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MY NAME IS KATIE SCOTT, AND WE ARE MEETING AT CITY HALL AND COUNCIL CHAMBERS, LOCATED AT 4 0 1 EAST VIRGINIA STREET, MCKINNEY, TEXAS.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, MARCH 25TH, 2025, AND IT IS 8:01 AM THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
KEITH GALL, PATRICK MCGUIRE, BRIAN MEDINA, WHITNEY NASH, JILL BARNES, AND MYSELF.
WE HAVE CITY COUNCILMAN PRESENT.
PAUL GRIMES, MIKE KOWSKI, SPENCER SMITH AND CHRIS WILKES.
WE HAVE ERIN WERNER, ALICIA HOLMBERG, BETH SHUMATE, EMILY MYRICK, AND PAULA MARTIN.
WE ARE TAKING TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. NOBODY FROM THE PUBLIC IS PRESENT AND THERE ARE NO REQUESTS TO SPEAK.
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MOVE ON TO CONSENT ITEMS. CONSENT ITEM TWO FIVE DASH 25 81.MINUTES OF THE VISIT, MCKINNEY BOARD MEETING OF FEBRUARY 25TH, 2025.
HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER? YES.
MAY I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I MAKE A MOTION.
MAY I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
WHITNEY, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
DID, IS IT SHOWING UP, BUT, MM-HMM.
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MOVING ON TO TWO FIVE DASH 2 5 8 2.UM, JUSTIN BELLER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? I SURE PAUL WILL COVER ALL WHAT? SURE.
THIS IS, UH, IS THIS YOUR SECOND MEETING NOW IN THIS, UH, BEAUTIFUL, UH, SET UP? SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT, A LITTLE MORE SPACE BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS, SO IT'S A LITTLE, UH, DIFFERENT.
I HAD, I TOOK ME SOME TIME TO ADJUST TOO, ESPECIALLY SINCE I'M SITTING HERE AND THE MAYOR'S THERE.
IT'S A LOT HARDER TO KICK HIM UNDER THE DA.
SO I CAN'T, MY LEGS NOT LONG ENOUGH TO REACH, BUT ANYWAY, DON'T TELL 'EM I SAID THAT.
ANYWAY, RECORDED JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS FOR YOU.
ON, ON, UH, APRIL 19TH, WE WILL BE HAVING THE GRAND OPENING OF CITY HALL ITSELF OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE WILL ALSO BE COORDINATING THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE, UH, LEARNING GARDEN JUST DOWN THE WAY HERE.
UH, THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE HAVING A KICKOFF AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SOME LIVE MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
SO IT'LL BE KIND OF A MINI FESTIVAL, IF WE WANT TO CALL IT THAT.
IT'S NOT OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED AS SUCH, BUT IT IS, UH, GONNA BE A FUN EVENT.
UH, I BELIEVE IT STARTS HERE AROUND NOON OR 1230.
UM, AND THEN, UH, IT CAN, THE, THE LEARNING GARDEN, I BELIEVE STARTS AT TWO, AND THEN EVERYBODY CAN MOVE ON TO TUFTS IF THEY WISH AFTERWARDS.
SO, UH, AND CELEBRATE, UM, EARLY VOTING STARTS VERY SOON.
THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO DO THE GRAND OPENING ON THE 19TH.
WHY? BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE A POLLING LOCATION IN THIS AREA OUT HERE.
WE'LL HAVE SOME POLLING SIGNS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF THAT GOES UP WITH AN ELECTION, UH, THAT IS, UM, DESIGNATED THE ELECTION HEARING, UH, LOCATION HERE AT THIS POLLING LOCATION THAT WE WILL HAVE HERE AT CITY HALL.
THE POLLING, UM, UH, BOOTH, IF YOU WILL, WILL BE IN THE ZI ROOM RIGHT OVER THERE.
SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
THE COUNCIL ELECTION IS COMING UP, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S CONTESTED, UH, IN DISTRICT, I'M SORRY, THE AT LARGE ONE, UH, SEAT FIVE CANDIDATES.
AND THEN THE MAYORAL, UH, SEAT HAS FOUR CANDIDATES, AND THEN DISTRICT THREE HAS TWO CANDIDATES, AND DISTRICT ONE HAS ONE CANDIDATE.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS, BUT, UM, IT'S ONLY ONE CANDIDATE.
SO ANYWAY, I THINK IT MIGHT BE IN THE, I THINK HE MIGHT BE IN THE ROOM.
UH, BUT WE, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
THERE'S GOOD CHANCE OF A RUNOFF.
THE RUNOFF, I BELIEVE IS ON JUNE 7TH, IF THERE IS SUCH A RUNOFF.
OR IS THERE, THERE'S ONE REQUIRED, BUT, UH, WE WILL HAVE EVERYBODY SEATED, UH, BY MID-JUNE FOR SURE.
ANYWAY, WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THAT'S THE LAST NUMBER I'VE SEEN.
I'M EXCITED 'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO TOP 100 CITIES, SO,
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OH, YEAH, IT'S GETTING FOR SURE.WAITING TO SEE WHEN IT HAPPENS.
MORNING MADAM CHAIR, MR. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BOARD MEMBERS.
MIKE KOWSKI, PRESIDENT OF THE MEDC.
I WANNA FOCUS TODAY ON PLUG AND PLAY.
YOU'VE HEARD US SPEAK ABOUT PLUG AND PLAY A FEW TIMES.
THEY ARE A STARTUP ACCELERATOR LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY.
THEY HELP REALLY ENERGIZE THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN OUR LOCAL STARTUPS AND TECHNOLOGY AND CORPORATE PARTNERS.
SOME INTERESTING FACTS, AND FORGIVE ME, I NEED TO CONSULT MY NOTES HERE, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING A RELOCATION STRATEGY PILOT WITH THEM.
THEY HAVE 90,000 SMALL COMPANIES IN THEIR PORTFOLIO.
WE REACHED OUT TO THEM AND SAID, HEY, CAN YOU SEND A NOTE OUT TO ALL OF THEM TO SEE WHO WANTS TO RELOCATE TO MCKINNEY FROM OUTTA STATE, OUTTA COUNTRY, AND SO ON.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AVERAGING FOUR COMPANIES A DAY REACHING OUT TO US.
WOW, WHY DON'T YOU RELOCATE TO MCKINNEY AND TALK TO US? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF, SOMETHING WE'RE DOING ALTOGETHER.
UH, SOME OTHER NEWS, WE HAVE A COUPLE COMPANIES THAT THEY'VE SUPPORTED IN WHAT WE CALL OUR BATCH.
IT'S A SMALL GROUP OF STARTUPS THAT COME TOGETHER FOR ALMOST A FOUR OR FIVE MONTH, UH, TRAINING COHORT.
UM, KIND OF, THEY SYNERGIZE THEIR EFFORTS.
WE HAD ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES IN OUR FIRST BATCH WAS JUST BOUGHT, UH, IT WAS CALLED MOVE WORKS, AND IT WAS BOUGHT FOR $2.85 BILLION.
SO MCKINNEY WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF THEIR STORY.
ANOTHER COMPANY CALLED POLYGRAPH IS IN OUR CURRENT SELECTION WITH A PLUG AND PLAY CURRENT BATCH, IF YOU WILL, PRESENTED AT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST AND WAS NAMED THE BEST STARTUP IN ALL CATEGORIES.
AND THIS IS THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS, UH, PITCH COMPETITION IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
AND THEY WON BEST IN SHOW NOW IN SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST.
AND THEY'RE A COMPANY THAT'S DOING STUFF IN MCKINNEY.
JUST WANNA SPOTLIGHT THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
IT DOESN'T ALWAYS MAKE THE HEADLINES, BUT WE'RE DOING SOME PRETTY COOL STUFF ON, UH, EVERY SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS, ANYONE.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO MCDC, CHRIS WILKES.
CHRIS WILKES, MCDC TREASURER TALK TODAY.
GONNA PULL UP THE LETTER THAT SHE'S THE, JUST EASIER IF I READ IT.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL LOOK AT IT FROM HERE.
UM, WE ARE ABOUT TO START PROMOTIONAL, UH, AND COMMUNITY GRANT CYCLE THAT WILL BEGIN, UH, TAKING THE APPLICATIONS IN ON MAY 1ST, UM, TAKES A BIT TO GET THAT READY.
SO, UH, GIVEN THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAD SIMILAR THINGS, ANY THAT ARE BEING REFERENCED OVER, THEY SHOULD GET STARTED WITH THAT PROCESS FAIRLY SOON.
UM, WE ARE, UH, UH, HAD THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON PROJECT GRANTS, AND THERE IS A SUMMARY THAT'S PROVIDED IN CINDY'S REPORT FOR THAT.
UH, BUT WE AWARDED, I THINK ABOUT 37 MILLION IN PROJECT GRANTS, UH, AT THE LAST CYCLE.
OBVIOUSLY THE BIG ONE OF THAT WAS FOR THE EAST SIDE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AIRPORT.
UM, AND OTHERS INCLUDED JUST UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR HUGS, UH, CA UH, HUGS BUILDING THAT, THAT THEY'VE GOT GOING.
I THINK THAT'S ABOUT A $10 MILLION PROJECT THAT THEY'RE DOING IN TOTAL.
UM, OTHERS INCLUDED FOUR MCKINNEY PARKS, UM, RELATED TO VISIT MCKINNEY.
WE AWARDED 1.5 TO CLUB CORPS, UM, SORRY, INVITED NOW, UH, FOR ASSISTANCE, UH, AND TIED TO, UH, THE GOLF TOURNAMENT, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THAT, UH, CONTINUES TO BE SUPPORTED BY THE CITY AND THAT WE GET THE VISITS THAT COME THROUGH FOR THAT.
UM, OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE LISTED IN THERE, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WAS IN THERE, UH, COTTON MILL, UM, AND THE RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS THAT WERE COMPLETED, THAT IS IT FOR THE MAJOR CYCLE.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, HOW MANY DID YOU GET FOR THE RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE? UM, I BELIEVE WE GRANTED, SO WE HAVE THE REQUEST FOR THREE, WHICH WAS QUITE LOW FOR, FOR THIS CYCLE.
UM, AND IT WAS COTTON MILL FOR, UH, SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION.
UM, WHICH, UH, THERE'S SOME PICTURES OF WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE IN.
THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE WALKING THE STREET.
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INN, UH, AND THEN, UH, RETAIL SHOP, UH, SUGAR RUSH IS LOOKING TO RE RELOCATE A GREASE TRAP.UM, SO A SMALLER CYCLE THAN YEAH, SOME OF THE OTHERS, BUT IT'S UP AND DOWN.
ANY QUESTIONS? I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU OR FOR AARON.
UM, DEFINITELY FOR AARON, DO WE HAVE AN ESTI
I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME.
I'M HAPPY TO SEND IT TO YOU AFTER THIS MEETING.
AND THEN I BELIEVE THEY'RE GONNA DO ANOTHER FULL ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT SOON.
SO MAYBE THIS YEAR'S TOURNAMENT, BUT I'LL GET YOU THOSE YEAH.
AND I'VE BEEN SOMEWHAT INVOLVED WITH, UH, SEEING THE TOURNAMENT.
I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOMS TO HOLD EVERYBODY WHO HAS, WHO HAS TO COME IN FOR YEAH.
YEAH, WE DEFINITELY, UH, BLEED OVER INTO THE REGION.
IT DEFINITELY BECOMES A REGIONAL EVENT, BUT, UM, WE GET A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT IN MCKINNEY AND SO I'LL, I'LL GET YOU THE LATEST WE HAVE.
MOVING ON TO, OH, PAUL'S GOT SOMETHING.
I FORGOT SOMETHING I WANTED TO SHARE.
AND I, AND FORGIVE ME FOR, UH, BEING REMISS.
UM, I'M, I'M REMINDED BECAUSE THE CHAIR, UH, WOMAN HAD PARTICIPATED IN AN INTERVIEW PANEL FOR OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER POSITION REPLACED KIMBERLY FLOM.
FIRST DAY IN WISCONSIN WAS YESTERDAY.
SHE WAS REPLACED BY JENNIFER ARNOLD.
UH, OUR DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, SHE IS A NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
UH, UM, CHAIRWOMAN SCOTT PARTICIPATED ON THE INTERVIEW PANEL, AN EXTERNAL PANEL OF STAKEHOLDERS, UM, TO, UH, INTERVIEW THE THREE FINALISTS.
AND, UH, WE, WE, UH, ULTIMATELY SELECTED JENNIFER ARNOLD, BUT I WANTED TO, UH, NUMBER ONE MENTION JENNIFER ARNOLD IS OUR NEW A CM, BUT ALSO, UH, THANK, UH, CHAIRWOMAN SCOTT FOR PARTICIPATING.
IT WAS VERY HELPFUL AND THE PERSPECTIVE IS VERY VALUED, SO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING ME.
I WAS THERE FOR COMEDY RELIEF.
MOVING ON TO MCKINNEY PARKS AND REC.
UM, KEITH GA, UH, YEAH, THERE WAS NOT MUCH FROM THE MCKINNEY PARKS AND REC, UH, MEETING THIS MONTH.
UH, THE MONTH BEFORE WAS A VERY, UH, BIG ONE WHERE, UM, THEY DISCUSSED THE GRAY BRANCH PROJECT AND RICK WELLS AND WELLS GROUP.
SO, UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS ALL PAST, UH, THE MEETING BEFORE.
UM, SO THIS MEETING WAS VERY, VERY LIGHT.
IT WAS THE SHORTEST MEETING I HAVE EVER ATTENDED FOR THEM.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA QUICKLY GO OVER, WE MET WITH OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE YESTERDAY MORNING, BUT I'LL JUST GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE HAVE, UM, FOR THIS MONTH.
UH, WE ARE ABOUT, UH, LET'S SEE WHERE WE'RE GONNA START.
UM, SO HERE'S OUR BALANCE SHEET THAT WE SHOW EVERY MONTH.
THAT TOP NUMBER THERE, THE 43,000 5 0 6, UM, THAT IS SOME OF OUR STORE REVENUES.
THE STORE IS DOING WELL, UM, AS YOU CAN EXPECT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
A LITTLE SLOW, BUT IT'S, WE'RE STILL STEADY.
IT'S PICKING UP DEFINITELY THIS MONTH, FOR SURE, WITH THE BETTER WEATHER AND SPRING BREAK.
ALTHOUGH THOSE NUMBERS AREN'T IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE.
UM, WE ARE ABOUT, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
UM, SO ON THAT TOP ONE, WE ARE ABOUT 42% COMPLETE WITH OUR FISCAL YEAR, AND WE'RE ON PAR.
IF YOU LOOK DOWN, UM, THE BUDGET, UH, RECEIVED THERE, THE PERCENTAGES, WE ARE RIGHT EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
EVERYTHING MATCHING WHERE WE ARE.
THAT SERVICE IN SUNDRIES, WE'VE POINTED OUT EVERY MONTH THAT WE DID A LOT OF THAT ENCUMBERING THAT FUNDS THOSE FUNDS.
SO, UM, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ON TARGET WITH OUR BUDGET.
UM, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT ONE, THAT'S 100% WE RECEIVED OUR VEHICLE.
WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
SO OUR DEPARTMENT NOW HAS A VEHICLE, IT'S ACTUALLY OUTSIDE.
UM, ONE OF US DROVE US OVER THIS MORNING, SO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, SEE OUR LOGOS ON THE SIDE.
WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A WHILE, SO WE ARE EXCITED TO FINALLY HAVE THAT.
SO WE'LL BE DRIVING AROUND TOWN, UM, SHOWING OFF VISIT MCKINNEY.
HERE IS OUR LIST OF OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE, YOU'LL SEE THERE FOR FEBRUARY.
UM, WE WERE, AGAIN, UP FROM LAST YEAR, WHICH IS GREAT.
SO WE ARE ON PAR TO CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, SURPASSING THAT 3 MILLION AGAIN FROM, UH, LAST YEAR.
SO EVERYTHING IS, IS TRENDING ON THE UPSIDE THERE.
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PERFECT.SO OUR STAR REPORT FOR THIS MONTH, FOR FEBRUARY, ACTUALLY.
UM, GOOD FOR THE MONTH FOR SURE.
UH, WE WERE EVEN WITH, WITH ALAN A. LITTLE BELOW PLANO AND FRISCO.
UM, THOSE AS SIMILAR AS WE USUALLY ARE, THE TIER THREE, TIER TWO ARE A LITTLE LOWER.
TIER ONE IS STILL HOLDING STRONG, WHICH IS GOOD, BUT 66% IS STILL A VERY GOOD NUMBER ACROSS THE NATION WHEN YOU'RE COMPARING.
UM, SO WE ARE, WE ARE GOOD WITH THAT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT A DRA LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
UM, BUT THE TIER, TIER ONE IS DOING STRONG.
WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING IN SOME NEW HOTELS.
THE DENISON IS INCLUDED IN THIS.
THE TRUE HOTEL OPENED AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.
SO THEY ARE NOT IN THIS, UM, THESE NUMBERS YET, BUT WE ARE EXCITED THAT THEY ARE FINALLY OPEN.
AND THEN THEY SHOULD BE REPORTING FOR THE CURRENT MONTH OF MARCH.
SO YOU GUYS WILL SEE THAT, UM, IN THERE FOR THE NEXT ONE.
SO THAT'S AN ADDITION OF ABOUT 200 OR SO ROOMS BETWEEN THOSE TWO HOTELS FROM NOVEMBER, UM, WITH THE DENISON AND THEN THE TRUE COMING ON, UM, AT THE END OF LAST MONTH.
UM, AND THEN ONE OTHER THING OF NOTE, I THINK WE TALKED LAST MONTH, JANUARY, THE NUMBERS WERE A LITTLE OFF.
THEY WEREN'T QUITE ADDING UP AND, UM, THEY DID START, THEY DID GO BACK AND, UM, CHANGE THOSE.
SO THEY WERE SHOWING THAT WE WERE, UM, UH, DOWN A LITTLE BIT FOR, FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY FOR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
BUT IT ACTUALLY WAS, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE MATH, LIKE PATRICK HAD POINTED OUT, UM, IT WAS INCORRECT ON THERE.
SO WE WERE ACTUALLY UP BY HALF A PERCENTAGE IN JANUARY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT NOTE SO YOU WERE AWARE, UM, THAT IT WAS, UH, A LITTLE OVER 59% VERSUS I THINK THEY HAD IT AT 58 SOMETHING.
AND I, I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR YOU.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, PATRICK OR KEITH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD FROM OUR MEETING YESTERDAY? NO, I THINK PATRICK BROUGHT UP A REALLY GOOD POINT, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT THE DENON HAS COME ON BOARD, WE'RE GETTING THAT EXTRA MONEY.
SO IT'S, IT'S HARD TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, BUT, UM, THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD POINT HE MADE.
AND THEN, UH, GETTING THAT FIXED FROM THE LAST MONTH WAS GOOD, SO YEAH.
YEAH, WE'RE DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON SAME STORE SALES, SO, UH, JUST COMPARING LAST YEAR'S HOTELS TO THIS YEAR'S HOTELS, UH, WERE DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
SO HOTEL DENISON IS THE ONE THAT'S BRINGING US INTO POSITIVE THAT, UH, WE, UH, MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE.
UH, BECAUSE WE DO HEAR, UM, AND I MENTIONED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE YESTERDAY, EMILY AND I WENT AND VISITED WITH THE, UM, DENISON A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND THEY WERE TELLING US ABOUT WHO'S COMING THROUGH THEIR CLIENTELE, AND THEY ARE SEEING, WE DO THINK THAT IT'S NEW BUSINESS TO MCKINNEY, NOT NECESSARILY TAKING AWAY FROM OUR EXISTING HOTELS.
THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF BUSINESS FROM THE OFFICE TOWERS WHERE, UM, MEDC, UM, OFFICES THERE, UH, THOSE BUSINESSES IN THERE, WHICH IS GREAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE HOPING FOR, GETTING THAT NEW BUSINESS IN THERE.
BUT THEN IT'S JUST ABOUT KEEPING UP THE REST OF OUR HOTELS, UM, TO, TO STAY ABOVE WHERE WE ARE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, REACHING OUT TO THOSE THAT DO THE STAR REPORT TO ENSURE THAT THE TIERS ARE CORRECT.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE TIERS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
DO WE CARRY ANYTHING OR ARE WE ALLOWED TO CARRY ANYTHING, UM, REGARDING THE BYRON NELSON OR, OR EVENTS LIKE THAT? UH, LIKE TO PROMOTE THAT, UM, OR JUST TO SHOW THAT WE HOST THAT HERE IN THIS TOWN, OR IF NOT, DO WE CARRY GOLF OR PICKLEBALL RELATED STUFF? WE, UM, I MEAN, WE, AS FAR AS WE ARE, THE ONES THAT CURATE THE IMPALA PRIMARILY IS THE ONE THAT CURATES THIS STORE.
I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE ARE CARRYING, UM, THE CHUPACABRAS THE SOCCER TEAM.
SO WE HAVE A WHOLE SECTION ON THEM.
UM, BECAUSE WE ARE ONE OF THE SPONSORS, WE'RE THE TRAVEL SPONSOR FOR THE TEAM.
UM, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC.
I THINK WE HAVE A PICKLEBALL STICKER.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC PICKLEBALL ITEMS. I KNOW THE COURTS SELL A LOT OF PICKLEBALL ITEMS MM-HMM
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE, LIKE A BRANDED BYRON NELSON, WE WOULD HAVE TO PROBABLY ASK AND SEE IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D GET PERMISSION.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT, LIKE LEGALITY, IF THAT WAS ALLOWED, BUT YEAH, I'D JUST BE CURIOUS.
JUST THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO, YEAH, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE TO PROMOTE, FOR SURE.
THAT WAS JUST A CURIOSITY QUESTION.
UH, WE HAD OUR MEETING YESTERDAY.
WE PRIMARILY WENT OVER THE WEIR STEWARD PHASE TWO, THE INTEGRATION MARKETING PLAN.
AND SO WE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION FROM THEM ON THE DIFFERENT PERSONAS AND TARGET AUDIENCES THAT, UH, THEY DID SOME RESEARCH ON FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE FOLKS TO DRIVE TO MCKINNEY.
UM, THEY'RE FOCUSING ON THE MESSAGING AS WELL AS THEY ALSO DID SOME, UH, DEEP DIVE COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS OF OUR SISTER CITIES.
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AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE TRANSITIONING INTO PHASE THREE.AND, UH, ONE OTHER THING WE TOUCHED ON WAS, UH, THE GRANT INFORMATION HAS NOW BEEN PUT ON THE WEBSITE SO THAT FROM A MARKETING PERSPECTIVE IS OUT THERE.
AND THAT HAS ALSO BEEN COMMUNICATED TO PAST GRANT RECIPIENTS.
BUT THOSE ARE THE MAIN THINGS.
WEB, SOCIAL MEDIA IS A LITTLE STEADY, UH, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME HEAVY ACTIVITY FROM OUR, OUR NEWEST, UH, EMPLOYEE WHO'S REALLY BEEN ENGAGING ON SOCIAL MEDIA EFFORTS FOR US.
BUT THAT CAN, THAT'S THE DETAILS.
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TWO FIVE DASH 2 5 8 3 EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REPORT WITH ERIN.ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, UH, EXCITING MONTH FOR US, UH, HERE AT VISIT MCKINNEY.
UH, ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE EVERYONE IS WE DO HAVE A NEW STAFF MEMBER STARTING TOMORROW.
UH, OUR, UH, SECOND STAFF ASSISTANT POSITION WILL BE FILLED BY TARA MADIGAN.
UM, SO WE WILL BE BACK TO FULLY STAFFED AS OF TOMORROW.
REALLY EXCITED TO, UM, TO HAVE THE FULL TEAM BACK TOGETHER.
UH, WE ALSO HOSTED THE PPA TEXAS OPEN A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
I, UH, KNOW I SAW JANIE AND KEITH OUT THERE.
UM, PAUL AND, UH, MR. KOWSKI WERE ALSO OUT THERE AS WELL.
OTHERS MAY HAVE BEEN, I JUST DIDN'T, UH, CROSS PATHS WITH YOU.
WE HAVE SOME NUMBERS TO SHARE FROM THAT EVENT.
UH, IT WAS A RECORD TEXAS OPEN.
THIS IS A, AN ANNUAL EVENT THEY'VE HAD AT A, A, UM, A DIFFERENT, UH, F FACILITY FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS.
THEY HAD 11,500 ATTENDEES OVER THE WEEK.
UH, OUT AT THE PPA OPEN, THERE WERE 399 STAFF AND 1,350, UM, PLAYERS OR PARTICIPANTS THAT COMPETED AT THE EVENT.
UM, INCLUDED IN THAT 1300, UH, UH, PARTICIPANTS WERE, UH, SOME OF THE TOP IN THE WORLD.
THE, UM, NUMBER ONE MEN'S PLAYER AND THE NUMBER ONE WOMEN'S PLAYER, UM, WERE BOTH OUT THERE.
AND, UH, HONESTLY, IT WAS PRETTY INCREDIBLE TO WATCH PROFESSIONAL PICKLEBALL AND THEN WALK OVER AND WATCH REGULAR PEOPLE PLAY PICKLEBALL,
UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU PROBABLY FEEL LIKE YOU LOOK LIKE THIS GROUP AND YOU ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE THE OTHER GROUP WHEN YOU PLAY
SO IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A REALLY FUN EVENT THOUGH.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO, UH, HAVE A POTEN THE POTENTIAL OF, UH, HOSTING THAT, UH, AGAIN, NEXT YEAR, HOPEFULLY ANNUALLY.
UM, THERE WERE 154 ROOM NIGHTS GENERATED THROUGH THEIR STAFF AND PLAYER BLOCKS.
UM, AS FAR AS LIKE, UH, TRAVELERS THAT JUST CAME INTO THE, TO THE EVENT, IT'S VERY HARD TO TRACK THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T TYPICALLY GO THROUGH A BLOCK FOR THE, UH, FOR THAT.
BUT LOOKING AT OUR, UM, STAR REPORT FOR THE WEEKLY STAR REPORT, IT WAS, UH, UH, HEAVILY INCREASED MIDWEEK, UM, UH, AND SO WE WERE RUNNING, UM, SOMEWHERE IN THE EIGHTIES TO 90% OCCUPANCY THAT WHOLE WEEK, UH, FOR THE, UH, THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND SO THAT'S THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN JUDGE OVERALL IMPACT BASED ON HOTEL ROOMS IS LOOKING AT THAT DATA.
AND SO, UH, IN THE END, WE THINK IT WAS AN EXCELLENT EVENT.
IT WAS A GREAT PROMOTION FROM MCKINNEY.
IT WAS ON LIVE TV ON FS ONE AND FS TWO, SO YOU WERE ABLE TO RECORD IT AND WATCH, UM, MCKINNEY BROADCAST IT.
AND SO, UM, KUDOS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT AND TO THE TEAM AND, UH, ESPECIALLY THE, UH, PARKS AND THE, UM, THE TEAM OVER AT THE COURTS, UM, BECAUSE THAT WAS A HEAVY LIFT FOR THEM TO PULL THAT OFF.
THE, UH, THE FUND DOESN'T STOP THOUGH.
WE HAVE THE INTERNATIONAL GIRLS CUP COMING APRIL 16TH THROUGH THE 20TH.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
UM, AGAIN, UP UPWARDS OF 200 TEAMS, UH, ABOUT 10 OF THOSE BEING INTERNATIONAL.
AND SO, UH, A LOT OF, UM, YOUTH, UH, GIRLS SOCCER COMING TO MCKINNEY KICKOFF EVENT WILL BE AT TS BREWERY FOR THAT.
AND SO THEY'RE ANTICIPATING, UM, 3000 OR SO PEOPLE TO ATTEND THAT EVENT.
AND THEN WE MOVE STRAIGHT INTO THE CJ CUP, BYRON NELSON, UM, UH, BOARD MEMBER MCGUIRE, I, I WAS ABLE TO PULL A FEW, UH, NUMBERS FROM THE 2022 ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THEY DON'T DO A FULL ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY EVERY YEAR, UH, BUT IN MCKINNEY IN 2022, UH, IT WAS ANTICIPATED TO HAVE AROUND 8,201 ROOM NIGHTS GENERATED.
UM, OVERALL THOUGH, THERE WERE, UH, UPWARDS OF 13,000 OR MORE GENERATED.
UM, SO THERE OBVIOUSLY A FEW THOUSAND WENT TO OTHERS IN THE REGION.
AND THEN, UM, AIRBNB, SOMETHING WE DON'T ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IN THIS ROOM, UM, GENERATED AROUND 5,400, UH, ROOM NIGHTS, UM, IN MCKINNEY FROM THE BYRON IN 2022.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S A SIGNIFICANT TOURISM PICKUP FOR THE CITY THAT IS, UH, THE FULL WEEK OF THE BYRON, INCLUDING ALL THE PRO-AMS AND STUFF, IS APRIL 28TH THROUGH MAY 4TH.
OBVIOUSLY, THE BIG EVENTS START THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
THIS, UH, VISIT MCKINNEY PARTICIPATION IN THIS IS COMPLETELY CHANGING THIS YEAR.
UM, SOME OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE BOOTH WE USED TO HAVE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE BYRON, UH, WORKING WITH THE CJ CUB OR WITH THE SALESMANSHIP CLUB.
THIS YEAR, WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE A 30 BY 30 ACTIVATION SPACE ON THE 18 FAIRWAY THIS YEAR.
UM, AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON A VERY INTERACTIVE WAY TO ENGAGE WITH MCKINNEY, UM, IN AN ACTIVATION RATHER THAN A
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BOOTH WHERE WE JUST HAND OUT LIKE TCHOTCHKES.UM, AND THEN, UH, IT'S, UH, ADJACENT TO THE MAIN MERCH STORE FOR THE BYRON.
AND, UM, THE CJ GROUP IS DOING A, A LARGE ACTIVATION, SO WE'LL BE IN A REALLY ENGAGING PLACE.
AND OUR HOPE IS THAT WE ARE A, UH, PLACE FOR GENERAL ADMISSION, UM, ATTENDEES TO FIND SOME SHADE.
THEY CAN SEE THE 18TH HOLE DIRECTLY FROM OUR BOOTH AND, AND ALSO ENGAGE WITH US, UM, AND LEARN ABOUT MCKINNEY.
SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT NEW PARTICIPATION.
IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE DENON, UH, DENNISON HOTELS GRANT OPENING.
UM, I WAS OUTTA TOWN, BUT I APPRECIATE, UM, EMILY GOING OVER FOR OUR TEAM AND, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, UM, GOING OVER AS WELL, UH, TO THAT EVENT.
OBVIOUSLY A A GREAT HOTEL FOR US.
UM, THE TRUE, UH, WAS MENTIONED ALSO THAT IT IS OFFICIALLY OPEN.
THEY WILL BE HAVING A GRAND OPENING EVENT SOON.
AND SO AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT DATE, WE'LL SHARE THAT OUT WITH EVERYONE AND HOPEFULLY, UM, YOU CAN ATTEND.
UM, BUT THOSE TWO HOTELS OPENING IN MCKINNEY, THAT DOES OFFICIALLY PUSH OUR TOTAL ROOM COUNT, UH, FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY ABOVE 2000.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY SITTING AT 2096 ROOMS, UM, COMBINED WITH ALL OF OUR PROPERTIES MILESTONE FOR US.
AND THAT'S ALL I'LL STAND FOR.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
[McKinney Library Project Update - Reimagining Roy & Helen Hall Memorial Library]
TWO FIVE DASH 2 5 8 3 MCKINNEY LIBRARY PROJECT UPDATE RE-IMAGINING ROY AND HELEN HALL MEMORIAL LIBRARY WITH SPENCER SMITH.MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, DIRECTOR WARNER, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, INVITING ME TO TALK ON SOME REALLY EXCITING THINGS WE HAVE, UH, AT OUR DOWNTOWN LOCATION, UH, COMING UP WITHIN THIS NEXT YEAR TO YEAR AND A HALF.
UM, SO I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS AT ANY TIME.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, DON'T HESITATE TO, TO TELL ME TO BE QUIET SO YOU CAN ASK THEM.
SO, SO THE VISION FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, THE, THE BUILDING ITSELF IS ABOUT 25 YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT.
AND SO IT, IT IS BUILT IN A WAY THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY READY FOR 2025.
UH, JUST EVERYTHING FROM POWER OUTLETS.
IT WAS NOT A LAPTOP COMMUNITY IN 20, UH, THE YEAR 2000.
UM, BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO HAVE A VISION WHERE IT BECOMES A MORE VIBRANT COMMUNITY HUB, ESPECIALLY AS PART OF OUR CULTURAL DISTRICT.
IT CAN ACT AS A GATEWAY TO DOWNTOWN, UH, DOWNTOWN EVENTS, UH, BEING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SQUARE.
UM, AND WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN WITH THIS, UH, PROJECT TO EXTEND THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE A LITTLE BIT TO WHERE DOWNTOWN GROWS BEYOND THE SQUARE, UH, TO THE NORTH.
WE WANT IT TO BE FUTURE READY.
WE WANT THIS TO BE A GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT, UH, NOT JUST FOR NOW, BUT WHERE WE CAN ANTICIPATE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE, INCLUDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF MCKINNEY RESIDENTS.
AND WE ALSO WANNA TURN IT INTO AN EVERYDAY DESTINATION.
WE KNOW TODAY, IF WE DO OUR DIWALI EVENT, WE CAN GET HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OUT TO ROY AND HELEN HALL.
WE KNOW WE CAN DO ANY PROGRAM AT JOHN AND JUDY GAY AND GET HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OUT ANY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK.
AND PART OF THAT IS JUST, UH, THE WAY THAT IT'S STRUCTURED IN THE LOCATION.
SO WE REALLY WANNA ADD THINGS TO THIS PROJECT THAT MAKE IT AN EVERYDAY LOCATION FOR, FOR FOLKS HERE IN MCKINNEY.
AND SO WE HAD THESE TARGETED OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND THE LEARNING EXPERIENCES.
UH, RIGHT NOW, IF YOU GO, THERE ARE NO REAL SPECIFIC YOUTH OR TEEN SPACES OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE YOUTH AND TEEN BOOKS, AND WE HAVE A SIGN UP.
LIKE IF THERE WEREN'T SIGNS YOU WOULD, YOU, WHY WOULD, WHY WOULD THAT BE A YOUTH SPACE? UH, WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE INDOOR OUTDOOR FLOW.
UH, WE HAVE THE, UH, BENEFIT OF HAVING KIND OF A COURTYARD.
IT'S A REALLY NICE, UH, WOODED AREA WITH SHADE.
AND, AND WE WANT TO INCREASE THAT, UH, USE, UH, JUST UPDATING THE TECHNOLOGIES, LIKE I SAID, FROM EVERYTHING FROM POWER OUTLETS TO, UM, DIGITAL SIGNAGE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE ALSO WANTED TO INCREASE THE PUBLIC MEETING SPACE.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE DELANEY ROOM, WHICH IS AVAILABLE, AND WE HAVE A CONFERENCE ROOM.
AND WE HAVE THREE STUDY ROOMS, TWO OF THOSE STUDY ROOMS. HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE NOT MARRIED TO THE PERSON THAT YOU'RE SHARING IT WITH, IT'S PROBABLY UNCOMFORTABLE.
UH, SO WE REALLY WANTED TO INCREASE THAT SPACE, AND WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE LOCAL HISTORY CENTER.
UH, THE BUILDING ITSELF IS NAMED AFTER ROY AND HELEN HALL.
UH, THEY PROVIDED A TON OF LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCH TO MCKINNEY, AND, UH, IT'S KIND OF HIDDEN AWAY IN SOME STACKS IN THE BACK.
AND WE REALLY WANNA BRING THAT OUT SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE HAVE PROBABLY THE YEARBOOK FROM WHEN YOU GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL, IF YOU'RE FROM MCKINNEY.
UH, AND, AND THE, WE HAVE THE BUSINESS DIRECTORIES FROM 1923.
SO IF YOU REALLY WANNA KNOW LOCAL HISTORY, WE'RE THE PLACE FOR YOU TO GO.
AND THESE ARE JUST PHOTOS OF SOME OF OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT, THAT WE HOST ALREADY.
UM, DON'T DING ME ON THE POPULATION NUMBERS.
I DID THESE A FEW MONTHS AGO, SO THEY'RE PROBABLY LIKE HALF AS MUCH AS THEY ACTUALLY ARE TODAY.
BUT WITHIN THAT FIRST CIRCLE, UH, HALL IS IN THE MIDDLE, UH, AND THAT IS HOME TO ABOUT 124,000 PEOPLE WITHIN FIVE MILES FROM HALL.
UH, WITHIN 10 MILES, IT'S ROUGHLY 400,000 PEOPLE.
AND THEN THE THIRD CIRCLE IS NOT CONCENTRIC.
I SHIFTED IT OVER TO GREENVILLE A LITTLE BIT AND A LITTLE BIT NORTH BECAUSE NOBODY DRIVES AROUND THE LAKE
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TO, TO COME OVER HERE.UM, BUT WITHIN THAT 25 MILES, YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE, UH, IN THAT SPACE.
AND THEN THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS I'VE HIGHLIGHTED HERE.
UH, IF YOU CAN SEE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE FRISCO DISCOVERY CENTER, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE UNT SKY THEATER.
THOSE ARE TWO KIND OF UNIQUE THINGS ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THOSE CONCENTRIC CIRCLES WHERE THERE'S NOTHING ELSE LIKE THAT IN THE AREA.
AND SO JUST KEEP THOSE IN MIND AS WE'RE WALKING THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER SPACES.
THIS IS WHAT THE FIRST FLOOR IS GONNA LOOK LIKE, UH, FROM A TOP DOWN VIEW.
SO ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS WE'VE CONSOLIDATED THE STAFF AREA RIGHT NOW.
UM, STAFF, IF YOU'RE WORKING IN THE STAFF AREA AND YOU WANT TO GO TO THE BATHROOM OR YOU WANNA HEAT UP YOUR LUNCH, YOU HAVE TO GO ACROSS THE LIBRARY AND UPSTAIRS, UH, TO GET TO THE STAFF BATHROOM OR TO GET TO THE STAFF BREAK ROOM.
AND THAT LEADS ITSELF TO, UH, BASICALLY ISSUES WHERE YOU'RE GONNA GET CAUGHT BY 10 DIFFERENT PEOPLE ON THE FLOOR WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GO TAKE YOUR BREAK.
ARE WE NOT SHOWING, YOU'RE NOT SEEING MY ANNOTATIONS, SO I CIRCLED SOMETHING IN THAT GREEN AREA THAT I ASSUMED YOU, YOU'D SEE.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S, EXCUSE ME, THE ANNOTATIONS NOT WORKING.
SO IF YOU SEE THE GREEN AREA ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND, UH, SECTION OF YOUR SCREEN, THAT IS NOW WHERE THE STAFF AREA IS.
UM, WE CONSOLIDATED ALL STAFF AT JOHN AND JUDY GAY WITH THE RENOVATION THERE.
AND IT IS LED TO A REAL GROWTH IN WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL, UM, SERENDIPITOUS IDEATION, WHICH MEANS BASICALLY YOUR COWORKER OVERHEARS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THEN BUTTS IN AND MAKES IT BETTER WITH THEIR IDEA.
AND WE REALLY LIKE THAT CONCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR SERVICES.
UM, WHAT YOU SEE, UH, JUST, UH, ON TOP OF THAT ROOM IS YOU SEE A CONFERENCE ROOM THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC, UH, USE AS WELL AS STAFF USE.
UH, SO THAT WILL BE FOR YOUR HOAS, FOR YOUR NONPROFITS, FOR YOUR SMALL GROUPS THAT ARE HAVING MEETINGS THERE.
UH, THEN WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A TEEN SPACE SEPARATE FROM THAT.
UH, AN ACTUAL TEEN COLLECTION, TEEN DESIGN SPACE.
WE KNOW WE HAVE TEENAGERS DOWNTOWN.
I SEE THEM WAITING FOR THE BUS WHEN I COME IN EVERY MORNING, UH, UNLESS THEY'RE COMING IN WITH THEIR PARENTS, TYPICALLY IN A HOMESCHOOL GROUP.
WE DON'T REALLY SEE THEM AT HALL LIBRARY, NEARLY THE WAY WE SEE THEM AT JOHN AND JUDY GAY.
AND WE WANNA PROVIDE THAT SPACE FOR THEM TO BE ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN.
UM, YOU'LL ALSO, IT'S HARD TO SEE HERE, BUT UM, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOBBY, THE FIREPLACE IS GONE.
UH, I KNOW PEOPLE LIKE THE FIREPLACE, BUT IT DOESN'T PROVIDE WARMTH, AND IT'S LET UNCONDITIONED AIR INTO THE BUILDING FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.
SO, UM, SO THAT WILL REALLY OPEN IT UP.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE WHERE THE ELEVATOR WAS, AS YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE LOBBY, YOU GET TWO BRICK WALLS AND YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT'S ALSO GONE.
SO IT'S REALLY OPENING UP THIS SPACE TO BE A LARGE, UM, WELCOMING TRANSITIONAL SPACE.
UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY ADDED AN EXTRA ELEVATOR.
WE'VE MOVED ONE ELEVATOR, ADDED AN ANOTHER ONE, SO THAT, UH, UP AND DOWN FLOW WILL BE, WILL BE REALLY NICE.
AND THEN EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN THIS KIND OF ORANGE-ISH, IT'S YELLOW COLOR.
EVERY SCREEN'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT COLOR.
UH, BUT THAT IS OUR YOUTH AREA.
SO THAT WILL RANGE FROM, UM, SANDRA BOYNTON BOARD BOOKS ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH HARRY POTTER.
THAT'S A VERY LIBRARY REFERENCE.
UH, BUT, UH, THAT IS A LARGE SPACE WHERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, HAVE KIDS BE SAFE, FREELY ROAM AROUND EVERYTHING.
DOWNSTAIRS IS GONNA BE TEEN OR YOUTH ORIENTED.
UH, BUT THIS SPACE IN THE BACK, UM, AGAINST THIS WALL ON THE FARTHEST, UH, SOUTH PORTION WILL ALSO BE, THAT'S A PRETTY LARGE SPACE.
SO THAT'LL BE OUR SECONDARY PROGRAM SPACE.
SO WHEN WE DO OUR BIG EVENTS, UH, WE WILL HAVE LIKELY PROGRAM THAT SPACE PROGRAM, THE MEETING ROOM THAT YOU SEE UP ON THE, UH, FURTHEST NORTH CORNER THERE, UH, AND THEN AS WELL AS THE COURTYARD AND MOVING OUT TOWARD HUNT STREET.
UH, PART OF THIS PROCESS, UM, WILL INCLUDE A 24 HOUR BOOK RETURN.
IT WON'T BE DRIVE UP ANYMORE, BUT RIGHT NOW, IF YOU DRIVE UP TO THE BOOK RETURN ON KENTUCKY, IT MIGHT BE A DAY BEFORE THE BOOK GETS CHECKED IN OFF YOUR ACCOUNT.
THIS WILL BE A WALKUP BOOK RETURN, BUT IT'LL GET CHECKED IN OFF YOUR ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY.
UH, AND THEN THE TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU SEE HERE, UH, WE WON'T HAVE A COMPUTER LAB, BUT WE WILL HAVE LAPTOPS TO CHECK OUT AND USING THE SPACE.
SO IF A PARENT IS COMING IN WITH THEIR CHILD AND THEY NEED TO DO SOME WORK OR DO SOME JOB APPLICATIONS, THEY CAN ACTUALLY TAKE THAT LAPTOP OVER INTO THE YOUTH AREA.
THEIR KIDS CAN FEEL AT HOME, AS OPPOSED TO MAKING THEIR KIDS SIT NEXT TO THEM IN A COMPUTER LAB WITH OTHER ADULTS TRYING TO GET STUFF DONE.
AND JUST REALLY ADDS TO THAT LEVEL OF, OF COMFORT AND BELONGING.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO, UM, ADDED A COMFORT SLASH NURSING ROOM.
NEITHER ONE OF OUR LIBRARIES TODAY HAVE THAT.
UM, AND SO THAT WILL BE, UH, KIND OF RIGHT OUTSIDE THE CHILDREN'S AREA.
ONE OTHER THING YOU MIGHT NOTICE IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY ON THIS IS THAT EVERY RESTROOM IS EITHER A FAMILY RESTROOM OR A SINGLE USER RESTROOM.
UH, THEY ARE NON-GENDERED AT THIS POINT IN THE PLANS.
WE ARE ABLE TO ADD MORE RESTROOMS THIS WAY, AND IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO IMPROVE THE RESTROOM EXPERIENCE.
THERE'S A REASON PEOPLE STOP AT BUCKY'S, UH, WHEN THEY'RE GOING, UH, DOWN 45 OR 35
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OR ANYWHERE THERE'S A BUCKY'S THESE DAYS, UH, BECAUSE IT ALLOWS THEM NOT TO HAVE TO GO IN AND SHARE THAT RESTROOM.SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, JUST ANY OF THE POLITICAL ISSUES THAT COME WITH THAT, ANY OF THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT COME WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO, TO ELIMINATE THOSE WHILE PROVIDING A BETTER EXPERIENCE.
THEY WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH SENSORS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO IDENTIFY IF THERE HAVE BEEN HEART ATTACKS OR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, SO STAFF CAN KNOW AND BE ALERTED AS WELL AS IF SOMEONE'S BEEN IN THERE FOR OVER X AMOUNT OF TIME, SO WE CAN BE ALERTED TO GO IN AND CHECK ON THEM.
UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT TECHNOLOGY, UH, THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
UM, THAT'S MOST OF THE STUFF FOR DOWNSTAIRS.
IT'S REALLY COOL TO US, BUT I KNOW THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT, TO EXCITE EVERYBODY ELSE HERE.
UH, ONE OTHER THING I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT DOWNSTAIRS, THE LAWN SPACE WHERE WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE, THE GATE, UH, OVER THE COURTYARD WITH THE RETAINING WALL.
WE LOVE HAVING A GATE THAT TELLS PEOPLE THEY CAN'T COME IN FROM THAT SIDE, UH, BUT NOT REALLY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TERRACE THAT WHOLE LAWN.
IT WILL BE OPEN ALL THE WAY TO HUNT STREET.
AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO US DOING LARGER FESTIVAL EVENTS, PARTNERING WITH DOWNTOWN EVENTS, ESPECIALLY, UH, WITH THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STREET, UH, THAT WILL JUST BE A MUCH MORE WELCOMING SPACE, UH, MUCH LESS ABLE TO HIDE, UH, DURING THE DAY AND DURING NIGHTTIME.
AND PART OF THAT IS THESE TWO CUTOUTS ON THE CHILDREN'S SIDE ACTUALLY PUSH INTO THE COURTYARD.
SO THERE'LL BE LITTLE READING NOOKS IN THERE THAT ARE LOOKING OUT INTO THAT SHADED, UH, TREE AREA.
SO HERE'S SOME RENDERINGS OF WHAT SOME OF THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE TOP IS JUST, THAT'S ONE VIEW, UH, IN THE LOBBY.
UH, SO YOU SEE THE ELEVATORS, UH, ON THE TOP HAVE LIKE A COLORFUL PANEL AROUND THEM.
THERE IS A STUDY ROOM THAT KIND OF CANNELLY OVER INTO THE LOBBY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO BE SEEN STUDYING.
THAT'S NOT A VERY LIBRARY FEELING, BUT, UH, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECTS AND WITH OUR PUBLIC FEEDBACK TO PROVIDE THAT SPACE AS WELL.
WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE NINE TOTAL STUDY ROOMS. UH, THIS IS JUST WHAT ONE OF THEM LOOKS LIKE HERE.
AND THEN, UH, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, THAT'S THE NEW DELANEY ROOM LOOK.
SO, UH, THAT'LL ACTUALLY BE A FULL VIDEO WALL.
THERE'LL BE A PLACE TO PLUG IN A LECTERN.
SO IF SOMEONE'S DOING A PITCH COMPETITION OR THEY'RE DOING A PRESENTATION, THEY CAN DO IT IN FRONT OF A STATE-OF-THE-ART, UH, VIDEO WALL WITH ALL OF THEIR TECHNOLOGY THERE.
AND THEN ALL OF THAT, UH, PERFORATED, UH, CEILING AND WALL YOU SEE IS ACTUALLY SOUND BAFFLING EQUIPMENT OR, UH, MATERIAL.
SO IT'LL BE A NICE CONTAINED SPACE AS WELL.
THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TO USE, UH, AS WELL AS STAFF.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT GROWTH.
UH, BACK TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN, THAT'S THE EXTERIOR OF THAT ROOM AS YOU'RE LOOKING TO GO UPSTAIRS.
SO YOU CAN SEE OUR FLOOR IN THE LOBBY IS A, IS AN IMPERMEABLE FLOOR.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TASKED THE ARCHITECTS WITH IS EVERY PROBLEM.
WE WANNA BE A PAPER TOWEL PROBLEM, NOT A CARPET CLEANER PROBLEM.
AND WE'LL GET INTO THE REASON FOR SOME OF THAT LATER.
UM, BUT THERE'S VERY LITTLE, UH, SOFT SURFACES HERE.
SO THE SOUND BAFFLING IS GOING TO BE IN THE CEILING AND ON THE WALLS TO MAINTAIN THAT, THAT QUIET SPACE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, THAT IS WHAT THE VIEW OF THAT NEW CHILDREN'S SPACE LOOKS LIKE.
THE FLOORING HERE IS ACTUALLY VERY INTERESTING.
IT IS RECYCLED SNEAKER MATERIAL, SO IT DOESN'T SMELL LIKE TIRES, LIKE WHEN YOU SMELL A GYM RUBBER FLOOR.
THIS IS, WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THE ENTIRE NIKE HEADQUARTERS IS FLOORED WITH THIS.
UM, AND SO IT GIVES A LITTLE SOFTER.
SO IF YOU'RE GETTING DOWN ON THE FLOOR WITH YOUR KIDS, YOUR KNEES DON'T SCREAM AT YOU THE MOMENT THAT YOU HIT THAT HARD FLOOR.
UM, AND THE IN THE CEILING HERE AS WELL, IN THAT GREEN AREA, YOU'LL SEE SOUND BAFFLING, UH, ALL BUILT IN WITH SOME OF THAT LIGHTING, UH, MATERIAL THERE TOO.
AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, JUST ZIGZAGGING YOU, THAT IS THE LATEST RENDERING OF WHAT THE TEEN SPACE WILL LOOK LIKE.
SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO LOUNGE ALL OVER THAT TWO TIER, UH, BENCH SEATING BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, TEENS DON'T LIKE TO SIT WHERE YOU THINK THEY SHOULD SIT.
THEY TEND TO WANNA DO THEIR OWN THING.
AND THIS IS GONNA BE A VERY INTERESTING SPACE BECAUSE THIS FALL WE'RE ACTUALLY LAUNCHING A DRONE RACING ACADEMY WITH FIRST PERSON, UH, DRONE RACING TEAMS. SO WHEN WE MOVE THAT TO DOWNTOWN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY HAVE THE DRONE RACERS IN THE DELANEY ROOM AND THE WATCHERS AND AN AUDIENCE FOR THAT DRONE RACE IN THIS TEEN ROOM, UH, LIVE STREAMING THAT.
SO WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE THAT AS FLEXIBLE A SPACE AS POSSIBLE.
THEN WE GET TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
THIS IS KIND OF WHERE A LOT OF THE FUN HAPPENS.
SO, UM, THE FIRST THING, I GUESS I'LL JUST START, UH, AT THE TOP IS WE WILL BE MAYBE, UM, IT'S A SECRET NOW.
WE WILL BE HOSTING A, UH, OR OWNING A 26 FOOT DIAMETER, UH, 4K FULL DOME PLANETARIUM.
AND SO THIS CAN HOLD 55 TO 60 PEOPLE AT A SHOW.
UH, WE RECENTLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR A SIMILAR SIZE PLANETARIUM AT ST.
AND THEY USE A SIMILAR VERSION OF THE SOFTWARE.
AND I THINK THE POTENTIAL HERE IS EVEN GREATER THAN WE THOUGHT IT WAS WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT THIS IDEA WITH THE ARCHITECTS.
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UM, ONE OF THE BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OUR PLANETARIUM AND SOME OTHERS IS THAT OURS WILL HAVE, UH, STACKABLE SEATING SO WE CAN CLEAR IT OUT.SO, UH, AND WE CAN CLEAR IT OUT AND WE CAN SHOW THE NORTHERN LIGHTS AROUND CHRISTMAS AND HAVE SANTA SITTING AT THE FRONT AND HAVE THE KIDS COME IN THROUGH SANTA.
WE CAN DO, UM, YOGA UNDER THE STARS, UH, LOTS OF PROGRAMS LIKE THAT WHERE IT REALLY IS FLEXIBLE.
UM, WITH 55 CHAIRS THOUGH, WE STILL FEEL THAT WE CAN DO AFTER HOURS EVENTS WITH THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION.
THERE'S AN ENTIRE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON DOME SHOW, UH, THAT IF WE SHOWED, WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE COULD SELL OUT PRETTY REGULARLY AFTER OUR OPERATING HOURS, UH, TO SUPPORT THEM AND BRING PEOPLE INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA, UM, THAT EMPTIES OUT, UH, THROUGH THAT YELLOW CORRIDOR INTO WHAT IS OUR 2,500 SQUARE FOOT CULTURAL ACTIVITY SLASH EXHIBIT SPACE.
SO WE ARE ACTUALLY HOSTING OUR FIRST TRAVELING EXHIBIT THIS SUMMER AT JOHN AND JUDY GAY.
IT'S A 500 SQUARE FOOT EXHIBIT FROM THE MINNESOTA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CALLED STORYLAND.
IT'LL HAVE EXHIBITS FOR JACK HAS RICKETS SNOWY DAY, UM, WHERE SPOT AND PETER RABBIT.
SO THAT'S OUR TOE IN THE WATER TO SEE WHAT ALL IS THIS GONNA TAKE TO GET DONE.
BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THINGS LIKE, NOT EVERYONE IN MCKINNEY CAN TRAVEL TO KANSAS CITY TO GO TO THE NEGRO LEAGUE HISTORY MUSEUM, BUT WE CAN BRING THE NEGRO LEAGUE HISTORY MUSEUM TO MCKINNEY.
UH, WHEN WE'RE DOING THE, UM, TEXAS MUSIC REVOLUTION, WE COULD SHOW THE DOCUMENTARY IN THE PLANETARIUM, EMPTY OUT INTO AN EXHIBIT AND WORKSHOP ABOUT TEXAS MUSIC AND HAVE A ON THE LAWN THAT WE HAVE OPEN, HAVE A LOCAL ACT, UH, SPACE ON THE LAWN TO REALLY GIVE THAT FULL EXPERIENCE OF WHAT THAT IS THROUGH THE LIBRARY.
UM, SO THAT WILL BE A WORKSHOP ACTIVITY AND A TRAVELING EXHIBIT ACTIVITY.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
BRINGING, UH, EXPERIENCES TO DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY THAT DON'T EXIST ANYWHERE.
IF YOU REMEMBER BACK TO THAT MAP JUST A FEW SECONDS AGO, THE ONLY PLANETARIUM WITHIN 30 MILES FROM US THAT IS NOT AT A SCHOOL IS AT UNT, WHICH IS A SCHOOL.
AND THEY DO SOME SHOWS ON SATURDAYS.
WE WANNA RUN FIVE TO SIX SHOWS A DAY, FIVE TO SIX DAYS A WEEK.
UH, AND WE DON'T WANT TO CHARGE FOR IT.
SO WE'LL SEE HOW, HOW WE CAN GET AWAY WITH THAT, HOW LONG THAT WORKS.
BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING THOSE PEOPLE DOWNTOWN AND TAKING FOR ONE OF OUR, UH, CULTURAL ACTIVITY PROGRAMS, WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN AN HOUR, AN HOUR AND A HALF HERE, AND TURN THAT INTO THREE HOURS, FOUR HOURS.
UH, AND I THINK THESE TWO PIECES RIGHT HERE ARE GONNA HELP US DO THAT.
UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA COME FROM GREENVILLE, AND THEY'RE GONNA COME FROM SHERMAN AND THEY'RE GONNA COME FROM NORTH DALLAS, AND THEY'RE GONNA COME FROM PLANO BECAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THEM TO GET THIS MATERIAL THAT'S ANY CLOSER.
UM, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, AS YOU HEAD SOUTH OF THAT, YOU GET INTO OUR FICTION SECTION.
SO THIS'LL WON'T BE A QUIET SPOT OF THE LIBRARY.
IT'LL BE MUCH MORE OF A BOOKSTORE FEEL.
IF YOU WANT YOUR JAMES PATTERSON, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND READ IT WITH NOBODY TALKING AROUND YOU,
UM, THAT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
AND THEN YOU SEE THESE FOUR STUDY ROOMS AT THE VERY BOTTOM, TWO SIX PERSON STUDY ROOMS, TWO, FOUR PERSON STUDY ROOMS, KIND OF LOOKING OUT OVER THAT LAWN.
UH, AS YOU SWITCH OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING, YOU WILL SEE THAT TOP STUDY ROOM, UH, WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT KIND OF CANTILEVERED LOOKING OVER INTO THE LOBBY.
AND THESE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WITH A LIBRARY CARD AT NO CHARGE.
OUR STUDY ROOMS HAVE NO COST ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
YOU CAN RESERVE THEM ONLINE UP TO SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE, I BELIEVE, OF WHEN YOU WANT TO BE THERE.
UM, OUR LARGE ROOMS ALSO HAVE NO COST.
WE JUST ASK THAT YOU'RE A NONPROFIT OR A LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP.
SO YOU CAN'T BE A FINANCIAL PLANNER RUNNING A SEMINAR.
BUT IF YOU ARE ONE HEART MCKINNEY AND YOU WANNA SHOWCASE ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING, BOOK IT AND COME IN AND, AND LET'S, LET'S HELP YOU OUT, UM, ON THIS OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
HOWEVER, THIS IS OUR TRADITIONAL LIBRARY SIDE.
THIS IS THE ONLY PART OF THE BUILDING THAT HAS CARPET.
THIS IS QUIET, THIS IS IF YOU HAVE A KID, UNLESS YOUR KID IS LOOKING FOR ADULT NONFICTION, THIS IS PROBABLY NOT A PLACE FOR YOU TO BE.
UM, THIS HAS SOME, UH, STUDY NOOKS.
THESE ARE THE, ACTUALLY THE ONLY TABLES THAT ARE MORE THAN TWO TOP TABLES THAT WE HAVE UPSTAIRS.
SO YOU CAN SPREAD OUT AND DO YOUR RESEARCH, DO YOUR, DO YOUR WORK, UH, AND GET THAT GOING.
THIS ROOM THAT YOU SEE ON THE INTERNAL PART OF THE ROOM AGAINST THE WALL, THAT IS THE HELEN GABBARD HALL LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCH ROOM.
SO THAT WILL BE WHERE WE HOUSE AND SHOWCASE THE YEARBOOK FROM DOTY HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1946 THAT WE HAVE, WHERE WE SHOWCASE THOSE COLLECTIONS, UH, AND WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND, UH, RESEARCH THROUGH OUR, UH, NEWSPAPERS.COM ARCHIVE THAT THE LIBRARY HAS DONE FOR EVERY EDITION OF THE MCKINNEY CO.
IS THAT FROM THE BEGINNING THROUGH MODERN TIMES.
SO THIS WILL REALLY BE THAT SPACE.
IT WON'T BE A QUIET READING ROOM IF YOU'RE COMING TO RESEARCH YOUR HOUSE, IF YOU'RE COMING TO, TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
YOU CAN HAVE MEETINGS IN THERE, UH, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WE REALLY WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING MCKINNEY HAS THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS.
HERE'S THE PLACE WHERE YOU CAN COME AND GET IT.
UM, AND THEN ANOTHER THING IS THERE, THERE ARE GONNA BE PLUGS ALL OVER THE PLACE ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
LIKE IF THERE'S A TABLE, THERE'S A PLUG BY IT.
LIKE IT'S, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT THERE.
AND WE DEFINITELY ANTICIPATE RIGHT NOW OUR STUDY ROOMS
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AT HALL ARE AT ABOUT 68% CAPACITY AT JOHN AND JUDY GAY, ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK HOURS OR AT A HUNDRED PERCENT CAPACITY.SO WE ARE, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THESE WILL STILL BE IN HIGH DEMAND AND PEOPLE WILL BE COMING EVEN FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF MCKINNEY JUST TO, TO USE THOSE SPACES.
AND THEN INCREASED STORAGE THAT JUST EXCITES STAFF.
WE HAVE ZERO STORAGE AT THIS BUILDING RIGHT NOW, SO ANY STORAGE IS, IS AN INFINITE GROWTH.
HERE'S WHAT THESE SPACES WILL LOOK LIKE.
I I DON'T HAVE AN INSIDE OF THE PLANETARIUM VIEW BECAUSE INSIDE OF PLANETARIUMS ARE REALLY BORING UNLESS YOU SEE THE SHOW GOING ON.
'CAUSE THEY'RE JUST DARK AND EMPTY.
UM, BUT WE DO SEE THE OUTSIDE OF THE PLANETARIUM WITH SOME SOUND BAFFLING EQUIPMENT UP THERE, BUT THEY WILL BE TICKETED EVENTS.
SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO MEASURE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING, HOW OFTEN WE SELL OUT, WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, IDEALLY.
UM, AND THEN YOU GET THE STUDY ROOM VIEW ON THE ADULT QUIET SIDE ON THE TOP LEFT THERE.
AND THEN ON THE TOP RIGHT, YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE MORE OF THAT SIDE.
BUT WE, WE WILL HAVE SOME, UH, SINGLE AND TWO PERSON BOOTHS BUILT INTO THE WALL FOR THAT NOOK SEMI-PRIVATE EXPERIENCE THAT WE FIND IS VERY POPULAR.
AND THEN, UH, THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS OUR EXHIBIT SPACE.
SO ALL THAT FURNITURE WILL CLEAR OUT, UM, THERE WILL BE A VIDEO WALL FOR SIGNAGE THERE, OR FOR PRESENTATIONS AS WELL.
AND THEN MORE OF THAT SOUND BAFFLING, UH, MATERIAL SO WE CAN TRY TO MAINTAIN THE RAMBUNCTIOUS NOISE IN THAT SPACE, UH, WHILE WE GO.
SO THIS IS A PROJECT TIMELINE.
WE ACTUALLY, UH, HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE NOW.
UH, BUT BEFORE THAT WE ACTUALLY STARTED WITH A STAFF LED PROJECT, UH, POST COVID, WHERE WE SAID, HOW CAN WE DO EVERYTHING WITHOUT HAVING TO SPEND MONEY? AND, UH, IN 2023, WE REACHED OUR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL THERE AND WE SAID, OKAY, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, KNOCKING DOWN WALLS AND, AND, AND SPENDING SOME MONEY.
SO, UH, WE CONTRACTED WITH SEVEN 20 DESIGN.
UH, AND THEN FOR INITIAL CONCEPTS, THEY DID A SURVEY TO HELP US KIND OF IDENTIFY WHAT PEOPLE REALLY WANTED DOWNTOWN.
UM, AND THEN IN MAY 24, WE HIRED THEM AS A DESIGNER AND ARCHITECT.
IN OCTOBER, UH, LAST OCTOBER, WE SELECTED, UH, CROSSLAND CONSTRUCTION AS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR THE PROJECT COUNCIL APPROVED, UH, THE INTENT TO FUND THE PROJECT IN JANUARY.
UH, AND THEN LAST COUNCIL MEETING ACTUALLY ALLOWED, YOU KNOW, GAVE THE ORDER TO GO AHEAD AND ISSUE THE BONDS.
WE ANTICIPATE, UH, CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN JUNE OF 2025, JUNE 13TH, FRIDAY THE 13TH AT 6:00 PM HALL LIBRARY WILL CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, WE WILL NOT REOPEN FOR ANOTHER YEAR, YEAR PLUS.
SO WE ARE MOVING CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO JOHN AND JUDY GAY.
SO IF YOU'RE AT HALL AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHERE ARE ALL THE BOOKS? THEY'RE BEING SHIFTED OVER TO JOHN AND JUDY GAY, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT 20,000 BOOKS THAT WE'RE MOVING OVER.
UM, BUT WHEN WE OPEN BACK UP, WE EXPECT VERY, VERY BOISTEROUS GRAND REOPENING CELEBRATIONS WITH ALL THE NEW THINGS.
WE WANNA SHOW OFF EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME.
AND THIS WILL BE THE COURTYARD VIEW RIGHT HERE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE TWO ELEVATORS HERE.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THOSE READING NOOKS KIND OF POKING OUT INTO THE COURTYARD.
UH, WE REALLY LIKE THIS SPACE OF A PROGRAMMABLE SPACE AS WELL, THAT IT IS A, A UNIQUE FEATURE THAT DOESN'T EXIST ANYWHERE ELSE AROUND DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY.
AND THEN HERE'S OUR ANTICIPATION.
FIRST OF ALL, THIS RENDERING IS WITH THE PLANETARIUM.
UH, THAT'S CURRENTLY WHERE MY OFFICE IS.
SO THEY'RE RIPPING IT OUT AND POKING A HOLE THROUGH THE CEILING TO GET THE PLANETARIUM UP THROUGH THE CEILING.
UH, BUT WE ANTICIPATE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND ADDITIONAL VISITS TO DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY, UM, JUST FROM THE PLANETARIUM SHOWS AND THE EXHIBITS.
HONESTLY, AFTER TALKING WITH THE PEOPLE AT ST.
MARK'S, I THINK THIS IS A VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE.
UM, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE A PRIVATE SCHOOL, HE SAYS THEY'RE REACHED OUT TO, FROM EVERY BOY SCOUT TROOP, FROM EVERY HOMESCHOOL GROUP, FROM EVERY SCIENCE GROUP IN DALLAS THAT WANTS TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEM.
SO WE REALLY THINK THAT THIS NUMBER MIGHT BE PRETTY, PRETTY LOW.
AND THAT'S BEFORE WE EVEN LOOK AT THE ATTRACTION OF THE EXHIBITS COMING IN.
UM, THAT WILL MAKE THIS LOCATION BUSIER THAN JOHN AND JUDY GAY LIBRARY.
SO FOR A SPACE, JOHN AND JUDY GAY LIBRARY IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST LIBRARIES IN THE STATE.
UM, AND PER STAFF MEMBERS, IT ACTUALLY RIVALS THE NEW FRISCO LIBRARY, BUT THEIR LIBRARY'S JUST HUGE AND HAS ALL THEIR STAFF IN ONE BUILDING.
THE OTHER DIFFERENCE IS WE WON'T HAVE SEASONAL VARIATIONS.
SO WE'RE NOT AN OCTOBER FEST WHERE WE'RE GONNA BRING IN 30,000 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE BUSINESS COMING IN FEBRUARY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE BUSINESS COMING IN DECEMBER, UH, ALL THE TIME IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE PEAKS AND VALLEYS.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, BRANDON OPI, THE NEW, UH, DIRECTOR OF DATA FOR THE CITY TO IDENTIFY, UH, A MEASURABLE IMPACT ON AREA BUSINESSES.
UH, WE REALLY THINK WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OF A CULTURAL INSTITUTION IN A DOWNTOWN ENVIRONMENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA START, UH, FROM JUMP STREET.
LIKE WHAT ARE OUR KPIS? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? UM, I'M NOT GONNA LIE, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA BRING A LOT OF HOTEL NIGHTS, UH, TO YOU, BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA BRING A TON OF LUNCH BUSINESS.
WE'RE GONNA BRING A TON OF DINNER BUSINESS AND A TON OF JUST VISITS IN GENERAL THAT THIS WILL BE THEIR FIRST KIND OF FACE OF MCKINNEY WHEN THEY'RE
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COMING IN.AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU PROJECTING, UM, AN INCREASE IN STAFFING WITH THIS? OH, WE WILL BE ASKING FOR A PLANETARIUM COORDINATOR AND A, AN EXHIBITS COORDINATOR AND A COUPLE OF OTHER POSITIONS THIS YEAR.
UM, BUT THE WAY THAT WE CHANGED OUR STAFFING ALL THE WAY BACK AT COVID, WE'RE SO MUCH MORE EFFICIENT WITH COVERAGE OF SPACE THAT REALLY THOSE SPECIALISTS WILL HELP PROGRAM THOSE SPACES.
BUT WE'RE OUR STAFF, THE WAY THAT WE, WE STRUCTURE OURSELVES SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE VOLUME DIFFERENCE.
SO, UM, BUT I'D LOVE FOR THAT NOT TO BE TRUE BECAUSE WE'RE SO BUSY THAT WE HAVE TO SAY, MAN, WE NEED TO GO BACK AGAIN AND ASK FOR MORE.
THAT, THAT WOULD BE A, A GREAT PLAN.
I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT A COMMENT I LOVED, UH, THE WORD THAT STUCK OUT TO ME WAS UNIQUE AS YOU WERE DESCRIBING EVERYTHING, AND THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THOSE.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UM, ANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE KNOW NATIONALLY OR TO VISIT AND, YOU KNOW, SO THEY CAN SEE THINGS AND TO GET PUBLICITY FROM THEM, SEEK RECOGNITION, AWARDS, ET CETERA.
BECAUSE IT, IT IS VERY DIFFERENT.
AND I THINK THAT LOCATION WISE, IT ALSO ENHANCES, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A CITY, UH, TO FURTHER EDUCATION.
SO ANYWHERE IN THE EDUCATION REALM, UH, BUT SPECIFICALLY IN READING AND IN SCIENCE BECAUSE OF THE PLANETARIUM.
BUT, UH, I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE THAT, UM, YOU, IF YOU CAN GET ANY KIND OF, UH, PUBLIC SUPPORT, IF THERE, IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WANTS TO, YOU WANNA NAME THE PLANETARIUM AFTER 'EM, IF THEY WANNA DONATE MONEY OR, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CAN HAPPEN.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S CROSSING THINGS, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY HERE AND I DON'T KNOW, UM, AS A FORMER EDUCATOR, THIS IS JUST REALLY COOL.
AS THE KIDS WOULD SAY, PROBABLY GONNA USE ANOTHER WORD THESE DAYS.
IS STILL COOL, IS STILL RELEVANT, STILL IS STILL.
AND I JUST, I JUST THINK IT'S, IT'S REALLY, UH, IT'S, IT'S HUGE.
WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT POTENTIAL SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AS WE BRING IN EXHIBITS.
UH, IF IT IS A STEM EXHIBIT, ARE THERE LARGE COMPANIES THAT WOULD LIKE TO PUT THEIR NAME ON THAT AS A SPONSOR? UH, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE CONSIDERED.
WE'VE ALSO TALKED BRIEFLY WITH AARON ABOUT, UH, BEFORE EVERY SHOW, DO WE SHOW A VISIT MCKINNEY AD UH, DO WE HAVE, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
HOW DO WE WORK ON THAT RIGHT? TO, TO GROW THAT SPACE, BECAUSE IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE LOTS OF EYEBALLS THAT AREN'T FROM MCKINNEY AND REALLY SHOWCASE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE GOING ON HERE FROM EVERY ASPECT OF THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE'VE ALSO ANTICIPATED THAT EVERY SCHOOL WILL WANT TO DO A FIELD TRIP MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR.
SO, UH, WE'RE ALREADY TRYING TO BUILD THOSE INTO OUR OPERATING MODEL.
MARK'S IS A GREAT PLACE TO START, BY THE WAY.
NO, THEY'RE, THEY WERE INVALUABLE FOR DONORS AND JUST, UH, YES, YES.
WELL, I, I THINK WE LEARNED, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THAT THE PERSON WHO BOUGHT THE TWO BIG PLANETARIUM COMPANIES AND MERGED THEM, THE REASON THEY HAVE A PLANETARIUM THERE IS BECAUSE HE'S ONE OF THEIR FORMER STUDENTS.
AND SO IT'S, WE WERE LIKE, OH, WELL, WOULD HE LIKE TO GIVE US ONE? AND HE KIND OF LAUGHED AT US.
WELL, AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ROOM NIGHTS, BUT ON BEHALF OF TOURISM, I, I'M JUST THANKFUL FOR THE EDUCATIONAL, THE SOCIAL, AND THE ECONOMIC BOOSTS THAT THIS IS GONNA PROVIDE AS WELL.
SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
ARE YOU OPEN TO A SILLY QUESTION?
NO, THAT IS ACTUALLY, IT'S A HARD FLOOR.
UH, AND I DON'T THINK THOSE COLORS ARE TRUE TO WHAT THE COLORS ARE.
UH, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY MEANT TO BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM EVERY OTHER SPACE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS WE DON'T WANT TO, IT'S SO HARD TO NOT HAVE IT DATED IN 10 YEARS, BUT, UM, BUT WITH THAT FLOOR IN PARTICULAR, WE WERE, WE WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING THAT WAS LIKE, HOW DO WE SEPARATE THIS SPACE FROM THE CHILDREN'S SPACE ACROSS THE WAY FROM THE LOBBY AND FROM A WAY THAT IS, UH, QUIRKY IN A WAY THAT TEENS COULD FEEL AT HOME THERE, BUT ALSO DIRECTLY KNOW THAT IF THEIR 10-YEAR-OLD LITTLE BROTHERS IN THERE, THAT IT'S NOT A SPACE FOR THE 10-YEAR-OLD LITTLE BROTHER.
AND THAT'S A, SO THAT WAS, UH, NOT A CONSCIOUS CHOICE FOR A MURDEROUS, UH,
IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF I SEE THAT THERE ARE NONE, AND WE WILL MOVE ON
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TO BOARD AND DIRECTOR COMMENTS.DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WISH TO ADD? AS USUAL, THANK YOU TO THE STAFF.
UM, WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO.
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UM, AND MOVING ON, THIS WAS SUCH A EFFICIENT MEETING.UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ADJOURNING.
UH, MAY I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
MAY I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
SECOND BY PATRICK, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:56 AM THANK YOU.