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6:36 P.M. WELCOME TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THIS IS OUR REGULAR MEETING. IT'S TUESDAY, JUNE THE 16TH, 2026. WE ARE A LITTLE BIT LATE. APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. WE'VE HAD MEETINGS STARTING AROUND 230, SO WE WILL TRY TO MOVE THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. IF YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT AND YOU ARE HERE TO PARTICIPATE, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE EITHER AS A PRESENTER OR AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. A COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING THINGS. IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA BUT DOES NOT HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, THAT PORTION IS AT THE FRONT OF THE MEETING. IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON OUR AGENDA, THAT'S AT THE BACK END OF THE MEETING. THE GOOD NEWS WE HAVE A FAIRLY SHORT AGENDA REGARDING PUBLIC HEARINGS, SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET TO YOU FAIRLY QUICKLY.
IT WON'T BE A LONG NIGHT. WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US. THERE'S A TIMER ON THE SCREENS UP HERE. WHEN YOU HAVE 30S LEFT, IT WILL BE YELLOW, AND THEN WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP, YOU'LL HAVE NO MORE TIME AND IT WILL BE A BRIGHT RED. THAT GOES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, WE HAVE TWO OF THOSE. WE DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. WE WILL START OUR MEETING WITH A INVOCATION BY VALERIE ATWOOD. BAHA'I IS OF MCKINNEY. GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE PRAYER FOR AMERICA, WHICH WAS REVEALED AND SAID IN 1912 IN CHICAGO BY ABDU'L-BAHA, A TITLE MEANING SERVANT OF GOD. ABDU'L-BAHA WAS THE SON OF THE PROPHET, FOUNDER OF THE BAHA'I FAITH. BAHA'U'LLAH, MEANING THE GLORY OF GOD. AND I'VE GIVEN YOU EACH A COPY IN HONOR OF AMERICA. 250 AND ALSO AS A GIFT FROM THE SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHA'IS OF MCKINNEY. O THOU KIND LORD, THIS GATHERING IS TURNING TO THEE. THESE HEARTS ARE RADIANT WITH THY LOVE. THESE MINDS AND SPIRITS ARE EXHILARATED BY THE MESSAGE OF THY GLAD TIDINGS. O GOD, LET THIS AMERICAN DEMOCRACY BECOME GLORIOUS IN SPIRITUAL DEGREES, EVEN AS IT HAS ASPIRED TO MATERIAL DEGREES, AND RENDERED THIS JUST GOVERNMENT VICTORIOUS.
CONFIRM THIS REVERED NATION TO APPRAISE THE STANDARD OF THE ONENESS OF HUMANITY, TO PROMULGATE THE MOST GREAT PEACE, TO BECOME THEREBY MOST GLORIOUS AND PRAISEWORTHY AMONG ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD. O GOD, THIS AMERICAN NATION IS WORTHY OF THY FAVORS AND IS DESERVING OF THY MERCY. MAKE IT PRECIOUS AND NEAR TO THEE THROUGH THY BOUNTY AND BESTOWAL. NOW FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 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. OKAY, NEXT ITEM WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS THAT DO NOT HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU HAVE COME TONIGHT AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND ON AN AGENDA ITEM, SEEING NO ONE IS REGISTERED, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ELECTION. IS THERE? THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING ON YOUR SCREEN. THERE IS ONE SPEAKER. WE'VE GOT MR. ROEDER. HE'S HERE.
HE'S FOR A IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING. THE ITEM THAT HE'S ON IS FOR. IT'S UNDER CONSENT.
OKAY. MR. ROEDER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL? I'VE BEEN TOLD TO ASK YOU ABOUT TWO PEOPLE THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE. IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING. OH, OKAY. THAT'S NOT ON HIS PART. OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS THE ELECTION
[26-0559 Consider/Discuss/Act on the Election of a Mayor Pro Tempore]
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OF THE MAYOR PRO TEM OF MCKINNEY. OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS. MR. MAYOR, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. AND I CAN SAY THIS, AT LEAST THE LAST THREE MAYOR PRO TEM IS THAT I'VE HAD A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE BECAUSE I'VE GOT TO SERVE UNDER TWO GREAT MAYORS, TWO DIFFERENT MAYORS, BUT TWO GREAT MAYORS. AND IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE FOR ME TO DO THIS. BUT AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE, I HAVE A RISING SENIOR WHO I NEED TO BE THE MAYOR PRO TEM TO. SO I WOULD LIKE TO STEP DOWN AS MAYOR PRO TEM AND LET ONE OF THESE. ANY ONE OF THESE GENTLEMEN ARE HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND I THINK WOULD SERVE YOU VERY WELL. OF COURSE, THIS DOES NOT END MY DUTIES TO HELP TO SUPPORT YOU IN ANY WAY, BUT I THINK WE HAVE OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE WILLING TO DO IT AND WANT TO DO IT, AND SHOULD GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. SO I WOULD SUPPORT THAT AT THIS TIME.WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS WELL, AND YOU CERTAINLY ARE GRACIOUS IN YOUR COMMENTS. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE. AS PREVIOUS MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL ENTERTAIN NOMINATIONS. MR. MAYOR, I HAVE A NOMINATION. BUT FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, JERRY, YOU MAN, YOU YOU REPRESENTED THAT SEAT VERY WELL. I MEAN, THERE'S NO BETTER PUBLIC SPEAKER THAT I'VE COME ACROSS HERE IN MCKINNEY. EVERY EVENT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LIGHTS OUT, YOU KNOW, WHICH WHICH YOU'RE SPEAKING, EVEN IF IT'S OFF THE CUFF, JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE RIGHT THING AND THE RIGHT MESSAGE TO PUT OUT THERE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. APPRECIATE THAT. THE PERSON I WANT TO NOMINATE IS I, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY QUIET PERSON UNTIL I HEARD HIM SPEAK AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY AND I WOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN HOW GOOD OF A PUBLIC SPEAKER HE IS, BECAUSE HE NEVER REALLY SPEAKS THAT MUCH UNLESS HE'S, YOU KNOW, AND I GUESS HE'S GOT TO HAVE HIS HEART IN IT AND HIS PASSION. AND, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S HE'S THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT ONLY HAS SOMETHING TO SAY WHEN HE WHEN HE REALLY HAS SOMETHING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT JUST TALKING JUST TO TALK. AND THAT'S RICK FRANKLIN.
AND RICK HAS BEEN ON COUNCIL PRETTY MUCH LONGER THAN ALL OF US. I THINK HERE HE'S HE'S TURNING OUT THIS NEXT MAY. SO HE CAN'T RUN FOR REELECTION. BUT I THINK HE'S VERY DESERVING.
HE WOULD REPRESENT MAYOR COX VERY WELL IN HIS ABSENCE. AND SO MY NOMINATION IS RICK FRANKLIN. I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A VERY QUICK SECOND TO NOMINATE COUNCILMAN RICK FRANKLIN TO SERVE AS THE NEXT MAYOR PRO TEM. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE US TO VOTE ON THE SCREEN? ALL RIGHT. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT MOTION IS APPROVED. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKLIN, WELCOME. THANK YOU. YEAH. YOU GET A TITLE IN LIEU OF A RAISE. SOMEBODY HAS SET THE BAR VERY HIGH. AMEN. SO I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN FELTUS FOR HER. HER CONTRIBUTION TO THIS COUNCIL. SHE WAS A FANTASTIC MAYOR PRO TEM. SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE WHEN YOU NEEDED HER. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, LET'S GO TO
[CONSENT AGENDA]
WORK. OUR FIRST ITEM WILL BE THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY PULL DOWNS, MR. MAYOR? I'D LIKE TO PULL DOWN 26-0566. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? THEN WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACT ON 26-0560 THROUGH AND INCLUDING 26-0582, MINUS THE PULL DOWN OF 260566 BY COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA.AND OTHER THAN THAT, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.
I'LL SECOND A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA AND A SECOND BY NEWLY LABELED COUNCILWOMAN FELTUS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THERE WE GO. THAT MOTION CARRIES BY A VOTE OF SEVEN IN FAVOR AND ZERO AGAINST COUNCILMAN CLAUDIA. YOU
[26-0566 Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Amending the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Annual Budget to Provide Funds for the purpose of a Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement and Project Plan Implementation Agreement with The Parks Church for a Vacant/Underutilized Project at 129-131 S Tennessee Street]
WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS 0566? YES, SIR. IS THERE SOMEONE FROM STAFF THAT WANTS TO COME UP AND GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT IT IS? SO THIS ITEM IS A ORDINANCE THAT WOULD BE[00:10:12]
AMENDING THE BUDGET TO ACCOUNT FOR A 380 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE PARKS CHURCH TO FUND THE PROJECT THAT WENT FIRST TO TOURS AND THEN CAME TO COUNCIL FOR FUNDING OR EXCUSE ME. IT WENT TO TOURS. THIS IS THE COUNCIL ITEM THAT WOULD BE APPROVING THE BUDGET ITEM. WE DID TAKE THIS BACK TO TOURS ONCE IT WAS FUNDED, TO ASK HOW THE BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD BE PROCESSED, DUE TO THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE ALLOCATION BEING HIGHER THAN THE REMAINING BALANCE OF THE VACANT UNDERUTILIZED PROJECT CATEGORY. AND AT THAT TIME, THE TOURS RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHICH WOULD CLOSE OUT THAT PROJECT CATEGORY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR WE'RE IN, AND THEN TAKE THE REMAINING BALANCE OF THAT ALLOCATION OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. THANK YOU. LUCAS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AND WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE ITEM. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM. I'LL SECOND A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN FELTUS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN JONES TO APPROVE THE ITEM. ANY DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THIS MOTION CARRIES BY VOTE OF FIVE IN FAVOR AND TWO[26-0583 Consider/Discuss/Act on Adoption of a Resolution Determining a Public Necessity to Acquire Certain Easement Rights for Public Use by Eminent Domain for a Sanitary Sewer Easement and a Temporary Construction Easement associated with the SH 5 Utility Relocation Project (WA1633 & WW1633) which Property is Located West of N. McDonald Street between E. Louisiana Street and E. Virginia Street and Authorizing the City Manager to Establish Procedures for Acquiring the Sanitary Sewer Easement and Temporary Construction Easement on Said Property and Take All Steps Necessary to Acquire the Needed Easement Rights in Compliance with all Applicable Laws and Resolutions]
AGAINST. NEXT ITEM WILL BE. 26-0583. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION DETERMINING A PUBLIC NECESSITY TO ACQUIRE EASEMENT RIGHTS FOR PUBLIC USE BY EMINENT DOMAIN FOR A SANITARY SEWER LINE. THIS IS HIGHWAY FIVE WEST OF NORTH MCDONALD STREET BETWEEN EAST LOUISIANA AND WEST VIRGINIA. STREET. TO GRAHAM. THANK YOU MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M GARY GRAHAM, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING. WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON A EMINENT DOMAIN REQUEST. SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE LOWER FIVE PLAZA, THIS SEWER LINE THAT WE HAVE DEPICTED IN THE WILL BE IN THE GREEN AREA WHEN IT WAS LOWER FIVE PLAZA. THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS FOR TXDOT TO ACQUIRE THE BUILDING AND THEN DEMOLISH THE BUILDING. AND AS WE BUILT THE PROJECT, WE WOULD HAVE RUN THE SEWER LINE WHERE THE BUILDING IS TODAY. SO BECAUSE THE LOWER FIVE PLAZA PROJECT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE HIGHWAY FIVE SCOPE AND IS GOING TO STAY AS AN AT GRADE INTERSECTION, WE NEEDED TO PIVOT AND MOVE THE SANITARY SEWER LINE TO A NEW LOCATION THAN WHAT WE HAD PLANNED BEFORE.SO IT'S GOING TO RUN THROUGH THE PARKING LOT OF THE BUILDING OR FOR THIS BUILDING. SO WE NEED A 15 FOOT WIDE SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT AND TWO SMALL TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS. THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT. WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR DOING WORK OUT THERE TODAY. AND TO KEEP THIS PROJECT ON SCHEDULE, WE NEED TO SET SOME CERTAINTY ABOUT WHEN THIS EASEMENT WILL BE ACQUIRED TO AVOID ANY DELAYS WITH OUR CONTRACTOR. SO WE HAVE HAD SOME VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. I THINK WE ARE GOING TO GET THERE ON A AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM. HOWEVER, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE A FINAL OFFER. START THE CLOCK TICKING ON AN EMINENT DOMAIN CASE, MAKE THE INITIAL OFFER FINAL OFFER JUST SO WE HAVE CERTAINTY AGAIN FOR THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE'LL HAVE A A EASEMENT IN PLACE FOR HIM TO DO THE WORK WHEN THEY GET TO THIS AREA. I'M REALLY HOPEFUL THAT WE WON'T BE HERE USING EMINENT DOMAIN, BUT AGAIN, JUST SETTING THE STAGE FOR IT IF WE NEED IT.
BUT AS IN ALL ACQUISITION AND EMINENT DOMAIN CASES, THE CITY ACQUIRES A CITY FALLS STATE LAW.
WHEN ACQUIRING THESE PROPERTIES, THE CITY HAS AN APPRAISAL CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE PROPERTY. THE STAFF THEN USES THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE AN INITIAL OFFER AND THE MAKE THE OFFER TO THE THE OWNER. THE OWNER CAN THEN ACCEPT THAT OFFER OR MAKE A COUNTER-OFFER. THEY CAN GET THEIR OWN APPRAISAL IF THEY PROVIDE AN APPRAISAL TO CITY STAFF. WE'LL EVALUATE THAT COUNTEROFFER AND APPRAISAL INFORMATION AND WE'LL MAKE A FINAL OFFER. IF NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PROPERTY OWNER, THE CITY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO USE EMINENT DOMAIN DURING THE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS. THE COLLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPOINT A SET OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS THAT USUALLY CONSIST OF THREE PEOPLE. BOTH THE CITY AND THE PROPERTY OWNER MAKE THEIR CASES TO THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS AND THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS TO DETERMINE WHAT THE VALUE OF THE ACQUISITION IS.
EMINENT DOMAIN IS NOT A TAKING OF LAND, IT'S A PROCESS. DETERMINE THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THIS ACQUISITION SO THE PROPERTY CAN BE A PROPERTY OWNER CAN BE COMPENSATED. OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. WHAT STAFF IS ASKING FOR IS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. AND I'M HAPPY
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TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANYONE. GARY, IT'S I'M SORRY. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER AND STAFF HAVE HAD SOME COMMUNICATION AND DIALOG BACK AND FORTH, BECAUSE THIS THIS COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OPERATIONS. MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD THEY WILL STILL RETAIN ACCESS TO PARK AND USE DRIVE OVER THE EASEMENT. SO IT SHOULD BE FAIRLY I MEAN, IT'LL BE IMPACTFUL DURING CONSTRUCTION FOR SURE, BUT AFTERWARDS IT SHOULD BE VERY LOW IMPACT. YEAH. THE CONSTRUCTION TAKES UP A HELL OF A LOT, IF NOT ALL OF THEIR PARKING. BUT THERE IS NO GOOD CHOICE IN THE CITY OTHER THAN TO HAVE WATER AND SEWER, AND WE HAVE TO RELOCATE IT. THAT'S NOT A MAYBE. AND THOSE DOWNSTREAM HAVE TO HAVE IT. SO JUST PART OF BEING IN THE CITY AND THAT'S IT. WITH THAT, I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS ITEM AS WRITTEN AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION DESCRIBED IN THIS AGENDA ITEM AND AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE FOR PUBLIC USE THE NECESSARY PROPERTY INTEREST FROM SHU YING WANG, LLC IDENTIFIED OWNER OF RECORD BY THE COLLIN COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND ANY OTHER PERSONS OR ENTITIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST TO THE PROPERTY DEPICTED ON AND DESCRIBES, DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS ATTACHED TO SAID RESOLUTION. SAID DEPICTIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS BEING INCORPORATED IN THEIR ENTIRETY INTO THIS MOTION FOR ALL PURPOSES, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION, ACCESS AND MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. LOCATED AT WEST, LOCATED WEST OF NORTH MCDONALD STREET BETWEEN EAST LOUISIANA STREET AND EAST VIRGINIA STREET ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATE HIGHWAY FIVE UTILITY RELOCATION PROJECT, I WILL. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN FELTUS, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. ROLL CALL, MR. MAYOR. ROLL CALL. BIG BOLD LETTERS AT THE BOTTOM. COUNCIL MEMBER. BELLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. CLOUTIER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.FELTUS. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM. FRANKLIN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. YES. MAYOR. OAKES. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. LYNCH. YES. THANK YOU. APPROVE. SEVEN ZERO.
[26-0584 Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Amend and Change the Boundaries and Size of the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number One by Adding Approximately 15.7 Acres of Land, and Accompanying Ordinance]
GOOD. NEXT. THE MOTION WAS APPROVED. NEXT ITEM 26-058 FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A REQUEST TO AMEND AND CHANGE THE BOUNDARIES AND SIZE OF THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.NUMBER ONE, BY ADDING APPROXIMATELY 15.7 ACRES OF LAND. MR. REILLY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS JUST AS DESCRIBED A REQUEST TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARY. SO THIS IS THE FIRST REQUEST OF ITS KIND SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE TERSE STATE LAW DOES ALLOW THE PROPERTY OWNER, OR A MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN AN AREA TO REQUEST THE EXPANSION OF THIS TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. AND SO WE HAVE FOLLOWED THOSE PROCEDURES IN RECEIVING THE APPLICATION MATERIALS, VERIFYING OWNERSHIP, AND BRINGING FORWARD THIS ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING. JUST TO KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE REQUEST ENTAILS, WE'VE GOT THE MAP HERE ON THE SCREEN. THIS PROPERTY IS ROUGHLY. 15 ACRES, AND THIS IS A SITE THAT IS CURRENTLY SLATED TO BE THE PRESIDIO MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH. THIS IS A REQUEST THAT REALLY TRIGGERS A POLICY DISCUSSION, AND IT'S A POLICY DECISION. WHEN THE ORIGINAL WAS ESTABLISHED, THIS IS NOT AN AREA THAT WAS INCLUDED. A COUPLE DIFFERENT REASONS. THAT COULD BE. ONE OF THE PRIMARY BEING THAT WHEN YOU ESTABLISH A TOURS, THERE IS A LIMIT TO THE AMOUNT OR PERCENTAGE OF AN AREA THAT CAN BE FOR RESIDENTIAL USES OR RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREAS. AND SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL PRODUCT TYPE THAT THE DEVELOPER IS HOPING TO BRING FORWARD. SO AS A CITY, WE WOULD ACTUALLY WE'RE ALREADY AT THAT LIMIT IN OUR TOURS. WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND CAPTURE THIS. SO THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS CAN EXPAND IN THIS AREA FOR RESIDENTIAL USE IS BY PETITION FOR THE LANDOWNER, WHICH IS THIS SITUATION IN GENERAL, THE QUESTION AT HAND FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER IS, WHAT DO YOU SEE
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FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS PROPERTY? AND THEN FINANCIALLY, HOW DO YOU WANT TO HAVE THE AD VALOREM TAXES THAT COME FROM THIS PROPERTY ALLOCATED IN THE ENTIRE TOURS? ONE BOUNDARY THAT EXISTS TODAY, THERE IS A COUNTY PORTION OF PROPERTY TAXES THAT GO INTO A FUND, INTO THE FUND.IN THIS INSTANCE, I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT AT THIS MOMENT, WE ARE NOT ASKING THE COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE FOR THIS PROPERTY. THIS REQUEST CAME FORWARD FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. AND SO IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO GO AHEAD AND REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY AT THIS TIME. IT WOULD JUST BE THE CITY'S PORTION. BUT REALLY THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE IS THAT IF THE BOUNDARY WERE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THIS AREA, ANY INCREASE IN THE TAXABLE VALUATION WOULD BE ADDED TO AND CAPTURED IN THE TOUR'S NUMBER ONE FUND BALANCE. IF IT WERE NOT TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT TOUR'S ONE BOUNDARY AND DEVELOPMENT WERE TO OCCUR, THAT INCREASED PROPERTY VALUE THAT WE CAN ASSUME WOULD OCCUR WOULD GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND NOT BE RESTRICTED. SO STAFF DOES NOT HAVE A RECOMMENDATION PER SE, ON WHICH WAY. WE THINK THAT YOU ALL SHOULD GO ON THIS ITEM. WE REALLY JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THE FACTS, THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE DECISION, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT. QUESTIONS. ANYONE? OKAY. DIRECTION. SORRY, JUST I MENTIONED THIS IN THE TOURS ONE MEETING WE JUST HAD, BUT YOU MAY NOT HAVE THIS READILY AVAILABLE IN TERMS OF THE TOWN CENTER STUDY THAT WAS DONE AS A PRECURSOR TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TOURS, THE MAJORITY, IF NOT EVERY OTHER PART OF THE REZONING THAT HAPPENED IN THE TOWN CENTER STUDY IS WITHIN THE TOURS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIS PROPERTY. OR MAYBE THERE'S A COUPLE OF OUT PARCELS. BUT THIS PIECE OVER HERE, BECAUSE IT IS MIXED USE, SO TO SPEAK, GOT TO BE INCLUDED IN INTO THAT UNDEVELOPED IS INCLUDED IN THE TOURS. THE NORTH PORTION OF OF THE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COTTON MILL COTTON COMPRESS.
YES. I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. THE COTTON COMPRESS. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. SO IT WAS INCLUDED. ALL OF DOWNTOWN'S INCLUDED. THE THIS EAST SIDE REDEVELOPMENT AREA WAS INCLUDED IN THE COTTON. THE NORTH SIDE OF THE COTTON MILL WAS INCLUDED IN THE TOWN CENTER STUDY. AND THEN ALSO THE TOURS. BUT THIS WAS EXCLUDED BECAUSE WE MET A RESIDENTIAL CAP. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO SOME MORE RESEARCH ON SPECIFICALLY WHAT HAPPENED, BUT I KNOW THAT WE ARE AT THAT RESIDENTIAL CAP. AND SO INTUITIVELY, YOU CAN THINK THAT THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I THINK, COUPLED WITH I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WERE ANY PROJECT PROPOSALS AT THE TIME FOR THIS PROPERTY, AS THERE ARE NOW. I KNOW THAT THERE WERE FOR THE COTTON MILL JUST TO THE NORTH. OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS SOME EARLY FUNDING FOR SOME PARKING IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT SITE THAT WERE COMING OUT OF THE TOURS. AND SO I THINK THAT WAS DEFINITELY A COMPONENT FROM THAT TOWN CENTER STUDY. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS THERE WAS AS MUCH MOMENTUM AT THE TIME FOR THIS PROPERTY. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THE RESIDENTIAL KIND OF CAP ON THE PERCENTAGE OF PARCELS. YEAH. SORRY TO CONFUSE YOU WITH COTTON MILL AND COTTON COMPRESS, LOTS OF COTTON. LOTS OF COTTON. THAT'S RIGHT. LOTS OF DENIM.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANYONE ELSE? OTHER COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE DIRECTION OR MOTION? IS THERE A PUBLIC HEARING? MR. MAYOR, THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SORRY.
YES, I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. IF YOU COME TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL. PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. MR. BOB ROEDER, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, BOB ROEDER, 1700, REDBUD, SUITE 300. MCKINNEY. I'M ACTUALLY HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LANDOWNERS THAT OWN 100% OF THE INTEREST IN THE PARCEL IN QUESTION HERE TO TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMAN BELLER, I THINK THIS WAS OMITTED FROM THE TOURS BECAUSE YOU DID HIT A RESIDENTIAL CAP. AND THE STATE LAW PROVIDES THE LANDOWNERS THEMSELVES CAN BRING IT IN BY PETITION IF IT'S ACCEPTED BY THE COUNCIL AND THE TOURS BOARD.
AND THAT DOES NOT COUNT AGAINST THE 30% CAP THAT WAS IMPOSED AT THE OUTSET. I THINK THE POINT HERE, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND MY CLIENT'S PERSPECTIVE, IS THIS PROPERTY IS PART OF THE
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TOWN CENTER STUDY, AND IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE SAME VENUE, THE SAME TOURS THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE OTHER ELEMENTS IN THAT TOWN CENTER STUDY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR FUNDING AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT GETTING INSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOURS IS A BARRIER TO ENTRY.AND WE'RE TRYING TO TO JUMP THAT BARRIER TO START WITH, TO GET THROUGH THAT BARRIER TO START WITH THE. I THINK IT IT'S I THINK THAT THE CRITICAL DECISION HERE, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IS AS THIS PROPERTY DEVELOPS, WOULDN'T IT BE WOULDN'T IT MAKE SENSE TO CAPTURE THAT INCREMENT, THAT TAX INCREMENT IN THE TERMS BECAUSE IT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY GOING FORWARD TO GENERATE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF AD VALOREM TAX, EVEN THOUGH WE TALK ABOUT IT BEING RESIDENTIAL, AS YOU KNOW, IF IT'S HIGH RISE MULTIFAMILY, THOSE ARE BIG, BIG DOLLARS IN TERMS OF AD VALOREM VALUE. SO IT'S GOING TO ADD, IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ADD QUITE A BIT TO YOUR TOURS. SO. I WOULD, I'D REQUEST YOUR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION OF THIS ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENTS. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. ROEDER. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MR. MAYOR, BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION, I WANT TO SAY THAT I AGREE. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS MERITORIOUS, OF CONSIDERATION OF TOURS. THIS IS A PIECE OF LAND THAT I DON'T EVEN THINK IT HAS STORM SEWERS.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS VERY ANCIENT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY HEAVY LIFT FOR ANYONE TO COME AND ADDRESS THIS. AND SO I RESPECT THE ASK. I'M GOING TO VOTE NO BECAUSE THIS TOURS HAS SO MANY PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE SO CLOSE TO THIS DOWNTOWN. I ALWAYS MAKE THE ANALOGY OF A PIG IN A PYTHON. PYTHON CAN EAT A PIG, BUT IT CAN'T EAT TOO MANY RIGHT NOW.
THIS TOURS HAS CITY HALL THAT IT'S EATEN. IT'S GOT VENUE, WHICH IS HUGE AND WE'RE FIXING TO HAVE PARKING. GARAGE IS MAYBE MORE THAN ONE HERE DOWNTOWN. SO THESE ARE SOME THINGS WE'VE ALREADY GOT SOME THINGS THAT IN MY MIND ARE HIGHER PRIORITY THAN THIS. I HAVE NO QUESTION THAT ANOTHER COUNCIL THAT'S HAD SUCCESS WITH SOME OF THE PIGS WE HAVE IN THE PYTHON OUGHT NOT TAKE THIS UP. I JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT COUNCIL TO DO IT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MR. MAYOR? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THIS ITEM. HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKLIN TO APPROVE THE ITEMS FOR PRESENTED.
NO. I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BELLER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? WAS YOUR MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. APPROVE THE MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKLIN WAS TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED IN THAT SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BELLER. ANY DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. THAT MOTION CARRIES BY A VOTE OF SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE AGAINST NEXT ITEM. THAT IS OUR LAST PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS regarding matters not on the agenda]
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY NON AGENDA ITEM. WE'LL HAVE A NUMBER OF CARDS. WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM. MAKE SURE THE MICROPHONE IS OVER SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. AND THEN FACE THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THEN AGAIN THE TIMER IS ON THE SCREEN UP HERE. SO WITH THAT WE WILL START OUR. YEAH, YEAH. FIRST CARD SPEAKERS PLURAL. MR. MAYOR, THEY CAME AND ASKED ME IF THEY COULD EACH SPEAK INDEPENDENTLY AT EACH GET THEIR THREE MINUTES, AND I GRANTED CONSENT TO THAT WHICH IS ABOVE MY MY PAY GRADE. BUT YOU NEED TO HONOR IT NOW, WELL ABOVE THE PAY GRADE. GUMMY BEARS, FRUIT CEREAL, COTTON CANDY, VANILLA CUSTARD, AND RED RASPBERRY. THESE ARE FLAVORS, RIGHT? SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD GET FOR CANDY OR SOMETHING YOU[00:30:05]
WOULD GET FOR ICE CREAM AT BRAUM'S OR YOUR LOCAL WALMART. RIGHT? SOMETHING YOU WOULD WANT IN YOUR ICE CREAM CONE. BUT THE ONLY ISSUE IS THAT'S NOT WHAT'S EXACTLY HAPPENING TODAY. THESE ARE VAPE FLAVORS, E-CIGARETTE FLAVORS, FLAVORS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN, SUPPOSED TO BE DESIGNED FOR ADULTS 21 AND OLDER, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT BEING SOLD TO ADULTS. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS MONICA GIULIANI. AND JOINING ME IS JABARI, AND WE REPRESENT THE WILLOW INITIATIVE, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TRYING TO STOP THIS VERY ISSUE. FLAVORED E-CIGARETTES ARE THE TOP REASON THAT YOUTH ARE PICKING UP VAPING TODAY. CANDY DESSERT FLAVORS, THESE ARE PSYCHOLOGICAL ANCHORS. THEY'RE MAKING NICOTINE PRODUCTS FEEL LIKE A TREAT, LIKE SOMETHING SAFE TO HAVE. ONE VAPE DEVICE CONTAINS AS MUCH NICOTINE AS AN ENTIRE PACK OF CIGARETTES, AND IT ALL COMES IN FLAVORS SUCH AS GUMMY BEARS, COTTON CANDY, TROPICAL FRUIT. AND THAT'S ALL MARKETING. THIS FLAVOR IS THE FIRST LIE, AND THAT NICOTINE IS THE HOOK FOR THESE TEENAGERS. KIDS ARE DYING. BETWEEN 2015 AND 2023, THERE ARE MORE THAN 2700 REPORTED CASES OF SEIZURES IN PEOPLE DYING DUE TO VAPING EVERY SINGLE DAY, 2300 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLERS TRY VAPING FOR THE FIRST TIME. WHEN YOU ADD EDIBLES INTO THE MIX, SUCH AS GUMMY BEARS AND FRUIT SNACKS, WHICH ARE DESIGNED EXACTLY LIKE CANDY. EVEN KIDS WHO CAN'T READ LABELS THINK IT'S CANDY IN THEIR OWN HOUSEHOLDS, AND ATTEMPT TO HAVE IT WITHOUT EVEN BEING ABLE TO READ THE LABELS FIRST. THEY'RE GETTING ADDICTED WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING WHAT THEY'RE TAKING. THIS CRISIS IS REAL AND IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 20 YEARS AGO, THE ISSUE WAS DIFFERENT. TOBACCO COMPANIES WERE FACING LITIGATION AND REGULATION LAWSUITS REGARDING CIGARETTES REGARDING CIGARETTES. BUT TODAY, THAT LANDSCAPE LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT WHEN IT COMES TO ADDICTION. VAPES ARE BEING EVERYWHERE, AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY THREAT ANYMORE. CANNABIS EDIBLES SHAPED LIKE CANDIES AND FRUITS AND FRUIT SNACKS, AND EVEN CHOCOLATE BARS, ARE BEING SOLD IN CONVENIENCE STORES AND GAS STATIONS, THE VERY SAME PLACES WHERE ALSO VAPES SIT.TODAY. THC AND CBD PRODUCTS ARE ALSO BEING MARKETED WITH THE EXACT SAME FLAVOR GUMMY BEARS, FRUIT SNACKS, AND CHOCOLATE BARS, MAKING THEM INDISTINGUISHABLE WHEN IT COMES TO REGULAR CANDY. FOR A PARENT WHO SIMPLY SHOPPING, THIS IS HAPPENING IN OUR VERY OWN NEIGHBORHOODS IN MCKINNEY GAS STATIONS AND VAPE SHOPS LOCATED VERY CLOSE WITHIN A ONE MILE RADIUS OR WALKABLE DISTANCE FROM MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS, LITERALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. THIS EDIBLE MARKET IS ALSO GROWING BY MORE THAN 40%, AFFECTING HIGH SCHOOLERS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLERS EVERY SINGLE DAY. THERE ARE REASONS WHY WE CREATED THE INITIATIVE, AND THESE ARE THOSE REASONS. AND HERE'S JABARI TALKED MORE ABOUT THE WILLOW INITIATIVE.
GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS RICHARD JABARI, AND I AM ALSO A LEADER OF THE WILLOW INITIATIVE, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. IN ORDER TO COMBAT THE ISSUE OF DRUG USAGE, OUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN DEDICATED IN MANY TEAMS, AND AS MY PEER, MONICA DISCUSSED, SUBSTANCE USE AMONG TEENAGERS HAS INCREASINGLY BECOME A SERIOUS ISSUE, AND THE WILLOW INITIATIVE WAS CREATED TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. BUT WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE. OUR ORGANIZATION HAS THESE TEAMS, WHETHER THEY'RE IN ENGINEERING, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, LAW, FINANCE, AND PUBLIC AWARENESS. OUR ENGINEERING TEAM, FOR EXAMPLE, IS DEVELOPING A VAPE FUME DETECTOR TO HELP INDIVIDUALS IN SCHOOLS COMBAT YOUTH VAPING. OUR OUTREACH TEAM ORGANIZES AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, FIVE K RUNS, BAKE SALES, COMMUNITY FUNDRAISERS. OTHER TEAMS WORK TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS WITH HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, REHABILITATION CENTERS, SCHOOLS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. NOW, THESE INITIATIVES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE, BUT ONLY IF THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO SUCCEED. DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY, HOSTING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, ORGANIZING COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND EXPANDING OUTREACH EFFORTS ALL REQUIRE FUNDING WITHOUT FINANCIAL SUPPORT. MANY OF THESE PROJECTS SIMPLY JUST REMAIN IDEAS RATHER THAN SOLUTIONS. EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED ALLOWS US TO REACH MORE STUDENTS, EDUCATE MORE FAMILIES, AND PROVIDE GREATER SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ON THE FRONT LINES OF SUBSTANCE PREVENTION AND RECOVERY. THAT IS WHY WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TODAY. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST FUNDING OF WHATEVER DOLLAR AMOUNT YOU THINK IS BEST FOR OUR PROJECT, TO EXPAND OUR PROGRAMS AND MAXIMIZE OUR IMPACTS. WE ALSO ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER REGULATIONS THAT WOULD PLACE VAPE AND TOBACCO RETAILERS FARTHER FROM SCHOOLS, REDUCING ACCESSIBILITY AND EXPOSURE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. JUST ACROSS MOSS MIDDLE SCHOOL, FOUR MINUTES WALKS IS A SMOKE AND PUFF SHOP. FINALLY, WE ASKED FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY ON AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS SO THAT PREVENTION CAN REACH EVERY CORNER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THE WILLOW INITIATIVE IS READY TO DO WORK. WE HAVE THE VOLUNTEERS, WE HAVE THE IDEAS,
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WE HAVE THE COMMITMENT. BUT NOW WHAT WE NEED IS YOUR SUPPORT. TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE MEANINGFUL ACTIONS TO PROTECT OUR YOUTH AND CREATE A HEALTHIER FUTURE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU BOTH. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, DEBBIE LINDSTROM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I'M DEBBIE LINDSTROM, I'M THE TEXAS ELECTIONS DIRECTOR FOR CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM. PROVERBS 2023 SAYS THIS UNEQUAL WEIGHTS ARE AN ABOMINATION TO THE LORD AND FALSE SCALES ARE NOT GOOD. I'M GOING TO ASK THIS COUNCIL TO PUT TWO THINGS ON THE SCALE TONIGHT, AND TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE ON ONE SIDE. RAMADAN 30 DAYS. MAYOR COX ISSUED A PROCLAMATION ON MARCH 17TH, 2026, RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 17TH THROUGH MARCH 19TH AS THE MONTH OF RAMADAN IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. 30 DAYS ON THE SCALE. ON THE OTHER SIDE, FATHERS, THE MEN WHO COACHED YOUR LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM. THE MEN WHO SAT IN THE WAITING ROOM WHILE YOU WERE BORN, THE MEN WHO WORKED DOUBLE SHIFTS SO YOU COULD GO TO COLLEGE, THE MEN WHO SHOWED UP EVERY DAY AND ASKED NOTHING IN RETURN. CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM DID NOT COME IN HERE LOUD. WE CAME PRIVATELY. WE BROUGHT DATA. WE BROUGHT A PROCLAMATION. WE ASKED FOR 30 DAYS, THE SAME, 30 DAYS ALREADY GIVEN TO SOMEONE ELSE. WHAT DID MAYOR COX PUT ON THE FATHERS SIDE? ONE DAY, JUNE 21ST, A DAY HALLMARK ALREADY OWNS A DAY THAT REQUIRES NOTHING FROM THIS CITY, COSTS NOTHING, AND COMMITS TO NOTHING ONE DAY AGAINST 30. EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM HAS A FATHER. SOME OF YOU HAD MEN WHO SHOWED UP EVERY SINGLE DAY. SOME OF YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT FEELS LIKE WHEN THEY DID NOT. EITHER WAY, YOU KNOW FATHERS MATTER. THIS COUNCIL KNOWS THAT FATHERS MATTER. THE MAYOR SAID SO HIMSELF IN THE PROCLAMATION THAT HE SIGNED. EVERY FATHER IN MCKINNEY DESERVES TO STAND ON THE SAME SCALE AS EVERYONE ELSE.I'M ASKING YOU TO RECOGNIZE RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD MONTH TO MAKE THE SCALES EVEN. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MISS LINDSTROM. NEXT, SPEAKER, COULD YOU LINE, LINE EVERYBODY UP? IT'LL GO A LITTLE QUICKER. MIKE MADDEN. GOOD EVENING. I WANT TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO DIRECT QUESTION.
WHAT IS THE STANDARD FOR A PROCLAMATION IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY? MAYOR COX IS WILLING TO ISSUE A PROCLAMATION FOR RAMADAN. THAT PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZED A MONTH LONG OBSERVANCE, NAMED IT SPECIFICALLY, AND ACKNOWLEDGED ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO A COMMUNITY OF RESIDENTS. THAT IS HOW PROCLAMATIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK. BUT WHEN CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM BROUGHT FORWARD A REQUEST TO RECOGNIZE JUNE AS RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD MONTH, A REQUEST BACKED BY U.S. CENSUS DATA RESEARCH FROM THE NATIONAL FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE AND DOCUMENTED STATISTICS ABOUT THE HARMFUL FATHERLESSNESS CAUSES TO CHILDREN. WHAT DID THIS MAYOR ISSUE? A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING ONE DAY, JUNE 21ST, FATHERS DAY, A DAY EVERY AMERICAN ALREADY OBSERVES WITHOUT ANY ACTION FROM THIS COUNCIL. MAYOR COX, IF RAMADAN IS WORTHY OF A MONTH LONG PROCLAMATION FROM THIS CITY, THEN A DOCUMENTED CRISIS AFFECTING 1 IN 3 TEXAS CHILDREN IS WORTHY OF ONE. TWO. THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER FATHERS MATTER. YOU SAID THEY DO IN THE VERY PROCLAMATION YOU SIGNED. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THIS MAYOR IS WILLING TO APPLY THE SAME STANDARD TO EVERY COMMUNITY THAT COMES BEFORE THIS COUNCIL. WE ARE ASKING FOR NOTHING MORE THAN WHAT WAS ALREADY GIVEN TO OTHERS A FULL MONTH, A REAL PROCLAMATION, A GENUINE COMMITMENT. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO CORRECT THE RECORD TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MADDEN. NEXT SPEAKER, SHANNON AYERS. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SHANNON AYERS. I'M THE TEXAS EDUCATION DIRECTOR FOR CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM, AND
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I LIVE IN FRISCO, TEXAS. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO READ INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD THE RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD MONTH PROCLAMATION DEVELOPED BY CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM OF FAITH. THE PROCLAMATION THIS COUNCIL WAS ASKED TO ADOPT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. IT SAYS IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. WHEREAS EVERYONE DESERVES A CHANCE TO REACH ONE'S FULL POTENTIAL, AND WE HAVE A MORAL AND ECONOMIC DUTY TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN AND TO PROMOTE POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR YOUTH THROUGH EARLY INTERVENTION, QUALITY EDUCATION AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS. AND WHEREAS FATHERS, WHETHER BIOLOGICAL, A FATHER FIGURE, FOSTER OR ADOPTIVE, DESERVE OUR HONOR AND GRATITUDE. AND. WHEREAS GOOD FATHERING AND CO-PARENTING DURING INFANCY, CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE CONTRIBUTES TO EMOTIONAL SECURITY AND HAS OVERWHELMING POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND OTHER SECTORS. AND WHEREAS CHILDREN ARE LESS LIKELY TO FACE POVERTY, INFANT MORTALITY AND ABUSE OR NEGLECT WHEN THERE IS AN INVOLVED FATHER IN THEIR LIVES.AND WHEREAS STRONG FAMILIES ARE THE FOUNDATION OF THRIVING COMMUNITIES, ESSENTIAL AS WE ADDRESS CHALLENGES LIKE ADDICTION, TEEN PREGNANCY, CRIME AND AND SCHOOL DROPOUT.
NOW, THEREFORE, I DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE JUNE AS RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD MONTH. SO THAT IS WHAT CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM FAITH WAS ASKING FOR. THIS IS WHAT OUR CHILDREN IN MCKINNEY NEEDED THIS COUNCIL TO SAY, AND I URGE THIS COUNCIL TO ADOPT THIS PROCLAMATION IN FULL BEFORE. EXCUSE ME, BEFORE JUNE ENDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS AYERS. NEXT SPEAKER, TOM KLEIN, MR. KLEIN. YES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TOM KLEIN. I'M A RESIDENT OF MCKINNEY, LIVING AT 8001 SOUTH BALLANTRAE DRIVE. I'M UP HERE BECAUSE I'M EMBARRASSED THAT THIS COUNCIL WON'T CONSIDER OR HASN'T BEEN WILLING TO CONSIDER THIS, THIS RESOLUTION. I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO BECOME LIKE THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WHERE THEY WON'T EVEN REFER TO FATHERS. THEY REFER TO FATHERS AS NON GESTATING PARENTS. NOW, DO YOU ALL WANT TO TO, TO GO DOWN IN, IN, IN THE PUBLIC IN THE SAME WAY AS THE STATE OF NEW YORK? I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK WE WE DESERVE TO, TO SEE OUR COUNCIL SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION. AND IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT IF YOU DON'T. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. KLEIN. NEXT SPEAKER, PAUL BIAS STAROS. PAUL BY 6508.
MARVIN GARDENS, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, 75070. I'M NOT ONLY A RESIDENT, I'M ALSO THE FOUNDER OF THE NONPROFIT EMMANUEL LABOR. AND OUR MISSION, IN SHORT, IS REMOVING THE LESSNESS FROM HOMELESSNESS IN JESUS NAME. AND I WANTED TO SHARE TONIGHT A GLIMPSE OF WHAT I SHARE EVERY TIME WE DO OUTREACH. SO HERE WE GO. I'M NOT BOB ROSS. HERE IS THE WORLD, AND THE WORLD IS BROKEN. AND IT'S NOT PHYSICS THAT ARE BROKEN. IT'S YOU AND I THAT ARE BROKEN. AND WE'RE COMPELLED BY THIS BROKENNESS TO CHOOSE OR SEEK OUT POWER, POPULARITY, PRESTIGE THROUGH PERFORMANCE, OR WE JUST PRESCRIBE OURSELVES PLEASURE. BUT THAT BROKEN RESPONSE IS ACTUALLY KEEPING US STUCK. AND WE NEED TO BE REMINDED THAT BROKENNESS DOES NOT MEAN INCOMPLETENESS. IN FACT, WHEN GOD CREATED EVERYTHING IN THE BEGINNING, HE FORMED IT, HE FILLED IT, AND HE FINISHED IT, AND HE DID IT OUT OF LOVE. AND HE WANTS YOU AND I TO UNDERSTAND LOVE. AND HE GAVE US CHOICE, INCLUDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT CHOOSE HIM.
AND BACK HERE IN PARADISE, WE MADE THIS CHOICE THAT HAS LED TO THIS BROKENNESS, AND THAT COULD BE SUMMED UP IN A WORD CALLED SIN, WHICH JUST LITERALLY MEANS WITHOUT OR THINKING, WITHOUT LOVE. BUT IN HIS INFINITE LOVE AND HIS INFINITE WISDOM, HE HAD A PLAN FOR US. AND WHILE WE'RE STILL SINNERS, HE INTERRUPTED THIS BROKEN WORLD AND CAME IN THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST. AND HE INTERRUPTED. AND HE INVITED US TO KNOW THAT WE WERE MADE BY LOVE, FOR LOVE TO LOVE, AND THAT HE LOVES US SO MUCH THAT HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR US. AND HE DIED FOR US ON A CROSS, AND HE INVITED ANYONE IN THIS BROKEN WORLD THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO ADMIT THAT THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO THINK WITHOUT LOVE, AND THAT WOULD BELIEVE IN THEIR HEART AND CONFESS THEIR MOUTH THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN AND WOULD PUT HIM FIRST IN THEIR LIFE. MAKE HIM LORD OVER THE LIFE, THAT HE WOULD TAKE AWAY THEIR SIN AND MAKE THEM A NEW CREATION. THE OLD IS GONE. EVERYTHING IS NEW AND GUARANTEE REENTRY BACK TO PARADISE. BUT
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JUST LIKE AT THE BEGINNING, IT WASN'T FINISHED THERE. WE'RE NOT FINISHED THERE EITHER. GOD, THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTS TO DWELL IN US AND LEAD US IN TRUTH AND IN LOVE, AND USE US TO SHOW PEOPLE IN THIS BROKEN WORLD THE NARROW WAY THAT CAN BE SHOWN TO YOU, BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S DYING AND COMING BACK AGAIN IS NOT OBVIOUS. IT'S NOT INSTINCT. IT NEEDS TO BE INTRODUCED AND IT NEEDS TO BE EXPLAINED. AND MOST THINGS IN THIS LIFE THAT NEED THAT LEAD TOWARDS THRIVING, NEED TO BE INTRODUCED AND EXPLAINED. AND YOUR NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE NOT UNWILLING TO LEARN. WHAT THEY NEED IS MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO COME OUT AND SHARE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. VICE. AND NEXT SPEAKER, JEFF HALL. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JEFF HALL, AND I'M A MCKINNEY RESIDENT.TOMORROW WILL BE MY DECEASED FATHER'S BIRTHDAY. SO IT WAS VERY TIMELY. AND OF COURSE, FATHER'S DAY IS COMING UPON US AND I WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER HOW PROFOUND AND POSITIVE AN IMPACT MY FATHER HAD ON MY LIFE. SO I WANT TO ASK ABOUT A SPECIFIC AND VERIFIABLE FACT. ON MARCH 17TH OF THIS YEAR, MAYOR COX STOOD AT THIS DAIS AND ISSUED A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 17TH THROUGH MARCH 19TH AS THE MONTH OF RAMADAN IN MCKINNEY AS A FULL 30 DAYS, THE MCKINNEY ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION WAS INVITED TO OPEN THAT MEETING WITH AN INVOCATION. THEIR REPRESENTATIVE SPOKE. THE MAYOR SIGNED THE PROCLAMATION.
THE CITY SHOWED UP. NOW, GENERALLY, I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO PROCLAMATIONS REQUESTED BY OTHERS. NO, NONE AT ALL. HOWEVER, I DO ASK THAT THIS COUNCIL GIVE THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION TO WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT RAMADAN PROCLAMATION. CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM FAITH BROUGHT FORWARD A REQUEST TO RECOGNIZE JUNE AS RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD MONTH.
THE REQUEST WAS BACKED BY U.S. CENSUS BUREAU DATA SHOWING 1 IN 4 AMERICAN CHILDREN LIVE WITHOUT A FATHER IN THE HOME. IT'S BACKED BY RESEARCH SHOWING THAT 71% OF HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS COME FROM FATHERLESS HOMES, AS BACKED BY NATIONAL FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE ESTIMATE OF OVER. AND I HAD TO CONFIRM THIS MYSELF. I GOT THIS DATA FROM ANOTHER SOURCE. I HAD TO DOUBLE DIP ON IT. 100 BILLION. THAT NUMBER JUST KNOCKED ME OVER, ACTUALLY $154 BILLION PER YEAR IN TAXPAYER COSTS, TIED DIRECTLY TO A FATHER'S ABSENCE. IT'S MIND BOGGLING. THE CITY COUNCIL'S RESPONSE TO THAT REQUEST, HOWEVER, WAS A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING, AS WE ALL NOW ARE ABUNDANTLY AWARE, ONE DAY, JUNE 21ST, A DAY THAT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY ALREADY OBSERVES WITHOUT ANY ACTION, NOT ONE FINGER LIFTED BY THIS CITY. 30 DAYS FOR ONE COMMUNITY, ONE DAY FOR FATHERS. I'M NOT ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM ANYONE. I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO APPLY THE SAME STANDARD TO EVERY GROUP THAT WALKS THROUGH THAT DOOR.
30 DAYS, A REAL PROCLAMATION, THE SAME RESPECT THAT THE COUNCIL EXTENDED IN MARCH.
MCKINNEY'S CHILDREN ARE WATCHING. SHOW THEM THAT THEIR FATHERS MATTER, TOO. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. HALL. NEXT SPEAKER, DANIELLE PIERCE. I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCED.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL, I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE HOMELESS OWNERS ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. IT'S OKAY. YOU CAN LAUGH AT THE JOKE, BUT WE DECIDED TO START AN HOA IN ORDER TO ADVOCATE FOR OURSELVES IN A MORE COHESIVE WAY. WE MADE AN ART INSTALLATION. WE'RE CALLING. YOU CAN'T CUT IT. YOU CAN'T CUT US DOWN. IT'S A VICTORIAN LANGUAGE OF THE FLOWERS WILDFLOWER BOUQUET, WHICH WE'VE PLANTED AROUND THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. IT BASICALLY MEANS MAY THE SPIRIT OF TEXAS PROTECT THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF THE FUTURE WITH RESILIENCY, PERSEVERANCE, AND ABOVE ALL, GRIT. I'M GOING TO BE COMING IN HERE FOR FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF VERY LOW BUDGET, VERY EASILY
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IMPLEMENTABLE PROPOSALS, WHICH WE WOULD LIKE THE CITY'S ATTENTION ON. AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE'RE EXISTING. WE'RE FORMING STUFF UP. AND YEAH, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, EVERYONE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER ASHLEY LOUDEN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE. MY NAME IS ASHLEY LOUDEN AND I AM A MCKINNEY RESIDENT. THE LAST TIME I STOOD BEFORE THIS BODY, I ASKED WHAT POLICIES ARE IN PLACE TO ENSURE IMPARTIALITY WHEN IT COMES TO PROCLAMATIONS. I RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT ISSUING A FULL MONTH PROCLAMATION FOR RAMADAN WHILE APPLYING A DIFFERENT STANDARD TO OTHER REQUESTS. TODAY I AM HERE BECAUSE THAT DOUBLE STANDARD HAS BECOME IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.RESIDENTS ASK FOR A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE AS FATHER'S DAY, A MONTH TO HONOR FATHERS WHO BUILD OUR FAMILIES AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITIES.
THEY RECEIVED A PROCLAMATION. HOWEVER, IT WAS FOR ONE DAY, TWO DAYS, AND RAMADAN RECEIVED 30. WHY IS THAT? IF THIS COUNCIL PRACTICE IS TO CELEBRATE MEANINGFUL OBSERVANCES WITH EXTENDED RECOGNITION, THEN FATHERS DAY DESERVE THE SAME COURTESY. IF PROCLAMATIONS ARE KEPT BRIEF AND LIMITED TO THE ACTUAL DATE, THEN RAMADAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN TREATED IDENTICALLY. THE DISPARITY IS NOT MINOR. IT REVEALS CLEAR FAVORITISM. EACH OF YOU TOOK AN OATH TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS COUNTRY, THUS SHOWING FAVORITISM AND RELIGIOUS PROCLAMATIONS. HONOR THAT OATH. I AM NOT ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO PICK SIDES. I AM ASKING IT TO PICK CONSISTENTLY AND PICK CONSISTENCY, ADOPT CLEAR VIEW VIEWPOINT NEUTRAL GUIDELINES FOR ALL FUTURE PROCLAMATIONS, RELIGIOUS OR OTHERWISE. APPLY THE SAME RULES TO EVERY REQUEST OR RECONSIDER THE PRACTICE OF GOVERNMENT ISSUED PROCLAMATIONS ALTOGETHER. BECAUSE THE MOMENT GOVERNMENT STARTS CHOOSING WHOSE MONTH MATTERS MORE, IT STOPS BECOMING. IT STOPS BEING A GOVERNMENT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE ONE STANDARD AND ONE CITY AND ONE LAW FOR ALL. AND I DIDN'T PLAN TO SHARE THIS, BUT IT WAS ON MY HEART. AS I WAS SITTING DOWN WAITING TO SPEAK. DECEMBER 23RD WE BURIED OF 2025. I HAD TO BURY MY BABY BROTHER. HE WAS 22 YEARS OLD AND I AM THE OLDEST OF FOUR. AND WE HAD A STEPFATHER WHO HAS BEEN IN MY LIFE SINCE I WAS THREE AT MY BABY BROTHER'S SERVICE, HIS FUNERAL SERVICE.
HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER WAS THERE. HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER WAS ABSENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE, AND MY STEPFATHER WAS THERE. DO YOU KNOW WHO HELPED CARRY MY BABIES BROTHER'S CASKET? MY STEPFATHER.
AND THAT'S WHY FATHERS ARE IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS LOUDEN. NEXT SPEAKER, MARTHA SUE MONROE. HELLO, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I'M GLAD TO BE WITH YOU TODAY. I AM HERE BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF A REPORT ON WHAT HAPPENED AT THE APEX POOL IN AT THE END OF MAY. IT'S ALMOST BEEN A MONTH. IT WAS A TRAGIC THING. I AM FROM MCKINNEY, FROM CHILDHOOD TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S NEVER BEEN A PERSON, A CHILD OR AN ADULT THAT DROWNED IN ONE OF OUR CITY POOLS, AND I THINK IT IS TIME FOR US TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND TO PUT WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE PUT IN PLACE SO THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY MORE DROWNINGS IN CITY POOLS. AND MCKINNEY. I KNOW THAT MOTHER MUST HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED. I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE SEEING YOUR CHILD UNDER THE WATER, PULLING HER OUT. AND I'M SURE THE REST OF THE FAMILY, THE BROTHER AND MAYBE THE GRANDMOTHER ARE VERY EQUALLY DEVASTATED. SO PLEASE PROVIDE US A REPORT. IT BOTHERS ME THAT THAT POOL WAS OPEN FOR MY KNOWLEDGE. THE NEXT DAY THERE WAS A TRAGEDY THAT TOOK A LIFE, AND WE DID NOTHING REALLY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. AND I'M
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CONCERNED THAT THE POOL IS OPEN NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A REPORT THAT SAYS, WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO FIX IT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MONROE. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? VERY GOOD. WE WILL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL COMMENTS. COUNCILMAN LYNCH,[COUNCIL AND MANAGER COMMENTS]
COUNCILMAN JONES. GOOD. YOU KNOW, THE PAST MONTH I HAD THE. WELL, WE HAD THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, AND I GOT TO REPRESENT MAYOR COX AND GIVING THE PROCLAMATION AND FINCH PARK HISTORIC FINCH PARK. COUNCILMAN BELLER WAS THERE. COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN GERRY FELTUS WAS THERE. SO IT WAS A GREAT BAND, GREAT TIME, GREAT FELLOWSHIP. AND YESTERDAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO AGAIN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AT THE NFL HALL OF FAME GOLF TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY HELD HERE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. NOW WE HAVE OVER 18 HALL OF FAMERS THAT PLAYED IN THIS GOLF TOURNAMENT YESTERDAY. WE HAD A EVEN ON MY LIST HERE. GOODNESS. WE HAD HALL OF FAMERS LIKE TIM BROWN, RANDY MOSS, ED REED, EMMITT SMITH, DEMARCUS WARE, ISAAC BRUCE, CHARLES HALEY, MAN AND ANTHONY MUNOZ, AND SO ON. SO IT WAS A GREAT BENEFIT FOR MCKINNEY, THE RECOGNITION AND GOT TO SEE THESE GUYS AND HAVE THEM PLAY AT OUR TPC CRAIG RANCH, WHICH JUST HOSTED THE BYRON NELSON AGAIN, GREAT EVENT, GREAT FELLOWSHIP AND HOPE TO SEE MORE LIKE THIS IN MCKINNEY. NEXT, I WANT TO COMMEND THE PARK STAFF. I MEAN, THIS IS A REALLY BUSY TIME OF THE YEAR FOR THEM, AND THEY HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT. THANK GOODNESS THE WEATHER WAS MUCH BETTER THIS YEAR THAN IT'S BEEN IN YEARS PAST. SO IT WASN'T JUST SWELTERING HEAT, AND IT WAS GREAT JUST TO SEE THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER. WE'VE HAD A HARD COUPLE OF WEEKS HERE IN MCKINNEY, YOU KNOW, AND SO IT'S NICE WHEN WE CAN HAVE GATHERINGS WHERE THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY DOES COME TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE TOGETHER. THE CELEBRATION CONTINUES. THE JUNETEENTH SOUL PATROL BIKE RALLY IS GOING TO BE HELD HERE IN MCKINNEY THIS SATURDAY FROM 8 A.M. TO 2:30 P.M. AND I FORGET HOW MANY, I THINK THOUSANDS OF BICYCLERS COME OUT AND THEY'LL BE RIDING THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND OTHER AREAS AS WELL. SO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT HERE. I ALSO WANTED TO CONGRATULATE MADISON CLARK, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS RETENTION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE MCKINNEY EDC. AND WE CAN SAY THAT AS OF TODAY, BECAUSE SHE IS NOW TRANSITIONING AND SHE WILL BE SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE PROSPER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. SO THIS IS A VERY NICE PROMOTION, ALTHOUGH WE ARE VERY SAD TO SEE HER GO. SHE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 11 YEARS AND JUST HAS DONE OUTSTANDING WORK FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND FOR THE EDC. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO EXTEND OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO HER AND HER FAMILY ON THE NEXT STEPS. VERY GOOD. COUNCILMAN BELLER. YEAH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WAS OUT LAST TWO WEEKS AGO, SO I DIDN'T GET TO COMMENT ON THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE THEN. BUT TWO QUICK THINGS. I THOUGHT THE BYRON NELSON WAS A FANTASTIC EVENT. AND OUR AS ALWAYS, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB OF, OF BEING OUT THERE AND BEING PRESENT. AND THEY LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE SOME FUN OUT THERE. ALSO, OUR EDC AND CDC DO AN EXCELLENT JOB OF HOSTING PEOPLE AND SHOWING OFF MCKINNEY. IT WAS ALSO GRADUATION TIME. AND SO I HAD A GRADUATE AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAD GRADUATES. AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADUATES AND ALL THE TEACHERS WHO GET A SUMMER BREAK. THE. SINCE I GOT BACK, I ATTENDED MCKINNEY PRIDE LAST WEEK AND READ A PROCLAMATION FOR PRIDE MONTH. ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT AND I APPRECIATE THEY HAD A FANTASTIC ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR. LAST WEEK I GOT TO GO TO THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, WHERE THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, ALONG WITH OUR PARTNER CITIES AND THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, WON AN AWARD FOR COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION. AND THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING. AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. THIS HAPPENED PROBABLY YEARS AGO AT THIS POINT, BUT STILL SOMETHING THAT THAT REALLY TOOK A LOT OF A LOT OF LIFTING BY OUR REPRESENTATIVES ON THAT BOARD AND ALSO OUR CITY STAFF, AND WAS RECOGNIZED AT THE COG MEETING. IT IS THE WORLD CUP, AND THERE ARE LOTS OF SOCCER GAMES GOING ON. I ENJOY WATCHING SOCCER, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OVER TO TUBBS TO WATCH A SOCCER GAME, YOU SHOULD GO. THEY'VE GOT A FIELD SET UP THERE INVITING PEOPLE. AND I'M NOT TECHNICALLY SUPPOSED TO SAY WORLD CUP, BUT THEY'RE WATCHING SOCCER GAMES OVER THERE, SO YOU[01:00:05]
SHOULD GO DO THAT. MICHAEL, YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB READING THE PROCLAMATION AT JUNETEENTH.IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. LOTS OF PEOPLE THERE, LOTS OF GOOD FOOD. I HAD SOME LEMONADE THAT WAS KEPT ME UP TO ABOUT 2:00. AND LASTLY, DOCTOR FELTUS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS MAYOR PRO TEM. YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AND WAS ALWAYS PROUD TO SEE YOU REPRESENT THE CITY, AND YOU'RE STILL GOING TO REPRESENT THE CITY. BUT NOW AS ONE OF US. SO THANK YOU JUSTIN. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKLIN. GOOD. I HAVE TWO THINGS, MR. MAYOR. NUMBER ONE, I GOT TO REPRESENT YOU AND THE CITY OUT AT MONARCH GARDENS PARK. NOW THAT PARK IS UNDERNEATH THE WATER TOWER OVER THERE AT THE VERY SOUTHWEST CORNER OF GABE NESBITT. AND BACK IN THE DAY WHEN IT WAS FIRST ACTIVATED, THAT PARK WAS, THESE ARE MY WORDS, NOBODY ELSE'S. BUT IT WAS KIND OF NATIVE PLANTS THAT THE EXTENSION AGENTS PUT IN THAT YOU COULD GO AND SEE, WELL, WHAT AM I GOING TO PLANT THE NEW HOUSE THAT PULLED OUT HERE? FILL IN THE BLANK JUST BUILT ME HERE IN MCKINNEY AND THAT THING KIND OF MELTED AWAY. AND SO OUR PARK STAFF DID A GREAT REIMAGINATION OF THAT. ANDREA HOLMES PAINTED A BEAUTIFUL MURAL OUT THERE. BUT NOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT IS I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AS KIND OF A MONARCH WITH MONARCH BUTTERFLIES. WHEN I CAME TO LEARN THAT WHERE THERE'S MONARCH BUTTERFLIES, THEY'RE INSECTS. SO THESE PLANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE ARE GOOD FOR ANY INSECTS. AND THREE OF MY FIVE GRANDKIDS ARE OUT THERE WITH ME. AND WE GOT TO TELL SOME STORIES ABOUT THE WAY THEY ENJOY MCKINNEY PARK. SO THAT WAS A MAGNIFICENT EVENT. AND JUST KUDOS TO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT. THE OTHER ONE IS MORE SOMBER, AND THAT WAS THAT. THE CITY MANAGER AND I GOT TO REPRESENT THE CITY AT THE FUNERAL OF THE YOUNG LADY, THE LITTLE GIRL REALLY, WHO DID DROWN AT APEX POOL. I WILL MAKE A REMARK, MA'AM, THAT THE FIRST THING WE DON'T DO IS COME OUT TO THE CITIZENS. THAT IS THE ABSOLUTE LAST THING THAT WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE DETAILS RIGHT WHEN WE DO IT.
BUT YOUR YOUR FEARS AND YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT ARE UNDERSTOOD AND SHARED WITH CITY STAFF. I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD A DROWNING. I'VE BEEN HERE MCKINNEY 30 YEARS AND I DON'T REMEMBER ONE. OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S BEEN HERE FOR 38 GOING ON 50 AND HE DOESN'T REMEMBER ONE. WE DO TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. I'LL MAKE ONE LAST REMARK ABOUT THAT THEN GET TO THE FUNERAL. THERE WERE 14 BIRTHDAY PARTIES SCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT DAY, AND SO OUR PARK STAFF MADE A GUTSY DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE THAT'S 14 KIDS, THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MISERABLE HAD WE NOT DONE IT. THE FAMILY WAS ONE OF THE MOST FAITH FILLED FAMILIES I'VE EVER SEEN AT THAT FUNERAL. THE GRATITUDE FOR THAT LITTLE GIRL AND THE LOVE THAT SHE SHARED. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT FUNERAL, NEVER FORGET THE TESTIMONY OF HER BROTHER AGAPE. AND I'M PROUD THEY LIVE IN MY DISTRICT. I'M PROUD THEY'RE FROM MCKINNEY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEAH. TOUGH WEEK IN MCKINNEY. TOUGH WEEK. ECHO THE COMMENTS OF COUNCILWOMAN FELTUS AND MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKLIN. AND AS ALWAYS, PATRICK CLOUTIER, WHO SPEAKS FROM THE HEART. IT'S GOOD TO SEE PASSION FOR A HALLMARK HOLIDAY, A FATHER'S DAY. WE DO APPRECIATE THOSE OF YOU THAT SHOWED UP TONIGHT TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US. WE ALL HAVE FATHERS STORIES, WHATEVER THOSE MAY BE, GOOD, BAD OR OTHER. SO IT'S GOOD THAT YOU GUYS SHOWED UP AND SHARED SOME OF YOUR STORY. MAYBE THERE'S A TIME WE COULD SHARE SOME OF OUR STORIES ABOUT THOSE FATHERS OR FATHER FIGURES IN OUR LIVES AS WELL.
YEAH. CITY STAFF, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THE UNSUNG HEROES OF OUR DAY TO DAY LIFE. CITY MANAGER GRIMES, WHAT YOU DO, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR STAFF. DOCTOR FELTUS. YOU'RE APPRECIATED MORE THAN YOU KNOW. YOUR YOUR KIND DEMEANOR AND HOW YOU HANDLE PEOPLE. WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE WITH THAT CITY MANAGER FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. A FEW ITEMS TO SHARE. JUST A REMINDER, WE'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO CELEBRATE RED, WHITE AND BOOM, THAT'S THIS THAT IS COMING UP ON SATURDAY, JULY 4TH. AND YOU'LL HAVE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ENJOY FREE FAMILY ACTIVITIES, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, AND A SPECTACULAR DRONE AND FIREWORKS SHOW. THE DAY KICKS OFF WITH A HOMETOWN PARADE AT 10 A.M. FOLLOWED BY A BLOCK PARTY AT 11 A.M. THE PARADE IS RIGHT DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY MCKINNEY. BEGINNING AT 6 P.M. YOU CAN EXPECT ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY IN THE GRASS LOT ACROSS THE STREET FROM TOWN LAKE PARK NEXT TO MCKINNEY HIGH SCHOOL.
THE WHOLE DAY WILL CONCLUDE WITH A GRAND FIREWORKS FINALE OVER THE BEAUTIFUL TOWN LAKE.
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OR FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN VISIT MCKINNEY, TEXAS.ORG FORWARD SLASH R.W.B. R.W.B. FOR RED, WHITE AND BOOM VISIT MCKINNEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTING EXCLUSIVE AMERICA 250 CHALLENGE COINS OVER THE COMING MONTHS. THESE COMMEMORATIVE COINS HONOR 250 YEARS OF FREEDOM, COMMUNITY AND HERITAGE IN THE UNITED STATES. WHILE RECOGNIZING MCKINNEY'S ROLE IN CELEBRATING THIS HISTORIC MILESTONE DESIGNED TO INSPIRE COMMUNITY PRIDE AND COMMEMORATE OUR NATION'S SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL. THE COINS WILL BE SHARED AT SELECT EVENTS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS AS A LASTING REMINDER OF THE VALUES AND HISTORY THAT UNITE US. MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT. VISIT MCKINNEY.COM/AMERICA. 250 AGAIN, IT'S YOUR AMERICA 250 CHALLENGE COIN. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. THANK YOU SIR. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS, SO WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN FELTUS. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKLIN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. IT IS* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.