Sep 26, 2024 McKinney Community Development Corporation

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GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE. HAPPY SEPTEMBER. END OF SEPTEMBER. I WILL NOW CALL THE MEETING OF THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO ORDER. THE TIME IS 8:00 AM. WE ARE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT TWO TWO, TWO NORTH TENNESSEE STREET, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. TODAY WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE OUR INVOCATION BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR JOSH PEREZ OF THE COVENANT CHURCH OF MCKINNEY.

PASTOR PEREZ. AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. WHY DON'T WE PRAY AND WE'LL BEGIN THIS GREAT MEETING? WELL, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU HAVE TRUSTED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. LORD, WITH THE ABILITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE CALLED US TO STEWARD. SO, FATHER, WE JUST PRAY FOR WISDOM. WE PRAY FOR DISCERNMENT. WE PRAY THAT WE WOULD GET THE HEART OF THE CITY. WE'D GET THE HEART OF THE PEOPLE AND LORD, THAT THE DECISIONS MADE TODAY, LORD, WOULD BE ONES THAT WOULD HONOR YOU, THAT WOULD RAISE YOUR PEOPLE UP, THAT WOULD BRING GREATER JOY, BRING GREATER FREEDOM, BRING GREATER PROSPERITY TO THIS CITY. AND SO, FATHER, WE PRAY FOR OUR CITY. WE PRAY FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY.

LORD, THAT YOU WOULD PROSPER THIS CITY, THAT YOU WOULD PROSPER ITS PEOPLE, THAT YOU WOULD PROSPER ITS LEADERS. THAT YOU WOULD PROSPER EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. THAT MAKES THE DECISION, LORD, TO CALL THIS GREAT PLACE HOME. LORD, WE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF MCKINNEY.

LORD, THAT THIS WOULD BE SUCH A CITY, SET ON A HILL THAT COULD NOT BE HIDDEN. SO FATHER, WE PRAY THAT THE DECISIONS MADE IN THIS ROOM WOULD HELP HONOR THAT GREAT CALL AND THAT GREAT VISION THAT THIS WOULD BE A CITY SET ON A HILL. WE LOVE YOU AND WE TRUST YOU, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. IN YOUR NAME. WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 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. WE ARE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, LINDA? NO. WE HAVE NONE. THANK YOU. NEXT, I

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IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? CAN I GET A VOTE? NO, NO, NO. SHOW HANDS. MOTION

[Financial Report]

GOOD MORNING. CHANCE. MILLER COUNTY MANAGER WILL BE GOING OVER THE MONTH OF AUGUST TODAY.

DO YOU MIND PULLING UP THE PDF ON THE THIRD TAB? I'M SORRY. YOU'RE FINE. PERFECT. WE HAD A FAIRLY ACTIVE MONTH FOR THE CDC. WE COLLECTED A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION. THE MAJORITY OF THAT COMING FROM SALES TAX REVENUE, YOU'LL NOTICE 750,000 OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND DONATIONS.

THAT'S RELATED TO THE TOPS LOAN. THE WAY WE HAVE TO DO ACCOUNTING FOR GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING IS WE HAD TO RECORD IT AS REVENUE BECAUSE IT'S AN ASSET. SO JUST AN FYI, WHAT THAT'S RELATED TO, LOOKING MORE AT EXPENSES, WE HAD 58,000 AT ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, 1.1.15. IN PROJECT EXPENSES AND 1.5 MILLION IN NON-DEPARTMENTAL, WHICH WAS THE MONTH THAT WE MAKE YOUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS FALLS IN AUGUST. TOTAL EXPENSES FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST WAS $2.7 MILLION. MOVING ON TO SALES TAX. SO THESE ARE SALES IN JUNE. WE SAW A 5.5. 4% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR SISTER CITIES TRENDED FAIRLY WELL AS WELL, FRISCO HAS BEEN HOVERING RIGHT AROUND BREAK EVEN ALL YEAR. SO THEY'RE KIND OF THE OUTLIER IN THAT ASPECT. BUT, LOOKING AT OUR YEAR TO DATE, WE'RE AT 8%, WHICH IS MORE THAN WE BUDGETED FOR. AND WE'RE HIGHER IN TOTAL PERCENTAGE BASE OVER LAST YEAR AND TOTAL DOLLARS COMPARED TO OUR SISTER CITIES AS WELL, SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO NOTE. AND IF WE'RE BREAKING THAT DOWN BY, INDIVIDUAL CITIES, BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, YEAR TO DATE, THEY ALL LOOK VERY CONSISTENT, AND I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO COMMENT ON THIS, THAT IT'S BEEN CONSISTENT LIKE THIS FOR THE PAST 4 OR 5

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[Board and Liaison Reports Board Chair City of McKinney Visit McKinney McKinney Economic Development Corporation McKinney Main Street/MPAC McKinney Parks and Recreation]

MILHOUSE. INTERNATIONAL POSTCAR, WHICH WAS REALLY NICE. A LOT OF OATS VENUE RECEPTION, THE TEXAS JOB COURTS, CORPORATE GRADUATION, AND EAST LOUISIANA BLOCK PARTY. THE NINE OVER 11 DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AT MITCHELL PARK AND JURASSIC NIGHT OUT AT THE HERD. SO A LOT OF ACTIVITY.

THANK YOU FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE ABLE TO ATTEND, AND I WILL ALLOW, WE'LL GIVE TIME AT THE END OF THE MEETING FOR YOU TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS. WE WILL NOW GO INTO CITY OF MCKINNEY. MISTER GRIMES. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PAUL GRIMES, CITY MANAGER. A COUPLE OF ITEMS JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY. WE HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BY A COUPLE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO BRING FORWARD A DISCUSSION. PROBABLY A BIT OVERDUE, BECAUSE THE LAST ONE WE HAD WAS IN 2016, 2017. BUT BRING FORWARD A DISCUSSION ON SHORT TERM RENTALS, IN PARTICULAR, HOW THE CITY APPROACHES SHORT TERM RENTALS.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES THAT ARE DOING HAVE SOME DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, SO WE WILL BE PREPARING A DISCUSSION ITEM AT AN UPCOMING WORK SESSION. PROBABLY THE FIRST MEETING OF NOVEMBER, TO OUTLINE OR SURVEY WHERE THE LAW IS. AND THEN WHAT THE CITIES CAN OR CAN'T DO AND WHAT MAYBE SOME OTHER CITIES ARE DOING WITH RESPECT TO SHORT TERM RENTALS. IT'S A POLICY DISCUSSION THAT, LIKE I SAID, IS PROBABLY DUE TO AT LEAST BRING THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMUNITY UP TO DATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. SO MORE TO FOLLOW ON THAT. I WANTED TO GET THAT ON YOUR RADAR AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS QUICKLY TO SHARE. WE HAVE, A COUPLE OF NEW POSITIONS THAT ARE TANGENTIALLY GERMANE TO SOME OF THE WORK THAT YOU SEE BEFORE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WE HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR OF CODE SERVICES. MR. PHIL HUBBARD. PHIL JOINED US ON SEPTEMBER 9TH. HE REPLACED CARRIE SIMPSON, ALTHOUGH. CARRIE. CARRIE IS AN IRREPLACEABLE PERSON. SHE'S A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL. SHE'S OUT IN CALIFORNIA NOW, BUT I THINK PHIL IS GOING TO DO A TERRIFIC JOB. HE JOINED US FROM OREGON. SO HE LITERALLY MOVED HERE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER AND STARTED WORK. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD. HE'S WORK COMES TO US WITH SOME EXPERIENCE IN EUGENE, OREGON, CHANDLER, ARIZONA. AND CORVALLIS, OREGON, AND THEN WE ALSO WELCOME MARGARET LEE. MARGARET, STARTED HER CAREER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WAS A PLANNING DIRECTOR. I BELIEVE IT WAS IN SOUTH PASADENA, SHE HAS HER MASTER'S FROM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND SHE CURRENTLY LIVES IN FRISCO. AND WE'RE WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE MARGARET LEE. SHE'S A HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. SO SHE JUST STARTED AS WELL. AND THEN, ONE OTHER POINT IS OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION, OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. YET AGAIN, IS BRINGING HOME THE HARDWARE. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS AND ADVISORS, AWARDS. WE'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL AWARDS FROM THEM. WE WERE RECOGNIZED IN THE BEST USE OF VIDEO AND SOCIAL MEDIA, WITH AN OPERATING BUDGET UNDER FOUR, IN THE CATEGORY OF OPERATING BUDGET, UNDER $250,000. AND IT WAS THE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE WAS GIVEN TO GOD. MUST HAVE SPENT A LITTLE MORE TIME ON MCKINNEY. I THINK IT'S A PARODY OF THE

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WE ALSO GOT SEVERAL SAVVY AWARDS, THE SAVVY AWARDS ARE FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING ASSOCIATION IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS. THE THREE CMA HIGHEST RECOGNITION AWARDED WAS FOR ONE TIME SPECIAL VIDEO THE PERFECT GIFT, AND THEN MOST CREATIVE ACTIVITY WITH THE LEAST DOLLAR SPENT IN CINCY. I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT THAT IS, BUT I'D GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT. SILVER CIRCLE AWARD, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE AND OVERALL DIAMOND AWARD NOMINEE AS WELL. SO OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING FOLKS CONTINUE TO DO OUTSTANDING WORK. THEY'RE A CREATIVE TEAM AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THEY DO. AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE THEM A PUBLIC PAT ON THE BACK.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS. SO ONE QUESTION, JUST CURIOSITY.

WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT SPARKED THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE SHORT TERM RENTALS, OR IS IT JUST OVERDUE? IT'S A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS ASKED THAT WE BRING IT ON. SO TYPICALLY IF YOU GET TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REQUEST AN ITEM BE PLACED ON A WORK SESSION AGENDA, AND WE DO IT, BUT AS IT'S EXPLAINED TO ME, IT'S WE NEED TO REVISIT THIS JUST TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING AS A COMMUNITY AND EITHER REGULATING OR NOT REGULATING SHORT TERM RENTALS. BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE HAVING AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION WHEN WE BRING THAT FORWARD, FOR SURE. YEAH. TO MARCUS'S POINT, THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY INCIDENTS OR INCREASES IN CRIME OR COMPLAINTS. NOTHING SPECIFIC TO THAT. I MEAN, WE GET COMPLAINTS FROM LOTS OF THINGS, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT INCLUDE SHORT TERM RENTALS, BUT NOT REALLY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY TREND OR ANY PATTERN OF COMPLAINTS, BUT WE DO RECEIVE COMPLAINTS OCCASIONALLY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. VISIT MCKINNEY. ALICIA OH, THAT'S NOT YOU. THAT'S ALICIA, NOT ALICIA. NO. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

AARON WARNER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF VISIT MCKINNEY. I BELIEVE THIS IS MY LAST STOP OF THIS MONTH WITH THE BOARD UPDATES TO OFFICIALLY AND PERSONALLY GET TO ANNOUNCE THE PROMOTION OF ALICIA HOLMBERG TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT VISIT MCKINNEY. SUPER PROUD OF HER AND THE WORK SHE'S DONE ON OUR TEAM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND I THINK SHE'S GOING TO DO SOME AWESOME THINGS AND A NEW LEADERSHIP ROLE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT. AND IF I AM, IF I EVER AM AWAY, YOU'LL GET HER AS AS THE BACKUP HERE. LIKE WE ALMOST HAD TODAY. SO, I JUST RETURNED ACTUALLY FROM ICMA CONFERENCE WITH, I THINK, UPWARDS OF 12 OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAD A CHANCE YESTERDAY TO SPEAK ON THE SOLAR ECLIPSE AND THE IMPACT OF THAT. I JOINED A PANEL OF TWO OTHER PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT WERE IN TOTALITY ONE IN OHIO, ONE IN VERMONT. AND SO THEY HAD VERY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON HOW THEIR COMMUNITIES WERE IMPACTED. AND BOTH OF THOSE WERE MORE RURAL THAN MCKINNEY. AND SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC ISSUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAN WHAT WE EXPERIENCED ON OUR ROADS AND STUFF. SO IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING PRESENTATION.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME LEARNING THIS PAST WEEK FOR EVENT UPDATES COMING UP, WE'RE WE'RE LEANING HEAVY ON SPORTS RIGHT NOW. SPORTS HAS BEEN OUR FOCUS FROM A CELL STANDPOINT. WE HAVE SOME WE HAVE GREAT HOTEL FACILITIES TO HOUSE SPORTS. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY TO HAVE REALLY STATE OF THE ART SPORTS FACILITIES ALL ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. SO OUR TEAM HAS PUT KIND OF A BULL'S EYE ON THAT, COMING UP IN NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 16TH AND 17TH, WE WILL BE HOSTING THE BILLIE JEAN KING CUP PLAYOFF MATCH BETWEEN UKRAINE AND AUSTRIA, WE ARE THE HOST COMMUNITY FOR UKRAINE. THEY'RE THE LEADING TEAM IN THIS MATCH.

SO TYPICALLY THEY WOULD PLAY THAT IN THEIR ON THEIR HOME TURF. AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT AN OPTION RIGHT NOW. AND THROUGH A CHAIN OF EVENTS MCKINNEY BECAME THE TOP LOCATION WITH OUR INDOOR FACILITY TO PLAY HOST TO THAT MATCH. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION SOON ON ON WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE AND WHEN TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE, BUT THEY'LL BE BUILDING OUT RAISED SEATING ON THE INDOOR COURTS TO CREATE KIND OF THAT CHAMPIONSHIP COURT FEEL. AND I REALLY THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A NEAT THING FOR US TO SEE THAT FACILITY USED THAT WAY. AND ALSO, KUDOS TO OUR PARKS AND REC TEAM ON REALLY EVERYTHING I'M SPEAKING ABOUT TODAY. THEY'RE THEY'RE A MASSIVE PARTNER IN ALL OF THESE EVENTS, THE OTHER ONE IN THE SPRING, THE SPRING KICKS OFF PROBABLY THE BUSIEST SPORTS SEASON THAT I'M AWARE OF IN MCKINNEY, KICKING OFF FIRST WITH THE INTERNATIONAL GIRLS CUP OF MCKINNEY, OVER 200 TEAMS WILL BE PLAYING AT CRAIG RANCH SOCCER SHOP AND SOME BACKUP AND MELISSA ZEEPLEX AT LEAST TEN OF THOSE WILL BE INTERNATIONAL. AND SO WE EXPECT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE WORKING ON A LOCATION FOR THEIR KICKOFF EVENT, BUT THEY, THEY HAVE AT LEAST 2500 PEOPLE AT THAT EVENT.

AND SO REALLY EXCITING EVENT, WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BY ANOTHER SPORTS

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NEXT WE HAVE EMMY DC. MR. OH, PAUL, YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? OKAY, I APOLOGIZE, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU. I FORGOT TO MENTION AARON REMINDED ME HE WAS AT THE ICMA. I ATTENDED THERE AS WELL, AND I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY OR WE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH JOHN CUNNINGHAM ON OUR STAFF. WON A NATIONAL AWARD. HE WON THE 2024 EMERGING LEADERS AWARD OR EARLY CAREER LEADERSHIP AWARD, JOHN CUNNINGHAM IS OUR TRAINING COORDINATOR, TRAINING ADMINISTRATOR. HE WORKS IN OUR DEPARTMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THEY DO OUTSTANDING WORK, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY, THE ENTIRE GROUP. SO I EVEN GOT A PICTURE OF IT, IF YOU CAN SEE THAT. THAT'S HIM ON THE BIG SCREEN THERE. RIGHT. SO HE GOT UP THERE AND WAS RECOGNIZED FOR IT. JOHN'S A GREAT A GREAT EMPLOYEE, A GREAT MEMBER OF OUR TEAM. AND I WAS REMISS FOR NOT MENTIONING THAT. SO THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS, MR. CUNNINGHAM. NOW WE HAVE MR. KOSKI. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS MICHAEL KOSKI, PRESIDENT OF THE MCKINNEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, OCTOBER 3RD. NEXT WEEK, PLUG AND PLAY. YOU'VE HEARD ME SPEAK MANY TIMES ABOUT THIS GROUP. THEY'RE OFFICIAL. GRAND OPENING OF THEIR OFFICE IS HAPPENING THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 3RD. THEY ARE LOCATED AT HIGHWAY FIVE AND VIRGINIA IN THE ARCADE 92 BUILDING ON SECOND FLOOR. SO AGAIN, ANOTHER STEP IN THE EVOLUTION OF HOW WE'RE ADVANCING STARTUPS AND INNOVATION IN MCKINNEY. AND ON THAT NOTE, WE ALSO WON SOME AWARDS RECENTLY FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. WE ARE IN THE CATEGORY NOW OF 200,000 TO 500,000 POPULATION. THAT PUTS US IN THE SAME REALM AS THE PITTSBURGH, MIAMI, ANAHEIM, SALT LAKE CITIES. WE WON BRONZE MEDALS IN TWO CATEGORIES, ONE FOR OUR INNOVATION FUND AND SECOND FOR OUR ANNUAL REPORT FROM A MARKETING PERSPECTIVE. SO KUDOS TO THE TEAM BACK AT THE SHOP FOR THOSE TWO, TWO AWARDS.

WE ARE GROWING OUR TEAM. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT WE ARE HIRING NEW PEOPLE. WE HAD THREE POSITIONS OPEN. THEY ARE NOW CLOSED. WE HAD 8000 PEOPLE ENGAGED WITH THE APPLICATIONS OR THE JOB POSTINGS. AND 600 APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED FOR THREE POSITIONS, ONE POSITION WILL HELP MADISON CLARK WITH BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION. ANOTHER POSITION WILL ASSIST LUKE CAJARI WITH MARKETING AND EVENT PLANNING, AND THE THIRD POSITION WILL REPORT TO ME AS AN ANALYST TO HELP US GET BETTER WITH COLLECTING AND USING DATA MOST EFFECTIVELY. AND THANK YOU TO SOME BOARD MEMBERS WHO CAME LAST NIGHT TO VENUE NOTES LIVE TO LOOK AT THEIR SALES OFFICE AND GET A SNEAK PEEK AT SOME SOME COOL THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. THAT PROJECT IS ALL SYSTEMS GO, AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED BY IT. IT'S MADAM CHAIR. I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FROM CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR TEAM. YEAH THAT'S GOOD. SO GREAT. THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL HAVE MAIN STREET IMPACT. MR. ANDREW. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. AND CDC BOARD, ANDREW JONES, CULTURAL DISTRICT DIRECTOR, FIRST OFF, APOLOGIES TO DAVID. I'M NOT WEARING A HAT TODAY, AND I. I NEGLECTED TO GET MY OKTOBERFEST HAT FOR YOU TODAY, SO APOLOGIES FOR SUSPENDERS. I WAS LOOKING AT OR THE LEDERHOSEN. HE'S MORE CONCERNED WITH ANYTHING. I KNOW I'M VERY LACKING. SO WE ARE EXCITED TO OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GEARING UP FOR OKTOBERFEST.

YOU'VE PROBABLY ALREADY SEEN A LOT OF TENTS STARTING TO GO UP AROUND IMPACT. WE ARE EXCITED.

THE WEATHER'S LOOKING FINE, SO THAT'S ALWAYS GREAT, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT OUR VIP EXPERIENCE

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AND THEN WE DO JUST KIND OF THE NORMAL WITH THE PUBLIC, THE LARGER STEIN HOLDING COMPETITION AS WELL, SOME OTHER EVENTS THAT WE HAVE COMING DOWN THE PIPELIN, WE HAVE BIRD TOBER, WHICH IS AN ART INSTALLATION WITH LOCAL ARTIST ANDREA HOLMES. SO THEY'RE ALREADY STARTING TO GO UP. WE HAVE OVER 31 LIFE SIZE BIRDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PAINTED AND HIDDEN THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN, EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN WE ARE GEARING UP FOR OUR COFFEE CRAWL AS WELL AS THE CIRCUS IS COMING BACK. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO THE CIRCUS THAT'S IN DOWNTOWN, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A CIRQUE DU SOLEIL TYPE EXPERIENCE, VERY BOUTIQUE, SMAL, YOU KNOW, ONE RING CIRCUS. IT'S A REALLY FUN, OCTOBER 19TH, WE HAVE THE 50TH MOVIE MOVIE SCREENING AT EMPAC. AND THEN DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, AS WELL AS. AND ON OCTOBER 26TH, WE ALSO HAVE THE SPOOKTACULAR BEER WALK. SO JUST A FEW OF THE VERY BUSY EVENTS THAT WE HAVE IN DOWNTOWN IN OCTOBER. SO WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. YEAH. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION. SURE, ANDREW, CAN YOU GO THROUGH THE HOURS OF OKTOBERFEST AND IN PARTICULAR THE TIME FOR THE KEG TAPPING AND THE STEIN COMPETITION? YEAH. SO THE KEG TAPPING IS FRIDAY 27TH AT 6 P.M, THE OPENING CEREMONIES, THEY START WITH A PARADE, AND IF YOU'RE IN THE PARADE OR YOU WANT TO WALK IN THE PARADE, THAT'S AT 530 AND IT WILL START OVER BY THE GRAND HOTEL, AND THEN FOR THE POLICE VERSUS ROOT BEER STEIN HOLDING COMPETITION. THAT'S SATURDAY THE 28TH AT 6:30 P.M. AND THEN THE TOTAL FESTIVAL HOURS, WE KICK OFF ON FRIDAY AT 2 TO 5 WITH A HAPPY HOUR. AND IT GOES UNTIL 11 P.M. ON SATURDAY. IT'S 11 TO 11. AND THEN SUNDAY, NOON TO NOON TO FIVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. TRY TO GET ALL THAT RIGHT. SO THE KEG TAPPING WILL BE RIGHT AFTER THE PARADE, CORRECT? YES. SO I THINK OUR MAYOR YES, SHE IS, WILL BE TAPPING THE WE ARE VERY EXCITED.

SO EVERYBODY BE THERE TO KIND OF MESS UP DOCTOR FELTZ. OH THERE SHE IS IN THE BACK. OKAY DOCTOR SAYS YEAH, I THINK IT'S YOUR FIRST KICK TAPPING, SO YEAH, SHE'S GONNA DO GREAT. SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT CITY. TECH CITY. YEAH. CITY KICKED OUT. SHE'S PRACTICING. HAVE YOU BEEN TO MUNICH? OKAY AND IT LOOKS LIKE PERFECT WEATHER. YES. SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN FOR ARRANGING GREAT WEATHER FOR OKTOBERFEST. WE PAID ENOUGH FOR THE RATE INSURANCE, SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANDREW, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR SOME HELP YOU GAVE TO ME AND MY INDUSTRY LAST MONTH, WE, THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, WHICH IS AN AGENCY THAT, THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, WHO IS MY EMPLOYER, WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH HELD A FIELD HEARING, A FIELD MEETING HERE IN NORTH TEXAS. AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO DO THAT. AND THEY HAD MANY REQUIREMENTS AND I SUGGESTED THAT THEY LOOK AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. AND YOU WERE VERY GRACIOUS TO PROVIDE THAT SPACE TO THEM AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MET THEIR NEEDS.

AND THEY HAD A GREAT MEETING, BROUGHT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO STAYED IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY THE NIGHT BEFORE. AND PARTICIPATED IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY WERE EXCITED TO BE HERE, AND WORKING WITH YOUR TEAM WAS VERY EASY FOR THEM. SO I APPRECIATE YOU, MAKING THAT AVAILABLE. AND IT'S GOOD THAT STATE AGENCIES ARE LOOKING TO MCKINNEY AS A PLACE TO, TO HOST THEIR MEETINGS. SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU AGAIN. OUR TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB WITH THOSE SORT OF THINGS. SO JOY AND LAURA, PARTICULARLY I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION THOUGH. SURE TOMORROW AT 2 P.M. I BELIEVE HAPPY HOUR STARTS. YES THIS I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH HAPPY HOUR FOR OKTOBERFEST. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN EXACTLY? IS IT DOES THAT WHEN ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO START, ROADS WILL BE SHUT DOWN AND THE ENTIRE EVENT WILL BE OPEN? OR IS THAT JUST BASICALLY BEER SALES STARTED TO BEGIN? YES AND YES. SO THE BEER SALES DO START EARLIER, REALLY FOR US IT WAS A STRATEGIC DECISION, A WHILE PROBABLY ABOUT 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO, WE WANTED TO DRAW MORE TRAFFIC EARLIER IN THE DAY FOR, FOR OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES. AND SO WE WERE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES NOT EVERY VENDOR IS SET UP FULLY, YOU KNOW, AT TWO. BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO START DRAWING SOME TRAFFIC DURING THE EVENT. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE

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SORRY. SO WE PARTNERED WITH THEM KNOWING THAT THEY WERE SHUTTING DOWN THE POOL, SO WE DID A SPECIAL WITH THEM. I GAVE THEM A DISCOUNTED RATE JUST SO THE MEMBERS OF STONEBRIDGE WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 533 PASSES, SO PRETTY GOOD NUMBERS THAT CAME OVER FROM STONEBRIDGE OVER TO APEX, A COUPLE OF PROJECT UPDATES, TOWN LAKE LIGHT BID AS YOU KNOW, LAST TIME WE SPOKE, IT WAS DUE TO OPEN THAT DAY. WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE BID. SO WE'RE HAVING TO REOPEN THE BID, BUT WE'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT ARE PLANNING TO BID. SO THE ONE BID THAT WE DID GET WAS, SIGNIFICANTLY OVER BUDGET, BUT WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND THE RIGHT COMPANY IN THIS BID PROCESS, I MENTIONED LAST TIME, HORIZON AND AVIATOR. PLAYGROUNDS ARE BEING REPLACED. I AM EXCITED THAT THE HORIZON PLAYGROUND IS GOING TO BE ONE THAT IS REPURPOSED WITH A PROJECT PLAYGROUND. THAT IS ONE OF OUR THINGS THAT WE PARTNER WITH A COMMUNITY THAT'S NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE PLAYGROUNDS. SO WE WILL BE DONATING THAT PLAYGROUND TO THEM. I WILSON CREEK GREENS PHASE ONE WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. MCKISSICK AND SERENITY BACKSTOPS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, GRADY LITTLEJOHN, WE'VE BEEN INSTALLING BLEACHERS AND BUT THROUGH THE RENOVATIONS, THOSE WILL BE REINSTALLED AT THE END. BUT WE KNEW THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO DO THAT. NOW, REC CENTER AT TOWN LAKE IS STILL PROJECTED TO REOPEN THE BEGINNING OF 2025. SO VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE HAD I'VE BEEN HAVING VISIONARY MEETINGS WITH ALL THE DIVISIONS AND HEARING ALL THE NEW PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE IS VERY EXCITING AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

REOPENING. OLD SETTLER'S PARK IMPROVEMENTS ARE LOOKING TO BID CONSTRUCTION EARLY 2025, SO THAT PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD, AND MCKINNEY SOCCER COMPLEX PHASE TWO WILL BE A BID AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO WE'LL START CONSTRUCTION EARLY NEXT YEAR ON THAT TO BE COMPLETED PROBABLY EARLY 26. AND TIME FOR, ALL THINGS SOCCER. I'M GABE FIELD AND SIGNAGE IMPROVEMENT. AND THAT WAS THE ONE THAT WE CAME TO YOU GUYS AND WORKED. WE'RE EXCITED TO SAY THAT, IT'S PLANNED FOR CONSTRUCTION BIDDING BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SO WE WILL BE MOVING FAST AND FURIOUS ON THAT PROJECT, ONE THING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE WAYFINDING. WE KNOW THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT MOSTLY IN GABE NESBITT. SO WE ARE LOOKING WE'RE WORKING WITH MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS ON WHAT THAT TEMPLATE LOOKS LIKE. SO THAT WILL BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL, ERWIN AND WE HAVE HAD TO ADD ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING STUDY TO IT REQUIRED FOR THE POND, BUT, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH DESIGN, SO THAT PROJECT IS STILL MOVING FORWARD AS WELL. A COUPLE EVENTS COMING UP, TRICK OR TREAT, TRAIL, WHICH IS A FAVORITE, WILL BE AT TOWN LAKE ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9TH FROM 3 TO 9 OR 3 TO 7. SORRY. AND WE'LL I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 30 SOMETHING VENDORS SO FAR SET UP WITH SOME FUN ENTERTAINMENT. SO MAKE SURE TO PLAN TO COME VISIT THAT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE WE'LL BE DOING THE TOUR ON NOVEMBER 2ND WITH THE CDC BOARD AND PROS BOARD. SO WE ARE FINALIZING WHAT THAT SCHEDULE IS GOING TO BE, WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, AND I WILL MAKE SURE TO SHARE IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE'RE LOOKING AT AT 8:00 START. SO WE'LL BE

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AND WITH THAT I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WE'VE BEEN GOING TO ERWIN QUITE, QUITE A BIT LATELY. AND IT'S NOT BEING NOT NOTICED. PEOPLE ARE STOPPING AND THANKING EVERYBODY FOR THE JOB WE'RE DOING AT ERWIN PARK AND KEEPING IT UP. AND IT'S BEEN PRETTY COOL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YEAH. AND DORA HAS A HUGE PART OF THAT. SHAWN IS THE EYES ON IT ALL THE TIME AND MAKES A LOT OF THE REPAIRS. SO A HUGE KUDOS TO DORA AS WELL. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU AMY. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO INTO ITEM 20 4-2008. PRESIDENT

[President’s Report]

MCKINNEY REPERTORY THEATER AND MARCHING MUSIC MADE IN MCKINNEY SUBMITTED THEIR FINAL REPORTS.

BOTH OF THEM ARE QUITE, DETAILED, AND I THINK THE REPORTS REALLY DO KEEP GETTING BETTER. AND BETTER AS TIME GOES ON. AND WITH THIS, THIS ROUND OF REPORTS, I THINK YOU CAN SEE THAT THE GROUPS THAT ARE ORGANIZING THOSE EVENTS REALLY ARE DOING SERIOUS ANALYSIS OF WHAT WORKED, WHAT DIDN'T WORK, AND THE IMPACT OF THE PROMOTIONAL GRANTS THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED THEM. SO BE SURE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. ANOTHER BIT OF EXCITING NEWS I THINK I SHARED WITH THE BOARD, BUT THE MCKINNEY LEARNING GARDEN, RECEIVED A $100,000 GRANT FROM THE SPROUTS COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION, WHICH WILL FUND THEIR OPERATIONS FOR A THREE YEAR PERIOD, WHICH IS THEIR LEASE PERIOD ON THE PROPERTY OVER ADJACENT TO TUPPS. THERE WERE SEVERAL EVENTS MENTIONED THAT HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. THE FARM TO TABLE DINNER AT CHESTNUT SQUARE. I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND AND JUST WANTED TO COMPLIMENT THAT GROUP ON A REALLY GREAT EVENT. THE FOOD WAS EXCELLENT. CHEF HESTER AND HER TEAM DID A GREAT JOB AT THE ENVIRONMENT THERE, JUST MADE IT A REALLY SPECIAL NIGHT. IT WAS A LITTLE WARM, BUT IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT AND GREAT EVENT. AND THEN THE INTERNATIONAL POSTCARD ART EXHIBIT AT MILL HOUSE IS REALLY VERY INTERESTING AND I THINK UNIQUE. THEY HAD SUBMISSIONS FROM ALMOST 600 PEOPLE, 600 ARTISTS AROUND THE WORLD WHO SUBMITTED THEIR ARTWORK FOUR BY SIX SIZE, POSTCARD SIZE. THAT'S ON DISPLAY IN THE COTTON MILL AND ALSO FOR SALE. SO I THINK THAT RUNS UNTIL OCTOBER 10TH. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE AND HAVE A CHANCE TO GET OVER THERE, IT'S REALLY WORTH IT, WORTH YOUR TIME. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, DIA DE LOS MUERTOS IS COMING UP OCTOBER 19TH. WE HAVE YARD SIGNS BEHIND ME. IF ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ONE AND PLACE THEM IN THEIR YARDS TO PROMOTE THAT EVENT, PLEASE DO SO. AND I'M HAPPY. OH ONE WE'RE TAKING A BIT OF A BREAK FROM PROJECT AND PROMOTIONAL GRANT APPLICATIONS. OUR NEXT APPLICATION PERIOD DOES NOT OPEN UNTIL NOVEMBER 1ST, SO THE FIRST PRESENTATIONS TO THE BOARD WILL BE IN DECEMBER, OCTOBER. WE'RE REALLY GOING TO DEDICATE TO, PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE BOARD. AARON MENTIONED THE PRESENTATION. HE'S HE IS WORKING ON REGARDING THE HOTEL ENVIRONMENT IN MCKINNEY.

AND THEN JEFF MOORE WILL BE WITH US TO TALK ABOUT TYPE A AND TYPE B AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT MEETING. I KNOW YOU ALL WILL TOO. CAN'T WAIT. I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. CINDY, I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN, THANK YOU TO YOU AND BRENDA AND TREVOR AND THE ENTIRE TEAM. THAT HAS GONE THROUGH THE FIRE ON TUBBS, IT HAS BEEN A, AS WE ALL KNOW, AN EXTREMELY LONG, ARDUOUS, DIFFICULT PROCESS, AND WE HAVE PRODUCED A VERY GOOD PRODUCT THERE, FOR I USUALLY ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF, BUT I THINK I'M SAFE IN SPEAKING FOR DEBORAH AND ANGIE, MY FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AS WE SAY, YOU HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB. BRENDA SPINELLI HAS DONE AN AMAZING JO. TRISH JACKSON WITH THE CITY, ALL OF THEM PROTECTING OUR INTEREST, PROTECTING THE CITIZENS INTEREST. AND EVEN TREVOR, I WILL SAY THANK YOU TO HIM AS WELL. HE'S DONE AN AWESOME JOB, SO THANK YOU. THAT IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE THAT WE FINISHED

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[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.]

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MOVE BY MOVE BY CHRIS. SECOND BY DAVID KELLY. SO SHOW OF HANDS. AM I THE ONLY ONE WORKING? YEAH.

YES THE ONLY ONE WORKING. YES. THEY WERE ALL WORKING FIVE DAYS. RIGHT YEAH. YOU'RE ALL GOOD.

IT'S NOT GOING TO SHOW UP. ARE WE? GOOD. OKAY MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE

[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.]

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request from Habitat for Humanity of Collin County to Extend the Term of the Loan Agreement Executed with McKinney Community Development Corporation for Project 4B 23-15 to March 31, 2025.]

PLUS, OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS THAT WERE SOMEWHAT DELAYED, I THINK, DUE TO THE TRANSITION IN LEADERSHIP. I'VE ONLY BEEN IN THE JOB FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS HERE, BUT CLEARLY THE NEED IS THERE. WE HAVE A FANTASTIC CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT THERE. THEY'RE ITCHING TO GET THIS DON.

SO IF WE CAN GET THAT EXTENSION, WE'LL PULL THE TRIGGER. AND, SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM SPENDING ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. PLENTY OF WORK TO BE DONE, BUT I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISTER. SO I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S FOR YOU OR FOR CINDY, BUT, WE'RE CALLING THIS A LOAN AGREEMENT. I DON'T ALL FORGIVABLE LOANS. THAT'S HOW THEY'RE STRUCTURED. OKAY, SO WE SAW IT OR APPROVED IT AS A GRANT, BUT TECHNICALLY, IT'S A FORGIVABLE LOAN. OKAY COOL. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD? YOU DON'T SEE ANY ISSUES BEING ABLE TO GET THINGS COMPLETED BY THE MARCH 31ST DATE? I DON'T I WILL SAY THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROJECTS IS RIGHT OFF OF GREEN STREET, AND OUR CONSTRUCTION CREW HAS IS STILL EVALUATING WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO BE A COMPLETE TEAR DOWN AND REBUILD. SO THAT PROJECT WILL BE FAIRLY INTENSE AND BE THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS. SO THE COMPLETION DATE OF THAT IS YET TO BE SET IN STONE. BUT I'M GETTING ASSURANCES. I'M GETTING THE NOD FROM JAMES THAT THAT HE THINKS THAT THAT CAN BE COMPLETED. IT'S A BIG PROJECT, BUT IT WILL BE REALLY AMAZING.

YES THANK YOU. THAT HELP ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I MOVE TO APPROVE. MOVE TO APPROVE BY DAVID KELLY I'LL SECOND SECOND BY JOY. ENTERTAIN A VOTE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION. OKAY? OKAY NEXT ITEM 20 4-2012. CONSIDER. DISCUSS. ACT ON A

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Grant an Easement to Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC on the McKinney Community Development Corporation Parking Lot, located between Virginia and Louisiana Streets east of the DART Railway, for the Virginia and Throckmorton Infrastructure Improvements (Municipal Complex) Project]

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SO WHERE DOES COMPENSATION FOR THE EASEMENT COME IN? I GUESS THAT'D BE UPON DIRECTION OF THE BOARD. WE COULD GO GET AN APPRAISAL. AND THEN OUR REAL ESTATE STAFF WOULD PUT TOGETHER AN OFFER AND PRESENT THAT. SO IF WE APPROVE THIS ITEM TODAY, WE WOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR THAT

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THESE WOULD BE CITY CITY COSTS PAID TO CDC. CORRECT. NOT ENCORE COSTS PAID TO CORRECT. SO THE INITIAL REQUEST WAS FROM THE CITY TO BURY THE ENCORE LINE. SO ENCORE WOULD PASS ON THOSE COSTS TO THE CITY. SO WHERE DOES THE $10 COME INTO PLAY? THE $10 THAT'S ESSENTIALLY STANDARD EASEMENT LANGUAGE FOR A DEDICATION. IT ACCOUNTS FOR ANY FILING FEES OR STUFF LIKE THAT.

WE HAVE TO HAVE CONSIDERATION. AND SO THE CONSIDERATION IS ONLY $10. THAT'S IT. IT MAY BE WORTH 10,000, BUT THE CONSIDERATION AND THE AGREEMENT IS $1,010. AND IF WE IF WE DID REQUEST THAT YOU GO OUT AND GET THE ESTIMATES AND ALL OF THAT, THAT WOULD SEEM TO IMPACT YOUR SCHEDULES WITH THE CITY, WHAT'S BEING BUILT, YOU NEED THE POWER THAT COULD TAKE A WHILE. NEGOTIATION AND I WOULD THINK THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT WE'RE GETTING 10,000. IT'S WHATEVER IT ENDS UP BEING NEGOTIATED. SO WHO WOULD BEAR THE COST OF THE ASSESSMENT? THE CITY WOULD THE CITY WOULD. YEAH SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE, SO WE CAN SOMEONE FROM THE BOARD CAN MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REQUEST FOR THEM TO GO OUT AND ASSESS OR WE CAN ENTERTAIN THE MOTION THAT WE HAVE HERE. DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING HERE? HI. GARY GRAHAM, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING. JUST TO ADD, WE NEED THE EASEMENT NOW FOR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, BECAUSE THIS IS CITY RELATED PROJECT, WE WERE HOPING THERE WOULD BE A DONATION, OF THE EASEMENT TO ENCORE, BECAUSE THIS IS CITY, YOU KNOW, CITY RELATED COSTS. YOU KNOW, ENCORE IS PUTTING THAT TO US, WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE EASEMENT TO BE GRANTED TODAY, BY THE BOARD. AND IF WE NEED TO DO COMPENSATION, FINE. WE CAN WORK THAT OUT LATER, YOU KNOW? BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST WHATEVER THE DIRECTION IS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IS IT A MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION HERE TO GRANT THE EASEMENT, CONSIDERING BASED ON AN EVENTUAL NEGOTIATION OF COMPENSATION? OR IS IT JUST A DONATION? THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO TODAY.

MAY I JUST ASK, IS THE INITIAL REQUEST TO BURY THE LINES PURELY FOR ESTHETICS, OR WAS THERE ANOTHER REASON THAT BURYING THE LINES HAD BENEFITS? NO, IT WAS PURELY ESTHETICS. IT WAS COUNCIL DIRECTION. WE WANTED THAT AREA CLEANED UP IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. OKAY. THANK YOU GARY, FOR THAT. IS THIS LAND IS IT ALWAYS GOING TO BE A PARKING LOT? THAT WAS WHAT I WAS ASKING. YEAH, YEAH, IT DOESN'T HAVE. IT WAS NEVER PROPOSED TO BE ANY, ANY OTHER, BUT THIS WILL BE ABOVE GROUND STRUCTURES AT THAT CORNER. IT'S THIS PART IS AN UNDERGROUND. THEY HAVE TO HAVE EQUIPMENT THAT'S SITTING ABOVE GROUND. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE LOSING THREE PARKING SPACES. CORRECT BUT I. I'M NOT SURE IT'S WORTH GOING THROUGH ALL OF THAT PROCESS VERSUS JUST APPROVING THE REQUEST THAT, IN MY OPINION, SHOULD MAKE A MOTION IN SUCH A WAY. CAN I GET A MOTION ON IT? WELL, I WAS WAITING FOR A DISCUSSION TO FINISH. SO ARE WE DONE WITH DISCUSSION? I WILL MAKE A MOTION THEN TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED FOR THE EASEMENT. AS REQUESTED. MOVED BY CHRIS. CAN I GET A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY DAVID? RICHAR. IS IT WORKING? NO, IT'S NOT. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MAY I MAKE ONE COMMENT? NOW THAT WE'VE DONE THAT, ISN'T THAT DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT'S OVER RIGHT? NO, IT'S NOT DISCUSSION. I JUST I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE CITY REMEMBER THIS FAVOR WE HAVE PROVIDED FOR THEM ACTUALLY, IN THE FUTURE WHEN THERE MIGHT BE MR. GRIMES, WHEN THERE MIGHT BE SIMILAR REQUESTS FROM THIS

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[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request from City of McKinney Housing and Community Development to Extend the Term of the Loan Agreement Executed with McKinney Community Development Corporation for Project 4B 23-12 to September 30, 2025.]

[BOARD COMMENTS]

SO KUDOS MARCUS, JUST KUDOS IN THE YOU KNOW, BUILD ON THOSE KUDOS AS WELL. JUST SO MUCH JUST AS, AS ONE OF THE NEWER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD JUST BEING ABLE TO COME IN HERE EACH TIME AND HEAR SO MANY THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY AND BEING ABLE TO BE OUT IN THE CITY MYSELF AND NOW BE ABLE TO KIND OF MOVE PEOPLE ALONG AND TELL THEM ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, IT'S JUST BEEN GREAT. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING, I WAS EXCITED TO GO TO HABITAT'S FIRST BLOCK PARTY AND MEET THAT CREW AND ENGAGE IN THE SWEAT WITH EVERYBODY OUT THERE, BUT, MAN, THE UNITS WERE REALLY FANTASTIC. I HADN'T BEEN IN ANY OF THE UNITS BEFORE, AND SO YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE WALKING IN. YOU'RE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE IN THESE THINGS. AND IT'S JUST BEAUTIFULLY DONE, GREAT USE OF SPACE, AND IT WAS KIND OF NOSTALGIC TO ME. IT ACTUALLY REMINDED ME OF MY LA APARTMENT. WHEN I WALKED IN, I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THIS FEELS LIKE MY APARTMENT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JUST ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. I KNOW, SHONDA, YOU'RE KIND OF DROPPING IN AND FIGURING IT OUT, AND BUT YOU GOT A GREAT TEAM AROUND YOU, AND SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING OVER THERE AT HABITAT. THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS. I WANT TO ECHO WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER ABOUT SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THIS MONTH. I ALSO WAS ABLE TO ATTEND, CHESTNUT SQUARE. THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT EVENT, IT WAS A LITTLE WARM BUT LOVELY AND, GOOD TIME THERE AND ALSO ATTENDED

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THE MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION EVENT AT OLD SETTLERS. SHOUT OUT TO TRISH JAMES AND HER TEAM. IT WAS A FANTASTIC EVENT, THERE WERE THE MARIACHI DANCERS. THERE WAS THE BAND, THE SELENA TRIBUTE, LOTS OF VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS AND THE DANCERS, THEIR REGALIA AND THE THEATRICS. EVERYTHING TOLD THE STORY. DEPENDING ON WHICH AREA YOU WERE FROM. AND IT WAS IT WAS VERY WELL DONE. SO GLAD TO HAVE ATTENDED THAT. ALSO ATTENDED THE JOB CORPS GRADUATION, 65TH ANNIVERSARY AND GRADUATION 60 YEARS OF CREATING CAREERS. CITY MANAGER PAUL GRIMES WAS THERE. PASTOR CHARLES WHATLEY GAVE THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS. ADA SIMMONS, ROSALYN MILLER, LAURA BRUTON, WHO IS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PERSON, BOBBY BROWN, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR, SITS ON 99 ACRES, IT WAS NICE TO HEAR ONE OF THE TESTIMONIES. SHE IS A COUNSELOR, BUT SHE BEGAN AS A JOB CORPS STUDENT, AND SHE TAUGHT THE STUDENTS AND ENDED UP BEING TRANSFERRED HERE. SO TO SEE HER, SHE WAS HOMELESS IN CHICAGO, ON THE STREETS AND TO WATCH REALLY WHAT WAS A TESTIMONY OF WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE IN HER LIFE WAS REALLY AMAZING TO HEAR. SO LOTS OF GREAT THINGS. HAD SPENT A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME WITH THE STUDENTS. I WENT BACK THE NEXT DAY AND THEY HAD KIND OF A BLOCK PARTY TYPE OF THING FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS, SOME OF THE SUCCESSES YOU HAVE ONE STUDENT WHO WAS GOING INTO THE AIR FORCE, CULINARY SOMEONE WAS HIRED TO GO WORK AT DISNEY, AND THEN THERE'S AN AVIATION SCHOOL IN DENTON, AND THEY HAVE TRANSPORTATION THAT DRIVES THEM BACK AND FORTH. SO I THINK THIS IS A HIDDEN GEM THAT MAYBE WE DON'T TALK A LOT ABOUT. I THINK IN THE PAST, MAYBE IT'S HAD A STIGMA, BUT A LOT OF HOPEFUL INDIVIDUALS, A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITY. IT WAS VERY GLAD TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THAT. MY LAST COMMENT, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, IS OCTOBER. THE FIRST, WHERE WE WILL BE PARTNERING DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY WITH OUR POLICE FORCE. SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO

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BUT I THINK THERE ARE SPOTS ALL OVER THE CITY THAT WILL ENCOURAGE OUR POLICE FORCE. AND AGAIN, SHOUT OUT TO THE STAFF TO ECHO JOY'S COMMENTS ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE CITY. ALL OF THE CITY STAFF, CINDY, LINDA, ALL, EVERYBODY WHO GAVE REPORTS VISIT MCKINNEY, MEDICI. I'M CALLING NAMES, SO I'M GOING TO GET IN A LOT OF TROUBLE. BUT THE WAY THAT YOU PRESENT US, I ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MY SISTER YESTERDAY AND I'M WINDING UP. SHE LIVES SHE LIVES IN ATLANTA AND SO SHE WAS SHARING WITH SOME OF HER FRIENDS THAT SHE WAS GOING TO VISIT HER SISTER, WHO LIVES IN DALLAS. SHE SAYS, ACTUALLY, A SMALLER COMMUNITY, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T KNOW IT IF YOU HEARD IT. THEY SAID, WHO? AND SHE SAID, MCKINNEY. OH, WE KNOW ABOUT MCKINNEY. SO THAT WAS GREAT TO HEAR. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND THE WAY THAT YOU PRESENT US. YOU MAKE US VERY PROUD. THANK SEVERAL EVENTS THIS WEEK OR THIS THIS LAST MONTH.

ALSO WENT TO THE DINOSAUR EVENT WITH JOY AT THE HEARD NATIONAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND THE DINNER OVER AT CHESTNUT SQUARE FARM TO TABLE, WHICH WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT. AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE THING WHEN FOR THAT EVENT. SO SAT ACTUALLY WITH, WITH CINDY AND WITH DAVID, AND ASKED CINDY FOR THE HISTORICAL REFERENCES, YOU KNOW. SO CAN YOU JUST SIT HERE? WE WERE SITTING OUTSIDE AND POINT OUT ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT MQDC HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN, AND SO SHE STARTED POINTING TO THE DIFFERENT ONES AND PROBABLY NAMED 6 OR 7 DIFFERENT ONES. SO THEN THEN I WENT BACK AND LOOKED IT UP AFTERWARDS AND, AND OVER THE YEARS IT'S BEEN OVER 2.2 MILLION OF INVESTMENT BY MQDC INTO THE HERITAGE GUILD AT CHESTNUT SQUARE. VARIETY OF PROJECTS BUILDING RESTORATIONS, SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE OUT THERE AND IT WAS JUST ENJOYABLE TO SIT THERE AND SEE WHAT A NICE FACILITY THAT IS, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH IT. THEY TALKED ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THE FARMERS MARKET. WE HAD TWO OF THE FARMERS THAT WERE ACTUALLY AT OUR TABLE THAT WE GOT TO SPEAK WITH. AND, I ENJOYED SEEING THE IMPACT, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR THOSE 20 YEARS THAT HAVE BEEN, A PART OF MQDC WITH THEM. AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE WHAT WHAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. KUDOS TO WHAT EVERYONE HAS SAID. I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE COLLIN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP CELEBRATION. LINDA AND I REPRESENTED MQDC AND WE WERE SITTING AT THE TABLE WITH ONE OF OUR RECIPIENTS. WELL, A RECIPIENTS BASED ON THE DONATIONS THAT WE GIVE, BUT IT WAS TWO OTHER STUDENTS, ONE OF THEM WAS GOING INTO CULINARY, AND HE WAS A YOUNG MAN IN HIS PASSION WAS AROUND PASTRIES AND TO HEAR HIS PASSION TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU SELLING? HE SAID, CULINARY. OH, TELL ME MORE. AND SO AS HE TALKED ABOUT IT, HIS HIS FAMILY HAS A HIS UNCLE, HE TALKED ABOUT HIS UNCLE HAD A PASTRY SHOP I THINK IN MANSFIELD. SO THAT IS WHAT HE WAS GOING IN. BUT TO HEAR HIS STORY AND TO HEAR HIS PASSION ABOUT HIS, HIS JOURNEY AND HIS FUTURE WAS VERY INSPIRING. MET ANOTHER YOUNG LADY WHO WAS GOING INTO, I THINK ENTREPRENEURSHIP WAS WAS HER FIELD OF STUDY. AND THEN THE RECIPIENT THAT WE WERE SUPPORTING WAS GOING INTO NURSING. AND SO IT JUST AND I KUDOS TO COLLIN COLLEGE BECAUSE THEY WERE AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES AND WE HAD DINNER PROGRAM EVERYTHING HOUR AND 15 MINUTES. SO I TELL ANYBODY LOOK AT THEIR MODEL. IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR MODEL, IT WAS PERFECT. AND IT JUST KIND OF GOT TO THE POINT AND HIGHLIGHTED AND CELEBRATED THE STUDENTS, WHICH I THINK IS ALWAYS MOST IMPORTANT. SO I'M JUST PROUD OF WHAT WE DO AS A BOARD AND HOW WE SUPPORT. AND WE ARE LIFTING UP OUR YOUNG, OUR YOUNG STUDENTS AND OUR STUDENTS IN COLLIN COLLEGE. SO KUDOS TO THAT. AND ALSO AGAIN, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE INTERNATIONAL POSTCARD EXHIBIT AND TO THE NOTES LIVE RECEPTION. AND AGAIN, JUST MAKES ME PROUD.

AND I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR THAT WILL BE COMING ON IN OCTOBER. RJ AND THEN AS OUR NEW BOARD MEMBER AND THEN MARCUS WILL COME BACK AS AN ALTERNATE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU FOR CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING AND LOOKING AT HOW WE REPRESENT OUR DIFFERENT

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[EXECUTIVE SESSION]