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EVENING. IT IS 6:05 P.M. WELCOME TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY'S CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING. IT'S TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 16TH. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. WE DO HAVE A BUSY AGENDA TONIGHT AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE PARTICIPATING. THOSE OF YOU WATCHING AT HOME, WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR LIFE AS WELL. SO LET'S MOVE ON WITH IT. THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. DO WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM SAINT MICHAEL CATHOLIC CHURCH HERE? NO. OKAY, WE'LL CALL AN AUDIBLE. I'LL GIVE THE PRAYER. PRAY WITH ME, IF YOU WILL. LORD, WE CALL YOU AT THIS TIME TO GIVE THANKS FOR THOSE GIFTS THAT YOU GIVE US. WE GIVE THANKS, LORD, FOR THOSE PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES. WE GIVE THANKS FOR THIS COUNTRY. BE WITH US, LORD, AS WE ARE HURTING. HELP US LORD TO HEAL.
HELP US TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR. LORD. BE WITH THESE LEADERS TONIGHT. HELP US MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY, AND ALSO DECISIONS THAT AFFECT PEOPLE THAT DO NOT EVEN LIVE IN MCKINNEY YET. LORD. GIVE THANKS FOR WE GIVE THANKS FOR ALL THAT WE HAVE. GUIDE US AND DIRECT US AS WE LEAVE THIS PLACE. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROCLAMATIONS TONIGHT. PLEDGE, PLEDGE, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THE FIRST THING WE HAVE IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I WONDER WHY EVERYONE WAS STANDING, STARING, STARING AT ME. YEAH. NOT SO CLOSE. SO CLOSE. NO. FACE THE FLAG. OKAY. YOU READY? TWO, THREE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD. YEAH. WALKOUT TREATMENT. LET'S GET IT. YEAH. LET'S GET A PICTURE OF THAT. THAT WAS THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC PLEDGE WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME. IT IS.
PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. CONSTITUTION WEEK. ANYONE COMING UP TO JOIN ME UP HERE?
[Proclamation for Constitution Week]
NO. YES. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. AMEN. SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2025 MARKS THE 238TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DRAFTING OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. CONSTITUTION WEEK EMPHASIZES CITIZENS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PROTECTING AND DEFENDING AMERICA'S MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENT. INFORMS PEOPLE THAT IT IS THE BASIS OF OUR GREAT HERITAGE AND THE FOUNDATION OF OUR WAY OF LIFE, AND ENCOURAGES THE STUDY OF THE HISTORICAL EVENTS WHICH LED TO THE FRAMING OF THE CONSTITUTION. WE PROUDLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE US CONSTITUTION AS A TESTAMENT TO THE TENACITY OF AMERICANS THROUGHOUT HISTORY TO MAINTAIN LIBERTY, FREEDOM, AND THE ALIENABLE RIGHTS FOR ALL. I, BILL COX, AND THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 17TH TO THE 23RD, 2025, AS CONSTITUTION WEEK IN MCKINNEY. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO SMILED A LITTLE BIT. I AM GLAD THEY TOOK PICTURES ON THAT END. LOOK HERE. FIRST ONE[00:05:10]
TO YOU. I KNOW. I GET SOME PHOTO BOMBS. ALL RIGHT. GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY, GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY.[Proclamation for Good Neighbor Day]
ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. WHILE YOU'RE GATHERING, I'LL. I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION. THE NOBLEST HUMAN CONCERN IS A CONCERN FOR OTHERS. THAT CONCERN LEADS TO UNDERSTANDING, LOVE AND RESPECT.THAT BUILD COHESIVE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. FOR MOST OF US, THIS SENSE OF COMMUNITY IS NURTURED AND EXPRESSED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WHERE WE ALLOW EACH OTHER TO SHARE AND FEEL PART OF OUR LARGER FAMILY. THE CITY OF MCKINNEY RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF FOSTERING COMPASSION AND RESPECT IN OURSELVES AND FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. THE US GOVERNMENT HAS DESIGNATED SEPTEMBER 28TH EACH YEAR AS NATIONAL GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY. GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, AND CALL UPON THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY TO MAKE A SPECIAL EFFORT ON THAT DAY TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR IS ALL ABOUT THROUGH ACTS OF KINDNESS AND MAKING PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME. SIGNED BY MY SEAL TODAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025. THANK YOU, MAYOR COX. THANK YOU COUNCIL. SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOOD, FAITH AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO WORK SO HARD. AND I SEE HOW HARD YOU WORK WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT TO BRING OUR NEIGHBORS TOGETHER, TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND TO CREATE STRONG COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. WE APPRECIATE IT. YOU ARE MAKING OUR CITY MORE RESILIENT. SO THANK YOU. YES, PLEASE. A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THESE ARE ALL GREAT LEADERS HERE. THANK YOU. SO A GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY IS SEPTEMBER 28TH. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY HELLO TO A NEW NEIGHBOR. GO KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF. LET THEM KNOW ABOUT SOME GREAT RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA. GIVE A SIMPLE WAVE HELLO OR SMILE AT A NEIGHBOR WALKING BY. YOU CAN ALSO PLAN A NEIGHBORHOOD EVENT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. WE'VE GOT LOTS OF GREAT RESOURCES THAT YOU CAN USE TO HELP OR I'M HERE TO HELP. MY NAME IS TAMMY TERVOOREN. I WORK IN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES BY THE WAY. ALSO, YOU CAN USE EXPLORE OUR GOOD NEIGHBOR GUIDE, WHICH HAS LOTS OF TIPS AND TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT YOU CAN USE TO GET YOU STARTED. YOU CAN CHECK OUT MORE GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY TIPS AT OUR WEBSITE AT. IT'S ON OUR CITY CALENDAR. AND DON'T FORGET TO TAKE A MOMENT AND SAY HELLO TO A NEIGHBOR ON SEPTEMBER 28TH.
AND THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. FIRE PREVENTION WEEK AND WHAT A TREAT WE HAVE.
[Proclamation for Fire Prevention Week]
THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL WHO LIVE IN AND VISIT OUR COMMUNITY. OH, HERE WE GO. I LOVE IT. SO YOU GUYS AREN'T AS FUNNY AS THESE GUYS. THE CITY OF MCKINNEY IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND[00:10:05]
SECURITY OF ALL WHO LIVE IN AND VISIT OUR COMMUNITY. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS LEAVE FAMILIES WITH LITTLE TIME TO ESCAPE AFTER A FIRE ALARM SOUNDS. IN 2024, 121 HOME FIRE FATALITIES WERE REPORTED IN TEXAS, ACCORDING TO FEMA. MODERN HOMES ARE OFTEN CONSTRUCTED WITH LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS THAT BURN FASTER THAN OLDER HOME CONSTRUCTIONS, AND MANY OF TODAY'S FURNISHINGS AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS PRODUCE TOXIC GASES AND SMOKE WHEN BURNED, MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE AND BREATHE. WITHIN MOMENTS, MCKINNEY'S FIRST RESPONDERS ARE DEDICATED TO REDUCING THE OCCURRENCE OF HOME FIRES AND HOME FIRE INJURIES THROUGH PREVENTION, PREPAREDNESS, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND THEY SUPPORT THE 2025 FIRE PREVENTION WEEK THEME CHARGE INTO FIRE SAFETY, WHICH REMINDS EVERYONE TO BUY, CHARGE AND RECYCLE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES SAFELY TO REDUCE FIRE RISK. NOW, THEREFORE, I BILL COX, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 5TH THROUGH OCTOBER 11TH, 2025, AS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE SOME OF OUR. OUR CLOWNS USUALLY DON'T MAKE AN APPEARANCE EXCEPT FOR AT SCHOOLS. THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR DECADES, EDUCATING OUR YOUNG CHILDREN ON ON FIRE SAFETY. AND THEY HAVE ABOUT 20 SHOWS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. AND WE'RE WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE THAT. WE HAVE PLUG. WE HAVE BUCKY. AND WE HAVE SPRAY Z, ONE OF OUR NEWEST MEMBERS. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THEM AGAIN, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THEM AT THE JOHN AND JUDY GAY LIBRARY ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4TH FROM 10 TO 12. THEY'LL BE OUT THERE ENTERTAINING KIDS AS WELL. WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT FIRE PREVENTION WEEK. WE'LL BE KICKING IT OFF AT THAT POINT, BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO OUR CLOWNS. THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB. FOR YEARS AND YEARS THEY HAVE EDUCATED OUR YOUNG CHILDREN ON FIRE PREVENTION, BEST PRACTICES, JUST EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE SAFE. MANY OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAVE GROWN UP AND HAVE SEEN CLOWNS AT SOME POINT. WE'RE ALSO VERY BLESSED BECAUSE SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING CITIES HAVE UNFORTUNATELY CUT THEIR CLOWN PROGRAMS. THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE SAID THAT'S NOT HAPPENING HERE IN MCKINNEY. WE EMBRACE IT AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE LEAN INTO IT. AND ANYTHING THAT THESE GUYS NEED, WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET WHAT THEY WHAT THEY NEED. SO THANK YOU GUYS. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.AND MAYOR BILL COX AND THE AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND WE REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE BEING HERE IN THE CITY AND ALLOWING THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO HAVE US IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND TO TEACH THEIR KIDDOS. IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. THIS IS OUR 32ND YEAR. WOW. THAT'S OLDER THAN ME, NOT OLDER THAN BUCKY. ALL RIGHT. BUT CHIEF, WE GOT A SPECIAL THING WE NEED YOU TO SIGN. HURT ME, BRO. YES. IS HE GOING TO WRITE IT IN CURSIVE? WRITING CURSIVE. THANK YOU. STEVE.
THANKS, CHIEF. THANKS FOR SHOWING UP. THANKS FOR SHOWING UP. THANK YOU GUYS.
PHOTOBOMBING THIS WHOLE DAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. HERE. GOOD GUYS. YEAH. WHERE'S THE POLICE WHEN YOU NEED. OKAY. WE GOT ONE, TWO THREE. OH MY GOSH. THERE'S MORE. POLICE. YEAH. OH,
[Proclamation for 16 de Septiembre]
THIS IS A GOOD ONE. THE SSA SEPTEMBER. I LOST 20 BUCKS. DIVERSITY IS ONE OF AMERICA'S[00:15:07]
GREATEST STRENGTHS. AND OUR NATION THRIVES WHEN WE RESPECT AND CELEBRATE THE UNIQUE HISTORIES AND IDENTITIES THAT SHAPE US. ON THIS DAY, WE RECOGNIZE 16TH SEPTEMBER. A HISTORIC MOMENT THAT MARKS THE BEGINNING OF MEXICO'S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM FROM COLONIAL RULE IN 1810. IN THE UNITED STATES, AND ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST, SEPTEMBER 16TH IS ONE OF THE FIESTA PATRIAS, OR PATRIOTIC HOLIDAYS, PROUDLY CELEBRATED BY MILLIONS OF AMERICANS OF MEXICAN DESCENT, HONORING HERITAGE AND THE SPIRIT OF RESILIENCE, SEPTEMBER 16TH IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEEP CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS THAT MEXICAN AMERICANS HAVE MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE TO OUR NATION. STORIES WOVEN IN THE FABRIC OF THE UNITED STATES, ENRICHING OUR COMMUNITIES WITH LANGUAGE, TRADITION, ART, AND THE VALUES THAT STRENGTHEN US ALL. NOW, THEREFORE, I, BILL COX, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 16TH, THE SEPTEMBER IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO SALUTE FREEDOM IN THIS COUNTRY AND EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD, AND TO CELEBRATE OUR SHARED IDEALS OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE THAT BIND US. NO. WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU.SEE ME? YES, SIR. WE PLAY THAT. ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE IN THE
[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS (for Non-Public Hearing Items)]
AUDIENCE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ON ITEMS EITHER ON THE AGENDA OR OFF THE AGENDA. WE DO HAVE A CROWDED ROOM TONIGHT. WE'LL HOLD OUR COMMENTS TO TWO MINUTES EACH. WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF CARDS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. FIRST CARD IS PAUL BY. THREE ITEMS. THREE ITEMS. IS THREE ITEMS OKAY. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, PAUL BALLESTEROS 6508 MARVIN GARDENS, MCKINNEY, TEXAS 75070. I'M NOT ONLY A RESIDENT OF OUR TOWN, I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF A LOCAL NONPROFIT CALLED IMMANUEL LABOR. AND OUR MISSION, IN SHORT, IS TO THANK YOU. OUR MISSION, IN SHORT, IS TO REMOVE THE LESSNESS FROM HOMELESSNESS IN JESUS NAME. BUT BEFORE THAT, I'M A HUSBAND. I'M A FATHER. I'M A NEIGHBOR. I'M YOUR NEIGHBOR, AND YOU'RE MINE. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW, DESPITE WHAT MAY BE DISCUSSED LATER, THAT I LOVE YOU. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT CAN HEAR MY VOICE AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU, I LOVE YOU. HOMELESSNESS IS A SITUATION THAT AFFECTS ALL OF US. THE PROBLEM IS, MOST OF THE SOLUTIONS FOCUS ON THE SYMPTOMS AT A MANUAL LABOR. OUR FOCUS IS ON THE ROOT CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS, RADICALLY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF TIME A PERSON STRUGGLES AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING WASTED. AND THE ROOT CAUSE OF ALL HOMELESSNESS IS A BREAKDOWN OF NUCLEAR RELATIONSHIPS. IT'S NOT A LACK OF ACQUAINTANCES, BUT IT'S FEELING LIKE YOU HAVE NO ONE YOU CAN TURN TO AT 2 A.M. THESE ORDINANCES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT ARE FOCUSED ON THE SYMPTOMS. THEY WILL NOT RADICALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME A PERSON EXPERIENCES HOMELESSNESS, OR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING WASTED. NOT TOO LONG AGO, A FEW YEARS, I DID A LITTLE BIT OF BASIC RESEARCH JUST ON THE COST OF HOMELESSNESS IN OUR NATION. FOR EVERY ONE PERSON THAT IS HOMELESS, THE COST TO THE TAXPAYER AT THAT TIME WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. NOW, AT THE TIME, IT'S $35,000 A YEAR PER PERSON, AND AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS AN ESTIMATED OVER 500,000 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT, THAT MULTIPLIES OUT TO $17.5 BILLION A YEAR SPENT ON HOMELESSNESS. AND MOST OF THAT COST IS SECONDARY COST. POLICE CALLS, AMBULANCE CALLS, OTHER CALLS, ORDINANCES. EVEN NOW, I'M BELIEVING THAT MOST OF YOU[00:20:02]
ARE CHRIST FOLLOWERS. I'M ALSO BELIEVING THAT MOST OF YOU ARE POTTY TRAINED, JUST TRYING TO SEE WHO'S STILL PAYING ATTENTION. AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT, BUT NEITHER OF THOSE THINGS ARE INTUITIVE. THEY HAD TO BE INTRODUCED TO YOU. THE CROSS HAD TO BE INTRODUCED TO YOU, POTTY HAD TO BE INTRODUCED TO YOU. IT HAD TO BE EXPLAINED TO YOU. IT HAD TO BE RE-EMPHASIZED WITH YOU. AND I'M GOING TO GUESS IF YOU'RE LIKE ME AND I HAVE A FOUR YEAR OLD, YOU DIDN'T GET IT IN A DAY. IT TOOK A PERIOD OF TIME. THESE ORDINANCES ARE DESIGNED TO CURB BEHAVIOR, TO CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE BEHAVE, AND WE FEEL THAT PEOPLE OUGHT TO BEHAVE A CERTAIN WAY, BUT THEY'RE NOT.SO WE FEEL COMPELLED TO WRITE AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD CHANGE A BEHAVIOR. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S A BAD THING, BUT I AM SAYING IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE IT'S NOT INTUITIVE. THE BACK STORY FOR MANY OF THE PEOPLE I SERVE IS A BROKEN HOME. IT'S AN ABSENT PARENT OR PARENTS, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MANY OF US HAD THE BENEFIT OF BEING INTRODUCED TO WERE NEVER INTRODUCED. AND IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO GET IT, IT WAS JUST NEVER BROUGHT UP TO THEM, NEVER RE-EMPHASIZED WITH THEM, NEVER SUPPORTED. MANY OF OUR FRIENDS HAVE NEVER BEEN TOLD THEY'RE LOVED. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT I TELL PEOPLE THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT I LOVE THEM. BECAUSE WHEN A PERSON KNOWS THAT THEY'RE LOVED, IT CHANGES THE WAY THEY OPERATE. SOMETIMES YOU SEE PEOPLE SITTING ON THE STREETS AND THEY LOOK CONTENT.
IT COULD BE BECAUSE THEY WERE TOLD THEY WERE LOVED THAT MORNING. I'M HOPING I'M THE ONE THAT TOLD THEM, BUT IT COULD BE YOU TOO. WE WANT TO SEE CHANGE. WE WANT TO SEE PEOPLE BE IN BETTER SITUATIONS. THE COMMON GROUND FOR ALL OF THIS IS THAT WE ALL WANT TO SEE FEWER PEOPLE STRUGGLING. THE PERSON EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS MAY WANT IT MORE THAN YOU, JUST AS MUCH AS YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM THERE, THEY DON'T WANT TO BE THERE. AND IF THEY COULD HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF IT BY THEMSELVES, THEY WOULD HAVE. THERE ARE VERY FEW, VERY FEW THAT DON'T WANT TO BE IN A BETTER SITUATION. AND MOST OF IT IS BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER EXPLAINED TO THEM. IT WAS NEVER RE-EMPHASIZED WITH THEM. IT WAS NEVER TAUGHT TO THEM, TO THE CHRIST FOLLOWERS. JESUS TAUGHT US THAT WHATEVER WE DO, FOR THE LEAST, WE DO FOR HIM. AND HE GAVE US A LIST. AND IN THAT LIST, POSSIBLY THE MOST OVERLOOKED THING IS I WAS A STRANGER AND YOU WELCOMED ME. ONE OF THE HALLMARKS OF CHRISTIANITY IS NOT JUST LOVING THOSE WHO LOVE US BACK, BUT TO LOVE OUR ENEMIES AND TO LOVE OUR STRANGERS. THE APOSTLE PAUL WRITES ABOUT PHILOXENIA NOT JUST PHILADELPHIA, NOT JUST BROTHERLY LOVE, BUT STRANGER LOVE. AND THE COOL THING ABOUT LOVING A STRANGER IS THAT THEY DON'T STAY A STRANGER VERY LONG.
PERHAPS YOU'VE SEEN FORREST GUMP, AND WHEN HE GETS ON THE BUS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND INTRODUCES HIMSELF, AND NOW WE AIN'T STRANGERS NO MORE, IT'S JUST A HEARTBEAT THAT IT CAN CHANGE FROM BEING A STRANGER TO BEING A NEIGHBOR THAT'S KNOWN AS CHRIST. FOLLOWERS WERE CALLED TO LOVE PEOPLE AS THEY ARE, BUT NOT LEAVE PEOPLE AS THEY ARE. AND IF YOU WANT TO HELP SOMEBODY, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO RADICALLY CHANGE THEIR SITUATION, YOU'VE GOT TO GET TO KNOW THEM. YOU GOT TO GET TO KNOW THEM. I'M BELIEVING THESE ORDINANCES ARE GOING TO PASS, AND I AM NOT DEMONIZING ANY OF THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNERS OR THE HOMEOWNERS DOWN HERE. THEY WANT TO FEEL SAFE. THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE. IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO BE DISTURBED BY HOMELESSNESS. AND IT'S ALSO NOT ILLEGAL TO BE HOMELESS. YOU'RE ALLOWED TO FEEL WHAT YOU FEEL.
BUT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK JUST PAST WHAT YOU'RE FEELING. WE'RE CALLED TO LOVE PEOPLE AS THEY ARE, NOT LEAVE PEOPLE AS THEY ARE. AND SO MY ENCOURAGEMENT TO EVERYONE HERE IS NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, LOVE THE ONE IN FRONT OF YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU PAUL. NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH HUSTWIT. KARA. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT FOLLOWING THAT ONE.
MY NAME IS SARAH HUSTWIT AND I HAVE LIVED BEHIND WELL ACROSS 75 OFF OF VIRGINIA FOR THE LAST ALMOST 20 YEARS. NOW. I THIS PAST WINTER VOLUNTEERED AT EMMANUEL LABOR AT THE WARMING STATION WHERE WE HELP DOZENS OF OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS AVOID FREEZING DURING THE STORMS. I'VE BEEN ATTENDING THE MCKINNEY HOMELESS COALITION MEETINGS AND JUST RECENTLY GOT VOLUNTOLD ONTO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE. I AM VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT OUR CITY AND OUR NONPROFITS ARE DOING TO HELP OUR STRUGGLING COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I ALSO NOTICED IN THE ORDINANCES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL CHANGES SINCE THE FIRST ITERATION, SINCE THE FIRST PRESENTATIONS, AND I VERY APPRECIATE Y'ALL LISTENING AND DISCUSSING AND COMING TOGETHER
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WITH THE COMMUNITY. I AM STILL CONCERNED THAT IT SEEMS LIKE OUR ORDINANCES EFFECTIVELY PREVENT MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS FROM BEING LAW ABIDING RESIDENTS. IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO BE HOMELESS, BUT IT MIGHT AS WELL BE BECAUSE THERE'S NO PLACE INSIDE TO SLEEP. THERE'S NO PLACE OUTSIDE WHERE IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO SLEEP, AND YOU CAN'T EVEN SLEEP ON SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION. WE ARE PUTTING OUR FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION, AND UNTIL WE HAVE MOTHER, OTHER OPTIONS AND MORE SOLUTIONS, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT WE PUT THESE ORDINANCES ON HOLD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SARAH.NEXT SPEAKER IS LEE STARK. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LEE STARK. I'M A STREET OUTREACH SOCIAL WORKER WITH THE WELLNESS CENTER FOR OLDER ADULTS SERVING UNHOUSED OLDER ADULTS HERE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. I'M SPEAKING REGARDING THE CAPPING ORDINANCES. FIRST, LET ME EXPRESS MY HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY FOR ITS EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. TO THIS DATE, I CAN I CAN SAY THAT WITH WITH GREAT CONFIDENCE THAT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY IS DOING MORE THAN ANY OTHER CITY HERE IN OUR IN OUR LOCAL AREA TO ADDRESS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. MY CONCERN REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE IS IN REGARD TO THE PRACTICALITY OF OF THE ORDINANCE. IN REGARD TO TRANSPORTATION IN REGARDS TO FACILITIES AT, AT, AT URBAN PARK. AND. YOU KNOW, TO GIVE YOU A KIND OF A SENSE OF OF THE CURRENT DILEMMA. IT CURRENTLY TAKES US ABOUT A YEAR FROM THE TIME WE FIRST ENCOUNTER A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL TO THE TIME THAT WE CAN REASONABLY HAVE THAT INDIVIDUAL HOUSED. THE SAME GOES FOR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS. IT TAKES ABOUT A YEAR TO 18 MONTHS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO APPLY AND QUALIFY FOR THOSE BENEFITS. WHAT I'M ASKING THE CITY THIS EVENING TO DO IS, IS, AS THE LAST SPEAKER MENTIONED, PERHAPS TABLE THIS. LET'S CONSIDER THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND AND PLEASE DON'T SET OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS UP AND OUR FRIENDS UP FOR FOR FAILURE. PLEASE DON'T BURDEN THEM WITH WITH FINES OR WITH CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH US IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THEIR SITUATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. STARK. NEXT SPEAKER, MOLLY BROWN, MISS BROWN. ONLY TWO MINUTES. ALL RIGHT, LET'S PACK IT IN. MY NAME IS MOLLY BROWN. I'M COMMENTING ON AGENDA ITEM 25, DASH 3178 REGARDING THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD CHANGE. CHAPTER 70, ARTICLE 11 CAMPING SECTION 7240. LET IT BE NOTED THAT I AM AGAIN STRONGLY AGAINST THESE CHANGES.
SPECIFICALLY, DEFINITION SECTIONS A1 AND A2 THAT MAKE SLEEPING IN ONE'S OWN PERSONAL VEHICLE AN OFFENSE IN ANY PUBLIC AREA PARK PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY OR CITY OWNED PARKING LOT. ACCORDING TO MORENO ET AL. 20 2217 OUT OF EVERY 10,000 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE CURRENTLY UNHOUSED, SOMEWHERE AROUND 40% OF THE TOTAL UNHOUSED POPULATION AT ANY GIVEN TIME IS LIVING IN A VEHICLE. A LARGE PORTION OF THAT IS SINGLE WOMEN OR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN. COMPARED TO SLEEPING OUTSIDE, VEHICLES OFFER IMPROVED BENEFITS, OBVIOUSLY OVER COLD PAVEMENT. YET THIS IS THE EXACT KIND OF SHELTER MCKINNEY WANTS TO BAN. UNLESS WALMART DECIDES TO SHOW MERCY ON YOU AND LET YOU SLEEP IN THEIR PARKING LOT.
WASSERMAN, 2014, AND WAKE IN 2014 FOUND THAT FOR UNHOUSED RESPONDENTS, LIVING IN VEHICLES IS OFTEN MORE APPEALING THAN EMERGENCY SHELTERS AS WELL DUE TO STRICTER DEMEANING RULES, CURFEWS THAT IMPACT JOBS OR OTHER RESIDENTS WITH PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIOR. TEMPORARY SHELTERS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THEY'RE NOT A PANACEA. LONG TERM. THEY ARGUED THAT THE ONLY TRUE SOLUTION TO HOMELESSNESS WAS PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOCIAL SERVICES. ULTIMATELY, THESE PROBLEMS THAT ARE FACING MCKINNEY ARE NOT UNIQUE TO US.
WE ARE ALL ONE EXPENSIVE SURGERY, LOST JOB, BAD INVESTMENT, OR FAILED BUSINESS AWAY FROM BECOMING HOMELESS. SO WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT AS A CITY? FIRST, GET RID OF THIS NONSENSE. ORDINANCE CHANGE. SECOND, WE KNOW THAT BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TAKES TIME, SO SAFE PARKING PROGRAMS CAN BE A STOPGAP MEASURE. SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLES OF SAFE PARKING PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE DOROTHY DAY HOUSE SPARK PROGRAM AND THE SAFE LOT PROGRAMS IN SEATTLE,
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WASHINGTON AND VISTA, CALIFORNIA. WE CAN'T RELY ON THE MERCY OF PRIVATE BUSINESS PARKING LOTS. TO ME, THAT IS A SIGN OF A CITY IN CRISIS, NOT A FEEL GOOD COMPROMISE. MCKINNEY HAS AN ATTAINABLE HOUSING PROBLEM. IT DOES NOT HAVE A HOMELESS PROBLEM. MCKINNEY HAS A WELLNESS SERVICES PROBLEM, NOT A HOMELESS PROBLEM. MCKINNEY HAS A COMMUNITY PROBLEM, NOT A HOMELESS PROBLEM. AND THE SPIRIT OF GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY. LET'S DO BETTER. THANK YOU.THANK YOU, MR. BROWN. NEXT SPEAKER, VINNY SUTARIA. VINNIE, IF I MISPRONOUNCE, I APOLOGIZE.
HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY CITY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS VINNY SUTARIA, AND WE'RE HONORED TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A PROUD CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY CITY, TO EXTEND A WARM INVITATION ON BEHALF OF THE BAPS SHRI SWAMINARAYAN MANDIR IN IRVING, WE INVITE HONORABLE MAYOR AND EACH MEMBER OF THE MCKINNEY CITY COUNCIL AND CITY OF MCKINNEY RESIDENTS TO JOIN US IN CELEBRATING THE AUSPICIOUS FESTIVAL DIWALI, ALSO KNOWN AS FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS, ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST FROM 1 P.M. ONWARDS TILL 8 P.M. AT BAPS SHRI SWAMINARAYAN MANDIR IN IRVING. DIWALI CARRIES PROFOUND SIGNIFICANCE ACROSS VARIOUS CULTURES. IT SYMBOLIZES THE VICTORY OF GOOD OVER EVIL, KNOWLEDGE OVER IGNORANCE AND HOPE OVER DESPAIR. IT IS A MULTI-DAY FESTIVAL OBSERVED OVER A SPAN OF 1 TO 5 DAYS, DEPENDING ON REGIONAL AND PERSONAL TRADITIONS. WHILE DIWALI IS PRIMARILY CELEBRATED BY HINDU, JAIN AND SIKH FAITHS, ITS CENTRAL THEME OF LIGHT RESONATES WITH ALL OF HUMANITY.
THIS FESTIVAL SERVES AS A POWERFUL SYMBOL OF UNITY BY BRIDGING GAPS BETWEEN PEOPLE OF ALL DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, FROM THE INTRICATE, COLORFUL LANGUAGES AT DOORSTEPS TO THE SKY LIT WITH FIREWORKS, DIWALI CELEBRATES LIGHT THAT BRIGHTENS LIVES AND LIFTS THE HUMAN SPIRIT. IT IS A TIME FOR REFLECTION, JOY AND RENEWAL, FOSTERING A SENSE OF TOGETHERNESS AND SHARED HAPPINESS THROUGH THE THEME OF LIGHT WITHIN, LIGHT AROUND. BY JOINING US AT BAPS SWAMINARAYAN MANDIR IN IRVING ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST, YOU WILL NOT ONLY PARTAKE IN A BEAUTIFUL CULTURAL CELEBRATION, BUT ALSO EXPERIENCE THE UNIVERSAL MESSAGE OF UNITY AND HOPE THAT DIWALI BRINGS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING EACH MEMBER OF THE MCKINNEY CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR OF MCKINNEY CITY, ALONG WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY RESIDENTS AT OUR CELEBRATION. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS EVENT, PLEASE VISIT BAPS OR CONTACT US AT GMAIL.COM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. NEXT SPEAKER IS CONNIE GIBSON. HI, I'M CONNIE GIBSON, 536 CASTLEWOOD MCKINNEY.
ESTEEMED MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY SECRETARY AND EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO AN EVENT THAT SEVERAL OF US IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE PLANNED. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND ON THE VISIT I WAS ON THE VISIT MCKINNEY BOARD. I'M ON THE LIBRARY BOARD, I'M ON KIWANIS, I'M IN LIONS CLUB, I'M A GRADUATE OF MCKINNEY LEADERSHIP. ALUMNI WITH SEVERAL OF US HAVE PLANNED AN EVENT HONORING THE LIFE OF CHARLIE KIRK. THE DATE IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND, 6 P.M.
AT BONNIE WENK PARK. THIS IS A NIGHT OF PRAYER AND REMEMBRANCE FOR A RELATIVELY SHORT LIFE, WELL LIVED, AND WE'RE GOING TO HONOR HIS DEDICATION TO HIS FAITH. AND WE WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO COME OUT IN ATTENDANCE. WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS AND MUSIC PLANNED, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE EVERYONE TO COME CELEBRATE HIS LIFE WITH US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CONNIE.
NEXT SPEAKER IS ELIZABETH RIDDLE. HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH RIDDLE. DAISY RIDDLE FAMILY WITH BENJI LOVE PROJECT. AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROJECT AND MCKINNEY SHOWING THE MOVIE AND THE IMPACT ANNUALLY TO GO WITH ITS RELEASE DATE. ANNIVERSARY OF OCTOBER 17TH, 1974. IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE CITY IS NOT PLANNING ON DOING AGAIN, LIKE IT WAS SHOWN LAST YEAR FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY. PART OF THE REASON TOLD IS DUE TO LOW RESPONSE. THIS, HOWEVER, I'M CONFIDENT, WAS DUE TO A LACK OF EASILY VISIBLE PROMOTION OF THE EVENT. AS WITH THE STATUE, SINCE THERE IS NO BANNER OR SIGN TO DRAW ATTENTION TO, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF MISSED OPPORTUNITIES JUST FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW OF THE MINIMAL THAT MCKINNEY SHOULD BE CELEBRATING.
BENJI IS ONCE A YEAR, AND UNTIL THE DAY THAT WE HAVE A DEDICATED BENJI TOUR, WE COULD EASILY INCORPORATE A SPECIAL BENJI SECTION IN THE MCKINNEY CENTER TO INCLUDE A MAP SHOWING THE SPOTS WHERE IT WAS FILMED AND WHERE THE STATUE IS FOR SELF-GUIDED TOURS. THE ORIGINAL BENJI MOVIE DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN TO BE FILMED HERE. THE STORY THAT I LEARNED THROUGH MY CORRESPONDENCE WITH JOE CAMP MAKES MCKINNEY'S PART AS A SUPPORTING CHARACTER EVEN MORE
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SPECIAL. ORIGINALLY, THE PLANNED SETTING WAS GOING TO BE IN A DOWNTOWN CITY, BUT AFTER JOE AND HIS WIFE CAROLYN LOOKED AT THE HOUSE AT 1104 SOUTH TENNESSEE STREET, MCKINNEY, WHERE THEY WERE CONSIDERING MOVING FROM DALLAS, THEY FELL IN LOVE WITH OUR WARM, FAMILY FRIENDLY TOWN, SO MUCH SO THAT MCKINNEY BECAME THE BACKDROP TO THE MOVIE SHOWN AROUND THE WORLD. AS MCKINNEY CONTINUES TO GROW EXPONENTIALLY, BUT WANTING TO HOLD ON TO ROOTS OF SMALL TOWN FEEL, CELEBRATING THE SPECIAL, UNIQUE PART OF HISTORY THAT STARTED YEARS OF LOVE AND JOY BROUGHT TO MILLIONS IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY. THE DOG STAR IN THE MOVIE'S MESSAGE IS TIMELESS. FOR THOSE WHO WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE AROUND WHEN BENJI WAS A PART OF CULTURE WITH SEQUELS, STUFFED ANIMAL GAMES, MAGAZINES, TV SHOWS, I EVEN FOUND FOOTAGE OF BETTY WHITE INTERVIEWING BENJI AND HIS OWNER TRAINER FRANKLIN, AND OF A DALLAS NEWS STATION COVERING THE FILMING AND STORY OF THE FOUR LEGGED STAR MAKING HIS DEBUT. IT WILL BRING BACK GREAT MEMORIES FOR THE CHILDREN WHO WEREN'T IN THIS WORLD YET. IT WILL CREATE WONDERFUL NEW MEMORIES TO EITHER BE DISCOVERED OR REDISCOVERED. WITH ITS OVERALL THEME OF LOVE AND FAMILY. THIS CAN GO ALONG WITH VIEWING MCKINNEY AS A FAMILY. WHEN YOU'RE HERE, YOU'RE FAMILY. LIKEWISE, NO MATTER YOUR CULTURE OR RELIGION, MOST WILL HAVE A GENUINE APPRECIATION FOR THIS ADORABLE MUTT STORY. LASTLY, BUT NOT LEAST IN REAL LIFE, THE DOG WHO PLAYED BENJI STARTED OFF AS PUP IN A SHELTER. AS WE HAVE SO MANY PRECIOUS LIVES WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED ARE NOW ONLY ANIMAL SHELTER. COLLIN COUNTY. THIS OFFERS THE CHANCE TO HAVE EVENTS CELEBRATING BENJI. FOR THOSE NEW TO MCKINNEY, OR WANTING TO EXPAND THEIR FAMILY TO BE SURE AWARE OF THEIR STAR WAITING THERE. THE ORIGINAL BENJI MOVIE LED TO A SURGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY OF PET ADOPTIONS, AND JOE CAMP CONTINUED THE TRADITION WITH SUBSEQUENT FILMS BY FINDING THE NEXT BENJI THROUGH TOURING SHELTERS AND ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO ADOPT FAMILY AND LOVE WHILE WATCHING AN ADORABLE MUTT AND MCKINNEY. JOE CAMP HAD TO FIGHT FOR THIS MOVIE TO HAPPEN, BUT WERE BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE. IF HE HAD GIVEN UP, THIS MAGICAL PART OF HISTORY WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN TO CELEBRATE AND HONOR ALL OF OUR STARS THAT BRING SO MUCH JOY TO OUR LIFE AND BEING PART OF MCKINNEY'S FAMILY, IT'S TIME TO KEEP FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN, WHERE BENJI BEGAN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JAMES WEST. MR. WEST, DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN BENJI WAS FILMED? DON'T YOU? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING US SPEAK TONIGHT. I'M COMING IN ADVOCACY OF A PRESERVATION PROJECT THAT WOULD PERHAPS INTEREST THE COUNCIL. AS YOU KNOW, THE KIRKPATRICK ESTATE CONNECTED TO FINCH PARK WAS BEGUN AS SOUTHWEST NURSERIES ABOUT 1868, ABOUT 157 YEARS AGO. AT THAT TIME, THE KIRKPATRICK FAMILY HAD IN MIND AND IN THEIR HEART, A MISSION TO PROVIDE SHADE TREES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SWELTERING IN THE TEXAS SUMMER HEAT, AND ALSO PLANTS WHICH PEOPLE COULD EAT. AND SO IN THAT SCOPE OF YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, THINGS WERE DEVELOPED ON THAT SITE THAT SERVED OUR COMMUNITY AND MOST OF THE METROPLEX WITH BEAUTIFUL SHADE TREES. MOST OF THE MONUMENTAL SHADE TREES WE HAVE IN MCKINNEY COME FROM THAT NURSERY. IT STRETCHED FROM HIGHWAY FIVE TO WEST OF WHERE CURRENT 75 IS, AND THE SOCCER FIELDS. IT WAS CALLED SOUTHWEST NURSERIES, AND IT INCLUDED THE REMAINING 20 ACRES, WHICH IS STILL IN THE SOUTH EDGE OF FINCH PARK. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE COUNCIL CONSIDER THE RECONNECTION OF FINCH PARK TO OUR WONDERFUL PARK SYSTEM AND INCORPORATE AS AN EVENT CENTER AND AND AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE KIRKPATRICK ESTATE. THIS THUMB DRIVE HAS SOME PROPOSALS WHICH I'LL LEAVE WITH CITY SECRETARY, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WOULD URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF SEEING THIS HERITAGE PROJECT HAVE FRUITION IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.THANK YOU, MR. WEST. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS NINA DOWELL RINGLEY. HELLO. SORRY, I'M NINA DOWELL RINGLEY. I LIVE AT 313 NORTH BEND STREET IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT OF MCKINNEY. I'M HERE TODAY TO CONFER WITH JAMES WEST. I'VE BEEN. THE KIRKPATRICK FAMILY HAS CONTACTED US ONCE AGAIN. JAY CRUM IS NO LONGER WITH US. AND I KNOW TWO YEARS AGO, APPROXIMATELY, WE WORKED WITH HIM, WENT TO HIS HOUSE. MAYOR FULLER WENT THERE SEVERAL TIMES. CITY MANAGER, I BELIEVE, WENT THERE. PAUL MIKE LIVESEY MANY PEOPLE DID THE OFFER WIND UP BEING EVERYBODY WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE AN OFFER TO MR. CRUM, WHO IS THE HEIR OF THE PATRICK FAMILY, AND IT WENT
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SOUTH. HE DIDN'T CARE FOR WHAT THE CONTRACT WAS BECAUSE IT DIDN'T INCLUDE EVERYTHING. THE CITY REMARK WAS THAT THEY'RE NOT INVOLVED IN BUYING HISTORIC STRUCTURES. ONLY PROPERTY WOULD WORK. SO THE PROJECT WENT SOUTH. NOW, JAY, WE DO NOT HAVE JAY CRUM ANYMORE, BUT HIS SON ROSS HAS ENTERTAINED THE IDEA OF PROPOSING THAT THE CITY COME FORTH AGAIN AND TRY DOING SOMETHING HE WOULD MUCH RATHER THE CITY OF MCKINNEY MAKE IT INTO A PARK AND ADD IT TO FINCH PARK, THEN SELL IT TO A DEVELOPER. SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT ALL OF YOU COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING AND MAYBE WE COULD WORK TOGETHER. I KNOW THE PUBLIC WOULD REALLY SUPPORT EVEN WHAT, CHESTNUT SQUARE? I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF YOU KNOW, BUT MISS SCHUBERT, THE KIRKPATRICK HEIR, WAS THE INSTIGATOR IN THE FOUNDING PERSON FOR CHESTNUT SQUARE IN 1973. SO IT WOULD BE KIND OF COOL IF WE DID SOMETHING AGAIN WITH CHESTNUT SQUARE IF THEY WERE ABLE TO. AND WE DID A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN OR SOMETHING. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF IDEAS. I CAN IMAGINE THE THE MOUNTED PATROL OUT THERE, THE FIELDS FOR BUTTERFLIES. I MEAN, THERE'S JUST ALL KINDS OF THINGS, POSSIBILITIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS RINGLEY.ANYONE ELSE HERE TONIGHT THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL? ANYONE ELSE THAT PERHAPS DID NOT FILL OUT A CARD? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL THAT THAT DID SPEAK THIS EVENING.
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OKAY. NEXT ITEM WILL BE OUR CONSENT AGENDA. I WILL READ THE ITEM NUMBER TWO FIVE. IT'S IT'S VERY LENGTHY, SO BEAR WITH ME. 253088. THESE ARE THE MINUTES OF VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEETINGS. 2503 0892 5030 9025. 30872527592703034253039.CONSENT RESOLUTIONS CONSISTING OF 253163. 025 3164 3165 3166 316731 6831 (693) 170-3171 3172253173317431753176, AND MISCELLANEOUS CONSENT ITEMS 250024D AS IN DAVID A AS IN APPLE MEMBERS. DO WE HAVE ANY PULL DOWNS OR DISCUSSION? MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. FRANKLIN, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN FELTUS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YOU'LL LOSE YOUR VOICE. REPEATING ALL THOSE NUMBERS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL THAT. ANY DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. I COULD HAVE READ ALL THOSE CAPTIONS. YEAH, THE MOTION CARRIES. OUR CONSENT AGENDA HAS HAS BEEN
[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on Certain Amendments to Chapter 150, Entitled “Unified Development Code,” of the Code of Ordinances, City of McKinney, Texas to: (a) Article 2 (Zoning Regulations) and particularly to Sections 203 (Procedures), 204 (Zoning Districts), 205 (Use Regulations), 206 (Development Standards), Appendix 2B (McKinney Town Center MTC), Appendix 2C (Regional Employment Center (REC)); and (b) Article 9 (Terms and Definitions) particularly to Section 902 (Definitions); to Chapter 150 (Unified Development Code), and Accompanying Ordinance]
APPROVED. OKAY. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. FIRST ITEM IS 2500042. PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER REQUEST TO AMEND CHAPTER 150 ENTITLED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.CITY OF MCKINNEY. ARTICLE TWO ZONING REGULATIONS. ARTICLE SECTIONS 203 PROCEDURES 204.
ZONING DISTRICTS 205. USE REGULATIONS 206 AND APPENDIX TWO B MCKINNEY TOWN CENTER.
APPENDIX TWO C REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT CENTER. HOUSER, DID YOU WRITE ALL OF THIS? OH MY GOSH, ARTICLE. ARTICLE NINE TERMS AND DEFINITIONS, SECTION 902 DEFINITIONS TO CHAPTER 150 OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND THE ACCOMPANYING ORDINANCE. THANK YOU FOR READING ALL OF THAT. OUR UDC ITEMS ALWAYS ARE A LITTLE BIT OF A A MARATHON TO GET THROUGH. THANK YOU COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS HALEY ANGEL, ONE OF THE PLANNING MANAGERS HERE, AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS, SPECIFICALLY THOSE RELATED TO CHANGES IN STATE LAW. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL, AS COUNCIL ARE WELL VERSED
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BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A WORK SESSION. BUT JUST IN CASE THERE'S ANYBODY NEW LISTENING, I'LL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. THE 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION DID ADOPT THREE PRIMARY BILLS THAT IMPACTED LAND USE AND ZONING. SO SB 840 PERTAINS TO MIXED USE AND MULTIFAMILY USES. AND SENATE BILL 15 PERTAINS TO SINGLE FAMILY USES AND IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE SMALL LOT BILL. BOTH OF THOSE BILLS ONLY APPLY TO CITIES IN TEXAS THAT ARE OVER 150,000 PEOPLE AND ARE IN A COUNTY OVER 300,000 PEOPLE, AND SO THAT IS NOT ACROSS ALL OF TEXAS. IT HITS ABOUT 19 CITIES TOTAL. I DO ALSO HAVE A BRIEF MENTION OF HOUSE BILL 24, WHICH MAINLY PERTAINS TO ZONING PROTEST PETITION PETITIONS. AS A QUICK NOTE, I WON'T DIVE INTO THIS IN THE PRESENTATION. THERE WERE TWO OTHER BILLS FROM THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT WE DID INCORPORATE INTO THESE AMENDMENTS. THEY WERE FAIRLY MINOR IN SCALE, TALKING ABOUT HOME BASED BUSINESSES OR HOME OCCUPATIONS, AS WELL AS DWELLING UNIT OCCUPANCY CHANGES THAT WE'VE HAD TO MAKE MINOR AMENDMENTS TO. SO YOU MIGHT SEE SOME OTHER CHANGES IN THE CODE, BUT THOSE WERE WERE MINOR IN SCALE WHEN IT COMES TO ADAPTING TO STATE LAW CHANGES. STAFF WANTED TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS OUR LAND USE POLICY DOCUMENT THAT'S ADOPTED BY COUNCIL AND IS BUILT OFF OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. SO WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE WANT TO ADAPT, WE LEANED ON TWO PIECES FROM THE COMP PLAN. WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON ESTABLISHING TRANSITION BETWEEN LAND USES TO THE EXTENT NOW POSSIBLE, AND WE WANTED TO RELY ON MAINTAINING THOSE EXPECTATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.STARTING WITH SENATE BILL 840. THERE ARE THREE MAIN COMPONENTS TO THIS BILL FOR THE LAND USE REGULATIONS. ESSENTIALLY, IT SAYS THAT THE MUNICIPALITY HAS TO ALLOW MULTI-FAMILY AND MIXED USE USES WHERE OFFICE, COMMERCIAL, RETAIL AND WAREHOUSE ARE ALLOWED, AND SO MULTI-FAMILY WOULD BE ALLOWED IN NONRESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS AND SEPARATELY APPLYING TO MULTIFAMILY AND MIXED USE USES AND ANY ZONING DISTRICT. THERE ARE LIMITS TO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WE CAN REGULATE, SO WE HAVE TO ALLOW AT LEAST 36 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. THE BUILDING HAS TO BE AT LEAST 45FT TALL. AND THERE ARE A FEW OTHER PROVISIONS REGARDING SETBACKS. AND AS FAR AS PARKING GOES, WE CAN ONLY REQUIRE ONE PARKING SPACE PER DWELLING UNIT. SO THOSE FOUR CHANGES TO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH ANOTHER PROVISION. THEY DO TALK ABOUT CONVERSIONS OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, AND IT ALSO ALLOWS SOME CAVEATS FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES. SO ESSENTIALLY IF THERE IS A ZONING DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USE, AND WE ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO ALLOW MULTIFAMILY OR MIXED USE USES, THEIR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES HAS A REALLY SPECIFIC DEFINITION IN THE STATE LAW. SO IT'S NOT AN EASY TRANSLATION TO OUR HEAVY MANUFACTURING LAND USE. SO THERE'S SOME NUANCE THERE. WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING SPECIFIC CODE CHANGES. WE DECIDED TO APPROACH THIS FROM VIEWING THE BUILDING FORM AS MUCH AS WE ARE ALLOWED TO. AND SINCE WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REGULATE NECESSARILY WHERE THESE USES OCCUR, WE CAN START TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THEIR SURROUNDING USES TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, ALIGNING WITH THOSE COMMERCIAL USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THAT AREA. WE LEANED ON OUR TWO EXISTING MULTIFAMILY LAND USES, COTTAGE AND TRADITIONAL. SO THE COTTAGE PRODUCT HAS SOME DESIGN STANDARDS THAT REALLY FOCUS ON THE BUILDING FORM BEING A LITTLE BIT SMALLER IN MASSING, AS OPPOSED TO OUR MULTIFAMILY TRADITIONAL, WHICH MIGHT BE CLOSER TO THAT FOUR STORY TEXAS RAP THAT WE'RE USED TO SEEING.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE WE'VE ALLOW A PROPOSED TO ALLOW MULTI-FAMILY COTTAGE AS A USE WITH CRITERIA AND C1, C2 AND O1. SO THOSE LOWER INTENSITY DISTRICTS AND THEN WE'VE PROPOSED TO ALLOW MULTIFAMILY TRADITIONAL AS A USE WITH CRITERIA IN C3 AND O2 ARE MORE DENSE AND INTENSE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. THE CRITERIA ARE ALL GOING TO BE LOCATED IN ONE SPOT IN OUR CODE AND 206. SO THAT WAY IT'S A KIND OF ONE STOP SHOP FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S DEVELOPING UNDER THESE STANDARDS. AND THOSE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE BUILDING FORM REGULATIONS TO HELP CONTROL WHAT IS REMAINING IN OUR ABILITY TO CONTROL, WHETHER THAT IS NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS THAT ARE ATTACHED IN A SINGLE BUILDING, AMENITY REQUIREMENTS. AND WE'LL JUMP INTO THOSE IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT GENERALLY TRYING TO SEPARATE OUT THOSE USES TO MAKE THEM COMPATIBLE WITH THEIR COMMERCIAL COUNTERPARTS. ALONG WITH THIS, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO CHANGE THE DENSITY THAT IS ALLOWED IN OUR MULTIFAMILY 30 DISTRICT. WE ARE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE NAME TO MULTIFAMILY 36. THE 30 IS THE CURRENTLY ALLOWED DENSITY. AND SO AS WE'RE CHANGING THE DENSITY, IT MAKES SENSE TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THAT DISTRICT. WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY SETBACK
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AND REDUCING THAT TO 25FT. THAT IS THE MAXIMUM THAT STATE LAW WILL ALLOW US TO REGULATE. BUT WE ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO MULTIFAMILY USES IN THIS DISTRICT PERTAINING TO THE WAY THAT THE BUILDING LOOKS OR THE AMENITY REQUIREMENTS. SO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPED IN THIS DISTRICT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LESS STRICT THAN THOSE DEVELOPED IN NONRESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO MOVE THE FR FLEX RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THERE WAS NOT A PROPERTY IN THE CITY WITH THIS ZONING DESIGNATION, AND IT WAS REALLY INTENDED TO HIT A LOWER DENSITY MULTIFAMILY PRODUCT.NOW THAT WE CANNOT REGULATE DENSITY OR HEIGHT, IT BECOMES LESS USEFUL. LOOKING AT THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS SPECIFICALLY FOR MULTIFAMILY AND NONRESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, THERE ARE TWO CATEGORIES THAT WE NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE. WE NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT WE ADOPTED STANDARDS FOR STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW. AND THEN THERE ARE ADDITIONAL PROPOSED STANDARDS THAT ARE AIMING TO HIT THOSE OBJECTIVES. AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. SO SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE AND INCLUDE IN OUR CODE NOW ARE WE CAN NO LONGER REQUIRE MORE THAN ONE PARKING SPACE PER DWELLING UNIT.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, SETBACKS AND LANDSCAPE BUFFERS HAVE TO MATCH WHATEVER IS APPLICABLE TO NONRESIDENTIAL USES. IN THAT DISTRICT. WE HAVE THAT MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 36 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, AND THEN THE MAXIMUM HEIGHTS RANGE FROM 45FT TO 75FT. AND THAT DEPENDS ON THE DISTRICT. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, STAFF IS PROPOSING THAT 75% OF THE PARKING FOR THESE USES MUST BE COVERED, OR SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO HAVE THEM BE ENCLOSED. WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THERE IS A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS IN A SINGLE BUILDING, ESPECIALLY SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT COTTAGE PRODUCT. WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT THERE'S A MINIMUM FIRST FLOOR HEIGHT OF 14FT. AND SO THE INTENT OF THAT IS IT CAN BE ESTABLISHED AND DEVELOPED AS RESIDENTIAL. BUT SHOULD THERE EVER BE A MARKET TO CONVERT TO COMMERCIAL USES, THERE'S ACTUALLY ROOM IN THE FIRST FLOOR TO ADD ADDITIONAL MECHANICAL SPACES OR ANYTHING ELSE NEEDED TO MEET THAT BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENT. WE CAN ALSO REQUIRE SOME ARCHITECTURAL ENHANCEMENTS. SO LOOKING AT SOME OFFSETS FOR TRADITIONAL MULTIFAMILY BUILDING AND THEN PROHIBITING BALCONIES FACING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. ANOTHER PROVISION THAT WE ARE SUGGESTING IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS CHART. IN RED, WE ARE PROPOSING MINIMUM HEIGHTS WITH CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS. SO WITH THOSE NONRESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, IN ORDER, ESPECIALLY IF WE LOOK AT OUR MORE INTENSE NONRESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS SUCH AS C3 OR O2, WE MIGHT EXPECT THAT A DENSER AND MORE INTENSE PRODUCT IS LOCATED THERE. AND SO BUILDINGS MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE BIT TALLER TO BE MORE COMPATIBLE WITH A MORE INTENSE COMMERCIAL USES. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN O2, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A MINIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF FIVE STORIES, SO IT MUST BE AT LEAST THAT TALL. BUT THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THE ZONING DISTRICT WOULD STILL ALSO REMAIN IN PLACE, SO IT WOULD NOT EXCEED WHAT IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED IN THAT ZONING DISTRICT. CURRENTLY, ALL OF OUR MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES DO REQUIRE AMENITIES ON SITE TO ACCOMMODATE THE RESIDENTS. THINGS LIKE POOLS, DOG PARKS, BUSINESS CENTERS FOR MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES IN NONRESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL AMENITIES REQUIRED. SO WITH THE NONRESIDENTIAL DISTRICT WASN'T ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE RESIDENTS, SO THE ADDITIONAL AMENITIES WILL HELP SUPPORT THOSE RESIDENTS IN THOSE AREAS. WE'VE ALSO ADDED NEW AMENITIES FOR ALL ZONING DISTRICTS FOR THE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN NO LONGER REQUIRE REGULATE, BUT WE STILL PLACE VALUE ON. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AN ADJACENCY BUFFER NEXT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. IF AN ADDITIONAL ADJACENCY BUFFER IS PROVIDED, IT WOULD BE NICE FOR THEM TO GET CREDIT FOR THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, IT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT THE CITY VALUES. SENATE BILL 15 PERTAINS TO SINGLE FAMILY USES. THE OVERARCHING KEY PIECE TO ME IN THIS LEGISLATION IS THAT THE APPLICABILITY IS MUCH SMALLER THAN SB 840, SO THIS WOULD APPLY ONLY TO PROJECTS THAT ARE ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY USES, HAVE NO RECORDED PLOT, AND ARE FIVE ACRES OR MORE ESSENTIALLY NEW PROJECTS. THIS WOULD NOT BE RETROACTIVE TO EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT IT DOES SAY THAT THE CITY CANNOT REQUIRE A NEW SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION THAT MEETS THESE APPLICABLE APPLICABILITY STANDARDS TO PLOT LOTS LARGER THAN 30FT WIDE, AND SO WE HAVE PROPOSED A SET OF STANDARDS. WITH THAT, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE WHAT THE STATE HAS REQUIRED US TO COMPLY WITH. AND SO THE HIGHLIGHT IS WE AGAIN, ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO REQUIRE MORE THAN ONE PARKING SPACE PER DWELLING UNIT. CURRENTLY, EVERY SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE FOUR PARKING SPACES. AND SO NOW WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO REQUIRE ONE PARKING SPACE AND IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE COVERED OR ENCLOSED. THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ON THE RIGHT ARE THAT THEY ARE ONLY APPLICABLE TO PROPERTIES THAT ARE 4000FT■S OR
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SMALLER IN LOT AREA, SO IF A DEVELOPER CHOOSES TO PLOT LARGER, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO USE THESE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. AND ANOTHER QUICK NOTE THAT LOTS LESS THAN 50FT WIDE DO REQUIRE REAR ACCESS VIA ALLEYS, SO THIS WOULDN'T BE A FRONT SERVING PRODUCT IF IT WAS DEVELOPED AT 30FT WIDE. WE'VE PROPOSED TWO APPROACHES TO ACCOMMODATE THIS. IN OUR CODE.WE ARE ADDING THE RECOMMENDING ADDING LAND USES FOR SINGLE FAMILY SMALL LOTS. AND SO THAT WOULD BE A USE WITH CRITERIA ALLOWED IN ALL OF OUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE STATE LAW DOES REQUIRE US TO ALLOW IT. BUT WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING THE ADDITION OF A NEW ZONING DISTRICT, R3. AND SO THAT WOULD MEET STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS.
AND WE CAN DIVE INTO THOSE IN A QUICK SECOND. BUT ESSENTIALLY THIS ALLOWS FLEXIBILITY WHERE WE'RE REQUIRED TO ALLOW THOSE SMALLER LOTS. BY STATE LAW, WE HAVE THE PROVISION AND ABILITY TO DO THAT WITH THE USE WITH CRITERIA. BUT IF THERE'S A CASE WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO ZONE AN ENTIRE PROPERTY COMPLIANT WITH THOSE REGULATIONS, WE DO HAVE THE OPTION WITH R3. THE R3 STANDARDS ARE HERE BEFORE YOU. AGAIN, THEY'RE PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON THAT FIRST SLIDE. THE ONLY TWO ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT I'LL NOTE IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS, WE'RE REQUIRED TO ALLOW THREE STORIES IN THESE HOMES, YOU'VE GOT TO BUMP THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE BY THE TIME YOU ADD A ROOF PITCH AND WHATNOT. SO YOU'LL SEE A SMALL CHANGE THERE. AND WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS ACCOMMODATE THE FACT THAT ANY SIZE LOT CAN BE IN A ZONING DISTRICT. SO WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE SIZE OF THE LOT ITSELF WITH THOSE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS. LAST ARE ZONING PROTEST PETITIONS. SO BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1ST, IF A ZONING CASE WAS COMING THROUGH, THEY WERE REQUIRED TO SEND A NOTICE AND A 200 FOOT BUFFER AROUND THAT SUBJECT PROPERTY.
IF 20% OF THE OWNERS OF LAND AREA SIGNED A PETITION PROTESTING THE PROPOSED ZONING CASE, IT WOULD REQUIRE A SUPER A SUPERMAJORITY HERE AT COUNCIL POST SEPTEMBER 1ST. WHAT IS REQUIRED IS THAT FOR A SPECIFIC SET OF ZONING CASES WHERE THE NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS HAVE INCREASED ON THE SITE, OR ARE PROPOSED TO INCREASE, INSTEAD OF ONLY HAVING 20% OF THAT LAND AREA SIGN THE PETITION, IT IS NOW INCREASED TO 60%. SO THERE'S A LARGER THRESHOLD, AND IF THAT THRESHOLD IS MET, IT WOULD ONLY REQUIRE A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE, WHICH IS WHAT IS CURRENTLY REQUIRED FOR ANY ZONING CASE. SO PROCEDURALLY, THERE WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE A CHANGE IN WHAT IS REQUIRED OF YOU ALL IN THIS CASE. BUT OF COURSE, YOU ARE ABLE TO CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THAT MANY SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS DID SIGN ON TO THE PETITION. WE HAD OUR JOINT WORK SESSION PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. LAST WEEK'S MEETING. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND I'VE GOT A QUICK COMPANION ITEM AFTER THIS ONE, BUT I PROMISE THAT WON'T BE REAL SHORT. HALEY.
THANK YOU. QUESTIONS? ANYONE? COMMENTS. ANYONE? HALEY. THANK YOU. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. IF YOU'VE COME TONIGHT AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL REGARDING SENATE BILL, BASICALLY SENATE BILL 840 AS IT RELATES TO ITEM 250042, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ITEM. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN FELTUS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ITEM. AS FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. SECOND. SECOND BY MR. LYNCH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY BEFORE WE APPROVE IT. I MEAN, IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION. I SAW A LOT OF GLAZED EYES OUT THERE. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE CLIFF NOTES. SENATE BILL 840 ALLOWS APARTMENTS BY RIGHT IN COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. SO WE'RE HERE AS YOUR COUNCIL PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, YOU WE GET A LOT OF FLACK. YOU KNOW, THE ONE OF THE MOST THINGS YOU TALK ABOUT IN MCKINNEY HAS APARTMENTS. THEY HAVE TOO MANY APARTMENTS. AND THEN AND YOU CAN VOICE YOUR CONCERNS TO US BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE US, YOU CAN TOUCH US AND YOU CAN TALK TO US. RIGHT. BUT THIS IS COMING FROM THE STATE. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU ELECTED FROM THE STATE. SO WHEN YOU SEE THESE POP UP NOW, IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF US. IT'S BECAUSE OF YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE STATE. SO I JUST WANT TO CLIFF NOTE THERE, SENATE BILL 15, WHAT THAT MEANT THAT THE GOING DOWN TO 3000FT■S, THAT MEANT TINY HOMES AND SO LOTS OF THEM. SO IF PRINCETON HAS ALREADY STARTED TINY HOME DEVELOPMENTS, IF YOU'VE SEEN THEM ONLINE OR YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, BUT GO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, IT'S CLOSE TO US. JUST GO DOWN 380 AND RIGHT THERE BY WALMART.
YOU CAN START SEEING THEM, BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANT. SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN AN AGING COMMUNITY, YOU START SEEING TEARDOWNS AND REBUILDS. AND SO THAT LOT THAT USED TO HAVE ONE HOUSE NOW HAS THREE ON IT. THAT'S WHAT THAT BILL WAS FOR. SB WAS THAT SB 24 WAS THE LAST
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ONE THERE. OH MAN. SO NOW WHEN YOU WANT TO PETITION PEOPLE FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU GET YOUR SIGNATURES, YOU GO GET YOUR BLOCK. YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY, YOUR COMMUNITY. IT USED TO BE A SMALLER RADIUS. NOW YOU GOT TO EXPAND THAT RADIUS. NOW EVERYBODY UP HERE ON CITY COUNCIL KNOWS WHAT THAT MEANS BECAUSE WE BLOCK WALK. WHEN WE GO FOR ELECTED WE CAN GO DOOR TO DOOR. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE TIME, NOR THE MONEY OR THE, YOU KNOW, OR THE PATIENCE TO GO KNOCK ON 60% TO GET SOMETHING UP HERE TO BE DISCUSSED. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT AFFECT YOU THAT DID NOT COME FROM CITY COUNCIL. JUST LETTING YOU KNOW.SO WHEN YOU SEE IT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, IT'S IT'S LIKE IT'S OKAY. BUT A YEAR FROM NOW IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A PROBLEM. SO WITH THAT, I WILL HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE IT'S THE LAW. SO THANK YOU COUNCILMAN JONES. ANY OTHER ANYONE ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT MOTION CARRIES, MISS ANGEL.
[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on Certain Amendments to Chapter 150, Entitled “Unified Development Code,” of the Code of Ordinances, City of McKinney, Texas, Particularly to Article 3 (Subdivision Regulations) and particularly to Sections 305 (Platting) and 307 (Design Standards); to Chapter 150 (Unified Development Code), and Accompanying Ordinance]
NICE WORK. NEXT ITEM IS 250005MA PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND CHAPTER 150 UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. CITY OF MCKINNEY. ARTICLE THREE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. IN PARTICULAR SECTIONS 305. PLATTING 307 DESIGN STANDARDS CHAPTER 150 OF THE UDC AND THE ACCOMPANYING ORDINANCE. THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS ONE IS EXTRA BRIEF. I'M ONLY TALKING ABOUT SENATE BILL 15 WITH THIS ITEM, WHICH IS THE SMALL LOTS.WE'VE GOT OUR STANDARDS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED. ESSENTIALLY, THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REQUIRE A NOTE ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT TO HELP US TRACK WHICH PROPERTIES FALL UNDER THESE DESIGNATIONS. AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, SO THAT THAT IS TRULY IT. THAT IS ALL FOR THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ARE THERE QUESTIONS ANYONE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU COME TONIGHT AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THIS PROPOSED CHANGE TO CHAPTER 150, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. MISTER MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THIS ITEM. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ITEM. AS FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION SECOND SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN FELTUS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. AS THAT MOTION
[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Specific Use Permit Request for a Drive-Through Restaurant (McDonalds), Located at 3300 Virginia Parkway (REQUEST TO BE TABLED)]
CARRIES. THE NEXT ITEM IS 250005P3. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A DRIVE THRU RESTAURANT 3300 VIRGINIA PARKWAY. MR. REILLY, WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. LUCAS REILLY, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AS OF TODAY FOR FOUR WEEKS, EXCITED TO BE WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. THIS IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD ITEM. WE ARE REQUESTING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TABLE THIS ITEM INDEFINITELY TO GIVE THE APPLICANT TIME TO WORK WITH OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, AS THEY ARE LOOKING AT ADDRESSING SOME POTENTIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL MITIGATION SOLUTIONS. THERE'S DISCUSSED WHEN THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT TO YOU LAST. THANK YOU. STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS LUCAS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS A AN ITEM THAT HAS A PUBLIC HEARING ATTACHED. WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO POSSIBLY CLOSE THAT PUBLIC HEARING AND TABLE INDEFINITELY. BUT IF YOU MADE THE EFFORT TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ALMOST DID IT ALMOST SAID PNC. YEAH. CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. MISTER MAYOR MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TABLE THIS ITEM INDEFINITELY. HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN FELTUS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TABLE THIS ITEM INDEFINITELY. I'LL SECOND.SECOND BY COUNCILMAN JONES, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. AS THAT MOTION
[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Specific Use Permit Request for a Drive-Through Restaurant (Smalls Sliders), Located at 1700 North Custer Road, and Accompanying Ordinance]
CARRIES. THAT ITEM HAS BEEN TABLED INDEFINITELY. NEXT ITEM 2500102A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A DRIVE THRU RESTAURANT. SMALLS SLIDERS. THIS IS AT 1700 NORTH CUSTER ROAD. MR. REILLY. ALL RIGHT. BACK HERE AGAIN. SO THIS IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST TO ALLOW FOR THE SPEAKER BOX WITHIN THE REQUIRED BUFFER ZONE THAT WILL TRIGGER THIS REQUEST. THERE SHOULD BE AN EXHIBIT HERE. SORRY. LEARNING. PERHAPS SOME OF YOUR[01:05:03]
STAFF COULD COME HELP YOU WITH THAT. SO THERE'S AN EXHIBIT HERE THAT SHOWS A LOCATION.THIS IS THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT HERE. BUT WE ARE FOCUSED ON A SPECIFIC PORTION. YOU CAN SEE THE SITE PLAN SHOWN. SO IT IS TECHNICALLY WITHIN 200FT OF A RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PARCEL.
THAT PARCEL IS THE AMENITY CENTER FOR THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU CAN SEE IT'S A FAIRLY DENSELY WOODED AREA. IT'S ALSO FLOODPLAIN, SO WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE DIRECTLY ADJACENT PROPERTY BEING DEVELOPED FOR SINGLE FAMILY USE IS QUITE LOW, AND THAT THE SPACE FROM THE SPEAKER BOX TO THE NEAREST CONSTRUCTED SINGLE FAMILY LOT IS SHOWN THERE AT 200 AND I THINK 41FT. SO IT DOES EXPAND OR EXCUSE ME, EXTEND BEYOND THE 200FT REQUIRED BY THE UDC. AS SUCH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND PNC VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. QUESTIONS? LUCAS, CAN YOU SHOW? I THINK YOU CAN. RIGHT ON THE SCREEN, SHOW US WHERE THE SPEAKER BOX IS AND THE THE ZONED RESIDENTIAL IS, AND THEN WHERE THE CLOSEST HOME IS. YES. SO RIGHT HERE IS THE SPEAKER BOX.
OKAY. THIS WHOLE PROPERTY HERE IS WHAT'S CURRENTLY ZONED. THAT WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY. BUT THIS CALL OUT HERE IS SHOWING THE NEAREST DISTANCE TO A SINGLE FAMILY ZONED LOT FROM SPEAKER BOX ITSELF. AND WHAT IS THAT DISTANCE? I WAS TRYING TO CALL THAT OUT. I CAN'T SEE. TWO 4141 AND 250 IS OUR 200. 200 IS WHAT IS WHAT REQUIRES THE TRIGGER, BECAUSE THE DISTANCE FROM THE SPEAKER BOX TO THIS KIND OF JAGGED LINE HERE IS LESS THAN THAT, THAT THAT PROPERTY IS TECHNICALLY ZONED SINGLE FAMILY. BUT AS MENTIONED EARLIER, BECAUSE IT'S THE AMENITY CENTER AND FLOODPLAIN, WE DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR THAT TO BECOME A RESIDENTIAL LOT IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. VERY GOOD. OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY LETTERS OR OPPOSITION EMAILS OR LETTERS TO PLANNING AND ZONING FOR THIS? WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL OF THOSE HOMES THAT DID FALL WITHIN THE NOTICING REQUIREMENT. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? LUCAS. THANK YOU. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. IS OUR APPLICANT HERE? I WAS TRYING TO LOOK EARLIER. YES. YES, SIR. HI, I'M CHRIS RILEY. I'M THE OWNER OF THE POTENTIAL SMALL SLIDERS. ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? YOU'VE GOT FREE MIC TIME HERE FOR YOU IN YOUR RESTAURANT. WELL, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE SMALL SLIDERS. WE'RE A NEW BRAND. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T VISITED US ON HARDEN ROAD WE'RE OPEN AT HARDEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CINEMARK. IT'S CHEESEBURGER SLIDERS. WE FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT ABOUT THIS SITE. WE'VE ALREADY BUILT SOME RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. WE'RE A COMMUNITY. I LIVE HERE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD IN PROSPER. SO NOT MCKINNEY, BUT I'M LOCAL. I MEANT THE RESTAURANT 3 OR 4 DAYS OF THE WEEK. WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO GIVE BACK. WE'VE ALREADY DONE SPIRIT NIGHTS FOR A COUPLE COMMUNITIES AT OUR FIRST LOCATION. THIS SITE IS A SLAM DUNK SITE FOR US. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEING NEXT DOOR. THIS AERIAL DOESN'T SHOW THAT THOSE TREES ARE ABOUT 50 FOOT. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE PUTTING SOME OF OUR OWN SHRUBBERY SCREENING TO HELP OUT WITH IT, BUT IT'S RIGHT THERE BY THE NEW WHOLE FOODS IN THE WALMART. BUT OPENING. ANY QUESTIONS? IF Y'ALL HAVE THEM, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. ANYONE? THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT. THIS IS A AN ITEM THAT HAS A PUBLIC HEARING ATTACHED TO IT. SO IF YOU'VE COME TONIGHT AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THIS PROPOSED S U P FOR SMALL SLIDERS, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE.
MR. MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THIS ITEM AS A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN FELTUS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ITEM SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN. ANY DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. ALL RIGHT. THAT THAT VOTE HAS HAS BEEN APPROVED. YEAH. WELCOME TO MCKINNEY, SITE NUMBER TWO. OKAY. NEXT ITEM
[Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Amending Chapter 70 (Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions) of the McKinney Code of Ordinances to Incorporate a New Article, Entitled “Article XII (Physical Occupancy within Downtown Public Spaces)”]
253177. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 70 OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS OF THE MCKINNEY CODE OF ORDINANCES TO INCORPORATE A NEW ARTICLE ENTITLED ARTICLE 12 PHYSICAL OCCUPANCY WITHIN DOWNTOWN PUBLIC SPACES. MISS ARNOLD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL[01:10:04]
JENNIFER ARNOLD, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER THIS ITEM AND THE TWO THAT FOLLOW ARE. ALTHOUGH THEY ARE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, THEY ARE ALL SORT OF PART OF THE SAME GLOBAL INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE STARTED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. AS MANY OF YOU ALL ARE WELL AWARE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT ACTIVITIES THAT HAPPEN PREDOMINANTLY IN AND AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND SOME POTENTIAL CODE CHANGES THAT COULD BE PUT IN PLACE TO HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE THINGS. AND SO THESE THREE ITEMS ARE HERE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE OPTIONS ARE. BACK IN AUGUST. THERE IT IS BACK IN AUGUST. WE DID PRESENT THIS AS A WORK SESSION DISCUSSION. THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD CONVERSATION BACK AND FORTH. MYSELF, OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, OUR DIRECTOR OF CODE SERVICES, AND ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS WENT BACK WITH THE DRAFTS THAT WERE PRESENTED BACK THEN AND CONTINUED SCRUBBING THOSE AND REFINING THEM FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER TONIGHT FOR ACTION. SO THIS VERY FIRST ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW IT INFORMALLY AS THE SITTING OR LYING DOWN ORDINANCE. IT HAS BEEN SCALED WAY BACK. SO I WANT TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE KEY CHANGES SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU SAW IT, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE NAME OF THE ORDINANCE. SO AS YOU'LL SEE HERE IN RED, WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED NOW IS KNOWN AS THE PHYSICAL OCCUPANCY WITHIN DOWNTOWN PUBLIC SPACES. AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THESE THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ACTUALLY REGULATE ACTIVITIES ONLY WITHIN THE PUBLIC SPACES. SO THAT IS PUBLIC SIDEWALKS, PARKWAYS, ROADWAYS, MEDIANS, CITY OWNED NOT CITY OWNED PARKING LOTS, BUT THINGS OF THE LIKE. AND SO THEY'RE THEY'RE SHARED UP HERE. IT WE HAVE REMOVED THE SITTING COMPONENT TO THIS ORDINANCE WHICH WAS THERE BEFORE. WE HAVE LIMITED THAT ONLY TO SAYING FOLKS CANNOT SIT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF A STREET, WHICH QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK IS ALREADY SORT OF GOVERNED BY SOME BROADER CODES, BUT PREDOMINANTLY WHAT THIS IS ADDING TO OUR CODE SPECIFICALLY IS BEHAVIORS WITHIN PUBLIC SIDEWALKS AND MEDIANS AND IN OUR PARKWAYS. AND WHAT THAT IS PROPOSED TONIGHT WOULD INCLUDE NO SLEEPING OUTDOORS AND NO LYING DOWN IN THOSE SPACES. WE'RE ASKING FOLKS IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO UTILIZE A FEATURES THAT WERE DESIGNED TO SIT DOWN AND RELAX IN A CHAIR, A BENCH OR ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES. I THINK, MR. BELLER, MAYBE IT WAS MR. CLOUTIER AT THE LAST MEETING, TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THOSE PONY WALLS THAT WE HAVE AROUND AND OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN. THOSE HAVE BEEN BUILT INTO THIS PARTICULAR CODE SO THAT FOLKS ARE STILL ABLE TO ENJOY THOSE. HOWEVER, AGAIN, SLEEPING IS STILL PART OF THIS PROPOSED CODE. NO SLEEPING OUTDOORS THAT WOULD APPLY TO ANYBODY, AND IT WOULD BE FOR A POLICE OFFICER TO GO TO SOMEBODY AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM A NUDGE, YOU'RE SLEEPING. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YOU'VE GOT TO MOVE. OF COURSE, WITHIN THIS CODE, THERE ARE ALSO EXCEPTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT IN FOR THINGS LIKE EMERGENCIES, ADA AND OF COURSE COMMON PUBLIC ACTIVITIES. WE DO HAVE AT LEAST TWO PARKS WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN STILL ENJOY THOSE PARK SPACES BY SITTING DOWN AND ENJOYING THOSE, SO THAT THOSE ARE SPECIALLY CARVED OUT, SO THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT AGAIN. WHAT THIS IS INTENDING TO DO IS TO TRY AND ENSURE THAT FOLKS ARE NOT SITTING DOWN AND BLOCKING ACCESSIBILITY AND PUBLIC ACCESS ON THOSE PRIMARY PEDESTRIAN ROADWAYS OR WALKWAYS WHERE WE'VE GOT PATRONS AND VISITORS WALKING AROUND. JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE IS JUST PERTAINING TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN IS THAT BOUNDARY. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE MCKINNEY TOWN CENTER ZONING DISTRICT, THIS PERFECTLY ALIGNS WITH THAT PARTICULAR AREA. PLEASE IGNORE THE HEADING. THAT WAS ONE OF THE OTHER NAMES THAT WE WERE WRESTLING WITH EARLIER THAT DID NOT GET CHANGED ON THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, BUT THIS IS THE PHYSICAL OCCUPANCY OF PUBLIC SPACES. SO ONLY THE DOWNTOWN AREA ON THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY WOULD BE WHAT SOUTHERN BOUNDARY IS STANDARD FOR WESTERN BOUNDARY IS BENGE AND THE EASTERN BOUNDARY KIND OF CURVES AROUND JUST WEST OF OLD SETTLERS. AND SO WITH THAT, IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. BUT I'VE ALSO GOT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE HERE TO HELP AS WELL. JENNIFER, MINE AREN'T NECESSARILY QUESTIONS, BUT SOME COMMENTS THAT APPLY CERTAINLY TO THE FIRST TWO, NOT SO MUCH TO THE THIRD. SO IT'S KIND OF WEIRD TO TALK ABOUT ONE THAT YOU HAVEN'T INTRODUCED YET. BUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOMELESSNESS FOR YEARS FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL. BUT WE HAD A PRETTY HEFTY DISCUSSION TWO YEARS AGO WHERE WE ADDED ABOUT $1 MILLION TO THE POLICE BUDGET IN KIND OF A STARTUP COST AND $500,000 AND ONGOING COST TO OUR POLICE BUDGET TO DEAL WITH HOMELESSNESS. AND I MUST SAY, THE SAME THING I SAID THEN, IS THAT WE NEED TO A TWO PRONGED APPROACH TO THIS. WE'VE GOT TO BE SUPPLYING RESOURCE. WE'VE GOT TO HAVE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GO. AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE, BUT UNLESS WE'VE GOT PLACES FOR
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PEOPLE TO GO, THEN WE ARE JUST WE'RE WE'RE BETWEEN A ROCK AND PUTTING PEOPLE BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE. AND. I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO PEOPLE THIS IS A FAILURE OF POLICY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND OUR COUNTY GOVERNMENT, AND WE ARE LEFT WITH THE REMNANTS OF THAT FAILURE AND OUR HISTORIC ROLE IN HOMELESSNESS HAS BEEN ENFORCEMENT. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE THE TOOLS FOR. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE TAX FOR AND WHAT WE PROVIDE SERVICES FOR ITS ENFORCEMENT, BUT WE'RE STUCK WITH THAT FAILURE AND WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO OVERCOME THAT. AND WE CAN'T ENFORCE OUR WAY OUT OF THIS. I MEAN, WE CAN CRAFT A LAW. WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TELL THESE PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN'T BE HERE, BUT THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THEM TO GO. I STOPPED WE REALISTICALLY, RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 6 OR 7 PEOPLE THAT THAT ARE SITTING ON THE SIDE OF KENTUCKY STREET AND THEY'RE SITTING THERE BECAUSE WE CLOSED OUR LIBRARY FOR A YEAR AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO GO.AND I'VE STOPPED AND TALKED TO THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES AS WE'VE BEEN CONSIDERING THIS. THEY'VE ALL SIGNED UP FOR HOUSING LIST. THEY'RE WAITING. THEY'VE ALL SIGNED UP FOR RESOURCES. MR. STARK CAME UP HERE AND TALKED ABOUT THEY'RE ALL ON THE LIST. THEY'RE WAITING. THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO. AND SO NOT NECESSARILY THIS ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT APPLIES DOWNTOWN, BUT THE NEXT ORDINANCE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT CAMPING THERE, THEY'VE GOT THEIR BELONGINGS WITH THEM. THEY CARRY A SUITCASE AROUND. AND WHEN WE PASS THIS NEXT ORDINANCE, WE'LL GO TELL THEM TO MOVE AND THEY'LL GET ON A PUBLIC SIDEWALK AND THEY'LL WALK DOWN THE STREET, AND THERE IS NO LEGAL PLACE FOR THEM TO GO UNTIL THEY LEAVE THE CITY. AND THAT'S TO ME. WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER THAN THAT. WE'VE GOT TO BALANCE RESOURCE WITH ENFORCEMENT. AND SO UNTIL. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT, WE DELAY AT LEAST THE FIRST TWO UNTIL WE HAVE A BETTER PLAN IN PLACE TO HELP THE INDIVIDUALS. MY SUGGESTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT WE WORK WITH NONPROFITS AND TRY TO CREATE A NETWORK THAT FOCUSES ON HOUSING FIRST, AND THAT COMES AT A FISCAL SACRIFICE ON OUR PART. BUT I MEAN, IF I'M SITTING HERE WITH A CHOICE OF I DON'T WANT THOSE SEVEN PEOPLE SITTING THERE, THEY DON'T WANT TO BE THERE.
PAUL SAID THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE THERE. NOBODY WANTS THEM THERE. WHAT'S MY CHOICE? I CAN GO TELL THEM. CAN'T BE THERE. I CAN GO TRY TO FIND A PLACE FOR THEM TO BE. AND I'D RATHER US WORK TO TRY TO FIND A PLACE FOR THEM TO BE BEFORE WE TELL THEM THEY CAN'T BE THERE. SO. THAT'S.
THAT'S MY COMMENTS. ANYONE ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THIS THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY TOUGH COUPLE OF MONTHS, AS WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THIS AND DETERMINE FROM A GOVERNANCE STANDPOINT, WHAT IS OUR ROLE AND HOW DO WE REALLY ADDRESS A VERY WIDE SPECTRUM OF DESIRES FOR THIS COMMUNITY? I RECOGNIZE THAT ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THIS ISSUE THAT HAS NOT TYPICALLY PLAGUED US UNTIL RECENTLY. IT'S JUST THESE LAST FEW YEARS. IT REALLY HAS PICKED UP QUITE A BIT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM, FROM YOU.
OBVIOUSLY, THE LIBRARY IS IS AN EXACERBATING FACTOR FOR THIS. ON THE OTHER END OF IT, I HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EMPATHY FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TO ME AND SAID, I HAVE BEEN UNHOUSED, AND WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO DO IS CRIMINALIZE PEOPLE AND MAKE IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO PULL THEM OUT OF POVERTY. SO WE'VE GOT THESE TWO VERY WIDE SPECTRUMS OF PEOPLE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO COME UP WITH POLICIES TO, TO HELP. RIGHT. AND I GOT TO BE HONEST, THE. FAITH THAT I'VE HELD MY ENTIRE LIFE AND MY VIEWS OF WHAT WHAT CHRIST WOULD EXPECT OF US REALLY PUTS AN ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION ON THIS FOR ME. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE I AGREE WITH JUSTIN IN SOME SENSE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WE THREW $1 MILLION AT IT LAST YEAR. IS IT ANY BETTER OTHER THAN MORE VISIBLE OFFICERS DOWNTOWN? ARE WE REALLY SOLVING THE PROBLEM? I DON'T THINK WE SOLVE THE PROBLEM. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S GOTTEN WORSE. THE COMPLAINTS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE, AT LEAST. AND SO WE'VE GOT TO BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I STRUGGLE WITH, I LIKE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT HELPS TO OFFER SOME SOLUTIONS FOR NOT JUST THE BUSINESS OWNERS, BUT THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE REALLY CLOSE TO THE SQUARE. I LIKE THAT PART OF IT. WHAT I DON'T LIKE IS
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THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN, AND THIS IS WHERE I STRUGGLE THE MOST, AND I WOULD FEEL A WHOLE LOT MORE COMFORTABLE PASSING ORDINANCES IF I KNEW WHAT EXACTLY THE PLAN WAS. JUST THIS WEEK AND TODAY, I'M HEARING SOME THINGS THAT DEFINITELY COULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US IN TERMS OF CREATING POLICIES AND PLANS WITH STAFF AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND NONPROFIT GROUPS TO REALLY ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY WHAT JUSTIN IS TALKING ABOUT. MY CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THIS THING. WE'RE GOING TO WIPE PEOPLE OUT, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE. I MEAN, THE THE IF WE IF IT PASSES TONIGHT, WHAT IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN IS IT TAKES PLACE BY FRIDAY. THIS IS NOW THE LAW BY FRIDAY. PUBLICATION IS FRIDAY.YES. PUBLICATION IS FRIDAY. RIGHT. AND SO WE'RE LEAVING ZERO TIME TO REALLY MAKE A PLAN.
THAT IS A SUSTAINABLE PLAN THAT DOES NOT CRIMINALIZE PEOPLE. AND I KNOW, I KNOW, THERE'S PROBABLY MORE DISCUSSION TO BE HAD. I'VE BEEN WRESTLING WITH THIS, AND I STILL FEEL LIKE I'M STILL WRESTLING WITH THIS. RIGHT. I WANT TO OFFER SOME REPRIEVE TO THE DOWNTOWN FOLKS SPECIFICALLY WHO TEND TO STRUGGLE WITH THIS MORE. BUT I ALSO, I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SOLID PLAN IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. ANYONE ELSE? OTHER COMMENTS? LET ME WEIGH IN. COUNCILMAN BELL, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE WITH, WHERE YOUR HEART IS. NO ONE CAN QUESTION WHERE YOU'RE WHERE YOUR HEART IS. OUR JOB ONE IS TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS, WHOEVER THEY MAY BE, WHEREVER AND WHATEVER THEY MAY BE. OUR DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH IS WHERE THIS STARTED, WAS IT CAME FROM CONCERNS OF BUSINESS OWNERS AND PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA THAT WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ABOUT THEIR SAFETY. AND THAT'S WHAT GOT OUR ATTENTION. THE BIGGER, THE BIGGER ISSUE IS. WHAT COUNCILMAN BELL IS TALKING ABOUT IS, IS THAT IS THE TERM HOMELESS. HOW DO WE HOW DO WE FIX HOW DO YOU FIX THAT? WE DIDN'T GET HERE OVERNIGHT. AND THIS WILL NOT FIX THAT. YOU'RE RIGHT JUSTIN. IT IT WON'T FIX IT. MAYBE THIS IS A. GOOD FAITH OR AN EFFORT BY THE CITY TO TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY OF SOME OF OUR CITIZENS. I DO THINK WE NEED TO COME BACK AT IT NOW AND COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTION TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHERE WHERE DO PEOPLE GO? WHERE'S HOUSING? DO WE HAVE ANYTHING WE CAN OFFER THAT, THAT THAT WOULD BE MY THOUGHT. BUT MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE SAFETY OF OF OUR CITIZENS AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. JUST TO SPEAK TO THAT, I MEAN, THAT WAS THE CONCERN TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE ADDED FOUR POLICE OFFICERS. AND WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT THESE FIRST TWO, AT LEAST. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SAFETY ISSUES. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRESENCE ISSUES. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE AND I MEAN, I SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO CRIMINALIZE THIS UNTIL THEY LEAVE THE CITY. BUT REALISTICALLY AND NOT TO TO SAY SOME COMMENT ABOUT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO CRIMINALIZE THIS UNTIL WE DON'T HAVE A COMPLAINT. AND THAT MEANS IT'S COMING INTO SOMEBODY ELSE'S NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT WE ARE GOING TO PUSH THIS INTO. I MET WITH A FAMILY THAT THAT LIVES UP HERE, OWNS A FIVE ACRE TRACT OR SOMETHING. THEY'VE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS CLEANING UP THEIR TRACK BECAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS. BECAUSE BECAUSE THE ONES THAT ARE CAUSING ISSUES HIDE ON THEIR PROPERTY. AND WHAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE CRIMINALIZING JUST PRESENCE.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE EVERYBODY. IT'S GOING TO PUSH EVERYBODY INTO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT A SOLUTION. IT IS. IT'S JUST A WE'VE SOLVED THIS COMPLAINT AND WE'LL WAIT TILL WE GET THE NEXT ONE. AND I GUESS I UNDERSTAND THE PLEA FOR SAFETY, BUT WE HAVE LAWS AGAINST UNSAFE THINGS. AND I ACTUALLY THINK THE THIRD ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, IS ONE THAT'S A GOOD ONE TO ADD, BUT THE FIRST TWO DON'T HAVE TO DO WITH WITH SAFETY. THEY JUST HAVE TO DO WITH PRESENCE. AND. I ACTUALLY THINK THERE'S THERE'S QUICK SOLUTIONS ON THE TABLE. IT'S JUST MONEY. IT'S JUST FINANCIAL. I MEAN, YOU TALK ABOUT DOCTOR FELTUS TALKED ABOUT THIS ACCELERATED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. IT ACCELERATED BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STOPPED SPENDING MONEY. THEY THEY LAID OUT RAPID REHOUSING DOLLARS. AND WE SPENT MONEY ON HOUSING. AND IT ACTUALLY DID IT. IT IT MOVED THE NEEDLE. AND
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THEN THEY STOPPED SPENDING IT. AND WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR HOUSING ANYMORE LIKE THAT. AND IF YOU GO SIGN UP FOR THE MCKINNEY HOUSING AUTHORITY, NOT ONLY IS THERE A 3 OR 4 YEAR WAIT LIST, THERE'S A WAIT LIST TO I MEAN, THERE'S A WAIT TO GET ON THE WAIT LIST BECAUSE THEY CAN'T HANDLE APPLICATIONS. AND AND THAT'S THE RESOURCE EVERYBODY'S WAITING FOR. THAT'S THE FEDERAL SUBSIDY THAT EVERYBODY WAITS FOR, BECAUSE A DISABLED INDIVIDUAL OR A SENIOR INDIVIDUAL CANNOT AFFORD HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO THEY'RE ALL WAITING FOR THE HOUSING RESOURCE TO COME. WE HAVEN'T EXPANDED THE THIS ISN'T ANYBODY UP HERE, BUT BUT MCKINNEY HAS NOT SEEN AN INCREASE IN PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS OR HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS SINCE 1990, OUR POPULATION HAS INCREASED 11 TIMES OVER. WE HAVE 550 SUBSIDIZED UNITS IN THAT WAY. WE HAVE OTHER SUBSIDIZED UNITS, OTHER THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE.BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THESE DEEP SUBSIDIES THAT DEAL WITH DISABILITY, THAT DEAL WITH SENIOR HOUSING. AND AND WE'VE GOT TO FIND TOOLS TO BRING THOSE FEDERAL RESOURCES THAT GET ACCESS TO ALL THAT WE CAN TO BRING THOSE FORWARD. BUT WE ALSO NEED, WE NEED TO, TO, TO, TO, TO, TO GO TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING ON KENTUCKY THAT NONE OF US WANT THERE. AND WE JUST NEED TO GO HOUSE THEM, I MEAN, IN THIS CONVERSATION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEVEN PEOPLE LIKE, LET'S GO HOUSE THEM. LET'S TAKE 90 DAYS AND GO FIND A PLACE FOR THEM. IT'S I MEAN, I GET THAT I'M SIMPLIFYING THAT. BUT WE DO EVERYTHING AROUND THIS EXCEPT FOR HOUSING SOMEBODY. AND I GET THAT IT'S A BURDEN. IT'S A $10,000 COST OR SOMETHING TO A NONPROFIT. IT'S A COST TO US. BUT IT'S THE ONLY SOLUTION THAT'S OUT THERE. AND I MEAN, THAT'S THE CHOICE WE HAVE, IS WE CAN GO OUT THERE AND WE CAN TAKE THOSE SEVEN PEOPLE AND WE CAN SAY, LET'S FIND YOU HOUSING TODAY. LET'S DO IT TODAY. OR WE CAN PASS THE LAW AND IT GETS POSTED AND WE'LL MOVE THEM TO THE NEXT PLACE AND KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. AND I'M JUST WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE US DO SOMETHING BEFORE WE DO THIS. OTHER COMMENTS. ANYONE? I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF TABLING THESE ITEMS. BUT AGAIN, I MEAN, WE TALK ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. I MEAN, WE'RE KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. WE NEED A REAL PLAN. AND IF WE CAN'T COME UP WITH ONE, THEN WE NEED TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THESE ORDINANCE CHANGES. BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT COUNCILWOMAN FELTUS AND COUNCILMAN BELLER ARE SAYING. AND I HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS, BUT, I MEAN, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. IT'S NOT GOING AWAY. THIS IS A PROBLEM, AND IT'S AFFECTING A LOT OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE HOMELESS. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF MY VIEWPOINT. YEAH. I MEAN, PASSING THESE ORDINANCES DOESN'T MEAN WE STOP THE PROCESS AND STOP THE CONVERSATION. I THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO. WE THREW MONEY AT IT, AND THEN I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN HERE TWO YEARS. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL. SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN SOMETHING COME BACK UP, YOU KNOW, SO MY THING IS LET'S LET'S NOT LET THAT HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE NOT THROWING ENOUGH. WE'RE NOT PUTTING ENOUGH MONEY OUT THERE TO GET THIS DONE. MAYBE NOT ENOUGH IN THE RIGHT PLACE. THAT'S RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE NEED TO WORK ON. BUT BUT THE SOLUTION IS GOING TO BE MULTIFACTORIAL. IT'S NOT ONLY GOING TO BE SHORT TERM HOUSING, IT'S GOING TO BE HEALTH CARE. IT'S GOING TO BE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES AND OPPORTUNITIES. SO IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE A QUICK SHORT TERM HOUSING SOLUTION. IT'S MULTIFACTORIAL. IT'S ACROSS CITY, COUNTY, STATE, FEDERAL. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TERM SOLUTION. IT'S GOING TO BE A COMBINATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENDEAVORS. SO I MEAN, YOU KNOW, JUSTIN, I GET I GET WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM ON ON THE SHORT TERM HOUSING. BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION. IT'S JUST ANOTHER BAND-AID. IT'S THE SOLUTION FOR THE SEVEN PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING OUT THERE IS THE THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE WE HAVE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOT DOING NEAR ENOUGH FOR HOMELESS POPULATION. I WOULD GUESS THAT MCKINNEY IS PROBABLY KIND OF LEADING THE PACK ON, ON TRYING TO DO SOMETHING. AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN I'M WE CAN HANDLE THE THE WHOLE HOMELESS PROBLEM FOR NORTH TEXAS. WE NEED HELP FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES. I AGREE WITH THAT.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN. PATRICK IS NOT HERE. COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA IS IS ON SABBATICAL FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, ENJOYING SOME TIME OFF. AND AND I KNOW HE HAS SOME VERY STRONG
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OPINIONS. JUSTIN AND I, WE WE ARE OUR DISTRICTS ARE DOWNTOWN OBVIOUSLY. AND AND SO WE UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES. WE ABSOLUTELY EMPATHIZE WITH THE CHALLENGES YOU ALL HAVE FACED.I'VE HEARD ABOUT PROPERTIES THAT HAVE NEEDED TO BE CLEANED UP, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY PEOPLE ARE SPENDING TO DO THAT, THE KINDS OF WASTE THAT THEY FIND ON THEIR PROPERTY. IT IS NOT OKAY FOR US THAT YOU HAVE TO ENDURE THAT. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE WE'RE NOT SYMPATHETIC TO THAT AS WELL, BUT I, I WOULD ALSO SAY IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA. JUST I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH OUR CITY MANAGER TODAY, AND I WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT A PROPOSAL THAT HE MADE THAT WILL HELP US TO AT LEAST CREATE A PLAN. BEFORE I JUST SAY ABSOLUTELY, LET'S JUST MOVE FORWARD. AND I THINK MAYBE JUST HAVING A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ANOTHER WEEK OR, YOU KNOW, IN TWO WEEKS WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL AND, AND MAKE A GOOD DECISION IN TERMS OF VOTING ON THESE ORDINANCES. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME MORE CONVERSATION BEFORE WE DO THAT. ANYONE ELSE? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS ITEM, AND I GUESS WE'LL DEAL WITH EACH ONE AS THEY COME UP. WE DO THEM ALL AT ONCE. I THINK WE CAN DO THEM INDIVIDUALLY. I'LL SECOND. WELL, LET'S LET'S TAKE THIS ONE AND THEN SEE WHERE THAT GOES. I'M, I'M ACTUALLY OKAY WITH PASSING THE THIRD ONE. OKAY. I THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S ONE THAT THAT IS NOT IN THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BELLER TO TABLE ITEM 253177. OR IS IT TO A DATE CERTAIN WE DON'T HAVE TO NOTICE IT. SO IT'S NOT THERE'S NOT. NO. BUT IS IT. DO WE DO WE BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL.
YOU CAN PUT A DATE CERTAIN DATE CERTAIN OR I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE LONGER THAN TWO WEEKS.
BUT OCTOBER 1ST, SECOND, SECOND MEETING IN OCTOBER. YEAH I THINK I THINK LETTING STAFF MAKE THAT DETERMINATION ON WHAT YOU, YOU PREFER JUST WITH THE NEW POSTING REQUIREMENTS, I'M A LITTLE LEERY OF SETTING A DATE. IS THE INTENT. I JUST NEED TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD IS THE INTENT OF THE COUNCIL TO. THE COMMENT WAS MADE ABOUT COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER WEIGHING IN.
IF THAT'S THE INTENT, YOU COULD CONTINUE THIS TO THE OCTOBER 7TH OCTOBER 6TH MEETING. IT'S ON A MONDAY THIS TIME. REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE WE GOT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ON THE SEVENTH, YOU COULD DO THAT. OR IF YOU PREFER TO WAIT ANOTHER TWO WEEKS, BUT THE COUNCIL JUST NEEDS TO LET US KNOW IF YOUR INTENT IS TO TABLE THIS INDEFINITELY AND MAYBE IT COMES BACK, OR MAYBE IT DOESN'T. I NEED TO KNOW THAT MY MY INTENT WOULD BE 60 TO 90 DAYS UNTIL STAFF HAS SOME RECOMMENDATION ON HOW WE CAN PROVIDE RESOURCE TO. WE WON'T. COUNCILMAN BELLER, WE'VE I'VE SPOKEN WITH ALL OF YOU INFORMALLY ABOUT A A PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BRINGING ON A CONSULTANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY ON COMING UP WITH A TO HELP NAVIGATE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS ISSUE. THAT WON'T BE DONE IN 60 TO 90 DAYS. THAT'S GOING TO BE MUCH LONGER THAN THAT. I THINK IT'S BADLY NEEDED. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE WE'VE ALL SPOKEN ABOUT.
YOU ALL SORT OF GAVE ME INFORMALLY, A HEAD NOD TO SAY YES, BRING IT BACK, GIVE US A PROPOSAL THAT WE CAN DO. BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE LONGER THAN 60, 90 DAYS BEFORE US, BEFORE WE CAN MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT A A COMMUNITY WIDE CONVERSATION IS GOING TO ARRIVE AT A ROADMAP FOR OUR COMMUNITY ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO RECONCILE OUR COMMUNITY TO HOMELESSNESS.
SO IF YOU WANT TO BRING THIS BACK FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE NEXT MEETING ON OCTOBER 6TH, OR IF YOU PREFER TO WAIT TILL THE 21ST, I GUESS IT WOULD BE WOULD BE THE SECOND MEETING. WE CAN DO THAT. JUST LET US KNOW. I'D SAY THE 21ST. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT CHANGES BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, BUT FOR ME. BUT I MEAN, I DO THINK THAT THERE IS VALUE IN US PUTTING OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND COMING UP WITH SOMETHING BETTER THAN A CONSULTANT. BUT I THINK THAT WHETHER OR NOT THAT CAN BE DONE IN 90 DAYS, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THAT I THINK IT CAN BE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE CAN WE CAN BRING IT TO THE MEETING THE 21ST AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE THEN WHETHER WE, YOU KNOW, BY THAT TIME, PAUL, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE THE CONSULTANT OR. WELL, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE INTENDING TO DO AS STAFF IS TO BRING BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
A PROPOSAL FOR THE PROCESS FOR US MOVING FORWARD AS AN ORGANIZATION, CERTAINLY NOT ONLY STAFF, BUT OUR VARIOUS COMMUNITY GROUPS AND MR. ROSE AND MANY OF THE STAKEHOLDERS.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY AS IT IS, AND THAT IS TO AND WE WOULD PROBABLY WHEN I TALKED ABOUT A CONSULTANT, THE CONSULTANT IS NOT GOING TO WRITE DOWN A BUNCH OF STUFF AND JUST GIVE IT TO US. THEY'RE GOING TO GUIDE THE PROCESS.
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THEIR JOB IS TO FACILITATE AND GUIDE US THROUGH. YOU KNOW, YOU COULD ALMOST CONSIDER IT A SOCIAL IMPACT NAVIGATOR. SOMEBODY'S GOING TO HELP US NAVIGATE A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT ISSUE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS. IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOMEBODY WHO CAN DEDICATE THE TIME. IT ALSO PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE A THIRD PARTY.ANYBODY ELSE IS GOING TO BE SEEN BY ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER AS HAVING AN AGENDA OR NOT QUALIFIED TO DO IT. SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE US TIME TO PUT THAT PROPOSAL TOGETHER AND THEN SOLICIT THE, THE, THE RIGHT TEAM OR CONSULTANT OR CONSULTANTS TO WORK WITH US ON THIS AS A COMMUNITY. WE'VE GOT TO GET THAT RIGHT. AND SO THAT WOULD BE THAT PROCESS. IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO DO THAT. YEAH. I MEAN, IN ADDITION TO THAT, I MEAN FOR FOR ME, I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FULL TIMELINE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, OBVIOUSLY. BUT I ALSO WANT TO KNOW IN THE INTERIM, WHILE WE'RE WORKING ON THE PLAN, WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE REALLY DISCUSSED WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE FOLKS. WHERE DO WE SEND THEM IF IT'S TO A DIFFERENT COUNTY, A DIFFERENT CITY? YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A PLAN FOR THEM. SO I WOULD LIKE TO TO UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS IN THE INTERIM WHILE WE'RE WORKING TO FORMULATE A MUCH LARGER STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT. BUT THE AS FAR AS THIS ORDINANCE IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE, THOUGH, I MEAN, WE I'VE TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE DOWNTOWN AND, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS OWNERS AND PEOPLE JUST DOWN THERE, YOU KNOW, WE AS A COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED TO KICK THAT PART OF THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. I MEAN, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. I MEAN, IF IT IS AND, YOU KNOW, JUSTIN, YOU MENTIONED IT. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST MOVING A COUPLE PEOPLE. WELL, I MEAN, DOWNTOWN IS WE HAVE THE MOST VIBRANT DOWNTOWN IN COLLIN COUNTY. AND YES, I IF I GOT TO BE THE ONE TO SAY IT, YES, WE PROBABLY GOT TO MOVE THEM FOR A WHILE UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT. BUT WE JUST CAN'T HAVE JUST THE LOITERING DOWN THERE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IN THE THE FEAR AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TRASH AND THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN PERSONALLY NOW FIRSTHAND, I MEAN, JUST HANGING OUT DOWN THERE, WE WE DON'T I DON'T THINK WE JUST KICKED THAT PART 60 TO 90 DAYS DOWN THE ROAD. AND I CAN AGREE WITH THAT. I ACTUALLY JUST WITHDREW MY, MY MOTION BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF IT. NOW WE WHAT YOU END UP DOING STILL IS PUSHING THEM OUTSIDE OF THE MTC. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE NEXT ORDINANCE ABOUT CAMPING, THAT'S THE ONE THAT I'M REALLY MOST CONCERNED ABOUT. BECAUSE IF WE'RE IF WE'RE TELLING THEM TO MOVE AND NOT SLEEP ANYWHERE IN THE CITY, NOT IN YOUR CAR, NOT NOT ON THE STREET, THEN WHERE ARE WE SENDING THEM? YEAH. MY MY CONCERN IS, IS CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TOTAL EMPATHY AND SYMPATHY AND UNDERSTAND WHERE JUSTIN IS TRYING TO GO WITH THE SOLUTION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN MY CAREER, I DEALT WITH THESE PEOPLE AT THE END OF THEIR JOURNEY WHEN THEY'RE IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. SO I SEE THE END OF THE JOURNEY. BUT BUT MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING THE DOWNTOWN NEEDS. AND I AND I GUESS THE WAY I LOOKED AT THESE ORDINANCES WAS IT WOULD BE A CATALYST FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION TO FIND SOLUTIONS. AND THE SOLUTIONS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE INCREMENTAL. SO MY CONCERN IS NOT ADDRESSING THE ISSUES FOR THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS NOW. AND I JUST LOOKED AT THESE ORDINANCES AS A CATALYST OR HIGHLIGHTING THE HOMELESS ISSUE TO CONTINUE THE DIALOG, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION, THAT WE'VE GOT TO KEEP LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS. SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED NOT ADDRESSING THOSE ORDINANCES AT THIS TIME. MISS ARNOLD. YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE COMMENT THAT YOU DID. I DID NOT HIGHLIGHT THIS IN THE PRESENTATION, ALTHOUGH IT IS IN THE STAFF REPORT, THIS ORDINANCE AND THE ONE THAT FOLLOWS, THEY DO HAVE SUNSET CLAUSES IN THEM IS A ONE YEAR SUNSET. IF THEY ARE NOT RENEWED AT THE END OF THAT ONE YEAR, THEY WOULD DISSOLVE. NOW, COUNCILMAN, I KNOW THAT DOESN'T ADDRESS YOUR IMMEDIATE CONCERN, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I PUT THAT OUT THERE AS WELL. HERETOFORE, THE THE CITY'S PRIMARY ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ONE, OF COURSE, ON THE ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE UP HERE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, BUT ALSO THROUGH OUR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ARM OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR PRIMARY. WE HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE ABLE TO SELF-FUND CERTAIN THINGS, BUT OUR PRIMARY ROLE THUS FAR HAS BEEN ON TRYING TO IDENTIFY AND CONNECT PEOPLE WITH THE RESOURCES THAT THE NONPROFITS AND MINISTRIES AROUND THE COMMUNITY HAVE. AND I THINK WHAT YOU WERE SPEAKING TO MAYOR PRO TEM ON THAT LARGER PLAN AND STRATEGY IS WHAT WE WOULD BE FOCUSING ON OVER THE NEXT YEAR. I THINK 60 TO 90 DAYS HELPS US TO CRAFT WHAT THAT POTENTIAL WORK PLAN AND POTENTIALLY A PARTNER IN HELPING US NAVIGATE THAT DOES.
BUT THE BUT THE EXERCISE OF ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY, WITH THE COUNCIL, WITH STAFF ON IDENTIFYING WHAT THE CITY'S ROLE MIGHT BE MOVING FORWARD FOR ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS, I THINK THAT IS A LONGER TERM INITIATIVE, PROBABLY CLOSER TO A YEAR, MAYBE EVEN 18 MONTHS, DEPENDING ON THE SCOPE AND SCALE AND WHERE THE COUNCIL MAY END UP WANTING TO NAVIGATE US
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ON THAT. BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP. I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE I HIGHLIGHTED THAT THESE PARTICULAR ORDINANCES DO HAVE THAT ONE YEAR SUNSET. THE EXCESSIVE PANHANDLING DOES NOT, BUT THESE OTHER TWO DO. YOU WITHDREW YOUR SECOND I WITHDREW MY OKAY. WE HAD A MOTION IN A SECOND. WE NOW THE SECOND HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. IS THERE JUSTIN, DO YOU WANT TO AMEND THE MOTION OR DO YOU WANT TO I MEAN, OKAY, FROM, FROM MY STANDPOINT, THE, THE IDEA THAT ANYTHING IS DIFFERENT IN TWO WEEKS OR FOUR WEEKS, WE HAVE AN OPTION. WE HAVE CHOICES. WE CAN HOUSE THESE PEOPLE TOMORROW IF WE WANT TO, JENNIFER SAID. WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT FLEX DOLLARS.WE'VE GOT DOLLARS TO SPEND IN OUR BUDGET THAT CAN THAT CAN TAKE AWAY THE CONCERN THAT THE DOWNTOWN PEOPLE HAVE, WHICH IS THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE ON THE STREET. THEY'RE SITTING ON KENTUCKY STREET RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S THE CONCERN. IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE CAUSING HARM. WE HAVE ORDINANCES AGAINST THAT. IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT WELL ENOUGH POLICED.
WE ADDED POLICE. ANYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT DOES HARM TO OTHERS OUTSIDE OF PRESENCE. WE'VE DEALT WITH THIS. THESE TWO ARE JUST ABOUT PRESENCE. AND WE HAVE OTHER TOOLS THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH THAT WHETHER WE HIRE A CONSULTANT OR WE. WE DO SOMETHING, WE MAKE SOME DECISIONS TO DO SOMETHING NOW, BUT WE CAN WE CAN FIND SOLUTIONS FOR PRESENCE WITHOUT WITHOUT CRIMINALIZING IT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO.
IF IT FAILS, IT FAILS. BUT I THINK I THINK WE ARE. WE ARE SETTING OURSELVES UP TO CAUSE HARM FOR NO BENEFIT WITH THIS. SO I THINK IT'S PRUDENT THAT THAT WE NOT ADOPT THESE ORDINANCES TONIGHT. BUT I'D LIKE TO PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA FAIRLY QUICKLY, THE 21ST, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM STAFF. AND WE'LL HAVE AND COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA WILL BE BACK. AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HIS VOICE ON THIS ISSUE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, COUNCILMAN BELLA, THE TIME FRAME ON YOUR MOTION IS, WHAT, ONE MORE TIME. I ACTUALLY LEFT MINE OPEN TO STAFF TO TO SAY WHEN THEY FELT LIKE THEY COULD GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON NEXT STEPS. OKAY. I DIDN'T, MR. CITY MANAGER. THAT WAS THE 60 TO 90 DAYS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. I.
WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING HERE. SO THE ORDINANCE, THE THE CONSIDERATION FOR THIS IS YOUR ORDINANCE IS WE COULD BRING THEM BACK, WE COULD BRING IT BACK OCTOBER 6TH. WE COULD BRING IT BACK OCTOBER 21ST, IF YOU WANT A LITTLE MORE TIME.
AND IF YOU WANT TO GET COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER'S PARTICIPATION IN THE DISCUSSION AND THE VOTE, IF YOUR INTENT IS TO WAIT ON ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE, ANY ORDINANCE OTHER THAN MAYBE THE LAST ONE, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONSENSUS FOR THAT ONE. BUT THE FIRST TWO HERE, IF THE INTENT IS TO WAIT UNTIL THE STAFF HAS COME BACK WITH A GAME PLAN FOR HOW WE DEVELOP OUR PLAN, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. WE COME UP WITH OUR APPROACH AND THE TIMING. AND IF YOU WANT THAT, IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE THAT, THAT WILL PROBABLY BE 60 DAYS. I WOULDN'T. I CAN'T MAKE A PROMISE THAT WOULD BE SOONER THAN THAT. SO WE HAVE TO SELECT A CONSULTANT. THERE'S GOING TO BE A PROCESS BY WHICH WE DEVELOP AN RFQ, AND YOU ALL ARE GOING TO KIND OF WEIGH IN ON THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO IT TAKES TIME TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT PROCESS. SO THE THE ORDINANCES THEMSELVES CAN BE CONSIDERED AS THEY ARE. IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, OR IF YOU WOULD RATHER WAIT TILL YOU HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION OR FULL, FULL ATTENDANCE OF THE COUNCIL, THEN YOU CAN DO THAT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. IF YOU WOULD PREFER TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE A A, A GAME PLAN, A PROGRAM TO BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL, THAT'S A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. BUT WE CAN DO EITHER ONE THAT FITS THE COUNCIL'S NEEDS. OKAY. COUNCILMAN BUTLER. WHAT? YOU'VE GOT THE MOTION. I. I GUESS I'D LIKE FOR IT TO BE 60 DAYS. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BALLARD TO TABLE THIS FOR 60 DAYS, PLUS OR MINUS, WHEREVER THAT FALLS. TWO MONTHS IN THE CALENDAR. NOVEMBER. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? THAT MOTION DIES? FOR LACK OF A SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION OR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION COMPROMISE. I THINK RICK IS PROBABLY ON THE SAME
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PAGE AS ME. I'LL HAVE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS TO THE SECOND MEETING IN OCTOBER, OCTOBER 21ST, OCTOBER 20TH. THAT WOULD BE OCTOBER 21ST. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JONES TO TABLE THE ITEM UNTIL THE OCTOBER 21ST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I'LL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. OKAY. THAT MOTION CARRIES THIS ITEM. 253177777 HAS BEEN TABLED UNTIL
[Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Amending Chapter 74 (Parks and Recreation) and Chapter 70 (Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions) of the McKinney Code of Ordinances Pertaining to the Prohibition of Camping in Parks or Public Areas]
THE OCTOBER 21ST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THE NEXT ITEM IS 253178. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 74 PARKS AND RECREATION IN CHAPTER 70 OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS OF THE MCKINNEY CODE OF ORDINANCES PERTAINING TO THE PROHIBITION OF CAMPING IN PARKS OR PUBLIC AREAS. MISS ARNOLD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AGAIN. JENNIFER ARNOLD, BEFORE I LAUNCH INTO THE PRESENTATION, I THINK I MIGHT ASK THE COUNCIL IF THIS ONE IS BEING TABLED TO OCTOBER 21ST AS WELL. I AM HAPPY TO WALK THROUGH THE DETAILS TONIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISCUSSION IS HAD, BUT I'M ALSO HAPPY TO WAIT UNTIL THE 21ST. SO I'D LIKE TO DEFER TO YOU ALL BEFORE I LAUNCH IN. I'LL MAKE THE SAME MOTION I MADE ON THE LAST ONE, WHICH WAS, I THINK, TO THE 21ST. YEAH, TO THE 21ST. TITLE IT TO THE 21ST. HOLD THAT THOUGHT, MISS ARNOLD.YES, SIR. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE OCTOBER 21ST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM FELTUS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT MOTION CARRIES. THAT ITEM HAS BEEN TABLED UNTIL THE OCTOBER 21ST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THE NEXT ITEM, 253179.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Amending Chapter 78 (Peddlers and Solicitors) of the McKinney Code of Ordinances to Incorporate a New Section, 78-9 (Aggressive Panhandling Prohibited)]
CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 78 PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS OF THE MCKINNEY CODE OF ORDINANCES TO INCORPORATE A NEW SECTION 70 8-9 AGGRESSIVE PANHANDLING PROHIBITED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. SO THIS ORDINANCE SETS UP BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, I THINK WAS THE LEAST CONTROVERSIAL OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED RELATED TO THIS TOPIC AND THAT IS PERTAINING TO SOLICITATION AND PANHANDLING, AS MANY OF YOU ALL ALREADY WELL KNOW, PANHANDLING IS A PROTECTED AMENDMENT OR PROTECTION IN THE GOODNESS GRACIOUS, IT IS A PROTECTED ACTIVITY. I CAN'T THINK OF THE WORD I'M TRYING TO COME UP WITH, BUT AGGRESSIVE PANHANDLING IS NOT. AND SO THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE AMENDMENT WOULD ACTUALLY DEFINE WHAT WE SEE AS AGGRESSIVE AND MAKE THAT A VIOLATION WITHIN OUR CODE. SO WHAT YOU SEE UP HERE ON THE SCREEN IS THE USE OF VIOLENT OR THREATENING GESTURES, BLOCKING OR INTERFERING WITH THE FREE PASSAGE OF PEOPLE AND VEHICLES AND SOLICITING FOR MONEY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STANDING IN LINE FOR TICKETS OR ENTRY TO A BUILDING OR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.AND SO WHAT THAT DOES IS IT HELPS FOLKS WHO ARE IN AND AROUND, NOT JUST DOWNTOWN, BUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THIS ONE IS CITYWIDE, FROM BEING PROTECTED FROM THOSE KINDS OF INTERACTIONS. YOU CANNOT BLOCK INDIVIDUALS OR BE VIOLENT. HOWEVER, AS A PERSON IN MCKINNEY, IF YOU WANTED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SOMEBODY WHO IS PANHANDLING, YOU ARE CERTAINLY ABLE TO DO THAT. STILL, WHAT THIS DOES IS JUST KIND OF ENSURES HOW THAT INTERACTION ACTUALLY OCCURS. THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE DOES NOT HAVE A SUNSET CLAUSE WITHIN IT, AND ONCE APPROVED, IT WOULD BE ON THE BOOKS UNTIL THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO REVISIT IT IN THE FUTURE. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MISS ARNOLD. ANY QUESTIONS? ANYONE? THANK YOU. DISCUSSION MOTIONS. AS COUNCILMAN MILLER MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS ONE'S KIND OF AN EASY ONE, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM, A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TO APPROVE THE ITEM. I'LL SECOND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT MOTION CARRIES BY A VOTE OF SEVEN IN FAVOR AND ZERO AGAINST MR. ARNOLD. THANK YOU,
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Appointing an Alternate Member to the Board of Adjustment]
THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR WORK. OKAY. NEXT ITEM 253180. CONSIDER AND APPOINT.CONSIDER ACT ON APPOINTING AN AN ALTERNATE MEMBER TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT SAM FRANKLIN. HE'S A WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY. HE'S DONE SOME GREAT WORK HERE AND LOVES THIS CITY AND HAS SERVED IT
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WELL. SO I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM FELTUS TO APPOINT SAM FRANKLIN TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LYNCH. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR. MAYOR, I'M TO ABSTAIN. I THINK I'M RELATED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY. THAT MOTION CARRIES. WE HAVE APPOINTED SAM FRANKLIN AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. SO THAT ENDS OUR REGULAR MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. IF[CITIZEN COMMENTS on Matters not on the Agenda]
THERE'S ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. YES, MA'AM. I'M KIM BLACK, 509 NORTH KENTUCKY, DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SPEAK ON LAST MONTH, THE MEETING THAT WE HAD WHEN I CAME AND I BROUGHT MY SHOW AND TELL, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND AND THANK THE POLICE CODE ENFORCEMENT CITY STREETS. WE HAVE SEEN A CHANGE ON KENTUCKY STREET AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. WE HAVE LIVED IN HARMONY WITH OUR FRIENDS THAT ARE HOMELESS DOWNTOWN FOR A LONG TIME. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEM JUST BEING THERE. BUT IT WAS THE MESS THAT THAT WAS LEFT THAT WAS A PROBLEM FOR MOST OF US. I'VE SEEN A HUGE IMPROVEMENT. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE TEMPORARY OR NOT. BUT MOSTLY I'M JUST HERE TO COMMEND ALL OF OUR CITY SERVICES AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE, BECAUSE IT HAS REALLY HELPED. AND THAT'S JUST WHAT I WANT TO SAY. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, MISS BLACK. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS? YES. PROMISED. SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I'LL BE BRIEF. PAUL BISARO 6508 MARVIN GARDENS, MCKINNEY, TEXAS 75070I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOU JUST FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. I AM VERY THANKFUL. I ACTUALLY I MENTIONED BEFORE, I'M A DAD. MY DAUGHTER GOES TO SCHOOL NEAR OUR HOME AND I ACTUALLY WANTED TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC SAFETY. JUST JUST REAL QUICK. A COUPLE THINGS I'VE OBSERVED JUST DRIVING AROUND TOWN. ONE, SOME OF THE STOP SIGNS ARE HARD TO SEE. A WHITE LINE AT. WHEREVER THERE'S A STOP SIGN WOULD WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE SAFETY AD. THERE ARE TREES THAT ARE OVERGROWN, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING CONTRACT WORK AND THEY BLOCK AND YOU CAN'T SEE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A PARKING ORDINANCE ABOUT HOW CLOSE YOU CAN PARK TO A STOP SIGN. I THINK THERE IS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT'S ENFORCED. AND SO SOMETIMES I'VE COME CLOSE TO RUNNING A STOP SIGN BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT. THE OTHER THING I'VE NOTICED IS SUN GLARE. ON SCHOOL ZONES IN PARTICULAR, THERE'S ONE ON EL DORADO WHERE SCHOOL ZONES ARE BLOCKED. IT'S HARD TO SEE IT AT CERTAIN TIMES OF DAY. AND IF THOSE LIGHTS. I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY A STATE ISSUE, BUT IF THOSE LIGHTS WERE ACTUALLY LOWER, THEY'D BE EASIER TO SEE BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY'RE BLINDED BY A TREE OR ANYTHING. SO IF IT'S BELOW ROUGHLY WHERE SOME OF THOSE RADAR SIGNS ARE, WHERE IT SAYS THAT YOU'RE READING, IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT THAT SCHOOL ZONE IS THERE BECAUSE IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME DRIVING THROUGH, IT'S A VERY GOOD CHANCE YOU'RE GOING TO BLOW RIGHT THROUGH THAT. AND THEN THE LAST THING, AND THIS IS NOT TO DEMONIZE OUR POLICE. I LOVE OUR POLICE. BUT I WOULD SAY THAT PREVENTING THE SPEEDING IS BETTER THAN CATCHING A PERSON SPEEDING. AND SO THOSE MOTORCYCLE COPS, WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE, IF THEY'RE MORE VISIBLE, THEY WOULD GET PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT TO TO THE PERSON AFTER MY DAUGHTER GOT HIT, I'D LIKE HER TO BE KEPT FROM GETTING HIT AT ALL. SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PAUL. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL? YES, MA'AM. MOLLY BROWN, 8908 TROLLEY TRAIL, MCKINNEY, TEXAS 75070. ECHOING PAUL LOVE, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A SAFE STREETS MCKINNEY INITIATIVE GETTING STARTED TO CONSIDER SOME OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR STREETS JUST BECAUSE WE ARE NOT A ZERO TRAFFIC DEATH CITY.UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S VERY SAD. I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT'S A HORRIFIC TRAGEDY. I KNOW ON LAKE FOREST THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO DISTRICT TWO'S HEART IS THAT A CHILD WAS STRUCK AND KILLED ON THAT ROAD, SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE CONTINUED FOCUS ON THE SAFE STREETS INITIATIVE. THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT IT TO GET INPUT THAT I THINK WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN JULY OR AUGUST, AND THEN, LIKE IT NEVER DID.
PART TWO NEVER HAPPENED, OR THERE WAS NO REAL LIKE NOTIFICATION THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. SO IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WHEN THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO SHOW UP FOR THAT FOR PART TWO. BUT JUST RELATED TO THAT, PUBLIC TRANSIT HELPS IN TERMS OF REDUCING TRAFFIC DEATHS. MCKINNEY DOES NOT HAVE PUBLIC TRANSIT OUTSIDE OF THE MCKINNEY
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URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT OFFERINGS, WHICH ARE LIMITED BY INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, SENIORS, OR PEOPLE WHO MAKE $22,000 OR LESS PER YEAR, WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLY STEEP INCOME GAP. CONSIDERING WORKFORCE HOUSING IS ABOUT 35,000. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE PUBLIC TRANSIT OPTIONS IN MCKINNEY. I THINK WE'RE KIND OF LAGGING IN TERMS OF OPTIONS THAT INTRODUCE SAFER TRANSIT FOR ALL, THAT REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CARS ON THE ROAD.CARS ARE THE NUMBER ONE REASON WHY PEOPLE DIE ON OUR ROADS. PEOPLE WHO RIDE BICYCLES DON'T USUALLY KILL PEOPLE IN CARS. THEY DON'T KILL PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING. SO I THINK REDUCING CARS IS A BIG PART OF THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BROWN. ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL? YES, MA'AM. HI, ELIZABETH. I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION ON TALKING ABOUT THE HOMELESS ISSUE. IS THERE INFORMATION THAT SHOWS HOW MANY HOMELESS PEOPLE WE HAVE CURRENTLY HERE IN THE COMMUNITY? HOW MANY PEOPLE WE ACTUALLY HAVE LIVING HERE WITH HOMES WHERE WE AS A COMMUNITY, EVEN IF IT WAS JUST EVERYBODY PLAYED A SMALL PART IN GOING TOWARD PROVIDING SOME TYPE OF COMMUNITY HOUSING FOR THEM. IF THAT WAS SOMETHING FEASIBLE. IS THERE THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE? WE CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION. IF YOU'LL STAY AFTER THE MEETING, WE'LL WE'LL DIRECT YOU WHERE TO GET THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. ANYONE ELSE? YES. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBER. MY NAME IS OLA S E R I I I'M A DEVELOPER. I JUST ACQUIRED A PIECE OF LAND IN DISTRICT FOUR. MR. FRANKLIN'S DISTRICT. WE'RE GOING TO TALK LATER ON. OKAY? 9.43 ACRES OF LAND. WE'RE DOING TOWNHOUSES, AND I JUST CAME IN JUST TO SEE AND MEET THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE'RE GOING TO BE SUBMITTING THE PLAN FOR APPROVAL. AND I'M HOPING AND PRAYING THAT YOU GIVE US POSITIVE APPROVAL BECAUSE WE ARE ASKING FOR A PD. WE SUBMIT UNDER PD, BUT WE'RE DOING 65 TOWNHOUSES AND THAT'S PHASE ONE. PHASE TWO IS 46 TOWNHOUSES RIGHT OFF ON COUNTY ROAD ONE, TWO, THREE. AND. WHICH IS THE NEW EXPANSION ROAD AREA. SO I JUST CAME IN TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO MEET YOU ALL AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU, MR. RICKY. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL TONIGHT? ALL
[COUNCIL AND MANAGER COMMENTS]
RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL COMMENTS. MR. LYNCH. ANYTHING. MR. JONES, YOU HAD YOUR THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THE MEDICAL CITY WEREN'T YOU THERE. YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH. NO, NO.I'LL GO. I THINK IT WAS COUNCILMAN BELLER, DOCTOR FELTZ AND MAYOR AND I, WE ATTENDED THE LEADERSHIP MCKINNEY, THE CITY DAYS WITH ALL THE LEADERSHIP. CURRENT CLASS. GOT TO HEAR FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR. AND A GREAT EVENT EVERY YEAR. ONE OF MY ONE OF THE FAVORITE, ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS TO ATTEND, JUST TO GET TO MEET THE WHOLE LEADERSHIP CLASS, GET TO TALK AND ENGAGE AND AND LET THEM FIND OUT WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY AND THE MAKINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY WAS SEPTEMBER 10TH. SO I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW. AND UNFORTUNATE FOR ME IS THAT EVERY YEAR MY BIRTHDAY IS LIKE THE TO ME, IT'S THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. AND THEN THE VERY NEXT DAY IS THE SADDEST DAY, RIGHT? SEPTEMBER 11TH. SO WE HAD THE SEPTEMBER 11TH MEMORIAL REMEMBRANCE. THE DAY AFTER, YOU KNOW, JUST REMEMBER SEPTEMBER 11TH. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS GOES FROM FROM HIGH TO LOW FOR ME. BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, HEY, I DID GET A YEAR OLDER LAST WEEK. YEAH, WELL HAPPY BIRTHDAY ACTUALLY, THAT WAS ON MY LIST OF THINGS TO ACKNOWLEDGE BECAUSE I LOVE CELEBRATING THESE GUYS'S BIRTHDAYS. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TODAY EXCEPT TO SAY TOMORROW IS THE I'M SORRY, NOT TOMORROW. ON THURSDAY, THE MCKINNEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS HAVING THEIR WOMEN'S CONFERENCE. SO IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP, PLEASE, LADIES, GO SIGN UP. IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL DAY. I AM SPEAKING ON ONE OF THE PANELS, BUT IT'S A FULL DAY OF GREAT INFORMATION AND A LOT OF GREAT FELLOWSHIP. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND ALSO WANT TO ECHO WHAT MICHAEL SAID, TALKING TO THE LEADERSHIP MCKINNEY GROUP IS ALWAYS A TREAT BECAUSE YOU
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ARE LITERALLY LOOKING IN THE FACES OF THERE THEY ARE BACK THERE. YOU GUYS WAVE AT US, PLEASE. SO THEY GET THEY GET ASSIGNMENTS TO COME AND SEE WHAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOOKS LIKE. I THINK Y'ALL HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL BOARD MEETING MAYBE, OR COUNTY MEETING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THEY GET, YOU KNOW, REALLY GET TO SEE FIRSTHAND HOW THINGS GO. AND THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS AREN'T ALWAYS AS THRILLING AS TONIGHT WAS, BUT I THINK WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT DISCUSSION. SO Y'ALL PICKED A GREAT NIGHT. BUT WE'RE LITERALLY LOOKING AT THE FACES OF THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE OUR NEXT COMMUNITY LEADERS LIKE SOMEBODY FROM THAT GROUP IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE SITTING UP HERE. SO IT'S A WONDERFUL THING JUST TO KIND OF GET TO KNOW THEM AND TO SHARE OUR PERSPECTIVE AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE FACE AND HOPEFULLY THE PROBLEMS WE DON'T FIX. THEY WILL. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING.IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL. MR. BELLER. YEAH. LET'S SEE, TODAY IS THE 16TH. THURSDAY IS NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY. SO GIVE TO YOUR FAVORITE NONPROFIT. GET IT MATCHED MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT GOOD NEIGHBORS DAY ON THE 28TH. MY WIFE IS BACK THERE. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE WE'VE GOT A QUORUM OF SPOUSES HERE, WHICH IS MAYBE THE FIRST TIME EVER, BECAUSE THIS MAY BE THE SECOND COUNCIL MEETING THAT MY WIFE'S AT. SO. BUT A REMINDER TO HER THAT WE NEED WE WE HAD NEW NEIGHBORS MOVING ACROSS THE STREET FROM US, AND WE NEED TO GO GO SAY HI TO THEM. SO. BUT THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. FRANKLIN, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT.
THE MANAGER. YES, SIR. WE INVITE ALL RESIDENTS TO COME TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE WHAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY UNIQUE AT OUR ANNUAL LOVE MCKINNEY EVENT THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH, FROM 10 A.M. TO 1 P.M. AT FINCH PARK. THIS FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT WILL SHOWCASE CITY SERVICES, PROGRAMS AND LOCAL PARTNERS WHILE OFFERING FUN ACTIVITIES AND LIVE MUSIC. WE WILL HAVE GREAT GIVEAWAYS, INCLUDING A $500 H-E-B GIFT CARD AND A $500 HEB GIFT BASKET, PLUS SOME OTHER PRIZES. THERE WILL ALSO BE FREE PICKLEBALL LESSONS, FACE PAINTING, AND A SPLASH PAD TO KEEP KIDS ENTERTAINED. MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT. MCKINNEY, TEXAS DOT OR THE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK IS COMMENCING THEIR. THIS IS SEPTEMBER IS HUNGER ACTION MONTH, AND THEY'RE COMMENCING THEIR ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE. THEY HAVE THEIR ANNUAL, I SHOULD SAY, THEIR ANNUAL PEANUT BUTTER DRIVE. THIS YEAR, THE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK AIMS TO RAISE $350,000 TO PURCHASE PEANUT BUTTER AND COLLECT 100,000 POUNDS OF PEANUT BUTTER OR ALTERNATIVE NUT BUTTERS. VISIT NTFB. THAT'S NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK. ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION, AND I'LL BET THAT MIGHT BE MORE PEANUT BUTTER THAN I ATE WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE. IT MIGHT BE JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN I ATE. AND THEN FINALLY, OF COURSE, JUST RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. OKTOBERFEST SEPTEMBER 26TH THROUGH 28. THAT'S A GREAT FUN WEEKEND HERE IN MCKINNEY. GREAT MUSIC AND BEVERAGES, BOTH SOFT AND HARDER, I SUPPOSE YOU MIGHT SAY. AND LOTS OF FUN. OKTOBERFEST SEPTEMBER 26TH THROUGH 28TH. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE WILL NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SO MOVED. SECOND AND A SECOND. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES OR RAISE YOUR HAND, I. ALL RIGHT, IT IS
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