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          OF MCKINNEY'S REGULAR SCHEDULE COUNCIL MEETING. IT'S TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 1ST AT 6 P.M. WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, THOSE OF YOU WATCHING ON TV, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AS WELL. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE THE RECITING OF 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. NEXT ITEM WILL BE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING 
          [26-0832 Proclamation for National Preparedness Month]
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH. WHAT WE'LL DO. KAREN. YEAH, I'LL COME DOWN AND READ THE PROCLAMATION, DO AS YOU'RE DOING, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE SOME PICTURES. AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, WE'LL DO THAT AS WELL. 
          ALL RIGHT. NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH. NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH IS OBSERVED EVERY SEPTEMBER SINCE NINE OVER 11. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PREPARE HOMES, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITIES FOR ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY, WHETHER NATURAL, TECHNOLOGICAL OR HUMAN CAUSED. 
          MCKINNEY 2026 PREPAREDNESS MONTH THEME IS LIVE READY. WEEKLY MESSAGING WILL FOCUS ON MAKING PREPAREDNESS A DAILY HABIT, COMMITTING TO A PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PREPAREDNESS AND SELF-RELIANCE, PRACTICING PREPAREDNESS AND BUILDING RESILIENCE THROUGH PRACTICAL SKILLS PLANNING. NOW, BEFORE A DISASTER IS THE BEST WAY TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND FOSTER A QUICK RETURN TOWARDS NORMALCY. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY. ALL MCKINNEY RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PLAN FOR EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS BY PICKING UP AND KNOW WHAT TO DO. PREPAREDNESS BAG AT THE JOHN AND JUDY GAY LIBRARY ON THE EAST SIDE LIBRARY OUTREACH PROGRAM LOCATIONS DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, AND BY ENGAGING FAMILY MEMBERS IN PREPAREDNESS, DISCUSSIONS AND ACTIVITIES. AND NOW, AS THE MAYOR OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS, I DO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH, SEPTEMBER 2026. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR COX, FOR RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER AS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH. WE TRULY APPRECIATE IT. SO THIS YEAR'S THEME ACTUALLY, SORRY, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THIS TEAM RIGHT HERE. THEY ARE AMAZING. SO HANNAH GUTHRIE, PARKER FRITCH, RICHARD BALL AND ELENA BERG, I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR ABUNDANT WORK EVERY DAY. FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THEY WORK HARD EVERY DAY TO BETTER PREPARE OUR COMMUNITY FOR ANY TYPE OF LARGE SCALE EMERGENCY OR DISASTER. SO THIS YEAR'S THEME LIVE READY, IT REMINDS US THAT PREPAREDNESS IS ABOUT DAILY HABITS IN OUR HOMES, DAILY HABITS THAT WE THAT WE ROLL THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE READY WHEN THAT EVENT HAPPENS. AND WE JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE MCKINNEY RESIDENTS TO DO ONE THING THIS SEPTEMBER TO LIVE READY. SO JUST DO ONE THING THIS SEPTEMBER TO BETTER PREPARE YOURSELF AND BETTER PREPARE OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MAYOR COX. THANK YOU. 
          [PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS (for Non-Public Hearing Items)]
OKAY. NEXT ITEM WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS THAT ARE ON OUR AGENDA. A FEW HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS IF YOU WILL. WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR CONCERNS WITH US. WE ASK THAT YOU BE RESPECTFUL IN YOUR COMMENTS, BE CONCISE, AND PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE TIME LIMIT. AND ALSO IF THERE IS A DISRUPTIVE SITUATION OR SOMEONE IS BEING DISRUPTIVE TO THE MEETING, YOU ARE SUBJECT TO BEING REMOVED FROM CHAMBERS. DOES THAT NEED TO BE REPEATED? 
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IF THERE IS A DISRUPTIVE ACTIVITY, THEN WE YOU ARE SUBJECT TO BEING REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS. WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER SPEAKING ON A NON PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. JACOB. 
          LUCY. 
          MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS JACOB C LUCCI, CITIZEN OF MCKINNEY. 
          SPEAKING TO THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 BUDGET. RESPECTFULLY, I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT JUST AS THIS COUNCIL EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE PRESSURE FROM TEXANS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, ITS IMMEDIATE RESPONSE IS TO FORCE THROUGH A MASSIVE $880 MILLION BUDGET. 
          WOW. THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY SEE THIS PROPOSED BUDGET FOR WHAT IT TRULY IS, A CONTINUATION OF THE STATUS QUO. IT IS A PATTERN OF ABUSE, A PATTERN OF INTIMIDATION, AND A PATTERN OF SYSTEMIC INDIFFERENCE TO THE FAMILIES OF THIS CITY AND THEIR COLLECTIVE VOICE. WHILE YOU DEMAND THAT WE, THE PUBLIC, SIT QUIETLY AND MIND OUR MANNERS ACCORDING TO YOUR PROPOSAL, YOU HAVE DECIDED ONCE AGAIN TO RAISE OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE. ADDITIONALLY, YOU ARE HITTING WITH A 9% INCREASE IN WATER FEES AND AN 11% SPIKE IN WATER TREATMENT COSTS. THIS IS A COMBINED 20% INCREASE IN THE PRICE WE PAY FOR WATER. AS YOU VERY WELL KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT ENOUGH FOR WORKING FAMILIES TO AFFORD RENT, ENERGY AND FOOD, LET ALONE PAY FOR THIS CONTINUOUS UNCHECKED SPENDING. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW THIS ALL TOO WELL. WHEN YOU SPEND MORE THAN WHAT YOU MAKE, YOU END UP IN DEBT. BETWEEN THIS ADMINISTRATION AND PREVIOUS ONES. AND ACCORDING TO YOUR OWN RECORDS, YOU HAVE BURDENED THIS CITY WITH OVER $1.1 BILLION IN OUTSTANDING DEBT. THINK ABOUT THAT BEFORE A SINGLE POLICE OFFICER, A SINGLE FIREFIGHTER, OR FIRST RESPONDER IS PAID. THIS CITY IS BURNING OVER $90 MILLION A YEAR JUST TO SERVICE THAT DEBT. THIS COUNCIL HAS PURPOSELY THROWN THE CRUSHING BURDEN OF $1 BILLION DEBT SQUARELY ONTO THE BACKS OF THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS. THEREFORE, I RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE THIS BUDGET AND ASK THAT IT BE TABLED FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MR. LUCY. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. THERE ARE SEVERAL OF YOU THAT HAVE GIVEN US CARDS AND YOU DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK. THESE ARE ON AGENDA ITEMS. SO IF YOU HAVE SUBMITTED A CARD, CHRISTA MITCHELL SUPPORTING BAXTER WILL COMMENT. APARTMENTS. RENEE FRANCIS OPPOSING ITEM 26-00742Z AND 26-001A. AND I LIKE SHEENA AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCE THE NAME. SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF BAXTER WELL APARTMENTS, THOSE CARDS WILL GO 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
AS PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S RECORDS. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PART OF OUR AGENDA, WHICH WILL BE THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? PULL DOWNS? MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. 
          I'LL SECOND. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN. SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKLIN TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH CONSISTS OF ITEMS 26-0757 THROUGH AND INCLUDING ITEM 26-004M2. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. ALL RIGHT. THE 
          [26-0843 Conduct Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Adoption of the Budget Appropriation Ordinance for Fiscal Year 2026-27]
CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. FIRST ITEM IS 26-0843. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627, MR. HOLLOWAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MARK HOLLOWAY, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE CITY TONIGHT BEFORE YOU I HAVE ONE PRESENTATION, BUT WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ALL ABOUT ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET. WE'LL I'LL GO THROUGH A SHORT PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL WORK THROUGH THOSE ITEMS ONE BY ONE. SO HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET SALES TAX, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, IS REMAINING VERY STEADY. WE HAVE STRONG BUDGET, STRONG SALES TAX THIS YEAR STRONGER THAN THAN WAS EXPECTED FOR FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT 
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ABOUT A 3.5% INCREASE FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET WILL ALSO PROVIDE STEP INCREASES FOR ALL OF OUR NON-SWORN PERSONNEL, AND PLUS A 1% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT. 
          THIS ALSO INCLUDES A PLAN STEP INCREASES FOR OUR SWORN PERSONNEL, PLUS EXPANDED FUNDING FOR OUR STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. THAT'S IN THE. WITH A NEW POTHOLE PATCHING CREW THAT WE'LL BE ADDING THIS YEAR, WE ARE ADDING STAFFING ACROSS SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. I'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TAXES. WE HAVE A TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE OF ABOUT ALMOST $45 BILLION. FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, WE'RE ADDING ABOUT $1.4 BILLION TO THE ROLL THIS YEAR. WE ARE PROPOSING A LEVEL TAX RATE TAX RATE OF 0.412284 FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. THE OH PORTION OF THAT IS EQUAL TO THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE THAT THAT IS PROVIDED. BY OUR CALCULATIONS. THAT'S 0.276856. THE TAX RATE CEILING WHICH IS NOT IN CONSIDERATION, IS 0.422676. WE SET THAT BACK EARLIER IN AUGUST JUST TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO WORK DOWN FROM. ONCE AGAIN, THE RATE IS LEVEL AT 0.412284. GENERAL FUND GENERAL FUND REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 ARE PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT $246 MILLION. ABOUT 71% OF THAT COME FROM PROPERTY AND SALES TAX, WITH THE OTHER 29% COMING FROM THE REST OF THE THE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE THERE, SUCH AS FRANCHISE FEES, LICENSE AND PERMITS. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, ABOUT 48% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS MADE UP OF FIRE AND POLICE, 22% OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE REST COMING FROM PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          GENERAL FUND. NEW ADDITIONS THIS YEAR, ABOUT 6.6 MILLION IN NEW POSITIONS AND EQUIPMENT. 
          THAT'S 29 POSITIONS ACROSS THE GENERAL FUND, FIVE IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT, TWO IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, SEVEN PUBLIC WORKS, 13 PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT'S THREE POLICE AND TEN FIRE, AND ALSO TWO IN PARKS. PLUS, DURING THE LAST HALF OF FISCAL YEAR 26, WE DID ADD FOUR CERTIFIED POLICE OFFICERS AND SERGEANT FOR STAFFING THE COMMERCIAL SERVICE TERMINAL. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE PAID FOR OUT OF OUR FIRST TWO FUND. ON THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SIDE, JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE WATER WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED MANY YEARS AGO. WE HAD WATER LOSS BACK AT FISCAL YEAR 14 OF ABOUT 28%. WE'RE DOWN TO 8% NOW. THAT'S VERY GOOD AS FAR AS THE STANDARDS GO FOR FOR A WATER SYSTEM. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE SOME SOME SUPPLEMENTALS INCLUDED IN THE WATER WASTEWATER PROGRAM. WE TRY TO KEEP THOSE FAIRLY LEAN. THIS YEAR. WE DO HAVE A WE'RE PASSING THROUGH WATER RATES FROM NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT THIS YEAR OF ABOUT NINE AND 11%. SO THAT'S. 
          WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OUR SPENDING STAYED FAIRLY WITHIN CHECK. SO UPCOMING EVENTS ALWAYS DO THIS AS THE CHECKLIST. TONIGHT WE HAVE THE THE FOUR ITEMS IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          AND THIS WILL COMPLETE THE CYCLE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET. WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AS WE WORK THROUGH THE ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR. THANK YOU, MR. HOLLOWAY. ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE? NO, I WANT TO THANK YOU, MARK. YOU AND YOUR STAFF. YOU KNOW, WE WERE YOU WORKED HARD OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS TO GET THE TAX RATE TO BE WHERE IT WAS LAST YEAR. AND YOUR EFFORTS AREN'T LOST ON US, AND I APPRECIATE IT. ANYONE ELSE? MARK, WOULD YOU GO THROUGH ONE MORE TIME THE PASS THROUGH ON THE WATER CHARGES? SURE. SO WHAT WE DO EACH YEAR IS WE HAVE A WATER RATE STUDY. WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT IS, IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM THEM. WE FACTOR IN OUR GROWTH, WHAT OUR CURRENT COSTS ARE. AND THAT'S THAT'S ON THE ON THE OPERATION SIDE, ALSO ON THE DEBT SIDE. 
          AND THEN ONCE ONCE WE HAVE ALL OF THAT, WE MOST MOSTLY WHAT WE'RE FINDING THIS YEAR IS MOST OF OUR RATE INCREASE IS COMING FROM NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT. THE SEWER RATE INCREASE ESPECIALLY IS IT'S ACTUALLY 13% TO US THIS YEAR. WE'RE ONLY PASSING THROUGH 11%. 
          SO THOSE THOSE INCREASES WERE SUBSTANTIAL. SO WE WE DON'T ACTUALLY WE COLLECT THAT IN AND SEND IT DIRECTLY TO NORTH TEXAS. SO. AND THEIR THEIR COSTS HAVE APPARENTLY BEEN SKYROCKETING, ESPECIALLY ON THE CAPITAL SIDE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? AND JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THAT, THE NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, WE ARE A MEMBER OF THAT DISTRICT, BUT WE ARE JUST ONE OF MANY MEMBERS. YES WE ARE. WE'RE JUST ONE OF HOW MANY MEMBER CITIES? THERE'S 13, 13 MEMBER CITIES, 13 MEMBER CITIES, AND THEN THERE ARE MANY CUSTOMER CITIES, BUT THEY'RE SEEING THE SAME RATE INCREASES THAT WE ARE. AND I'VE SEEN THAT SEVERAL CITIES ARE HAVING TO 
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ACTUALLY PASS THROUGH, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN WHAT NORTH TEXAS IS ACTUALLY DOING. SO. OH, WOW. 
          OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? MARK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. IF YOU'VE COME TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THIS PROPOSED BUDGET, SEEING WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED BY MR. HOLLOWAY. HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JONES TO APPROVE THE BUDGET APPROPRIATION. SECOND FOR MR. HOLLOWAY'S PRESENTATION, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER. ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A RECORD VOTE ON THIS. MR. I'M SORRY. YOU'RE RIGHT, EMPRESS COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKLIN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. YES. MAYOR. OAKES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. LYNCH. YES. 
          [26-0844 Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance to Ratify the Property Tax Revenue Increase in the Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget as a Result of the City Receiving More Revenues from Property Taxes than the Previous Fiscal Year]
THAT MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT ITEM IS 26-088. FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO RATIFY THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE INCREASE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627 AS A RESULT OF THE CITY RECEIVING MORE REVENUES FROM PROPERTY TAXES. MR. HOLLOWAY, THIS THIS ITEM IS STANDARD ANYTIME THAT THAT THAT WE DO BRING IN ANY MORE TAX TAX REVENUE FROM ONE FISCAL YEAR TO ANOTHER. THE INTERESTING PART OF THIS ONE WILL POINT OUT IS THAT OUR PROPERTY TAXES WILL BE BRINGING IN ABOUT $5.6 MILLION OF, OF, OF, OF NEW VALUE OR OF VALUE TO, TO THE BUDGET FOR, FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 AND OF THAT AMOUNT. AND YOU HAVE TO READ THIS IN THE, IN THE MOTION. 6.1 OF THAT OF THAT IS TAX REVENUE RAISED ON PROPERTIES THAT WERE ADDED TO THE ROLL. SO ACTUALLY, ON THE VALUES THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING WITHIN THE CITY, THERE IS ABOUT A $500,000 DECREASE IN, IN TAXES BEING BROUGHT IN WITH THIS TAX RATE. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING ON THAT ONE. I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS. ALL RIGHT. AND MARK, THAT'S BECAUSE THE EXISTING VALUES BY AND LARGE DECLINE. NOT EVERYBODY'S HOUSE WENT DOWN IN ASSESSED VALUE, BUT MANY OF THEM DID. AND SO MANY HOMEOWNERS WILL BE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF A LOWER CITY TAX BURDEN THIS YEAR. IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? THAT COULD COULD BE THE CASE. INDIVIDUAL RESULTS WILL DEPEND ON ON THEIR THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT THE THE, THE MEDIAN VALUE OF A HOME IN MCKINNEY DECREASED THIS YEAR. SO WITH A LEVEL TAX RATE, YOU SHOULD SEE A MEDIAN HOMEOWNER WOULD WOULD HAVE A TAX RATE SAVINGS JUST ON THE ON THE CITY SIDE, I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT THE COUNTY OR THE OR THE ISD. YEAH. ISD MIGHT BE DOING. YES, SIR. ANYONE ELSE? MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION PUBLIC HEARING. NO, NO. GO AHEAD. I MOVE THAT THE INCREASED REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 627 CITY BUDGET IS HEREBY RATIFIED WITH THE FOLLOWING DECLARATION. BASED ON THE TAX RATE OF 0.412284, THIS BUDGET WILL RAISE MORE PROPERTY TOTAL PROPERTY TAXES THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY 5,684,486, OR 3.16%. 
          AND OF THAT AMOUNT, 6,108,741. IS TAX REVENUE TO BE RAISED FROM NEW PROPERTY ADDED TO THE TAX ROLL THIS YEAR, I WILL. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKLIN, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? EMPRESS, YOU WANT US TO VOTE HERE? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT ITEM IS 26-0845. A PUBLIC 
          [26-0845 Conduct Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Adopting a Tax Rate for Fiscal Year 2026-27 (Tax Year 2026)]
HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A TAX RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 627, MR. HOLLOWAY. ONCE AGAIN, THIS ITEM WILL ALSO REQUIRE A ROLL CALL VOTE AND IT IS PUBLIC HEARING, SO I WILL I WILL SAY THAT THE THE THE LANGUAGE OF THIS IS GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO READ THE .41, TWO, 284. YOU ARE ADOPTING WHAT IS A KNOWN AS A NO NEW REVENUE RATE. 
          IT WILL SAY THAT IT IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE DEBT PORTION THAT THAT THAT WE THAT IS BALANCED AGAINST LAST YEAR'S DEBT PORTION. AND SO 
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WHEN YOU DO THAT, IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE THE NEW VALUE THAT WAS ADDED. SO IT'S KIND OF A RAW TOTAL, BUT YOU WILL BE ADOPTING THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE. AND WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS OF MR. HOLLOWAY. NO. VERY GOOD. THIS IS A THANK YOU MARK. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. IF YOU COME TONIGHT AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS TAX RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2627, SINCE NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP, WE WILL MOVE ON. 
          DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE BE INCREASED BY THE ADOPTION OF A TAX RATE OF 0.412284, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY 0.75% INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE. 
          I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL CONCLUDED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT THE LANGUAGE FOR THE MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN SECOND BY COUNCILMAN LYNCH. ANY DISCUSSION? AND ROLL CALL? COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKLIN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. YES. MAYOR. OAKES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. LYNCH. YES. THAT MOTION CARRIES. 
          [26-0846 Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance to Change Rates/Fees for City Services]
NEXT ITEM IS 26-0846. DISCUSS AN ORDINANCE TO CHANGE RATES AND FEES FOR CITY SERVICES. MR. HOLLOWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THIS IS THE LAST ITEM. THIS IS THIS IS THE ITEM THAT WILL THAT CHANGES OUR RATES AND FEES FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT INCLUDE THE WATER RATES THAT WE'VE. WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. AND THIS WILL SUPPORT THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET. SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. NO QUESTIONS. MARK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MARK. THIS ITEM DOES NOT HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING COMPONENT. 
          SO WE HAVE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THIS ITEM. I'LL SECOND MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKLIN TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED SECOND BY COUNCILMAN JONES. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT MOTION CARRIES. THE NEXT ITEM IS 26-0013SUP2. THIS 
          [26-0013SUP2 Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Specific Use Permit Request for Passenger Vehicle Fuel Sales (Wildwood Marketplace), Located on the South Side of Future Laud Howell Parkway and Approximately 700 Feet West of County Road 201, and Accompanying Ordinance]
IS A PUBLIC HEARING. TO CONSIDER A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR PASSENGER FUEL VEHICLE SALES. WILDWOOD MARKETPLACE THIS IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LORD HOWARD PARKWAY, 700FT WEST OF COUNTY ROAD. 201 MR. RILEY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. LUCAS REILLY, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING HERE TO PRESENT A FEW ZONING ITEMS THIS EVENING. THE FIRST IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR A PASSENGER FUEL STATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS WILDWOOD, FORMERLY HONEY CREEK. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THIS IS IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP, YOU CAN SEE A LOCATION ICON THERE. AND IN OUR ZONING MAP, ZOOMING INTO THE SITE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS AN UNDEVELOPED AREA AT THIS POINT. AND SO THIS IS A FUTURE INTERSECTION WITH LORD HOWELL PARKWAY AND RIDGELINE ROAD. SO THIS SITE WOULD BE THE SOUTH WEST OR EXCUSE ME, SOUTHEAST PARCEL ON THAT INTERSECTION. THE PROPERTY IS ALREADY ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL USES THROUGH THE EXISTING PD THAT REGULATES THE LAND USE FOR THIS PROPERTY. BUT THE SCP IS SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED FOR PASSENGER FUEL SALES, AS IS THE CASE EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. GIVEN THE PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIALLY ZONED OR USED AREAS. AND SO ANYTIME THERE'S A RESIDENTIAL USE OR ZONE WITHIN 250FT OF A PASSENGER FUEL ISLANDS, AN SCP IS REQUIRED, PER THE MCKINNEY UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. THERE IS RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREAS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THIS PROPOSED SITE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME FLOODPLAIN MITIGATION THAT LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL USES THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE IN THE FUTURE. ANY SUCH RESIDENTIAL USES THAT WOULD COME IN WOULD BE AFTER THIS GAS STATION IS ALREADY ON SITE, BUT SHOULD BE IN EXCESS OF THAT 250 FOOT REQUIREMENT. 
          AS SUCH, STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. P AND Z RECOMMENDS APPROVAL UNANIMOUSLY AS WELL, AND WE RECEIVED NO PUBLIC OPPOSITION ON THIS CASE. I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. LUCAS. ANY QUESTIONS? ANYONE? LUCAS, IS THERE APPLICANT HERE? I BELIEVE THEY 
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ARE, YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I AM SHANE SEABOLT, THE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR REPUBLIC PROPERTY GROUP, THE DEVELOPMENT PARTNER FOR THIS PROJECT, WILDWOOD, FORMERLY HONEY CREEK. THE ADDRESS IS 400 SOUTH RECORD STREET, SUITE 1200, DALLAS, TEXAS. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL. HAS ANYONE. NO, SIR. MR. STEWART, YOU'RE FREE TO GO. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. IF YOU COME TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS SUP. MR. RYAN, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP? ALL RIGHT. THEN WE WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THIS ITEM. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKLIN TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN LYNCH. THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. WHAT JUST HAPPENED THERE? ONE MOMENT. FRANK. YEAH. POPPED UP. THAT MOTION CARRIES THAT ITEM. LUCAS HAS BEEN APPROVED. THE NEXT ITEM IS 26-0074Z AND 
          [26-0074Z/26-0010A Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Petition to Annex (Case No. 26-0010A) and a Request to Zone (Case No. 26-0074Z) the Subject Property to “MF36” - Multi-Family Residential District, Located on the South Side of Baxter Well Road and Approximately 1,200 Feet West of FM 1461, and Accompanying Ordinance(s)]
26-0010A. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO PETITION ON A PETITION TO ANNEX AND REQUEST A ZONING TO MF36. THIS IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BAXTER WELL ROAD, 1200FT WEST OF FM 1461. MR. RILEY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS AN ANNEXATION AND ZONING CASE. 
          AGAIN, GIVING THE CONTEXT OF WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING MAPS. THIS IS IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. IT IS ACTUALLY ADJACENT TO TWO PROPERTIES THAT WERE RECENTLY ANNEXED IN ZONED. YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THIS MAP VIEW, ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES ZONED M, R MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND THE OTHER MF36 MULTIFAMILY, WHICH IS THE SAME ZONING DESIGNATION THAT THIS PROPERTY HAS REQUESTED IF ANNEXED AND APPROVED TONIGHT, THIS PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 17.32 ACRES. AS STATED, IT IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BAXTER. WELL ROAD FM 1461 IS FUTURE LAKE FOREST AND THIS IS JUST NORTH OF THE FUTURE 380 BYPASS. WE DO HAVE A LOCATION HERE SHOWING WHERE THIS SITE IS IN RELATION TO THE MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN. THAT LIGHT GRAY ROAD INDICATED JUST SOUTH OF THE ICON. EXCUSE ME, IS THE FUTURE 380 BYPASS. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS DOES CONFORM WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, GIVEN THE RELATIONSHIP TO ONE OF THE ANTICIPATED LARGEST INTERSECTIONS IN THIS AREA, THE ADJACENT USES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN RECENTLY, AND AGAIN, THE PROXIMITY TO HIGHWAY 380, WE FEEL LIKE THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD A BUFFER OF DENSITY THAT CAN WORK ITS WAY AWAY FROM THIS INTERSECTION HERE. AS SUCH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. P AND Z ALSO HEARD THIS REQUEST AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL UNANIMOUSLY. I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. LUCAS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? NO. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THIS IS IS OUR APPLICANT HERE? YES. VERY GOOD. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CAITLYN. I AM THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THIS PROJECT. THIS IS GOING TO BE TITLED AS BAXTER WELL APARTMENTS, WITH A TOTAL OF 540 APARTMENT UNITS THAT ARE GOING TO ALL BE MARKET RENT. I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. ANYONE KNOW OF THE APPLICANT, MISTER ROGERS? THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. IF YOU'VE COME TONIGHT AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS PROPOSED ANNEXATION AND REZONE, WOULD YOU HAVE TISHA BLANTON? SORRY, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO READ THIS. TALKING IN PUBLIC IS ONE OF MY FEARS. I WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD FACE THEIR FEARS AND CERTAIN THINGS, 
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I GUESS. BUT. HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF MCKINNEY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS TISHA BLANTON. I LIVE AT FIVE FOUR, THREE FIVE BAXTER ROAD. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO DENY, OR AT VERY LEAST TABLE THE CASE 260010 A AND 260074 Z FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF MF36 HIGH DENSITY ZONING ON BAXTER ROAD. MOST OF MY FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS FEEL THE DECISION IS ALREADY MADE AND DIDN'T WANT TO WASTE THEIR TIME ANYMORE. I'M HOPING THEY ARE PROVED WRONG TONIGHT AND THAT NO IS IN YOUR VOCABULARY. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THIS IS NOT AN ARGUMENT AGAINST GROWTH OR AGAINST MULTIFAMILY HOUSING. THIS IS AN ARGUMENT ABOUT WHETHER THIS PARTICULAR DENSITY AND LOCATION ARE STRUCTURALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY APPROPRIATE. 
          FIRST, CONSIDER THE DIRECT PROCEDURAL AND IN FACT AN INFRASTRUCTURAL. RED FLAGS DURING THE LAST MAJOR DECISION INVOLVING THE SECTOR. AT THE LAST MEETING, I WAS MISSED BECAUSE I COULDN'T SEE THAT IT WAS GOING ON. COMMISSIONER TIM WILLIAMS RECUSED HIMSELF. THAT ALONE DEMANDS MAXIMUM SCRUTINY FROM THIS COUNCIL. FURTHERMORE, WE ALREADY FACE DOCUMENTED WATER PRESSURE FAILURES IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST, FORCING AN MF36 DESIGNATION HERE UNLOCKS A STAGGERING POTENTIAL CAPACITY CEILING OF UP TO 911 TOTAL UNITS ACROSS THESE PARCELS. SO THIS PARCELS THIS IS WITH THE FRANKLIN RANCH APARTMENTS AND THEN THIS ONE. 
          NOW, SHE SAID 820 WAS GOING TO BE THEIR TOTAL. WELL, TWO THE 540 PLUS THE 288, 820. BUT STILL THAT IS WAY TOO MANY. THAT WOULD BE ALMOST, IF YOU LIKE, IF EACH PERSON WAS THERE, IT'D BE 2000 PEOPLE GOING DOWN A POPULATION SPIKE. THAT MASSIVE ON A RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRID WILL LITERALLY CAUSE A 911 INFRASTRUCTURE EMERGENCY. AND DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH THE ZONED. THANK YOU. WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? THANK YOU, MISS BLANTON. ARE YOU? ANYONE? IF YOU. THANK YOU. IF YOU SENT IN COMMENTS VIA OUR ONLINE PORTAL AND THERE WERE YOU'RE SENT A LETTER AND ON THAT WE WE RECEIVED YOUR LETTER. 
          ANYONE ELSE THAT SENT A LETTER IN. PLEASE KNOW THAT WE DID RECEIVE IT. THAT'S THE LAST SPEAKER THAT WE HAVE. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? ANYONE YOU KNOW, MR. MAYOR, I, I DO FEEL FOR WHAT MISS BLANTON AND HER NEIGHBORS ARE GOING THROUGH. WHAT HAPPENED HERE, THOUGH, IS THAT TXDOT CAME IN WITH THEIR 380 ALIGNMENT FOR THE BYPASS. AND WHEN THEY DID THAT, IT'S COMING RIGHT TO THE SOUTH OF THIS. AND LAKE FOREST IN THE 380 BYPASS IS GOING TO BE, TO ME, ABOUT AS BUSY OF AN INTERSECTION AS LIKE VIRGINIA IN 75. IT'S GOING TO FLY OVER THERE AND IT'S GOING TO DO THAT, AND IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE COMPLEXION OF THAT AREA. FOR THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS, EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT THERE OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY LIMITS, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY LIMITS. AND I GET IT, IF I WERE SOMEBODY, I'D WANT TO LIVE OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY LIMITS, TOO, AND BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE GREAT ROADS, WE HAVE GREAT PARKS, WE HAVE GREAT LIBRARIES, AND THEY CAN ENJOY THEM. AND THEY DO. THEY DON'T PAY THE TAX RATE THAT WE JUST ADOPTED. WHEN SB EIGHT CAME OUT LAST SUMMER, TOO. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING DONE BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE. AND WHAT THAT DID IS IT GAVE THE RIGHT, AND I'M GOING TO USE SOME GENERAL LANGUAGE HERE, BUT FOR ALMOST ANY COMMERCIALLY ZONED PROPERTY IN MCKINNEY THAT CAN HOLD MULTIFAMILY, YOU CAN BUILD IT BY. RIGHT NOW, WE CAN'T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN IT AND IT'S HAPPENING. SO WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT PROPERTY AT THE CORNER OR RIGHT THERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF A VERY MAJOR INTERSECTION OF A HIGHWAY AND A SIX LANE ARTERIAL ROAD ARE GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL? NOT REALLY GOOD. IT'S GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL WHEN WHEN THEY ANNEX INTO OUR CITY AND THEY BUILD UNDER OUR CODE, THEY PAY ROADWAY IMPACT FEES, THEY PAY PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES. THEY WILL DEDICATE ONE ACRE OF PARKLAND FOR EVERY 36 UNITS THEY PUT IN. THAT'S 15 ACRES OF PARKLAND THAT THIS COMPLEX WILL DEVELOP. SO THE QUESTION REALLY ISN'T FOR US SO MUCH THE WAY IT'S BEEN RUNNING FOR US IS DO THEY BUILD THIS OR NOT? THEY CAN BUILD IT, BUT DO THEY BUILD IT IN THE CITY AND BE ABLE TO KEEP OUR TAX RATE AS LOW AS WE CAN? AND MY DISTRICT IS PRETTY FAR SOUTH OF THIS. IT'S SOUTH OF EL DORADO PARKWAY, BASICALLY BETWEEN 75 AND CUSTER. AND FOR MY DISTRICT, THAT'S GOOD. IT'S GOOD BUSINESS. IT PUTS DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON OUR TAX RATE AND ADDS PARKLAND, THEY PAY THEIR SHARE OF THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES. AND IF YOU TOOK A LOOK AT HOLLOWAY'S PIE CHART, HE SHOWED THE IMPACT FEES ARE A RELEVANT PART OF OUR BUDGET. AND AGAIN, THEY SERVE TO KEEP OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE DOWN. SO, MR. BAUER, 
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I'M IN FAVOR OF IT. AND WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENT, OTHER OTHER COMMENTS? NO. I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THIS AND I ACTUALLY LIVE IN THIS AREA, AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE APARTMENT UNITS COMING UP THAT ARE MARKET RATE IN THAT AREA. 
          THEY'RE NOT EVEN DONE YET. AND I DO FEEL THE RESIDENTS CONCERN ABOUT THE PRESSURE THAT IT'S GOING TO PUT ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BECAUSE THERE'S THERE'S REALLY NOTHING UP THERE RIGHT NOW. AND WE DID, AND I'M ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT I VOTED TO APPROVE THE MULTIFAMILY THAT WAS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT THOSE WERE SMALLER, SMALLER DENSITY. 
          IT WAS LIKE UNDER UNDER 300 UNITS. AND THIS IS A TO ME, IT'S JUST A MASSIVE APARTMENT COMPLEX. AND SO, I MEAN, I JUST THINK WE JUST, IT JUST NEEDS TIME. AND WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT NOW FOR THIS. SO I'M A NO. ANYONE ELSE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'LL VOICE MY OPINION. I'M KIND OF LIKE MICHAEL. I LIVE FAIRLY CLOSE TO THIS. I UNDERSTAND THE RESIDENTS OUT THERE. THAT'S A LOT OF APARTMENTS IN ONE AREA. AND I REALIZE WE'RE IN A VERY TOUGH POSITION BECAUSE THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE OUTSIDE THE CITY AND WE HAVE NO CONTROL. WE CAN'T WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING. SO IT'S BETTER TO HAVE THEM IN THE CITY. HOWEVER, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO BE A NO. ANYONE ELSE? MR. MAYOR, JUST TO KIND OF ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, INFRASTRUCTURE IS BROUGHT BY THE DEVELOPERS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY WILL THEY WILL COMPLETE THE GRID AND BRING THE INFRASTRUCTURE INTO THIS AREA THAT IS NEEDED. THE SECOND THING IS WE'VE GOT ABOUT A HOW MANY ACRE CIVIC CENTER GOING BASICALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM HERE, WHERE WE'VE GOT A PUBLIC FACILITY PLANT, A WATER WATER FACILITY. WE'VE GOT A NEW APEX CENTER COMING. THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE. 
          AND SO THAT'S GOING TO COME WHETHER IT'S IN THE CITY LIMITS OR NOT. AND SO I'D PREFER IT TO BE IN THE CITY LIMITS. SO I WILL SECOND PATRICK'S MOTION. ANYONE ELSE? WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BELLER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MOTION IS TO APPROVE AS PER STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. AT. THIS MOTION CARRIES A. BY A VOTE OF FOUR IN FAVOR AND TWO AGAINST. SO THE 
          [26-0086Z2 Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from “PD” - Planned Development District to “C2” - Local Commercial District, Located on the South Side of Eldorado Parkway and Approximately 180 Feet East of South Custer Road, and Accompanying Ordinance]
NEXT ITEM IS 26-086Z2. A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A REASON FOR PROPERTY FROM PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO SEE TWO LOCAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. THIS IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF EL DORADO PARKWAY, SOUTH OF CUSTER ROAD. MR. RILEY ALL RIGHT. THE LAST CASE I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING IS THE PROPOSED ROWLETT STATION C-2 REZONING. ONCE AGAIN, CONTEXT OF WHERE WE'RE AT. THIS IS IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY ON THE FORMER GLOBE LIFE CAMPUS. THIS IS UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY JUST SOUTH OF EL DORADO. H-E-B IS THAT GROCERY STORE AND PARKING LOT YOU SEE JUST NORTH OF THIS LOCATION. THE PROPERTY SIZE IS APPROXIMATELY 9.8 ACRES. THE REQUEST WOULD ALLOW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG EL DORADO THAT MODERNIZES THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. THE STONEBRIDGE PD IS NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TO INTERPRET AND APPLY, AND SO WE ARE ALWAYS EAGER AS A STAFF TO WORK WITH APPLICANTS WHO WISH TO SEEK OUT SOME OF OUR ZONINGS THAT KIND OF BRING IT TO OUR MODERN STANDARDS. TAKING A LOOK AT THE ZONING MAP, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS C-2 ALONG EL DORADO AND CUSTER. AND SO THIS WILL REALLY BE BRIDGING THE GAP, BRINGING THAT SAME ZONING DISTRICT IN. AS SUCH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. P AND Z ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL UNANIMOUSLY. AND I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. LUCAS, ARE THERE QUESTIONS COMMENTS ANYONE? LUCAS IS OUR APPLICANT. 
          HERE THEY ARE. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M RANDY HOWLETT, 1700 REDBUD, SUITE 300, HERE IN MCKINNEY. HERE. ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, WE AGREE WITH THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT THE REZONING IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE CONTIGUOUS PROPERTIES, AND WILL ALLOW FOR COMMERCIAL USES TO DEVELOP ALONG ELDORADO PARKWAY, AND WILL NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE SURROUNDING AREA. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE PROPERTY WILL BE DEVELOPED VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE AT DISTRICT 121 AT ALMA AND THE SAM RAYBURN TOLLWAY. 
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I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND REQUEST YOUR FAVORABLE APPROVAL. SO, RANDY, WHEN I THINK OF DISTRICT 121, I THINK OF CASINO AND THE LITTLE AMPHITHEATER IN THE BACK AND RESTAURANTS, AND SOMETHING ACTIVATED ON THAT LEVEL, IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? YES. OKAY. 
          ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU, MR. HOLLAND. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THIS IS AN ITEM WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU ARE HERE TONIGHT AND NO ONE IS SIGNED UP. SO WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          MR. MAYOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THIS ITEM AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKLIN TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. I'LL SECOND THAT, MR. JONES. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JONES. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. AT THAT. MOTION CARRIES. THAT ITEM HAS BEEN 
          [26-0847 Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request by the City of McKinney to Amend Article VI, Conveyance of Land for Recreational Areas and Facilities, of the Code of Ordinances]
APPROVED. NEXT ITEM IS 26-0847. A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A REQUEST BY THE CITY OF MCKINNEY TO AMEND ARTICLE SIX CONVEYANCE OF LAND AND FOR RECREATIONAL AREAS AND FACILITIES, MISS KINCAID. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M AMY KINCAID, DIRECTOR OF PARKS. WE ARE ASKING AND REQUESTING TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE SEPTEMBER 15TH COUNCIL MEETING SO WE CAN ACCOMMODATE A COUPLE OF CHANGES THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO ADOPTING. OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION OR A REQUEST FOR A MOTION TO TABLE. LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TABLE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15TH. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. MR. MAYOR, A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER TO THAT EFFECT. I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN JONES. ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT MOTION CARRIES. THAT ITEM HAS BEEN TABLED. THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR REGULAR AGENDA 
          [PUBLIC COMMENTS regarding matters not on the agenda]
WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. JUST AS A REMINDER, WHEN YOU DO COME TO THE PODIUM, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. WE ASK THAT YOU BE RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER, INCLUDING THE TWO MINUTE TIME, AND THEN IN THE EVENT THERE IS A DISRUPTION IN THE MEETING, WE WILL. RECESS THE MEETING AND REMOVE THAT PERSON AS BEING DISRUPTIVE. WITH THAT, WE WILL START OUR FIRST ROW THROUGH THIS LIST. FIRST NAME IS ELMER CORBIN. NEXT WILL BE JANE, I'M SORRY, BETH BENTLEY AND THEN BETH FIELDS. MAYOR COX, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I CONGRATULATED AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR GOVERNING THIS CITY ACCORDING TO THE RULE OF LAW AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERY CITIZEN IS REPRESENTED WITH EQUAL JUSTICE IN THIS CITY. 
          WE'LL PROBABLY HEAR SOME VOICES THAT OPPOSE THAT POINT OF VIEW, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CONTINUING TO REPRESENT THIS CITY WITH EQUAL JUSTICE. IF WE DON'T DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO DEVOLVE INTO CHAOS, AND THIS CITY WILL BECOME SOMETHING THAT NONE OF US INTEND FOR IT TO BE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS AND THE FELLOW RESIDENTS OF MCKINNEY FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THIS COUNCIL, BECAUSE YOU DO REPRESENT EVERY CITIZEN OF THIS CITY. I ALSO WANT TO JUST SAY THAT IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE SUPPORT OF ALL OF THESE CITIZENS, YOU WOULDN'T BE SITTING IN THESE SEATS. THE REASON WE ELECTED YOU IN A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION WAS TO REPRESENT A EQUAL JUSTICE SYSTEM UNDER THE LAW. YOU'VE DONE THAT. AND SO, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU. BUT IF WE ALLOW VOICES TO COME INTO MCKINNEY THAT DO NOT REPRESENT WHAT THIS CITY STANDS FOR, WE'RE GOING TO BECOME BITTER TEXAS. NOBODY WANTS THAT. I CERTAINLY DON'T MY FAMILY DOESN'T. ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS AND RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY ENJOY THE PLEASURES OF LIVING IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. WE'VE BEEN VOTED ONE OF THE BEST CITIES TO LIVE IN BECAUSE YOU GOVERN ACCORDING TO THE RULE OF LAW. 
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THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. AND CONTINUE. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS BETH BENTLEY. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WHAT IS RIGHT BY THE LAW DOES NOT SEEM JUST OR FAIR? THERE ARE MANY VOICES IN THE ROOM AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND AS COMMUNITY LEADERS, YOU HAVE THE CHALLENGING TASK OF DECIPHERING BETWEEN WHAT WORKS, WHAT POTENTIALLY WORKS, AND WHAT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE LAW. WERE THE DEFINITIVE LAW AND SOMETIMES THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW MEET UP WITH MORALITY. IT CREATES A TENSION LIKENED TO THAT WHICH HAS BLANKETED MCKINNEY TODAY. SO WHO IS STUDYING THIS BEHAVIOR AND STUDYING THESE OUTCOMES OF THIS DEMOCRATIC PROCESS? WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? I'M ASKING THAT SOME LARGER CONVERSATIONS LEAD US TOWARDS OPPORTUNITIES TO WALK TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER. HOW CAN WE BRING BACK THE INTEGRITY OF HARD, CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS USING OUR WORDS, NOT SHOUTING MATCHES, NOT KEYBOARD ATTACKS? HOW DO WE ENGAGE ONE ANOTHER IN CONVERSATIONS WHERE EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, EVEN WHEN WE DO NOT AGREE? THIS WEEK MOST CERTAINLY PROVIDES SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO UNITE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT THIS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD FROM 6 TO 8 P.M. HERE AT CITY HALL. INPUT WILL BE SHARED CONCERNING THE COMMUNITY BASED HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN. LET US CONSIDER OTHERS IN LOVE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU MISS. 
          NEXT SPEAKER IS BETH FIELDS. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MAYOR COX AND THE COUNCIL. I'VE LIVED IN MCKINNEY FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS, AND IN THE TIME THAT I'VE LIVED HERE, I'VE MET MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED HERE EVEN LONGER THAN THAT. AND WHAT SEEMS TO BE A THREAD OF CONVERSATION IS THE MCKINNEY'S REALLY CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. AND THERE'S A SORT OF AN UNSPOKEN MESSAGE AROUND FEAR ABOUT THAT CHANGE. AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SAY I CELEBRATE THAT CHANGE AND THAT I CONSIDER IT A PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AS A CITIZEN OF MCKINNEY, WHO LOVES MCKINNEY, TO MAKE THIS A PLACE OF BELONGING, WHERE THOSE WHO ARE HERE, WHO MAY NOT REFLECT WHAT PEOPLE ARE USED TO SEEING AS A FACE. MCKINNEY. WE I WELCOME THAT CHANGE, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO SAY A THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL BECAUSE AT A TIME WHEN IT. IT CAN BE VERY EASY TO LISTEN TO THE ROAR OF A CROWD THAT SPEAKS FROM A PLACE OF FEAR. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND COMMEND YOU FOR RECOGNIZING AND CENTERING YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT I VOTED TO ELECT. AND YOU ARE REPRESENTING MY VALUES AND THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE TO MAKE DECISIONS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE LAW, TO MAKE DECISIONS IN ALIGNMENT WITH POLICY AND PROCEDURE. AND I WANT. THIS IS MY FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING I'VE EVER ATTENDED IN ALMOST 20 YEARS, AND IT'S BECAUSE I HEAR A VOICE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT IS SPEAKING AGAINST WHAT I PERSONALLY VALUE, AND I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO COME AND COMMIT TO MY FELLOW CITIZENS, TO THIS COMMUNITY THAT I LOVE, THAT I AM READY TO DO WHATEVER I PERSONALLY CAN TO CULTIVATE A SENSE OF BELONGING IN MCKINNEY. AND I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU DOING YOUR JOBS AS ELECTED OFFICIALS IS A HUGE PART OF WHAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR MCKINNEY TO EVEN BE THE CITY THAT IT IS. SO I WANTED TO GO ON RECORD AGAIN, TO SAY THANK YOU AND TO SPEAK PUBLICLY TO MY COMMUNITY, TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE BELONGS IN MCKINNEY, AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO SUPPORT AND PROTECT THAT FEELING OF BELONGING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS FIELDS. NEXT SPEAKER IS ANGIE BETO. AFTER THAT WILL BE CAROLYN BERRY. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. GRIMES, MCKINNEY, PD OFFICERS AND CITY STAFF. THANK YOU FOR YOUR STEADFAST DEDICATION TO OUR CITY, A CITY THAT WE ALL LOVE. I APPRECIATE. AS A LONGTIME MCKINNEY RESIDENT, THE DIFFICULT WORK YOU DO ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND I TRUST THAT YOUR DECISIONS ARE GUIDED NOT ONLY BY WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES, BUT BY WHAT BEST SERVES THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY. PAID POLITICAL OPERATIVES ARE TRYING TO UNJUSTLY UNSEAT SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND OUR DULY ELECTED MAYOR. SIMPLY FOR DOING YOUR JOBS AND FOLLOWING THE LAW. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS NOT ABOUT GOOD GOVERNANCE. IT IS ABOUT MANUFACTURED OUTRAGE, DIVISION, AND A CULTURE WAR THAT DOES NOT REFLECT WHO WE ARE IN MCKINNEY. AT A TIME WHEN BUILDING COMMUNITY IS CRITICAL, 
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CONGRESSMAN SELF AND REPRESENTATIVE RICHARDSON STOOD IN THIS VERY CHAMBER WORKING TO DIVIDE US. INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE REAL ISSUES LIKE COST OF LIVING, THEY FUEL DIVISION. I'M ASKING YOU ALL TO STEP OUT AND BRING US TOGETHER AND LEAD US AS A COMMUNITY. LEAD US TO STAND TOGETHER, REJECT THIS UNJUST RECALL, AND PROTECT THE COMMUNITY WE ARE BUILDING FOR OUR FAMILIES AND FOR OUR FUTURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. NEXT SPEAKER IS CAROLYN BERRY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCILMAN AND CITY EMPLOYEES. MY NAME IS CAROLYN BERRY. I'VE LIVED IN MCKINNEY FOR 48 YEARS IN THE SAME HOUSE. OH, SORRY. OKAY. SHOULD I START OVER? OKAY. YOU CAN START OVER. YEAH. MY NAME IS CAROL. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? MY NAME IS CAROLYN BERRY. I'VE LIVED IN MCKINNEY FOR 48 YEARS IN THE SAME HOME. I RAISED FOUR CHILDREN HERE, AND THEY GOT A GREAT EDUCATION FROM MY SD. I LOVE THIS TOWN AND IT WAS A GREAT DECISION TO COME HERE. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE AND IT WAS FRIGHTENING AT TIMES, BUT MOST HAS BEEN GOOD FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY. I'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL A FEW TIMES OVER THE PAST 48 YEARS, AND I APPRECIATE HOW I WAS TREATED. EVEN IF I BROUGHT UP AN ISSUE THAT THEY COULD NOT SUPPORT. I WALKED DAILY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN THE PARKS AND I APPRECIATE SO MUCH WHAT YOU'VE. THE IMPROVEMENTS. I'M A BIRD WATCHER AND I DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME OUTSIDE. I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THEIR HARD WORK. 
          THAT IS OFTEN UNAPPRECIATED. YOU SPEND HOURS STUDYING AND READING BEFORE THE MEETINGS. 
          YOU MAKE HARD DECISIONS, YOU LISTEN TO PERSONAL CRITICISM, AND YOU HANDLE IT WELL. THANK YOU. I'M AGAINST THE RECALL. THIS IS PAINFUL FOR YOU AND ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR FAMILIES THAT YOU'RE UNDER ATTACK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. THANK YOU, MR. BERRY. NEXT SPEAKER IS ASHLEY MARIE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MCKINNEY VOTED AGAINST MEASURES ONLY TO WATCH REJECTED PRIORITIES. KEEP MOVING FORWARD. WE SAID NO TO THE AIRPORT AND THE AMPHITHEATER. WE ASKED FOR MORE PUBLIC SAFETY AND REAL SOLUTIONS TO TRAFFIC. A RECALL IS THE LAWFUL WAY TO HOLD ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE. 
          WHEN OUR VOICES AND OUR VOTES ARE NO LONGER REPRESENTED FOR EXERCISING THAT RIGHT. WE HAVE BEEN HARASSED AND MET WITH INTIMIDATION TACTICS. I HAVE TRIED TO HAVE A CIVIL CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE ON THE OPPOSITION, AND THAT PERSON SMACKED A DRINK OUT OF MY HAND. 
          NO RESIDENT SHOULD FACE THAT BECAUSE OF MISINFORMATION. MY FACE HAS BEEN ATTACHED TO WORDS I HAVE NEVER SAID. MY CHARACTER HAS BEEN ATTACKED. IT HAS AFFECTED MY INCOME AND EVEN MY ABILITY TO MOVE INTO A NEW HOME. I HAVE CHALLENGED AN IDEOLOGY. I WILL ADMIT THAT YES, I HAVE MADE CONCERNS TO A CERTAIN IDEOLOGY, BUT I HAVE NEVER PREACHED HATRED TO ANY ONE AND I HAVE NEVER CALLED FOR ANY HARM TO ANYONE. PEOPLE WHO CHALLENGED THE GOVERNMENT WERE CONDEMNED BEFORE THEY WERE HEARD. THEY STOOD ANYWAY. YOU CAN MISREPRESENT US, YOU CAN INTIMIDATE US, YOU CAN TRY TO SILENCE US, BUT YOU CANNOT ERASE OUR VOTES AND YOU CANNOT ERASE OUR VOICES. ELECTED, ELECTED OFFICE DOES NOT BELONG TO THE PEOPLE SITTING IN THESE SEATS. IT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THEM THERE. WHEN GOVERNMENT STOPS LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO HOLD THEIR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE. AND THAT IS WHAT THIS RECALL IS ABOUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS MARIE. NEXT SPEAKER IS MARCUS LLOYD. MARCUS LLOYD. DASH. YOU'LL BE NEXT. OH, BOY. MR. MAYOR AND FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE'VE COME INTO THIS ROOM AND ONLINE, AND WE'VE WAGED WAR AGAINST ONE ANOTHER'S IDEAS. WE'VE DEFENDED OUR CORNERS, WE'VE QUESTIONED MOTIVES. WE'VE DECIDED WHO'S RIGHT AND WHO'S WRONG. BUT I WONDER IF THE WAY FORWARD REQUIRES US TO WAGE A DIFFERENT KIND OF WAR. MAYBE INSTEAD OF WAGING WAR AGAINST ONE ANOTHER, WE NEED TO WAGE WAR AGAINST OUR OWN PRECONCEIVED IDEAS. I TEACH A FRAMEWORK IN MY WORK CALLED WAGE WAGEW STANDS FOR WHAT IF I'M WRONG? NOT NECESSARILY WRONG ABOUT MY CONVICTIONS, BUT 
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WHAT IF I'M WRONG ABOUT YOU? WHAT IF I'M WRONG ABOUT YOUR MOTIVES, YOUR FEARS, YOUR ACTS? WHAT YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE? A ASK QUESTIONS, NOT QUESTIONS DESIGNED TO PROVE MY POINT, BUT QUESTIONS TO HELP UNDERSTAND YOURS. G GET A DIFFERENT COUNTER PERSPECTIVE. STEP OUTSIDE OF YOUR CORNER LONG ENOUGH TO HEAR SOMEBODY ELSE'S STORY AND ENVISION THE BEST. 
          BECAUSE NOBODY IS A VILLAIN IN THEIR OWN STORY. EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM BELIEVES THEY ARE PROTECTING SOMETHING GOOD. AND AFTER ALL OF THAT, IF WE STILL DISAGREE, THAT'S OKAY, BECAUSE A HEALTHY CITY IS NOT A CITY WITHOUT DISAGREEMENT. A HEALTHY CITY IS ONE THAT IS, THAT HAS DEVELOPED A CIVIC MUSCLE TO DISAGREE WITHOUT DENYING ONE ANOTHER'S DIGNITY, HUMANITY, OR FREEDOM. WE DON'T NEED LESS CONVICTION. WE NEED MORE CURIOSITY. WE DON'T NEED EVERYONE TO THINK ALIKE. WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE TOGETHER WHEN WE DON'T. BECAUSE BELONGING ISN'T AGREEMENT. BELONGING MEANS I DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU TO DEFEND YOUR PLACE AT THE TABLE. SO PERHAPS TONIGHT, INSTEAD OF ASKING HOW WE CAN DEFEAT THE PEOPLE ACROSS FROM US, WE ASK A BETTER QUESTION HOW DO WE BUILD A MCKINNEY STRONG ENOUGH TO DISAGREE AND STILL BE NEIGHBORS? TONIGHT, LET'S WAGE A DIFFERENT KIND OF WAR. THANK YOU, MR. LLOYD. NEXT UP, MO CHAUDRY AND THEN KYLE SIMS. OKAY. SO I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT A LOT. 
          ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY WHEN OH, IT'S NOT PEACE HOLLERS, IT'S PIERCE HALL, BUT WHATEVER. 
          ANYWAYS, NO, I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW IT'S NATIONAL AWARENESS MONTH. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A LOT OF THE LOCAL HOMELESS FOR US TO COLLECT WHATEVER MONEY WE HAVE TO DROP OFF WATER IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS, AND ALSO TALKING WITH VARIOUS PEOPLE ABOUT MAYBE DOING THAT, LIKE IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, IF YOU GO GROCERY SHOPPING, YOU CAN JUST BUY AN EXTRA CASE OF WATER, DROP IT OFF PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE IN THE TOWN. BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RELIGIOUS DIVISION IN TOWN AS OF LATE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I'D LIKE TO CEDE THE REMAINING ONE MINUTE OF TIME FOR EVERYONE TO JUST KIND OF THINK ABOUT WHATEVER THEIR BELIEFS ARE OR THEIR CREATOR AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO COMPORT THEMSELVES WITH REGARDS TO THAT. AND JUST A LITTLE MOMENT OF SILENCE. AND THAT WOULD BE ONE MINUTE. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, MO CHAUDRY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, MCKINNEY PD AND CITY STAFF. MY NAME IS MO CHOWDHURY AND I AM MCKINNEY RESIDENT FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS. LET ME START OFF BY SAYING NO ONE IS ASKING FOR SHARIA LAW IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS OR THE US. THERE IS ONLY ONE LAW IN THE US AND THAT IS THE US CONSTITUTION, SHARIA LAW. NONSENSE IS HYPED BY SOME POLITICIANS TO DIVERT PEOPLE'S ATTENTION FROM THE REAL ISSUES. PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD HEALTH CARE, GASOLINE PRICES, GROCERIES. OUR NATIONAL DEBT IS $40 TRILLION. OUR BUDGET IN JULY WAS 34.3 BILLION, WHICH IS HIGHEST EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. AND WE ARE LOSING TRADE WAR TO CHINA EVERY SINGLE DAY. LET ME ALSO MENTION TODAY IN 2026, MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS, THEY LIVE IN HARMONY ALL OVER THE 
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WORLD. U.S. HAS ALMOST 2800 TO 3000 MOSQUES IN THE U.S. ONE MUSLIM COUNTRY, ONLY ONE MUSLIM COUNTRY, WHICH IS LESS THAN A COUPLE OF STATES COMBINED. INDONESIA HAS MORE THAN 75,000 CHURCHES. PAKISTAN, WHICH IS LESS THAN SMALLER THAN THE STATE OF TEXAS, HAS MORE THAN 3000 CHURCHES. I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH A SINGLE MESSAGE. LET'S BE KIND TO OUR NEIGHBOR. LET'S BE UNITED. AND LET'S NOT ALLOW OUTSIDERS TO DIVIDE US. THANK YOU, MR. CHAUDHRY. NEXT SPEAKER IS KYLE SIMS. NEXT WILL BE THOMAS RUTHERFORD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL. WHEN I WAS FIRST APPROACHED ABOUT THIS RECALL, IT WAS ABOUT THE MOSQUE. AND THEN IT TURNED INTO A NO CONFIDENCE RECALL PRETTY QUICK. I WILL SAY MY BRIDE AND I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 2010, AND I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO DO MY HOMEWORK. I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO HAVE AN OPEN BOOK. I HAVE MET WITH MANY OF YOU MANY TIMES, WHETHER IT BE IN A STORE OR IN A MEETING ROOM OR AT THE LIBRARY. AND WHAT REALLY CONCERNS ME IS THAT I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THIS RECALL TO, TO ME HAS NOT DONE ITS DUE DILIGENCE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW OF ANYBODY THAT HAS SAT DOWN AND MET WITH Y'ALL AND ASKED YOU QUESTIONS. I'VE DONE THAT. DO I HAVE CONCERNS? ABSOLUTELY. I HAVE CONCERNS, AND I BROUGHT THAT UP TO MANY OF Y'ALL. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE LINE OF WORK I'M IN, IF I'M CALLED TO PROTECT YOU, I'M NOT GOING TO ASK IF YOU'RE MUSLIM, CHRISTIAN, HINDU, JEWISH. I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU'RE WHITE, BLACK, PURPLE, YELLOW. I'M NOT GOING TO ASK WHAT YOUR BELIEFS ARE. I'M GOING TO DO MY DUTY THAT I WAS ASKED TO DO. AND WHAT I'M ASKING RESIDENTS TO DO IS TO REALLY DO SOME CRITICAL THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND WHAT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES COULD BE BY GOING DOWN THIS ROAD. I'VE NOT HAD ANY MUSLIMS DO ANYTHING TO ME. HINDUS, JEWISH, BUT I'VE HAD A LOT OF CHRISTIANS DO STUFF TO ME. SO I WANT PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT REALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING. DOES THIS MEAN I SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO? ABSOLUTELY NOT. WE'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS, BUT I HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE DETERMINATION AND THE SELF WORTH IN MYSELF TO SIT DOWN AND ASK QUESTIONS AND TO BE PROACTIVE AND NOT REACTIVE. SO I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY WILL TAKE AWAY FROM THIS. WE CAN ALL DISAGREE, BUT WE CAN DO IT RESPECTFULLY, WITHOUT THREATS AND WITHOUT MAKING PEOPLE BE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SIMS. NEXT IS THOMAS RUTHERFORD. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS THOMAS RUTHERFORD. I'M A MCKINNEY RESIDENT. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN AND OUT OF MCKINNEY FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, AND I'VE LIVED HERE FOR THE PAST SIX. I'VE WATCHED TREMENDOUS CHANGES, MANY OF WHICH ARE VERY GOOD. BUT I'M CONCERNED WHERE WE'RE HEADED. I CHOSE MCKINNEY FOR THE CRAPE MYRTLES, THE WALKING TRAILS, THE QUIETER NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THE CHARACTER THAT MAKES THIS CITY SPECIAL. GROWTH IS INEVITABLE, BUT IT SHOULDN'T MEAN SQUEEZING EVERY LAST DROP OF OUR CITY. THE MORE CONGESTION DEVELOPMENT AND ENORMOUS AMPHITHEATER, AND ALSO THE AIRPORT EXPANSION. MCKINNEY VOTERS REJECTED THE AIRPORT BOND, AND NOW THE CITY HAS GONE TO COURT IN AUSTIN. IN A BOND VALIDATION LAWSUIT THAT NAMES MCKINNEY TAXPAYERS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS AS DEFENDANTS. WHATEVER THE LEGAL EXPLANATION IS, IMAGINE HOW THAT FEELS TO THE ORDINARY RESIDENT. WE VOTED NO, AND NOW WE'RE DEFENDANTS IN A LAWSUIT. 
          WHILE THIS MOVES FORWARD ANYWAY, RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IT, OPPOSE IT, SIGN IT, REFUSE TO SIGN IT WITHOUT FEAR OF INTIMIDATION. AND THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT ME TO THIS MICROPHONE TODAY. STATEMENTS WERE MADE PUBLICLY ABOUT PETITION SIGNERS, NAMES AND ADDRESSES BEING PUBLIC. AND LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS BEING POSTED AROUND MCKINNEY TELLING PEOPLE TO REMOVE THEIR NAMES BEFORE THE PUBLIC RECORD IS RELEASED. I WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T HAVE CONCERNS BECAUSE I DO. I WORRY WHAT HAPPENS, NOT TOMORROW, BUT SLOWLY OVER TIME. COULD MY NAME ADDRESS PARTICIPATION SOMEHOW AFFECT MY EMPLOYMENT, MY REPUTATION, OR MY FAMILY? THE FACT THAT I'M STANDING HERE DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M NOT CONCERNED. IT MEANS MY CONCERN ISN'T GOING TO SILENCE ME. 
          NOBODY SHOULD BE HAVE TO MAKE A CALCULATION BEFORE EXERCISING A POLITICAL VOTE LIKE THIS. AFTER THIS MEETING, I INTEND ON SIGNING THE PETITION. I ASK THIS CITY COUNCIL TO CONDEMN 
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INTIMIDATION FROM ALL SIDES AND PROTECT EVERY RESIDENT'S RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE WITHOUT FEAR. 
          GROWTH IS INEVITABLE. LOSING THE CHARACTER OF MCKINNEY AND THE TRUST OF THE CITIZENS IS NOT. THANK YOU, MR. RUTHERFORD. NEXT SPEAKER, LETICIA GARCIA. THANK YOU ALL. I LOVE THAT OATH OF THE THE FLAG. AMERICAN FLAG. I LOVE AMERICA, I LOVE MCKINNEY, I LOVE EVERYONE. SO MANY BLUE STATES COMMUNITIES HAVE DENIED RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS EXPANSION BASED ON FEDERAL LAWS, COMMUNITY STANDARDS. FOR EXAMPLE, CALIFORNIA, ILLINOIS, HAWAII, NEW YORK. I CAN GIVE YOU INFORMATION ABOUT THIS. WHERE'S THE OUTCRY? OUTCRY FOR FOR THOSE CITIES, COMMUNITIES AGAINST RELIGIOUS BIAS. FURTHER, RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS DON'T PAY TAXES. SO IF WE HAVE AN INCREASED LEVEL OF ACTIVITY BECAUSE OF THEIR EXPANSION, ALL THE ROADS ETC. WILL NOT BE SUBSIDIZED BY THEM. SO IN MY CHURCH IN CALIFORNIA, WE ASK FOR AN EXPANSION OF OUR CHURCH. 
          WE WANTED A SCHOOL STUFF. SO WE THEY, THEY DENIED IT. WE DID NOT LITIGATE. WE DIDN'T SUE ANYONE. OKAY. IT'S THE LAW. SO MY POINT IS, BECAUSE I BECAME A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES. 
          SIRS, IF THEY ARE THREATENING YOU OR ME TO TO SUE US, THIS IS THE OATH THAT WE DO WHEN WE BECOME CITIZENS, THEREBY DECLARING THE OATH THAT ABSOLUTELY AND ENTIRELY RENOUNCE AND ABJURE ALL ALLIANCE AND FIDELITY TO ANY FOREIGN PRINCE, POTENTATE, STATE, OR SOVEREIGNTY OF WHOM OR WHICH. I HAVE HERE FOR A SUBJECT OR CITIZEN, THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, AND THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAME. MY QUESTION IS, WHY SHOULD WE BE AFRAID OR INTIMIDATED BY ANYONE? WE SHOULDN'T. NOR YOUR MAYOR FOR ANY LAWSUIT, ANYONE. NOBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO INTIMIDATE YOU OR US OR ME. THAT'S LOVE. THANK YOU, MISS GARCIA. NEXT SPEAKER IS MUSA DAVIS. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MCKINNEY P.D. AND ALL THE PRESENTS. LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I MADE A STATEMENT THAT WHEN I CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AND I BECAME A CITIZEN. I LOVE THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE IT'S THE LAND OF THE FREE. AND I CHOSE MCKINNEY LATER ON BECAUSE IT'S A PEACEFUL, SMALL TOWN. BUT NOW THE CITY GREW, AND NOW SO IS THE GROWING PAIN. WHAT STARTED BEGINNING OF THE MONTH ABOUT THE MOSQUE AND THE FEAR AND THE ISLAMOPHOBIA THAT'S BEEN GOING AROUND AND ALL THE RHETORIC THAT'S BEEN ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT WHO WE ARE. FOR THE RECORD, I'M THE FOUNDER OF THE MCKINNEY ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION. BACK IN THE 90S. BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY QUICKLY IF I CAN, IN A MINUTE. THAT'S LEFT WHEN WHEN I BOUGHT MY HOUSE IN MCKINNEY IN 1996, MY NEIGHBOR WAS A RETIRED PREACHER. MR. POPE. WE BECAME TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND WE BECAME ACQUAINTED. AND MY KIDS USED TO CALL THEM GRANDPA AND GRANDMA. A YEAR LATER, MRS. POPE MADE A CONFESSION TO ME. SHE SAID, WHEN I MOVED NEXT TO YOU AND I FOUND OUT THAT YOU ARE MUSLIMS, I WAS WORRIED AND I WAS AFRAID. AND I SAID, OH, LORD, WHY DID YOU BRING ME HERE NEXT TO THESE PEOPLE? I DON'T KNOW THEM. BUT SHE SAID NOW, A YEAR LATER, AFTER WE BECAME ACQUAINTED AND MY KIDS WAS CALLING HER GRANDMA, AND SHE LOVED US. AND SO IT WAS ALL THE NEIGHBOR KIDS. SHE SAID, I PRAY TO GOD, AND I THANK HIM THAT MY NEIGHBOR IS A MUSLIM, BECAUSE NOW SHE FOUND OUT WHO ARE THE MUSLIMS ARE. WE ARE THE LOVING NEIGHBORS. JUST GET TO KNOW ONE BEFORE YOU MAKE A JUDGMENT. GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER AND GET UNITED AND FORGET ABOUT ALL THIS RHETORICS. THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE THE JOB THAT YOU DO. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS LUIS MALDONADO. READY WHEN Y'ALL ARE. READY. GOOD EVENING, TYRANTS OF 
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MCKINNEY CITY COUNCIL. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE POLITICAL DISAGREEMENTS SHOULD NEVER BECOME POLITICAL INTIMIDATION. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, THE CITIZENS HAVE SUPPORTED THE RECALL, ATTENDED MEETINGS, AND ENCOURAGED OTHERS TO SPEAK PUBLICLY. MANY HAVE EXPERIENCED CONDUCT INTENDED TO INTIMIDATE THEM AND SILENCE. THESE CONCERNS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT ALL THE WAY UP TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. WE WON'T BE INTIMIDATED INTO BEING SILENT. 
          YOU'RE ONLY AMPLIFYING OUR VOICE WHEN POLITICAL DISAGREEMENTS BECOME THREATS. 
          IT'S A DIFFERENT BALL GAME. ASHLEY MARIE. SHE'S BEEN TURNED DOWN FOR HOUSING, LOST EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ALL BECAUSE GEORGE FULLER DECIDED TO CALL HER A LOUD, LOUDMOUTHED BLACK WOMAN IN THIS VERY SAME PUBLIC SETTING. THAT MAN'S A BIGOT, PAUL. THAT'S WHY YESTERDAY I PERSONALLY CONTACTED KEY SELF MYSELF AND ASKED THAT THESE CONCERNS BE REVIEWED AND FOLLOWED UP ALL THE WAY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. THIS ISN'T ABOUT DEMANDING THAT EVERYONE AGREE WITH US, IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING EVERYONE'S RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE. 
          I WISH FELTUS WAS HERE TONIGHT. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE'RE HERE FOR MCKINNEY. LIKE YOU KEEP ON SAYING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, TEXANS DON'T NEED PERMISSION TO SCRUTINIZE OUR OWN GOVERNMENTS. 
          YOUR BEHAVIOR ON SOCIAL MEDIA DOESN'T MAKE YOU LOOK POWERFUL. IT MAKES YOU LOOK LOOK RATTLED, LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO LOSE YOUR SEAT. MCKINNEY BELONGS TO ITS CITIZENS, AND NOBODY SHOULD BE AFRAID TO STAND AT A MICROPHONE AND MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD, BECAUSE YOU TYRANTS ARE WORRIED ABOUT GETTING YOUR HANDS CAUGHT IN THE COOKIE JAR. STOP TRYING TO DEARBORNE MCKINNEY. GOD BLESS EVERYBODY THAT SUPPORTS THE RECALL. IT'S THE ROADMAP TO TAKE BACK TAKING BACK OUR CITIES. JESUS CHRIST IS KING. OKAY, THANK YOU, MR. AMONG SHARMA, AMONG SHARMA, AMONG SHARMA. GOOD EVENING AND NAMASTE. HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SHARMA. I'M A JUNIOR AT LEBANON TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL AND A VOLUNTEER WITH HINDU SWAYAMSEVAK SANGH, ALSO KNOWN AS H.S.S. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN YOU TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE A BEAUTIFUL TRADITION KNOWN AS RAKSHA BANDHAN, ALSO KNOWN AS UNIVERSAL ONENESS DAY. RAKSHA BANDHAN IS A HINDU FESTIVAL WHOSE NAME COMES FROM TWO SANSKRIT WORDS RAKSHA, MEANING PROTECTION, AND BANDHAN, MEANING BOND OR OBLIGATION. 
          TRADITIONALLY, IT HONORS SACRED RELATIONSHIPS, SUCH AS THOSE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND RULERS, CITIZENS AND ADMINISTRATORS, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS. THROUGH THE RITUAL OF TYING A RAKHI OR A SACRED THREAD, SUCH AS ONE THAT I HAVE RIGHT HERE. BEYOND THE FAMILIAL BOND, RAKSHA BANDHAN CALLS ON ALL OF US TO RECOGNIZE OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT AND UPLIFT OUR BROADER COMMUNITY. IT'S A CELEBRATION OF UNIVERSAL UNITY AND THE CORE VALUE OF SEVA SELFLESS SERVICE FOR THE GREATER GOOD. IN THAT SPIRIT, H. S ACTIVELY SEEKS OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WE CALL HOME. OUR COMMITMENT TO SEVA IS REFLECTED IN OUR YEAR ROUND SERVICE INITIATIVES. FOR INSTANCE, IN OCTOBER 2025, WE PROUDLY PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY DURING THE MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY COMMUNITY CELEBRATION, BRINGING OUR VOLUNTEERS TOGETHER TO KEEP MCKINNEY CLEAN, GREEN AND THRIVING. FURTHERMORE, EVERY QUARTER WE HAVE STREET CLEANUPS ON WESTRIDGE BOULEVARD AND HARDIN BOULEVARD. ADDITIONALLY, DURING OUR ANNUAL DIWALI ACTIVITY ON NOVEMBER 20TH, 2025, OUR VOLUNTEERS COLLECTED AND DONATED OVER 4,000 POUNDS OF NONPERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND OVER 60,000 POUNDS IN THE DFW METROPLEX, ENSURING THAT OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED ARE CARED FOR FOR US AND IRAQI AND PRACTICING SEVA ARE TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN. RECOGNIZING THAT WE ARE ALL. WE ARE ALL CONNECTED. AND IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH EVERYBODY, OUR VOLUNTEERS WOULD BE HONORED TO TIE A RAKHI ON EACH OF YOUR RIGHT WRISTS TODAY. SO IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE, WE KINDLY INVITE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COME DOWN TO THE FLOOR TO BEGIN. AND OF COURSE, WE'LL FOLLOW UP, FOLLOW IT UP WITH SOME TRADITIONAL INDIAN SWEETS AND SNACKS. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SHARE THIS TRADITION WITH YOU. MAY THE SPIRIT OF RAKSHA BANDHAN INSPIRE US ALL. THANK YOU, MR. SHARMA. APPRECIATE IT. NEXT SPEAKER IS JUNE JENKINS. JUNE JENKINS. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I STAND UNITED THAT EVERYONE BE TREATED FAIR AND JUST. I THINK MARCUS'S STATEMENT TONIGHT AND DISCUSSION OF HIS WAGE CONCEPT, ALONG WITH COMMENTS FROM KYLE AND BETH, ARE VERY MEANINGFUL AND APPROPRIATE FOR TONIGHT'S CONVERSATION. AND WITH THAT, I WILL JUST SAY I WILL EXTEND MY HAND TO WORK TOGETHER TO HELP CREATE A SPACE THAT'S RESPECTFUL TO ALL, REGARDLESS OF RACE AND CREED. I ASK THAT EVERYONE SEARCH YOUR HEARTS TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE BEST PATH FORWARD. I WILL DO MY PART. I 
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HOPE EACH OF YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO YOURS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JENKINS. NEXT UP IS LARRY PEREIRA. LARRY PEREIRA. LARRY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. GRIMES AND CITY STAFF. MY REASON FOR BEING HERE, SPEAKING UP TODAY TO THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR THE DOING THE RIGHT THING WITH THE RECENT VOTES YOU ALL HAVE TAKEN, WHICH WERE OF VARIOUS FRONTS. SOME WERE FINANCIAL, SOME WERE RELIGIOUS, POSSIBLY SOME WERE BUILDING STRUCTURES, ZONING, SOME WERE ETHNIC, SOME WERE POSSIBLY OTHER FRONTS. NOT THAT ANY OF THESE WERE ON ITS OWN, BUT THEY WERE RELATED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. IN THE LAST BOARD Y'ALL TOOK REGARDING THE MOSQUE OF SEVEN ZERO TO APPROVE IT, Y'ALL PROTECTED OUR AMAZING COUNTRY'S CONSTITUTION AND STAYED WITHIN THE LEGALITIES OF OUR LAW. MCKINNEY IS RELIGION AGNOSTIC, AS IS THE REST OF THIS COUNTRY, AND IT SHOULD BE. 
          WITH YOUR SEVEN VOTE. MCKINNEY STAYED SAFE FROM POTENTIALLY BEING SUED AND POTENTIALLY FROM INVESTIGATIONS FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, MEANING THE DOJ IN THE FUTURE. I'M AND I SAID POTENTIALLY. THEREBY, I'LL SAVE THE CITY OF MCKINNEY A LOT OF FINANCIAL HEARTACHE. SO MY FAMILY AND I ARE NOT FOR THE RECALL. AND I'M GOING TO REPEAT THAT, NOT FOR THE RECALL. SO ALL THAT SAID, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU ALL HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE DOING WHAT MY FAMILY VOTED YOU ALL TO DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. PIERRE. NEXT UP IS EDDIE ISSA. HI, MY NAME IS EDDIE. I'M A SHARIA LAW SURVIVOR. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RESPECTING ONE ANOTHER, WHERE WAS THE RESPECT WITH POGROMS? POGROMS WENT THE NEXT DAY AND CALLED WHAT WE SAID DISGUSTING AND HATEFUL. MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY, EVERYTHING THAT I SAID ABOUT ISLAM, I SAID THE 1400 YEARS OF CONQUEST, WHAT HAPPENS UNDER SHARIA LAW. 
          AND THIS MAN WENT AND SAID, BUT IT WAS A DISGUSTING THING. GEORGE FULLER CALLED US INFLUENCERS, TELLING US LIKE, WE'RE JUST HERE TO FOR THE HYPE AND ALL THAT NONSENSE, NEVER EVEN LOOKING INTO ANY OF THAT THING. THE WHOLE ENTIRE CITY LOCAL NEWS WAS CALLING US AS HATEFUL SPEECH. ALL THESE CHRISTIANS WERE HAD PERFECTLY REASONABLE, GOOD REASON FOR US TO COME AND SPEAK ABOUT THIS MOSQUE BEING BUILT. AND WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE, WHO YOUR LANDS ARE BEING SOLD TO. AND THAT'S WHY DOJ IS LOOKING INTO THAT AS WELL. 
          TRUST ME. LET ME TELL YOU GUYS ONE THING. ALL THESE MUSLIMS THAT ARE SITTING OVER HERE, I LOVE THEM TO DEATH. ALL MY FRIENDS ARE FORMER MUSLIMS AND I WOULD GIVE MY LIFE FOR THEM. 
          BUT ASK ANY OF THEM RIGHT NOW FOR THE APOSTASY LAW AND THEY WILL TELL YOU ONE THING. IT'S EITHER EXILE OR DEATH. AND WHEN THEY BECOME MAJORITY, WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO UP TO THEM AND PROSELYTIZE. JUST LIKE MY FRIEND ABRAHAM, WHERE WE WENT AND TALKED TO HIM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN WE HAD THAT AMAZING CONVERSATION AND WE HAD THIS DISGUSTING PEOPLE IN MCKINNEY PUTTING UP THE VIDEOS UP ON US AND TALKING ABOUT TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE FAKE INFLUENCERS. AND WE HAD EVAN HUNT, WHO STRAIGHT UP SAID, I AM A FAKE SHARIA LAW SURVIVOR, DOWNPLAYING EVERYTHING THAT I'VE DONE. I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, IF YOU GUYS SECOND WARNING, IF YOU GUYS KEEP LETTING THIS GROW, WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE DOJ AFTER EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE ALL YOUR PEOPLE ARE GOING TO INVESTIGATE ALL YOUR INTEREST PEOPLE AND ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE THING. AND BASICALLY, LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU ONE THING. 1400 YEARS OF CONQUEST DOESN'T CHANGE BASED ON LOCATION. SO YOU COULD DO WHATEVER THE HELL YOU ARE. YOU'RE NOT US. THANK YOU. MR. ISSA PICKED UP HAROON SIDDIQUI, ARUN SIDDIQUI, WE'RE GOING. WE'RE GOING TO RECESS. JUST FOR A MINUTE. WE'RE GOING TO RECESS. 
          THE GENTLEMAN THAT JUST SPOKE, COULD ARUN SIDDIQUI. HAROON. OKAY, BACK TO REGULAR SCHEDULE PROGRAMING. MR. SIDDIQUI. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS QUITE OF A DISTURBANCE. 
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HOWEVER, WE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE AS WE STOOD NEXT TO THIS FLAG. WHAT IS THAT PLEDGE? ONE NATION. 
          UNDER GOD, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. VERY RECENTLY, THE APPROVAL OF THE PLANS. WAS THAT BASED ON SOMETHING ELSE BESIDES THIS PLEDGE? DO YOU GUYS FORGET YOUR PLEDGE OR WAS IT BASED ON THIS PLEDGE? THANK YOU FOR UPHOLDING THE LAW. ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR BILL AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. BUT THAT SAME LAW THAT PROTECTED THE BUILDING OF THE MASJID, THE MOSQUE, ALSO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE NEIGHBORS AROUND IT. AND EVERY OTHER CITIZEN. WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL AND MINDFUL AS THIS IS THE RIGHTS OF THE CITIZEN. DOES. 
          THIS APPLIES EQUALLY TO EVERYONE. BEFORE WE SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ANY OF THE HOUSE OF WORSHIP. MY DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WE SHOULD ASK OURSELVES AND THE PEOPLE SPEAKING ONE SIMPLE QUESTION HOW MUCH DO WE TRULY LOVE JESUS AND THE VALUE HE TAUGHT US? LOVE OF OUR NEIGHBORS, MERCY, JUSTICE, OR WE ALLOWING HATRED AND DIVISION TO BE USED FOR POLITICAL GAIN? THANK YOU, MR. DICKEY. NEXT SPEAKER ZACH CARSON. HOW'S IT GOING, Y'ALL? ROUGH NIGHT? I BET. HEY, REAL QUICK, I NOTICED OVER THE PAST COUPLE SPEECHES THAT MOST OF Y'ALL DON'T ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE SPEAKER WHEN THEY'RE SPEAKING. SO IF IT WOULDN'T BE TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM, I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION. WE CAN WAIT FOR EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT. NOW, THAT SAID, MY NAME IS ZACH CARSON, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE ON AUGUST 4TH, Y'ALL VOTED TO MCKINNEY FOR THE FOR THE MCKINNEY ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION DEVELOPMENT TO RAISE A MUCH LARGER QUESTION FROM THE ONE FROM THE ONE PARTICULAR PROJECT. 
          THAT QUESTION IS WHO'S RESPONSIBLE WHEN THE WHEN THE WHEN AN ORDINANCE WRITTEN DECADES AGO NO LONGER ADEQUATELY PROTECTS THE INTEREST OF A RAPIDLY GROWING MODERN CITY. ON AUGUST 4TH, THIS CITY COUNCIL VOTED 7 TO 0 TO APPROVE ROUGHLY 32,573 SQUARE FOOT RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY DEVELOPMENT AT 530153115321 VIRGINIA PARKWAY. THE PLANS INCLUDE A SANCTUARY, CLASSROOM BUILDING AND A GYMNASIUM. I UNDERSTAND THAT I UNDERSTAND THE EXPLANATION. WE HAVE HEARD THE EXISTING PLAN. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING DATES BACK TO 1997. THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED A SITE PLAN THAT STAFF DETERMINED COMPLIED WITH EXISTING DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND TEXAS LAW SHARPLY LIMITS A GOVERNING BODY'S DISCRETION. WHEN REVIEWING A COMPLIANCE SITE. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THAT CANNOT BE THE END OF THE CONVERSATION. MCKINNEY IS NO LONGER THE MCKINNEY OF 1997. AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2025, THE CITY HAS APPROXIMATELY 237,130 RESIDENTS. MCKINNEY HAS EXPERIENCED EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH, AND WITH THAT GROWTH COMES INCREASED TRAFFIC, CROWDED ROADWAYS, INFRASTRUCTURE DEMANDS, EMERGENCY SERVICE REQUIREMENTS, PARKING PRESSURE AND AND DEVELOPMENT, AND THE DEVELOPMENT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS. CITY GOVERNMENT EXISTS FOR MORE THAN CHECKING BOXES ON A SITE PLAN. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY INCLUDES PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, MAINTAINING INFRASTRUCTURE, PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY, MANAGING TRAFFIC, AND ENSURING THAT. THANK YOU, MR. CARSON. WE APPRECIATE IT. NEXT SPEAKER IS LAUREN GIFFORD, LAUREN GIFFORD. 
          COUNCIL. AND TO EVERY SOUL WHO RECEIVES THIS MESSAGE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. MY NAME 
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IS LAUREN LYNN. I APPEAR BEFORE YOU A CITIZEN OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS UNITED WITH MY HUSBAND, JACOB COLUCCI. WE ARE A FAMILY OF MCKINNEY. OVER 100 YEARS OF DEEP LOCAL ROOTS. ANCHOR OUR LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO GOD AND COMMUNITY. WE WERE BOTH RAISED IN THE CHURCH. WE RESPECT THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE HERE AND WE HONOR THIS CITY'S UNIQUE BY NATURE CHARACTER. MY MESSAGE TO THIS HONORABLE COUNCIL IS THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN THE COMING MONTHS, WE OFFER YOU THE LEADERSHIP OF A TEAM FORGED IN FIRE. I HAVE WALKED BESIDE JACOB AS HIS WIFE FOR MANY YEARS, WITNESSING HIS KIND SPIRIT FIRSTHAND. HE IS DELIBERATE, DISCIPLINED, AND DEEPLY COMPASSIONATE. JACOB SHEPHERDS OUR FAMILY, LEADING OUR HOUSEHOLD WITH STRENGTH AND HONOR. BOTH OF US WERE RAISED BY EDUCATORS, INTELLECTS, AND LEADERS WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE BELIEVE TRUE LEADERSHIP BEGINS WITH SERVICE, KINDNESS, AND THE WILLINGNESS TO EMPOWER FUTURE GENERATIONS. IF CALLED UPON. 
          JACOB AND I OFFER YOU A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, THE SAME EXCELLENCE WE ENCOURAGE IN OUR OWN HOME. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, JACOB'S FRIENDS CALL HIM JACOB'S SOLUTION. HE HAS MANY NAMES, BUT HIS REAL NAME IS JACOB COLUCCI. IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, WE WILL ENGINEER SOLUTIONS, LIFT UP OUR FAMILIES, AND BRING PEACE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I BELIEVE THAT MCKINNEY'S BEST DAYS ARE AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR GREAT CITY. THANK YOU, MISS GIFFORD. NEXT SPEAKER, KELLY ROBERTS. I JUST WROTE DOWN SOME IDEAS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING EXACTLY TO SAY. I'M KELLY ROBERTS, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 29 YEARS, AND I JUST WANTED TO COME AND GIVE YOU MY SUPPORT AND JUST SAY THAT I KNOW THIS IS OFTEN A THANKLESS JOB, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND I WANT TO JUST SAY HOW OPPOSED I AM TO THE RECALL. I ALSO NOTICED A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAD SAID, AND IT SORT OF REMINDED ME OF MY EDUCATION AND JUST ECON 101, RIGHT? SO MCKINNEY, AS WE KNOW, IS A VERY FAST GROWING CITY. IT'S GROWN 16.6% IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. SO FOR CONTEXT, I'M FIVE FOUR. SO BY 16.6%, THAT WOULD MAKE ME SIX TWO. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IF I GREW TO BE SIX TWO, I MIGHT ALSO HAVE SOME GROWING PAINS. AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO BALANCE A LOT OF THINGS WITH THOSE GROWING PAINS. AS COMPANIES MOVE HERE, THEIR PEOPLE NEED PLACES TO LIVE. THEY NEED PLACES TO SHOP. THEY'VE GOT TO PUMP GAS. I KNOW THAT ROOFTOPS BRING RETAIL, RIGHT? SO THEN WE GET A COSTCO, THEN WE GET ANOTHER COSTCO. SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO MANAGE. AND I KNOW THAT NONE OF US WANT THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX GOING RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD, BUT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX IS GOING TO BE THERE BECAUSE SOMEBODY WHO'S WORKING AT MARKET STREET HAS TO LIVE IN ONE OF THOSE. I ALSO WANTED TO JUST BRING UP CIVICS 101, WHICH SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BILL OF RIGHTS. AND THOSE HAVE TO BE APPLIED EQUALLY, NO MATTER WHAT RELIGION THAT YOU HAVE. AND SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE. I KNOW THAT THAT TOOK A LOT, AND MAYBE ALL OF YOU PERSONALLY WOULDN'T LIKE TO SEE A MOSQUE, BUT YOU KNOW THAT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THE CONSTITUTION AND THAT WE MUST ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THAT. THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT WE ALL, AS CITIZENS, HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY, AND CHRISTIANS, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE WELCOMING TO OUR MUSLIM NEIGHBORS, OUR HINDU NEIGHBORS, OUR JEWISH NEIGHBORS, AND THE JOB OF DISMANTLING RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY BELONGS TO ALL OF US. JUST LIKE THE JOB OF DISMANTLING RACISM BELONGS TO WHITE PEOPLE. AND WE'VE GOT TO START TAKING THAT RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS ROBERTS. NEXT SPEAKER, SAM HALL. GOOD EVENING BOARD. I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT A RECALL. THAT FIGHT WAS IN MCKINNEY. NOW THAT FIGHT IS GOING TO GO TO AUSTIN AND THAT'S WHERE IT BELONGS. IT IS OVER HERE. I'M NOT HERE TO DISPARAGE ANY MUSLIMS, HINDUS, GAYS. LISTEN, IF I WAS A WOMAN, I'D TOTALLY BE A LESBIAN. SO I GET IT, OKAY? THE ONLY THING I DO IS I'VE GIVEN MY LIFE TO CHILDREN AND PROTECTING CHILDREN AND PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM PEDOPHILES AND FROM TRAFFICKERS. AND IF YOU GO TO UNITED STATES, I'M SORRY. 
          UNITED PATRIOTS FOR AMERICA.ORG, YOU CAN SEE THE PUBLICATIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD OF WHAT I DO. WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS WHAT WE CAN CONTROL AND WHAT WE CAN CONTROL IS THE MASS SURVEILLANCE OF FLOCK CAMERAS IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. THAT'S WHAT WE CAN CONTROL. WE CAN NO 
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LONGER CONTROL AN ISLAMIC EPIC. WHATEVER CENTER DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS TO GO TO AUSTIN. BUT THE FLOCK CAMERAS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN GET RID OF. AND THERE'S BEEN MANY TEXAS CITIES THAT HAVE ALREADY BANNED THEM. GOVERNOR ABBOTT HAS JUST SUSPENDED ALL GOVERNMENT AND STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING FOR FLOCK CAMERAS FOR ABUSE THAT HAS BEEN VERIFIED OF OVER A HUNDRED INTO THE HUNDREDS OF POLICE OFFICERS THAT HAVE ABUSED THAT TECHNOLOGY TO BOTH STALK PARTNERS, ASSAILANTS, ASSOCIATES, PFLUGERVILLE, WYLIE, PRINCETON, EVEN LIBERAL AUSTIN HAS BANNED FLOCK CAMERAS BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE SURVEILLANCE AND ABUSE THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS GIVEN. WHAT'S MEANT FOR GOOD SHOULD BE GOOD. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE GOOD IS USUALLY TURNED INTO EVIL. DON'T YOU KNOW THAT, ERNEST? AND SO I WOULD URGE YOU, PLEASE, PLEASE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA AND LET'S MAKE MCKINNEY SAFE FROM MASS SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. HALL. NEXT UP, DEBORAH GOODMAN, DEBORAH GOODMAN. OKAY, JACOB. JACOB. 
          LUCY. JACOB. SORRY I DIDN'T WORK YOU IN. AT THE SAME TIME, I APOLOGIZE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          OKAY. MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS JACOB C LUCCI, CITIZEN OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, MCKINNEY HAS SUFFERED A LOSS OF TRUST IN OUR LEADERS, A LOSS OF CONFIDENCE IN OUR GOVERNMENT, AND A LOSS OF FAITH IN ONE ANOTHER. WE SEE GOVERNMENT AGENTS DISCONNECTED FROM THE PEOPLE, FOCUSING ON SELF-PRESERVATION RATHER THAN CREATIVE SOLUTIONS. THE ORGANIZERS OF THE MCKINNEY RECALL MOVEMENT HAVE BUILT A MASSIVE COALITION. THEY ARE CALLING FOR NEW LEADERSHIP AND REAL SOLUTIONS. TONIGHT, STANDING HUMBLY BEFORE YOU, I AM ANSWERING THAT CALL. IF THE SIGNATURES ARE SECURED AND THERE IS A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD, I WILL STAND WITH BOTH THE COUNCIL AND ITS PEOPLE AND RUN FOR MAYOR OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS. IF ELECTED, MY ADMINISTRATION WILL BE BUILT IN PART ON THREE PILLARS. FIRST, FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE. WE WILL LOWER THE DEBT, WE WILL BALANCE THE BUDGET, AND WE WILL RESPECT THE TAXPAYERS HARD EARNED MONEY. I BELIEVE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD OPERATE WITH THE SAME COURAGE AS THE PEOPLE IT SERVES, AND IT STARTS WITH THE COMMITMENT TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. SECOND, ENERGY INDEPENDENCE. WE WILL WORK TO BUILD A SOVEREIGN, FULLY SELF-SUFFICIENT CITY BY MODERNIZING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND LEVERAGING NEW TECHNOLOGY. WE WILL PROTECT OUR HOMES, OUR HOSPITALS, OUR FOOD, OUR WATER, AND OUR SMALL BUSINESSES FROM AN UNPREDICTABLE STATE GRID. THIRD, EDUCATION AND THE STRENGTH OF FAMILY. WE WILL EMPOWER THE PARENTS, TEACHERS AND KIDS OF OUR GREAT CITY. WE WILL ELEVATE OUR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO BE EVEN BETTER THAN THEY ARE TODAY. AND TO CLOSE, ABRAHAM LINCOLN ONCE SAID ONCE SAID, I AM YOUNG AND UNKNOWN TO MANY OF YOU. MY CASE IS THROWN EXCLUSIVELY UPON THE VOTERS AND IF ELECTED, THEY WILL HAVE CONFERRED A FAVOR UPON ME, FOR WHICH I SHALL BE UNREMITTING IN MY LABORS TO COMPENSATE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY DESERVE NOTHING LESS THAN THIS STANDARD OF LEADERSHIP. 
          THANK YOU, MR. LUCY. NEXT UP, THERESA BROWN, THERESA BROWN. THEN WE'LL HAVE CRAIG KERR, MISS BROWN. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I MUST ADMIT, THIS IS MY VERY FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO I'M JUST A TINY BIT TERRIFIED. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND OUR ELECTED LEADERS THAT OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION DOES NOT PROTECT POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES. I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE TIMES WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE TWO. SOMETIMES SOMETHING IS PRESENTED TO US AS A RELIGION OR FAITH. IT'S REALLY A POLITICAL IDEOLOGY WITH ALL OF THE FORCE AND MILITANT ACTIONS BEHIND IT. IF YOU'VE SEEN WHAT'S GONE ON IN DEARBORN, MICHIGAN, WHERE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OPENLY 
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DISCRIMINATES AGAINST AND IS ANTAGONISTIC TOWARDS NON-MUSLIM CITIZENS, I REALLY DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN IN MCKINNEY. TO THE THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE EARLIER, THE MUSLIM MAN WHO'S LIVED HERE SINCE THE 90S, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE LOVELY PEOPLE AND HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS, SO I'M NOT I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO COMES HERE TO TRY TO EXPERIENCE THE AMERICAN DREAM. I AM WORRIED ABOUT AN EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER OF PEOPLE SETTLING IN ONE PLACE FOR THEIR OWN POLITICAL PURPOSES, TO ADVANCE THEIR OWN AGENDA IN A WAY THAT COULD BE HARMFUL TO OUR CONSTITUTION, TO OUR OWN LAWS OF OF OUR COUNTRY. 
          SO I DO I DO HAVE CONCERN ABOUT THAT. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO LOOK UP THE WORD TAQIYYA TAKIYYA. AND IT'S THE PRACTICE OF LYING AND DECEIT TO GET WHAT YOU WANT. ANYWAYS, MY TIME IS UP. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME. THANK YOU, MISS BROWN. NEXT UP IS CRAIG KERR. 
          GOOD EVENING. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. ABSOLUTELY. IT WAS INTERESTING THAT I SPENT 40 YEARS IN MARKETING FOR MAJOR CORPORATIONS, AND I KNOW A LOT ABOUT PROPAGANDA BECAUSE I USED TO SELL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THIS STUFF EVERY YEAR. AND PROPAGANDA ISN'T ALWAYS NEGATIVE, BUT IN SOME CASES IT IS. IN THIS CASE, FEAR IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF ANY PROPAGANDA MACHINE. IF WE REMEMBER THE HOUSE OF CARDS EPISODE WHERE THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT DECIDED TO RELEASE A BLOODY VIDEO TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WHY DID THEY DO THAT? BECAUSE IT WOULD CREATE FEAR. AND THEY STOOD THERE AND LOOKED AT ONE ANOTHER AND SAID, FEAR IS GOOD. WE CAN USE FEAR TO CONTROL PEOPLE. LET'S DON'T LET FEAR CONTROL US. 
          LIFE IMITATES ART. THE FEAR OF JOB LOSS, THE FEAR OF TERRORISM, THE FEAR OF SHARIA LAW. SHARIA LAW IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH OUR CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. IT WOULD REQUIRE A CHANGE TO THE US CONSTITUTION, AND WE SHOULD ALL REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR. BUT THE FEAR IS WHIPPED UP BY AGENT PROVOCATEURS WHO WERE PAID, POLITICAL PROSTITUTES, WHO WILL ATTEMPT TO INSTILL FEAR FOR THE GROUP THAT PAYS THE MOST MONEY. THEY'LL DEFEND ANY SIDE OF THE FENCE IF THE DOLLARS ARE THERE. SO FAKE PATRIOTISM, TRUE PATRIOTISM IS FREE WILL AND DEMOCRACY. THE COUNCIL HAS ACTED LEGALLY AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF MCKINNEY. I'D LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. STOP FEARING. START THINKING. WHO BENEFITS FROM YOUR FEAR? GOOD NIGHT, MR. KERR. NEXT UP IS JARED. TY. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, FELLOW RESIDENTS, AND ALSO THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE HERE AND HAVE NEVER VOTED HERE. I'M JARED TY, I'M A MCKINNEY RESIDENT. I'VE LIVED HERE. I'VE REALLY ENJOYED IT FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. MCKINNEY IS NOT PERFECT, BUT WE TEND TO FIGURE THINGS OUT. I'M GOING TO POINT OUT THAT I HAVE NOT USED CHATGPT OR AI TO WRITE THIS SPEECH. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION, AS DOCTOR FELTS DID A FEW WEEKS AGO, THAT HOLDING THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE FOR A NEW RELIGIOUS BUILDING OR ANY OTHER BUILDING DOESN'T MAKE SOMEONE A BIGOT. THERE ARE VERY REAL QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS PEOPLE SHOULD AND CAN ASK ANYTIME A MAJOR PRODUCT PROJECT IS PLANNED. WHAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, THOUGH, IS LEVERAGING A NEW MOSQUE INTO A POLITICAL WAR. ABOUT A MONTH AGO, CONGRESSMAN KEITH SELF AND STATE REP CHRIS RICHARDSON STOOD RIGHT HERE AND FANNED THE FLAMES OF THESE CULTURE WARS. 
          THAT'S NOT OKAY. THEY KNEW IT WAS A FINAL ZONING AND COMPLIANCE MEETING, NOT A VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT WE LIKE CERTAIN RELIGIONS. KEITH ACTUALLY TARGETED AND PANDERED TO MUSLIM VOTERS TO GET HIMSELF ELECTED. HE HELD INTIMATE EVENTS AT THEIR HOMES, TOOK LARGE SUMS OF MONEY FROM THEM. HE BOASTED ABOUT HOW THE FIRST AMENDMENT EXPLICITLY PROTECTS ALL RELIGIONS, INCLUDING ISLAM. AS A CHRISTIAN MYSELF, I'M NOT HERE TO ENDORSE ISLAM, BUT I MUST. I MUST POINT OUT THE HYPOCRISY AS PEOPLE LIKE KEITH SELF VOCALLY SUPPORT MOVEMENTS TO CANCEL OUR MAYOR AND OUR CITY COUNCIL FOR THE SAME THINGS THAT THEY LEVERAGE TO 
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GET THEMSELVES ELECTED. IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THE FIRST AMENDMENT, THERE'S A PLACE YOU CAN DEBATE THAT MAYBE. AUSTIN, I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE CAN'T JUST CANCEL OUR DULY ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR FOLLOWING THE OATH THEY SWORE. AND THE AMERICAN RULE OF LAW TEN YEARS AGO, THESE GROUPS WERE TELLING YOU TO HATE MEXICANS. ILLEGAL MEXICANS. RIGHT? BUILD A WALL. 
          LAST YEAR IT WAS INDIANS AND H1B VISAS. YOU HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION, WHO'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT BOOGEYMAN? THAT'S ALL I GOT, GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHI. NEXT UP IS RONALD LEE TERRELL. RONALD TERRELL, I APOLOGIZE IF I'VE TOTALLY MESSED UP YOUR NAME. GOT A PB. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS RONALD TERRELL. I'M A RESIDENT HERE IN MCKINNEY. AND I JUST WANT TO FIRST AND FOREMOST, JUST NOT ONLY THANK THE MAYOR, BUT THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL AND THE PEOPLE THAT PROTECT OUR CITY AS WELL. OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGE. AND I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE TEN YEARS, 20 YEARS. BUT I'VE SEEN THINGS CHANGE FOR THE BETTER IN REGARDS THAT. IT IS WHAT BRINGS PEOPLE HERE. WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR KIDS AND WE SEE WHAT TYPE OF FUTURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NOT AN EASY DECISION TO MAKE, BECAUSE NOT EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE IS THE EASIEST DECISION. BUT NOT EVERY EASY DECISION IS A DECISION THAT CAN BE MET WITH HOW YOU SAY GOOD FAITH IN REGARDS TO. 
          NOT EVERYONE'S GOING TO SEE IT IN THE VIEWPOINT THAT WE ALL DO, AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EMPATHY AND PUT OURSELVES IN EACH OTHER'S SHOES AND BE LIKE, WHAT REPRESENTATION ARE WE PROVIDING TO EACH OTHER? WHAT TYPE OF PLACE OF COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE BUILDING? YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE MAY HAVE DISAGREEMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE LIKE THAT, BUT STILL BEING ABLE TO COME HERE AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM, FEELINGS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE LIKE THAT IS VERY, VERY MUCH STILL HUMAN OF US. WE MAY HAVE DISAGREEMENTS. THAT'S COOL, THAT'S FINE. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT WE MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE. AND THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN DOING. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY HAVE DISAGREEMENTS WITH SOME THINGS THAT Y'ALL DECIDE, BUT NO ONE HERE CAN ULTIMATELY SAY THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND IN REGARDS TO NOT JUST FOR OUR ELDERS, OUR YOUNG, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT THE PEOPLE OF THE NEXT GENERATION. AGAIN, THINGS HAVE CHANGED, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THINGS AS BEST AS WE CAN, IN A WAY OF A MATTER THAT SOMETIMES MAY NOT ALWAYS BE SEEN AS THE RIGHT DECISION, BUT CAN SOMETIMES BE SEEN AS THAT RIGHT DECISION LATER DOWN THE ROAD. EVERYTHING TAKES TIME AND Y'ALL HAVE BEEN DOING THE RIGHT THING. 
          THANK YOU, MR. TERRELL. YOU PUT THOSE LAST TWO UP, OKAY? CALL THEM PLEASE. YES. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER IS JANE DOE. MISS DOE, WERE YOU HERE? YES. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. I HAVE TWO PUBLIC SAFETY AND CONSISTENCY QUESTIONS FOR YOU REGARDING THE FIVE ACRE DEVELOPMENT ON VIRGINIA DISCUSSED RECENTLY, AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE OF OCCUPANCY AND TRAFFIC. THE 2024 MEETING VIDEO REVEALS THAT THE ARCHITECT CLEARLY STATED THAT ONLY 5 OR 600 PEOPLE WOULD FIT INTO THE NEW FIVE ACRE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE HE CONTINUED, QUOTE, THAT IS ALL IT CAN HANDLE, END QUOTE. HOWEVER, A FEW MONTHS LATER, A BOARD MEMBER OF THE CURRENT FACILITY THREE MILES AWAY STATED ON VIDEO CONTRARY TO THE ARCHITECT THAT EACH SERVICE ALREADY DRAWS OVER 1000 PEOPLE, AND AS HE POINTS TO A MAP OF THE NEW FIVE ACRE VIRGINIA DEVELOPMENT, HE STATES HE PLANS TO INCREASE THE ATTENDANCE 15 FOLD AT THE NEW ONE. DO YOU SEE ANY INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE BOARD MEMBER AND THE ARCHITECT? NEXT, HAS THE FIRE MARSHAL OR CODE ENFORCER VISITED TO SEE. THERE ARE SHUTTLE BUSSES ALREADY ROUTINELY RUNNING TO AND FROM THE CURRENT BUILDING. WHEN WILL THE FIRE MARSHAL OR CODE ENFORCER ENTER THE NEW BUILDING? THE CURRENT BUILDING DURING FRIDAY. PEAK USE TO SEE WHETHER THE GYM IS ALREADY BEING USED FOR HIP TO HIP OVERFLOW, AS THE BOARD MEMBER STATES, HAS THE CITY REVIEWED THE INCONSISTENCY IN THE FIRST RESPONDER ACCESS RISK? WHEN EMERGENCY VEHICLES CANNOT NAVIGATE THE STREETS DURING PEAK TRAFFIC JAMS OR OF SERVICES, SCHOOL, SPORTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. THESE ARE NOT INTERMITTENT USES. WHICH MUNICIPAL ENTITY WILL REVIEW 
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THE UNRESOLVED PARKING DISCREPANCY OF A 35,000 SQUARE FOOT, FIVE ACRE DEVELOPMENT ON VIRGINIA? WITH ONLY 208 APPROVED PARKING SPACES? AND DO YOU BELIEVE IT'S THAT A 40,000 SQUARE FOOT AIRPORT BUILDING HAS OVER 900 PARKING SPACES? LITTLE BIT OF A DISCREPANCY THERE. HOW DOES THAT SEEM INCONSISTENT TO YOU, ESPECIALLY WHEN EMERGENCY RAPID INGRESS AND EGRESS IS NEEDED TO NEIGHBORS ON BORDERING STREETS WITH COMPLEX MEDICAL NEEDS AMIDST FREQUENT TRAFFIC JAMS. I'M GOING TO END WITH A THANK YOU, MR. DOE. WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          OKAY, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER LEFT. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, SPEAKER SIGNED UP AS NO NAME, NO NAME. 
          NOT HERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS THE LAST SPEAKER. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO COUNCIL. COMMENTS. MR. 
          [COUNCIL AND MANAGER COMMENTS]
BELLER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS THE FIRST WEEK IN OVER 20 YEARS THAT I DON'T HAVE A KID LIVING AT HOME. AND MY WIFE HAS ALREADY TOLD ME THAT I TALK TOO MUCH, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, MR. MAYOR. I DO A LOT OF READING IN THE MORNING. READING IS A IS A DE-STRESSER FOR ME, AND I NEED THAT THESE DAYS. SO I DO A LOT OF READING IN THE MORNING. AND I READ SOMETHING THIS MORNING THAT MAYBE STRESSED ME A LITTLE BIT, AND IT MIGHT STRESS YOU, BUT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT THINGS IN A LARGER CONTEXT. AND THIS WAS A SOMETHING I GOT, AND I CAN SHARE IT WITH ANY OF YOU ALL WANT TO SEE IT. BUT IT WAS SOMETHING FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU, AND IT PROJECTS THE US POPULATION IN 2050, WHICH IS 24 YEARS FROM NOW. AND IT SAYS WE'RE GOING TO GROW BY 8.2%. THAT'S NOT THAT BAD. 8.2%. THAT IS 62. EXCUSE ME. THAT'S 28 MILLION PEOPLE, 62% OF THAT 28 MILLION PEOPLE ARE PROJECTED TO BE IN TWO STATES, TEXAS AND FLORIDA. MAN, YOU KNOW, SITTING UP HERE, YOU ALL WERE HERE TODAY WHEN WE DID THE ZONING THING WITH THE ANNEXATION, AND YOU HEARD HOW COMPLICATED IT IS. 
          THEY COULD BUILD IT ANY WAY, BUT THEY BUILD IT IN HERE. IT'S IN THE CITY AND THIS AND THAT. 
          THESE ARE THERE'S SOME TOUGH STUFF THAT WE GO THROUGH. AND I KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE HURTING OVER THAT, I REALLY DO. THAT'S THEIR HOMES UP THERE. AND THE CHEESE IS BEING MOVED, AS THEY USED TO SAY, IN 2005. RIGHT. BUT THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE ARE. AND SO I APPRECIATE I'VE GOT A NUMBER OF FRIENDS IN HERE, MAYBE EVEN PEOPLE I DON'T KNOW THAT PRAY FOR US. AND I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. IT'S A IT'S A LOT. AND, YOU KNOW, I MOVED HERE 30 YEARS AGO AND I THINK, OKAY, WELL, 24 YEARS, 20, 50, 24 YEARS AGO, WOULD I IMAGINE I'D BE SITTING UP HERE AND WE'D HAVE THAT AMPHITHEATER AND WE'D HAVE THIS AND THAT. MAN, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU YOU WERE NUTS. THAT WAS PRE TOM THUMB. TOM THUMB IS WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED FOR ME. WE GOT TOM THUMB. I THOUGHT, MAN, I'VE GOT TO GO TO BROOKSHIRE'S ANYMORE. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT UP HERE. IT'S BEEN THE JOY OF MY ADULT LIFE AND I'VE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE EVERY MOMENT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMAN LYNCH, I HAVE NOTHING. MR. JONES, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK OUR STAFF, CITY STAFF FOR PROVIDING A GREAT MEAL TODAY FOR MY FOR MY BIRTHDAY WEEK, I CALL IT, YOU KNOW. SO THANK YOU. THERE IT WAS MY DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY. AND OVER THE WEEKEND I GOT TO ACTUALLY SPEAK AT A PANEL FOR. IT WAS A CHAMBER YOUTH EVENT. SO WE HAD ABOUT CLOSE TO ABOUT 100 KIDS COME IN, A HIGH SCHOOLERS COME AND VOICE THEIR OPINION AND, AND GET TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT DO THEY THINK ABOUT THE CITY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAD. AND, AND I STAYED AS LONG AS THEY WANTED TO STAY. AND IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. DOCTOR. DOCTOR FELTUS WAS THERE WITH ME, AND LARRY JAEGER FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS THERE AND PARTICIPATED WITH US. AND, AND WAS AMAZING JUST TO HEAR WHAT THE KIDS ARE THINKING. AND BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROBABLY ONE OF THEM GOING TO BE SITTING UP HERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE LONG AND GONE. SO I LIKE TO SEE WHERE THEIR VISION IS AND WHERE THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY WANT THE CITY TO GO. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. MAYOR. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          YEAH, NOTHING. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE MCKINNEY FIRE DEPARTMENT. OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO, WE HAVE DEPLOYED PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT TO AREAS THAT HAVE FLOODED IN OUR STATE AND THEN ALSO FIRES AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND IF YOU'VE WATCHED THE NEWS, YOU 
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UNDERSTAND THE THE TRAGEDY THAT PEOPLE ARE LEFT WITH WHEN THEY ARE FACED WITH DISASTERS LIKE THIS. AND IF YOU'RE NOT A FIREFIGHTER AND I'M NOT, AND I DON'T PRETEND TO KNOW WHAT THOSE GUYS GO THROUGH, BUT I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE IN DISTRESS THAT'S NOT FROM YOUR HOMETOWN AND YOU'RE THERE TRYING TO SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE, IT'S GOT TO IMPACT YOU IN SOME WAY. SO I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE OUR MCKINNEY FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF, PAUL DOWELL, AND HIS LEADERSHIP AND THOSE FIREFIGHTERS THAT STEP UP AND SAY, SEND ME. THEY SAY, SEND ME IF YOU'VE GOT IT IN YOU TO SAY, SEND ME. YOU'RE SOMETHING SPECIAL. THEY NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED. WITH THAT. COUNCILMAN JONES, HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIR. 
          YEAH. HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY, MR. CITY MANAGER. YES, SIR. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION ANNOUNCEMENTS TO SHARE. IF YOU LIVE OR WORK IN MCKINNEY'S HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICT, JOIN US FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION 101 ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH. THIS FREE SESSION WILL COVER THE BASICS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN MCKINNEY, INCLUDING ECONOMIC INCENTIVES, HELPFUL RESOURCES, AND MORE. THE SESSION WILL BE HELD FROM 6 TO 8 P.M. AT THE COLLIN COUNTY HISTORY MUSEUM IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY. LEARN MORE ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN MCKINNEY AT MCKINNEY, TEXAS.ORG/HISTORIC PRESERVATION. WE ALSO WANT YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT SAFE STREETS MCKINNEY PLAN SAFE STREETS MCKINNEY IS FOCUSED ON MAKING OUR ROADWAYS SAFER FOR EVERYONE, WITH THE GOAL OF ELIMINATING TRAFFIC RELATED DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES. RESIDENTS CAN REVIEW THE DRAFT PLAN AND SHARE FEEDBACK THROUGH SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH AT MCKINNEY, TEXAS.ORG/SAFE STREETS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. WE DO NOT HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO WITH THAT WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKLIN TO ADJOURN. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BELLER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. THO
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