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PLANNING, AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT ALL BUT $250,000 OF A LITTLE OVER $10 MILLION WAS DONATED FROM COLLIN COUNTY. AND SO THOSE ARE OUR CITIZENS, COMPANIES, FAMILIES ALL SAW THE NEED TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET WHAT THEY NEED HERE. OUR CORE SERVICES ARE FORENSIC INTERVIEWING. A FORENSIC INTERVIEW IS A FACT FINDING INTERVIEW DONE BY ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST MANY, MANY YEARS AGO IS THAT CHILD WAS INTERVIEWED MANY TIMES OUT IN THE FIELD, MAYBE BY SOMEONE WITH CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, POSSIBLY SOME FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, MAYBE AT ANOTHER GOVERNMENT FACILITY, THINGS LIKE THAT. WHAT WE DO IS THAT CHILD COMES TO THE ADVOCACY CENTER, EITHER COMES TO US BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL, A CPS PROFESSIONAL, OR POSSIBLY A CAREGIVER THAT IS A NON-OFFENDING CAREGIVER WILL BRING THAT CHILD TO US AND THAT CHILD RECEIVES THAT, WHAT I CALL A SACRED INTERVIEW, A SACRED STORY THAT THEY TELL US.
USUALLY IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE TOLD ANY ADULT THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THEM IN DETAIL. WE ALSO PROVIDE FAMILY ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT SERVICES. AND WHAT THAT IS, IS THAT WE WANT TO WE WANT TO SURROUND THAT FAMILY, THE ONES THAT PROTECT THAT CHILD WITH ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO PROTECT THAT CHILD AND CONTINUE TO PROTECT THAT CHILD. ALSO, LOOKING AT COMMUNITY RESOURCES, THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN HELP THEM OUT. WE WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS. WE WORK WITH OTHER SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES TO GET THE BEST CARE FOR THOSE KIDS. WE ALSO OFFER FREE COUNSELING SERVICES. FREE COUNSELING SERVICES. JUST DON'T THERE JUST NOT ANYWHERE IN SOCIETY ANYMORE. AND WE OFFER FREE, TRAUMA FOCUSED COUNSELING SERVICES TO THE CHILDREN WHO EXPERIENCE ABUSE AS WELL AS THEIR NON-OFFENDING FAMILY MEMBERS. AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE ABUSE DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN IN TO A CHILD. IT HAPPENS WITHIN A FAMILY. AND THAT FAMILY HAS TO HEAL, NOT JUST THAT CHILD. SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN GET EVERYTHING THEY NEED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT OUR COUNSELING PROGRAMS IS THAT ONCE A CHILD COMES TO US, THEY CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO US. ONCE THEY WALK IN THE DOOR, THEY'RE A CLIENT FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE, AND IF THEY HAVE AN ISSUE RELATED TO THEIR TRAUMA, THEY CAN ALWAYS RETURN TO US. I HAD A WONDERFUL GIFT GIVEN TO ME JUST RECENTLY BY A SAY, YOUNG MAN, BUT HE'S NOT SO YOUNG. HE'S 35 YEARS OLD THAT I ACTUALLY WORKED WITH WHEN HE WAS NINE YEARS OLD, AND HE JUST CALLED ME OUT OF THE BLUE AND HE JUST WANTED ME TO KNOW. HE SAID, DAN, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M DOING GREAT. AND HE HAD HAD HE'S MARRIED, HAS TWO CHILDREN DOING WONDERFUL. AND HE JUST WANTED TO LET ME KNOW THAT HOW IMPACTFUL HIS TIME AT THE CENTER WAS AND HOW IMPACTFUL THE SUPPORT THAT HE RECEIVED BY EVERYBODY AT THE CENTER. A WONDERFUL GIFT THAT I RECEIVED, BUT IT SHOWED THAT THE LASTING EFFECT OF WHAT WE DO AT THE CENTER, AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE A SAFE PLACE FOR THOSE KIDS, NO MATTER HOW OLD THEY ARE. AND THEN WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE COMMUNITY AT SCHOOLS, WITH ADULTS TALKING
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ABOUT ABUSE AND THE DIFFERENT RISKS. AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST A BIT. LAST YEAR, THERE WAS OVER 9200 REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE HERE IN COLLIN COUNTY. WILL SHOCK YOU EVEN MORE IS THAT'S A 12.5 INCREASE OVER THE LAST YEAR. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME IS IS IT BECAUSE THERE'S MORE CHILDREN IN COLLIN COUNTY NOW, OR ARE WE REALIZING ABUSE IS HAPPENING OR IS THERE MORE ABUSE? AND MY ANSWER TO THAT IS ALL OF THE ABOVE IS HAPPENING.UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE SEEING MORE, WE'RE HEARING ABOUT MORE AND WE'VE GOT MORE KIDS. AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE, NOT JUST HERE IN MCKINNEY, BUT IN THE WHOLE COUNTY, OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HERE FOR THOSE CHILDREN WHO NEED US THE MOST. WE SAW A 6% INCREASE IN OUR SERVICES LAST YEAR, AND WE'VE BEEN SEEING THAT CONSISTENTLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE PICTURE OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN A MINUTE.
BUT OUR OUR CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW IS ENSURING THAT EVERY CHILD WHO COMES IN GETS EVERY SERVICE, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A WAITING LIST. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HERE FOR THEM, AND WE'RE HERE FOR THEM AS LONG AS WE CAN. AND BECAUSE OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES THAT WE WORK WITH, WE MAKE SURE WE GET TO THOSE KIDS RIGHT AWAY. AND IT'S YOU WANT TO THINK, AND I KNOW A NUMBER OF YOU KNOW ABOUT THE ADVOCACY CENTER. THIS IS NOT HOW IT IS ALL OVER THE STATE.
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, ESPECIALLY OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MCKINNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS EVERYWHERE. WE HAVE SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL HERE AND SOMETHING YOU ALL SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF. AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MCKINNEY PD, BECAUSE IT MAY SURPRISE YOU THAT THAT SOMETIMES THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE ADVERSARIAL. IN OTHER SETTINGS. MY JOKE IS, IS NOT EVERY COP GETS ALONG WITH US TREE HUGGERS, BUT WE ALL HAVE THE SAME MISSION IN MIND IS PROTECTING KIDS AND ALLOWING THEM TO HEAL WHEN THEY'RE HURT. SO SOME OF OUR PROGRAM STATISTICS LAST YEAR WE DID 1066 FORENSIC INTERVIEWS. THAT'S THAT FACT FINDING INTERVIEW. THAT'S THE START OF A CASE. THAT'S HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE WALKING THROUGH OUR DOORS. I DID A LITTLE LOOK AT THIS RECENTLY, AND OUR NEW CASES AND ONGOING CASES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. WE HAVE ABOUT 200 CHILDREN WALK THROUGH OUR DOORS OF EACH OF OUR BOTH CENTERS COMBINED EACH WEEK. AND IT'S JUST ASTOUNDING TO THINK THAT'S MANY. THAT'S HOW MANY KIDS THAT NEED US. BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO SEE IS THAT WE SAW A LAST YEAR, LAST FISCAL YEAR, 60% OF THOSE INTERVIEWS WERE DONE HERE AT OUR CP CENTER IN MCKINNEY, 60%. SO 40% WERE DONE AT OUR PLANO CENTER. SO WE'RE REALLY SEEING A SHIFT HERE TO THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR COUNTY. AND THE NEEDS ARE GROWING AND GROWING. 55% OF OUR THERAPY SERVICES WERE DONE HERE AT OUR MCKINNEY FACILITY. SO WE'RE SEEING EACH YEAR THAT GROWING. IT'S A LITTLE FASTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE.
WHEN WE BUILT OUR SPACE CENTER A LITTLE OVER FOUR YEARS AGO AND MOVED IN, WE. WE ANTICIPATED A GROWTH, BUT NOT QUITE AT THIS LEVEL. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT YOU TO NOTICE TOO, ON THAT SAME SLIDE, IS THAT OUR MDT COORDINATORS, WHICH ARE OUR MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM COORDINATORS, THEY READ 10,146 CASES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU LOOK BACK, I SAID 9000 WITH CPS CASES. WELL, THERE'S ALSO CASES THAT DON'T GO THROUGH CPS THAT GO JUST THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT CASES WHERE SOMEBODY IS NOT WITHIN THEIR HOME. AND YOU MAY SOME OF THESE CASES HAVE MADE THE NEWS, SOME OF OUR TEACHER CASES, SOME OF OUR OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE HOMES THAT ARE HURTING KIDS. SO WE ALSO HAVE THOSE KINDS OF CASES, TOO, THAT WE DEAL WITH. OUR SPECIAL PROJECTS, OUR RAINBOW ROOM, WHICH IS OUR BASICALLY OUR CLOTHES CLOSET FOR KIDS WHO EXPERIENCE ABUSE. ANY, ANY MEMBER OF OUR TEAM CAN GO TO OUR RAINBOW ROOM. ALL NEW THINGS IN THERE. WE HAVE SOCKS, WE GOT UNDERWEAR, WE GOT COATS, WE GOT EVERYTHING. WE GOT HYGIENE PRODUCTS. IF GRANDMA IS TAKING IN HER GRANDCHILD BECAUSE THERE'S AN ABUSIVE SITUATION, WE'VE GOT BEDS, WE'VE GOT CAR SEATS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THOSE PLACEMENTS AND ENSURE THOSE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE SAFE. OUR BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR. WE SERVED 767 KIDS AT OUR BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR. IT'S A GREAT DAY. WE PROVIDED NOT JUST SCHOOL SUPPLIES, BUT HAIRCUTS, SHOES, AND JUST A FUN DAY DIPPING DOTS, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THAT WAS A BIG, BIG HIT THAT DAY TOO. BUT IT'S A IT'S A GREAT DAY TO CELEBRATE THESE KIDS WHO ARE COMING TO US, BUT GETTING TO COME TO OUR CENTER AT A TIME WHERE THEY'RE HAPPY AND NOT IN A TIME THAT THEY'RE IN CRISIS. OUR HOLIDAY PROJECT, WHICH IS COMING UP HERE IN DECEMBER, WE SERVED OVER 1000 KIDS. AND WHAT WE DO AT OUR HOLIDAY PROJECTS, WE BASICALLY MAKE OUR CONFERENCE CENTER INTO A TOY STORE FOR THE CAREGIVERS, AND THEY COME AND THEY SHOP FOR THE KIDS THAT THAT ARE IN THEIR FAMILY AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GIVE, THEY CAN SAY IT'S FROM THEM. THEY CAN SAY IT'S FROM SANTA. WE DON'T CARE. WE WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THESE KIDS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE TRAUMA OF ABUSE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY, AND WE GET TO BE PART OF THAT. AND THAT'S A REAL PRIVILEGE FOR US. AND THEN WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF VOLUNTEERS WORKING FOR US TOO, WHICH WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF. WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM A DONE IN THE DAY PROJECTS THAT THAT WE HAVE. SOME FOLKS WILL COME IN AND WE HAD ONE GROUP THAT REDID OUR MULCH, WHICH IS WE HAVE TO
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PAY FOR THAT. SO THAT WAS JUST A BLESSING TO HAVE THEM THERE AND TAKE CARE OF OUR BUSHES. WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT MAN OUR RAINBOW ROOM AND TAKE CARE OF OUR CLOTHES CLOSET AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY COME TO. SO WE EVEN HAVE A COUPLE VOLUNTEERS THAT DO DATA ENTRY FOR US. I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE BORING, BUT THAT DEDICATION OF WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW THAT THOSE KIDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR THAT AND THAT CAN HELP THE KIDS OUT IN THAT WAY. AND THAT'S AN EXPERTISE THEY HAVE. AND IT'S AMAZING THAT THEY DO THAT. OUR COMMUNITY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE WANT TO GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THERE ARE MANDATORY REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE, THAT WHEN KIDS ARE HURT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THE HELP THEY NEED. AND THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO REPORT THAT TO EITHER CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT, ALLOW THE PROFESSIONALS TO DO THEIR JOB TO PROTECT THAT CHILD. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, AS OUR CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN UNIT HERE, MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO HURT KIDS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.THAT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT. PEOPLE WHO PEOPLE WHO HURT CHILDREN AND THEIR COURT ARE STILL GOING TO BE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND STILL GOING TO HURT OTHER KIDS. BUT WE EDUCATED OVER 22,000 KIDS LAST YEAR, OUR LAST FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS AN AMAZING NUMBER.
KIDS BEING MORE AWARE OF THE DANGERS IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING A LOT OF IS, IS DANGERS. ONLINE INTERNET IS PROBABLY THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE FOR CHILDREN RIGHT NOW, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY STAY SAFE. SO WE'RE ALSO GETTING OUT THERE AND TALKING TO ADULTS, CAREGIVERS AND ENSURING THAT THEY CAN KEEP THEIR CHILDREN SAFE ONLINE. WE'RE SEEING SUCH AN INCREASE IN THAT. IT'S JUST REALLY, REALLY SCARY. THE NEXT SLIDE THERE JUST TALKS ABOUT OUR OUR DEMOGRAPHICS AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING. YOU CAN SEE IT'S PRETTY EVEN BOYS AND GIRLS, BUT IN THE AGES, KIND OF IT'S A GOOD BREAKDOWN FROM 0 TO 17 THAT WE SEE AT THE CENTER. BUT IF YOU SEE THE ALLEGATIONS PART OF THAT, BUT 57% OF THE CHILDREN WE SEE HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN SOME WAY AND SEE THAT WE ALSO DEAL WITH PHYSICAL ABUSE AND NEGLECT CASES. BUT YOU SEE, THERE'S A 6% THERE FOR OTHER REASON. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE ARE IS WE'RE A MAJOR CRIME CENTER FOR CHILDREN.
IF CHILDREN ARE INVOLVED IN A MAJOR CRIME, A SUICIDE OR HOMICIDE, SOME KIND OF MAJOR CRIME, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS CAN BRING THOSE CHILDREN TO US AND OFTEN DO.
THAT WAY, THE CHILD WILL HAVE A FORENSIC INTERVIEW AND NOT INTERVIEWED OUT IN THE FIELD.
THEN WHEN THEY WALK IN THE DOOR, THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUR CLIENTS. THEY'RE GOING TO GET EVERY SERVICE. ANY CHILD WALKS IN THE DOOR AND THEY CAN COME SEE US. SO WE'VE REALLY BUILDING THAT TRUST WITH THE DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT WE WORK WITH.
MAKES ME VERY PROUD THAT THEY FEEL SAFE ENOUGH TO BRING THOSE KIDS TO US AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET THAT SAFETY AND THE HEALING THAT THEY NEED. AND ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO HELP IN THE JUSTICE PART OF THAT, TOO. THIS NEXT SLIDE I HAVE IN HERE, I WANTED YOU TO SEE, BECAUSE WE LOOKED AT HERE IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. OH, WELL, FIRST IN 2026, 1715 CASES WERE READ. NOW, NOT EVERYONE ONE OF THOSE TURNED INTO AN ACTUAL CASE, BUT THOSE ARE CASES THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE STAFF MEMBERS THAT READ EVERY SINGLE CASE AND REVIEW THOSE TO ENSURE THAT NOTHING IS FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS FOR THOSE KIDS. BUT OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE SAW A 17% INCREASE OF CHILDREN SERVED FROM THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. IT COINCIDES, OBVIOUSLY, WITH US BUILDING A FACILITY HERE AND HAVING IT HERE, BUT WE'RE SEEING WE'RE GETTING TO THOSE KIDS, AND THAT WAS MY GOAL AND OUR GOAL AS AN AGENCY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE REACHING THOSE CHILDREN AND WE'RE HERE FOR THEM AND WE'RE ACCESSIBLE TO THEM. WE SAW A 10% INCREASE IN OUR THERAPY DEPARTMENT IN PROVIDING COUNSELING TO THOSE CHILDREN IN MCKINNEY. AND THEN WE SAW ACTUALLY A 20% INCREASE OF TOTAL CLIENTS IN ALL OF COUNTY COLLIN COUNTY OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. SO WE CAN SEE THAT THE ISSUE IS NOT STOPPING. IT'S GROWING, BUT WE'RE RESPONDING TO THAT. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO PRAISE OUR AMAZING PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE KIDS ARE SAFE. WHAT MAKES OUR NONPROFIT SPECIAL IS THAT 82% OF THE FUNDS THAT WE RAISE ARE THE FUNDS THAT ARE GIVEN TO US BY FOUNDATIONS, BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, BY INDIVIDUALS, BY FAMILIES. WE PUT RIGHT TO OUR PROGRAMS. THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OUT THERE IS AROUND 70 TO 75% FOR NONPROFITS USING. SO WE SURPASSED THAT.
BUT THAT MAKES ME PROUD. WHEN PEOPLE GIVE TO US AND SUPPORT US, WE MAKE SURE THAT'S GOING TO THE KIDS. AND I'M VERY PROUD. AGAIN, I'VE BEEN THERE MANY, MANY YEARS THAT WHAT KEEPS ME THERE IS THAT KIDS GET BETTER. AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE SUPPORT OF OUR CITY COUNCILS, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS, OUR CITIZENS, KIDS GET BETTER. KIDS WILL COST OUR COMMUNITY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WHEN THEY EXPERIENCE TRAUMA AND THEY DON'T RECEIVE HELP. THE COST IN OUR SCHOOLS, OUR HEALTH CARE, OUR MENTAL HEALTH, OTHER AGENCIES, JUVENILE JUSTICE. SO WE'VE GOT TO GET TO THEM. WE OWE THAT TO THEM. IT'S OUR MORAL OBLIGATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THERE FOR THEM. LAST THING I WANT TO SHARE IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. LAST YEAR, WE HAD A 96% CONVICTION RATE FOR CHILD SEX
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OFFENDERS, UNHEARD OF IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. I GO TO MANY THINGS ALL OVER THE STATE AND THEY'RE LIKE, HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT? IT'S BECAUSE OF OUR PARTNERSHIP. IT'S BECAUSE WHEN THAT CHILD WALKS IN THE DOOR, THE TEAM GETS TOGETHER, THE TEAM WORKS TOGETHER FOR THE BEST OF THAT CHILD. BUT ALSO WE GOT SOME TOP NOTCH COPS THAT ARE DOING SOME GREAT WORK. AND THAT MEANS THAT PEOPLE WHO HURT CHILDREN, THEY'RE GOING AWAY. THEY'RE NOT STAYING IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY'RE NOT CONTINUING TO HURT KIDS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CITY MCKINNEY SHOULD BE VERY, VERY, VERY PROUD OF. AND THE LAST SLIDE I HAVE ON HERE IS I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT GETS MINIMIZED. BUT I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR. THIS IS THESE ARE CRIMES. THESE KIDS ARE BEING HURT HORRIBLY. AND IT TAKES OUR COMMUNITY AND IT TAKES OUR PARTNERSHIP TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO GET JUSTICE AND THEY'RE GOING TO HEAL. AND WE'RE HERE TO DO THAT. AND I'M SUPER PROUD TO LEAD THE LEAD, THE GROUP THAT DOES THAT.YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? NO QUESTION. JUST A COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE OTHER MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF AND BOARD WHO ARE HERE JOINING YOU. AND SO I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. I HAD A CHANCE TO FIRST VIEW THE ADVOCACY CENTER DURING LEADERSHIP MCKINNEY, AND THAT WAS BACK IN 2019, I THINK LATE 2019 BEFORE COVID HIT. AND, AND I'M A PHYSICIAN WHO TRAINED IN THE BALTIMORE AREA. AND I WILL TELL YOU, THERE WAS AN ADVOCACY CENTER THERE THAT WASN'T REMOTELY LIKE WHAT I SAW OUT OF THIS ORGANIZATION. YOU'RE VERY EFFICIENT WITH WHAT YOU DO, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT MEANS SO MUCH TO THE TO THE FAMILIES WHEN THERE'S JUSTICE SERVED FOR THE OFFENDERS. AND IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK AND COORDINATION AND, AND IT'S NOT EASY WORK AND FUNDING IS NOT ALWAYS THERE.
AND IT DOESN'T COME EASY, BUT YOU MAKE IT WORK AND YOU'VE DONE IT FOR SO MANY YEARS, I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD TO HAVE YOU ALL IN MCKINNEY DOING THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. BECAUSE AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS THESE ARE THE PAINS OF GROWING. BUT JUST TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A TRUE ADVOCATE FOR THESE KIDS IS REALLY TOUCHING. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND DAN, I WILL ASK A QUESTION YOU WERE KIND ENOUGH TO GIVE ME AND A FRIEND OF OURS A TOUR ONE DAY, AND WE GOT TO SEE REAL LIFE. WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THERE? WHILE YOU'RE GIVING US A TOUR, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'D BE RECEPTIVE TO SHARING WITH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. DAN, TWO THINGS. ONE, WE APOLOGIZE THAT YOUR SLIDES WERE NOT VISIBLE. THAT'S ON US. AND SECOND, COULD YOU SHARE THAT WITH US SO WE CAN TAKE THE PRESENTATION WITH US? YES. OKAY. YES, DEFINITELY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THEY HAVE A COPY OF IT. SO YEAH, WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR SCHEDULE AND YOUR SCHEDULE TO BE HERE. WE REALLY DO. WE APPRECIATE IT. YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE? AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANKS, DAN. THANK YOU. DAN. THANKS, DAN. PICTURE. YES. YEAH. LET'S DO A PICTURE. THAT PICTURE READY TODAY. THANK YOU AGAIN. YOU CAN'T JUST ROLL UP HERE AND TAKE OVER. YEAH. TWO MINUTES. YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WANT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I UNDERSTAND. PASTOR. OKAY. HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. DID YOU GET IN THE PICTURE? OF COURSE YOU DID. OF COURSE. SEE YOU LATER. GUYS. I'LL PUT IT ON THE. OKAY. NEXT ITEM WILL BE
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PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ANY AGENDA ITEM. IF YOU'RE ON THE WORK SESSION. IF YOU'VE COME TODAY AND WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON A WORK SESSION ITEM. ANYONE? NO ONE SIGNED UP.OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION OF AGENDA ITEMS. ANYONE HAVE A PARTICULAR ITEM TO DISCUSS? ANYONE? I DO HAVE ONE. THIS IS A REZONE. WHERE'S LUCAS? DO YOU HERE? 260087 Z TWO. THIS IS COLEMAN AND ERWIN STREET. THAT'S ONLY REGULAR REGULAR AGENDA. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT WHAT IT IS. AND IF YOU CAN JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH A SUMMARY OF YOUR PRESENTATION WHERE IT IS. YES. LET ME JUST BRING UP THAT OTHER MEETING HERE. SAY THAT AGAIN. I'M GOING TO FIND THAT CASE NUMBER. COULD YOU REPEAT THAT CASE NUMBER ONE MORE TIME, 26-0087. THERE IT IS. BOTTOM THE VERY BOTTOM. ALL RIGHT.
SHIRLEY, GOOD AFTERNOON. LUCAS REILLY, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING. THIS IS A REZONING CASE AT THE INTERSECTION OF. WEST IRWIN AVENUE AND COLEMAN STREET. THE REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT IS TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 0.11 ACRES FROM THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RS. 60 ZONE TO TR 1.8, WHICH IS THE TOWNHOME RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, WHICH ALLOWS FOR ANYTHING FROM A DUPLEX UP TO A TOWNHOME. THE APPLICANT HAS TOLD US THAT THEIR INTENTION WOULD BE TO DEVELOP A DUPLEX ON THE PROPERTY WITH A DETACHED GARAGE TO SERVE THAT DUPLEX. IT DOES CONFORM TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THIS AREA, BEING THAT IT'S IN OUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHERE WE SEE IT BEING MORE APPROPRIATE FOR KIND OF THAT MIDDLE TYPE OF HOUSING TYPOLOGY BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY HOUSING TYPES. AS SUCH, STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THAT REQUEST. WHEN WE TOOK IT TO P AND Z, THERE WAS SOME PUBLIC COMMENT FROM CONCERNED NEIGHBORS. THERE WERE FOUR CITIZEN COMMENTS SUBMITTED THROUGH THE PORTAL, AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION VOTED TO DENY THAT REQUEST 4 TO 3. EXCUSE ME, WAS THERE ANY CONVERSATION AT PNC OR ANY. BECAUSE I THINK AS A CITY, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND AREAS WHERE WE CAN INCREASE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ABSOLUTELY LOOKS LIKE THIS MET WITH A DIFFERENT. YEAH, I THINK THE THE CONVERSATION AROUND P AND Z WAS ON THE LOT SIZE, SPECIFICALLY SEEING THAT IT'S A SMALL LOT SIZE, I THINK THAT WAS SOME OF THE CONCERN THAT THEY HAD ALONG WITH THE NEIGHBORS BEING CONCERNED. I KNOW THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT CONCERNS THAT IT COULD BE DEVELOPED AT 2 OR 3 STORIES, BUT THE DIFFERENCE IN HEIGHT ALLOWANCE IS ONLY FIVE FEET FROM THAT SITE TO THE SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT. SO IN STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S NOT REALLY A DIFFERENCE IN THE FORM THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED ON THE SITE.
SO WHETHER IT WERE TO DEVELOP AS A SINGLE FAMILY LOT OR A DUPLEX, IF IT WERE TO BE REZONED, WE THINK THAT THE FORM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, FOR ANYTHING BUILT ON THAT LOT WOULD PROBABLY END UP BEING QUITE SIMILAR, EVEN IF IT WERE TO GO UP TWO STORIES. YOU'RE SAYING IT'S ONLY FIVE FEET MORE. THAT'S CURRENTLY ALLOWED. YEAH. THE ALLOWANCE IS ONLY A FIVE FOOT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO ZONES. LUCAS, WE HAD A COUPLE OF THESE IN THE PAST, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN IN THE MEETING TONIGHT WITH OUR ADU ALLOWANCE. WE'RE NOT CONTROLLING FOR THE INTENSITY OF USE. IT CAN HAVE TWO DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLDS ON THIS LOT. THAT'S CORRECT. WITH, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY RIGHTS IT CAN BE A RENTAL FOR BOTH OF THOSE. AND WE'RE NOT CONTROLLING FOR THAT. WHAT WE ULTIMATELY CONTROL FOR IS THE DESIGN COMPONENT THAT THOSE UNITS CAN, IN A DUPLEX LOT, CAN BE NEXT DOOR TO EACH OTHER AND RIGHT UP ON THE STREET VERSUS AN ADU. WOULD IT BE OFFSET IN SOME WAY AND HAVE SOME SIZE DIMENSIONS? BUT WHEN THESE COME IN INDIVIDUALLY, IT MAKES IT VERY HARD TO TALK ABOUT A, LIKE YOU SAY, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN KIND OF ALLOWS FOR UP ZONING JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. BUT WHEN THEY COME IN INDIVIDUALLY, THAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT TO BE
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THE ONLY ONE THAT THIS HAPPENS TO. IS THERE A WAY TO KIND OF LOOK AT AREAS WHERE WE MIGHT FIND THIS MORE ACCEPTABLE, MAYBE ON, ON AREAS THAT ARE IN PROXIMITY TO, YOU KNOW, 380 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE, WHERE YOU COULD DO OVERLAYS VERSUS LOOKING AT THESE INDIVIDUALLY, OR IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO COME ABOUT THIS THAN. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IF STAFF WERE DIRECTED, WE COULD PURSUE LOOKING INTO WHAT, WHAT MORE OF A COMPREHENSIVE ZONING, RESEARCH AND POTENTIAL CHANGE WOULD LOOK LIKE? I THINK THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS ALWAYS A FIRST STEP IN THAT. AND I THINK FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, WE'VE BEEN DUE FOR LOOKING AT A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I THINK ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY'D WANT TO SEE, WHAT THEY FEEL IS APPROPRIATE. I THINK THERE'S THERE'S A WHOLE LOT TO BE DEVELOPED BETWEEN A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE AND THE APARTMENTS THAT WE SEE DOWNTOWN, AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF SEEING SOME OF THOSE, AS IS FAMOUSLY CALLED, THE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TYPOLOGIES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. BUT TO YOUR POINT, WHERE IS IT APPROPRIATE? HOW DO WE KEEP IT TO WHERE IT'S NOT JUST A ONE OFF, BUT SOMETHING THAT COULD EITHER BE ENACTED THROUGH AN OVERLAY OR EVEN JUST A ZONING CHANGE, IS SOMETHING WE'D CERTAINLY BE OPEN TO AS STAFF. IT WAS NOT NECESSARILY CALLED FOR IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS A DIRECTION, BUT MORE THAT IF IT WERE TO BE REQUESTED, THAT IT'S AN AREA THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THAT KIND OF CHANGE. YEAH, YEAH. YEAH. I SPEAK TO THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY TONIGHT, BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE WE PUT A VERY HIGH BAR TO THIS SORT OF THING WHEN WE DO THEM INDIVIDUALLY, EVEN THOUGH THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHAT THEY HAVE AND WHAT THEY'RE GETTING IS PRETTY SMALL IN TERMS OF INTENSITY OF USE AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO YEAH. OKAY, I'M LUCAS, I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE MORE OR LESS OF A STATEMENT, BUT I'M GOING TO TIE UP SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMAN BELLER SAID. NAIDOO, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT. AND WHAT THAT IS, IS IT'S AN ALLOWABLE ADDITION TO A PROPERTY, WHICH I'LL CALL A MOTHER IN LAW SUITE FOR THE GENERAL VERNACULAR THAT IS LIMITED TO BEING HALF THE SIZE OF THE PRIMARY DWELLING UNIT. SO IF MY PRIMARY DWELLING UNIT IS 2000FTā S, THIS IS LIMITED TO 1000, AS OPPOSED TO PERHAPS WHAT THIS REQUEST IS, WHICH WOULD HAVE TWO LIKE SIZE DWELLING UNITS, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN AN ADU. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION. IS THERE ANYTHING I SAID THAT WAS INCORRECT THERE? NO, THAT'S ALL ACCURATE. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE? NO THANK YOU LUCAS. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP, MY FRIEND. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM TO DISCUSS? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE TO THE WORK SESSION ITEMS. FIRST ONE IS 26-1005. DISCUSS THE CITY'S PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE 90TH SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE. NIMRA. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, COUNCIL ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MINYARD. BEAR WITH ME AS I JUST GET SET UP REAL QUICK. RIGHT. SO TODAY I AM HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT MCKINNEY'S 90TH LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. SO LATER ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA, YOU'LL HAVE THE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THESE PRIORITIES. AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO REVIEW THEM. THERE'S ABOUT NINE PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING. AND IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AT ANY POINT IN TIME.ALL RIGHT. SO FOR THE FIRST SLIDE, Y'ALL ALREADY KNOW THIS. BUT FOR THE NEWER FOLKS IN THE ROOM FOR THE MCKINNEY MCKINNEY, TEXAS, WE USE THESE, WE USE THIS AS A GUIDING PRINCIPLE THAT WILL BASE OUR LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON. SO FOCUSING ON HOME RULE AUTHORITY AS WELL AS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. AND NOW THAT THE AIRPORT WILL BE GOING LIVE IN A FEW WEEKS, KIND OF SEEING HOW WE CAN BEST UTILIZE THAT. FOR OUR PARTNERS AND ACTIONS, SOMETIMES WE'LL COME TO Y'ALL AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO EITHER SPEAK TO A REPRESENTATIVE, OR MAYBE SIGN OFF ON A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR A CERTAIN LEGISLATION. YOUR STAFF CONTACTS WILL BE CITY MANAGER PAUL GRIMES, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TREVOR MINYARD AND MYSELF WILL BE IN AUSTIN KEEPING AN EYE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AND REPORTING BACK. ADDITIONALLY, WE WORK PRETTY CLOSELY WITH THE MCKINNEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION, TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE AND THEN OUR ON THE GROUND ADVOCATES, OUR RED MEDIA GROUP, AND FOCUSED ADVOCACY. THE HEALTH MAP HASN'T CHANGED MUCH. WE ARE STILL REPRESENTED BY FOUR DIFFERENT
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STATE REPS. AND THEN FOR THE SENATE MAP, WE ARE LARGELY REPRESENTED BY SENATOR ANGELA PAXTON. SO MOVING ON TO OUR HOME, OUR DECISIONS. WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT UPHOLDS MUNICIPAL HOME RULE AUTHORITY. AND NOW THAT SENATE BILL 2038 HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, JUST ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF WHAT WHAT THOSE WHAT THAT WHAT AFFECTS THAT POLICY HAS BROUGHT, AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT MCKINNEY RESIDENTS ARE STILL BEING HEARD AND THEIR CONCERNS ARE STILL BEING BROUGHT TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE. SO THE AIRPORT WILL BE LIVE NOVEMBER 11TH, AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING LEGISLATION THAT LINKS TRANSPORTATION, LAND USE SURROUNDING PUBLIC USE AND GENERAL AVIATION. SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE LOOKING FOR FUNDING AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND TAXIWAY REHABILITATION. FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE SUPPORT POLICIES THAT PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOOLS FOR BUSINESS INVESTMENT AND JOB CREATION, AND THESE POLICIES ARE CONSISTENT WITH OUR PRIORITIES AND MADE IN DEVELOPMENT WITH MR. KOSKI AND THE MEDC TEAM.UNDER TAX REFORM, WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION AND STUDIES RELATING TO INFLATIONARY IMPACTS. AND THEN FOR EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE. THIS IS A PRIORITY THAT IS LARGELY SPEARHEADED BY MISD. HOWEVER, WE DO INCLUDE SOME VERBIAGE IN OUR IN OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, JUST TO ADD SOME SUPPORT FROM THE CITY SIDE. TRANSPORTATION REMAINS A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE CITY. WE SUPPORT FUNDING FOR BOTH NEW AND OLD PROJECTS. SOME OF THE NEW PROJECTS INCLUDE FM 546 FROM MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT TO US 380 IN PRINCETON. FM 1461 FROM FM 2478 TO BLOOMDALE ROAD AND THEN LOUD LORD HOWELL PARKWAY FROM TRINITY FALLS PARKWAY TO FM 1461 LAKE FOREST DRIVE. AND THEN ON SLIDE 15. THESE ARE SOME OF THE REMAINDERS OF THOSE PRIORITIES. FOR WATER. WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT ALLOCATES STATE FUNDING TO INCREASE WATER SUPPLY WITHIN THE STATE, AND IT IS ELECTION SEASON. AND ON THAT NOTE, WE ARE LOOKING TO MAINTAIN MAY AND NOVEMBER ELECTION DATES. AND LASTLY, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON MAINTAINING A TRANSPARENT AND OPEN GOVERNMENT AND SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT ENFORCES OUR PRIORITY. THE SESSION BEGINS JANUARY 12TH OF NEXT YEAR, AND WE ARE ALL EAGER TO SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT. AND WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE? WE TALKED ABOUT TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, AND I KNOW WE SUPPORT LOUDOUN PARKWAY TO 1461. IS THERE ANY LEGISLATION, SUPPORT FOR. TXDOT SPEEDING UP SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, ESPECIALLY HEADED EAST AND WEST, EITHER THE BYPASS OR LOUDOUN PARKWAY? I'LL THROW THAT TO. ADAM. PROGRAM THIS YEAR THAT SPECIFICALLY CALL. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU SIR.
WE'VE ADDED A NEW APPENDIX TO OUR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM THAT CALLS OUT CERTAIN ROADWAYS, MANY OF THEM BEING NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST PEOPLE MOVERS IS WHAT I CALL THEM, WHERE YOU'LL HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CARS ON THOSE ROADWAYS. WE'VE ADDED THOSE AS INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.
THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS ASSISTED US IN SEEING WHERE THAT SITS TODAY IN TEXTILES TEN YEAR PLAN, WHETHER IT'S IN THAT TEN YEAR PLAN FUNDED FOR CONSTRUCTION OR DESIGN, WHETHER THEY'RE DOING RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION SO THAT WE CAN THEN BE WE CAN THEN TAKE THAT ITEM TO OUR VARIOUS REPRESENTATIVES AT THE STATE HOUSE AND SAY, THIS SPECIFIC ROAD IS IN TEXAS PLAN, BUT IT'S NOT FUNDED. HERE'S HOW MANY CARS ARE ON THAT ON A DAILY BASIS. HERE'S HOW MANY HOMES ARE GOING TO GO UP AROUND IT. AND WE NEED YOU TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS FUNDING TO GET EXPEDITED, BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THAT CONGESTION EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH, ESPECIALLY NORTH OF 380, WHERE THERE'S JUST NOT THOSE REGIONAL ARTERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED QUITE YET. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? JUST SO THE GROUP KNOWS, TRANSPORTATION
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IS A REGIONAL CONCERN THAT THAT ALL OF COLLIN COUNTY HAS. AND THERE IS A THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MAYORS OF OF COLLIN COUNTY TO COLLECTIVELY GO TO AUSTIN AND SUPPORT OF DOLLARS FOR FOR OUR FOR TRANSPORTATION, NOT ONLY FOR THE LIST OF ROADS WE HAVE HERE. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS LIST, IT AFFECTS MORE THAN. MCKINNEY. SO I THINK A COALITION OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS SHOWING UP, INCLUDING AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON SOME OF SOME OF OUR LIST HERE, HOPEFULLY MORE, MORE RATHER THAN LESS. BUT JUST SO THE GROUP KNOWS THAT THERE IS AN EFFORT FROM THE ELECTED OFFICIALS SIDE TO, TO, TO BE IN AUSTIN AS WELL DURING THE SESSION. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT IS 26-1006. CONSIDER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE UDC CODE.CAITLIN. THANK YOU. CHIEF PLANNER CAITLIN SHEFFIELD WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY THIS AFTERNOON. WE WANTED TO BRING FORWARD A DISCUSSION ITEM FOR THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE PROPOSED UDC AMENDMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS YEAR. AFTER THE LAST AMENDMENT ADOPTION IN MARCH. A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, THAT INITIATIVE WAS ADOPTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2022. WE HAVE BEEN CONTINUALLY MONITORING, MONITORING AND MAKING AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE EVER SINCE.
THIS AFTERNOON, WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON THREE ARTICLES. ARTICLE TWO IS ZONING REGULATIONS, ARTICLE FOUR IS TREE PRESERVATION AND ARTICLE NINE IS DEFINITIONS. THE FIRST.
LET'S SEE THE AMENDMENT TYPES THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS TYPE OF AMENDMENT PROCEDURE, ARE OUT OF TWO BUCKETS. SO ONE IS MORE FINE TUNING, FIXING TYPOS, REFERENCES, PROVIDING MORE CLARITY WITHIN THE WITHIN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. THE OTHER BUCKET IS GOING TO BE MODIFICATIONS OR IMPROVEMENTS. SO PROCEDURAL IMPROVEMENTS, UPDATES, UPDATED REGULATIONS OR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WITHIN THE CODE. THE FIRST PROCEDURAL CHANGE THAT WE WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH THE COUNCIL IS THE DESIGN EXCEPTION PROCESS. SO CURRENTLY WE DO HAVE DESIGN EXCEPTIONS IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. TYPICALLY THOSE ARE TAKEN FORWARD TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION. AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE COULD BE AN ALTERNATIVE SCREENING DEVICE. PERHAPS A USE WAS REQUIRED TO HAVE A SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL, AND THE APPLICANT WOULD WANT TO PROVIDE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SCREENING DEVICE. THAT TYPE OF DESIGN EXCEPTION WOULD GO BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION. THE CHANGES TO THE DESIGN EXCEPTION PROCESS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS TO ALLOW SOME DESIGN EXCEPTION APPROVALS AT THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AT THE STAFF LEVEL, THEN SOME AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND THEN SOME WOULD BE FORWARDED ON TO CITY COUNCIL HOW THOSE REQUESTS WOULD BE HANDLED. SO WITH EVERY DESIGN EXCEPTION THAT WOULD BE REQUESTED, WHETHER THAT'S AT THE STAFF LEVEL, P AND Z OR COUNCIL, THE APPLICANT WOULD SUBMIT A FORM JUSTIFYING THAT REQUEST, WHICH WITH EACH ONE THERE WOULD BE A NOTE PLACED ON THE SITE PLAN OR PERMIT THAT THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH, AND THEN WE WOULD FOLLOW THE DESIGN EXCEPTION TABLE FOR THE APPROVAL BODY THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT REQUEST. FOR THE APPEAL PROCESS. SO ANY DECISION THAT'S MADE AT THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING LEVEL, THAT COULD BE APPEALED BY THE APPLICANT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, IF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ACTS ON A REQUEST THAT EITHER STAFF OR THE APPLICANT DOES NOT AGREE WITH, THEY COULD APPEAL THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS PROCESS IS TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY TO THE CODE THAT WE HAVE, DEFINING THE PROCESS, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING ON THE SUBMITTALS AND THE DOCUMENTATION OF THOSE REQUESTS. WE DID. WE DID INCLUDE TABLE TWO, DASH TWO DESIGN EXCEPTION REQUESTS IN THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL TO LOOK AT. I WON'T DIVE INTO IT UNLESS YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BUT GENERALLY, IF THERE'S A REQUEST FOR MAYBE A SETBACK REDUCTION BETWEEN 0 AND 10%, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED AT THE STAFF LEVEL, OR WE COULD FORWARD THAT ON TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
ANYTHING ABOVE THAT 10% REQUEST OF THAT REDUCTION WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE TAKEN TO PNC FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE A 20 FOOT SETBACK AT THE STAFF
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LEVEL, WE COULD DO A TWO FOOT REDUCTION IN THAT REQUIREMENT. ANYTHING OVER THAT WOULD BE TAKEN TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION. I WANTED TO NOTE TWO THINGS.HEIGHT IS ON THE TABLE AS WELL. SO 0 TO 10% WOULD BE AT THE STAFF LEVEL. IF IT'S UP TO AN ADDITIONAL TEN FEET, THAT WOULD BE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. ANYTHING ABOVE THE TEN FOOT REQUEST WOULD COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND FOR FLOOD PLAIN TREE REMOVAL. RIGHT NOW, STAFF HAS THE ABILITY TO APPROVE UP TO 30% OF TREE REMOVAL WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN. 30 TO 50% WOULD BE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS PROPOSED, AND ANYTHING ABOVE THE 50% WOULD GO TO THE COUNCIL FOR THAT CONSIDERATION. ON TO SOME ZONING DISTRICT AND DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS AMENDMENTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
SO RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY FOR ZERO LOT LINE MINIMUM BUILDING SEPARATIONS FOR SOME OF OUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE BUILDING SEPARATION IS A TEN FOOT BUILDING SETBACK RATHER THAN FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. IT'S A BUILDING TO BUILDING SETBACK REQUIREMENT. WE'RE PROPOSING TO REDUCE THAT DOWN TO SIX FEET FOR OUR MIXED RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT. WE ARE PROPOSING TO REDUCE THE LOT DEPTH FOR SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED. SO A TOWNHOME PRODUCT FROM 80FT TO 75FT, AND FOR THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF A DUPLEX, INCREASING THAT FROM 35FT TO 40FT. AND THIS IS TO ALIGN THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE RESIDENTIAL OR THE TR 1.8 ZONING DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR MF 36, WE'RE PROPOSING TO REDUCE THE FRONT SETBACK FROM 25FT TO 20FT. THIS, AGAIN, IS IN LINE WITH THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE WITH THE SB 840 IN THOSE STANDARDS FOR TR 1.8 AND R-3 RESIDENTIAL, WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THEY MAY NOW USE AN ENCROACHMENT ZONE FOR FRONT PORCHES AND PATIOS, WHEREAS BEFORE THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO PURSUE THAT OPTION. AND SPECIFICALLY FOR LEGAL NON-CONFORMITIES, WE ARE PROPOSING THAT MOVING FORWARD AT THE DATE OF THE ADOPTION OF THE CODE, ANY OF THE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS IN THE NONRESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS WOULD FOLLOW THE R FIVE STANDARDS. THAT WOULD PROVIDE CLARITY FOR ANY DEVELOPMENTS MOVING FORWARD WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS WHERE THAT USE IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT WITH LEGAL NON-CONFORMING SECTION, BUT PROVIDE STAFF THE CLARITY AND AN APPLICANT CLARITY ON WHAT SETBACKS TO FOLLOW. AND FOR DUPLEX, TRIPLEX AND QUADPLEX STRUCTURES PROPOSING THAT THAT IS INCLUDED ALONG WITH SINGLE FAMILY PROJECTS. IF THEY ARE DESTROYED BY MORE THAN 50%, THEY MAY BE REBUILT UNDER THAT LEGAL NON-CONFORMING SECTION. SOME CHANGES TO THE USE TABLE AND DEFINITIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR RESIDENTIAL USES STAFF IS PROPOSING IN THE MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THAT IT WOULD BE. A PERMITTED USE FOR MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL. RIGHT NOW IT IS NOT PERMITTED AND THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED BY A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL USE AS WELL. IN THE SF 36 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, IT IS CURRENTLY NOT PERMITTED AND WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED. WE ARE MODIFYING THE MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL USE DEFINITION TO SEE THAT THE FIRST FLOOR MUST CONTAIN AT LEAST 20% NONRESIDENTIAL USES, AND THIS IS TO TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE MORE OF THE MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL. IN LIGHT OF THE SB 40 CHANGES THAT WERE MADE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING. CURRENTLY, IT IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IN OUR C ONE, TWO AND THREE, AS WELL AS OUR OH ONE AND OH TWO DISTRICTS WERE PROPOSING THAT THAT IS A USE WITH SPECIFIC CRITERIA, AGAIN IN LINE WITH SB 40 CHANGES AND THOSE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WOULD APPLY FOR MULTIFAMILY NON REZ DISTRICTS WOULD ALSO BE APPLICABLE HERE. FOR USE IN DEFINITION CHANGES SPECIFICALLY FOR NON RESIDENTIAL USES. THERE'S QUITE A HANDFUL ON HERE. THIS IS TO ALIGN WITH SOME OF THE OTHER ALLOWANCES IN THOSE DISTRICTS. HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THESE AS WELL. ONE THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT CURRENTLY WE CLASSIFY MASSAGE AS ESTABLISHMENTS UNDER THE PERSONAL SERVICE USE. WE'RE PROPOSING TO SEPARATE THOSE OUT WITH THE ALLOWANCES BEING THE EXACT SAME AS THAT PERSONAL SERVICE. OR ACCESSORY USES IN RELATION TO THE USE TABLE AND DEFINITIONS, WE'RE CLARIFYING THAT AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, SPECIFICALLY IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICT, THAT IT CANNOT EXCEED THE PRIMARY HEIGHT OF THE MAIN DWELLING, AND THAT THE SEPARATE ELECTRIC METER RESTRICTION WILL
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BE REMOVED TO ALIGN WITH THE PUBLIC UTILITY ALLOWANCES, AND SPECIFICALLY FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE. WE'RE INCLUDING THAT IT WILL ALLOW CONTAINERS AND EXCLUDE UNREGISTERED VEHICLES.CAITLIN, CAN YOU BACK UP TO SEPARATE ELECTRIC METER RESTRICTION? PREVIOUS SLIDE. NO.
GO THE OTHER WAY. KEEP GOING FORWARD TO FORWARD ONE MORE SECOND BULLET. SO DOES THAT MEAN AS A YOU NEED A SEPARATE ELECTRIC METER OR YOU NO LONGER DO. SO RIGHT NOW WE DO ALLOW A SEPARATE ELECTRIC METER FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT. BUT WE DO ALLOW A SEPARATE WATER METER.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT TO RESTRICT ONLY HAVING ONE METER FOR BOTH THE PRIMARY AND THE ADU, AND ALLOW THAT TO HAVE A SEPARATE METER AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? FOR VEHICLE AND PARKING? AND LOADING STAFF IS PROPOSING A NUMBER OF CHANGES TO ALIGN WITH OUR SISTER CITIES. AGAIN, HAPPY TO DISCUSS ANY OF THOSE IN DETAIL IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT THESE CHANGES ARE IN LINE WITH THE SISTER CITIES THAT WE RESEARCHED AS PART OF THE OVERALL AMENDMENT PROCESS. FOR MULTIFAMILY AND MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL SITE DESIGN. EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS, WE LIKE TO LOOK AT OUR AMENITY LIST AND UPDATE THOSE WITH SOME COOL, FUN NEW AMENITIES. AND SO THE LIST HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE. TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND SO WITH THE SB 40 CHANGES THAT WE HAD MADE, WE SAID THAT MIXED USE AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN NON REZ DISTRICTS WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE THOSE ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR AMENITIES. STAFF IS PROPOSING TO REMOVE THAT REQUIREMENT SPECIFICALLY FOR MIXED USE PRODUCTS. WE ALSO ARE PROPOSING THAT THE REQUIREMENT, IN LIGHT OF THE SB 40 CHANGES OF REQUIRING PARKING TO BE INTERNALLY CLUSTERED WITHIN BUILDINGS, THAT THAT COULD BE REQUESTED THROUGH A DESIGN EXCEPTION THAT WOULD COME BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION. FOR ARTICLE FOUR AND TREE PRESERVATION. WE CLARIFIED THE NAME OF THE PROTECTED TREE AREA. AND SO WE PREVIOUSLY HAD OR CURRENTLY HAVE THE PERIMETER TREE ZONE. THAT IS THE ZONE 15FT FROM A PROPERTY LINE OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES. AND ANY TREE WITHIN THAT ZONE, IF IT'S QUALITY, WOULD HAVE TO BE PROTECTED. WE'RE PROPOSING TO RENAME THAT TO THE PERIMETER TREE AREA. JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY. SO AN AREA WITHIN 15FT OF THAT PROPERTY LINE IS THE AREA WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR THOSE TREES. AND THEN THE TREE PROTECTION ZONE WOULD BE WHAT WOULD EXTEND 15FT FROM THE EXISTING TREE WITHIN THAT AREA. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY AS WELL AS AN UPDATED. PICTURE WITHIN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO PROVIDE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. A FEW OTHER CHANGES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITH TREE PRESERVATION. JUST MAKING SURE THAT THOSE PERIMETER TREE AREAS AND TREE PROTECTION ZONES ARE NOTED ON THE PLANS THAT ARE SUBMITTED, THAT IF THERE ARE ANY SOIL BORING NEEDS, THAT THAT IS NOW ALLOWED WITH A MINIMUM AREA LIMITED TO A MINIMUM AREA OF DISTURBANCE AND THEN VIOLATIONS FOR EVERY ONE OCCURRENCE OF TREE BEING REMOVED. THAT'S CONSIDERED 1200 GROSS SQUARE FEET OF CANOPY. FOR PROCEDURES AND DEFINITIONS, RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY REQUIREMENTS THROUGHOUT THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. SO FOR INSTANCE, IF WE SAY YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE SCREENING ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY OR RESIDENTIAL USER ZONE, WE ARE NOW PROPOSING THAT THAT'S ONLY PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS FOR THE POSTED NOTICE REQUIREMENT. SO THE ZONING SIGNS THAT YOU SEE FOR ANY NEW ZONING CHANGE OR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT CHANGE THAT ARE POSTED ON THE PROPERTY, THAT IS NOW A STATE LAW REQUIREMENT, WE ARE ASKING OUR APPLICANTS TO BUMP THAT UP A FEW DAYS TO HOPEFULLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TABLES THAT WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE TO SEND OUT THE POSTED NOTICE PRIOR TO THOSE SIGNS ACTUALLY BEING POSTED IN THE VERIFICATION OF THOSE SIGNS BEING POSTED. WE'RE ASKING THAT
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THAT HAPPENS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER SO WE CAN VERIFY BEFORE THOSE NOTICES GO OUT. AND THEN ANY OF THE TABLES IN THIS LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING SECTION, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT FRACTIONS ARE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER. JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DEFINITION SECTION. SO ARTICLE NINE, WE REMOVED CLEAR CUTTING BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY A COVERED UNDER CRITICAL ALTERATION. WE REVISED THE DEFINITION OF HOW HEIGHT IS MEASURED SPECIFICALLY FOR PLANNING. RIGHT NOW WE TAKE THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST POINT OF THE ENTIRE LOT. WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE TAKE THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST GRADE, WHERE THE BUILDING IS SPECIFICALLY PLACED. FOR INDUSTRIAL FLEX, WE MODIFIED THE DEFINITIONS WHERE THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE ENTIRE LOT RATHER THAN A SINGLE BUILDING. RIGHT NOW, IT'S YOU CAN USE A MODIFIED PARKING RATIO FOR INDUSTRIAL USES. IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE USE WITHIN THE BUILDING. WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THAT IS PER. THE LOT FOR INDUSTRIAL TYPE PARKS. AND THEN ADDING A DEFINITION WITH MEZZANINE OF THE FLOOR IS 50% LESS OF THE SIZE OF THE MAIN SURFACE OR MAIN FIRST FLOOR. NEXT STEPS. SO WE DID MEET WITH THE MCKINNEY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE BACK IN THE END OF JULY WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT WE WENT OVER BEFORE YOU TODAY. WE ARE BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION. OUR PLAN IS TO TAKE THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, THE FULL RED LINE VERSION, TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, NOVEMBER 10TH, AND THEN BACK TO YOU FOR CITY COUNCIL AT DECEMBER 1ST. AND WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.CAITLIN, ON YOUR LAST SLIDE, YOU MENTIONED YOU HAD A MEETING ON JULY 29TH WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. WHAT DID YOU GET ANY FEEDBACK ON THIS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO WE WENT OVER A VERY SIMILAR SLIDE DECK WITH THAT COMMITTEE. WE RECEIVED A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK THERE. WE WERE PREVIOUSLY PROPOSING SOME CHANGES RELATED TO SPECIMEN TREE SIZE FOR AN EXAMPLE THAT WAS NOT FAVORABLE BY THAT COMMITTEE. SO WE'VE REMOVED THAT FROM THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. ALL IN ALL, THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE PRESENTED WERE SUPPORTED. BUT ANYONE ELSE? OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. MAYOR, JUST ON BEHALF OF MISS ARNOLD, I THINK CAITLIN AND THE PLANNING STAFF, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE ABOUT MARCH. SO A LOT OF EFFORT HAS GONE INTO IT, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM FROM THE DAIS AND ALL THE EFFORT THAT THEY'VE PUT WITH THE PLANNING TEAM. YEP. CAITLIN, THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND MISS ARNOLD AND THE OTHERS INVOLVED IN IN MAKING THIS POSSIBLE. WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT ITEM MR. GILLINGHAM 26-1107. TO DISCUSS PROPOSED WATER SUPPLY ORDINANCE FOR CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL AND BACKFLOW PREVENTION. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL RYAN GILLINGHAM, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. I'M HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL ORDINANCE AND BACKFLOW PREVENTION. THIS IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT OFTEN. HOWEVER, THOUGH I CAN, I CAN ASSURE YOU IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE'LL GET INTO THOSE DETAILS IN A LITTLE BIT. BEFORE I GET INTO THE DETAILS, THOUGH, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR TEAM MEMBERS THAT PLAYED A BIG PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE WORKS, TWO THREE YEARS IN THE MAKING. WE HAVE OUR WATER TEAM HERE TODAY THAT HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME, AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR ALL THEIR EFFORTS IN PUTTING IT TOGETHER. ALSO, ALAN LATHAM, WHO IS OUR CITY ATTORNEY THAT WORKED WITH US IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS CODE AS WELL. SO ON YOUR AGENDA FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR CONSIDERATION IS THE ADOPTION OF A CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL AND BACKFLOW ORDINANCE. ITS PURPOSE IS STRAIGHTFORWARD.
FIRST IS TO PROTECT OUR DRINKING WATER BY IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION RISKS.
SECOND, BY ESTABLISHING CLEAR RESPONSIBILITIES. AND THIRD, ENSURING THAT OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE CONSISTENTLY. SO WE HAVE A LARGE WATER SYSTEM. WE SERVE OVER 240,000 RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY. WE HAVE 100,000/100,000 WATER CONNECTIONS. AND THE WAY THE EPA LOOKS AT OUR WATER CONNECTIONS TO OUR SYSTEM IS THAT EVERY SINGLE WATER CONNECTION WITHIN THE CITY PRESENTS A RISK. THERE'S A POTENTIAL RISK OF CONTAMINANTS OR BACKFLOW OCCURRING FROM THE PRIVATE SIDE BACK INTO THE PUBLIC SYSTEM. AND SO THE WAY THAT WE WORK TO PREVENT THAT IS BY INSTALLING BACKFLOW DEVICES WITHIN OUR SYSTEM, WILL GET MORE INTO THE DETAILS ON THE TECHNICAL SIDE IN A BIT. BUT WITHIN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, WE HAVE OVER 33,000 BACKFLOW DEVICES. NOW MOST OF THOSE ARE ON IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. MAYBE
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SOME OF YOU HAVE AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM AT YOUR HOUSE. THERE'S A BACKFLOW ASSEMBLY THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. SOME OF OUR ASSEMBLIES ARE WHAT ARE CONSIDERED HEALTH HAZARDS. SO THINK OF A MANUFACTURING FACILITY THAT MAY HAVE CHEMICALS ATTACHED OR A COMMERCIAL FACILITY. THE EPA DESIGNATES THOSE AS HIGH HAZARD CONNECTIONS. AND THERE'S A HIGHER LEVEL OF BACKFLOW PROTECTION THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THOSE. AND SO WITHIN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, WE HAVE AROUND 4000 OF THOSE 4000 OF THOSE TYPES OF DEVICES. SO IN TERMS OF HOW THE CITY OF MCKINNEY IS RESPONSIBLE, SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE EPA, HAS DETERMINED THAT HAVING CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL SYSTEMS IS IMPORTANT AND THAT EVERY SINGLE POTABLE WATER SUPPLIER MUST HAVE A BACKFLOW PREVENTION PROGRAM. SO THE SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAKES THE STATES RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION. AND SO WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS, THAT'S THE T C, E Q. AND THEN THAT'S PUSHED DOWN TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY AS THE POTABLE WATER SUPPLIER. TCEQ WHAT THEY DO IS THEY SET THE MINIMUM STANDARDS, BUT THEY DON'T TELL US HOW TO DO IT. AND SO THE ORDINANCE THAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY IS REALLY TELLING US HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THAT PROGRAM. SO THIS NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS MY ONLY TECHNICAL SLIDE. SO SO BEAR WITH ME FOR A LITTLE BIT. ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A WATER MAIN. AND AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S FEEDING A HOME. BUT THAT COULD BE A COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT, AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY. IN TYPICAL CONDITIONS, WATER WITHIN A PIPE WANTS TO FLOW FROM A HIGH PRESSURE CONDITION TO A LOW PRESSURE CONDITION. SO WHEN YOU OPEN UP YOUR FAUCET, YOU HAVE THE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE. SO THE WATER FLOWS OUT OF THE PIPE INTO YOUR SINK. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT CONDITIONS WHERE THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE AND WATER COULD FLOW BACKWARDS. THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT'S CALLED A BACK SIPHONAGE CONDITION. SO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, WHERE YOU SEE THE WATER MAIN, IMAGINE WE HAD A WATER MAIN BREAK ON OUR SYSTEM. SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THAT CONDITION? IS THE WATER MAIN OR THE PRESSURE WITHIN THE WATER MAIN WILL DROP SIGNIFICANTLY. AND WHAT CAN HAPPEN IS WATER WILL BE PULLED IN FROM THAT PRIVATE SYSTEM BACK INTO THE CITY SYSTEM. THE SECOND ONE WHERE IT COULD OCCUR IS A BACK PRESSURE CONDITION. SO IMAGINE THE PRESSURE WITHIN THE CITY'S SYSTEM IS 50 PSI. WELL, THERE COULD BE A FIRE PUMP OR SOME OTHER KIND OF PUMP ON THE PRIVATE SIDE. AND IF THAT PRESSURE IS INCREASED ON THE PRIVATE SIDE, AGAIN, YOU CAN PUSH WATER OR CONTAMINANTS BACK INTO THE CITY SYSTEM. AND SO WHAT YOU DO, IF YOU LOOK THERE, THERE'S A BACKFLOW PREVENTER. SO BACKFLOW PREVENTERS ARE DEVICES THAT ARE INSTALLED THAT PREVENT THIS FROM OCCURRING. AND SO THEY'RE MECHANICAL DEVICES THAT ONLY ALLOW FLOW IN ONE DIRECTION. SO NEXT SLIDE HERE YOU CAN SEE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN. YOU DON'T HEAR US TALKING ABOUT THIS. BUT WHEN THINGS GO WRONG THEY CAN GO WRONG PRETTY BAD.AND HERE'S AN EXAMPLE THAT HAPPENED IN GRAND PRAIRIE. YOU ALL MAY HAVE REMEMBERED THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. WHAT HAPPENED WAS THERE WAS AN INDUSTRIAL FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THROUGH THEIR PROCESS. WHILE THIS IS NOT A PROCESS THAT'S IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, THEY PUMPED FOAM INTO THE PRIVATE SYSTEM IN ORDER TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. HOWEVER, THOUGH THE BACKFLOW DEVICE FAILED AND WHAT THEY ENDED UP DOING WAS PUMPING FIRE FOAM INTO THE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM. AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ARTICLE THERE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20, PEOPLE WERE ADVISED TO AVOID CONTACT WITH THE WATER. SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED.
SO SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION CAN HAPPEN WHEN WHEN THESE THINGS FAIL. SO HOW DO WE CURRENTLY MANAGE OUR PROGRAM HERE? WELL, GENERALLY WE REQUIRE WE RELY ON EXISTING TCE Q STANDARDS. AGAIN, WE HAVE AROUND 33,000 BACKFLOW DEVICES WITHIN MCKINNEY. WE HAVE A TEAM OF FOUR PEOPLE THAT MANAGES THOSE DEVICES FOR THE CITY. WHAT WE DO IS WE DO THE INSPECTIONS. WE. WE LOOK TO SEE WHERE THE REQUIRED. WE WORK WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ON THE PLANS. WE ALSO REQUIRE TESTING FOR CERTAIN HEALTH HAZARDS. SO IF YOU HAVE A BACKFLOW DEVICE AND YOU HAVE A HEALTH HAZARD OR A FIRE SYSTEM, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT DEVICE TESTED YEARLY. AND FOR SOME OF THOSE DEVICES, YOU THEN HAVE TO SUBMIT THOSE REPORTS TO THE CITY FOR TRACKING. THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS TCE AUDITS US AS PART OF OUR WATER AUDIT, AND THEY COME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE RIGHT FORMS AND THAT WE'RE INSPECTING ALL OF THESE DEVICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DON'T DO. WHAT WE DON'T DO IS WE DON'T INSTALL THE DEVICES. WE DO NOT DO THE ACTUAL TESTING OF THE DEVICES, AND WE DON'T REPAIR THEM IF THEY'RE BROKEN. THOSE ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER. HEY RYAN, I CAN ASK A QUICK QUESTION. WE HAVE 100,000M, BUT ROUGHLY 33,000 BACKFLOW ASSEMBLIES. WHY DON'T WE HAVE WHY DOES EVERYBODY NOT HAVE A BACKFLOW ASSEMBLY? WHAT WOULD MAKE SOMEONE NEED TO HAVE IT AND SOMEONE NOT RIGHT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND IT'S ALL BASED ON RISK. SO THE WAY THAT THIS PROCESS WORKS, AND IT'S SIMILARLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IT FLOWS DOWN FROM THE EPA IS IT'S ABOUT RISK. SO
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THINK OF A CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING FACILITY. THERE'S CONTAMINANTS ON THE OTHER SIDE.AND SO THE RISK IS VERY HIGH. SHOULD YOU HAVE THE BACK SIPHONAGE CONDITION, THE ONES WHERE IF YOU PULL THOSE CONTAMINANTS IN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY MUCH A HEALTH HAZARD CONDITION ON YOUR HANDS. CONVERSELY, THINK OF A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME WITH NO IRRIGATION OR NO SWIMMING POOL OR OTHER TYPE OF DEVICE. THAT'S VERY LOW RISK. AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE DELTA IS BECAUSE MOST SINGLE FAMILY HOMES DO NOT HAVE A BACKFLOW DEVICE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE OF THESE OTHER TYPES OF SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO HAVE THEM INSTALLED.
SO FAIR TO SAY THAT IF A HOME HAD IRRIGATION AND A POOL, IT PROBABLY HAS A BACKFLOW DEVICE.
THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO IN TERMS OF HOW WE OPERATE THE CURRENT PROGRAM, SO WE TALKED JUST A SECOND AGO ABOUT THE PRIVATE ENTITY IS REQUIRED TO HIRE A LICENSED TESTER TO COME OUT AND DO THE TESTING. WHAT THEY THEN DO IS THEY'RE REQUIRED TO RECORD THAT INFORMATION ON A PIECE OF PAPER. THAT PIECE OF PAPER IS THEN DRIVEN OVER TO THE PUBLIC WORKS CAMPUS, WHERE WE HAVE A MAILBOX SPECIFICALLY FOR BACKFLOW DEVICES. WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION, WE RECORD IT, AND THEN WE PUT IT IN A PAPER FILE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND IS, RYAN, IT'S THE 21ST CENTURY. WHY? WHY DO WE HAVE A PAPER SYSTEM? AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT THIS ORDINANCE HERE TODAY IS, IS LOOKING TO DO IS TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW US TO HAVE AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE AN APPROVED SYSTEM, AND WE'LL TALK MORE LATER ABOUT THIRD PARTY VENDORS THAT PROVIDE THIS SERVICE. ONE OF THE THINGS I ALSO TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IS THIS IS VERY MUCH A TEAM EFFORT IN TERMS OF HOW WE APPROACH THIS. SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REGULATIONS THAT COME INTO PLAY WITH HOW THE BACKFLOW PREVENTION PROGRAM IS REGULATED. SO WE HAVE THE WATER CODE, WE HAVE THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE, WE HAVE THE FIRE CODE, AS WELL AS OUR ENGINEERING STANDARDS. AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT STANDARDS MUST WORK TOGETHER IN TERMS OF WHAT DEVICES GET INSTALLED, YOU KNOW, WHO'S DOING THE INSPECTION AS WELL AS ENFORCEMENT. AND SO WHAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES IS IT KEEPS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS IN THESE OTHER ORDINANCES, BUT IT MAKES SURE THAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE ALL POINTING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION. AND SO THIS ORDINANCE CLEANS UP A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION. SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS IN OUR CURRENT PROGRAM, AND I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THESE.
WE HAVE CODES IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE ALL IN THE SAME SPOT. WE HAVE INEFFICIENT PROCESSES THAT WE WANT TO IMPROVE. AND ONE OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE IS THAT THE CITY OF MCKINNEY OPERATES A WATER SYSTEM THAT IS ALSO OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY LIMITS. SO WE PROVIDE WATER TO PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN THE ETJ OR WITHIN THE COUNTY. SOMETIMES THIS PRESENTS CHALLENGES FOR US BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW EXACTLY WHEN BUSINESSES CHANGE OR NEW BUSINESSES ARE ARE CONNECTED TO OUR SYSTEM. AND SO THERE ARE CERTAIN RISKS WITH THAT. AND SO THIS ORDINANCE ALSO REQUIRES CUSTOMER SERVICE INSPECTIONS TO BE DONE, AND ALSO GIVES US THE ABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ENFORCE OUR REGULATIONS SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT OUR WATER SYSTEM. OUTSIDE THE CITY OF MCKINNEY.
ALSO, THE ORDINANCE MAKES SURE THAT WE MATCH THE THE HAZARD BASED TO THE RISK, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. NOT ALL SYSTEMS REQUIRE THE SAME TYPE OF DEVICE.
THESE ARE VERY MUCH RUBE GOLDBERG TYPES OF DEVICES WITH THAT ARE MECHANICAL IN NATURE.
AND SO THE HIGHER THE RISK, THE MORE COMPLICATED SYSTEM IS PUT INTO PLACE AND THE HIGHER THE COST. WE ALSO PUTTING IN THAT FOR NON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES PER PREMISE, ISOLATION IS REQUIRED. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS PUTTING THE BACKFLOW DEVICE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. AND THEN ALSO IT DEFINES THE INSTALLATION STANDARDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INSTALLATION STANDARDS MATCH WITH WHAT THE MANUFACTURERS RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, AND THAT IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO GO INSPECT THAT. IN TERMS OF WHAT THE ORDINANCE ALSO DOES. AND I'VE ALREADY TOUCHED ON THIS, WHICH IS REALLY THE ANNUAL TESTING AND THE RECORDING OF THE DEVICES, AND GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A MORE EFFICIENT USE OF OUR STAFF BY ALLOWING FOR A THIRD PARTY VENDOR. THE PICTURE YOU CAN SEE THERE, THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR DEVICES THAT WE OWN. SO THAT'S A PICTURE OF A BACKFLOW DEVICE AT THE AIRPORT. YOU CAN SEE THE INDIVIDUAL THERE TESTING IT. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE DO ON A YEARLY TEST. SO HE'S HOLDING A GAUGE. AND SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY PUT DIFFERENT PRESSURES WITHIN THIS SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO TEST HOW THESE DEVICES ARE OPERATING UNDER DIFFERENT PRESSURE CONDITIONS. AND THOSE ARE THE RESULTS THAT ARE RECORDED AND SENT BACK TO US IN TERMS OF HOW WE OPERATE. WE WOULD STILL BE OPERATING THE SAME AS WHAT I DESCRIBED EARLIER. THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT THE PLANS ARE CORRECT AND THE RIGHT DEVICES ARE BEING INSTALLED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING THE FIRE LINE PLANS, AND THEN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS THE LEAD
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AGENCY, AS WE ARE THE POTABLE WATER SUPPLIER. AND THEN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW THE CIVIL PLANS IN TERMS OF HOW WE COMPARE TO OUR PEER CITIES THERE. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE CHART. ALL OF OUR PEER CITIES HAVE ORDINANCES AND THIRD PARTY TRACKING. SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THIRD PARTY TRACKING HERE FOR TODAY. WE ARE NOT ASKING THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ANY FEE CHANGES. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO HAVE THE YOU ALL CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE. WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THAT ORDINANCE. SHOULD THE ORDINANCE BE ADOPTED, WE WOULD GO OUT TO THE MARKET AND HAVE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO SEEK FIRMS THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT. SO THE WAY IT WOULD WORK IS THAT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM, THAT HAVE BACKFLOW DEVICES WOULD PAY FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THOSE TEST RESULTS. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE IN TERMS OF COST, THEY RANGE FROM 0 TO $40 FROM OUR PEER CITIES. AND AGAIN, WE WOULD GO THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR THAT. AND THAT THAT WOULD THAT'S AN ANNUAL COST. SO GENERALLY, IF YOU TOOK AN AVERAGE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY $20 A MONTH FOR SUBMISSION OF THAT, WHICH PAYS FOR THE PROGRAM. WHO'S WHO WILL BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED. AGAIN, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, THEY CONTINUE TO REQUIRE HAVE BACKFLOW DEVICES INSTALLED AS PART OF NEW INSTALLATIONS, AS WELL AS WHEN THE USE OF THE BUILDING CHANGES.FIRE LINE SYSTEMS WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO HAVE BACKFLOW DEVICES AS THEY CURRENTLY ARE TODAY. THOSE RESULTS FROM FIRE LINES WILL HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED ANNUALLY. IN TERMS OF THE BACKFLOW TESTING, GENERALLY, THERE'S NO CHANGE TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. SO IF YOU HAVE A AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM AT YOUR HOUSE, YOU HAVE A BACKFLOW DEVICE. SO WHEN THAT DEVICE IS TESTED, WHEN IT'S INITIALLY INSTALLED, IT IS TESTED BY THE TESTING AGENCY. BUT WE DO NOT REQUIRE YEARLY TESTS TO BE SUBMITTED AS PART OF A RESIDENTIAL IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
AND THAT WILL NOT CHANGE UNDER UNDER THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. AND THEN LASTLY, THE LICENSED BACKFLOW TESTERS, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO NEED TO SHOW THAT THE CITY THAT THEY'RE REGISTERED WITH THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM THOSE SERVICES. AND THEN LASTLY IS THE NEXT STEPS. SO I THINK I'VE ALREADY TOUCHED ON THIS. WE'RE RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE THIS AFTERNOON. IF APPROVED, OUR NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO WOULD BE TO GO OUT FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO SEEK FIRMS TO HELP US WITH THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE PIECE. WE WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT THAT TO THE TCE Q AND GET THEIR APPROVAL AS A APPROVED PROCESS. AND THEN WE I WOULD I WOULD EXPECT IS WE WOULD SPEND PROBABLY THE NEXT 1 TO 2 YEARS IN IMPLEMENTATION, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF IT, ROLLING OUT THE PROGRAM AND THEN GETTING EVERYBODY REGISTERED WITH THE NEW PROGRAM. AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
BRIAN, JUST A CLARIFICATION. YOU SAID THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ASSEMBLIES IN MCKINNEY IS 33,000, RIGHT? YES. SO ON SLIDE THREE, YOU SHOW COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT AND THEN ON SLIDE FIVE YOU SHOW A HOME. SO DOES 30. HERE'S MY QUESTION. DOES 33,000 UNITS INCLUDE BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL OR EITHER OR WHAT WHAT DOES THAT NUMBER REPRESENTATIVE OF 33,000 REPRESENTS OUR ESTIMATE OF THE TOTAL DEVICES WITHIN MCKINNEY. WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER HANDLE OF THE 4000 NUMBERS. SO THAT'S A SUBSET OF THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE 4000 NUMBER BETTER BECAUSE THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TO US REPORTS. AND THOSE BECOME VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE BEING DONE ON THE HEALTH HAZARDS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING OUR WATER SYSTEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE YOU NEED? WE DO NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS, RIGHT? I THINK IT'S ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA OR SOMETHING. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU RYAN. THANK YOU. RYAN. NEXT ITEM 26-1008 STREET SAFE STREETS. MCKINNEY. COMP PLAN, SAFETY ACTION PLAN, FINAL REPORT, AND NEXT STEPS. MR. GRAHAM THANK YOU. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MINYARD. I'M GARY GRAHAM, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING.
WE HAVE FINISHED WORK ON OUR SAFE STREETS MCKINNEY SAFETY ACTION PLAN. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE BEFORE WE BRING IT TO YOU FOR ADOPTION IN NOVEMBER. SO I'VE GOT A BRIEF AGENDA IN THERE. BUT MOVING TO THE PROJECT BACKGROUND, THE SAFE STREETS MCKINNEY PROJECT WAS FUNDED BY THE USDOT THROUGH THEIR SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL PROGRAM. THAT IS A DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM. IN 2023, THE CITY WAS FUNDED, WAS AWARDED A $240,000 GRANT AT AN 80/20 MATCH. SO WE PUT IN 60,000 ON THIS TO DEVELOP THIS COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN. THE GOALS OF THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN IS TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO REDUCE FATALITIES AND
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SEVERE ACCIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY. THIS IS A PLAN THAT TEXDOT NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, A LOT OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA OF ALL HAVE ADOPTED. SO WE'RE KIND OF MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THEM. THERE'S A SIDE BENEFIT FOR HAVING AN ADOPTED PLAN. IT PUTS US ELIGIBLE TO REQUEST OTHER FUNDING FROM THIS TYPE OF THIS FUNDING PROGRAM. SAFE STREETS FOR ALL PROGRAM TO FOR IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS OR ALSO DEMONSTRATION GRANTS. SO, FOR INSTANCE, IN 2025, THE CITY REQUESTED A $600,000 GRANT. IT WAS 8020 AGAIN. SO FOR 80 OR EXCUSE ME FOR FOR 80 FOR THE FEDS, 120 LOCAL FOR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. ONE IS INTERSECTION MONITORING TECHNOLOGY. IT'S TO PUT SOME TECHNOLOGY AT INTERSECTIONS TO MONITOR RED LIGHT RUNNING. WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT IS SEEMS TO BE MORE PREVALENT AS THE TIME GOES BY. AND ALSO HEAR ANECDOTALLY FROM A LOT OF OUR CITIZENS ABOUT NEAR MISSES AT LOCATIONS. SO THIS PUTS TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE TO HELP US MONITOR THOSE. WE CAN IDENTIFY LOCATIONS WHERE HIGH INCIDENCE OF RED LIGHT RUNNING ARE HAPPENING, AND THEN COORDINATE WITH PD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE LOCATIONS. TRY TO REDUCE THAT RED LIGHT RUNNING ON THE NEAR MISSES. WE YOU KNOW, WE HEAR THAT ANECDOTALLY, BUT IF WE CAN GET ACTUAL DATA FROM A DEVICE TO COLLECT THAT, ARE THERE ENGINEERING OR OTHER SOLUTIONS THAT WE CAN DO TO START MINIMIZING THESE NEAR MISSES? ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS IS AN AI TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAM WE'RE GOING TO USE. SEE IF WE CAN USE AN AERIAL IMAGERY TO MONITOR THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR PAVEMENT MARKINGS. HELP US KNOW WHEN WE NEED TO GO OUT THERE AND RESTRIPE CERTAIN AREAS INSTEAD OF RELYING ON US AND JUST KIND OF MORE ANTIQUATED. OKAY, IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS. LET'S ACTUALLY TRY TO USE A SYSTEM TO HELP LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, AERIAL IMAGES. THOSE ARE BEING UPDATED USUALLY QUARTERLY BY THESE VARIOUS DIFFERENT SOFTWARES. WE ALSO APPLIED IN THE 2026 PROGRAM. SO WE WERE AWARDED THAT GRANT. BUT IN 2026 WE APPLIED FOR 6.5 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS WITH A $1.6 MILLION LOCAL MATCH. WE PARTNERED WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS GOVERNMENTS. THEY DID WHAT WE CALL A ROAD SAFETY AUDIT ON EL DORADO PARKWAY THAT IDENTIFIED IT WENT FROM VALLEY CREEK ALMOST TO LAKE FOREST, IDENTIFIED A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR SIDEWALKS, VISIBILITY, OTHER TYPES OF SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS TO, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY ARE WE WORRIED ABOUT VEHICLE CRASHES, BUT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT AND WANT TO SOLVE. CRASHES INVOLVE PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS. SO THESE ARE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THAT CORRIDOR FOR THOSE OTHER VULNERABLE USERS. SO WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR ON THAT ONE IF WE'RE AWARDED THAT. SO MOVING TO WHAT WE CALL OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK. THIS IS A NETWORK THAT IDENTIFIES WHERE ON OUR ROADWAY SYSTEM WHERE A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF CRASHES, FATALITY AND SEVERE CRASHES HAPPEN. SO FOR INSTANCE, ON THIS MAP, THERE ARE 3.6% OF OUR ROADWAYS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE SEGMENTS AND ON THE INTERSECTIONS, BUT THAT REPRESENTS 63.3% OF WHERE THE SEVERE ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES ARE HAPPENING. SO THERE'S 42 CORRIDOR SEGMENTS AND 21 INTERSECTIONS. WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS TOOL TO HELP GUIDE WHERE WE FOCUS OUR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, FOCUS ON WHERE THOSE CRASHES ARE HAPPENING. ON THAT HIGH INJURY NETWORK. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE PROJECT SECTION. WE RANKED THE HIGH, HIGH INJURY NETWORKS, INTERSECTIONS AND SEGMENTS TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, USE THIS STUDY TO START IDENTIFYING DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AS PART OF THIS STUDY TO START IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS. SO WE DEVELOPED SOME CRITERIA ON HOW TO RANK THOSE. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE PROJECTS WERE ALREADY FUNDED THROUGH OTHER INITIATIVES CITY HAS. SO WE SKIPPED OVER THOSE AND WE HIGHLIGHTED SOME OTHER PROJECTS. AND SO AS PART OF THIS STUDY, OUR CONSULTANT HAS GIVEN US SOME TOOLS TO START LOOKING AT ON THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS. ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THE THE PROGRAM ARE STRATEGIES ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE SAFETY THROUGHOUT OUR ROADWAY SYSTEM.THIS ISN'T JUST A SINGLE DEPARTMENT ISSUE. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT PLAY A ROLE IN THIS. SO WE DEVELOPED A CROSS A CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAM AS PART OF THIS STUDY TO DEVELOP THESE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES. AND WE RANK THESE DIFFERENT 22 DIFFERENT STRATEGIES INTO FOUR DIFFERENT BUCKETS, MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE.
THESE ARE ONGOING INITIATIVES, HOW WE CAN GET BETTER. WE HAVE NEAR-TERM KIND OF THE NEXT YEAR TO YEAR, ONE YEAR TO TWO YEARS. WE HAVE MIDTERM, WHICH ARE ABOUT 3 TO 5, AND THEN LONGER TERM, WHICH ARE ABOUT 5 TO 10 YEAR PERIOD. SO THROUGH THESE STRATEGIES, WORKING WITH MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS ALONG THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AGAIN, FOCUSING ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE SAFETY THROUGHOUT OUR ROADWAY NETWORK. ONE OF THE MOST OR ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT IS TO HAVE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS BUY INTO WHAT THE CITY STAFF'S
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DOING AND SHOW THEIR COMMITMENT TO THIS PLAN. AND SO WE DEVELOPED THIS POLICY STATEMENT.I'M GOING TO READ IT TO YOU. THE CITY OF MCKINNEY IS COMMITTED TO A HOLISTIC TRANSPORTATION SAFETY PROGRAM TO SERVE ITS DIVERSE AND GROWING COMMUNITY. THE CITY STAFF, ALONG WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WILL USE A DATA DRIVEN, SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO DEVELOP AN ACTION PLAN THAT TARGETS POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS. THE CITY'S GOAL IS TO REDUCE TRAFFIC DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES ON MCKINNEY STREETS BY HALF BY 2035 AND ELIMINATE THEM BY 2050. SO WE ARE AVERAGING 40 FROM 2020 TO 2024. THE DATA USED FOR THIS STUDY, WE'RE AVERAGING 43 SERIOUS INJURIES AND FATALITY ACCIDENTS PER YEAR. SO OUR GOAL IS BY 2035 TO REDUCE THAT TO HALF DOWN TO 22. AND THEN BY 2050 FURTHER THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S A VERY ASPIRATIONAL GOAL TO GET TO ZERO, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE THE, THE HOPE IS. SO WE CAN MAKE SAFE FOR EVERYBODY. ON OUR SCHEDULE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
WE STARTED THIS BACK IN 2025, JANUARY 2025. WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS INTERNALLY. WE'VE HAD TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS. WE'VE HAD THREE PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS.
WE'VE HAD OUR FINAL REPORT ONLINE, AND WE'VE TAKEN COMMENTS ON THAT. AND THEN WE PLAN TO MOVE TO FINAL ADOPTION WITH IN NEXT MONTH WITH YOU GUYS. SO OUR NEXT STEPS IS I JUST MENTIONED ADOPTION NEXT MONTH, BUT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO APPLY FOR SAFETY GRANTS. LIKE, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, TRYING TO LEVERAGE THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY STAFF, BUT ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FUNDING THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS PUTTING OUT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PUTTING OUT THERE. WE WILL BE PROVIDING ANNUAL REPORT TO COUNCIL ON CRASH HISTORY AND TRENDS SO EVERYBODY CAN KNOW WHAT THE DATA IS. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU PROJECTS, PROGRESS ON THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS, AND THEN ALSO PROGRESS ON THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES. SO THAT'LL BE, AT A MINIMUM, AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COUNCIL AND PUBLISHED ONLINE FOR RESIDENTS TO SEE AS WELL. ON OUR LAST PAGE THERE I'VE GOT TWO QR CODES. FIRST ONE IS A QR CODE TO THE PROJECT WEBSITE. SO IF YOU WANT TO READ MORE, SEE THE FINAL REPORT. ALL THAT IS OUT THERE AS WELL. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS A QR CODE FOR OUR CRASH DASHBOARD. ONE OF THE COMPONENTS THAT WE DEALT WITH AS PART OF THE PROJECT IS A DASHBOARD, SO PEOPLE CAN GO ONLINE AND EASILY SEE WHERE THE CRASHES ARE HAPPENING IN THEIR COMMUNITY. AND THEN IF THEY WANT TO ADD ANY COMMENTS, THERE'S A, THERE'S A WAY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US AND PROVIDE INPUT TO THE CITY STAFF. SO BEFORE I WRAP UP, I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE PAM ALLEN. SHE'S BACK IN THE BACK BACK HERE. SHE LED THIS PROJECT FOR US. SHE DID A GREAT JOB, PUT IN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK TRYING TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AND WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANTS TO PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU, PAM. BUT WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANYONE JUST WANT TO SAY, GREAT JOB, GARY. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT WORK AND JUST REALLY EYE OPENING IN TERMS OF HOW LITTLE OF OUR ROADWAY ACCOUNTS FOR SO MUCH OF THE PROBLEMS. YEAH. YEAH, I AGREE. AND YOU LOOK AT THE CHART ON EIGHT OF 17, AND YOU CAN SEE THE HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS AND WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE. IT'S A GLARING, GLARING PROBLEM. GARY. THANK YOU. PAM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AS WELL. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HE GOT THE GLORY, BUT YOU DID THE WORK RIGHT. THANK YOU GARY. NEXT ITEM 26-1009. CONSIDER ADJUSTED MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURE AND RATES FOR THE CITY REC CENTERS. REC CENTER AT TOWNE LAKE, OLD SETTLERS CENTER AND THE REC CENTER PURSUANT TO 74-101 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, MISS KINCAID. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL. MR. MINYARD AMY KINCAID, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECS, WE WANTED TO BRING TO YOU. WE HAVE A VARIETY OF OFFERINGS AT OUR. AND I'M GOING TO CALL THEM NEIGHBORHOOD RECREATION CENTERS, NOT INCLUDING APEX.
THERE'S ALSO SOME INCONSISTENCIES ALONG THE MEMBERSHIPS RELATED TO AGE AND JUST THE OFFERINGS BETWEEN THE FACILITIES. THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON A PROPOSAL TO BRING TO YOU, AND I HAVE ROBERT GAYLOR, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THIS TO YOU. SO I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME HIM UP. THANK YOU. AMY. MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL, PLEASURE TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO PRESENT THIS MEMBERSHIP RATE PROPOSAL. I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THE SLIDES. I'LL BE USING MY COMPUTER HERE TO WORK MY WAY THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. SO AS AMY MENTIONED, THIS IS NOT PERTAINING TO APEX, JUST THE NEIGHBORHOOD RECREATION CENTERS ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN. A FEW THINGS WE'LL COVER TODAY. THE CURRENT RECREATION CENTER,
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MEMBERSHIP RATES AND STRUCTURES. WE'RE GOING TO PROPOSE A NEW MEMBERSHIP RATES. WE'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH SOME BENCHMARKING OF SISTER CITIES, AND THEN WE'LL DIVE INTO QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION. AS AMY MENTIONED, OUR CURRENT RESIDENT RATES AND STRUCTURE. THERE'S SOME INCONSISTENCIES SPECIFICALLY REGARDING AGES FROM ONE FACILITY TO THE NEXT TERM OF MEMBERSHIPS. AT OLD SETTLERS, WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL A GAME ROOM LOBBY, GYM ACCESS PASS, AND THEN A FULL ACCESS PASS. AT THE SENIOR CENTER, WE HAVE TWO AGE RANGES, 50 TO 64, AS WELL AS 65 PLUS THROUGHOUT OUR THE REST OF OUR SYSTEM, THE SENIOR AGE IS 60 PLUS. SO OUR GOAL WITH THIS PROPOSAL IS TO STREAMLINE A LOT OF THAT AND THEN ALSO MOVE TO A MULTI ACCESS PASS. OUR CURRENT MEMBERSHIP ENROLLMENT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND THIS IS A TOTAL CLIENT MEMBERS IS 1360 AT OLD SET 1470 AT REC CENTER TOWN LAKE AND 3280 AT SENIOR RECREATION CENTER. AND WE WANTED TO BREAK THAT INTO RESIDENT AND NONRESIDENT PERCENTAGES THERE FOR YOU. WE ALSO PROVIDED A MEMBER MAP. SO THE RED LINE IS THE CITY LIMITS.YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM OTHER CITIES. MORE THAN LIKELY, THOSE CITIES DO NOT OFFER A RECREATION FACILITY. AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE. SO THEY'RE WILLING TO TRAVEL FOR THAT. AND ON TO THE PROPOSAL FOR THE NEW MEMBERSHIP RATES AND STRUCTURE. AS MENTIONED, WE WANTED TO STREAMLINE A LOT OF THOSE INCONSISTENCIES, AS WELL AS OFFER A MULTI FACILITY ACCESS PASS. THIS PASS WOULD PROVIDE ACCESS TO OLD CITY, REC CENTER, TOWN LAKE SENIOR REC CENTER, AS WELL AS THE SEASONAL POOLS. GIL DE GARZA AND JUANITA MAXFIELD AQUATIC CENTER. THESE RATES MIRROR THE RECREATION CENTER TOWN LAKE RATES THAT WE JUST RECENTLY INTRODUCED LAST YEAR. EACH OPTION HAS AN ANNUAL TERM, A MONTHLY TERM, AND A DAILY OPTION. THE NONRESIDENT RATES ARE AN INCREASE OF 40%, AND THAT'S STANDARDIZED ACROSS. AFTER SOME INITIAL FEEDBACK REGARDING THE SENIOR RECREATION CENTER EARLIER ON THE SLIDE YOU SAW. THAT IS THE LION'S SHARE OF OUR MEMBERS. WE WANTED TO RETAIN THE CENTERS, THE THE STANDALONE MEMBERSHIP AT THE SENIOR CENTER. THAT WAY, IF A SENIOR JUST WANTS TO HAVE THE BASIC ACCESS TO THE SENIOR CENTER AND IS NOT WORRIED ABOUT HAVING ACCESS TO ALL THESE FACILITIES AS WELL AS THE FITNESS PASS, THEY STILL HAVE A REASONABLE OPTION AVAILABLE TO THEM. WE DO WANT TO RECOMMEND THE CHANGING OF THE AGES TO ALIGN WITH THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT. SO TO HAVE A SENIOR 50 TO 59 MEMBERSHIP, A SENIOR 60 PLUS MEMBERSHIP AS WELL, I THINK IT'S LOW. I THINK IT'S TOO LOW. TO KIND OF COMPARE WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 15 DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEMBERSHIPS, MULTI PUNCH PASSES, PICKLEBALL FITNESS, OPEN GYM VERSUS ALL ACCESS. AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PARE THAT DOWN TO THREE OPTIONS. ONE YEAR ALL ACCESS PASS A ONE MONTH ALL ACCESS PASS. AND THEN AS MENTIONED, THE SENIOR CENTER STANDALONE ONE YEAR PASS. EXCUSE ME. SO SOME KEY CHANGES IN THE MEMBERSHIPS. AS MENTIONED, WE'RE STREAMLINING AGES TERMS AND RATES. WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN ALL INCLUSIVE APPROACH THAT INCLUDES A SELECT GROUP FITNESS CLASSES THAT WOULD INCLUDE ACCESS TO THE OPEN GYM, PICKLEBALL, AS WELL AS SEASONAL POOL ACCESS FOR ACTIVE PASS HOLDERS. THIS MEMBERSHIP WOULD ALLOW FOR DISCOUNTED PROGRAM RATES FOR THESE MEMBERS, AND WE WOULD BE MOVING TO THE STANDARD APPLICATION OF THE 40% INCREASE FOR NONRESIDENTS. SO HOW DO WE LOOK IN COMPARISON TO SOME OTHER CITIES? WE FOCUSED ON PLANO, WHICH HAS OPTIONS TO VARIOUS RECREATION CENTERS AS WELL AS POOLS. FRISCO WAS IN THE IN THE LIST, BUT THEY'RE SIMILAR TO THE APEX, MORE OF A SIGNATURE FACILITY. AND THEY DO NOT HAVE MULTI FACILITY ACCESS.
A CITY OF ALLEN JOE FARMER REC CENTER, DON RODENBAUGH AQUATIC CENTER AND THE ALLEN SENIOR
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CENTER. AND WHERE WE FELL WHEN IT CAME TO THE RATE PROPOSAL REALLY CLOSE TO PLANO. FRISCO IS OBVIOUSLY OFF THE CHART. IT'S NOT COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES. IT'S MORE OF A SIGNATURE FACILITY. AND THEN ALLEN, THEY'RE JUST SLIGHT SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THAN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. SO THIS IS THE RESIDENT RATES. AND AS MENTIONED, 40% INCREASE ON THE NONRESIDENT RATES. RIGHT NOW PLANO HAS ABOUT 67% NONRESIDENT INCREASE. ALLEN HAS 40%. AND THEN FRISCO 55%. SO LOOKING AT THE FAMILY, WE'RE FOR NONRESIDENT, WE'RE LESS THAN HALF OF THE NEXT LOWEST ONE, OR ABOUT HALF OF THE NEXT LOWEST ONE, AREN'T WE? YES. YEAH.BASED ON YEAH. ON THIS PROPOSAL. CORRECT. OKAY. SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY IS JUST YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS PROPOSAL. HAVE SOME DISCUSSION. WE TOOK THIS TO PARKS BOARD ON OCTOBER 8TH.
WE'RE HERE TODAY FOR DISCUSSION. AND THEN OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO BRING IT BACK ON THE NOVEMBER 3RD MEETING FOR APPROVAL. THAT WOULD ALLOW US TIME TO MARKET THE CHANGE TO OUR MEMBERSHIP, AND THEN LAUNCHED A NEW MEMBERSHIP RATE STRUCTURE COME JANUARY 1ST, 2027. IS THERE A CAP ON THE MEMBERS MEMBERSHIP OR WE JUST ACCEPT AS MANY MEMBERS AS AS ANYONE SIGNS UP? THERE'S NOT CURRENTLY A CAP THAT WAS DONE AT APEX FOR A TIME WHEN WHEN IT WAS AT ITS PEAK, BUT THERE'S NOT CURRENTLY A CAP AT THESE FACILITIES. ARE WE NEARING CAPACITY AT ANY OF THE FACILITIES WHERE WE WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT A CAP? SENIOR CENTER IS PROBABLY THE CLOSEST REC CENTER IN TOWN. LAKE AND OLD SETTLERS COULD DEFINITELY ACCOMMODATE MORE.
THE SENIOR CENTER HAS OPEN HOURS FOR NON SENIORS TO SWIM IN THE INDOOR POOL, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL OFFERING THERE. IT'S THE ONLY ONE IN THIS AREA. SO WE DO SEE SOME OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR SOME ADDITIONAL PARTICIPANTS AT THAT FACILITY. BUT IT'S THE CLOSEST TO BEING AT CAPACITY.
CAN YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS OR SOMEONE ELSE FROM THE STAFF, BUT THE IMPACT OF US RAISING THE RATES, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WE RAISED THEM A GOOD DEAL AT APEX FOR NONRESIDENTS AND HOW THAT IMPACTED MEMBERSHIP. LEANING ON MY. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, ERICA LIGHT, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. SO THE 40% INCREASE FOR NONRESIDENTS WAS ESTABLISHED BACK WHEN THE FACILITY OPENED, AND IT WAS NOT REALLY A BIG IMPACT. AT APEX, WE HAVE ABOUT 90% ARE RESIDENTS AND 10% 10% ARE NONRESIDENTS. AND IT HAS STAYED AT ABOUT THAT.
PROBABLY TWO SUMMERS AGO, WE WERE LOOKING LIKE WE WERE NEARING OR OVER CAPACITY. AND SO WHAT WE DID THAT SUMMER IS WE STOPPED SELLING NONRESIDENT MEMBERSHIPS TO ALLOW OUR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO STILL COME THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. AND SO NONRESIDENTS WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO COME IF THEY WERE WITH A RESIDENT OR WITH A MEMBER. OKAY, SO NO IMPACT, NO IMPACT. YES. YEAH. AND THAT 40% IS ALSO IN PLACE FOR PROGRAMS, FOR CAMPS. SO ANY SERVICES, NOT JUST MEMBERSHIPS. OKAY. CAN WE FORWARD TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE PROPOSAL FOR THE NONRESIDENTS? SO I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN CLOUTIER. I MEAN WE ARE LOOKS LIKE WAY UNDER ON THIS RATE. EVEN WITH THE PROPOSED INCREASE, WE'RE STILL UNDERSHOOTING. YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS THE RESIDENTS INCORPORATED IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY ARE ALREADY SUBSIDIZING A LOT OF THE NONRESIDENTS IN THE AREA. WE'VE ASKED THEM TO SUBSIDIZE A LOT WHEN IT COMES TO A NUMBER OF THINGS ROADS, FIRE, YOU KNOW, OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES OR WHATEVER. I WOULD SUPPORT US DOING SOMETHING THAT IS KIND OF BETWEEN PLANO AND ALLEN, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE REASONABLE, AT LEAST PLANO RATES. YEAH, AT LEAST. YEAH, I YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I AM. I APPRECIATE ALL Y'ALL'S WORK ON THIS, BUT THE REALITY IS IF YOU WANT TO COMPARE. WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IS THEY IS THEY'D HAVE TO GO TO A PRIVATE FACILITY AND I'M JUST GOING TO PICK ON MINE. I WORK OUT THE LIFETIME OF CRAIG RANCH OR LIFETIME HERE AND THERE, AND THEY'RE AGNOSTIC AS TO WHERE YOU LIVE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF YOU. RIGHT. AND, AND THAT'S THE TRUTH. SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE AN
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APPETITE FOR THE TAXPAYER, MCKINNEY, TO SUBSIDIZE OTHER FOLKS. AND I REALIZE WE HAVE FOLKS IN OUR ETJ, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE DRACONIAN HERE, BUT I'D ALMOST GO SO FAR AS TO ONLY MAKING DAILY RATE THINGS AVAILABLE FOR THESE FOLKS AND MAKING A BIT PUNITIVE, LIKE DOUBLING WHAT WE'RE SHOWING. SO YOU CAN'T REALLY JOIN YOU, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST MAKING IT SO THAT YOU'VE GOT TO PAY EVERY DAY THAT YOU COME. BUT THAT SAID, AT THE VERY LEAST, I'D LIKE TO SEE ON THIS THE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST MATCHING THE PLANO RATES FOR THE NONRESIDENT. I JUST DON'T HAVE IT. SUBSIDIZED FOLKS WHO DON'T LIVE. IN YOUR TWO MINUTES. I DID YEAH. THANK YOU. IT'S A NEW REGIME IN THIS THIS PLACE. I AGREE WITH PATRICK. I THINK WE NEED TO RAISE THAT QUITE, QUITE A BIT ACROSS THE BOARD. AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE CAP BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, WELL, AT THAT RATE, IF I'M IF I'M ON IF I'M IN WEST, YOU KNOW, WEST MCKINNEY ON THAT FRISCO MCKINNEY BORDER. I MEAN, IT'S I'LL MAKE THE DRIVE TO SAVE HALF THE MONEY TO GO TO A REC CENTER. IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT LONG OF A DRIVE ON EL DORADO TO GET FROM FRISCO TO MCKINNEY. SO I TO ME, I HAVE TO MAKE IT MAKE IT WORTH THEIR WHILE TO COME TO MCKINNEY. SURE. I'M FINE WITH THAT. I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT OLD SETTLERS AND KIND OF SOME PROCESS WITH KIDS AND STUFF, BECAUSE I HEAR A BUNCH OF ANECDOTAL STUFF ABOUT HOW OLD SETTLERS WAS DESIGNED TO KIND OF BE A GATHERING PLACE, AND HOW EAST MCKINNEY STRUGGLES WITH FINDING ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS TO DO. AND I HEAR A LOT OF ANECDOTAL, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN NOW, AND WE'RE MAKING. AND DOING SOMETHING IN THE BACKGROUND FEEDBACK ON THAT FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THIS RATE INCREASE INCREASE WOULD DO SPECIFICALLY FOR KIDS DURING THE SUMMER AND MAYBE EVEN LOOKING AT A SUMMER RATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR. BUT I GUESS IF A, IF A KID COMES AND SIGNS UP AND HE'S UNDER 16, HE CAN'T SIGN UP, CAN HE OR HE OR SHE, YEAH. THE INITIAL SIGN UP WOULD REQUIRE THE PARENT TO, BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE A FAMILY MEMBERSHIP. NO, THEY COULD DO THE YOUTH MEMBERSHIP. THEY COULD DO THEY COULD DO THE MONTHLY OR THEY COULD DO A DAILY. WHAT WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE DOWN WHAT'S THE LOW END FOR YOUTH LIKE IN TERMS OF IS IT A CERTAIN AGE YOU HAVE TO BE TO QUALIFY FOR THE YOUTH. SO LIKE A TEN YEAR OLD COULD BE A MEMBER BY THEMSELVES. YES. A MEMBER BY THEMSELVES, BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN ADULT IF THEY ARE UNDER THE AGE OF TEN, AN ADULT HAS TO BE PRESENT WITH THEM AT THE AT TEN? YES, AT TEN. AND THE FITNESS CENTER, THERE'S A DIFFERENT AGE FOR THEM TO BE IN THE FITNESS CENTER. YES, THEY HAVE TO BE OVER 16 TO BE. YES. AND IN TERMS OF LIKE A GYM AVAILABILITY AND STUFF LIKE THAT, IS THERE INFORMATION Y'ALL CAN GIVE ME ON KIND OF WHAT THAT HAS BEEN AND WHAT IT IS NOW? BECAUSE IT'S ALSO ANOTHER THING I HEAR A LOT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU SIGN UP FOR MEMBERSHIP AND WE RESTRICT WHAT YOU CAN USE WITH THE FITNESS CENTERS. BUT THEN THE GYMS ARE ALWAYS WHERE THEY'RE TAKING A LOT OF TIMES FROM PICKLEBALL OR WHATEVER ELSE THAT'S MOVED INSIDE. YES, WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE YOU WITH A SCHEDULE OF PROGRAMING FOR THE FACILITIES, AND IT DOES CHANGE A LITTLE BIT DURING THE SUMMER WHEN WE HAVE SUMMER CAMPS. SO SO THE SCHEDULING CHANGES A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT. OKAY.AND FOR THE DAILY ACCESS, WE DID BUMP THAT DOWN TO $3 FOR THE YOUTH TO COME IN FOR THE DAY. THEY CAN ALSO DO THE MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP AS WELL. AND THEN THAT RATE FOR THE MONTHLY IS 13 A MONTH. YEAH. I MEAN, IN TERMS OF THESE TWO RECREATION CENTERS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO, TO BRING IN CONGRUENCY, THEY ARE DIFFERENT IN THAT THIS ONE WAS BUILT IN A COMMUNITY WITH A BUNCH OF RESIDENTIAL ACCESSIBLE TO IT. AND THAT ONE KIND OF HAVE TO DRIVE. A LOT OF YOUTH HERE VERSUS AT THE OTHER ONE. AND I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF HOW IT'S EVOLVED THAT I HEAR FEEDBACK FROM, BUT IT'S ALSO KIND OF THE PROCESS OF GETTING IN ACCESS TO IT THAT I'VE HEARD SOME COMPLAINTS ON AS WELL TO ONE THING WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IS
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UNDERUTILIZATION OF THE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO EXTEND BEYOND JUST YOUR TRADITIONAL AFTER SCHOOL CAMP SWIM LESSONS SCHOLARSHIP. WE COULD POTENTIALLY UTILIZE IT WITH MEMBERSHIPS, AND I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO ACCESS THE FACILITY. WOULD IT WOULD IT BE WORTH TARGETING? I MEAN, IF WE'RE UNDERUTILIZING THOSE TARGETING SOME PARTNERS THAT COULD HELP WITH THAT, LIKE GOING TO WOODSIDE VILLAGE OR, YOU KNOW, MURRAY STREET OR THROCKMORTON OR SOME OF THESE THESE PLACES WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S INCOME DEFICIENCIES THAT EXIST AND IT ENCOURAGES THEM TO USE THIS AS A AS A PLACE TO GATHER, TO BE, TO GROW. AND, AND THAT WAY YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE KIND OF GETTING ADVOCATES AT THOSE PLACES TO PUSH KIDS INTO SOMETHING POSITIVE THAT MAY BE THERE FOR THEM. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. EXCUSE ME. SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION? YES. AND I THINK I'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PURSUING THE NONRESIDENT SIMILAR TO PLANO. WAS THERE ANOTHER THING THAT I WAS MISSING BEFORE NEXT? YEAH, I THINK THE ONLY OTHER RECOMMENDATION WAS, EXCUSE ME, POTENTIAL SUMMER PASS. FOR. ONE THING I DIDN'T MENTION IS, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION ABOUT CAPACITY. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE THE LOAD, IF YOU WILL, AMONGST THESE FACILITIES. SO IF WE'RE HAVING, SAY, YOGA MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAYS AT OUR CTL, THEN WE DO TUESDAY, THURSDAY AT OH S SEE IF WE HAVE PICKLEBALL ON CERTAIN DAYS OF THE WEEK AT ONE FACILITY, WE SUPPLEMENT AT THE OTHER FACILITY. SO THEN IT KIND OF DISTRIBUTES THE LOAD A LITTLE BIT AND MAYBE REDUCES SOME OF THE DEMAND ON THE FACILITY. IF WE'RE SPREADING, SPREADING THE WEALTH OUT. OKAY, SO WE'LL LOOK AT A SUMMER PASS OPTION AS WELL AS THE TAKE A LOOK AT THE NONRESIDENT RATES, MAYBE MIRA, SOMETHING A LITTLE CLOSER TO PLANO'S OFFERING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS UPDATES. ANY LIAISON REPORTS? ANYONE? NOPE.MEETING THIS THURSDAY. OH. ALL RIGHT THEN. THAT BEING THE CASE, WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY. SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY ON ANY WORK SESSION. ITEM 551.071 PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION.
551.072 REAL PROPERTY AND 551.087 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS. WE WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 439 ARE WE READY? MR. MAYOR, I MOVE, WE ADJOURN THE WORK SESSION. I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE WORK SESSION. AND A SECOND. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKLIN, THE MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. 542 IN THE WORK SESSION IS ADJOURNED.
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