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WELCOME TO THE VISIT MCKINNEY BOARD MEETING.
MY NAME IS KATIE SCOTT AND WE ARE MEETING AT CITY HALL AND COUNCIL CHAMBERS, LOCATED AT 4 0 1 EAST VIRGINIA STREET, MCKINNEY, TEXAS.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025 AND IT IS 8:01 AM THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
PATRICK MCGUIRE, WHITNEY NASH, JILL BARNES, KEITH GALL, BRIAN MEDINA, JANIE PENA, AND MYSELF.
WE ARE JOINED BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PATRICK COTTIER AND CITY STAFF JENNIFER ARNOLD.
STAFF ERIN WERNER, ALICIA HOLMBERG, SARAH TING AND PAULA MARTIN.
WE ARE TAKING TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. THERE ARE NONE.
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ON TO CONSENT ITEMS. WE WILL NOW VOTE ON THE FOLLOWING CONSENT ITEM TWO FIVE DASH 3 2 7 MINUTES OF THE VISIT MCKINNEY BOARD MEETING OF AUGUST 26TH, 2025.CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
MAY I GET A SECOND? SECOND? IS THAT JILL? JANIE WAS JANIE, YES.
A SECOND BY JANIE, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
COULD Y'ALL SELECT YOUR MOTIONS AGAIN? THEY'RE NOT SHOWING UP.
OH, DO WHAT YOU WANT ME TO SAY 'EM AGAIN? WELL, I'LL, UH, SELECT THEM ON THE SCREEN.
[Board and Liaison Reports City of McKinney MEDC MCDC McKinney Main Street / MPAC McKinney Parks and Recreation]
ON TO BOARD AND LIAISON REPORTS.TWO FIVE DASH 3 2 0 8 BOARD AND LIAISON REPORTS.
WE WILL START WITH JENNIFER ARNOLD, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
FOR THOSE THAT DUNNO ME, I AM JENNIFER ARNOLD.
I'M ONE OF THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS HERE AT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, AND I AM PAUL'S UNDERSTUDY.
UH, FOR TODAY HE HAS, UH, GOT A SCHEDULING CONFLICT.
SO I'M HERE TO GIVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES ON THE CITY STUFF.
UH, SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, OUR FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET WAS, UH, RECENTLY ADOPTED AND APPROVED.
IT WILL GO INTO EFFECT, UH, TOMORROW.
SO, UM, KUDOS TO OUR FINANCE TEAM.
THIS IS A BIG MILESTONE FOR THEM EVERY YEAR.
IT SETS THE STAGE FOR THE PRIORITIES, UM, AND FOCUS AREAS FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, OPERATING DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY.
UM, ALSO WANNA GIVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES ON SOME MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, AS MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW, VENUE, UH, PROJECT VENUE AS WELL UNDERWAY, UH, THEY ARE MOVING AND GROOVING AND THEY ARE STILL, UM, HOPING TO BE OPENED FOR THE FALL OF 2026, UM, WITH THEIR FIRST EVENTS HOPEFULLY HAPPENING SOMETIME IN THE OCTOBER TO THE NOVEMBER OR OCTOBER TO DECEMBER TIMEFRAME.
SO, UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM AS, UH, MANY OF YOU ALL WELL KNOW.
UM, WHEN YOU START MOVING DIRT AND GET GOING INTO CONSTRUCTION, THERE'S ALWAYS A NUMBER OF MOVING PARTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE, UH, WE'RE ALL STILL COORDINATING AND KEEPING THEM MOVING SO THAT THEY CAN HIT THAT TARGET DATE OF OCTOBER, DECEMBER OF 26.
UM, PROGRESS AT THE AIRPORT ALSO CONTINUES.
IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT IN THAT AREA, UH, YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE A LOT OF GOOD FORWARD MOMENTUM.
UM, ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, UH, BARRY SHELTON IS OUT ACTUALLY GIVING A TOUR, UM, THIS MORNING, UM, WITH SOME, UH, FOLKS FROM THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, UH, TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THAT GOOD PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING THERE.
AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE US A COUPLE OF QUICK UPDATES ON SOME OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE, UH, CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES IN AND AROUND DOWNTOWN.
AS WE ALL KNOW, UH, AS WE ALL MOVED INTO THIS BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, A LOT OF THE, UH, OTHER BUILDINGS THAT WE WERE ONCE IN, OLD CITY HALL, OLD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, SOME OF THOSE CITY OWNED PARKING LOTS, THOSE EVERYTHING KIND OF MIGRATED OVER HERE.
AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE BETTER PART OF 18 MONTHS ON SOME REDEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THOSE PROPERTIES.
UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE DID PART WAYS WITH M TWO G.
UH, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO COME TO A FINANCIAL AGREEMENT WITH THEM ON THAT POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE GAVE AN UPDATE TO COUNCIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
ON THE PROGRESS OF THAT PROJECT, UH, WE ARE MOVING IN A MORE OF AN INCREMENTAL APPROACH AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
WE'LL BE, UH, LOOKING AT PARTNERING WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR A PORTION OF THE PROPERTIES TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE ABLE TO GET SOME GOOD MOVEMENT ON THE OFFICE CONCEPT.
AND THEN AS A CITY, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATES IN AND AROUND THE SITES.
UH, THE IDEA IS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT HAVE A DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE JUST YET, WE WANNA READY THE AREA SO THAT WHEN WE ARE READY TO MOVE, UM, IT'S IN THE BEST POSSIBLE SPOT.
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MEANS THAT SOME OF THE ROADWAY AND UNDERGROUND UTILITIES ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO BE UPGRADED.UM, THE OLD CITY HALL BUILDING IN THE OLD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUILDING, UH, WE DO PLAN ON MOVING FORWARD WITH DEMOLITION OF THOSE BUILDINGS, UH, WHICH SHOULD BE DONE WITHIN THE NEXT SIX TO NINE MONTHS.
SO YOU'LL DEFINITELY START TO SEE SOME THINGS CHANGING AROUND THAT AREA.
UM, WHAT WE DON'T KNOW YET, WHAT, HOW WE MIGHT USE THOSE VACANT PROPERTIES IN THE INTERIM ONCE WE RAISE THOSE BUILDINGS.
THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK ABOUT USING IT FOR STAGING AREAS IN PARTICULAR WITH THE PROGRESS ON THE LIBRARY AND THE RECONSTRUCTION THAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
SO, UH, THAT IS STILL VERY MUCH BEING DISCUSSED ON THE INSIDE.
HOWEVER, WE DO KNOW THAT WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT THOSE SITES ARE READY WHEN AND IF EDC IS SUCCESSFUL IN, UM, A POTENTIAL OFFICE PARTNER.
UM, AND OR IF THE CITY AND OR COUNCIL, UM, IDENTIFY A POTENTIAL PARTNER, UH, FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE OTHER SITES.
I ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT THE LOWER FIVE PLAZA PROJECT.
I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, YOU ALL KNOW THIS YET, BUT, UM, THE UNFORTUNATE REALITY IS WITH THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL, THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROJECT IS NO LONGER.
AND, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL AND WITH OUR ENGINEERING TEAM AND TXDOT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE, UH, LOWER FIVE PLAZA, WHICH IS THE UNDERGROUND DECK PARK, UM, ACROSS HIGHWAY FIVE.
AND, UH, BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF FUNDING, WE HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THE LOWER FIVE PLAZA CONCEPT THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR.
AND WE WILL BE SHIFTING OUR FOCUS TO MORE OF AN AT GRADE ENHANCED CROSSING OF AT HIGHWAY FIVE THERE BETWEEN VIRGINIA AND LOUISIANA.
SO THAT MEANS THAT THE, UH, CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS WILL STILL VERY MUCH BE A REALITY.
BUT THIS IDEA OF THE UNDERGROUND PARK, UM, WE ARE, WE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THAT.
SO, UM, OUR STAFF IS WORKING DILIGENTLY BOTH WITH TXDOT AND OUR REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS ON THE REMAINING FUNDS THAT ARE STILL ALLOCATED FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND WHERE CAN WE RE UM, REASSIGN THOSE DOLLARS TO HELP MAXIMIZE IMPROVEMENTS FOR CROSSINGS THROUGHOUT THE HIGHWAY FIVE CORRIDOR.
AND IF THERE ARE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF FUNDING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, IT JUST DID NOT MAKE PRUDENT SENSE ANYMORE TO CONTINUE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT.
UM, AND WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL THE UPDATES THAT I HAVE, UNLESS YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS FOR ME.
SO WITH THE, THE PLAZA ARE NO LONGER HAPPENING, WILL THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE CONTINUE TO STAY THERE? YES.
NONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS WILL BE RAISED ANYMORE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO WITH THE, UM, DOING AN AT GRADE CROSSING, THERE MAY BE SOME LITTLE SLIVERS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO PICK UP, BUT THE FOOTPRINTS OF HIGHWAY FIVE WILL LARGELY STAY THE SAME.
AND THOSE BUILDINGS WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE WOULD NEED TO COME DOWN.
AND THEN GOING TO, UM, THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA, ARE YOU LOOKING AT, SO BEFORE IT WAS LIKE A WHOLE FIRM, ARE YOU LOOKING AT JUST DIFFERENT ENTITIES DOING DIFFERENT PIECES OF IT? UM, IT'S STILL TO BE DETERMINED.
THE ONE THING THAT WE KNOW FOR SURE IS THAT WE DO, WE DID, UM, GIVE A GREEN LIGHT FOR OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO POTENTIALLY BRING IN AN OFFICE PARTNER ON ONE OF THE LOTS.
NOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE REST OF THOSE LOTS, WE'RE STILL GONNA SIT IN A BIT OF A HOLDING PATTERN WHILE THE CITY GOES THROUGH WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES AND THE DEMOLITIONS.
UH, WE VERY WELL COULD COME BACK AND GET ANOTHER, UH, COMPREHENSIVE FIRM.
UH, WE COULD DO A PIECEMEAL APPROACH.
WE COULD, UH, THE CITY COULD DECIDE THAT WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE HOLDING ONTO THOSE PROPERTIES.
SO, UM, THE ONLY THING THAT WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN IS THAT EDC IS GONNA TRY AND BRING AN OUTSIDE PARTNER ON AT LEAST ONE OF THE LOTS.
THE REST OF THEM ARE KIND OF STILL IN FLUX WHEN YOU SAY AN OFFICE PARTNER, LIKE A FULL OFFICE BUILDING POTENTIALLY? YES.
UM, I READ SOMETHING ONLINE ABOUT THE WATER TOWER.
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WATER TOWER? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO, UH, THE WATER TOWER IS STAYING, UM, THERE IS A, UH, REHABILITATION PROJECT UNDERWAY FOR THE WATER TOWER.
UM, IT'S GOT SOME OLD LEAD PAINT THAT'S GOTTA BE REMOVED.
UM, IF YOU'VE SEEN IT, IT'S GOT A LOT OF ANTENNAS ON IT.
SO IT'S REALLY GETTING A REFRESH AND AN UPGRADE.
UM, I THINK THERE'S A DESIRE TO KEEP IT THERE, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT, WE WANNA MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE BIT NICER.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE THE FOCUS AREAS THERE.
PATRICK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NOT MUCH.
I'M GONNA GO OVER SOME OF THE, UM, KIND OF THE MORE POLITICAL THINGS THAT JENNIFER WAS TALKING ABOUT.
ONE THING I'LL ADD THAT, UM, I PERSONALLY AM KIND OF HAPPY ABOUT IS I THINK THAT ROAD STOCK IS COMING ALONG VERY WELL.
ROAD STOCK IS WHAT THE CITY HAS TERMED THE REHABILITATION OF THE REPLACEMENT OF PANELS OF EL DORADO, THAT ULTIMATELY VIRGINIA.
AND MAN, THEY'RE MOVING PRETTY QUICK ON THAT.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS HAVE FAILED AND SO WE HAVE TO REPLACE 'EM.
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THE TAXES, I I WANNA POINT OUT THAT, UM, WE REDUCED OUR TAX RATE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY TO 0.04122.THAT'S THE LOWEST IN COLLIN COUNTY.
UM, PLANO ACTUALLY WENT UP 3 CENTS.
THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT BEGINS WITH FOUR ONE IS ALLEN.
UH, SO I, I THINK WE'RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB WITH RESPECT TO THE TAXES.
NOW, ONE THING THAT WE DON'T HAVE, A LEVER THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AT THIS POINT IS A HOMEOWNERS OR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ON THE, ON THE TAXES.
WE ENJOYED THAT ON OUR ISD TAXES FROM THE STATE.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL'S GONNA BE LOOKING AT HERE, I THINK NEXT YEAR TO, UM, INITIATE SOME KIND OF A HOMEOWNER'S EXEMPTION.
SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES DO HAVE THAT, THAT I JUST MENTIONED.
UH, THERE WAS SOMETHING I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT DOWNTOWN, UH, THAT JENNIFER WAS COVERING.
YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE HAD A GOOD RESULT WITH, WITH M TWO G.
I DON'T THINK THAT A OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PARTNER IS THE RIGHT FIT FOR US THERE.
UH, IT MAY ULTIMATELY BE, AND ANOTHER COUNCIL MAY ULTIMATELY DECIDE THAT IT IS, BUT I THINK THAT WE TAKE ONE PROPERTY AT A TIME.
UM, THE EDC SEEMS TO SAY THAT THERE IS A LOT OF DEMAND FOR OFFICE THAT WOULD BE IN A VERY UNIQUE AREA.
AND UM, ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD GOOD LUCK FILLING UP THE OFFICE BUILDING THERE AT UM, ALMA AND 1 21, THAT'S NOT A UNIQUE PRODUCT, RIGHT? I MEAN, SWING A DEAD CAT AND HIT 14 OFFICE BUILDINGS ON 1 21, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THAT? SO, BUT DOWNTOWN IS, AND, AND WE, IN MY ESTIMATION AND MY BUSINESS IS DOWNTOWN, BUT MY BUSINESS DOESN'T RELY ON FOOT TRAFFIC.
UH, WE NEED MORE FOOT TRAFFIC DOWNTOWN.
WE NEED, UM, UH, SOME LEVEL OF, UH, AFFLUENCE GOING DOWN THERE TO KEEP OUR BUSINESSES ALIVE ON MANY OF THE DAYS A WEEK THAT DON'T INCLUDE OCTOBER FEST AND WEEKENDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I HAVE A GREAT APPETITE TO GET THAT DONE.
BUT I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DO IT PERSONALLY IS THAT WE GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE DONE, WE RAISE THE SITES, WE MAKE IT KIND OF READY FOR SOMEONE BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE'S WANTING TO BUILD A BUILDING OR MOVE OFFICES, IT'S A NOW THING.
IT'S NOT A, HEY, WHAT DO YOU GOT IN TWO YEARS THING? SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I'VE GOT.
UM, THERE'S NOT MUCH COMING UP ON NEXT WEEK'S COUNCIL AGENDA.
UM, A COUPLE EMINENT DOMAINS FOR UTILITY EASEMENTS THAT WE SEEM TO GET ALL THE TIME.
AND, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE TEMPORARY UTIL EASEMENTS THAT FOLKS DON'T NEGOTIATE WITH US ON.
SO CHANCES OF US GETTING UTIL NOT DOING THE UTILITIES ARE 0%.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
UH, THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING THAT IS BEHIND MELO MUSHROOM, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE TALKED ABOUT DOING SOMETHING WITH THAT AGAIN, ARE ARE, IS THAT STILL IN TALKS? LIKE WERE YOU MUNICIPAL PARKING TICKETS? THE MUNICIPAL COURT? YEAH.
WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE SITES TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
THE MUNICIPAL COURT, IN MY ESTIMATION, AND THIS IS JUST ME, IS A GREAT LOCATION FOR A POTENTIAL PARKING GARAGE.
THE MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING WAS, UH, OPENED I BELIEVE IN 1966, UM, WHEN I WAS FOUR.
AND SO IT'S NOT YOUR YEAH, WHEN I WAS, WHEN I WAS THREE
BUT, UM, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IF YOU HAVE TO GO TO MUNICIPAL COURT, YOU'RE GONNA GO TO MUNICIPAL COURT WHEREVER WE PUT IT.
RIGHT? SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DOWNTOWN.
AND I'M NOT SURE IT'S REALLY ACCRETIVE TO OUR DOWNTOWN VIBE.
SO, BUT THE BOND FAILED FOR IT.
BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT CREATIVE SOLUTIONS AND I HAVE AN APPETITE TO DO THAT BECAUSE CANDIDLY I'D LIKE TO SEE US GET SOME PARKING THERE.
UM, AND THEN THE, AND YOU KNOW, WE, OUR DOWNTOWN IS IN A TOURIST DISTRICT TOURS ONE.
BUT THE OTHER BIG THING, AND FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T EVER KNOW IF I'VE TALKED TO THIS BOARD ABOUT IT, IS THAT T ONE IS LOOKING AT FIRE SUPPRESSION.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN THAT DO NOT HAVE FIRE SUPPRESSION SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. AND WHEN YOU BUILD NEW COMMERCIAL BUILDING MCKINNEY, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE FIRE SUPPRESSION.
THE BUILDING, THE OFFICE THAT I'M IN, THE BUILDING THAT I'M IN, THE OLD COMMERCIAL HOTEL AT ONE 19 WEST VIRGINIA STREET THAT HOUSES ELMA W***E, NO FIRE SUPPRESSION.
UH, SO WE ARE PROB WE ARE HOPING TO START WITH ONE BLOCK TO HELP BRING FIRE SUPPRESSION UP FROM THE CURB, LET THE BUILDING OWNERS THEN WORRY ABOUT THE SPRINKLERS, WHICH IS THE MUCH LOWER DOLLAR DEAL.
BUT THAT IS THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO THE CROWN JEWEL OF MCKINNEY IS FIRE.
AND, UH, WE HAVE AN APPETITE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO SEE SOME ACTIVATION ON THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR.
CHRIS WILKES, YOU CAME IN JUST AT THE RIGHT TIME.
YOU READY? THAT WASN'T ON CAMERA, SO NOBODY KNEW.
SO, UH, WE HAD, UH, OUR MEETING LAST WEEK, UH, APPROVED PROJECT WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES.
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THE SANCHEZ GROUP HAD INITIATED THAT NOW WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES.THAT'S GONNA BE AN INTERESTING PROJECT.
UH, WE DID A COUPLE OF GRANTS ON RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, ONE OF THEM WAS FOR FLOWER MILL, UH, WHICH MAY HELP, UH, SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE, THE CENTER AREA IS PRETTY BAD FROM A CONCRETE PERSPECTIVE.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO HELP OUT WITH THAT.
AND THAT WILL IMPROVE FROM, UH, FOR VISIT BIKINI, 'CAUSE THEY'LL DO WEDDINGS AND THINGS IN THERE AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET BETTER USE OUT THAT SPACE.
ALSO, THE, UM, SHOPPING CENTER ON THREE 80 WHERE BLUE OLIVE IS, IF YOU KNOW THAT ONE, UM, IS GETTING A REFRESH.
AND WE'RE HELPING WITH, UH, WITH THAT, UM, WITH SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY, UH, WHICH IS GREAT.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A EYESORE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
SO HAPPY THAT THEY'RE, UH, REFRESHING THAT.
AND IT'S ALSO ONE OF MY FAVORITE RESTAURANTS.
SO, UM, SO THEN THIS NEXT MONTH IS, IS KIND OF A, A SLOW MONTH, UH, FOR US FOR NEW PROJECTS.
UH, WE'LL GET OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS, UH, NEXT MONTH, AS WILL YOU.
AND THEN WE WILL START THE RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, GRANT PROCESS.
AND THAT'LL START IN NOVEMBER.
UM, AND THAT IS AGAIN, QUITE RELEVANT FOR VISIT MCKINNEYS.
WE FUND THE PROMOTIONAL GRANTS, UH, FOR QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING, UH, A LITTLE BIT TO OCTOBER FEST THIS LAST NIGHT.
SO THAT WAS, BOY, THAT WAS A GREAT WEEKEND, WASN'T IT? THAT WAS JUST PERFECT WEATHER.
AND, AND SO WE'LL SEE WHO ALL THE APPLICATIONS ARE.
TYPICALLY, THERE'S ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 15 APPLICATIONS THAT COME THROUGH THAT.
I HAVE ONE IF NO ONE ELSE DOES.
I HAD SOMEONE ASK ME THE OTHER DAY IF, UH, ANY OF YOUR GRANT PROGRAMS, PROBABLY IT WOULD BE RETAIL OR INFRASTRUCTURE, CAN, UH, ASSIST WITH, UM, LIKE AGING HOTEL PROPERTIES ON THE EXTERIOR.
ESPECIALLY LIKE ON THE 75 CORRIDOR WHERE WE HAVE SOME OF OUR OLDER HOTELS.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT FITS IN THAT CRITERIA.
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, YOU DON'T HAVE TO AN TELL ME NOW.
WE CAN TALK LATER, BUT, UM, ONE, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.
UH, FOR RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE, IT IS GATEWAY.
I DON'T, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF HOTELS ARE ELIGIBLE MM-HMM
UM, ONLY BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN A HOTEL YEAH.
GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
SO THEY COULD VERY WELL BE, CINDY WOULD KNOW EXACTLY.
MAYBE PATRICK, DO YOU KNOW? I HOPE NOT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN A HOTEL APPLICATION UNDER RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE CAN, WE DO HAVE A HOTEL APPLICATION UNDER MAJOR PROJECTS CALLED, UH, JW MARRIOTT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
I KNOW ANDREW JONES ISN'T HERE TODAY, BUT I WILL TOUCH THAT.
OCTOBER FEST WAS EXTREMELY WONDERFUL THIS WEEKEND.
UM, IT WAS A BANNER WEEKEND, SO VERY HAPPY WITH HOW THAT WENT.
UM, DID ANY OF Y'ALL GET TO COME OUT? KEITH, YOU CAME OUT.
DID YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME? YES.
WE GOOD? UH, KEITH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR, UH, MCKINNEY PARKS AND REC? NO, MA'AM.
[Executive Director’s Report]
TO TWO FIVE DASH 3 2 0 9 EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REPORT WITH AARON WERNER.'CAUSE YOU PROBABLY SAW ON THE AGENDA THAT WE DON'T HAVE FINANCE AND MARKETING UPDATES THIS MONTH.
UH, UH, I, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS DURING THE LAST MEETING, BUT WE ARE SKIPPING THIS MONTH.
UM, SO THAT IN OCTOBER, ONCE WE HAVE THE NEW BOARD SEATED, WE'RE GONNA START REPORTING ONE MONTH IN THE ARREARS.
AND THAT'S ALL BASED ON THE NEW AGENDA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FROM THE LEGISLATOR.
AND WHEN OUR REPORTS ROLL IN, IT'S REALLY TIED TO GET OUR AGENDAS POSTED.
AND SO FOR US, IT'S GONNA BE BETTER TO, UM, BACKDATE.
AND SO WE HAD TO FIND A MONTH SOMEWHERE IN OUR CALENDAR TO SKIP SO THAT WE CAN, UM, START THAT REPORTING PROCESS.
UH, I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR TEAM THOUGH, UM, ON, UM, CHANGING THE WAY THAT WE PROVIDE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU GUYS.
SO I'M EXCITED NEXT MONTH FOR YOU TO SEE SOME OF OUR NEW REPORTS.
UM, AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE.
BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE THOSE TWO REPORTS ON THE AGENDA.
UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY, UM, IS ONE THAT, UH, IS, UH, BITTERSWEET.
PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE BITTER THAN SWEET.
AND THAT IS OUTGOING BOARD MEMBERS.
THIS IS, UH, THE LAST MEETING OF, UM, OUR PHYSICAL YEAR.
AND SO WE ARE SAYING, UH, FAREWELL TO TWO MEMBERS, UM, ONE OF THOSE BEING WHITNEY NASH.
AND SO, UH, I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS FOR YOU, AND OF COURSE, ANY BOARD MEMBERS, FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN ONCE I'M DONE.
UM, BUT THE BIGGEST THING I THINK ABOUT IS, UH, WHEN I ARRIVED AROUND THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO NOW, UM, THERE WAS A, A BOARD SEATED THAT DID MY INTERVIEW PROCESS.
AND THERE ARE ONLY A COUPLE BOARD MEMBERS LEFT FROM THAT, THAT TIME.
UM, AND SO THE BIGGEST THING I CAN
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THANK YOU FOR IS JUST BELIEVING IN ME AND, AND CHOOSING ME TO COME AND, UH, LEAD THIS TEAM.UM, I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT, AND I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU TWO, UM, BEING ON THAT SELECTION COMMITTEE, UH, FOR ME.
UM, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ANYTHING WE NEED.
UM, YOU'VE SERVED ON, UH, COUNTLESS COMMITTEE, UH, IN SPECIAL COMMITTEES AND HR COMMITTEES WHEN THINGS WERE ROUGH AND, UM, REALLY GUIDED VISIT MCKINNEY THROUGH A, A BIG JOURNEY.
AND SO, UM, I WILL ALWAYS BE INDEBTED TO YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND, AND WHAT YOU'VE MEANT TO US.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE SERVING IN THE, IN THE CITY AND DOING GREAT THINGS, BUT YOU MEAN A LOT TO THE VISIT MCKINNEY TEAM.
AND SO, UM, WE ARE GONNA MISS YOU A GREAT DEAL, UM, WHITNEY.
AND, UM, I, I'LL LET ANYBODY, ANYBODY WANTS TO CHIME IN ON THAT.
I KNOW, KNOW, EVERY TIME I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS MOMENT, I'VE JUST STARTED TEARING UP.
SO, UM, WHITNEY AND I JOINED THIS BOARD AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, SHE'S THE FIRST PERSON I MET, IMMEDIATE ALLY.
UH, SHE IS THE MOST GENUINE, STEADFAST, UH, LOYAL.
UM, SHE'S A QUIET LEADER, WHICH I ADMIRE.
SHE SPEAKS UP, SHE'S NOT AFRAID.
UM, I JUST, I ADMIRE YOU SO MUCH.
YOU, I LOVE THE WORD TRAJECTORY.
YOU CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF MY LIFE.
I KNEW HER FOR LIKE THREE MONTHS AND SHE SAID, YOU SHOULD DO LEADERSHIP
AND SHE WROTE MY LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION, UH, MY GODFATHER'S OUT THERE, BUT
AND, UM, I JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
YOU, YOU DON'T DO IT FOR YOU, DO IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.
SO I'M GONNA MISS YOU SO MUCH.
WE'RE ALL GONNA MISS YOU, BUT I'M, I'M GONNA MISS YOU A LOT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TALK NOW,
THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR YOUR KIND WORDS.
AND ERIN, IT REALLY WAS AN EASY THING
SO, UM, I'VE LOVED SERVING ON THIS BOARD.
YOU GUYS HAVE ALL BEEN WONDERFUL.
UM, THE STAFF HAS ALWAYS BEEN GREAT.
YOU'RE ALWAYS SO GOOD TO US AS BOARD MEMBERS, SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU AND ALL THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY'S DOING.
SO I'M REALLY GONNA MISS THIS BOARD, BUT I'LL BE MOVING ON TO THE MAIN STREET BOARD, SO STILL INVOLVED AND I'M STILL SEE YOU AT THINGS, I'M SURE.
SO SHE'S LIKE, OKAY, I'LL BE ON THAT.
AND THEY PUT HER AS THE HEAD OF IT, AND LIKE A MONTH LATER THEY HAD TO PICK A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
SO SHE, SHE JOINED THE BOARD AND THEN WAS IN CHARGE OF THE WHOLE SELECTION COMMITTEE.
SO LIKE, SHE DIDN'T LEAVE ME ALONE.
I, I KNOW, I KNOW I HAD THE TWO, BUT THAT WAS GREAT.
I WAS LIKE, OH,
UM, YOU ARE A REMARKABLE EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE BEST OF MCKINNEY IS, THE OF MUNICIPAL INVOLVEMENT.
YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAME TO ME YEARS AGO AND YOU WANTED TO GO THROUGH LEADERSHIP AND, AND YOU DID THAT.
YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN 5 0 1 C THREES, YOU'VE JUMPED HEAD FIRST INTO THIS.
YOU HAVE NO BACKGROUND IN THIS KIND OF THING IN, IN WHAT VISIT DOES, BUT YOU JUMPED IN AND YOU DO IT.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE CITY NEEDS.
SO THE CITY NEEDS DOZENS MORE.
WHITNEY NASH, AND WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT, RIGHT? IT IT IS.
AND SO YOU GOTTA PACE YOURSELF AND, AND YOU DO A GREAT JOB OF THAT.
I, WELL, YOU DO A MEDIOCRE JOB OF THAT BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE INVOLVED IN TOO MUCH
BUT, BUT NO, JUST WAIT TILL THAT YOU DO A GREAT JOB.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE JUST VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU AND I HOLD YOU UP ALL THE TIME AS AN EXAMPLE OF IF YOU WANNA SEE IT DONE RIGHT.
AND I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR YOU.
THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY FROM THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WE'RE, WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID, LIKE I SAID.
AND THEN KATIE, YOU HAVE YOURS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO OPEN THIS NOW.
THIS IS JUST FOR, THIS IS A BUNCH OF MY FAVORITE THINGS FOR YOU,
IT'S ALL LOCAL VISIT MCKINNEY'S.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, RAIM WINDHAM, UH, ROLLING OFF OF THE BOARD.
AND SO, UM, I, I WILL, UM, GIVE HIM SOME OF HI HIS WORDS, UH, PERSONALLY WHENEVER I GET TO, UH, SEE HIM AND DROP OFF HIS AWARD.
BUT, UM, OBVIOUSLY HE CAME IN AND WAS, UH, BRAND NEW
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TO, UM, TOURISM AS WELL IN THE, IN THE VISIT MCKINNEY BOARD.AND HAD TO GET UP TO SPEED AND, AND, AND KIND OF GET HIS FEET UNDER HIM QUICKLY.
AND SO WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE, UM, HIS SERVICE AS WELL.
AND SO WE WILL GET HIS AWARD TO HIM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE NEXT MONTH.
UH, WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE NEW BOARD MEMBERS SEATED.
AND, UM, YOU'LL ALSO BE SELECTING YOUR, UM, YOUR CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, ALL OF YOUR POSITIONS AND YOUR COMMITTEES AND STUFF.
SO JUST A REMINDER THAT THAT'S A, A BIG, A BIG THING YOU DO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT MEETING.
SINCE WE LAST MET, UH, THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE CHANGE ON THE HOT TAX.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT AT OUR LAST MEETING, BUT CITY COUNCIL OFFICIALLY APPROVED THE ORDINANCE CHANGE, UM, TO, UH, CHANGE THE VERBIAGE SAYING THAT ALL, UM, ONLINE PLATFORMS THAT BOOK OVERNIGHTS, UH, ROOMS IN MCKINNEY MUST, UH, COLLECT AND REMIT, UM, HOT TAX TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY.
THAT CHANGE WAS BASICALLY DONE TO, UH, FINALIZE OUR CONTRACT WITH VRBO TO, UH, TO COLLECT HOT TAX ON ALL VRBO SHORT TERM RENTAL STAYS.
UM, THAT WAS ONE OF OUR KIND OF, UH, LAST PIECES OF THE PUZZLE ON THE SHORT TERM RENTAL SIDE ON, UM, ONLY ON THE COLLECTION SIDE, UM, RELATED TO HOT TAX.
AND SO, UH, ACCORDING TO THE FINANCE OFFICE, WE SHOULD START COLLECTING HOT TAX FROM, UM, THOSE SHORT TERM RENTALS IN NOVEMBER.
AND, UH, THAT'LL BE AN INTERESTING, UM, PROJECT TO SEE, UH, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE AS HIGH AS AIRBNB, BUT, UM, BUT IT SHOULD BE A, A, A DECENT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT IS A, A HIGHLY USED, UH, WEBSITE.
SO A REALLY, UM, NEAT ORDINANCE CHANGE.
THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR, UM, LISTENING AND I APPROVING THAT OUR FULL-TIME STAFF, ALL, ALL OF OUR FULL-TIME STAFF ATTENDED THE DESTINATIONS TEXAS CONFERENCE IN FORT WORTH A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
UM, IT WAS A GREAT, UH, LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
WE CAME BACK WITH A LOT OF NOTES AND, UM, SPECIFICALLY ON THE MARKETING SIDE, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO IMPLEMENT AND, UM, AND CHANGE.
UM, BUT THE MOST EXCITING, UH, THING THAT HAPPENED AT THAT CONFERENCE WAS DURING THE AWARD CEREMONY WHEN OUR TEAM WAS SELECTED FOR TWO AWARDS.
UM, IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE TO WIN AWARDS AT DESTINATIONS, TEXAS FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, BECAUSE ONCE YOU CROSS OVER THE $1 MILLION BUDGET, UH, LINE, UH, YOU THEN COMPETE WITH EVERY OTHER DMO, UM, THAT'S ABOVE A MILLION DOLLARS.
WE'RE BARELY ABOVE A MILLION DOLLARS AS A REMINDER.
SO, UM, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE RIGHT THERE AT THE, AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT.
AND THAT MEANS WE'RE COMPETING WITH AUSTIN AND DALLAS AND HOUSTON AND, AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT IS ABOVE THAT LINE.
THOSE, SOME OF THOSE D OS HAVE, UM, JUST MARKETING STAFFS OF 40 PEOPLE.
UH, THAT SAID, WE, UH, WERE SELECTED FOR OUR, UM, SPORTS TRADING CARDS.
WE PASSED THESE OUT ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UM, TO, TO THE BOARD TO, TO LOOK AT.
BUT THIS IS A TOOL THAT WE USE WHEN WE VISIT WITH, UH, SPORTS PLANNERS AT OUR SHOWS.
AND INSTEAD OF GIVING THEM A FLAT PIECE OF PAPER THAT JUST SHOWS ALL OF OUR SPORTS VENUES, WE GIVE 'EM OUR SPORTS TRADING CARDS.
AND, UM, THAT ONE, UM, THE, UH, JUDGES ELECTION AND THE, UM, POPULAR CHOICE.
AND SO WE GOT ON STAGE TWICE AND BROUGHT HOME TWO, UH, TROPHIES FOR OUR TROPHY CASE.
WE'VE UPDATED THE TROPHY CASE IN A LITTLE WHILE AND WE WERE PROUD TO DO IT,
UH, I ALSO GRADUATED WITH, UH, THEY HAVE A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM CALLED DESTINATION MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST PROGRAM.
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT KIND OF SINCE I STARTED HERE.
AND SO THAT OFFICIALLY WRAPPED UP AT THAT CONFERENCE.
UM, ALSO SINCE THEN, OUR CAR WAS FULLY WRAPPED.
UM, SOME OF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT, UH, IN, UH, WHEN WE GOT OUR CAR, UM, ONE OF THE, UH, REQUESTS WAS THAT IT BE WRAPPED AS A MARKETING, UM, KIND OF A MARKETING TOOL FOR THE CITY.
AND AS WE TRAVEL AROUND, NOT ONLY MCKINNEY BUT THE STATE, UM, THAT PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THAT VISIT MCKINNEY WAS THERE.
SO WE, WE GOT THAT DONE LAST WEEK.
I WAS REALLY HOPING TO HAVE IT IN ONE OF THE FRONT PARKING SPOTS FOR YOU.
SO I SHOWED UP EARLY AND THERE ARE SOME EARLY BIRDS AT CITY HALL BECAUSE THOSE WERE ALREADY TAKEN.
BUT IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, IF YOU WALK OUT THAT PARKING LOT, I PARKED IT OUT THERE SO YOU CAN SEE THE NEW CAR WRAP.
UM, AND THEN LATER TODAY, UH, TO WRAP UP OUR PHYSICAL YEAR SPEND, UM, NO TIME, LIKE THE LAST MINUTE, BUT WE HAVE NEW BUILDING SIGNAGE BEING INSTALLED ON VISIT MCKINNEY'S BUILDING.
UM, SO WE'LL HAVE TWO NEW NEON SIGNS, UH, INSTALLED BEFORE THE END OF TODAY.
AND SO, UM, YOU SHOULD SEE THAT, UM, SOON.
AND THAT'LL HELP KIND OF SHOW PEOPLE WHERE WE'RE AT.
WE HAVE VERY, UH, MINIMAL SIGNAGE ON THE BUILDING.
SO THIS SHOULD BE, UH, UM, A GOOD UPDATE.
UH, LASTLY ON THE SALES SIDE, JUST TWO QUICK, UH, NOTES FOR YOU GUYS.
WE DID RECEIVE NOTIFICATION THAT WE WON AN RFP FOR, UM, HOSTING THE US SENIOR PICKLEBALL TOUR TOURNAMENT NEXT YEAR AS WELL IN 2026.
UM, THIS WILL TAKE PLACE, UH, ABOUT A MONTH LATER THAN THE PPA TOURNAMENT, SO IT'S GONNA KIND OF RIDE THE COATTAILS OF THE BIGGER, UM, PPA TOURNAMENT.
UM, BUT THEY, UH, THE FACT THAT WE HOST PPA WAS ONE OF THE DRIVING, UM, REASONS OF, OF WINNING THIS, UM, THIS NEW BUSINESS.
UH, IT'LL BE AT LEAST A THREE STATE,
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UM, UH, COMPETITION, UH, AREA, BUT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING IT, UM, TO ADDITIONAL STATES, UM, UH, RIGHT NOW.AND SO WE SHOULD KNOW MORE DETAILS AND DATES SOON.
BUT, UH, REALLY EXCITED FOR OUR TEAM.
I BELIEVE THE FIRST CONTACT OF THAT CAME AT ONE OF OUR SPORTS SHOWS THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE USED THESE TRADING CARDS AND, AND MEET, UM, MEET THESE PLANNERS.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE'RE GEARING UP FOR N-C-A-A-D TWO NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.
UH, IT'S DECEMBER 20TH THIS YEAR.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE, UH, HAVE, UM, OUR PLANNING COMMITTEE TOGETHER VISIT MCKINNEY IS ACTUALLY TAKING ON MORE OF THE PLANNING THIS YEAR THAN PREVIOUS YEARS.
'CAUSE ONE OF OUR LONGTIME VOLUNTEERS WITH THE ISD RETIRED FROM KIND OF HER ROLE THAT SHE'S HELD THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
AND WE TOOK THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES.
UM, AND DON'T FORGET, FAN FEST IS THE NIGHT BEFORE.
SO THAT WILL BE ON THE 19TH AT, UH, DECEMBER 19TH AT TUBBS BREWERY.
HOW DID THE, UH, STORE PERFORM FOR, UH, SATURDAY DURING OCTOBER FEST? BECAUSE, UH, THE, I NOTICED ON SUNDAY IT WAS NOT OPEN AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY TO ORGANIZE LOGISTICS TO HAVE IT OPEN ON SUNDAYS FOR THOSE BIG WEEKENDS AS WELL.
DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS FOR SURE AS FAR AS THE, UM, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SALES.
DOES ANYONE, DO YOU HAVE THAT? I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER.
SO, UM, FRIDAY WE DID REALLY WELL ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
UM, I THINK FRIDAY WAS ABOUT, UH, ABOUT A $300 DAY OR SO.
AND SATURDAY WAS, UM, ABOUT JUST SHY OF $500, WHICH WAS GREAT.
BUT IT ALSO KIND OF, BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE PREPARATION EARLIER IN THE WEEK, IT SORT OF WAS ALMOST LIKE A FLAT WEEK BECAUSE AS THEY ARE GETTING EVERYTHING READY, IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE FOR PEOPLE.
IT'S QUIETER IN DOWNTOWN WHILE THEY'RE DOING THE PREPARATIONS BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T ALWAYS GET AROUND IS EASILY.
UM, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WE WERE OPEN ON SUNDAY AND WE DID NOT SEE MUCH OF A BUMP.
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE SUNDAY IS SO FAMILY AND THE PARENTS THAT ARE THERE ARE PROBABLY NOT THINKING ABOUT COMING IN AND SHOPPING WITH LITTLE KIDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE MADE THE DECISION NOT TO OPEN ON TO ADD THE EXTRA HOURS.
IT JUST DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T BALANCE OUT WORTH THE TIME AND COST OF HAVING STAFF THERE VERSUS WHAT WE BROUGHT IN, WHICH IS WHY WE DECIDED NOT TO OPEN ON SUNDAY THIS YEAR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, WONDERFUL.
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ITEM TWO FIVE DASH 3 2 0.LIAISON, HOTEL ATTRACTIONS UPDATES FAIRFIELD INN AND SUITES.
ALICIA MAHMUD, GENERAL MANAGER, AND SYDNEY ALDOS, DIRECTOR OF SALES.
NO,
SYDNEE SAID THAT I'M A GOOD ICEBREAKER.
SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL, UM, FOR HAVING US TODAY.
I KNOW WE'RE THE FIRST, SO WE SET THE BAR AS WE, WHAT I USUALLY DO.
UM, SO WHO WE ARE, UM, FAIRFIELD IS A BRAND FOR MARRIOTT.
IF YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR, IT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE CLASSIC SELECTS.
SO THE COURTYARD, THE RESIDENTS IN A TOWN PLACE SUITES, AS WELL AS THE FAIRFIELD AND THE SPRINGHILL SUITES ARE ALL THE CLASSIC SELECTS.
THE ORIGINAL BONVOY MARRIOTT BRANDS BEFORE THEY MERGED WITH STARWOOD.
UM, THAT IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FAIRFIELD.
UM, OUR CHRISNA MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT, OUR OWNERS ARE LOCAL BASED OUT OF FORT WORTH.
UM, MOM AND POP, VERY SMALL BUSINESS, THEIR FIRST MARRIOTT BRAND AND TWO TO COME TO ALSO TO MCKINNEY WILL BE THE RESIDENCE INN THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND THE DUTCH BROS.
THEY'RE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ON THAT ONE.
OUR CURRENT PROPERTY OF FAIRFIELD IS 105 ROOMS, ALL IN SUITE PROPERTY, UM, MICROWAVES, LITTLE REFRIGERATORS, THE BASICS YOU CAN SEE.
UM, BUT WHO WE ARE AS FAR AS SYDNEY AND I AS A TEAM, UM, I'VE CAME TO TEXAS THREE YEARS AGO, OPENED THE FAIRFIELD, UH, HAD THE PLEASURE TO DO SO WITH MS. ALDOS.
UM, THE HOTEL HAS BEEN AN AWARD-WINNING HOTEL FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS WITH MARRIOTT BONVOY.
AS FAR AS THE BRAND ITSELF, WE ACTUALLY RANKED THE TOP 25 OUT OF 1,170 HOTELS GLOBALLY.
UM, THE TWO AWARDS ARE IN MY OFFICE.
UNFORTUNATELY, I CANNOT PUT THEM OUT IN THE LOBBY FOR DISPLAY, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, MAYBE EVEN JUST ON OUR GOOGLE REVIEWS, I'M VERY POPULAR, BUT ALSO MY STAFF IS AS WELL.
UM, THEY'RE FRIENDLY, WE ARE CLEAN.
UM, MY MOTTO IS, DO THE BASICS OF CLEAN AND FRIENDLY AND WE'LL HAVE THE REST.
THAT'S WHAT MARRIOTT ROLLED OUT FOR US.
SO WE JUST FOLLOW THE RULES A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US.
UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT US.
SYDNEY WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A SALES POINTERS OF HOW MUCH REVENUE AND THEN I'LL GO BACK INTO OUR SALES AND SCORES.
UM, SO I AM SYDNEY, THE DIRECTOR OF SALES.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING SOME NUMBERS INTO IT AND ALSO TALK ABOUT KIND OF THE MIX THAT WE SEE AT OUR PROPERTY.
UM, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OURSELVES AS FAR AS YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT OUR BUDGET IS AND WHAT WE ACTUALLY MAKE,
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UM, IN OUR REVENUE.UM, WE AVERAGE, UM, WITH OUR OWNERSHIP WHENEVER THEY, UH, WE TALK ABOUT OUR BUDGET AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, THE AVERAGE HAS BEEN ABOUT 21% INCREASE
UM, AND WE'VE SURPASSED BUDGET BY AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT $350,000 EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
UM, SOME YEARS MORE THAN OTHERS, BUT OBVIOUSLY AS A WHOLE, UM, WE ALWAYS STRIVE TO DO MORE AND BE MORE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE SUCCEEDED TO DO.
UM, AS FAR AS THE MIX WITHIN OUR PROPERTY, AS FAR AS WHAT THE, THE GUESTS LOOK LIKE, UH, 14% IS GROUP REVENUE, UM, BASED OFF OF OUR 2024 NUMBERS.
UM, AND 12% IS SPECIAL CORPORATE WHERE IT'S JUST COMPANIES AND, AND DIFFERENT, UH, BUSINESSES IN THE AREA.
UM, WE FOCUS ON THOSE TWO CATEGORIES, AT LEAST I DO 'CAUSE I CAN MANIPULATE THOSE THE MOST, UM, BEING IN MY POSITION.
AND SO THOSE ARE ONES THAT WE REALLY TRY TO FOCUS ON.
THERE ARE OTHER ONES, INCLUDING LONG-TERM STAY GOVERNMENT, UM, PROMOTIONAL PACKAGES, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT ONE TODAY.
UM, AND ALSO JUST THE TRANSIENT OF JUST PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT.
UM, AND SO AS FAR AS THE MIX GOES WITHIN LIKE TRANSIENT AND ALL OF THAT, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES.
WE FIND THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF THE, THE OLDER CROWD THAT COMES AND STAYS WITH US, WHICH WE LOVE.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE COMING TO VISIT THEIR, THEIR GRANDKIDS, THEIR CHILDREN, ANYBODY THAT LIVES IN MCKINNEY AND THEY TYPICALLY STAY WITH US.
WE SEE A LOT OF THE PATIENTS AND STAFF OF THE HOSPITALS IN THE AREA.
UH, MILITARY IS A BIG ONE FOR US.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE ARMY OFFICE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.
SO THEY USE OUR MEETING ROOM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, LOCALS AS FAR AS IF ANYBODY'S HAVING HOME RENOVATIONS OR IF THE BAD WEATHER KINDA MAKES, YOU KNOW, NEGATIVE THINGS HAPPEN TO THEIR HOME.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SPORTS.
UM, BESIDES THE GROUPS THAT ACTUALLY CONFIRM AND STAY AT OUR PROPERTY, ANYBODY COMING IN FOR SPORTS EVENTS, THEY TYPICALLY GRAVITATE TOWARDS OUR HOTEL.
WE SEEM TO BE KIND OF CENTRALLY LOCATED BETWEEN A LOT OF THE SPORTS EVENTS, ESPECIALLY EVEN EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN MELISSA AND UP NORTH.
THEY COME DOWN TO US 'CAUSE WE'RE THE FARTHEST MARRIOTT NORTH AS OF RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND SO THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
OBVIOUSLY MCKINNEY IS GROWING EVERY DAY AND SO WE SEE A LOT OF THE, THE NEW BUILDINGS AND AND CONSTRUCTION GOING ON THERE.
UM, AND THEN WE GO INTO THE TRANSIT BOOKING SPECIFICALLY.
IT'S 34% OF OUR MIX AS FAR AS OUR ROOM REVENUE GOES.
UM, A LOT OF OUR STRATEGY THAT WE DO IS VERY TEDIOUS.
I DON'T THINK A LOT OF HOTELS DO WHAT WE DO AS FAR AS HOW, UM, PARTICULAR WE ARE ON A DAILY BASIS WITH OUR RATES.
UM, WE SET DAILY RATES IN ADVANCE, WHICH IS CALLED K DATE WITHIN OUR INDUSTRY.
UM, WHERE AS THE NEW MONTH ROLLS IN, THERE'S AUTOMATIC RATES THAT THAT KIND OF GO INTO THAT.
I THINK A LOT OF PROPERTIES JUST KIND OF PUT A GENERIC NUMBER.
SO THERE IS SEASONS WITHIN HOTELS, BUT WE ALSO GO INDIVIDUALLY BY MONTH.
UM, AND EVEN BY DAY SOMETIMES THAT'S CORRECT
UM, WHICH IS A LOT OF WORK ON OUR END, BUT WE SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT.
AND SO IF IT WORKS, WE'RE GONNA KEEP DOING IT.
UM, AND SO FOR INSTANCE, LIKE OUR SUNDAYS ARE OUR LOWEST, UM, AS FAR AS OCCUPANCY GOES AND REVENUE.
UM, SO WE TYPICALLY TRY TO FAN DINGLE THAT ONE A LITTLE BIT AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT UH, THE RATES ARE IN A GOOD PLACE.
THAT MAY BE THE LOWEST, BUT THEN WE CAN MAXIMIZE IN OTHER AREAS LIKE OUR FRIDAY, SATURDAYS, WHICH IS GONNA BE OUR HIGHEST FOR, FOR THE WEEK.
UM, WE CHECK RATES DAILY, LIKE I MENTIONED.
WE ALSO APPLY DISCOUNTS OR PERCENTAGE OFFS, UM, SEASONALLY.
AND SO WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE KIND OF SET WAY IN ADVANCE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE BOOK IN ADVANCE.
MAJORITY OF OUR BUSINESS IS LAST MINUTE, BUT WE HAVE THOSE EARLY BIRDS THAT WANNA BOOK.
AND SO IF WE HAVE THOSE SET READY TO GO, THEN WE USUALLY SEE SUCCESS WITH IT AND IT WORKS PRETTY WELL.
WE ALSO TRACK THE ANNUAL EVENTS AND THE EVENTS THAT COME TO THE AREA, EVEN IF THEY ARE LAST MINUTE AND POP UP, WHICH A LOT OF THE SPORTS EVENTS LATELY THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN VERY LAST MINUTE.
UM, AND THEY'RE THE QUALIFYING ONES.
UM, BUT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE LARGER ANNUAL GROUP, UH, EVENTS THAT COME THROUGH.
WE ACTUALLY USE THE VISIT MCKINNEY WEBSITE A LOT AS ONE OF OUR PROSPECTING TOOLS, UM, BECAUSE YOU GUYS KEEP THAT UP TO DATE SO WELL.
AND SO WE USE THAT TO OUR ADVANTAGE FOR SURE.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I WAS JUST GONNA TALK ABOUT WAS, UM, I MENTIONED PROMOTIONAL PACKAGES.
AND SO SOMETHING WE IMPLEMENTED, UH, RECENTLY WAS THIS PACKAGE DEAL WHERE ON OUR WEBSITE IT'S MARKED AS A DISCOVER MCKINNEY PACKAGE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT UM, ALICIA ACTUALLY HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME IS SHE WANTED TO TO NOT ONLY PROMOTE OUR HOTEL BUT PROMOTE MCKINNEY BECAUSE IT'S BECOMING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO, TO LIVE AND WORK AND TRAVEL TO, UM, PEOPLE.
WE HAD SOMEONE COME FROM AUSTRALIA
JUST SPECIFICALLY TO SEE MCKINNEY.
UM, AND THEY STAYED FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF, UM, ALMOST TWO WEEKS.
AND SO THE FACT THAT THAT'S HAPPENING AND THEY'RE STAYING AT OUR PROPERTY, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S AREAS WITHIN, UH, MCKINNEY THAT WE CAN REALLY HIGHLIGHT.
AND SO THEY GET RECEIVED THESE ITEMS WHENEVER THEY BOOK THIS PACKAGE AND CHECK IN WITH US.
UM, SO SOME OF THE ITEMS WITHIN THIS ARE FROM VISIT MCKINNEY THAT WE PICKED UP AND PURCHASED, INCLUDING THE VISIT MCKINNEY GUIDE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE TOTE BAG
UM, AND THEN, UH, THE TROLLEY CARD AND A MCKINNEY STICKER IN THERE.
WE ALSO HAVE COUPONS OF LOCAL RESTAURANTS.
SOME OF THEM ARE DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR, OUR PROPERTY, BUT THEN WHEN YOU DO HAVE SOME IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT WAY THEY HAVE SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA.
WE ALSO HAVE A FEW FAIRFIELD ITEMS IN THERE.
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HAND SANITIZER, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT JUST PROMOTE OUR PROPERTY AS WELL.AND THEN ALSO WE PUT A FLYER AND A RACK CARD IN THERE AS WELL.
UH, THE FLYER I MADE MYSELF AND PRINT IT OUT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE JUST SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND LOCAL RESTAURANTS.
AGAIN, JUST PROMOTING THE, THE LOCAL RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA TOO THAT ALSO ARE HELPFUL 'CAUSE WE GET THAT QUESTION A LOT, OBVIOUSLY AT THE FRONT DESK OF CAN EAT
AND THEN STICKERS FROM WE CAN, YEAH, WE CAN STICKERS AS WELL.
SO THAT IS WHAT OUR PROMOTION PACKAGE LOOKS LIKE.
WANTED TO BRING IT TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION OF THAT.
AND SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING AGAIN TO PROMOTE MCKINNEY AND ALSO BRING A LITTLE FLARE TO THE FAIRFIELD AS WELL.
JUST ANOTHER OPTION FOR THEM TO BOOK FOR.
UM, A FEW MORE THINGS JUST VERY BRIEFLY, I WON'T KEEP OUT EVERYBODY.
UM, BUT TO GET A PASSING SCORE OR A PERCENTAGE POINT IN SCORES, IT ACTUALLY TAKES A NINE OR 10 OUT OF 10.
UM, AN EIGHT WOULD BE CONSIDERED ALSO FAILING.
SO IF WE GET AN 8, 8, 8 8, THEN I'M PLUMMETING TO THE BOTTOM, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS.
BUT, UM, I TEND TO USE THE FEEDBACK, UM, AND SHARE WITH THE STAFF WEEKLY.
UM, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO STRIVE FOR THOSE NINTH AND TENTHS.
IT WAS JUST REALLY SERVICE EXCELLENCE.
UM, SO OPENING, UM, 2022, WE ACTUALLY WENT OPENING HOTEL OF THE YEAR FOR THE BRAND.
SO THAT WAS A REAL UM, RIGHT STEP FORWARD.
UM, THEN 2023 WE'RE ACTUALLY TOP 5% GLOBALLY, WHICH WE WON PLATINUM CIRCLE.
SO WE WERE ACTUALLY NUMBER 24 OUT OF 1,161 HOTELS, UM, WITHIN THE FAIRFIELD BRAND.
AND AGAIN, GLOBALLY
WE ACTUALLY WERE THE NUMBER 25TH OF THE 1,168 BECAUSE THEY HAD KEPT ON GROWING.
AND CURRENTLY WE'RE STILL NUMBER 24 OUT OF 1,175 HOTELS GLOBALLY.
UH, WE'VE HAD THREE ASSOCIATES THAT RECEIVED MARRIOTT, UM, MARRIOTT AWARDS FROM MARRIOTT, MR. MARRIOTT'S OFFICE, UM, FOR SERVICE EXCELLENCE.
AND THIS WAS FROM, UH, GUESTS THAT STAYED WITH US THAT WROTE MR. MARRIOTT'S OFFICE PERSONALLY ABOUT THE EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE.
TWO OF THEM, ONE WORKS A SECOND JOB, UM, IS NOW A A, A CAPTAIN AT ANOTHER HOTEL.
UM, HE'S GONNA DO VERY WELL IN HIS LIFE.
AND ACTUALLY WE JUST PROMOTED OUR, ONE OF OUR, ONE OF THE THREE, UM, TO OUR FRONT OFFICE SUPERVISOR.
UM, THE HOTEL CURRENTLY CREATES 25 FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME JOBS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF MCKINNEY.
UM, AND WE ARE ALSO A CO-SPONSOR OF NCAA.
SO I TOOK THAT, I WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE
AND, UM, IF YOU GUYS EVER NEED ANYTHING, MY DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN OF THE HOTEL.
PLEASE, UM, USE US AS MUCH AS WE WANNA HEAR FROM YOU.
UM, NOT AFRAID OF ANY FEEDBACK, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE.
I TAKE IT TO TO HEART AND I RUN WITH IT.
UM, AND ANY QUESTIONS I COULD GO ON TALKING FOREVER ABOUT MY BEAUTIFUL
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.
UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT YOU GUYS AT BOARD MEETINGS IN THE PAST AND THERE WERE THINGS YOU MENTIONED TODAY THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW AS FAR AS THE AWARDS, UH, THAT YOU'VE WON AND STUFF.
UM, BUT IF, IF ANYONE IN HERE HAS EVER READ THE BOOK UNREASONABLE HOSPITALITY, WE READ IT AS A STAFF, UM, OVER THE LAST YEAR, YOUR TEAM EXEMPLIFIES THAT.
AND UM, IT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A HOTEL IN MCKINNEY DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY SUCCESSFUL.
YOU GUYS ARE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF THE TEAM THAT YOU'VE BUILT AND BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP.
AND UM, WE SEE THAT AND WE HEAR THAT FROM EVERYBODY THAT WE EVER PUT, UM, AT THE FAIR FIELD AND WE KEEP IT AT THE TOP OF OUR LIST.
'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT IF WE HAVE A TEAM COMING IN OR OR A GROUP COMING IN, IF WE GET THEM INTO YOUR PROPERTY, THEY'RE GONNA BE WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
I HAVE TO SHARE ONE QUICK STORY, UH, RELATED TO THAT.
AND IT WAS, UM, WHEN WE HOSTED THE BILLIE JEAN KING CUP AND WE HAD AN INTERNATIONAL, UH, THE UKRAINIAN TEAM HERE IN MCKINNEY.
UH, THESE ARE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND THEY'RE STAYING AT THE FAIRFIELD AND UM, THEY CUP GROUP FOR ME,
THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY WANT WAFFLES OR WHATEVER.
THE, THE NORMAL THING IS HARD PROTEINS.
AND SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HOTELS WOULD DO WHAT Y'ALL DID, BUT I KNOW, UH, FROM WHAT I HEARD, Y'ALL DROVE ACROSS THE STREET TO COSTCO AND YOU BOUGHT TO REPLACE
UM, AND IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT COMPLETELY CHANGE HOW, UM, SOMEONE REMEMBERS MCKINNEY YEAH.
AND SO I JUST HAVE TO GIVE YOU YOU THE BIGGEST KUDOS FROM OUR TEAM FOR WHAT YOU DO AND WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF, OF BOTH OF YOU AND YEAH.
AND HAVING YOU AND MCKINNEY THANK YOU FOR THE BUSINESS
JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, THE, UH, GUESTS FROM AUSTRALIA, HOW DID THEY HEAR ABOUT MCKINNEY? WHAT WAS THEIR DRAW FOR COMING HERE? YEAH, SO ACTUALLY THEY UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO BE IN FRONT OF THE MIC.
UM, SO I ASKED THEM THE QUESTION BECAUSE I HEARD THEIR ACCENT.
I WAS LIKE, ARE YOU FROM AUSTRALIA? AND MY NAME'S SYDNEY, SO I LOVE TO
UM, BUT YEAH, SO I ASKED THEM THE QUESTION.
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THAT TRAVELED THE US THEY CAME TO DALLAS AND THEY WERE LIKE, AND I THINK THERE WAS SOME EVENT GOING ON IN DALLAS WHERE IT WAS JUST TOO EXPENSIVE TO STAY.SO THEY CAME NORTH AND STAYED IN MCKINNEY.
AND SO THEY, WHEN THEY WENT BACK HOME, THEY SAID, YOU HAVE TO GO TO MCKINNEY, IT'S JUST THE CUTEST PLACE.
WE DID THIS DOWNTOWN THING, WE DID THIS, WE DID THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE THINGS.
AND SO THEY DECIDED ON THEIR NEXT FAMILY VACATION THAT THEY WOULD GO SPECIFICALLY TO MCKINNEY.
AND SO THEY STAYED PRETTY MUCH TWO WEEKS.
UM, AND I ASKED THEM, I SAID, WELL, WHAT ELSE ARE YOU DOING IN TEXAS? YOU KNOW, ARE YOU GONNA GO TO FORT WORTH? ARE YOU GONNA DO THE STOCKYARDS? AND THEY'RE LIKE, NO, WE'RE DOING MCKINNEY.
UM, SO YES, THAT, THAT WAS KIND OF HOW IT HAPPENED.
IT WAS JUST BASED OFF OF FRIENDS THAT LIKE JUSTIN MCKINNEY AND I, THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENS.
I THINK WE TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR, IT'S WORD OF MOUTH.
UM, WE CAN DO A LOT OF MARKETING, WE DO A LOT OF ONLINE THINGS, BUT REALLY IT COMES DOWN TO WHEN PEOPLE COME THROUGH OUR DOORS, THEY HAVE A GOOD EXPERIENCE OR THEY COME INTO MCKINNEY AND THEY HAVE A GOOD EXPERIENCE AND THEN THEY START TALKING ABOUT IT AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO AUSTRALIA APPARENTLY.
SO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY HOW IT HAPPENED.
YOU GUYS DO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CITY.
I'M FROM MIAMI AND I'VE BEEN WANTING TO PUSH THIS FOR A WHILE, SO I'M SO HAPPY.
ONE, I HAVE A DISCOVERED MCKINNEY PACKAGE AND TWO THAT NOW I CAN BE PART OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SO THANK YOU ALYSSA, AND THANK YOU ERIN FOR, FOR GIVING US OPPORTUNITY JUST TO BE VISIBLE AND THAT'S A LOT.
WE KNOW WE'RE TUCKED BACK OFF OF THREE 80, BUT ULTIMATELY A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH.
SO WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU GUYS.
AT THIS TIME WE ALLOW FOR ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON MATTERS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.
[BOARD AND DIRECTOR COMMENTS]
AND DIRECTOR COMMENTS.DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D WISH TO ADD? NONE.
I'M SURE YOU'LL DO GREAT THINGS ON MAIN STREET AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU DO.
WE'LL SEE YOU AT, WE'LL SEE HER AT STUFF.
AND, AND ALWAYS THANK YOU TO THE STAFF.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? BRIAN MAKES A MOTION.
WAS THAT A MOTION BY BRIAN? I'LL SECOND A SECOND BY WHITNEY, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.
SHOULD HAVE DONE, SHOULDN'T MAKE THIS LAST FOREVER.
CAN YOU VOTE AGAIN? I DIDN'T EVEN PRESS ANYTHING.
MEANING IT'S ADJOURNED AT 8:49 AM.