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TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IT'S TUESDAY, MARCH THE 17TH AT 6 P.M. WE ARE AT 401 EAST VIRGINIA STREET IN MCKINNEY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE'LL START OUR MEETING WITH OUR INVOCATION. MADDIE, FOR ANY. PLEASE. THANK YOU. IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE MOST MERCIFUL. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE PEOPLE OF MCKINNEY. IT IS A PROFOUND HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. THESE FINAL DAYS OF RAMADAN ARE PARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AS WE PREPARE FOR THE COMPLETION OF THIS HOLY MONTH. LATER THIS WEEK, AFTER A MONTH OF FASTING AND REFLECTION, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING AL-FITR CARRYING FORWARD THE LESSONS OF DISCIPLINE AND GRATITUDE INTO OUR DAILY LIVES. ALMIGHTY GOD, WE ASK FOR YOUR DIVINE GUIDANCE UPON THIS ASSEMBLY. WE STAND HERE AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MCKINNEY ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION, AN ORGANIZATION THAT CARES DEEPLY FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND IS COMMITTED TO ITS FLOURISHING.
WE BELIEVE THAT OUR MUSLIM FAITH IS BEST EXPRESSED THROUGH SERVICE TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY WE CALL HOME. ALMIGHTY GOD, WE RECOGNIZE THAT MCKINNEY'S MOTTO, UNIQUE BY NATURE, RESONATES DEEPLY WITH US DURING THIS HOLY TIME. JUST AS THE NATURAL WORLD IS A TAPESTRY OF DIVERSE BEAUTY. RAMADAN TEACHES US THAT OUR UNIQUE BACKGROUNDS AND INDIVIDUAL JOURNEYS ARE PART OF A GREATER, HARMONIOUS WHOLE. WE PRAY THAT THIS COUNCIL CONTINUES TO EMBRACE THAT UNIQUE BY NATURE SPIRIT, FOSTERING A CITY WHERE OUR DIFFERENCES ARE NOT JUST TOLERATED, BUT CELEBRATED AS THE VERY FABRIC OF OUR STRENGTH.
ALMIGHTY GOD, GRANT THESE LEADERS THE WISDOM TO GOVERN WITH THE NATURE OF COMPASSION AND HEART FOR JUSTICE. AS WE CONCLUDE OUR MONTH OF FASTING, LET THE SPIRIT OF EMPATHY WE HAVE CULTIVATED THROUGH OUR MUSLIM FAITH TRANSLATE INTO POLICIES THAT UPLIFT THE WEARY AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDY. MAY THE DECISIONS MADE IN THIS CHAMBER TONIGHT REFLECT A COMMITMENT TO A FUTURE WHERE EVERY RESIDENT FEELS SEEN, HEARD, AND VALUED. ALMIGHTY GOD, WE PRAY FOR THE CONTINUED PEACE AND PROSPERITY OF MCKINNEY. MAY WE ALWAYS BE A COMMUNITY THAT LOOKS OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER, HONORING THE UNIQUE SPIRIT OF EVERY SOUL WITHIN OUR BORDERS.
AMIN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL NOW HAVE THE PLEDGE. PLEASE FACE THE FLAG. 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. ALL. TWO. WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS THIS EVENING THAT WE WILL READ OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION. RAMADAN, THE NINTH MONTH OF THE ISLAMIC CALENDAR, IS CONSIDERED THE HOLIEST MONTH FOR NEARLY 2 BILLION MUSLIMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. IT MARKS THE FIRST REVELATION OF THE QURAN TO THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD. RAMADAN IS REGARDED AS A TIME FOR SPIRITUAL REFLECTION, INCREASED AWARENESS AND GIVING TO THE POOR, SICK, HUNGRY AND BRIDGING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PEOPLE OVER A SHARED COMMITMENT TO FAITH OBSERVED BY FASTING FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET EACH DAY OF THE MONTH. RAMADAN LASTS 29 TO 30 DAYS. BASED ON THE TIMING OF THE CRESCENT MOON THIS YEAR. RAMADAN BEGAN THE EVENING OF FEBRUARY 17TH IN MCKINNEY AND WILL END THE EVENING OF MARCH 19TH. THE DAILY BREAKING OF FAST IS CELEBRATED BY FAMILY AND COMMUNITY GATHERINGS. THE END OF RAMADAN IS COMMEMORATED WITH A FESTIVAL FOR BREAKING THE FAST, A JOYOUS OCCASION MARKED BY SHARING SWEETS, GIFTS, GOOD TIDINGS WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. MANY PEOPLE OF FAITH RECOGNIZE AND PRACTICE RAMADAN TRADITIONS IN OUR CITY, STRIVING TO ATTAIN PIETY AND SUBMISSION, PRACTICING SELF-RESTRAINT, CULTIVATING GRATITUDE AND DEMONSTRATING COMPASSION FOR OTHERS. AND AS MAYOR OF MCKINNEY, I PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 17TH THROUGH MARCH 19TH, 2026, THE MONTH OF RAMADAN IN
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MCKINNEY, TEXAS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS DEFINITELY AN HONOR FOR THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY HERE IN MCKINNEY. WE ARE VERY MUCH BLESSED TO BE CITIZENS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY, AND WE VERY MUCH CHERISH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY. BEING SO FRIENDLY AND SO OPEN TO DIVERSITY AND SUPPORTING EVERY, YOU KNOW, ASSET IN OUR CITIZENRY AND SOCIETY. AND THANK YOU AGAIN.AND OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION. SURVEYORS WEEKEND. MCKINNEY. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT? FOR MORE THAN A QUARTER, MILLENNIUM SURVEYORS HAVE PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE EPIC SAGA OF AMERICA FOR PEOPLE AND THE LAND THEY LOVE. THREE OF THE FOUR PRESIDENTS DEPICTED ON MOUNT RUSHMORE WERE SURVEYORS, INCLUDING THOMAS JEFFERSON, WHO TASKED TWO OF THE MOST FAMOUS LAND SURVEYORS IN US HISTORY, MERIWETHER LEWIS AND WILLIAM CLARK, TO EMBARK ON AN EXPEDITION THROUGH THE UNCHARTED TERRITORY PURCHASED FROM FRANCE, SOWING SEEDS OF MANIFEST DESTINY AND A SENSE OF PURPOSE THAT WOULD SHAPE THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR PEOPLE FOR YEARS TO COME. TO INSPIRE CONTINUED IMMIGRATION FROM THE UNITED STATES, STEPHEN F AUSTIN, THE FATHER OF TEXAS, PUBLISHED THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED MAP OF THE REGION IN 1830 AND UPDATED IT IN 1840 TO REFLECT TEXAS NEWFOUND STATUS AS A SOVEREIGN NATION. SURVEYORS PAVED THE WAY FOR MANY GLORIES OF THE PAST, AND THEIR INFLUENCE IS SIGNIFICANT AS EVER IN THE PRESENT. WHETHER CONSTRUCTION, TRANSPORTATION, INDUSTRY, OR DISASTER RECOVERY, MUCH OF MODERN LIFE DEPENDS ON OUR TALENTED SURVEYORS. FROM LAND OWNERSHIP TO INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS, SURVEYORS MAKE A MEANINGFUL, TANGIBLE DIFFERENCE IN OUR CITY.
THE PROFESSION REQUIRES A BREADTH OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, ASTUTE ANALYTICAL ABILITIES AND THE GREAT ATTENTION TO DETAIL. SO THE POWER INVESTED INVESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF MCKINNEY. I DO DECLARE MARCH 15TH TO MARCH 21ST AS SURVEYORS WEEK IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, AND I ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPLAUD THESE HARDWORKING PROFESSIONALS FOR THE WORK THEY DO, WHICH IS GREAT BENEFIT TO US ALL. THANK YOU.
OKAY. NEXT ITEM WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON NON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. ANYONE KNOW? IS NON AGENDA OKAY? YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE END FOR THAT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT NOW. WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU GUYS NOW OKAY.
WE WILL MOVE. PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE END OF THE MEETING TO THE FRONT OF THE MEETING. AND AND RECOGNIZE THE GROUP THAT'S WITH US THIS AFTERNOON. PAUL SUMMERS, PAUL, PAUL, IF YOU'LL PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME WHEN YOU GET UP HERE, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT MORE THAN ANYONE IN THE ROOM. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS PAUL MATHESON, AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE CIVIL AIR PATROL IS RIGHT BEHIND ME. SO I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE, OUR HISTORY, AND SOME OF THE MAJOR FACETS OF OUR PROGRAM. SO THE CIVIL AIR PATROL IS THE OFFICIAL US AIR FORCE AUXILIARY. WE'RE CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED BACK IN DECEMBER 1ST, 1941, RIGHT BEFORE PEARL HARBOR, AND WE BASICALLY SERVED AS THIS WAY
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TO ALLOW CIVILIANS TO HELP THE WAR EFFORT IN WORLD WAR TWO, PROVIDING CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT AND CIVILIAN RESOURCES. BASICALLY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WAR. OKAY. AND THEN A YEAR LATER, IN 1942, WE STARTED ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF OUR PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE CADET PROGRAMS. THAT IS WHAT I AM HERE TODAY, IS WHAT THE CADETS WITH ME ARE HERE TODAY AS WELL. THE CADET PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE MAJOR PARTS OF OUR PROGRAM AS WELL. SO IN THE CADET PROGRAMS, WE BASICALLY PROVIDE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW CADETS ABOUT MY AGE, TEENAGERS TO BASICALLY GROW INTO THESE LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND BECOME THE FUTURE LEADERS OF AMERICA. SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE START AS A CADET IN THE PROGRAM IS AN EVENT CALLED ENCAMPMENT. SO THIS IS LIKE A MINI WEEK LONG BOOT CAMP, YOU COULD SAY. AND BASICALLY THAT INTRODUCES THEM, PUTS THE FOOT IN THE DOOR FOR THESE CADETS TO GO OUT INTO THE WORLD FIRST, SOMETIMES FIRST TIME AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS, AND BASICALLY GET INTO THIS MILITARY LIFESTYLE AND LEARNING ABOUT HOW TO ACTUALLY BE A GOOD LEADER, LEARNING ABOUT FITNESS, PT, AND OVERALL HOW TO BE A BETTER CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES. OKAY. AND IN THE CADET PROGRAMS, AFTER YOU GO THROUGH ENCAMPMENT, THAT OPENS THE DOOR TO A GOLD MINE OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT AS WELL. SO FOR ME PERSONALLY, THIS IS REALLY HELPED ME IN TERMS OF THE FUTURE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES I WANT TO GO INTO AS WELL. AND THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANYTHING YOU EVER WANT TO DO AS A FUTURE DREAM OPPORTUNITY YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH. SO FOR ME, THAT WAS MEDICINE. I'M A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I WANT TO GO INTO PRE-MED AND EVENTUALLY PHYSICIAN IN THE FUTURE. AND IN THE CIVIL AIR PATROL, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE IS CALLED MEDICAL ORIENTATION TRAINING SCHOOL, AND THAT HAS ALLOWED ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET MY EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDER LICENSE AND SUBSEQUENTLY ALLOWED ME TO PUT ON MY PROFILE SOMETHING I CAN USE TANGIBLY TO BECOME A DOCTOR IN THE FUTURE.AND MY FRIENDS OVER HERE, CADETS IN THE PROGRAM HAVE HAD SIMILAR OPPORTUNITIES. SOME CADETS HAVE BECOME PRIVATE PILOTS LICENSES. AT 17, SOME CADETS CAN BECOME LAWYERS. WE HAVE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO, AND WE HAVE ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN THROUGH ALLOWING LEADERSHIP, EXPERIENCE AND ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY NEED TO ACTUALLY GROW. AND WHAT WE ARE HERE TODAY IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BUILT RECENTLY CALLED THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE. AND THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE IS ALLOWING THESE CADETS HERE TO BASICALLY GROW AND LEARN ABOUT CIVICS. WE'RE COMING TO THESE MEETINGS, WE'RE GOING TO DC, WE'RE GOING TO AUSTIN, MEETING ALL THESE CONGRESS PEOPLE AND EVENTUALLY LEARN HOW TO BECOME BETTER CITIZENS OF AMERICA. AND I'LL ALLOW MY OTHER CADETS TO ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AS WELL. PAUL. THANK YOU. NICE JOB, NICE JOB. NEXT. ETHAN MCGEE. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ETHAN GREGORY MCGEE, CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT ETHAN GREGORY MCGEE. AND SIMILAR TO MY FRIEND LIEUTENANT SMITH, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT NOT ONLY MY EXPERIENCES IN CIVIL AIR PATROL, BUT ALSO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM AS A WHOLE. I JOINED THE PROGRAM ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, BACK WHEN OUR SQUADRON MET AT KELLER WILLIAMS BUILDING, AND NOW WE CURRENTLY MEET AT SAINT PETER'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, JUST A FEW BLOCKS DOWN THE ROAD OVER THERE. AND MY MY COMPATRIOT, SAMANTHA SOREN, HE MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE MANY PROGRAMS IN THE CIVIL AIR PATROL. HE TALKED ABOUT THE CADET PROGRAM. NOW, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IS THE IS AEROSPACE EDUCATION. CIVIL AIR PATROL PRIDES ITSELF IN AEROSPACE EDUCATION, AS THE NAME AIR PATROL WOULD SUGGEST. WE OFFER MANY THINGS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOVE TO HIGHLIGHT TO CADETS, TO GET CADETS TO JOIN AND WE REALLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO, IS SOMETHING CALLED ORIENTATION RIDES, OR AS WE LIKE TO CALL THEM, RIDES, THAT ALLOWS CADETS FROM THE AGES OF 12 ALL THE WAY UP TO 18, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT WITH ONE OF OUR PILOTS, AND FLY AROUND AND FEEL WHAT IT IS LIKE TO FLY A PLANE. THEY GET UP TO FIVE ORIENTATION RIDES COMPLETELY FREE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SIGN UP AND THAT'S SUPER AWESOME. I'VE GOTTEN THE CHANCE TO DO SOME, AND YOU GET TO PRACTICE SOME PRETTY COOL MANEUVERS. ONCE YOU GET UP TO SOME OF THE MORE ADVANCED ONES.
NOW, SPEAKING OF OUR AIRCRAFT, SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT THE CIVIL AIR PATROL IS WE ACTUALLY OWN AND OPERATE THE WORLD'S LARGEST FLEET OF CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT. WE HAVE HUNDREDS. I BELIEVE THERE IS AROUND 70 JUST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS ALONE. OUR SQUADRON PERSONALLY OWNS ONE, WHICH IS PRETTY AWESOME THAT NOT EVERY SQUADRON DOES. BUT OUTSIDE OF JUST OUR SQUADRON AND OUR WING, AS WE CALL OUR STATES, THERE ARE MANY, MANY OTHER PROGRAMS. NOW, AS
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SAMANTHA MENTIONED, WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED ENCAMPMENT, AND ONCE YOU GRADUATE ENCAMPMENT, YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO ALL OF THESE AWESOME PROGRAMS. AND SO, SO MANY OF THEM HAVE TO DO WITH AVIATION. ONE OF WHICH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND IS CALLED NATIONAL BLUE BERET. IT ALLOWS YOU TO GO TO OSHKOSH, ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST AIR SHOWS, AND DO FLIGHTLINE MARSHALING FOR TWO WEEKS UP IN WISCONSIN, WHICH IS SUPER AWESOME. YOU CAN GET TONS OF CERTIFICATIONS AS WELL AS SEE SOME REALLY COOL AIRPLANES. THERE ARE ALSO OTHER PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A PILOT TRAINING SCHOOLS WHERE CADETS CAN GO TO LEARN TO FLY, AND AS WAS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE WINGS PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS CADETS TO GET THEIR PRIVATE PILOT'S LICENSE, WHICH IS SOMETHING I AM ASPIRING TO DO, NOT ONLY FLY AND GET MY PILOT'S LICENSE IN CIVIL AIR PATROL, BUT ALSO GO ON AND FLY FOR THE US MILITARY. AS A LOT OF OUR CADETS ARE INTERESTED IN THE MILITARY, THERE ARE TONS AND TONS OF OTHER WAYS THAT CADETS GET INVOLVED IN AVIATION AS WELL. ONE OF OUR SENIOR MEMBERS BACK THERE ACTUALLY WAS A CADET WHEN I WHENEVER I FIRST JOINED THE PROGRAM AND HE GOT HIS PRIVATE PILOT'S LICENSE AND NOW HAS BEEN HELPING OUT OUR SQUADRON, WHICH IS SUPER AWESOME, TO NOT ONLY SEE HOW THESE PEOPLE GROW FROM THE PROGRAM, BUT THEN COME BACK AND ADD TO THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU ALL. ETHAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SERENA. SRINIVASAN. SERENA, YOU GOTTA EAT SOME MORE ICE. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. I APOLOGIZE AHEAD OF TIME FOR THE DIFFICULT TO PRONOUNCE LAST NAMES, BUT MY NAME IS CADET FIRST LIEUTENANT SRINIVASAN SRINIVASAN. AND I'M ALSO HERE ON BEHALF OF THE CIVIL AIR PATROL. WE HAVE THREE PRIMARY MISSIONS EMERGENCY SERVICES, AEROSPACE AND CADET PROGRAMS. THE LATTER OF THE TWO MY PEERS ALREADY TALKED ABOUT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE EMERGENCY SERVICES PROGRAM TO YOU. IT'S SIMILAR TO A LOT OF THE LOCAL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. WE ARE A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION THAT IS HERE TO HELP AND AID THE COMMUNITY. WE TALKED MAJORLY ABOUT THE CADET PROGRAMS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A SENIOR PROGRAM FOR THOSE WHO GRADUATE OUT OF THE CADET PROGRAM, BUT ALSO WHO JUST WANT TO JOIN BUT ARE PAST THE AGE OF 12 THROUGH 18. SO WITH THESE SENIOR PROGRAMS COORDINATING WITH OUR CADET PROGRAMS, WE GO OUT AND WE PERFORM REAL MISSIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT INCLUDES SEARCH AND RESCUE, DOWNED AIRCRAFT. SO FINDING THEM DISASTER RELIEF. I MYSELF WENT ON ONE EARLIER AFTER TORNADO UP NORTH TO DO DISASTER RELIEF CLEANUP AND RETURN LOVED ITEMS LIKE ENGAGEMENT RINGS BACK TO THE FAMILY THAT JUST WENT AWAY BECAUSE OF THE TORNADO. CIVIL AIR PATROL CONTINUES TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE JOKINGLY SAY THAT IT IS THE NATION'S BEST KEPT SECRET AND PART OF OUR MOTIVE TO COME OUT TO THESE MEETINGS IS TO KIND OF RUIN THAT REPUTATION. WE ARE HERE TO PUT OURSELVES OUT HERE AND INTRODUCE OURSELVES AS A FORCE TO HELP. AND WHENEVER THE COMMUNITY NEEDS US, WE WON'T KNOW UNLESS WE ARE CALLED ON.SO ONE OF OUR ASKS HERE IS TO GET US OUT OF THE SHELL THAT WE ARE INFUSED INTO, AND PRESENT US AS SOMEONE THAT IS WILLING TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY OF MCKINNEY. SOME OF OUR SENIOR MEMBERS WHO ARE PILOTS, THEY DO SCANNING PROGRAMS. THEY MONITOR A LOT OF THINGS, AND CADETS ARE PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED AS LIEUTENANTS. AMETHASONE SAID HE GOT HIS EMR. MOST OF US HAVE OUR FIRST AID CERTIFICATION. A LOT OF US HAVE GROUND TEAM DRONES, AND SOME OF US EVEN LEARN TO FLY PLANES BEFORE WE EVEN GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL. AND ALL OF THESE ARE SUCH UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE SIMPLY UNAVAILABLE IN ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION. AND THAT CREATES A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO NOT ONLY BE SERVED BY THE COMMUNITY, BUT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WITH THOSE SKILLS AS WELL. SO IT IS OUR HUMBLE REQUEST TO BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, SO THAT WE CAN SHARE MORE OF OUR SERVICES WITH YOU.
THANK YOU AISHA. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTIE HERNDON. GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CHRISTIE HERNDON AND I'M A RESIDENT HERE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS MY EXPERIENCE WITH A STORE SELLING PUPPIES NAMED PETLAND. WHILE I MADE MY PURCHASE FROM THE STORE IN FRISCO. THE STORE OWNER ALSO OPERATES A PET LAND IN YOUR
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JURISDICTION CALLED PETLAND MCKINNEY. I PURCHASED RECENTLY IN JANUARY. TWO PUPPIES FROM PETLAND, FRISCO. I PURCHASED THEM AT PETLAND BECAUSE I WAS TOLD I WAS PURCHASING HEALTHY PUPPIES. THE PUPPY I PURCHASED FOR MY FRIEND DIED SIX DAYS AND 21 HOURS AFTER PURCHASE. AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH COCCIDIA AND GIARDIA AND UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, WE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH PETLAND WARRANTY COMPANY AND THEY STATED THE DEATH OF HER DOG WAS DUE TO TREATMENT, DECISIONS OF DOSING AND CARE ISSUES PROVIDED BY THE ATTENDING VETERINARIAN AND THEREFORE FALL OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF PETLAND COVERAGE. WHAT IS SO UNBELIEVABLE IS THAT IT WAS PETLAND CONTRACTED VETERINARIAN, SO THEY BLAMED THE DEATH OF THE PUPPY ON THE SAME VETERINARIAN THAT PETLAND REQUIRED ME TO SEEK TREATMENT FROM. I TOOK MY PUPPY, NALA, TO PETLAND VET AS WELL. FOR HER FIRST VISIT. THE VETERINARIAN DIAGNOSED NALA, MY PET, WITH TWO PARASITES, GIARDIA AND COCCIDIA AND AN UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION AS WELL.UPON LEAVING THE VET, I SAW A WOMAN CARRYING A SHIH TZU I RECOGNIZED FROM PETLAND FRISCO STORE TWO DAYS PRIOR. SHE HAD THE SAME COUGH THAT NALA DID. THE RECEPTIONIST AT THE DESK STATED TO ME AT THE VETERINARIAN QUOTE, PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE ANIMALS FROM PETLAND. THEY ALL COME IN HERE SICK. SINCE I HAD LOST ALL TRUST IN THE PETLAND VET, I TOOK MY PUPPY TO MY PERSONAL VET WHO ADDITIONALLY DIAGNOSED NALA, MY PUPPY WITH TWO INCURABLE VIRUSES, CANINE CORONA VIRUS AND ALSO CANINE ENTERIC CORONAVIRUS. BEFORE I PURCHASED NALA, I HAD TWO HEALTHY DOGS AT HOME. THEY BECAME INFECTED WITH GIARDIA AS WELL BECAUSE OF NALA'S SICKNESS. MY HUSBAND AND I WERE ALSO TREATED FOR GIARDIA AS WELL BY OUR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN. I LEARNED NALA HAD PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED SIX DOSES OF MEDICATION THAT TREAT PARASITE INFECTIONS PRIOR TO PURCHASE. I HAVE ALL EMAILS BEGGING THE PETLAND WARRANTY DEPARTMENT TO RELEASE MY PUPPIES. PROGRAM OF VETERINARY CARE FORM, AS PROMISED ON THEIR WEBSITE, WHICH THEY HAVE STILL REFUSED TO DO TO THIS DAY. BUT CAN. THE MCKINNEY PETLAND STORE IS NO DIFFERENT IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE THEY ARE OWNED BY THE SAME PERSON. MY STORY IS NOT AN ISOLATED CASE, AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF VICTIMS SUFFERING FROM THE MCKINNEY STORE TOO. SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THEIR STORIES ARE. I BROUGHT MY DREAM PUPPY. MARY. IF YOU COULD, I'LL READ YOU JUST ONE. JUST ONE THING. I BOUGHT MY DREAM PUPPY AND TOOK HIM HOME WITH HAPPY TEARS. AFTER TWO DAYS SHE WOULDN'T DRINK OR EAT TWO VET'S AND ONE SPECIALIST LATER, ALONG WITH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. MY DREAM DOG DIED ON DAY SIX. PET LAND TURNED ME AWAY. I HAVE JUST ONE LAST PARAGRAPH, PLEASE, I BEG. I HAVE COME TONIGHT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THESE COMPLAINTS. DUE TO CURRENT LAW, YOU CANNOT SHUT DOWN THE THIS UNETHICAL PET STORE. BUT YOU CAN SUPPORT THE ETHICAL PET SALES BILL IN 2027. I AM RESPECTFULLY ASKING THAT YOU PUT THIS BILL BROUGHT BY REPRESENTATIVE JARED PATTERSON OF FRISCO ON THE CITY OF MCKINNEY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IN 2027. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
AND I'VE SENT YOU ALL EMAILS AS WELL. THANK YOU, MISS HERNDON. YES, THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
ANYONE ELSE THAT WAS UNABLE TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST. OUR NEXT ITEM WILL BE OUR CONSENT AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY ANY QUESTIONS OR PULL DOWNS OR MOTIONS? MR. MAYOR, I'LL MOVE THAT. WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. THE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND SECOND, BY MAYOR PRO TEM FELTUS TO APPROVE ITEMS 260144 DOWN THROUGH AND INCLUDING 26-0217. FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. IS HAPPENING. THE MAYOR DISABLED MY BUTTON. AT THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED. NEXT ITEM WILL BE WILL MOVE TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. FIRST ITEM IS 260218. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN
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ADMINISTRATIVE AND ALLOCATION ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2526 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2627 COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT APPLICATION SCOPE. BEST. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY, TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE OUR PROGRAMS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND ALSO FOR OUR ORGANIZATIONAL EFFORTS. WE ARE COMING TO YOU WITH CHANGES PROGRAMMATICALLY AND ALSO ADMINISTRATIVELY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2526, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, AND ALSO FOR OUR UPCOMING GRANT YEAR, WHICH IS 2627. JUST A BIT OF BACKGROUND, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE COUNCIL APPROVED OUR PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS HUD FOR BOTH OUR CDBG PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAMS AS WELL. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY IN WHICH OUR COMMUNITY GRANTS ADVISORY COMMISSION PROVIDED FUNDING, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN OCTOBER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE ORGANIZATION. AND WE WILL TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT BRIEFLY ABOUT THAT. WE ALSO HAVE FUNDS FROM OUR GRANTS PASSED UNDER CDBG, WHICH WE HAD ALREADY APPROVED. BUT FOR TRANSPARENCY, WE'RE LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE THOSE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES TO BENEFIT SMALL BUSINESSES, JOB CREATION, AND JOB TRAINING. IN THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE HAVE, WE'RE COMING BEFORE YOU. WE'RE ASKING UNDER A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AS WELL, TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE THE REMAINING BALANCE OF FUNDS THAT WE HAVE UNDER FISCAL YEAR 2022.ALSO, USING THE SMALL REMAINING AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WE HAVE UNDER OUR CDBG CV, WHICH IS PANDEMIC FUNDS TO THE WELLNESS CENTER FOR OLDER ADULTS TO BE ABLE TO USE THOSE FOR UNHOUSED RESIDENTS WHO ARE SENIORS. WE ARE EXPANDING OUR CDBG PROGRAM NOT ONLY TO HAVE IN-HOUSE RESOURCES, BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THOSE WHERE WE CAN HAVE BENEFICIARIES. THAT WOULD INCLUDE SUBRECIPIENTS, THAT WOULD BE SMALL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD HELP US WITH WHEELCHAIR RAMPS, SMALL REPAIRS TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THE REACH OF OUR RESIDENTS FOR THOSE SERVICES. AND THEN FINALLY, UNDER OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT, WE ARE TRANSFERRING THE FUNDS OF $40,000 FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF COMMUNITY LIFELINE, WHICH IS NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE BY THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND MOVING IT IN THE TRANSFER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES TO THE SAMARITAN IN. WE ARE ALSO, WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND ALSO INPUT, WE ARE EXPANDING OUR 2627 PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE NONPROFIT CAPACITY FOR THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT GRANT. THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE CURRENTLY BEING UNDERWAY FOR FOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT, AND THAT DEADLINE WILL CLOSE ON APRIL THE 3RD. THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AS WE MOVE FORWARD FOR THAT PROGRAM WILL NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST. SO WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR REGULAR PROCESS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND FOR YOUR APPROVAL AS WE GO THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR 2627, UP TO $75,000 IN GRANTS. WILL FUNDING WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR AT LEAST ONE OR MORE ORGANIZATIONS. AND WE HAVE PRESENTED RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR AND WHAT WILL BE INELIGIBLE. AND AS I MENTIONED, OUR COMMUNITY GRANTS PROCESS IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. WE'VE HAD TREMENDOUS SUPPORT AND INPUT. WE HAVE OVER 50 AGENCIES THAT ATTENDED OUR PROGRAMS FOR OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT THEIR APPLICATIONS WILL BE NEW ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS SEASONED ORGANIZATIONS TO BE ABLE TO USE THOSE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS HEARING, AND WE'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ANYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING COMPONENT. IF YOU COME TONIGHT AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THESE PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. MR. MAYOR, IN LIGHT OF NO ONE COMING TO THE PODIUM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS. AND WITH GRATITUDE AGAIN TO MISS BEST, SHE GAVE A MORE ROBUST PRESENTATION WORK SESSION TODAY AND WE APPRECIATE ALL HER HELP.
I'LL SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION ALSO INCLUDED CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. OH, I'M SORRY, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SIR. I SAID MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT ITEM IS 0260219. CONSIDER ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING AND IMPROVEMENT BONDS SERIES 2026. MR. HOLLOWAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
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MARK HOLLOWAY, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE CITY. I HAVE ONE SHORT PRESENTATION FOR THE NEXT TWO ITEMS. THESE TWO ITEMS ARE REGARDING. FIRST ITEM IS THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. BONDS. THESE ARE. THESE ARE BONDS THAT ARE APPROVED IN OUR 2019 AND 2024 BOND ELECTION. AND THEN WE ALSO WILL HAVE AN ISSUANCE OF WATER AND WASTEWATER REVENUE BONDS, WHICH IS THE SECOND ITEM. BUT THIS THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS. SO TONIGHT WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS THAT YOU APPROVE PARAMETERS FOR FOR THE FOR US TO GO TO MARKET FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR 26 SALE. THE FIRST PART OF THAT IS THE COUNCIL DESIGNATES. AS PART OF THIS ORDINANCE, THE CITY MANAGER, MYSELF AND THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO ACT AS PRICING OFFICERS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THIS DEBT. WE WILL GO TO MARKET AT A FUTURE DATE, AND I WILL HAVE THAT. THOSE DATES AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION FOR THE SALE. AND THEN IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO WORK WITHIN A DIFFERENT DO NOT EXCEED LEVELS AS FAR AS INTEREST RATES. SO IF WE DON'T SEE WHAT WE WANT TO ON THE DAY OF THE TRANSACTION, WE WILL, YOU KNOW, NOT GO TO MARKET THAT DAY. SO, SO ON THE GENERAL OBLIGATION SUMMARY, WE HAVE $75 MILLION OF NEW MONEY TO BE ISSUED, $5,050,000 OF THAT IS PUBLIC SAFETY FROM THE 2019 AUTHORIZATION. THAT WILL THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THE 2019 AUTHORIZATION. ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE, THERE IS A SMALL AMOUNT THAT IS STILL LEFT ON THE PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY SIDE, BUT THAT THAT WILL PRETTY MUCH TAKE CARE OF ALL OF OUR 2019 AUTHORIZATION. ON THE 2024 SIDE, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO ISSUE ABOUT $4.2 MILLION OF PUBLIC SAFETY DOLLARS, ALONG WITH $27 MILLION FOR PARKS AND RECREATION AND $38.7 MILLION FOR STREETS. THAT GETS US TO OUR TOTAL OF 75 MILLION. ALSO, ALONG WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE A REFUNDING THAT WE'RE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. WE HAVE ABOUT $4.5 MILLION IN 2014 AND 2016 GEO BONDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY CALLABLE. SAVINGS IS FAIRLY SMALL ON THIS ONE, 181,000. IT'S ABOUT 3.55% OF THE REFUNDED BONDS. TOTAL AMORTIZATION ON THE NEW MONEY WILL BE 20 YEARS, AND WE'LL DO IT AT THE CONSERVATIVE LEVEL DEBT SERVICE THAT WE ALWAYS SEEM TO TO DO. WATER AND SEWER SIDE, WE HAVE $25 MILLION OF REVENUE BONDS TO TO BE ISSUED. YOU CAN SEE JUST SOME DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF, OF THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS. THERE $7.5 MILLION OF WATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, 15.8 OF WASTEWATER PROJECTS, AND THEN THE COMBINED OF 1.6. THAT GETS US TO OUR TOTAL OF 25 MILLION. WITH THAT, THERE'S A LARGER REFUNDING THAT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.THESE ARE ON SOME 2016 BONDS THAT WERE THAT ARE CURRENTLY CALLABLE. WE SEE THE SAVINGS ON THAT BEING CLOSE TO $400,000, AND ABOUT 4.6% OF THE REFUNDED AMOUNT. ONCE AGAIN, LIKE THE GEO SIDE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A 20 YEAR AMORTIZATION ON THESE WITH THE SAME CONSERVATIVE AND LEVEL DEBT SERVICE. I DO WANT TO MENTION OUR BOND RATINGS CURRENTLY TRIPLE A RATED ON THE GOP SIDE BY BOTH S&P AND MOODY'S, AND THEN ALSO ON OUR WATER WASTEWATER SIDE, WE'RE DOUBLE A+ WITH STANDARD AND POOR'S DOUBLE A ONE WITH MOODY'S. VERY VERY GOOD BOND RATINGS. I'M NOT EXPECTING A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGE THERE. BUT BOTH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS DO CHANGE THEIR SCORECARDS FROM TIME TO TIME, AND WE HAVE TO NAVIGATE THOSE. THE. TIMETABLE THIS IS WHAT THE REST OF THE TIMETABLE LOOKS LIKE FOR THESE 2026 BONDS COUNCIL ACTION.
TONIGHT, WE WILL HAVE RATINGS CALLS WITH BOTH S&P AND MOODY'S ON APRIL THE 16TH. WE'LL RECEIVE THOSE RATINGS ON APRIL 27TH, A COMPETITIVE BOND SALE ON THE MAY 19TH WITH CLOSING DATE OF JUNE 17TH. AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MARK.
QUESTIONS ANYONE? THANK YOU. THIS ITEM DOES NOT HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING SO WE WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION OR SOME. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TO APPROVE THE ITEM. SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN JONES. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT MOTION CARRIES. MR. HOLLOWAY, YOU'RE BACK UP WITH 26-0220. CONSIDER ACT ON ALL MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2026. UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO GO THROUGH THE
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SAME 6 OR 7 SLIDES AGAIN, I'LL JUST ALLOW YOU ALL TO GO AHEAD AND AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS ON THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SIDE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS. ON THAT NOTE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM. THE MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. AND A DELAYED SECOND BY COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT MOTION PASSES. MR. HOLLOWAY, YOU ARE THROUGH FOR THE NIGHT. NEXT ITEM IS 25-000 FOR A AND 25-0104Z2. A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER. PETITION TO ANNEX A. REQUEST A ZONE PROPERTY TO MF 36 RESIDENTIAL. THIS IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF COUNTY ROAD 161, 2000FT NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 124. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING.COUNCIL KATE STRICKLAND, PLANNING MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. THE APPLICANT BEFORE YOU IS REQUESTING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY ZONE, THE PROPERTY AND ANNEXED INTO THE CITY TO ALLOW FOR MULTI-FAMILY USES. TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE CONTEXT, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS JUST WEST OF THE BILLINGSLEY TRACK THAT YOU ALL SAW RECENTLY. THE 380 BYPASS IS GOING TO GO APPROXIMATELY. TO THE WEST. IT SHOWS UP ON MY SCREEN. I'M SO SORRY IT DOESN'T SHOW UP ON YOURS. OH, THERE IT IS. PERFECT. SO THAT WILL BE THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE 380 BYPASS. AND THEN DIRECTLY TO THE EAST OF THAT IS GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL ZONING WITH THE BILLINGSLEY TRACT. THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FLOODPLAIN. THIS PROPOSED TRACT WOULD BE A GOOD TRANSITION BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL, THE FLOODPLAIN. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY THAT MULTIFAMILY TO THE FUTURE RIDGE ROAD STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE. IT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. HOWEVER, STAFF HAS REVIEWED IT AGAINST OUR CRITERIA AND FINDS THAT IT IS AN APPROPRIATE USE IN THIS LOCATION, AND I AM HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANYONE QUESTIONS. OKAY. IS OUR APPLICANT HERE? YES HE IS, YES. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I'M BOB RODER, 1700 REDBUD, SUITE THREE, SUITE 300 IN MCKINNEY. ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, YOU HAVE ALL READ THE STAFF REPORT. VERY DETAILED WITH ALL THE PICTURES AND DRAWINGS THAT ACCOMPANY IT. A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT. COUNTY ROAD 161 IS ACTUALLY WHAT I CALL RIDGE ROAD. YOU HAVE IMPROVED THE INTERSECTION OF RIDGE ROAD AND WILMOTH. THE NEXT INTERSECTION UP IS RIDGE ROAD AND BLOOMDALE, AND YOUR 380 BYPASS IS GOING TO COME IN RIGHT SOUTH OF THAT INTERSECTION, RIDGE ROAD, ADJACENT TO MY CLIENT'S PROPERTY FROM WILMOTH UP TO BLOOMDALE IS ON YOUR MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN AS A MAJOR FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY SYSTEM, PART OF THE. AS YOU'RE AWARE, WHEN SOMEBODY VOLUNTARILY ANNEXES PROPERTY INTO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, THEY HAVE TO AGREE TO PUT IN WHATEVER INFRASTRUCTURE, BOTH ONSITE AND OFFSITE, IS REQUIRED TO SERVE THEIR PROPERTY. IN THIS CASE, MY CLIENT HAS UNDERGONE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY, AND PART OF THAT WILL REQUIRE MY CLIENT TO PAVE IN CONCRETE TWO LANES OF THE FOUR LANE SECTION OF RIDGE ROAD ADJACENT TO ITS PROPERTY, TOGETHER WITH TRANSITIONS DOWN TO THE INTERSECTION AND TRANSITIONS UP TO BLOOMDALE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'LL BE PUTTING IN RIGHT HAND AND LEFT HAND TURN LANES TO FACILITATE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT IN AND OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. SO TODAY, ALL OF YOU WHO'VE TRAVELED TO RIDGE ROAD, IT'S A MESS. IT'S A IT'S AN ASPHALT ROAD, A LOT OF SLOUGHING ON THE EDGES AND STUFF. THIS FIRST PHASE TWO LANES WILL BE PASSABLE IN TWO DIRECTIONS. SO THAT SHOULD REALLY IMPROVE THAT AREA OF RIDGE OF RIDGE ROAD. AS A RESULT, DIRECT RESULT OF THIS ANNEXATION AND ZONING. THE OTHER ITEM I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER IS THAT UNDER THE STATE LAW TODAY, YOU CAN'T INVOLUNTARILY ANNEX PROPERTY. SO THIS IS A IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GET PROPERTY INSIDE THE CITY SO THAT YOU CAN GET THE TAX REVENUES FROM IT, AND YOU HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER IT. AS YOU KNOW, IN THE ETJ, THE CITY HAS
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NO ZONING CONTROL. SO THIS PROPERTY CONCEIVABLY COULD DEVELOP AS MULTI-FAMILY WITHOUT THE CITY SAFEGUARDS AROUND IT. AS IT STANDS, I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN SOME COMMENT ABOUT OVERLOADING SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. THIS IS IN THE PROSPER ISD. JUST A TIDBITS. YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE FROM ME, BUT THE STUDIES SHOW THAT MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY OF THIS CALIBER, GENERATE VERY FEW SCHOOLCHILDREN. I THINK THE THE RANGE IS 0.1 TO 0.25 KIDS PER UNIT. AND SO THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WILL PROBABLY BE BUILT IN TWO PHASES. AND THE IMPACT OF THOSE KIDS, AGAIN FROM K TO 12 IS GOING TO BE, I THINK, NOT A BIG IMPACT ON THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE SCHOOL THAT ARE IN THAT LOCALE. BUT WE ARE COGNIZANT OF THAT FACT. AND, AND OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T FEEL THAT IT'S GOING TO PUT NEARLY AS MANY KIDS IN, IN SCHOOL AS WOULD A SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. SO FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS, I WOULD URGE YOUR APPROVAL OF THE ANNEXATION AND THE ZONING THAT THAT ACCOMPANIES THAT. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. MR. ROTOR, TWO QUESTIONS. DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE ON HOW MANY UNITS THIS IS GOING TO BE? IT'LL BE SOMEWHERE IN THE 600 UNIT RANGE, PROBABLY BETWEEN 550 AND 600. OKAY. SECOND QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE ON HOW MANY THOSE ARE GOING TO BE? ONE BEDROOM. YEAH, I THINK SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 40 AND 50% OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ONE BEDROOM. OKAY. THAT'S JUST WHAT THE MARKET IS SAYING RIGHT NOW. OKAY. WITH THAT MANY UNITS, IT WOULD ALSO INDICATE THAT THEY WOULD BE DEDICATING SOMEWHERE AROUND 16 ACRES TO OF PARKLAND. DO YOU FEEL THAT'S A CLOSE TO ACCURATE NUMBER? I THINK THAT'S AN ACCURATE NUMBER. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND IF THEY'RE IN THE ETJ THEY WOULD NOT BE DEDICATING ANY PARKLAND IN MCKINNEY. THAT IS CORRECT. NOR WOULD THEY BE PAYING ANY OF THE PARK ENHANCEMENT FEES. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYONE? MR. RYDER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. IF YOU COME TONIGHT AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THIS PROPOSED REZONING AND ANNEXATION, NOBODY.WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE GOING ONCE. OKAY. COUNCIL QUESTIONS OF STAFF OR OF THE APPLICANT OR MOTIONS. MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THIS ITEM. I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ITEM FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. AND SECOND, BY COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. WITH THAT MOTION CARRIES BY VOTE OF FIVE IN FAVOR, ONE AGAINST. THE ITEM HAS BEEN APPROVED. THE NEXT ITEM IS 24-0148Z2. A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A REQUEST TO REZONE A PROPERTY FROM A-G TO L ONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THIS IS 2906 WOODLAWN ROAD. THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. MAYOR. YES, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 11 ACRES FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES. THIS IS WITHIN OUR OAK HOLLOW DISTRICT WITHIN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH DOES LEAN TOWARDS OUR MORE EMPLOYMENT MIX AND INDUSTRIAL USES. SO STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS INDUSTRIAL USE AT THIS LOCATION DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH IS ZONED CURRENTLY FOR HEAVY MANUFACTURING. AS SUCH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? NONE. KATE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE APPLICANT HERE? RIGHT THERE.
WAITING PATIENTLY. HI, I'M STEVE CARAWAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ARE THERE QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT WHO'S TAKING THE TIME AND EFFORT TO BE HERE TONIGHT? ANYONE? COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA, CAN YOU BREAK THE SILENCE? WHEN I WAS A BOY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ANYONE ELSE? THANK. THE ITEM IS VERY SELF-EXPLANATORY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOU BET. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT HAS A PUBLIC HEARING COMPONENT. IF YOU'VE COME TONIGHT AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THIS REZONE, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. AND SINCE NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP CORRECT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, APPROVE THIS ITEM. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ITEM. I'LL SECOND STAFF RECOMMENDATION, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN JONES. ANY DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT MOTION CARRIES A VOTE OF SIX IN FAVOR AND ZERO
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AGAINST. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND AGENDA ITEM PORTION. ONE MORE CHANCE FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL COMMENTS. MR. JONES. I DON'T HAVE MUCH. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN YOU AT A STONE BRIDGE HOA MEETING. IT WAS A VERY INVIGORATING. I GOT TO HEAR EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. ALL 20 LAKES, ALL THE BASS THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO GO PURCHASE TO FILL IT UP SO THEY CAN GO FISHING. AND THE NEW TRAILS IT WAS, IT WAS QUITE RIVETING. SO THANK YOU FOR THE INVITE.YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF JOINING WITH YOU GENTLEMEN ON THAT OCCASION. AND STONEBRIDGE IS A REALLY GREAT HOA. THEY DO A LOT OF STUFF IN THAT COMMUNITY, VERY LARGE HOA AND A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR OPENING THEIR DOORS TO US. WE GOT TO HEAR A NICE PRESENTATION BY THE MAYOR ABOUT ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN MCKINNEY. I ALSO GOT TO ATTEND THE MAJOR INVESTORS GATHERING HOSTED BY THE MCKINNEY CHAMBER LAST WEEK AS WELL. THE CHAMBER DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND LOVE TO SEE THE PROGRAMING THAT THEY HAVE GOING ON. AND THEN LASTLY, LAST NIGHT I JOINED THE NAACP. THEY HAVE A GROUP OF STUDENTS UNDER THEIR PREPARED TO LEAD PROGRAM. SO THESE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING TO GET INVOLVED IN ALL AREAS OF COLLIN COUNTY. AND THEY DO A COMPLETE BOOT CAMP OF HOW TO BEST SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY. SO THEY INVITED ME AS A GUEST LAST NIGHT. I WAS HAPPY TO JOIN THEM AND WISH THOSE FOLKS GOOD LUCK AS THEY GET OUT TO SERVE US. VERY GOOD. COUNCILMAN BELLA, TWO THINGS I'LL MENTION. ONE. MR. MAYOR, YOU AND I GOT TO ATTEND THE JOB CORPS KIND OF PRESENTATION SHOWING OFF OF OF THEIR FACILITIES, THEIR STUDENTS, THEIR THEIR PROGRAMING AND ALWAYS INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THEY'VE GOT GOING ON. JOB CORPS IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT TRIES TO HELP KIDS THAT MAYBE MISSED ON THEIR FIRST OPPORTUNITY, OR MAYBE THEIR SECOND OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF REENGAGE WITH JOB TRAINING AND LIFE SKILLS. AND SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE THOSE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY, THEY OPERATE OUT OF KIND OF A HISTORIC SITE IN MCKINNEY, WHERE WE ONCE HAD A, A HOSPITAL FOR VETERANS. WE HAD A VETERANS HOSPITAL THERE THAT TURNED INTO JOB CORPS IN THE 60S. SO THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 60 YEARS OUT THERE ON THAT SIDE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND SO GREAT JOB THAT THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE. SECOND THING WAS A WOMEN'S ENTREPRENEUR BAZAAR SHOWCASE. OF EXCITEMENT AT THE BOROUGHS ON SUNDAY NIGHT, WHICH MR. GRIMES AND I GOT TO ATTEND. THEY DID NOT TALK ME INTO A GINGER SHOT THIS YEAR, BUT THEY THEY ALWAYS HAVE. THEY ALWAYS PUT AN EMPHASIS ON KIND OF THE THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF THEIR COMMUNITY, THE ROLE THAT THEIR WOMEN PLAY IN THAT IN THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP. AND SO IT'S GOOD TO GO OUT THERE AND HAVE GOOD FOOD, GOOD FELLOWSHIP, AND SEE WHAT THEY'VE GOT GOING ON. AND IT WAS COLD THAT NIGHT, BUT THE TENT WAS FULL OF EXCITEMENT. SO TWO GOOD THINGS. AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE EVENTS THAT I ALWAYS WISH MORE PEOPLE GOT TO EXPERIENCE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT, MR. MAYOR. I'VE GOT A FEW THINGS. NUMBER ONE, SOMETIMES WE GO TO A BUNCH OF THESE THINGS AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FINE, BUT SOMETIMES THEY'RE JUST SHOCKINGLY COOL. AND ONE THAT I WENT TO THAT WAS SHOCKINGLY COOL WAS THE OPENING OF THE SMALL BUSINESS SILOS AT TUFTS.
TUPS BROUGHT IN SOME SILOS OVER THERE, AND I LOOKED AT THOSE SILOS. I THOUGHT, MAN, THIS THING GOING TO WORK. AND BUT THEY'VE SPENT A COUPLE OF YEARS GETTING THEM, YOU KNOW, HVAC AND ELECTRIC. AND THE TENANTS IN THERE HAVE BEEN SO CREATIVE ABOUT MERCHANDIZING. AND YOU'VE GOT ONE THAT DOES CIGARS, ONE THAT DOES PLANTS, ONE THAT DOES THESE SIMPLE SIRUPS GO OVER THERE AND CHECK IT OUT. IT'S ON THE KIND OF ON THE SOUTH END OF TOPS, BUT JUST AMAZING. I ALSO WAS ABLE TO GO WITH MY RECOLLECTION IS MR. GRIMES AND MR. FRANKLIN WAS THERE. MR. JONES WAS AT THE GALA THAT WAS AT THE BIGGEST VENUE THEY'VE HAD AT THE RENAISSANCE IN PLANO, 650 PEOPLE. THEY'VE GOT THERE'S A HUG'S IN DALLAS NOW, SO WE HAVE FANCY PEOPLE FROM DALLAS DOWN THERE TOO, AND WE DON'T KNOW THEM. AND THAT'S A LITTLE STRANGE. BUT, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF FRIENDS THERE. AND JUST EXAMPLE OF A REMARKABLE STORY OF MCKINNEY SUPPORTING A WONDERFUL
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CAUSE. ALEX BANNISTER TOOK ME ON A TOUR OF THE TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES HOSPITAL IN FRISCO.THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THAT IS THAT IS GOING TO BE THE THIRD HOSPITAL IN MCKINNEY. WE APPROVED IT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. IT'S GOING TO BE UP THERE NEAR TRINITY FALLS, LOT HALL 75.
THAT THING IS HALF RITZ-CARLTON, HALF HOSPITAL. IF THEY BUILD ANYTHING LIKE THAT UP HERE, IT IS GOING TO BE AMAZING. AND WE NEED ANOTHER HOSPITAL UP HERE. AND THAT'S A BIG WIN FOR MCKINNEY. SECOND BIG BLESSING I GOT TO DO WAS READ A BOOK AT VALLEY CREEK ELEMENTARY. THE BOOK I READ WAS CALLED AFTER THE FALL, AND THIS WAS A RATHER SHOCKING BOOK TO ME BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT HUMPTY DUMPTY AFTER THE FALL. I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE. THEY'D BEEN.
YOU'VE BEEN KEEPING IT FROM ME, SIR, AND. BUT THAT WAS A WHOLE LOT OF FUN. AND I HAVE A GRANDDAUGHTER WHO'S GOING TO BE GOING THERE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. AND MY KIDS WENT THERE.
THE IFTAR DINNER. I KNOW THAT JUSTIN WAS THERE AND THE MAYOR WAS THERE, AND MR. GRIMES WAS THERE AT THE IFTAR DINNER. I GOT TO SIT AT THE TABLE WITH MR. GRIMES. THE MCKINNEY ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION WAS VERY HOSPITABLE AS NORMAL. MR. GRIMES, I BELIEVE, WENT FOR SECONDS OR THIRDS. I'M NOT SURE HE MAY OWN THAT IN HIS COMMENTS. AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS WE HAVE SOME MCKINNEY GREATNESS IN THIS ROOM. WE HAVE LEADERSHIP. CLASS OF 2026, OSCAR GARZA SITTING THERE IN THE BACK. HE'S A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS OWNER HERE IN MCKINNEY.
AND THE GREAT MADELINE UNDERWOOD SITTING RIGHT OVER HERE TO MY LEFT WHO IS MCKINNEY LEADERSHIP ALUMNI. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA, AS ALWAYS, IT'S FUN TO HEAR YOUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TALK ABOUT WHERE THEY'VE BEEN AND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO. AND THERE REALLY ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES OUT IN MCKINNEY. IF YOU RAISE YOUR HEAD UP AND LOOK AROUND AND SEE WHAT WHAT'S AVAILABLE. AND WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO GET INVITED TO COME TO THESE EVENTS AND SPEAK AND AND TO SHARE THE STAGE WITH OUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS IS TRULY A BLESSING. NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO, AS I ALWAYS DO, AND I MEAN IT SINCERELY. THANK YOU, THE CITY STAFF. THANK YOU. MAYOR. CITY MANAGER GRIMES, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR STYLE AND THE CULTURE THAT YOU'VE CREATED. I DON'T THINK WE CAN SAY THAT ENOUGH, AND I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THOSE KIND REMARKS. IT IS SPRING BREAK AND WE ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERYTHING MCKINNEY HAS TO OFFER. CITY FEATURES NEARLY 60 PARKS, 94 MILES OF TRAILS, MULTIPLE RECREATION CENTERS, AND THE JOHN AND JUDY GAY LIBRARY ARE ALL GREAT PLACES TO EXPLORE THIS WEEK. THE 2025 ANNUAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT IS NOW AVAILABLE, HIGHLIGHTING MCKINNEY'S LATEST PERMIT ACTIVITY, DEVELOPMENT TRENDS AND UPDATED DATA ON POPULATION, LAND, AREA, UNEMPLOYMENT AND MORE. YOU CAN LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS ON OUR WEBSITE AT MCKINNEY, TEXAS.ORG. SLASH REPORTS AS WE ENTER SEVERE WEATHER SEASON. JUST A REMINDER THAT MCKINNEY'S OUTDOOR WARNING SIREN SYSTEM ALERTS PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTDOORS TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL OR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. IF YOU HEAR A SIREN MOVE INDOORS, MONITOR LOCAL MEDIA OR WEATHER APPS FOR UPDATES. AND FINALLY, YES, I DID GO FOR SECONDS. ANY OPPORTUNITY TO GO FOR SECONDS FOR SOME GOOD MIDDLE EASTERN FOOD, I WILL DO IT. SO I WAS HAPPY TO DO SO. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR, THAT WE DO NOT HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION. CORRECT. SO WE WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION TO ENTERTAIN, MOVE TO ADJOURN. I'LL SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. IT IS 654.
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