Nov 18, 2025 City Council Work Session

[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS]

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WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO NON-AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE ONE, MR. MAYOR. WE HAVE ONE THAT'S APPEARED ON THE SCREEN, MISS HENRY. YEAH, SHE'S NON-AGENDA, MISS HENRY. YEAH. ARE YOU REFERRING TO PAUL OR TO MISS HENRY? MISS HENRY? YEAH, THAT'S WHERE I WAS HEADED ON. I'M SO SORRY. OH, I'M SORRY, MISS HENRY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MAUREEN HENRY. I LIVE AT 905 SOUTH MURRAY STREET IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MCKINNEY, SO I'M NOT. THIS IS NOT NEW TO ME. SO THEY'LL START LEAVING. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO THANK MAYOR BILL, MAYOR BILL COX. I'M GOING TO READ BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO FORGET NOTHING. MCKINNEY TEXAS MAYOR COX AND I GO BACK MANY YEARS. WE WALKED THE STREETS TOGETHER IN MANY IN MCKINNEY HELPING PEOPLE. MAYOR COX, I KNOW, IS A MAN OF INTEGRITY. HONOR, RESPECT, KNOWLEDGE, CARE AND LOVE FOR HIS FELLOW MAN. I'VE KNOWN MR. COX FOR MANY YEARS. I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK HIM FOR HELPING ME WITH MY HOME WHEN NO ONE ELSE WOULD. THIS MAN CAME OUT TO MY HOME AND SAW THE HOLE. IT WAS HUGE. MY HOUSE WAS FALLING IN IT. MR. BILL COX IS A GODLY MAN. I WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. COX, AND TRUTHFULLY SAY, MAY GOD ALWAYS BE WITH YOU, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU'RE DOING OR WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A MAN. IN MY DREAMS, YOUR GOOD MAN. I KNOW THIS FROM MY HEART.

I WORK WITH YOU. I WALK WITH YOU. AND WE WERE. WE WERE TOGETHER. AND I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING BAD ABOUT YOU. YOU ARE TRULY A GODLY MAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HENRY. YOU. ARE.

MY APOLOGIES. PAUL BALLESTEROS, 6508 MARVIN GARDENS, MCKINNEY, TEXAS 75070. NOT JUST A RESIDENT, ALSO THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF EMMANUEL LABOR. AND OUR MISSION IS REDUCING THE LESSNESS, REMOVING THE LESSNESS FROM HOMELESSNESS IN JESUS NAME. I'M A LITTLE OUT OF BREATH TRYING TO GET HERE. SORRY. I ACTUALLY, AT THIS PART IS JUST WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU. I AM REALLY GRATEFUL. I LOVE THIS SPACE AND THIS PLACE AND THIS CONCEPT OF EXCHANGING IDEAS THAT WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE, BUT WE CAN LISTEN TO EACH OTHER. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE I THINK YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB OF LISTENING. AND, AND WE AND WE CAN TALK THROUGH IT. I KNOW THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY RESOLVE EVERYTHING EVERY TIME RIGHT HERE, BUT I DO THINK HOMELESSNESS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO KEEP ATTENTION ON THAT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED AS MUCH AS ATTENTION TO BE MANAGED, KIND OF LIKE TRAFFIC. IT'S NOT GOING AWAY RIGHT UNTIL JESUS COMES BACK. THERE WILL BE HOMELESSNESS. THERE WILL BE POVERTY THERE. WE CAN'T END IT AS A CONCEPT, BUT WE CAN END IT FOR EVERY PERSON WE MEET. AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FROM THINGS LIKE THIS WHERE WE GET TOGETHER AND EXCHANGE IDEAS. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, TOO, THAT, YOU KNOW, MARGARET LEE AND SHIRLEY BESS ARE DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK TO TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE WELL COMMUNICATED. I APPRECIATE TAMMY, WHO SET UP THE FAITH FORWARD MEETING LAST WEEK. THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE ON STAFF AT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY THAT WORK HARD TO HELP MAKE IT BETTER, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS DO TOO. AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A TON ON YOUR PLATE. AND MY MY HOPE IS THAT I ALWAYS COME ACROSS MORE MORALLY COME ACROSS AS A RESOURCE AND AN ASSET TO YOU, SOMEBODY TO HELP YOU MAKE IT EASIER ON YOU NOT TO BE THE SQUEAKY WHEEL, BUT THE GREASE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION TODAY. THANK YOU PAUL I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. NEXT ITEM WE WILL HAVE THE CITY MANAGER MAKE ANY MAKE. AND YES, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU. I'M I HAVE HERE A PLAQUE OR I SHOULD SAY AN AWARD THAT WAS GRANTED TO THE CITY. I HAD THE PLEASURE TO ATTEND THE ARAB AMERICAN ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION GALA. IT'S A SCHOLARSHIP DINNER, AN AWARDS DINNER THAT THEY DO ONCE A YEAR.

IT WAS IN IRVING AT THE WEST END. VERY NICE EVENT. VERY WELL ATTENDED. LOTS OF ENGINEERING FIRMS AND SPONSORS, THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION IS VERY HIGHLY REGARDED IN THE ARAB AMERICAN COMMUNITY, AND IT WAS NICE TO BE THERE. BUT THE THE EXTRA SPECIAL REASON WHY I MENTIONED THIS IS THAT THEY RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. MCKINNEY RECEIVED THEIR ANNUAL

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[Consider/Discuss an Update on 2025 Homelessness]

WE ARE GOING TO NEED A SIGNIFICANT, MORE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT MORE OF VOLUNTEERS THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE PIT COUNT WILL BE OVERNIGHT, WHICH WILL START FROM 8 P.M. AND EXTEND TO 8 A.M. OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE, WHICH INCLUDES BOTH DALLAS AND COLLIN COUNTY, HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING A STEADY DECREASE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. SIMILARLY, THE 2025 PIT COUNT IN MCKINNEY IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WERE 213 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, WHICH REPRESENTS 0.1% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION, AND THIS WAS ALSO A DECREASE OF 26 INDIVIDUALS COMPARED TO 2024.

WHILE THAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A POSITIVE INDICATOR, THE DATA APPEARS TO BE CONTRARY TO WHAT OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS AND OUR COMMUNITY IS EXPERIENCING. AND SO I WILL NOTE THAT THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS IS 2025. STATE OF HOMELESSNESS INDICATED THAT HOMELESSNESS IS AT A US RECORD HIGH. AND LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR TO 2024, WITH THE LARGEST AGE GROUP BEING CHILDREN UNDER 18.

OF THE HOUSEHOLDS THAT WERE COUNTED, THERE WERE SLIGHTLY MORE HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT CHILDREN THAN THERE WERE WITH, AND OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE SLIGHTLY MORE WOMEN THAN MEN, WHICH WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM 2024. SOME OF THE RECENT CHALLENGES TO NOTE OVER THE LAST YEAR INCLUDE THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF HALL LIBRARY FOR RENOVATIONS, WHICH HAS LED TO AN INCREASED VISIBILITY OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN, WITH PATROLS, POLICE PATROLS INDICATING THAT THEY ARE SEEING APPROXIMATELY 100 UNIQUE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS PER MONTH. IN ADDITION, FEDERAL FUNDING DELAYS AND REDUCTIONS HAVE LED TO A DECREASE IN SERVICES AND CLOSURES OF AGENCIES SUCH AS JOB CORPS CENTER. CITY STAFF HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF OUR HOMELESS RESIDENTS, SPECIFICALLY THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PROVIDING A WIDE VARIETY OF SUPPORT, INCLUDING RENTAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH OUR TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND OUR LIFT PROGRAMS, WHICH PROVIDE SECURITY DEPOSITS, HOUSING COSTS SUCH AS OUR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR PROGRAMS. THE CITY ALSO PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE EMERGENCY WATER UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND HELPS SUBSIDIZE TRANSIT THROUGH THE COLLIN COUNTY TRANSIT PROGRAM FOR QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS. AND OF COURSE, OUR CONSOLIDATED GRANTS, WHICH UTILIZES BOTH FEDERAL FUNDS AND THE CITY'S GENERAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT SERVICE PROVIDERS WORKING ON HOMELESS PREVENTION AND SUPPORT.

IN ADDITION, OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS RANGING FROM CODE SERVICES TO PUBLIC WORKS HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. THIS INCLUDES ENFORCEMENT, PARTNERSHIPS AND OTHER SERVICES. OVER THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS PROVIDED EIGHT HOUSEHOLDS WITH SECURITY DEPOSIT ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE LIFT PROGRAM. 13 HOUSEHOLDS WERE PROVIDED WITH EMERGENCY HOMELESS PREVENTION ASSISTANCE THROUGH OUR FLEX FUND. THE HOUSING SERVICES DIVISION ASSISTED 26 INDIVIDUALS WITH THE TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 13 HOUSEHOLDS WERE SERVED THROUGH THE HOUSING, REHABILITATION AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS FOR TRANSIT DIVISION. 54 SAMARITAN

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OKAY. AND IT STRUCK ME THAT IN ONE OF YOUR PREVIOUS SLIDES, YOU SAID LAST YEAR AVERAGED 58 PEOPLE PER NIGHT IN THE WARMING STATIONS. SALVATION ARMY'S CAPACITY IS 50. SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TRY TO FIND A THIRD AND MAYBE A FOURTH OR FIFTH ALTERNATIVE FOR THIS. IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? YES, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO AS A FINAL THOUGHT, WE MAY NOT HAVE SOLVED HOMELESSNESS OVER THE PAST YEAR, BUT WE HAVE MADE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS AND HAVE LAID THE GROUNDWORK TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING OTHERS IN NEED FOR RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS THAT WANT TO GET CONNECTED, HERE ARE A FEW RESOURCES TO SPOTLIGHT, AND WE HAVE A RESOURCE LIST AVAILABLE ON OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES WEB PAGE. NON-EMERGENCY NUMBERS AND THE MCKINNEY HOMELESS COALITION'S STREET OUTREACH HOTLINE. AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. MARGARET. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? MARGARET, COULD YOU GO TO THREE OF 15 ON YOUR PRESENTATION? I WILL SHOW DALLAS COUNTY AND COLLIN COUNTY AND THEN MCKINNEY POINT IN TIME NUMBERS TOO FAR. THERE YOU GO.

SO THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN SHOWS DALLAS AND COLLIN. DO YOU HAVE COLLIN COUNTY NUMBERS ISOLATED? UNFORTUNATELY, I DO NOT. THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE ARE FROM THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, WHICH INCLUDES BOTH DALLAS AND COLLIN COMBINED. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW, SINCE MCKINNEY IS SHOWING AS AN EXAMPLE, 2025 213 AND THEN DALLAS AND COLLIN IS SHOWING 3500. SO IF THERE'S A WAY TO FIND OUT WHAT COLLIN WAS AT, I WILL REACH OUT TO HOUSING OF WHAT MCKINNEY IS THE LOAD WE'RE CARRYING. SURE. I'LL REACH OUT TO HOUSING BOARD AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT DATA.

PERFECT. MARGARET, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. HE WANTS TO HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN. NEXT

[Consider/Discuss Downtown Parking]

SO JUST LIKE IN MY PREVIOUS WORK SESSION ITEM, I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT AMONG MANY DEPARTMENTS. WHILE I'M PRESENTING, EACH OF THESE HAVE A HAND IN THESE 31 RECOMMENDATIONS. ON OCTOBER 31ST, WE ACTUALLY HAD A SMALL INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS MEETING WITH PLANNING, MAIN STREET ENGINEERING AND THE CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE. SO THIS IS KIND OF MORE OF A HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF DOWNTOWN PARKING IN THIS WORK SESSION ITEM. SO LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE ARE 31 RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT 2021 PARKING ACTION PLAN STAFF HAS EVALUATED THESE INTO CATEGORIES OF COMPLETED OR ONGOING ON TOGETHER. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT NEXT ON THE PRIORITIES TO TACKLE TABLED OR OUTSTANDING. AND WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES OVER THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. SO OUT OF THOSE 31 RECOMMENDATIONS, WE DO HAVE TEN THAT WE HAVE MARKED AS COMPLETED. THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST WORK SESSION ITEM. SO I'M NOT GOING TO DWELL ON THIS FOR TOO LONG.

BUT WE HAVE MADE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, SUCH AS PROCURING THE LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SOFTWARE AND CREATING A HOLISTIC WAYFINDING MASTER PLAN. I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON ENFORCEMENT IN DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD SOME OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS. THE MARSHALS AND LEGAL HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO GET THE LPR SOFTWARE BACK ONLINE, AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THAT PROVIDER ON LOWERING THE ERROR RATE. ONE THING TO HELP WITH THAT IS WE ARE LOOKING TO NUMBER THE THREE HOUR PARKING SPOTS IN DOWNTOWN. CURRENTLY, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT WHO DID PREVIOUS PAINTING ON TIMING AS WELL AS COST, SO WE'RE UNSURE OF THAT

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SO THEN IF ANYONE WAS KEEPING UP WITH THAT, THAT MEANS THERE ARE SIX RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING. THESE IN THE PURPLE ARE THE SIX OUTSTANDING. AND THEY GENERALLY RELY ON A LARGER QUESTION OF AS A CITY, DO WE WANT TO PURSUE A SEPARATE PARKING AUTHORITY OR ADDITIONAL MARSHAL STAFF? OUR STAFF, OUR STAFF GOAL IS TO EVALUATE THESE OUTSTANDING RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE 2026 PARKING STUDY. SO THAT GOES OVER ALL OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND I JUST WANTED TO RECAP SOME QUICKLY UPCOMING PROJECTS RELATED TO DOWNTOWN PARKING TO CLOSE. SO THIS WINTER WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PARKING SOFTWARE. THEN IN THE SPRING, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THAT PARKING GARAGE NEAR CENTRAL PARK, AS WELL AS THE DOWNTOWN LIGHTING REFRESH.

AND THEN IN THE SUMMER, IT'S THE PARKING STUDY FOR DOWNTOWN, WHICH WILL ADDRESS THOSE OUTSTANDING ITEMS AND NEXT STEP RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. MR. MAYOR, I HAVE NOT A QUESTION, BUT JUST A COMMENT. I APPLAUD ALL THE TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS TO TO TO MAXIMIZE AND OPTIMIZE THE TURN OF THE PARKING PLACES IN DOWNTOWN. I THINK THAT THAT'S AWESOME. WHAT WHAT I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT IS PACE OF PLAY IN BRINGING MORE PARKING ON. AND I KEEP HEARING STUDIES IN 26, STUDIES IN 26, WE STUDY IT IN 26, WE ANALYZE IT IN 27. AND WE'RE AT 28. I GUESS WHAT I'M CHALLENGING, MR. GRIMES, IS, IS THE PACE OF PLAY ON BRINGING MORE CAPACITY ONLINE. WE'RE AT A UNIQUE TIME WITH THE CITY, WITH THE OPENING OF CITY HALL, WHERE WE CONTROL A HANDFUL OF PROPERTIES THAT WE COULD BE MAKING ACTIONABLE ITEMS ON. SO I JUST CHALLENGE I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BRINGING ON ADDITIONAL PARKING IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY FOR 20 PLUS YEARS, AND ALTHOUGH WE'VE MADE IMPROVEMENTS AND I APPLAUD ALL OF THEM, AND IT'S CERTAINLY ALONG THAT CONTINUUM OF IMPROVEMENTS, I WANT TO KEEP MOVING AT A FASTER PACE. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO KIND OF CHALLENGE AND POKE AND PROD, IF YOU WOULD, ALONG THE WAY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED ANOTHER STUDY. I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE STAFF CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN THE THE ASSETS THAT WE ALREADY OWN WITH THE PROPERTY. I JUST PACE OF PLAY PLEASE I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU TO TO TO MOVE MOVE AT A FASTER PACE BRINGING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY ON NOT YOU PERSONALLY, BUT US, ALL OF US. WE DO HAVE A PARKING GARAGE THAT THE COUNCIL HAS AUTHORIZED US TO BEGIN FEASIBILITY STUDIES ON GETTING ANOTHER PARKING DECK.

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LET'S PLAN WITH THE ASSETS WE'VE GOT. AND NOT RECKLESSLY, OBVIOUSLY, BUT JUST PUSH THE PACE OF PLAY. NOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU HAVE, AS A COUNCIL, AS A BODY, HAVE DIRECTED US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANOTHER PARKING DECK DOWNTOWN. WE'RE GETTING THAT PROCESS GOING. SO YOU HAVE TAKEN ACTION THERE JUST WILL HAVE TO BE MORE TO COME AND WE'LL HAVE TO DO THE CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION ANALYSIS WITH THAT FUTURE PARKING PROGRAMED IN. SO OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND I WOULD SAY IS THE PARKING GUIDANCE SYSTEM IS A BIG STEP FORWARD. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GIVE GIVE MIKE KOSKI THE EDC, ABOUT A LITTLE TIME TO PUT TOGETHER HIS REPORT FROM SMART CITIES. BUT PARKING WAS A HUGE FOCUS THAT WE WERE ON. AND PARKING GUIDANCE SYSTEM CAME UP MANY TIMES. BUT IT'S MORE THAN JUST PUTTING OUT A PARKING GUIDANCE SYSTEM THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN GO ONLINE AND LOOK AT. WE'RE THERE'S A DEEPER FOCUS AND PUTTING TOGETHER MAYBE A CITYWIDE APPLICATION, LIKE A CITYWIDE APP THAT HAS MULTIPLE USES, NOT JUST PARKING, BUT INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS IN ONE, BUT AS A COMBINATION OF TOOLS VERSUS JUST, YOU KNOW, FOCUSING ON ONE LITTLE APP THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT TO SIGN INTO THIS AND THEY GOT TO SIGN ON THAT, BRING IT ALL TOGETHER, MAKING THE THE CITIZENS, WHICH I, WHICH I VIEW AS LIKE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY. GREAT. AND I THINK WITH THE GUIDANCE PARKING SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU'LL FIND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OPEN PARKING. IF PEOPLE CAN JUST SEE IT, YOU KNOW, FOR THEMSELVES BEFORE THEY, YOU KNOW. AND SO, MR. GRIMES, TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE IS A STEP FORWARD.

BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, BEFORE EVEN THE STUDIES, IF YOU IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY SEE, OKAY, WELL, THERE IS PARKING DOWNTOWN, GET THAT STEP ONE DONE AND THEN SEE WHERE THAT LEADS US. AND THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD. BUT I THINK THE THE TECHNOLOGY ASPECT ACTUALLY IS A MORE COST EFFECTIVE WAY FOR THE, FOR NEXT STEPS. BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, WE ALREADY GOT PLANS IN THE WORKS FOR ANOTHER PARKING GARAGE. BUT YOU KNOW, WAYFINDING IS JUST IT'S NOT GREAT IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD CLEAN UP, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN A, IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AND, AND I THINK PEOPLE WILL SEE INSTANT LIKE, OKAY, THERE IS PARKING DOWN HERE. WELL, YEAH. AND JUST FOR THE AUDIENCE THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE, SMART CITIES IS A BIG GLOBAL CONFERENCE. AND IT'S REALLY DIRECTED AT TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES THAT

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WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR MORE CAPACITY. AND I CASSIE, THANK YOU FOR THIS. I'LL JUST SAY ONE THING QUICKLY, MR. MAYOR, YOU ONE THING THAT'S IN THE NEXT 100 DAYS THAT'S COMING. AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME, IS WE HAVE IT ON OUR AGENDA TO TEAR DOWN THE OLD CITY HALL AND THE OLD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. WHEN WE MOVED THOSE OCCUPANTS TO THIS BUILDING, WE OPENED UP A LOT OF PARKING. AND THAT PARKING HAS BEEN POPULAR, THOSE TWO LOTS. BUT WHEN WE DO DEMO THOSE BUILDINGS, I GET THE STRONG SENSE THAT AT LEAST FOR SOME POINT IN TIME, THOSE SPOTS AREN'T GOING TO BE AVAILABLE. THE MITIGATING THING THAT I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED, AND I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WORK ON, IS THE LIGHTING OF JOHNSON STREET, WOOD STREET AND THE OTHER ONES, BECAUSE THAT WILL GIVE PEOPLE A COMFORT LEVEL SUBCONSCIOUSLY TO WALK THOSE A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO IF WE IF AND WHEN WE SHUT THOSE LOTS DOWN. SO THAT LIGHTING TO ME IS A PRETTY CRITICAL SHORT TERM IMPLEMENTATION. I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP TODAY. I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE MY ANECDOTAL EXPERIENCE. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE COME INTO DOWNTOWN ON LOUISIANA AND MY OFFICE JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST. A NUMBER OF CARS THAT I'LL SAY BAIL OUT OF, LOOKING FOR SPOTS AND GOING TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THAT FRUSTRATION COMES. AND SO JUST FINDING SOME WAY TO DIRECT THEM, LIKE JUST KEEP GOING AROUND AND THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARK BECAUSE AS I DRIVE HOME THE NORTHEAST OR THE NORTHEAST AND NORTH WEST SECTORS HAVE AVAILABLE SPOTS THAT ARE MUCH CLOSER THAN WHERE I SEE PEOPLE PARKING IN FRONT OF HOMES AND ON NARROW STREETS, AND MAYBE PAYING FOR PRIVATE PARKING IN THOSE AREAS. AND SO YOU CAN JUST TELL THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING INTO DOWNTOWN WHO DON'T EITHER DON'T KNOW OR DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE TIME.

AND THEY ARE. CLOGGING SOME STREETS IN THE IN THE SOUTH WEST SECTOR. THAT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S AVAILABILITY IN SOME OTHER SECTORS. SO. ANYONE ELSE CASSIE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE

[Consider/Discuss the Implementation of ONE McKinney 2040 Comprehensive Plan Recommendations along State Highway 5]

AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT A POTENTIAL SMALL AREA PLAN ALONG STATE HIGHWAY FIVE. THERE WE GO. SO I DO WANT TO GO OVER AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL WHAT THE GOAL OF THE PLAN WOULD

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AND ULTIMATELY, WE WILL BE ASKING FOR YOUR DIRECTION ON WHETHER OR NOT THE TIME IS RIPE TO PURSUE A PLAN. SO A SMALL AREA PLAN IS SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THAT IT LOOKS AT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND LAND USE AND BUILDING FORM AND TRANSITIONS, BUT IN A MUCH SMALLER GEOGRAPHIC SCALE. AND SO THAT ALLOWS A MUCH MORE FINE TUNED PERSPECTIVE ON EITHER THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OR VISIONS FOR THOSE AREAS. SO SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS AREA, REALLY LOOKING AT A COMMUNITY DRIVEN VISION FOR WHAT REDEVELOPMENT ALONG STATE HIGHWAY FIVE COULD BE, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES TO THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS, AND THAT REDEVELOPMENT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN GREENFIELD. SO THERE'S UNIQUE CONDITIONS HERE. AND ULTIMATELY WE NEED IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS TO GUIDE US IN ACTUALLY ACHIEVING THE VISION ITSELF.

AND ESTIMATED COST FOR A PLAN AROUND THIS SIZE IS 200,000 TO $300,000, AND THAT PRIMARILY INCLUDES HIRING A CONSULTANT TO HELP US THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND I'LL GO THROUGH WHAT SOME OF THOSE COMPONENTS ARE TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE GET TO THAT FEE. SO SOME PREVIOUS PLANS AND STUDIES TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. IN 2004, WE HAD A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT RECOMMENDED THE TOWN CENTER STUDY, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2008. AND ULTIMATELY, OUT OF THAT, WE DID GET THE CREATION OF THE MCKINNEY TOWN CENTER. AND IT ALSO INFORMS THE TOURS NUMBER ONE PROJECT PLAN IN A SIMILAR PATTERN. OUR 2018 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES RECOMMEND CONSIDERING A SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT CODE ALONG THE STATE HIGHWAY FIVE CORRIDOR.

I THINK THE MTC AND THE TOWN CENTER, ANY TOWN CENTER STUDY ARE GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW A VISION CAN HELP A BETTER DEVELOPMENT CODE COME INTO FRUITION. AND SO THAT IS WHAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TODAY. A SMALL AREA PLAN TO HELP LEAD THE WAY BEFORE WE CONSIDER A SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT CODE. AND WE DO ALSO HAVE OUR CONTEXT SENSITIVE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS MORE FOCUSED ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. THERE WERE MENTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE THE SAME AS A SMALL AREA PLAN. MUCH OF WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS KIND OF UP TO OUR DISCRETION THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT A PROCESS AND PLAN COULD LOOK LIKE, BUT KNOWING THAT WITH THE ONBOARDING OF A CONSULTANT AND ACTUALLY STARTING THE PROCESS WITH STAKEHOLDERS, MUCH OF THIS COULD BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. AND SO STARTING WITH A GEOGRAPHIC AREA, STAFF HAS CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, SOUTH OF US 380 AND NORTH OF INDUSTRIAL BOULEVARD, THAT AREA ALONG STATE HIGHWAY FIVE AND CONSIDERING THE EXCLUSION OF THE MTC. SO OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT THE TOWN CENTER STUDY, BUT I WOULD PRIMARILY SAY THAT THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE MCKINNEY TOWN CENTER IS JUST DIFFERENT THAN THE AREAS NORTH AND SOUTH. I THINK THE CONDITIONS OF OUR BUILDINGS, THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, EVEN THE GRID PATTERN IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. AND WE DO HAVE REGULATORY DIFFERENCES AS WELL.

SO CONSIDERING THE AREAS NORTH AND SOUTH AS SEPARATE IN THIS PLAN WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. AND WE'VE JUST HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC REINVESTMENT IN THE AREA. AND SO EVENTUALLY THIS REDEVELOPMENT WILL START TO SPILL OUTSIDE OF THE MTC. AND IT WOULD BE IDEAL TO HAVE A VISION AND PLAN IN PLACE BEFORE ALL OF THAT COMES THROUGH. SO THAT WAY WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GETTING THE QUALITY DEVELOPMENT THAT MCKINNEY COMES TO EXPECT.■ I'LL JUST ADDITIONALLY THROW IN WE'VE GOT NEW REGULATORY CHANGES AND CHALLENGES, AND SO NEW TOOLS MAY NEED TO BE IN OUR TOOLBOX, AND A PLAN PROCESS CAN HELP WITH THAT. PLANS INCLUDE A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.

YOU KNOW, IF WE LOOK AT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS TODAY, WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE AREA, HAVE A MARKET ASSESSMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS GROUNDED IN THE REALITY OF TODAY, AND A REDEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT UNIQUE CONDITIONS ARE IN A PARTICULAR AREA THAT WE MAY NEED TO COMPENSATE FOR IN A DEVELOPMENT CODE. BUT THE CORE WILL ALWAYS BE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THERE ARE A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS AREA, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WOULD BE THE PILLAR OF A PLAN LEADING TO A VISION, AND THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACHIEVING IT. I'VE INCLUDED A FEW SLIDES OF EXAMPLES OF TANGIBLE PRODUCTS THAT COULD COME OUT OF A SMALL AREA PLAN. I'LL FALL BACK ON THE MTC, AND THE TOWN CENTER IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW A VISION CAN LEAD TO SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY IMPACTS THE DEVELOPMENT IN AN AREA. YOU CAN IDENTIFY CATALYST SITES AND SUPPOSE WHAT DEVELOPMENT COULD HAPPEN THERE, AND DETERMINE WHAT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS MIGHT BE NEEDED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. OF COURSE, WE CAN GET SUGGESTED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS IF THERE ARE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS ALONG A CORRIDOR. YOU CAN HAVE TAILORED RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAN HELP LEAD INTO A CODE UPDATE OR AMENDMENT EXPANDED FUNDING MECHANISMS. SO A LOT OF THESE CONSULTANTS HAVE FOLKS ON BOARD WHO SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT GRANTS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN ORDER TO FUND THE IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES AND PLACEMAKING EFFORTS. SOMETIMES WE THINK OF PLACEMAKING AS MURALS, AND THEY, OF COURSE ARE.

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WE HAVE A LOT OF OF, I GUESS, UNDERUTILIZED SITES THAT HAVE OLD ZONING WITH STRANGE SIZES, AND WE END UP WITH THE SAME PRODUCT TYPE OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE OF WHERE THOSE KIND OF MIX. AND SO FINDING NEW IDEAS, SETTING A NEW VISION, AND FINDING THE TOOLS TO DO THAT, I THINK IS A GOOD STEP FOR US, ESPECIALLY IF WE WANT THIS TO BE ONE. SOME CONNECTION BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND THE COTTON MILL DISTRICT, BUT ALSO AS MAYBE A MORE USED DESTINATION ROUTE FOR DOWNTOWN. SO I I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO US DOING THIS. I WANT TO HEAR WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAYS. AND I THINK THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY AND WHAT COULD COME FROM THIS. SO THANK YOU. COMMENTS I'M SORRY PATRICK, ASK A QUESTION. WHEN I LOOK AT IF WE DIVIDE THIS INTO TWO, AS YOU DID ON YOUR MAP SOUTH OF THE MTC, NORTH OF THE MTC, NORTH OF THE MTC SEEMS A LITTLE BIT CALCIFIED WITH SOME OF THE INDUSTRIAL USES, AND I'M JUST GOING TO CALL IT LIKE THE BODY SHOP AND SOME OF THE STRIP CENTERS AND SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, RATHER NEW HOUSING THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT ON THERE. WHEREAS SOUTH OF THE MTC SEEMS MUCH LESS CALCIFIED WITH VERY EPISODIC TYPE BUSINESSES THAT GO IN THERE. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN EITHER OR, I WOULD SAY THE SOUTH WOULD BE THE ONE THAT I WOULD HAVE MORE OF AN APPETITE TO. BUT BUT THIS IS NOT MY STRENGTH. BUT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT HERE. IF I BACK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, OR MAYBE I TAKE A STEP FORWARD A LITTLE BIT, THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE RIGHTS AND THEY'VE GOT USES THERE. AND SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, IS WHAT RESTRICTIONS WOULD A DIFFERENT USE HAVE COMING FORWARD THAT ISN'T A RESTRICTION RIGHT NOW. IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? THAT IS. AND I WOULD SAY TWO THINGS I THINK WE COULD CONSIDER BOTH IN A PLAN.

I THINK THAT THEY ARE DIFFERENT AND DYNAMIC, AND SO YOU HAVE TO APPROACH THEM DIFFERENTLY. I WOULD CONSIDER EXISTING BUSINESS OWNERS, STAKEHOLDERS IN THE PLAN ITSELF. SO I THINK TO YOUR POINT, THIS IS ABOUT THE FUTURE. AND SO IF REDEVELOPMENT COMES ON A SITE AND ALSO UNDERSTANDING THEIR PERSPECTIVE, PERSPECTIVE WOULD BE IMPORTANT AS WELL. OKAY. BUT BUT I THINK TO WHAT COUNCILMAN BELLER'S POINT WAS, I THINK IT'S, IT'S WE'RE DOING A COUNCIL 15, 20 YEARS FROM NOW FAVOR BY DOING THIS NOW THAT'S WHAT I THINK. ANYONE ELSE? HALEY, WHAT'S THE PROCESS IN FINDING THIS? HOW DID YOU DETERMINE SMALL AREA PLAN? HOW DO YOU. WHO DETERMINES THAT? YEAH. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT KIND OF LIKE THE GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE FOR USUALLY WHEN YOU BRING THE CONSULTANT ON BOARD, THAT PROCESS STARTS A LITTLE BIT WITH THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND STARTING TO TALK WITH STAKEHOLDERS. SO YOU'LL GO IN WITH A ROUGH IDEA, BUT AS YOU GO THROUGH THE PLAN PROCESS, IT USUALLY BECOMES MORE SOLIDIFIED. SO I WOULD SAY WE WOULD HAVE A PRETTY GOOD PICTURE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PLAN PROCESS WITH SOME FLEXIBILITY. SHOULD YOU LEARN SOMETHING ALONG THE WAY? VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? HALEY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON OUR WORK SESSION

[Consider/Discuss an Update on Parks Capital Projects]

I'M JENNY BAKER, PARKS PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, AND IT IS MY PLEASURE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AND OVERVIEW OF OUR PARKS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. TODAY I'M JUST GOING TO TOUCH ON 21 ACTIVE PROJECTS IN VARIOUS STAGES OF COMPLETION CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN, PLANNING.

I'LL GO THROUGH ALL THE ONES, ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALLY. ONE THING I WANT TO NOTE AND POINT OUT IS JUST THAT. JUST THIS SLIDE ALONE REPRESENTS ALMOST $200 MILLION IN INVESTMENTS IN PARKS AND TRAILS IMPROVEMENTS. SO THAT'S REALLY HUGE AND IMPACTFUL TO THE COMMUNITY.

OKAY. STARTING WITH RECENTLY COMPLETED OR NEAR COMPLETION, WE'VE GOT THE REC CENTER AT TOWN LAKE. WE'VE GOT AN UPCOMING RIBBON CUTTING ON DECEMBER 3RD. JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW. WE'VE RUN A RENOVATED THE RESTROOMS, MULTIPLE ADA IMPROVEMENTS, NEW FRONT DESK, NEW CONFERENCE ROOMS, NEW FITNESS ROOM, ADDITIONAL PARKING IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, IT'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL SITE. OUR LIGHT WALK AT TOWN LAKE RIBBON CUTTING ON THAT SAME NIGHT, DECEMBER 3RD. WE'LL START AT THE REC CENTER AND THEN TRANSITION OVER HERE.

WE'LL HAVE THE BIG UNVEILING OF THE LIGHTS AND THE PROGRAMING AND THE MUSIC. YOU KNOW, KIND

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THERE'LL BE PARKING TRAILS. WE EXPECT THIS PARK TO BE WRAPPING UP PROBABLY BY THE END OF THE MONTH OR VERY EARLY DECEMBER. MOVING ON TO PROJECTS THAT ARE IN BIDDING AND OR IN CONSTRUCTION. WE'VE GOT IMPROVEMENTS AT GABE NESBITT. THIS PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THIS WILL BRING SOME NEW MONUMENT SIGNAGE ON EL DORADO AND ALMA, AS WELL AS REGRADING AND PROVIDING SOD JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE EXISTING SOFTBALL COMPLEX, JUST TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL PRACTICE SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN, AS WELL AS FENCING THE EAST SIDE OF THE APEX CENTER FOR SOME ADDITIONAL PROGRAMING OPPORTUNITIES. MORE IMPROVEMENTS. AT GABE NESBITT, WE'VE GOT FOUR SYNTHETIC SOFTBALL FIELDS THAT ARE SOON TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR CONSTRUCTION MEETING YET, BUT THAT'S COMING SOON. THIS WILL BRING, LIKE I SAID, FOUR SYNTHETIC FIELDS, ADDITIONAL PARKING, RESTROOM, CONCESSION BUILDING, SIGNAGE AND TRAILS. AND THIS SHOULD BEGIN HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. AND WITH THESE TWO COMBINED COMBINED COMBINED PROJECTS THAT GABE NESBITT, THIS WILL PRETTY MUCH COMPLETE THE THE BUILD OUT OF GABE NESBITT PARK. MCKINNEY SOCCER.

THIS IS PHASE TWO. AS A REMINDER, WE'VE GOT FOUR OR WE WILL HAVE FOUR SYNTHETIC FIELDS.

WE'LL HAVE THREE NATURAL GRASS FIELDS, WHICH INCLUDES OUR CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD THAT IS GETTING A COMPLETE RENOVATION, NEW PARKING TRAILS AND ENHANCED PLAZA THAT INCLUDES A SPLASH ZONE AS WELL AS PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. AND THIS ONE WILL BE COMPLETE LATE FIRST QUARTER 21 OR 20 2026. AND JUST AS A REMINDER OF WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT THESE SYNTHETIC FIELDS WILL LOOK LIKE, THIS IS THESE ARE PICTURES FROM PHASE ONE. REALLY, IT'S JUST A SHAMELESS PLUG SO THAT WE CAN BRAG AND SHOW WHAT PHASE ONE LOOKS LIKE. BUT THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE PROJECT AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN, YOU KNOW, THE DIVIDENDS PAY OFF. AND VERY EXCITING TO BRING THIS INTO OUR SYSTEM. ASHWOOD PARK PLAYGROUND. SO AS YOU KNOW, WE TRY NOT TO HAVE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT OLDER THAN 15 YEARS. THIS THIS PROJECT, THE OLD PLAYGROUND PLAYGROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN REMOVED. WHERE'S THIS ONE? JENNY? I'M SORRY, ASHWOOD PARK. IT IS WEST OF WEST OF CUSTER IN THE WEST RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S JUST OFF OF, I WANT TO SAY, JFK. IT'S BY. IT'S BY FRISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND WE'VE GOT THE NEW EQUIPMENT ON SITE THIS WEEK.

ALSO WE DO. THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED PROJECT PLAYGROUND, WHERE THEY COME IN AND REMOVE OUR OLD EQUIPMENT FOR US AND THEN REFURBISH IT AND SEND IT OFF TO UNDERPRIVILEGED COMMUNITIES. WE'VE ALREADY SENT SOME TO AFRICA AND MEXICO, AND THIS ONE WILL BE ONE OF THOSE AS WELL. WE JUST DON'T HAVE A HAVE A LOCATION IDENTIFIED YET, BUT WE'LL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION. IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE WHAT'S CALLED A NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION SITE THROUGH GAME TIME, WHICH IS THE PLAYGROUND MANUFACTURER.

AND THIS BASICALLY JUST DRAWS ATTENTION TO, YOU KNOW, EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN AND THE FACT THAT THIS ONE IS AN ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND. IT'S GOT LARGER PLATFORMS AND RAMPS AND MORE ABILITIES FOR THOSE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS TO ACCESS THIS PLAYGROUND.

INSPIRATION PARK IS OUR SECOND PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT. AGAIN, THE OLD IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT.

THIS ONE IS SLATED FOR JANUARY CONSTRUCTION, AND AGAIN, THIS ONE WILL BE. THE OLD EQUIPMENT WILL BE UTILIZED BY PROJECT PLAYGROUND. WHATELY PARK HAS BEEN PUT ON OR WAS KIND OF PUT ON HOLD. WE'RE NOW RAMPING BACK UP. IF YOU RECALL, ENGINEERING HAS SOME REMEDIATION WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING ALONG THE CREEK JUST TO THE SOUTH. SO WE KIND OF WANTED TO PUT THIS ON PAUSE A BIT SO THAT OUR TWO PROJECTS KIND OF MARRIED UP A LITTLE BIT. SO WE HAD LESS DISTURBANCE AT ONE TIME TO THE PARK. WE'VE NOW BEEN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO MOVE AHEAD. AND SO WE ARE PREPARING THIS PROJECT FOR BIDDING. PLANS ARE ALREADY APPROVED. IT'S ESSENTIALLY A BRAND NEW PARK WITH NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, NEW PAVILION, PARKING TRAILS, AND THIS ONE'S KIND OF IN THE THROCKMORTON 380 AREA. IS THAT CORRECT? IT IS. YES. RIGHT OFF CHARLESTON STREET. AND THEN MOVING ON TO THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN DESIGN AND PLANNING,

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TOWNE LAKE PROPER. THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE CALL AS THE TOWN LAKE RENOVATION PHASE ONE. THE COLORS THAT ARE IN OR THE AREAS THAT ARE IN COLOR ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF KIND OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATE, INCLUDING IN THIS FIRST DESIGN PHASE. THIS IS ALSO THE THE 25 MILLION THAT WAS APPROVED IN THE 2024 BOND REFERENDUM. SO VERY EXCITED TO BRING THIS PROJECT FORWARD. A LOT OF WORK RAISING. WE'RE GOING TO RAISE THE TRAIL WITH SOME BOARDWALKS, GET IT OUT OF THE SORT OF THE REALLY INTENSE FLOODING SECTIONS, PROVIDE A TREE HOUSE, ENHANCED BRIDGE, PARKING, AMPHITHEATER, RESTROOMS. WE WANT TO BRING IN A ONE HUGE SIGNATURE PLAYGROUND TO THE CITY THAT IS BIGGER THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN ANYWHERE ELSE, AND I ANTICIPATE BRINGING A DESIGN CONTRACT TO YOU ALL IN JANUARY. JENNY, I HAD ONE QUESTION AND IT GOES BACK TO THE WALK OF LIGHTS AND SECURITY AROUND TOWN LAKE. IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY EXTRA LIKE CAMERAS OR. WE HAVE WE'VE DEFINITELY LOOKED AT THAT. YOU KNOW, WITH ERWIN, WE'RE INCLUDING THE VERKADA CAMERA SYSTEM THAT I THINK WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.

AND WE'VE RECOGNIZED THAT WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO NEED SOMETHING OF SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE AT THIS PARK, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS TYPE OF INVESTMENT, BECAUSE I KNEW THERE WERE SOME ISSUES AT TOWN LAKE AT ONE TIME. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THE RECENTLY NAMED BOB THOMAS DOG PARK AT TOWN LAKE. THIS IS AT THE FAR EAST END OF THE PARK. YOU'VE GOT THE DOG PARK ON THE EAST SIDE. IT'S GOING TO HAVE THREE DIFFERENT FENCED IN AREAS LARGE, SMALL MIXED, A SPLASH PAD, PARKING AND MOVING ON TO THE WEST SIDE. WE'VE GOT SORT OF A PLAY ZONE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HORSESHOE PITS, SAND VOLLEYBALL, PARKING, RESTROOMS, PAVILIONS AND ANTICIPATE STARTING THIS ONE AS WELL. IN FIRST QUARTER OF 2026. GRADY LITTLEJOHN I THINK SOME OF YOU WERE HERE WHEN THE EXISTING OR WHEN THE OLD RESTROOM AND CONCESSION BUILDING WAS BURNED DOWN. SO WE ARE REPLACING THAT WITH A BRAND NEW ONE AS WELL AS COMPLETELY RENOVATE OR COMPLETELY REPLACING ALL OF THE CONCRETE AROUND THE PEDESTRIAN AREA PLAZA, GREATLY ENHANCING THE SPECTATOR EXPERIENCE WITH LARGER SEATING AREAS AND SHADE, AND WIDENING THE DUGOUTS AS WELL. AND THIS IS ALSO SLATED FOR Q1 2026. CONSTRUCTION.

EXCUSE ME. OUR RESHOVE IS AN EXISTING SPORTS COMPLEX. WE'VE GOT IT'S SEPARATED INTO ITS TWO PHASES. IT'S SEPARATED BY HAVING TO GET OUT ON PARK VIEW TO ACCESS ONE PHASE TO THE OTHER. THIS PARK ROAD THAT YOU SEE ON THE RENDERING, IT'S GOING TO CONNECT THE TWO PHASES RIGHT ALONG THE CREEK LINE. IT'S ALSO GOING TO PROVIDE SOME MUCH NEEDED PARKING, AS WELL AS A RIGHT TURN LANE AND MONUMENT SIGNAGE AND LIGHTING. AT THE EASTERN ENTRANCE ON TWO PARK VIEW. WILSON CREEK TRAIL PHASE ONE, WHICH IS THE SECTION THAT IS IN TURQUOISE, WAS RECENTLY RECENTLY COMPLETED. THIS PAST SPRING. THE SECTION IN RED IS UNDER DESIGN NOW THAT ALSO INCLUDES A TRAILHEAD DOWN ALONG STEWART ROAD, ALONG WITH RESTROOMS. WE'LL HAVE A FISHING PIER AND AN OVERLOOK. ALSO, WHAT'S NOT REFLECTED ON HERE IS YOU KIND OF YOU KIND OF CAN SEE THE OLD CART PATHS. THIS USED TO BE A FORMER GOLF COURSE. THE CART PATHS ARE IN TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE CONDITION. SO WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE THOSE AS WELL. AND WE'LL JUST REPLACE WITH THE TEN FOOT, 10 TO 12 FOOT WIDE CONCRETE TRAIL. ANOTHER VERY LARGE, IMPACTFUL DEVELOPMENT IS OUR RENOVATIONS TO OLD SETTLER'S PARK. WE ARE. THIS IS ONE WE SLOWED DOWN JUST A BIT SO THAT WE COULD MATCH UP OR MARRY UP WITH ENGINEERING'S VIRGINIA ROAD EXTENSION PROJECT, BECAUSE THE TWO KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND. WE'LL HAVE AN EXPANDED PLAYGROUND, A MULTILEVEL SPLASH

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HOPEFULLY GET GET IT TURNED BACK AROUND, GET THINGS SUBMITTED IN JANUARY AND START LOOKING FOR A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER OF THIS. AND THEN FINALLY WE'VE GOT A FEW TRAIL PROJECTS I WANT TO TOUCH ON ROCK CREEK PARK EXISTING PARK. IT'S ONE OF THOSE PLAYGROUNDS THAT IS AT THE 15 YEAR MARK. WE NEED TO REPLACE IT. WE'VE ALSO SEE IN RED YOU KIND OF HAVE TWO BOOKENDS ON THE PARK. THOSE ARE BOTH NEWLY ACQUIRED PIECES OF LAND THAT WE ACQUIRED THROUGH PARKLAND DEDICATION. THEY ALSO HAPPEN TO INCLUDE TWO VERY IMPORTANT TRAIL CATALYST TRAIL PROJECTS. SO THIS PROJECT WE ARE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT, BEGINNING DESIGN ALSO INCLUDES COUNTY GRANT MONEY. AND WE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING ON THIS ONE VERY EARLY 2026. SECOND CATALYST TRAIL IS COTTONWOOD CREEK TRAIL. TO THE SOUTH IS WHERE IT IS THE CITY OF ALLEN.

THE TRAIL KIND OF THEY'VE BROUGHT IT UP TO THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE AT SAM RAYBURN TOLLWAY.

IT'S RIGHT BEHIND THEIR CINEMARK. AND THEN OUR TRAIL ON THE NORTH SIDE STOPS AT THE NORTH SIDE OF COLLIN MCKINNEY PARKWAY. THE AREA IN BLUE IS BASICALLY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO CONNECT THE TWO SECTIONS. AND THIS IS THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT TRAIL. IT'S ONLY OUR SECOND GRADE UNDERPASS OF SAM RAYBURN TOLLWAY. SO THIS IS KIND OF BETWEEN HARDIN AND LAKE FOREST, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. YEP. AND THEN FINALLY GRAY BRANCH TRAIL. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE ONLY UNDER GRADE CROSSING OF 380. SO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER CATALYST TRAIL WE'VE GOT. OUR INTENT IS TO CONNECT THE TRAIL ON THE NORTH SIDE AT THE TRAIL WITHIN AUBURN HILLS. BRING IT UNDER 380 THROUGH THE UNDER GRADE UNDER GRADE CULVERT WHICH IS VERY VERY LARGE. BRING IT TO AND THROUGH GRAY BRANCH. WE HAVEN'T DESIGNED IT YET. WE HAVEN'T I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE SCOPE IS GOING TO BE, BUT IT WILL BE CONSIST OF A CONCRETE TRAIL AND TRAILHEAD. AND THEN JUST VERY QUICKLY, WE'LL HAVE SEVEN NEW ADDITIONAL PROJECTS STARTING THIS YEAR. THESE ARE NOT ON THE BOOKS YET, BUT WE'LL HAVE A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND WEST RIDGE, SOME MORE TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS GOING TO BE A HARDIN BLOOMDALE, A TRAILS UPDATE AND WAYFINDING PLAN, AND THEN NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IMPROVEMENTS AT JIM LEDBETTER, TOM ALLEN PARK, SOME MEDIAN IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE NEW APEX NORTH THAT WILL BE LOCATED SOMEWHERE NORTH OF 380. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE HAS ANY OTHER OTHER THAN THESE 21 THINGS. Y'ALL AREN'T DOING ANYTHING. IS THAT FAIR? THANK YOU. THINK OF SOME MORE. Y'ALL ARE GREAT. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL SO MUCH. HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO CONNECTING ALL THE TRAILS? YOU KNOW, AT ONE TIME? AND I GUESS THERE'S A PLAN WHERE WE CONNECT ALL THE TRAILS AND ALLEN AND THE LAKE LAVON. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE ARE A LOT OF GAPS.

AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR TRAILS ARE BUILT THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, BUT WE ARE FOCUSING VERY HARD, AT LEAST ON MAKING AS MUCH AS WE CAN OR CONNECTING AS MUCH AS WE CAN ALONG WILSON CREEK. SO WE'VE GOT A GREAT CONNECTION FROM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LAKE FOREST DOWN TO WELL PAST TOWN LAKE NOW ALMOST TO STUART AND THEN THIS ONE THROUGH GRAY BRANCH. ONCE WE CAN MAKE THAT CONNECTION AND ON UP, THAT'S GOING TO BE, THAT'S GOING TO ADD SEVERAL, YOU KNOW, CONNECTING TO SEVERAL MILES OF CONNECTING TRAILS. OKAY. BUT HOW, HOW HOW MANY ACTUALLY CONNECT AND TOUCH. I'D HAVE TO I'D HAVE TO CALCULATE THAT. OKAY, I KNOW WE HAVE 94 ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. OKAY. 94 MILES. YOU MENTIONED THAT THAT ENCOMPASSES ABOUT 200 MILLION. ARE WE FUNDED FOR THAT? LIKE DO WE HAVE FUNDING FOR ALL THOSE PROJECTS THAT YOU LISTED? THE 200 MILLION IS FUNDED, YES. WHAT WHAT IS LEFT TO DEVELOP? WE YOU MENTIONED THE YOU KNOW, THE WE'RE SEEKING A PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SPORTS COMPLEX. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE FUNDING TO DO ON OUR OWN. WHAT ELSE IS THERE IN TERMS OF OF NEEDS THAT ARE OUT THERE? SURE. WE STILL HAVE QUITE A BIT OF TRAILS. WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, THE THE PROPERTY

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WE'VE GOT GRAY BRANCH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T. YES, WE'LL HAVE THE TRAIL, BUT THAT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT 212 ACRES THERE THAT WILL EVENTUALLY DEVELOP INTO SOMETHING. I KNOW WE'VE MASTER PLANNED IT, BUT PROBABLY WE'LL NEED TO REVISIT THAT, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. WHAT ABOUT GOING SOUTH PAST STUART? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I HADN'T EVEN TOUCHED THAT DIRECTION. YOU KNOW, OUR INTENT, AT LEAST FOR THE TRAIL, WAS TO GET TO DOWN TO STUART AND THEN KIND OF SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGN OF OR THE CONSTRUCTION AT LEAST OF STATE HIGHWAY FIVE SHAKES OUT. WE'VE GOT TO GET OUR TRAIL UNDERNEATH THERE AND THEN ON TOWARDS THE EAST WHERE WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL CITY PROPER, ADDITIONAL PARKLAND THERE AS WELL. YEAH.

AND THE I MEAN, WE'VE GOT THE PARKLAND, BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT THE EVENTUAL AMORTIZATION OF THE OLD LANDFILL. ABSOLUTELY. BUT YOU'RE GETTING DOWN IN THERE AND CLOSE TO HER AND. I THINK I HAD ADDED IT UP BETWEEN THE DOUGLAS PROPERTY, THE BLOOMDALE PROPERTY, THE. THE ONE ON 380 THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT AND, AND DOWN THERE BY THE, THE LANDFILL, WE'VE ALMOST GOT A THOUSAND ACRES THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN TOUCHED. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OUTLAYING $200 MILLION IN CAPITAL PROJECTS, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. YEAH. WE STILL HAVE QUITE A BIT OF LAND THAT WE THAT THAT IS UNTOUCHED AS WELL AS OTHER, YOU KNOW, FURTHER IMPLEMENTATIONS OF EXISTING MASTER PLANS. WE HAVE, LIKE YOU SEE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE THE PLANS WE HAVE FOR OLD SETTLERS, THAT'S REALLY JUST ONE PHASE OF THE ULTIMATE MASTER PLAN. SAME WITH RUSH. AND SO THERE'S THERE'S STILL QUITE A BIT LEFT. WHAT ARE OTHER FUNDING OPTIONS FOR US? I MEAN, WE YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE REALLY JUST UTILIZE, YOU KNOW, BONDS, WHICH FORTUNATELY OUR BOND ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE'VE GOT PARKLAND DEDICATION FUNDS WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, CRITICALLY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. AND NOW OF COURSE, WE HAVE PARKLAND PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES ON TOP OF THOSE. AND THEN CDC FUNDING AND THEN GRANTS. OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE OTHER COMMENTS? JEANNIE. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. AMY. THANK YOU.

AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO VERY MUCH. THAT TAKES US DOWN TO COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS. ANYONE, MR. BOWLER? I DON'T HAVE IT. YOU JUST HEARD WHAT I HEARD AT PARKS THE OTHER DAY. THERE'S A LOT. ANYONE? OKAY, MR. HAUSER, WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

WILL WE HAVE ANY ACTION? NO, MR. MAYOR, NO ACTION COMING OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO WHEN WE COME BACK IN, WE WILL AD

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