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GOOD MORNING.WELCOME TO THE VISIT MCKINNEY BOARD MEETING.
MY NAME IS KATIE SCOTT AND WE ARE MEETING AT CITY HALL AND COUNCIL CHAMBERS, LOCATED AT 4 0 1 EAST VIRGINIA STREET, MCKINNEY, TEXAS.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE 24TH, 2025, AND IT IS 8:01 AM THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
WHITNEY NASH, BRIAN MEDINA, JILL BARNES, AND MYSELF.
WE HAVE CITY COUNCILMAN JUSTIN BELLER HERE TODAY, CITY STAFF.
WE HAVE PAUL GRIMES, MIKE KOWSKI, ANDREW JONES, AMY KINCAID, AND CHRIS WILKES.
STAFF PRESENT ARE AARON WERNER, ALICIA HOLMBERG, BETH SHUMATE, EMILY MYRICK, AND PAULA MARTIN.
WE ARE TAKING TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. THERE ARE NONE.
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TWO FIVE DASH 2 9 0 2 MINUTES OF THE VISIT MCKINNEY BOARD MEETING OF MAY 27TH, 2025.HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER MINUTES? YES.
MAY I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? MOTION BY WHITNEY NASH? MAY I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
MOVING ON TO BOARD AND LIAISON REPORTS.
[Board and Liaison Reports City of McKinney MEDC MCDC McKinney Main Street / MPAC McKinney Parks and Recreation Visit McKinney Finance Committee Visit McKinney Marketing Committee]
TWO FIVE DASH 2 9 0 3.UM, JUSTIN BELLER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? YOU THINK PAUL'S GONNA DO IT ALL? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO PAUL GRAHAM, CITY MANAGER.
I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN BILL ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING TO SAY.
HE'S JUST NOT GONNA SAY IT PUBLICLY ALL THE TIME.
HE'S ALWAYS GOT SOMETHING GOOD FOR ME ANYWAY.
UM, INCLUDING ONE OF HIS FEEDBACK TO ME AMONG OTHERS IS OUR, UH, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT HAS COME UP WITH A NEW FORMAT FOR SCIENCE.
I KNOW YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE THIS VERY WELL, BUT FOR SUMMARIZING ON FACEBOOK, OUR UNIQUE BY NATURE FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THE CITY, UM, UH, AFTER COUNCIL MEETINGS.
AND SO THEY'VE COME UP WITH A KIND OF A CLEVER CONDENSED FORMAT FOR SUMMARIZING WHAT DID THE COUNCIL TALK ABOUT? WHAT WERE THE TOPICS COVERED OR ACTION TAKEN? AND, UM, THE FEEDBACK SO FAR HAS BEEN PRETTY POSITIVE.
AND, UM, ALWAYS WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC OR TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE INFORMATION CONSUMABLE, UH, SO THAT OUR, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, UNDERSTANDS AND, UH, APPRECIATES WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY ON THEIR BEHALF.
UH, WHILE I SPEAK OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT, UM, I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE YET AGAIN.
UM, THE, UM, TRADE ASSOCIATION, THE STATE TRADE ASSOCIATION FOR MARKETING INFORMATION, PUBLIC INFORMATION FOLKS IS CALLED THE, UH, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPAL INFORMATION OFFICERS OR TAMO.
AND THEY HAD A CONFERENCE, THEIR ANNUAL CONFERENCE WAS MOST RECENTLY IN FORT WORTH.
AND WE, UM, AS USUAL CLEANED UP, BROUGHT HOME A BUNCH OF HARDWARE.
UM, AND SPECIFICALLY WE'VE GOT, I BELIEVE, 11 AWARDS, UM, THAT, YEAH, WE WON 11 AWARDS AT THE STATEWIDE TAMO.
UH, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF WORK THAT THEY DO THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU.
LOTS OF GREAT VIDEO WORK, LOTS OF REELS, YOU KNOW, SHORT VIDEOS, SHORT FORMAT VIDEOS THAT REALLY REACH TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND, UH, SORT OF EXPRESS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
OF COURSE, OUR GOATS HAVE BEEN VERY POPULAR OF RECENT.
UH, WE HAVE GOATS MUNCHING ON, UH, UM, WEEDS AND GRASS AND HARD TO REACH AREAS ALONG BONNIE WINK AND, UH, ROSH SHOP PARK.
UH, THEY ARE HERE THROUGH THE MONTH OF JUNE.
SO THAT'S CREATED LOTS OF VIDEO AND LOTS OF GOOD CONTENT, UH, TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE VERY POPULAR.
UM, WE ALSO JUST COMPLETED OUR CITIZEN SURVEY.
I WOULD RECOMMEND, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET, YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND GET THE SUMMARY OF IT.
YOU CAN ALSO WATCH THE VIDEO FROM THE WORK SESSION FROM THE, UH, COMPANY.
POCO IS A NATIONAL, UH, SURVEY AND RESEARCH FIRM.
THEY'RE REALLY THE LEADERS IN THE FIELD.
THE THIS C CITIZEN SURVEY IS THE NATIONAL CITIZEN SURVEY, THE NCS, THAT IS THE GOLD STANDARD IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SURVEYS OR LOCAL COMMUNITY SURVEYS.
UH, THEY DO MORE THAN ANY OTHER COMPANY AND THEY HAVE A DATABASE THAT TO COMPARE, UH, OURSELVES WITH OTHER CITIES.
AND YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK AT CITIES THAT ARE SORT OF SIMILARLY SITUATED, WHETHER IT'S SUBURBAN OR SIZE WISE OR, UH,
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INCOME WISE, ET CETERA.AND, UM, WE DID VERY WELL, PROBABLY NOT OUR PERSONAL BEST AS I POINT OUT, UH, FROM TWO YEARS AGO.
BUT WE STILL ARE DOING VERY, VERY WELL RELATIVE TO THE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE, UH, COMPARABLE DATA SET.
AND, UM, WE DO THIS EVERY TWO YEARS AND WE DO IT 'CAUSE IT'S A SCIENTIFIC SURVEY.
IT IS STATISTICALLY VALID, AND THAT IS THE ONLY ONE WE DO.
SO, UM, IT'S VERY POWERFUL TOOL TO HAVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, OUR BOARD MEMBERS, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS TRULY ON THE MIND OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS RATHER THAN FOLKS WHO MAY CALL.
THOSE ARE IMPORTANT TOO, BUT THOSE AREN'T NECESSARILY GONNA BE, UM, REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT'S REALLY ON THE MIND OF THE COMMUNITY FROM A STATISTICALLY VALID STANDPOINT.
SO WHAT YOU WANNA DO IS YOU WANNA LAY ALONGSIDE POP-UP SURVEYS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY SUBJECT TO SELECTION BIAS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE OLD FASHIONED WAY, PHONE CALLS AND CONTACT AND EMAILS, BUT ALSO COMBINE JUXTAPOSE THAT ALONGSIDE, UH, TRUE SCIENTIFIC SURVEYS.
SO WE WERE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT.
THERE'LL BE IN TWO YEARS IN 2027.
UH, WE ALSO JUST RECENTLY CELEBRATED JUNETEENTH.
IT MIGHT'VE BEEN THE BEST ONE EVER.
UH, WE HAD A DRONE SHOW AT THE END.
I THINK OUR PARKS AND RECS FOLKS WILL BE HERE, MAYBE TALK ABOUT IT, BUT IT WAS VERY WELL, UH, UM, ATTENDED.
STILL HOT, BUT, UH, NOT, NOT, UH, MAYBE AS HOT AS IT HAS BEEN BEFORE.
AND, UH, BUT IT HAD A NICE BREEZE AND IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
LOTS OF FOOD AND, AND A GREAT CELEBRATION.
SO KUDOS TO OUR PARKS AND REC STAFF.
THEY ORGANIZED AND PUT IT TOGETHER.
IT WAS REALLY AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE BUDGET ON AUGUST 8TH, I BELIEVE IT IS IN THIS ROOM.
UM, AND, UH, THAT ALWAYS BRINGS FUN AND TEETH GNASHING AND ALL THE THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT, BUT THAT IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
BOARD MEMBERS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WARNER BRIEF UPDATE.
WE HAD A GROUNDBREAKING FOR VENUE ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
SO VENUE IS OFFICIALLY, OFFICIALLY BROKEN GROUND.
UH, THEY ARE ON TARGET FOR A 2026 SEASON, SO FINGERS CROSSED THEY CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO, BIG WIN FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM HERE.
UM, ENCORE WIRE ALSO HAD A GROUNDBREAKING TO KICK OFF THEIR $500 MILLION INVESTMENT IN THEIR CAMPUS.
HUGE WIN FOR, UH, THE CITY OF MCKINNEY.
IT'S A GLOBAL COMPANY, UH, THAT'S INVESTING IN MCKINNEY MORE AND MORE.
AND LAST, NOT LEAST, UH, AARON WARNER CAME TO OUR MEDC MEETING LAST WEEK AND GIVE AN UPDATE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH VISIT MCKINNEY AND BEYOND.
IT'S PART OF MY NEW INITIATIVE TO HAVE PARTNERS COME TO MEDC TO SHARE STORIES IN A MORE FORMAL, UH, PRESENTATION FORMAT.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, SO I HAD A PRETTY GOOD BIT OF ACTIVITY, UH, UH, FOR THE LAST, UH, COUPLE OF MONTHS AT MCDC.
AND I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE.
FOR ONE, WE JUST FINISHED ACCEPTING PROJECT, UH, OR PROMOTIONAL GRANTS APPLICATION.
SO WE'RE GETTING THOSE PRESENTED TO US NEXT WEEK.
UH, THE NEXT CYCLE IS FOR THE RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE, I BELIEVE.
AND THAT STARTS JULY ONE TO TAKE THE GRANTS, UH, THROUGH JULY 31ST.
SO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN GET THOSE IN AS DOWNTOWN IS IN ONE OF THE AREAS.
MAKE SURE THEY GET ANY APPLICATIONS IN FOR THAT.
SO WE HAD A COUPLE OF MAJOR PROJECT GRANTS THAT WERE AWARDED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, THE PROJECT, THE DIRECTION 61 3 AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION, UH, PROJECT, AND ALSO OF A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR HERD NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM FOR UPDATING THE TRAILS.
UM, SO ACTUALLY TURNING THOSE INTO CEMENT, UH, TRAILS, WHICH WE'RE KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT.
WE TAKE OUR GRANDKIDS OVER THERE, AND THAT STROLLER IS TOUGH TO PUSH THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE CRUSHED GRAVEL.
UM, SO HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE.
WE, UH, ARE GETTING, UH, THIS CYCLE FOR NEXT WEEK.
WE HAVE, UH, THE, UH, JW MARRIOTT, CRAIG RANCH, UH, BEING VOTED ON, VOTED ON THIS NEXT TIME.
UM, AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG PROJECT AND, AND I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, JUST THAT'S THE OFFICIAL UPDATES
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THOUGH.BUT, YOU KNOW, I WANNA MENTION THAT AS FAR AS VISIT MCKINNEY IS CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, MCDC IS NOT LOGOED ON ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT, SO THE MARRIOTT, WE'RE PLAYING A, UH, A ROLE IN THAT.
UH, THE NOTES LIVE PROJECT, WE ARE PLAYING A ROLE IN THAT.
THE, EVEN THE TOWER SAVING THE TOWER, RIGHT? WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'VE GOT A HALF MILLION DOLLAR ALLOCATED TO THAT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THE SALES TAX MONEY BEING INVOLVED IN THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE IMPACTING, UH, MCKINNEY AND OF, I BELIEVE, PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR VISIT MCKINNEY.
SO YOU CAN SHOWCASE SOME OF THOSE.
SO WE PLAY A ROLE IN THAT AND, AND, AND ARE HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO DO SO.
UH, AND AS WELL AS, FRANKLY, THE, THE PARKS, UH, WHICH WE JUST FINISHED OUR ANNUAL MEETING WITH.
AMY AND I, UH, MS. KINCAID GAVE ME A LITTLE PRIVATE AUDIENCE AND KIND OF WENT OVER THAT, BUT SOME OF THE EXCITEMENT THAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.
SO WE PLAY A ROLE IN A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S REALLY US BEHIND THE SCENES DOING IT.
WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ANDREW JONES, MCKINNEY, MAIN STREET.
UH, VISIT MCKINNEY BOARD, ANDREW JONES, CULTURAL DISTRICT DIRECTOR.
UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THE NEWS ABOUT THE WATER TOWER BEING, UH, PRESERVED.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THAT ICONIC STRUCTURE.
IF YOU GO TO VISIT MCKINNEY, IT'S ON, I THINK, ALMOST HALF THE MERCHANDISE IN THE STORE NOW,
SO, UH, IT'S, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE IT, UH, BE PRESERVED.
UM, WE ARE EXCITED TO ALSO WELCOME CENTRO ON THE SQUARE.
SO, UH, THIS IS A NEW ITALIAN CONCEPT BY THE SAME, UH, FOLKS WHO DID KNIFE OVER IN PLANO.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY HAVE A REALLY NICE PASTA ROOM AND THEY MAKE ALL THEIR PASTA HERE IN HOUSE, WHICH THEY'RE VERY EXCITED TO TRY.
AND THEN, UH, OUR ROUNDABOUT SCULPTURE HERE ON THE EAST SIDE IS, UH, STARTING INSTALLATION TO, UH, SORRY, ON MONDAY NEXT WEEK.
SO THAT SHOULD BE, UH, DONE IN ABOUT, UH, FOUR OR FIVE DAYS.
VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT PROJECT, UH, COME TO LIFE.
UM, THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT FOR TEXAS MUSIC REVOLUTION.
UM, WE DID, UH, MAX OUT CAPACITY ON THAT, UH, SATURDAY NIGHT, UH, FOR FLATLAND CALVARY.
SO WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME FOR THAT EVENT.
UM, AT IMPACT, WE ARE KICKING OFF OUR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES WITH, UH, DAWN AND HAWKS, UH, JUNE 27TH, AND THEN LESLIE MENDELSON, UH, JULY 18TH.
UM, WE ARE GEARING UP FOR THE 4TH OF JULY, UH, PARADE.
AS ALWAYS, IT'S A AWESOME EVENT IN DOWNTOWN.
UH, A NOTE ON THE, THE ROUTE IS GONNA REMAIN THE SAME, BUT WE ARE STAGING BACK AT OUR OLD LOCATION OVER JUST TO THE, UH, I GUESS EAST OF THE LIBRARY, UM, JUST FOR SOME STREET REPAIRS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, WE HAD TO KIND OF ADJUST THAT, UH, LAYOUT.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GEARING UP FOR A FEW OTHER EVENTS.
UH, JULY 12TH, UH, UH, MARGARITA STROLL.
THIS IS A NEW EVENT FOR DOWNTOWN, IT'S CALLED SHOP AT THE CAUSE.
WE'RE PUTTING THIS EVENT ON WITH VOLUNTEER MCKINNEY.
WE ARE BASICALLY SUPPORTING ABOUT 10 DIFFERENT NONPROFITS.
YOU'LL COME TO SHOP AND, AND DINE IN DOWNTOWN, AND A PORTION OF YOUR, UH, PROCEEDS WILL GO BACK TO THOSE, UH, 10 NONPROFITS.
AND THEN LAST, BUT NOT LEAST ON A PERSONAL NOTE, WE HAD, UM, WE LOST, UH, A GREAT, UH, PERSON IN DOWNTOWN.
UH, A A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE, ACTUALLY.
UH, SO Y'ALL KNOW, UH, JIM LATINO FROM TEXAS MONKEY BUSINESS.
UM, HE, HE DEVELOPED CANCER AND HAD A VERY, VERY, UH, QUICK DECLINE.
UM, BUT IF YOU KNOW WHO, UH, WHO HE WAS AND, YOU KNOW, HIS, UH, PERSONALITY AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO KIND OF WORK WITH HIS NEIGHBORS, UH, TALK WITH EVERYBODY IN DOWNTOWN, LISTEN AND, UH, WAS A CONSENSUS BUILDER TOO.
UH, SO WE, WE COLLABORATED ON LOTS OF DIFFERENT EVENTS WITH HIM.
AND HE WAS ALSO A LEADER ON THE EAST MCKINNEY KIND OF BLOCK.
BUT, UH, MY KIDS, AND I KNOW HIM AS A DEAR FRIEND, AND SO WE LOST HIM ON, UH, ON LAST THURSDAY.
UM, BUT IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE KIND OF THE OUTPOURING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND JUST WHAT HIS IMPACT WAS FOR, FOR PEOPLE.
AND IF YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN, IT IS A COMMUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES REALLY DO KNOW EACH OTHER.
SO ON THAT, HE'LL BE FONDLY REMEMBERED.
SO, YEAH, THAT'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE VISIT MCKINNEY FINANCE COMMITTEE.
I'M GONNA GO OVER THE FINANCES BRIEFLY.
WE MET WITH OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE YESTERDAY MORNING, EXCUSE ME.
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EXCUSE ME.WE ARE 67% THROUGH THE YEAR AS OF, UM, MAY, OUR FISCAL YEAR.
UM, EVERYTHING, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK HERE.
YOU'LL SEE, AS I TALK ABOUT EVERY MONTH, THE SERVICES IN SUNDRY.
THAT'S A BIG, UM, BULK OF OUR FINANCES.
UM, WE, YOU CAN SEE IT'S 55.8% THAT WE HAVE SPENT.
UM, WE ARE A LITTLE BEHIND ON THAT, ONLY BECAUSE THAT HOLDS A LOT OF OUR INCENTIVE FUNDINGS, THE GRANTS THAT YOU GUYS DISTRIBUTE.
UM, SO AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONLY VISITED ONE, AND THAT HASN'T EVEN BEEN PAID OUT YET.
SO THAT'S STILL HOLDING THAT, THAT, UM, FUND THERE.
UM, HERE'S OUR OCCUPANCY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.
IT WAS, UH, ONE OF THE HIGHEST MONTHS WE'VE EVER HAD.
SO A LITTLE OVER 300,000 WAS, UM, REPORTED, UH, OVER 5% FROM LAST YEAR IN MAY.
AND THEN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, WE ARE UP ALMOST 9%, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT EVERY MONTH SEEMS TO BE GROWING AND GROWING, UM, AT A PRETTY GOOD PACE.
SO AGAIN, ON TRACK TO, WELL SURPASS LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.
HERE'S THE, UM, R STAR REPORT.
SO OUR OCCUPANCY, AGAIN, IT WAS A LITTLE SLIGHTLY DOWN, BUT BASICALLY FLAT.
UM, AND AGAIN, JUST A REMINDER THAT'S ADDING IN THAT LIKE A LITTLE OVER 200 PLUS ROOMS WITH THE TWO NEW HOTELS, UM, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
SO WE'RE STILL HAPPY THAT THAT'S HOLDING TIGHT WHERE WE, WHERE WE THINK WE NEED TO BE WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL ROOMS. UM, OUR, UH, THE A DR AND REVPAR WERE BOTH UP, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.
UM, THAT TIER ONE IS, WAS SLIGHTLY DOWN.
UM, BUT THAT WAS, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, WE FINALLY GOT THE DENNISON HOTEL, UH, PLACED IN THAT TIER ONE CATEGORY.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S ADDING THOSE ADDITIONAL ROOMS IN THERE IS WHY IT IS, IS SLIGHTLY DOWN, SHOWING THAT IT'S SLIGHTLY DOWN, ADDING THOSE ROOMS IN.
UM, THIS IS JUST EVERYONE THAT REPORTED THEIR OCCUPANCY TAX, UM, FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.
OR I'M SORRY, I GUESS THIS IS APRIL.
UM, AND UM, THE ONE NOTE WE WANTED TO MAKE WAS THE BINGHAM ESTATES, WHICH IS HERE IN DOWNTOWN.
UM, THEY ARE, WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO GET ON, UM, THE, SO WE START PAYING HOT TAX.
UM, AND SO THEY HAVE, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR US.
IT'S NOT A LOT OF ROOMS, BUT IT'S A REALLY UNIQUE PROPERTY.
SO NOW THAT THEY ARE PAYING, UM, OCCUPANCY TAX, WE CAN PROMOTE THEM PROPERLY AND, AND PUSH THEM OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN SINCE IT'S SUCH A UNIQUE, UM, PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO STAY.
I, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE LAST I MM-HMM
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
PATRICK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD FROM OUR VIEW? UM, WELL, I GOT A QUESTION THAT I DIDN'T NOTICE YESTERDAY.
COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE? YEP.
UM, IS THERE A, UH, UH, THE ONE BEFORE THAT WITH THE, UM, THE STAR REPORT, UM, IS THERE A HOTEL THAT'S NOT BEING INCLUDED IN THE, UH, TIERS THAT IS IN THE MCKINNEY ROLLUP? 'CAUSE I'M SEEING REVPAR IS UP FOR THE ROLLUP.
BUT IT'S DOWN FOR ALL OF THE TIERS.
YEAH, I'LL HAVE TO CHECK ON THAT.
I DON'T, I MEAN, EVERYTHING SHOULD BE IN THERE NOW AND ALL THE TIERS.
THAT JUST MIGHT BE ANOTHER ERROR WITH, WITH THE STAR REPORT.
I'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON IT AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
VISIT MCKINNEY MARKETING COMMITTEE.
UM, WE MET YESTERDAY, WE TALKED TO ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, THE TEAM IS DOING A GOOD JOB, STILL WORKING WITH OUR, UH, MARKETING PARTNER.
WE ARE STEWART, UH, SO THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING TO TOWN AS WELL JUST TO DO SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, PHOTOGRAPHY.
UM, AND THEN THE TEAM IS ALSO WORKING WITH SOME INFLUENCERS, SO THAT'LL BE EXCITING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF THINGS DEVELOP FROM THAT.
BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PRIMARY THINGS ON, UH, THE MARKETING TEAMS RADAR.
SOME THINGS ARE PRETTY STEADY WITH RESPECT TO SOME OF OUR SOCIAL CHANNELS AND, UH, I THINK THEY CONTINUE TO DO A GOOD JOB.
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2 9 0 4 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT WITH AARON WARNER.UH, FEW COMMENTS FOR YOU GUYS THIS MORNING.
UH, A COUPLE OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED, BUT I'LL JUST, UH, RE-HIGHLIGHT THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE MASSIVE FOR WHAT WE DO IN TOURISM.
UH, ONE WAS, YOU PROBABLY SAW THE, UH, THE NEW STORIES COVERING THE JW MARRIOTT, UM, ANNOUNCEMENT WITH RENDERINGS.
SO 290 ROOM HOTEL WITH, UH, WITH OVER 51,000 SQUARE FEET OF CONFERENCE SPACE.
AND SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY AN EXCITING, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT TO HAVE OUT THERE IN THE WORLD.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT, UH, MOVE FORWARD.
ALICIA AND I WERE, WE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE, UH, GROUNDBREAKING FOR VENUE.
UH, A REALLY, REALLY GREAT, UH, EVENT THEY PUT ON.
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LOT OF WORK TO PREPARE, UH, THE SITE FOR, UM, EVERYBODY.IT WAS PRETTY COOL TO SEE WHEN THEY SAID, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU, UH, HAVE PURCHASED A FIRE PIT SUITE.
AND TO SEE LITERALLY THAT WHOLE ROOM, UH, HANDS WENT UP, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY INVESTED IN, IN THAT DEVELOPMENT IN MCKINNEY AND, UH, ROBERT HOKE MADE A, UH, GUEST APPEARANCE TO COME AND PLAY AT THE GROUNDBREAKING.
SO I FEEL LIKE WE JUST ELEVATED OUR, OUR STANDARD FOR, UH, HOW YOU DO A GROUNDBREAKING.
UH, IN MCKINNEY, UH, THERE IS GONNA BE AN AIRPORT GROUNDBREAKING SOMETIME IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A DATE NECESSARILY FOR THAT YET, BUT THE, UM, THAT PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD.
WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE PROGRESS OUT THERE, UM, AS WELL AS THE BYRON NELSON, UM, EXTENSION, WHICH, UH, NOW IS, UM, GONNA BE IN MCKINNEY UNTIL AT LEAST 2030.
AND SO THE, THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE SEEING THIS MONTH ON OUR OCCUPANCY, UH, THAT'S A, A DIRECT, UH, CORRELATION TO HAVING AN EVENT LIKE THE BUYER IN, IN MCKINNEY.
UH, WE WERE 77%, UM, UH, ON OUR OCCUPANCY.
UH, WE DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT IT, BUT I THINK THE CLOSEST TO US WAS, UM, I WANNA SAY PLANO AT 70%.
SO WE HAD THE STRONGEST MONTH BY FAR OF ANY OF OUR NEIGHBORING, UM, CITIES, UH, THIS MONTH.
AND, UM, AGAIN, I I, I WOULD SAY THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH HAVING SUCH A BIG, UH, EVENT IN MCKINNEY.
I DO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT REAL QUICK TO, UH, BETH, UH, FOR THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS MAKE MUSIC DAY.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT SHE HAS, UH, HELPED PLAN THIS EVENT.
IT IS, UH, A LITTLE NOD TO OUR MUSIC FRIENDLY, UH, UH, DESIGNATION THAT WE HAVE IN MCKINNEY.
UM, BUT REALLY THE, THE POINT OF THAT EVENT IS TO GET PEOPLE OUT, UM, KIDS, ADULTS, ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO HOLD AN INSTRUMENT AND, AND REALLY JUST KIND OF, UH, PLAY MUSIC TOGETHER.
UM, THIS YEAR THEY HAD MULTIPLE EVENTS.
SO THERE WAS DOWNTOWN, UM, AT, UH, CHESTNUT SQUARE AS WELL AS OVER AT ADRIA ATICA WHERE, UM, I BELIEVE THERE WERE LIKE 12 FREE GUITAR STRINGING AND GUITAR LESSONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TAKING PLACE.
SO, UM, UH, ANOTHER GREAT JOB ON THAT THIS WEEKEND IS OUR SECOND INFLUENCER FAM TOUR.
SO EMILY HAS TAKEN THE LEAD ON THIS ONE AND, AND, UH, HUGE KUDOS TO HER 'CAUSE IT'S A LOT TO UNDERTAKE.
UM, BUT THIS SATURDAY WE'LL HAVE OVER 30 INFLUENCERS, UH, IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY FOR A CURATED EXPERIENCE FROM START TO FINISH.
UH, SO GET READY IF YOU'RE ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO SEE A LOT OF MCKINNEY CONTENT.
UM, THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS, UH, NOT ONLY DID IT DID OUR, UH, ACCOUNTS JUST BLOW UP WITH CONTENT, UM, BUT WE ALSO MADE REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH INFLUENCERS, UM, THAT STILL COVER MCKINNEY TODAY.
AND SO, UM, IT, THERE'S AN IMMEDIATE BENEFIT, BUT THERE'S A LONG TERM BENEFIT TO THAT AS WELL.
AND SO EXCITED TO, UM, PROMOTE DOWNTOWN AND, AND THAT FULL EXPERIENCE TO, TO THOSE PEOPLE.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, EMILY AND I ARE ACTUALLY HEADED TO CHICAGO IN TWO WEEKS FOR THE DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.
UH, THIS IS THE PREMIER TOURISM CONFERENCE, UH, FOR WHAT WE DO IN OUR INDUSTRY.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE CONTINUED EDUCATION NETWORKING, UM, WITH PEOPLE FROM, UH, TRULY ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
AND SO, UM, I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO CHICAGO.
SHE HAS, SO SHE WILL BE SHOWING ME THE ROPES THERE AND, UH, I'LL STAND PRETTY ANYWAY,
YEAH, THE, THERE, THERE'S A SMALL BILLBOARD IN MCKINNEY.
THERE, THERE ARE ONLY A HANDFUL OF BILLBOARDS IN ALL OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, BY THE WAY.
THERE, THERE ARE NOT VERY MANY.
UM, BUT ON HIGHWAY 75, THERE IS A OLD WOOD BILLBOARD, UM, UH, NORTHBOUND ON THE SERVICE ROAD.
AND, UH, I, I BELIEVE IT'S BOB THOMAS IS THE, THE MAIN PORTION OF THE BILLBOARD.
THEN THERE'S A VERY SMALL, LIKE SLIVER BILLBOARD BELOW IT.
AND, UM, WE ACTUALLY GOT A CALL A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, AND THE OWNER OF THAT BILLBOARD JUST, UH, UM, OR HE, HE GAVE IT ESSENTIALLY TO VISIT MCKINNEY, UM, FOR PROMOTION OF, UM, TOURISM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO, UM, IT WAS UNDERUTILIZED, UH, AT THE TIME, AND SO HE WANTED SOMEBODY WHO WOULD PUT SOMETHING UP ON THERE.
AND SO WE HAVE OUR FIRST, UH, SIGN ON THERE CURRENTLY, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THAT KIND OF IN OUR PORTFOLIO OF THINGS TO HELP PROMOTE MCKINNEY.
YOU WANNA TELL 'EM WHAT IT SAYS? YEAH.
SO, UH, THIS IS OUR FIRST, UH, TIME TO USE A LITTLE BIT OF OUR BRANDING.
AND SO, UM, THE, THE IDEA THAT WE'RE, UH, PRESENTING, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY FOR OUR BRANDING, AGAIN, MCKINNEY, UH, WE WE'RE GROWING DESTINATION WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, TOURISM AND GETTING OUR MESSAGE OUT THERE.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT, UM, IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MCKINNEY, YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE LIKE YOU COME HERE.
UM, AND SO WE'RE PLAYING INTO THE IDEA OF IF, YOU KNOW, YOU GO, UM, AND SO THAT IS KIND OF THE, THE INTRO OF THE THEME AND, AND ON THAT BILLBOARD.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ROLLING OUT A FULL CAMPAIGN AFTER WE GET PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO, UM, COMING SOON.
YOU MENTIONED, UH, GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE AIRPORT.
UH, IS THERE ANY EXPECTATION THAT THE LAWSUIT IS GONNA AFFECT THAT, THAT IS ABOVE MY PAY GRADE? I, I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO ANYTHING RELATED
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TO THAT.UM, I KNOW THAT, I DUNNO IF WE CAN CONTACT OR CON
I'M NOT GONNA CONTACT ON OR, UH, COMMENT ON LITIGATION.
HOWEVER, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.
UH, THEY'RE MOVING DIRT, THEY'RE MOBILIZING OUT THERE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.
ANYTHING ELSE? GOOD? OKAY, MOVING ON TO REGULAR AGENDA
[McKinney Parks and Recreation Update]
ITEM TWO FIVE DASH 2 9 0 5 MCKINNEY PARKS AND RECREATION UPDATE WITH AMY KINCAID.GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ERIN WARNER AND BOARD AMY KINKADE, DIRECTOR OF PARKS REC.
AND I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO PRESENT TO YOU GUYS.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
I'VE WORKED IN A-A-C-V-B SETTING.
I AM, AND I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE.
THANK YOU, PAUL, FOR TEEING ME UP.
UH, WE TRY TO WELCOME ALL GUESTS, ALL SIZES, ALL SHAPES.
SO EARLY IN, UH, JUNE WE WELCOMED 300 GOATS.
UM, MAYBE WON'T, UH, TAKE EFFECT INTO THE OCCUPANCY RATE, BUT THAT'S FINE.
UM, BUT THAT'S EXCITING PROJECT WHEN WE LOOK AT UNIQUE THINGS TO BRING HERE.
THAT WAS A UNIQUE WAY TO LESSEN THE COST OF MACHINERY AS WELL AS MANPOWER.
I'LL START OUT WITH JUST SHOWING YOU ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, UH, THE PARKS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, COMMUNITY FACILITIES, UM, ALL OVER MCKINNEY.
AND THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF, UM, EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR PARKS REC SYSTEM.
AND THEN JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE RECENT, UH, COMPLETED PROJECTS.
UM, THIS IS OF COURSE THE, UH, MCKINNEY SOCCER COMPLEX AT CRAIG RANCH, PHASE ONE THAT WAS COMPLETED, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, DEFINITELY GO CHECK IT OUT.
UM, TALKING ABOUT JUST TRYING TO BRING VISITORS IN.
WE HAD OUR FIRST, UH, SOCCER TOURNAMENT INTERNATIONAL GIRLS CUP, UH, WHICH WE HAD WELL OVER A HUNDRED TEAMS OUT THERE.
SO ONCE WE GO INTO PHASE TWO, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT SHORTLY, UH, WE WILL JUST BE ABLE TO, UM, HOST LARGER TOURNAMENTS.
ROBINSON RIDGE PARK IS ONE OF OUR NEWEST PARKS, WHICH IS, UM, UP NORTH OFF OF BLOOM DE UH, THIS IS ESPECIALLY, UH, UNIQUE JUST WITH THE BOULDERS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, IT ALSO HAS BASKETBALL COURTS AS WELL AS A PICKLEBALL COURT, EA RANDALL'S, WHICH WAS, UH, COMPLETED RIGHT BEFORE SPRING BREAK.
THIS IS A, UH, NEW, UH, LAYOUT.
WE HAVE ADDED A WATER FEATURE OUT HERE AS WELL AS A BASKETBALL COURT.
WE RECENTLY HAD TO RESURFACE THE COURT, UH, DUE TO MOISTURE IN THE COURT, SO THAT ALL HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
UM, SO THAT'S AN EXCITING PROJECT.
WILSON CREEK GREEN TRAILS HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AGAIN, ONE OF THE POPLAR, UH, CONNECTING POINTS FROM STICK SIZE HOUSE OVER TO THE WILSON CREEK TRAIL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FIVE AVIATOR PARK PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT.
OF COURSE, WE DONATE ALL OF THE OLD PLAYGROUNDS TO, UM, LESS FORTUNATE COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY.
UM, THIS WAS COMPLETED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AND, UM, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR, WE'RE ON TARGET FOR THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS TO, UM, UPDATE AND BE AT THE STATE WHERE WE CAN REPLACE, UH, PLAYGROUNDS EVERY 15 YEARS, WHICH IS, UM, A GREAT THING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING EVERYTHING SHINY AND NEW.
HORIZON PARK PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT AGAIN, UH, HAS BEEN, UM, REPLACED RECENTLY.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE BEFORE BELOW AND THE SHINY NEW ON TOP.
SO THAT'S A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
AND THE CURRENT PROJECTS WE HAVE GOING ON, WE HAVE A LOT HAPPENING.
UH, RECREATION CENTER AT TOWN LAKE.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN A THREE YEAR PROJECT, UM, BUT WE ARE NEAR COMPLETION.
I JUST RECEIVED A UPDATED TIMELINE.
WE SHOULD GET A TEMPORARY CO HOPEFULLY THE END OF JULY.
UM, HERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF, UM, PHOTOS TO SHOW THE NEW AND JUST EXCITED ABOUT THAT RENOVATION.
WE WERE AT A FOUR WEEK DELAY WITH THE RAIN.
UM, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY WERE POURING CONCRETE.
I WASN'T ABLE TO UPDATE THE PHOTOS.
SO HERE'S JUST A OVERALL RENDERING OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
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GO BY THERE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE, UH, THE BOARDWALK, UH, BEING BUILT OUT AND SOME OF THE, UM, OTHER FEATURES, OLD SETTLERS PARK, PHASE ONE.UM, NOW THAT THE STREET ALIGNMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH, UH, FINALIZING THE, UH, DESIGN PLAN AND MOVING FORWARD ON THAT PROJECT.
UH, JUST WITH THE NEW CITY HALL BEING BUILT AND ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT ON THIS SIDE, IRWIN PARK, UH, WE ARE SLATED TO BEGIN THIS PROJECT IN FALL.
UM, THANKS TO CDC WHO IS HELPING FUND THIS PROJECT.
UH, HERE IS AN OVERALL OF WHAT THAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
UM, JUST UPDATING, I'M GONNA MOVE FORWARD REAL QUICK.
AND THEN, UM, HERE'S SOME RENDERINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR OFTEN IS JUST BUILDING THAT ENTRANCE WOW FACTOR.
SO BUILDING IN A NATURAL ENTRANCE INTO IT, UH, REPLACING ALL OF THE MUCH NEEDED PAVILIONS AND RESTROOMS IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE.
UM, AND ALSO, UH, REDOING THE ROADS THROUGH THERE.
WE ARE GONNA BE ADDING SHOWERS NEAR THE CAMPSITES AND SOME UPGRADES TO THE CAMPSITES, ADDING, ADDING WATER AND, UM, ELECTRIC TO EACH OF THE CAMPSITES.
AND ALSO IN A VIEWING OVERLOOK AT THE HIGHEST POINT.
UM, AND THE BOTTOM LEVEL, THIS IS GONNA BE 80 A.
UM, SO JUST A GREAT WAY TO SEE ALL OF MCKINNEY AND COLLIN COUNTY.
UM, MCKINNEY SOCCER COMPLEX AS MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, WE WILL BE, UM, HAVING, WE WILL UPDATE, UM, THESE FIELDS FOR TURF FIELDS AND THREE SOD FIELDS, UM, INCLUDING A CHAMPIONSHIP FILLED WITH A NICE AREA FOR TEAMS TO TAKE PHOTOS.
WE WILL BE ADDING SOME TRAILS AROUND THERE.
UM, PARKING AND UPDATING, UH, THE RESTROOM IN THAT AREA.
GABE NESBITT COMMUNITY PARK, THE SOFTBALL FIELDS, UM, THAT WILL BE GOING TO BUILD.
UM, WE'RE WORKING ON BID DOCUMENTS AND SHOULD BE GOING TO, UM, BID SOMETIME HOPEFULLY IN JULY.
UM, ALSO, UH, SORRY, UM, PRACTICE FIELDS, WHICH IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF APEX, THAT IS THE ONE THING THAT WE NEED IS MORE PRACTICE FIELDS.
SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT SPACE AS BEING A GREAT AREA, UH, TO GRADE AND, UH, JUST HAVE THAT OPEN SPACE.
I'M ALSO ADDING ENTRANCE SIGNS, UH, OFF OF ALMA AS WELL AS EL DORADO.
AS YOU CAN SEE BELOW TOWN LAKE.
SO, UM, THE LIGHT LOCK IS BEING INSTALLED CURRENTLY.
UM, THIS IS, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, UM, KIND OF NEAR THE DISC OFF ON THE, UM, WEST SIDE OF TOWN LAKE.
THIS IS GONNA BE A VERY UNIQUE, UH, THAT NO ONE IN DFW HAS, AND IT IS GONNA BE FANTASTIC TO BE ABLE TO CREATE DIFFERENT LIGHTING FOR DIFFERENT EVENTS AND STUFF.
SO AGAIN, AGAIN, FEATURING UNIQUE OF MCKINNEY BY OFFERING LIGHT WALKS, UM, IN THAT AREA.
ANOTHER AREA THAT WE WILL BEGIN, UM, WORKING ON GETTING BID DOCUMENTS OUT AND STARTING THIS PROCESS WILL BE THIS FALL, UM, THAT IS ALSO NEXT TO, UH, GRADY LITTLEJOHN.
I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT WE CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY DOG PARKS.
AND THEN JUST LOOKING AT OUR MASTER PLAN, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, BREEDING, BUILDING A CONNECTION BETWEEN, UH, BOTH SIDES OF THE PARK, UM, AND JUST MAKING THAT A WOW FEATURE.
AND THEN JUST HERE'S SOME RENDERINGS OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE.
ADDING A BOARDWALK, SITTING AREA, AN AMPHITHEATER, POSSIBLY FOR, AGAIN, EVENTS AND JUST ADDING MORE NATURAL TRAILS, UM, CONCRETE FOR A DA, BUT JUST BRINGING THAT UP TO A, A, A UNIQUE AREA.
GRADY LITTLEJOHN SPORTS COMPLEX.
HERE'S SOME RENDERINGS OF WHAT WE PROJECT IT LOOKING LIKE.
UM, OF COURSE THESE HAVE BEEN STARTED, UM, SOMETIME IN SPRING, BUT JUST ADDING COVERAGE OVER THE SITTING AREA, WHICH IS A HUGE NEED OUT THERE.
UPDATING THE CONCESSION, WHICH WAS BURNED DOWN A YEAR, OVER A YEAR AGO, AS WELL AS THE CONCESSION AREA IN THE BATHROOMS. I'LL RUSH OFF.
SO WE'VE WORKED ON THE, UM, PLAYGROUND AREA.
WE WILL BE WORKING ON A, UH, STREET CONNECTOR BETWEEN THOSE TWO
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PARKS.UH, WE WILL BE ASKING CDC FOR THE REQUEST AND LOOKING TO BID AND CONSTRUCT FALL OF 2025 WATLEY PARK.
THIS IS A VERY NEEDED, UH, PARK.
THIS WILL, UM, GO OUT TO BID AND CONSTRUCT IN, UM, SOMETIME HOPEFULLY THIS FALL.
THIS IS, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, THIS IS OFF OF, UH, BLOOM DE, UH, NEAR A PAINTED TREE.
UM, BUT THIS IS GOING TO, WE'RE LOOKING AT A MEGA SPORTS COMPLEX TO, UM, LOOK AT ADDING DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, ERIN AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY ON WHAT THIS COULD BE, UM, BRINGING TOURISM IN AS WELL AS PROVIDING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT HERE'S SOME JUST IDENTIFIED NEEDS.
UM, YOU KNOW, VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, PICKLEBALL.
COULD IT BE WHOLE GYMNASTICS? UH, CRICKET IS A GROWING THING IN MCKINNEY AND, UH, DFW AREA WIDE.
UH, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, UM, SOCCER FIELDS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE AREA FOR HOTEL RESTAURANTS, SO JUST BUILDING THIS TO BE A GREAT, UM, REGIONAL ATTRACTION TRAILS, WHICH IS ANOTHER, UH, HUGE PART OF WHAT WE DO.
UH, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE HIGHER, UM, THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
HERE ARE TWO MAIN CONNECTION POINTS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COLLIN COUNTY ON CONNECTION POINTS BETWEEN OUR SISTERING CITIES, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
WE WENT TO COLLIN COUNTY, UH, LAST YEAR ASKING FOR TWO GRANTS.
I, AND THESE ARE COTTONWOOD CREEK, WHICH IS THE CONNECTION TO ALLEN AT 1 21.
AND STACY, UM, ALLEN HAS BUILT THAT TRAIL IN THERE, JUST WAITING US ON US TO CONNECT THAT, UH, GRAY BRANCH.
WE ARE LOOKING TO CONNECT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF UNIVERSITY DOWN TO, UH, GRAY BRANCH PARK.
UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A HUGE NEED TO PROVIDE A SAFE WAY TO CROSS UNIVERSITY THIS YEAR.
WE WILL BE ASKING FOR FUNDING FOR THE ETTE CREEK PARK, STACY TRAIL.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE TRAIL PLAN CATALYST, UH, PROJECTS.
SO, UH, WE WILL SUBMIT THAT AND HOPEFULLY HEAR SOMETHING IN THE NEXT, UH, FEW MONTHS.
REED PARKLAND TRAIL CONNECTION.
THIS IS OFF OF BLOOM DE BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND HARDIN.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A CONNECTION POINT FROM THE NORTH SIDE DOWN AND HOW TO CONNECT TO THE EXISTING TRAILS THAT WE HAVE.
EVENTS AND PROGRAMS. AS PAUL MENTIONED, WE JUST CELEBRATED JUNETEENTH A FEW WEEKENDS AGO.
UH, IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AND I JUST APPRECIATE THE TEAM FOR ALL OF THE TIME THAT THEY PUT IN.
AS WELL AS THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
WE SAW OVER 2000 PEOPLE AND WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THE FIRST TIME DRONE SHOW INTO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, WHICH WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.
EVERYONE WAS WOWED BY THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT.
AS ANDREW MENTIONED, UH, RED, WHITE AND BOOM IS COMING UP SOON.
UH, WE DO HAVE A NEW LOCATION FOR THE FIREWORK FIREWORK SHOW.
UM, WE MAY MOVED IT THIS YEAR DUE TO GABE NESBIT AND THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON FOR THE FOURPLEX.
AND, UM, SO WE ARE GOING TO BE SHOOTING FIREWORKS OFF OF TOWN LAKE.
UH, WE'VE, UH, PURCHASED A BARGE, SO WE WILL BE BUILDING THE FIRE.
THEY DON'T WANT ME BUILDING A SHOW.
UH, BUT THEY WILL BE BUILDING THE SHOW ON A, UH, PLATFORM THAT WILL BE MOVED IN THE MIDDLE OF, UH, THE WATER.
SO, SHOULD BE A SPECTACULAR SHOW.
I WILL HAVE MUSIC, I WILL HAVE SHUTTLES RUNNING.
UH, SO SHOULD BE A FANTASTIC, UM, EVENT.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR SUMMER CAMPS AND ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES.
UM, WE HAVE SOME, UH, PROGRAM GUIDES IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, BUT WE HAVE WELL OVER A THOUSAND PROGRAMS THIS SUMMER.
AND, UM, IT IS OUR SPECIAL TIME TO CONNECT WITH FAMILIES AT OUR REC CENTERS.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I HAVE A SELFISH QUESTION ON THE, UM, WILSON CREEK HIGHWAY FIVE SIDE.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE ON THE MCKINNEY GREENS? YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE DOING THE OTHER SIDE OF IT? MM-HMM
WHAT'S THAT LOOK LIKE? JUST 'CAUSE I LIVE THERE, I'M JUST COMPLETELY SELFISHLY ASKING ON HIGHWAY.
SO, SO, SO IN MCKINNEY GREENS, THERE'S THE PARK SIDE, AND THEN THERE'S MORE THE TRAIL SIDE.
WHAT'S THE PROJECTION FOR THAT? SO WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION, UH,
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WITHIN THIS YEAR OF THE PLANS.AND THEN WE WILL START CONNECTING, UM, PROBABLY IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT'S A HUGE CONNECTION POINT THROUGH.
ANYONE ELSE? I JUST WANNA SAY REAL QUICK, I THINK, AMY, YOU'VE BEEN HERE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW, RIGHT? UM, BUT YOU HAVE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER TO THE VISIT MCKINNEY TEAM AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE, WE GET TO DO, ESPECIALLY ON THE TOURNAMENT AND THE TOURISM SIDE.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, ALWAYS JUMPING IN AND WORKING WITH US AND BRINGING SOME COOL STUFF TO MCKINNEY.
AT THIS TIME, WE ALLOW FOR ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON MATTERS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO BOARD AND DIRECTOR
[BOARD AND DIRECTOR COMMENTS]
COMMENTS.DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D WISH TO ADD? I HAVE SOMETHING UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING.
UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I JUST WANNA TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO, UH, RECOGNIZE BETH AND, UM, AND SHARE SOME WORDS ON HER UPCOMING RETIREMENT SINCE THIS WILL BE HER LAST, UH, BOARD MEETING BEFORE, UM, HER FINAL DAY IN THE OFFICE, WHICH IS THE END OF JULY, BUT WE DON'T MEET IN JULY.
AND SO, UH, I'D BE REMISS TO NOT TAKE THIS MOMENT AND, UM, AND GIVE HER, UM, THE, THE KUDOS SHE WELL DESERVES.
BETH HAS BEEN WITH VISIT MCKINNEY FOR NEARLY 18 YEARS.
SHE JOINED JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER VISIT MCKINNEY, UH, WAS REALLY KIND OF FORMALIZED AND BROUGHT OVER FROM THE CHAMBER TO THE CITY AND REALLY BECAME A, UH, AN ACTIVE ORGANIZATION FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UH, SHE'S BEEN A CONSTANT PRESENCE THROUGH ALL THE GROWTH, THE CHANGE, THE PROGRESS, UM, HER KNOWLEDGE OF MCKINNEY, HER RELATIONSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, HER DEDICATION TO THE WORK, HER WORK HAS BEEN FOUNDATIONAL TO WHO WE ARE TODAY AS AN ORGANIZATION.
SO AS THE NEXT CHAPTER COMES, UM, THERE'S A MIX OF APPRECIATION, RESPECT, GRATITUDE, UM, AND OF COURSE NOSTALGIA BECAUSE SHE IS OUR OFFICE HISTORIAN AND SHE'S OUR GO-TO FOR WHEN WE HAVE QUESTIONS RELATED TO ANYTHING MCKINNEY RELATED.
UM, SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, BETH, FOR US, FOR OUR, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, FOR OUR CITY, UM, THROUGHOUT YOUR TIME AND WHAT, AND THE MARKS YOU'VE LEFT ON THE CITY WILL, WILL BE, UM, FOR LONGSTANDING.
SO, UH, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER TIME TO CELEBRATE, UM, WITH HER AT OUR OFFICE IN JULY.
UM, BUT SINCE THIS WAS THE LAST MEETING, WE WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND AND CELEBRATE, UM, HER, UH, AS A BOARD.
AND SO, UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, SOMEWHERE BACK HERE,
BETH, WE DO HAVE SOME FLOWERS FOR YOU FOR TODAY AND, UM, AND FOR OUR BOARD AND ANYONE ELSE WHO CAN ATTEND, WE DO HAVE, UM, CAKE AND SOME THINGS BACK IN THE EXECUTIVE, UH, CONFERENCE ROOM.
SO I'D LOVE FOR YOU IF YOU HAVE A FEW MINUTES AFTERWARDS TO STAY AND, AND HANG OUT AND, UM, AND CELEBRATE BETH FOR ALL SHE HAS DONE, UM, FOR US.
AND SO, UM, BETH, SERIOUSLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING AND WE, WE SO APPRECIATE YOU.
UH, WITH THAT, CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
MAY I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.