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

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

BOARD AND LIAISON REPORTS. WE WILL RESERVE JUST ALL COMMENTS AT THE END. BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE OUR BOARD MEMBER, MR. KELLY. I KNOW HE DEFINITELY WANTED TO KEEP HIS DEPARTURE VERY LOW KEY, BUT WE CANNOT BECAUSE OF WHAT HE'S DONE FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND WHAT HE'S DONE FOR THIS BOARD, NOT PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR AMAZING COMMUNITY IN OUR CITY. HE WAS APPOINTED TO THIS BOARD IN 2019. SIX YEARS HE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, TO COMMIT, TO GIVE OF HIS TIME, HIS PASSION FOR WHAT WE DO IN THIS COMMITTEE. HE HAS SERVED AS THE BOARD SECRETARY AND BOARD VICE CHAIR. AND SERVED ON SEVERAL SUBCOMMITTEES DURING HIS TIME. HE HASN'T, AND I'LL HAVE TO PROBABLY SAY VERY PUBLICLY, WE HAVE NOT ALWAYS AGREED ON MANY THINGS, BUT I HAVE ALWAYS RESPECTED HIS PERSPECTIVES ON THINGS, HIS IDEAS AND KIND OF THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX. I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES OUR BOARD SO UNIQUE, BECAUSE OF THE DIVERSE THOUGHT THAT WE HAVE ON THIS BOARD. YOU CANNOT HAVE A BOARD FULL OF A BUNCH OF. YES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ASK THE QUESTIONS AND THAT WILL DIG DEEP DOWN INSIDE AND SAY, HEY, WAIT, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THIS. THINK ABOUT THE LONG TIME, THE LONG TERM IMPACTS. AND DAVID IS ONE OF THOSE THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT AND MADE US THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. ONE THING I JUST WANT TO SAY IS THAT HE HAS BROUGHT WE HAVE HAVE BROUGHT POLICIES. WE'VE MADE CHANGES TO POLICIES WITHIN THE BOARD BASED ON HIS RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THEY HAVE BEEN POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE ON THIS BOARD DURING HIS TIME ON BOARD. HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS, SUCH AS THE HABITAT'S COTTON GROVES AMENITY CENTER, THE REMNANT, OF COURSE, THE ONGOING REHAB PROJECTS THAT WE DO WITH HABITAT AND WITHIN THE CITY. HE ASKED THE QUESTIONS DURING WHEN THE CITY GIVES CITATIONS LIKE WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHEN THE CITY IS GIVING CITATIONS TO THESE HOME BUYERS, THE IMPACT THAT IT COMES BACK TO CDC AND OTHER HOUSING ENTITIES THAT ARE EXPECTED TO. AND WE WANT TO SERVE AND HELP OUR COMMUNITY. SO HE ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS THAT SOMETIMES THE REST OF US MAY NOT THINK ABOUT OR REALLY DIG INTO SOME OF THE VERY LARGE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO. HIS CONTRIBUTION IS THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF MCKINNEY ROOTS. THE LIFE PATH CENTER, HUGS HEADQUARTER. HE WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT STEPPED OUT ON FAITH AND GAVE, YOU KNOW, WE GAVE HUGS BECAUSE OF HIS RECOMMENDATION, THEIR ASK. AND

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WE DID NOT WAVER BECAUSE WE KNEW AND HE KNEW IT WAS A GREAT DECISION TO INVEST INTO THAT PROJECT. OF COURSE, CHESTNUT SQUARE AND THE MCKINNEY MAIN STREET. AND ONE OF HIS FAVORITES IS THE MCKINNEY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. BECAUSE HE WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE MCKINNEY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. SO THAT IS A PASSION PROJECT FOR HIM. MANY OF OUR MAJOR PROJECTS, LIKE DISTRICT 121 AND THE CITY HALL PLAZA IN CANNON BEACH, I WILL SAY CANNON BEACH. I SAW HIM GET INTO A WET SUIT AND SAW HIS FUN SIDE BECAUSE HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY BRINGING THAT PROJECT. HE WANTED TO REALLY SEE IS THIS SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY REALLY NEED AND WHO WOULD BE WHO WOULD USE THESE PROJECTS? SO HE WAS A USER OF THAT PARTICULAR AMENITY. IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, BEING REAL TIME OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO. OF COURSE, OUR AIRPORT EXPANSION, OF COURSE, TUPS AND THE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE DONE. HE ALSO ASSISTED IN MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROJECT WAS NOT GETTING A LOT OF UTILIZATION. AND SO BASED ON HIS RECOMMENDATIONS WAS MAYBE WE NEED TO ADJUST. MAYBE WE NEED TO CHANGE WHAT THAT MATCH LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE IT IS NOT VERY ATTRACTIVE TO THE APPLICANT. BUT THAT WAS BASED ON HIS RECOMMENDATION. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GROW THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO APPLY AND UTILIZE THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT. OF COURSE, HIS PASSION FOR PARKS AND REC, BECAUSE HE'S A DOG LOVER AND HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE GOOD DOG PARKS. SO AND HE HE'S AN AVID RUNNER. SO HAVING GOOD TRAILS AND HAVING GOOD PARKS ARE VERY PASSIONATE FOR HIM. OF COURSE, IN THE THE EXTENSION OF THE BYRON NELSON THAT IS A COMMUNITY IN THE CITY STAPLE THAT WE COULD GO ON AND ON WITH HIS CONTRIBUTIONS. HE AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE BARBARA ATTENDING THESE PROJECTS AND WHAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE.

AND MAYBE YOU IN THE IN THIS ROOM REALIZE THE AMOUNT OF TIME OUTSIDE OF JUST BEING AT THIS MEETING THAT BOARD MEMBERS COMMIT AND SUPPORT THINGS THAT GO ON IN THE PROJECT, NOT JUST WHAT MQDC DOES, BUT OTHER CITY PROJECTS. AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND HIM AND HIS HIS WIFE BECAUSE HE CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT HIS WIFE. COSIGNING TO SAY HE CAN DO THIS. SO WE WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE AND THANK BARBARA IF SHE WATCHES OR SEES IT LATER. THAT THANK YOU FOR GIVING US DAVID FOR SIX YEARS AND SACRIFICING YOUR FAMILY TIME TO SUPPORT THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO MQDC AND THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. I KNOW YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO GREAT THINGS IN THE CITY, AND WE I KNOW YOU WILL FIND OTHER WORK THAT YOU WILL BE VERY PASSIONATE AND VERY IMPACTFUL. AND WHAT AS WHAT WE DO IN TRUE MQDC STYLE, WE WE LIKE TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU PACKING WITH OUR SIGNATURE BROWN BAG. HE SAY HE WANT HIS BROWN BAG. SO WE IT HAS M-CDK ETCHED IN IT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL OUR LAST BOARD PICTURE THAT WE WANT TO PRESENT TO HIM THAT HAS HIS NAME ENGRAVED. AND IT SAYS THE GRATITUDE FOR YOUR SERVICE.

MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND HIS YEARS OF SERVICE OF 2019 2025. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR BEING ABLE TO SERVE WITH YOU IN WHAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR ME AS A LEADER ON THIS BOARD AND IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. SO I KNOW WE HAVE DAVID CRAIG WANTED TO SPEAK BECAUSE I KNOW HE HAS TO LEAVE.

THEN WE'LL LET JUST THE BOARD MEMBERS MAKE SOME COMMENTS AND WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA IF EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH THAT. DAVID, WHERE DO I START? I'M REALLY SPEAKING AS A COMMUNITY LEADER AND FOR ALL COMMUNITY LEADERS, WHEN I SAY TO YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE LOVE AND PASSION THAT YOU HAVE FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GET TO KNOW YOU AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON ISSUES. NOT ONLY THAT, THIS BOARD HAS LOOKED AT, BUT ACROSS THE COMMUNITY JUST LETS ME KNOW AND AND HOW MUCH YOU REALLY CARE. AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THE NORMAL CITIZEN REALLY UNDERSTANDS HOW MUCH YOU'VE GIVEN OF YOURSELF. BARBARA, ALLOWING YOU TO DO THIS IS IS SPECIAL, BUT YOU'RE A SPECIAL GUY. I WISH FOR YOU AND BARBARA FAVORED DISCERNMENT,

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WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE, GOOD HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY IN ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING YOU DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DAVID. YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH. I'LL JUST.

I'LL SAY SOMETHING JUST TO DAVID. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO BECOME FRIENDS WITH YOU, YOU KNOW? FOR YOU TO TAKE TIME OUT TO COME THIS MORNING WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU HAVE GOING ON AND ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS YOU MAKE TO THE CITY THAT'S DEEPLY APPRECIATED.

I'LL SAVE OTHER COMMENTS TILL LATER, BUT I'LL JUST SAY THAT IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW, DAVID IS AMONG SEVERAL VERY CLOSE, PERSONAL, REAL FRIENDS THAT I'VE DEVELOPED AND FRIENDSHIPS THAT WILL CONTINUE BEYOND MY TIME ON THIS BOARD. BECAUSE OF THIS BOARD, BECAUSE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO BE WITH EACH OTHER IN SERVICE. AND SO IN ADDITION TO DAVID, MIKE AND PAUL, LOVE YOU GUYS. DEEP, CLOSE PERSONAL FRIENDSHIPS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED BETWEEN OUR FAMILIES BECAUSE OF THIS. AND I LOVE ALL THREE OF YOU. AND I'LL START. DAVID, DAVID, AGAIN, YOU SAID WE ALWAYS DIDN'T SEE EYE TO EYE, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME ON THE BOARD. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THE BOARD. TAUGHT ME, SHOWED ME HOW TO BE A LEADER ON THE BOARD. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. HOPE YOU FIND SOMETHING TO TAKE UP YOUR THURSDAYS, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO MISS NOT HAVING THURSDAYS AND ALL THE OTHER SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS, MEETINGS, ZOOM MEETINGS, ON SITE MEETINGS, GROUNDBREAKINGS ALL THE GOOD THINGS WE DO. SO I APPRECIATE YOU, SIR. CHRIS. I SAID THANK YOU TO DAVID EARLIER IN PERSON. BUT JUST TO POINT OUT WHEN I JOINED THE BOARD, DAVE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT GOT TOGETHER WITH ME, WENT OVER TO LUNCH, KIND OF EXPLAINED SORT OF THE HOW THE BOARD WORKED AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TOOK TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT I FELT WELCOME. AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THE, THE OUTREACH AND, AND AND THAT WAS JUST WHEN I WAS JOINING AS AN ALTERNATE, SO VERY CARING PERSON. AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME. THANK YOU DEBORAH. SO IN ADDITION TO YOUR VERY LONG LIST OF ACCOLADES AND SERVICE ELEMENTS FROM OUR COLLEAGUE DAVID, DAVID IS MORE THAN A COLLEAGUE TO ME. HE'S MY FRIEND. WE WOULD OFTEN SAY OF EACH OTHER THAT WE ARE THE YING AND THE YANG. WE HELP TO BALANCE EACH OTHER. DAVID IS VERY VOCAL. YOU ALWAYS KNOW WHERE DAVID STANDS, AND I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED AND RESPECTED THAT ABOUT HIM. I COMPARED HIM TO MY HUSBAND IN A LOT OF WAYS. DON'T TAKE THAT THE WRONG WAY. BUT IT HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND WHO DAVID IS.

THERE'S NO MIDDLE GROUND WITH DAVID. HE'S EITHER DEAD ON OR DEAD WRONG. BUT HE'S GOING TO BE WHO HE IS. HE'S AUTHENTIC AND I LOVE HIM FOR THAT. SO WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WHERE WE'VE HAD TO SEEK EACH OTHER'S COUNSEL, AND HE'S HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND, AND I'VE HELPED HIM TO UNDERSTAND. AND I'M GOING TO MISS YOU, FRIEND. I'M GOING TO MISS EXECUTIVE SESSION. I'M GOING TO MISS WHEN YOU WOULD SAY TO ME, YOU SURPRISED ME TODAY. AND I SAY, YOU SURPRISED ME TOO. AND YOU'D SAY, SAY MORE. AND I'D SAY, SAY LESS. WHICH IS JUST THE NATURE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP. SO IT'S BEEN GREAT. WE CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME YOU CAME ON SEATED, AND I CAME IN AS AN ALTERNATE, BUT WE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND APPRECIATE EACH OTHER, AND I'M GOING TO REALLY MISS YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, FOR OUR CONVERSATIONS AND FOR JUST BEING WHO YOU ARE. WHEREVER YOU GO, WHATEVER YOU DO, BE AUTHENTICALLY YOU. JOY. WELL, DAVID, I JUST REALLY WISH YOU THE BEST IN YOUR NEXT PHASE.

YOUR ACT TWO. AFTER BEING ON MCDC ALL THESE YEARS, MANY TIMES WE HAVE SEEN EYE TO EYE.

SOMETIMES WE HAVEN'T. BUT I HAVE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT YOU SPOKE YOUR MIND LIKE ME, TRIED TO ASK SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS AND GET TO THE ROOT OF THINGS AND TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER FIX WE WERE GETTING READY TO DO WAS REALLY TARGETED TO THE PROBLEM. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO GET TO KNOW YOU, TO GET TO KNOW BARBARA, AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE COMMITTED TO MCKINNEY. AND I WOULD SAY ANYBODY THAT HAS A TATTOO OF MCKINNEY ON HIS ARM ISN'T GOING TO GO VERY FAR. SO WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE VESTED IN THE CITY IN

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WHICH YOU GREW UP, AND I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO BE VESTED AFTER YOUR SERVICE HAS ENDED HERE. SO I'M THE NEWBIE AND HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SITTING NEXT TO HIM FOR THE LAST YEAR. AND I WILL TELL YOU, IT'S PRETTY INTIMIDATING AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY AT THE VERY FIRST MEETING, AND YOU'RE SITTING HERE AND NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT TO DO. AND DAVID JUST LOOKS AT ME AND HE GOES IN. THE ENTIRE MEETING WAS JUST SO COMPASSIONATE AND IN, IN HELPFUL IN TEACHING AND HIS EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE, NOT JUST HERE ON THE BOARD BUT OF OUR CITY IS SUCH A TREASURE. I MEAN, EVERY PERSON ON THIS BOARD HAS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE OF MCKINNEY AND DAVID. BEING A LIFELONG MCKINNEY RESIDENT HAS ONE THAT WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE ON THIS BOARD, BECAUSE THIS IS A MAN THAT HAS PASSION FOR OUR CITY AND PASSION THAT REALLY IS INHERENTLY WHO HE IS. AND YOU CAN SEE IT WITH EVERY DECISION THAT HE MAKES AND EVERY COMMENT THAT HE MADE. IT WAS IT WAS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE, IT WAS VERY UNDERSTANDING. AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WHETHER YOU MAY BELIEVE IT OR NOT OR OR AGREE WITH IT OR NOT, IT WAS REALLY HEARTFELT EVERY TIME. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU. OH, THANK YOU. I REALLY JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I'VE ENJOYED HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR YOU OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS, AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO THIS BOARD, HAVING BEEN A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF MCKINNEY, REALLY WAS SOMETHING THAT THAT THIS BOARD BENEFITED FROM. THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD THANK YOU FOR IS YOU REALLY LED THIS BOARD, I THINK, TO EVOLVE IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY, TO LOOK HARDER, DIG DEEPER, DO MORE DUE DILIGENCE ON THE PROJECTS. PROJECTS HAVE BECOME MUCH MORE COMPLICATED, I THINK, OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS. AND AND YOU REALLY STEPPED UP AND LED THE DISCUSSIONS, SOMETIMES HARD DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT WE WERE BEING ASKED TO DO. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFUL APPROACH AND YOUR DIRECT APPROACH. I'M A PERSON THAT'S ABOUT DIRECTNESS, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THE OTHER THING I APPRECIATE IS WHEN WE'VE TAKEN ON PROJECTS LIKE TUBBS, YOU WENT WAY BEYOND WITH OTHER BOARD MEMBERS IN LOOKING INTO THE PROJECT, APPROVING THAT PROJECT, BUT STICKING WITH THAT PROJECT FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS DONE UP TO THE STANDARDS OF THIS BOARD OF THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND I ALSO APPRECIATE BARBARA AS WELL, FOR GIVING YOU THE TIME TO. I WAS LOOKING AT THE AND I'LL MENTION IT DURING MY REPORT, BUT THE MARKETING REPORT AND THE LIST OF ACTIVITIES JUST OVER THE PAST MONTH THAT THIS BOARD HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN AND WAS REMINDED AGAIN THAT THIS ISN'T JUST ONCE A THURSDAY, ONCE A MONTH, EVERY THURSDAY, ONCE A MONTH ON THURSDAY, BUT IT IS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, THE VARIOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS WHERE YOU'VE REPRESENTED MCDC AND DONE A GREAT JOB. AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WELL, I HAD HOPED TO AVOID THIS. I DID WANT TO JUST TAKE MY BAG AND GO. I REALLY DID WANT THE BAG THOUGH. BUT. HERE WE ARE. SO I'LL SAY A FEW THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. BARBARA IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF MY SERVICE TO THIS BOARD. WITHOUT OUR FAMILIES, WE CAN'T DO THIS. NOW, I'LL SAY IT'S NOT A REALLY HARD LIFT TO ASK HER TO GO TO A BUNCH OF PARTIES AND GALAS AND COOL STUFF THAT WE GET TO DO, COURTESY OF OUR SERVICE HERE.

BUT THAT THAT PIECE OF THE SERVICE ON THIS BOARD IS REALLY WHAT I HAVE LOVED. AND. THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH ALL OF YOU AND OUR THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO CAME BEFORE THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEWER. I'M THINKING OF MARY BARNES, TILLY AND KATHRYN MCGILL, AND JACKIE AND RICK. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF THEM. DEBORAH IN PARTICULAR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND MENTORSHIP AND CONVERSATIONS WE HAD DURING TOUGH TIMES. JOY, I

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EXPECT YOU NOW TO CARRY THE FLAG. THIS WAS I BEFORE I CAME HERE. I WILL TAKE CREDIT BEFORE I CAME HERE. THIS WAS A YES BOARD. THIS WAS NOT A AS MUCH OF A CRITICAL THINKING BOARD THAT REALLY DUG INTO PROJECTS. AND I WAS THE LONE VOICE IN THE NIGHT. BRINGING A CRITICAL EYE TO THINGS FOR A WHILE. AND YOU CAME ON AND PROVIDED SUPPORT AND DILIGENT DIGGING. SO NOW YOU'RE ALONE. SO CONTINUE. CONTINUE YOUR DEEP, DEEP THINKING AND CRITICAL THINKING ON THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE THIS BOARD NEEDS IT. I, IN REFERENCE TO CHRIS'S COMMENTS, I, I REMEMBER WHAT I CALLED CHRIS AND I CALLED MARCUS, AND I'VE CALLED OTHERS WHO HAVE COME ONTO THIS BOARD TO HAVE BREAKFAST BECAUSE DAVID CLARK DID THAT FOR ME. BEFORE I CAME ON THIS BOARD. DAVID CLARK CALLED ME AND SAID, LET'S HAVE BREAKFAST. AND HE GAVE ME THE LAYOUT OF THE ENTIRE DEAL. AND HE DID THAT FOR ME, AND I WANTED TO DO THAT FOR OTHERS.

SO THANK YOU TO DAVID FOR THAT. CINDY. YOU SAID IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK FOR ME, AND THAT IS JUST NOT AT ALL HOW THIS WENT. I WORKED FOR YOU. YOU ARE THIS BOARD. YOU ARE THIS CORPORATION. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT'S THAT'S THE ACCURATE WAY TO SAY IT. YOU ARE THIS CORPORATION. THIS CORPORATION DOES NOT DO THE THINGS IT DOES, CANNOT BE INNOVATIVE, CANNOT BE FORWARD MOVING AND PROGRESSIVE WITHOUT YOU AND WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN.

WE HAVE DONE THINGS THAT NO OTHER TYPE B CORPORATION HAS EVER DONE, AND WE DO THINGS AT A SCALE THAT NO TYPE B CORPORATION IN THIS STATE, EVEN THOSE THAT ARE BIGGER THAN US IN TERMS OF REVENUE, CAN DO OR HAVE DONE, AND THAT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP. THAT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT LINDA BY YOUR SIDE MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

LINDA, YOU HAVE BEEN AN ABSOLUTE GEM FOR THIS BOARD AND YOU MAKE THE LOGISTICS OF ALL OF THE THINGS WE DO POSSIBLE, BUT YOU ALSO BRING SUCH A. SERVANT SPIRIT. AND I THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE TEAM AS WELL. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IN TERMS OF ALL THE THINGS I'VE WORKED ON AND GOTTEN TO BE A PART OF, THE ONE THAT STANDS OUT IS TUPPS. THAT WAS THAT IS WHAT I'M THINKING OF WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INNOVATIVE WAYS TO IMPLEMENT TYPE B PROJECTS, TO OWN TUPPS, TO BUILD THAT, TO DELIVER THAT PROJECT ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY, THAT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK ON. IT HAS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST THINGS I THINK ANYBODY CAN WORK ON IN TERMS OF PROJECTS. AND IT WAS A HUGE LIFT AND IT TOOK A LOT. AND SO ANGIE, DEBORAH. CINDY, TREVOR COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT ALL OF YOU AND BRENDA SPINELLI AS WELL. AND SO I GUESS WITH THAT, THANK YOU ALL. I'LL JUST END BY UNDERSCORING TWO THINGS. BARBARA COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT BARBARA OTHER THAN MARRYING HER. BEING ON THIS BOARD HAS BEEN THE GREATEST HONOR OF MY LIFE. AND SO HAVING HER BY MY SIDE THROUGH THIS HAS BEEN AWESOME. AND AND I JUST LOVE HER VERY MUCH. AND THEN AGAIN, I'LL JUST UNDERSCORE MY FRIENDSHIPS, PARTICULARLY WITH PAUL AND MIKE. AND I KNOW THAT.

THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANTED. I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FRIENDS FOREVER AND. SO I, I LOVE YOU GUYS A LOT. AND I JUST THANK ALL OF YOU. LET'S ALL MOVE ON. AND AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THIS. HE WOULDN'T LET US DO THE FOOD AND THE WHOLE LAYOUT. HE DIDN'T. SO WE WANTED TO RESPECT THAT. BUT THERE WAS NO WAY WE WERE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU THESE FLOWERS AT THIS TIME BECAUSE YOU ARE DESERVING OF IT. SO THANK YOU FOR INDULGING US AND LETTING US

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DO IT. THANK YOU TO THE AUDIENCE FOR INDULGING US AND ALLOWING US TO GIVE HIM THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE GREAT THINGS HE'S DONE. SO WITH THAT, I WILL GO TO MR. GRAHAM. YOU GOT A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. SO. YES, TOTALLY. WELL, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PAUL GRIMES, CITY MANAGER. DAVID, CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS ON SIX GREAT YEARS. LEST ANYBODY THINK DAVID'S GOING TO RUN OFF INTO THE SUNSET, HE IS ON LEADERSHIP NORTH TEXAS THIS YEAR, AND I'M SURE HE'S GOING TO DO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS. I PERSONALLY APPRECIATE OBVIOUSLY THE FRIENDSHIP. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS IN COMMON. HE'S HE'S A WORLD TRAVELER. ME NOT SO MUCH, BUT I'VE BEEN A FEW PLACES. BUT HE HAS REGALED ME FROM THE VERY FIRST TIME I MET HIM, ALL THE PLACES HE'S BEEN AND ALL THE THINGS HE'S DONE. AND AND WE ALWAYS HAVE GREAT CONVERSATION. A LOT OF COMMON INTEREST IN THAT REGARD. BUT REALLY, I THINK DAVID, HIS, YOU KNOW, HIS BACKGROUND, HE'S A GOVERNMENT RELATIONS GUY AND HIS PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. HE UNDERSTANDS HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS. THE INNER THE, THE THE INTERACTION AMONG GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND AGENCIES, HIS DEEP UNDERSTANDING. HE'S WON THE WATER DISTRICT, WORKS WITH THE WATER DISTRICT HAS BEEN TRULY HELPFUL TO THE COMMUNITY IN SO MANY WAYS THAT ARE BEYOND THE CDC, JUST INTANGIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. I MENTIONED THE FACT THAT HE'S IN LEADERSHIP NORTH TEXAS, AND HE'S GOING TO CONTINUE SERVING IN SOME CAPACITY, FOR SURE. AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FRIENDS. BUT EVEN AFTER SEEING HIM IN A WET SUIT AT THE ON THE STILL FRIENDS WITH HIM AND THE OTHERS THAT JOINED YOU. SO IT WAS A GREAT TIME. BUT YES, I HAVE SEEN DAVID KELLY IN A WET SUIT. SO ANYWAY, BUT THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR DEEPLY AND SINCERELY FOR THE SERVICE YOU'VE PROVIDED. AND I KNOW THERE'S MORE GREAT THINGS TO COME. SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE A OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT EVERY YEAR. THEY'RE BRINGING HOME THE HARDWARE. THEY DO OUTSTANDING WORK. THEY HAVE CLEANED UP YET AGAIN AT THE THREE CMA SAVVY AWARDS, WHICH WAS IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. THE SAVVY AWARDS CELEBRATE EXCELLENCE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING, PUBLIC SECTOR MARKETING AND CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT. THEY GOT, SAY, ONE, 2345, SIX, SEVEN FIRST PLACE AWARDS. THEY'VE GOT THREE SECOND PLACE SILVER CIRCLE AWARDS, TWO AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, WHICH IS THIRD PLACE. AND THEN THEY GOT THREE DIAMOND AWARDS. THE DIAMOND AWARD IS THE HIGHEST AWARD YOU CAN GET AT THIS CONFERENCE FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHY, COMMUNICATION, MARKETING PROCESSES ARE MCKINNEY MELLON'S INITIATIVE AND THEN THE TROLLEY PINS. MCKINNEY TROLLEY PINS FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING. SO THEY YEAR AFTER YEAR DO OUTSTANDING WORK. AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T CALL OUT THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DO, AND THEY CONTINUE TO DO. AND WE HAVE OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON OCTOBER 6TH. I'M A LITTLE OFF SORTS HERE, BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO CHANGE OUR CADENCE BECAUSE WE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, NOW, HAVE TO POST OUR MEETINGS THREE BUSINESS DAYS IN ADVANCE RATHER THAN THREE DAYS. IT'S THROWN US ALL OFF OUR CALENDAR.

SO NORMALLY I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU WHAT'S COMING OCTOBER 6TH. I JUST HAD A MEETING WITH THE MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM, BUT IT WILL ALL FORGET BY THE TIME OCTOBER 6TH COMES, SO I'LL HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER CADENCE ON THAT. BUT THAT IS ALL I HAVE AND I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU PAUL. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, AARON MCKINNEY. MADAM CHAIR, MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AARON WARNER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT VISIT MCKINNEY.

PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS MORNING, DAVID. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE WETSUIT THING, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MODELS WHEN WE DO OUR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS. AND ONCE CANNON BEACH IS HERE, I KNOW WHO TO CALL. SO DON'T CHANGE YOUR PHONE NUMBER. OUR TEAM ALSO WENT TO ONE OF OUR ANNUAL CONFERENCES A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THE DESTINATION TEXAS CONFERENCE, WHERE WE TWO GOT TO GET ON STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL YEARS AND ACCEPT TWO AWARDS AS WELL, TWO FIRST PLACE AWARDS FOR SOME PROGRAMS THAT WE DID. I WAS JOKING WITH PAUL. IT'S BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT TO WIN AWARDS AT THIS CONFERENCE SINCE WE'VE CROSSED OVER A BUDGET THRESHOLD WHERE NOW BASICALLY WE COMPETE WITH ALL DMOS ABOVE OUR BUDGET LEVEL, INCLUDING INCLUDING LIKE HOUSTON, AUSTIN, DALLAS, ALL THE BIG BOYS. AND PAUL WAS LIKE, WELL, I CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT.

WE CAN JUST TAKE YOUR BUDGET BACK DOWN. I WAS LIKE, NO, I DON'T NEED. BUT WITH THAT SAID, IT WAS AN HONOR TO STAND ON STAGE WITH OUR TEAM AND ACCEPT AWARDS THIS YEAR AND AND REALLY SHOW WHAT OUR TEAM IS DOING IN THE DMO SPACE AND SOME INNOVATIVE CHANGES WE'VE MADE.

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ALSO, FALL IS HERE, SO I'M GOING TO DO A LITTLE PLUG FOR THE MCKINNEY STORE. OUR TEAM HAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW HOODIES AND SWEATSHIRTS, AND ALL YOUR CHRISTMAS DECOR IS STARTING TO COME IN. SO AS YOU START THINKING ABOUT LITTLE FAMILY GIFTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, FEEL FREE TO POP IN THE VISITOR CENTER, SAY HI TO ME AND CHECK OUT THE NEW MERCHANDISE THAT WE HAVE THERE. AND LASTLY, I'M NOT SURE IF ANDREW JONES IS IN THE ROOM, BUT THIS IS THE WEEK WHERE I GET LIKE, SWEATS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THINKING I NEED TO BE SETTING UP FOR OKTOBERFEST, WHICH I NO LONGER DO. BUT I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THAT JOB IS, AND THAT TEAM IS IN THE MIDST OF A COUPLE OF THE HARDEST DAYS OF THE ENTIRE YEAR. SO HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE MAIN STREET TEAM FOR WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO PREPARE FOR US, AND THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO COME OUT AND ENJOY A COUPLE GREAT DAYS IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY, AND I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS. WHAT WERE THE AWARDS FOR? WE HAVE A NEW SALES PROGRAM THAT WE DID RELATED TO OUR SPORTS FACILITIES. AND SO OUR TEAM, WE HAVE STAFF THAT TRAVELS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WE MEET WITH SPORTS PLANNERS. TYPICALLY, THAT LOOKS LIKE SITTING ACROSS THE TABLE FOR ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE, ONE ON ONE SESSION TO PITCH YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR SPORTS FACILITIES, HOW MANY FIELDS YOU HAVE, ALL OF THAT. A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST GIVE THEM A ONE SHEET PIECE OF PAPER THAT HAS EVERYTHING THEY HAVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND LET THEM TAKE THAT HOME. THAT WAS KIND OF BORING TO US. AND SO I ACTUALLY SAW I GOT THE INSPIRATION FOR SOMETHING MEDICI DID WHERE THEY PUT THEIR BUSINESS CARDS ON, LIKE TRADING CARD DECKS AND HAD IN A FOIL WRAPPER, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A FUN IDEA. SO WE TOOK ALL OF OUR SPORTS FACILITIES AND TURNED THEM INTO PLAYING CARDS. SO YOU WOULD HAVE, LIKE GABE NESBITT ON THE FRONT, A PICTURE ON THE BACK YOU'D HAVE EACH FIELD, HOW MANY LIGHTS, PUBLIC RESTROOMS, CONCESSIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE WOULD HAND THE PLANNERS A LITTLE FOIL DECK OF TRADING CARDS, ESSENTIALLY WITH ALL OF OUR SPORTS FACILITIES AT THESE SHOWS. AND THEY LOVE IT.

AND IT'S BEEN HELPFUL FOR US BECAUSE WE KEEP WINNING SPORTS BUSINESS. SO CONGRATS. CONGRATS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ERIN. MR. KOWSKI ANY DC. MADAM CHAIR, MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS MICHAEL KOSKI, PRESIDENT OF THE MEDICI. DAVID. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. WELL DONE SIR. YOU KNOW, OUR FIRST MEETING WAS A PROFESSIONAL MEETING, RIGHT? IT WAS AT OLD SETTLERS. WE SAT IN A PICNIC TABLE UNDERNEATH THE OLD BASKETBALL COURT, AND DAVID ASKED ME FOR MY VISION AS A PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. WHAT'S HAPPENING IN EAST OF HIGHWAY FIVE? AND I THINK IT CAME IN WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND WE LEFT ON THE SAME PAGE IN GOOD FRIENDS EVER SINCE. IN FACT, WE KIND OF HIT IT OFF ON FOOD. SO WE'VE TRAVELED THE COUNTRY AND HAD SOME OF THE BEST MEALS IN THE WORLD AND SOME OF THE BEST MEALS IN MCKINNEY. AND I WILL SAY THAT EVERY MEAL WITH DAVID IS A GREAT MEAL. IT'S A GREAT CONVERSATION. OUR WIVES HIT IT OFF AS WELL, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE OF THOSE ADVENTURES AND SEEING GREAT THINGS FROM YOU GOING FORWARD. SPEAKING OF PARKS AND RECREATION, THANK YOU TO MISS AMY KINCAID FOR LETTING ME DRIVE THE PARKS BUS ON FRIDAY. I TOOK MY TEAM ON A RETREAT. WE SPENT ALL DAY DRIVING AROUND THE CITY LOOKING AT PARKS AND RECREATION, GOING TO PARKS, GOING TO FACILITIES, AND WE GOT A SNEAK PEEK AT THE REC CENTER OF TOWN LAKE BEFORE IT OPENS UP.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL. CONGRATULATIONS. BUT AGAIN, WE SELL EVERY ASPECT OF MCKINNEY. BUT I TELL MY TEAM IT'S THE SPACES IN BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS TO MAKE SURE COMMUNITY SHINES SOMETIME. AND THAT'S PARKS AND RECREATION, THAT'S TRAILS AND HOW WE MAINTAIN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO AMY. EXCELLENT JOB ALL AROUND. I MENTIONED PLUG AND PLAY. I MENTIONED OUR INNOVATION FUND. EVERY SO OFTEN I HAVE TWO UPDATES ON THAT. WE SPONSOR AND SUPPORT A GROUP CALLED BOOK IO. THEY ARE LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY.

THEY ARE ONE OF OUR INNOVATION STARTUP COMPANIES. MARK CUBAN IS AN INVESTOR IN THAT COMPANY ALONG WITH US. AND AS OF LAST WEEK, SNOOP DOG NOW INVESTS IN OPENING THERE IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY, DOING GREAT STUFF. SO BOOK IO OR STUFFED IO. LOOK THEM UP. THEY'RE DOING GREAT THINGS. WE'RE HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT TYPE OF ENERGY. AND THIS PLUG AND PLAY UPDATE ACTUALLY TIES INTO MISS BRADFORD. MISS BRADFORD AND I CONNECTED MANY MONTHS AGO ABOUT HOW TO ENGAGE MORE KIDDOS IN HER NETWORK TO TOUCH AND FEEL WHAT STARTUPS ARE DOING AND HOW TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR. SO WE INVITED THEM TO COME TO ONE OF OUR PLUG AND PLAY EVENTS, A GROUP OF, I'LL SAY, A DOZEN PEOPLE OR SO JOURNEYED OUT AND AND JOINED THAT. OUT OF THAT BRIEF MOMENT, WE'VE BUILT AN ENTIRE SUMMER PROGRAM WITH PLUG AND PLAY TO TEACH EIGHT KIDS. IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, IN THE PROGRAM, 11 KIDS. THANK YOU. TO ACTUALLY LEARN ABOUT HOW TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR. SO IT WAS A MULTI-MONTH PROCESS. SPECIAL GUESTS COMING IN TO TEACH ASPECTS OF BUILDING A BUSINESS PLAN, MARKETING, ETC. BUT THE HIGHLIGHT WAS THIS PAST FRIDAY HERE AT CITY HALL. WE HAD KIND OF THEIR PITCH. THEY GAVE THEIR PITCH. EACH STUDENT GAVE A TWO MINUTE SUMMARY OF THEIR BUSINESS PLAN AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT. IT WAS PROBABLY

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THE BEST EVENT I'VE BEEN TO IN MONTHS. IT WAS SO INSPIRING. NOT ONLY THE KIDDOS DOING WHAT THEY DO, BUT WE ALSO HAD A SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER, TIME MAGAZINE EVERY YEAR ANNOUNCES A KID OF THE YEAR, AND THAT KID ACTUALLY CAME AND GAVE THE KEYNOTE AT THIS EVENT. SHE'S ON THE COVER OF TIME MAGAZINE. HAVE HER IN MCKINNEY, AND HERE'S THE FULL CIRCLE TIE IN HERE. THE YOUNG LADY WHO WAS THE KID OF THE YEAR IN TIME MAGAZINE GOT INSPIRED. HER DAD BROUGHT HER TO A PLUG AND PLAY EVENT LAST NOVEMBER. THE CHECK SOMETHING OUT. SHE SAW A WOMAN IN TECHNOLOGY PANEL, AND FROM THAT SHE WAS INSPIRED TO START A COMPANY. AND FROM THAT MOMENT SHE BECAME NOW THE KID OF THE YEAR IN MAGAZINE. SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU'RE INTERACTING WITH. BUT AGAIN, MISS BRADFORD, EXCELLENT JOB SPEARHEADING THAT WHOLE PROJECT. WELL DONE. AND THEN LASTLY, I'LL SAY THAT NEXT FRIDAY, IF YOU'RE IN THE SPORTS RADIO, THE TICKET WILL BE HOSTING THEIR LIVE BROADCAST AT DISTRICT 121.

THEY WILL HAVE THEIR MORNING SESSIONS AT BROKEN YOLK AND THEIR AFTERNOON SESSIONS AT COMMON TABLE. MR. GRIMES WILL BE THERE. THE MAYOR WILL BE THERE FOR A SMALL TIME TO KIND OF MEET BROKERS AND HAVE SOME INTERACTION. SO COME ON OUT AND WATCH SOME LIVE BROADCASTS OF THE TICKET. SO WITH THAT, MADAM CHAIR, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. YOU DIDN'T TELL US YOUR COUSIN WAS IN SNOOP DOGG. CAN MR. BROADUS CALVIN BROADUS, YOU DIDN'T TELL US, BUT CONGRATULATIONS. I DON'T TALK A LOT. CAN WE GET SNOOP DOGG TO DO SOME VIDEOS FOR US? I WOULD JUST STAND BY. THE TROLLEY. YES. ON THE TROLLEY. NO, I FORGOT ONE MORE THING. SURE. YESTERDAY.

THIS IS TYSON COMMENT THERE. I WAS HONORED TO REPRESENT CITY MCKINNEY AT AN EVENT AT CROSS T RANCH OR CIRCLE T RANCH IN WESTLAKE. ROSS PEROT JUNIOR'S RANCH WITH THE GOVERNOR. I WAS HONORED TO ACTUALLY SPEAK BEFORE THE GOVERNOR AND INTRODUCE THE GOVERNOR AT THIS EVENT, AND I BROUGHT UP THE WHOLE SNOOP DOGG THING IN MY PRESENTATION. IT GOT THE BEST REACTION OF ALL. EVERYTHING I SAID IS INVESTING IN TEXAS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I HAVE A COMMENT. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND HOW YOU HELPED TO OPEN THE DOOR TO THE CHILDREN, MANY OF WHICH ARE FROM WOODSIDE VILLAGE, AND WE HAD SOME ALSO FROM PRINCETON AND FARMERSVILLE. SO THE PROGRAM IS EXPANDING AND I WANT TO THANK YOU THE INTRODUCTION TO PLUG AND PLAY. THOSE GUYS ARE AMAZING. THE COACHES AND THE FACT THAT THEY LEARN WHAT IT TAKES TO BUILD A BUSINESS. AND WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE PHASES AND ALL OF THE STEPS.

AND SO THE NEXT PHASE IS TO ACTUALLY DO A BUSINESS PLAN. IT WASN'T JUST CUTE. THEY'RE ACTUALLY LAUNCHING THESE BUSINESSES. SO THE BUSINESS PLAN APPLYING FOR THE GRANT.

AND THEN WHERE WE GO FROM THERE. AND SO ENROLLMENT BEGINS FOR THE NEXT PHASE THIS DECEMBER.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE KIDS BECAUSE NOW THE WORD'S OUT AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET ON MISS BRADFORD'S BUS TO GO TO PLUG AND PLAY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PLEASURE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I KNOW MAIN STREET BECAUSE THEY ARE PREPARING FOR OCTOBERFEST FOR US. SO ANDREW IS NOT HERE, BUT MCKINNEY PARKS AND REC, MISS KINCAID. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AMY KINCAID, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC.

DAVID, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO PARKS AND REC. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND JUST YOUR VISION FOR PARKS AND REC, AND ABSOLUTELY LOVE ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ASKED. ARE YOU SURE? I THINK I MIGHT HAVE SCARED YOU AT THE BEGINNING. YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT I EMBRACED IT AND. I'M GOING TO SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST. BUT UNDERNEATH PRESIDENT'S REPORT, YOU'LL HAVE THE REPORT OF PARKS.

BUT JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME EXCITING STUFF COMING UP. WE ARE WE HAVE OPENED BIDS FOR THE SOFTBALL FOURPLEX AT GABE NESBITT. BIDS ARE LOOKING FANTASTIC. WE WERE AFRAID THAT THAT COULD GO OVER BUDGET, BUT THEY ARE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR THAT, SO WE WILL BE AWARDING THAT IN OCTOBER AT A COUNCIL MEETING. ALSO, THE SIGNAGE AND THE PRACTICE FACILITY THAT THEY WILL BE MOBILIZING NEXT WEEK. SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT PROJECT. SO EXCITED TO SEE DIRT TURN AND THE SIGNS BEING PUT IN. ALSO IRWIN PARK, WE'RE FINALIZING THE DESIGN FOR THAT, JUST DOING SOME TECHNOLOGY THERE. WE HAVE MET WITH IT AS WELL AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE CAMERA SYSTEM. I KNOW THAT THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT THE INVESTMENT THAT WE DO OUT THERE. WE ARE LOOKING AT VERKADA,

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WHICH WHICH WAS THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED WITH YOU, IN ADDITION TO POSSIBLY FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEMS AT THE ENTRANCE. SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT FAST AND FIERCE. I'M HOPING TO BEGIN THAT PROJECT EARLY. 2026 TOWN LAKE. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON THE DOG PARK.

THANK YOU, MR. KELLY AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND ROTARIANS WHO CAME TO US ASKING ABOUT THE NAMING OF THE DOG PARK. WE TOOK IT TO PARK BOARD IN SEPTEMBER AND IT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA ON OCTOBER 6TH TO NAME IT THE BOB THOMAS DOG PARK AT TOWN LAKE. SO EXCITED. THANK YOU FOR THAT VISION AND BRINGING IT TO US, OUR REC CENTER TOWN LAKE. WE HAVE GOT PERMISSION TO STOCK. YAY! THE FITNESS EQUIPMENT IS BEING MOVED IN RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE EMPTIED OUT THE PODS AND WE ARE FINISHING SOME SOME ISSUES WITH THE LIGHTING, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE THAT COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 6TH. SO WE ARE VERY CLOSE. I PROMISE TO OPENING THAT. SO MORE DETAILS TO COME. MCKINNEY SOCCER COMPLEX PHASE TWO TURF IS BEING INSTALLED, SO IT'S LOOKING GREAT OUT THERE. THAT'S STILL ON THE MARK TO OPEN LATE MARCH OR SOMETIME IN APRIL, PENDING WEATHER. TONIGHT AT SENIOR REC CENTER, WE HAVE THE CONCERT IN THE LAWN. HOWEVER IT'S MOVED INSIDE. IT'S VERY MUDDY OUT THERE, SO JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT'S FROM 6 TO 830 WITH EMERSON BAND. AND THEN ALSO OCTOBER THE 18TH AT TOWN LAKE WILL BE DOING THE TRICK OR TREAT TRAIL. WE HAVE OVER 50 VENDORS WITH A WAIT LIST. SO SOME NEW AND DIFFERENT OUT THERE. SO COME AND VISIT US ON THE 16TH. ALL RIGHT. SO THE EXCITING NEWS I'M GOING TO RIDE PAUL'S COATTAIL AS WELL AS AARON'S ON AWARDS. SO WE HAD A BUSY LAST WEEK AT A CONFERENCE, THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION. AND I'M HERE TO EXCITE. I'M VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE OFFICIALLY GOT OUR CAPRA ACCREDITATION. WE WERE ONE OF AMONGST 11 THAT HAS ENTERED INTO THIS HIGH JUST STANDARDS, SHOWING THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE DO. WE WERE ONE OF THREE IN THE STATE. WE JOINED GEORGETOWN AS WELL AS GARLAND. SO NOW WE ARE ONE OF 31 IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH IS A HUGE HONOR. SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. ALSO, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PARK FOUNDATION RECOGNIZED EAST MCKINNEY LEARNING GARDEN FOR A INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECT. SO EXCITED FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS? CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT DESIGNATION. WILL THE LIGHTS BE OPERABLE FOR TRICK OR TREAT TRAIL ALONG TOWN LAKE? YES. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. WE ARE STILL ON MARK. WE ARE WAITING ON THE LIGHTS TO BE INSTALLED AND OUR GOAL, AND IT IS PROJECTED TO BE DONE JUST PRIOR TO THAT. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, IT'S LOOKING FANTASTIC. IT LOOKS GREAT OKAY.

VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER AMY I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU CONGRATULATE ON YOUR TEAM. I MEAN, THE SOFTBALL BASEBALL FIELD THAT THE KIDS PLAY IN IS LOOKING GOOD. AND Y'ALL'S MARKETING EFFORT BEHIND THE PARK TRAILS IS DOING HIS JOB, BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE OUT AND ABOUT, I CAN TELL THAT THERE'S GETTING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ON THE TRAILS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO GO AROUND. BUT IT'S FANTASTIC TO SEE THE COMMUNITY GETTING OUT AND ENJOYING OUR PARKS AND TRAILS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU AMY. I'LL JUST SAY IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU HAD YOU HAVE STILL VERY BIG SHOES TO FILL IN, MIKE, BUT HE HE SET YOU UP FOR SUCCESS. I'LL SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND TO YOUR BOARD FOR VERY QUICK AGREEMENT TO HONOR BOB THOMAS, WHICH I EXPECTED WOULD BE THE CASE. AND IT IS TO HONOR HIM WITH THE NAMING OF A PARK IN MCKINNEY, AND ONE THAT WILL BE AS HEAVILY TRAFFICKED AND INTEGRAL TO THE TOWN LAKE PROJECT AS AS THAT DOG PARK. AND I KNOW THAT BARBARA AND BRANDON AND THEIR WHOLE FAMILY ARE VERY GRATEFUL AND AND HONORED BY THAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO COUNCIL APPROVING THAT. AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO TO REPORTS. BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE OUR MAYORS HERE. AND OUR MAYOR PRO TEM IS IN THE BACK. SO AND OUR ULTIMATE THANK

[President’s Report]

YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. PRESIDENT'S REPORT ITEM 25 DASH 3203. THANK YOU, MADAM

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CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE REPORTS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. IF YOU'VE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO MARKETING REPORT. I MENTIONED IT A LITTLE WHILE AGO, BUT AGAIN, IT JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE. THE ACTIVITY OF THE BOARD AND THE COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THESE THESE MONTHLY MEETINGS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE EVENTS THAT WERE SUPPORTED JUST OVER THE PAST MONTH. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT CONTINUED SUPPORT. AND THEN ALSO INCLUDES INFORMATION ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE METRICS. SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. ALSO THANKS TO MCKINNEY REPERTORY THEATER, THEY SENT, I THOUGHT THE MASTER GARDENERS HAD HAD LOCKED DOWN THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE REPORT AWARD, BUT MCKINNEY REPERTORY THEATER REALLY DID A GREAT JOB. IN THEIR FINAL REPORT, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA THEY REALLY HAVE. I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THIS BOARD'S ENCOURAGEMENT TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE IMPACT THAT OUR PROMOTIONAL GRANTS HAVE, AND THEY TOOK A DEEP, DEEP DIVE INTO THE ADVERTISING THAT THEY DID AND MEASURING THE IMPACT, WHICH I HOPE TO SEE MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY FROM OUR GRANT RECIPIENTS. BUT IT'S GREAT INFORMATION. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK. THIS THE VOTES TODAY ON THE RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT REQUEST WILL MARK THE END OF OUR FY 25 GRANT CYCLE. OUR NEXT APPLICATION PERIOD WILL BE FOR PROMOTIONAL COMMUNITY EVENT GRANTS THAT WILL OPEN NOVEMBER 1ST. SO YOU ALL HAVE A BREATHER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, AND THEN WE'LL START UP AGAIN. AND THEN LAST, I JUST WANT TO ECHO MR. CASKEY'S COMMENTS ON THE PROJECT CARE TEAMS. TEAMS PITCH EVENT WAS ABLE TO ATTEND LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, AND I AGREE IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL EVENTS I'VE ATTENDED IN MCKINNEY. THEY THEY THE KIDS DID A GREAT JOB. I HAVE SO MUCH ADMIRATION FOR THEM AND HAVING THEM REALLY HAVING THE GUTS TO DO THEY DID THAT NIGHT AND SALUTE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT PROJECT. DEBORAH. IT REALLY IS SOMETHING. SO AND I THINK THAT'S IT AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I'M JUST SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I FORGOT TO THANK. AND SO I'M SORRY I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THIS. BUT NOW THAT YOU'VE DONE IT, I, I'M JUST THINKING OF PEOPLE THAT WENT UNMENTIONED.

AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THOSE THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO NOT MENTION THAT HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT TO ME IN MY TIME HERE. BUT I DEFINITELY WANTED TO RECOGNIZE GEORGE FULLER AND GERRY FELTUS FOR THEIR. GUIDANCE AND MENTORSHIP IN VERY DARK TIMES. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. AND I WAS LOOKING STRAIGHT AHEAD AND DIDN'T REALIZE COUNCILMAN JONES IS HERE. I LAZE ON, SO GOOD

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

MORNING. I WAS LOOKING STRAIGHT AHEAD. SORRY. WE WILL NOW GO INTO REGULAR AGENDA ITEM. ITEM 25 DASH 3204. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON REQUEST TO AMEND PROJECT FOR B 2415. SUBMITTED BY AND AWARDED TO THE SANCHEZ CHARITIES, LLC INTO THE SUPPLEMENT INTO SUPPLEMENT THE PROJECT APPLICATION FOR PROJECT FOR B 24 DASH 15 TO INCLUDE CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS AS AN ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE GRANT APPLICANT RECIPIENT, AND INCREASE THE GRANT AWARD FROM $517,192 TO $1,717,192 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HORIZONTAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT INCREASED PROJECT SCOPE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO INCLUDE THREE ACRE SITE, 35,000 TO 45,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY TO BE LOCATED AT 2000 WEST WHITE AVENUE, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. AMOUNT REQUESTED REPRESENTS 14.55% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST. AND AGAIN, THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS LEFT OPEN LAST MONTH. ALL OPEN FOR BOARD DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME. I KNOW WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. SHOULD I DO THAT FIRST BEFORE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT. BRANT. MR. BRANT. GOOD MORNING, MADAM PRESIDENT AND MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD. I'LL BE BRIEF. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BEAR GIVE OUR SUPPORT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD LAST MONTH. SO I'LL JUST BE BRIEF, I I'M HERE. BRANT DRIGGS 3301, SAINT PIERRE. I'M THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF

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LATTER DAY SAINTS. YOU MAY KNOW THAT WE HAVE EIGHT CONGREGATIONS HERE IN THE CITY, AND WE'RE ALL VERY THRILLED AND EXCITED AND VERY SUPPORTIVE OF EVERYTHING YOU'RE ABOUT. AND IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL TO SEE, TO BE HERE IN THESE MEETINGS. AND IT'S OPENING UP MY EYES TO ALL THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE AS AS WE MENTIONED, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON A TOUR OF METRO CREST, SERVE DENTON AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS, AND I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO COGITATE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT. AND AND I APPRECIATED MIKE'S COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT THAT. MCKINNEY. IT'S THE SPACES BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS THAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY SPECIAL. AND I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE AND ALSO, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK CLOSELY WITH PAUL GRIMES ON THE LIGHT THE WORLD GIVING MACHINES.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT. AND PAUL MADE A COMMENT THAT THAT MCKINNEY IS A COMMUNITY OF GIVING. RIGHT. AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO TO ENCOURAGE THAT GIVING IS IS ABSOLUTELY PART OF OUR CORE VALUES AND MISSION. AND I, I JUST THE UNFORTUNATE REALITY IS WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ON THE EDGE, RIGHT, AND ARE STRUGGLING. AND THE NEIGHBOR HUB IS A PERFECT PROJECT TO ACCENTUATE AND CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE CULTURE AND THE HEART AND SOUL OF MCKINNEY. RIGHT. THOSE SPACES BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS. AND I JUST ONCE AGAIN WANT TO VOICE OUR SUPPORT, AND NOT ONLY IN PRINCIPLE, BUT IN PRACTICE. WE'LL BE THERE, WILL BE HELPING IN EVERY WAY WE CAN TO BOTH FROM A SERVICE PERSPECTIVE, PEOPLE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, BUT ALSO WITH RESOURCES TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS SUCCESSFUL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO. AND DAVID DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET YOU, BUT YOU SOUND LEGENDARY, MAN AND MAKE IT SOUND THAT WAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ANOTHER LESLIE. YEAH. WAIT.

HI THERE. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I'M LESLIE VESTAL. I HAVE BEEN A MCKINNEY RESIDENT FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS. WHAT DREW US TO MCKINNEY 25 YEARS AGO IS WAS THE TAGLINE UNIQUE BY NATURE, RIGHT? WE WERE IN THE METROPLEX. WE'RE LIKE, OH, LET'S GO CHECK THIS OUT. BUT WHAT REALLY SOLD US ON THIS BEING AN AMAZING AND WONDERFUL PLACE TO RAISE OUR FAMILY, WHICH IT HAS BEEN, WAS THE DIVERSE AND CARING NEIGHBORS IN MCKINNEY. WE GOT TO MEET PEOPLE WHEN WE CAME TO DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES IN MCKINNEY AND BEGAN TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF THE COMMUNITY WAS TRULY THE CARING NATURE OF ITS PEOPLE. SO I KNOW THE MCDC MISSION AND DRIVING FORCE IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ALL MCKINNEY RESIDENTS, AND I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD HUB IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO JUST THAT. A COORDINATED CARE WITH DIGNITY, CRITICAL SERVICES UNDER ONE ROOF THAT WILL LEAD TO EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE CARE.

SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO OUR CITY. THE WIDE SUPPORT FROM A VARIETY OF CHARITIES AND FAITH ORGANIZATIONS PLEDGING TO GIVE THIS CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THIS CENTER IS APPARENT FROM THE PAPERWORK YOU'VE GOTTEN. WOULD YOU JUST STAND? IF YOU'RE HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE HUB? I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU COME AND YOU DON'T HAVE A TURN TO USE YOUR VOICE, SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT AND THINK IT'S VERY VALUABLE FOR OUR CITY. SO I URGE YOU ALL TO SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL. NOW, I THINK THE CURRENT NEED OF THIS KIND OF SERVICE IS GROWING. IT'S GOING TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ALL MCKINNEY RESIDENTS, WHICH IS SOMETHING I'VE REALLY COME TO KNOW AND LOVE ABOUT OUR CITY. SO JUST LAST MONTH, THIS BOARD APPROVED A $2 MILLION GRANT FOR A PARK ON COMMERCIALLY, I MEAN, COMMERCIAL, PRIVATELY OWNED LAND IN MCKINNEY. SO I TRUST THAT THIS REQUEST OF MONIES THAT ARE LESS THAN THAT WILL BE APPROVED FOR IT, AS IT WILL TRULY, DEEPLY IMPACT THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC AGENDA ITEM? LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS LEFT OPEN FROM THE LAST MEETING. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC? ARE WE READY TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? IF SO, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION MADE BY DEBORAH. I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY AJ.

MOTION PASSES TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. NOW WE CAN HAVE BOARD DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM

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IF WE ARE READY TO APPROVE OR ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, I'LL JUST REITERATE MY FIRM SUPPORT FOR THIS. IT IS LESS THAN 15% OF THE TOTAL COST, AND I THINK THE IMPACT IS REALLY DISPROPORTIONATE TO THAT THAT WILL HAVE IN THIS PROJECT. IT WOULD JUST BE VAST TO HAVE MRDXS. MONIKER ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. BUT MORE THAN THAT, OUR COMMITMENT AND OUR BELIEF IN THIS PROJECT WILL BE SIGNIFICANT AS THEY SEEK ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM OTHER SOURCES. I REALLY CAN THINK OF NO BETTER PROJECT, AND I SAID THAT BEFORE AND I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE IT AGAIN. OKAY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO STATE MY SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.

HAVING BEEN IN THE NONPROFIT INDUSTRY FOR SO MANY YEARS, I SEE THAT THIS IS AND HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR OUR COMMUNITY. LIVING THROUGH COVID. THE NONPROFITS WERE WERE OUR HEART. AND WHEN YOU KNOW, OUR CITY AND OUR GOVERNMENT WASN'T ABLE TO HELP THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE GROUND, THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY IS WHAT STEPPED UP. AND THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE, MUCH MORE THAN WE POSSIBLY CAN UNDERSTAND, BEING SUCH AN AFFLUENT COMMUNITY. THERE'S STILL OVER A THIRD OF OUR CHILDREN THAT ARE ON FOOD SUBSIDIZED PROGRAMS. THERE ARE STILL THOSE THAT ARE DAY TO DAY, JUST HOPING AND PRAYING THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR RENT OR THEIR MORTGAGE OR THEIR, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO FEED THEIR CHILDREN. AND IT IS PROGRAMS LIKE THIS ONE THAT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THEIR STORY ONCE AND NOT HAVE TO RETRAUMATIZE THEMSELVES BY SAYING WHY THEY'RE IN THIS POSITION, BECAUSE IT'S NOT OUR PURPOSE TO JUDGE THEM, IT'S OUR PURPOSE TO HELP. AND SO I REALLY HIGHLY AND FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS. I'VE SEEN OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HAVE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS THAT HAVE DONE EXCEPTIONAL, AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT IS RIGHT FOR MCKINNEY. SO I'LL SHARE SOME COMMENTS I HAVE NOT THAT I DO NOT SUPPORT.

AFTER GOING ON THE TOUR AND SEEING THE OTHER ENTITIES. I KNOW THERE'S A NEED, BUT ONE OF MY RESERVATIONS OF APPROVING IT MOVE FORWARD. THERE IS STILL SOME INTERNAL THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN WITH THIS CONTRACT, BUT I KNOW THERE IS THE MOVEMENT OF THE TRANSFER TO WHERE CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS THE PRIMARY APPLICANT. THIS IS WHERE FOR ME, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN. WE'VE DEMONSTRATED OUR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT. WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE 517,000. I WOULD AND I THINK IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND INVESTORS, I THINK THAT IT'S DEMONSTRATED THAT IT IS SUPPORTED BY MCDC. I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TRANSACTION BETWEEN SANCHEZ CHARITIES TO NEIGHBORHOOD HUB BE RESOLVED AND THAT TRANSFER BE DONE BEFORE THE APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST. BUT THAT DOES MEAN ANY ADDITIONAL. I HAVE A COUPLE. FIRST QUESTION FOR CINDY. IF WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LAST TIME AS FAR AS AS WHETHER OR NOT THE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM WOULD TRIGGER A NEED FOR COUNCIL TO APPROVE A VARIANCE ON THE BUDGET AT THEIR NEXT MEETING. IS THAT THE CASE, OR ARE WE COMFORTABLE THAT THE EXISTING BUDGET BUCKET THAT WE HAVE IS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THIS? IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT IF THIS IS APPROVED. ALL RIGHT. VERY WELL.

SO. AND OF COURSE THE PROJECT WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO, I BELIEVE, TO COUNCIL FOR PNC ANYWAY. SO. I KNOW THAT THAT I ALSO WENT ON THE BUS TOUR. I THINK, I THINK I SAW SOME INCREDIBLY WELL ORGANIZED FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WATCH CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST WEEK, THERE WAS A VERY PASSIONATE DISCUSSION ABOUT, IN THAT CASE, MOSTLY HOMELESSNESS. AND THIS IS NOT A HOMELESS SHELTER. WE'RE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO CHARACTERIZE THIS IN SOME WAYS AS A HOMELESS PREVENTION SHELTER OR SHELTER, BUT HOMELESS PREVENTION FACILITY. BUT THERE WAS MENTIONED BY BY A CITY MANAGER WHO JUST LEFT. I WAS ASKING HIM TO SPEAK TO THIS ABOUT HIRING OF A CONSULTANT,

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TO COME IN TO TRY TO LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING IN THE BROADER SCOPE OF HOMELESSNESS, AS WELL AS DIFFERENT TYPES OF OF AID, I BELIEVE. AND THAT'S JUST GETTING STARTED. MY FEEL ON IT IS I WOULD BE, YOU SEE, CINDY, WHEN DOES THE 517 WHEN DOES THAT TIME OUT? SEPTEMBER 30TH THIS YEAR. OKAY OKAY. SO I WOULD I WOULD THINK WE COULD RENEW THAT AND SHOW THAT THAT WE ARE INVESTED IN IN AND WANTING THIS TO CONTINUE. BUT AS FAR AS THE EXTRA 1.2, I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THAT UNTIL NEXT MEETING, PUSH IT A MONTH AND ALLOW FOR SOME OF THE DETAILS. MADAM CHAIR, THAT THAT YOU POINTED OUT TO GET WORKED THROUGH AND ALSO GET A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON WHAT THE CITY WITH PAUL AND WHAT COUNCIL IS TRYING TO DO AS FAR AS WITH THE CONSULTANT. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON SORT OF THE BIGGER PICTURE BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE SECOND PHASE OF THE OF THE FUNDING FOR THE EXTRA ONE TWO. SO I DON'T DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE THAT AS A LACK OF SUPPORT FOR WHAT YOU'RE WHAT THE PROJECT IS DOING. AND I'M SPEAKING TO ABOUT 15 PEOPLE THAT STOOD UP EARLIER. THANK YOU FOR ASKING THEM TO STAND UP, BY THE WAY. BUT THERE IS. THERE'S A LITTLE MORE WORK TO BE, TO BE, TO BE IRONED OUT. AND I REALLY THINK WE WE NEED THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE THAT, THAT, THAT DISTRICT. AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO BEFORE WE ADVANCE THIS. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THIS. I, I THINK A LOT OF THE AS I SAID LAST MONTH, THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE PROJECT HAVE IMPROVED IT. DIFFERENT ORIENTATION OF THE PROPERTY, INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING AND THE ENGAGEMENT OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS HAVE GOTTEN ME VERY CLOSE TO YES ON THIS. I WOULD ALSO I WOULD ECHO THE CHAIR'S COMMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT TRANSFER BE COMPLETE. I WAS PREPARED TO VOTE YES ON THIS TODAY. AND I, I THINK THAT THIS BOARD IS GOING TO VOTE YES ON IT EVENTUALLY. AND BUT I ALSO THINK THAT. DILIGENCE AND REVIEW AND CAREFUL THINKING WILL MAKE THIS PROJECT BETTER AND WILL IMPROVE IT. AND THAT'S NOT A NO. IT'S JUST GIVE US SOME TIME TO WORK THROUGH THIS. REMAINING CONCERNS FOR ME ON THIS PROJECT ARE THE INCLUSION OF THE ORIGINAL PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR SIMPLY A PARKING LOT AT THIS POINT, AND PAYING FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT PARKING LOT. I DON'T LOVE IT. I, I THINK THAT THAT PIECE OF IT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH P AND Z AND TO COUNCIL, AND I THINK COUNCIL HAS SOME THOUGHTS ON IT. AND, AND THEY NEED TO REVIEW THAT AND, AND CONSIDER. THAT INCLUSION. I, I DO THINK WE'VE GOTTEN TO A GOOD PLACE WHERE IT WAS IT WAS GOING TO BE A HOMELESS DAY CENTER WITH THE TENANT MIX THAT IT HAD, AND THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK CHANGING THE TENANT MIX IS HAS REALLY TAKEN IT TO THE PLACE WHERE IT IS A TRUE NONPROFIT HUB, INSTEAD OF A POTENTIAL HOMELESS DAY CENTER. I, I WANT TO MAKE SURE ALSO THAT THE THE SPACE THAT ISN'T CURRENTLY EARMARKED FOR THE ANCHOR TENANTS THINKING PROBABLY THE SECOND FLOOR SPACE THAT WILL BE FLEX SPACE. I WANT TO SEE THAT AND I, I DON'T THINK WE CAN REQUIRE IT OR I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN, BUT I WANT TO SEE THAT BE AVAILABLE TO A ROTATING SET OF NONPROFITS THAT NEED SPACE. I HOPE THAT IT DOESN'T BECOME AN OFFICE SPACE FOR CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INTENT IS THERE, BUT BUT I THINK THAT A HUGE PART OF WHAT SERVED DENTON AND OTHERS HAVE DONE IS THE ANCHOR TENANTS, AND WE'RE FOCUSED ON THAT, AND THAT'S GREAT. BUT ALSO MAKING THAT A A CO-WORKING SPACE FOR NONPROFITS THAT DON'T HAVE SPACE, WILL WILL ADD THE EXTRA. VALUE TO IT.

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SO WITH THAT, I THINK, DID CHRIS MAKE A MOTION? DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YEAH. JUST COMMENT. I AGREE WITH WITH THE BOARD AS WELL. I MEAN, I LOVE THIS PROJECT. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ASSET TO MCKINNEY, BUT I DO BELIEVE WE NEED TO TABLE IT JUST SO WE CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO GET THE TITLE TRANSFERRED OVER, AND PLUS TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO REALLY GET SOME SOME GOOD BIDS OUT THERE, BECAUSE WITH THE WAY CONSTRUCTION PRICES ARE GOING AND EVERYTHING IS GROWING AND UP AND UP AND UP, I WOULD HATE TO GET IT APPROVED AND THEN THEN COME BACK AND SEE THE THE PRICE IS A LOT DIFFERENT AND THEN HAVE TO COME BACK TO US AGAIN. SO I SUPPORT THIS, BUT I DO BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO BE TABLED UNTIL NEXT MONTH TO GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO GET THE PROJECT TO WHERE WE FEEL COMFORTABLE APPROVING IT AND KNOWING IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE PRICE, WITH THE NUMBER THAT THEY HAVE. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK A FEW QUESTIONS? I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO PUSH THIS BOARD TO BE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT IS THE PUNCH LIST THAT WE'RE ASKING THE APPLICANT TO DO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE TALKING IN VERY GENERAL TERMS ABOUT VAGARIES, IN MY MIND, ABOUT WHAT REMAINS. CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE LIST FOR ME SO THAT I'M CLEAR AND SO THAT OUR APPLICANT IS CLEAR? WHAT ARE WE ASKING? WHAT ARE THE THREE ASKS FOR? ASKS TWO ASKS THAT WE NEED TO BE SOLIDIFIED BEFORE WE PICK THIS UP AGAIN. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M NOT CLEAR WHAT THOSE ARE. SO I KNOW AND CINDY, YOU CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION. THERE IS THE TRANSFER OF THE APPLICANT FROM SANCHEZ CHARITIES TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HAS NOT BEEN SOLIDIFIED OR RESOLVED AS CATHOLIC IS AN ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE GRANT RECIPIENT AND NOT THE PRIMARY. THE PRIMARY CONCERN AND THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE. SANCHEZ, CHAIR, AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES, PLEASE CAN YOU GIVE US LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE IN THAT TRANSFER? SURE.

MADAM CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY. AND CONSIDERING THIS THIS AGENDA ITEM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT TRANSFER. I KNOW THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU ALL BEFORE. ONE OF THE THERE'S A LOT OF WONDERFULNESS OF WORKING WITH FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND THERE'S CHALLENGES WITH WORKING WITH FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS. THEY ALL COME WITH BOARDS, AND THEY ALL HAVE AS MANY AS ARE HERE WITH AS MANY OPINIONS AS ARE HERE. AND SO I'M HAVING TO SATISFY MULTIPLE BOARDS. THIS BOARD, THE CHARITIES BOARD, THE PRESBY BOARD, MY BOARD. YOU CAN IMAGINE LIKE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE. SO IT'S JUST NOT A FAST PROCESS. WE HAVE AN MOU WHICH IS SIGNED, AND IT'S AN UNDERSTANDING AND AN AGREEMENT OF HOW WE'RE TO MOVE FORWARD. I WILL TELL YOU THE THINGS THAT WE ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT AND IS FAIR TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THEY ARE INVESTING A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY BECAUSE THEY ARE PAYING FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING. AND SO IN THAT INVESTMENT, YOU KNOW, THEIR WORRY, THEIR CONCERN IS WORST CASE, RIGHT? WHAT IF THIS IDEA THAT WE ALL HAVE OF ADVOCACY AND RESOURCE CENTER ISN'T THE HUGE SUCCESS THAT WE ALL KNOW IT WILL BE, THEN WHAT DO THEY DO WITH THIS BUILDING AND HOW HOW CAN THEY MOVE FORWARD TO PROTECT THEIR FINANCIAL INVESTMENT? AND OF COURSE, MY FEELING ON IT IS, WELL, THE CITY OF MCKINNEY HAS INVESTED MONEY, THE PRESBY HAS INVESTED MONEY, SANCHEZ CHARITIES HAS INVESTED MONEY ALL FOR THIS VISION OF ADVOCACY AND RESOURCE CENTER. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M FIDUCIARY, RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY'S INVESTMENT TO MAKE SURE IT JUST THAT WE ARE USING THAT INVESTMENT FOR THE BEST WAY, RIGHT. EVEN IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD? AND THAT'S WHAT THE MOU IS OUTLINING AND THAT'S WHAT OUR DOCUMENTS ARE OUTLINING. BUT GETTING THE 50 PEOPLE TO ALL AGREE THAT IS WHAT'S TAKING TIME. I DID WANT TO ANSWER BOARD MEMBER KELLY'S QUESTION, THE SECOND FLOOR AND MY UNDERSTANDING I'D LOVE YOU TO SPEAK TO IT, IS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY INTEND FOR IT TO BE ROTATING 501 C THREES IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, AND MAYBE EVEN IN THE GREATER COLLIN COUNTY, NOT JUST THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TO COME AND OCCUPY THAT SPACE. IT'S NOT A SPACE SOLELY FOR CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS. YES, MADAM CHAIR, PRESIDENT AND THE BOARD, TO THAT COMMENT OR QUESTION, IT'S REALLY FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

WE WOULD NOT BUILD THE SECOND FLOOR, BUT FOR THE OTHERS, IT JUST ISN'T WORTH THE INVESTMENT TO US BECAUSE EVERYTHING MORE WE TAKE ON IN SPACE, WE HAVE TO THEN PAY FOR OURSELVES. WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE PROGRAMING BEHIND IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES WITH IT. SO THERE'S NO SELF-INTEREST THERE FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD, TAKE OVER THE SPACE.

I DID WANT TO ADD ONE LAST THING. I'M GOING TO PULL A DAVID KELLY. I FORGOT TO MENTION A THING. MY THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION IS, IS THAT AND I, I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING, AND I'M EXCITED TO KNOW THAT THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING.

BUT GIVEN THAT WE'RE BRINGING THIS AMAZING COLLABORATIVE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS HERE TO MCKINNEY, WHICH IS A HUGE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, I WOULD

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LOVE FOR COUNCIL TO REALLY LEAN ON THEM AND ASK THEM, HOW DOES DALLAS DO IT? AND HOW DO THE OTHER SURROUNDING THERE IN PLANO, THERE IN OTHER SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES HERE IN THE METROPLEX? I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT A CONSULTANT. I JUST KNOW THAT CAN BE EXPENSIVE. AND I KNOW WE HAVE A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE RIGHT HERE THAT WE'RE BRINGING, THAT I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD HELP IN THIS ENDEAVOR AND GIVE YOU GREAT ADVICE AS TO WHAT GOES ON ALL AROUND THE METROPLEX, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT COUNCIL WOULD MAYBE LEAN ON THEM AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS. WELL, TO THAT POINT, YOU HAVE THREE OF THE SEVEN COUNCILS SITTING IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW THAT JUST HEARD YOU. SO I KNOW I THINK THAT WHAT YOU GUYS DO IS, IS, IS EXTRAORDINARY. AND, AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE COMMUNICATION. YEAH. AND IF I MAY ADD TO THAT THOUGH, TO THE HOMELESS ISSUE IS A HUGE ISSUE, AS WE ALL KNOW. AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE BOARD MEMBER OF THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, WHICH SERVES DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY, THE HOUSING FORWARD GROUP THAT SERVES THAT SAME GROUP SHOULD HONESTLY, I THINK, BE ENGAGED IN THAT CONVERSATION DEEPLY.

AND IT'S A BIG QUESTION. IT WILL NOT BE RESOLVED IN 30 OR 60 OR 90 DAYS. SO TO BOARD MEMBER BOOTH'S QUESTION, IT IS HELPFUL TO US TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY, EVEN TO YOU, MR. RICHIE, HAVING BIDS IN HAND IN 30 DAYS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WE'RE WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. WE HAVE TO. AND WE'RE AT A PLACE. WHERE ARE WE MOVING FORWARD? DO WE HAVE ZONING BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO INVEST TOO HEAVILY IN EVERYTHING. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, HEY, WE CAN'T DO IT. SO IT'S GOING TO BE MONTHS BEFORE WE HAVE PHYSICAL BIDS IN OUR HANDS, BUT WE COMMIT TO YOU THAT WE WILL HAVE BIDS. WE WANT TO HAVE THREE, FIVE, YOU KNOW, AS MANY AS WE CAN, WITHIN REASON, SO THAT WE GET THE BEST VALUE FOR THE PROJECT ALL THE WAY THROUGH. SO AGAIN, TO THE POINT OF HAVING A SPECIFIC LIST OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH, WE WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT. AND SANDY, IF YOU CAN GIVE US SOME CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE THE INITIAL APPLICANT WAS SANCHEZ CHARITIES AND I BELIEVE THE ONE OF THE BOARDS REQUEST OR IDEA WAS THAT THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES BE THE PRIMARY ADVOCATE FROM A LEGALITY PERSPECTIVE, WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN FROM TALKING TO JEFF, IS THAT APPLICANT JUST TRANSFERABLE TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES? OR IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DOCUMENTED THAT THE GROUPS HAD COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO EXECUTE THE TRANSFER, AND THEN THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT WOULD COULD ADDRESS THAT AS WELL. BUT A MOTION HERE, GIVEN THAT CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS A JOINT APPLICANT, WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR US. YOU'D HAVE THE PAPERWORK TO TO DO LATER, BUT WE COULD MAKE A MOTION EITHER AT THE 517 OR THE 1.7 OR ANYTHING, BUT AND COULD WE MAKE THAT MOTION? YES.

YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CURRENT AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU PLAN TO. IT COULD BE ROLLED INTO THE MOTION, WHATEVER IT IS ON THIS ITEM. OKAY. CAN WE GO AHEAD? WELL, CAN WE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AGREEMENT BASED ON THE THAT THAT IT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES LIKE WE WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS AS LONG AS IT MOVES FORWARD AND IT'S CONTINGENT ON. CHANGING TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES. YOU CAN MAKE THAT MOTION. YEAH. I MEAN WE HAVE CONTINGENCIES ALL THE TIME, SO I FAVOR THAT. BUT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND. SO YOU MADE IT VERY CLEAR THERE'S LOTS OF MASTERS HERE RIGHT FROM CATHOLIC CHARITIES PERSPECTIVE. IS THERE ANY HANG UP PER SE, THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED, OR IS IT SIMPLY A TIMING ISSUE LIKE THE BOARD JUST HASN'T MET YET? WHAT WHAT, IF ANYTHING, IS IN THE WAY OF MAKING THIS MOU MORE FORMALIZED INTO NOW YOU ARE THE GRANT RECIPIENT OF OUR CITY FUNDS. THE VERY QUICK ANSWER TO THAT IS LAWYERS. SO DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATED TIMELINE? DO YOU HAVE A GUESSTIMATE OF TIMELINE OF HOW LONG THAT WILL TAKE? I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY IN THE NEXT 30 TO 45 DAYS. WE'D HAVE IT FINALIZED. AND THEN TO THAT END, THE BOARD IS READY TO GO. BUT THEY DO NEED TO SEE A FINAL DOCUMENT, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT ANY, ANY BOARD TO DO TO SAY, OKAY, THAT DOES SAY WHAT IT NEEDS TO SAY, BUT AS WELL TO THE OTHER COMMENT, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE A CONTINGENT APPROVAL THAT SAYS THIS IS APPROVED. HOWEVER, YOU HAVE TO DO THIS, THIS AND THIS. SO IT'S IS IT BEFORE OR IS IT AFTER? BUT WE WOULD BE INCLINED TO ASK YOU TO PROVE IT NOW WITH THOSE CONTINGENCIES SAYING IT HAS TO BE TRANSFERRED TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES. YOU HAVE TO GET BIDS, YOU HAVE TO THEN BUILD IT AND AND THEN YOU HAVE TO STAND BEHIND THE LOAN, WHICH IS THE GRANT WHICH WE CATHOLIC CHARITIES WOULD BE SOLELY BEHIND AS FAR AS THE REPAYMENT, IF THERE WERE A DEFAULT, IF YOU WILL, IN THE AGREEMENT. I MEAN, IT'S NOT DISSIMILAR TO ALMOST ANYTHING ELSE WE FUND AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY IS FRONTED NOTIONALLY THE WORK GETS DONE AND THEN RECEIPTS OR, YOU KNOW,

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WHATEVER IS ASKED TO BE DELIVERABLE IS RETURNED TO US. SO I DON'T REALLY SEE WHAT THE RISK IS HERE. WE'VE CERTAINLY APPROVED FUNDING IN FAR GREATER AMOUNTS, IN SOME CASES FOR FAR GREATER SCOPE AND SCALE PROJECTS. KNOW THIS. AND AGAIN, I REALLY CAN THINK OF NOTHING.

MAYBE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LIFEPATH, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE AS MUCH OF AN IMPACT OF ANY GRANT THAT WE'VE MADE OF THIS NATURE. I THINK YOU'VE GOT TWO PEOPLE BEFORE YOU WHO STAND READY TO JUMP THROUGH EVERY HOOP THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM AND THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO GIVE THEM, AND THESE CONTINGENCIES ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THEM. AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE CONSIDER IT IN LIGHT OF ALL THE OTHER CONTINGENCIES WE'VE OFFERED TO MANY OTHER APPLICANTS. I AGREE WITH TROY. I ALSO KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO BIDS, UNDERSTANDING THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT WITH WITH $1.2 MILLION IN DIFFERENCE, I MEAN, THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND THE BIDS. AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO COULD POSSIBLY CHANGE. SO THEY AS DOING GOOD BUSINESS, I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, GIVING THEM A CONTINGENCY AND AND APPROVING THE MOTION BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE ASKING TODAY SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE IN FOR, AS LONG AS THEY FULFILL THE OBLIGATIONS OF OF WHATEVER WE SET FORWARD. THE ASSUMPTION BEING THAT THAT THE CONTINGENCY IS ONLY ON THE TRANSFER. YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT. I MEAN, I THINK AND THAT WASN'T ALL THE POINTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP FOR THE REASON FOR A POTENTIAL POSTPONED FOR 30 DAYS. RIGHT. MY PERSONAL OPINION ON IT IS THAT THERE IS NO HARM IN A 30 DAY EXTENSION. I WILL ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY. I KNOW YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF FUNDRAISING, AND WITHOUT HAVING THAT FULL SUPPORT FROM THE CITY, IT IT MAY PLAY INTO YOUR FUNDRAISING, BUT I DON'T THINK 30 DAYS REALLY CAUSES ANY SIGNIFICANT HARM. I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE 500. ALSO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S I MEAN, THAT'S APPROVED THE EXTENSION.

IT NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED. IT NEEDS TO BE IT NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED. EXTENDING THE 500 FOR THE DIFFERENCE OF THE 1.2. JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T GO AWAY LIKE WE'VE GOT IN THE BUDGET.

IT HAPPENS TO BE THE LAST MEETING OF OUR FISCAL YEAR THAT ROLLS BACK INTO A FUND BALANCE THAT WE HAVE, AND IT'S STILL AVAILABLE FOR USE. SO I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT, OH, IF YOU DON'T APPROVE IT NOW THAT MONEY IS GONE, THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE SOMETIMES HAPPENS WITH BIG GOVERNMENT BUDGETS. THAT'S NOT THE CASE. SO THERE WERE OTHER CONCERNS WHICH I THINK YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO. WELL YEAH, I MEAN I LOVE THIS PROJECT. I THINK IT WAS MCCAIN NEEDS IT.

BUT FOR US BOARD TO GIVE A LIST ON THE SPOT, THE THINGS THAT WE WANT, IT'S UNFAIR TO THE BOARD.

I THINK WE NEED IT EXTENDED 3045 DAYS. I DO NOT SEE ANY HARM IN THIS WHATSOEVER. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE THE PROJECT, BUT IT WOULD GIVE OUR BOARD A CHANCE TO COLLABORATE WITH ONE ANOTHER, COME UP WITH OUR LIST OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO BE SAID OR BE A PART OF THE CONTRACT, AND THAT CAN BE ADDED WHEN WE APPROVE IT. THE EXTENSION FOR FOR NEXT MONTH OR THE MONTH AFTER THAT. BUT LIKE I SAID, I AGREE WITH CHRIS. I JUST DON'T SEE A 30 OR 45 DAY EXTENSION WITH WHAT KIND OF HARM THAT IS GOING TO DO, KNOWING THAT WE'RE BEHIND IT AND IT'LL GIVE US A CHANCE TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE LIST OF ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO SEE DONE. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I MAKE A COMMENT? IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE QUESTION THAT WE HAD WAS THE TRANSFER OF IT WAS NOTHING ELSE ABOUT BIDS AND CONSTRUCTION TRANSFERRED TO THE GO AHEAD. IF WE'RE AND I APPRECIATE JOY'S REQUEST TO HAVE A SPECIFIC LIST, I THINK IT'S A I THINK IT'S A FAIR ASK. I THINK THE TRANSFER TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS TOP OF THAT LIST, NOT JUST FOR ME, BUT FOR EVERYBODY, AS I MENTIONED. AND YOU CAN YOU CAN COMMENT ON THIS IN JUST A MOMENT. AS I MENTIONED, THE INCLUSION OF THE ORIGINAL PARKING LOT IN THE CURRENT PROJECT IS A CONCERN TO ME. I THINK THE INTENT THERE IS FOR IT TO BE SOLELY PARKING FOR STREETSIDE SHOWERS. I, I QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BUILD THAT PARKING LOT. AND I ALSO QUESTION THE THE FUTURE USE, I THINK THE THE FUTURE USE OF THAT AND IT NOT TURNING INTO A SERVICE SITE FOR. STREETSIDE SHOWERS IS SOMETHING FOR PRNS AND COUNCIL TO DEAL WITH. AND I THINK THEY WILL. SO THAT WOULD BE NUMBER TWO ON MY LIST. AND I GUESS THIRD IS KIND OF SPEAKING TO TO DAVID'S CONCERNS ABOUT BIDS. YES, WE WANT A COMPETITIVELY BID PROCESS AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW. WE NEED MULTIPLE BIDS. I ALSO AGREE THAT YOU'RE NOT THERE WITH CDS AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS OF THE PROJECT. IT'S NOT READY FOR YOU TO BRING BIDS TO US ANYTIME SOON. I THINK THE CONCERN IS THAT RIGHT NOW IT'S 1.7. WHAT IS IT WHEN YOU GET

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CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS? WHAT IS IT WHEN YOU GET BIDS? WHAT ARE YOU COMING BACK FOR TO ASK FOR ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS? AND I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO CAP THE GROWTH AND MUSHROOMING OF THIS PROJECT FOR THIS BOARD IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, I, I WILL GO WITH THE WILL OF THE BOARD. I, I ALSO DON'T SEE ANY HARM. I DON'T THINK THAT IT DESTROYS THIS PROJECT TO DELAY IT FOR A MONTH OR TWO, OR HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES TO GET EVERYTHING IN LINE. I ALSO LIKE TO CONSIDER, AND IF WE DO THAT, IT WILL BE BEYOND THE SCOPE OF MY SERVICE HERE. BUT I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER CAPPING THIS PROJECT AND AND SAYING AND WE HAVEN'T. I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE DONE THAT WITH OTHERS. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE FAIR, BUT I'M TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO STOP THE THE RETURN AMENDMENTS OF PROJECT AFTER PROJECT AFTER PROJECT AS THEY GROW AND WE GO OUT FOR CDS. AND THAT'S WHY I'VE SAID OVER THE YEARS, I WOULD LIKE COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE COSTS OF THE PROJECT ARE BEFORE THIS BOARD APPROVES MONEY, BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU'LL BE BACK HERE IN A YEAR ASKING FOR ANOTHER SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, IF I MAY, TO THAT QUESTION AND COMMENT. I TOTALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF COMING BACK, AND I'M WILLING TO GO ON RECORD FOR THAT FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY. BEYOND THAT, EVEN IF THERE IS SCOPE CREEP. BUT HOWEVER, I ALSO WOULD THINK JUST AS A GENERAL PRACTICE, GETTING A NONPROFIT TO INVEST IN ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING CDS AND CDS BEFORE THEY COME TO SEE IF THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THE PROJECT AND THEN SEE THE SCOPE CHANGE AFTER THE FACT, I THINK IS IMPRACTICAL TO ASK OF ANYBODY. SO I THINK THERE HAS TO BE. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THE DOCUMENTS WILL ULTIMATELY BE WRITTEN. YOU HAVE TO PERFORM X TO GET Y, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. AND IF WE DO THOSE THINGS, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO ACCESS THE FUNDS. IF WE DON'T, THEN WE AREN'T. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO ALL THE STIPULATIONS WITHIN THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE TO PAY BACK X OR Y. IF WE DON'T PERFORM OVER TIME OR FOR LONG ENOUGH PERIODS OF TIME. SO WE'RE ALL COMMITTED TO THAT FULLY. AND IS THAT THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG? AND WE'RE ASKING FOR IT TO BE US. AND NOW AND THE CONTINGENCIES LATER, AS OPPOSED TO THE CONTINGENCIES NOW AND OSCILLATOR AGAIN, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, I MEAN, THERE IS WE KEEP SAYING, WELL, THERE'S NO HARM, THERE'S NO RISK, THERE'S NO DELAY IN 30 DAYS, 45 DAYS. THERE IS NO RISK FOR THIS BOARD TO PLEDGE THIS MONEY. IT'S AN OBLIGATION, RIGHT. JUST LIKE ANY OTHER OBLIGATION THAT WE MAKE IN ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE, THE MONEY IS OBLIGATED. THEY'RE NOT DRAWING IT DOWN TOMORROW. IF WE APPROVE THIS TODAY, THEY HAVE WORK IN FRONT OF THEM, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER APPLICANT HAS. AND WHEN THE DUCKS ARE IN A ROW AND EVERYTHING IS ALIGNED, THEY WILL SUBMIT TO DRAW DOWN THE MONEY. ANY OTHER PROJECT WE'VE DONE HAS BEEN CONTINGENT ON CONSTRUCTION COSTS. ANY OTHER PROJECT WE'VE DONE HAS SEEN CONSTRUCTION COSTS ESCALATE.

EVERY OTHER PROJECT WE'VE DONE HAS SEEN DELAYS AND SCOPE INCREASES. THIS IS, AGAIN, IT'S NOT UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE WE HAVE FUNDED. AND I THINK WE ARE REALLY LOSING SIGHT OF THAT. I THINK WHATEVER THE CITY IS DOING WITH RESPECT TO A CONSULTANT FOR HOMELESSNESS IS A PART OF, BUT SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM THIS, I DON'T THINK THAT HAS ANY BEARING, WHETHER THAT TOOK SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR, THAT'S GOING TO BE ITS OWN EFFORT WITH ITS OWN VALUE PROPOSITION. THIS IS SEPARATE, AND IT'S BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS HOMELESS DIVERSION.

THIS IS TARGETED AND FOCUSED AND CONCERTED ASSISTANCE FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK WE'RE REALLY LOSING SIGHT OF WHAT THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT BY TALKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION, TALKING ABOUT LOGISTICS OF OF THE APPLICANT, WE CAN PUT THESE CONTINGENCIES IN PLACE. THEY CAN HAVE THEIR LAWYERS READ IT. AND AGAIN, IF THEY DON'T COME THROUGH, THE MONEY DOESN'T COME THROUGH. SO I SEE VERY LITTLE RISK AND VERY GREAT REWARD. SO CAN I ASK IF IF WE DO POSTPONE THIS FOR 30 TO 45 DAYS, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOU GUYS? HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THAT NEXT STEP FOR YOU GUYS. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE ASKING FOR MONEY. YOU'RE ASKING DIFFERENT PARTIES, YOU KNOW, HAVE A VARIETY OF PARTNERS. HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE PROJECT ON YOUR SIDE. SO THE FIRST THING I WANT TO ADDRESS IS THAT THE 30 TO 45 DAYS. SO PART OF THE ISSUE WITH THE 30 TO 45 DAYS. AND I WOULD LOVE FOR A LIST OF WHAT IT IS, THE EXPECTATIONS. I'M THE KIND OF THE GLUE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE I'M BRINGING ALL DIFFERENT FAITH BASES TOGETHER, AND I'M KIND OF THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE. THE LAND AGREEMENT, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PACKAGE THAT WE SUBMITTED, IS BETWEEN GRACE PRESBYTERY AND SANCHEZ CHARITIES. AND SO WITHIN 30 TO 45 DAYS, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE

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ABLE TO UNDO THAT LAND AGREEMENT. WE HAVE TO COME TO TERMS WITH OUR AGREEMENT, OUR LEGAL AGREEMENT OF HOW I TRANSFER THIS PROPERTY TO THEM. AND IF IN 30 TO 45 DAYS MCDC WANTED ALL OF THIS CLEANED UP, I WOULD HAVE TO REDO A LAND NEGOTIATION AS WELL AS FINISH MY LEGAL DOCUMENTS IN ORDER GETTING US ON THE SAME LEGAL PAGE WITH LAWYERS. MUCH MORE THAN AN MOU. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IN 30 TO 45 DAYS THAT'S POSSIBLE. DO I THINK THAT WITHIN A GREATER AMOUNT OF TIME THAT'S POSSIBLE? I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE. I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE IN IT. THAT'S WHY I'M STANDING HERE WITH THIS MAN, BECAUSE HE IS MY PARTNER, AND THAT IS IN EARNEST WHERE WE ARE HEADED. BUT WITHIN 30 TO 45 DAYS TO GET ALL OF THE LEGALITIES TIED UP, WHICH I ANTICIPATE TO TAKE OVER THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION, I THINK IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT. BUT WILL IT HAPPEN? IT ABSOLUTELY WILL HAPPEN, AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY OKAY WITH HAVING THAT BE THIS GRANT REQUEST. BE CONTINGENT UPON THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS MY PARTNER AND WHO I AM GOING FORWARD WITH AND WHO I DO PUT MY TRUST AND FAITH IN THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE. I ALSO WANTED TO ANSWER A COUPLE OTHER REALLY QUICK QUESTIONS. MR. KELLY BROUGHT UP THE HALF ACRE THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY. YES, WE'RE JUST PUTTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON IT, BUT THAT HALF ACRE IS A PLACE FOR FUTURE GROWTH. IT'S A PLACE BECAUSE WE KNOW WE CAN PUT 10,000FT■S FIRST FLOOR ON I. COULD IT, COULD IT BE 20,000FT■, TWO STORIES. IF WE CAN PARK IT AND FIGURE IT OUT? YES, IT CAN BE, BUT IT'S FUTURE PROOFING AND THAT'S WHAT THAT EXTRA HALF ACRE IS FOR TODAY. WILL IT BE SO THAT LANCE OLINSKY CAN PARK SOME TRAILERS? YES. HE'S NOT GOING TO OPERATE THERE. HE'S NOT GOING TO SERVICE THERE. BUT IT IS FOR FUTURE PROOFING FOR THIS PROJECT. AND THAT'S WHY THAT HALF ACRE IS IMPORTANT. I KNOW I HAD MORE TO ANSWER, BUT THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER. YOU GOT A QUESTION? QUICK QUESTION. IT IT DELAYS US IN CONFIDENCE OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE DESIGN DOCUMENTS AND THE ENGINEERING AND OTHER THINGS. KNOWING WE HAVE THIS GIVES US THAT MOMENTUM. AND I WOULD ADD, JUST YESTERDAY WE WERE AWARDED A GRANT BY THE LAUDERHILL FOUNDATION THAT IS CONTINGENT ON MATCHING MONIES IN COLLIN COUNTY. AND FOR US TO GO OUT AND TRY AND RAISE THAT WHEN THE PROJECT STILL KIND OF IN LIMBO. AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WHY ISN'T MCDC IN AND THINGS LIKE THAT? IT JUST HELPS US IN THAT MOMENTUM. SO IT DOESN'T TOTALLY CRIPPLE US, BUT IT DOES INHIBIT US. BUT WE ARE IN WE'RE IN FOR HALF $1 MILLION. YEAH. WE'RE IN AND I, I WOULD SUPPORT AN EXTENSION OF THAT IN ANY MOTION THAT WAS MADE. WE'RE IN AND I THINK YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE BOARD THAT WE INTEND TO BE FULLY IN. I DON'T KNOW HOW MORE CLEAR WE COULD BE IN HAVING PASSED THE HALF MILLION ALREADY. AND THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE HERE ABOUT THE INTENT TO APPROVE THE FUTURE, WE'RE I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. SO IF WE APPROVE THIS ITEM AT THE AMOUNT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE 1.7, WHATEVER IT IS, DO WE HAVE TO SAY FROM THE DAIS WHAT THE STIPULATIONS ARE, OR CAN WE GET THAT TO THEM AT A LATER DATE? WE CAN WORK IT OUT. I MEAN, I HAVE A GENERAL IDEA FROM THE DISCUSSION THAT'S TAKING PLACE, BUT WE CAN WORK THROUGH IT WHEN WE PREPARE THE DOCUMENT. I THINK I THINK TO SOME DEGREE IT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MOTION. IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT CONTINGENCIES IN, IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE MOTION. I WOULD AGREE WITH DAVID ON THAT, THAT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAY END UP AND THAT THAT'S WHAT THE 30 DAYS GIVES US. THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS, OKAY. THE LAND AGREEMENT HAS TO BE WORKED OUT WITHIN SIX MONTHS FOLLOWING THE GRANT, BECAUSE THAT'S STILL OWNED BY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. CORRECT? RIGHT. GRACE PRESBYTERIAN OWNS THE LAND AND SANCHEZ CHARITIES IS IN A LAND AGREEMENT WITH GRACE PRESBYTERY. AND GRACE PRESBYTERY HAS PUT ON KIM SANCHEZ'S HEART WHAT IT IS THAT THEY EXPECT TO HAPPEN ON THAT LAND, FOR THEM TO SELL THAT PROPERTY TO ME. AND SO I HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF THAT AND THEIR BOARD AND WHAT THEY WANT AND MAKE SURE IT'S TRANSPARENT IN OUR AGREEMENT THAT EVERYBODY'S GETTING WHAT THEY WANT OUT OF THIS, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO SPECIFY THAT STUFF, OKAY. BUT WE CAN PUT IT IN IN A, IN A MOTION THAT SAYS THAT THOSE THINGS HAVE TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN SIX MONTHS. AND I MEAN, IT'S JUST AS YOU SAY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT WORKED OUT WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT DOESN'T PASS ZONING, EVERYTHING STOPS. RIGHT? RIGHT. AND AND THAT'S SO, SO CAN WE BECAUSE WE CAN GO ROUND AND ROUND. I THINK WE SAID MANY THINGS. I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT, AND I AGREE WITH DAVID KELLY ABOUT THE PARKING LOT. I'M NOT TOTALLY ON BOARD WITH THAT. AND YOU SAID THIS FOR FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE. I DON'T SEE WHY, IF IT IS NEEDED AT A LATER DATE, THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AT A LATER DATE. I MEAN, THAT'S PROBABLY QUITE A BIT OF MONEY THAT THE PARKING LOT IS GOING TO COST. BUT A QUESTION FOR THE CATHOLIC

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CHARITIES, IF WE DO APPROVE IT FOR 1.7 THAT YOU'RE ASKED, WHAT HOW DOES THAT HELP YOU GUYS GO GET MORE FUNDING? VICE JUST KNOWING THE CDC IS IN FOR THE HALF $1 MILLION, JUST THE GREATER MOMENTUM. IT'S A BIGGER, BETTER STORY TO TELL. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR, ESPECIALLY ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE. THEY ALWAYS WANT TO BE THE LAST DOLLAR IN. SO THE CLOSER WE ARE TO HOW WHERE WE ARE IN FUNDRAISING JUST REALLY HELPS THAT MOMENTUM. IT'S LIKE, OH, WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU TO THE FINISH LINE. SO IT'S A MOMENTUM BUILDER IS THE BIG DIFFERENCE OKAY. AND THEN CINDY, LIKE DAVID DAVID KELLY SAID ABOUT WHICH I HATE DOING BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER DONE IT IN THE PAST, BUT PUTTING A CAP ON THE ONE BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU'RE NOT GOING TO COME BACK TO IT. IF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS GO UP, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO COME BACK AND ASK OUR BOARD FOR ANY MORE MONEY. AND YOU SAID YOU GO ON RECORD FOR THAT. IS THERE ANYTHING WE COULD DO ON THE AGREEMENT THAT STATES THAT? I MEAN, I HATE TO SAY THAT, BUT BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT IN THE PAST, IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE ANY FUTURE BOARD CAN SIMPLY VOTE, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE BOARD MAKES A DECISION. ANY FUTURE BOARD COULD VOTE TO CHANGE THAT AGREEMENT ANY. SO BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE STAY IN ORDER RIGHT NOW. SO THESE ARE THE OPTIONS. WE CAN APPROVE THE REQUEST. SO WE CAN ONE. WE HAVE TO EXTEND THE INITIAL 517 EXTEND THAT A YEAR. WE CAN EXTEND THAT A YEAR. THAT'S IN THE MOTION TO EXTEND THAT CONTRACT OR THAT AGREEMENT FOR A YEAR. AND WE CAN MAKE CONTINGENT ON APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST ON THE TRANSFER TO TRANSFER, I MEAN, TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES. WHAT IS THE OTHER TRANSFER? CLARIFY? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO DO AN EXTENSION IF WE'RE APPROVING THE 1.7 REQUEST TODAY, CORRECT. IT WOULD BE A NEW AGREEMENT. IT'S A NEW AGREEMENT. SO A NEW SO WE DON'T HAVE TO KNOW. WE DON'T HAVE TO EXTEND IT UNLESS WE'RE DECLINED. IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO APPROVE THIS TODAY OKAY. I WANT TO ADD ONE LAST THING. IN THE 14% THAT WE QUOTE THAT THIS IS 14% OF THE PROJECT THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE AMOUNT THAT GRACE PRESBY, THEY GAVE US A DISCOUNTED PRICE ON THE LAND. THEY ABOUT CUT THE PRICE IN HALF. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IT'S ACTUALLY LESS THAN 14%. IF I WAS TO DEVELOP THREE ACRES, IT WOULD COST $3 MILLION FOR ME TO DEVELOP IT, AND IT'S ONLY COSTING 1.7 BECAUSE OF THE BENEVOLENCE OF GRACE PRESBYTERIAN, THE FACT THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO SHARED PARKING WITH US AND SHARED ACCESS WITH US, THEY'RE ALLOWING US TO USE THEIR PARKING LOT. SO WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS, I UNDERSTAND THAT 1.7 FEELS LARGE, BUT FOR THIS AMOUNT OF LAND, THE NUMBER REALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN THREE. AND WE'RE GETTING A GIFT FROM GRACE PRESBYTERY TO LOWER THAT. I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT OUR NUMBERS. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE DIDN'T COME IN AT 1.8 MILLION WITH LOTS OF ZEROS. WE CAME IN AT $1,717,192. AND THAT'S BECAUSE MY FIRM HAS ALREADY PUT A LOT OF ENERGY INTO SITE PLANNING AND ENGINEERING. WE DID OPINIONS OF PROBABLE COST. THESE ARE MEASURES ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT A LOT OF APPLICANTS COME IN HERE WHEN THEY'RE ASKING FOR MONIES. SO OUR ASK IS A VERY SPECIFIC ASK. AND IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STUDIES DONE BY LICENSED PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE GIVEN US THEIR OPINION. IT'S NOT A BID, IT'S NOT A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, BUT IT IS ACTUALLY MONIES THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT IN ORDER TO GET A REALLY GOOD ESTIMATE OF WHAT THIS IS GOING TO COST. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY MR. WOODYARD FEELS SO GOOD TO TELL YOU THAT IF THE NUMBER IS ABOVE THE 1.7, THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO COME AND ASK FOR MORE BECAUSE HE FEELS CONFIDENT IN THE FACT THAT LICENSED PROFESSIONALS HAVE ALREADY GIVEN HIM A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER AS TO WHERE THIS CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO COST. AND OH, BY THE WAY, ALL THAT WORK WAS DONE FREE. THE ARCHITECTURAL WORK, THE PLANNING WORK, ALL THE ESTIMATING WORK HAS BEEN DONE COMPLIMENTARY. THANK YOU. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS REQUEST CONTINGENT ON THE TRANSFER TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES. THAT IS RIGHT NOW THE CONDITION. IS THERE AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION? OKAY. THE LAND ALSO IS A PART OF THAT. DID YOU DID YOU MAKE THAT TRANSFER? YES. THE TRANSFER.

YEAH. THAT'S THE TRANSFER OF OF THE LAND OKAY. AS OPPOSED TO THE TRANSFER OF THE GRANT. SO RIGHT NOW THE GRANT IS LISTED AS A CO-RECIPIENT. YEAH I THINK BOTH. YEAH. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRANSFER OF LAND AND THE AND THE IN THE APPLICANT. OKAY. YEP. I WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT ON THAT YOU WANT TO ADD OR YOU WANT TO AMEND MY MOTION. I ACCEPT THE MOTION. I'LL WAIT IF THERE'S A SECOND. BUT I STILL LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE A VOTE. AND ANGIE, YOU WANT TO DO THAT? 1.7 17 182 YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT MOTION. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YES. AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THIS PROJECT HAS GROWN SUBSTANTIALLY FROM WHAT IT WAS A YEAR AGO. I WANT TO GO ON RECORD AS RECOGNIZING WHAT YOU'VE DONE, THE EFFORT THAT

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YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH, THE FACT THAT YOU ARE NOW WILLING TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE FOUND A PARTNER IN CATHOLIC CHARITIES THAT CAN TAKE THIS BEYOND WHERE THE ORIGINAL SCOPE WAS, IS A RECOGNITION OF YOUR CHARITY IN THE PROCESS. NOT SAYING WE FOR SOME REASON WANT CATHOLIC CHARITIES TO RUN IT OVER SANCHEZ CHARITIES. IT'S NOT YOU FOUND THE PARTNER YOU HAVE GROWN WITH THAT YOU HAVE MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION. AND I WOULD JUST WANT TO POINT OUT FOR THE RECORD THAT WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND IN SUPPORT OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES. SO THANK YOU. SOMEHOW I HAD TO GET THAT IN BEFORE. I APPRECIATE IT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY SECOND. YEAH. YES. MOTION PASSED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS ROBUST DISCUSSION. THANK YOU SO MUCH OKAY. THANK YOU. MOVING ON WITH THE I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT ONE THING THAT WAS A HEALTHY DISCUSSION. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING HERE. SO RESPECTFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND AGAIN I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY HOLDING EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE. SO I APPRECIATE TODAY WE WILL VOTE ON TWO RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS THAT WERE PRESENTED AT OUR AUGUST MEETING. THANK YOU FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE. JOY, AJ AND DAVID KELLY FOR THE REVIEW OF THE APPLICATIONS AND PREPARING

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

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TODAY. ITEM 25 3205 CONSIDER, DISCUSS, ACT ON THE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT OR I 2504 SUBMITTED BY 380 MARKETPLACE, LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING EXTERIOR ELECTRICAL, WATER LINE REPLACEMENT, SITE IMPROVEMENTS FOR RETAIL SHOPPING CENTER LOCATED AT 2414 WEST UNIVERSITY DRIVE, MCKINNEY.

AMOUNT REPRESENTS 9% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST. AND I WILL JUST MAKE NOTE. WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT AND THEY DID PROVIDE THOSE RESPONSES TO US. SO THANK YOU JOY. YES. SO I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE ON THE ITEM 20 5-3205. AND THERE'S A COROLLARY ITEM RELATED TO THIS. BUT JUST SOME BROAD COMMENTS OVERALL ON THE RETAIL PROGRAM. SO. YOU KNOW, WE SEE CHANCE'S DATA IN THE BEGINNING. AND I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT RETAIL TRADE IS THE LARGEST CHUNK OF OUR SALES TAX REVENUE. AND SO THERE HAS BEEN DEBATE OVER THIS PROGRAM OVER TIME, TO THE POINT MADE EARLIER ABOUT DAVID'S INTEREST IN GROWING THIS PROGRAM. AT ONE TIME, THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH APPLICANTS. NOW IT HAS, YOU KNOW, COME TO BE THAT THERE ARE A VERY HEALTHY NUMBER OF APPLICANTS AND THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS. WHAT SHOULD THE CITY BE PAYING? THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE DEVELOPERS AND SO FORTH. BUT RETAIL TRADE IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF OUR SALES TAX REVENUE. AND THESE GRANTS DO HAVE AN IMPACT ON WHAT THE CITY IS ABLE TO GENERATE AND THEREFORE WHAT OUR BOARD CAN COLLECT. SO WE HAD A VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TWO PROJECTS. FOR EACH OF THEM. WE CONSIDER LOCATION, VIABILITY OF THE PROJECT AND THE ABILITY OF THE PROJECT TO CREATE NEW OR EXPANDED BUSINESSES. AND WE REACHED CONSENSUS ON BOTH FOR THE ITEM AT HAND. 25 3205 THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING FUNDING OF UP TO $40,000 IN ELIGIBLE REIMBURSEMENTS. AS MADAM CHAIR SAID, YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ANSWERS TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED. AND IN ADDITION, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT AT OUR LAST MEETING, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT LANDSCAPING COSTS, AND THEY HAVE TAKEN THAT OUT. AND SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING THE FULL AMOUNT THAT WAS APPLIED FOR, BUT UP TO THE $40,000. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST AT $40,000, UP TO UP TO UP TO I'M SORRY, UP TO ELIGIBLE COST OF $40,000. DID THEY TAKE THE LANDSCAPING OUT BECAUSE IT WASN'T ELIGIBLE? THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY JOY. CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY AJ. MOTION PASSED. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM 20 5-3206. CONSIDER.

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

DISCUSS ACT ON THE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT APPLICATION OR I 20 5-5 SUBMIT SUBMITTED BY THE COTTON MILL IN THE AMOUNT OF $27,458.92 FOR THE INSTALLATION OF DRAINAGE AND REPLACEMENT OF CONCRETE WITH TURF FOR THE OUTDOOR WEDDING VENUE AT THE COTTON MILL, LOCATED AT 16 ELM STREET, MCKINNEY REPRESENTS 75% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IN.

CASEY IS NO LONGER HERE BUT JOY. SURE, SO EVERYTHING IN THE APPLICATION WAS FULLY ELIGIBLE.

THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING FUNDING OF UP TO THE FULL AMOUNT, $27,458.92 IN

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ELIGIBLE REIMBURSEMENTS. OKAY. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TO GET THE REQUESTED AMOUNT, $27,458.92. CAN I GET A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY DAVID KELLY? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO ONE LEFT HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. Y'ALL DON'T HAVE NO

[BOARD COMMENTS]

BOARD COMMENTS, I GOT ONE, ALWAYS TWO. REALLY? OKAY. GO AHEAD. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE OUR MAYOR, MR. COX, TAP THAT KEG ON FRIDAY AND HOPE HE DON'T MISS. I HOPE HE'S PRACTICED A LITTLE ON THAT. HE'S BEEN PRACTICING. YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR THEY ALMOST MISSED. OH YEAH. YEAH THAT WAS OUR MAYOR PRO TEM THAT ALMOST MISSED LAST YEAR. AND MADAM CHAIR WHO WHO'S GOING TO WIN THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY. AND THEN ONE LAST COMMENT IS I'M GLAD THAT OUR BOARD HELPED OUT WITH THE ADRIATICA PARKING PARKING GARAGE BECAUSE LET ME TELL YOU, THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS HOMECOMING, AND IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE MADHOUSE THERE. I MEAN, THERE WAS CARS EVERYWHERE PARKED ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER. SO I'M GLAD WE APPROVED THAT.

TO GET THAT PARKING GARAGE SO PEOPLE CAN START UTILIZING INSTEAD OF PARKING IN THE FIRE ZONES. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? SINCE HE MADE SOME, NOBODY ELSE. ONCE

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

GONE, IT'S GONE. OKAY. WE WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. DO WE HAVE ANY ACTION? YES WE DO. WE DO HAVE ACTION EXECUTIVE SESSION AND EXECUTIVE SESSION. IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, ITEMS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS THAT MAY BE DISCUSSED INCLUDE. PROJECT 2009, TUBBS BREWERY ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION PROJECT. PROJECT HEMISPHERE PROJECT, VENUE. NOTES. LIVE PROJECT FOR BE 24 DASH 15 SANCHEZ. CHARITIES.

NEIGHBORHOOD. RE 2504 380. MARKETPLACE RR 2505. THE COTTON MILL. WE WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE TIME IS A VENUE MOTION. LET'S WAIT FOR EVERYBODY TO VOTE ON THAT, THOUGH. AND CALL IT. ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT IT. OKAY, I WILL NOW RECONVENE THE MEETING OF THE

[ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION]