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ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO TAKE A TOUR AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
WE'LL HAVE A BIG RIBBON CUTTING A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT WE WANTED TO DO A RIBBON CUTTING FOR OUR NEW COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE A MOMENT TO DO THAT NOW.
AND NOW WE'LL BEGIN OUR REGULAR PROGRAMMING
[CALL TO ORDER]
OUR VERY FIRST EVER REGULAR MEETING FOR CITY COUNCIL.IT IS TODAY IS TUESDAY, MARCH THE FOURTH.
IT IS NOW 6:09 PM WE ARE NOW AT 4 0 1 EAST VIRGINIA STREET HERE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS.
UM, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR INVOCATION.
WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY HAVE TWO INVOCATIONS TODAY.
THE FIRST BY AFO AL ALVARADO FROM VITA A ANTE CHURCH.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER, UM, INVOCATION BY AMANDA BERRY, UM, WHO IS WITH CORNERSTONE CHURCH.
SO IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD PLEASE.
I WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND PRAY, TO HAVE THE OFFICES HERE IN THIS AREA.
FOR US, IT'S A CONNECTION AND EMPATHY FROM YOUR PART.
A VERSE IN THE BIBLE SAYS, UNLESS THE LORD BUILDS THE HOUSE, THE BUILDER'S LABOR IN VAIN, UNLESS THE LORD WATCHES OVER THE CITY THE GUARD STAND WATCH IN VAIN IN VENUE, YOU RISE EARLY AND STAY UP LATE TOILETING FOR FOOD TO EAT FOR THE GRANT SLEEP TO THOSE HE LOVES.
WE GIVE YOU THE GLORY, FATHER, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE MEMBERS OF THIS GREAT COMMUNITY THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO BLESS MANY PEOPLE.
WE THANK YOU FOR EVERY, UH, MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL.
AND WE PRAY THAT YOUR GRACE SHALL BE UPON THEIR LIFE, THAT YOU GRANT THEM THE, THE WISDOM AND ALSO THE DISCERNMENT TO LOOK FOR THE BEST DECISIONS THAT CAN BE GLORIFIED IN YOUR NAME AND TO BE BLESSINGS TO THE PEOPLE WE RECOGNIZE THAT EVERYTHING IS YOURS.
AND THAT IS WHY WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR YOU JESUS, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
DEAR GOD, WE PRAY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE FROM THIS MEETING AND I PRAY THAT YOU ARE, YOU ARE VERY NICE AND KIND TO LET ALL THE KIDS AND MY CORNERSTONE FAMILY AS A GOOD CITIZENS OF CORNERSTONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU HAVE DONE FOR US.
AND BLESS US, THEY WILL RELY ON YOU.
AND NOW FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, OUR PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT TWO THREE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, THE LIBERTY JUSTICE FOR ALL.
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SO NOT STANDING THERE.ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO INFORMATIONAL SHARING ITEMS.
[Proclamation for American Red Cross Month and Red Cross Giving Day]
WE'RE GONNA DO ITEMS TWO FIVE DASH 2 5 1 1 PROCLAMATION FOR AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH AND RED CROSS GIVING DAY.AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT A LITTLE OUTTA ORDER AND DO TWO FIVE DASH 2 5 1 3 PROCLAMATION FOR SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK.
AND THEN COUNCILMAN UH, PHILLIPS IS GOING TO DO TWO FIVE DASH 2 5 12 PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH.
WE'RE GONNA PUT ON HOLD ITEM TWO FIVE DASH 25 14 RECOGNITION OF, UH, PAUL SPARKMAN PUBLIC WORKS.
WE'RE GOING TO DELAY THAT INTO THE NEXT MEETING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM THE RED CROSS TODAY? AWESOME.
COME ON UP,
I'M JAMES BROWNSON AND I'M WITH MCKESSON.
AND I SIT ON THE BOARD OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS DFW EAST CHAPTER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
IF YOU DON'T MIND STANDING HERE FOR ME.
CITY OF MINI MCKINNEY PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS IN 1943, PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT ISSUED THE FIRST PROCLAMATION FOR AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH.
AND IT HAS BEEN AN ANNUAL TRADITION EVER SINCE TO CELEBRATE THE EFFORTS OF TURN, TURNING COMPASSION INTO ACTION AND HELPING OTHERS IN TIMES OF CRISIS.
AND WHEREAS THE NORTH TEXAS REGION OF THE RED CROSS CONSISTS OF FIVE LOCAL CHAPTERS, INCLUDING THE REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF DFW METRO EAST, WHICH SERVES 3.8 MILLION RESIDENTS IN COLLIN, DALLAS, GRAYSON, AND ROCKWALL COUNTIES.
AND WHEREAS VOLUNTEERS ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE RED CROSS, MAKING UP OVER 90% OF THE RED CROSS WORKFORCE AND PROVIDING A BROAD ARRAY OF VITAL SERVICES, THE ESSENTIAL SUPPORT OF NEIGHBORS MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO SERVE THE RED CROSS MISSION 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR.
AND WHEREAS MARCH 26 IS AMERICAN RED CROSS GIVING DAY, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO COME TOGETHER TO HELP FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY DISASTER AND WHO URGENTLY NEED ASSISTANCE.
AND WHEREAS A GIFT OF ANY SIZE HELPS PROVIDE EMERGENCY SHELTER, FOOD RELIEF, SUPPLIES, BASIC HEALTHCARE, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DISASTERS BIG AND SMALL.
NOW THEREFORE, I, I'M GONNA, I'M SUBBING FOR GEORGE C. FULLER BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF MCKINNEY, THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS.
DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MARCH AS AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH AND THE DAY OF MARCH 26TH, 2025 AS AMERICAN RED CROSS GIVING DAY, ENCOURAGING ALL REG RESIDENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND SUPPORT ITS HUMANITARIAN MISSION RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL THIS FOURTH DAY OF MARCH, 2025, SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS
[Proclamation for Severe Weather Awareness Week]
WEEK.IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO REPRESENT? COME ON UP.
I'M THE EMERGENCY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY.
I'M THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST.
JEREMY CUTBACK, ASSISTANT EMERGENCY MANAGER, ELENA BURR, GRANTS PROGRAM MANAGER.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
CITY OF MCKINNEY PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IS OBSERVED BY THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO PROMOTE PREPAREDNESS FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS AFFECTING NORTH TEXAS, TIMELY, VERY TIMELY.
WHEREAS MARCH MARKS THE START OF SEVERE WEATHER SEASON IN NORTH TEXAS, INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD OF TORNADOES, LARGE HAIL, LIGHTNING DAMAGING WINDS, AND FLASH FLOODING.
AND WHEREAS PROACTIVE PLANNING BEFORE SEVERE WEATHER STRIKES IS ESSENTIAL TO THE STRENGTHENING, TO STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND ENSURING A QUICKER RECOVERY TOWARDS NORMALCY.
AND WHEREAS PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE KNOW WHAT TO DO PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN AND MCKINNEY'S COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM EQUIP INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO STAY SAFE BEFORE, DURING, AND
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AFTER SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS.AND WHEREAS ALL MCKINNEY RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PRIORITIZE SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS BY ENGAGING IN FAMILY DISCUSSIONS, CREATING EMERGENCY PLANS, AND UTILIZING RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON THE CITY OF MCKINNEY'S WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.
NOW, THEREFORE, I GEORGE C. FULLER BY THE POWER OF INVESTED IN ME BY AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MARCH 3RD THROUGH SEVENTH, 2025 AS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS.
WITNESSED MY HAND AND STILL THIS DAY, MARCH 4TH, 2025.
UH, SO WE HAVE GOT A COUPLE GIVEAWAYS.
UH, SO IF YOU ARE A LUCKY, LUCKY PERSON THAT HAS A LITTLE SOMETHING UNDERNEATH YOUR CHAIR, WE HAVE SOME NOAH WEATHER RADIOS, TWO OF THEM.
SO IF EVERYBODY WILL GIVE A CHECK AND WE'RE RECORDING ALL OF YOU.
YOU MIGHT NEED TO CHECK UNDERNEATH A COUPLE CHAIRS NEXT TO YOU.
SO THE NOA WEATHER RADIO IS, UH, WE LIKE TO CALL IT YOUR PERSONAL INDOOR ALERTING DEVICE.
SO IT WILL GO OFF IF A TORNADO WARNING, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS SET.
UM, WE'VE PUT INSTRUCTIONS ON THERE OF HOW TO SET IT.
IF YOU NEED HELP, JUST GIVE OUR OFFICE A CALL AND WE'RE HAPPY TO, TO HELP YOU OUT.
BUT THIS WILL GO OFF IN YOUR HOME AND IT GOES OFF AS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUTS OUT THEIR, THEIR WARNINGS.
AND SO I'VE HAD ONE FOR 21 YEARS AND IT'S VERY DEPENDABLE.
[Proclamation for National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month]
PRO TEM DRAY FELTUS FOR ALLOWING ME THIS HONOR.I WILL TELL YOU THAT I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THIS, AND IT IS ALWAYS TRUE.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MCKINNEY TEXAS, YOU CAN LEARN BY TAKING A TRIP TO HUGS CAFE AND CORNERSTONE RANCH.
AND IF YOU WANNA SEE THE FACE OF JESUS, SPEND SOME TIME WITH THE SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY.
I'M HONORED TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION FOR THE, UM, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH.
AND I'VE GOT MY FRIENDS FROM CORNERSTONE RANCH HERE WITH ME.
SARAH, DO YOU NOT WANT TO JOIN US? OKAY.
CITY OF MCKINNEY PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS DEVELOPMENT DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN AWARENESS ABOUT DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH THESE DISABILITIES, AND ADVOCATE FOR THE RIGHTS AND NEEDS.
AND WHEREAS DDAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1987 BY PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNCILS ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES LEADS THE CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING, PROMOTE INCLUSION AND ACCEPTANCE, SHED LIGHT ON CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS AND SUPPORT POLICIES AND SERVICES THAT SUPPORT THE WELLBEING OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
AND THIS YEAR'S THEME WE'RE HERE ALL YEAR EMPHASIZES THAT COMMUNITY ACCESSIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AND CHAMPIONED EVERY DAY, NOT JUST IN MARCH.
AND REMINDS US THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE VALUABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND DESERVE FULL PARTICIPATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE, INCLUDING EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, RECREATION, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
AND WHEREAS DDAM HIGHLIGHTS HOW PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES COME TOGETHER TO FORM STRONG COMMUNITIES AND HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF FOSTERING A SOCIETY WHERE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE EMPOWERED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.
NOW, THEREFORE, MADAM MAYOR PRO TEM BY THE POWER VESTED IN HER AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, DOES HEREBY
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PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MARCH, 2025 AS DEVELOPMENT DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH.UM, WE ARE HAVING GOING, COMING UP.
SO WHAT LAURA WAS SAYING IS THAT ON APRIL 5TH, WE HAVE COME TO THE TABLE AT CORNERSTONE RANCH ON, UH, COUNTY ROAD THREE 17.
YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO COME TO THE TABLE AND SHARE IN THE JOY THAT WE SHARE EVERY DAY.
AND AS ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I CANNOT EVER REPAY YOU FOR THE JOY THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO ME.
I KNOW THE FOLKS AT CORNERSTONE HAVE A REALLY BUSY SCHEDULE AND IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO EXCUSE YOURSELVES, YOU MAY DO SO NOW.
ALRIGHT, NEXT UP WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS
[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS (for Non-Public Hearing Items)]
ON AGENDA ITEMS. FIRST UP, WE HAVE BETH BENTLEY.YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO TALK.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCREENS AROUND YOU, THERE'S A TIMER THERE.
UM, WHEN IT, I THINK IT'S, IS IT ONE MINUTE THAT IT TURNS YELLOW AND RED AT 30 SECONDS? CORRECT.
IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE.
BETH BENTLEY AND, UM, PO O BOX 2 9 3 1 MCKINNEY, TEXAS 7 5 0 7 OH.
I JUST, FIRST OF ALL, GOOD EVENING TO, TO ALL TO, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM DR.
FELTUS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. GRIMES AND ALL ON THE DAY.
AND I KNOW THIS, LET ME JUST SAY THIS.
I KNOW THAT THE PROCLAMATION FOR, UM, MR. SPARKMAN IS GOING TO BE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT I DON'T WANNA PUT OFF TODAY FOR TOMORROW, SO I WANNA GO AHEAD AND DO THIS.
UM, IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO ACKNOWLEDGE MR. PAUL SPARKMAN ALONG WITH EACH OF YOU THIS EVENING, MR. SPARKMAN, CERTAINLY AS A SPARK TO ANY DAY THROUGH HIS GENTLE CARE AND KINDNESS.
WHEN I BEGAN WORKING IN THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY SERVICES OFFICE 25 YEARS AGO WITH THE CITY, MR. SPARKMAN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PERSONS THAT I MET.
MCKINNEY WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,000 ISH IN POPULATION, AND WE STILL HAD SUCH A HOMETOWN FEEL.
AND COUNCILMAN BILL WHITFIELD WAS DETERMINED TO BUILD AFFORDABLE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
MR. SPARKMAN TOOK NOTHING FOR GRANTED.
HE HELPED TO BRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONLINE IN A FRESH NEW WAY IN MCKINNEY, PARTICULARLY EAST MCKINNEY.
AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THE WAY THAT MR. SPARKMAN RESPECTED ME.
YES, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE HONORED AND RESPECTED THE HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE OF MR. GB HOLMES.
AND IT WAS MR. GB HOLMES WHO KNEW WHERE EVERY WATERLINE AND EVERY SEWER LINE WERE LATE LIKELY IN ALL OF MCKINNEY, BUT FOR SURE IN EAST MCKINNEY.
AND IT WAS THIS TYPE OF RESPECT THAT MR. SPARKMAN HAS ALWAYS EXHIBITED.
HE IS HONORABLE AND HE VALUES HUMAN BEINGS AND THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MR. SPARKMAN FOR BEING A BIG PART OF THE BEST PART OF MCKINNEY.
STEVEN SPAU, STEVE SPAU, 46 90 EL DORADO PARKWAY.
UH, THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA AND HOPEFULLY THEY DON'T GET PULLED DOWN, THEY JUST GET PASSED.
BUT I WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
ONE IS 25 17, WHICH, UH, SOLIDIFIES OUR BUSINESS CONTRACT WITH THE DART SYSTEM FOR THE GO PASS THAT HELPS PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO THE OLD, THE INFLICTED AND THE POOR.
UM, AND ITEM 25 23, WHICH ALLOWS
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THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS TO TRY AND GET FEDERAL TRANSIT AGENCY FUNDING TO HOPEFULLY EXPAND OUR URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT.AND I THINK I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, THESE ARE TWO GREAT ITEMS THAT WILL HELP OUR MOBILITY WITHIN THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL COMPLAIN ABOUT THE ROADS AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOST CCAR, I WAS OF THE OPINION WE NEEDED FIXED ROUTE BUSES, BUT MR. GRIMES CONVINCED ME THAT'S NOT THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY OR IN ANY CITY THAT'S THINKING FORWARD.
IN THE POINT TO SYSTEM THAT, UH, DART HAS BROUGHT TO OUR CITY WITH THE GO PASS SYSTEM HAS BEEN HUGELY SUCCESSFUL.
IT HAS GROWN OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, UM, IN OUR CITY.
AND I THINK, THINK WE'RE THE PILOT CITY FOR THAT.
AND, UH, I LIKE TO SEE THAT GROW, BUT WE NEED MONEY TO DO THAT.
SO THE SECOND PORTION OF GETTING FTA FUNDING'S CRITICAL TO THAT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING ATTENTIVE TO THAT.
AND CHARLIE, THAT'S THE LAST TIME YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR OUR DISABILITY COMMUNITY.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING AN ADVOCATE FOR THOSE WHO ARE DISABLED.
AND THE DARK GO PASS SYSTEM IS IS PRIMARILY DESIGNED TO HELP FOLKS WHO ARE SENIOR CITIZENS OR DISABLED CITIZENS OR FOLKS WHO ARE ON LOW INCOME.
AND SO, UM, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE STEPPING OUTSIDE THE THE BOX.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED BO BUSES IN THIS CITY.
UH, I THINK THE DART GO PASS SYSTEM IS A GREAT SYSTEM TO GET PEOPLE FROM PLACE TO PLACE IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN EXPAND IT IS TO, IS TO BE APPLAUDED.
SO THANK YOU MR. GRIMES FOR DOING THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR EACH ONE OF YOU FOR STEPPING UP AND BEING A PART OF THE MCKINNEY URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT.
THIS PUTS US ON THE FOOTING SAME EQUAL TO AS DART OR DENTON COUNTY REGIONAL TRANSIT FOR ACCESSING FEDERAL FUNDS TO GROW OUR POINT TO POINT GO PASS SYSTEM IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND YOU'RE TO BE COMMENDED FOR THAT.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS on Matters not on the Agenda]
ONLY HAVE THREE SPEAKERS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. I'M GONNA MOVE THAT UP FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE AGENDA AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT RIGHT NOW.UM, FIRST KEN FREO, MY NAME IS KEN FREO.
I'VE LIVED IN MCKINNEY SINCE 1996.
I'VE NEVER QUITE UNDERSTOOD THE UNIQUE BY NATURE SLOGAN.
I'M HERE TO ASK FOR SOME ANSWERS FOR THE 215,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS CITY.
ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS, YOU HAD A DATA BREACH ON OCTOBER 31ST OF LAST YEAR, AND YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT IT TWO WEEKS LATER.
DURING THOSE TWO WEEKS, DID WHOEVER HAD THE DATA BREACH HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE INFORMATION AND THE DATA? AND ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S BEEN 110 DAYS SINCE NOTIFYING THE PUBLIC.
I OPENED MY MAIL TODAY TO THIS MAGAZINE RIGHT HERE.
AND I'M GLAD THE CITY ATTORNEY'S HERE BECAUSE I DID SOME INTERNET SEARCHING.
AND OF COURSE, IN YOUR DATA, UM, EVENT NOTICE THAT YOU'VE GOT ON YOUR WEBSITE, YOU DON'T MENTION THAT SUPPOSEDLY ONLY 18,000 CITIZENS WERE AFFECTED BY THIS.
I I FIND THIS HIGHLY UNUSUAL BECAUSE MOST CITIES AND MOST COUNTIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY USUALLY NOTIFY THEIR PUBLIC WITHIN 60 DAYS.
AND YOU CHOSE TO HOLD ON FOR 110 DAYS, ALMOST THREE AND A HALF MONTHS.
AND NOW THERE'S AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE LAW FIRMS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT WANNA START A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST ALL OF YOU AND THE CITY.
UNIQUE BY NATURE, I GUESS SO, BUT CAN ANYONE ANSWER WHY IT'S TAKEN THREE AND A HALF MONTHS TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC THAT THERE WAS A DATA BREACH WITH ALL THEIR PERTINENT INFORMATION, SOCIAL SECURITY DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER, CREDIT CARD INFORMATION, FINANCIAL ACCOUNT INFORMATION, A CERTAIN MEDICAL AND HEALTH INSURANCE INFORMATION.
AND IF ANYONE KNEW ABOUT THIS IN DECEMBER, LET'S SAY, OR JANUARY, WHY WASN'T THE PUBLIC NOTIFIED? FURTHERMORE, LIKE I SAID, I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE 1996.
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS GO ON.
I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY WHEN THEY WOULDN'T RELEASE C COVID DATA INFORMATION TO THE ELDERLY ABOUT THE INFECTION RATE.
WHEN I CALLED UP ABOUT THAT ON THE PHONE, I DIDN'T COME TO A COUNCIL MEETING.
OF COURSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING THEN I WAS TOLD IT WAS BAD FOR BUSINESS.
IT WAS BAD TO BUSINESS TO NOTIFY THE LOCAL NEWS AGENCIES OF WHAT THE RATE WAS FOR THE INFECTION.
I FOUND THAT DISGUSTING AND I FIND THIS DISGUSTING.
WHY COULDN'T YOU NOTIFY THE PUBLIC A LOT SOONER? SO NOW I HAVE TO TAKE ON MY OWN ACCORD AND, AND HIRE AN AGENCY LIKE LIFELOCK BECAUSE I CALLED THIS PHONE NUMBER FOR THIS AGENCY
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THAT YOU HAVE LISTED, WHICH IS, UH, CYBER SCOUT AND IT'S A FOREIGN ACCENT WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SAID, HEY, OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS HAVE YOU HAD ANY PROBLEMS? I SAID, NO.MICHAEL GRAZI, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M PRONOUNCING THAT CORRECT CORRECTLY.
MICHAEL, ARE YOU STILL HERE? UHHUH,
JAMES BRONSON COUNTY FOLKS, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH DR.
JARRE FEL, THIS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF MCKINNEY, UH, FOR THE HONOR OF THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.
HOW DO Y'ALL? I'M JAMES BROWNSON, I WORK FOR MCKESSON AND I'M IN CHARGE OF THE GENERIC PHARMACEUTICALS FOR HEALTH SYSTEMS. AND I ALSO SIT ON THE BOARD FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS DFW, METRO EAST CHAPTER.
AND I WANTED TO JUST THANK EVERYONE FOR THE, THE, THE RECOGNITION OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HERE.
AND THE REPEAT THEME THAT YOU'LL HEAR FROM ME TODAY IS GRATITUDE.
AND, UH, WE WILL GET INTO IT HERE.
BUT THE RED CROSS IS, IS HONORED TO PARTNER WITH ALL CITY EMPLOYEES AND AGENCIES COLLABORATING FOR THE ONE GOAL TO MAKE THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITIES SAFER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE RESILIENT.
I'M ALSO HERE TO RECOGNIZE THE MORE THAN 200 PLUS MCKINNEY RESIDENTS WHO ASSIST OUR MILITARY FAMILIES AND RESPOND TO MO AT MOMENTS NOTICE TO HELP THOSE IN NEED.
AND AS WE CONTINUE AMERICAN RED CROSS CELEBRATION MONTH, I WANTED TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO VOLUNTEER, ALL THOSE WHO GIVE BLOOD, AND ALL THOSE WHO DO EVERYTHING TO SUPPORT OUR MISSION.
IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT YOU'ALL REMEMBER TONIGHT FROM WHAT I SAY, IT'S THAT I WANT THE CALL TO ACTION TO BE INVOLVING FOLKS TO HELP SUPPORT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS MISSION TO HELP ALLEVIATE HUMAN SUFFERING IN THE FACE OF ALL EMERGENCIES.
AND YOU CAN DO THAT IN THREE WAYS.
YOU CAN PROVIDE A FINANCIAL DONATION, YOU CAN GIVE BLOOD OR YOU CAN VOLUNTEER.
AGAIN, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION FOR THE TIME AND DEFINITELY YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
MY NAME IS HEATHER MOSBY AND ALTHOUGH I RESIDE IN ANNA TEXAS, I HAVE WORKED FOR THE SAMARITAN INN FOR ALMOST 13 YEARS.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS SAMARITAN INN HAS BEEN A LARGE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE ARE CDBG HAS OPENED.
YOU'RE DISCUSSING CSG THIS EVENING.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO COME FORWARD THIS EVENING AND JUST GIVE Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION AND AN INVITATION.
UM, THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 24, WE ACTUALLY SAW A 14% INCREASE IN OUR TOTAL APPLICATIONS.
UM, AS THIS CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, UM, WE KNOW THAT THAT SITUATION WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND OUR WE WILL SEE MORE NUMBERS AS WELL.
ALONG WITH THAT, WE ALSO WANT TO LAUNCH MORE INTO THE EDUCATION SURROUNDING HOMELESSNESS.
OFTENTIMES WE HEAR, UM, COMMENTS AND WE HEAR STIGMAS AND WE SEE THEM, UM, IN MOVIES AND READ ABOUT THEM IN BOOKS.
AND SO THIS YEAR WE ARE ACTUALLY LAUNCHING MORE OF AN EDUCATIONAL SERIES SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE NOT INVOLVED DIRECTLY WITH HELPING THE HOMELESS CAN LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT.
SO WE ARE ACTUALLY HOSTING OUR FIRST INSIGHTS TO HOMELESSNESS.
IS IT GONNA BE A TOWN HALL FORMAT? LIMITED SEATING, SORRY.
UM, BUT IT WILL BE MARCH 21ST, UM, FROM 1230 TO ONE 30 IN THE AFTERNOON.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A FUN LITTLE FLYER HERE THAT I'LL LEAVE WITH, UM, MS. LEE AND MS. BEST, UH, WHERE THERE IS A QR CODE SO THAT YOU CAN REGISTER.
I INVITE EACH OF YOU TO ATTEND.
I WOULD LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK AND YOUR HARD QUESTIONS.
AND ANYONE ELSE THAT IS HERE THIS EVENING, YOU ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND AS WELL.
IT WILL BE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, HOPEFULLY OUR WEBSITE.
UM, YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO EMAIL ANY OF US AT SAMARITAN AND WE'LL GET YOU, YOU THE INFORMATION AS WELL.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS THAT FORMAL INVITATION, UM, TO COME AND LET'S MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS.
I JUST WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK AND LET YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT THE FORUM WHERE WE HAVE A DISCUSSION BACK AND FORTH, BUT IF SOMEONE HAS NOT BEEN IN CONTACT WITH YOU, SOMEONE FROM
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OUR STAFF WILL CONTACT YOU AND, AND ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS.[CONSENT AGENDA]
TO CONSENT AGENDA.THESE ITEMS CONSIST OF NON-CONTROVERSIAL OR HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW ITEMS MAY BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY BY ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAKING SUCH REQUESTS PRIOR TO A MOTION AND VOTE.
ON THE CONSENT ITEMS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? MADAM MAYOR PRO TAM, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED BY STAFF OF THE AGENDA.
WE'VE HAD A FIRST AND A SECOND.
WE'RE GONNA VOTE HERE DIGITALLY.
DID YOU ASK YOUR MOTION AND VOTE? PUSH YOUR BUTTONS FOR THE SECOND.
NEXT WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA AND PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. UM,
[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution to Expand the Program Categories under the Community Support Grant Program]
FIRST UP IS ITEM TWO FIVE DASH 25 25 CONSIDERED DISCUSSED ACT ON A RESOLUTION TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM CATEGORIES UNDER THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT PROGRAM.I'M SHIRLEY TO BEST COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR, UH, FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY IN HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
VERY PLEASED AND EXCITED TO BE IN THIS WONDERFUL FACILITY AND TO BE THE FIRST PERSON TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING UNDER THIS, UH, THIS FACILITY.
THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT IS ONE OF THE MANY GRANTS THAT WE HAVE UNDER THE CITY THAT ASSISTS PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, BUT IT OVERALL ASSISTS ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE ACROSS THE CITY.
THERE'S NO AREA THAT'S REQUIRED FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.
THERE IS NOT A REQUIREMENT OF LOW TO MOD INCOME ONLY THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE.
AND WE ARE VERY THANKFUL THAT IN 2006, CITY COUNCIL THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A NEED AND PROVIDED FUNDING AND INCREASED OUR FUNDING OVER THE MANY YEARS IN THE CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE.
THEY ALLOWED ALSO FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND A FEW CITY ADMINISTERED PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OVERARCHING RESOURCES THAT WOULD INCLUDE VERY SIMPLIFIED CATEGORIES, BASIC NEEDS, SHELTER, MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE, COUNSELING OR TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED FOR THE SERVICES OF WHICH THOSE PUBLIC SERVICES WOULD ENTAIL.
AND SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE SERVED HUNDREDS OF, OF, UH, RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEARS.
IN THOSE CATEGORIES, AS IT WAS ALLUDED EARLIER, WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN NEED AND ONE OF THOSE NEEDS INCLUDES THOSE THAT ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS OR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE MAYOR'S COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS THE MCKINNEY, UM, HOUSING, EXCUSE ME, THE COMMITTEE, THE MCKINNEY UM, HOMELESS COALITION.
AND WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THERE IS A NEW CATEGORY THAT IS NEEDED, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO COOLING STATIONS OR WARMING STATIONS AS IT REFERENCES TO THE EXTREME TEMPERATURES THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED.
SO WE'RE ASKING COUNCIL TO, NOT FOR FUNDING, BUT TO JUST INCREASE THE CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE WHERE WE CAN HAVE A CATEGORY KNOWN AS HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE AS IT RELATES TO COOLING STATIONS OR WARMING STATIONS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ORGANIZATIONS SPECIFICALLY TO APPLY OUR FUNDING.
UH, FISCAL YEAR IS COMING UP WHERE THIS CATEGORY WOULD TAKE PLACE BEGINNING OCTOBER, ONE OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU AND YOUR STAFF DO, AND I KNOW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
IT'S A GROWING ISSUE IN MOST NORTH TEXAS CITIES AND I AM SO HAPPY THAT YOU GUYS ARE AGGRESSIVELY TACK TACKLING THE ISSUE.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE YOU'VE EARNED THE RIGHT TO HAVE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS CASE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
I WILL SECOND CAST YOUR VOTES.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request for the Waiver of Roadway Impact Fees in Accordance with the Neighborhood Empowerment Zone Impact Fee Waiver Program for a Proposed Multi-Family Development (Remnant at Greenwood II) Located on the Northwest Corner of Drexel Street and Throckmorton Street and Southwest Corner of Drexel Street and Throckmorton Place]
FIVE DASH 2 5 26.CONSIDER DISCUSS, ACT ON A REQUEST OF THE WAIVER OF ROADWAY IMPACT FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE IMPACT FEE WAIVER PROGRAM FOR A PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT REMNANT AT GREENWOOD TWO, LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF DREXEL STREET AND THROCKMORTON STREET AND SOUTHWEST CORNER OF DREXEL STREET AND THROCKMORTON PLACE.
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GOOD EVENING.I'M THE PLANNING MANAGER OVER DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION AND I'LL BE GIVING A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THIS REQUEST.
THE NEZ PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2009.
UM, IT'S TO SUPPORT INFILL IN THE TOWN CENTER AREA AND THEN WAS EXPANDED INTO THE AREA THAT YOU SEE ON THE MAP IN 2013.
UM, MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS SUCH AS REMNANT TWO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ROADWAY IMPACT FEE WAIVERS UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
UH, TYPICALLY ALL OF THESE IMPACT FEE WAIVERS ACTUALLY GO THROUGH STAFF APPROVAL.
HOWEVER, IF THEY'RE MULTIFAMILY OR OVER 50,000, THEY COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS PROJECT AS A NOTE THAT APPLICANT DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION FOLLOWING MINE.
UM, BUT THERE ARE 50 RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN THIS PROJECT THAT ARE SPREAD ACROSS FOUR DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.
AND THIS IS FOR THE MCKINNEY HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THERE ARE FIVE DIFFERENT BUILDING TYPES BECAUSE THAT INCLUDES THE, UH, CLUBHOUSE AS WELL.
THE PROJECT, UH, LIKE YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY STATED, IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF DREXEL STREET AND TH ROCK MORTON STREET AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF DREXEL STREET AND THROCKMORTON PLACE.
AND THEN THIS IS THE SITE PLAN FOR MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS TO RECEIVE NEZ PROJECT PROGRAM IMPACT FEE WAIVERS.
THE DESIGN AND COMPLETION OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION HAS TO BE GENERALLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE MASSING SIZE, SCALE, AND ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
ELIGIBILITY IN PART SHALL BE DETERMINED BY REVIEWING THE PROJECT AGAINST THE GUIDELINES FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THE NEZ, WHICH IS FOUND IN APPENDIX B OF SECTION 98 DASH 85 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I AM JUST GONNA SHOW YOU THE ELEVATIONS.
UM, AS THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER, I HAVE APP APPRO OR I HAVE REVIEWED THE PROJECT AGAINST THE GUIDE DESIGN GUIDELINES AND I'M COMFORTABLE THAT IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THESE ASPECTS SUCH AS MASSING SIZE, SCALE, AND ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES.
AND LIKE I SAID, I'M JUST GOING THROUGH THE ELEVATIONS.
UM, THE STAFF REPORT DOES GO INTO DETAIL ON EACH ONE OF THESE.
AND THEN JUST AS A BRIEF OVERVIEW, THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD IS A MIX OF SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY, WHICH ARE RANGING FROM ONE STORY TO THREE STORY BUILDINGS.
APPROVAL OF THE IMPACT FEE WAIVER WILL RESULT IN FOREGONE ROADWAY IMPACT FEE REVENUES OF $129,250.
STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEE WAIVER REQUEST.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
AND IS THE APPLICANT HERE AS WELL TO YES.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL AS THE APPLICANT IS COMING FORWARD? NO, THANK YOU, CASSIE.
MR. SANCHEZ IS HELLO, MARTIN SANCHEZ, TWO 10 ADRIATIC PARKWAY, MCKINNEY, TEXAS 7 5 0 7 2.
AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE THE FIRST NON CITY EMPLOYEE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING
UH, AND IT IS APROPOS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN THIS WONDERFUL FACILITY AT THIS TIME.
ALL OF YOU KNOW ABOUT THESE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE.
AND, UM, ALL ADJUSTING ASIDE, WHAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF IS THAT THESE TWO REPRESENT THE LAST OF THE OLD HOUSING STOCK IN MCKINNEY HOUSING AUTHORITY.
AND THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO YOUR LEADERSHIP TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE FOCUS WE'VE STARTED, WE'VE BEEN ON THIS PROGRAM OF REVAMPING THOSE, UH, DEVELOPMENTS FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND, UM, IT'S FINALLY COMING TO FRUITION.
SO, UH, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
SO WITH THAT, UH, I THINK STAFF DID A FANTASTIC JOB WITH, UH, GOING THROUGH THIS AND NOW I CAN REMEMBER HOW TO WORK THIS THING.
SO, UH, OF ROCK MORTON, UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW IT AS LLOYD OWENS, IT GOT REBRANDED TO GREENWOOD AT REMNANT UH, TWO AND I APOLOGIZE, THAT SAYS THE REMNANT ONE.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, UH, WE TOOK, UH, APPROXIMATELY 26 DWELLING UNITS THAT WERE THERE AND WE ARE ADDING, UH, WE ARE REPLACING IT WITH 50 DWELLING UNITS.
UH, AND AS YOU COULD SEE IN THE ELEVATION, THE PREVIOUS ITEM THERE IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD.
THE SITE HAS GONE THROUGH DRAMATIC, UH, CHANGES.
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FROM THE INSIDE OUT BECAUSE OF ASBESTOS AND, UH, A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.AND WHEN YOU'RE REDEVELOPING SITE AND GOING THROUGH THE DEMOLITION, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF TRICKY.
SO WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH THAT PHASE AND I THINK THINGS WILL BE PROGRESSING QUITE QUICKLY FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THE SITE PLAN OR ANYTHING ELSE.
GENERALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT THIS OUT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S THE, IT'S REALLY THE GIST OF WHY WE'RE HERE.
UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEES OR THE GOVERNMENTAL LOAD AS I CALL IT, OF WHAT WE PAY IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT, UH, FEES TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, IT'S PRETTY STARK.
IT'S A BIG, IT'S A BIG NUMBER AND IT'S NO FAULT OF YOUR OWN.
THOSE ARE THE POLICIES THAT ARE IN PLACE.
BUT ROADWAY IMPACT FEES ABOUT 129,000 WATER AND WASTEWATER, ROUGHLY ANOTHER 140,000, UH, PARKLAND DEDICATION.
SO EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS ALREADY DEVELOPED, UH, THE WAY THE ORDINANCE READS, WE ARE HAVING TO BASICALLY ADD MORE MONEY TO THE PARKLAND DEDICATION, UH, UH, ACCOUNT IF YOU WOULD AS WELL.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY ENGINEERING INSPECTION FEES AND BUILDING FEES ON THIS PROJECT ALONE, THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
THERE IS A PROVISION THAT, THAT WE FOUND WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT OF THIS IN APPENDIX A OF CHAPTER 2.1 B.
THAT'S AN ITALIC THERE THAT ALLOWS US TO ALSO WAIVE ENGINEERING INSPECTION FEES IF, HOWEVER, IT MEETS THE CRITERIA.
NOW, WHEN I READ THIS OF COURSE, I SAID, WOO-HOO, THERE WE GO.
WE CAN ACTUALLY APPLY THIS AS WELL.
THE INTERPRETATION, HOWEVER, HAS BEEN THAT THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR SINGLE FAMILY ONLY, EVEN THOUGH I WOULD TELL YOU AS THE OLD POLICY GUY FOR THE CITY, THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT WHAT IT SAYS, BUT I, IT'S WORTH IT FOR ME TO BRING IT UP FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AS WELL.
SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THE WAIVER OF THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES.
BUT AS YOU, AS YOU LOOK AT THAT, PLEASE SEE IT IN CONTEXT AS WELL ABOUT WITH ALL THE OTHER FEES THAT WE PAY AND, UH, AS, AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY IN GENERAL CONTINUES TO BE A GROWING CONCERN, NOT ONLY IN THIS COMMUNITY BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO BRING ALL THAT UP TO YOUR ATTENTION FOR YOU TO REVIEW.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE DON'T TALK ABOUT SOME OF THIS STUFF AT TIMES.
I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
AND, UH, MR. PHILLIPS, COUNCILMAN PHILLIPS, I THINK YOU SHOULD SAY TO ME TOO THAT YOU'RE GLAD THAT I'M THE ONE THAT WAS HERE FIRST.
YEAH, I'M GONNA SAY IT'S, IT'S FIRST FORMER CITY
UM, HEY MARTIN, THANKS FOR DOING THIS.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN JUST SUCH A HEAVY LIFT AND UM, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
NUMBER ONE ON THE PARKLAND DEDICATION, IS THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL DENSITY YOU SAID? OH, SO IT IS FOR ADDITIONAL DENSITY THEN FUNDAMENTALLY YES, BECAUSE WE WENT FROM 26 TO 50 UNITS.
IT TRIGGERS THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN.
WE, WE CAN HAVE, AND I GET THAT, I GET THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO, IT KIND OF SURPRISES ME, BUT I SHOULD HAVE SAW THAT COMING.
UM, AND AS FAR AS THE ENGINEERING FEES, I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER THAT, WOULD YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION COMING BACK BEFORE US AGAIN ON THAT ONE SO WE CAN HAVE STAFF REVIEW IT AND CHEW ON IT A LITTLE BIT? SIR, I'D COME BACK ON EVERY ONE OF 'EM IF YOU GOT.
BUT, UH, BUT NO, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE HERE AND, UH, AND I'M, YOU KNOW, VERY IN FAVOR OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, SO THANKS SIR.
TELL US ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY, PARDON ME? AFFORDABILITY ASPECTS.
SO IF YOU RECALL, THIS WAS A COMBINATION OF BOTH THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT AS WELL AS THE RAD PROGRAM TO ALLOW US TO RELOCATE THE RESIDENTS WHILE WE GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE.
AND THEN WE WILL TRY TO REPATRIATE THOSE SAME RESIDENTS THAT WERE THERE IN AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
THE AFFORDABILITY TARGETS WILL RANGE FROM 40% MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME UP TO 80% MEDIUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
THAT'S WHY IT WAS SO CRITICAL FOR US TO ADD MORE UNITS BECAUSE OF THE UTTER DEMAND THAT IS NEEDED AT THESE LEVELS OF, OF INCOMES.
I DO RECALL THAT, BUT I DIDN'T THINK THESE FOLKS KNEW.
MARTIN, JUST TO CLARIFY ON THE PARKLAND DEDICATION, THAT'S THE ALLOCATION FOR THE FULL 50 UNITS.
WE DON'T DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE 24 ADDITIONAL UNITS.
SO THE, IT IT, IT'S KIND OF TRICKY IN THEORY, THE ORIGINAL 26 ARE DISCOUNTED AS IF THERE WERE A PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE IN THE 1940S WHEN THIS WAS STILL DEVELOPED.
BUT THERE WASN'T A PARKLAND DEDICATION.
SO THE, THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE THAT'S HITTING US NOW IS THE DELTA BETWEEN THE 26 AND THE 50.
IN ADDITION TO THE, THE FEE, RIGHT.
THE, THE NEW FEE THAT'S ADDED TO, TO PARKLAND.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE ALSO WE ARE IN POST WHEN THE ORDINANCE WAS UPDATED, WE'RE AT THE ONE PER 33 AND NOT THE ONE PER 50.
SO IT, IT, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT WHEN YOU ADD IT ALL UP, IT, IT BECOMES SIGNIFICANT PRETTY QUICK.
AND THAT'S WHY ULTIMATELY THESE ARE YOUR DOLLARS THAT RIGHT.
THAT WE'RE ALL SPENDING TOGETHER.
I WANTED YOU TO HAVE THE, THE ABILITY
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TO SEE IT ALL TOGETHER ON THE PARK LANE DEDICATION PORTION.ISN'T THERE A 50% DISCOUNT TO AFFORDABLE PROJECTS ON THERE? THERE WAS SOME IN THE DEDICATION AND THERE WAS A WAIVER OF THE FEE.
I BELIEVE SO IF, IF THAT'S THE CASE, SIR, WE HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, WE HAVEN'T EX IT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THIS NUMBER.
AND I CHOSE MY WORDS VERY CAREFULLY, SIR.
THIS IS NUMBER THREE FOR YOU REBUILDING, UH, LOW INCOME PROJECTS HERE IN MCKINNEY, CORRECT? YES SIR.
I JUST WANTED TO EVERYBODY TO RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITIZENS OF MCKEN.
I APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR US.
MUCH MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING PRODUCT TO LOOK AT THERE, SO WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT PARKLAND DEDICATION AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE SHOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL DISCOUNT.
SO WE'LL HAVE STAFF KIND OF DIG INTO THOSE NUMBERS, BUT SINCE WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ROADWAY IMPACT FEES, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? IS THIS A PUBLIC HEARING MATTER? THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.
THEN, THEN, UM, I WILL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM AS APPLIED FOR, CAN WE DO THAT CONDITIONALLY ON THE REVIEW OF THE PARK LINE DEDICATION FEES? NO SIR.
I'M JUST MOVING ON THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES AND WE'LL BRING THAT UP AS A SEPARATE ITEM AT ANOTHER TIME IF HE WANTS TO.
I'LL MAKE, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND HIT THAT? SORRY.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE CAN CAST OUR VOTES HERE.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO A VERY SIMILAR
[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request for the Waiver of Roadway Impact Fees in Accordance with the Neighborhood Empowerment Zone Impact Fee Waiver Program for a Proposed Multi-Family Development (Remnant at Greenwood I) Located on the South Side of Fitzhugh Street and on the East and West Sides of South Murray Street]
PROJECT TWO ITEM TWO FIVE DASH 25 27.CONSIDER DISCUSSED ACT ON A REQUEST FOR THE WAIVER OF ROADWAY ROADWAY IMPACT FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE IMPACT FEE WAIVER PROGRAM FOR A PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT REMNANT AT GREENWOOD ONE LOCATED ON SOUTH SIDE OF E OF FITZ, YOU STREET AND ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF SOUTH MURRAY STREET.
OKAY, WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS ONE PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO THIS IS, AGAIN, THIS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE PROGRAM AND THEY'RE REQUESTING, UM, FEE WAIVERS FOR ROADWAY IMPACT FEES.
NAN ONE IS 46 RESIDENTIAL UNIT PROJECT THAT'S SPREAD ACROSS 12 DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.
UH, IT AGAIN IS FOR MCKINNEY HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THERE ARE FIVE DIFFERENT BUILDING TYPES, UH, AND THEN IT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FITZ HU STREET AND ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF SOUTH MURRAY STREET.
AND AGAIN, STAFF DOES, UM, REVIEW ANY Z PROJECTS FREQUENTLY.
HOWEVER, IF IT'S OVER 50,000 OR A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT THAT COMES BEFORE CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND THEN I WILL BE SHOWING THE ELEVATIONS THE SAME AS I DID FOR THE LAST PROJECT AS THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER.
I REVIEWED THE PROJECT AGAINST THE DESIGN GUIDELINES AND AM COMFORTABLE THAT IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE SIZING MASSING SCALE AND ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IN THE STAFF REPORT IS A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ALL OF THOSE.
AND THEN THIS SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD IS MOSTLY ONE STORY.
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL APPROVAL OF THIS IMPACT FEE WAIVER WILL RESULT IN FOREGONE ROADWAY IMPACT FEE REVENUES OF $118,910.
STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? DO WE HAVE A SEPARATE PRESENTATION ON THIS ONE? I I WON'T BELABOR IT TOO MUCH.
UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, YES, THIS IS COCKRELL.
SO THIS WENT FROM 24 UNITS TO 46 UNITS.
THIS IS MORE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD TYPE SETTING, WHICH IS VASTLY DIFFERENT.
SO THE ARCHITECTURE'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S MORE BUNGALOW STYLE, UH, LOWER, UH, IN TERMS OF INTENSITY SO IT COULD FIT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
WE WERE VERY LUCKY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO USE A LOT OF THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SO WE WERE JUST AS CREATIVE, UH, IN ORDER TO KEEP COSTS UNDER CONTROL AND BASICALLY USE THE FOOT, THE NEW, THE, THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT IN THE STREETS.
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SPEAKING, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, AGAIN, THE SAME CONVERSATION ON THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE PAYING OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN FULL FEES AND IT RANGES FROM ROADWAY IMPACT FEES OF 118,000 TO, UH, WASTEWATER 180 1 WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES, 1 64, ET CETERA.AND AGAIN, THE $14,000 OF THE ENGINEERING FEES THAT I WOULD LOVE TO INTERPRET THAT, THAT MY INTERPRETATION IS CORRECT, BUT, BUT ULTIMATELY I, THAT'S JUST THE CITY ITEM.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS MAYOR PRO TEM, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED.
[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from “PD” - Planned Development District to “PD” - Planned Development District, Generally to Allow Detached Accessory Structures and to Modify the Development Standards, Located at 2041 Redbud Boulevard, and Accompanying Ordinance]
ITEM ITEM TWO FOUR DASH 0 1 0 3 Z TWO.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT GENERALLY TO ALLOW DETACHED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND TO MODIFY THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
LOCATED AT 2 0 4 1 RED BUD BOULEVARD AND ACCOMPANYING ORDINANCE.
JENNIFER ARNOLD, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.
I'M GONNA GET USED TO THE NEW VIEW HERE.
UM, AS YOU READ, THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO ALLOW FOR SOME ACCESSORY UH, STRUCTURES.
THIS IS A DRONE DELIVERY, UM, UH, APPARATUS THAT'S GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE EXISTING WALMART OVER ON RED BUD.
SO WITH THE REZONING, UM, IT IS REZONING ALL OF THE EXISTING ENTITLEMENTS THAT ARE ON PLACE FOR THE, UH, EXISTING WALMART, BUT THEN ADDING IN SOME ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCES FOR THE DRONE DELIVERY TO OCCUR.
THE ANNOTATION TURNED ON EMPRESS.
RIGHT HERE ALONG THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
UM, AS YOU ALL MAY RECALL, WE RECENTLY AMENDED OUR UNITED, OUR UNIT UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ALLOW FOR DRONE DELIVERY.
UM, THEY ARE COMING FORWARD WITH SOME SLIGHT TWEAKS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
UM, GIVEN THE UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THIS PROPERTY, IT IS, UM, ONE OF THE ONLY LEAD, UM, WALMARTS THAT WE HAVE.
WE DID FEEL LIKE SOME OF THE CHANGES THEY WERE PROPOSING FOR THE DRONE DELIVERY HERE, UH, MADE SENSE.
UM, WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A TIED DOWN LAYOUT SO WE KNOW THIS IS EXACTLY HOW THEY INTEND ON BUILDING THOSE DRONE DELIVERIES.
UM, THEY ARE USING THE EXISTING, UH, TREES AND THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF A LANDSCAPE AND BUFFER FROM THE ROADWAY TO WHERE THEY'RE, UH, PROPOSING TO BUILD THE, UH, DRONE DELIVERY PADS.
THOSE WOULD ALL STAY IN PLACE IF ANY OF THOSE TREES WERE REMOVED, THEY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED, UH, TO ALLOW FOR THAT NATURAL BUFFER FROM THE ROADWAY.
UM, SO WITH THAT STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE REQUEST.
WE THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE EXISTING WALMART SITE.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONS ALSO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE THAT'S, UH, GOT A PRESENTATION AS WELL.
IF THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND WANTS TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
UH, RYAN TRIMBLE ON BEHALF OF WALMART, UM, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND, UH, REALLY THRILLED THAT WE CHOSE, UH, MCKINNEY TO BE PART OF THE FIRST WAVE OF CITIES THAT GOT DRONE DELIVERY.
UM, YOU MAY BE ASKING WHY, UH, DRONE DELIVERY IS SO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
UH, LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GIRL SCOUT COOKIES.
I'M A FATHER OF A GIRL SCOUT, AN 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL SCOUT.
UH, IT IS MERCIFULLY THE END OF GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SEASON.
UH, BUT IF YOU NEED SOME, PLEASE SEE ME AFTERWARDS, WE'D STILL HAVE FOUR BOXES LEFT.
BUT WE WERE OUT SELLING THIS WEEKEND AND MY WIFE WAS TELLING MY DAUGHTER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A GIRL SCOUT, I WOULD HAVE TO GO DOOR TO DOOR AND I WOULD HAVE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR ORDER, TAKE IT BACK AND WAIT SIX WEEKS FOR THE COOKIES TO COME IN.
AND IT WAS A REALLY NICE NOSTALGIC MOMENT, BUT AT THE END OF IT, MY DAUGHTER SAID, WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD ANYONE WAIT SIX WEEKS FOR THEIR COOKIES? AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO THE SENTIMENT OF OF CUSTOMERS TODAY.
THEY WANT THEIR PRODUCTS, THEY WANT IT NOW.
AND THIS IS A REALLY COOL WAY TO GET IT TO 'EM.
YOU TAKE CARS OFF THE ROAD, UM, YOU GET IT TO 'EM FAST AND IT'S REALLY UNIQUE AND, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS, UM, COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE IT TO YOUR RESIDENTS.
WE HAVE, UH, CAROLYN FROM KIMLEY HORNE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.
STEPHANIE COOK, SUPER KNOWLEDGEABLE, THOUGHTFUL, UH, PARTNER FROM ZIPLINE.
SO I WILL LET HER, UH, SPEAK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACTUAL DRONE DELIVERY SERVICE, BUT
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HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBER AND, UH, CITY, SORRY, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, YEAH, ZIPLINE, I'M HERE, STEPHANIE COOK FROM ZIPLINE TONIGHT, AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION.
I HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO PRESENT, BUT I CAN ALSO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I KNOW WE HAVE A TIGHT AGENDA, SO, UM, WANNA BE CONSIDERATE OF EVERYBODY'S TIME.
I'D LOVE TO SEE YOUR PRESENTATION IF YOU, ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT.
UM, IS THIS CLICKER GONNA WORK? LET'S SEE.
OKAY, SO I'M HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF ZIPLINE.
UM, AND REALLY I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT DRONE DELIVERY AND TELL YOU THAT IT'S SOMETHING TYPICALLY I THINK PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT DRONE DELIVERY AND THEY THINK IT'S SOMETHING OF THE FUTURE.
UM, WELL IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY IN HEADLINES AROUND DFW AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HERE IN MCKINNEY VERY SOON.
UM, SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ZIPLINE.
WE ARE THE WORLD'S LARGEST DRONE DELIVERY COMPANY.
UM, TO DATE, WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE MORE THAN NOW 1.3 MILLION COMMERCIAL DRONE DELIVERIES AROUND THE WORLD.
UM, SOMEWHERE AROUND THE WORLD.
EVERY DAY SOMEBODY IS GETTING A DELIVERY ABOUT ONCE A MINUTE.
UH, WE LIKE TO SAY OUR BACKGROUND IS IN SAVING LIVES.
WE STARTED DOING DELIVERIES IN RWANDA IN 2016.
AT THAT TIME, WE WERE SOLVING SOME REALLY TOUGH USE CASES.
UM, WE FOUND OUT THAT WOMEN WERE LOSING THEIR LIVES EVERY DAY IN HOSPITALS DUE TO LACK OF ACCESS TO BLOOD.
SO WE SET OUT TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM AND HAD TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
A RECENT STUDY BY THE WHARTON SHOWED THAT WE REDUCED, UH, WOMEN'S IN-HOSPITAL MATERNITY DEATHS BY MORE THAN 51%.
WE THEN TOOK THAT SUCCESS AND EXPANDED ACROSS, UH, BOTH IN VOLUME AND GEOGRAPHICALLY.
SO WE NOW, UH, DELIVER ANYTHING FROM FOOD TO RETAIL ITEMS, DINNER FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY, UM, AND PRETTY MUCH 80% OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU CAN FIND AT A WALMART.
UM, WE ARE HEADQUARTERED IN THE BAY AREA, UH, SAN FRANCISCO, BUT WE HAVE A HUB THAT WE'VE JUST OPENED UP IN DFW.
UM, AND AS RYAN MENTIONED, OUR ANCHOR PARTNER IS WALMART.
WE HAVE A PILOT GOING WITH THEM IN P RIDGE, ARKANSAS RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE COMING TO DFW TO LAUNCH AT SCALE.
UM, SO REALLY EXCITED TO BE PRESENTING TO YOU ALL TONIGHT.
SO WHY DRONE DELIVERY? WHY DO WE THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT? WELL, RYAN SPOKE ABOUT THE GIRL SCOUT COOKIES.
UM, AND SIMILAR TO THAT, ANOTHER CRAZY STATISTIC IS THAT THIS YEAR ALONE, THERE WILL BE 5 BILLION INSTANT DELIVERIES FROM ON-DEMAND APPS IN THE US AND ALL OF THAT RELIES ON ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD AND DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR THAT KIND OF DEMAND.
SO THAT'S WHY WE INVENTED PLATFORM TWO.
PLATFORM TWO IS HERE TO DELIVER ITEMS VERY QUICKLY, EFFICIENTLY.
OUR JONES DON'T GET STUCK IN TRAFFIC.
UM, WE ARE ALSO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE USE CASE OF ELDERLY FOLKS OR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE CARS OR MOBILITY ISSUES, UM, AND CAN GET THEIR DELIVERIES IN UNDER 30 MINUTES DOOR TO DOOR.
WE SIMPLY, TO PUT IT KIND OF, FRANKLY, WE JUST DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE PRIVATE TAXIS FOR ROTIS THREE CHICKENS.
UM, SO I'LL SPEAK TO IN A MINUTE KIND OF WHAT FITS INSIDE OUR DROID.
UM, BUT FIRST I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A QUICK VIDEO OF WHAT THE DELIVERY PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.
OKAY, IT'S NOT WORKING, SO I'LL JUST TALK IT THROUGH IN A SLIDE.
UM, SO KIND OF FROM BEGINNING TO END, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS LOCATED AT THE WALMART LOCATION.
SO THAT'S WHERE PACKAGES ARE LOADED.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE LOADED FROM TOWERS, WHICH WE CALL DOCKING STATIONS.
UM, THE ON THE SITE PLAN THAT Y'ALL WOULD'VE SEEN, THERE'S TWO LOADING AND NINE CHARGING STATIONS.
UM, SO THE JOY IS OUR SMALLER DRONE.
UM, AND THAT GETS LOADED INTO A LARGER DRONE, WHICH IS CALLED A ZIP.
UM, AND THOSE TWO KIND OF KIND OF PIECE TOGETHER AND THEY TAKE OFF FROM THE WALMART LOCATION, UM, AND GO DIRECTLY TO 300 FEET IN THE SKY.
THEY'LL STAY AT THAT 300 FEET ELEVATION AT ALL TIMES, UM, DURING THE FLIGHT AND DELIVERY.
AND THEN WHEN THE ZIP GETS TO ITS DELIVERY LOCATION, THE DR GETS LOWERED DOWN ON A TETHER, UM, AND PLACES THE PACKAGE AT A LOCATION OF THE CUSTOMER'S CHOOSING.
UM, AT THAT POINT, THE ZIP WILL RETURN AT THAT 300 FEET ELEVATION BACK TO THE WALMART WAY, WILL DOCK AND GET READY FOR ANOTHER DELIVERY.
UM, SO JUST AGAIN TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE ZIP AND JOY ARE KIND OF ATTACHED ON A TETHER.
THAT TWO PART ARCHITECTURE SYSTEM ALLOWS THE LARGER DRONE TO STAY HIGH UP IN THE SKY AND THEN THE SMALLER DRONE COMES DOWN TO MAKE THAT DELIVERY THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A REALLY HYPER PRECISE SYSTEM SO CUSTOMERS WHEN THEY PLACE THE DELIVERY CAN PICK FRONT YARD, BACKYARD WITHIN A THREE FOOT RADIUS.
UM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
IN TERMS OF PAYLOAD, WE CAN CARRY UP TO EIGHT POUNDS AND I'LL SPEAK TO KIND OF WHAT EXACTLY THAT MEANS IN A SECOND HERE.
UM, WE'LL BE DELIVERING LIKELY INITIALLY FROM ABOUT A TWO MILE RADIUS FROM THE WALMART.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO EXPAND EVENTUALLY AS WE GET APPROVALS WITH THE FAA.
AND WE ALSO BUILD UP OUR CUSTOMER BASE UP TO 10 MILE RADIUS.
UM, AND WE CAN COMPLETE THAT 10 MILE RADIUS DELIVERY IN UNDER 10 MINUTES, WHICH IS ABOUT 10 TIMES FASTER THAN A CAR.
SO WHAT FITS INSIDE THE DROID? UM, WE LIKE TO PULL IT CUTE, BUT IT'S ALSO MIGHTY.
IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF A SMALL COOLER.
UM, IT CAN FIT 24 DONUTS, 12 EIGHT INCH SANDWICHES, DINNER FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY, UM, OR EIGHT POUNDS OF BEEF BRISKET.
THAT'S ENOUGH FOR A GOOD BARBECUE.
UM, SO WHAT WE LIKE TO SAY IS THAT WE'RE NOT REPLACING PEOPLE'S WEEKLY GROCERY SHOP.
UM, IT'S REALLY KIND OF TOP UP ITEMS. MOM'S AT HOME AND REALIZES SHE FORGOT WINE ITEM TO COOK DINNER INSTEAD OF THROWING THE KIDS IN THE TRUCK AND DRIVING TO WALMART.
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BE ORDERED AND DELIVERED IN UNDER 30 MINUTES.SO, UH, BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD, I WANNA ADDRESS KIND OF THREE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS THAT WE GET WHEN WE PRESENT OUR TECHNOLOGY, AND THAT IS ON SOUND PRIVACY AND SAFETY.
SO STARTING WITH SOUND, FOR MANY YEARS WE'VE HAD SOME OF THE SMARTEST ENGINEERS, UM, DESIGNING A SYSTEM THAT KIND OF BLENDS NATURALLY INTO THE BACKGROUND OF OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.
SO STARTING WITH THE DESIGN OF THE SYSTEM, AS I MENTIONED, KIND OF THE TWO PART ARCHITECTURE, UM, THAT ALLOWS THE, THE LARGER DRONE TO STAY FAR AWAY, 300 FEET UP IN THE SKY, UM, WHICH DURING A DELIVERY IT MEANS IT'S KIND OF ALMOST BARELY VISIBLE.
UM, AND THEN SECONDLY, WE'VE ALSO ENGINEERED THE PROPELLERS TO CREATE A SOUND, UM, THAT IS VERY APPEALING TO LISTEN TO, THAT'S MORE LIKE A FAN.
UM, SO IT'S NOT ONLY THE INTENSITY, BUT ALSO THE PROFILE OF THAT SOUND, UM, MIMICKED OFF OF UM, UH, REALLY A FAN TO SOUND MORE APPEALING.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE RANDOMIZE OUR FLIGHT PATTERN SO WE'RE NOT KIND OF CREATING REPEATED SOUND EXPOSURE OVER THE SAME NEIGHBORHOODS.
ALL OF THAT TO SAY, IF YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, WHETHER WE'RE DOCKING OR DELIVERING, WE'RE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 53 TO 64 DECIBELS, WHICH PUTS US IN THE BRACKET OF, UM, THE REFRIGERATOR NEXT DOOR WHERE, AND CAR TRAFFIC AT ABOUT 300 FEET.
SO THAT REALLY ALLOWS US TO BLEND IN, UM, INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE'VE FLOWN OVER 90 MILLION MILES SAFELY.
AND THAT IS THANKS TO THE WAY THAT WE'VE DESIGNED OUR SYSTEM.
UH, WE HAVE REDUNDANCY IN ALL OF OUR CRITICAL SYSTEMS. SO IF ONE PROPELLER WERE TO FAIL, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE AS BACKUP.
UM, WE ALSO TEST RIGOROUSLY IN ALL KINDS OF CONDITIONS.
UM, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE FAA AND WE ALSO HAVE FLIGHT IQ, WHICH IS OUR AUTONOMY AND PERCEPTION SUITE.
AND THAT REALLY ALLOWS US TO MAKE FLIGHTS AND DELIVERIES SMARTLY AND SAFELY.
SO SIMILAR TO CARS, HOW THEY HAVE BACKUP SENSORS, OUR DROIDS AND ZIPS HAVE FLIGHT IQ.
SO THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF NOT ONLY THE AIRSPACE, BUT ALSO THE GROUND SPACE WHERE WE DELIVER.
SO DURING A DELIVERY, THE JOY CAN ATTACK IF THERE'S A TREE, AN ITEM IN THE WAY, OR EVEN A DOG, AND IT WILL BE ABLE TO STOP AND THEN MAKE SURE THE AREA'S SAFE BEFORE MAKING THAT DELIVERY.
WE ALSO FOLLOW INDUSTRY STANDARD PROCESSES WHERE WE BLUR PEOPLE'S FACES IN VISUAL DATA.
WE CAN'T ZOOM, UM, THERE'S NO LIVE RECORDING AND WE DON'T IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS OR READ LICENSE PLATES.
SO FINALLY TOUCHING ON INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH IS THE COMPONENT THAT'S BEING APPROVED TONIGHT AT THE WALMART LOCATION, AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S GONNA BE TWO SINGLE DOCKS AND THEN NINE DOUBLE DOCKS.
AND THAT WILL ALLOW US, UM, TO DELIVER FROM THAT WALMART LOCATION.
SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE LAUNCH IN A COMMUNITY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS ARE NOT SEEING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN IT'S INSTALLED.
SO THAT'S WHY WE TAKE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REALLY SERIOUSLY.
UM, WE HAVE A LOCAL TEAM THAT'S BASED HERE.
WE DO A LOT OF OUTREACH AT SCHOOLS, LOCAL EVENTS.
UM, YOU MIGHT BE TRYING TO READ THE QUOTE THAT'S ON THE SCREEN THAT SAYS, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
I LIKE HOW YOU'RE NOT JUST TRYING TO CHANGE THE WORLD, BUT ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY INSPIRE, EXCITED TO BE INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION, UM, TO PURSUE CAREERS IN STEM AND TECHNOLOGY.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA, EMPRESS IS GONNA CIRCLE BACK TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT VIDEO TO PLAY JUST SO EVERYONE CAN SEE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.
WE'LL SEE IF THAT'LL WORK FOR US HERE.
MAY I ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS WHILE WE'RE WAITING? YEAH.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR PILOT IN ARKANSAS P RIDGE LIVE FOOTAGE, NOT LIVE FOOTAGE, BUT ACTUAL FOOTAGE.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THE PACKAGE GETS LOADED BY AN ASSOCIATE AND IT WILL GET PLACED INSIDE OF A DROID.
THE DROID THEN GETS LOADED UP INTO THAT LARGER ZIP, AND THE ZIP TAKES OFF IN A C SHAPE PATTERN SO IT DOESN'T FLY OVER THE PARKING LOT.
IT GOES STRAIGHT UP TO 300 FEET.
IT THEN STAYS AT THAT ELEVATION AT ALL TIMES, AND THE DROID MAGICALLY COMES DOWN ON A TETHER, UM, AT THE LOCATION OF CHOOSING OF A CUSTOMER AND MAKES THE DELIVERY.
SO THIS WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR FIRST DELIVERIES FILMED, UM, AT ONE OF OUR CUSTOMER SITES IN ARKANSAS.
IT WILL THEN PLACE THE PACKAGE, UM, AND THEN THE DROID QUICKLY RETRACTS BACK UP TO THE ZIP, AND THE ZIP THEN RETURNS BACK TO THE, UH, LOADING OF THE DOCKING LOCATION AT THE WALMART.
HOW MANY DOCKING LOCA, UH, STATIONS WILL YOU HAVE AT THIS SITE? YEAH, SO THERE WILL BE TWO LOADING DOCK LOADING DOCKS, AND THEN NINE DOUBLE DOCK, UH, NINE DOUBLE CHARGING DOCKS.
AND ABOUT HOW HIGH? SO THE, THE SINGLE DOCK'S ABOUT 20 TH YEAH.
UM, YEAH, SO THE SINGLE DOCK'S ABOUT 22 FEET TALL, AND THEN THE DOUBLE DOCK'S ABOUT 28 FEET TALL.
ARE THESE, SORRY, ARE THESE DRONES AFFECTED BY WEATHER? GOOD QUESTION.
UM, BY BIRD STRIKES, BY, I MEAN, DO THEY AVOID ALL THAT? GOOD QUESTION.
SO, UH, WEATHER, UH, FROM THAT SIDE, WE'RE TESTING IN ALL SORTS OF CONDITIONS.
WE HAVE A RANCH OUT IN WYOMING WHERE WE'RE TESTING IN SOME REALLY COLD WEATHER RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH VERY COLD WEATHER PRECIPITATION, UM, STRONG WINDS.
THERE OBVIOUSLY WILL BE CONDITIONS WHERE WE DON'T FLY.
UM, WE HAVE A REMOTE OPERATION CONTROL CENTER THAT WILL BE MONITORING THE FLEET 24 7.
SO IF THERE IS PARTICULARLY SEVERE WEATHER, UM, THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO RESTRICT OPERATIONS.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, OUR ZIPS CAN ACTUALLY FLY IN PRETTY MUCH CONDITIONS AS THAT, THAT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO YOU, THAT YOU'D BE ABLE TO DRIVE IN.
UM, SO WE'RE ABLE TO HANDLE A LOT OF DIFFERENT WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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STRIKES, UM, YOU KNOW, TO DATE, AS I SAID, WE'VE DONE MORE THAN 1.3 MILLION DELIVERIES AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN AN ISSUE.UM, OUR ZIPS DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DETECT AND AVOID, UM, ITEMS OTHER AIRCRAFT AND OTHER ITEMS IN THE, OR KIND OF OBSTACLES IN THE SKY, THANKS TO OUR FLIGHT IQ SOFTWARE AS WELL.
HOW MANY OF THESE PER DAY DO YOU THINK WE MIGHT SEE? YEAH, GOOD QUESTION.
I MEAN, I THINK INITIALLY THE VOLUME IS GONNA BE PRETTY LOW.
WE'RE GONNA START OFF DOING PROBABLY A FEW DELIVERIES A DAY AND THEN RAMP UP FROM THERE.
I DUNNO, RYAN, IF YOU WANNA SPEAK TO NUMBER OF DELIVERIES.
IT'S GONNA REALLY KINDA GROW AS THE DEMAND INCREASES AS WELL.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL WORK WITH STAFF, BUT YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC EDUCATION WOULD BE THE BEST PART OF THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE CALLING IN WITH
COMPLAINTS OF UFOS, RIGHT? FOR SURE.
SO, AND IN ORDER FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE NEED, WE WANT PEOPLE TO LOVE OUR SYSTEM, TO BE EXCITED TO RECEIVE IT, TO BE ACCEPTED IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
NOW, I KNOW THIS IS NOT A, A ITEM TO APPROVE DRONES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL SITE.
SO, UM, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? COME ON UP.
IF YOU CAN COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE.
AGAIN, SIR, DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE THIS.
I LIVE AT 42 0 7 ENGLISH I DRIVE HERE IN MCKINNEY.
ARE ALL THE MEMBERS AWARE OF THE AIRPORT EXPANSION? IT'S TAKING PLACE WITH COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS BECAUSE, UM, 300 FEET, WHEN BASICALLY RED BUD IN MOST OF THE CITY IS GONNA BE IN A HOLDING PATTERN.
WHEN THOSE AIRLINERS COME IN, THERE'S THREE MAJOR AIRLINES.
THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING INTO MCKINNEY AND THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING, I BELIEVE, BY THE END OF 26, 300 FEET.
WELL, WHAT'S TO STOP THE, UH, DRONE FROM GOING HIGHER THAN 300 FEET? AND, UM, ANYWAY, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WANT TO SAY.
I'VE SEEN A CONGESTION, I USED TO LIVE IN LOS ANGELES.
UM, I WAS IN THE NAVY OUT THERE, AND I'VE SEEN THE HOLDING PATTERNS AROUND CITIES AND WHAT TAKES PLACE AND USUALLY THIS TYPE OF DRONE FEATURE LIKE YOU'VE SEEN IN THE VIDEOS HERE TAKE PLACE IN RURAL AREAS, UH, WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ABUNDANCE OF TRAFFIC.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I, I WANT TO SAY, AND FORGIVE ME, COUNCILMAN PHILLIPS, I THINK YOU MAYBE HAD A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT OR NO, I HAD GENERAL QUESTION AND I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND ME ASKING, BUT I WAS KIND OF CONCERN WHETHER OR NOT THIS OPERATION IS INSURED, WHAT THE POLICY LIMITS ARE AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN DELIVER NARCOTICS WITH, UH, DRONES.
AND, AND YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE LAST QUESTION THAT MAY BE UP TO THE ANSWER.
CAN YOU REPEAT THE LAST QUESTION? UH, WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN DELIVER NARCOTICS WITH THE THESE OH YEAH, GOOD QUESTIONS.
UM, SO THE, SO WE, WE ARE COMPLIANT WITH ALL OF THE FAA REGULATIONS.
UH, AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT PLAN ON DELIVERING ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, OR ANY CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES OF THAT TYPE.
UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF INSURANCE, WE DO CARRY SPECIFIC UAS INSURANCE.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT, UH, LIMITS, BUT I COULD GET BACK TO YOU IF THAT.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE RESIDENTS CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, YEAH, JUST WHAT'S GOING ON AIR AIRPORT COORDINATION IN GENERAL? YEAH, THANK YOU.
SO WE HAVE A TEAM OF EXPERTS THAT ARE VERY CLOSELY MONITORING THE SITUATION.
WE UNDERSTAND TYPICALLY AIRPORTS HAVE LARGE KIND OF KEEP OUT ZONES AROUND THEM.
SO DRONES WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ENTER THAT AIRSPACE AT ALL.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE A VERTICAL KIND OF CYLINDER THAT WILL GO UP.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, HAVE A, UM, A UNIVERSAL, UH, SORRY, UM, A UTM SYSTEM, UM, WHICH IS, UM, A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ESSENTIALLY THAT ALLOWS US TO DE-CONFLICT IN THE AIRSPACE WITH OTHER DRONES AS WELL MM-HMM
UM, AND WE POST, UM, THINGS SUCH AS NO TAMS, WHICH ARE NOTICES THAT, UH, WILL ESSENTIALLY DECLARE THE AREAS WHERE WE WILL BE FLYING.
UM, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO AIR PULLS, WE WON'T COME CLOSE TO THOSE.
CAN UM, IS THERE ANY LIMITATION ON HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THIS? UH, RIGHT NOW IN THE STORES WE'RE OPERATING IN, UM, IT'S DAYLIGHT HOURS.
UM, I'VE SAID NINE TO FIVE, NINE TO SIX, SOMEWHERE LIKE THAT.
I THINK THAT THE OFFICIAL ANSWER THOUGH IS DAYLIGHT HOURS.
UM, I THINK IN THE SUMMER HOURS WE CAN OBVIOUSLY GO A LITTLE LATER, BUT THAT MEANS WE'LL START A LITTLE LATER.
SO LIKE NINE 30 TO SEVEN 15 MAYBE.
ARE THESE THINGS SUBJECT TO THE FA A'S ANNUAL INSPECTIONS? I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE STILL STANDING THERE.
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COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE FAA SAFETY INSPECTIONS REQUIREMENTS, UM, OPERATION REQUIREMENTS.WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM FOR ALL OF OUR APPROVALS.
WE ARE ESSENTIALLY SIMILAR TO, UM, AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER WHERE WE, WE FABRICATE OUR AIRCRAFT, UM, BUT WE ALSO OPERATE THE AIRCRAFT.
SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE'RE AN EBUS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, A DELTA, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE FAA CONTINUALLY HAND IN HAND.
THE OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I WILL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM AS PRESENTED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SAY IT AGAIN? OH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
FORGIVE ME, DO I HAVE A SECOND? IT, I WILL SECOND THEN CAST YOUR VOTES PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT THREE TO TWO IN FAVOR.
[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from “AG” - Agriculture District to “R12” - Residential District, “C2” - Local Commercial District, and “I1” - Light Industrial District, Located Approximately 900 Feet Northwest of the Intersection of County Road 317 and County Road 325 and on the North Side of County Road 317, and Accompanying Ordinance]
TWO FOUR DASH 1 25 Z TWO.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM AG AGRICULTURE DISTRICT TO R 12 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT C TWO LOCAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND L ONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET NORTHWEST OF INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 3 1 7 AND COUNTY ROAD 3 25.
AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COUNTY ROAD 3 1 7 AND ACCOMPANYING ORDINANCE JENNIFER.
JENNIFER ARNOLD, AGAIN, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.
M AS YOU READ, THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, UM, TO A MIX OF, UH, STRAIGHT ZONING DISTRICTS.
AND I'LL GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT THAT HERE IN JUST A MOMENT, UM, AS YOU READ.
SO THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS ABOUT A HUNDRED ACRES IN SIZE AND IF YOU SEE THERE ON THE VICINITY MAP, IT IS IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST, UH, PORTION OF THE CITY.
UH, IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED AG AGRICULTURE AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REZONE IT, UM, TO ALLOW FOR A MIX OF, UM, RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND COMMERCIAL USES.
UM, JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF REFERENCE FOR WHERE THIS SITS IN RELATIONSHIP TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, YOU'LL NOTICE HERE AT SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CITY, JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AIRPORT IN THE BUSINESS AND AVIATION DISTRICT OF THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS ENVISIONED, UM, FOR, UH, MORE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES.
THERE IS A SMALL PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S IN OUR HOMESTEAD DISTRICT, WHICH IS ENVISIONING FOR THAT RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.
SO, UH, THIS EXHIBIT HERE SHOWS THE SPLIT OF, UM, DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING.
IF YOU'LL NOTICE, THE RED AREA, UH, IS 44 ACRES.
THAT IS WHERE THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DEVELOP THE UM, UH, RESIDENTIAL USES PURSUANT TO OUR R 12 ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR LARGE LOTS OR REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF LARGE LOT, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
THE PURPLE AREA IS WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING THE I ONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 48 ACRES IN SIZE.
AND THEN THAT SMALL YELLOW COMPONENT THERE ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER IS WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING ABOUT 8.5 ACRES OF THE C TWO, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING.
SO GIVEN ITS ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, AS PROPOSED STAFF IS COMFORTABLE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONS, ALSO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
OUR APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND I BELIEVE THEY ALSO HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION IF THE COUNSEL IS INTERESTED IN WATCHING JENNIFER.
CAN, MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR GARY, BUT CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ROADWAY ALIGNMENTS THAT COME THROUGH THERE AND THE TIMING OF, UM, I GUESS WHEN THAT, I'M GONNA DEFER THAT TO GARY JUST BECAUSE HE'LL HAVE MORE INFO ON THE TIMING COMPONENTS.
UH, GARY GRAHAM, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, UH, SO COUNCILMAN BELLA, YOU'RE REFERRING TO FM 5 46 AND THE ALIGNMENT, UH, THE UH, TIMING OF THAT.
RIGHT NOW, TXDOT AND COLLIN COUNTY ARE THE LEAD AGENCIES, UH, WORKING ON THAT, UH, DEVELOPMENT OR THE OF THAT, THAT PROJECT.
AND, UM, THEY HAVE ADVANCED THE PIECE OF 5 46 EAST OF THE EAST FORK, UH, FARTHER THAN THEY HAVE THIS SECTION.
AND SO AT THIS TIME WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD SCHEDULE WHEN THIS PIECE WOULD BE, UH, UH, CONSTRUCTED FROM A, AND JENNIFER, THIS MIGHT BE BACK FOR YOU, BUT FROM A A USE STANDPOINT, WOULD LIGHT INDU, I MEAN FROM AN ACCESS STANDPOINT, THAT WOULD ALMOST HAVE TO BE IN BEFORE YOU COULD PROVIDE THIS USE OR GET ACCESS TO THIS USE? 'CAUSE FOR THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL COMPONENTS? YEAH.
THERE'S NO OTHER ACCESS POINTS IS THERE? ABSOLUTELY.
SO IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE NOT OR ANY OF
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IT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THEY'LL HAVE TO MEET WITH THE CITY, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL NECESSARY ROADWAY, UTILITY, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN PLACE TO SERVE WHATEVER DEVELOPMENT COMES.UM, AND THAT WOULD TYPICALLY HAPPEN OF COURSE AT THE SITE PLANNING STAGE.
UM, I'LL LET THE APPLICANT TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THEIR TIMING, UM, HORIZON LOOKS LIKE, UM, AND HOW THAT PLAYS INTO IT.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT AT THIS POINT WE'RE TALKING JUST ABOUT THE ENTITLEMENTS FOR THE USE WHEN THE TIMING AND WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR SERVICE IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROBABLY A COUPLE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD IN, IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I KNOW WE, WE'VE, I GUESS I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DID WITH THE ADDITION OF SPUR 3 99 HERE, BUT MM-HMM
DO WE SEE THAT AS KIND OF THE CUTOFF POINT FOR THAT'S CORRECT.
AND IF YOU'LL, SO IF YOU'LL GO, IF I'LL GO BACK TO THIS ONE.
YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THIS EXHIBIT, I DON'T KNOW IF THE, UM, ANNOTATIONS WORKING EMPRESS, BUT UM, RIGHT HERE, THAT'S THAT ROADWAY UP HERE IS THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND DOWN HERE IS THAT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
DO WE ENVISION THAT KIND OF ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE SOUTHEAST PART OF OUR CITY LIKE THAT, THAT ANYTHING NORTH OF 5 46 IS LIKELY GONNA BE IN THAT INDUSTRIAL AVIATION? THAT IS CORRECT.
EVERYTHING SOUTH IS RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO, UM, THIS IS OUR LAND USE, UH, FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
AND YOU CAN SEE MAYBE WHITE WILL WORK.
SO THIS ENTIRE SORT OF TRIANGLE IS THE BUSINESS IN AVIATION.
THAT, THAT IS WHERE WE EXPECT THE ROAD TO COME THROUGH.
IT CUTS IT OFF AND DOWN HERE IS THE MORE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STUFF.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE UHHUH,
IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME FOR US PLEASE.
MY NAME IS RYAN JOYCE WITH MICHAEL JOYCE PROPERTIES 7 6 7 JUSTIN ROAD, ROCKWALL, TEXAS 7 5 0 8 7.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE HAD A LONG AGENDA THIS EVENING ALREADY.
SO, UM, I WANTED TO START OFF, UM, I WANTED TO START OFF JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND BEHIND MICHAEL JOYCE PROPERTIES.
UH, I AM, UH, VERY FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH MY WIFE ON A DAILY BASIS.
UH, SHE'S OUR DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION, UH, AND THEN WE HAVE A SMALL OFFICE LOCATED IN ROCKWALL, WHERE WE LIVE.
UH, LUCKILY MY COMMUTE TO WORK IS ONLY ABOUT SIX MINUTES, UH, WHICH IS GREAT ON ONE SIDE THAT I CAN GET TO AND FROM WORK REALLY QUICKLY, REALLY BAD IF YOU LIKE TO LISTEN TO PODCASTS 'CAUSE I CAN'T REALLY GET INTO ANYTHING IN SIX MINUTES.
UH, THESE ARE OUR CORE VALUES FOR OUR COMPANY.
INTEGRITY, PEOPLE, FAITH AND FAMILY.
UH, INTEGRITY IS A PARAMOUNT IN EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE.
UH, PEOPLE WE VALUE, PEOPLE WE VALUE THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE, NOT ONLY WITH CITY COUNCILS, BUT ALSO WITH CITY STAFF, UH, CITY INSPECTORS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OUR CONTRACTORS.
UH, THE WHOLE REASON THAT WE STARTED OUR COMPANYS BECAUSE OF OUR FAMILY.
UH, WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE FOR OUR KIDS ON A DAILY BASIS AND BE ABLE TO SLIDE OVER TO SCHOOL EVENTS AND, UH, JUST WORK RIGHT THERE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE, UH, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND THEN OUR CHRISTIAN BELIEFS AND OUR FAITH REALLY LEAD EVERY DECISION THAT WE DO.
I WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW YOU A COUPLE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON IN THE PAST.
UH, SO THE PROJECT ON THE LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN, THIS IS, UH, UH, RIGHT OFF OF UH, UM, SILVERADO PARKWAY.
UH, WE WERE THE PROJECT MANAGERS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, A VERY UNIQUE TOWN HOME PROJECT, BUT IT IS LOCATED HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY.
UH, SO WE DO HAVE A HISTORY OF WORKING HERE IN THE CITY.
UH, THE PROJECT ON YOUR RIGHT IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER PROJECT.
IT'S 198 HOME COMMUNITY LOCATED IN ROCKWALL CALLED THE TERRACES, UH, WITH VARYING LOT SIZES THAT, UH, ARE, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
UM, I THINK, UH, THE CITY STAFF DID A GREAT JOB OF, OF KIND OF RUNNING THROUGH THIS.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF REITERATE, BUT I DID JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS DOES CONFORM TO THE FUTURE AND LAND USE PLAN.
UH, WE DIDN'T WANT TO DEVIATE FROM THAT VERY MUCH SO WITH THE FUTURE ALIGNMENT OF 5 46.
UH, TO ANSWER, UH, YOUR QUESTION OVER HERE, UH, MR. BELLA, UH, EVERYTHING ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION TO, TO TAKE PLACE.
SO, UH, THIS IS JUST TO KIND OF GET THAT ZONING IN PLACE FOLLOWING THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
UM, AS FAR AS TIMEFRAME GOES, AND WHEN WE KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT THAT RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, UH, SHOULD HAPPEN SOMETIME LATE 26, EARLY 27, UH, WITH THE ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION TO FOLLOW SOME SOMETIME AFTER THAT.
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INDUSTRIAL PORTION OF THIS PROJECT PROBABLY WON'T TAKE PLACE TILL SOMETIME IN 2029 OR 2030.UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A LITTLE PREMATURE, BUT FROM A A LAYOUT STANDPOINT, ALL OF THESE LOTS HERE IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING.
UH, WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT SITE PLAN PROCESS AND MEETING WITH CITY STAFF AND CITY ENGINEERING.
UH, WE DO ANTICIPATE ONCE THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY COMPLETED AND HOMES ARE BUILT, PROBABLY WILL FOLLOW ALONG WITH A TIMEFRAME FOR WHEN THAT ROADWAY IS CONSTRUCTED.
UH, SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR, OUR LONG-TERM, LONG-TERM LOOK THERE.
UH, AS FAR AS, UH, POTENTIAL BUILDERS, SO WE HAVE CONTRACTED WITH A COUPLE OF BUILDERS OUT HERE.
SO PERRY HOMES IS ONE OF OUR BUILDING PARTNERS WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THESE ARE ARE JUST A SAMPLE OF SOME OF THE HOMES THAT, UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING FOR THE SITE WITH THE SALES PRICE AND KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, 1.7 TO $2.2 MILLION.
AND THEN OUR OTHER BUILDING PARTNER IS SHA HOMES.
UM, AND THEY HAVE A SIMILAR PRICE POINT ON KIND OF WHERE THEY'RE AT, BUT YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE VALUE AND THE QUALITY OF MATERIALS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO UTILIZE WITHIN THIS, WITHIN THIS PROJECT.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE.
AND AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING AND THE ABILITY TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR EMPRESS THOUGH.
IF, IF I TOUCH THIS SCREEN, IS EVERYBODY OUT THERE GONNA SEE MARKS ON IT? AND AM I ALLOWED TO SCROLL BACK AND FORTH TO SEE THE OTHER PICTURES? I HAVE TO ASK YOU, YOU TAKE ME BACK TO THE SITE PLAN.
WHAT? BACK TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OH, OF, OF MY PRESENTATION OR CITY STAFF? I WAS LOOKING AT THE OVERALL SITE PLAN.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS ON CITY STAFF FROM THE STAFF PRESENTATION, MA'AM.
CAN YOU LOAD THAT ONE FOR US? MY CONCERN IS THAT BEING AN INDUSTRIAL AREA, PUTTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL OUT THERE.
UH, SO, UH, IN FOLLOWING THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, EVERYTHING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FM 5 46, THE FUTURE EXPANSION PER, PER THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, EVERYTHING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT ROADWAY IS SLATED TO BE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
UH, ON THE SOUTH OF THAT ROAD IS SLATED TO BE, UH, THE R 12 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
AND I BELIEVE YOU GO THERE, THAT ONE SHOWS A, A REALLY GOOD PICTURE OF IT THERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, IF YOU WOULD GO BACK TO PAGE FIVE, WHAT IS THE NORTH SOUTH ROAD THAT'S RIGHT THERE.
UH, SO THAT IS A, THAT IS A ROADWAY THAT'S SHOWN ON THE FUTURE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, UH, FOR THE CITY.
UH, IT IS, UH, I BELIEVE A, UH, FOUR LANE OR A SIX LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY THAT RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH AND, AND TEASE INTO FM 5 46 THERE.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, MR. UH, MR. PHILLIPS, THE, THAT WHITE LINE THERE IS FM 5 46, UM, AND THEN THE RED AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT, THAT'S THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA THAT, UH, CITY STAFF WAS REFERRING TO.
AND THEN THE TAN AREA ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT IS THE, THE SINGLE FAMILY AREA.
THIS LITTLE LOOP UP HERE IN THE LIGHT BROWN I WOULD CALL IT.
UM, IS THAT THE CURRENT 5 46? UH, YES SIR.
THAT IS THE CURRENT, CURRENT ALIGNMENT OF 5 46.
SO MY CONCERN IS THAT MY FRIENDS FROM CORNERSTONE RANCH LIVE JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM YOU AND ALL THAT PROPERTY IS INDUSTRIAL OR HEADED THAT WAY.
YOU FOLLOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YES, SIR.
A ABSOLUTELY, YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST TO OUR NORTHWEST.
UM, UM, AND SO THEY ARE IN THAT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA, BUT THEY ARE JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF US.
WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU OFFERING TO BUILD SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE IN MCKINNEY.
UM, BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE AREA AND IS THAT ITS HIGHEST AND BEST USE? UM, UH, WE SEE IT AS A VERY GOOD USE FOR THE AREA ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF, OF 5 46, JUST BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO THE AIRPORT, UH, AND THE FUTURE GROWTH OF, UH, THE AREA SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT.
UM, I, I THINK TO HAVE A DELINEATION 5 46 IS SLATED TO BE A SIX LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY.
SO THAT'S A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT DIVIDER BETWEEN THE TWO TYPES OF USES, UH, IN ADDITION TO SOME, UH, UH, MEETING THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS AND THE, UH, LANDSCAPE BUFFERS THERE ON THE ROADWAY AS WELL.
SO YOU, YOU'LL HAVE A FAIRLY AMOUNT GOOD AMOUNT OF DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TWO USES.
ALSO, IT'S LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, SO
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IT'S, IT IS NOT, UH, HEAVY, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.MORE LIKE, UM, UH, WAREHOUSE FACILITIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, AND THAT WILL HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU GUYS, UH, AS A FUTURE SITE PLAN APPROVAL.
SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL STILL HAVE OVERSIGHT INTO WHAT GOES THERE IN FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
I LIKE YOUR VALUES AND I'LL LET YOU DO IT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? ALRIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR COUNSEL? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THIS ITEM.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FACILITY.
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Specific Use Permit to Allow a Stealth Telecommunication Structure, Located on the South Side of the Intersection of Stars Avenue and Wellness Way, and Accompanying Ordinance]
FOUR DASH 0 0 0 5 SUP TWO.CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A STEALTH TELECOMMUNICATION STRUCTURE LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION OF STARS AVENUE AND WELLNESS WAY AND ACCOMPANYING ORDINANCE.
UM, AS YOU READ, THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, SUP REQUEST TO ALLOW FOR A CELL TOWER OVER OFF STARS AVENUE AND WELLNESS WAY.
UM, REMEMBER BACK TO A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO WHEN MICHAEL QUINT WAS, UH, PRESENTING OVER CELL TOWERS IN THIS AREA OF MCKINNEY.
THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES HE, UH, MENTIONED TO YOU ALL THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS AND, UM, WE'RE, UM, EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT IT TONIGHT FOR APPROVAL ON THAT SUP.
SO THE REASON IT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UM, IS FOR THE SUP FOR TWO MAIN REASONS.
ONE IS THE BUILDING OR THE PROPOSED, UH, TOWER HEIGHT OF 110 FEET EXCEEDS THE OTHERWISE ALLOWED BUILDING HEIGHTS.
AND SO THE SUP IS REQUIRED TO CONSIDER THAT INCREASE.
AND THE OTHER REASON IT IS BEFORE YOU IS BECAUSE OF THE, UH, REQUIRED SETBACKS.
TYPICALLY, UH, CELL TOWERS ARE REQUIRED TO BE SET BACK FROM A PROPERTY LINE EQUAL DISTANCE TO THE HEIGHT.
SO IF IT'S 110 FEET IN HEIGHT, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SET BACK 110 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
UM, HOWEVER, UM, THIS PARTICULAR CELL TOWER DOESN'T MEET THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE SETBACKS.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE PROPERTY LINES AND AROUND THE 90 FEET TO, UH, 75 FEET RANGE, WHICH IS WHY IT'S BEFORE YOU.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE REQUEST, WE'VE REVIEWED THE PROPAGATION MAPS.
WE DO FEEL LIKE THE CELL TOWER IN THIS LOCATION WILL SERVE A GREATER NEED.
UM, AND THE LOCATION, UH, ON THE PROPERTY IS TUCKED BY, UM, THE FLOODPLAIN.
IT IS FAR AWAY FROM THE, UM, RIGHT OF WAYS.
SO WHILE IT'S NOT MEETING THE STRICT APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY LINE DISTANCE, IT IS SET BACK, UM, AS FAR BACK AS IT CAN GO ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
THAT BEING SAID, STAFF'S RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, E AND Z'S CONSIDERED THE ITEM.
THEY'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? I THINK OUR APPLICANT'S HERE.
PLEASE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR US.
UM, MY NAME IS RAY ROMAN AND I'M WITH ANTHEM NET 51 51 HEADQUARTERS DRIVE, PLANO, TEXAS, AND, UM, GREAT FACILITY.
AND I FOLLOWING THE STEPS OF MR. SANCHEZ, I'M YOUR FIRST OKLAHOMAN TO STAND BEFORE YOU
ALRIGHT, RAY, I'M GRATEFUL YOU'RE BRINGING THIS TO US.
YOU AND I VISITED A LITTLE BIT.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING.
UM, AS FAR, THIS IS MY COUNCIL DISTRICT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE.
WE DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE CELL SERVICE HERE IN OUR DISTRICT.
UH, YOU HAVE ALL THE MAIN CARRIERS THAT ARE GONNA BE CARRIED ON THIS THING.
UH, AT THE OTHER TOWER THAT WE HAVE GOING UP NEAR TPC, WE ONLY HAVE AT AND T AND I GET COMPLAINTS ALL THE TIME FROM PEOPLE WITH VERIZON AND T-MOBILE.
I HAD ONE WOMAN IN, UM, CALIFORNIA WHO IS THE ONLY CHILD, AND HER PARENTS LIVE IN THIS DISTRICT AND THEY HAVE A MONITOR ON HER DAD THAT RELIES ON CELL SERVICE AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH CELL SERVICE TO RELIABLY USE THE MONITOR.
SO THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE.
UH, UH, ON TOP OF THAT, THE CITY WILL BE GETTING ABOUT $1,600 A MONTH LEASE PAYMENT.
WE'RE GETTING NOTHING ON IT RIGHT NOW.
SO I THINK THIS IS NOTHING BUT A WIN FOR OUR CITY.
AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE.
WE, WE, UM, ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THIS FACILITY.
UM, CELL COVERAGE NOWADAYS IS SO IMPORTANT FOR EVERYTHING FROM, LIKE YOU SAID, MEDICAL MONITORING TO JUST EMERGENCIES, YOU KNOW, UM, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE THAT IF YOU HAVE A YOUNG, A NEW DRIVER AND SOMETHING HAPPENS AND THEY DON'T HAVE
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COVERAGE AND THEY NEED IT BAD, THAT THIS IS GONNA HELP, IT'S GONNA HELP A LOT.MY ONLY REQUEST IS BUILD MORE.
YOU KNOW WHAT, COME, COME FAST.
WE ARE DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN, IN GROWING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND LOOKING AT PROPERTIES THAT YOU MAY HAVE WHERE WE CAN CONSTRUCT SITES.
PLEASE, UH, WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS ONE, THEN WE'LL SIT DOWN AND, AND, UM, SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? MY LETTER.
AND IF NOT, I'LL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THIS ITEM.
RICK, YOU WANNA TAKE IT BACK? GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT BACK.
[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from “PD” - Planned Development District to “PD” - Planned Development District, Generally to allow for Multi-Family Residential, Single-Family Residential, and Commercial Uses, and to Modify the Development Standards, Located on the Southeast and Southwest corner of Custer Road and FM 1461, and Accompanying Ordinance]
IS TWO FOUR DASH FIVE SORRY.TWO DASH TWO FOUR DASH 0 7 5 Z THREE.
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT GENERALLY TO ALLOW FOR MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES.
AND TO MODIFY THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST CORNERS OF CUSTER ROAD AND FM 1461 AND ACCOMPANYING ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM JENNIFER ARNOLD AGAIN.
UM, THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 124 ACRES.
UM, THEY'RE LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST CORNER OF CUSTER ROAD AND FM 1461.
THE LOCATION, UH, MAP IS THERE, UH, ON YOUR SCREEN.
UM, AS WE DIG INTO THIS ONE, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE CURRENT ZONING ALLOWS AND WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO MODIFY TO.
SO THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
AND UNDER THAT CURRENT ZONING, LET'S SEE HERE WHERE I'VE GOT THE EXHIBIT.
UNDER THAT CURRENT ZONING, IT ALLOWS ALREADY FOR A MIX OF COMMERCIAL AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES.
SO ON YOUR SCREEN YOU DO SEE, UM, ALL THE AREAS THERE IN RED ALLOW FOR COMMERCIAL USES.
AND THE, UH, DIFFERENT SHADES OF YELLOW ALLOW FOR A MIX OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES AT LOW AND MEDIUM DENSITIES.
AND THEN, UH, INTRODUCE MULTIFAMILY ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO THE NEXT IMAGE THAT I'VE GOT UP HERE IS THE PROPOSED BUBBLE PLAN FOR THE ZONING THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
SO ANYTHING THAT IS IN RED WOULD STILL BE, UH, FOR COMMERCIAL USES, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING FROM ABOUT 30, UM, ACRES OF COMMERCIAL UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING TO ABOUT 34 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL PROPOSED.
ANYWHERE WHERE YOU SEE THAT LIGHT BLUE WOULD STILL ALLOW FOR A MIX OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES AT A VARIETY OF LOT SIZES.
AND THEN THE, UH, BROWN COLOR THERE ON THE WESTERN AREA IS WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH OUR MF 30, UH, STANDARD MULTIFAMILY ZONING DISTRICT.
UH, AS STAFF LOOKED AT THE REQUEST, UH, WE NOTED THAT IT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE MODIFICATION TO THE EXISTING ZONING TO WHAT IS PROPOSED.
PROPOSED, UM, IS VERY, UH, COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY.
OF COURSE, THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS THAT ALLOWANCE OF MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ON THE WESTERN SIDE.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS CONSIDERED THE ITEM AND HAS ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I DO WANNA NOTE FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME LETTERS OF OPPOSITION, UM, MAINLY FROM RESIDENTS THAT ARE WEST AND NORTH OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS NOTED ON THE RECORD.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE? THEY SHOULD.
IF YOU CAN COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR US.
I'M WITH 31 0 2 MAPLE AVENUE DALLAS.
I'M A PARTNER WITH WHITEMAN AND, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE LANDOWNERS TO DEVELOP THE 25 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL THAT HAS BEEN LAID OUT IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER.
UH, WE PLAN TO HAVE A GROCERY ANCHORED, UM, SHOPPING CENTER THERE THAT'S ORIENTED TOWARD CUSTER TO REALLY ACTIVATE THE CUSTER ROAD CORRIDOR.
AND WHAT WE DID ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE IS TO CREATE AN L-SHAPED EIGHT ACRE TRACK THAT REALLY IS DEPTH FOR PADS, UM, UH, SERVICE PADS, UH, UH, RETAIL PADS, RESTAURANT PADS.
AND AS A RESULT, WHAT REMAINS THE KIND OF L-SHAPED 10 ACRE PROPERTY? I, I THINK IT JUST, WE JUST THOUGHT IT JUST FIT RIGHT WITH A MULTIFAMILY ZONING, WHICH WILL MEET ALL CITY ORDINANCE STANDARDS.
UH, AND THE COMMERCIAL WILL MEET ALL CITY ORDINANCE STANDARDS
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AS WELL.OUR PLAN IS TO, UH, IF WE'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE ZONING TO COME BACK TO THE CITY TO START DEVELOPMENT OF THE 25 ACRE TRACK, WE INTEND THIS TO BE A SHOPPING CENTER OPENING IN LATE 2026 OR EARLY 2027.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ARE THESE FOR AT MARKET RENT FOR THESE, OR IS THIS CORRECT? NONE OF THESE ARE WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND HOW MANY, HOW MANY UNITS ARE YOU, HOW MANY UNITS ARE YOU PROPOSING? IT'S ON THE 10 ACRES, IT'LL BE ABOUT 300 UNITS AND THAT'LL BE 60, 65%.
ONE BEDROOM, 30, 35%, TWO BEDROOM, AND JUST 5% THREE BEDROOM.
IT'S, IT'S BUILT, IT'LL BE BUILT IN THREE AND FOUR STORY STRUCTURES CONSISTENT WITH YOUR STANDARDS AND CONSISTENT WITH YOUR PARKING STANDARDS AS WELL.
THE, THE, THE MULTI-FAMILY IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER WILL REALLY LAG WITH UNTIL THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THAT THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA ACTIVATE THE THOROUGHFARE.
UM, DAVID, TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, BECAUSE I THINK WE, UH, I VISITED WITH YOU FOLKS, UM, THE MF 30, I BELIEVE IS THE ZONING YOU'RE GOING FOR OUR MULTIFAMILY, AND I WAS INQUIRING ABOUT SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT LESS DENSE, BUT, UM, EXPLAIN TO ME WHY YOU NEED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CRITICAL MASS HERE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE MULTIFAMILY WORK.
WELL, THE, IN THE INTENT OF THE 10 ACRES IS TO CREATE A LARGE ENOUGH DEVELOPMENT UNIT SIZE TO ATTRACT FIRST QUALITY MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPERS TO MEET THE STANDARDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE HERE.
AND THAT WAS REALLY THE MAGIC.
AND WE WENT BACK FORTH IN A GENERAL LAYOUT TO ACHIEVE YOUR 1.75 SPACES PER ACRE.
IT JUST, IT, IT MADE SENSE TO BE AROUND THAT, THAT 300 FOR A WALKUP MF 30 PRODUCT THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE RIGHT SIZING TO, TO CREATE A A, A DEVELOPMENT OF THAT.
THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY QUESTION HERE FOR YOU, BUT, UM, I LIVED IN MCKINNEY FOR 28 YEARS AND I WAS HERE WHEN EVERYTHING STARTED GROWING.
AND, UM, MY KIDS WERE AT FIRST CLASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BUT THEN PORTABLES CAME 'CAUSE MAN, WE WERE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS AND PROSPERS THERE.
NOW, UH, PROSPER'S FACING A HIGH GROWTH THING, BUILDING AS MANY SCHOOLS AS THEY CAN, AS MUCH AS THEY CAN, SEEING THIS KIND OF GROWTH.
BUT, AND TRAFFIC IS TOUGH, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE UP IN PROSPER, SALINA, IT'S TOUGH 'CAUSE YOU GOTTA GET TO THREE 80 OR YOU GOTTA GET TO THE TOLL WAY.
I'M NOT SURE THEY EVER WERE FUN, BUT THEY'RE NOT FUN NOW.
PART OF MITIGATING TRAFFIC IS GETTING STUFF CLOSER TO YOU.
I THINK THE DEAREST GROCER'S ABOUT THREE MILES AWAY, A GROCER'S COMING TO THE INTERSECTION.
THIS INTERSECTION KIND OF REMINDS ME RIGHT OR WRONG, OF WHERE VIRGINIA AND HARDIN WERE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
THERE WAS NOTHING, HELL, THERE WASN'T EVEN A HARDIN NORTH OF VIRGINIA.
AND NOW WE'VE GOT ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER, WE'VE GOT HOMES ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER.
WE'VE GOT A WALMART ON THE SOUTH, UH, ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER.
WE'VE GOT A WALMART ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER.
WE'VE GOT NEW SENIOR MULTIFAMILY LIVING.
AND ON THE SOUTHWEST WE'VE GOT C TWO WITH STARBUCKS AND SEVEN 11 AND CAR WASH AND FILL IN THE BLANK.
UM, TRAFFIC EVENTUALLY WORKS, IT'S A HARD CHANGE, BUT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE TAXPAYER OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, I WANT THE GROCERY STORE IN OUR CITY.
I I WOULD NOTE THAT WE WORKED WITH MR. GREEN STAFF AND MS. ARNOLD'S STAFF AND THE, THE TRAFFIC NUMBERS, THE TRAFFIC IMPACT OF THE, THE 10 ACRES OF MULTIFAMILY WITH THE EIGHT ACRES OF COMMERCIAL IS ACTUALLY LESS THAN IF IT WOULD BE ENTIRELY COMMERCIAL ON THAT SOUTHWEST CORNER.
I, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE AND I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE GROCER.
WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN ADVOCATE OF, OF HAVING MULTIFAMILY KIND OF ON THE PERIPHERY OF OUR CITY, NOT ON THE INTERIOR PORTIONS.
UM, I'M STILL AN ADVOCATE OF THAT UNLESS WE HAVE SOME INCENTIVE TO DO MULTIFAMILY, LIKE SOME WORKFORCE HOUSING BECAUSE WE'RE STILL NOT MEETING EXACTLY WHERE THE MARKET IS RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE GOT A COUPLE OF LETTERS FROM THE MAYORS OF PROSPER AND THE MAYORS OF SOLINA, WHICH I DO RESPECT AS WELL.
UM, SO JUST BECAUSE OF MY HESITATION IN TERMS OF BUILDING MORE MULTIFAMILY IN THIS AREA, I AM ACTUALLY NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT.
BUT WE ARE ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE CITY HERE.
I WOULD, I WOULD TEND TO AGREE WITH MR. CLOUTIER.
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AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT EVENTUALLY, DALE PARKWAY IS GONNA GO ALL THE WAY TO 75 AND IT'S GONNA GO ALL THE WAY TO PRESTON ROAD.THE STATE HAS ALREADY ACQUIRED ALL THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STARTING TO MOVE UTILITY LINES.
THEY'RE IN ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHT NOW.
UH, YOU'VE GOT KUSA ROAD, WHICH IS GONNA BE A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
SO YOU'RE REALLY SITTING AT, AT TWO MAJOR IN A MAJOR INTERSECTION OF TWO MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE IN AN INTERIOR STREET AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE ON A TWO LANE ROAD.
THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF THE BIG AREAS OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND YOU GOT COMMERCIAL ACROSS THE STREET.
YOU KNOW, IF THE ROAD WEREN'T COMING IN, IN A REASONABLE, REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.
UH, BUT I, I THINK THIS IS A, IS A PERFECT USE AT THIS POINT.
AND I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA NEED A GROCERY UP THERE.
THEY'RE GONNA NEED SOME RETAIL UP THERE.
THERE'S HUGE GROWTH TO THE NORTH, TO THE EAST, TO THE WEST, AND, UH, I, I JUST THINK IT'S A GOOD PROJECT.
HOW MANY ACRES OF, UM, SINGLE FAMILY ARE THERE? I, I THINK THERE ARE ABOUT 107.
I, THIS WAS 134 ACRES BEFORE THEY CAME IN 10 YEARS AGO AND DID THE PD AND MOVED THE ROAD.
AND I, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S 14 ON THE, ON THE WEST SIDE OF CUSTER AND THE REMAINDERS ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND WE WENT FROM 14 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL IN THE SOUTHEAST TO 23.77, WHICH FITS A MODERN DAY GROCER CENTER.
I, I'LL TELL YOU, AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY LISTENING OR MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THINK I'M SICK, BUT I HATE MULTIFAMILY IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS.
BUT YOU'RE GIVING ME SO MUCH SINGLE FAMILY THAT I'M WILLING TO TRADE WITH YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT, SIR, I, I DON'T WANT YOU COMING BACK TELLING ME YOU WANT TO INCREASE THE DENSITY ON YOUR MULTIFAMILY SCOUT'S.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.
I'M GONNA MOVE, WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I'M GONNA MOVE THAT WE CONTINUE THE ITEM TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR TWO REASONS.
NUMBER ONE, I WANT TO GIVE THE PEOPLE OF WHO WERE NEIGHBORS WHO DID SHOW UP TO PLANNING AND ZONING THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK TO US.
AND NUMBER TWO, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A FULL COUNSEL HERE IF WE COULD BEFORE WE VOTE THE SIGHT.
SO MY MOTION IS TO TABLE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION THEN I WILL, UH, BACK YOU UP PATRICK AND SAY, UM, WE CERTAINLY CAN ENTERTAIN THIS AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WITH THE FULL COUNCIL.
ALRIGHT, WE WILL CONTINUE THE ITEM UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Appointing a Member to the McKinney Arts Commission]
TWO FIVE DASH 2 5 2 8.CONSIDER DISCUSSED, ACT ON APPOINTING A MEMBER TO THE MCKINNEY ARTS COMMISSION.
YOU EMPRESS MAYOR PROAM AND COUNCIL.
THIS ITEM IS TO REPLACE A MEMBER, UH, TO THE ARTS AND ARTS OF THE COMMISSION.
BRIAN MAGNUSON IS A RECENT, UH, CANDIDATE FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTION.
SO THAT, UH, QUALIFIES AS AN AUTOMATIC RESIGNATION FROM THIS BOARD.
THE BOARD CURRENTLY HAS SIX REMAINING REGULAR MEMBERS AND ONE ALTERNATE.
WHO IS THE ALTERNATE? THE ALTERNATE IS MATT ANDERSON.
UM, I, I'M JUST SOCIALIZING THIS WITH COUNSEL, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE HAS A COMPELLING NAME TO BRING UP, THAT PERHAPS WE MIGHT ENTERTAIN, UH, MAKING MR. ANDERSON THE PERMANENT ON THIS.
AND THEN, UM, NAMING A NEW ALTERNATE AT, AT THE NEXT MEETING.
IS THAT A MOTION? I WILL MAKE IT A MOTION 'CAUSE I'M NOT GETTING ANY DIRTY LOOKS.
OH, YOU'RE WEIGHING YOUR OPTIONS.
[COUNCIL AND MANAGER COMMENTS]
COMMENTS.WE'RE GONNA START WITH CHARLIE THIS TIME.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS SAID THE, WHETHER OR NOT I WAS A SU SUCCESS ON THIS COUNCIL WOULD BE
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DETERMINED WHETHER OR NOT THE CHILDREN WHO GREW UP HERE GROW UP AND GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY GET THEIR EDUCATION, THEY START THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEY WANT TO MOVE BACK TO MCKINNEY AND RAISE THEIR CHILDREN WITH THE SAME VALUES THAT THEY WERE RAISED WITH.AND TONIGHT WE HAVE BRANDON KLINGER SITTING BACK AT THE BACK END OF THIS AUDITORIUM.
WOULD YOU STAND UP, BRANDON? THAT IS ONE OF MY FORMER THIRD GRADE SUNDAY SCHOOL CHILDREN.
AND HE IS WHAT'S MAKING MCKINNEY A SUCCESS FOR ME.
JUSTIN, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
UM, BRANDON'S A PROUD RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TWO, AND SO IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT HE CAME BACK.
HIS FOLKS LIVE A COUPLE DOORS DOWN FROM ME.
I'M GONNA GIVE A BRIEF HISTORY LESSON.
I'M SITTING HERE REFLECTING ON THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING THAT WE'RE IN TODAY.
UM, WHAT'S THE BAD SIDE OF THE TRACKS? IN MOST TOWNS, THE EAST SIDE OR THE WEST SIDE? IT'S THE EAST SIDE.
YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE THE PREVAILING WINDS IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE BELOW FROM WEST TO EAST.
SO WHEN TOWNSEND HAD TRAIN TRACKS LIKE THIS ONE, TRAINS WOULD COME IN.
ALL THE STUFF, ALL THE COLD DUST, ALL THE SULFUR, ALL THE JUNK BLOWS TO THE EAST.
THERE'S THE TRAIN TRACKS RIGHT THERE, JUST A LITTLE BIT WEST OF US.
SO WHEN OUR TOWN WAS AN AGRARIAN TOWN, THE TRAINS CAME IN WHEN WE WERE MAKING MORE DENIM THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE COUNTRY IN 1900, THIS WAS THE BAD SIDE OF THE TRACKS.
NOW EVENTUALLY THE TRAINS KIND OF WENT AWAY AND THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS CAME UP AND WE SAW A LOT OF ABANDONMENT ON THIS WHOLE SIDE OF TOWN, INCLUDING THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE, WHICH IS JUST WEST OF THE TRACKS.
MY OFFICE FOR THE LAST 29 YEARS HAS BEEN IN THE OLD COMMERCIAL HOTEL, WHICH WAS THE HOTEL IN MCKINNEY.
BUT THE EAST SIDE OF THE TRACKS DIDN'T CHANGE FOR A LONG TIME.
AFTER THE TRAINS WERE DONE, THIS BE THIS, THE ICE HOUSE WAS HERE AND FOLKS WHO WOULD COME HERE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE REFRIGERATION.
THERE'S A BIG MACHINE HERE THAT MADE ICE, AND THEY'D GET A PIECE OF ICE AND STORE IT FOR THEIR STUFF AND EVERYTHING.
AND JUST A LITTLE BIT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS WAS MCKINNEY METALS.
NOW MCKINNEY METALS IN THE ICE HOUSE WENT AWAY AND RIGHT BEFORE I WAS BORN, BUT ROUGHLY 1960, WHERE WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW, WHERE THE ICE HOUSE WAS, BECAME A WRECKER YARD.
AND IT BECAME, IT WAS A WRECKER YARD OF ONE IN ONE WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM WHERE CARS WERE TOWED AND LEFT TO ROT IN MANY CASES FOR 60 YEARS.
MCKINNEY METALS GOT TORN DOWN, BUT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT MCKINNEY METALS WAS THERE BEFORE WE HAD A BUNCH OF CITY CODE MCKINNEY METALS WOULD NOT DO WELL TODAY GIVEN THE WAY THEY OPERATED BEFORE.
AND WHEN IT CAME TIME TO REDEVELOP THAT PIECE OF LAND JUST TO THE WEST OF US, THERE WAS TONS, $2 MILLION WORTH OF DIRT REMEDIATION THAT HAD TO BE DONE.
AND THERE WAS DIRT REMEDIATION THAT HAD TO BE DONE.
WHERE WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW, THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN GO INTO MY DISTRICT, DISTRICT TWO OR TO A LOT OF PLACES IN TOWN AND GET DIRT THAT DOESN'T NEED REMEDIATION.
SO IT TOOK THE PUBLIC SECTOR A HEAVY LIFT, AND IT WAS MAINLY DONE BECAUSE OF OUR CITY STAFF AND THE LEADERSHIP AT GEORGE FULLER WHO'S NOT HERE TONIGHT.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND HERE, Y'ALL DON'T HAVE THE VIEW THAT WE DO.
WE SEE THE BEAUTIFUL MURAL, NOT NOW BECAUSE THE SUN'S DOWN, BUT THE BEAUTIFUL MURAL THAT G***O VAN HILTON PAINTED.
AND, AND JUST SOUTH OF THAT, WE'VE GOT THE NEW TUBS, WHICH WAS IN THE OLD GRAIN MILL.
WHEN YOU GO INTO THE AUGUSTUS, WHICH IS MATT HAMILTON'S EVENT CENTER, YOU COULD SEE A HUGE SKETCH DONE BY MY FRIEND BRIAN.
I'M NOT GONNA MENTION HIS LAST NAME, BUT YOU SEE WHAT PEOPLE SAW BACK IN AROUND 1920.
THERE WAS A PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPH.
KING GROSSER WAS THERE WHERE HIS THING IS.
BUT SUCCESSFUL CITIES DON'T STAND STILL.
CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WE DON'T CONTROL IS GONNA GET US ONE MCKINNEY'S FAULT.
THE TRAINS WENT AWAY, BUT THEY, THEY WENT AWAY.
BUT IT'S INCUMBENT ON THE CITY, ON ITS CREATIVE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE A BOATLOAD OF ON ITS STAFF AND ON ITS LEADERSHIP TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO REINVENT THESE PARTS OF THE CITIES.
AND IT IS A HUGE HONOR, HUGE HONOR TO
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BE SITTING HERE TONIGHT AS WE HAVE REINVENTED THIS PART OF THE TOWN.AND, UM, IT'S NOT LOST ON ME HOW FORTUNATE I AM.
SO THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, PRO TEM.
CITY CREWS ARE WORKING HARD TO CLEAN UP AND RESTORE SERVICES FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S STORMS. UH, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE, MCKINNEY TEXAS.ORG/WEATHER FOR INFORMATION ON MODIFIED CITY SERVICES YARD WASTE DISPOSAL AND REPORT DAMAGED TRASH AND RECYCLING CARTS.
UH, WE ARE, UH, MODIFYING HOW WE DO WASTE, UH, YARD WASTE DISPOSAL.
NORMALLY YOU HAVE TO BUNDLE UP YOUR BRANCHES AND MANY PEOPLE STILL DO THAT AND THAT'S GREAT.
BUT, UM, DURING EVENTS LIKE THIS, WE ALSO, UM, ALLOW FOLKS TO, TO HAVE THEIR FALLEN LIMBS TAKEN UP TO THE CURB LINE.
AND, UM, OUR FOLKS WILL GET OUT THERE AND, AND PICK THOSE UP.
UM, WE DON'T DO THAT ALL THE TIME, BUT USUALLY AFTER EVENTS LIKE THIS, WE WILL DO THAT.
UH, IT IS ALMOST SPRING BREAKS.
WE WANNA REMIND RESIDENTS THAT OUR RECREATION CENTERS AND APEX CENTER OFFER HALF AND FULL DAY CAMPS FOR STUDENTS.
YOU CAN REGISTER YOUR CHILDREN FOR THESE PROGRAMS ONLINE.
I'VE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO, TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UM, YESTERDAY I'VE VISITED WITH THE COLLIN COUNTY REALTORS ASSOCIATION AND SAT ON A PANEL WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM ACROSS COLLIN COUNTY.
UM, IT MADE ME REALIZE JUST HOW VERY BLESSED WE ARE AND ALSO VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS DONE TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING ISSUES HERE.
UM, WE HAVE A BIT OF A DIFFERENT CITY.
AND WE DO, UM, HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS A COUNTY SEAT, WHICH PRESENTS ITS OWN COMPLEX PROBLEMS. BUT I THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS VERY CRITICALLY THOUGHT THROUGH THOSE PROBLEMS AND HAVE ADDRESSED THE HOUSING, UH, CRISIS HERE VERY WELL, UM, IN COMPARISON TO THE CITIES AROUND US.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE US A PACK PAT ON THE BACK FOR THAT.
UM, ALSO GOT TO ATTEND THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY AWARDS, UM, WHICH IS HOSTED BY THE, UH, MCKINNEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EVERY YEAR.
UM, IT IS A WAY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES THAT MAKE MCKINNEY A GREAT PLACE.
SO JUST WANTED TO THANK THAT CREW.
UM, ALSO I GOT A CHANCE TO HEAR BETH BENTLEY, UH, LAST WEEK AT ST.
MARK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, WHICH IS THE OLDEST AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH HERE CELEBRATING 145 YEARS.
BUT BETH TOOK US ON A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE THAT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.
I THINK SHE MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO MIGHT HAVE HAD AN IMPACT HERE IN MCKINNEY, ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST SIDE THAT HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF, UM, ST.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, BETH, FOR ALL OF THE TIME AND THE CARE THAT YOU PUT FORTH TO BRING US THAT INFORMATION AND REALLY EDUCATE US ON THE HISTORY HERE.
UM, THE LEAVE YOUR HAT ON EVENT AT THE SANCTUARY, UH, LAST FRIDAY WAS A PHENOMENAL EVENT.
IT IS AN EVENT TO BENEFIT OUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS.
UM, SO ANY OF OUR, OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN INJURED OR NEED ASSISTANCE WITH MENTAL HEALTH, UM, THEY, THE BENEFIT IS TO THOSE OFFICERS.
SO JUST WANTED TO THANK THE LOVE LIFE FOUNDATION FOR THROWING THAT EVENT EVERY YEAR.
AND WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE OUR VERY FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND OUR NEW COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.