Board and Liaison Reports Board Chair City of McKinney Visit McKinney McKinney Economic Development Corporation McKinney Main Street/MPAC McKinney Parks and Recreation

[Board and Liaison Reports Board Chair City of McKinney Visit McKinney McKinney Economic Development Corporation McKinney Main Street/MPAC McKinney Parks and Recreation]

REPORTS. WE WILL WE WILL KICK IT OFF. SO TODAY WE WILL HAVE RECOGNITION OF MAYOR JANICE JOPLIN AND HER HANDLER. AND SO IF MAYOR JANICE JOPLIN AND HER HANDLER WILL PLEASE COME TO THE DAIS. COME ON. JOPLIN. SO WE DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN YOUR SPOT, THIS WILL BE OUR FINAL MEETING WITH OUR CURRENT MAYOR. SO I ALL MORNING I'VE BEEN SAYING, DON'T CRY, DON'T CRY, DON'T YOU CRY, DON'T YOU CRY. SO I'M GONNA TRY NOT TO CRY. SO. AND I'M ALREADY ABOUT TO CRY.

SO. OKAY. COME ON GIRL, YOU GOT THIS. SO ONCE UPON A TIME IN MCKINNEY, THE TALE OF MAYOR GEORGE FULLER. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE HEART OF TEXAS. IN A GROWING TOWN CALLED MCKINNEY, THERE LIVED A MAN WITH A MISSION. HIS NAME WAS GEORGE FULLER, A BUILDER BY TRADE, A MUSICIAN BY SOUL, AND A PUBLIC SERVANT BY DESTINY. GEORGE WASN'T YOUR ORDINARY MAYOR. HE WAS SEEN PEDDLING HIS WAY THROUGH THIS TOWN IN HIS ELECTRIC BIKE WELL BEFORE THAT INFAMOUS TUMBLE. AND THAT EARNED HIM A FEW SCRAPES AND A LEGENDARY STORY. HE SERVED THE PEOPLE FOR EIGHT HEARTFELT YEARS, FROM 2017 TO 2025, WATCHING AS MCKINNEY BLOOM FROM

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THE TOWN OF 168,000 TO OVER 214 SOULS, MORE THAN 25% POPULATION GROWTH. IT'S NOT JUST EXPANSION THAT'S TRANSFORMATION. BUT GEORGE NEVER WALKED THIS JOURNEY ALONE. AT EVERY CORNER, THROUGH EVERY SPEECH STOOD FIRST LADY MAE LEE, THE CITY'S ROCK STAR, HIS PARTNER IN MELODY, HIS FELLOW FORCE FOR GOOD. TOGETHER, THEY SANG LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY, LIFTING SPIRITS AT EVERY EVENTS, PLAYING MUSIC THAT ECHOED MCKINNEY'S SOUL. GEORGE, SLINGING HIS GUITAR WITH THE SAME PASSION HE BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MADE EVERY GATHERING A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY WITH HIS TRUSTY DOG, JANIS JOPLIN, AT HIS SIDE, GEORGE LED WITH HIS BOTH GRIT AND GRACE. HE TEARED UP MORE THAN ONCE AT RIBBON CUTTINGS AND GROUNDBREAKINGS NOT FROM FATIGUE, BUT FROM PRIDE AND COMPASSION. WHEN THE DOORS OPEN. LIKE THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY ADVOCACY CENTER, NEW CITY HALL, STAR CENTER AND HABITAT HOMES, IT WASN'T ABOUT BRICKS AND BUDGET, IT WAS ABOUT PEOPLE. COVID BROUGHT US ITS SET OF CHALLENGES, BUT GEORGE LED THE CHARGE TO RALLY SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORS IN NEED. WHEN THE WORLD PAUSED, HE PRESSED PLAY, PUSHING THROUGH HIS RESILIENCE, RESOURCES AND A REMINDER THAT COMPASSION IS A PUBLIC SERVICE, TOO. IN THIS IS THE BEST IS YET TO COME. AS MAYOR FULLER PASSES THE BATON, HE LEAVES BEHIND BLUEPRINTS AND DREAMS IN MOTION THE STUNNING SUNSET AMPHITHEATER, A BOLD DECK PARK UNDER HIGHWAY FIVE, A SURF LAGOON CALLED CANNON BEACH. COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS AT THE MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT, THE EXPANSION OF TOWN LAKE PARK AND HUGS CAFE HEADQUARTERS FILLED WITH PROMISE. YES, GEORGE FULLER STORY AS MAYOR MAY BE COMING TO A CLOSE, BUT LIKE A GREAT BALLAD, THE FINAL NOTE LINGERS RICH, HEARTFELT AND FULL OF LEGACY. AND AS HE RIDES INTO THE NEXT CHAPTER, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE CAREFULLY ON HIS BIKE THIS TIME MCKINNEY STANDS TALLER, PROUDER AND MORE UNITED THAN EVER. THE RIDE IS NOT OVER. MCKINNEY HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN. SO THESE WERE JUST SOME WORDS. SO THANK YOU TO MY TRUSTY SCRIBER LINDA, MY PERSONAL. YOU HAVE BEEN AMAZING. THANK YOU FOR SEEING SOMETHING IN ME BACK IN 2020 THAT I DIDN'T SEE IN MYSELF AS A LEADER FOR OUR COMMUNITY. YOU PUSHED ME TO THE LIMITS. I HAVE WATCHED YOU. I HAVE LEARNED FROM YOU. I HAVE BECOME A BETTER SERVANT LEADER BECAUSE OF YOU SO MUCH THAT YOU DO. YOU GET A LOT OF CRITICISM PUBLICLY, BUT YOU DO SO MUCH MORE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT NO ONE EVEN IMAGINES. YOU'RE GIVING HEART, YOU'RE GIVING TIME. YOU'RE GETTING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. THOSE ARE NOT THINGS THAT ARE PUBLISHED BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS NOT TO BE PUBLIC. SOME THINGS ARE LEFT TO BE PRIDEFUL AND TO BE PRIVATE. SO YOU ARE AMAZING.

THERE WILL YOU CAN NEVER BE DUPLICATED, BUT I KNOW OUR CITY WILL CONTINUE TO THRIVE BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP. SO WHOEVER THE NEXT LEADER IS BETTER LEARN HOW TO PLAY A GUITAR BECAUSE YOU HAVE DEFINITELY SUNG A SONG FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT WILL LIVE FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME. AND YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. Y'ALL HAVE BEEN AMAZING SERVANT LEADERS AND ALSO THE BLUEPRINT OF WHAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO FOR THIS GREAT REGION AND OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GEORGE FULLER. SO I WILL GO TO MY VICE CHAIR, THEN WE'LL GO TO MARCUS, THEN JOY, THEN I'LL GO HERE FOR COMMENTS. GOOD JOB GETTING THROUGH WITHOUT CRYING I GOT THAT I DID IT, I DID IT, I'LL TRY TO DO THE SAME. SO GEORGE, WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED WHEN YOU TOOK A CHANCE ON ME AND PUT ME ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS WHAT IT WOULD LEAD TO? WELL, THIS. MAYBE YOU SAW SOMETHING IN ME. MAYBE YOU WERE JUST A LITTLE BIT DESPERATE FOR MORE VOLUNTEERS. I DON'T KNOW EITHER WAY. THANK YOU. IT WORKED OUT. YOU'RE NOT JUST A FRIEND. YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT MAYOR. AND FOR ME, YOU'VE BEEN SOMETHING EVEN MORE. A MENTOR, A CONFIDANT. AND THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS AND ALL THE MOMENTS IN BETWEEN. YOU'VE BEEN SOMEONE I COULD TURN TO FOR GUIDANCE, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND OCCASIONALLY A REALITY CHECK. I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU, WATCHING YOU LEAD WITH GRIT, GRACE, AND WITH THE GEORGE FULLER SIGNATURE FLAIR. WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY

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AND WHAT YOU'VE ENDURED DURING YOUR TIME IN OFFICE WOULD HAVE MADE MOST PEOPLE PACK UP AND RUN FOR THE HILLS, BUT NOT YOU. YOU STUCK IT OUT, YOU KEPT UP, SHOWING UP, AND SOMEHOW EVEN MANAGED TO SMILE WHILE DOING IT. WELL, MOSTLY OKAY, BUT WE ALL NOTICED. NOT EVERYONE OUT THERE KNOWS THE REAL GEORGE FULLER. THEY MAY HAVE SEEN THE HEADLINES, THE SOCIAL MEDIA CHATTER, BUT THOSE OF US HERE ON THE BOARD, WE'VE SEEN THE REAL WORK, THE LONG HOURS, THE TOUGH CALLS, THE LATE NIGHT TEXTS, THE PASSIONATE SPEECHES AND YES, THE OCCASIONAL DRAMATIC FLAIR. AND LET'S NOT FORGET MAILING. I ALWAYS SAY, IF PEOPLE EVEN KNEW 25% OF WHAT YOU TWO HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY, THEY'D BE SPEECHLESS OR QUIET FOR AT LEAST A FEW MINUTES. WHICH IN POLITICS IS REALLY SOMETHING. MCKINNEY IS BETTER TODAY WITH THE TWO OF YOU YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR HEART, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO FIGHT FOR WHAT'S RIGHT. BUT IT'S MADE A LASTING IMPACT. AND DON'T WORRY, GEORGE, JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE DONE BEING MAYOR, YOU'RE NOT OFF THE HOOK YET. I'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED YOUR NAME TO ALL THE APPLICATIONS FOR EVERY BOARD AND COMMISSION IN THE CITY, SO I HOPE YOU LIKE MEETINGS. THANK YOU, GEORGE, FOR YOUR SERVICE, YOUR SACRIFICES, YOUR FRIENDSHIP, AND NEVER BEING AFRAID TO LEAD EVEN WHEN IT WASN'T EASY. EVEN EVEN WHEN IT WASN'T POPULAR. EVEN WHEN IT MEANT DEALING WITH THE REST OF US. SO THAT'S WHAT I GOT TO SAY.

BUT, GEORGE, YOU'VE BEEN FANTASTIC. WE'RE GOING TO TRULY, TRULY MISS YOU UP HERE. BUT I KNOW THE NEXT PERSON THAT WILL JOIN US UP ON THE BOARD IS GOING TO BE JUST AS WELL. FANTASTIC WITH YOUR LEAD AND GUIDANCE, AND JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY. YOU DID GOOD, MARCUS. YEAH, I'M KIND OF THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK HERE. SO I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU FROM AFAR. AS A RESIDENT OF MCKINNEY FOR A LONG TIME. AND I HEARD LOTS OF THINGS ABOUT GEORGE FULLER. AND AS I KIND OF LOGGED OFF THOSE MCKINNEY CARES PAGES, I CAME AWAY WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT THOUGHTS, AND I WASN'T SURE WHAT TO THINK. AND SO IT WAS EXCITING TO KIND OF GET STARTED AND GO DOWN THE ROAD AND LEARN MORE ABOUT YOU. I THINK THE FIRST TIME I ACTUALLY SAW YOU WAS PLAYING GUITAR ON A STAGE SOMEWHERE IN MCKINNEY, AND I REMEMBER THINKING TO MYSELF, MAN, THIS IS PRETTY COOL. LIKE, WE'VE GOT A GUITAR PLAYER, A MUSICIAN THAT THAT LEADS THE CITY. MCKINNEY I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. AND I THOUGHT, OH MY GOSH, HE'S GOT THIS BEAUTIFUL, TALENTED WIFE. WHAT A GREAT COUPLE. THIS IS AMAZING. AND I THINK MAYBE A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER, I FOUND MYSELF AT A BLACK HISTORY EVENT, 90S. AND YOU WERE DRESSED AS MC HAMMER DOING HAMMER DANCE IN THESE HAMMER PANTS. AND I THOUGHT, WHAT A STRANGE MAYOR WE HAVE LEADING OUR CITY. AND HOW DID HE GET THIS BEAUTIFUL, TALENTED WIFE? IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. BUT IT WAS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO SEE JUST THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF WHO YOU WERE, THE ONE WHO WAS COOL AND EXCITING AND WHO WAS ALSO A LITTLE ECCENTRIC AND DRAMATIC. BUT THEN WHEN I GOT IN HERE AND I WAS ABLE TO KIND OF GET A LITTLE CLOSER AND KIND OF WATCH YOU WATCH YOUR MEETINGS, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND WATCH HOW YOU MANEUVER THROUGH STUFF THAT'S THAT'S NOT IN FRONT OF THESE FOLKS. RIGHT. I WAS REALLY STRUCK BY HOW DEEP YOUR KNOWLEDGE WAS FOR THE CITY, LIKE LIKE JUST THE CORNERS AND THE CREVICES THAT THAT IT WOULD TAKE SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY TO GET THAT KIND OF INFORMATION. AND IT MADE ME REALIZE THAT YOU HAD A REALLY DEEP LOVE FOR THIS CITY, AND THAT THAT LOVE WAS INSPIRING. SO MANY DIFFERENT CHANGES THAT WE SAW OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS THAT I THINK LOTS OF PEOPLE WERE QUESTIONING, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH, HAD, YOU KNOW, HAD THEIR OWN COMMENTS OF. BUT AS I GOT CLOSER AND I SAW THAT IT WAS COMING FROM A HEART OF LOVE AND A DESIRE TO WANT TO SEE THE CITY REALLY GROW. AND I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING ABOUT YOU, GEORGE? I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M A PASTOR, SO I PREACH A DIFFERENT CHURCHES. I'LL BE PREACHING AT A CHURCH IN NEW YORK IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND I'VE BEEN PREPPING A SERMON FROM JEREMIAH 34. AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN THAT. IN THAT PASSAGE, THE PROPHET IS ACTUALLY TALKING TO ZEDEKIAH, WHO IS THE LEADER OF JUDAH. AND HE'S TELLING HIM HE'S LIKE, LOOK, YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DIE IN WAR. YOU'RE GOING TO DIE PEACEFULLY, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE HONORED AS AS A GREAT KING, EVEN THOUGH HE HADN'T DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT. AND THERE WAS ALL THESE THINGS GOING ON. AND AS I THINK BACK AND I THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW AND HOW THIS CITY IS GOING TO RESPOND TO YOU, I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK, AND THEY'RE GOING TO THINK THAT GEORGE FULLER WAS A REALLY GREAT MAYOR. THEY'RE GOING TO SEE IT, AS ANGELA MENTIONED, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE YOUR FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER THIS PLACE. AND THEY'LL HAVE TO RECOGNIZE WHEN SOME OF THOSE FOLKS WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT YOU FLY IN FROM DISNEY WORLD ON A 737 INTO MCKINNEY, AND THEY LAND ON THAT ON THAT RUNWAY THAT THAT APPARENTLY YOU OWNED AND SOLD TO THE CITY. WHEN THEY DO THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO THINK ABOUT GEORGE FULLER AND THEY'RE GOING TO CURSE AT FIRST.

RIGHT. LIKE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BUT THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME TO GRIPS THAT THIS CITY HAS BEEN MADE FANTASTIC AND NEW AND A BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR THEM TO LIVE

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BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU DID. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT HARD WORK, AND I'M SORRY THAT I'M GETTING IN ON THE TAIL END OF IT, BUT I KNOW AS YOU'LL BE IN ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, I'LL BE ABLE TO SEE YOU. BUT I'M REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK, AND IT'S BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE TO SERVE NEXT TO YOU THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. JOY. OKAY. WELL, GEORGE, WHEN WE MOVED TO MCKINNEY IN 2015, I HAD A TWO YEAR OLD AND I WAS PREGNANT AND I WASN'T VERY INVOLVED IN THE CITY. AND TWO YEARS LATER, WE HAPPENED TO BE AT TUFTS WITH SOME FRIENDS WHO CAME IN FROM NEW YORK. THE KIDS WERE HOME WITH THE BABYSITTER, AND WE WERE OUT FOR THE NIGHT, AND WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IT WAS ELECTION DAY. I MEAN, WE HAD VOTED, BUT WE WEREN'T REALLY PAYING ATTENTION. AND YOU WERE THERE AND YOU HAD WON. AND MY FRIENDS FROM NEW YORK SAID, YOU HAVE A MAYOR WHO'S A ROCK STAR, AND HE SINGS AT A PUB. AND I SAID, YEAH, I SAID, MCKINNEY'S PRETTY COOL. AND AFTER THAT I GOT MORE INVOLVED AND WE BUILT OUR BUSINESSES, AND YOU AND MALEY WERE THERE FOR EVERY PART OF IT. TENDING BAR ON GUEST BARTENDING NIGHT, BEING THERE FOR THE OFFICERS WHO CAME FOR COPS. AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID WE CALL IT? CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COP. AND IT WAS REALLY A WONDERFUL TIME TO BE PART OF MCKINNEY AND TO SEE OUR FAMILY GROW AND OUR BUSINESS GROW, AND TO KNOW THAT WE HAD LEADERS THAT WERE RESPONSIVE NOT JUST TO THE CITIZENS, BUT TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND TO ALL THE CHILDREN AND ALL THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND OUR KIDS HAVE GROWN UP KNOWING YOU AS MISTER MAYOR AND MISS MALEY, AND THEY HAVE SEEN YOU AT THE SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHERE YOUR GRANDCHILDREN GO AND THEY HAVE SEEN YOU AT ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT I DRAG THEM TO. AND THEY HAVE REALLY COME TO LEARN WHAT SERVICE MEANS, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU AND MALEY HAVE SET, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT I CAME TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CITY. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S A TREMENDOUS EXAMPLE. SO I WISH YOU WELL. I KNOW THIS IS NOT GOODBYE, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'LL BE SEEING YOU QUITE OFTEN, BUT IT HAS JUST BEEN A TREMENDOUS HONOR. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. LADY BRADFORD MAYOR GEORGE FULLER, THERE IS A QUOTE THAT IS ATTRIBUTED TO RALPH WALDO EMERSON THAT SAYS, TO BE GREAT IS TO BE MISUNDERSTOOD. I PREACHED A SERMON ONE TIME CALLED THE MINISTRY OF THE MISUNDERSTOOD. OFTENTIMES WHAT WE DO IN LIFE IS NOT REALLY RECOGNIZED, APPRECIATED, OR EVEN UNDERSTOOD UNTIL LONG AFTER IT'S DONE. YOU, SIR, HAVE BEEN A TRAILBLAZER. YOU HAVE TRULY MADE YOUR MARK ON THIS CITY AND HAVE IMPACTED MY LIFE GREATLY. I RESPECT YOU, I APPRECIATE YOU, AND I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS AND THE MARK THAT YOU'VE MADE ON THIS CITY. YOU HAVE MADE EXTRAORDINARY STRIDES FOR RACE RELATIONS IN MCKINNEY. THE MCKINNEY THAT I KNEW 20 PLUS YEARS AGO IS NOT THE MCKINNEY THAT WE HAVE NOW. YOU OFTEN TALK ABOUT HOW IN MCKINNEY YOU WANTED TO DO THE CATALYST PROJECT THAT WOULD SPUR BUSINESS AND GROWTH, AND YOU DID THAT. NOT ONLY DID YOU DO THAT, YOU ARE A BRIDGE BUILDER. YOU'RE A BUILDER BY NATURE. YOU HAVE BUILT RELATIONSHIPS. YOU'VE BUILT CAMARADERIE. YOU AND MAY LIE IN YOUR UNIQUE WAY OF DOING THINGS WITHOUT BIAS, WITHOUT PREJUDICE, HAVE MANAGED TO KNIT TOGETHER AND FABRIC, BRING TOGETHER A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE, NOT JUST AFRICAN AMERICANS, BUT ALL RACES AND ALL PEOPLE. YOU WORKED HARD. YOU WORKED LONG, YOU WORKED STRONG, YOU TOOK RIDICULE, BUT YOU TOOK IT. ONE THING I ADMIRE ABOUT MAYOR GEORGE FULLER IS IF YOU COME FOR HIM, YOU BETTER BRING A LUNCH AND BE PREPARED TO STAY ALL DAY BECAUSE HE WILL GO THE DISTANCE AGAIN, I THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE YOU. THE WORKS THAT YOU HAVE DONE WILL SPEAK FOR YOU LONG AFTER THE RIDICULE HAS SILENCED. AND WHEN THE NEXT PERSON STEPS UP TO THE PLATE, I PRAY THAT THEY HAVE THE GRACE, THE GRIT, AND THE STAMINA TO GO THE DISTANCE AND THAT THEY TOO BRING THEIR LUNCH. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK. GEORGE, I, I DON'T THINK I CAN SAY ANYTHING MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID IT. I ECHO ALL OF THEIR SENTIMENTS AND I WILL JUST TELL A COUPLE STORIES PERSONALLY OF OUR WORK TOGETHER, BECAUSE I THINK, AS OTHERS HAVE SAID, THERE IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT MISCONCEPTION ABOUT WHO YOU ARE PUBLICLY, AND WE AND A NUMBER OF OTHER LEADERS IN THE CITY GET TO WORK WITH YOU DIRECTLY AND SEE WHO YOU REALLY ARE AND NOT WHAT YOU'RE PERCEIVED TO BE ON SOCIAL

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MEDIA. AND IN PUBLIC. DURING THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WERE HAVING PUBLICLY ABOUT ROAD MANAGEMENT, IT WAS IT WAS A, I'LL SAY, SPICY TIME BETWEEN THE TYPE A AND B BOARDS AND COUNCIL.

AND THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE. IT SHOULD BE A PUBLIC CONVERSATION ABOUT DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE MOVE THE CITY FORWARD. IT SHOULD BE. TUMULTUOUS AND WORKING TOWARDS THE BEST SOLUTION. AND DURING THAT TIME WE WERE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THAT CONVERSATION. AND.

YOU, GEORGE, WAS NOT SUPER THRILLED WITH HOW I WAS HANDLING THAT. AND HE WAS HONEST. AND HE WAS OPEN ABOUT THAT. AND WE SAT DOWN AT ONE SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THREE HOURS. AND WE TALKED THROUGH IT, AND WE CAME TO AN AGREEMENT. WE CAME TO AN UNDERSTANDING. AND YOU SAID THERE THAT THIS WAS DONE, THIS WAS OVER, AND WE WERE MOVING FORWARD AND THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP WOULD BE DIFFERENT AFTER THAT. AND I DON'T I CAN'T THINK OF ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN MORE TRUE TO THEIR WORD AND HONEST. AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE WE'VE BEEN EXTREMELY CLOSE AND WE HAVE WORKED EXTREMELY WELL TOGETHER, HAND IN HAND FOR THIS COMMUNITY, AS YOU DO WITH ALL OF THOSE WHO ENGAGE HONESTLY AND GENUINELY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. AND I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU AND GETTING TO SEE YOU PERSONALLY AND HOW YOU WORK BEHIND THE SCENES. AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED. AND IT'S BEEN A JOY AND AN HONOR. AND SO SOME FOLKS MAY NOT KNOW THAT EARLIER THIS YEAR IN MARCH, MY HOUSE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED BY STORMS THAT CAME THROUGH AND RIPPED AN ENTIRE SIDE OF THE HOUSE OFF. AND I LET SOME FOLKS HERE KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO HOST AN EVENT AND I TEXTED JERRY AND AJ AND DAVID AND SHOWED THEM PICTURES OF THE HOUSE, AND WITHIN ONE MINUTE IT WAS ONE MINUTE YOU WERE CALLING ME SAYING, I'M GOING TO BE YOUR CONTRACTOR. WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE EVERYTHING. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THIS. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO EVEN NOTICE THAT YOUR HOUSE WAS IMPACTED.

AND RIGHT NOW THERE ARE GUYS WHO WORK FOR YOU IN MY HOUSE CONTINUING TO FIX THAT BECAUSE YOU STEPPED UP, YOU DIDN'T EVEN HESITATE. AND YOU DO THAT FOR ANYONE WHO SEEKS YOUR HELP, WHETHER THEY'RE A FRIEND, WHETHER THEY'RE A FOE, WHETHER THEY WORK WITH YOU HERE OR NOT.

I'VE SEEN YOU STEP UP FOR PEOPLE IN NEED IN THIS COMMUNITY COUNTLESS TIMES. AND I HAVE SEEN, AND I KNOW WE HAVE ALL SEEN, WHAT YOU AND MAY LEE DO THROUGH THE LOVE LIFE FOUNDATION, THROUGH SEED PROJECT, THROUGH ALL ONE HEART. MCKINNEY GOES ON AND ON AND ON AND EVEN THAT IS RELATIVELY PUBLIC. BUT THE MOMS, THE SINGLE MOMS, THE HOMELESS PEOPLE, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU HELP QUIETLY. ALL GOES UNNOTICED. BUT YOU DO IT IMMEDIATELY. YOU DO IT SELFLESSLY. YOU DO IT WITHOUT EVEN CONSIDERING OTHERWISE. AND THAT DOESN'T GET SEEN, THAT DOESN'T GET HEARD. AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR IT. I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP. I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND I AM GRATEFUL TO YOU AND THE REST OF COUNCIL WHO PUT ME IN A POSITION TO SERVE THE CITY THAT WE BOTH GENUINELY AND DEEPLY LOVE. THANK YOU. NOW, WHY DON'T YOU START, I SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW ALL THIS UP HERE? LET'S DO IT WITHOUT CRYING. THIS WEEK'S AN EMOTIONAL WEEK FOR ME. MY SON'S GRADUATING, SO HE'S. EVERYBODY'S HERE. HAS SEEN ME TEAR UP ALL WEEK. SO IF I TEAR UP AGAIN, WE'LL JUST SAY IT'S GAVIN'S FAULT, NOT HIS. MOST OF YOU DON'T REALIZE THE DEDICATION THAT THE MAYOR HAS GIVEN, NOT ONLY TO THE TASKS THAT HE HAS

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GIVEN TO LEAD OUR CITY, BUT THERE ISN'T A PERSON THAT REACHES OUT TO HIM WHETHER HE KNOWS THEM OR NOT. HE TAKES THE TIME. HE TAKES THE TIME FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ATTACK HIM ONLINE.

HE TAKES THE TIME FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STRUGGLING, NOT FOR ANY REASON, BUT BECAUSE THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. HE LEADS BY HIS HEART, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT IS AN EARLY MORNING MEETING, MAYBE SOME THAT START AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING, SOME LATE NIGHT EVENTS THAT ARE LITERALLY EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. THERE ARE NIGHTS THAT GO INTO THE NEXT DAY. AND HE HAS SHOWN UP WITH NO SLEEP, BUT HE DOES IT BECAUSE HE LOVES THIS CITY. WHENEVER HE'S ASKED, HE HAS SHOWED UP NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE ASK IS HE IS THERE. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT HE WRITES ON A DAILY BASIS, ANY CHILD THAT WRITES HIM A LETTER HE RESPONDS TO, HE TELLS THEM THANK YOU, TELLS THEM THANK YOU FOR SENDING US THIS MESSAGE. HE ACTUALLY TOLD A STORY JUST THE OTHER DAY ABOUT A YOUNG, A YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WROTE A LETTER AND FORGOT TO PUT THE ADDRESS ON THE LETTER HAD THE STREET HAD THEIR FIRST NAME, BUT THAT'S ALL HE HAD. AND SO HE LITERALLY WENT TO THAT STREET WITH THE LETTER THAT HE WROTE AND STARTED KNOCKING ON DOORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CHILD RECEIVED A RESPONSE. THAT'S NOT A MAYOR. THAT IS SOMEBODY THAT HAS TRUE COMPASSION AND LOVE THAT IS UNMATCHED. SO THROUGH HIS TENURE, WE'VE ALL SEEN A LOT OF STRUGGLES THROUGH COVID, THROUGH THE FREEZE. THEY CAME TOGETHER. THEY BROUGHT OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER. HE LED OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER. HE TOOK THOSE CHALLENGES AND TURNED THEM INTO SOME OF OUR GREATEST ASSETS. HE CONTINUES TO DO THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS. HE'S NOT ONLY A TEACHER, HE'S A MENTOR. HE'S A FRIEND. HE'S A COLLEAGUE. HE'S AN AMAZING FATHER. HE'S ONE OF THE MOST GIVING HUMANS THAT I HAVE EVER MET ON THIS PLANET. ONE THING THAT I WILL SAY THAT IS UNMATCHED WHENEVER THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO GIVE CREDIT TO SOMEBODY ELSE, HE DOES IT. HE WOULD RATHER LIFT UP SOMEBODY ELSE AND TELL THEM THAT THEY ARE THE REASON IT HAPPENED, EVEN THOUGH HE IS THE PERSON BEHIND THEM, GIVING THEM THE TOOLS, PUSHING THEM, SHOWING THEM THE WAY. HE ALWAYS GIVES THE OTHERS CREDIT. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND THIS IS THE PART THAT TEARS UP. I HAVE BEEN A SINGLE MOM FOR 13 YEARS, AND THIS MAN HAS BELIEVED IN ME IN WAYS THAT MOST DON'T. HE'S GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME. HE HAS SEEN THINGS IN ME. HE PUSHES ME. AND SOMETIMES WE DO DISAGREE. BUT HE WILL ALWAYS TAKE THE MOMENT TO FIND THAT MIDDLE GROUND. THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN ME. THERE ARE ONCE IN A LIFETIME LEADERS AND FOR ME, I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME LEADER FOR MCKINNEY. MCKINNEY IS A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF YOU, AND YOUR LEGACY WILL CONTINUE TO SHAPE WHO WE ARE, THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT SCHNABEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YEAH. WILL YOU MAKE COMMENTS? YEAH. CAN YOU TELL? OKAY. MAYOR FULLER, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH YOU FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS. JOIN THE CROWD. THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE FUN. YEAH. DURING THAT TIME, I THINK YOU'VE SHOWN US ALL WHAT LEADERSHIP CAN AND SHOULD BE. THINKING BACK TO THE TIME THAT YOU WERE ON THE YEARS THAT YOU SERVED ON MCDC, WHETHER IT WAS A VISION YOU HAD FOR PSA,

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OR WHETHER IT WAS A VISION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF APEX TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, THEN WHEN YOU BECAME MAYOR, RECOGNIZING OUR RESIDENTS DESIRE AND NEED FOR SEEING DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY FOR RESTAURANTS AND ENTERTAINMENT. AND IT LED TO THE CREATION OF AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF HUB 121 AND DISTRICT 121. AND THEN YOUR VISION FOR TUPPS IS A CATALYST ON THE EAST SIDE. AND AGAIN, ANOTHER DESTINATION FOR NOT ONLY RESIDENTS, BUT BUT BUT FOR VISITORS TO COME TO MCKINNEY. THE VENUE AMPHITHEATER. WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON WITH CANNON BEACH? ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE HAVE WORKED TO MAKE THIS CITY BETTER. BUT THEN WHEN I THINK ABOUT COVID AND YOUR LEADERSHIP IN ESTABLISHING THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO WERE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE THAT TIME, I THINK THAT YOU DEMONSTRATED TO ALL OF US NOT ONLY YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS CITY, BUT WHAT PURPOSE AND PERSEVERANCE CAN ACCOMPLISH. YOU'VE SHOWN US THAT EVEN WHEN THERE ARE CHALLENGES OR THERE ARE NAYSAYERS THAT YOU NEVER LOST SIGHT OF THE VISION, AND YOU CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD BECAUSE YOU KNEW IT WAS RIGHT FOR THIS CITY? I THINK THERE ARE GREAT THINGS ON THE HORIZON FOR ALL OF US, AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR SERVICE, WHICH HAS BEEN WITH COURAGE ALWAYS AND COMPASSION. AND I THINK YOU'VE MADE US ALL BETTER. THANK YOU. SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU SOME I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE FUN. BUT WHAT WE ALWAYS LIKE TO DO IS SEND PEOPLE PACKING. OH. WHOA. SO WE SEND YOU PACKING. WITH OUR SIGNATURE MAN BAG WITH SOME SHIRTS THAT YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED YET. SO YOU WHEN YOU GO ON YOUR TRIPS. AND WE ALSO HAVE THIS. PICTURE THAT COMMEMORATES SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT YOU'VE PARTICIPATED WITH MCDC. WE ARE. OH, I NEED THE MICROPHONE. SO JUST COMMEMORATING YOUR LASTING LEGACY, SHAPING THE FUTURE OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO OUR MENTOR, OUR LEADER, OUR MAYOR GEORGE FULLER. FOR ALL. AND. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF.

FIRST OF ALL, THIS BOARD IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN EDC. BECAUSE. OH, ALL I, ALL I GOT WAS JUST A QUICK HEY, THANKS. I SEE THE MAYOR. LISTEN, IT HAS BEEN IT HAS TRULY BEEN AN HONOR SERVING THIS CITY FOR EIGHT YEARS. AND BEFORE THAT, FIVE YEARS WITH CDC. AND AS I SAID MANY TIMES WHEN I WAS ON CDC, ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS THAT CDC HAS EVER ACCOMPLISHED, THAT UNFORTUNATELY, NONE OF YOU WERE ON THE BOARD AT THE TIME WAS HIRING CINDY. THAT WAS THAT'S THE GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT I THINK THE CDC BOARD HAS HAD. BUT WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE IS, IS SECOND GREATEST THINGS. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN IT'S TOUGH, AS MANY PEOPLE REFERENCED. I MATTER OF FACT I WAS SITTING OUT THERE, I'M LOOKING AT NEXT DOOR AND I'M REALIZING HOW HORRIBLE I AM.

THIS IS WHAT I'M READING. I'M HORRIBLE AND HOW I'VE DONE THIS FOR NOTHING BUT MONEY AND PROFITING AND ALL THE INSIDE DEALS AND MY CRONIES AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ALL THE BASHING AND THE NONSENSE. AND I'D LOVE TO TELL YOU THAT NONE OF THAT GETS TO ME, THAT I'M I'M IMPERVIOUS TO IT. RIGHT? BECAUSE I HOLD UP A PRETTY GOOD FRONT, BUT SADLY, I'VE GOT A HUMAN PART, CONTRARY TO WHAT SOME BELIEVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND IT BOTHERS ME. BUT THEN I SIT IN A ROOM RIGHT HERE AND PEOPLE THAT I RESPECT, PEOPLE THAT I KNOW, PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW ME AND ME. THEM SAY THE WORDS THAT YOU HAVE SAID, BLESS ME IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN NEVER IMAGINE. SO I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I HAVE TO COME AROUND AND HUG EVERYBODY BECAUSE THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MICHAEL, SO MUCH BETTER THAN YOUR BOARD.

THEM. NO, YOU GET TO TALK LAST. DON'T FORGET YOU'RE NEXT ON HIS BRAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL

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BE MOVING TO THE ROAST PORTION OF THIS. YEAH I WANTED TO BE THE COMIC RELIEF, BUT I'M LIKE, MAN, WE'RE ALL SERIOUS. I KNOW IT STARTED OUT THIS WAY. I HAD ALL KINDS OF JOKES, BUT I LEFT THEM.

SO I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE AUDIENCE FOR ALLOWING AND INDULGING US IN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE HIM, SEEING THIS WOULD BE HIS OFFICIAL LAST BOARD MEETING WITH US AS THE MAYOR, WE WILL NOW GO IN. IS MR. GRIMES. NO. OH. OH, TREVOR. TREVOR. OKAY. CLASS OF 2018 LEADERSHIP.

YOU OKAY? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MADAM PRESIDENT, TREVOR MINYARD, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. I APPRECIATE HOW WE GOT THE AGENDA GOING THAT I GET TO BE THE TRANSITION FROM THAT. AS YOU CAN TELL, THIS IS A TIME OF CELEBRATION AND TRANSITION FOR THE CITY. WE BEGAN THAT ON TUESDAY EVENING WHEN MAYOR PRO TEM. DOCTOR GERRY FELTUS WAS SWORN IN FOR HER SECOND TERM, AND THEN COUNCILMAN JUSTIN BELLER WAS SWORN IN FOR HIS SECOND TERM. WE WILL HAVE TWO MORE TIMES OF CELEBRATION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. JUNE 3RD WILL BE THE NEXT ONE THAT WILL BE MAYOR FULLER'S LAST OFFICIAL MEETING AS MAYOR. AND THAT WILL BE COUNCILMAN PHILLIP'S LAST OFFICIAL MEETING AS A COUNCILMAN. AND THEN ON JUNE 17TH, WE WILL HAVE THE FIRST MEETING OF THE REPLACEMENT FOR MAYOR FULLER AND THE REPLACEMENT FOR COUNCILMAN PHILLIPS. SO PAUL SAID TO THE EDC ON TUESDAY THAT WE GOT TWO MORE CAKES TO GO AND WE GOT ONE CAKE DOWN. SO WE'RE EXCITED AND WE'RE IN A MOOD OF CELEBRATION.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE END OF THIS MONTH AND THE MONTH OF JUNE, WE'RE ALSO IN THE THROES OF THE BUDGET SEASON. YOU HEARD SOME UPDATES FROM CHANCE IN RELATION TO HOW BUDGET IS GOING GLOBALLY, AND WE'VE FINISHED UP ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET EXERCISES. AS OF YESTERDAY AFTERNOON CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE DIRECTORS WILL SPEND THE NEXT 4 TO 6 WEEKS BUILDING OUT THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AT THE ANNUAL BUDGET WORK SESSION ON AUGUST 8TH. THE LAST THING THAT I WILL MENTION IS WE DID HAVE A FEW WORK SESSIONS OF NOTE AT THE TUESDAY MEETING, ONE ON AN UPDATE IN RELATION TO HELLO, NICOLE BRADSHAW, ONE ON AN UPDATE IN RELATION TO WORK ON EL DORADO AND VIRGINIA FOR PANEL REPLACEMENTS. IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, GO BACK AND REVIEW THAT PRESENTATION BY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR RYAN GILLINGHAM. HE DID A GREAT JOB SUMMARIZING THAT PROJECT AND THE LENGTH OF TIME IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET THAT TO THE END. WE ALSO TOUCHED BASE ON SOME PARKS NEEDS, SOME COUNTY FUNDING IN RELATION TO PARKS AND A FEW OTHER ITEMS, SPECIFICALLY IN RELATION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A CHARTER COMMISSION ABOUT A CHARTER ELECTION IN NOVEMBER OF 2026. I'D BE HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY SNIDE REMARKS. AS MR. GRIMES WOULD SAY. I KNOW THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MCKINNEY. AARON IS NOT HERE TODAY, SO WE WILL SKIP THAT. MEDICI. MR. KOSKI. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS. MR. MAYOR, JUST YOU WAIT. SOMETHING'S COMING. IT'S ALL GOOD. I HAVE FIVE THINGS TO SPEAK ABOUT TODAY. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE BYRON NELSON. WHAT A GREAT EVENT THAT WE HAD. THE MEDC. WE HOSTED OVER 500 PEOPLE OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR DAYS.

THOSE PEOPLE, A LARGE PORTION WERE PEOPLE WERE RECRUITING TO COME TO MCKINNEY. AND WE'RE DOING FOLLOW UP MEETINGS RIGHT NOW. SO REALLY SPECIAL TIME TO SHOW OFF MCKINNEY THE BEST. AND MANY OF YOU ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE WITH US. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP WITH THAT RECRUITMENT. WE OWN ABOUT 43 ACRES OF LAND AT LAKE FOREST IN 121. WE HAVE AN RFQ OUT ON THE STREET TO ACTIVATE THAT PROPERTY. TO FIND A PARTNER TO EITHER BUY THE PROPERTY, DO A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. WE DID A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN AND WE'VE HAD OVER 300,000 PEOPLE ENGAGED WITH THE RFQ. GO SEE IT. 2000 PEOPLE HAVE CLICKED ON IT, AND WE HAVE DOZENS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE DOWNLOADED IT AND ARE ENGAGING WITH US RIGHT NOW. IT CLOSES END OF MAY. SO ANOTHER EXAMPLE ABOUT WHY MCKINNEY IS A SPOT TO BE IN THE INTEREST THAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE NATION, AND WE NEED HELP TO ACTIVATE STAFF. SO WE HAVE TWO NEW TEAMMATES JOINED US. MISS PAULA DATE FROM THE CITY OF PLANO. SHE WORKED IN THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR OVER TEN YEARS. AND MR. TROY BAILEY, WHO IS A VC STARTUP ENTREPRENEUR WHO HELPED

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US WITH OUR INNOVATION FUND MOVING FORWARD. GREAT TEAMMATES. BOTH OF THEM STARTED AT THE BYRON NELSON. SO BAPTISM BY FIRE IN SOME RESPECTS TO GET OUT THERE AND MEET A BUNCH OF PEOPLE. LAST WEEK I WAS IN WASHINGTON, DC. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING PART OF A DELEGATION OF TEXAS LEADERS THERE TO SELL TEXAS IN THE US, IN PARTICULAR TO FOREIGN COMPANIES. SO WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE. I WILL SAY THIS. THE TEXAS STORY IS FANTASTIC. THE MCKINNEY STORY, THOUGH, IS SO STRONG. EVERY CONVERSATION I HAD ABOUT NORTH TEXAS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IN MCKINNEY, PEOPLE'S EYES LIT UP AS BEING A GREAT SPOT TO BE. GROW THE PLANT, YOUR SEEDS, AND SO ON. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TODAY WE ARE HOSTING AN EVENT AT THE SHERATON AT 1:00 BETWEEN 1 AND 6 WITH PLUG AND PLAY. THEY ARE BRINGING STARTUPS, VC MONEY, ENTREPRENEURS TO MCKINNEY TO TALK ABOUT STARTING TO GROW THEIR BUSINESS HERE. AND I'M SO PLEASED THAT MRS. BRADFORD IS BRINGING A COLLECTION OF ABOUT EIGHT STUDENTS TODAY. DO COME ALONG. WE TREAT THEM AS VIPS, GIVE THEM THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE TO REALLY SHOWCASE TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN MCKINNEY ABOUT WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS TO START A BUSINESS AND GROW HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING US WITH THAT. MADAM CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. KOSKI? I HAVE ONE. GO AHEAD. HI. I READ SOMEWHERE THAT THE TIMING FOR THE BYRON NEXT YEAR WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE SCHEDULE OF THE OVERALL PGA. CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT AND WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN? I KNOW THE DATE MEMORIZES MIDDLE OF MAY THIS TIME. WE'LL GET THAT TO THE GROUP. AS CINDY YOU HAVE THAT MEMORIZED THE EXACT DATE. IT'S ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER. BUT WILL THAT CHANGE ANYTHING IN TERMS OF THE GRANDEUR? IS IT GOING TO BE A BIGGER EVENT BECAUSE IT'S LATER IN THE SEASON? ANY I JUST DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT. OKAY.

YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. COMMENT. I'M SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. JUST TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THOSE STUDENTS TO COME. IT IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, THE PROJECT CARE YOUTH ENRICHMENT LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT WE HAVE SELECTED PARTIALLY FROM WOODSIDE VILLAGE. SO THEY WHEN I TELL YOU THOSE KIDS ARE ECSTATIC AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET TO COME TO THIS BUSINESS EXPO AND THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN, THEY'RE GOING TO OBSERVE, THAT'LL BE PART OF THEIR FINANCIAL REQUIREMENT. AND THEN WE'LL LEAVE FROM THERE FOR THE PHYSICAL FITNESS REQUIREMENT WILL TAKE THEM ON A LITTLE EXCURSION. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH US AND FOR PROVIDING THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE CHILDREN WHO OTHERWISE MAY NOT HAVE HAD SOMETHING LIKE THIS. YEAH. OUR PLEASURE AGAIN, MEGAN MCKINNEY. GREAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE WILL HAVE MCKINNEY MAIN STREET IN IMPACT. MR. ANDREWS, MR. ANDREWS. GIVING YOU A NEW NAME. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD, ANDREW JONES, CULTURAL DISTRICT DIRECTOR. WE GOT A LOT OF EVENTS HAPPENING THIS THIS MONTH AND INTO NEXT. TONIGHT WE HAVE OUR GIRLS NIGHT OUT EVENT. WE HAVE OVER 50 PLUS BUSINESSES INVOLVED WITH THAT COME OUT. YOU'LL GET SOME SOME FUN TREATS AND YOU GET TO GO AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, SHOP AT LOTS OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN. MAY 24TH. YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THE CHUPACABRAS, WHICH IS OUR, YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN. WE'RE CALLING IT DOWNTOWN. THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY AT RONPO. THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, MINOR LEAGUE SOCCER TEAM IN MCKINNEY. THIS IS THEIR FIRST HOME GAME EVER. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HOST THEM AND, YOU KNOW, SEE THEM THRIVE. THEY'VE ALREADY HAD A LOT OF STRONG TICKET SALES WHICH IS GREAT. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT I THINK INITIAL AUDIENCE THIS SATURDAY. IMPACT IS ALSO PRESENTING DAILY. AND VINCENT, IT'S A BLUEGRASS COMEDY DUO THIS THIS WEEKEND AS WELL. AND THEN A FEW OTHER EVENTS I WANTED TO BRING ATTENTION TO. MAY 30TH WE HAVE MCKINNEY DANCE BAND, A SALUTE TO QUINCY JONES, AND THEN JUNE 6TH THROUGH SEVENTH WE HAVE TEXAS MUSIC REVOLUTION COMING BACK. THIS IS A TICKET. SALES ARE VERY STRONG FOR THIS AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE OVER TEN PLUS STAGES. AND IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO DOWNTOWN FOR TMR, JUST WALKING AROUND AT AROUND 7 P.M. ON A FRIDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT, YOU HEAR MUSIC COMING AT YOU FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. IT'S A GREAT ENVIRONMENT AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO EXPERIENCE DOWNTOWN. JUNE 22ND, WE HAVE TEXAS JAZZ BANDS SALUTE TO STEVIE WONDER OR STEVIE WONDER.

TRIBUTE JUNE 27TH WE KICK OFF OUR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AT IMPACT! WITH DAWN AND HAWKES KIND OF COUNTRY INDIE GROUP. AND THEN ONE THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN PHASE FOR IMPACT RENOVATIONS. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE NEW THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING TO THE IMPACT, BUT ALSO TAKING OUR THEATER, HONORING THE PAST AND KIND OF THE HISTORY OF THE COURTROOM THERE. WITH THE REBRAND INTO THE COURTROOM THEATER. AS FOR IMPACT AND THEN REDOING THE THEATER SPACE TO MAKE IT A MUCH BETTER EXPERIENCE

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FOR EVERYONE, AND THEN ADDING A PERMANENT GALLERY ON THE BASEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC THAT'S GOING TO BE OPEN FOUR DAYS A WEEK. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THOSE. I'LL COME BACK WITH A MUCH RICHER KIND OF PRESENTATION WITH THAT IN THE COMING MONTHS. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE DID POUR THE FOUNDATION FOR THE ROUNDABOUT SCULPTURE. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE INSTALLED THE WEEK OF MAY 30TH, GOING INTO THE JUNE 1ST. SO THAT'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS. BUT WE KNOW THE REAL ESTATE, THE PARTY STAGE WILL BE SATURDAY ABOUT 9:00. TEXAS MUSIC REVOLUTION STAGE WILL BE FUN. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW HAVE MCKINNEY PARKS AND REC. AMY. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AMY KINCAID, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY YOU CAN REFER BACK TO YOUR REPORT IN YOUR PACKET FOR ALL OF THE UPDATES, BUT ONE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS E RANDALL'S. AS YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OR HAVE SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE SPLASH PAD IS CURRENTLY DOWN. THERE WAS A PIECE THAT WAS QUICKLY BROKEN, BUT IT'S UNDER WARRANTY, AS WELL AS SOME BUBBLING IN THE BASKETBALL COURT THAT IS BEING CURRENTLY REPAIRED. NOW. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THAT REPAIRED BY THIS WEEKEND BY SATURDAY MORNING, SO FINGERS CROSSED THE WEATHER IS GREAT, SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT UPDATE AGAIN. WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE INPUT THAT YOU ALL PROVIDED AT THE CDC AND PARKS BOARD LAST MONTH. WE HEARD YOU. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME FRUSTRATIONS WITH PROJECTS NOT BEING COMPLETED. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TWO CURRENT OPEN POSITIONS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING, INTERVIEWS. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ADD A THIRD POSITION TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE PRIORITY ARE COMPLETED WITHIN A SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME. SO LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING EVERYONE ON BOARD TO BE ABLE TO PUSH ALL OF THOSE GREAT PROJECTS THROUGH. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE EVENTS COMING UP. AS YOU KNOW, IT'S MEMORIAL WEEKEND, WHICH MEANS SATURDAY WILL BE OUR MEMORIAL EVENT CEREMONY AT THE R.D. FOSTER VETERAN MEMORIAL PARK THAT WILL BEGIN AT 10:00.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE OUT TO THAT. AND THAT ALSO MEANS THAT THE POOLS ARE GOING TO BE OPEN THIS WEEKEND. WE ARE FULLY STAFFED, AND WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH TRAINING FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, AND THEY ARE WELL PREPARED. SO EXCITED TO HAVE THOSE BACK OPEN. SUMMER CAMP WILL START ON TUESDAY, MAY 27TH. WE ARE ALMOST FULL. WE HAVE A FEW LAST MINUTE SPOTS, SO IF ANY. IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW ARE LOOKING FOR A GREAT SUMMER CAMP, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SIGN UP TODAY. JUNETEENTH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. THAT WILL BE JUNE 14TH AT FINCH PARK BEGINNING AT 4 P.M. JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME NEW. THIS YEAR. WE ARE EXPANDING THE MARKET. WE WILL HAVE A CHILDREN'S CHILDREN'S ENTREPRENEURIAL MARKET AND THIS WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE SOME KIDS THAT WILL COME THAT HAND-MAKE THEIR GOODS AND SELL IT. THEY MARKET. SO JUST A LITTLE CHANGE THERE. WE ALSO WILL BE ADDING A DRONE SHOW, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY HAS NOT DONE. SO SUPER EXCITED FOR SOME NEW ADDITIONS. JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR, MARCUS, FOR AGREEING TO BE A PART OF THE COMMITTEE AND OBSCENE, AS WELL AS MISS BRADFORD AND THEN SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

SO JUST APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THAT EVENT. WE ARE ALSO PLANNING 4TH OF JULY. MORE INFORMATION WILL COME, BUT THAT LOCATION HAS AND WILL BE CHANGING THIS YEAR. THIS YEAR, THE FIREWORKS SHOW AND THE CONCERT WILL BE AT TOWN LAKE. WE WILL BE SHOOTING FIREWORKS OFF OF A BARGE ON TOWN LAKE. SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT ALL COME TO FRUITION. THAT IS ALL I HAVE AND I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY COMMENTS I MADE AT OUR PARKS MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN AWESOME JOB, AND I THINK YOU'RE DOING THE BEST THAT YOU CAN WITH THE AWESOME TEAM THAT YOU HAVE. I THINK YOU HAVE A GREAT TEAM THERE, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE ADDING ANOTHER POSITION. AND I THINK AS WE CONSIDER DOING MORE IN THE FUTURE, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE LEARNED THAT WE CAN SUPPORT IS POTENTIALLY SUPPORTING PERMANENT POSITIONS AT PARKS TO DO MORE TO

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GET THESE PROJECTS GOING. AND I KNOW YOU WANT TO DO THAT. YOUR TEAM WANTS TO DO THAT, AND I FULLY SUPPORT YOUR TEAM, AND I THINK YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, AND WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO GET YOU THE RESOURCES YOU NEED TO PUT OUR DOLLARS OUT MOST EFFECTIVELY. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THAT IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE TREMENDOUS BIRTHDAY BASH AT APEX. MY DAUGHTERS AND I ATTENDED. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CAP WAS, PROBABLY 600 PEOPLE. IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS PACKED. THE STAFF WERE GREAT. ALL THE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE CHILDREN WERE TERRIFIC. IT WAS A REALLY LOVELY EVENT. I THINK IT MARKED, WHAT, EIGHT YEARS FOR APEX AND IT WAS JUST TREMENDOUS.

SO THANK YOU TO THE TEAM THAT REALLY PULLED OFF A GREAT EVENT. YEAH. AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, WE EXPECTED 600. WE HAD WELL OVER 800. AND WE PROBABLY BROKE A RECORD OF THE NUMBER OF CHECK INS IN A DAY. SO WOW A GOOD DAY AT APEX. YEAH FOR SURE. THAT'S WONDERFUL. OKAY. THANK YOU SO

[President’s Report]

MUCH AMY. WE'LL NOW GO TO ITEM 25 DASH 2786 PRESIDENT'S REPORT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I WANTED TO START OUT WITH BYRON NELSON. JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON MR. KOSKI'S COMMENTS. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND I'M SORRY THAT AARON WERNER ISN'T HERE TODAY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT AARON AND HIS TEAM, WHICH INCLUDED NOT ONLY THE VISIBILITY TEAM, BUT FOLKS FROM ACROSS THE CITY STAFFING THE BIGGER AND BETTER MCKINNEY BOOTH AT THAT EVENT. I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO STOP BY. IT REALLY WAS TERRIFIC THIS YEAR. IT HIGHLIGHTED SEVERAL OF THE NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING TO MCKINNEY AND HAD A SCREEN WHERE THE TOURNAMENT WAS BEING SHOWN REAL TIME, AND THEN ALSO SOME GREAT PROMOTIONAL COMMERCIALS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD FOR MCKINNEY. SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THAT. WE DID RECEIVE WORD FROM JOHN DRAGO WITH THE SALESMANSHIP CLUB THAT SALESMANSHIP INVITED IN. THE PGA HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT ON EXTENDING THE TOURNAMENT. TOURNAMENT DETAILS ARE STILL TO BE WORKED OUT, BUT THAT WILL BE FORTHCOMING. PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO REFER TO THE REPORTS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. A COUPLE FINAL REPORTS. MAIN GATES COUNTRY FAIR REPORT IS THERE. THEY HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE AT TUPPS THIS YEAR. THEY ESTIMATED THEY HAD 5000 PEOPLE ATTEND THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SO GREAT WAY TO SHOWCASE NOT JUST THAT VENUE, BUT MCKINNEY. CHESTNUT SQUARE COMPLETED THE WORK THAT WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE CDC PROJECT GRANT. AND IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT FARMERS MARKET YET THIS SEASON, PLEASE DO. IT'S MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD IN THE BACK COURTYARD AREA, IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE AND TO MAKE MORE ROOM FOR VENDORS AND VISITORS. LINDA.

AND THERE'S A MARKETING REPORT ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA, AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS YOU'LL SEE IN THERE THAT OUR WEBSITE VISITS AND FACEBOOK POSTS INCREASED PRETTY DRAMATICALLY DURING APRIL, AND WE'RE TIED TO SEVERAL EVENTS, IN PARTICULAR EAST MCKINNEY LEARNING GARDEN, AND THEN INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE VENUE, AMPHITHEATER AND SOME OTHERS. SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, THAT THAT REPORT. IF YOU'VE NOT SPENT MUCH TIME ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR MOVING US IN A IN A NEW DIRECTION IN TERMS OF THE COVERAGE FOR THE EVENTS THAT CDC IS PROMOTING, I THINK IT LOOKS REALLY GREAT. AND SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO REFRESH A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT APPEARS THERE.

WE'VE GOT A DEADLINE COMING UP ON THE 30TH FOR PROMOTIONAL AND COMMUNITY EVENT GRANT APPLICATIONS, SO LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING THOSE IN JUNE AND THEN JUNE 1ST. OUR FINAL PROJECT GRANT CYCLE WILL OPEN JUNE 1ST THROUGH JUNE 30TH. PROJECT GRANT APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AND THOSE WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN JULY. AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR RESIDENTS? NO. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO TO

[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 20 787 CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF MCKINNEY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO RE-APPROPRIATE PREVIOUSLY AWARDED FUNDS OF.

$2,797,804 FOR PK ONE 831 WADLEY PARK, $489,000, $489,000 314 TO PK 2041 OLD SETTLERS PARK DESIG.

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$1,580,743 FOR PK TWO 109 GREENS NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, $315,000 AND $70 TO PK 2349 MOBILE STAGE $318,664 TO PK 2343 HORIZON PAR. $1,039,504 TO PK 4397. RECREATION CENTER AT TOWN LAKE AND $200,000 FOR PK 9143 ERWIN PARK. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? AND WE DO HAVE THE PARK STAFF HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. I MOVE TO APPROVE. MOVE TO APPROVE BY JOY I SECOND SECOND BY MARCUS. THANK. MOTION PASSED. THANK YOU. ITEM 25 DASH 2788. CONSIDER. DISCUSS ACT ON THE

[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.]

PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY DIRECTION 61 34B2510, IN THE AMOUNTS OF $500,000 FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC ACCESS AREAS LOCATED AT THE FORM A FUTURE COMMUNITY.

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.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? AND WE DO HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. YOU MAY HAVE ANY DISCUSSION. MADAM CHAIR, I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE KATHY AND MYRON TAKING OUR EMAILS, ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS, MEETING WITH US TO SHOW US THEIR TRUE VISION. I REALLY BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS TREMENDOUSLY NEEDED WITHIN OUR CITY AND OTHER CITIES AS WELL, TO JUST TO HELP THIS KIDS THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR REMARKS, MADAM CHAIR. I'LL JUST SAY I WASN'T HERE LAST MONTH TO HEAR THIS REQUEST, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT I WAS INVOLVED IN MEETINGS WITH OUR PROJECT GRANTS COMMITTEE. AND I KNOW, I THINK LAST MONTH AT THE BOARD MEETING, AS WELL AS IN THAT MEETING, WE DISCUSSED THIS PROJECT COMING INTO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY FROM THE ETJ. AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THAT THE APPLICANTS HAVE CONSIDERED THAT REQUEST AND DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND BECOME PART OF THE CITY. AND SO I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT MOVE. AND I ADVOCATED FOR THAT. AND I APPRECIATE YOU CONSIDERING THAT AND MAKING THAT DECISION TO VOLUNTARILY ANNEX INTO THE CITY.

AND THAT PUTS ME IN A GREAT POSITION HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING OUR REQUEST ON THAT.

THANK YOU. OKAY, NO MORE DISCUSSION. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE GRANT REQUEST SUBMITTED BY DIRECTION 61 THREE, IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000, CONDITIONED UPON THE APPLICANT'S SUBMITTED TO BE ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. I SECOND THE MOTION. THE MOTION WAS MADE BY DAVID AND SECOND BY AJ. MOTION APPROVED. CONGRATULATIONS. ITEM 25 DASH 2789. CONSIDER. DISCUSS. ACT ON

[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.]

THE PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE HEARD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY FOR BE 25 DASH 11, IN THE AMOUNT OF $211,000 $160 FOR THE TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS FOR FIVE TRAILS AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT ONE NATURE PLACE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. THIS REQUEST REPRESENTS 5,056% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO DISCUSSION. I KNOW THE APPLICANT IS HERE, BUT NO DISCUSSION. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITE. MOVE BY MARCUS. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. SECOND BY AJ.

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MOTION PASSED. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS. I DON'T ASSUME WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. I DO AGAIN WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR GIVING US THE GRACE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, ALLOWING US TO SHARE THOSE HEARTFELT COMMENTS TO MAYOR FULLER FOR THIS FINAL MEETING. AS OUR MAYOR FOR MCDC, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH US.

[BOARD COMMENTS]

WE WILL DO BOARD COMMENTS. IF YOU HAVE BOARD COMMENTS OVER THINGS THAT WE MAY HAVE DONE OVER ANY COMMENTS? Y'ALL TIRED OF TALKING SO PROBABLY NO COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, ALL I HAVE ARE DO GO AHEAD. ALL I HAVE IS SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE LOOKING AT ME TO START. JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE SENIORS THAT ARE OUT THERE. I HAVE ONE THAT IS GRADUATING ON SATURDAY. AND SO A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MY SON GAVIN. BUT I KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY POWERFUL TIME FOR MANY FAMILIES, BOTH IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. YOU KNOW, KINDERGARTEN GRADUATIONS JUST ENJOY THESE MOMENTS. THIS IS WHAT LIFE IS ABOUT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. DAVID, I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD. THANK YOU, LADY BRADFORD. YEAH, THANK YOU GUYS ALWAYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO MAYOR FULLER FOR HIS WORK. WE'VE SAID A WHOLE LOT, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT MORE WE COULD SAY, BUT THANK YOU. WOODSIDE VILLAGE. CHALK IT UP, MAN. THAT WAS A REALLY COOL THING WITH THE MILLHOUSE FOUNDATION. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THAT'S IT. AWESOME. JOY. OKAY, I'D JUST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF SEVERAL OF OUR GRANTEES. THEY HAD SOME BIG. REALLY KIND OF MILESTONE EVENTS IN PARTICULAR. HUGS. THE GROUNDBREAKING WAS JUST A VERY BEAUTIFUL AFFAIR. HARVEST, ANOTHER OF OUR GRANTEES, HAD ITS HISTORICAL DESIGNATION, AND THAT WAS A LOVELY EVENT TO SEE THAT PLAQUE GO UP. AND JUST WHAT THE RENOVATION OF THE MASONIC BUILDING THERE HAS DONE TO THAT PORTION OF THE SQUARE, THE LOVE LIFE FOUNDATION WOMEN IN SERVICE EVENT WAS A BEAUTIFUL AFFAIR. LOTS OF NEW FACES AT THAT. IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE THE GROWTH OF LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY THERE, WITH THE VARIOUS WOMEN WHO ARE PERFORMING MULTIPLE TASKS AND CONTRIBUTING THEIR TIME AND TALENTS TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEN SERVE MCKINNEY. IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT TIME TO SEE LEADERSHIP MCKINNEY OUT THERE SUPPORTING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND THE CHAMBER AND THE CITY REPRESENTED. SO A COUPLE OF EVENTS, SOME FROM OUR GRANTEES AND SOME FROM OTHERS, BUT JUST WANTED TO TAKE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE. THANK YOU. MARCUS. YEAH, I WANT TO JUST GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE ALL THOSE WHO ARE PART OF THE BYRON NELSON GOING. I FEEL LIKE EVERY YEAR THERE'S A THERE'S A BIG RAINSTORM THAT COMES RIGHT BEFORE. AND I'M ALWAYS LIKE, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE THIS WORK? AND THE CREW JUST WORKED REALLY WELL. I TOOK SOME PEOPLE THAT I HAD TAKEN LAST YEAR, AND WE ALL MADE NOTE OF JUST HOW BEAUTIFUL THE GOLF COURSE LOOKED AND WHAT GREAT SHAPE IT WAS IN, AND WAS REALLY PROUD OF THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE WERE LIKE, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE TORN UP LIKE THE NEXT DAY. BUT JUST SUCH A GREAT EVENT AND JUST READ A GREAT SHOWCASE OF MCKINNEY THAT THAT EVENT CONTINUES TO BE. SO JUST WANT TO GIVE THAT SHOUT OUT TO THE CREW THAT'S ABLE TO MAKE THAT WORK. EVEN IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT WEATHER BRINGS. I JUST WANT TO ECHO ABOUT THE BYRON NELSON. IT WAS IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT TIME. THERE WASN'T, HAD TICKETS, BUT DIDN'T GO OUT ON FRIDAY BECAUSE OF THE RAIN. BUT THEN WATCHING THE NEWS WHEN THE TOURNAMENT STARTED BACK UP AGAIN, IT WAS JUST VERY REFRESHING TO WATCH EVERY NEWS STATION TALK ABOUT HOW GREAT OUR COURSE WAS. WHAT A GREAT JOB THE GREENS PEOPLE DID TO GET THE COURSE BACK TO ACTION, TO GET IT READY TO PLAY GOLF AGAIN. SO COULDN'T IMAGINE THAT MUCH RAIN. ON HOW THEY DID THAT TUPPS FOR THE MAIN GATE WAS FANTASTIC. GOT A CHANCE TO TALK TO BILL DARLING ABOUT HIS PROJECT AND WHERE IT WAS GOING, AND WE DISCUSSED MAYBE GETTING A BOARD TRIP OUT THERE BECAUSE HE SAID IT'S MOVING ALONG PRETTY GOOD, AND HE WANTS TO KIND OF SHOW US WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE. TMR IS COMING UP. IT'S GOING TO BE FANTASTIC. BUT LIKE AJ SAID, YOU KNOW, KIDS ARE GRADUATING, SO WHICH MEANS SCHOOL ZONES WILL BE GOING AWAY, WHICH MEANS A LOT MORE KIDS OUT ON THE STREETS AGAIN. SO JUST MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S BEING VERY COGNIZANT ABOUT THE KIDS RUNNING AROUND. AND LASTLY, IF I DIDN'T MENTION THIS, I'D BE IN TROUBLE AT HOME. YESTERDAY WAS MY WIFE AND MYSELF. 15TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. BUT BETTER THAN THAT, TODAY MARKS HER 30 YEARS WITH MCKINNEY ISD. SHE HAS NEVER LEFT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SHE'S ALWAYS STAYED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO SHE'S SEEN THE HIGHS AND LOWS AND SEEN THE GOOD TIMES AND BAD TIMES, BUT JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE HER FOR 30 YEARS. AWESOME, AWESOME. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS. JUST AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T SEE YOUR SACRIFICE OUTSIDE OF YOUR PERSONAL LIVES AND YOUR JOBS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DO WANT TO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO LADY