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A LOT OF. IT'S A LOT LOUDER HERE. THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. TODAY IS FRIDAY,
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FEBRUARY 28TH. YEAR 2025. IT'S 1136 IN THE MORNING. WE'RE IN CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND OUR NEW BUILDING AT 401 EAST VIRGINIA STREET. THIS IS OUR JOINT MEETING BETWEEN MCKINNEY CITY COUNCIL AND THE MCKINNEY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US, MAYOR AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL TO BE HERE. IT'S EXTREMELY EXCITING FOR US. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS JOINT MEETING OF THE MCKINNEY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE CITY OF MCKINNEY ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH, 2025, AND ANNOUNCED THAT A QUORUM OF BOARD MEMBERS IS PRESENT, THAT THE MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED, AND THAT NOTICE OF THE MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 551. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS]
PUBLIC COMMENTS I DO NOT BELIEVE ANYONE. OH YES, SOMEBODY HAS. ALL RIGHT. WHEN YOU COME UP, IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. AND THE FIRST IS MORAN OR MORAN. GUADALUPE. I MISPRONOUNCED THE NAME, I APOLOGIZE. NO. LAWYER.SUZETTE. KNOW. AND LEE MOORE. OF COURSE. THANK YOU. I, I SHARE A ZIP CODE AND AN ISD WITH MCKINNEY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, A BORDER WITH MCKINNEY. AND WHILE I DON'T GET TO VOTE ON THINGS THAT MCKINNEY THAT IMPACT MY QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT I'M COME HERE TODAY TO USE MY VOICE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE. BACK IN 2023, THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY VOTED DOWN 5058 TO 42, A $200 MILLION BOND TO COVER THE EXPENSES TO EXPAND THE MCKINNEY AIRPORT, TO ADD COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRLINE SERVICE IN THE COMMENTS. DURING THE FEBRUARY 21ST CITY COUNCIL MEETING DURING IN 2023, THE MAYOR HIMSELF SAID THAT THE REASON FOR THE BOND TO BE PUT ON THE BALLOT FOR A VOTE WAS, AND I QUOTE, LET'S LEAVE IT TO THE CITIZENS TO SPEAK THEIR VOTE ON WHETHER THEY WANT COMMERCIAL SERVICE AT TKI. SO THE CITIZENS DID EXACTLY THAT BY A LOT, AND HOWEVER, THE VOTE DIDN'T TURN OUT AS EXPECTED. THE TUNE SUDDENLY CHANGED AND NO LONGER WAS IT THE VOTERS KNOW BEST AND LET THEM HAVE THEIR SAY ON THE COMMERCIAL AIRPORT. WITH THE VOTE TO NOW, THE VOTERS ONLY SAID NO TO THE BOND MONEY AND NOT TO THE COMMERCIAL SERVICE. YOU CAN READ THE LANGUAGE ON THE BALLOT UNTIL YOU'RE BLUE IN THE FACE. I'M SORRY, BUT THE CITIZENS VOTED AGAINST THE COMMERCIAL AIRPORT. YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS. BUT HEY, YOU CAN ASK THE CITIZENS WITH THE SURVEY, BUT YOU WON'T DO THAT. IN FACT, THERE CURRENTLY IS A SURVEY. MCKINNEY PUT OUT A 2025 COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WAS JUST LAUNCHED. BUT GUESS HOW MANY QUESTIONS ON THAT SURVEY ARE ABOUT THE AIRPORT? ZERO. NOT ONE. IT'S NOT LOGICAL TO THINK ANYTHING ELSE, BUT A 58 TO 42 IS TO CLARIFY. IT'S THAT'S ALLOWED. THAT'S NOT ALLOWED MINORITY. THAT'S A IN THE MATH CLASSES THAT I TOOK. THAT'S A MAJORITY. AND TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE IS JUST PROPAGANDA AND A SAD ATTEMPT TO, YOU KNOW, JUST PULL PULL THE WOOL OVER OUR EYES. IT'S NOT WORKING. AND UNFORTUNATELY, SO WHAT HAPPENED IN, IN ALMOST THE VERY NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS THEY SAID, WELL, IT DIDN'T GO OUT THE WAY, SO WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PAY FOR IT. AND SO THEY'VE BEEN USING THE EDC AND THE CDC AS A BANK TO CONTINUE TO FUND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AIRPORT. REGARDING THE COMMERCIAL EXPANSION. SO. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT SPEAK SPEAKING FROM MCKINNEY, CITIZENS DO NOT WANT THIS ASK IN A SURVEY AND YOU WILL ACTUALLY GET THE ANSWER INSTEAD OF A SURVEY THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WITH THE AIRPORT. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. INTERESTING. NEXT ITEM IS
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MR. STRATEGIC PLAN WITH MAJOR INITIATIVES. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JENNIFER AKINS AND I SERVE THE DISTRICT AS THEIR CHIEF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS OFFICER. AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AND THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE OVER THE LAST YEAR. VERY EXCITED TO SHARE ALL THE WORK THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN. AND AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE BEGAN WITH TAKING A LOOK AT OUR MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT AND OUR BOARD SELECTED FOR US EVERY STUDENT, EVERY DAY. THAT REALLY RESONATED WITH ME AS A LONGTIME EDUCATOR IN THE DISTRICT. AND I HOPE THAT YOU'LL KEEP THAT PHRASE IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND AS I TELL YOU ABOUT[00:05:05]
WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. YOU CAN SEE OUR MISSION IS TO INVEST IN OUR FUTURE BY PROVIDING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO ENGAGE, EDUCATE, AND EMPOWER EVERY STUDENT EVERY DAY. ONE OF THE PIECES THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT MATTERS TO OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT MATTERS TO OUR PARENTS, OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS AND OUR LEADERS AND REALLY USE THAT AS THE COMPASS MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING THOSE METRICS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN BUILDING SUSTAINABLE LIVES FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY IS A PROCESS THAT'S MORE COMPLEX THAN A SINGLE SCORE ON A SINGLE TEST.AND WHAT OUR APPROACH IS, IS TO THINK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE METRICS THAT MATTER TO OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO THOSE METRICS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A STRONG CONTINUE TO HAVE A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SHOW ALL OF THE WAYS THAT STUDENTS CAN INTERACT WITH THEIR LEARNING AND SHOW WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO TO PREPARE FOR THEIR LIVES AFTER THEY LEAVE US. WE WENT THROUGH A VERY INTENTIONAL PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE CREATED WAS ABLE TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. WE BEGAN WITH A CHARGE FROM OUR SCHOOL BOARD. WE PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE THAT GREW ACTUALLY TO A LEVEL OF OVER 200 PARTICIPANTS. WE HAD PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS. WE HAD STUDENTS, AND THEY WERE AMAZING CONTRIBUTORS TO THE WORK OF THAT COMMITTEE. WE HAD TEACHERS, DIFFERENT PROFESSIONALS FROM WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, FROM ALL DIFFERENT ROLES. AND ALL OF THOSE PERSPECTIVES REALLY BROUGHT US TO AN EXTREMELY ROBUST STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE TO SEE BLOSSOM OVER THE LAST YEAR.
AS I MENTIONED, WE STARTED WITH THIS PROCESS OF LOOKING AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THEN WE WENT TO WORK FIGURING OUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO TACKLE THOSE ITEMS WITH MEASURABLE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. AND THAT BECAME THE BACKBONE OF OUR MCKINNEY ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. OUR OUR BOARD UTILIZED THAT TO CREATE THEIR BOARD GOALS FOR THE YEAR. AND THEN OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS DOCUMENTS AND OUR CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT PLANNING DOCUMENTS ALL ALIGNED. AND THAT WAS HAS ENABLED US TO ALL BE ROWING IN THE SAME DIRECTION SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH OUR WORK TOGETHER. WE HAVE PUSHED OUT SEVERAL INCREDIBLE INITIATIVES.
I WANT TO START WITH, AS A PARENT IN THE DISTRICT, IT'S BEEN JUST SO COOL TO SEE WHAT THIS INCREASED FLEXIBILITY WITH COMMUNICATION HAS BROUGHT TO OUR HOUSEHOLD, AND IT GIVES IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO PARENTS TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. IT ALSO PROVIDES TRANSLATION INTO OVER 100 LANGUAGES FOR OUR FAMILIES THAT PREFER TO COMMUNICATE AND A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE. SO IT'S REALLY BROUGHT A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY TO HOW WE HOW WE'RE ABLE TO DO THINGS. AND IT'S FAST FOR OUR ADMINISTRATORS TO USE BECAUSE IT HAS INTEGRATED FLEXIBILITY TO GO ACROSS PLATFORMS TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. WE ALSO CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OF OUR CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAMING, AND MADE SEVERAL CHANGES TO IMPROVE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE WORKED WITH OUR MASTER SCHEDULE. WE ALSO CALLED TOGETHER A LONG RANGE FACILITY PLANNING DOCUMENT OR EXCUSE ME COMMITTEE THAT IS LED BY OUR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR FACILITIES. LET'S SEE INFORMATION. AND ONE MORE THING WHICH IS NOT COMING TO MY MIND, BUT BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING, ALL THE THINGS. AND WE HAVE HAD AMAZING PARTICIPATION FROM OUR COMMUNITY. AGAIN, PARENTS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS, DISTRICT LEADERS ALL COMING TOGETHER TO ENVISION WHAT WILL MCKINNEY LOOK LIKE OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT AS WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE NEEDS THAT OUR STUDENTS WILL HAVE AS THEY'RE LEARNING? WE ALSO HAVE BEEN THROUGH A PROCESS OF LOOKING AT OUR DATA PRACTICES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST DATA TO INFORM OUR DECISION MAKING, AND WE HAVE MADE SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES IN OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES TO REALLY BRING OUR CAMPUSES UP TO THE SAFEST LEVEL THAT THEY'VE EVER BEEN, WHICH IS SOMETHING, AS A PARENT, THAT BRINGS ME A LOT OF PEACE OF MIND. YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE IF YOU'VE CAUGHT SOME OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS, THAT WE HAVE LOTS TO CELEBRATE IN OUR DISTRICT. WE'VE BEEN NOMINATED FOR AWARD AFTER AWARD. WE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY FACTORS ALL ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, FROM OUR FINANCIAL REPORTING TO OUR COUNSELING PROGRAMS, TO OUR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS. OUR KIDS ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS, AND IT'S EASY TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND TELL YOU WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR STUDENTS AND WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO. A LOT OF THAT RESTS ON THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR PARENTS WHO ARE BEHIND THEM, SUPPORTING THOSE EFFORTS. AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS GO THROUGH THE SIX PILLARS OF OUR OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY THROUGH THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF MATERIAL, BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A FEEL FOR WHAT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THESE DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR PLAN, STARTING WITH SAFETY AND WELL-BEING. WHAT THIS
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PLAN WAS ABOUT WAS LOOKING AT SYSTEMATICALLY HOW WE EMPOWER OUR STUDENTS TO CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER, TO LEARN SOCIAL SKILLS, AND TO FEEL SAFE AND BELONGING IN THEIR SCHOOL. SO WE WORKED WITH OUR LIVES KIND INITIATIVE, WHICH HAS BEEN AROUND FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT WE DID A REFRESH THERE. WE WORKED WITH OUR CURRICULUM AND WE REALLY BOOSTED OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. IN ADDITION, WE WORKED ON OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, UPDATING OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, BRINGING IN JUST SOME CLARITY AND STREAMLINING TO ENSURE THAT IF THERE WERE TO BE AN ISSUE, WE WOULD BE AS PREPARED AS WE COULD BE.SOMETHING I'M VERY PROUD TO SHARE. ONE OF OUR DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT GOALS THIS YEAR WAS TO REALLY TAKE A HOLD OF OUR DISCIPLINE PRACTICES AND SEE IF WE COULD ENSURE THAT STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO STAY IN CLASS AND BENEFIT FROM INSTRUCTION. AND THROUGH A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, OUR DISTRICT WAS ABLE TO REDUCE TIME OUT OF INSTRUCTION BY 25%, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE. IN ADDITION, WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO INCREASE OUR ATTENDANCE RATES, AND OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR PARENTS HAVE BEEN A BIG PART OF THAT EFFORT, AGAIN, BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO GET KIDS IN CLASS, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR LEARNING AND THEIR CAPACITY TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN BUSY. BUSY, IN ADDITION TO WORKING ON OUR CURRICULUM DESIGN MODEL, THERE'S ALSO BEEN A LOT OF WORK DONE ON THE CYCLE FOR FEEDBACK FOR OUR TEACHERS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT TO GROW AND TO DEVELOP INTO A NEW MODEL OF INSTRUCTION, WHICH I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IN A MINUTE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE UNDERSTANDING BY DESIGN MODEL, WHICH IS AN EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE THAT ALLOWS US TO MEET KIDS WHERE THEY'RE AT AND LET THEM GROW IN THEIR INQUIRY MODEL. AND WE'VE REALLY SEEN A LOT OF GAINS FROM HELPING KIDS SEE THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING AND THEIR FUTURE AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM. IN ADDITION, AGAIN, I MENTIONED OUR TEACHERS. WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD ON THEIR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES OR PLC PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THEIR PEERS AS THEY'RE ASKING CRITICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT INSTRUCTION. WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW ART AND SCIENCE OF TEACHING, WHICH IS, AGAIN, AN EVIDENCE BASED MODEL THAT REALLY LOOKS AT ENGAGEMENT AS THE CORE OF LEARNING, MAKING SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT, EVERY DAY IS LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE THE TOOLS, RESOURCES, AND STRATEGIES TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THE ENERGY AND ATTENTION OF THE STUDENTS. IN ADDITION, WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO BE RESPONSIVE TO A NEED THAT OUR STUDENTS BROUGHT TO US. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FINANCIAL PLANNING AND FINANCIAL MATTERS, OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO PUT TOGETHER AN ENTIRE SET OF MATERIALS AND ACCESS TO ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION ABOUT FINANCIAL LITERACY, WHICH I THINK WILL REALLY SET OUR STUDENTS APART AS THEY MOVE INTO THE ADULT WORLD, THAT THEY HAVE A BETTER GRIP FOR HOW TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE THAT THEY WANT. WE DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH RAMSEY EDUCATION TO GIVE EVERY STUDENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIG IN ON THEIR OWN, AS WELL AS PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES TO COME IN FOR SPECIAL WORKSHOPS THAT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE PUT ON. WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON STEAM. YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY IS FOCUSED IN INQUIRY AND IN INNOVATION AND BRINGING IN OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT UTILIZE THESE KEY SKILLS TO GROW. AND I'M SO PROUD THAT OUR DISTRICT WAS ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE ROLE OF THE ARTS IN THE CRITICAL SUPPORT AND CRITICAL THINKING THAT THE ARTS CAN BRING INTO THAT STEM LENS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE LOTS OF WORDS UP THERE THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE JOBS OF TOMORROW. AND I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW AND THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY BE LISTENING AT HOME, HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN THAT WORK ON OUR CAMPUSES BECAUSE THOSE STUDENTS ARE OUR FUTURE. WE'VE BROUGHT IN MANY, MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS MORE THAN WHAT WILL FIT. ON ONE SLIDE, WE WANTED TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO OUR EARLY PARTNERS IN THE STEAM EDUCATION PROGRAM. EACH CAMPUS HAS A STEAM COMMITTEE, AND SO WE HOPE THAT PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL WILL ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AND GET INVOLVED, BECAUSE IT'S EXCITING WORK AND IT WILL REALLY FILL YOUR CUP TO SEE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE DOING SUCH AMAZING THINGS. WE'VE PARTNERED WITH LEGO EDUCATION AND HAND TO MIND INSTRUCTION TO INCREASE THOSE TACTILE EXPERIENCES THAT BUILD MEMORY AND BUILD CONNECTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS. AS I MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE A STEAM AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. WE'RE PROVIDING EXTRA SUPPORT AND TRAINING FOR DESIGNATED STAFF MEMBER TO LEAD THOSE EFFORTS ON THE CAMPUS. IN ADDITION, I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD ON OUR CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION TO PROVIDE A REFRESH FOR THAT, AND OUR FOCUS IS REALLY TO STARTING FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, REALLY INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO EXPLORE, TO LEARN,
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TO BECOME ENGAGED IN WHAT THEY MIGHT WANT AND WHAT THEY MIGHT ENVISION FOR THEIR FUTURE. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO GO READ TO A FIFTH GRADE CLASS AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT MAE JEMISON AND HER JOURNEY TO BECOME AN ASTRONAUT. WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN DO ANYTHING THAT THEY SET THEIR MINDS TO AND WORK HARD FOR. AT MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, WE REALLY ARE FOCUSED IN ON BRINGING IN OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN, TO EDUCATE AND GET A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT IS NEEDED TO PREPARE FOR THEIR STEPS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. WE'VE ALSO BROUGHT SOME NEW COURSES, WHICH WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, TO AGAIN PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO ADVANCE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OFFERINGS THAT WE HAVE IN HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS REALLY FOCUSED IN ON EMPOWERMENT. HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS, WHETHER THEY MIGHT BE MATRICULATING INTO A FOUR YEAR SCHOOL OR A TWO YEAR SCHOOL OR A TRADE, OR BEGINNING THEIR CAREER RIGHT THEN IN AN APPRENTICESHIP OR A JOURNEY PROGRAM, WE WANT THEM TO FEEL READY FOR THAT AND TO HAVE AS MUCH AS THEY CAN GET FROM US TO PREPARE FOR THAT. WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON DIFFERENTIATING OUR LEARNING FOR TEACHERS, TO PREPARE THEM TO PROVIDE ALL OF THOSE EXPERIENCES THAT I'VE BEEN MENTIONING. OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COORDINATOR HAS WORKED VERY HARD WITH OUR TEACHING AND LEARNING IN MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE DIFFERENTIATED SUPPORT. SO IF I'M A NEW A NEW TEACHER OR A VETERAN TEACHER, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET JUST WHAT I NEED TO GROW IN MY CRAFT. I WANT TO MOVE INTO HIGH QUALITY STAFF.WE HAVE WORKED VERY, VERY HARD TO SUPPORT THE TEACHERS WE HAVE AND TO RECRUIT NEW PEOPLE INTO OUR COMMUNITY. MCKINNEY ISD IS KNOWN FOR ITS FAMILY FEEL, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO US TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE WELCOMED IN AND SUPPORTED RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING, AND WE FEEL THAT THAT HAS A DIRECT RESULT TO SOME OF THE LONGEVITY THAT WE SEE AROUND THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE UPDATED OUR NEW HIRE ORIENTATION TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE A TEACHER WHO IS EQUIPPED DAY ONE TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT TO THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCES. WE'VE HAD SOME AMAZING JOB FAIRS. IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO OUR LAST ONE, WE HAVE ONE COMING UP AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME AND CHECK IT OUT BECAUSE WE ATTRACT TALENT FROM ALL OVER THE REGION. AND IT'S REALLY A VERY AFFIRMING DAY TO TALK TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BECOME PART OF OUR DISTRICT. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE WORKED ON A VERY STRATEGIC GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAMS. SO THIS IS GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE AND MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN THEM AND HELP SUPPORT THEM AS THEY'RE MOVING ON INTO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT OUR CLASSROOMS HAVE PARAPROFESSIONALS WHO ARE STARTING THEIR THEIR TEACHING JOURNEY, AND WE'VE PROVIDED SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO GROW. SO THEY BECOME OUR FUTURE TEACHERS. AND WE ALSO HAVE WORKED WITH PUTTING TOGETHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY IN TEACHING POSITIONS TO GROW INTO FURTHER LEADERSHIP. YOU KNOW, I'M AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. I STARTED MY TEACHING CAREER IN MCKINNEY ISD AND HAVE MOVED MY WAY UP BECAUSE I HAD PEOPLE THAT INVESTED IN ME, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO. YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF OUR CLASS FOR THE GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAM OR LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU MIGHT SEE SOME FOLKS THAT HAVE MOVED ON INTO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THAT GROWTH. IN ADDITION, I MENTIONED OUR TEACHER ACADEMY. WE'RE VERY EXCITED. WE GOT SOME GRANTS TO HELP SUPPORT THIS WORK, AND WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THIS NEW CLASS CAN DO IN TERMS OF GROWING OUR PEOPLE FROM WITHIN. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT FAMILY AND CULTURE. YOU HEARD ME SAY OUR FAMILY FEEL IS IMPORTANT, BUT WE ALSO WANT EVERYONE, NOT JUST OUR STAFF, TO FEEL THAT FAMILY FEEL. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE OUR TRANSPARENCY AROUND OUR EVENTS, OUR ACTIVITIES, OUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS, AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT THE EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
WE REWORKED OUR GRADUATE PROFILE AND ARE UTILIZING THAT TO HELP TALK TO KIDS ABOUT WAYS THAT THEY CAN GET A HEAD START ON THEIR FUTURE. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME TO SOME OF OUR EVENTS. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. OUR KIDS DO AWESOME THINGS. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF OUR GRADUATE PROFILE. YOU CAN SEE THE KIND OF ANCHORING CONCEPTS THERE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, CREATIVE COMMUNICATORS THAT ARE GLOBALLY ENGAGED AND THAT ALSO ARE MOTIVATED CONTRIBUTORS. YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ABLE TO NOT ONLY MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS, BUT PROVIDE SUPPORT AND BRING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE WHEN THEY GET THERE. WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALSO DEVELOPING A CULTURE OF CELEBRATION. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT AT OUR BOARD MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE BUILT IN SOME NEW RECOGNITIONS. ONE OF MY VERY FAVORITE IS THE EVERY STUDENT EVERY DAY AWARD, WHICH GIVES OUR CAMPUS LEADERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE STUDENTS THAT HAVE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAVE AFFECTED THEIR LEARNING, STUDENTS THAT MAY NOT COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CAMPUS THROUGH OTHER WAYS, BUT THEY'RE MAKING A BIG IMPACT
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BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY ARE NAVIGATING THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY. I ALSO WANT TO PUT A SHOUT OUT THERE FOR RECOGNIZING OUR TEACHERS. YOU KNOW, IT'S A HARD TIME TO BE A TEACHER, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TEACHERS DO WHAT THEY DO. AND I'M PROUD THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS TAKEN TIME EVERY MEETING TO RECOGNIZE THE TEACHERS THAT ARE POURING THEIR HEART AND SOUL INTO THEIR WORK. WE ALSO BELIEVE IN LISTENING TO OUR STUDENTS. YOU HEARD ME MENTION ON ALL OF OUR COMMITTEES. WE'VE INCLUDED STUDENTS. WE NEED TO HEAR THEIR VOICE. IT'S THEIR EDUCATION. AND WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO BUILD A CULTURE OF HAVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO STAND UP AND USE THEIR VOICE. WE ALSO HAVE DEVELOPED AN EDUCATOR PROFILE, JUST LIKE FOR OUR STUDENTS, WHO ARE THE EDUCATORS THAT ARE GOING TO BRING IN THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO LEARN. WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON A LEADERSHIP PROFILE ONCE AGAIN, BECAUSE WE NEED PEOPLE THAT CAN LEAD THE TEACHERS WHO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS. IN ADDITION, WE'VE STARTED AN ASPIRING ADMINISTRATOR PRINCIPAL, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. EXCUSE ME. PATHWAY. WE JUST HAD OUR FIRST GATHERING FOR THAT, AND WE HAVE SOME AMAZING EDUCATORS WHO WILL ONE DAY BE AMAZING ADMINISTRATORS. WE ALSO HAVE WORKED VERY HARD ON CAMPUS SPECIFIC RECOGNITIONS. YOU MAY NOTICE THE MC LIVES KIND AWARD.THAT'S ONE THAT'S CLOSE TO MY HEART IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. YOU GUYS, I'VE GOT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SHANE MAULDIN OVER THERE WHO TAKES SO MANY PICTURES OF OUR EVENTS AND HE'S SO TALENTED. WE HAVE THE BEST MEDIA TEAM AND IT'S A SMALL TEAM. THEY DO A LOT. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY HAVE THE ENERGY. WE WENT THROUGH A COMPLETE REBRANDING. I HOPE YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THAT AROUND. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT CONSISTENT, COHESIVE LOOK THAT WE'VE BROUGHT TO ALL OF OUR DISTRICT PUBLICATIONS. WE HAVE ALSO WORKED VERY HARD ON OUR INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS, SO THAT OUR STAFF FEEL A HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT THEY ARE GETTING THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO DO THEIR WORK. WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD AS WELL ON OUR EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS HEARING OUR STORY. AT YOUR TABLES, YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF OUR SCORECARD. WE'RE SO PROUD OF THIS DOCUMENT. DOCTOR SHELLY SPAULDING AND HER TEAM WERE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. AND WHAT THIS DOES IS REPORT OUT TO YOU SOME OF THOSE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT WE'VE BEEN MONITORING INTERNALLY TO SHOW HOW OUR KIDS ARE DOING, AND YOU'LL SEE ASPECTS OF THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, BUT ALSO ASPECTS ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT BEING AT SCHOOL AND WHETHER THEY FEEL CONNECTED TO ADULTS ON CAMPUS, WHICH RESEARCH TELLS US IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR SUCCESS. AND I THINK THAT THAT CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY TO OUR HIGH GRADUATION RATE AND OUR HIGH LEVEL OF SUCCESS FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO WE HOPE THAT YOU FIND THAT AFFIRMING WHEN YOU SEE WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER. AND FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT BE AT HOME. THIS DOCUMENT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR DISTRICT WEBSITE FOR YOUR REVIEW. GUYS. WE HAVE AN AMAZING CITY COUNCIL, AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND AND LIFT UP THE WORK THAT YOU DO ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO SUPPORT WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR DISTRICT. IT'S SUCH A BLESSING FOR US THAT WE HAVE A GOOD CORDIAL WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND THAT YOU YOU MAKE TIME TO COME IN AND SEE WHAT OUR KIDS CAN DO, AND WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE EVENTS THAT YOU COME TO AND PIECES THAT YOU'RE PART OF. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR CITY RELATIONS. WE NEVER WANT TO TAKE FOR GRANTED THE HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO HAVING GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR CITY, WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. YOU KNOW, SO MANY PLACES ARE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US CIRCLING AROUND OUR KIDS TO HELP THEM PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE. FINANCE AND FACILITIES. OH MY GOODNESS. THERE'S, AS YOU ALL KNOW, A LOT GOING ON IN THIS AREA RIGHT NOW FROM OUR FEDERAL TO OUR STATE TO OUR LOCAL LEADERSHIP AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BE THE BEST STEWARDS OF THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AND GET AND STRETCH THOSE DOLLARS TO THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM THAT THEY CAN, THAT THEY CAN DO FOR US. I ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU'VE NEVER TAKEN A LOOK AT IT, TO CHECK OUT OUR DISTRICT'S BUDGET BOOK, IT IS EXTREMELY DETAILED. IT GIVES A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE OPERATIONS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHAT WE SPEND MONEY ON. WE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY, AND THERE'S A LOT TO SEE OUT ON OUR WEBSITE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE SPEND OUR PENNIES. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WE'VE TAKEN A HARD LOOK AT OUR STAFFING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALLOCATING STAFF TO THE RIGHT PLACE AND AT THE RIGHT RATIOS. AND WE ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, HAVE PUT TOGETHER OUR LONG RANGE FACILITY PLAN TO REALLY ENVISION WHAT MCKINNEY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO NEED OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. WE HAVE TAKEN A LOOK AT EACH OF OUR FACILITIES AND EVALUATED THEM NOT JUST FOR THEIR AGE, BUT ALSO THEIR FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES OVER THE YEARS. WE HAVE SOME
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FACILITIES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, 100 YEARS OLD AND BUILDING STANDARDS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT BACK THEN. SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE GIVING THE BEST USE FOR OUR STUDENTS SO THEY CAN POSSIBLY GIVE. AND WHETHER I'M ATTENDING ONE ELEMENTARY OR ANOTHER THAT I HAVE AN EQUITABLE EXPERIENCE ACROSS THE FACILITIES. THERE IS ALSO A MONTHLY BOND REPORT THAT IS PUBLISHED TO OUR WEBSITE AND PROVIDED TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD. AGAIN, BECAUSE WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHEN YOU PUT YOUR FAITH IN IN US AND YOU SAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF EDUCATION IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT SUPPORTING AND HOW WE'RE SPENDING THAT. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT OUR EFFORTS, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GO AND SEE THE COMPLETE SLIDE DECK FROM OUR YEAR ONE REVIEW. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT'S A OH GOODNESS, ALMOST 200 SLIDES. SO THERE'S A LOT IN THERE TO TAKE A LOOK AT.BUT I HOPE THIS HAS GIVEN YOU A FLAVOR FOR WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND HOW MUCH PRIDE WE HAVE IN THE WORK OF OUR EDUCATORS, OUR LEADERS, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND OUR PARENTS. SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR THE TIME. THANK YOU. AND WE HIGHLY VALUE THE RELATIONSHIP AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. NEXT IS JOINT. SORRY. ARE YOU HAVE A QUESTION I'M SORRY CHARLIE. THANK YOU, COACH PRATT I'M SORRY, SUPERINTENDENT PRATT. I REACHED OUT TO YOU AND YOU GOT ME IN TOUCH WITH JAY. IS JAY HERE TODAY? ALL RIGHT, WELL, I REACHED OUT TO COACH PRATT TO SEE IF THEY HAD A WORK STUDY PROGRAM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. HIGH SCHOOLS. BECAUSE OUR LAW FIRM WAS INTERESTED IN HIRING SOMEONE ON A PART TIME BASIS. BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE MOST PROUD OF AT MY FIRM IS THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HELPED GET A COLLEGE EDUCATION, AND A FEW OF THEM MADE THE TRAGIC MISTAKE OF GOING INTO THE PRACTICE OF LAW. BUT I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. I KNOW I CAN ESTABLISH IT WITHIN THE LEGAL COMMUNITY TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE, SOME EXPERIENCE OUT IN THE BUSINESS WORLD, AND DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU'RE DOING, EVERYTHING IS BUSINESS. EVEN IF IT'S PICKING UP THE TRASH. AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT WITH YOU FURTHER. EVEN WHEN MY TERM EXPIRES. SO I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE INTEREST ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF ESTABLISHING THAT WITHIN OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD. ABSOLUTELY. AND WE JUST WE JUST DID A TOTAL EVALUATION AND REORGANIZATION OF OUR PROGRAM. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, IS STARTING TO BUILD MORE COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS. AND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS OUR PRACTICUMS WHERE THE KIDS ARE ACTUALLY OUT DOING INTERNSHIPS AND DOING THE REAL WORK. THAT USUALLY KIND OF HAPPENS TOWARD THE END OF THEIR PATH. AND WE WE'RE WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW AND ABSOLUTELY WOULD LOVE TO PARTNER WITH YOU IN THAT REGARD. HOW CAN THIS COUNCIL BETTER HELP YOU GET THE WORD OUT TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY? I THINK I CAN I CAN COME BACK WITH THAT, CHARLIE. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH CTE AND JAY SPECIFICALLY, AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF MOVING INTO THAT. SO ABSOLUTELY, I CAN HAVE CONVERSATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE EACH OF YOU BEING HERE, TOO. THANKS. I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHAT HAPPENS HERE DOES NOT HAPPEN IN EVERY CITY WHERE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE CITIES WORK SO CLOSELY TOGETHER, AND THE COLLABORATION IS SO POSITIVE. I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND SPEAK TO A GROUP OF TEACHERS AND LEADERS IN MISD ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION'S WORKFORCE, WHAT INDUSTRIES DO WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON? AND I THINK JUST YOUR INTENTIONALITY BEHIND TRYING TO HELP THESE KIDS REALLY REACH THEIR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL IN THE SPACES WHERE THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? SO BECAUSE WE DON'T EXPECT WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY THE SAME, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THEIR POTENTIAL SUCCESS RATE IN THE FUTURE. SO JUST YOUR VISION FOR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MARKETS WILL CHANGE THE INDUSTRIES HERE IN MCKINNEY WILL CHANGE. AND HOW DO WE BEST PREPARE? THE KIDS WHO LIVE HERE FOR THAT INDUSTRY IS FANTASTIC. I THINK MY ONLY SUGGESTION IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT CHARLIE WAS SAYING IS JUST CONTINUING TO FOSTER A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MCKINNEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUCH A STRONG TIE TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND ALSO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AND I'M SURE YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE FOLKS WE KNOW VERY WELL. I'M SURE THEY WOULD BE MORE THAN EXCITED TO
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HELP YOU. SO IN ANY CAPACITY THAT WE COULD BE OF ASSISTANCE TO YOU, WE WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE TO JOINT SAFETY INITIATIVES. I JUST I CAN'T SEE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. MAYOR FULLER. PRESIDENT HASSLER, RATHER, CITY MANAGER GRIMES, SUPERINTENDENT PRATT, AS WELL AS COUNCIL AND SCHOOL BOARD. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, AND BEING ON BOTH SIDES OF THESE TEAMS HERE. MY NAME IS RUSSELL MAY. I'M THE SECURITY SENIOR SECURITY DIRECTOR FOR MCKINNEY ISD. SO WOW, MAYOR FULLER, WHAT A WHAT A PLACE WE HAVE HERE. IT IS AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY IN THIS NEWLY BUILT CITY HALL AS A SYMBOL OF PROGRESS AND GROWTH FOR MCKINNEY. AS I LOOK AROUND, I CAN'T HELP BUT REFLECT ON HOW MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE 2003. AND I RAISED MY HAND FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AS A POLICE OFFICER. IT APPEARS, THOUGH, THAT ONE THING IS FOR SURE THE UNWAVERING COMMITMENT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I FIND IT BOTH FITTING AND IRONIC IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE THAT THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR THE EVOLUTION OF SECURITY WITH MCKINNEY ISD. OVER THE YEARS, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH MCKINNEY PD AND MCKINNEY ISD HAS ONLY STRENGTHENED. BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF TRUST, COLLABORATION AND SHARED COMMITMENT AND MISSION TO PROTECT OUR SCHOOLS, OUR STUDENTS, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT ONCE MAY HAVE SEEN AS A SEPARATE ENTITIES ON BOTH SIDES NOW FUNCTIONS AS A SEAMLESS, UNIFIED FRONT, ENSURING THE SAFETY REMAINS A TOP PRIORITY IN OUR CITY AND OUR SCHOOLS ALIKE AS MEMBERS OF THE. AS A MEMBER OF THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND VISITORS IS PARAMOUNT. I AM PROUD TO BE PART OF A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BEGINNING BETWEEN MCKINNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS MCKINNEY ISD, TO ENHANCE SCHOOL SAFETY THROUGH VARIOUS INITIATIVES. OUR PARTNERSHIP IS BUILT ON A SHARED DEDICATION TO ENSURING THE SAFETY OF OUR SCHOOLS. THROUGH REGULAR COMMUNICATION AND JOINT TRAINING EXERCISES, WE ARE ENHANCING OUR READINESS TO RESPOND TO POTENTIAL THREATS.THIS PROACTIVE APPROACH ALLOWS US TO DEVELOP COHESIVE STRATEGIES, AS WELL AS PRIORITIZE THE WELL-BEING OF EVERYONE IN OUR EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. THE INTRODUCTION, RATHER, OF TEXAS HOUSE BILL THREE HAS PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT FOR OUR SAFETY INITIATIVES. THIS LEGISLATIVE. THIS LEGISLATION OFFERS CRUCIAL FRAMEWORK FOR IMPROVING SCHOOL SAFETY PROTOCOLS WITHIN MCKINNEY ISD, WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY AUDITS AND RISK ASSESSMENTS, AS WELL AS LEADING TO ONGOING INVESTMENTS IN CITY OR RATHER IN SAFETY, TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ADDRESS VULNERABILITIES EFFECTIVELY. RECENTLY, WITH THE DIRECTION AND PASSION OF SUPERINTENDENT PRATT, ALONG WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY, WE ACHIEVED MAJOR MILESTONES HERE IN THE LAST LITTLE BIT BY UPGRADING OUR OUR SECURITY MEASURES IN THE INSTALLATION OF VERKADA CAMERA SYSTEM, AS WELL AS THE EVOLVE SECURITY DETECTION SYSTEM IN THE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS DAP IN THE STADIUM. THESE SYSTEMS ENHANCE OUR MONITORING CAPABILITIES, ENABLING REAL TIME ACCESS AND RAPID RESPONSE, AS WELL AS FOR THE ABILITY, OR RATHER THE RESPONSES TO THE INCIDENTS. THE EVOLVED SECURITY DETECTION SYSTEM IN PARTICULAR, HELPS MAINTAIN A QUICK AND SMOOTH FLOW OF STUDENTS WHILE ALSO MAINTAINING THEIR SAFETY AT THE SAME TIME. IN 2024, WE IMPLEMENTED A DISTRICT WIDE BADGING POLICY FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES. THIS EXTENDS AS WELL TO THE FOOTBALL GAMES. THE INITIATIVE ENHANCES THE ACCESS CONTROL AND STRENGTHENS OUR VISITOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AS WELL AS ALLOWING THE MONITORING OF ENTRY POINTS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS. WHILE WE ARE COMMITTED TO SECURITY, IT IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS REMAIN WELCOMING. WE STRIVE TO ENSURE THAT THE SAFETY SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED SEAMLESSLY WITH THE EDUCATIONAL SETTING, AVOIDS A HARDENED OR PRISON LIKE EFFECT. COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITY, WITH THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS EXPERTS SUCH AS MCKINNEY PD, HELPS US ACHIEVE THE BALANCE, FOSTERING A SAFE AND YET INVITING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. THE SEAMLESS PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN PIVOTAL IN OUR PROGRESS. THE TRUST WE HAVE BUILT AFFECTS COMMUNICATION, SWIFT ADJUSTMENTS AND STRATEGIES, AS WELL AS COLLABORATIVE TRAINING EFFORTS.
IN CONCLUSION, MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE ONGOING EFFORTS OF MCKINNEY PD AS WELL AS MCKINNEY ISD REFLECTS A COMPREHENSIVE COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF WITH LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT, TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS, AND COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVES, WE ARE ESTABLISHING A SECURE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE LEARNING CAN THRIVE. TOGETHER, WE REMAIN DEDICATED AND ADAPTING TO AND INNOVATING AND CREATING A COMMUNITY WHICH NURTURES AND AS WELL AS PROTECTS THE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RUSTY. MR. MAY. YES, SIR. TELL ME WHAT THE BIGGEST THREAT OR THREATS ARE TO
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OUR CHILDREN TODAY. YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA, BECAUSE I WAS TAUGHT. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.YEAH. SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEN AND WHERE THEY GET THEIR MESSAGE FROM, WHETHER IT'S AT HOME OR WHETHER IT'S AT IN THE AMONGST THEIR, THEIR FRIENDS, THEIR PEERS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES THAT WE'RE NOT ON TOP OF WHERE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR INFORMATION. SO SOMETIMES THAT IS, LIKE YOU SAID, SOCIAL MEDIA IS A UNACCOUNTABLE EVENT AT TIMES WHERE INFORMATION IS JUST PUT OUT THERE. ARE THEY CAPABLE OF GETTING THAT INFORMATION IN THE CLASSROOM? WE DO HAVE SOME INITIATIVES AS WELL AS WE DO HAVE SOME SECURITY SOFTWARE THAT SOMEWHAT WITHOUT GOING INTO THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S GOING ON, IT DOES ALLOW US TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. I DON'T HAVE ANY SOLUTIONS FOR YOU, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS ANA NAVARRO. I'M A DEPUTY CHIEF WITH MCKINNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I CURRENTLY OVERSEE OUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY ABOUT THE LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MCKINNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MISD, INVOLVING SPECIFICALLY THE SRO PROGRAM. I'M PROBABLY GOING TO ECHO A FEW OF THE POINTS THAT MY COLLEAGUE RUSTY DID, BUT THAT SHOULD JUST GO TO SHOW YOU WHAT A TRULY COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WE DO HAVE WITH EACH OTHER. I RECENTLY HIT MY 20TH YEAR WITH THE CITY, AND THE SRO PROGRAM WAS ALREADY WELL ESTABLISHED BEFORE I GOT HERE. IF THAT TELLS YOU JUST HOW LONG THAT IT'S BEEN AROUND. THE PAST TWO YEARS, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO PROVIDE DIRECT OVERSIGHT OF THE PROGRAM, AND TODAY I'M PROUD TO SAY WE'RE COMPRISED OF 16 OFFICERS, TWO SUPERVISORS, TWO SERGEANTS, AND 12 OF THOSE OFFICERS ARE DEDICATED TO MCKINNEY SCHOOLS. ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO FOSTER POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH KIDS, STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WE DO DAILY, AS WELL AS WITH PROGRAMS SUCH AS OUR TEEN ACADEMIES THAT WE PROVIDE DURING THE SUMMER, FREE OF CHARGE TO THE KIDS. WHILE FOSTERING THESE RELATIONSHIPS ARE THE PART OF THE JOB THAT WE LOVE AND ENJOY, WE ALSO UNDERSTAND OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO KEEP OUR CITIZENS AND KIDS SAFE. AS SOMEONE WHO'S PASSIONATE ABOUT TRAINING AND ACTIVE ATTACK RESPONSE, I'M PROUD TO SAY OUR DEPARTMENT HAS MAINTAINED A STANDARD ABOVE THE MINIMUM STATE REQUIREMENT FOR MANY YEARS. RECENTLY, THE STATE INCREASED MANDATED TRAINING IN THE AREA OF ACTIVE ATTACK IN OUR DEPARTMENT WAS MINIMALLY AFFECTED BECAUSE WE WERE ALREADY OPERATING AT A HIGHER LEVEL. I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT THE SAME PHILOSOPHY IS CARRIED OVER INTO OUR SRO PROGRAM. OUR SRO OFFICERS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ACTIVE ATTACK TRAINING DUE TO THE NATURE OF THEIR POSITION. WE ALSO EMPHASIZE JOINT TRAINING, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL FOR EFFICIENCY DURING CRITICAL INCIDENT. FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE HAVE CONDUCTED TRAINING WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND MISD PERSONNEL. WE TRY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE TO TRAIN IN THE SCHOOLS SO THAT OUR OFFICERS BECOME MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE LAYOUTS IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. ONE OF OUR NEW INITIATIVES IS THE FORMATION OF OUR BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM. THIS IS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM COMPRISED OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, AND KEY MISD STAFF. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND ASSISTANCE TO HIGH RISK STUDENTS IN AN EFFORT TO TAKE A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE BEFORE ANY CRIME HAS OCCURRED.
LASTLY, OUR DEPARTMENT IS UTILIZING OUR AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY TO FURTHER ENHANCE OUR TRAINING AND RESPONSE. WITH OUR NEW TRIMBLE MACHINE, WE WILL BE MAPPING 3D IMAGES OF SEVERAL SCHOOLS THIS SUMMER TO INCORPORATE INTO OUR TRAINING AND RESPONSE PLATFORM. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES WITH YOU TODAY, WHICH ARE FULLY SUPPORTED BY CHIEF ELLENBERG. WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONTINUED CONTINUED COLLABORATIVE, COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH SUPERINTENDENT PRATT, THE MISD SECURITY TEAM AND MISD STAFF.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO AS ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, THANK THE MCKINNEY PD FOR THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND PARTICULARLY FOR RUSTY. YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF TRAINING AND PREPARING HIM TO STEP INTO THE ROLE THAT HE IS AS A PARENT WHO HAS CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT. IT MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO HAVE SOMEONE TO STEP IN THAT HAS SUCH A PHENOMENAL TRAINING AND ALSO RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PD. SO THANK YOU TO YOU BOTH. AND SPECIFICALLY THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD JOB YOU DO, RUSTY, FOR OUR TEAM. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. I THINK THE COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH. THERE'S VERY FEW DAYS THAT GO BY WHERE I
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DON'T HAVE CONVERSATION WITH CHIEF ELLENBERG AND, AND THE QUALITY OF OUR SO OUR SROS IS UNBELIEVABLE. THEY'RE THEY DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB ON OUR CAMPUSES AND ALSO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE JUST MET YESTERDAY, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON OUR EMS CALLS. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WITH OVER 23,000 STUDENTS AND THERE'S MULTIPLE EMS CALLS TO CAMPUSES EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND THAT WITH THEM YESTERDAY. AND IT'S JUST IT'S BEEN OUTSTANDING, THE SUPPORT YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN US AND WORKING WITH US. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU GUYS. BRIEF NCAA 2023 ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY. THANK YOU. I FEEL LIKE I'M NOT AS IMPORTANT IN TALKING ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY AND ALL OF THAT. ACADEMIA THAT'S GOING ON TO GET UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT FOOTBALL. BUT BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING. AND I THINK IT'S AN EXCITING PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY AND MCKINNEY ISD. I FIRST AND FOREMOST WANT TO STOP AND JUST SAY THAT AARON WARNER, THIS GUY IS A ROCK STAR. I KNOW YOU GUYS KNOW THAT IN THE CITY, BUT HE REPRESENTS YOU WELL. I'M HOPING ONE DAY WE CAN SNEAK HIM OVER TO MCKINNEY ISD, BUT BUT YEAH, JUST OUR OUR PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH NCAA, I MEAN, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY TO SUPPORT THE NCAA AND TO HOST THE NCAA. THIS HAS BEEN A VALUABLE EVENT FOR US AND OUR AND OUR CITY. BUT THIS PAST YEAR, JUST THE ONE THAT WE JUST HOSTED IN DECEMBER, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER ATTENDED. BUT I CAN TELL YOU, JUST SINCE THE NEW TUPPS OPENED, OUR REVENUE WENT FROM I THINK WE WERE AVERAGING AROUND 9000, 8000. SO WE SET A NEW ALL TIME HIGH THIS YEAR WITH $15,000 IN REVENUE JUST FOR TUPPS. AND JUST EVEN THOUGH OUR OUR PARTICIPATIONS WERE A LITTLE BIT LOWER. BUT THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, WE SET AN ALL TIME RECORD IN 2023. IN DECEMBER OF 2023, WITH A OVER ALMOST 12,500 PEOPLE WERE IN ATTENDANCE IN THAT GAME. SO WE SET A NEW RECORD. WE KNOW OUR ECONOMIC STUDY SHOWED US THAT WE BROUGHT $3.1 MILLION TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, AND SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY THE GAMES ARE BEING STREAMED. THEY'RE BEING THEY'RE ON ESPN TWO. SO WE GET PRIME REAL ESTATE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS THEY THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO COME BACK. SO WE ARE GOING TO HOST NEXT YEAR. 2026 WILL BE OUR FINAL EVENT ON THE CURRENT BID. AND THEN WE WERE JUST ALSO AWARDED THE NEW BID. THAT'S GOING TO TAKE US IN THROUGH TO 2027. AND I THINK IF IT WAS UP TO THE NCAA, THEY'D PROBABLY STAY HERE, SIGN A LIFETIME AGREEMENT WITH US. BUT OBVIOUSLY WITH SOME NEW THINGS THEY'VE PUT IN PLACE THERE NOW, THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE BIDDING OUT TWO YEARS AT A TIME. SO WE HAVE THE WE HAVE SECURED IT THROUGH 2027. AND JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WE'VE WORKED ON IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY KEEP ONE OF THE HOTELS, ONE OF THE TEAMS STAYS IN THE SHERATON HOTEL IN MCKINNEY, AND THAT'S ALSO THE NCAA HEADQUARTERS. SO THAT THAT WAY ALL THAT REVENUE COMES BACK TO MCKINNEY AS WELL AS ALSO THERE'S A SEPARATE SITE THAT WE PUT THAT ALL THE OFFICIALS COME IN, BECAUSE YOU CAN IMAGINE THE ENTOURAGE THAT COMES IN WITH THAT. AND SO THEY RESIDE IN THE SPRINGHILL SUITES OVER OFF EL DORADO. AND SO AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO POUR AS MUCH BACK INTO THE CITY AS WE CAN. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, WE IT'S INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. THOSE ATHLETES COME IN AND THEY VISIT FOUR OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS EACH YEAR, AND THEY JUST GET TO COME IN FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND IT'S INCREDIBLE FOR OUR KIDS. BUT I THINK ALSO TOO, IT'S I THINK THE ATHLETES WALK AWAY WITH, YOU KNOW, THE POSITIVE EXPERIENCE OF JUST GETTING TO SERVE OUR KIDS. AND THEY'RE ALWAYS SO IMPRESSED WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR SCHOOLS. I MEAN, JUST SO IMPRESSED. SO IT REALLY IS A JOINT EFFORT. I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GUYS PROVIDE FOR US. AGAIN, AARON, AND JUST ALL THE THINGS THAT THAT THEY DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE PEOPLE THAT COME VISIT, WE PUSH THEM TO DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. I KNOW THE NCAA COMMITTEE, THEY LOVE TO GO TO THE YARD, BUT JUST THEY HAVE THEY'VE GOTTEN TO WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR HOTSPOTS THAT THEY LIKE TO FREQUENT AS WELL, TOO. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, MAYOR FULLER PERSONALLY, THANK YOU. I THINK YOU AND MAILI HAVE BEEN AT EVERY SINGLE EVENT, AND SHE HAS OBVIOUSLY SUNG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ANTHEM FOR YOU. YOU AND I HAVE ALSO PROVIDED HER SIDELINE SECURITY A LITTLE BIT, SO SHE DIDN'T GET TRAMPLED BY THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS. BUT TRULY, JUST PERSONALLY, YOU ARE THE MODEL OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP, SO I DO. I AM GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE JUST TO SUPPORT US IN ATHLETICS AND THIS EVENT PARTICULAR. SO THANK YOU, MR. FRAZIER. THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HAVE ENDURED ME BRAGGING ABOUT OUR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS TO END OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS ON A HIGH NOTE. THREE OF THOSE ATHLETES ARE IN YOUR FAMILY. PLEASE TELL US WHAT THEY'RE DOING TODAY. I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU'RE SWEET TO ASK. THANK YOU. I WILL JUST TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW THEY ARE MAKING GOOD CHOICES IN LIFE, SO IT MAKES THIS MOMMA PROUD. TWO OF THEM HAVE ROLLED OFF MY PAYROLL, SO THAT'S EVEN BETTER. HOW DID YOU DO THAT? YOU WERE MARRIED, TWO WERE MARRIED, AND I STILL TWO ARE STILL PLAYING COLLEGE FOOTBALL. SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING. YOU'RE VERY SWEET. YOU ARE ALWAYS THE BIGGEST SUPPORTER OF THE FRAZIER FAMILY. SO THANK YOU CHARLIE[00:45:02]
PHILLIPS. WELL APPRECIATE IT. WE GET TOGETHER AFTER YOU GIVE ME SOME INSIGHT ON HOW YOU ACHIEVE THAT FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE OF SOME OF YOUR KIDS. YEAH, I HAVE NOT I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT WE HAVE STARTED INVOICING THEM FOR THINGS WHEN THEY HAVE TO VENMO IT. TO US, THAT'S A TRICK. SO BEFORE YOU GO, JENNIFER, COUNCILMAN BELLER TO UP THE NILE. I MONEY AT HARDING. YOU GET THEM BACK IS ON THE MODEL. WE'LL HAVE NO MORE TICKETS. YEAH, YEAH. SERIOUSLY? YEAH.WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO PULL FOR. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A NEUTRAL, YOU KNOW? BUT WE WERE DEFINITELY PULLING FOR THEM. AND HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL GET BACK. THANKS. I HAD TEXT MESSAGES ALL THIS SEASON ABOUT THE LEAD UP, ABOUT HOW EXCITED EVERYBODY WAS TO COME BACK TO MCKINNEY. AND YEAH, SO MAYBE NEXT YEAR. YEAH. IT WAS COOL TO SEE THE STADIUM JUST COMPLETELY PACKED OUT. AND NOT ONLY THAT JUST I MEAN THAT IT'S TEAMS LIKE HARDING THAT ARE JUST I MEAN JUST AMAZING, AMAZING PEOPLE. RIGHT? I MEAN IT'S JUST HAVE SUCH A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR US TO HAVE NO ISSUES. IT'S A IT REALLY IS A TREAT. SO YEAH. FINGERS CROSSED. JENNIFER, BEFORE YOU GO, I WANTED TO THANK YOU PUBLICLY AND TO SUPERINTENDENT PRATT. THANK YOU.
WE MET A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. I'M WORKING WITH DEREK ROBINSON WITH TO BRING GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL TO MCKINNEY. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. IT IS NOT A SANCTIONED SPORT YET, WHICH MEANS IT'S GOING TO BE A CLUB SPORT FIRST. THE DALLAS COWBOYS WILL BE SPONSORING THREE TEAMS FOR US, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING HARD HERE IN THE SUMMER TO PUT THAT TOGETHER. AND I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL RIGHT HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. YEAH, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE AN ADULT GIRLS TEAM PLAY. THAT WOULD BE FUN. I'D DO IT. LET'S TALK. LET'S TALK.
QUARTERBACK. GOOD QUARTERBACK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE A VERY EXCITING MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT UPDATE. KENT. GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE MCKINNEY CITY COUNCIL AND MCKINNEY ISD SCHOOL BOARD. YEAH. HERE TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT. BIT OF HISTORY TO START WITH. YOU KNOW, THE AIRPORT HAS BEEN HERE IN THE CITY SINCE 1979, STARTED WITH SOME PRETTY MODEST BEGINNINGS, 4000 FOOT RUNWAY AND REALLY MODEST FACILITIES, PRIMARILY CATERING TO SINGLE ENGINED PISTON AIRCRAFT AND RECREATIONAL FLYING. IT'S GROWN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS TO REALLY RESPOND TO THE DEMAND FOR AVIATION FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE REGION. NORTH TEXAS ADDING INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEMS AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER. US CUSTOMS FACILITIES. EXPANDING FUEL, FUEL, FARM AND FUEL FACILITIES, RUNWAY EXTENSIONS, TAXIWAY EXTENSIONS, APRON EXPANSIONS. TODAY, IT IS THE 10TH BUSIEST AIRPORT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS. IT IS THE 99TH BUSIEST AIRPORT IN THE UNITED STATES IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS, AND THAT'S IN A CATEGORY OF ALL THE AIRPORTS IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS A NATIONAL AIRPORT THAT IS AN FAA DESIGNATION. AND HOW THEY CATEGORIZE GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORTS, GENERAL AVIATION INCLUDES PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING EXCEPT SCHEDULED PASSENGER OR CARGO SERVICE. SO WE SUPPORT RECREATIONAL FLYING, BUSINESS AND CORPORATE FLYING, LAW ENFORCEMENT, MEDICAL, AIR TRANSPORT, JUST ABOUT ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR THOSE SCHEDULED CARRIERS. AND THERE ARE ONLY 122 NATIONAL AIRPORTS IN THE UNITED STATES. OUT OF ABOUT 2900 GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORTS. SO A VERY ROBUST AND GROWING AIRPORT. THE BUSINESS MODEL WE HAVE FOR MCKINNEY TODAY IS ONE WHERE THE REVENUES THAT WE GENERATE FROM FUEL SALES AND HANGAR OFFICE RENTS, GROUND LEASES AND OTHER AERONAUTICAL SERVICES ARE REALLY SUPPORTING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPORT IS SELF-SUSTAINING TODAY. IT DOESN'T REQUIRE FUNDS FROM THE MCKINNEY GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT ITS OPERATIONS. IT HAS ABOUT A $16 MILLION ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET THAT INCLUDES COST OF GOODS SOLD. A LOT OF THAT IS FUEL THAT WE PURCHASE AND THEN RESELL IN 2023, WE KIND OF UPDATED THE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY FOR THE AIRPORT JUST TO LOOK AT THE OUTPUT, ECONOMIC OUTPUT OF THE AIRPORT TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT WAS JUST UNDER $300 MILLION IN 2023. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THAT RATE OF GROWTH, THE STUDY, A STUDY THAT WAS DONE IN 2012, ABOUT TEN YEARS PRIOR, THE OUTPUT AT THAT TIME WAS 54 MILLION. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT RATE OF GROWTH OVER THAT TEN YEAR PERIOD. ONE OF THE BIGGEST BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY OF THE AIRPORT, ALONG WITH THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, IS THE TAX REVENUE THAT IT GENERATES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. IN 2023, THAT WAS $3.7 MILLION. AND THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT REVENUE IS SHOWN ON THIS TABLE. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT OVER THAT 10 OR 11 YEAR PERIOD, A LITTLE OVER $28 MILLION IN TOTAL TAX REVENUE BACK TO THE CITY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE COUNTY
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AND COLLIN COLLEGE, WITH ABOUT 6.5 MILLION OVER THAT PERIOD TO THE CITY AND ABOUT 18.5 MILLION TO THE ISD. AND THOSE NUMBERS FLUCTUATE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE TOTALS ON THE FAR RIGHT, THAT'S BASED ON TAXING BUSINESS AIRCRAFT THAT ARE THERE. AND THEN THE VALUE OF PRIVATELY OWNED FACILITIES THAT ARE AT THE AIRPORT. SO AIRCRAFT ARE BUSINESS ASSETS AND THEY ARE MOBILE ASSETS AS WELL. SO THE INVENTORY OF AIRCRAFT ON THE FIELD WILL CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE DRIVERS OF THAT FLUCTUATION. THE OTHER BIG DRIVER IS THE DEPRECIATION OF AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT DEPRECIATE RELATIVELY QUICKLY ALMOST LIKE A VEHICLE.YOU KNOW A NEW NEW VEHICLE DEPRECIATES. IT'S RELATIVELY QUICKLY OVER THE FIRST FEW YEARS. SO AS THOSE AIRCRAFT ARE BASED THERE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, THEY DO APPRECIATE IN THAT THAT VOLUME WILL GO DOWN. SO ALL THAT KIND OF PLAYS INTO THE MIX. IT LEADS TO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT VOLATILITY YEAR OVER YEAR IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF TAX REVENUE IT GENERATES. BUT 2023 WAS OUR LARGEST YEAR TO DATE. THERE IS OVER $140 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE AT THE AIRPORT TODAY. AND THIS KIND OF COLORS ON THIS DIAGRAM KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS. WE'LL LOOK AT SOME OF THESE IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON SOME OF THE OTHER UPCOMING SLIDES. BUT RECENTLY WE FINISHED A RUNWAY EXTENSION TO THE SOUTH.
WE'VE BUILT A NEW AIRFIELD MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND A NEW FBO TERMINAL, AND THEN WE HAVE ALL THESE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE COLORS HERE THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE, TAXIWAY REHABILITATIONS, RELOCATIONS, APRON EXTENSIONS, EXPANSIONS, ANOTHER RUNWAY EXTENSION TO THE NORTH. IT'S JUST MOBILIZED ADDITIONAL HANGAR FACILITIES, A NEW CUSTOMS FACILITY, PRIVATE INVESTMENT MOST NOTABLY AND MOST RECENTLY WITH CIRRUS AIRCRAFT AND ENCORE WIRE COMPLETING HANGARS AND MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS FOR THEMSELVES. AND SO WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT SOME OF THESE IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. THE RUNWAY EXTENSION, THE CURRENT RUNWAY WAS PUT INTO SERVICE IN 2011. AT 7000FT. IT'S 150 FOOT WIDE, ABOUT 17IN OF PAVEMENT. IT'S CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING. SOME OF THE LARGEST AIRCRAFT OPERATING TODAY. AND WE EXTENDED THE RUNWAY 500FT TO THE SOUTH, FINISHED THAT PROJECT UP IN THE FALL OF 2023. WE'VE JUST MOBILIZED ON THE EXTENSION TO THE NORTH, CONTRIBUTING TO THAT PROJECT FUNDING WAS COLLIN COUNTY, WITH A $30 MILLION CONTRIBUTION TO HELP MAKE THAT PROJECT HAPPEN. AND THAT'S SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE INITIALLY, THE PLAN WAS TO EXTEND THAT FULL LENGTH TO THE SOUTH. BUT THE TRANSITION WAS MADE WHEN WE WORKED WITH IN CONTEXT WITH TXDOT. AND TO REALLY ENABLE THE 399 SPUR AROUND THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. SO EXTENDING TO THE NORTH OVERALL WAS A LITTLE MORE COSTLY THAN EXTENDING TO THE SOUTH. BUT OVERALL, IN THE LARGER SCHEME OF THINGS, IT MADE SENSE TO DO THAT SECOND PROJECT TO THE NORTH. SO THAT OTHER THAT OTHER PICTURE YOU SEE IN THE DIAGRAM THERE IS, IS REALLY WHAT'S PROPOSED TO HAPPEN AT THE NORTH END. ALL OF THAT AREA IN THE GREEN IS FILL MATERIAL THAT NEEDS TO COME IN TO ENABLE THAT. AND THERE'S WHERE REALLY THE EXTRA COST LIES INTO CORRECTING THE GRADE ON THE NORTH END TO ENABLE THAT PROJECT. BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO, YOU KNOW, KICK THAT OFF, GET IT UNDERWAY. WHEN THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETE, WE'LL HAVE AN 8000 FOOT BY 150 FOOT RUNWAY AND REALLY WILL SERVE THE AIRPORT FOR DECADES INTO THE FUTURE, JUST FOR ABOUT ANY TYPE OF EXPANSION WE WANT TO ENVISION. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A PROJECT THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW TO IS AN APRON EXPANSION PROJECT, RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDFIELD AREA IN FRONT OF THE NEW FBO TERMINAL. THAT IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST USE PAVEMENT AREAS IN IN ON THE AIRFIELD, MOST ALL THE TRANSIENT AIR TRAFFIC THAT COMES AND GOES FROM MCKINNEY ENDS UP IN THE USING THAT PAVEMENT. IT'S IT WAS ORIGINALLY PUT IN IN 1982. IT'S REALLY BEYOND ITS LIFE CYCLE. SO IT WAS TIME TO START THIS PROJECT. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN LEVERAGING THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION IS A LITTLE BIT OVER 10%, ALL IN ABOUT A $10 MILLION PROJECT THAT'S UNDERWAY NOW. I THINK THE PICTURE THERE ON THE BOTTOM OF THAT SLIDE, I THINK WAS TAKEN YESTERDAY. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE IT ACTUALLY ISN'T CONCRETE. THAT'S THE BASE MATERIAL. THERE'S ABOUT A PROBABLY A FOOT BELOW GRADE, BUT THEY'RE BASICALLY PREPPING RIGHT NOW TO PAVE THAT. AND WE'LL FINISH THAT PROJECT UP THIS FALL AND OPEN THAT OPEN THOSE SURFACES UP FOR USE. AN EXAMPLE OF A PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN IN MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT IS WITH CIRRUS AND THEIR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OPERATION. THEY'RE ABOUT A $14.5 MILLION PROJECT FOR US. WE DID A GROUND LEASE WITH THEM ON ABOUT
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THREE AND A HALF ACRES THAT WILL GENERATE ABOUT $85,000 A YEAR IN REVENUE. WITH THAT OPERATION.THEY'RE HERE AND OPERATING NOW. WE LEASE THEM A DIFFERENT HANGAR WHILE THEY COULD, SO THEY COULD START THEIR OPERATIONS WHILE THEY CONSTRUCTED THEIR FACILITIES. THEY ALREADY HAVE 63 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES LIVING AND WORKING IN OUR CITY, OUR COMMUNITY. AND WITH THIS EXPANSION, THEY'LL INCREASE THAT NUMBER TO 80. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT THAT PROJECT IS PROBABLY ABOUT 60 DAYS FROM OCCUPANCY. THE OTHER BENEFIT OF THAT IS WE GET THE FACILITY BACK, THAT WE LEASED THEM, AND WE ALREADY HAVE OTHER TENANTS THAT ARE LINED UP AND READY TO GO INTO THAT FACILITY, TOO. AND ALL THESE THINGS WILL JUST PLAY INTO INCREASING THAT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, THAT ECONOMIC OUTPUT. WE'RE FINISHING UP A NEW CORPORATE HANGAR AND A CUSTOMS BUILDING. WE KIND OF BUNDLED THOSE PROJECTS TOGETHER, AND ACTUALLY, I THINK WE WILL PROBABLY BE DOING A RIBBON CUTTING ON THAT. THOSE PROJECTS NEXT MONTH. THAT PICTURE AT THE BOTTOM THERE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE CALL OUR CORP NINE HANGAR THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2019. AND THE NEW ONE CORP TEN IS JUST TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT. SO WE'RE WE'RE EXCITED TO OPEN THAT FACILITY UP ABOUT $12.5 MILLION FOR THE HANGAR PROJECT, AND ABOUT $5.2 MILLION FOR THE CUSTOMS FACILITY. THE HANGAR PROJECT IS THE REVENUE PRODUCER OF THESE TWO. WE ANTICIPATE WITH THE LEASES AND THE FUEL SALES, ABOUT ONE ABOUT $1.1 MILLION IN GROSS REVENUE FROM THAT FACILITY ANNUALLY. AND THAT'S MODELED AFTER THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CORP NINE HANGAR IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST OF IT. AND WE ALREADY HAVE THE FIRST TWO LEASES IN THE PIPELINE FOR THE FIRST TWO JETS THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOING IN THERE NEXT MONTH. SO THAT'S EXCITING. CUSTOMS DOES NOT GENERATE REVENUE. IT'S KIND OF CONSIDERED A LOSS LEADER AMONG AIRPORT PEOPLE. IT IS REALLY A DRIVER TO ATTRACT INTERNATIONAL OPERATORS. AND THE COMPANIES THAT WE HAVE THERE, LIKE TEXAS INSTRUMENTS AND AIR FLIGHT THAT PRIMARILY FLY INTERNATIONAL, REQUIRE THOSE SERVICES. WE HAVE CUSTOMS HERE TODAY. THEY JUST REALLY DID NOT HAVE A FACILITY THAT WAS ADEQUATE AND MET THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO OPEN THAT FACILITY UP TO TAXI LANE. ALPHA FOUR IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT I THINK WAS A REALLY SMART STRATEGIC INVESTMENT THAT WE MADE IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND TOURS ARE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO CONTRIBUTED ABOUT $2.8 MILLION TO CONSTRUCT THAT TAXIWAY, BUT IT ENABLED ABOUT AN 11 ACRE PARCEL TO BE DEVELOPED FOR MULTIPLE PROJECTS, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS ALREADY DONE WITHIN THE DIAGRAM THERE AT THE BOTTOM THAT MIDDLE HANGAR IS ENCORE WIRES NEW HANGAR. SO THAT CONTRIBUTED.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THAT HANGAR COST, BUT THE HANGAR AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUGHT BROUGHT IN ABOUT $30 MILLION WORTH OF REVENUE OR TAXABLE VALUE TO THE CITY. THAT'S A GROUND LEASE. THE GROUND LEASES ON THOSE, THOSE PARCELS, AS WE DEVELOP IT, ARE ESTIMATED TO BRING IN ABOUT $180,000 A YEAR, ANOTHER $350,000 IN REVENUE FROM FUEL SALES AND AERONAUTICAL SERVICES, WITH THE TOTAL ALL IN ABOUT $200 MILLION IN TAXABLE ASSETS. WHEN THAT'S DONE. SINCE 2019, WE'VE DEVELOPED ABOUT SEVEN PROJECTS ON AERONAUTICAL LAND AT THE AIRPORT, TOTALING ABOUT 14 ACRES. AND WITH THE LAND WE HAVE ON THE WEST SIDE, THERE'S ANOTHER FOUR PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE THAT WOULD TAKE DOWN PROBABLY ABOUT ANOTHER 23 ACRES. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO BUILD OUT THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. SO THE FUTURE OF THE AIRPORT REALLY IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANT TO TRANSITION AND TALK TO YOU NEXT. WITH THE FIRST PROJECT REALLY BEING THE COMMERCIAL SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES THAT ARE THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE RIGHT NOW. AND THIS IS A DIAGRAM THAT KIND OF SHOWS REALLY ALL OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THIS SITS ON LAND THAT THE CITY PURCHASED IN 2019. AND WE'RE STARTING. THIS WILL REALLY BE THE FIRST SERIES OF PROJECTS THAT WILL START TO DEVELOP THAT SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. BUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT ALSO IS THAT IT ALSO ENABLES FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF MORE GENERAL AVIATION AND OTHER TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WILL ENABLE, YOU KNOW, GROWTH ACROSS GENERAL AVIATION, GROWTH, ACROSS COMMERCIAL SERVICE INTO THE FUTURE. OBVIOUSLY, YOU NEED A PARALLEL TAXIWAY ON THE EAST SIDE TO ENABLE CONNECTIVITY TO THE RUNWAY. SO THAT'S A PROJECT YOU NEED CONNECTIVITY OFF OF THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE INTO THE AIRPORT. SO THAT'S ANOTHER PROJECT. EVERYTHING IN THE RED IS REALLY WHERE WE'RE FOCUSED ON IMMEDIATELY TO START THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, TO START THIS WORK AND ENABLE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. SO TODAY THE EDC AND THE CDC HAS CONTRIBUTED A LITTLE OVER $5 MILLION FOR THE DESIGN WORK OF ALL THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAVE SELECTED THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER THAT WILL START THIS
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WORK FOR US, AND WE PLAN TO BREAK GROUND ON THESE PROJECTS IN MAY OF THIS YEAR. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO, YOU KNOW, BRING BRING THAT NEXT ERA FOR THE AIRPORT TO THE COMMUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW, I STARTED OFF TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE ECONOMIC OUTPUT OF THE AIRPORT AND WHAT IT'S DONE TODAY IN TERMS OF GENERAL AVIATION. THIS WILL THIS IS PROBABLY THIS INFRASTRUCTURE HERE. AND THIS ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO ECLIPSE THAT NUMBER, THAT $300 MILLION NUMBER BY THE THIRD YEAR OF OPERATION. THE OTHER THING I THINK THAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS AND DIFFERENT IS, YOU KNOW, WE DID KIND OF YOU KNOW, WE DID WE DID RESET AFTER THE BOND FAILED IN 2023. AND WHAT WAS A $300 MILLION PROJECT, REALLY ALL THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IS PROJECTED TO BE AROUND 75 MILLION. SO WHAT WE REALLY FOCUSED ON WAS WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? WHAT IS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT WE NEED TO DO DAY ONE TO ENABLE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE AIRLINES NEED TO OPERATE HERE? AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE WE'VE COME UP WITH THIS. WE KIND OF CALL THIS A PROOF OF CONCEPT.THIS IS REALLY WHAT'S GOING TO ENABLE THE AIRLINES TO GET HERE, TO OPERATE AND TO FACILITATE THE GROWTH OF THE AIRPORT INTO THE FUTURE. SOME RENDERINGS OF WHAT THAT ALL MIGHT LOOK LIKE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST LIKE LOOKING AT WHAT THAT FACILITY. LET ME GO BACK FOR A SECOND HERE. JUST TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE. 45,000 SQUARE FOOT TERMINAL. I THINK THAT'S ABOUT 8 OR 9 ACRES OF APRON THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE ABOUT FIVE PARKING POSITIONS. ANOTHER AREA FOR SOME OVERNIGHT PARKING AND DEICING, DEICING FACILITIES, VEHICLE PARKING AND ALL OF THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THIS IS KIND OF LOOKING AT THE CURVE OR, YOU KNOW, THE CURVE LANE, THE FRONT DROP OFF AREA, PASSENGER DROP OFF PICKUP AREA, A COUPLE RENDERINGS FROM INSIDE TICKET AREA. CONCESSIONS. THIS IS A THIS IS PASSED THE TSA CHECKPOINT INTO THE HOLD ROOMS AND THE CONCESSIONS CONCESSION AREA BAGGAGE CLAIM AREA. THAT'S JUST KIND OF A VIEW OF A RENDERING OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE LOOKING KIND OF FROM THE, THE, THE SOUTH, LOOKING TO THE NORTH OF THE PROJECT. AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I GUESS I DO WANT TO SAY TOO, WE CONTINUE TO REALLY FOSTER AND VALUE THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE MCKINNEY AVIATION ACADEMY, CIVIL AIR PATROL AND SOME OF THESE OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE REALLY DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF AVIATION PROFESSIONALS. SO WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SPACE AND FACILITIES FOR THEIR CLASSROOM CLASSROOMS AND REALLY ENGAGE WITH THEM ON THAT.
AND WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL OF THE TENANTS THAT ARE CORPORATE TENANTS, THAT ARE VOLUNTEERS IN THAT PROGRAM THAT HELP TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE. SO IT'S A GREAT PIPELINE FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE INDUSTRY AND START TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE THOSE COMPANIES, IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE BEING PROACTIVE AND LOOKING FORWARD, THEY'RE THEY'RE WANTING TO CULTIVATE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, TOO, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE HIRING THOSE FOLKS IN THE FUTURE. WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. KEN, YOUR CHART ON TAXES. DID THAT INCLUDE SALES TAX REVENUE AS WELL? DID IT INCLUDE WHAT SALES TAX REVENUE? YES, SIR. THAT'S JUST AD VALOREM TAX REVENUE OKAY. AND THE SCHOOL BOARD PROBABLY DOESN'T KNOW THE NAME OF THAT LAST TAXIWAY. SO HOW ABOUT ONE LAST TIME THAT LAST. LET ME LET'S JUST LOOK AT IT HERE. THAT IS TAXIWAY CHARLIE. THANK YOU. TO BE CONSTRUCTED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT IS UPCOMING ELECTIONS. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANYONE COMING TO THE PODIUM. I CAN. I'M MISSING ONE. ALL RIGHT, NEXT IS UPCOMING ELECTIONS. THERE YOU GO. YES! SURPRISE, SURPRISE. HELLO, EVERYONE. COUNCIL. MR. BOARD, I AM PARCHMENT. I'M THE DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. AND UPCOMING ELECTIONS. THE MAY 3RD, 2025 ELECTIONS THAT WE HAVE. THERE ARE FOUR SEATS THAT ARE COMING UP. WE HAVE THE SEAT FOR MAYOR. DISTRICT ONE. DISTRICT THREE. AND AT LARGE ONE. WE HAVE 12 CANDIDATES TOTAL VARYING THROUGH EACH OF THE POSITIONS, AND WE WILL BE HOLDING OUR, I BELIEVE, OUR CANDIDATE ORIENTATION ON MARCH 7TH. WE RECENTLY YESTERDAY HAD OUR BALLOT DRAWING FOR THE PLACE ON THE CANDIDATE PLACE ON THE BALLOT. AND. THAT'S THE INFORMATION I HAVE. I CAN STAND
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FOR. ANY QUESTIONS. JUSTIN'S POSITION. HE GOT LUCKY. NO PROBLEM. HE IS UNCONTESTED.YEAH. POLLING LOCATIONS. YOU MAY NOT HAVE A LIST OF THOSE. THERE'S. THEY ARE ON THE WEBSITE. CITY HALL WILL BE A POLLING LOCATION, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S GREAT. WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THAT HERE FOR EARLY VOTING AS WELL AS ELECTION DAY VOTING, WHICH WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF HAVING OLD SETTLERS AND THE LIBRARY DOWNTOWN. SO EVERYTHING WILL CONVENE HERE.
THAT'S GREAT. DO WE KNOW YET WHERE IN THE BUILDING? I BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE IT IN THE FITZHUGH EVENT SPACE, WHICH IS ON THE CITY HALL ADMINISTRATION SIDE OF THE BUILDING. RIGHT. AND THEN YOU HAVE SOME ELECTIONS AS WELL. YEAH, I CAN YES. OKAY. I'LL BE HAPPY TO JUMP IN ON THOSE. SO THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS FOUR SEATS OPEN AS WELL. WE HAVE PLACE ONE, TWO, THREE AND SEVEN. PLACE ONE AND SEVEN ARE NOT CONTESTED, BUT PLACES TWO AND THREE ARE CONTESTED. WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS RUNNING FOR EACH OF THOSE. ONE INCUMBENT AND ONE OF THOSE TWO POSITIONS. AND THEN NEW FOLKS AND THE OTHER RUNNING FOR THOSE. AND WE DID OUR DRAWING YESTERDAY AS WELL, AND FOR PLACES ON THE BALLOT AND HAVE THAT TURNED IN. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN, IN, IN OUR POLLING LOCATIONS IS THAT WE'VE INCLUDED FRAZIER ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS IN THE FAR NORTH SECTION, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, UP IN THE TRINITY FALLS AREA AS ONE ADDITIONAL POLLING LOCATION THAT WE'VE NOT HAD IN THE PAST. AND THEN ALL THREE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS WILL BE POLLING LOCATIONS FOR ACTUAL ELECTION DAY. AND SO WE SHARE THE SAME OTHER POLLING LOCATIONS AS THE CITY, BECAUSE WE ARE ALL IN THE COUNTY'S GENERAL ELECTION. GREAT. THANK YOU SIR. WE'LL MOVE TO STRATEGIC GOAL SETTING SUMMARY. MR. MAYOR, I'M GOING TO TAKE A STAB AT THIS SUMMARIZING OUR STRATEGIC GOAL SETTING MEETING, WHICH WAS HERE IN THIS ROOM LAST FRIDAY, AND CERTAINLY TO THE MAYOR AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. IF I MISSED ANYTHING, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO OFFER IT. FIRST THING IS, WE, THE COUNCIL IN OUR MEETING LAST WEEK HAD CERTAINLY REAFFIRMED THE DESIRE AND TO MAINTAIN OUR LEVELS OF OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. I THINK COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER HAD REFERENCED PRINCETON, FOR EXAMPLE, AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW MCKINNEY WE REALLY STRIVE TO DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY HERE, AND THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT PERMITTING INSPECTIONS, WHETHER IT'S ENGINEERING INSPECTIONS, BUILDING INSPECTIONS, FIRE INSPECTIONS ARE DONE THE RIGHT WAY. SO WE DON'T HAVE BUILDINGS WITH ISSUES LATER IN LIFE OR, YOU KNOW, LATER. AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOT SO MUCH LATER. THERE'S REALLY A REASON WHY YOU HAVE THE REGIMEN OF INSPECTIONS IN A COMMUNITY. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THEM, THINGS CAN GO WRONG REAL FAST. AND THEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE POINTING FINGERS ABOUT WHY, WHY DID THIS HAPPEN AND HOW THE COMMUNITY LET IT HAPPEN. SO WE TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THAT AND TRYING TO EXPEDITE AND CREATE A GOOD CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND OUR CUSTOMERS. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. THERE WAS ALSO A DESIRE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD IN OUR PARKS INVESTMENTS. WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON PARKS AND MAINTAINING OPEN SPACES HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. OPEN SPACES ARE TRADITIONALLY THE HIGHEST OR ONE OF THE HIGHEST RESPONSE RATES WE GET FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMUNITY. SURVEY AND OTHER AVENUES IS THAT'S A MAJOR, MAJOR QUALITY OF LIFE FEATURE THAT WE OFFER. NOT ONLY IS IT A QUALITY OF LIFE FEATURE, IT'S A GREAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FEATURE. IF YOU HAVE NICE PARKS AND NICE FACILITIES, INVESTORS WHO ARE GOING TO BE MOVING THEIR FAMILIES TO A COMMUNITY HAVE TO FIND A PLACE TO GO. AND TWO OF THE KEY THINGS THAT THEY LOOK AT ARE THE QUALITY OF YOUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE QUALITY OF YOUR PARKS AND FACILITIES. SO THAT CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY. OBVIOUSLY, MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT AND CONTINUING TO LEVERAGE THE ASSET OF MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT, BOTH THROUGH GENERAL AVIATION AND OR COMMERCIAL AVIATION, CONTINUE TO BE PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, AND WE WILL KEEP PRESSING AHEAD WITH THAT. HOUSING PROGRAMS, HOUSING AND OUR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST PROGRAM AND HELPING THAT GROW AND LEVERAGING THAT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK IN MCKINNEY. THAT IS A CHALLENGE ALL OVER AMERICA, NOT JUST HERE, BUT ALL WE CAN WORRY ABOUT IS WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. AND WE CAN TRY TO TAKE TAKE STEPS TO IMPROVING OUR LOT WITH RESPECT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR PRIORITY FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL. WE DID HIRE A NEW COMMUNITY AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, MARGARET LEE, WHO IS BACK HERE. MARGARET, WAVE YOUR HAND, EVERYBODY. MARGARET IS A IS A
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MAJOR, MAJOR ASSET FOR US AND A GREAT MEMBER ADDITION TO OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM. AND SHE'S GOT A BIG JOB FOR SURE. AS PART OF THAT, HOMELESSNESS IS AN ISSUE. IT'S AN ISSUE NOT ONLY FOR MCKINNEY, BUT AGAIN, IT'S A NATIONAL ISSUE AS WELL, PARTLY DRIVEN BY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ALSO SOME OTHER ISSUES WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. YOU ALL DEAL WITH THAT. VERY IN FACT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OFTENTIMES SEES DEALS WITH HOMELESSNESS ISSUES BEFORE WE DO. AND SO ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO COLLABORATE ON DEALING WITH THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE AS A SUBSET FOR THE OVERALL HOUSING ISSUE IS WELCOME. AND THEN FINALLY RESPONDING AND WORKING IN A VERY CHALLENGING LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT AFFECTS BOTH OF US. WE ARE STILL SORT OF NOT LIKED BY OUR LEGISLATURE. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS A UNIQUE PERIOD IN TIME IN MY CAREER. USUALLY STATES PARTNER WITH YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE SERVICES. THEY'RE ALL PROVIDED PRETTY MUCH BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT, SO TO SPEAK, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. BUT SO DEALING WITH A CHALLENGING LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS IDENTIFIED IN THAT WORKSHOP. WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP TO ANYTHING I MISSED OR ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD COLOR FOR CITY COUNCIL ON OUR PRIORITIES FROM LAST WEEK.ANYTHING I MISSED? NO, SIR. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM YOUR SIDE OF THE TABLE? ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE TO ROAD AND INFRASTRUCTURE. OUR GROWTH CORRIDORS. HELLO. AM I ISD BOARD SUPERINTENDENT MCKINNEY CITY COUNCIL. CITY COUNCIL IS USED TO SEEING ME EVERY OTHER TUESDAY. BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH ME, MY NAME IS JENNIFER ARNOLD AND I AM THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING HERE WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. AND I'LL BE PARTNERING WITH MATT RICHARDSON TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT, EXCUSE ME, DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY THAT WE'VE SEEN HERE IN THE CITY OVER THE LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MAJOR ROADWAY AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
WOULDN'T THAT HAPPEN RIGHT NOW HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY? SO WITH THAT, I WILL JUMP RIGHT IN.
SO IN 2025, AS OF JANUARY 1ST, OUR OFFICIAL POPULATION HERE FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY IS JUST OVER 224,000 PEOPLE. THAT IS A STEADY UPTICK. PARDON ME. THAT IS A STEADY UPTICK THAT WE HAVE AT TREND THAT WE'VE CONTINUED TO SEE OVER THE LAST DECADE, DECADE PLUS, MCKINNEY CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRY. BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, WE'VE GROWN JUST OVER 4%, AND THE AREA WITHIN THE MISD BOUNDARY IS KIND OF KEEPING PACE WITH THAT OVERALL GROWTH FOR THE CITY. AND IN FACT, THIS NEXT SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THAT MISD BOUNDARY, WHERE WE'RE SEEING ALL THAT GROWTH AND ACTIVITY HAPPENING WITHIN THE MISD BOUNDARY, YOU MAKE UP JUST OVER 60% OF THE POPULATION HERE FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, AT A POPULATION OF AROUND 140,000 PEOPLE, AS YOU MIGHT HAVE ALREADY IMAGINED, MANY OF THE THERE WE GO. MANY OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH THAT WE'RE SEEING IS UP IN THE NORTHWEST SECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY. I'VE GOT A SLIDE HERE LATER ON THAT SHOWS WHERE SOME OF THOSE TOP SUBDIVISIONS ARE THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING HERE IN THE LAST YEAR. OVERALL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS CONTINUES TO BE HOT. WE ISSUED JUST OVER 2300 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PERMITS OVER THE LAST YEAR HERE IN THE CITY, WITH A GOOD CHUNK OF THOSE BEING WITHIN THAT MISD BOUNDARY. IN ADDITION TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING STOCK, MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING STOCK IS ALSO IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF OUR INVENTORY FOR NEW AND EXISTING HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS AND RESIDENTS. HERE IN MCKINNEY, WE HAD SIX MAJOR PROJECTS FOR MULTIFAMILY THAT WERE ISSUED BUILDING PERMITS IN THE LAST YEAR, AND ABOUT THREE OF THOSE, 3 OR 4 OF THOSE WERE IN THE MISD BOUNDARY. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THIS NEXT SLIDE HERE. SO YOU DID HAVE THREE MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS ACCOUNTING FOR JUST OVER 1000 RESIDENTIAL UNITS. AND THOSE TOP FIVE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE ACTIVE IN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THIS LAST YEAR, PAINTED TREE, TRINITY FALLS, WHAT WE KNOW IS SHADED TREE, ERWIN FARMS, AND OF COURSE, HONEY CREEK. THERE IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR CITY AND COMMUNITY. SO IN 2024, MCKINNEY ISD REALIZED PROBABLY WHAT IS THAT AROUND 2800, JUST SHY OF 3000 HOUSING UNITS OR.
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, JUST SHY OF 3000 HOUSING UNITS BASED ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, IN
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ADDITION TO THE RESIDENTIAL MARKET, WE ARE ALSO STILL CONTINUING TO BOOM WHEN IT COMES TO NON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. IN FACT INSTITUTIONAL, WHICH WOULD MAKE UP THINGS LIKE THE ISD AS WELL AS THE AIRPORT. THAT WAS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST SECTORS IN TERMS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR BUILDING PERMIT ISSUANCES. AS YOU ALL LIKELY WELL KNOW, YOU ALL HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT. YOU HAD SOME RENOVATIONS AND UPGRADES TO JOHNSON MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL AS MCKINNEY BOYD. SO THAT IS REPRESENTED HERE. AGAIN, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, BOTH ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE AS WELL AS THE NON RESIDENTIAL SIDE CONTINUES TO BE HOT, IF YOU WILL, HERE IN MCKINNEY. I DID WANT TO NOTE THIS IS KIND OF WRAPPING UP THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT COMPONENTS FOR MY PART OF THE PRESENTATION. I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT ALL OF THE GRAPHICS THAT YOU'RE SEEING FROM ME TODAY ARE INCORPORATED IN WHAT WE PRODUCE EVERY YEAR. IT'S CALLED OUR ANNUAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT. THAT REPORT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE. IF YOU GO TO MCKINNEY, TEXAS. ORG REPORTS, IT WILL GIVE YOU A LIVE LINK TO THAT REPORT. IT HAS SOME OF THESE SLIDES IN IT, AS WELL AS A LOT OF OTHER SLIDES, THINGS RELATED TO PLANNING ACTIVITIES. SO ZONING CASES, MAJOR PROJECTS, WORK THAT OUR CODE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS DOING AS WELL. SO WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT MIGHT BE MOST GERMANE AND INTERESTING FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER WORK THAT WE'RE DOING BEHIND THE SCENES HERE WITH THE CITY THAT'S CAPTURED IN THAT ANNUAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT. SO THAT IS MY PART OF THE PRESENTATION.MATT'S GOING TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT SOME ROADWAY AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. BUT BEFORE I STEP BACK, I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF THERE'S QUESTIONS FOR ME THAT I'M HERE FOR YOU.
JENNIFER. YES, JUST SAY THAT I BELIEVE THERE'S A TYPO ON ONE OF THE SLIDES ON THE AVERAGE PRICE HOME. IT HAD IT LISTED AS 316. I KNOW, AND I'VE GOT I ACTUALLY NOTED THAT AS WELL. I PUT A LITTLE CALL OUT NOW THAT IS JUST FOR NEW NEW CONSTRUCTION. SO I'M WAITING ON A RESPONSE. AND IF I GET IT BEFORE THE END OF THE MEETING, I'LL MAKE SURE I CLARIFY. SO THE AVERAGE HOME PRICE OR HOME VALUE IN MCKINNEY IS OVER 500,000, AROUND 574,000. BUT THAT'S THE TOTAL HOUSING STOCK. AND I BELIEVE THAT NUMBER SHOWING IS JUST THE NEWLY ISSUED PERMITS. AND IT MAY ONLY BE THE CONSTRUCTION VALUES. THAT'S WHAT I'M WAITING ON. GOOD QUESTION. YEAH, YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT. AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MATT IF YOU. THANK YOU JENNIFER. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE AGAIN TODAY. I'M MATT RICHARDSON I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING FOR THE CITY. GET TO WORK WITH THIS HALF OF THE ROOM ALL THE TIME. EXCITED TO SEE THIS HALF OF THE ROOM, BECAUSE I'VE GOT TWO KIDS IN MCKINNEY ISD WHO WOULD BE MORTIFIED IF THEY KNEW. I EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED THEIR EXISTENCE TODAY. SO EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU ALL FOR A FEW MINUTES. TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION ROADWAY PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON. I'M GOING TO START WITH LET'S TALK ABOUT HIGHWAY 380. YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN A BIG, BIG DEAL AROUND HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. NOW. TXDOT IS PUSHING FORWARD.
LET ME GET MY NOTES HERE. TXDOT IS PUSHING FORWARD WITH THEIR PLANNING AND ENGINEERING FOR THESE PROJECTS. I'M GOING TO START WITH SPUR 399, WHICH YOU HEARD KEN MENTION EARLIER.
THAT'S THE NEW EXTENSION OF THE SAM RAYBURN TOLLWAY. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A TOLL FACILITY, BUT IT'S GOING TO FUNCTION AS AN EXTENSION AROUND THE SOUTH END OF THE AIRPORT. THAT IS A $1 BILLION PROJECT JUST FOR THAT ROADWAY. FIRST PHASE, IF YOU DRIVE OUT THE SOUTH END OF TOWN ON HIGHWAY FIVE, RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A THERE'S A PORTION OF SPUR 399 THAT WILL OVERLAP WITH HIGHWAY FIVE. YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF WORK STARTING TO HAPPEN ON THE SOUTH END OF TOWN ALONG HIGHWAY FIVE. THAT IS PREPARATION WORK WITH UTILITIES, BOTH CITY WATER AND SEWER LINES, AS WELL AS ONCOR, AT&T GETTING OUT OF THE WAY SO THAT TEX-DOT CAN START START BUILDING THAT FACILITY. OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THAT'S DIVIDED INTO TWO OTHER PHASES. AFTER THAT, OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THOSE THOSE OTHER PHASES OF SPUR 399 GET GOING WITH THE HOPE THAT SPUR 399 AGAIN, THAT BYPASS AROUND THE SOUTH END, THAT WILL BE HOPEFULLY OPEN 20, 30, 20, 20, 31 TIMEFRAME. SO THOSE ROADS TAKE TAKE A LITTLE WHILE, BUT HOPEFULLY 2030, 20, 31 TIME FRAME. YOU START TO SEE THAT THAT GET BUILT. 380 BOTH ON THE FAR WEST SIDE OF TOWN WHERE IT OVERLAPS THE EXISTING HIGHWAY, AND THEN GO GOING KIND OF THROUGH THE CENTER PART OF MCKINNEY, WHERE THERE WILL BE A BYPASS TOWARDS THE NORTH.
TEX-DOT IS IN THE PLANNING PHASE ON ON THAT PROJECT AS WELL. RIGHT NOW THAT IS A BIGGER PROJECT. THAT IS A $3 BILLION PROJECT IS THE LATEST ESTIMATE. WE'RE NOT FULLY CLEAR ON WHAT TXDOT'S PHASING PLAN IS GOING TO BE FOR THAT, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO CARRY OUT THAT PROJECT. IT'S GOING TO BE BROKEN INTO SEVERAL PHASES THAT THEY'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH. THE BEST WAY TO
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DO THAT, WE'D IMAGINE YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST PHASES OF THE 380 BYPASS REALLY STICK OFF AND KICK OFF IN EARNEST, PROBABLY IN ABOUT THREE YEARS OR SO. BUT OVERALL, THAT IS PROBABLY AN 8 TO 10 YEAR PROJECT TO ACTUALLY GET IT ALL THE WAY DONE. SO THAT'S THAT'S ON THE LONG TERM HORIZON RIGHT NOW. WRONG WAY. NEXT UP IS HIGHWAY FIVE GOING THROUGH THE EAST SIDE OF MCKINNEY RIGHT HERE. I MENTIONED PHASE ONE OF THAT PROJECT, THE OVERLAP WITH SPUR 399 THAT IS JUST STARTING TO GET UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. THAT WILL BE FROM BASICALLY WHERE WHERE THE FREEWAY WHERE SAM RAYBURN TOLLWAY ENDS, ENDS RIGHT NOW UP TO JUST PAST EL DORADO PARKWAY.WE'LL SEE. WE'LL SEE THAT SECTION OF HIGHWAY FIVE REBUILT. AND THEN AFTER THAT, TXDOT WILL BE CONTINUING NORTHWARD FROM EL DORADO TO NORTH OF 380, REBUILDING HIGHWAY FIVE THROUGH THE HEART OF MCKINNEY. ALSO, THIS INCLUDES THE PEDESTRIAN UNDERPASS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THE LOWER FIVE PLAZA. WITH THAT, WE'LL ALSO BE ADDING A COUPLE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS ALONG HIGHWAY FIVE AT LAMAR STREET, STANFORD STREET, AND SMITH STREET TO HELP WITH PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT IN IN SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE EAST SIDE TO HELP MOVE THEM ACROSS THE ROADWAY. AND THEN AFTER THAT, TXDOT STILL HAS TO COME BACK HIGHWAY FIVE NORTH OF 380 ALL THE WAY UP TO MELISSA. THAT'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT TEX-DOT DOES PLAN TO TAKE ON OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, TRYING TO GET THAT MOVING FORWARD AS WELL.
SO THESE THESE FIRST TWO SLIDES ARE JUST ALL THE TEXT THAT WORK THAT CITIES DO AND THAT THAT GOING ON IN MCKINNEY RIGHT NOW. NEXT UP LET'S TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE RECENTLY. IF YOU'VE DRIVEN OUT IN THE NEW PAINTED TREE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU'VE SEEN A NEW EXTENSION OF WILMOTH ROAD THAT JUST OPENED UP LAST YEAR. YOU KNOW, THAT THAT I'M HAVING THAT ROADWAY HELPS GIVE SOME EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY, GIVES AN ALTERNATIVE TO US 380 START MOVING SOME TRAFFIC OFF US 380 BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF YEARS UNTIL THE BYPASS GETS BUILT. SO THAT'S A GREAT NEW CONNECTION TO HELP MOVE PEOPLE EAST WEST. IF YOU'VE DRIVEN OUT THERE, YOU'VE SEEN THE MULTIPLE ROUNDABOUTS ON WILMOTH ROAD. THEY WE IN THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY TEND TO BELIEVE THAT THEY REALLY DO KEEP KEEP TRAFFIC MOVING. HOPEFULLY YOU ALL SEE THAT AS YOU'RE DRIVING OUT THERE ON THOSE. HOPEFULLY PEOPLE ARE GETTING USED TO THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE. I'M GOING TO MENTION ROUNDABOUTS A COUPLE MORE TIMES IN THIS PRESENTATION. SO. NEXT UP, I'M JUST WANT TO MENTION BRIEFLY, A NEW EXTENSION OF COLLIN MCKINNEY PARKWAY BETWEEN LAKE FOREST AND HARDEN. THIS IS JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE STADIUM OFF OF HARDEN BOULEVARD. IF YOU ARE AT GAMES THIS FALL, YOU PROBABLY NOTICED THAT THE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT COLLIN MCKINNEY AND HARDEN THAT WAS A PART OF THIS PROJECT DID DID GO ACTIVE. HOPEFULLY THAT HELPED MOVE TRAFFIC OUT OF THE STADIUM A LITTLE BIT. THE REST OF THE ROADWAY ITSELF SHOULD BE OPENING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO THAT'S GOING TO GIVE SOME NEW, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S SOME NEW EAST EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY. YOU KNOW, A ALTERNATIVE OPTION TO BEING ON THE 121 FRONTAGE ROAD AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, AS AS WE LOOK AT THE NEXT FALL SPORTS SEASON IN, IN IN THE STADIUM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ANOTHER OPTION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING AND GOING TO GET TO AND FROM THE STADIUM. NEXT UP, LET'S GO RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR WINDOWS HERE. THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN COMING OVER TO WEBB ELEMENTARY HERE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OR SO, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON ON LOUISIANA STREET, JUST TWO BLOCKS SOUTH OF HERE. THAT PROJECT IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE NOW. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, TO GET THAT IMPROVED ACCESS TO GET IMPROVED STREET SCAPE, YOU KNOW, TO, TO START TO MAKE THESE AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY FIVE A LITTLE MORE, A LITTLE MORE INVITING, A LITTLE MORE FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO WALK OVER TO THE NEW BUSINESSES SO THAT ONE'S DONE WITH ANOTHER ROUNDABOUT ON IT RIGHT THERE NEAR GREENVILLE IN LOUISIANA. SPLIT. LITERALLY OUTSIDE OUR WINDOWS. RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON THE VIRGINIA STREET AND THROCKMORTON PROJECT. I CAN SEE THE CONCRETE TRUCK THERE RIGHT NOW POURING POURING SOME CONCRETE FOR THAT. THAT WE COULD REMOVE THE WORD FUTURE.
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WHERE DID I SAY FUTURE? FUTURE CITY HALL? FUTURE. WELL, WE'RE TIME TRAVELERS. WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL HAVE TO DO THAT. SO THIS PROJECT SO THE INTERSECTION HERE WITH VIRGINIA AND THROCKMORTON STREET WHERE THEY ARE PAVING CONCRETE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT SHOULD BE OPEN BY THE END OF MARCH TO HELP OPEN UP THIS AREA A LITTLE BETTER. THE REST OF THE PROJECT, FROM CITY HALL OUT TO HIGHWAY FIVE, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO GO ON, GO ON THROUGH THE SUMMER STILL, BUT BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE END OF SUMMER, WE SHOULD HAVE BOTH LOUISIANA AND VIRGINIA COMPLETE OPENED UP TO HELP GET TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY FIVE HERE. SO.AND THERE'LL BE ANOTHER ROUNDABOUT RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. SO. GOING A LITTLE FURTHER UP TO THE NORTH, JUST NORTH OF THE BUS BARN, JUST NORTH OF THE TRANSPORTATION CENTER. WE ARE WORKING ON A PLAN TO MAKE A NEW EXTENSION OF. JAMES PITTS ROAD THAT WOULD CONNECT DIRECTLY TO BLOOMDALE ROAD INSTEAD OF THAT CURVE BACK TO COMMUNITY AVENUE THAT IT DOES RIGHT NOW. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WHEN THE CITY'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MOVED INTO INTO A NEW FACILITY RIGHT UP THE STREET FROM WHERE THE TRANSPORTATION CENTER IS, THEY'RE REALIZED THAT NEEDING SOME SOME NEW OPTIONS TO MOVE TRAFFIC AROUND IN THAT AREA WOULD HELP BOTH THE CITY AND MISD. SO THAT PROJECT, WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE DESIGN ON THAT PROJECT RIGHT NOW, AND IT SHOULD BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND OPEN BY THE END OF END OF 26. SO. AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OTHER SMALL INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF NEW ROADS, BIG IMPROVEMENTS. I WAS AS I WAS TALKING ABOUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER SMALL THINGS WE DO TO LOOKING AT A COUPLE INTERSECTIONS AROUND TOWN, RIGHT BY COLLIN COLLEGE, LOOKING TO ADD SOME TURN LANES AT US 380 AND COMMUNITY AVENUE TO HELP THAT INTERSECTION WORK A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENTLY, AS WELL AS. THE 380 AND LAKE FOREST INTERSECTION JUST NORTH OF BOYD HIGH SCHOOL. AGAIN, GET GET SOME TURN LANE IMPROVEMENTS THERE TO HELP HELP THAT INTERSECTION WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY. LAKE FOREST AND EL DORADO, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY AND WHITE INTERSECTIONS. SO THAT IS ALL I HAD ON THE ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. MATT. ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. OUT OUR WAY, WHICH I'M ON THE EAST SIDE AT 546. OKAY. WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT. 546 I GUESS PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET TO SOME NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON THE WEST SIDE OF PRINCETON AND SOUTH OF PRINCETON, AND YOU CAN BARELY. I MEAN, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TWO WAYS TO GET OUT OF WHERE WE LIVE, WE WOULD NOT BE HERE MOST OF THE TIME BECAUSE YOU WE WOULD IT WOULD REQUIRE A LEFT HAND TURN TO GET ON TO 546. AND THERE ARE TWO TIMES A DAY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME THAT IT IS NONSTOP TRAFFIC. I MEAN, BUMPER TO BUMPER. UNREAL. FOR THOSE THAT HAVE LIVED OUT THERE FOR 40 YEARS LIKE WE HAVE. AND SO IS ANY OF THIS WHAT WHAT PART OF THIS IS GOING TO RELIEVE OUR OUR TRAFFIC SITUATION? IS ANY OF IT GOING TO DO THAT? AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S PROBABLY A STATE I MEAN THAT'S A DIFFERENT HIGHWAY RIGHT THERE. YEAH. I'M FM 546 IS ULTIMATELY A ULTIMATELY A STATE MAINTAINED ROADWAY. THERE IS A LOT OF GROWTH GOING ON SOUTH AND WEST OF PRINCETON. A LOT OF THAT IS IN PRINCETON'S ETJ. SO PRINCETON IS FACING SOME OF THE SAME CHALLENGES THAT THE CITY FACES, AND THAT THERE'S SOME LIMITED ABILITIES TO ULTIMATELY REGULATE HOW THAT GROWTH IS OCCURRING. TEX-DOT AND COLLIN COUNTY HAVE BEEN COOPERATING ON A PROJECT TO AT LEAST START THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR A NEW ALIGNMENT OF FM 546. THAT WOULD BE A MORE DIRECT FROM THE BRIDGE OVER THE EAST FORK OF THE TRINITY RIVER, OVER TO THE SOUTH END OF THE AIRPORT, WHERE WOULD TIE IN ULTIMATELY TO SPUR 399. THAT'S A PROJECT THAT RIGHT NOW IS NOT FUNDED BY TEX-DOT. SO THEY'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOW TO FUND IT WITH ALL THE OTHER WORK THEY'RE DOING IN THE AREA RIGHT NOW. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT AS YOU FOLKS WORK ON, ON THE TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT YOU'RE HAVING AND YOU WORK WITH THE STATE? I'M SURE IN SOME OF THE THINGS YOU DO THAT YOU KEEP MENTIONING. 546 IS IT IS. SO I WILL SAY THAT THE COUNTY IS TRYING TO PUSH ON THAT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THE COUNTY RECOGNIZES THAT A LOT OF THAT GROWTH IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS IN THEIR AREAS. THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE TRYING
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TO PUSH TEXT OUT ON THAT. THERE'S ONE CURVE OUT THERE THAT HAS REPEATEDLY HAD ACCIDENTS, AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN AT LEAST 1 OR 2 DEATHS OUT THERE ALREADY. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT JUST NOT JUST WHISTLING DIXIE. IT'S A PROBLEM. UNDERSTOOD, MA'AM. OKAY. THANKS.YOU'RE WELCOME. MATT, COULD YOU GIVE US A BRIEF UPDATE ON LORD HOWE PARKWAY? HOWELL PARKWAY? SO WE DID. WE DID. RECENTLY APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THERE'S QUITE GOOD THERE BEING YOU'RE BEING TAPPED OUT. I'D SAY I WAS PLANNING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON IT AT TUESDAY'S WORK SESSION, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF INSIGHT. NOW, WE DID EXECUTE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER OF HONEY CREEK IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR. IN THAT AGREEMENT, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEVELOPER WHERE THEY WILL BUILD FOUR LANES THROUGH THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT AND TWO LANES UP, OR TAKE THAT BACK TWO LANES THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AND TWO LANES OFF THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PLANNED FOR THE ADDITIONAL FOUR LANES, THREE AND FOUR TO BE BUILT WHEN PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT CAME THROUGH, WE WERE ACTIVELY NEGOTIATING, TRYING TO GET FOUR LANES BUILT THE WHOLE WAY. WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY CLOSE, BUT NOTHING OFFICIAL TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL OR THE BOARD JUST YET. BUT TWO TWO LANES ALREADY COMMITTED THROUGH DECEMBER OF 27 SHOULD BE OPEN. WHAT IS THE TIMING FOR THE STATE? BECAUSE THE STATE IS TAKING IT FROM LAKE FOREST TO PRESTON ROAD IS DEFINITELY DELAYED. INDEFINITELY DELAYED IS WHAT I'M BEING TOLD. I THINK IT'S A LACK OF FUNDING. OKAY, THERE. THERE'S SOME I THINK, DISCIPLINE ON THE WESTERN SEGMENT FOR THAT ONE. EVERYBODY HEARD THAT DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN SOME ALIGNMENTS. OKAY. NOBODY NOBODY'S NOBODY'S EVER HEARD THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, I ASK HIM ALREADY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS I'M DOING THIS ONE. ALL RIGHT. GET TO THE PODIUM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. WELL, I'M UP HERE BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THE CLICKER IS, SO. AND I'M NOT NEARLY AS SMOOTH AT THIS AS MR. KOSKI IS, BUT HE'LL OWE ME AFTER THIS, THAT'S FOR SURE. HE'S HE'S WAY BETTER AT IT. BUT I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH JUST A COUPLE OF THE KEY PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE IN MCKINNEY. FIRST ONE, WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT THE VENUE AMPHITHEATER, THE SUNSET AMPHITHEATER OF MCKINNEY VENUE IS THE NAME OF THE CORPORATION. THE COMPANY PUBLICLY TRADED. SO LET ME PULL UP MY NOTES HERE. THIS IS 20,000 SEATS. THIS WILL BE THEIR BIGGEST PRODUCT. THIS WILL BE THEIR SHOWCASE FLAGSHIP PRODUCT THAT THEY HAVE, I BELIEVE J.W.
ROTH SAYS THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BEST AMPHITHEATER EVER BUILT. SO HE'S GOT BIG SHOES TO FILL. BUT THOSE ARE HIS WORDS AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. $300 MILLION INVESTMENT, OVER 300 FIREPIT SUITES. THAT'S SORT OF THEIR MAGIC SAUCE. THEY THEY HAVE THEIR THE UNIQUE. NOT ONLY IS THEIR BUSINESS MODEL UNIQUE, BUT THEY HAVE THE FIREPIT SUITES, WHICH CREATES A VERY LUXURY AMPHITHEATER FEEL. AND THEY SELL THOSE AS ASSETS TO OWN. AND THEY'RE THE SALES ARE DOING VERY WELL. THIS PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO BRING 700,000 PEOPLE EVERY YEAR. IT'S A 45 SHOWS MINIMUM EVERY YEAR, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE WORKING ON A SOLUTION TO BRING FAR MORE SHOWS THAN THAT. WITH A SMALLER FORMAT, IT CAN BE FLEXED TO BE LARGER OR SMALLER, AND THEY'RE AIMING FOR A GROUNDBREAKING IS GOING TO BE IN EARLY APRIL. WE JUST HAD A MEETING THIS MORNING.
THEY GAVE US AN UPDATE EARLY APRIL. GROUNDBREAKING. THEY EXPECT TO BE OPEN BY MID 2026.
SO THAT IS A DEAD SPRINT. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THAT'S A 14 MONTH CONSTRUCTION CYCLE. THEY WILL BE BLOWN AND GOING VERY SOON WITH VENUE. THIS IS THE LOCATION OF IT. AS YOU SEE AT SOUTH GATE, THIS IS A PART OF TOWN. AS YOU KNOW WITH SOUTH GATE IT'S BEEN TOUGH TO DEVELOP IT. IT'S NOT THE EASIEST ACCESS IN AND OUT. AND SO DEVELOPERS HAVE ALWAYS HAD A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE OR A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE WITH THAT. BUT FOR DESTINATION VENUES LIKE THIS, THIS IS PERFECT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THIS IS ANOTHER SHOWING OF WHERE LAYS RELATIVE TO THE OVERALL SITE. THAT'S THE SHERATON IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH AND THE COLLIN HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER THERE IN THE SOUTH. AND THEN UP ON THE NORTH WEST SIDE IS EMERSON. ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE, A LITTLE BIT CLOSER VIEW. THEY'VE GOT SOME SCREENING. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US ON THE SITE PLAN AND TO TRY TO MITIGATE SOUND AND NOISE. I THINK THEY'RE MAKING A GOOD EFFORT IN THAT REGARD. THIS
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IS ANOTHER COUPLE, ANOTHER PERSPECTIVES. PICTURES ALWAYS ARE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. SO THIS THE TOP ONE GIVES YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE FIRE PIT SUITES WOULD LOOK LIKE. HERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF IT. THE SUITES COME IN FOUR SIZES I THINK IT'S FOUR PERSON, EIGHT PERSON AND 12 PERSON, IF I RECALL SIX. OR IS IT TEN? YEAH, FOUR, SIX 810. FOUR. SIX. EIGHT. TEN. AND THERE YOU GO. THERE'S THE INVESTMENT, THE NUMBER OF JOBS THAT'S BOTH CONSTRUCTION AND FULL TIME JOBS, AND THEN THE NUMBER OF SHOWS, 75% WILL BE OUTSIDE OF COLLIN COUNTY. OKAY. I'M GOING TO SWITCH OVER NOW. SHIFT LANES ON YOU TO CANNON BEACH. WE MADE. THAT IS THE BLUE SQUARE YOU SEE ON THE GRAPHIC THAT IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER WEST FROM THE AMPHITHEATER. THIS IS AT THE CORNER OF STACY AND 121. THIS IS CURRENTLY IN LAND THAT'S OWNED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. THIS IS UNIQUE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MIXED USE PROJECTS. WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM IN THIS AREA. BUT THIS THERE ARE NONE LIKE THIS. THE FIRST PROJECT OF THIS KIND IS IN MESA, ARIZONA. IT EXISTS, IT'S OPEN AND IT'S QUITE BUSY. IT IS A TWO ACRE IN MESA, ARIZONA. IT'S A TWO ACRE LAGOON, WHICH IS A SURF. IT ACTUALLY CREATES SURF WAVES. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, AND REALLY, THEIR BIGGER SELL IS THAT IT'S A BEACH. THEY ACTUALLY IMPORT THE SAND FROM THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA, AND IT IS WHITE SAND AND IT'S PRETTY SPECTACULAR. THIS ONE IN MCKINNEY WILL BE THREE ACRE LAGOON. THIS WILL BE THEIR BIGGEST ONE. AND IT IS WHAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE ALONGSIDE THE BEACH IS A RESTAURANT ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPT THEY ARE WANTING TO DO. THEY'LL HAVE A HOTEL, THEY'LL HAVE LOTS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES AND USES THERE.AGAIN, IT'S ENTERTAINMENT, MIXED USE, $200 MILLION INVESTMENT, 700 JOBS. AND THEN THEY EXPECT ANNUAL CUSTOMERS OF 300,000. HOW CAN YOU DO THAT. AND I THINK THAT WAS THE LAST SLIDE. SO I'LL GO BACK TO THE PRETTY PICTURE. I DON'T KNOW. IN THE NUMBER OF ROOMS I THINK IT'S PROBABLY 200 KEYS, BUT I MAY BE WRONG ON THAT, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT THE INTENT IS TO BE A DESTINATION HOTEL. AND SORT OF A AS YOU SEE, A BOUTIQUE STYLE HOTEL WITH SOME PRETTY COOL AMENITIES TO GO WITH THAT. SO THEY ARE, I DON'T KNOW, IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT IS PLANNING TO BEGIN, I'M GUESSING PROBABLY THEY'RE STILL IN DESIGN, BUT I'M GUESSING PROBABLY IN ABOUT A YEAR, SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR. WE'LL SEE CONSTRUCTION START ON THAT. THAT'S CANNON BEACH. WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. I DO WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE BYRON NELSON AS WELL. I DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES OF THE BYRON NELSON, BUT YOU DO KNOW THE BYRON NELSON BECAUSE YOU'VE ALL PROBABLY BEEN THERE AT SOME POINT. SO JUST A FEW TALKING POINTS ON THE BYRON NELSON. SO THE CURRENT YEAR IS THE LAST YEAR OF THE ORIGINAL FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WE HAD FOR THE BYRON NELSON. IT WAS FROM 2021 TO 2025. WE HAVE AN EIGHT YEAR EXTENSION, THOUGH THAT THERE ARE THEY HAVE NEGOTIATED AND THAT WILL GO TO 2033. SO EIGHT MORE YEARS OF THE BYRON NELSON. THIS YEAR'S BYRON NELSON WILL BE THE SECOND ONE AS THE CJ CUP, THE CJ CUP. THIS IS THE CJ CORPORATION. IT'S A KOREAN CORPORATION ONE OF THE KOREAN CHAEBOLS THERE I THINK 6 OR 7 CHAEBOLS THAT'S THE NAME. IT'S SORT OF A THEIR THEIR WORD FOR CONGLOMERATE. AND THE CJ CORPORATION IS ONE OF THEM. THEY ARE THE TITLE SPONSOR AND THEY HAVE REPLACED AT&T AS THE TITLE SPONSOR. THIS WOULD BE THEIR SECOND YEAR. AND THIS YEAR'S EVENT WILL BE THE WEEK OF APRIL 28TH THROUGH MAY 4TH WITH THE MAIN TOURNAMENT THURSDAY, MAY 1ST THROUGH SUNDAY, MAY 4TH. AND PLANNING FOR THIS YEAR'S EVENT IS THUS FAR IT'S GOING VERY WELL. IT'S ALWAYS WE ALWAYS HOPE FOR GOOD WEATHER AT THAT TIME OF YEAR CAN BE WET. LAST YEAR IT WAS, I THINK, PRETTY DARN, PRETTY DARN SPECTACULAR. WE'VE BEEN PRETTY LUCKY GENERALLY WITH THE WEATHER THROUGH THE EVENT. I THINK THE YEAR BEFORE THERE WAS RAIN BEFORE RAIN DURING. BUT DURING THE GOLF OUTING ITSELF, THE RAIN SOMEHOW CLEARED UP AND HELD OFF. SO IT WORKED OUT WELL. AND I'LL I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE. ANY QUESTIONS? NO. SUNSET AMPHITHEATER. MAYBE WE COULD DO GRADUATION THERE, I BELIEVE SO THERE ARE CERTAINLY WE'VE NEGOTIATED AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT SOME PUBLIC EVENTS THAT CAN BE HELD THERE. SO THAT WAS CERTAINLY TALKED ABOUT. MY NEIGHBOR WENT TO THE ONE IN COLORADO AND HE SAID IT'S LIKE 10 OR 20 DEGREES COOLER UNDER THOSE TENTS. AND IT WAS VERY NICE. YEAH, YEAH. COLORADO SPRINGS HAS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF WEATHER THAN WE DO HERE. OUR CHALLENGE WILL BE TO COOL IT OFF IN THE SUMMER, BUT THEY HAVE A ROOF STRUCTURE WHICH THEY DON'T HAVE IN COLORADO SPRINGS, AND THAT ROOF STRUCTURE, WHICH THEY WILL HAVE IN THEIR OTHER VENUES. I THINK THEY HAVE ONE IN EL PASO AND A COUPLE IN OKLAHOMA.
THEY'RE COMING. THEY'LL ALL HAVE A ROOF STRUCTURE, AND THEY'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE SOME
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AIR AND CREATE A DIFFERENT A VERY A MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT THAN BEING EXPOSED TO THE SUN. WE HAVE A QUESTION. YES, SIR. I'LL PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID, AND I'M 100%. I'M PRO MCKINNEY ALL THE WAY. SCHOOLS AND CITY. BUT MY THOUGHT, MY QUESTION IS, HAS THERE EVER BEEN ANY THOUGHT OR CONSIDERATION ABOUT A CONVENTION CENTER HERE IN THE CITY? THE REASON WHY I'M SAYING THAT IS, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE THIS JUST ME THINKING, I THINK IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR BOTH CITY AND SCHOOL, FOR THE SIMPLE FACT I HATE TO SEE MCKINNEY DOLLARS GO INTO ALLEN, TEXAS AND WE WILL CONSTANTLY BE HAVING GRADUATIONS CONTINUALLY. SO THAT MEANS WE CONTINUALLY BE PAYING ALLEN FOR THE USE OF THEIR CONVENTION CENTER. I'D RATHER SEE THOSE DOLLARS HERE THEN THEN THERE. WE ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF THE DESIRE FOR CONVENTION SPACE.CONVENTION SPACE IS A TRICKY THING. IT CAN BE VERY EXPENSIVE, AND OFTENTIMES IT SITS DARK. AND SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT SIZE, YOU SIZE IT RIGHT AND YOU HAVE THE RIGHT LOCATION SO THAT IT'S ACTIVATED MORE. WE ARE WE DO HAVE THE CRAIG RANCH RESORT THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON NEXT TO THE TPC. THAT WILL HAVE A FAIRLY SIZABLE CONFERENCE SPACE.
IT WOULDN'T BE A CONVENTION CENTER PER SE. ALL OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE CONFERENCE SPACE AS WELL. BUT WE KNOW WE ARE AWARE OF THE DESIRE FOR A CONVENTION CENTER, SO TO SPEAK.
WE JUST HAVE TO SIZE IT RIGHT AND LOCATE IT RIGHT. Y'ALL WANT TO DO A REVENUE SPLITTING AGREEMENT WITH US? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. GRANT. I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR I THINK I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS BUILDING. WHERE IN FROM THE GROUND UP, EXCEPT FOR THE ADDRESS. AND THE MAYOR ASKED YOU TO STATE THAT. I'M SO SORRY. 401 EAST VIRGINIA STREET. 401 EAST VIRGINIA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS. OTHER THAN COMMENTS.
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AND I'M GOING TO START IF THAT'S OKAY. THIS IS MY LAST MEETING THAT I WILL HAVE WITH YOU GUYS IN A JOINT SESSION. AND I REALLY YOU KNOW, I'M ASKED A LOT OF TIMES THINGS THAT I'M PROUD OF SERVICE. WHAT WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED AS A COUNCIL AND AS A CITY. AND TOP OF MY LIST IS ALWAYS THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE REALLY FORGED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I THINK IT'S EVERYONE CAN SEE THAT IT IS A STRONG, STRONG PARTNERSHIP THAT WE AS A COUNCIL RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF GREAT SCHOOLS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE, GREAT SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE HAD THE BLESSING IN THIS COMMUNITY TO HAVE SIX TREMENDOUSLY CARING, PASSIONATE, DEDICATED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND PHILIP, AMY HARVEY, STEPHANIE, LYNN AND LARRY, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS AND REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE KIDS, TO THE DISTRICT. THERE'S NO BETTER THAN THAN THE SIX OF YOU. AND IT'S BEEN TRULY AN HONOR WORKING WITH YOU. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL MISS MOST IS, IS WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT AND STANDING WITH THE DISTRICT, ALTHOUGH THAT WON'T EVER STOP, IT'LL JUST BE IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY. BUT THANK YOU FOR THE CARING THAT YOU GUYS ALL EXEMPLIFY AND ENSURING THAT OUR KIDS ARE THAT ARE EDUCATED AND PROTECTED. AS RUSTY'S STILL HERE, I DON'T THINK HE IS, BUT REALLY HAPPY WITH. YEAH. HE'S PROTECTING HE'S BACK THERE PROTECTING. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR SUCH A GREAT PARTNERSHIP, GEORGE. AND THIS WILL BE MY LAST MEETING AS WELL.AND SO I THANK YOU FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE WAY THAT YOU SUPPORT US. YOU, YOU YOU ARE A FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND FOR THIS DISTRICT. AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES WHEN THERE WERE OCCASIONS IN YEARS PAST WHEN WE FELT UNDER ATTACK THAT WE FELT SO CONFIDENT AND EMBOLDENED, THAT WE KNEW WE HAD THE CITY'S SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THIS, AND PARTICULARLY YOU, MAYOR, FOR IN THE WAY THAT YOU ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO THANK YOU, BECAUSE YOU MADE OUR JOB EASIER DURING SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGING TIMES. IT'S NOT OVER, BUT SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGING TIMES. SO THANK YOU FOR THE A LOT OF THOSE CHALLENGING TIMES WILL END IN MAY, BUT THEY WILL CONTINUE ON. I MEAN, WE'LL SEE. BUT I KNOW THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
YES, SEAN, I LEFT WHEN I, OF COURSE, WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SCHOOL BOARD AND NONE OF THE OTHER HALF OF THAT EQUATION IS YOU AS A SUPERINTENDENT. AND YOU KNOW, YOU ARE YOU ARE JUST A FANTASTIC ASSET TO THE DISTRICT. AND AS A AS A RESULT TO THE CITY, THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK
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YOU. BEFORE WE GET BACK. YEP. JUST ONE ANNOUNCEMENT. SO WE HAVE GOT A NUMBER OF FOLKS HERE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME IN CITY HALL. IF YOU HAVE TIME WE DO HAVE LUNCH FOR YOU BY THE WAY. SOME BOX LUNCHES. THANK YOU. AND SECONDLY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO STAY AND HANG AROUND, WE HAVE SOME STAFF THAT WOULD BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A TOUR OF CITY HALL AND SHOW YOU SOME OF THE OTHER FLOORS. THIS ISN'T IT. THERE'S SOME GREAT OTHER THINGS TO SEE, AND YOU GET A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE IN TERMS OF STAFF INTERACTION, ETC.AND IT'S A GREAT SHOWCASE FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO IF YOU WANT TO HANG AROUND AFTERWARDS, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY. I KNOW ALL OF YOU CAN'T, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY. BE SURE TO SEE THE ODELL ROOM. YES. WOW. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL CALL ON MY SIDE FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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