OH, PERFECT. HOW ABOUT THAT? ALL RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. IT IS NOW 608. WE ARE RUNNING A TAD
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BIT BEHIND TODAY, BUT THIS IS THE START OF THE MCKINNEY URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING.IT'S MONDAY, OCTOBER 5TH. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. SO FIRST ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT ARE ON AGENDA BUT ARE. BUT THERE ARE NON PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT WANT TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
THAT'S NON PUBLIC HEARING. NOT SEEING ANYONE. WE WILL GO TO OUR CONSENT ITEMS. SO WE'RE
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GOING TO START WITH CONSENT ITEM 26093 NINE MINUTES FROM THE MCKINNEY URBAN TRANSIT DISTRICT BOARD FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST. MISTER CHAIR I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED BY STAFF. AND I'LL SECOND ANY DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. I. ANY[26-0940 Transit Service Update]
NAYS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY, SO NEXT UP WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR REPORTS. WE HAVE A ITEM NUMBER 260940. THE URBAN URBAN SERVICE UPDATE. WHO'S PRESENTING. GOOD EVENING, RYAN MCCUTCHEON. RYAN I DIDN'T SEE YOU ON THE LIST HERE. I SEE JASMINE, SO. ALL RIGHT PERFECT.GOOD EVENING. BOARD. MY NAME IS RYAN MCCUTCHEON. I'M A PROJECT MANAGER AT DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT. AND TODAY WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE COLLIN COUNTY TRANSIT KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS WITH THE FIRST FOCUS ON RIDERSHIP AND DEMAND. SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SERIES OF SLIDES IS A DEPICTION ON HOW THE SERVICE HAS BEEN OPERATING. AND IN THIS FIRST SLIDE, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF AVERAGE ACTIVE RIDERS WHO USE THIS SERVICE. AND WHAT WE HAVE DISPLAYED IS THAT OVER THE COURSE OF YEARS, THAT DART HAS MANAGED THIS PROGRAM. SO BEGINNING IN 2022, WE HAD AN AVERAGE ACTIVE RIDERS OF 188 IN THE FIRST YEAR OF SERVICE. AND FAST FORWARD TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. NOW WE HAVE AN AVERAGE OF 471 RIDERS USING THE SERVICE.
NEXT, WE WANT TO DIVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THE RIDERS THAT HAVE BEEN DEEMED ELIGIBLE FOR THE SERVICE, BOTH AT AN AVERAGE LEVEL AND AN ANNUAL LEVEL. AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE IS THAT FOR 2026, WE HAVE ALREADY ONBOARDED 292 RIDERS. AND WHAT WE SEE HERE IS AN UPTICK IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF RIDERS THAT WE ARE ADDING TO OUR SERVICE. AND IF WE WERE TO PLAY THIS OUT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, WE WOULD END UP IF WE KEPT OUR AVERAGE OF 37 RIDERS ADDED PER EACH MONTH, WE WOULD END UP JUST SHY OF WHERE WE WERE IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE SERVICE, AND IT WOULD BE ABOUT 450. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS AS WE ADD MORE RIDERS TO THE SERVICE WHO ARE ACTIVELY USING IT, THAT'S GOING TO DRIVE UP THE COST OF THE SERVICE BECAUSE IT IS A VARIABLE COST THAT IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF TRIPS PEOPLE TAKE, AND I WILL EXPLAIN THAT IN GREATER DETAIL IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES. SO NEXT WE WANT TO LOOK AT OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DEEMED ELIGIBLE FOR THE SERVICE, WHAT THEIR CATEGORIZATION IS. SO JUST TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION, THIS IS AN ELIGIBILITY BASED SERVICE FOR SENIORS, RIDERS WITH DISABILITIES AND LOW INCOME RIDERS. AND SO WHEN WE COMBINE BOTH THE LOW INCOME AND THE SAMARITAN IN PERCENTAGES, IT SHOWS THAT IT'S OUR HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF RIDERS ADDED TO THE SERVICE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF ABOUT 44% SENIORS, MAKES UP THE SECOND LARGEST GROUP THAT HAVE BEEN ONBOARDED INTO THE SERVICE AT 37%, AND RIDERS WITH DISABILITIES AT 19%. NEXT, WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE AVERAGE SUBSIDY PER TRIP. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL COST OF OPERATIONS, WE LOOK AT THE FAREBOX REVENUE THAT IS COLLECTED. THAT'S WHAT GETS US THE SUBSIDY PER TRIP. AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE, IS IT BROKEN DOWN BASED ON OUR WHEELCHAIR SERVICE PROVIDED BY TRIP. AND THEN IT ALSO BROKEN DOWN BY OUR RIDE SHARE COMPANIES OR THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES DESIGNATED BY UBER AND LYFT. AND WE DID ADD UBER TO OUR SERVICE IN DECEMBER OF 2025. AND WHAT WE NOTICED IS THAT WE SAW A DECLINE IN THE SUBSIDY PER TRIP. SO THEY ARE PROVIDING US A LITTLE BIT OF A CHEAPER TRIP. SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE CHANGED OUR OPTIMIZATION OF OUR SERVICE. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS OUR WHEELCHAIR VEHICLES ARE OUT THERE. WE PAY THEM HOURLY FOR SERVICE. SO OUR WHEELCHAIR VEHICLES HAVE THE HIGHEST PRIORITIZATION. IF SOMEBODY BOOKS A TRIP AND THAT WHEELCHAIR VEHICLE IS AVAILABLE, THAT IS WHAT WE DISPATCH TO OUR CUSTOMERS. IF THAT VEHICLE IS NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT'S PROVIDING SERVICE TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL OR ANOTHER CUSTOMER, AND THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS OPTED INTO UBER OR LYFT, THEN AT THE NEXT PRIORITIZATION IS UBER. SO IT'S AT THE MEDIAN
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PRIORITIZATION. AND THEN LYFT IS AT OUR LOWEST PRIORITIZATION. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS, SAY, IF THE WHEELCHAIR VEHICLE ISN'T AVAILABLE UBER THERE ARE NO DRIVERS AVAILABLE. THEN IT WILL GO TO LIFT AT THE VERY END, AND THEN IT WILL CIRCLE BACK TO OUR WHEELCHAIR VEHICLE. BUT AGAIN, AS A COST SAVING MEASURE, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE ENHANCED UBER'S PRIORITIZATION, AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS ABOUT 70 TO 75% OF OUR TRIPS ARE GOING TO UBER. SO IT HAS YIELDED SOME COST SAVINGS DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR. NEXT, WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE TRIP CHARACTERISTICS. SO WHO IS ACTUALLY USING OUR SERVICE AND WHY. SO FIRST WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE AVERAGE DAILY TRIPS PER MONTH. SO WE HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN BY SERVICE PROVIDED BY WEEKDAYS. AND THEN ALSO BREAKING DOWN THE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY COMPONENT BECAUSE WE DO, ONE OF THE STRONGEST ATTRIBUTES OF THIS PROGRAM IS THAT IT DOES PROVIDE SERVICE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR AVERAGE WEEKDAY RIDERSHIP, WHEN WE TOTAL IT UP FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, IT'S AT 266. SO THAT NUMBER IS SLOWLY INCREASING. WHAT I DO WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THE AVERAGE DAILY TRIPS TAKEN IN AUGUST. THAT HAS SHOT UP QUITE A BIT. WE HAVEN'T SEEN A NUMBER IN THE 270 ALL THE WAY BACK SINCE OCTOBER. SO WE DO ANTICIPATE WITH SEPTEMBER RIDERSHIP AND OCTOBER RIDERSHIP, REALLY STRONG NUMBERS AND THAT AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAILY TRIPS ONLY EXPANDING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE WE HIT A LITTLE BIT OF A LULL. ONCE WE GET TO THE THANKSGIVING AND THE HOLIDAYS IN DECEMBER. SO NEXT, WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT TRIP PURPOSE, HOW PEOPLE ARE USING THIS SERVICE. NOW, AGAIN, WHAT I WANT TO BRING TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION HERE IS THAT WE ONLY CAPTURE TRIP PURPOSE THROUGH OUR CALL CENTER. SO ANYBODY THAT'S BOOKING A TRIP THROUGH OUR GO PASS APP, WE ARE NOT CAPTURING THIS INFORMATION AT THIS TIME. NOW, WE DID WHEN WE FIRST STARTED IMPLEMENTING THIS CATEGORIZATION OF HOW PEOPLE ARE USING THE SERVICE. WE ONLY BROKE IT DOWN BY MEDICAL SCHOOL WORK AND OTHER. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE DECIDED TO ADD HOME. BECAUSE HOME IS A PREVALENT CHOICE THAT WE SEE WITHIN OUR RIDERSHIP AND OVERALL, FOR THE SCOPE OF THIS YEAR, WHAT WE SEE IS THE MOST NUMBER OF TRIPS ARE BEING ATTRIBUTED TO OTHER. SO THAT COULD BE PEOPLE GOING SHOPPING. ORIGINALLY IT WAS ALSO CAPTURING PEOPLE GOING HOME AND JUST OTHER RECREATIONAL BASED TRIPS. ONCE WE FACTORED IN HOME. HOME MAKES UP ABOUT 25% OF OUR TRIPS, BUT OTHER IS STILL THE STRONGEST AT 31%. MEDICAL IS ALSO OUR SECOND HIGHEST CATEGORIZATION FOR TRIP PURPOSES, COMING IN FOR THIS YEAR AT 28%. AGAIN, I SAID HOME WAS 26% AND THEN WORK IS ALSO 25%. SO BEING ABLE TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO JOBS, I THINK IS A VERY VITAL ASPECT OF THIS PROGRAM AND SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE. NEXT, WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF TRIPS A RIDER MAKES OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH, AND THAT NUMBER HAS DECREASED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND CURRENTLY THE NUMBER OF OUR USERS ARE AVERAGING ABOUT 13.5 TRIPS PER MONTH. NEXT, WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TRAVEL DISTANCE. AND AGAIN, WHAT I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THE FAREBOX REVENUE THAT WE COLLECT FOR THIS SERVICE IS BASED ON THE DISTANCE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL TRAVELS. SO OUR CHEAPEST RATE OF $5 PER PERSON PER TRIP IS FOR ANY TRIPS UP TO SEVEN MILES. AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE IS ABOUT 6 IN 10 OF OUR RIDERS ARE MAKING TRIPS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ZERO MILES TO SEVEN MILES. SO AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF OUR RIDERS ARE PAYING THAT CHEAPEST RATE THAT WE DO OFFER FOR THE SERVICE. THE NEXT LARGEST CONTRIBUTION THAT WE HAVE IS OUR RIDERS GOING FROM 7 TO 23 MILES. AND THAT'S ALMOST ABOUT 40% OF OUR RIDERS ARE MAKING THAT DISTANCE OR THAT LENGTH OF TRIP. AND THEN ONLY ABOUT 3% OF OUR RIDERS ARE MAKING TRIPS THAT ARE 23 MILES OR GREATER. AND AGAIN, OUR FARES ARE CAPPED AT $17. AND THAT IS FOR ANY TRIP THAT IS 23 MILES OR GREATER. NOW, WHAT WE WANTED TO LOOK HERE IS OUR AVERAGE NO SHOW RATE. SO THE RATE AT WHICH SOMEBODY IS MARKED BY ONE OF OUR DRIVERS BUT NOT SHOWING UP AND CONSISTENTLY, IT'S ABOUT 3%, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE VERY NORMAL WITH REGARDS TO TRANSPORTATION. ONE THING I DO WANT TO BRING TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION IS THAT PEOPLE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BOOK TRIPS SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE, AND WHAT WE HAVE HEARD ANECDOTALLY FROM OUR RIDERS IS THAT SOMETIMES WHEN THEY HAVE HIGH DEGREES OF NO SHOW AND WE FOLLOW UP WITH THEM, THEY HAVE SIMPLY FORGOTTEN THAT THEY SCHEDULED A RIDE. NOW WE DO SEND TEXT[00:10:04]
NOTIFICATIONS TO PEOPLE TO REMIND THEM THAT THEY DO HAVE A TRIP SCHEDULED, BUT SOMETIMES IT JUST LOSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IS NOT PREVALENT AND THAT THEY JUST FORGET TO CANCEL THEIR TRIP FAR IN ADVANCE. DO YOU SEND THAT NOTICE THAT TEXT 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE. BUT THERE ARE RIDERS WHO BOOKED TRIPS ON THE SAME DAY. SO ANY WRITER THAT BOOKS A TRIP ON THE SAME DAY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT 24 HOUR NOTICE. BUT WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE BOOKING THE TRIP THE SAME DAY, THEY KNOW THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE A TRIP SCHEDULED IS THE GENERAL MINDSET WITH THAT. SO NEXT, WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE HOURS OF SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE. SO BASICALLY WEEKDAYS ARE SERVICE HOURS ARE FROM 6 A.M. TO 8 P.M. AND THEN ON THE WEEKENDS IT'S FROM 8 A.M. TO 8 P.M. BUT WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE TIME OF DAY BECAUSE WE THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW PEOPLE ARE USING IT DURING THE PEAK PERIODS AND ALSO DURING THE MIDDAY, AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SCHEDULING TRIPS TOWARDS THE END OF THE DAY. AND WHAT WE SEE HERE OVERWHELMINGLY IS ABOUT HALF OF OUR TRIPS ARE OCCURRING BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M. AND THEN WE DO SEE SOME FRINGE ACTIVITY, BOTH IN THE EARLY MORNING AND IN THE EVENING AS WELL. LOOKING AT THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION FOR THIS SERVICE, WHAT WE SEE OVERWHELMINGLY FOR THOSE THAT DO PROVIDE US FEEDBACK ON HOW WE ARE PERFORMING, WE RECEIVE OVERWHELMINGLY HIGH MARKS FROM OUR RIDERS. SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A BASICALLY A SLIDE DEPICTING HOW PEOPLE ARE RATING OUR SERVICE. FIVE STAR SERVICE IS IN THE 90% FOR EACH MONTH. AND THEN LOOKING AT THOSE THAT ARE PROVIDING NEGATIVE REVIEWS OR ONE STARS, WE ARE FOLLOWING UP WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO SEE, IS THIS A TEACHABLE MOMENT? HOW CAN WE IMPROVE OUR SERVICE? SO WE DO RECEIVE FEEDBACK BOTH THROUGH THE GO PASS APP AND THROUGH OUR CALL CENTER. WE FOLLOW UP WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR TRIP WAS IMPACTED, HOW WE CAN MAKE A BETTER DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES, AND ALSO, IS THERE TRAINING THAT WE CAN DO BOTH FOR THE RIDER, HOW THEY SCHEDULE RIDES OR FOR OUR CALL CENTER OR FOR OUR DRIVERS? SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY SO THAT WE CAN CONSTANTLY BE IMPROVING THE SERVICE. AND THEN SORT OF SUMMARIZING THIS PRESENTATION. WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS BASICALLY A MAP OF A VISUAL DEPICTION OF ATTRACTIONS WITHIN THE BOTH MCKINNEY AREA AND BEYOND. AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THAT IN THE MCKINNEY AREA, THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF BOARDING AND ALIGHTING ACTIVITY. SO WHERE PEOPLE ARE GETTING PICKED UP AND WHERE THEY'RE GETTING DROPPED OFF. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE UPPER, I GUESS 3:00 OF THE CLOCK IN THAT RED HEAT MAP AREA, THAT'S BASICALLY THE SAMARITAN INN. THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF OUR RIDERSHIP BOTH COMING FROM AND GOING TO. AND THEN YOU HAVE OTHER USUAL SUSPECTS WITH REGARDS TO OUR SERVICE. THE MCKINNEY SENIOR CENTER SEES A LOT OF ACTIVITY. MCKINNEY MEDICAL CENTER DOWN AT FIVE AND 380. NO, NOT 380. EXCUSE ME. FIVE. AND CENTRAL IS WHERE WE SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY.ALSO BAYLOR, SCOTT AND WHITE AND THEN MULTIPLE DIALYSIS DIALYSIS CLINICS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. BUT WHAT YOU ALSO SEE HERE IS A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL PICKUP AND DROP OFF ACTIVITY.
SO WITH OUR SERVICE AREA BEING THE ENTIRETY OF COLLIN COUNTY, IT'S HARD TO PINPOINT EXACTLY CORRIDORS OF HIGH ACTIVITY. BUT WE DO SEE IT ALONG THE CENTRAL CORRIDOR MOST IMPORTANTLY. SO THAT BRINGS ME TO A CONCLUSION OF THIS PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS. THANK YOU. OKAY. RYAN, COULD YOU GO TO PAGE NINE IN YOUR PRESENTATION? YES. SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS ARE A STATED NUMBER, BUT WEEKDAY, IS THAT AN AVERAGE OF MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY? WHAT WHAT IS THE FIRST COLUMN REPRESENT? YES, SIR. YOU'RE EXACTLY CORRECT. IT IS AN AVERAGE OF THE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DAILY TRIPS THAT ARE TAKEN. AND WE REALLY USE THE AVERAGE WEEKDAY RIDERSHIP AS SORT OF OUR BAROMETER FOR HOW SERVICES OPERATING, BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE WE SEE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE MOST SERVICE HOURS, BUT ALSO THE MOST THE HIGHEST DEMAND FOR HOW PEOPLE ARE USING THE SERVICE TO GET TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, TO GET TO WORK, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL BASED TRIPS. YEAH. CAN YOU GO BACK 2 OR 3 MORE SLIDES? I THINK THE PERCENTAGES OF RIDERSHIP RIGHT HERE, GO BACK THERE. SO HERE YOU HAVE SENIOR DISABLED. YOU CAN BE A SENIOR AND DISABLED. ARE YOU HOW ARE WE CALCULATING THESE PERCENTAGES HERE. SO WE ARE CALCULATING IF THEY ARE SENIOR AND DISABLED THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO FILL OUT THE SENIOR APPLICATION BECAUSE THERE'S LESS INFORMATION THAT IS NEEDED TO BE PROVIDED THAN THE RIDERS WITH DISABILITY. AND SO WE DO TAKE INTO
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CONSIDERATION ALL OF THE ATTRIBUTES. SO IF A SENIOR HAS A DISABILITY MAYBE THEY USE A MOBILITY DEVICE. WE DO CAPTURE THAT IN OUR PLATFORM. SO OUR DRIVERS KNOW HOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE USING THE SERVICE. WILL THEY NEED THE WHEELCHAIR RAMP OR WILL THEY POTENTIALLY BE USING A CANE OR A WALKER THAT NEEDS TO BE COLLAPSED? SO ALL OF THAT IS CAPTURED WITHIN OUR BOOKING PLATFORM, BUT WE DO DEFER TO CAPTURING THEM AS A SENIOR FIRST. PERFECT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR RYAN? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU RYAN, I APPRECIATE IT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL GO[26-0941 Consider/Discuss/Act on Amendment to the Existing Interlocal Agreement with Dallas Area Rapid Transit to Provide Micro-Transit Service for 2027]
OVER TO REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE 260941. NOW. HELLO. MY NAME IS JASMINE TUCKER. I'M THE TRANSIT ADMINISTRATOR TODAY. WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR THE RESOLUTION TO BE APPROVED.STAFF IS WANTING THIS RESOLUTION TO BE APPROVED SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE SERVICE WITH DART FOR ANOTHER YEAR, AND THEN COME BACK AND KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO NEXT AND DECIDE FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2028, WHAT WILL BE NEXT FOR THIS SERVICE? ARE THERE ANY CHANGES IN THIS PROPOSED THIS RESOLUTION HERE? MISS TUCKER IS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN LIVING UNDER. IS THIS JUST A CONTINUATION OF EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW? THERE IS A SLIGHT INCREASE TO SOME OF THE COSTS JUST BASED ON THE INCREASED RIDERSHIP, BUT IT IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION SECOND. JUSTIN GOT SOMETHING? NO. OKAY, I HAVE A SECOND. OH, I THINK BILL WAS MOTIONING. MAYOR MADE A SECOND.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE AYE. ANY NAYS? NO. ALL RIGHT.
MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE REACHED THE END OF THE MEETING. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC
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COMMENTS REGARDING MATTERS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. ANYBODY JUST WANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK.SURE. COME ON UP NOW. YEAH. HI. BACK AGAIN. NICE TO SEE YOU GUYS ALL, BUT I'D LIKE TO. WELL, I DID SOME RESEARCH. OKAY, I, I DIDN'T I FOUND THIS BOOK. IT'S CALLED EVERYBODY POOPS. I'M SORRY DOCTOR, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU ACTUALLY DID POOP, BUT IT DOES HAVE PICTURES IN IT. SO IT WAS VERY EASY FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND. FROM THERE. I SAW THAT HEAT MAP UP THERE EARLIER.
IT JUST OCCURS TO ME, IF WE'RE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE PUBLIC POOPING PROBLEM AND WE'RE WASTING THE POLICE'S TIME ON SHOWING UP FOR POOPING, WHY DON'T WE JUST TAKE ALL OF THAT DATA THAT WE HAVE ON THE POLICE REPORTS? WE FIND SOME POOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT WHO REALLY WANTS TO BE A GRADUATE STUDENT, HAVE THEM THROW UP A HEAT MAP, AND THEN WE CAN JUST PUT PORTA POTTIES THERE. THERE IS THAT VERY LOVELY WOMAN WHO WAS HERE PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MOSQUE, AND WE WERE HERE AT LIKE 1:00 IN THE MORNING. WHO SAID THAT SHE WOULD BE WILLING TO LIKE, DRAW MURALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT? I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF ARTISTS, LIKE WE CAN PAINT THE PORTA POTTIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT ONE LITTLE PARK OVER ON ROUTE FIVE WHERE WE PICK UP DAY LABORERS IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, MOW LAWNS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, IT OCCURS TO ME IT PROBABLY IS NOT THAT EXPENSIVE.
IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF THAT POOPING PROBLEM, I ALSO DID, I ALSO WENT TO THE UTD STUDY THING, AND IT REMINDED ME OF THIS BOOK BY PROFESSOR TAMMY ANDERSON. NEITHER VILLAIN NOR VICTIM WITH A LOT OF THESE SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND THESE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE DEALING WITH. IF YOU TREAT PEOPLE AS PEOPLE AS OPPOSED TO PROBLEMS, IT'S A LOT MORE EFFECTIVE TO DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT WASN'T LIKE A HOUSED PERSON STOLE MY GUITAR AND MY, I STARTED OUT AS A JOKE, BUT LIKE MY HOMELESS OWNERS ASSOCIATION LITERALLY TRACKED IT DOWN ALL THE WAY TO PRINCETON. AND SO I DON'T REALLY APPRECIATE IT WHEN CERTAIN PEOPLE GO ON CNN AND THEY SAY THAT ALL HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE THIEVES AND STUFF
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LIKE THAT, IT'S JUST RUDE BECAUSE IT WAS A HOUSED PERSON WHO STOLE MY GUITAR AND A HOMELESS PERSON WHO FOUND IT. AND THAT'S NOT FAIR. IT'S JUST NOT FAIR. THAT'S IT. THANKS.JOSH. DASH WAS THE ONLY ONE I SHOWED THAT WAS HERE, SIGNED THIS SPEAK. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, SOMEBODY IN THE BACK. ANYBODY ELSE? WOULD YOU SAY TO SOMEBODY IN THE BACK. YEAH, YEAH. OH. ALL RIGHT SIR. COME ON FORWARD. OKAY. SO WE HAVE YOU SIGNED UP FOR THE REGULAR MEETING. SO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT NOW. SURE. WELL, I'M HAPPY TO DO IT AT THE REGULAR MEETING.
I JUST MR. MAYOR, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU. WHATEVER THE COUNCIL PREFERS. I'M HAPPY TO GO LATER OR AT THIS ONE. I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS EVENING. YEAH. YOU CAN DO IT AT THIS MEETING. NO PROBLEM. YOU WANT ME TO DO IT NOW? YEAH, YEAH. WHAT DO YOU THINK, COUNCILMAN? WHAT DO YOU THINK? OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS JACOB C LUCCI. FIRST OF MY NAME, SON OF JOSEPH, BORN IN MCKINNEY, RAISED A TEXAN. AND IN MY 38TH YEAR AS A PROUD RESIDENT OF COLLIN COUNTY, WE GATHER THIS EVENING DURING A SEASON OF UNDENIABLE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ACROSS MCKINNEY. THOUSANDS OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE EXERCISED THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND OUR CITY CHARTER TO PETITION THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AS THE CITY SECRETARY COMPLETES THE VERIFICATION PROCESS, WE SHOULD ALL REMEMBER TO APPROACH THESE TIMES NOT WITH PANIC OR PRESUMPTION, BUT WITH PROFOUND RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER TO OUR BUSINESS LEADERS, BUILDERS AND COMMERCIAL PARTNERS INVESTING INTO MCKINNEY, YOU NEED NOT FEAR CHANGE. A STRONG CITY HONORS ITS CONTRACTS. A STRONG CITY KEEPS ITS COMMITMENTS. IF CALLED TO LEADERSHIP, I WILL NOT FREEZE OUR GROWTH. I WILL FUEL IT. OUR LANDMARK INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES WILL STAY ON TRACK AND BE COMPLETED ON TIME. AND AS COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER HAS CORRECTLY POINTED OUT, MCKINNEY IS UNIQUE. WE HOLD THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF UNDEVELOPED LAND RIGHT HERE IN NORTH TEXAS. WE HAVE THE SPACE AND WE HAVE THE CAPACITY. NOW WE MUST FULFILL OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BUILD THE HOMES AND ATTRACT THE BUSINESSES THAT CREATE HIGH QUALITY JOBS AND MAKE LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR WORKING FAMILIES.
AND FINALLY, TO MY FELLOW LEADERS ON THIS DAIS, I EXTEND A HAND OF PARTNERSHIP. LET US NAVIGATE THE FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE, HONOR THE VOICE OF OUR PEOPLE, AND ENSURE THAT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY REMAINS STRONG, PROSPEROUS AND FREE. GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS TEXAS AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY ELSE TO SIGN UP. YEAH. ONE MORE. WE GOT ONE MORE. WE'LL DO ONE MORE. PERFECT. YOU'RE UP.
LAUREN. HELLO, EVERYONE. MAYOR COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE FAMILIES OF MCKINNEY. MY NAME IS LAUREN LYNN, AND I AM PROUD TO ADDRESS YOU TONIGHT AS A 25 YEAR CITIZEN OF COLLIN COUNTY, AS MY HUSBAND, JACOB C LUCCI NOTED, OUR COMMUNITY IS EXPERIENCING A PERIOD OF CIVIC REFLECTION. IN A TIME SUCH AS THIS, IT IS NATURAL FOR CONVERSATIONS TO CENTER ON LEGAL STATUTES, MUNICIPAL LEDGERS, AND PROCEDURAL TIMELINES. BUT WE MUST NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE FAMILIES LIVING WITH THE POLICIES WE DEBATE. A THRIVING MUNICIPALITY RESTS ON BASIC CERTAINTIES, TURNING ON THE TAP AND KNOWING OUR WATER SUPPLY IS CLEAN AND AFFORDABLE. FLIPPING A LIGHT SWITCH AND KNOWING THE GRID WILL NOT FAIL US, AND BALANCING A HOUSEHOLD BUDGET WITHOUT FEAR OF SUDDEN UTILITY SPIKES. BUT PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS ONLY HALF THE EQUATION. A CITY ALSO REQUIRES STRONG HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE. AS A GRADUATE OF BOOKER T WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS AND NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, MY LIFE HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO CULTURAL EDUCATION, THE FINE ARTS, MUSIC, THEATER AND DANCE ARE NOT ARE THE COGNIK OF EMPATHY, DISCIPLINE AND
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CREATIVE PROBLEM. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ONCE WROTE, WHERE, AFTER ALL, DO UNIVERSAL HUMAN VALUES BEGIN IN SMALL PLACES, CLOSE TO HOME, SO CLOSE AND SO SMALL THAT THEY CANNOT BE SEEN ON ANY MAPS OF THE WORLD, YET THEY ARE THE WORLD OF THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON. THE NEIGHBORHOOD ONE LIVES IN THE SCHOOL. ONE ATTENDS THE HOME WHERE ONE GATHERS. UNLESS THESE PLACES ARE SECURE, NO GRAND POLICY MATTERS. LIVING WELL REQUIRES THAT WE LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER. TONIGHT, JACOB AND I ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THIS COUNCIL, TO PROTECT THE CULTURAL FOUNDATION OF OUR SCHOOLS, TO LOWER THE FRICTION ON HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS, AND TO ENSURE THAT EVERY FAMILY IN MCKINNEY FEELS HEARD, PROTECTED AND SECURE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.[BOARD AND MANAGER COMMENTS]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA HERE WE HAVE BOARD AND MANAGER COMMENTS. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THAT BEING SAID, CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. SO MOVED. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY DOCTOR FELTS AND A SECOND BY MAYOR COX. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE AYE. ANY NAYS?* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.