Nov 20, 2025 McKinney Community Development Corporation

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GET BACK ON A HORSE. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. IT IS 801 ON NOVEMBER 20TH. THE YEAR 2025. WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 401 EAST VIRGINIA STREET IN THE GREAT CITY OF MCKINNEY. AND OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE AN INVOCATION GIVEN BY PASTOR BRIAN BAKER OF LIFE CHURCH, MCKINNEY. WILL NORMALLY STAND.

OH, WE CAN USUALLY I USUALLY NOT USUALLY. THIS IS THE READING AS I'M BRINGING OLD HABITS FROM A DIFFERENT CHAMBER I SAT IN. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND FACILITY LOOKS AMAZING. IT'S BEAUTIFUL HERE. SO LET'S LET'S PRAY. FATHER, THANK YOU FOR MCKINNEY. THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY. THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. GOD, THANK YOU FOR PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE RAISE FAMILIES. AND FOR EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM TODAY WHO'S CHOSEN TO SERVE OUR GREAT CITY. GOD, I ASK THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US THIS BOARD, THIS WISDOM, TO GO BEYOND OUR OWN EXPERIENCES. FATHER, HELP US TO SEE CLEARLY.

HELP US TO THINK CLEARLY. HELP US TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT SERVE PEOPLE WELL, NOT JUST FOR TODAY, BUT FOR YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. FATHER, KEEP US GROUNDED IN HUMILITY. GOD, WHERE THERE'S DIFFERENT OPINIONS, GIVE US UNITY AROUND WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY. HELP US STEWARD RESOURCES WISELY. JESUS, HELP US CARE FOR THOSE WHO OFTEN ARE OVERLOOKED. HELP US BUILD A CITY WHERE KIDS AND FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES CAN THRIVE. GOD PROTECT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR SCHOOLS, AND EVERY PERSON WHO CALLS MCKINNEY HOME. LET WHAT HAPPENS THIS MORNING IN THIS MEETING HONOR YOU AND GENUINELY HELP PEOPLE. FATHER, WE THANK YOU. WE LOVE YOU. IT'S IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THANKS, GUYS. FOLLOW ME. IN THE PLEDGE, 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. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. HAS ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? NOPE. I SEE NONE.

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

A GAVEL, THE CHAIR GAVEL TO ANGELA, WHO HAS SERVED AS CHAIR FOR MCDC FROM 2021 TO 2025. SHE WAS APPOINTED TO MCDC IN 2018. AND ANGELA, YOU HAVE YOU'RE JUST A A BEACON OF LIGHT, NOT JUST ON THIS BOARD, BUT IN THE CITY. YOUR SERVANT'S HEART IS EVIDENCED ALWAYS. YOU ALSO SERVED, OF COURSE, ON CITY COUNCIL. I GOT TO SERVE WITH YOU THERE. JUST JUST ALWAYS, ALWAYS SO ENGAGED AND SO CARING. THIS COMMUNITY AND A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS. DURING ANGIE'S TIME AS CHAIR, MCKINNEY'S POPULATION GREW FROM 199,000 TO 234,000. CONGRATULATIONS. SO FOR THOSE WHO. SO FOR THOSE WHO DON'T. YOU'RE WELCOME. YES. SO FOR THOSE THAT COMPLAIN ABOUT THE GROWTH IN WHICH IT STOPPED, ANGIE HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LAST 35,000 PEOPLE UNDER YOUR CHAIR. MCDC STRATEGIC PRIORITIES WERE STRENGTHENED AND MAJOR STEPS MADE IN AREAS OF FOCUS. SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS HAVE BEEN THE COTTON GROVES, FIRST HOMES.

TUFTS DISTRICT 121, THE NEW MCDC OFFICES, LIFE PATH SYSTEMS. OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS. AIRPORT EXPANSIONS. CANNON BEACH, SUNSET AMPHITHEATER, J.W. MARRIOTT HUGS HEADQUARTERS, NEIGHBORHOOD HUB AND TPC CRAIG RANCH. IMPROVEMENTS. MAJOR EVENTS. WE HAD THE FIRST FULL BYRON NELSON, NOW HOSTING 40,000 VISITORS TO MCKINNEY EACH DAY AND BOASTING ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MORE THAN 80 MILLION ANNUALLY. EXPANDING CULTURAL IMPACT WITH DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

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EXCUSE ME, WHERE THE TEXAS MUSIC REVOLUTION, DRUM CORPS INTERNATIONAL AND THE NCAA D2 CHAMPIONSHIP, ALL OF WHICH CDC HAS HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN, ESTABLISHED A HOUSING TASK FORCE. MCKINNEY FRONT PORCH EXPANDED PARTNERSHIPS WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, MCKINNEY HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND CITY'S HOUSING DEPARTMENT, AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITH WITH DEBORAH AT WOODSIDE VILLAGE, SPENDING, YOU KNOW, THANKSGIVINGS AND JUST ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT THOSE HOLIDAYS AND OTHER TIMES ARE AS SPECIAL AND PEOPLE ARE, ARE, ARE CELEBRATED AND YOUR PRESENCE IS BEEN WIDELY KNOWN AND APPRECIATED. AND WE ALL HERE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR SERVICE. AND THANKS FOR LEADING MCDC INTO 2025. AND I'M SO LOOKING FORWARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO SERVE TOGETHER ON THIS BOARD, AS WE GOT TO DO ON CITY COUNCIL.

AND I KNOW I SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY UP HERE. YOU HAVE BEEN JUST A YOU HAVE SET A GREAT EXAMPLE AND AND SHOES TO FILL IN THIS ROLE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND YEAH GOT ME ON THIS ONE I WASN'T IF YOU BREAK IT I DIDN'T PUT MY LASHES ON AND I'M GLAD I DIDN'T. NOW THIS GAVEL IS NOT ONE TO BEND BECAUSE IT IS CRYSTAL. OH WOW. BUT THIS PRESENT TO ANGELA RICHARDSON WOODS, IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR LEADERSHIP OF MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS BOARD CHAIR FROM 2021 TO 2025, THANK YOU. I THINK WE SHOULD.

THANK YOU. SPEECH, SPEECH. I'LL GO BACK TO MY SEAT WHEN WE SIT IN MY OLD SEAT. SIT OVER HERE.

I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS TODAY. I WAS THINKING IT WAS GOING TO BE WHEN I COME OFF. BUT YOU GOT ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT HAS BEEN A TRUE HONOR TO SERVE WITH SO MANY AMAZING CHANGE AGENTS AND LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH EVERY ONE OF YOU ON THIS BOARD. THANK YOU TO MY FOR EVER MAYOR GEORGE FULLER, FOR YOU SAYING SOMETHING TO ME THAT I DIDN'T SEE IN MYSELF. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO TRACY RATH AND SCOTT ELLIOTT FOR IN 2018, THEY SAW SOMETHING IN ME AND SELECTED ME TO BE ON THIS BOARD. SO I AM BEYOND HUMBLE. I AM GRATEFUL, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE COUNCIL TO EXTEND ME AN ADDITIONAL YEAR ON THIS BOARD. I DO NOT TAKE THAT LIGHTLY, BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY AMAZING LEADERS IN OUR CITY THAT DESERVE THE RIGHT TO SERVE, AND THEY WILL. AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE MORE LEADERS WANTING TO SERVE THAN SPOTS, BECAUSE THAT JUST SHOWS THE LEVEL OF TALENT THAT WE ARE ATTRACTING TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT SHOWS THE LEVEL OF OUTREACH THAT EACH OF YOU ARE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY TO ATTRACT PEOPLE, TO WANT TO BE IN THESE ROLES, BECAUSE, I MEAN, GEORGE MAYOR FULLER, CHAIR FULLER WILL PROBABLY SAY THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE LAST PROBABLY 5 OR 6 YEARS OF PEOPLE APPLYING THAT THAT MAY NOT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE, BUT PEOPLE SEE THE VALUE IN WHAT WE DO AND SEE THAT THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THE CHANGE IN THE GROWTH THAT WE ARE DOING IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, OF COURSE, TO CINDY AND AND LYNDA AND ANNIE FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME, ALWAYS REMINDING ME. AND I WOULD ALWAYS SAY, IF YOU WANT AN ACTION, YOU BETTER TEXT ME, DON'T SEND ME AN EMAIL, BETTER TEXT ME AND SAY, I SENT YOU AN EMAIL BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE YOU KNOW, WE ARE SERVANT LEADERS. AND THAT'S ALL I'VE TRIED TO DO IN THIS COMMUNITY, IN THIS ROLE, IS TO JUST BE A SERVANT LEADER. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, ANGIE, TO THAT COMMENT ABOUT HOW IT'S GROWN, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SERVE WHEN I FIRST WAS ELECTED, WE DIDN'T HAVE WE HAD MORE POSITIONS THAN WE HAD APPLICANTS. I MEAN, I REMEMBER GOING OUT IN THE STREET AND JUST FINDING SOMEBODY, LIKE THROWING A ROCK AND WHOEVER HIT, I'D SAY, HEY, YOU GOT TO COME BE ON A BOARD. WE HAD TO GO DRAG PEOPLE IN.

BUT NOW, AS YOU SAY, WE HAVE OVER 220 PEOPLE APPLYING FOR POSITIONS AND WE DON'T HAVE NEAR THAT MANY TO FILL. BUT I THINK IT IS A TESTAMENT TO TO THE CITY AND WHAT HOW THE CITY HAS GROWN AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CERTAINLY THE SPORT HAS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN ALL OF THAT. AND PEOPLE WANT TO SERVE WHEN THEY ARE, WHEN THEY WHEN THEY LOVE THE

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WELL, AGAIN, THOSE WHO DON'T LIKE ALL THE GROWTH THAT WAS THAT WAS UNDER YOUR WATCH.

REPORTS, BOARD AND LIAISON REPORTS. MIKE'S NOT HERE. MIKE KOWSKI YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE IT OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE TO GO SPEAK. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. MADAM PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, MICHAEL KOSKI, PRESIDENT OF THE MEDC. I DO HAVE TO SNEAK OUT OF HERE IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES. I AM THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES AT AN EVENT AT THE FLOUR MILL CHAMBER.

Q4 UPDATE. WE'RE DOING STARTUPS AND INNOVATION. SO IF YOU'RE MEETING ENDS IN TIME BEFORE 930, COME WALK OVER, CHECK OUT THE ENERGY. WE HAVE STARTUPS GIVING PITCHES, AND THEN I'LL BE MODERATING A PANEL ABOUT WORKFORCE AND WHAT AI AND INNOVATION CAN DO TO HELP BOLSTER THAT ONE QUICK UPDATE. AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER TOPIC TO DISCUSS MEDICINE CLERK.

DIRECTOR. MEDICINE CLERK. THIS PAST WEEK RECEIVED HER HONOR AS ONE OF THE TOP 50 ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS IN ALL OF NORTH AMERICA. HUGE HONOR FOR HER. WOW. WE'RE BLESSED. MR. MICHAEL TALLEY WAS NAMED TO THAT LIST THE PREVIOUS YEAR. WOW. SO JUST TWO ALL STARS AMONGST A WHOLE GROUP OF ALL STARS. SO I'M BLESSED TO HAVE MICHAEL MADISON COACHING ME UP EVERY DAY TO GET BETTER, MORE. A KEY TOPIC THOUGH. I HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THE DELEGATION. A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, WE JOURNEYED TO SMART CITIES TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN MAKE THE CITY BETTER. I REACHED OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS, FOUND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND WE WENT OUT AND SEARCHED FOR IDEAS AND SOLUTIONS AND SO ON. I'M PREPARING A FINAL REPORT TO THAT EFFECT, BUT I KNOW ANGELA RICHARDSON WOODS JOINED US ON THAT, SO I KNOW SHE WANTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT IT, SO I'LL YIELD MY TIME TO TO HER. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO GIVE MY HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO EDC IN THE CITY FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE PART OF THAT DELEGATION. THE ONE THING I WILL SAY IS THAT NORTH TEXAS SHINED AT THIS.

WE WERE OUT. I KEEP FORGETTING THAT FRISCO WAS THERE. I KEEP SAYING WE WERE THE ONLY CITY THERE AND PEOPLE SAY FRISCO WAS THERE. YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY WERE THERE. BUT NORTH TEXAS SHINED AT THAT ON THE GLOBAL PLATFORM. AND I WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO MIKE AND HIS TEAM FOR HOLDING DOWN THE BOOTH. THE AT THE AT THE EVENT, WHILE THE REST OF US WERE OUT LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS AND TALKING TO VENDORS GLOBALLY, ATTENDING SESSIONS. I ATTENDED ABOUT 12 SESSIONS THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, OVER THE 3 OR 4 DAYS THAT WE WERE THERE. AND I REALLY WANT TO TALK TO, LIKE HOW THE RELEVANCE OF THOSE SESSIONS AND HOW THEY RELATE TO WHAT WE DO IN MCDC. SO A SESSION ON CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT AND TRUST TRANSFORMING CITY SERVICES, CITIES ON THE FRONT LINE AND HOW THAT TRANSFORMS AND WHAT WE DO. IT SUPPORTS CIVIC TECH, DIGITAL INCLUSION AND COMMUNITY VOICE. WE TALK ABOUT CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS, ENABLES COLLABORATION, FUNDING AND SHARED GOVERNANCE. AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS DO WITH OUR CITY AND OUR DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. EQUITABLE HOUSING AND GROWTH WAS ANOTHER SESSION I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND, AND IT FOSTERS THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND LOCAL JOB CREATION, A FUTURE READY PLANNING, AND ALIGNS WITH THE LONG TERM INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE LIVABILITY GOALS THAT WE ARE ALSO STRIVING FOR. WITH MCDC, THE RESILIENT URBAN ECONOMICS AND THE ENCOURAGE THE CIRCULAR ECONOMIES IN THE COMMUNITY, WEALTH BUILDING. SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS AND SOME OF THE SESSIONS IS THAT, AND ONE THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS AROUND WHAT THEY CALL HUMAN CENTERED PEOPLE CENTERED, THAT WE HAVE TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THINGS WE CAN'T OVERTALK PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT ALWAYS HAVE THAT WHAT I CALL PLAIN LANGUAGES. JOY. NO, WE'RE IN GOVERNMENT. WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT PLAIN LANGUAGE AND ALWAYS ENSURING THAT WE ARE NOT OVERSTIMULATING PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT AS TECH BOUND WITH TERMINOLOGY, AND THAT WE ARE SPEAKING TO ALL CITIZENS. SO THOSE ARE SOME TAKEAWAYS, AND I WOULD JUST SAY THAT LEADING ENVISION AND COORDINATING BROAD BASED EXPANSION WITH TAX BASE AND CHAMPIONING SUSTAINABLE LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE SOME OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS. SO AS PART OF THE DELEGATION, MY

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AND RIGHT NOW, THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A A DATABASE OR A SYSTEM TO KEEP TRACK WITH THAT. AND SO WE WERE WALKING AROUND TALKING TO DIFFERENT VENDORS AND YOU KNOW, YOU HAD THE DELOITTE AND THE APPLE AND THE GOOGLE AND THE DELL THAT WERE THERE. AND I WOULD JUST SAY IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT EDC CONTINUES TO DO, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER SENDING A DELEGATION BECAUSE. MIKE, EDC CANNOT DO ALL THAT WORK ON THEIR OWN. THEY CAN'T BE AT THE BOOTH TO BE THERE TO TALK WHEN WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING BY, THEY CAN'T BE OUT TALKING TO THE DIFFERENT VENDORS. SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU DO HAVE A DELEGATION BECAUSE IT IS HUGE. IT IS A HUGE I MEAN, I CAN'T EVEN COUNT THE NUMBER. MIKE CAN SPEAK TO THE NUMBER OF VENDORS THAT WERE THERE, BUT IT WAS TOO BIG. TWO DIFFERENT HALLS THAT THEY FROM WALL TO WALL, CORNER TO CORNER. AND YOU LITERALLY TOOK ALL DAY. I'LL ADD SOME FLAVOR TO THAT. 25,000 ATTENDEES, OVER 100 COUNTRIES, 1200 EXHIBITORS AND VENDORS. YEAH. SO AND HAVING THAT DELEGATION, I THINK, TOOK A LOT OFF OF THE EDC TEAM BECAUSE WE WERE THERE SITTING IN THE SESSIONS, TAKING NOTES, GETTING OUR REPORT BACK TO MIKE, GETTING PICTURES. SO AS HE'S WORKING ON HIS CLOSEOUT REPORT, HE WOULD HAVE THAT BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY HE OR OR LUKE OR MICHAEL TALLY WOULD HAVE EVEN BEEN ABLE TO COVER THAT INFORMATION. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING ME TO REPRESENT MCDC. THANK YOU, MIKE, AND YOUR TEAM FOR PROVIDING US WITH THE UPFRONT INFORMATION. OUR BASICALLY OUR OUR BECAUSE THEY HAD OUR WHOLE SCHEDULE.

THEY SAID, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING. THIS IS WHERE YOU NEED TO BE.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. THEY BUILT THE APP. AND AND SO IN THAT APP WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. WE WERE PUT AN UPDATES WHEN WE WERE GETTING READY FOR THE PITCH. GREAT JOB WITH THE PITCH IN THE PRESENTATIONS OF THOSE PRESENTERS. SO IT WAS JUST REALLY AN AMAZING EVENT THAT I THINK IS WE ARE GAME CHANGERS ON A GLOBAL PLATFORM, AND I KNOW A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF WHAT EDC IS DOING. SO THANK YOU. YEAH, MIKE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT. I'VE HAD A FEW CONVERSATIONS I WON'T DIVULGE WITH WHO OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT YOU AND YOU TRULY ARE. YOU'VE GOT YOU ARE THE BEST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR PRESIDENT IN THE COUNTRY. YOU REALLY ARE. YOU ARE YOU SHINE.

AND AND I'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT STILL THINK OF ME IN TERMS OF MAYOR OF THE CITY THAT HAVE CALLED ME IN EVENTS THAT YOU HAVE SPOKEN TO, THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE CITY, THAT TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE GET A MICHAEL KOWSKI THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST SEE SUCH A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IN YOUR PRESENCE, YOUR PRESENTATIONS, YOUR JUST JUST WHAT YOU DO, HOW YOU DO IT, THE EFFICIENCY WITH WHICH YOU DO IT, THE PROFESSIONALISM, THE CHARISMA, ALL OF IT. YOU ARE YOU ARE REALLY A BLESSING TO THIS CITY. RIGHT. AND AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A TEAM THERE. YOU HAVE A GREAT TEAM. BUT WHEN SHE SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT WAS FORGOTTEN OR OVERLOOKED THAT FRISCO WAS THERE. THAT'S ACTUALLY EASY TO UNDERSTAND.

IT'S QUITE THERE'S QUITE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. AND AND WHEN YOU AND YOUR TEAM IS THERE AND THE DECISION TO BRING A DELEGATION, AS WAS DECIDED, ECLIPSES ANYONE AROUND HERE AND ANYONE IN THE COUNTRY. SO I'M CONSTANTLY HEARING ABOUT YOU FROM PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE CITY.

I'VE HEARD ABOUT YOU FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE. SO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU. KUDOS. AND I'LL JUST SAY I DO. I DO PROVIDE MY REPORT TO MICHAEL TO ADD TO HIS REPORT AND PROVIDED A COPY OF THE REPORT TO CINDY. SO WHAT TIME IS THAT OVER, MIKE? 930. IS IT OVER 830 TO 930 OKAY,

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YEAH. SO ALL RIGHT. CITY OF MCKINNEY TREVOR MINYARD. THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MADAM PRESIDENT TREVOR MINYARD, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO GO OVER, SO BEAR WITH ME. WE HAVE A QUITE A FEW BULLET POINTS. I'LL START OFF WITH SAYING THIS. LAST TUESDAY WE HAD A WORK SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING. THE REGULAR MEETING WAS KICKED OFF WITH THE RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN. WE HAVE A RED KETTLE IN THE MAIN LOBBY OF THIS BUILDING IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. AND THEN THE RED KETTLES WILL BE OUT AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT MCKINNEY. WHILE WE'RE IN THE SEASON OF THANKFULNESS, EVEN HERE IN THIS ROOM, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT DURING THE WORK SESSION, WE PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON DOWNTOWN PARKING. I'D ENCOURAGE THE BOARD, IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN DOWNTOWN PARKING, TO GO AND REVIEW THAT UPDATE. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE 21 2021 PARKING ACTION PLAN, AND SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT OVER THE NEXT YEAR TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AS IT RELATES TO PARKING. THERE WAS ALSO SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO THE HIGHWAY FIVE CORRIDOR.

HAYLEY ANGEL DID A GOOD JOB UPDATING THE COUNCIL ON WHAT'S NEXT AND WHAT'S COMING, AND THEN FINALLY THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AROUND CONTINUING OUR CONVERSATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 230 ACRES THAT ARE AT TAYLOR, BURKE AND BLOOMDALE THAT SHOULD BE VERY FAMILIAR TO THE BOARD. YOU ALL HAVE 30 ACRES RIGHT THERE AT THAT HARD NORTHEAST CORNER. SO WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT WITH THE COUNCIL AGAIN ON THE 2ND OF DECEMBER. I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO TUNE IN. AT THE CITY. WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE THAT IS NOW LIVE. PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE, CHECK IT OUT, PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK YOU MAY HAVE. IT'S MEANT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT EASE OF ACCESS, EASIER ACCESS SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO MOBILE ACCESS. SO GO TO THAT.

THAT'S MCKINNEY, TEXAS DOT. AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL SHARE THIS BOARD HAS NOT MET SINCE THE INTERNATIONAL CITY AND COUNTY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION MEETING OCCURRED FOR 2025. AND OUR CITY MANAGER, PAUL GRIMES, RECEIVED THE CAREER EXCELLENCE AWARD, WHICH IS A SINGLE AWARD GIVEN ONCE A YEAR TO ONE OF THE 14,000 MEMBERS OF ICMA. IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE FROM OUR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION. PAUL'S OUT OF THE OFFICE TODAY AND TOMORROW, BUT NEXT TIME YOU SEE PAUL, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, PLEASE CONGRATULATE HIM ON THAT. IT IS A VERY, VERY BIG DEAL IN OUR PROFESSION FOR HIM TO RECEIVE THAT. AND HE REPRESENTS MCKINNEY. WELL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TREVOR, I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS, TREVOR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. VISIT MCKINNEY. AARON. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AARON WERNER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT MCKINNEY. I'M GOING TO START OFF MY UPDATE TODAY WITH SOMETHING I PROBABLY WON'T EVER TALK ABOUT AT THE DYESS AGAIN, WHICH IS TURKEYS. IF YOU IF YOU'VE ALL PAID ATTENTION TO THE MEDIA OR THE VISIT MCKINNEY SOCIAL MEDIA RECENTLY, TURKEYS HAVE HAVE BEEN A THING IN MCKINNEY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW. THEY STARTED ON CHURCH STREET AND THAT HAS EXPANDED BEYOND THERE. SO THIS YEAR, JUST FOR FUN, WE DECIDED TO CRANK THE MARKETING LEVER UP A LITTLE BIT AND PROCLAIM OURSELVES AS THE INFLATABLE CAPITAL INFLATABLE TURKEY CAPITAL OF TEXAS. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT EVERY MEDIA ORGANIZATION IN DALLAS WAS GOING TO PICK UP THAT STORY AND RUN WITH IT, AND AND IT'S COMPLETELY BLOWN UP, WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY FUN. I LOOK THIS MORNING, WE HAVE ABOUT 360 TURKEYS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE MCKINNEY MAP. SO EACH OF THESE WERE DONE BY A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. THEY HAD TO SUBMIT A PICTURE, A STORY, A NAME, AND SO YOU CAN GET ON AND SEE THAT THE TURKEYS HAVE NOW EXPANDED ALL OVER MCKINNEY. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SOME SUBMISSIONS FROM OUTSIDE MCKINNEY THAT WE'VE HAPPILY DENIED BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT IN MCKINNEY. SO SORRY ABOUT YOU AND ANNA AND MELISSA THAT WANT TO JOIN, BUT IT'S BEEN FUN. AND SO WE HAVE ANOTHER NEW STORY. NBC5 IS COVERING IT NEXT MONDAY. I THINK IT EITHER 5 OR 6 P.M.

THEY'RE TALKING WITH MCKINNEY TEAM, BUT WE ALSO GOT THEM CONNECTED WITH THE FIRST LADY WHO EVER PUT A TURKEY OUT ON CHURCH STREET. JUST TO KIND OF WRAP THE STORY UP AS WE GET CLOSER TO THANKSGIVING. SO A LOT OF FUN THERE. PROMOTING MCKINNEY. THE SECOND ONE WAS SOMETHING THAT I'VE ACTUALLY WANTED TO DO SINCE I JOINED VISIT MCKINNEY. WE FINALLY WERE ABLE TO PULL IT OFF AS A TEAM, WHICH WAS CREATE A HOTELIER ONLY MEETING HERE AT CITY HALL.

SO LAST WEEK WE HOSTED ABOUT 35 DIFFERENT HOTELIERS. THIS IS OUR GM'S, OUR DIRECTOR OF SALES.

YOU KNOW, ANYBODY WHO'S IN ADMINISTRATION, IN OUR IN OUR HOTELS, IN MCKINNEY. AND WE

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ANDREW. GOOD MORNING. MCTC CHAIR, PRESIDENT AND BOARD, ANDREW JONES, CULTURAL DISTRICT DIRECTOR A FEW UPDATES. WE JUST CAME BACK FROM WACO WHERE WE RECEIVED FIVE AWARDS FOR DOWNTOWN, WHICH WE WERE VERY HONORED TO TO RECEIVE. SO HARVEST AT THE MASONIC WELL WELL REGARDED PROJECT WON BEST RENOVATION IN THE STATE. SO THAT WAS PRETTY AMAZING. WELL DESERVED. WE DID A GOOD JOB FOR BEST PROJECT. THIS WAS A CDC FUNDED PROJECT, DOWNTOWN TROLLEY. SO THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, STATEWIDE RECOGNITION THERE. WE ALSO RECEIVED THREE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS, ONE FOR BEST BUSINESS IN THE STATE, WHICH WAS MCKINNEY. IF YOU DON'T KNOW MCKINNEY AND THE FANS THAT THEY HAVE IT, THEY JUST BLEW THE COMPETITION OUT OF THE WATER AND THE VOTING AND JUST GETTING OUT THE VOTE, I MEAN, BY A MAGNITUDE OF THREE. SO IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING. WE ALSO RECEIVED THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD FOR THE DOWNTOWN TROLLEY, AND THEN WE ALSO RECEIVED THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE FOR THE BEST DOWNTOWN. SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO KIND OF RECEIVE THOSE AWARDS. AND IT'S REALLY A TESTAMENT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE AND OUR BUSINESSES AS WELL. WE LAUNCHED A NEW INITIATIVE CALLED THE GRANDMA STAND IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THIS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE UP ON WFAA, AND SOME OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS PICKED IT UP AS WELL. IT'S A MOBILE POP UP STAND OFFERING FREE WISDOM AND EMPATHY FROM A LOCAL GRANDMOTHER. IT'S ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, PART OF PART OF WHAT WE DO IS COMMUNITY BUILDING. AND IT'S AMAZING TO SEE JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LINE OF PEOPLE TO TALK WITH GRANDMA SARAH THAT WAS THE LATEST ONE THAT WE HAD AND JUST TEARS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF HUGS. AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT KIND OF COMMUNITY MOMENT. THIS WAS STARTED BACK IN NEW YORK CITY DURING COVID, WHEN THERE WAS A LOT OF ISOLATION AND PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR GRANDMOTHERS. AND SO THEY STARTED A MOBILE GRANDMA STAND WHERE YOU CAN JUST PHONE A GRANDMA. WELL, AFTER COVID, YOU KNOW, THAT STUCK AND YOU BROUGHT IT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE THE FIRST CITY OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK CITY TO HOST THIS. SO YOU SHOUT OUT TO GRAHAM ON OUR STAFF FOR KIND OF SEEING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR IT. AND IT IS A JUST A VERY HEARTWARMING ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER PROGRAMING THAT WE DO. WHAT ARE HER HOURS? SO SHE'S GOING TO BE HERE. GREAT QUESTION. NOVEMBER 21ST AND 22ND. LIKE 1 TO 4. SO AND SHE'LL BE AT DIFFERENT. AND THEN IT'S DINNER TIME AT THAT POINT AND SHE'LL BE WHERE WHERE EXACTLY. WHERE EXACTLY WILL SHE BE USED TO BE. ON THE SQUARE OVER BY BENJI FOR, FOR THIS TIME. AND THEN WE PLAN ON TAKING IT OUT TO OTHER PLACES LIKE THE FARMERS MARKET AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL.

NOW, IS THIS GOING TO BE GRANDMA WITH NO FILTER OR GRANDMA? YEAH. WHO'S GRANDMA IS NOT MY GRANDMA. IS IT THE GRANDMA THAT SAY YOU SURE GOT BAD JOKE? OR WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE KIDS? GIVE ME GRANDCHILDREN. NO. SHE IS. THEY'RE VERY SWEET. AND THEY ARE. THEY'RE JUST AMAZING. YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME FROM, LIKE THE SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER AND OTHER PLACES, TOO. SO YOU SAID IT WAS 21ST AND 22ND? YES. YEAH.

1 TO 5. YES. 1 TO 4. 1 TO 4. OKAY. THANK YOU. SOME EVENTS THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS. WE'RE GETTING INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON. YOU KNOW WE GOT ALMOST ALL OF OUR CHRISTMAS DECOR GOING UP WITHIN THIS WEEK. SO WE SHOULD WRAP THAT UP. BUT YOU KNOW WE'RE EXCITED WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT EVENTS. SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A LIST HERE. SO YOU KNOW BEAR WITH ME GIVING MACHINES. THEY ARRIVE TOMORROW. WE HAVE A NICE CEREMONY TOMORROW. THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOWNTOWN FROM THE 21ST THROUGH DECEMBER 4TH. THEY'LL ALSO BE HERE FOR HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, WHICH IS KIND OF A A CHANGE FROM THE, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS SCHEDULE. WE HAVE IMPACT. MARTY PRESENTS A CHRISTMAS CAROL THIS WEEKEND AGAIN THROUGH HOME FOR THE

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THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE A VERY LARGE LASER SHOW LASER LIGHT SHOW. WITH THIS UP ON THE BUILDING OF IMPACT, THIS LASER LIGHT SHOW WILL ALSO EXTEND FOR A WHOLE MONTH. SO EVERY SINGLE NIGHT AROUND, YOU KNOW, FOUR TO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE DIFFERENT SHOWS. AND SO IT'LL JUST KIND OF REPEAT THIS IS A SPONSORSHIP WITH CHOCTAW, BUT IT'S A REALLY GREAT ADDITION TO DOWNTOWN. THEY MAPPED OUT THE OLD COURTHOUSE BUILDING AND ARE KIND OF JUST DOING SOME REALLY COOL, YOU KNOW, CHRISTMAS THEMED DECORATIONS ON ON THE BUILDING.

WE ALSO HAVE GIRLS NIGHT OUT DECEMBER 4TH, DECEMBER 6TH. WE HAVE OUR COCOA AND COFFEE CRAWL.

DECEMBER 11TH WFA IS COMING BACK FOR SANTA'S HELPERS. IF YOU'VE EVER PARTICIPATED IN THAT. THAT'S SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY EVENT AND WFAA DOES A GREAT JOB HIGHLIGHTING KIND OF WHAT MAKES DOWNTOWN AND THE CITY OF MCKINNEY SPECIAL. AND DECEMBER 13TH PARADE OF LIGHTS RETURNS. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MENORAH LIGHTING ON DECEMBER 18TH AT MITCHELL PARK. SO WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT, SO. ANDREW, HOW DID. YOU UPDATE LAST TIME? HOW DID OKTOBERFEST END UP? WAS THAT A RECORD AGAIN BECAUSE IT WAS CROWDED. YEAH, WE HAD ANOTHER RECORD. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. GREAT, GREAT DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH. YEP. OKAY.

SORRY. DOUBLE DIGIT REVENUE GROWTH. WE ARE STILL GOING TO WAIT FOR THE THE FINAL KIND OF CELL PHONE DATA. WE GET THOSE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS NOW. AND YEAH IT'S A GREAT EVENT. YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY WE WE CONTINUE TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT EVENT BETTER. BUT MAYBE WE NEED TO START LIMITING ATTENDANCE BECAUSE IT IS GETTING KIND OF CROWDED. BUT IT'S A GREAT EVENT AND A GREAT WAY TO HOST PEOPLE IN DOWNTOWN. I THOUGHT YOU GUYS DID A GOOD JOB TRYING TO GET THEM SPREAD OUT FROM JUST THE SQUARE. THAT'S ALWAYS THE GOAL. YEAH, THE PETTING ZOO AND STUFF AND A LITTLE FARTHER AWAY AND ALL OF THAT. SO ANYWAY, WE DID HAVE A SELLOUT FOR OUR VIP EXPERIENCE AS WELL. SO THAT'S ON SATURDAY. THAT'S BEEN A CONTINUED GROWTH AREA FOR FOR THAT EVENT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AARON. YOU KIND OF OWNED THE ROOM WITH THE TURKEYS. BUT AFTER GRANDMA SARAH SORRY WE TOOK A VOTE AT THE END I MEAN YEAH. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU BEAT THAT. DROP THIS. AMY. YEAH. AMY, DO YOU HAVE TURKEYS OR GRANDMA? SARAH, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT? INTERESTING PEPPERMINTS. I'LL TRY TO DO MY BEST. HI. GOOD MORNING. CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AMY KINCAID, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC. AS WE HEAD INTO THANKSGIVING NEXT WEEK, I WANT TO FIRST GIVE THANKS FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THE BOARD FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GIVE THE PARKS. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S NOT A COMPETITION. IT'S BEEN A BUSY MONTH. WE STARTED THE MONTH ON NOVEMBER 3RD AT THE NORTH REGION TRAPS CONFERENCE IN DENTON, WHERE WE RECEIVED THREE AWARDS. WE RECEIVED A MAINTENANCE AWARD FOR GOATS. THE GOATS THAT WE DID, WHICH WAS A HUGE FAVORITE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE ALSO RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE MCKINNEY MELONS. SO THAT WAS A HUGE HIT. AND THEN THE HORIZON AWARD, WHICH IS A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL WITH A LESS THAN FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, WENT TO HANNAH HICKMAN OVER AT APEX, WHO OVERSEES THE AQUATICS. VERY WELL DESERVING. THAT SAME WEEK, WE WENT INTO EPCON, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT MR. KOSKI STARTED AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT HOW GREAT HE IS AND WHERE WE SHUT DOWN OUR FACILITIES FOR TWO DAYS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL GROWTH FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS. WE HAD OVER 200 STAFF MEMBERS FULL TIME AND PART TIME WHO CAME THAT DAY. THEY WERE FULLY ENGAGED. THERE WAS EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS, A KEYNOTE. WE OFFERED HEADSHOTS, A LOT OF THE PARK MAINTENANCE GUYS PARTOOK IN THAT, WHICH IS ALWAYS FUN, SOMETHING THEY PROBABLY HAVE NEVER DONE. WE ALSO ADDED AWARDS THIS YEAR TO RECOGNIZE PEERS. IT WAS PEER TO PEER RECOGNITION, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD AND IT WAS A FAVORITE. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADD AWARDS TO THAT.

SO BUSY MONTH. WE HAVE THE RIBBON CUTTING AT REC CENTER TOWN LAKE, WHICH OFFICIALLY OPENED ON DECEMBER 7TH. THAT SAME WEEK WE SAW ABOUT 150 PEOPLE OVER THE WEEKEND. A LOT OF HIGH REMARKS JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO AND VISIT. IF YOU HAVE NOT, WE WILL BE HAVING A RIBBON CUTTING ON DECEMBER 3RD FOR THE REC CENTER TOWN LAKE AS WELL AS THE LIGHT WALK. WE GOT A SNEAK PEEK OF THE LIGHTS LAST NIGHT AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE FANTASTIC. INVITATIONS SHOULD

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IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE DOWN THE BACK SOUTH. THE NORTH SIDE OF APEX. THIS WILL ALLOW JUST ACCESS ON ALL LEVELS. THIS WILL ALSO HELP IF THE EXISTING ONE GOES DOWN, WHICH WE KNOW HAS BEEN AN ISSUE PREVIOUSLY, SO WE WILL HAVE A BACKUP. THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR AN ELEVATOR TO GET TO THE TOP. THE THIRD LEVEL FOR EQUIPMENT. IF WE HAVE TO REMOVE OR REPLACE EQUIPMENT. SO THAT SHOULD BE TAKING SOME PLACE IN SOMETIME IN 2026. THE PLAYGROUND AT ASHWOOD HAS BEEN REMOVED AND THE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN IS BEING INSTALLED RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETED TODAY WITH WEATHER, BUT SHOULD BE COMPLETED SOMETIME THIS WEEK.

THAT PLAYGROUND THAT WAS REMOVED WILL BE DONATING OR DONATED, AND I'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON WHERE THAT GOES. OTHER THAN THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. I HAD A QUICK QUESTION THIS PAST WEEKEND. I HEARD THAT THERE WAS THERE WAS A BIKER THAT TOOK A REALLY BAD FALL OVER BY THE PARK. NO ONE, NO ONE SO MUCH CARED ABOUT HIM, BUT HE WAS CARRYING A SMALL DOG, WHICH EVERYONE SEEMED TO RUN TO THE AID OF THE LITTLE DOG, BUT IT WAS SLID ON ALL THE LEAVES. IS THERE A ON MAINTENANCE OF PARKS? DO THEY GO THROUGH AND CLEAR THOSE PATHS OF LEAVES? GENERALLY, YES, AND MOSTLY SINCE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE AND MORE, THEY'RE UPPING HOW MANY TIMES THEY DO THAT.

YEAH. FROM WHAT I HEAR, HE WAS TRAVELING FAIRLY QUICKLY AND AND HIT A RECKLESSLY LEAVES RECKLESS, AND THE BIKE SLID OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND SLAMMED AGAINST THE GROUND. AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE THERE WERE MULTIPLE. THERE WERE MULTIPLE CASUALTIES. I HEARD THERE WERE.

YES, THERE WAS ONE OTHER CASUALTY WAS OVER BY THE PARK. BUT IT IS IT IS A IT IS QUITE A HAZARD. AGAIN, NOT SO MUCH CARED ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR GUY, BUT THERE WAS A CANINE INVOLVED AS WELL THAT PEOPLE CARED ABOUT. BUT YEAH, IF THEY I JUST WONDERED IF THAT'S A PRACTICE TO DO THAT. AND BUT I DID SAY TO YOU BECAUSE WE DO DRAW THAT QUITE OFTEN ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WHENEVER THE HAD THE DISC GOLF TOURNAMENT GOING ON, JUST MAYBE GOOD TO HAVE A CONVERSATION BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES AROUND THOSE CORNERS, ALL THE GUYS WERE JUST ON TOP OF THE THE SIDEWALK AND YOU START TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING OR WHATEVER, AND THEY JUST GIVE YOU DIRTY LOOKS, BUT JUST KIND OF GET A HEADS UP, JUST LET THEM KNOW THAT THAT'S A THAT IS A WE CAN WORK WITH THE ORGANIZERS. THANKS. THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO. CAN I ADD SOMETHING? YEP. AMY AND HER TEAM PROVIDE A PARKS UPDATE ON THEIR CIP PROJECTS EVERY MONTH, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA THIS MONTH. IN ADDITION, THERE'S AN UPDATE ON ALL THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. AND JENNY PRESENTED IT TO JENNY BAKER PRESENTED IT AT COUNCIL TUESDAY NIGHT. SO IF YOU WANT TO WATCH THAT PRESENTATION A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION THERE.

THANK YOU. THANKS, AMY. ALL RIGHT. PRESIDENT'S REPORT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

[President’s Report]

IT CAN BE A COMPANY THAT IS DEDICATED TO OR A NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO IMPROVING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. HERE IN MCKINNEY, A COUPLE OF MCKINNEY FRONT PORCH THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THE RECOGNITION OF ANGELA. THAT'S THE GROUP THAT CDC CONVENES ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.

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I MEAN IT WAS A LITTLE WE STILL HAD SOME CONSTRUCTION, SO IT WAS A LITTLE CROWDED IN PARTS OF IT. BUT WHAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO ME ABOUT IT IS THE BY ABOUT 4:00, THE SUN WAS BEHIND THAT BUILDING AND THE WHOLE AREA WAS SHADED IN A VERY HOT AFTERNOON. AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, UPPER 90S THAT DAY MADE THE WHOLE THING A LOT COOLER. WE HAD A BREEZE COMPARED TO HAVING IT IN SOME OF THE PARKS. I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY NICE SETTING THAT. AND THEN YOU GO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. YOU HAD THE ENTIRE PARKING AREA FROM THE CITY HALL HERE. SO IT FOR THE FIRST EVENT THAT I'VE SEEN THERE, IT TURNED OUT REALLY WELL AND I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO USE THAT SPACE. I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED TO BE SURE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, THAT REPORT, THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF NOT ONLY REPORTING ON THE METRICS THAT WE EXPECT THEM TO IN TERMS OF ATTENDANCE AND WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM, BUT I THINK THEY REALLY DID AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT WORKED WELL FOR THEM AND WHAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO FOCUS ON IN THE FUTURE.

AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS SEE IN THE REPORTS THAT WE GET. SO COMMEND THAT GROUP ON. ON THEIR APPROACH TO CREATING A GREAT EVENT FOR THE CITY. THEY ALSO HAD TEN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES REPRESENTED FOR TYPES OF FOOD THAT THEY HAD, WHICH WAS WHY IT WENT AWESOME.

[Consider/Discuss/Act on an Extension to the Term of the Loan Agreement for Project RI24-10, Hester Eats, LLC (dba Hamm’s Meat Market), for Installation of a Fire Suppression System and Site Improvements at 307 W. Louisiana Street in McKinney, to December 1, 2025.]

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, I DO HAVE A TURKEY ON THE TOP OF HAMS, SO I BRING THAT. BUT ANYWAY, SO WE DID FINALLY COMPLETE OUR PROJECT. WE HAD A COUPLE HICCUPS ALONG THE WAY. I'LL SPARE YOU ALL THE DETAILS UNLESS YOU ASK FOR THEM, BUT WE HAD SOME OTHER EQUIPMENT GO DOWN THAT COST US SOME MONEY. WE DID FINISH THE PROJECT ON TIME, BUT WE WERE AWAITING THE FIRE INSPECTION, WHICH IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING AT 9:00 THIS MORNING. SO WE'RE ABOUT 20 DAYS BEHIND. SO I'M JUST HERE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET AN EXTENSION. WE SHOULD HAVE THE INSPECTION ANY DAY NOW AND THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE. WE WERE APPROVED FOR A $50,000. WE ENDED UP DOING IT FOR 28, SO WE SPENT ABOUT HALF THAT. IT HAS BEEN PAID. ALL THE WORK IS DONE. INSPECTION IS THIS MORNING SO NO HICCUPS. SINCE THEN. I HAVE NO ISSUE. ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? YEAH.

ONE COMMENT. YEAH GREAT JOB AT THE. OCTOBER OCTOBER 5TH. FARM TO TABLE, FARM TO TABLE OCTOBER 5TH TO OCTOBER 5TH. YEAH. THANK YOU. YES. FARM TO TABLE. SWEATING OVER THAT THAT THAT GRILL WHEN IT WAS ALMOST A HUNDRED DEGREES OUTSIDE. BUT IT WAS IT WAS GREAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. THANK YOU. IT WAS A PLEASURE. AND OCTOBERFEST WAS GREAT. WE HAD A FUN TIME ALWAYS DOING IT. IT'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT'S REALLY COOL TO BE A PART OF THAT. YOU

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CORRECT. OKAY. CAST YOUR VOTES. THANKS. AWESOME. GREAT JOB. APPRECIATE IT. NEXT TIME. NEXT TIME, BRING SOME HANDS. TURKEY. I MEAN, REALLY, ANYTHING IS FINE. THANK YOU FOR SPENDING

[Consider/discuss/act on amending the Retail Development Infrastructure Grant Guidelines for FY26.]

FISCAL YEAR 26. OKAY, I CAN SPEAK TO THIS ONE EARLIER IN THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. EVERYBODY APPROVED THE MINUTES FROM OUR RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING. AND HAVING READ THOSE, YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE THAT WE ARE REQUESTING CONSIDERATION TO ELIMINATE THE BOUNDARIES. AND SO JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS, THE RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS HAVE DESIGNATED AREA AND A RADIUS OF ABOUT HALF MILE WITHIN CERTAIN LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY. AND THESE INCLUDE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES SUCH AS 380 AND CUSTER ROAD, EL DORADO AND HIGHWAY FIVE, WHICH KIND OF BRACKET THINGS, AND THEN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY LOCATIONS AND LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. WHEN OUR SUBCOMMITTEE WAS REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS AND THINKING ABOUT PROSPECTIVE APPLICATIONS, WE WERE REALLY THINKING CITYWIDE AND ABOUT HOW ANY LOCATION REALLY COULD USE SOME IMPROVEMENTS. AND WOULD WE WANT TO BE RESTRICTIVE TO JUST ITS GEOGRAPHIC PINPOINT. AND SO THERE WAS SOME DEBATE ABOUT THAT. AND WE BRING IT TO YOU TODAY. THE PRO, OF COURSE, OF THIS IS ALLOWING ANY AGING RETAIL PROPERTY TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE A PROPOSAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE GRANT, OF COURSE, IS TO ENHANCE THE PROPERTY SO THAT IT'S ESTHETICALLY MORE PLEASING, BUT ALSO ABLE TO BRING IN MORE SALES TAX REVENUE. THE DOWNSIDE OF THAT, OF COURSE, IS THAT THERE COULD BE MORE MONEY, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATED TO THIS PROGRAM AND SPENT AT LOCATIONS NOT PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED TO BE HISTORIC OR IN SOME OF THE MAJOR GATEWAY AREAS. SO, RJ, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING BEFORE WE OPEN IT FOR. SO CURRENTLY THE GUIDELINES, AS JOY WAS SAYING, ARE IN OUR GATEWAY AREAS. 380 IS ONE OF THEM. CUSTER IS TO THE WEST, EL DORADO AND HIGHWAY FIVE. SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE GATEWAY AREAS THAT PEOPLE WOULD COME TO MCKINNEY AND THOROUGHFARES THROUGH MCKINNEY. AND SO THE FOCUS CURRENTLY WITH THOSE BOUNDARIES WOULD BE THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES THROUGH OUR CITY.

SO IF WE IF WE ELIMINATE THE GUIDELINES IN REGARDS TO LOCATION, THAT RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURES OR RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS CAN COME IN SECURE GRANTS FOR IMPROVEMENT THERE, THERE IS THE PROPENSITY THAT THEY MIGHT HAPPEN IN LOCATIONS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY AS AS VISIBLE TO PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. SO DO WE WANT TO FOCUS ON A MORE HIGH TRAFFIC AREA, OR DO WE WANT TO FOCUS ON OUR CITY AS A WHOLE? THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE DISCUSSION, AND THE REASON FOR THE CHANGES. I HAVE A QUESTION, AND THIS IS THIS QUESTION MAY GO TO PRESIDENT SCHNABEL. ARE WE RESTRICTED ON THE ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE OF ALLOCATION FOR THIS LINE ITEM? BECAUSE HISTORICALLY WE'VE, WHAT, 150, 300,000 TOTAL 150 FOR EACH CYCLE CYCLE. AND IT'S A MATCHING GRANT. SO OUR AMOUNT 75% UP TO 50,000 OKAY. SO THE ONE THING I KNOW LAST YEAR WE INCREASED THE AMOUNT THE AMOUNT BECAUSE IT WAS LESS IT WAS 5050 5050 AND 2575 BECAUSE WE IDENTIFIED THAT IT REALLY KIND OF WASN'T IT WASN'T ENOUGH. IT WASN'T REALLY. SO MY MY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE. ARE WE OR IF WE EXPAND THE AREA, THERE'S A POTENTIAL TO GET MORE APPLICANTS. WE'RE STILL RIGHT NOW RESTRICTED TO 150 PER CYCLE. IS IT GOING TO THEN IMPACT OUR ABILITY OR IS IT GOING TO MAKE IT MORE COMPETITIVE? OF COURSE, FOR THE APPLICANT, OR ARE WE STILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE A DECENT AMOUNT THAT MAKES IT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE APPLICANT APPLYING? SO I'M JUST DO WE IS THAT CAN THAT LINE ITEM BE INCREASED OR ARE WE RESTRICTED BY OUR STATUTE TO ONLY HAVE IT NOW? WE GIVE ME AN ANSWER. NO, NO I WAS SAYING WE'RE NOT RESTRICTED. WE'RE NOT RESTRICTED. THE BOARD WOULD HAVE OPTIONS IF THERE WAS SO MUCH DEMAND FOR THAT FUNDING

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SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DENTIST OFFICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN I THINK. WE WANTED TO STRESS TO THAT. WE WILL CONSIDER PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY, BUT WE ARE REALLY AIMING FOR THOSE THAT HAVE A TARGET DATE WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF APPROVAL OF THE GRANT.

SO SORT OF A SPEEDY PROCESS WHERE THE GRANT MONEY CAN BE VISIBLY USED AND SEEN IN THE COMMUNITY AND AGAIN START GENERATING THAT TAX REVENUE. SO EVEN IF THERE ARE MORE APPLICANTS THAN MONEY PROVIDES, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A COURSE TO INCREASE THE ALLOCATION. IF WE DECIDE TO GO THAT ROUTE AND APPROVE EVERYBODY, OR WE WOULD USE OUR DISCERNMENT TO ELEVATE ONE OF THESE PRIORITY AREAS. YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD SEE IT AS. IF WE HAD IF WE WERE AT CAPACITY AND HAD BEEN HISTORICALLY ALWAYS AT CAPACITY. I THINK THERE'S A STRONGER ARGUMENT TO MAINTAIN THE FOCUS ON OUR CORRIDORS, MAIN CORRIDORS, IF WE'RE UNDERSUBSCRIBED RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE TO TO OPEN IT TO OTHER AREAS, BUT I WOULD I WOULD THINK THAT POLICY COULD ALSO CONTAIN A YOU ARE GIVEN A PRIORITY IF YOU ARE ON THE MAJOR CORRIDORS. SO CREATING LIKE A RUBRIC. RIGHT. CREATING A RUBRIC IN IN A MANNER THAT IF YOU ARE IN A CORRIDOR, THEN MAYBE THERE IS THERE'S A HIGHER PRIORITY, HIGHER PRIORITY OR NUMBER. SO YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD DEPEND TOO, ON WHAT THE NATURE OF THE PROJECT IS. I MEAN, IT COULD BE SOMEPLACE VERY CENTRALLY LOCATED IN THE HEART OF MCKINNEY, BUT NOT NECESSARILY ON A ON A MAIN GATEWAY. AND THE PROJECT IS OF SUCH A SCALE. AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SALES TAX REVENUE IS JUST SO HIGH THAT IT JUST CAN'T BE IT CAN'T BE BEAT, WHATEVER THE CONCEPT IS, AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CONCEIVE OF THAT RIGHT NOW. SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO RESTRICT IT AND SAY, WELL, GEE, YOU'RE NOT ALONG HIGHWAY FIVE OR YOU'RE NOT ON CUSTER, YOU'RE DEAD CENTER IN THE CITY AND RULE THAT OUT. YEAH. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT UNDERSUBSCRIBED ON THIS. SOMETIMES IT'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT.

SOMETIMES WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT CLOSER TO THE LIMIT. THE TWO DIFFERENT CYCLES THAT WE HAVE.

I THINK THE PRIORITY THAT WE HAVE FOR THE GATEWAYS FOR DOWNTOWN ARE THE RIGHT PRIORITIES. I'D BE OKAY IF IF WE NEED IF WE OPEN IT UP, BUT DEFINITELY SOMEHOW HAVING THE PRIORITY STILL BE THOSE GATEWAYS. SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE OKAY THERE FIRST AND THEN LEFT OVER. MONEY CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR OTHERS. I WOULD NOT WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THOSE GATEWAY PROJECTS IF WE HAVE OVERSUBSCRIBED FOR THAT PARTICULAR CYCLE. SO IN MY MIND IT WOULD BE SECONDARY AS OPPOSED TO EQUAL WEIGHT. I'LL ALLOW FOR SUBCOMMITTEE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT IN THEIR DEBATES AND HOW THEY'RE PRIORITIZED, BECAUSE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS ARE DIFFERENT. YOU'RE RIGHT. 1ST MAY HAVE A MUCH HIGHER SALES TAX IMPROVEMENT, WHICH WOULD MAKE SENSE. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DICTATE ALL OF THAT FROM FROM THIS SESSION ON AND WHAT THE RULES ARE. BUT, BUT BUT MY EMPHASIS WOULD WOULD WANT TO BE ON THOSE GATEWAYS MORE THAN THE OTHERS. YEAH I AGREE THAT IT IT THE EMPHASIS SHOULD BE THERE.

BUT THERE MAY VERY WELL BE A CASE WHERE THERE IS A PROPERTY. AGAIN TO TO YOUR POINT, JOY, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT BE THINKING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW, BUT A, A A, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING THERE WAS AN OLD COSTCO BUILDING THAT'S NOT IN THOSE AREAS, BUT ONE OF THE LARGEST SALES TAX PRODUCERS, WE'D CERTAINLY WANT TO CONSIDER THAT. AND OF COURSE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE A WE HAVE AN AMOUNT SUBSCRIBED NOW. BUT IF THAT PROJECT CAME IN, OUR ANSWER DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT, WELL, WE'RE WE'RE ALREADY OVERSUBSCRIBED. WE WOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. BUT I DO THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE TIMES WHERE

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SO WHETHER THAT'S ALONG THE CORRIDORS THAT HAVE BEEN DEFINED OR ELSEWHERE, AS LONG AS THAT'S SORT OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE. THE OTHER THING IS WE LOOK AT THESE GRANT PROGRAMS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS SO WE CAN TRY IT FOR A YEAR AND SEE WHERE IT GOES. AND IF IT CONTINUES TO MAKE SENSE, WE RENEW IT THE WAY IT IS. IF NOT, WE CAN ALWAYS ADJUST. OKAY, SO THE INCREASE IS BEEN MORE OR LESS AFTER WE CHANGED THE RULES TO THE 7525. CORRECT. WE DID 5050. IT WAS NOTHING. WELL IT WAS 5050 WITH A LIMIT OF 25,000. SO IT JUST WASN'T MUCH. YEAH, I WOULD SUGGEST IF WE'RE GOING TO EMBARK ON THIS IN A MORE PILOT TYPE APPROACH, THAT WE GIVE IT TWO YEARS AND MAYBE THREE, BECAUSE IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR PROSPECTS TO BECOME AWARE OF THIS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES AREN'T TURNING OVER AT A AT A GREAT RATE. AND SO I WOULD THINK MAYBE MORE THAN ONE YEAR MIGHT BE REASONABLE TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT. I THINK WE JUST LOOK AT IT EACH YEAR. BUT TO THAT END, IT'S CERTAINLY AND I DON'T KNOW HOW AND CERTAINLY NOT WANTING TO SADDLE STAFF WITH MORE WORK, BUT CERTAINLY IT WOULD BE, I THINK, PRUDENT FOR US TO TAKE A PROACTIVE APPROACH. AND US US BEING OF COURSE, I SAY US, I MEAN CINDY, BUT BUT BUT SOME GROUP, HOWEVER, WE ESTABLISH THAT WHETHER IT'S A COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OR ITS STAFF, BUT BEING PROACTIVE AND REALLY TARGETING DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE SEE THAT ARE IN REAL NEED OF REDEVELOPMENT AND GO OUT AND SOLICIT THEIR THEIR INTEREST IN REDEVELOPMENT WITH INCENTIVIZING THEM WITH THE GRANT. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE COULD I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO PROACTIVELY, BECAUSE IT'S HARD FOR ME TO IMAGINE THAT SOME SMALL, DILAPIDATED STRIP CENTER SOMEWHERE IS WATCHING. THIS MEETING RIGHT NOW, IS GOING TO THE WEBSITE AND IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, EVEN KNOWLEDGEABLE THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR GRANT. SO WHETHER THAT'S TARGETING AND THEN A MAILER MAILING THEM OR SOMETHING. AGAIN, NOT TO ADD MORE WORK, BUT WE ACTUALLY WE ACTUALLY DURING OUR RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, WE ACTUALLY HAD CONVERSATION OVER DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE COULD EXTEND THIS INFORMATION TO DIFFERENT AREAS, INCLUDING POTENTIALLY REACHING OUT TO COMMERCIAL BROKERS, REAL ESTATE BROKERS, AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THESE PROGRAMS SO THAT WHEN THEY ARE WORKING WITH TENANTS AND NEW OWNERS, THAT THIS IS A PIECE THAT THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE TO THEM, THAT'S GREAT. CHEERFUL. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. BUT I WILL SAY, I KNOW LINDA HAS ALWAYS DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WERE FOCUSING ON THE HISTORIC DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE WENT DOWNTOWN AND WENT DOOR TO DOOR. WE HAD A HANDOUT AND A PAMPHLET. SO WHAT I WILL SAY IS, AS CHAIR FULLER SAID, IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US. AND I KNOW, LIKE I SAY, WHEN WHEN LINDA DID IT, I THINK I HAD MY LITTLE NIECE WITH ME AND WE WERE GOING, WE WERE GOING TO BUSINESSES AND SHARING THE INFORMATION. SO I THINK IT'S AN ONUS TO US ALL TO GET OUT AND AND MAKE A, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY AWARE OF WHO WE ARE ALSO. SO I LIKE THAT IDEA THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, TO KIND OF IDENTIFY SOME AREAS AND BOARD MEMBERS KIND OF SIGN UP TO MAYBE GO TO THOSE AREAS AND TALK ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS AND WHAT WE DO AS BECAUSE MANY BUSINESSES STILL DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WE DO IF THEY'RE NEW, IF THEY'RE NOT AS ENGAGED. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUTREACH. AND ALSO, I KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING IS EASY TO SAY, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 65MI■!SF UNINCORPORATED AREA, AND IT'S EASY TO SAY WHAT I JUST SAID, BUT TO EXECUTE THAT AND IMPLEMENT IT IS ANOTHER THING. SO IT'S GOT TO BE THOUGHT GIVEN TO THAT. AND AND MAYBE IT'S

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WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE MCKINNEY DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION. LINDA PARTICIPATES IN THEIR MEETINGS REGULARLY, AND I THINK THAT WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF SHARING THE INFORMATION WITH THAT GROUP. THE OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA, LIKE THE STRIP CENTER ON 380 THAT WAS FUNDED DURING THIS CYCLE, THOSE PROJECTS HAVE BEGUN TO CATCH ON, I THINK, AS A RESULT OF RELATIONSHIPS MADE THROUGH ICC AND THOSE EVENTS, AND THEY'RE COMING THROUGH LIKE EDGE REALTY AND THE DEVELOPER THAT THEY USE FOR THAT PROPERTY. SO I THINK MORE FOCUS ON TARGETING THOSE AUDIENCES WILL, WILL PAY OFF FOR MORE REDEVELOPMENT. I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AT VIRGINIA IN 75, AND THEY'RE DOING SOME RENOVATION RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A KOREAN BARBECUE THAT'S GOING IN THERE AND DOING A LOT. THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'VE THEY HAVE REDEVELOPED. SO SOMETIMES IT'S A CHALLENGE, I THINK, TO TO COMMUNICATE WHAT WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE. YEAH. SO SOMETHING TO FOCUS ON. I KNOW REDEVELOPMENT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO OPEN EVERYTHING UP. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY'S OVER THERE BUT. BUSINESSES IN THE ETJ, I MEAN WE HAVE FUNDED PROJECTS THAT'S OUTSIDE THE CITY ITSELF, THE MAJOR PROJECTS. BUT DID YOU TALK ABOUT BUT WE WE DON'T COLLECT SALES TAX. BUT IF YOU OPEN IT UP, I MEAN, WE DO SOME PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF THIS IN, IN THE ETJ. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY, IS THERE GONNA BE ANY WORDING IN THERE THAT SAYS IT'S I THINK THOSE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ON MORE OF A HUMANITARIAN BASIS. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT BEEN INFRASTRUCTURE REDEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT FROM A FROM A RETAIL SALES TAX. IT'S BEEN THE MAIN GATES OF THE WORLD. AND OUR PHILANTHROPIC. SO SO IT ACTUALLY SAYS ON OUR WEBSITE IT IS CITY OF MCKINNEY FOR RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE. AND ON THAT SUBJECT, WHAT I WAS THINKING WAS AS I WAS LOOKING IT UP, WELL, HOW MANY TIMES ARE WE GOING INTO THESE BUSINESSES? AND WE THINK, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE. I MEAN, IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. WE JUST NEED TO GIVE THEM THE LINK RIGHT THERE. RIGHT? I MEAN, SO SOMETHING JUST VERY SIMPLISTIC THING THAT WE COULD EXECUTE RIGHT AWAY IS PROGRAMS THAT WE DO GIVE GRANTS. HAVING A SIGN IN IN THE DEVELOPMENT DURING THE RENOVATIONS THAT ACTUALLY SAID THIS IS IMPARTIAL, FUNDED BY THE RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROVIDED BY MCDC REDEVELOPMENT. YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING SUPER SIMPLE, EASY TO DO. COULD YOU COULD YOU FROM THAT END, WE DO THAT. COULD YOU DESIGN THAT PLEASE? OKAY. MAY I MAKE A MOTION? YEAH OKAY. ALL RIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO REVISE THE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT, TO EDIT IT IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS FOR ANY AGING RETAIL PROPERTIES AND REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE CITY TO BE FUNDED WITHOUT REGARD TO LOCATION AND STRIP OUT THE CURRENT GEOGRAPHIC ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. OTHER THAN STILL BEING IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, OF COURSE. BUT SHOULDN'T WE PUT SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES THAT THE PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO THE CORRIDORS I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF AS WELL? OKAY, SO ADDING THE PRIORITY IN FAVOR OF THE CORRIDORS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE CORRIDORS, CORRECT? YEAH.

ALTHOUGH SUBJECT TO FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES, PRIORITY WOULD BE GIVEN TO MAJOR CORRIDORS, BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH. THE GRANT IS OPEN FOR APPLICATION OF ANY PROPERTY. SO WAS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS THE END OF OUR AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENTS I DON'T SEE ANY, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY JENNIFER. SO NEXT IS COMMENTS

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AND I'M SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN HERE. I'VE BEEN I WAS ON THIS BOARD IN 2009 THROUGH WHATEVER YEAR I WAS ON FIVE YEARS, I GUESS, AND THEN MAYOR FOR EIGHT YEARS. AND I'VE GOTTEN TO SEE A LOT OF CHANGE, A LOT OF TRANSITION, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE BROUGHT UP. GOT TO SEE YOU HIRED. I KNOW THE DRAMATIC CHANGE THAT TOOK PLACE WHEN YOU WERE HIRED AND JENNIFER ARNOLD, I'VE BEEN HERE AND GOT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH YOU. I THINK YOU WERE JUST GETTING

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AND ON THE STAFF SIDE. AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN THE ROLE NOW ALREADY A WHILE. I'VE ALREADY CONGRATULATED YOU, BUT JUST SEEING YOU THERE AGAIN, IT'S REFRESHING TO JUST BE REMINDED THAT YOU ARE ON THE FIFTH FLOOR WHERE YOU SHOULD BE, AND THE WINDOW VIEW. YES, THE WINDOW VIEW. AND AGAIN, CINDY, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR INCREDIBLE YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU. WELL, I'LL MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE RECENT EVENT WE ATTENDED THAT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOSTED TO BLESS THE HOME OF THE HERNANDEZ FAMILY. IT WAS VERY LOVELY TO SEE THAT.

THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT STARTED AS A POTENTIAL RENOVATION. IT WAS NOT LONG AFTER THAT THEY DECIDED IT NEEDED TO BE A COMPLETE REBUILD. THIS IS ONE OF MANY HABITAT HOMES AND PROJECTS THAT MCDC HAS FUNDED. I THINK THE NUMBER WAS SHARED THAT $4 MILLION OVER TIME FOR HABITAT, SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS IN THEIR PIPELINE, AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THINGS ARE PICKING UP PACE FOR THAT. SO THAT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT TO ATTEND. I KNOW WE ATTENDED SEVERAL OTHERS, SO I'LL LET MY COLLEAGUES SPEAK TO THAT. BUT JUST THANKS TO HABITAT FOR INVITING US TO THAT SPECIAL CEREMONY. ACTUALLY, THE ONE RIGHT NEXT DOOR IS THE HUG'S CONSTRUCTION GOING UP. SO YOU KNOW WHAT, NEAR $10 MILLION PROJECT THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT WE PARTICIPATED IN GRANTS SOMEWHERE AROUND 900,000, I BELIEVE, FOR THAT THAT CONSTRUCTION, IT'S MOVING PRETTY QUICK. I WAS PLEASED TO TO SEE THE THE PROGRESS THAT THEY WERE DOING THERE. AND, AND THEN THEY JUST ANNOUNCED ANOTHER LOCATION IN DALLAS. SO THE GROWTH THAT THAT ORGANIZATION IS HAVING THAT THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING IS WAS WAS GREAT TO SEE. AND I ECHO THE THE HABITAT HOUSE DOES SEEING THE FAMILY THERE AND THE EXCITEMENT ON THEIR FACE, KNOWING THEY HAVE A HOUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE FOR MANY, MANY, MANY MORE YEARS TO GO? THE FOOD THAT THEY PROVIDED WAS WAS FANTASTIC AS WELL. YES, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HUGS AND MAN THAT THING IS MOVING AT LIGHTNING SPEED THERE. THEY ARE TREMENDOUSLY GETTING IT DONE. BUT I WANT TO SAY TODAY WAS VERY EYE OPENING TO HEAR THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WITHIN OUR CITY STAFF THAT HAS RECEIVED AWARDS JUST LOCALLY, STATEWIDE, NATIONWIDE. IT'S PRETTY FANTASTIC TO SEE. IT'S NOT JUST ONE PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT, IT'S THE WHOLE CITY OF MCKINNEY THAT IS JUST REALLY DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. SO JUST KUDOS TO THOSE GUYS AND WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE BRING IT UP A LOT MORE OFTEN, BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO GET DISTRACTED WITH ALL THE CHATTER AND ALL THE KEYBOARD WARRIORS JUST TALKING BAD ABOUT THINGS, BUT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY SEE THE AMOUNT OF FANTASTIC THINGS THAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THAT. YEAH, I WANT TO SECOND THAT. I THINK EVERY TIME I COME TO THIS MEETING AND I HEAR THOSE COMMENTS, HEAR ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT MCKINNEY AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF NOT JUST THE COUNTRY, BUT PARTS OF THE WORLD. I GET, I GET I GET SAD THAT THAT MORE PEOPLE DON'T LISTEN AND WATCH THESE MEETINGS. RIGHT? BECAUSE I DO RUN INTO PEOPLE OUTSIDE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE VERY QUICK TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE DOWNSIDES OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND NOT DO THE HARD WORK OF JUST KIND OF LIKE REALLY INVESTIGATING WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT WHAT I DO LOVE IS HEARING THE GROWTH THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF ANGIE. AS FAR AS THE NOT ONLY THE CITIZENS THAT THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HERE, BUT THOSE WHO ARE STARTING TO VOLUNTEER, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY BIG PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET ENGAGED. AND GOING THROUGH MY OWN LEADERSHIP MCKINNEY JOURNEY RIGHT NOW, JUST BEING ABLE TO KIND OF SEE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE PIECES OF THE CITY AND HAVE REALLY GREAT REPRESENTATION.

PEOPLE CAN COME AND AND TALK ABOUT THAT WITH, WITH QUITE A BIT OF, OF, OF CREDIBILITY.

IT'S JUST A REALLY IT REALLY MAKES YOU, YOU PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY.

SO KUDOS TO THE WORK. I KNOW ON THIS BOARD, ACROSS THE BOARD, ACROSS THE BOARD AND THE FOLKS IN THE CITY WHO KEEP JUST DOING AMAZING WORK. IT'S REALLY A PLEASURE. I HAVE NOTHING, I'VE ALREADY SAID MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. SO AS WE ARE SAYING, KUDOS TO EVERYBODY. I ALSO THIS IS THE TIME OF GIVING THANKS AND REMEMBERING THOSE THAT MAY NOT IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT MAY NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO DO A BLESSING FOR A HOME, FOR HABITAT, FOR HUMANITY. BUT THERE ARE SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FEED THE HOMELESS JUST THIS LAST WEEKEND. AND WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT DON'T HAVE WHAT WE ALL HAVE THIS HOLIDAY. SO I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU GUYS TO

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HAPPY THANKSGIVING. YES,

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.