Jul 15, 2025 City Council Work Session

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HERE. WE'RE GOING. ALL RIGHT. IT'S 3 P.M. LET'S START OUR WORK SESSION. THIS IS THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION. TUESDAY, JULY 15TH, 2025. WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC IN THE AUDIENCE TO SPEAK ON ANY AGENDA ITEM. SO IF YOU COME TONIGHT OR THIS AFTERNOON ACTUALLY, AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM ON THIS WORK SESSION AGENDA, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I WILL MOVE ON. FIRST ITEM WORK SESSION ITEM IS 252965. THIS IS A DISCUSS AGENDA. THANK YOU, MR. GRIMES. FIRST ITEM IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AGENDA

[DISCUSS AGENDA ITEMS for the City Council Regular Meeting to be held on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. ]

AND IF EVERYTHING'S OKAY, THEN MAYBE WE JUST LEAVE IT HERE, THEN. HOWDY. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU, SIR? GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. I'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS ITEM. AND HOW OLD IS THE CURRENT GENERATOR WERE WE DO TO CHANGE IT? IS THIS A SURPRISE TO US? LET'S START THERE. YES. SO THESE GENERATORS. USUALLY WE'RE THINKING THAT THEY'RE FORECASTED TO BE REPLACED EVERY 25, 30 YEARS. THIS ONE'S AROUND 17, 18 YEARS OLD AT THIS LOCATION. WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE EXPERIENCED WITH THIS IS WHEN THERE WAS A MAINTENANCE BEING DONE, OIL CHANGE, AIR FILTERS BEING DONE, THE ALTERNATOR ON IT KIND OF FRIED AND IT SENT VOLTS THROUGH THIS. THERE'S A SHAFT THAT GOES FROM THE GENERATOR TO THE MOTOR AND IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE MOTOR GENERATOR, ALL THE WIRING AND ALL THAT. AND SO WE LOOKED AT THAT AND INQUIRED KIND OF THE PRICING FOR THOSE ITEMS TOO, AS WE'VE KIND OF TRIED TO MAKE THE DECISION ON WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST STEPS GOING FORWARD. WHAT IS THE JOB THIS GENERATOR DOES? IT PROVIDES BACKUP POWER FOR PUMP STATION THREE AT MCKINNEY RANCH, MCKINNEY RANCH PUMP STATION. THREE FEEDS ARE 850 PRESSURE PLANE, WHICH IS OUR SECOND LARGEST, HAS ABOUT 23,300 CONNECTIONS IN IT. SO WITHOUT THIS GENERATOR WE LOSE UTILITY, ESPECIALLY SUMMERTIME. WHEN YOU START HAVING HIGH DEMAND ON THE SYSTEM, YOU'VE GOT A CHANCE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO AFFECT YOUR SUPPLY TO YOUR SYSTEM. YOU COULD LOSE PRESSURES AND ALL OF THAT WATER QUALITY. YOU HAVE TWO OTHER PUMP STATIONS THAT FEED THE 850, WHICH WOULD BE UNIVERSITY PUMP STATION AND REDBUD. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, AS YOU LOOK AT HOW FAR UP IN THE SYSTEM NORTH THEY ARE VERSUS THIS PART OF THE PRESSURE PLANT WHERE MCKINNEY RANCH IS. SO WE WANT MCKINNEY RANCH TO FUNCTION GOOD THIS WAY BECAUSE IT HELPS US KEEP GOOD RESIDUALS AND GOOD WATER QUALITY FOR THE PUBLIC. OKAY. SO WE HOPE WE NEVER HAVE TO USE THIS GENERATOR. THIS GENERATOR IS THERE IN CASE THE POWER GOES OUT. BUT IF THE POWER DOES GO OUT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE WATER STATION THAT WATER PRESSURE TO THAT PART OF TOWN, WE NEED THIS. AND I USE THAT GENERATOR LAST SUMMER. OKAY. I NEEDED IT LAST SUMMER. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S THIS WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE DONE AS SOON AS WE COULD. HONESTLY. RIGHT. AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE REACHED OUT TO, IT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY QUICK TURNAROUND VERSUS SOME OF THE OTHER VENDORS THAT WE HAD REACHED OUT TO. SO LIKE I SAID, IT'S WITHOUT THIS GENERATOR, WE USUALLY LOSE UTILITY. YOU LOSE THAT PUMP STATION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANYTHING, MR. MAYOR, I'M SATISFIED. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, I HAVE ONE QUESTION. JUST CURIOUS ABOUT DIESEL STORAGE. WHAT'S THE DURATION THAT YOU CAN RUN THOSE BACKUP PUMPS WITH THE DIESEL THAT YOU HAVE ON HAND? IT'S JUST AS LONG AS WE KEEP OUR FUEL LEVEL ON IT. USUALLY I DON'T HAVE TO RUN OUT OF FUEL ON IT BECAUSE WE USUALLY GET ONE BACK ON UTILITY FAIRLY SOON. IF I WAS TO GIVE YOU JUST AN EXACT HOUR AMOUNT, I WOULD PROBABLY BE LYING TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ON THAT. WE DO RUN THESE EVERY MONTH, SO EVERY MONTH WHAT WE DO AT EVERY PUMP STATION IS WE RUN ALL OF OUR PUMPS LIKE WE'VE LOST UTILITY. WE MAKE SURE WHEN ONE OF THESE ITEMS HAPPEN, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN A CRITICAL SITUATION. AND THE QUESTION IS JUST THE DIESEL SUPPLY ON HAND.

IF YOU HAVE AN INCLEMENT WEATHER THAT YOU CAN'T TAKE DELIVERY OF DIESEL, WE'VE GOT BACK. WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT A FUEL TRUCK, A TRAILER CAN DELIVER FUEL. THEY THEY HAVE A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE THAT DAVID CAMPBELL OVER THAT IS IN FACILITIES. THEY MAKE SURE THAT THEY CHECK ALL OF THESE FACILITIES EVERY MONTH, CHECK THE FUEL LEVELS. LIKE I SAID, THEY HAVE A QUARTERLY TESTING THEY DO ON THESE GENERATORS, WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE DOING WITH THIS ON A MAINTENANCE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE A MONTHLY TEST WE DO WITH A LOAD TESTING OURSELVES INTERNALLY TO MAKE SURE THEY WORK CORRECTLY. BUT YOU'RE CONFIDENT THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH FUEL ON HAND THAT IF DIESEL DELIVERIES GOT DISRUPTED FOR SOME REASON, THAT YOU COULD CONTINUE TO RUN THE GENERATORS FOR A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME. YEAH, AND THIS IS NOT A CHEAP ITEM, BUT A MUCH NECESSARY ITEM.

WHAT'S THE TOTAL COST THAT THIS IS FOR 13 WITH THE BONDS 413,000. YEAH. AND WE HAD

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MR. CLAUDIA. FASTER AND CHEAPER. THAT'S WORK FOR YOU. THAT WORKS FOR DISTRICT TWO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ANY OTHER PULL DOWNS? NO. YOU'RE GOOD. I'LL PULL THE OTHER ONE AT SIX. YEP. OKAY. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW OR. NO, SIR, I THINK WE'RE OKAY RIGHT NOW.

[Update on Community Land Trust]

THIS IS AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. TODD. THANK YOU. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CRYSTAL TODD, AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADMINISTRATOR. HERE TO GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. OR NOT. THERE WE GO. HOW ABOUT THAT? OKAY. SO WE'LL BACK UP HERE FOR JUST A SECOND.

JUST THE AGENDA IS KIND OF GOING OVER THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OVERVIEW. OUR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, MCKINNEY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND COUNCIL DIRECTION AND NEXT STEPS. OUR HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT. SO OUR HOUSING HOUSEHOLDS THAT SPEND MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD INCOME TOWARDS THEIR RENT OR THEIR MORTGAGE IS CONSIDERED COST BURDEN. OUR LAST HOUSING STUDY WE DID SHOWED THAT WE HAD A RENTAL GAP OF OVER 5000 UNITS FOR HOUSEHOLDS EARNING $35,000 OR LESS. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A NEW HOUSING ANALYSIS STUDY, SO I KNOW THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS NUMBER A COUPLE TIMES, AND I'M EXCITED TO TELL YOU THAT WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE ON THESE NUMBERS SOON. SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING. I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS, PLEASE.

YES, SIR. WHAT WE'VE GOT IS WHEN I'M USED TO HEARING IS AM I A PERCENT OF AM I? CAN YOU IDENTIFY WHERE WE ARE ON THIS AS FAR AS THE 30% OR 50% OF AM I? FURTHER, IS THIS HOUSEHOLD ASSUMING SOME KIND OF STATIC NUMBER OF FOUR PEOPLE PER, OR IS THIS A SINGLE PERSON? BECAUSE THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE HERE TOO. YOU'RE CORRECT. IT DOES. WHEN WE LOOK AT AM I, WE'RE LOOKING AT A FOUR PERSON HOUSEHOLD. SO OUR OUR ARMY FOR MCKINNEY, WE'RE JUST AT 117,000.

SO FOR A FOUR PERSON LOOKING AT 80% SEE WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT THAT NUMBER ENDS UP. BUT SO THESE ARE FOUR PERSON FAMILIES THAT WE'RE ASSUMING AT 20 TO 24 5000 OKAY. THAT NUMBER WE'RE LOOKING AT A FOUR PERSON OKAY. THAT THAT HELPS WITH THAT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU OKAY. SO WE'RE UPDATING THOSE NUMBERS AND WE'LL HAVE SHIRLEY. WE'LL HAVE MORE TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN HER ITEM TO WHEN WE WILL HAVE THOSE FOR YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. SO WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING CHALLENGES THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITIES. SO FOR THE OUR HOUSING SUPPLY WHERE WE HAVE AN INSUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUPPLY THROUGH DIVERSITY WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE THE CHALLENGE OF COST. IT'S COST BURDEN, RIGHT, BECAUSE WE HAVE LOW INCOME AND HIGH COST. SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE PROGRAMS SUCH AS OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, OR WE DO AFFORDABLE INCENTIVES FOR OUR DEVELOPERS THAT ARE COMING IN TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF SUBSIDY OR TAX EXEMPTION AND THEN ALSO ACCESSIBILITY THE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE HAVE THE MONEY FOR DOWN PAYMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? SO THAT ALLOWS US TO CREATE PROGRAMS LIKE OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE CHALLENGE OF PUBLIC OPINION. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT IN MY BACKYARD. AND SO THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITIES TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE. SO TODAY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. IN 2024, THE CITY COUNCIL DESIGNATED THE MCKINNEY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AS A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, WHICH ENABLES THEM TO PURCHASE ELIGIBLE PROPERTIES IN FINANCE AND COST OF RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNERSHIP. SO WHAT DOES THE CLT DO FOR US? WELL, THAT WHAT THAT IS, IS THE CLT IS ALLOWED TO OWN THE LAND. AND THEN WE PARTNER TO BUILD HOUSING ON THIS LAND, BUT THEN WE JUST SELL THE STRUCTURE. SO THEN IT MAKES THE HOUSE AFFORDABLE FOR THAT HOMEBUYER BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST BUYING THE STRUCTURE AND NOT THAT LAND THAT'S UNDERNEATH. SO IT'S SAVING QUITE A BIT OF MONEY. SO THAT'S THAT IS OUR NEW TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS LAST YEAR TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BEING ABLE TO MAKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND WITH THOSE RESIDENTS THEY PURCHASED THAT HOME. THEY THEY PAY TAXES ON THAT HOME. THEY PAY TAXES ON THAT STRUCTURE. THEY PAY TAXES ON THE LEASED LAND. IT'S A FIXED NUMBER THAT HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. WE HAVEN'T COME UP WITH THAT CALCULATION. BUT THOSE ARE THEY DO PAY TAXES ON THESE HOUSES. SO

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OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? YEAH. CRYSTAL, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE ONE WE, YOU AND I FIRST TALKED ABOUT WITH THE DIFFERENT INCOME BRACKETS. AND I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION. THERE WE GO. SORRY OKAY. SO THIS WE'VE WE'VE PUT A LOT OF SUPPLY IN PLACE OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS THAT HAS NOT BEEN ACTIVATED YET IS MY SENSE WITH A COUPLE PROPERTIES ON 380 I THINK ONE UP AROUND WILMOT, THESE ARE I THINK ARE 80% AMI UNITS. AND SO THIS IS SHOWING THE EXISTING STOCK AND THE EXISTING DEMAND. BUT I GUESS THE POINT I WANT CLARIFICATION ON IS, IS, IS WE HAVE APPROVED STOCK THAT IS COMING IN THESE HIGHER AREAS, LIKE WHEN WE SEE THE 75,000 PLUS AND A DEFICIT OF 1300. I'M THINKING WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THOSE UNITS ON THE WAY. AM I WRONG? YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT WRONG. YOU'RE CORRECT. THIS THESE WERE OUR NUMBERS AS OF SEPTEMBER OF 2020. OH, I'M SORRY YOU SAID THAT. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE NEW HOUSING ANALYSIS, WHICH WE WILL HAVE UPDATED NUMBERS ON THAT. OKAY. YOU'RE ACCURATE IN SAYING THAT WE'VE HAD SEVERAL THAT ARE OUT THERE AND HAVEN'T COME ONLINE YET. OKAY. AND THEN ARE YOU LOOKING FOR INPUT FROM US IN TERMS OF WHERE DO WE GO WITH THIS THING TODAY? DIRECTION WOULD BE GREAT. YES. OKAY. I WOULD LOVE TO KIND OF HIT A SINGLE ON THIS. AND I'D LIKE TO THE IDEA OF TOWNHOMES IS VERY APPEALING TO ME, BUT I'D LIKE TO DO TOWNHOMES WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A REZONE ON AN INFILL PIECE OF PROPERTY. THE TOWNHOMES WOULD ALLOW A NUMBER OF FAMILIES TO BENEFIT FROM THIS. IF WE IF WE CAN'T FIND THAT CORRECT PIECE OF PROPERTY, THEN I WOULD BE INCLINED TO LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL LOTS. AND I THINK, BUT DON'T KNOW IN REALITY MAY SAY THAT I'M WRONG, BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF LOTS IN THE OLDER PARTS OF MCKINNEY THAT CAN BE SUBDIVIDED INTO 6000 FOOT LOTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT ARE MUCH BIGGER. AND IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THERE, I'D BE THRILLED TO LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO. THANK YOU. I TEND TO LEAN TOWARD THE LARGER DEVELOPMENTS BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE SO FAR BEHIND ON ON THE UNITS THAT TO MAKE A REALLY A DENT IN IT, WE'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH A LARGER PROJECT IN MULTIPLE UNITS. BUT I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE OTHER EITHER. I MEAN, WE NEED TO KEEP DOING THAT. THE SINGLES AND THE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY IT'S KIND OF AN ALL OF ALL OF THE ABOVE. FOR ME, IT'S WHERE WE FIND OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME EXCESS CITY LAND THAT CAN BE USED FOR MAYBE SOME, SOME LARGER CHUNKS OF IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'VE GOT LOTS IDENTIFIED THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, PRICED WITHIN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK AT THEN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO MISS THOSE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING

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THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? CRYSTAL, COULD YOU GO TO YOUR LAST SLIDE? THERE'S A TIME FRAME ON THERE. RIGHT THERE. LET ME ASK YOU. AND IT'S KIND OF A YES OR NO QUESTION. IS IT POSSIBLE OR REALISTIC TO DEVELOP TEN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BY SEPTEMBER 2026? IF WE HAVE THE LAND, IT WILL BE ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE. SO IF SOME OTHER THINGS HAPPEN, IT'S POSSIBLE. YES. OKAY, OKAY, I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER. WE NEED TO AT LEAST GET ON BASE. LET'S DO SOMETHING.

AND IF A LARGER TRACK TO MR. FRANKLIN'S COMMENT IS AVAILABLE, DEFINING WHAT LARGER IS THAN, LET'S LOOK AT THAT. BUT YEAH, LET'S I THINK YOU'RE HEARING LET'S CONTINUE ON AND MOVE FORWARD. GREAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP ON THIS, CRYSTAL. THANK YOU SO

[2025-2029 Housing & Community Development Consolidated Plan and the 2025-2026 CDBG Annual Action Plan Update]

THANK YOU ALL. MY NAME IS SHIRLEY TO BEST COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. I AM PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU EXCITING NEWS. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE CITY'S FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN THAT INCLUDES HOUSING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM KRYSTAL WHERE SHE SHARED WITH YOU SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE IN OUR TOOLBOX AS WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING. THIS PRESENTATION WILL TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL PROCESS THAT WE WILL HAVE AND HOW THE COMMUNITY, LAND, TRUST AND OTHER RESOURCES WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE PROCESS. FIRST OFF, WHAT IS THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN? IT IS A TOOL THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE CITY AS IT RELATES TO HUD FUNDING. WE HAVE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, CDBG FUNDING, WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. WE ALSO HAVE HOME FUNDS, WHICH EXTENDS OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESOURCES. IT IS A PLANNING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY.

ALTHOUGH IT IS REQUIRED, OUR DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKELY DO THAT ANYWAY. AS WE HAD ALREADY MENTIONED IN 2003, WE HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD STUDY PROCESS. WE HAD AN UPDATE WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING. SO ALTHOUGH THIS IS A REQUIREMENT, IT IS AN EXTENSIVE RESOURCE WHERE IT ALLOWS THE OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY FOR THE CITY, CITY DEPARTMENTS, REGIONAL CONSULTATIONS. IT ALSO ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT NOT ONLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE WILL TALK ABOUT MARKETING ANALYSIS. WE HAD MENTIONED TALKING ABOUT THE RESOURCES AS IT RELATES TO THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, BUT WE WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE NEEDS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES. DO WE HAVE NEEDS FOR COMMUNITY OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? WHAT HAVE WE DONE SINCE 2003? HOW DO WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? WE KNOW THE LANDSCAPE CONTINUES TO CHANGE. IT'S ALWAYS EVOLVING. SO THIS IS ALSO A WORKING TOOL THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO UPDATE EVERY YEAR. AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AS WELL. IT IS CARRIED OUT THROUGH THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. SO WHEN I COME BEFORE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC EVERY YEAR, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY AT THAT TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REEVALUATE. SO EVEN THOUGH WE ARE PREPARING THIS PLAN RIGHT NOW, EACH YEAR WE WILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE WILL LOOK AT OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WE'LL LOOK AT PAST EVALUATIONS. WE'LL SEE WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T. WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE NEEDS AS WELL AS WHAT RESOURCES DO WE HAVE, BOTH FINANCIALLY, IN-KIND, BEING ABLE TO WORK NOT ONLY WITH OUR CITY RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND, BUT ALSO WHAT ARE WE ABLE TO PROVIDE THROUGH HUD? AND EVEN, AS KRYSTAL MENTIONED, IF WE HAVE OTHER PRIVATE FUNDS OR FUNDS THAT COME FROM OTHER RESOURCES LIKE FOUNDATIONS, DURING THIS TIME, WE WILL ALSO REPORT TO HUD AT THE END OF EVERY YEAR. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS PROCESS, WE WILL COME BEFORE YOU IN AUGUST EVERY YEAR TO PREPARE AND TELL YOU WHAT THE CITY IS PROPOSING TO DO IN TERMS OF RESOURCES. IN DECEMBER, WE WILL COME TO THE CITY AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO TALK ABOUT ACCOMPLISHMENTS, TO SAY WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN'T. THAT IS KNOWN AS THE CAPER. HUD IS ALSO KNOWN FOR A LOT OF ACRONYMS, SO THE CAPER IS THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT. AND IT'S BASICALLY SAYING FOR THOSE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED, DID THEY PERFORM WELL OR

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JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A SUMMARY THAT WE'VE WORKED AND DONE PRESENTATIONS THROUGH DIFFERENT RESOURCES, INCLUDING THE CHAMBER, THE COLLIN COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE COLLIN COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES GROUPS AND A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. WE'RE NOW ACCELERATED IN THAT PROCESS AS WE COME TOWARD THE END. SO WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT IN MAY WITH GROUP POLICY RESEARCH. AND SO YOU'LL START TO SEE AN ACCELERATED OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT ENGAGEMENT. SO ON JULY 10TH, WE HAD OUR PUBLIC HEARING.

THAT WAS OUR FIRST ONE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE INPUT. THIS WAS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS AND TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM ENGAGE AND JUST KIND OF THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND TO HEAR THEIR COMMENTS. WE HAVE A HOUSING SURVEY THAT'S TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW. AGAIN, THIS IS CITYWIDE, THAT'S TAKING PLACE THROUGH AUGUST THE 10TH. SO IF YOU LIVE IN MCKINNEY, I ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS COUNCIL AND OTHERS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THAT SURVEY AND TO SHARE IT WITH OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL, BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET A REALLY GREAT PICTURE. WE ALSO HAVE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THROUGH THE MCKINNEY HOUSING AUTHORITY. AND THEN FINALLY ON AUGUST 5TH, THAT IS THE DAY THAT WE CALL OUR SHINE DAY. SO THAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC FROM 2 TO 6 P.M.

HERE, WHERE WE WILL HAVE A COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE, SO THAT THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FEEDBACK AGAIN FROM RESIDENTS. WE'LL HAVE THAT AT FITZHUGH EVENT CENTER HERE. IT'S FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND THAT WILL BE FROM 2 P.M. TO 6 P.M. WE WILL THEN HAVE OUR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ALSO ON THAT SAME DAY, AUGUST THE 5TH, FROM 6 P.M. AT CITY HALL. THIS WILL BE COUNCIL'S OPPORTUNITY AND FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO PRESENT THE FINAL DRAFT OF OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN. I'M PLEASED TO STATE THAT TODAY WE WILL HAVE A DRAFT OF THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN THAT THAT WILL GO ON OUR WEBSITE. THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS. NOW THROUGH AUGUST THE 15TH, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE COMMENTS AND TO REVIEW THE DRAFT. AND SO WE ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS AND TO ANSWER OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN THE HOUSING ANALYSIS WILL TAKE PLACE. ALL OF THESE RESOURCES WILL TAKE PLACE WITHIN THIS DRAFT, SO THAT WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SHARE. AND ONCE WE COMPLETE THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, WE WILL IMMEDIATELY THEN GO INTO THE ANALYSIS TO BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT ARE DISCUSSED TODAY. SO WHAT ARE THE FINAL TAKEAWAYS? AS I COME TO THE CONCLUSION OF THIS UPDATE? WE WANT YOUR INPUT. WE WANT RESIDENTS INPUT. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM DEFEND THEIR COMMENTS, EITHER TO OUR DEPARTMENT OR TO ROOT POLICY RESEARCH. OF COURSE, WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FROM 2 TO 6 P.M. ON AUGUST THE 5TH, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT OPEN HOUSE. AND NOT ONLY WILL PEOPLE BE ABLE TO HEAR AND TO SHARE WHAT PROCESSES WE HAVE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH RESIDENTS. WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING THAT WE DO HAVE A HOUSING REHAB PROGRAM, THAT WE DO HAVE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, THAT WE WORK WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. WE KNOW THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS REALLY ONE OF THOSE GEMS, WHICH WE HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC EDUCATION TO REALLY PUSH FORWARD. AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC WHAT GOOD WORK WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW, AND HOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROJECT IN THE FUTURE. AND SO THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS ANYONE? THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MARGARET. THANK YOU

[Lower 5 Plaza Update]

WELCOME. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE ARE HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU GARY GRAHAM DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING. WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE STAND WITH OUR LOWER FIVE PLAZA PROJECT. SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE THAT TEXDOT HAS

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IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ENGAGED, COMPLETE WITH THE PROJECT, WE ACTUALLY STARTED THINKING ABOUT HIGHWAY FIVE BACK IN 2014. WE ENGAGED A STUDY WITH TXDOT, AND THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS ENVISIONED WHAT HIGHWAY FIVE COULD LOOK LIKE THROUGH THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY FROM FAIRVIEW ALL THE WAY UP TO MELISSA, DIFFERENT CORRIDOR TYPES, AND CAME UP WITH A VERY INTERESTING PLAN. TOOK A WHILE TO GET SOME TRACTION TO GET THAT FUNDED THROUGH TXDOT. AND WE'VE GOTTEN SOME, SOME, SOME WORK ON THAT. IT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED BY TXDOT. SO IT'S NOT THAT QUITE THE VISION THAT WE HAD HOPED FOR, BUT STILL PRETTY GOOD. TEXDOT DID THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCHEMATIC DESIGN BACK IN 2020, AND THEN AT THAT TIME, WE STARTED TO ENVISION EXPANDING THE DOWNTOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY FIVE OVER THE EAST SIDE. SO WE DID A CULTURAL DISTRICT PLACEMAKING WORK SESSION WITH THE COUNCIL. FROM THAT MEETING, ONE OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS WAS THE INITIAL ASK TO LOOK AT SOME SORT OF DECK PARK. WHAT COULD WE DO TO REALLY TRANSFORM THIS AREA, TO CONNECT EAST AND WEST SIDES OF HIGHWAY FIVE? AT THE SAME TIME? LATE 2020, WE STARTED AN EAST MCKINNEY REDEVELOPMENT PRESENTATION STUDY. WE COMPLETED THE HIGH LEVEL DECK PARK STUDY IN JULY OR SO OF 2020. REALLY THE BIG TAKEAWAY THERE WAS, COULD WE DESIGN A EITHER A DECK PARK LIKE KLYDE WARREN PLAZA OR SOMETHING ELSE? THAT LOWER PORTION WE COULD IT BE GRAVITY DRAINED AND SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A WHOLE SERIES OF PUMPS TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THIS.

AND WE CONCLUDED THAT WE COULD. AND SO KIND OF YES, IT IS A FEASIBLE OPTION IF WE WANTED TO CONSIDER IT. SO THAT'S SET THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN WE GOT FURTHER DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE THAT. WE DID A PUBLIC MEETING IN 2022 THAT LOOKED AT THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS A DECK PARK LIKE KLYDE WARREN DOWN IN DALLAS, AN INVERTED DECK PARK, WHAT WE NOW CALL LOWER FI PLAZA, AND AN ENHANCED AT GRADE CROSSING. THE DIRECTION WE RECEIVED AFTER THAT PUBLIC MEETING FROM COUNCIL WAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A LOWER FI PLAZA, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE TEX. DOT HAS BEEN WORKING ON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ALSO IS WORKING ON THE BRIDGE DESIGN TO COMPLEMENT THE LOWER FI PLAZA. BACK IN 2022. THESE ARE SOME OF THE RENDERINGS, OR A COPY OF ONE OF THE RENDERINGS THAT WE SHOWED WHAT THE PLAZA COULD LOOK LIKE.

THIS IS, AGAIN, NOT A FINAL IMAGE, BUT YOU COULD SEE WHERE HIGHWAY FIVE STAYS AT GRADE AND THEN THE PLAZA IS GOING UNDERNEATH, AND THAT IS THAT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION. SO IF PEOPLE CHOSE TO CROSS HIGHWAY FIVE WITHOUT ANY VEHICLE CONFLICTS, THEY WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO UNDERNEATH HIGHWAY FIVE AND COME BACK ON THE OTHER SIDE. A COST ESTIMATES WE CAME UP WITH BACK THAT IN 2023, WHERE THE 40 TO 45 MILLION FOR CAPITAL COST. YOU CAN SEE THE INFRASTRUCTURE COST WAS IN THE 25 TO 30 MILLION RANGE. AND THEN WE WERE ESTIMATING THE AMENITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARK WOULD BE IN THE $15 MILLION RANGE. ANNUAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. WE DID A HARD LOOK AT THIS. WE BROUGHT STAFF TOGETHER FROM PUBLIC WORKS. WE ENGINEERING PARKS, MAIN STREET, THOSE ENTITIES THAT WERE GOING TO BE REALLY INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH OPERATION AND MAINTAINING IT. WE REALLY TALK ABOUT LINE ITEMS AND SPECIFICALLY ANNUALIZED OPERATIONS AND HOW IT WOULD PROGRAM IT, ANY ADDITIONAL STAFF. AND THAT'S WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THE 1 TO $1.25 MILLION NUMBER. HOW WILL WE FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT? WELL, WE'VE IDENTIFIED ABOUT $45 MILLION OF FUNDING. THE SOURCES OF FUNDS ARE 22.65 MILLION COME FROM FEDERAL FUNDS THROUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. WE HAVE ANOTHER 15 MILLION WHERE THE CITY PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND WE WERE PART OF A GRANT, AWARD, GRANT SELECTION FOR THAT'S WHAT'S CALLED THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT THROUGH THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION. SO WE WERE AWARDED THAT MONEY.

TEXDOT IS PUTTING STATE DOLLARS IN ABOUT THE RANGE OF $4 MILLION. AND THEN WE'VE IDENTIFIED WE'D PROBABLY HAVE TO PUT IN JUST OVER 3 MILLION IN LOCAL DOLLARS. HOW IS ALL THAT

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THAT'S A THREE YEAR PROCESS. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT ORIGINALLY THE BLUE LINE, THE BLUE SOLID LINE WAS GOING TO BE PUSHED BACK. AS THEY'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON THAT GREEN LINE SECTION. IT WAS GOING TO PUSH BACK TOWARDS MID TO 2028, MAYBE EVEN LATER. AND SO TEXDOT HAS REVISITED THEIR SCHEDULES AND HAVE HAVE WORKED TO ACCELERATE THAT, TO GET IT BACK ON CLOSER TO THE SCHEDULE THEY ORIGINALLY HAD TALKED ABOUT WITH US YEARS AGO. AND THAT SO IT'S WE'RE LOOKING AT LATE 2026, EARLY 2027 FOR A WEDDING. SO REALLY GOOD THING TO GET THAT PROJECT UNDERWAY. A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED ALONG THE CORRIDOR. AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE HEARD FROM COUNCIL CONTINUOUSLY THROUGH OUR OUR COORDINATION WITH YOU ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT CROSSING HIGHWAY FIVE OUTSIDE OF THE LOWER FIVE PLAZA. SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK. WE PARTNERED WITH THE TECHNOLOGY FIRM, AND WE ACTUALLY DID VIDEO RECORDINGS OF 22 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF FOR A FULL WEEK TO MEASURE HOW MANY PEDESTRIANS WERE CROSSING IN THAT WEEK. SO YOU TRY TO GET THAT AVERAGE WEEK OF THE YEAR.

THEY WERE DONE IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER OF 2020 FOR THESE COUNTS WERE TAKEN. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE 22 LOCATIONS ON ALONG THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT HAND OF THE SCREEN. WE IDENTIFIED THOSE BY LOOKING AT WHERE THE MAJOR PEDESTRIAN GENERATORS WOULD BE AND TRY TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE AREAS AND GET THE COUNTS IN THERE. ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE IMAGES INFORMATION WE GOT. SO THEY PUT THOSE LITTLE ZONES OUT THERE AND THAT KIND OF MIDDLE PHOTO. AND ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE YOU CAN SEE THAT'S THE HEAT MAP WHERE THEY WERE TRACKING PEDESTRIANS.

THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE SCREEN IN ORANGE, THAT'S THE PEDESTRIAN DAILY COUNT EACH DAY. AND THEN THE AVERAGE COUNT BY PEDESTRIAN BY HOUR. SO YOU CAN SEE THE TIME OF DAY WHEN PEDESTRIANS ARE ACTUALLY USING CROSSING THE DIFFERENT STREET. THE BLUE VOLUMES, THE BLUE ARE THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES. SO WE COULD ACTUALLY COORDINATE HOW MANY PEDESTRIANS ARE CROSSING VERSUS WHAT TRAFFIC VOLUME. SO A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION. WE USE THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING TO TXDOT FOR THEIR APPROVAL. SO THESE HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED BY TXDOT YET. WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THEM TO TRY TO GET APPROVAL FOR ADDING THESE TO THE PROJECT. SO FIRST YOU HAVE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN THE FIVE EXISTING SIGNALS. YOU HAVE 380 THE EXISTING SIGNAL FIVE, YOU HAVE THE SIGNAL PAIR AT VIRGINIA AND LOUISIANA YOU HAVE ELM STREET, AND THEN YOU HAVE INDUSTRIAL AS PART OF THE PROJECT. WE'VE ALREADY HAVE THREE NEW SIGNALS APPROVED BY TXDOT. SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE AT SMITH, LAMAR AND STANDIFER. WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING TO ACCELERATE THE TEMPORARY SIGNALS IN NOW. SO THOSE CAN BE UTILIZED BY PEDESTRIANS TODAY. AS SOON AS WE GET THOSE CONSTRUCTED, EVEN BEFORE THE HIGHWAY FIVE IMPROVEMENTS HAPPEN, THEY WILL ALSO BE A BENEFIT DURING THE HIGHWAY FIVE CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD WHAT WE CALL TEMPORARY SPAN WIRE SIGNALS SO THE SIGNAL HEADS CAN BE ADJUSTED ALONG THOSE ALONG THE STREET TO WORK WITH WHATEVER TRAFFIC CONTROL THEY HAVE IN PLACE, BUT ALSO GIVES THE SIDE STREET FOLKS CONCENTRATED AREAS OF WHERE THEY CAN GET OUT A LITTLE BIT SAFER DURING CONSTRUCTION WHEN. SO WHEN TEX-DOT HAS MAYBE A LANE CLOSED, YOU HAVE TRAFFIC CONTROL THAT MAKES, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC ALONG HIGHWAY FIVE A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT, PROVIDING A BENEFIT THERE. SO THEN WE'RE USING INFORMATION WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. WE'RE RECOMMENDING EIGHT LOCATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL CROSSINGS, PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AND THE WE HAVE A RFB AS THE ACRONYM THERE WITH THESE CROSSINGS. THAT STANDS FOR RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACON. WE HAVE SOME OF THESE IN THE CITIES NOW. SO THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT THERE, THE TOP RIGHT, SHOWS THE CLINIC AT VIRGINIA AND THE CROSSING ACROSS. WELL, THIS ACTUALLY MAY BE. WE HAVE IT AT VIRGINIA. AND I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT THIS PHOTO WAS. BUT NOW I LOOK AT IT, IT MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. THIS LOOKS LIKE IT ACTUALLY IS A COLLIN COLLEGE

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THE OTHER ASPECT THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT TO INCLUDE WITH THESE IMPROVEMENTS WITH TXDOT IS WHAT WE CALL A TWO STAGE OFFSET CROSSING. SO FIRST YOU WOULD LET'S TAKE AN EXAMPLE, CROSSING FROM THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY FIVE TO THE WEST SIDE, YOU LOOK SOUTH TO LOOK AT NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC. MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR AGAIN YOU'RE PUSHING THE BUTTON SO YOU HAVE THE FLASHING LIGHT AS WELL TO ALLOW MOTORS TO KNOW YOU'RE CROSSING, YOU CROSS TO THE MEDIAN. YOU NOW HAVE A REFUGE AREA THERE. THE SIDEWALK IS ANGLED AND SO YOU'D HAVE TO TURN AND FACE NORTH. WALK NORTH JUST A SLIGHT OFFSET SO YOU SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. AGAIN GETTING VISUAL CONFIRMATION FOR THE PEDESTRIAN THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO BE DOING TO MAKE A SAFE CROSSING. THEY HAVE THE RFB AGAIN, AND THEN THEY CROSS THAT SECOND SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC TO MAKE IT AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. SO AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL UNDER APPROVAL OR CONSIDERATION BY TXDOT RIGHT NOW. SO THEY'VE NOT BEEN APPROVED. WE'RE PUSHING FOR IT. IF TXDOT SAYS NO. AND WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY IF WE WHEN WE TAKE THE ROADWAY OFF SYSTEM TO ADD THESE AT A LATER DATE ONCE WE ARE IN CONTROL OF THE ROADWAY. THE ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE TXDOT HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT. THEY'RE GETTING CLOSE TO WRAPPING IT UP. THEY ARE MODIFYING THE ORIGINAL ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT THEY DID BACK IN 2020. THEY HAVE DETERMINED BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC OUTREACH THEY DID BACK THERE, THE THAT'S IMPACTING FIVE BUSINESSES HERE. THEY DIDN'T THEY DETERMINED THEY DON'T NEED TO DO A PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETING FOR THIS ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT. TXDOT IS COORDINATING WITH THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION ABOUT THE CONDITION AND THE TYPES OF BUILDINGS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED. RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE FINDING NO OPPOSITION FROM THE THC. SO THAT'S NOT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE PROJECT. AND THEN THE FIVE IMPACTED PROPERTIES WILL BE SENT A LETTER AFTER WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC MEETING. TO LET THEM HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED PROJECT, AND THEY WILL TEXDOT WILL INCORPORATE THAT INTO THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT CITY PROCESS. WE WILL REQUIRE A COA BEFORE THOSE PROPERTIES COULD BE DEMOED. AND SO THAT WOULD TAKE AN EXTRA STEP ON OUR SIDE AS PART OF THE PROCESS. TEXTILE SAID. THEY DIDN'T NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING, BUT WE HAVE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE COUNCIL AND TO THE STAFF OR THE PUBLIC, AS WE HAVE TALKED TO THE STAFF, THAT THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON ON THE PROJECT BEFORE THE COUNCIL MADE ANY FINAL DECISIONS. AND SO WE ARE HOSTING THIS PUBLIC MEETING ON JULY 30TH. TEXDOT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM IN ATTENDANCE, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM TO BE THERE. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR PLANS. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR RIGHT OF WAY FOLKS HERE. SO IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR INPUT ON ON WHAT THIS PART COULD BE AND START THAT KIND OF THAT INITIAL STEP IN THIS FINAL DESIGN PROCESS. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AMENITIES. WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMING ARE GOING TO BE THERE. WE WILL HAVE THE IN-PERSON MEETING IN ADDITION TO AN ONLINE SURVEY THAT'LL BE OPEN UP FOR TEN DAYS. AT THE SAME TIME, GATHER AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN, AND THEN WE OUR GOAL IS TO COME BACK AND PRESENT THAT TO YOU IN AUGUST AND GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE WHAT INPUT WE HAD AND THEN. OUR NEXT OUR PROJECT TIMELINE HAS BEEN UPDATED. IT STILL SHOWS THIS PROJECT IS STILL YEARS AWAY FROM HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S NOT A QUICK PROJECT, BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION PROCESS. THE NEXT STEP IN THIS PROCESS WILL BE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS GETTING THAT NOTIFICATION. WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY ON COUNCIL TO BE SURPRISED, OR THE PROPERTY OWNERS BE SURPRISED THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. SO WE WILL BE HAND-DELIVERING NOTICES TO THOSE BUSINESSES ABOUT THE PUBLIC MEETING AND THEN THEY WILL BE AWARE OF THE UPCOMING PROCESS. SO WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE SURPRISED THAT WHEN TEXDOT HAS NOW REACHED OUT TO THEM ABOUT A POTENTIAL ACQUISITION. NEXT STEPS PUBLIC MEETING ON JULY 30TH, PROVIDE A COUNCIL UPDATE, AND THEN TEXDOT IS REQUIRING A COUNCIL APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT BEFORE THEY MOVE FORWARD. SO WE WILL BE ASKING FOR THAT APPROVAL AT THE AUGUST 19TH MEETING AS WELL. SO KEY TAKEAWAYS. JUST IN SUMMARY, THE TIMELINE FOR HIGHWAY FIVE IS AN ACCELERATED GOOD FOR THE CITY. WE WANT THAT PROJECT TO BE REBUILT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT IS ALMOST COMPLETE. NO MAJOR FINDINGS THAT WOULD IMPACT THE PROJECT. CITY COUNCIL OR THE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING ON THE 30TH OF JULY, AND THEN STAFF WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL IN AUGUST. WE'RE

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WE GOT MORE MORE PROJECTS THAN MONEY RIGHT NOW, BASED ON WHAT I'VE SEEN. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE OPENING THAT UP TO SAY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE BECAUSE ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT, WE'RE COMMITTED. WE'RE, WE'VE GOT THIS THING. WE CAN'T WALK AWAY FROM IT. WHEN THEY COME BACK AND SAY, IT'S NOT 31 MILLION, IT'S 45 MILLION THAT YOU'VE GOT TO PAY, AND YOU'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH THAT EXTRA $15 MILLION IN COST. AND WE'VE GOT TO WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THAT DECISION NOW ABOUT A GO NO GO. AND I YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN AGAINST THIS THING ALL ALONG. COST IS A HUGE THING.

REGARDLESS OF WHO'S PAYING FOR IT. IT'S STILL $45 MILLION TO CROSS A ROAD WHERE IT SEEMS MORE DANGEROUS TO CROSS IN A LOT OF OTHER PLACES ALONG THIS CORRIDOR, AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE MAKING THAT PUSH TO BRING THAT THOSE OTHER PROTECTIONS IN PLACE. BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE JUST WE'RE WE'RE CARRYING A BIG LOAD HERE TO, TO ASK, YOU KNOW, THAT WE JUST WE HAVE AN OPEN CHECKBOOK TO ALL THIS COST THAT COULD POTENTIALLY COME FOR THE BENEFIT THAT WE GET OUT OF IT. I JUST I DON'T SEE THIS AS BEING SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO ALL TURN AROUND AND BE LIKE, I'M SURE GLAD WE STUCK THAT PARK UNDER THE HIGHWAY UNDERGROUND. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M WHERE I AM, BUT I JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WE'RE ON THE HOOK FOR THE COST.

AND, GARY, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNGIBILITY OF THE MONEY YOU'VE SHOWN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 40 MILLION BUCKS COMING TO US FROM RECONNECTING AND TEX-DOT AND THIS AND THAT.

IS THIS MONEY FUNGIBLE? IF WE WERE TO DO SOMETHING BESIDES THIS LOWER FIVE DECK PARK, COULD WE USE THIS MONEY A ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY OR BE ANYWHERE ELSE ON HIGHWAY FIVE? AS WE REDO THIS? SO THE ANSWER TO A IS TECHNICALLY ANSWER TO B TO A AND B IS NO. I MEAN, IT'S NOT FUNGIBLE. THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FOR THE 22 MILLION, THE 15 MILLION THAT'S OFF THE TABLE, IT WAS SELECTED FOR A SPECIFIC USE. AND IF WE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT, THAT MONEY WOULD GO AWAY. THE $22 MILLION. THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS SELECTS PROJECTS BASED ON THEIR MERIT. AND SO IF WE DECIDE NOT TO USE THE MONEY FOR THIS PROJECT, IT WOULD TECHNICALLY GO BACK INTO THE POT. NOW, ON THE B QUESTION COULD WE USE IF WE DECIDE TO ADD EIGHT OTHER LOCATIONS OF PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS OR WHATNOT, COULD WE TAKE SOME OF THAT 22 MILLION AND THEORETICALLY GET IT TRANSFERRED

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YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, I THINK WE WOULD ALL PREFER TO HAVE A KLYDE WARREN STYLE RAIL DECK PARK. BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT FUNDING FOR THAT, IT IS VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE TO DO A PROJECT LIKE THAT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF PIVOTED TO THIS PROJECT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, IS THE INVERTED DECK PARK THE IDEAL SITUATION? PROBABLY NOT. BUT IT LOOKS AT LEAST IT GIVES US SOME CONNECTIVITY. IT LOOKS LIKE A NICE INVERTED DECK PARK. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO BEEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SAFETY. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? WE HAVE A RISING HOMELESSNESS ISSUE.

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO SECURE THAT AREA SO THAT WE DON'T GET A LOT OF LOITERING OVER THERE? I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOTTEN ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION HERE. I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LIGHTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, JUST A TON MORE LOITERING IN THAT AREA? I WISH WE COULD USE IT FOR ANYTHING. I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, IN RETROSPECT, WOULD A BRIDGE BE BETTER? I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED SOME IMPROVED CONNECTIVITY. THAT IS NOT JUST IMPROVEMENTS AT GRADE LEVEL. I DON'T SEE THAT BEING THE SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE WITH MOBILITY HERE. ANYONE ELSE? I THINK, ARE WE HAVING A TOWN HALL ON THIS TOO? THIS WEEK? THE MEETING, THE ONLY THING WE HAVE PLANNED IS THE JULY 30TH PUBLIC MEETING. OKAY. WITH THAT AND MY THOUGHT ON THAT IS IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE PLACARDS WALKING AROUND HERE. PEOPLE COME AND GO TALKING TO DIFFERENT STATIONS. IT WON'T BE US UP HERE ON THE DAIS. IS THAT CORRECT? WE WILL. WE WILL START WITH A QUICK PRESENTATION 15 MINUTES HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE FOUR STATIONS. ALL STATIONS WILL BE IDENTICAL, BUT TWO WILL BE ON THE FIRST FLOOR. TWO WILL BE ON THE SECOND FLOOR TO ACCOMMODATE A LARGE CROWD. WE'LL HAVE STAFF THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ANYBODY HAS ABOUT THE PROJECT, AND ALSO START GETTING THAT FEEDBACK FOR AS WE START TO PLAN WHAT THE AMENITIES ARE WITH

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YOU KNOW IF WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND DEVELOP SOLUTIONS BASED ON TODAY'S THINKING VERSUS WHAT COULD BE LIKE IN TWO MORE YEARS WHEN WE ACTUALLY GET CLOSER TO CONSTRUCTION, WE DIDN'T WANT THAT TO INFLUENCE US. SO WE HAVEN'T SPENT A LOT OF TIME. THE IDEA ON THE JULY 30TH PUBLIC MEETING IS TO GET THOSE INPUT FROM THE FROM THE PUBLIC NOW TO START INFLUENCING WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE IN THAT FINAL DESIGN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. SO BUT YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. WE THAT IS A BIG HURDLE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO IDENTIFY. HOW DO WE MAKE THIS INCREASE SAFETY AND SECURITY? I AGREE WITH MICHAEL. I MEAN, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF AERIAL VIEWS ON ON THE RENDERINGS. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE, FEET ON THE GROUND, GOING THROUGH THAT TUNNEL, THAT PERSPECTIVE? I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DEFINITELY NEED TO SEE. BUT ALL OF THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN MAKING A FINAL DECISION ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? GARY, ON SLIDE TEN, IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THAT, THIS IS A SLIDE THAT SHOWS CROSSINGS. LOOKS LIKE THOSE. YEAH. REGARDLESS OF WHAT STEPS ARE TAKEN FOR DECK PARK OR SOMETHING ELSE, THE FAR RIGHT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF TXDOT APPROVES. IF TXDOT APPROVES. YES, SIR. AND ALL OF THESE CROSSINGS, THESE PROPOSED CROSSINGS AND THESE NEW SIGNALED INTERSECTIONS CAN HAPPEN REGARDLESS OF A DECISION THAT'S MADE ON THE DECK PARK. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, OKAY. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ALLOW CITIZENS TO COME AND GO FROM ALL PARTS OF MCKINNEY. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THAT'S THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING NOW. PUBLIC INPUT ON THE 30TH WILL BE IMPORTANT. YOU'VE GOT TWO MEMBERS UP HERE THAT HAVEN'T SEEN THIS. WE'RE FAIRLY NEW TO THAT GAME. AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION TO HAVE. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR YOUR TEAM COMING AND BRINGING THIS FORWARD. IT IS IT IS A BIG DECISION. EVERYONE MAKES GOOD POINTS ON THIS. MY OPINION IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE CITIZENS WITH THE ABILITY TO COME AND GO FROM ALL AREAS OF MCKINNEY TO MR. BELLER'S POINT. THESE OTHER CROSSINGS WILL WILL BE BENEFICIAL. YEAH. ANYONE ELSE? MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANT FOR CLARIFICATION ON BEHALF OF STAFF. SO TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MANAGING EXPECTATIONS, THE COMMENT I THINK THAT MAYOR PRO TEM MADE ABOUT HAVING OR COUNCILMAN JONES ABOUT HAVING A DESIGN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE PARK ITSELF.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A DESIGN FOR YOU. BUT WHAT I THINK I'M HEARING IS YOU WOULD LIKE SOME ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES, PERHAPS, OR SOME VISUAL EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING, BECAUSE YOU DESIGN IT TODAY, IT'S GOING TO BE STALE. WE'RE NOT EVEN SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO END UP LIKE AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, WHAT WHAT KIND OF CANVAS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH. SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS SORT OF ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF WHAT A PLAZA TYPE WOULD LOOK LIKE, RIGHT? THE USE FROM THE GROUND LEVEL. FROM THE GROUND LEVEL.

OKAY. DOES THAT HELP? IT DOES. OKAY. WE SHOULD ASK GARY. GARY. SORRY. YEAH. OKAY. GOOD. ANYONE

[Consider/Discuss State Legislative Updates regarding Governing Bodies and Public Meeting Agenda Postings]

MISS SPARKMAN. HELLO EVERYONE. I WILL BE UP HERE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS. THE FIRST THING WE WANTED TO REVIEW WITH YOU ALL IS LEGISLATIVE UPDATES. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME RECENT UPDATES TO SOME THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHT ON. IN THE RECENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THOSE BEING SENATE BILL 1883, WHICH CHANGED THE COMPOSITION OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE, AND THEN HOUSE BILL 1522, WHICH MADE SOME AMENDMENTS RELATED TO MEETING POSTINGS FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS. FOR THE FIRST ITEM ON SENATE BILL 1883, I'VE ASKED CITY ATTORNEY ALAN LATHAM TO COME AND REVIEW THOSE FOR YOU, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HE'LL BE ABLE TO FILL THOSE FOR YOU. SO I WILL BE BACK TO REVIEW ITEM

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RIGHT NOW. CHAPTER 130 CALLS OUT THE CAC AS BEING THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THAT WAS AN OPTION THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO US PREVIOUSLY. THAT WAS ELIMINATED BY SENATE BILL 1883. WE CAN NO LONGER USE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO SERVE AS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. INSTEAD, WE HAVE TO HAVE A SELF-CONTAINED COMMITTEE THAT IS COMPRISED OF AT LEAST FIVE MEMBERS AND AT LEAST 50% OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE CAC HAVE TO BE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT OR BUILDING INDUSTRIES, AND THAT SAME 50% CANNOT BE EMPLOYEES OR OFFICIALS OF A PUBLIC SUBDIVISION OR A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. THE EXCEPTION THAT WE HAD OF BEING ABLE TO USE THE P AND Z HAS BEEN ELIMINATED ENTIRELY. AS A RESULT, THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL OR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, OR OTHER BOARDS OR COMMISSIONS OF THE CITY OR THAT ARE OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OR OFFICIALS OF ANY OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY ALSO CANNOT SERVE IN ONE OF THOSE MINIMUM 50% OF THE AUTHORITY OR OF THE COMMITTEE'S MEMBERSHIP. BECAUSE WE ALSO ASSESS AND COLLECT IMPACT FEES IN THE ETJ WITH RESPECT TO OUR UTILITIES, WE HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO IS A RESIDENT OF THE. ETJ, WHO IS APPOINTED TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE CAC. AS A RESULT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 130 BECAUSE, AS I INDICATED RIGHT NOW, WE JUST DEFINE THE CAC AS BEING COMPOSED OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. IF WE DON'T HAVE A CURRENT MEMBER ON P AND Z WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT OR BUILDING COMMUNITIES, WE HAVE AN AD HOC MEMBER. WE ADD TO THAT.

IN ADDITION, WE HAVE ONE AD HOC MEMBER THAT WE ADD TO THAT LIST WHO IS A RESIDENT OF THE ETJ.

BECAUSE MEMBERS OF THE P AND Z HAVE TO BE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. QUESTIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE THAT WE NEED TO SORT OF GET ADDRESSED AND GET A FEEL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL IS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DETERMINE HOW MANY MEMBERS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ON THE CAC. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THE SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND WE ADD ONE AD HOC MEMBER FROM THE ETJ. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS INVOLVED IN THE BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS OR REAL ESTATE OR DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS, WE HAVE ANOTHER AD HOC PERSON. SO WE COULD HAVE EIGHT PEOPLE. WE COULD HAVE NINE PEOPLE.

CURRENTLY, AS THE CAC IS COMPOSED. SO, YOU KNOW, THINGS TO SORT OF CONTEMPLATE AND THINK ABOUT IS DO WE WANT TO HAVE A FIVE PERSON BOARD WHERE WE HAVE THE WE HAVE POSSIBILITY OF ONE PERSON FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THAT MIGHT BE ON THAT BOARD WITH THREE MEMBERS APPOINTED AT LARGE AND ONE MEMBER FROM THE ETJ, OR DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A SEVEN PERSON BOARD, SIX PERSON BOARD, EIGHT PERSON BOARD? YOU HAVE LOTS OF LEEWAY IN DETERMINING HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY HAVE ON THE CAC, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE MEMBER WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE ETJ, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST 50% OF THE MEMBERS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT AND REAL ESTATE INDUSTRIES WHO ARE NOT OTHERWISE APPOINTED TO SERVE ON A BOARD OR COMMISSION OR SOME GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. NOW, THE GREAT NEWS IS WE DON'T HAVE A HARD DEADLINE BECAUSE WE DON'T UTILIZE THE CAC FOR ANYTHING EXCEPT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ADOPTION AND THE UPDATE OF OUR IMPACT FEES. AND SO WE'LL BE

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YEAH, HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. EVERY CLEANUP BATTER IS COMING UP. SO TYPICALLY THE CAC ONLY MEETS TWICE A YEAR TO REVIEW THAT SEMIANNUAL IMPACT FEE REPORT, WHICH IS A STAFF DRIVEN ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT TO TRACK THE SPENDING OF IMPACT FEE DOLLARS ON PROJECTS IN THE CITY.

AND IF WE ARE IN A FIVE YEAR UPDATE PERIOD, THAT CAC IS GOING TO MEET MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY. AS ALAN TALKED ABOUT, AS WE'RE REVIEWING THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND UPDATES TO THAT ORDINANCE. SO THEY ARE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE COUNCIL ON A SEMIANNUAL BASIS.

BUT IN THAT UPDATE PERIOD, PRETTY FREQUENTLY, THEN, OKAY, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ALAN, THE WINDOW IS GETTING SMALLER OF THE APPLICANTS THAT CAN SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE. WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT? YES, SIR. I AGREE ENTIRELY, MAYOR. THAT'S WHY I LOOK AT IT FROM MY PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE. I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL IS BETTER OFF APPOINTING A FIVE PERSON BOARD BECAUSE IT WILL BE SO DIFFICULT TO GET THOSE THREE PEOPLE, THOSE MINIMUM 50%, WHICH WOULD BE THREE ON A FIVE PERSON BOARD WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THE REAL ESTATE, CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY, WITH ONE OF THOSE WITH ONE PERSON BEING FROM THE ETJ AS WELL. IT WOULD SEEM A FIVE PERSON ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD BE WOULD BE THE WAY TO GO. THAT'S THAT'S MY OPINION. YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, LAST NIGHT THESE NIGHTS ALWAYS HUMBLE ME. WE HAVE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEETINGS. WE HAVE SO MANY EXTREMELY TALENTED PEOPLE IN THE CITY WILLING TO STEP UP AND SERVE. AND MY STRONG GUESS IS THAT WE CAN GET SOME ALUMNI AND I CAN THINK OF A NUMBER OF PEOPLE I WOULD THINK TO PUT ON HERE. I'M FINE WITH FIVE. I WOULD MAKE THE COMMENT THOUGH, THAT NOW THAT WE ARE SELECTING THESE BOARDS, IT WOULDN'T BE A BAD THING TO TRY TO MAYBE KEEP IN MIND. AND IF WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT CLIMBING TOO HIGH OF A MOUNTAIN MAN THIS BOARD WHILE WE'RE DOING THE OTHER BOARDS TOO. WELL, I AGREE WITH WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WE'VE GOT TO FOLLOW THE YOU'VE GOT TO BE QUALIFIED. WE CAN NO LONGER SAY WE HAVE AN EMPTY SPOT. GRAB A BODY. IT SPECIFICALLY REQUIRES CERTAIN. IT DOES. YEAH. EXPERIENCE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. YEAH. I DO FEEL GOOD ABOUT OUR ETJ REPRESENTATIVE. YOU KNOW, I THINK HE WOULD CARRY OVER, BUT, YOU KNOW. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S. THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. BUT YEAH.

THERE WE GO. DO DO WE WANT TO END UP WITH AN ODD NUMBER ON THE BOARD? IF YOU DO A FIVE PERSON WITH ONE, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE ONE AD HOC OR IS IT YOU. YOU HAVE THE BREADTH TO BE ABLE TO APPOINT ANY NUMBER OF MEMBERS THAT YOU WANT TO THE BOARD? STATE LAW ONLY MANDATES YOU HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST FIVE. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? IT MAY BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHAT I ALWAYS SAY WITH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IS I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO APPOINT ONE ONE SPOT TO EACH BOARD. AND SO A SEVEN PERSON BOARD ALLOWS US TO DO THAT. AND IF THAT'S SEVEN PLUS ONE IN THE ETJ TO MAKE IT EIGHT, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE TAKING VOTES ON DECISIVE MATTERS THAT THAT WOULD INFLUENCE THAT. BUT I ALWAYS THINK THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD THAT EACH OF US ULTIMATELY HAVE A HAND IN SELECTING A BOARD MEMBER TO REPRESENT OUR DEVELOPERS IN MCKINNEY. THAT'S THE THAT'S THE CHALLENGE, AGAIN, QUALIFIED DEVELOPMENT THAT THERE'S A I CAN NAME THREE. IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT QUALIFY. MR. MAYOR, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY INCUMBENT THAT IN OUR APPLICATION THAT WE GET TO THOSE CATEGORIES TO FIND OUT WHO THOSE PEOPLE MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HERETOFORE, WE DON'T ASK THAT NARROW OF A QUESTION. WE MIGHT WANT TO SAY, ARE YOU A MEMBER OF DEVELOPMENT REAL ESTATE FOR THE NEXT TIME? RIGHT. LAST QUESTION. ALAN DEFERRED UNTIL 130, AS AMENDED. WHAT'S THE DATE THERE? WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT RECENTLY, AND I

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SO THAT MAKES OUR CURRENT MEMBER INELIGIBLE, RIGHT? TRUTH BE. YEP. UNLESS YOU'D BE WILLING TO MOVE OUT INTO THE COUNTRY IN A HOUSE. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ALAN. AND NEXT I WANTED TO REVIEW HOUSE BILL 1522. AND THIS AMENDS THE TIME AND ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS. AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW, CURRENTLY, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR POSTING AGENDAS FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS IS 72 HOURS WITH THIS AMENDMENT THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, WE ARE NOW REQUIRED TO POST THOSE AGENDAS THREE BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING, INSTEAD OF THE 72 HOURS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR BUDGETS, WHETHER IT'S A DISCUSSION ON A PROPOSED BUDGET OR THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET. WE ARE NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR POSTING A PHYSICAL COPY OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET WITH THE POSTED AGENDA, OR IT NEEDS TO BE CLEARLY ACCESSIBLE OR VISIBLE ON THE HOME PAGE OF THE WEBSITE. AND IT ALSO NEEDS TO INCLUDE THE TAXPAYER IMPACT STATEMENT AS WELL. AND SO BEFORE YOU STAFF IS REQUESTING DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL RELATED TO THE DIRECTION OF HOW YOU WANT TO GO, AS FAR AS MEETING AGENDAS ARE POSTED ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S TWO OPTIONS THAT ARE LISTED. OPTION A IS KEEPING THE CURRENT MEETING SCHEDULE AND ADJUSTING THE AGENDA POSTING DATE, OR CHANGING THE MEETING SCHEDULE TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT POSTING DATE. SO THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES WILL GO THROUGH. IT WILL SHOW A SMALL CALENDAR SNIPPET OF HOW WE CURRENTLY POST THE AGENDAS ON A SCHEDULE, AND THEN WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH OPTION A OR OPTION B. SO AS YOU LOOK AT THE GRAPHIC ON YOUR SCREEN, I'M SORRY, THE CURRENT SCHEDULE, WE GENERALLY POST MEETING MEETING NOTICES ON FRIDAY AND THAT IS FOR MEETINGS HELD ON TUESDAY. SO THIS SATISFIES THE 72 HOUR WINDOW THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO POST AT CURRENTLY AS OF SEPTEMBER 1ST. IF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE TO HOLD MEETINGS ON TUESDAYS AS WE CURRENTLY DO, THE MEETING POSTING DATE WOULD GO FROM FRIDAY TO. THE MEETING WOULD HAVE TO BE POSTED ON WEDNESDAY TO SUFFICE THOSE THREE BUSINESS DAYS AS THE NEW REQUIREMENT STATES. YEAH, LOOKING AT SAMPLE B AGAIN. CURRENT SCHEDULE POSTING ON FRIDAY. MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY. IF YOU WISH TO COMPLETE HOLD THAT MEETING POSTING DATE WOULD STAY ON FRIDAY. THAT WOULD THEN PUSH THE MEETING OUT FROM TUESDAY TO THURSDAY IN ORDER TO SATISFY THOSE THREE BUSINESS DAYS. AND I WILL NOTE THAT ON EITHER OF THE SCHEDULES FOR THOSE POSTING DAYS, PARTICULARLY LIKE ON THIS ONE, WHEN WE HAVE FRIDAY, IT WOULD BE FRIDAY, GENERALLY ON FRIDAYS, BECAUSE IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS A HOLIDAY THAT IS GOING TO BUMP THAT MEETING NOTICE DATE BACKWARDS, DEPENDING ON WHEN THE HOLIDAY FALLS AND HOW MANY DAYS THERE ARE INCORPORATED IN THAT HOLIDAY. SAY FOR INSTANCE, WITH THANKSGIVING, IT COULD POTENTIALLY MOVE THE MEETING POSTING DATE TO A TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY, DEPENDING ON HOW THAT FALLS. AND THEN THIS GRAPHIC IS SHOWING YOU THE LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION THAT WE HAVE WITH THE PUBLIC TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF MEETING AGENDAS. MEETING POSTINGS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR NOTIFY ME, THEY WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL NOTIFICATION WHEN AGENDAS ARE POSTED, AS WELL AS THERE'S ADDITIONAL AREAS ON THE WEBSITE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO. THE

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OKAY. I'M SORRY. I'M TEASING. I'M HAVING FUN. I'M ACTUALLY CURIOUS. OTHER CITIES AROUND US ARE. IS TUESDAY PRETTY MUCH THE MOST POPULAR MEETING DATE? OKAY, I KNOW THERE ARE A FEW CITIES THAT MEET ON MONDAYS AS WELL. I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE CITY THAT I. I THINK THE COLONY MEETS ON A DIFFERENT DAY OTHER THAN TUESDAY OR OR NO, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY MURPHY. BUT AS FAR AS THE CITIES THAT ARE IN THE AREA THAT I'M AWARE OF, EVERYONE MEETS ON TUESDAYS. OKAY, JUST AS A REMINDER. SO WE'RE DEALING WITH BUSINESS DAYS, SO WE'LL HAVE TO MANUALLY LOOK AT THE CALENDARS OF EVERY ONE OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WHICH IS FINE. WE'LL DO IT. STAFF WILL DO IT.

WE'LL HAVE TO MANUALLY LOOK AT THE CALENDARS OF EVERY BOARD, COMMISSION, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WORK SESSION, AND THEN BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE ARE GOING TO FALL ON HOLIDAY WEEKS OR WHATEVER, WE HAVE TO BACK BACK INTO THAT, THAT WILL FLEX OUR OUR OWN POSTING DATES A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN WE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE DO COUNCIL MEETING, COUNCIL AGENDA PREVIEWS. AND WE'LL HAVE TO WE'LL HAVE TO GET INTO A NEW CADENCE AND WE WILL BUT WE'LL JUST THOSE WILL CHANGE. SO JUST BE PREPARED FOR THAT. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT STAFF FEELS LIKE WE CAN DO? STAFF WILL DO WHATEVER. WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. WE'VE THE STATE LAW IS WHAT IT IS. SO WE'RE GOING TO EITHER TUESDAYS ARE FINE FOR US. WE THE POINT OF THE QUESTION WE HAVE THE OPTION OF MOVING OUR COUNCIL DATES WHEN MAKING AN ASSUMPTION. THERE'S NOT MUCH APPETITE FOR DOING THAT. SO THE QUESTION WAS CAN STAFF MOVE MOVE THE NOTIFICATION BACK IS THAT WE HAD A BET INTERNALLY THAT THE LIKELIHOOD IS THAT WE'RE STAYING ON TUESDAY AND THAT WE'D HAVE TO WE WERE SORT OF ALREADY PLANNING FOR THE FACT THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE LIKELY OUTCOME. SO THE ANSWER IS YES. YES, SIR. OKAY. VERY GOOD. HAVE WE HAD ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT OUR MEETING DAYS? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. YEAH. I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION. I'M OKAY MOVING OR STAYING EITHER WAY. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE MAKING THIS DECISION AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT VOTING ON IT TODAY. RIGHT? SO BUT AS WE'RE MAKING THIS DECISION, THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR OUTREACH AND JUST GAUGING THE PUBLIC TO SEE IF IT IS ACTUALLY CONVENIENT FOR THEM. YEAH, RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. I'M STILL HERE. YOU'RE STILL HERE.

[Update on the 2025 City Boards & Commissions Member Appointments Program]

AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE BEGAN OUR INTERVIEW PROCESSES ON YESTERDAY WITH OUR FIRST INTERVIEW SESSION. AS YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN, THIS IS A GRAPHIC OF THE APPOINTMENTS PROGRAM CYCLE THAT THE CITY SECRETARY MANAGES. THERE'S GENERALLY NOT A TIME THAT WE ARE NOT TOUCHING. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SOMETIMES ARE HEAVIER THAN OTHERS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONTINUALLY DOING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW THROUGH JULY AND AUGUST, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE INTERVIEW AND APPOINTMENT PHASE. THERE ARE A TOTAL OF SIX INTERVIEW SESSIONS THAT WILL BE HELD, FIVE ADDITIONAL MINUS THE ONE YESTERDAY AND THEN AT THE END OF AUGUST AT THE 26TH MEETING, YOU ALL WILL BE HOSTING OR WE WILL BE HOLDING THE APPOINTMENT MEETING. IT WILL BE A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING WHERE YOU ALL WILL MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENTS FOR THE VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AS YOU ARE MAKING YOUR APPOINTMENTS. COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT MAKING APPOINTMENTS FOR REGULAR MEMBERS AS WELL AS ALTERNATE MEMBERS. ALL OF THESE APPOINTMENTS WILL BEGIN ON OCTOBER 1ST AND WE'LL GO THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2027. UNLESS YOU ARE FILLING A VACANCY OR A PARTIAL TERM. AND SOME OF THE WAYS OR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL DO, AT LEAST IN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, AS FAR AS ENCOURAGING THOSE WHO DO WANT TO APPLY FOR A BOARD OF COMMISSION, WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO VISIT THE WEBSITE AND VISIT THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WEB PAGE THAT WILL HAVE LOTS OF INFORMATION FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DISSECT BEFORE THEY APPLY, OR WHEN THEY'RE PLANNING TO APPLY.

IT WILL HAVE ALL OF THE BOARDS LISTED, AS WELL AS THE MEETING FREQUENCY, THE DATES, AND THE TIMES OF THOSE MEETINGS. SOMETIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WILL APPLY AND THEN REALIZE THAT

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CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM HAD SOME AMENDMENTS TO THEIR I BELIEVE IT'S THEIR HANDBOOK AND THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD NOW IS REQUIRED OR ASKED TO HAVE AT LEAST 60% OF THEIR MEMBERSHIP BE IN A PRESERVATION RELATED PROFESSION. THERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE LISTED. I WILL NOTE TO YOU THAT WITH THIS PARTICULAR BOARD, IF THERE ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AS YOU GO THROUGH APPLICATIONS THAT MEET ANY OF THESE REQUIREMENTS, THAT'S OKAY. AS FAR AS WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT A LETTER WOULD HAVE TO BE SENT TO THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, JUST LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THERE WAS A REASONABLE EFFORT MADE TO FIND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OR RESIDENTS THAT FIT THIS ROLE IN ORDER TO SERVE.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO PREVENT HPB FROM CONDUCTING BUSINESS. IF THERE'S NOT THAT 60% THRESHOLD THAT'S MET. AND THEN WITH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MR. LATHAM IS GIVING US AN UPDATE ON THAT. SO I WILL GO TO MY NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE. LASTLY, COUNCIL LIAISON UPDATES. THIS IS AN ANNUAL UPDATE THAT IS DONE BY THE MAYOR. THESE ASSIGNMENTS ARE PERFORMED BY THE MAYOR. THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF COUNCIL. THERE ARE A FEW BOARDS THAT ARE LISTED THAT HAVE FORMAL LIAISONS PER THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS POLICY. AND AGAIN, LIAISON IS TRADITIONALLY ASSIGNED TO ALL OF THE BOARDS. A BOARD MEMBER CANNOT BE A LIAISON ON THE BOARD THAT THEY ARE SERVING ON, AND THE FOCUS OF THE BOARD LIAISON IS TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS AND THEN PROVIDE UPDATES TO THE COUNCIL AT REGULAR MEETINGS. AND WITH THAT, THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION AND I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANYONE.

QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. MR. MR. MR. MAYOR, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO ASK ME TO LIST THE PEOPLE I KNOW WHO ARE EXPERTS IN FOLKLORE, AND I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT MANY. SO I'LL LEAVE THAT TO COUNCILMAN JONES. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT. COUNCILMAN BELLER PROPOSED THE IDEA OF EACH PERSON ON THE COUNCIL PUTTING ONE PERSON ON EACH BOARD. I LIKE THE WAY IT'S DONE NOW, AND

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SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? DO WE IMPLEMENT IT AUTOMATICALLY AND THEN POTENTIALLY REALLY KIND OF CHANGE A LOT ON OUR BOARDS? OR DO WE HAVE SOME SORT OF A TRANSITION PROCESS TO GET THERE.

SO I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION. ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR OPEN AGENDA. WE'LL NOW I'M SORRY I'M SORRY. LIAISON UPDATES I APOLOGIZE ANYONE I

[COUNCIL LIAISON UPDATES regarding City Boards & Commissions]

THANK YOU, MR. SECOND LIAISON UPDATE I'VE HEARD IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE SECOND IN ONE MEETING, IT'S ASKING A LOT OF IT. I'LL MAKE THE COMMENT THAT THIS MAYOR SEEMS TO HAVE AN EXPECTATION IN HIS VOICE THAT THERE WILL BE AN UPDATE. THE PRIOR MAYOR MAYBE DIDN'T. THAT'S THE SAME MAYOR THAT MAKES THOSE APPOINTMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES. AS AS BRIEF AS

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