Jul 07, 2026 City Council Work Session

[26-0624 Presentation of the Mike Eastland Regional Cooperation Award from the North Central Texas Council of Governments to the City of McKinney]

ONE. NEXT ITEM IS 26-0624. PRESENTATION OF THE MIKE EASTLAND HOOPS. THAT'S RIGHT.

THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT HERE MIKE EASTLAND REGIONAL COOPERATION AWARD FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. PRO TEM COUNCIL, MR. GRIMES. MY NAME IS NIMRA ZUBAIR AND I'M THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER TODAY. I AM HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE MIKE EASTLAND REGIONAL COOPERATION AWARD THAT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY RECEIVED EARLIER IN JUNE AT THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR OUR EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THE CUSTOMER WATER RATE PREMIUM ISSUE. THE CITY WORKED ALONGSIDE OUR NEIGHBORS SUCH AS PLANO, RICHARDSON, LUCAS AND ROWLETT, AND I HAVE THE PHYSICAL AWARD HERE TODAY. AND WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS]

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WOULD

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LIKE TO SPEAK. ON ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT? YOU HAVE THE. WE HAVE ONE SCHOLAR, BIXLER. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. AND YEAH, FOR SURE. MY NAME IS SKYLER BIXLER. I LIVE AT 15:04 A.M. SCOTT STREET, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, 75069. I CAME IN TODAY TO TALK OR TO TALK ABOUT THE STATE HIGHWAY FIVE, STUFF THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN JUST A MINUTE. I KNOW THAT THE PRESENTATION FOCUSES A LOT ON A LOT ON DIFFERENT CROSSWALKS, AND SPECIFICALLY THE ONES AT, I BELIEVE IT'S LOUISIANA AND VIRGINIA STREETS. OBVIOUSLY, THOSE REQUIRE A LOT OF PLANNING.

THEY'RE DOWNTOWN. THEY'RE VERY CENTRAL TO WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND HERE. BUT I WANTED TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE. THERE ARE, I BELIEVE, 14 CROSSWALKS OUTSIDE OF THOSE TWO.

THERE'S 16 TOTAL. AND A LOT OF THOSE DON'T GET THE KIND OF ATTENTION THAT I THINK THEY DESERVE. I THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SCHOOL ZONE, THE SCHOOL ZONE STARTS A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE ACTUAL SCHOOL. IT DOESN'T START ON THE CORNERS OF A SCHOOL. AND THE PURPOSE FOR THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT VEHICLES ARE SLOWING DOWN AS YOU GET INTO THE SCHOOL ZONE AND MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE SAFE IN THAT AREA.

AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION FOR STATE HIGHWAY FIVE TODAY AND THE CROSSWALKS, THERE'S A LOT OF FOCUS LAID ON THE TWO THAT ARE DOWNTOWN AND NOT A LOT OF FOCUS LAID ON THE ONES COMING INTO DOWNTOWN. AND SO THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY ATTENTION TO THEM.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ENHANCEMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON ALONG THE ENTIRE HIGHWAY, BUT I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS, THOSE CROSSWALKS THAT ARE CLOSE BUT NOT DIRECTLY IN DOWNTOWN, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE ATTENTION, MAKING SURE THEY'RE GETTING THE MONEY AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE THE WORK THAT'S OCCURRING IS OCCURRING TO THOSE CROSSWALKS EARLY IN THE PROCESS AS WELL. SO THAT TRAFFIC IS SLOWING DOWN ON THE WAY INTO DOWNTOWN AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO SLAM TO A STOP AND THOSE TWO CROSSWALKS AT DOWNTOWN. SO MAKING SURE ALL THOSE VEHICLES ARE SLOWED DOWN, IF THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BIXLER. THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS I HAVE ON THE ON MY LIST. IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD. NOW. HAVING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[26-0625 Consider/Discuss the Crossing at State Highway 5]

THE NEXT ITEM, 26-0625. CONSIDER. DISCUSS THE CROSSING AT STATE HIGHWAY FIVE. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MR. GRIMES, I'M GARY GRAHAM, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING FOR THE CITY. SO TONIGHT WE WANT TO VISIT WITH YOU AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT THE THE THE HIGHWAY FIVE PROJECT FROM. THE HIGHWAY FIVE PROJECT, IN PARTICULAR, THE CROSSING HIGHWAY FIVE. THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT IS REPLACING AND GIVING US A NEW FOCUS. ONCE THE LOWER FIVE PLAZA PROJECT HAS, WAS WAS, WAS DEEMED NOT FUNDED. SO A COUPLE OF KEY TAKEAWAYS WE WANT TO VISIT WITH YOU ABOUT AND LEAVE YOU WITH. AND THOSE ARE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PHASED APPROACH TO THE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG HIGHWAY FIVE. TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS, THE TXDOT LED PROJECT AND A CITY LED PROJECT. TXDOT'S PROJECT WILL BEGIN NEXT YEAR. WE EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN. AND THEN AS WE TALK ABOUT THE PHASE TWO PROJECT, THAT'S STILL GOT YEARS TO GO BEFORE WE'LL DO THAT AND WE'LL HAVE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL FOR YOU TO PROVIDE MORE DIRECTION AND INPUT ON THAT PARTICULAR PHASE OF THE PROJECT. AND THEN HOPEFULLY, WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THE PRESENTATION, WE HAVE CONCURRENCE FROM THE COUNCIL ON THE PATH FORWARD. SO FIRST, THE THE HIGHWAY FIVE PROJECT, THE THE BLUE SEGMENT ON THE SCREEN HERE, THAT IS FROM JUST NORTH OF EL DORADO UP TO JUST NORTH OF US. 380. AND SO AS I MENTIONED, TXDOT'S PROJECT IS GOING TO. THIS IS THE PIECE THEY WILL BE LEADING. THEY ARE PLANNING TO LET THEIR PROJECTS, WHICH MEANS BID AND GET CONTRACTORS ON BOARD NEXT YEAR IN JUNE. WE ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION STARTING BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SO TEX-DOT IS WORKING THROUGH ITS PROCESS TO FINALIZE ALL THE ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROJECT. AND THERE'S PARTICULAR INTEREST IN MAKING SURE WE HIT THAT LETTING SCHEDULE. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF SOME ORGANIZATIONAL FUNDING CONSTRAINTS THAT TXDOT HAS AS A STATEWIDE AGENCY. THEY TRY TO DO ABOUT $10 BILLION WORTH OF WORK EACH YEAR. AND AS PROJECTS HAVE GOTTEN MORE COMPLEX, MORE EXPENSIVE WITH INFLATION, THOSE PROJECT TOTALS, WHAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR WHAT THEY CALL THEIR TEN YEAR UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION PLAN, TEN YEAR UTP, THEY'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE. SO IN SOME OF THE OUT YEARS,

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THEY'RE LOOKING AT 12, $14 BILLION IN A GIVEN YEAR. AND SO TO BALANCE THAT OUT AND STAY WITH THEIR THEIR GOAL OF 10 BILLION PER YEAR, THEY'RE HAVING TO PUSH PROJECTS OUT THAT HAS TAKEN AWAY AVAILABLE FUNDING FOR PROJECTS LIKE HIGHWAY FIVE, FM 546 IN MCKINNEY FM, 1461 IN MCKINNEY. SO. THE GOOD NEWS IS OUR PROJECT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PHASE IS IN THE TEN YEAR UTP IS FUNDED. IT'S GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AS LONG AS WE HIT THAT LETTING DATE. SO WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE WE DO OUR PART TO GET TXDOT AND TO TO MEET THAT DATE. IF WE WERE TO SOMEHOW OR TXDOT WAS SOMEHOW TO MISS THAT LETTING DATE FUNDING WOULD BE REALLOCATED FROM THIS PROJECT, PUT ON ANOTHER PROJECT, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE WOULD RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR OUR PIECES MOVING FORWARD. SO THE HIGHWAY FIVE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE DONE IN TWO PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE, LED BY TXDOT, IS GOING TO FOCUS ON EVERYTHING WITHIN THE TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY. THE CITY HAS SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE ALSO ASKING TO BE DONE AS PART OF THAT AS WELL. AND THEN SOME HARDSCAPE ELEMENTS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL VISIT THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE THE CROSSING AT HIGHWAY FIVE. THE SECOND PHASE IS GOING TO BE A CITY LED PROJECT. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT MEDIAN LANDSCAPING. TXDOT DOESN'T LIKE TO DO MEDIAN LANDSCAPING AS PART OF THEIR PROJECTS, BUT THEY HAVE SET UP A SEPARATE PROGRAM CALLED THE GREEN RIBBON PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS FOR THEM TO FUND IMPROVEMENTS IN MEDIAN LANDSCAPING. BUT THE CITY HAS TO TAKE OVER AND MAINTAIN THOSE AS PART OF THAT CONTRACT. SO WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT A PHASE TWO NO MATTER WHAT TO GET THOSE ENHANCEMENTS DONE. WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER ENHANCEMENTS WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT COULD COMPLEMENT THE HIGHWAY FIVE, THE CROSSING HIGHWAY FIVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO VISIT ABOUT TONIGHT. GARY, CAN YOU BEFORE YOU LEFT THAT SLIDE, FORGIVE ME. THERE'S PART OF THAT SECTIONS IN GREEN AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ACTIVATED. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT THAT'S BEEN ACTIVATED BECAUSE I SEE SOME A LOT OF WORK GOING ON THERE ON WHAT I'LL CALL SOUTH HIGHWAY FIVE THERE BY INDUSTRIAL. THAT'S CORRECT. SO AS PART OF THE SPUR 399 EXTENSION THAT TXDOT IS BUILDING, THEY HAVE INCLUDED SOME OF THESE ELEMENTS ALL THE WAY UP TO ABOUT MCMAKEN STREET INCLUDED IN THAT PROJECT. SO THAT AREA SOUTH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THE EL DORADO INTERSECTION FM 546 HARRY MCKILLOP ALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THAT STARTED LAST YEAR AND IT'S ABOUT A THREE YEAR CONSTRUCTION CYCLE ON THAT. OKAY. SO BACK IN 2021, WE DID A PUBLIC MEETING. WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT COULD WE DO TO IMPROVE THE CROSSING HERE AT VIRGINIA AND LOUISIANA. AND SO WE DID A PUBLIC MEETING. WE TALKED ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TRADITIONAL DECK PARK WITH A PARK OVER BENEATH THE ROAD. AND THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT AN INVERTED DECK PARK WHERE THE CROSSING WENT UNDERNEATH THE ROAD. AND THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT AN ENHANCED AT GRADE CROSSING. THERE WASN'T A LOT OF INTEREST AT THAT TIME TO, TO TALK ABOUT THE ENHANCED ENHANCED AT GRADE CROSSING. SO IT WASN'T REALLY DEVELOPED. WE HAD THESE, THIS RENDERING AND THEN THIS RENDERING FROM LOOKING FROM THE EAST, LOOKING TOWARDS THE WEST THAT WERE DEVELOPED AT THIS TIME. AND SO BUT SINCE THERE WASN'T INTEREST, WE DIDN'T MOVE IT FORWARD ANYMORE. AND SO THIS KIND OF JUST SAT THERE WITH THE REDIRECTION OF THE, THE PROJECT AND GOING AWAY FROM THE LOWER FIVE PLAZA, IT GAVE THE PROJECT TEAM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE THE CROSSING AND SAY, OKAY, AT ENHANCED CROSSING, WHAT COULD WE DO TO REALLY SET THIS APART AND MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, ATTRACTIVE ELEMENT TO THE OVERALL DOWNTOWN AREA? AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE SAID, LET'S EXPAND THE LIMITS. LET'S GO FROM DAVIS ALL THE WAY TO LAMAR, NOT JUST FOCUS AT LOUISIANA AND VIRGINIA, BUT EXTEND THAT FOOTPRINT FARTHER.

LAMAR STREET, WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN A SECOND. IT'S GOING TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SIGNAL.

LAMAR AND DAVIS BOTH SERVE AS COMPLEMENTARY ACCESS POINTS TO AND FROM THE DOWNTOWN. AND SO LET'S LET'S TAKE THAT ELEMENT OF THAT FOOTPRINT AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THEY ARRIVED THROUGH THESE ELEMENTS. NOW, WE'RE FAIRLY LIMITED WHAT WE CAN DO AS PART OF THE TEXDOT PROJECT. AND SO WHAT THIS SHOWS IS SOME STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS AND SOME HARDSCAPE BASICALLY STAMPED CONCRETE, SOME BANDING, SOME MEDIAN WORK TO KIND OF REALLY JUST PUT THE FOOTPRINT IN PLACE FOR US TO DO SOME MORE WORK. AS PART OF THE PHASE TWO PROJECT, AND THEN ZOOMING IN KIND OF AT THE VIRGINIA AND LOUISIANA LOCATIONS, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT BETTER THE, THE BANDING THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THE PROJECT. AGAIN, THIS IS ALL STAMPED CONCRETE THAT TEXDOT DOES ON THEIR PROJECTS, AND WE SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM INCORPORATING ONE OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS. WE WOULD BE REINTRODUCING THE MEDIAN BETWEEN VIRGINIA AND LOUISIANA AS A SAFETY BENEFIT AS PART OF THE PROJECT. SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THAT BLUE PROJECT, THE TEXDOT IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THE LOWER FIVE PLAZA PROJECT, WE HAD $15 MILLION OF RECONNECTING COMMUNITY FUNDS AND ABOUT 22 MILLION OF OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS. WE LOST THAT $15 MILLION THAT WAS RESCINDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUT THE

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$22 MILLION THAT COG HAD ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE PROJECT WE HAD WE HAD TO ELIMINATE OR, YOU KNOW, END THAT AGREEMENT WITH TEXDOT. SO THAT MONEY WENT BACK TO THE COG COFFERS, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN ALLOCATED TO ELSEWHERE IN THE REGION. SO IT'S STILL SITTING THERE AVAILABLE FOR USE ON OUR PROJECT. AND SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH TEXDOT AND WITH THE COG ABOUT HOW DO WE PULL THAT BACK AND WHAT ELEMENTS WOULD WE PULL THAT BACK ONTO THIS PROJECT FOR? AS PART OF THAT OVERALL PROJECT? WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THESE ENHANCEMENTS, AND I'LL GO THROUGH HERE IN A SECOND AS PART OF THE PROJECT, BUT THEY WILL BE FUNDED BY THE CITY. SO THESE WOULD HAVE BEEN ADDITIONAL MONIES SPENT BY THE CITY IN ADDITION TO WHATEVER WE SPENT ON THE LOWER FIVE PLAZA PROJECT. BUT NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE COUNCIL GOVERNMENTS PAY FOR THESE ELEMENTS. AND SO THOSE ELEMENTS ARE STREET LIGHTING. SO IF YOU GO OUT ON HIGHWAY FIVE TODAY, YOU HAVE COBRA HEADS ON THE WOOD POLES. THEY'RE NOT THAT GREAT OF SPACING ON THE STREET LIGHTS. AND SO WE WOULD COME BACK WITH AN ESTHETIC STREET LIGHT THAT WE HAVE ON OTHER PROJECTS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE JUST DID ON VIRGINIA PARKWAY A FEW YEARS AGO. OTHER SOME OF OUR OTHER ARTERIALS, THERE WOULD BE A BETTER SPACING, BUT JUST OVER IMPROVE THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIGHTING AT NIGHT FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE CORRIDOR. WHEN AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WHEN TXDOT PUTS THE MEDIAN BACK IN, IT'S GOING TO START TO PROHIBIT ACCESS AT A FEW LOCATIONS. MOST OF THE BUSINESSES HAVE ACCESS TO ONE OF THE SIDE STREETS. SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY SIDE STREETS ALONG THE CORRIDOR, BUT THERE ARE A FEW THAT THERE'S A FAIRLY LONG BLOCKS. SO WE'VE WORKED WITH TXDOT TO ADD A FEW LEFT TURN LANES AT SOME OF THOSE PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS TO TO ALLOW FOR ACCESS, BUT BECAUSE OF THEY'RE NOT AT CITY STREETS. TXDOT SAID THAT WOULD BE A CITY ELIGIBLE, A CITY EXPENSE. AND SO AGAIN, WE'RE LUMPING THAT INTO THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'D HAVE THE COG PAY FOR. WE THINK ABOUT DRAINAGE. HIGHWAY FIVE KIND OF IS A BARRIER BETWEEN THE DRAINAGE THAT FLOWS FROM WEST TO EAST. AND SO SOME OF THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE DO ON THE WEST SIDE ARE LIMITED ABOUT THE CAPACITY THAT GOES UNDERNEATH HIGHWAY FIVE.

SO WE LOOKED AT THE OVERALL TXDOT PLANS. WHAT ENHANCEMENTS COULD WE MAKE THAT ALLOWS US TO DO SOME FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO DRAINAGE ON THE WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY FIVE BY MAKING DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE HIGHWAY FIVE CORRIDOR. THERE'S ALSO A NOISE WALL. AS PART OF TXDOT'S PROJECT. THEY IDENTIFIED A NOISE WALL AT MERRITT HOMES, AND SO IT WOULD JUST BE A BLANK CONCRETE WALL. SO WE WORKED WITH THEM. WE WORKED WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS MARKETING TEAM TO COME UP WITH AN ESTHETIC, BUT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ESTHETIC, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS ITEM IS. AND THEN WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT STAMPED CONCRETE. I SHOWED A SLIDE BEFORE THAT'S ABOUT $2 MILLION. SO OVERALL WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT JUST OVER $8 MILLION OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO BE FUNDED BY FEDERAL DOLLARS AND NOT BY CITY DOLLARS. NOW, WE WILL WORK WITH TXDOT TO FINALIZE THE COST ESTIMATES FOR ALL THESE. TXDOT WILL PUT NUMBERS ON IT. THAT WOULD BE THE AGREEMENT THAT WE WORK WITH THE COG TO IDENTIFY ALL THAT AND GET THAT FUNDING TOWARDS THE PROJECT. SO AS OUR RESIDENT JUST BROUGHT UP, ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ALONG THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE. WE'VE HEARD THAT FROM THE COUNCIL. WE'VE HEARD THAT FROM OTHER PEDESTRIAN STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT. AND THE GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FROM THE BEGINNING. WE WENT OUT AND WE DID OUR OWN PEDESTRIAN COUNTS.

WE TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT THE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIANS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND HIGHLIGHTING THAT IT'S NOT EASY TO CROSS NOW, BUT WE STILL HAVE THIS MANY PEDESTRIANS CROSSING. TXDOT DENIED THE REQUEST FOR THE ADDITIONAL CROSSINGS ON THE GRAPHIC. ON THE RIGHT, WE HAVE THE THREE NEW SIGNALS AT SMITH, LAMAR AND STANDIFER, BUT WE ASKED FOR THE ADDITIONAL YELLOW PEDESTRIAN SIGNS TO DO WHAT WE CALL A RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACON, AND THAT IS A FLASHING BEACON THAT'S MOUNTED ON THE SIDE. IT'S PEDESTRIAN ACTIVATED. IT HAS A HIGH COMPLIANCE RATE FOR MOTORISTS. WHEN THEY SEE THAT FLASHING, THEY KNOW PEDESTRIANS THERE AND THEY TEND TO SLOW DOWN, TXDOT SAID. YOU DON'T MEET THE VOLUME REQUIREMENTS FOR PEDESTRIANS, AND SO WE'RE NOT ALLOWING THAT. WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO PUSH WITH TXDOT. OKAY. IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA ALLOW US TO HAVE IT AT THESE LOCATIONS FOR THESE SIX LOCATIONS THAT I HAVE LISTED ON THE SCREEN HERE. MCMAKEN DORSEY, GARISH COLORADO, IDA AND ERWIN, CAN WE DO WHAT'S CALLED A TWO WAY, A TWO STAGE CROSSING? SO TO EXAMPLE, HOW THAT WORKS, IF I'M ON THE EAST SIDE OR WENT ACROSS TO THE WEST, I LOOK TO THE SOUTH AT NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC. I LOOK FOR THE APPROPRIATE GAP.

I CROSS TO THE MEDIAN. I HAVE A REFUGE AREA. THAT REFUGE AREA, THE SIDEWALK IS IS CONSTRUCTED TO FORCE ME TO LOOK TO THE NORTH. I LOOK FOR THE SOUTHBOUND VEHICLES AND I LOOK FOR THAT GAP. THEN I CROSS THE OTHER TWO LANES, VASTLY IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS. NOW, WHERE PEOPLE JUST STAND IN THE TWO WAY LEFT TURN LANE AS THEY LOOK FOR GAPS. IT'S NOT NOT A GREAT SITUATION. AND SO WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THIS. THIS IS NOT APPROVED YET, BUT WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THIS WITH TXDOT AND TRY TO MAKE ENHANCEMENTS BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THESE OTHER CROSSINGS ARE IMPORTANT THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR. SO JUST TO DRIVE THE POINT HOME TO MR. BIXLER'S QUESTION, WHICH WAS A GOOD QUESTION, SIR, THIS IS A TXDOT ROAD AS OPPOSED TO EL DORADO PARKWAY, WHICH IS A CITY ROAD WHERE WE HAVE ALL THE AGENCY IN THE WORLD TO DO JUST ABOUT WHATEVER WE WANT. BUT ON THIS

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ONE, WE DON'T BECAUSE IT IS A TXDOT ROAD, SO WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM ON THESE CROSSINGS.

IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. THANK YOU. GARY. ON THE I MEAN, EVENTUAL NESS OF THIS PROJECT, WE WE TALKED ABOUT TAKING THIS OFFLINE FROM THE STATE. IS THIS SOMETHING THEY WOULD RESTRICT US DOING IN THE FUTURE IF THEY WEREN'T TO APPROVE THE THE STAGED CROSSING, OR IF WE WANTED TO GO BACK AND DO THE, THE LIT CROSSING, WOULD THEY STEP IN AND SAY, EVEN THOUGH WE TOOK IT OFFLINE, THAT WE COULDN'T DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT IF WE TOOK IT OFFLINE, I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH US DOING THAT. WHAT I'M HOPING IS ONCE WE HAVE THESE TWO STAGE CROSSINGS IN PLACE, THE PEDESTRIAN VOLUME INCREASES AND WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE ABLE TO COME BACK AND SAY, WE DO HIT YOUR VOLUME THRESHOLDS. AND THEY GIVE US THE ABILITY TO PUT THAT CROSSING IN AT THAT TIME OR THE LIGHTS. SO, SO KIND OF STAGED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THESE AS WELL. OKAY. SO SHIFTING TO PHASE TWO AND LOOKING AT THAT PROJECT, THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD OFFER OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR WITH THE GREEN RIBBON PROJECT, BUT ALSO SPECIFICALLY HERE FROM DAVIS TO LAMAR. SO SOME POTENTIAL ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IS THE MEDIAN LANDSCAPING, WHICH WOULD BE, AGAIN, CORRIDOR WIDE. WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME SORT OF VERTICAL MONUMENT. THIS COULD EITHER BE IN THE MEDIAN OR ALONG THE EDGE OF THE ROADWAY TO GIVE IT A VISUAL ENHANCEMENT TO THE AREA. LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'VE ARRIVED SOMEWHERE. WE'VE GOT MEDIAN LANDSCAPING. I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, THE STREETSCAPE ELEMENTS DOWN AT THE BOTTOM PHOTO. THIS IS WORKING IN THAT PARKWAY ALONG THE SIDEWALK. WHAT TREES, SHRUBBERY CAN WE ADD? AND THEN POTENTIALLY EVEN SOME SORT OF GATEWAY SIGNAGE THAT GOES UP ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CROSS THE ROAD THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO KNOW THEY'VE ARRIVED. AND THAT COULD BE IT COULD SAY, WELCOME TO HISTORIC DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY OR WHATEVER LANGUAGE WE DECIDE ON THERE. SO WE TOOK THOSE THOSE POTENTIAL ELEMENTS AND PUT THEM ON THIS HIGHWAY FIVE BLOW UP OF VIRGINIA AND LOUISIANA. YOU CAN SEE THE MEDIAN LANDSCAPING ON THE LEFT, THE THE STREETSCAPE ELEMENTS, YOU KNOW, TREES AND SHRUBBERY ON THE PARKWAYS. WE'VE GOT THE VERTICAL MONUMENTS. THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS THE WHITE DOTS ON THE ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT IT EASILY COULD BE IN THE MEDIANS AS WELL. AND THEN AGAIN, I SHOWED A VERTICAL GATEWAY SIGNAGE, EXCUSE ME, ON THE NORTH SIDE, BUT THAT COULD EASILY BE ON BOTH OR IN THE MIDDLE. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY THERE. IF WE DECIDE THAT'S WHAT THE WAY WE WANT TO GO. ONE OF THE ENHANCEMENTS I DIDN'T LIST ON THE OTHER PAGE, BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO SHOW THAT THAT THAT PHOTO, BUT IS BURYING THE OVERHEAD UTILITIES ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD. THERE'S A LOT OF UTILITIES THAT WHEN YOU CROSS INTO DOWNTOWN, YOU HAVE TO GO UNDER. IT'S NOT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING. SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO ENHANCE THAT? WE DID THAT ON THIS PROJECT HERE ON VIRGINIA, RIGHT OUTSIDE CITY HALL, AND IT IMPROVED THE ESTHETICS TREMENDOUSLY TO REMOVE THOSE THOSE OVERHEAD WIRES. SO WE WOULD LOOK AT, AT SOME SORT OF BURYING OF THOSE UTILITIES FROM FROM DAVIS. DOES THAT STOP AT VIRGINIA? DOES IT GO ALL THE WAY TO TO LAMAR? COSTS MAY PLAY A FACTOR IN WHAT THE ULTIMATE DECISION, BUT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL. PROJECT PHASING I'VE HIT ON MULTIPLE TIMES. BUT TXDOT PROJECT AGAIN STARTS NEXT YEAR LATE NEXT YEAR WITH. WE EXPECT THAT TO TAKE ABOUT THREE YEARS.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE CITY PROJECT STARTING IN ABOUT 2030. TEXAS IS NOT GOING TO LET US GET IN WORKING INSIDE THE RIGHT OF WAY UNTIL THEIR PROJECT'S FINISHED, SO THEIR SCHEDULE WILL DICTATE THAT TO US. BUT HOPEFULLY THERE MIGHT BE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN START EVEN THAT MAY BE ON THE OUTSIDE SKIRTS OF THE PROJECT, LIMITS THAT ALLOW US TO MOVE THAT PROJECT AND GET IT GOING. AGAIN, JUST HITTING THE KEY TAKEAWAYS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PHASED APPROACH TO THE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG HIGHWAY FIVE, THE TEX DOT LED PROJECT, AND A CITY LED PROJECT. THEN WE'VE GOT THE TEX DOT PROJECT STARTING NEXT YEAR, AND THEN AGAIN, STAFF WILL BE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AGAIN MULTIPLE TIMES TO TALK AND DISCUSS ABOUT THESE PHASE TWO IMPROVEMENTS AND GET YOUR INPUT AND FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER WHAT WE ULTIMATELY DECIDE TO DO THERE. SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE CONCURRENCE WITH THAT PATH FORWARD FROM THE COUNCIL. ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS? I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYTHING. STAFF'S DONE HERE, YOU KNOW, AND I APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH TEX DOT. I APPRECIATE FORMER MAYOR FULLER FOR REALLY DRIVING THE BUS FOR THE, YOU KNOW, TO THE, THE DECK PARK THAT WE HAD THAT WE ULTIMATELY DIDN'T PASS WITH. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ILLUSTRATING TO US NOW HOW MONEY THAT WAS NOT REALLY FUNGIBLE BECAME FUNGIBLE THROUGH STAFF'S WORK AND THROUGH THAT TO HELP US MAKE A GET A MUCH BETTER OUTCOME HERE ON HIGHWAY FIVE IS THIS DOWNTOWN EVOLVES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. GARY.

GARY, I'LL MAKE A PREFERENTIAL STATEMENT THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW, BUT I DON'T LIKE THE GATEWAY SIGNAGE. I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING ELSE MAKES ME SLOW DOWN AND LOOK AROUND AND BE

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MINDFUL OF PEDESTRIANS. THAT ONE MAKES ME TAKE MY EYES OFF THE ROAD AND AND NOT LOOK AT PEDESTRIANS. SO GOOD COMMENT. THAT ONE KIND OF SCARES ME A LITTLE BIT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GRAHAM. NEXT ITEM IS COUNCIL LIAISON UPDATES REGARDING CITY'S BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. ANY UPDATES? WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING. NO, WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING. WE'RE MISSING ONE. RIGHT? 260260, OKAY. I'M SORRY. SORRY. ITEM 260626 UPDATE ON MAIN STREET

[26-0626 Update on Main Street Downtown Projects]

DOWNTOWN PROJECTS. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM CITY COUNCIL, MR. GRIMES. ANDREW JONES CULTURAL DISTRICT DIRECTOR. SO I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MAIN STREET TO KIND OF GIVE SOME UPDATES AND GET SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT FOUR FOUR DIFFERENT PROJECTS. JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF MCKINNEY MAIN STREET. WE ARE A 501 C THREE SET UP. IT'S WE HAVE CITY STAFF RUNNING A PRIVATE FIVE ONE C THREE. REALLY. WE WORK IN THE MIDST OF PROMOTION PLACE, MAKING A LOT OF ADVERTISING MARKETING FOR THE DISTRICT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE DO A LOT OF BUSINESS RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION FOR OUR DOWNTOWN STAKEHOLDERS AND BUSINESSES, AND ALSO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

THANK YOU. JUST KIND OF WHAT IS OUR VISION? WE CHAMPION A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN, THE HEARTBEAT OF MCKINNEY SINCE 1848. AND HERE ARE SOME STATS JUST ON DOWNTOWN AS A WHOLE. YOU KNOW, WE GOT SOME WEATHER GOING ON. THE GODS DON'T LIKE YOU, MR. JONES. I YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY THE THUNDER IS HERE TO CREATE DRAMA AND ATTENTION ON HOW IMPORTANT DOWNTOWN IS. YOU KNOW, WE HAD OVER 4.8 MILLION VISITS LAST YEAR. BUT MY FAVORITE PART OF THIS SLIDE DECK IS 200 PLUS SMALL BUSINESSES. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT MAKES, I THINK, DOWNTOWN SPECIAL. SO I WANT TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE IMPACT RENOVATION I WAS BEFORE Y'ALL LAST OR THIS PAST JANUARY, TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KIND OF THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES, OBVIOUSLY THOUGHTFUL HISTORIC PRESERVATION. ONE IS DRIVING ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC TO THE DISTRICT AND INCREASING THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF SHOWS AND IMPROVING THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. LAST TIME I SHARED THIS RENDERING, WHICH WAS AN ARTISTIC RENDERING, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW HERE IS KIND OF A NEW SIGN. THIS IS ON ONE FACE OF THE BUILDING. THIS IS GOING BEFORE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS TOMORROW. THIS IS KIND OF ALWAYS BEEN IN THE PLAN. IT'S GOTTEN APPROVAL FROM THE TEXAS HISTORIC COMMISSION, WHICH IS A PRETTY BIG SEAL OF APPROVAL FROM THEM. BUT WE HAVE A MORE UPDATED VERSION OF THIS SIGN. SO WITH THE IMPACT RENOVATION, WE ARE ALSO LAYING OUT A NEW NAME CHANGE FOR THE FACILITY. WE'VE FOUND THAT IMPACT DOES NOT HAVE A LOT OF RESONANCE WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE'RE KIND OF LAYING OUT A NEW VISION FOR THE BRAND OF IMPACT TO BE THE COURTHOUSE THEATER, WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. THAT NEW MONIKER. THIS SIGN IS DESIGNED TO KIND OF FOLLOW THE OTHER ENHANCEMENTS. ALL THE METAL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING IS ALL BLACK. WE'LL GO BACK TO HERE. YOU'LL SEE THIS ON THE RAILINGS, ON THE AWNING, EVERYTHING ELSE. AND SO JUST KIND OF GET SOME WANT TO KIND OF GET THIS IN FRONT OF YOU ALL AND GET SOME FEEDBACK ON THIS. I THINK IT'S TREMENDOUS. YEAH. THANK YOU.

IT'S GOOD. THE NEXT PROJECT. SO OUR TEAM OVERSEES THE DOWNTOWN TROLLEY. THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST SUCCESS STORIES, I THINK, FOR DOWNTOWN IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. WE WON A COUPLE AWARDS FOR THIS JUST RECENTLY. BUT WE ARE SEEING OVER 100 TO 400 RIDERS PER DAY, WHICH IS PRETTY FANTASTIC CONSIDERING THAT THE TROLLEY ONLY HAS A CAPACITY OF 15, SO IT CONNECTS ALL 13 PARKING LOTS AS WELL AS THE TWO GARAGES DAVIS AT THE SQUARE AND THE CHESTNUT GARAGE. IT'S FREE TO RIDE. WE DO HAVE OPTIONS WHEN IT'S NOT IN SERVICE TO RENT IT OUT, AND WE ALSO DO HAVE SOME ADVERTISING AND SPONSORSHIPS THAT HELP UNDERWRITE THE COST ON THIS. JUST SOME OF THE FUN THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THIS. WE HAVE A SERIES OF COLLECTIBLE PINS THAT WE WORK WITH VISIT MCKINNEY ON. WE'VE INTEGRATED IT TO ALL THE DOWNTOWN FESTIVALS, AND EVER SINCE TUPS HAS COME ON BOARD, WE'VE SEEN A LOT MORE UTILIZATION ON GETTING PEOPLE ACROSS, YOU KNOW, HIGHWAY FIVE, TALKING ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AND HOW IMPORTANT THOSE ARE. BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES TO

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GET PEOPLE BACK AND FORTH IN THE DISTRICT. FUTURE GROWTH. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS CHANGING OUR WEDNESDAY SERVICE TO ADD A SUNDAY SERVICE, JUST BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF RIDERSHIP AND DEMAND. WE HAVE STARTED TESTING THIS, AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN KIND OF A LOT MORE DEMAND ON A SUNDAY VERSUS A WEDNESDAY. AND THEN THE REALLY KEY THING IS THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT LAUNCHING IS A REAL TIME GPS TRACKING. SO OUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, THE JOURNEY THAT WE WANT OUR CUSTOMERS TO HAVE WHEN THEY GO ON THE TROLLEY IS GO TO THE STOP, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, SCAN A QR CODE AND BE SHOWN EXACTLY WHERE THE TROLLEY IS AND WHERE THEY CAN AND HAVE AN IDEA OF WHEN, WHEN THEY CAN PICK UP THE TROLLEY. AND IF YOU KNOW THE TROLLEY, IT IS ON A FIXED ROUTE, WHICH AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR CUSTOMERS TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CONFIDENCE THAT THE TROLLEY IS GOING TO BE COMING AROUND EVERY 15 TO 17 MINUTES.

AND SO THIS WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE, I THINK, THEIR EXPERIENCE. ANDREW. I REALIZED THAT WITH THE TROLLEY, WE'VE GOT SOME MARGINAL COSTS WITH DRIVERS AND WITH THE DRIVER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK IT'S BEEN A ABSOLUTE MAGNIFICENT ADD. AND AS I THINK AS I AND I THINK THAT AS WE EXPAND THE GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT OF OUR DOWNTOWN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO FOR THIS COUNCIL AND, AND THE REST OF THE CITY TO HAVE THEIR EYE ON THE BALL OF EXPANDING IT. I WONDER ABOUT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS ROUTE, IS THERE ANY THOUGHT ON YOUR PART TO MAYBE EXTENDING IT TO THE SOUTH AS WE GO TO THE EAST OF TUPS TO MAYBE HIT THE NEW HUG'S LOCATION OR PASS BY THAT THOSE ARE YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY HAD THEIR GROUNDBREAKING LAST WEEK, WHICH GOT IT ON MY MIND. YEAH. WE HAVE TALKED INTERNALLY ABOUT WHAT THAT ROUTE WOULD LOOK LIKE.

I THINK WE WANT TO BALANCE DEMAND AND SPEED. JUST THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ON OUR RADAR. BUT WE'VE TALKED INTERNALLY ABOUT TESTING A ROUTE THAT GOES IN FRONT OF HUGS, BASICALLY INCORPORATING GOING DOWN TO TUPS THROUGH THEIR PARKING LOT, MAKING A LEFT, COMING BACK UP THAT WAY TO HIT THE ROUNDABOUT ON ANDREWS, I BELIEVE. YEAH, I THINK IT IS ON ANDREWS. AND YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO ME JUST TAPS IS A REALLY LARGE PROPERTY.

RIGHT. AND TO THE EXTENT WE CAN DO STOPPING INSIDE THAT LARGE PARKING LOT, THAT CITY PARKING LOT THAT GOES NORTH SOUTH THERE, I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT. THAT WOULD HIT SOMEWHERE NEAR HUGS.

AND WILL WE BE PASSING RIGHT BY IT? SO I, I DON'T HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, NOR IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO GIVE ONE, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO BE LOOKING AT. YEAH. AND FORTUNATELY, LAUREN'S ON THE MAIN STREET BOARD. SO, YOU KNOW, SHE'S HAD A LOT OF INPUT TOO, RIGHT ON THE TROLLEY EVEN PRIOR TO THEIR NEW LOCATION. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. ANDREW. WHAT'S THE WHAT IS THE ANNUAL COST TO THE TROLLEY. YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT HERE FOR THE PRESENTATION. BUT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, TWO PART TIME DRIVERS PLUS THREE SUBS. AND YOU KNOW, IT IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, ON THE MAIN STREET TEAM OR ON THE MAIN STREET NONPROFIT, I KNOW IT'S AT LEAST OVER, YOU KNOW, 20,000 A YEAR FOR THAT, IF NOT MORE. I WOULD, I WAS ASSUMING IT WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT 100,000 A YEAR TO OPERATE THAT THING WITH INSURANCE. AND YEAH, SO WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT THE MAINTENANCE IS COVERED BY THE CITY ON THE CITY SIDE. YEAH.

AND THE INSURANCE, I JUST MEANT OVERALL THAT WHEN YOU CALCULATE THE COST FOR US TO INSURE IT, TO PARK IT TO. YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD HAVE TO PULL THOSE NUMBERS. YEAH. BUT I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHEN THE COST OF ONE OF THESE THINGS IS $150,000 AND THE COST TO OPERATES $100,000, AND WE JUST SAW A SLIDE THAT STAMPED CONCRETE IS TO, TO PROTECT PEDESTRIANS AS $2 MILLION, LIKE SCALING THIS THING TO MAKE IT A, A, YOU KNOW, TO CONTINUE TO MAKE IT A FABRIC OF OUR DOWNTOWN. AND THE EXPERIENCE DOWNTOWN SEEMS LIKE AN EASY THING TO DO AS DEMAND WARRANTS THAT. SO I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THIS THING. YEAH. BUT MY INTEREST IS IN IF WHEN DEMAND IS THERE, JUST LET'S ADD ANOTHER ONE. LET'S, LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T BURDEN MAIN STREET, BUT DOES KIND OF SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY ON PARKING AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, THIS IS A GOOD SOLUTION THAT'S IN THERE. SO THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANDREW? I GOT A COUPLE SORRY, OTHER ITEMS HERE. SO THE NEXT ITEM IS THE HIGHWAY DOWNTOWN SIGN. SO

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THIS IS A KIND OF A MONUMENT SIGN THAT IS UP AGAINST THE INTERSECTION OF 75 AND VIRGINIA AND LOUISIANA IN THE MEDIAN THERE. ULTIMATELY, THIS IS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE PERCEPTION OF WHERE THE HISTORIC DISTRICT IS IN RELATION TO THE REST OF DOWNTOWN OR THE REST OF THE CITY. JUST SOME TIMELINE HERE. WE CONDUCTED SOME STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS IN THE DOWNTOWN SUMMER OF 25. WE WENT TO THE MAIN STREET BOARD, ULTIMATELY APPLIED FOR A GRANT TO CDC. WE WERE AWARDED THAT GRANT. YOU KNOW, WE MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS. WE WORKED WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO FURTHER SPECIFY THE LOCATION, WORK THROUGH SOME OF THAT, CONFIRM WITH TXDOT ON THE LOCATION, THE HEIGHT, CONDUCTED SOME SOIL STUDIES AND THEN APPLIED FOR THE SIGN PERMIT HERE IN APRIL. NEXT STEPS ARE GOING TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS FOR THAT FINAL PERMIT AND NOTICE INSPIRATION IS WE'VE SEEN AN INVESTMENT IN SIGNAGE IN DOWNTOWN PAYING OFF DIVIDENDS. YOU GO TO VISIT MCKINNEY. YOU SEE THIS EVERYWHERE AS PART OF THE IDENTITY OF DOWNTOWN AS A DISTRICT. AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT SOME OF OUR COMPETITOR DISTRICTS AROUND THE NORTH TEXAS AREA, PLANO, YOU SEE WATERS CREEK HERE, FAIRVIEW TOWN CENTER HAVING THE VALUE OF HAVING IDENTIFIABLE SIGNAGE OFF OF A MAJOR ARTERIALS. YOU KNOW, I TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE BENEFITS ALREADY, BUT ULTIMATELY FOR US, WE BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ICONIC LANDMARK FOR THE FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE, BUT ALSO FOR DOWNTOWN AND REINFORCE KIND OF DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY'S IDENTITY AS A VIBRANT, MUST SEE DESTINATION IN THE CITY. HERE'S JUST SOME NIGHTTIME DAYTIME VIEWS. AND THEN THIS IS THE ACTUAL LOCATION. YOU CAN SEE IT HERE. IT'S SET BACK ABOUT 73FT FROM THE INTERSECTION. IT IS 50FT TALL. IT'S 20, BUT THE OVERPASS THAT IT SITS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF IS A 20 FOOT TALL OVERPASS. AND ULTIMATELY, THE DESIGN IS SO THAT IT'S VISIBLE FROM THE OVERPASS. AND IN THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES, I'LL KIND OF WALK THROUGH WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IN REALITY IN ITS ACTUAL LOCATION. SO WE HAD THEM MOCK UP BASICALLY IN THE ON THE RAMP GOING ON TO 75 HEADING NORTH, JUST KIND OF GIVE A REFERENCE. YOU CAN SEE THE SIGN THERE NEXT TO THE TALL POLES, BUT THERE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, THERE'S A LOT OF TALL SIGNAGE AROUND THERE, AND WE FEEL LIKE IT FITS IN NICELY WITH THAT. AND AGAIN, MY PHOTOGRAPHY OR MY PHOTOSHOP SKILLS ARE NOT THE BEST. BUT WE DID MAKE SURE THAT THE THAT IT IS THE RIGHT RATIO AND HEIGHT FOR THIS FOR THESE SLIDES, THE ONLY ISSUE IS THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALMOST PAST YOUR, YOU'RE PAST THE EXIT RAMP BEFORE YOU SEE THE SIGN. ULTIMATELY, WE SEE THIS AS A MONUMENT SIGN, NOT AS MUCH OF A DIRECTIONAL SIGN. SO THAT AS PEOPLE GO THROUGH, THERE'S A REINFORCEMENT OF WHERE THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND WHERE THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, PARTS OF MCKINNEY ARE IN RELATION TO THE REST OF THE CITY. WE DID A, YOU KNOW, A BIG KIND OF WORK WITH TRG, WHICH IS THE RICHARDS GROUP FOR A BIG MARKETING CAMPAIGN, WHICH I'LL TALK TOUCH ON. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY FOUND OUT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE HISTORIC DISTRICT OF MCKINNEY IS IN RELATION TO THE REST OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE, AND THAT KIND OF INFORMS SOME OF THE DESIRE AND GOING DOWN THIS PATHWAY. AND THIS IS A GROUND LEVEL AS WELL. AND AGAIN, IT'S 16FT ON THE UNDERSIDE, BUT WITH THE THE ACTUAL FULL HEIGHT FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM IS ABOUT 25FT. I INITIALLY THOUGHT THAT THAT IT MIGHT BE A DISTRACTION, BUT AFTER LOOKING AT THIS. I THINK IT KIND OF FITS RIGHT IN. AND AGAIN, THE SETBACK FROM THE INTERSECTION TO THAT TO THE START OF THE SIGN IS 73FT, WHICH IS WE PULLED IT BACK INTENTIONALLY IS TWO THINGS WITH THIS ONE, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE AT THIS INTERSECTION, WHICH IS AN OLDER INTERSECTION, OLDER, I'M GUESSING, SIGN ORDINANCE. WHEN A LOT OF THIS WAS PUT IN PLACE. IS THERE ANYTHING I MEAN, IN ADDITION TO THE SIGN IS NICER LOOKING, BUT LIKE LANDSCAPING OR THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO TO TRY TO PREVENT IT TO KIND OF BLEND IN WITH A TACO BUENO AND BIG LOTS SIGNS THAT ARE BEFORE AND AFTER IT. YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, MY HOPE

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IS THAT THIS SIGN HELPS TO INSPIRE PROPERTY OWNERS TO, TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT WHAT COULD BE A REALLY GREAT GATEWAY INTO THE HISTORIC PARTS OF THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, LANDSCAPING IS ALL INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE PROJECT BID WHEN WE WENT BEFORE CDC. SO THERE'S TWO FUNDING SOURCES FOR THIS HOTEL MOTEL TAX, MAIN STREET, AS WELL AS CDC FUNDING IS GOING INTO THIS AND LANDSCAPING AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ROCKS AND OTHER THINGS THAT MAKE SURE PEOPLE DON'T GO UP INTO IT, THAT SORT OF STUFF. YEAH. THE OTHER QUESTION I'D HAVE WE'RE GARY TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THE INTERCHANGE AT 399 AND HIGHWAY FIVE WILL BE A SECOND ENTRANCE.

CORRECT. DOWNTOWN THAT MIGHT EVENTUALLY BE USED AS MUCH OR MORE THAN THIS ONE. WOULD THERE BE? I MEAN, IF WE IF EVERYBODY LIKES THIS ONE, I ASSUME WE'LL HAVE INTENTION TO COME BACK AND DO ONE AT A SIMILAR SPOT THERE. YEAH. AS YOU SAW EARLIER IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE MEETING, THAT'S THE TIME HORIZON IS KIND OF WELL IN THE FUTURE FOR THAT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'D LIKE TO EXPLORE. WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY LOVE TO GO THROUGH THE HISTORIC PARTS OF MCKINNEY TO KIND OF BE UNVEILED INTO DOWNTOWN. THAT'S. AND SO WE KNOW MOST PEOPLE COME THROUGH THIS FOR THAT EXPERIENCE. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE UNTIL, YOU KNOW, HIGHWAY FIVE DOES HAVE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. AND IT DOES BECOME A NICER EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THAT CORRIDOR. AND THEN LAST, I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN, MENTIONED THAT EARLIER. IF YOU WANT TO DO A QUICK VIDEO AND THEN. IMAGINE A PLACE WITH A KALEIDOSCOPE OF ONE OF A KIND EXPERIENCES FROM A MICHELIN RECOGNIZED RESTAURANT THAT DOUBLES AS A LIVE MUSIC VENUE TO A PLANT STORE THAT'S ALSO A COFFEE SHOP. THIS PLACE ISN'T IMAGINARY, IT'S JUST UP THE ROAD, DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY, THE SQUARE THAT'S ANYTHING BUT SQUARE. THIS IS KIND OF THE TEASER FOR A NEW ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN FOR THE DISTRICT. WE'VE BEEN KIND OF PLAYING THIS A LITTLE CLOSE TO THE CHEST, BUT PATRICK HAS SEEN MANY PRESENTATIONS ABOUT THIS. BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO KIND OF LAUNCH A NEW MARKETING CAMPAIGN. WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK TO THE SLIDE? THANK YOU. IS THE PRESENTATION THE PRESENTATION? OH, SORRY. THAT'S ME. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THE THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE KIND OF DESIGN IS BASED ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF AN ARTIST. SO WE'RE PART OF THE CULTURAL DISTRICT. WE WANTED SOMETHING THAT REFLECTED THE UNIQUE CHARACTER, KIND OF A CRAFTED FEEL. WE WORKED WITH BRIAN PETERSON FOR THE ILLUSTRATIONS, AND I THINK HE REALLY CAPTURED A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE. ULTIMATELY, WE ARE A UNIQUE DISTRICT. WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE ARE UNIQUE CONCEPTS, EXPERIENCES, ULTIMATELY UNIQUE BUSINESS CONCEPTS. EVERYTHING IS KIND OF CAPTURED IN THE ANIMATION AND THE DRAWINGS HERE THAT REALLY, I THINK, REFLECT THE REALITY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT AND ALSO PROPELLING WHERE WE CAN GROW INTO AS WELL. AND I'LL SKIP OVER THAT ONE. WE HAVE JUST LAUNCHED, KIND OF INCORPORATED THIS INTO OUR NEW WEBSITE. AND HERE'S JUST SOME OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU'LL START SEEING THIS ROLL OUT AS WELL AS SOME ADVERTISING AND BILLBOARDS. BUT WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND WOULD APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANDREW? LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. IT'S TREMENDOUS.

ANDREW. THANK YOU. NOW COUNCIL LIAISON UPDATES. NONE. OKAY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

EXECUTIVE SESSION. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551-071. CONSULTATIONS WITH ATTORNEY ON ANY WORK SESSION, SPECIAL SESSION OR REGULAR SESSION AGENDA ITEM REQUIRING CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY CLIENT ADVICE NECESSITATED BY THE DELIBERATION OR DISCUSSION OF SAID ITEMS AS NEEDED. SECTION 551.071 PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION. SECTION 551-072 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT REAL PROPERTY. SECTION 551.074

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PERSONNEL MATTERS AND SECTION 551.087 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS.

DO WE HAVE ANY ACTION ITEMS? YES, SIR. OKAY, SO WE'LL COME BACK HERE WITH THOSE. WHAT? YOU?

[ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION]

YEAH, I DO. I SIGN THAT. MR. MAYOR PRO TEM, I MOVE THAT WE AMEND THE AGREEMENT WITH CRAIG RANCH LUXURY HOTEL. SPE AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LYNCH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MR. JONES? YEAH. MAYOR PRO TEM, I MOVE THAT WE CONTINUE OUR INVESTIGATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR CONSULTANTS RECOMMENDATIONS. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JONES. I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. NAY. ITEM D, ITEM D. I THINK THAT'S OUR LAST ITEM. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN. MR. MAYOR PRO TEM SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BELLER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PELLETIER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY. NAY. THAT MOTION PASSES.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Jul 07, 2026 City Council Work Session

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