[CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD. GOOD EVENING. AT 6:01 P.M. WELCOME TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING. IT'S MONDAY, OCTOBER THE 6TH, 2025. IT IS 6:01 P.M. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND TONIGHT, OUR INVOCATION IS BY DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF JIMMY THOMAS. THOMAS. PLEASE JOIN WITH ME IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR FAITH AS I PRAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH MINE. GRACIOUS FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR HEALTH AND STRENGTH. WE THANK YOU FOR EACH PERSON WHO HAS COME HERE TODAY TO TO SUPPORT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, WHO HAS A VESTED INTEREST IN OUR CONTINUED GROWTH IN OUR CONTINUANCE TO THRIVE. WE PRAY IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S NOT LIKE YOU THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM OUR HEARTS, FATHER, REMOVE IT FROM US. FATHER, FOR THE COUNCIL, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM TO UNDERSTAND THE RIGHT DECISIONS TO MAKE. WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM THE COURAGE TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION, EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT THE EASY ONE. FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM PEACE OF MIND FOR UNDERSTANDING. FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD HELP US AS A COMMUNITY TO EXHIBIT YOUR LOVE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. FATHER, NOT NOT WITH REGARD TO RICH OR POOR, NOT WITH REGARD TO POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS, FATHER, BUT JUST TO LOVE, FATHER, THAT OUR WORK HERE WOULD BE A SHINING EXAMPLE TO THE COMMUNITY, A SHINING EXAMPLE TO THE STATE AND THE NATION. FATHER, FOR A WORLD THAT IS SOMETIMES DESPERATE FOR DIRECTION, IN JESUS'S NAME, AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE? DO WE NEED TO DO IT AGAIN? SO THIS EVENING WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS TO READ. THE
[Proclamation for National Night Out]
FIRST ONE, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS TOMORROW, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. SO I'LL READ PORTION OF THIS PROCLAMATION. THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED IN NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, YOU NEED TO DO THIS. THIS, THIS IS A FUN EVENT. WHEREAS KNOWING YOUR NEIGHBORS AND YOUR SURROUNDINGS IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO BUILD A SAFER COMMUNITY. AND SINCE THE 1980S, THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PROGRAM HAS BROUGHT NEIGHBORHOODS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TOGETHER UNDER POSITIVE CIRCUMSTANCES, SUPPORTING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS A FUN WAY TO INCREASE NEIGHBORHOOD SPIRIT, AND RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO LEARN ABOUT AND PARTICIPATE IN NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTIES, COOKOUTS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SAFETY DEMONSTRATIONS, EXHIBITS, AND VISITS WITH EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND CITY OFFICIALS DURING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. AND WHEREAS, ALL CITIZENS SHOULD BE AWARE OF CRIME AND FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND HOW INVOLVEMENT TOWARD REDUCING CRIME, DRUGS AND VIOLENCE HELPS MCKINNEY, TEXAS REMAIN ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY. SO THEREFORE, I, BILL COX, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE DAY. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, 2025, AS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT DAY IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO JOIN PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS IN THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOWNS WATCH IN SUPPORTING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ACTIVITIES. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. SO I AM OFFICER SHANNON SEABROOK, AND I AM THE CRIME AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OFFICER FOR THE CITY. AND NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS MY BABY. SO EVERY YEAR WE PUT ON A I PROVIDE LIKE PARTY SUPPLIES AND THINGS TO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT REGISTER TO BE PART OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE 26 NEIGHBORHOODS REGISTERED TO BE PART OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. SO WE WILL MAKE OUR WAY AROUND THE CITY TOMORROW AND VISIT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT. AND AS WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM, THAT'S IT. GOOD KNOW, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE. THANK YOU.ONE, TWO, THREE. AND. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT PROCLAMATION. THIS IS A MAYOR'S MONARCH
[Proclamation Declaring October 6, 2025, as “Mayors’ Monarch Pledge Day” in the City of McKinney, Texas]
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PLEDGE DAY. WHEREAS THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY IS AN ICONIC NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES WHOSE REMARKABLE MIGRATION AND TRANSFORMATION INSPIRES MILLIONS. THE NORTH AMERICAN MONARCH NAMED TEXAS OFFICIAL STATE INSECT IN 1995. COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER, DID YOU KNOW THAT? NO, SIR, I DID NOT, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND VITAL AS A POLLINATOR AND HAS DECLINED BY 90% IN THE LAST 20 YEARS. MCKINNEY, TEXAS, LIES ALONG THE MONARCH'S MIGRATORY PATH, AND ITS CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE BUTTERFLIES SURVIVAL. THE CITY OF MCKINNEY SUPPORTS POLLINATORS BY CULTIVATING NATIVE PLANTS AND WILD SCAPE SPACES, INCLUDING MONARCH WAY STATIONS AT THE MCKINNEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, GREEN GARDENS OF MCKINNEY AND EAST MCKINNEY LEARNING GARDEN, AND ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS. I PROUDLY JOIN OTHER MAYORS IN SIGNING THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION'S MAYORS MONARCH PLEDGE AND ENCOURAGE LEADERS NATIONWIDE TO HELP ENSURE THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY FLOURISHES AGAIN. AND NOW, BY THE POWER VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF MCKINNEY, I DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 6TH, 2025, AS MAYOR'S MONARCH PLEDGE DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR TAKING THIS TIME TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE MIGHTY MONARCH BUTTERFLIES THAT VISIT US HERE IN MCKINNEY AS A PART OF THEIR TRULY ICONIC 3000 MILE JOURNEY FROM CANADA TO MEXICO. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS STANDING UP HERE WITH ME TODAY, WHO HAVE WORKED HARD TO ENSURE THAT THESE MONARCHS HAVE THE HABITAT THEY NEED HERE IN MCKINNEY FOR REST AND NOURISHMENT ALONG THEIR LONG MIGRATION. THEIR EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN MONARCH WAYSTATIONS, WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY GARDENS OR YARDS, AND OTHER AREAS INTENTIONALLY PLANTED WITH MILKWEED AND OTHER NECTAR RICH PLANTS AND FLOWERS, MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR THESE MIGHTY CREATURES AND HELP BEAUTIFY THE COMMUNITY AT THE SAME TIME. THE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR YOU ALL AS WELL. IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MIGHTY MONARCH, WE HAVE AN INFORMATIONAL TABLE OUTSIDE AS WELL AS AN UPCOMING CLASS THIS THURSDAY CALLED MONARCHS IN MCKINNEY, HERE AT THE MCKINNEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT 7 P.M. AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN US THERE. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THE BUTTERFLIES. OH, GOD. THANK I GET SO MANY PHOTOS. YEAH. WHY WAS IT A GOOD CHARACTER? HE IS. ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS.YOU GOT THIS. THINK ABOUT IT. CAN YOU GO? THE FIRST THING I THINK? YEAH, YOU PROBABLY DID.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS (for Non-Public Hearing Items)]
OKAY. NEXT ITEM WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS. SO IF YOU'RE HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL. NOBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC. WE DO HAVE THREE.FIRST SPEAKER STAN MCWILLIAMS. HI, I'M STAN MCWILLIAMS. MY OFFICE ADDRESS IS 2713 VIRGINIA PARKWAY IN MCKINNEY. MR. MAYOR, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, LET'S BEGIN THE WAY BOB WOULD TOP OF THE EVENING TO ONE AND ALL. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE MCKINNEY ROTARY CLUB. THERE ARE SOME ROTARY MEMBERS AS WELL. BARBARA WANTED TO BE HERE. SHE'S BEEN TRAVELING AND
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PROBABLY IS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF NAMING A CITY PARK AFTER BOB THOMAS. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. SORRY. I'M SURE YOU'VE ALREADY HAVE BEFORE YOU. A LONG LIST OF BOB'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS. CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY, SINCE IT WOULD TAKE FAR MORE TIME THAN WE HAVE TO THOROUGHLY EXAMINE THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT BOB. OF COURSE, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO TALK ABOUT BOB WITHOUT THINKING OF BARBARA, WHO WALKED ARM IN ARM WITH BOB THROUGH EVERY. ACCOMPLISHMENT ON YOUR LIST. THE SLOGAN SAYS MCKINNEY, UNIQUE BY NATURE. I WOULD SUBMIT THAT OUR CITIZENS MAKE MCKINNEY UNIQUE. PEOPLE LIKE BOB. EVEN THOUGH MCKINNEY HAS GROWN FROM A SMALL TOWN INTO A LARGE CITY, THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY NOT ONLY SURVIVES, BUT THRIVES BECAUSE OF OUR CITIZENS, A SENSE OF HOME AND FAMILY IS VIBRANT IN MCKINNEY TODAY. BOB WAS UNIQUE. BOB WAS AUTHENTIC. BOB WAS AS CORNY AS THE NEBRASKA CORNFIELDS FROM WHERE HE CAME. SOMETHING TO BE DESIRED, I WOULD SUBMIT SOMETHING WE NEED AND I FEAR SOMETHING WE'RE LOSING. HE WAS SO CORNY. HE FELT COMPELLED TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY IN VIETNAM AND CAME HOME WITH A BRONZE STAR. HE WAS SO CORNY. HE BELIEVED IN OLD FASHIONED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY. HE RECITED THE PLEDGE AND MEANT IT. HE SANG THE ANTHEM WITH A TEAR IN HIS EYE. HE WAS SO CORNY. HE NAMED HIMSELF MISTER MCKINNEY, A NAME THAT TURNED OUT TO BE ACCURATE. WHEN BOB MET A NEW PERSON, HE WANTED TO KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT PERSON. HE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT HIMSELF. HE ASKED QUESTIONS. BOB WANTED TO INVOLVE THAT PERSON IN HIS LIFE AND IN THE LIFE OF THIS COMMUNITY. BOB LOVED MUSEUMS. THEY WERE LIKE CANDY STORES TO HIM. HE HAD AN INSATIABLE NEED TO LEARN, TO KNOW, TO EXPLORE.BOB LOVED TO SEARCH OUT NEW PLACES, TO DISCOVER NEW THINGS. I BELIEVE HE WAS CONVINCED THAT THE MORE KNOWLEDGE HE HAD, THE MORE PEOPLE HE MET. SOMETHING GOOD, SOMETHING POSITIVE WOULD RESULT. NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT HIS RESUME AND TAKE SOME TIME TO LOOK AT MCKINNEY AND ITS PEOPLE. SOMETHING I KNOW YOU DO ON A REGULAR BASIS. I MISS BOB, I MISS HIS TERRIBLE JOKE TELLING, BUT I'D LOVE TO TELL JOKES. BUT HE WAS AWFUL. HE WAS SO BAD.
THE RESULTS WERE HILARIOUS. AND OF COURSE, IRONICALLY, LIKE EVERYTHING HE DID, PEOPLE SMILED. PEOPLE WERE HAPPY, AND GREAT GOODNESS RESULTED. BOB AND BARBARA RECOGNIZED WHAT THIS COMMUNITY HAD DONE FOR THEM. THEY FELT AN OBLIGATION AND MORE AN EARNEST DESIRE TO RETURN SOMETHING OF VALUE TO MCKINNEY. SO THEY GAVE BACK IN TERMS OF MONEY, SURE, BUT THEY GAVE SO MUCH MORE. THEY GAVE FROM THEIR HEARTS OF THEMSELVES. I KNOW YOU'RE OFTEN FORCED TO MAKE PAINFUL AND DIFFICULT DECISIONS. IT'S PART OF THE COMMITMENT YOU MADE TO THIS COMMUNITY. MAKE THIS EASY DECISION AND FEEL BETTER. THANKS FOR YOUR KIND
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CONSIDERATION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANKS, STAN. THANK YOU, MR. MCWILLIAMS. NEXT SPEAKER, KYLE SIMMS. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. COUNCIL, I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF Y'ALL ABOUT THIS KIND OF ONE ON ONE BEFORE, AND I'M NOT HERE TO GRIPE. WHAT I'M HERE TO DO IS ASK FOR HELP.AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, MANY OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW. LAST YEAR IN TEXAS ALONE, WE HAD WELL OVER 100 SEXUAL PREDATORS THAT WENT AFTER OUR CHILDREN. WE HAVE SURPASSED AND BUSTED THAT RECORD ALREADY THIS YEAR. THESE ARE SCHOOLS, CREATURES, PROBATION OFFICERS, POLICE OFFICERS. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS IN OUR STATE AND IN OUR COUNTY. I'M NOT SAYING THIS HAS HAPPENED IN MCKINNEY, BUT JUST TWO DAYS AGO, ANOTHER ONE IN CELINA, ANOTHER ONE IN WYLIE. THIS IS ALL AROUND US IN OUR BACKYARD. WHAT I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO DO.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK THE SCHOOL BOARD. I'M GOING TO ASK THE COMMISSIONERS TO PLEASE, LET'S START GETTING SOME EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS OUT TO THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE THERE'S MORE PEOPLE NOT AWARE OF THIS THAN, YOU KNOW. I'VE GOT A BIG PRESENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE'S MANY, MANY PARENTS THAT HAVE NO CLUE WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEY'VE GOT BUSY LIVES. SO I'M COMING TO YOU TONIGHT TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP AND ACCOMPLISH SOME KIND OF TASK FORCE. SOME CITIZENS GET TOGETHER. LET'S DO SOME TOWN HALLS. LET'S HAVE SOME INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS ABOUT THE DANGER THAT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN ARE FACING. I'LL BE HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THAT. I KNOW A LOT OF EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, BUT FOR GOODNESS SAKES, PLEASE, LET'S DO SOMETHING TO TURN THIS UP A NOTCH TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITIES. BEFORE IT DOES COME TO MCKINNEY, BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD. AND THAT'S ALL I WANT. I WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET YOURSELF TO DO THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SIMMS. NEXT SPEAKER, PAUL BOISTEROUS. GOOD EVENING, PAUL BALLESTEROS. 6508 MARVIN GARDENS, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, 75070 AND I'M NOT ONLY A RESIDENT, I'M ALSO THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF EMMANUEL LABOR, A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT'S FOCUSED ON REMOVING THE LESSNESS FROM HOMELESSNESS IN JESUS NAME. BUT BEFORE ON THAT FOUNDER, I AM A DAD. I'M A HUSBAND, I'M A NEIGHBOR, I'M YOUR NEIGHBOR. AND JUST LIKE I SAID LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I LOVE YOU. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT I DON'T KNOW, I LOVE YOU TOO. THAT'S MY CALL.
AS A CHRIST FOLLOWER IS TO LOVE EVERYONE. I SAY THAT ALSO TO TO TO SAY THAT HOMELESSNESS IS ONLY 0.02% OF OUR POPULATION. THAT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT WITHIN MCKINNEY AND ACROSS ACROSS THE NATION. BUT MY SAVIOR TELLS ME, DON'T LOVE 99.98%, LOVE 100%. AND WHAT HE SAYS IS LOVE MY STRANGERS. AS MUCH AS I LOVE MY NEIGHBORS, IT'S EASY TO LOVE THOSE WHO LOVE YOU, RIGHT? BUT TO LOVE THOSE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW. IT'S A LITTLE SCARY. BUT TO THE LAST SPEAKER'S POINT, I THINK IF WE GET TO KNOW PEOPLE, IF WE'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT GETTING TO KNOW WHO OUR NEIGHBORS ARE, WE WILL FIND OUT WHO WE NEED TO BE MORE CONSERVATIVE WITH SOONER.
THAT'S ONE OF THE TACTICS I DO WITH HOMELESSNESS. EVERY SERVICE I OFFER IS A FILTER. IT LETS ME NOT. IT LET ME KNOW WHOI SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT AND WHO I NEED TO RALLY BEHIND.
THING I KNOW IT'S A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE THOSE ORDINANCES COME BACK UP THAT WERE TABLED, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT NEXT DISCUSSION AS WELL. BUT EACH TIME WE MEET, THERE'S AN INVOCATION. AND USUALLY IT'S IN JESUS NAME. AND WE HAVE A PLEDGE THAT SAYS LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S A FOREFRONT OF OUR MIND IS, IS THIS LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL? AS WE DO THAT, OUR DOWNTOWN IS INCREDIBLE. I LOVE BRINGING OUT-OF-TOWNERS THERE. I LOVE GOING THERE. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORT AND PROTECT. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT NOT EVERYBODY THAT'S HOMELESS IS CAUSING A NUISANCE DOWN THERE. SOMETIMES IT'S A HANDFUL OF INDIVIDUALS, AND IF WE WERE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT GETTING TO KNOW THEM, WE WOULD BE MORE AWARE. AND AS MUCH AS I'M DOING THAT, I'M JUST ONE PERSON, I NEED HELP. I NEED YOUR HELP TO JUST STEP OUT THERE AND BE BE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENTIONAL. I LISTENED TO AN INTERVIEW. I BELIEVE IT WAS RICK WARREN WHO AUTHORED THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE. HE SAYS YOU DON'T CHANGE THE WORLD BY MINDING YOUR OWN BUSINESS. AND IT REALLY STUCK WITH ME. YOU DON'T CHANGE THE WORLD BY MINDING YOUR OWN
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BUSINESS. YOU'VE GOT TO GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS. I'D BE WILLING TO GO OUT AND TALK TO THEM. AND YOU KNOW MOST NEIGHBORS, HOW YOU APPROACH THEM, THEY'LL OPEN UP. SO BEFORE WE TELL SOMEBODY THEY CAN'T BE HERE, TELL THEM. ASK THEM HOW THEY ARE. IF YOU ASK THEM HOW THEY'RE DOING FIRST, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A MUCH DIFFERENT CONVERSATION THAN JUST TELL THEM TO MOVE ALONG. AND MOST LIKELY, IF MOVE ALONG IS STILL THE GOAL, THEY'LL PROBABLY AGREE AND GO WITH YOU. SO I THINK THAT AS A CHRIST FOLLOWER, I'M CALLED TO LOVE PEOPLE AS THEY ARE, BUT NOT LEAVE PEOPLE AS THEY ARE. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THE SAME THING. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, PAUL. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON NON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. YES, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I JUST WANT TO ECHO MY GOOD FRIEND STAN'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE PARK NAMING IN BOB THOMAS'S HONOR. I THINK ALL OF YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHO BOB WAS. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY KNEW BOB THROUGH HIS CAR DEALERSHIP, OF COURSE, BUT WE ALL KNEW HIM PERSONALLY, AND HE WAS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT BOB SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF AND I. I HAVE ALL CONFIDENCE THAT YOU WILL NAME THIS PARK AFTER HIM. WHAT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IS THE WORK OF AMY KINCAID AND JENNY BAKER AND BRUCE MEAD. THEY MADE THIS EXTREMELY EASY.AND IMMEDIATELY SAW THE IMPORTANCE AND PROMISE OF NAMING A PARK AFTER BOB, AND THEY VERY QUICKLY IDENTIFIED THE RIGHT SPOT. AND IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A DOG PARK BECAUSE BOB AND BARBARA LOVE THEIR DOGS SO MUCH. SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF STAFF ON THIS AND APPRECIATE THAT. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR NAMING THAT PARK. AND IN HONOR OF BOB, WILL YOU PLEASE SHARE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR YOUR TV FANS, SIR? YES, MY NAME IS DAVID KELLY. I LIVE AT 801 NORTH CHURCH STREET. THANK YOU, MR. KELLY. ANYONE
[CONSENT AGENDA]
ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS COUNCIL TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. THESE WILL BE THE MINUTES OF VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. THE FIRST ITEM IS 253222 THROUGH. I'M SORRY. TWO. MR. HAUSER, WANT ME TO READ ALL OF THESE? SO, MARK, I'LL READ ALL OF THESE CAPTIONS. 3253 223253 22425 322525295825313325. DASH 3048 AND 25-3145. THOSE WOULD BE THE MINUTES. AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND PICK UP THE ISSUE, THE ORDINANCES. SO WE HAVE A MOTION OR QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT MINUTES. MR. MAYOR I'D LIKE TO PULL DOWN ITEM. I'M SORRY, YOU JUST WENT THROUGH THE MINUTES. SORRY, SORRY, SORRY, MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT ITEM WOULD BE THE CONSENT ORDINANCES.
[Consent ORDINANCES ]
I DO HAVE ANY ANY PULL DOWNS FOR ANYONE. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO PULL DOWN ITEM 25-3235, WHICH IS THE NAMING OF THE DARK DOG PARK. AND BOB THOMPSON. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION ON ITEM 25322635227. RESOLUTION. 2532 2825 3229 2532 3025 323125 3232 253, 23335253234 AND THEN ONE LAST 253236. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM PULLED DOWN. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. MINUS ONE PULL DOWN OF 253235. I'LL SECOND. SECOND. BY COUNCILMAN LYNCH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Naming a Park, Located on the South Side of Wilson Creek Parkway and West of College Street]
MOTION IS APPROVED. THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED. COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM FELTER,[00:25:04]
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES. I JUST WANTED TO PULL THIS ITEM DOWN BECAUSE I KNOW BOB WAS SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART OF MCKINNEY'S HISTORY AND HAS DONE SOME INCREDIBLE WORK ALONG WITH HIS WIFE IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO I WANTED TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE THAT. AS FOR HERE ON COUNCIL AND GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL BEFORE WE WEIGH IN ON ON THIS ITEM. ANYONE ELSE? I'LL JUST MENTION THAT IN MY TENURE ON COUNCIL, TO THE EXTENT WE'VE NAMED PARKS, I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE MORE DESERVING. AND I KNOW BOB WOULD GET A BIG KICK OUT OF IT.ANYONE ELSE? I KNEW BOB THOMAS AND HIS FAMILY FOR, I DON'T KNOW, 20, 25 YEARS. AND AS MR. MCWILLIAMS SAID, THOSE THOSE THINGS WERE TRUE. HE WAS A UNIQUE CHARACTER AND CERTAINLY GAVE HIS HEART AND SOUL TO TO MCKINNEY. SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE. ANYONE ELSE? I NEVER HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH BOB PERSONALLY, BUT HIS KIDS, HIS SON, WE'RE KIND OF SAME AGE, GREW UP IN THE SAME KIND OF AREA AND JUST A GREAT FAMILY AND HARD WORKING FAMILY. SO IT'S SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO BE GREATLY MISSED IN MCKINNEY.
YEAH, THEY DID SO MUCH FOR THIS COMMUNITY. SURE DID. YEAH. AND. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU REPLACE SOMEBODY LIKE THAT. MOTION. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM FELTUS TO APPROVE ITEM 253235. THE NAMING OF PARK AT WILSON CREEK PARKWAY. THE BOB THOMAS PARK. I WILL SECOND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. YOU PLEASE MAKE THE MOTION. I THINK MAYOR PRO TEM ON THE SCREEN.
THAT MOTION UNANIMOUSLY CARRIES BY VOTE OF SEVEN IN FAVOR AND ZERO AGAINST. THANK YOU TO THE
[Consider/Discuss/Act on a License Agreement with Harvest Seed Project Foundation for Improvements to and the Use of Gray Branch Park]
THOMAS FAMILY. OKAY, THAT IS THE END OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. THESE WOULD BE ITEMS. THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE A PUBLIC COMPONENT. FIRST ITEM IS 253237. CONSIDER A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH HARVEST SEED PROJECT FOUNDATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO AND THE USE OF GRAY BRANCH PARK. MR. HAUSER, MR. MAYOR COUNCIL. MARK HAUSER, CITY ATTORNEY HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT FOR YOU. THIS ITEM IS THE CULMINATION OF A LOT OF WORK SINCE EARLY THIS YEAR ON A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH MR. RICK WELLS AND HIS HIS NONPROFIT, SEED PROJECT FOUNDATION, TO WORK ON THE PARK PROPERTY, WHICH IS ON GRAY BRANCH ROAD.THIS IS A LICENSE AGREEMENT WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR THEIR IMPROVEMENT TO THE PROJECT AND A VERY WORTHWHILE PROJECT FOR THE STUDENTS AND FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT UTILIZE THE CROPS THAT HE GROWS ON HIS FARM. THE AGREEMENT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU. THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS. WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT THIS AFTERNOON WITH MR. WELLS, AND HE IS WILLING TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT WITH ONE VARIANCE RELATING TO THE LIGHTING OF THE PARKING LOT, WHICH WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN CITY CODE, BUT WOULD BE VERY ADEQUATE FOR THE PARKING LOT ITSELF, AS WELL AS TO SHIELD LIGHTING FROM NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENCES. SO I WILL ASK YOU, MR. WELLS, TO SEE IF HE CONCURS WITH MY COMMENT. AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL MAKE THAT MOTION WITH THAT ONE WAIVER. ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE QUESTIONS, MR. HAUSER? ANYONE? WE HAVE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM. I'LL SECOND JUST TO CLARIFY, COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN, INCLUDING THE WAIVER OF THE LIGHTING. YES, YES. MR. JONES, IS THAT YOU? YES. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN TO APPROVE THE ITEM WITH ONE WAIVER OF THE LIGHTING ON THE ON THE PARK SECOND BY COUNCILMAN JONES. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT MOTION CARRIES SEVEN IN FAVOR AND ZERO AGAINST. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. NEXT ITEM
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Adoption of a Resolution Determining a Public Necessity to Acquire Certain Property in Fee Simple and Easement Rights for Public Use by Eminent Domain for Right-of-Way (in Fee Simple), a Drainage Easement, and a Temporary Construction Easement associated with the Church, Henry & McKinney Streets Infrastructure Improvements Project (CO2213) which Property is Located at the Northeast Corner of S. Church Street and W. Standifer Street and Authorizing the City Manager to Establish Procedures for Acquiring the Right-of-Way (in Fee Simple) and Easements on Said Property, and Take All Steps Necessary to Acquire the Needed Property Rights in Compliance with all Applicable Laws and Resolutions]
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25-3238. CONSIDERING ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION DETERMINING A PUBLIC NECESSITY TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN PROPERTY IN FEE SIMPLE AND EASEMENT RIGHTS FOR PUBLIC USE BY EMINENT DOMAIN FOR RIGHT OF WAY, A DRAINAGE EASEMENT AND A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHURCH. HENRY AND MCKINNEY STREETS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. THIS IS AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH CHURCH STREET AND WEST STANFORD STREET, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR ACQUIRING THE RIGHT OF WAY. MR. GRAHAM. THANK YOU. MAYOR.MEMBERS OF COUNCIL GARY GRAHAM, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING. WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TONIGHT ON A EMINENT DOMAIN REQUEST. THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS THE CHURCH, HENRY AND MCKINNEY STREETS. INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. FOR THIS PROJECT, WE ARE RECONSTRUCTING THE STREETS, ADDING CURB AND GUTTER, ADDING AN ENCLOSED DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
WE'RE ALSO RECONSTRUCTING THE WATER AND SANITARY SEWER LINES FOR THIS PROPERTY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS IS DECEASED. WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEIR HEIRS. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS PROPERTY IS NOT GONE THROUGH A PROBATE AND IS STILL DOES NOT HAVE A CLEAN TITLE. AND SO AS IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE WITH THE SUN, WE HAVE TOLD THEM THAT WE NEED THEY HAVE NO THEY THE SUN HAS STATED THEY HAVE NO. INTENTION OF TRYING TO CLEAR UP THE TITLE. AND FOR US TO AMICABLY ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY. SO HE IS THEY'RE FINE WITH US GOING FORWARD WITH THE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS, EMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS, AS IN ALL ACQUISITIONS AND EMINENT DOMAIN CASES. THIS IS A STANDARD SPIEL THAT I GIVE THE COUNCIL. SO YOU UNDERSTAND AND THE FOLKS WATCHING AT HOME. THE CITY FOLLOWS STATE LAW WHEN ACQUIRING PROPERTY. THE CITY HAS AN APPRAISAL CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF EACH ACQUISITION. STAFF USES THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE AN INITIAL OFFER. THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN ACCEPT THAT OFFER OR MAKE A COUNTER-OFFER. THE PROPERTY OWNER MAY EVEN CHOOSE TO HAVE THEIR OWN APPRAISAL CONDUCTED. THE CITY EVALUATES THE COUNTER-OFFER IF RECEIVED, AND THEN MAKES A FINAL OFFER.
IF NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PROPERTY OWNER, THE CITY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO USE EMINENT DOMAIN IF ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL. DURING THE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS, THE COLLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPOINT A SET OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS AND CONSISTS OF THREE PEOPLE, BOTH THE CITY AND THE PROPERTY OWNER MAKE THEIR CASES. THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS AND SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS DETERMINE WHAT THE VALUE OF THE ACQUISITION IS. EMINENT DOMAIN IS NOT A TAKING OF LAND. IT IS LEGAL PROCESS TO DETERMINE THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF VALUE OF THE ACQUISITIONS. THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN BE COMPENSATED WITH THAT. STAFF IS ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST, AND I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. THIS ITEM REQUIRES A ROLL CALL VOTE. THANK YOU, MR. GRAHAM. ARE THERE QUESTIONS? AND GARY, JUST TO BE CLEAR FOR THE PUBLIC, THE CITY WILL HOLD THESE FUNDS IN ESCROW UNTIL THEY'RE INTO THE PROBATE IS SETTLED, RIGHT? NO, THEY'LL BE PAID INTO THE REGISTRY OF THE COURT. OKAY. AT THAT POINT, THE PARTIES CAN THEN GET THOSE REMOVED AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. YOU GET THE NEXT. I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS ITEM AS WRITTEN AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION DESCRIBED IN THIS AGENDA ITEM AND AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE, FOR PUBLIC USE, ALL NECESSARY PROPERTY INTERESTS FROM ANDREW SANCHEZ, IDENTIFIED AS OWNER OF RECORD OF THE COLLIN COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND ANY OTHER PERSONS OR ENTITIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST TO THE PROPERTY DEPICTED ON AND DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS ATTACHED TO SAID RESOLUTION. SAID DEPICTIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS BEING INCORPORATED IN THE ENTIRETY IN THEIR ENTIRETY INTO THE MOTION FOR ALL PURPOSES, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION, ACCESS AND MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH CHURCH STREET AND WEST STANFORD STREET, ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHURCH, HENRY AND MCKINNEY STREETS. INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
PROJECT C02213. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN. I'LL SECOND SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM FELTZ. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. ROLL CALL, MR. MAYOR. OH, I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE. ROLL CALL. I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER. BELLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
CLAUDIA. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM FELTZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FRANKLIN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
JONES. YES. MAYOR. OAKES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. LYNCH. YES. ALL SEVEN ARE. THAT MOTION CARRIES.
[Consider/Discuss/Act on Adoption of a Resolution Determining a Public Necessity to Acquire Certain Property Rights for Public Use by Eminent Domain for a Water Line Easement associated with the SH 5 Utility Relocation Project, Phase 2 (WA2266) which Property is Located at 1515 N. McDonald Street and Authorizing the City Manager to Establish Procedures for Acquiring the Easement on Said Property, and Take All Steps Necessary to Acquire the Needed Property Rights in Compliance with all Applicable Laws and Resolutions]
THE NEXT ITEM IS TWO FIVE. DASH. 3239. CONSIDERATION OF AN ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION.DETERMINING A PUBLIC NECESSITY TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR PUBLIC USE BY EMINENT DOMAIN. FOR A WATER LINE EASEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGHWAY FIVE UTILITY
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RELOCATION PROJECT. THIS IS PHASE TWO, WHICH IS. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1515 NORTH MCDONALD STREET, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR ACQUIRING THE EASEMENT. MR. GRAHAM SO THIS PROJECT IS THE EXTENSION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY FIVE PROJECT. WE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH TXDOT AND TO DO THE THE PROJECT SOUTH OF US 380.THIS IS PHASE TWO. MOVING NORTH OF 380 TEX-DOT WILL BE RECONSTRUCTING HIGHWAY FIVE TO BE A FOUR LANE ARTERIAL FROM THE TWO LANE CONDITION IS NOW THE CITY IS IS REQUIRED TO REMOVE OUR UTILITIES FROM WITHIN THEIR RIGHT OF WAY FOR THIS WIDENING PROJECT. SO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS A 15 FOOT WATERLINE EASEMENT ACROSS THE LENGTH OF THE PROPERTY. WE HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COME TO A REASONABLE VALUE IN OUR MIND FOR THE PROPERTY. AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR EMINENT DOMAIN AUTHORITY. ARE THERE QUESTIONS OF MR. GRAHAM HERE? THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS ITEM AS WRITTEN AND ADOPTED AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION DESCRIBED IN THIS AGENDA ITEM, AND AUTHORIZED THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE, FOR PUBLIC USE ALL NECESSARY PROPERTY INTERESTS FROM LEDBETTER, EOS, LLC AND LHG HOLDINGS, LLC, IDENTIFIED AS OWNERS OF RECORD BY A TITLE COMMITMENT OBTAINED BY THE CITY FROM CAPITAL TITLE OF TEXAS AND ANY OTHER PERSONS OR ENTITIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST TO THE PROPERTY DEPICTED ON AND DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS ATTACHED TO SAID RESOLUTION. SAID DEPICTIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS BEING INCORPORATED IN THEIR ENTIRETY INTO THIS MOTION FOR ALL PURPOSES, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION, ACCESS AND MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. LOCATED AT 1515 NORTH MCDONALD STREET, ASSOCIATED WITH STATE HIGHWAY FIVE UTILITY RELOCATION PROJECT. PHASE 2A2266. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM FELTZ. I WILL SECOND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THANK YOU. THIS IS A ROLL CALL VOTE AS WELL. COUNCIL MEMBER. BELLA. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. MAYOR. PRO TEM FELTZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FRANKLIN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
JONES. YES. MAYOR. OAKES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. LYNCH. YES. UNION. OH, YOU'RE WAITING ON ME, AREN'T YOU? YES, I'M WAITING ON YOU. IT WAS UNANIMOUS. THIS MOTION CARRIES BY A VOTE OF
[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Nominating Member(s) to the Collin Central Appraisal District Board of Directors]
SEVEN IN FAVOR AND ZERO AGAINST. LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 253240. CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION NOMINATING A MEMBER TO THE COLLIN CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.MR. MAYOR, I'D MAKE A MOTION. JUST WOULD LIKE TO PUT UP THE NAME FOR STEVE WILSON. THIS THIS ROLE LARGELY NEEDS KNOWLEDGE AND AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BOARD MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS. THIS ISN'T A YOU KNOW THESE THIS GROUP DOESN'T DO OUR APPRAISALS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT DOESN'T TAKE A SPECIAL SKILL SET OUTSIDE OF JUST KNOWING HOW TO RUN AN ORGANIZATION, A PUBLIC ORGANIZATION IN THAT MANNER. AND STEVE DOES A GREAT JOB WITH THE MUD. STEVE ALSO HAS A LOT OF TIME, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED IN TERMS OF ASKING PEOPLE TO DO MORE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. BUT I THINK STEVE WOULD BE A GOOD A GOOD PERSON FOR THIS ROLE. I WANT TO SECOND THE MOTION, BUT I BEFORE IT WELL, IN THE SAME SENTENCE, I WANT TO THANK BRIAN NANCY, WHO STEVE WOULD AUSPICIOUSLY BE REPLACING AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE. BRIAN HAS DONE THIS FOR A FEW YEARS AND HAS DONE A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING ON IT. AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I WANT TO THANK MR. NANCY. DID I SECOND THE MOTION? STEVE? MR. MAYOR, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT STEVE WILSON TO THE COLLIN CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? I WOULD ECHO COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA, WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT BRIAN MENZIES HAS CERTAINLY HAS SERVED THIS CITY FOR YEARS, AND HE WAS A VALUED MEMBER ON THAT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THANK YOU FOR SAYING SO. YES, SIR. ANY MORE COMMENTS? WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BELLER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. AT THIS MOTION CARRIES BY A VOTE OF SEVEN IN FAVOR AND ZERO AGAINST. THAT ENDS OUR REGULAR AGENDA. NOW, WE WOULD HAVE ONE
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MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE AUDIENCE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM, NOT ON THE AGENDA. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME TO THE PODIUM.[COUNCIL AND MANAGER COMMENTS]
ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, MR. BELLER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? SURE. A FEW THINGS TO MENTION. ONE, I GOT TO ATTEND THE ASIAN FOOD FESTIVAL OUT HERE THIS WEEKEND, ALONG WITH CITY MANAGER, GRIMES AND COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA. AND WHILE I AM NOT THE MOST ADVENTUROUS EATER, I WILL SAY THE SETTING THAT WAS OUT HERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO TO BE PART OF JUST BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE BACKDROP OF THE MURAL FROM GUIDO AND THE CITY HALL AND THE WATER TOWER AND ALL THOSE THINGS OVERLOOKING, JUST MADE FOR A REALLY NEAT PUBLIC PLAZA SETTING AND JUST APPRECIATE IT MAKES ME APPRECIATE ALL THAT CITY STAFF HAD DONE, HAS DONE TO BRING THIS ABOUT MCDC PAID FOR IT. JUST A LOT OF WORK WENT IN, A LOT OF THOUGHT, WENT INTO PUBLIC GATHERING SPACES THAT REALLY CREATE THAT THIRD SPACE FOR OUR CITY. SO FUN TO SEE THAT FINALLY IN ACTION. I GOT TO ATTEND AND BE PART OF THE COLLIN COUNTY ATTAINABLE HOUSING SUMMIT. I SAT ON A PANEL WITH MAYOR. I KNOW CITY MANAGER GRIMES AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER JENNIFER ARNOLD WERE THERE, BUT JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY SAY MARGARET LEE WITH THE CITY AND ROSALYN MILLER WITH MCKINNEY HOUSING AUTHORITY, PLAYED A PART IN PUTTING THAT THING ON, AND THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF THAT. ON SATURDAY, I GOT TO GO TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. MCKINNEY INCLUSION COUNCIL'S YOUTH LISTENING SESSION, AND DOCTOR FELTUS WAS THERE, AND PEGGY AND SHAWN AND JASMINE AND JOCELYN AND TAMMY AND ALL THE OTHERS THAT PUT THAT ON THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. IT REALLY WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO JUST LISTEN TO SOME YOUTH AND WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT WHAT'S NEEDED IN OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT REALLY MAKES YOU PAUSE AND REALIZE WE NEED TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT TO SAY AND IT IS WORTH LISTENING TO. AND SO THERE WAS A PANEL AND THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB, AND I LEFT THERE WITH MY MIND JUST TURNING ABOUT OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE AND LISTEN TO TO OUR YOUTH. I TOOK A TOUR LAST WEEK OF SAMARITAN N I'D BEEN THERE BEFORE, BUT GOT TO VISIT WITH JILL, WHO IS THE CEO, AND JUST WANTED TO SAY IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING TO SEE WHAT ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE ARE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY ON A DAILY BASIS. AND SHE MENTIONED THAT THEY HAD 63 PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THAT ORGANIZATION THAT ARE SPENDING EVERY DAY MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE A PLACE TO STAY AND CAN GET A LEG UP.AND SO THANK YOU TO THEM FOR THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, MISS JUNE MCGOWAN PASSED AWAY. AND JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO NOTE. MISS. MISS JUNE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN A TOWN CALLED MOUNT CALM, TEXAS. AND IF YOU KNOW JUNE OR HER HUSBAND, JESSE, THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT THAT THAT'S WHERE SHE CAME FROM. SHE ATTENDED TEXAS COLLEGE THIS YEAR. SHE CELEBRATED 62 YEARS OF MARRIAGE TO JESSE MCGOWAN. SHE WAS A TEACHER AT DOTY AND AT NORTH WARD, AND SHE WAS A MEMBER OF SAINT JAMES CME CHURCH. AND SHE WAS A JUST A PRESENCE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT SO MANY PEOPLE LOVED. AND SHE WILL BE MISSED. AND JUST PRAYERS FOR THE MCGOWAN FAMILY AND MR. MCGOWAN. SO THANK YOU, MISTER MAYOR. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO I WAS WITH COUNCILMAN BELLER AT THE ASIAN FOOD FESTIVAL, AND I GOT TO MAKE A FEW REMARKS, AND I GOT THE VANTAGE POINT OF SEEING THE WHOLE THING. AND, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THINGS THAT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN HELD AT MITCHELL PARK. WHEN YOU'RE SOMETHING'S HELD AT MITCHELL PARK, YOU HAVE TO EITHER PARK YOUR CAR AT WINCO OR SHERMAN.
AND SO IT WAS NICE SEEING ALL THE PEOPLE HAD AN AVAILABILITY TO PARK AROUND HERE AND, AND, AND DO STUFF. THE FOOD WAS OUTSTANDING. AND, YOU KNOW, ONE COUNCILMAN AND I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS ME OR BELL OR EIGHT GRILLED SQUID, I THINK IT WAS ME. YEAH. BUT THEN THEY ALSO HAD PAKISTANI MEXICAN FUSION. SO I ORDERED A PAKISTANI MEXICAN FUSION QUESADILLA. IT WAS SO GOOD. AND I LEFT THERE THINKING, MAN, I WISH I COULD HAVE TRIED ALL THAT FOOD, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU JUST ARE SO HUNGRY. BUT THEN A FRIEND OF MINE, CHRIS WILKES, WENT THERE AND I WAS THERE AROUND NOON. HE CAME AROUND SIX AND HE SAID VIRTUALLY EVERY VENDOR HAD SOLD
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OUT. THAT'S REMARKABLE. AND THAT'S A REMARKABLE TESTAMENT TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY TO GO OUT AND SUPPORT THESE FOLKS. IT WAS JUST A GREAT EVENT. AND AS COUNCILMAN BELLER SAID, THIS PLAZA MAKES FOR SUCH A GREAT VENUE WITH ALL THE INTERESTING STUFF AROUND IT, FROM THE MURAL TO THE ICE HOUSE TO TUBS TO THE ROUNDABOUT AND EVERYTHING. I WAS JUST SO PROUD OF MCKINNEY THIS WEEKEND, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OTHER THAN THAT I WAS ON VACATION, MR. MAYOR, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. LYNCH. YOU THINK ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN JONES? YEAH, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE OUR LAST MEETING. IT FEELS LIKE WE HAD OKTOBERFEST, WHICH I FELT LIKE WAS PROBABLY THE MOST HIGHLY ATTENDED OKTOBERFEST THAT WE'VE HAD SO FAR. I MEAN, YOU I MEAN, IT WAS PEOPLE ELBOW TO ELBOW OUT THERE. I GOT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, MR. GRIMES OUT THERE, A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT GOT TO SEE. GREAT EVENT. ALSO, I GOT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. WE HAD A NEW GRAND OPENING. ANOTHER HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO MCKINNEY HERE, RENAMED POWER. AND THEY DO POWER HOME POWER STORAGE LIKE IN-WALL. YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE A BATTERY POWERED WALLS IN YOUR HOUSE, WHICH IS A LOT OF THINGS ARE GOING TO NOWADAYS WITH THE SOLAR AND AND OF SORTS A GREAT COMPANY THERE, RIGHT THERE NEAR THE OAK HOLLOW GOLF COURSE OVER THERE. THEY'LL BE GOING TO BE BE A STAPLE IN MCKINNEY HERE. WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THEM HERE FOR YEARS TO COME. AND THEN ALSO, I ATTENDED THE CHARLIE KIRK MEMORIAL. I ATTENDED THAT WITH WITH OUR MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CHARLIE KIRK WAS YOU KNOW, HE, YOU KNOW, WAS GUNNED DOWN FOR NO REASON AT ALL. YOU KNOW, ATTENDING, YOU KNOW, DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST. HE GOES TO, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT COLLEGE CAMPUSES, JUST, YOU KNOW, EXPRESSING HIS VIEWS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, HOW WE SAY IT IS THAT NOBODY SHOULD EVER BE KILLED FOR THEIR VIEWS. AND AND SO IT WAS A GREAT MEMORIAL. WE HAD REPRESENTATIVE KEITH SELF THERE AND KARISSA RICHARDSON, IT WAS WELL THOUGHT OUT AND IN A GOOD EVENT TO ATTEND. ALSO, THERE WAS A PROJECT CARE, YOUTH ENRICHMENT. IT WAS HOSTED BY THE MEDICI AND PLUG AND PLAY. IT'S ALMOST SO PLUG AND PLAY HAS THIS. WE HAVE THE INNOVATION FUND HERE IN MCKINNEY, WHERE WE GIVE GRANTS TO STARTUPS AND PLUG AND PLAY. IT'S ALMOST LIKE IF YOU, YOU KNOW, THEY GO AND THEY PRESENT THEIR DIFFERENT IDEAS AND THEY GET FUNDING FROM DIFFERENT DIFFERENT VENTURE CAPITALISTS OR JUST NORMAL PEOPLE THAT WANT TO INVEST IN THEIR COMPANIES.BUT THIS TIME THEY DID IT WITH KIDS. SO KIDS HAD THEY BROUGHT THEIR IDEAS AND I DIDN'T GET TO STAY THAT LONG. ACTUALLY, COUNCILMAN BELLER WAS A, WAS A WAS A JUDGE FOR THAT EVENT. SO I'M SURPRISED YOU DIDN'T TELL US HOW THAT WENT. I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE WE'VE BEEN. YEAH, IT'S BEEN THAT LONG SINCE THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING BACK IN MY CALENDAR. YEAH. SO A GREAT EVENT. I HAD TO LEAVE A LITTLE EARLY, SO I DON'T KNOW THE OUTCOME OF THAT. COUNCILMAN BELLER AGAIN, HE WAS A JUDGE, SO HE WOULD KNOW WHO WHO GOT AWARDED ANY GRANT MONEY THERE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I DID WANT TO SPEAK TO, YOU KNOW, TO KATIE SIMMS, WHO CAME UP AND SPOKE ABOUT OUR CHILDREN. MISS SIMMS, THAT'S PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO PUT THIS OUT THERE WITH ONE OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND GET THIS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO HAVE A SEMINAR JUST TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR YOUTH AND AND PROTECTING OUR YOUTH. I MEAN, I HAD THIS DISCUSSION TODAY IN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION, YOU KNOW, PLACES WHERE OUR YOUTH GATHER, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD TRY TO LIMIT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, MASSES OF PEOPLE GATHERING THERE. AND I YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED THAT JOHN AND JUDY GAY LIBRARY, IT'S A IT'S A MADHOUSE DURING ELECTIONS. AND, YOU KNOW, THE JOHN AND JUDY GAY LIBRARY IS MEANT FOR OUR KIDS. AND IT'S A IT'S A PLACE WHERE KIDS GO. AND DURING THE ELECTION CYCLE, YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF, YOU KNOW, JUST ADULTS WALKING THROUGH THERE, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE. AND SO THAT MIGHT BE A PLACE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO START, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE LIMIT THAT OR OR REMOVE THAT AND COME UP WITH SOME OTHER ELECTION PLACES THAT DO NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHERE WHERE KIDS CONGREGATE. SO I SEE YOUR MISSION AND TRUST ME, WE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH THE SEMINAR THERE. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT, SO I THINK JUSTIN JUST TOOK JUST ABOUT EVERY TALKING POINT I HAD TODAY. SO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE, I HAD THE HONOR OF ATTENDING THE MCKINNEY CHAMBERS CEO SERIES, AND THEY HAD MIA GARCIA THERE. SHE'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS VETERANS NETWORK, REALLY FANTASTIC ORGANIZATION THAT REALLY HELPS THESE VETERANS, ESPECIALLY AS THEY'RE MOVING OUT OF THE SPACE FROM GOING FROM THE MILITARY TO THE CIVIL WORLD, WHICH CAN BE VERY DISRUPTIVE, BUT THEY JUST CONNECT THEM WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT RESOURCES. WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL GROUP THAT DOES GREAT WORK THERE. JUNE MACGOWAN'S FUNERAL WAS AMAZING, SO I WANTED TO READ THIS LITTLE EXCERPT, AND JUSTIN KIND OF HIT PART OF IT. BUT JUNE BEGAN HER TEACHING CAREER IN 1975 AT
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DOUGHERTY HIGH SCHOOL AND LATER CONTINUED HER CALLING AT NORTHWOOD SCHOOL, WHERE SHE TOUCHED THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS STUDENTS. HER DEDICATION TO EDUCATION EXTENDED FAR BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, LEAVING A LASTING IMPACT ON GENERATIONS, AND THAT CERTAINLY WAS SEEN AND FELT THAT DAY BECAUSE SHE HAD STUDENTS THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE. AND YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE THE GENERATIONS OF CHILDREN THAT SHE HAD AN IMPACT ON AND WAS JUST A VERY GODLY WOMAN, VERY WONDERFUL PERSON, HER HUSBAND. I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, JUST SEND HIM OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS BECAUSE HE'S ALSO HAD SUCH A TREMENDOUS IMPACT HERE IN MCKINNEY. AND TO BE MARRIED FOR 62 YEARS, THEY SAID 62 YEARS. YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE, RIGHT? SO PLEASE KEEP HIM IN YOUR PRAYERS. BUT JUST WANTED TO THANK THE MCGOWAN FAMILY. I WAS HERE FOR THE ASIAN FOOD FESTIVAL. I WILL ADMIT I ENJOYED THE MUSIC, BUT I DIDN'T EAT BECAUSE I WENT TO THE SOLID ROCK MASON'S FISH FRY ON SATURDAY AND I WAS ALREADY FULL UP TO HERE BY THE TIME I GOT OVER, BUT IT WAS A GREAT. THE FISH FRY WAS AWESOME, SO I WANTED TO THANK SOLID ROCK FOR THAT, BUT ALSO FOR THE ORGANIZERS OF THE ASIAN FOOD FESTIVAL. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO A HUGE YEAR NEXT YEAR. IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. THE TURNOUT WAS AWESOME. THE MUSIC WAS A PLUS. SO GREAT JOB ON THAT ONE. AND THEN TWO OTHER THINGS. THE MCKINNEY INCLUSION COUNCIL. I AGREE WITH JUSTIN. OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BRILLIANT.THEY ARE BRILLIANT AND IT MAKES ME SO HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE. I JUST THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AS AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE CAN DO MORE TO PULL THEM IN, TEACH THEM WHAT LOCAL GOVERNANCE LOOKS LIKE, GET MORE INPUT FOR THEM. THEY HAVE GREAT IDEAS. THEY ARE JUST THEY'RE EXCITED. THEY WANT TO BE A PART. SO I'M GOING TO DEDICATE MYSELF TO MAKING SURE THAT WE FIND A WAY TO TO INCLUDE THEM MORE. AND THEN LASTLY, YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST LAW FIRMS CHARITY PICNIC. THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT. GREAT TURNOUT. WANTED TO THANK JASON BURRIS AND THE BURRIS LAW FIRM FAMILY FOR PUTTING THAT EVENT ON. EVERY YEAR THEY INVITE FAMILIES OUT, THEIR KIDS OUT, HAVING A GREAT TIME. IT WAS A HOT AFTERNOON BUT WELL ATTENDED EVENT AND JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, JASON FOR PUTTING THAT ON. YEAH. IF YOU LISTEN TO WHAT COUNSEL IS SAYING THAT YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED IN MCKINNEY. SO I WOULD I WOULD ENCOURAGE THOSE OF YOU WATCHING AND THOSE OF YOU HERE FIND FIND A SPOT AND GET INVOLVED IN WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR YOU. VOLUNTEER OR FIND SOMETHING YOU ENJOY TO DO IN MCKINNEY AND GET OUT AND DO IT. GET OUT AND BE INVOLVED AND ENGAGED IN IN WHAT WE ARE. AND THEN I'D LIKE TO TO THANK THE CITY STAFF, THE CITY STAFF. THEY WORK TIRELESSLY AND THEY ARE BY FAR THE BEST STAFF THAT ANYBODY COULD HAVE. AND IT STARTS WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, PAUL GRIMES, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM. AND THEY ARE AS PROFESSIONAL AS YOU WILL FIND, AND WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEM. SO I JUST WANTED TO TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE OUR CITY STAFF. THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU MEN AND WOMEN DO, MISTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR. THAT WAS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. TWO ITEMS TO SHARE WITH FOLKS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. WE HAVE TWO EVENTS COMING UP. WE HAVE HALLOWEEN EVENTS THIS MONTH. WE ARE IN OCTOBER, OF COURSE, SO WE'RE ROLLING OUT A FULL SLATE OF HALLOWEEN EVENTS THROUGH OCTOBER. DESIGNED FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES. ACTIVITIES RANGE FROM TRICK OR TREAT TRAILS TO SENSORY FRIENDLY FESTIVALS, ENSURING THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY. THE CITY'S GOAL IS TO CREATE INCLUSIVE, ENGAGING EXPERIENCES THAT BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, AND YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE AT MCKINNEY, TEXAS.ORG HALLOWEEN. AND THEN WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT DISPLAY DAY. MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT WILL HOST A DISPLAY DAY ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH FROM 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. FAMILIES CAN EXPLORE A WIDE VARIETY OF AIRCRAFT UP CLOSE, INCLUDING PLANES, HELICOPTERS AND DRONES. THE EVENT IS FREE TO ATTEND, WITH FOOD AND BEVERAGES AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ON SITE. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. WE DO NOT HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY OR AFTER OUR MEETING, SO WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN. AND SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM FELTZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE
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