Sep 30, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting

[CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING. TODAY IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH YEAR 2024. WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 222 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET IN THE GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. IT IS 618 IN THE EVENING, THIS IS OUR CITY COUNCIL. REGULAR MEETING WILL BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION GIVEN BY ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF CHRIS LOWRY, FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. LET US PRAY. FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE COME BEFORE YOU HUMBLY AND INDEED GRATEFUL FOR THIS DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL CITY THAT TO LIVE AND WORK, AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY AT THIS SPECIAL TIME OF YEAR AS WE FOCUS ON FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY, WE PRAY A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR THE MEMBERS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, BOTH FIRE POLICE, EMS AND DISPATCH. PRAY THAT YOUR PROTECTIVE HAND BE UPON THEM AS THEY WORK DILIGENTLY TO KEEP OUR CITIZENS SAFE. WE ALSO PRAY A SPECIAL PRAYER THIS EVENING FOR OUR CITY LEADERSHIP AND THE JOB THAT THEY DO. AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THEM. AND WE PRAY THAT YOU BLESS THEM AND THAT THE BUSINESS THAT IS CONDUCTED HERE TONIGHT, THAT IT WILL BE DONE IN A WAY THAT ENSURES THIS TO BE A WONDERFUL PLACE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. AND WE PRAY THAT THEY MAKE WISE DECISIONS. FATHER, WE ARE THANKFUL FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU SHOWER UPON US, ESPECIALLY THE HOPE THAT WE HAVE THROUGH CHRIST. AND IT'S THROUGH HIM WE OFFER OUR PRAYER. AMEN.

AMEN PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PUT IT IN HERE.

[Proclamation for National Night Out]

THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME. CITY OF MCKINNEY PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO BUILD A SAFER COMMUNITY IS TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS AND YOUR SURROUNDINGS. AND SINCE THE 1980S, THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROGRAM HAS BROUGHT NEIGHBORHOODS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TOGETHER UNDER POSITIVE CIRCUMSTANCES, SUPPORTING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS A FUN WAY TO INCREASE NEIGHBORHOOD SPIRIT, RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO LEARN ABOUT AND PARTICIPATE IN NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTIES, COOKOUTS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SAFETY DEMONSTRATIONS, EXHIBITS, AND VISITS WITH EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND CITY OFFICIALS DURING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. AND WHEREAS, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS CELEBRATED ANNUALLY ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN OCTOBER. THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, SUPPORTS THE PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM OF POLICE, FIRE, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THEIR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AWARENESS AND COOPERATION. AND WHEREAS IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ALL CITIZENS BE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CRIME AND FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THE IMPACT THEIR INVOLVEMENT CAN HAVE TOWARDS REDUCING CRIME, DRUGS AND VIOLENCE, AND HELPING MCKINNEY, TEXAS REMAIN ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE FULLER, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2024, AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO JOIN PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOWN WATCH IN SUPPORTING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENTS. SO I ALWAYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND MEET WITH DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY SAFETY AND WAYS TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, WAY TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE. SO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS A GREAT TIME TO COME OUT AND FELLOWSHIP AND HAVE FOOD AND ENCOURAGE THAT PARTNERSHIP. CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH WITH THE COMMUNITIES AND CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE COMMUNITIES. SO WE HAVE 25 REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOODS THIS YEAR. AND, PART OF THEM REGISTERING IS THEY COULD RESERVE WHAT'S CALLED A SUPPLY BOX AND IT'S JUST SWAG FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT'S JUST A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR THEM CONTINUING TO KEEP THEIR COMMUNITY SAFE AND ALLOWING US TO BE PART OF IT. SO THAT'S IT. DO YOU HAVE ANY DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THE POLICE FIRE BEERSTEIN CHALLENGE THAT TOOK PLACE SATURDAY NIGHT? I HAVE NO COMMENT. THANK YOU. CAN. WE GET A PICTURE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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[Fire Prevention Week Proclamation]

AND WHEREAS THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION STATES THAT 60% OF HOME FIRE DEATHS OCCUR IN HOMES WITHOUT SMOKE ALARMS, AND WHEREAS US FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND TO OVER 336,000 HOME FIRES EACH YEAR, RESULTING IN NEARLY 3000 DEATHS AND 11,000 INJURIES. AND WHEREAS MODERN HOMES BURN FASTER DUE TO LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS, AND MANY HOUSEHOLD ITEMS PRODUCE TOXIC SMOKE, REDUCING ESCAPE TIME TO AS LITTLE AS 1 TO 2 MINUTES. AND WHEREAS A HOME FIRE ESCAPE PLAN SHOULD INCLUDE TWO EXITS FROM EACH ROOM, SMOKE ALARMS AND REQUIRED LOCATIONS, AND A DESIGNATED MEETING SPOT OUTSIDE AND PRACTICING THIS PLAN TWICE A YEAR PREPARES HOUSEHOLDS FOR EMERGENCIES. AND WHEREAS MCKINNEY'S FIRST RESPONDERS ARE COMMITTED TO FIRE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE FULLER, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 6TH THROUGH 12TH, 2024 AS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, URGING EVERYONE TO HEED THE IMPORTANT MESSAGE OF FIRE PREVENTION WEEK AND TO SUPPORT THE MANY PUBLIC SAFETY ACTIVITIES AND EFFORTS OF THE MCKINNEY FIRE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. I THINK SHE MENTIONED FIRE SAFETY. YES AND WE'LL JUST MENTION THAT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5TH. COME JOIN US AT THE JOHN AND JUDY GAY LIBRARY. WE'LL BE THERE FROM 10 TO 12. IT'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TOUCH THE TRUCK, TO GET UP, TO SPRAY WATER FROM THE FIRE HOSES ON SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT, AND WE MIGHT SHOW SOME OF THE KIDS HOW TO HOLD THE SIGN FOR EVEN LONGER, WE'RE NOT SURE HOW THE DAY WILL GO, BUT TEACH THEM ABOUT FIRE SAFETY. SO CLASSIC. I STARTED THAT FOR THE RAMPING IT UP. ALL RIGHT. ITEM

[Presentation on McKinney Public Protection Classification (PPC) Class 1]

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AND AGAIN YOU SCORED 100 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 100 ON YOUR 911 DISPATCH AND YOU HAD 39.88 ON YOUR WATER SUPPLY ON THIS SURVEY, GIVING THE CITY A TOTAL OF 91.60 POINTS IN THIS SURVEY.

THERE'S A LITTLE OVER 500 CLASS ONE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THIS GREAT COUNTRY. THERE'S 102 OF THEM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THIS GOES TO SHOW THAT TEXAS CARES ABOUT THE FIRE SERVICE AND PROTECTING THEIR COMMUNITIES FROM THE VULNERABILITY OF FIRE. AND OTHER RISKS. TEXAS IS THE ONLY STATE WHERE THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL HAS DIRECT OVERSIGHT AND APPROVAL FOR YOUR ISO AND YOUR PPC SCORES. NO OTHER STATE HAS THAT AVAILABILITY BEFORE YOUR SCORE IS PUBLISHED, ALL THAT STUFF COMES TO OUR OFFICE. WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT. AND THEN IT GOES TO ISO FOR PUBLISHING ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER KASEY BROWN WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE. STATE FIRE MARSHAL DEBORAH KNIGHT AND MYSELF, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY FOR MAINTAINING THEIR CLASS ONE RATING. THE SUPPORT THE CITY PROVIDES, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE WATER DEPARTMENT 911 COMMUNICATIONS CAN BE SEEN BY THE SCORE THE CITY RECEIVED.

BETTER YET, THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY SHOULD BE EXCITED TO KNOW THAT THE CITY PROVIDES THE SUPPORT TO THESE DEPARTMENTS TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL. ON BEHALF OF CHIEF KNIGHT AND MYSELF, AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION, WE PRESENT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY WITH THIS AWARD OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR MAINTAINING YOUR CLASS ONE ISO RATING. CITY THANK YOU SIR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. REALLY PROUD TO RECEIVE THIS FROM THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE. BUT IT COMES FROM THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM THIS COUNCIL AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ASSETS, THE RESOURCES, THE STAFFING, SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT ISO ONE. SO THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS FOR SUPPORTING US. THANK YOU CHIEF. WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO A PHOTOGRAPH WITH YOU DOWN HERE. PERFECT THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. OH THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I KNOW YOU'RE. ONE. TWO. THREE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ■GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT. NOW YOU GOT IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA OR NON AGENDA ITEMS. SO WE WILL MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR

[CONSENT AGENDA]

[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from "AG" - Agricultural District to "I1" - Light Industrial District, Located on the South Side of Old Mill Road and Approximately 720 Feet West of County Road 317, and Accompanying Ordinance]

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[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Petition to Annex (Case No. 24-0002A) and a Request to Zone (Case No. 24-0054Z) the Subject Property to “R6” - Residential District, Located at 5082 County Road 1205, and Accompanying Ordinance(s)]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED MOTION PASSES. ITEM 242028. CONSIDER AN ACT ON A RESOLUTION

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Nominating Member(s) to the Collin Central Appraisal District Board of Directors]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR FULLER AND COUNCIL. AS WE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT THIS AFTERNOON AT THE WORK SESSION, TONIGHT'S ACTION IS TO NOMINATE A POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR THE ELECTION OF THE KCAD. THIS IS JUST A STEP PART. THE FIRST STEP TO PLACE NAMES ON THAT BALLOT. AND THE FINAL BALLOT WILL COME BACK TO YOU IN NOVEMBER. ANY QUESTIONS FOR EMPRESS? ANY NAMES, MISTER MAYOR? I BELIEVE BRIAN AND I HAVE SERVED ON THAT CURRENTLY, AND I BELIEVE BRIAN HAS STEPPED AWAY FROM SOME OF HIS OTHER OBLIGATIONS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM CONTINUE. BRIAN WAS THE VERY FIRST REPRESENTATIVE THAT WE'VE HAD ON THAT BOARD. SINCE I CAN RECALL FROM THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. THAT WOULD BE MY NOMINATION. HE ALSO CHAIRS THE BOARD RIGHT NOW. HE GOT VOTED

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[CITIZEN COMMENTS on Matters not on the Agenda]

JORDAN EASTER RYAN PHELAN, JOY STONE, JACKIE BRUNELL, GRAHAM MYERS, GREGORY HEARNS, ANDREW JONES, YOU KNOW THAT THEM AS YOUR WONDERFUL MAIN STREET STAFF. I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING TEAM, THE VISITOR CENTER, VOLUNTEER MCKINNEY AND THEIR WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS, AND ESPECIALLY ALL OF THE SETUP AND TEARDOWN GUYS, OBVIOUSLY HERE TO TALK ABOUT OKTOBERFEST, UNTIL I WAS ON THE MAIN STREET BOARD, I DIDN'T. YOU KNOW HOW HARD OF A JOB THAT IS TO SET UP AN EVENT LIKE THIS, BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ALL OF IT. AND NOW I WAS IN I'M IN THE DEPTHS OF IT NOW TO HELP OUT. AND JUST THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT IT TAKES IS CRAZY. SO I'M GOING TO READ WHAT I HAVE TO WRITE ABOUT. THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND MANPOWER THAT IT TAKES TO PUT ON AN EVENT THE SIZE OF OKTOBERFEST, OR ANY ONE OF OUR DOWNTOWN MAIN STREET MAIN STREET EVENTS IS SIMPLY COLOSSAL. SUNDAY IS MY DAY TO MEANDER AROUND DOWNTOWN, GO TO THE BOOTHS, EAT MY WAY THROUGH THE SQUARE. ALONG THE WAY, I TRY TO SPEAK WITH AS MANY VENDORS AS I CAN TO WELCOME THEM AND CHECK IN TO GET FEEDBACK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE. WHAT I HEARD YESTERDAY, OVERWHELMINGLY, WAS PRAISE, AND NOT JUST FOR THE WEATHER. SOME OF THE COMMENTS I HEARD. MCKINNEY IS THE MOST ORGANIZED. WE HAVE THE SMOOTHEST LOAD IN OUR PROCESS AND ORGANIZATION ARE TOP NOTCH AND MANY, MANY TIMES MCKINNEY OKTOBERFEST IS OUR FAVORITE EVENT TO ATTEND AND TO BE A PART OF. THAT SPOKE VOLUMES TO ME ABOUT THE TEAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, AND I JUST WANT TO SEND A SHOUT OUT OF APPRECIATION TO EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE AND VOLUNTEER WHO MADE OKTOBERFEST HAPPEN. WHAT A PHENOMENAL WEEKEND IT WAS. THEY DESERVE A SINCERE THANK YOU. A RAISE DESERVED TIME OFF, AND IF NOTHING ELSE, A FREE LUNCH. WHAT THEY DO IS JUST MIND BOGGLING. ALL TO SPOTLIGHT OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY OF MCKINNEY. THERE'S A REASON OUR MAIN STREET IS A SHINING STAR OF TEXAS AND THEY ARE IT. I JUST REALLY, I, I WAS SO PROUD. I WAS THERE ALL DAY. I WAS THERE AT 645 IN THE MORNING UNTIL TWO FRIDAY. I WAS THERE AT 10 TO 1230 ON SATURDAY AND 1130 UNTIL FIVE ON SUNDAY. SOME OF IT WAS WORKING, SOME OF IT WASN'T, BUT JUST TO LOOK AROUND AND KNOW HOW MUCH TIME IT TAKES TO DO EVEN THE SMALLEST OF LITTLE THINGS THAT NOBODY ELSE THINKS ABOUT. BUT WE DO. AND TO KNOW THAT OUR TEAM DOES IT SO WELL JUST MADE ME REALLY PROUD. AND I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A PUBLIC MOMENT TO APPRECIATE THEM. AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL TOO. AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT YOU, YOU YOU COME IN WITH A CARD RIGHT AT THE RIGHT TIME AND YOU FINISH YOUR LAST WORD AT THE BUZZER. THIS IS TOO, TOO GOOD. KIM, THANK YOU FOR NUMBER ONE. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME AS YOU DID THIS WEEK. AND I SAW YOU OUT THERE YESTERDAY. WELL, YOU DIDN'T SAY HI. ACTUALLY, YOU WERE TALKING TO SOMEBODY, AND I STOOD THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN THE FUNNEL CAKE CALLED ME, AND I HAD TO GO GET IT, BUT.

AND I CAME BACK HERE. YOU HAD MOVED ON TO THE NEXT PERSON, BUT, YOU NUMBER ONE, TAKING THE TIME TO DO ALL THAT, TAKING THE TIME TO COME HERE AND REALLY HIGHLIGHTING THE STAFF ALL BY NAME AS YOU DID, AND ACKNOWLEDGING THEM. THAT'S THAT'S WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND THAT'S THAT'S GREAT. THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOU, AND OF COURSE, I KNOW AS A LIAISON TO THAT BOARD AND BEING THERE EVERY, EVERY MEETING, HOW YOU ARE AN ASSET TO THE BOARD. THANK YOU. AND YOU REALLY ARE. AND YOU COME WITH A PERSPECTIVE OF, OF COURSE, DOWNTOWN. AND YOU TAKE GREAT, GREAT PRIDE. AND YOU, YOU HAVE A FIERCE YOU ARE A FIERCE MAMA BEAR PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF DOWNTOWN AND THEN ALSO JUST A FIERCE WORKER IN WANTING TO SEE THESE EVENTS SO SUCCESSFUL. AND

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[COUNCIL AND MANAGER COMMENTS]

THEY ACTUALLY APPROACHED ME AND SAID, WE WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN MCKINNEY. WE WANT TO COME AND GET INGRAINED IN THE COMMUNITY AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY? HOW CAN WE HELP? THESE ARE MY FAVORITE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO COME UP AND TALK TO ME. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, WE GET APPROACHED ABOUT ISSUES AND WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE ISSUES. WE WANT TO TRY TO HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEMS. BUT IT'S SO GREAT TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO SAY, WE WANT TO COME IN ALONG WITH YOU AND HELP TO SOLVE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS IN

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WHAT? AND I HIT IT LIKE A GIRL, YOU KNOW? SO WE GOT IT. WE GOT NICE TAP ON THAT. I DID NOT HIT IT SIDEWAYS. WE DIDN'T SPRAY YOU KNOW, SPRAY BEER ON EVERYBODY. THANK GOODNESS, BUT WANTED TO AGAIN, JUST REITERATE WHAT KIM SAID ABOUT THE WE HAVE AN AMAZING STAFF. THEY PUT A LOT OF WORK AND TIME INTO THIS. IT'S VERY STRESSFUL. THERE ARE LAST MINUTE THINGS THAT REALLY CAN, YOU KNOW, CAUSE A LOT OF STRESS FOR THEM, BUT THEY HANDLE IT SO WELL. IT WAS WELL ATTENDED. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. EVERYONE WAS HAPPY. JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE ONCE AGAIN FOR PUTTING ON ANOTHER GREAT FESTIVAL FOR US, JUST A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. GOT A CHANCE TO GO TO COURT OVER IN ALLEN. THEY HOSTED AN EVENT FOR NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY, AND WE HAD SOME OF MCKINNEY'S NONPROFITS THAT WERE FEATURED THERE. SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY, GO GOOGLE IT. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DONATE TO A NUMBER OF THE NONPROFITS IN THE ORGANIZATIONS THEY TAKE MONEY ALL YEAR. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY. SO IF YOU MISSED IT, PLEASE GO LOOK AT THE LIST AND FIND A GROUP THAT YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT. AND PLEASE CONTRIBUTE BECAUSE WE HAVE A TON OF GREAT NONPROFITS IN THE AREA. AND THEN LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM WITH T.D. JAKES ENTERPRISES AND SPECIFICALLY THE GOOD SOIL GROUP, WHO IS, JUST THIS PAST YEAR, STARTED AN INITIATIVE TO EDUCATE AND EQUIP OUR BUSINESS OWNERS HERE IN THE NORTH TEXAS REGION. THEY DO THINGS LIKE HELP TO, YOU KNOW, FIND INVESTMENT SEED MONEY FOR A LOT OF START UPS AND TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SCALE THEIR BUSINESS. BUT THERE WAS A WOMEN'S CONFERENCE IN IN ARLINGTON, AND I WAS INVITED BY THE GOOD SOIL GROUP TO GO OUT THERE, GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE WONDERFUL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN MCKINNEY AND REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THEM COME IN. AND YOU KNOW, BE A PART OF THAT HERE IN THE FUTURE. SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE THEM A PUBLIC THANK YOU FOR THAT. MR. MAYOR, I HAVE SOME LATE BREAKING NEWS AND I WANTED TO VERIFY THIS BEFORE I MADE A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. WE HAVE A YOUNG RUNNING BACK NAMED GREG ARD, WHO IS NUMBER FIVE FOR MCKINNEY NORTH, AND HE IS RUSHING FOR 204 YARDS PER GAME. WOW. IT'S OFF THE CHARTS. WOW NICE. WELL, NO. OKAY, WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS, KIM BLACK KIND OF STOLE MY THUNDER, BUT I WANT TO THANK KIM BLACK FOR COMING HERE AND SHARING. NOTHING MAKES SOMEBODY IN MY POSITION MORE PROUD THAN TO SEE SOMEBODY FROM THE RESIDENCE OR FROM OUR CUSTOMERS, OUR COMMUNITY, OR EITHER BUSINESSES OR RESIDENTS COME IN AND PRAISE OUR STAFF FOR THE GREAT JOB. SO THANK YOU. IT MEANS A HUNDRED TIMES MORE PERHAPS THAN WHAT I COULD SAY, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IT ANYWAY. I DO WANT TO THANK OUR TEAM, OUR POLICE AND FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOLKS WERE IN FULL FORCE. BUT THEY'RE NOT JUST THERE IN FULL FORCE. THEY'RE THERE. THEY'RE APPROACHABLE. THE PEOPLE CAN GO TALK TO THEM. AND THAT MAKES A BIG, BIG DIFFERENCE. WHEN THE RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY CAN ACTUALLY APPROACH THEIR SWORN POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. OUR CREWS, THE MAINTENANCE CREWS WHO STAND THERE OR THEY'RE IN THEIR GOLF CARTS SITTING ON STANDBY DURING THE WHOLE EVENT, WAITING TO SPRING INTO ACTION. AND IT REALLY IS A GREAT THING TO SEE.

WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT. AND OF COURSE, ANDREW JONES AND HIS TEAM IS JUST OUTSTANDING.

THEY'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB. ANDREW IS SO LOW KEY, BUT HE HE AND HIS TEAM REALLY ARE. THEY THINK OF ABOUT EVERYTHING. THEY'RE YOU KNOW NOTHING'S PERFECT. BUT BOY THEY THEY SURE DO PUT AN AWFUL LOT OF THOUGHT INTO IT. AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE TO THEM FOR THAT.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR TEAM FOR MAKING ANOTHER GREAT OKTOBERFEST. MOTHER NATURE HELPED US TOO BECAUSE IT WAS FANTASTIC WEATHER, WHICH CERTAINLY HELPED WITH THE NUMBERS, I THINK. WE ALSO AGAIN WAS MENTIONED ABOUT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TOMORROW. IT'S A IT'S AN ANNUAL THING IN TEXAS. WE DO IT IN OCTOBER. THE REST OF THE COUNTRY TYPICALLY DOES IT IN AUGUST, BUT IT'S AWFULLY HOT IN AUGUST. WE USED TO DO IT IN AUGUST AND IT WAS HOT, SO WE'RE WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. IT'S A GREAT ANNUAL EVENT. IT'S UNIQUE IN MCKINNEY BECAUSE THEY REALLY DO CREATE A SET OF NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTIES. AND THE MORE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE, THE BETTER. AND IT REALLY IS KIND OF A FUN WAY TO DO IT. OFTENTIMES, NATIONAL NIGHT OUTS ARE HELD AT A AT A GENERAL LOCATION, A CENTRAL LOCATION. IT'S A LOT LIKE A TOUCH-A-TRUCK EVENT, BUT THIS ONE IS WE GO OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS WELCOME OUR POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS. AND AGAIN, IT REALLY IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES MCKINNEY UNIQUE AND BUILD NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS. SO WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE, SIR. OH I'M SORRY. ONE MORE. ONE OTHER THING. THIS LAST WEEK WAS THE

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