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BOTH. CAN YOU START THIS? I TOLD YOU, ARE YOU WAITING FOR ME? YEAH, YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON.
[CALL TO ORDER]
IT'S 3:02 P.M. WELCOME TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION. IT'S TUESDAY,[Recognition of the Firefighters Deployed to the Central Texas Floods]
JANUARY THE 20TH, 3 P.M. WE'LL START OUR WORK SESSION. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. FIRST ITEM IS 26002 FOR RECOGNITION OF THE FIREFIGHTERS DEPLOYED TO THE CENTRAL TEXAS FLOODS. CHIEF DOW. SO, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS ONE OF THE FAVORITE OCCASIONS FOR ME. I GET TO BRAG ON SOME OF OUR OUTSTANDING FIREFIGHTERS. SO TAKING A FEW MINUTES TO RECOGNIZE SEVERAL OF OUR MEMBERS FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE DURING THE TRAGIC FLOODING THAT STRUCK THE HILL COUNTRY OF CENTRAL TEXAS THIS PAST SUMMER, SEVERAL OF OUR MEMBERS WERE DEPLOYED SERVED AS PART OF TEXAS TASK FORCE TWO, WHICH IS A HIGHLY TRAINED URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM TASK FORCE MEMBERS THAT ARE SELECTED THROUGH A SPONSORING AGENCY, OUR DEPARTMENT, AND COMPLETE RIGOROUS SAFETY AND MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS ADVANCED TECHNICAL RESCUE SKILLS. THEY MAINTAIN READINESS THROUGH REGULAR DRILLS, EXERCISES, CONTINUING EDUCATION, AND ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR THEIR SPECIALTY POSITIONS.NOW, IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE 4TH OF JULY, WHILE MANY OF US WERE PREPARING TO SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, ENGINEER JORDAN DAVENPORT AND FIREFIGHTER JORDAN GRAHAM WERE ALREADY MOBILIZING WITH TEXAS TASK FORCE TWO AND HEADING DIRECTLY INTO ONE OF THE MOST DEVASTATING FLOODING EVENTS OUR STATE HAS EVER EXPERIENCED. OVER 21 DAY DEPLOYMENT, THEY WORKED ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE NATION'S MOST HIGHLY TRAINED TASK FORCE MEMBERS AND PROFESSIONALS IN VERY DEMANDING AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. IN MID-JULY, ADDITIONAL MCKINNEY FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS WERE DEPLOYED WITH TASK FORCE TWO, INCLUDING FIREFIGHTER EMILY BRZOZOWSKI, ENGINEER MIKE MILLER, AND CAPTAIN JACK, WHO SERVED IN UNTIL THEY WERE RELEASED IN ON AUGUST 5TH. AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER, WE SENT CAPTAIN THOMAS AUSTIN, WHO WAS DEPLOYED WITH THE TASK FORCE FOR SEVERAL MORE WEEKS. NOW, BECAUSE OF THE SIZE AND COMPLEXITY OF THIS INCIDENT, OTHER STATE AGENCIES WERE REQUESTED RESOURCES THROUGH TIFMAS AS WELL. SO FROM JULY 9TH THROUGH THE 16TH, THE MCKINNEY FIRE DEPARTMENT DEPLOYED A FOUR PERSON CREW TO PROVIDE FIRE AND EMS SERVICES TO A COMMUNITY THAT WAS CUT OFF BY THE FLOODS UNTIL ACCESS COULD BE SAFELY RESTORED. THAT CREW INCLUDED CAPTAIN LUKE DIXON, ENGINEER BAILEY HENDERSON, FIREFIGHTER AARON CURRY, AND FIREFIGHTER BRANDON PRILL. SO WHAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND FELLOW RESPONDERS ENCOUNTERED WAS EXTREMELY HEARTBREAKING. ENTIRE COMMUNITIES OVERWHELMED BY RAPIDLY RISING WATER, HOMES DESTROYED, INFRASTRUCTURE WAS WASHED AWAY, AND FAMILIES FACING JUST UNIMAGINABLE LOSS.
OUR PERSONNEL WORKED LONG HOURS IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AND OFTEN IN EXTREME HEAT, CONDUCTING OPERATIONS, SEARCHING FOR MISSING PERSONS AND SUPPORTING LOCAL AGENCIES THAT WERE STRETCHED BEYOND CAPACITY. THIS EVENT UNFORTUNATELY CLAIMED 135 LIVES.
MANY OF THOSE WERE SMALL CHILDREN AS WELL, AND THE SCOPE OF THE RESPONSE WAS IMMENSE, WITH EXTENSIVE DEBRIS REMOVAL AND WIDE AREAS TO SEARCH. THERE WAS 26 MILES OF AREA THAT HAD TO BE SEARCHED, AND IT WAS 5,000,000YD■!T OF DEBRIS THAT HD TO BE PROCESSED. SO THESE DEPLOYMENTS REQUIRE REAL SACRIFICE TIME AWAY FROM FAMILY ON WEEKENDS, HOLIDAYS. AND BECAUSE IT WAS THE SUMMER, KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL. THAT'S THAT SACRIFICING AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES. IT WAS PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTING, EMOTIONALLY DIFFICULT WORK. AND YET THEY ANSWERED THE CALL WITHOUT HESITATION. REPRESENTING THIS CITY, THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT, WITH PROFESSIONALISM, COMPASSION AND RESOLVED. THE INCIDENT ITSELF HAD OVER 440 PEOPLE THAT WERE RESCUED BECAUSE OF THOSE THE FLOODS THEMSELVES. THEIR ACTIONS REFLECT THE VERY BEST OF THE FIRE SERVICE, A COMMITMENT NOT ONLY TO PROTECT OUR OWN COMMUNITY, BUT TO REACH OUT TO OTHER AREAS WHEN THEY NEED HELP THE MOST. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND THEIR DEDICATION, TEAMWORK AND SELFLESS ACTS. SO ON BEHALF OF THE MCKINNEY CITY OF MCKINNEY AND THE MCKINNEY FIRE DEPARTMENT, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COURAGE, YOUR SACRIFICE, AND FOR LIVING OUT OUR MISSION, WHICH IS TO SAVE LIVES AND PROTECT PROPERTY. SO WITH THAT, CHIEF LOWRY HAS THE COINS, AS YOU ALL SEEN BEFORE.
SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT EACH ONE OF THESE MEMBERS WITH A COIN. AND THEN WE'D LIKE TO GET A PICTURE WITH Y'ALL. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU.
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RIGHT. PERFECT.WHICH ONE IS. YEAH. WHAT YOU PLEDGE. YEAH, YEAH. DON'T YOU WORRY. BE THAT EASY. ALL. YEAH.
HE TOLD ME, CHIEF. THANK YOU, FELLAS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. NOW WE WOULD HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ANY AGENDA ITEM. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP. WE'LL
[Informational Update on Roadway Reconstruction Projects]
MOVE ON. AGENDA ITEM. FIRST ITEM 260025. THIS IS AN UPDATE ON ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. TRACY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS TRACY LUND. I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING. I'M GOING TO BE GIVING YOU A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON OUR CIP STREET RECONSTRUCTION DESIGN PROCESS. AND WHAT INSPIRED THIS INITIALLY WAS, I KNOW A NUMBER OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED CALLS FROM CONCERNED RESIDENTS RECENTLY ALONG THE LINES OF, WHY IS THE CITY TEARING DOWN THE TREE IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE? SO I WANTED TO WALK YOU THROUGH OUR DESIGN PROCESS, GIVE YOU A LITTLE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS OUR ENGINEERS GO THROUGH TO TRY TO MITIGATE AND AND AVOID CONFLICTS WITH TREES AND OTHER. UTILITIES AND THINGS THAT WE TEND TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH. WITH STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN AREAS AND HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I HOPE ALSO WILL LEAVE YOU WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT ENGINEERING IS, IN FACT, DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO AVOID REMOVING MATURE TREES. AS PART OF THESE PROJECTS. SO OUR STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM INVOLVES MORE THAN JUST PAVING. OUR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS INCLUDE PAVING, SIDEWALKS, CURB RAMPS, DRIVEWAYS, AND ALSO TYPICALLY WILL HAVE UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT PROJECT, INCLUDING OUR CITY WATER AND WASTEWATER AND STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS, AND SOMETIMES FRANCHISE UTILITY RELOCATIONS. AND THE FINAL POINT HERE IS WHERE WE HAVE EXISTING STREETS THAT DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE SIDEWALKS. PART OF OUR OUR PROCESS IS TO ADD SIDEWALKS AS PART OF OUR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, AND THAT'S BASED ON THE COUNCIL DIRECTION THAT WE RECEIVED BACK IN 2023. SO THE PICTURE YOU SEE HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EXISTING STREET THAT DID NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS. AND SIDEWALKS ARE ADDED AS PART OF THAT RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. SO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE WE FACE WITH STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREAS, WE HAVE IN SOME CASES LIMITED RIGHT OF WAY. SO WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH ROOM AS WE TYPICALLY WOULD FOR OUR STANDARD STREET SECTION. SO THAT CAN REQUIRE, IN SOME CASES, ACQUISITION OF RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS SUPPORTED. THAT CAN BE A CHALLENGE AND CAN BE COSTLY. WE ALSO HAVE A[00:10:01]
CHALLENGE WITH AREAS WITH SIGNIFICANT GRADE DIFFERENTIALS, WHERE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE PROPOSED STREET GRADES THAT CAN RESULT IN STEEP DRIVEWAYS AND CHALLENGES WITH MAKING THOSE FUNCTION, AND CAN REQUIRE RETAINING WALLS ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH ALSO ADDS SIGNIFICANT COST TO PROJECTS. ANOTHER CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS CONFLICTS WITH FRANCHISE UTILITIES. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RECENT ISSUES WITH PROJECTS DELAYED DUE TO RELOCATION TIME FOR FRANCHISE UTILITIES, WHICH ISN'T ALWAYS IN OUR CONTROL. AND THE FINAL POINT, THE FINAL CHALLENGE THAT I WANTED TO POINT TO IS AREAS WITH MATURE LANDSCAPING AND SPECIFICALLY MATURE TREES, WHERE WE HAVE EXISTING STREETS THAT REQUIRE RECONSTRUCTION, OUR STREET IMPROVEMENTS OR SIDEWALKS, OR EVEN OUR UTILITY.TRENCHING CAN IMPACT THOSE TREES. IF WE'RE CUTTING INTO THE CRITICAL ROOT ZONE OF THOSE TREES TO AN EXTENT THAT ARBORISTS SAY THE TREE WON'T HAVE A SURVIVABILITY THAT CAN BE SUPPORTED. SO THAT'S A CONCERN BECAUSE IT DISRUPTS THE CHARACTER OF EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND AND CAN LEAD TO PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, RESIDENT OPPOSITION OF THE PROJECT. SO I WANTED TO RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE. SOME OF THE STEPS THAT WE GO THROUGH WITHIN ENGINEERING TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THESE IMPACTS. AND WE HAVE PRETTY EXHAUSTIVE PROCESS TO TRY TO SAVE, PARTICULARLY THESE TREES WHEREVER WE CAN. SO WE WE START WITH OUR STANDARD STREET CROSS SECTION, WHICH YOU SEE HERE. AND THEN SOME OF THE STEPS WE GO THROUGH IF WE FIND WE ARE IMPACTING MATURE TREES, ARE TO EVALUATE ALL THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE STREETS AND THE SIDEWALK AND THE UTILITY CONFIGURATION HOLISTICALLY ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS FOR EACH STREET. SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'LL LOOK AT CHANGING TO AVOID IMPACTING TREES ARE REDUCING THE STREET WIDTH, ALTHOUGH WE'RE LIMITED IN HOW MUCH WE CAN DO WITH THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN A SAFE, PASSABLE STREET THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE EMERGENCY EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE CAN IN SOME CASES ELIMINATE THE SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET. WE WE DO HAVE THE MANDATE TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE SIDE OF THE STREET WITH SIDEWALK, BUT WE CAN'T ELIMINATE ONE SIDEWALK IF THAT IS CRITICAL TO SAVING A LOT OF TREES. WE CAN ALSO SHIFT THE SIDEWALK TO BE ADJACENT TO THE CURB, INSTEAD OF AT THE BACK OF THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE LIKE OUR TYPICAL SECTION WOULD SHOW. SO THAT'S ANOTHER ACCOMMODATION THAT CAN SAVE A TREE. THERE ARE SOME OTHER. STEPS WE CAN TAKE, LIKE MEANDERING SIDEWALKS AROUND TREES OR BRIDGING ACROSS THE ROOT ZONE SO WE DON'T IMPACT THOSE TREES. THOSE, UNFORTUNATELY, ARE OUR ONLY OPTIONS WHERE WE HAVE ADEQUATE PARKWAY SPACE AND ADEQUATE RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS TYPICALLY NOT THE CASE IN OUR DOWNTOWN STREETS. SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE CONSIDERATIONS, BUT NOT ONES THAT WE FREQUENTLY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. AND FINALLY, WE WILL CONSULT WITH OUR IN-HOUSE ARBORIST TO DETERMINE THE SURVIVABILITY OF THE TREE. AND THAT WILL GENERALLY BE THE FINAL DECISION IN WHETHER WE CAN TRY TO PRESERVE THE TREE OR NOT. IT'S REALLY OUR ARBORIST IS THE EXPERT ON THAT SUBJECT. AND THE FINAL POINT HERE IS IF THE REMOVAL IS ABSOLUTELY UNAVOIDABLE AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THESE STEPS AND DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SAVE THE TREE, THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS PLANT A REPLACEMENT TREE. CURRENTLY THAT NEEDS TO BE PLANTED WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY BECAUSE DUE TO OUR FUNDING RESTRICTIONS, WE CAN'T PLANT A TREE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH PUBLIC FUNDS. SO THAT IS SOMETIMES LIMITING. IF THE SPACE DOESN'T ALLOW THAT CAN RESTRICT OUR OUR OUR PLANTING PALETTE, OUR SPECIES SELECTIONS.
WE CAN'T PUT A LARGE CANOPY TREE IN IF WE HAVE A VERY NARROW PLANTING AREA. SO SOMETIMES WHAT YOU GET AS A REPLACEMENT TREE ISN'T QUITE AS. HIGH VALUE AS THE TREE THAT WE REMOVED, UNFORTUNATELY. SO WE HAVE. THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF OF RECENT PROJECTS OR PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY THAT. IN IN THE FIRST CASE, YOU SEE AN EXAMPLE OF AN EXISTING STREET THAT DOESN'T HAVE SIDEWALKS. SO WE'VE HAD TO ADD SIDEWALKS IN.
YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACTS. THE SECOND SLIDE IS BEFORE AND AFTER, WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT
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WE'VE HAD TO MEANDER THE SIDEWALK AROUND UTILITY POLES AND TREES AND MAKE IT FIT. AND WE'RE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY SAVE THE TREES IN THIS CASE. AND I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS IN. MY ARBORIST GAVE ME THIS EXHIBIT. WE TALK ABOUT CRITICAL ROOT ZONE, AND NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT MEANS. THIS IS KIND OF AN EXHIBIT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THAT.AND THIS IS HOW OUR ARBORISTS EVALUATE WHETHER THE TREES ARE GOING TO SURVIVE.
POST-CONSTRUCTION AFTER THE EXCAVATION AND THE AMOUNT OF ROOTS THAT ARE CUT. AND A COUPLE MORE SLIDES, EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS AT THE TOP, I JUST WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE THE POINT.
SOMETIMES YOU SEE A TREE THAT'S PLANTED ADJACENT TO A SIDEWALK. THAT IS FINE WHEN IT'S INITIALLY PLANTED. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE 2013 PHOTO ON THE LEFT, NO PROBLEMS THERE, BUT AS A TREE GROWS, IT EXPANDS AND IS ENCROACHING INTO THE SIDEWALK. IN A MORE RECENT PICTURE, SHOWS THAT THAT'S A TREE THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SURVIVE WHEN THAT SIDEWALK IS RECONSTRUCTED. AND ON THE BOTTOM, A COUPLE MORE EXAMPLES OF TREES THAT ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE SAVED. DUE TO EITHER, YOU KNOW, ON THE LOWER LEFT, THE CURB RECONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO DESTROY THE BALL OF THAT TREE. AND IT'S IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THAT. AND THE MIDDLE FOLDER THERE IS JUST TO SHOW YOU THE DEPTH OF THE UTILITY TRENCHING THAT WE DO. AND YOU CAN SEE IF A TREE WAS IN THAT ALIGNMENT OF THAT UTILITY, IT WOULDN'T REALLY BE ANY REALISTIC WAY TO SAVE THAT TREE. SO KIND OF THE KEY TAKEAWAY IS WHAT I HOPE YOU GET FROM THIS IS STREET RECONSTRUCTION IS CHALLENGING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREAS DUE TO LIMITED RIGHT OF WAY AND ISSUES WITH GRADING AND MATURE LANDSCAPE AND CONFLICTS WITH UTILITIES. AND I HOPE YOU CAN SEE THAT ENGINEERING STAFF DOES MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MINIMIZE REMOVAL OF EXISTING TREES RESULTING FROM THOSE STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT TO ANY QUESTIONS. ANYONE? JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR THOROUGHLY EXPLAINING WHY. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE TREES HAVE TO BE REMOVED. I THINK FOR JUSTIN AND I, WHO SERVE THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WE GET PROBABLY THE MAJORITY OF THE COMPLAINTS WHEN WE SEE THESE RECONSTRUCTIONS COMING FORWARD IN THESE VERY MATURE, BEAUTIFUL TREES THAT HAVE REALLY ADDED A TON OF SHADE TO SOME OF THESE OLDER HOMES ARE THEN BEING TAKEN DOWN FOR THE SAKE OF INSTALLATION OF OF SIDEWALKS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION WITH STAFF. SO I WANT TO THANK STAFF, JENNIFER AND GARY FOR BEING SO VERY FLEXIBLE AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN CERTAIN AREAS. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SAVE A FEW TREES BY, YOU KNOW, MAKING SOME REQUESTS AND DEFINITELY THE RESIDENTS ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE IT. WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. I THINK FOR US, THE CONCERN REALLY MOVING FORWARD IS THERE ARE THESE CASES WHERE YOU HAVE MATURE TREES THAT ARE TAKEN DOWN, AND THEN THE RESIDENT IS REQUESTING ANOTHER MATURE TREE TO BE PUT IN ITS PLACE, AND USUALLY ON THEIR PROPERTY, NOT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND I KNOW THAT'S AN ISSUE FOR US, BUT WE'VE TALKED TO STAFF ABOUT SOME ALTERNATIVES, AND MAYBE A PLAN WILL COME FORWARD SOON WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT CAN WE DO TO, TO TO BETTER FACILITATE THEM INSTALLING THEIR OWN MATURE TREES SO THAT THEY CAN GAIN OVER THE NEXT DECADE OR SO, ANOTHER MATURE TREE IN THE PLACE OF THE ONE THAT'S TAKEN DOWN. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT ARBOR DAY, THE CITY GIVES AWAY TONS OF TREES, AND FOLKS CAN COME AND PICK THOSE UP. I THINK WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF MAYBE MARKETING THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, SO THAT PEOPLE ARE PREPARED TO COME AND PICK ONE UP, BECAUSE AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT'S FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE, RIGHT IN TERMS OF THE TREES. AND SO I WANT PEOPLE TO BE VERY AWARE THAT THIS IS AN OPTION FOR THEM TO GET ANOTHER TREE ON THEIR PROPERTY, NOT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT THEY CAN HAVE BETTER CONTROL OVER. BUT BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME SORT OF A PROGRAM COME FORWARD WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FUND TREES THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER. THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING IN PLACE SOMETIMES ARE NOT THE MOST FAVORABLE. AND THEY'RE ORNAMENTAL TREES. RIGHT? THAT THAT ARE BEING PUT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. SOMETIMES THE TREES THAT ARE THE REPLACEMENT TREES THAT ARE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY END UP BEING SMALLER TREES MIGHT BE A CRAPE MYRTLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, INSTEAD OF THE HERITAGE OAK OR WHATEVER WAS THERE ORIGINALLY, JUST DUE TO THE SPACE RESTRICTIONS. AND THAT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR THEM. RIGHT. AND SO, YEAH, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP TO FACILITATE REPLANTING OF TREES THAT CAN MATURE INTO SOMETHING MORE BEAUTIFUL WOULD BE FANTASTIC. SO THANK YOU, TRACY. WHAT WHEN WE'RE DETERMINING THE SIZE OF THE ROADWAY, IT SEEMS LIKE IN SOME OF THESE BACK STREETS AND AROUND THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, WE'RE GOING FROM, YOU
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KNOW, MAYBE AN 18 FOOT OR 16 FOOT ROADWAY TO A 24 FOOT ROADWAY PLUS SIDEWALKS OR, YOU KNOW, TO TO GET TO THAT RIGHT OF WAY, YOU'RE SHOWING WHAT DICTATES THAT. AND DO WE HAVE LEEWAY WITH THAT? YEAH. WELL, THERE'S LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THERE'S A LIMITED AMOUNT OF LEEWAY WITH THAT. OUR STANDARD STREET SECTION IS 26FT FROM CURB TO CURB. BUT MOST OF OUR STREETS IN DOWNTOWN ARE 26FT. EXISTING STREETS ARE SUBSTANDARD IN MANY CASES IN DOWNTOWN AREA. AND PART OF WHAT DRIVES THAT DECISION TO TO GO WITH THE MINIMUM OF 24 FOOT IS WE NEED TO MAINTAIN A MINIMUM TEN FOOT CLEAR, DRIVABLE PATH FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES ON SUTTER. SO IF YOU HAVE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES AND YOU EVEN IF YOU DEDUCT SEVEN FEET OF PARKING ON EITHER SIDE PLUS A TEN FOOT CENTER LANE, THAT'S YOUR 24 FOOT. SO GOING LESS THAN THAT COMPROMISES EMERGENCY ACCESS. SO THAT'S OF COURSE, OUR TOP PRIORITY PUBLIC SAFETY.ONE OF THE FIRST PICTURES YOU SHOWED WAS HOWELL STREET. YEAH, THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A 26 FOOT CURB TO CURB ROAD. AND WE'VE GOT LOTS THAT AREN'T I MEAN, I GUESS I GUESS IN TERMS OF ADAPTING AROUND, I GET EMERGENCY SERVICES AND WE GOT TO GET THEM THROUGH. BUT WE HAVE A LOT THAT AREN'T THOSE TODAY TOO, THAT ARE CURB TO CURBS. THAT IS TRUE. YEAH. IT'S IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO SOME OF OUR EXISTING STREETS TO BE LESS THAN 24. SOME ARE, AS YOU SAID, AS LITTLE AS 18FT EXISTING. AND A LOT OF THE 18FT ARE THE, YOU KNOW, THE OLD DITCH ROADS THAT ARE YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I WALK UP AND DOWN. AND SO TO COME IN AND SAY, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A 26 FOOT WIDE ROADWAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE ALL THIS EXTRA SPACE FOR SIDEWALKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT TO BE TO, TO ADAPTING IN CERTAIN AREAS AND JUST SAYING, OKAY, WE'VE GOT A, WE'VE GOT A SECTION HERE WHERE THAT'S NOT DOABLE, BUT IT'S STILL BETTER THAN IT WAS. WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE HOLD BACK IN DOING SOMETHING? I MEAN, HOW FAR DOWN DO WE GO. YEAH. WELL THAT'S A THAT'S A CHALLENGE. AND HIS JUDGMENT CALL. AND AS I SAID, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER PUBLIC SAFETY AS A TOP PRIORITY. AND WHERE WE'RE RECONSTRUCTING STREET, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT 24 FOOT MINIMUM AS SOMETHING WE'RE WE'RE NOT WILLING TO COMPROMISE UNLESS THERE ARE JUST OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS. IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE. I, I'M I GUESS I LIKE THAT. WHAT I WANT TO HEAR WITH THAT IS WE WANT TO GET RID OF ALL 18 FOOT STREETS. AND SO ACCELERATING OUR RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM SEEMS IMPORTANT TO ME IN THAT CASE. AND AND I NOT NOT THAT THIS IS HUGE, BUT IN TERMS OF OF KIND OF OUTLINING THE PACE AT WHICH WE'RE DOING THAT, WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS AWAY FROM BEING ABLE TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF OUR OLDER STREETS THAT MAY NOT MEET MINIMUMS THAT THAT WE HAVE. AND SO I'M FINE. I'M FINE WITH STATING THAT AS A GOAL. I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR US TO MAINTAIN THAT WITH WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN MEETING THAT GOAL, IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR EVERYBODY. THE IDEA OF REPLANTING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY COMING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE HAVE GAPS BETWEEN THE SIDEWALKS AND THE STREETS, JUST KIND OF CREATING A ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE, WE, WE EDUCATE PEOPLE THAT THAT'S NOT THE PLACE TO PLANT YOUR LANDSCAPING. THAT'S NOT THE PLACE TO PUT THINGS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GET DISRUPTED. WE'RE GOING TO DISRUPT IT. AND WE'VE GOT LITTLE OPTIONS TO DO THAT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO SAY WE CAN'T COME PLAN ON YOUR PROPERTY. WHAT ARE SOME OPTIONS IN BETWEEN THAT THAT KIND OF. SOFTEN THE, THE, THE, THE, I GUESS THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE'RE CREATING HERE. I MEAN, WE, WE NEED MATURE TREES IN NEIGHBORHOODS. THOSE ARE GOOD THINGS TO HAVE. THAT'S ONE OF THE VALUES OF, OF OF LIVING IN AND AROUND AN ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY. AND ANDREW IS ABOUT TO GET UP HERE AND SPEAK ON SOME IMPACT RENOVATIONS. BUT HE'LL TELL YOU DOWNTOWN ONCE MATURE TREES TOO, AND TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO GET THAT INTO THE COMMUNITIES. AND I DON'T LIKE THAT WE'RE GOING AND TAKING IT AWAY AND SAYING, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OPTIONS FOR YOU BECAUSE WE CAN'T PLANT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. HERE'S A THREE FOOT, YOU KNOW, CHINESE OAK OR WHATEVER WE GIVE OUT, WHICH IS NOT A, YOU KNOW, NOT THE HERITAGE OAKS THAT, THAT, THAT ARE PEOPLE WANT AND CERTAINLY NOT THE SIZE THAT PEOPLE WANT, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE CAN GIVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER DIRECTION TO SAY WHEN WE PUT A STREET IN LIKE THIS AND WE, WE DISRUPT THE CANOPY THAT EXISTS, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND SOME WAYS TO GET AROUND THE HARM THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE GOOD THAT WE'RE BRINGING. SO YEAH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU'RE SAYING. WE RECOGNIZE OUR TREES ARE AN ASSET. THERE'S A VALUE
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TO THE TREES AND, YOU KNOW, PRESERVING THEM OR PLANTING MORE IS TO THE CITY'S BENEFIT.AND THAT'S THAT'S OUR OBJECTIVE AS WELL. THE REASON WE CAN'T PLANT OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY CURRENTLY WITH OUR CIP PROJECTS IS A FUNDING RESTRICTION. WE JUST CAN'T USE THAT PUBLIC FUNDING TO DO PRIVATE PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS. SO I KNOW OUR PLANNING FOLKS ARE INVESTIGATING SOME OPTIONS TO TO MAYBE FIND WAYS TO USE OUR REFORESTATION FUNDS. YEAH.
WHERE SOMEONE CAN COME HEY, I WAS I WAS IMPACTED BY A TWO FOOT DIAMETER TREE BEING CUT DOWN. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR A $500 GRANT TO INSTALL A NEW ONE OR, YOU KNOW, OR ONE OF WHATEVER SIZE THAT GETS YOU. YEAH. THROUGH SOME FUND THAT IT IS AVAILABLE FOR, FOR PRIVATE USE. AND I THINK WE ALSO HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES. AND I SPOKE TO GARY ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, ALONG HIGHWAY FIVE WHERE NEIGHBORHOODS HAD BUILT KIND OF SOUND BUFFERS WITH TREES. AND WE HAVE TO GO IN AND DO TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS THAT WIPED THOSE OUT.
AND I GUESS WE NEED A BETTER RESPONSE THAN WHAT WE WHAT WE GAVE THEM. AND WHAT WE'RE GIVING PEOPLE IS JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S TOUGH. HERE'S A THREE FOOT TREE TO TO, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR KIDS TO ENJOY ONE DAY OR FOR THE NEXT OWNER TO ENJOY ONE DAY. AND I JUST I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO COME UP WITH A BETTER RESPONSE THAN A SHRUG OF THE SHOULDERS TO THAT, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT. I THINK IT IS WHAT MAKES A LOT OF THESE COMMUNITIES. IT GIVES THEM IDENTITY IN WAYS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO IMPROVE AND NOT TRYING TO TAKE AWAY FROM. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND YEAH, YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD IS THE RESTRICTION IS THE FUNDING RESTRICTIONS. AND IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO FUND THOSE MITIGATING TREES, OR BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS, BUT THEY BECOME BIG ISSUES WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TEARING DOWN A, YOU KNOW, A, AN OAK TREE THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR 70 YEARS, OF COURSE. SO, OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? TRACY HAD ON SLIDE ONE AND THIS IS A PAVEMENT WIDTH QUESTION IS IS ON SLIDE RIGHT THERE. MAYBE THAT'S TOO IS THE WIDTH OF HOWELL STREET THE DRIVING PORTION THE SAME IN THOSE TWO PICTURES? I'M NOT SURE. ON THIS PROJECT. I DON'T RECALL THE DIMENSIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR STREET. OKAY, I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER CHANCE. GO TO SLIDE FIVE. IS THE PAVING THE SAME ON THE BEFORE AND AFTER? ON THE TOP PICTURE? I BELIEVE THAT IS A WIDER SECTION IN THE AFTER. AND I DON'T KNOW ON THE LOWER PICTURE. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE SAME DIMENSIONS ON THE VIRGINIA SECTION ON THE BOTTOM. VERY SORRY I WAS AROUND WHEN WE DID THE COLE STREET. THAT'S THE TOP PHOTO. YEAH. AND SO YES, WE DID REPLACE I BELIEVE THAT WAS PROBABLY 18 TO 19, MAYBE SLIGHTLY UNDER 20FT WIDE ON THE EXISTING. AND I THINK WE WENT TO 22 WHEN WE CAME BACK WITH THE NEW PROJECT. I'M GOING OFF MEMORY, SO IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE OFF ON THE NUMBERS BUT PRETTY CLOSE. SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT WIDER THOUGH WE DID TRY TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT TRACY WAS TALKING ABOUT EMERGENCY ACCESS, BUT AND PROVIDING PARKING A LOT OF THESE ON THE BEFORE CONDITIONS, PEOPLE HAD PARKING.
THEY JUST PARKED. THEY PULLED IN THE GRASS. THERE WERE SOME BAR DITCHES, BUT THEY WEREN'T VERY DEEP DITCHES. AND SO WHEN WE PUT THAT CURB AND GUTTER IN THERE AND PUT THAT DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN PLACE, WE STILL WANT TO ALLOW FOR PARKING IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE. AND SO WE DO WIDEN THE STREET SOME. BUT WE REALIZE THAT THE RIGHT OF WAY THERE MAY BE ONLY 40FT WIDE, 35 IN SOME PLACES. AND SO TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF LONG RIGHT OF WAY, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THESE PROPERTIES WE DO TO MR. BELLER'S QUESTION. WE DO HAVE LEEWAY. AND WHAT WHAT RIGHT OF WAY WE PUT THE STREET WIDTH WE PUT BACK IN THAT LIMITED RIGHT OF WAY. SO WE DO LOOK AT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, TRYING TO IMPROVE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT ALSO BEING RESPECTFUL TO HOW MUCH RIGHT DO WE HAVE TO TAKE ANY LANDSCAPING. AND WE'RE ALSO IMPACTING. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES DURING THIS PRESENTATION. AND COMMERCIAL MAY BE A DIFFERENT A DIFFERENT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES. MY QUESTION NEXT QUESTION IS TRACY MENTIONED PARKING, PAVING AND PARKING NOT WIDE ENOUGH FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES. WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS ON HAVING NO PARKING ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET? AGAIN, IT'S A CASE BY CASE SITUATION. AND YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME SITUATIONS AND I CAN THINK OF A STREET, IT'S JUST NORTH OF LAMAR OVER HERE TOWARDS HIGHWAY FIVE. IT MAY BE IT'S I DON'T KNOW IF
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IT'S BEEN RECONSTRUCTED OR NOT, BUT IT IT MAY BE 18FT STILL AND IT EFFECTIVELY HAS BEEN ONE WAY.IT'S NOT POSTED ONE WAY. THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT ONE WAY. NO PARKING ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET. IT'S NOT POSTED, BUT RESIDENTS REALIZE IT'S SO NARROW. A LOT OF THESE STREETS.
WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING? WE WANT TO TRY TO PROVIDE AS WIDE AS POSSIBLE, BUT PEOPLE KNOW IF THEY PARK, YOU KNOW, TWO CARS, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE STREET, AND THEY'RE LINED UP ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER. THEY KNOW IT'S NOT WIDE ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY TO GET THROUGH. SO THEY SELF CORRECT AND ADJACENT, YOU KNOW, STAGGER THEIR CARS SO PEOPLE CAN KIND OF GO THROUGH CREATES A LITTLE NATURAL TRAFFIC CALMING, WHICH IS GREAT BUT ALSO PROVIDES THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES. BUT YES, THERE ARE INSTANCES WE HAVE GONE IN WITH NO PARKING ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET OR NOT. GENERALLY, WE'RE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION UP FRONT DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS, SO IT'S NOT A SURPRISE TO THE RESIDENTS AFTERWARDS. YEAH, WELL IT'S A TOUGH ONE IN EVERY CASE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PART OF MCKINNEY IS REALLY CASE BY CASE.
I HOPE WE'RE NOT REPLACING OAK TREES WITH CRAPE MYRTLES. WE ARE FOR YOUR REPORT. WE ARE, WE ARE. THERE'S BEEN A FEW. SO THERE IS A SMALL A TREE OR A BUSH. TREE OR A BUSH. IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. OKAY, I DON'T WANT TO WAIT INTO THAT COMMENT. UNDERSTOOD? UNDERSTOOD. OKAY.
ANYONE ELSE? ANY OTHER HOT SPORTS OPINIONS ON THIS? NOPE. THANK YOU TRACY. THANK YOU.
[Update on the MPAC Renovation Project]
THANKS. NEXT ITEM 260026 UPDATE ON THE IMPACT RENOVATION PROJECT. MR. JONES. GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL ANDREW JONES CULTURAL DISTRICT DIRECTOR THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO REALLY EXCITED TO KIND OF SHARE WITH YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED PIECES OF OUR HISTORY IN DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS THE CURRENT IMPACT. SO, YOU KNOW, IMPACT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS RENOVATED IN THE EARLY 2000. IT'S SHOWN ITS AGE. HERE'S A PICTURE FROM THE 80S. BUT I WANTED TO START OFF WITH KIND OF WHAT ARE OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES BEHIND THIS PROJECT? BECAUSE I THINK THIS REALLY SPEAKS TO THE CHARACTER AND THE VALUES THIS COMMUNITY HAS FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AS WELL AS KIND OF OUR OBJECTIVES WITHIN THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TO PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. SO OBVIOUSLY THOUGHTFUL, HISTORIC PRESERVATION. OUR OBJECTIVE IS OBVIOUSLY TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE BUILDING. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THAT IN THE DESIGN REALM, WE WANT TO WEAVE THE COURTHOUSE NARRATIVE AND HISTORY INTO THE DESIGN IN ALL STAGES OF THAT. WE ALSO WANT TO IMPROVE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE FROM WHEN YOU BUY A TICKET ONLINE TO COMING IN AND FINDING YOUR SEAT. AND THEN WE ALSO WANT WE UTILIZE THE IMPACT AS A VEHICLE TO DRIVE TO DRIVE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC TO THE DISTRICT. START OFF WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS, OUR ARCHITECTS. WE HAVE OUR WE SELECTED ARCHITECTURAL FIRM LAST YEAR ITS ARCHITECTS. WE ALSO BECAUSE THIS IS A STATE ANTIQUITIES LANDMARK. WE ALSO HAVE OVERSIGHT FROM THE TEXAS HISTORIC COMMISSION AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE SEEN UP TO THIS OR THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE PRESENTATION TODAY HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THEM, AND WE'VE GOTTEN OUR NOTICE TO PROCEED. BURN CONSTRUCTION WAS ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION TEAM THAT DID THE ORIGINAL RENOVATIONS IN THE EARLY 2000. THEY CAME BACK FOR THIS AS WELL AS ARCHITECTS MEANT TO SAY THAT. AND THEN OUR INTERIORS ARE BEING DONE BY HELLO HOUSE. SO LOOKING BACK AT THE EARLY 2000, THIS REALLY WAS A CATALYST PROJECT FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN. IF YOU REMEMBER THIS, THERE WERE PIGEONS ROOSTING ON THE THIRD FLOOR. SOME OF OUR FORMER OR SOME OF OUR CURRENT OFFICES FOR MAIN STREET. REALLY, THIS WAS A JOINT PROJECT WITH THE CITY AND CDC, NCDC TO REHAB THIS LAUNCH. THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. AND IT REALLY WE SAW A LOT OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN AS A RESULT OF THIS PROJECT.AND I THINK YOU COULD SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING A CHAIN LINK PROMINENT BUILDING IN THE CENTER OF THE SQUARE REALLY WOULD NOT HAVE LED TO THE SAME SORT OF GROWTH IN THE DOWNTOWN THAT WE'VE SEEN TODAY. PROJECT BUDGET. SO THIS WAS APPROVED EARLY IN 2025. IT'S ABOUT A $10 MILLION PROJECT. YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, TRISH CAN ANSWER THOSE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH. BUT IT'S A GREAT YOU KNOW WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS THROUGH CEO BONDS. AND THEN WHY ARE WE DOING THIS. YOU KNOW WE THERE'S SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR FOR THE BUILDING. HERE'S JUST A FEW OF THE YOU KNOW NON BEAUTY SHOTS AS I'LL PUT THEM COMPREHENSIVE WORK ON OUR HVAC ELECTRICAL RAILINGS ADA ENHANCEMENTS, ELEVATOR DRAINAGE, ROOFING REPAIRS. WE ALSO ARE USING THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE THE
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THEATER SPACE, REPAIR AND UPGRADE THE STAGE, IMPROVE THE ACOUSTICS, AND ADD MORE COMFORTABLE SEATING. HERE'S JUST SOME CURRENT PHOTOS. YOU'LL SEE THE MAIN HALL THERE TO THE RIGHT AND IN THE BACK. I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AREA HERE. THESE ARE THE VESTIBULES THAT WERE LEFT. THESE WERE ADDED IN THE 70S. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS BRING IT BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL GLORY IN THE 30S. YOU'LL SEE THAT SHORTLY. THIS AND THIS IS KIND OF THEIR PICTURE OF WHAT THE BUILDING IS FOR. A LOT OF THE PEOPLE VISITING DOWNTOWN. SO WE'LL START WITH SOME OF THE RENDERINGS OF THE OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID FOR THIS AND I'LL, YOU KNOW, WE HIRED SOME INVESTIGATORS TO COME OUT AND TELL US WHAT THE ORIGINAL PAINT COLOR FOR THE BUILDING IS. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE. AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS IN THE 30S, WHEN THE BUILDING WAS INITIALLY CONSTRUCTED FROM FROM THE 1800S VERSION WAS THIS BEAUTIFUL GREEN THAT YOU SEE HERE TO THE DAY. YOU ALSO SEE HERE A CANOPY OVER THE ENTRANCE. THIS IS A METAL AND GLASS CANOPY THAT IS GOING TO ALSO BE ADDED TO PROTECT THESE, THIS MAIN ENTRANCE. SO ARCHITECTURALLY THIS WAS DONE IN CONSULT WITH ARCHITECTS AND THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION. AND WE HAD AN OBJECTIVE TO PREVENT WATER PENETRATION FROM COMING IN THESE MAIN ENTRYWAYS. ANYTIME IT RAINS OR, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A STORM THIS WEEKEND, WE WOULD SEE PENETRATION AND WATER COMING INTO THOSE, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK TO THOSE OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, AND WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THAT PERMANENTLY PROTECTS THAT THOSE ENTRANCES AND AND LEAVES THEM FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS. SO IF YOU CAN REMEMBER THOSE RESTROOMS THAT WE SAW EARLIER, THIS IS A RENDERING FOR HOW WE HOPE TO UPDATE HIM. YOU'LL SEE THAT THE PAINT COLOR WE FOUND, THE ORIGINAL PAINT COLOR FOR THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AS WELL, WAS KIND OF A YELLOW GOLDISH, A LITTLE SOFT YELLOW. WE ARE GOING TO ADD THE SUBWAY TILE. KIND OF MORE BRASS FINISHES HERE, BUT ULTIMATELY OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE THEM VERY DURABLE, LONG LASTING, BUT ALSO MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY ACTUALLY BELONG TO THE PERIOD OF THE BUILDING. IT'S AN IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE. IN THE MAIN HALL HERE. YOU SEE, THERE'S NOW A LOT OF CHANGES OTHER THAN PLASTER REPAIR WORK, ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHTING, BUT REALLY HERE IT'S ALL ABOUT SELLING AND COMMUNICATING TO OUR GUESTS A MORE THEATRICAL ENVIRONMENT. WHEN YOU COME INTO THE SPACE NEXT. SO YOU ALSO SEE ON THE STAIRWELLS HERE YOU HAVE A GREEN CARPET THAT ARE COVERING THE CURRENT CONCRETE FLOORS THAT WE HAVE IN THE STAIRWELLS, AS WELL AS SOME ENHANCEMENTS TO BRIGHTEN UP THE SPACE AS WELL. AGAIN, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE JUST LOOKING BACK AT THOSE FEW SLIDES LATER OR EARLIER THAT THIS IS THE SAME AREA. NOW, THIS IS A REALLY AMAZING PART OF THE RENOVATION. SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE ORIGINAL JUDGE'S BENCH FROM THE THEATER THAT'S HIDDEN. UNLESS YOU'VE COME TO SEE A VERY SELECT AMOUNT OF SHOWS WHERE WE BROUGHT IT OUT, IT IS WE PLAN. MOST PEOPLE HAVEN'T SEEN IT FOR THE LAST 50 PLUS YEARS. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT ITEM, KEEP IT IN THE SPACE AND TURN IT INTO A SERVING AREA IN THE BACK OF THE THEATER. THIS IS GOING TO BE, I THINK, A REALLY MUCH BELOVED ADDITION TO THE THEATER SPACE. WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS BY GETTING RID OF THOSE VESTIBULES IN THE BACK, WHICH I BROUGHT ATTENTION TO EARLIER. AND OTHER COOL THING IS IN THE BACK, THIS IS ALL GOING TO BE ONE LEVEL. WE HAVE CURRENTLY A LOT OF TRIPPING HAZARDS IN THE BACK OF THE THEATER. ALL THAT'S GOING TO BE LEVEL AND BE ADA ACCESSIBLE BACK THERE. WE ARE GOING TO REDO AND KIND OF RECREATE THE SURROUND BEHIND THE JUDGE'S BENCH AS WELL. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY GREAT AREA AND SOLVE A LOT OF OPERATIONAL ISSUES FOR US OF BRINGING IN A TEMPORARY BAR SITUATION THAT WE DO FOR FOR ALL OF OUR EVENTS. AND THIS IS AN ANGLE FROM THE FRONT LOOKING DOWN AT THE STAGE. SO THE FRONT OF THE STAGE IS MIRRORED AFTER THE RAIL THAT SEPARATED THE JUDGE FROM THE COURTROOM OR THE JUDGE AND THE COURTROOM PROCEEDINGS FROM THE AUDIENCE IN THE THEATER. BUT YOU ALSO SEE A BRAND NEW[00:40:06]
CURTAIN IN THE BACK, A MUCH MORE ELEVATED EXPERIENCE. ALL THE SEATS WE CURRENTLY THROUGHOUT THIS SPACE, NONE OF THE ORIGINAL SEATS ARE THERE IN OPERATION. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, BRINGING BACK KIND OF A MORE COMFORTABLE SEATING ARRANGEMENT AND PLAY OFF OF THE COLORS THAT WE HAVE IN THE SPACE AS WELL. PROJECT TIMELINE FEBRUARY 2025. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, COUNCIL APPROVED THE FUNDING FOR THE RENOVATION. WE RECEIVED NOTICE TO PROCEED THIS FALL. JANUARY 17TH WAS OUR LAST PUBLIC PERFORMANCE. WE PLAN ON CLOSING THE BUILDING TO THE PUBLIC IN FEBRUARY 1ST AND THEN CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING SHORTLY.EITHER, YOU KNOW, THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 4TH, AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT LATE FALL 2026 TO BE ESTIMATED COMPLETION PROBABLY NOVEMBER. WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANDREW, WHERE DO WE STAND ON PUBLIC RESTROOMS SINCE WE'RE CLOSING THESE DOWN AND THERE'S NONE OTHER AVAILABLE THAT I CAN THINK OF DOWNTOWN. YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY TWO LOCATIONS AS CLOSE TO THE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WE SAID, HEY, WE PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE OUR PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, SOME PORTABLE RESTROOM OPTION ON THE MAIN SQUARE. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S VISIBLY IT DIDN'T MAKE A LOT OF GREAT SENSE THERE. SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE LOCATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THEM AS CLOSE TO THE MAIN SQUARE AS POSSIBLE, PROBABLY ABOUT A BLOCK OFF. SO TO BE DETERMINED. BUT WE'LL HAVE AN OPTION VERY, VERY SOON. THANK YOU. ANDREW, IS THERE ANY LIKE WHAT DISRUPTION ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING WILL BE CAUSED BY THE STAGING OR CONSTRUCTION CREWS THAT NEED TO ACCESS THE BUILDING? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO WE PLAN ON TAKING AWAY SO THERE WILL BE SOME PARKING THAT WILL BE TAKEN AWAY ON THE PROJECT. IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE RAMP SIDE. SO ON TENNESSEE AND BASICALLY NO STREET IMPACTS, BUT THE PARKING WILL BE TAKEN AWAY AND AROUND THE WHOLE OF IMPACT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH A GREEN FABRIC ON THE OUTSIDE OF IT. SO THAT WILL KIND OF CONTAIN ALL THE THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. SO THE PARKING THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOSE IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF TENNESSEE, BUT NOT ON THE EAST SIDE. THAT GOES UP AGAINST THE SHOPS, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH. I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 8 TO 10 SPOTS TOTAL. THERE ARE SOME HANDICAPPED SPOTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING AVAILABLE AS WELL IN THE DOWNTOWN SOMETIME, SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY DO FOR OUR SPECIAL EVENTS. PRETTY COOL. ANYONE ELSE? ANDREW, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ITEM 260027 PRESENTATION
[Presentation on McKinney National Airport Marketing and Public Relations Initiatives]
ON MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS INITIATIVES. MR. CURLEY, MR. CURLEY AND COMPANY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL KEN CARLEY, AIRPORT DIRECTOR. YOU MAY RECALL ABOUT A YEAR AGO WE BROUGHT AVIATRIX ON BOARD TO ASSIST THE AIRPORT WITH ITS MARKETING EFFORTS. AND TODAY WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU. WE HAVE KATIE FRANCO HERE WITH WITH US FROM AVIATRIX. SHE'S THE OWNER, AND SHE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF OUR MARKETING EFFORTS THUS FAR. THANK YOU. THANKS, KEN. MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL, AS YOU SAID, MY NAME IS KATIE. I'M THE OWNER AND PRINCIPAL AT AVIATRIX COMMUNICATIONS, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TKI FOR ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS NOW. AND SO I'M EXCITED TODAY TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO. IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN QUITE A LOT MANY DIFFERENT CHANNELS. SO WE WILL GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT SUBJECTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE STOP ME AT ANY TIME. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT A PARTICULAR SLIDE OR WOULD LIKE ME TO GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL, THE FIRST PRIMARY ELEMENT THAT I THINK YOU'LL SEE RUNNING THROUGH ALL OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS IS THE NEW BRAND IDENTITY AND POSITIONING FOR THE AIRPORT AS MCKINNEY, TEXAS MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT. EXCUSE ME, MOVES INTO COMMERCIAL SERVICE, IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE WHOLE TEAM TO GO THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF WHAT IS THAT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE GOING TO BE LIKE? HOW ARE WE DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER AIRPORTS IN THE REGION? HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR HIGH LEVELS OF CUSTOMER SERVICE ACROSS A NEW, DIFFERENT CHANNEL FOR US? AND SO THANKS TO MANY INTERVIEWS, FOCUS GROUPS, HOURS WITH STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH SEVERAL OF YOU, WE WERE ABLE TO COME TO THE NEW TKI BRAND. AND IT'S A WONDERFUL, WARM, WELCOMING BRAND THAT PLAYS A LOT INTO THE HERITAGE OF MCKINNEY IN THE AIRPORT. EXCUSE ME, MCKINNEY IN THE TOWN AND REFLECTING INTO THE AIRPORT. SO CONSIDERING THE SIMILAR COLOR PALETTES BUT ALSO BRINGING IN THE WINGS FOR AVIATION AND MAKING IT VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS AN AIRPORT THAT BELONGS TO MCKINNEY IN TEXAS. AND SO WE'VE[00:45:01]
GOT A REALLY RICH COLOR PALETTE. WE'VE GOT A VERY FLEXIBLE LOGO WHERE IT CAN BE JUST THE ICON, IT CAN GO FULL BLACK AND WHITE. WE CAN STACK IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. AND WE'VE BEEN USING THIS ON A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT MATERIALS, EVERYTHING FROM OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FAVICONS TO THE WEBSITE TO OUR ADVERTISING. PART OF THAT BRAND DEVELOPMENT WAS CREATING THE BRAND POSITION AND PROMISE. SO ALONG WITH THE LOGO THERE THAT YOU SEE IN DIFFERENT DIFFERENT POSITIONS AND FACILITIES, UNDERSTANDING THAT MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT IS DELIVERING A MODERN, SEAMLESS AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN AIRPORT EXPERIENCE THAT MAKES TRAVEL EASIER, SMARTER AND CLOSER TO HOME. SO FINDING THE POSITION, THE BRAND'S VOICE, AND THE KEY MESSAGES WAS ALSO AN IMPORTANT PART OF POSITIONING THE BRAND IN THE REGION AND SEPARATING IT FROM THE EXPERIENCES THAT YOU HAVE AT OTHER AIRPORTS. AND I WAS SAYING, AS SOMEONE WHO SPENT A FULL HOUR GETTING OFF THE PLANE AND GETTING OUT OF THE RENTAL CAR AREA AND DFW YESTERDAY, THIS IS A BRAND PROMISE. I AM VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO LEARNING ABOUT AND EXPERIENCING IN PERSON, BECAUSE THAT WAS THAT WAS A LOT. SO THESE ARE JUST TWO PIECES OF COLLATERAL THAT WE'VE PRINTED. JUST TO SHOW YOU SOME QUICK EXAMPLES OF HOW WE'VE BEEN USING THE BRAND COLORS, THE FONTS AND THE STYLES. THE FIRST ONE IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FLIER, WHERE WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO CUSTOMERS, CONSUMERS, YOUR NEIGHBORS, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE AIRPORT, HOW IT'S BEING FUNDED, AND JUST GIVING A SENSE OF TRANSPARENCY TO MAKE THESE NUMBERS AND THESE PROCESSES AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO UNDERSTAND IT. WE ALSO HAVE A COLORING SHEET THAT WE GIVE OUT AT CHILDREN'S EVENTS OR TOURS, BUT MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING WE PUT OUT HAS THAT MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT BRAND. THE SECOND PLACE THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT BRAND IS OUR LANDING PAGE. AND SO WE HAD TO DEVELOP IMMEDIATELY A LANDING PAGE THAT PROVIDES THE INFORMATION FOR OUR OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR CUSTOMERS BEFORE THE TERMINAL IS BUILT, BEFORE THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE PARKING, THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNDING. THEY'RE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, SEE THE RENDERINGS, FIND ALL OF THE PRESS RELEASES AND RELATED INFORMATION ALL CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE PLACE. SO OUR FLY COMM IS WHERE ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ADS, OUR COLLATERAL PIECES, EVERY PRESENTATION THAT KEN DOES IN THE COMMUNITY DIRECTS EVERYBODY TO FLY TKIS FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO LEAVE A COMMENT. THAT TWO WAY COMMUNICATION CHANNEL IS REALLY IMPORTANT HERE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A SECOND. BUT THE LANDING PAGE WENT LIVE IN MAY, AND AS OF DECEMBER WE'VE HAD MORE THAN 77,000 DIFFERENT SESSIONS ON OUR LITTLE LANDING PAGE, WHICH HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS. IT'S A IT'S A VERY GOOD TESTAMENT TO PEOPLE ARE SEEING THE ADVERTISING AND THE COMMUNICATIONS. THEY'RE GOING DIRECTLY TO YOUR WEBSITE. FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THIS IS HELPING TO DISPEL ANY MISINFORMATION IN THE COMMUNITY.PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO FIND EVERYTHING THAT IS OFFICIAL FROM YOUR VOICE FROM MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT. THE COMMENT COLLECTION FORM. THIS CONTACT US FEED HAS BEEN A REALLY TREMENDOUS WAY TO GET COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON THEIR OWN TIME, THEIR OWN INFORMATION. SINCE WE PUT IT UP IN MAY, WE RECEIVED OVER 300 COMMENTS. NOW, MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE. THEY WANT TO TELL YOU WHERE TO FLY FROM TKI THEY HAVE ALL GOT PLANS TO USE IT, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THEIR GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE OR TO TO ASHEVILLE. AND BUT BEYOND THAT, MANY, MANY PEOPLE ARE REACHING OUT FOR CAREER INQUIRIES. LOTS OF PEOPLE WANT TO WORK HERE LEASING OPPORTUNITIES. THEY WANT TO BRING THEIR BUSINESSES HERE. AND SO IT'S BEEN A REALLY WONDERFUL CHANNEL TO GET PEOPLE OFF OF SOCIAL MEDIA ONTO OUR WEBSITE, WHERE THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT THINGS. WE'LL BE POSTING THE CONCESSION RFP OR THE RFP. ALL OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES WILL ALSO BE ON OUR WEBSITE, AND EVERY PERSON WHO WRITES INTO OUR CONTACT FORM RECEIVES A PERSONAL RESPONSE. SO THEY ARE GETTING THE INFORMATION THEY NEED. AND WHETHER THAT'S WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT A FUTURE JOB FAIR OR WHETHER THAT'S HERE, THE INFORMATION FOR YOUR CAREERS WILL BE POSTED HERE OR CONTACT A FELLOW DIRECTLY. EVERYBODY RECEIVES A COMMENT TO THEIR COMMENT, AND WE HAVE CATALOGED AND RECORDED ALL OF THEM AS WELL. OUR PAID MEDIA PERFORMANCE IS ANOTHER CHANNEL THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO LAUNCH THIS IN MAY. OUR PROGRAMMATIC ADS. SO OUR ADS DISPLAYING DIGITALLY HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, I WOULD SAY, IN GENERATING THE AMOUNT OF IMPRESSIONS AT THE COST WE FIND EFFICIENT AND THEY'RE GENERATING INTEREST. AND WHAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE IS BEING ABLE TO SEE THE CLICKS, PEOPLE WHO ARE JOINING AND FOLLOWING US ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS A RESULT OF THESE ADS AND DRIVING THEMSELVES TO OUR WEBSITE. SO THE DETAILS HERE ARE COST PER
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CLICK IS $1 LESS THAN OTHER IN THE INDUSTRY, WHICH IS HUGE. AND I'LL SHOW YOU IN THE NEXT SLIDE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BREAK DOWN WHO'S USING IT ON MOBILE AND TABLET, AND WHICH SPECIFIC COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS THEY'RE USING. SO THIS IS A SAMPLE OF OUR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.WITHOUT BUILDINGS IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TO SHARE. YOU CAN'T REALLY SHOW CONCESSIONS WITHOUT THE CONCESSIONS THERE YET. SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT YOUR FUTURE EXPERIENCE AND WHAT YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO. THE ADS ON THE LEFT ARE THE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN WE DID WITH THE ORIGINAL TKI BRAND, AND THEN THE ADS ON THE RIGHT ARE THE ONES WITH THE NEW BRANDING AND STARTING TO TEST SOME NEW TAGLINES, SOME NEW MESSAGING, AND TO SEE WHICH IS MOST EFFECTIVE. AND THEN WE'RE USING THAT DATA TO REFINE OUR CAMPAIGNS MOVING FORWARD. ONE THING TO NOTE HERE, THE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN RAN IN MCKINNEY, SPECIFICALLY, OUR CONSIDERATION CAMPAIGN, WHICH STARTED THIS FALL, IS NOW INTO ALL OF COLLIN COUNTY. SO WE ARE GENERATING LARGER AWARENESS AS WE GET CLOSER TO PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO BUY SEATS OUT OF TKI.
MORE ON OUR PAID MEDIA. THE COST PER ENGAGEMENT IS LESS THAN ABOUT HALF OF WHAT WE THINK IS OUR THRESHOLD FOR BOOSTED POSTS ON META, AND WE ARE ABOVE OUR GOAL SET FOR ENGAGEMENT RATES. SO 2.212%. AND SO THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR FOLLOWERS CAMPAIGN IS BOTH COST EFFICIENT EFFECTIVE. AND WE'RE SEEING THE RESULTS IN OUR FOLLOWERS. SO THERE I CAN SHOW YOU MORE IN A LITTLE BIT HERE. BUT INSTAGRAM WE'RE NOW AT OVER 4400. AND OUR FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS WE'RE AT 8.9 THOUSAND. AND SO IT'S JUST THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE SEEING US NOW. SEVERAL OF OUR PLATFORMS WERE WE WERE SQUATTING ON THEM. WE WEREN'T USING THEM AS REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS. SO PART OF OUR EFFORTS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WERE TO BUILD UP THESE CHANNELS, TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN GET CONSISTENT, ACCURATE INFORMATION FROM THE AIRPORT DIRECTLY. THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO NEXT DOOR OR THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY THINK IS THE RIGHT ANSWER. AND SO BRINGING THEM HERE TO GROW OUR CHANNELS WAS REALLY THE GOAL OF GETTING THESE CAMPAIGNS FOR FOLLOWERS AND IMPRESSIONS. BREAK DOWN BY FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM. I'M SURE YOU ARE ALL AWARE YOU HAVE A VERY ACTIVE FACEBOOK COMMUNITY, AND SO WE ARE SEEING MOST OF OUR WINS THERE. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING ON INSTAGRAM AND INTERACTING WITH THE POSTS THAT WE'RE SHARING.
SO A BREAKDOWN OF WHO'S USING IT ON TABLET AND MOBILE. ALMOST NO DESKTOP USERS, BUT A LARGE MAJORITY OF THOSE BEING BROKEN DOWN BY BEING ABLE TO SEE IT ON YOUR PHONE OR YOUR TABLET. AND SO WE'RE SURE THAT OUR MESSAGES ARE SHORT, EFFECTIVE, COMPELLING, AND WILL STOP YOU FROM SCROLLING AS QUICKLY AS YOU MAY. EVENTS. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL EVENTS AT THE AIRPORT IN THE COMMUNITY. PARTICIPATION IN PRESENTATIONS AS WELL. WE'LL GET INTO THAT. SO OUR GROUNDBREAKING EVENT WAS IN JULY WITH OVER 200 FOLKS IN ATTENDANCE. THIS WAS AN A MAJOR, EFFECTIVE, REALLY POSITIVE CAMPAIGN EVENT FOR US, A REAL TENTPOLE MILESTONE FOR THE AIRPORT. WE HAD SIX MEDIA OUTLETS ATTEND. I BELIEVE MOST, IF NOT ALL OF YOU WERE THERE, WHICH I APPRECIATE. AND THIS WAS A GREAT WAY TO REALLY SOLIDIFY THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.
THIS IS REAL. WE ARE WE ARE BREAKING GROUND ON YOUR NEW AIRPORT OFFSITE EVENTS. THE LOVE MCKINNEY EVENT IN SEPTEMBER, THE AIRPORT HOSTED A BOOTH. IMPORTANTLY, THIS WAS OUR FIRST EVENT WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THE NEW BRAND. SO THAT HAPPENED JUST IN TIME FOR THE MCKINNEY EVENT, AS WELL AS PARTICIPATION IN THE STATE OF THE CITY EVENT, BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE AWAY THE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT FLIER, THE COLORING SHEET, INFORMATION ABOUT THE AIRPORT, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILDING UP THAT RELATIONSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. ON SITE EVENTS. WE'VE HAD A FEW. THE ARFF TRUCK PUSH IN CEREMONY WAS IN FALL. THE AIRPORT TEAM WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, AND THEN WE HELD, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, A TKI DISPLAY DAY WHERE WE HAD A STATIC AIR SHOW OPEN HOUSE EVENT WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME BE CLOSE TO AIRCRAFT, MEET WITH VENDORS, LOCAL FLIGHT SCHOOLS OR CIVIL AIR PATROL AND GET A CHANCE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE AIRPORT IS LIKE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THEM. IF THEY'VE NEVER BEEN OUT TO THE AIRPORT. THESE ARE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THE AIRPORT DOES FOR YOU ALREADY IN EMERGENCY SERVICES AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. AND NOW WE'LL BE BUILDING UPON THAT RELATIONSHIP WHEN IT COMES TO STARTING COMMERCIAL SERVICE. SO
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THIS WAS A REALLY SUCCESSFUL DAY. IT WAS DURING ONE OF THE STORMY WEEKENDS. SO WHILE IT WAS ADVERTISED AS SATURDAY, ON FRIDAY WE HAD TO SAY, SORRY, WE'RE MOVING IT TO SUNDAY AND WE STILL HAD OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTEND. SO IT WAS A REALLY TREMENDOUS SHOWING, VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK. WE GOT SOME EXCELLENT PICTURES I THINK WE'RE SHARING HERE. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS A REALLY FUN FOR US, A BIG SUCCESS. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR OR THIS YEAR. OTHER TOURS THAT WE'VE DONE AT THE AIRPORT INCLUDE THE LEADERSHIP MCKINNEY.WE'VE HAD SCHOOL TOURS, HOME SCHOOL TOURS, TOURS OF THE CUSTOMS BUILDING FOR YOU, AND WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO FORMALIZE THE TOURS PROGRAM AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES. AND THEN WITH OUR DISPLAY DAY, THE SOME OF THE VENDORS AND PARTICIPATION FROM AROUND THE COMMUNITY. THIS WAS SUCH A SUCCESS THAT WE WERE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO EXPANDING THE DISPLAY DAY IN THE COMING SPRING, SO WE CAN INVITE MORE OF THE AIRPORT'S NEW PARTNERS, INCLUDING PERHAPS AVELLO AND OTHER AIRLINES. SOCIAL MEDIA I TOUCHED ON BRIEFLY, BUT WE HAD A GOAL TO GET ACROSS ALL FOUR PLATFORMS OF FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND LINKEDIN. THE THE PLAN IS TO SHARE THE POSITIVE IMPACT, TO DIAL DOWN THE MISINFORMATION, TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY A CONSISTENT, INFORMED AND ACCURATE RESPONSE TO ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE OUT THERE IN THE IN THE ETHER, AND TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT THIS IS WHERE THEY CAN FIND THE RIGHT ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS. SO WE HAVE A MIX OF PILLARS THAT WE LIKE TO TOUCH ON WHEN WE'RE WRITING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CALENDARS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT A GOOD MIX OF TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, THE CONVENIENCE PEOPLE WILL SEE, THE AFFORDABILITY THAT THIS WILL PROVIDE, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE AIRLINE TICKETS DIRECTLY, BUT ALSO SAVINGS ON NOT DRIVING DOWN TO DFW OR LOVE FIELD, THE WORK THAT THE AIRPORT DOES WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IT HAS IN THE COMMUNITY NOW AND IN THE FUTURE, AND THEN KEEPING PEOPLE UP TO DATE WITH CONSTRUCTION. AFTER THE GROUNDBREAKING, WE'VE BEEN WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH GARVER FOR REALLY GREAT OVERVIEWS, PICTURES UPDATING US ON THE CONSTRUCTION. WE'RE GETTING TO SEE THE THING COME TO LIFE, AND IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN. WE SHARE THOSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THEY'RE ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE. WE HAVE A SECTION FOR CONSTRUCTION UPDATES NOW. SO BRIEFLY OVER SOCIAL MEDIA WE'VE GROWN THE MOST ON FACEBOOK, BUT NOT ALL OF THESE WERE ACTIVE CHANNELS BEING CONSISTENTLY USED. SO WE GREW IN LINKEDIN FOR TKI, OVER 1000 FOLLOWERS, TWITTER AND X WE ARE JUST SITTING ON RIGHT NOW. THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT THERE, BUT WE ARE KEEPING IT OPEN FOR EMERGENCIES, AND CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS IS STILL A VALUABLE HANDLE FOR US TO OWN, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE IT AS AN OPTION SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN. MEDIA OUTREACH. THE THE MANY EVENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT HAVE INCLUDED MANY PRESS RELEASES, SPEAKING POINTS, PRESS EVENTS, MEDIA ALERTS. AND SO JUST A QUICK LIST OF THE THE TYPES OF PRESS RELEASES AND SUBJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH THE MEDIA AND WITH YOUR COMMUNITY, EVERYTHING FROM FUNDING TO ANNOUNCING AVELLO TO CONSTRUCTION UPDATES AND TO OUR EVENTS. SOME EXAMPLES OF MEDIA COVERAGE. FOR GROUNDBREAKING, WE HAD SIX OUTLETS ATTEND, NINE PRINT AND ONLINE COVERED US, ONE RADIO FIVE BROADCAST AND TWO IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY. 16 DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF MEDIA COVERAGE THERE FOR GESTURE.
GROUNDBREAKING EVENTS SO REALLY WELL RECEIVED. AND THEN NOVELLO'S ANNOUNCEMENT RECENTLY IN DECEMBER, WE HAD INTERVIEWS WITH THE MAYOR. WE HAD INTERVIEWS WITH KEN, 14 DIFFERENT PRINT AND ONLINE OUTLETS COVERING US, SOME IN MULTIPLE ARTICLES, FIVE IN BROADCAST, THREE IN RADIO. SO 22 DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF MEDIA COVERAGE FOR THE AVELLO ANNOUNCEMENT, WHICH IS JUST MAKING SURE THE WORD IS GETTING OUT THERE. THIS IS HAPPENING.
PEOPLE HAVE AN AIRLINE IN MIND NOW. THEY UNDERSTAND THE KINDS OF PLACES THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO FLY. THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO TAKE THEIR NEXT LEISURE TRIP OUT OF TKI. BECAUSE AVELLO HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. AND SOME MORE ON OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH. THE GOALS OF THIS WERE TO HELP ALIGN THE COMMUNITIES, THE MESSAGING ACROSS PLATFORMS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WHETHER YOU'RE HEARING IT IN PERSON, ONLINE OR ON THE RADIO, THAT YOU'RE GETTING THE RIGHT MESSAGING FROM TKI, WE'RE ADDRESSING COMMUNITY SENTIMENT AND VOCAL DETRACTORS THROUGH TRANSPARENCY AND PROACTIVE ENGAGEMENT. SO THAT IS PUTTING KEN OUT IN A LOT OF PUBLIC
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MEETINGS, SHARING PRESENTATIONS, BRINGING PEOPLE IN FOR TOURS, MEETING WITH THE MEDIA, AND CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE A STEADY DRIP OF INFORMATION, ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THIS PROGRESS IS HAPPENING AND WHAT'S GOING TO COME NEXT. SOME EXAMPLES OF THE COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS AND PARTICIPATION. THE HISPANIC BUSINESS ALLIANCE, THE STATE OF THE CITY. THE BUSINESS EVENT THAT KEN WAS ON THE PANEL FOR. AND SO BEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, I THINK WE WILL SEE MOVING MORE TOWARD BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE AIRPORT NOW THAT THE CONSTRUCTION IS BEING BUILT AND THERE ARE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RELATE TO THIS IF THEY'VE NEVER BEEN TO TKI BEFORE, NOW THEY HAVE A REASON TO NOW THEY CAN GET A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN EVEN BEFORE FLIGHTS START. SO BRINGING PEOPLE OUT FOR TOURS, BRINGING PEOPLE OUT FOR DISPLAY DAYS IS BRINGING PEOPLE OUT FOR JOB FAIRS. THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE WAYS, PRIMARY WAYS THAT WE'RE REACHING OUR COMMUNITY. THE OTHER TACTICS INCLUDE DIGITAL PAID MEDIA AS WELL AS SOCIAL MEDIA. AND THEN THIS SUMMER WILL BE STARTING ON THE FULL, ROBUST WEBSITE FOR TKI. AND THAT WILL INCLUDE HOW TO PARK, WHAT AMENITIES WE HAVE AT THE TERMINAL, BEING ABLE TO BOOK A FLIGHT AND START YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE. NOW ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL COME ONLINE BEFORE THE NEW TERMINAL DOES, SO PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE, TO LEARN MORE, AND THEN TO ACTUALLY BOOK THEIR NEXT TRIP. A LITTLE BIT OF A LOOK AHEAD. SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE IN THE CONSIDERATION PHASE. WE HAVE EXPANDED RECENTLY OUR MEDIA REACH TO ALL OF COLLIN COUNTY.SO WHILE THINGS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND BEFORE WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF WHICH AIRLINES ARE FLYING TO WHICH DESTINATIONS, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR AWARENESS AND BUILD EXCITEMENT THROUGH OUR PAID SOCIAL, DIGITAL MARKETING AND SOCIAL MEDIA. THE DECISION PHASE COMING THIS SUMMER IS GOING TO CONTINUE AND TO BUILD UPON ALL OF THOSE PAID OUTLETS, BUT ALSO HOSTING OUR SECOND ANNUAL DISPLAY DAY, WHICH WAS SUCH A SUCCESS BUILDING THE NEW WEBSITE AND THEN THE LAUNCH PHASE, SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER IS WHEN IT'S GOING TO GO CRAZY.
WE'LL BE ADDING DIFFERENT OUTLETS TO OUR MARKETING CHANNELS, INCLUDING OUTDOOR, BILLBOARD, RADIO, PRINT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVENTS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER FOR THE PRESS, FOR THE COMMUNITY, A STAKEHOLDER EVENT FOR THE NEW OPENING, AS WELL AS A RIBBON CUTTING. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO, IN THIS 2026 PERIOD, HOST JOB FAIRS. HOPEFULLY, WE'LL BE PARTNERING WITH OUR PARTNERS LIKE AVELLO OR OUR CONCESSIONAIRES, AS WELL AS THE CITY, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY AVAILABLE AND PARTICIPATING SO PEOPLE CAN SEND IN THEIR RESUMES TO MULTIPLE PLACES FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AT TKI. AND THAT IS MY OVERVIEW, BUT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THAT'S GREAT. ANYONE? QUESTIONS.
SO GREAT AND I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. I ACTUALLY ASKED FOR AN UPDATE BECAUSE I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT AGENCIES TO TO COME IN AND HELP DO A BETTER JOB THAN WE WERE DOING OF COMMUNICATING WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE AIRPORT. AND IT'S VERY IT'S A VERY VISIBLE BRAND NOW, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE, AND I LOVE THAT YOU'VE BEEN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, LOVE THE DISPLAY DAY. I DIDN'T GET TO GO. SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR. BUT TO ONE QUESTION, FIRST, I SAW THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS THAT YOU POSTED FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM. IS THERE ANY INTEREST IN STARTING TIKTOK? IS THAT GOING TO BE USEFUL IN TERMS OF MARKETING THE CITY'S CONSIDERATIONS AS WELL, IF THE CITY IS ON TIKTOK? YEAH, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD REALLY NEED ONCE THE TERMINAL OPENS IS SOMEONE ON THE GROUND TAKING THOSE VIDEOS, MAKING THINGS HAPPEN. WE'RE WE'RE REALLY SET WITH THE THE PAID ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. SOCIAL MEDIA IS GOING TO BE HARDER. BUT I WILL SAY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES MOVED TO DALLAS IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS, SO SHE WILL BE AVAILABLE. SHE CAME OUT FOR AN AIRPORT TOUR ON FRIDAY, AND WE ARE HOPING TO GET MORE BOOTS ON THE GROUND HERE FOR THINGS MAYBE A LITTLE MORE EXCITING LIKE TIKTOK. OKAY, I WAS JUST WONDERING. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD SAY. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS HERE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. JUSTIN AND I MEET WITH ONE OF THEM PRETTY REGULARLY, AND I THINK HAVING SOME REPRESENTATION AT SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS MIGHT BE HELPFUL BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE DEVELOPMENT AT THE AIRPORT MORE THAN THE MAJORITY OF THE OTHER CITIES. SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE YOU GUYS COME OUT THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE A MEETING
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WITH THOSE FOLKS AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY. ANYONE ELSE? I AGREE WITH? MAYOR PRO TEM FELT THAT THE REPORT IS TIMELY. YOU'VE GOT TWO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YOU AND WE'VE BEEN HERE, WHAT, EARNEST, SIX MONTHS, SEVEN MONTHS. SO IT'S THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND GIVING US A REPORT. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO WHAT YOU SHARED WITH US. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE IN A SESSION AND AN INQUIRY FOR THE WEBSITE? YES. SO WHERE I'M GOING, I'LL GIVE YOU THE IN QUESTION. YOU SAID EVERY INQUIRY GETS A RESPONSE. YES. SO THE INQUIRIES COME FROM OUR COMMENT FORM. THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE FILLING OUT OUR OUR WEBSITE FORM TO GET THE TO COLLECT THAT INFORMATION. SO WHETHER IT'S WE WANT TO FLY HERE I WANT A JOB THERE. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY NEGATIVE COMMENTS KNOCKING ON WOOD. BUT PEOPLE COME TO OUR WEBSITE BECAUSE THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE AIRPORT. AND SO EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO PUTS IN THEIR NAME AND THEIR EMAIL, WHO SENDS IN A COMMENT, GETS A RESPONSE FROM US. THE GENERAL IMPRESSIONS, THE 77,000 PEOPLE WHO VISITED THE WEBSITE, NOT ALL OF THEM FILL OUT THE COMMENT FORMS, AND THAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBERS. SO THE 298 ON THIS SLIDE IS IS AN INQUIRY. YES.THOSE ARE ACTUAL COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED WITH PEOPLE SAYING, HERE'S MY INFORMATION AND HERE'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW FROM YOU. AND THEN THAT GOES TO IF IT'S A TECHNICAL QUESTION EXAMPLE, IF SOMEONE SAID, HOW THICK IS THE RUNWAY, WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE WOULD THAT GET? SO WE WOULD. IF IT WAS A QUESTION WE CAN ANSWER EASILY, WE WOULD ANSWER IT FOR YOU. IF NOT, WE WOULD WORK WITH KEN AND HIS TEAM TO FIND THE CORRECT ANSWER, OR TO FIND ON WHERE. MAYBE IT'S A THE FEDERAL AVIATION AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION HAS THAT INFORMATION ON THEIR WEBSITE, AND WE CAN SEND THEM TO AUTHORITATIVE THIRD SOURCE. SO KEN'S EYES HE SEES ANYTHING LIKE THAT. OH ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. HE GETS HE ALSO GETS EVERY ACTUALLY HALF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, I THINK GET EVERY COMMENT AS WELL THAT A LARGE GROUP OF US GET THE COMMENT. SO EVERYONE'S AWARE THE AVIATRIX. IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPOND. BUT THEN EVERY WEEK WE SEND THE TEAM A FULL LIST OF WHAT THE COMMENTS WERE, WHAT OUR RESPONSE IS, IF THERE'S ANYTHING FOLLOWING UP, WE HAVE HAD SOME TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FBO, ABOUT PARKING, ABOUT PICKING SOMEONE UP LATE AT NIGHT. THOSE GET TRANSFERRED TO KEN AND HIS TEAM FOR FOR SUPPORT DIRECTLY. PERFECT. LAST QUESTION. YOU SAID YOUR YOUR YOUR TARGET AREA STARTED AS A MCKINNEY. YOU WERE SUCCESSFUL. NOW YOU'RE IN COLLIN COUNTY. ARE THERE PLANS TO GO INTO DALLAS, GRAYSON, DENTON, HUNT COUNTIES? YES. WHICH ARE THE TARGET AREAS THAT YOU WOULD THINK EXACTLY PASSENGERS WOULD USE? TKI YES. AND SO WHEN WE HAVE OUR OUR LARGER BUDGET LAUNCH AT THE END, IT STARTS FALL OF THIS YEAR. WE WILL BE EXPANDING BOTH IN THE TYPES OF ADVERTISING WE DO AND THEN THE LOCATIONS AND ZIP CODES OF ADVERTISING THAT WE'RE COVERING.
OKAY. BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO BUY FLIGHTS. SO WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD AWARENESS WHERE IT'S LOCAL, WHERE IT'S RELEVANT, AND THEN WHEN PEOPLE CAN START BOOKING AND BUYING, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GOING TO TARGET THE LARGER AREA. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? MR. GRIMES, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON BEHALF OF STAFF. WHEN WE HIRE CONSULTANTS TO COME IN AND WORK WITH US, RARELY DO WE HIRE THEM IN A VACUUM TO JUST SORT OF SAY, HEY, GO INTO THAT BLACK BOX AND COME OUT WITH SOMETHING. AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE HERE.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE FANTASTIC PARTNER IN AVIATRIX. THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH. THEY REALLY GET IT. THEY HAVE A BACKGROUND. THIS IS KIND OF THEIR SPECIALTY IS DEALING WITH AVIATION MATTERS. SO WE'RE CERTAIN THAT THEY'RE THE RIGHT PARTNER TO WORK WITH US. BUT OUR TEAM OUT HERE, FROM OUR AIRPORT DIRECTOR TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND TO OUR OTHER CONSULTANTS, THEY REALLY WORK TOGETHER ON SHAPING THESE MESSAGES AND THE PROGRAM STRATEGIES KIND OF SET BY US. BUT AVIATRIX HAS THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE IN WORKING WITH AIRPORTS AND HELPING PUT IT TOGETHER. AND I THINK IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WHEN WE BRING CONSULTING ASSISTANTS ON BOARD, IT'S REALLY AUGMENTING WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND BRINGING THAT SPECIAL SKILL. SO GOOD JOB AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. AND I DIDN'T SAY IT MORE CLEARLY IN MY PRESENTATION, BUT WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH WITH YOUR CITIES, SOCIAL TEAMS, WITH YOUR PR TEAMS, WITH YOUR AIRPORT TEAMS. WE WORK WITH PAUL ON TECHNICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS AS WELL. AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO JUST SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY BUSY ENOUGH, HAVE ENOUGH ON THEIR PLATES TO BE ABLE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE AIRPORT AND ITS OFFERINGS.
BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY A TEAM EFFORT AND ONE YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO BACK UP REAL QUICK AND DISCUSS ANY AGENDA ITEMS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS PRIOR TO OUR MEETING. ANYONE? NO. MR. SAMPLES, DO WE HAVE AN
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EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES. ALL RIGHT. THAT BEING THE CASE. OH. TIME OUT. ANY COUNCIL LIAISON UPDATES, MR. JONES? YOU WILL HAVE ONE AFTER OUR END OF THE MONTH. FIRST FIRST MEETING THIS[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
YEAR. OKAY. VERY GOOD WITH THAT. THEN ACCORDING TO WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071551.072, WE WILL ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE WILL HAVE ACTION OR NO ACTION, NO ACTION. WE WILL NOT HAVE ACTION. SO WE WILL COME BACK, ADJOURN THAT MEETING. AND THEN OUR REGULAR WE HAVE A MEETING AT 5:00 OF THE TRANSIT AUTHORITY. THANK YOU. TANIS YOUR.OH, MAN. SAME THING THAT HAPPENED TO YOURS. YEAH. YEAH, LITERALLY. WE NEED A DEEPER ISSUE, COUNCILMAN. YES, SIR. YOU WANT TO ADJOURN? YES, SIR. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN THE WORK SESSION. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER TO ADJOURN THE WORK SESSION. AND THE SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BELLER. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.
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