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MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, MR. GRIMES, CITY MANAGER. HOW ARE YOU TODAY, SIR? NICE TO SEE YOU. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION REGULAR MEETING. IT'S THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, THE YEAR 2026. AS I READ THAT, I REALIZE TODAY IS MY ANNIVERSARY AND I'VE DONE NOTHING ABOUT THAT. IT'S 8 A.M. IN THE MORNING. IT IS. WE ARE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 401 EAST VIRGINIA STREET, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. AND WE WILL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE HAS SIGNED UP. PUBLIC COMMENTS MATTERS REGARDING MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA. WE WILL MOVE TO OUR INFORMATION SHARING ITEMS. THE
[26-0918 30 Years of MCDC: Community Partner Spotlight - ManeGait]
FIRST ITEM 260918 30 YEARS OF MC, DC COMMUNITY PARTNER SPOTLIGHT. AND TODAY WE HAVE MAIN GATE WITH US AND TRICIA. GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING. SO WONDERFUL TO BE HERE AND NOT ASK FOR MONEY. I AM JUST THRILLED TO BE INCLUDED IN YOUR CELEBRATION THIS YEAR. YOU GUYS HAVE HAD AN INCREDIBLE IMPACT ON MAIN GATE SINCE 2010. ARE YOU WORKING THE I? CAN YOU HAVE THE CLICKER AS WELL IF YOU WANT. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT FAMILIAR, MAIN GATE PROVIDES EQUINE ASSISTED THERAPIES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND AS WELL AS MILITARY VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. WE STARTED. WE WERE FOUNDED IN 2007 BY BILL AND PRISCILLA DARLING. WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, BILL HAD VISIONS OF DEVELOPING IT. CHRIS WAS PRAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD DO TOGETHER THAT WOULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. SO THE PICTURE ON THE TOP HERE IS THE THE BARN THAT WAS ON THE PROPERTY WHEN THEY PURCHASED IT, AND WE USED THAT BARN UNTIL 2023 WHEN WE TORE IT DOWN FOR OUR PROPERTY RENOVATION. WE DID REMOVE THE MATTRESS FRAME THAT'S LEANING UP AGAINST THE SIDE THERE. AND SO WHEN WE STARTED, WE HAD TWO HORSES AND, AND FOUR RIDERS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GROW TO 150 RIDERS A WEEK, 30 HORSES ON THAT PROPERTY. BUT THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH OUR CAP. AND THE, THE GROWTH IN THIS AREA DEMANDED THAT THERE WERE MORE, MORE PEOPLE THAT NEEDED SERVICES THAN WE COULD PROVIDE. SO WE STARTED A ENTIRE PROPERTY RENOVATION. THE ONLY BUILDING THAT STAYED ON THAT PROPERTY WAS THE COVERED ARENA THAT MC DC HELPED US TO, TO BUILD. AND WITH THAT CAME A LOT OF RECOGNITION, A LOT OF ACCOLADES.THE DCEO IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF. SO HOW MC DC HAS HELPED US THAT COVERED ARENA WAS, WAS A HUGE PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR MAIN GATE. WE BUILT THAT IN 2010. PRIOR TO THAT, WE WERE WEATHER DEPENDENT, WHICH MEANT A LOT OF RAIN AND A LOT OF REALLY HOT SUN. SO WITH THAT, THAT THAT ARENA IS WHAT ALLOWED US TO GROW TO WHERE WE WERE WITH THE 150 RIDERS A WEEK.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR FUNDRAISING EVENTS IN THAT ARENA. WE HAVE HOSTED FIREFIGHTING TRAINING, WE'VE HOSTED WEDDINGS, WE'VE HAD JUST INCREDIBLE CLINICIANS BE THERE.
SO IT WAS IT WAS REALLY WHAT TOOK US TO THE NEXT LEVEL. AND WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT YOU GUYS. SO IN ADDITION TO ALL THOSE, YOU GUYS HAVE HELPED US WITH ACCESSIBILITY PROJECTS, HELPING PEOPLE GET ON THE PROJECT PROP PROPERTY, HELPING PEOPLE FIND THEIR WAY AROUND. AND THEN YOUR MOST RECENT GIFT, WE JUST FINISHED BUILDING THIS YEAR, IT'S THE EVENT PLAZA. IT'S KIND OF THAT LITTLE GREEN SQUARE THAT YOU SEE SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY. THE VISION FOR THAT WAS THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE FAMILIES HOST EVENTS, ENHANCE OUR EVENTS ON THE PROPERTY. AND WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN IS IT'S AN INCREDIBLE DRAW FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. WE'VE HAD A PARKING LOT FOR EXACTLY THREE WEEKS NOW, AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD THREE EVENTS ON THAT LAWN. SO WE HAD ONE OF OUR BIG DONORS HAD A
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MILESTONE BIRTHDAY THERE, BROUGHT 60 PEOPLE IN FROM ALL OVER TEXAS, OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH. FARMHOUSE FRESH HAD THEIR BIG SALES MEETING, AND THEY BROUGHT IN THEIR SPA PARTNERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. SO WE HAD 150 PEOPLE ON OUR PROPERTY, AND THEY USE THAT EVENT SPACE ALL DAY AND INTO THE EVENING. AND THEY WERE THEY WERE USING MCKINNEY BUSINESSES. WE WE USED MCKINNEY CATERERS. SO HOPEFULLY THAT IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE OVER TIME. IS THAT THE INVESTMENT THAT YOU MADE IN US IS ALSO IN MCKINNEY. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAD PERRY HOMES CAME OUT AND DID THEIR SALES LEADERSHIP. SO THEY HAD 80 PEOPLE THAT THEY FLEW IN FROM HOUSTON AND ALL OVER NORTH TEXAS. AND SO EVERYBODY IS JUST EXCITED TO, TO BE THERE, TO HAVE MEETINGS, BE SURROUNDED BY HORSES, SEE THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT WE DO. AND AGAIN, WE COULDN'T DO THAT WITHOUT YOU GUYS. I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL SEE AT LEAST SOME OF YOU AT THE GALA. WE'RE BACK ON PROPERTY, FINALLY BACK IN MCKINNEY AGAIN THIS YEAR AFTER BEING. IT'S GOING TO BE INCREDIBLE. WE WILL BE USING THAT EVENT SPACE FOR THE EVENT. AND THEN IN THE SPRING, WE WILL HAVE OUR MAIN GATE LIVE AND COUNTRY FAIR, WHICH BRINGS ABOUT 3500 TO TO 5000 PEOPLE ON OUR PROPERTY. AND WE WILL BE USING EVERY INCH OF THAT SPACE. SO. SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PICTURES AGAIN, THAT COVERED THE ARENA WAS THE THE FRONT AND CENTER OF OUR RENOVATION PROJECT. WE, WE REDESIGNED THE ENTIRE PROPERTY AROUND THAT ARENA AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE US FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS. AND THEN THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PICTURES OF THE, THE EVENTS. AND THEN THE EVENT PLAZA IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL SPOT FOR PEOPLE. THE WALKING TRAIL THAT IS BUILT AROUND THE PROPERTY IS COMPLETE. IT WAS COMPLETED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE EVENT PLAZA. WE'RE STILL DOING THE LANDSCAPING AROUND IT AND IT'S A THOUSAND DEGREES, SO WE HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT WALKING, BUT WE EXPECT TO SEE THAT BEING A HUGE FEATURE. AND WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE JUST GOING TO COME OUT AND, AND USE THE FACILITY, WATCH WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE AND FIND HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED, WHICH IS WAS THE PURPOSE OF THAT. SO, SO WHEN BILL HEARD THAT I WAS COMING TO TO THANK YOU GUYS, HE ASKED IF HE COULD MAKE A LITTLE VIDEO AND THANK YOU HIMSELF.HELLO MC DC, WHAT A PLEASURE TO ADDRESS YOU. IT'S BEEN SINCE 2009 THAT YOU'VE BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUPPORTER OF THIS MISSION, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS BACK THEN AND NOW. THIS WORLD CLASS FACILITY IS HERE, SERVING THE NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, AND YOU'RE SUCH A BIG PART OF IT WITH THIS EVENT SPACE THAT IS JUST GORGEOUS AND ALREADY BEING USED BY SO MANY. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO IN THE OVERALL COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR ME. SO TO TO REPEAT WHAT HE JUST SAID, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR YOUR RESIDENTS. AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR MAIN GATE AND FOR THOSE THAT WE SERVE IN THIS, NOT ONLY MCKINNEY, BUT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRICIA. YOU WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE THE SPACE OR ANYTHING. NOW, WE'RE JUST WE'RE TREMENDOUSLY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT YOU DO AT MAIN GATE. AND IT'S SUCH A SUCH AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY AND SERVES A POPULATION THAT DON'T KNOW WOULD BE SERVED WITHOUT YOU. SO THANK YOU. WE'RE PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND HOPEFULLY YOU'RE PROUD OF
[26-0919 Update on LifePath Systems]
US. I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ITEM 260919 UPDATE ON LIFEPATH SYSTEMS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THERE WE ARE. OKAY, I'M HERE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR BLOOMDALE CAMPUS UPDATE. BLOOMDALE IS ONE OF OUR FOUR CAMPUSES OR FOUR FACILITIES HERE IN MCKINNEY. OKAY, THE THINGY DOESN'T WORK. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, LIFEPATH SYSTEMS IS OUR OFFICIAL NAME IS COLLIN COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL RETARDATION CENTER, DOING BUSINESS AS LIFEPATH, WHERE THE PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SERVICES FOR COLLIN COUNTY. AND WE WERE CREATED IN 1986, SPONSORED BY THE COLLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT. WE HAVE A BOARD OF TRUSTEES. WE'RE BOTH A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AND A NONPROFIT ENTITY, AND WE'VE[00:10:04]
GROWN A LOT SINCE 1986 TO COVER THE GROWING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO NEXT SLIDE. SO JUST SOME KEY DATES OVER THE BLOOMDALE CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT. WE STARTED THIS BACK IN JUNE OF 2022. THAT'S WHEN THE COUNTY GAVE US A LONG TERM LAND LEASE OF THE PROPERTY AT BLOOMDALE AND COMMUNITY. SO THE THE COUNTY STILL OWNS IT. WE HAVE 60 YEARS, 65 YEARS, I THINK, AT $10 A YEAR. SO THAT WAS THEIR WAY OF GIVING US SOME IN-KIND SUPPORT TOWARDS OUR SERVICES.AND SO WE STARTED DEVELOPING IT AT THAT TIME, WORKED WITH AN ARCHITECT BY NOVEMBER OF 2023 IS WHEN SOME INITIAL CONSTRUCTION BEGAN. IF YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT THAT PROPERTY, IT WAS JUST A UNDEVELOPED PLOT OF LAND WITH LOTS OF EASEMENTS ALL OVER IT.
AND SO IT WAS A VERY DELICATE PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO PUT A BUILDING ON THAT LAND. WE ALSO WORKED WITH NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT TO PUT IN THEIR PIPELINE AS PART OF THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S A LARGE PIPELINE THAT GOES RIGHT THROUGH ALMOST THE CENTER OF THAT PROPERTY. AND SO IT WAS FOR ALL OF OUR BEST BENEFIT TO DO THAT AS PART OF OUR DEVELOPMENT, RATHER THAN HAVING THEM COME IN AT SOME LATER DATE AND TEAR IT ALL UP TO DO IT. SO THAT WAS INCORPORATED IN JULY OF 24 IS WHEN WE GOT $1 MILLION FROM CDC TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY. AND SO THAT HELPED GREATLY. THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT 43.5 MILLION, IS WHAT IT ENDED UP BEING. WE FINALLY STARTED MOVING IN IN OCTOBER OF 2025. TOOK US SEVERAL MONTHS BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WE'RE MOVING IN REQUIRE HIGH SECURITY. WE HAVE A LOCKED UNIT FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY DANGEROUS TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS THAT ARE BROUGHT IN BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEN AN UNLOCKED UNIT. AND SO WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS ALL WORKING REALLY, REALLY WELL BEFORE WE MOVED ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS IN THERE. NEXT SLIDE. SO TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT ALL HAPPENS IN AT THIS PROPERTY, IT'S ABOUT 110,000FT■!S IS THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING. WE TRIED TO MAXIMIZE WHAT WE COULD PUT ON THAT LAND, BECAUSE WE DON'T FREQUENTLY GET FUNDS TO DO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS LIKE THIS.
SO WE WANTED TO DO AS MUCH AS WE COULD ON THIS PROPERTY SINCE THE LAND WAS FREE AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE OF SERVING COLLIN COUNTY. SO WE RELOCATED OUR ADMINISTRATION OFFICES, OUR INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES THERE, AND ADULT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, INTENSIVE SERVICES WERE ALL RELOCATED THERE AND EXPANDED. IT INCLUDED AN EXPANSION OF OUR CRISIS CENTER, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY AT 1416 NORTH CHURCH STREET HERE. AND THAT PROPERTY IS VERY MUCH LANDLOCKED, SO WE COULDN'T ADD ON TO IT. AND SO THIS WAS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DOUBLE OUR CAPACITY. THE EXTENDED OBSERVATION UNIT IS THAT LOCKED UNIT WHERE WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE UP TO 48 HOURS IF THEY'RE BROUGHT IN BY LAW ENFORCEMENT UNDER THAT APPREHENSION BY A POLICE OFFICER. OTHERWISE, WE CAN'T TAKE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS AWAY AND KEEP THEM LOCKED. WE CAN ONLY DO THAT UNDER A JUDGE'S ORDER OR LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO THAT INCREASED THAT CAPACITY FROM EIGHT BEDS TO 16 BEDS. AND THE CRISIS RESPITE UNIT IS THE VOLUNTARY UNIT WHERE PEOPLE CAN STAY UP TO TEN DAYS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND THAT INCREASED THE CAPACITY FROM 14 BEDS TO 28 BEDS. WE ALSO ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL DIVERSION SERVICES. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DIVERSION AND CRISIS, THERE'S HUGE OVERLAP BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T TREAT PEOPLE IN CRISIS, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THEY WILL BECOME INVOLVED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO THERE'S AN OVERLAP. AND WE WHAT WE TRY TO DO AT THIS LOCATION IS BRAID A LOT OF THOSE SERVICES TOGETHER, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET A HUGE AMOUNT OF FUNDS FROM THE STATE OR ANYWHERE ELSE TO CREATE JUST BRAND NEW STUFF. SO WE THAT'S WHY WE RELOCATED OUR ADULT INTENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THERE, THE CRISIS CENTER AND THEN THE DIVERSION TRIAGE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE IT'S A 24 HOUR WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK IN AND WE ASSESS AND THEY MAY GO INTO THE CRISIS CENTER, THEY MAY COME BACK IN FOR SERVICES THE NEXT DAY DURING BUSINESS HOURS, OR WE COULD EVEN PLACE THEM INTO A PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENT BED IF THAT'S NEEDED. AND SO THAT WAS ALL RELOCATED AT THIS LOCATION. IT ALSO HAS ABOUT 12,000FT■!S OF SHELF SPACE ON ONE OF THE LEVELS. AND THAT'S FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. WHAT WE FOUND WE APPLY FREQUENTLY FOR SAMHSA GRANTS, DIFFERENT FEDERAL GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS. AND TYPICALLY WHEN YOU GET ONE OF THOSE GRANTS, YOU HAVE TO START OPERATING IT WITHIN THREE MONTHS. AND IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO FIND SPACE SOMETIMES OUT THERE WHERE PEOPLE WANT US. AND ONE OF OUR VALUES IS THE COMMUNITY. WE WE DON'T WANT TO SET UP SHOP SOMEWHERE WHERE IT MAY DISTURB OTHER BUSINESSES. SO WE FOUND IT'S BEST TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF THAT CAPACITY WITHIN OUR EXISTING FACILITIES. AND SO WHEN WE GET NEW PROGRAMS, WE CAN RENOVATE
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AND ROLL THOSE OUT PRETTY QUICKLY. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT SHELF SPACE IS FOR. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE WHOLE DIVERSION AND TRYING TO DIVERT PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE SEQUENTIAL INTERCEPT MODEL WAS IS CREATED BY SAMHSA. THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.AND ON THIS SLIDE, IT'S JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU HOW WE'RE VERY ACTIVE IN ALL INTERCEPT AREAS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVERSION FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. AGAIN, IF PEOPLE CAN CALL OUR CRISIS HOTLINE, BE SEEN BY OUR MOBILE CRISIS OUTREACH TEAMS, HOPEFULLY THEY NEVER EVEN GET INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND WE CAN SERVE THEM. THEN WHEN THEY ARE INVOLVED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, CALLING 911 THAT INITIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERACTION, WE ALREADY WORK WITH THE CIT OFFICERS. WE JUST CREATED A MENTAL HEALTH DEPUTY CO-RESPONDER PROGRAM WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THROUGH SOME FUNDS FROM TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND THAT ROLLED OUT THIS PAST YEAR. AND THAT'S GOING REALLY WELL. WE'D LOVE TO ROLL THAT OUT WITH EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITY. IT JUST TAKES SOMEBODY TO FUND IT. BUT THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. AND THEN THE DIVERSION SERVICES. SO IF WE CAN GET THEM AT THAT POINT WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN DECIDE, DO THEY TAKE THEM TO JAIL BECAUSE THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT CRIME, OR IS THERE NOT A SIGNIFICANT CRIME AND THEY CAN MAYBE DIVERT THEM? THEN ONCE THEY DO GO TO JAIL, THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS WE DO IN THE JAIL. WE HAVE EM COT INSIDE THE JAIL 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. THAT HELPS DOES ASSESSMENTS. WE ALSO JUST HAVE A NEW PROGRAM WORKING WITH MCKINNEY PD SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE TAKEN TO JAIL, THEY HAVE ONE LAST OPPORTUNITY TO DETERMINE, IS THIS SOMEBODY THAT COULD BE DIVERTED? AND SO WE'LL DO AN ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE, IS THE PERSON WILLING TO POSSIBLY COME TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND GO TO OUR CRISIS CENTER, AND CAN WE DIVERT THEM AT THAT VERY LAST POINT BEFORE THEY COMPLETE THE BOOK IN? AND SO WE'VE DIVERTED EIGHT PEOPLE SINCE END OF MAY THROUGH THAT METHOD. AND SO WE'RE REALLY HOPEFUL WE CAN CONTINUE TO EXPAND ON THAT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE WORK WITH THE SPECIALTY COURTS, MENTAL HEALTH DRUG VETERANS COURT. WE HAVE AN OUTPATIENT COMPETENCY RESTORATION PROGRAM. WE WORK WITH THE MANAGED MENTAL HEALTH MANAGED COUNSEL. SO THE DEFENSE COUNSEL TO HELP GET PEOPLE OUT ON PR BONDS, GET THEM INTO SERVICES, AND THEN JAIL, CONTINUITY OF CARE, AND THEN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PROBATION, REENTRY INTO SERVICES. SO THAT'S KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF A LOT OF THINGS WE DO FOR DIVERSION. NEXT SLIDE. SO OUR MENTAL HEALTH OUTREACH CRISIS ASSESSMENTS ARE DEFINITELY INCREASING YEAR OVER YEAR. THIS IS THE LAST FEW YEARS. THE GREEN ONE OF COURSE IS THIS PAST YEAR AND WE'RE SEEING A BIG INCREASE, WHICH IS GREAT. WE WANT PEOPLE TO CALL US AND FOR US TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND DO AN ASSESSMENT SO THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN DIVERT THEM FROM JAIL, FROM EMERGENCY ROOMS AND GET THEM INTO SERVICES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO NEXT SLIDE. DIVERT. SO THIS IS WALK INS TO THAT NEW BLOOMDALE FACILITY. AND THE REASON WE WANTED THAT BLOOMDALE FACILITY IS BECAUSE IT IS SO CLOSE TO THE JAIL. AND WE KNEW THAT PEOPLE, WHEN THEY GET RELEASED FROM JAIL AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT, IF THEY NEED OUR SERVICES, IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GET TO ONE OF OUR LOCATIONS. AND SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT PROPERTY SO CLOSE TO THE JAIL SO THAT THEY CAN SIMPLY WALK OUT IF IT'S 1:00 IN THE MORNING OR 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, THEY CAN WALK OVER TO OUR OUR BLOOMDALE TRIAGE, AND WE CAN SEE THEM AND START PROVIDING SERVICES. SO THAT HAS STEADILY INCREASED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. AND WE HOPE TO SEE THAT CONTINUE TO INCREASE, BECAUSE THAT SHOWS US THAT WE'RE GETTING WE'RE GETTING DONE WHAT WE NEED TO DO. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE IOU, AGAIN, THAT'S THE EXTENDED OBSERVATION UNIT.
THAT'S THE LOCKED UNIT. WE STARTED OUT AT EIGHT BED CAPACITY AND WENT UP TO TEN BEDS. WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO STAIR STEP STAIR STEP THAT UP TO THE 16 BEDS MAXIMUM. WE JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE TO GET FUNDS TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFFING. SO THE WHOLE PLAN WITH THIS WAS TO HAVE MORE CAPACITY. AND SO THE FACILITY ALLOWED US TO DO THAT. BUT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO GET FUNDS FROM EITHER TEXAS, HHS OR ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE TO HIRE THE STAFF. THE EO REQUIRES ROUND THE CLOCK NURSING. SO EVERY TIME WE ADD BEDS, WE NEED MORE NURSING TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE HHS RULES. BUT THAT'S INCREASING. WE'VE GOT A PLAN TO TRY TO KEEP REALLOCATING FUNDS TOWARD THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE NEED FOR OUR COMMUNITY. NEXT
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SLIDE. SO THIS IS THE CRISIS RESPITE UNIT. THIS IS THE ONE THAT IS VOLUNTARY. AND PEOPLE CAN STAY UP TO TEN DAYS. AND WE HAVE THE SAME PLAN WITH THIS TO CONTINUE TO STAIR STEP UP THE CAPACITY AS WE'RE ABLE TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF TO SUPPORT THAT. AND NEXT SLIDE, THAT MAY BE IT. OKAY. OUR CRISIS HOTLINE NUMBER, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN PROMOTING SINCE 2017, WHEN THE CRISIS SERVICES FOR US ROLLED OUT. WE WOULD LOVE FOR EVERYBODY TO CALL US BEFORE IT BECOMES AN EMERGENCY. AND THEY HAVE TO CALL 911 THIS BY CALLING THIS NUMBER AND TALKING TO THE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS ON THAT. THAT'S WHAT DISPATCHERS ARE MOBILE CRISIS OUTREACH TEAMS, AND THEY CAN GO OUT INTO THE HOMES COMMUNITY. THEY TALK TO PARENTS, THEY TALK TO WHOEVER CALLS. AND THEN THAT'S HOW YOU GET INTO OUR CRISIS SERVICES, WHETHER IT'S A CRISIS CENTER OR, AGAIN, AN INPATIENT HOSPITAL BED IF WE NEED TO PLACE SOMEBODY THERE.SO WE REALLY TRY TO PROMOTE THAT NUMBER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND THAT MAY BE IT. NEXT SLIDE.
OKAY, SO THAT WAS IT. SO THAT'S OUR NEW DEVELOPMENT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. IT REALLY HAS HELPED US CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR SERVICES AND SERVE MORE PEOPLE AND HOPEFULLY WORK WITH ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT TO HOSPITALS TO OTHER NONPROFITS. THAT'S ALL I GOT. TAMMY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GREAT. GREAT WORK.
GEORGE. SORRY. CAN I ASK A QUESTION OR TWO? ACTUALLY TWO QUESTIONS. SURE. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE THERE WERE THERE WERE SOME DATA IN THE HUNDREDS. AND I WAS CURIOUS IF THAT WAS MAYBE TWO SLIDES OR. OH, SORRY, THE ONE RIGHT AFTER THE FLOW CHART. SO IS THIS FOR ALL OF COLLIN COUNTY? YES. OKAY. SO THOSE ARE THE ACTUAL FACE TO FACE ASSESSMENTS. SO WE WE DO ABOUT A THOUSAND HOTLINE CALLS. AND SO BASED ON HOW THE HOTLINE WORKS OUT, SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST DIRECTED TO OUR SERVICES. BUT IF YOU TRIGGER AS URGENT OR EMERGENT, THAT'S WHAT DISPATCHES THE CRISIS. OKAY. SO IF SOMEBODY CALLS THE HOTLINE, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES, FOR SOMEBODY TO COME OUT TO THE HOME. YES. AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY. YES. OKAY. BECAUSE THERE WAS AN INCIDENT I, I AM FAMILIAR WITH WHERE MCKINNEY POLICE WERE CALLED FOR A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS SITUATION. AND THE POLICE SAID THERE WERE ONLY MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS COUNSELORS AVAILABLE TO COME OUT FROM 9 TO 5. I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY PECULIAR BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY MENTAL HEALTH CRISES HAPPEN AFTER BUSINESS HOURS. SO SHOULD THE PROTOCOL BE THAT IF SOMEBODY CALLS 911 FIRST, INSTEAD OF CALLING THE CRISIS HOTLINE, THAT MCKINNEY POLICE CAN STILL ACTIVATE YOUR SUPPORT TEAMS TO COME OUT IF NECESSARY, THEY CAN DEFINITELY CALL US AT ANY TIME. THE ONLY WARNING IS, IS THAT WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF STAFF AS THERE ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT, SO WE HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4 STAFF ON DUTY 24 HOURS A DAY. SO IF THEY'RE ALREADY ON A CALL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CALLS, WE WE CAN'T BE THERE WITHIN 15 MINUTES. AND SO THAT'S THE STRUGGLE. I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE 100 MORE OUTREACH PEOPLE THAT COULD DO THAT. SO SOMETIMES IT'S BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T GET THERE WITHIN 15 TO 30 MINUTES. IT MAY BE AN HOUR. IF IT'S AN URGENT CALL, WE HAVE UP TO EIGHT HOURS ACCORDING TO THE HHS STANDARDS. SO YES, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE 9 TO 5 CAME FROM BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE WORKING 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE TO CONSENT ITEMS. PORTION OF THE AGENDA
[CONSENT ITEMS]
CONSISTS OF NONCONTROVERSIAL OR HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW. ITEMS MAY BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY BY BOARD OR COMMISSION MEMBERS MAKING SUCH REQUESTS. AND WE ONLY HAVE 126092 ZERO MINUTES OF THE MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING FROM AUGUST 27TH. ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? AND IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL SECOND MISS. CAST YOUR VOTES. ALL RIGHT. MOVE TO[26-0921 Financial Report]
REPORTS. ITEM 260921 FINANCIAL REPORT. CHANCE. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD MORNING. CHANCE MILLER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. WE ARE GOING OVER THE MONTH OF JULY TODAY. SO A FEW MONTHS BACK. WE LET'S GO OVER UP. WE COLLECTED $2.5 MILLION. THE MAJORITY OF THAT CAME FROM SALES TAX REVENUE. IF WE GO DOWN TO EXPENDITURES, OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, WE HAD 20,000 PROJECT EXPENSES. WE HAD 157,000 AND NON-DEPARTMENTAL WAS 69,000, TOTALING 313,000 FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. AND I WANTED TO TALK ON SALES. YEAH, I WAS JUST TURNED OFF. SO RIGHT NOW THERE WE GO. SO THIS APPLIES TO MAY. SO THESE ARE MAY SALES IN MCKINNEY THAT WE[00:25:04]
COLLECTED IN JULY. AND WE HAD A 5.5% INCREASE, WHICH WHENEVER WE GO BACK I THINK I WENT BACK SEVEN MONTHS AND WE WERE AVERAGING RIGHT AT THE 5.5%. IF YOU GO BACK YEAR TO DATE, WE'RE AT 5.5%. SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY STEADY WITH THIS MARK. THERE'S BEEN MONTHS THAT HAVE BEEN UP.NEXT MONTH WOULD BE DOWN. SO EITHER WAY, WE'RE VERY CONSISTENT AROUND THIS MARK RIGHT NOW. AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT ALLEN, THEY HAD A 9.8% INCREASE THAT BRINGS THEIR YEAR TO DATE UP CLOSE TO 25%. SO HAD AN 18.6% INCREASE. THEN PLANO HAD A DECREASE. AND THAT WAS A TRUE DECREASE. I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT CAUSED THEIR DECREASE AS OF RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE WAS NO AUDIT COLLECTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT HURT THEM. THEY TRULY HAD A DECREASE FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. I WAS GOING TO TOUCH ON THE SALES TAX BY INDUSTRY. I MENTIONED THIS ABOUT EVERY MONTH NOW, BUT WHEN WE'RE THIS FAR INTO THE YEAR, WE'RE DOING YEAR TO DATE VARIANCES, IT'LL TAKE SOMETHING DRASTIC FOR THESE NUMBERS TO CHANGE. AND SO THEY'RE BASICALLY IDENTICAL TO THE NUMBERS FROM LAST MONTH WHEN WE HAD A VERY AVERAGE MONTH. SO RETAIL TRADES STILL UP 5%. ACCOMMODATION FOOD SERVICES AT NINE, WHICH HELPED US DICTATE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR BUDGET. NOW THE BUDGET'S PASSED AND EVERYTHING. I KNOW WE HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, BUT ALL THOSE NUMBERS PLAYED INTO EFFECT TO WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR NEXT YEAR AND SAYING THAT I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ARE YOU ALSO GOING TO BE HERE FOR THE BUDGET? I WILL BE HERE FOR IT, YES. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I'LL SAVE MY QUESTION FOR THEM, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE THIS GROWTH AT 5%, BOTH IN RETAIL AND FIVE AND A HALF OVERALL. TRACKS VERY WELL. I THINK OUR POPULATION IS INCREASING A LITTLE OVER 3%, AND INFLATION IS RUNNING AT A LITTLE UNDER 3%, COMBINES TO PRETTY CLOSE TO THE 5.55.6. AND SO THAT SEEMS TO BE WHY RIGHT. WE'RE GROWING AND THINGS ARE GETTING A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE. THEREFORE SALES TAX COLLECTION WOULD GO UP.
NOTE THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK BUDGET WE'RE COMING BACK TO THAT POINT. THANK YOU. YEP. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TAMMY, CAN I ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION? I'M SORRY. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THIS QUESTION WHEN YOU WERE UP HERE. SORRY. YOU MAKE YOUR TRIP BACK TO THE PODIUM. IS THERE ANY OTHER CITY IN COLLIN COUNTY THAT IS IS THERE ANY OTHER CITY IN COLLIN COUNTY THAT'S CONTRIBUTING THAT CONTRIBUTES TO LIFE PATH? NO, NO. OKAY. THAT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE. AND I HOPE THAT MAYBE THEY RECONSIDER. IT'S YEAH, IT'S IT'S VERY DIFFERENT ALL ACROSS THE STATE. THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE THERE'S SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS BY CITIES. TYPICALLY, THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF OVERLAP OF INTEREST. AND A GOOD EXAMPLE IS SAN ANTONIO, WHERE THE CITY PROVIDES A LOT OF FUNDING BECAUSE IT'S A TOURIST TOWN AND ESPECIALLY AROUND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, WHERE INDIVIDUALS, IF THEY BECOME INTOXICATED, THEY HAVE A SOBERING CENTER THAT HAS A LOT OF FUNDS FROM THE CITY BECAUSE INSTEAD OF ARRESTING TOURISTS, YOU CAN GO THERE AND GET SOBER, AND THEN THERE'S NOT CHARGES THE NEXT DAY AND EVERYBODY'S HAPPY. THE DIFFICULTY WITH COLLIN COUNTY IS THERE'S JUST SO MANY CITIES, AND THERE'S NO ONE COMMON THEME OTHER THAN MENTAL HEALTH IS IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, I WOULD I APPRECIATE YOU MAYBE TRYING TO DEFEND OTHER CITIES. THAT'S NOT TO WORK WITH EVERYONE. YOU KNOW, YOU DO HAVE TO WORK WITH EVERYONE. BUT THIS IS A CRISIS THAT, OF COURSE, YOU'RE SERVING EVERYONE IN COLLIN COUNTY. AND THE FACT THAT NO OTHER CITY IS CONTRIBUTING IS NOT ANY REFLECTION ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING OR THE JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE REACH THAT YOU HAVE THROUGHOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND THE IMPORTANCE, WHAT IT WHAT IT IS. REFLECTION. I'M SURE IT'S BEEN JUST AN OVERSIGHT. AND I HOPE THAT OTHER CITIES MIGHT, MIGHT, MIGHT BE REMINDED RIGHT NOW OF HOW IMPORTANT YOUR FACILITY IS AND JOIN MCKINNEY IN SUPPORTING LIFE PATH. IT'S IT'S A CRITICAL SERVICE THAT SERVES, AGAIN, ALL OF COLLIN COUNTY. I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT QUESTION, AND I SHOULD HAVE ASKED WHY YOU WERE UP HERE, BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. YES. ALONG THAT LINE, THE PRESENTATION TO ME THAT YOU GAVE WAS GREAT AND TALKED VERY MUCH ABOUT THE THE HUMAN ASPECT AND HOW WE'RE HELPING. YOU'RE HELPING A LOT OF PEOPLE A WORTHY CAUSE FOR US TO SUPPORT. AND WE HAVE IN 2024 WITH THE WITH THE VOTE. THERE'S ALSO AN ECONOMIC COST. AND BY YOU GETTING IN FRONT OF MANY OF THESE CRISES, YOU ARE REDUCING THE COST TO THE CITIES, TO THE TAXPAYERS BY INTERCEPTING AT EVERY POSSIBLE STEP ALONG THE WAY BEFORE IT GETS QUITE EXPENSIVE TO THE TAXPAYERS. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE OTHER CITIES WOULD CERTAINLY BE. WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE
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IS A COST TO NOT DOING THIS, AND IT IS A WORTHY THING FOR THEM TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO.YEAH, I'M SURE, I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF PATIENTS BASED ON HOME HOME LOCATIONS. YEAH. DO YOU KNOW WHERE I GUESS THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE COMING FROM? ARE THEY MCKINNEY RESIDENTS OR ARE THEY PRETTY? THEY'RE ALL ALONG 75. REALLY? BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN, THE EAST PLANO EAST, MCKINNEY EAST, ALLEN SOME, YOU KNOW, SO YES, THAT'S WHERE THE MASS OF OUR CLIENTS ARE ALL ALONG THAT STRIP. BUT OBVIOUSLY, AS THE COUNTY GROWS, WE'RE SEEING MORE ACROSS EVERYWHERE. BUT YEAH, WE CAN RUN ZIP CODES, WE CAN RUN CITY REPORTS AND WE LOOK AT THAT PERIODICALLY. BUT AGAIN, TO US, WE SERVE THE WHOLE THE WHOLE COUNTY. YOU SERVE THE COUNTY AND YOU SERVE EVERY CITY IN THIS COUNTY. YES. AND A LOT OF IT IS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. I MEAN, WE HAVE WE HAVE, I THINK, NINE FACILITIES SPRINKLED THROUGH PLANO, ALLEN AND MCKINNEY. BUT WE A LOT OF THE WORK WE DO IS IN THE HOMES AND IN THE BUSINESSES. ID WE DO A LOT OF SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT.
SO YEAH, WE'RE OUT EVERYWHERE. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YEP. ALL RIGHT.
[26-0922 Board and Liaison Reports Board Chair City of McKinney Visit McKinney McKinney Economic Development Corporation McKinney Main Street/MPAC McKinney Parks and Recreation]
WE'LL MOVE TO. REPORT CITY REPORTS. BOARD CHAIR. I'M GOING TO WAIT TILL THE END. WE HAVE TWO OUTGOING MEMBERS THAT ARE THAT ARE GOING TO BE. THIS IS THEIR LAST MEETING. AND MOST OF MY COMMENTS ARE RELATED TO THAT. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AFTER THE MEETING. SO I WILL MOVE TO CITY OF MCKINNEY. PAUL GRIMES. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. PAUL GRIMES, CITY MANAGER FEW ITEMS TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS MORNING, OCTOBER 6TH. SO OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS, AS YOU KNOW, ARE ON TUESDAY NIGHTS. BUT ON OCTOBER 6TH, IT WON'T BE A COUNCIL MEETING ON THAT TUESDAY NIGHT. IT'LL BE MOVED TO MONDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 5TH. WHY DO WE DO THAT? BECAUSE OCTOBER 6TH IS OUR ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. THAT IS OUR POLICE. PRIMARILY IT'S POLICE, BUT IT'S POLICE AND FIRE. AND WE HAVE BLOCK PARTIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE MAYOR, MYSELF AND STAFF AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FIREFIGHTERS GO OUT AND AND JOIN THESE BLOCK PARTIES THROUGHOUT MCKINNEY.IT'S A GREAT EVENT AND PEOPLE ARE USUALLY VERY WELCOMING. AND AND SOMETIMES THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FOOD OR ICE CREAM OR SOME OTHER GOODIES. SO THAT'S ALWAYS MAKES IT ESPECIALLY FUN.
BUT THAT COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE OCTOBER 5TH AND THEN NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ON OCTOBER 6TH. WE HAVE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. STAFF IS IS PREPARING OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR COUNCIL ADOPTION. THAT WILL BE COMING PROBABLY THE SECOND MEETING OF OCTOBER, OCTOBER 20TH, AND THAT WILL BE OUR STATE AS WELL AS OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. SO STAN, STAY TUNED FOR MORE ON THAT. I WANTED TO ALSO SHARE WITH YOU OUR BETTER TOGETHER INITIATIVE UPDATE. SO THEY ARE MOVING ALONG. FOLLOWING. WE'VE HAD A WHOLE SERIES OF WORKING GROUPS, WORKING GROUP MEETINGS WITH SPECIFIC STAKEHOLDERS AND PUBLIC INPUT. THE TEAM FROM UT DALLAS, THAT IS OUR. THEY'RE SERVING AS OUR NAVIGATOR, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'VE DEVELOPED A SERIES OF DRAFT GOALS AND STRATEGIES. RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS ARE INVITED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THIS. THERE'S A SURVEY THAT WAS PROVIDED IN MANAGER'S NOTES. I CERTAINLY SHARE IT WITH YOU. IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT OR HAD A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS. OUR HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS ALSO PLANNING A FOLLOW UP TO OUR HOUSING SUMMIT THAT WE HAD. WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL HOUSING SUMMIT IN APRIL. SOME OF YOU, I THINK, ATTENDED. IT WAS AT THE MISD STADIUM CONFERENCE CENTER. IT WAS BUSY. IT WAS FULL. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT THAT WAS PUT ON BY THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AND OUR HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOLKS, THIS EVENT COMING UP IS GOING TO BE A FOLLOW UP TO THAT DISCUSSION.
IT'S GOING TO BE A GATHER ON THE SQUARE, AND IT WILL BE ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15TH FROM 8 TO 10 A.M. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, 8 TO 10 A.M. AND THAT IS BASICALLY A FOLLOW UP DISCUSSION EXPLORING PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IN THE COMMUNITY IN MCKINNEY. AND THEN FINALLY, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, JUST DO A PUBLIC SHOUT OUT TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. OF COURSE, I LOST MY PAGE THERE. WELL, WE SENT EVERY YEAR. OF COURSE, SUMMERTIME MEANS OFTENTIMES IN WEST TEXAS PRIMARILY, ALTHOUGH SOME OF IT MOVED TO THE EAST BECAUSE WE HAVE FIRES, WE HAVE WILDFIRES, AND WE SEND A NUMBER OF FOLKS FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO SERVE ALONGSIDE FIREFIGHTERS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE TO HELP ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITH WILDFIRES. AND WE WE DO THESE THINGS ALL THE
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TIME, AND WE WANT TO JUST GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO BEN JONES AND HIS TEAM, WHO WERE DEPLOYED WILDFIRES AND FIGHTING THOSE. SO THAT'S MATTERS RELATED TO CITY BUSINESS. I WANTED TO ALSO TALK ABOUT OKTOBERFEST. I DIDN'T SEE ANDREW JONES, ANYBODY FROM ME. HE IS PREPARING FOR OCTOBER. HE'S TESTING GREGORY AS WELL, GREGORY HEARNS, AND HE WAS ON HIS WAY OUT THERE. SO I THOUGHT MAYBE AS MUCH. WELL, THAT KICKS OFF TOMORROW, OKTOBERFEST TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE THE PRESSURE IS ON MAYOR COX BECAUSE HE HAS TO TAP THE KEG, I BELIEVE. AND I THINK HE DID A GOOD JOB WITH IT LAST YEAR. BUT HE HAS TO KEEP THAT UP, I GUESS, ANYWAY. AND I GET TO HAVE FUN HANDING SOME OF THOSE OUT, WHICH IS WHICH IS A LOT OF FUN.ANYWAY. OKTOBERFEST FRIDAY EVENING, ALL DAY SATURDAY AND I BELIEVE SUNDAY UNTIL 5 OR 6 P.M. SO THAT IS THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A THANK YOU TO JOY BOOTH, BOARD MEMBER BOOTH, BOARD MEMBER RICHARDSON WOODS FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE ON THE MCDC OVER THE YEARS. IT'S BEEN A JOY AND PLEASURE, NO PUN INTENDED. DOING A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO OTHER GREAT THINGS WITH YOU CONTRIBUTING HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. PAUL. YEP. VISIT MCKINNEY. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MY NAME IS ALICIA HOLMBERG. I'M THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF VISIT MCKINNEY. I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT TURKEYS.
SO LAST YEAR, VISIT MCKINNEY DECLARED THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. WE DECLARED OURSELVES THE INFLATABLE TURKEY CAPITAL OF NORTH OF TEXAS. WE'RE CONTINUING WITH THAT. WE HAD HOPES LAST YEAR WHEN WE STARTED THIS, THAT MAYBE WE'D GET ABOUT 30 PEOPLE THAT WOULD SUBMIT THEIR TURKEYS THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR LAWNS FOR A TURKEY TRAIL MAP THAT WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND WE ENDED UP GETTING OVER 400 PEOPLE, TOOK PICTURES, WROTE STORIES, NAMED THEIR TURKEYS. WE HAD ONE OF THE LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS USE IT AS A WRITING EXERCISE TO WRITE STORIES ABOUT TURKEYS. SO IT WENT OVER REALLY WELL. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR. AND FOR THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING A 20 FOOT INFLATABLE TURKEY IN MITCHELL PARK WITH A HUGE KIND OF MONUMENT SIGN THAT SAYS THAT WE ARE THE INFLATABLE CAPITAL OF INFLATABLE TURKEY, CAPITAL OF TEXAS. SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT. THAT'S KICKING OFF SOON. WE'RE GOING TO GET EVERYONE TO KIND OF PUSH OUT NEXT WEEK IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
IF YOU HAVE A TURKEY, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A TURKEY, GO BUY IT NOW AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR STORY IS AND YOUR PHOTOS. SO WE'RE READY TO HAVE THAT MAP UP IN NOVEMBER. NEXT. OUR OFFICE IS UNDERGOING SOME RENOVATIONS. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE RECONFIGURING THE OFFICE SPACE THAT IS BEHIND OUR STOREFRONT IN DOWNTOWN. SO THAT'S GOING TO HAVE SOME INTERRUPTIONS TO OUR STORE THAT WE HAVE IN THE FRONT WITH THE ONE THAT SELLS ALL KINDS OF MCKINNEY MERCHANDISE, TEXAS MERCHANDISE. SO IF YOU ARE GOING TO EVER WANT TO STOP BY OUR STORE, WHICH WE I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO. WE HAVE LOTS OF GREAT THINGS THERE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT COMMEMORATIVE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS, MCKINNEY CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS THIS YEAR, BUT JUST MAYBE CHECK ONLINE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STORE HOURS AREN'T CHANGED BECAUSE THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME INTERMITTENT CLOSINGS WHILE THEY DO SOME OF THE RENOVATIONS. AND THEN LAST I JUST HAD ON MY LIST ALSO TO MENTION OKTOBERFEST AND MAIN STREET. AGAIN, THEY'RE WELCOMING. WE'RE WELCOMING ABOUT 7000 PEOPLE, VISITORS INTO DOWNTOWN. SO WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO DO THAT AND THANK MAIN STREET FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DO PUTTING ON THOSE EVENTS.
I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. I THINK THAT'S A CREATIVE GREAT. YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR I REMEMBER IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND I'M GLAD THAT VISIT MCKINNEY DIDN'T TAKE A PAGE OUT OF WKRP RADIO STATION'S BOOK, WHERE THEY DECIDED THEY WOULD DROP 100 TURKEYS ON. THANKSGIVING AND LET THEM GO FREE, NOT REALIZING THAT THEY DON'T FLY. SO YOUR INFLATABLE TURKEY IDEA WAS MUCH BETTER THAN WKRP'S IDEA. GIVE THEM SOME COMMENTARY. WHAT WAS ON THE RADIO FOR CRP? JOHNNY SOMEONE. BUT THANK YOU. THAT'S SUCH A. IT'S ALWAYS GREAT WHAT YOU GUYS DO FROM THE LITTLE DOORS TO YES TO TO THE INFLATABLE TURKEY. GREAT WAY TO TO SET US APART. GREAT. THANK YOU. MCKINNEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. MIKE KOSKI MR. CHAIRMAN. WELL, MIKE'S COMING UP. SEVERAL OF US SERVED ON THE MAIN STREET BOARD, PUTTING ON OKTOBERFEST FOR THE PEOPLE HERE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A VERY LARGE ATTENDANCE, WHICH MEANS IT SHOULD BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THAT THE SUCCESS OF THAT EVENT PAYS FOR ALL OF THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, AND THE WAY THAT WE MAKE DOWNTOWN LOOK OVER THE HOLIDAY. SO THE PROFIT THAT COMES OUT OF OUT OF THAT EVENT IS FUNNELED RIGHT BACK INTO MAIN STREET AND MAKING IT SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE OVER THE HOLIDAYS. ABSOLUTELY. MR. CHAIRMAN, MADAM PRESIDENT,
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BOARD MEMBERS, MICHAEL KOSKI, PRESIDENT OF THE EDC. A COUPLE UPDATES, OPPORTUNITY ZONES.THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT TOOLS WE HAVE TO USE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO INSPIRE INVESTMENT THROUGHOUT AREAS THAT REALLY NEED IT. MCKINNEY IS BLESSED. THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE RECOMMENDED TWO AREAS IN MCKINNEY, BASICALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY FIVE UP TO ABOUT AIRPORT ROAD FROM EL DORADO UP TO 380 GENERAL AREA. THAT WAS ANOTHER TOOL THAT WE CAN USE THAT NOW GOES TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR FINAL APPROVAL. BUT I WANT TO THANK MANY PEOPLE WHO HELP WITH THAT. THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HELPED. MARGARET LEE HELPED WITH THAT.
SO TEAM EFFORT AND THAT'S GOES INTO EFFECT. HOPEFULLY WE CAN START UP NEXT YEAR. WE'RE ALSO SEEING A LOT MORE ACTIVITY FROM OUR OUR ASIAN PARTNERS. WE HOSTED THE ASIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT OUR OFFICE YESTERDAY, GAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT MCKINNEY. I'M GOING TO A TAIWAN EXPO LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE INTEREST THAT IS COMING TO DFW SPECIFICALLY FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, REAL LONG TERM JOBS, IT'S JUST ADVANCING MORE AND MORE. I WOULD SUBMIT THAT LIGHT ON CHOOSING MCKINNEY HAS MUCH TO DO WITH THAT. LET'S PUT A GREAT SPOTLIGHT ON US. AND THEN LAST, WE HOSTED A GREAT VIP LUNCHEON WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WERE TRYING TO EXPOSE THEM TO OUR STARTUP COMMUNITY. SO BASICALLY, WE HAD FOLKS IN THE REAL ESTATE SECTOR, THE BANKING SECTOR, COME AND MEET WITH SOME OF OUR STARTUPS TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A REAL ECOSYSTEM WHERE CAPITAL CAN BE INJECTED INTO NOT ONLY BRICKS AND MORTAR, BUT ALSO INTO ENTREPRENEURS. VERY SUCCESSFUL 25 PEOPLE AND GOT NOTHING BUT KUDOS FROM THAT, FROM ALL ATTENDEES. AND FINALLY, I WAS BLESSED TO WORK WITH JOY AND ANGELA, BOTH IN THIS ROLE AND MY PREVIOUS ROLE AS PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR AT IS.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING. I SAY IT ALL THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE AROUND MCKINNEY AND POINT THE STUFF THAT MAYBE YOUR VOICE HELPED INSPIRE TO COME, COME TOGETHER SO YOUR FINGERPRINTS ARE ALL OVER MCKINNEY AND THAT WILL NOT END. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEHALF OF EDC, BEHALF OF PARKS AND RECREATION, FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANKS, MEGAN. I'LL JUST CLARIFY FOR PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO RECEIVE FEDERAL TAX CREDITS. AND IT'S A IT'S AN INCENTIVE TO DEVELOP OTHERWISE ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREAS. AND SO HAVING THAT DESIGNATED AS AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE REALLY HELPS CATALYZE DEVELOPMENT. SO FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MIKE? MIKE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO. AS WE SAID, MCKINNEY MAIN STREET, ANDREW JONES IS OUT SETTING UP FOR OKTOBERFEST. HOPEFULLY HE'S NOT TESTING BEERS. MAKE SURE IT'S NOT BLACK, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE IT'S NOT FLAT, MAKING SURE THE COLD. I DON'T THINK HE IS.
I THINK HE'S OUT ACTUALLY DOING THE HARD WORK AND SETTING UP FOR THE EVENT. MCKINNEY. PARKS AND RECREATION. AMY. GOOD MORNING CHAIR. MADAM PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. AMY KINCAID, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC. I WAS READY TO STAND IN FOR ANDREW IF I NEEDED TO. IT'S EXCITING. AS I'M DRIVING THROUGH THIS WEEK, SEEING ALL THE JUST GETTING READY FOR THE CARNIVAL RIDES AND ALL OF THAT. SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT COME TO TOWN THIS WEEKEND. A FEW UPDATES FOR YOU ALL REGARDING PARKS AND REC. WE ARE HAVING OUR DESIGN KICKOFF MEETING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR THE NORTH APEX. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING FULL BLAST INTO THE DESIGN OF THAT FACILITY. SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AS JUST A REMINDER, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THAT COMPLETELY DESIGNED BY AUGUST OF 27. SO WE DID FEASIBILITY. SO WE HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT NEEDS TO GO IN THERE. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FITTING EVERYTHING IN AND SEEING THE OUTCOME. SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION.
WHATLEY PARK AS I REPORTED LAST TIME, WE HAD 16 BIDS, WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE THAT MANY BIDS. WE HAVE FINALLY NARROWED IT DOWN AND THAT WILL BE GOING TO PARK BOARD AND THE COUNCIL IN OCTOBER, SO THAT SHOULD START HOPEFULLY END OF OCTOBER, EARLY NOVEMBER. SO THAT'S BEEN A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUSH FORWARD FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. GABE, WE ARE WORKING ON DESIGN TO ADD SOME PARKING NEAR THE PRACTICE FACILITY JUST NORTH OF THE BASEBALL FIELDS OUT THERE. WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING ABOUT 75 SPACES AND THEN DOING SOME TRAIL WORK AND STILL WORKING THROUGH WAYFINDING. ONCE WE GET THAT DESIGN. SO THAT WILL BE GOING TO COUNCIL. SO HOPEFULLY GO TO CONSTRUCTION SOMETIME IN 2027. JUST A REMINDER, THE SPLASH PADS ARE GOING TO BE ON THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. SO THIS
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IS YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE YOUR KIDS. OR IF YOU GUYS WANT TO GO SPLASH AROUND. BUT THOSE WILL BE CLOSING ON OCTOBER 1ST. AND AS WE HEAD INTO OCTOBER, WE HAVE A FEW EVENTS COMING UP. THE TRICK OR TREAT TRAIL, WHICH IS HISTORICALLY TAKEN PLACE AT TOWNE LAKE, WILL BE HAPPENING AT BONNIE WENK THIS YEAR ON OCTOBER THE 17TH. THAT WILL BE FROM 3 TO 6. WE WILL HAVE VENDORS AROUND THE LAKE AREA. WE'LL HAVE DJ, WE'LL JUST HAVE A FUN KIDS AREA WITH SOME FOOD VENDORS. SO JUST NOTE THE LOCATION CHANGE AND THE DATE FOR THAT PUMPKIN DUNK WILL BE HAPPENING AT APEX ON DECEMBER. NOT DECEMBER. THINKING CHRISTMAS OCTOBER 24TH WITH DIFFERENT TIME SLOTS THAT YOU WILL NEED TO REGISTER FOR THAT EVENT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A SENSOR FRIENDLY SPOOKTACULAR AT OLD SETTLERS REC CENTER ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, AND THAT IS ALSO A FREE EVENT. SO A LOT OF FUN STUFF HAPPENING. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO VISIT MCKINNEY FOR THE TURKEY. THEY APPROACHED US AND I'M LIKE, HECK YEAH, WE WON A 20 FOOT TURKEY. SO EXCITED TO COLLAB WITH THEM AT MITCHELL PARK. AND WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU AMY. THANK YOU. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO JOY AND ANGIE. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED SUPPORT AND JUST APPRECIATE YOU[26-0923 President’s Report]
BOTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AMY. 260923 PRESIDENTS REPORT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE MARKETING ACTIVITIES FOR MC DC.THERE'S A REPORT ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
WE CONTINUE TO GROW OUR THE NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS ON FACEBOOK. AND IN AUGUST WE SAW AN INCREASE OF 102 OVER THE PREVIOUS AUGUST, OUR HIGHEST PERFORMING POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA INCLUDED NEIGHBOR HUB, THE GROUNDBREAKING. THEIR BOARD MEETING RECAP WAS SECOND HIGHEST MILL HOUSE ART FEST AND THEN THE HABITAT GROUNDBREAKING. SO CONGRATS TO THE MARKETING DUO FOR THE WORK. THE WORK THAT'S THAT'S BEING DONE THERE. ALSO ON THE MARKETING FRONT, YOU RECALL THAT EARLIER THIS YEAR, CDC HOSTED A WORKSHOP FOR OUR PROMOTIONAL GRANT RECIPIENTS AND AMPLIFY WORKSHOP. LINDA AND AJ REALLY SPEARHEADED THE EFFORT ON THAT FRONT. LINDA IS WORKING ON THE SECOND WORKSHOP, WHICH WILL BE HELD EITHER LATE FALL OR EARLY NEXT YEAR FOR THE MOST RECENT ROUND OF GRANT RECIPIENTS. AND THIS IS GOING TO FOCUS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING AS A RESULT OF FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM THE FIRST WORKSHOP. SO THAT'S IN THE WORKS. MR. GRIMES MENTIONED THE AFTER THE SUMMIT EVENT, OCTOBER 15TH. THE MCKINNEY FRONT PORCH TEAM WAS INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING OF THE FIRST SUMMIT AND ARE SUPPORTING THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM AS PLANS ARE MADE FOR THIS. IT'S GOING TO BE AT GATHER IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY 8 TO 10 A.M. AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION, IF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT YET, PLEASE LOOK AT THE MCKINNEY REPERTORY THEATER REPORT THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. THEY DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB RECAPPING HOW THE CDC PROMOTIONAL FUNDS HAVE BEEN USED IN THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AND THAT ORGANIZATION IN PARTICULAR, WHEN THEY WERE FACED WITH NOT HAVING ACCESS TO THEIR HOME VENUE BECAUSE OF RENOVATIONS THAT AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, MCKINNEY COURTHOUSE THEATER, I THINK THEY REALLY DEMONSTRATED CREATIVITY AND FLEXIBILITY IN NOT ONLY FINDING OTHER LOCATIONS TO HOST THEIR EVENTS, BUT ALSO TRYING NONTRADITIONAL PROGRAMING IDEAS THAT INCLUDED THEIR FIRST EVER YOUTH THEATER PRODUCTION OF MUSICAL JUNIOR, AND THE ATTENDANCE AT THAT WAS JUST UNDER A THOUSAND PEOPLE, AND THEY ROUTINELY SEE 50% THAT COME FROM OUTSIDE MCKINNEY. SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. THEY SPEND TIME REALLY ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF THE FUNDS THEY RECEIVE AND HOW THEY'RE INVESTED. SO THEY DO A GREAT JOB. PLEASE LOOK AT THAT.
AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTION. THANK YOU. CINDY. WE'LL MOVE TO
[26-0924 Consider/Discuss/Act on a Retail Development Infrastructure Grant Application Submitted by Shorty’s McKinney, LLC (RI 26-01) in an Amount up to Twenty-Nine Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Four and NO/100 Dollars ($29,644.00) for Exterior Infrastructure Including Electrical, Plumbing and Site Improvements Necessary to Open a Restaurant Located at 109 N. Kentucky Street, McKinney, Texas. Request Represents 75% of the Total Project Cost for Exterior Infrastructure.]
OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED IN JULY. DEBORAH'S GOING TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. THE PROJECTS COMMITTEE WE GOT TOGETHER AND AND WENT THROUGH THESE REQUESTS. AND DEBORAH, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. OUR RETAIL GRANT APPLICANTS MUST SHOW THEIR PROJECT CREATES NEW OR EXPANDED BUSINESS. WE HAVE TWO. WE HAVE[00:50:04]
SHORTY'S THAT SUBMITTED THEIR REQUEST AND ALSO THE HOPE HARDWARE BUILDING. AND SO SHORTY'S IS ELIGIBLE FOR EXPENSES UP TO $29,644. AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE FULL AMOUNT 29644. ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION? IF NOT, ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.YOU READ THE ITEM. THE AGENDA ITEM? OH, I'M SORRY I DID NOT READ THE ITEM. CONSIDER.
DISCUSS. ACT ON RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT SUBMITTED BY SHORTY'S MCKINNEY LLC. IN AN AMOUNT UP TO $29,644 FOR EXTERIOR INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY TO OPEN A RESTAURANT LOCATED AT 109 NORTH KENTUCKY STREET, MCKINNEY, TEXAS. REQUESTS REPRESENT 75% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST FOR EXTERIOR INFRASTRUCTURE. IS THERE A MOTION NOW? NOW I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE FULL AMOUNT TO APPROVE THE FULL AMOUNT. YES. CAST YOUR VOTES. THE SECOND ITEM 260925.
[26-0925 Consider/Discuss/Act on a Retail Development Infrastructure Grant Application Submitted by Hope Hardware Building, LP (RI 26-02) in an Amount up to Fifty Thousand and NO/100 Dollars ($50,000.00) for the Installation of a Grease Trap including Necessary Plumbing and Site Work at the Hope Hardware Building Located at 214 E. Louisiana Street, McKinney, Texas. Request Represents 75% of Total Project Cost for Exterior Infrastructure.]
CONSIDER ACT ON RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT SUBMITTED BY HOPE HARDWARE BUILDING, L.P. IN THE AMOUNT OF UP TO $50,000 FOR THE INSTALLATION OF GREASE TRAP, INCLUDING NECESSARY PLUMBING AND SITE WORK AT THE HOPE HARDWARE BUILDING, LOCATED AT 214 EAST LOUISIANA LOUISIANA STREET, MCKINNEY. REQUEST REPRESENTS 75% OF TOTAL PROJECT COST FOR EXTERIOR INFRASTRUCTURE. SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE FULL AMOUNT OF $50,000. MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST. I'LL. SECOND, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. OKAY. THE NEXT[26-0926 Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Extend the Term on Project 4B25-12, Awarded to The Harbor at Adriatica Master Condominium Association, Inc. in the Amount of $233,137.00 for the Replacement of Fire Suppression System Within the Structured Parking Facility Containing 438 Public Parking Spaces Located at 6675 Mediterranean Drive, to December 31, 2026.]
ITEM I'M GOING TO STEP DOWN AND HAND OVER TO VICE CHAIR. YEAH, THE NEXT ITEM OUR CHAIRMAN IS GOING TO STEP AWAY. NOT FOR ANY OTHER REASON. BESIDES, HE LIVES IN ADRIATICA. HE BUILT THIS 16 YEARS AGO, BUT HE HAS NO INTEREST IN IT WHATSOEVER, NO FINANCIAL GAIN WHATSOEVER. IT'S JUST THAT HE LIVES IN THE IN THE IN THE AREA. SO HE IS JUST GOING TO STEP AWAY FROM THIS ONE. SO ITEM 260925 CONSIDER ACT DISCUSS A REQUEST TO EXTEND THE TERM ON PROJECT FOR B25-12 AWARDED TO THE HARBOR ADRIATICA MASTER CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC IN THE AMOUNT OF $233,137 AND REPLACEMENT FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM WITHIN THE STRUCTURE PARKING FACILITY CONTAINING 438 PUBLIC PARKING SPACES. LOCATED AT 6675 MEDITERRANEAN DRIVE TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. ANY QUESTIONS AND THE REASON FOR THE EXTENSION REQUEST? LISA, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND. WE'RE REQUESTING THE EXTENSION BECAUSE IT TOOK A LOT LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED TO GET THE PERMIT, AND THAT FLOWED THROUGH TO PIPE FABRICATION DELAYS. A LOT OF THE PIPE IS CUSTOM FABRICATED, AND SO WE COULDN'T ORDER IT UNTIL THE PERMIT WAS IN PLACE. AND IT'S JUST CAUSED DELAYS GETTING IT FABRICATED AND DELIVERED TO THE SITE. THANK YOU. SO POINT OUT FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS NOT ADDITIONAL FUNDS. THIS IS NOT A THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE TERM THAT WE NORMALLY GIVE TO COMPLETE A PROJECT FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR. YEAH. LAST YEAR. OKAY, LISA, ALL THE PIPE HAS BEEN ORDERED AND WE'RE YOU GUYS ARE READY TO MOVE ON DOWN THE ROAD AND GET THIS THING FINISHED, RIGHT? EXACTLY. WE'RE ABOUT 35% COMPLETE AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, MID PROJECT. SO PERFECT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ALL MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND IT WAS MOVED BY AJ SECONDED BY DEBORAH BRADFORD. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. LAST ITEM 260927.[26-0927 Consider/Discuss/Act on Revised MCDC Fiscal Year 2027 Budget as Approved by City Council on September 1, 2026.]
CONSIDER DISCUSS. ACT ON REVISED MCDC FISCAL YEAR 2027 BUDGET AS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026. MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. MILLER IS STILL HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT I SENT A QUICK SUMMARY TO YOU AFTER COUNCIL APPROVED THE THE BUDGET AT THEIR FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER WITH A LIST OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE. AND JUST BRIEFLY, THE INCREASE IN SALES TAX REVENUE FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES WAS INCREASED TO 3.5%, WHICH INCREASED OUR REVENUE FROM ALL SOURCES BY JUST UNDER 3 MILLION. WE HAVE INCLUDED A[00:55:05]
MILLION ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN THE COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM TO ACCOMMODATE AN ANTICIPATED APPLICATION, FROM PARKS TO SUPPORT OPERATING EXPENSES WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENT, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THE PARKS AND TRAIL SYSTEM. THE AMOUNT BUDGETED FOR ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCREASED AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECTED REVENUE INCREASE. AND THEN THERE WERE SOME ADJUSTMENTS MADE IN PERSONNEL COSTS BASED ON UPDATED INFORMATION FROM HR AND FINANCE, AND THE OPERATING CONTINGENCY WAS INCREASED, WAS ABOUT DOUBLED FROM A LITTLE OVER A MILLION TO A LITTLE OVER 2 MILLION. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CINDY? TOO MUCH OF A QUESTION. BUT LAST YEAR WE BUDGETED AN INCREASE OF 3.5%, I BELIEVE.AND WE'RE COMING IN AT 5.5% THIS YEAR. WE'RE BUDGETING AN INCREASE OF 3.5%. RIGHT. AND AGAIN, THE COMBINATION OF ABOUT 3% POPULATION AND 3% INFLATION WOULD SUGGEST THAT ASSUMING THOSE PEOPLE SPEND LIKE THE REST OF THEM AND INFLATION IS AT THAT NUMBER, THEN WE SHOULD SEE AN INCREASE OF FIVE AND A HALF, 6% NEXT YEAR. IT'S A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE FOR THE REVENUE. I WOULD POINT OUT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE REVENUE. WHATEVER THE REVENUE IS, IS WHAT IT WILL BE. AND WE'LL HAVE THOSE FUNDS TO SPEND. BUT IT DOES TO ME, LOOK LIKE WE ARE BEING CONSERVATIVE IN THE ESTIMATES FOR REVENUE FOR NEXT YEAR. ANY COMMENT TO THAT? I THINK BEING A GOVERNMENT, YOU HAVE TO GO CONSERVATIVE. AND ESPECIALLY WITH REGARDS TO SALES TAX REVENUE IS ALL IT TAKES IS SOMETHING IN THE ECONOMY TO SHIFT. AND IF WE'VE ALLOCATED RESOURCES FOR THOSE PURPOSES AND OUR SALES TAX REVENUE DIPS, THEN WE HAVE TO FIND OTHER SOURCES OR WE HAVE TO DIP INTO FUND BALANCE. SO AS A CITY, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CONSERVATIVE ON SALES TAX. AND YOU'VE SEEN CITIES THAT HAVEN'T AND THE REPERCUSSIONS THAT COME FROM THAT. SO IT IS I'LL SAY, IN REGARD TO THIS, WHAT WE PRESENTED, BECAUSE WE WE BRING Y'ALL'S BUDGET, YOU ALL APPROVE IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER AT THAT TIME, WE HAVE A GOOD SNAPSHOT OF WHERE SALES TAX WILL END FOR THE CDC. BUT THE REALITY IS WE'RE DOING A BUDGET BEFORE WE HAVE THE FINAL NUMBERS. SO WE GET THE AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY THE SALES TAX NUMBER IS HIGHER, IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO A YEAR END BUDGET ADJUSTMENT, THAT WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE SALES TAX IS NUMBER. WHEN WE INCREASE THAT, THAT INCREASES NEXT YEAR'S NUMBER AS WELL.
BECAUSE NEXT YEAR'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE 3.5% IS BASED OFF WHAT WE ESTIMATE 26 WILL END AT. AND SO WHEN WE CHANGE IT TO, I THINK WE CHANGE IT TO 5.5% IS WHERE WE ESTIMATE FISCAL YEAR 26 TO END AT. THAT'S A BIG JUMP IN WHERE THE SALES TAX, Y'ALL'S REVENUE INCREASED FROM. NOW, WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING OR WHAT'S BEING VOTED ON RIGHT NOW COMPARED TO JUST TWO MONTHS AGO TOO. SO ALL THOSE THINGS ARE WEIGHED IN AND, YOU KNOW, TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF, OF THE FUNDS ENTRUSTED TO US. UNDERSTOOD. AND CONSERVATIVE IS A GOOD APPROACH TO IT. FOR THE RECORD, WOULD YOU JUST TELL EVERYBODY FOR THE FUNDS THAT COME IN ABOVE, LIKE WE'LL BE AT FIVE, 5.5%, WHAT DOES HAPPEN TO THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE OVER BUDGET? YES, THOSE WILL ROLL INTO FUND BALANCE. THEN THE BOARD'S DISCRETION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TYPICALLY AIM FOR ABOUT 25% OF BEST PRACTICES IS 25%, 30% RANGE OF EXPENDITURES FOR A YEAR THAT WE LIKE TO KEEP THE FUND BALANCE. BUT IF IT'S EVER ABOVE THAT, THEN THE BOARD'S DISCRETION AND CITY MANAGER'S DISCRETION OF WE CAN DO AN ADJUSTMENT AND USE THOSE FUNDS AT ANY TIME. SO BUT YES, IT WOULD ROLL INTO FUND BALANCE ONCE WE. I'LL COME BACK ABOUT DECEMBER, SHOW YOU THE FINAL AUDITED NUMBERS, AND THAT'LL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE FUND BALANCE ENDED. IT COULD HELP DECISION MAKING IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THANKS, JOHNSON. YEAH, OF COURSE, I JUST MAKE A COMMENT THAT WHAT WAS ESTABLISHED SEVERAL YEARS AGO AS, AS, AS REVENUES GROW AND THAT WE COLLECT AND EDC FOR THAT MATTER, WE SET UP SOMETHING EQUIVALENT TO A TERS IN THE WAY THAT WE WE LOOK AT FUNDS, BUT WE CONTRIBUTE MONIES FOR FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND NEW ROADS THAT THAT PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WHERE WE CAN SEE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IMPACT. SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, FOR PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH WITH THIS GROWTH COMES CONTINUED SUPPORT AND, AND FINANCING OF INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IN THE CITY. CORRECT. AND TO COMMENT ON THAT, I MEAN, EVEN EVERY DOLLAR THAT THE CDC THAT WE INCREASE THE SALES TAX REVENUE BY HALF OF THAT IS GOING TO FUND ROADWAYS. SO IT'S NOT THE CDC GETS THAT FULL AMOUNT. IT HELPS, YOU KNOW, ROADS AND EVERYTHING IN THE CITY. SO GREAT. THANK YOU.
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THANKS. DOES THAT MEAN WE GET A SIGN ON VIRGINIA HELP FUND IT? OH, CDC. NO, BECAUSE THEN WE'LL GET BLAMED FOR THE TRAFFIC DELAYS AFTER IT'S DONE. NO, IT'S JUST IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU WHEN YOU TAKE THE PAINFUL STEP OF GOING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT TIMES AND SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE WRITTEN AND TALKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND NO ATTENTION TO IT. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, OF COURSE, SUCH MISINFORMATION. AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT, AS YOU SAID, HALF THE REVENUE GROWTH GOES RIGHT TO INFRASTRUCTURE, IMPROVING ROADS OR BUILDING NEW ROADS HERE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. WE NEED A VOTE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET. I'LL SECOND. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO[BOARD COMMENTS]
BOARD. COMMENTS. I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE ITEM THAT I SKIPPED OVER BOARD CHAIR. I'LL START. I'LL SAY FIRST THAT IN AUGUST. YOU KNOW, THESE ARE TYPICALLY SLOWER MONTHS EARLY SEPTEMBER. BUT WE DID PARTICIPATE IN THE MCKINNEY FIRE DEPARTMENT SEPTEMBER 11TH.MEMORIAL STAFF PRESENTATION FOR CHAMBER AMBASSADORS. MCKINNEY FRONT PORCH AND THE LA LOMA CLEANUP DAY, WHICH IS ALWAYS FUN. WE HAVE TWO BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING OUT, AND I WANT TO START WITH JOY. YOU WERE APPOINTED TO CDC IN 2021. YOU HAVE SERVED FAITHFULLY FIVE YEARS ON THIS BOARD. YOU'VE SERVED ON SEVERAL BOARD COMMITTEES, PROMOTIONAL GRANTS, RETAIL, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS, AND MARKETING, AND YOU SERVED AS THE BOARD LIAISON FOR MAIN STREET AND MCKINNEY, YOUR COMMITMENT. I'VE TALKED TO YOU PERSONALLY ON THE PHONE ABOUT THIS, YOUR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO CDC, WHETHER IT IS YOUR ATTENDANCE AT, GOSH, I NEARLY EVERY SINGLE EVENT YOU WERE THERE AND YOU WERE THERE BECAUSE YOU CARE. YOU'RE THERE BECAUSE YOU ARE INVESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY. YOU ARE INVESTED EMOTIONALLY IN THIS COMMUNITY, PROFESSIONALLY, IN THIS COMMUNITY, PERSONALLY, IN THIS COMMUNITY. YOU CARE. AND YOU ARE, YOU ARE AT JUST LITERALLY EVERY EVENT AND YOU BRING YOU'VE BROUGHT SUCH A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE AND ONE THAT'S NEEDED AS A RESTAURANT OWNER YOURSELF. WE DEAL WITH THINGS IN THAT IN THAT WORLD, YOU HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY VALUABLE TO THE BOARD AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE. YOU ARE AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ON A ON A BOARD YOUR PREPAREDNESS, HOW YOU YOU COME TO EVERY MEETING, HAVING DONE YOUR RESEARCH, ALWAYS THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS, ALWAYS CHALLENGING, LOOKING AT ALL SIDES, YOU ARE. YOU EMBODY WHAT IT, WHAT IT MEANS TO, YOU KNOW, TO TO BE A MEMBER OF A BOARD LIKE THIS. AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MONEY BOARD THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DISBURSEMENT OF MANY, MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR, YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. YOU ABSOLUTELY SET THE BAR WHEN EVALUATING APPLICATIONS GRANT APPLICATIONS, YOU ALWAYS ASK, AS I SAID, DEEP, THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS. AND THAT'S NOT BEEN UNNOTICED. YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOING TO YOU'RE MOVING ON TO WORK WITH GRACE FOR CHANGE. YOU'RE NOT. I SHOULDN'T SAY IT THAT WAY. YOU YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE ON THIS BOARD AFTER TONIGHT. TODAY, THOUGH, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU WERE APPOINTED BACK TO THIS BOARD AGAIN OR EDC AT SOME POINT, BECAUSE AGAIN, WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE IS SO, SO EVIDENCED. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, YOU'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH GRACE FOR CHANGE. SUCH AN IMPORTANT GROUP IN OUR IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT DOES INCREDIBLE WORK. AND WE KNOW THAT OUR PATHS WILL CROSS CERTAINLY PROBABLY THERE. WE'VE HAD WE'VE DONE WORK WITH MC WITH GRACE FOR CHANGE AND MC DC IN THE PAST, AND I'M SURE WE'LL DO MORE. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR COMMITMENT. YOU REALLY, REALLY HAVE SET A BAR AND AND YOU WILL BE MISSED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL WE TALK ABOUT THIS OTHER WOMAN. THIS OTHER ONE. YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO DO THIS DIFFERENTLY. I'M GOING TO ASK BECAUSE I IMAGINE MOST COMMENTS ARE GOING TO BE RELATED. SO WHILE I'M ON JOY WOOD, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO TO COMMENT. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK. GEORGE. YEP. JOY WELCOMED ME WHEN I JOINED THE MAIN STREET BOARD. WE'VE SPENT SOME TIME HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE OPERATION, AND WHAT SHE EMPHASIZED TO ME WAS REALLY RESEARCHING BEFORE WE COME UP ON US, AND I'M NOT
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SURE ANYBODY CAN MEASURE UP QUITE AS MUCH TO THE RESEARCH THAT JOY DOES PRIOR TO COMING UP ON A PROJECT, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE HAD THE THE MARRIOTT PROJECT, RIGHT? JOY DROVE AROUND TO LOOK AT WHERE THE LAZY POOL WAS, OR THE LAZY RIVER WAS GOING TO BE THE RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE ON 380. SHE DROVE SPECIFICALLY DROVE BY IT JUST TO LOOK AT IT. SO HER COMMITMENT TO UNDERSTANDING THE DETAILS OF THE GRANTS BEFORE WE GO INTO DOING THE GRANTS IS, IS SOMETHING THAT THAT I WOULD ASPIRE TO. I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING AND NOT YOU. JOY AND I HAVE HAD MANY YEARS OF VOLUNTEERING. SORRY GUYS. MY VOICE IS NOT NORMAL, BUT WHAT WHAT JOY DOES NOT ONLY ON THIS BOARD BUT IN THE COMMUNITY IS REMARKABLE. WE'VE SPENT MANY, MANY, MANY EARLY MORNINGS TOGETHER, MANY LATE NIGHTS TOGETHER, VOLUNTEERING ALONGSIDE THE YOUTH ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD. AND SHE ALWAYS DOES IT FOR NO. I MEAN, EVERY TIME I WOULD POST SOMETHING ABOUT US VOLUNTEERING, SHE'S LIKE, OH, YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WASN'T HER REASON. HER REASON ISN'T TO, TO GET THE ACCOLADES. HER REASON IS TO REALLY HELP PROMOTE THESE ORGANIZATIONS. AND SHE, YOU KNOW, IS A LEADER IN NCL AND BRINGING THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SHOWING THEM THE IMPORTANCE OF GIVING BACK, YOU KNOW, HAVING HAVING CHILDREN MYSELF THAT, YOU KNOW, TRYING, TRYING. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY MISSED IN OUR YOUTH A LOT THESE DAYS. AND SHE EMBODIES THAT. AND IS THERE COUNTLESS DAY IN AND DAY OUT. AND WHEN I SAY IT'S EARLY MORNINGS, IT'S EARLY MORNINGS A LOT OF TIMES. AND BRINGING TEENAGERS OUT IN THE EARLY MORNING, THAT DESERVES AN AWARD ALL ON ITS OWN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR BEING A GO TO WHENEVER WE NEEDED HELP AND JUST WORKING ALONGSIDE ALL OF US. I APPRECIATE YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. CAN I SAY SOMETHING, JOY, YOU HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY AND A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD. IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE NEXT TO YOU, AS GEORGE CHAIRMAN SAID, THAT YOU ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS YOU DIG, WHICH I THINK EACH OF US BRING A VERY UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO THIS BOARD THAT IS NEEDED. YOU KNOW, YOU ARE NOT THE YES MEMBER. YOU ARE THE WAIT A MINUTE. LET'S THINK ABOUT IT. MEMBER. LET'S LOOK AT THIS PERSPECTIVE. MEMBER AND THAT IS VERY VALUABLE ON THIS BOARD AND HAS BEEN VERY VALUABLE. I HAVE SEEN YOU SERVING WITH YOUR CHILDREN, BRINGING YOUR CHILDREN, AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU ARE SETTING A LEGACY FOR YOUR GIRLS. WE HAVE BECOME FRIENDS AND FAMILY THROUGHOUT THIS TERM TERM ON THIS BOARD, AND I KNOW HAVE NO DOUBT WHAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO UPLIFT AND ELEVATE THE UNIQUENESS OF MCKINNEY. SO I KNOW THIS IS NOT GOODBYE. WE WILL SERVE NEXT TO EACH OTHER IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME. AND JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE TO MAKE THIS BOARD BETTER THAN IT WAS. THANK YOU. JOY BOOTH. OH OH, BETTER SIT UP A LITTLE TALLER. THE FIRST LADY. YOU'RE IN TROUBLE. I HAVE A MIDDLE NAME, BUT SHE DIDN'T USE THAT. SO IF I KNEW HOW MUCH TROUBLE. NO, SERIOUSLY, IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING WITH YOU. AND I ECHO EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE HAS SAID WITH US. AND. AMEN. I WANT TO PARTICULARLY ECHO WHAT SOMETHING ANGIE SAID ABOUT WATCHING YOU SERVE WITH YOUR CHILDREN, AND THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT YOUR LEADERSHIP. BUT WHILE YOU'RE LEADING, YOU'RE REACHING BACK AND YOU'RE BRINGING YOUR GIRLS WITH YOU. AND SO I ADMIRE THAT ABOUT YOU. CONTINUE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU'VE BEEN A STRONG VOICE ON THIS BOARD. ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN OBVIOUS AND EVIDENT, AND THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT YOU'LL SUCCEED IN WHATEVER THAT YOU DO. NOT ONLY HAVE YOU BEEN A STELLAR COLLEAGUE, YOU'VE BEEN A STELLAR FRIEND, AND I APPRECIATE YOU. GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS. THANK YOU. ENJOY. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING WITH YOU. I MEAN, YOU'VE ALWAYS, LIKE, NEVER SAID THE HARD QUESTIONS YOU ALWAYS ASK. EVERY EVENT THAT WE HAVE, WHETHER IT BE THE BOARD MEETINGS OR ANY KIND OF GALA OR MEETINGS, YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. BUT I HONESTLY THINK THAT GOD IS LEADING YOU TO A BIGGER AND BETTER THING, AND GRACE TO CHANGE THAT CAN DEFINITELY ARE GOING TO USE YOUR USE YOUR[01:10:04]
KNOWLEDGE AND MAKE IT EVEN BETTER BECAUSE THEY CAN. IT'S THE THING THAT WE NEED A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE WHAT THEY NEED TO ACHIEVE AND PUT YOUR TIME AND EFFORT INTO, INTO WITH THOSE GUYS THERE AND MAKE A BETTER COMMUNITY FOR US. BUT THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YES, ANGIE. ANGIE. ANGELA. RICHARDSON WOODS, GET THOSE TISSUES. I AIN'T USING THEM. SO ANGIE WAS FIRST APPOINTED MCDC IN 2018 AND SERVED EIGHT YEARS. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A BRIEF DETOUR WHEN WE HAD TO APPOINT SOMEBODY TO CITY COUNCIL TO REPRESENT DISTRICT ONE. AND YOU, YOU YOU AGREED TO SERVE AND YOU DID SO, SO WELL IN CITY COUNCIL, REPRESENTED THE DISTRICT, REPRESENTED THE CITY IN IN SUCH A GREAT WAY. AND WE WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL YOU HAD AN IMPACT ON COUNCIL DURING THAT TIME. AND WHEN WHEN THAT WAS OVER, YOU CAME BACK TO MCDC. YOU WERE IMMEDIATELY PUT BACK ON THIS BOARD BECAUSE OF THE VALUE THAT YOU BRING. YOU'RE JUST YOU'RE THE WORD THAT COMES TO MIND WHEN I THINK OF YOU IS PASSION AND COMPASSION. YOU BRING SUCH PASSION AND SUCH COMPASSION TO, TO PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. PASSION FOR SERVICE IN THIS COMMUNITY, PASSION FOR THIS BOARD, AND THE WORK THAT THIS BOARD DOES. YOU ALSO ARE AT NEARLY EVERY EVENT OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU CARE, BECAUSE YOU, YOU, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A MATTER OF JUST REPRESENTING MCDC. I BELIEVE YOU'D BE THERE WHETHER YOU'RE ON MCDC OR YOU'RE NOT ON MCDC, YOU'RE THERE BECAUSE YOU CARE. YOU'VE SERVED AT LEAST ONE TERM ON EVERY BOARD SUBCOMMITTEE, INCLUDING THE TUFTS COMMITTEE, WHICH WHICH MET MONTHLY AND SOMETIMES WEEKLY. FOR YEARS YOU WERE YOU WERE SUBJECTED TO THAT. AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE KNEW YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE WHO WOULD ACTUALLY DO IT AND SHOW UP. AND THESE OTHER PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE. BUT YOU, YOU ARE AGAIN, EVERY SUBCOMMITTEE YOU HAVE SERVED ON. YOU LEAD AND SERVE WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART. YOU REALLY DO. AND YOU BRING KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING, AND EXPERIENCE AND DISCUSSION TO EVERY DECISION THAT THIS BOARD MAKES ALL THE TIME, EVERY MEETING. YOU HAVE A UNIQUE ABILITY TO BRING PERSPECTIVE AND PASSION AND COMPASSION. AND AGAIN, I KEEP GOING BACK TO THOSE WORDS BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN I THINK OF YOU AND I AND I SEE YOU AT EVENTS AND I SEE WHAT YOU DO OUTSIDE OF MCDC, IT'S IT'S REALLY AMAZING. YOU REPRESENT THE BEST IN HUMANITY, ANGIE. YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU. I THINK YOU ARE, I YOU'RE YOU'RE A, YOU'RE LIKE A SISTER TO ME. AND HAVING BEEN ABLE TO SERVE WITH YOU BOTH ON THIS BOARD AND THEN THROUGH MY YEARS ON COUNCIL, WITH YOU ON THIS BOARD, AND THEN GETTING TO SIT NEXT TO YOU ON CITY COUNCIL, I WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL FOR OUR PATHS AND HOW THEY CROSSED AND WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO DO TOGETHER, AND HOW I'VE GOTTEN TO SEE YOU IN BOTH OF THOSE ROLES. AND YOU'RE JUST AN EXAMPLE. YOU'RE AN EXAMPLE TO PEOPLE ON HOW TO BE, HOW TO BE THOUGHTFUL IN DECISION MAKING, BUT ALWAYS BRINGING SUCH HUMANITY. SO THANK YOU FOR SERVING. AND, AND IT'S GOING TO BE SAD TO LOOK DOWN THIS WAY AND NOT SEE YOU. I KNOW, THANK YOU. I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR. THANK YOU, ANGIE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. I'M GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER SOME RIGHT BACK AT YOU. I HAVE REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS BOARD AND IN ALL THE WAYS YOU SERVE THE CITY. YOU TWO HAVE MADE EXAMPLES FOR YOUR GIRLS AND SET EXAMPLES FOR ALL OF US ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO GIVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY TO THE CITY IN WHICH YOU LIVE. AND YOU HAVE QUITE A COMMITMENT OVER EIGHT YEARS TO THE CITY IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES, AS GEORGE SAID. SO I JUST WANT TO REALLY THANK YOU FOR THE INVESTMENTS THAT YOU MAKE, NOT ONLY IN THE CITY, BUT IN EACH OF US AND IN EACH PROJECT AND IN EACH ENDEAVOR. AND I DO HOPE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SERVE AGAIN TOGETHER IN A VERY SPECIFIC CAPACITY, NOT JUST IN CIRCLES, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN A VERY MEANINGFUL PART OF MY CITY SERVICE AS WELL. FIRST MEETING, I HAD A CUP OF COFFEE WITH YOU WHEN I RIGHT BEFORE I OFFICIALLY BECAME A PART OF THE BOARD. AND WHAT PEOPLE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE SERVICE THAT YOU DO, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THE. THE ABILITY FOR YOU TO GET UP IN FRONT OF OTHERS AND BE THE FIGUREHEAD OF MCDC. OVER THE YEARS, WHEN HER TIME AS CHAIR.HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIAL TO THE COMMUNITY TO BRING A HUMANITY TO WHO WE ARE AS AN
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ORGANIZATION IS IS VERY IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WHEN WE ARE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF TAXPAYER MONEY AND, YOU KNOW, AND I'LL FOCUS IN ON SOME OF THE NUMBERS AND, AND YOU BRING IT OVER TO THE COMPASSIONATE, TO THE HUMAN SIDE OF IT. AND I THINK THOSE ARE ADMIRABLE QUALITIES. AND, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION. THANK YOU. ANGIE.YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HOLD A SPECIAL HEART. MY PLACE ON THE MCDC. YOU WERE THE CHAIR WHEN I FIRST BECAME VICE CHAIR. YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR LEADERSHIP, THE WAY YOU WELCOMED ME AND TRUSTED ME, EVERYTHING YOU HELPED ME WITH THROUGH THIS ROLE, IT'S JUST BEEN FANTASTIC. JUST REALLY SUPER ENJOY SERVING WITH YOU, HAVING FUN WITH YOU. SO JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE GONE DON'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO ON THE MARGARITA STROLL TOGETHER AND AND TRUST ME, I GOT ONE LAST TIME TO HURT YOUR FEELINGS AT THE CHRISTMAS PARTY. SO DON'T BE MAD WHEN I TAKE YOUR PRESENCE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE A GREAT PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
GOING TO MISS NOT HAVING YOU UP HERE. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'LL WE'LL SEE YOU OUT THERE AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ANGELA. DENISE. OH, HERE WE GO.
MIDDLE NAME. SHE GAVE ME A NEW MIDDLE NAME. NEW NAME. SO ONE DAY I WALKED INTO THE COLLIN COLLEGE CONFERENCE CENTER AND THERE WAS A BOOTH. I WAS BEING NOSEY AND CURIOUS. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY. AND THERE SET THIS AFRICAN AMERICAN CHICK WITH THESE TWISTS ALONG WITH CINDY SNIFFLE. AND I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT WHO SHE WAS, WHAT SHE WAS ALL ABOUT, AND BEING CURIOUS. I APPLIED FOR THE BOARD. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT I WOULD HAVE A FRIEND AND A SISTER. YOUR EXAMPLE. OF THOUGHTFULNESS. THE HUMAN SIDE. AS DAVID SPOKE, THE WAY YOU HAVE LED WITH INTEGRITY AND YOUR FORTHRIGHTNESS IS TO BE ADMIRED. YOU'VE NOT ONLY BEEN A COLLEAGUE AND A FRIEND, BUT A MENTOR, BEEN ABLE TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS, THINGS THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, THAT YOU BROUGHT CLARITY. THERE'S NO DOUBT YOU'LL SUCCEED IN EVERYTHING YOU DO. YOU AND YOUR GIRLS, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. YOU'RE REMARKABLE. YOU'RE AMAZING. AND THE CITY OF MCKINNEY IS BEYOND BLESSED TO HAVE HAD YOU AND JOY BOTH. SO THANK YOU. LOVE YOU MUCH. SO MY FIRST DAY ON THE BOARD, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WAS COMING TO BE A TWIN ALONGSIDE ANGIE, BUT WE SHOWED UP IN NEARLY THE EXACT SAME OUTFIT, AND IT WASN'T THE ONLY TIME THAT WE SHOWED UP IN THE EXACT SAME OUTFIT. I'M REALLY GRATEFUL I DON'T HAVE TO TEXT HER. OKAY, WHAT ARE YOU WEARING TODAY? BECAUSE THIS GIRL HAS INCREDIBLE STYLE. I JUST HAPPENED TO BE WEARING THE SAME THING. BUT THROUGHOUT THE TIME ON THE BOARD ALONGSIDE ANGIE, SHE IS SO CALM AND COLLECTED AND JUST HAS THIS, THIS MANNERISM ABOUT HER OF A TRUE LEADER, A TRUE LEADER IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND WATCHING HER GET UP AND SPEAK AND REPRESENT ALL OF US IN SUCH AN ELOQUENT WAY IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I CAN ONLY ASPIRE TO TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO WHAT SHE HAS DONE OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS AND DO IT WITH SUCH JUST SUCH EASE. I KNOW THAT NOT ONLY HER DAUGHTERS ARE PROUD, BUT HER SWEET BABY GRANDDAUGHTER IS GOING TO LOOK BACK AND ALSO FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS BECAUSE SHE IS AN AMAZING HUMAN INSIDE AND OUT. WHETHER IT IS WORKING ALONGSIDE HER, HELPING TO TO PROVIDE THANKSGIVING MEALS TO THOSE IN NEED, TO CREATING AN EASTER EXPERIENCE TO THE UNDERSERVED IN OUR COMMUNITY. SHE IS THERE. SHE IS ON THE GROUND AND SHE DOES IT WITH A FULL HEART. SO THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE YOU. MAY 1ST. JUST SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF STAFF TO BOTH OF YOU, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS BOARD. I THANK YOU, YOU BOTH, IN YOUR UNIQUE WAYS, HAVE MADE US MUCH BETTER THAN WE WERE FOUR YEARS, SIX YEARS, EIGHT YEARS AGO. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT JOY, YOUR READINESS AT MEETINGS, THE RESEARCH THAT YOU DID, THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU RAISED BOTH AT THE MEETING AND IN ADVANCE, I THINK, REALLY
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HELPED US ANALYZE WHAT WAS COMING BEFORE US IN A IN A MUCH BETTER WAY, MUCH MORE THOROUGH WAY THAN PERHAPS HAD BEEN DONE IN THE PAST. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND, ANGIE, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS EVER A TIME THAT WE ASKED YOU TO DO SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF MCDC THAT YOU TURNED US DOWN. YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE. AND, AND, AND DURING YOUR TERM TERMS AS CHAIR REALLY WERE THE FACE OF THE ORGANIZATION IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR COMMITMENT, BOTH OF YOU, YOUR COMMITMENT NOT ONLY TO THE MCDC BOARD, BUT TO MCKINNEY, TO THE COMMUNITY. WE'LL MISS YOU BOTH, BUT WE'LL STILL SEE YOU. YES, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? I'M GONNA LET JOY GO. OH. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT BEING ON THIS BOARD WAS THE GREATEST HONOR. IT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, TO SIT IN THIS CHAIR AND TO LOOK OUT AND TO SEE PEOPLE COME BEFORE US VERY HUMBLY, TO REQUEST MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT ENABLES THEIR PROGRAMS TO GROW AND PROSPER AND TO BE IN A POSITION TO RENDER JUDGMENT AND DISCERN ON HOW BEST TO USE THE CITY OF MCKINNEY'S TAXPAYER MONEY IS I MEAN, IT'S GRATIFYING, BUT IT'S VERY HUMBLING. I MEAN, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. I NEVER TOOK IT FOR GRANTED. THERE'S A LOT OF HOURS THAT GET INVESTED IN MCDC, NOT JUST IN PREPARING FOR THE MEETINGS, BUT BEING THE FACE AND BEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT IT AND TO UNDERSTAND IT. BUT IT HAS BEEN A GREAT JOY. AND TO WORK ALONGSIDE EACH OF YOU HAS BEEN REALLY A TRUE BLESSING BECAUSE EACH OF YOU HAS BECOME A FRIEND AT A VERY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE. AND I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO CINDY AND TO LINDA AND TO ANI FOR YOUR SERVICE TO EACH OF US, TO HELP US BE PREPARED AND TO HELP US REALLY MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS. AND IN A WAY THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE COULD DO WITHOUT THE QUALITY OF THE STAFF THAT WE'VE BEEN AFFORDED HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS LEANING IN TO THIS BOARD IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. SO JUST FAREWELL FOR NOW, BUT I HOPE STILL TO BE A PART OF THE CITY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, CERTAINLY. HOW MUCH TIME I GOT. LET ME FIRST SAY I WANT TO. I WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT TRACY RATH AND SCOTT ELLIOTT, 2018. WHEN WE SAT IN THE OLD BUILDING AND WENT THROUGH INTERVIEWS, AND I REMEMBER SITTING IN THE ROOM WITH SOME AMAZING LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND LISTENING TO THEIR CREDENTIALS, AND I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, NO WAY I'M GONNA GET ON THIS BOARD. BUT BOTH OF THEM SAW SOMETHING IN ME THAT I DID NOT SEE IN MYSELF, AND I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL. TRACY HAS BEEN AN AMAZING MENTOR STILL TO ME TO THIS DAY. EVEN WHEN SHE MOVED AWAY, WE WOULD TEXT. SHE WOULD ENCOURAGE ME.SCOTT. HE WOULD CONTINUE TO TEXT ME, YOU GOT THIS. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. SO I AM VERY INDEBTED TO THEM FOR EVEN PUTTING ME FORTH TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD. BUT THEN TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT SAW SOMETHING AND VOTED FOR ME TO BE ON THIS BOARD BACK THEN. SO I THANK YOU TO THEN MAYOR GEORGE FULLER, OUR OTHER LEADERS. AT THE TIME, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THIS BOARD DID AT THE CAPACITY THAT IT DID. I CAME IN VERY GREEN TO THIS BOARD. I'VE SERVED BOARDS IN MY JOB CAPACITY, SERVED IN SERVING BOARDS, GIVING MONEY TO BOARDS AND EDC'S AND CDCS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES. BUT I REMEMBER AT THE TIME I HAD STARTED MY MASTER'S PROGRAM AT PRAIRIE VIEW, AND ONE OF OUR CASE, ONE OF OUR COURSES WAS AROUND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO SEE WHAT MY CITY. I'VE SERVED IN MCKINNEY, AS I'VE OFTEN TOLD PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS, IN THE CAPACITY OF HOW MY CHILDREN MOVE GIRL SCOUTS, PARENT, YOU KNOW, BOOSTER CLUB, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. SO I'VE SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY. AND WHEN IT GOT TO THE POINT THAT MY CHILDREN LOOKED LIKE THEY DIDN'T NEED ME ANYMORE, I FIGURED, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? SO I STEPPED OUT ON FAITH AND SAID, I WANT TO SEE WHAT MY BOARD IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY IS DOING. AND SO I APPLIED. AND SINCE THEN, I HAVE COMPLETED A MASTER'S IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, PURSUING MY DOCTORATE IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING WITH A CONCENTRATION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING. I COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT WITH THE ENCOURAGEMENT IN SEEING THE GREAT LEADERS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO EACH PERSON IN THIS COMMUNITY HAS ENCOURAGED ME AND INSPIRED ME. I COULD NOT SIT HERE WITHOUT RECOGNIZING MY PREDECESSORS AS A BOARD CHAIR. THAT WOULD BE KIRK KING AND JACKIE BREWER, WHO WERE DOING
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MY TERM ON BOARD. THEY WERE OUR CHAIRMAN. I COULDN'T THINK ABOUT NOT ACKNOWLEDGING RICK GLUE, DAVID CLARK, OF COURSE, OUR CURRENT OUR BOARD MEMBERS, DEBORAH, MY FORMER VICE CHAIR, DAVID KELLY, JOHN MOTT, MARY BARNES, TILLIE, MY FORMER VICE CHAIR, CATHERINE MCGILL. ALSO OUR CURRENT MEMBERS, DAVID RITCHIE, CHRIS WILKES, JOY BOOTH, AJ AND MARCUS, EACH OF YOU HAVE MADE ME BETTER. EACH OF YOU HAVE HELD ME ACCOUNTABLE. I AM BEYOND GRATEFUL TO OUR LEADERS, OUR. WITH MR. GRIMES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. FORMER MAYOR GEORGE FULLER.THANK YOU. MY. MY COMPADRES AND EDC. THAT WOULD BE MICHAEL JONES. WHEN I WAS SERVING AS CHAIR. HE WAS ALSO CHAIR OF EDC, FORMER MAYOR BRIAN MILLER, SERVING TOGETHER IN THOSE CAPACITIES AS CHAIRS AND HOLDING THE MEETINGS AND RESIGNING OVER THE MEETINGS.
IT'S JUST BEEN I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM EACH OF YOU, AND I COULD NOT IGNORE OUR CURRENT MAYOR, MR. COX, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I MEAN, THEY TALK ABOUT SITTING WITH COMPASSION AND SITTING VERY CALM. THAT IS YOU ALL DAY. YOU ARE VERY CALM. WE HAVE RAH RAH HERE AND WE AND WE HAVE CALM, COOL AND COLLECTED HERE. AND I TAKE SOMETHING FROM BOTH OF YOU IN TRYING TO MAKE ME A BETTER LEADER. OF COURSE, ALL OF OUR LEADERS, WE HAVE MIKE, WE HAVE OUR YOU KNOW, WHEN HE WAS ON CHAIRMAN OF THE PARKS AND REC, WE HAVE AMY AND I LOOK IN THE BACK AND I SEE OUR CITY ATTORNEY, WHO HAS KEPT US ON TASK. WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE DOING DECENT THINGS AND IN ORDER IN LEGALLY. THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. SITTING IN THAT ROLE. YOU HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING THINGS TO PROTECT THE CITY'S INTERESTS, AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT SO MUCH. COUNCILMAN RICK FRANKLIN, WHO SERVES AS A LIAISON FOR MCDC DOCTOR GERRY FELTUS. EACH OF YOU, I WATCH YOU, AND I ONLY HOPE I CAN BE HALF OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THIS COMMUNITY. I STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF SOME AMAZING WOMEN, MY MOM AND MY GRANDMOTHERS, WHO HAVE SERVED COMMUNITIES IN DIFFERENT CAPACITY AND NOT ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT IN THEIR FAITH BASED SPACE. MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO DRIVE AROUND AND JUST GIVE THINGS TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I JUST WANTED TO BE BE ABLE TO SHOW THEM THAT. AND I SAID I WASN'T GOING TO CRY, BUT I ONLY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO BE HALF THE WOMEN THAT THEY WERE, AND TO SHOW MY GIRLS THAT EVEN AS A SINGLE MOM, YOU CAN STILL BE IMPACTFUL IN THIS COMMUNITY. NEVER WOULD I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF BEING IMPACTFUL TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY OF OVER 230 000 PEOPLE. BUT I FEEL LIKE AND I HOPE I HAVE I HAVE SINCE I GRADUATED A DAUGHTER FROM COLLEGE, GRADUATED ONE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, AND NOW I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL GRANDBABY. SO Y'ALL HAVE WATCHED ME COME FULL CIRCLE IN MY LIFE AND MY CIRCLE OF LIFE. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY TO OUR BOARD MEMBER, JOPLIN, THANK YOU.
JOPLIN IS RIGHT THERE WITH US IN EVERY. SO WE COULDN'T DO ANY OF THIS WITHOUT JOPLIN. AND SO TO THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY I AM GRATEFUL, I AM THANKFUL I. THIS WILL NOT BE THE END OF MY SERVICE TO MCKINNEY. AND I HOPE THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES THAT THE CITY WILL RECEIVE ME IN OTHER WAYS TO SERVE AND BE AN ADDITIONAL IMPACT. SO THANK YOU TO, OF COURSE, OUR STAFF. CINDY.
AGAIN, I LEAVE HERE. I CAME HERE WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS. I LEAVE HERE WITH FAMILY. EACH OF YOU HAVE BECOME PART OF MY FAMILY AND MY CHILDREN. YOU HAVE BECOME PART OF THEIR FAMILY. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. AND I'M OUT. DROP MIC GEORGE, I GOT I GOT ONE MORE THING, ANGIE, AND I'M SURE YOU WILL, BUT WHENEVER YOU DO RECEIVE IT, WOULD YOU PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL OUT SO WE CAN ADDRESS YOU PROPERLY AS DOCTOR, PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY. IT'S COMING. JUST LET US KNOW BECAUSE I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT. VERY PROUD OF YOU FOR FOR DOING THAT. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR BOTH OF YOU. BUT, ANGIE, YOU SAID
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SOMETHING AT THE END. YOU SAID THAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO BE HALF THE WOMAN THAT YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR GRANDMOTHER WERE. AND ALTHOUGH I HAVEN'T SPOKEN, KNOW YOUR MOTHER OR YOUR GRANDMOTHER.I IMAGINE THAT THAT THEY WOULD ALL SAY THAT YOU ARE NOT HALF THE WOMAN. YOU ARE ALL THE WOMAN THAT THEY WERE, AND MORE THAT THEY ARE. THEY. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW PROUD YOUR FAMILY IS OF YOU. SO. AND THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN'T SAY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF MY FATHER IS WATCHING, BUT COULD NOT MY. MY MOTHER PASSED IN 2012, SO MY DAD HAS BEEN THE ROCK FOR OUR FAMILY FOR A LONG TIME. AND SO DAD, IF YOU ARE WATCHING, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE INSTILLED IN ME TO BE A BETTER HUMAN ON THIS WORLD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET'S WE HAVE A FEW THINGS FOR YOU. OH, OKAY, I DON'T THINK SO. YEAH. OKAY. NO, I THINK I'M GOING TO. SO, ANGIE, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU YOURS FIRST. NO, YOU'RE NOT OKAY. YEAH. LET'S GO UP FRONT. TO THE FRONT. YEAH. YOU CAN GET PICTURES. WELL, I'LL WAIT TILL. OH. ME TOO. OKAY, I DIDN'T KNOW. WERE YOU. WAIT, DO WE HAVE.
THANK YOU. YES, YES. OH, GOD. WOW. I LOVE THAT. OH, GOD. THERE'S NOTHING AT ALL.
THANK YOU. WHAT? GOOD. SAVE. GOOD. SAVE. OKAY. GRATITUDE FOR YOUR SERVICE PHOTO. SHOULD WE TAKE ONE LAST PICTURE UP HERE OR DOWN THERE? DOWN THERE? RIGHT DOWN THERE. WE'RE ALL GOING. YEAH. ARE WE DOING PHOTO HERE? WE ARE ALSO. IT'S A BAD. THIS IS LIKE HISTORIC. IT IS HISTORIC. I JOINED UP WITH RICK AND OTHERS LEFT. I DON'T LIKE THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE YEARS, BUT I'M SO GLAD THAT.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE BEING FAMILY, THAT MEANS THEY KNOW YOU. AND FOR THOSE WHO KNOW ME, YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE MY DISNEY CRUISES. AND SO THIS IS VERY SPECIAL.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT YOU THINK YOU.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MAGNETIC. OH. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GRATITUDE.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. FOCUS ON. MEMORY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT.
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YOU GET A PICTURE IN FRONT. I'M NOT GOING. NO, DON'T SCRATCH THE FRAME. OH MY BREAK. DON'T COME GET IT. BREAK! YOU CAN COME TO HAVE US. OH YOU WANT US. YEAH. I'M TRYING TO HIDE MY COMMENTS ON. NO DON'T DO. THANK YOU. THIS IS BEAUTIFUL, MAN. EXECUTIVE SESSION. YES. THE BLANKET. YES. DON'T FORGET, DON'T FORGET. ALL RIGHT. ARE WE RECORDING AS WE ARE NOW GOING[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
TO MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551071 PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION. NORTH TEXAS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION PLAINTIFFS VERSUS MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, 4470 FIRST DISTRICT COURT, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS. CAUSE NUMBER 471018492026. SECTION 551087.DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS PROJECT 2009 TUBBS BREWERY AND ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION PROJECT HEMISPHERES VENUE NOTES LIVE PROJECT 1704 CRAIG RANCH RESORT HOTEL. AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY ACTION. NO. AND WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT
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MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN. NO, NO, YOU HAVE TO VOTE NO. TRUE. SECOND, CAST YOUR VOTES. I RECORD WITH THIS VOTE I MOTION. THERE WE GO. WOULDN'T EVEN GIVE ME THE LAST MOTION. NO, YOU HAVE TO VOTE NO. VOTE NO TO NOTE. NO. DOES ANGIE DO IT? VOTING NO. YEAH, YOU GET IT? YEAH. ALL RIGHT.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.