Dec 16, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting

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GOOD. YOU GOOD. THREE. YOU GOOD. RICK. GOOD EVENING. IT IS 6:04 P.M. WELCOME TO THE CITY OF

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DEAR GOD, WE GATHER AS A COMMUNITY ENTRUSTED WITH THE CARE OF OUR CITY AND ITS PEOPLE.

WE THANK THE DEDICATION OF OUR STAFF WHO KEEP OUR SERVICES STEADY AND OUR SAFETY PROTECTED.

MAY THEY GUIDE US BY INTEGRITY AND COMPASSION AND WISDOM. WE BLESS THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY FAMILIES, NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS. MAY THEY FEEL HEARD, RESPECTED AND VALUED. AND MAY THEIR VOICES GUIDE THEIR DECISIONS. WE BLESS THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL WHO BEAR RESPONSIBILITY AND PRIVILEGE. GRANT US HUMILITY TO LISTEN, COURAGE TO LEAD WITH FAIRNESS AND DISCERNMENT TO SEEK COMMON GOOD. MAY OUR DELIBERATIONS BE CIVIL, COLLABORATIVE AND PATIENT.

BLESS OUR CITY WITH SAFETY, RESILIENCE AND NEIGHBORLINESS, AND INSPIRE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND THOUGHTFUL STEWARDSHIP. MAY OUR DECISIONS REFLECT SERVICE, JUSTICE AND WELL-BEING OF ALL WHO INHABIT THIS CITY. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WELL DONE. TONIGHT WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO READ. FIRST OFF, COUNCILMAN JONES, THANK YOU.

[Proclamation for National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day, (McKinney Homeless Coalition)]

OUR JANUARY POINT IN TIME COUNT, AND TO HAVE A HEART AND GIVE SMART. WE TAKE THIS MOMENT IN REMEMBERING UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS WHO WERE AFFECTED BY HOMELESSNESS, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS WHO CARED AND ARE NO LONGER WITH US. SO, AS THE MAYOR OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, I HEREBY PROCLAIM DECEMBER 21ST, 2025 AS NATIONAL HOMELESS PERSONS MEMORIAL DAY, ASKING ALL RESIDENTS TO TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN REMEMBRANCE AND ENCOURAGING THE SUPPORT ALL LOCAL EFFORTS TO END HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS PAUL BALLESTEROS.

I'M A PART OF THE MCKINNEY HOMELESS COALITION, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO BEGIN BY ACTUALLY JUST TAKING THAT MOMENT OF SILENCE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT HOMELESSNESS IS BAD. IT'S NOT GOOD FOR ANYBODY. AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE INCREDIBLY VULNERABLE. THEY'RE THE MOMENT A PERSON BECOMES HOMELESS, THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY DROPS 20 YEARS. THEIR VULNERABILITY TO ALL CAUSES OF DEATH TRIPLE. AND WE SEE IT

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OUR HOPE IS THAT WHEN IT'S A PERSON'S TIME TO GO, THAT IT'S IN THE BEST SHELTER POSSIBLE, A PLACE CALLED HOME. AND SO WE WORK HARD TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE GETTING TO DO THIS, ACTUALLY, AT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, OFFICIALLY, THAT WE WE GET A CHANCE TO JUST REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE, THEIR NEIGHBORS, THEIR NEIGHBORS THAT GREW UP HERE, THAT WORKED HARD HERE, THAT TRIED TO GET IN A BETTER SITUATION. AND, AND THEIR, THEIR, THEIR JOURNEY ENDED SOMEWHERE, MAYBE IN A CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO, TO TO BE THINKING OF THAT. AND THE REASON WHY IT'S DECEMBER 21ST IS THAT'S THE DAY WITH THE SHORTEST DAYLIGHT OF THE YEAR, THE LONGEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR. AND SO WHEN THAT COMES AROUND, WOULD YOU JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST REMEMBER YOUR NEIGHBORS? THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS AN INSIGNIFICANT LIFE.

EVERYBODY IS INCREDIBLE. EVERYBODY IS A MASTERPIECE. AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT FIRST. AND WE WANT TO INVITE YOU TO JOIN US. AND JUST ACKNOWLEDGING YOUR NEIGHBOR AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT YOU SEE THEM, BECAUSE THAT'S THE GREATEST POVERTY, ACCORDING TO MOTHER TERESA, IS THE FEELING OF LONELINESS TO BE SURROUNDED BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE JUST PASSING BY ON A REGULAR BASIS AND FEELING UNSEEN. SO WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT AND AS YOU JUST PASS, SOMEBODY STOP AND SEE THEM. THANK YOU.

I KNOW.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS (for Non-Public Hearing Items)]

IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR THE PEOPLE TO COME TO BE AS DISRESPECTFUL AS THEY WERE PARKING IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE, PULL UP IN YOUR YARD, IN YOUR DRIVEWAY AND THEN TELL YOU, WELL, IT'S A PUBLIC IT'S PUBLIC PLACE, IT'S PUBLIC PARKING. IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON, WHY DON'T YOU MOVE? YOU KNOW, ALL THIS KIND OF. AND SO FINALLY I SAID, WELL, I'M GOING TO I GOT TO CALL SOMEBODY. WE GOT TO SEE WHAT? SOMETHING'S GOT TO BE DONE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS CAN DO, BUT SOMETHING HAS GOT TO BE DONE. THERE'S NO CONSIDERATION FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT'S RIGHT AROUND DOWNTOWN. THE PEOPLE WILL COME IN ON THE WEEKENDS AND THEY COME BACK DOWN. THEY'RE DRUNK OR WHATEVER, BEEN DOWNTOWN DRINKING, AND THEN THEY COME IN AND BE VERY DISRESPECTFUL. JUST ALL KINDS OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT

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THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU. THANK YOU MISTER. THANK YOU. CHRIS. NEXT SPEAKER, SHANNON WHITE.

THANK Y'ALL. CHANGED IT TO THREE MINUTES, WHICH IS NICE. MY NAME IS SHANNON WHITE AND I'M JUST HERE TO COME AND THANK YOU GUYS TONIGHT FOR THE INTEREST THAT YOU SHOW TO GRACE TO CHANGE. WE APPRECIATE IT SO VERY MUCH. SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO OUR GALAS. WE ARE BEGINNING OUR 15TH YEAR HERE IN MCKINNEY. AND LITTLE SIDE STORY FOR ME. I LIVED IN FRISCO AND I WAS WORKING AT THE COURTHOUSE AND THEY SAID, YOU GOT TO FIND A PLACE THAT'S CLOSE TO THE COURTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T DRIVE. SO I SAID, WELL, FINE, I'LL FIND A PLACE IN MCKINNEY. AND SOMEBODY HELPED ME FIND A PLACE IN MCKINNEY. AND IT TOOK ME MAYBE 3 OR 4 YEARS, AND I MOVED HERE. AND NOW I'VE JUST BUILT MY FOREVER HOME HERE. AND SO NOT ONLY IS MY BUSINESS GOING TO BE HERE, WE'VE BEEN HERE 15 YEARS AND I'M AIMING FOR 25. IF YOU KNOW ME, THAT MEANS AFTER RETIREMENT, WHICH IS A GREAT THING. WE'RE WE'RE ASKING TONIGHT FOR THE FOR THE GRANT FUNDING THAT COMES THROUGH YOU. AND I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY RECEIVED A GRANT FOR $250,000 FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING TO MCKINNEY FOR THE OPIATE FUNDING. NOW, HERE'S THE SIDE NOTE WITH THAT. IT'S A STATE FUNDED GRANT.

THE MONEY'S THERE. AND WE WERE APPROVED IN OCTOBER. THEY SAID, YOU WILL HAVE YOUR SIGNED CONTRACT NOVEMBER 1ST AND THEN IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT. SO YOU SPEND THE MONEY AND YOU GET THE MONEY BACK. WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR OUR SIGNED CONTRACT. SO WE DON'T HAVE HIGH ASPIRATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET MONEY BACK IMMEDIATELY. AND IF THIS WAS PRIOR TO WHEN YOU GUYS STARTED HELPING US, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO STAY IN BUSINESS. WE JUST WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE MONEY IN THE BANK TO BE ABLE TO, TO PUT IT OUT. SO WE HELPED 55 MCKINNEY RESIDENTS THIS YEAR. IT WAS ABOUT I THINK WE SAID IT WAS ABOUT 39% OF OUR POPULATION WAS HERE FROM MCKINNEY. WHAT YOU GUYS DID BY GIVING US THE OPIATE FUNDING THE FIRST TIME IS YOU OPENED THE DOOR FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO TO OTHER PLACES. OUR HOME CITY SUPPORTS US. AND NOW FRISCO, FRISCO ACTUALLY CALLED US AND SAID, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU APPLY FOR THIS GRANT AGAIN THIS YEAR, AND WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT TO YOU FOR 26 AND 27, BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT QUALIFIES AND YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT HELPS OUR PEOPLE. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW YOU STARTED THAT TREND FOR US. GRACE TO CHANGE SURVIVES BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOU. AND I MEAN THAT WITH MY WHOLE HEART. IF YOU WEREN'T HERE TO HELP US, WE WOULDN'T.

WE WOULDN'T BE HERE AND JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO BE HERE FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS TO HELP ANYONE IN THIS TOWN THAT WANTS TO HELP WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS. AND WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. WE'RE NOT BUYING A BUILDING. WE'RE GOING TO STAY IN THE SAME SPOT SO EVERYBODY CAN FIND US. SO THANKS FOR LETTING ME TALK, MISS WHITE, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE PROFILE IS OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HELPED AT FRISCO? SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT. THEY DIDN'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER RESOURCE TO HELP. WHAT IS THE PROFILE OF THAT PERSON? SOMEONE THAT'S INDIGENT. IT'S UNINSURED AND DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR FUNDING OF ANY TYPE. SO FRISCO WALKS THAT DENTON COLLIN LINE. SO MOST OF THE FRISCO RESIDENTS DON'T QUALIFY FOR LIFE PATH FUNDING. AND SO WE THEY THEY CAN COME TO US AND WE CAN SCHOLARSHIP AND LET THEM KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS WHITE, VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER TRICIA ROBERTS. HI, I'M TRICIA ROBERTS. I'M ON THE BOARD WITH THE MANUAL LABOR, AND I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT THAT I HOPE WE ARE IN AGREEMENT ON INCREASING THE NUMBERS THAT COULD STAY AT FIRST. MCKINNEY I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR FRIENDS HAVE A PLACE TO STAY. BUT TONIGHT I'M HERE FOR THE MCKINNEY ROTARY CLUB, AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF MCKINNEY FOR THEIR HELP AND SUPPORT WITH THE PARADE OF LIGHTS. AND AMIDST ALL THE CHAOS, CHRIS, IT WAS CRAZY. THE CITY EMPLOYEES CAME TOGETHER AND HELPED US WITH ALL THE ISSUES WE HAD. WE'D LIKE TO THANK ANDREW JONES, GREGORY HEARNS FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK, AND ARIEL KANDA WAS WITH ME ON

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THIS IS HOW THINGS GET DONE THROUGH CIVIL DISCUSSION. SO, MICHAEL, I APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYER BEFORE. I'M ACTUALLY HOPING TO BOTHER YOU A LITTLE BIT, BUT ONLY ENOUGH TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING BECAUSE I CAN'T POSSIBLY TELL YOU EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, ABOUT THE GOSPEL, AND A MANUAL LABOR IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THE GREATEST PROBLEM YOUR NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

HOMELESSNESS FACE. AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT THE FACT THAT THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY DROPS 2020 YEARS THE MOMENT THEY BECOME HOMELESS. IT'S NOT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE THREE TIMES MORE VULNERABLE. THE GREATEST CHALLENGE YOUR NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FACE IS THE FACT THAT IT DOESN'T BOTHER YOU IN OTHER PEOPLE ENOUGH. I'M NOT TRYING TO SINGLE YOU OUT PERSONALLY. IT'S JUST PEOPLE IN GENERAL. MOST PEOPLE SEE HOMELESSNESS AS BAD, BUT SOMEONE ELSE'S PROBLEM, AND THAT BECOMES A CHALLENGE TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE SEE. BECAUSE UNTIL IT BOTHERS YOU ENOUGH TO DO SOMETHING, THINGS DON'T HAPPEN. HOMELESSNESS IS ADDRESSED BY HOW WE VIEW IT, AND SO WE NEED TO BE WILLING TO CHANGE THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT. MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT HOMELESSNESS IS A RESULT OF SELF-INFLICTED OR POOR CHOICES, BUT WHAT WE MAY NOT REALIZE IS THAT NOT ALL THE CHOICES WE'RE CLEAR ON THE MENU. THEY MAY HAVE NEVER BEEN INTRODUCED TO THEM BEFORE. AND AS I'VE EVEN MENTIONED HERE BEFORE, YOU HAD TO GET POTTY TRAINED, AND IF YOU WERE NOT INTRODUCED TO THE TOILET AND THE BENEFITS OF USING IT, YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER DONE IT. BECAUSE IT'S NOT INSTINCT, IT'S NOT INTUITIVE. I HAVE A FOUR YEAR OLD. I CAN TELL YOU IT'S STILL A STRUGGLE, BUT WE'RE ALMOST THERE. IN THE SAME WAY, THE CROSS OF CHRIST, THE CROSS OF CHRIST NEEDS TO BE INTRODUCED AND EXPLAINED. IT'S NOT OBVIOUS. AND JESUS HIMSELF INTRODUCED AND INTERRUPTED. HE INTERRUPTED A BETROTHAL. HE INTERRUPTED A FISHING TRIP. HE INTERRUPTED A VISIT TO THE WELL.

HE INTERRUPTED THE STATUS QUO. AND HE DID THAT BECAUSE HE LOVES PEOPLE AND WE DON'T CHANGE THE WORLD. BY MINDING OUR OWN BUSINESS. WE CHANGE THE WORLD BY BY BEING ON OFFENSE.

YOU DON'T WIN GAMES ON DEFENSE, ALTHOUGH THEY HELP WITH CHAMPIONSHIPS, I GET THAT, BUT WE NEED TO BE WILLING TO GO OUT AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY MATTER. AND SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF THAT. GO OUT AND LET PEOPLE MATTER. I ALSO WANT TO THANK PATRICK, PARTICULARLY FOR COMING BY THANKSGIVING AND CHECKING US OUT AND EVEN STOPPING BY MEOWS JUST RECENTLY JUST TO SEE. AND SO, JUST LIKE JESUS DID NOT SAY, PICK UP YOUR CROSS RIGHT AWAY, I HATE. HIS FIRST INVITATION WAS COME AND SEE. AND SO MY INVITATION TO ALL OF YOU AND EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM AND EVERYBODY WATCHING, IS TO JUST COME AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, NO MATTER WHEN, LOVE THE ONE IN FRONT OF YOU. THANKS, THANKS. THANK YOU. PAUL. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. EACH OF YOU THAT TOOK TIME OUT OF YOUR EVENING TO COME, TO COME JOIN US. WE APPRECIATE IT. WE WILL

[CONSENT AGENDA]

[Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Amending the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Annual Budget and Amending the 2026-2030 Capital Improvements Program to Provide Funds for the McKinney National Airport Eastside Development and Infrastructure Project (AI2250)]

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GARVER PREPARED THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PLANS. WORKING WITH THE CITY, WE SOLICITED BIDS FOR THOSE QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS. WE RECEIVED FIVE BIDS AND OPENED THOSE IN WITH PROCUREMENT SERVICES ON NOVEMBER 20TH. MARIO SINACOLA AND SONS EXCAVATING WAS THE LOWEST BID FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT. OUR ENGINEER OF RECORD, GARVER, REVIEWED THE FIRM'S QUALIFICATIONS. THE REFERENCES, ALL THE BID DOCUMENTS, FOUND EVERYTHING IN ORDER, ISSUED US A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN WE HAVE ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS TONIGHT WITH TERRACON AND GARVER FOR THEIR ROLES IN SUPPORTING THE CITY ON THE PROJECT. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR 7.4 MILLION. THIS IS A 22.4 MILLION THAT THE EDC GRANTED TO THE PROJECT. WE MOVED THE FIRST 15 MILLION INTO THE PROJECT WITH THE FIRST PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION, AND THIS LAST 7.4 MILLION IS TO FOLLOW FOR THE SECOND PHASE.

THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH MARIO SINACOLA IS FOR 17.6 MILLION, INCLUDES ABOUT 10% IN CONTINGENCY FUNDS. WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH GARVER FOR CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION, RESIDENT PROJECT REPRESENTATIVE SERVICES AND ADDITIONAL TERMINAL AREA SERVICES FOR 2.9 MILLION AND TERRACON CONSULTANTS CONTRACT FOR MATERIALS TESTING FOR 158,000.

TOTAL PROJECT COSTS FOR THIS PHASE IS 20.7 MILLION. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A REFRESHER SO EVERYBODY CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT WE'RE BUILDING. THIS PHASE IS FOR THE FM 546 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT DIAGRAM, KIND OF OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE IN THE BLUE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, AT THE TOP OF THE DIAGRAM IS THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY. THAT IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MARIO SINACOLA IS PROPOSED TO BUILD WITH THIS CONTRACT. AND THEN ALL OF THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE WAS THE THE PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS PHOTO IS ALREADY OUTDATED, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONLY A COUPLE WEEKS OLD.

BUT YOU CAN SEE SIGNIFICANT PROJECT PROGRESS ON THE SITE. ACTUALLY, WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING BACK SOME OTHER PHOTOS AND AN UPDATE NEXT MONTH, BUT THE PROJECT DID GO VERTICAL THIS WEEK. AND ACTUALLY, I THINK THE PLAN IS FOR ALL OF THE TILT WALLS TO BE UP AND IN PLACE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. SO A LOT OF PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE. MORE THE APRONS BEEN POURED, THE PARKING LOTS BEEN POURED, THE TERMINAL LOOP ROADWAY HAS BEEN POURED. SO THE PROJECT IS PROGRESSING VERY WELL. AND THEN FINALLY, JUST A COUPLE. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT ADMINISTRATIVE ACHIEVEMENT ON THE PROJECT IS THAT WE HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH AVELLO AIRLINES FOR THE USE OF THE TERMINAL. THEY HAVE SIGNED THE THE CITY'S USE AND LEASE AGREEMENT. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUR FIRST PARTNER IN THE PROJECT GOING FORWARD. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO KIND OF BRING THEM ON BOARD AND BRING THEM INTO THE LOOP. AND THEN THAT'LL ALSO SET THE STAGE FOR THE THE TERMS THAT WE'LL BE USING TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER AIRLINES. WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. WE'VE GOT THE FOUR AGENDA ITEMS KIND OF BACK TO BACK. SO YOU CAN GO THROUGH THEM ONE BY ONE. AND I'LL BE ADDRESSED WITH THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. KEN. QUESTIONS, ANYONE. KNOW. THANK YOU. THE ITEM DOES NOT

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[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Terracon Consultants, Inc. for Construction Materials Testing and Observation Services for the McKinney National Airport Eastside Development and Infrastructure Project (AI2250)]

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Amendment to the Contract with Garver, LLC for The McKinney National Airport Eastside Development and Infrastructure Project (AI2250)]

SAME DRILL, NO PUBLIC HEARING. WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TO APPROVE THE ITEM. AS FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION, I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. FRANKLIN. FRANKLIN. CAN SEE HOW EASY THIS IS UP HERE. YEAH. WHERE WERE YOU LAST MEETING? YEAH, YEAH. HARRY, YOU GOT TO BARRY. BARRY, GOT TO THAT. THAT MOTION. THAT

[Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Construction Contract with Mario Sinacola & Sons Excavating, Inc. for the McKinney National Airport Eastside Development and Infrastructure Project (AI2250) and Authorizing All Necessary Change Orders under Said Contract up to the Aggregate Contract Amount, Inclusive of any Change Orders]

[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Modify Two of the Operational Standards Contained in Sections 205.H.3.g.I.b and 205.H.3.g.I.e of the Unified Development Code Applicable to a Warming Station for Which a Permit has Been Issued at First McKinney Baptist Church, 1615 W. Louisiana Street, Regarding the Temperature at Which the Warming Station May Begin Operating and the Maximum Occupancy Limit for Said Warming Station]

SPECIFICALLY, THEY WANT TO ALTER THE TEMPERATURE THRESHOLD AT WHICH THEY'RE ALLOWED TO ACTIVATE IN THE ALLOWED OCCUPANT LOAD, BOTH OF WHICH ARE SPECIFIED IN THE UDC SECTION. 205 H3G. THIS COUNCIL APPROVED A VARIANCE IN THEIR OPERATING PARAMETERS FOR LAST SEASON'S TUP IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, AND THAT IS STILL IN EFFECT THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR. NOW THEY'RE SEEKING A NEW VARIANCE DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE YOU APPROVED BEFORE. FIRST, THE UDC STATES THAT WARMING STATIONS WITH APPROVED CUPS CAN ACTIVATE WHEN THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IS FORECASTED TO DROP BELOW 32°F. THEIR CURRENT VARIANCE ALLOWS THEM TO ACTIVATE AT A WIND CHILL OF 39. NOW, WITH THIS VARIANCE, THEY'RE SEEKING APPROVAL TO ACTIVATE AT 40 DEGREES AMBIENT TEMPERATURE 40 DEGREES MATCHES WHAT THE SALVATION ARMY WAS APPROVED FOR IN THEIR PD AGREEMENT. IT'S ALSO CONSISTENT WITH DATA FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL FOR THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA, WHICH

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THEY'LL CAN GO BACK AND FORTH AND GET THEIR THINGS AS MUCH AS THEY WANT. BUT THE BAGS STAY SEPARATE. WE HAVE TRAINED SECURITY THAT ARE THERE. THEY'RE NOT POLICE, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY TRAINED IN SECURITY THAT ARE ALWAYS THERE AT OUR OPEN THAT MONITOR THE DOOR. THE CHURCH ACTUALLY HIRES THEM ON SUNDAYS TO WORK IN THE BUILDING. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT THERE.

AND WE'RE NO STRANGERS TO CALLING PD IF WE NEED TO. WE JUST KNOW THAT IF PD IS THERE, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL BE RELUCTANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. THIS TIME OF YEAR. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OPERATE. LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T GET TO OPERATE UNTIL JANUARY AND IN DECEMBER. IT'S BEEN A GOOD JUST GETTING OUR FEET BACK UNDER OURSELVES AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TO BE REFRESHED ON, BUT IT'S RUNNING VERY SMOOTHLY. WE'VE HAD FOUR NIGHTS ALREADY THERE AND ALREADY WE'VE WE'VE SEEN LIVES CHANGED. WE HAD ONE GENTLEMAN THAT NEEDED TO GO IN.

AS A RESULT, WE GOT TO TALKING. I GOT IN TOUCH WITH HIS FAMILY AND NOW HE'S LIVING WITH HIS FAMILY. WE HAD ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL THAT CAME IN AND SAYS, I CAN'T GET WORK UNLESS THERE'S A UNTIL I GET AN ID RENEWED. WE RENEWED IT THAT NIGHT THERE. AND SO THE BALL GOT BACK, PUT BACK IN HIS COURT. WE HAD ANOTHER GENTLEMAN THAT STARTED THAT WAS JUST RUSHED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM THE OTHER NIGHT AND WAS INTUBATED, WAS AT MEDICAL CITY IN INTENSIVE CARE FOR A FEW NIGHTS. HE GOT RELEASED, BUT THE HOSPITAL DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS GETTING RELEASED BACK OUTSIDE. AND IT WAS A NIGHT THAT WE HAPPENED TO BE OPEN. AND HE STARTED TO, I BELIEVE I'M NOT A CLINICIAN, BUT STARTED TO SUFFER FROM SOME HYPOTHERMIC EFFECTS FROM BEING OUTSIDE. THAT RADICAL CHANGE GOT HIM BACK IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. HEY, TOLD THEM TO CALL ME AS SOON AS WE WERE DONE. I DON'T CARE WHAT TIME HE CAN COME BACK. AND HE STAYED AT THE WARMING STATION, AND AND WE'VE KIND OF REIGNITED OUR RELATIONSHIP TO. SO IT IS A GREAT TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX AS A COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO REACH PEOPLE. THE COLD WEATHER BRINGS PEOPLE OUT. AND I ALSO WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION THAT A FEW YEARS AGO, I THINK IT WAS THAT COVID OR COVID OR WHATEVER YOU WANTED TO CALL THAT THAT WEEK WHERE EVERYTHING ICED UP AND

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AND WE JUST THINK THAT THIS IS A BLESSING TO THE COMMUNITY AND AND WE WE CARE. AND THANK YOU JUST THERE. AND I'M ALSO HERE TO REPRESENT THE CHURCH. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'M BACK AGAIN. THANK YOU PAUL. THANKS PAUL. ANY ARE WE GOOD. WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TRAVIS HOHLFELD. I DIDN'T ASK TO SPEAK. OKAY. AT YOUR OPTION. SO. MY WIFE AND I RECENTLY BOUGHT THE HOUSE AT 1505 LOUISIANA ACROSS FROM THE CHURCH. I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL. AND I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF REASONS WHY. MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE'S PERHAPS. WE I WELL, I'LL START WITH THIS AGAIN. THIS IS WHY I CHOSE NOT TO SPEAK. I WASN'T PREPARED TO SPEAK, I APOLOGIZE THE THE AMOUNT OF TRASH AND DEBRIS THAT I'M CONSTANTLY CLEANING UP FROM MY YARD IS A PROBLEM FOR ME, IS A PROBLEM FOR US. MY CONCERN? I HAVE PICTURES OVER THE LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS THAT I'VE TAKEN OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS ACROSS THE STREET, LOITERING. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE NECESSARILY WITH THE THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH OR THE MISSION. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE INVITING TO BE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, IT SEEMS, AGAIN, AND THIS IS ANECDOTAL, I SEE THAT WE'VE CREATED ORDINANCES RECENTLY AROUND PUSHING PEOPLE FROM OR HOMELESS PEOPLE FROM MAYBE OUT OF DOWNTOWN AND TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. AND I UNDERSTAND WHY MAYBE SOME OF THAT'S HAPPENING. I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND IF THAT'S MAYBE THE BEST USE OR FACILITIES THE CHURCH WE ATTEND. DOES FAMILY PROMISE AND HAS HOMELESS FAMILIES STAYING WITH THE CHURCH? SO THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MY WIFE AND I BOTH SUPPORT AND VOLUNTEER OUR TIMES WITH. I GUESS I'M WHAT I'VE SEEN, AND THIS IS ANECDOTALLY, IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE'VE OWNED THE HOUSE, HAS BEEN, I WOULD SAY, PROBLEMATIC. AND SO MY CONCERN WITHOUT MAYBE MORE INFORMATION IS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO CREATE MORE PROBLEMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HOHLFELD, AND APOLOGIZE FOR PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT LIKE THAT. ANYONE ELSE? DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THIS ITEM FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. I'LL SECOND HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ITEM AS STAFF RECOMMENDATION. SECOND, BY COUNCILMAN JONES. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES, SIR. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO SAY MR. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ORDINANCES, IF I CAN THE THERE THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE THAT DEALS WITH DOWNTOWN AND THAT WAS LYING DOWN ON SIDEWALKS AND STUFF. THAT'S NOT THAT IS STILL LEGAL THEORETICALLY IN OTHER PARTS OF TOWN, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T SEE IT. WE DID DOWNTOWN, THE BIG ONE, THE HAIRY ONE, AT LEAST TO ME, WAS THAT IT PROHIBITED CAMPING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT AFFECTED THE WHOLE CITY. AND I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THAT HAS THE MOST EFFECT. AND A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAD WERE ON EMPTY FIELDS OWNED BY RIGHTS AND STUFF, WHERE YOU, YOU COULDN'T FIND A PROPERTY OWNER TO FILE A CRIMINAL TRESPASS COMPLAINT WHEN, WHEN WE PASSED THOSE ORDINANCES AND THEY SUNSET AFTER A YEAR. IT REALLY BECAME INCUMBENT ON PEOPLE WHO FELT CALLED TO REALLY HELP THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE ORDINANCES WERE DISTURBING. AND THERE'S ONLY SEVEN PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT CAN ENACT ORDINANCES. THEY'RE ALL SITTING UP HERE TONIGHT. BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THAT WE NEED ANSWERS FOR PEOPLE AND THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OR THE FIRST, OR WHATEVER THEY CALL IT.

NOW, FORGIVE ME FIRST. MCKINNEY HAS REALLY STEPPED UP IN THAT REGARD, AND I DO HAVE CONCERNS ON CODE VIOLATIONS. I DO HAVE CONCERNS ON THAT STUFF. BUT I'M VERY CONVINCED THAT MR.

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THIS IS A A TEMPERATURE THAT IS A THRESHOLD FOR MANY CITIES AROUND THE UNITED STATES, BECAUSE WE KNOW THE HEALTH OUTCOMES ARE DRASTIC IF YOU JUST LEAVE SOMEONE OUT AT 40 DEGREES. SO I AM FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THAT. I THINK THAT'S OBVIOUSLY WHY THIS THIS REQUEST HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD. AND I THINK JUST FROM A HUMANITY STANDPOINT, IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR MCKINNEY. OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY, WE'LL HAVE A MOTION. COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN JONES, IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY.

THIS MOTION CARRIES BY A VOTE OF SEVEN IN FAVOR AND ZERO AGAINST. THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR REGULAR AGENDA WILL NOW. 901 11 OH, THAT'S THE BEST ONE OF THE NIGHT. SECOND BEST ONE OF THE

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THAT WE CAN'T SEND YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RYAN. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE IT. SO COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN CURRENTLY SERVES IN THIS ROLE AND WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO REAPPOINT HIM OR FIND SOMEONE NEW. DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS? I HAVE A NOMINATION. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE PATRICK CLOUTIER. WE HAVE WE HAVE A MOTION LOOKING FOR A QUICK SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN LYNCH. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, MR. MAYOR, THE COMMISSARS OF THE 911 COMMISSION IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS, CALLED ME TODAY AND SAID THEY'VE NEVER SEEN REPRESENTATION LIKE COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN GAVE THIS THING, AND THEY CONSIDER IT A HUGE LOSS IF IF THEY LOST HIM. AND SO I'LL, I'LL HUMBLY ACCEPT THE NOMINATION. BUT I THINK IT'S THE EXPENSE OF THE GREATER GOOD FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. ALL RIGHT. WANTS TO FOLLOW THAT. ANYONE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM FELTZ AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN LYNCH? ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HARLINGEN, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. YEAH. THANK YOU. THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN SIX MONTHS AGO. NO. ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA, YOU ARE THE NEW APPOINTEE TO THE 911 COMMISSION. 911 COMMISSION. ALL

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I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY BIKES COME OFF OF A TRUCK. SO, SO THANK YOU TO ENCORE WIRE. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WFAA FOR PUTTING THAT ON. ALL RIGHT. I'VE HAD SEVERAL THINGS AS WELL. I WANTED TO THANK JASON HERNANDEZ. HE HAS A GROUP I THINK IT'S CALLED AT LAST WHERE HE MENTORS YOUNG KIDS HERE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND REALLY LINKS THEM WITH MENTORS AND PUSHES THEM IN THE RIGHT PATH SO THEY HAVE A LITTLE MEETING THAT THEY DO ON OCCASION. AND I WAS INVITED TO SPEAK TO THAT GROUP. THEY WERE VERY BRIGHT STUDENTS. I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH THE STUDENTS HERE IN MCKINNEY, BUT THESE ARE REALLY BRIGHT STUDENTS WITH A GREAT FUTURE AHEAD OF THEM. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK JASON FOR THAT INVITATION. COUNCILMAN BELLAR AND I SPOKE TO SOME KIDS AT MCKINNEY HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.

ALE ALLIANCE OF ELITE YOUTH LEADERSHIP IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT GOES IN VERY REGULARLY, AND THEY DO A LOT OF LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR THESE KIDS. AND WE GOT TO SPEAK TO THE TRACK TEAM, WHICH WAS REALLY INTERESTING. SO WANTED TO THANK FOR ORGANIZING THAT. WE HAD A GREAT CHRISTMAS PARADE. THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. WE BROKE GROUND ON CANNON BEACH SURF PARK AS BIG NEWS ALL EVERYWHERE. ACTUALLY GOT SOME TEXT FROM OUT OF STATE FRIENDS WHO SAW THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THAT. SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DRAW IN TERMS OF TOURISM. MY DEAR FRIEND AMANDA BELLER IS SITTING IN THE BACK. SHE DOES SOMETHING CALLED ART WISE, WHICH IS ART HISTORY LESSONS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF SHE HEARD ME, BUT SHE DID AN EVENT LAST WEEK. IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW HER, FOLLOW HER. I MEAN, IT IS REALLY FASCINATING STUFF THAT SHE TALKS ABOUT IN TERMS OF ART HISTORY. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO ATTEND THAT. AND THEN LET'S SEE. LASTLY, I GOT A CHANCE TO GO TO MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA FOR THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT. AND IT WAS A REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE. I'VE POSTED. DECEMBER 5TH, 1955 WAS THE DAY THAT 26 YEAR OLD MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR TOOK OVER FOR THE MONTGOMERY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION AND GAVE HIS FIRST SPEECH AT HOLT BAPTIST HOLT STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, DECEMBER 5TH, 2025. I WAS AT HOLT STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, SITTING BEHIND HIS DAUGHTER, AND IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST CHILLING, LIKE GOOSEBUMPY FEELING FOR ME TO SEE HISTORY JUST KIND OF UNFOLD BEFORE MY EYES. IT WAS A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE. I WANT TO THANK DORIS CRENSHAW AND HER ENTIRE ORGANIZATION AT THE ROSA PARKS FOUNDATION FOR PUTTING A WEEKEND TOGETHER. THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY LIFE CHANGING. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER. WE HAD THE PARADE THIS WEEKEND, AS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, AND IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL EVENT. IT'S ALWAYS JUST SO HUMBLING TO BE IN THAT THING, AND I GET TO DO IT WITH MY FOUR GRANDDAUGHTERS WHO LIVE HERE IN MCKINNEY, AND THEY JUST HAVE AN ABSOLUTE BLAST. SO THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR PUTTING THAT ON. HAD THE EMPLOYEES HOLIDAY LUNCH, WHICH IS ALWAYS WONDERFUL, SEEING ALL OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES TOOK A TOUR OF THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER. I HAD NOT BEEN IN THAT SINCE ITS RIBBON CUTTING, AND I WAS THERE WITH KYLE SIMMS, WHO WANTED TO DO THAT, AND I MADE THE CONNECTION. WE DID IT TOGETHER, BUT BOY, WHAT A HELL OF A JOB THOSE PEOPLE DO OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, COORDINATING ALL THIS STUFF AND THEY'VE REALLY GOT IT DOWN. IT'S A HUGE BLESSING TO OUR CITY. I WISH WE DIDN'T NEED IT, BUT WE DO. AND THEN RARELY DO WE LOOK INTO THE FUTURE IN THESE COUNCIL COMMENTS. BUT I'M GOING TO DO THAT TOMORROW FROM 2 TO 3 P.M. I WILL BE JOINED BY THE GREAT JUSTIN BELLER AT SAM'S RINGING THAT BELL. SO COME AND SEE US. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN.

I'LL TALK ABOUT THE PARADE. IT WAS FANTASTIC. IT SEEMS TO GROW EVERY YEAR. I DON'T THINK WE WERE READY FOR THE CROWD WE HAD THIS LAST TIME. AND I GET WHERE MR. THORNTON WAS COMING FROM.

BECAUSE WHEN WE PEELED OFF TO LEAVE EVERY STREET WE WENT DOWN. CARS WERE PARKED TOO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER TO GET THROUGH. 2 OR 3 OF THE STREETS WERE BLOCKED. WE HAD TO BACK UP AND GO BACK OUT THE WAY WE CAME. I THINK WE NEED I THINK WE WERE UNDERMANNED FOR THE AMOUNT OF CROWD THAT WE HAD THERE, AND IT'S GOT TO BE BETTER PREPARED FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE IT KEEPS GROWING EVERY YEAR. IMAGINE IF WE'D HAD GOOD WEATHER. I MEAN, YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD ANOTHER 2000 PEOPLE OUT THERE. SO BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT. I MEAN, WE HAD A I THINK WE HAD A RECORD

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AND SO THAT WAS FUN TO SEE. I THINK OUR STAFF DOES A FANTASTIC JOB, EXCEPT FOR I FOLLOWED DOCTOR FELTZ'S CAR, WHICH MR. GRIMES DROVE, AND WE GOT LOST ON THE WAY BACK. I FOLLOWED THE CAR AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT WE NEEDED TO POINT THAT OUT. BUT SECOND THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION, A LOT OF THE THINGS WE MENTIONED WAS MENTIONED. I ATTENDED AS WELL, BUT WE DID THE GRAND OPENING FOR THE GRAND REOPENING OF TOWN LAKE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR OLDEST CITY BUILDINGS. NOW THAT WE STILL USE NOT NOT THE OLDEST, BUT ONE OF THEM, AND WE GOT TO HAVE LAWRENCE AND GEORGENE WOULD COME. LAWRENCE DESIGNED THAT BUILDING AND SO IT WAS FUN TO SEE HIM SHOW IT OFF FOR A SECOND TIME, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS A COOL FACILITY. AND SO GLAD THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO COME. NOW, I'VE WATCHED ALL DAY TODAY.

STAFF MAY HAVE GOTTEN TO SEE THIS, BUT I'VE WATCHED PAUL GRIMES WALK AROUND WITH A INDIANA UNIVERSITY MUG AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY SEES IT. AND IF YOU WERE HERE EARLY FOR THE COUNCIL, YOU GOT TO HEAR THE INDIANA INDIANA UNIVERSITY FIGHT SONG OVER THE SPEAKER. SO I THOUGHT I WOULD PUT ON MY RIDICULOUS, OBNOXIOUS JACKET AND BRING MY OBNOXIOUS PROPS.

TALK ABOUT MY ALMA MATER. SO ON SATURDAY, MCKINNEY IS HOSTING THE DIVISION TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, AND IT IS WORTH YOUR ATTENTION. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS HOSTED THIS SINCE THE 2018, AND IT ALWAYS BRINGS TEAMS AND THEIR FANS FROM VARIOUS PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY. THIS YEAR, THAT INCLUDES MY ALMA MATER, THE HARDING UNIVERSITY BISONS. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME HARDING WILL PLAY IN THIS GAME IN MCKINNEY, AFTER WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN FRONT OF A SELLOUT CROWD. IN 2023, THEY'LL BE PLAYING THE FERRIS STATE BULLDOGS, WHO HAVE WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE OTHER THREE OUT OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS. WE HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOW OFF MCKINNEY AND WELCOME GUESTS TO THE CITY. AND WHILE I LOVE THIS EVENT, EVERY YEAR THERE'S SOMETHING EXTRA SPECIAL TO GET TO DO IT WITH MY FRIENDS, MY TEAMMATES, AND MY FAMILY. WHEN THEY COME TO MCKINNEY, I'M GUESSING YOU'LL SEE LOTS OF BULLDOGS AND BISONS FANS AT TOPS ON FRIDAY NIGHT ON THE SQUARE EATING, AND YOU MAY SEE A FEW MORE BISONS FANS THAN BULLDOG FANS BECAUSE OF OUR PROXIMITY. HARDING IS FROM IS IN ARKANSAS, AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 10 TO 12,000 FANS HERE OVER THE WEEKEND. SO SAY HELLO, THANK THEM FOR BEING HERE AND WISH THEM LUCK. NOW, MOST OF Y'ALL DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO DIVISION TWO FOOTBALL, SO I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF COMMENTARY ON IT AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO. BOTH TEAMS ARE 15 AND ZERO. THEY HAVE BOTH BEEN BEEN RANKED NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO IN EVERY POLL THAT HAS HAPPENED THIS YEAR. THIS IS THE BEST TWO TEAMS IN DIVISION TWO FOOTBALL. LAST YEAR THEY MET IN A SEMI OR IN A QUARTERFINAL ROUND AND FERRIS BEAT HARDING. THAT IS ONE OF TWO TIMES THAT FERRIS IS BEATING BEATEN HARDING IN A PLAYOFF GAME. THEY DID IT WITH A QUARTERBACK WHO TRANSFERRED LAST YEAR AND BECAME THE QUARTERBACK AT OLE MISS. IF YOU'VE HEARD OLE MISS, IF YOU'VE WATCHED OLE MISS PLAY, THIS QUARTERBACK WENT ON TO BE THE STARTER AT OLE MISS AND FINISHED EIGHTH IN THE HEISMAN THIS YEAR. THESE ARE TALENTED KIDS THAT ARE ON THIS FIELD.

THAT KID'S NAME WAS TRINIDAD CHAMBLISS. IF YOU'VE NOT HEARD THAT HE IS A FUN KID TO WATCH.

I KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HARDING, BUT I DO. I'VE WATCHED FERRIS A COUPLE OF TIMES. THEY RUN A VERY FASCINATING OFFENSE THAT IS AN OPTION AND WEST COAST STYLE OFFENSE, WHERE THEY WILL PLAY THREE DIFFERENT QUARTERBACKS IN A GAME. THEY HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT RUNNERS WHO HAVE AMASSED OVER 300 YARDS THIS SEASON, AND THEY AVERAGE 515 YARDS OF OFFENSE, SOMETHING THAT INDIANA HASN'T EVEN DONE. 310 OF THAT RUSHING AND 53.5 POINTS PER GAME. THEY ALSO HAVE A BALL HAWKING DEFENSE THAT HAS FORCED THREE INTERCEPTIONS THROUGH 15 GAMES. LUCKILY, HARDING DOESN'T PASS THE BALL. THEY RUN 95% OF THE TIME. THEY RUN AN OFFENSE CALLED THE FLEXBONE, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE WISHBONE, AND SO THEY HAVE AMASSED THIS YEAR 6697 YARDS, WHICH IS THE MOST BY ANY TEAM AT ANY DIVISION IN NCAA HISTORY. THEY'VE SCORED 87 RUSHING

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THE SECOND PLACE PLAYER, WHICH IS A YOUNG MAN NAMED JAKE MITCHELL FROM HARDING. THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BEST GAMES WE'VE SEEN IN MCKINNEY. I ASSUME IT WILL BE A SELLOUT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO GET THERE. IT IS ON ESPN2 AT 3:00 ON SATURDAY. AND SO AS A FORMER BISON MYSELF, I HOPE YOU'LL YOU'LL PAY ATTENTION AND WATCH THIS GAME. SO THERE'S MY SPIEL.

MY SPORTSCENTER ANCHOR FELLER, AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND YOUR BISON TEAM AND YOUR TEAMMATES.

I'LL BE BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW CITY MANAGER GRIMES HAS A COUNTERPOINT TO PROGRAM SAFE TRAVELS. CHRISTMAS IS COMING UP AND THE HOLIDAYS. SPEND TIME WITH THOSE THAT YOU LOVE AND TELL THEM THAT YOU LOVE THEM. THAT'S AN OVERLOOKED ART THAT WE SOMETIMES FORGET. SPEND TIME AROUND PEOPLE YOU LOVE AND PEOPLE THAT LOVE YOU AND TELL THEM THAT YOU LOVE THEM. WITH THAT CITY MANAGER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I CAN'T MATCH COUNCILMAN BELLER'S STATISTICS. ALL I CAN DO IS ALL I HAVE IS A FIGHT SONG. THAT'S ALL I GOT. ANYWAY, SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU. JUST EXPAND ON THE SANTA'S HELPERS. THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE EVENT WE RAISED AS A COMMUNITY. WE RAISED 5200 TOYS. OVER 46% OF THOSE WERE DONATED BY A CITY OF MCKINNEY EMPLOYEES. 2400 OF THE 5200 TOYS WERE DONATED. OVER 2400 OF THE 2200 TOYS WERE DONATED BY CITY MCKINNEY EMPLOYEES, AND OF THAT MCKINNEY FIRE DEPARTMENT GENERATED OR DONATED 1500 OF THE TOYS. SO THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB. IT'S IT'S THE COMMUNITY SHOULD TAKE GREAT.

SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THE THE CARE, THE HEART THAT OUR EMPLOYEES BRING EVERY DAY, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. VERY GIVING COMMUNITY. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN IMPRESSED BY THAT AND IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. SO IT'S KIND OF NICE TO PUT A LITTLE FINE POINT ON THE NUMBERS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS COUNCILMAN MILLER MENTIONED, THE NCAA DIVISION TWO CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MCKINNEY TO SHINE. WE GET GREAT PUBLICITY THROUGHOUT THE GAME. YOU SEE MCKINNEY ISD STADIUM ON ESPN2, NATIONALLY TELEVISED. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT, RIGHT? THOSE ARE THAT IS ADVERTISING THAT WE GET PROMOTING MCKINNEY.

THE WEATHER LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY BEAUTIFUL THIS SATURDAY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE MCKINNEY AND SHOW SOME HOSPITALITY. AND THEN FINALLY, ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. WE WISH EVERYBODY A SAFE AND PROSPEROUS 2026. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. ANYONE ELSE? WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM FELTUS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LYNCH. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. IT IS

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