Jun 03, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting

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BACKGROUND. YES, YES, WE LIKE THAT EVERY MEETING NOW. LOVE IT. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME EVERYBODY TO OUR CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING. THIS IS TUESDAY, JUNE THE 3RD, 2025. IT IS 1806 IF YOU ARE MILITARY TIME OR 606 IN THE EVENING, AND WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 401 EAST VIRGINIA STREET IN THE GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. AND OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE AN INVOCATION FOLLOWED BY A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND THE INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY MEMBERS OF CORNERSTONE RANCH. I THINK. AMANDA COMING UP.

LET US PRAY. DEAR GOD, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY OF MCKINNEY AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT MCKINNEY IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND DIFFERENT ABILITIES, WE LOVE AND CELEBRATE IT. THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERS WHO HAVE SERVED OUR CITY. WE ESPECIALLY THANK YOU FOR MISTER CHARLIE IN THE GOOD WORK HE HAS DONE. PLEASE BLESS HIM IN ALL THAT COMES NEXT AND HELP HIM AND KNOW AND KNOW HOW MUCH HE IS APPRECIATED. WE PRAY FOR THE NEW LEADERS WHO WILL BE STEPPING INTO THEIR ROLES AND GIVE THE WISDOM, KINDNESS, STRENGTH TO LEAD WELL. WE ALSO PRAY FOR EVERYONE WHO WILL BE VOTING THIS WEEKEND AND HELP THEM MAKE WISE CHOICES AND BRING PEACE AND UNITY IN OUR CITY.

THANK YOU GOD FOR LOVING US AND LEADING US. PLEASE BLESS THIS MEETING. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

AMEN. THERE'S THE. OUR FIRST INFORMATION SHARING ITEM IS ITEM 252841. RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING

[Recognition of Outgoing City Council Members]

YES. LIKE YOU. LIKE YOU'RE IN TROUBLE. BRING IT DOWN TO THE FRONT. SO I BELIEVE, ACCORDING TO MY PROGRAM. TREVOR. YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO PRESENT, SIR? ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER PHILLIPS, THIS IS A RESOLUTION FROM CHAIRMAN JEFF LEACH, OUR TEXAS HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE, THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE TEXAS HOUSE ON BEHALF OF YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. AND THE SECOND ITEM IS A LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS AND A CERTIFICATE FROM CONGRESSMAN KEITH SELF THAT I'LL READ TO YOU. NOW, DEAR COUNCIL MEMBER PHILLIPS, I'M WRITING TO EXTEND MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, YOUR TENURE AS AN AT-LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER SINCE 2017 HAS BEEN MARKED BY UNWAVERING COMMITMENT, THOUGHTFUL LEADERSHIP, AND A PROFOUND IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY. YOUR EFFORTS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO MCKINNEY'S GROWTH AND PROSPERITY, NOTABLY YOUR YOUR ROLE IN INCREASING THE COMMERCIAL TAX BASE AND CONSISTENTLY LOWERING TAX RATES HAS ENHANCED THE CITY'S ECONOMIC VITALITY. YOUR ADVOCACY FOR MAINTAINING MCKINNEY'S SMALL TOWN VALUES AMIDST RAPID DEVELOPMENT HAS PRESERVED THE UNIQUE CHARACTER THAT RESIDENTS CHERISH. BEYOND YOUR COUNCIL DUTIES, YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS CORNERSTONE RANCH, KIWANIS, AND THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS EXEMPLIFIES YOUR DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY

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HATE TO BREAK THAT SINCE YOU JUST GAVE IT TO ME. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR ALLOWING JESUS CHRIST TO WALK ALONGSIDE OF ME. THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY, I WANT TO REMIND EACH AND ALL OF YOU ONE LAST TIME THAT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MCKINNEY, TEXAS. YOU CAN LEARN IN A TRIP TO HUG'S CAFÉ, CORNERSTONE RANCH, MCKINNEY ISD, SPECIAL OLYMPICS, OR SIKH CAMP. AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE BEATITUDES LIVED OUT EVERY DAY, SPEND SOME TIME WITH

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AND CONGRESSMAN. SELF HAS PROVIDED A CERTIFICATE OF RECOMMEND OR EXCUSE ME, RECOMMENDATION, CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR YOUR SERVICES, MAYOR, AS WELL AS A LETTER OF APPRECIATION THAT I'LL READ. NOW. DEAR MAYOR FULLER, I AM WRITING TO EXTEND MY HEARTFELT APPRECIATION FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY SINCE YOUR ELECTION IN 2017, YOUR VISIONARY APPROACH HAS SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE CITY'S GROWTH AND WELL-BEING OF ITS RESIDENTS. YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN FOSTERING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ATTRACTING MAJOR CORPORATIONS SUCH AS AMAZON, RAYTHEON, AND INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL. THESE EFFORTS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY BOOSTED THE CITY'S COMMERCIAL VALUE, WHICH GREW BY 70% DURING YOUR FIRST TERM. UNDER YOUR GUIDANCE, MCKINNEY HAS BECOME A HUB FOR CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. THE RELOCATION OF THE AT&T BYRON NELSON GOLF TOURNAMENT TO TPC CRAIG RANCH, AND THE DESIGNATION AS OF THE DESIGNATION OF MCKINNEY AS A TEXAS MUSIC FRIENDLY COMMUNITY, HAVE ENRICHED THE CITY'S CULTURAL LANDSCAPE. ADDITIONALLY, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW MUNICIPAL COMPLEX IN THE MILL DISTRICT AND THE EXPANSION OF THE MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT DEMONSTRATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY GROWTH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO MAKE MCKINNEY A THRIVING AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS LEFT A MARK ON THE CITY AND YOUR EFFORTS ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATED. SINCERELY, CONGRESSMAN KEITH SELF. WELL, OF COURSE YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING NEXT. WE ALREADY DID A SNEAK PREVIEW, BUT WE'LL DO THIS FOR THE PHOTOS, OF COURSE. I'LL STEP OVER HERE. MR. MAYOR, AS YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE DO PLAQUES. THESE ARE ACTUALLY QUITE NICE. I USED TO GET WHEN I WAS IN THE MILITARY. WE GET THESE VERY BASIC PLAQUES. BUT THIS ONE, THIS ONE LOOKS GREAT. AND IT'S GOING TO LOOK GREAT IN YOUR OFFICE. BUT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, WE WANT TO PRESENT A PLAQUE COMMEMORATING YOUR SERVICE. AND WE WILL SHOW THAT THING OFF. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE WILL PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR PORTRAIT. ALSO WILL LOOK GREAT IN YOUR OFFICE OR YOUR HOME, WHEREVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE.

BUT IT'S A IT'S A GREAT PHOTO AND ONE OF THE MANY GREAT PHOTOS THAT WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, TO TAKE AND YOU GUYS AS A COUNCIL MEMBERS. BUT THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT ONE. SO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. FOR MAYOR FULLER WILL ALSO GET A GAVEL. BUT HE NEEDS IT FOR TONIGHT. SO HE'S GOT TO USE IT. SO BUT HE WILL ALSO GET A GAVEL. AND I'LL JUST SHARE A FEW WORDS WITH MAYOR FULLER ON BEHALF OF STAFF. I'VE ALSO GOT SOME PERSONAL THINGS THAT I SENT HIM, BUT I PUT THAT IN A NOTE. THAT'S THAT'S BETWEEN US. IT'S A JUST JUST US. MAYOR FULLER IS EXPRESSED UNBELIEVABLE LEADERSHIP FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I MEAN, WE LEADERSHIP IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU JUST CAN'T FIND THAT EASILY. IT'S NOT EVERYBODY CAN BE A LEADER, AND NOT EVERYBODY CAN BE A LEADER AS EFFECTIVE AS WHAT MAYOR FULLER HAS BEEN FROM, FROM THE TIMES THAT THAT THE COMPASSION THERE, THERE ARE SO MANY TRAITS THAT HAVE TO THAT SOMEONE HAS TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO EXHIBIT LEADERSHIP. AND HE'S GOT ALL OF THEM. THE ONE THAT HE'S GOT A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR. WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT. HE'S ALSO GOT UNBELIEVABLE COMPASSION. HE WON'T PROBABLY ADMIT THIS, BUT HE HATES HE HATES IT WHEN HE HAS WHEN THINGS AREN'T GOOD, WHEN HE FEELS LIKE THINGS AREN'T GOOD BETWEEN HIM AND SOMEONE ELSE. HE MAY NOT THINK THAT BECAUSE HE'S HE'S MAYOR FULLER, BUT WE KNOW THAT HE WANTS THINGS TO BE RIGHT IN HIS RELATIONSHIPS, AND I'VE SEEN IT PERSONALLY, BUT WE'VE ALSO SEEN IT IN THE COMMUNITY. I'VE SEEN IT WITH OTHERS THAT HE DEALS WITH. AGAIN, THAT'S LEADERSHIP. THAT'S SOMEBODY WHO REACHES OUT TO EVERYBODY TO TRY TO MAKE A BETTER COMMUNITY. AND HE'S DONE AN AMAZING JOB. AND THEN HIS PERSONAL CHARISMA. I'VE I'VE WORKED FOR A NUMBER OF MAYORS IN MY CAREER AND SOME REALLY SMART ONES, REALLY GOOD MAYORS. BUT NOBODY'S HAD THE PERSONAL CHARISMA THAT MAYOR FULLER HAS HAD. IT'S OFF THE CHARTS, AND I DON'T THINK THE COMMUNITY RECOGNIZES NECESSARILY YET THEY WILL OVER TIME, HOW BLESSED THEY HAVE BEEN TO HAVE THAT KIND OF LEVEL OF PERSONAL CHARISMA, TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THE THINGS DONE THAT WE HAVE TO GET DONE OR TO BUILD BRIDGES, MEND FENCES. WE HAD, AS YOU KNOW, SOME YEARS AGO IN THE

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AND I WAS PERSONALLY SEE MAYOR FULLER REACHING OUT TO FOLKS FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OR OTHERS WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF TENSION, AND HE WOULD BUILD THOSE BRIDGES. AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THEY WERE WALKING ARM IN ARM, SO TO SPEAK. IF NOT ARM IN ARM, THEY WERE AT LEAST RESPECTFUL TO EACH OTHER AND HAD A COMMON SENSE OF UNDERSTANDING. AGAIN, THAT'S BRIDGE BUILDING. THAT'S LEADERSHIP. SO ON BEHALF OF CITY STAFF, THE THINGS WE'VE GOTTEN DONE, THE, THE, THE MANY, MANY PROJECTS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE, MANY OF THOSE, YOU PROBABLY HAVE A CHANCE TO SHARE SOME OF THAT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.

BUT WE ARE SO BLESSED AND SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ME AS A CITY MANAGER. YOU AND I WORK CLOSER TOGETHER THAN ANYBODY I'VE. I HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE MAYOR. WE MEET BREAKFAST EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS TO GO OVER THE AGENDA. WE. THINGS WEREN'T ALWAYS EASY BETWEEN US. WE'VE HAD OUR SHARE OF DIFFERENCES. BUT MAYOR FULLER WAS ALWAYS GREAT AND GRACIOUS ABOUT NOT SHOWING IT. HOPEFULLY I WAS AS WELL. BUT THAT'S JUST YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOMETIMES YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME CONFLICT IN RELATIONSHIPS. RELATIONSHIPS ARE ABOUT CONFLICT. IT'S ALSO ABOUT LOVE AND CARING AND THE OTHER THINGS. AND WE'VE EXPERIENCED THAT WHOLE SPECTRUM. BUT FROM A PERSONAL BASIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR, AND THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE GIVEN US. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY A FEW THINGS FROM HERE, AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO UP THERE BECAUSE I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. NO MORE THAN 2 OR 3 HOURS. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT LONG. BUT PAUL, THAT REALLY TOUCHED ME. THANK YOU. I MEAN, AS PAUL SAID, HE AND I HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSE TOGETHER. WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD SOME CONFLICT, BUT WE'VE MUCH MORE THAN THAT. WE'VE HAD IMMEDIATE RESOLUTION WHENEVER THERE WAS ANY CONFLICT. AND I THINK, WELL, I KNOW THAT WE AND ALL OF THIS COUNCIL AND MEMBERS BEFORE HAVE ACHIEVED INCREDIBLE THINGS IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND, AND I KNOW THAT I'M A BETTER PERSON FOR HAVING BEEN IN THAT IN THIS ROLE AND WITH ALL OF YOU. BUT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO GET MORE TO THAT IN A MINUTE. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY THAT'S REPRESENTED. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE FOR EIGHT YEARS, TO HAVE PEOPLE IN YOUR CITY PUT TRUST IN YOU TO BE THAT PERSON, TO BE THE CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIAL. THAT'S THAT'S A HUGE HONOR. AND I DON'T TAKE IT LIGHTLY TO BE ELECTED A SECOND TIME. ROB TEMPLE IS HERE. OF COURSE, IF I TRY TO SAY WITH WHAT PERCENTAGE, HE'LL CORRECT ME, I ALWAYS ROUND UP. HE ROUNDS DOWN. BUT TO HAVE TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY JUST GET BEHIND YOU AND PUT THEIR TRUST IN YOU IS HUMBLING. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR. IT'S FLOWN BY, QUITE FRANKLY. BUT THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND I'M GOING TO MOVE UP TO THE UP TO THE DAIS. AND I'VE GOT SOME OTHER COMMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CHEAT AND USE MY NOTES. AND THEN WE HAVE COUNCIL COMMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH IN A MOMENT. SO I'M GOING TO THANK SOME PEOPLE. AND GOD KNOWS I'M PROBABLY MAKING A MISTAKE BECAUSE I'LL I'LL LEAVE SOMEBODY OUT BY ACCIDENT. AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT INTENTIONAL. SO ANYBODY I DO IN STAFF PLEASE GIVE ME GRACE. I WASN'T GOING TO MAKE ANY NOTES AND I JUST STARTED SCRATCHING NOTES AN HOUR AGO BECAUSE I FELT I NEEDED TO BY NAME MENTION SOME PEOPLE. BUT FIRST, EMPRESS BLANCA. AMY, TINNITUS. YOU ALL HAVE KEPT US IN LINE AND HELPED US AND GUIDED US. YOU ARE. YOU ARE PEOPLE THAT WE DEAL WITH ON A ALMOST DAILY BASIS, AND YOU HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL FOR ME FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. PAUL, YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU. I SAID IT OUT THERE. TREVOR. STEVE BERRY, JENNIFER, NEW MEMBER TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. JOE AND BRANDON, MARK HAUSER AND ALAN. BUT, MARK, WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER ON SO MANY THINGS AND WHAT A WHAT AN ASSET THIS CITY HAS IN YOU AS A CITY ATTORNEY. I MEAN, TRULY SOMEONE THAT CARES, THAT CARES TO HIS CORE AND IS ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY DEPARTMENT HEADS. MARK HOLLOWAY, SUZANNE ARNOLD, COCO GOOD, MICHAEL QUINT, DENISE LAZARD, AMY KINCAID, RYAN GILLINGHAM, JACKIE BUCKET, SPENCER SMITH, KEN CARLEY, KAITLIN STRICKLAND I GOT TO MENTION DANA STILWELL AND JASMINE STILWELL. JEFF HARRIS, AMY ROSENTHAL, THOUGH SHE'S NOT HERE NOW, SHE'S IN GARLAND. AFTER MAKING A BAD DECISION TO LEAVE MCKINNEY, BUT I THINK SHE'LL BE BACK. GARY GRAHAM, BRIAN. ROACH, ANDREW JONES, ALL ARE JUST SUCH, SUCH GREAT, GREAT ASSETS IN THIS CITY. OUR COMMUNITY WILL NEVER REALLY FULLY UNDERSTAND UNLESS YOU'VE

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AND I OFTEN SAY THAT'S THE NO MATTER WHAT CDC EVER ACCOMPLISHES, NO ONE WILL EVER BE ABLE TO TOP THAT ACHIEVEMENT. WHEN WE HIRED CINDY SCHNABEL, LINDA JONES, AND THE REST OF THE CDC TEAM, I SEE JANA IS HERE. I'M GOING TO QUICKLY THE TEAM THAT'S KEPT ME AND OUR MY COMPANY IS GOING WHILE I'VE BEEN BASICALLY MISSING IN ACTION. THERE IS THEY WILL TELL YOU FOR EIGHT YEARS. JANA, TOBY, AUSTIN, AJ, BRIAN, THE GUITAR. SANCTUARY. SANCTUARY FAMILY.

THEY KNOW HOW MUCH SACRIFICE IT IS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY USED TO SEE ME ALL THE TIME AND NOW THEY NEVER SEE ME. IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THE JOB I'VE DONE. MY WIFE MALEY, SHE CAN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. AND SHE IS, THOUGH. SHE'S WATCHING. SHE'S WITH OUR DAUGHTER WHO JUST MOVED. AND SHE HAD A HAD TO HELP HER DO THAT. AND I HAD TOLD HER MY LAST MEETING WAS JUNE 17TH, SO SHE'S PRETTY UPSET WITH ME. WHEN I TOLD HER A COUPLE DAYS AGO THAT IT'S ACTUALLY THIS MEETING. MAY LEE HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE FIRST LADY OF MCKINNEY, AND EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM KNOWS HOW INVOLVED SHE'S BEEN. NOT JUST NOT JUST DURING THIS EIGHT YEARS, BUT IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR 30 SOME YEARS WITH LOVE LIFE FOUNDATION. AND TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO CARES AND HAS COMPASSION. THERE'S NOBODY THAT HAS MORE AND NOBODY THAT HAS INVESTED HERSELF MORE IN THE COMMUNITY THAN MALEY. AND AS A MAYOR, IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU GIVE UP TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS AND THINGS YOU WANT TO DO. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A WIFE THAT IS BY YOUR SIDE AND REALLY CONSIDERS THE ROLE, AS I'LL USE THE TERM FIRST LADY OF MCKINNEY, SHE TOOK THAT AS SOMETHING SERIOUS AND THAT SHE WAS ENGAGED AND ALWAYS INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND SPENT VIRTUALLY AS MUCH TIME AS I DID, AT LEAST OUTSIDE THE DAIS. AND THE WORK PORTION, SHE SHE WAS OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE MCKINNEY KIND, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW. SO I APPRECIATE HER AND THE JOURNEY THAT SHE'S BEEN ON WITH ME. I SEE OTHER FRIENDS THAT ARE OUT HERE ALLEN, LISA PERRY, AND DAVID AND SALLY. AND IF I'M GOING TO START NAMING EVERYONE, IF I NAME EVERYONE, ALL OF ALL OF MY FRIENDS THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE AND THAT WERE ON MY CAMPAIGN TEAM HELPED ME GET ELECTED, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HELL I'VE ENDURED FOR EIGHT YEARS. IF IT WASN'T FOR THE JOB YOU DID, I MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN ELECTED. I WOULD HAD A PEACEFUL LIFE. SO I BLAME YOU. BUT THOSE PEOPLE GERRILYN KEEVER, ROB TEMPLE, RAY ECKENRODE, JANA, TOBY, AJ, AL, LISA, STEVE WILSON, SO MANY OTHERS, SARAH, ASHLEY, MIKE MAYBERRY. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. THE I SEE DAVID CRAIG, SOME OF THE PEOPLE I'VE GOTTEN TO WORK WITH OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, DAVID CRAIG AND OTHERS TAKE HITS SOMETIMES ON ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IT'S OUT OF IGNORANCE. PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW WHERE DAVID BROOKS OR DOERS IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE THE EASY TARGETS BECAUSE THEY MUST BE PART OF THE GOOD OLD BOY SYSTEM. AND I'D SAY IN ALL MY EIGHT YEARS AND ALL THE ALL THE ARROWS THAT HAVE BEEN SHOT AT ME, NONE OF THEM BOTHER ME AS MUCH AS THE ARROWS THAT ARE SHOT AT PEOPLE THAT I KNOW AND RESPECT. DAVID, YOU'RE ONE OF THEM. AND DAVID BROOKS AND ALL THE OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN THE TARGET OF ASININE IGNORANCE ONLINE. I'M SORRY THAT YOU'VE HAD TO ENDURE THAT BECAUSE I WAS ELECTED. PEOPLE KNOW YOU AND THOSE WHO KNOW YOU AND THOSE WHO TAKE TWO MINUTES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'VE CONTRIBUTED IN THIS COMMUNITY. THEY WOULD BE THEY WOULD THEY WOULD BE OVERWHELMED AND THEY'D BE QUIET. BUT THEY DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO DO THAT.

IT'S EASIER JUST TO THROW ROCKS. SO TO THOSE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN A TARGET AS A RESULT OF BEING WORKING WITH ME OR BEING A BUSINESS PERSON, THAT'S BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A DEAL THE CITY HAS DONE, I APOLOGIZE THAT YOU'VE ENDURED IT, BUT KNOW THAT THOSE WHO KNOW WE ALL HAVE SUCH GREAT RESPECT FOR YOU, AND I APPRECIATE IT. AND I'M ALMOST DONE. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS. AND WHEN I GO THROUGH THESE THINGS, THIS IS NOT WHAT GEORGE HAS ACCOMPLISHED OVER EIGHT YEARS BY ANY STRETCH. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. IT'S BY WHAT THESE SEVEN PEOPLE UP HERE HAVE DONE. THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE ON COUNCIL BEFORE, TRACY RATH AND RANDY ROGERS AND ALL THE OTHERS THAT WERE ON THAT I SERVED WITH.

AND IT STARTED WITH COUNCILS BEFORE US, WITH BRIAN LOCKMILLER AND DAVID BROOKS AND OTHERS THAT

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WE'VE INCREASED MCKINNEY BOND RATING TO TRIPLE A, WE HAVE A PROFITABLE AIRPORT AND COMMERCIAL PASSENGER SERVICE TERMINAL IS NOW UNDERWAY. WE SECURED THE BYRON NELSON AND THE NCAA DIVISION II FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. WE'VE BEEN NAMED A CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT AND MUSIC FRIENDLY CITY BY THE GOVERNOR, ESTABLISHED AN INDUSTRY LEADING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH PLUG AND PLAY. AND I COULD KEEP READING. THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON AND ON. AND THAT'S DURING ALL OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD. WHAT A RIDE IT'S BEEN. WHAT, WHAT, WHAT A RIDE IT'S BEEN. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY UP HERE. CHARLIE, AS I SAID DOWN THERE, YOU AND I, 2017 WERE THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. AS I SAID, FROM THAT FIRST FROM FROM FROM THAT ELECTED YEAR, ELECTION YEAR. AND JUST LIKE PAUL AND I, YOU AND I HAVE HAD SOME CONFLICT, BUT WE'VE WE'VE ALSO SHARED A LOT OF A LOT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS TOGETHER. AND WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN ON A ON A TEAM TOGETHER FOR EIGHT YEARS. AND I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU, MICHAEL JONES. AND YOU CAME ON THIS COUNCIL AND YOU'RE JUST READY. WE'RE READY TO GET TO WORK. AND YOU ARE SOMEONE THAT CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY. I KNEW YOU, OF COURSE, WHEN YOU RAN BACK IN 2017. YOU STAYED ENGAGED AND INVOLVED AFTER NOT WINNING THAT FIRST ELECTION, AS I DID BACK IN 2009. YOU'VE BEEN SUCH A FRIEND AND SUCH AN ASSET ON THIS COUNCIL, AND I APPRECIATE WORKING WITH YOU AND GETTING TO SPEND THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH YOU ON COUNCIL. JUSTIN BELLER I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, JUSTIN AND I, PEOPLE DON'T SEE WE DON'T HAVE MUCH CONFLICT OUT HERE. BUT HE AND I HAVE GONE, YOU KNOW, JUST AT EACH OTHER SOMETIMES IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WHY? BECAUSE I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THE SUBJECT. HE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT THE SUBJECT. WE MAY COME WITH DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT THOUGHTS. DIFFERENT JUST JUST DIFFERENT THOUGHTS ABOUT IT. AND BUT BUT I'VE NEVER LEFT THE ROOM EVER WITHOUT JUST CONTINUED TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR YOU THAT THIS MAN KNOWS MORE ABOUT HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION AND, AND THE, THE NEEDS ON THE EAST SIDE, HIS DISTRICT THAN ANYONE EVER HAS COULD POSSIBLY HAVE KNOWN. AND HE HE CARRIES HE CARRIES THE EAST SIDE AND HIS DISTRICT AS A BURDEN TO IMPROVE IT. AND HE DOES IT RELENTLESSLY.

AND I KNOW THAT AND I APPRECIATE YOU, AND I WILL ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOU AND WHAT YOU BRING TO THIS COUNCIL. RICK, OUR FRIENDSHIP, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR OVER, WHAT, SIX YEARS NOW, SIX YEARS ON THIS COUNCIL. SO YOU'VE BEEN ONE OF THE LONGER PEOPLE I'VE, I'VE WORKED WITH THAT YOU'VE BEEN A CHAMPION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. YOU'VE BEEN WE'VE OFTEN BEEN ON THE SAME SIDE OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS. YOU UNDERSTAND THIS THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, AND YOU ARE A FIERCE FIGHTER FOR IT. AND THIS MAN WHO DON'T, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, HE'S ALSO BEEN A CHAMPION FOR MOBILITY IN THIS AREA AND NEVER, NEVER GIVING UP THE FIGHT TO FIND WAYS TO GET LORD HOWELL UNDERWAY IN

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YOU CERTAINLY PRETTIED UP THE COUNCIL. YOU MADE ALL OF US. I MEAN, WE WERE WE WERE, LIKE, REALLY LOOKING BAD. AND THEN SHE CAME ON AND BROUGHT THE BAR UP. SO THAT'S ALSO GOOD. BUT THIS WOMAN IS SHE TELLS THE STORY OF HOW I CALLED HER AND I DID I BEGGED HER TO RUN BECAUSE I KNEW THAT SHE WAS THAT IMPORTANT TO THE CITY AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL. AND I'M THIS COMMUNITY IS BLESSED THAT YOU DECIDED TO. AND THEY SHOWED YOU HOW MUCH THEY UNDERSTAND HOW BLESSED THEY ARE BY REELECTING YOU IN A EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. THIS WOMAN WAS UP AGAINST SOMEBODY THAT HAD EVERY ENDORSEMENT ENVIRONMENT KNOWN TO MAN, AND PROBABLY A BUNCH MADE UP ON THE ON THE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF POLITICS. AND I MEAN THAT AS A LEFT AND RIGHT, NOT NOT RIGHT AND WRONG IN COLLIN COUNTY. SHE STOOD FOR THINGS THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE WERE UNPOPULAR AND WOULD BE A DEATH NAIL IN HER ELECTION COFFIN, I.E. THE AIRPORT. BUT WITH SUCH COURAGE, HER ATTITUDE WAS, IF I LOSE BECAUSE OF WHAT I BELIEVE IS RIGHT, THEN I LOSE. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO. I'M NOT GOING TO WIN BECAUSE I COMPROMISE ON WHAT I THINK IS RIGHT. AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THE COURAGE THAT TOOK. YOU'VE BEEN YOU'VE JUST MEANT A LOT TO THIS COUNCIL AND TO ME. THANK YOU.

WE HAVE ON HERE COUNCIL COMMENTS IF ANYONE HERE YOU KNOW. BUT JUSTIN I'M CRYING. I'LL GO AHEAD AND START. ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT TO START, JUSTIN I CAN START. GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO BE REAL BRIEF. CHARLIE WALKED OFF, BUT. SO, MR. MAYOR, I'LL SAY ABOUT YOU, THIS ROLE ISN'T EASY. WE'RE WE'RE TASKED WITH KIND OF CRAFTING AND SELLING A VISION FOR A COMMUNITY. BUT IN THAT THERE ARE ABOUT A THOUSAND DIFFERENT SIDE QUESTS THAT YOU CAN GET ON AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WILL DISTRACT YOU AND KIND OF TAKE YOU INTO SOME MICRO LEVEL TASKS. AND, MR. MAYOR, YOUR ABILITY TO DO BOTH SO WELL TO STAY IN THAT MACRO, TO SWITCH BETWEEN THOSE AND ALSO GET IN AND BE SO HUMBLE IN THOSE MICRO. IT IS AN IMPRESSIVE TRAIT THAT YOU HAVE. IT TAKES A SKILL. IT TAKES AN INCREDIBLE INTELLECT TO BE ABLE TO SWITCH BACK AND FORTH. AND IT DOES TAKE WHAT EVERYBODY HERE HAS MENTIONED. IT TAKES A SKILL, A SKILL SET OF LEADERSHIP THAT IS JUST TRULY ADMIRABLE. AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS CITY. CAN I DO WE ALSO WANT TO SPEAK TO, AS I SAY, SOME STUFF ABOUT CHARLIE AS WELL, CHARLIE, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU VERY WELL WHEN I STARTED ON COUNCIL, BUT I ALWAYS GOT TO WATCH AS YOU WOULD END COUNCIL MEETINGS TALKING ABOUT WHAT MATTERED TO YOU. IN OUR CITY, YOUNG PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PART OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU MENTIONED. AND IT JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I KNEW ABOUT YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, AS AS I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW YOU, I LOVE YOUR OPINIONS ON COUNCIL. BUT, MAN, GOING OUT INTO THE

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I'VE WATCHED YOU ON COUNCIL. I'VE WATCHED YOU IN THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU CARE ABOUT PEOPLE AND CARE ABOUT WHEN YOU MENTION RELATIONSHIPS. IT'S ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS AND THE CARE AND COMPASSION YOU HAVE FOR OUR YOUNG AND OUR. AND OUR ORGANIZATIONS IN MCKINNEY IS JUST PHENOMENAL. THANK YOU. AND I ENJOYED SERVING AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, MR. MAYOR. THAT'S ALWAYS THE BEST. THANK YOU. THAT IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST NOT WAIT FOR THAT MOMENT. THAT WAS PERFECTLY TIMED. THAT WAS AWESOME, CHARLIE. AS I SAID, THOUGHTFUL. LOVE IT. THAT WAS PERFECT. CHARLIE. I'VE BEEN TURNING THIS OVER FOR WEEKS AND THINGS. A COUPLE THINGS CAME AT ME AND ONE OF THEM WAS JUST LAST WEEK. WE ALL PROVIDE OUR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF VALUE ON THIS COUNCIL, BUT I GET TEXTS FROM CHARLIE THAT PAUL SPARKMAN'S WIFE HAD DIED. HE WAS A CITY EMPLOYEE FOR 38 YEARS. HE RETIRED A FEW MONTHS AGO TO TAKE CARE OF HIS WIFE. BUT CHARLIE'S DRIVING THROUGH VAN ALSTYNE. VAN ALSTYNE AND SEES PAUL SPARKMAN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SAY, PAUL. THAT'S THE PAYOFF OF THE RELATIONSHIP CREATOR THAT YOU ARE. AND IT MEANT SO MUCH TO HIM THAT WE WERE THERE. AND I'M NOT SURE THAT WE COULD HAVE BUDGETED THE TIME AND HAD WOULD HAVE HAD THE RUNWAY TO KNOW THAT THAT IT HAPPENED IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR YOU DOING THAT. WITH BOTH OF YOU. CHARLIE TOLD ME SOMETHING A WHILE BACK. HE TOLD ME HE SAID HE WANTED TO SEE A TEN STORY BUILDING IN MCKINNEY BEFORE HE WAS DONE. AND MAN, WE DIDN'T GET QUITE THERE. BUT WE GOT THE EIGHT STORY AT KAIZEN. AND BASED ON WHAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING HERE, THE WHEELS HAVE GOT FINALLY TURNING IN MOTION TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GET ONE OVER TEN STORIES HERE. BUT I'VE THOUGHT OF THAT AND WHAT IT IS YOU WANTED. BUT ANOTHER CORNER THAT CHARLIE HAD ON COUNCIL IS I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE DOING THE AMOUNT OF EMINENT DOMAIN THAT WE'VE DONE, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, ON HIGHWAY FIVE, WE HAVE TO RELOCATE THE UTILITIES

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THE TAX RATE WAS $0.59 PER HUNDRED WHEN THEY TOOK OFFICE IN 2017. I THINK IF WE TAKEN A POLL, WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE WHEN THEY'RE DONE? IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PRETTY HIGH NUMBER BECAUSE WE WERE ALL A LITTLE BIT STOCKHOLM SYNDROME BACK THEN, AND NO MATTER WHAT WE DID, WE COULDN'T REDUCE THAT TAX RATE. IT REDUCED 29% OVER EIGHT YEARS. AND IT IS SO RARE IN LIFE. I'VE ONLY HAD IT HAPPEN TO ME TWICE WITH GEORGE AND ONE OTHER PERSON TO HAVE THE CONVERGENCE OF ABILITY.

WANT TO INTELLECT, PASSION AND A LACK OF NEED FOR SLEEP THAT THIS MAN HAS DEMONSTRATED OVER EIGHT YEARS TO GET STUFF DONE. THE BALLS IN THE AIR THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THIS COURSE OF TIME HAVE BEEN MIND BOGGLING TO ME, AND THE AMOUNT OF HELP YOU HAVE BEEN WITH THAT IS AMAZING. I ONLY WANT TO I WANT TO PICK ON TWO ITEMS, ONE OF WHICH WHICH HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED. THE WE HAD TO WE'RE GETTING THIS 380 BYPASS AND THE ALIGNMENT WASN'T NECESSARILY WHAT WE WANTED, BUT WE NEEDED TEXDOT HAS A RULE THAT 10% OF THE COST OF RELOCATING YOUR UTILITIES MUST BE BORNE BY THE CITY. THAT MEANS THEY'RE 8,090%. THAT'S GOOD. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH 10% WAS 120 MILLION BUCKS OVER THE COURSE OF A COUPLE OF YEARS. THAT'S ABOUT $2,000 ON EVERYBODY'S WATER BILL THAT YOU WOULD HAVE PAID. SHOULD HAVE PAID. EVERYBODY PAYS IT. MCKINNEY'S NOT BECAUSE HE GOT AND HE GIVES US CREDIT. I'M REJECTING ALL CREDIT AND GIVING IT ALL TO HIM. HE GOT THE COUNTY TO PAY FOR IT. HE DID THAT FOR THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY. HE NEVER TALKS ABOUT IT. I TALK ABOUT IT. THE OTHER THING WAS, THOUGH, IS MORE IN THE CREATIVE PART. AND I THINK IT'S EASY FOR A MAN WHO IS THIS CREATIVE AND THIS PASSIONATE AND THIS ABLE AND THIS DRIVEN TO BE A LITTLE IMPATIENT WITH THOSE OF US THAT ARE NOT. AND I'M ONE OF THOSE. GEORGE HAS YELLED AT SOME PEOPLE I THINK THE HE'S I TOOK A LOOK AT IT. AND SCIENTIFICALLY, NUMBER ONE IS AUSTIN. NUMBER TWO IS RAIN. I'M IN THE TOP 20. THE LAST ONE IS AL PERRY. SO YOU'VE BEEN YOU'VE BEEN GOOD. BUT HE DOES. HE TOPS IS THAT EXAMPLE. TOPS IS THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DOING. BUT THINK ABOUT THIS JUST FOR A MINUTE. WE CAN BACK UP AND LOOK AT TOPS RIGHT NOW. IT WAS THE GRAIN MILL. IT WAS OLD. IT WAS SAD. NO ONE REALLY WANTED IT TO GO. BUT IT'S THE KIND OF THING WE ALL STAND AROUND, PUT OUR HANDS ON OUR HIPS, SAY, MAN, I WISH SOMEONE WOULD SAVE THAT. WELL, HOW THE HELL DO YOU SAVE THAT? WELL, YOU TAKE A BUSINESS THAT ALLEN WAS WOOING FOR $3 MILLION OF CASH. YOU PUT IT IN THE CITY OWNED PROJECT. YOU BASICALLY CREATE WHAT IS DAMN NEAR A PARK, MAKE IT A PROFIT CENTER, MAKE IT A GATHERING PLACE WHERE THE MOST ECONOMICALLY NEEDY OF OUR POPULATION CAN COME OVER AND ACTIVATE IT AND BE WITH THEIR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS. MY GRANDKIDS ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT PLACE. IT HAS BEEN WILDLY SUCCESSFUL IN EVERY SINGLE WAY, AND THE CITY OWNS 2% OF TUPPS. AND WHEN THE CITY'S GOING TO GET ALL THE MONEY BACK, THEY PUT IN, OR CDC IS GOING TO GET ALL THE MONEY BACK THEY PUT IN IN THE FORM OF RENT FROM TUPPS THROUGH A MAGNIFICENTLY ACTIVATED ASSET. I'M GOING TO FINISH WITH THIS LITTLE PART, BUT I WANT YOU TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE EXPERIMENT AND FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IF YOU WANT TO AFTER YOU DO IT, BUT I LIKE TAKING PEOPLE WHO ARE FROM NOT AROUND HERE, AROUND HERE. AND I SAY, JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK. WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF A WEIRD SYNDROME BEING HERE IN MCKINNEY AND BEING IN THIS MAGNIFICENT CITY UNDER THIS MAGNIFICENT LEADERSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD FROM THIS MAN. AND

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THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON. AND CHARLIE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M IT'S MY IT'S MY GOAL HERE. I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET INVOLVED IN AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN MCKINNEY AS YOU CAN. AND IT STARTED OUT WITH, WITH QUINTUS, YOU KNOW, FIRST, FIRST MEETING ME AND CHARLIE WENT TO KIWANIS AND I AND I JOINED KIWANIS, AND I WAS A MEMBER OF COLLINS FOR TWO YEARS.

AND IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE. AND, CHARLIE, YOU KNOW, IT ALL CAME FROM CHARLIE AND HIS SERVICE. AND AS I GOT TO KNOW CHARLIE, IT'S LIKE ORGANIZATION AFTER ORGANIZATION. YOU KNOW, YOUR YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH YOUR CHURCH. AND I'M JUST LIKE, MAN, THIS IS A NO WONDER I LOST. I NEVER HAD A CHANCE. THIS GUY, THIS GUY IS THE REAL DEAL. BUT YOU TAUGHT ME A LOT, CHARLIE. AND I THANK YOU FOR THE FRIENDSHIP. AND I THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME GET INVOLVED, BECAUSE, I MEAN, WITHOUT YOU, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS ON A COMMUNITY LEVEL, ON A VOLUNTEER LEVEL, I WOULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN THERE. THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE. YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, PATRICK, IT'S LIKE THERE'S SO MUCH YOU CAN SAY ABOUT GEORGE. I MEAN, EVERYBODY HAS THEIR, YOU KNOW, LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT GEORGE HAS DONE IN MCKINNEY. I MEAN, I MEAN, IT'S FROM THE MUSIC ASPECT, THE LONG GUITAR RIFFS ON ON PURPLE RAIN. I MEAN, I JUST IT'S JUST THERE'S SO MANY THINGS YOU CAN LIST THAT LIKE HE'S JUST GREAT AT, YOU KNOW, AND I WHEN I PLAYED BASKETBALL, THERE WAS ONE THING MY COACH MADE ALL THE PLAYERS DO, AND THAT WAS WE HAD TO READ, YOU KNOW, PYRAMID OF SUCCESS BY JOHN WOOTEN AND ON HIS PYRAMID, IT HAD ABOUT 15 QUALITIES OF A OF A MAN THAT MAKES THEM, YOU KNOW, WHAT MAKES THEM GREAT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE HAD TO MEMORIZE THIS WHOLE THING AND, AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT BOOK A COUPLE DAYS AGO, AND I WAS JUST LIKE, FOR ALL THE PLAYERS AND EVERY MAN THAT I'VE EVER MET, THERE'S VERY FEW THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT TOUCHES ALL THOSE QUALITIES. AND IT'S LIKE. AND THEN I THINK OF GEORGE, OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE CITY AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE AS OUR, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST BEING A FRIEND. I MEAN, I WROTE A COUPLE OF THEM DOWN. I MEAN, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, LOYALTY TO YOURSELF AND THOSE DEPENDENT UPON YOU KEEP YOUR SELF RESPECT, YOU KNOW, COOPERATION, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL LEVELS OF YOUR OF YOUR TEAMMATES. LISTEN, IF YOU WANT TO BE HEARD, BE INTERESTED IN FINDING THE BEST WAY AND NOT YOUR WAY. FRIENDSHIP COMES, COMES FROM A MUTUAL MUTUAL ESTEEM, RESPECT AND DEVOTION.

LIKE LIKE MARRIAGE. IT MUST BE TAKEN. IT MUST NOT BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED, BUT REQUIRES A JOINT EFFORT. AND OBVIOUSLY THE, YOU KNOW, PART OF JOHN WOOTEN IS COMPETITIVE GREATNESS BEING YOUR BEST WHEN YOUR BEST IS NEEDED. I MEAN, JUST THE ENJOYMENT OF A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE. AND THAT KIND OF NOT KIND OF IT EMBODIES YOU, GEORGE. IT JUST YOU'RE COMPETITIVE. GREATNESS IS THE BEST I'VE SEEN IN, IN ALL MY YEARS OF, YOU KNOW, JUST DEALING WITH PEOPLE AND BANKING AND MY FRIEND, YOU KNOW, FRIENDSHIP, FAMILY, CHURCH. IT'S JUST YOUR DRIVE TO GET THINGS DONE IS LIKE NO OTHER. I, I SIT BACK ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AND JUST. AND WHEN I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,

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YOU KNOW, AND WE AND HE GATHERS THE TROOPS AND TROOPS AND WE MOVE FULL FORCE AND WE GET THINGS DONE. I MEAN, I MEAN, LOOK AROUND MCKINNEY. IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM 2017 TO NOW. AND GEORGE, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T LIKE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR, FOR THINGS, BUT WITHOUT YOU, HALF OF THIS DOESN'T GET DONE. AND SO, I MEAN, THE COMMUNITY THANKS YOU, I THANK YOU, WE LOVE YOU. AND YOU'RE A GREAT FRIEND AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSED UP HERE.

THANKS, SIR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO HOLD IT TOGETHER TONIGHT. I THINK I'VE PROBABLY CRIED FROM THIS DAIS FOR THE LAST MONTH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO. I'VE BEEN PRACTICING NOT DOING THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO START WITH CHARLIE. CHARLIE HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE ON THIS COUNCIL WITH YOU. I AM CERTAINLY GOING TO MISS ALL THE UPDATES ON ALL THE ATHLETES ACROSS MCKINNEY. I MEAN, IT'S SO WONDERFUL. SOMETIMES WE'RE SO INGRAINED IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE MISS KIND OF THAT BIGGER PICTURE THAT GIVES US ALL THE FEELS ABOUT WHY MCKINNEY IS SO WONDERFUL. AND, CHARLIE, YOU PROVIDE A WEEKLY UPDATE TO REMIND US JUST HOW AWESOME THIS COMMUNITY IS IN TERMS OF OUR NEXT GENERATION. SO THAT'S BEEN GREAT. THE OTHER THING THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT YOU IS THAT YOU HAVE CONSISTENTLY REMINDED US THAT WE NEED TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, WHICH IS ANOTHER ASPECT THAT MAKES ME SO PRIDEFUL ABOUT THE PLACE THAT WE LIVE IN.

AND I MEAN, WE ACTUALLY CONSIDERED ADDING THAT AS A PILLAR ON OUR STRATEGIC WHEN ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S WE DIDN'T ADD IT, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING AS WE SET POLICIES AND LOOK AT FUTURE PLANNING, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT. SO, CHARLIE, I APPRECIATE THE PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU BROUGHT UP TO COUNCIL FOR THAT. AND I DO WISH YOU THE BEST IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS FOR GEORGE. HERE'S WHAT I WILL SAY. AND I'VE KIND OF PROBABLY REITERATED THIS STORY IN A NUMBER OF PLACES. BUT GEORGE KIND OF CALLED ME TO SERVICE AT A TIME WHEN I WAS ABSOLUTELY AT MY LOWEST POINT IN LIFE. AND I THINK IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE, YOU KNOW THAT SOMETIMES LIFE COMES AT YOU AND IT THROWS YOU CURVEBALLS THAT YOU NEVER EXPECTED, AND SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE THING IS JUST THE WHOLE LIFE IS JUST MESSED UP, YOU KNOW? AND I REMEMBER BEING AT ONE POINT AND THINKING, I JUST WANT MY LIFE TO MEAN SOMETHING. I WANT MY TIME TO BE GIVEN TO PEOPLE AROUND ME. I DON'T WANT TO BE SELF-SERVING. I WANT TO DO WHAT IS THE WILL OF GOD IN MY LIFE, AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SERVE GOD'S PEOPLE. AND I WAS REALLY SEARCHING FOR THAT, HAVING BEEN AT THE BOTTOM NOW OF MY OF MY LIFE. AND THEN I THE NEXT DAY AFTER, REALLY, WHAT WAS THE WORST DAY I'VE EVER HAD? I GET THIS CALL FROM GEORGE FULLER AND SAYS, HEY, I HEAR YOU LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE. AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A COMPLETELY LIFE ALTERING PATH FOR ME. WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT THAT IS THAT YOU GAVE ME A FRONT ROW SEAT TO WHAT EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO LEAD WITH COURAGE AND BOLDNESS AND DISCERNMENT AND WISDOM ALMOST ALWAYS. YOU SHOWED ME WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE TO MAKE A MISTAKE AND OWN IT, AND THEN TO WORK TO CORRECT IT. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU DID WHAT THIS CITY NEEDED YOU TO DO, RIGHT? THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT A MAYOR IS SUPPOSED TO DO. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING TO BUDGET RESPONSIBLY. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO NOT HOLD ON TO EVERY SINGLE PENNY SO MUCH THAT YOU LET THE CITY GO DOWNHILL. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A VISION FOR GROWTH IN THE FUTURE. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO THINK ABOUT ECONOMIC VIABILITY. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO ENGAGE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TRY TO MAKE THIS CITY, YOU KNOW, A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM THE BEST IT COULD BE. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HELP THE STAFF SET POLICIES. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE AND HOLD THE STAFF ACCOUNTABLE. YOU DID ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AS A MAYOR, AND YOU DID IT WITH SO MUCH GRACE THAT IT'S JUST BEEN A PLEASURE TO WATCH. IN ALL HONESTY, ON THE OTHER END OF THAT, YOU SHOWED US YOUR HUMAN SIDE. SO WHEN YOU HAD BATTLES AND YOU'VE HAD QUITE A FEW, I ALWAYS SAY, IF YOU YOU PICK A BONE WITH GEORGE, HE'S LIKE A DOG WITH A BONE. HE'S NOT GOING TO LET IT GO UNTIL WE GET TO THE VERY BOTTOM OF THAT ISSUE. BUT ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU WERE WRONG, YOU OWNED IT. YOU WERE NOT AFRAID TO BUILD A BRIDGE WITH SOMEBODY WHO HAD A HANDFUL OF MATCHES AND HAD BURNED BRIDGES. BEFORE. YOU STEP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND YOU SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? FORGET EVERYTHING. AND YOU. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE WIPE A SLATE COMPLETELY CLEAN AND START OVER WITH SOMEBODY THAT'S BASHED YOU REPEATEDLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT YOU'VE DONE THAT. YOU'VE LET GO OF GRUDGES, YOU'VE BUILT BRIDGES, YOU'VE HAD FUN. WE HAD A I HAVE VIDEO OF HIM DOING THE MC HAMMER DANCE AND MC HAMMER PANTS, YOU GUYS, THAT WILL BURN YOUR EYEBALLS OUT. BUT IT WAS FUN. HE KNEW HOW TO LET HIS HAIR DOWN BECAUSE HE DID THAT. HE

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SO BEFORE WHAT WEREN'T MY COMMENTS? THOSE WERE JUST PART OF THE RECOGNITION. SO NOW I HAVE MY COMMENTS. I DID NOT RECOGNIZE MY DAUGHTER RIGHT THERE. JOPLIN. OKAY. YES, SHE'S THE ONLY FAMILY MEMBER THAT WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY. AND BUT SHE DIDN'T LET ME DOWN. THANK YOU, BABY, FOR BEING HERE GEORGE AND I DID, I DID, I WAS TALKING I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I, I DON'T REMEMBER IF I SAID OR NOT, BUT I TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUS COUNCILS AND HOW THEY SET US UP.

AND I NAMED SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, RANDY POLK. IF I DIDN'T MENTION YOUR NAME, THAT WAS A THAT WAS A THAT WAS A BAD OVERSIGHT ON MY PART. RANDY POLK WAS MAYOR PRO TEM WHEN ON THE COUNCIL BEFORE I CAME ON 2017 AND WAS SO MUCH PART OF THAT LEADERSHIP IN THE COUNCILS I TALK ABOUT THAT SET US UP FOR THE SUCCESSES THAT THAT WE'VE HAD. SO IF I DIDN'T MENTION YOU BEFORE, RANDY, WANT TO MAKE SURE I DID NOW. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON. YES, SIR. MAY I MAKE ONE COMMENT QUICKLY? I JUST WANT TO MAKE A CORRECTION ON WHAT PATRICK SAID EARLIER, BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY A FIVE STAR RESTAURANT AND A TEN STORY BUILDING BEFORE I LEFT COUNCIL.

AND OUR LITTLE FRIEND DAVID CRAIG HERE INTRODUCED ME TO BOB AND BOB'S CHOPHOUSE AND BRINGS THEM TO MCKINNEY. AND TONIGHT WE'RE APPROVING A 1617 STORY HOTEL. THAT'S ONE MAN WHO WANTS ME OFF OF COUNCIL RIGHT THERE. I'D LIKE TO RETRACT MY STATEMENT, THEN. PATRICK HERE.

NO COMMENT. MAYOR BEFORE WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE

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HE WAS THAT AS A FRIEND TO ME. HE WAS THAT ON COUNCIL. I CONSIDER HIM MY BROTHER IN ARM.

WE WERE ON THE BATTLEFIELD TOGETHER. THAT'S THE WAY I LOOK AT HIM. AND NOW JUST ANOTHER EVIDENCE OF HOW LOYAL THAT MAN IS CALLED TO LEAVE. HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE WOULD BE ABLE TO PICK UP AND LEAVE THEIR LIFE FOR THREE YEARS? AND WHAT RANDY TOLD ME ONCE, AND I'VE KIND OF PLAGIARIZED IT, AND I CLAIM IT AS MY OWN WITH MY KIDS. I TELL HE TOLD ME ONCE THAT ATTITUDE AND EFFORT IS ALL WE CONTROL IN OUR LIFE. HOW MUCH EFFORT DO WE PUT INTO SOMETHING? HOW MUCH AND WHAT IS OUR ATTITUDE WHEN THINGS DON'T GO RIGHT? WHAT KIND OF ATTITUDE DO WE HAVE? HOW DO WE HOW DO WE FACE ALL OF THOSE THINGS, CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES? WHAT IS OUR ATTITUDE, OUR ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE? OR IS IT IS IT SOMETHING ELSE? AND THEN AGAIN, EFFORT. SO I HE TOLD ME THAT. AND I SHARE THAT WITH MY KIDS AND MY GRANDKIDS AND EVERYBODY. BUT I GUESS SINCE HE'S PROBABLY WATCHING, I HAVE TO CREDIT HIM. THAT WAS HIM THAT GAVE THAT TO ME. SO IF I'VE TOLD IT TO YOU AND YOU THOUGHT THOSE WERE GREAT WORDS OF WISDOM, CONTINUE THINKING THAT. BUT THAT

[Presentation of the Tourism Friendly Texas Certification to Visit McKinney by the State of Texas, Office of the Governor, Economic Development & Tourism]

YEP. THERE IT IS. COME ON, COME ON. SORRY, I HAVE TO I HAVE TO GET BOSSY.

OKAY. PRESENTED TO MCKINNEY, TEXAS, IN RECOGNITION OF ITS ACHIEVEMENT AS A CERTIFIED TOURISM FRIENDLY TEXAS COMMUNITY JANUARY 16TH, 2025 SIGNED BY GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT AND TIM FENNELL, DIRECTOR OF TOURISM. LOOK AT THIS AND YOU KNOW WHAT TOURISM MEANS. IT MEANS SALES TAX DOLLARS BEING SPENT IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERY RESIDENT HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. THANK YOU MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. ON BEHALF OF VISIT MCKINNEY, WE ARE HONORED TO ACCEPT THE TOURISM FRIENDLY TEXAS CERTIFIED COMMUNITY DESIGNATION. THIS RECOGNITION AFFIRMS MCKINNEY'S STRONG COMMITMENT TO MAKING TOURISM A CORNERSTONE OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND QUALITY OF LIFE. IT ALSO REFLECTS THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION WE SHARE WITH OUR CITY, WITH OUR CITY LEADERSHIP, LOCAL BUSINESSES AND OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY. I ESPECIALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR SENIOR COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA SPECIALIST. SHE HATES THIS BETH SHUMATE, WHOSE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN COMPLETING THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS. HER EFFORTS TRULY EXEMPLIFY THE EXCELLENCE WE STRIVE FOR EVERY DAY. WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE BUILDING ON THIS MOMENTUM, WELCOMING VISITORS AND SHARING ALL THAT MAKES MCKINNEY SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. LOVE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. MY NAME IS MADELINE PHILLIPS. I COME FROM THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC NO, SORRY, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM, BUT WE'RE MORE LOCALLY KNOWN AS TRAVEL TEXAS, WHERE THE MAIN TOURISM BODY FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS AND OUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITY IS TO PROMOTE TEXAS OUTSIDE OF TEXAS. BUT WE REALLY RELY ON GREAT DESTINATION PARTNERS LIKE VISIT MCKINNEY TO DO THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND WORK HERE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY I'VE DONE SEVERAL OF THESE NOW OVER 20 THIS YEAR, AND THIS IS BY FAR THE NICEST COUNCIL BUILDING, BUT IT'S BEEN A REAL PRIVILEGE TO GET AN INSIGHT INTO YOUR COMMUNITY. HEARING ALL OF YOU SPEAK. YOU GUYS TOOK A LOT OF MY POINTS THAT I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ABOUT THE DESTINATION ITSELF, WHICH JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT YOU HAVE A REAL INVOLVEMENT, APPRECIATION, AND A COMMITMENT TO RECOGNIZING AND LEVERAGING TOURISM FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE QUICK HIGHLIGHTS, IF I COULD. AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A NICE LITTLE PICTURE TOGETHER. SO IT'S MY HONOR TO BE

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LOOKING AHEAD AGAIN ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT, BUT WE ARE ALL VERY EXCITED IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY HERE IN TEXAS TO HEAR ABOUT ALL THE FUN THINGS IN MCKINNEY. BUT 20,000 SEAT AMPHITHEATER, CANNON BEACH AND SURF ADVENTURE PARK EXPECTED TO WELCOME OVER 750,000 VISITORS ANNUALLY. NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN SPORTS, TOURISM, MEETING SPACES AND ASPIRATIONS FOR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND DOWNTOWN HOTEL. I DID NOT KNOW THAT THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. SO VERY EXCITING. AND THEN, OF COURSE, ABOVE ALL, A GROWING DATA DRIVEN STRATEGY TO TELL MCKINNEY STORY TO MORE AUDIENCES MORE EFFECTIVELY. TOURISM IS NOT JUST ABOUT VISITORS, IT'S ABOUT CREATING A CITY PEOPLE ARE PROUD TO CALL HOME. IT'S ABOUT MAKING PLACES THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND SPARK PRIDE IN THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. SO AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND TRAVEL TEXAS, IT'S ABSOLUTELY MY PLEASURE TO OFFICIALLY CERTIFY VISIT MCKINNEY AS A TOURISM FRIENDLY TEXAS COMMUNICATION.

[Recognition of McKinney Christian Academy Boys Baseball State Champions]

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THIS.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS (for Non-Public Hearing Items)]

AND TO COUNCILMAN PHILLIPS AND TO MAYOR FULLER, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL LEAVE IN A SPIRIT OF HUMILITY THAT LEADS TO CONTINUED COLLABORATIVE SERVICE TOWARDS MAKING THINGS BETTER, AND NOT WITH ANY TASTE OF BITTERNESS. I PRAY THAT ANY VOTE THAT YOU MIGHT REGRET, ANY PERSON THAT YOU MAY FEEL LIKE YOU MAY HAVE WRONGED, ANY ISSUE THAT MAY HAVE TURNED ASIDE, OR I PRAY THAT

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THAT LEFT HER 30S SO I CAN TAKE THOSE. BORROW THOSE FROM HER. BUT BISMILLAHIRRAHMANIRRAHIM.

ASSALAMU ALAIKUM EVERYONE AND I START IN THE NAME OF GOD AND I START BY SENDING PEACE AND BLESSINGS ON EVERY ONE OF YOU. THIS IS SUMMER RECORD 5025 GERANIUM COURT, MCKINNEY, TEXAS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO HAVE OPINIONS FROM THE SIDELINES, ESPECIALLY IN LOCAL POLITICS, WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS SOMEONE. BUT I WANT TO BE RAW AND REAL HERE. FROM MY EXPERIENCE IN LEADERSHIP, MCKINNEY LEADING A CITY IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT AT ALL. THIS WORK IS NOT EASY. IT'S RARELY PERFECT, BUT LEADERSHIP NEVER IS. HOWEVER, WHAT IT SHOULD BE IS BEING ROOTED IN SERVICE THROUGH TRUTH AND LOVE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHAT IT HAS BEEN UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MAYOR GEORGE FULLER. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR GEORGE FULLER AND THE FIRST LADY, MAYLEE THOMAS FULLER, FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. FOR EIGHT YEARS, MAYOR FULLER, YOU DIDN'T JUST SIT AT THE TABLE. YOU STOOD UP FOR THE PEOPLE. WHEN IT WASN'T POPULAR. YOU MADE HARD CALLS WHEN IT WASN'T EASY. AND THROUGH STORMS, THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC LOST DIVISION, GRIEF AND DOUBT. YOU NEVER STOPPED SHOWING UP FOR MCKINNEY. YOU DIDN'T LEAD FOR APPLAUSE. YOU LED FOR RESULTS. YOU DIDN'T JUST TALK ABOUT LOVING THE CITY. YOU SHOWED IT. WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS AGREED ON EVERYTHING. AND THAT'S OKAY, BECAUSE THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF DEMOCRACY. BUT THERE IS SOMETHING DEEPER THAT I'VE WITNESSED, AND I BELIEVE MANY OF US, REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE STAND, CAN AGREE ON THIS. YOU AND MELLIE SHOWED UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH COURAGE, CONSISTENCY, CARE, AND DEEP CONCERN FOR MCKINNEY. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE NOISE IN POLITICS, AND I WANT TO SAY THAT DIRECTLY TO YOU. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE NOISE, ACCUSATIONS, DISTRACTIONS, DIVISIONS. BUT IF YOU LOOK PAST ALL OF THAT AND YOU LOOK AT TRULY WHAT THE HEART OF MCKINNEY IS, PEOPLE WILL SEE YOUR LEGACY, YOUR SACRIFICE, AND YOUR SERVICE EVERYWHERE. AND NO ONE CAN SAY THAT THEY NEVER BENEFITED FROM THIS CITY. WHAT IT BECAME UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP. SO I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT. AND, MELLIE, I DON'T THINK SHE'S HERE TONIGHT, BUT YOUR COMPASSION HELD US TOGETHER IN WAYS. WHETHER IT WAS STANDING TOGETHER IN GRIEF FOR UVALDE, TEXAS, OR STANDING TOGETHER HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT HELD US TOGETHER IN WAYS THAT WE CANNOT CAPTURE. YOU'VE MADE THE CITY FEEL LIKE HOME FOR SO MANY OF US. AND IN THIS MOMENT, MY DEAR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHEN OPINIONS MAY DIFFER AND TENSIONS RUN HIGH, I WANT TO SAY THIS SIMPLE AND CLEARLY THAT I THANK BOTH MAYOR GEORGE FULLER AND HIS BEAUTIFUL LIFE. MELLIE, WIFE AND LIFE MAINLY FOR LOVING MCKINNEY LIKE IT WAS THEIR OWN FAMILY. BECAUSE TO SO MANY OF US, MCKINNEY IS EXACTLY THAT. AND I ALSO WANT TO REQUEST EVERYONE, WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN A SUPPORTER, A CRICKET, A CRITIC, COME ON CRITIC, OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN, WE'RE ALL ONE COMMUNITY. I HOPE WE CAN ALL TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THIS TRUTH THAT WE ARE ALL TOGETHER, REGARDLESS OF OUR DIFFERENCES. AND MCKINNEY IS STRONGER AND BETTER TODAY BECAUSE OF YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE OWE YOU OUR RESPECT AND OUR GRATITUDE. AND LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST, COUNCILMAN PHILLIPS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LARRY PEREIRA AND LARRY, AS YOU'RE COMING UP, I WANT TO SAY I TALKED ABOUT MY CAMPAIGN TEAM, VOLUNTEER TEAM, AND I DIDN'T MENTION YOU AND KIM. YOU WERE VERY, VERY HELPFUL AND PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HELL I'VE BEEN ENDURING FOR EIGHT YEARS.

SO. AND I LOVE THE SHIRT. THANK YOU. SO, MAYOR PHIL AND MELLIE, I THINK SHE'S WATCHING. YOU GUYS

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YOU PROVIDED WARMTH, YOU PROVIDED WATER. THOSE ARE NOT THE KIND OF THINGS THAT MAYORS ALWAYS HAVE TO DO, BECAUSE IT WAS ON YOUR TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, ALL NIGHT LONG. I DON'T THINK YOU SLEPT THOSE THAT WHOLE WEEK. I KNOW YOU DIDN'T BECAUSE I WAS GETTING SOME TEXTS TOO. SO. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN ALL THE STUFF THAT YOU HAVE LED IN BRINGING HERE FROM A COMMERCIAL PERSPECTIVE AND THOSE THINGS BUSINESSPEOPLE AND MAYORS, THEY THEY DO IT. SOME DO IT BETTER THAN OTHERS LIKE YOU. BUT THE TWO THINGS I JUST MENTIONED, THOSE GO WAY ABOVE AND BEYOND ANYBODY'S CALLING IN ANY PUBLIC OFFICE. AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, YOU KNOW, THANKS FOR SAVING OUR LIVES. IN THOSE TWO INSTANCES, ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S BEEN SAID THAT YOU'VE DONE, WHICH YOU HAVE, YOU BROUGHT STUFF IN. SO ALL THAT SAID. YOU ARE LEAVING YOUR AMAZING IMPRINT ON MCKINNEY FOR MANY, MANY, MANY GENERATIONS TO COME, PROBABLY FOREVER. FOR EXAMPLE, THE AIRPORT WITH MAINLY BY YOUR SIDE YOU ROCKED AND MCKINNEY ROLLED. WE HOPE YOU'LL STAY ENGAGED IN MCKINNEY AND CONTINUE BEING THE PILLARS OF MCKINNEY. KIM AND I PERSONALLY WILL PERSONALLY MISS YOU AND OUR MAYOR AND MAYOR LY AS A FIRST LADY, BUT THE FRIENDSHIP WILL LAST FOREVER. AND YOU'VE BEEN AN AWESOME FAMILY FRIEND, AND SO HAS MELLIE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. LARRY. ANGELA RICHARDSON WOODS, WHO I DID NOT MENTION BEFORE. NOT ONLY IS SHE A DEAR FRIEND AND AN INCREDIBLE HUMAN BEING IN THIS COMMUNITY, BUT SHE WAS ALSO ON COUNCIL AND PART OF THE GREAT SUCCESSES THAT WE'VE HAD. AND I'M SORRY, ANGELA. AMEN. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I DON'T HAVE NOTES? THANK YOU, MAYOR FULLER. SO I'M GOING TO JUST MAKE MY COMMENTS TO BOTH YOU AND COUNCILMAN PHILLIPS. THANK YOU FOR SEEING, AS I TOLD YOU IN BOTH OF YOU SEEING SO MUCH IN ME, SO MUCH OF MY LEADERSHIP, I'VE PULLED FROM EVERY LEADER ON THIS DAIS AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND LEADERS BEFORE HAVE MADE ME THE FABRIC OF WHO I AM. I AM SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE SERVED WITH EACH OF YOU AND SERVE SIDE BY SIDE WITH YOU, AND TO DANCE WITH YOU AND TO LISTEN TO PARLIAMENT WITH YOU. AND SO I AM JUST REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THIS REALLY JUST QUICK POEM, A LEADER'S WORD, A SHINING LIGHT IN DARKEST HOURS, SHINE EVER BRIGHT WITH STEADY HAND AND VISION CLEAR. THEY GUIDE THE WAY. DISPELLING FEAR. EXCELLENCE BLOOMS VIBRANT GRACE IN EVERY ACT A TIME AND SPACE, THEIR HEART ABLAZE A FIERY SPARK INSPIRING ALL TO LEAVE THEIR MARK. A LEADER'S TOUCH, A GENTLE BREEZE THAT STEERS THE SOULS AND BRING THEM EASE. THEY BUILD WITH TRUST A SOLID GROUND WHERE STRENGTH, WHERE STRENGTH AND WISDOM CAN BE FOUND. EXCELLENCE STRIVES A STEADY BEAT IN EVERY PATH, BOTH ROUGH AND SWEET, THEIR MIND AWAKE A VIBRANT HUM. CREATING FUTURES YET TO COME. A LEADER'S SOUL A BOUNDLESS SEA.

REFLECTING BACK ON ALL TO SEE. WITH OPEN ARMS AND HEART IS SO TRUE. THEY SHARE THEIR LIGHT FOR ME AND YOU. EXCELLENT, SINGS A JOYFUL SOUND. IN EVERY DEED A HALLOWED GROUND, THEIR SPIRIT STRONG AND GUIDING STAR. INSPIRING ALL NEAR AND FAR. BOTH OF YOU HAVE DONE THAT FOR OUR

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OKAY. AND YOUR TIME IS UP. IF WE'LL GO DOWN TO SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT, YOU DON'T WANT ME TO GET UP HERE AND SPEAK. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. BOTH CHARLIE AND MAYOR FULLER, FOR WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO THE CITY OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. I'VE HAD THE INCREDIBLE HONOR OF WATCHING YOU, MAYOR FULLER, OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. REALLY? AND SEE HOW MUCH YOU'VE GIVEN THE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS WHERE YOU ARE AT WORK BEFORE ALL OF US ARE THERE, AND YOU DO SO WITH WITH THE HEART OF A SERVANT. YOU LEAD LIKE NO, NOBODY I'VE EVER SEEN. YOU ARE A CONSTANT TEACHER. YOU ARE SOMEBODY THAT IS THERE WHENEVER YOU NEED THEM. AND THROUGH IT ALL, YOU RECEIVE A TAX FROM PEOPLE THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU, THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND THE HEART THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO OUR CITY AND THE COUNTLESS, COUNTLESS, COUNTLESS HOURS. IF ANYBODY KNEW HOW MUCH TIME YOU GIVE, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, A FEW HOURS A DAY. IT IS ALMOST ALL HOURS OF EVERY DAY OF EVERY WEEK FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. I HOPE THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER AND THROUGH THE ONLINE CHATTER THAT PEOPLE CAN STOP ATTACKING OUR LEADERS AND INSTEAD COME TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE MAY NOT ALL AGREE. BUT THERE IS ONE THING THAT IS SO, SO VITALLY IMPORTANT. WE HAVE A HEART FOR THIS CITY, AND IT IS LEADERS LIKE MAYOR FULLER. AND THANK YOU, CHARLIE, FOR ALWAYS, ALWAYS REACHING OUT TO THOSE THAT ARE LESS FORTUNATE AND IN SERVING THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED. AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I REACHED OUT TO YOU ONCE TO AS A MENTOR FOR MY SON, AND YOU IMMEDIATELY SAID YES. AND IT'S IT TAKES PEOPLE LIKE THAT THAT ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO SAY YES.

ALL OF YOU ON COUNCIL, YOU GUYS GIVE TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN, NONE OF US APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS GIVE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN THIS CITY AND THE COUNTLESS HOURS AND SACRIFICE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN.

THANK YOU. SALLY. SALLY. GOOD EVENING. SO I HAVE A CONFESSION, GEORGE. MISTER MAYOR, EIGHT YEARS AGO, I SUPPORTED ANOTHER CANDIDATE. AND YOUR TIME IS UP, I KNOW. AT THAT TIME, I WAS JUST BEGINNING TO GET INVOLVED IN THE CITY. I JUST LIVED HERE, MOVED TO MCKINNEY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND I WAS VOLUNTEERING WITH NONPROFITS AND SUPPORTING MCKINNEY CHARITIES, AND IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG BEFORE I WAS RUNNING INTO YOU AND MELLIE, WHICH SEEMED LIKE AT EVERY EVENT OVER TIME, I HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT TO YOUR CHARM, YOUR KINDNESS, YOUR COMPASSION, AND MOST OF ALL, YOUR TIRELESS DEDICATION TO OUR CITY. I REALLY I QUICKLY REALIZED THAT MCKINNEY WAS IN THE HANDS OF SOMEONE WHO NOT ONLY LED WITH VISION, BUT WITH HEART. SO TODAY I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EIGHT YEARS OF PROGRESS, FORWARD THINKING, AND WHAT TRULY FELT LIKE ROUND THE CLOCK SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF MCKINNEY. AS GANDHI ONCE SAID, THE BEST WAY TO FIND YOURSELF IS TO LOSE YOURSELF IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS. AND THAT COULDN'T BE MORE TRUE ABOUT YOUR TIME AS MAYOR. YOU'VE POURED YOURSELF INTO THIS COMMUNITY, AND IT SHOWS AS YOU STEP INTO YOUR NEXT CHAPTER. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE TIME FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, THOUGH I KNOW YOU WON'T BE OR SIT FOR TOO LONG, I KNOW YOU'LL CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO SERVE BECAUSE THAT'S JUST WHO YOU ARE. I'M BLESSED NOT ONLY TO CALL YOU MY MAYOR, BUT ALSO MY FRIEND AND

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IT'S A PLACE THAT I KNOW IS CLOSE TO YOUR HEART. IN FACT, IT WAS THROUGH YOUR SUPPORT OF MCKINNEY ISD AND YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS AND ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS THAT I CAME TO KNOW YOU. I CONSIDER YOU A FRIEND, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO THE VISION, COMPASSION, AND HEART THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU. AND AS WE ALL KNOW, SATURDAY IS ELECTION DAY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY THAT IF YOUR CANDIDATE DOESN'T WIN, DON'T LOSE HEART. BECAUSE I WAS THERE AT SOME POINT. BUT WHAT MATTERS MOST IS THAT WE STAY ENGAGED, THAT WE STAY HOPEFUL, AND THAT WE KEEP SHOWING UP FOR OUR CITY, FOR THIS GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. BECAUSE WHEN GOOD PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AND THEY GET INVOLVED, THEN MCKINNEY WINS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. LISA PERRY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

FIRST, CHARLIE, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE. I KNOW IT'S A HARD JOB TO BE OUT IN FRONT AND LEADING, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT AND WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO IT.

I'M SURE YOU LOST A LOT OF SLEEP, TOO. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I'D LOVE YOUR ALSO ESPECIALLY LOVED YOUR CHARMING ENTHUSIASM FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. WONDERFUL. MAYOR FULLER, I'LL TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE. AND ACTUALLY MOST OF IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED TONIGHT. AND SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF SKIP THROUGH SOME OF MY PRE-WRITTEN COMMENTS. BUT IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT MCKINNEY HAS IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES, AND IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT WE'VE BEEN NAMED ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO LIVE. IT IS A DIRECT RESULT OF GOOD LEADERSHIP AND SMART DECISIONS ABOUT SMART GROWTH. IN FACT, BRILLIANT GROWTH, AND YOU HAVE BEEN THE LEADER OF OUR LEADERS FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, SO YOU DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT. THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WOULD HAVE DIED WITHOUT YOUR VISION, YOUR DRIVE, AND YOUR EXCEPTIONAL TALENTS OF IN THE ART OF PERSUASION IS LONG AND IMPRESSIVE. YOUR CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO LIFT UP THE EAST SIDE OF MCKINNEY WAS NOT JUST RHETORIC. IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT DREW ME TO VOLUNTEER FOR YOUR CAMPAIGN IN 2017. TODAY, WHEN I VISIT TUPPS BREWERY OR THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING HERE TODAY WITH THE SILOS IN VIEW, I AM SO PROUD TO LIVE HERE, JUST AS PROUD AS I AM TO GO DOWNTOWN. OUR GEM OF A DOWNTOWN. YOU MADE THAT HAPPEN.

SO IF YOU BUILT A BRIDGE THAT WENT FROM DOWNTOWN TO EAST SIDE, AND NOW JUST SPREAD THE LOVE AND THE COMMERCE AND IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL THING. ONE THING THAT WASN'T MENTIONED TONIGHT, BUT I HOLD DEAR TO MY HEART, IS THE WAY YOU STOOD UP FOR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WHEN THEY CAME UNDER JUST UNBELIEVABLE ATTACK WITH BASELESS NONSENSE, CRAZY ACCUSATIONS. YOU WERE VERY VOCAL AND THEY KNEW THAT YOU HAD THEIR BACK. AND I KNOW I SPEAK FOR THEM WHEN I SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT WAS AMAZING. YOUR LEADERSHIP DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC AND THE RACIAL UNREST DURING AND AFTER, THERE WAS NO ROADMAP FOR THAT.

YOU HAD NO IDEA THAT YOU WOULD FACE THAT. NO ONE WAS PREPARED FOR THAT. AND IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU GAVE US. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'VE SEEN YOU WORK HARDER THAN I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WAS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT YOU PUT INTO UNDERSTANDING

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PEOPLE COME AT THAT STAFF, THEY'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH GEORGE, AND I LOVE THAT. AND I THINK THEY DID TOO. YOU STOOD SIDE BY SIDE, SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH FIRST RESPONDERS, POLICE AND FIRE. NEVER A PIECE OF LIGHT BETWEEN YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND YOU STOOD SIDE BY SIDE WITH TEACHERS. THAT WASN'T EVEN YOUR JOB. LISA MENTIONED THAT THAT WAS A THING OF BEAUTY, MAN, AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. YOU KNOW, YOU ARE THE SMARTEST MAN I'VE EVER MET. YOU ARE. YOU CAN DO THIS CRAZY COMPLEX MATH IN YOUR HEAD. YOU HAVE THIS DIFFERENT WAY OF COMING AT PROBLEMS. I TAKE ALL MY MESSAGING AND ALL MY BUSINESS PROBLEMS TO GEORGE. I CALL HIM GEO GPT. YOU JUST FEED HIM THE PROBLEM AND THE ANSWER COMES OUT AND IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE, AND IT'S BETTER THAN YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'VE GOT MY CITIZEN OF MCKINNEY HAT ON, MAN, I WISH YOU COULD BE MAYOR FOREVER. THANK YOU. WHEN I GOT MY GEORGE'S MY BUDDY HAT ON, I WANT YOU TO SLEEP. I WANT PEOPLE TO STOP COMING AT YOU.

AND I LOVE YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US SO MUCH. THANKS, MA'AM. WE HAVE TWO MORE

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EVERYBODY PLAYS A ROLE. YOU PLAYED YOUR ROLE, MAYOR FULLER, THE LEADING MAN, THE SUPPORTING ROLES WHO HAVE SURROUNDED YOU AND THE CITIZENS WHO YET SUPPORT THE STAFF, WHO SUPPORT. BUT NOW, AS THE CURTAIN BEGINS TO CLOSE, SCENE ONE, ACT ONE, NOW COMES THE REMAINING OF THE ROLES. WE APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF YOU. MY HUSBAND, MYRON AND I, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT IS AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR SETTING THE STANDARD IN CONDUCT, IN GRIT, IN INTEGRITY AND CHARACTER. THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE EXAMPLE YOU HAVE SET FOR THIS CITY. MAY THE LORD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU AND THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS AND ALL THAT YOU DO, ALL OF THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS YOU.

DAVID CRAIG, I HAVE YOU ON THE LIST. OR IS THAT FOR AN ITEM? WELL, I REALLY WANT TO TURN AROUND AND TALK TO THE AUDIENCE. BUT I WILL SAY THIS. WHAT A FANTASTIC COUNCIL. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS IN THIS CITY, DEVELOPING IN THIS CITY FOR 45 YEARS. ACTUALLY, THAT GUY RIGHT THERE, MARK HAUSER, WAS MY FIRST ATTORNEY, I THINK IN 1981. SO IT'S BEEN A LONG RIDE. SO I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF CITY COUNCILS OVER THE YEARS, AND I JUST WANT THIS COUNCIL TO KNOW THAT. AND A LOT OF MY BUDDIES THAT HAVE BEEN PAST CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYORS MIGHT NOT BE HAPPY THAT I SAY THIS, BUT THIS IS THE BEST COUNCIL IN MY 45 YEARS. THOUGHTFUL. YOU. YOU COMMUNICATE TOGETHER AND I'M JUST I FIRST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR SUPPORTING NOT ONLY MAYOR FULLER, BUT ALSO CHARLIE PHILLIPS. CHARLIE, THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING ME TO A WHOLE DIFFERENT PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT FOR YEARS I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXISTED. I WAS TOO ENTRENCHED IN CRAIG RANCH IN DEVELOPING IT. YOU INTRODUCED ME TO CORNERSTONE RANCH, WHICH IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART BECAUSE I'M IMPACTED WITH ONE OF MY GRANDSONS. YOU INTRODUCED ME TO SPECIAL OLYMPICS. YOU INTRODUCED ME TO SPECIAL NEEDS, AND I REALLY FOR MANY YEARS DIDN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND IT. SO, CHARLIE, THANK YOU. YOU'VE BEEN A DEAR FRIEND, AND I LOVE YOU AND I. AND I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. CHARLIE. I REALLY LOVE YOU, GEORGE. EVERYONE KNOWS YOUR INTELLECT. I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU'RE ALSO A MAN OF INTEGRITY AND COMPASSION. YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH OVER THE YEARS AND WITH THE WITH THE HELP OF THESE

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[Consider/Discuss/Act on the Election of a Mayor Pro Tem]

SECOND. PUSH THE BUTTON. OKAY. CAST YOUR VOTES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ABSTAIN MOTION. YOU GOT A VOTE? I THOUGHT HE DID IT. OH, SORRY. SORRY. COUNCILMEMBER PHILLIPS. ABSTAIN, ABSTAIN. WE DON'T HAVE AN ABSTAIN BUTTON. YOU'RE RIGHT. WE DON'T. IT. OKAY. BUTTON. OKAY. MOTION

[CONSENT AGENDA]

[01:55:10]

[Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Annual Budget and Amending the 2025-2029 Capital Improvements Program to Provide Funds for the Chestnut 0.5 MG Elevated Storage Tank Rehabilitation Project (WA2240)]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR GARY GRAHAM, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING. THIS IS A FOLLOW UP FROM OUR TOURS ONE MEETING TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE CHESTNUT ELEVATED STORAGE TANK REHABILITATION PROJECT.

THIS ITEM WOULD MOVE $500,000 FROM THE HOTEL MOTEL FUND BALANCE TO THE UTILITY CONSTRUCTION FUND, AND ALSO MOVE $725,000 FROM THE TRS ONE FUND TO THE UTILITY CONSTRUCTION FUND. OKAY, AND FOR THOSE WHO WANT MORE INFORMATION, THERE IS A FULL PRESENTATION AT THE MEETING THAT WAS EARLIER THIS EVENING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM. I'LL SECOND. IT. CAST YOUR VOTES. MOVE TO 252851. THANK YOU. GARY.

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract and All Necessary Change Orders with Blastco Texas Inc. for the Chestnut 0.5 MG Elevated Storage Tank Rehabilitation Project]

[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from “AG” - Agriculture District to “I1” - Light Industrial District, Located on the South Side of Old Mill Road and Approximately 1,500 Feet West of County Road 317, and Accompanying Ordinance]

[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on Design Exceptions to a Site Plan for a Mixed-Use Development (Cotton Mill), Located on the Southeast Corner of State Highway 5 (McDonald Street) and Elm Street]

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BUT SITE PLANS, AS I SAID, EXPIRE AFTER I UNDERSTAND. I'M JUST SAYING. SO IT'S NOT THAT THEY GOT A SITE PLAN AND THEN WENT ON VACATION. THEY. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. AND CERTAINLY YOU DIDN'T SUGGEST THAT APPLICANT IS HERE I BELIEVE. YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE SPOKEN IN PUBLIC COMMENTS TO SAY SOMETHING NICE, BUT YOU DIDN'T. SO I THINK I THINK JUST OUT OF SPITE, I'M GOING TO I THOUGHT IT WOULD APPEAR IMPROPER TO SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING. IT DOESN'T MATTER. THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING, THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING THAT WAY WILL WILL SAY IT IS NO MATTER WHAT. I'M BOB ROEDER, 1700 REDBUD HERE ON BEHALF OF THE OF THE APPLICANT. WHEN THIS CAME BEFORE YOU IN JULY OF 2023, I THINK MY PRESENTATION WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND AN HOUR AND A HALF. I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK THROUGH IT AGAIN WITH YOU. NOTHING HAS CHANGED TO THE SITE.

PLAN IS EXACTLY THE SAME. I APPRECIATE KATE TELLING YOU HOW HARD WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO ACHIEVE DESIGNS AND SOLUTIONS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU RECOGNIZE THAT A SITE PLAN EXPIRES IN TWO YEARS. IF YOU'VE NOT PULLED A BUILDING PERMIT. WE COULDN'T PULL A BUILDING PERMIT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE WATER WAS. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE SEWER WAS. THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH US VERY, VERY WELL TO TRY TO SOLVE ALL THOSE. SO I'M HERE ASKING THAT YOU APPROVE THE SITE PLAN AGAIN, AND I'M GOING TO DO MY DEAD LEVEL BEST TO MAKE SURE WE GET A PERMIT ISSUED. SO I'M NOT UP HERE AGAIN IN TWO YEARS. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

CERTAINLY. AS I SAID, THERE'S TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS HURDLES OVER THERE. AND THE FACT THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE. I, FOR ONE, BELIEVE STRONGLY IN WHAT IT DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND AGAIN, FURTHER CATALYZING HERE. SO ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR BOB? IF YOU DON'T MIND? MR. I'M GOING TO REITERATE FOR THE RECORD, AND MAYBE MR. ROEDER, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING HERE IS, IS THIS IS FOR SOME MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT ALREADY ENJOYS THAT ZONING THAT'S JUST SOUTH OF THE COTTON MILL. AND WHAT WAS THE OLD MILL DISTRICT? AND IT WAS KIND OF, LET'S CALL IT A COMPANY TOWN. WAY BACK IN THE DAY WHERE THE EMPLOYEES LIVED THERE, THE STREETS ARE ALREADY CARVED, AND THEY MAY NOT BE HOW WE WOULD PUT THEM TODAY, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T LEAVE MUCH ROOM FOR PARKING. AND SO WHAT I WHAT I UNDERSTAND THIS TO BE IN MY MEMORY IS, IS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING AN EXCEPTION HEIGHT EXCEPTION HERE SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE PEDESTAL PARKING, WHICH IS A COUPLE FLOORS OF PARKING WITH THE MULTIFAMILY ON TOP OF THAT. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING UP TO ABOUT SEVEN STORIES ON THAT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT TOTAL. BUT IT IS REALLY A HARDSHIP FOR THE SITE THAT IS GETTING US TO THAT POINT, BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE PEDESTAL PARKING ANYWHERE ELSE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THE IT'S GOING TO ADD A LOT OF AD VALOREM VALUE. BUT THE OTHER THING THAT IT ADDS IS, AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, MY MEMORY AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT ADDS SOME DENSITY TO THE EAST SIDE OF MCKINNEY, WHICH WILL BE HELPFUL IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH OF THAT AND GETTING GROCERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IS THERE ANYTHING I SAID THAT WAS WRONG THERE, SIR? NO. WELL, THE FIRST PROJECT WILL THE FIRST MULTIFAMILY WILL BE A WRAP.

RIGHT. BUT THE OTHER THREE WILL BE PEDESTAL TWO STORY PEDESTAL. RIGHT. BUT STRUCTURE PARKING ON ALL, WHICH FOR THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND THAT, TAKES IT TO A CLASS A PRODUCT OF VERY HIGH END, A VERY, VERY CORRECT WELL BUILT PRODUCT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR BOB? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'M SORRY. THERE IS A PERSON THAT SIGNED UP. OH THERE IS SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE THAT ON MY LIST JASON ROSE. NO. YOU'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. SEE, I KNEW THAT. AND YOU, WE WERE.

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[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from “PD” - Planned Development District to “PD” - Planned Development District, Generally to Allow Multi-Family Residential, Single Family Residential, and Commercial Uses and Modify the Development Standards, Located on the South Side of Bloomdale Road and Approximately 2,050 Feet West of County Road 161, and Accompanying Ordinance]

SORRY. IF YOU DON'T MIND. JUST. I'M JUST GOING TO PULL IT OVER TO THE MAP. OH, THERE. IT'S UPSIDE DOWN. THANK YOU. WE'VE HAD THE PRESENTATION DISCUSSION BEFORE, SO I DON'T NEED TO BE REPETITIVE. AND IN THAT WAY I DO WANT TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS IF I MIGHT. WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE STAFF OVER THESE PAST FEW WEEKS WITH A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORT ON ALL PARTIES BEHALF, AND FORTUNATELY COME TO SOME, I THINK, VERY GOOD AGREEMENTS FOR THE I CALL IT THE FACILITIES AGREEMENT, BUT FOR ALL OF OUR TERM SHEETS AND BILLINGSLEY COMPANY AND SOUTHERN LAND ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE CITY IN A VERY POSITIVE AND GOOD WAY. SO FIRST OFF, WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THAT AND WE'RE DELIGHTED. SECONDLY, I WANTED TO MENTION THIS IS OUR OLDER PLAN, AS YOU CAN SEE WITH SINGLE FAMILY ON ALL THESE UPPER TRACKS AND EVEN THE ELL AREA, THAT SINGLE FAMILY, THAT'S SEVEN UNITS TO THE ACRE. IF WE ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN PASSING THIS NEW ZONING, THIS IS OUR EXISTING ZONING AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL HAVE. THIS WILL THEN AS WE WOULD GO THROUGH TIME, WE'D SELL IT OFF TO SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPERS. THEN I COME OVER TO THE CURRENT PLAN. THE CURRENT PLAN IS A MASTER PLAN WHERE WE CAN COME IN AND BE HAVE THE INTEGRITY OF MANAGING ALL ALMOST 800 ACRES. WE HAVE URBANITY, WE HAVE 125 COMMERCIAL ACRES. WE HAVE GOT DENSITY. WE HAVE. WE ARE CREATING A PLACE. THAT IS WHAT WE AS A COMPANY LOVE TO DO. AND WE BELIEVE WHEN WE GET TO STEP IN, EACH STEP WE TAKE IMPACTS ALL THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE HAVE TO DO IT CORRECTLY AND JUDICIOUSLY, AND WE DO IT WITH CREATING A GREAT COMMUNITY, AS WE'VE SHOWN IN OUR PAST IMAGES. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE CONTRAST OF WHAT THIS CAN BE. AND IN TODAY'S DOLLARS, THAT PENCILED OUT TO BE ABOUT A $2 BILLION DEVELOPMENT OR WHAT IT MIGHT BE. SO NEEDLESS TO SAY, I'M ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AND WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I MIGHT. YOU KNOW, LUCY, I KNOW THAT I HAVEN'T. I KNOW PATRICK HAS BEEN TO SEE SOME OF YOUR DEVELOPMENTS AND THEY'RE EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE. I THINK PATRICK HAD THE SAME FEELING. YEAH, THERE'S WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU.

[02:10:01]

BECAUSE IT'S QUITE THE LIGHTNING ROD. MISS MISREPRESENTED TOPIC BY POLITICIANS CAMPAIGNING GENERALLY ANTI ANTI MULTIFAMILY WHAT THIS BILL DOES AS SHE SAID ALLOWS MULTIFAMILY TO BE BUILT

[02:15:05]

I JUST DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THE DAIS PRESSING HARDER. THERE YOU GO.

[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Petition to Annex (Case No. 25-0002A) and Request to Zone (Case No.25-0036Z) the Subject Property to “R5” - Residential, Located North of County Road 124 and Approximately 2,850 feet West of County Road 161, and Accompanying Ordinance (REQUEST TO BE TABLED)]

CAITLIN SHEFFIELD, CHIEF PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY STAFF, IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TABLE THE ITEM TO THE JUNE 17TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO APPROVE THAT TABLING. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THE ITEM UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. NO ONE RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS THE END OF OUR REGULAR AGENDA AND PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. WE HAVE NO ONE THAT'S SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, I NEED. THERE YOU GO. BUT I DON'T I DON'T HAVE A SCREEN. WHAT'S THAT? YES, I PASSED DO YOU HAVE SPEAKERS THAT SIGNED UP? YES. YEAH I DON'T NOTHING ON MINE. I DON'T SEE ANY. I THINK THE LADY. JUST TRYING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION EARLIER. I'M MISSING SOMETHING. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I

[CITIZEN COMMENTS on Matters not on the Agenda]

[02:20:01]

I'M HERE FOR YOU. AND TO EVERYONE NOT HERE. I'M HERE FOR THEM TOO. WHILE MY MOTIVATION IS TO GIVE A VOICE TO THE OFTEN VOICELESS, I'M NOT HERE TO BE A SQUEAKY WHEEL, BUT THE GREASE.

TO ANYONE THAT HAS A CONCERN ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND HOW IT'S AFFECTING YOU, YOUR HOME, OR YOUR BUSINESS. I WANT TO HEAR YOUR CONCERNS. WHILE WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE ON THE APPROACH, WE ALL WANT TO SEE FEWER PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH THE CLOSURE OF THE HALL LIBRARY IN TEN DAYS, HOMELESSNESS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BECOME MORE VISIBLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. HOW WE RESPOND MATTERS, AND I BELIEVE IT'S BETTER TO PREPARE THAN REPAIR. IF I CAN PUT ONE TOOL IN EVERYONE'S TOOLBOX TONIGHT THAT YOU CAN USE IMMEDIATELY, IT'S THIS ASKING SOMEONE YOU BELIEVE TO BE HOMELESSNESS. ARE YOU OKAY? BEFORE GIVING ANY INSTRUCTIONS, COMMANDS OR REQUESTS TO RELOCATE WILL RADICALLY INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF A POSITIVE INTERACTION. ACKNOWLEDGING ANOTHER'S PAIN BEFORE SHARING YOUR FRUSTRATION ALMOST ALWAYS HELPS FOSTER AN AGREEABLE OUTCOME. APPROACH PEOPLE WITH VISIBLE HANDS WHENEVER POSSIBLE AS IT EASES TENSION. NOT EVERYONE IS MENTALLY ILL, BUT EVERYONE IS MENTALLY TRAUMATIZED AND OFTEN OVERWHELMED BY THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES. PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE NOT TO BE FEARED, THEY'RE TO BE KNOWN. CHRIST FOLLOWERS ARE CALLED TO LOVE PEOPLE AS THEY ARE, BUT NOT LEAVE THEM AS THEY ARE. WE ARE CALLED TO ENGAGE THE LEAST OF THESE. WE ARE CALLED TO PHILADELPHIA AND PHILOXENIA LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AND LOVE OUR STRANGERS. THE BEAUTY OF LOVING A STRANGER IS THAT THEY DON'T STAY A STRANGER FOR LONG. IF WE TRULY WANT TO HELP PEOPLE, HOMELESS OR NOT, WE NEED TO GET TO KNOW THE PEOPLE WE'RE TRYING TO HELP. WHEN WE GET TO KNOW SOMEONE, IT'S EASIER TO LOVE THEM. AND WHEN YOU TRULY LOVE THEM, HELPING THEM IS A JOY, NOT A BURDEN. I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS. THE MOST VALUABLE THING ANYONE CAN OWN ARE RELATIONSHIPS, AND THE MOST VALUABLE ONE YOU CAN OWN IS ONE WITH JESUS. THE MOST VALUABLE THING YOU CAN GIVE IS YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE. I THANK YOU FOR YOURS. THANK YOU PAUL. THANK YOU PAUL. AND JOHN MARTEZ MONTEZ. MY APOLOGIES ON THE PENMANSHIP. I RUSHED OVER FROM THE OLD PLACE TO THIS NEW PLACE. IT IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE. I'M VERY. THE AC IS WORKING VERY WELL. JOHN MONTEZ FROM MCKINNEY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. AND MAYOR FULLER, CHARLIE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. MY FAMILY MOVED HERE TO MCKINNEY FOR A REASON. WE CHOSE A COMMUNITY WHERE CHILDREN COULD RIDE BIKES SAFELY, WHERE WE KNEW OUR NEIGHBORS, AND WE'RE. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS STILL MEANT SOMETHING. WE FOUND A TOWN WITH CHARACTER AND QUALITY OF LIFE THAT MADE EVERYTHING WORTHWHILE. TODAY, WE FACE A CRITICAL CHOICE. SOME ARE PUSHING FOR RAPID, LARGE SCALE URBANIZATION THAT WOULD FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM OUR COMMUNITY. THEY WOULD LIKE MORE MASSIVE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, HIGH DENSITY PROJECTS THAT MIRROR THE VERY CITIES MANY OF US LEFT BEHIND. THEY PROMISED PROGRESS, BUT THEY'RE REALLY OFFERING THE SACRIFICE OF EVERYTHING THAT MAKES MCKINNEY SPECIAL. WE'RE NOT ANTI-GROWTH. THE FOLKS THAT THAT THINK THE SAME WAY I DO MCKINNEY SHOULD MODERNIZE THOUGHTFULLY. BUT THERE'S A PROFOUND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SMART GROWTH THAT ENHANCES OUR COMMUNITY AND ADVENTUROUS DEVELOPMENT THAT ERASES IT. YOU LOOK AT RAPID URBANIZATION ELSEWHERE, INFRASTRUCTURE BUCKLING UNDER POPULATION SURGES, TEN MINUTE DRIVES BECOMING THE 30 MINUTE, 60 MINUTE ORDEALS, SCHOOLS OVERCROWDED, EMERGENCY SERVICES STRETCHED THIN. THE SOCIAL FABRIC THAT HOLDS OUR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER, BEGINNING TO FRAY. NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE CHILDREN NO LONGER PLAY OUTSIDE, WHERE THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY DISAPPEARS BENEATH TOWERING DEVELOPMENTS. THIS ISN'T FEAR MONGERING, IT'S PATTERN RECOGNITION. WE'VE SEEN HOW QUICKLY A PLACE CAN CHANGE WHEN DEVELOPMENT OUTPACES PLANNING, WHEN QUANTITY TRUMPS QUALITY, WHEN SHORT TERM PROFITS OVERSHADOW LONG TERM COMMUNITY WELL-BEING, WE CAN GROW WISELY BY SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT THAT FITS OUR SCALE AND CHARACTER, ENSURING NEW RESIDENTS BECOME

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FIRST TIME HERE. THIS IS REALLY BIG. Y'ALL ARE GOING TO MAKE ME TURN MY HEAD LOOKING AT IT FOR YOU. I WASN'T INVITED TO SPEAK ON VIDEO FOR ANY REASON. SO YOU FORCED ME TO COME HERE AND SPEAK AT THE END OF THE NIGHT. I JUST WANT TO END WITH A REALLY POSITIVE NOTE. THIS IS A PHENOMENAL DAIS. I HAVE VERY MUCH ENJOYED EACH ONE OF YOU FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE HERE. WE STARTED OFF REALLY KIND OF BAD, DIDN'T WE? BUT WE WORKED IT OUT. AND I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT MCKINNEY NEEDS TO BE DOING IN THE FIRST PLACE. I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY. I'M HERE BECAUSE THIS IS MY HOME AND I LOVE IT. I'M HERE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE INVOLVED, AND EACH ONE OF YOU GIVE ME A REASON TO WANT TO SERVE. AND I'M JUST REALLY HERE TO SAY GOODBYE.

HELLO. GLAD YOU'RE STILL HERE, CHARLIE. I'M GOING TO MISS YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE ENJOYED OUR FRIENDSHIP. I'M STILL HERE. I KNOW YOU ARE, BUT I HAVE ENJOYED YOU VERY MUCH. YOU BRING BACK THE SMALL TOWN ELEMENT OF MCKINNEY. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MODEL AFTER. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, THAT'S ALL. I'M NOBODY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE. I'VE APPRECIATED YOU MANY TIMES, BUT THIS IS THE LAST TIME. AND I DIDN'T GET TO BE ON VIDEO TO DO IT, BUT HERE WE ARE. THANK Y'ALL. I'M GONNA DISAGREE WITH SOMETHING YOU SAID. YOU SAID I'M A NOBODY. YOU ARE A FIERCE DEFENDER OF DOWNTOWN. FIRST OF ALL, YOU ARE. YOU ARE A WONDERFUL PERSON. AND YOU ARE CORRECT. WE STARTED OFF AS AS I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ENEMIES, BUT CERTAINLY ON WHAT WE WERE ENEMIES TO THE DEATH. IT WAS MORTAL. NO, IT WASN'T THAT. IT WASN'T THAT BAD. AND YEAH, WE GOT TOGETHER AND TALKED AND HAVE BUILT A FRIENDSHIP AND RESPECT OVER THE YEARS. BUT YOU ARE FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, KIM IS A FIERCE PROTECTOR OF HISTORIC DOWNTOWN. I MEAN, ALWAYS A VOICE THAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD, THAT REPRESENTS PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE. WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH DEVELOPERS AND PLANS ON REDEVELOPMENT, SHE WAS OUT THERE COLLECTING SURVEYS IN THE HEAT. OH, YEAH, YOU WERE. YOU ARE THAT YOU ARE A FIERCE DEFENDER AND A DEFENDER. NOT NOT SOMEONE THAT JUST SITS BEHIND A KEYBOARD AND, YOU KNOW, THROW STONES. YOU'RE ACTUALLY A DOER ALWAYS COMING OUT AND SPEAKING CONSTRUCTIVELY, ALWAYS ENGAGING CONSTRUCTIVELY AND THEN VOLUNTEERING LIKE YOU DID THEN TO TRY TO HELP GET COMMUNITY INPUT. YOU ARE THE KIND OF ENGAGED RESIDENT THAT MANY OUT THERE SHOULD FOLLOW YOUR EXAMPLE AND SADLY, NOT ENOUGH DO. BUT WHEN YOU SAID I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, YOU'RE NOT A NOT ON COUNCIL, YOU'RE NOT A CITY STAFF, BUT YOU ARE MORE THAN SOMEBODY. YOU ARE A YOU ARE AN ASSET TO THIS CITY BECAUSE YOU PROTECT ITS ITS UNIQUE AND GEM THAT WE HAVE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE PARTNERSHIPS. I DO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CONDRON. COME ON DOWN. I THOUGHT IT WAS LARRY RAISING HIS HAND, NOT POINTING AT YOU FOR HIM TO SPEAK. AND I'M LIKE, NO, YOU ALREADY SPOKE. I WAS WAVING AT YOU, BUT YOU DIDN'T SEE ME. I THOUGHT YOU WERE JUST SAYING HELLO AND YOU KNOW. NO. WELL, I DON'T LIVE IN MCKINNEY, BUT I'VE

[02:30:01]

AND YOUR DAD LIVES HERE, AND MY DADDY LIVES HERE? YES. AND HE LOVES MCKINNEY, BY THE WAY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN. I'VE KNOWN GEORGE FOR A LONG TIME, AND I'VE SEEN LOTS OF VERSIONS OF GEORGE. BUT THIS VERSION OF GEORGE'S MAYOR HAS BEEN AMAZING TO WITNESS BECAUSE HE LOVES THIS TOWN. HE LOVES ALL OF YOU GUYS. HE I MEAN, HE RESPECTS YOU. AND JUST TO HEAR HIM SPEAK OF THE TOWN AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT YOU'VE ALL DONE TOGETHER, IT'S JUST BEEN A JOY FOR ME. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF YOU, AND I HOPE THAT YOUR NEXT EIGHT YEARS ARE AMAZING. AND I WISH WE I WISH WE HAD MORE POLITICIANS LIKE YOU THAT WERE STRONG AND BUT BUT KIND AND STOOD THEIR GROUND AND DIDN'T YOU DON'T REALLY THAT YOU LET THE NOISE GET TO YOU A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU CAN PUSH THAT AWAY AND GET THE JOB DONE. AND YOU'RE YOU'RE VERY SPECIAL. AND I KNOW THIS TOWN WILL WILL BE THANKING YOU FOR YEARS TO COME. AND I LOVE YOU. HOLD ON. YOU STILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. I LIKE SOME MORE OF THAT. I MEAN, I MEAN, IT'S GETTING LATE. I JUST WANTED. AND I MISS YOUR MR. PARTY, SO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR IT A LITTLE BIT. WELL, IT'S JUST SO SWEET THAT I COULD USE ANOTHER COUPLE MINUTES, YOU KNOW. WELL, WELL, I COULD TELL YOU IF YOU COULD, IF YOU COULD JUST START OVER, IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT HE'S DONE FOR ME.

CAN I TELL THE STORY OF MY DADDY? OKAY. MY DAD, MY MOM'S VERY ILL. TOOK CARE OF HER FOR MANY YEARS. MY DAD'S STARTING TO GET ILL AS WELL. I WANTED TO GET HIM HERE SO BAD. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, BUYING A HOUSE IN MCKINNEY IS NOT EASY. AND EVERY HOUSE WE TRIED TO GET SOMEBODY WOULD OUTBID US. AND I THOUGHT, I'M NEVER GOING TO GET MY PARENTS HERE. WE FOUND A HOUSE AND HE HAPPENED TO KNOW THE REALTOR AND ASKED HER, WHAT DO WE DO TO GET THIS HOUSE FOR HER DAD? WE HAVE TO GET THEM HERE. HE SAID HE PAID CASH. AND IT'S YOURS. GEORGE BOUGHT MY DAD'S HOUSE FOR HIM UNTIL HE COULD GET HERE AND GET HIS VA LOAN PROCESSED. WHICH, IF ANY OF YOU KNOW HOW LONG A VA LOAN TAKES. I'M PRETTY SURE IT WAS AT LEAST TWO MONTHS. HE CARRIED MY DAD'S HOUSE, BUT BECAUSE OF HIM, I HAVE MY. I GOT TO SPEND SOME YEARS WITH MY MOM BEFORE SHE DIED. AND I HAVE MY DADDY HERE NOW, SO. WOW. FOREVER GRATEFUL. SHE'S A GOOD MAN. AND THOSE WHO SAY HE ISN'T DO NOT KNOW HIM. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHEN I GOT THE ALLEYWAY FIXED. OH, YEAH, BUT BECAUSE YOUR DAD THAT THOUGHT. THAT'S IT. MY DAD THINKS THAT HE HAD A POTHOLE IN HIS ALLEY, AND HE THINKS THAT BECAUSE I SAID SOMETHING TO HIM, THEY FIXED IT. HE DOESN'T REALIZE THAT Y'ALL JUST FIXED THOSE THINGS. THEY DON'T. HE MIGHT BE WATCHING. IN CASE YOU'RE WATCHING. I ABSOLUTELY GOT THAT POTHOLE FIXED. I CALLED PAUL AND SAID, IF THAT POTHOLE ISN'T FIXED BY TOMORROW, WE'RE DONE. SO YEAH, IN CASE YOU'RE WATCHING, SIR. MR. MAYOR. YES, SIR. I DO HAVE TO MAKE A FINAL COMMENT. IF I MAY, PLEASE. NICK PARKER, WOULD YOU COME ON UP, PLEASE? THIS YOUNG MAN IS A MCKINNEY GRADUATE FROM MCKINNEY HIGH SCHOOL. HE'S CURRENTLY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. HE'S GOING INTO HIS SENIOR YEAR. HE IS ALSO. WORKING FOR MY FIRM THIS SUMMER. ACTUALLY IS WORKING FOR ME, NOT FOR MY LAW FIRM. HE'S STUDYING GOVERNMENT DOWN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AND HE CAME TO WORK FOR OUR FIRM THROUGH A LOCAL ORGANIZATION, ALLIANCE OF ELITE YOUTH LEADERSHIP, AND THAT'S DEREK AND SARITA ROBINSON. WHEN DEREK CALLED ME ABOUT GIVING HIM AN INTERNSHIP FOR THE SUMMER, I WAS EXCITED BECAUSE HE'S STUDYING GOVERNMENT AND HE'S ALSO INTERESTED IN GOING TO LAW SCHOOL, AND I WANTED HIM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE GOVERNMENT SIDE OF WHAT I HAVE DONE THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. AND SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW THIS, PAUL GRIMES MEETS WITH EACH AND EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR ABOUT AN HOUR THE WEEK BEFORE. WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING, AND HE GOES THROUGH EACH AND EVERY ITEM ON THE AGENDA. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A JOY FOR ME TO LEARN LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND WORLD AFFAIRS FROM PAUL GRIMES.

HE'S AN INCREDIBLE LEADER IN MCKINNEY, IS SO VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HAD PAUL FOR ABOUT THE LAST NINE YEARS, AND I HOPE WE CAN KEEP HIM WELL INTO THE FUTURE. BUT I CALLED PAUL TO LET HIM KNOW THAT NICK WAS WORKING FOR ME, AND I CALLED NICK EARLY ON ONE MORNING AND SAID, HEY, CAN YOU COME IN? BECAUSE PAUL WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO LET YOU SIT IN ON OUR AGENDA

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AND THANK EACH AND ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. SHELBY. THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S THAT? OH, GET UP HERE. IN THE HAT. I WAS NOT EVEN IF I DIDN'T TELL YOU BY. I AM SO GLAD TO SEE YOU. MY NAME IS ASIA SMITH, BY THE WAY. I LIVE ALL OVER MCKINNEY. I'M THE CEO OF HANS DULFER. MAN, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE. I'M GLAD Y'ALL DON'T UNDERSTAND MY RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS, MAN. I'MA TELL Y'ALL A LITTLE STORY REAL QUICK. I LIKE TO CONSIDER MYSELF A FAIRLY STRONG PERSON. IT TAKES A LOT TO BREAK, BEND, OR FOLD ME IN ANY KIND OF WAY. WELL, I WAS AT A LOW POINT ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, AND I TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, BUT IT WASN'T MY TIME, AND THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT SOMETHING NOT BEING MY TIME. SO WHEN GOD IS IN THE WORK, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I CALLED THIS MAN RIGHT HERE, I TOLD HIM, I SAID, MAN, I JUST TRIED TO KILL MYSELF. HE WAS LIKE, WHAT? I'M LIKE, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING. HE WAS SICK. HE DIDN'T EVEN TELL ME. HE SENT MAY LIE TO ME. SHE STOPPED. WHAT SHE WAS DOING CAME TO ME. IN FACT, WE SPENT OUR CHRISTMAS TOGETHER THAT YEAR. RJ COOKED? YEAH, RJ COOKED. AL WAS THERE. AND LISA, WE ENJOYED OURSELVES. BUT I GOT UP HERE TO TELL Y'ALL THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO THINK THEY'RE STRONG, AND THEN THEY HIT A LOW POINT AND THEY'RE READY TO GIVE UP, AND THEY DON'T HAVE A GEORGE FULLER. SO THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP, HIS GUIDANCE AND HIS LOVE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, HE'S BEEN SUCH AN INSPIRATION TO ME THAT I'VE TRIED TO BE THAT SAME INSPIRATION TO SOMEBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW? SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, MAN. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU MEAN TO ME. I'M TALKING ABOUT PHONE CALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. AS SOMEONE SAID EARLIER, HE'S ACCESSIBLE.

HE MAKES HIMSELF AVAILABLE TO ALL OF HIS PEOPLE. I'M GONNA HATE TO SEE YOU GO, BUT I CAN'T WAIT TILL YOU GET SOME REST. MY GOODNESS. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE, MR. PHILLIPS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. MAY EVERYTHING CONTINUE TO RUN SMOOTHLY, BUT THE MARATHON CONTINUES. WE'RE JUST DO IT FROM A DIFFERENT SPOT NOW. THANK YOU. HEY, JEFF. I LOVE YOU, MY FRIEND. I KNOW EVERYONE'S READY

[COUNCIL AND MANAGER COMMENTS]

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