[CALL TO ORDER]
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READY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. TODAY IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, THE YEAR 2024 AT 6:00 IN THE EVENING. WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 222 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET IN THE FABULOUS, FANTASTIC CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS. YES. RIGHT. COME ON. ARE WE BLESSED TO LIVE HERE? YES, WE ARE, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE AN INVOCATION FOLLOWED BY A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHARLIE PHILLIPS. IF YOU'LL STAND WITH US, PLEASE.
AND THEN REMAIN STANDING AFTERWARD FOR THE PLEDGE. IF YOU WOULD BOW WITH ME, PLEASE.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED ABUNDANT BLESSINGS UPON EACH MEMBER OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU GIVE TO EACH MEMBER OF THIS CITY COUNCIL. ASK THAT YOUR PRESENCE BE FELT HERE AMONG US THIS EVENING, AND THAT YOU WOULD GRANT US YOUR WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS OUR CITY STAFF, FOR WHICH THIS COUNCIL GIVES ITS MOST HUMBLE THANKS FOR THEIR DILIGENCE AND TIRELESSNESS IN REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE OF MCKINNEY. AND WE ASK THAT YOU GUIDE, GUARD AND PROTECT OUR POLICE, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, AND OUR MILITARY MEMBERS IN THEIR WORK TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THIS COUNTRY. THIS STATE AND THIS CITY. WE ASK THESE AND ALL THINGS THROUGH YOUR SON, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
AMEN 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.
WITH OUR PRAYER FOR YOU. CHARLIE, I'D LIKE TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR INVOCATION WAS FAR BETTER THAN MINE. A FEW WEEKS AGO, WHEN I WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD. I'LL SECOND THAT. I DIDN'T ASK FOR A SECOND. THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL. IT'S NOT AN OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT. IT'S A CASUAL ONE. ALL RIGHT. FIRST ITEM, MR. MAYOR, BUT I BELIEVE I WAS IN SAN ANTONIO. I KNOW YOU
[Proclamation for McKinney Community Concerts 50th Anniversary]
LEFT ME HANGING, FIRST ORDER IS INFORMATION SHARING ITEMS. ITEM 241912. PROCLAMATION FOR MCKINNEY COMMUNITY CONCERT 50TH ANNIVERSARY. I BELIEVE SOME PEOPLE ARE HERE TO JOIN ME UP FRONT. SO. YEAH. OKAY YEAH. OF COURSE. CITY OF MCKINNEY PROCLAMATION.WHEREAS THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN A VITAL PART OF MCKINNEY'S CULTURAL LIFE SINCE 1974, ASSEMBLING A WORLD CLASS SERIES OF CONCERTS THAT HAVE ENRICHED AND INSPIRED OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, AS A NONPROFIT, 501 C3 ORGANIZATION, MCA HAS THRIVED EVEN AS MANY COMMUNITY CONCERTS HAVE FALTERED THANKS TO THE DEDICATION OF ITS LEADERSHIP, VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS. AND WHEREAS, THE RESIDENTS OF MCKINNEY AND THE GREATER DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX HAVE ENJOYED OVER 200 OUTSTANDING MUSICAL PERFORMANCES, EACH ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR CITY. AND WHEREAS THE UPCOMING 2024 2025 SEASON MAKES MCA'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY WITH CONCERTS HOSTED AT THE UPDATED CHRIST FELLOWSHIP, A VENUE OFFERING EXCELLENT VIEWS, STATE OF THE ART SCREENS AND COMFORTABLE SEATING FOR A PREMIERE EXPERIENCE. AND WHEREAS THE SUCCESS OF MCA IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ITS DEDICATED VOLUNTEER DIRECTORS, ALONG WITH THE SUPPORT OF CONCERT FRIENDS AND SEASON TICKET HOLDERS WHO PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN CONCERT SELECTION AND THE ONGOING SUCCESS OF THIS ESTEEMED ORGANIZATION. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE FULLER, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE THIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2024 AS THE DAY TO HONOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MCKINNEY COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE THIS MILESTONE BY PARTICIPATING IN THE 2024 2025 CONCERT SEASON. WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL THIS THIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024. WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND PAUL GRIMES, CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU TOO FOR DOING THIS FOR US AND ALL OF YOU GUYS THAT SERVE US DAILY, YOU KNOW, HERE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU
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TO COME TO ONE OF OUR CONCERTS. THE 50TH ONE IS GOING TO BE SEPTEMBER THE 13TH AT CHRIST FELLOWSHIP. AS AS THE MAYOR SAI. AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE. SO COME OUT FOR JUST A REAL GOOD TIME. THERE'LL BE SIX CONCERTS FOR THE THREE IN THE IN THE FALL AND IN THREE IN THE SPRING OR WINTER, I GUESS. YOU KNOW, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME OUT. AND IT'S ALL CLASS A TYPE ENTERTAINMENT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU AGAIN. CITY. THANK YOU. SURE. PERFECT GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU, STEVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M SO PROUD OF YOU. NEXT. AND I DON'T KNOW THE ITEM NUMBER BECAUSE I DON'T SEE IT ON THE SCREEN. IT[Proclamation for National Preparedness Month]
IS ITEM NUMBER. SOMEBODY. TWO. FOUR. THERE IT IS. 241913. PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH. SOMEBODY'S GOING TO JOIN ME. I LOVE THAT GREEN SHIRT. THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT SHIRT. I LOVE THAT CITY OF MCKINNEY PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH OCCURRING ANNUALLY IN SEPTEMBER SINCE NINE OVER 11, CREATES AN IDEAL OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY RESIDENT OF MCKINNEY TO PREPARE THEIR HOME BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY FOR ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY, INCLUDING NATURAL, TECHNOLOGICAL AND HUMAN CAUSED EVENTS. AND WHEREAS THE 2024 NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH THEME IS PREPARING ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES FOR DISASTER, CORRESPONDING WEEKLY MESSAGING INCLUDES HOME PREPAREDNESS, COMMUNICATION, AND NOTIFICATION PREPAREDNESS, EMERGENCY KITS, AND POWER OUTAGE PREPAREDNESS. WHEREAS DURING AN EMERGENCY, EVERY SECOND COUNTS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMS EDUCATE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ON HOW TO PREPARE BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER DISASTER PLANNING, NOW BEFORE DISASTERS IS THE BEST WAY TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY RESILIENCY AND FOSTER A QUICKER RETURN TOWARDS NORMALCY. AND WHEREAS THE MCKINNEY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PARTNERS WITH FEDERA, STATE, LOCAL, PRIVATE, CIVIC, FAITH BASED NONPROFITS AND VOLUNTEER AGENCIES TO EDUCATE INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES ON LOCAL HAZARDS. HOW TO PREPARE FOR THEM, AND HOW TO TAKE ACTION THROUGH ITS KNOW WHAT TO DO DISASTER PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN AND COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM. VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. AND WHEREAS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERYONE AND ALL, MCKINNEY RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PLAN AHEAD FOR EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS BY PICKING UP A KNOW WHAT TO DO PREPAREDNESS BAG AT THE RON AND HELEN HALL MEMORIAL LIBRARY, OR THE JOHN AND JUDY GAY PUBLIC LIBRARY. DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, AND ENGAGING FAMILY MEMBERS IN PREPAREDNESS DISCUSSIONS AND ACTIVITIES. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE FULLER, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 2024 AS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH AND MCKINNEY, TEXAS, WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL THIS DAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2024.THANK THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH, AND THIS YEAR THEY'RE FOCUSING. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS A THEME EVERY YEAR, AND THEY'RE FOCUSING IN ON BASICALLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. OR THEY FOUND IN A STUDY THAT THEY HAD A LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN PREPARING. AND SO OUR ASIAN POPULATION WAS ONE OF THOSE POPULATIONS. SO WE TOOK A LOOK AT MCKINNEY. AND WE HAVE ABOUT 8% ASIAN SPEAKING FOLKS IN OUR CITY. AND SO THIS YEAR OUR KNOW WHAT TO DO BAGS THAT ARE AT BOTH LIBRARIES ARE NOT ONLY IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THEM IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE, SIMPLIFIED CHINESE AND VIETNAMESE. SO PLEASE SWING BY ONE OF THE LIBRARIES IN SEPTEMBER AND PICK UP ONE OF THOSE BAGS. AND THEN WE DO HAVE A LITTLE GIVEAWAY. IS THAT OKAY? OKAY AWESOME. SO LIKE KAREN SAID, TO CELEBRATE THE START OF OUR NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH, WE JUST WANTED TO DO A QUICK LITTLE GIVEAWAY WITH YOU ALL, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING AWAY TWO OF THESE NOAA WEATHER RADIOS. IF YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR, IT'S A GREAT TOOL TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN INCOMING WEATHER. SO IF YOU GUYS WOULDN'T MIND LOOKING UNDERNEATH YOUR CHAIR, TWO LUCKY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE A PIECE OF PAPER UNDERNEATH IT, AND IF IT'S, YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT THE CHAIR NEXT TO YOU BECAUSE. AWESOME. HERE WE GO. WE HAVE ONE WINNER OVER HERE. THANK YOU. AWESOME. AND HERE'S THE OTHER WINNER. THANK YOU. AWESOME THANK YOU GUYS FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT LITTLE GIVEAWAY. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS.
YOU'RE LIKE OPRAH WINFREY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. LET'S TAKE A PICTURE. IF WE COULD. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENTS
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ON AGENDA ITEMS FOR NON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. AND SEE. I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE THEM ON MY SCREEN YET. GIVE ME A SECOND. NONE. OKAY AND WE WILL MOVE TO, THIS WOULD BE FOR AGENDA ITEMS, BUT NOT PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. OH. I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. THE. WE'LL MOVE TO CONSENT AGENDA.[CONSENT AGENDA]
THESE ITEMS CONSIST OF NONCONTROVERSIAL HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND MAY BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY BY ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAKING SUCH REQUEST PRIOR TO A MOTION. IS THERE A MOTION ON CONSENT ITEMS? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. SECOND. OKAY DOES ANYONE HAVE A BUTTON? BECAUSE I DO NOT. I DO NOT NOW. I DO NOW. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION PASSES. REGULAR AGENDA. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. ITEM 241926. CONDUCT A[Conduct Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Adoption of the Budget Appropriation Ordinance for Fiscal Year 2024-25]
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND DISCUSS. ACT ON THE ADOPTION OF A OF THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 2425. MR. HOLLOWAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MARK HOLLOWAY, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. THE CITY TONIGHT. I HAVE FOUR ITEMS, ACTUALLY, IN FRONT OF YOU. THIS IS THE FIRST. IT'S THE FIRST STEP OF FOUR. WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET. AND THEN IF YOU SO CHOOSE, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET, OR YOU'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET. THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO TWO TAX RATE ITEMS. AND THEN FINALLY FOLLOWED BY FEES AND A FEE ORDINANCE ITEM. WITH THAT, I'LL RUN THROUGH THE A VERY SIMILAR PRESENTATION TO THE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING.BUT JUST WANT TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THIS, ONCE AGAIN, THESE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2425.
BUDGET, KIND OF HIGH LEVEL, WE'LL BE DECREASING THE PROPERTY TAX RATE OR PROPOSING TO BUY ABOUT 1.2 CENTS TO 415513. OUR SALES TAX STILL VERY STRONG THIS BUDGET WOULD PROVIDE MARKET ADJUSTMENTS FOR ALL NON-SWORN PERSONNEL THROUGH THE MARKET STUDY AND STEP INCREASES. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ALL OF OUR PLANNED STEP INCREASES AND MARKET ADJUSTMENTS FOR SWORN PERSONNEL THAT ARE OUTLINED IN OUR MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENTS. WE'LL NOTE HERE THAT THIS BUDGET ALSO WILL HAVE AN INCREASED INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC ART, UP TO $350,000 IF OUR LAST WORK SESSION, YOU ALL ASKED ME TO PUT THAT IN THE BUDGET. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IN THIS HIGHLIGHT THAT I NOTED THAT WE WOULD BE PUTTING THAT TOWARDS, TOWARDS, THE, PUBLIC ART FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.
AND THEN WE WILL BE PROVIDING STAFFING AND I'LL SHOW A FEW MORE STAFFING SLIDES HERE IN A SECOND. THE GENERAL FUND IS PROPOSED TO BE JUST UNDER $220 MILLION THIS YEAR, WITH 51% OF THAT BEING FROM PROPERTY TAX, 21% BEING SALES TAX, AND THE REST MADE UP FROM THE. YOU CAN SEE CHARGES AND FINES, LICENSE AND PERMITS AND FRANCHISE FEES ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, IT'S A BALANCED BUDGET AS IS REQUIRED. 47% OF THE BUDGET IS PUBLIC SAFETY, WITH THE REST FALLING OUT WITH PUBLIC WORKS BEING THAT'S JUST THE GENERAL FUND SIDE OF PUBLIC WORKS BEING ABOUT 9% DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, 8%, AND PARKS AND LIBRARY ABOUT 9%. THIS IS THE STAFFING THAT I MENTIONED, 39 STAFF MEMBERS ON THE GENERAL GENERAL FUND SIDE, 21 OF THAT BEING IN PUBLIC SAFETY. WITH THE REST FALLING IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS, WITH JUST A FEW THERE IN GENERAL. GOVERNMENT ON THE WATER WASTEWATER SIDE, I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT WE WOULD BE CONTINUING OUR WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. WE'VE SEEN A REAL LOSS OF TREATED WATER DOWN TO 7% THIS FISCAL YEAR, POINT OF REFERENCE WHEN WE BEGAN THIS WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, WATER LOSS WAS AT 28% IN FISCAL YEAR 14. SUPPLEMENTALS THERE ARE A FEW, PERSONNEL THERE, BUT NEW TEST BENCH FOR METERS AND SOME SOME EQUIPMENT BEING REQUESTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO RATES? WELL, NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT IS RAISING OUR WATER RATES ABOUT 4%, 17% ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, WE WOULD BE PROPOSING TO INCREASE OUR WATER RATES ABOUT 2%. AND OUR WASTEWATER RATES ABOUT 9% TO PASS ON MOST OF THAT COST, WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET OR THEN ALLOW YOU TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARK? NO, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE
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ANYONE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THIS ITEM? WE HAVE NOT. SO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. FIRST, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND AMEND THE BUDGET SUCH THAT THE LINE ITEMS FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND ONE HEART MCKINNEY ARE MOVED TO COMMUNITY GRANTS. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THIS WILL BE A RECORD VOTE. MAYOR FULLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BELLER. YES COUNCIL MEMBER. CLOUDIER. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM. FELTZ YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.FRANKLIN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PHILLIPS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. YES. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM
[Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance to Ratify the Property Tax Revenue Increase in the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget as a Result of the City Receiving More Revenues from Property Taxes than the Previous Fiscal Year]
IS TWO FOR ONE NINE. TWO SEVEN. CONSIDER AN ACT ON AN ORDINANCE TO RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASE IN THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2425 BUDGET. AS A RESULT OF THE CITY RECEIVING MORE REVENUES FROM PROPERTY TAXES THAN PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, I'LL GO AHEAD AND RUN THROUGH THE SLIDES FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TAX RATE. AS PART OF THIS ONE, WE'LL SAY THAT THE RATIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASE, ITSELF REQUIRES A SPECIFIC WORDING MOTION THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEFORE YOU. THIS IS JUST SIMPLY STATING THAT THE CITY WILL RECEIVE MORE IN PROPERTY TAXES THAN IT DID IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, I WILL GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES THIS WILL ALSO COVER OUR THIRD ITEM, BUT WE ARE SEEING EXISTING VALUES UP ABOUT 6.2%, WE ARE PROPOSING TO BE ABOUT 2.97% ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE ON THE NO SIDE, THIS WILL BE AN OVERALL TAX RATE OF 0.415513, WITH A TAX RATE CEILING THAT WAS SET ON A BELIEVE AUGUST THE 6TH OF 0.416922. SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS LESS THAN THE TAX RATE CEILING. THAT WAS SHOWN, ONCE AGAIN THOUGH, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PROPERTY TAX RATES PROPOSED FROM FISCAL YEAR 24 TO 25, THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE, WHICH IS 3.5% ABOVE THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, PLUS ANY INCREMENT THAT HAS BEEN BANKED, IS, JUST ABOUT A CENT MORE THAN IS BEING PROPOSED. SO THAT'S SHOWING THE 2.97% NO EFFECTIVE RATE, THIS IS THE TAXABLE VALUE AND TAX RATE HISTORY, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR VALUES ARE JUST UNDER $40 BILLION OF ASSESSED VALUE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 16, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WERE AT ABOUT 58.3 CENTS A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE THAT, WE WERE JUST UNDER $0.60 WITH THIS YEAR'S TAX RATE BEING, 41.55 OR AT LEAST PROPOSED. AND THIS IS THE HISTORY OF THE INS RATE MIXED WITH THE, NO RATE SHOWING THE TOTAL TAX RATE OVER TIME.AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TAX RATE, THIS ONE, THIS FIRST, THIS ITEM IS NOT THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. THE THAT WILL BE THE NEXT ITEM, AND THIS ONE DOES REQUIRE A SPECIFIC MOTION. BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS. I WOULD JUST APPEAR THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING. AND I HAD ACTUALLY WISHED THAT I HAD, FORMALLY ASKED THIS QUESTION. SO I WON'T NOW BECAUSE IT'S IT'D BE TOO DIFFICULT TO PROBABLY WORK OUT IN THIS QUICK AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT JUST MAKE A STATEMENT THAT WE HAVE AN EFFECTIVE TAX, AN INCREASE EFFECTIVE TAX RATE.
BUT IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT OUR OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES HAVE INCREASED OVER OVER 17% SINCE LAST YEAR. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES 4.5%. IF YOU LOOK AT VALUE, IT REPRESENTS A 2% LESSER VALUE OF OUR TAX BASE THIS YEAR. RESIDENTIAL VERSUS AN INCREASE IN COMMERCIAL. SO MY POINT IS THAT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT AMOUNT OVER EFFECTIVE IS BORNE BY OUR COMMERCIAL TAX BASE VERSUS OUR RESIDENTIAL, JUST IN THE AMOUNT OF APPRECIATION OF HOME VALUE VERSUS APPRECIATION OF COMMERCIAL VALUE YEAR OVER YEAR. I WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT.
I'M KIDDING. MR. HOLLOWELL, EACH YEAR THE CITY SUBMITS ITS BUDGET TO THE STATE, AND EACH YEAR YOU, YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED STATEWIDE RECOGNITION AND AWARD FOR THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED. CAN YOU TELL THESE GOOD FOLKS HOW MANY YEARS IN A ROW YOU HAVE RECEIVED, OR YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED THAT AWARD? WELL, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ME ON THE SPOT, LET'S SEE, IT IS SO IT'S OVER
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35. IT MIGHT BE 38 OR 9 AT THIS POINT FOR THE DISTINGUISHED BUDGET AWARD. SO CLEARLY ALL OF THOSE ARE ATTRIBUTED TO ME OVER THOSE 39 YEARS, WITHOUT SAYING. YEAH, WELL, EARLIER YOU WERE NOT HERE. I SAID A PRAYER FOR THE CITY STAFF. YOU WERE INCLUDED IN THAT. AND I WANTED THESE FOLKS TO KNOW WHAT HIGH QUALITY PEOPLE WE HAVE IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY. STAFF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY, VERY HARD AND DILIGENT WORK. THANK YOU. AND I WAS I. I WAS TALKING TODAY UPSTAIRS ABOUT HOW LUCKY I AM TO WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT IT'S A JOY TO COME TO WORK WITH, AND WE REALLY HAVE HAD A FINE STAFF AND A LOT OF LONGEVITY WITHIN OUR STAFF UP THERE. SO A LOT OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. I'M VERY PROUD TO WORK WITH, WITH ALL OF THEM. I WILL LET THEM KNOW. BUT BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE INCREASED REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 TO 25, CITY BUDGET IS HEREBY RATIFIED WITH THE FOLLOWING DECLARATION. BASED ON THE TAX RATE OF $0.415513, THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. BY $10,847,734, OR 7.04%. AND OF THAT AMOUNT, $6,434,578 IS TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR? I'LL SECOND. I DON'T BELIEVE A ROLL CALL IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VOTE, SO PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM[Conduct Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Adopting a Tax Rate for Fiscal Year 2024-25 (Tax Year 2024)]
241928. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A TAX RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 2425. I'VE DONE THE PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING QUITE A BIT ABOUT 2.97% ABOVE THE EFFECTIVE RATE WHEN ADOPTING THIS, THE NUMBER IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. I ALWAYS MENTION THAT EVERY YEAR. IT'S JUST THE WAY THAT IT IS. THIS WORDING IS PROVIDED BY THE STATE, IT ALSO INCLUDES THE PORTION OF THE TAX RATE. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S 3.27, OTHER THAN THAT, INSTEAD OF 2.97. SO WITH THAT I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT OR ALLOW YOU TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ANY QUESTIONS. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? YES, I DO HAVE A SPEAKER. OKAY, GREG. GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS KAY GREG. I LIVE AT 4512 MOONLIGHT IN MCKINNEY. THIS IS JUST A GENERAL STATEMENT. I REALIZED WE HAD INCREASED REVENUES BECAUSE OF GROWTH IN POPULATION GROWTH IN BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT. BUT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE INCREASE IN MCKINNEY TAXES. I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN, I RECEIVED A MAXIMUM TAX INCREASE OF THE 10% EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000. IN MY CAS, I AM A SENIOR CITIZEN ON A FIXED INCOME. I LOVE LIVING IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, I OFTEN BOAST TO OTHERS ABOUT THE PROMPT RESPONSES BY CITY EMPLOYEES ON ISSUES AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY OR OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, SUCH AS TRAIL MAINTENANCE, GROUNDS UPKEEP, FALLEN TREES. YOU GUYS ARE GREAT, CITY EMPLOYEES ARE ALWAYS SO PROMPT WHEN CALLED OR NOTIFIED OF PROBLEMS. I FEEL LIKE A SOLID CITIZEN WHO BRINGS A STRONG COMMUNITY STRENGTH TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. HOWEVER, I'M STARTING TO FEEL LIKE I'M BEING PUSHED OUT BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED TAXES ON MY HOME. IF IT CONTINUES, OBVIOUSLY, SENIORS LIKE MYSELF WILL BE FORCED TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY, AND IT JUST KIND OF SADDENS ME AND I SIMPLY WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT STATEMENT. WE APPRECIATE IT. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOTION ON THE ITEM? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND I WOULD MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF $0.415513, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY[00:25:08]
A 3.27% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. SECOND. THIS WILL REQUIRE A RECORD VOTE. MAYOR FULLER YES.COUNCIL MEMBER. BELLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. CLOUTIER YES. MAYOR PRO TEM FELTZ. YES COUNCIL MEMBER. FRANKLIN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. PHILLIPS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. YES BEFORE WE MOVE ON, MARK, CAN YOU REMIND US ABOUT THE TAX EXEMPTION FOR SENIORS THAT WE ADOPTED THIS YEAR? YES. THE YOU INCREASED THE OVER 65 AND DISABLED EXEMPTION FROM 90,000 TO 95,000. THIS YEAR, OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, I THINK IT'S GONE FROM ABOUT 60,000 TO 95. SO THAT THAT'S, THAT WAS WHERE WE LANDED THIS YEAR FOR THOSE FOR THE PROPOSED TAX RATE FOR SENIORS OVER 65 WHO HAVE, LET'S SAY, AN AVERAGE LIKE THE AVERAGE IN, OR THE MEDIAN HOME VALUE, HOW MUCH SHOULD THEY SEE THEIR TAXES CHANGE? I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND PULL THAT ITEM, LET ME WELL, I CAN LET ME LET ME DO THE MATH REAL QUICK BECAUSE IT'S I CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT. REMOVED 95,000 OF VALUE.
MARK, WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT, I'M GOING TO SAY I BELIEVE THAT WE INCREASE IT FROM 85 TO 90.
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
AND WE STRUGGLE EVERY YEAR. WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSS AND STRUGGLE WITH, CERTAINLY, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE UNDERSTAND FROM A SENIOR STANDPOINT AND A FIXED INCOME, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO WEIGH, WITH EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE, WE GIVE IN A, IN AN EXEMPTION, IT SHIFTS THE TAX BURDEN TO SOMEBODY ELSE. AND FOR SOME THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE. BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE, SAY A SINGLE PARENT, YOU KNOW, WITH A WITH A FIXED INCOME THAT'S THAT'S STRUGGLING, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST IDENTIFIED, I THINK LAST WEEK CAME OUT THAT WE ARE THE HOTTEST REAL ESTATE MARKET IN THE COUNTRY. SO PROS AND CONS TO THAT, RIGHT? I MEAN, ONE VALUE IS CONTINUE TO GO UP AGAIN. WE WORK HARD ON LOWERING THE RATE TO STAY AS CLOSE TO EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE. THE CHALLENGES FOR US AS A CITY, AS A LARGE CORPORATION, IN ESSENCE, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE HAVE INCREASED COSTS EVERY YEAR AND INFLATION HAS BEEN THROUGH THE ROOF, AS EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM KNOWS, BECAUSE WE FEEL IT IN OUR HOMES. WE ALSO FEEL IT AS A CITY. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT AS A CITY, OUR THE PRODUCTS AND GOODS AND SERVICES THAT THAT WE, THAT WE UTILIZE, HAVE SEEN A FAR HIGHER INFLATION RATE THAN, THAN GOODS THAT WE AS FAMILIES SEE. RIGHT? WE'RE NOT BUYING DIAPERS AND EGGS AS A CITY, BUT WE'RE HEALTH CARE AND WAGES AND, AND INSURANCE AND CONCRETE AND STEEL AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, YOU KNOW, CIP PROJECT MATERIALS. AND THOSE THINGS HAVE SEEN INCREDIBLE INCREASE IN COSTS. SO WE'RE ALWAYS STRUGGLING TO AND WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, I THINK, OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, OUR AMOUNT OVER EFFECTIVE EACH OF THOSE YEARS HAS BEEN REMARKABLY BELOW INFLATION BY PROBABLY FIVE FOLD, BUT IT'S A STRUGGLE EVERY, EVERY YEAR. AND WE STRUGGLE AS A CITY CORPORATION JUST AS, AS, AS WE DO INDIVIDUALLY, AS FAMILIES. BUT WHAT YOU SAID IS NOT LOST ON US. AND YOU SAID THAT YOU VIEW YOURSELF AS A, I FORGET THE WORD YOU USED, BUT IT WAS A GREAT WORD. AND I BELIEVE YOU ARE THAT TYPE OF CITIZEN HERE IN MCKINNEY. A YOU'RE A WHAT? YOU SAID YOU'RE A COMMUNITY SURROGATE. STRENGTH. STRENGTH. YES YOU ARE. AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE EVERY YEAR TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AS, AS WE INCREASE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY VALUES, AS WE ATTRACT MORE BUSINESSES. YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT I'M SORRY TO GO OFF ON ALL THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS COUNCIL WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT, MAJORITY IF NOT ALL ON, ON THE AMPHITHEATER THAT'S COMING IN, IT BRINGS IN ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY OF $300 MILLION A YEAR. AND WHEN YOU GENERATE SALES TAX REVENUES AND THOSE INCREASE AND OTHER BUSINESSES COME IN AND BUILD AND
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THOSE VALUES, GET ESTABLISHED AND GROW IN OUR CITY, IT LESSENS THE BURDEN FOR US AS PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAXES, BECAUSE OUR REVENUES ARE BASED ON, OF COURSE, PROPERTY TAX, BUT ALSO GREAT AMOUNT ON SALES TAX. SO AND WE'VE, WE'VE DOUBLED SALES TAX REVENUES OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS. AND OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY VALUES HAVE NEAR DOUBLED. SO IF WE KEEP THAT TREND GOING WITH THAT ABILITY ALLOWS US TO EVERY YEAR LOOK DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THE SITUATION THAT YOU HAVE MENTIONED. THAT IS FIXED INCOME, FIXED INCOME FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS. AND HOW CAN WE PROTECT THEM? BECAUSE THE LAST THING I'D WANT TO SEE IS YOU NOT LIVING IN MCKINNEY. I MEAN, JUST JUST YOU SPEAKING. I KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU AS A MCKINNEY RESIDENT.SO I WANT YOU TO BE HERE. YOU YOU BROUGHT SOMETHING UP IN SUCH A RESPECTFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE WAY. AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS HOW THINGS ARE DONE THESE DAYS. BUT YOU EXEMPLIFY THE BEST IN US.
MR. MAYOR, CAN I ADD TO YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE, I BELIEVE IN 2017, WHICH WAS ALSO YOUR FIRST YEAR ON COUNCIL, AS WELL AS MIN, IS THE YEAR THAT WE ESTABLISHED THE EXEMPTION FOR PERSONS OVER 65 IN MCKINNEY, WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED, IT WAS ESTABLISHED AT $60,000 OF EXEMPTION. AND IT'S NOW AT 90,000. SO THAT HAS INCREASED EVERY YEAR OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. AND ALSO THE TAX RATE IN 2017 WAS OVER $0.57 PER $100,000 OF VALUATION. AND WE HAVE DECREASED THAT EACH OF THE LAST SEVEN YEARS FROM 57 DOWN TO $0.41. AND SO IT'S A CONSCIOUS EFFORT, ALONG WITH INCREASING THE COMMERCIAL, AD VALOREM TAX VALUES IN THE CITY BY ATTRACTING MORE BUSINESSES THAT HAS CAUSED THESE REDUCTIONS IN TAXES TO BENEFIT YOU. AND I HOPE YOU STAY HERE IN MCKINNEY AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE QUICK STATEMENT, MY PHONE ACTUALLY STARTED BLOWING UP AS SOON AS, COUNCIL MEMBER CLOUTIER, MADE THE POINT, THE SENIOR TAX EXEMPTION WENT FROM 85,000 TO 90. I SAID IT WENT FROM 90 TO 95 THIS YEAR. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS LET ME KNOW THOSE PUBLIC FLOGGING AFTER THE AFTER THE MEETING, WE WILL TAKE MARK HOLLOWAY OUT FRONT AND TAR AND FEATHER ALL THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT MYSELF AND SAY THAT IT WAS, DON'T MISS A LICK, DO THEY? THANK YOU. MARK, OUR NEXT ITEM, 241929. CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT
[Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance to Change Rates/Fees for City Services]
ON AN ORDINANCE TO CHANGE RATES, FEES FOR CITY SERVICES. THIS IS THE ACCOMPANYING ORDINANCE WITH THE BUDGET THAT WAS JUST PASSED. IT'S BASED ON THE FEES THAT WOULD BE PUT FORTH IN. THIS DOES INCLUDE A THE WATER RATE INCREASE THAT I MENTIONED. I WAS YOU KNOW, WE WERE HAPPY THAT IT WAS ONLY 2% ON THE WATER SIDE THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE WILL, WILL SEE FROM THE FUTURE FROM NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP THOSE FAIRLY LEVEL, BUT WITH THAT, I'D ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE TO THE BUDGET. MAYOR, PLEASE. EACH YEAR, NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, THEY'RE THE SOURCE OF OUR WATER SUPPLY, CORRECT? YES, SIR. AND EACH YEAR THEY INCREASE OUR RATES ON A THOUSAND GALLONS OVER MOST YEARS. WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS, MAYBE IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO WHERE THERE WERE A COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO HOLD RATES LEVEL, BUT THEY HAD SEEN SOME COST INCREASES. SO WE AND FRANKLY, THE ONES THIS YEAR, WERE A LOT MORE MODEST THAN WE HAD, THOUGHT. BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. AND SO THE 2% INCREASE IS SIMPLY PASSING ON THE EXPENSES THAT THE CITY IS GETTING FROM NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT FOR THE MOST PART, YES. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED. SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION PASSES. OUR LAST ITEM TWO.400434. REMEMBER, YOU HAVE A PUBLIC FLOGGING AFTER. YOU'LL BE OUT FRONT. 2400434. CONDUCT A
[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from “C2” - Local Commercial District to “C3” - Regional Commercial District, Located at 1565 North Hardin Boulevard, and Accompanying Ordinance]
PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ACT ON A REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM C2 LOCAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO C3 REGIONAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, LOCATED AT 1565 NORTH HARDIN[00:35:02]
BOULEVARD AND ACCOMPANYING ORDINANCE JENNIFER ARNOLD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JENNIFER ARNOLD, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING BEFORE I START, I WAS OUT IN THE LOBBY AND DID GET SOME SPEAKER CARDS HANDED TO ME THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GAVE TO YOU ALL. AND, AFTER THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA, WE ALSO RECEIVED ONE ADDITIONAL LETTER OF OPPOSITION FOR THIS ITEM. SO I DID WANT TO PASS THAT OUT. I'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY SO AS YOU READ, THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. IT'S JUST SOUTH OF 380 AT HARDIN BY BODARK ROAD. I BELIEVE THE ADDRESS IS 1565, 1565 NORTH HARDIN BOULEVARD, THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS ABOUT THREE AND A HALF ACRES IN SIZE, AND IT IS JUST ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE LARGE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OCCURRING THERE AT THAT HARD CORNER OF 380 AND HARDIN, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED C2, A LOCAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE IT TO C3 HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL ZONING, THE PREDOMINANT REASON FOR THIS REQUEST IS THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A HOTEL DEVELOPER THAT IS LOOKING TO DEVELOP ON THE SITE. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT WITH THE EXISTING ZONING ON THE PROPERTY OF C2, AS WELL AS WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING, THE HOTEL USE IS PERMITTED ALREADY ON THE PROPERTY. SO THE REQUEST IS NOT TO ALLOW FOR THE HOTEL DEVELOPMENT LAND USE, BUT TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. C2 TO THE C3, MOST NOTABLY THE HEIGHT. SO CURRENTLY THE C2 ZONING HAS A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 45FT, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR A THREE STORY HOTEL. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT OR THE POTENTIAL HOTEL DEVELOPER IS LOOKING TO DO A FOUR STORY HOTEL, WHICH NEEDS THAT INCREASE IN HEIGHT, WHICH IS THE GENESIS FOR THE REZONING REQUEST. STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE REQUEST, WE DO NOTE THAT A FOUR STORY DEVELOPMENT HERE, A FOUR STORY HOTEL HERE, WOULD STILL MEET ALL OF THE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY SETBACKS AND STANDARDS THAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY SEE. AND SO THE REQUEST TO REZONE FROM C2 TO C3 IS SOMETHING THAT WE FIND COMPATIBLE WITH THE AREA AND HAVE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ALSO CONSIDERED THE ITEM AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE ITEM, HOWEVER, YOU ALL PROBABLY RECALL WHEN WE WERE HERE BEFORE THERE WAS A WRITTEN PROTEST THAT WAS RECEIVED AT THAT TIME, THE WRITTEN PROTEST WAS A PERCENTAGE OR HALF OF A PERCENT OFF FROM THAT 20% THRESHOLD THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED THE MAJORITY VOTE OF COUNCIL OR A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE OF COUNCIL, SINCE TABLING THAT ITEM AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND WE HAVE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES AND THAT WRITTEN PROTEST NOW DOES EXCEED THAT 20% THRESHOLD TO REQUIRE A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE OF COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF THE ITEM. SO WITH THAT TONIGHT, IF THE COUNCIL DOES DESIRE TO APPROVE THE ITEM, IT WOULD REQUIRE A SIX OUT OF SEVEN VOTE FOR THAT APPROVAL. OTHERWISE, THE ITEM WOULD NOT BE SUCCESSFUL, WITH THAT, I'LL STOP TALKING AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I BELIEVE OUR APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR JENNIFE? WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? NO. OKAY ALL RIGH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO MINUTES. NOW, IF YOU FILLED OUT A CARD AND YOU, AND YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK, CERTAINLY YOU CAN IF YOU DECIDE THAT YOU WANT YOUR COMMENTS, JUST READ INTO THE RECORD OR PUT INTO THE RECORD AND NOT SPEAK.YOU'RE WELCOME TO TELL US THAT AS WELL, JENNIFER WHALEN, I DON'T NEED TO SPEAK AS LONG AS MY OPPOSITION IS NOTED. THANK YOU. I'M DEBBIE TESCH. THANK YOU. YOUR HONOR. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE ALL QUITE FAMILIAR WITH THIS SITUATION, AND SO I'LL MAKE MY REMARKS QUITE BRIEF, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND MANY OF THE RESIDENTS OF THIS, ASSOCIATION ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM.
TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE A SERIOUS ISSUE, AS YOU SAW FROM THIS, VIDEO, THE STREET BOIS D'ARC IS ONLY TWO BLOCKS LONG, AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN AN INVESTMENT FOR A BIG APARTMENT COMPLEX ALONG BOIS D'ARC. THERE 401 UNITS. AND WE HAVE YET TO EXPERIENCE THE IMPACT OF THE TRAFFIC FROM THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE ANYBODY HAS RENTED ANY OF THOSE UNITS YET. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM. ALSO, THAT AREA HAPPENS TO BE THE PLACE WHERE ALL THE SCHOOL BUSSES FOR BOTH
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COCKERILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, AS WELL AS BOYD HIGH SCHOOL AND SLAUGHTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STOP AND PICK UP KIDS AND TAKE THEM HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY AND IN THE WINTER TIME FROM 7 A.M.WHEN THEY DROP OFF KIDS AS EARLY AS THAT THERE IT WILL BE QUITE DARK IN THAT AREA, RIGHT BEHIND WHERE THE HOTEL IS SUPPOSED TO BE PLACED. IT'S GOING TO BE A CONCERN, AND CERTAINLY AT 5:00 AT NIGHT WHEN THEY'RE STILL PICKING UP KIDS AND TAKING THEM HOME, IT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.
AS WELL, WE HAD ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS, SEAN NAYLOR, SPEAK LAST TIME AT THE PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING, AND HE POINTED TO THE FACT THAT HE HAD BEEN IN A HOTEL OWNER IN THE PAST AND THAT HE IS QUITE AWARE OF THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING ISSUE THAT ALL HOTELS HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S GOING TO BE A SERIOUS ISSUE, FOR THE HOTEL IN GENERAL, REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY STORIES IT IS, FOOD DISPOSAL IS ALSO GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. WE HAVE A PROBLEM ALREADY WITH RODENT ATTRACTION IN THAT AREA, AND I GUESS MY TIME IS UP. BUT I ASK YOU PLEASE TO OPPOSE THIS. THIS ADDITIONAL GROWTH. THANK YOU. JIM LUDDEN LUDDEN. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. KIMBERLY JACKSON. HIGH WHILE SITTING AROUND THE DINNER TABLE TALKING ABOUT OUR PLANS FOR THE WEEK, I MENTIONED I WAS COMING HERE TODAY TO PREVENT THE FOUR STORY HOTEL FROM BEING, THE EXTRA STORY BEHIND COCKRILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, MY SEVENTH GRADE COCKRELL STUDENT SAID THAT SEEMS DANGEROUS, MOM, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO END UP HAVING A LOT OF LOCKDOWNS, MY HIGH SCHOOLER SAID. THAT'S A REALLY BAD IDEA. MY RESPONSE WAS, I AGREE, AND THAT'S WHY I'M SPEAKING HERE TODAY. AND WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE. THE CITY OF MCKINNEY TRIED REZONING THAT AREA TO BUILD THE FAIRFIELD INN ACROSS THE STREET FROM COCKRILL MIDDLE SCHOOL IN 2018. THE RESIDENTS OF MCKINNEY. MCKINNEY ISD PARENTS AND STUDENTS OBJECTED. IT WAS SHORTLY AFTER THE LAS VEGAS CONCERT SHOOTING, WHERE THE HOTEL GUESTS SHOT OVER A THOUSAND ROUNDS OUT OF THE HOTEL WINDOW, KILLING 60 PEOPLE. THAT WAS ONLY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE OBJECTED TO THE HOTEL BY THE SCHOOL AT THAT TIME, IN THE END, IT WAS DECIDED THE FAIRFIELD INN WOULD BE MOVED FURTHER NORTH AND OUT OF THE DIRECT SIGHT OF THE COCKRELL MIDDLE SCHOOL. NOW WE ARE ARGUING AGAIN WHY A FOUR STORY HOTEL EVEN CLOSER TO THE SCHOOL IS ANOTHER BAD IDEA. THE FACT THAT THE HOTEL ITSELF HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED NEAR THE SCHOOL REALLY IS A PROBLEM, AND THERE SHOULD BE A BIGGER CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT MOVING FORWARD. PEOPLE MOVE TO MCKINNEY BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN AWESOME PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY. WE'VE BEEN HERE OVER 20 YEARS OURSELVES. THERE ARE SO MANY PRECAUTIONS THAT KEEP OUR STUDENTS SAFE, AND YOU ALL HAVE BEEN A PART OF ALL OF THOSE, WHICH IS WHY IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHY A HOTEL IS BEING BUILT IN. BACK IN THE BACK DOOR OF MCKINNEY ISD SCHOOL, LET ALONE A FOURTH STORY ADDED TO IT. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, I OBJECT TO THAT AND REALLY HOPE THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO PUT STUDENTS SAFETY A PRIORITY. THANK YOU. TIFFANY TESCH.
HI. MY NAME IS TIFFANY TESCH. I LIVE AT 456 ANGELINA DRIVE. YOU HEARD FROM MY MOTHER EARLIER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH YOU. I'LL KEEP THIS BRIEF. I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE AWARE OF OUR CONCERNS ALREADY. I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT MY MOM AND I ACTUALLY SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME WALKING THE STREETS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS RIGHT BY THE SITE WHERE THIS CONSTRUCTION IS PROPOSED. TALKING WITH PARENTS AFTER SCHOOL. AND THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS CONSTRUCTION FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE. BUT ALSO, AS MY MOM MENTIONED, THEY ARE BUILDING THIS LARGE CONDO AND APARTMENT COMPLEX RIGHT BEHIND OUR AREA WHERE OUR COMMUNITY IS, AND NONE OF NONE OF THOSE UNITS HAVE BEEN RENTED OUT YET. SO WE HAVEN'T REALIZED THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC INCREASE THAT THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AS WELL AS THE SAFETY FOR THESE KIDS. I KNOW ADDING AN ADDITIONAL STORY TO THIS HOTEL IS GOING TO GIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK INTO THE HOMES AND BACKYARDS OF MY NEIGHBORS. AND I KNOW WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH YOU. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL THE PEOPLE I HAD TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK, BUT I DO WANT TO READ ALL THE CARDS IN OPPOSITION. YES, SIR. RAMEN IS IN OPPOSITION, MAUREEN RAMEN IS IN OPPOSITION. NASSARIA RAMEN IS IN OPPOSITION. I'M SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCE KRISHNA. YEGANEH IS IN OPPOSITION. PARVANEH POTANIN.
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THAT WAS A TOUGH ONE. GRACE IS IN OPPOSITION. SORRY. TAE-HO MONCHU IS IN OPPOSITION, BINDU, PRIYA AMBADY IS IN OPPOSITION. JINHUA ZHANG IS IN OPPOSITION. CHRISTINA VAKA IS IN OPPOSITION.CODY CUNNINGHAM IS IN OPPOSITIO, CHRIS ROCK IS IN OPPOSITION. PAUL FERLAND IS IN OPPOSITION.
REBECCA FONSECA IS IN OPPOSITION. BETTY ISAAC IS IN OPPOSITION. AND JANA LOUDON IS IN OPPOSITION. AND ONE MORE. KELLY RUDIGER IS IN OPPOSITION. JUST A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF WE CAN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL SECOND.
PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. OKAY. MOTION PASSES TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. NOT ANYTHING ELSE, I'LL. I'M GOING TO START THE DISCUSSION VERY QUICKLY. I SEE I TOOK SOMEONE'S BREATH AWAY WHEN I SAID SO. I WILL TELL YOU THAT, INITIALLY, I WAS VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF GRANTING THIS VARIANCE, ONE, BECAUSE THE USE IS ALREADY ALLOWED THERE. IT'S ZONED THAT WAY. AND, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE THAT'S PURCHASED A PIECE OF PROPERTY LIKE THAT THAT HAS VESTED RIGHTS. WE HAVE TO RESPECT THAT. AND FOR ME, GOING TO A FOURTH STORY VERSUS THREE STORY WAS NOT AN ISSUE. AND THAT'S WHY I'M SURE THAT'S WHY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WAS TO APPROVE IT. AND THAT'S WHY HIS RECOMMENDATION WAS AS WELL. AND I THINK THAT BOTH OF THOSE BODIES ACTED IN THE WAY THAT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS. WITH THE USE THAT'S ALREADY APPROVED. WHAT TURNED IT FOR ME, THOUGH, IS WHEN THE RESIDENTS GOT TOGETHER AND SPOKE OUT BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE THE RIGHTS IN THEIR PROPERTY, THE VESTED RIGHTS TO BUILD A HOTEL, IT'S LIMITED TO THREE STORY. THEY WANT TO GO TO FOUR. YOU HAVE PROPERTY RIGHTS. YOU BOUGHT YOUR HOMES, YOU LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ALLOW. AND YOU DID NOT BARGAIN FOR FOUR STORIES OR FIVE OR 6 OR 7. AND THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. SO FOR THAT REASON, I'M, I'M GOING TO BE VOTING AGAINST THIS, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE TO RESPECT THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE THERE THAT MADE THE INVESTMENT THEY MADE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEIR RIGHTS ARE AS IMPORTANT AS THE RIGHTS OF THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT HAD THE USE, SO ALL THINGS BEING, IF THINGS WERE DIFFERENT, THEY WERE WELL, WE WOULDN'T ACTUALLY EVEN SEE THE ITEM, BUT THEY WERE COMING HERE TO BUILD A THREE STORY. YOU AND I WOULD NOT BE HEARING ABOUT IT. WE WOULD JUST SEE CONSTRUCTION STARTED AT SOME POINT BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME TO P AND Z OR TO US, BUT I DO RESPECT THE FACT THAT THAT YOU ALL GOT TOGETHER AND YOU, YOU USED YOUR VOICE AND YOU DID IT IN A CONSTRUCTIVE AND RESPECTFUL WAY, AND YOU PUT TOGETHER A SIGNATURES AND, YOU DON'T WANT TO YOU DON'T WANT TO PROPERTY LOOKING DOWN INTO YOUR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I'M GOING TO RESPECT THAT. AND NOT GRANT THE VARIANCE, BUT DO KNOW THAT THEY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO BUILD A HOTEL AND WITH REGARD TO TRAFFIC OR FOOD, REMEMBER, I, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO TAKE A GUESS AT THIS. DON'T KNOW. IT'S I CAN'T SWEAR TO IT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T DONE THE TRAFFIC STUDY NOR AM I A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, BUT TRAFFIC FOR A THREE STORY HOTEL IS PROBABLY A LOT LESS THAN TRAFFIC FOR A MCDONALD'S DRIVE THROUGH OR SOMETHING ELSE, FOOD CAN BE MUCH GREATER. AND THAT MATTER OF FACT, PROBABLY FOOD WASN'T GOING TO BE AN ISSUE IN THAT HOTEL THAT TYPE OF HOTEL. BUT KNOW THAT THEY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUILD THERE, THAT'S A VESTED RIGHT. THEY HAVE. BUT THEY'RE ASKING TO BUILD TALLER.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO NOT SEE THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE THE INVESTMENT THAT YOU MADE AND YOU HAVE SPOKEN, AND THAT'S WHAT I WILL BE VOTING BASED ON. SO THIS IS MY DISTRICT. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT AND USING YOUR VOICE TODAY TO LET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS. I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE. I DO THINK WE NEED A BETTER TRANSITION AS WE'RE MOVING FROM A VERY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AT RIGHT AT 380 DOWN TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA, AND FOUR STORIES IS DEFINITELY BEYOND WHAT ANY OF US WOULD WANT TO SEE IN OUR BACKYARD. SO, I AM ALSO IN OPPOSITION. I'LL ADD A LITTLE COLOR TO THIS, I'VE TALKED TO A NUMBER OF Y'ALL ABOUT THIS, AND I'M A LIAISON TO PNC AND WATCHED THE MEETING. THIS IS A C-3 THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING, AND C-3 IS ABOUT AS INTENSE OF A ZONING AS WE HAVE IN COMMERCIAL C1, C2, AND C3. THEY CURRENTLY HAVE C2, AND AS THE MAYOR SAID, THEY COULD COME WITH A THREE STORY HOTEL TOMORROW. THEY COULD BUILD IT. NONE OF US COULD SAY ANYTHING IF THIS COUNCIL TRIED TO GET IN THE WAY OF THAT, THEY
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WOULD SUE US, THEY WOULD WIN AND WE WOULD PAY LEGAL COSTS AND THERE'S NO WAY I'M GOING TO DO THAT. BUT A C3 THIS FAR OFF THE MAJOR ARTERY, WHICH IS 380, I THINK IS A PERHAPS MAYBE A BAD PRECEDENT AND A BAD THING FOR US TO DO, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL FOR, ALMOST THREE YEARS NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THE MOST EMOTIVE ISSUES WE GET IS REZONING FOR INFILL. AND THIS IS WHAT I'LL CALL AN INFILL PIECE OF PROPERTY. IT'S RECENT INFILL, RIGHT. IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE FOR GENERATIONS AND STUFF. AND I'LL TELL YOU, THE FIRST ONE I GOT, I WAS VOTED ONE DAY. I WASN'T EVEN SWORN IN. I GET A CALL FROM FOLKS SAYING, HEY, WILL YOU COME OVER HERE TO COLLEGE AND STANDIFER AND LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THIS PIECE OF INFILL PROPERTY. AND SO THAT WAS MY BAPTISM BY FIRE WITH IT. BUT PEOPLE GET USED TO SEEING FIELDS. THEY GET USED TO SEEING LOTS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF THE INFILL LOTS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN MCKINNEY, THEY WERE TOUGH TO BUILD ON. SO WHEN MCKINNEY WAS KIND OF A BLUE WATERS TYPE THING, OPEN WATERS, THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE CHALLENGING LOTS LIKE THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF VIRGINIA AND LAKE FOREST, AND THEY SAY, OH, WE'LL GET TO THAT LATER. RIGHT WELL, NOW'S LATER. AND SO WE'RE GETTING TO THESE INFILL PARTS AND PEOPLE DO GET EMOTIVE. BUT WHAT I REALLY DO BELIEVE IS THAT, IT I DIDN'T DO THIS. I'M GOING TO OWN IT THAT I DIDN'T DO THIS WHEN I FIRST PICKED OUT MY HOME IN MCKINNEY IN 1995, I DID NOT CHECK WITH WHAT THE ZONING WAS FOR THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS, AND I'LL BET MOST OF US DIDN'T. BUT AS I WALK THROUGH THIS AS A COUNCILMAN, I SAY TO MYSELF, IT'S REASONABLE THAT IF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT MIGHT GET BUILT THERE, THAT THEY SHOULD LOOK AT IT. SO I WOULD SAY IT'S REASONABLE TO SAY THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, PERHAPS, THAT IT WAS A C-2 ZONING THERE, BUT THEN IT'S YOUR RIGHT, I BELIEVE, TO EXPECT ME TO HONOR THAT UNLESS IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS MEANINGFULLY BETTER FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. AND I HAVE REZONED A COUPLE, VOTED TO REZONE A COUPLE THINGS WHERE I THOUGHT, THIS IS AN OUTCOME FOR THE CITY THAT WE REALLY, REALLY NEED. SO I AM GOING TO REZONE THIS INFILL LOT, THE ONE THAT I RECALL DOING THE MOST WAS AT THE CORNER OF CARLISLE AND VIRGINIA, WHICH REALLY WASN'T ADJACENT TO ANY NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THAT GAVE US AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT THAT REALLY IT WAS WE NEEDED BAD. WHEN WE LOOKED AT WHAT WE NEEDED FOR HOUSING AND THAT WAS THE ONLY ANSWER. SO I AM ALSO GOING TO RESPECT YOUR WISHES TOO, BECAUSE I HAVE MADE IT A HABIT TO RESPECT THE WISHES OF PEOPLE, AS THE MAYOR SAID, WHO COME BEFORE US AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OUT OF BOUNDS FOR WHAT WE WANTED, AND WE DIDN'T EXPECT THAT THIS AND THIS BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT INFILL IS TOUGH. JUST RECOGNIZE THAT FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH, IF YOU WANT TO IS A TOUGH PART OF OUR JOB THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND BANDWIDTH ON. AND WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING OUT.NO MORE DISCUSSION TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DENY THE REQUEST. I'LL SECOND. CAN YOU PUT US BOTH DOWN? SETTLE DOWN. EVERYBODY OKAY, SO WE ALREADY DID. ALL RIGHT, CAST YOUR VOTES. THERE YOU GO. THAT MEANS IT WAS DENIED IN CASE ANYONE WAS SO. THAT IS THE END OF OUR MEETING TONIGHT. IS IT? YES. IT IS. IT IS THE END OF OUR MEETING. SO COUNCIL. OH,
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I'M SORRY. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF CITIZEN COMMENTS NON ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. DO I HAVE THE CARDS OR GOT NAMES UP. I DON'T THEY'RE NOT SHOWING UP FOR ME. SO WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE AND WE'RE, WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE THE, THE TWO MINUTE TIME PERIOD. MARY SMART IS IT. YES. YES THAT'S A NAME YOU GOT TO LIVE UP TO. YEAH, I'M SURE YOU WILL. YOU DO. MY NAME IS MARY SMART. I LIVE AT 1016 NORTH CHURCH STREE. I BOUGHT MY HOME IN JANUARY AND I'VE LIVED THERE FOR SEVEN MONTHS. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL TO KNOW OF THE TERROR WE'RE PUTTING UP WITH BETWEEN ON WHITE AVENUE AND CHURCH. THE I'VE. I'VE EXPERIENCED. M-80S. BEING THROWN OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT DOWN MY DRIVEWAY WITH FLASH RUNNING DOWN MY DRIVEWAY. THEY GUNNED THEIR ENGINES AND BLOW THE STOP SIGN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THEY. I'VE HAD ACCIDENT THREE HOUSES DOWN WHERE SOME KIDS IN THEIR TRUCK WOULD HAVE HIT A HOUSE, BUT HIT A TREE INSTEAD. I HAD ONE KID. ONE AFTERNOON. I WAS SITTING IN MY LIVING ROOM, RACED DOWN WHITE, HIT HIS BRAKES AND DID A DONUT IN THE IN THE FOUR WAY STOP AND THEN TOOK OFF. TOOK BACK OFF DOWN WHITE AVENUE. AND I'M JUST[00:55:01]
HERE TONIGHT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF IT. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND I SUGGEST THAT WE PUT A CAMERA IN FOR $70,000. THANK YOU. WE HAVE YOUR ADDRESS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT AREA, MAUREEN DUDLEY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT EVENTS COMING UP. I REPRESENT THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY UNITY FALL FESTIVAL COMING UP ON SEPTEMBER 28TH. WE WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR. HE'S GOING TO BE MAKING THE WELCOME COMMENTS. THERE IS FROM 5 TO 8 AT BONNIE WENK PARK. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT THERE. OUR CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH MANY NONPROFITS FROM OUR AREA THERE. AND IT'S A CHANCE TO BRING PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT FAITHS TOGETHER AND JUST CELEBRATE WHAT A GREAT COMMUNITY WE ARE HERE IN MCKINNEY, WE WILL ALSO BE GATHERING FOOD THAT DAY FOR THE CITY CHURCH'S THANKSGIVING BOXES. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED GATHERING THROUGH A QR CODE ONLINE, AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. IF FOR SOME REASON ANY OF YOU ARE ABLE TO ATTEND IN ADDITION TO THE MAYOR, PLEASE LET MYSELF OR BRANT DRIGGS KNOW, BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOU. IF YOU ARE THERE, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT THE GIVING MACHINES ARE COMING BACK TO MCKINNEY. AS YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR, OUR FIRST YEAR OF HAVING THE GIVING MACHINES HERE, WE, BENEFITED HUGS AND THE SAMARITAN INN, AS WELL AS A LOT OF OTHER NONPROFITS. WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING A SPECIAL LAUNCH MEETING ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20TH. IF YOU CAN MARK YOUR CALENDARS AT 10 A.M. ON THE MORNING OF FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20TH, YOU'LL BE GETTING AN OFFICIAL INVITATION. BUT I KNOW YOU'RE VERY BUSY PEOPLE, SO. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20TH AT 10 A.M. WE'LL BE HAVING OUR LITTLE LAUNCH AND IT WILL BE JUST ABOUT 40 MINUTES APPROXIMATELY. JUST LIKE LAST YEAR. SO I HOPE YOU CAN COME OUT TO SOME OF THESE EVENTS. WE'RE SO GRATEFUL THAT, FOR ALL THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN THESE EVENTS IN THE PAST, WE'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE HERE TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE GIVING MACHINES AT CHRISTMAS TIME TO SUPPORT ALL THE NONPROFITS AND ALSO PLEASE COME OUT TO THE COMMUNITY FALL FESTIVAL. NO CHARGE, AND THERE WILL BE FOOD AND ACTIVITIES. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THE, THE, THE, THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IS SUCH A HUGE COMMUNITY PARTNER IN OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD, BUT, AND THE GIVING MACHINES, WHAT A GREAT PROGRAM THAT WAS RAISED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY. WE WERE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MOBILE MACHINE IN THE WORLD. IN THE WORLD, RIGHT HERE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, RIGHT? YEAH. AND THAT SPEAKS TO, OF COURSE, YOUR CHURCH FOR PUTTING IT TOGETHER AND OUR COMMUNITY FOR IT WAS FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT CAME OUT. OUR CHURCH CAME OUT. ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT, WELL, IT'S GREAT. AND OUR FORMER MAYOR PRO TEM, RANDY ROGERS, IS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH. AND ALWAYS, ALWAYS APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO. AND THROUGH COVID, THROUGH THROUGH THE FREEZE, THROUGH EVERYTHING. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN THERE WHEN YOU GUYS HAVE SEMI TRUCKS OF WATER AND FOOD AND HAPPENING ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, ALSO THE MORNING OF THE FALL FESTIVAL. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL I WILL BE THERE BOTH ON THE 10TH AND THE, OF COURSE AT THE PICNIC, BUT AND ALSO WITH THE GIVING MACHINE ON THE 20TH. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHEN DID YOU SAY THE EVENT AT BONNIE WENK PARK. THAT'S ON SEPTEMBER 14TH. 5 TO 8 P.M. WHAT WAS OCTOBER 28TH? I'M SORRY, DID I SAY OCTOBER? NO SEPTEMBER 14TH. OKAY. I'M SORRY IF I SAID SOMETHING WRONG. SEPTEMBER 14TH, 5 TO 8. BONNIE WAKE PARK, AND THEN ON DECEMBER 20TH AT 10 A.M, WE WILL BE UNWRAPPING AND LAUNCHING THE GIVING MACHINES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE[COUNCIL AND MANAGER COMMENTS]
YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR EVENING. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? WE'LL START WITH YOU, MR. PHILLIPS. YES, SIR. IT WAS OPENING WEEKEND FOR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL LAST WEEK. AND NICK WESLOWSKI, STARTING QUARTERBACK, WHO'S A SENIOR AT MCKINNEY BOYD HIGH SCHOOL, LED HIS PROGRAM TO A 56 TO 6 WIN OVER NORTH GARLAND. IT WAS CLOSE. NICK ACTUALLY THREW FOR MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IN PASSING YARDAGE, AND HE WAS WELL ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IN EACH OF THE REPORTED CATEGORIES. AND STATISTICS.LOOKS LIKE A GREAT START FOR THE GUYS AT MCKINNEY, BOYD, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO NICK WESLOWSKI ON A GOOD START TO THE SEASON. IT WAS ALSO THE START OF DOVE SEASON THIS WEEKEND, AND MANY OF OR ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW, AND MANY OF YOU OUT THERE KNOW THAT MY LITTLE FRIEND JIM HAD A COUPLE OF LIFE SAVING SURGERIES DURING JUNE AND JULY OF THIS YEAR, AND I'M FORTUNATE JUST TO HAVE ANOTHER DAY WITH HIM, MUCH LESS ANOTHER DOVE SEASON. AND I BELIEVE HE IS BACK TO ABOUT 100% NOW AS HE RETRIEVED 46 BIRDS THIS WEEKEND. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. YOU
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KNOW, I WAS GOING TO LEND YOU JOPLIN. JIM WAS RECOVERING. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL NEED A LITTLE MORE TRAINING. TRAINING PACKAGING AND EATING ALL THOSE BIRDS. YOU BETTER BE THERE IN MY FREEZER. ALL RIGHT. SOME OF THEM. OKAY. HE ACTUALLY GETS BIRDS FROM OTHER HUNTERS AND BRINGS THEM TO ME. OH SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MUCH GOING ON LAST WEEK. I WILL BE ATTENDING THE.WE HAVE A GREAT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME THAT'S COMING UP FRIDAY. MY ALMA MATER, GARLAND LAKEVIEW, IS GOING TO BE PLAYING MCKINNEY HIGH IN MCKINNEY. SO I WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THAT GAME AND LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE TODAY. I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SHARE EITHER. JUST WANT TO WISH COUNCILMAN JONES HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEXT WEEK. I THINK HE'S TURNING 25 FOR THE 25TH TIME. 26? OKAY. BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU. JUSTIN I WAS GOING TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, I WENT TO THE MCKINNEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, QUARTERLY DEVELOPMENT UPDATE AND GOT TO LISTEN TO CITY STAFF MEMBERS. MICHAEL QUINT AND GARY GRAHAM TALK ABOUT THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR SECTOR, WHICH, IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD THEM TALK ABOUT THAT PART OF OUR CIT, THE NORTHWEST SECTOR, IT WILL PROBABLY GIVE YOU A HEADACHE, BUT THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF KIND OF LAYING OUT ALL OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE. AND SO I APPRECIATE THEM AND APPRECIATE THE CHAMBER FOR ALWAYS TRYING TO KEEP EVERYBODY INFORMED, THE MAYOR AND I GOT TO GO OUT TO THE JOB CORPS, OPEN HOUSE LAST SATURDAY, WHICH WE DID A PROCLAMATION HERE, BUT THEN YOU READ IT THERE, JOB CORPS AS AN ENTITY, AS A AS ONE OF OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS TURNS 60. BUT THAT LOCATION OUT THERE TURNED 58 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR. SO, THEY ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB. AND LOTS OF KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES WERE OUT THERE AND CELEBRATING, AND THEY HAD A GRADUATION ON FRIDAY.
AND SO IT WAS A FUN TIME. AND A GOOD PROGRAM HERE IN OUR CITY. AND LASTLY, PROBABLY ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO, I GOT A RANDOM EMAIL FROM AIDEN WHO ASKED ME IF I'D COME SPEAK AT HIS SCHOOL, AND THE MAYOR GOT ONE AS WELL, AND SO DID MR. HARVEY OAXACA. AND SO WE SHOWED UP AT IMAGINE INTERNATIONAL, LAST WEEK. WAS IT, AND SPOKE TO THE POLITICS FOR TEENS GROUP, WHICH HAD A LOT MORE KIDS THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE IN IT. BUT THEY WERE A VERY ENGAGED GROUP, ASKED A TON OF GREAT QUESTIONS, AND THEY COULDN'T HAVE HAVE HAD TWO BETTER PEOPLE TO TALK TO HIM THAN THE MAYOR OR MR. OAXACA, WHO I THINK THEY REALLY ENJOYED. AND THEY WERE TAKING SELFIES WITH THEM LATER. SO IF YOU'VE EVER I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU ALL ARE GOING TO TAKE SELFIES TONIGHT, BUT THEY WERE VERY EXCITED TO TAKE SELFIES WITH THE MAYOR. SO, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF TRAVELING TO COLORADO SPRINGS THIS PAST WEEK, AND WE ATTENDED A CONCERT. JOHN FOGERTY, FOR THE NEW AMPHITHEATER IN COLORADO SPRINGS, WHICH IS OUR AMPHITHEATER, IS THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF THAT ONE. AND LET ME TELL YOU, IT WAS FANTASTIC. I HAVE NEVER I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF CONCERTS, BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A CONCERT IN THAT TYPE OF VENUE.
AND EVERYBODY THAT I TALKED TO, WE TALKED A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE THAT WERE RESIDENTS OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. THEY SAID IT REALLY GIVES US SOMETHING TO DO. AND AND GO TO AND THEY ENJOY IT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF, LOT OF LOT OF THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO FOR THE MCKINNEY AMPHITHEATER. SO I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M THE LAST ONE. BUT THE FIRST ONE TO SAY THIS CITY COUNCIL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MR. PHILLIPS, TOOK A TOUR OF THE NEW CITY HALL THAT'S GOING TO OPEN UP IN JANUARY, AND WE PUT OUR HARD HATS ON AND JOPLIN HAD HER HARD HAT ON, AND WE TOOK A WALK AROUND THERE. BUT MAN, THAT IS A FANTASTIC FACILITY. IT IS SO USER FRIENDLY. IT'S GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE EFFICIENCY AND HOW THE CITY RUNS AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE IT'S FIVE STORY. AND SO THE VIEWS. THERE'S A BALCONY ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER AND, THE VIEWS AND THE VISTAS OF WHAT'S HAPPENED TO RE-ENERGIZE THE EAST SIDE OVER THERE. JUST REMARKABLE. AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR ALL OF YOU ALL TO SEE IT. WITH THE MAYOR GONE AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM GONE, I WAS OPTION 3 OR 7. I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE TO GO TO. THE ANAND BAZAAR, WHICH IS A CELEBRATION OF THE INDEPENDENCE. THE 78TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA AT THE ROUGHRIDER STADIUM. THIS LAST WEEK. AND THAT WAS A REMARKABLE SHOWING AND A REALLY COOL EVENT THAT I WAS GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO GO TO AND FINALLY, THE PROBABLY THE, THE LEAST FAVORITE, BUT PERHAPS THE MOST IMPACTFUL PART OF THIS JOB TO ME
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IS SELECTING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND WE JUST FINISHED THAT LAST WEEK, IT'S A SLEEP LOSER BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY GREAT, TALENTED PEOPLE IN MCKINNEY THAT ARE READY TO STEP UP TO SERVE ON THE BOARDS. AND WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY SEATS. SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT STRESSFUL.BUT I'M VERY GLAD WE'RE DONE WITH THAT AND VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND THE RETURNING BOARD MEMBERS, AND WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM ALL. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WELL, AS YOU KNOW, WE TONIGHT WE RECOGNIZED AND ADOPTED A PROCLAMATION FOR THE NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH, AND WE'RE DOING THIS, OF COURSE, BY ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO PREPARE THEIR HOME BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY FOR ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY. YOU KNOW, I OFTENTIMES TALK TO STAFF ABOUT THIS MATTER, ABOUT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. WE DO LOTS OF THINGS. WE DO BUDGET ADOPTIONS. WE DO LAND USE AND ALL THESE THINGS. BUT, IF WE'RE NOT PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES AND WE'RE NOT PREPARED AS A COMMUNITY TO DEAL WITH EMERGENCIES, WE'RE NOT DOING A VERY GOOD JOB IN OUR JOBS. RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE OFTENTIMES JUDGED IS WHEN THOSE EMERGENCIES OCCUR. AND WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IT AND INVEST IT, INVEST THAT TIME. OUR STAFF, KAREN AND HER FAIRLY SMALL STAFF, BUT THEY WORK AWFULLY HARD, YOU ALL HAVE PROVIDED THEM WITH THE RESOURCES AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT NECESSARY TO DO THIS, BUT WE DO WANT TO HELP OUR MCKINNEY FAMILIES PREPARE. SO PART OF WHAT WE DO FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES AND HOMEOWNERS AND RESIDENTS ARE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH EMERGENCIES, SO WE HAVE LOTS OF FUN THINGS TO DO, AND THAT'S ALL PART OF THIS MONTH. SO TO HELP MCKINNEY FAMILIES PREPARE THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS PROVIDING FREE PREPAREDNESS BAGS FOR FAMILIES TO PICK UP AT THE CITY'S TWO LIBRARIES DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. YOU CAN GO TO JOHN AND JUDY GAY LIBRARY, OR THE WHOLE LIBRARY DOWNTOWN AND PICK UP PREPAREDNESS BAGS. THESE BAGS INCLUDE ITEMS SUCH AS ICE SCRAPERS, RAIN GAUGES, AND BOOKS WITH PREPPER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION, AND ALSO KEEP AN EYE ON THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HOW TO PREPARE FOR EMERGENCIES. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE, SIR. ALL RIGHT, I IMAGINE, EVENT. THAT WAS GREAT. AND WHAT I LOVED WITH ALL THOSE KIDS. AND THERE WAS BIG ROOM AND THERE AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY ARE INTERESTED IN POLITICS AND WHATNOT, AND THEY'RE BIGGEST. I WISH I COULD REMEMBER WHAT THE AS I'M TALKING, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT THEIR MOTTO WAS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER JUSTIN, BUT THEIR THEME WAS BUT BUT BASICALLY WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO, WHAT THEY FELT THEIR GENERATION NEEDED TO DO, IT WAS IMPERATIVE THAT THEY DO, IS PUT RESPECT BACK INTO POLITICS AND BE ABLE TO TALK AND HAVE DIALOG WITH THE OTHER SIDE AND WORK TOGETHER. AND THEY WERE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT. AND AS I SAT THERE LISTENING TO HIM, IT'S EASY TO GET PRETTY DEPRESSED WHEN YOU TURN ON THE NEWS OR LISTEN TO ANYBODY PASSIONATE ABOUT POLITICS TALK BASICALLY, BECAUSE GENERALLY IT COMES WITH A, A DIVISIVE OR OFTEN COMES WITH A DIVISIVE, ASPECT TO IT.
TO HEAR THESE KIDS GIVES, GIVES ME HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COURSE CORRECTION ON THE HORIZON AND IT'S OUR YOUTH AND I AND I LOVE THAT. AND I, I LOVE BEING ABLE TO BE THERE AND TALK TO THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTINUE ON THAT PATH, GEORGE BUSH JUST PASSED AWAY. IF YOU KNOW GEORGE BUSH, HE WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT, YOU KNOW, INVESTED IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. HE WAS A STAPLE DOWN HERE, IT'S, IT'S JUST A SHAME THAT THAT WE LOST HIM, HIS WIFE IS, A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. IF YOU KNOW CHARLOTTE, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO HER AND LET HER KNOW YOU CARE. AND THINKING ABOUT HER. ALSO, ANOTHER FRIEND OF OURS, VICTOR SCOTT, PASSED AWAY. WHO? IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND THE MUSIC SCENE IN MCKINNEY, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN VICTOR SCOTT. HE'S BEEN IN A WHEELCHAIR FOR A FEW DECADES, BUT HE. BUT HE'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, FRONT AND CENTER AT ANY MUSIC CONCERT HERE IN THE CITY THAT HE COULD ATTEND. AND HE UNFORTUNATELY JUST PASSED AWAY THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY. AND MY DEAR SISTER FAMILY OF CHOICE, LISA HOFF IS WITH HER MOTHER, WHO'S ABOUT TO PASS AWAY. MAYBE AS I'M SPEAKIN.
SHE'S ON. SHE'S BEEN IN HOSPICE FOR A WHILE, SO A LOT, A LOT OF DEATH THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN MY FAMILY, FRIENDS AND WHATNOT IN THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN TOUGH THAT WAY. I WANT TO SAY, ASHTON MCSHANE, IS PLAYING FOR BOSTON COLLEGE. ASHTON MCSHANE I BRING HIM UP BECAUSE HE IS ONE OF THE KIDS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP THROUGH THE CITY CHURCH PROGRAM. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH CITY CHURCH AT ALL, CAROL AND KELLY WOODS, THESE ARE, TRUE HEROES IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE A CHURCH ON THE ON THE EAST SIDE OF FIVE, AND THEY MENTOR CHILDREN, FEED CHILDREN. THEY I FORGET HOW MANY 75,000 MEALS DURING COVID THAT THEY DELIVERED, BUT THEIR REAL FOCUS IS KIDS. AND THE STAT, AT LEAST THE STAT. LAST YEAR, EVERY SINGLE KID THAT HAD GONE THROUGH
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THAT WAS BEING MENTORED BY CITY CHURCH HAS GRADUATED. NO TEEN PREGNANCIES AND MANY GOING TO COLLEGE FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH LOVE LIFE FOUNDATION TO BE INVOLVED WITH THEM FOR THE LAST 6 OR 7 YEARS, AND DOING. SEE, MANY OF THOSE KIDS GET SCHOLARSHIPS JUST TO HELP THEM GO TO COLLEGE. AND ASHER MCSHANE IS ONE OF THOSE HUGE SUCCESS STORIES. AND HE PLAYED, IT WAS IN HIS FIRST GAME AT BOSTON COLLEGE. AND SO WHAT'S THAT? AND YEAH, I WON. SO HE'S, JUST A PRIDE OF MCKINNEY AND, AND A TESTAMENT TO THE GOOD WORK THAT CAROL AND KELLY WOODS DO AND, AND THEIR KIDS AS WELL, OVER AT CITY CHURCH. AND WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE YEAH. THEY THEY BEAT FLORIDA STATE. FLORIDA* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.