WANT TO BE READY FOR THE. ARE WE READY? YES, YES. GOOD MORNING. IT IS 803, AND I NOW CALL THE
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MEETING OF THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO ORDER. WE ARE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 222 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET. MCKINNEY TEXAS. WE WILL NOW HAVE OUR INVOCATION BY PASTOR DANIEL MESSINA OF CROSSPOINT CHURCH IN MCKINNEY. PLEASE STAND. WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER? JESUS, WE GATHER NOW AT THIS SPECIAL MOMENT TO PRAY FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND ITS LEADERS. FIRST, WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF LIVING IN SUCH A WONDERFUL PLACE. SECOND, WE THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERS WHO WORK HARD TO MAKE MCKINNEY A WONDERFUL PLACE. WE ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE COUNTLESS MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORK TO ENSURE THAT MCKINNEY IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND TO RAISE A FAMILY. WE ASK FOR PEACE, PROSPERITY, AND PROTECTION FOR OUR CITY, A CITY WHICH WE LOVE SO DEARLY. WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL BLESS ITS GOVERNANCE. ITS SCHOOLS AND ITS PUBLIC SERVANTS. WE FINALLY ASK THAT YOU WILL GIVE EACH OF OUR CITY LEADERS YOUR WISDOM, YOUR DISCERNMENT, YOUR GRACE AND GUIDANCE SO THAT WE MAY CONTINUE TO BE A PLACE WHERE OTHERS WANT TO LIVE IN SUCH A PEACEFUL COMMUNITY, AND A PLACE WHERE OTHERS CAN THRIVE AND DO WELL. AND THAT, LORD, WE PRAY RIGHT NOW THAT YOUR NAME WILL BE GLORIFIED IN EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE IN THIS CITY. AND AS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS, AS NEW PEOPLE MOVE IN AND AS PEOPLE COME FROM ALL KINDS OF PLACES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD, THAT WE WILL BE A WELCOMING PLACE WHERE PEOPLE INDEED CAN THRIVE AND THEY CAN LIVE THEIR LIVES AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, SO THAT IT MAY INDEED CONTINUE TO BE A WONDERFUL PLACE. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE OVER US AND FOR ALL THAT YOU PROVIDE FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND EACH PERSON HERE IN THIS ROOM, AND EACH PERSON WHO LIVES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE THANK YOU IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NONPUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEMS?[CONSENT ITEMS]
OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. CONSENT ITEMS INCLUDE, 20 4-185 ONE MINUTES OF THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING OF JULY 25TH. 20 4-1852 POTENTIAL PROJECT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING OF JUNE 20TH, 20 4-1853. SPECIAL MEETING OF MQDC. SPECIAL MEETING OF JULY 9TH, 20 2420 4-1854. MEETING OF THE PROMOTIONAL AND COMMUNITY EVENTS GRANT SUBCOMMITTEE ON JULY 10TH, 20 4-1855 FINANCE COMMITTEE MKDC FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING OF JULY 11TH AND 20 4-1856 MCDC POTENTIAL PROJECTS SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING OF JULY 26TH. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS? SO MOVED. SECOND. MOTION BY DAVID. SECOND BY MARCUS LLOY. WHILE WE'RE TAKING A MOMENT, I'LL JUST MENTION OUR NEWEST EMPLOYEE, ANAHI, WHO'S WORKING WITH LINDA IN FRONT OF US. THIS MORNING, WE'RE LEARNING THE VOTING SYSTEM. WE APPRECIATE HAVING ANAHI ON BOARD. THIS IS HER SECOND WEEK, SO, WE'LL WE'LL GIVE HER GRACE AS WE AS WE ALL LEARN TOGETHER THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. ANAHI AND, MOTION PASSES. I BELIEVE. WHILE I WAS TALKING. OKAY, SO WE ARE GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
TODAY, NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND THEN WE WILL PICK UP OUR MEETING IN ITS NORMAL ORDER FOLLOWING THAT. SO WE WILL NOW RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, ITEMS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT MATTERS THAT MAY BE DISCUSSED INCLUDE. PROJECT 40 2409 MCKINNEY PARKS AND RECREATION.PARKS REALLOCATION REQUEST PROJECT FOR B 24 DASH TEN. BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIN COUNTY PROJECT FOR B 24 DASH 11 YMCA MCKINNEY PROJECT FOR B 24 DASH 12. PARKS MCKINNEY PARKS AND
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RECREATION PROJECT FOR B 2413. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLLIN COUNTY. PROJECT FOR B 2414 MAIN MCKINNEY MAIN STREET PROJECT FOR B 24 DASH 15 SANCHEZ CHARITIES PROJECT FOR B 2009. TUPPS BREWERY AND ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION PROJECT FOR B 1704 CRAIG RANCH RESORT HOTEL PROJECT RE 2409. HOPE HARDWARE BUILDING PROJECT. RE 24 DASH TEN PALMS. NOTES LIVE VENUE PROJECT HEMISPHERE PROJECT TERRA-GEN PROJECT MIRAGE. THE TIME IS 808. THERE WILL BE? DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE OF THESE? BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK IN UNLESS SOMEBODY. OKAY.IT IS 828 AND WE ARE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. I NOW RECONVENE THE MEETING OF THE
[Financial Report]
MCDC BOARD, FIRST UP IS FINANCIAL REPORT CHANCE MILLER. YOU'RE FINE. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT.GOOD MORNING. CHANCE. MILLER COUNTY MANAGER WILL BE GOING OVER THE MONTH OF JULY. IT WAS A QUIET MONTH FOR THE CDC, WE RECEIVED A LITTLE OVER $2.1 MILLION IN REVENUE. THE MAJORITY OF THAT CAME FROM SALES TAX, MOVING ON DOWN TO EXPENDITURES, WE HAD 51,000 AT ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, 62,000IN PROJECT EXPENSES AND 56,000 NON-DEPARTMENTAL. TOTALING 170,000 FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. LET'S MOVE ON TO SALES TAX. SALES TAX FOR JULY. THIS IS, LET ME PULL MY NOTES. THIS APPLIES TO THE MONTH OF MAY. SO THIS IS MAY SALES THAT WE COLLECTED IN JULY, WE HAD A VERY STRONG MONTH OF A 10.8% INCREASE. AND YOU CAN COMPARE THIS TO THE CITY, OUR SISTER CITIES, THAT WERE CLOSE TO THAT 2% RANGE. WE HAD A FEW AUDIT COLLECTIONS, BUT WE STILL WERE SHOWING ABOUT A 7.5% INCREASE. AND YOU CAN SEE OUR YEAR TO DATE IS UP TO 8.3%, WHICH IS TRENDING ABOVE BUDGET. WE DO HAVE A FEW MORE MONTHS BEFORE WE GET TO OUR FINAL NUMBERS, BUT IT IS GREAT TO SEE US TRENDING THIS, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WHERE OUR SISTER CITIES ARE AT, LASTLY, I WILL TOUCH BASE ON THE SALES TAX BY INDUSTRY, I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO NOTE HERE, BUT EVERYTHING LOOKS STRONG. YOU CAN SEE IT'S KIND OF EQUALLY SPREAD OUT. RETAIL TRADE HAS STAYED AT THAT 5% FOR ABOUT 4 OR 5 MONTHS NOW, WHICH IS GOOD TO SEE. THAT KIND OF LEVELING OUT, AND YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER THINGS WILL KIND OF EBB AND FLOW, BUT, ALL THE, ALL OUR INDUSTRIES ARE LOOKING FAIRLY STRONG THIS FAR INTO THE FISCAL YEAR. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS FOR CHANCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. SO, NEXT UP ARE MY
[Board and Liaison Reports Board Chair City of McKinney Visit McKinney McKinney Economic Development Corporation McKinney Main Street/MPAC McKinney Parks and Recreation]
COMMENTS. CHAIR COMMENTS. BOARD AND LIAISON REPORTS, SO VERY BUSY MONTH THIS MONTH. LOTS OF STUFF GOING ON. WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE, A LARGE PORTION OF THE BOARD AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB THIS WEEK FOR THEIR EXTRA GAME UNVEILING, I KNOW BOARD MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN THE NEW TEACHER BREAKFAST, THE LOVE MCKINNEY NEIGHBORHOOD EVENT AT THE PARK THIS WEEKEND. I WAS THERE, GREAT TURNOUT BY ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS. EXCELLENT EVENTS. I THINK THE WAY THAT HAS BEEN REIMAGINED WAS AWESOME. AND I THOUGHT BROUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT, AND IT WAS VERY BUSY, AND IT WAS THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR, I THINK KNOW WHAT? I WAS OKAY BECAUSE I GOT TO GO PADDLING AGAIN AND, APPRECIATE PARKS HAVING FREE PADDLES OUT THERE FOR ME, TO GET UNDER THAT FOUNTAIN AND COOL OFF A LITTLE BIT. SO IT WAS NICE. AND THE KIDS HAD, WET BOUNCE HOUSES TO RUN ON, AND SO THAT WAS COOL, GOOD EVENT THERE, WE HAD LOVE MCKINNEY. WE HAD THE LOVE MCKINNEY NEIGHBORHOOD EVENT. WE HAD WESTSIDE VILLAGE APARTMENTS, BACKPACK DRIVE. I KNOW THAT LOVE LIFE DID A HUGE BACKPACK DRIVE, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN THAT, ESPECIALLY DAVID RITCHIE, AND THE WHOLE LOVE LIFE TEAM. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, WE HAD A DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT UPDATE AND WE HAD THE LEADERSHIP MCKINNEY CLASS OF 2025 WELCOME EVENT AND A NUMBER OF US WERE THERE AS WELL. I WILL SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, I THINK IS A LOT OF LEADERSHIP MCKINNEY ALUMNI KNOW, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WENT THROUGH THAT PROGRAM IN THE LAST TEN YEARS AND THAT BUZZ COLBY, THE MENTOR FACILITATOR AND DIRECTOR OF THAT PROGRAM, DIED LAST MONTH, AND HE WAS VERY SPECIAL TO A LOT OF US AND A NUMBER OF ALUMNI CAME TOGETHER TO CREATE THE BUZZ COLBY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR LEADERSHIP. MCKINNEY AND THE[00:10:04]
PARTICIPATION IN THAT BY ALL ALUMNI WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY, GREAT. I WAS VERY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT, PARTICULARLY THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LOOK TO IN THIS COMMUNITY TO BE LEADERS WHEN WE CALL ON THEM FOR LEADERSHIP, THEY STAND UP AND THEY SAY YES IMMEDIATELY, THOSE PEOPLE WERE GEORGE FULLER, MICHAEL JONES, PATRICK CLOUTIER, SCOTT WOODRUFF, JAMES CRAIG, INDEPENDENT BANK, FROST BANK. THEY SAID YES. SO FAST, WE HAD WE HAD RAISED $7,000 IN AN HOUR AND A HALF AND SO THEN THE REST OF THE LEADERSHIP MCKINNEY CREW CAME AROUND AND RAISED OVER $15,000 FOR THAT SCHOLARSHIP. SO WHEN ASKED TO STEP UP, THEY ALL STEPPED UP. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT. WE ARE, GOING TO SAVE THE REST OF THE BOARD COMMENTS FOR THE END OF THE MEETING. AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN TO MR. CITY MANAGER PAUL GRIMES. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MY NAME IS PAUL GRIMES, CITY MANAGER. A FEW ITEMS TO UPDATE YOU ON, THIS PAST TUESDAY, THE CITY COUNCIL HAD ITS FIRST, PUBLIC SESSION. IF YOU WILL, FROM ON THE BUDGET. THAT WAS PROPOSED EARLIER IN AUGUST. AND THEY WE HAD A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. WE HAD NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT'S THE ONLY TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT, BECAUSE ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, THE REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE COUNCIL MEETING. SO THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, ON THE BUDGET IF THEY WISH. THEY ALSO WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, WHICH IS ONE AND A HALF CENT DECREASE ON THE TAX RATE. THE, IT WILL BE I THINK, 41.5 CENTS PER $100 VALUATION, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE NUMBER. AND SO WE WILL BE ONCE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE HELD, THE COUNCIL WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO ADOPT THE BUDGET, AND THEN WE WILL BE OFF TO THE RACES WITH A NEW BUDGET, WHICH WILL BEGIN, OF COURSE, ON OCTOBER 1ST. THE EFFECTIVE RATE WILL BE EFFECTIVE PLUS 2.97%.THE EFFECTIVE RATE OR THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. AS IT'S NOW KNOWN, IT'S NO NEW REVENUE PLUS 2.97%, WHICH IS WELL BELOW THE RATE OF INFLATION. INFLATION RATE IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA IS 5%. SO THAT IS TEED UP AND READY TO GO. THE ONE MEETING WILL BE WE WILL HAVE A TERS ONE MEETING NEXT TUESDAY, AUGUST 27TH. THAT IS THE SAME NIGHT. THAT WILL BE A 30 MINUTE MEETING TO CONSIDER SOME, REQUESTS BY THE FLOUR MILL FOR SOME CRITICAL MAINTENANCE FUNDING, SO THE COUNCIL OR I SHOULD SAY THE TERS BOARD WILL DELIBERATE THAT AND THEN THE COUNCIL WILL CONVENE ITS MEETING FOR APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. MANY OF YOU KNOW THIS BECAUSE YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO THAT SELECTION PROCESS WILL BEGIN AT 3:30 P.M. NEXT TUESDAY, WE ALSO HAVE A FEATURE ON OUR WEBSITE FOR A LIST OF AGENCIES THAT CAN BE WELL FOR THE PUBLIC. THEY CAN FIND A LIST OF AGENCIES ON A WEBSITE. IT'S THE CITY OF MCKINNEY COMMUNITY RESOURCE DIRECTORY. YOU CAN FIND AVAILABLE INFORMATION FOR RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING HOUSING AND ECONOMIC INSECURITIES. IT'S JUST YET ANOTHER ENTRY POINT INTO FINDING AID OR ASSISTANCE HERE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. SO WE APPRECIATE STAFF PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. AND I BELIEVE I'VE GOT ONE OTHER ITEM HERE STREETS AND DRAINAGE. THIS PAST MONTH, THE CITY SET A RECORD FOR THE NUMBER OF POTHOLES PATCHED IN A MONTH AT 426. WHAT WHAT? WE DID NOT HIRE A BUNCH OF NEW PEOPLE TO FILL THOSE POTHOLES. WE HIRED A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, ACTUALL, THAT I ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WHICH IS A FASCINATING PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. IT'S A TRUCK. IT'S OPERATED BY ONE PERSON. IT'S GOT ALL OF THE AGGREGATE, ALL OF THE MATERIALS IN IT. THE TRUCK COMES IN, IT'S ALMOST, IT'S, HAS LIKE A LITTLE, A BLOW DRYER THAT IT BLOWS. THE WITH HIGH PRESSURE AIR TO CLEAN THE AREA. THEN IT WILL SPRAY IT WITH A TAR TYPE OF MATERIAL. THEN IT SPRAYS THE ACTUAL AGGREGATE, AND THEN YOU CAN DO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO SMOOTH IT OUT. AND IT HAS GREATLY IMPROVED OUR EFFICIENCY, OR I SHOULD SAY, THE THROUGHPUT IN TERMS OF THE ABILITY TO FILL POTHOLES WITH A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. EQUIPMENT IS NOT CHEAP, OF COURSE, BUT IT DOES INCREASE OUR PRODUCTIVITY AND AS I TELL THE COUNCIL, WE OFTENTIMES WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND YOU GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE HAVE A FEWER NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES PER 1000
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RESIDENTS THAN OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, WHICH MEANS, ALL ELSE BEING EQUAL, WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO WAYS OF DOING THAT. YOU EITHER HAVE LOWER LEVEL OF SERVICES, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE.WE HAVE A HIGHER SERVICE COMMUNITY, OR YOU HAVE HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY AND YOU HAVE HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY BECAUSE YOU BUY GOOD EQUIPMENT OR YOU HAVE GOOD EQUIPMENT THAT'S SOURCED FOR THE RIGHT TYPE OF WORK. AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, WHERE ONE PERSON CAN COME IN AND FILL A LOT MORE POTHOLES THAN WE'RE ABLE TO DO OTHERWISE. SO KUDOS TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM FOR CONTINUALLY CONTINUING TO EXPLORE NEW WAYS OF BRINGING INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY TO THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. PAUL. YES, SIR. THE CITY OF MCKINNEY RESOURCE. IT'S THE RESOURCE CENTER. MAKE SURE I GOT THE RIGHT WORDS HERE. LIST OF AGENCIES CAN BE FOUND UNDER THE CITY'S DIRECTORY. CITY OF MCKINNEY COMMUNITY RESOURCE DIRECTORY. IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE SO YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE. YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TWO FEATURES.
YOU CAN DO YOUR TRADITIONAL SEARCH TYPE IN THOSE WORDS. WE EVEN HAVE AN AI CHAT ASSISTANT NOW SO YOU CAN GO THAT WAY TOO IF YOU WANT. BUT WE'RE STILL THAT'S WE'RE STILL WORKING THAT PROJECT AND IMPROVING IT EVERY DAY. BUT WE DO HAVE A CHAT ASSISTANT NOW ON OUR WEBSITE.
THANKS. OKAY. ALL. YOU KNEW AWFUL LOT ABOUT THAT MACHINE. DID YOU ACTUALLY GO OUT THERE AND DO. I DID NOT OPERATE THE MACHINE. WE DO HAVE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, RESTRICTIONS AND NO, I DID NOT OPERATE IT. BUT I DID TAKE SOME COOL VIDEOS AND I WENT OUT THERE AND WATCHED IT AND STAYED, STAYED AWAY FROM THE, THE, THE APPARATUS THAT WAS DOING ALL THE WORK. BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A FUN, FUN THING FOR THE CREW MEMBER TO DO IF THEY WANTED TO SPRAY THE CITY MANAGER WITH SOME TAR. SO ANYWAY, OKAY, THANKS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS MEDC. I THINK WE HAVE MICHAEL TALLEY WITH US TODAY. HI YES. GOOD MORNING. BOARD MR. CHAIRMAN. MADAM PRESIDENT, QUICK UPDATE ON SOME THINGS GOING ON WITH THE MEDC, MICHAEL TALLEY SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, MCKINNEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WE DID HAVE A JOINT MEETING THIS TUESDAY. I KNOW A FEW OF YOU WERE THERE. DID TALK ABOUT SOME, STRATEGY OBJECTIVES. JUST A DRAFT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024, 25. EXCUSE ME, DALLAS STARTUP WEEK. WE DID HAVE LAST WEEK MR. MIKE WILKS ON, ON OUR TEAM REPRESENTED US VERY STRONGLY. THERE THEY HAD A RECORD NUMBER THERE IN FRISCO. SO WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THAT IN COLLIN COUNTY. HOPEFULLY WE HAD PLUG AND PLAY SELECTION DAY LAST WEEK. WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE LOVE MCKINNEY EVENT, THE COLLIN COUNTY BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUSINESS EXPO, AND A FEW OTHER THINGS WITH OUR VISITS. WE ALSO DID HAVE IBM VISIT OUT OF BOSTON. THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH INNOVATION AND THEN DOING AN UPDATE. ON A COUPLE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, ONE SECOND. MR. KOSKI WILL BE SPEAKING THIS MORNING, ACTUALLY AT THE CHAMBER QUARTERLY UPDATE BD TRUSTED ADVISORS, EDC INVESTOR APPRECIATION EVENT WILL BE IN AUSTIN NEXT MONDAY, AND THEN MR. KOSKI WILL BE SPEAKING TWICE NEXT WEEK ON TUESDAY THE 27TH IN THE MORNING AND THE AFTERNOON. DFW AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL AND RETAIL. I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS FOR MR. TALLEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. NEXT UP, ANDREW JONE, MAIN STREET. GOOD MORNING, VICE CHAIR MCDC BOARD, ANDREW JONES, CULTURAL DISTRICT DIRECTOR, INTERESTING HISTORY FACT. IN THE 70S AND 80S, WE WERE KNOWN AS THE POTHOLE CAPITAL OF TEXAS. AND I'M VERY YOU KNOW, PROUD TO BE IN A CITY WITH A GREAT STREETS DEPARTMENT THAT WERE NOT HEADED THAT TRAJECTORY. SO BUT IT IS KIND OF INTERESTING TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND HOW WE KIND OF STAY AHEAD OF THAT. SO, WE HAD A VERY BUSY AUGUST ALREADY. SO WE HAD A CLASSIC CAR SHOW. WE HAD OVER 155 CLASSIC CARS, NOT ONE OF WHICH I COULD AFFORD, BUT IT WAS A PHENOMENAL EVENT. WE HAD OVER 2000 ATTENDEES FOR THAT, AND IT WAS REALLY HOT WEATHER. WE ALSO PAIRED THAT WITH THE HORIZON SHOP EVENT THAT GOT PEOPLE OUT SHOPPING IN DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES. SO, HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR TEAM TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, WE ARE GEARING UP FOR A NEW EVENT. WE ARE DOING A DOWNTOWN SCAVENGER HUNT THIS IS AUGUST 31ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1ST. WE HAVE A GRAND PRIZE, $2,500 CASH, AND THEN WE HAVE OVER $11,000 IN OTHER PRIZES THAT WERE HIDING LITERALLY GOLD COINS THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN. AND THERE'S ALSO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HINTS AND CLUES IN ORDER TO GET THE MAIN PRIZE. SO THIS IS KIND OF A NEW EXPERIMENT FOR US. SO WE HOPE THAT IT DRIVES TRAFFIC DURING ONE OF THE SLOWEST PERIODS OF THE YEAR FOR US, WHICH IS AUGUST. OBVIOUSLY, THE HOT WEATHER IS NO FRIEND TO US, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO
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BE WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE SEE WHAT THE RESULTS FOR THIS ARE, WE HUGE SHOUT OUT TO VISIT MCKINNEY FOR HELPING US PARTNER TO KIND OF GET THE CLUES OUT. AND WE'LL BE SHARING SOME OF THOSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SOME OKTOBERFEST UPDATES. WE ARE GEARING UP FOR OKTOBERFEST THE LAST FULL WEEKEND IN SEPTEMBER. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR. WE HAVE A NEW REBRAND, A REFRESH OF OUR EXISTING LOGO, AND LOTS OF NEW SIGNAGE THAT WE'RE PRINTING OUT FOR THAT. WE DO ALSO HAVE A TITLE SPONSOR THIS YEAR THOMAS OTTO GROUP CAME IN, SO A HUGE THANK YOU TO THEM. WE ARE INCREASING THE SEATING. WE'RE, YOU KNOW, FOCUSING ON SOME OF THE AMENITIES FOR THE EVENT AS WELL AS, RETOOLING SOME OF OUR BEER LINES. AS ALWAYS, I FEEL LIKE EVERY YEAR WE ORDER MORE BEER AND WE INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, PLACES THAT PEOPLE CAN BUY BEER, AND IT ALWAYS EXCEEDS OUR EXPECTATIONS, ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A VIP EXPERIENCE THAT WE LAUNCHED LAST YEAR THAT WAS OUT ON THE, ON THE FESTIVAL GROUNDS THIS YEAR. I'M PLEASED TO ACTUALLY HAVE CHEF NOAH HESTER. HE'S GOING TO BE LEADING KIND OF THE VIP FOOD OPTIONS. SO WITH HAMM'S MEAT MARKET SO HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THEM. AND THEN AT IMPACT! LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS WEEKEND WE HAVE MARSHALL CRENSHAW ADDS KIND OF NEW WAVE ROCK. SO YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT SHOW AT IMPACT THIS UPCOMING SATURDAY. SO WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS ANDREW I'LL SAY THAT THERE IS CONTINUED BOARD CONCERN THAT YOU'VE COME TO THIS MEETING TWICE IN A ROW WITHOUT WEARING THE CONDUCTOR'S HAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO, TO ESTABLISH THAT TRADITION, I THINK. YEAH IT'S OKAY. I'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT UP IS PARKS AND REC. AMY KINCAID. GOOD MORNING. CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD, AMY KINCAID, THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC. HAVE SOME GOOD INFORMATION FOR THIS MONTH. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW PROJECTS COMING ONLINE, WHICH IS AVIATOR PARK AND HORIZON PARK. WE HAVE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THE PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT, AND WE'VE ORDERED THE NEW REPLACEMENT, SO THAT SHOULD BE COMING ONLINE SOON, WHICH HAS BEEN MUCH NEEDED, TOWN LAKE LIGHT WALK BIDS OPEN THIS AFTERNOON. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT, CONTRACTS WILL BE ON THE SEPTEMBER COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEN WE'LL START THE PROJECT FOLLOWING TRICK OR TREAT TRAIL ON OCTOBER 19TH. SO THAT'S ABOUT A SIX MONTH PROJECT. SO IT WILL BE ONLINE SOMETIME PROBABLY LATER SPRING PENDING WEATHER OF COURSE, ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. WE HAVE WILSON CREEK PHASE ONE, I E RANDALL'S AND THE REC CENTER AT TOWN LAKE, AGAIN, THAT'S THE REC CENTER. SHOULD BE OPENING SOMETIME, HOPEFULLY IN JANUARY. AND WILSON CREEK TRAIL PHASE TWO DESIGN IS MOVING FORWARD AND WE JUST HAD TO WORK WITH TXDOT ON SPUR 399. SO THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF DELAY THERE, OLD SETTLERS PARK DESIGN IS MOVING FORWARD BACK NOW THAT WE KNOW HOW THE ROAD IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THERE SO WE CAN START, IMPLEMENTING DESIGN TO COMPLEMENT THE NEW ROAD COMING THROUGH THE GREENS OF MCKINNEY PARK. CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN THIS MONTH, WHICH WILL BE GREAT, SOME EXCITING NEWS. I'M OAK HOLLOW GOLF COURSE. I'M HAD THEIR BEST MONTH LAST MONTH IN JULY. THIS IS THE FIFTH MONTH THAT THEY JUST CONTINUE TO GROW, CURRENTLY THEY ARE 129% OVER THEIR BEST YEAR SO THAT THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB OUT THERE AND JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE THEIR BIG WINS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE, SOME MORE EXCITING NEWS, WE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING THE INTERNATIONAL CUP, GIRLS CUP OF MCKINNEY, WHICH IS COMING ONLINE APRIL THE 16TH THROUGH THE 20TH.THIS IS COMPETING WITH THE DALLAS CUP, AND WE HAVE SOME LEADERSHIP THAT CAME OVER AND SAID, WE WANT TO BRING THIS TO MCKINNEY, AARON WARNER HAS BEEN A GREAT PART. AND VISIT MCKINNEY WITH THE ASK OF ABOUT 2200 ROOM NIGHTS. SO IT'S ALSO BOOSTING OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT THERE, THIS WILL BE A CONTINUED EVENT. AND ONCE WE GET GREG RANCH, THE MCKINNEY SOCCER COMPLEX ONLINE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HOLD ALL OF THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT THERE FOR THIS YEAR. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER, POSSIBLY OUTLINED, SOCCER FIELDS TO FULFILL THAT. BUT THEY'RE SUPER EXCITED TO BE HER.
GREAT PARTNERSHIP FOR YEARS TO COME, LET'S SEE, MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION
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WILL BE AT OLD SETTLERS ON SEPTEMBER 14TH FROM 3 TO 9, AND THEY'LL HAVE MARIACHI BANDS AND JUST CELEBRATE THE CULTURE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I THE FALL GUYS ARE OUT, SO MAKE SURE TO PICK THEM UP AND CHECK OUT ALL OF THE GREAT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE TWO MORE WEEKENDS OF THE POOL TO BE OPEN, SO WE'RE EXCITED. THE LIFEGUARDS AND STAFF HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. WE'VE HAD A GREAT SUMMER AND AGAIN, JUST LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THEM AT THE END OF THE SEASON. AND WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. QUESTIONS FOR. AMY I HAVE JUST ONE, THANK YOU TO PARKS AND APEX IN PARTICULAR FOR PARTNERING WITH STONEBRIDGE RANCH DURING THE OUTAGE OF THE BEACH CLUB. I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU HAD ANY NUMBERS ON HOW MANY, NEIGHBOR RESIDENTS FROM STONEBRIDGE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE DISCOUNTED RATES? NOT AT THIS TIME. I'M GOING TO ASK AT THE END OF THE SEASON TO SEE WHAT THAT TOTAL SO I'LL BRING THAT BACK NEXT MONTH. GREAT. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST CURIOUS.[President’s Report]
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. PRESIDENT'S REPORT. CINDY. THANK YOU, MR. VICE CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, SEVERAL THINGS. PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THROUGH THE REPORTS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. IT INCLUDES A FINAL REPORT FROM MAINGATE ON THEIR SPRING EVENT WITH GREAT INFORMATION, DETAIL ON THEIR MARKETING AND PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITY, AND SOME GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE EVEN. I SENT YOU ALL AN EMAIL YESTERDAY. LAURA BRUTON FROM NORTH TEXAS JOB CORPS HAS EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO THE BOARD TO ATTEND THE EVENTS THIS WEEKEND. THEIR TRIFECTA OF EVENTS, WHICH INCLUDE STUDENT GRADUATION TOMORROW AND OPEN HOUSE CELEBRATING THEIR 60 YEARS IN MCKINNEY OF HELPING STUDENTS FIND CAREERS. AND THEN AN EMPLOYER ROUNDUP ON TUESDAY. SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, PLEASE RSVP TO MISS BRUTON FOR THAT. I'VE GOT SOME INFORMATION FROM THE CITY SECRETARY. THE BOARD APPOINTMENTS WILL BE NEXT TUESDAY. AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND THEN SOME DATES TO PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH. OPEN GOVERNMENT TRAINING WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR NEW AND REAPPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS. AND THEN, JUST AS A REMINDER, THE 30TH IS THE LAST DAY OF SERVICE FOR THIS YEAR'S APPOINTMENTS. OCTOBER 1ST BEGINS THE NEW APPOINTMENT. ECHO MR. KELLY'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE LOVE MCKINNEY EVENT. WE WERE, REALLY PLEASED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. AND AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, A THOUSAND PEOPLE PLUS CAME THROUGH ON SATURDAY, SO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CITY. THERE'S ANOTHER CITY EVENT COMING UP OCTOBER 1ST NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. SO IF YOUR COMMUNITIES ARE INTERESTED, IN THAT EVENT, THERE'S INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WILL ADD IS MY WELCOME TO ANNIE ALVAREZ, SHE'S BEEN HERE. THIS IS HER NINTH DAY, I THINK, AS A PART OF THE TEAM, SHE'S BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO THE TEAM. AND REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE HER ON BOARD. SO WELCOME. WE'RE ALL GOING TO WORK ON HER NAME PRONUNCIATION TOGETHER. IT'S ANNIE HASN'T CORRECTED ANYBODY. WELL, I, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET IT RIGHT. ANNIE. RIGHT BECAUSE I WAS CONFUSED. OKAY MY LAST NAME. JUST JUST GO WITH IT. I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.QUESTIONS FOR CINDY. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. FIRST UP IS 20 4-1860.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request for Funding Submitted by the City of McKinney Parks and Recreation Department (4B24-09), in the Amount of Five Million Five Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($5,500,000.00) for Construction of Improvements at Erwin Park.]
CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A REQUEST FOR FUNDING SUBMITTED BY THE CITY OF MCKINNEY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 5,500,000 AND NO DOLLARS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS AT ERWIN PARK IS THERE DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? DISCUSSION. JUST A NOTE. THANK YOU TO DIRECTOR KINCAID ON THE, EMAIL ABOUT THE SECURITY CAMERAS. IT IS A SUBSTANTIAL I MEAN, THIS IS FIVE AND A HALF, BUT A $9 MILLION INVESTMENT. AND BEING ABLE TO KNOW THAT THAT'S BEING BETTER PROTECTED IS APPRECIATED. I WILL ECHO THOSE COMMENTS, CHRIS GOT THERE BEFORE I DID, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU HEARING WHAT WE SAID LAST MONTH AND DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK WITH PD AND CONTRACTORS IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME TO COME UP WITH A REALLY A SERIOUS SYSTEM, WHICH IS, WHICH IS CLEAR. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT, BUT NOT INCLUDED IN OUR FUNDING. IT'S GOING TO BE COMING FROM[00:30:05]
OTHER PORTIONS OF THE FUNDING ON THAT PROJECT. SO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. DO I HAVE A MOTION, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FULL AMOUNT OF 5.5 MILLION FOR THE, PROJECT SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE BY CHRIS WILKS, SECOND BY DAVID RICHIE. AND MOTION PASSES. NEXT IS 20[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request from the City of McKinney Parks and Recreation Department to Amend Project 4B20-13 to Reallocate $200,000 from PK1829 (New Senior Center) to PK4325 (ADA Improvements).]
4-1861. CONSIDER DISCUSS ACT ON A REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF MCKINNEY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO AMEND PROJECT FOR B20-13 TO REALLOCATE $200,000 FROM PK 1829. THE NEW SENIOR CENTER TO PK 4325 ADA IMPROVEMENTS. IS THERE DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT ON THIS ITEM? DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. WHAT IS THE MOTION? MOVED TO YES. MOVED TO APPROVE IT. THEN MOVED TO APPROVE BY DEBORAH. YES. SECOND. SECOND BY DAVID RITCHIE.[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by Boys and Girls Club of Collin County (4B24-10) in the Amount of Seventy Thousand NO/100 Dollars ($70,000.00) for Facility Improvements to Include Updating Basketball Goals, Installing Indoor Turf for Soccer and Flag Football, Purchase and Installation of a Sound System and Projector, and Purchase of a Mobile Stage. Amount Requested Represents 100% of the Total Project Cost.]
AND MOTION PASSES. ITEM 20 4-1862. CONSIDER DISCUSS. ACT ON A PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIN COUNTY FOR BE 24 DASH TEN, IN THE AMOUNT OF 70,000.KNOW DOLLARS FOR FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS TO INCLUDE UPDATING BASKETBALL GOALS, INSTALLING INDOOR TURF FOR SOCCER AND FLAG FOOTBALL, PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF A SOUND SYSTEM AND PROJECTOR, AND PURCHASE OF A MOBILE STAGE AMOUNT REQUESTED. REPRESENTS 100% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST. IS THERE DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? NO. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MR. VICE CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE $35,000 FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING UPDATING THE BASKETBALL GOALS, INSTALLING THE INDOOR TURF FOR THE SOCCER AND FLAG FOOTBALL FIELDS. OKAY, MOTION TO APPROVE A PORTION OF THE REQUEST. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY JOY, I WILL JUST ADD BEFORE WE MOVE TO A VOTE. THAT I THINK AS I SAID AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, 100% REQUESTS OR SOMETHING, THAT THE BOARD REALLY LOOKS AT CAREFULLY. AND, WE, I THINK, WANT TO SEE ENGAGEMENT BY APPLICANTS IN REQUESTS. AND SO THAT'S A COMMENT I MADE LAST TIME. AND, AND I THINK THIS IS, IS APPROPRIATE. SO, WITH THAT CAST, YOUR VOTES. MOTION PASSES. NEXT UP 20 4-1863. CONSIDER DISCUSS ACT ON A PROJECT GRANT
[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas (4B24-11) in the Amount of Twenty-Five Thousand NO/100 Dollars ($25,000.00) for Purchase and Construction of New Playground Equipment at the McKinney Family YMCA located at 300 Ridge Street, Stonebridge Ranch, McKinney, Texas. Amount Requested Represents 75% of the Total Project Cost.]
APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS FOR B24-11. IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 FOR PURCHASE AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT THE MCKINNEY FAMILY YMCA, LOCATED AT 300 RIDGE STREET, STONEBRIDGE RANCH, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. AMOUNT REQUESTED REPRESENTS 75% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST. IS THERE DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT ON THIS ITEM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PER SE FOR THE APPLICANT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO YOUR CONCERNS, VICE CHAIR, ABOUT OVERALL COMMITMENT ON THE APPLICANT'S PORTION. AND THIS ONE WE DID, PERCEIVE FAVORABLY THE COMMITMENT BY ANOTHER DONOR FOR PARTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROJECT.RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL HAD SOUGHT. BUT I THINK CONCERNS LINGERED ABOUT THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS IS A TRUE COMMUNITY ASSET, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PARKS IN THE STONEBRIDGE RANCH AND ADJACENT COMMUNITY THAT SERVE THE TODDLER, OR MAYBE FIVE AND UNDER POPULATION. IT IS SOMEWHAT SECLUDED AND MAYBE NOT A PARK THAT OTHERS MIGHT JUST NATURALLY COME ACROSS, AND THEN I THINK THERE WERE A FAIR NUMBER OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE Y WOULD BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN MAINTENANCE ON THE PROJECT, AND WHETHER THERE WAS A LINE ITEM BUILT INTO YOUR BUDGET TO DO THAT, BECAUSE IT HAD NOT BEEN IN USE FOR SO LONG. WHETHER
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YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AHEAD TO SEE IF YOU COULD INCORPORATE SOME OF THE FUNDING.SO THOSE WERE JUST I THINK THE GENERAL SCOPE OF SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT WE, DISCUSSED. AND SO I THINK THERE THERE MAY BE A MOTION FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT LESS. AND I THINK ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES WANTED TO MAKE THAT OKAY. FURTHER DISCUSSION, HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, APPROVE FOR THE WIRE, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, FOR THE UPDATES FOR THE PLAYGROUND, $5,000, AND THEN HOPEFULLY THE WIRE WILL BE ABLE TO GET IN-KIND DONATIONS TO MATCH THAT OR TO CONTINUE WITH THAT PROJECT TO, TO TAKE IT TO THE END. OKAY. MOTION FOR PARTIAL APPROVAL OF $5,000. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECOND. BY CHRIS WILKS.
OKAY. MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS SORRY I LOST MY PLACE HERE, 20 4-1864. CONSIDER
[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request for Funding Submitted by the City of McKinney Parks and Recreation Department (4B24-12), in the Amount of One Million and No/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for Construction of Improvements at Gabe Nesbitt Park.]
DISCUSS ACT ON A REQUEST FOR FUNDING SUBMITTED BY THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 1 MILLION AND NO DOLLARS. NO. ONE HUNDREDTHS, $1 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS AT GABE NESBITT PARK. ARE THERE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ONE COMMENT ON THIS ONE. JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IS A FACILITY THAT IS NOT FOR, ORGANIZED PRACTICE FACILITY. AND GAMES. THIS IS FOR COMMUNITY. THIS IS FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND ENJOY. SO IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT IN THE PARK SYSTEM FOR, FOR EVERYBODY JUST TO COME AND SHOW UP AND, YOU KNOW, PICK UP GAMES AND THAT TYPE OF THING. SO I'M VERY IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT. OKAY. YEAH, I ECHO THAT. I LIKE IT JUST BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT'S JUST A BLANK FIELD. RIGHT NOW AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET IT TO READINESS FOR THE KIDS TO, TO PLAY WITH AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. AND THE PARENTS DO ENJOY IT AS WELL. SO I LIKE THE PROJECT TO.OKAY, FURTHER DISCUSSION, HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROJECT AT THE FULL AMOUNT OF 1 MILLION. OKAY MOTION BY CHRIS BROOKS. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION SECOND BY JOY BOOTH. ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES. NEXT
[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by McKinney Main Street (4B24-14) in the Amount of One Hundred Nine Thousand Three Hundred Twenty and NO/100 Dollars ($109,320.00) for the Purchase Downtown Christmas Decorations to Include Lighting in Mitchell Park, Outdoor Decorations at MPAC, Community Tree Ornaments, Holiday Postcard Pop-Up Photo Ops, and Light Pole Decorations. Amount Requested Represents 60% of Total Project Cost.]
UP, CHRIS WILKES IS GOING TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM THIS ITEM. IT IS ITEM 20 4-1865. CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY MCKINNEY MAIN STREET IN THE AMOUNT OF $109,320 AND ONE HUNDREDTHS FOR THE PURCHASE OF DOWNTOWN CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS TO INCLUDE LIGHTING IN MITCHELL PARK. OUTDOOR DECORATIONS AT IMPACT COMMUNITY TREE ORNAMENTS, HOLIDAY POSTCARD POP UP PHOTO OPS SAY THAT FIVE TIMES, AND LIGHT POLE DECORATIONS. AMOUNT REQUESTED REPRESENTS 60% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST. APPLICANT IS HERE. ARE THERE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? DISCUSSION NO. CAN I GET A MOTION? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE REQUEST IN FULL FOR THE PROJECT, INCLUDING THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND SO FORTH. OKAY, MOVE FOR APPROVAL BY JOY BOOTHE. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY DEBORAH BRADFORD? DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION HEARING NONE. CAST YOUR VOTES. THAT MOTION PASSES. WE HAVE. WE RETRIEVE CHRIS. MISS CHAIR. AND NEXT UP IS 20 4-1866. CONSIDER. DISCUSS. ACT ON A PROJECT GRANT[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application (4B24-15), Submitted by Sanchez Charities, LLC, in the Amount of Five Hundred Seventeen Thousand One Hundred Ninety-Two and No/100 Dollars ($517,192.00), for Construction of Horizontal Infrastructure for the NeighborHub to be Located on White Street Approximately 500 Feet East of Redbud Drive in McKinney Texas. Amount Requested Represents 16% of Total Project Cost.]
APPLICATION FOR B24-15. SUBMITTED BY SANCHEZ CHARITIES, LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $517,192[00:40:03]
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HORIZONTAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE NEIGHBOR HUB TO BE LOCATED ON WHITE STREET, APPROXIMATELY 500FT EAST OF REDBUD DRIVE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. AMOUNT REQUESTED REPRESENTS 16% OF TOTAL PROJECT COSTS, FOR THE BOARD, YOU HAVE COPIES OF QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANSWERED BY THE APPLICANT IN YOUR PACKET. YOU ALSO HAVE TWO LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT AND THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. OR IS THERE COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THE APPLICANT FOR ALL THE TIME SPENT ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS VERY THOROUGHLY, VERY PROMPTLY. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PIECES IN THIS PROJECT, AND YOUR ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS AND ALL OF THE PLATES THAT YOU'RE JUGGLING IS JUST HIGHLY REGARDED. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. I'D LIKE TO ADD ONE COMMENT. THIS IS 16% OF THE PROJECT COST. THIS IS A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO TRY TO ADDRESS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM. IT IS MY HOPE THAT THIS IS A CATALYST GRANT THAT GETS YOU TO THE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. SEE THE COMMITMENT FROM MCKINNEY AND ARE ALSO ABLE TO STEP UP AND HELP FUND THIS. SO ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. CAN I GET A MOTION, A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE FULL AMOUNT? MOTION TO APPROVE THE FULL AMOUNT BY MARCUS LLOYD. SECOND I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY JOY BOOTH. DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION OKAY. HEARING NONE CAST YOUR VOTES. OKAY. MOTION PASSES.ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, THAT IS ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR PROJECT GRANT ITEMS, AND WE WILL MOVE INTO NOW OUR RETAIL GRANT ITEMS, SO, YEAH, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON OUR RETAIL GRANT ITEMS, TOTAL,
[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Retail Development Infrastructure Grant Application Submitted by Hope Hardware Building, LLC (RI 24-09) in an Amount up to Fifty Thousand and NO/100 Dollars ($50,000.00) for the Installation of a Grease Trap including Necessary Plumbing and Site Work at the Hope Hardware Building Located at 214 E. Louisiana Street, McKinney, Texas.]
WE WILL CONDUCT TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS RECEIVED THIS CYCLE. EACH OF OUR APPLICANTS WILL HAVE UP TO FIVE MINUTES TO PRESENT. THEN WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD. TODAY IS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON THESE APPLICATIONS AT OUR SEPTEMBER 26TH BOARD MEETING. FIRST UP IS 20 4-1867. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER, DISCUSS ACT ON A RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY HOPE HARDWARE BUILDING, LLC. RE 2409 IN AN AMOUNT UP TO 50,000 AND NO. ONE HUNDREDTHS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A GREASE TRAP, INCLUDING NECESSARY PLUMBING AND SITE WORK AT THE HOPE HARDWARE BUILDING, LOCATED AT 214 EAST LOUISIANA STREET, MCKINNEY, TEXAS AND OUR PRESENTER IS CLEO MEREDITH. HI THANK YOU FOR THE BOARD AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND ESPECIALLY SHOUT OUT TO LINDA JONES. AND SHE LAST MINUTE AND HELPED ME GET THE PRESENTATION IN BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF TOWN, SO THANK YOU LINDA.AND THIS PROJECT, AGAIN FOR 22 YEARS, THE PANTRY RESTAURANT HAS NO GREASE TRAP. WE OPERATE WITHOUT IT. AND THERE'S A REASON IS WE GRANDFATHERED IN. AND ALSO ANOTHER REASON IS WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A PLACE FOR IT. AND JUST LIKE THE OLD BUILDING, A LOT OF OLD BUILDING IN MCKINNEY, AND WE DON'T HAVE AN EASEMENT OUTSIDE THE BUILDING IN THE BACK SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AND THEN OUR CHALLENGE IS ALSO AT JOHNSON ALLEY IS ALSO, UTILITY LINE, AND FINE LINE AND LIGHT UP IN JOHNSON ALLEY. SO OUR OPTION FOR THE LOCATION OF THE GREASE TRAP IS REALLY CHALLENGING, WE FINALLY, AFTER ABOUT 20 SOME TIMES, JAMES HAS CHANGING HIS DRAWING. WE FINALLY GOT APPROVED BY THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. AND TO, MODEL, SPOONS. LOCATION AND HAVE THE GREASE TRAP INSTALLED INSIDE THE BUILDING AND FOR THAT, WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY CREATE A SPACE, AND THEN WE HAVE TO, HAVE THE LOCATION THAT IS AWAY FROM THE DINING AREA AND ENCLOSURE AND THEN HAVE TO OPEN A DOOR FROM
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THE BUILDING ON THE SIDE, ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. SO HAVE ASSET, OUTSIDE ACCESS, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M OVER HERE. I'M HERE TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT TO YOU, TO THE BOARD AND, LOOKING FOR HELP AND, TO, TO THIS, GREASE TRAP, INSTALLATION, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY THE CODE OF CITY OF MCKINNEY.AND I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS. OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR CINDY, JUST REFRESH MY MEMORY. I BELIEVE IN THE LAST RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT CYCLE, WE ALSO HAD A REQUEST ON THIS BUILDING. IS THAT CORRECT? FIRE SUPPRESSION OR SUPPRESSION? IT WAS FIRE SUPPRESSION ON THIS BUILDING. OKAY. I WAS JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT THAT WAS FOR. EXACTLY. OKAY. AND THE 50,000, DOES THAT REPRESENT THE 100% FUNDING, OR IS THAT PARTIAL MATCHING FUNDING? THAT'S RIGHT.
OKAY YEAH. THE BUILDING HAS NEVER HAD A GREASE TRAP BEFORE, EVEN WHEN IT WAS THE PANTRY. NO OKAY. THANK YOU. LINDA, ARE WE LOOKING AT COSTS HERE? YEAH, THAT'S THE COST. NOT INCLUDING THE BUILDING, THE ROOM CONSTRUCTION. BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE OVERALL, FINE. I JUST NOTICED IT DIDN'T ADD TO THE 50, SO NOW I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. OKAY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I'LL MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. MOTION BY JOY. SECOND BY DAVID. AND MOTION PASSES. OKAY. NEXT UP
[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Retail Development Infrastructure Grant Application Submitted by Hester Eats, LLC (dba Hamm’s Meat Market) (RI 24-10) in an Amount up to Fifty Thousand and NO/100 Dollars ($50,000.00) for the Installation of a Fire Suppression System and Site Work at 307 W. Louisiana Street, McKinney, Texas.]
IS ITEM 24, DASH 1868. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER, DISCUSS ACT ON A RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY HESTER EATS LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS HAMM'S MEAT MARKET RE 2410. IN AN AMOUNT UP TO $50,000 FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AND SITE WORK AT 307 WEST LOUISIANA STREET, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, FOR THE BOARD AND ADDITIONAL QUOTE HAS BEEN PROVIDED AND IS IN YOUR PACKET. OUR PRESENTER IS CHEF NOAH HESTER. HI, BOARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY. AND THANK YOU, LINDA, FOR HELPING ME GET THROUGH ALL THIS PAPERWORK. AND MY WIFE, LACEY HESTER BACK HERE. WE ARE THE PROUD NEW OWNERS OF HAMM'S BUTCHER SHOP. AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH HAMM'S, HAMM'S HAS BEEN DOWN IN MCKINNEY SINCE 1954. IT ORIGINALLY WAS A MEAT PACKING PLANT ACROSS FROM HIGHWAY FIVE, AND THEN THEY WERE IN THE YOKA LOKOLE SPACE RIGHT HERE. SO THE ORIGINAL BUTCHER SHOP IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. IN 2007, THEY MOVED TO THE CURRENT LOCATION AND 307 WEST LOUISIANA, THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL OWNERS BEFORE US, INCLUDING JOSE, WHO IS STILL A BUTCHER. HE'S BEEN A BUTCHER THERE FOR 40 YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HONORED TO KIND OF CARRY ON THE TRADITION OF HAMM'S AND A SMALL FAMILY RUN OPERATION. WE'RE COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY IN MANY WAYS.WE'VE DONATED TIME AND PRODUCT TO THE SEED PROJECT, CHESTNUT SQUARE. EXCUSE ME. LET ME CLICK HERE. SO REALLY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, AS THEY MENTIONED, I'M A CHEF. I'VE BEEN A CHEF FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS AND HAMS AS JUST A SMALL BUTCHER SHOP. PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE MUCH LIFE IN IT. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE REASON IT'S GONE THROUGH SO MANY OWNERS IS, PRICES OF MEAT HAVE GONE UP, THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT MARKETS. H-E-B, CENTRAL MARKET, ALL THESE OTHER RETAILERS THAT MOST PEOPLE SHOP AT, SO SMALL, FAMILY RUN OPERATIONS LIKE HAMM'S ARE KIND OF DISAPPEARING. SO WE'VE, USING MY EXPERTISE AS A CHEF, WE'VE ADDED A FULL LUNCH MENU. WE ALSO DO A MONTHLY SUPPER CLUBS. WE DO BUTCHER CLASSES, A LOT OF THINGS TO KIND OF BRING MORE REVENUE INTO THE FACILITY. THE REASON WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS MONEY IS THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM CURRENTLY IS JUST A SMALL FIVE FOOT EXHAUST FAN. SO WE COOK ALL OF OUR LUNCHES ON ONE STOVE WITH A LITTLE, GRIDDLE BURNER ON THERE. OUR LUNCH BUSINESS IS INCREASING QUITE A BIT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE FINDING OUT ABOUT THE FOOD AND ENJOYING THE FOOD ON A DAILY BASIS. SO IN ORDER FOR US TO SUSTAIN THAT BUSINESS, WE NEED TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE EXHAUST FAN, WHICH MEANS INCREASING FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AND A FEW OTHER SMALL PROJECTS, WHICH INCLUDE MOVING A SMOKER FROM INSIDE THE KITCHEN TO OUTSIDE INTO ITS OWN SEPARATE CONCRETE STRUCTURE WITH A LITTLE ROOF ON IT. YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT LITTLE SMOKER IN THAT TINY KITCHEN FILLS THE PLACE UP WITH SMOKE ON A REGULAR BASIS, MAKING
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IT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO WORK IN, AND I'M SURE I'M MISSING A FEW OTHER THINGS. SO HERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT ARE BRINGING CUSTOMERS UP TO HAMM'S IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. YOU KNOW, WE DID A DALLAS MORNING NEWS SEGMENT FEATURING A LOT OF OUR PRODUCTS. DALLAS EATER, NBC FIVE. WE RECENTLY WON CULTUREMAP DALLAS CHEF OF THE YEAR, WHICH I WAS VERY HONORED TO RECEIVE THAT AWARD. WE ARE NOMINATED CURRENTLY FOR, BEST BUTCHER SHOP, BEST BARBECUE, BEST DELI, BEST LUNCH, AND BEST BURGER AWAITING FOR THE RESULTS ON THAT. BUT THAT WAS, QUITE A BIG HONOR TO BE NOMINATED IN THAT. AND I SHOULD MENTION THAT TODAY ACTUALLY MARKS EXACTLY ONE YEAR SINCE MY WIFE AND I HAVE OWNED HAMM'S BUTCHER SHOP TODAY. SO IT'S. YEAH. TODAY. EXACTLY.YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS. YEAH. SO. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY HONORED FOR EVERYONE ON YOUR ANNIVERSARY. ISN'T THAT WHAT HAPPENED? NOTICE THERE'S NO, TASTINGS. YEAH, YEAH, YOU KNOW, SO AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE VERY HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS AND TO CARRY THIS TRADITION ON. WE DO HAVE TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT WORK THERE. YOU KNOW, WE ARE ASKING FOR 100% FUNDING ON THIS. I KNOW YOU'VE MENTIONED THAT, A COUPLE TIMES TODAY, AND I WILL BE COMPLETELY HONEST, THAT WE PUT BASICALLY EVERY PENNY THAT WE HAD INTO IT. AND I ALSO HAVE TWO OTHER JOBS, AND THOSE PAYCHECKS OFTEN GO INTO SUPPORTING THE BUSINESS AND MAKING SURE OUR EMPLOYEES GET PAID. MY WIFE AND I HAVE NOT TAKEN A SINGLE PENNY SO FAR IN THIS BUSINESS, AND WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S PART OF OWNING A NEW BUSINESS. BUT FOR US, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY HONORED TO LIVE IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY, NOT IN DOWNTOWN, BUT IN MCKINNEY. WE MOVED HERE FROM HAWAII, AND IT WAS A REALLY HARD TRANSITION FOR ME, LEAVING MY FAMILY AND MOVING TO HAWAII. WE CAME TO DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY, AND WE FELT THE COMMUNITY AND THE SMALL TOWN FEEL OF THIS PLACE WAS REALLY A SELLING POINT FOR ME, AND WE'D LIKE TO BE HERE FOR A LONG TIME. AND SO HAVING THIS, THIS GRANT AND GETTING THIS FIRE SUPPRESSION, HELPING US INCREASE OUR BUSINESS WILL HELP ENSURE THAT WE CAN BE A SMALL, FAMILY RUN OPERATION FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE NOTE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND IT. BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 100% GRANT FUNDING ON OUR PROJECT GRANTS, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM BECAUSE WE HAVE A MATCHING CLAUSE IN THIS FOR THE PROJECT. RIGHT. SO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT WE'RE GOING TO FUND IS 75% OF THE PROJECT. AND YOU ARE PREPARED AND YOU'RE BRINGING IN FUNDING TO COVER THAT GAP.
OKAY. DO YOU I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK FOR SURE. OKAY. CAN WE FOLLOW UP WITH THE APPLICANT, MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND. SO THERE'S A THERE'S A MAXIMUM AMOUNT LIKE $50,000 IS OUR MAXIMUM. BUT IT REQUIRES A MATCH OF AT LEAST 25% OF THE OF THE PROJECT. SO, AS LONG AS YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT THEN WE THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. BUT WE CAN WORK THROUGH THAT. SURE. BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT MONTH. AWESOME THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. AWESOME, ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS? ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT THAT I AM EXCITED TO SEE HOW YOU ARE HONORING THE HISTORY OF HAMM'S MEAT MARKET. AS I TALKED WITH CHEF NOAH THIS WEEKEND AT THE FOP POKER TOURNAMENT, HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT, BY THE WAY? I WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND, NOT AS WELL AS CHEF NOAH, BUT BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE UP HERE. SO THOUGH THEY WILL DISPUTE THAT AS WELL. I WAS TALKING TO HIM ABOUT GROWING UP IN MCKINNEY, AND, I KNEW EVERETT HAMM, AND I WOULD GO INTO THE BUTCHER SHOP, RIDE MY BIKE DOWN FROM TUCKER STREET, GO INTO THE BUTCHER SHOP AND SPEND TIME WITH EVERETT BECAUSE HE WAS A MENTOR OF MINE. AND I STILL REMEMBER STEALING, STEALING, SLASH BORROWING, NOT BORROWING. BUT YOU CAN SAY IT LIKE YOU APPROPRIATING VANCE'S BREAD FROM COMMUNION AT, AT FIRST METHODIST, SHE WOULD BAKE THE BREAD, EVERY MONTH. AND WHEN COMMUNION WAS OVER, I WOULD HELP DISPOSE OF EVERYTHING. AND THAT BREAD CAME HOME WITH ME BECAUSE IT WAS AWESOME. AND I CAN STILL SMELL MY CHILDHOOD, AS A RESULT OF VANCE HAMM'S BREAD. AND SO THOSE ARE SPECIAL PEOPLE. I'M HAPPY THAT YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF EVERETT AND VANCE THERE, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU HAVE THAT PICTURE UP IN YOUR BUTCHER SHOP AND THAT YOU HONOR THE HISTORY OF MCKINNEY THAT THAT YOU OWN AND THAT YOU RESPECT IT. AND, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, DO YOU OWN THE BUILDING? WE DO NOT. WE RENT THE BUILDING FROM THE MALONES. NANCY AND MIKE MALONE. OKAY. AND ARE THEY, ARE THEY AWARE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE? AND ARE THEY SUPPORTIVE AND ENGAGED IN THE PROJECT? 100%? YEAH, THEY'RE THEY'RE GREAT LANDLORDS. WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. THEY'RE WELL AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A AN
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EMAIL OR A LETTER FROM NANCY APPROVING ALL OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE WORK AND SUPPORTING US. OKAY. AWESOME THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT LANDLORDS ARE ENGAGED IN THESE RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS, LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE LAYOUT AGAIN OF THE OF THE RESTAURANT. LIKE ARE YOU YOU'RE EXPANDING THE KITCHEN AND THAT THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GETTING A BIGGER HOOD AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU NEED FIRE SUPPRESSION. WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY EXPANDING THE KITCHEN SPACE ITSELF. IT IS A REALLY SMALL KITCHEN SPACE, THERE IS CURRENTLY A FIVE FOOT EXHAUST FAN IN THERE. AND THAT JUST HAS ONE ANSEL SUPPRESSION NOZZLE. AND SO WE HAVE ONE SMALL STOVE UNIT. AND THE SMOKER THAT BOTH FIT UNDER THAT. WE ALSO DO TRADITIONALLY, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW SHOULD KNOW, IS THE HONEY GLAZED HAMS. AND SO EACH OF THOSE HAMS ARE HAND CUT AND HAND GLAZED THE TRADITIONAL WAY. AND SO THAT PROCESS INVOLVES LAYING A WHOLE HAM OUT, GLAZING IT WITH SUGAR AND GRANULATED HONEY, AND A LARGE BLOWTORCH, WHICH CREATES THIS GLAZE ON IT, WHICH ALSO CREATES SUGAR AND WHATNOT, SMOKING INTO THE AIR. AND SO ALL OF THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING DONE UNDER THIS ONE SMALL HOOD VENT. AND SO WITH THE ADDITION OF A SECOND HOOD VENT AND FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A TABLE TO ACTUALLY GLAZE THE HAMS. WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE OUR SIX BURNER STOVE, IDEALLY A FLAT TOP FOR COOKING OUR HAMBURGERS AND WHAT HAVE YOU. AND THEN MOVING THE SMOKER OUTSIDE WOULD ALLOW FOR US TO USE ALL OF THAT TEN FEET OF KITCHEN SPACE FOR COOKING. OKAY, AWESOME. SO I HAVE A QUESTION, SO I UNDERSTAND THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AROUND THE COOKING AREA IS THERE ANY EXISTING FIRE SUPPRESSION IN THE REST OF THE FACILITY? THE DINING AREA OR, LOBBY, THERE'S NO THERE'S NO OTHER FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ANYWHERE IN THE BUILDING. NO. OKAY. SO THIS IS ONLY FIRE SUPPRESSION FOR THE THIS PARTICULAR THE SMOKER SECTION, THE GRILL AREA. CORRECT. OKAY. YEAH. AND THIS IS ABOUT IT'S DOWN A LONG HALLWAY FURTHER FROM THE RETAIL SECTION OF THE STORE. YEAH YEAH, YEAH, I'VE BEEN IN IT. I JUST I DIDN'T YEAH. SO SPECIFICALLY JUST THE KITCHEN AREA. YEAH OKAY. OKAY.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AWESOME. THANK YOU GUYS. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I'LL JUST MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT AND SAY THAT, I'M HAPPY THAT THERE'S A FIRE SUPPRESSION GRANT REQUEST HERE.
I THINK THE BOARD HAS, AS RECENTLY AS LAST MONTH THAT OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION, REALLY FOCUSED ON FIRE SUPPRESSION IN DOWNTOWN AS ONE OF OUR GOALS. AND WE HAVE SUBMITTED A BUDGET THAT INCREASES THE THAT PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON FIRE SUPPRESSION IN DOWNTOWN. DOWNTOWN IS OUR BIGGEST ECONOMIC DRIVER IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND IT IS SCARY WHEN YOU THINK OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN DOWNTOWN IN, FIRE SUPPRESSION. I'M HAPPY THAT THE, THE MEREDITHS AND THE HOPE HARDWARE BUILDING HAD FIRE SUPPRESSION GRANT PREVIOUSLY. IT IT IT SCARES ME TO THINK WHAT CAN HAPPEN DOWNTOWN IF WE DON'T FIX THE FIRE SUPPRESSION ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN LOTS OF BUILDINGS. AND SO I THINK WE CAN AND SHOULD DO MORE. BUT I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING WHAT WE ARE. SO, WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION? SECOND, THAT MOTION BY DAVID AND SECOND, BY CHRIS WILKES. CAST YOUR VOTES. AND MOTION PASSES. OKAY, MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE,
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I'LL MOVE ON TO BOARD. COMMENTS I HAVE ALREADY HAD MY SAY, SO I WILL START ON MY RIGHT. CHRIS, JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND AND AREN'T CAUGHT OFF GUARD, I'M GOING TO GO TO THE RIGHT AND THEN SKIP OVER TO YOU ON THE LEFT AND THEN COME BACK THIS WAY. I WANT TO SCARE YOU. SAVE THOSE COMMENTS FOR LATER. CHRIS. I WANT YOU TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW. I WILL YIELD MY TIME FOR ANY EXTRA COMMENTS THAT MR. WILKIE'S MAY HAVE. WELL, I ENJOYED MOST OF THE EVENTS THAT DAVID LISTED EARLIER IN IN IN HIS COMMENTS. I THINK THE ONLY EVENT THAT WAS NOT COVERED DURING THOSE COMMENTS WAS THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, POKER TOURNAMENT, WHICH I UNDERSTAND WHY HE DID NOT BRING THAT ONE UP, BUT I DO APPRECIATE, WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. AND, I KNOW IT WAS A BIG FUNDRAISER FOR THEM, AND THEY DID. THEY DID SOME VERY GOOD THINGS WITH THAT. WITH THAT, WITH THAT MONEY. SO I ENJOYED IT. EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T WIN[01:00:03]
ANYTHING. MISS BRADFORD. YES, WE'RE STARTING FROM THE LEFT NOW. WELL, SWITCH THAT WHOLE THING. JOY JUST FLIPPED IT. GOT MY BOOK HERE, GOT ALL MY NOTES. SO, SERIOUSLY, THOUGH. SO ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT YOU MENTIONED, THE TWO THAT I GOT TO ATTEND, WAS THE LOVE MCKINNEY EVENT, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB EXTRA GAMING ROOM, WHICH WAS AWESOME. EVERYTHING WAS SET ON THAT. I DID WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT CONCERNING THE WEST SIDE VILLAGE BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT. THANK YOU TO THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR HELPING WITH THE BACKPACK DRIVE. IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. I WANT TO THANK, THE MCKINNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY, THEIR MOBILE UNIT WHO HELPED US OUT. THEY'RE REAL GOOD ABOUT GIVING, BOOKS TO ENCOURAGE READING AND LITERACY, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. WE WANT TO THANK THE CHURCH OF SAINT MARK, PASTOR WHATLEY, SAINT JAMES PASTOR SPEARMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO DOCTOR JERRY FELTUS FOR PROVIDING THOSE PHYSICALS. IT WAS SO HOT. AND YOU HUNG IN THERE TILL THE LAST PHYSICAL WAS COMPLETED AND THE PARENTS WERE SO APPRECIATIVE AND ESPECIALLY THE STUDENTS. SO THANK YOU FOR DONATING YOUR TIME AND YOUR TALENT TO DO THAT. AND SHE DID IT BY HERSELF. SHE DIDN'T HAVE A NURSE TO HELP HER AND SHE GOT THAT DONE. SO THANK YOU ALSO TO COUNCILMAN JONES AND BELLER FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AS WELL IN TERMS OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND BACKPACKS AND FOR JUST ALL OF Y'ALL'S SUPPORT FOR THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON THERE. WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. OKAY MR. SHAY? YEP. I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE EVENTS THIS PAST WEEKEND. I HAD TO YIELD MYSELF ON THE POKER TOURNAMENT. SO THANK GOODNESS BECAUSE I PUT IT ON PROBABLY WORSE THAN YOU GUYS, BUT, MANY OF YOU KNOW, ON 29TH, I LOST MY MOM, SO I HAD TO GO TO HOUSTON THIS WEEKEND TO TAKE HER TO HER FINAL DESTINATION. JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S COMMENTS AND LOVE AND THE CITY. IT IT MEANT A WHOLE LOT AT A DIFFICULT TIME. BUT THAT'S WHY I LOVE OUR CITY. BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE ARE DOWN IN NEED, OUR CITY STEPS UP AND REACHES OUT AND WE'RE A BIG FAMILY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBER BOOTH. JUST REFLECTING ON ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, AND THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF DISCUSSION, AND I'M JUST SO APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYBODY'S DIFFERENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.AND ALL THE BUSINESS OWNERS, IT'S JUST REALLY REMARKABLE TO SEE THE NATURE AND THE SCOPE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MQDC CAN SUPPORT. AND IN ADDITION TO ATTENDING EVENTS, YOU KNOW, THE DELIBERATIONS THAT WE DO UP HERE, IT'S A TREMENDOUS BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO JUST FEELING HUMBLED. MARCUS. YEAH. THANKFUL FOR THE LAST, EVENTS THIS LAST WEEK, THE POKER TOURNAMENT, WHICH YOU WENT OUT FIRST ON? YES, YES. THANK YOU, I DID THE WORST JUST FOR PUBLIC.
REMEMBRANCE. YES BUT I ENJOYED THE TIME. IT WAS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO SEE SO MANY FOLKS WHO WERE ARMED IN A BUILDING TOGETHER, IT WAS IT WAS A GOOD TIME. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE TO LUNCH. MAYBE AT HAMS. MAYBE THAT'LL BE, I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT.
THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA. THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING. THAT MUCH BETTER THAN THE CHICK FIL A YOU OFFERED AND NOT AS BAD AS THE RICK'S WE DEMANDED. YEAH YEAH, YEAH, WE WILL KEEP IT IN HOUSE.
WE WILL SPEND THE MONEY HERE FOR SURE, AND REALLY EXCITED TOO, ABOUT GOING TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB THIS THIS PAST WEEK AS WELL, JUST TO SEE THE EXERCISE GYM THAT WE WERE TO SPONSOR THERE. I THINK I PULLED A MUSCLE WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS. SO KUDOS TO THE KIDS AND GREAT TO SEE A PLACE FOR THEM TO PLAY INDOORS, AND I THINK THAT JUST IT REALLY MADE ME THINK A LOT ABOUT JUST SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME IN FRONT OF US IN MY SHORT TIME HERE, AND JUST REALLY EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THERE ARE VOICES THAT THAT DON'T NECESSARILY GET TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY. AND, INCOME, IF YOU WILL, TO BE ABLE TO SIT IN THIS SPACE AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE MONEY GOES IN THE CITY, AND IT CAN BE VERY EASY TO JUST, YOU KNOW, SPEND MONEY ON THE THINGS THAT THAT WE WILL SPEND MONEY ON. I KNOW PARKS IS A HUGE PIECE. I MEAN, A LOT OF US HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY AND THE TIME TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. BUT THERE'S WHOLE SECTIONS OF THE CITY THAT DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF LUXURY TO DO THAT. AND SO TO BE ABLE TO SEE THINGS LIKE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND EVEN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HUB, I THINK IT'S A GREAT TESTAMENT AND, AND CONTINUALLY HOPE THAT WE, WE ARE JUST AS DILIGENT, IN ENGAGING SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE USE AT A REGULAR BASIS, AS WE ARE AT, REALLY LOOKING AT AND DOING DUE DILIGENCE ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT MAYBE SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THIS, THIS POWER ARE USING AS WELL. SO THAT'S MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WILL JUST ADD ABOUT THE FOP TOURNAMENT. WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
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I WAS GLAD THAT MQDC COULD SUPPORT THAT. THANK YOU TO CHRIS AND MARCUS FOR NOT PLAYING VERY WELL, AND FULL DISCLOSURE, I DID REBUY IN THE TOURNAMENT. CHRIS, DID YOU REBUY? I DID NOT REBUY.NEITHER DID I. DID I PLAYED WITHIN THE RULES OF THE TOURNAMENT. DID YOU HAVE TIME TO REBUY OR DID YOU JUST GO STRAIGHT? CONTRIBUTED TO THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE CHARITY IN DOING SO, I WILL ALSO MENTION ON BEHALF OF MY WIFE, WHO IS EXTREMELY GRATEFUL, BEST RAFFLE PRIZE I'VE EVER WON, MAYBE. YEAH, A 2004 BOTTLE OF DOM PERIGNON. FOR A $2 RAFFLE TICKET. I WAS PRETTY HAPPY WITH THAT. SO, NO, WE HAVE NOT POPPED IT. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THAT AT LUNCH THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. MAYBE I SHOULD DO THAT AT LUNCH. YEAH, MAYBE. WE'LL SEE. THERE'S THERE'S ONE PERSON WE HAVEN'T INCLUDED. MADISON CLARK'S HUSBAND, DANTE, HAD HAD IT, YOU KNOW, DANTE DID. OKAY. MADISON CLARK'S HUSBAND, WAS OUR FOURTH. AND HE AND I WENT OUT ON LITERALLY THE SAME HAND, HE REVIVED. HE DID REBUY EARLIER, I THINK. YEAH. WHY DIDN'T YOU PLAY TEXAS HOLD'EM? IT'S TEXAS HOLD'EM. YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH SO THANKS TO THE POLICE WHO PUT THAT ON AND IT WAS A GREAT TIME HANGING OUT WITH THEM AND WITH MY COLLEAGUES. SO, WITH THAT WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE COVERING, ALL OF THE, PROJECT GRANTS THAT WE HAVE JUST DECIDED ON. WE ARE ONLY GOING TO BE DISCUSSING, PROJECT RE 2409 HOPE HARDWARE BUILDING PROJECT RE 24-10 HAMS. NOTES. LIVE VENUE. PROJECT HEMISPHERE.
PROJECT TERRA-GEN. PROJECT MIRAGE AND THERE WILL NOT BE ACTION OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION OKAY IT IS 1039 AND WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. MOVED BY DAVID. SECOND. SECOND BY MARCUS LLOYD. CAST YOUR VOTES.
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