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LET'S GO. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. TODAY IS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, 2025. IT IS 4:02 P.M. AND WE ARE AT COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 222 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET, HERE IN THE GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS, BUT WE'VE NOT HAD ANYONE WHO HAS SIGNED WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY. SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. IS THERE ANYONE ON COUNCIL WHO WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS ANYTHING ON THE REGULAR AGENDA WHILE STAFF IS HERE? SEEING NONE? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO WORK.
[Update Regarding Cellular Towers in Southwest McKinney]
SESSION ITEM NUMBER 252407 UPDATE REGARDING CELLULAR TOWERS AND SOUTHWEST MCKINNEY. THANK YOU MA'AM. MICHAEL QUINT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES I HAVE A BRIEF UPDATE. WHAT? I HAVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON CELL SERVICE CELL TOWERS IN SOUTHWEST MCKINNEY. A COUPLE OF THINGS I'M SURE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD. I KNOW WE'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. MAYBE THE CELL COVERAGE DOWN THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY THE GREATEST. SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE. TALK THROUGH WHAT'S CHANGED, WHAT'S COMING, WHAT FOLKS CAN EXPECT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO BEFORE I JUMP INTO THAT, I DO WANT TO MAKE ONE KIND OF CLARIFYING COMMENT. SO THE HEADING ON THIS ITEM SAYS CELL TOWERS. YOU SEE IN THE PRESENTATION ABOVE IT SAYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS STRUCTURES. I'M GOING TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN THE TWO. THEY'RE ONE AND THE SAME. A CELL TOWER IS A TELECOMMUNICATION STRUCTURE.TELECOMMUNICATION STRUCTURE IS JUST THE TECHNICAL TERM THAT'S IN OUR CODE. SO IF YOU HEAR ME SAY BOTH TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING. SO SOUTHWEST MCKINNEY, WHERE IS THAT SPECIFICALLY. SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ABOUT THE 4000 ACRES GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF CUSTER, SOUTH OF SILVERADO, SOUTH OF MCKINNEY RANCH, AND NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 121. SO ABOUT 38,000 PEOPLE CALL THAT AREA OF MCKINNEY HOME RIGHT NOW. SO RIGHT NOW THERE ARE ONLY THREE REGISTERED CELL TOWERS IN THAT VICINITY, AND TWO OF THEM ARE ALMOST RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER. SO NOT PROVIDING A LOT OF WIDE RANGING CELL COVERAGE THERE. BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO KIND OF WHY THOSE CELL TOWERS MATTER, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. CELL COVERAGE IS NOT A CITY SERVICE. SO A LOT OF FOLKS WILL CALL YOU GUYS. THEY'LL CALL US AND SAY, HEY, THE CELL SERVICE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OR IN MY AREA OF MCKINNEY IS TERRIBLE. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING ABOUT IT? IT IS A PRIVATE UTILITY, MUCH LIKE YOUR HOMES. GAS, ELECTRIC, TELEPHONE.
NOT SOMETHING NECESSARILY THAT WE PROVIDE OR HAVE A LOT OF SAY IN. THE OTHER THING, THE NUMBER AND SITING OR TIMING OF WHERE THESE THINGS POP UP, NOT MUCH TO DO WITH US. NOW. WE DO HAVE A SMALL PIECE IN THAT, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT IT HERE IN A FEW SECONDS. BUT MOST OF THAT IS DICTATED BY THE CELL COMPANIES. THEY'LL DO PROPAGATION MAPS, THEY'LL SEE GAPS IN THEIR COVERAGE. THEY'LL PARTNER TOGETHER WITH A CELL TOWER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. THEY'LL GET THE TOWER PUT UP, THEY'LL PUT THEIR ANTENNAS ON AND BOOM, THERE YOU GO. YOU GOT INCREASED COVERAGE. SO DON'T HAVE THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE A LARGE ROLE IN THAT PROCESS EITHER. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY I THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT I'LL SAY IT ANYWAY. JUST BECAUSE YOU SEE A CELL TOWER DOESN'T MEAN YOUR CELL COVERAGE WILL IMPROVE. IF YOUR CELLULAR PHONE PROVIDER DOESN'T PUT THEIR ANTENNAS ON THAT TOWER, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE IMPROVED COVERAGE. FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE AT&T. IF I'M IN AN AREA THAT DOESN'T HAVE AT&T ANTENNAS ON A CELL TOWER, I'M NOT GOING TO SEE IMPROVED SERVICE. VERIZON, T-MOBILE, SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT, BUT I WON'T. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR. SO WHAT'S CHANGED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND WHAT'S CHANGING GOING FORWARD? SO I THINK THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE NEED TO MENTION IS THE ADOPTION OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IN NOVEMBER OF 22. THAT BASICALLY MADE IT WAY EASIER TO GET CELL TOWERS PUT UP IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. SO PRIOR TO THAT POINT, ALMOST EVERY CELL TOWER THAT YOU SAW ERECTED IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY REQUIRED SOME SPECIAL APPROVAL, A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT CONSIDERATION BY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND ULTIMATELY ACTION BY THIS BOARD. HOWEVER, IN NOVEMBER OF 22, WITH THE COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF THAT UDC, WHAT WE DID WAS WE MADE CERTAIN CELL TOWERS ALLOWABLE EVERYWHERE. FOR EXAMPLE, LOW RISE TELECOMMUNICATION STRUCTURES, BASICALLY 40FT AND LESS ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT. NO SPECIAL APPROVAL IN EVERY ZONING DISTRICT IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, HIGH RISE TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS, THOSE TOWERS THAT ARE TALLER THAN 40FT DO STILL REQUIRE THAT SPECIAL APPROVAL, THAT SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPROVAL THAT DOES REQUIRE CONSIDERATION BY PLANNING AND ZONING, AND THEN ULTIMATE CONSIDERATION BY THIS BOARD. BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE
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THIS QUIRKY THING CALLED STEALTH TOWERS. AND STEALTH TOWERS COULD BE A NUMBER OF THINGS. THEY COULD BE ANTENNAS THAT ARE MOUNTED INSIDE A BUILDING THAT YOU CAN'T SEE THEM. THOSE ARE STEALTH AND ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN EVERY ZONING DISTRICTS. LET'S SAY ANOTHER EXAMPLE MIGHT BE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT ONE OF THEM BEFORE OR LATER, IS A CELL TOWER THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A CELL TOWER OR SOME OTHER CONFIGURATION THAT YOU CAN'T SEE THE ANTENNAS. IT DOESN'T JUST IMMEDIATELY SAY, OH, THAT'S A CELL TOWER. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE SAY STEALTH TOWERS. AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN EVERY ZONING DISTRICT IN THE CITY. AND THIS IS A NEW CHANGE THAT WAS JUST ADOPTED IN NOVEMBER 22ND, BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE SOME AREAS OF THE CITY THAT COULD STAND TO HAVE BETTER COVERAGE. AND SINCE THAT ADOPTION, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THREE NEW CELL TOWERS THAT I WANT TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT TONIGHT IN SOUTHWEST MCKINNEY SPECIFICALLY. SO THE AREA THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE, EAST OF CUSTER, SOUTH OF SILVERADO, SOUTH OF MCKINNEY RANCH AND NORTH OF SAM RAYBURN TOLLWAY, SHOWN OUTLINED IN RED. THE TWO TOWERS THAT I MENTIONED THAT WERE ALREADY EXISTING VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. YOU CAN SEE THEM NORTH OF STACY ROAD, JUST EAST OF ALMA. IF YOU DRIVE BY AND DRIVE BY THAT AREA, YOU'VE SEEN THEM BEFORE. AND THERE'S ALSO AN EXISTING CELL TOWER DOWN THERE BY A UTILITY SUBSTATION OR AN ELECTRIC SUBSTATION JUST SOUTH OF COLLIN MCKINNEY PARKWAY. THE THREE TOWERS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THERE'S ONE ON COLLIN MCKINNEY PARKWAY. THERE'S ONE OVER BY THE STAR CENTER, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, OUR ELEVATED STORAGE TANK THAT WE'RE BUILDING ON STACY ROAD. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THREE THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. SO FIRST OFF STACY ROAD ELEVATED STORAGE TANK, BIG 200 PLUS TALL STRUCTURE. WE WILL HAVE CO-LOCATION OPPORTUNITIES UP TO ABOUT 140FT IN HEIGHT. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WILL BE OPEN FOR CO-LOCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FIRST PART OF 2026. THE NEXT ONE I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO IS THE TPC CRAIG RANCH CELL TOWER. SO IT'S A IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 200 OR 115FT TALL. CO-LOCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR FIVE CARRIERS. AND WE ESTIMATE THAT THAT TOWER WILL BE UP AND OPERATIONAL IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR. NOW, AGAIN, I WANT TO STRESS, JUST BECAUSE YOU SEE THE TOWER DOESN'T MEAN ANTENNAS HAVE BEEN MOUNTED TO IT. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE INSTANT CELL COVERAGE IMPROVEMENTS. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO AND INSTALL THEIR EQUIPMENT, ONE ON THE TOWER AND THEN AT THE BASE OF THE TOWER THUS FAR ON THE TPC CRAIG RANCH, THE ONLY EQUIPMENT THAT WE'VE SEEN A PERMIT FOR IS AT&T. SO NO VERIZON, NO T-MOBILE, NOT YET AT LEAST. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE CRAIG RANCH, THE STAR CENTER. SO THAT ONE IS ACTUALLY UNDER REVIEW BY STAFF RIGHT NOW. WE ANTICIPATE THAT IT WILL BE IN FRONT OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT LATER THIS MONTH, AND THE FIRST PART OR THE FIRST MEETING IN MARCH SHOULD BE IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN THAT CASE, OR THAT SPECIFIC TOWER WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THREE CO-LOCATIONS, AND WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHEN IT'LL GO TO CONSTRUCTION, BUT AGAIN, WILL BE IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL FIRST MEETING IN MARCH. WE'RE HEARING AUGUST. IT WILL GO TO CONSTRUCTION LIVE BY AUGUST. SO LIVE IN AUGUST. BUT STILL THE COMING TO US FOR AN SP NEXT MONTH? YES, SIR. OKAY. WHY IS THIS ONE REQUIRING AN SP HEIGHT? OKAY. YES, MA'AM. IT'S OVER.IT'S ONE NOT STEALTH AND TWO OVER THAT 40 FOOT THRESHOLD. SO IT REQUIRES AN SP. THE ONE MENTION OR I MENTIONED ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE STEALTH TOWER. THAT IS THE TPC CRAIG RANCH TOWER. IT'S KIND OF A TRIANGULAR SHAPE. YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT ON THE DIAGRAM. IT LOOKS FLAT, BUT IT'S KIND OF A MONOLITH STRUCTURE. IT ALMOST. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE IT, BUT IT'S A TRIANGULAR STRUCTURE. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A CELL TOWER, LIKE AN OBELISK OBELISK.
ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. MORE LIKE AN OBELISK. SO WOULD THE WOULD THE AT&T EQUIPMENT BE VISIBLE TO PEOPLE LOOKING AT IT, OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE INTERNAL SOMEHOW AND IT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE A CELL TOWER? YEAH. SO THE AT&T EQUIPMENT WILL BE INTERNAL TO THE OBELISK STRUCTURE. YOU WON'T SEE IT. BUT IF YOU DRIVE UP ON THE BASE, YOU'LL SEE CABINETS ON THE GROUND SURROUNDED BY A LITTLE SCREENING DEVICE. YOU WON'T KNOW THAT IT'S AT&T OR VERIZON. IT'LL JUST LOOK LIKE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT SITTING ON THE GROUND. BUT JUST LOOKING AT THE TOWER, YOU WON'T KNOW WHO WHICH CARRIER IS IN THAT TOWER OR NOT. AND YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IF THERE'S ZERO CARRIERS OR 4 OR 5, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S ALL JUST THE OBELISK THAT YOU'RE SEEING. AND SO YOU'D HAVE TO DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE ON THE GROUND TO SEE WHAT'S THERE. OR THEORETICALLY, ME EMAIL YOU OR SOMETHING, OR YOU COULD CONTACT YOUR PROVIDER TO SAY, HEY, THERE'S A NEW CELL
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TOWER GOING UP. ARE YOU GUYS ANTICIPATING CO-LOCATING ON THAT SITE? OKAY, FROM WHAT I'M GETTING FROM YOU, THOUGH, IT SEEMS REASONABLE TO EXPECT, ALBEIT IT'S NOT GUARANTEED, THAT AT&T COVERAGE WILL IMPROVE AROUND THE CRAIG RANCH AREA IN APRIL WHEN THIS GOES LIVE, THEN THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL. YES, SIR. AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE FOR YOU. I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND I'LL, I GUESS A QUESTION THAT STRIKES ME AS ODD IS THAT DEMOGRAPHICALLY, THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A AREA THAT HAS HIGH DEMAND FOR CELL SERVICE. I DON'T LIVE IN THE AREA. THIS IS MY DISTRICT, BUT I LIVE, YOU KNOW, MORE TOWARDS 75 AND. HARDIN AREA. WHY HAS THIS BEEN SO DIFFICULT? HAS IT BEEN THE DENSITY IN THE FAST GROWING NESS, OR HAS THERE BEEN JUST BAD LUCK OR MISCOMMUNICATION OR SOMETHING? I COULD GIVE YOU AN ANSWER, BUT IT WOULD BE PURE CONJECTURE ON MY PART. OKAY, I WILL GIVE YOU JUST I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE CAUGHT FROM THIS PRESENTATION. THIS IS T-MOBILE'S COVERAGE MAP. YOU NOTICE IT SHOWS IN THAT AREA FULL COVERAGE. AND I'LL GO BACK. RIGHT. THAT'S AT&T COVERAGE MAP AND IT SHOWS FULL COVERAGE. SO AGAIN, I'LL DEFER TO THE CARRIERS. BUT I COULD LINE UP SOME WITNESSES FOR THE PROSECUTION. I HAVE ONE SOMEWHAT ANECDOTAL BUT VERY MUCH RESPONSIVE STORY. WE WORKED ON A SITE OWNED BY THE MEDICI. THEIR PARKING DECK. YEAH, WHICH IS IN THIS REGION. AND WE HAD A COMPANY THAT WAS GOING TO BUILD NODES ON THE TOP OF THAT DECK, AND THAT COMPANY DID NOT FOLLOW THROUGH WITH ITS OBLIGATIONS. SO THAT DEAL WOULD HAVE HAPPENED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON WHY THIS AREA IS STILL A LITTLE BIT. SO WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT PARKING DECK, YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT ONE NEAR TPC, NOT THE PARKING DECK AT THE KAIZEN BUILDING. THAT IS THE ONE THAT IS THE ONE. OKAY, SO WE HAD A PROJECT AND IT WAS FUNDED AND THE COMPANY DID NOT FOLLOW THROUGH. I WON'T MENTION NAMES, DOESN'T MATTER, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE'RE NOT OKAY SERVED. SO THEN I STARTED WORKING ON THE CITY SITE NEXT TO THE STAR CENTER, AND THAT OBVIOUSLY TOOK SOME WORK. AND NOW IT'S READY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CITY SITE. THEN WE TALKED ABOUT MIKE. YOU TALKED ABOUT MICHAEL. YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW IT'S NOT THE CITY'S LANE.THIS IS A PRIVATE THING, IS WHAT IS THE MATH ON THE CITY SITE? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OWNS THE STRUCTURE AND COMPANIES ARE GOING TO LEASE AND PAY US, OR DID WE CONTRACT OUR LAND TO A PRIVATE DEVELOPER THERE? WE HAVE A GROUND LEASE WITH THE COMPANY, SO WE'LL BE RECEIVING MONTHLY PAYMENTS FOR THAT. THAT SITE WE ARE OBVIOUSLY, SINCE WE OWN THE PROPERTY, WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE LATITUDE WITH THE SCREENING AND ALL THE LOCATION. IT'S GOING TO BE BACK TOWARDS THE CREEK THERE.
AND SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, MAKING IT AS OUT OF SITE AS WE CAN, BUT AS EFFECTIVE AS WE CAN. THANK YOU. THIS IS GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU MICHAEL. MICHAEL, YOU KIND OF COMPARED THIS TO THE OTHER PRIVATE UTILITIES. AND I MEAN, I GUESS THE ONE THAT I THINK OF THAT WASN'T ON YOUR LIST WAS THE INTERNET ACCESS AND BROADBAND. AND WE WERE FAIRLY PROACTIVE AND AGGRESSIVE ON TRYING TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY HAD ACCESS TO FIBER. AND WE IT SEEMS LIKE WE KIND OF JUMPSTARTED THE MARKET IN THAT. BUT WE TRIED TO ENSURE THAT EVEN THOUGH IT IS A PRIVATE UTILITY, EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS BECAUSE IT IS NECESSARY. AND TO ME, THIS SEEMS LIKE THE SAME TYPE OF THING WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GAPS IN SERVICE, EVEN THOUGH THEIR MAPS ARE SAYING THEY'RE NOT. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T MAKE PHONE CALLS INSIDE OF HOMES, WHICH MEANS IN TODAY'S WORLD, THEY PROBABLY CAN'T CALL EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE PHONE LINES. YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN HOOK UP A PHONE LINE ANYMORE. AND SO FROM THE STANDPOINT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF GET IN FRONT OF, I GET THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER PRIVATE DEVELOPERS, BUT ALL THOSE OTHER PRIVATE DEVELOPERS HAVE EASEMENT RIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE. AND WE KIND OF STIMULATED THAT A LITTLE BIT. THIS ONE DOES STILL HAVE BARRIERS. IS THERE WAYS THAT WE CAN COME AROUND IT LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, SITE THAT WE DID, YOU KNOW FINDING WAYS TO ENSURE THAT AT LEAST FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE BARRIERS THAT EXIST, WE TRY TO CLEAR THOSE AND THEN IT BECOMES AN ISSUE OF THEY'RE JUST NOT PUTTING UP, YOU KNOW, MARKERS LIKE HOW WE HOW WE DETERMINE WHERE WATER TOWERS ARE, HOW WE DETERMINE WHERE FIRE STATIONS ARE, THAT WHERE THEY'RE SPREAD OUT IN A WAY THAT WE'VE GOT KIND OF THIS ABILITY. AND I MEAN, HECK, WE'RE BUILDING EVERY ROUNDABOUT IN NORTH MCKINNEY. WE SHOULD PUT AN OBELISK IN THE
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MIDDLE OF EVERY ONE OF THEM, AND IT JUST MAKE IT OUR THING. NO. FOR GARY GRAHAM OBELISK IN EVERY ROUNDABOUTS. YEAH. I MEAN, JUST MAKE IT LOOK LIKE MAKE IT MCKINNEY. AND BECAUSE BECAUSE I MEAN THE GAPS IN SERVICE ARE I MEAN I GET THE MAPS, BUT IT'S NOT THE LIVED EXPERIENCE AND UNDERSTOOD. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THE BROADBAND CONVERSATION EARLIER. SO I'M KIND OF OUT OF POCKET ON THAT ONE. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, I THINK MR. HAUSER ALLUDED TO A SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET OFF THE GROUND EARLIER TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT IS THE PRIMARY WAY THAT WE WOULD DO THIS. IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC AREA AND THERE'S A CONCERN, WE COULD DO AN RFQ, OR WE COULD REACH OUT TO SOMEBODY AND TRY AND DO A PARTNERSHIP, BUT TO JUST GO TO A CELL COVER OR A CELL TOWER OR A CELLULAR PHONE PROVIDER AND SAY THAT THEY'VE GOT GAPS IN COVERAGE IN THIS AREA, YOU SHOULD COME OVER HERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW SUCCESSFUL WE'D BE. AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO ADD. WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO WEIGH IN A LITTLE BIT. I, WE WHEREVER WE CAN FOSTER, FACILITATE, EXPEDITE SERVICE IN AN AREA THAT IS A KNOWN GAP. AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THAT. WITH CITY LAND. WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO LOOK AT THAT LIKE LIKE THE ONE BY THE ICE ARENA. THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY AN AREA WHERE IT HAS CHRONICALLY BEEN A PROBLEM FOR COVERAGE. AND WE COULD BE WE COULD OFFER A SOLUTION, ALBEIT, YOU KNOW IT, IT'S NOT CITYWIDE. NOW, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO ADOPT A POLICY AND DIRECT STAFF AND SAY, WE WANT TO CHANGE OUR POLICY AND BE THE WE WANT TO GET INTO THE TOWER BUSINESS, I WOULDN'T PROBABLY RECOMMEND IT TO COMPETE WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR ON THIS, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN DO CERTAIN THINGS TO TRY TO EXPEDITE THE MARKET IN THOSE AREAS WHERE THERE'S A GAP AND THE MARKET DOESN'T MEET THAT GAP. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE MARKET DOES RESPOND LIKE THE ONE AT TPC.THEY ARE RESPONDING, THEY ARE BUILDING IT. IT'S THEIR LAND. AND THEY CAME IN FOR ZONING. AND THAT IS THE FIRST ONE THAT'S BEEN WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY THE FIRST, BUT IT'S THE FIRST ONE OF THIS GENERATION, THIS PARTICULAR COHORT THAT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED. AND WE THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S I THINK YOU REALLY KIND OF HAVE TO TAKE A HYBRID APPROACH. WE FIND THOSE GAPS WHERE THEY ARE, THEY'RE BONAFIDE. AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO, WE'LL DO IT. BUT EACH ONE OF THOSE, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU BECAUSE IT'S GIVEN UP CITY LAND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES. AND I THINK I'M OKAY WITH THAT. SURELY THE MARKET DOES DICTATE IT A BIT, BUT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT PARTICULARLY THE CRAIG RANCH AREA, FOUR YEARS AGO, WE REALLY NEEDED TOWERS OUT THERE AND IT'S JUST SO SLOW. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE PEOPLE WE'RE STILL IN THE FAST, ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING REGIONS IN THE COUNTRY, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE MOVING IN AND WE NEED TO GET ACCESS. I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL PROVIDING ALL OF THIS INFORMATION. PATRICK AND I ASK THAT THIS BE BROUGHT FORWARD BECAUSE I WORK IN DISTRICT TWO AND MY SISTER LIVES IN DISTRICT THREE. I CAN'T GET HER ON THE PHONE BECAUSE SHE LIVES RIGHT THERE OFF OF STACY. SO, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION WE OFTEN ARE ASKED IS, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? WHY AREN'T YOU DOING ANYTHING TO GET IT DONE? AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME LIMITATIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE, AND THAT IS NOT COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT WE DON'T PROVIDE THE SERVICE. AND LEGALLY WE HAVE SOME RESTRICTIONS THERE.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMOVE EVERY BARRIER AND PROVIDE AS MUCH AS WE CAN, ESPECIALLY IN THESE KEY AREAS WHERE WE HAVE THESE WIDE GAPS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE COVERAGE. SO MAYOR PRO TEM MR. GILLINGHAM POINTED OUT TO ME THAT THERE ARE SOME SMALL CELL CONSTRUCTION GOING ON IN THE WESTERN SECTOR. IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY? AND I ALSO WILL REMIND YOU TO CELL TOWER THAT WE ACTUALLY PUT ON A PARK PROPERTY IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OR SOMEWHAT NORTH. WHENEVER YOU GET NEAR A NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU HAVE OTHER ISSUES. AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL SENSITIVE TO NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. SO YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT PROPERTIES THAT WE OWN AND THAT ONE IS OUR PROPERTY, THAT PARK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THOSE THAT WOULD BE PERHAPS OBJECTIONABLE TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND THOSE THAT MIGHT NOT. THE STAR CENTER PROPERTY IS NOT NEAR A NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. AND WE HAVE LOTS OF MCKINNEY PROPERTIES, WHICH WE CAN ANALYZE FOR YOU. BUT, YOU KNOW, MY RECOLLECTION ON THAT ONE THAT WENT I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE IN WEST RIDGE.
MARK, FORGIVE ME IF I'M REMEMBERING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND WE HAD PEOPLE SHOW UP THAT SAID, HEY, WE WERE TOLD IT WOULDN'T BE HERE. AND MY RECOLLECTION IS MY WORDS WERE SOMETHING LIKE, WELL, IT WASN'T THIS BODY THAT TOLD YOU ONE WOULD NEVER BE THERE. IT MAY HAVE BEEN A REALTOR, AND BUT IF I'VE GOT TO CHOOSE BETWEEN KIDS BEING ABLE TO LOG ON TO DO THEIR SCHOOLWORK OR, YOU KNOW, OR YOUR SIGHT LINES, I'M GOING TO PICK OPTION A. SO THIS COUNCIL HAS DEMONSTRATED A WILL TO GET THOSE THINGS BUILT. AND I CERTAINLY SUPPORT WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM FELTZ IS SAYING. AND IF NOTHING ELSE, IF WE IDENTIFY THESE POCKETS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THEM AND WE CAN IDENTIFY ANY CITY OWNED LAND, A MODEL LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE CRAIG RANCH STAR
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CENTER WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING IT WITH THE PRIVATE DEVELOPER. I'D HAVE EVERY APPETITE TO MAKE THAT, YOU KNOW, HAPPEN. SO IRONICALLY, IN THAT SITUATION WITH THE SCHOOL, WE HAD PARTNERED WITH THE DISTRICT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TO PUT THE CELL TOWER EVEN CLOSER TO THE BUILDING, RIGHT WITHIN THEIR PLAN. AND THEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, OBJECTED TO SAY THIS BODY ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN. THE BODY BEFORE IT DECLINED IT TO HAPPEN. SO WE UNDERSTAND THE COMMENTS AND WE WILL ACT ACCORDINGLY. MR. QUINN, I THINK THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HAS LOST THE ART OF WRITING LETTERS. AND I THINK IF WE DIDN'T BUILD CELL TOWERS, MAYBE PEOPLE WOULD SIT DOWN AND PUT PEN ON PAPER AND USE A STAMP AGAIN. PARCHMENT COULD COME BACK, PERHAPS. SO I THINK THE DIRECTION IS THAT WE DO WANT TO INVESTIGATE OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN INCENTIVIZE MORE DEVELOPMENT OF CELLULAR TOWER SERVICES. FAIR ENOUGH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.ALL RIGHT. BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL LIAISON UPDATES THAT
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE TODAY? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.0712 CONSULTATIONS WITH ATTORNEY ON ANY WORK SESSION, SPECIAL SESSION OR REGULAR SESSION. AGENDA ITEMS REQUIRING CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY CLIENT ADVICE NECESSITATED BY THE DELIBERATION OR DISCUSSION OF SAID ITEMS AS NEEDED. SECTION 551.087. DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS.PETOSKEY PLASTICS, INC. CHAPTER 380 AGREEMENT AMENDMENTS, SECTION 551.089 DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS, SECURITY ASSESSMENTS AND NETWORK SECURITY INFORMATION. AND WILL THERE BE ACTION? THERE WILL BE ACTION AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO WE WILL ADJOURN RIGHT NOW AT ALL RIGHT. IT'S 4:58 P.M. WE ARE RESUMING AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION HERE AT THE WORK SESSION. DO WE HAVE A MOTION, IF I MAY. MADAM MAYOR PRO TEM, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE 380 AGREEMENT IN REGARD TO PETOSKEY. PLASKETT PLASTICS, AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I'LL SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMAN PHILLIPS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. I'D LIKE TO THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT.
THAT WAS UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF MY MOTION. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I SO MOVE, WE ADJOURN. OKAY. ALL IN
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