Feb 27, 2025 McKinney Community Development Corporation

WE READY? OKAY. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THIS THURSDAY MORNING, LAST THURSDAY OF THE

[CALL TO ORDER]

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I WILL NOW CALL THE MEETING OF THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO ORDER.

THE TIME IS 802. WE ARE IN THE NEW CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 401 EAST VIRGINIA STREET, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. SO WELCOME, EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

AT THIS TIME, I KNOW WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE AN INVOCATION DONE BY CHAIM AL GABETTI, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE HERE. SO I WILL ASK OUR OWN LADY BRADFORD, TO BRING OUR INVOCATION AND LET THE LORD, YOU KNOW, USE YOU IN YOUR WORDS TODAY. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

LET'S PRAY. OUR FATHER AND OUR GOD. WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOUR PRESENCE AND WE INVITE YOU IN.

HAVE YOUR WAY THIS MORNING. USE US FOR YOUR GLORY.

SO MANY PEOPLE DOING SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS FOR WHICH WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO BUSINESS IN THE CITY THAT YOU HAVE BLESSED US WITH. WE ASK YOU TO BLESS US INDEED ENLARGE OUR TERRITORY.

LET YOUR HAND BE WITH US, THAT WE WON'T CAUSE PAIN AND YOU'VE DONE IT.

WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE EXPECT EVEN MORE. BE GLORIFIED IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY OVER WHICH YOU ARE LORD, IN CHRIST'S NAME WE PRAY. AND IT IS SO. AMEN.

AMEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS (For Non-Public Hearing Items)]

WE HAVE MISS RUTH THOMPSON. EACH EACH SPEAKER HAS THREE MINUTES TO PROVIDE THEIR COMMENTS. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.

MADAM PRESIDENT AND AND BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME JUST A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT HUGS CAFE.

I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY WHERE I'M FROM? HUGS CAFE, 224 EAST VIRGINIA.

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING YOUR SUPPORT. WE NOT ONLY WILL BE BUILDING A BUILDING JUST FROM HERE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE US. THAT WILL SUPPORT ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

BUT THE NATION AS FAR AS THAT POPULATION IS CONCERNED.

WE'RE KNOWN AS A LEADER IN ONE OF THE LEADERS IN THE NATION IN EMPLOYMENT FOR THIS POPULATION.

AND WE ARE NOW FINDING PEOPLE ARE COMING TO US AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR CAFE AND TRAINING ACADEMY IN ONE BUILDING AND BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE IT. AND IT'S ALL RIGHT HERE IN MCKINNEY.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR DISCUSSION THAT YOU'VE HAD AND ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO FOR US.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ALSO HAVE BENJAMIN JENNINGS.

THANK YOU. HELLO. AND MY ADDRESS IS 7433 BOULDER CREEK DRIVE. MY NAME IS BEN JENNINGS. AND I WORK IN THE KITCHEN AT HUGS. HUGS NEEDS YOUR HELP. AND MCKINNEY IS THE HOME OF HUG, AND WE NEED IT TO GROW. I STARTED IN THE I STARTED IN THE TRAINING ACADEMY.

IT WAS THE IT WAS THE DOORWAY TO MY CAREER IN HUGS.

SO LET'S SEE. AND I NOW WORK AT HUGS AND ALSO THE OFFICIAL AMBASSADOR FOR HUGS. FOR THE COMMUNITY.

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR REQUEST AND CREATE MORE JOB SUCCESS.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT CAME FORWARD. WE HAVE CONSENT ITEMS.

[CONSENT ITEMS]

IF NO ONE WANTS TO PULL DOWN ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS, THEN I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL CONSENT ITEMS. 25 DASH 2470 NINE MINUTES OF THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING OF JANUARY 23RD, 2025. ITEM 25 DASH 24 80 MINUTES OF THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

POTENTIAL PROJECTS SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING OF DECEMBER 5TH, 2024.

ITEM 25 DASH 2480 ONE MINUTES OF THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROMOTIONAL AND COMMUNITY EVENT GRANTS SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING OF JANUARY 14TH, 2025. ITEM 25 DASH 2480 TWO MINUTES OF THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING OF JANUARY 15TH, 2025. ITEM 25 DASH 2480 THREE MINUTES OF THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POTENTIAL PROJECT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 3RD, 2025. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE BOARD THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL DOWN? CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE CONSENT ITEMS? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. YOU PUSHED A BUTTON.

THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. BEAR WITH US AS WE ARE LEARNING OUR NEW SYSTEM.

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO INTO REPORTS. WE HAVE ITEM 25 DASH 2484 FINANCIAL REPORT.

[Financial Report]

A LITTLE NEW. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS LOWER THAN IT USED TO BE.

OKAY. SO FOR DECEMBER, WE HAD $2.3 MILLION IN REVENUES COME IN.

THE MAJORITY OF THAT WAS RELATED TO SALES TAX REVENUES.

MOVING DOWN TO EXPENDITURES, WE HAD 47,000 AND OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 417,000.

AND PROJECT EXPENSES, THE MAJORITY OF THAT BEING COMMUNITY GRANTS AND PROJECTS.

WE ALSO HAD $69,000 IN NON-DEPARTMENTAL EXPENSES.

TOTAL EXPENSES FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY OR DECEMBER IS 534,000.

I WANT TO CAN I MOVE IT OVER? SEE? CAN YOU MOVE IT TO CAN YOU TRY IT SO WE KNOW IF IT WORKS? OH, THERE YOU GO. OKAY. THANK YOU. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. OKAY, HERE WE GO. OKAY. SO FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, THIS APPLIES TO OCTOBER SALES THAT WE COLLECTED IN DECEMBER.

WE SAW AN 8.6% INCREASE. WE DID HAVE A FEW AUDIT COLLECTIONS.

SO OUR TRUE INCREASE WAS ABOUT 5.5%. THAT BRINGS OUR YEAR TO DATE THOUGH IN COLLECTIONS TO FOUR AND A HALF 4.7%.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR SISTER CITIES, ALLEN SAW A 11% DECREASE.

FRISCO SAW 13% INCREASE IN PLANO SAW 11% INCREASE AS WELL.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ALL TRENDING THE SAME WAY EXCEPT FOR ALLEN. ALLEN STILL PROJECTS TO MEET THEIR 2% THAT THEY BUDGETED TO INCREASE THIS YEAR SAW THEIR LAST MANAGER NOTES.

AND SO I'LL TOUCH ON SALES TAX A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN WE GET TO THE NEXT FINANCIALS AND SEEING WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN JANUARY. BUT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT BY INDUSTRY.

RETAIL TRADE HAS BEEN KIND OF CONSISTENT. NOW THAT WE'RE ABOUT FOUR MONTHS IN AND WE'VE SEEN WE'RE AT 2%.

THIS IS THREE MONTHS IN THE NEXT MONTH. WELL THE NEXT FINANCIALS WILL BE 4% OR FOR FINANCIALS.

BUT WE'RE AT 2% FOR RETAIL TRADE. SO THAT'S BEEN KIND OF CONSISTENT AT THIS POINT. SO IT DOES SHOW A LITTLE SLOW AND SLOWER THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY.

EVERYTHING ELSE I'M NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT. I WILL TOUCH ON ADMIN AND REMEDIATION CATEGORY HERE IN A SECOND WHEN WE GET TO JANUARY THOUGH.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON DECEMBER BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE MORE CURRENT ONE OF JANUARY? OKAY, SO IT'S NOT OVER FOR ME. PERFECT. OH. OH, OKAY. SO THIS IS JANUARY. THIS IS OUR MOST RECENT MONTH THAT WE JUST CLOSED.

WE COLLECTED $2.1 MILLION IN REVENUES. THE MAJORITY OF THAT WAS SALES TAX REVENUE OF 1.9 MILLION.

WE'RE LOOKING AT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPENSES, WE HAD 139,000.

IN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, 175,000 ARE PROJECT EXPENSES.

THAT WAS SPLIT PRETTY EVENLY BETWEEN COMMUNITY GRANTS AND PARKS.

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SO TOTAL EXPENSES FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY WAS 670,000.

ALL RIGHT. NOW SALES TAX. THIS APPLIES TO NOVEMBER.

WE SAW A DECREASE OF 4.5%. OUR TRUE DECREASE WAS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO 1% WHEN YOU FACTOR IN AUDIT COLLECTIONS AND PRIOR PERIOD COLLECTIONS.

SO THAT DOES DROP OUR YEAR TO DATE PERCENTAGE TO 2.3%.

YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THAT TRANSLATED TO OUR SISTER CITIES AS WELL AS ALLEN, HAD A 4.9% DECREASE.

FRISCO HAD A 5.5% DECREASE. PLANO SAW A 3.4% 0.4% INCREASE.

THEY'RE ALL PRETTY ACCURATE REGARDING BESIDES OURS, WITH US ONLY BEING 1% DECREASE, BUT IT JUST SHOWS THAT THE ECONOMY THIS MONTH WAS NOT AS ACTIVE AS IT WAS A YEAR AGO TODAY. NOW, IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT REASONS WHY WE'RE STILL KIND OF LOOKING INTO THE DATA, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'LL TOUCH ON RETAIL TRADE IS THAT OR I'LL TOUCH ON THE SALES TAX BY INDUSTRY.

RETAIL TRADE DID DROP TO 1%. I KNOW READ OR LET'S NOT RAISE ALARMS YET.

LET'S KIND OF SEE HOW THESE NEXT FEW MONTHS PLAYS OUT.

I DID SEE THE SALES TAX FOR DECEMBER COME IN NEXT MONTH, AND WE HAD A STRONG 6% INCREASE.

SO THAT WILL HELP A LOT. WE HAVEN'T GONE BY INDUSTRY, SO I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.

THE ONLY OTHER ONE I'LL NOTE ON HERE IS THE ADMIN SUPPORT WASTE.

WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION WHICH WAS DOWN 25%.

A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE DO PAY QUARTERLY. THEY'LL BE COMING IN DECEMBER.

I HAVEN'T WE? IT TAKES US A FEW WEEKS TO GET THROUGH ALL THE SALES TAX BY INDUSTRY.

SO WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW. AND SO IT SHOULD BE A BETTER NEXT MONTH I'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

BUT OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING OVER THIS AND STAYING ACTIVE AND WHAT IS GOING ON.

BUT AT LEAST FOUR MONTHS TO A YEAR, WE CAN SEE THE RETAIL TRADE AND ALL THAT IS A LITTLE BIT SLOWER THAN WE HAVE HISTORICALLY.

AND THAT'S KIND OF ACCURATE WITH OUR SISTER CITIES AS WELL. SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK NEXT MONTH WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TELLING WHEN I SHOW DECEMBER'S NUMBERS, WHICH IS OUR BIGGEST SALES TAX MONTH OF THE YEAR. SO JUST ONE QUESTION.

ARE YOU SEEING ANY NATIONAL TRENDS AT THIS MATCHES? I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, INFLATION IS HIGHER THAN WHAT OUR RETAIL TRADE INCREASE IS.

SO THAT'S YEAH, IT'S ALWAYS I MEAN, TEXAS, THIS AREA OF TEXAS HAS ALWAYS DONE BETTER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OR RECENTLY.

SO YOU HAVE TO WEIGH THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. AND HONESTLY, IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GETTING BACK CLOSER TO WHAT THE NATIONAL AVERAGES ARE THESE PAST 5 OR 6 MONTHS OR SO, KIND OF IN LINE WITH THE NATION.

BUT IF I'M LOOKING AT DIRECTLY LIKE BY INDUSTRY, I HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF CORRELATIONS YET.

IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHEN WE HAVE A FEW MORE MONTHS TO KIND OF PLAY OUT, AND IT TAKES THE NATION A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, A FEW MONTHS BEHIND WHEN WE GET THIS DATA.

SO TO TIE IT TO MONTH TO MONTH AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DELAYED IN THAT ASPECT. BUT WE DO TRACK ALL THAT STUFF AS WELL.

AND I WILL ALWAYS SHARE IF I SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT KIND OF HAVING A LIKE I SAID, THIS NEXT MONTH WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TELLING AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO COMMENT ON AS WELL. SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR JAMES? THANK YOU JAMES.

[Board and Liaison Reports]

I WOULD JUST GIVE UPDATES AND WE WILL RESERVE TO HAVE ALL BOARD COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

WE WILL SAY LIKE I SAY, WE'LL SAY MOST OF THE COMMENTS AT THE END.

A FEW HIGHLIGHTS SINCE OUR LAST MEETING INCLUDE A COUPLE EVENTS THAT OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS AND SEVERAL CHAMBER EVENTS, INCLUDING THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH CEO BREAKFAST WITH ROLAND PARISH FOR ANYONE THAT WAS ABLE TO ATTEND.

IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT. MR. PARRISH'S STORY IN HIS TESTIMONY, IN HIS HUMBLENESS, IN WHAT HE DOES, WAS REALLY JUST KIND OF SET A NEW BAR FOR ME PERSONALLY.

ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR COMMUNITY AWARDS THIS COMING FRIDAY AT THE CHAMBER AWARDS, WHERE MCDC WILL PRESENT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AWARDS AS WELL.

AND I DO NOT SEE MISS PHELAN HERE YET. SHE'S IN THE BACK.

YOU ALL THE WAY BACK. YOU GOT TO COME TO THE FRONT LIKE THEY.

YOU ARE HIDING BACK THERE. SO I WILL. AS MANY KNOW, KIM WILL BE LEAVING THE GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. AND. WE GOT TO GIVE YOU A HARD TIME.

ONE MORE TIME. LISTEN TO ME. THAT'S RIGHT.

SO I HAVE TO PERSONALLY SAY. BECAUSE YOU ARE MY LEADERSHIP.

MCKINNEY. BEST CLASS EVER. YES, SIR. SO THIS IS TRULY KIND OF HEARTBREAKING, BUT AN HONOR AT THE SAME TIME. SO JUST JUST ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, AND WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

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WHAT A RIDE WITH YOU. MCKINNEY HAS TRULY THRIVED FROM CITY LEADER TO FRIEND.

SO TRUE. WE'RE SAD TO SEE YOU BID ADIEU. YOU JOINED OUR TEAM IN 2022.

IN 2020, THE DREAMS TURNED HEADACHES AND PLENTY.

WHEN COVID STRUCK. YOU LED THE WAY, HELPING STAFF AND RESIDENTS THROUGH EACH TOUGH DAY.

WITH GROWTH THAT SOARED, OUR NUMBERS GREW. WE SAW PROJECT SUCCESS BECAUSE OF YOU.

YOU. I DON'T WANT TO CRY. OH, I DON'T KNOW. OH YOU'VE MANAGED A LOT WITH.

GREAT. WITH SUCH GREAT CARE. ALWAYS ADDING A SPECIAL FLAIR.

YOU CHAMPIONED WOMEN, BUILT UP OUR DREAMS. FACILITATED HOPE AND SHARED OUR DREAMS. FROM HOUSING DISCUSSION TO MCKINNEY CARE. YOU LEFT A MARK WE'RE PROUD TO SHARE.

SO HERE'S TO KIM, A GUIDING STAR WHO'S MADE OUR CITY SHINE NEAR AND FAR.

SO YOU'RE OFF TO NEW ADVENTURES. FAR AND AWAY.

IT'S MCKINNEY'S HEART. YOU'LL ALWAYS STAY. YES, TRULY.

YOU'RE INDEED A TREASURE. AND 21 IS THE BEST CLASS EVER.

SO YOU ARE TO TAKE THIS, PUT IT IN A FRAME, AND PUT IT IN YOUR OFFICE SO THAT YOUR NEW FAMILY WILL KNOW WHAT A TREASURE YOU ARE TO MCKINNEY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE WE SMILING? I LOOK HORRIBLE NOW. WELL, YOU. KNOW, THIS IS OUR BEDTIME STORY. WE ALWAYS. THIS IS OKAY.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. SO I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS EVER WRITTEN A POEM FOR ME BEFORE.

MAYBE. MAYBE MY KIDS. THAT WAS NOT THIS ELOQUENT.

HOWEVER, I WAS DRIVING HERE TODAY, AND AS I WIND DOWN HERE, I'M RAMPING UP INTO PIER.

SO I'VE HAD WEEKLY CALLS WITH KEY STAFF AND CITY MANAGEMENT THERE.

AND WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT DIFFERENT STATES IS EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT TOOLS.

AND WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS, THEY DON'T HAVE FOUR A-4B LIKE TEXAS DOES.

IT IS TRULY A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO POUR BACK INTO YOUR COMMUNITY.

OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW YOU AS A BOARD.

I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY YOU ARE EXCEPTIONAL STEWARDS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND POUR YOUR HEART INTO THE RESOURCES THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR MCKINNEY.

I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE GROWTH I HAVE RECEIVED HERE, AND I HOPE TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AGAIN, YOU WILL TRULY BE MISSED.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GOING TO FOLLOW THAT, PAUL, BUT YOU COME ON UP.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME HOTEL ROOM BLOCKS IN APRIL, PLEASE, FOR THE DRAFT.

SO CAN YOU WORK ON THAT? FOLLOWING KIM IS ALWAYS, ALWAYS A TOUGH SLOG, FOR SURE.

BY THE WAY, I NEVER GOT ANY FRAMED LETTERS FROM MY FORMER CITY.

THE ONLY THING I GOT WAS FROM A CONSTITUENT WITH A LETTER ADDRESSED THAT'S FRAMED IN MY OFFICE TITLED ADDRESSED TO THE HEAD IDIOT.

I KEPT THAT. I THINK THAT'S I THINK THAT'S TELLING, PAUL.

THAT'S RIGHT. THAT WAS A KEEPER. ANYWAY, MY NAME IS PAUL GRIMES.

I'M THE CITY MANAGER. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.

MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. A FEW ITEMS TO SHARE WITH YOU ON THE GENERAL INFORMATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

WELL, WE JUST HAD KIM UP HERE. WE'RE SENDING HER OUR GOODBYES TO HER.

SHE'S GOING TO DO OUTSTANDING. OF COURSE, WHEREVER SHE GOES. WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE HER FOR FIVE YEARS.

I SENT A NOTE. I THINK I POSTED IT OR SOMETHING ON LINKEDIN, THANKING THE FOLKS IN THE PEER FOR LENDING HER TO US FOR FIVE YEARS, SO WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATED IT. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF FINDING A REPLACEMENT FOR KIM.

WE ARE AT THE FINAL STAGE OF INTERVIEWS. WE HAVE THREE FINALISTS THAT WE WILL BE INTERVIEWING ON I THINK NEXT WEEK, MARCH 4TH, AND I EXPECT TO HAVE A DECISION MADE FOR THE CITY FOR A NEW HCM NEXT WEEK RIGHT AWAY.

SO WE HAD 160 APPLICANTS. WE NARROWED IT DOWN.

WE HAD SIX SEMIFINALISTS. GREAT. OUTSTANDING CANDIDATES.

HARD PART'S MAKING A DECISION, FRANKLY. BUT WE GOT TO FIND THE RIGHT FIT FOR THE ORGANIZATION TO MOVE US FORWARD, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. WE ALSO HAVE A PLANNED COUNCIL CANDIDATE ORIENTATION ON MARCH 7TH. WE ARE. SO FOR ALL MEMBERS OR OF CANDIDATES THAT ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

IT'S A TRADITION THAT MCKINNEY HAS. IT'S A KIND OF A UNIQUE TRADITION, BUT I LOVE IT. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WE WILL KEEP DOING IT AS LONG AS I'M HERE. AND.

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AND SO AT LEAST YOU HAVE SOME FACTUAL INFORMATION WITH WHICH TO TUCK UNDER YOUR ARM AND CONTINUE YOUR CAMPAIGNING.

OF COURSE, AFTER THE ELECTION, WE DO A MORE DEEP, DEEPER DIVE FOR FOR THOSE THAT ARE NEWLY ELECTED AS WELL.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT ON MARCH 7TH. WE DO HAVE A JOINT MEETING IN THIS VERY ROOM TOMORROW WITH MCKINNEY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE DO AN ANNUAL JOINT MEETING EVERY YEAR. WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR. NUMBER ONE, IT'S HERE RATHER THAN AT THE STADIUM.

AND NUMBER TWO, WE'RE DOING IT AT 1130 TOMORROW MORNING.

SO USUALLY WE DO IT IN THE EVENING. WE'RE GOING TO TRY IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THIS TIME, BUT THAT'LL BE TOMORROW HERE IN THIS ROOM ON APRIL 19TH WE ARE PENCILING IN A THAT DATE.

IT'S A SATURDAY FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF CITY HALL.

I THINK WE'RE COORDINATING THAT WITH ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HELPED WITH, THE COMMUNITY GARDEN ACROSS, JUST DOWN THE WAY. WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE KIND OF A NICE SHOWCASE FOR THIS PART OF TOWN, AND HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER IS GOOD THAT SATURDAY.

SO PENCIL THAT DATE IN. NORTH COLLIN COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD CONFERENCE IS COMING UP ON MARCH 8TH.

THAT IS AT THE ISD STADIUM COMMUNITY EVENTS CENTER, BUT WE KNOW IT AS THE STADIUM THAT IS FROM 945 TO 1 P.M.

THERE WILL BE SEVERAL PANELS THERE AND WE, MYSELF AND SOME OTHERS WILL BE PARTICIPATING.

SO IF YOU FEEL SO INCLINED TO PARTICIPATE OR COME TO THE NORTH COLLIN COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD CONFERENCE, MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR MARCH 8TH. AND THEN FINALLY, WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER LONG, LONG SERVING MCKINNEY EMPLOYEE WHO IS GOING TO BE RETIRING AND STEPPING DOWN. AND THAT'S THE GREAT PAUL SPARKMAN. PAUL SPARKMAN HAS BEEN AN EMPLOYEE WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY FOR 37 YEARS, AND HE'S IN OUR PUBLIC. HE'S THE ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

HE'S ALWAYS THERE WHENEVER THERE'S AN EVENT, WHENEVER THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING, WHENEVER THERE'S LIMBS DOWN ON A SUNDAY MORNING, PAUL, CALL OR TEXT PAUL. AND HE'S GOING TO HAVE HIS CREW OUT THERE.

PAUL HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE SERVANT FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, AND AFTER 37 YEARS, HE'S FINALLY DECIDED IT'S TIME TO HANG IT UP.

SO WE WISH PAUL THE BEST. WE WILL RECOGNIZE HIM ALSO AT THE COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK TO SAY FAREWELL TO HIM. SO I'M GETTING KIND OF USED TO THESE BETWEEN GREG CONNOLLY AND NOW PAUL SPARKMAN.

SO I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GAUGHRAN? I'LL MAKE A COMMENT ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS AT MY BOARD COMMENTS.

BUT INSTEAD OF WAITING WHEN NO ONE'S HERE, I'LL TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO MISS PAUL SPARKMAN FOR SURE. HE WAS THE GET STUFF DONE GUY IN PUBLIC WORKS WHEN YOU NEEDED SOMETHING DONE QUICKLY OR YOU SAW A PROBLEM IN THE CITY, HE WAS THE THE GUY TO TO TEXT OR CALL.

I BLEW A STOP SIGN ON WHITE AND PEARSON ONCE BECAUSE SOMEONE HAD LEFT THEIR PEACH TREE.

GROW OVER THE STOP SIGN ON THE CITY, AND I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT.

AND I TEXTED PAUL AND I SAID, PAUL, YOU'VE YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOMEBODY, CUT THIS GUY'S TREE BECAUSE THE PEACHES HAD GROWN AND COVERED THE STOP SIGN. AND HE SAID, I'M ON IT.

AND IT WAS A SATURDAY. IT WAS A SATURDAY MORNING.

BY THE TIME I WENT TO WINCO AND CAME BACK HOME, HE HADN'T CUT THE TREE BECAUSE THAT WOULDN'T BE NICE TO THE HOMEOWNER.

HE HAD HIS GUYS PUT IN A TEMPORARY STOP SIGN, AND SO WITHIN AN HOUR, A TEMPORARY STOP SIGN IS AT THAT CORNER SO THAT DRIVERS CAN SEE THE STOP SIGN, BUT THE HOMEOWNER'S TREE ISN'T HURT.

AND PAUL WAS THE IS THE ONE OF THE NICEST MOST HUMBLE GUYS IN CITY GOVERNMENT.

AND I'M GOING TO MISS HIM. AND I THINK THE CITY IS GOING TO MISS HIS GET STUFF DONE ATTITUDE.

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? THANK YOU PAUL. THANKS, PAUL.

WE WILL NOW HAVE VISIT MCKINNEY. YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF WHEN THEY SAY, KNOW YOUR NUMBER WHEN YOU SEE YOUR PERSON LEAVE.

COME ON. BE IN LINE. I COULDN'T TELL IF I WAS UP NEXT OR NOT.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

A PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO YOU IN THE NEW CHAMBERS TODAY.

THE 2025 STARTED OFF FAIRLY QUICKLY FOR US ON THE TOURISM SIDE.

WE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS OUT FROM THE PPA TEXAS OPEN AT THE COURTS OF MCKINNEY.

THIS IS MARCH 12TH THROUGH THE 16TH PROFESSIONAL PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT TAKING PLACE THERE THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY 675 OR SO PLAYERS SIGNED UP TO PARTICIPATE AT THAT EVENT. SOMEWHERE AROUND 3000 SPECTATORS EXPECTED AT THE EVENT.

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SO THE FIRST COUPLE DAYS ARE KIND OF LIKE PRO-AMS AND AS THEY GET STARTED, IT WILL BE ON PICKLEBALL TV.

AS YOU MOVE INTO THE WEEKEND. IT WILL BE TELEVISED ON FS1 AND FS2 SO YOU CAN WATCH MCKINNEY ON NATIONAL TV AND SEE IT SHOWCASED IN A IN A REALLY COOL WAY. TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW. FOR SPECTATORS.

THERE'S A CODE. IF YOU USE THE CODE MCKINNEY, IT'S 15% OFF WHETHER YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND PLAY IN THE EVENT, OR WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO JUST SHOW UP AS A SPECTATOR.

SO THAT IS WELCOME TO ALL MCKINNEY RESIDENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT CODE.

WE MOVE RIGHT AFTER THAT INTO APRIL, AND WE MOVE INTO THE INTERNATIONAL GIRLS CUP OF MCKINNEY, A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT ON A SOCCER TOURNAMENT YOUTH GIRLS SOCCER TOURNAMENT THAT WE'VE RECRUITED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

WE'RE EXPECTING OVER 200 TEAMS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT EVENT.

THE LAST MEETING I HAD, THERE ARE ALREADY SIX INTERNATIONAL TEAMS THAT HAD SIGNED UP THAT WILL BE COMING TO STAY HERE IN MCKINNEY AND PLAY FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. AND THEN WE ARE DOING OUR KICKOFF EVENT FOR THAT AT TUPPS BREWERY.

SO WE'RE EXPECTING OVER 3000 PEOPLE TO JOIN US AT TUPPS AS WE CELEBRATE THAT TOURNAMENT KICKING OFF IN APRIL, AND THEN THE NEXT WEEK IS THE BYRON NELSON. SO WE'LL GO RIGHT INTO THAT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH THE BYRON ON THE CITY SIDE, WITH THE BOOTH THAT WE TYPICALLY PARTICIPATE IN.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE SALESMANSHIP CLUB TO TRY TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE INTERACT WITH THE FANS AND ENGAGE OUT THERE.

TYPICALLY WE WERE JUST IN A BOOTH HANDING OUT TCHOTCHKES AS PEOPLE WALKED IN, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE MORE OF A FAN ENGAGEMENT AND OPPORTUNITY THERE, AND WE'VE GOT AN EXCITING PROPOSAL FROM THEM YESTERDAY, SO WE'RE WORKING ON LOGISTICS BEHIND THAT.

MORE TO COME AND I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL HAVE EMMY DC.

GOOD MORNING. MICHAEL KOSKI, PRESIDENT OF MEDC.

A FEW UPDATES TODAY. BYRON NELSON PLANNING IS ALREADY IN EFFECT.

I WANT TO SPOTLIGHT ONE THING. THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN COORDINATION WITH TEXAS EDC, HAS IDENTIFIED THREE SIGNATURE EVENTS ON THEIR CALENDAR FOR 2025. THE KENTUCKY DERBY, NCAA FINAL FOUR CHAMPIONSHIP, AND THE BYRON NELSON GOLF TOURNAMENT.

THAT MEANS FOR US IS THAT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE REPRESENTATIVES MAY ACTUALLY ATTEND THE BYRON WITH US, AND THAT PRESENCE THERE JUST AMPLIFIES, AGAIN, THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT COMMUNITY EVENT FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND BEYOND.

VENUE. THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THAT IS KIND OF COMING TOGETHER.

WE'RE THINKING IN LATE APRIL OR EARLY MAY. WE HAVE A FORMAL, GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY.

THOSE DATES ARE KIND OF BEING DIALED IN. WE'LL BE SURE TO COORDINATE WITH PRESIDENT SCHNABEL ON THE EXACT DATES.

SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. THE SHERATON HOTEL HAS A NEW OWNER.

WE HAD A CHANCE TO SIT WITH THE NEW OWNER THIS WEEK.

AARON AND I, IN FACT, TO SPEAK ABOUT THE LONG TERM PLANS FOR THE HOTEL.

AND IT'S ALL VERY, VERY POSITIVE TO INCLUDE AND NOT LIMITED TO RENOVATIONS AND POTENTIAL EXPANSION AS WELL.

SO THE ENERGY OF VENUE IS KIND OF RIPPLING OUT INTO OTHER PROJECTS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO DO.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ON TODAY'S AGENDA, YOU'LL ENTERTAIN A GRANT FOR CANNON BEACH.

THE DEVELOPER, COLE CANNON, SENT ME A VIDEO ON SATURDAY AROUND 3:00, AND HE HAD A LINE OF ABOUT 100 PEOPLE OUTSIDE HIS VENUE WAITING TO GET IN BECAUSE THEY HIT MAXIMUM CAPACITY INSIDE THERE.

NOW, SOME OF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO VISIT THAT LOCATION.

YOU KNOW HOW BIG THAT SITE IS. SO IT SPEAKS TO THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUE AND INTEREST THAT DEVELOPMENT IS GAINING IN MESA.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT TO MCKINNEY. SO WITH THAT, MADAM CHAIR, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. KOSKI? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MCKINNEY, MAIN STREET IMPACT.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. I'M SORRY. MQDC. MADAM PRESIDENT ANDREW JONES, CULTURAL DISTRICT DIRECTOR.

FIRST OFF YOU KNOW, WE JUST CELEBRATED VALENTINE'S DAY, SO INSTEAD OF PINS, I WON'T EXPECT ALL OF Y'ALL TO WEAR IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE CONTINUED THIS PROJECT AND CONTINUING TO PROMOTE THAT.

YOU CAN GET ALL THESE PINS OVER AT VISIT MCKINNEY.

OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR WE JUST CONDUCTED OUR MAIN STREET STRATEGIC MEETING.

SPECIAL THANK YOU TO LINDA AND DEBORAH FOR ATTENDING.

THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOUR VOICE AND NCDC'S PRESENCE THERE.

SO THANK YOU. WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH TRG FOR A NEW MESSAGING STRATEGY FOR, FOR DOWNTOWN.

AND WE CONDUCTED A REALLY INTERESTING AND UNIQUE EXERCISE DURING THE STRATEGIC MEETING.

SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO HAVE YOUR, YOUR VOICE THERE.

WE, OUR MAIN STREET TEAM JUST CAME BACK FROM GEORGETOWN, TEXAS.

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IF YOU KNOW THEIR HISTORIC SQUARE, WE KIND OF CONSIDER THEM.

OUR SISTER SQUARE. OUR BEST COP, YOU KNOW. THEY'RE JUST NORTH OF AUSTIN.

AND IT WAS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MEET WITH THEIR TEAM, LEARN THEIR BEST PRACTICES, REALLY DIAL DOWN ON SOME OF THEIR ORGANIZATION, HOW THEY DO BUSINESS, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE. AND THEN I WANTED TO SHARE A FEW UPCOMING EVENTS.

AT IMPACT. WE HAVE MR PRESENTS THE 12 JURORS THAT'S STARTING TOMORROW.

IT'S A GREAT SHOW IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THAT. AND THEN WE ARE WORKING ON MARCH 2ND.

SO IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO CAREER BARKUS, IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST UNIQUE EVENT IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY.

IT'S A MARDI GRAS DOG PARADE, SO IT'S A FABULOUS EVENT AND THAT STARTS AT NOON AND GOES TILL FOUR.

AND THEN IMPACT ALSO PRESENTS THE TEXAS TENORS MARCH 22ND.

SO THAT SHOULD BE A YOU KNOW, TICKETS ARE ALMOST SOLD OUT ALREADY FOR THAT SHOW.

AND THEN I DID WANT TO BRING ATTENTION TO SOME GRANTS PROGRAMS WITHIN THE ARTS COMMISSION.

SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUR PROJECT OUTREACH GRANTS AVAILABLE.

RIGHT NOW, THOSE ARE FOR ARTS RELATED OR PROJECTS THAT HAPPEN DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR.

SO THAT DEADLINE WAS EXTENDED THIS YEAR. AND THEN WE ARE WE LAUNCHED A NEW PROJECT WITHIN THE ARTS COMMISSION CALLED ART IN THE HALL.

SO THIS PROJECT IS ALL ABOUT BRINGING LOCAL ART INTO THE NEW CITY HALL BUILDING.

SO THERE'S CURRENTLY A CALL FOR ARTISTS FOR THAT PROCESS.

IT'LL THEY'LL BE UP FOR ABOUT A SIX MONTH PERIOD.

THE ART WILL BE FOR SALE, BUT YOU HAVE TO KIND OF GO DIRECTLY TO THE ARTIST WITH THE QR CODE THERE.

BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO KIND OF KICK THAT OFF WITH A CALL TO ARTISTS, AND WE'RE HOPING TO LAUNCH THAT PROGRAM BEFORE THE RIBBON CUTTING.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MCKINNEY PARKS AND REC.

GOOD MORNING. MCDC. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY I'M SORRY THAT AMY KINCAID COULDN'T BE HERE, AND YOU HAVE TO PUT UP WITH ME.

RYAN MULLINS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. GIVE ME SOME UPDATES ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE GOING ON.

WE HAVE THE APEX OUT OUR INDOOR LEISURE POOL.

HAD SOME SOME REMODELING DONE THERE, REPLASTERING OF THE POOL, SOME TILE WORK THAT'S BEEN HELD UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF GETTING TILE AND MATERIALS IN.

WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT PROJECT FINISHED END OF MARCH, MAYBE 1ST OF APRIL.

DAVE NESBIT FIELD AND SIGNAGE IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS A PRACTICE SPACE BETWEEN THE SOFTBALL COMPLEX AND THE APEX PARKING LOT.

DOCUMENTS ARE AT PROCUREMENT AND WE ARE WAITING FOR THEM TO BE ASSIGNED A BID DATE, SO WE SHOULD HAVE THAT OUT TO BID VERY SOON.

TOWNE LAKE LIGHT WALK CONTRACT HAS BEEN SIGNED.

THE STORMWATER PLAN IS IN REVIEW AND ONCE THAT IS DONE, WE'LL SET UP A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING, HOPING TO HAVE THAT PROJECT FINISHED BY THE FALL OF 2025.

WILSON CREEK GREENWAY TRAIL PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION IS NEAR COMPLETION AND PHASE TWO WILL GO OUT TO BID SOON.

THE REC CENTER, TOWNE LAKE, IS STILL SLATED FOR COMPLETION THIS SUMMER.

MCKINNEY SOCCER COMPLEX PHASE TWO. THIS IS THE CONVERTING OF FOUR MORE FIELDS TO SYNTHETIC TURF, ADDING SOME MORE AMENITIES THERE. THAT WILL GO TO COUNCIL NEXT WEEK FOR APPROVAL.

ERWIN PARK, WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 90% CIVIL DESIGN, ANTICIPATING GOING TO BID LATE MAY EARLY JUNE.

CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN THIS SUMMER. LATE SUMMER.

GABE NESBITT SOFTBALL. THAT'S THE FOURPLEX THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT FROM THE BOND MONEY.

STAFF MADE A COUPLE OF MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND PROCUREMENT IS IN REVIEW OF THAT PROJECT RIGHT NOW.

HOPING TO BID THAT OUT SOON. PREVIOUS EVENTS THAT WE JUST HAD.

WE JUST HELD OUR ANNUAL TROUT DERBY THIS PAST WEEKEND HAD ABOUT 2000 ANGLERS THERE, YOUNG AND OLD.

IT'S A GREAT EVENT AGAIN. WE HAD A HIRING EVENT THIS PAST FEBRUARY 15TH.

WE HAD 106 NEW HIRES FROM THAT. IT'S ONE OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

ANOTHER HIRING EVENT COMING UP ON MARCH 29TH FROM 8 A.M.

TO BE AT THE NORTH CAMPUS OF PUBLIC WORKS. AND THEN, AS AARON SAID, WE HAVE THE PICKLEBALL.

PROFESSIONAL PICKLEBALL ASSOCIATION'S TEXAS OPEN PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULED FOR MARCH.

WE'RE EXPECTING A FEW THOUSAND PICKLEBALL CULT MEMBERS.

I MEAN. THERE WILL BE AT THAT EVENT. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BRING THAT TO THE COURTS.

AND THEN, AS AARON ALSO MENTIONED, THE INTERNATIONAL GIRLS CUP. SO WE'RE EXPECTING, LIKE I SAID, OVER 200 TEAMS, WE HAVE 125 THAT HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED TO THAT.

AND WE'RE EXPECTING MAYBE 11 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES REPRESENTED FOR THAT EVENT.

AND FOR THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, RON? ERWIN PARK, YOU SAID WHEN THE RENOVATION STARTS, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PARK DOWN.

IS THAT CORRECT? I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. YEAH. I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE EASIER TO SORT OF RIP THE BAND AID OFF. SO THERE WILL BE SOME TIME WHERE THE PARK WILL BE CLOSED. I THINK WE'LL SOMEWHAT DO IT IN PHASES.

THERE MIGHT BE A TIME TOTAL SHUTDOWN, BUT REOPEN BEFORE THE PARK IS COMPLETE, AND THEN WE'LL GET THE NOTIFICATION OUT TO EVERYBODY.

YES, SIR. YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S A THAT'S ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR PARKS.

YEAH I WOULDN'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. YEAH. AWESOME.

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I WAS AT TOWN LAKE ON SUNDAY DURING THE DERBY, AND THEY HAD CONCENTRATED THE FISHING ALL THE WAY AT THE FAR EAST END OF THE LAKE. I JUST CURIOSITY, NOT QUESTIONING, JUST WONDERING WHY SUCH A SMALL PORTION OF THE LAKE CORDONED OFF FOR FISHING. SO WE PUT A NET ACROSS THE LAKE, SORT OF AT THE MIDPOINT.

CONCENTRATE THE FISH. YEAH, CONCENTRATE THE FISH THERE.

WE HAVE ABOUT 5000 FISH. AND THAT END, OF COURSE, IS CLOSER TO THE BIG PARKING.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME GAMES AND ACTIVITIES GOING ON THERE. WE HAVE OUR STAGE, WE HAD SOME FOOD TRUCKS SO THAT THAT CONCRETE PARKING IS GOOD.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT ON THAT END. WE'VE ACTUALLY INCREASED IT OVER TIME.

WE'VE KIND OF MOVED A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE WEST WITH THAT NETTING THERE, BUT IT DOES HELP SORT OF CONCENTRATE THE FISH AND MAKE FOR BETTER FISHING.

OKAY. DAVID, DID YOU CATCH ONE? NO, I WAS WALKING THE DOGS.

BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY. IT WAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SO MAYBE THE EVENT STUFF HAD HAPPENED ON SATURDAY, SO I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THAT. IT JUST SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE KIND OF PUSHING IT AND THERE WEREN'T A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE.

SO PROBABLY IT WAS MUCH BUSIER ON SATURDAY. BUT NO, IT JUST WAS PURELY CURIOUS.

YEAH, THE CROWD LOVED THE COLDER WATER, SO WE'RE TRYING TO CONCENTRATE THEM THERE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER TO CATCH THEM.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THEM GOING INTO THE SUMMER. SO KEEP THAT NET UP FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS AND THEN PULL IT AND LET THEM TRAVEL THE ENTIRE LAKE.

GOTCHA. SO, RYAN, CURIOSITY, WHAT WAS THE WHO WON? WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST FISH THAT WAS CAUGHT? YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS ON THAT ONE, BUT WE HAD DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS FOR FOR LARGEST FISH AND SMALLEST FISH AND LONGEST FISH. SO I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 3 OR 4 AWARDS PER AGE GROUP, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS.

THANK YOU. JOY. YEAH. THANK YOU. THIS IS A QUESTION ABOUT GRADY LITTLEJOHN.

THE BATHROOM RENOVATIONS, THE LIGHTING AND SO FORTH.

IS THAT ON TRACK FOR THE SUMMER TO BE COMPLETED? I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT COMPLETION DATE FOR THAT. I CAN GET ONE FOR THE BOARD HERE.

BUT YES, IT'S STILL ON ON ON TRACK. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. RYAN. THANKS.

[President’s Report]

THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

JUST WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO SEVERAL THINGS.

FIRST, AT YOUR PLACE, THERE IS A ONE PAGE RECAP OF GRANTS THAT WERE AWARDED IN FY 24.

SO PLEASE BE SURE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. LINDA.

AND AND THE THE CITY'S COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING TEAM WORKED TOGETHER TO PULL THAT TOGETHER.

AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT, GREAT INFORMATION PIECE FOR BOARD MEMBERS.

ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ARE TWO FINAL REPORTS, ONE FROM THE MILL HOUSE ON THE PROMOTIONAL GRANT THAT THAT MCDC FUNDED.

THAT'S A GREATLY DETAILED REPORT. THEY WENT EVENT BY EVENT AND REPORTED ATTENDANCE AND ALSO THE MCDC ADVERTISING FUNDS SPENT AGAINST EACH ONE. SO GREAT INFORMATION THERE. AND ALSO PROJECT GRANT REPORT THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY HOPE HARDWARE THAT SHOWS NOT ONLY THE WORK THAT WE FUNDED ON THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, BUT CRITICAL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS THAT WERE DONE TO THE BUILDING.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE, PLEASE LOOK AT THOSE.

AND THE LAST THING I'LL MENTION IS WE HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT GRANT CYCLE OPENING MARCH 1ST.

WE'LL ACCEPT APPLICATIONS MARCH 1ST THROUGH 31.

THOSE WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN APRIL.

AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO ANGIE'S COMMENTS REGARDING THE CHAMBER'S CEO SERIES WITH ROLAND PARISH.

IT REALLY WAS. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. HE REALLY HE'S SUCH AN INSPIRATIONAL GENTLEMAN.

AND THE MESSAGE THAT THAT HE DELIVERED SO IMPORTANT AND AND HE'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE SUCCESS IN YOUR LINE OF BUSINESS, YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND HE'S DONE IT IN A VERY BIG AND VERY MEANINGFUL WAY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO TO MENTION THAT AS WELL. AND I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS. WELL, ONE, BUT NOT RELATED TO WHAT YOU JUST REPORTED.

IS IT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO CLICK ON LIKE, PRESIDENT'S REPORT RIGHT IN THE FUTURE SO WE CAN ACTUALLY FOLLOW ALONG ON SOME OF THESE THINGS, OR SHOULD WE PRINT THEM OUT AHEAD OF TIME IF YOU BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE.

THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS. YOU'RE NO LONGER USING THE IPADS THAT WE USED TO HAVE.

OKAY. AND SO IF YOU BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE, YOU CAN I'M SURE THAT WAS COVERED IN TRAINING.

YES IT WAS. YES IT WAS CHRIS. AND IN THE FOLLOW UP E-MAIL AND EMAIL.

IN THE EMAIL AND IN YOUR EMAIL, SHE SAID THAT THE EMAILS SHE SENT YOU.

BUT CAN YOU COME UP HERE PLEASE. NOT TO THROW YOU, BUT.

YES. CHRIS. OKAY. WE LOVE YOU. POP YOUR HEAD UP.

IT'S GOING TO GET DONE. AND, CHRIS, YOU DIDN'T CALL AND TELL ME THAT ONE.

THANKS. OKAY. ARE YOU GOOD? YOU'RE GOOD. I'M NOT ABOUT TO ANSWER ANOTHER QUESTION NOW.

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OKAY. WE WILL NOW GO INTO REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 25 DASH 2487.

[Update on Roy and Helen Hall Library Re-imagined.]

BOARD PRESIDENT, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME AND TALK TO YOU TODAY. I'M SPENCER SMITH, DIRECTOR OF LIBRARIES FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. I JUST WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON ACROSS HIGHWAY FIVE AT THE ROY AND HELEN HALL LIBRARY, AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO.

THERE WE GO. SO WE'VE STARTED THIS PROJECT A WHILE BACK, BUT WITH OUR GOALS IN MIND OF THIS VISION THAT WE WANT TO TURN HALL INTO EVEN MORE OF A VIBRANT COMMUNITY HUB FOR THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, WE THINK IT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A NORTH SIDE GATEWAY TO THE DOWNTOWN, WHILE ALSO EXTENDING THAT DOWNTOWN EXPERIENCE FURTHER NORTH BY A COUPLE OF BLOCKS.

WE WANT TO MAKE IT FUTURE READY. FOR THAT BUILDING WAS BUILT IN YOU KNOW, RIGHT AROUND THE, THE TURN OF 2000, 2001. AND IT JUST THINGS LIKE LAPTOPS EXISTED, BUT WE DON'T HAVE POWER OUTLETS DISTRIBUTED.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SOLVE ALL THOSE PROBLEMS MOVING FORWARD.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S THERE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. THIS IS A 30 PLUS YEAR PROJECT THAT WE SEE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, AND WE ALSO WANT TO TURN IT INTO AN EVERYDAY DESTINATION.

SO IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE JOHN AND JUDY GAY LIBRARY, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY, EVERY TABLE IS FULL OF PEOPLE.

HALL HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DRAW THEM FOR LARGE EVENTS.

WE JUST HAD OUR MARDI GRAS EVENT LAST WEEKEND.

WE HAD ABOUT 400 PEOPLE SHOW UP. IT WAS GREAT.

IT'S NOT STICKY. THEY DON'T KEEP COMING BACK.

EVERY DAY. WE HAVE OUR SMALL CORE GROUP, BUT IT'S JUST IT'S DIFFERENT. WE WANT TO WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT WITH THIS PROJECT.

SO WE HAD THE TARGETED OPPORTUNITIES HERE TO EXPAND THE LEARNING EXPERIENCES CREATE YOUTH AND TEENS SPECIFIC SPACES.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A TEEN SPACE AND A YOUTH SPACE, BUT THE ONLY REASON YOU KNOW THAT IS BECAUSE THERE'S A SIGN THAT SAYS TEEN AND YOUTH.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT ACTUALLY IS INVITING FOR TEENS OR YOUTH IN THOSE SPACES RIGHT NOW.

WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE INDOOR OUTDOOR FLOW. WE WANTED TO UPDATE THE TECHNOLOGIES.

WE WANT TO ACTUALLY INCREASE PUBLIC MEETING SPACE.

THERE'S SUCH A DEMAND FOR IT THAT WE JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN TO OFFER THAT.

AND THEN WE REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE LOCAL HISTORY CENTER. IT'S NAMED AFTER ROY AND HELEN HALL HISTORY ICONS IN MCKINNEY, GREAT LOCAL HISTORY PEOPLE. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THAT HISTORY THAT THEY'VE PRESERVED AND WE CONTINUE TO PRESERVE. OKAY.

BEAR WITH ME. BECAUSE THESE NUMBERS, IT'S MCKINNEY. SO THESE ARE ALREADY OUTDATED, RIGHT? IT'S IT'S NORTH TEXAS. BUT THAT FIRST CIRCLE AROUND ROY AND HELEN HALL IN THE MIDDLE IS ROUGHLY 124,000 PEOPLE. THE TEN MILE CIRCLE, WHICH IS THE NEXT CIRCLE, IS ABOUT 400,000 PEOPLE.

AND THE 25 MILE CIRCLE, WHICH YOU'LL SAY, HEY, THAT'S NOT CONCENTRIC.

IT'S NOT. I SHIFTED IT BECAUSE NO ONE DRIVES AROUND THE LAKE.

I JUST DON'T I USED TO WORK OVER THERE. NOBODY GOES THAT WAY.

BUT THAT'S ABOUT 2 MILLION PEOPLE. THAT'S HEADED JUST SOUTH OF 635 OUT TO GREENVILLE.

AND THE REASON I'VE DONE THAT IS I'VE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED TWO, TWO FEATURES IN THAT AREA TO JUST SHOWCASE WHAT UNIQUE WHEN WE GET TO IT ON THE FLOOR PLAN. WHAT YOU SEE IN ONE LOCATION HERE IS THE UNT SKY THEATER.

THAT IS THE ONLY PUBLIC. OKAY, I THOUGHT I'D ANNOTATED THAT, BUT IT'S NOT COMING UP ON THE SCREEN. SO THE UNT SKY THEATER IS THE ONLY PUBLIC PLANETARIUM ON THIS ENTIRE MAP.

THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. AND AND THEY DO ABOUT 3 OR 4 PUBLIC SHOWS A WEEK.

AND THE OTHER THING TO SHOWCASE HERE IS THIS FRISCO DISCOVERY CENTER.

THAT'S THE ONLY KIND OF TRUE YOUTH FAMILY MUSEUM EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVE IN THIS ENTIRE AREA.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN AREA WITH OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE IN IT, AND WE'RE GOING TO OFFER SOME UNIQUE EXPERIENCES AT THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY THAT YOU REALLY CAN'T GET ANYWHERE ELSE? WELL, LET ME CLEAR THOSE.

SORRY, I HAVEN'T BEEN TO TRAINING. IT'S MY FIRST TIME IN THIS ROOM. SO JUST WALK OVER.

YEAH. OH, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT YOU COULD JUST CLICK ON IT, TOO.

SO JUST KNOW I'LL JOIN YOU IN TRAINING. IT'S OKAY. SO THAT IS THE FLOOR PLAN FOR THE RENOVATED FIRST FLOOR AT ROY AND HELEN HALL LIBRARY. YOU'LL NOTICE SOME MAJOR DIFFERENCES IF YOU WERE TO WALK IN RIGHT AWAY.

AS YOU COME IN NOW, THERE'S A BRICK WALL WITH A FIREPLACE ON ONE SIDE AND A BRICK WALL WITH AN ELEVATOR ON THE OTHER SIDE.

BOTH OF THOSE ARE GONE TO OPEN UP THE SPACE DRAMATICALLY.

WE HAVE MOVED THE DELANEY ROOM, WHICH WE'VE JUST MOVED IT TO THIS AREA HERE.

AND SO THIS WILL BE A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE MEETING SPACE WITH, WITH A ROOM THERE, BUT WE'LL ALSO HOST LIBRARY PROGRAMS THERE AS WELL.

WE HAVE ACTUALLY ADDED RESTROOM FACILITIES, BUT EVERY RESTROOM FACILITY IN THIS BUILDING WILL NOW BE A SINGLE USER EXPERIENCE OR A FAMILY RESTROOM EXPERIENCE.

WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE WHAT OUR ARCHITECT DUBBED GANG RESTROOM.

I DON'T THINK IS PROBABLY THE BEST TERM FOR IT, BUT NOW WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IT'S JUST A MORE POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.

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WHY? BECAUSE IT'S JUST A BETTER EXPERIENCE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT. THEY WILL BE OUTFITTED WITH SENSORS THAT WILL ALERT STAFF IF THERE ARE ANY HEALTH EMERGENCIES OR OTHER EMERGENCIES. SO WE'LL KNOW.

AND THEY SHOULD ACTUALLY HAVE LIGHTING ON THE OUTSIDE, KIND OF LIKE AT THE AIRPORT OR AN AIRPLANE THAT TELLS YOU IF THEY'RE VACANT OR NOT. SO YOU CAN SEE ACROSS WHICH WAY YOU WANT TO GO. WE HAVE IN THIS LOBBY SPACE, MOVED THE ELEVATOR.

WE ACTUALLY WILL NOW HAVE TWO ELEVATORS, WHICH, IF YOU'VE TRIED TO COME TO THE LIBRARY ANYTIME IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, IT'S BEEN A REAL CRAPSHOOT IF THE ELEVATOR IS WORKING. SO, STAFF, WE MIGHT SELL RAFFLE TICKETS ON WHO GETS TO DEMO THAT ELEVATOR TO PUT THE NEW ONES IN.

BUT THOSE TWO ELEVATORS WILL REALLY ALLOW FOR AN EASIER ACCESS TO UPSTAIRS.

BUT THE KEY HERE IS EVERYTHING YOUTH ORIENTED IS DOWNSTAIRS.

SO IF YOU HAVE A STROLLER, IF YOU'VE GOT A KID IN ONE ARM, I HAVE TWINS.

THEY'RE 14 NOW. WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER, IT WAS JUST ONE UNDER EACH ARM AND THEIR BROTHER TOLD HIM BEHIND ME, I DON'T HAVE TO GO UPSTAIRS FOR MUCH OF ANYTHING IF I WANT TO GET BOOKS. SO THIS ENTIRE WING ON THIS SIDE HAS A COUPLE OF FAMILY RESTROOMS, AND THIS IS OUR COLLECTION THAT RUNS FROM EARLY READER BOARD BOOKS AND EARLY READERS UP THROUGH MID GRADE. SO IN VERY LIBRARY TERMS, THAT'S KIND OF AMELIA BEDELIA TO HARRY POTTER IS RUNNING ON THAT SIDE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME FUN INTERACTIVE PANELS ON THE WALL BACK HERE.

AND THEN THESE TWO LITTLE HOUSES KIND OF STICK OUT FOR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO SIT WITH YOUR FAMILY AND READ SOME BOOKS, DO SOME SMALL STUDY TIME RIGHT THERE THAT'LL POKE OUT INTO THE COURTYARD.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GAINING SOME SQUARE FOOTAGE. IF YOU NOTICE IN THE COURTYARD THERE'S THE EAVE AND THE BENCH SEATING UNDERNEATH.

WE'RE GOING TO RECLAIM THAT AS PART OF THE LIBRARY.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THOSE WILL POKE OUT INTO.

THERE'S ALSO A COMFORT ROOM OR NURSING ROOM. CURRENTLY, NEITHER LIBRARY HAS THAT.

AND IN MEETING WITH STAFF IN THE ARCHITECT, WITH THE NUMBER OF YOUNG FAMILIES WE DRAW AND EXPECT TO DRAW, WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS A NECESSARY THING TO HAVE IN THE YOUTH AREA.

AS YOU'RE AND THEN STORAGE, THAT'S REALLY EXCITING TO US.

I KNOW IT'S NOT EXCITING TO EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE'S NEXT TO NO STORAGE IN THE BUILDING. SO EVERY TIME I POINT OUT STORAGE STAFF GETS REALLY HAPPY. AS YOU HEAD OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING HERE, YOU'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A DEDICATED TEEN AREA WITH OUR TEEN COLLECTION, AND THOSE TABLES WILL BE USED FOR OUR ALL VOLUNTEER TEEN TUTORING PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GOING TO START UP WHEN THIS OPENS UP, WHERE TEENS CAN GET VOLUNTEER HOURS TO HELP STUDENTS WHO NEED HELP AT LOWER GRADES WITH THEIR WITH THEIR STUDYING.

SO THAT WILL BE A GREAT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS AND PLUG FOR THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION THAT'S NOW OFFERING A SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDENTS, SENIORS WHO VOLUNTEER AT LEAST 20 HOURS AT THE LIBRARY THIS YEAR.

AND THEN THEY'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A SPECIAL TEEN ROOM DEDICATED TO THEM FOR GROUP WORKS PROJECTS HANGING OUT.

THIS FALL, WE PLAN ON OFFERING A FIRST PERSON VIEW DRONE PILOTING PROGRAM FOR TEENS.

SO WHEN WE OPEN UP THIS SPACE, THEY COULD ACTUALLY BE PILOTING IN HERE.

WHILE THE DRONES ARE FLYING IN THE COURTYARD AND THE DRONES ARE FLYING ACROSS THE ACROSS THE ROOM THERE.

THIS IS A CONFERENCE ROOM, SO IT'S A PUBLICLY BOOKABLE CONFERENCE ROOM, BUT ALSO FOR STAFF.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER PUBLIC MEETING SPACE. IF THERE ARE HOAS, IF THERE ARE LOCAL NONPROFITS, LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, WE DO NOT CHARGE FOR USING OUR MEETING SPACES.

SO IF THERE'S ANY GROUP OR NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE EAST SIDE THAT HAS A NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP GROUP, WE WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO COME AND USE EITHER DELANEY ROOM OR THAT CONFERENCE ROOM.

THAT CHANGE WAS MADE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND IT'S REALLY TAKEN OFF. SO PEOPLE PEOPLE LOVE USING THOSE SPACES.

AND ANOTHER THING THAT'S EXCITING TO STAFF, THIS CONSOLIDATES ALL STAFF INTO THIS AREA HERE.

CURRENTLY, IF YOU'RE A STAFF MEMBER AT HALL LIBRARY AND YOU NEED TO GO EAT LUNCH, YOU'VE GOT TO GO ACROSS THE FLOOR UPSTAIRS.

OR IF YOU NEED TO USE THE STAFF RESTROOM, IT'S THE SAME THING. WE'RE JUST IN LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT PLACES. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE A MUCH BETTER PATH FOR COMMUNICATION, WHAT WE CALL SERENDIPITOUS IDEATION, WHERE BASICALLY YOU'RE EAVESDROPPING AND YOU MAKE SOMEBODY'S IDEA BETTER BY BUTTING IN.

WE REALLY WANT THAT RIGHT FOR US. SO THAT'S JUST HOW WE LIKE TO OPERATE.

WE WILL ADD A 24 HOUR BOOK RETURN. CURRENTLY, THERE IS A BOOK DRIVE UP ON KENTUCKY, BUT A BOOK DOESN'T GET CHECKED IN UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING WHEN STAFF GETS IN AND WHEELS THAT IN, WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A BOOK RETURN THAT WILL BE WALK UP RIGHT HERE AT THE FRONT SO YOU CAN ACCESS IT FROM THE OUTSIDE OR THE INSIDE, AND YOUR BOOK WILL BE CHECKED IN OFF YOUR ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY AS YOU RETURN IT. SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU GET AT JOHN AND JUDY GAY LIBRARY. AND THEN JUST THE UPDATED TECHNOLOGY, WE WILL NOT HAVE A COMPUTER LAB.

WE WILL ACTUALLY CHECK OUT LAPTOPS FOR USE IN HOUSE.

SO IF A PARENT WANTS TO GET ONLINE AND APPLY FOR A JOB, THEY CAN DO IT IN THE KIDS AREA WITH THEIR KID.

INSTEAD OF HAVING THEIR KID HAVE TO SIT NEXT TO SOMEBODY ELSE APPLYING FOR A JOB IN THE COMPUTER LAB OFFERS THAT FLEXIBILITY AND FREEDOM TO GET COMFORTABLE AND BE WHERE YOU THINK YOU NEED TO BE, NOT WHERE WE TELL YOU YOU NEED TO BE.

AND THEN THE RENOVATED LAWN SPACE. SO IF YOU LOOK FROM THE HUNT STREET ANGLE, IT'S NOT ON THIS PRESENTATION.

HERE WE HAVE THAT RETAINING WALL AND THE GATE.

IT'S REALLY KIND OF A FORTRESS OF STAY OUT BEFORE 7 A.M.

AT HALL THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE REMOVED, AND THAT LAWN WILL BE GRADED TO WHERE IT WILL JUST BE AN OPEN LAWN OUT TO HUNT STREET COMING INTO THE LIBRARY.

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SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE TOP LEFT IS A RENDERING OF WHAT THE LOBBY WILL LOOK LIKE, KIND OF FROM WHERE THE CHILDREN'S ROOM IS LOOKING OVER. SO YOU'LL SEE THE ELEVATORS HAVE THAT COLOR PANEL AROUND THEM HERE.

ALL OF THIS MATERIAL IS SOUND, BAFFLING MATERIAL BECAUSE THAT LOBBY CAN GET LOUD.

WE WERE REDOING THE FLOOR. PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE REDONE IN THAT SPACE.

WHAT YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL RIGHT HERE IS THESE ARE CALLED SPLIT FLAP BOARDS.

SO IF YOU'RE OLD, LIKE ME AND YOU REMEMBER FLYING WHEN THEY WOULD KIND OF HAVE TO HEAR THAT SHUTTERING, TELLING YOU WHEN YOUR FLIGHT WAS DELAYED AND WHEN IT CHANGED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE PANELS ON BOTH SIDES AS YOU COME IN TO TELL YOU, HEY, HERE'S WHAT PROGRAMS GOING ON. HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP.

WE CONTROL THE SPEED OF THOSE. SO IF WE WANT TO GET EVERYONE'S ATTENTION, WE CAN MOVE IT REALLY QUICK AND IT'S REALLY LOUD AND OR WE CAN MAKE IT GO SO SLOW THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL THAT IT HAPPENED AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.

PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT IS WE FOUND DIGITAL SIGNS ARE JUST GETTING IGNORED.

IT'S JUST FADING INTO THE BACKGROUND. AND THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE IN A NEW, UNIQUE WAY, WHILE ALSO GIVING A REAL SENSE OF THE TRANSITION SPACE IN THE LOBBY.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE IN THE LOBBY, WE WANT YOU CHECKING OUT, GRABBING YOUR HOLDS, MOVING INTO ONE OF THE OTHER SPACES AS WE MOVE THROUGH. ON THE TOP RIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT IS A CONCEPTUAL RENDERING OF WHAT THE NEW DELANEY ROOM MEETING SPACE WILL LOOK LIKE.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE HERE, AS I POINTED OUT TO THE ARCHITECT, IS THAT IS NOT JUST A NARROW TV.

THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE A VIDEO WALL THERE. SO WHEN WE HAVE OUR STORY TIMES, WE CAN HAVE A BACKDROP OF THE CHARACTERS OR WHATEVER GOING ON BEHIND US.

OR IF YOU'RE DOING A PRESENTATION FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, YOU CAN HAVE THAT WITH A LECTERN AND GIVE SPEECHES.

WE CAN HAVE OUR AUTHOR TALKS IN THERE, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND IT'LL REALLY BE A NICE, USABLE SPACE.

THE MIDDLE PAGE OR THE MIDDLE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS ACTUALLY WHAT THAT MEETING ROOM LOOKS LIKE FROM THE OUTSIDE.

AS YOU'RE GOING IN, THERE'S A REALLY NICE THING I'LL SHOW YOU IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

BUT WHAT YOU SEE POKING DOWN ON THE FLOOR THERE, JUST A LITTLE HINT THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING REALLY COOL UPSTAIRS.

THAT FLOORING, THAT LOOK IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING LIKE IN THE MAIN LOBBY.

AS YOU COME OVER TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE THAT IS THE REAR OF THE CHILDREN'S AREA.

SO THERE'S AN INTERACTIVE PANEL ON THE BACK WALL THAT WILL REALLY KEEP THOSE KIDS IN OUR ACTIVITIES GOING IN THAT SPACE.

BUT ALSO THE FLOOR IN HERE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. IT'S ACTUALLY MADE FROM RECYCLED SNEAKERS.

THE ENTIRE NIKE HEADQUARTERS IS DONE WITH THIS.

SO WHEN YOU GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES TO HELP YOUR KID DO SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, DYING IN PAIN AS YOU TRY TO GET BACK UP.

AND IT'S ALSO CLEANABLE. SO TWO OF THE THINGS I GAVE TO THE ARCHITECTS ARE I WANTED AS MAINTENANCE FREE AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT EVERY PROBLEM IS A PAPER TOWEL PROBLEM, HAD A CARPET REPLACEMENT PROBLEM AND WE WANT TO HAVE VERY LITTLE CEILING TILES BUT STILL FIX THE SOUND. AND SO WHAT YOU SEE UP HERE IS THESE ARE ALL ACOUSTIC MATERIALS PANELS THAT ARE SITTING THERE.

BUT WE WON'T HAVE THE PROBLEMS WITH LEAKS OR DRIPS COMING THROUGH FROM THE AC THAT TURN THOSE TILES BROWN AND UNSIGHTLY BEFORE WE CAN GET TO THEM.

AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM LEFT HERE, THAT'S WHAT THAT TEEN ROOM WILL LOOK LIKE.

SO THAT IS A BENCH SEATING WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE POWER ON THERE BECAUSE TEENS ARE JUST GOING TO SIT ANYWHERE.

RIGHT. SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE IT COMFORTABLE FOR THEM TO HANG OUT AND BE PART OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND REALLY HAVE A SPACE THAT IS THEIR SPECIFIC SPACE.

WE HAVE THAT AT JOHN AND JUDY GAY, AND IT'S AMAZING TEEN STUDY AND GROUPS IN THERE.

LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MCKINNEY'S DONE RIGHT, BUT WE HAVE AN AMAZING TEENAGE POPULATION HERE.

WHEN THEY USE THE LIBRARY THERE, THEY'RE STUDYING, THEY'RE WORKING ON THINGS, THEY'RE HAVING FUN. BUT RESPECTFULLY, WE WANT TO HAVE THAT SPACE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN. WE CURRENTLY DO NOT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING IN HERE.

SO THE SECOND FLOOR. SO LET'S JUST ADDRESS IT RIGHT NOW.

THAT WAS POKING THROUGH ON THE FLOOR. THIS IS A 26 FOOT DIAMETER FULL DOME PLANETARIUM.

IT'S A 4K IMAGE ON THERE. IT CAN HOLD 55 TO PEOPLE WHEN THE SEATS ARE IN.

BUT WE WILL GET THE SEATS WILL BE STACKABLE AND REMOVABLE.

SO WE CAN ALSO DO THINGS LIKE HOST YOGA UNDER THE STARS.

WE CAN HOST, WE CAN SHOW THE NORTHERN LIGHTS AND BRING SANTA IN FOR CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS. WE CAN DO ALL KINDS OF STUFF IN THERE FOR THE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THE COMPANY WE'RE WORKING WITH IS COSM.

THAT'S THE SAME COMPANY THAT HAS THE GIGANTIC VENUE AND THE COLONY, AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE THINK WE HAVE THE RIGHT COMPANY TO PROVIDE THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR US TO OPERATE THIS SPACE.

AS YOU COME OUT HERE, IT ENTERS, IT EXITS INTO THE 2500 SQUARE FOOT EXHIBIT AND CULTURAL ACTIVITY SPACE.

[00:55:02]

SO WE'RE GOING TO TRIAL ONE THIS SUMMER AT JOHN AND JUDY GAY.

THAT'S AN EXHIBIT FROM THE MINNESOTA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT AS THE MONTHS COME ALONG.

BUT THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE IN HERE, WHETHER IT'S THE HOUSTON MUSEUM SCIENCE MUSEUM, MINNESOTA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, PITTSBURGH CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, THERE'S 2500FT² OF EXHIBITS THAT WE WANT TO HIT AT LEAST THREE BIG ONES A YEAR TO DRAW PEOPLE IN. AND JUST WE, FOR EXAMPLE, BUCK O'NEIL STARTED THE NEGRO LEAGUE HISTORY MUSEUM IN KANSAS CITY.

I'M A BIG BASEBALL FAN. MCKINNEY PEOPLE, YOU CAN GO TO KANSAS CITY, BUT WE COULD BRING KANSAS CITY TO YOU.

AND THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF EXPERIENCES WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE IN THIS SPACE AND MAKE STUFF THAT'S AVAILABLE THAT YOU CAN'T GET ANYWHERE ELSE.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE RESTROOMS, FAMILY RESTROOMS ON THIS SIDE AS ON SORRY, ON THIS SIDE AS WELL.

SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY DOING AFTER HOURS PROGRAMS. SO SAY WE WANTED TO SHOW THE PINK FLOYD FULL DARK SIDE OF THE MOON DOME EXPERIENCE WITH THE FOUNDATION, WE CAN ACTUALLY STANCHION OFF SOME AREAS AND HAVE NICE AFTER HOURS EVENTS IN THERE AS WELL, WITH RECEPTIONS IN THAT OPEN SPACE. AND THEN YOU GET KIND OF OUR FICTION COLLECTION BACK HERE.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A NOT QUIET BOOKSTORE VIBE, BUT YOU CAN GO AND GET YOUR JAMES PATTERSON'S AND YOUR CLIVE CUSSLER, WHOEVER'S WRITING UNDER THAT NAME NOW BACK THERE.

AND THEN YOU'LL ACTUALLY FIND FOUR STUDY ROOMS ALONG THE BACK WALL HERE THAT WILL BE AGAIN FREE AND OPEN TO ANYBODY WHO HAS A LIBRARY CARD.

CAN CAN BOOK THOSE. AS YOU COME ACROSS THE WAY HERE, YOU'LL FIND WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE FISHBOWL STUDY ROOM, WHERE YOU CAN BE VISIBLY WORKING AND DILIGENT WITH YOUR PARTNER, LOOKING OUT OVER INTO THE LOBBY SPACE.

AND THEN WHAT YOU GET ON THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING IS THIS IS OUR QUIET, TRADITIONAL LIBRARY SPACE.

THIS IS THE ONLY PART OF THE BUILDING THAT WILL HAVE CARPET.

IT WILL BE LUSH FURNITURE, ADULT SPACE. IF YOU HAVE A KID, UNLESS YOU'RE OVER HERE PICKING UP A BOOK, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING OVER HERE FOR YOU. SO IF YOU WANT THAT QUIET, STUDIOUS LIBRARY SPACE, THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE. RIGHT HERE IS GOING TO BE THE HELEN GABBERT HALL LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCH ROOM.

THIS WILL BE WHERE WE HOUSE THE YEARBOOKS, THE CITY LEDGERS THAT WE HAVE SHOWCASE OUR DIGITAL EXHIBITS LIKE WE'VE DONE WITH OUR HOMECOMING THROUGH MCKINNEY WOMEN'S HISTORY.

AND MCKINNEY WILL ALL BE RIGHT IN HERE. AND THEN YOU HAVE FOUR MORE STUDY ROOMS ALONG THIS BACK SIDE.

SO WE'LL HAVE A TOTAL OF NINE STUDY ROOMS THAT ARE FREE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO MEET FROM 8 A.M.

TO 7 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 10 TO 6, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

AND I HAVE MORE COOL RENDERINGS OF WHAT THAT STUFF LOOKS LIKE.

SO ON THE TOP PICTURES, YOU HAVE JUST TWO DIFFERENT ANGLES OF THE ADULT NONFICTION AND LOCAL HISTORY SIDE, WHERE YOU SEE THE CARPET, WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE.

THESE ARE ACTUALLY SOME SINGLE PERSON AND DUAL PERSON NOOKS.

SO IF YOU WANT THAT SEMI-PRIVATE SPACE BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO USE YOUR OWN ROOM, YOU CAN HAVE A LITTLE BOOTH THERE FOR A ONE PERSON OR TWO PERSON WORKSPACE AS YOU WORK BACK. AND THEN IN THIS ROOM IN THIS PICTURE HERE, YOU'LL SEE THOSE STUDY ROOMS. THEY WILL BE LOOKING OUT OVER THAT LAWN EVENTUALLY, POTENTIALLY TO THE HOTEL ACROSS THE STREET.

THIS IS THE OUTSIDE OF THE PLANETARIUM ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, BECAUSE THERE'S NO GOOD PICTURE OF THE INSIDE OF A PLANETARIUM BECAUSE THEY'RE DARK AND THEY'RE ONLY COOL WHEN SOMETHING'S SHOWING ON THE SCREEN. SO WE HAVE A RENDERING, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A BROWN EMPTY ROOM.

SO. AND THEN THIS IS THAT EXHIBIT SPACE. SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS SIMILAR TO WHAT'S IN THE DELANEY ROOM DOWNSTAIRS.

BUT EVERYTHING IS FLEXIBLE AND MOVABLE. SO WHENEVER WE WANT TO HAVE AN EXHIBIT OF ANYTHING THAT'S COMING IN, WE CAN CLEAR THAT SPACE OUT AND HAVE POWER TO POWER UP THE DIFFERENT PIECES AND MAKE SURE IT'S WORKING TO REALLY BRING THOSE FOLKS IN FOR THOSE EXPERIENCES.

SO WHAT'S THE RESULT OF THIS? WELL, OUR END OR THIS IS THE PROJECT TIMELINE, SORRY, IN 2023.

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. WE CONTRACTED TO DESIGN INITIAL CONCEPTS WITH 720 DESIGN FOR THE RENOVATION.

AND THEN IN 2024, SO ALMOST 6 TO 8 MONTHS LATER, WE CONTRACTED WITH THEM TO BE THE FULL DESIGNER AND ARCHITECT FOR THIS.

IN OCTOBER 2024, CROSSLAND COMPANY WAS SELECTED AS THE CMAA FOR THE PROJECT.

SO CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK? IN JANUARY, COUNCIL APPROVED INTENT TO FUND THE PROJECT.

WE ANTICIPATE THE START OF THE PROJECT IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, SO HALL WILL CLOSE DOWN ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN.

IT WILL BE ROUGHLY A ONE YEAR CONSTRUCTION PLAN.

WE HAVE SEVERAL PLANS TO HAVE POP UP PROGRAMS AND POP UP DELIVERY OF MATERIALS TO THIS SIDE OF TOWN, SO WE DON'T LOSE LIBRARY SERVICES ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT PEOPLE FROM THIS SIDE OF TOWN OFTEN GO TO JOHN AND JUDY GAY.

ANYWAY SO WE'RE GOING TO STILL HAVE JOHN AND JUDY GAY FULLY FUNCTIONAL, AND WE'LL MOVE ALL STAFF OVER THERE WHEN WE CAN.

SO OUR POST RENOVATION ANTICIPATION, BY THE WAY, THIS IS THE PLANETARIUM POPPING THROUGH THE CEILING HERE.

THAT'S IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO MY OFFICE. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STICK IT THROUGH THE ROOF THERE.

[01:00:03]

I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE. THAT'S JUST BASED ON THE PLANETARIUM ATTENDANCE THAT WE'RE EXPECTING WITH A WITH AN AVERAGE RUN OF SHOWS THAT WILL MAKE THIS LOCATION BUSIER THAN JOHN AND JUDY GAY. JOHN AND JUDY GAY PER HOUR IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST LIBRARIES IN THE STATE.

AND SO WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING THAT LEVEL OF BUSYNESS TO THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN.

AND WE DON'T HAVE SEASONAL VARIATION. SO UNLIKE HAVING OKTOBERFEST, HAVING ARTS IN BLOOM, THESE 100,000 WON'T COME ON ONE WEEKEND. THEY'LL BE SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THAT'S OUR ANTICIPATION. SO IT'LL BE A LOT EASIER TO ABSORB WITH PARKING AND TRAFFIC AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH BRANDON OPIOLA, THE NEW DATA PERSON FOR THE CITY TO DEVELOP SOME KPIS FOR MEASURING THE ACTUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT ON LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THINGS DOWNTOWN.

SO CONJUNCTION IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND HOW WE CAN KNOW IF WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING AN IMPACT, BECAUSE WE THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO SHOW A RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS.

AND AS FAR AS WE'RE ABLE TO FIND THE STUDIES ON LIBRARIES AREN'T THAT GREAT FOR BEING ABLE TO KIND OF PROVE THAT.

SO WITH THAT I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS.

VERY IMPRESSIVE. THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. VERY IMPRESSIVE.

AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR TEAM AND EVERYONE WHO HAS PUT TOGETHER THIS GREAT FACILITY THAT WILL SERVE OUR CITY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I HAVE A COMMENT.

SO DURING YOUR YEAR CONSTRUCTION, YOUR POP UP LIBRARY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

SO WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH REVATHY.

YOU WORK CLOSELY WITH HER AND EAST MCKINNEY. SO WE'RE TOSSING AROUND SOME IDEAS.

YES. SO WE'RE STILL IT'S STILL ALL IN FLUX. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DO WE HAVE SQUARE FOOTAGE HERE? DO WE HAVE SQUARE FOOTAGE AT THE OLD CITY HALL? IS IT AT OLD SETTLER'S? BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE DOING SOME PROGRAMS AT OLD SETTLER'S. EVERYONE, EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY IS GREAT TO WORK WITH. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYBODY PUT UP ANY ROADBLOCKS.

IT'S MORE JUST, HEY, LET US KNOW WHEN AND WE'LL GET WORKING WITH YOU. SO IT'S BEEN GREAT. AND REVATHY IS GREAT. ALWAYS GOOD TO SHOUT HER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? JUST ONE. YOU PROBABLY ALREADY IN DISCUSSION, BUT WITH WITH ANDREW BACK THERE, IT SEEMS LIKE AN INTERESTING OPPORTUNITY FOR COORDINATION BETWEEN WHAT YOU WOULD DO AT THE PLANETARIUM WITH ANY DOWNTOWN OR BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT PIGGYBACK OFF OF OFF OF SOME EVENT.

YEAH. SO WE SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHOW ANYTHING ON THE DOME.

SO PRE-MOVIE ADS FOR VISIT MCKINNEY FOR DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY FOR EVENTS.

IF WE'RE DOING THE TEXAS MUSIC REVOLUTION, WE CAN SHOW THE DOCUMENTARY IN THE DOME, EMPTY OUT INTO AN EXHIBIT OF LOCAL TEXAS MUSIC AND A WORKSHOP ON HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN INSTRUMENTS. WHILE WE HAVE THE LAWN OPEN TO LOCAL ACTS AND OPEN MIC NIGHTS LEADING INTO THE EVENT AS IT'S COMING ON, WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS OF HOW CAN WE MAXIMIZE THAT IMPACT AND REALLY STRETCH THAT EXPERIENCE OUT.

SO YES, WE'RE OF THE LIKE MIND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[Consider/Discuss/Act on Increasing Promotional and Community Event Grant Award for Application Submitted by McKinney Main Street (PC 25-13) to Correct an Error in Amount Awarded on January 23, 2025, for the Advertising, Marketing and Promotion of the 2025 Arts in Bloom Event, to $13,000.00.]

IN OUR LAST MEETING, THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTING BEING IT BEING REFERENCED, AND THE PURPOSE IS TO APPROVE THE GRANT AMOUNT AS ORIGINALLY INTENDED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

AND SO, YEAH. YES. JUST TO CLARIFY, THE $13,000 WAS ALWAYS THE INTENDED AWARD AMOUNT.

THERE WAS A TYPO WHEN I READ IT THAT I I'LL APOLOGIZE FOR I DIDN'T CATCH.

AND SO THIS IS JUST TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT AND TO APOLOGIZE, ANDREW, FOR ANY CONFUSION OR CONSTERNATION THAT THAT MAY HAVE CAUSED ANY PANIC THAT YOU MAY HAVE FELT ABOUT THAT. BUT THIS IS THE INTENDED AWARD AMOUNT. $13,000.

CAN I GET A MOTION? MAY I MOVE? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE AWARD AMOUNT AS ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR $13,000.

I'LL SECOND. YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON. YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON.

IT WASN'T ON. THEY LEARNED THAT IN TRAINING. CHRIS.

CHRIS. I DIDN'T GO TO TRAINING EITHER. I JUST KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT.

UNTIL NOW. ANGIE? YES. CAN YOU CALL? WHO? SECOND, PLEASE? CHRIS WILKES. I'M SORRY. WE

[01:05:01]

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by Hugs Cafe (4B 25-01) in the Amount of Nine Hundred Seventy Thousand and NO/100 Dollars ($970,000.00) for Infrastructure Costs Associated with the Construction of a New Hugs Headquarters to be Located at 803 Green Street, McKinney, Texas. Amount Represents 9.7% of Total Project Cost.]

I WILL START WITH ITEM 25 DASH 20 489. CONSIDER, DISCUSS, DISCUSS.

ACT ON THE PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY HUGS CAFE FOR BEE 20 5-01.

IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,970 $70,000 FOR INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE.

IS THAT WRONG? DID I SAY THAT WRONG? NO. OH, WE SAID $970.

MY BAD. $970,000. FOR THE. LET ME CORRECT IT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK NEXT MONTH.

FOR INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW HUGS HEADQUARTERS TO BE LOCATED AT 803 GREEN STREET, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. AMOUNT REPRESENT 9.7% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. ANY DISCUSSION? CAN I GET A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, PLEASE.

I. THIS THIS IS AN INTERESTING AND EXCITING GRANT.

I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD GO WITHOUT COMMENT OR DISCUSSION FROM THIS BOARD. SO I'M GOING TO TO MAKE A COMMENT AND PERHAPS START A DISCUSSION.

THIS IS, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE LARGEST PROJECT GRANT FOR A FACILITY OF THIS TYPE THAT WE'VE DONE.

AND THAT INITIALLY CAUSED ME SOME PAUSE, SOME CONCERN.

I HAVE REALLY THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT THIS GRANT AND WHAT OUR ROLE SHOULD BE IN THIS PROJECT AND HOW MUCH WE SHOULD SUPPORT. IT'S NEVER BEEN A DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT WE SHOULD SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.

I'VE ALWAYS FELT LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LESS LIKE A AND MY THINKING HAS EVOLVED ON IT. I AM CONVINCED THAT HUGS IS A CRITICAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT WE SHOULD SUPPORT THIS GRANT AT THE FULL AMOUNT.

IT APPEARS THAT WE ARE GOING TO. I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT.

BUT BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST GRANTS WE'VE DONE FOR A FACILITY OF THIS TYPE, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD GO UNREMARKED.

BUT I HAVE MOVED PAST PRECEDENT IN THIS CASE BECAUSE WE'RE A BIGGER COMMUNITY.

WE'RE A BIGGER BOARD. AND WHAT WAS BIG IN THE PAST IS NO LONGER BIG.

WE'RE A BIGGER CORPORATION, AND WE HAVE A $60 MILLION FUND BALANCE, AND I'M EXCITED AND HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AS SUBMITTED.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IT HAS BEEN SECONDED BY DEBORAH BRADFORD.

SORRY. MOTION PASSES FOR THE FULL AMOUNT.

ALSO, MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY SAY, BEN, YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB.

BEN, YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB, BUDDY. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND BEING A PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY.

IT REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND TALKING TO US.

YOU'RE WELCOME. AND RUTH, I WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO GET NAMING RIGHTS CORRECT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE BOARD. GREAT PROJECT.

NEXT ITEM. 25 DASH 2490 CONSIDER. DISCUSS ACT ON THE PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE COLLIN COUNTY HISTORY MUSEUM FOR B

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by the Collin County History Museum (4B 25-02) in the Amount of Thirty-One Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Five and N0/100 Dollars ($31,475.00) for the Purchase of Equipment and Materials to be Used for Collecting and Preserving Historic Artifacts for Exhibits, Shelving and Cases for Storage of Artifacts, Museum Exhibits, and Mobile Workstations. Amount Represents 100% of Total Project Cost.]

MATERIALS TO BE USED FOR COLLECTING AND PRESERVING HISTORIC ARTIFACTS FOR EXHIBITS, SHELVING AND CASES.

FOR THE STORAGE OF ARTIFACTS, MUSEUM EXHIBITS, AND MOBILE WORKSTATIONS.

AMOUNT REPRESENTS 100% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. CAN I GET A MOTION IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION?

[01:10:09]

I'LL SECOND. MOTION MADE BY CHRIS. SECOND BY AJ.

OH, YEAH. SORRY. TRAINING. DAVID. MOTION PASSES FOR THE FULL AMOUNT.

THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM 2520 4-91. CONSIDER. DISCUSS ACT ON THE PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE MCKINNEY PARKS FOUNDATION.

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by McKinney Parks Foundation (4B 25-03) in the Amount of Twenty Thousand and NO/100 Dollars ($20,000.00) to Fund Purchase of a Polaris Sportsman ATV and a Bosski 1600 UT Trailer Accessory to Facilitate Trail Improvement Projects. Amount Requested Represents 100% of Total Project Cost.]

AMOUNT REQUESTED REPRESENTS 100% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS.

I REALLY WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE PARKS FOUNDATION FOR THE ONGOING AND REALLY MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH DORBA, AND TO SAY SOME REMARKS TO APPRECIATE DAUB'S COMMITMENT TO THE PARKS.

I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS, I THINK, AT THE LAST MEETING TO CLARIFY A FEW THINGS, BUT THAT RELATIONSHIP IS REALLY UNIQUE AND I APPRECIATE IT GREATLY.

WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT, A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE WIND PARK COULDN'T HAPPEN. AND WITHOUT THE PARKS FOUNDATION SUPPORT, I DON'T THINK WE'D HAVE THE DRAW THAT WE HAVE TO THAT PARTICULAR PARK, WHICH IS A GEM FOR MCKINNEY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMOUNT OF $20,000.

MOVED BY JOY. CAN YOU PUSH THE BUTTON? I'M SORRY.

IS THERE A SECOND? AND SECOND, THE MOTION. SECOND.

BY DEBORAH BRADFORD. ITEM.

MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM 2425 DASH 20 492.

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by ClubCorp NV XXVI, LLC (Invited Clubs) (4B 25-04) in an Amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand and NO/100 Dollars ($1,500,000.00) for Infrastructure and Site Improvements to Stabilize Erosion of the Creek at TPC Craig Ranch Located at 8000 Collin McKinney Parkway, McKinney, Texas.]

ENVY. I DON'T WANT 20. I DON'T WANT I DON'T. NO MORE ROMAN NUMERALS.

REALLY? WELL ENVY XXV ONE AT LEVI LLC. INVITED CLUB FOR BE 2504, IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,500,000 FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS TO STABILIZE EROSION OF THE CREEK OF TPC CRAIG RANCH, LOCATED AT 800 800 COLIN 8000.

COLLIN MCKINNEY PARKWAY, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ANY COMMENTS? DISCUSSION. I THINK IT WAS BROUGHT UP LAST TIME.

THE TYING THIS TO THE BYRON AND BEING ABLE TO BYRON RESIGNED.

DAVID I THINK YOU HAD YOU HAD BROUGHT THAT UP I SUPPORT THAT I HAVE A MOTION IN THAT REGARD.

OKAY. SO DO WE APPROVE THIS MOTION FIRST AND THEN HAVE A SECOND MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION ON THE DAVID. OKAY. SO WE JUST APPROVE IT AT THIS AND THEN HE'LL MAKE ANOTHER MOTION THAT WE APPROVE CONDITIONAL.

OKAY. SO WE ARE APPROVING THIS CONDITIONAL. WELL I HAVE A MOTION TO MAKE THAT I THINK WILL BE ILLUSTRATIVE.

OKAY. I MOVE TO APPROVE PROJECT NUMBER 252492 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1.5 MILLION AS A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT PAID UPON COMPLETION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE WORK, WITH THE FURTHER CONDITION THAT SUCH AMOUNT BE PAYABLE ONLY UPON VERIFICATION OF THE PGA'S RENEWAL OF ITS CONTRACT WITH THE SALESMANSHIP CLUB TO HOLD THE PGA CUP. BYRON NELSON AT INVITED TPC CRAIG RANCH THROUGH AND INCLUDING 2033.

OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION ON DAVID'S? DAVID, I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK A CLARIFICATION.

DOES WE NEED TO DO WE JUST. DID YOU JUST SAY WE NEED A SECOND? I'M SORRY. WE NEED A SECOND FOR THE. SO HE MADE A MOTION, SO WE NEED A SECOND TO HIS MOTION.

I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY DAVID RITCHIE. AND NOW DISCUSSION.

I'M SORRY. OKAY. DAVID, I JUST WANTED TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION.

IS THIS, LIKE, INCREMENTS OF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS.

HOW DID WE GET TO 2033? 2033 IS EIGHT MORE TOURNAMENTS AND THAT IS THE CURRENT GOAL.

[01:15:03]

OKAY. IF AND SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO WE'RE VOTING ON MOTION THAT DAVID MADE.

MOTION PASSES FOR DAVID'S MOTION. SO NOW WE WILL VOTE.

AND SO WE WERE VOTING ON WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT OKAY IT'S DONE.

WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE OKAY. WE ARE DONE. MOTION PASSES OKAY.

NEXT ITEM 25 DASH 20 493. CONSIDER DISCUSS ON A PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED SUBMITTED BY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLLIN COUNTY FOR B

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by Habitat for Humanity of Collin County (4B 25-05) in the Amount of Four Hundred Eleven Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Five and NO/100 Dollars ($411,455.00) to Support Construction of Ten Townhomes (Five Units with Two Townhomes Each) in the Cotton Groves Development Located on Kings Row in East McKinney.]

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. NO DISCUSSION.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ITEM.

AS DISCUSSED. AS STATED. MOVED BY JOY. I'LL SECOND.

SECOND BY KRIS.

I VOTE. MOTION PASSES. SO THE NEXT ITEM WE HAD WAS 25 DASH 24.

[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by The City of McKinney (4B 25-06) in the Amount of Thirty Million and NO/100 Dollars ($30,000,000.00) for the Construction of Eastside Airport Infrastructure and Passenger Terminal Elements Including Taxiways, Aprons, and other Airport Facilities, at McKinney National Airport, 1508 Industrial Blvd, McKinney, TX 75069.]

IN THE AMOUNT OF $30 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF EASTSIDE AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND PASSENGER TERMINAL ELEMENTS, INCLUDING TAXIWAY, APRONS AND OTHER AIRPORT FACILITIES AT THE MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT.

1508 INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. 75069 AND THIS REMAINS AN OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.

DO WE HAVE WE DON'T HAVE ANY HERE TODAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANYBODY HERE THAT WANTS TO COMMENT TODAY, BUT I DID WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT WE DID RECEIVE COMMENTS FOLLOWING LAST MONTH'S MEETING VIA EMAIL, THAT ALL OF THOSE WERE SHARED WITH YOU AND WITH OUR COUNCIL LIAISONS, THERE WERE EIGHT OPPOSED TO THE ITEM 21, IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM. IN THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED.

THANK YOU. BARRY SHELTON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION TODAY.

WE HAVE WE KEPT THIS PUBLIC HEARING OPEN FOR TODAY'S MEETING.

IF THERE ARE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, THERE IS NO ACTION BEING ASKED OF YOU TODAY OTHER THAN TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WE WILL RECONVENE ON THIS ITEM IN A JOINT WORK SESSION ON MARCH 18TH WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MCKINNEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

AT THAT TIME. YOU WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION FROM OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR ON THE THE THE PROGRAM BEING ASKED OF YOU, THE, THE, THE BOND DETAILS, SO YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT YOUR ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE IS AND, AND WHATNOT BEFORE YOU'RE ASKED TO TO TAKE ACTION.

BUT I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THERE IS NO ACTION TODAY.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION TODAY? WE ARE ONLY CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

NO DISCUSSION. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION BY DEBORAH.

SECOND. SECOND BY DAVID KELLY.

MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. PASSED. MADAM CHAIR.

YES. MAKE ONE COMMENT AS TO PROCESS. WE TALKED ABOUT EMAILS THAT HAD COME IN BECAUSE THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPEN. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THE THE NORMAL CORRECT PROCESS IS IF PEOPLE HAVE COMMENTS FOR PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS THAT THAT THOSE ARE TO BE STATED HERE.

IT WAS IS THAT CORRECT OR IS IT NORMAL THAT THAT WE CAN ACCEPT EMAILS? OKAY. EMAILS THAT ARE SHARED, THAT COME IN THROUGH OUR INFO LINE OR DIRECTLY TO STAFF MEMBERS ARE NOT CONSIDERED PUBLIC INFORMATION. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE HERE THAT WOULD BE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC.

OKAY. SO I UNDERSTAND. SO FOR THE RECORD, SOME OF THE PEOPLE HAD HAD HAD THOUGHT THEY WERE MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS,

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CORRECT. CORRECT. AND SO WITH THIS ITEM, SAY WE DO HAVE ANOTHER MOTION.

AND THAT IS TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE MARCH 18TH MEETING.

SO CAN I GET A MOTION TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO MARCH 18TH.

THE JOINT MEETING WITH COUNCIL AND MEDC. I'LL MOTION TO MOVE IT TO MARCH 18TH.

MOTION BY AJ. SECOND. SECOND BY DAVID.

NO. MOTION PASSES TO TABLE TILL MARCH 18TH. NEXT ITEM.

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by Cannon Development Company Texas, LLC (4B 25-07) in an Amount of Four Million and NO/100 Dollars ($4,000,000.00) for Infrastructure Improvements to Land Located at the Northeast Intersection of State Highway 121 and Stacy Road in McKinney, Texas in Preparation for the Construction of Cannon Beach, a Mixed-Use Adventure Entertainment Destination.]

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING THIS ITEM? MADAM CHAIR, I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT BECAUSE I'VE READ SOME STUFF ONLINE AND PEOPLE MADE COMMENTS ABOUT WHY DOES MCKINNEY NEED A SURF AND BEACH CLUB.

JUST WANT EVERYBODY KNOW IT'S MUCH MORE THAN THAT. THIS IS GOING TO BE A TRULY DESTINATION THAT'S GOING TO BRING PEOPLE TO MCKINNEY.

I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE OVER 700 JOBS. I MEAN, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF RETAIL, REAL COOL RETAIL, KNOW, LIKE CHAINS. HE'S GOING TO KEEP IT REAL, REAL GOOD RETAIL WITH THAT.

AND THEN ALSO, I MEAN GO KARTS ALL KIND OF STUFF FOR KIDS.

IT'S BASICALLY GOING TO BE A PLACE THAT THE PARENTS CAN BRING YOUR KIDS AND THEY CAN GO WATCH A MOVIE, GO DO GO KARTS, DO ADVENTURE STUFF OVER THERE, OR MOM AND DAD JUST SAID THE BEACH CLUB AND HAVE FUN.

SO I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW IT'S NOT JUST A BEACH CLUB.

IT'S GOING TO BE A TRUE DESTINATION THAT'S GOING TO BRING A LOT OF PEOPLE TO MCKINNEY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD TO THAT AND REALLY THANK MICHAEL KOSKI AND MEDC FOR THE VISION.

THERE WERE SOME NEWS THAT WAS OUT ON FACEBOOK SOON AFTER THIS ABOUT POTENTIALLY KALAHARI RESORT COMING TO ALLEN AT THE SAME INTERSECTION, AND PEOPLE MAYBE WEREN'T AWARE NECESSARILY OF CANNON BEACH.

AND THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMENTS LIKE, MAN, ALLEN AND FRISCO ALWAYS GET THE COOL THINGS.

AND I THOUGHT, WELL, GEE, YOU KNOW, NOW MCKINNEY IS IS A IS A BIGGER PLAYER AT THIS TABLE.

AND IT'S WITH GREAT APPRECIATION TO YOU, SIR, FOR BRINGING THINGS LIKE THIS TO US.

I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE DAVID THAT THERE IS MUCH MORE TO THIS COMPLEX.

MANY PEOPLE HAVE LONGED FOR THINGS LIKE A BOWLING ALLEY IN MCKINNEY, OR A SKATING RINK, OR A ROCK WALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT AGAIN, FAMILIES HAVE TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE MCKINNEY'S BOUNDARIES. AND SO THIS BRINGS ALL OF THAT IN ONE FOOTPRINT TO MCKINNEY.

THANK YOU. YEAH. IF I MAY, MADAM CHAIR I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THOSE COMMENTS.

I DOES PATRICK'S IN THIS CHAIR. I FEEL LIKE A NEED TO EXPOUND UPON THINGS TODAY.

LIKE, I FEEL LIKE SAYING IT ONCE OR TWICE ISN'T ENOUGH.

AND I'D LIKE TO YEAH. TELL THE STORY. TELL A STORY.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST THIS CHAIR OR WHAT'S UP.

BUT I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH DAVID AND AND JOY.

IF THIS WERE JUST A SURF PARK, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE SUPPORTING IT.

IT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A SURF PARK. THE SURF PARK GETS THE ATTENTION BECAUSE IT'S NOVEL.

BUT WHAT IS REALLY COOL? WHAT IS REALLY WORTH IT AND WHAT IS WORTH OUR PUBLIC INVESTMENT, I THINK, IS OVER 100,000FT² OF DESTINATION ENTERTAINMENT RETAIL.

THAT WILL INCLUDE, LIKE DAVID SAID, GO GO KART TRACK AND AMAZING THEATER SCREENS LIKE THE SAME COMPANY THAT'S DOING THE PLANETARIUM THAT DOES THIS HUGE THING IN, IN THE COLONY IS GOING TO ALSO BE DOING THE THE SCREENS IN THIS THEATER. IT IS GOING TO HAVE LOCAL EATERIES.

LOCAL. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF STUFF THERE THAT WILL MAKE THIS GRAND SCAPE ESQUE.

KALAHARI ESQUE. THAT WILL COMPETE WITH KALAHARI RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

WHAT GRAND SCAPE WANTS? WHAT KALAHARI WANTS IS THEY WANT TO KEEP YOU IN THAT ZONE.

THEY WANT TO KEEP YOU THERE. AND THEY. KALAHARI DOESN'T WANT YOU TO LEAVE.

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IT PULLS PEOPLE OUT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AND AND BRINGS THAT DOLLAR ACROSS 121 AND, AND MAKES THIS WHOLE REGION A DESTINATION. IT MAKES MCKINNEY A DESTINATION.

I THINK IF THIS WERE JUST THIS PROJECT ALONE IT WOULDN'T BE AS MUCH OF A REASON TO JUST THE SURF PARK ALONE.

IT WOULDN'T BE AS MUCH OF A REASON TO TRAVEL HERE.

BUT WITH ALL OF THE OTHER STUFF THAT THERE IS TO DO OR THERE WILL BE TO DO ON THIS SITE AND A BOUTIQUE HOTEL IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEN ANOTHER 20 SOMETHING PLUS ACRES TO DEVELOP ON THE EAST SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY.

THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP IN WHAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY COOL OVERALL PROJECT.

SO THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME. MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.

YOUR YOUR HONOR, I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING.

MY INNER CLAUDIA IS COMING TO ME TODAY. I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING.

WHEN WE WENT TO ARIZONA TO SEE IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE YOUR TYPICAL STUFF YOU'D FIND AT THE BEACH.

THE FOOD, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING THERE. SO IT IS NOT JUST GOING TO BE HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS.

IT'S GOING TO BE SOME GOOD DINING, SOME SOME GOOD FOOD TO HAVE THERE AS WELL. SO AND AGAIN, I JUST ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF, OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO SET OURSELVES APART WITH ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY WITH MQDC. OUR OUR MOTTO IS BUY IT HERE.

KEEP IT HERE. SPEND IT HERE. WE WANT OUR DOLLARS TO STAY IN MCKINNEY IN EVERY WAY THAT WE CAN.

AND I THINK WITH ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE COMING ALONG, WE ARE DOING JUST THAT.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE, TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR TRUSTING US ENOUGH TO ALLOW US TO BE A PART OF ALL OF THESE GREAT ENDEAVORS THAT WE'RE DOING. SO WITH THAT BEING YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

YES. JOIN THE CHORUS. I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS BUILT ON LAND IS GOING TO BE LAND THAT IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY EDC. SO IT'S NOT GENERATING ANY TAX FOR THE CITY, AND IT'S CONVERTING THAT INTO A FACILITY THAT'S GOING TO BE GENERATING PROPERTY TAX AND OR AND ALSO SUBSTANTIAL SALES TAX.

SO IT THAT'S WHY I'M, I'M WILLING TO INVEST SALES TAX REVENUE INTO THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S CONVERTING SOMETHING INTO A REVENUE GENERATION FOR THE CITY, FOR THE FACILITY ITSELF.

IN ADDITION TO THE DRAW THAT OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED FOR MCKINNEY IN BEING ABLE TO GET PEOPLE AND EXPERIENCE OUR CITY AND THEN GO TO DOWNTOWN AND DO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS.

THANK YOU. WITH THAT, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM? I MOVE TO APPROVE. MOVE TO APPROVE BY DAVID KELLY.

I SECOND THAT MOTION. SECOND BY RJ.

MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM 2520 4-96.

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by Heritage Guild of Collin County (4B 25-08) in the Amount of Twenty-Five Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-One and No/100 Dollars ($25,481.00) for Site Improvements to Correct Drainage Issues and to Secure the Foundation of the Dulaney Cottage at Chestnut Square Heritage Village, Located at 315 S. Chestnut in McKinney. Amount Requested Represents 63% of Total Project Cost.]

AMOUNT REQUESTED REPRESENTS 63% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.

I WANT TO THANK CHESTNUT SQUARE AGAIN FOR THE VISION AND THE FORWARD LOOKING NATURE OF YOUR BOARD UNDER YOUR NEW LEADERSHIP. SOME OF US ATTENDED THE REBRANDING AND THE LOGO DISPLAY.

THE OTHER NIGHT WE HEARD CHESTNUT SQUARE TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT EFFORTS IT HAS UNDERWAY TO SUSTAIN ITSELF WITH MORE PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS, PRIVATE DONATIONS, SO THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS IN A POSITION TO COME FOR PUBLIC FUNDING.

I PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST WANT TO TIP MY HAT TO SEE THIS SORT OF NEW MOVEMENT TOWARDS AN EXPANDED PURSUIT OF PRIVATE DONATIONS.

BUT, I MEAN, I THINK IF YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK ACROSS THIS AGENDA, THE DIVERSITY AND THE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE FUNDING FROM THE BIG AND INNOVATIVE TO THE PRESERVATION OF OUR HISTORY. THIS THIS BOARD DOES QUITE A LOT.

BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE ON THE GROUND DOING THE WORK AND TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK AHEAD, BUT ALSO RESTORE WHAT CAME BEFORE US. SO I AM FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.

OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION? YES, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMOUNT AS STATED.

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MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE ON THE THESE ITEMS.

[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Retail Development Infrastructure Grant Application Submitted by Sugar Rush Holdings, LLC (dba Cami Cakes) (RI 25-01) in an Amount of Twenty-Five Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Two and 25/100 Dollars ($25,332.25) for Relocation of a Grease Trap at the Site of Their Bakery Located at 2950 Craig Drive, Suite 302, McKinney, Texas. Amount Represents 75% of the Total Project Cost.]

EACH APPLICANT WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO PRESENT.

THERE WILL BE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AS WELL AS DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

TODAY IS THE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ONLY AND THE BOARD WILL VOTE ON THESE GRANTS AT OUR MARCH MEETING.

FIRST ITEM 25 DASH 20 497. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.

CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON THE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY SUGAR RUSH HOLDINGS LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS CAMMY CAKES. RE 2501 IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,332.25 FOR THE RELOCATION OF A GREASE TRAP AT THE SITE OF THEIR BAKERY LOCATED AT 2950 CRAIG DRIVE, SUITE 302, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. THE AMOUNT REPRESENTS 25% OF THE PROJECT COST.

TODAY WE HAVE MR. DORSEY PRESENTING. MAY I INTERRUPT BEFORE WE PRESENT, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

YOU JUST SAID 25% OF THE COST. OH. I'M SORRY.

AMOUNT REPRESENTS 75% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT IN THE ACTUAL APPLICATION.

IT DOES SAY THAT THE APPLICANT IS PUTTING FORWARD ABOUT THAT AMOUNT.

AND SO I WAS VERY CONFUSED. AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED FOR THE RECORD.

THE APPLICATION SAYS THE APPLICANT IS PUTTING FORWARD 75.

I THINK IT'S 72% OF THE COST. ANY CLARIFICATION? I'M SORRY. THE QUESTION WAS I'M SORRY. WE WERE WE WERE DEALING WITH TECHNOLOGY ISSUES.

SO SORRY. CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR. SURE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SEEK CLARIFICATION ON THE AGENDA.

IT SAYS THAT THE AMOUNT REQUESTED EQUATES TO 75% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST.

HOWEVER, IN THE APPLICATION, THE APPLICANT REPRESENTS THAT THE APPLICANT IS PAYING 75% OF THE COSTS AND ONLY SEEKING 25%.

I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION IF THAT WAS JUST A TYPO SOMEWHERE.

I'M SURE THAT WE PROBABLY JUST REVERSED THOSE, SO WE NEED TO JUST LOOK AT THAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

WELL, WE HAVE THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE HE'LL HAVE THE APPLICANT AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PERCENTAGE CORRECT NEXT TIME IF IT'S WRONG.

SORRY. OKAY. SO JUST TO TO RESTATE WHAT JOY HAS ON THE AGENDA OR IT HAS THAT IT REPRESENTS 75% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST, WHEN IN ESSENCE IT SHOULD PROBABLY BE AROUND 25%.

BUT WE WILL GET THAT CLARIFICATION AND MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS AS NECESSARY.

OKAY, PROCEED, MR. DAWSON. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, SO WE ARE REQUESTING 75% OF THE PROJECT COST YOU ARE REQUESTING.

YEP. OKAY, SO THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS IT'S ABOUT I HAVE THE NUMBERS LIKE 32,000 OR 33,000, AND I DON'T HAVE THE 33,000 776. YEAH. OKAY. SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC.

CINDY. CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THE. THIS IS CONFUSING AND I LOSE TRACK OF IT? THE CONTRIBUTION AMOUNT BY THE APPLICANT IN A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF A PROJECT THAT WE WILL 50,000 VERSUS 25. YES. FOR THE RETAIL GRANT IN GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE, CDC CAN FUND UP TO 75% OF THE ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS, BUT WITH A CAP OF 50,000.

OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. OKAY. SO AS PRESENTED AS REQUESTED, THIS IS COMPLETELY ELIGIBLE FOR THE FULL AMOUNT THEY'RE REQUESTING.

IT'S ELIGIBLE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. YES. OKAY.

SORRY. I MEAN, 75% OF IT. YES. THE THEIR THEIR TOTAL COST.

THE 75% DOESN'T HIT THE 50,000 MAX. OKAY. SO AT A $1,000.

TOTAL PROJECT COSTS. WHAT AMOUNT THEN WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR US TO FUND? I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S LISTED HERE. YEAH. SO, DAVID, THE TOTAL COST THE 25 IS ELIGIBLE AS SUBMITTED.

RIGHT. THE TOTAL COST THAT THE APPLICANT PRESENTED WAS 33,776.

AND THE REQUEST IS 25 332.25, WHICH IS 75%. I JUST I JUST THINK WE NEED TO CORRECT IT.

FOR THE RECORD, IF THERE WAS A TYPO IN THE APPLICATION, IT'S CORRECT HERE ON THE AGENDA.

BUT I JUST THINK THEY NEED TO BE RECONCILED. THANK YOU.

THE OTHER THING THAT I'LL REMIND THE BOARD IS THESE GRANTS, WHEN APPROVED, ARE PAID ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.

SO THE SUBMISSION OF REQUESTS FOR REIMBURSEMENT ARE ALL VERIFIED BEFORE BEING FUNDED.

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I AM ALSO A TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL AND A COLLEGE GRADUATE.

I HAVE SEVEN YEARS OF IT LEADERSHIP WORKING AT I'VE, WORKING AT COMPANIES SUCH AS JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, AND CURRENTLY DISCOVER FINANCIALS. AND I'M ALSO AN ENTREPRENEUR.

I HAVE A SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM MANAGEMENT COMPANY, DORSEY RENTALS, AND ONCE AGAIN PART OWNER OF KAMI CAKES HERE IN MCKINNEY.

SO WITH KAMI CAKES, OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS TO CREATE HAPPINESS ONE CUPCAKE AT A TIME.

AND JUST SOME OF THE VALUES THAT WE LIKE TO HOLD OURSELVES UP TO.

FIRST OF ALL IS OUR SIGNATURE CAKES AND CUPCAKES.

WE HAVE OVER 20 PLUS FLAVORS THAT WE BAKE FRESH EVERY SINGLE MORNING WITH FRESH QUALITY INGREDIENTS, EVEN SOURCING INGREDIENTS LOCATED, YOU KNOW, HERE IN MCKINNEY, SUPPORTING A LOT OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND OUR SIGNATURE RETAIL EXPERIENCE BECAUSE WE ALWAYS WANT OUR CUSTOMERS TO HAVE THE BEST EXPERIENCE WHENEVER THEY COME INTO OUR BAKERY.

SO HERE IS OUR ASK. OUR ASK IS WE ARE REQUESTING THE AMOUNT OF $25,332.25 TO SERVE AS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS WE LOOK TO RELOCATE OUR GREASE TRAP. SO THIS WORK WILL INCLUDE THE LABOR FOR DIGGING OUT OUR CURRENT INTERCEPTOR FROM THE PREVIOUS LOCATION, INSTALLING A THE WELL, THE INTERCEPTOR INTO OUR NEW LOCATION, AND ANY NECESSARY TRENCHING EQUIPMENT PIPING.

YOU KNOW, JUST EVERYTHING THAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THE GREASE FLOWS PROPERLY TO THE NEW LOCATION.

WHY, YOU MIGHT ASK? SO ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS ON REQUEST OF THE PLAZA OWNERS.

IN ORDER FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, PRESERVE OUR OUR CURRENT PLAZA BUSINESS RELATIONS.

SO JUST FOR SOME BACKGROUND, THE EL DORADO PLAZA LOCATION IS CURRENTLY THE FIRST AND DISABLED LOCATION IN TEXAS.

THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE OUR OUR BIGGEST FOOTPRINT BECAUSE IT'S OUR ONLY LOCATION.

SO WITH PLANS FOR EXPANSION, YOU KNOW, AROUND MCKINNEY AND OTHER AREAS WITHIN 2025, THE EL DORADO LOCATION WILL SERVE AS OUR MAIN HUB DISTRIBUTOR.

SO MEANING, ONCE WE OPEN UP A NEW LOCATION, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH ANOTHER BUILD OUT PROCESS, BUILDING A KITCHEN, HAVING TO HIRE STAFF, PURCHASE EQUIPMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE A FULL STAFF AND KITCHEN AT THE EL DORADO LOCATION, WE'RE GOING TO TRANSPORT ALL OF OUR OUR CUPCAKES TO OUR NEW LOCATION.

SO ALL WE WOULD NEED IS REALLY JUST A SMALLER SPACE.

HIRE SOME FRONT STAFF AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO OPERATE BUSINESS.

SO CAMI CAKES, BEING ABLE TO PRESERVE OUR CURRENT LEASE AND BEING ABLE TO RESIGN WILL HELP ENSURE THE LONGEVITY OF CAMI CAKES HERE IN MCKINNEY AND IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. ONCE AGAIN, KEEPING OUR CURRENT FOOTPRINT AT EL DORADO PLAZA AND AND MAKING IT EASIER FOR US TO OPEN UP NEW LOCATIONS BECAUSE IT WOULD JUST BE LESS OF A, YOU KNOW, A HEAVY FINANCIAL BURDEN AND, YOU KNOW, A PLANNING, A PLANNING BURDEN, IF YOU WILL.

SO IT IS CRITICAL FOR US TO KEEP A GOOD RAPPORT WITH OUR PLAZA IN ORDER FOR US TO RESIGN ONCE AGAIN ENSURING THE LONGEVITY OF CANDY CAKES WHILE ALSO LEVERAGING THE OPPORTUNITY OF BECAUSE THE PLAZA OWNERS THEY HAVE, THEY OWN MULTIPLE PLAZAS AROUND THE AREA, RIGHT.

SO THIS ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE THOSE LOCATIONS FOR NEW OPENINGS.

SO WITHIN CANDY CAKES, WE OPENED UP IN JULY OF 2024.

ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE HAD ZERO FOOTPRINT HERE. SO JUST IN 2024 ALONE, IN THOSE SIX MONTHS, WE WERE ABLE TO GROSS OVER $145,000 IN TOTAL REVENUE. IF OVER THE COURSE OF A FULL YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE AMOUNTED UP TO ROUGHLY $300,000 OVER, YOU KNOW, IN 2024. SO, YOU KNOW, CANDY CASE CONTINUES TO GROW AND BECOME POPULAR.

SO THIS YEAR, WE ARE PROJECTING TO HIT AT LEAST $350,000 IN TOTAL REVENUE.

AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF OUR, OUR PROJECTIONS FOR 2026 AND 2027.

AND LASTLY, THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE SMILES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ENJOY WHILE HERE IN MCKINNEY.

AND THE TOP LEFT CORNER THAT IS MAYOR FULLER, THE MAYOR OF MCKINNEY, HE BECAME A FAN FAVORITE OF OURS.

THESE ARE SOME OF OUR LOYAL PATRONS THAT COME OFTEN.

AND THEN THE BOTTOM LEFT. THIS IS SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

WE PARTNER WITH NONPROFITS HERE IN THE AREA, YOU KNOW, ENGAGING IN DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, WORKSHOPS SUCH AS FINANCIAL LITERACY, BUSINESS ATTIRE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND A PICTURE OF SOME OF OUR PRODUCTS.

AND I AM OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION, BECAUSE YOU CAME TO US IN PREVIOUS CYCLES REQUESTING FUNDING FOR THIS SAME GREASE TRAP. SO WHAT WHAT INVESTMENT IS THE PLAZA OWNER PROVIDING?

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WE'RE PAYING. YOU'RE ASKING FOR US TO PAY IT FORWARD AGAIN.

SO WHAT? WHAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OR WHAT HAS THE PLAZA OWNER OFFERED AS CONCESSIONS TO YOU FOR THIS REQUEST? YEAH. AND JUST TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY, YOU KNOW, THE PLAZA OWNERS, THEY DID, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, APPROVE IT. BUT FROM THEIR STANDPOINT, THEY DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS, ESPECIALLY FROM THE NEIGHBORING LOCAL BUSINESSES, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN.

SO AS FAR AS US, THEY ARE GIVING US A FREE MONTH'S RENT, YOU KNOW, TO HELP COMPENSATE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, CLOSURE, IF YOU WILL, OR ANY DISRUPTIONS IN ORDER TO BUSINESS.

BUT ESSENTIALLY THAT IS THEIR CONTRIBUTION. CAN WE CAN WE DIG IN ON THIS? BEFORE I, I THINK YOUR QUESTION ABOUT PLAZA ENGAGEMENT IS CRITICAL, AND WE NEED TO DIG IN ON THAT MORE.

BUT I'D LIKE TO GET MORE TO THE BACKGROUND HERE.

SO WE WE APPROVED A REQUEST TO PUT A GREASE TRAP IN YOUR IN YOUR BUSINESS.

YOU PUT THAT GREASE TRAP IN. WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT TO LEAD US BACK HERE TODAY? YEAH. I MEAN, IT LOOKED LIKE THE PLAZA OWNERS, THEY JUST KEPT RECEIVING COMPLAINTS AFTER COMPLAINTS FROM THE NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES.

THEY WERE, I GUESS, FROM THE NEIGHBORING BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE. THEY WERE SAYING THAT IT WAS JUST CAUSING A DISRUPTION, YOU KNOW, TO THEIR GUESTS AND THEIR CUSTOMERS. WHAT WHAT WAS CAUSING THE DISRUPTION? RIGHT. THE CLEANING OF THE TRAPS IS CAUSING AN ODOR.

IS THAT THE BOTTOM LINE? THE CLEANING OF THE TRAPS.

AND THEN I GUESS SOMETIMES THEY. WELL, FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, THEY'RE SAYING THAT IT IS PRODUCING A TYPE OF AROMA AROUND THE AREA THAT IS JUST NOT PREFERRED FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THEY'VE JUST BEEN GETTING CONSISTENT COMPLAINTS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

SO FINALLY, THE PLAZA OWNERS REACHED OUT TO US AND JUST PRESENTED THIS TO US.

OKAY. SO THE PLAZA OWNERS ARE GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER TENANTS ABOUT ODORS.

CORRECT. OKAY. AND WHEN YOU CAME TO THIS BOARD WITH THIS REQUEST THE FIRST TIME, I ASSUME, AND I BELIEVE IT'S THE CASE THAT THAT WAS WITH THE CONSENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PLAZA OWNERSHIP ON THE PLACEMENT, THE PLAN, THE AMOUNT, THE REQUEST, EVERYTHING WAS APPROVED BY THEM.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. SO THEY WERE EYES WIDE OPEN.

WE WERE ALL AGREED ON WHERE THIS GREASE TRAP WAS GOING TO GO TO SERVE YOUR BUSINESS.

THAT'S CORRECT. BUT AND THEN FOLLOWING THIS, THE APPROVAL BY THIS BOARD, PAYMENT FOR IT AND PLACEMENT OF THE GREASE TRAP, UNEXPECTED CONCERNS ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THE GREASE TRAP WERE MADE BY TENANTS.

AND NOW THE PLAZA OWNERS WANT YOU TO BE RESPONSIBLE.

AND THUS YOU'RE COMING TO THIS BOARD BECAUSE THEY'RE REQUIRING YOU TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A $32,000 PROJECT.

AND IN RETURN FOR THAT, THEY'RE GIVING YOU ONE MONTH'S RENT.

AND CAN I ASK WHAT ONE MONTH'S RENT IS? ONE MONTH'S RENT IS ABOUT $4,000.

SO FOR YOU BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR A $32,000 PROJECT, FOR YOU, BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROJECT THE FIRST TIME, WHATEVER THAT AMOUNT WAS, THEY'RE PUTTING 60 PLUS THOUSAND DOLLARS, I IMAGINE, ON YOU, AND YOU'RE DOING WHATEVER.

YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU CAN TO GET HELP WITH THAT.

I GET THAT NOT ON THAT'S SEPARATE AND APART IN EXCHANGE FOR YOU BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

THEY'RE GIVING YOU ONE MONTH'S RENT AT A VALUE OF $4,000.

IS THAT ACCURATE? THAT'S ACCURATE. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE.

IT IS NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX THEIR MISTAKE.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? AND IT'S NOT YOUR MISTAKE, RIGHT? I'M NOT BLAMING YOU BECAUSE THEY THE PLAZA OWNERS WHO HAVE WRITTEN A YEAH, YEAH, WHITE STONE READ HAS WRITTEN A SUPPORT LETTER HERE. OF COURSE, THEY WOULD SUPPORT REQUESTS HERE, BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY TO MAINTENANCE TO MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FORCE YOU TO MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY WHEN YOU DID WHAT THEY REQUESTED YOU TO DO, WHICH IS PUT THE GREASE TRAP IN THE AGREED UPON SPOT.

AND NOW THEY DON'T LIKE THE SPOT, BECAUSE IF WE HAD PICKED THIS SPOT THE FIRST TIME, WE WOULDN'T BE BACK HERE AGAIN.

IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S ACCURATE. OKAY, YEAH I AGREE.

I MEAN I'VE HAD CUPCAKES. THEY'RE FANTASTIC. BUT I ECHO DAVIS'S COMMENTS.

I MEAN, THEY THEY APPROVED IT. THEY ALLOWED YOU TO TO PUT THE GREASE TRAP WHERE IT IS.

NOW. THEY'RE GETTING COMPLAINTS. THIS GREASE TRAP WENT THIS MOVE IS ONLY GOING TO BENEFIT THEM.

IT'S ONLY GOING TO INCREASE THEIR PROPERTY VALUE. BECAUSE IF YOU AREN'T RE-APPROVED FOR ANOTHER, LOOK FOR ANOTHER RENEWAL OF YOUR LEASE. THEY'VE GOT THIS REALLY NICE GREASE TRAP THAT'S PUT AWAY.

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IF THEY DON'T LIKE WHERE IT IS, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO NEED TO PAY FOR IT AND MOVE IT THEMSELVES. I'M GOING TO HAVE A QUESTION. YOU'RE UNDER A LEASE NOW.

AND HOW MUCH LONGER DOES THAT LEASE LAST? WE HAVE TWO AND A HALF YEARS LEFT.

YOU HAVE TWO AND A HALF YEARS LEFT. OKAY. SO WHATEVER THE CONDITION IS OF THE LOCATION OF THE GREASE TRAP, IT CAN STAY RIGHT WHERE IT IS. AND YOU HAVE A LEASE FOR THE NEXT TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

THEY'RE JUST NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION.

I MEAN, IT COULD IMPACT, BUT AT LEAST FOR RIGHT NOW, WE CAN SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TWO AND A HALF YEARS LEFT OF THE LEASE.

OKAY. YOU'RE RIGHT, CHRIS. THEY THEY DON'T LIKE IT.

THE OTHER TENANTS DON'T LIKE SOMETHING IN THE LEASE ABOUT COMPLAINTS AND SMELLS AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHICH THEY APPROVED THE LOCATION? I UNDERSTAND I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.

SO I AM A FORMER RESTAURANT OWNER, VERY FAMILIAR WITH GREASE TRAPS.

WHEN WE HAD OUR GREASE TRAP APPROVED, IT WAS NOT ONLY APPROVED BY THE LANDLORD, BUT ALSO BY THE CITY.

SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

AND THE BEST THAT I CAN SURMISE IS THAT THE GREASE TRAP IS BEING CLEANED MIDDAY, THEREBY CAUSING AN ODOR THAT AFFECTS CUSTOMERS. OUR GREASE TRAP USED TO BE CLEANED AT LIKE 4:00 IN THE MORNING, SO THAT IT WOULD NOT HAVE AN EFFECT ON ANYBODY.

I MEAN, IT IS A COMPLETELY NOXIOUS SMELL, AS ONE CAN IMAGINE.

AND WHETHER YOU'RE COOKING HAMBURGERS OR YOU HAVE EGG AND LARD, IT IS THE SAME KIND OF SMELL.

SO I CAN APPRECIATE IF IT'S BEING CLEANED IN THE AFTERNOONS, THAT IT WOULD UPSET AND AFFECT OTHER CUSTOMERS AND OTHER BUSINESSES.

HAVE YOU EXPLORED THE OPTION OF HAVING IT CLEANED AT DIFFERENT TIMES WITH THE GREASE TRAP COMPANY? YEAH, SO I MEAN, EVEN WITH THE CLEANINGS, THEY'RE JUST SAYING THAT IT'S JUST PROVIDING SOME TYPE OF AROMA THROUGHOUT THE DAY, EVEN WITHOUT THE CLEANINGS. SO EVEN WHEN THE CLEANINGS ARE NOT OCCURRING.

YEAH. LIKE I GUESS THEY'RE SAYING, LIKE IT'S JUST SPILLING THROUGH THE THE THE MANHOLE.

WELL, MAYBE IT'S AN INSTALLATION ISSUE THEN THAT COULD BE REMEDIATED BY THE INSTALLER OF THE GREASE TRAP.

I THINK EITHER WAY, I THINK WE'RE ALL IN. MANY OF US, I WOULD ASSUME, ARE IN CONCURRENCE THAT THIS IS NOT AN MCDC SLASH TAXPAYER ISSUE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EITHER THE INSTALLER, THE MANUFACTURER, THE LANDLORD SHOULD ADDRESS.

I THINK THERE'S SOME WAY THAT YOU CAN SEEK REDRESS FOR THIS.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF US PIN THIS ON YOU. YOU'RE TRYING TO OPERATE YOUR BUSINESS. YOU'RE TRYING TO SCRAPE WHATEVER MONEY YOU CAN FOR THIS UNEXPECTED EXPENSE.

BUT I DON'T I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, WE CAN WE CAN REALLY CONSIDER FAITHFULLY TO YOU.

I MEAN, YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE MAKING CUPCAKES.

HOW MUCH GREASE DOES THAT REALLY PRODUCE? IT'S NOT LIKE A BURGER SPOT.

I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY HAMBURGERS AND FRENCH FRIES.

I MEAN, YOU'RE MAKING CUPCAKES. EITHER WAY, THOUGH, THERE'S STILL NOTHING. ULTIMATELY, IT GOES THROUGH THEM.

YEAH. IT DOESN'T. IT DOESN'T MATTER. WE WE WANT TO.

WE CLEARLY WANTED TO SUPPORT YOUR BUSINESS. WE DID SUPPORT YOUR BUSINESS THE FIRST TIME.

WE CONTINUE TO WANT TO SUPPORT YOUR BUSINESS.

NOT BEING AMENABLE TO THIS REQUEST ISN'T A REFLECTION ON YOU OR YOUR BUSINESS.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING.

YOU ARE RUNNING A LOW IMPACT BUSINESS, TO DAVID'S POINT.

AND YOU DID WHAT EVERYBODY TOLD YOU TO DO. I IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT YOUR LANDLORD IS PUTTING YOU IN THIS POSITION. WHEN THEY SHOULD BE THE ONES TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.

AND MY QUESTION IS THIS OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY IS, IS THIS WE'RE COMPLIANT.

YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE. SO THIS IS NOT A CITY ISSUE.

THIS IS THE LANDLORD AND SOME OF YOUR HIS TENANTS ISSUE.

THIS IS AN INVESTOR OWNED REIT TRYING TO KEEP THEIR COSTS AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.

AND TRYING TO PASS THOSE COSTS ON TO THE BUSINESS OWNER WHO IS TRYING TO PASS THEM ON TO THE CITY AS HE'S REASONABLE IN TRYING TO FIND YOU KNOW, HELP FOR THIS SITUATION, BUT IT'S NOT REASONABLE AND FOR THE, FOR THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY TO PASS THIS ON WHEN THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THE ORIGINAL INSTALLATION.

YEAH. I MEAN, THE LANDLORD'S GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST OUR MONEY, IT'S THE TAXPAYERS MONEY.

PEOPLE WHO EAT AND DINE AND SHOP WITHIN MCKINNEY.

AND IT'S JUST LIKE DAVID KELLY SAID EARLIER, IT'S NOT FAIR TO THOSE PEOPLE TO PAY FOR A MISTAKE OF OF THE LANDLORD.

SO. AND AGAIN THIS. IS THERE ANYONE TO SPEAK TO THIS? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? THAT IS OKAY. AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

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ABSOLUTELY. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING? I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOVE TO CLOSE BY.

THANK YOU. JONATHAN. THANK YOU. MOVE TO CLOSE BY.

JOY. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. YOU'RE NOT FAST, DAVID.

I KNOW. SECOND BY DAVID. DID. OH, YOU ALMOST HAD IT.

WITH FISHERMEN. YOU ALMOST HAD IT. OKAY. SO. ANGIE.

YES. GOING FORWARD, EMPRESS HAS INSTRUCTED US TO TRY TO ALWAYS SAY VERBALLY WHO THE FIRST AND SECOND IS, OR THE MOTION MAKER, AND THE SECOND, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE IT ACCORDINGLY ON RECORD, SO I WILL I WILL DO BETTER. SO IT WAS MOVED BY JOY AND IT WAS SECOND BY DAVID RICH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M LEARNING. YES. MOTION PASSES.

PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. NEXT ITEM 25 DASH 20 498.

[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Retail Development Infrastructure Grant Application (RI 25-02) Submitted by The Cotton Mill in the Amount of Twenty-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Five and NO/100 Dollars ($23,745.00) for Construction of a Sidewalk Connecting Two Parking Lots to Provide Direct Access to Retail Shops at The Cotton Mill and the Installation of Security Lighting Along the New Walkway. Amount Represents 75% of the Total Project Cost.]

DISCUSS. ACT ON THE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT APPLICATION OR I 20 5-02 SUBMITTED BY THE COTTON MILL IN THE AMOUNT OF 2520 $3,745 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SIDEWALK CONNECTING TWO PARKING LOTS TO PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS TO RETAIL SHOPS AT THE COTTON MILL AND THE INSTALLATION SECURITY.

INSTALLING INSTALLATION OF SECURITY LIGHTING ALONG THE NEW WALKWAY IN AMOUNT REPRESENTS 75% OF THE PROJECT COST.

HELLO BOARD MEMBERS, I'M CHANDLER CASEY. I'M REPRESENTING THE COTTON MILL DOWN THE STREET OVER AT SIXTH AND ELM.

CURRENTLY, AS MANY AS YOU KNOW, THE COTTON MILL IS HOME TO SEVERAL RETAIL BUSINESSES AND EVENT HALL.

COFFEE SHOP AND THEN REGULAR MORE MAINSTREAM BUSINESSES AS WELL.

WE'RE KIND OF A MULTITUDE OF, OF DIFFERENT TENANTS AND, AND SOCIETIES IN THERE, INCLUDING MILL HOUSE FOUNDATION, WHICH I'M SURE MOST OF YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE REQUESTING FUNDS TO HELP PUT A SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF OUR BUILDING.

AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW ON ELM STREET, THERE IS NOT A SIDEWALK ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STREET.

SO IT'S BROUGHT UP A LOT OF ISSUES. RIGHT NOW THIS HAS A LASER.

WELL, WHERE IT SAYS SUITE 200 UP THERE, THAT'S OUR EVENT HALL.

AND THEN DOWN IN THE RIGHT CORNER, IT SHOWS SUITE 1340 AND THAT'S OUR COFFEE SHOP AND MORE.

MORE OF OUR RETAIL BUSINESSES ARE LOCATED ON THAT SIDE.

EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A LARGE HALLWAY THAT GOES ACROSS, SOMETIMES OUR EVENTS SPILL INTO THAT HALLWAY AND PEOPLE ARE WE HAVE A SECURITY GUARD THAT IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PEOPLE TO AND FROM THE PARKING LOT INTO TO WALK THROUGH THE EVENTS SO THEY CAN GET THROUGH.

BUT SOMETIMES THE THE EVENT HAPPENING IS INTIMIDATING TO PEOPLE, SO THEY'LL JUST TRY AND WALK AROUND THE BUILDING.

AND THAT'S CAUSED A LOT OF ISSUES FOR NOT ONLY US AS A BUSINESS, BUT ALSO SAFETY CONCERNS.

AS YOU CAN SEE ACROSS THE STREET THERE IS NO SIDEWALK.

SO NOT ONLY IS IT THE PATRONS OF THE COTTON MILL THAT AREN'T ABLE TO WALK ACROSS THE STREET IT'S I'VE SEEN KIDS THAT HAVE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DOWN AND THEN FARTHER TOWARDS TOWN LAKE. THEY WILL BE WALKING ACROSS JUST IN THE STREET, NO SIDEWALK AT ALL WITH THEIR BACKPACKS ON. ALSO, THE PATRONS OF THE MILL. WE HAVE JOGGERS, WALKERS, A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE JUST ALL WALKING STREET SIDE.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE A SIDEWALK. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT GOES UP TO JUST ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE WAY TO THE RIGHT OF THE BUILDING.

AND THEN ON THE LEFT SIDE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT GOES UP ONLY SO FAR.

AND THEN TOOK A PICTURE HERE. SO THIS IS THE END OF THE SIDEWALK GOING SOUTH.

OR GOING EAST. EXCUSE ME. TOWARDS THE RAIL TRACK AND RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PHOTOS WHERE IT ENDS.

AND THEN IT PICKS UP AGAIN ABOUT 50, 50 OR SO YARDS LATER.

SO OUR TOTAL PROJECT COST, WE HAVE ABOUT 14,000 FOR THE ACTUAL SIDEWALK AND THE CONCRETE, 7000 FOR THE METAL FENCING AND GUARDRAIL, 6000 FOR TESTING SERVICES AND QUALITY CONTROL, AND THEN 4400 FOR THE CIVIL ENGINEERING PLANS AND THE PLANS THAT COME WITH IT, BRINGING US TO 31, 660 FOR THE TOTAL WE ARE ASKING FOR 23,745, REPRESENTING 75% OF THE PROJECT COSTS.

WE HAVE MISCELLANEOUS COSTS AS WELL, INCLUDING THE PERMITTING COSTS, WHICH WE AREN'T SURE YET UNTIL WE GET OUR FINAL PLANS FROM THE ENGINEERING TO SUBMIT

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ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. SO I RECOGNIZE THAT THE APPLICATION REQUIRES A LOT OF MATERIALS.

YOU'RE SUBMITTING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OVER TIME.

SO I AM JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND SOMETHING ABOUT THE FINANCIALS.

SO IT LOOKED TO ME IF I'M GETTING THE YEARS RIGHT.

IN 2023, COTTONMILL DREW A PROFIT OF ABOUT $5 MILLION.

THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THERE WERE SOME OWNER DRAWS AND AND THAT SEEMED SIGNIFICANT.

THEY WERE WELL OVER $1 MILLION EACH. AND THEN YOU'RE COMING TO THIS BOARD TO ASK FOR A VERY MODEST REQUEST OF $20,000, PLUS OR MINUS. AND SOMEBODY COULD SAY, WELL, IF YOU'RE TAKING OWNER DRAWS AND YOU'VE GOT 5,000,000IN PROFITS, WHY ARE YOU SEEKING CITY FUNDS? CAN YOU CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND? YES. SO THAT INCREASE WAS FROM WHEN WE HAD AN APARTMENT DEAL WITH THE PRESIDIUM GROUP.

WE SOLD OUR LAND PARCEL TO THEM. MOST OF THAT MONEY WENT TO PAY OFF THE DEBT AND THE NOTES THAT WE HAVE.

AND BECAUSE OF OUR STRUCTURE, WE'RE IN A PARTNERSHIP.

SO THE TAXES FROM THE SALE OF THE LAND WERE PASSED ON TO THE PARTNERS.

THAT DISTRIBUTION IS REPRESENTATIVE OF SOLELY THEIR TAX OBLIGATION, SO THAT THAT AMOUNT IS NOT TAKEN IN AS PROFIT.

IT WAS SOLELY SO THAT THEY COULD PAY THEIR TAXES WITHOUT TAKING IT OUT OF THEIR PERSONAL FUNDS.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT VERY MUCH. AND THEN DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF.

I FEEL LIKE I ASKED THIS QUESTION LAST TIME YOU CAME FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR LIKE THIS.

FORGIVE ME THOUGH. DO YOU CHARGE ANY KIND OF CAMP FEE FOR YOUR TENANTS? I MEAN, IS THIS ANYTHING THAT THE TENANTS WOULD CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS? SO, BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR TENANTS ARE ARTISTS AND THE CREATIVE TYPES, WE DON'T CHARGE ANY TRIPLE NETS OR CAMP FEES ONTO THEM.

WE TRY AND KEEP OUR PROPERTY FEES OR OUR FEES VERY LOW BECAUSE LIKE OUR PROPERTY TAX, FOR INSTANCE A THIRD OF THE BUILDING IS A TWO FLOOR OR TWO STORY I DON'T WANT TO SAY ABANDONED, BUT IT'S COMPLETELY EMPTY, ABOUT 66,000FT². SO PASSING ON THE FEES FOR PROPERTY TAX FOR THAT PART ALONE.

AND THEN ALSO THE OTHER ACREAGE THAT WE HAVE JUST WOULDN'T BE FAIR TO THE BUSINESS.

OKAY. SO WE DON'T WE TRY AND KEEP IT AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.

ALL OF OUR RENTS ARE BELOW MARKET. WE USUALLY CHARGE AROUND $28 A SQUARE FOOT WITH NO TRIPLE NETS TO KEEP THOSE COSTS DOWN FOR THE THE MORE CREATIVE AND THE THE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T REALLY AFFORD THE HIGHER PAYMENT ON THE RENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I ASK THE QUESTION. THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY FOR YOU, BUT KIND OF GOES TO THE PREVIOUS APPLICANT AS WELL ABOUT OTHER PARTIES RESPONSIBILITY. AND UNFORTUNATELY CITY STAFF HAS ABANDONED US.

BUT I WONDER WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CITY ON SIDEWALKS ENDS AND THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PRIVATE BUSINESS OWNERS BEGINS. DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF THAT? YES, I LOOKED INTO THAT BECAUSE AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SOLELY A CITY RESPONSIBILITY, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS, THE SIDEWALK WAS INSTALLED AT SUCH A YEAR, I THINK IT JUST GOT LEFT OUT.

AND THEN WHEN I LOOKED INTO IT, IT, IT SEEMED THAT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, WHICH WE MORE OR LESS ARE, IT FALLS UNDER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.

THAT WAS MY INTERPRETATION OF OF MY FINDINGS.

WE CAN CHECK CAN WE ASK CITY STAFF TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY THE CITY CAN'T PARTICIPATE? AND I'LL JUST SAY, BECAUSE I'M FEELING MY PATRICK TODAY.

YEAH. I'M FEELING MY PATRICK TODAY. THIS IS THIS IS AN EAST SIDE EQUITY ISSUE.

SIDEWALKS GENERALLY ON THE EAST SIDE ARE AN EQUITY ISSUE IN THIS CITY.

AND ON DEVELOPMENT IN THE WEST SIDE, DEVELOPERS ARE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE SIDEWALKS IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

THE CITY ENSURES THAT SIDEWALKS ARE BUILT FOR EVERYBODY.

EVERY BUSINESS, EVERY HOME. SIDEWALKS ARE INCLUDED IN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

IT WASN'T IN THE PAST ON AS MCKINNEY GREW. THAT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT AS YOU MENTIONED THERE ARE CHILDREN WALKING IN THE STREETS.

THERE ARE SCHOOLS ALL AROUND ON. YOU'VE GOT WEBB ON ONE END AND FINCH ON THE OTHER.

AND AND OTHERS AND KIDS JUST LIVING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

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AND I KNOW THAT THE CITY IS ADDRESSING THIS IN SOME PLACES ON VIRGINIA, ON LOUISIANA.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THIS.

WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO MORE TO MAKE THE EAST SIDE SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS THAT WE DON'T FUND THIS.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARILY WHAT THE WHAT THAT MEANS.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU NEED YOU NEED A SIDEWALK.

AND I KNOW THAT IF WE LOOK TO THE CITY TO DO IT, EVEN IF IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, THOUGH, WHAT THE CITY WHERE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY ENDS ON SIDEWALKS AND WHERE IT BEGINS FOR PRIVATE LANDOWNERS, IF THE CITY CAN CONTRIBUTE AND PAY FOR IT ALL.

WE'RE ABSOLUTELY OPEN TO THAT. SO I'M SURE YOU ARE.

WHERE WAS THE THE WROUGHT IRON THAT YOU SAY? THE THIN, THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE? WHERE WHERE WHERE WAS THAT GOING TO BE PLACED? AT THE FENCE.

THAT WOULD BE ALONG THE STREET. SO RIGHT UP ON THE THE LEFT SIDE OF THAT, OF THAT PICTURE THERE.

SO WHAT ABOUT THESE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS OF COURSE, LOOKING HERE LOOKS VERY NARROW.

BUT THEN YOU HAVE UTILITIES AND YOU HAVE UTILITY POLES, LIKE IS IT GOING TO BE TO THE RIGHT OF THOSE POLES THAT IT STARTS, OR IS IT GOING TO BE SO I THE IT WOULD BE TO THE RIGHT OF THE UTILITY POLES.

I CAN SUBMIT THE CIVIL PLANS THAT OUTLINE SPECIFICALLY WHERE EVERYTHING IS GOING.

I COULD POINT THAT OUT FOR Y'ALL ON THERE, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO UPROOT THESE TREES.

YES. YES. IS THERE ANY EASEMENT? IS THERE ANY ELECTRICAL OR GAS OR ANY KIND OF LINES THAT'S RUNNING UNDERNEATH THAT? AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A WATER METER. BUT I'M, I'M FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT THAT WE CAN MOVE THAT INTO ANOTHER BOX THAT WE HAVE.

IT WOULD JUST TAKE A LITTLE UTILITY WORK. BUT THAT'S OUTSIDE OF OF OUR ASK.

AND YOU'RE SAYING Y'ALL ARE PAYING FOR THE LIGHTS THEMSELVES? AND WHAT'S THE COST ON THAT? OUR COURT COSTS FOR THE LIGHT FIXTURES IS ABOUT $8,000.

AND THEN LABOR AND ELECTRICITY WAS ALSO ABOUT 5000.

THANK YOU. OKAY. I'LL JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT TO THE TO THE DISCUSSION.

STAFF HAS GONE THROUGH THIS IS AN ELIGIBLE REQUEST.

CORRECT? YES. REGARDLESS OF THE PROFIT THAT THE BUSINESS HAS MADE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY PAYS FOR IT.

THIS IS AN ELIGIBLE REQUEST. SO I THINK WE HAVE TO GIVE IT A DUE CONSIDERATION.

IF IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS WE CAN IDENTIFY SOMEBODY ELSE TO PAY FOR IT IN A DIFFERENT METHOD LIKE THE CITY, THEN THAT'S THAT CAN GO INTO THE CONSIDERATION, BUT OTHERWISE THIS IS ELIGIBLE.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HERE HAS SAID THAT. IT'S THAT IT'S AN INELIGIBLE REQUEST.

IT ABSOLUTELY IS AN ELIGIBLE REQUEST. IT DOESN'T END UP ON OUR AGENDA.

IT IF UNLESS IT'S ELIGIBLE. AND AND LIKE I SAID, THE CONSIDERATIONS I BROUGHT UP DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN WE SHOULD DENY THIS REQUEST. AND I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE.

I JUST AM ILLUMINATING OTHER ISSUES THAT EXIST AROUND THIS REQUEST.

UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

AND IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM? THERE IS NOT. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING? I'LL MOTION TO CLOSE IT. MOVED BY DEBORAH. SHE HIT THE BUTTON.

I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY AJ. YOU GOT TO BE FAST.

GOTTA BE QUICK. VERY QUICK. SECOND BY AJ. MOVED BY DEBORAH.

DEBORAH. JUST QUIET. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.

[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Retail Development Infrastructure Grant Application Submitted by Samaritan Inn, Inc. (RI 25-03) in an Amount of Ten Thousand Eight Hundred and NO/100 Dollars ($10,800.00) for Installation of Wrought Iron Security Fencing Surrounding The Inn Style Retail Store, Located at 103 East University Drive, McKinney, Texas. Amount Represents 75% of the Total Project Cost.]

CONSIDER. DISCUSS. ACT ON THE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY SAMARITAN INN IN THE AMOUNT INCORPORATED RR 2503. IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,800 FOR THE INSTALLATION OF WROUGHT IRON SECURITY FENCING SURROUNDING THE INN STYLE RETAIL STORE LOCATED AT 103 EAST UNIVERSITY DRIVE, MCKINNEY, TEXAS.

AMOUNT REPRESENTS 75% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST.

MR.. DENNIS, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

I LOST MY AUDIENCE. YEAH. YOU HAVE US PRETTY STANDARD, RIGHT? RIGHT. I'M DENNIS SEAMAN. I'M THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT THE SAMARITAN INN.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO HERE. TO. THERE WE GO. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO TALK TO YOU THIS MORNING ABOUT ABOUT A GREAT NEED THAT WE HAVE AT THE SAMARITAN INN.

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TO IMPROVE THE SECURITY AND THE SAFETY OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND I'LL GET GET INTO WHAT IS CAUSING THIS HERE SHORTLY.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE SAMARITAN INN WE'RE A COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING PROGRAM.

WE OFFER SERVICES TO THE HOMELESS. WE'RE MORE THAN JUST A SHELTER.

THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR. WHAT SERVICES WE OFFER ON THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE FRONT DOOR IS PEOPLE WHO ARE CLOSE TO BEING HOMELESS.

WE PROVIDE, AGAIN, A SUPPORT BEFORE THEY BECOME HOMELESS BY PROVIDING WHATEVER. SERVICES THEY NEED, WHETHER THAT'S FINANCIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT OR JUST ADVICE.

WE WILL PAY FOR SOME OF THEIR NEEDS, OR WE WILL SEND THEM TO A FACILITY THAT.

BETTER SERVE THEM. THE SECOND INSPIRE PROGRAM IS OUR OUR SHELTER AND HOUSING. WE PROVIDE A FOUNDATION THAT'S BUILT ON FOUR PILLARS.

FIRST, WE PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT. WE PROVIDE SUPPORT IN TERMS OF GETTING THEM BACK ON THEIR FEET.

WE PROVIDE COUNSELING SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED.

WE PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FINANCIAL LITERACY.

WE EDUCATE THEM. WE HAVE A HAVE BEEN APPROVED AS A GED TESTING SITE SO WE CAN GET THEIR GED IF THEY DON'T HAVE IT. AND THEN WE ALSO PROVIDE CAREER COUNSELING AND CAREER COUNSELING IN THE SENSE OF RESUME WRITING JOB INTERVIEWS. WE PROVIDE PROPER CLOTHING FOR THEM TO GO TO JOB INTERVIEWS.

AGAIN, GETTING THEM BACK ON THEIR FEET TO GAIN THEIR THEIR DIGNITY AND REGAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND BE A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. THE THIRD LEG OF OUR PROGRAM, THE GATEWAY, ONCE THEY GRADUATE OUR INSPIRE PROGRAM, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO TO MOVE INTO OUR GATEWAY APARTMENTS, WHICH ARE ALSO LOCATED ON THE HIGHWAY FIVE CORRIDOR. THESE APARTMENTS PROVIDE SUBSIDIZED RENT.

TO OUR RESIDENTS. AGAIN, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO STAY THERE.

THEY SIGN A LEASE. THEY PAY RENT. THEY PAY THEIR UTILITIES.

THEY JUST CAN'T AFFORD MARKET RENT AT THAT TIME.

THEY CAN STAY IN THE GATEWAY APARTMENTS FOR UP TO 18 MONTHS.

AGAIN, THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE A CASEWORKER WORKING WITH THEM, COUNSELING AND HELPING THEM KEEP THEIR FINANCES IN ORDER. THAT'S THE SAMARITAN IN. THE INSTYLE STORE.

THIS IS THIS IS WHERE THE NEED IS. SO THE INSTYLE STORE IS A SOURCE OF REVENUE DIVERSIFICATION FOR US.

I'M SURE THERE'S BEEN MANY DISCUSSIONS IN THESE CHAMBERS AROUND THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSIFYING REVENUE SOURCES.

MOST OF OUR SOURCES OF REVENUE COME FROM DONATIONS, COME FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, COME FROM CORPORATIONS.

WE RELY ON THE INSTYLE STORE AS A BIG PARTNER IN TERMS OF WHEN DONATIONS ARE DOWN, WHEN THE ECONOMY IS SUFFERING. PEOPLE AND CORPORATIONS ARE NOT GIVING AS MUCH.

THIS IS A GREAT REVENUE SOURCE FOR US. THIS SUPPLIES 18% OF OUR FUNDING.

WE'RE ABOUT A $5.6 MILLION ORGANIZATION AND 18%, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE, IS A IS A GOOD A GOOD PORTION OF THE INCOME, 100% OF THE INCOME FROM THE SALES OF THE DONATED MERCHANDISE AT THIS STORE. GO BACK TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS AT THE SAMARITAN INN.

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IT WAS DONATED TO US IN 2005. THE SAMARITAN ITSELF HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 40 YEARS.

SO THIS IS A RATHER RECENT ADDITION AND AGAIN, HELPS US SUPPORT THE THE RESIDENTS AT THE SAMARITAN END. THAT WAS THAT WAS YOUR WAS THAT THAT OH, I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE A TIMER.

IF YOU CAN JUST PROCEED. SO WITH US, WE UNDERSTAND.

OKAY. ABOUT IF YOU CAN GET TO THE ASK AND WE HAVE THIS AND WE'VE SEEN.

SO THANK YOU. OKAY. FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, THIS IS WHAT THESE PICTURES REPRESENT, WHAT WE SEE MOST MONDAY MORNINGS.

THIS IS TRUE. PEOPLE DROPPING OFF DONATIONS WHEN WE'RE CLOSED AND OTHER PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THE DONATIONS, TRYING TO PICK OUT WHAT THEY WANT AND LEAVE IT IN THIS KIND OF DISARRAY.

AGAIN, PEOPLE WHO DROP THEM OFF TYPICALLY LEAVE THEM THERE NICE, NEAT PILES.

BUT BY THE TIME THE WEEKEND IS WEEKEND'S OVER.

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS. WE'RE PAYING TO HAVE SOMEONE COME IN EVERY MONDAY MORNING.

CLEAN THIS UP. HAUL IT AWAY AND MOVE IT TO THE DUMP.

AND WHAT WOULD THE FENCE LOOK LIKE? PARDON? THE PERIMETER FENCE.

WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? RENDERING OF THE FENCE.

WE'RE PROPOSING AN EIGHT FOOT WROUGHT IRON FENCE AROUND THE BUILDING SO IT'D BE SEE THROUGH.

OKAY. YEP. WITH GATES. OKAY. WE'VE ALREADY HAD A PRE-DETERMINATION MEETING WITH THE CITY AND WENT THROUGH. TO GET THEIR REQUIREMENTS AND WHAT WE NEED.

SO I UNDERSTAND. I'M JUST TRYING TO VISUALIZE IT BECAUSE.

RIGHT. YEAH. SO IT'S A SO THE PERIMETER FENCE IS GOING TO BE WROUGHT IRON, IT'S GOING TO BE GATED, AND PEOPLE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO GET STUFF IN THERE FOR DONATIONS OR.

WELL, IT WILL BE IT WILL BE CLOSED. IT'LL BE CLOSED.

SO THIS PILING UP OF STUFF, DOES THAT ACTUALLY CHANGE OR JUST NOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE PILING IT UP ON THE OUTSIDE OF THAT FENCE OR THROWING IT OVER THE FENCE.

RIGHT. SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW A PERIMETER FENCE CHANGES THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING, DUMPING STUFF WHEN NOBODY'S THERE. BECAUSE I STILL THINK IT WAS A WROUGHT IRON.

WHOEVER IS GOING THROUGH THIS TO GO THROUGH AND GET WHAT THEY WANT, I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO JUMP OVER.

YEAH. IT MAY HAVE JUST SHIFTED THE PROBLEM ABOUT TEN FEET.

THAT'S MY CONCERN. SO. SO WE'VE WE'VE INSTALLED CAMERAS.

WE'VE INSTALLED ADDITIONAL LIGHTING. WE'VE MADE SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY.

WE'VE REPAVED THE PROPERTY TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE.

WE REPAINTED THE BUILDING. THE FENCE IS GOING TO MAINLY TO DETER THE LOITERING ON THE GROUNDS. OKAY. AND, YES, PEOPLE COULD STILL DUMP THE LOITERING ISSUE.

UNDERSTOOD. VALID ISSUE. I JUST YEAH, BUT AS FAR AS THE PICTURE THAT WAS SHOWN OF STUFF BEGINNING THERE, MAN, THERE'S STILL PEOPLE DROPPING OFF STUFF.

YOU'RE RIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT. OKAY.

UNDERSTOOD. HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT OF ACTUALLY CREATING A DROP OFF LOCATION, LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER ONES THAT HAVE A DOOR THAT COMES DOWN? AND SO IT'S ONCE PEOPLE PUT STUFF IN THERE, THERE ISN'T A RUMMAGING THROUGH.

IT'S SOMEBODY WITHIN SAMARITAN IN THAT WOULD COME AND EMPTY THAT POD.

TO HELP ELIMINATE THE PEOPLE DIGGING IN WHAT'S BEING DONATED.

THAT CERTAINLY WORKS FOR CLOTHING AND SMALL ITEMS. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE GET A LOT OF FURNITURE AND WE GET A LOT OF LARGER ITEMS THAT WOULDN'T FIT IN A POD LIKE THAT.

BUT CERTAINLY THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD CONSIDER DOING.

I LIKE THE MATTRESSES DIRECTLY UNDER THE NO DUMPING SIGN.

YEAH, EXACTLY. MY QUESTIONS. I HAVE A FEW. IS IT OKAY IF WE GO RIGHT TO QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY. ARE YOU DONE? DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL TO SHOW US PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION, OR IS THAT OKAY? THE BUDGET. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MY QUESTIONS ARE SIMILAR TO CHRIS'S.

SO IF THE FENCE, THEN BORDERS THE SIDEWALK, IS THE PROBLEM GOING TO BE IF PEOPLE CONTINUE TO JUST WANT TO LEAVE STUFF, THEN IT'S NOW GOING TO BE A CITY SIDEWALK ISSUE.

PERHAPS SPILLING OUT ONTO THE STREET. THE FENCE WILL NOT BORDER THE SIDEWALK.

IT WILL BE AT THE STORE. CAN YOU CAN YOU SHOW ON THE PICTURE? YEAH. SO THIS IS KIND OF THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

THE FENCE WILL NOT BE THERE ON THE BACK. IT WILL BE ON THE BACK.

[02:15:02]

THE FENCE WILL GO ALONG HERE AND THEN I DON'T.

AND BACK HERE. OKAY. AND WE HAVE ASKED THIS QUESTION TO OTHERS THAT HAVE A FACILITY BASED IN MCKINNEY THAT SERVES A MUCH BROADER POPULATION, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE COLLIN COUNTY HISTORY MUSEUM, BASED IN MCKINNEY. BUT THEY ARE THE MUSEUM FOR ALL OF COLLIN COUNTY.

SO I'LL ASK THE SAME QUESTION TO YOU. THIS IS A VERY MODEST REQUEST WITH A VERY CLEAR NEED. BUT HOW ARE YOU PLANNING TO SEEK FUNDING FROM ANY OTHER CITIES? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT JUST THE MCKINNEY POPULATION THAT USES YOU.

THEY COME FROM ANNA, THEY COME FROM OTHER PLACES FOR RESPITE CARE AND SKILLS BUILDING AND AND TEMPORARY HOUSING.

RIGHT. NOT FOR THIS NEED, BUT WE DEFINITELY WE GET GRANTS FROM CITY OF PLANO, CITY OF FRISCO, CITY OF ALLEN, OKAY. FOR OTHER TYPES OF INFRASTRUCTURE TYPE IMPROVEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.

CAN YOU JUST GO BACK TO THE BUDGET SO THAT WE'VE SEEN IT IN OUR.

OKAY. SO AGAIN THIS REPRESENTS 6% OF THE TOTAL COST.

OKAY. AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE FROM ACE FENCE WHO IS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE SAMARITAN END.

AND THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING $400. SAY THAT AGAIN.

ACE FENCE. YEAH. IS GOING TO INSTALL THE FENCE FOR US.

GOOD. THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING $6,400. THEY'RE A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE SAMARITAN INN.

OKAY. IN OTHER. IN OTHER WAYS AS WELL. ANY ADDITIONAL.

AND IF MQDC. I MEAN, WE'RE REPRESENTED AS A LINE ITEM HERE.

IF IF MQDC DOESN'T APPROVE THE FULL AMOUNT. NO FENCE.

OR THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE $10,800 PLUG.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVES. WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK FOR THE MONEY OURSELVES FOR.

NO OFFENSE. OKAY, SO THE $6,400 THAT YOU SAID THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING.

SO THAT IS. IS THAT WHAT THE 25% IS THAT INSTEAD OF YOU PAYING SAID SAMARITAN AND PONYING UP THE 25% THAT'S COMING FROM A FENCE? YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM? JUST TO CLARIFY FOR FOR DAVID. I MEAN, THEY'RE PAYING A LITTLE OVER 2000.

SO IT'S ABOUT 18%. EVEN IF YOU SCRATCHED OUT THE ACE FENCE PIECE RIGHT THERE, THEY'RE STILL AT 18% OF TOTAL COST PLUS WHAT THE ACE IS DOING. YEAH. RIGHT. BUT FOR THIS PROGRAM, THEY NEED TO BE AT 25%.

25%. CORRECT. I DON'T KNOW IF THE INDIVIDUAL HAS TO BE AT 25%.

THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS 75% US, WHICH THEY'RE ACCOMPLISHING PENDING ANY CLARIFICATION.

WELL WITH WITHOUT. IF YOU TOOK OFF THAT IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION OF LABOR, WHICH IS WHAT YOU WERE JUST THAT'S JUST A DEDUCTION OFF THE COST. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A PAYMENT THEY'RE MAKING.

IT'S JUST THEY'RE GOING TO REDUCE. I MEAN IT SHOULD BE $6,400 LESS.

I'M NOT. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. I DID NOT I THOUGHT THAT WAS ACTUAL EXPENSE.

I DID NOT REALIZE THAT WAS IN-KIND DONATION. IF YOU WOULD JUST CLARIFY THAT FOR US.

I WILL. SO I GUESS THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES DOES ARE THEY ARE THEY AIDING THE CONTRIBUTION, THE APPLICANT CONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS. IF THAT'S AN IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION, WHICH I EXPECT IT IS, BUT WE'LL NEED TO. YEAH. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.

I'VE NOT BEEN. WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE LIKE THIS. YEAH.

ULTIMATELY, TO JOY'S POINT, THIS IS A MODEST REQUEST FOR.

YEAH. AND I'M FINE WITH IT. RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU, MR.. SEAMAN. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING? OOPS. A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION TO CLOSE BY, JOY.

I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY AGENT. GOT IN THERE. I PUSHED THE BUTTON BEFORE I SAID IT THIS TIME.

I DON'T EVEN HAVE IT ON THE SCREEN YET.

MOTION PASSES. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS 25 DASH 20 500.

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request from Lelo’s Coffee Co. for a Second Extension to the Term of the Loan Agreement Executed with McKinney Community Development Corporation for Project RI 23-01 to April 15, 2025.]

[02:20:02]

MADAM CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THIS.

IF APPROVED, THIS WOULD BE THE THE SECOND EXTENSION ON THIS AGREEMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LILO'S COFFEE LOCATION OVER ON THE TUBBS CAMPUS. YOU RECALL THE FIRST EXTENSION WAS GRANTED BECAUSE THEY GOT THEY ENDED UP WITH A REALLY LATE START ON THE PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE DELAYS RELATED TO THE TUBBS CONSTRUCTION, THEIR PROJECT IS WELL UNDERWAY.

DEREK DAVIS, THE OWNER OF LILO'S, COULD NOT BE HERE THIS MORNING BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING AN INSPECTION ON THE PROPERTY.

SO I WANTED TO BRING THIS FORWARD. HE'S ASKING FOR ONLY BASICALLY AN EIGHT WEEK, IS THAT RIGHT? SIX WEEK EXTENSION. IN ORDER TO GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE DONE AND SUBMITTED FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF THE COFFEE SHOP THEY'RE STARTING WITH, THE DEMO IS COMPLETE ON THE BRICK BUILDING.

THEY'RE WORKING ON THE SILO. THEY WILL BEGIN ROASTING AND SERVING FROM THE SILO AND THEN CONTINUE WORK ON THE OVERALL BRICK BUILDING THAT'S ON THE SITE AFTER THAT IS COMPLETE. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT. CAN I GET A MOTION? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST? I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE BY AJ AND SECOND BY DAVID REACH.

A VOTE. MOTION PASSES.

I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO MAKE A MOTION. GOTTA BE QUICK.

NO, MY SCREEN DOESN'T. YOU GUYS ARE HITTING BUTTONS.

I DON'T HAVE ANY CHANGE ON MY SCREEN. IT'S ALREADY MOTIONED AND SECONDED.

AND YOU DIDN'T GO THROUGH TRAINING? IT'S DONE. YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH TRAINING. GLAD THERE'S NOBODY ELSE HERE TO HEAR YOU INSULT ME IN SUCH A HORRIBLE WAY. SO AS I LOOK OUT INTO THIS LARGE ROOM, I DON'T SEE ANYONE HERE TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? MICHAEL, YOU GOT SOME COMMENTS? NO. NO COMMENTS. OKAY. COUNCILMAN JONES. NOW WE WILL HAVE VERY, VERY BRIEF BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING GOOD TIME,

[BOARD COMMENTS]

YOU DON'T HAVE TO. I DON'T HAVE ANY TODAY. OKAY.

WELL WE MOVE ON. ACTUALLY I DO. I JUST WANT TO THANK SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CAME TO LOVE LIFE.

LEAVE YOUR HAT ON EVENT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE MCKINNEY POLICE BENEVOLENCE FUND.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO MCDC AND IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

SO THANK YOU. I THINK I'VE SAID ENOUGH TODAY.

OKAY. COME ON. YOU'RE IN YOUR SEAT. YEAH, I, I HAVE EXPRESSED I'VE FULLY EXPRESSED ALL THAT PATRICK WOULD, WOULD HAVE WANTED ME TO EXPRESS TODAY. I THINK I'M GOOD.

HE'LL BE DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CLOSING COMMENTS, DON'T HE? MAYBE. BUT I'M GOOD. I, I THINK I'VE SAID EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID AND I.

WELL, NOW YOU'RE MAKING ME WANT TO. BUT. SAVE IT FOR NEXT MONTH.

ALL RIGHT. I WILL SAVE IT. OKAY. DEBORAH. LADY.

BRADFORD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY.

MY COMMENT IS FOR KIMLEY-HORN. SO IN HER LEAVING CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE INTO HER NEW ROLE, WE WISH HER THE ABSOLUTE BEST. SO THANKFUL FOR KIM AND HER ROLE WITH THE EAST MCKINNEY PROJECTS AND COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.

SHE FACILITATED THAT COMMUNICATION AND I'M SO PLEASED WITH HER AND HAVE A GREAT AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR HER.

AND THEN ALSO WE TRANSITION TO THE TRANSITIONAL ADVISORY TEAM AND NOW TO OUR OFFICIAL LEGACY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

AND SO WE APPRECIATE ALL OF HER WORK FOR FOR COMMUNICATING AND BEING THERE.

AND WE WERE HER STUDENTS. SHE WAS OUR MENTOR.

AND SO I'M VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF HER FOR THAT.

I HAD ONE MORE COMMENT. CHAMBER ANNUAL MEETING.

MANY OF US WERE THERE FOR THAT, AND THAT WAS FANTASTIC.

AND I THINK THAT WAS ALL I HAD. ANDREW. I THINK HE'S ALREADY GONE.

THE STRATEGIC MEETING ON MAIN STREET. SO FOR THEIR FORESIGHT, THROUGH ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S TAKEN PLACE, ALL OF THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS LEADERS WHO MET ALL OF THE IDEAS THAT WERE EXCHANGED TO SEE THEIR FORESIGHT AND HAVING TO IN SOME WAYS RECREATE AND

[02:25:08]

BUT IT WAS A VERY, VERY GOOD MEETING AND I WAS VERY, VERY GLAD TO BE THERE.

THANK YOU. LADY BRADFORD JOY, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK CITY STAFF FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL SPACE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK OBVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING OF IT, BUT IN THE EXECUTION AND THE TRAINING THAT SOME OF US TOOK TO ACCLIMATE ALL OF US TO THE SPACE, I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. AND TO LINDA AND NANCY FOR YOUR FACILITATION OF THE MEETING IN A NEW SETTING FOR THE FIRST TIME, I THINK EVERYTHING WENT VERY SMOOTHLY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH. AND, CHRIS, YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH TRAINING SO WE KNOW WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF POLITICAL SEASON. I SIMPLY WANT TO EXPRESS MY HOPE THAT HAVE SPIRITED DEBATES BASED ON ISSUES THAT ARE FACTUAL AND RESEARCHED. THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY THE SAME THING AJ SAID ABOUT LEAVE YOUR HAT ON. IT'S JUST ALWAYS AMAZES ME ON THE CITY THE SIZE THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT OR POLICE DEPARTMENT OR ANY OTHER CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE DO.

THE CITY SHOWS UP AND SHOWS UP WELL. IT WAS JUST A FANTASTIC EVENT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL YOU BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE ON FRIDAY AT THE CHAMBER AWARD IS GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC EVENT AS WELL. THANK YOU. I JUST DON'T GET INTO BIDDING WARS.

SILENT AUCTION BIDDING WARS WITH LINDA JONES OR MICHAEL JONES.

IT WAS REALLY STRESSFUL FOR ME ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

AS YOU KNOW, THEY TOOK ME TO THE MAX, BUT I LEFT WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL HAT THAT AND PAID GOOD MONEY FOR A GOOD CAUSE. FOR I DID IT FOR THE CAUSE. I DID IT FOR THE.

I THINK MICHAEL WAVES ON HIS PHONE. HE SAW THAT.

RIGHT. FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE LIKE BUTTON. AND THEN MICHAEL TOLD ME HE TRIED TO MAKE ME GO UP.

IF YOU PAY FOR THIS, YOU CAN HAVE IT. I SAID, NEVER MIND.

I SAID, NEVER MIND. BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

ALWAYS. WE WE ARE JUST A BEAUTIFULLY GIVING COMMUNITY, AND I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS CITY AND TO SEE WHAT WE DO. WE HAVE WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE HEARTS OF GOLD, OF JUST GIVING AND THINKING ABOUT OTHERS AND NOT THEMSELVES.

SO THANK YOU TO OUR CITY. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE THAT'S ABLE TO WHO HAS GOTTEN THEIR TICKET FOR TOMORROW.

WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE OUR RECIPIENTS OF OUR AWARDS TOMORROW.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND AGAIN, JUST ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED OVER A FEBRUARY BLACK HISTORY MONTH WAS REALLY GREAT.

THANK YOU TO DOCTOR FELTUS FOR HER CONTINUED WORK IN BRINGING US GREAT GREAT PROGRAMING FOR OUR CITY AND TO HIGHLIGHT THE GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN OUR CITY.

SO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, PRESIDENT? I'M GOOD.

NO COMMENTS. OKAY, NOW WE WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

PROJECT HEMISPHERE VENUE NOTES, LIVE PROJECT 2009 TUPPS BREWERY AND ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION PROJECT MIRAGE CRAIG RANCH RESORT HOTEL RV 2501 SUGAR RUSH HOLDINGS RV 2502 COTTON MILL AND RV 2503 SAMARITAN INN. THERE IS NO ACTION AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE WILL NOW IT IS NOW 1030 AND WE ARE RECESSING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

JUST INFORMATIONAL. SHE NEEDS TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

[ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION]

THE TIME IS 1052. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ENTER.

THERE IS NO ACTION AT THIS TIME. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN BY CHRIS.

I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. SECOND THE MOTION. WHO WAS THERE? JOY. JOY. I CAN TELL I'M SORRY. CAN YOU HIT THE BUTTON BY JOY? I'M GOING TO SWITCH IT OFF. INTERESTING. MOTION PASSES.

MEETING ADJOURNED. OKAY. OKAY. SO JUST I THINK I'M MISSING DAVID.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.