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CLOSE. YOU LIKE THAT, RIGHT? I LIKE THAT. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. TODAY IS TUESDAY,
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FEBRUARY 18TH, YEAR 2025 AT 6:00 IN THE EVENING. WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR THE LAST TIME AT 222 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET. WE WILL BE MOVING TO NEW CITY HALL IN OUR FOR OUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING. TODAY, OF COURSE, IS OUR TONIGHT'S OUR CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THE INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY COUNCILMAN PHILLIPS. AND IF YOU'LL REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE, I'D APPRECIATE IT. IF YOU WOULD. PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS AND PRAY WITH ME. FATHER, YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS CITY FAR BEYOND WHAT WE DESERVE AND FAR BEYOND THE SIMPLE WORDS OF THANK YOU ARE INADEQUATE TO EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE THAT WE HOLD WITHIN OUR HEARTS. WE WOULD ASK THAT EACH OF OUR CHILDREN WOULD COME TO KNOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST THROUGH THE ACTIONS OF THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY, TO WHERE WORDS WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY, AND THAT THIS PLACE WOULD BE KNOWN AS A CITY OF GOD. WE ASK THIS EVENING THAT YOU BLESS THE LEADERS OF THIS COMMUNITY. BLESS OUR PROTECTORS, BE IT THE FIRE POLICE OR OUR MILITARY, AND GUIDE US AND DIRECT US THROUGHOUT OUR DAYS AND CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS WONDERFUL CITY. WE ASK THESE AND ALL THINGS THROUGH OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. AMEN. LET ME TAKE US 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. DO YOU HAVE TWO INFORMATION SHARING ITEMS TONIGHT? THERE WAS A THIRD ON[Proclamation for Black History Month]
THE AGENDA, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO HOLD TILL PROBABLY THE NEXT MEETING. SO THE FIRST ITEM, THOUGH IS 252451 PROCLAMATION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. MISTER MAYOR, WHILE YOU'RE WALKING DOWN, I WANT TO CALL EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO THE FAR END OF THE. DAIS. AND Y'ALL WISH. PATRICK OR JUSTIN A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. CHARLIE. HE SAID, DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO TO HAVE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THEY'LL HAVE A SAD ONE IF HE WANTS. ALL RIGHT. CITY OF MCKINNEY PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS IN SEPTEMBER 1915, HARVARD HISTORIAN CARTER G. WOODSON AND MINISTER JESSE E MORELAND FOUNDED THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF LIFE AND HISTORY, DEDICATED TO RESEARCHING AND PROMOTING ACHIEVEMENTS BY BLACK AMERICANS AND OTHER PEOPLES OF AFRICAN DESCENT. AND WHEREAS, LATER KNOWN AS THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY, THE GROUP SPONSORED A NATIONAL HISTORY WEEK IN 1926, CHOOSING THE SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY TO COINCIDE WITH THE BIRTHDAYS OF ABOLITIONIST FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN.AND WHEREAS THE EVENT INSPIRED CELEBRATIONS, HISTORY, CLUBS AND PERFORMANCES AND LECTURES ALL ACROSS THE NATION. AND BY THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA HAD INFLUENCED GREATER AWARENESS OF BLACK IDENTITY. HISTORY WEEK HAD EVOLVED INTO BLACK HISTORY MONTH THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND OTHER COUNTRIES. AND WHEREAS PRESIDENT GERALD FORD OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN 1976 TO SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE TOO OFTEN NEGLECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF BLACK AMERICANS IN EVERY AREA OF ENDEAVOR THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY.
AND WHEREAS IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, MANY CONTRIBUTING GROUPS SUCH AS LEGACY KEEPERS OF EAST MCKINNEY. MCKINNEY BHM PROGRAM COMMITTEE, MCKINNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM, AND THE CITY'S HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT BLACK HISTORY IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE FULLER, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2025 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO TAKE PART IN RECOGNIZING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BLACK HISTORY AS AMERICAN HISTORY. GROWING TOGETHER FOR THE GREATER GOOD AND SPIRIT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL THIS 18TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2025. CAN WE GET A PICTURE, PLEASE? YES.
YOU WANT TO HOLD THIS? NO. NEXT ITEM IS RECOGNITION OF ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KIM FLOM.
[Recognition of Assistant City Manager Kim Flom]
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MISS ONE. WE ONLY HAVE TWO. ARE YOU GOING TO SKIP IT? OKAY. WHAT'S THAT? YEAH. WE ARE.THEY'RE NOT HERE. THEY'RE NOT IN ATTENDANCE. SORRY. KIM FLOM, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT. YES.
THANK YOU. I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD COME DOWN HERE. DON'T YOU ALL OKAY. THANK. THIS IS. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST PAGE. THERE'S ACTUALLY FOUR PAGES. OKAY. THAT'S IT. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, WE ARE WE ARE LOSING KIM AS SHE'S GOING TO MOVE BACK TO HER. HER HOME.
REALLY, I GUESS. RIGHT. TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE VERY SAD TO LOSE HER. ONE IS A GREAT HUMAN BEING. AND THEN AS A AN INCREDIBLE CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, SHE HAS JUST BEEN A TREMENDOUS ASSET IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WILL BE MISSED VERY, VERY DEARLY. SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION CITY OF MCKINNEY PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS FOLLOWING AN ACCOMPLISHED RECORD OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE WITH THE CITIES OF DE PERE AND GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, AND THE VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, KIM FLOM WAS NAMED AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS IN JANUARY OF 2020, ADDING AN EXPANSIVE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN THE AREAS OF PLANNING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND GOVERNMENTAL MANAGEMENT. AND WHEREAS, ON THE HEELS OF MANAGER FLOM'S ARRIVAL, THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, LIKE MUCH OF THE WORLD, WAS STRUCK BY THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. AND SHE WAS PART OF THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE EFFORT TO LEND ASSISTANCE AND CARE TO RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE CITY AND REGION. AND WHEREAS, DURING MANAGER FLOM'S TIME IN MCKINNEY, THE CITY HAS CONTINUED TO GROW AND CHANGE RAPIDLY, WITH THE POPULATION INCREASING FROM 198,507 TO 224,043 PEOPLE, TWO SQUARE MILES OF LAND BEING ANNEXED INTO THE INCORPORATED LIMITS, AND THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OF NEARLY 7000 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNITS AND NEARLY 450 NON RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, VALUING $5.6 BILLION. AND WHEREAS MANAGER FLOM'S RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE INCLUDED THE CITY DEPARTMENTS OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
MCKINNEY, MAIN STREET AND MCKINNEY CULTURAL DISTRICT. THE MCKINNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM.
SHE HAS FACILITATED MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION TO ADDRESS RESIDENT INTERESTS AND CHAMPION PROFESSIONAL MENTORSHIP AND ADVOCACY, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP, AND HAS SERVED ON THE MAYOR'S HOMELESS TASK FORCE AND HAS BEEN AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER ON THE VOLUNTEER MCKINNEY BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WHEREAS MISS FLOM HAS DEMONSTRATED EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP, SKILL AND COMMITMENT IN MANY AREAS. HER GREATEST ATTRIBUTE IS THAT SHE IS HIGHLY TRUSTED, HIGHLY RESPECTED FRIEND AND SERVANT TO THOSE WHO HAVE COME TO KNOW HER BEST. AND WHEREAS KIM FLOM'S ROLE WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY WILL CONCLUDE IN MARCH OF 2025. OUR ORGANIZATION, RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE ARE THE TRUEST BENEFICIARIES OF HER DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE. IT IS APPROPRIATE TO THANK HER FOR THE INTEGRAL VALUE SHE HAS ADDED TO HELP FORTIFY THE CITY'S PROMINENCE AS ONE OF THE NATION'S BEST PLACES TO LIVE, WORK, PLAY AND VISIT. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE FULLER, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 18TH, 20 2020, 2025 AS THE DAY TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR KIM FLOM IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS.
AND A LOOK AT THIS KIM FLOM WAY. AND WHY DOES IT NAME KIM FLYNN WAY? BECAUSE KIM FLYNN WAY IS THE BEST WAY. OH MY GOODNESS. OKAY. CAN I SAY IT AGAIN? WE WANT YOU TO SAY IT. OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS. YEAH. WHY DON'T YOU HOLD THAT. THIS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
YES. THANK YOU. DROP IT. YOU GOT TO DO SOME SORT OF PLAQUE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DO. SO HERE YOU GO. YOU WANT TO BLOW IT UP? WOW. THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. WHERE'S OUR PHOTOGRAPHER? WE HAVE RIGHT HERE. HE'S RIGHT. HE'S RIGHT HERE. STOP THE CLOCK. ALL RIGHT, HOLD ON HERE. ALL RIGHT. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, GIVE ME THAT. THANK THANK YOU.
THANK YOU EVERYONE. I FOR ANYONE WHO WAS HERE FOR CAKE, I HAD SAID FOR. FOR ANYONE WHO KNOWS
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ME WELL, KNOWS ME. THIS MAKES ME REALLY SQUIRMY. I DON'T TAKE COMPLIMENTS VERY WELL, BUT IT IS SO DEEPLY APPRECIATED. OUR FAMILY HAS GROWN AND GOTTEN SO MUCH FROM THIS COMMUNITY.MCKINNEY IS A TRULY SPECIAL, SPECIAL PLACE, AND IT'S SPECIAL BECAUSE OF EVERYONE WHO MAKES IT SPECIAL. I'M BLESSED TO WORK ON THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SIDE, THE CITY SIDE. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL THE CITY IS. THE CITY IS THE SCHOOLS. IT'S THE CHURCHES. IT'S THE NONPROFITS. IT'S ALL OF THE RESIDENTS. THAT'S WHAT MAKES A CITY. AND I'M JUST I FEEL REALLY LUCKY TO BE PART OF ALL OF IT.
AND THIS IS VERY, VERY KIND. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT. IT'S MY TURN. SO JUST FOR THE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE, IF YOU YOU MAY HAVE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WHAT IS A CITY MANAGER DO? OR WHAT IS AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER DO? ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. SHE'S ONE OF FOUR NOW. THEY DO THE WORK. I MEAN, THEY REALLY ARE THE FOLKS WHO FOLLOW UP ON THE POLICY DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL. THEY HAVE TO HEAR ME HERE AND THERE, BUT I'M KIND OF THE BRIDGE TO THE COUNCIL. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE BRIDGE TO THE STAFF IN MANY RESPECTS, AND THEY REALLY DO. THEY'RE THE ONES WHO SORT OF BIRD DOG PROJECTS AND GET IT DONE. AND WE ARE SO WELL SERVED WITH ALL OF OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS. AND KIM, THIS CITY IS SO MUCH BETTER BECAUSE OF THE SERVICE THAT KIM HAS GIVEN US IN THESE PAST FIVE YEARS. I MEAN, I REALLY MEAN THAT SHE HAS GIVEN HER HEART AND SOUL AS SHE ALWAYS DOES. WE WORK TOGETHER IN ILLINOIS. WE WORK TOGETHER IN ORLAND PARK, ILLINOIS. WHEN I KNEW I HAD A CHANCE TO BRING HER BACK HERE, WE JUMPED ON IT AND SHE'S JUST BEEN UNBELIEVABLE. SHE DID EVERYTHING AND BETTER THAN WHAT WE EXPECTED AS ASSISTANT MANAGER. AND SHE'S A TRUE FRIEND. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW WELL SHE DOES BACK IN DE PERE, WISCONSIN, WHERE SHE'S GOING AS CITY MANAGER. SHE'S GOING TO BE AWESOME. THEY'RE GOING TO BE VERY WELL SERVED AS WE HAVE BEEN. AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS HER VERY MUCH. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK JOBS. THANK YOU. AND. ON THAT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. NO, I DIDN'T GET A SIGN. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. PROCESS. NEXT WE HAVE
[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS (for Non-Public Hearing Items)]
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR. AGENDA. WE HAVE THREE NON AGENDA. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND HEAR THOSE NOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. FIRST WILL BE FAITH STALLING. AND DISCUSSION. MY NAME IS FAITH STALLINGS AND. I REALLY WISH THAT WE COULD HAVE MET ON DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES TONIGHT. REAL QUICK CAN YOU TELL ME HOW LONG I HAVE TO SPEAK? YES. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU PAUSE THE TIME FOR A MINUTE? I WAS STILL THINKING ABOUT OUR WE OUR CELEBRATION OF KIM FOR A MINUTE, AND I DIDN'T REALLY GIVE YOU THE GROUND RULES. WHEN YOU COME UP, YOU STATE YOUR NAME AS YOU DID YOUR ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. YOU'LL NOTICE TO YOUR LEFT AND YOUR RIGHT A TIMER THAT WILL TURN YELLOW WHEN YOU HAVE 30S LEFT, AND FOR RED WHEN IT'S FIVE SECONDS. AND THEN THE BELL WILL RING. SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU SIR. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS FAITH STALLINGS AND MY ADDRESS IS 4904 HEATHER GLEN TRAIL. NOT REALLY COMFORTABLE SAYING THAT, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. SO I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED. TO SAY THE LEAST. HERE, BECAUSE THERE WAS A HIT AND RUN THAT OCCURRED NEAR MY HOUSE ON DECEMBER 21ST AND UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS UNABLE TO SAVE JAMIR DABNEY. WE ATTEMPTED TO PERFORM CPR ON HIM, AND I DO WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION. ANYBODY THAT CAN SEE MY SHOES RIGHT NOW. THESE ARE THE SHOES I WAS WEARING THE NIGHT THAT HE GOT HIT, AND THEY'RE STILL COVERED IN BLOOD. I DID TRY TO CLEAN THEM UP, BUT THEY'VE BEEN SITTING IN MY GARAGE SINCE THAT NIGHT. I MADE A VIDEO YESTERDAY THAT I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW. DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO POST IT. SO I JUST POSTED IT ON YOUTUBE SO IT'LL HAVE A PERMANENT PLACE. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE LINK TO IT. FOR ANYBODY WATCHING RIGHT NOW. THE LINK IS HANG ON JUST A SECOND. I KNOW I'M WASTING MY OWN TIME, BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT. IT'S GOING TO BE HTTP COLON FORWARD SLASH FORWARD SLASH Y O U T U PERIOD. B E C AS IN CHARLIE M AS[00:15:10]
IN MARY NINE A AS IN ADAM W UNDERSCORE S AS IN SAM E AS IN EDWARD EIGHT. LIKE THE NUMBER EIGHT. E AS IN EDWARD. Q AS IN QUEEN. QUESTION MARK S I THE EQUAL SIGN K R V AS IN VICTOR UNDERSCORE H HYPHEN I P O. THAT MIGHT BE A ZERO. FORGIVE ME. H A Q K N. SO I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO THAT VIDEO. REALLY POURED MY HEART IN THAT YESTERDAY. BUT I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED WITH HOW I WAS TREATED DURING THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION. I WAS MADE TO LOOK LIKE A SUSPECT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'VE UNCOVERED SOMETHING I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE. THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WENT WRONG IN THE INVESTIGATION, IN MY OPINION, BUT THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE. BUT I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING'S BEING COVERED UP, AND I REALLY THAT'S JUST DISAPPOINTING TO ME, BECAUSE WHEN I MOVED HERE, I WANTED TO LIKE MCKINNEY, AND NOW I JUST WANT TO GET OUT. AND I FEEL LIKE THE FAMILY HAS BEEN MISTREATED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND I CERTAINLY HAVE BARED THE BRUNT OF SOME OF THAT FROM THE DETECTIVE. AND I DON'T APPRECIATE HIS UNKIND WORDS TO ME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO COME HERE TONIGHT AND POINT OUT THAT THE INVESTIGATION WAS CLOSED AND NOBODY WAS ARRESTED. AND THE NEWS SAID THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE CAR, WHEN IN FACT, THAT'S NOT THE CASE. AND THERE'S PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT THAT CAN PROVE THAT. SO I GUESS WE'RE DONE. THANKS. TARA WILLIAMS. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS TARA WILLIAMS. I LIVE AT 1000 MOORE STREET HERE IN MCKINNEY. BORN AND RAISED HERE IN MCKINNEY, ON THE EAST SIDE. MY COUNCILMAN, MR. BUTLER, OVER THERE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I JUST WANT TO GET UP HERE. I'VE BEEN WITH THE FAMILY SINCE THIS HAPPENED. I DID NOT KNOW THE FAMILY PRIOR TO THIS. MONA THORNTON WORKED WITH THE GRANDMA AND GOT ME IN CONTACT WITH HER. ON THE MCKINNEY MOMS PAGE, THERE WAS A POST THERE. PEOPLE WANTING TO REACH OUT TO THE FAMILY. AND SO I REACHED OUT TO MONA AND SHE TOOK ME TO THE FAMILY'S HOUSE. PEOPLE WANTED TO DONATE CASH TO HELP DO WHATEVER WAS NEEDED. AND I SAID, I'LL, I'LL DO THAT. I MEAN, PEOPLE TRUST ME. THEY KNOW ME. AND SO THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER. SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE DAY ONE WITH THE FAMILY. I LOVE VOLUNTEERING, DOING STUFF IN THE COMMUNITY AND HELPING PEOPLE OUT. SO ANYWAY, SO I WAS THEY ASKED ME TO BE IN CHARGE OF BALLOON RELEASE, WHICH WE HAD ON SATURDAY. VERY. I DONE TONS OF COMMUNITY EVENTS, BUT THIS ONE WAS JUST PEOPLE CAME FROM EVERY DIRECTION. I MEAN, EVERY TWO MINUTES. WHAT DO YOU NEED? LIKE, OH, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF CHICKEN. THEY'RE RUNNING TO GO GET CHICKEN. THEY'RE RUNNING TO GO GET DRINKS. I MEAN, THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER AS A WHOLE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABOUT, YOU GUYS. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE ABOUT. WHATEVER HAPPENED WITH THE COMMUNICATION THAT WAS DELIVERED AND THE FAMILY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, YOU KNOW, UNTIL AFTER 20 OR 30 MINUTES, AFTER IT WAS ALREADY POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THEY JUST THEY JUST WANT ANSWERS. THEY DESERVE ANSWERS. THEY DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. SO MY FIRST QUESTION I WANT TO KNOW IS HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN? HOW DID IT HAPPEN? SECONDLY, WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO ANOTHER FAMILY? WHO ARE WE GOING TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS? WHO WHO'S GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW IT HAPPENED? LIKE WE'RE MCKINNEY. WE'RE STRONG. WE'RE UNIQUE. WE'RE AS ONE, AS A FAMILY. IF YOU WENT OUT TO THAT BALLOON RELEASE, THERE WAS BLACK PEOPLE, WHITE PEOPLE, SPANISH PEOPLE, CHINESE PEOPLE, JAPANESE EVERYBODY. LIKE, I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE AT AN EVENT. IT WAS PROBABLY CLOSE TO 150 OVER, MAYBE CLOSE TO 200 PEOPLE. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST A NICE TIME WHERE EVERYBODY GOT TOGETHER. THE PRESS RELEASE THAT WAS RELEASED TOOK THE MOM BACK. SHE'S NOT THE SAME RIGHT NOW AFTER THAT. BUT SHE HAD TEXTED ME ALL THAT NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE BALLOON RELEASE. THANK YOU. IT. THIS IS WHAT I NEEDED. THAT.THAT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY. IT'S TAKEN HER BACK. WE NEED TO HELP THIS FAMILY. WE. THIS FAMILY
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DESERVES JUSTICE. YES. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. THANK YOU GUYS. JERILYN. DABNEY.HI. MY NAME IS GERALDINE DABNEY. I LIVE AT 5713 CALLAWAY DRIVE, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. JAMIR DABNEY IS MY FIFTH GRANDCHILD. VERY ENERGETIC. HE WAS THE FIRE TO OUR EYES. HE WAS OUR UPBEAT. HE GOT KILLED DECEMBER 21ST, 24. IT WAS STATED TO US IT WAS TWO CARS, BUT TWO LITTLE GIRLS. THAT WAS WITH HIM. THE STORY HAS STICKED THE SAME FROM DAY ONE. THEY'RE IN COUNSELING. IT HAS NOT CHANGED EVEN TO THIS MORNING. IT'S THE SAME STORY. MY DAUGHTER IS STRUGGLING. MY DAUGHTER IS JUST EXISTING AND SHE'S TRYING FOR THE OTHER FOUR CHILDREN. MY OTHER FOUR GRANDCHILDREN. THAT'S IN THE HOME. I COME HERE TODAY TO PLEAD, TO ASK AND BEG FOR JUSTICE FOR JAMIR MCKINNEY. POLICE DEPARTMENT TREATED ME AND MY FAMILY LIKE CRAP. THEY DID NOT CONTACT US. WE HAD TO CONTACT THEM. THEY IGNORED US WHEN WE GOT THERE. THEY SET UP A MEETING AND SAID TO US A 30 MINUTE MEETING. THEY CLOSED THE CASE. NO EVIDENCE, NO VIDEOS COULD PROVE ANYTHING. WE WASN'T HAPPY WITH IT. WE WASN'T HAPPY WITH IT. I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN GOD, SO I GAVE IT TO GOD. I SAID, WHAT GOES ON IN THE DARK? GOING TO COME TO LIGHT. SATURDAY WAS BEAUTIFUL. MY DAUGHTER BECAME AT PEACE A LITTLE. SHE SMILED ALL DAY SATURDAY TO THE BALLOON RELEASE AND SHE STARTED SMILING AGAIN. SUNDAY SHE SMILED ALL DAY. WE LAUGHED AND WATCHED VIDEOS OF JAMIR. MONDAY SHE WOKE UP. GOOD. GOING TO NEW ORLEANS FOR A LITTLE BREAK AND SHE GOT SLAPPED FROM A POST OFF OFFICIAL MCKINNEY MOM'S PAGE THAT IT WAS ONLY ONE CAR. NO CONTACT FROM MCKINNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT. I ALREADY HAD A BAD SOUR TASTE IN MY MOUTH WITH THEM FROM DAY ONE.
I DEFINITELY HAVE ONE NOW BECAUSE THEY DID NOT CONTACT MY DAUGHTER. THEY DID NOT CONTACT ME. THEY DID NOT CONTACT THE FAMILY AT ALL REGARDING THIS PRESS RELEASE THAT THEY DID.
THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THE NEWS PEOPLE, FOX FOUR CONTACTED MY DAUGHTER AND TOLD HER THE INFORMATION. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. WE MOVED TO MCKINNEY HERE FOR A BETTER LIFE SO MY GRANDCHILDREN CAN HAVE A BETTER OUTCOME THAN WHAT I THOUGHT I COULD GIVE THEM IN NEW ORLEANS, AND I'M STILL PRAYING FOR THAT. BUT I'M ASKING MCKINNEY CITY TO PLEASE HELP MY FAMILY, THE DABNEY FAMILY, FOR JUSTICE FOR JAMIR. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO REOPEN UNSUSPENDED. I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS. AND LISTEN TO ALL THE WITNESSES AND ALL THE TIPS THAT PEOPLE HAVE COME FORWARD AFTER. THAT'S ALL I'M BEGGING FOR JUSTICE FOR JAMIR. HE DESERVED IT AND WE DESERVE IT. AND A COMMUNITY THAT IS HERE, THEY DESERVE IT. YES, JUSTICE FOR JUSTICE FOR JAMIR. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR. MY GRANDSON DID NOT DESERVE NONE OF THIS. THANK YOU. MY DAUGHTER DESERVES. YES, SIR. YOU. ARE NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. THESE
[CONSENT AGENDA]
ITEMS CONSIST OF NON-CONTROVERSIAL HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW. ITEMS MAY BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY BY ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAKING SUCH REQUEST PRIOR TO A MOTION AND VOTE ON CONSENT ITEMS. RIGHT. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS[00:25:02]
PRESENTED BY STAFF. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I. GERALYN I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT IT FEELS IT'S HARD ON ME THAT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS AND IT AND IT COULD ALMOST BE INTERPRETED AS BEING INSENSITIVE AND CERTAINLY NOT. WE HEARD YOU UP HERE. AND I'M CARRYING FORWARD WITH OUR BUSINESS THIS EVENING AS WE NEED TO DO. BUT BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND, WE HEAR YOU AND WE HEAR YOU, WE HEAR YOU. THAT IS THE END OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA.[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution to Adopt an Affordable Housing Scorecard]
REGULAR AGENDA, PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. ITEM 252463. CONSIDER ACT ON A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING SCORECARD. SO. THANK YOU CHAIR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.MARGARET LEE, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. TONIGHT I'LL BE PRESENTING TO YOU THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SCORECARD. JUST AS A REMINDER, THE DRAFT OF THE SCORECARD WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL IN DECEMBER WITH SOME INITIAL FEEDBACK PROVIDED TO STAFF. AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE REVISED THE SCORECARD IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MCKINNEY HOUSING AUTHORITY.
SO I KNOW THIS SLIDE LOOKS VERY FAMILIAR TO ALL OF YOU. BUT JUST TO PROVIDE CONTEXT IN TERMS OF WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS. HOUSEHOLDS THAT SPEND MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD INCOME ARE IN HOUSING, ARE CONSIDERED COST BURDENED. AND IN 2023, OVER APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE MCKINNEY RENTERS WERE CONSIDERED COST BURDENED. AND THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT INDICATED THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR OVER 5000 HOUSING UNITS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LOWER INCOME. SO JUST TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, ACCORDING TO THE 2023 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME FOR INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF 24 IN THE CITY WAS JUST UNDER 55,000. SO THINK OF A COLLEGE GRADUATE THAT IS STARTING OFF AT AN ENTRY LEVEL POSITION HERE AT THE CITY. THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME FOR INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN 25 TO 64 WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000. HOWEVER, KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS AGE RANGE IS VERY WIDE AND MANY WORKING PROFESSIONALS MAKE MUCH LESS THAN THAT. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SALARY OF A TEACHER WITH TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE RANGES BETWEEN 65,000 TO 78,000. AND FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE 65 AND OVER, THEY ARE LIKELY RETIRED OR ARE ON A FIXED INCOME, AND THEIR AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME WAS $74,000. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT A WIDE RANGE OF INDIVIDUALS IN DIFFERENT LIFE STAGES AND DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. SO TO INCENTIVIZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR TAX EXEMPTIONS TO DEVELOPERS THROUGH GRANTING ENTITIES SUCH AS THE MCKINNEY HOUSING AUTHORITY, MCKINNEY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, AND PUBLIC FINANCE. PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATIONS, WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE TAXING ENTITIES. THESE TAX EXEMPT DEALS ALSO PROVIDE THE GRANTING ENTITIES WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS THAT CAN BE USED TO FURTHER OTHER HOUSING INITIATIVES. HISTORICALLY, TAX EXEMPTION PROJECTS IN THE CITY HAVE BEEN INITIATED THROUGH AN RFQ PROCESS. HOWEVER, THIS MIGHT NOT ALIGN WITH THE TIMING OF THE DEVELOPMENT MARKET. WE'VE ALSO SEEN THAT TAX EXEMPTION REQUESTS HAVE DRAMATICALLY INCREASED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WITH ONLY 923 UNITS LOCATED IN THE CITY PRIOR TO 2024, AND OVER 1000 UNITS PROPOSED THIS PAST YEAR IN 2024. NOW, THIS IS LIKELY DUE TO HIGH INTEREST RATES AND DEVELOPERS FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO SECURE FINANCING, AND THIS ALSO SOUNDS LIKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY.
BUT PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE CITY'S TAX RATE IS 0.4%. AND SO THE ROUGH ESTIMATE OF THE PROJECTS RECEIVED IN 2024 WOULD ACCOUNT FOR LESS THAN 2% OF THE CITY'S TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE.
WHILE THE CITY ACKNOWLEDGES THE NEED FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE ANY SPECIFIC POLICIES ON THE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE. SO PROJECTS ARE BROUGHT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. IN ADDITION, THERE IS NO UNIFORM METRIC TO EVALUATE PROJECTS OR CALCULATE COMMUNITY BENEFITS. SO A UNIFIED SCORECARD THAT IS USED WITH ALL THREE GRANTING ENTITIES CAN PROVIDE US WITH A MORE CONSISTENT APPROACH TO EVALUATE AND COMPARE PROJECTS. THE UNIFIED APPROACH WOULD ALSO HELP AVOID DEVELOPERS SHOPPING AROUND BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT GRANTING ENTITIES FOR DIFFERENT ANSWERS. THE GOAL OF THE SCORECARD IS TO FOCUS ON THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT. SO BASICALLY THE AMOUNT OF RENT, SAVINGS AND PAYMENTS THAT ARE PROVIDED TO THE GRANTING ENTITIES IN RELATION TO THE AMOUNT OF TAX EXEMPTIONS THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED TO THEM. SO ULTIMATELY, SEEING IF IT'S A WORTHWHILE DEAL FOR THE CITY,
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THE SCORECARD WOULD BE USED AS AN INITIAL SCREENING OF RENTAL PROJECTS BASED ON EIGHT CATEGORIES, WHICH I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAILS IN A MINUTE. IN ADDITION, THE SCORECARD WOULD ESTABLISH MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECTS TO BE CONSIDERED. SO THE SCORECARD WOULD BE LIMITED TO RENTAL PROJECTS. RIGHT NOW, SINCE HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECTS ARE ENCOURAGED BUT WILL BE EVALUATED SEPAR THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE DIFFERENCES IN DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCING AS ESTABLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT CODE. A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF 50% OF THE TOTAL UNITS MUST BE AFFORDED MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE, BUT A NEW MINIMUM IN THE SCORECARD WOULD ESTABLISH 5% OF THE UNITS AT 30% AMI. TO FOCUS ON THE LOWER, LOWER AMIS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE RECENT MHA DEALS, AND TO TARGET THOSE HARDER TO REACH UNITS THAT ARE NEEDED. SO THE SCORECARD IS INTENDED TO BE PART OF A TWO STEP REVIEW PROCESS. DEVELOPERS WOULD SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE GRANTING ENTITIES OF THEIR CHOOSING, AND THEN THE PROPOSAL WILL GO THROUGH AN INITIAL REVIEW USING THE SCORECARD. IF THE PROPOSAL MEETS THE SCORECARD THRESHOLD, THE PROPOSAL WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE RESPECTIVE BOARD OR COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION. THEN THE BOARD OR COMMITTEE WILL DETERMINE IF THE PROPOSAL SHALL BE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL FOR SUPPORT. STAFF WILL PRESENT THE PROPOSAL ALONG WITH THE SCORECARD RESULTS TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND IF THE COUNCIL PROVIDES SUPPORT, A SECONDARY AND MORE DETAILED QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS WOULD BE CONDUCTED TO FURTHER EVALUATE THE BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT TO BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OR COMMITTEE FOR A FINAL DETERMINATION. SO HERE'S THE SCORECARD. WITH THE EIGHT DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. SO THE FIRST CATEGORY IS THE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE UNITS. SO PROJECTS WITH A GREATER NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS WILL BE AWARDED MORE POINTS. AND THEN THE NEXT CATEGORY IS THE AFFORDABILITY AFFORDABILITY LEVEL. SO PROJECTS WITH A DEEPER AFFORDABILITY LEVEL WILL BE AWARDED MORE POINTS. SO FOR EXAMPLE IF WE HAVE MORE UNITS THAT ARE OFFERED AT 60% OR 50% AMI, THEY'LL BE AWARDED MORE POINTS. NEXT IS HOUSING TYPE. AND THEN SO GIVEN THAT SORRY, GIVEN THAT MOST LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS INCLUDE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS, SINGLE FAMILY PROJECTS WILL BE AWARDED MORE POINTS TO TRY TO INCENTIVIZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES. NEXT IS RENT SAVINGS TO TAX EXEMPTION RATIO. SO PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE A GREATER AMOUNT OF RENT SAVINGS COMPARED TO THE TAX EXEMPTIONS THAT ARE PROVIDED WILL BE AWARDED MORE POINTS. NEXT ARE THE GRANTING ENTITY BENEFITS. SO ONE IS FOR ONE TIME BENEFITS. SO THESE ARE ACQUISITION FEES AND PROFESSIONAL FEES THAT CAN BE AWARDED TO A GRANTING ENTITY. AND THEN THE REOCCURRING BENEFITS WHICH ARE A LEASE PAYMENTS AND FEES THAT THE CITY ON AN ONGOING BASIS. NEXT IS THE LOCATION WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID CONCENTRATING PROJECTS IN ONE AREA. SO PROJECTS ARE ON THE WEST SIDE WILL BE AWARDED MORE POINTS. AND THEN LAST IS THE PROJECT TYPE. SO PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE A GREATER AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT INTO THE COMMUNITY WILL BE AWARDED MORE POINTS. AND WHILE NEW BUILDS MAY PROVIDE THE MOST IN TERMS OF CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, WE DECIDED TO PRIORITIZE REHABILITATION PROJECTS AS THIS WILL INCENTIVIZE REINVESTMENT IN PROPERTIES THAT MIGHT NOT SEE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT ON THEIR OWN. SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS IS A STARTING POINT AND THAT SUBSEQUENT REVISIONS MAY BE NECESSARY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. BUT TONIGHT, STAFF IS ASKING FOR COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SCORECARD. IF APPROVED, STAFF WILL PRESENT THE SCORECARD TO THE MHA AND MFCC FOR CONSIDERATION AND IMPLEMENTATION. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. OR JUST TO CONFIRM. THIS STILL ALLOWS FOR DISCRETION IN TERMS OF IF A PROJECT MAY FIT, BUT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH THE SCORECARD. IT'S JUST KIND OF A CLEARINGHOUSE TO BEGIN. AND AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WHAT IT ALLOWS TO DO. WE'RE NOT WAITING AROUND EVERY YEAR FOR AN RFQ, BUT WE MAY IF A DEVELOPER HAS A PIECE OF LAND THAT IT WORKS WELL FOR YOU, CAN YOU GET TO LOOK AT THESE AT THE, I GUESS, THE PACE OF THE MARKET AND NOT NECESSARILY WHEN WE OPEN AN RFQ, BUT WE CAN STILL KIND OF PUT A GOVERNANCE ON OR TAMP DOWN THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THROUGH OUR DISCRETION OR THROUGH OUR SCORECARD. AND THE SCORECARD DOES THAT AS WELL. SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU PUT INTO THIS. I THINK IT'S A GOOD OUTCOME. ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THIS ITEM. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I OPPOSED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MARGARET. ITEM 240142Z2. CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from “PD” - Planned Development District to “PD” - Planned Development District, Generally to Modify the Development Standards and Allow for Multi-family Residential Uses, Located on the Northeast Corner of Lake Forest Drive and Future Collin McKinney Parkway, and Accompanying Ordinance]
TO CONSIDER AND ACT ON A REQUEST TO REZONE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT[00:35:01]
TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. TO MODIFY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND ALLOW FOR MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES. LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LAKE FOREST DRIVE AND FUTURE COLLIN MCKINNEY PARKWAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JUST FOR GIVE ME A SECOND. COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN HAS HAS RECUSED HIMSELF FOR THIS ITEM AS HIS SON IS WORKING ON THE ITEM. YES, SIR. THANK YOU.OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL, JENNIFER ARNOLD, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING. AS YOU READ THIS, THE REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, IT'S LOCATED THERE. AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LAKE FOREST AND COLLIN MCKINNEY PARKWAY. THE PROPERTY WAS REZONED BACK IN 2022 TO ALLOW FOR MULTIFAMILY USES ON THE TRACK. SO THE USE IS NOT IN QUESTION WITH TONIGHT'S REZONE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO MODIFY ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING. THEY ARE LIMITED TO ONLY TWO UNITS PER BUILDING, AND THEY ARE REQUESTING TO MODIFY THAT TO ALLOW UP TO SEVEN UNITS PER BUILDING. THE OVERALL DENSITY OF THE PROJECT WON'T CHANGE. AND THE GENERAL LAYOUT LOOKS PRETTY SIMILAR. SO THIS IS THE EXISTING CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT. AND WHAT'S NECESSITATED THE CHANGE IS THEY'D LIKE TO MODIFY THE LAYOUT SLIGHTLY TO HAVE A DIFFERENT A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT FORMAT. SO STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE REQUEST. ALTHOUGH IN 2022 WE DID HAVE OPPOSITION TO THE MULTIFAMILY ON THE PROPERTY.
THAT USE IS NOW ENTITLED. AND THE CHANGE IN THE UNITS PER BUILDING IS ALLOWING FOR A MORE MODERN DEVELOPMENT PATTERN. SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TONIGHT. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ALSO CONSIDERED THE ITEM AND RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND MR. FRANKLIN IS BEHIND ME IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR HIM. QUESTIONS FOR JENNIFER.
CAN YOU TELL ME THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WILL NOW BE THERE AND THE NUMBER UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING? I'LL HAVE TO DEFER THAT TO THE APPLICANT. I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE THAT. OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I WILL TELL YOU THE DENSITY IS NOT CHANGING. SO CURRENTLY IT'S TEN UNITS PER THE ACRE. WITH THE REZONING, IT WOULD STILL BE TEN UNITS TO THE ACRE. AND AGAIN, THESE ARE TOWNHOMES CORRECT? WELL IT'S MULTI IT'S TECHNICALLY MULTIFAMILY. THEY MAY LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE TOWNHOMES BUT IT IS STILL MULTIFAMILY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE MULTIPLE UNITS ON THAT SINGLE LOT. THANK YOU. WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO COME UP SPEAK.
SAM FRANKLIN WITH MORFIK DEVELOPMENT 1650 WEST VIRGINIA PARKWAY, SUITE 110, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. THANK YOU. JENNIFER. YEAH. SO WHAT I WANT TO DO HERE TONIGHT IS GIVE YOU A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOW WE GOT HERE, AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF THE DETAILS ON ON THE ASK ITSELF. BUT IN ABOUT 2022, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, WE CAME THROUGH WITH THE ORIGINAL REZONE THAT BROUGHT THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AS THEY EXIST TODAY, WHICH IS FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT TYPE PRODUCT. IT IS UNDER A MULTIFAMILY CATEGORY, BUT THE DENSITY IS CAPPED AT TEN UNITS PER ACRE. SO IT WILL BE BUILT AS A AS A SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT TYPE PRODUCT. ORIGINALLY IT CAME THROUGH. IT WAS SLATED TO BE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. IT WAS UNDER A LARGER PD IN THE AREA FOR COMMERCIAL USES IN THE OLD PLAN CENTER DISTRICT. BUT WHEN THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR COLLIN MCKINNEY PARKWAY GOT FINALIZED AND ACQUIRED BY THE CITY BECAUSE OF UNIQUE DRAINAGE CONDITIONS IN THE AREA, THE RIGHT OF WAY HAD TO GET PUSHED FURTHER NORTH INTO THE PROPERTY THAN WAS ORIGINALLY SLATED. SO WE WERE LEFT WITH A LESS THAN DESIRABLE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT PIECE. IT WAS VERY LONG, VERY NARROW, AND WE DID STILL HAVE SOME DRAINAGE CHALLENGES TO CONTEND WITH. AND SO LOOKING AT IT, WE HAD TWO CORNERS TO THE WEST ON COLLIN MCKINNEY THAT WERE ALREADY THAT WERE ALREADY DEVELOPED FOR COMMERCIAL. WE HAD THE EDC PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH THAT WAS SLATED FOR A LARGE MIXED USE. STILL IS SLATED FOR A LARGE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. AND SIMULTANEOUSLY TO THE NORTH WE WERE WORKING ON THE NORTHEAST OR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MCKINNEY RANCH PARKWAY AND LAKE FOREST. IT'S JUST UP THE BLOCK, AND WE WERE SIMULTANEOUSLY DOING MARKETING, BOTH FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. WE THE TENANT MIX THAT WAS ATTRACTED TO THIS SITE JUST WAS NON-EXISTENT, NUMBER ONE. AND IT WASN'T THE QUALITY OF TENANT THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE EDC PROJECT, AS IS HOPED TO DEVELOP. AND SUBSEQUENTLY, NOW THE CORNER, THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MCKINNEY RANCH AND LAKE FOREST IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL WITH A PRETTY DECENT TENANT MIX. SO WE WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND LOOKED AT WHAT KIND OF TYPE OF USE WOULD FIT IN THIS AREA. IT WAS IN THE URBAN RESIDENTIAL CATEGORY ON THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, SO WE BROUGHT FORTH THE SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT DESIGNATION AS IT EXISTS TODAY. WE HAD OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AT THE TIME. IT WAS WELL RECEIVED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH. AND IT DID GET APPROVED AT PNC AND COUNCIL AT THE TIME. SO IT BRINGS US TO THE ASK TODAY. WE ARE, AS JENNIFER STATED, JUST REQUESTING TO
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CHANGE THE NUMBER OF UNITS PER BUILDING FROM THE TWO TO THE SEVEN TO ACCOMMODATE AN AGE RESTRICTED PRODUCT FOR 55 PLUS. AND TO ALLOW FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTINUITY FROM THE DEVELOPMENT. THE SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH, WHICH HAS AN ATTACHED TOWNHOME PRODUCT AS WELL. SO WE FELT LIKE IT WAS MORE THERE'S MORE CONTINUITY AS IT TRANSITIONS TO THE EDC PRODUCT TODAY OR IN THE FUTURE, AND STILL PROVIDES THE TYPE OF BUFFER USE THAT WE WANTED IN BETWEEN THE FUTURE MIXED USE ON THE EDC PROPERTY AND THE CURRENTLY EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY TO THE NORTH. AND SO I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS FROM THERE. BUT I ALSO HAVE ERIC LITTLE WHO IS WITH ZEAL. HE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS TO THE PRODUCT TYPE. AND THEN WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM OUR ENGINEER CONSULTING FOR ANY ENGINEERING QUESTIONS. I THINK YOU MAY HAVE BROUGHT TOO MUCH FIREPOWER, BUT. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT QUOTE UNQUOTE MULTIFAMILY, BUT THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOUR TYPICAL MULTIFAMILY, CORRECT? NO, IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE A TOWNHOME TYPE PRODUCT. TOWNHOME. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, THIS IS NOT A BIG BOX. NOT AT ALL. TEN LEVEL MULTIFAMILY THING. YEP. OKAY.TWO STORY MAX. AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN STATED. BUT IT'S THE DENSITY IS NOT CHANGING. IT IS NOT. ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? I'LL JUST MAKE A STATEMENT. I THINK THIS IS A PREFERABLE OUTCOME FOR THE CITY AND FOR MY DISTRICT. I THINK THE DUPLEXES TEND TO LOOK. I JUST DON'T LIKE THE LOOK OF THEM. I KNOW THAT'S A SUBJECTIVE THING. THE LITTLE SEPARATE, SEPARATE, SEPARATE. I THINK THIS IS A BETTER LOOK AND PROBABLY A BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND A BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR PUBLIC SERVICE THERE, TOO. SO I'M VERY PRO THIS IDEA. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SAM, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM? SEEING NONE. ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THIS ITEM. OH. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. FRANKLIN. YOUR NAME? ONE. NAY. CHARLIE. YES. THANK YOU. ITEM 2400866S SP TWO. CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING TO
[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Variance to a Site Plan for Modera Multi-Family Development, Located on the East Side of Hardin Boulevard and Approximately 1,400 Feet North of Bloomdale Road]
CONSIDER AND ACT ON A VARIANCE TO A SITE PLAN FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF HARDIN BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 1400 FEET NORTH OF BLOOMDALE ROAD. JENNIFER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JENNIFER ARNOLD AGAIN, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING. SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A SITE PLAN. TYPICALLY, SITE PLANS CAN BE APPROVED AT THE STAFF LEVEL. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME VARIANCES THAT ARE COMING WITH THIS ONE THAT REQUIRE ACTUALLY BOTH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. SO AS YOU READ. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF HARDIN, THERE NEAR THE BLOOMDALE INTERSECTION. AND THE USE FOR MULTIFAMILY IS ALREADY PERMITTED. SO THE SITE PLAN BEFORE YOU IS NOT CONSIDERING THE USE THAT'S ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY, JUST THE VARIANCES THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A MODIFIED SCREENING ON THE EASTERN BOUNDARY LINE, WHERE IT'S ADJACENT TO SOME TOWNHOMES, AS WELL AS SOME MODIFIED SCREENING FOR PARKING. ROWS THAT ARE VISIBLE BY THE STREET. THE MODIFIED SCREENING FOR THE PARKING ROWS VISIBLE AT THE STREET WOULD BE SOME LOW HEDGE SHRUBS, WHICH ACTUALLY ALIGN WITH OUR CURRENT UDC STANDARDS. THIS. LET ME BACK UP.THIS SITE ACTUALLY IS VESTED UNDER OUR OLD CODE, WHICH DID NOT ALLOW FOR THAT SCREENING OF THE PARKING. SO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING THERE IN YELLOW ALIGNS WITH WHAT OUR CURRENT UDC WOULD ALLOW FOR PARKING LOT SCREENING. AND THEN WHERE YOU'RE SEEING THAT HIGHLIGHT IN GREEN, THAT IS THE EASTERN SCREENING VARIANCE THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR. TYPICALLY WE REQUIRE A SINGLE SOLID MASONRY WALL WHEN SCREENING MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS. HOWEVER THEY ARE PROPOSING DUE TO SOME GRADE CHANGES INSTEAD OF A TRADITIONAL SCREENING WALL. AND THEY'VE GOT A SERIES OF RETAINING WALLS THAT ARE ACTUALLY STEPPED BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN WE WOULD TYPICALLY REQUIRE. AND THEY'RE PROPOSING A RAILING AS WELL AS SOME ENHANCED LANDSCAPING TO CREATE A MORE NATURAL SCREENING EFFECT BETWEEN THEIR PROJECT AND THE TOWNHOMES. TO THE EAST OF THEM. THE LAST VARIANCE THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR IS RELATED TO THE ENCLOSED PARKING REQUIREMENT UNDER THE OLD CODE. ENCLOSED PARKING WAS REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED AT 50%. HOWEVER, IT COULD BE REDUCED TO 30% WITH SITE PLAN CONSIDERATION, WHICH IS WHAT'S HERE TONIGHT. THEY ARE PROPOSING TO PROVIDE 30% ENCLOSED PARKING. THAT ALIGNS WITH TWO THINGS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT ALIGNS WITH THE INITIAL PHASE OF WORK THAT THEY DID FOR THE PROJECT JUST ADJACENT TO THEM. IT ALSO ALIGNS WITH THE CURRENT ALLOWANCES UNDER OUR UDC. SO THE PROPOSAL TO MODIFY THAT ENCLOSED PARKING IS SOMETHING THAT STAFF DOESN'T HAVE A CONCERN WITH. IN LOOKING
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AT TOTALITY FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF IT. WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, AS IS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND THEIR APPLICANT IS HERE. IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM. ANY QUESTIONS FOR JENNIFER? TELL ME.I KNOW THAT THE OR DOES THIS FALL UNDER DIFFERENT PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR ONE BEDROOM TWO BEDROOM THREE BEDROOM. IT DOES NOT. IT STILL FOLLOWS THE I'D HAVE TO GO LOOK IT UP, BUT IT DOES NOT. OUR OLD PARKING RATIO DID NOT DISTINGUISH BASED ON NUMBER OF BEDROOMS. CAN YOU TELL ME A BALLPARK NUMBER OF HOW MANY VEHICLES WOULD BE PARKED ON THAT? I SURE CAN, IF YOU GIVE ME JUST ONE SECOND, I CAN TELL YOU. SO THEY'LL BE PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 542 PARKING SPACES, AND OF THAT, 216 WOULD BE SURFACE SPACES, 65 WOULD BE COVERED AND 98 WOULD BE ENCLOSED. AND THEN THEY'RE GAINING SOME OTHER SPACES THROUGH TUCK UNDER GARAGES AS WELL AS TANDEM, MEANING THE DRIVEWAY THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENCLOSED PARKING SPACE ALSO COUNTS. BUT TRADITIONAL SURFACE PARKING AND A TRADITIONAL PARKING LOT CONFIGURATION WOULD BE 216. PLUS SOME ADDITIONAL COVERED PARKING. JENNIFER, DOES THE TOWNHOME PROJECT THAT EXISTS, I BELIEVE, ON THE EAST. DOES THAT HAVE A MASONRY WALL ON ITS WEST SIDE OR WHAT IS SEPARATING IT CURRENTLY FROM THESE PEOPLE'S? I MAY ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW. I CAN LOOK THAT UP. THE APPLICANT MAY KNOW BECAUSE THEY WORKED DIRECTLY WITH THAT TOWNHOME DEVELOPER TO COME UP WITH THIS CONCEPT, SO THEY PROBABLY GOT SOME MORE FAMILIARITY. I'D HAVE TO GO DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? THEY ARE. OKAY. AND IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, WOULD YOU START WITH A NAME AND ADDRESS? I'M SORRY WITH THE QUESTION THAT WAS JUST ASKED.
YES, SIR. IF YOU DON'T MIND. NEIL EASTWOOD, 399 GOODFELLOW DRIVE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE. I'M THE APPLICANT AND HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND I CAN START WITH PATRICK'S. SO RIGHT NOW, IT'S A GREENFIELD SITE. WE ARE UP ELEVATION FROM THE ADJACENT TOWNHOMES, SO THERE IS NO RETAINING WALL CURRENTLY EXISTING. AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO BUILD ONE IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS SITE HAVE ANY CHANCE OF BEING DEVELOPED FOR MULTI-FAMILY USE. SO I DIDN'T SEE A RETAINING WALL. I SAW THE WALL YOU'RE DOING, WHICH I'M GOING TO SAY IS KIND OF TIERED. AND THEN A WHAT LOOKED LIKE A WROUGHT IRON FENCE, AS WELL AS SOME DECIDUOUS TREES UP THERE. IS THAT IS THERE NOT GOING TO BE A MASONRY WALL? AND THAT'S I MEAN, I'M NOT MARRIED TO THE IDEA OF A MASONRY WALL. I JUST DIDN'T SEE ONE. IT KIND OF SURPRISED ME. SO THE COMBINATION OF THE TIERED RETAINING WALLS, WHICH VARY IN HEIGHT ALONG THAT ENTIRE NORTH SOUTH STRETCH. WHAT WOULD BE KIND OF, IN OUR EYES, TAKING A BRUNT OF THE SCREENING, BUT ALSO LESSENING THE IMPACT OF JUST A STRAIGHT UP RETAINING WALL ADJACENT TO THE TOWNHOMES ON THE TOP RETAINING WALL, THOUGH, THERE WILL BE A SAFETY HANDRAIL, WHICH WOULD BE A WROUGHT IRON FENCE RAIL. AND THEN THE, AS JENNIFER MENTIONED, WOULD BE EVERGREEN SHRUBBERY. TO, YOU KNOW, PROHIBIT ANY LIGHT INFILTRATION INTO THE ADJACENT TOWNHOMES. OKAY. AND THAT WAS LET ME MENTION THAT THAT WAS PREFERRED BY THE TOWNHOME DEVELOPER ITSELF. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION. WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THIS ITEM. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. CONSIDER
[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Pre-Construction Contract with Swinerton Builders for Construction Manager at Risk Pre-Construction Services Related to the Design and Construction of the McKinney National Airport Commercial Terminal Project (AI2250)]
ITEM 252464. CONSIDER AND ACT ON A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH SWINERTON BUILDERS FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES RELATED TO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE NATIONAL AIRPORT COMMERCIAL TERMINAL PROJECT. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PATRICIA JACKSON, YOUR FACILITY'S CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.JUST THE PRE-CON SERVICES FOR THAT. FOR THE COMMERCIAL TERMINAL AT THE AIRPORT. WE WENT THROUGH THE STANDARD CMAA PROCESS. CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK. ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE STATUTES THAT ARE REQUIRED IN A TWO STEP PROCESS. WE SENT OUT LOTS OF NOTIFICATIONS. WE GOT BACK NINE VERY QUALIFIED RESPONDENTS TO THAT. WE NARROWED THAT DOWN TO THE TOP FIVE. WE GOT RESPONSES FOR AN RFP ASKING FOR NOT ONLY THE GENERAL CONDITIONS, BUT THE
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FEE STRUCTURES AS WELL AS PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. WE GOT REALLY GOOD RESULTS FROM THAT, AND WE LOOKED AT OUR TOP THREE AND INTERVIEWED ALL OF THOSE CANDIDATES. WE HAD, AGAIN, SOME VERY GREAT CANDIDATES, SWINERTON WHO IS HERE TONIGHT. WE'VE GOT REPRESENTATIVES FROM SWINERTON WITH US THIS EVENING, AS WELL AS KEN CARLY WITH THE AIRPORT. SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM, YOU WANT TO GIVE IT JUST SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SERVICES INVOLVED IN A PRE-CONSTRUCTION.ABSOLUTELY. WHEN WE LOOK AT A CMA TYPE OF CONTRACT, WE ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK INTO THE DESIGN PROCESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT. TESTING OF PRICING AND THE CONSTRUCTABILITY REVIEW. SO WE ARE IN DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE PROJECT FROM A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE. AS THE AIRPORT ENGINEER OF RECORD HAS DONE MOST OF THE CIVIL WORK ON THAT SIDE. WE'RE WORKING ON A TERMINAL DESIGN RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH A REALLY STRINGENT PROCESS IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTABILITY REVIEW, SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT THINGS ARE COSTING. WE CAN TEST DIFFERENT TYPES OF SYSTEMS AS WE GO THROUGH THAT DESIGN PROCESS. SO WE'RE LOOKING THEY CAN OFFER INPUT ON VALUE ENGINEERING. YEAH THEY CAN WE CALL WE TRY TO USE BUDGET ALIGNMENT BETTER THAN VALUE ENGINEERING. PEOPLE SOMETIMES BELIEVE VALUE ENGINEERING IS A IS A NASTY WORD, BUT WE DON'T. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TO MAKE THE BUDGET ALIGN WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT. AND WE'RE DOING IT AS WE'RE DOING THE DESIGN. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS, VALUE MANAGEMENT, WE'RE LOOKING AT NOT ONLY THE INITIAL COST, BUT THE LIFECYCLE COST OF THINGS TO MAKE IT AS SUSTAINABLE, AS GOOD DESIGN AS WE CAN AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. OF COURSE, HAS DONE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS FOR US VERY SUCCESSFULLY. HAVE BROUGHT THEM IN UNDER BUDGET. I KNOW WE'RE NOW PROJECTING TO THE FUTURE, BUT SWINERTON IS CURRENTLY COMPLETING THE CORP TEN PROJECT AS WELL AS THE CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION BUILDING. I CAN TELL YOU WITHOUT ANY QUALMS, THAT THIS IS THE FIRST COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE HAD THAT HAVE COME IN BEFORE SCHEDULE, SO KUDOS TO OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM. THEY'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. WE'RE PUNCHING IT OUT. WE'RE SEVERAL MONTHS EARLY ON BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS, SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY. AND THEY HAVE DONE A FINE JOB AND WE LIKE WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY IN THE INTERVIEWS, AS WELL AS THEIR NUMBERS. THEIR FEE STRUCTURE WAS VERY, VERY COMPETITIVE. THEY THEY CAME IN AT A REALLY NICE FEE, A 1.95% FEE. AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION, PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES IS AT $35,000, WHICH I, FROM THEIR OWN WORDS, THEIR INVESTMENT IN THE PROJECT, BECAUSE THEY WILL PROBABLY SPEND SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS DURING THIS PROCESS. BUT THEY WANTED TO HAVE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME AND GAVE US THEIR SERVICES.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THEIR INTERVIEW IS WHY WAS YOURS LOWER THAN SOME OTHER PEOPLES? AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNEW THAT THEY HAD SKIN IN THE GAME. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR NOT ENTERTAIN A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? NAY. THANK YOU. AND OUR LAST ITEM. 252465. CONSIDER AN
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Appointing Members to the Building & Standards Commission]
ACT ON APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. I CAN JUST ADDRESS THAT. THAT. MAY I ADDRESS THAT AND SAVE EMPRESS A TRIP TO THE PODIUM. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS ON THIS COMMISSION. ONE IS FOR ONE YEAR AND ONE IS FOR TWO YEARS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE NOMINATE DAVID CLARK, WHO IS A LOCAL CIVIL ENGINEER, FOR THE TWO YEAR POSITION. AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO WAIVE THE RULE THAT YOU CAN'T SERVE ON MORE THAN ONE BOARD OR COMMISSION, BECAUSE DAVID DOES SERVE ON ANOTHER BOARD FOR US. BUT THIS COMMISSION ONLY MEETS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS AND MAYBE MEETS ONCE OR TWICE PER YEAR. AND I THINK WITH DAVID'S CONSTRUCTION BACKGROUND AND SUPERIOR KNOWLEDGE, HE LENDS HIMSELF VERY NICELY TO THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION. AND MY SECOND NOMINATION WOULD BE JEFF EDWARDS, WHO IS AN ARCHITECT WHO LIVES HERE IN MCKINNEY AND AGAIN HAS SUPERIOR KNOWLEDGE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM NOMINATED FOR THE ONE YEAR PERIOD. I'D[00:55:02]
LIKE TO SEE MARK FANGIO NOMINATED. I DON'T KNOW, MR. EDWARDS, BUT, YOU KNOW, MR. CLARK DOES SERVE ON THE PARKS BOARD. I'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE SERVE THE CITY AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED. SO I WOULD PROPOSE THAT MARK FANGIO. BUT I'M HAPPY TO VOTE ON COUNCILMAN PHILLIPS IF SOMEONE WANTS TO SECOND HIS MOTION BEFORE I NOMINATE MR. FANGIO, I JUST STATE FOR THE RECORD. I ALSO HAPPEN TO BE CERTAINLY A FAN OF DAVID'S, BUT DAVID IS SERVING ON ANOTHER BOARD, AND I KNOW MARK FANGIO AND I KNOW HIS EXPERIENCE AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I AM IN FAVOR OF HIM AS WELL. MAY I INQUIRE AS TO HIS PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS? HE'S A GENERAL CONTRACTOR. HE'S BUILT A NUMBER OF THINGS IN THE CITY. HE'S BUILT EVERY AIRPORT HANGAR ON THE WEST SIDE OF AERO COUNTRY AIRPORT. HE BUILT THE STEEL BLUE MOUNTAIN BUILDING OVER THERE BY THE AIRPORT. HE'S CURRENTLY DOING THE PARKS CHURCH. WHERE I RESCUED THE BRICK THAT YOU NOW OWN. THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD ONCE AGAIN. WELL QUALIFIED. I'M ASSUMING THAT YOUR NOMINATION IS FOR THE TWO YEAR POSITION. YES, SIR. AND I WOULDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT. KNOWING MR. FANGIO'S BACKGROUND. THANK YOU. SO I WILL AMEND MY MOTION TO BE MR. FANGIO AND THEN MR. EDWARDS. I WILL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT. CITIZEN COMMENTS.[COUNCIL AND MANAGER COMMENTS]
WE'VE ALREADY DONE THOSE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. WE ARE TO COUNCIL AND MANAGER COMMENTS.I'LL START DOWN AT YOUR END. COUNCILMAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES. I'LL JUST SAY I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING THE HUGS GALA THIS WEEKEND, AND THAT IS QUITE AN ORGANIZATION. IT WAS PACKED. THEY MADE A TON OF MONEY, AND THEY'RE REALLY TAKING THEIR CONCEPT NATIONWIDE. THEY'VE GOT PEOPLE CALLING THEM, ASKING THEM HOW THEY PUT IT TOGETHER. AND SO IT'S FUN TO WATCH. IT'S FUN TO WATCH THE RUTH THOMPSON AND LAUREN WHO WHO HAVE TAKEN OVER THAT DEAL AND ALL THE VOLUNTEER WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT. IT'S JUST A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE. AND THAT'S ALL I HAD. GERALD, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS YOU FOR A MOMENT, IF I COULD. WHEN WE'RE UP HERE, WE GET NOTIFIED OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THIS CITY. AND RECENT MONTHS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TOUGH NEWS AND A LOT OF BAD THINGS. BUT JAMIR HIT ME LIKE A TON OF BRICKS, AND I NEVER MET HIM. I'VE SEEN PICTURES. SEEN WHAT YOU SAID. AND YOU'RE RIGHT. HE DIDN'T DESERVE THAT. AND. I'VE HAD SUCH GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH OUR MPD. BUT I KNOW WE DON'T BAT A THOUSAND IN THIS CITY. AND I WANT TO BE HERE FOR YOU TO HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK TO IN THE CITY. AND I KNOW CHIEF IS THE SAME WAY, AND I CAN'T PROMISE ANY RESULT. BUT I PROMISE I WILL GIVE YOU MY ABSOLUTE BEST. I TOO WAS AT THE HUGS THING WITH VONDA. AND IT IS. IT'S JUST AN ANNUAL THING HERE AND IT'S WONDERFUL. I'LL LEAVE IT TO COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN ON THAT. BUT THE OTHER THING THAT I WENT TO THIS LAST WEEK WAS MY FIRST TOUR OF ENCORE WIRE IN 11 YEARS, SINCE I WENT THROUGH LEADERSHIP MCKINNEY, AND THAT IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE BUSINESS, AND IT IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER FACILITY IN THE WORLD WHERE THEY WILL. THEY SHOW US YOU WALK THREE FEET FROM IT, WHERE THEY TAKE SCRAP COPPER AND THEY POUR IT IN A THING, AND ALL THE PLASTIC IN THE STUFF MELTS OFF, AND THEN IT GOES THROUGH THIS WHOLE MECHANISM AND TURNS INTO SOMETHING CALLED COPPER ROD, WHICH IS A AN EXACT 5/8 OF AN INCH HUGE COIL. AND THE STUFF THEY MAKE OUT OF THAT. YOU KNOW, WE MCKINNEY WAS LUCKY IN THE 80S THAT WE GOT ENCORE WIRE, AND MCKINNEY HAS BEEN PURPOSEFUL OVER THE DECADES AND KEEPING IT.
AND IT KIND OF BLENDS INTO THE BACKGROUND SOMETIMES WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WITH WITH THE NEW STUFF WE HAVE GOING ON. BUT I'LL TELL YOU, THEY PUNCH THEIR WEIGHT LIKE NOBODY ELSE IN THE CITY. AND THEY GOT BOUGHT BY AN ITALIAN COMPANY LAST YEAR. SMART BY BY THE ITALIAN COMPANY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS. I'LL SHUT UP IN A SECOND. BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW RULES THAT A LOT OF STUFF HAS TO BE MADE IN AMERICA IF THE GOVERNMENT'S GOING TO USE IT WELL, THE MORE COMMODITIZED YOU ARE, THE LESS LIKELY YOU ARE TO BE MADE IN AMERICA. BUT THIS IS THE ONLY LOCATION IN THE WORLD THAT DOES WHAT THEY DO ON ONE LOCATION. AND IT'S HERE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, AND IT REMAINS A REMARKABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR US. AND SO THAT WAS A REAL TREAT TO
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BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THAT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS SAM FRANKLIN BECAUSE I VOTED AGAINST SAM'S PROPOSAL TONIGHT. AND CERTAINLY IN MY WORK, I LIKE TO KNOW HOW MY JUDGES THINK. SO I KNOW BETTER THE NEXT TIME. AND I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT MY CONCERN THAT I VOTED TO APPROVE THE NEXT MULTIFAMILY PROJECT THAT CAME UP BEHIND YOU, SAM, BECAUSE THAT PROJECT IS ALREADY ON THE GROUND, AND I'M NOT VOTING ON WHETHER OR NOT TO ALLOW AN EXTRA 500 CARS TO BE TRAVELING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YOUR PROJECT WAS DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU HADN'T PUT IT UP YET, AND ALL I WAS VOTING ON ON THEM IS GIVING THEM A RETAINING WALL AND SOME RELIEF ON SOME GARAGES. AND I WANTED YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT MY CONCERN IS THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT EACH MULTIFAMILY PROJECT PUTS ANOTHER LOAD ON THE ROADWAYS HERE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, AS WELL AS OUR POLICE AND FIRE. WITH THAT DENSITY. AND THAT WAS MY CONCERN. YOU'RE STILL A HERO IN MY BOOK, SAM, AND IT'S NOT A VOTE AGAINST YOU, I. WELL, FIRST AGAIN. YEAH. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTIN. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS ON CITY COUNCIL. JUSTIN RAN WITH NO OPPONENTS, SO HE IS ELECTED BEFORE THE ELECTIONS EVEN HAPPENED. SO CONGRATS BROTHER. VERY PROUD TO HAVE YOU AND VERY, VERY PROUD TO SERVE WITH YOU. I TOO, I WAS I WAS SERVED ON THE HUGS BOARD, SO I ATTENDED THE HUGS GALA OVER THE WEEKEND. AND YES, WE HAD OVER 575 PEOPLE. WE ACTUALLY HAD AN WE. WE MISCOUNTED AT FIRST BECAUSE OF OUR SYSTEMS THAT WE USED. WE'RE COUNTING TABLES AS ONE VERSUS THEIR TABLE OF TEN. SO WE WENT FROM SAYING WE THOUGHT WE WERE 150 PEOPLE DOWN TO BEING 75 PEOPLE OVER. AND THEN I JUST LIKE TO THANK MARRIOTT FOR WORKING WITH US AND GETTING THOSE EXTRA TABLES. IF YOU NOTICE, WE WERE KIND OF PUSHED. THE TABLES WERE KIND OF PUSHED UP AGAINST A LOT OF THE AUCTION ITEMS, BUT THAT WAS THE REASON WHY BECAUSE THEY HAD TO WE HAD TO WORK QUICKLY TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE EXTRA PEOPLE THAT HAD SIGNED UP THAT WE HAD NO CLUE THAT WERE ON THE LIST. AND TO YOUR POINT, RICK, I'VE SERVED ON HUGS BOARD ON THEIR GROWTH AND EXPANSION COMMITTEE FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS, AND OUR GOAL IS TO GET THE HUGS MISSION OUT, NOT JUST IN TEXAS OR IN MCKINNEY, BUT ALL OVER THE GLOBE. AND WE'VE WE ARE STARTING TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT. I MEAN, AS YOU'VE SEEN, WE HAD RUTH WAS ON THE KELLY CLARKSON SHOW. THEY GAVE NOT ONLY MCKINNEY, BUT THE HUGS ORGANIZATION, NATIONAL RECOGNITION. AND AS WE GROW AND OPEN THIS TRAINING FACILITY, HOPEFULLY IN 2026, IT WILL BRING MORE, YOU KNOW, AWARENESS TO ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR GOAL. AND OUR GOAL AT HUGS IS NOT TO JUST HAVE ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES WORK AT THE HUGS CAFE TO WHERE WE NORMALIZE IT, TO WHERE THEY CAN WORK AT ANY RESTAURANT AND ANY ANY RESTAURANT IN AMERICA. THEY HAVE THE TRAINING AND THEY HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE SKILL BASE TO DO SO. AND SO I WANT TO THANK RUTH AND LAUREN AGAIN FOR THE HUGS AND ALL THE WORK THEY DO AND EVERYBODY ON THE HUGS BOARD.IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT HUGS HAS TO COME IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. JERILYN THANK YOU FOR ADVOCATING FOR YOUR GRANDSON. I HAD A FANTASTIC GRANDMOTHER WHO I KNEW LOVED ME TO THE END OF THE EARTH, AND HE KNOWS THAT HE HAD A GRANDMOTHER THAT LOVED HIM TOO. AND IT'S SO TOUCHING TO SEE YOU COME AND ADVOCATE FOR HIM. WE DON'T TAKE CRITICISM AS A BAD THING WHEN WE HAVE MISSTEPS BECAUSE WE'RE HUMAN BEINGS. WE ARE OPEN TO IT BECAUSE IT MAKES US BETTER. AND THE ONLY THING I CAN TELL YOU IS THIS EXPERIENCE IS GOING TO MAKE THIS ENTIRE CITY BETTER, BECAUSE WE'RE NOW ALL HERE. WE'VE HEARD YOU. WE ARE NOT GOING TO DISREGARD ANYTHING YOU SAID, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE SOME GREAT GUYS. MAYBE THERE'S SOME MISSTEPS, MISCOMMUNICATIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO GET IT TOGETHER. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU. I'M SO GLAD THIS COMMUNITY CAME IN AND WRAPPED THEIR ARMS AROUND YOUR FAMILY. WE HAVE GREAT PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SHOWN, I THINK, IS VERY REFLECTIVE OF WHAT'S TYPICAL HERE. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S JUST SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS. SO THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO MAKE US BETTER. OKAY.
AND THANK YOU, TARA, FOR SUPPORTING. WE HAVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST STEP IN. THEY DON'T KNOW ANYONE, BUT THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S A NEED HERE. AND THIS IS MY FAVORITE
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THING ABOUT LIVING IN MCKINNEY IS THAT WHEN WE SEE SOMEONE IN NEED, WE WILL STEP UP. WHETHER WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT IN. YOU'RE OUR NEW FAMILY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, TARA, FOR TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS AND BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION TODAY. I DIDN'T GET TO GO TO THE HUGS GALA.HATED TO MISS IT. I WAS AT A VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT WITH MY DAUGHTER IN KANSAS CITY AND THOUGHT, GREAT, I'M GETTING OUT OF THIS 12 DEGREE WEATHER JUST TO COME BACK TO DALLAS TO 12 DEGREE WEATHER, BUT HATED TO MISS IT. LOVE THAT ORGANIZATION. 100% STAND BEHIND IT. AND I THINK ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T KNOW HUGS, YOU NEED TO GO LOOK THEM UP. THEY DO SOME GREAT WORK FOR OUR ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, AND THEY GIVE THEM EMPLOYMENT AND SKILL SETS TO MAKE THEM SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE. SO JUST WANT TO THANK MICHAEL, WHO SERVES ON THE BOARD THERE, AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN MAKING THAT A GREAT ORGANIZATION. I'M JUST REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE EVENT WENT WELL. WE HAVE UPCOMING THIS WEEK A FEW EVENTS FOR CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH. ON THURSDAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING A LECTURE IN COMBINATION WITH THE MCKINNEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE COLLIN COUNTY BLACK CHAMBER. ROLAND PARISH IS GOING TO COME UP AND ADDRESS OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AND WHAT IS THE NORMAL CEO BREAKFAST SERIES? WE JUST HAVE AN AFRICAN AMERICAN GUY WHO'S GOING TO COME AND ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY. HE'S OUTSTANDING, WELL ACCOMPLISHED. I THINK HE HAS A LOT TO OFFER ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN HEARING. WE ALSO HAVE ON SUNDAY A CELEBRATION AT SAINT MARKS BAPTIST CHURCH. THEY ARE CELEBRATING 145 YEARS IN MCKINNEY. AND THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. SO WE WANT TO GO AND CELEBRATE WITH THEM. PRAISE THE LORD TOGETHER. HAVE A GREAT TIME, BUT RECOGNIZE THAT THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO MCKINNEY HAS MADE IT WHAT IT IS AS WELL. THAT WILL BE AT 3 P.M. AT SAINT MARK'S CHURCH THIS SUNDAY, SO PLEASE JOIN US. WELL, THERE WAS A FANTASTIC EVENT ON SATURDAY AS WELL. THE COLLEGE MEGA FEST. SAINT MARK'S CHURCH TAKES THE LEAD ON THAT ONE AS WELL, BUT OVER 700 REGISTRANTS, STUDENTS THAT CAME WITH THEIR PARENTS, GOT INFORMATION ON SATURDAY PREP. AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING FINANCIALLY READY, BUT ALSO OFFERED SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE STUDENTS AS WELL. SO JUST WANT TO THANK THAT GROUP FOR CONSISTENTLY EVERY YEAR DELIVERING THAT EVENT THAT HELPS SO MANY STUDENTS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SHARE. FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO JUST EXTEND MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE GAFFNEY FAMILY. AS CITY MANAGER, I HAVE TO GET PHONE CALLS AND I GET THE PHONE CALLS ALL YEAR. I GET PHONE CALLS FROM SUICIDES.
HEARTBREAKING STUFF. 12 YEAR OLD COMMITTED SUICIDE ON CHRISTMAS EVE. WE GET PHONE CALLS FROM LONELY PEOPLE WHO'VE TAKEN THEIR LIVES. THOSE. THOSE HIT HARD. THIS WAS TOUGH. I MEAN, I'M A FATHER OF THREE KIDS, THREE BOYS AND MY SON. MY YOUNGEST SON KNOWS A FRIEND WHO KNEW JAMIA, AND IT JUST TOOK MY BREATH AWAY. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SO DEDICATED, AND I KNOW THAT IT WAS A HARD EXPERIENCE FOR YOU. THEY WORKED THEIR TAILS OFF. THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE THINGS ALL THE TIME. WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK, BUT KNOW THAT THEY IT HITS THEM HARD TOO. I KNOW THAT POLICE AND FIRE WHEN THEY HAVE TO RESPOND TO THESE.
IT'S THEM HARD. SO THANK YOU. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MY EMOTION. YOU ARE HUMAN. I REALIZE THAT TILL THIS MOMENT. THESE ARE ROUGH. NOTE TO SELF, NOTE TO SELF. WELL, IT IS ALMOST SPRING BREAK. AND SO WE WANT TO REMIND RESIDENTS THAT OUR RECREATION CENTERS AND APEX CENTER HAVE BOTH HALF DAY AND FULL DAY CAMPS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS. YOU CAN REGISTER YOUR CHILDREN FOR THESE PROGRAMS ONLINE. THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SHARE IS EMPRESS. DO YOU WANT TO ROLL THE TAPE? WE ARE. THIS IS OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING IN THIS CHAMBER. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO FOR YOU, GIVE YOU A TASTE OF OUR NEW CITY HALL.
SO. THIS. RIGHT, HERE WE GO. OH, NO MOOD MUSIC. WELL, IT'S SING, PLEASE SING. CHARLIE, WE WILL HAVE A TEASER. THIS IS A TEASER FOR YOU. BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, THE NEW COUNCIL CHAMBER, WE HAVE FANTASTIC SOUND SYSTEM. SO YOU'LL MAYBE EVEN HAVE SOME MOOD MUSIC. SO OUR FIRST MEETING IS THIS FRIDAY. WE HAVE A CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC GOAL SETTING
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MEETING. IT WILL BE IN THIS NEW CHAMBER. THE COUNCIL WILL RING IN THE MEETING FROM THE DAIS, EVEN THOUGH THEY WILL BE MEETING, WILL BE CONFIGURED TO MEET ON THE FLOOR BECAUSE IT'S A WORKSHOP, BUT THAT YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RING IN THE MEETING ON FEBRUARY 21ST. SO AND AGAIN, THE FIRST FULL CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE ON MARCH 4TH IN THE NEW CHAMBER. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR YOU AND FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU SIR. I THINK THIS VIDEO EXEMPLIFIES, YOU KNOW, THE HUGE STEP UP THAT WE ARE MAKING AS WE MOVE THIS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED. I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING TO SHOW BACK IN THE 50S WITH JEDIDIAH FRANKLIN AND MARK HAUSER WALKING INTO THIS, TO THIS BUILDING.YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE. BUT THE HANDLE. YEAH, JUST A FEW REMARKS, CAROLYN. IT'S BEEN SAID BY OTHERS UP HERE. AND I AS I SAID AFTER YOU SPOKE, IT WAS IT REALLY FELT QUITE FRANKLY FELT WRONG FOR ME JUST GOING TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. IT SEEMED NOT COMMENSURATE WITH THE LEVITY OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE JUST HEARD FROM YOU. AND AS JERRY SAID, JUST TO SEE. SUCH, YOU KNOW, SUCH COMPASSION AND SUCH HEARTBREAK THAT YOU OBVIOUSLY ARE GOING THROUGH AND THE FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH, IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. AND AS WAS STATED, WE ABSOLUTELY HEARD YOU. AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO COME AND SPEAK AND EXPRESS THOSE THINGS AND CONVEY WHAT YOU WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE WAS. AND WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO HEAR THAT AND LOOK AT THAT. AND, AND SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. CAN, CANNOT, CANNOT IMAGINE BEING IN, IN YOUR SHOES OR HIS MOTHER'S SHOES OR, OR SIBLING'S SHOES. IT'S THE WORST THING THAT I THINK ANY OF US COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE. SO. WE HEARD YOU. I WAS NOT AT THE HUGS EVENT. WE HAD A CHARITY EVENT OURSELVES THAT WENT OFF FAIRLY WELL. BUT I KNOW THAT HUGS IS SUCH A GREAT ORGANIZATION AND I WOULD TELL PEOPLE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, EVERY MONDAY THEY ARE AT A PLACE CALLED THE ROOK, WHICH IS IN ADRIATICA, AND THEY SERVE LUNCH FROM 1130 TO, I THINK 130 MAYBE.
AND IT'S A MORE LIMITED MENU MAYBE THAN, THAN HUGS CAFE. BUT THEY ALL THEY COME THERE AND THEY SERVE AND IT'S AWESOME BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE OUTSIDE THE ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY'RE SO COMFORTABLE IN AND EXPERIENCE AND MEET NEW PEOPLE IN A NEW ENVIRONMENT. AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE FOR THE WORKFORCE. SO IF YOU ARE AROUND STONEBRIDGE SIDE OF TOWN, ANY MONDAY LUNCH TIME, YOU SHOULD GO TO THE ROOK AND SUPPORT HUGS CAFE FOR LUNCH. WE HAVE A AN EVENT COMING UP IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE SANCTUARY, IT'S BENEFITING THE POLICE BENEVOLENCE FUND FOR FAMILIES THAT THAT ARE VICTIMS OF TRAGEDY. AND THAT WILL BE FRIDAY AT THE SANCTUARY. I'LL LEAVE YOUR HAT ON. AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. BLACK HISTORY MONTH. YOU PUT SO MUCH EFFORT. I KNOW YOU HAVE OTHERS THAT WORK WITH YOU, BUT YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT YOU ARE SO DEDICATED FOR SUCH AN IMPORTANT MISSION. AND THANK YOU BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY AND SOMETHING APPRECIATED. SO AND JUSTIN HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIR. YOU UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE YOU. THAT WAS THE BIRTHDAY PRESENT THAT WE ALL GOT FOR YOU. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW WE DID IT. YOU'LL NEVER KNOW. WE WORKED VERY HARD. YOU'RE WELCOME, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. WITH THAT MOTION TO ADJOURN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.