDS OF PEOPLE WANTING TO, UM, HAVE FUTURE OR FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH US.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF FUN TO, TO BE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT AND TO BE, UM, SOMEWHERE THAT THEY ARE SEEKING TO COME.
WE'RE ALSO HOPING THAT WE WIN THAT CONFERENCE FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WE TOOK THE HOST OUT TO LUNCH, THE LA OR DINNER THE LAST NIGHT, AND, AND THEY SEEMED PRETTY INTERESTED IN COMING TO MCKINNEY AND, UH, AND HOSTING THAT SAME CONFERENCE HERE.
UH, THE LAST THING I HAVE, UM, FROM A SPORTS STANDPOINT IS WE ARE ANTICIPATING ON JULY 1ST AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT REALLY A KIND OF A ONCE IN A LIFETIME, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HOST A, A SPORTING EVENT HERE IN MCKINNEY.
CAN'T GIVE YOU ANY MORE INFORMATION THAN THAT AT THIS TIME.
UM, BUT WE, UH, WE KIND OF HAD SOMETHING REALLY NEAT FALL INTO, UM, OUR LAP AND, AND WE'RE PURSUING THAT.
UM, AND, AND I WILL DEFINITELY GET YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THE DAY THAT I CAN.
UH, AND THE, UH, THE LAST ONE WAS, UH, EVENTS LIKE AMERICAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE HELPED ASSIST WITH HOTEL NIGHTS LAST YEAR, BUT THEY WERE PLAYING IN GUNNER, UH, AT A COURSE UP THERE.
AND FOR US, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY HAPPY TO KEEP THE HOTEL ROOMS HERE, UH, BUT WE WANT TO SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE.
WE WANT TO SEE 'EM IN MCKINNEY FOR THE EXTENT OF IT THAT BRINGS MORE SALES TAX IN ECONOMIC IMPACT IS BETTER IF THEY'RE EATING AND HANGING OUT HERE POST THE EVENT.
UH, SO WE WORKED WITH THAT GROUP AND, UM, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE SECURED THEM AT OAK HOLLOW FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO, UH, WE WILL HAVE THE AMERICAN JUNIOR GOLF TOURNAMENT HERE AND AS WELL AS, UM, ALL THE ROOM NIGHTS THAT, THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.
AND SO THINGS LIKE THAT ARE JUST, UH, REALLY COOL EXAMPLES OF, UM, MCKINNEY HAVING SOME NEAT OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN OUR TEAM AND, AND PARTNERS, UM, PURSUING THEM A LITTLE HARDER.
UH, IT'S GREAT NEWS ON THE HOTEL FRONT AS WELL, THE TRUE BY HILTON, UH, OVER BY BEHIND MCALLISTERS, KIND OF, UM, ON EL DORADO, THAT THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN ON HOLD FOR, GOSH, WHAT, LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF LIKE IT, READY TO GO, BUT ON HOLD.
UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'VE GONE THROUGH A BANK PROCESS.
THERE'S A NEW OWNER I SWUNG BY ON SATURDAY.
THE DOORS WERE OPEN, LANDSCAPING WAS HAPPENING, PEOPLE WERE GOING IN AND OUT, SO, UH, EVERYONE CROSSED THEIR FINGERS.
UH, THE GOAL IS THAT THEY MAY OPEN OR THEY'RE SHOOTING TO OPEN BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR.
UH, AS A, AS, UM, UH, AN OFFICIAL, UH, BOOKING HOTEL AC MARRIOTT AND AVID ARE BOTH ACTIVELY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THE AVID ON HIGHWAY 75.
IT'S THE WOOD, UH, THE WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE.
UH, AC MARRIOTT IS CURRENTLY DOING DIRT WORK.
UM, SO YOU WON'T SEE MUCH OF THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN HOTEL DENIZEN IS, UH, NEARING COMPLETION WITH THE ANTICIPATED OPENING DATE IN OCTOBER.
UH, OUR TEAM IS GONNA BE MEETING WITH, UH, THEIR MANAGEMENT STAFF IN LATE JULY TO TALK ABOUT LATE FALL OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF HELP BOOST, UH, WHAT THEY'VE HAVE GOING ON OVER THERE.
VERY LAST THING, PROMISE, MAKE MUSIC DAY BEST YOU MAY.
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UH, THIS EVENT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SHOWCASE THAT WE ARE A MUSIC FRIENDLY CITY.AND, UH, SHE RECEIVED SOMEWHERE AROUND 50 HARMONS, UM, FREE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
AND, UH, SHE PULLED UP THE, THE EVENT TOGETHER AND WE HAD MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE SHOW UP TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY HARMONICA IN OUR OFFICE THE OTHER DAY,
UM, AND SO WE WERE PULLING CHAIRS FROM MAIN STREET AND EVERYWHERE WE COULD, JOHN CHRISTOPHER DAVIS AND MAYLEE, UH, UH, HELPED LEAD THE, THE SESSION.
IT WAS LITERALLY EVERY AGE PERSON YOU CAN THINK OF, UH, FROM LIKE, YOU KNOW, 3-YEAR-OLD ALL THE WAY UP TO, YOU KNOW, 75-YEAR-OLD WANTING TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE HARMONICA.
SO, UM, IF ANYONE'S GIVING LESSONS OUT THERE, THERE'S A BUSINESS MODEL FOR YOU, BUT IT SOUNDED WONDERFUL.
WE ARE MOVING TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA AND ARE TAKING A VOTE ON SIX GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED AT THE MAY BOARD MEETING.
SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN, I'LL READ EACH ITEM NUMBER AND WE'LL GO THROUGH, UM, EACH ITEM AND THEN VOTE AFTER EACH ITEM.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on the Grant Application from Texas Women Society in the Amount of $9500 for the Marketing and Promotion of the Lunar Harvest Moon Festival]
TWO FOUR DASH 1689.CONSIDER DISCUSS, ACT ON THE GRANT APPLICATION FROM TEXAS WOMEN'S SOCIETY AND THE AMOUNT OF $9,500 FOR THE MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE LUNAR HARVEST MOON FESTIVAL, THE MARKETING COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION.
AND THANK YOU TO BRIAN AND PATRICK FOR HELPING.
WE NEEDED ALL HANDS ON DECK ON THIS ONE TO MAKE SURE WE DESIGNATED THE FUNDS APPROPRIATELY.
'CAUSE WE WERE, AS YOU CAN TELL, AT, UM, WE HAD 80%, 80,000 REQUESTED IN 19 GRANTED.
SO THERE WAS, WE NEEDED TO MAKE DECISIONS.
SO WE RECOMMEND 47 50 FOR THE TEXAS WOMEN'S SOCIETY FOR THE LUNAR HARVEST MOON FESTIVAL IN OCTOBER.
DO YOU, DO YOU MIND IMPLORING JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DECISION? SURE, SURE.
SO THIS WILL BE AN EVENING ACTIVITY.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY WILL UTILIZE HOTELS AS OPPOSED TO THE PREVIOUS EVENT THAT WAS A DAY EVENT.
WE WERE PLEASED WITH THE ATTENDANCE, THE ORGANIZATION, THE COMMUNICATION, THE WILLINGNESS TO HAVE A HOTEL BLOCK, UM, ALSO TAKING THE INITIATIVE.
I, WE BELIEVE THIS IS A GOOD PARTNERSHIP FOR MCKINNEY.
WE RECOGNIZE THEY ALSO HAVE EVENTS IN DALLAS THAT WE'VE REALIZED, BUT I THINK IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A NORTH, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO ATTEND.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS? OKAY.
ALRIGHT,
IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO VOTE, UM, CAN I GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT $4,750 FOR THE TEXAS WOMEN'S SOCIETY? SO MOTION.
A MOTION FROM EFRIN AND A SECOND FROM JANIE.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on the Grant Application from Ratrodtober in the Amount of $5,000 for the Advertising and Promotion of the Ratrodtober Car and Bike Show.]
TO ITEM NUMBER TWO FOUR DASH 16 NINE.CONSIDER DISCUSS ACT ON THE GRANT APPLICATION FROM RAT RAW TOBER AND THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 FOR THE ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION OF THE RAT RAW TOBER CAR AND BIKE SHOW.
I WILL BE RECUSING MYSELF SINCE I AM ON THE BOARD OF THE BENEFICIARY.
SO RATTO, THIS IS THEIR SECOND EVENT IN MCKINNEY.
THEY REQUESTED FIVE, WE RECOMMEND FOUR IN REGARDS TO MARKETING.
THEY WILL BE HELD AT THE NEW TUBS, WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL BE AN ATTRACTION TO MANY.
WE APPRECIATE THEIR ALSO INITIATIVE, THE ACTION ORIENTED THEY WANT TO BE IN MCKINNEY.
THEY'RE, UM, PARTNERING WITH TINY POCKET ORGANIZATION, WHICH WE BELIEVE BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AND IS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP THAT MAKES SENSE TO SUPPORT.
WE RECOMMEND 4,000 FOR THE MARKETING OF THAT EVENT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? KEITH? NO, I IS THERE
YEAH, SO THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE A CHARITY THAT IT BENEFITS, CORRECT.
IT'S CALLED THE TINY POCKET ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS IN REGARDS TO HOUSING.
DO WE HAVE ANY DATA ON HOW THINGS WENT LAST YEAR? 'CAUSE THEY WERE AN AWARD RECIPIENT LAST YEAR.
BETH, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? IN REGARDS TO THEIR ATTENDANCE LAST YEAR FOR RAT ROD TOBER HAVE A HOTEL I, THE ATTENDANCE, THEY HAD HOTEL PICK AND I THINK MAYBE THEY GOT 10 OR SO ROOMS. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
THEY HAD BLOCKS ALREADY FOR THIS YEAR.
THEY, THEY DID THAT ON THEIR OWN AND THEY AS IF THEY LAST YEAR AS WELL.
THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING TO DO A FRIDAY EVENT TO PROMOTE PEOPLE COMING INTO TOWN EARLY.
THEY ALSO, WE RECOGNIZE FOR THE CAR OWNERS, THEY WANT TO BE IN TOWN THE NIGHT BEFORE TO SET UP.
SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BUILDING, IT'S DEFINITELY AN OVERNIGHT OF THAT.
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WE RECALL HOW MUCH THEY GOT LAST YEAR? LESS THAN THIS? I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, I DON'T HAVE THAT DOCUMENT WITH ME.WE HAD IT DURING THE MARKETING COMMITTEE, UH, MEETING, UM, BUT I'M SORRY.
BUT I WANT TO SAY IT WAS SOMEWHERE LESS THAN 2,500.
2,500 IS WHAT THEY RECEIVED LAST YEAR.
AND HOW MANY, THEY SAID THEY WERE EXPECTING A FRIDAY EVENT AS WELL.
THEY'RE TRYING TO PLAN ONE, THEY HAVEN'T GOT IT.
ADD, THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO PUT ONE ON THE DOCKET.
THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE THE PEOPLE TO SUPPORT IT.
WHILE 10 ROOM NIGHTS MAY NOT SOUND LIKE A DRASTIC NUMBER.
UM, IT IS 10 MORE THAN SOME OTHER EVENTS THAT SUBMIT FOR GRANT APPLICATION.
SO, UM, WE, WE DO SEE THAT AS A, THAT THEIR EFFORTS IN GETTING THE ROOM BLOCKS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON THAT SIDE AS A, AS A POSITIVE, SEE THIS BEING A GROWING THING YEAR AFTER YEAR OF THE BUILDUP.
SO TO SUPPORT THAT NOW OR LATER.
DID WAS, AND I APOLOGIZE, I WASN'T THERE, WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON JUST GIVING THEM THE, THE TOTAL FACT UP? THERE WAS DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO THAT WE HAVE OTHER ENTITIES THAT WERE ASKING.
SO WE TRIED TO BE AS FAIR AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE WERE OPEN TO DISCUSSION.
IT'S A RECOMMENDATION THAT'S WILLING TO BE CHANGE AS NEEDED.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING THIS OR WE READY TO VOTE? I MEAN, I WOULD RECOMMEND GIVING 'EM THE FULL FIVE.
I JUST FEEL LIKE WE HAVE SUCH SMALL DOLLARS COMPARED TO WHAT'S BEING ASKED OVERALL.
'CAUSE THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM SOMEBODY ELSE.
I DON'T, I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT ONE PER SE.
SO CHESTNUT SQUARE IS REGARDS TO NEW SIGNAGE.
THEY ALREADY HAVE A TOUR IN PLACE.
WE'RE LOOKING TO SUPPORT THEM AS THEY DO BRING PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN.
BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO, IF WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS TAKING MONEY FROM OTHERS, IT'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
WE COULD TAKE SOME FROM EITHER TO SUPPORT THAT IF YOU FEEL IT'S NECESSARY.
I THOUGHT THE 25, WHAT WAS RAT RATTO LAST TIME? 25 TO FOUR I FEEL LIKE IS A, IS A DECENT INCREASE IN AWARDING THEIR EFFORTS.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE FULL IS NECESSARY AT THIS TIME.
BUT AGAIN, OPEN TO DISCUSSION, TAKE IT FROM WHATEVER WE DO, TAKE FIVE FROM MILL AND TO FIVE FROM JUST, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO TAKE AWAY FROM SOMEBODY WHEN I HAVEN'T HEARD THE REASON BEHIND YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS YET.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE GO LINE BY LINE.
IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO MAKE THOSE DISTINCTIONS.
SO I, WE COULD TABLE THIS IF POSSIBLE AND THEN COME BACK TO IT.
I MEAN, SO I DON'T, A GOOD QUESTION.
I DON'T LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, CAUSE TOO MUCH DISSENT OR ANYTHING IN THESE THINGS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY I WISH I WOULD'VE TO MAKE THE MARKETING COMMITTEE'S, UM, MEETING, UM, WELL THE MARKETING COMMITTEE MEETS WITHOUT THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, BUT THEN WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND THEN WE DISCUSS.
SO IN THE PAST WE'VE DONE THE GRANTS ALL AT ONE.
TODAY WE'RE DOING A LINE ITEM DUE TO THE NUMBER OF THEM.
YES, WE WERE DOING A LINE, LINE BY LINE.
BUT IF IT'S POSING A PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, YEAH, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT AND COME BACK.
IF THAT'S REASONABLE, WE CAN DO THAT.
AND, AND RON COME BACK TO THIS ONE IF, WOULD YOU PREFER THAT AND IT GIVES US THE MARGIN AND THEN, AND THEN GO THROUGH THE OTHER ONES.
WELL, WOULD IT BE PRUDENT TO KIND OF DISCUSS THEM ALL AND THEN LINE BY LINE VOTE YAY OR DAY? THAT'S TOTALLY FINE.
WE'LL, WE'LL DO THAT FOR THE REST OF THEM.
SO WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON THE FIRST LINE ITEM AND FOR WE ALL AGREED ON THAT ONE.
SO WE'LL JUST DO THIS GOING FORWARD AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK AND DO A VOTE.
ARE WE GOOD TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE THOUGH? OKAY.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on the Grant Application from LX Artworks in the Amount of $30,000 for the Development and Promotion for the Legacy Lane Interactive Media Project of The Cotton Mill.]
MOVE ON TO LINE ITEM TWO FOUR DASH 16 9 1.CONSIDER DISCUSS, ACT ON THE GRANT APPLICATION FROM LX ARTWORKS IN THE AMOUNT OF $30,000 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION FOR THE LEGACY LANE INTERACTIVE MEDIA PROJECT OF THE COTTON MILL.
AT THIS TIME, THE MARKETING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ZERO FUNDS BE GIVEN TO THIS GRANT APPLICATION DUE TO THEIR LACK OF, UH, THEY DID NOT SHOW US A PLAN OR A VISUAL ENTITY, A MAP, A UM, VISION, JUST A VERBAL VISION, WHICH WASN'T ENOUGH FOR US.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE GIVEN THE ASK.
I THINK THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE MORE WORK DONE
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SEND.SO MAY I GET A MOTION TO, UM, ACCEPT ZERO FOR LX ARTWORKS A MOTION? MAY I GET A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY.
WE NEED TO, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE, THE SECOND ONE.
WELL I THINK WE, THERE WAS NO NOTHING ON THAT ONE.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on the Grant Application from The Flour Mill in the Amount of $20,000 for the Advertising and Promotion of Our Venue for Weddings and Other Special Events.]
NUMBER TWO FOUR DASH 1692.CONSIDER A DISCUSSED ACT ON THE GRANT APPLICATION FROM THE FLOWER MILL AND THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 FOR THE ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION OF OUR VENUE.
FOR WEDDINGS AND OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS.
THE MARKETING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $6,000 IN, IN REGARDS TO THIS ASK OF 20,000, WE BELIEVE THEY DO HAVE A LOT TO OFFER IN REGARDS TO WEDDINGS AND OVERNIGHT STAYS.
HOWEVER, WE'D LIKE TO SEE MORE AND SO WE'D LIKE TO SHOW THEM THAT WE AND ARE INVESTING IN THEM, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM CONNECT MORE TO OUR ENTITY IN REGARDS TO HOTEL BLOCKS AND MAKING THAT A PRIORITY ON THEIR WEBSITE.
AND IN REGARDS TO THE WEDDING PLANNERS AND EVENT PLANNERS, THEY DO HAVE THE MARGINS TO HOST QUITE A FEW EVENTS.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT IN THE FUTURE.
ANY BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? DID THEY, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
DID THEY, I FEEL LIKE THEY ADVISED HOW MANY EVENTS THAT THEY HAD LAST YEAR.
OVERNIGHT OR IN GENERAL? IN GENERAL.
DID ANYONE ELSE WRITE DOWN THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THE FLOWER MILL HOSTED LAST YEAR? NO, NOT SPECIFIC NUMBER.
I FEEL LIKE THEY HAD MENTIONED HOW MANY WEDDINGS THEY HAD.
I CAN'T REMEMBER OFFHAND WHAT IT WAS.
WHAT I APPRECIATE THEM IS THEY CAN HOST UP TO TWO 30, I BELIEVE, WHICH IS A VERY BOUTIQUE, UM, ENTITY IN MCKINNEY AND IT'S GREAT 'CAUSE IT'S RIGHT THERE NOW WITH TTS.
BUT, UM, THEY CAN HOST THREE EVENTS AT A TIME.
ACTUALLY, THE, GO AHEAD BRIAN.
WELL, WEDDING VENUES DO BRING IN OVERNIGHT GIFTS AND SO I'M DEFINITELY, UM, FOR ASSISTING WITH THAT.
SO WITH THEM, WE WERE TRYING TO, YOU HAVE NOTICED THEIR ASK, BUT WE WANT THEM ALSO TO SHOW US WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE COMING FROM, BUT WE ALSO JUST DON'T WANT TO BE THEIR FULL MARKETING BUDGET OF 20,000.
SO THAT'S WHY WE CAME UP WITH A NUMBER.
THIS IS THEIR FIRST TIME TO COME AND START WORKING WITH ALICIA.
SO I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE SOME CONTINUITY GOING FORWARD.
WE JUST WANT TO KIND OF SET TONE.
IF HERE'S A NUMBER THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU STARTING TO WORK WITH US, THAT'S THE, WE CAME, THAT'S A GREAT REMINDER.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE JUST A BLANK CHECK TO THEM IN REGARDS TO THEIR MARKETING BUDGET FOR FUTURE AS WELL.
SO IF YOU WANT DO ANYTHING, IT'S MORE ABOUT IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA SPEAK, YOU CAN, UM, COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
IT WAS MORE ABOUT KIND OF HELPING THEM BUILD THEIR STRATEGY TO, IT'S LIKE WHEN CHESTNUT CAME TO ASK FOR MARKETING DOLLARS, IT WAS LIKE THEY WERE WORKING TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, SEO AND DRIVE ORGANIC TRAFFIC.
WE WANT THEM TO KIND OF BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE SO THEY CAN START BEING FOUND FOR MORE WEDDING VENUES AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ALLOCATE THESE DOLLARS TO HELP IN THAT ASPECT.
NO, I MEAN, BECAUSE WILL SHE, OKAY.
TWO MORE, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
IT'S GETTING A LITTLE CONFUSING RIGHT? BECAUSE WELL, WE HAVE TWO MORE TO GO THROUGH.
AND THEN, UM, IF WE WANT TO MOVE ANY OF THOSE FUNDS AROUND, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on the Grant Application from the MillHouse Foundation in the Amount of $7,050 to Support Outreach for the 2024 Season of Festivals and Events.]
HOUSE.ITEM NUMBER TWO FOUR DASH 1693.
CONSIDER DISCUSS, ACT ON THE GRANT APPLICATION FROM THE MILLHOUSE FOUNDATION IN THE AMOUNT OF 7,050 TO SUPPORT OUTREACH FOR THE 2024 SEASON OF FESTIVALS AND EVENTS.
WHICH IS AN INTERESTING NUMBER.
WE RECOMMEND 2,500 TO PROMOTE SPECIFICALLY THE POSTCARD ART EXHIBIT, WHICH IS AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT.
WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE IT IN MCKINNEY.
WE BELIEVE THEY WILL HAVE OVERNIGHT STAY, WHICH HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO TRACK IN THE PAST, BUT WE HAVE RECOMMENDED THEY, AGAIN DO THE HOTEL BLOCKS AND LET US SUPPORT THEM IN THAT.
THAT IS TO PROMOTE SPECIFICALLY THAT ONE? YES, MA'AM.
CAN WE ENFORCE THAT WITH THIS GRANT? IT IS A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT.
SO WE WOULD, UH, LOOK AT WHAT THEY SUBMIT TO US BEING FOR THAT EVENT.
AND THAT'S THE CASE WITH ALL THESE, THEY'RE REIMBURSEMENT GRANTS.
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ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING MAIL HOUSE? NO.WE WILL LOOP BACK TO THAT HERE IN A SECOND.
WE'LL GO DOWN TO LINE ITEM TWO FOUR DASH 1 6 9 4.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on the Grant Application from the Heritage Guild of Collin County in the Amount of $8,800 to Help Provide Professional Signs with History and Facts About the Homes and Buildings in the Chestnut Square Historic Village.]
CONSIDER DISCUSS, ACT ON THE GRANT APPLICATION FROM THE HERITAGE GUILD OF COLLIN COUNTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,800 TO HELP PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SIGNS WITH HISTORY AND FACTS ABOUT THE HOMES AND BUILDINGS IN CHESTNUT SQUARE HISTORIC VILLAGE.THE MARKETING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $2,000 OF THAT GRANT ASKED TO REFRESH THE SIGNAGE AS REQUESTED.
WE BELIEVE THE CHESTNUT SQUARE HAS A LOT TO OFFER, HOWEVER, THEY DON'T USUALLY PROMOTE OVERNIGHT STAYS.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A REASONABLE GRANT APPROVAL.
SO IT IS TO PROMOTE THE TOURS, NOT THE, NOT THE SIGNS THEMSELVES? CORRECT.
SO TO PROMO PROMOTE THE ACTUAL ACTIVITY.
I THOUGHT SHE SAID THEY WANTED TO REFRESH THEIR SIGNAGE WITH A LOCAL VENDOR.
THAT, UH, THAT WAS THE REQUEST.
UM, I WILL SAY IN THE COMMITTEE WE DID DISCUSS, UH, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, THE DOLLARS BEING USED FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND NOT FOR THE ACTUAL, UM, SIGNAGE.
SORRY IT WAS A VERY BUSY MORNING ON PERSONALLY, SO I APPRECIATE THAT REMINDER.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE WHERE THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO PROVIDE, UM, THEIR PROOF AFTER THAT THEY WERE USING IT FOR PROMOTIONAL REASONS ONLY AND NOT FOR THE SIGNS THEMSELVES.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY YEAH, I DO.
YOU KNOW, I, I LOVE THE CHESTNUT SQUARE.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS IN OUR WHEELHOUSE AND IF THIS IS OUTSIDE OF OUR LANE, UH, IN OUR SCOPE.
I DON'T SEE, I JUST DON'T SEE PROVIDING MONEY FOR
AND THE CHESTNUT SQUARE DOES HAVE WEDDINGS ON SITE, WHICH WE BELIEVE IS BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY, BUT WE ARE OPEN TO DISCUSSION AS WELL.
YEAH, I MEAN, AND THIS IS JUST OBVIOUSLY MY OPINION ON THINGS.
I I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULD GIVE THE CHESTNUT SQUARE THAT MONEY FOR THOSE SAID PURPOSES.
AND, AND, AND JUST MY OPINION, UH, THE WAY I SEE IT IS, YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL PRETTY GOOD WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR.
NO GRANT FUNDS AWARDED WITH LS ARTWORKS.
I WOULD SAY NO GRANT FUNDS AWARDED TO CHESTNUT SQUARE, UH, DIVVY UP THAT 2000, GIVE AN EXTRA THOUSAND TO THE FLOWER MILL TO MAKE THAT 7,000 TOTAL.
AND RAT ROD TOVER, UH, FROM 4,000 TO 5,000, I'M OKAY WITH THE MILLHOUSE AT 2,500 FOR A POSTCARD ART EXHIBIT.
I KNOW IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL THING AND I THINK THAT IT COULD DRIVE, IT COULD DRIVE STUFF.
I HAVE QUESTION ABOUT THAT ONE.
THAT PARTICULAR POSTCARD, ART EXHIBIT 2,500 LINE ITEM, IS THAT WHAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY ASKING FOR, FOR THAT ITEM? OR DID YOU GO DOWN, WERE THEY SPECIFIC BREAKING DOWN CARDS? 'CAUSE THE, THE, UH, THE ASK WAS FOR ALL FEST THE FESTIVALS AND EVENTS.
SO I DO YOU KNOW, THE BREAKDOWN? YEAH, RIGHT.
THEY HAD ASKED FOR 3,700 IN ADS AND THEN THEY WERE GONNA USE 33 50 FOR COMMUNITY IMPACT IN REGARDS TO WHERE WOMEN CREATE LIKE A SERIES THAT THEY ARE DOING.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT, WE BELIEVED THAT THE INTERNATIONAL POSTCARD STAMP EXHIBIT WAS A MORE, UH, A BETTER USE OF OUR FUNDS.
AND SO, NO, TO YOUR POINT, NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY ASKED FOR.
I THINK THEY WILL ASK FOR SOMETHING MORE BROAD, BUT WE BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE A BETTER USE OF THE FUNDS FOR OUR BOARD.
I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH CHESTNUT SQUARE, IT'S, YES, IT'S, UH, IT'S A SELF-GUIDED TOUR THAT MAY NOT DRIVE NECESSARILY IN ITSELF THE, UH, ROOM NIGHTS, BUT IT'S, WE, WE APPRECIATE IT THAT IT'S ONE, IT'S A NOT-FOR-PROFIT THAT'S REALLY JUST TRYING TO ENGAGE AND PROVIDE SOME EXTRA, UM, THINGS TO DO IN THE CITY AND REALLY BUILD SOME OF THE HISTORY OF THE CITY.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING MORE THAT ADDS AN EXTRA DRAW TO VISITING THE AREA.
AND WE WANTED TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PUSH THAT A LITTLE BIT AND PROMOTE IT.
AND WHEN PEOPLE DO STAY OVERNIGHT, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS TO DO.
IT'S PART OF THEIR ITINERARY AND IT KIND OF HELPS GIVE PEOPLE A REASON TO COME HERE BECAUSE THERE'S MORE THAN JUST WALKING AROUND THE STORE SQUARE AND GETTING LUNCH.
SO THE WAY I SEE IT, THE, THE MILLHOUSE AND CHESTNUT SQUARE ARE BOTH PROMOTING FOR, UH, AN ACTIVITY, AN EXHIBIT OR SOMETHING TO DO.
NOT NECESSARILY A NIGHT STAYS.
WELL, WE BELIEVE THE POSTCARD ART WOULD BE OVERNIGHT, WILL BE THINK OVERNIGHT, BE PEOPLE FROM OVERNIGHT.
THIS IS QUITE A BIG DEAL ACTUALLY.
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SO I THINK THERE'S SEPARATE, SIMILAR BUT SEPARATE IN A FEW WAYS.SO DO WE FEEL WE SHOULD UP THAT AMOUNT THEN FROM 2,500? OR DO YOU WONDER? I I FEEL LIKE 2,500 IS, IS APPROPRIATE.
UM, I WOULDN'T MIND UPPING IT.
AGAIN, I JUST, I HATE TO HARP ON THIS, BUT I DO NOT FEEL LIKE THE CHESTNUT SQUARE THING IS IN OUR WHEELHOUSE.
AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND ABOUT HAVING STRATEGIC PARTNERS WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
I JUST DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT IS WHERE WE STAND AS VISIT MCKINNEY.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE.
'CAUSE WE'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF THESE SELF-GUIDED TOURS COME TO THE TABLE.
AND HOW DOES THAT PLAY WITH OUR BOARD AND OUR FINANCIAL ABILITIES? DOES THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SUPPORT OR DO WE SAY FIND RESOURCES ELSEWHERE? 'CAUSE WE'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF THEM COME THROUGH.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT FALLS OR IF THIS ISN'T JUST NOT THE RIGHT TIME FOR IT, BUT I CAN AGREE WITH YOU.
UM, WHEN PEOPLE COME TO TOWN, IT'S NICE TO HAVE OPTIONS.
WHERE DOES OUR BOARD STAND ON SUPPORTING THAT? MAYBE NOW'S NOT THE TIME.
I THINK IF YOU READ THROUGH THE GRANT, UH, APPLICATION AND LOOK AT, UM, HOW HOT FUNDS CAN BE SPENT, I STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT WITH SPENDING MONEY ON, UM, THE CREATION OF THEM WITH HOW OUR GRANT GRANT IS SET UP.
UM, THAT WAS WHERE WE FELT A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE SAYING, SINCE THEY ALREADY HAVE A SELF-GUIDED TOUR, THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO UPDATE SIGNAGE IF THEY, OUR FUNDS BEING, UH, MARKETING, ANYTHING TOURISM RELATED.
UM, WE FELT OKAY THAT THEY COULD MAR PROMOTE THE SELF-GUIDED TOUR THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE AS IN THING TO DO IN MCKINNEY, BUT WE DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE PAYING FOR THE SIGNAGE TO BE REPLACED.
UM, AND AND THAT WAS ALSO KIND OF STANDARD WITH THE LX REQUEST, WAS THE CREATION OF THE SELF-GUIDED TOUR, RATHER THAN ASKING US TO HELP THEM PROMOTE IT.
UM, THAT WAS THE JUSTIFICATION BEHIND THAT.
UM, BUT IT'S STILL A BOARD'S DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S HOW YOU WANT TO SPEND THE FUNDS.
WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK WE SHOULD DO? DO YOU WANNA ADJUST? I'M HAPPY.
ARE WE OPEN TO DISCUSS JUST AWARDING ZERO TO CHESTNUT? UH, I'M OPEN TO IT.
I THINK MY WENDY'S MAKING A FACE.
I'M, I'M NOT SOLD ON IT, BUT I'M OPEN TO IT.
WHAT IF, WHAT IF, WHAT IF WE, UM, COMPROMISE AND, AND BRING IT DOWN A THOUSAND AND THEN GIVE THAT A THOUSAND TO R ROCKTOBER.
WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT BE A COMPROMISE? OR WE'RE STILL GIVING SOME MONEY FOR ADVERTISING OF THE SELF-GUIDED TOUR? I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WOULD NEED A WHOLE MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
I'M NOT SOLD ON GIVING ANOTHER THOUSAND TO RAT ROT TOBRA JUST YET.
I THINK I'D RATHER GIVE THAT TO THE POSTCARD.
I, THAT WE KNOW BRINGS PEOPLE INTO HOTEL ROOMS. RIGHT.
IF IT'S, IF THEY'RE TRAVELING INTERNATIONALLY, THEY HAVE TO STAY.
SO KEEP RTO AT 4,000 MILLHOUSE, 2 3500 AND CHESTNUT TO 1000.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN TALK ABOUT? CAN YOU BRING THAT BY AGAIN? OKAY.
SO IF WE LOWER CHESTNUT SQUARE TO 1000 INSTEAD OF 2000, AND THEN GIVE THAT $1,000 TO MILLHOUSE.
SO MILLHOUSE WOULD NOW BE 3,500 INSTEAD OF 2,500.
AND THEN RATTO WOULD STAY AT 4,000.
ARE YOU ON BOARD WITH THAT? UH, I, YEAH, I CAN BE FOR SURE.
I I I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT, THAT THE MILLHOUSE WOULD GET MORE.
I WOULD, UH, I WOULD, I WOULD ALMOST WANT TO DIVVY IT UP BETWEEN THE MILLHOUSE AND THE FLYER MILL PERSONALLY, BUT I'M FINE.
YOU SAID THE FLOUR MILL? MM-HMM.
SO THAT WOULD MAKE IT, I MEAN, I THINK THAT IS JUST AN THAT'S, THAT'S A, TO ME, THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A WIN-WIN.
THAT'S A NO-BRAINER ON THE FLOWER MILL.
UM, BUT I WHAT DID THE FLOWER MILL ASK FOR ORIGINALLY? FLOWER MILL ASKED FOR 20,000 AND WE ARE AT 6,000 RIGHT NOW.
SO WE COULD DO 7,000 TO THEM AND 3,500 TO MILL HOUSE AND THEN ZERO TO CHESTNUT.
OR WE COULD DO 1000 TO CHESTNUT 65 FOR FLOUR AND 3000 FOR MILLHOUSE.
UH, I, AGAIN, I, I CAN GET ON BOARD WITH, WITH THAT AS WELL.
UM, I JUST, UH, YEAH, I CAN GET ON BOARD WITH THAT
SO, SO WE NEED SOME CLARIFICATION HERE.
SO IF WE DO 1000 FOR CHESTNUT SQUARE, PATRICK JUST SAID WE COULD DO 6,500
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FOR FLOWER MILL AND THEN 3000 FOR MILLHOUSE, AND THAT WOULD SPLIT THE THOUSAND BETWEEN THOSE TWO.IS THAT FAIR? THAT'S, UH, YEAH.
I THINK
SO, YOU KNOW, LIFE ISN'T FAIR, BUT IT IS EQUITABLE.
WE'VE ONLY GOT A FOURTH OF WHAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR THIS WHOLE, SO I THINK IT'S NOT GONNA BE ENTIRELY FAIR FOR ANYBODY.
AND, AND WE HAVE TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONEY THAT HAS COME TO US.
AND, AND I THINK, I THINK THE, THE MARKET COMMITTEE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND I CAN GET ON BOARD WITH, WITH WHAT WE HAVE JUST DISCUSSED.
WE WILL GO BACK TO TWO FOUR DASH 1 6 9 0.
I WILL NOT BE VOTING, BUT I BELIEVE YOU GUYS HAVE AGREED TO VOTE FOR $4,000.
I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, UH, THE 4,000 FOR RATTO KEITH MOTIONS.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND A SECOND.
OKAY, EVERYONE EXCEPT KATIE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY.
WE WILL MOVE TO 2 4 1 6 9 2 VOTE ON THE FLOWER MILL.
ALL IN FAVOR OF 6,500 FOR THE FLOWER MILL.
I THINK WE SKIPPED THE COTTON MILL.
WE HAD VOTED ON THAT SEPARATELY.
DO THE ZERO LX ONE THAT WAS, YEAH, THAT WAS THE EAST.
WE ALL, WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ON THAT ONE.
I HEARD THE MOTIONS ON THAT ONE.
SO WE'RE ON MILLHOUSE NOW, CORRECT?
MAY I GET A MOTION? A MOTION? A MOTION FROM KEITH? MAY I GET A SECOND? SECOND.
2 4 1 6 9 4 CHESTNUT, CHESTNUT SQUARE FOR THE AMOUNT OF 1000.
MAY I GET A MOTION JUST FOR PROMOTION? ONLY FOR MARKETING? YEAH, FOR MARKETING.
IS IT? HELLO? I'LL, I'LL, OKAY.
YOU'RE WAVING A HAND OVER THERE.
MAY I GET A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND FROM WHITNEY.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY FOR THAT DISCUSSION.
WE WANNA BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MONEY.
I I THINK THAT THAT WAS A HEALTHY, WONDERFUL DISCUSSION.
NOW MOVING ON TO ANOTHER LIGHT ITEM,
[Consider/Discuss/Act on the Visit McKinney Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-25 as Submitted to the City Manager]
FOUR DASH 1 6 9 5.CONSIDER DISCUSS, ACT ON THE VISIT MCKINNEY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.
I THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TO 25 AS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY MANAGER FY 2025.
UH, SO THIS IS JUST GONNA BE A QUICK, UH, OVERVIEW FOR YOU FOR, UM, UH, INFORMATION PURPOSES ON WHAT THE, UH, BUDGET LOOKS LIKE FOR THIS COMING YEAR.
AND THE BUDGET PROCESS STARTS KIND OF EARLY IN THE CITY.
AND SO WE HAVE DONE ROUND ONE WHERE WE SIT DOWN WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND PRESENT OUR REQUEST FOR, UH, FUTURE FUNDING.
UH, TYPICALLY WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET STAYS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
YOU'RE JUST REALLY ASKING FOR ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO THAT NUMBER.
AND SO FOR FY UH, 2324, UH, WE WERE SITTING AT AROUND A $1.3 MILLION BUDGET.
UM, I BROKE DOWN ON THIS, UH, GRAPH, KIND OF WHAT MAKES UP MOST OF OUR BUDGET AND HOW IT'S ALLOCATED BY, UM, LINE ITEMS. SO ONCE YOU GET PAST OUR, UM, STAFFING COST, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE NEXT, UH, HIGHEST, UH, I, UH, ITEMIZED, UH, LINE ITEM IS MARKETING AND PROMOTION.
THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE EXIST.
WE ARE A DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION.
AND SO YOU, UH, WOULD WANT TO SEE THAT THERE.
AND ALSO YOU'LL SEE IN, IN A SECOND THAT THAT'S KIND OF AL OUR FOCUS FOR FUTURE GROWTH AS WELL.
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UM, IN OUR TOTAL FY 24 25, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET WHERE, UH, WE WOULD BE COMING IN SOMEWHERE AROUND A $1.5 MILLION BUDGET.AGAIN, NOTHING IS APPROVED AT THIS TIME.
THAT WOULD JUST, UH, INCLUDE THE REQUEST THAT WE'VE MADE, UH, TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
UM, FOR A LITTLE HISTORICAL CONTEXT, I BELIEVE WHEN I STARTED HERE, UH, RIGHT AT TWO YEARS NOW IN JUNE.
SO WHEN I STARTED HERE, OUR BUDGET WAS NOT OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO, UM, WE'VE, WE HAVE SEEN, YOU KNOW, INCREASED BUDGET GROWTH OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS AND, UH, AND APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT IN IN THAT EFFORT.
UH, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT, UM, WHEN WE DID OUR, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST, THESE ARE THE CATEGORIES, UH, THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR INCREASES IN.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, THE HIGHEST CATEGORY THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS MARKETING PROMOTIONAL.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT MAKE THAT UP.
UM, JUST INCREASED MARKETING IN GENERAL, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WOULD FALL INTO OUR MARKETING PROMOTIONAL CATEGORY.
UM, AS WELL AS, UM, SOME OTHER, UH, WEBSITE SOFTWARE, SOME NON-CAPITAL EQUIPMENT STUFF THAT, THAT'S KIND OF YOUR, UH, ANYTHING THAT IS FOR THE STORE OR ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE IN THE FIXTURE WISE, STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THEN A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TRAVEL AND TRAINING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL TRADE SHOW, UH, WORK THAT WE WANNA DO NEXT YEAR FOR OUR SALES EFFORTS.
THIS, UH, SCREEN IS JUST A, A CAPTURE OF OUR SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST AND, UH, WHAT MAKES UP THOSE NUMBERS.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY'S, UH, FINANCE AND CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ON MOVING A COUPLE LINE ITEMS THAT WERE IN THE GENERAL HOT FUND, UM, INCLUDING THE 50,000 THAT WE USE FOR THE BYRON NELSON.
AND THE MONEY THAT WE USE FOR OUR INCENTIVE, UH, FUND INTO OUR BUDGET, RATHER THAN BEING IN THE SEPARATE HOT FUND JUST FOR, UM, EASE OF, UH, OF OUR TEAM'S USE.
IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING TO GO THROUGH ALL THOSE STEPS TO PULL MONEY OUT OF THOSE ACCOUNTS.
BUT IF THEN OUR BUDGET, IF WE SUBMIT IT TO POLISH, HE CAN TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE NOT, UH, SHOWN ON THIS SCREEN 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT TRUE SUPPLEMENTALS.
BUT, UM, UH, THAT THOSE WOULD ALSO BE INCREASED IN OUR ACTUAL BUDGET.
UM, WHEN YOU SEE THE FINAL NUMBER DOWN THE ROAD.
UH, OKAY, FOR STAFFING, UM, THIS YEAR WE ARE NOT, UH, REQUESTING, UM, ANY NEW POSITIONS.
AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE EIGHT, UH, APPROVED POSITIONS, SIX FULL-TIME, TWO PART-TIME.
UH, I BELIEVE FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED.
WE HAVE A PHENOMENAL TEAM AND WE'LL JUST KEEP BUILDING THERE WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
AND SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S A BIG THING.
OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU ASK FOR A FTE OR EVEN A PART-TIME STAFF, THOSE COME WITH, UH, A BIGGER DOLLAR AMOUNT THAN EVEN THE SALARY.
AND SO, UM, FROM A BUDGETING STANDPOINT, WE ARE GONNA STAY WHERE WE'RE AT THIS YEAR.
AND THEN THE NEXT PAGE IS, UH, I SCREENSHOTTED THE ENTIRE BUDGET FOR YOU GUYS.
AGAIN, THIS IS AN ATTACHMENT ON YOUR AGENDA, SO IF YOU EVER WANT TO SEE THE FULL, UM, BUDGET AND ALL THE DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS, UH, YOU CAN PULL THAT UP AND REVIEW IT AND, UH, ALWAYS ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
BUT, UM, I WANTED YOU TO HAVE ALL THE DETAILED INFORMATION IN CASE YOU, UH, WANTED TO SEE THAT AS WELL.
SO THAT, UH, GOING, GOING BACK UP THAT, UH, REVENUE IS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THE, UH, TO TOTAL EXPENDITURE.
IS THAT COMING FROM THE CITY? THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT IS THAT? SO, UH, IF THERE IS A DIFFERENT, IF THE NUMBER IS DIFFERENT THERE, THEN THEY'LL, UM, ALLOCATE AT THE END OF THE BUDGET YEAR TO, TO MAKE UP FOR THAT.
SO ALL OF OUR FUNDS, AGAIN, COME DIRECTLY FROM THE HOT FUND.
UM, WE'RE, UH, WE ARE THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT HAS A BUDGET CREATED THROUGH THE HOT FUND.
OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT GET ACCESS TO FUNDS FOR SPECIFIC THINGS LIKE TEXAS MUSIC REVOLUTION, UM, AND, AND AND SUCH.
BUT WE ARE THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT'S FULLY FUNDED OUT OF THAT.
SO WE'RE, OUR BUDGETING PROCESS IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN SOME OTHERS THAT ARE GOING AFTER THE GENERAL FUND POOL THAT'S, YOU KNOW, LIMITED TO A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT.
WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING, BUT, UM, I WANTED TO, UH, UH, DO, UH, BY, ACCORDING TO OUR BYLAWS, ONCE A YEAR, I'LL, I'LL, UH, SUBMIT THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU GUYS SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE WERE AT, WHERE WE'RE GOING, AND UM, KIND OF WHAT OUR FOCUS IS FOR THE NEXT PHYSICAL YEAR.
AARON, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF A VEHICLE? I KNOW YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT LAST YEAR.
UM, AND, UH, IT'S BEEN FUNDED, BUT VEHICLES ARE HARD TO GET THROUGH FLEET RIGHT NOW.
AND SO IT'S BEEN ON ORDER SINCE OCTOBER ONE,
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT THE CITY IS STILL RECEIVING VEHICLES TODAY THAT THEY ORDERED IN LAST FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET.
UM, THE, THE LAST UPDATE I HAD WAS THAT THEY THOUGHT WE MIGHT HAVE ONE WITHIN
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THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.THAT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO.
UM, SO MAYBE ONE DAY WE'LL SHOW UP TO THE OFFICE AND WE'LL HAVE A VEHICLE SITTING OUT FRONT.
UM, BUT THAT WILL BE FULLY WRAPPED.
WE HAVE A DESIGN FOR THE WRAP, UM, SO IT'LL BE WRAPPED IF VISIT MCKINNEY BRANDING.
UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THAT.
WHAT TYPE OF VEHICLE IS IT? IT'S A FORD EXPLORER, SO, UH, JUST A STANDARD, UH, SUV AND IT'LL BE GREAT FOR US TO LOAD STUFF UP IN AND TAKE IT TO OUR, OUR SHOWS AND OUR EVENTS LIKE THE BYRON AND ALSO TO OUR, UM, TEXAS TRAVEL SHOWS THAT WE CAN DRIVE TO.
Y'ALL HAVE TO DRIVE NICE IN THAT WE WILL FOLLOW ALL THE, FOLLOW ALL THE LAWS.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
AND THE BUDGET, DID IT SAY, I THINK IT JUST SCROLLED PAST IT.
WHAT'S THE BUDGET FOR THE STORE? THE STORE IS, SO WE HAVE $50,000 ALLOCATED TO PURCHASING MERCHANDISE FOR THE STORE.
UM, CURRENTLY JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE FOR THIS YEAR WE'RE AT, WE'VE SPENT APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THAT TODAY.
UM, OUR TEAM IS ABOUT TO SHOP, UM, PRETTY HEAVY THOUGH WITH, UH, THE CHRISTMAS SEASON AROUND THE CORNER.
SO WE'RE GONNA START GETTING ALL OF OUR LIKE CHRISTMAS MERCHANDISE IN.
'CAUSE YOU CAN'T DO THAT LAST MINUTE.
SO, UH, WE'LL PROBABLY SPEND THAT FULL 50 BY THE END OF THE PHYSICAL YEAR, BUT THAT'S BEEN AN OKAY NUMBER FOR US SO FAR.
IF WE EVER NEEDED TO GO BACK AND INCREASE THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT, WE HAVE A REVENUE LINE ITEM SPECIFIC TO THAT AND SO I WOULD NEED TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL, BUT IT SHOULD BE A FAIRLY EASY CONVERSATION SINCE WE'RE ABLE TO SHOW THE MONEY THAT WE MADE ON THE STORE VERSUS, YOU KNOW, WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL.
BUT 50 HAS BEEN AN OKAY NUMBER SO FAR.
IS THAT INCLUDING ALL THE T-SHIRTS GETTING REORDERED AND REORDERED FOR MM-HMM.
SO WE WE'RE RIGHT AT AROUND 25,000 SPENT YEAR TO DATE ON, UM, OUR MERCHANDISE.
AND THAT DEFINITELY INCLUDES THE, THE SOLAR CLIPS STUFF.
THE OTHER, UM, ITEM I SAW, AND I JUST HAVE A QUESTION, WAS A ONE TIME FEE FOR EXTERNAL SIGNS OR YOU GETTING NEW SIGNAGE? THAT WAS ONE OF OUR REQUESTS.
UM, IS, UH, FOR THE EXTERIOR SIGN ON OUR BUILDING.
AND, UM, WE JUST KIND OF HAVE A, UH, FLAT METAL SIGN.
IT'S, IT'S NOT FANCY AT ALL AND KIND OF GOES UNSEEN SOMETIMES.
IN FACT, UH, IN THE BUDGETING, UH, PROCESS, THEY ASKED ME WHAT OUR SIGN LOOKED LIKE AND I SAID EXACTLY.
SO
DO YOU HAVE A CONCEPT? NOT NECESSARILY.
UH, WE, IF IT'S APPROVED, WE CAN GO THROUGH KIND OF A DESIGN, UH, PROCESS, BUT, UM, UH, MAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE INTERIOR SIGN, SO MAYBE SOMETHING LIT THAT THAT STANDS OUT AND, AND, AND JUST YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ROAD.
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET? IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE ONE OF THOSE KIOSKS AT THE AIRPORT.
YEAH, SO, UH, WE, THAT WAS ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC GOALS, IF YOU REMEMBER BACK TO, UM, UH, OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS WAS PARTNERING WITH THEM.
WE, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING WITH THEM.
IT'S BEEN A COUPLE MONTHS AGO NOW.
UM, BUT TALKING ABOUT WAYS THAT VISIT MCKINNEY CAN HELP SUPPORT THE TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING THROUGH THE FBO.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY LIKED THE MOST WAS OUR DIGITAL KIOSK AT OUR OFFICE.
AND, UM, AND SO THEY ARE ALL GONNA ALLOCATE SOME SPACE, UH, ASSUMING THAT IT'S APPROVED, THEY'LL ALLOCATE SPACE IN THE, UH, FBO FOR THE VISIT MECHANIC KIOSK.
UH, WE HAVE PLANS TO POTENTIALLY WHERE WE CAN WRAP IT SO IT'S BRANDED AND FITS LIKE THEIR AESTHETICS.
AND ALSO YOU CAN PUT A LITTLE, UM, BROCHURE RACK ON THERE WHERE THEY COULD TAKE THE PHYSICAL VISITORS GUIDE WITH THEM.
BUT, UM, UNTIL, UNTIL THERE'S A NEED FOR LIKE A PHYSICAL PRESENCE OUT THERE, WE FEEL LIKE A DIGITAL, UH, UM, UH, PRESENCE WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND, UM, AND WE'RE ALSO TALKING TO 'EM ABOUT SPENDING SOME TIME WITH THEIR FRONT DESK STAFF ON TOURISM MESSAGING AND, UM, AND KIND OF HELPING THEM, UH, TALK ABOUT BEST PLACES TO EAT, WHAT THEY CAN DO AS LIKE PILOTS AND OTHER, UH, GUESTS ARE WALKING THROUGH THE AIRPORT AND THEY MAY BE THEIR FIRST TIME IN MCKINNEY.
AND I, I BELIEVE WE NEED A, WE NEED A MOTION.
MAY, MAY I GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE BUDGET FOR 2024? 2025.
MAY I GET A SECOND? SECOND FROM EMILY.
WE'RE KIND OF GOOFY AFTER THE GRANTS.
[BOARD AND DIRECTOR COMMENTS]
I KNOW THAT WE WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO OUR FEARLESS LEADER AARON.HE IS CHOSEN FOR LEADERSHIP
UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND YOU'RE GONNA DO GREAT.
I'LL FINALLY HAVE A CLASS, CLASS OF 25 FINALLY BE ABLE TO SAY, BEST CLASS EVER.
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HE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY IT.UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? AL, ALWAYS THANK YOU TO STAFF.
MOTION FROM KEITH MAY GET A SECOND.
MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT NINE 30.