Board and Liaison Reports Board Chair City of McKinney Visit McKinney McKinney Economic Development Corporation McKinney Main Street/MPAC McKinney Parks and Recreation

[Board and Liaison Reports Board Chair City of McKinney Visit McKinney McKinney Economic Development Corporation McKinney Main Street/MPAC McKinney Parks and Recreation]

SO I GUESS WE WENT A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN THAT. OKAY, COOL. THANKS. THANK YOU.

CHANCE. NEXT ITEM, 20 5-3092 BOARD AND LIAISON REPORTS. WE WILL RESERVE TO HAVE ALL COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING. BUT WE DO WANT TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE A SPECIAL OCCASION. YEAH, IT'S REALLY MY PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE ANNIE ALVAREZ. SHE JUST WE'RE CELEBRATING TODAY HER FIRST ANNIVERSARY WITH CDC. SHE STUCK WITH US FOR A YEAR.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. HAVE NOT RUN HER OFF YET. SO THAT IS GREAT. AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT SHE WILL BE BECOMING TO THE TWO WILL BECOME ONE. SHE WILL BE GETTING MARRIED HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK, NEXT WEEK. SO WE JUST WANT TO SAY WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO. AND ANNIE, THE BIG EVENT COMING UP, HER FIANCE AND SOON TO BE HUSBAND ELVIS WEDDING DAY IS JUST A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AWAY, SO WE JUST WANTED TO CELEBRATE YOU TODAY IN FRONT OF EVERYONE BECAUSE YOU DESERVE IT. WE HAVE FLOWERS AND CUPCAKES. SOME OF Y'ALL MAY NOT GET CUPCAKES, BUT THAT'S OKAY IN THE BAG. BUT WE JUST THANK YOU ALL AND DO THE BEST WITH. WE WISH YOU THE BEST WISHES FOR A PERFECT WEDDING DAY AND ENJOY YOUR HONEYMOON. SO WE DO HAVE, YES, A LITTLE A BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. AND IF Y'ALL DON'T KNOW

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HER, SHE IS PHENOMENAL. BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT INSIDE AND OUT AND SO CALM WITH US WHILE WE'RE FRANTIC. SO SHE'S JUST PHENOMENAL. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED. AND WHEN SHE STARTED BRINGING ELVIS AROUND TO STUFF AND I WAS LIKE, YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS PART OF THE DEAL, THAT YOU HAVE TO COME TO ALL THIS STUFF, AND SOMETIMES I'LL BE I'LL LOOK AT THEM. I WAS LIKE, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE HERE, ELVIS, DO YOU? HE WAS LIKE, NO, I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE. BUT HE'S STICKING IT OUT AND WE APPRECIATE THEM. NEXT WE HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER, PAUL. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.

MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS PAUL GRIMES, CITY MANAGER. FEW ITEMS TO UPDATE YOU ON. LAST NIGHT IN THIS VERY ROOM, WE HAD OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND OUR CONSULTANTS PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE VICINITY OF OLD CITY HALL AND THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUILDING, THE HALL LIBRARY.

THESE ARE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, BASICALLY, TENNESSEE STREET FROM VIRGINIA TO LAMAR. LAMAR STREET FROM CHURCH TO MCDONALD STREET. HIGHWAY FIVE. HUNT STREET FROM KENTUCKY TO MCDONALD STREET AND THEN KENTUCKY STREET FROM HUNT TO LAMAR. THERE'S GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE THEME THAT YOU SEE IN THE OTHER PARTS OF DOWNTOWN, THE MOST RECENT IMPROVEMENTS ON THE SQUARE, WIDER SIDEWALKS, BRICK WORK, SOME LANDSCAPING, ETC. THAT'S GOING TO BE WHAT YOU SEE VISIBLY. SO THAT SIMILAR THEME, WHICH WILL BE GREAT BECAUSE THAT'S A MORE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED, EVEN MORE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED, I MIGHT SAY, BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF WORK THAT'S GOING TO GO UNDERGROUND, TOO. SO THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF UTILITY UPGRADES THAT HAVE TO BE MADE WITH THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO THIS PROJECT WILL BE ABOUT 18 MONTHS ALTOGETHER. SO THERE WILL BE WE ASK FOR EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE, BUT WHEN THE PRODUCT IS DONE, IT'S WELL WORTH IT. BUT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. SO LAST NIGHT WAS AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING. NOTHING IS POURED IN CONCRETE YET, SO THERE ARE CHANGES THAT CAN STILL BE MADE AND TWEAKS TO THE DESIGN IF NECESSARY. BUT IN THE COMING MONTHS THEY WILL SOLIDIFY THE PLANS AND THEN WE WILL GET OFF TO THE RACES WITH GETTING THE WORK FINALIZED AND DESIGNED AND BIDDING IT OUT AND GETTING THE WORK DONE. SO THERE'S MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN FIND ON OUR WEBSITE. THEY HAD A QR CODE LAST NIGHT. I DON'T HAVE THE QR CODE WITH ME, BUT YOU CAN GO TO THE ENGINEERING WEBSITE AND FIND OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM AND FIND THAT INFORMATION. YOU MIGHT FIND THAT INTERESTING ALSO TO SHARE WITH YOU THE. WE ARE IN OUR SECOND LEGISLATIVE SPECIAL SESSION I MENTIONED YESTERDAY TO THE CVB. THERE'S A NEGATIVE CORRELATION TO THE NUMBER OF SPECIAL SESSIONS AND GOOD PUBLIC POLICY. SO GOD HELP US ALL. BUDGET. WE ARE IN THE THROES OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE SLATED TO ADOPT THE BUDGET ON SEPTEMBER 2ND. WE HAVE A $232 MILLION PROPOSED GENERAL FUND BUDGET, 3.5% SALES TAX PROJECTION ON THE ON ON OUR SIDE, $942 MILLION TOTAL BUDGET.

THAT'S INCLUDING ALL FUNDS. THAT'S YOUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS AND OTHERS HEALTH INSURANCE FUND RISK FUND. SO WE ANTICIPATE THE COUNCIL THAT LAST PUBLIC HEARING IS ON SEPTEMBER 2ND, AND THE ADOPTION WILL BE MADE THEN AND THEN FINALLY, YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE LOWER FIVE PLAZA. WE HAVE THE UNDER THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITHDREW $15 MILLION GRANT UNDER THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT. THAT WAS FAIRLY FLEXIBLE FUNDING. THAT'S VERY HARD TO REPLACE BECAUSE OF THE FLEXIBILITY OF IT. WE WEREN'T THE ONLY ONES, BY THE WAY. HOUSTON LOST SOME MONEY ON A SIMILAR PROJECT, AND AUSTIN LOST $105 MILLION ON A CAP PROJECT ON INTERSTATE 35. CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN CONTEMPLATING WHAT DO WE DO NOW? THERE ARE. WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING A FINAL DECISION FORWARD ON HOW WHAT THEIR NEXT PLAN A STAY THE COURSE, TRY TO FIND THE FUNDS.

HARD TO FIND THOSE FUNDS. PLAN B FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE LEMONADE OUT OF A LEMON AND DO IT ANOTHER WAY. SO THAT IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT FINAL DECISION BEING MADE VERY SOON. AND WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GRIMES. WELL, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE VOTER APPROVAL TAX RATE AND THE LEGISLATURE'S DECISION LIKELY TO LOWER THAT TO 1%? NO IMPACTS ON CDC BECAUSE SALES TAX IS NOT A PART OF THAT. SO WHAT ARE THE ULTIMATE IMPACTS? ANY THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER ON THE CITY AND ITS BUDGET? WITH A 1% VOTER BUDGET RATE AS PROPOSED, IS A PLUS 2.88%. SO WE WOULD ALREADY

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BE 1.88% OVER THE PROPOSED STATE LEGISLATIVE CAP OF 1%. SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, GOING BACK SOME YEARS, THE LEGISLATURE, WE WERE AT 8%. I THINK CITIES WERE ALLOWED TO INCREASE THEIR TAX LEVY BY 8%. WITH WITHOUT HAVING AN ELECTION. YOU COULD INCREASE IT MORE IF YOU HAD AN ELECTION.

THEY BROUGHT THAT NUMBER DOWN TO 3.5% A FEW YEARS AGO, AND WE'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER THAT WELL UNDER IT IN EVERY CASE FOR MCKINNEY AND AND INCLUDING THIS YEAR. THE LEGISLATURE, THOUGH, FOUND THAT IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO BE 3.5% TO TO LIMIT CITY'S GROWTH IN THE LEVY. SO NOW THEY'RE PROPOSING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD LIMIT IT TO 1%. WELL, THAT'S BELOW THE RATE OF INFLATION. SO THAT IS THAT IS GOING TO BE AN EFFECTIVE REDUCTION IN OUR BUDGET EVERY YEAR. AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE POLITICAL INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE IS TO NEUTER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. AND THEY'RE MOVING TOWARD A STATIST APPROACH VERY, VERY CANDIDLY. THEY ARE SAYING, HOWEVER, THOUGH, THAT THEY WOULD LEAVE PUBLIC SAFETY UNTOUCHED. PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD NOT HAVE ANY LIMITS. SO ONE MIGHT ARGUE THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME THINGS IN OUR BUDGET THAT COULD BE PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED THAT WE DON'T CONSIDER PUBLIC SAFETY TODAY, BUT THAT'LL BE AN ARGUMENT FOR ANOTHER DAY. THIS IS IT MAKES IT MAKES VERY LITTLE SENSE AS A PRACTITIONER IN THIS FIELD AND SEEING WORKING IN A NUMBER OF STATES, THIS IS THE MOST ANTI-CITY LEGISLATURE I'VE EVER BEEN INVOLVED WITH IN MY CAREER. SO IT IS WHAT IT IS. WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. WE WE ENGAGE OUR LEGISLATORS, THEY LISTEN TO US POLITELY, AND THEN THEY VOTE THE OTHER WAY EVERY TIME. SO IT IS WHAT IT IS. UNTIL WE MAKE A CHANGE, WE'LL BE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION. BUT AS STAFF, OUR JOB IS TO WORK WITHIN THE LAW AND TO MAKE SURE WE CAN PROPOSE A BUDGET WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS THAT ARE IMPOSED UPON US. AND WE WILL DO SO. SO. BUT IT'S NOT GOOD. IT'S NOT GOOD FOR LOCAL CONTROL AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES BEING ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THEIR BEST INTEREST. I'LL ALSO NOTE FOR THIS BOARD LEGISLATION PASSED IN THE REGULAR SESSION, PARTICULARLY SB 840 AND SB 15, WHICH LIMITS CITIES ABILITY TO CONTROL DENSITIES AND CONVERSIONS OF PROPERTIES INTO MULTIFAMILY, WILL INCREASE OUR DENSITIES, WILL INCREASE OUR ULTIMATE POPULATION, WILL PUT STRAINS ON HOUSING, AND FURTHER EXACERBATE HOUSING ISSUES, AND OUR ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE MIDDLE HOUSING AND AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE ARE WE ARE WORKING WITH. WE HAD A JOINT MEETING WITH PNC LAST WEEK. WE ARE WORKING TO ON A STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THAT VERY ISSUE IS THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN DO TO PROTECT OURSELVES IN THE WAKE OF SB 840, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS MULTIFAMILY CAN GO IN ANY COMMERCIAL ZONING. AND SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS, THOUGH, THAT WE CAN STILL REGULATE AND CONTROL THAT MIGHT HELP US AND PROTECT US IN THAT SITUATION. AND IN SOME WAYS, VERY CANDIDLY, IT'S NOT ALL BAD. THERE MAY BE SOME AREAS FOR REDEVELOPMENT THAT POLITICALLY IN COMMUNITIES, IF YOU THINK ABOUT COMMUNITIES LIKE IRVING AND PLANO, WHERE THEY HAVE REDEVELOPMENT SITES, DYING MALLS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEY COULD NEVER GET THE POLITICAL WILL TO ZONE MULTIFAMILY, EVEN THOUGH THAT MAY BE THE BEST REUSE FOR DYING MALL. SCRAPE IT AND PUT SOMETHING ELSE IN. THIS MIGHT HELP CLEAR THE DECKS IN THAT REGARD, SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN GAIN FROM IT.

IT'S NOT ALL BAD. WE TRY TO LOOK AT POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AND BRINGING TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER TO PROTECT OURSELVES ON THOSE PARTICULAR SITUATIONS WHERE IT MAY COME UP. GOOD QUESTION THOUGH. THANK YOU. IT WASN'T REALLY A QUESTION. IT WAS YOU WERE JUST BRINGING IT UP. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS AND AWARENESS AND KEEPING US ALL ON TOP OF EVERYTHING. THANK YOU DAVID. NEXT WE WILL HAVE AARON VISIT MCKINNEY. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AARON WARNER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT VISIT MCKINNEY. ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU. SINCE THE LAST TIME I STOOD AT THIS DAIS WITH YOUR BOARD, WE HAD A NEW STAFF ADDITION ON OUR TEAM. WE HAVE HIRED SARAH NOLTING AS OUR SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA SPECIALIST AT MCKINNEY. SHE'S JOINING US FROM THE TOWN OF LITTLE ELM, WHERE SHE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL OVER THERE, LEADING THEIR MARKETING AND TOURISM EFFORTS, COMING TO MCKINNEY TO EXPAND HER ROLE AND CONTINUE TO DO HER GREAT WORK. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON OUR TEAM. SHE'S REALLY GOING TO BE THE GUIDING STAR FOR OUR STRATEGIC MARKETING PLAN, AND KIND OF WHERE WE PUT OUR TOURISM DOLLARS ON THE MARKETING SIDE FOR THE NEXT YEARS TO COME. SO LOOK FORWARD TO YOU ALL MEETING HER WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE. ALSO, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS MEETING, I'LL BE SHEDDING THIS JACKET BECAUSE OUR TEAM IS DOING TWO DAYS WORTH OF VIDEO AND PHOTO SHOOTS WITH OUR MARKETING AGENCY OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS. SO WE HAVE A

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SUNUP TO SUNDOWN SCHEDULE OF OF GETTING SHOTS ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY OF ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT TOURISM ASSETS. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT WORK COME TOGETHER.

AND A LOT OF PLANNING HAS GONE INTO THAT ON THE BACKSIDE. ALSO AT OUR MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK AT THE VISIT MCKINNEY BOARD MEETING, I PRESENTED OUR WE PRESENTED OUR FINANCIALS.

OUR BOARD DOES NOT MEET IN JULY. AND SO WE PRESENTED TWO MONTHS OF FINANCIALS AT THAT MEETING.

I'M HAPPY TO STAND HERE AND REPORT THAT JUNE WAS A RECORD BREAKING HOT TAX COLLECTION MONTH FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. IT WAS A 13% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR FROM LAST YEAR, AND THAT WAS RIGHT AT $340,000. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT WAS FOR US, IT WAS NEARLY $30,000 HIGHER THAN OUR PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. SO REALLY STRONG MONTH IN JUNE. WE FOLLOWED THAT UP IN JULY WITH ABOUT WITH A ALMOST RECORD BREAKING MONTH, JUST $500 SHORT OF THAT PREVIOUS ONE. SO TWO REALLY STRONG MONTHS RIGHT HERE IN KIND OF THE EARLY PART OF SUMMER. AND SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT STRONGEST AROUND OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES SO FAR. BUT WITH THAT, I'LL STAND WITH ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. EDC REPORT IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. WE WILL HAVE MCKINNEY MAIN STREET IMPACT. ANDREW. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD, ANDREW JONES, CULTURAL DISTRICT DIRECTOR. WE'VE HAD A VERY BUSY AUGUST ALREADY AND GEARING UP FOR A BUSY WEEKEND EARLY IN THIS AUGUST. WE HAD A GREAT CLASSIC CAR SHOW. WE HAD OVER 158 CARS SHOW FOR THAT, AND WE ESTIMATE AROUND 2500 PEOPLE CAME TO THAT SHOW THIS WEEKEND. ON FRIDAY WE HAD THE SOWETAN, BLOCK PARTY AND NIGHT MARKET, WHICH THE WEATHER IS LOOKING PHENOMENAL FOR THAT. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN AUGUST 30TH WE HAVE A DOWNTOWN SCAVENGER HUNT.

SO IF YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR WE DID A SCAVENGER HUNT. AND THERE'S TWO WAYS TO PLAY WITH THIS ONE. ONE IS TO KIND OF LIKE A GROWN UP EASTER EGG HUNT WHERE WE HIDE COINS AND KIND OF MICROCHIPS ALL AROUND DOWNTOWN. AND THEN AND THOSE GET YOU LOTS OF DIFFERENT PRIZE OPTIONS FROM DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES OR DOWNTOWN DOLLARS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE WHAT IS KIND OF LIKE AN OUTDOOR ESCAPE ROOM, WHERE YOU HAVE YOU SOLVE RIDDLES AND CLUES ALL THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN FOR A GRAND PRIZE OF 2500. AND THEN WE'RE GEARING UP FOR SEPTEMBER 6TH NEW ART AND WINE STROLL. WE'RE THIS IS BENEFITING MILL HOUSE, AND THEY ALSO HAVE A GALLERY EXHIBITION EXHIBIT HAPPENING IN THE GALLERY AT IMPACT FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS. AND THEN AT IMPACT, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SHOWS THAT WANT TO HIGHLIGHT CHAPEL HART ON SEPTEMBER 12TH. THIS THEY JUST BROKE UP. AND SO THIS WILL BE ONE OF THEIR LAST SHOWS EVER. AND SEPTEMBER 13TH WE HAVE SHINY RIBS, KIND OF A BAYOU R&B GROUP. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OKTOBERFEST. WE'RE GEARING UP FOR OKTOBERFEST AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE VIP EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS EXPANDED KIDS OPTIONS IN THE KINDERGARTNER AREA. WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, ANDREW PARKS AND REC, MCKINNEY PARKS AND REC. AMY. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND VERY EXCITED FOR YOU. I'M JUST WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE. THIS WEEKEND IS THE FINAL WEEKEND FOR THE OUTDOOR POOLS TO BE OPEN, SO THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO TAKE A PLUNGE.

WE'VE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL SUMMER WITH THE CAMPS, THE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD, THE SENIOR TRIPS. WE'VE HAD A GREAT MOWING CONTRACT FOR THE MEDIANS, BIG IMPROVEMENT FROM LAST YEAR. OVERALL, JUST A FANTASTIC SUMMER. QUICK UPDATE ON STAFFING. LAST MONTH I PRESENTED THAT WE ARE FULLY STAFFED IN PARKS DEVELOPMENT. SINCE THEN, WE LOST APRIL BUTLER, WHO WAS RECENTLY PROMOTED TO THE COORDINATOR POSITION BUT GOT HER DREAM JOB WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE. SO WE'VE LOST HER, SO WE'LL BE FILLING HER ROLE AND THEN FILLING GETTING THAT FILLED SO WE CAN WORK ON ALL THE GREAT PROJECTS GOING ON. ALSO, WE HAVE HIRED TWO ASSISTANT DIRECTORS FOR THE DEPARTMENT, ERICA LIGHT, WHO IS THE WHO OVERSEES APEX AS THE MANAGER. I WILL BE MOVING OVER AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. SHE BRINGS MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND SHE'S HELD AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR POSITION IN DEARBORN, MICHIGAN. WE ALSO HIRED ROBERT GAYLOR, WHO IS CURRENTLY WITH THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, HAS BEEN THERE FOR FOR 15 PLUS YEARS, BRINGS MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP

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EXPERIENCE IN PARKS AND REC. SO EXCITED TO BRING THEM ON BOARD. THEIR START DATE IS SEPTEMBER 8TH, SO I'M SURE YOU WILL MEET THEM SOONER THAN LATER, BUT EXCITED TO HAVE THEM ON BOARD.

UPCOMING EVENTS. WE HAVE MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH FROM 4 TO 9. OF COURSE THERE WILL BE MARIACHI BANDS, ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD, JUST AN OVERALL FUN EVENT.

THAT EVENT CONTINUES TO GROW. OF COURSE, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE AT OLD SETTLER'S RECREATION CENTER. OF COURSE YOU HAVE THE REPORT JUST. BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE OF THE BIDS WILL BE OPENING UP IN THE NEXT WEEK AND A HALF FOR THE GABE FOURPLEX.

AND THEN ALSO THE LIGHT WALK IS NEAR COMPLETION. THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED SOMETIME EARLY ON OCTOBER. IF YOU GO BY THEIR. THEY HAVE PUT UP THE AWESOME LIGHT WALK AT TOWNE LAKE SIGN.

THAT LOOKS FANTASTIC. I'M ALSO THE GREENS PARK IS SHOULD BE DONE PROBABLY AROUND THE SAME TIME AS SOMETIME IN OCTOBER. SO THOSE ARE TWO HUGE PROJECTS THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE SHORTLY. THE OTHER ONE THAT'S OUTSTANDING IS THE RECREATION CENTER AT TOWNE LAKE. WE HAVE A MEETING THIS AFTERNOON TO DETERMINE WHEN WE GET THE GREEN LIGHT THAT WE CAN START MOVING THINGS IN, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME GOOD NEWS. IF NOT, DON'T EXPECT THAT TO BE DELAYED MORE THAN A WEEK OR SO. I'M STILL GEARING FOR AN OPENING OF IN OCTOBER, SO FINGERS ARE CROSSED. AND WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. TWO QUESTIONS. THE FIRST IS THERE WAS NOT A SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AT BONNIE WENK THIS YEAR, AND I WONDERED IF SOMETHING WAS PLANNED FOR THE FALL OR WHY THAT CONCERT SERIES DISCONTINUED. WE HAD A TRANSITION OF STAFF, SO WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT BACK IN THE SPRING OF THIS COMING 26. OKAY, GREAT. SOME PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT IT. AND THEN SECONDLY, AT THE PARKS BOARD MEETING, I THINK IT WAS LAST EARLIER THIS MONTH, OF COURSE, THE YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS PRESENTED, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT MANY NEEDS THAT EACH OF THEM HAVE FOR MORE SPACE, PRACTICE FACILITIES AND THINGS. OF THAT NATURE. IS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ABLE TO DEVELOP SOME KIND OF PLAN IN RESPONSE TO ALL OF THE VARIOUS REQUESTS THAT THEY MADE? YES. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ASSOCIATIONS. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR ATHLETICS TEAM TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT NEED IS. NEEDS IS WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE BRINKMAN TRACT, WHICH IS OFF OF BLOOMDALE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A SPORTS MEGA COMPLEX, IF YOU WILL, TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE PRESSURE POINTS WITHIN THE CITY. THAT RFP WILL BE GOING OUT THIS FALL, SO WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD SOONER THAN LATER ON THAT. SO WE CAN START IMPLEMENTING A PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STAYING AHEAD OR CATCHING UP TO THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. FOLLOW ON TO THAT. I'M SORRY. AT A AT SOME FUTURE, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO UNDERSTAND SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE RECREATIONAL, THE YOUTH SPORTS, WHAT THE PLAN IS BECAUSE THAT HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF COMMENTS.

AND SO IT'D BE IT'D BE GREAT TO KNOW HOW WE COULD HELP WITH THAT. OKAY. FANTASTIC. I'LL PREPARE JUST WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. YEAH.

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AND WHAT HELP YOU NEED WITH IT. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM 20 5-3093 PRESIDENT'S REPORT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I GOT SOME EXCITING NEWS THIS WEEK FROM BRUCE MEADE WITH EAST MCKINNEY LEARNING GARDEN. THE MCKINNEY PARKS FOUNDATION WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING OF THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK ASSOCIATION, AND WILL BE THE. THEY HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE 2025 LAMAN AWARD FOR INNOVATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF THE PARKS FOUNDATION, THIS BOARD, CITY OF MCKINNEY PARKS DEPARTMENT THAT THAT PROJECT WAS, WAS BROUGHT TO LIFE. AND FROM THE ORGANIZERS, THE DESCRIPTION THAT THEY PROVIDED IS THIS PROJECT HELPS CREATE AWARENESS, PROVIDE EDUCATION, AND OFFER SUSTENANCE TO COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS A COMMUNITY NEED. SO EXCITING NEWS FOR THE MCKINNEY LEARNING GARDEN. THERE ARE FINAL REPORTS PROMOTIONAL GRANT REPORTS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA, ONE FOR EMPTY BOWLS, ONE FOR TEXAS HOMEGROWN MUSIC, AND BOTH OF THEM, I THINK, PROVIDE GREAT DETAIL AND GREAT ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF CDC FUNDING FOR THOSE EVENTS. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE. THERE'S ALSO FINAL REPORT FROM THE COTTON MILL ON THE RESULTS OF THE

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GRANT THAT WAS PROVIDED BY CDC FOR RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE THE COTTON MILL TO CONNECT THEIR TWO PARKING LOTS. SO THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETE. AND WE ARE HEARING FROM TWO RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT APPLICANTS TODAY. THIS IS THE FINAL CYCLE FOR THIS YEAR, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE MONTHS COMING UP WHERE THINGS SLOW DOWN A BIT. OUR NEXT PROMOTIONAL GRANT CYCLE WILL OPEN NOVEMBER 1ST, AND WITH THAT, I AM HAPPY TO. ANY QUESTIONS ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SANDY. WE

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by The Harbor at Adriatica Master Condominium Association, Inc. (4B25-12) in the Amount of Two Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Seven and No/100 Dollars ($233,137.00) to Replace the Code-Required Fire Suppression System Within the Structured Parking Facility Containing 438 Public Parking Spaces Located at 6675 Mediterranean Drive, McKinney, Texas. Request Represents 72% of Total Project Cost.]

WILL NOW GO INTO REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 20 5-3094. CONSIDER, DISCUSS ACT ON PROJECT GRANT APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY THE HARBOR AT ADRIATICA MASTER CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED FOR B 2512, IN THE AMOUNT OF 233 $33,137. TO REPLACE THE CODE REQUIRES FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM WITHIN THE STRUCTURED PARKING FACILITY CONTAINING 438 PUBLIC PARKING SPACES LOCATED AT 6675 MEDITERRANEAN DRIVE, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. REQUESTS REPRESENT 72% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST, AND I WILL SAY THAT THE APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TODAY IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. SO WE HAVE BOARD DISCUSSIONS ON THIS ITEM. SO I WASN'T HERE FOR FOR THE LAST MEETING. BUT AS SOMEBODY THAT WORKS IN ADRIATICA, I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST UTILIZED AREA FOR PHOTOS HAVING THERE ISN'T A DAY THAT THERE AREN'T COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING ON A REGULAR BASIS TO UTILIZE THIS SPACE, AND I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK THEY PROBABLY DID NOT PLAN TO HAVE THIS TO BE SUCH A TOURIST ATTRACTION. BUT JUST THIS WEEK, I HAD SOMEBODY THAT CAME TO ME THAT WAS TELLING ME A STORY ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT WAS COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN, THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS PLACE, AND IT WASN'T DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY, IT WAS ADRIATICA. IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I SUPPORT. I THINK THAT THAT IF YOU GO THERE ANY DAY, ANY TIME, EVEN DURING THE SNOWSTORM, IT WAS INUNDATED WITH PEOPLE AND IT IS ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO JUST LIKE DISTRICT 121 AND THE DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE, THESE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK ARE OUR OUR BOARD REALLY SHOULD CONSIDER SUPPORTING. ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. SO I THINK ONE THING GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD AND I'LL GO AHEAD. COME ON CHRIS I YIELD THE FLOOR. OH SO THINGS YOU KNOW I THINK ABOUT AND I KNOW THIS IS A HUGE TOURIST ATTRACTION. I TOO HAVE BEEN A RECIPIENT OF UTILIZING THE SPACE. AND I THINK SOME QUESTIONS I HAVE OF THE ONUS OF WHEN LOOKING AT THE BUDGET. I KNOW THIS REPRESENTS 72%. I THINK THE TOTAL WAS LIKE 323, IF I RECALL. HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION BY THE ASSOCIATION TO EVEN DO SOME TYPE OF MOBILE PAY? I KNOW IN AREAS IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY, IN CERTAIN PARKING LOTS, THERE IS A MOBILE PAY, BECAUSE I ALSO LOOK AT HOW MUCH OF THE SALES TAX DOLLARS IS IT GENERATING, BECAUSE THEN I KNOW MANY PEOPLE THAT COME THERE TO TAKE THE PICTURES. DON'T NECESSARILY PATRONIZE THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE. I MEAN, WHAT COULD ALWAYS BE CONSIDERED FOR THOSE CUSTOMERS THAT PATRONIZE BUSINESSES, THOSE BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, THROUGH YOUR ASSOCIATION COULD DO VALIDATIONS, LIKE IF YOU GO, IF YOU PARK HERE, IF YOU EAT HERE, WE VALIDATE YOUR PARKING. SO I'M JUST WONDERING, HAS THAT EVER BEEN A CONSIDERATION TO YOU CAN COME UP, CAROLINE, OF THE ASSOCIATION TO DO THAT. IT HAS COME UP MANY TIMES TO MONETIZE ENTRY INTO ADRIATICA.

AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT STOPS IT IS THAT WE HAVE A PARKING PROBLEM IN ADRIATICA.

THE FIRE LANES ARE CONSTANTLY BEING UTILIZED AS REGULAR PARKING SPACES, AND SO WE FEAR THAT THAT PROBLEM WOULD GET WORSE. IF WE WERE TO CHARGE ENTRY INTO THE GARAGE, PEOPLE WOULD SIMPLY TAKE UP FREE PARKING SPACES THAT ARE MEANT FOR THE BUSINESSES OR MEANT FOR THE OFFICE SPACES. INSTEAD OF USING THE GARAGE OR CLOG UP THE FIRE LANES AS THEY NORMALLY DO

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NOW. ADDITIONALLY, THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE HARBOR DO ENJOY THE FACT THAT THEIR CUSTOMERS CAN USE THE PUBLIC SPACES WHEN THEY'RE AROUND, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO MONETIZE THE GARAGE AND MAKE AN EXTRA BURDEN ON THEIR CUSTOMERS TO COME IN AND PARK THERE. SO IT'S COME UP MANY, MANY TIMES, BUT IT'S ALWAYS COME BACK TO THE FACT THAT WE WANT TO MAKE THIS A COMMUNITY DRIVEN AREA. WE WANT PEOPLE TO VISIT, AND IT COULD JUST CLOG UP OUR PARKING PROBLEMS EVEN MORE IF WE WERE TO MONETIZE THE GARAGE FURTHER. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PARKING PROBLEMS, DO DOES THE ASSOCIATION HAVE LIKE A SECURITY OR SOMETHING FOR MONITORING WHEN THAT HAPPENS? YOU KNOW, WHEN SOME OF THE HIGH FLOWS, YOU KNOW, PROM COMES, YOU KNOW. HOW GRADUATIONS IF WHEN YOU KNOW THAT THE HEAVY, HEAVY FLOWS, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED HAVING ANY SECURITY ON THOSE HEAVY FLOW TIMES TO FOR THE FIRE BECAUSE THOSE ARE HAZARDS. IF A FIRE, YOU KNOW, A FIRE TRUCK COMES THROUGH, THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH. HAS THAT BEEN CONSIDERED? OR WE DO HAVE SECURITY WHEN WE HOLD EVENTS AND TO HELP CONTROL THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. WE HAVEN'T HAD THEM ON DAYS LIKE PROM. SO WE HAVEN'T CONSIDERED THAT. BUT ULTIMATELY, I MEAN, JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE CLOGGING UP THE FIRE LANE. IT HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S PICNICS AND GENDER REVEALS AND WEDDING CEREMONIES, THINGS THAT ARE MORE SPONTANEOUS AND UNPLANNED. AND SO WE CAN DO OUR BEST TO PLAN FOR THAT CIRCUMSTANCE. BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S KIND OF JUST OKAY. IT'S VERY SPONTANEOUS. ANY ADDITIONAL ANY QUESTIONS.

SO GO AHEAD. YOU GOT MORE? I'M JUST I WAS JUST REAL QUICK. I WAS JUST SAYING BECAUSE WE DO GO THERE A LOT ON THE WEEKENDS AND IT IS BUSY, BUSY, BUSY OUT THERE. AND ALSO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS PAST WEEK WHEN WE DID THE THE TOUR FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WHERE DO WE TAKE UP 20 SOME ODD PARKING SPOTS? IS THAT THE PARKING GARAGE? SO I MEAN IT IS BEING USED BY THE PUBLIC AND THE CITY DOES TAKE CARE OF THE ONES DOWNTOWN. AND ON 121 SO I MEAN, THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT JUST TO, TO REALLY CONSIDER. SO I LOOKED INTO THIS ONE FAIRLY HEAVILY OVER THE LAST MONTH SINCE THE PRESENTATION, BECAUSE THIS IS A IT'S A PRIVATE PARKING GARAGE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ASKING FOR SOME OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS TO HELP WITH IT. AND WHEN I LOOKED AT IT. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT HOW MANY LARGE STRUCTURE PARKING GARAGES WE HAVE IN MCKINNEY.

RIGHT. SO WE HAVE SOME ASSOCIATED WITH APARTMENTS, WE HAVE SOME ASSOCIATED WITH HOSPITALS, AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PUBLIC USE AND RETAIL. AND THIS IS THE ONLY OR ONE OF THE ONLY LARGE GARAGES THAT IS PRIVATELY OWNED ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE CITY OWNS THE REST OF THEM, AND AS SUCH, THE CITY PAYS FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION AND UPDATES OF ALL OF THE REST OF THEM. RIGHT NOW, THIS PARTICULAR PARKING GARAGE DOES GET HEAVY USE FROM THE PUBLIC, SO WE ALSO HAVE RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS SPECIFICALLY FOR SHOWCASE LOCATIONS. THOSE RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS GRANT MONEY AT 75%, MAXIMUM 75%, AND CAPPED AT 50,000 PER RETAIL APPLICANT. IN THIS CASE, THIS FACILITY SERVES A LARGE NUMBER OF RETAIL AND OFFICE. THE 72% THAT'S BEING REQUESTED IN HERE IS BECAUSE 28% OF THE SPOTS ARE ACTUALLY OVER RESERVED FOR THE RESIDENCES AND THE CONDOMINIUMS THAT ARE THERE, SO WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THE CONDOMINIUM PARKING WE'RE PAYING FOR IS PUBLIC USE PARKING. SOME OFFICE BUSINESS PARKING PROBABLY ALSO IS IN THERE AND SOME RETAIL PARKING. OH, AND A WHOLE LOT OF PARKING WHEN A HAILSTORM IS FORECASTED. SO WITH THAT, I BECAME FAR MORE COMFORTABLE THAT THAT THIS IS A GOOD USE OF OF THE TAXPAYER MONEY FOR. YOU KNOW, FOR THE PROJECT. SO THAT'S MY COMMENTARY ON IT. OKAY. THANK YOU ANGIE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING ACTUALLY, DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS THAT THERE IS SECURITY THAT IS PAID FOR PRIVATELY JUST BECAUSE OF VANDALISM. KIDS USING THE AREA ALL THE TIME. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY PRIVATELY PAY FOR TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS SAFETY IN, IN THE AREA. AND THAT IS THAT HAPPENS EVERY TIME SCHOOL'S OUT. I'LL ADD A CAVEAT ON MINE. MY SUPPORT, IT IS FREE PARKING. I WOULD ASK THAT IF

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WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE $233,000 GRANT, THAT FOR AT LEAST SOME PERIOD OF TIME TO BE FIGURED OUT, IT REMAINS FREE PARKING, THAT WE DON'T SWITCH TO CHARGED PARKING IF THIS IS BEING USED WITH PUBLIC FUNDS. OKAY, OKAY. DO I NEED TO PUT THAT IN? DO WE NEED TO SAY THAT A MOTION OR IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH? I GUESS THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD MAKE A MOTION TO PUT IT. OKAY. SO YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM WITH THE CAVEAT OF MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT THE PARKING REMAINS FREE TO THE PUBLIC. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? I MEAN, I DIDN'T DISCUSS ANYTHING. OKAY, OKAY. YEAH, I'M FREE NOW. THEY WANT TO KEEP IT FREE. OKAY. SO PERIOD, WHAT, FIVE YEARS OR SOMETHING? WE CAN FIGURE THAT IN THE LOAN AND GRANT AGREEMENT FOR A DETERMINED LENGTH OF TIME AND THE AND THE GRANT AGREEMENT IF IT'S APPROVED. YEAH. OKAY. SO MOTION IS TO APPROVE WITH FREE PARKING FOR TO BE DETERMINED LENGTH OF TIME OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE ITEM WITH THE WITH THE ITEM TO GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL WITH THE TIME. FIVE YEARS. AND WE'LL GET THAT IN THE GRANT AGREEMENT. CAN I GET A SECOND TO APPROVE THE WHOLE AMOUNT. WELL I WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING THOUGH ON THIS MOTION. SO SO OKAY OKAY. THERE'S A CAVEAT. WE'RE WE'RE GIVING THE GRANT FOR THIS FIRE SUPPRESSION. THE ASSOCIATION WOULD GET THAT MONEY WHEN THE FIRE SUPPRESSION IS INSTALLED. AND THEN THE IDEA IS YOU DO NOT CHARGE FOR PARKING FOR THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS EX IF WITHIN THAT PERIOD SOME CIRCUMSTANCE CHANGE AND THE ASSOCIATION WANTS TO CHARGE FOR PARKING, NEEDS TO CHARGE FOR PARKING, THEY'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE MONEY. THE FIRE SUPPRESSION HAS ALREADY BEEN IN PLACE. SO WHAT IS THE RECOURSE? THERE WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE A DEFAULT OF THE AGREEMENT. AND THERE'D BE A CLAWBACK. CLAWBACK AT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, OR THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY IN FULL. I WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT I IMAGINE IT WOULD BE PRORATED. OKAY. BUT THAT WOULD BE BUILT INTO THE GRANT. YES. OKAY. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT THE FACT THAT OUR RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT ACTUALLY FUNDS 75%. THIS IS 72%. BUT IF YOU TAKE OUT THE CONDO, THEN IT'S 233. SO WE COULD PAY 75% OF THE 233, WHICH WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THE RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS. I'M OKAY DOING THE 233, BUT IN THIS CASE, THE SUPPORTS A LARGE NUMBER OF RETAIL. SO I WAS OKAY AT THE 233. OKAY, OKAY THEN I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY. SO WE IT BEEN SECONDED BY DAVID ROSHA. MOTION PASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM 20 5-3095

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by McKinney Main Street (4B25-13) in the Amount of Eighty Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($80,000.00) to Fabricate and Install a Fifty-Foot Neon Monument Sign to Promote Historic Downtown McKinney Located on City Right of Way Median at the Northeast Intersection of Highway 75 and Virginia Street, McKinney, Texas. Request Represents 45% of Total Project Cost.]

CONSIDER DISCUSS ACT ON THE PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE MCKINNEY MAIN STREET FOR B25 13, IN THE AMOUNT OF $80,000 TO FABRICATE, FABRICATE AND INSTALL A 50 FOOT NEON MONUMENT SIGN TO PROMOTE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. LOCATED ON THE RIGHT CITY RIGHT OF WAY MEDIAN AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 75 AND VIRGINIA STREET, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. REQUEST REPRESENTS 45% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST. IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO. CAN I GET A MOTION? I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE BY AJ. SECOND. SECOND BY DAVID. CAN YOU VOTE? DON'T MAKE A MOTION. THEN YOU DON'T VOTE. OKAY. MOTION PASS. THANK

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by the City of McKinney Parks and Recreation Department (4B25-14), in the Amount of Eight Million and No/100 Dollars ($8,000,000.00) for Parks Accessibility Improvements, Trails Plan, Al Ruschhaupt Park Road Connection, Old Settler’s Park Improvements and Erwin Park Improvements.]

YOU. ITEM 20 5-303096. CONSIDER. DISCUSS ACT ON THE PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE CITY OF MCKINNEY PARKS AND REC RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR B 2514. IN THE AMOUNT OF $8 MILLION FOR PARKS ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENT TRAILS PLAN, OUR PARK ROAD CONNECTIONS. OLD SETTLER'S PARK IMPROVEMENTS, AND URBAN PARK IMPROVEMENTS. IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO DISCUSSION. CAN I GET A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ITEM. WHO MADE THAT JOY? MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE. CAN I GET A SECOND? I WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION. OKAY, LET'S GO BACK.

MILLION DOLLARS. YOU HEARD ME SAY DISCUSSION. OKAY. YOU GOT TO BE JOY. $8 MILLION IS

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DESERVES A COUPLE OF COMMENTS MCKINNEY UNIQUE BY NATURE AND THE PARKS ARE THE IMPORTANT PART OF THAT. AND I AM HAPPY THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING THE PARKS WITH $8 MILLION. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. NOT GOING UNCOMMENTED OKAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. ARE YOU TRYING TO GET A NAME NAME RECOGNITION? OKAY, SO WE STILL HAVE A MOTION ON THE ON THE FLOOR BY JOY. CAN I GET A SECOND SECOND BY CHRIS WITH HIS DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. SUPPORT WITH MY MOTION. YES EXACTLY. MOTION PASSED. THANK YOU. NEXT

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by Habitat for Humanity of Collin County (4B25-15) in the Amount of Three Hundred Five Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($305,000.00) for Repairs and Renovations at Three Properties in McKinney (1304 Garcia, 305 Lively Hill, and 611 Bumpas). Request Represents 75% of Total Project Cost.]

ITEM 20 5-3097. CONSIDER. DISCUSS ACT ON THE PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, COLLIN COUNTY FOR B 2515. IN THE AMOUNT OF $305,000 FOR REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS OF THREE PROPERTIES IN MCKINNEY. 1304 GARCIA 305. LIVELY HILL 611. BUMPUS REQUEST REPRESENTS 75% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST. THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT IN THE HANDOUTS THAT WERE GIVEN TO US TODAY, THAT MISS SHAFFER WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SCOTT IS. SCOTT IS HERE. IF THERE'S ANY ANY QUESTIONS, SEAN. HE IS. OH, AND HE IS HERE TODAY. SHONDA IS NOT HERE. SO IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I THINK WE DID HAVE SOME DISCUSSION JUST TO MAKE SCOTT COME UP HERE AND TALK TO US. I KNOW IT WOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE DELEGATION. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, JUST TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL MILLION IN THE BUDGET FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT HASN'T BEEN USED YET THIS YEAR. SO IN FACT, IT'S QUITE A BIT THAT THAT HAS GONE UNDER, HASN'T BEEN USED AND AND HAS WASN'T USED I DON'T THINK IN FULL LAST YEAR EITHER. SO IT'S IT'S A. IT'S A SMALL PORTION OF THE BUDGET WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. JUST TO SAY THAT I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THE MOMENTUM THAT HABITAT, I THINK FOR SOME TIME THERE WAS A BIT OF A. A LAG IN ACTIVITY. AND I THINK THAT IT'S THIS HOLDS A LOT OF PROMISE. AND I THINK THAT GIVEN THE LAST PRESENTATION, WE SAW THAT THE ENTITY IS VERY COMMITTED TO CONTINUING THAT MOMENTUM. AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE A NICE JUMP START. SO FULLY, FULLY SUPPORT THE PROJECT. OKAY. SO CAN I GET A MOTION TO IF THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE ITEM. MOVE TO APPROVE BY JOY. I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY DEBORAH.

[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Project Grant Application Submitted by Entertainment Properties 360 LLC (4B25-16) in an Amount of Two Million and No/100 Dollars ($2,000,000.00) for Enhancements to the Privately Owned, Publicly Accessible Park Located in the Commercial Portion of West Grove Retail Development at 8701 West University Drive, McKinney, Texas, to Include Playscapes, Shade Structure, Water Feature, Trees, Public Restrooms, and Wi-Fi. Request Represents 100% of Total Project Cost.]

MOTION PASSED. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM 20 5-3098. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AND DISCUSS. ACT ON A PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES 360 LLC FOR B 2516. IN THE AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION FOR THE. FOR ENHANCEMENTS TO THE PRIVATELY OWNED, PUBLIC ACCESSIBLE, ACCESSIBLE PARK LOCATED IN THE COMMERCIAL PORTION OF WEST GROVE. RETAIL DEVELOPMENT AT 8701 WEST UNIVERSITY DRIVE, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, TO INCLUDE PLACE GATES, SHADE STRUCTURE, WATER FEATURE TREES, PUBLIC RESTROOMS, WI-FI REQUEST REPRESENTS 100% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THIS PROJECT WAS PRESENTED LAST MONTH AND WE DID NOT CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT WAS LEFT OPEN, SO WE WOULD ALSO NEED TO BE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY AND THEN MAKE A DECISION AGAIN. THERE ARE SEVERAL. THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT THAT IS ALSO BEEN PROVIDED TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION. I WILL SAY I KNOW YESTERDAY WITH THE OPENING OF WHOLE FOODS, THAT CORNER HAS DEFINITELY JUST GREW. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SPACE, ADDING ADDITIONAL TOURISM. I MEAN, YOU DRIVE BY, YOU JUST KIND OF WANT TO DRIVE THROUGH THE PARKING LOT JUST TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT IS OVER. IT'S IT'S REALLY, REALLY NICE. AND IT IS AN ADDED VALUE TO THE WEST SIDE OF MCKINNEY THAT IT'S GETTING USAGE AND TRAFFIC. SO THIS IS FOR DISCUSSION. AND IT IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING. SO IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. MADAM CHAIR I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS. I BELIEVE THE PRESENTERS ARE HERE. THEY COME FORWARD. PLEASE PLEASE COME FORWARD. DO WE HAVE TO ASK FOR PUBLIC A PUBLIC HEARING? YES.

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AND I SAID IT'S SO IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING SO THEY CAN COME SPEAK. MORNING. GOOD MORNING.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES FOR THE RECORD DE LA VEGA AND TUCKER HAYS? OKAY.

WELCOME. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING SO RESPONSIVE TO OUR INITIAL SET OF INQUIRIES. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ADDED MATERIALS. I'VE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS TO CLARIFY A FEW ELEMENTS YOU PROVIDED TO US A LIST OF PROPOSED EVENTS. YOU KNOW, CHEESE, WINE AND CHEESE TASTINGS, FOOD TRUCKS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I'M CURIOUS WHO IS GOING TO BE PAYING FOR THE DESIGN AND EXECUTION OF THESE EVENTS ONCE THE PARK IS? IF THE PARK WERE TO TAKE SHAPE? WELL, WE HAVE A FEE FOR CONSULTANTS, I BELIEVE FACTORED IN. AND IF THAT WASN'T FACTORED IN, THEN I GUESS WE WOULD PAY FOR IT. BUT. FOR THE PROGRAMING SPECIFICALLY, YES. SO WE WE HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS TO GO. WE THINK THE BEST, THE BEST WAY TO DO IT WOULD BE TO HIRE A. PROFESSIONAL THAT THEY DO THIS FOR A LIVING. AND SO WE WOULD BE PAYING HIM OUT OF OUT OF CAM. HOPEFULLY WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE BUDGET TO DO THAT. AND IT'S A OKAY. SO THEN DO YOU DO YOU ENVISION THAT THE CAM FEES WOULD BE INCREASED FOR YOUR TENANTS, BOTH FOR ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK AND FOR THIS PROGRAMING? WELL, THERE'S WE HAVE WE HAVE LEASES EXECUTED ALREADY. SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT WE CAN CHARGE THE TENANTS. SOME TENANTS ARE LIKE WHOLE FOODS WE'RE SUBSIDIZING. IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF HOW THEY HOW THEY DEAL. BUT SO WE COULDN'T CHARGE THEM FOR THAT SERVICE. BUT SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS IN THE, IN THE, AROUND THE PARK I THINK WOULD BE I THINK WE HAVE PROGRAMING, WE CAN ADD FEES, PROGRAMING FEES TO THE COMMON AREA MAINTENANCE. OKAY. SO ANY ANY INCOMING TENANT WITHOUT AN EXECUTED LEASE MIGHT SEE THIS EMBEDDED IN THEIR CAM FEES, BUT THEY WOULD NOT BE AN INCREASE OVER TIME FOR THE EXISTING TENANTS. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WELL, THERE'S ALWAYS AN INCREASE TO CAMP, RIGHT. BUT FOR THIS PURPOSE, FOR. YEAH, FOR THIS PURPOSE OR ANY OTHER COMMON AREA MAINTENANCE CHARGE. OKAY. AND THEN I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE YOU HAVE SO MANY RESTAURANTS AND THIS PARK IS DESIGNED WITH A VISION TO BE AN ADDITIVE OF THE OUTDOOR SPACE FOR THE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE COMING ADJACENT TO THE PARK. WHY WOULD FOOD TRUCKS BE WELCOMED? IT WOULD SEEM THAT THEY WOULD CANNIBALIZE THE RESTAURANT'S BUSINESS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD THAT'S A GOOD POINT. WE THE WAY WE SEE IT, WE YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD PROTECT WE HAVE LIKE HOPDODDY HAS AN EXCLUSIVE AND THEY THEY WERE WE TOLD THEM ABOUT THE FOOD TRUCKS AND SO THEY AND WE COULDN'T GET THEM TO AGREE TO ALLOW FOOD TRUCKS, EVEN TEMPORARILY FOR HAMBURGERS. SO THE CHALLENGE WOULD BE TO FIND FOOD TRUCKS THAT ARE NOT REPRESENTED WITH THE RESTAURANTS, WITH THE FULL SERVICE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO HAVE A VARIETY OF RESTAURANTS, HAVE ASIAN, HAVE MEXICAN FOOD, HAVE ITALIAN FOOD, AMERICAN FARE, YOU KNOW, JUST A VARIETY OF RESTAURANTS. SO THE FOOD TRUCKS WOULD JUST BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE PLACEMAKING AND TO CREATE THAT ENERGY, HELP TO CREATE THAT ENERGY. BECAUSE IT'S JUST PEOPLE LIKE TO SEE THAT. IT'S KIND OF A COOL THING TO HAVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WEATHER IS BETTER, IS GOOD, AND WITH THE OTHER AMENITIES WITHIN THE PARK AND EVENTS AND SO FORTH, IT JUST KIND OF ALL OF IT JUST REALLY CLICKS. IT COMES TOGETHER TO CREATE THAT DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE HOPING FOR, MAYBE FOR THE PARK OR NOT. FOR THE RESTAURANT OWNER, THOUGH, I WOULD SAY, SPEAKING AS A FORMER RESTAURANT OWNER, YEAH, SPEAKING AS A FORMER ONE, I WOULD NOT WANT A FOOD TRUCK IN MY PARKING LOT. TRUE, TRUE. BUT YOU KNOW THE DRAW. YOU KNOW, YOU INCREASE THE DRAW AT THE SAME TIME. SO THERE'S THERE'S KIND OF A THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING QUESTION THAT YOU POSE. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU GET THE BENEFIT FROM THE ADDED DRAW BECAUSE THERE'S MORE ENERGY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU HAVE MORE COMPETITION. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH OF A DRAW AS POSSIBLE AND TO ACTIVATE THE PARK WITH PEOPLE AND TO HAVE THAT BE A PEOPLE PLACE. OKAY. AND THEN FOR THE PUBLIC RESTROOM THAT YOU ENVISION, WHAT IS WHAT IS ENVISIONED FOR, LIKE THE DAILY UPKEEP AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT? IS THAT ANOTHER FEE THAT THE TENANTS WOULD HAVE TO BE INCLUDED, THAT THAT WOULD JUST BE A PART OF THE UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE THAT WE'RE THAT WE WOULD UNDERTAKE ON AN ONGOING BASIS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS FOR ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. SO THERE WERE. SOME THINGS LISTED IN HERE. CINDY. AM I CORRECT IN SAYING THAT

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THERE'S THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT ARE, ARE LISTED IN HERE THAT AREN'T REIMBURSABLE AND THAT THAT WILL BE DETERMINED OVER TIME. NOT OF A MAJOR AMOUNT. RIGHT. BUT BUT.

UPLIFT SOME SOME OF THE FEES, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY REIMBURSABLE. OR ARE YOU COMFORTABLE THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND THOSE THINGS THAT ARE LISTED ARE REIMBURSABLE BASED ON THE THE RESEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE VARIOUS AMENITIES THAT ARE PROPOSED, WE'VE DETERMINED WITH ANALYSIS FROM OTHERS THAT THAT THEY ARE REASONABLE. FOR THE MOST PART. OKAY. AND THAT BEING JUST FOR CLARITY, FOR ANYBODY WATCHING THE WE DID SINCE IT'S A PARK, WE RAN IT BY OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND ASKED THEM, SO ARE THESE ARE THESE WHAT ARE NORMALLY SPENT ON A BATHROOM? AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS $650,000 TO PUT A BATHROOM IN. SO SO WE DID GET SOME CLARIFICATION AND THEY SAID YES, IT IS ABOUT THAT TO PUT A BATHROOM. SO THE THE WAY THE GRANT WOULD WORK THOUGH IS IT'S REIMBURSEMENT FOR ACTUAL EXPENSES INCURRED. SO IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE BUDGETED HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY COME IN, OF COURSE WE'D BE REIMBURSING AT A LOWER AMOUNT. AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS LIKE CONTINGENCY THAT MAY BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE THAT MAY NOT BE NEEDED THOSE FUNDS. SO AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERENCING.

SO THOSE THINGS WOULDN'T NECESSARILY. SO IT MAY NOT BE TO 2 MILLION BECAUSE THERE MAY BE YOU CAN'T REIMBURSE A CONTINGENCY FEE. RIGHT. SO OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL. YEAH. MR. DE LA VEGA, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE HERE AND THE PROJECT YOU PUT TOGETHER. I THINK YOU HAVE. I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THIS PARK. AND I THINK IT IS GENUINELY ADDING TO A HUGE ASSET THAT YOU'VE CREATED IN THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN. AND CLEARLY THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE DEVELOPMENT. CLEARLY, WE HAVE DONE SIMILAR THINGS IN THE PAST. THERE'S PRECEDENT FOR THIS BOARD DOING PARKS LIKE THIS AND MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS.

AND I THINK YOU'VE DESIGNED A GOOD ONE THAT WILL ADD TO THE FEATURES AND OF THE OF THE SPACE WILL DO WILL CREATE THE DRAW THAT YOU WANT IT TO. AND I THINK, YEAH, I THINK THERE'S THERE'S PRECEDENT FOR US DOING IT. AND THANK YOU FOR ENDURING THE EXTENSIVE QUESTIONING THAT WE'VE PUT YOU THROUGH. SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS REQUEST. I KNOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SIZE GOES COMPLETELY SMOOTHLY. RIGHT. AND THERE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY. I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS DEVELOPMENT TO THE CITY, AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE REQUEST. OKAY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS PUBLIC AGENDA ITEM? OKAY. SO THAT BEING I'LL NEED SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE A MOTION TO ON TO APPROVE THE ITEM, MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. DAVE KELLY MOVED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SECOND BY KRIS WILKES.

I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT WE DO TALK ABOUT GATEWAY LOCATIONS FOR MCKINNEY. AND AT 380 IN CUSTER, THIS IS CURRENTLY A GATEWAY THAT IS ONLY GOING TO GET MORE TRAFFIC OVER TIME WITH 380 EXPANSION. SO IT IS A SHOWCASING OF THE FIRST TIME SOMEBODY COMES INTO MCKINNEY AND SEES CITY LIMITS. AND THEN THIS TYPE OF OF FACILITY THERE. THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. MOTION PASSES. CAN I GET A MOTION TO BECAUSE YOUR MOTION WAS JUST TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, CORRECT? DAVID KELLY I MOVED TO APPROVE THE PROJECT. OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROJECT BY DAVID KELLY I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY AJ. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP. THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. THE PROJECT ITSELF WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITH WITH WITHOUT CITY SUPPORT. SO IT'S A TRUE TESTAMENT TO US WORKING TOGETHER FROM FROM THE BEGINNING. THANK YOU. THANKS

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AGAIN. THANK YOU. OKAY. SECOND ITEM 20 5-3099. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER.

[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Amend Project 4B24-15, Submitted by and Awarded to Sanchez Charities, LLC, to Increase the Grant Award from Five Hundred Seventeen Thousand One Hundred Ninety-Two and No/100 Dollars ($517,192.00) to One Million Seven Hundred Seventeen Thousand One Hundred Ninety-Two and NO/100 Dollars ($1,717,192.00) for Construction of Horizontal Infrastructure to Support an Increased Project Scope for the NeighborHub to Include a Three (3) Acre Site and a 35,000-45,000 Square Foot Facility to be Located at 2000 W. White Avenue McKinney, Texas. Amount Requested Represents 14.55% of Total Project Cost.]

DISCUSS. ACT ON A REQUEST TO AMEND PROJECT FOR B 24 DASH 15 SUBMITTED BY AND AWARDED TO SANCHEZ CHARITIES, LLC TO INCREASE THE GRANT AWARD IN FIVE $517,192 TO $1,717,192 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HORIZONTAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT AN INCREASED PROJECT SCOPE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO INCLUDE A THREE ACRE SITE IN A 35,000 TO 45,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY TO BE LOCATED AT 200 WEST WHYTE AVENUE, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. AMOUNT REQUESTED REPRESENTS 14.55% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST, AND I WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE SOME. SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM, SO WE'LL LET THE SPEAKERS COME. AND THEN YOU TWO CAN. SO NO AFTER AFTER YOU PRESENT. OKAY. THEN WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. GOOD MORNING. MAYBE I'M A LITTLE SHORT. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBERS, MY NAME IS KIM SANCHEZ. I'M THE FOUNDER OF SANCHEZ CHARITIES TO TEN ADRIATIC PARKWAY, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. 75072. WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR RESOURCE ADVOCACY CENTER. AND THIS IS A CENTER THAT'S HELPING HELPING THE MOST VULNERABLE HERE IN MCKINNEY MOVE FROM HOPELESS TO WHOLENESS. WE ARE SUPER. THIS IS NOT I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS NOT A HOMELESS CENTER. THIS IS NOT A DAY CENTER.

OVERNIGHT CENTER. THIS IS MORE OF A HOMELESS PREVENTION CENTER. I'M SUPER HONORED BY THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE IN THE CROWD WITH US TODAY. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT ARE SO INVESTED IN THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. WE HAVE TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WE HAVE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WE HAVE GRACE PRESBYTERIAN, WE HAVE CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF MCKINNEY. WE HAVE SANCHEZ CHARITIES. I KNOW I'VE FORGOTTEN SOME PEOPLE BACK HERE, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ORGANIZATION OR IN THIS GROUP THAT ARE HERE TO SUPPORT US, AND I'M VERY HONORED BY THAT. I WAS ALSO VERY HONORED BY THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME TIME THIS WEEK TO GO ON THE TOUR WITH US. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT TIME. I KNOW THAT'S PRECIOUS TIME THAT YOU ALL SPENT TO JUST GO AND LOOK AT OTHER FACILITIES THAT KIND OF EMBODY KIND OF OUR VISION AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. SORRY. SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE STATISTICS AROUND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR STATE AND IN OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTY. BUT WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT, THAT'S NOT ON THE SLIDE IS AN ACRONYM THAT UNITED WAY DID A PRESENTATION ON OR A STUDY ON.

IT'S CALLED ALICE ASSET LIMITED, INCOME CONSTRAINED EMPLOYED IN. 42% OF TEXANS LIVE IN THAT LEVEL OR BELOW. THIS IS THE WORKING POOR, WHICH IS ABOUT 29% OF THAT TOTAL THAT ARE LIVING ON THE EDGE, ONE PAYCHECK AWAY FROM A DISASTER. IT'S ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING WE NEED TO ADDRESS THROUGH THESE TYPE SERVICES. OH, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T INTRODUCE MYSELF, MADAM CHAIR, MADAM PRESIDENT AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I'M DAVE WOODARD, CEO OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES MCKINNEY. THANK YOU. THESE ARE THESE ARE THE VALUES THAT WE SEE FOR THE VISION OF OUR CENTER. WE WANT TO BE A DIGNITY HUB, A DIGNITY HUB, BEING THAT THIS IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME TO TELL THEIR STORY ONE TIME AND REDUCE THE TRAUMA OF TRYING TO SEEK SOCIAL SERVICES BY HAVING TO TELL THEIR SITUATION OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THIS IS AN INTEGRATED HUB, A PLACE WHERE THERE'S WRAPAROUND SERVICES, NOT 1 OR 2 SERVICES, BUT TRUE WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO HELP PEOPLE MOVE INTO WHOLENESS. THIS IS A COLLABORATION HUB, A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER TO HELP PEOPLE TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS, BUT NOT JUST IN HELPING PEOPLE SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS, BUT ALSO IN SHARING DATA AND HELPING US GRANT RIGHT AND GET BETTER OPPORTUNITIES. FOR GRANT WRITING, THIS IS AN UPLIFT HUB.

WE WANT THIS TO BE A PLACE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR OUR CITY. AN ICON, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD OF. THIS IS A BELONGING HUB, BELONGING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO SEEK SERVICES, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DONATING, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING, AND FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING. WE WANT THIS TO BE A PLACE OF JOY. AND THIS IS A SUSTAINABLE HUB. THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE THE CENTER FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE, ASKING FOR YOUR HELP. LINDA, WILL YOU DO THE VIDEO? I WOKE UP THIS MORNING,

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SAW A WORLD FULL OF TROUBLE. NOW I THOUGHT, HOW'D WE EVER GET SO FAR DOWN? AND HOW'S IT EVER GONNA TURN AROUND? SO I TURNED MY EYES TO HEAVEN. I THOUGHT, GOD, WHY DON'T YOU DO SOMETHING? WELL, I JUST COULDN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT OF PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY.

CHILDREN SOLD INTO SLAVERY. THE THOUGHT DISGUSTED ME, SO I SHOOK MY FIST AT HEAVEN. I SAID, GOD, WHY DON'T YOU DO SOMETHING? HE SAID, I DID. YEAH, I CREATED YOU. NOW LISTEN, IF NOT US, THEN WHO? IF NOT ME AND YOU RIGHT NOW? WELL, IT'S TIME FOR US TO DO SOMETHING. YEAH. IF NOT NOW, THEN WHEN WILL WE SEE AN END? ALL THIS PAIN. IT'S TIME FOR US TO DO SOMETHING.

I'M SO TIRED OF TALKING ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOD'S HANDS AND FEET. BUT IT'S EASY TO BE LIKE ANGELS OF APATHY. AND TELL OURSELVES IT'S ALL RIGHT. SOMEBODY ELSE WILL DO SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M SICK AND TIRED OF LIFE WITH NO DESIRE. I DON'T WANT A FLAME. I WANT A FIRE. I WANT TO BE THE ONE WHO STANDS UP AND SAYS. I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING. IF NOT US, THEN WHO? IF NOT ME AND YOU RIGHT NOW? IT'S TIME FOR US TO DO SOMETHING. YES IT IS. COME ON.

IF NOT NOW, THEN WHEN WILL WE SEE AN END? ALL THIS PAIN. OH, WELL, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO DO NOTHING. THEN THERE'S NOTHING. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR ABOUT THE LAST DECADE OF MY LIFE. LAST YEAR I CAME TO MCTC AND WAS AWARDED A $517,000 GRANT. AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF THIS BOARD AND THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE THAT HELP.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVEN'T SPENT A SINGLE DOLLAR OF THAT GRANT MONEY, BUT WE HAVE USED THAT LEVERAGE IN ORDER TO GET PARTNERS AND GROW THIS PROJECT. IS IT OKAY IF I KEEP GOING? I HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT WERE YOU GOING TO SAY NEXT? WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND WHO THE PARTNERS ARE AND THE SERVICES TO MOVE FROM CRISIS TO CONTRIBUTION. OH KEEP GOING. OH, YES. SO SO I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE THE SUPPORT HERE TO LEVERAGE THAT TO GET MORE PARTNERSHIPS. PARTNERSHIPS LIKE GRACE PRESBYTERIAN, THEY HAVE BEEN SO BENEVOLENT IN ORDER TO WORK WITH US IN NEGOTIATING A LAND CONTRACT. IT WAS PROVIDED IN THE PACKET. WE'VE BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT LAND CONTRACT. THAT CONTRACT IS A VERY BENEVOLENT PRICE THAT THEY'RE GIVING TO US, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PARTNER AND BE PART OF THIS SOLUTION. ON TOP OF THAT, THEY'VE EVEN GIVEN US SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT, AND WE'VE AGREED TO COME TOGETHER ON A SHARED ACCESS AGREEMENT. THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE IT CUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS IN HALF, WHICH CUTS OUR ASK IN HALF, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO FUNDRAISING FOR US IN AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS THAT SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF COLLIN COUNTY AND ALL DIFFERENT FAITH ORGANIZATIONS WE ARE WORKING WITH. OBVIOUSLY, THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF MCKINNEY, THE MUSCLE OF THIS PROGRAM, WHO'S BRINGING THE FINANCING OF THE BUILDING, BUT THE LONG TERM OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION OF THIS FACILITY? I MEAN, THAT'S A BIG ASK. AND THEY'RE COMING TO THE TABLE TO DO THAT. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SANCHEZ CHARITY'S INTENTION TO DONATE OUR HALF ACRE AND OUR SERVICES, OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, TO GET THIS ADVOCACY CENTER TO THIS PLACE. BUT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN THE SCAFFOLDING. WE'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT WE WERE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT OWNER TO OWN AND OPERATE THIS BUILDING, THAT THAT WASN'T US, THAT WE WERE THE SCAFFOLDING TO START THIS PROJECT. THIS IS OUR BUDGET. THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS THE ONE THAT WE CAME TO A YEAR

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AGO, AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO THIS IS THE ASK THAT WE'RE COMING TO YOU FOR TODAY. WE'VE GROWN THE PROJECT FROM A HALF AN ACRE TO A TOTAL BUILD OUT OF THREE ACRES. WE STARTED AT A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING AND THE ULTIMATE BUILD OUT, THE ULTIMATE VISION OF THIS BUILDING IS ABOUT A 45,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. THESE ARE THE SERVICES OR THE PATH THAT WE SEE OF TAKING THE CLIENTELE, THE VISION FOR THE PATH OF WHAT WE WANT TO TAKE OUR CLIENTELE FROM CRISIS TO CONTRIBUTION. WE THINK THAT IN MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF THIS FACILITY, YOU COULD LOOK AT LIKE A MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS. IT'S IN THE PAMPHLET THAT WE'VE GIVEN YOU IN ORDER TO MEASURE HOW SUCCESSFUL IS THIS CENTER BEING, AND ARE WE DOING A GOOD JOB? WE'VE HEARD THE COMMUNITY, WE'VE HEARD THE NEEDS AND THE WANTS FROM THIS COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS A CENTER TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL OF THOSE SEEKING SOCIAL SERVICES. THIS IS A CENTER FOR THE WORKING POOR. AND WITH THAT WE STAND. WE STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR THE TOUR. WE WERE ABLE TO GO SEE TO SEE THE OTHER MODELS AND CONCEPTS OF YOUR VISION FOR THIS HUB. I THINK ONE OF THE CONCERNS FOR ME IS LIKE INITIALLY WHEN YOU PRESENTED THIS, OF COURSE, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AROUND THE HOMELESS, YOU KNOW, WITH, YOU KNOW, STREETSIDE SHOWERS AND THEN PAUSE AND, AND OF COURSE, THE MODELS THAT WE SAW THE OTHER DAY, NOWHERE. I THINK THE MESSAGING IS WHAT HAS ALSO CAUSED A LOT OF CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK EVEN IN YOUR EARLIER STATEMENT, YOU MADE, YOU KNOW, THE REFERENCE TO THE HOMELESS. THIS IS JUST NOT FOR THE HOMELESS. I THINK THE REALITY, MUCH OF IT IS THE HOMELESS PIECE IS VERY ON THE BACKSIDE. BUT THE RESOURCES TO THOSE WHO ARE HOUSED. SO I JUST WONDERED IF YOU CONSIDERED LIKE CHANGING THE MESSAGING, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS IT WAS INITIALLY PRESENTED THAT WAY, WHICH CAUSED THE COMMUNITY CONCERN ABOUT HAVING THIS PROJECT IN THE LOCATION THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE IN. AND A LOT OF WHAT WHAT I SAW REALLY WERE YOU MAY I MEAN, WE WENT TO THOSE FACILITIES. YOU DID NOT SEE THAT THERE WAS NOT IT WAS NOT A COMPOUND FOR HOMELESS.

YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW PEOPLE FELT DIGNITY AND GOING TO THIS SERVICE. SO I JUST WONDER, YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER HOW YOU ARE PRESENTING AS FAR AS SAYING HOMELESS, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS PROJECT, THE INTENT. SO THAT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I WANTED TO SHARE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS WHAT HAS CAUSED A VERY PAIN POINT IN THE COMMUNITY. YES, MA'AM. I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. I WILL TELL YOU THAT MY HEART IS IS THAT AND I THINK EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM KNOWS THAT WE DO HAVE A HOMELESS SITUATION IN MCKINNEY. AND I STILL FEEL LIKE THERE ARE I MEAN, I THINK THAT MAYOR COX AND TOMMY BRUMMETT ANSWERED IT WELL ON THE NEWS THE OTHER DAY THAT WE'VE GOT TO COME TO SOME SOLUTIONS. BUT I DO KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING THAT THEY WANT THAT TO BE. WE DID HAVE SHOWERS. WE DID HAVE LAUNDRY FACILITIES ORIGINALLY, AND WE TOOK ALL OF THOSE OUT DUE TO THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT'S REALLY WANTING TO HEAR. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO ME IS THE ADVOCACY PIECE IS TO FIND PEOPLE TO FIND HELP WITHOUT HAVING TO TELL THEIR STORY OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. HOMELESS PEOPLE MAY BE ABLE TO FIND SERVICES HERE, BUT NOT AS A DAY CENTER OR AN OVERNIGHT CENTER. IT MIGHT BE SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY COME TO GET EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, HELP WITH FILLING OUT RESUMES, YOU KNOW, MAYBE GETTING FOOD. I MEAN, THERE'S OTHER WAYS, BUT IT'S NOT A DAY CENTER OR AN OVERNIGHT CENTER. AND THAT SEEMED TO BE THE THING THAT PEOPLE WERE REALLY FOCUSED ON.

AND THIS IS REALLY A CENTER FOR ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY LOOKING FOR SOCIAL SERVICES. AND WE ARE HAVING TO CHANGE, AS YOU SAID, THE THE MARKETING OF THIS BUILDING. IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT POINT MORE CLEAR, CAN YOU SHARE FOR FOR PUBLIC, LIKE THE POTENTIAL ANCHOR TENANTS THAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT BEING AT THE FACILITY? OKAY, SURE. SO OURSELVES, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC, WHICH IS NOW CURRENTLY AT 75 AND FIVE, WILL COME OVER. NEIGHBORS NOURISHING NEIGHBORS WILL HAVE A FULL CLIENT CHOICE PANTRY. STREETSIDE SHOWERS WILL BE AN ANCHOR TENANT. BUT THEY'RE IT'S FOR THEIR WAREHOUSING AND RESTOCKING PURPOSES. THEY WILL NOT BE PROVIDING SERVICES THERE. IT'S FOR THEM TO LOAD THE TRAILERS UP AND GO OUT TO THE FOUR COUNTIES THAT THEY PROVIDE SERVICES AND, AND THEN ON THE GROUND FLOOR, WE HAVE A FOURTH SPACE THAT WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS IN THE WORKS, BUT I CAN'T SAY THEY'RE COMMITTED FOR SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL TO BRING THEIR FREE PHARMACY AND BASE IT THERE, INSTEAD OF DOWN ON GREENVILLE AVENUE IN DALLAS. SO THAT'S IN IT'S IN THE WORKS BUT NOT COMMITTED. AND THEN THE

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ENTIRE UPSTAIRS OF THE FACILITY IS UNCOMMITTED AT THIS TIME. AND I THINK A NUMBER OF YOU SAW A FLIER THAT WE'RE UTILIZING TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US AND TO THE OTHER NONPROFITS TO SEE IF THEY'RE GOING TO FIT. THERE IS A SCREENING PROCESS FOR WHO SHOULD COME IN AND CAN COME IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE COMPLIMENTARY AND THAT EVERYTHING WORKS WELL, AND THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO LIVE BY THE SAME VALUES AND PRINCIPLES AND THE ADVOCACY THAT WE'VE CREATED IN THE CENTER. OKAY. AND ONE HEART MCKINNEY I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. ONE MCKINNEY IS RUNNING THE CORE OF IT, SO THEY'LL BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, MAKING SURE THAT WE BRING THE ADVOCACY TOGETHER, BRING THE DATA TOGETHER, AND HAVE COMMON INTAKE. SO ANOTHER THING, ON THE REVISED LAND AND BUILDING PLAN, YOU HAVE THE OPEN SPACE FEATURE AND MEDITATION GARDENS AND PUBLIC ART. HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED HOW MUCH OF THE BUDGET IS THAT. SO THAT WAS IN.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE PAGE IT SAYS THE ASK. THE FINAL PART OF THAT IS ASKING FOR SOMEBODY FROM CDC TO KIND OF GET IN THE BOAT WITH US AND WALK ALONGSIDE AND KIND OF GO AND EXPLORE WHAT DO WE WANT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THIS BUILDING FOR THIS TO BE A COMMUNITY SPACE, THERE CAN BE PRAYER LABYRINTHS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE DETENTION SO WE COULD MAKE THAT DETENTION INTO SOMETHING GREAT, LIKE AN OUTDOOR SEATING AREA WHERE MAYBE IF PEOPLE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING INTO A CHURCH, THEY COULD MEDITATE OR HAVE A PRIVATE MOMENT IN THIS KIND OF MAYBE MORE OF AN AMPHITHEATER KIND OF FEELING. PLACE SERVES AS A DETENTION POND. SO WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE THINGS TO DATE, NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.

THAT'S OUR NEXT. OUR NEXT STEP IN THIS PROCESS IS TO GO THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS, WHICH MEANS WE WILL GO THROUGH THE COMMUNITY BUILDING PROCESS THROUGH THAT AND ASKING EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT THERE. AND SO WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE YET IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET. BUT UNTIL WE GET HARD BUDGETS, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH THAT WILL COST. SO PART OF THE ASK IS ASKING CDC TO BE A PARTNER IN THAT AND WALK ALONG WITH US AND HAVE A VOICE AND AN OPINION IN THAT, AND TO SEE IF WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO IN THESE PLACES, AND IS IT SOMETHING WE CAN FIT IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET, OR IS IT SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK FOR BECAUSE THE IDEAS ARE GRANDER THAN WHAT WE HAVE MONEY IN THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR? GOOD? I JUST JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT FROM AN CDC STANDPOINT, THE ONLY ELIGIBLE COST ELIGIBLE ELEMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT WOULD BE HORIZONTAL INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THINGS RELATED TO PUBLIC ART AND THAT SORT OF THING WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD FUND. YES, MA'AM. AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS REQUEST THEN. NO. OKAY. I DON'T BELIEVE SO. I MEAN, IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE COME UP WITH, RIGHT? SO, KIM, I GOT A FEW QUESTIONS. I AGREE, THE TOUR WAS FANTASTIC AND ALL THE ALL THE PLACES WE WENT TO DID NOT SEE THE HOMELESS PEOPLE OR ANY VAGRANTS, YOU KNOW, WALKING AROUND. IT WAS VERY WELL RUN. BUT GOING TO THE STREETSIDE SHOWERS ORIGINALLY, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC SAID THEY DID NOT WANT THEM THERE, AND NOW WE'RE BRINGING THEM BACK THERE JUST TO HAVE THEM DO STORES JUST UP THERE AND DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE BEST USE OF OUR MONEY TO PAY FOR A PARKING LOT FOR THOSE GUYS TO BE THERE. SINCE THE COMMUNITY WAS TALKING ABOUT NOT WANTING TO HAVE THAT AROUND. AND I AGREE WITH MADAM CHAIR, THE OUTSIDE SPACE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT ELIGIBLE. I JUST THINK AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE GOT TO DO A PROOF OF CONCEPT TO PROVE THAT WE THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE IN OUR CITY. SO BEFORE WE SPEND A BUNCH OF MONEY JUST TO DO AN OUTSIDE SPACE, THAT'S KIND OF I THINK WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU OPEN IT UP, YOU GET IT GOING GOOD. AND THEN THAT WOULD BE JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AT A LATER DATE. AND THEN JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY, I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE I KNOW YOU GUYS DID A BID WITH YOUR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SECOND ONE COME IN, JUST SO WE CAN SEE NUMBERS AND NUMBERS, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS WHAT IT IS. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT LAST. I MEAN, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID. I DON'T HAVE A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. WHAT I PROVIDED YOU IS CALLED AN OPINION OF PROBABLE COST. IT'S AN ENGINEERING ESTIMATE. AND THAT'S BASED ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON AS ENGINEERS TAKING THEIR BUDGETS, WHO HAVE HAD MULTIPLE BUDGETS AND TAKING THOSE BUDGETS. AND TO BE SO LIKE WE HAVE UNIT COSTS. SO THIS PROJECT HAS NOT BEEN BID OUT. AND I WOULD NOT BE THE ONE CONSTRUCTING THIS PROJECT.

WOULD ANY ASSOCIATED COMPANY WITH SANCHEZ CHARITIES OR SANCHEZ CONSTRUCTION, ANY OF YOUR UMBRELLA COMPANIES BE CONSTRUCTING IT AND RECEIVING FUNDS FROM IT? NO. WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER FOR SANCHEZ PROPERTIES, BUT WE'LL BE THE PROPERTY OWNER MANAGER AS THE PROJECT PROGRESSES. AND SO WE WILL GET BIDS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING LINED OUT SO THAT WE HAVE A COMPETITIVE PROCESS AND WE GET THE ABSOLUTE BEST PRICING ON ALL ASPECTS OF IT INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS BUILD OUT. SO IF WE WE HAVE AN OPINION OF PROBABLE COST, WE DON'T HAVE BIDS. I CERTAINLY ECHO THE IDEA THAT WE NEED MORE THAN ONE. I WOULD LIKE TO I THINK WE NEED MORE THAN TWO. I THINK THREE IS APPROPRIATE. IS

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THE QUESTION IN MY MIND THEN IS IS THIS APPROPRIATE? IS THIS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO AMEND THIS REQUEST IF WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THE COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION WILL BE, WILL WE BE BACK IN A SITUATION WHERE WE APPROVE THIS? NOW YOU GO GET BIDS. IT'S ACTUALLY 20% MORE THAN YOU THINK IT WILL BE, AND YOU'RE COMING BACK AGAIN TO AMEND A REQUEST FOR INCREASED CONSTRUCTION COSTS. SHOULD WE JUST. WAIT A COUPLE MONTHS, GO GET BIDS, AND THEN HIT THE FINAL NUMBER? SO TO ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. SO I DON'T HAVE A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, SO I CAN'T CONSTRUCT IT AS FAR AS ALL OF MY UMBRELLAS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT WE HAVE, AS YOU ALL HAVE SEEN MANY TIMES, WE ARE ON THE HOOK FOR DOING THE ENGINEERING. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS Y'ALL WANT ME TO DO THAT BECAUSE I HAVE TO DO IT FOR FREE. AND SO I THINK THAT THE BETTER QUESTION ISN'T, ARE ANY OF MY UMBRELLAS INVOLVED IN THE OVERALL CONSTRUCTION? I THINK MAYBE THE I THINK THE QUESTION THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO ASK AND THAT I'M TRYING TO ANSWER IS, WILL THERE BE ANY MONIES GIVEN TO SANCHEZ FOR ANY OF THE SERVICES THAT WE WILL PROVIDE FOR THIS FACILITY? AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO, WE WILL NOT RECEIVE MONIES FOR ANYTHING WE DO. IF I HAVE TO COME ON SITE BECAUSE THERE'S A PROBLEM IN CONSTRUCTION IN ORDER TO HELP WITH PERMITTING OR TO HELP TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, I WILL WE WILL BE VERY AVAILABLE TO DO THAT, BUT NOT FOR ANY COMPENSATION. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING UNDER SANCHEZ CHARITIES AS A GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY, NOT AS A MONEY MAKING ENDEAVOR FOR OURSELVES. WITH THAT BEING SAID, FOR US TO GO TO THE NEXT STEP, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ZONING AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ENGINEERING. THE AMOUNT OF FREE ENGINEERING THAT I'M GOING TO BE GIVING IS IN A SIX FIGURE KIND OF FACTOR. IT'S GOING TO COST MY COMPANY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 100 AND $150,000. IN ORDER TO ENGINEER THIS, IN ORDER FOR US TO KNOW IF THIS IS THE TIME TO SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY, I HAVE TO KNOW IF WE HAVE THE SUPPORT AND IF WE CAN KEEP GOING FORWARD. BECAUSE IF, FOR INSTANCE, WE CAN'T, WE DON'T HAVE THIS MONEY TO KEEP GOING FORWARD. THAT MAY PUSH US BACK YEARS, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO FIND THE FUNDING FOR THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THINGS CHANGE IN THE COURSE OF YEARS AS TO WHAT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY WILL PERMIT AND HOW THOSE PERMITS LOOK. SO IT'S KIND OF A HAND IN HAND THING. MOST PEOPLE COME THROUGH HERE WITH OPINIONS OF PROBABLE COST. AND SO THIS IS KIND OF A REGULAR USE. BUT THESE ARE THE OPC IS SOMETHING THAT I DO FOR ALL OF MY CLIENTS.

AND THEY'RE VERY CONSERVATIVE. I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THE BUDGETS THAT COME IN FALL IN LINE OR LESS THAN. AND OBVIOUSLY THE ONLY THINGS THAT GET FUNDED TO THIS PROJECT IS WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE RECEIPTS FOR. I WOULD ADD THAT WE WILL RECEIVE NO BENEFIT AT ALL AS WELL. 100% OF THE MONEY SPENT ON THE PROJECT WILL BE SPENT ON THE PROJECT. SO CATHOLIC CHARITIES DOESN'T TAKE AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OR CONSTRUCTION FEE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IF THEY GO AHEAD. WELL, IT THOSE ARE ALL GOOD RESPONSES. IT I THINK WE COULD STILL BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE, WE DON'T FULLY KNOW ALL OF THE COSTS UNTIL WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR WHO'S READY TO BID IT, AND WE COULD BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE AMENDING THIS REQUEST AGAIN FOR INCREASED COSTS. BUT THAT THAT HAPPENS, I'LL JUST SAY KIND OF MY THOUGHTS ON IT GENERALLY, AND I'M NOT FULLY THERE YET. BUT WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED BEFORE, I WAS NOT SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, THE SIZE OF THE FACILITY, I THINK WAS TOO SMALL. I THINK THE LOCATION WAS NOT GREAT, IT WAS CONSTRAINED, AND THE MIX OF TENANTS ESSENTIALLY DE FACTO CREATED A HOMELESS DAY CENTER. I THINK THAT FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN NOW, A LOT OF THOSE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN SOLVED. I, I LIKE THE LARGER FACILITY. I LIKE THE MOVE ON TO THE NEW LOCATION. I LIKE CATHOLIC CHARITIES BEING INVOLVED. AND THE THE TENANT MIX CHANGING. I LIKE THAT ONE HEART IS INVOLVED AS THE. CENTRAL REFERRER, AND I THINK A LOT OF GOOD IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE PROJECT. I STILL, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE FROM THE COMMUNITY IF WE'RE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS USE IN THIS PLACE. I STILL HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT A SCHOOL TWO BLOCKS AWAY, A DAYCARE TWO BLOCKS AWAY, AND BUT I THINK A LOT ABOUT THIS HAS HAS IMPROVED AND HAS BECOME MORE PALATABLE.

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I CAN TELL YOU THAT SERVED DENTON. THERE'S A DAYCARE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE THE FRONT DOOR AND I MEAN, IT IS RIGHT THERE. AND WE ASKED THEM SPECIFICALLY IF THEY'VE HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THAT. THEY SAID VERY BEGINNING A LITTLE BIT, BUT SINCE THEY'VE BEEN HAVING IT RUNNING, THERE'S BEEN THE DAYCARE ACROSS THE STREET HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT. AND IF I MAY ADD TO MR. KELLY, THE AT THE METRO CREST FACILITY ON JOSE JUST NORTH OF BELTLINE, THEY HAVE THE SCHOOL BOARD OFFICES AS ONE BORDER OF THEIR NEIGHBOR, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS ANOTHER BORDER, AND PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL HOMES IS ANOTHER BORDER. AND THEN RETAIL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THEM. AND THEY HAVE HAD ZERO PROBLEMS IN THE TWO YEARS OF OPERATIONS.

THEY'VE BEEN THERE. SO I HAD THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN THE NONPROFIT INDUSTRY, SERVING OUR COMMUNITY DURING COVID. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED DURING THAT TIME IS THAT NONPROFITS WERE WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES LEANED ON WHEN THE GOVERNMENT COULDN'T COME IN AND GIVE US HELP IN THE TIME FRAME THAT WE NEEDED IT, OUR COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER. WE DID FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS. AND WHEN I SAY WE, I DID FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS WITH MY CHILDREN EVERY WEEKEND. WE ALSO LEARNED THAT COLLABORATING WITH OTHER NONPROFITS WAS ESSENTIAL. THE PEOPLE THAT I SPOKE TO ON A DAILY BASIS WERE PEOPLE THAT NEVER ASKED FOR HELP AND DIDN'T KNOW THE PROCESS, HAD NO CLUE. I MEAN, BEING ON A CALL WITH SOMEBODY THAT HAD TEARS AND WERE APOLOGIZING, THAT THEY WERE IN THAT POSITION THAT WE CAN NEVER FORGET. AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS. LIKE WHAT? YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SERVE DENTON CITY. I MEAN, I'VE I'VE HAD THE ABILITY TO TOUR SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS. AND ONE THING THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IS THERE ARE AREAS THAT HAVE CREATED A COLLABORATIVE MODEL SUCH AS THIS IN LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SAW SIGNIFICANT CRIME, THAT HAD ISSUES PRIOR TO THE THE NEIGHBORHOOD HUBS COMING TOGETHER AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD HUB CREATED A LIFELINE TO A COMMUNITY THAT NEEDED IT AND ACTUALLY HAS ELEVATED IT. THERE ARE ONE OF THE WORST AREAS IN DALLAS THIS HAS HAPPENED TO, AND SO I WOULD REALLY IMPLORE OUR COMMUNITY TO OPEN THEIR HEARTS AND OPEN THEIR EYES AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THIS IS A NEED, NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE HOMELESS, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP KEEP FROM BECOMING HOMELESS AND ALLOW THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER THE RESOURCES AND ALSO EXTEND RESOURCES, BECAUSE THERE THE IDEA OF PEOPLE DOUBLE DIPPING DOES HAPPEN. BUT IN IF WE'RE COLLABORATING AND WE'RE COMING TOGETHER, THEN WE ALSO ARE SHARING KNOWLEDGE. AND SO THAT HOPEFULLY WILL STOP THAT FROM HAPPENING. AND IT'S ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THIS, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER NATURAL DISASTER TO HAPPEN FOR US TO REALIZE, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED. I HAVE A COMMENT. I THINK THAT THE CLIMATE IN WHICH WE FIND OURSELVES AND THESE THINGS ARE SHIFTING AROUND US, THIS IS THE PERFECT TIMING FOR A PROJECT SUCH AS THIS, AND FOR SEVERAL REASONS I SAY THIS. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATION OF WHEN YOU TAKE CHURCH, NONPROFIT, AND ALL OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND PUT THEM TOGETHER, THAT IT ALIGNS FOR SOMETHING UNIQUE. THOUGH, THOUGH IT IS FOREIGN TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AT THIS TIME, OFTENTIMES WE'RE AFRAID OF WHAT WE DON'T KNOW. BUT I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT SURROUNDS IT BEFORE THIS IS OVER, IT MAY POSSIBLY BE THE VERY PEOPLE WHO NEED THIS. SO I THINK IT IS A STRONG PROJECT. I MUST ADMIT, I WAS SKEPTICAL, SKEPTICAL, SKEPTICAL. THANK YOU IN THE BEGINNING. HAVING TAKEN THE TOUR HELPED. HAVING TO SEE WHAT I SAW HELPED. BUT WHEN I LOOK AT YOU, KIM, FOR TEN YEARS, YOU HAVE PUT YOUR SWEAT, YOU HAVE PUT YOUR THOUGHT. I'M CONCERNED THAT YOUR INTEGRITY IS BEING QUESTIONED. I'M LOOKING AT YOUR POSTURE AND HOW YOU'VE STOOD THERE AND TOOK IT. I THINK THAT THIS IS ORDAINED. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED. I THINK THE TIMING IS PIVOTABLE PIVOTAL. AND EVEN THE WAY THAT THE TOUR

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WAS CONDUCTED, IT WAS A LONG DAY. YOU DID NOT WASTE OUR TIME. IT WAS VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER.

IT WAS VERY WELL ORGANIZED. THE WAY YOU HAVE LAID IT OUT IN YOUR PRESENTATION, IT'S THE SAME THING AND I HAVE NO DOUBT, JUST THROUGH INSTINCT, THAT THE WAY THAT YOU RUN IT WILL BE THE VERY SAME WAY. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, THE FINANCIALS. WE CAN TALK THAT THROUGH, WORK THAT OUT. I KNOW THESE ARE COMMENTS. THERE'S NO ACTION BEING TAKEN TODAY, BUT I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONSIDER AND THAT IT WILL BE A MODEL FOR SKEPTICS AS TO WHAT CAN REALLY BE DONE WHEN PEOPLE COME TOGETHER. I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT. IN MY SEVERAL YEARS ON THE BOARD, I DON'T THINK I HAVE SUPPORTED A PROJECT AS FERVENTLY AS I SUPPORT THIS ONE, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO READ ALOUD THE WORDS FROM YOUR BROCHURE. THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT PROVIDE SUPPORT WITHOUT STIGMA, DIGNITY WITHOUT QUESTION, AND COMMUNITY WITHOUT CONDITION. I THINK THIS ASK IS QUITE MODEST OF THIS BOARD. 1.7 MILLION JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, THOUGH I DID NOT APPROVE IT. THIS BOARD APPROVED 2 MILLION FOR A PARK FOR WINE AND CHEESE AND CONCERTS IN A HIGH END DEVELOPMENT ON THE WEST SIDE OF MCKINNEY. IT WILL SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF STONEBRIDGE RANCH AND MAYBE OTHERS AS THEY FROLIC AND PLAY AND DINE AND ENJOY. THIS IS LESS THAN THAT, AND IT WILL SERVE THE VERY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO NEED IT MOST. NOT NECESSARILY THE HOMELESS, THOSE THAT ARE ON THE EDGE. I THINK ALL OF US HAVE HAD FAMILY MEMBERS, MAYBE EVEN OURSELVES, AT VARIOUS POINTS IN TIME THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE EDGE OR HAVE NEEDED SUPPORT. AND TO HAVE A CENTER LIKE THIS THAT COALESCES AROUND THAT VERY PURPOSE IS FUNDAMENTAL, AND THERE'S NO PROJECT THAT I SUPPORT MORE. OKAY, AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC GO AHEAD. I MEAN, EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE ON THIS ONE. GO AHEAD. YES YES YES. EVERYBODY SAY YOUR PIECE A COUPLE OF COUPLE ONE. IT WAS A GREAT TOUR. THANK YOU FOR TAKING US ON THE TOUR. ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS I HAVE, DAVE WAS THE THE CARE FOR THE DONOR DOLLAR THAT YOU HAVE IN OPERATION. IT WAS A VERY EFFICIENT OPERATION. NOT A LOT OF FLUFF AROUND IT. IT WAS REALLY ABOUT SPENDING AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE ON THOSE THAT YOU ARE HELPING. SO THAT WAS MY TAKEAWAY, YOU KNOW, FROM FROM THE PART OF THE TOUR. I'M GLAD YOUR ORGANIZATION'S INVOLVED. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO ECHO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT DAVID KELLY WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE TIMING OF THIS, AND I'LL ADD A LITTLE BIT OF A COMMENT ON THAT. THE I THINK THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT STILL NEED TO BE. WORKED OUT ON, ON SOME OF THIS. AND ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, IT SAYS THAT CATHOLIC CHARITIES MAY ACTUALLY BE WHO WE CONTRACT WITH. SO THAT COULD BE AND AND WE'RE WE'RE STILL UNDERSTANDING THE, THE FINALIZATION OF THE LAND AND SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK. I DON'T KNOW IF WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING IF IT SWITCHES TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES BEING THE GRANT RECIPIENT INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT INSTEAD OF SANCHEZ. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD WORK. I NEED TO FIND OUT. BUT WE COULD LEAVE THIS PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. OKAY. SO NEXT MONTH. YEAH. SO IF IT NEEDS TO BE, IF THE WORDING OF THE REQUEST NEEDS TO BE REVISED, WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, TO CLOSE ONE OUT. WHICH MAY TRIGGER ANOTHER 30 DAY.

RIGHT. BECAUSE WE MAY HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. SO SO THERE MAY BE SOME JUST SOME LOGISTICS IN HERE THAT THAT REALLY REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TIME IN ORDER TO APPROVE THAT. THE OTHER ONE BEING THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE IN THE 2025 BUDGET, THE ABILITY TO DO THIS WITHOUT TOUCHING FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS WHICH IS DOABLE. WE'VE WE'VE TOUCHED FUND BALANCE BEFORE, BUT BUT WHEN DOING SO, IT ACTUALLY REQUIRES A LOOK AT OUR COUNCIL. IT REQUIRES COUNCIL TO APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT, A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO DO FUND BALANCE. AND SINCE WE'RE ONLY TWO MONTHS AWAY FROM NEW BUDGET YEAR, IT MAY MAKE A WHOLE LOT MORE SENSE FOR THIS TO BE AN OCTOBER APPROVAL WHERE IT IS POSSIBLY ALREADY IN THE BUDGET. WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH FUND BALANCE. SO I'M JUST GOING TO BRING UP A COUPLE OF LOGISTICAL ITEMS THAT WOULD SAY THAT THAT MAY GIVE ENOUGH TIME TO KIND OF FINE TUNE THE ACTUAL PROPOSAL. I'M SURE YOU'VE BEEN WORKING PRETTY HARD OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, BECAUSE YOU GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK, AND THAT BUS TOUR WAS ON MONDAY, SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, BUT IT MAY BE WORTHY NOT

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TO PUSH THIS FOR A VOTE NEXT TIME AND DELAY IT ANOTHER MONTH. THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT. SO IF I MAY JUST ON ONE POINT THOUGH, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND IT IS ABSOLUTELY INTENDED THAT THE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN SANCHEZ AND GRACE PRESBYTERIAN WILL TRANSFER TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES, AND THUS IT JUST DEPENDS ON TIMING. TO YOUR POINT AS TO WHEN THE CONTRACT OR THE AGREEMENT WITH YOU, BECAUSE THAT ULTIMATELY WOULD SIT WITH US. SO THAT FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD, THOUGH, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY THE PATH FORWARD.

RIGHT. AND SO THAT MAY CHANGE HOW WE'RE DOING THE GRANT STRUCTURE, WHICH MAY MEAN IT NEEDS TO ACTUALLY BE DONE BEFORE WE CAN DO THE GRANT. I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS CINDY HAS TO FIGURE OUT ON, ON SOME OF THAT STUFF, BUT I AM EXCITED ABOUT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. SO NONE OF THESE COMMENTS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH LACK OF SUPPORT. YOU HAVE GOOD SUPPORT FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT. IT'S JUST THAT WE PROBABLY NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME TO PUT SOME DETAILS IN PLACE TO ACTUALLY EXECUTE ON DOING ANYTHING. I MAY ADD ONE OTHER QUICK COMMENT, AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE TIMING AND WHAT HAVE YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD HELP US THOUGH, WITH THE ENDORSEMENT IS IN OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, BECAUSE IT DOES TELL PEOPLE THIS ABSOLUTELY IS MOVING FORWARD. IT GIVES THAT INSPIRATION FOR THE NEXT DONOR, BECAUSE WE ARE OUT RIGHT NOW, HAT IN HAND, SAYING, THIS THING IS HAPPENING, WILL YOU PLEASE CONTRIBUTE? THAT'S A GOOD POINT. WELL, I'M NOT SURE A ONE MONTH DELAY, RIGHT WOULD WOULD IMPACT THOSE FUNDRAISING. LIKE FOR US TO GET OUR DUCKS IN A ROW AND ENSURE THAT THE KIND OF BACKGROUND STUFF THAT CHRIS IS TALKING ABOUT IS IN LINE, I THINK IS APPROPRIATE TIME FOR US TO TAKE IN A ONE MONTH DELAY WILL NOT NECESSARILY IMPACT YOUR. IF IT'S REQUIRED. WE'LL FIND OUT MORE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT LOGISTICAL ITEMS THAT I BROUGHT UP ACTUALLY NEED TO TRIGGER SOME KIND OF A DELAY, I DON'T KNOW. AND TO MADAM CHAIR'S POINT ABOUT THE MARKETING OF THIS BUILDING, WHEN I FIRST CAME TO YOU, WE BROUGHT IN THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO GET FINANCING BECAUSE SAINT JOHN'S CHARITIES DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO BUILD THE WHOLE THING JUST OUT OF POCKET. AND WE HAD BROUGHT BANKS WITH US. AND NOW THAT WE HAVE CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF MCKINNEY HERE, THEY ARE ACTUALLY 100% FINANCING THIS BUILDING OUT OF DONATIONS. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A BANK ANYMORE. AND SO THEY ARE DOING I MEAN, THIS IS WHY I TELL YOU THAT THEY ARE THE MUSCLE. THEY ARE RAISING ALL THE FUNDS FOR THIS BUILDING. AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE I MENTIONED DURING MY COMMENTS. BUT CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS DOING THE FUNDRAISING. BUT YOU'RE EXPECTING YOUR COMMITMENT IN THIS TO BE APPROXIMATELY WHAT AS IN SANCHEZ CHARITIES OR CATHOLIC CHARITIES. WE'RE PLANNING ON 6 TO 7 MILLION IN FUNDING, RIGHT? 6 TO 7 MILLION NOT FOR THE OPERATION, BUT JUST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING FOR THIS. OKAY. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OPERATIONAL COSTS AFTER THAT FOR YOUR PIECES OF IT AND WHATEVER REVENUE YOU GET THROUGH IT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR DOING THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND ALL THAT STUFF GOING FORWARD. BUT YOU STILL HAVE OUR SUPPORT. I MEAN, YOU CAN STILL LET YOUR DONORS KNOW THAT WE'RE ALREADY IN FOR THE $517,000. WE JUST HAVEN'T DONE THE 1.7 YOU'RE ASKING FOR, SO YOU CAN LET THEM KNOW THAT THE CITY IS BEHIND THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE 517,000 THAT WE'VE ALREADY GRANTED. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TENANT RENTS AND WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT. WELL THEY'VE BEEN ADVERTISED ALL THROUGHOUT IS $15 A SQUARE FOOT PLUS CAM. IF WE CAN REDUCE THAT WE WILL. BUT WE'RE COMMITTED TO NOT INCREASING THAT. HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO MARKET RATE? WE BELIEVE MARKETS 25 TO 30 PLUS. I THINK THAT'S GOOD. AND I'M I'M HAPPY THAT THAT HAS STUCK AT THE THE NUMBER THAT IT ORIGINALLY HAS. SO I JUST WANT TO REVIEW TENANTS. AGAIN YOU HAVE COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC RIGHT. WHICH IS US. WELL NO. YOUR CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC IS A SEPARATE NONPROFIT. YEAH. OH THAT'S RIGHT, I FORGOT. YEAH.

YOU GUYS TOOK IN ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. RIGHT? I REMEMBER THAT. OKAY. AND SO YOU'LL OPERATE A CLINIC THERE. TELL ME THE THE OTHER TENANTS IS MANAGING. YOU'VE GOT STREET SIDE. YEAH. NEIGHBORS NOURISHING NEIGHBORS WILL HAVE THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

I GET MY DIMENSIONS RIGHT. THEY'LL HAVE THEIR CLIENT CHOICE PANTRY AND A SMALL WAREHOUSE AND INTAKE AND CASE MANAGEMENT THERE. THEN STREET SIDE SHOWERS WILL HAVE A SMALL SPACE IN THE BACK FOR JUST WAREHOUSING AND LOADING OUT TRAILERS. THEY WON'T BE PARKING THE TRAILERS RIGHT AT THIS BUILDING SITE, AND THEN WE'LL BE IN THE FRONT CORNER, IF YOU WILL, AS IT'S DESIGNED TODAY WITH THE CLINIC WHEN ART MCKINNEY IN THE MIDDLE WITH SOME CONFERENCE AREAS AND COMMUNITY AREAS AND CO-WORK KIND OF SPACE SO WE CAN HAVE OTHER VOLUNTEER PROJECTS AND THINGS COME TOGETHER KIND OF IN THE CENTER WITH. BECAUSE PART

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OF THE BEAUTY OF THIS TYPE OF A CONCEPT IS PEOPLE ARE SHARING SPACES SO STREETSIDE, AND OURSELVES DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SEPARATE CONFERENCE ROOMS. WE USE THE SAME CONFERENCE ROOM AND MAXIMIZE SPACE. AND THEN THAT BACK CORNER IS INTENDED FOR THE NEXT TENANT, WHICH MIGHT BE SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL. WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT THEY'LL BRING THEIR FREE CLINIC THERE OR FREE PHARMACY TO IT, AND THEN UPSTAIRS, WHICH WILL HAVE AN ELEVATOR AND STAIRS, OF COURSE. AND ALL THAT IS UNENCUMBERED AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLICIT AND BUILD OUT. AND IS THAT INTENDED TO BE FOR SMALLER NONPROFITS THAT DON'T NEED WAREHOUSE SPACE? ET CETERA. WHAT WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE INTENT? YEAH, BECAUSE SECOND FLOOR LOCATION, IT WOULDN'T BE WAREHOUSING, IF YOU WILL. IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE CLIENT SERVICES, CASE MANAGEMENT, THAT TYPE OF THING. IT MIGHT BE SOME SORT OF ADDITIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES. IT MIGHT BE ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, BASE OFFICES FOR OTHER NONPROFITS. I TALKED SO THERE'S HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. EXCUSE ME, HABITAT VNA, WHO DOES HOSPICE CARE, HAS OFFICES HERE IN MCKINNEY. AND CHRIS KULAK, THEIR CEO, HAS SAID, HEY, LOOK, AS SOON AS OUR LEASE COMES UP, WE'D BE HAPPY TO COME OVER THERE AND BASE THEY NEED LIKE 1200 SQUARE FEET TO OPERATE THERE. IT GOES OUT FROM THERE. BUT THAT'S WHERE THEY COME TOGETHER FOR THEIR OFFICES FOR HOSPICE CARE. OKAY, OKAY. SO AGAIN WE DO HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE HAVE THREE FROM CITIZENS. AND SO I'LL ALLOW THEM. MR. CABRERA THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EACH CITIZEN WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MIGUEL CABRERA. GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT. YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. OKAY. MY NAME AND ADDRESS. MY NAME IS MIGUEL CABRERA, 1402 WESTWOOD AVENUE, 1403 WESTWOOD AVENUE, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR. AND THE REST OF THE BOARD. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF MISS KIM AND AND AND THE WHOLE AND THE WHOLE REST OF THE CREW. THEY'RE THEY'RE GREAT PEOPLE. THEY'RE EXCELLENT PEOPLE. AND THEY HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE MCKINNEY AN EXCELLENT PLACE TO LIVE, NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN. THE LITTLE FREE PANTRY THAT IS A STAPLE IN OUR CITY. AND THAT REALLY ADDS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

HOWEVER, THE MAIN REASON WHY I CAME IS I'M A RESIDENT OF THE AREA, AND WHEN THIS FIRST CAME ABOUT, THE FIRST, LIKE MANY HAVE SPOKEN, THE MESSAGING WASN'T RIGHT. AND THANK YOU FOR MEETING. AND A LOT OF THOSE. A LOT OF THOSE CONCERNS WERE HEARD, AND I DO REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK IN THAT REGARD. AGAIN, THE THING HERE IS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR $1.2 MILLION, AND THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY REVIEW, FINANCIALS OR ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN ADDITION TO THE APPLICATION. AND WE HAVE A NEW PARTNER COMING IN. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS TOO MUCH TO ASK THAT. PROBABLY THERE MIGHT BE AN APPLICATION PROCESS THAT THE ACTUAL FINAL TENANT MAY BE THE ONE COMING HERE AND ASKING, BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE. SO THE MAIN THING THAT I JUST WANT TO BRING ON IS THIS FIRST, JUST KIND OF THE PRECEDENT THAT THE PROJECT LIKE THIS SET UP, IT IS GREAT TO DREAM. IT IS ACTUALLY A GOOD PROJECT. I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS FINAL VERSION OF IT. AS FAR AS THE THE STRUCTURE OF SERVING OTHER NON FOR PROFITS, THE LOCATION, YOU KNOW, COULD THERE BE BETTER PLACES. BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT HAS COME UP. SO YOU KNOW CAN IT'S GOOD TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OF GOOD OPPORTUNITIES. THE MAIN THING IS THAT PROBABLY AS A CPA MYSELF WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THE KNOWING THAT THIS WHOEVER THE ULTIMATE APPLICANT IS HAS A FINANCIAL. YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY BEING ROBUST, BUT JUST BEING ABLE TO DELIVER THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT AND I THINK WE NEED TO SUPPORT IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. BUT WE NEED TO KNOW THAT THE THE PARTNERS HERE ARE ABLE TO DELIVER. BUT LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY THAT HAS WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS, AND IT'S BEEN GREAT TO MEET A LOT OF YOU GUYS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. COBURN. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, LESLEY STAHL. I'M SORRY IF I DIDN'T SAY THE LAST NAME CORRECTLY. HI, I'M LESLEY VESTAL. I LIVE AT TWO, 334 NORTH RIDGE ROAD. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY

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TO SPEAK TO YOU. I HAVE LIVED IN MCKINNEY FOR 25 YEARS. WHAT BROUGHT US TO MCKINNEY IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS THE UNIQUENESS OF MCKINNEY. I LOVED THAT SLOGAN, UNIQUE BY NATURE. WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL PLACE TO RAISE OUR FAMILY WITH DIVERSE AND CARING NEIGHBORS.

THE MCDC MISSION IS A DRIVING FORCE OR THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE MCDC IT SAYS ON YOUR WEBSITE, IS TO FOR A PREMIER QUALITY OF LIFE, AND I HOPE THAT'S FOR ALL MCKINNEY RESIDENTS. THE COORDINATED CARE WITH DIGNITY AND CRITICAL SERVICES UNDER ONE ROOF THAT WILL BE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE. IS QUITE AN EXCELLENT IDEA, ISN'T IT? I'M ASKING FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THIS CENTER THAT SUPPORTED BY SUCH A WIDE VARIETY OF FAITH ORGANIZATIONS AND CHARITIES. YOU NOTICE ALL THE LETTERS THAT WERE SENT IN IN SUPPORT OF THIS IDEA. I, I HOPE YOU'LL CONTINUE SUPPORTING THIS CURRENT PROPOSAL. I DO THINK THE TIME IS NOW. I NOTICE THE STATS, LIKE YOU DID, OF PEOPLE LIVING ON THE EDGE OF BEING WITHOUT A HOME, AND IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING TO KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING, I THINK WE SHOULD. SO I HOPE THAT THIS IDEA WILL ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL MCKINNEY RESIDENTS. THAT'S A MCKINNEY THAT I'VE COME TO KNOW AND LOVE AND WANT TO CONTINUE LIVING IN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT, WE WILL HAVE MR. CLAY BRANTLEY. CLAY BRANTLEY, 2531 HIGH POINT BOULEVARD, PASTOR AT ONE OF THE PASTORS AT TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN. I'VE LIVED IN MCKINNEY FOR OVER 30 YEARS. LAST YEAR, CORPS OF TRINITY COMMITTEE ON RACIAL EQUITY HAD A GATHERING OF LEADERS. WE HAD SIX CONVERSATIONS IN CHURCHES IN THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN BECAUSE WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM THOSE WHO OFTEN WERE NOT AT THE TABLE, AND THEN WE HAD A SUMMIT AT COLLIN COLLEGE. WE CAME UP WITH A WHOLE LIST OF NEEDS LISTENING TO RESIDENTS IN EAST MCKINNEY, YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT NEEDS WERE. ONE THING WE HEARD FROM PEOPLE IS THAT WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS BEFORE WHERE WE'VE HAD PEOPLE GATHER, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE COME AND THEY'VE ASKED US AND AND WE DON'T SEE MOVEMENT. WE DON'T SEE THINGS HAPPENING. THE OTHER THING I WAS REALLY SURPRISED ABOUT WAS THE NUMBER OF HELPING AGENCIES, NONPROFITS, CHURCHES THAT ARE WANTING TO OFFER SERVICES THAT THE PEOPLE WERE NOT AWARE OF, DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE, AND SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH CALLED THE SILO EFFECT, TO WHERE YOU'LL HAVE A NONPROFIT THAT WILL EXIST, BUT THEY WILL SERVE A CERTAIN CLIENTELE, AND THEY'RE UNAWARE OF WHAT OTHER STUFF IS HAPPENING IN TOWN. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR SAID, WOULDN'T IT BE WONDERFUL IF WE HAD SOME WAY THAT ALL OF THESE NONPROFITS AND THESE AGENCIES COULD BEGIN TO COLLABORATE AND WORK TOGETHER? YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING NEW IN MCKINNEY WITH THE NEIGHBOR HUB, TO TRY TO HELP THIS COLLABORATION HAPPEN, TO MEET SOME OF THESE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN MCKINNEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. MR. BROWN, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE, MR. BRANT DRIGGS. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE A LAST MINUTE ADDITION, MADAM PRESIDENT. MADAM CHAIR, BOARD. BRANT DRIGGS, THREE 301 SAINT PIERRE, HERE IN MCKINNEY. I AM THE MCKINNEY STAKE, THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR. WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND ARE VERY HUMBLED AND HONORED TO SERVE A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY WE HAVE. AS I HAD THE

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OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON THE TOUR AS WELL, AND I WAS PERSONALLY REALLY IMPACTED BY WHAT I SAW AND AND IT MADE ME PONDER AND THINK ABOUT. AND I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE CONCEPT OF ALICE AND THE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF OF THE CHALLENGES. AND AS I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOURS THAT WE BRING VOLUNTEERS TO HELP IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT REALLY OCCURRED TO ME THAT THAT IS THE POPULATION THAT WE SPEND TIME HELPING AND TRYING TO BLESS AND TRYING TO STABILIZE AND HELP THEM TO BECOME JUST MORE SECURE IN THEIR ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COMMUNITIES. AND I'M JUST PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL FOR THE THE NEIGHBOR HUB AND THE EFFORTS THAT THE SANCHEZ CHARITIES AND, AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS OR CATHOLIC CHARITIES IN MCKINNEY HAVE PUT FORTH TO SUPPORT THIS. AND I JUST THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITY. IT WAS INTERESTING AS WE WE AS I, AS I LOOKED AT THIS THING, THE VISION THAT I KEPT HAVING IS FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, A GROUP OF 30 PEOPLE FROM OTHER CITIES COMING TO MCKINNEY TO SEE HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE.

RIGHT. I WAS I WAS MOVED BY SERVE DENTON AND BY METRO, THE METRO METRO CREST GET THAT RIGHT. AND OBVIOUSLY THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES FACILITIES DOWN IN DALLAS. BUT I JUST THOUGHT WE MCKINNEY SHOULD BE THAT THAT THAT LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE AREA. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO STAND UP AND TO BE BE A GATEWAY. I MEAN, AS WAS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE JUST APPROVED $2 MILLION TO BE A GATEWAY OVER ON ON UNIVERSITY AND CUSTER, WHICH IS GREAT. I LOVE THAT IDEA. BUT THIS IS THE HEART OF MCKINNEY. THIS IS WHAT I THINK. MCKINNEY I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 30 YEARS, FIVE KIDS. I LOVE MCKINNEY AND I AM JUST GRATEFUL, REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS KIND OF A PROJECT. AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE A GATEWAY THAT SHOWS OUR HEART, THAT SHOWS REALLY WHAT MCKINNEY IS ABOUT AND WHY PEOPLE SHOULD WANT TO BE HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

MR. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC AGENDA ITEM? OKAY, WE GOT A COUPLE OPTIONS. WE CAN LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN OR WE CAN CLOSE IT. I'M OKAY CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. I JUST THINK WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ANSWER. IF WE LEAVE IT OPEN, THOUGH, IT MAY GIVE US MORE LATITUDE IN FIGURING OUT FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT. YEAH. YOU'RE RIGHT. OKAY, OKAY. DO I HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO LEAVE IT? NO. WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO THE NEXT. OKAY. SO THIS ITEM WILL BE LEFT OPEN AS A PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU.

[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Retail Development Infrastructure Grant Application (RI 25-04) Submitted by 380 Marketplace LLC in the Amount of Fifty Thousand and NO/100 Dollars ($50,000.00) for Infrastructure Improvements Including Exterior Electrical, Water Line Replacement, and Site Improvements for Retail Shopping Center Located at 2414 W. University Drive, McKinney. Amount Represents 9% of the Total Project Cost.]

THANK YOU BOTH. OKAY. OUR LAST CYCLE OF RETAIL DEVELOPMENT GRANT APPLICATIONS CLOSED IN JULY. TODAY WE WILL HEAR FROM TWO ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS. AS A REMINDER, EACH APPLICANT WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO PRESENT WITH TIME FOR QA AND DISCUSSION. AFTER THE BOARD WILL VOTE ON THESE APPLICATIONS AT OUR SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING. FIRST ITEM 25 DASH 31. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON A RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT APPLICATION RR 2504 SUBMITTED BY 380 MARKETPLACE, LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING EXTERIOR ELECTRICAL, WATER LINE REPLACEMENT, SITE IMPROVEMENTS FOR RETAIL SHOPPING AND LOCATED AT 2414 WEST UNIVERSITY DRIVE, MCKINNEY.

AMOUNT REPRESENTS 9% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST AND MR. AVERY. EVAN. EVAN. EVAN. EVAN.

MARY. I'M SORRY. OKAY. WELL, FIRST OFF, THAT IS A VERY, VERY TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW. YEAH. MY GOODNESS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I'M SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW THAT, BUT I WILL DO MY BEST. WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY. JUST $50,000, WHICH AS AS OUR CHAIR HERE MENTIONED, THAT'S JUST 9% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST. I GUESS I'LL JUST YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THIS ALREADY BEFORE, RIGHT? I GUESS I'LL JUST TOUCH ON POINTS HERE. SO THIS IS THE EXISTING PRODUCT, HOW IT LOOKS TODAY. THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK WITH THE RENDERING. SO WHEN WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY LESS THAN A YEAR AGO IT HAD A BAIL BONDS. IT HAD MCKINNEY DIRECT CARE SERVICES WHICH IS LIKE AN ADULT DAYCARE FOR LIKE THE MENTALLY ILL AND A CHURCH AND JUST SOME OTHER KIND OF NOT TYPICAL RETAIL USES. AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS ON 380 IN A PRIME AREA KIND OF NEAR THAT HARDEN INTERSECTION. AND SO OUR VISION WAS TO MAKE THIS MORE OF AN A-CLASS CENTER WITH BEST IN CLASS RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL. AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE RELOCATED PART OF WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO HERE OR WE ARE DOING IS UPGRADING THE TENANT MIX. SO

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WE PAID THE BAIL BONDS A TERMINATION FEE TO RELOCATE HIM OUT, AND HE RELOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. AND THEN WE PAID THE MCKINNEY DIRECT CARE SERVICES TENANT TO RELOCATE OUT, AND THEY'VE NOW RELOCATED SOMEWHERE ELSE IN MCKINNEY. SO IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE BEING, LIKE, FORCED TO LEAVE AND NOT OPERATING IN THE CITY. THEY ARE IN THE CITY.

THEY GOT A TERMINATION FEE. I PAID THEM MONEY TO LEAVE. BUT THIS IS ALL PART OF THE PROJECT OF TURNING IT FROM A C-CLASS CENTER. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN EYESORE. AND I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS WANT BAIL BONDS, LIKE RIGHT UP ON THE STREET WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE SEEING THE NICE A-CLASS CENTERS AND RETAILERS. SO WE'RE STARTING TO GET INTO THIS. YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS TO DO IT. A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS FROM THE PRESENTATION WE JUST HEARD EARLIER. BUT WE'RE WORKING HARD ON IT. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS.

WE'VE WE'RE SIGNING UP SOME SOME BRAND NAME RESTAURANTS AND RETAILERS. BEST IN CLASS. WHEN I SAY BEST IN CLASS, THAT'S A MIX OF LIKE YOUR LOCAL MOM AND POPS THAT HAVE MIGHT HAVE 1 OR 2 LOCATIONS, BUT REALLY GOOD OPERATORS. AND THEN WE'VE GOT NATIONAL TENANTS AS WELL THAT ARE INTERESTED. SEE WHAT ELSE I CAN TELL YOU. THE TOTAL COST IS $558,000. BUT THE WAY THIS INCENTIVE IS, IS IS NOT FOR THE FACADE. SO WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ASK FOR THOSE FUNDS. SO WE'VE ONLY THE ONES IN YELLOW HERE. WHAT'S APPLICABLE WHICH TOTALS I THINK 75,000 OR SO. IT'S ON ONE OF THESE SLIDES. I CAN'T IT'S IN HERE SOMEWHERE. WE CAN DO MATH. IT'S OKAY. YEAH. WE GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. AND I GUESS THAT'S ABOUT IT. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF Y'ALL'S TIME, BUT WILL YOU GO BACK TO THAT? SURE SIGN. CINDY, MAY I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING? LANDSCAPING IS AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE IF IT IS DISRUPTED DURING THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE MADE, THERE'S NO THERE'S NO LANDSCAPING AT THE PROPERTY. IS THERE? VERY, VERY MINIMAL. THERE'S. LET'S SEE HERE. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE FROM THESE PHOTOS. I MEAN THERE'S THERE'S PRETTY MUCH NOTHING. THERE'S I GUESS I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S LIKE A COUPLE CRAPE MYRTLES, BUT REALLY IT'S, IT'S LIKE A CONCRETE DESERT THERE. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN A NICE PLANTERS IN ALL THE STOREFRONTS AND ADDING MORE OF AN ENTRYWAY AND FLOWERBEDS. AND IT'S WHAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY FIND IN AN A CLASS RETAIL CENTER. SO THAT WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING DISRUPTIVE. PROBABLY NOT. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE INELIGIBLE OKAY. BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEING WHAT IS DISRUPTIVE MEAN. IF IT'S TORN UP DURING THE INSTALLATION OF THE WATER LINE, OR INSTALLATION OF THE SIDEWALKS OR INSTALLATION OF THE PARKING LOT? WELL, WE HAVE TO TO GET TO GET LANDSCAPING.

LIKE THAT'S THE REASON IT'S A CONCRETE JUNGLE. YOU CAN'T GET IRRIGATION TO CERTAIN POINTS.

SO WE HAVE TO WE DO HAVE TO DIG IT UP TO BRING IT TO THOSE POINTS. BUT YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE DIGGING UP EXISTING CONCRETE. YES. LANDSCAPING. YES. LIKE WHAT'S THERE RIGHT NOW? WE HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT AND PUT NEW STUFF IN AND THAT COULD BE REPLACED. BUT NOT TO ADD TO THE AREA. SO IF YOU'RE SAYING I DON'T PLANTERS AND ALL OF THAT, PROBABLY NOT. RIGHT. SO TO BRING TO BRING SO PLANTERS, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THEY'RE SITTING ON CONCRETE BUT THEY HAVE TO GET WATERED. RIGHT. SO YOU HAVE TO BUT THEY'RE NOT THERE CURRENTLY. BUT THEY'RE NOT THERE CURRENTLY. YEAH. RIGHT. YEAH. NOT THERE. YES. DON'T WORRY. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FIXED RIGHT NOW OKAY. IT'LL BE WE CAN HAVE OR NOT. RIGHT. WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. I HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, SIR. SURE. IN YOUR IN YOUR PACKET, YOU ESTIMATED THAT THE ANNUAL TAXABLE SALES AFTER THIS REMODEL AND THE INITIATION OF YOUR TENANTS WOULD BE $7.6 MILLION ANNUALLY. DO YOU HAVE A SENSE FOR WHAT THE SHOPPING CENTER IS GENERATING RIGHT NOW WITH THE TENANT MIX? I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER. I'M SORRY, BUT IT DID HAVE SEVERAL ENTITIES IN THERE THAT WERE NONTAXABLE, AND I KNOW IT HAD THE THE ARMED FORCES RECRUITING CENTER, I THINK THAT MOVED, BUT THAT WAS THERE FOR QUITE SO. THERE WAS QUITE A FEW IN THERE THAT WERE NOT. WELL, THERE'S THE MCKINNEY. MCKINNEY DIRECT CARE SERVICES WAS 6000FT■S. ANDI THINK THAT WAS A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION. AND THEN THERE WAS A CHURCH IN THERE THAT WAS LIKE 3000FT■S. SO THAT'S ABOUT 10,000FT■!S. IF YOU ADD THOSE TO TOGETHER AND THE WHOLE CENTER IS 30,000. SO THAT'S 33% OF THE PROPERTY THAT WASN'T GENERATING ANYTHING. OKAY. SO AND THEN YOU, YOU SAID IT WAS 29, ABOUT 29,000FT■!S, BUT YOU WERE GOINGO BE CONVERTING SOME OF THE OPEN AREA INTO LEASABLE SPACE. CAN YOU SHOW ME ON THE PICTURE WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THERE? WHERE DOES IT SAY THAT? IN MY PRESENTATION I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT PAGE, BUT I TOOK NOTES ON IT. IT SAID THAT THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL 4000FT■!S CONVERTED INTO LEASABLE SPACE.

THE. SO THE PERSON THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER, MY BUSINESS PARTNER, HE JUST HAD THE BIRTH

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OF HIS FIRST BABY THIS WEEK. SO HE IS OUT. SO I'M KIND OF FILLING IN. SO SORRY I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS TODAY OKAY I DON'T. SO WITH ADDITIONAL WE CAN DEFINITELY WE CAN SEND THOSE QUESTIONS TO CINDY AND HAVE HER AND THEN SEND IT TO YOU. AND THEN YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS PARTNER CAN. HIS NAME IS STUART. YES. OKAY. WE CAN HAVE STUART RESPOND. ONE COMMENT, MADAM CHAIR. SURE. YOU DO HAVE ONE OF MY FAVORITE RESTAURANTS IN THERE WITH THE BLUE WALL. YES YES YES YES YES. DON'T LOSE THEM. RIGHT. THEY'VE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME I THINK.

RIGHT. THEY HAVE. YEAH. FAMILY OWNED, VERY NICE PEOPLE. RIGHT. YEAH. WHEN I SAY BEST IN CLASS BECAUSE I DIDN'T SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN A BUNCH OF NATIONAL TENANTS BECAUSE SOMETIMES DEVELOPERS ARE LOOKING FOR THAT. BUT WE WANT KIND OF A MIX OF SOME OF YOUR LOCALS, BUT A REALLY GREAT OPERATORS, BUT THEN A MIX OF NATIONALS IN THERE TOO. AND HOW MANY STOREFRONTS DO YOU ENVISION ULTIMATELY THAT WOULD BE GENERATING TAXABLE REVENUE? LET'S SEE. ONE, TWO. I'D SAY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND 15. OKAY. SO I WILL SAY BECAUSE I STAY IN THAT AREA, I MEAN TO BRING IT UP TO VISUALLY, ESTHETICALLY, I LIKE THE CONCEPT BECAUSE AS YOU SAY, IT IS A EYESORE ESPECIALLY. YOU SEE THAT AND THEN YOU DRIVE IT INTO EVERYTHING THAT HAS COME UP ON HARDEN IN 380. SO IF THIS IS THE VISION I CAN APPRECIATE BECAUSE IT DOES NEED TO BE UPDATED. YEAH, IT DOES COST US MORE MONEY THAN WE HAD THOUGHT BECAUSE WE THOUGHT GETTING THE BAIL BONDS AND OTHER FOLKS TO MOVE WOULD BE EASIER. BUT THEY WANTED TO STAY THERE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY. BUT WE JUST DECIDED WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. I KNOW WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR YOU GUYS TO REIMBURSE THAT MONEY. THAT'S JUST A COST WE DID END UP TAKING. BUT TO TO TO WE WERE TRYING TO GET THESE NATIONALS TO COME OR BIG, BIG NAMES AND THEY SAID WE CAN'T BE THERE WITH THE BAIL BONDS IN THE FRONT. SO WE JUST WE JUST HAD TO PAY THEM, YOU KNOW, MONEY TO LEAVE. BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF UNEXPECTED COSTS. IT'S IT'S BEEN MORE COSTLY THAN WE HAD THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE. BUT WE'RE STILL COMMITTED TO TO DOING IT. AND THIS $50,000 FROM YOU GUYS WOULD HELP TREMENDOUSLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHAT WAS YOUR NAME? DAN. AVNERY. THANK YOU DAN. SO THIS IS PUBLIC HEARING. WE CAN I'LL JUST MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT BECAUSE THE THIS BOARD HAS A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT FOCUSES ON RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS. AND PART OF OUR CHARGE IS TO PERIODICALLY REVIEW THE, YOU KNOW, THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THESE GRANTS. AND I KNOW AT ONE POINT WE HAD DISCUSSED WHAT IS A GATEWAY TO MCKINNEY. WHERE SHOULD THOSE LINES BE? AND THEN WHAT IS THE RADIUS AROUND WHATEVER WE SET AS THE PERIMETER. AND TRADITIONALLY IT'S BEEN THE CORRIDOR ALONG 75. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY SORT OF INLAND, IF YOU WILL, FROM THAT.

AND SO I THINK PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING ABOUT IS MAYBE SOME DECISIONS THAT MIGHT CHANGE THAT. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD AFFECT THIS GRANT CYCLE NEXT YEAR. IT WOULD AFFECT GOING FORWARD. BUT I JUST WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, IS THIS REALLY A GATEWAY? IS THIS REALLY WHERE WE NEED TO BE SPENDING OUR MONEY UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE EXISTING GRANT PROGRAM? BUT I THINK IT DOES, AT LEAST FOR NOW. IT'S WITHIN THAT HALF MILE KIND OF ZONE OF OUR OF OUR RADIUS. SO JUST FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD, I WANTED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

SURE. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC AGENDA ITEM? CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I'LL MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOVE TO CLOSE BY. JOY. I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY DEBORAH. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM 25. DASH. OH, I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE. YOU ARE SO RIGHT. MOTION PASSES. PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED. SEE? NEXT ITEM, 25 DASH 3101. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER. DISCUSS, ACT ON A

[Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on a Retail Development Infrastructure Grant Application (RI 25-05) Submitted by The Cotton Mill in the Amount of Twenty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Eight and 92/100 Dollars ($27,458.92) for Installation of Drainage and Replacement of Concrete with Turf for the Outdoor Wedding Venue at The Cotton Mill Located at 610 Elm Street, McKinney. Amount Represents 75% of the Total Project Cost.]

RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT APPLICATION R I 2505 SUBMITTED BY THE COTTON MILL IN THE AMOUNT OF $27,458.92 FOR THE INSTALLATION AND DRAINAGE.

REPLACEMENT OF CONCRETE WITH TURF FOR OUTDOOR WEDDING VENUE AT THE COTTON MILL, LOCATED AT 16 ELM STREET, MCKINNEY. AMOUNT REPRESENTS 75% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IN CASEY CHANDLER.

CASEY IS PRESENTING GOOD MORNING, MY FAVORITE MCKINNEY BOARD. CHANDLER CASEY DOWN THE STREET AT 16 ELM STREET AT THE AT THE COTTON MILL. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR OUR PREVIOUS GRANT WITH THE SIDEWALK. IT'S VERY REFRESHING TO NOT ONLY SEE THE PATRONS OF THE COTTON MILL, BUT ALSO THE LOCAL SCHOOL KIDS. AN ACTUAL BLIND PERSON NOW IS ABLE TO

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WALK SAFELY DOWN THE STREET ON THE SIDEWALK WITHOUT HAVING TO GO DOWN THE ROAD. SO IT'S IT'S VERY NICE TO SEE AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT WITH ALL OF THAT. SO TO DIVE IN THIS AISLE, IT'S IT'S PRETTY QUICK. IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. SO I WILL MAKE THE SPEECH AS WELL TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH THAT. CURRENTLY OUT IN OUR DYE ROOM THIS IS WHERE WE HOLD OUR OUTDOOR CEREMONIES FOR OUR WEDDINGS AND DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE HOLD, INCLUDING PUBLIC EVENTS AS WELL. THE ROOM WAS ORIGINALLY TWO FLOORS, AND IT WAS WHERE THEY WOULD TAKE ALL OF THE FABRICATED COTTON AND THE TEXTILES AND DYE IT INTO DENIM BLUE. AND THEN WHEN A TORNADO CAME THROUGH IN THE LATER YEARS OF THE COTTON MILL, IT WIPED OUT THAT WHOLE TOP FLOOR AND NOW HAS KIND OF LEFT THE CONCRETE BEARING WHICH WE HAVE PUT DOWN OVER THE YEARS AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT IT'S STILL HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A LITTLE BIT OF A WAYS TO GO. SO CURRENTLY OUT IN THIS SPACE WHERE WE STILL HOLD SOME OF THESE CEREMONIES, THEY'RE REMNANTS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED STRUCTURE AND PILLARS AND REBAR AND UNLEVEL CONCRETE. AND AFTER GOING THROUGH A SLIP AND FALL CASE LAST YEAR, WE ARE KIND OF HYPERSENSITIVE NOW TO ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE AND ALL OF THE LEVEL SURFACES THAT WE HAVE IN AND AROUND OUR 120 PLUS YEAR OLD BUILDING. SO WE COME TODAY. RIGHT NOW, OBVIOUSLY OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE SAFETY. THAT'S ALONG WITH THIS. SO WE WOULD FIRST AND FOREMOST WANT TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY FOR ALL THE GUESTS, THE PATRONS OF THE COTTON MILL, BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS THIS AREA USED FOR OUR PRIVATE EVENTS, BUT IT IS ALSO OPEN PUBLIC SPACE FOR PEOPLE THAT COME TO OUR COFFEE SHOP, ENJOY CUPS OF COFFEE, OR THEY JUST KIND OF WANT TO WALK AROUND AND GET A LITTLE HISTORY TOUR. ENJOY THE BUILDING IN AND OF ITSELF. SO THERE'S ISSUES THAT COME WITH THE UNLEVEL CONCRETE, WHICH IS WATER POOLING IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE WET. OBVIOUSLY WEDDINGS ARE BOOKED MANY MONTHS OUT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THEIR YEAR OUT. SO THE WEATHER IS IS MORE OR LESS UNPREDICTABLE DURING THAT TIME. SO WHEN OUR CLIENTS ARE COMING IN AND THEY ARE WANTING SPECIFICALLY TO HAVE THE DYE ROOM AS PART OF THEIR WEDDING CEREMONY, AND THEN IT COMES ON A RAINY DAY. IN THE MORNING WE HAVE POOLING THAT HAPPENS IN THE CEREMONY AREA, AND IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT. AND MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, WE HAVE A FEW UNHAPPY BRIDES, EVEN THOUGH A LOT OF IT IS OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL, JUST BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT STRUCTURE AND HOW IT IS.

SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GRIND DOWN ALL OF THE UNEVEN SURFACES, REMOVE AS MUCH OF THE INITIAL REBAR AND DIFFERENT PIECES OF OR OBSTRUCTED PIECES THAT WE HAVE, AND THEN INSTALLING SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE INTO IT TO HELP WITH THAT POOLING. SO THAT WAY, IF THERE IS ANY WATER THAT COMES DOWN FROM SET EVENT IN THE NIGHT OR IN THE MORNING, THAT WE STILL ARE ABLE TO HAVE THE EVENT OUTSIDE. AND THEN SO WITH THE THE TURF ON TOP OF THAT, WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE TWO OPTIONS. AFTER WE COME DOWN AND GRIND IT UP, IT'S EITHER TO FLOAT THE WHOLE FLOOR, WHICH IS A LITTLE OVER 4000FT■S WITH CONCRETE. IT IS ALMOST JUST AS PRICEY, BUT OBVIOUSLY CONCRETE DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME CURB APPEAL AS THE TURF WOULD. AND ON TOP OF THAT, IT WILL BE HOTTER THAN IF WE WERE TO HAVE THE TURF AS WELL. THE TURF IS HELD DOWN WITH EDGING AND ANCHORING TO ASSURE ITS COMPLETE DURABILITY AND ITS LEVEL, AND THEN IT IS ALSO SLIGHTLY RAISED. SO THAT WAY, IF ANY PARTS OF IT DOES HAVE ANY SORT OF POOLING, THAT THE WATER STAYS UNDERNEATH AND EVENTUALLY LEADS TO THE DRAIN OR EVAPORATES BEFORE THE CEREMONY ITSELF. OBVIOUSLY THE CONCRETE, LIKE I SAID, DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME CURB APPEAL. AND WE JUST WE THINK IT WOULD BE JUST A BIG, BIG UPGRADE FOR THE AREA, ESPECIALLY FOR A LOT OF OUR PUBLIC EVENTS THAT WE HAVE, LIKE ART FEST AND MAKERS MARKETS AND THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE HOLD OUT THERE. SO INTUIT THE CONCRETE. SO WE NEED A 20FT OF A FRENCH DRAIN TO GRIND LEVEL SAW AND CUT CUT UP THE WHOLE SPACE ABOUT 10,500. AND THEN THE 4000FT■S OF TURF IS A LITTLE OVER 26,000, BUT THAT INCLUDES THE AIR DRAIN PANELS WHICH GO UNDERNEATH IT TO PREVENT THE POOLING. AND THEN THIS INFILL, WHICH THEY CALL THE WONDER FILL, WHICH IS JUST MORE OR LESS THE SUBSTRATE THAT'S UNDERNEATH IN ABOUT 1,500 POUNDS OF THAT. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL Y'ALL MAY HAVE. CASEY, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT OR CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT PICTURE WITH THE BRIDE AND THE GROOM? YEAH.

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SO IS ALL OF THIS CONCRETE WHERE THE GUESTS ARE SEATED? THIS WOULD ENTIRELY BECOME TURFED. YES. CORRECT. OKAY. AND I'M I'M. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN TO THE COFFEE SHOP.

FORGIVE ME. IN THE COTTON MILL SPACE. SO I'M TRYING TO GET A SENSE FOR HOW MUCH LIKE, QUOTE UNQUOTE PUBLIC USE THERE IS VERSUS THIS REALLY BEING RENTED OUT FOR EVENTS. EVEN WHEN I'VE GONE TO THE MILL HOUSE ART FESTIVALS AND SO FORTH, I REALLY DON'T THINK I'VE BEEN OUT IN THIS SPACE. MOST OF IT HAS BEEN INSIDE. HOW FREQUENTED IS THIS COMMON AREA WHEN PEOPLE GET COFFEE, AND IS THAT REALLY THE ONLY PUBLIC? OPPORTUNITY? PUBLIC ACCESS? YEAH, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, I WOULD SAY BECAUSE THIS DIRECTLY AND I'LL GO BACK TO THIS. SO THIS DIRECTLY CONNECTS TO OUR OUTDOOR GARDEN, WHICH WE HAVE JUST RIGHT NEXT TO IT. AND THIS WHOLE AREA WE HAVE EVERY DAY. I'D SAY THERE'S AT LEAST 8 TO 10 PEOPLE IN THIS AREA, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE GARDEN CURRENTLY. OBVIOUSLY THE DYE ROOM RIGHT NOW WITH NO ONE'S JUST GOING TO GO OUT AND HANG OUT ON A CONCRETE PAD UNLESS THEY'RE JUST WALKING AROUND TO LOOK AT THE BUILDING. BUT THE GARDEN ITSELF BEING CONNECTED, IT MAKES A NICE TRANSITION GOING ACROSS. SO MOST OF THE PEOPLE CURRENTLY HANG OUT IN THE IN THE GARDEN AREA. IT'S COOLER, THERE'S WATER FEATURES, THERE'S WATERFALL AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT CONNECTING TO IT. SO IF WE FEEL THAT THE TURF WOULD ADD TO THE COHESIVENESS OF THAT AND THEN BE ABLE TO PULL MORE PEOPLE INTO MORE FACILITIES AND MORE AREAS OF THE COTTON MILL. BUT AS FAR AS THE POPULATION COUNT, I WOULD SAY, I MEAN, AT ANY GIVEN TIME, NOT INCLUDING THE CURRENT TENANTS OF THE COTTON MILL, WE PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT, I'D SAY, 5 TO 8 PEOPLE AT ANY GIVEN TIME JUST HANGING OUT OUT THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I DO INVITE YOU TO COME AND TRY OUR COFFEE SHOP. THEY DO MAKE A GOOD I WILL THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR CINDY. I RECALL IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS NOW. FLOUR MILL CAME WITH THE REQUEST FOR TURF AND OUTDOOR WEDDING VENUE IMPROVEMENTS. WAS THAT A VENUES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS GRANT PROGRAM. RIGHT? OKAY. MY QUESTION WAS WHETHER THAT WAS A RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT OR WAS THAT WAS A PROJECT GRANT. RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THERE'S DIRECT PRECEDENT FOR DOING SURFACING FOR WEDDING VENUES FOR ONE OF THE MILLS THAT IS, YOU KNOW, YOUR SISTER MILL. AND WE'VE DONE EXACTLY THAT BEFORE. SO I'M GOOD. I HAVE A QUESTION.

WERE THOSE YOUR TOES IN THE. ANY ADDITIONAL ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC AGENDA ITEM? I DON'T SEE ANYONE LEFT. ANY BOARD MEMBERS? ANYBODY? OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING? I MOVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. YEAH. OKAY. MOTION MOVED BY. DAVID. I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY AJ. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM 25 DASH

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Extend the Terms of Project 4B23-17 Awarded to City of McKinney Parks and Recreation Department in the Amount of Five Million Five Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($5,500,000.00) for Greens Park and Trail Improvements in an Amount of Two Million and NO/100 Dollars ($2,000,000.00) to September 30, 2026, and Construction of Towne Lake Improvements in an Amount of Three Million Five Hundred Thousand and NO/100 Dollars ($3,500,000.00) to September 30, 2027]

3102. CONSIDER. DISCUSS ACT ON THE REQUEST TO EXTEND THE TERMS OF A PROJECT FOR B 23 DASH 17 AWARDED TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,500,000 FOR THE GREENS PARK AND TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF TOWN LAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF 3.5 MILLION TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS REQUEST FOR EXTENSION? ONE COMMENT SURE.

I THINK CINDY WAS ABOUT TO. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THE GRANT FOR THESE TWO PROJECTS WAS AWARDED IN FY 23. SO IT'LL TURN OUT SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR. SO THE REQUESTING MORE TIME TO SEPTEMBER 30TH 26 FOR ONE OF THE PROJECTS AND SEPTEMBER 30TH 27 FOR THE OTHER. OKAY. SO MY ONLY COMMENT FOR THE PUBLIC ONLINE, I GUESS, IS THAT THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL BECAUSE WE PAY AFTER THE PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. SO THIS IS A GENERALLY NORMAL PROCESS WHEN IT TAKES MORE THAN TWO YEARS FOR A PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED. AND I GUESS AN ADDENDUM TO THAT IS THAT THIS BOARD HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR WITH PARKS THAT WE DON'T WISH FOR THESE PROJECTS TO LANGUISH. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO THAT REQUEST. WE NOW GET A MONTHLY REPORT ON THE STATUS OF ALL OF THE EFFORTS, SO THAT WE CAN KEEP TRACK AND NOT MAYBE HAVE A TWO

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YEAR LAPSE LIKE THIS, WHERE WE HAVE TO DO EXTENSIONS MORE ROUTINELY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, MOTION TO APPROVE BY CHRIS. SECOND. SECOND BY DAVID. MOTION PASSES. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE LEFT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, SO I'LL GO BACK. BOARD COMMENTS I HAVE I HAVE NOTHING. ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY ACTION IN EXECUTIVE

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SESSION? JUST DISCUSSION? YES. DISCUSSION. OKAY. WE WILL NOW CONVENE INTO RECESS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. ITEMS, INCLUDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS THAT MAY BE DISCUSSED INCLUDE. PROJECT 2009 TUPPS BREWERY. ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION. PROJECT 1704 CRAIG RANCH RESORT HOTEL. PROJECT 24 DASH 15 SANCHEZ CHARITIES.

NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT FOUR BE 25 DASH 12 THE HARBOR OF ADRIATICA MASTER CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION.

PROJECT FOUR. BE 25 DASH 13 MAIN STREET MONUMENT SIGN PROJECT FOUR. BE 2514 MCKINNEY PARKS AND REC. PROJECT FOUR BE 2515. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLLIN COUNTY. PROJECT FOUR BE 2516. ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES 360. THERE IS NO ACTION THAT WILL BE TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. I WILL NOW RECESS. IT IS 1019 TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. RECORDED. I'M GLAD I WASN'T INVOLVED IN IT. WE'RE GOOD. I WILL NOW RECONVENE. WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION. THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN. CAN I GET A MOTION? THE TIME IS. I'M SORRY. 1045 1046. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. MOVED BY DAVID RICHÉ. SECOND. SECOND BY. THAT WAS YOUR AGE.

OH, DEBORAH. DEBORAH. YES, SON. SECOND BY DEBORAH. MOTION PASSED. 1046.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Aug 28, 2025 McKinney Community Development Corporation

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