May 05, 2026 Reinvestment Zone Number One

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TOO BAD. I KNOW WHERE I'M. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE REINVESTMENT ZONE. NUMBER

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[26-0385 Minutes of the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number One Board Meeting of March 3, 2026]

[26-0386 Presentation of the Fiscal Year 2024-25 TIRZ No. 1 Annual Report]

TODAY WE WILL BE GOING OVER A RECAP OF 2025 FOR TRES ONE. THIS IS REQUIRED BY THE. WELL, THE STATE REQUIRES US TO SUBMIT THE SAME REPORT TO THEM EVERY YEAR AT THAT TIME. WE ALSO PRESENT TO YOU ALL THE RESULTS. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS I'M GOING THROUGHOUT IT, PLEASE STOP ME AT ANY TIME. THE START OF IT USUALLY JUST TALKS ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF TRES ONE, SOME OF THE BACKGROUND, THE HISTORY, THE PURPOSES OF IT, WHICH YOU ARE ALL AWARE. I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION THOUGH. AND SO STARTING OFF, WE COLLECTED $6.5 MILLION FOR 2025 THAT WAS MADE UP OF PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX. AS A COMPARISON, LAST YEAR WE COLLECTED 5.7 MILLION. SO THIS WAS A 14% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. INTEREST INCOME FROM THE YEAR. WE COLLECTED A LITTLE OVER $1.2 MILLION. IN REGARDS TO EXPENDITURES. WE HAD A FAIRLY BUSY YEAR. WE HAD TEN EXPENDITURES. YOU CAN SEE THE EXPENSE, THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS. WE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE WATER TOWER FROM TRES ONE, THE THROCKMORTON STREET REHAB, AND THEN ALSO THE REMAINING SIX WERE PROJECTS THAT CAME TO YOU ALL FOR APPROVAL. THEY ALL CAME TO YOU FOR APPROVAL, BUT PART OF THE ANNUAL 400 K THAT WE BUDGET FOR FACADE IMPROVEMENTS AND RELATED ITEMS. THE TOP NUMBER THREE, THE REMAINING DEBT ISSUANCE AMOUNT IS $15.5 MILLION. WE STILL OWE ON THE BOND, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH WE PLAN ON PAYING IN 2026. WE HAVE 300,000 DUE FOR PRINCIPAL. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE 676,000 FOR INTEREST DUE. AND ON NUMBER FOUR. SO WHAT I WANTED TO REALLY TALK ABOUT TODAY IS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SECOND COLUMN THE NET TAXABLE VALUE FOR PROPERTY TAXES OR PROPERTY VALUES FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY WAS $918 MILLION LAST YEAR, OR THIS WAS $126 MILLION INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR, WHICH IS A 16% INCREASE, WHICH IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THE OVERALL CITY. KIND OF SPEAKING TO HOW MUCH GROWTH IS GOING IN THE AREA COMPARED TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE. AND THE NUMBER FIVE, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH DOLLARS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO INCREASING THE TOURS. ONE REVENUE WAS $2.9 MILLION, WHICH WAS AN INCREASE OF 453,000, ALSO 8% COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 24. SALES TAX FOR TOURS ONE, WE COLLECTED $4.4 MILLION IN THE TOURS. ONE AREA.

THIS WAS A $262,000 INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS A 6% INCREASE, WHICH WAS HIGHER THAN THE CITY'S 3.5% AS A WHOLE. ALSO SPEAKING TO THE MORE SLIGHTLY INCREASED SALES TAX AND THE TOURS, ONE AREA, THE TOTAL INCREMENT FOR 2025 WAS $6.5 MILLION. AND AT THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF HOW FUND BALANCE HAS TRENDED OVER TIME THAT WE ENDED 2025 AT $28.2

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NO ACTION. JUST HOW MUCH OF THAT 28 MILLION IS COMMITTED TO A PROJECT SO FAR COMMITTED ALL UNCOMMITTED, THE 20 MILLION, ALL 3 MILLION IS CONTRIBUTED TRANSPORTATION. AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WAS AT THE END OF 2025. I HAD I GAVE CASSIE THE NUMBERS THAT WE ARE PROJECTING TO END 2026, CLOSER TO 22 MILLION WITH A THREE. A LITTLE OVER 3 MILLION OF THAT CONTRIBUTED TO TRANSPORTATION. SO YOU COULD TALK ABOUT 19 MILLION, BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. 19 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM

[26-0387 Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Approving a Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement and Project Plan Implementation Agreement with The Parks Church for the Environmental Remediation and Demolition at the Northeast Corner of Davis and Tennessee Street]

THIS IS JUST TO GET YOU ORIENTED. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE MCKINNEY TOWN CENTER IN THE HISTORIC CORE OF NOTE, BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2025, PARKS CHURCH ALSO HAVE BEEN AWARDED A TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 25,400 FOR CRITICAL MAINTENANCE AND FACADE WORK AT 110 EAST DAVIS, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SITE. DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

ORIGINALLY, THERE WERE PLANS TO KEEP THE TWO HISTORIC BUILDINGS AT THE CORNER OF DAVIS AND TENNESSEE. HOWEVER, THERE WERE STRUCTURAL CONCERNS THAT LED TO THE DEMOLITION OF THOSE TWO BUILDINGS. AS THEY WERE DIGGING, THEY HAD UNCOVERED GAS TANKS, AND THAT'S WHAT THE BULK OF THEIR REQUEST TONIGHT IS TALKING ABOUT IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION RELATED TO THE GAS TANKS THAT THEY FOUND UNDERGROUND. AGAIN, SINCE THEY'RE GIVING A PRESENTATION, I WANT TO LET THEM SPEAK TO THAT MOSTLY. BUT ON THIS NEXT PAGE. YOU'LL SEE.

I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO READ, BUT IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET AS WELL.

STAFF WENT THROUGH EACH INVOICE LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM TO MAKE SURE TO SEE WHAT QUALIFIED AS ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION WORK. AFTER STAFF REVIEWING IT, WE SAW THAT THERE ARE ELIGIBLE TOURS EXPENDITURES UP TO THE 453,000. THIS REQUEST WAS SENT POST WORK THOUGH, WHICH MEANS WE DON'T HAVE MULTIPLE BIDS, JUST THE INVOICES OF THIS WORK. NOW FOR THIS PORTION, I WANT TO GO OVER THE APPLICANT REQUEST AND WHAT THE FUNDING IMPLICATIONS OF THOSE ARE. SO GIVE ME ONE SECOND. EACH YEAR, 400,000 IS ALLOCATED TO THE VACANT UNDERUTILIZED SITES AND BUILDINGS PROJECT CATEGORY. RIGHT NOW THAT CURRENT BALANCE IS 279,000. THAT'S WHAT'S LEFT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26. PARKS, CHURCHES REQUESTING $453,439.57. IF THE BOARD CHOSE TO AWARD THAT FULL AMOUNT, THERE WOULD BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED TO ALLOCATE THE NECESSARY FUNDS.

THERE WOULD BE TWO OPTIONS FOR THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT. YOU COULD FUND THE PROJECT BY UTILIZING THE REMAINING ALLOCATED FUNDS IN VACANT UNDERUTILIZED THAT 279,000 AND THEN SUPPLEMENT WITH GENERAL FUND BALANCE DOLLARS THAT WOULD CLOSE OUT THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR THE VACANT UNDERUTILIZED SITES PROJECT CATEGORY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SO 2ND OCTOBER. THE OTHER OPTION IS THAT YOU COULD FUND THE PROJECT ENTIRELY FROM THE FUND BALANCE. THAT WOULD REDUCE THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE BY THE PROJECT AMOUNT FUNDED. IN EITHER SITUATION, THE NECESSARY BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT MEETING AND THEN SUBJECT TO CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL. ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, STAFF HAS A RECOMMENDATION OF AWARDING 5000 RATHER THAN THE APPLICANT REQUEST. STAFF RECOMMENDED THE TOTAL OF 5000 BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS ALLOWED BY OUR FUNDING GUIDELINES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL

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OUR CHURCH STARTED 15 YEARS AGO WITH THE DEDICATION OF BEING RADICALLY AND GENEROUSLY FOR THE CITY, THE CITY OF, OF MCKINNEY. AND BY GOD'S GRACE, PART OF THIS IS THE STORY OF HIM ALLOWING US TO PARTICIPATE IN HIS RADICAL GENEROSITY TOWARD, TOWARD US. AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, WE ARE A CHURCH FOR THE CITY. WE HAVE SAID THAT UNAPOLOGETICALLY FOR 15 YEARS, FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF OUR CITY, A CHURCH ABOUT COMMUNITY IMPACT. AND SOME OF THE THINGS I WANT TO SHARE WILL ILLUMINATE THIS. BEFORE I TALK ABOUT GAS TANKS BURIED UNDER A BUILDING WE PURCHASED. AND SO OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, OUR MEMBERS HAVE DEMONSTRATED RADICAL GENEROSITY NOT JUST TO THE COMMUNITY ITSELF, BUT THROUGH ACTUAL DOLLARS. AND I'LL GET I'LL GET BACK TO SOME OF THESE. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE SLIDES I WANT TO SHOW THE CUMULATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ACTUAL DOLLARS INTO THE CITY THROUGH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS HAS BEEN $1.4 MILLION. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY CONSERVATIVE NUMBER FROM OUR COMMUNITY. THIS REPRESENTS OVER 1200 MEMBERS PUTTING THEIR HANDS, THEIR FEET, AND THEIR WALLETS TO THEIR FAITH IN JESUS. AND WE BELIEVE AND ESTIMATE THAT OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, WE ANTICIPATE ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS INVESTED DIRECTLY INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND SO TO GIVE YOU JUST A HIGH LEVEL OF WHAT THESE THIS $1.4 MILLION INVESTMENT INTO OUR COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE. IT LOOKS LIKE COMMON GOOD MEDICAL, A PRIMARY CARE FACILITY THAT WE STARTED AND FOUNDED NINE YEARS AGO. THIS SERVES OUR CITY AND NOW OUR COUNTY. AND I TALKED WITH OUR CEO THIS MORNING, AND HE SHARED WITH ME THAT LAST YEAR ALONE, WE SAW 5698 PATIENT VISITS, AND WE EXPECT 1000 MORE IN 2026. THESE ARE REAL LIVES IMPACTED EVERY SINGLE DAY. ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE OUR FEEDING PROGRAM, WHICH WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN MCKINNEY WHEN IT STARTED ABOUT 12 OR 13 YEARS AGO. IT WAS THE FIRST REGULAR WARM MEAL FED IN MCKINNEY. WE NOW SERVE A THOUSAND MEALS EVERY SINGLE MONTH AND HAVE BEEN DOING SO FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WE'RE DEEPLY INTEGRATED IN OTHER PARTS OF MCKINNEY, LIKE MCKINNEY ISD, PARTICULARLY WITH THE DISCIPLINARY CAMPUS KNOWN AS THE DAEP, WHERE EVERY SINGLE WEEK WE TEACH A CLASS AND WE SUPPORT THE TEACHERS AND THE FACULTY AT THAT CAMPUS. YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER NONPROFITS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE SUPPORT FINANCIALLY AS WELL. IN 2023, WE BROKE GROUND ON OUR PERMANENT FACILITY. AND SO, BY THE WAY, WE'VE DONE ALL OF THAT OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS WITHOUT A PERMANENT FACILITY. WE BROKE GROUND IN 2023 ON OUR PERMANENT FACILITY AT THE LOCATION THAT CASSIE SHARED. AND AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, THAT ANY DEVELOPMENT OR PROJECT IN THE HISTORICAL AREA IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY IS GOING TO COME WITH SOME HIDDEN CHALLENGES AND SOME SURPRISES. AND OURS WAS NO DIFFERENT. AND SHE SHARED THAT WE HIT GAS TANKS, PARTICULARLY. WE HIT FOR VERY LARGE GAS TANKS BURIED UNDER 131. AND PART OF THAT WAS THAT IT WAS UNKNOWN. IT WAS UNKNOWN TO THE CITY. IT WAS UNKNOWN, OBVIOUSLY, TO US AS WE BEGAN TO EXCAVATE THAT. HOWEVER, THIS REQUIRED EXTENSIVE REMEDIATION. AND WHILE THIS WAS UNEXPECTED AND A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL BURDEN, WE CHOSE TO ADDRESS IT IMMEDIATELY AND HEAD ON, GOING EVEN ABOVE AND BEYOND THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT TO REMEDIATE, REMEDIATE, EXCUSE ME, THE SITE. SO FOR US, THIS WAS PART OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CARE FOR DOWNTOWN. WE BELIEVE THAT SERVING THE COMMON GOOD INCLUDES BEING RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF THE LAND THAT WE OCCUPY. AND SO WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT OUR PRESENCE IN MCKINNEY CONTRIBUTES TO A CLEANER, SAFER, MORE SUSTAINABLE DOWNTOWN ENVIRONMENT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. WE ESTIMATE THAT THESE TANKS HAD BEEN BURIED SINCE THE 1920S OR 1930S. AND SO WE SAW THIS COSTLY REMEDIATION AS A TANGIBLE WAY, AGAIN, TO SERVE OUR OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COMMITMENT TO MCKINNEY. AND WE CAN GO THROUGH THIS A LITTLE BIT, HAS ALSO BEEN VERY PRACTICAL IN TERMS OF JUST AN ECONOMIC COMPONENT. WE'RE PROUD TO BE A DRIVER IN DOWNTOWN

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THAT'S ABOUT 50,000 VISITS TO DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. AND THESE AREN'T JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING INTO A BUILDING AND SITTING IN A SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE. THESE ARE FAMILIES AND GUESTS WHO STAY AND EAT AT LOCAL RESTAURANTS, SHOP AT LOCAL SHOPS, SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES. AND SO WE ESTIMATE AGAIN FROM THE PARKS CHURCH SIDE THAT OUR PRESENCE DOWNTOWN GENERATES ABOUT 1 MILLION IN ANNUAL IMPACT FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

AND THAT'S JUST ON SUNDAY MORNING. I CAN TELL YOU HOW I GOT THAT NAPKIN MATH, IF YOU'D LIKE THAT LATER. AND SO LET ME CLOSE THIS CONCISE PRESENTATION. OUR HEART IS TO BE A LONG TERM PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, THE CITY'S VISION FOR A THRIVING, CONNECTED, COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY. WE BELIEVE THAT OUR WORK ALIGNS WITH THAT PERFECTLY WITH YOUR PRIORITIES AND ENHANCING, PARTICULARLY DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. AND SO BECAUSE OF THE SCOPE OF OUR COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE UNIQUE ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS WE'VE EMBRACED TO PROTECT DOWNTOWN, WE HUMBLY ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS MERITORIOUS EXEMPTION FOR THE TOURS GRANT AT THE FULL AMOUNT REQUESTED. THE INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY WILL HELP US TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A SPACE WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN FLOURISH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU SIR. ANY DISCUSSION? QUESTION OF THE APPLICANT. SO IT LOOKS LIKE AND IN THE STAFF REPORT YOU GUYS MADE APPLICATION FOR TOURIST FUNDS AFTER YOU COMPLETED THE WORK, CORRECT? IS THERE ANY DID YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF TOURISTS BEFORE OR. WE DID NOT. WE JUST MOVED IMMEDIATELY ON THE REMEDIATION OF THE SITE. RATHER THAN TRYING TO FIND HELP SOMEWHERE, YOU FIX THE PROBLEM.

CORRECT. AND THEN WHEN DID YOU BECOME AWARE OF THE TOURIST FUND? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME. WHEN WE BECAME AWARE OF THAT OR THAT THIS WAS AN ELIGIBLE ITEM FOR TOURS, I WAS AWARE OF TOURS, BUT NOT THAT THIS WAS NECESSARILY AN ELIGIBLE ITEM TO BE. THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NOT THE APPLICANT.

ONE ON THE OH, SORRY. I STARTED TALKING TO HIM. YOU LIST 453 AS THE BUDGET. SOME OF THAT IS TO DEMOLITION. SOME OF IT'S TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF REPORTS AND OTHER THINGS. HOW MUCH OF IT IS LIKE PHYSICALLY TAKING THE TANKS OUT AND HOW MUCH OF IT IS, IS JUST OTHER QUALIFYING EXPENSES THAT YOU WOULD HAVE DONE ANYWAY? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION THAT OUR GENERAL CONTRACTOR COULD PROBABLY SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THAT, BUT I THINK OUR TEAM, ALONG WITH THE CITY, DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF GOING THROUGH THAT LIST AND ONLY PLACING THINGS IN THERE THAT WERE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE REMOVAL OF OF THE TANKS. YOU WOULDN'T SEE NECESSARILY THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING ANYWAY. IT WAS MORE ON THE EXCAVATION. SO I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THOSE ITEMS ON THERE WERE DIRECTLY RELATED TO. ALL WE CAN SEE IS THE THE TITLES OF WHO YOU PAY TO. SO THERE'S EXCAVATION, WHICH MAKES UP, YOU KNOW, SOME AMOUNT OF IT, AND THEN THERE'S DEMOLITION. AND YES, THAT IS ALL EXTRA EXCAVATION THAT WAS NOT THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PART OF THE ORIGINAL. YEAH. OKAY. I MEAN, JUST JUST OFF THE, YOU KNOW, THE TANKS ALONE, PLUS SOLE CHECKING THAT THEY DID AROS 145,000. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT FOR SEWER AND WATER THAT'S IN THE VICINITY. THAT'S APPLICABLE WHENEVER YOU'RE DOING THESE PROJECTS FOR UNDER UTILIZED. SO I MEAN THAT THAT RUNS UP TO THE $200,000 LIMIT RIGHT THERE FOR THE MERITORIOUS EXCEPTION RIGHT THERE JUST FROM THE TANKS. I MEAN, I, I DON'T PERSONALLY, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND AN EXCEPTION TO THE EXCEPTION. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WE HAVE A POLICY FOR 200 000 WITH A 5050 MATCH. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE 453 AS IN HOLE. AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE US DOWN TO EVEN. THAT WOULD TAKE US DOWN TO 69,000. AND I WAS GOING TO ASK STAFF WHAT WE HAD REMAINING FOR, LIKE IN THE HOPPER FOR THE REMAINING FIVE MONTHS OF THE YEAR. SO CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY PENDING APPLICATIONS. BUT AGAIN, PEOPLE DO IT ON A ROLLING BASIS. SO. SO WE'VE HAD A, WE'VE HAD SIMILAR CASES COME UP, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS. AND I'M SORRY, THIS IS JUST GENERAL CONVERSATION.

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THESE ARE HARD. THESE ARE IN MY FIVE YEARS ON COUNCIL, SOME OF THE HARDEST VOTES WE'VE TAKEN.

HUGS. YOU KNOW, I'VE OFFICE DOWN HERE FOR 30 YEARS. I HAVE A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THIS ONE.

THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR IS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. HE CALLED ME WHEN HE FOUND THE FUEL TANKS.

MY MIDDLE DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND GO TO CHURCH HERE. MY SON IN LAW IS THE SIX FIVE GUY IN THE NURSERY STANDS LIKE A SORE THUMB. ANOTHER. THERE'S AGGRAVATING AND MITIGATING FACTORS FOR ME. ONE OF THE OTHER FACTORS IS THAT THERE WAS NO WATER LEFT IN THIS BUILDING.

THEY COULDN'T HAVE BUILT SAVED THIS BUILDING. THIS BUILDING WAS CONDEMNED THE DAY IT WAS BUILT BECAUSE THEY USED SAND INSTEAD OF GOOD MORTAR. AND THAT'S THIS BUILDING IS NOT ALONE DOWNTOWN. THAT IS A PERVASIVE PROBLEM. THAT IS A PROBLEM. THIS TOURS HAS TO BE FOCUSED ON IS MORTAR. OKAY, SO Y'ALL HAD TO TEAR IT DOWN. YOU DIDN'T EXPECT TO YOU YOU DIG UP THE PRIZE, THE FUEL TANKS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SCARED ME WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HIGHWAY FIVE THING WAS, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DIG UP IN HIGHWAY FIVE? HOLY COW. I HAVE NO IDEA. AND I'M GLAD WE DON'T GET TO FIND OUT, BUT WE'RE FIXING TO FIND OUT AT CITY HALL.

WE'RE FIXING TO FIND OUT AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THIS CITY DIDN'T HAVE GREAT. IT DIDN'T HAVE CODES. THESE BUILDINGS, PEOPLE LOOK AT THEM DOWNTOWN. THEY GO. THEY. THEY WERE BUILT TO LAST. THEY WEREN'T. THEY WEREN'T. AND IT IS HARD TO PRESERVE THESE THINGS. AND THIS IS ONE THAT WASN'T ABLE TO BE PRESERVED. AND NOW I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PARKS CHURCH. THEY THEY ARE BUILDING A HISTORIC REPLICA TYPE THING. AND I'LL GIVE ANOTHER EXAMPLE. THE GRAND HOTEL PEOPLE LOOK AT IT AND THINK, THAT'S HISTORIC. NO IT'S NOT. I WATCHED IT GO UP 20 YEARS AGO OUT OF MY SOUTH WINDOW OF MY OFFICE. IT LOOKS PHENOMENAL. IT FITS. THE PARKS CHURCH WILL FIT. THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT. THE PARKS CHURCH OUT PUNCHES THEIR WEIGHT. HUGE IN THIS CITY WITH WHAT THEY DO WITH COMMON GOOD, MEDICAL AND WHAT THEY DO. AS FAR AS GOOD GOES, YOU DO. THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS VOTE HARD FOR ME. BUT AND I'LL JUST GIVE AN EXAMPLE TODAY, THIS MORNING, 9:00, I GO TO THE TO THE HELEN HALL LIBRARY. I'M TALKING TO SPENCER SMITH. HE'S SHOWING ME THE UNBELIEVABLE THINGS THAT ARE BEING ACTIVATED IN THAT LIBRARY, THE PLANETARIUM, THE MUSEUM QUALITY EXPOSITION CENTER THAT IS GOING TO DRAW MUSEUM EXPOSITIONS THAT WE DON'T SEE IN COLLIN COUNTY, HE SAID. IT IS MY GOAL TO ADD 100 000 PEOPLE OF ACTIVITY TO THE SQUARE EVERY YEAR, AND HE'S GOING TO DO IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I HEARD, PATRICK? YOU NEED TO BUILD SOME PARKING GARAGES. I DID, THEY'RE BREAKING INTO A COLD SWEAT. I'VE BEEN PRETTY CLEAR IN THIS BOARD THAT TO ME, THE TOURS IS GOING TO EXPIRE AND CAN'T REMEMBER SOMEWHERE AROUND 20 YEARS FROM NOW.

STEPHEN COVEY SAID, BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE AS THE END IN MIND? IT. TO THE EXTENT HISTORY HAS ANY MEMORY OF ME, I WANT IT TO REMEMBER FIRE SUPPRESSION.

WE'RE SWALLOWING THAT THESE BUILDINGS ARE BUILT WITHOUT FIRE SUPPRESSION. GO TO THE NEW RESTAURANTS, GO TO BOB'S, GO TO CASINO, GO TO GLORIA'S. YOU SEE THOSE RISING ROOMS IN THERE? YOU BET. GO TO ELMORE. NOPE. WE'VE GOT TO DO FIRE SUPPRESSION DOWN HERE. THE OTHER THING THAT STRIKES ME ABOUT THE SQUARE, AND AGAIN, I'VE OFFICED THERE FOR 30 YEARS, IS THIS IS A PLACE OF COMMERCE. THERE'S A LOT OF FRICTION THAT GOES WITH THE SQUARE FROM RESIDENTS TO BUSINESS OWNERS. BUT IT WAS A PLACE OF COMMERCE. IT WAS THE FIRST PLACE OF

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I'LL I'LL PROBABLY SECOND THAT WITH WITH COUNCILMAN FRANKLIN THERE. I MEAN, MY GOAL AND WHAT I WANT TO BE REMEMBERED FOR WHEN I LEAVE COUNCIL IS I THAT I CREATED A PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN MCKINNEY. AND THAT CREATES ALL FACETS OF EATING, DINING, WORKING, RECREATION AND FELLOWSHIP. AND SO THIS GOES WITH MY VISION OF MCKINNEY, OF HAVING A PLACE DOWN IN DOWNTOWN NEAR THE SQUARE WHERE YOU CAN DO IT ALL. YOU CAN PARK YOUR CAR, GO TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY, GO OUT TO EAT, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, THE NEXT DAY YOU CAN WORK DOWN THERE. AND NOW THE THE STORAGE TANKS ARE UNFORESEEN. SO I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD COMPLETE THE, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE THE WORK FIRST, BECAUSE IT'S NOT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S UNDER THE GROUND. AND, AND THIS IS GOING TO COME UP A LOT IN MCKINNEY. AND, AND MAYBE WE DO NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER ACTUAL WORK SESSION ON LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE? BUT THIS IS UNEXPECTED. AND WE'VE IN, IN THE FACT THAT THERE HAS BEEN PRECEDENT SET ON OTHER PROJECTS WHERE WE HAVE HELP PEOPLE THAT HAVE COMPLETED PROJECTS WHEN THEY COULDN'T STOP. BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, RIGHT, THE TIME IS TICKING AND EVERY DAY IS AN EXTRA DOLLAR TO THE PROJECT. SO I'M FOR THE FULL AMOUNT. I AGREE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SESSION WHERE WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUND THESE CASES IN THE FUTURE. I DON'T WANT TO LITIGATE TO THIS DEGREE EVERY SINGLE PROJECT. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE APPROACH THESE. WELL, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE STANDARDS. I MEAN, THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS EVEN THE MERITORIOUS EXCEPTION TO DO IT UP TO 200,000. AND WE'VE WE'VE HAD THIS. WE HAD WHAT YOU REQUESTED BEFORE BASED ON PRIOR PRIOR EVENTS, WHENEVER WE WERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE THE HOUSES WERE BEING BUILT ALONG FIVE OR THE CONDOS WERE BEING BUILT ALONG. FIVE AND THEY WERE DOING REMEDIATION OF BATTERIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY STARTED DIGGING. I MEAN, ANYWHERE IN MCKINNEY, YOU DIG? YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND. I MEAN, I MADE THE JOKE THAT WHENEVER THE THE PARK WAS GOING TO BE DONE AND IT WAS GOING TO BE DUG DOWN, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO FIND AN INDIAN BURIAL GROUND OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, OR FIND SOME SKELETON OR FROG OR SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO THROW EVERYTHING INTO TURMOIL. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT THE 200,000 WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT? WE HAD ALREADY KIND OF COME TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, AS BEFORE, POSSIBLY BEFORE YOU'RE ON COUNCIL. YEAH. AS THAT EXCEPTION. SO THE I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUPPORT. SO. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? I HAVE A MOTION I MOVE FOR APPROVAL FOR THE 200,000. I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. HALE. I'LL SECOND THAT.

SECONDED BY MAYOR COX. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I. I I I'VE GOT THREE EYES. HOW MANY NAYS? NAYS, WIND. I'D LIKE A MOTION THAT WE FUND THE ENTIRE ASK. SORRY, I HAVE A MOTION BY

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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NAY, NAY. THAT PASSES. FOR THE FULL AMOUNT. THAT'S ALL. THE END OF OUR BUSINESS. YOU HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SECOND.

MOTION TO ADJOURN BY MAYOR COX. SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM FELTUS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE I.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.