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[CALL TO ORDER]
LET'S GET STARTED.THIS IS THE 4:00 PM UH, CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION.
IT IS TUESDAY, JULY THE FIRST, 2025.
[Proclamation for Parks & Recreation Month]
FIRST ITEM WILL BE A PROCLAMATION ITEM TWO FIVE DASH 29 25.THIS IS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.
SO MISS KIN CADE, I LIKE THE ENERGY.
THERE'S SOME ENERGY RIGHT THERE.
IN THE AIR CONDITIONING, THEY CAME IN MASS.
I KNOW, I DON'T, ALTHOUGH, AND PROBABLY THE HAPPIEST ONE, MICHAEL, SO HE'S PROBABLY DRIVING.
HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC BECAUSE THAT'S, SO I, I, UH, I ASKED THE QUESTION, WHO'S RUNNING THE SHOP SINCE EVERYONE'S HERE FOR THE PROCLAMATION?
THIS IS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.
WHEREAS IN THE UNITED STATES, PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
THEY ARE VITAL TO ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE, AND THEY CONTRIBUTE TO ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL WELLBEING.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND REC EXPERIENCES BUILD FAMILY UNITY, STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOOD INVOLVEMENT, PROVIDE FOR A SOCIAL INTERACTION, AND PROMOTE CULTURAL DIVERSITY.
AND SINCE 1985, AMERICANS HAVE CELEBRATED NATIONAL PARK IN RECREATION MONTH DURING THE MONTH OF JULY TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO THE OVERALL WELLBEING OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I BILL COX AND THE POWER OF VESTED IN ME AS THE MAYOR OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY, 2025 AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN MCKINNEY.
SO WE ALL HAVE A SPEECH PREPARED, SO THIS WILL JUST TAKE A FEW MINUTES.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO CELEBRATE THIS MONTH WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE THE CONNECTION TO ALL OF THE COMMUNITY, THE RESIDENTS.
UM, I'M SO PROUD OF THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE HERE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE MIGHTY AND FIERCE, AND THEY DO SUCH AN AMAZING JOB.
AND THIS IS ALSO MY TIME TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION TO THEM.
UM, JUST MAKE SURE TO GO CHECK OUT ONE OF THE 50 PARKS, UH, THE 86 MILES OF TRAILS, THE FIVE FACILITIES.
SO MAKE SURE GET OUT IN THE MONTH OF JULY AND ENJOY WHAT MCKINNEY HAS TO SHOW OFF.
AND, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR MCKINNEY.
YES, FOR ONE YOU WANNA LET IN? GOOD JOB.
[Code Compliance Operations Overview]
OKAY.NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, TWO FIVE DASH 29 26 CODE COMPLIANCE OPERATIONS OVERVIEW.
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WHERE'S MY PHONE? ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, FOR ALLOWING US TO COME AND TALK ABOUT OUR CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION WITHIN CODE SERVICES.I'M THE DIRECTOR OF CODE SERVICES.
UM, THIS EVENING WE'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL.
SOME AREAS OF FOCUS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST 10 MONTHS SINCE I ASSUME THIS ROLE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE INTERNALLY THAT ARE IMPACTING THE MCKINNEY RESIDENTS, UH, AND THEN ALSO SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND LONG-TERM FUTURE HERE IN MCKINNEY.
UH, FIRST LEMME GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT MY BACKGROUND.
SO I COME TO MCKINNEY FROM OREGON.
UH, I'VE SERVED IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS IN OREGON AS WELL AS ARIZONA.
UM, INITIALLY I STARTED AS A STREET SWEEPER IN PUBLIC WORKS AND, UH, I WAS IN THAT ROLE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE TRANSITIONING OVER TO A CODE COMPLIANCE INSPECTOR WITH THE CITY OF EUGENE.
BUT SINCE THAT TIME, I'VE HELD SUPERVISOR POSITIONS, MANAGER POSITIONS, UH, AGAIN IN OREGON AND ARIZONA.
AND NOW I BRING A LOT OF THAT EXPERIENCE, UH, HERE AS WELL.
AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION IS WORKING FOR THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY THE BEST THAT WE CAN.
OUR DEPARTMENT IS, UH, COMPRISED OF SEVEN FULL-TIME CODE OFFICERS.
UM, THE ORG CHART THAT'S SHOWN THERE REPRESENTS KIND OF HOW WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING IT, AND WE'LL DISCUSS MORE OF THOSE CHANGES HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
WE HAVE FIVE OFFICERS DEDICATED TO RESIDENTIAL CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THEN TWO OFFICERS THAT'LL BE DEDICATED TO, UH, COMMERCIAL ENFORCEMENT.
THERE'S ALSO A COUPLE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS ALONG WITH A MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING INSPECTOR WHO FOCUSES ON PROPERTIES THAT ARE, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEXES, HOTELS, MOTELS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND THEN A PART-TIME CODE OFFICER WHO ASSISTS WITH THE LEGAL SIGN REMOVAL AND ALSO HELPS OUR HEALTH COMPLIANCE TEAM, WHICH IS A SEPARATE TEAM WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR MOSQUITO ABATEMENT, LAYING OUT TRAPS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
THE MISSION OF ANY CODE COMPLIANCE TEAM AND THIS ONE HERE IN MCKINNEY IS TO, UH, ESSENTIALLY CREATE A HIGH LIVABILITY STANDARD, UH, AND ENSURE THAT PROPERTIES BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ARE MAINTAINING ADHERENCE TO PROPERTY STANDARDS, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND WE DO THAT THROUGH A WIDE RANGE OF COLLABORATION, BOTH INTERNALLY WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BUT EXTERNALLY WITH COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, AND THEN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN A COMMUNITY TO TRY TO ASSIST THOSE PEOPLE WHEN POSSIBLE.
SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE OBSERVED IN MY SHORT TIME HERE, UH, THAT WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL IS, UH, THE FIRST ONES BEING HOW QUICKLY WE RESPOND WHEN WE'RE NOTIFIED OF COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS THAT FOLKS HAVE.
UH, ON AVERAGE WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT, UH, IN ABOUT A DAY.
OFTENTIMES THE OFFICER WILL BE DISPATCHED TO A LOCATION THE SAME DAY AS A COMPLAINT IS RECEIVED.
UM, AND SO WE'RE DOING THAT REALLY WELL, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF EVERYBODY FOR BEING, UH, SO DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE RESPONDING WHEN NEEDED.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING THAT'S GREAT IS, UH, SY SYSTEMATIC AND EQUITABLE ENFORCEMENT.
SO WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE, WHAT THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE, THEY'RE ALL TREATED THE SAME AND THEY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN OUR OFFICERS DO SHOW UP TO THEIR PROPERTY OR CONTACT THEM ABOUT AN ISSUE.
WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB IN THAT VEIN.
AND THEN ELECTIONEERING ENFORCEMENT, UM, SOME, THERE'S SOME NEW MEMBERS TO THE COUNCIL, UH, HERE.
AND IN 2024, MAY OF 2024, WE ADOPTED SOME NEW LANGUAGE, UH, REGARDING ELECTIONEERING.
WE'VE BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL, UH, WITH THAT NEW LANGUAGE AND ENSURING THAT EVERYBODY'S ABLE TO GET OUT AND SUPPORT THEIR CANDIDATES IN THE APPROPRIATE WAY AND ADHERE TO THE REGULATIONS.
I CAN SAY WITH PRIDE THAT DURING THIS LAST ELECTION CYCLE, WE DID NOT HAVE TO ISSUE ANY CITATIONS FOR VIOLATION OF ELECTIONEERING, WHICH WAS GREAT.
AND, UH, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, UH, UH, CONSIDERABLE CHANGE FROM CYCLES IN THE PAST.
HERE'S A COUPLE OF GRAPHS THAT KIND OF REPRESENT SOME OF THE GOOD CHANGES THAT WE'VE HAD.
SO, CASE DURATION, THAT'S AN INDICATION OF HOW LONG IT TAKES FROM THE TIME A CASE IS OPEN TO THE TIME THE OFFICER'S ABLE TO OBTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER.
AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, WE WERE AVERAGING ABOUT 41 DAYS, UH, TO CLOSE A CASE, AND WE'VE CUT THAT ESSENTIALLY IN HALF.
AND NOW WE'RE AVERAGING ONLY 20.
THAT'S NOT ONLY A TESTAMENT TO OUR STAFF AND THE THINGS THEY'RE ABLE TO DO, BUT ALSO TO MCKINNEY RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, WORKING WITH US AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT THEIR PROPERTIES ARE UPHELD TO A GOOD STANDARD, UH, COMPLAINT RESPONSE TIME.
UH, THE GRAPH, AGAIN, 2022, WE WERE ABOUT FIVE DAYS.
THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE IMPACT WITH COVID, UH, TO HOW QUICKLY WE COULD RESPOND THEN OBVIOUSLY, BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING THAT DOWN CONSIDERABLY.
AND AGAIN, ON AVERAGE WE'RE ABOUT ONE DAY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET TO WHEREVER WE'RE NOTIFIED THAT WE NEED TO BE.
HERE'S A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF, UH, SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WELL AS, UH, AS WELL.
UH, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF EDUCATIONAL TOOLS THAT WE USE.
THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE SELF-INSPECTION CHECKLIST, THAT'S A TOOL THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS TO, UH, TAKE AND REFLECT ON THEIR PROPERTIES AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE MEETING OUR STANDARDS, UH, BEFORE THEY EVEN HAVE TO GET THERE.
NOT THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANNA SEE US, BUT PEOPLE OFTEN DON'T WANNA SEE
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US.UH, THE GOOD NEIGHBOR GUIDE IS ALSO A GREAT TOOL THAT GOES BEYOND JUST CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUES.
UH, IT PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR THINGS LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, FRONTIER, UH, WHEN YOU CAN WATER YOUR PROPERTY, LIKE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO THAT'S ALL INCLUDED IN THAT GOOD NEIGHBOR GUIDE.
UM, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THAT'S A PHOTO FROM A COMMUNITY EVENT WE DID WITH THE LEGACY NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP.
UH, WE SAT WITH THOSE FOLKS FOR OVER AN HOUR, ANSWERED A LOT OF CODE RELATED QUESTIONS, BUT WE ALSO PROVIDED SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR OTHER ISSUES THAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION COULD HELP THEM WITH.
UM, THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF, OF US TRYING TO GET OUT AND HELP FOLKS.
AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM, JUST A QUICK BEFORE AND AFTER, SO TALL WEEDS AND GRASS AT THAT PROPERTY.
AND THEN, UH, THE AFTER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE SHOWING WHAT, UH, COMPLIANCE LOOKS LIKE IN THAT REGARD.
WE, WE'VE MADE, UH, QUITE A FEW INTERNAL CHANGES AND OUR CODE MANAGER, CHRIS SMITH, HE'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, UH, BUT HE HAD SERVED PLANO FOR 12 YEARS PRIOR TO COMING HERE, AND HE'S JUST HIT HIS ONE YEAR MARK AND HE'S BEEN REALLY INSTRUMENTAL AT, UH, TAKING WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE AND KIND OF TRANSFORMING THAT TO KIND OF STANDARDIZE THINGS.
UM, PART OF THAT CAME A NEW COMPLAINT RESPONSE PROTOCOL WHERE, UH, AFTER THE INSPECTION OCCURS ON A PROPERTY, UH, THE OFFICER WILL CONTACT THAT COMPLAINANT AND UPDATE THEM ON WHAT THEY OBSERVED AND WHAT TO EXPECT MOVING FORWARD.
UM, THERE'S ALSO NEW STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
SO AGAIN, WE CAN HAVE EQUITABLE ENFORCEMENT REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
UH, WE HAD A COUPLE OF UPDATED ORDINANCES, THE HIGH GRASS, UH, AND REFUSE ONE.
THAT WAS THE WAY, UH, WE UPDATED TO MATCH STATE LAW, UH, IN TERMS OF HOW WE CONTACT PEOPLE WITH OUR NOTICES.
SO PREVIOUSLY WE HAD TO ISSUE THEM CERTIFIED MAIL.
WE NO LONGER HAVE TO DO THAT, AND WE MATCH WHAT STATE LAW REQUIRES.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE ELECTION HEARING ORDINANCE.
UM, ANOTHER BIG FOCUS OF OURS IS COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE SUCCESS WHEN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN HELP THEM AND WHAT OUR STANDARDS ARE.
THEY'LL GO HOME AND THEY'LL TAKE ACTION BEFORE WE HAVE TO KIND OF ENCOURAGE THAT.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON TRYING TO GET OUT MORE AND, UH, BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR MORE EVENTS.
UH, AND THEN ALSO THE REORG THAT WE'VE DONE RECENTLY.
SO UP UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, ALL OF OUR OFFICERS REPORTED TO OUR CODE MANAGER AND THEY ALL HAD GENERAL, UH, A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF EVERYTHING.
SO WE HAD NO RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL ENFORCEMENT.
AND AGAIN, I ALLUDED TO THAT EARLIER WHERE WE HAVE SOME STAFF WHO ARE DEDICATED TO SPECIFIC AREAS OF MCKINNEY.
THOSE TERRITORIES HAVE, UH, COME ABOUT BASED OFF OF COMPLAINTS THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED SO THAT THEY HAVE A TERRITORY THAT THEY CAN PROACTIVELY PATROL, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO RESPOND QUICKLY TO THE COMPLAINTS THAT THEY RECEIVE, UH, AND THEN COMMERCIAL ENFORCEMENT.
AND WE'RE GONNA DIVE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE AS TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO MOVING FORWARD IN THAT REGARD.
SO PREVIOUSLY WE'VE NOT HAD PROACTIVE COMMERCIAL ENFORCEMENT.
WE'VE RELIED ON COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CONTACT US, LET US KNOW ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS, BUT A LOT OF THAT GOES UNNOTICED AT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
UM, AND OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, ONLY 20% OF ALL OF OUR CASES HAVE BEEN ON WHAT WE IDENTIFY AS A COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY.
SO THERE'S DEFINITELY ROOM TO IMPROVE AND, AND A HIGHER STANDARD THAT WE CAN MEET, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA HOPE TO DO, THAT PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT, UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA DIVE INTO EVERYTHING THAT AN OFFICER COULD LOOK AT.
OBVIOUSLY WITH THAT AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE, YOU CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A A LOT THAT GOES INTO A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, BUT THESE ARE OUR PRIMARY AREAS OF FOCUS.
SO SIGNS INITIALLY, MAKING SURE THAT SIGNS MEET WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE.
UM, TEMPORARY SIGNS OR LED SIGNS, DONATION BINS, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WHERE THOSE ARE PLACED, THEY'RE PLACED APPROPRIATELY AND THEY GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
UH, MAKING SURE THAT GARBAGE IS CONTAINED APPROPRIATELY.
UH, VEGETATION'S TRIMMED, MOSTLY IT'S TALL GRASS THAT WE INTERACT WITH.
UH, IT COULD BE A VACANT LOT AS PICTURED OR IT COULD BE A BUSINESS THAT MAYBE IS NO LONGER THERE.
AND SO THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE ISN'T OCCURRING ON A PROPERTY.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE THEY MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY UNTIL THEY GET A NEW TENANT.
UH, BASIC LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS.
SO AS THE PROPERTIES ARE DEVELOPED, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE CERTAIN SCREENING AND, UH, VEGETATION AND OVER TIME, UH, PLANTS CAN DIE.
THEY'RE REMOVED BY THE MAINTENANCE FOLKS AND NOT REPLACED.
SO WE'LL BE FOCUSED ON THAT, UH, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT, YOU KNOW, AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR, IT'S EASIER TO PLANT CERTAIN THINGS AND WE DON'T WANT TO, UH, REQUIRE THAT PEOPLE DO THINGS THAT ARE ONLY GONNA WASTE THEIR MONEY.
SO AT SPECIFIC TIMES OF YEAR, THAT'LL BE MORE OF A FOCUS THAN OTHERS.
AND THEN LIGHTING AS THE PROGRAM GOES ON AND DEVELOPS, WE'LL ASK OFFICERS TO COME IN DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE LIGHTING THAT IS ON THE EXTERIOR BUILDINGS AND, UH, PARKING LOTS DOES MEET WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE.
OVER TIME, UH, PEOPLE WILL SWITCH OUT FIXTURES OR THEY COULD HAVE SOME STORM DAMAGE AND THEN REPLACE THEM WITH A NONCOMPLIANT FIXTURE THAT COULD IMPACT NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
AND SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S FOLLOWING THAT AND OBVIOUSLY WORK WITH THEM SHOULD THEY BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
AND SO MOVING FORWARD, UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, UM, SINCE I'VE ARRIVED AT A PREVIOUS LOCATION, UH, WE HAVE THE IDEA THAT WE ARE THE CITY.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE UNDERSTAND WHEN WE COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE, A LOT
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OF TIMES THAT'S THEIR FIRST INTERACTION, ESPECIALLY AT A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.AND SO WE WANT TO BE A GOOD RESOURCE FOR THEM, NOT JUST FOR CO COMPLIANCE ISSUES, BUT ANY PARTICULAR ISSUE THAT COME UP BECAUSE WE REALLY DO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE THROUGH THE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS.
THERE'S MULTIPLE INTERACTIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME PEOPLE'S LIMITATIONS ARE, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO BE A GOOD RESOURCE FOR THEM.
WE ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL AND EXTERNAL DOCUMENTS IN SPANISH.
WE LIVE IN A PRETTY DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ALL RESIDENTS.
UH, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO TRY TO GET OUT THERE.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE AND A VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM, UH, IS IN COORDINATION WITH OUR HOUSING COMMUNITY HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, IT'S A WAY FOR US TO OFFER ASSISTANCE FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE A PHYSICAL LIMITATION, A FINANCIAL LIMITATION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S NOT ALLOWING THEM TO OBTAIN COMPLIANCE IN THE WAY THAT WE WANT WITHOUT HAVING TO TAKE A PUNITIVE ACTION OF A CITATION OR AN ABATEMENT IF THEY ALREADY CAN'T DO IT THEMSELVES.
TAKING THOSE TYPES OF STEPS ISN'T REALLY GONNA SOLVE THAT PROBLEM LONG TERM.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT OTHER DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO CREATE A PROGRAM WHERE VOLUNTEERS COULD COME OUT AND DO BASIC YARD MAINTENANCE TYPE OF THINGS TO HELP THAT RESIDENT OUT.
UH, AND FROM THAT, THERE'S A POTENTIAL TO CREATE A TOOL LENDING PROGRAM.
SOME FOLKS JUST MOVE HERE, I'M FROM OREGON.
THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO BRING THEIR PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.
SO A LAWNMOWER, WEED WHACKER, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND IF WE CAN CREATE A PROGRAM WHERE THEY COULD COME AND LOAN A TOOL FOR A WEEK OR TWO, THEN THEY CAN DO THE WORK THEMSELVES OUTSIDE OF AN ENFORCEMENT PROCESS AND THEY KNOW THAT, OKAY, I CAN MAINTAIN MY PROPERTY, SO THE MCKINNEY STANDARD, UM, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE TOOLS ON HAND TO DO THAT.
THAT'S QUICK PRESENTATION ABOUT CODE COMPLIANCE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE RECENTLY.
UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SHOULD ANYBODY HAVE.
QUESTIONS? ANYONE QUESTIONS? I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
ON, UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, I THINK WE ALL WOULD AGREE WE WANT A, A CLEAN AND, AND TO CODE CITY.
UH, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I, WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY IS YOUR DEPARTMENT'S WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH SOME OF THESE OWNERS.
IT MAY BE NEW TO MCKINNEY AND NOT UNDERSTAND HOW, HOW WE WANT THINGS DONE AND HOW THINGS NEED TO BE KEPT.
SO I THINK YOUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH, WITH PERHAPS NEW PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD HELP HELP THEM WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, THE NOT FEAR, THE CITY TYPE TYPE MENTALITY.
WE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T KNOW THERE IS A STANDARD, UH, PRIOR TO SERVING IN ANY CO COMPLIANCE CAPACITY, I HAD NO IDEA THAT THERE WAS CODES ABOUT MY PROPERTY AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND SO WE, WE START WITH THE EDUCATION PART.
UM, YOU KNOW, ALBEIT YOU ARE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENT TO WHEREVER WE'RE THERE, BUT YEAH, TRYING TO EDUCATE FOLKS AND THOSE COMMUNITY EVENTS REALLY DOES A GREAT JOB AT DOING THAT.
IT PUTS A FACE TO THE POSITION RATHER THAN JUST AN UNKNOWN KNOCK AT THE DOOR AND THEN A GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO THAT'S AGAIN, KIND OF WHY WE'RE WORKING IN THAT VAN.
LAST QUESTION, PAGE EIGHT OF 15 ON YOUR SLIDE, AND IT'S REALLY SOMETHING FOR MR. CLOUTIER.
CAN YOU IDENTIFY, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE, THE BLOW UP SQUIGGLY DOLL ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OR THE FREE AND FREE CAR WASH
SO THE SQUIGGLY DOLL, I DON'T BELIEVE IS ALLOWED, UH, OKAY.
BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT ALLOWANCES FOR SIGNAGE SIZE AND QUANTITY, AND IT ALSO KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AT WITHIN A PROPERTY.
PHIL? I THINK IF THE MAYOR DIGS DEEP INTO CITY CODE, HE'LL FIND THAT I HAVE DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY.
I'LL BE SURE TO TELL STAFF THAT TOO.
I HAVE ONE, I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION, AND IT MAY BE MORE TOWARDS PAUL.
PAUL MIGHT, UH, JUMP IN ON THIS TOO.
UM, THERE'S ISSUES WITH, YOU KNOW, ALONG 75 AND ALONG RIGHT OF WAY THAT ARE GOVERNMENT OR STATE ENTITIES.
AND THE TRASH SEEMS TO BUILD UP AND THEY DON'T QUITE GET TO IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR KNOW THEY COME IN AND CLEAN IT UP.
IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO IN THE MEANTIME TO HELP THAT OUT IN CERTAIN AREAS? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANY CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE WITHIN CODE COMPLIANCE.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU AND WHAT I TOUCHED ON IS, UH, COLLABORATION.
AND SO THAT'S AN INTERNAL THING, BUT IT'S ALSO AN EXTERNAL THING WITH THOSE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, AND WHEN THOSE COMPLAINTS DO COME IN AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T, UH, ASSIST WITH IMMEDIATELY MM-HMM
IF WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE, UM, MAINTENANCE STANDARDS ARE, AND WHEN THEY COULD RESPOND TO CERTAIN THING OR PROVIDE THE RESIDENT WITH AN AVENUE TO ADDRESS OR EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AT OUR LEVEL.
UM, BUT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND SOMETIMES THAT CAN LEAD TO A, A QUICKER RES RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.
YEAH, AND I'LL JUST ANSWER FROM MY STANDPOINT.
WE, I BELIEVE WE BROUGHT TO THIS COUNCIL ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, IF I'M DATING IT CORRECTLY, MAYBE TWO YEARS.
AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A CONTRACT THAT'S, THAT'S
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BASICALLY MANAGED OUT OF PUBLIC WORKS MM-HMMAND WE AUGMENT THE WORK THAT THE STATE DOES IN A COUPLE OF AREAS ALONG 75, UM, IN THE VICINITY OF VIRGINIA, I BELIEVE, AS WELL AS, UM, UH, US THREE 80 UNIVERSITY, UH, AND MAYBE ANOTHER AREA.
BUT WE, WE HELP CLEAN UP THAT AREA MORE THAN THE TYPICAL CYCLE THAT THE STATE IS GONNA SEND FOLKS OUT FOR.
UH, SO WE DO DO SOME THINGS, BUT IT'S HARD, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT CLEAN UP US 75.
IT'S A STATE ROAD, IT'S EXPENSIVE AND TIME CONSUMING AND DANGEROUS.
UH, SO TO SEND OUR FOLKS OUT THERE TO BE CLEANING UP STUFF THAT'S A STATE'S JOB, YOU KNOW, WE'D RATHER NOT DO IT TOO MUCH.
BUT WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT, UH, WITH THE, UH, COMPANY TO DO SOME OF THAT BASICALLY AUGMENTS WHAT THE STATE IS ALREADY DOING.
MAINLY WHAT I'M CONCERNED IS THE, IS THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAYS NOW.
SO ON THE, ON THE, ON THE SLOPE OF THE HILL MM-HMM
WE HAVE, UM, WE DO HAVE A BEAUTIFICATION GRANT THAT I BELIEVE PUBLIC WORKS IS DOING SOME WORK INSTALLING SOME LANDSCAPING MM-HMM
UH, PLANTINGS, ET CETERA, AT UNIVERSITY.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE OTHER STREET, HONESTLY, BUT THAT IS ON US.
AND SO IF WE HAVE ISSUES THERE THAT'S ON THE CITY, SO, OKAY.
UM, IF, IF WE'RE NOT DOING A GOOD ENOUGH JOB OR IF OUR CONTRACTOR'S NOT DOING A GOOD ENOUGH JOB, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
THERE'S JUST A LOT OF DEBRIS THAT BLOWS OFF THE ROADS AND, UH, IT'S A CONSTANT, CONSTANT, UH, CHALLENGE AND IT NEVER GOES AWAY.
BUT THAT IS, THAT IS THE CITY OF MCKINNEY ON THOSE AREAS.
SO I'LL SHARE THAT WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS AND THEY CAN, UH, OKAY.
MAYBE BE MORE DILIGENT OR, OR TAKE A LOOK AT AND SEE IF THEY NEED TO STEP UP THE CYCLE BY THE, FOR THE CONTRACTORS TO COME OUT THERE.
I, I, I DO HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION FOR PHIL.
PHIL, WHEN WE'RE ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN, WE TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE HOAS, BUT ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, TYPICALLY WE DO HAVE HOAS.
CAN YOU WALK THROUGH WITH ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU WORK WITH HOAS AS MAYBE THEY'RE A FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND HOW MAYBE WE BACK THEM UP? YEAH, SURE.
SO OBVIOUSLY, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE HOAS, UM, THERE'S KIND OF A BUILT-IN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM IF THEY'RE A REALLY ACTIVE HOA AND A LOT OF MCKINNEY DOES HAVE VERY ACTIVE HOAS.
UH, ALBEIT THEY HAVE SOME STANDARDS THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
SO ALL PROPERTIES, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE, THEY NEED TO MEET OUR STANDARDS.
HOAS CAN BE MORE RESTRICTIVE IN A LOT OF WAYS, AND OFTENTIMES THEY ARE.
UM, BUT WE ARE USED IN COLLABORATION WITH HOAS.
OFTENTIMES WHEN THERE'S NOT AN EASY RESOLUTION VIA THE HOA, IT'S A TIMELY, COSTLY THING FOR THEM.
IF WE HAVE THE SAME STANDARD AS THAT HOA THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET, THEY CAN CONTACT OUR DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE NOT WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEM.
WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING WHAT OUR STANDARDS ARE.
THEY JUST HAPPEN TO MEET THEIRS AND WE'RE HAPPY TO GO OUT AND INVESTIGATE AND BEGIN OUR ENFORCEMENT PROCESS AND WORK WITH THOSE FOLKS TO GET A RESOLUTION.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD MORE, ONE MORE THING.
UM, PHIL'S DOING A TERRIFIC JOB AND HE IS GOT A GREAT TEAM, A NEW MEMBER OVER HERE.
UM, THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY TOUGH JOB IN ANY COMMUNITY.
MOST FOLKS DON'T WANNA SEE CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, OFFICERS COME TO THEIR HOUSE.
UH, MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE EMBARRASSING.
MAYBE THERE'S SOME PRIDE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
A GOOD CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT THOUGH REALLY DOES PRESENT ITSELF, AS PHIL MENTIONED, AS A PARTNER, AS A, AS A, YOU BUILD A RELATIONSHIP AND YOU EDUCATE FOLKS.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE, HE TOUCHED ON THAT REALLY IS IMPORTANT FOR US IS WORKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES FUNCTION.
WE ADDED THAT POSITION A FEW YEARS AGO.
ONE OF THE KEY REASONS WE ADDED IT, NOT ONLY BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOAS AND THE OTHERS, IS TO, UM, WORK WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT WHEN WE HAVE THOSE SUBSTANDARD HOMES OR SUBSTANDARD ISSUES.
WE HAVE AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES OFFER OFFICER CAN REALLY COLLABORATE WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND, UM, OUR COMMUNITY GROUPS, SOME OF THEM, SOME OF THEM ARE FAITH GROUPS, SOME OF THEM ARE JUST OTHER VOLUNTEER GROUPS WHO ARE WANTING TO GO OUT AND HELP FOLKS WITH, WHETHER IT'S A COAT OF PAINT OR, UH, CLEANING UP THE YARD OR WHATNOT.
UM, THAT PARTNERSHIP COORDINATING IS ALL IT TAKES AND WE GET THE RIGHT FOLKS ON BOARD AND, AND THAT THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER.
THAT WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
UM, AND IT REALLY IS THEN IN THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION.
SO THEY'VE GOT, I THINK THEY'VE GOT THEIR, THEIR FINGER, UH, ON THE RIGHT PULSE OF THIS, ON HOW THIS HAS TO WORK.
AND I THINK PHIL AND HIS TEAM DO AN AMAZING JOB AND IT'S A THANKLESS JOB IN MANY CASES.
SO WE, WE DEFINITELY TIP OUR HATS TO THEM FOR THE WORK THEY DO.
I HAVE MADE AN ERROR AND HAVE OVERLOOKED, UH, DISCUSSION OF AGENDA ITEMS. IT WAS, UH, JUST ABOVE MR. HUBBARD'S, UH, REPORT.
SO IF ANYONE HAS AN ITEM THEY WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS.
MR. JONES, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
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TO GO FIRST? NONE.MR. HAUSER, DO WE HAVE ANY EXECUTIVE POSSESSION ITEM? WE DO NOT TODAY.
BUT THERE ALSO IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS THAT I DON'T THINK YOU MENTIONED.
EMPRESS SAID WE DID NOT HAVE ANYONE.
ANYONE ELSE? ANYTHING? I SUPPOSE I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN.
MR. MAYOR, IF YOU'LL ENTERTAIN THAT MOTION.
I'LL SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN.