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THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AND THE WEBSITE ADDRESS IS ON THE AGENDA. SO FIRST ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENT ITEMS ON AGENDA ITEMS. IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ANY AGENDA ITEM? OH, IT WAS AFTER. OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS AGENDA ITEM 25 3304 ELECTION OF
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OFFICERS. ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION OR. YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REAPPOINT BRIAN MILLER AS THE CHAIRMAN. I'LL SECOND. MOTION. GOT A SECOND? CAST YOUR VOTES. IS WORKING THIS THING. IS THIS THING ON? WE'RE GOING TO DO A SHOW OF HANDS. HERE WE GO. IT'S JUST LIKE THE OLD DAYS. SHOW OF HANDS. WHEN MY IPAD DIDN'T WORK. I GUESS I SHOULDN'T VOTE. WE NEED A MOTION ON VICE CHAIR. MAKE A MOTION. WE APPOINT KIRK. VICE CHAIR, SECOND. MOTION. GOT A SECOND? I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR YOU. SCOTT. DID YOU? OH, YEAH. SORRY. AND THEN A MOTION FOR SECRETARY TREASURER MAKE A MOTION FOR THAD HOUSLEY. SECOND.GO AHEAD, SCOTT, JUMP ON IT. SCOTT. SECOND. GO AHEAD. SCOTT. SCOTT MADE A MOTION. YEAH. WELL, OKAY. GOOD. NO, YOU MADE THE MOTION, I SECOND IT. OH, YEAH. THAT'S. IT'S EARLY. ARE WE VOTING? BRIAN. BRIAN. MOTION. SCOTT. SECOND. YEAH. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE
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CONSENT ITEMS. THESE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE CONSIDERED NONCONTROVERSIAL OR HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW. THEY MAY BE TAKEN UP BY INDIVIDUALLY OR TOGETHER. LOOKS LIKE THERE'S TWO OF THEM. ONE IS THE MINUTES OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING AUGUST 19TH, AND THE OTHER IS THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 16TH. ANY QUESTIONS? CHANGES? COMMENTS? I MOVE TO ACCEPT AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A MOTION BY KIRK? SECOND. SECOND BY THAD FAVOR. AND WE'RE DOING BOTH 25. YES. YEP. GOT IT. THAT PASSES BOARD AND LIAISON UPDATES. CITY[Board and Liaison Updates City of McKinney Community Development Corporation Visit McKinney MEDC Committee Updates Board Chairman]
MCKINNEY, MR. GRIMES. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR. MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PAUL GRIMES, CITY MANAGER. HAPPY. HOW ARE YOU THIS COOL TUESDAY MORNING? THIS MIGHT BE THE COOLEST DAY YET THIS SUMMER OR YEAR. I GUESS YOU SHOULD SAY THIS FALL. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MORE OF THIS FOR SURE. JUST A REMINDER, FALL SEASON REMINDS US THAT IT'S ALSO ELECTION SEASON, SO WE HAVE EARLY VOTING GOING ON RIGHT NOW AT CITY HALL ON THE SECOND FLOOR, WHICH IS A PUBLIC ACCESS FLOOR. DIFFERENT FORMAT BY PUTTING IT THERE. AND WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, THE ELECTION FOR IF YOU'RE IN THE ETJ OR YOU'RE UNINCORPORATED AREAS, YOU I BELIEVE YOU HAVE AN ELECTION. BUT FOR CITY RESIDENTS, I BELIEVE ALL THE ELECTION ITEMS ARE JUST CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT QUESTIONS. SO PLEASE EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE. AFTER THIS MEETING. YOU CAN JUST RUN UPSTAIRS AND HAVE AT IT. SCROLL THROUGH MY NOTES HERE AS I GO THROUGH. WE HAVE A PUBLIC INPUT MEETING ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23RD. SO THAT IS THIS THURSDAY RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM AT 6 P.M. THIS IS FOR SAFE STREETS MCKINNEY INITIATIVE. SO WE HAVE AN INITIATIVE LIKE A NUMBER OF CITIES DO IT, WHERE WE EVALUATE OUR STREETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR SPEEDING, DANGEROUS SITUATIONS, DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS. AND WHAT WE DO IS WE EVALUATE AND ULTIMATELY WILL PROPOSE A LIST OF STRATEGIES TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND PRIORITIZATION FOR THE HIGHER INJURY, HIGH INJURY ROADWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS. SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET INVOLVED, SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVE, AND BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS. AND RIGHT HERE, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE WANTED TO GIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THEY DO REALLY SOME AMAZING WORK WITH DATA IN THEIR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THEY'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM OVER THERE. THEY USE A PRODUCT CALLED CITY WORKS AND THEY ARE PRESENTING AT THE UPCOMING TRIMBLE INNOVATE 2025 USERS CONFERENCE. THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN NOMINATED FOR EXCELLENCE FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR IN THIS. I ALWAYS LIKE TO TRY TO RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF FOR THINGS THAT YOU GUYS MAY NOT SEE VERY OFTEN, BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT TYPICALLY SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO SEE. BUT YOU DRIVE ON A ROAD, YOU DRINK OUR WATER, YOU USE THE UTILITIES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OUR STAFF AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT REALLY, REALLY MAKES A STRONG EFFORT TO USE DATA AND AS WELL AS INNOVATIVE[00:05:02]
SOLUTIONS, DRONE TECHNOLOGY, FOR EXAMPLE, TO HELP FIND WATER LEAKS, IS USING HEAT IMAGING.IT'S REALLY IT'S ONE OF THEM. IT'S A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO DO IT THAN TO SEND CREWS OUT THERE TO TRY TO FIND IT THAT WAY, LOOKING FOR A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK. SO THEY REALLY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, AND I WANTED TO GIVE THEM A PUBLIC SHOUT OUT FOR THAT. I DO HAVE ANOTHER ITEM HERE. I WANTED TO GO OVER WITH YOU. IT'S TONIGHT'S AGENDA. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WILL BE ON WORK SESSION. WE HAVE A MEETING TONIGHT WITH SEVERAL ITEMS ON OUR TOURS MEETING, THEN OUR COUNCIL MEETING ITSELF AT THE WORK SESSION. IN THE COUNCIL MEETING, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME OF THE ONGOING COMMUNITY DISCUSSION ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND HOW WE DEAL WITH IT AND HOW WE MANAGE IT AND WHAT'S OUR PATH GOING FORWARD. SO YOU WILL HAVE A WORK SESSION PRESENTATION BY OUR HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF ON A BETTER TOGETHER. THAT'S A QUOTE AROUND THAT BETTER TOGETHER INITIATIVE.
AND THAT IS A GOING TO BE A PROCESS THAT WE PROPOSE TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR HOW WE ARE GOING TO ULTIMATELY ENGAGE A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AND AND LIVE WITH HOMELESSNESS. HOWEVER, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AS A COMMUNITY. EVERY COMMUNITY LIVES WITH A CONDITION, AND THEY WILL CHOOSE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO LIVE WITH THAT CONDITION, IF YOU WILL. AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT FOR OURSELVES. AND SO THIS TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO OUTLINE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL THAT PATH GOING FORWARD, THE SORT OF THE APPROACH AND THE GAME PLAN AND THEN THE TIME REQUIRED FOR THAT. ALSO, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ORDINANCES ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ENFORCEMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA PRIMARILY, BUT CITYWIDE AS WELL. WITH RESPECT TO CAMPING, THESE ARE SOME ORDINANCES THAT HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT A MONTH AGO. THE COUNCIL ASKED US TO CONTINUE IT TO OCTOBER 21ST, AND COUPLE THAT WITH A DEEPER CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR BETTER TOGETHER INITIATIVE. SO THAT IS GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CONVERSATION TONIGHT, I EXPECT. AND THAT'S ALL GOOD. THAT'S PART OF THE THE PROCESS OF THE COMMUNITY RECONCILING THEMSELVES OR FIGURING OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY TO DEAL WITH THE ONGOING ISSUE OF HOUSING VULNERABILITY AND HOMELESSNESS ITSELF. SO WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS. NOPE. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. CINDY CDC. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE OFFICERS. WILL BE SERVING AGAIN IN THIS COMING YEAR. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FINISHED OUT THE FY 25 GRANT CYCLE WITH VOTES ON TWO RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, ONE FOR A STRIP CENTER. IT'S CALLED THREE MARKETPLACE ON 380 RIGHT ACROSS FROM RAYTHEON. INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE FACILITATED WITH THE GRANT. AND THEN THE SECOND WAS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE COTTON MILL. THE BOARD ALSO APPROVED AND AMENDED REQUEST FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCE NEIGHBOR HUB. THE ORIGINAL GRANT THAT WAS APPROVED WAS 500,000, AND THAT REQUEST WAS INCREASED TO 1.7 MILLION TOTAL, WHICH THE BOARD APPROVED. THE PROJECT HAS CHANGED A BIT SINCE FIRST APPROVED BY CDC, WITH THE ADDITION OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF DALLAS AS A SIGNIFICANT PARTNER, AND SOME OF THE OTHER CHARITIES THAT WILL BE INVOLVED IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE IN NEED.
SO NOURISHING NEIGHBORS WILL OPEN A FOOD PANTRY. CATHOLIC CHARITIES WILL OPERATE A MEDICAL CLINIC THEY'RE MOVING FROM MEDICAL CITY TO THEY'LL MOVE TO THE NEW LOCATION, AND THEN THEY'RE WORKING ON A PHARMACY PROVIDER AND SOME OTHER SERVICES TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. THE THE GOAL IS TO INTERVENE AT A POINT WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES AND KEEP THEM, KEEP FOLKS SHELTERED. SCOTT ELLIOTT AND HIS TEAM AT ONE MCKINNEY WILL SERVE AS SORT OF THE NAVIGATORS. WHEN PEOPLE COME IN AND SHEPHERD THEM TO THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED. WE ARE OPENING OUR FIRST ROUND OF GRANTS, NOVEMBER 1ST PROMOTIONAL GRANTS, FIRST CYCLE AND FIRST ROUND OF PROJECT GRANTS IN DECEMBER. SO MORE INFORMATION WILL BE COMING OUT ON THAT. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AARON. VISIT MCKINNEY. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR. MISTER PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AARON WARNER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF VISIT MCKINNEY.
COUPLE QUICK NOTES FOR YOU THIS MORNING. ONE OF THEM A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO WAS TEXAS OU WEEKEND. AND I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE GAME AS MUCH AS I AM TO TALK ABOUT DATA. SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHO YOU WHO YOU WANTED TO WIN THAT GAME. I'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT HOW THAT GAME HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR LARGEST, OR ONE OF OUR HIGHEST OCCUPANCY WEEKENDS OF THE YEAR FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, WHICH I THINK IS A PRETTY INTERESTING FACT FOR
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EVERYONE. THIS PAST TEXAS OU WEEKEND FRIDAY, WE HAD 94.5% OCCUPANCY IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. SATURDAY 95.4% OCCUPANCY IN CITY OF MCKINNEY. THIS WAS EVEN WITH LAST YEAR RIGHT AT BREAK EVEN. BUT WE ALSO HAVE ADDED 300 ROOMS SINCE LAST YEAR INTO THE MARKETPLACE.SO WE ACTUALLY BOOKED AN ADDITIONAL 300 ROOM NIGHTS TO BREAK EVEN ON THAT. AND SO IT'S NOT ONLY TEXAS OU WEEKEND THOUGH, THAT WEEKEND WAS RAT ROD OVER AT TUPS, WHICH THEY'VE EXTENDED THAT TO A MULTI-DAY EVENT. IT WAS DIA DE LOS MUERTOS IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY, AND THEN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND MCKINNEY HOSTED THE NIGERIAN SOCCER FEDERATION'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT OVER AT CRAIG RANCH, AND THEY HAD A FULL BUYOUT OF THE SHERATON FOR THAT WEEKEND ALONE. SO IT WAS A IT WAS A WILD WEEKEND FOR HOTEL STAYS. I HOPE THE BUSINESSES BENEFITED FROM ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE IN TOWN. BUT NOT ONLY WAS OCCUPANCY UP, AVERAGE DAILY RATE WAS BY FAR PROBABLY CLOSE TO A RECORD AS FAR AS I'VE SEEN IT. $138 PER NIGHT IN MCKINNEY, AND WE TYPICALLY BARELY BREAK $100 PER NIGHT ON AVERAGE DAILY RATE. SO ANYWAYS, INTERESTING RANDOM FACT FOR YOU TO KEEP IN YOUR BACK POCKET EVERY YEAR AS TEXAS WEEKEND COMES AROUND. NEXT UP FOR US IS NCAA D2 NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP IN MCKINNEY THAT'S TAKING PLACE DECEMBER 20TH. FAN FEST WILL BE DECEMBER 19TH OVER AT TUBBS BREWERY. ALSO NOT TO POKE AT ANY TEAMS, BUT IF YOU WATCHED THE GEORGIA OLE MISS GAME, I DID NOT WATCH THIS, BUT I RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE THAT DURING THE GAME THEY POSTED A LITTLE DRONE VIDEO OF THE STADIUM, TALKED ABOUT MCKINNEY AND THAT WE'VE HOSTED THE D2 GAME. MOST LIKELY THERE'S A PLAYER THERE THAT HAS GONE THROUGH THE D2 RANKS AND THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW HE GOT THERE, BUT IT'S A KIND OF A COOL EXAMPLE OF HOW, YOU KNOW, WE HOST THIS GAME, WE HOST IT FOR A LONG TIME, BUT WE STILL GET SOME EXTRA PRESS NATIONAL PRESS FOR BEING THE HOME FOR D2. SO WITH THAT I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. IT DOES HAPPEN TO BE THE STARTING QUARTERBACK FOR OLE MISS, BUT YES, THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU AARON ONE CORRECTION IT'S ACTUALLY CALLED THE OU TEXAS GAME I STAND I STAND CORRECTED I STAND CORRECTED. THANK YOU. YOU DIDN'T MENTION HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS IS YOUR NEXT EVENT COMING UP. BUT I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE LITTLE SMALL EVENTS YOU'RE DOING WHEN YOU CLOSE THE ALLEY NEXT TO THE CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU FOR A LITTLE CAR SHOW. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE LOSE TRACK OF. THEY GET FOCUSED ON THE BIG EVENTS OKTOBERFEST, HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, THE THE IMPACT OF THESE SMALLER THINGS THAT YOU AND MAIN STREET ARE DOING ARE THEY'RE SIGNIFICANT FOR THE FOR THE LACK OF DISRUPTION TO DOWNTOWN. SO I COMMEND YOU FOR THOSE THINGS. I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THOSE. THANKS, MATT. HOW MANY PEOPLE DID THE CIRCUS BRING IN? I MEAN, YEAH, MAIN STREET IMPACT HANDLES THE TICKETS ON. I'M NOT SURE I HAVE ATTENDED THAT SEVERAL TIMES THOUGH, AND IT'S ALWAYS A REALLY FUN SHOW, SO THAT'S AWESOME. I THOUGHT IT WAS CALLED THE TEXAS WINS AGAIN WEEKEND, BUT I YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN CORRECTED MULTIPLE TIMES IN THIS PRESENTATION, SO I'LL TAKE THAT. OKAY. COMMITTEE UPDATES. OOH. MARKETING. YES, BOOMER. WE MEET TOMORROW. OKAY. STILL CAN'T GET OUT OF THE BOAT.
I MEAN, YEAH. REAL ESTATE. YES, SIR. WE MET THE WEEK BEFORE LAST. WE'VE MOVED OUR MEETING UP A WEEK TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW RULES MANDATED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS. WITH REGARD TO AGENDAS AND SUCH. ANYWAY, WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS TO TALK ABOUT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
OKAY, FINANCE. WE DID NOT MEET INNOVATION. WE MET ON THE SEVENTH AND WENT THROUGH A COMPLETE PRESENTATION ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF OUR INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM. OKAY. AND GOVERNANCE DID NOT MEET, BUT WE WILL BE SCHEDULING A MEETING I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE.
BUT I THINK IT'S WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT OUR REVIEW OF OUR PRESIDENT. SO IN STRUCTURE, IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT THE SAME OR NOT, ALL RIGHT. LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON FOR THE MEDICI. FIRST AND SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT IS MICHAEL TALLEY PARTICIPATING IN SOME PURSE THING. YEAH. THERE WE GO. NO, OCTOBER 22ND. WE HAVE A PURSE OR IS CARRYING A PURSE. AREN'T YOU CARRYING A PURSE? IT'S A PURSE, I THINK.
OCTOBER 22ND MCKINNEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION. PURPOSE PURSE WITH A PURPOSE. AND OUR OWN MIKE TALLY WILL BE ONE OF THE RUNWAY MODELS CARRYING SOMETHING TERRIFIC. SO THANK YOU, MISTER TALLY, FOR REPRESENTING. APPRECIATE THAT. OCTOBER 23RD AT 10:00, WE HAVE A PLUG AND PLAY EXPO HERE IN MCKINNEY. OCTOBER 28TH, WE ARE HAVING A JOINT MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL.
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SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU THAT IS PRESSING ON YOUR MIND THAT YOU WOULD LIKE MICHAEL TO TALK TO CITY MANAGER ABOUT TO, I KNOW THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THEY ALREADY HAVE AN AGENDA PUT TOGETHER. THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING WITH MAYOR COX AND HIS HIS COUNCIL. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND AND THEN THAT SAME EVENING THERE IS A I'LL BE ATTENDING A COMMITTEE OF 100 MEETING AT COLLIN COLLEGE. REPRESENT FOR THE EDC. SO LOTS HAPPENING IN OCTOBER AS WE MOVE INTO NOVEMBER AND CLOSE TO THE HOLIDAYS. SO THAT'S THAT'S MCKINNEY'S ALWAYS BUSY,[Monthly Reports]
WHICH IS GREAT. NEXT WE HAVE MONTHLY REPORTS 25 3308 ORGANIZATIONAL REPORT, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. GOING BACK TO THE JOINT MEETING, OVERALL, WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THIS PAST YEAR. OF COURSE, CELEBRATE THE BIG WINS FOR MCKINNEY. WE'LL TALK ABOUT STRATEGY. AND THEN IN CLOSED SESSION WE RECAP SOME KEY PROJECTS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. BUT I'LL WORK WITH MR. GRIMES AND MAYOR COX TO REFINE THAT AGENDA PROGRAM. OKAY. I WANT TO SPOTLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS BEFORE I BRING UP MR. TALLY. FIRST, THE BYRON NELSON HAS BEEN EXTENDED IN MCKINNEY AGAIN, ANOTHER GREAT WIN FOR OUR COMMUNITY OVERALL. AS YOU KNOW, IN OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR, WE DID APPROVE AN EXTENSION OF OUR HOSPITALITY PROGRAM THAT WE DO. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND EXECUTE THAT AND MOVE THAT FORWARD. THAT'S FOR FIVE YEARS TO AGAIN EXTEND OUR HOSPITALITY EFFORTS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AT THE BYRON. AND THEN I WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT HERE, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY HAVE SOME PRIVILEGE TO SPOTLIGHT OUR TWO INTERNS WHO WORKED FOR US THIS PAST SUMMER AND BEYOND. JORDAN, I'M SORRY TO. AND, JORDAN, PLEASE STAND UP. YEAH. YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS SPECIAL WHEN YOU BRING IN YOUNG TALENT INTO YOUR FAMILY AND THEY INSPIRE YOU TO GET BETTER. AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS, FOLKS, THEY ARE SO ARTICULATE AND SMART AND JUST MOTIVATED TO DO GREAT FOR THE CITY. THEY'VE ADDED A LOT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING. IT'S GOING TO GIVE THEM A MOMENT TO SAY JUST A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH US OVER THE PAST MANY MONTHS. HI JORDAN, JESSE JUST GRADUATED WITH MY MASTER'S IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS FROM THE LBJ SCHOOL AT UT. AUSTIN WAS REALLY EXCITED TO START THIS INTERNSHIP AND WORK UNDER THE BRT TEAM WITH MADISON AND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST, MIRANDA, WORK ON SOME BUSINESS RETENTION ACTIVITIES. SO OUR INDUSTRIAL WALK MEANING BUSINESSES AND SHOWING OUR APPRECIATION FOR THEM BEING IN MCKINNEY GOT TO SHADOW IN DIFFERENT APARTMENTS, COMMUNITY AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS WELL. AND THEN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND ALSO GOT TO WORK ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. SOME OF THE RESEARCH BEHIND THAT. SO IT'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK FOR THE MEDC AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.THANK YOU. THANK YOU TUSHAR. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. PRESIDENT AND THE BOARD MEMBERS, FIRSTLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE MTC. IT'S TRULY BEEN A VERY TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE FOR ME, BOTH PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY, AND I'M CURRENTLY PURSUING MY MASTER'S IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS AND AT MTC. MY ROLE WAS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE DATA TO DRIVE INSIGHTS ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON. AND I ALSO GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHADOW WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY LIKE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, FLEET MANAGEMENT, AND IT WAS REALLY A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME TO LEARN THE DIFFERENT DATA CHALLENGES AND THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE HAVE COME UP OVER THE PAST YEARS. SO TRULY, TRULY TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THEY ARE BOTH WITH US THROUGH THIS MONTH AND THEY'LL PRESENT A FINAL PROJECT TO US. I GUESS IT'S IN A WEEK. IS IT NEXT? NEXT WEEK TWO WEEKS OKAY A COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE RECAP THAT WITH THE BOARD AS WELL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR TIME, EFFORT AND PASSION. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU THANK YOU. AWESOME. AND WITH THAT, I'LL ASK MR. TALLEY TO COME UP AND WALK US THROUGH THE ORGANIZATIONAL REPORT. GOOD MORNING BOARD. MR. CHAIR. MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE IT IS TEXAS. OH, YOU. JORDAN, YOU HEARD IT THAT WAY. ESPECIALLY WITH THAT GAME. IT WAS WELL THAT GAME. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL HAVE THIS PULLED UP IN JUST A MOMENT. I WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD AS WELL. THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF CHANGES I WOULD SAY IN, IN A, IN A GOOD WAY AS FAR AS ADJUSTMENTS, GIVING MORE DETAILS INTO THE PROJECT STAGES.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WE REALLY BROKE THIS OUT MORE FOR THE INNOVATION FUND MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. THE TRADITIONAL PROJECTS, WE DON'T HAVE QUITE AS MANY STAGES
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AS THE PROCESS OF OF INTERVIEWS AND SCREENINGS, BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU OF THAT. BUT WE'RE AT 1.3 BILLION OVER 5000 JOBS REPRESENTED ON 46 DIFFERENT PROJECTS. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT NUMBER HAS COME DOWN A BIT. AND THAT'S A GOOD THING, BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE'VE HAD AGREEMENTS EXECUTED ON SOME PRETTY LARGE PROJECTS IN THE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. I WON'T NAME THOSE, BUT IF YOU DO WANT TO MORE DETAILS ON THAT, I CAN PROVIDE THAT. GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS JUST GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF THE TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT, TOTAL NUMBER OF NEW JOBS. AGAIN, WE DON'T PUT THE DETAILS ON THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT SIDE, BUT THAT WILL BE SHOWN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AS WELL. AND THEN NEXT SLIDE AND COMPLIANCE REPORT. WE DID TAKE THIS OFF FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, MADE SURE WE GOT THE DATA CORRECT AND BROUGHT THIS BACK. ERIC AND DINA WORKED ON THAT. BUT IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS TO ANY OF THOSE THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE OR WHERE THAT'S WHAT THAT STATUS IS, WE CAN ANSWER THAT. AND THEN I WILL TALK ABOUT ONE PROJECT THAT WE DON'T NORMALLY TALK ABOUT IN PUBLIC, AND IT IS PROJECT RUNWAY, WHICH IS TOMORROW NIGHT. SO IF YOU DO WANT TO GUARANTEE THAT YOU'RE NOT NOMINATED NEXT YEAR, YOU CAN BE FREE TO GIVE TO MY CAMPAIGN FOR TOMORROW. SO AND THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT HAVE GIVEN APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW NO ONE GETS REQUESTS, MATT, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, BUT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU GIVING TO ME. IT'S A IT'S A GREAT, GREAT INITIATIVE AND GREAT PROGRAM FOR FOR THE STUDENTS AT THE MCKINNEY ISD SYSTEM. AND SO WITH THAT I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. LET'S ASK MISTER LUKE TO COME UP HERE AND WALK US THROUGH MARKETING AND MORE. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, LUKE GAJJAR, SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING MANAGER. PRETTY LIGHT UPDATE TODAY. JUST SOME SIMPLE ANALYTICS AND DATA THAT YOU CAN SEE. AS FAR AS OUR MARKETING OUTREACH NUMBERS GO. YOU WILL NOTE IN THE FULL REPORT THAT YOU CAN SEE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA THAT WE HAVE A KIND OF A PLATEAU WHEN IT COMES TO OUR DIGITAL ADS AND GROWTH, COMPARED TO HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. SO THAT JUST SHOWS US THAT WE NEED TO RETOOL SOME OF OUR STRATEGY AUDIENCES, THINGS LIKE THAT. SPECIFICALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO DIGITAL MARKETING, ONE THING I WILL POINT OUT IS A CONTINUED EMPHASIS OF OURS TENDS TO BE THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT THE AVERAGE MCKINNEY RESIDENT, DO THEY KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, HOW WE'RE DOING IT, HOW WE'RE FUNDED? ARE WE TELLING OUR STORY EFFECTIVELY, BOTH GLOBALLY, INTERNATIONALLY AND LOCALLY? AND ONE THING THAT REALLY HELPED PUSH THAT BALL FORWARD WAS THE TICKET LIVE SPORTS EVENT THAT A LOT OF YOU ATTENDED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO DOWN AT DISTRICT 121 COORDINATOR SHANNON ROBERTS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB PULLING THAT EVENT LITERALLY OUT OF THIN AIR. WE HAD SOME BROKERS ATTEND. OUR MAYOR WAS IN ATTENDANCE FOR MUCH OF IT, AND WE JUST HAD A GREAT, GREAT CHANCE AT ENGAGING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY OTHERWISE KNOW ABOUT THE MEDC OR THE INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. SO THAT CONTINUES TO BE AN EMPHASIS, BOTH AT IN-PERSON EVENTS AND IN OUR ONLINE STRATEGY. AND YOU CAN, AGAIN, PAY ATTENTION TO THE FULL REPORT. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO SOME CERTAIN PROJECTS, MARKETING INITIATIVES, WEBSITE UPDATES, THAT OUR MARKETING COMMITTEE HAS TAKEN GREAT STRIDES IN HELPING US REFINE AND PUBLISH. AND YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THAT IN THE MONTHS TO COME. AND WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL ADD SOMETHING TO LUKE'S PROGRAM HERE. ONE THING WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BUILD STRONGER PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, AND ONE INITIATIVE IS TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF ALLEN TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE BRAND, OR AT LEAST HAVE COMMON LANGUAGE FOR THE 121 CORRIDOR. WE'VE DONE SOME WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TO THAT EFFECT. THE STAFF WILL SEE A PREVIEW OF THAT SOON, A MARKETING COMMITTEE AS WELL. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THE REGION AND WHY THE 121 CORRIDOR IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL SPOT TO TO PLANT YOUR ROOTS AND DO SOME GREAT PROJECTS. SO KUDOS TO LUKE FOR HELPING WITH THAT PROJECT. YEAH.THANK YOU. YEAH. EVERYTHING ALLEN IS DOING BENEFITS US RIGHT. SO WE WORK TOGETHER. WE CALL IT COOPETITION. THERE'S COOPERATION AND THERE'S ALSO COMPETITION. SO YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THAT AS WELL. I MET WITH SOMEBODY ON THAT PROJECT. YEAH. MANY OF YOU DID SOME INTERVIEWS.
GET SOME FEEDBACK ON YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF THE CORRIDOR. YES, SIR. YEAH. WHAT TO CALL IT.
YEAH, YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW. SO MORE I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE IS ISN'T SO MUCH UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE MEDC IS, BUT MORE THAT YOU KNOW THAT THE PURPOSE BEHIND THE STATUTE. EXACTLY. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS MINDSET OF, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE YOU SPENDING TAX DOLLARS ON THIS? WELL, THAT IS STATUTORILY WHY WE ARE CREATED IS TO INVEST MONEY IN PROJECTS. AND I THINK THAT'S LOST QUITE A BIT WHEN AT LEAST WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE, THAT THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE CDC AS WELL. SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT. RIGHT. EXACTLY.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. SO I DO THINK WE'RE IN A MUCH STRONGER POSITION TO TELL THAT
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STORY, BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE THE DATA ON WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON, NOT JUST RECENTLY, BUT BACK IN[Consider/Discuss/Act on the July 2025 Financials]
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TIME. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE 25 3309 CONSIDER DISCUSS ACT ON JULY FINANCIALS. AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL IT 25 3310 WHICH IS AUGUST FINANCIALS CHANCE. IF YOU WANT TO JUST RUN THROUGH BOTH OF THEM AND THEN WE CAN YES THAT SOUNDS GREAT TO ME.PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. WE GOT TWO MONTHS OF FINANCIALS. IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE. CHANCE MILLER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. WE HAVE JULY. THAT'S OUR 10TH MONTH OF THE YEAR. WE HAD A FAIRLY QUIET MONTH FOR SALES TAX. WE COLLECTED A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION IN REVENUE FOR INTEREST INCOME. WE HAD CLOSE TO 200,000 AND THEN WE HAD 50,000 IN MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE. SO TOTAL REVENUE FOR THE MONTH OF JULY WAS 2.2 MILLION. REGARDING EXPENDITURES, WE HAD OPERATIONAL EXPENSES OF 335,000, PROJECT EXPENSES OF CLOSE TO 300,000, AND THEN NON-DEPARTMENTAL 245,000. TOTAL EXPENSES FOR THE MONTH OF JULY WAS 860,000. LOOKING AT SALES TAX FOR JULY, THIS APPLIES TO MAY SALES. WE HAD A 5.2% INCREASE. YOU CAN SEE ALLEN HAD A 4.7% DECREASE. FRISCO HAD A 4.1% DECREASE. THEN PLANO HAD THE 12.2% INCREASE. MCKINNEY WE'RE UP TO 2.8% INCREASE ON THE YEAR SO FAR, AND I WILL TOUCH ON THIS SLIDE ON THE NEXT MONTH'S FINANCIALS AS IT'S OUR YEAR TO DATE. IF YOU DON'T MIND ME, IF NO ONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON JULY, I'LL MOVE ON TO. CAN YOU PULL THE NEXT ONE? MELANIE.
PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS OUR 11TH MONTH OF THE FISCAL YEAR. WE HAVE AUGUST. AND FOR AUGUST, WE COLLECTED A LITTLE UNDER $2.5 MILLION IN REVENUE. THE MAJORITY OF THAT WAS SALES TAX REVENUE OF 2.24 MILLION. REGARDS TO EXPENDITURES A LITTLE BIT MORE BUSIER OF A MONTH. WE HAD CLOSE TO 500,000 IN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES. WE HAD PROJECT EXPENSES ALMOST AT $2 MILLION. THEN OUR NORMAL NON-DEPARTMENTAL 245,000. SO FOR TOTAL EXPENSES FOR AUGUST WAS 2.5 MILLION. AND AS WE LOOK AT SALES TAX NOW, THIS APPLIES TO JUNE. WE HAD A 2.6% INCREASE.
ALLEN HAD A 2.5% INCREASE. FRISCO HAD A 4.8% INCREASE IN PLANO HAD THE 29.4% INCREASE.
THEY'VE BEEN TRENDING VERY WELL LATELY. I HAVE REACHED OUT AND THEY ARE TELLING THEIR CITIZENS AND EVERYONE THAT IT IS CONSUMER SPENDING HAS GONE UP. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ONE BIT, BUT THAT IS THE STORY THEY'RE TELLING. SO UNTIL I'LL FIND OUT MORE, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I HAVE TO GO WITH. AND THAT BRINGS OUR YEAR TO DATE UP TO 2.7%. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE KIND OF IN LINE WITH FRISCO ON OUR PERCENTAGE INCREASES. IF WE LOOK AT OUR YEAR TO DATE. YOU KNOW, THIS TELLS A BIG STORY, ESPECIALLY OF RETAIL TRADE. WE'RE UP 4%, AND THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE YEAR. ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES IS AT 8%. THAT'S OUR TWO MAIN CATEGORIES, BUT IS KIND OF HURTING US THIS YEAR. IS THAT -25% AND ADMIN SUPPORT WASTE. SO THAT WAS THAT AUDIT COLLECTION THAT DATES BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. THAT IS STILL JUST THE RESULT OF AUDIT COLLECTIONS UNTIL NEXT YEAR. THAT'S GOING TO KIND OF DECREASE OUR ACTUAL PERCENTAGE INCREASE. BUT RETAIL TRADE AT 4% IS STILL REALLY STRONG AND GIVES US THE BEST INDICATION FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL. BUT AT THIS TIME, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. HOW DO WE GET OUR CONSUMERS TO SPEND AS MUCH IN PLANO? RIGHT? YES, THAT IS VERY TRUE. FIGURE THAT OUT. PLANO, PLANO, SOMEHOW, SOMEHOW. YEAH. THE BUBBLE. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON BOTH THE JULY AND THE AUGUST FINANCIALS. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. I'LL SECOND MOTION SECOND BY CURT. ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA. ANYBODY LIKE TO
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ADDRESS THE BOARD THIS MORNING? OKAY. WE WILL GO INTO BOARD COMMENTS. I WILL JUST SAY IT'S AWESOME TO SEE, MIKE, THAT YOU BRING IN INTERNS SO THAT THEY CAN EXPERIENCE, AGAIN THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE MEDC AS WELL AS THE CITY. I MEAN, THAT'S AGAIN TO TO TO YOUR OWN HORN AS FAR AS YOUR LEADERSHIP AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE FOR THE EDC, FOR THE FUTURE. SO I[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. ANYBODY ELSE? WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551071, SUBPARAGRAPH TWO, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY ON ANY WORK SESSION, SPECIAL OR REGULAR SESSION. AGENDA ITEM REQUIRING CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY CLIENT ADVICE NECESSITATED BY THE DELIBERATION OR DISCUSSION OF SAID ITEMS. SECTION 551072 DELIBERATION ON REAL PROPERTY AS POSTED. SECTION 551.087[00:30:09]
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS. WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT. ALL ARE POSTED IN THE AGENDA AND THEN WE WILL RETURN TO THE BACK END HERE FOR ANY ACTION THAT WE NEED TO TAKE* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.