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THE BOTTOM. OKAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I CAN HEAR IT. YOU CAN HEAR IT, RIGHT? IF WE COULD
[INSTALLATION OF MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AT-LARGE #1]
GRAB YOUR ATTENTION. THIS IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF WAY. WE START THE MEETING BECAUSE IT'S AN UNUSUAL MEETING. WE'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO GRAB YOUR SEATS. OKAY. HELLO? WHO SAID HELLO? OH, THERE SHE IS. LISA. OH, THAT GOT QUIET VERY QUICKLY. WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS PAUL GRIMES, CITY MANAGER. THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL EVENING. OF COURSE, WE DON'T GET THESE THAT OFTEN, RIGHT? EVERY FOUR YEARS AT THE SOONEST. BUT IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE TWO OUTGOING MEMBERS. OUR MAYOR AND AT LARGE COUNCILMAN CHARLIE PHILLIPS HAVE BEEN HERE EIGHT YEARS. THEY'VE SERVED, AND WE WILL BE SENDING THEM FAREWELL ONCE AGAIN. JUST A FINAL FAREWELL. AND WE WILL BE SWEARING IN AND GAVELING IN OUR NEW MAYOR. MAYOR ELECT BILL COX AND OUR NEW COUNCILMAN AT LARGE, ERNEST LYNCH. LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG HAND. SO YOU HAVE TO BEAR WITH ME. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BACK SWING, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THESE TYPES OF EVENTS ARE. THESE ARE THIS IS HOW DEMOCRACY WORKS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND IN THE UNITED STATES. YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF FORMS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THE WAY LOCAL COMMUNITIES RUN THEMSELVES AND OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND MOST TEXAS CITIES IS COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT. AND THAT MEANS THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THINK OF A CORPORATE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE MAYOR EFFECTIVELY SERVES AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, AS THE CHIEF ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY APPOINT A CITY MANAGER LIKE MYSELF. I'M APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. I AM ACCOUNTABLE TO ALL OF THEM. I HAVE SEVEN BOSSES. IMAGINE HOW FUN THAT IS. AND IT IS FUN. BUT THEY APPOINT ME. I'M ACCOUNTABLE TO THEM AND WE RUN THE DAY. MY JOB IS TO RUN THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THE CITY, BUT THEY STEER THE BICYCLE STAFF, PEDALS THE BICYCLE AND THAT'S IT WORKS VERY WELL AND IT'S WORKED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND SO FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, I'VE BEEN HONORED TO SERVE WITH BOTH MAYOR FULLER AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND COUNCILMAN CHARLIE PHILLIPS AS ONE OF OUR AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND IT'S BEEN A TRUE PLEASURE. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF THINGS DONE, BUT IT'S TIME TO PASS THE GAVEL, SO TO SPEAK. AND WE HAVE TWO TERRIFIC PEOPLE COMING IN. AND SO WE WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW IT ALL FITS, THE BIGGER PICTURE OF HOW COUNCIL MANAGER GOVERNMENT WORKS AND WHAT YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF STEERING THE POLICY DIRECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY. OKAY. WITH THAT, AGAIN, I WANTED TO WELCOME I THINK I'M GOING TO CALL CHARLIE PHILLIPS UP HERE FIRST. WHERE IS HE? THERE HE IS. CHARLIE'S GOING TO GIVE A FINAL FAREWELL. AT THE END OF EVERY CASE I HAVE EVER TRIED, I ALWAYS SAY THESE WORDS. MAY I BE EXCUSED? THAT THAT WASN'T THAT WASN'T QUITE ON MY PROGRAM. I DIDN'T KNOW I DIDN'T HAVE THAT ONE EXPECTED. OKAY, WELL, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANT TO CALL MAYOR FULLER UP HERE BECAUSE HE'S STILL MAYOR FOR ABOUT ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES. SO, MAYOR FULLER, LET'S GIVE HIM A BIG HAND. I'VE GOT ABOUT AN HOUR TO SAY. MY LAST MEETING REALLY WAS TWO WEEKS AGO. AND WE, CHARLIE AND I, AND WE SAID OUR GOODBYES THEN. REALLY? AND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, SAID THERE THEIR COMMENTS. THEY GAVE THEIR COMMENTS LAST WEEK. SO I'M NOT GOING TO BORE ANY OF YOU WITH WITH THAT. AGAIN, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU GO BACK AND WATCH IT. BUT I WILL SAY BUT I WILL SAY THAT IT'S FUNNY. AS I LOOK IN THIS ROOM, I SEE DEVELOPERS, PEOPLE I'VE WORKED WITH IN HELPING DEALS COME TOGETHER. MAYOR MESO I SEE MENTORS IN THE ROOM. I SEE PEOPLE THAT AT ONE TIME I'D CALL THEM AN ENEMY. NOT REALLY AN ENEMY, BUT SOMEONE I DID NOT GET ALONG WITH. THEY DIDN'T GET ALONG WITH ME AND NOW THEY'RE VERY GOOD FRIENDS. I SEE THAT, I SEE ALL OF THAT IN THIS ROOM. I SEE KENNETH USSERY, I SEE NEW, AND I KNOW CORY, YOU'RE HERE SOMEWHERE. I SEE NEW BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT I KNOW. WE'RE NOW IN GREAT HANDS. I SEE LEADERS BRIAN LOCKMILLER BEFORE ME WHO SET US UP FOR THE SUCCESSES WE'VE HAD.AND THIS ROOM IS FILLED WITH PEOPLE. DAVID. CRAIG, WHERE ARE YOU? I KNOW YOU'RE HERE SOMEWHERE. RIGHT THERE. PEOPLE THAT HAVE REALLY SHAPED MCKINNEY INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY. OUR POLICE IN THE BACK. WHO ARE ARE THEY THE BEST? THE I SEE DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE. I SEE, OF COURSE, OUR CITY SECRETARY. CITY MANAGER. IT'S PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TEXTING ME ALL DAY ACTUALLY, FOR
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THE LAST WEEK. OH, I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE BITTERSWEET. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE BITTER. IT'S PROBABLY BITTERSWEET. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? HOW DO YOU FEEL? AND I'LL TELL YOU, I UNDERSTAND. RIGHT. THE BITTERSWEET. IT'S NOT REALLY BITTER. AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN BY THAT THOUGH. BUT I CAN TELL YOU FOR ME, BECAUSE REPLACING ME IS BILL COX AND THERE'S NO. THERE'S NO BITTERNESS. THERE'S NO BITTERNESS. THERE'S ONLY EXCITEMENT FOR THE FUTURE. AND KNOWING THAT THE CITY ELECTED TRULY THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THIS JOB. AND SO FOR ME, WHEN I'M WHEN I'M ASKED, IS IT BITTERSWEET? THERE'S NO BITTER.THERE'S JUST SWEET FUTURE AHEAD, THANKS TO WHO THIS COMMUNITY ELECTED. AND EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM REPRESENTS THAT COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT, I KNOW MY WIFE MAYLEE WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT SHE'S EVER SAID A FEW. SO OF COURSE THE SAME COULD BE SAID ABOUT ME THESE DAYS. NO, I FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE REMISS FOR ME TO NOT BE ABLE TO JUST ADDRESS EVERYONE AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT AN ABSOLUTE HONOR IT'S BEEN TO STAND BESIDE GEORGE IN THIS LEADERSHIP ROLE FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. AND I MEAN, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IN 1988 IT WAS OUR FIRST BAND TOGETHER. WE PLAYED IN 1988. I PLAYED IN 88 WITH MY BAND MATES, EXPRESS, AND THEN TWO YEARS LATER I MET THE MAN OF MY DREAMS. HE JOINED ME. WE'VE BEEN PLAYING MUSIC TOGETHER FOR 35 YEARS AND IT WAS JUST IT'S JUST SO BEAUTIFUL THAT WE MADE THIS COMMUNITY THE PLACE THAT I CAME AND FELL IN LOVE WITH. IN 1988, OUR HOME AND THIS WILL ALWAYS BE OUR HOME. AND SO I REMEMBERED AS I SAT THERE, WHAT IS IT THAT I SHOULD SAY? AND I REMEMBERED SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY POIGNANT IN MY LIFE. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I HAD I COME FROM A PRETTY TUMULTUOUS BACKGROUND, AND I WAS I WAS BROUGHT INTO A CHURCH THAT JUST EMBRACED ME. AND I REMEMBER THE FIRST THING THAT THEY ASKED ME TO DO WAS TO FIND A SCRIPTURE THAT I COULD LIVE BY, THAT I COULD FEEL, REALLY FEEL LIKE IT COULD BE THE FOOTWORK AND THE FOUNDATION OF MY LIFE. AND FOR ME, IT WAS MATTHEW 2311. AND I MEAN, IT'S IT JUST SPEAKS VOLUMES OF WHAT MY LIFE HAS BEEN. AND IT IS THAT HE THAT IS THE GREATEST AMONG YOU IS THE SERVANT OF ALL. AND I FOUND OUT THAT SERVICE WAS MY GIFT, AND I FOUND OUT THAT WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS TO ALWAYS GIVE MORE THAN I TOOK, AND TO LEAVE THINGS BETTER THAN I FOUND IT. AND TO FIND A MAN THAT WOULD EMBRACE THAT WITH ME. AND FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, GEORGE DOESN'T PROBABLY REMEMBER THIS, BUT WE ATTENDED A CHURCH FOR YEARS IN DALLAS, AND THE PASTOR BROUGHT US UP ONE DAY AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, GOD GAVE ME A VISION ABOUT THE TWO OF YOU. AND HE SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO BE PASTORS. AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT? NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE PASTORS. AND WHEN GEORGE WAS ELECTED, HE CALLED US AND SAID, NOW YOU STEP INTO THAT ROLE OF PASTORING. AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING FOR US TO REALIZE THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIFTED THIS BEAUTIFUL TENURE OF THE LAST EIGHT YEARS BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOU BELIEVING IN US AND BRINGING US INTO THE FOLD. AND I JUST LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THIS WILL ALWAYS BE OUR HOME AND I WILL NEVER FORGET. THIS WILL BE A HIGHLIGHT OF MY LIFE. THE EIGHT YEARS THAT WE SPENT IN LEADERSHIP FOR MCKINNEY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK. SO WE HAVE OUR PROGRAM IS GOING TO CONTINUE WITH ERNEST IS GOING TO COME UP FIRST BECAUSE I HAVE SOME THINGS I WANT TO SHARE ABOUT ERNEST. AND WE HAVE A PROGRAM SOMEWHERE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THAT'S MY BUDDY. I SAID I WANTED TO GO OUT THERE.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN? SOMEONE ASKED ME WHAT WOULD MY THEME SONG BE? AND I SAID, ROCKY, WITH ALL THE FIGHTING I'VE HAD TO DO FOR EIGHT YEARS, IT'S ROCKY. SO HERE NOW WE HAVE A PROGRAM. HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, ERNEST, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME UP HERE. SO THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ERNEST, CEO OF MEDICAL CITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS BEEN A BEEN SERVING THIS COMMUNITY IN THAT CAPACITY.
HE WAS ALSO A FORMER MEMBER OF EDC. HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMITTEES THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT HIS WHOLE LIFE HERE IN MCKINNEY. AND, YOU KNOW, FROM FROM COVID, WHEN WE WERE WHEN WE WERE HIT WITH COVID AND, AND NEEDED TO HAVE REAL PARTNERSHIP
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BETWEEN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND THE CITY, IT WAS THIS MAN WHO WHO JUST IMMEDIATELY JUMPED IN, JUMPED IN AND ASKED HOW HOW THEY COULD HELP, HOW HE COULD HELP. AND YOU WOULD YOU YOU COULDN'T IMAGINE ALL THAT, THAT HE DID, NOT JUST AS A ROLE OF CEO OF THAT HOSPITAL, BUT AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY AND SOMEONE THAT CARED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND HIS HUMANITY. AND THE CITY HAS BLESSED THAT HE HAS BEEN ELECTED AT THIS IN, IN THE AT LARGE POSITION. AND, ERNEST, YOU'RE GOING TO DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB AND WE REALLY THE CITY COULD NOT BE IN BETTER HANDS IN THE AT LARGE POSITION THAN THEY ARE WITH YOU, RIGHT? TARA. TARA. THANK YOU SIR. CONGRESSMAN KEITH SELF HAS PRESENTED TO YOU IN CELEBRATION OF YOUR ELECTION TO THE MCKINNEY CITY COUNCIL AT LARGE. ONE POSITION, THIS CERTIFICATE COMMEMORATING THIS DAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MR. SPEAKER. AND ERNEST, IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT ERNEST LYNCH WAS DULY ELECTED CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE NUMBER ONE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, BY THE RUNOFF ELECTION OF JUNE 7TH, 2025, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE AND TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I HAVE HEREUNTO SIGNED MY NAME AND CAUSED THE CITY SEAL TO BE AFFIXED THIS 17TH DAY OF JUNE, 2025. THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE THESE. DO YOU WANT TO HOLD THESE OR YOU'RE GOING TO STAND OVER HERE? OKAY. SO WE CAN GET DOWN TO THE. ERNEST, IF YOU WILL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I, ERNEST LYNCH, I, ERNEST LYNCH, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE. THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES AS A MEMBER. THE DUTIES AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS. OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS. AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD.CONGRATULATIONS. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK ALL OF YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I'M REALLY DEEPLY TOUCHED. I AM LOOKING SO FORWARD TO BEING OF SERVICE TO THE CITY AND BEING AVAILABLE TO YOU. AND YOUR THEME SONG NOW HAS SCARED ME BECAUSE AS HE WAS LISTENING TO ROCKY, IT'S LIKE, IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF AN ENDLESS RUN UP THE STAIRCASE? SO I'M. YES, THAT THAT'S I THINK THAT WAS A LITTLE FORESHADOWING ON GEORGE'S PART ABOUT RUNNING THE STAIRS, BUT I AM DEEPLY HONORED AND I'M LOOKING SO FORWARD TO BEING OF SERVICE AND REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, IT'D BE KIND OF NICE FIRST, JUST THAT OKAY, COULD YOU JUST MOVE OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT? CAN I HAVE A WE WOULD BE GREAT IF I COULD GET YOU THIS MEANS. READY. 123. ONE TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS YOURS. I'M GOING TO GO DOWN. YOU GUYS GO BACK TO THE AUDIENCE. YOU'RE GOING TO BE PULLED UP OR ACTUALLY HE'S GOING TO PLAY. YES. YOU'RE GOING TO PLACE YOUR PLACE GO DOWN TO HAZARD OR I GUESS OVER HERE.
YES. GOT STUCK HERE. YOU STAY HERE. RIGHT HERE. YEP. I COME DOWN. YEP. THIS. YOU GET TO PUT IT UP THERE. DO YOU GUYS NEED TO TAKE PICTURES WITH HIM AS WELL. SO Y'ALL HAVE SOME WALKING TO DO. THANK YOU THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COME DOWN. SORRY. THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE PICTURES WITH THEM DOWN THERE. ON ITS OWN DOWN THERE TOO. OKAY. GOOD. SO.
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THAT WAS IT. I THINK THAT WAS EMPTY. THANK YOU. EVERYBODY ON THIS SIDE. ARE YOU READY? ONE, TWO. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THE CEREMONY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE SWEARING ANYONE ELSE IN. SO IF I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. NO, NO. GOOD. BILL COX, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP? NO. WE NEED, WE NEED. HE JUST TOLD ME. DON'T SCREW IT UP. FIRST, I WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU FROM CONGRESSMAN KEITH'S CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, AWARDED TO MR. BILL COX, MCKINNEY CITY COUNCIL MAYOR. AND CELEBRATION OF YOUR ELECTION TO MAYOR OF MCKINNEY. PLEASE. SO I'VE OF COURSE I HAVE COMMENTS. NOT YET. I GET I GOT A FEW COMMENTS. DO YOU WANT ME TO PRESENT THIS FIRST IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT BILL COX WAS DULY ELECTED MAYOR. MCKINNEY, TEXAS BY THE RUNOFF ELECTION OF JUNE 7TH, 2025. IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE AND TESTIMONY WHEREOF I HAVE HERE ON TO SIGN MY NAME AND CAUSED THE CITY SEAL TO BE AFFIXED. THE 17TH DAY OF JUNE, 2025. NOW, MOST PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE HEARD THIS STORY, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IT FOR THE FEW THAT MAY HAVE NOT. I SAW BILL IN HOME DEPOT. IT'S NOW TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. PROBABLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, I WAS AT HOME DEPOT. HE WAS DOWN IN AISLE, AND I SAW HIM. THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND IS THERE'S THE NEXT MAYOR OF MCKINNEY. AND I WALKED OVER TO HIM AND I SAID THAT VERY THING TO HIM. I SAID, YOU'RE YOU'RE THE NEXT MAYOR OF MCKINNEY. YOU NEED TO BE THE NEXT MAYOR OF MCKINNEY. AND IT IT WAS BECAUSE CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT. WE ALL THINK ABOUT IT. WE'RE IN THIS PLACE OF SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP. WE WONDER, YOU KNOW, WHO'S GOING TO WHO'S GOING TO CARRY THAT FORWARD. AND WE ALL START THINKING ABOUT THAT. AND FOR ME, IT JUST HIT ME AND IT HIT ME BECAUSE WHEN I SAW YOU, ■WHAT I SAW WAS A MAN WHO HAS COMMITTED HIS LIFE TO THIS COMMUNITY, A MAN WHO HAS FOLLOWED IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HIS GRANDFATHER, LORD HOWELL PARKWAY IS NAMED AFTER HIS GRANDFATHER. HIS FATHER, CARRY COX, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD, CARRY COX PARK, HIS FATHER, AND NOW BILL AND ALL THE SERVICE THAT HE HAS DONE. AND THE MOMENT I SAW BILL, IT WAS JUST A I SAY THERE. THE MUSIC CHANGED IN HOME DEPOT, THE ROCKY THEME PLAYED AND THE LIGHTING CHANGED, AND IT WAS A SPOTLIGHT ON HIM AND BUT IT REALLY WAS WOW, THERE'S THE GUY. WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT WHO, WHO, WHO EMBODIES THE CITY, WHO CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THE CITY, WHO HAS THE LEADERSHIP QUALITIES, WHO HAS THE TEMPERAMENT AND ALL OF THAT. IT WAS SO EVIDENT. AND SO I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW I SAID IT BEFORE, BILL, IF, IF, IF YOU HAD NOT WON THIS ELECTION, I'D STILL BE STANDING HERE, BUT WITHOUT THE SAME OUTLOOK FOR OUR CITY.AND THAT'S NOTHING AGAINST YOUR YOUR OPPONENT OTHER THAN THE JOB IS GOING TO SOMEBODY THAT SOMEBODY THAT HAS TRULY BEEN ENGAGED IN THIS COMMUNITY ON A VERY PERSONAL AND A FAMILY LEVEL FOR SO LONG AND LIFELONG AND JUST THE, THE, THE DIFFERENCE IN JUST THAT ALONE, THIS COMMUNITY IS IN SUCH GREAT HANDS. AND, AND SO I AM PROUD TO GIVE YOU THE GAVEL AFTER YOU'RE SWORN IN. SO RIGHT NOW I'M STILL MAYOR. HE'S NOT SWORN IN YET. GIANNA. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ALLEN. LISA I SEE FRIENDS IN HERE, ALL THAT. I'M GOING TO SIT DOWN. I GOT MORE TO SAY. OKAY. LET'S SWEAR HIM IN. YOU'LL STAND WITH ME. DO YOU GUYS NOTICE MY NAME'S NOT EVEN ON THE THING? THAT'S HOW FAST IT HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, IF YOU WILL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME, I FEEL
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COPS. I, BILL COX, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE. THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES AS THE MAYOR. THE DUTIES AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS. AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PROTECT, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD.THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. WOW. EVERYONE ASKED ME, ARE YOU READY? AND I WAS READY UNTIL I JUST LOOKED UP AT THE ROOM AND I SEE FRIENDS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE, FROM ALL. ALL OVER HERE THAT I DID NOT KNOW THEY WERE GOING TO BE HERE. I SEE NEW FRIENDS. I SEE OLD FRIENDS. AND WHAT I SEE IS MCKINNEY. THAT'S WHAT I SEE. I SEE MCKINNEY. WE ARE MCKINNEY.
THIS CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO MAKE MCKINNEY BE EVEN BETTER. I KNOW, GEORGE. THIS CITY COUNCIL WILL WORK TIRELESSLY TO MAKE MCKINNEY BETTER THAN IT IS. I ASSURE YOU OF THAT. THERE ARE SEVEN OF US. THERE'S NOT ONE OF US. WE'LL SAY IT OVER AND OVER. THIS IS ABOUT WE. THIS IS ABOUT US. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE. NOW IT'S TIME TO GO TO WORK. ALL THE PAGEANTRY IS OVER.
LET'S ROLL OUR SLEEVES UP AND LET'S GET TO WORK. MCKINNEY. THANK YOU.
THERE WE GO. HERE WE GO. READY? ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE. TWO. THREE. WE'LL GO DOWN TO THE FISHING COUNCIL. WE'LL LEAVE THIS.
AND GET A BETTER. RIGHT. PERFECT. OKAY, I WANT TO.
DO I GET TO KEEP THE DOG? WHERE'S THAT DOG? OH. I'M TAKING IT WITH. I DON'T KNOW, I BROUGHT A TIE, BUT NO TIE. TOOK IT OUT. WE'LL HAVE FUN. YEAH. NO. THIS IS. A TERRIFIC. ALL RIGHT. KAYLA
[CALL TO ORDER]
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WOLFF, MR. ROCKET. IT IS 626. AND I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.ALL RIGHT. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. OUR INVOCATION WILL BE BY PASTOR CONWAY EDWARDS OF ONE COMMUNITY CHURCH. PASTOR. MOST GRACIOUS AND HEAVENLY FATHER, WE TAKE THIS MOMENT TODAY TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ABUNDANT BLESSINGS ON OUR LIVES AND ON OUR CITY HERE IN MCKINNEY. THANK YOU FOR LIFE ITSELF, FOR GRANTING THE MEASURE OF HEALTH AND GRACE THAT WE NEED TO FULFILL OUR CALLING, AND FOR THE BLESSING IN A BEAUTIFUL AND THRIVING AND WEALTHY COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOM TO EMBRACE YOU OPENLY AND BOLDLY IN OUR PUBLIC GATHERING. THANK YOU FOR LOVING US FROM YOUR BOUNDLESS, GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL NATURE. WE ALSO THANK YOU FOR OUR OUTGOING MAYOR, GEORGE FULLER. WE EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR HIS SERVANT SERVICE FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS AND HIS DEDICATION TOWARD OUR CITY. WE THANK YOU THAT HIS LEADERSHIP HAS LEFT OUR CITY STRONGER, MORE VIBRANT, AND MORE UNIFIED. WE FURTHER THANK YOU, LORD, FOR A NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR, BILL COX.
WE ASK THAT YOUR ABUNDANT BLESSING BE UPON HIM AS HE STEPS INTO THIS SACRED TRUST OF LEADERSHIP. PLEASE GRANT HIM A SPIRIT OF PROFOUND HUMILITY TO REMEMBER THAT TRUE AUTHORITY FLOWS NOT FROM POWER, BUT FROM THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE WHO COMMANDS US TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS HE HAS LOVED US. IN LIGHT OF THIS, FATHER, PLEASE GRANT MAYOR COX THE HUMILITY TO VALUE EVERY CITIZEN AS YOUR CHILD, LISTENING WITH AN OPEN MIND AND COMPASSIONATE SPIRIT RECOGNIZES RECOGNIZING THE INHERENT DIGNITY IN EACH OF YOUR CHILDREN. JUST AS YOUR SON, WHO CAME NOT TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE. FATHER, INSPIRE HIM, WILL YOU? WITH A DEEP COMMITMENT TO SERVANTHOOD, MAY HIS EVERY DECISION AND ACTION BE GUIDED BY GENUINE DESIRE TO ADVANCE YOUR KINGDOM AGENDA. MAY HE SERVE TIRELESSLY AS YOUR ANOINTED SERVANT TO PROMOTE JUSTICE, EQUITY, SHARED SENSE OF COMMUNITY, PUTTING THE NEEDS OF YOUR PEOPLE AT THE FOREFRONT OF HIS AGENDA. FATHER, WE ALSO THANK YOU FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE VARIOUS LEVELS OF CITY OFFICIALS THAT HAVE PERMITTED. YOU HAVE PERMITTED THE HONOR OF LEADING AND SERVING YOUR PEOPLE. PLEASE GRACIOUSLY GRANT OUR LEADERS HEARTS THAT LOVE THEIR NEIGHBORS AS YOU HAVE LOVED US. WISDOM TO GOVERN AMID CONFLICTING INTERESTS AND ISSUES, AND A SENSE OF WELFARE FOR THE NEEDS OF YOUR PEOPLE. WILL YOU GRANT THEM CONFIDENCE IN WHAT IS GOOD AND FITTING IN YOUR EYES AND UNITY TO WORK TOGETHER IN WITH RESPECT AND HARMONY AMIDST HONEST DISAGREEMENT? AND FINALLY, LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU WILL GIVE THEM REVERENCE FOR YOUR WILL IN THEIR ASSIGNMENTS.
WE ASK ALL THIS WITH HOPEFUL HEARTS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY, AND WE PRAY THAT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE BEST CITY ON EARTH. IN JESUS'S NAME, AMEN, AMEN, AMEN.
THANK YOU PASTOR. OUR PLEDGE TODAY WILL BE LED BY THE COMMENTARY KNIGHTS TEMPLE. NOPE.
THAT'S RIGHT. COMMANDER KNIGHTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE MCKINNEY CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING US TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CEREMONY. WE ARE MEMBERS OF MCKINNEY COMMANDERY OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, INDEPENDENT BODY OF TEXAS FREEMASONS. WE WERE FOUNDED IN OUR CHAPTER WAS FOUNDED IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY IN 1900. WE CELEBRATED 135TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR. WE WANT
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TO CONGRATULATE COUNCILMAN LYNCH. MAYOR COX, AND THANK MR. FULLER FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE.SIR. KNIGHTS SALUTE. 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. THANK YOU. THREE MINUTES. MAY WE HAVE. COMMENT CARDS? THREE MINUTES.
MR. THREE MINUTES. YEAH. ANY COMMENT? YES. OH, IS IT CLEAR UP FOR A SECOND? OKAY. ASSISTANCE COMES UP. OKAY, OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S LET'S MOVE AHEAD WITH OUR AGENDA. THE FIRST ITEM WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS ON OUR AGENDA THAT DOES NOT HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. SO IF YOU COME TONIGHT AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. THE PROCLAMATION, ANYONE OTHER THAN MAYOR FULLER, DO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION, A PROCLAMATION? OH, PROCLAMATION. FORGIVENESS FOR JUNETEENTH. OKAY, WE GOT TO DO THAT. IT'S USUALLY UP ON THE PODIUM, BUT IT'S HERE. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S OKAY. YOU GUYS KNOW. THAT'S OKAY. YOU JUST ANSWER YOURSELF AND YOU CAN GO UP, OKAY? YEP. SO WE WE'RE
[Proclamation for Juneteenth National Independence Day]
CALLING AN AUDIBLE. WE'VE GOT A PROCLAMATION FIRST. SO THOSE OF YOU LINED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, GIVE US GIVE US JUST A MINUTE. JUST A MOMENT. YES. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GET.OKAY, HERE'S A LITTLE DETAIL HERE OKAY. SO WE HAVE ONE PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING. THIS IS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING JUNETEENTH, NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY. I'LL READ A PORTION OF THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON JULY 4TH, 1776, HOLDING THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL. THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR, CREATOR, AND CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. WHEREAS THE VAST MAJORITY OF AFRICAN PEOPLES ON AMERICAN LANDS WERE STILL EXCLUDED FROM SUCH RIGHTS. WHEN PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ISSUED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION IN 1863 AS PART OF THE EFFORT TO END THE CIVIL WAR, THE NEWS OF EMANCIPATION FINALLY REACHED THE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, ON JUNE 19TH, 1865. WHEREAS THE FORMERLY ENSLAVED PEOPLE OF TEXAS NAMED THE DAY OF JUNE 19TH AS JUNETEENTH AND CELEBRATED WITH MUSIC, FOOD, PRAYER, PARADES, AND SPEECHES, WITH MANY OF THE TRADITIONS SPANNING THE GENERATIONS EVEN UNTIL NOW. AND WHEREAS ON JUNE 19TH, 1980, EMANCIPATION DAY IN TEXAS BECAME A TEXAS STATE HOLIDAY TO HONOR JUNETEENTH, AND ON JUNE 17TH, 2021, THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED THE JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY ACT WITH AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF 415 TO 14, AND WHEREAS ALSO KNOWN AS JUBILEE DAY, THE SECOND INDEPENDENCE DAY, THE OFFICIAL JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY IS THURSDAY, JUNE THE 19TH AND CELEBRATED BY THE CITY OF MCKINNEY ON SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH AT FINCH PARK, WHERE THE OCCASION HAS BEEN PROUDLY AND JOYOUSLY COMMEMORATED MANY TIMES OVER THE PAST CENTURY PLUS. NOW, THEREFORE, I, BILL COX, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, PROCLAIM ON BEHALF OF OUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 19TH, 2025, AS JUNETEENTH, NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY IN
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MCKINNEY, TEXAS. THERE YOU ARE. I'M SOMEWHERE AROUND. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GO UP. THERE WE GO. ONE, TWO. THREE. ONE, TWO.THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW BACK TO OUR REGULAR PROGRAM. ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS
[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS (for Non-Public Hearing Items)]
COUNCIL ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA? I'M SORRY. ON THE AGENDA WITH THAT DOESN'T HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. JOHN. YOU KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING. YEAH. YEP. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MEMBERS IN OUR NEW MAYOR COX AND AT LARGE MEMBER LYNCH. MY NAME IS JOHN MONTEZ, A 25 YEAR RESIDENT OF MCKINNEY. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ABOUT IMPORTANT ISSUES RELATED TO THE UPCOMING AGENDA ITEM ON PARKS AND OPEN SPACES. I'LL SUMMARIZE THE THEME OF MY REMARKS AS THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY. SO LET'S START WITH THE GOOD. I WANT TO COMMEND THE TEAM, AND PROBABLY MANY CITIZENS WANT TO COMMEND THE TEAM THAT BROUGHT THE GOATS TO BONNIE WENK PARK FOR ALL THAT BRUSH CLEANUP. YEAH, THEIR WORK WAS NOT ONLY SUSTAINABLE AND AFFORDABLE, BUT ALSO A JOY FOR CITIZENS TO WITNESS, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM RETURN ANYTIME. NOW TO THE BAD PART OF MY REMARKS ON JUNE 10TH, VEHICLE BREAK IN OCCURRED AT BONNIE WENK PARK IN BROAD DAYLIGHT, TARGETING THE FAMILY, MANAGING THOSE BELOVED GOATS THAT WE ALL ENJOYED. THE FAMILY HAD THEIR PURSE STOLEN. IT CONTAINED IDENTIFICATION, CASH, CREDIT CARDS, HOUSE KEYS AND IPAD. THIS THEFT, UNFORTUNATELY, IS PART OF A TROUBLING PATTERN AFFECTING MULTIPLE VICTIMS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, SPECIFICALLY TARGETING PURSES LEFT IN VEHICLES. AND WHICH LEADS ME TO THE UGLY PART OF MY REMARKS. THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THIS CRIME WERE SEVERE FOR THE FAMILY INVOLVED.THEY FACED SIGNIFICANT DISTRESS, UNABLE TO ACCESS FUNDS OR IDENTIFICATION WHILE DEALING WITH CRITICAL MEDICAL NEEDS FOR THEIR DAUGHTER. THEY NOW ARE TRAUMATIZED, KNOWING THEIR HOUSE KEYS ARE IN THE HANDS OF THIEVES. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE IN MCKINNEY, SO I URGE THE COUNCIL AND MCKINNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS THESE KINDS OF ISSUES WITH THE LEVEL OF URGENCY IT DESERVES. YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY TO COMBAT THESE RECURRING CRIMES? WHILE THE ADVICE OF LOCK, TAKE AND HIDE? IT'S VALUABLE. WE MUST CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, MORE PROACTIVE MEASURES, YOU KNOW, CAN WE INCREASE SECURITY CAMERAS IN OUR PARKS AND DEPLOY PLAINCLOTHES OFFICERS TO MONITOR THESE AREAS IN A COVERT SURVEILLANCE TYPE OF WAY? IS THERE A SPECIALIZED UNIT WITHIN MCKINNEY PD THAT CAN USE CRIME DATA TO TARGET STRATEGICALLY SELECTED LOCATIONS FOR THESE KINDS OF CRIME, ACTIVELY AND EFFECTIVELY? YOUR PARKS SHOULD BE SAFE HAVENS FOR ALL OUR CITIZENS, AND WE MUST TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS SO THEY CAN ENJOY OUR BEAUTIFUL OPEN SPACES WITHOUT FEAR. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS. THANK YOU JOHN. NEXT SPEAKER, TAMRA JOHNSON, MISS JOHNSON. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MAYOR COX OH, I HAVE TO TELL MY NAME. TAMARA JOHNSON, BORN AND RAISED MCKINNEY, TEXAS. AND I LIVE ON CHESTNUT STREET HERE IN MCKINNEY. MAYOR COX AND CITY COUNCIL. LET ME TAKE MY GLASSES OFF SO I CAN SEE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW, DULY ELECTED HOME GROWN MAYOR. I AM SO GLAD TO BE A CONSTITUENT OF SOMEONE WHO REALLY KNOWS
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MCKINNEY, TEXAS. SOMEONE WHO WAS RAISED BY DOWN TO EARTH CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY. I'VE HEARD MULTIPLE TIMES TODAY ON K THAT YOU WANT TO ADDRESS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE GROWTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WALK IN STEP WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOTH QUITE IMPORTANT TO OUR LOCALITY.I TELL EVERYONE ABOUT THAT WALL THEY TALK ABOUT. THEY NEED TO BUILD THAT AROUND COLLIN COUNTY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON. I JUST REALLY KNOW AND BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL HELP TO CONTROL THAT. I TELL I'M SORRY. I'M HOPING NOW THAT YOU'RE A MAYOR, YOU WILL EXUDE WHAT BRINGS PEOPLE HERE, WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE BY NATURE, KINDNESS, EMPATHY AND CONCERN FOR THE NEXT HUMAN BEING. OF COURSE, I EXPECT YOU TO HANDLE THE FISCAL BUSINESS AND GOVERNING OF THE CITY AND ALL THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT, BUT ALSO ALLOW TO FLOW THE GENUINENESS AND SINCERITY LIKE THAT OF YOUR GRANDFATHER, MR. LORD HOWELL, WHO WAS A VERY DEAR FRIEND OF MY GREAT UNCLE, MR. BRUCE LUSTER, UNCLE BRUCE AND MR. HOWELL WERE GENUINE AND SINCERE TO ONE ANOTHER, BOTH VISIONARIES IN BUSINESS AND IN LIFE. I WILL NEVER FORGET WHEN MR. HOWELL MOVED HIS STORE FROM DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY TO WAY OUT THERE ON 380. NO ONE REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHY, BUT THAT WAS THE VISIONARY. I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT SOME OF HIS PERSONALITY AND PROWESS RUBBED OFF ON YOU. I'M SO VERY, VERY GLAD THAT MY VOTE COUNTED WITH SOMEONE WHO WOULD LEAD THIS COMMUNITY WITH KINDNESS, EMPATHY, AND CARE FOR THE NEXT HUMAN BEING. ONE LAST THING. I CAN SEE MR. HOWELL AND UNCLE BRUCE CHEERING YOU ON FROM HEAVEN ALONG WITH ALL OF US. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. AND MCKINNEY, TEXAS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JOHNSON. NEXT SPEAKER, LISA WASHINGTON, MISS WASHINGTON. HI, EVERYBODY. I'M LISA WASHINGTON, 7830 VAN TULL MCKINNEY, TEXAS. SO I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME. VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU. VERY PROUD OF THIS WHOLE CITY COUNCIL I LOVE THAT WHAT YOU SAID ON ELECTION NIGHT. WE ARE FAMILY.
AND WHAT I SAID BEFORE THE ELECTION, EVEN AFTER THE ELECTION, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE MCKINNEY. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE HAVE CHOKED BACK SOME OF THEIR PRIDE AND PUT A SMILE ON AND APPRECIATE THAT WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS A GREAT LEADER.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY ONE THING. A LEADER TAKES PEOPLE WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. A GREAT LEADER TAKES PEOPLE WHERE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO GO, BUT OUGHT TO BE. AND THAT'S YOU. SO I APPRECIATE YOU FOR TAKING UP THE MANTLE AND SEEING US THROUGH THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU, MISS WASHINGTON. NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRIS TREVINO. CHRIS TREVINO, 903 NORTH CHURCH STREET, A 50 YEAR RESIDENT OF MACTOWN. OKAY. SO FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO BILL COX AND DRE FELTUS ON YOUR ELECTION WINS. OKAY, I DIDN'T GET TO TELL YOU THAT LAST TIME WHEN BECAUSE I HAD TO WORK AND I TOOK OFF TODAY. SO I CAN COME SAY THIS RIGHT. Y'ALL BOTH FOUGHT HARD AND Y'ALL BOTH FOUGHT HARD UNTIL THE VERY END. AND I'M PROUD OF THE OUTCOME. I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT'S AHEAD FOR OUR CITY AND Y'ALL'S LEADERSHIP. I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE LYNCH ON HIS VICTORY. NO HARD FEELINGS HERE. YOU AND JIM RAN A STRONG, RESPECTFUL RACE. EITHER OF YOU WOULD HAVE DONE WELL AT THE AT LARGE SEAT. CONGRATULATIONS. NO, I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO SPEAK TO SCOTT SANFORD AND TAMMY WARREN PERSONALLY. NEVER MIND.
THEY'RE NOT HERE. I GUESS THEY'RE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO KEEP THEIR PROMISE. SO FINALLY, I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK GEORGE FULLER, CHARLIE PHILLIPS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT HERE FOR THE YEARS OF SERVICE AND BOTH WORKED TIRELESSLY, BASICALLY AS VOLUNTEERS, TO KEEP THIS CITY MOVING FORWARD AND THRIVING. THAT KIND OF COMMITMENT DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED, AND IT'S APPRECIATED. THE CITY HAS BEEN MY HOME FOR 50 YEARS. JUST LIKE BILL, THIS IS MY HOMETOWN. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE NEXT. AND I'M HERE ALL FOR IT. YOU'RE THE ONE THAT KNOWS WHAT MACTOWN
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MEANS. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT OTHER GUYS DIDN'T. AND THAT'S WHY I VOTED FOR YOU. AND THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS SUPPORT YOU. BECAUSE YOU'RE FROM HERE. AND YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE FEEL FROM THIS EAST SIDE. THAT'S WHY I'VE ALWAYS RESPECT YOU. AND I'LL ALWAYS DO WHATEVER YOU, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING FOR YOU AND FOR YOU AND FOR YOU AND JUST ABOUT ANYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL, AS LONG AS WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT FOR THIS CITY. JOHN MONTES, YOU KNOW, YOU SAW DOCTOR FELTON'S VIDEO ABOUT ADDRESSING THE BREAK INS AT BONNIE WENK. QUIT GRANDSTANDING. LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND GET THIS CITY MOVING TO THE RIGHT WAY. ALRIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. I'LL SEE YOU ON THE NEXT ONE. ALRIGHT. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK TONIGHT? ANYONE ELSE? YES, SIR. SO GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SAMUEL HALL. I FILLED OUT A CARD. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WENT, BUT BILL, CONGRATULATIONS ON ON YOUR WIN, DOCTOR FELTUS. I SPOKE WITH YOU AT THE LIBRARY.YOU ARE A VERY CLASSY WOMAN. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR REELECTION AND MR. ERNEST LYNCH.
WE SPOKE. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN AS WELL, SIR. I PRAY FOR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE FOR YOU.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS, IS AS A ACTIVIST AND AS A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY. AND ONE THING THAT I HEARD, AND THIS HAS BEEN SOME TIME, WAS THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN THAT CAME UP TO A PASTOR AND HE ASKED THAT PASTOR TO PRAY FOR THE MANTLE OF ELIJAH OVER HIS LIFE. AND SO THE PASTOR SAID, OKAY. AND THE PASTOR LAID HIS HANDS ON THE MAN, AND HE SAID, GOD, I PRAY THAT THIS MAN SUFFERS WITH SEVERE DEPRESSION. I PRAY THAT THIS MAN IS LONELY. I PRAY THAT HE FEARS FOR HIS LIFE AND THAT PEOPLE TRY TO TAKE HIS LIFE. AND THE GUY GOES, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? HE SAID, WAIT A SECOND. YOU PRAYED FOR THE MANTLE OF ELIJAH, AND THIS IS THE COST OF LEADERSHIP AND TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS REQUIRED. AND SO, BILL, I ESPECIALLY PRAY FOR YOU AS YOU LEAD THIS CITY. I CALLED YOU AND WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION ON THE PHONE.
ROMANS 13 ONE SAYS THAT NO MAN COMES TO POWER UNLESS GOD ORDAINS IT. AND AS I LOOK AT EACH ONE OF YOUR FACES, AND I AND ESPECIALLY YOU, MR. COX, I SEE A MAN THAT HAS A TRUE INTENTION FOR THIS CITY AND THAT WANTS TO LEAD IT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE'VE HAD GOOD CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, VERY CORDIAL CONVERSATIONS. EVEN ME AND MR. LYNCH HAD A VERY CORDIAL CONVERSATION. AND SAME WITH DOCTOR FELTUS. YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT NOT ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERYTHING, AND THAT'S FINE, BUT BUILDING BRIDGES IS WHAT'S GOING TO PULL AND MOVE THE CITY FORWARD. AND SO I FEEL LIKE BUILDING THOSE BRIDGES AND COMING TO A COMMON GROUND AND HAVING TRANSPARENT DIALOG IS IMPORTANT. AND I FEEL LIKE, BILL, THAT GOD HAS TAKEN YOU AND PUT YOU IN THIS POSITION. SAME WITH MR. LYNCH, SAME WITH DOCTOR FELTUS. BUT I WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN MY LAST, I DON'T KNOW, 54 SECONDS. AND I WANT TO SAY A PRAYER FOR, FOR THIS COUNCIL AND, AND FOR EACH AND EVERY MEMBER. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, I JUST PRAY FOR WISDOM, DIVINE WISDOM, AND DISCERNMENT FOR EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL. GOD, I PRAY IN JESUS CHRIST, MIGHTY NAME, THAT YOU LEAD THEM AND YOU GUIDE THEM IN YOUR WORD AND IN YOUR WAY FOR WHAT THIS CITY IS GOING, WHERE IT'S GOING, WHERE IT'S HEADED. FATHER GOD, I PRAY FOR THE SAFETY OF EACH AND EVERY MEMBER. I PRAY GOD THAT WE HAVE A UNITY IN THIS CITY. GOD, I PRAY IN JESUS CHRIST'S NAME IN THE NAME OF YESHUA HAMASHIACH I PRAY, FATHER GOD FOR THE FAVOR DIVINE FAVOR OVER EACH AND EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT EACH AND EVERY DECISION THEY MAKE WILL BE OF YOUR WILL, FATHER GOD, THAT THEY WILL SEEK YOUR FACE AND NOT JUST YOUR HAND, THAT THEY'LL SEEK YOUR HEART, FATHER GOD AND YOUR MIND AS THEY LEAD THIS CITY. AND IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH, AMEN. THANK YOU, MR. HALL. THE NEXT SPEAKER, KYLE SIMS. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MR. LYNCH AND MR. COX FOR THEIR WINS ON THE ELECTION. I TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WANT TO JUST. COVER IT AGAIN, THAT I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE MET WITH ME NUMEROUS TIMES. PATRICK, JERRY, MICHAEL, JUSTIN, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU HAVING YOUR COMMUNITY GET TOGETHERS ON MONDAY NIGHTS BEFORE THE MEETINGS. I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WATCHING OR LISTENING. GO MEET YOUR COUNCIL
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MEMBERS. EVEN IF THEY DON'T REPRESENT YOU, THEY STILL REPRESENT THIS CITY. SO I CAN'T EXTEND ENOUGH APPRECIATION TO Y'ALL FOR THE BRIDGES THAT WE'VE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, THE DOORS THAT WE HAVE OPENED, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOT MORE OF THAT. MY WIFE AND I HAVE A VESTED INTEREST HERE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. AND I'VE IT'S TAKEN ME A LONG TIME TO LEARN THAT THE FIGHTING, THE BICKERING, THE RHETORIC IS NOT NEEDED IN THIS CITY. ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS HAVE CONVERSATIONS FACE TO FACE, ONE ON ONE. AND WE CAN MAKE CHANGE. WE CAN BRING GOOD THINGS TO THIS CITY. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO. WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SIMS. NEXT SPEAKER IS BETH BENTLEY, MISS BENTLEY. I WANT TO BE THIS TALL, NO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COX, CITY COUNCIL AND MR. CITY MANAGER BETH BENTLEY, P.O. BOX 2931 MCKINNEY 75070. A FEW YEARS AGO, AS COUNCILWOMAN TRACEY WRATH TOOK HER SEAT ON THE DAIS, I FIRST SHARED THIS PRAYER WITH HER. IT WAS DURING A TENSE TIME IN OUR BELOVED HOMETOWN. EVEN TODAY, TENSION AND HOPEFUL EXPECTATION CONTEND FOR SPACE, AND AS THE NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR AND THOSE SEATED IN YOUR SERVANT LEADERSHIP ROLES, I SHARE THE ESSENCE OF THAT PRAYER WITH YOU TODAY. MAYOR BILL COX, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ELECTION TO THE MAYORAL SEAT OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND TO THOSE ON CITY COUNCIL BEING A LEGACY LEADER IN THIS COMMUNITY CAN BE CHALLENGING. AFTER ALL, YOU CARRY YOUR DAD'S LOOKS AND HIS LOVE OF COMMUNITY. YOU LIKELY CARRY THE WEIGHT OF BEING YOUR FATHER'S SON. BUT THIS IS MY PRAYER FOR YOU AS YOU HONOR YOUR DAD'S LEGACY IN THIS COMMUNITY AND AS YOU ACCEPT THE GRACE TO CHART THE PATH THAT THE LORD HAS FOR YOU, IT IS MY PRAYER THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS FUNCTION WITH HUMILITY, YET BOLDLY PROCLAIMING THE VIEWS OF ALL CITIZENS FROM YOUR SEAT. I PRAY THAT YOUR EARS WILL BE OPEN TO HEAR CREATIVE VIEWS, MISUNDERSTOOD IDEALS, WOUNDED HEARTS, IDEALISTIC DESIRES, REALISTIC TRUTHS, AND EVEN DEAFENING SILENCE. I PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE AS LARGE AS YOUR MAYORAL SEAT WILL ALLOW. MOVING TO EVERY CREVICE OF THE COMMUNITY WITH INTENTION AND WITH OR WITHOUT INVITATION. I PRAY THAT YOUR EYES WILL SEE THOSE WHO COME, AND MOST ASSUREDLY, THOSE WHO DO NOT. I PRAY THAT YOUR EARS WILL HEAR THOSE WHO SPEAK AND THOSE WHO DARE NOT. I PRAY THAT YOU WILL HAVE VISION FOR WHAT CAN BE. I PRAY THAT YOU WILL SERVE WITH A HEART OF RECONCILIATION, AND THAT IT WILL NEVER BE STIFLED BY CHAOS OR POPULAR VIEWS. CHART THE PATH THAT THE LORD HAS FOR YOU. BILL COX. PRAY. WALK. LISTEN HERE. BUILD LEAD. LISTEN WITH COMPASSION AND NOT WITH A QUICK AND READY RESPONSE. AND INVITE THOSE WHO AREN'T NORMALLY AT THE TABLE. IF YOU DON'T KNOW, ASK. GREAT LEADERS. DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS. SURROUND YOURSELF WITH WISDOM. WALK IN THE STRENGTH OF HUMILITY AND RECALL THE VALUES OF THE HOMETOWN THAT RAISED YOU. CARRY THE GOOD INTO THE GROWING COMMUNITY THAT YOU WILL LEAD.STARTING TODAY. PRAY AND PRAY AGAIN. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER, SUMMER WALKER SUMMER. BISMILLAHIRRAHMANIRRAHIM. ASSALAMU ALAIKUM. I START WITH THE NAME OF GOD AND BY SENDING PEACE AND BLESSINGS UPON EVERYONE IN MCKINNEY.
CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR WILCOX, AND CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILMAN LYNCH. I AM SO GLAD TO SEE THIS COUNCIL HERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME TODAY. BUT TONIGHT I AM HERE REPRESENTING KIND THEORY, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION ON WHOSE BOARD I SERVE AS AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. WHEN I MENTIONED TO
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OUR TEAM THAT WE HAVE A NEW MAYOR ELECT, BILL COX, THE TEN YEAR OLD HASSAN AHMED, WHO IS A MINIMALLY SPEAKING AUTISTIC CHILD WITH BODY APRAXIA, AND THE 11 YEAR OLD FABULOUS WHO IS AN AUTISTIC ARTIST. THEY GOT TOGETHER AND THEY WANTED TO CREATE AN ART PIECE WITH A COUPLE OF WORDS FOR YOU THAT HASSAN HAS TYPED ON A KEYBOARD. IT TAKES HASSAN MORE THAN 30 TO 45 MINUTES TO WRITE A SINGLE SENTENCE ON THE KEYBOARD BECAUSE OF HIS BODY APRAXIA, BUT HE WROTE IT FOR YOU SO THAT YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL. AND IN EVERY DECISION THAT YOU MAKE, YOU CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF AUTISTIC PEOPLE AND OTHERWISE NEURODIVERGENT AND DISABILITY DISABLED PEOPLE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW THIS TO YOU. THIS IS A MAP OF TEXAS AND IT SAYS, GIVE THIS A GLANCE, GIVE US A CHANCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE MIND DOES A DOUBTFUL DANCE AND HE'S POINTING TO THE BODY AND MIND DISCONNECT THAT HE FACES DURING HIS APRAXIC EPISODES. SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME AND ACCEPT THIS ON BEHALF OF HASSAN. AND THEY'RE BOTH OUT OF THE CITY RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU IN THE VIDEO LATER.SO I WOULD REALLY LOVE FOR YOU TO COME AND ACCEPT THIS. ANY. YES. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. TELL ME THIS. OKAY. I REALLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. STILL HAVE A MINUTE AND A HALF, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO SAY I AM SO GLAD AND SO PROUD FOR ALL OF YOU. AND I KNOW MCKINNEY IS IN SAFE HANDS BY. YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK TONIGHT ON A AN ITEM THAT IS ON OUR AGENDA BUT DOES NOT HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON. OUR NEXT ITEM WOULD BE
[CONSENT AGENDA]
OUR CONSENT AGENDA. WE'VE GOT MEMBERS, WE HAVE CONSENT MINUTES AND ALSO RESOLUTIONS TO ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY OF THE ITEMS ON CONSENT. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. I'LL SECOND.GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. RICK. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER AND A SECOND BY WHAT SOUNDS LIKE MR. FRANKLIN. IS THAT RIGHT? ANY QUESTIONS? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION PASSES. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR
[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Petition to Annex (Case No. 25-0002A) and a Request to Zone the Subject Property to “R5” - Residential District (Case No. 25-0036Z), Located at North of County Road 124 and Approximately 2,850 Feet West of County Road 161, and Accompanying Ordinance (REQUEST TO BE TABLED)]
REGULAR AGENDA AND PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM I. 250002A-250036Z2. A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER PETITION TO ANNEX CASE 250002A, AND A REQUEST TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO R5 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. THIS IS AT THE NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 121 202,850FT, WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 161. WHO'S HANDLING THIS? HI, KATE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. KATE STRICKLAND, PLANNING MANAGER WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING BE CLOSED AND THE ITEM TABLED INDEFINITELY. STAFF WILL RENOTICE THIS ITEM WHEN IT COMES BEFORE Y'ALL AGAIN. AND I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS? ANYONE? OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE TABLE. THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ATTACHED. IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT'S MADE THE EFFORT TO BE HERE AND WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TABLE THIS ITEM. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JONES. GO AHEAD, MR. FRANK. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.[01:00:07]
OPEN IT. NOW THAT MOTION PASSES, THE ITEM HAS BEEN TABLED. YEAH. SO HIS MOTION WAS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSED. THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TABLED. OKAY. JUST NEED TO KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN ON THIS CASE. THEY REQUESTED IT BE CLOSED. IT'LL BE CLOSED AND RE NOTIFY. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE GOOD? OKAY. OKAY. VERY GOOD. OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS 252884. THIS IS A REQUEST TO DISCUSS AN[Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Increasing the Homestead Exemption for Residents Over Age 65 and the Disabled]
ORDINANCE INCREASE IN THE HOMESTEAD. EXEMPTION FOR RESIDENTS OVER AGE 65 AND THE DISABLED. MR. HOLLOWAY, GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MARK HOLLOWAY, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE CITY. EACH EACH YEAR AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, AS WE BEGIN THE PROCESS OF SETTING THE TAX RATE, WE LOOK AT OUR PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE TO DO THAT BECAUSE AND MAKE ANY CHANGES BEFORE JULY 1ST, BECAUSE THAT IS OUR DEADLINE TO ACTUALLY SEND THOSE IN TO COLLIN COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT. SO WITH THAT DEADLINE APPROACHING, TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT TO HAVE A BRIEF DISCUSSION ON PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS. I WOULD BEGIN BY JUST REMINDING EVERYBODY WHAT TYPES OF EXEMPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE. RIGHT NOW. THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS AN OVER 65 AND DISABLED EXEMPTION. THAT IS AN EXEMPTION THAT IS TARGETED TO A SPECIFIC GROUP. THE COUNCIL CAN CHANGE THAT EVERY YEAR AND AS THEY SEE FIT, A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AFFECTS ALL HOMES. IT IS CHANGEABLE BY A PERCENTAGE BASIS EACH YEAR AND THEN WOULD REDUCE THE TAX BURDEN ON ALL HOMEOWNERS. AND THEN THERE'S THE THIRD TYPE, WHICH IS THE OVER 65 AND DISABLED TAX FREEZE. THAT IS A TARGETED TO A SPECIFIC GROUP. AND THAT TYPE OF EXEMPTION IS PERMANENT. ONCE THE COUNCIL ENACTS THAT, THAT WOULD BECOME A PERMANENT OF LAW. SO I'LL GO THROUGH THE TYPES JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH. HOW DO THEY WORK? WELL, THE OVER 65 AND DISABLED TAX EXEMPTION THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE JUST SIMPLY REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF TAXABLE VALUE A HOMEOWNER PAYS. SO FOR. SO HERE IN THE CITY CURRENTLY THAT EXEMPTION IS $90,000. WHICH MEANS YOU TAKE THE HOME VALUE, YOU REDUCE IT BY $90,000 AND THEN LEVY A TAX. ONCE YOU DO THAT, THAT EXEMPTION AT THE CURRENT TAX RATE WOULD WOULD REDUCE THE OVERALL TAX BILL BY ABOUT $374 PER ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNER. THAT EXEMPTION WAS LAST INCREASED IN 2024. AND AS A WAY OF COMPARISON, AS AS THOSE VALUES COME DOWN, THERE'S LESS TAX BASE FOR EVERY $5,000 THAT THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD INCREASE THAT EXEMPTION. HOMEOWNERS PAY $21 LESS. AT OUR CURRENT TAX RATE. THERE IS A CONVERSE TO THAT. SO FOR EVERY $5,000 IN EXEMPTION, NON-ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNERS WOULD PAY ABOUT $3.26 MORE IN TAXES AT OUR CURRENT RATE. SO WHEN YOU ADD ALL THAT UP, CURRENT LEVEL OF EXEMPTION, A NON ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNER PAYS ABOUT $56 A YEAR MORE IN TAXES AT THE CURRENT TAX RATE. WE'VE ALSO MENTIONED HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. ONCE AGAIN, THAT REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF TAXABLE VALUE THAT ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNERS PAY. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO CITY HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS A PERCENTAGE OF A PROPERTY'S APPRAISED VALUE. THE MAXIMUM THAT YOU CAN SET WOULD BE 20%, BUT THE EXEMPTION FOR ANY HOME COULD NOT BE LESS THAN $5,000. SO IF THE PIECE OF PROPERTY OR HOME WERE WORTH LESS THAN THAN THAT AMOUNT, THE $5,000 WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE APPLIED. SO BY WAY OF JUST SHOWING THE COMPARISON, IF, IF HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION HAD BEEN IMPLEMENTED LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE ARE CURRENTLY AT A TAX RATE OF ABOUT 41.5 CENTS, WITH A WITH A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OF ABOUT 5% TO HAVE THE SAME TAX LEVY. THE TAX RATE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN. AND THIS IS JUST USING OUR RAW CALCULATIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 42.8 CENTS. SO AS AS YOU TAKE VALUE FROM THE ROLE, THE TAX RATE WOULD PROBABLY STAY STAY WHERE IT WAS OR GO UP A LITTLE BIT TO RAISE THE LEVY THAT THAT YOU NEED. THIS THIS SLIDE DEMONSTRATES JUST KIND OF OUR ESTIMATES OF WHAT THE ALL THREE TYPES OF EXEMPTIONS DO. IT[01:05:04]
ALSO HAS KIND OF OUR POPULATION MAKEUP. YOU CAN SEE HOW OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THE TYPES OF EXEMPTIONS HAVE GROWN AT A HIGHER RATE THAN OUR TOTAL POPULATION OVER 65 AND DISABLED, BEING A 28% OVERALL CHANGE. SO IT SEEMS LIKE THAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION IS GROWING AT A QUICKER RATE THAN THAN OUR OVERALL POPULATION OVER THE LAST AT LEAST 5 OR 6 YEARS. I DID WANT TO JUST MENTION, AS WE GO INTO BUDGET SEASON AND INTO SETTING THE TAX RATE, THESE ARE SOME PRELIMINARY VALUES WE HAVE FROM CAD. NONE OF THIS WILL BE OFFICIAL UNTIL JULY 25TH WHEN WE ACTUALLY GET THE ROLE. BUT RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE BUDGETING WITH OR WE'RE LOOKING AT IS ON EXISTING PROPERTIES. WE'RE HAVING ABOUT A 4.34% INCREASE ON EXISTING PROPERTIES, NEW CONSTRUCTIONS.WE'RE ADDING 3.84%, ALMOST 4%. THAT'S 1.5 BILLION, ALMOST $1.6 BILLION OF NEW VALUE TO THE ROLE. VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT NUMBER. THAT WOULD BE TWO YEARS OF ALMOST 1.6 BILLION BEING ADDED TO THE ROLL. THE YEAR BEFORE. THAT WAS 1 BILLION AND THAT WAS A RECORD. SO WE'RE SEEING STILL SEEING VERY STRONG GROWTH ON OUR VALUES RIGHT NOW. THE CERTIFIED VALUE OF HOMESTEAD MARKET VALUE OF HOME IS ABOUT $574,000. THE PRELIMINARY PRELIMINARY NUMBER WE'VE BEEN GIVEN IS $580,000. LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHERE THAT NUMBER ENDS ON JULY 25TH.
AND THEN ANY AS I MENTIONED EARLY ON, ANY EXEMPTION CHANGE OR ANY TYPE OF EXEMPTION ADDITIONS MUST BE ADOPTED BY JULY 1ST. AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND WE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE, WHICH WE DO EVERY YEAR. ANYWAY, AS WE'RE APPROACHING BUDGET SEASON. I KNOW A FEW YEARS AGO, WE THEY'RE OUT OF MY LAST FOUR YEARS ON COUNCIL. THERE WAS ONE YEAR THAT WE HELD OFF ON INCREASING THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR SENIORS, PARTICULARLY DISABLED, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD SOME LEGISLATION THAT WAS COMING FORWARD TO INCREASE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AT THE STATE LEVEL. AND SO WE HELD OFF ON MAKING CHANGES THERE IN THAT CAME FORWARD. WE'RE IN A SIMILAR POSITION TODAY, RIGHT. BECAUSE JUST YESTERDAY THE GOVERNOR SIGNED SENATE BILL FOUR AND SENATE BILL 23, WHICH WILL INCREASE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS FOR SENIORS. NOW WITH THE COMBINATION OF ABOUT 200,000. IS THAT CORRECT? I BELIEVE SO, AND THAT WOULD BE NOT ON THE CITY SIDE. THAT IS ON THAT'S ON THE STATE, THE STATE LEVEL. BUT OVERALL, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SHIFTING TAX BURDEN, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SORT OF WAY WE DON'T WANT SENIORS TO BE CAUGHT IN A POSITION WHERE THEY'RE STRUGGLING EVERY YEAR AS TAXES INCREASE BECAUSE THEIR HOME VALUES ARE INCREASING, STRUGGLING TO KEEP THEIR HOMES. AND I CAN CERTAINLY SAY FROM MY STANDPOINT, HAVING THAT NEWS KIND OF FLOW DOWN FROM THE STATE LEVEL CERTAINLY IMPACTS THEM. SO I THINK I AM IN A POSITION WHERE I DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR US RIGHT NOW, GIVEN HOW MUCH WE NEED TO OPERATE THE CITY, WITH THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT WE HAVE, WITH THE AMOUNT OF ROADS THAT NEED TO BE CONSTRUCTED, WITH THE NUMBER OF CITY SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE AS PEOPLE ARE MOVING IN, I'M NOT FEELING STRONGLY TO MAKE ANY OTHER ADJUSTMENTS AT THIS TIME. I'M NOT SURE YOU'LL FIND TOO MANY QUESTIONS HERE, BUT MAYBE THERE'LL BE 1 OR 2. WHAT COUNCILMAN FELTUS WAS REFERRING COUNCILWOMAN FELTUS WAS REFERRING TO. IS THE STATE COMING UP WITH THIS? AND WHAT THE STATE HAS CONTROL OVER IS ESSENTIALLY THE ISD TAXES THAT WE PAY. ESSENTIALLY, THE ISD TAX WE PAY GO TO AUSTIN. SOME OF IT FLOWS BACK TO THE ISD'S HERE IN MCKINNEY, AND MUCH OF IT STAYS IN AUSTIN. SO THIS IS THEIR WAY OF GIVING SOME MONEY BACK. BUT THE PEOPLE THAT PAY ISD TAXES ARE BOTH HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS. AND THIS IS ONLY BENEFITING HOMEOWNERS. CORRECT? MARK, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR EXEMPTIONS AND THE ABILITY TO FREEZE, YOU HAVE TO OWN YOUR HOME. YOU CAN'T RENT IN ORDER TO BENEFIT FROM THAT. CORRECT. ANY OF THESE THREE TYPES OF EXEMPTIONS WOULD ONLY BE FOR SOMEONE WHO COULD FILE A HOMESTEAD, AND IT WOULD BE A HOMEOWNER. YES. CORRECT. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK TOO HARD AROUND MCKINNEY TO FIND PLACES THAT ARE RENTAL PLACES.
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT OVER 50, OVER 65, THERE'S TWO NEW ONES COMING ONLINE. THERE'S ONE BASICALLY AT ALMA AND COLLIN MCKINNEY AND CRAIG RANCH, AND THERE'S ONE THAT IS AT VIRGINIA AND HARDIN. THOSE ARE DEEDED FOR OVER 55, AND I'M OVER 55. I AIN'T GOING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE ARE OLDER WHO ARE GOING AND SO WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ON THE CITY LEVEL IS NOT A TAX LESS TAX. IT'S A THE WAY WE CALCULATE PROPERTY TAXES HERE IN THE CITY, IT'S A SHIFT OF TAXES.
SO AS OUR CFO SAID EARLIER, HE SHOWED HOW IT'S A SHIFT. WE'RE NOT THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO GET ANY LESS REVENUE. WE'RE GOING TO GET THE REVENUE THAT WE APPROVE IN OUR BUDGET. IT'S JUST A
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QUESTION OF WHERE DO WE GET IT AND WHAT WE'VE DONE. AND CANDIDLY, WITH STATES REALLY DOING AT A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL IS SHIFTING THAT BURDEN FROM FOLKS WHO ARE OWNERS TO RENTERS. AND THAT'S TOUGH WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUNG FAMILIES WHO ARE TRYING TO SAVE, TO BUY A HOUSE. AND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOLKS WHO AND IN MY DAY JOB, I SEE THIS ALL THE TIME. BUT FOLKS WHO SELL THE HOUSE AND MOVE TO A RENTAL PLACE WHERE THEY CAN HAVE LESS MAINTENANCE AND STUFF. SO TO COUNCILWOMAN FELTZ'S POINT, WHAT GOVERNOR ABBOTT SIGNED YESTERDAY AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE ON OUR BALLOTS IN NOVEMBER TO APPROVE. AND I THINK THERE'S I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED. YOU KNOW, VOTERS ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR A TAX REDUCTION. I THINK THERE'S TWO CHANCES IT'S NOT GOING TO BE APPROVED. THOSE ARE SLIM AND NONE. SO IT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED. YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO REDUCE THE TAXES FOR EVERY HOMEOWNER. AND EVEN MORE SO FOR EVERY OVER 65 AND DISABLED. SO I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THAT I FIND MYSELF IN THE SAME POSITION AS COUNCILWOMAN FELTUS THAT I THINK WE LEAVE IT AS IT IS THIS YEAR. MARK, I KNOW WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT TAX RATE YET, AND YOU'RE WAITING TILL JULY 25TH TO COME UP WITH THAT, BUT DO YOU EXPECT THAT WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOWER OUR TAX RATE AGAIN THIS YEAR? I WOULD SAY THAT ANYTIME THAT YOU SEE THE PRELIMINARY INCREASE BEING 4.34%, WITH THE TAX CAPS AT 3.5%, YES, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN THE CARDS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE GOT PRESENTED, HERE, WERE LAST YEAR'S AVERAGE MARKET VALUE WAS $574,000. AND WE SEE A 6000 OR ESTIMATE A $6,000 INCREASE IN THAT. THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN A ADDITIONAL TAX RECOGNIZED BY PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO LOWER THE TAX RATE. AND, YOU KNOW, THE AVERAGE HOMESTEAD IS PROBABLY GOING TO PAY LESS IN TAXES JUST FROM WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO. IF THOSE VALUES ARE WHAT WE END UP WITH. YES, ON ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, THAT THAT COULD BE DIFFERENT. BUT AND THEN IT WOULD ALSO DEPEND ON HOW MUCH THE TAX RATE COULD CHANGE. BUT BUT YEAH, I MEAN, AND I AGREE WITH DOCTOR FELTZ AND PATRICK, IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS, WE'VE REALLY BEEN IN THOSE HIGH INCREASES OF AVERAGE VALUES IN 2022. AND THOSE TIME FRAMES WHERE WE EXPECTED WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ABSORB A LOT OF THAT WITH A REDUCTION IN THE TAX RATE. BUT THIS YEAR WE REALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, OR WE EXPECT THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, THAT A SENIOR MAY NOT THE AVERAGE SENIOR OR BELOW MAY NOT EXPERIENCE ANY ADDITIONAL TAX PAID BECAUSE OF THOSE VALUE DIFFERENCES, ESPECIALLY ON DEPENDING ON WHO YOU'RE ACTUALLY TARGETING WITH THAT. YEAH. OKAY. I'M I'M WITH DOCTOR FELTZ AND PATRICK. I'M OKAY WITH WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. ANYONE ELSE? NO, I AGREE, BUT A LITTLE DIFFERENT REASONS ALSO. I MEAN WE HAVE IN MCKINNEY A LOT OF NEW HOMES STARTS. WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS, PAINTED TREE AND OTHER THINGS. I KNOW SOME OF THOSE ARE RENTAL COMMUNITIES, BUT I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME WE START EXPLORING A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR ALL TAXPAYERS, FOR ALL HOMEOWNERS IN MCKINNEY, AND JUST REALLY DEEP DIVE INTO WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AS SOME OF OUR SISTER CITIES DO. I'M REALLY NOT FOR JUST, YOU KNOW, GIVING AN EXEMPTION FOR A PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE TO BEGIN WITH. SO I WOULD LIKE HOLLOWAY IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, GET THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR, FOR FUTURE BUDGET SEASON TO JUST LOOK AT, JUST GIVE US A DEEPER DIVE, A DEEPER DATA INTO LOOKING INTO A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR ALL HOMEOWNERS IN MCKINNEY. I WOULD ECHO MICHAEL'S SUGGESTION, CERTAINLY AFTER THIS BUDGET SEASON, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME MAYBE BEFORE THE NEXT ONE BEGINS, BE HAPPY TO BRING BACK AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH YOU. THANK YOU. MARK. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON ON THIS ITEM EVERYBODY? GOOD. MARK. THANK YOU. NO ACTION, NO ACTION REQUIRED ON THAT ITEM. NEXT ITEM IS 252885. IF IT'S IF IT SAYS ACT WE'VE GOT TO ACT.WHETHER IT'S TO DO NOTHING IT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT. THERE COULD BE NO MOTION. OR YOU CAN ASK FOR A MOTION EITHER WAY. OKAY. MOTION MADE. IF THERE'S NO MOTION, WE DIDN'T ASK FOR A MOTION. DO YOU WANT TO ACT? WE DON'T NEED THAT. WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING. NO MOTION. OKAY? YOU JUST MOVE ON. YOU'RE GOOD. JUSTIN, THERE'S NO MOTION. OKAY. OH. IS LISTED WITH THE CURRENT EXEMPTION. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANY ACTION. YOU'LL JUST MAINTAIN THE CURRENT EXEMPTION.
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PERIOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE ONE ISSUE THAT. WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT. JUST A QUESTION TO CLARIFY. DID THIS EVER HAPPEN UNDER FULLER'S WATCH? ALL THE TIME. THAT'S[Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Annual Budget and the 2025-2029 Capital Improvements Program to Provide Funds for Project AI2114, Taxilane A Rehabilitation and Construction, Phase II]
RIGHT. VERY GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM IS 252885. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 2024 2025 ANNUAL BUDGET AND THE 2025 TO 2025 NINE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR PROJECT A, 12114 TAXI LANE, A REHAB AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE TWO. MR. CALI GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND CALI AIRPORT DIRECTOR. KEN.ACTUALLY I HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION MICROPHONE. THERE YOU GO. PULL IT OVER. THERE YOU GO. YOU'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. I HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION THAT ADDRESSES THE NEXT THREE AGENDA ITEMS. SO TAXIWAY ALPHA, PHASE TWO. THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY THE PHOTO YOU'RE SEEING ON THE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT. THAT PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN APRIL. THE PROJECT IS WELL UNDERWAY. ITS REHABILITATION RELOCATION OF A OF AN EXISTING TAXIWAY. SO THE PROJECT REALLY WILL CONTINUE ON HERE INTO PHASE TWO WITH YOUR CONCURRENCE TONIGHT. SO JUST TO KIND OF FRAME OF REFERENCE WHERE WE'RE AT ON THE AIRFIELD HERE, THIS IS THE MIDFIELD AREA, PHASE ONE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. THIS IS THE GENERAL AVIATION PROJECT. PHASE ONE. THE PHOTO YOU JUST SAW IS UNDERWAY. THAT PROJECT IS ABOUT A $9.5 MILLION PROJECT, ALL IN FUNDED PRIMARILY WITH GRANT FUNDS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE ABOUT A 10% PARTICIPATION IN PHASE ONE. PHASE TWO PROPOSES TO CONTINUE THAT PROJECT AND REHABILITATE THE PAVEMENT TO THE SOUTH. THAT PAVEMENT IS PRETTY HEAVILY TRAFFICKED THESE DAYS, WITH THE EXPANSION IN THE GROWTH OF THE AIRPORT ON THE SOUTH SIDE, ON THE SOUTH END OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT, THAT, AS WELL AS THE MIDFIELD AREA AND THE DEVELOPMENT WE'VE HAD THERE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THIS AREA GETS A LOT OF TRAFFIC. HERE'S A KIND OF A LOOK AT THE PROJECT SCOPE AND A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. WE'RE GOING TO REHABILITATE SOME OF THE OLD PAVEMENT, CONSTRUCT A NEW CONNECT CONNECTOR THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROJECT, AND THEN REMOVE AN OLD CONNECTOR AT THE SOUTH END OF THE OF THE TAXI LANE. AND THE PAVEMENT IS AT THE END OF ITS LIFE CYCLE. YOU CAN SEE THE PHOTO THERE. THAT PAVEMENT ARE ORIGINAL TO THE LATE 80S. IT'S AT THE END OF ITS LIFE CYCLE. IT'S SCORED POOR IN PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX AND IT CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE. SO THE TIME TO DO THE PROJECT IS NOW IT'S BEEN IN THE AIRPORT'S MASTER PLAN SINCE 2018. IT'S BEEN IN TXDOT AVIATION'S CAPITAL PLAN, AS WELL AS THE CITY'S CAPITAL PROGRAM. ORIGINALLY PROGRAM WITH TEXDOT IN 2027. THEY REACHED OUT TO US IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, INDICATING THAT THEY HAD FUNDS AVAILABLE TO FUND IT IN 2025, AND THEY ACTUALLY ARE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THEIR GRANT FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT FROM 5.2 TO $7 MILLION. SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY YES TO THAT. SO WE'RE PROPOSING THE TOTAL PROJECT WITH ALL THE SOFT COSTS, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, ALL THE CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION IS ABOUT 8.95 MILLION. TEXDOT IS COMMITTING TO $7 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING. WE PROPOSE A LOCAL MATCH OF 1.5 MILLION, PLUS THE DESIGN COST OF 449,800, ALL IN WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, ABOUT 8.95 MILLION. ABOUT 82% OF THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE FUNDED WITH GRANT DOLLARS. TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT TXDOT'S INDICATED THAT THEY WANT TO ISSUE THE GRANT BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL CYCLE, SO IT'LL BE BEFORE THE END OF THE STATE FISCAL YEAR. WE WOULD BID THE PROJECT IN OCTOBER. AWARD BID SHORTLY AFTER THE HOLIDAYS AND START CONSTRUCTION IN MARCH, ABOUT A 12 MONTH CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.
AND JUST WANTED TO SHOW THIS TO YOU BECAUSE THE PROJECT ENABLES OUR SUPPORTS SOME SOME ADJACENT AERONAUTICAL DEVELOPMENT. YOU MIGHT RECALL, IN 2023, THE TOURIST BOARD APPROVED 2.8 MILLION TO BUILD THIS TAXI LANE CONNECTOR THAT REALLY OPENED UP THIS 11 ACRE PARCEL FOR DEVELOPMENT. THE HANGAR THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS DIAGRAM IS ACTUALLY ALREADY IN PLACE.
THAT'S ENCORE HANGAR, TEXAS. DPS IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT THE HANGAR TO THE RIGHT. ON THAT DIAGRAM. THEY'RE PULLING THE FUNDING TOGETHER FOR THAT PROJECT NOW AND THEN. WE'RE NEGOTIATING A GROUND LEASE WITH AN EXISTING TENANT TO EXPAND THEIR OPERATION AND DEVELOP A
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NEW HANGAR AND APRON ON ABOUT FIVE ACRES OF THE SOUTH END OF THAT. SO THIS PROJECT REALLY ENABLES THAT DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. SO THE AGENDA ITEMS TONIGHT, YOU'VE GOT AN ORDINANCE THAT BASICALLY 2885 THAT INCREASES THE STATE'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PROJECT BY $1.73 MILLION. THERE'S A RESOLUTION AFTER THAT TO. AWARD A DESIGN CONTRACT TO GARVER, WHO'S THE AIRPORT ENGINEER OF RECORD, TO DESIGN THE PROJECT. AND THEN THE LAST ONE, YOU'VE GOT A RESOLUTION THAT REALLY AUTHORIZES THE CITY TO ACCEPT THE GRANT FUNDING FROM THE STATE ENTER INTO THAT GRANT AGREEMENT, PER THE TERMS OUTLINED IN IN THE IN THE PRESENTATION. SO IT'D BE $8.5 MILLION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, $7 MILLION OF GRANT FUNDING, 1.5 MILLION AIRPORT PARTICIPATION, AND THEN 449 FOR THE DESIGN. AND THEN IT ALSO THAT RESOLUTION ALSO IDENTIFIES TXDOT AS THE AGENT TO ADMINISTER THE GRANT. AND WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU KEN. ANYONE QUESTIONS? MOTIONS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING APPROVED. NO. NO, MA'AM. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM. I'LL SECOND A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM BY COUNCILWOMAN FELTZ AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ITEM IS 252886. CONSIDER[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Garver, LLC for McKinney National Airport Project AI2114, Taxilane A Rehabilitation & Construction, Phase II]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH GARVER, LLC FOR MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT. PROJECT A12114 TAXI LANE, A REHAB AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE TWO. SO MOVED HAVE A MOTION BY MR. LYNCH. SECOND. SECOND. I SEE WHERE THIS GOES. YOU TWO. MR. FRANKLIN.OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. ALL
[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Grant Agreement with The Texas Department of Transportation for McKinney National Airport Project AI2114, Taxilane A Rehabilitation and Construction]
RIGHT. THAT MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT ITEM IS 252887. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT. PROJECT A12114 TAXI LANE, A REHAB AND CONSTRUCTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THAT ITEM. I'LL SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT THAT MOTION CARRIES.[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Appointing Members to the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number One Board; and Designating a TIRZ1 Board Chair for the Remainder of Calendar Year 2025]
THE NEXT ITEM IS 252888. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. NUMBER ONE BOARD AND DESIGNATING A TOURS ONE BOARD CHAIR FOR THE REMAINDER OF CALENDAR YEAR 2025. MISS DRAIN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COX. THE FINAL THREE AGENDA ITEMS ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERSHIPS TO THE VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OF THE CITY. BASED ON THE MOST RECENT ELECTIONS, THIS APPOINTMENT AND CHAIR APPOINTMENT FOR THE TERM ONE. THE BYLAWS OF THE TERM ONE REQUIRE THAT APPOINTMENT CHANGES ARE APPROVED BY RESOLUTION, SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE CONFIRMING MAYOR COX AND COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH TO THAT TERM. ONE BOARD.ADDITIONALLY, THE CHAIRMAN IS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A CALENDAR YEAR. YOU'RE MOST RECENT CHAIRMAN IS OUTGOING CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PHILLIPS AND YOUR CURRENT VICE CHAIR. JUST AS A NOTE IS COUNCIL MEMBER FRANKLIN. SO THERE'S A LOT OF SILENCE GOING ON. WELL, I'LL GRUDGINGLY ACQUIESCE TO THE ADDITION OF LYNCH AND COX ON THIS AND NOMINATE COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN TO BE THE CHAIR. OH, THIS IS LIKE A POT SHOT. ARE WE ELECTING THE VICE CHAIR AS WELL? NO, JUST THE CHAIR. VICE CHAIR. ANYONE WANT TO SECOND THE MOTION? SECOND THAT MOTION WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. FROM PATRICK CLOUTIER TO NOMINATE MR. FRANKLIN AS CHAIR OF TOURS ONE SECOND BY MISS FELTUS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. JUST TO CLARIFY, MAYOR, DOES THAT MOTION INCLUDE THE APPOINTMENT OF YOURSELF AND MR. LYNCH TO THE BOARD? OH, YES. YES IT DOES. AND
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MR. CLOUTIER, YOU AGREE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION CARRIES, MR. FRANKLIN, CONGRATULATIONS.WE NOW NEED TO APPOINT A VICE CHAIR. CORRECT. THAT WILL OCCUR AT THE FIRST MEETING. THE BOARD APPOINTS THE CHAIR. OKAY. VERY GOOD. I'M SORRY. THE VICE CHAIR. THE BOARD ITSELF APPOINTS. OKAY.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Appointing Members to the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Two Board; and Designating a TIRZ2 Board Chair for the Remainder of Calendar Year 2025]
VERY GOOD. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS 25222889. CONSIDER RESOLUTION APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE TWO BOARD. DESIGNATING A BOARD CHAIR FOR THE REMAINDER OF CALENDAR YEAR 2025. VERY SIMILARLY, REQUESTING YOU TO CONFIRM THE MEMBERSHIPS OF MAYOR COX AND COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH TO THE TOURIST BOARD AS WELL AS ELECT, I'M SORRY, DESIGNATE A CHAIRPERSON FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR 2025. COUNCIL MEMBER PHILLIPS WAS YOUR CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER FRANKLIN IS YOUR CURRENT VICE CHAIR. IN ORDER TO DISTRIBUTE POWER MORE EVENLY, I WILL NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER BELLER TO BE THE CHAIR OF TERM TWO AND WELCOME ABOARD COX AND LYNCH. THAT'S A MOTION.SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER TO NOMINATE MR. BELLER AS THE CHAIR OF TOURIST TWO, AND ALSO TO INCLUDE COUNCILMAN LYNCH AND MAYOR COX ON THAT BOARD. WE HAVE A SECOND BY MR. JONES. CORRECT? CORRECT. ANY DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. THAT MOTION CARRIES OVERWHELMINGLY. YOU WON'T LOOK AT ME. FUNNY. OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS 252890. DISCUSS APPOINTING
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Appointing Members to the McKinney Public Facility Corporation Board of Directors]
MEMBERS TO THE MCKINNEY PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS. MISS DRAIN. FINALLY, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DO SERVE AS THE MEMBERS OF FACILITY CORPORATION. THIS ACTION IS TO APPROVE MAYOR COX AND COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH TO THAT BOARD. THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO APPOINT OFFICERS AT THIS TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT MAYOR COX AND COUNCIL MEMBER LYNCH TO THE MCKINNEY PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION BOARD. I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. THE MOTION BY MISS FELTUS AND A SECOND BY MR. CLOUTIER TO INCLUDE COX AND LYNCH ON THE MCKINNEY PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. COUNCILMEMBER FELDMAN. SORRY. THAT MOTION CARRIES.THANK YOU, MISS DRAIN, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA. THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY ON OUR WHAT WOULD BE FOR OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON MATTERS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO IF YOU'VE COME TONIGHT AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. THEY'VE ALREADY DONE IT. TOOK CARE OF COUNCIL
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COMMENTS. COUNCIL COMMENTS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO FIRST, WE NORMALLY START ON ONE END AND YOU PICK THAT END, THAT END. ALL RIGHT, I CAN START. I'LL SAY A QUICK FEW THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR COX. CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILMAN LYNCH, I AM EXCITED FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE WITH US. THREE EVENTS I WENT TO THAT I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE STAFF AND THE TEAM THAT PUT THEM ON. FIRST OF ALL, THE TACOS WITH COPS. ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, CHIEF ELLENBERG AND HIS TEAM ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB OVER HERE AT OLD SETTLERS AND DID IT AGAIN THIS TIME. ALWAYS A FUN TIME WITH THEM. SECOND IS THE TEXAS MUSIC REVOLUTION, THE MAIN STREET TEAM. ANDREW JONES AND HIS GROUP DO A GREAT JOB OF CLEARING THE SQUARE. THE MUSIC WAS GREAT. ALWAYS GO DOWN AND WE HAVE A FUN TIME EVERY YEAR AT THAT EVENT. SO IT WAS WELL DONE BY ANDREW AND HIS TEAM. AND THE LAST ONE WAS JUNETEENTH, WHICH WE CELEBRATED ON SATURDAY, AND AMY KINCAID AND HER TEAM AND ALL THE CREW THAT PUTS THAT TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, MARCUS LLOYD WAS OUT THERE EMCEEING. I KNOW I SAW ANGELA RICHARDSON WOODS DANCING AND I SAW, I THINK I SAW BETH BENTLEY DANCING. SO BUT IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB WITH THAT. AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE[01:30:07]
COUNCILMAN LYNCH AND MAYOR BILL COX. WELCOME ABOARD I GOT GOOD EXPECTATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND DO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS FOR MCKINNEY. ONE THING I WANTED TO BRING UP, IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, AROUND THE CITY, WE HAVE NOW PUT UP THE WAYFARING SIGNS AND BOY, THEY LOOK GOOD, LOOK GOOD. AND I WANT TO THANK STAFF AND THE CITY FOR THE DESIGN, THE LOOK AND THE PLACEMENT OF ALL THOSE SIGNS. IT'S GOT TO BE HELPING. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IT'S REALLY GOOD. I'LL SAY THAT. MY FAVORITE ONE IS THE ONE THAT NAMES THE PARKING LOT THAT IS TO THE EAST OF CHURCH, SOUTH OF VIRGINIA, NORTH OF LOUISIANA, WHICH HAS BEEN THE PARKING LOT FOR MY OFFICE FOR THE LAST 28 YEARS. AND NOW WE JUST GET TO CALL IT THE PARKING LOT. AND I LOVE IT. THERE WERE I MAN, I WAS BUSY LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND I DIDN'T GET TO GO TO TOO MUCH CITY STUFF, BUT I GOT TO GO TO TWO THINGS. I'LL TOUCH BRIEFLY ON THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR VENUE, THE AMPHITHEATER. THAT WAS REALLY REMARKABLE. THAT WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT THEY DID OUT THERE, AND IT'S JUST A VERY EXCITING TIME. I MET PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE METROPLEX WHO ARE WHO ARE INVESTING IN THESE FIREPLACE SUITES THERE AND ARE SO HAPPY TO SEE THIS, BUT MORE BORING, BUT I THINK MORE MEANINGFUL. THIS MORNING, COUNCILMAN BELLER, MAYOR COX AND I WERE AT THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR SPUR 399 FOR THE FIRST LEG OF THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO THAT'S THE CONNECTOR THAT TAKES YOU FROM 75 KIND OF UP TO HIGHWAY FIVE. THAT'S SPUR 399. AND THE FIRST LEG IS GOING TO BE $184 MILLION THAT WE BROKE GROUND ON TODAY. AND MAYOR COX REALLY IS THE MASTER OF THE SHOVEL. I'LL SAY THAT HE WAS IMPRESSIVE WITH THAT GROUNDBREAKING SHOVEL, MAN. AND BUT THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE MOBILITY SUBSTANTIALLY. AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IT, MAN. I CAN MAKE IT THIS NUMBER WRONG.BUT SOMETHING LIKE WHEN YOU COUNT SPUR 399, THAT'S GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY UP SOUTH OF OUR AIRPORT AND TO THE EAST OF OUR AIRPORT, CONNECT UP AND DEAD END INTO 380. AND THEN IT'S IMMEDIATELY GOING TO TAKE YOU TO THE 380 BYPASS, WHICH IS GOING TO HOOK YOU UP, UP 75 AROUND.
LOT HALL AREA AND THEN TAKE YOU ALL THE WAY ACROSS, THEN BACK DOWN TO 380 TO THE WEST OF RIDGE. IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING LIKE $8 BILLION THAT TEX-DOT IS PUTTING IN HERE, AND WE ARE BEHIND ON MOBILITY IN COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS. AND I THINK I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT EVERY MORNING MY DRIVE TO WORK TAKES ME TO GO LEFT FROM EL DORADO TO NORTHBOUND 75. AND YOU ALWAYS SIT AT THAT LIGHT, RIGHT? FOR ANY OF Y'ALL THAT'S AT THAT LIGHT. YOU ALWAYS HIT THAT LIGHT, AND YOU LOOK UP TO THE NORTH AND THE OCEAN OF CARS THAT IS COMING SOUTH. THESE AREN'T MCKINNEY PEOPLE. THESE ARE PROSPEROUS. SALINA, PRINCETON, FARMERSVILLE, GREENVILLE. THAT'S THAT. ANNA VAN ALSTYNE, MELISSA, FILL IN THE BLANK. THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM. AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO TEX-DOT FOR MAKING THE MEANINGFUL INVESTMENT HERE, STARTING WITH THIS FOR 399. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MR. LYNCH, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO COMMENT. THANK YOU. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE MEN'S CONFERENCE AT ONE COMMUNITY CHURCH LAST FRIDAY, AND THEY HAD SPEAKERS OF EMMITT SMITH, TAYE DIGGS AND, YOU KNOW, LADAINIAN TOMLINSON. AND IT WAS JUST ABOUT EMPOWERING MEN. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. AND AS YOU KNOW, ONE COMMUNITY CHURCH HAS A NEW LOCATION COMING TO MCKINNEY TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD, BUT IT'S A EXCELLENT WE HAD OVER 2000 PEOPLE FOR THAT EVENT, WHICH WAS AMAZING, JUST EMPOWERING MEN.
AND AGAIN, THE VENUE THAT THAT GROUNDBREAKING BREAKING WAS WAS SPECTACULAR. JUST TO SEE IT MOVING AND JUST TO SEE WHILE WE WERE THERE, THEY WERE MOVING. THEY WERE THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. SO WE KNOW IT'S MOVING FORWARD. SO WE'RE LOOKING REALLY, REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND THEN ALSO I JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY BELATED FATHER'S DAY TO EVERYBODY THAT ALL THE FATHERS, WHICH IS MOST OF US ON HERE MINUS ONE. BUT THAT'S ALL I GOT.
YEAH, I'D ECHO THAT VENUE IS GOING TO BE TRANSFORMATIVE FOR MCKINNEY. I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY AWESOME VENUE FOR US, BUT ALSO APPRECIATE THAT THEY ARE STILL VERY MUCH ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW THERE'S STILL SOME CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO HELP TO MITIGATE SOME OF THAT, BUT I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SO ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY AND WILLING TO SPEAK ON THOSE ISSUES, BUT REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT ONE COME FORWARD. I DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK AMY KINCAID AND THE ENTIRE PARKS TEAM FOR JUNETEENTH. WE HAVE HAD IN PREVIOUS YEARS. GREAT. IT'S A GREAT EVENT ALWAYS, BUT WE TEND
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TO RUN INTO THESE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE FRUSTRATIONS FOR ME THAT I JUST HAD TO VOICE LAST YEAR. AND AMY, I MEAN, SHE JUST TOOK UP THE CAUSE AND REALLY EXECUTED THAT EVENT. I MEAN, JUST WITH EXCELLENCE. AND SO I WANT TO THANK HER AND HER CREW, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT. WE HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME, DID A LOT OF GOOD LINE DANCING AND SAW A LOT OF FOLKS, YOU KNOW, GETTING DOWN ON THE DANCE FLOOR. MISS BETH BENTLEY BACK THERE LEADING THAT. BUT GREAT EVENT. LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. I DID WANT TO COME BACK AND TOUCH ON BONNIE WINK. YOU HEARD SOME COMMENTS THIS MORNING ABOUT THE BREAK IN AT BONNIE WENK PARK. JUST AS AN UPDATE. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS VERY AWARE. THEY'RE VERY RESPONSIVE. THEY HAVE ALREADY INCREASED PATROL. THERE ARE ALREADY CAMERAS THAT DID GO UP IN THE PARK. THEY ARE TEMPORARY CAMERAS. THE PERMANENT ONES WILL BE INSTALLED. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THAT DOES COME. OF COURSE. WE TAKE THESE THINGS VERY SERIOUSLY. I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE DEPARTMENT FOR BEING VERY PROACTIVE IN RESPONDING, EVEN BEFORE GETTING A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT SOME SOME OF THE CONCERNS SURROUNDING THAT. SO THANK YOU TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THAT. AND LASTLY, WHO CAN FORGET THE GOATS? THAT WAS AWESOME TO SEE THE GOATS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THERE WAS ONE NIGHT WE HAD A REALLY GOOD RAIN AND I WAS REALLY KIND OF WORRIED ABOUT THEM. SO I GOT UP THE NEXT MORNING AND DROVE BY AND THEY WERE JUST OUT THERE CHILLING AND LOOKING GOOD. AND I THINK THAT WE'VE REALLY ENJOYED HAVING THEM. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR BRINGING SUCH A UNIQUE LITTLE THING. IT'S SO MCKINNEY.I MEAN, THAT IS SO MCKINNEY TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HERE. SO BUT WE'VE ENJOYED IT. HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE HIM BACK. OH AND WELCOME ERNEST. AND WELCOME. YEAH. SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU GUYS HERE. I WILL ECHO THAT. WELCOME ONCE AGAIN, COUNCILMAN LYNCH AND MAYOR COX STAFF, ON BEHALF OF STAFF, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH YOU. WE GOT A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US FOR SURE. WE GOT BIG DECISIONS COMING UP ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES. SO WE'LL WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU JOIN YOUR COLLEAGUES AND MAKING A LOT OF THOSE DECISIONS. WE'VE GOT ORIENTATION SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 24TH FOR OUR NEW MEMBERS, AND IT'LL BE DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE FOR A WHILE, BUT WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO PACE IT AS WELL AS WE CAN ON OTHER NOTES. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR A TERRIFIC JOB WITH JUNETEENTH AT FINCH PARK. YOU KNOW, IT CAPPED OFF WITH A TERRIFIC DRONE SHOW.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN A DRONE SHOW YET, GO SEE ONE BECAUSE IT WAS GREAT. THEY REALLY ARE KIND OF REPLACING FIREWORKS. YOU DON'T YOU DON'T HEAR THE LOUD BANGS AND ALL OF THAT, BUT YOU SEE AN AWFUL LOT OF REALLY COOL ANIMATION AND ART, AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB WITH THAT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT NEW ADDITION TO THE JUNETEENTH EVENT. AS A REMINDER, ALL CITY OFFICES ARE GOING TO BE CLOSED THIS THURSDAY FOR JUNETEENTH. IT'S A NATIONAL HOLIDAY, SO WE WILL BE CLOSED THIS THURSDAY. TRASH AND RECYCLING SCHEDULES WILL NOT CHANGE. HOWEVER, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO CELEBRATE RED, WHITE AND BOOM! THAT'S ON FRIDAY, JULY 4TH AND ENJOY FREE FAMILY ACTIVITIES, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, AND A SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS SHOW. THE DAY KICKS OFF WITH A HOMETOWN PARADE AT 10 A.M. THAT'S OUR ANNUAL JULY 4TH PARADE, 10 A.M. ON THE FOURTH, FOLLOWED BY A BLOCK PARTY AT 11 A.M. ACTIVITIES CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AT A NEW LOCATION.
SO AGAIN, THE FIREWORKS. THIS YEAR THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT TOWN LAKE. THAT'LL BE RIGHT BY MCKINNEY HIGH SCHOOL. MCKINNEY HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE OFFERING SOME PARKING FOR US TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TRYING THAT NEW LOCATION FOR THE FIREWORKS THIS YEAR. AGAIN, LIVE MUSIC, FOOD, KIDS ACTIVITIES BEGIN AT 6 P.M. AND THOSE ARE FREE. SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL OUT THERE. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. I JUST WANT TO AGAIN REITERATE WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO SIT IN THE CHAIR AS THE MAYOR OF MCKINNEY AND KNOWING THE HISTORY OF, OF OUR FAMILY AND WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST THREE GENERATIONS, AND TO BE ABLE TO SIT HERE AS, AS THE MAYOR IS PRETTY SPECIAL. AND IT DIDN'T REALLY LOCK IN UNTIL AGAIN, WHEN I LOOKED UP AND SAW EVERYONE IN THE ROOM. BUT THIS TRULY IS AN HONOR OF A LIFETIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS, AND I ENCOURAGE THE CITIZENS TO GET INVOLVED. THOSE OF YOU HERE AND THOSE OF YOU WATCHING FIND FIND A PLACE, FIND YOUR PASSION. THERE IS A SPOT FOR YOU IN MCKINNEY. IF YOU HAVEN'T FOUND YOUR PASSION, FIND SOMETHING OF INTEREST. GET INVOLVED. IT WILL BE THE MOST REWARDING THING YOU'VE EVER DONE. JUST GET INVOLVED WITH THAT. MR. CLOUTIER, HOW WOULD YOU GRADE MEETING NUMBER ONE? WE'RE AT A SOLID B PLUS, MR. MAYOR, YOU DID TAKE YOUR ONCE EVERY FOUR YEAR MULLIGANS TODAY. SO WE NEED TO BE ON A GOOD STREAK NEXT TIME. YES, SIR. UNDERSTOOD. WITH THAT, WE DO NOT HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION. DO WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MR. HAUSER? SO MOVED MOTION. I'LL SECOND. SECOND. ANYONE OPPOSED? WE ARE ADJOURNED. ALL RIGHT.
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