Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request from the City of McKinney Parks and Recreation Department to Reappropriate Previously Awarded Funds of $2,797,804.00 to PK1831 (Wattley), $489,314.00 to PK2041 (Old Settlers Park Design), $1,580,743.00 to PK2109 (Greens Neighborhood Park), $315,077.00 to PK2349 (Mobile Stage), $318,664.00 to PK2343 (Horizon Park), $1,039,504.00 to PK4397 (Recreation Center at Towne Lake), and $200,000.00 to PK9143 (Erwin Park).

[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request from the City of McKinney Parks and Recreation Department to Reappropriate Previously Awarded Funds of $2,797,804.00 to PK1831 (Wattley), $489,314.00 to PK2041 (Old Settlers Park Design), $1,580,743.00 to PK2109 (Greens Neighborhood Park), $315,077.00 to PK2349 (Mobile Stage), $318,664.00 to PK2343 (Horizon Park), $1,039,504.00 to PK4397 (Recreation Center at Towne Lake), and $200,000.00 to PK9143 (Erwin Park).]

REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. ITEM 25 DASH 2686. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF MCKINNEY PARKS AND REC RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO RE-APPROPRIATE PREVIOUSLY AWARDED FUNDS OF $2.7 MILLION TO THE PK 1831. WHATLEY $489,314 TO PK 2041. OLD SETTLERS PARK DESIGN 1.5 MILLION TO PK 2109. GREENS NEIGHBORHOOD PARK $315,070.70 $7 FOR PK 2349. MOBILE STAGE $318,640 FOR THE PK 2343 HORIZON PARK ONE. 1 MILLION. TO THE PK 4397 RECREATION CENTER OF TOWN LAKE IN 200,000 TO PK 9143 ERWIN PARK IN THE PRESENTERS TODAY WILL BE JENNY. GOOD MORNING, JENNY BAKER, PARKS PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. AND AGAIN CINDY, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR THIS ITEM. WE ARE REQUESTING TO RE-APPROPRIATE JUST UNDER $7 MILLION OF PREVIOUSLY AWARDED CDC FUNDING FOR A TOTAL OF SEVEN PROJECTS. JUST GOING TO QUICKLY WALK THROUGH THEM. I KNOW AMY HAS TOUCHED ON A LOT OF THESE, BUT WALLY PARK REQUESTING 2.7 MILLION TO BE RE-APPROPRIATED BACK INTO THIS PROJECT. WE KIND OF PUT IT ON PAUSE DUE TO SOME ASSOCIATED WORK THAT IS GOING TO BE DONE BY OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO THE ADJACENT CREEK LINE. SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE PARK. HEAVY EQUIPMENT ROLLING ACROSS OUR NEWLY CONSTRUCTED PARK OR PARK THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO WE PUT PUT THAT ON PAUSE WHILE ENGINEERING IS DOING THEIR WORK. THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT THIS SUMMER.

AND SO WE'RE GETTING THIS PROJECT. IT'S PRETTY MUCH BID READY TO GO AS SOON AS ENGINEERING IS DONE. WE ARE GOING TO RAMP THIS UP AND GET THIS ONE OUT TO CONSTRUCTION.

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NEXT UP, OLD SETTLER'S PARK. AS AMY MENTIONED, THIS ONE IS ONGOING. WE'RE HEAVY IN DESIGN, PAUSED OUR DESIGN, OR AT LEAST I SHOULD SAY SLOWED IT DOWN JUST A BIT TO KIND OF CORRESPOND WITH ENGINEERING'S DESIGN WORK OF VIRGINIA STREET AS AS IT EXTENDS TO AIRPORT, THAT ACTUALLY KIND OF CUTS THROUGH A PORTION OF THE PARK. SO WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH, YOU KNOW, BOTH DESIGN PACKAGES ALIGNED. SO WE JUST PAUSED A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT IS STILL RAMPING UP. AND WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE THIS OUT TO BID EARLY FALL. JUST MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, ENGINEERING HAS GOT WHAT THEY'VE GOT, THEY HAVE ON THEIR END THAT WE REFLECT THAT IN OUR CONSTRUCTION PACKAGE. AND WE ARE REQUESTING JUST UNDER $500,000 TO BE REAPPROPRIATED BACK INTO THIS PROJECT. AND THANK YOU AGAIN, MISS BRADFORD, FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS ONE. GREENS NEIGHBORHOOD PARK NEARING COMPLETION HAVE HAVE HAD REALLY, REALLY GOOD LUCK WITH THE WEATHER ON THIS ONE. WE ARE EXPECTING A JUNE OR JULY COMPLETION ON THIS ONE AND JUST REQUESTING 1.5 MILLION RE-APPROPRIATED BACK INTO THE PROJECT. HORIZON. THIS WAS A PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT. YOU CAN SEE BIG, BIG WIN HERE. THIS PARK IS ACTUALLY COMPLETED. WE HAVE WE JUST NEED TO RE-APPROPRIATE THE $318,000 BACK INTO THE PROJECT FOR ISSUANCE OF THE FINAL PAYMENT, AND THEN THIS ONE WILL BE DONE OR THIS ONE IS DONE. AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR MOBILE CONCERT STAGE, THE POE HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT IS IN FABRICATION, REALLY, REALLY LONG LEAD TIME, WHICH IS KIND OF PART OF THE DELAY ON THIS ONE. BUT THIS 100, 350, $315,000 REAPPROPRIATION WILL ALLOW FOR THE FINAL PAYMENT ONCE THE PRODUCT IS RECEIVED, AND WE SHOULD BE GETTING IT IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR. RECREATION CENTER AT TOWN LAKE IS LOOKING REALLY, REALLY BEAUTIFUL AGAIN. LOOKING AT A JULY JULY MOVE IN DATE, REQUESTING JUST OVER $1 MILLION TO BE RE-APPROPRIATED BACK TO FINALIZE THE FINAL CONSTRUCTION PAYMENTS. AND ERWIN PARK, THE LAST ONE. THE DESIGN IS NEARING NEARING COMPLETION AND THIS ONE IS SCHEDULED FOR BIDDING PROBABLY END MID TO END OF SUMMER. AND THEN VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS ONE TAKE OFF AND REQUESTING $200,000 TO COME BACK INTO THE PROJECT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. REGULAR AGENDA ITE. BOARD MEMBER GEORGE BOOTH IS OUT THERE, BUT SHE EMAILED AND HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, LIKE FOR WALLY PARK, SHE WANTED TO KNOW THE REFRESH REMODEL. HOW DID THE PARKS AND REC COME UP WITH THE DESIGN? DO YOU ALL JUST COME UP WITH YOURSELVES? DO YOU GET INPUT FROM THE CITIZENS? HOW DO WE DO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE PARKS? SURE. FOR THIS ONE, ABOUT 3 TO 4 YEARS AGO, WE WENT WE WENT OUT FOR WE COMPLETED MASTER PLANS FOR, I THINK, EIGHT DIFFERENT PARKS, WALLY BEING ONE OF THEM. AND WE DID GO OUT FOR PUBLIC. WE HELD PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGS. WE ALSO, I THINK, ISSUED ONLINE SURVEYS. SO WE DID RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT. AND BASICALLY THE DESIGN REFLECTS THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH THOSE THROUGH THOSE TWO ACTIVITIES. AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH A COMPLETE RENOVATION AND REFRESH OF THE PARK. THANK YOU.

THERE WAS ALSO VISITS TO SOME OF THE CHURCHES, I BELIEVE, AND GOT INPUT AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY, YES.

THANK YOU. MAYBE JUST A LITTLE CLARIFICATION FOR THOSE PEOPLE WATCHING ONLINE OR MAY SEE THIS DISCUSSION REAPPROPRIATION FROM A PROJECT. SO SOME THERE WAS A PROJECT REQUEST THAT WAS DONE ON AVERAGE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, THREE YEARS AGO FOR THESE. SO CAN YOU KIND OF GO THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR WHY WE'RE NOW TALKING ABOUT REAPPROPRIATION? ABSOLUTELY. SO WITH THESE WITH THESE GRANTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO RECEIVE FROM YOU EACH YEAR, IT'S USUALLY A TWO, TWO YEAR, TWO YEAR TIME FRAME THAT WE NEED TO EXPEND THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE OF SOME UNFORESEEN DELAYS ON THE PROJECTS WE MISSED THE WE MISSED REALLOCATING THOSE THOSE FUNDS IN A TIMELY MANNER, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE BACK BEFORE YOU TODAY ASKING THAT THEY COME BACK INTO THE PROJECT. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T USE THEM WITHIN THE TWO YEARS, THEY GO BACK INTO THE CDC FUND. SO WE'RE WE ARE THEY'RE ALL STILL VERY ACTIVE. GREAT PROGRESS. BUT WE FAILED TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH YOU ALL AS CLOSELY AS WE SHOULD. AND SO THIS IS FORMALLY BRINGING THEM BACK THE FUND, PUTTING THE FUNDS BACK INTO THE PROJECTS. WE WOULD HAVE HAD THIS DISCUSSION A FEW MONTHS AGO. IT DOESN'T IT STILL IS. SO THERE'S A GENERALLY A TWO YEAR AWARD PERIOD. AND SOME OF

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THESE PROJECTS HAVEN'T COMPLETED DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND SAYING, OKAY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE REALLOCATED. THAT IS CORRECT. YES. WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAVE DELAYED THE PROJECTS FOR A COUPLE OF THEM, LIKE FOR WALLY AND OLD, OLD SETTLERS IN PARTICULAR? WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T FORESEE THE ADJACENT OR THE OTHER CIP PROJECTS THAT WERE BEING PERFORMED BY, EXCUSE ME, OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT THAT HAD THE UNFORESEEN DELAYS. LIKE FOR WALLY, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO AHEAD AND CONSTRUCT THE PARK AND THEN HAVE HEAVY EQUIPMENT COME BACK THROUGH THE PARK FOR THE REMEDIATION WORK. OLD SETTLERS WE THE DESIGN OF AIRPORT. WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE KIND OF STARTED, WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT THE IMPACTS WERE GOING TO BE TO OLD SETTLERS PARK. AND, YOU KNOW, THE AIRPORT AS IT KIND OF EXTENDS SOUTH AND IT DOES CUT ACROSS PART OF THE PARK. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO DRAINAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ROAD ALIGNMENT THAT WE HAD TO INCORPORATE INTO OUR DRAINAGE CALCULATIONS. SO IT JUST IT ADDED TIME TO THE PROJECTS REALLY IS THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE THAT. DESCRIBE THAT.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. AND I'LL JUST SAY, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW THAT WITH NCDC'S COMMITMENT TO PARKS AND REC AND OUR, YOU KNOW, WE ALLOCATE A BUDGET THAT WE DO APPRECIATE. AND ONE OF OUR BIGGEST THINGS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD IS THAT WE WANT TO SEE PROJECTS BE COMPLETED WHEN WE DO THE FUNDING. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT COMING BACK AND ASKING FOR THE ALLOCATION VERSUS JUST ALLOWING THOSE FUNDS TO SIT THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING AS A BOARD, I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THOSE FUNDS, INSTEAD OF JUST SITTING IN THE ACCOUNT THAT WE WHEN YOU HAVE A PROJECT POSSIBLY COMING BACK AND THEN REQUESTING OR REALLOCATING THOSE FUNDS. SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM FOR LISTENING SOME OF OUR REQUESTS. AND THIS GOES BACK MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS THAT WE WANT TO GET THE PROJECTS COMPLETED TO PROTECT OUR MOST, YOU KNOW, OUR GREEN SPACES AND THE ASSET. AND WE WANT TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROTECTING THE UNIQUE BY NATURE IN PROVIDING OUR COMMUNITY WITH SPACES THAT THEY CAN PLAY WITH, PLAY IN AND ENJOY ALL OVER THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS OF, YOU KNOW, SOME AREAS GETTING MORE ATTENTION, BUT I THINK WE ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB AS AS WELL AS THE CITY AND THE PARK DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING ACROSS THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. I GUESS ALONG THOSE LINES, I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING TO STAFF A COUPLE OF MORE PEOPLE COMING ON BOARD. YOU'VE GOT THE BOND FUND, THE BONDS THAT WERE PASSED WITH ADDITIONAL PROJECTS. SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW AS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS GROWING THE ABILITY TO GET SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS ADVANCED OTHER THAN UNFORESEEN THINGS WHICH YOUR STAFF CAN'T NECESSARILY CONTROL. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. AND WE DO HAVE TWO POSITIONS THAT WE ARE HIRING FOR. THE POSITIONS JUST CLOSED.

WE BETWEEN THE TWO WE RECEIVED OVER 80 APPLICATIONS, WHICH IS WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. SO WE'RE KIND OF CULLING THROUGH THOSE RIGHT NOW. AND WE'LL BE SETTING UP INTERVIEWS SOON. SO HOPEFULLY OUR OUR TEAM OF FOUR WILL GROW TO SIX VERY VERY SOON. AWESOME. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE HERE TO DISCUSS THIS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOVED BY DAVID SECOND IT SECOND BY AJ.

MOTION PASSES TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND AS JUST KIND OF A FOLLOW UP TO THIS, JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK, BRIEF HIGHLIGHT OF OUR PARK CIP. KIND OF AS WE'RE RAMPING UP INTO BUDGET TIME. SO IT'S YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE'RE FOCUSING ON OUR SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM CIP BUDGETS. SO WE WANTED TO TALK JUST A JUST VERY QUICKLY HIGH LEVEL ABOUT FUNDING AND THEN PRIORITY PROJECTS, AND THEN OUR UPCOMING JOINT MEETING BETWEEN YOU ALL AND PARK BOARD. I JUST REMEMBER THANK YOU. JUST WANT TO TAKE A JUST VERY QUICKLY. I WANTED TO TOUCH BRIEFLY. THIS IS A SLIDE FROM OUR MASTER PLAN. THESE ARE PRIORITIES THAT WE ALL PUT TOGETHER. AND AS A REMINDER, WE ALL KIND OF RANKED SOME OF OUR OUR OUTDOOR AND OUR INDOOR FACILITIES IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES. AND I WANT TO POINT

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OUT THAT OUT OF THE 22 HIGH AND MODERATE FACILITIES FOR OUR FOR OUTDOOR OR, I'M SORRY, OUT OF OUR PRIORITIES FOR OUR OUTDOOR FACILITIES, WE HAVE COMPLETED 21 OF THE 22 WE'VE COMPLETED OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE WATER PARK AND THEN ON THE INDOOR FACILITIES. OF THOSE FIVE, WE ARE EITHER IN THE PROGRESS PROGRESS OF OR HAVE COMPLETED THOSE FIVE. AND SO JUST VERY, VERY PROUD OF THIS. BUT THEN ALSO I JUST WANT TO SHOW THAT WE DO USE THE MASTER PLAN AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE IN THE MASTER PLAN VERY, VERY STRONGLY AS WE ROLL INTO OUR CIP PLANNING EACH YEAR. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU QUICKLY. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE? ANY QUESTIONS? NO THANK YOU. SURE. SO AS WE'RE AS WE'RE LOOKING INTO OUR FISCAL YEAR 25 AND BEYOND CIP, WE KIND OF CATEGORIZED CATEGORIZED OUR PROJECTS INTO THESE CATEGORIES. TRAILS. THIS WOULD INCLUDE YOUR HARD SURFACE NATURAL SURFACE TRAILS, YOUR YOUR TRAILHEADS, YOUR WAYFINDING NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. THIS IS YOUR YOUR 8 TO 10 ACRE UNDEVELOPED PARK SITES. AND WE HAVE ABOUT 4 TO 6 OF THESE PROGRAMED OVER OUR CIP OVER THE NEXT PROBABLY FIVE YEARS REDEVELOPMENT. THIS IS OUR BIGGEST CATEGORY. THIS INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM OFF ROAD CONNECTIONS TO OUR PLAYGROUND SPLASH PAD, RENOVATIONS TO OUR TOWN LAKE RENOVATION, AND THEN OF COURSE NEW DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, BRAND NEW STARTING, STARTING FROM THE GROUND UP. THIS COULD BE OUR NEW RECREATION CENTER. THIS COULD BE OUR TWO SOME TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT ON OUR 230 ACRE REGIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX THAT YOU ALL ARE A PARTNER WITH. AND THEN, OF COURSE, MASTER PLANS. HARD TO BELIEVE WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER PARKS MASTER PLAN. ANOTHER TRAILS PLAN. YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY YOU DO A PARK MASTER PLAN EVERY 5 TO 7 YEARS. SO WE'RE AT THE TIME WHERE WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT THAT AND GETTING THAT ON THE BOOKS FOR A FUTURE CIP. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT PRIORITY PROJECTS, TOWN LAKE BEING ONE OF THEM. YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO FUTURE YEARS, GRANT REQUESTS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE KIND OF MULLING AROUND AND WANT TO TALK WITH YOU ALL ON IS DO WE FOCUS ON MAYBE JUST 1 TO 2 PRIORITY PROJECTS A YEAR, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR WITH ERWIN PARK? YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE BOND MONEY FOR TOWN LAKE FOR KIND OF A HALF, HALF OF THE RENOVATION OR HALF OF THE MASTER PLAN COMPLETION. DO WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT COMPLETING THAT IN ITS ENTIRETY? TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT. WE ARE RECEIVING THE CITY IS RECEIVING A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THIS LAND. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GOING TO REALLY BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION TODAY JUST BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING MORE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS AND IT IS GOING TO BE COMING ON THE FOREFRONT IN THIS NEXT YEAR, ESPECIALLY WITH NEW MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT VERY HEAVILY IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO. AD TRAILS ON HERE, THEY ARE ALWAYS A PRIORITY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING AT THEM ALWAYS, ALWAYS ADDRESSING TRAILS, ALWAYS FORECASTING THEM IN OUR CIP, ALWAYS A PRIORITY REQUEST OR HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A PRIORITY REQUEST FROM THIS BOARD, FROM PARK BOARD, FROM OUR RESIDENTS. YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY ARE GOING TO HAVE A MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, ABOUT OUR CIP PLANNING AND OUR FUNDING REQUEST AT OUR NEXT AT OUR JOINT MEETING THAT WE ARE HAVING ON MAY 8TH. REALLY TODAY, JUST WANTED TO KIND OF KIND OF GET THE CONVERSATION PRIMED. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE OUT OR WE'RE AT THE END OF OUR $55 MILLION ALLOCATION THAT YOU ALL HAVE GRACIOUSLY GRANTED TO US OVER THE PAST. SO WE WANT TO START LOOKING AT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE OVER THE NEXT YEAR, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, TEN YEARS. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR AND WHAT WE'RE PROGRAMING INTO OUR BUDGETS, YOU KNOW, ALIGNS WITH YOUR GOALS AND YOUR VISION. SO AGAIN, WE'LL DIVE INTO THIS MORE AT THE JOINT MEETING AND THEN UPCOMING CDC MEETINGS. BUT JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GET THIS CONVERSATION STARTED TODAY AND JUST KIND OF GET EVERYBODY PRIMED AND THINKING. AND CERTAINLY IF YOU HAVE ANY REQUESTS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE DISCUSSED AT THIS UPCOMING JOINT MEETING, FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW NOW OR, YOU KNOW, SHOOT US AN EMAIL OR, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSIONS THROUGH AMY. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING YOU THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT THAT ALIGN WITH YOUR GOALS. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TRAILS AND THE BIKE TRAILS AND ALL THAT. THEY'RE JUST FANTASTIC. WE USE THEM QUITE OFTEN, AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE WITH YOU GUYS. WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF MARKETING EFFORT AS TO GETTING

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SOMEBODY OUT THERE OR MAYBE THE MAYOR CAN A GOPRO ON HIS HELMET AND GO DO THE BIKE TRAILS AND JUST KIND OF SHOW HOW GREAT OUR TRAILS ARE AND WHAT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY HAS TO OFFER, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW GREAT OUR TRAILS ARE. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND THAT IS A THAT'S A GREAT COMMENT. AND ABSOLUTELY WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF MARKETING THEM. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TODAY WE WILL

[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by Direction 61:3 (4B25-10) in an Amount of Five Hundred Thousand and NO/100 Dollars ($500,000.00) for Infrastructure and Public Access Areas Located at The Farm, a Future Community of Transitional Living Homes for Young Adults Who Have Aged Out of Foster Care Located at 3286 County Road 168, McKinney, Texas. This request represents 5.6% of the Total Project Cost.]

HEAR TWO PROJECT GRANT APPLICANTS. EACH APPLICANT WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO PRESENT.

AND THEN THE BOARD WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION. AS A REMINDER, TODAY IS FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ONLY. THE BOARD WILL VOTE ON THESE APPLICATIONS AT OUR MAY 22ND MEETING. THE FIRST ITEM 25 DASH 2687. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER, DISCUSS ACT ON A PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY DIRECTION 61 34B 25 DASH TEN, IN AN AMOUNT OF $500,000 FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC ACCESS AREAS LOCATED AT THE FORM A FUTURE COMMUNITY OF TRANSITIONAL LIVING HOMES FOR YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAVE AGED OUT OF FOSTER CARE. LOCATED AT 3286 COUNTY ROAD 168, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, THIS REQUEST REPRESENTS 5.6% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST.

IN MYRON WILSON AND KATHY BLANK. OR NO, YOU'RE NOT KATHY, YOU'RE NOT KATHY. KATHY'S NOT GONE TO THE BEACH. OKAY, IF YOU WANT TO STATE YOUR NAME, SIR. YES, I'M MICHAEL SMITH WITH THE DBA ARCHITECTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. AND THE BOARD. AND AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS, CINDY. MY NAME IS MYRON WILSON. I'M WITH DIRECTION 613. WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THIS MORNING TO PRESENT OUR GRANT REQUEST IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000. DIRECTION 613 IS AN ESTABLISHED NONPROFIT. IT PROVIDES EXTENSIVE PROGRAMING TO YOUTH WHO ARE AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE. FOR GREATER INSIGHT INTO WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO. WE'VE PROVIDED A SHORT VIDEO HERE FOR YOU THIS MORNING. I OFTEN GET ASKED HOW PEOPLE CAN SUPPORT OUR WEDNESDAY'S CHILD CHILDREN WITHOUT ADOPTING. WELL, ONE WAY IS TO HELP FUND THE NONPROFITS WHO PROVIDE A SAFE HAVEN FOR FOSTER CHILDREN AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE AGING OUT OF IT. HERE IS ONE ORGANIZATION WHO NEEDS YOU. INSIDE THIS CLASSROOM IS A GROUP OF OVERCOMERS, AGES 14 TO 24, WHO ARE IN THE PROCESS OF AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE. I HAD NOWHERE TO GO. I HAD NO BELONGINGS, AND I TALKED TO MYRON, THE DIRECTOR, AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE, AND THEY ACCEPTED ME INTO THE PROGRAM. JASMINE GOODE WENT FROM BEING HOMELESS TO LIVING IN ONE OF THE EIGHT HOMES HERE AT A NONPROFIT IN MCKINNEY CALLED DIRECTION 61 THREE. DIRECTION 61 THREE HELPS TO TRANSFORM LIVES BY PROVIDING HEALING, HOPE AND HELP WITH BASIC LIFE SKILLS LIKE FINANCIAL LITERACY, COMMUNICATION, AND DECISION MAKING. FOR PEOPLE LIKE JASMINE. THIS ISN'T JUST A PROGRAM, IT'S A FAMILY WHO CARES? THANK YOU. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE DOCUMENTS AND THE IMAGES THAT WE'VE SUBMITTED, THE NEED TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR YOUTH AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE IS SUBSTANTIAL. ON AVERAGE, WE TURN AWAY 2 TO 3 YOUTH, UNFORTUNATELY PER WEEK FROM WITHIN THE COLLIN COUNTY AREA. WITH THE FARM DIRECTION 61, WE CAN REACH AN ADDITIONAL 58 YOUTH IN HOUSE ADDITIONAL 58 YOUTH. UPON COMPLETION OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE FARM WILL REDUCE THE RATE OF HOMELESSNESS, CREATE ADDITIONAL STABLE TRANSITIONAL LIVING, TRAINED YOUTH TO BECOME PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE MCKINNEY'S WORKFORCE. PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS TO RECREATIONAL AREAS, A COFFEE SHOP AND A MARKET, AND OFFERS A SCALABLE, SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE RAISED 20% OF THE PHASE ONE GOAL, WHICH INCLUDES AN INITIAL MATCHING GRANT FROM OUR VERY OWN MCKINNEY ROTARY CLUB, ALONG WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY, SUCH AS $275,000 FROM HOPE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH. WE ALSO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 20% VERBAL COMMITMENTS TO THE PROJECT AND RECENTLY COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF OUR NEW COUNSELING CENTER. TO SPEAK TO THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU, MR. MICHAEL SMITH FROM DBA ARCHITECTS. THANK YOU, MYRON, AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND THE BOARD. I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE PROJECT AND THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER SO FAR. AND WE'RE HERE MOSTLY TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC ACCESS AMENITIES. BUT I'D BE REMISS TO NOT MENTION THE MISSION THAT IS AT THE HEART OF OUR ORGANIZATION, WHICH ARE THE HOMES FOR THESE YOUTH. WHEN THIS IS COMPLETED, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SERVE 58 ADDITIONAL YOUTH THAN WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY MINISTERING TO RIGHT NOW. BUT LIKE I SAID, THIS IS MOSTLY ABOUT THE PUBLIC ACCESS. SO OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST PART OF THIS IS THE COMMUNITY EVENT

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CENTER, WHICH IS THE LARGE RED BUILDING ON THE SOUTHWEST OF THE SITE. IT'S A 7600 SQUARE FOOT COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WILL HOUSE ALL KINDS OF EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THERE WILL BE A COFFEE SHOP, A MARKET INCLUDED IN THAT BUILDING. DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO IT IS A COUPLE OF SPORTS COURTS, BASKETBALL, PICKLEBALL. THE SEATING AROUND THOSE SPORTS COURTS WILL BE AMPHITHEATER STYLE, SO WE CAN HOLD LARGER PUBLIC MEETINGS AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN OUTDOOR GATHERING SPACE. THERE'S ALSO OTHER OUTDOOR FEATURES, INCLUDING VILLAGE GREEN, WHICH WE ENVISION TO ALSO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE YOUTH SOCCER FIELDS FOR SMALLER KIDS, A FISHING POND WITH A BOAT DOCK THAT WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE KAYAKING AND PADDLE BOARDS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. A COUPLE OF THE SPECIFICS ABOUT SOME OF THIS THAT I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED.

AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS AT THE HEART OF IT, GREEN SPACE, BOAT DOCK, MULTI MULTI COURT, AMPHITHEATER SEATING, ALL OF THAT IS INCLUDED IN WHAT WE'RE CALLING OUR PHASE ONE AND PHASE ONE PLUS EXPANSION. SO CURRENTLY WE'RE UNDERWAY ON DRAWINGS FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS FOR PHASE ONE WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR THE GRANT TO DO. YOU KNOW, THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE PUBLIC, PORTIONS OF THAT OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS ABOUT 42% OF THE OVERALL PLAN. LATER ON THIS SUMMER, WE ARE OR ACTUALLY, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED ON DRAWINGS FOR THE ACTUAL VERTICAL ASPECTS OF THAT WHICH ARE NOT GOING TO BE PART OF THIS GRANT, BUT WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE EVENT CENTER, THE GREEN SPACE AMENITIES, AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE HOMES. I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MYRON TO TALK ABOUT OR TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YES. SO I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS. AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. SO THE ONE THING I'D LIKE CAN YOU SHARE WITH THE BOARD FOR THOSE THAT BECAUSE OF COURSE THE PUBLIC SPACES, YOU KNOW, THIS IS YOU KNOW, THE CITY MONEY CITIZENS MONEY. HOW HOW WILL THOSE SPACES BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. WE WILL HAVE WE WILL HAVE EVENT STAFF AND STAFF THAT ARE SEPARATE FROM WHAT WE USE RIGHT NOW AS ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF FOR OUR MINISTRY. WE ALSO WILL BE EMPLOYING OUR YOUTH THAT ARE LIVING ON THE ON THE CAMPUS, AND WE'RE PROVIDING LIFE SKILLS AND GIVING THEM JOBS TO HELP OPERATE. AND WE'LL HAVE RESERVATIONS, ONLINE, RESERVATIONS FOR DIFFERENT FACILITIES AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND SO FORTH. AND SO ONLINE RESERVATIONS AND STAFFING. AND WE ALREADY HAVE PROPERTY STAFF, PROPERTY STAFF THAT WILL EXPAND THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE ON ON CREW. OKAY. I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR BOARD MEMBERS. YEAH, I'VE GOT A COUPLE. YOU SAID THERE'S GOING TO BE ONLINE, BUT IF IT'S PUBLIC SPACES LIKE THE PARKS, THE PICKLEBALL, THE LAKE, IF IT'S A IF IT'S A PARK FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO THERE. AND WHAT CONCERNS ME IS YOU HAVE THE YOUTH THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE JUST COMING ON THERE WHEN THEY WANT TO, BECAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC PARK THAT'S JUST GOING TO KIND OF YEAH, FOR US IT WILL.

THERE WILL BE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHERE THE YOUTH LIVE AND THERE WON'T BE ACCESS TO WHERE THE YOUTH LIVE. THE PUBLIC SPACES WILL BE SEPARATE, SEPARATE FROM THAT. AND SO THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO GO TO THE PUBLIC PLACES. BUT AS FAR AS GETTING TO THE HOMES, THEY'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE FENCING AND SO FORTH AND SECURITY CAMERAS ALL OVER. WE WOULD DO THAT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH YOUTH. AND SO AND WE HAVE STAFF THAT WILL BE THERE 24 OVER SEVEN. WE WILL HAVE A CAMPUS COUPLE THAT LIVE THERE 24 OVER SEVEN. AND WHENEVER IT'S OPEN FOR PUBLIC USE, WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF AVAILABLE. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH MEANS MORE WEAR AND TEAR. YOU GUYS HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE MONEY TO MAINTAIN THIS, TO MAKE SURE IT ALWAYS IS LOOKING. WE DO WE OPERATE EIGHT PROPERTIES RIGHT NOW. AND SO WE HAVE A PROPERTY STAFF TEAM. AND SO MAINTAINING THINGS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING. WE JUST HAVE TO EXPAND THAT STAFF AND WE'LL HAVE TO DESIGNATE STAFF TOWARDS THAT.

IT WILL BE REVENUE GENERATING. AND SO WE WILL USE THE REVENUE FROM DIFFERENT EVENTS AND THINGS THAT WE HOST TO HELP PAY FOR THE REPAIR AND THE UPKEEP AS WE GO ALONG. WE ALSO HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH LANDSCAPING COMPANY THAT THAT SUPPORTS US, AND THEY WILL BE HELPING US AS FAR AS MAINTAINING THE FIELDS AND SO FORTH. AND I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS. SO YOU ARE IN THE ETJ AND YOU'RE ASKING THE CITY CITIZENS AS OUR TAX DOLLARS TO HELP FUND THIS. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO LET THE CITY ANNEX YOU? I WOULD HAVE TO TALK THAT OVER WITH MY BOARD BEFORE I COULD MAKE THAT STATEMENT, BECAUSE, I MEAN, YOU'RE A NONPROFIT, SO I MEAN, MY CONCERN IS YOU'RE IN THE ETJ, SO THERE'S DIFFERENT BUILDING STANDARDS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING YOUTH LIVING IN THESE HOUSES. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU GUYS HAVE TO BUILD THEM

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TO OUR BUILDING STANDARDS. RIGHT. I WOULD I WOULD HAVE TO SPEAK WITH THE BOARD TO OKAY. I DON'T THINK I HAVE THE FREEDOM TO MAKE THAT DECISION HERE THIS MORNING. OKAY. CAN YOU PULL UP THE MAP? THE OVERVIEW? OKAY. SO JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH. BACKGROUND. SO PUBLIC SPACES ARE PART OF THE STATE CHARTER. TO HAVE M-CDK FUNDS IS THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO SPEND MONEY ON PUBLIC SPACES. RIGHT. BUT THEY HAVE TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. AND, AND DEPENDING ON THE THING USUALLY AT NO CHARGE. MOST OF THAT IS A FOCUS, AS DAVE WAS TALKING ABOUT INSIDE THE CITY.

SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS HOW ARE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY GOING THERE AND GETTING ACCESS TO THIS? RIGHT. SO THERE I MEAN, I SEE THE PARKING ALONG THE ROAD HERE. IT'S OPEN, RIGHT? THERE'S NO FENCING BLOCKING IT. THEY CAN THEY CAN GO IN AND USE. THAT'S CORRECT. USE THE FACILITIES, THROW A FISHING LINE IN THERE IF THEY WANTED TO. WHATEVER. AND THE COURTS AND ALL OF THAT.

THERE MAY BE A RESERVATION SYSTEM FOR THE COURTS, BUT IT STILL WOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THAT'S CORRECT. WITHOUT FEE, YOUR FACILITY, OF COURSE, THAT'S DIFFERENT. THAT FALLS UNDER SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE CAN FUND, WHICH IS THESE FACILITIES AND THAT THAT CAN BE CHARGED.

BUT THE REST OF IT IS OPEN AND AVAILABLE. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT. YOU KNOW, I STARTED MY NONPROFIT CAREER WORKING WITH FOSTER CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIA. AND THIS IS SUCH A VITAL, IMPORTANT PART OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. THERE REALLY AREN'T VERY MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP WITH WITH GETTING THEM PAST, YOU KNOW, INTO THE ADULTHOOD AND BEING ABLE TO THRIVE. WITH 40% OF FOSTER CHILDREN NEVER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, THIS THIS PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE. I WANT TO THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISION AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, BECAUSE THESE CHILDREN DON'T, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T THEIR CHOICE, AND IT'S ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOURS THAT REALLY, TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF SO MANY YOUTH. SO THANK YOU. WELL THANK YOU.

IT'S OUR HONOR TO SERVE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THE LIVES OF THESE KIDS THAT COME TO US. AND IF I MAY, TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT AND ALSO PARTIALLY ANSWER DAVID'S ORIGINAL QUESTION, PART OF THE REASON WHY WE SET THIS UP IS TO GET THESE YOUTH TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF A COMMUNITY AND BE A FUNCTIONING MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY. AND SO HAVING THE ACCESS TO THOSE PUBLIC SPACES RIGHT THERE WHERE THEY LIVE, WE THINK IS VITAL TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT SO THAT THEY CAN EVENTUALLY LEAVE THIS AND, YOU KNOW, REMAIN A MCKINNEY RESIDENT AND BECOME A GREAT, YOU KNOW, MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS PUBLIC AGENDA ITEM? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OR CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING? I'LL MOTION TO CLOSE. MOTION TO CLOSE BY AJ. I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY DEBORAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME. ARE YOU HERE? MOTION PASSES TO CLOSE THE

[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary (4B25-11) in an Amount of Two Hundred Eleven Thousand One Hundred Sixty and NO/100 Dollars ($211,160.00) for Trail Improvements for Five Trails at The Property Located at One Nature Place in McKinney, Texas. This request represents 56% of the Total Project Cost.]

PUBLIC HEARING. NEXT ITEM 25 DASH 20 688. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER. DISCUSS, ACT ON A PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY FOR B 25 DASH 11. IN THE AMOUNT OF $211,000 AND $160 FOR THE TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS FOR FIVE TRAILS AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT ONE NATURE PLACE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. THIS REQUEST REPRESENTS 56% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS IN BRITTANY. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR REQUEST. MY NAME IS BRITTANY KREIDER. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY. MANY OF YOU PROBABLY ARE ALREADY VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE HEARD, BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US QUICKLY. FOUNDED IN 1965, WE HAVE 289 ACRES OF NATURAL HISTORIC LANDSCAPE. WE SEE OVER 100,000 VISITORS A YEAR, WITH APPROXIMATELY 20,000 OF THOSE BEING SCHOOL CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN OUR PROGRAMS. WE HAVE ABOUT 20%, A LITTLE BIT OVER 20% OF OUR ONLINE TICKET PURCHASERS ARE TRAVELING TO THE HEARD AND MCKINNEY, FROM OVER 50 MILES AWAY, WITH A STRONG VOLUNTEER CULTURE WITH CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS FROM ACROSS THE METROPLEX. AND WE OFFER FIVE UNIQUE ECOSYSTEMS SIX AND A HALF MILES OF TRAILS, VARIOUS STEM PROGRAMS, AND SO MUCH MORE. SO, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, THE HEARD HAS SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PUBLIC

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INTEREST OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. SPECIFICALLY IN THE LAST YEAR, 22% INCREASE IN PROGRAM PARTICIPATION FROM THE PUBLIC. WE ARE PRESENTING NEW EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS ATTRACTING VISITORS. WE ARE SHOWING A CONTINUING COMMITMENT TO CONSERVATION AND OUTDOOR RECREATION, AND WE ARE IN PHASE ONE OF A STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN TO BETTER OUR FACILITIES AND EXPAND OUR FACILITIES TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. RIGHT NOW, OUR NEED FOR THIS SPECIFIC REQUEST LIES IN THE FACT THAT 90% OF OUR LAND IS IN AN ACTIVE FLOODPLAIN, AND RECENTLY WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE IMPACTS OF FLOODING ON OUR TRAILS. THE CURRENT SUBSTRATE OF THE TRAILS IS VULNERABLE TO WASHOUT AND EROSION, MAKING THE TRAIL CONDITIONS FAR LESS THAN FAVORABLE FOR OUR VISITORS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE MOBILITY CHALLENGES OR OUR FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN AND STROLLERS. OUR SOLUTION FOR THIS IS TO RESTORE AND UPGRADE FIVE MILES OF OUR TRAILS THAT WILL INCREASE THE DURABILITY, THE LONGEVITY, THE EASE OF ACCESS, AS WELL AS THE OVERALL VISITOR EXPERIENCE. FOUR OF OUR TRAILS WILL RECEIVE NEW SUBSTRATE THAT IS LESS VULNERABLE TO EROSION AND WASHOUT, AND OUR LAUGHLIN LOOP TRAIL, WHICH IS OUR MOST USED TRAIL, WILL BE PAVED AND GENTLE SWITCHBACKS WILL BE ADDED TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE SLIGHT SLOPE THAT LEADS INTO THAT TRAIL. THIS FUNDING REQUEST TO CDC FOCUSES ON THAT PORTION.

THIS LAUGHLIN LOOP PORTION OF THIS PROJECT. WE BELIEVE THAT WILL BE THE MOST IMPACTFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY MAP OF LAUGHLIN LOOP, SO WE CAN SEE ITS LOCATION AND ITS PROXIMITY TO OUR MAIN BUILDING. THIS IS WHAT MAKES IT THE MOST USED TRAIL. IT IS OUR TRAIL WHERE OUR OUTDOOR EXHIBITIONS ARE. SO DINOSAURS CURRENTLY BUGS. MOST OF OUR PROGRAMS USE THIS TRAIL AND OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE HALLOWEEN AT THE HEARD, HOLIDAYS AT THE HEARD ALL USE THIS EVENT. SO JUST REINFORCING THAT OUR PLANS FOR THIS TRAIL WILL HAVE THE MOST MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY OUTCOMES OF THIS. WE'RE GOING TO PROMOTE EQUITY AND OUTDOOR ACCESS. SO NATURE FOR ALL, BY HELPING ALL OF OUR GUESTS BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT TRAIL AND BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, INCREASE THE DURABILITY AND LONGEVITY OF THAT TRAIL, AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING AND STAFF TIME THAT'S SPENT REPAIRING THE WASHOUT AND DAMAGE TO THE TRAILS AND IMPROVE THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE OVERALL. MAYBE THERE WE GO. SO JUST A VERY SIMPLIFIED OVERVIEW OF OUR BUDGET. THE TOTAL PROJECT COST OF ALL FIVE MILES OF TRAIL IS 375,000. THE LAUGHLIN LOOP PORTION, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING FUNDING FOR, IS $211,160. WE DO HAVE A CONFIRMED MATCHING GIFT OF $25,000 THAT WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN GRANTED. WHY? WE THINK THIS PROJECT MATTERS TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE GET THE CHANCE TO REINFORCE THE AREA'S APPEAL AS A DESTINATION FOR NATURE ACTIVITIES, FAMILY ACTIVITIES, OUTDOOR RECREATION. WE GET TO OFFER INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY OF NATURE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS ENCOURAGE ENGAGEMENT AND REPEAT VISITORS. REPEAT VISITATION NOT ONLY TO THE HEARD, BUT TO MCKINNEY AS WELL.